The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-15 00:00:00

KOSSUTH IN LIVERPOOL TIRE ON THE CONCORDAT, LAST NIGHT. 4. ll.lC neauth delivered the first of his series of lectures upon Probable effects on Hungary of the recent concordat lbw l ea Aust r i a and the Pope, at the Concert Hall, last biaZt. As M. Kossuth never appeared before a Liverpool .„:" 4 14 at any earlier period of his residence in England, the les t Public interest and anxiety were felt regarding his jie ins ° a nd his lectures. A large crowd had assembled in b"Qiel son-street, considerably before the appointed hour, ,„ tile ParPose of seeing the distinguished Hungarian. The tor a vailable space of the interior was densely crowded— hull'. galleries, and platform—in every part. We have never, NW: seen a larger gathering compressed within the walls of bless uc ert Hall. Among those on the platform were le l, 'AO. E. Rawlins, R. V. Yates, A. C. Stewart, T. Thorns 1 / 4 , tn Aiken, J. R. Jeffrey, H. A. Bright, J. Wybergh, "' e• Channing, Re - v. Francis Bishop, and many t orti :, Whose names, owing to the crowded state of the plat wit Was impossible to ascertain. 'When M. Kossuth ed °Pon the platform, immediately after eight o'clock, ' ghich rtteived with the most enthuaiast'c and rapturous cheer mina wall again and again caught up, so that several thctscs actually elapsed before silence could be restored. The cwal th enMken, on the motion of Mr. J. R. Jeffery, by T he ' is, Rawlins. Nest ' ll 'innan, in an eloquent add ress , i n t ro d uce d th e as t i le s: of the Concordat, and M. Kossuth, whom he described nrruptible patriot and the enlightened statesman— ° ahjo goes cart had always, beat with principles of the liv e liest a the p ures t mora li ty. uth then came forward, and was received with rieielallY rapturo u burst of alause as on his first appearance. eeigec_ceded to deli err his lecture on the probable effects of the I % 7:let upon Hungary in general, and Hungarian protestant lObje Particular. Before proce e di ng , h owever , t o th e main ts Le prefaced by some opening obs e r va tio ns . Il e sa id tees i lr i the first time he had had the honour to address an % 0 in that great town, t h at m i g h ty li n k b etween lides:ind America. He appeared before them under con -1/440_10 dis advantage. Reports originating in the forbearing ritldlce of the English public, rather than in any merits aOterth"l .aid appeared, which perhaps had led them to tt: r at with expectations higher than the poor Hun , eli te, placed in the awkard position of an English 'N ob a c ould satisfy. It was no advantage to walk in the 4 ote, e ',,. great expectations. The English people, with ei b :"ftity than justice, bad done him an hon o ur. How alse n to that honour was more than be cou ld sa y. At a ll tau - ) that sststi night he came to them with a s or t o f t arti,, 11 1:1 / 1 which was owing to an inspiration, the „Ne t : ) ,f circumstances, which existed no more. ‘Olis„..ine magic influence of those circumstances, eZ, I naY have been when the idea o f havi ng t o a dd ress tlip ati semblies acted upon his soul as the steel acts upon 4 1 - 1 callin g up by its electric power the spark which lay )l5 „ t ile cold stone. (Cheers.) It was n o w near ly fi ve tiate - t e e he first put his foot on E ng li s h so il. N ear l y fi ve 7Eef ul l ; long time to suffer, and not t o d es p a i r . H e came le, With no great expectations—a homeless wanderer, 44 ,41h... 4 ° 1 1nd whether England was the pl ace w h ere h e nel s ;`'t his tempest-tossed head ; and, as the Sing of Pon- Ole,„7 1 said of old, to have fed upon poison, so to feed upon Llitiai s „ s l ad thoughts until it should please the Almighty, in thbh-millation of:his mercy, to say, "Let there be light" in ti n t lig Yn nce more. (Cheers.) With such a view, and no other, %Oe tto. '.act his foot upon English soil. Not unacquainted with %Clung Maxim of this material age, " Every one for himself Nita E ternal for all," how could he have expected that the met, ;:aengland would receive one drop of the fallen patriot's aoes t „ine cup of their happiness. The people of England, 4,0, 'Willed otherwise. (Cheers.) The first foot•print of theeer.lt:harmless wanderer in England was a sign for one of 4 PPesZ l il l ltY ebullitions of popular sentiment which only itepio';: at lon g i nterva l s . (Ch eers. ) Execration of the le t ra, tiny by which Hungary f e ll, an d compassion for glesi ss -ell ugo, were the chief inspirers of that continent. 1 0 I. ll de and tens of thousands came in his way bidding him 4:i good cheer, telling him to hope, to trust, and not to teem t (Cheers.) At first he looked around with tlet ...711 astonishment. Then be was led to ask if &el "a, a not a reyelation, that men were beginning to ,Itati o ehat there was a community of destinies in a ttlstiC(cbeers)—t o feel that one nation crushed was one of liberty broken, one speck upon the sun of freedom tlie n ..,e l ustre feebler for all. (Ch eers .) W as i t not, h e thoie"'ised, that ou tb urs t o f a grea t peop l e ' s voice, one of tleek:nders by whi c h th e Al m i g ht y somet i mes reveals his *he „ P And thousands there wer e , an d t ens o f t h ousan d s, 06:e-echoed his question with a thundering "it is." Na l ') He did open his heart to the cheering influences of . e monstrations—but only thus far. Convince fromtim his Ise e '' e dge of the political position of Europe, that d the e b el o ot far off when E ng l an d must come to blows with the tim e inc arnation of despotism, he did think that when that Ito ea nle, such ebullitions of popular sympathy might lead and to remember that a wise and liberal philanthropy was A...test patriotism for a country like England. Would s b kale him if these considerations fell upon his mind, as tr it taer dew falls upon the languishing plant ? Then it was Nthe voice of such vast assemblies as that acted upon his ty ibp la Steel acts upon flint. He became the mirror of their *es t th ica, and they, when pleased with the reflected light, N e gene rous enough to think that it was the mirror which he the light, whereas, in fact, it came from themselves, and Oi l ' ee but the glass which reflected back their own nubility. ioi 1 . 11 ,_.) Then it was that the voice of such assemblies . made dol t : l ac the Conjuror, who called up a spirit to supply his own d ias--,: 11e Y• became inspired, and made the unexpected Bat stove that he could speak English somehow. (Cheers ) tho se . ' The opportunity he had %sk i , Were times gone by. 40 . 1 `s ite d came at last. It came and passed. (A voice, " No, 40 t. It had passed. Hi s h opes, so far as they rested, the feeli ngs, b ut on th e act i ve po li cy of England, had a less - 7. The little den had been dried up by the scorching 1 , 1 %11 b t)f titneseiving expediency. (Hear, hear.) With the me 'oe jelken his inspiration was gone. Even, curious to say, 11 ea l h ' il l 3 was gone. (No, no.) He did not speak it half so sitioi - Cc did some years ago, when he first set his foot upon. laneli, - ; °°11 . It was not in complaint that he mentioned th -ll ga• England was free to do as she had done. She kc..exaiatress of her own destinies. All he wished was 14veglost f ervently did he wish it—that England might never the e t : en: Won to rue the policy she had thought fit to pursue in tlt Onsh,_ e atncY which had been, and which was not likely to ite,ol4-tri.;: equal prospects. Yet he declared that his love for Was equalled by his faith in her future destinies. I rish ~,,_l ll nio native land was what beloved Erin was to the sl tt ruet-s. IZo dear in her sorrows, her gloom and her , showers, ota. e ▪ - mm the rest of the world in its sunniest hours. Litlt h e Was of his own existence was he of the future C' Nk r" ; bu t who could blame the exile if he desired ,Nit ep is a sun of freedom rise over his home, and to bask i il t ithig B a little before he died (cheers)? With some ▪ oihritroductory sentences, M. Kossuth entered upon ele, t, of his lecture. The views he urged, and the Crew - I, s cy which he enforced them. were the same as I,luieei," 4l l he brought forward in his lectures upon the fl,,_London and still more recently, in Chester. 