The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-19 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE. The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held at one o'clock yesterday. Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The other members present were Messrs. Rankin, Palmer, Robinson, Halhead, Challoner, Ronnthwaire, Mann, Holme, Barber, Brocklebank, Bold, Littledale, Clint, Anderson,- Hubback, Mondell, Chilton, Smith, Gladstone, and Evens. The sub-committee of works recommended that the propcsal of the health commi'tee, to the effect that the dock estate pay half the cost of flagging the footwalk of Great Howard street, opposite the Stanley dock, the health committee pay the other half, and maintain the footwalks in repair, be accepted. 'The recommendation was confirmed. The tenders of the Chillington Iron Company, for Staffordshire iron, and of Messrs. Finch and Kelly, for plate iron, were recommended and accepted. The sub committee produced a plan for altering the steps at the Queen's graving dock, to give room for men to stand when shoring vessels. 111 r. Brocklebank said the steps were originally made to, narrow, and the consequence was that one or two men had fallen into the dock and sulTared very severe injuries. A memorial was presented from the Shipowners' Association to have the steps altered. •It was agreed that the alteration be carried out. The resignation by Mr. H. 31. Sudlow, of his situa tion as lauding clerk in the Albert dock, warehouses, was accepted, and the committee directed to select and recommend a successor. A !e'er was read from Messrs. Hartley ann Sell srs, of Naw York, and Natches, calling the attention of the entimittee to an invention they have originated and pre pared for the purpose of weighing grain and recording the quantity weighed with perfect accuracy and incredi ble despatch. Mr. ilubback said he had seen the invention, which was roost ingnious, and would be very useful if proper corn waKehousea were attached to the docks. As at pres.rv'nt, however, it was not applicable to the dock warehouses. The letter was referred to the warehouse committee. It was agreed, that as next Thurs:lay will he Christmas day, the committee should meet on the preceding NVpflnesday: The chairman stated that he had receivel a letter from Mrs. Etlward Cropper, requesting that if the committee found it necessary to resume the room at the north end of the Princes dock allowed at present to the Female Emigrant Society, they would allow the society the use of some other convenient building. The letter was referred to the Harbour Master's Com mittee. A letter was read from Mr. James Coey, of Liverpool, suggesting some plans upon a very large scale for the improvement of the approaches to the landing stage, and for facilitating generally the trade of the port. Among other things, the writer proposed and offered, if required, to prepare working plans, for the inspection of some competent engineer, to erect a bridge across the :Altrsey, by 6 spans of 521 feet each, at a level above the pierhead of 125 feet, to connect the London and North Western with the Birkenhead and Cheshire Rail- way, 'the railway on this side to be carried on the top of a pile of buildings ending at Roscoe street, where a tunnel could be formed to Edgehill, the pile of buildings to form a granary capable of holding all the corn and floor stored in Liverpool. The letter was referred to the approaches committee. A letter was read from several t merchants including Messrs. Bowman & Grinnell, Train, Grirnshaw, De 'Wolf, Jacot Taylor & Tipper, Baring, Rathbone, Tap scott, and others, calling attention to the inconvenience arising from requiring a merchant to apply personally at the harbour master's office to order lights to facilitate The loading of vessels' cargoes. The Chairman said the memorialists appeared to be under a mistake. If permission were applied for in writing, signed by any master, owner, or consignee, that writing might be conveyed to the office by any hand. Mr. Rounthwaite confirmed the chairman's statement. The Secretary was directed to communicate the fact to the memorialists. .t letter from Mr. Carter, of the London and North Western Railway, complaining of the great number of informations laid by the police, for obstructions on the railway, which the company could not entirely prevent, teas referred to the sub-committee of works. Mr. Mondell drew attention to the fact, that permis sion was granted by the harbour-master's committee, for the use of fires and lights on board an iron vessel belong ing to Mr. Lain'', lying for repairs in the Salthouse dock, while he stated a similar application made by Messrs. Jacot, Taylor, and Tipper, some time since for an iron vessel, was refused. A short conversation took place, in which some mein bels contended that the cases were not analogous. No motioa was made on the subject. Ttiis closed the general busin.ss. THE ALLEGED FEMALE SWINDLER. On Wednesday, at the Guildhall Police Court, Mary Anne Murphy, who stands charged with obtaining various sums of mopey from a number of persons by fraudulently representing that she was the niece of the Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, of the County of Cork, Ireland, and that she was entitled to a sum of .