1 41 - ' 4 'n of Hungary, as the bulwark of European hltto,3,llld religious freedom, he traced from her earliest I le argued that this position was of late made „ -- bgeti,7 her municipal institutions, and that these in ‘4ll, o ,,,:ust_, and that position, it was the real object of the a*;,oat recently concluded between Francis Joseph of Qat and the Pope, to attack. He contended th e Concorda t was but a supplement -M OS t it 7 treaty of 'Verona, and that when _ ""e Hungarian bulwark was weakened, the e Marked out in that treaty against the free press 'RV ee constitutions of countries now unfettered would 444,. t t £OllO,. On the ground, then, of her own safety, be Preservati on of her noblest institutions, he called , t ' q ltiab,t 3 43, land to lend her sympathy and support in • hii" l ,_" l „g the historic position of Hungary. M. Kossuth % LI rat concluded his first lecture. .He was listened 11(1 %11 ro ugh with the deepest attention, only broken by involuntary bursts of applause. NdSr Chairman called for three cheers for M. Kossuth, tieWeere enthusiastically given by the whole of the 4 4e • meeting then separated. THE PACIFIC t O. lll t tv il , 11 e Atrato, whose arrival we have el sew h ere a ll u d e d lit a - eve recived our usual files of journals from", the obi h ol the Pacific. Th e d a t es are from Valparaiso qt. " al 9 28; Callao, March 12; and Guayaquil, March Tll Irepte,tiews from Chili is unimportant. Preparations Zeptem Progress for the coming Presidential election in ntl o ill „ b r and it was supposed that the present adminis `4llw; Would be re-elected. The Valparaiso . and Santiago 4X11,,, 1 -1 , Was progressing, and a further portion was to be • tim — : al September. The position of mercantile affairs ~tio7,,,•6 1111: 1 1 - q ed up •.- 71, tii "Irthe past fortnight the market has been steady, t. Malpploclerate sales for inferior consumption. In co n . t o e n_° : 411 eth a an d Pantaloon stuff are inquired for and wa d Itilecer articles steady, with stocks on hand. Woollens keLlvith full supply. Silks—market well provided. Ne---tnarket supplied and quiet. Metals abundant, thett.in_plates, which are much in demand and scarce. e rp —L yßODucE_Copper in bars 23 dols per ql. on glikry-Qvith ready sale. The reports of the incoming kb 'll i a re more favourable. " l eara,.._' ' Pa nama Star gives the following news f rom M . Coaiw4-- l e Rica has declared war against the Filibusters, tCosta Joined by the other central American States. ,Ptibli n c a requires 9,000 men and 10:1,000 dots from the !Is., "*;, Walker has also declared war against Costa ostalt;L marched to Guanacasta, a frontier sta t tio l i t l ic o a f 4 Y, 1,4 a .:_ to meet Colonel Bosquet, of the C At aief. „ has quite a respectable force. Walke o r s i a ntends ohp - Lne steamer at San Juan del Sur, to transport /4(ket ii,:nd munitions of war to Punta Arenas. He has 1 1 41 it f o r 1 d ,5 00 men in all, of whom a larg) per centage a j . s . I ,,_rilta, 1 . 8 utY, owing to sickness. This route to C li ._ _' u ttiled Tiet safe. The Costa Rica Government has Ztti tj w the Transit Company of the existence of war, s 'rre t Ir inte ntion to intercept nav i gation between th e th e ,nd lak e . p l r .:Ve s u p The Walker party a t Z arep i qu i , thirty -4 fOr the S San Juan, seized the last E ng lish mail "l all Jose. THE ROYAL OAK BURIAL SOCIETY, For some time past much anxiety has been felt amongst the members of this society—one of the largest in the kingdom—relative to the true position of the members, and likewise the confidence to be placed in the officers conducting the business. Various meetings have been held in different parts of the town, since the formation of the committee of investigation, full reports of the speeches at which have been given in the columns of this journal, as well as a copy of the rules and regulations by which the society is at present governed. Yesterday the entire afairs of the society came under the consultation of J. Pollock, Esq., the judge of the county court, an action having been commenced against the president, secretary, and other officers of the society, by the investigatory committee. Mr. Brett, (barrister,) appeared for the sub-treasurer, Mr. William Currie, and Mr. Martin, (solicitor,) for the other officers of the society, while the investigation com mittee entrusted the conducting of their case to Messrs. Hull and Fletcher, solicitors of this town. Soon after His Honour had taken his seat on the bench the case was called on, when in consequence of the absence of Mr. Brett, who was unavoidably engaged at the Court of Passage, he requested Mr. Hull to proceed with the case, at the same time expressing a desire that he would refrain from making any allusion to Mr. W. Currie, until Mr. Brett arrived. This proposition having been assented to, . Mr. Hull on the part of the investigatory committee proceeded to address the court, and in the course of his observations he said, he appeared for the plaintiff's in this matter, all of whom were the members of the Liver pool United Legal Friendly Burial Society, but which was better known in the town as the Royal Oak Burial Society. He then proceeded to give the origin and progress of the society, (which from the repeated reports which have appeared in this journal, are well known to our readers,) and to state from the Earl of Harrowby, Sir Joshua Walmsley, and Mr. W. Brown, patronising it, it was quite clear, that it was by no means a society con nected with party politics. He next proceeded to review the way in which the officers of the society were appointed under the third rule, which delegated the chief, and almost sole power to the president, whose duties were most extensive. The duties of the committee were to check the president, and that of the sub-treasurer to receive the monies from the collectors, and hand them over to the treasurer. His Honour here stated that the office of treasurer was merely a nominal situation, as he had nothing to do with the management of the affairs of the society. Mr. Hull : Precisely so, and the name of Mr. Brown was a sufficient guarantee as to the safety of the funds of the society. He then proceeded to say that under the rules, a certain number of collectors were appointed, whose duty it was to go about selecting persons to become members, and to receive subscriptions. The first presi dent elected was Mr. Donaldson, under whose manage ment the society prospered, mainly because he kept a tight hand over the collectors. To prove that he intended to produce the minutes for the purpose of showing that had a certain resolution been carried out, the society would even then have been successful. All went on well till the year 1846, when Mr. Donaldson retired, and Mr. Moses Cullen was elected president. For some time the accounts were kept as before, but in 1848 he seemed to have relaxed in the performance of his duties; and in 1851, instead of publishing the usual annual balance sheet, mentioning the receipts and expenditure, the report only congratulated the members on the success of the society. What they required was the removal of certain persons, and that the rules should be revised, and that the same balance sheet should be given as in 1846. He concluded by assuring the court that the investigating committee had no vindictive feeling towards any member of the society ; all they desired was to have it properly managed. His Honour, after explaining the power the act of par liament gave him in such cases, said he had most carefully looked over the rules of the society, and all he conld say was the sooner they were altered the better, as they were very defective. Mr. Brett, who appeared for Mr. Currie, said he had also looked over the rules of the society, and found them most defective. He suggested that all parties should agree that the court make an order by which the present state of the affairs might be altered, and the future prospects of the society benefitted. He then handed to his Honour a draft of the order he suggested should be made, which in effect was—that the present president should be dismissed, that the sub treasurer should find fresh sureties to the amount of £1,850, that the trustee s should be dismissed, that the court should nominate a person to receive the amounts from the collectors, that two committee-men should retire and be replaced by two others, and that a new set of rules should be framed for the government of the society. Mr.'Martin had no objection to such an order, but requested that the names of Mr. J. B. Currie, Thomas Osborne, James Fagan, Edward Hanlon, J. Joliffe. and J. Waterhouse, should be withdrawn, as they had nothing to do with the matter. Mr. Hull assented to that arrangement. Mr. Martin then said—with regard to Mr. Cullen, for whom he appeared, he was quite willing to fall into any recommendation by which the society would be benefitted. He was an old man, and did not possess the requisite energy for such a position. At the suggestion of his Honour, it was agreed that Mr. Cullen should act as president of the society, under the order of the court. Mr. Martin then consented to have two strangers placed on the committee, and at a subsequent period of the discussion, Mr. Shepherd and Mr M'Philips, were chosen in the place of Mr. Drape and Mr. Boyle, with directions to Mr. Cullen to appoint them. In answer to a question put by Mr. Hull. His Honour said he would not give his sanction to col lectors sitting on the committee, as it was exceedingly improper, and must tend to the disarrangement of the affairs of the society—indeed, they had no right even to be present at the discussions of the committee. - - - - - - - - - - The Court then ordered that Mr. Currie should enter into a bond for the payment of £1,850, and give securities for that amount; and that Mr. Martin and Mr. Hull should form a new set of rates, believing that the money in such a matter would be well expended, and consented to look over them and make any suggestion he thought necessary. He also directed the removal of all the present trustees. _ _ _ His Honour then recapitulated the above facts, and directed that all the costs should be paid out of the funds of the society. The above arrangements, apparently, gave satisfaction to all parties, and a day was fixed when the special order of the court should be made. PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS BEFORE MAGISTRATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES EMIGRATION FRAUDS TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—Will you do me the favour of publishing, for the advice of emigrants to the United States of America from British ports, as well as for all parties concerned in the shipment of persons seeking homes in the New World, the following extract from the annual report of the board of emigration for the year 1855. I also enclose an extract from the annual message of his Excellency the Governor of the State of New York. In conclusion, allow me to express the hope that the press of Liverpool will aid in the endeavour now making to put an end to the villainous schemes now on foot in Liverpool and New York, for the robbery and ruin of both male and female emigrants by a set of vampires who infest our wharves and slips for the purpose of selling spurious inland tickets to passengers destined to the western section of the United States of America.—Yours, &c., T. W. WHITLEY. COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION. THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1855. ESTABLISHMENT AT CASTLE GARDEN FOR THE LANDING PLACE OF EMIGRANT PASSENGERS• The act of April 18, 1855, " for the protection of emigrants," having conferred additional powers on the commissioners, to enable them to designate a single landing place in the city of New York, "for the landing of emigrant passengers," has been successfully carried into effect. The corporation of the city of New York having granted a lease of the premises known as Castle Garden, for five years, from the first day of May, 1854, at an annual rent, to a private party, the commissioners suc ceeded in obtaining an assignment of the lease. on favourable terms, and possession was given on the fifth of May last, when the fitting up of the premises, in a manner suitable for the purpose designed, was immediately proceeded with. Owing, however, to the extensive repairs required, and the obstructions thrown in the way by those who, on different grounds, appre hended injury to their private interests, the place was not in readiness for use until the Ist of August, when it was formally opened as the emigrant landing depot. It is not deemed necessary to allude to the efforts made to obstruct the execution of the law in this instance, further than to state that where that effort was resorted to with the design of rendering nugatory the power conferred, and for the ejectment of the commis sioners from the occupancy of Castle Garden, the courts have sustained the law in its beneficient objects, and the commissioners in the /possession of the premises for the purpose of carrying the law into effect; and that where violence threatened with a strong hand to lay waste and destroy, the police authority of the city, by prudent and decisive action, effectually checked the thoughtless and lawless in their course, and preserved a valuable property from destruction or damage, and the reputation of the state from disgrace. Two hundred and fifty vessels have landed their pas sengers at the depot in the five months it has been in operation—bringing, in the aggregate, fifty-one thousand one hundred and fourteen persons, during which period no accident of any kind has occurred. All have been landed safely, without damage to themselves or property. When landed, proper means have been used to secure their comfort and protection. They have been screened from the intrusion of that class of persons who have here tofore abused the confidence of the emigrants, and des poiled them of the means they had provided to convey them to their ultimate destination, and to sustain them after they had reached it—who have long been in the practice of taking possession of the person and property of the confiding emigrant, and seldom permitting him to pass out of their hands without damage : in many cases reducing them from comparative affluence to destitution, and making them subjects for relief by the funds of the commission ; but in a larger proportion crippling their means to an extent which has affected their after life. Every facility is provided at the depot for those whose destination is to the interior, to proceed without unne cessary delay ; and without need or pretext for inter course with the class of persons in the city before alluded to. By this arrangement, much for the benefit of the emigrant, the shipper, the commission and the community at large, has been accomplished. Among these benefits may be mentioned : First—To the emigrants. In a more safe and speedy landing of their persons and effects ; in the greater safety of their effects after having been put on shore, depreda tors being limited to fellow passengers, and but slight opportunity existing for successful pillage by them. In relief from the importunities and deceptions of runners and bookers. In being enabled to continue their journey without deiay from the same wharf from where just landed. In relief from all charges and exactions from landing, " baggage smashing" and porterage ; and where they are proceeding to the interior, from cartages. In being enabled to obtain passage tickets at the lowest rate directly from the various transporting companies. In having their baggage accurately weighed; and in being relieved from excessive charges for that which is extra In obtaining reliable information relative to the various routes of travel throughout the country. In being re lieved from the necessity of transporting their baggage to boarding houses when exigencies require a temporary sojourn in the city of New York, and thus in being enabled to depart for their future homes without having their means impaired, their morals corrupted, and probably their persons diseased. Second—To the shipper. In the greater readiness with which passengers are discharged where freight and mer chandise do not interrupt the process. In the ship being relieved of its passengers at once, and immediately on arrival. In the consignee being relieved from the super ♦ision of the landing of the passengers. Third—To the funds of the Commission. In the in creased facility afforded for the discovery of cases liable to special bond. In the opportunity for ascertaining the means of passengers for support. In the reduction of sickness and distress among emigrants. In the diminished proportional number that will become a charge to the Commissioners ; and in the means to readily discover paupers and criminals transported hither. Fourth—To the statician. In furnishing reliable data of the fiscal means of emigrants on arrival. In develop ing the points of individual destination; thus exhibiting the number of persons who, at the time of arrival, are destined for each state, and the money means with which they are provided. Fifth—To the community in general. In the diminu tion of human suffering. In the reduction of calls on the benevolent throughout the country, and in the dispersion of a band of outlaws attracted to this port by plunder, from all parts of the earth. Sir,—'Tis pleasing to see a very proper jealously on the part of the public against secret tribunals. Nevertheless, I think your correspondent " R. 5.," in writing a second letter upon " The Recent Delicate Investigation " before the magistrates, goes beyond the limits of a reasonable indignation, and betrays that sort of captiousness which revels in the getting up of a grievance. I presume he is not a lawyer, or he would not have dis played such an ignorance of the subject he veuturod to handle, as to deny the right of the magistrates to hear any case with closed doors. It will be remembered that the prisoner was charged with an indictable offence, the particulars of which were altogether unfit for the public ear. MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK. EMIGRATION. The number of emigrants landed at the port of New York during the year just closed is 136,233. During the year 1854 the number was 319,223. This falling off has caused a corresponding reduction in the receipts of the Commissioners of Emigration. While, therefore, the Commissioners were burdened with the support of the sick and destitute arriving the preceding year, their diminished revenues during the last season has occasioned serious embarrasments. The length and severity of the winter of 1855, and the high prices paid for all the neces saries of life, not only increased the number of emigrants requiring aid, but added largely to the expenses of the Commissioners. The commissioners within the past year have entered vigorously upon a system of economy and retrenchment. The inmates of their various institutions were largely reduced in numbers. The medical department was reor ganised, and further improvements are contemplated. The general superintendence was changed, and all supernumaries were discharged. In these efficient reforms, as in their generous devotion to the laborious duties of their office, the Commissioners of Emigration earn their only reward—the approbation of their ,fellow citizens. The indebtedness of the commissioners, from the causes stated, will probably require legislative relief. It should be remembered that the money to purchase the land on Ward's and Randall's Islands, to erect thereon expensive and noble structures to maintain the inmates, and to return to the counties the sums expended for the support of emigrants, has all been derived from the emigrants themselves. Since the passage of the law creating the board of commissioners, our own citizens have been relieved from the burden of supporting sick and destitute emigrants. You will, I trust be prepared to consider favourably such application as may be made for the temporary pecuniary relief of the Board of Emigrant Commissioners. Foreign emigration is an element of national prosperity, the importance of which we are not likely to over-esti mate. The strangers come to us rich in what we most need—the ability and the disposition to labour. Their labour enters immediately into every department and branch of our industry. From England and France come artisans whose skill and experience enable us to compete successfully with the manufactories and workshops of the Old World. Northern Europe supplies us with thrifty and industrious tillers of the soil. Ireland sends us labourers, without whose bone and sinew our country would not now rejoice as it does in more canal navigation and more miles of railroad than have been constructed by any other nation. To emigration we are largely indebted for the early settlement, the rapid development, and the rising greatness of the Western States. If our citizens realised how directly their own individual pros perity springs from the manual labour of emigrants, or even reflected how indispensible are their services to our domestic comfort, they would be less solicitous to " pass laws to prevent the population of these states, to obstruct the laws for the naturalisation of foreigners, and to refuse to pass others to encourage their migration hither." In pursuance of a law of the last legislature, the com missioners designated Castle Garden:for the landing de pot of all emigrants arriving at the port of New York. Though encountering persevering opposition from classes of persons interested, for a series of years, in extortions j and frauds alike oppressive and unjust to emigrants and discreditable to our state, the com missioners, sustained J by the city authorities and the courts, are now working out, with eminent success, the beneficient objects con templated. The Garden affords ample, commodious and grateful shelter and protection to the tens of thousands of strangers heretofore cast upon the open wharves to be preyed upon by rapacious runners, bookers and others, who were the more successful by reason of speaking the languages, and claiming to be the countrymen and friends of the emigrants. , The different railroad and steamboat companies supply tickets to emigrants, within the Garden, at their regular The magistrates, I think, exercised a sound discretion in declining to gratify a prurient curiosity ; and, in exer• cising that discretion, as they did, I am prepared to show that they had the express sanction of the law. Mark how prosy a quotation shall meet your corre spondent, as the phrase goes, " out of court." The 11 and 12 Vic. c. 42, sec. 19, enacts as follows : "And be it declared and enacted, that the room or building in which such justice, or justices, shall take such examina tions and statements as aforesaid (that is when persons have been charged with indictable offences) shall not be deemed an open court for that purpose : and it shall be law ful, in such justice or justices, in his or their discretion, to order that no person shall have access to, or be, or remain in, such room or building, without the consent or per_ mission of such justice, or justices, if it appear to him or them that the ends of justice will be best answered by so doing." I think I need not add another word to this plain proof that your correspondent has written in utter ignorance of the law, and I fear under the influence of the misled feeling to which I need not further allude. Yours, &c.. JURIS-CONSULTUB MURDER BY LAW THE NORTHERN TIMES.—LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, Me and published rates of fare. Information required either to guide or facilitate their course or promote their inte rests, is furnished by the commissioners or their employes. Such as are disappointed either in meeting friends or re mittances, on their arrival, find a temporary home in the Garden, or are assisted to their destination. The favour able location and peculiar advantages of Castle Garden have fortunately enabled the commissioners to perfect their arrangements for the protection of emigrants, and it is justly regarded as a wise and enlarged measure of economy and humanity. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,--Pray raise your voice against the wholesale hang ing with which we are threatened, more especially the hanging of women. There is something brutal and revolt ing in the scenes recently enacted in the Central Criminal Court, and the finale will fill all the right feeling family circles with horror. In the case of Elizabeth Harris, the crime was certainly not more than manslaughter, as there cannot be a doubt on any one's mind that the act was one of sudden desperation; and Celestina Sommers's act, from first to last, was one of an insane person. Cannot something be done to get up petitions in this town, against the murder by law, in the case of these women, and also against the punishment of death. Pray move at once in this matter.—l am, &C., MERCY. Liverpool, 12th April, 1856. ST. ANNE'S DIspENSARY AND EYE AND EAR INSTITU TION, 9, ROSE -HlLL.—Week ending April 12,—New patients entered on the books last week, viz—Relieved at the institution, 151 ; relieved at their own dwellings, 70. Total, 221. Visitors.—Mr. E. Watts, and Mr. T. Kirk. Hon. secretary and treasurer—Josephiiitchen, Esq. WAVERTREE BOARD OF HEALTH. The first monthly meeting of the newly constituted board, was held last night, at the board room, Wavertree. The following were the new members elected :—Messrs. Edward Swindon, Henry Davie, Hilton, Haßread, James A. Picton, and William Geddes. The first business was the election of a chairman and vice c hairman. On the motion of Mr. llalhead, seconded by Mr. Picton, and carried unanimously, the Rev. Mr. Baddinell was re elected as chairman for the year. The Chairman returned thanks for the renewal of the confidence placed in him, and trusted that they would all do their duty with unanimity and good feeling. Mr. Chaffers 'gas unanimously elected vice-chairman of the board. The board then proceeded to the election of the several committees, and these being formed the clerk proceeded to read the minutes of the last monthly meeting. The following members were then present :—Messrs. Baddinell, Riston, Chaffers, Gore, Geddes, Anderton, Clarke, Swinden, Davits, Bradburn, Picton, and Hal head. The law clerk read a correspondence about the everlasting controversy between the board and the Marquis of Salisbury, respecting certain sewerage of the township. It appeared on the 24th March, Lord Salisbury had an interview with the board, and that an arrangement for enquiry into the subject was agreed to on that occasion. The financial accounts were read, and the amounts due ordered to be paid. Some discus sion about the sewer then took place, and it was agreed to submit the expenditure to the board. After the transaction of the routine business the meeting adjourned. IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING DUDLEY, Saturday Night.— The concluding meeting of the ironmasters of this district for the present quarter was held here this evening. The attendance of the trade was less numerous than usual—a circumstance which is mainly attributable to the very decided turn matters took at the meetings at:Wolverhampton and Birmingham, the busi ness at both places being sufficiently animated to remove all doubts on the subject of the maintenance of the prices declared at the preliminary meeting—the consequence was that there were fewer contracts standing over for ratification at this meeting, and the transactions were confined mainly to the settlement of accounts, and to dealings in pig iron, of which a considerable quantity was sold. Large orders for rails have just come in. and others are expected. Amongst the contracts actually entered into, is one on account of the South Staffordshire Rail way Company for 2,500 tons of rails, to be delivered in January next, at 91 78 6d per ton, for their Cannock and Norton branches. It alone is a proof of the firmness of the trade, that although this contract is, allowing for the trifling cost of delivery at the railway company's station, 7s 6d per ton higher than the present price of bars, it is thought to be low as the price paid in nine months' time. There is good reason to believe that long before that period large orders will have been received for rails for the East Indies, the East India Company having, it is understood, decided on promoting the construction of great arterial lines of rail way throughout their territory. This and other favour able circumstances, the continued flow of orders from America, the opening of the ports in the north of Europe, and the low stocks of merchant iron, have imparted a degree of vigour to the trade, and of confidence amongst those interested, which could not have been;anticipated a month ago. The demand for pig iron is reported to be brisk; and although the make is still very great, stooks are incon siderable. The quotations, as announced at to-night's meeting, are—hot-air pigs, (Staffordshire,) 4/ lOs ; cold blast 5/ 2s 6d to 5/ 7s 6d ; Shropshire cold-blast, 5/ 103 per ton. For tin plates there are very large orders in from America. The price now fixed is 3ds per box at the ports. The meeting to-night passed off well. A great num ber of accounts were paid, and amongst the trade a very confident feeling is entertained that the depression has all but disappeared. TRAD E REPORT.-MONDAY, LIVERPOOL COTTON : We have tl report a very active demand for cotton to-day, the demand has been general and extensive, the supply less liberal, and prices are td per lb higher than on Friday. The sales—including 600 Pernambuco, 60 to 71d ; 1,400 B'thia, 6&d to 611; 800 Maranham, 61-d to 6P; 1,000 Egyptian, bid to 8d; 3,500 Surat, 4 1-16 d to qd—are reported 30,000 bales, of which 10,000 are on speculation and for export. COTTON STATEMENT, FROM SEPT. 1, 1855, TO APRIL 2, 1856 Receipts. Total 1 Exports to Exports to I Stock and on 1 Great Shipboard. Ports. Britain. 1 Foreign 2,825,836 1 1,915,060 1,838,597 1,374 992 1,133,799 I 959,415 680,247 330,541 463,605 174,294 349 716 SCOTCH Pia IRON : Our market for warrants closes at 72s 61, cash. Market firm. SUGAR : There is no change to notice in our market, but the demand continues rather limited, and we have only to report 140 hhds Bardadoes (chiefly new), at 40s 6d to 4.5 s ; 20 hhds grainy Demerara, at 41s ; 150 bags Dates, at 41s 6d; and 1.400 bags Pernams, at 24s 61 per cwt, in bond. MOLASSES : There is nothing to notice. Rum : Only a small lot of Demerara, at previous rates. COFFEE : There continues a steady enquiry, and 650 bags Rio were taken, at 42s 6d to 43s 6d per cwt. TEA : We have no improvement to report, but there is a fair amount of business passing. RICE and SALTPETRE : No transactions to notice. TURMERIC: 90 bags Bengal are reported, at 32s per cwt PEPPER : 30 bags white, at 71,d per lb. LINSEED: A small lot of Calcutta, at 50s per qr. LOGWOOD : 25 tons Barbadoes,.at . £6 7s 6d per ton. CATTLE : There was a brisk sale for b ef to-day, at an advance in price of 20s a head. Sheep, of which there was a very small supply, were sold at as high, if not higher rates, than at any market this seazort. Beasts, 1,842, at .51d to 6d per lb ; sheep, 4,359, at 7id to 81d. LONDON, The public sales declared for to-morrow are : —Sugar : 500 hhds Barbadoes, 10,000 bags Mauritius, 1,300 Beng.d, and 4,000 bags brown Brazil. Coffee : 200 casks Plantation Ceylon, and 600 half-bales Mocha. Rice : 3,000 bags Rangoon. The private contract markets have been inactive since Friday, but prices very generally sustained. SUGAR: A limited business done. TEA : 600 chests common Congou sold at 9d. COTTON: 1,000 bales sold at full prices. SALTPETRE : A limited business done. Refraction 2to 4, at 375. OrLs : Seal, pale, £54; yellow, £4B ; brown, £4O to ; sperm, £ 123 to £124 ; cod, £43 to £45; South Sea, pale, £44; olive Gallipoli, £5l to £52; Spanish and Sicily, £49 to £5O; cocoa nut, 383 to 395; palm, 363 63 to 393 6d ; linseed, 31s 61 ; rape, pale, 40s 6d to 51s 61; brown, 47s to 47s 63. Coax : The supply of foreign wheat last week was large, con sisting mainly, however, of qualities but little adapted to the London Trade, There was a fair quantity of wheat on sale from Essex and Kent, and sales proceeded slowly at a decline of 2s to 4s per qr upon the currency of Monday last. Foreign wheat was only saleable in retail at a reduction of 2s to 3s per qr. Flour must be quoted Is to 2s per sack, and is to Is 6d per barrel cheaper, particularly for low qualities, of which the bulk of the stock consists. Birley was in short supply, and is per qr dearer. 0 its were unchanged in value, with a steady sale. Beans and peas firm. Arrivals into London, from April 7, to April 12 :—Coastwise : English, 2830 qrs wheat, 1888 qrs barley, 4033 qrs malt, 554 qrs oats, 104 qrs beans, 35 qrs peas, 1465 sacks flour. Scotch, 49 qrs barley, 50 qrs malt. Irish, 107 qrs malt, 2850 qrs oats. Foreign, 25,795 qrs wheat, 1,160 qrs barley, 9,237 qrs oats, 4,065 qrs beans, 9,632 brls and 342 sacks flour. E. C. Rail., 2,999 qrs wheat, 1,848 qrs barley, 9,960 qrs malt, 511 qrs oats. 100 qrs beans, 34 qrs peas, 11,384 sacks flour. Gt. N. Rail., 850 qrs wheat, 69 qrs barley, 182 qrs malt, 541 qrs oats, 4 qrs beans, 2,082 cwts flour. Exported, 790 qrs sshnat, 392 qrs oats. TALLOW : The market is quiet to-day, at the following quotations :—Town tallow, 48s, nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 48s 3d to 6d ; April to May, 48s ; May to June, 48s to 3d; October to December, 48s 3d to 6d. Arrivals for the week ending April 23rd last year, 1,601 casks, and delivery, 2,290 casks. The arrival last week comprised 251 casks from Russia ; 897 from Australia ; 409 from South America ; and 99 from other places. Total, 1,656 casks. BOROUGH HoP.—Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report that fine hops are in good demand at improved prices ; middling sorts are also more enquired after. YESTERDAY'S MARKETS, CORK CORN : White wheat, 355; red ditto, 32s to 355; barley, 17s to 19s ; oats, 12s to 13s 6d. CORK BUTTER : Firsts, 150 seconds, 140 ; thirds, 135 ; fourths, 125 ; fifths, 110 ; sixths, 94. No change. BELFAST Coax : A very small supply of wheat and oats at market ; the former 14s 6d, red, 15s ; and the latter, white,lss 6d to 17s per cwt ; oatmeal, 13s per cwt. -- - - MILITIA APPOINTMENTS.—The Gazette of Friday contain' the following :-3rd Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia : IT. C. Colgan, Esq , M.D , to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Beaney, resigned. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia : J. Browne, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Campbell, promoted. 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia : J. G. D. Minchin, Gent., to be Ensign. BOROUGH SESSIONS.-YESTERDAY (BEFORE GILBERT RENDERSoN, EEG., RECORDER.) Yesterday the business of these sessions was resumed before the recorder, Gilbert Henderson, Esq. In the course of the day the following cases were tried and dis posed of. For cutting and stabbing, the following persons were tried and sentenced as follows :—Ann M'Cummaskey, nine months imprisonment ; Johannah Roach, twelve months imprisonment ; John Thomas, eighteen months imprisonment; Joseph Swinnerton, three months im prisonment. Ann M'Aveeley, indicted for a similar offence, was acquitted on the ground that she was not of sound mind at the time of the commission of the offence charged. The following were convicted of felony : Henry M'Grath, eight months imprisonment; Jane Wil son, four months imprisonment; Ann Phillips, four years penal servitude. Verdicts of acquittal were pronounced in the following cases :—Samuel Brand, Mary Pritchard, Betsy Crawford. SATURDAY. FRAUDS ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY COMPANY.—The trial of Alexander Miller, late of the Waterloo-station of the London and North-Western Rail way, for embezzlement, took place on Saturday, before the Recorder. Mr. Simon was for the prosecution, and Mr. Blair, with Mr. Coleman ' defended the prisoner. The court was crowded by the friends of the prisoner, and several ladies were also present. The details of the case were published a few days ago in our paper, so that it is not necessary to repeat them now, as they must be quite fresh in the recollection of our readers. The trial lasted from two to six o'clock, and resulted in the acquittal of Mr. Miller, who was discharged from custody. Thomas Beesley, twenty, blacksmith, was convicted of burglary, at Liverpool, on the night of the 7th February last. and sentenced to fourteen years' tran•portation. John Hardman, eighteen, whitesmith, was tried on the same indictment and acquitted- George ➢l'Gregor, twenty-eight, shopman. remanded from last sessions, was c - mviated of robbery, and s3ntenced to twelve months imprisonment. Agnes M'Gregor, twen y-seven, was tried on the same indictment, and acquitted. COURT OF PASSAGE.-YESTERDAY (BEFORE EDWARD JAMES, ESQ., Q.C., ASSESSOR.) "No CURE NO PAY."—A - DEAF BARGAIN TO BOTH PARTIES.—HOLMES v. STARTUP.—The plaintiff is a man of colour, and the defendants, Messrs. Startup and Brown, aro the well-known "quack-doctors," having a booth for the sale of medicines at the corner of Roe-street, and the action was brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation for the injury and loss sustained by him through improper medical treat ment on the part of the defendants. It appeared that the plaintiff on returning from a voyag", some time since, felt unwell, and went to consult the defendants on his case. They undertook to cure him of his illness, the bargain being "no cure, no pay," and the plaintiff paid into their hands, as a deposit, £1 10s. They at once put him under the influence of mercury, though his ailment did not require the use of so dangerous a medicine, and the result was, that instead of being relieved of his sickness, his constitution was so impaired by this improper treatment, that when Dr. Hutchinson, of Parliament-street, was called in, he for some time considered the plaintiff's life in danger. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £3O damages, with costs. Mr. Atkinson appeared for the plaintiff, andMr.Brett for the defendants:. ACTION FOR CRIM. CON.—DANIEL V. CALLOW.—Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Aspinall for the defendant. The plaintiff is a dock gate man, in the employ of the Liverpool Dock Trustees, and the defendant is a house agent and collector of rents, and the action was brought by the plaintiff, to recover damages, for criminal conversation with his wife by the defendant. The nature of which will be collected from the evidence. Maria Robertson, of Mill-lane, Shaw's-brow, deposed that she was a witness to the marriage of the plaintiff at a Scotch kirk, in Sydney, fifteen years ago. Harriett Winstanley, sworn and examined : I am the wife of John Winstanley, carter, living in Hankyn-street. I know Mr. and Mrs. Daniel. In the beginning of last year I went across one Saturday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, to clean up Mrs. Daniel's house. She was at the time feeding hens at the door with corn, and was somewhat in liquor. While I was there the defendant came up to the house, and I heard Mrs. Daniel say, "Is that you ?" He said " yes," and she told him to walk into the lobby. When in the lobby, she said to him, "go up stairs to my sitting room." He did so, and she went up with him. Directly afterwards she came down to me in the kitchen, and said " it is my cousin— I thought he would give me omething," showing a shilling. She put the shilling down, and asked me to go for some whiskey. She then went up stairs, and I, before going for the whiskey, took off my shoes, and slipped up after her. The door was wide open, and there was a bed and a chest of drawers in th, room. I stooped down at the door, and could only see Mr. Callow's feet in the bed. I could not see what I wanted to see. (Laughter.) I then stood up by the press. (The witness then deposed to havieg witnessed the act.) Cross examined by Mr. Aspinall : Mentioned the circumstance that night to the woman who lived in the cellar; did not tell the plaintiff of it until the present action was commenced. Alice Tattersall deposed that she lived in the cellar of the plaintiff's house in Hankyn-street : and that, on the occasion spoken to by the previous witness, she saw the defendant go into the plaintiff's house. Cross-examined by Mr. Aspinall : Does not know if the plaintiff was in tho habit of beating his wife ; heard her often screaming; but, of course, a little thing would make her cry when tipsy. (Laughter.) Mrs. Daniel was in the habit of getting tipsy ; was not good friends with her, as she was " too tipsy" for witness. (Laughter.) Other wit nesses were also examined to prove that the plaintiff and his wife had lived happily together until this occurrence took place, and that her infidelity with the defendant was the talk of the neighbourhood. Mr. Aspinall, for the defendant, con tended that the case was purely a made up one, and in support of this view dwelt on the fact of the singular silence of the woman Winstanley, in reference to what she had seen, until the period of the commencement of the present action. The jury almost immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff. ✓ CARROLL V. BITGIIES.—The plaintiff is a baker; he was employed by the defendant, who is a chemist, to carry on a baking establishment on his account. He was to have for his labour £3 a week, and he brought the present action to recover a balance of wages of £l2 15s. Verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Aspinall for the defy a lant. . EVERETT V. SPINKS.—The plaintiff is a wholesale dealer in bonnets, and he brought the present action to recover £4l 4s 7d for goods sold and delivered to the defendant. The action was undefended. Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiff. JONES AND ANOTHER V. KING AND ANOTHER.—This was an action on a bill of exchange for £lB 1 Gs 7d, given by the de fendant King, in the name of his firm, shipbuilders and carpen ters, for goods supplied by the plaintiffs, who are brassfounders. Mr. Raffles appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Brett for the defendants. SAUNDERS V. FORMBV.—The plaintiff is an innkeeper in Liverpool, and the defendant is a member of the medical pro- fession ; and the action was brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation for the loss of a horse through the neglect of the defendant, in not repairing a stable, which the plaintiff held from him as tenant. Verdict for the defendant. This concluded the business of the court. SATURDAY The business of this court was resumed on Saturday, before the assessor, E. James, Esq., Q.C. A HORSE CASE.—CORSBY V. FORMBY.—In this ease the plaintiff was a horse dealer, and the defendant a publican, living in Liverpool. The action was brought to recover the value of a horse, which had been bought by the plaintiff from the defendant, who, it was alleged, he'd warranted it sound and free from vice. The horse had been purchased for £l9 ss, but it turned out such a vicious animal, that it was taken to Lucas's and sold for only £1 L. The plaintiff state' that he first saw the horse in Dale-street, where, admiring. its action, he went after it, and agreed to give the man £l9 5s for it, when, as he positively swore, the plaintiff warranted it free from vice. A few days after he sold it to Mr. Heatley, but when it was put into a gig it was found to be so vicious that it was not. worth one shilling to him. Several witnesses were called, and proved that the defendant warranted the horse. For the defence, it was denied that any warranting had been given, and that the plaintiff pur chased it on his own judgment. Witnesses were called, each of whom swore that no warranting was given. The jury consulted, and returned a verdict for the defendant. The other cases heard were of no public interest. THE OVERLAND MAIL. The Indian mail left Alexandria on the 9th inst., with dates from Calcutta to the 10th March, and Bombay, 19th. Oude was quite tranquil ; trade dull ; exchange at Calcutta, 2s 2 1 . d. Lord Dalhousie arrived at Suez on the 2nd, and left Alexandria on the 7th inst. THE CUSTOM HOUSE DOME, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—The manner in which the dome of our Custom House terminates is very generally found fault with. The architect has evidently intended something to surmount it, but perhaps, the construction of the dome would not allow of anything very weighty to rise from its apex- Nothing to my taste would be more suitable, or more in keeping with the purposes of the building, than a well designed crown, gilt ; the effect would, I feel sure, be good, and, if got out in sheet copper, no obstacle would present itself. Mr. Lowe, in the House of Commons, complained that things were not in Liverpool of that " ornate" appearance which might have been expected. Would the right honourable gentleman object to the outlay of a little copper and gold, if expended upon his royal mistress's place of business in this port ? Ido not think he nor the Liverpool Corpora tion would, as the whole thing only amounts to a crown.— I am. &c., 'moo. Liverpool, 12th April, 1856_ Perhaps the Architectural Society will be good enough to talk the matter over when they next meet at St. Qeorge's-11411, ; iniM.11611414190 , POLICE COURT -YESTERDAY (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) CHARGE OF STABBING.—A man, named Joseph Lewis, dressed as a sailor, was brought up on a charge of having stabbed a man named Thomas Bennett, in a public house in Whitechapel. The case was somewhat mysterious. The only facts stated in court were these : That Bennett was stabbed, and is at present in the Northern Hospital, but there was no certificate as to his state. There had been a fight in the public house on Saturday night, and in the melee he was stabbed, and the prisoner was observed standing near him, with a knife in his hand. The prisoner was, for the present, remanded. WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF AN ELOPEMENT.—Chrieopher Timmins, Dennis Molloy, and Honora Molloy, were charged with having assaulted several police officers, and Thomas Ken nedy was charged with fighting, and having created a serious disturbance. From the evidence of several police officers, it appeared that on Saturday night. between twelve and one o'clock, there was a great row in Athol -street. On the police going to the place, they found Kennedy an I another man fighting, and a crowd of so me two ' h undred people keeping a ring, and having "fair play," and doing other little affairs of that description ; the ladies of the party keeping watch, in order to prevent the " beak s " from interrupting the " sport." The police secured Kennedy, but his antagonist got off. And whilst taking their prisoner to the station a crowd of over 200 persons followed them into Great Howard street, and as that thoroughfare had been just newly spingled it afforded artillery for the crowd to assail the police with. This they did, with such effect that Kennedy got away, and the officers were severely punished by the missiles showered on them by the riotous mob. They at last, after a terrible hard struggle, succeeded in arresting the prisoners. In reply to Mr. Mansfield, the police said it all arose out of an elope ment. Kennedy had run off, some six weeks ago, with one Miss Leary, the daughter of a man residing in Athol-street. The lovers had gone to Wales, and other places, and returned during the past week, when the young lady's father instated on a marriage. Mr. Kennedy, fur what reason did not appear, refused to comply with the request, and this caused an " Inker mann" in petite every night since, in Athol-street,libetween the Learyites and the Kennedyites. The fact was, said the constable, it would be necessary to procure additional force to put down the nocturnal scenes of slaughter that took place in Athol and the adjoining streets. The officers added that, when the factions had no policemen to pummel they flung stones at each other. After the prisoners had been locked up on Saturday night, the Kennedyites committed great depredations on the heads of the other party with stones, and at present several of them were laid up in bed with cut heads and broken noses. Mr. Mansfield reprimanded the prisoner for the assault on the police, and said, but for the courage shown by the officers they would have been treated worse. However, as Kennedy did not strike the police, he might be discharged, hut, if again he was brought up, he would be severely punished. His worship sentenced the other three men to three months' imprisonment, in default of paying fines of £5 each. There was a cry in court of c. we'll raise the money." The woman was sent to gaol for seven days. (BEFORE MR. R. V. YATES.) HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—A ruffianly looking fellow, of powerful frame, named John Dalziel, was charged wish having committed an assault and highway robbery on a gentleman, named Andrew Fitzpatrick, on Thursday night last. From the evidence of the prosecutor, it appeared that about eleven o'clock on the night in question he was going home on the Walton-road, and, when near the public-house of Mrs. Bullen, on that road, he was accosted by the prisoner, who asked him for a glass of ale. He was rather fearful of the prisoner, whose appearance was not calculated to inspire much confidence, and. in order to act rid of him, he said he would comply with his request. He then proceeded in the direction of Mrs. Bullens, and, as he turned round, the prisoner struck him a violent blow on the back of the head, which knocked him down, and stunned him very much. The prisoner then tore his trousers down, turned him over in the gutter, and nearly smothered. him, at the same time robbing him of 103 in silver. Mrs. Bullen proved that the prisoner was at her house a short time previous to the robbery. The prisoner asked for a remand, on the ground that he could produce witnesses to prove that he was not there on the night in question at all. The prosecutor said he had picked out the prit-oner from amongst several persons at the bridewell, and Mrs. Bullen proved positively th at her house. lie was remanded for a week. SUSPECTED PLUNDER.— A female lat the prisoner was of rather ladylike appearance, who , e name was given as Jane Price, was brought up by detective Marks, on the following charge. He said the prisoner was in a shop in Church-street, on Saturday, where she purchased a piece of silk for a dress. When it was cut off she said she had lost her purse, and went away. It was sus pected that all was not right, and Marks was called, and with a young man from the shop, they followed her into Messrs. Richardson Brothers, in Church-street, where she did the same as at the other shop. Marks then took hold of her, as she was about leaving, when she dropped a picee of silk from under her dress, and tried to shuffle away from it. Tho silk was identified by the young man as stolen. Marks then proceeded to her lodgings in Truernan street, where he fund a vast quantity of property —as much, he said, as two men could carry in a large trunk, and, amongst the things he mentioned as very valuable, were the following :—A silver cream jag, eighteen new books, eleven boxes of scented soap, six bottles of perfumery, a jar of honey, three valuable satchels, a piece of crimson damask, a quantity of merino, gold lockets, and a great variety of other things, for which the prisoner would not give any account. Mr. Grimmer appeared for the prisoner, and said her husband was a respectable man, who travelled the country as a photographic artist, and a teacher of mathematics and other sciences. He used to remit her considerable sums of money, and no doubt she had purchased the property alluded to, Marks said he fund some money in the place, and the bus. hand stated that he had sent her that sum by post-office order. lie asked his worship to remand the prisoner, as he, no doubt, would be able to trace out owners for some of the property. She was accordingly remanded for one week. VIOLENT ASSAULT.—A young man named Martin Gavin, was charged with having committed a violent assault on an old man named William Congrave, in Sawney Pope -street. The complainant, who had his head bandaged up, said, a few evenings ago, the prisoner entered his house, and, without any provocation, struck him three violent blows on the head with an iron bar, which inflicted serious wounds on him, and knocked him senseless. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said his sister and the daughter of the complainant had a fight, and the complainant had beaten his sister, and he admitted that he beat the old man in return. The prisoner was sent for trial. A" DUFFER."—Andrew May, a well known " duffer," was brought up on a charge of having " chiselled " a youth from the "Green Island," who seemed as" verdant" as his country. The complainant said his name was Daniel Cardiff, and that he came from Nowtownards, near B e lf ast . H e had as a com panion one Mister Ferguso n , an d as t h ey strolled along the docks, looking at the big ships, who should come up but Mr. May. There is an old adage which says, " Welcome as the flowers of May," and Mr. Cardiff, and his friend Mr. Fer guson, seemed to think that Mr. May was—if not the flowers of his namesake month— at least the very pink of politeness. He invited them to " beer," as he said it was about " liquor ing " time, and then, in a confidential manner, told them he bad some tobacco that never saw the face of an exciseman. This information being well received by the two "Dromios," Mr. May then communicated a further piece of intelligence that posi tively astounded them. He pulled out a " real Canton crap* shawl," which he said cost £l2. It was intended fora present for Queen Victoria! but by one of those lucky chances, which happened only to " gentlemen" like Mr. May, it had fallen into his hands. He was very willing, however, to oblige his fiends by selling the reversion of the article in perpetuity, for the insignificant and ridiculous sum of twenty dollars. This being redueod into English money would make a sum of about £4, but Mr. Cardiff expressing his inability to produce so much precious metal, Mr. May, in order to shew his disinterestedness, produced two pieces of Persian satin, which he offered ,to throw in by way of a "tiny" to the intended present to Queen Victoria. Mr. Cardiff offered all the money he had, namely E 1 17s. 6d., when Mr. May, after an ironical a=hem or two, whistled up the delicious tune of " over the hills and far away," and . then took his leave. with an impertinent it terrogatory of " do think I stole them ?" This appeared to have a sedative effect on Cardiff, and ulti mately he purchased the real Canicei crape and Persian velvet for £1 17s. 61., the value of the entire lot being about twelve pence of good and sterling money of this realm. The end of the whole affair was that Mr. Cardiff got compensation, and Mr. May made a solemn vow to quit Liverpool for ever. H e was told if he ever came " up" again, he would certainly be, " knocked down" for three months hard labour. LOSS OF THE AMERICAN STEAMER OSPREY KINGSTOWN, Jamaica, Marc 26.—The American steamer Osprey, which called into this porton her way from Santa Martha to New York, unfortunately took fire in this harbour early yesterday morning, through the act of a fireman who was engaged in drawing whiskey from a cask, close to which he had placed a lighted candle. Every effort:was made to save the ship, but without effect. She was towed out into the stream when she sank, having been burned to the watei's edge. The ship's instruments and other articles of value are all saved. The loss will fall heavily on the insurers or on shippers at Santa Martha and Carthagena, as the Osprey had on board a valuable cargo of catchouc and dyewoods from these places. The loss to the Kingstown shippers will be comparatively trifling. DESTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY STATION. The Vauxhall railway station was totally dest roye d b y fire on Sunday evening. About eight o'clock passen gers were in the act of booking themselve s f or t h e suburban down trains, when it w as di scovered that a small ante-room, adjoining the booking-office, and used by the clerk in charge, was in flames. In a very few moments, so remarkably rapid was the progress, that the officials were compelled to make a hasty retreat. A Windsor train actually stopped to set down passengers, the rapidity of the fir e h av i ng prevente d t h e officials from signalling. The origin of the fire is at present a mystery, but it is believed to have been occasioned iu some way or other by the gas.