£3,C00 in the Bauk of England, as heiress to her brother, Robert Murphy, whose estate she was administering to, was again brought up before Sir J. Musgrove for further examination relative to these charges. Mr. Buchanan, of Basing hall-street, appeared for the prisoner. On the names of the witnesses being called over in this case. Mr. Gardner, the pork pie manufacturer of C:erkenwell Green, said: In consequence of the illness of my housekeeper, Mrs. Lott, she is not able to attend. The Rev. Mr. Cotter has also absented himself, but he will attend on any day the court may appoint. At present I apply for two summonses to bring up the messenger of the Insolvent Court, and another person, to give evidence against the prisoner. Sir J. Musgrove : But what do you propose to prove by their testimony ? Mr. Gardner : I went with her to the Insolvent Court, where she said she went to see her relation, Mr. Commissioner Murphy. I waited outside, and it appears that she merely went in at one door and came out at another; and on making enquiry I found that the Commissioner posi tively denied the relationship, and denounced her as an impostor, and the messenger will be able to prove that. Sir J. Musgrove : That case is not before me. The charge at present Is for obtaining money upon the representation that she is the neice of the Bishop of Cloyne and Ross. Mr. Gardner : She said the Bishop of Cork, sir. Prisoner : I did not, Mr. Gardner ; I said Cloyne and Ross. Sir J. Musgrove : You have not yet proved that her representa tion is false. It is not for her to prove that she is entitled to this propeity, or that she is the Bishop's niece, but for you to prove that she is not. Prisoner : But lam the Bishop's niece. Mr. Gardner : I was at the Duke of Devonshire's, in Burlington Gardens, last night,- your worship, and the Duke's people assured me that if the prisoner is re— manded, to give them time, they will be prepared with several cases against the prisoner. She obtained 7s 6d from me to pay some law charges in Chancery-lane, and I shall be able to prove that she never paid a farthing of it. Sir J. Musgrove : I cannot deal with a case that is not before me, and unless you can strengthen the present charge by other evidence I can do nothing in the matter. Mr. Gardner: 1 must leave the matter in your hands, Sir John. lam not in a position at present to strengthen my case, although I have been a great victim in this case. I am in the habit of supplying publicans with pork pies, and have had wine from those in the neighbourhood in_ stead of money, to supply the prisoner's extravagant way of living. On ono occasion she brought two ladies, and it cost me a sovereign for wine and other things to enable the prisoner to entertain them. Prisoner: That was not my fault; you invited them. Sir J. Musgrove : Where is the policeman who said he had a charge against the prisoner ? Mr. Gardner : He is at the Old Bailey, and was with me last ❑ight at the Duke of Devonshire's. Since this ewe has been published in the newspapers I have been inun dated with applications respecting the prisoner, and if she IS remanded I have no doubt I shall be able to bring many cases against her. Policeman 293 S, of the metropolitan force, said : About three months ago I saw the prisoner in Clerkenwell knocking at a great many houses. Pri soner : To be sure you did. That was when I wanted lodgings and went to Mr. Gardner's. Policeman: On that occasion she engaged a man to go with her to the docks to get her goods. I also found by information I received, and the description of the prisoner, that she is the same who represented to a lady at Kensington that she was the niece of the Rev. Father Hamilton, who had sent her over from Ireland; to obtain contributions to some charitable institution, and the lady believing her story, gave her LI for that purpose. Prisoner : Why do,n't yon brine the 1 ady forward ? Sir J. Musgrove : Now, Mr. Gardner, this officer has stated a precise charge that a magistrate can deal with. Mr. Buchanan : When Mr. Gardner shall get into the witness box I shall be able to put such questions to him as will place a very different complexion upon the case, as far as he is concerned. Mr. Gardner: I shall be prepared to meet them. Mr.' Buchanan: Will you get into the wit ness box now, as I have witnesses in attendance who will put another colour upon your statement. Mr. Gardner : I shall be prepared to do so at the proper time. Sir J. Musgrove : The evidence in your case is not sufficient for me to detain the prisoner, and she is therefore discharged, but the officer will take her into custody upon the charge of obtaining a sovereign under fa , se pretences, which will he enquired into before the magistrate of the district. (Addressing the prisoner) : You are discharged for want of legal evidence to support this case, but the officer will take you upon another case, which you will have to meet elsewhere. Prisoner : Thank God. lam innocent. The prisoner was then removed in the officer's custody. Dense fogs have again prevailed in the metropolis within the last few days. The royal artillery is now once more on the peace estab -1 ishment which prevailed before the war. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. , The usual weekly meeting of this commiitoe was held yesterday, at the Town Hall. Mr. Dover occupied the chair. The other members of the committee present, were :—Messrs. Sheil, Godfrey, INl'Gnfile, Beckwith, Crosthwaite, J. Holine, Anthony, Stitt, lt, Gladstone, A. C. Stewart, Holden, and Johnson. The minutes of the last committee were read and confirmed. THE HEALTH OF THE TOWN. The medical officer of health, reported that the milder weather of last week had been accompanied by a great decrease in the mortality of the town. The deaths, from all causes, having fallen from 244 in the previous week, to 179, while the mean temperature rose from 35.8 to 51.9. The average deaths for the corresponding week of the preceding eight years, corrected for the increase of the population, were 234, or 65 more than those of last week. In the parish the deaths were 117 ; in the out-town 11 . ps 62. From diseases of the lungs, there were 65 deaths ; against 92 in the previous week. Zyrnotie diseases, canoed only 40 deaths, being fewer than in any week of the previous cix months. Of these 17, nearly ono half, were from scarletin I, 8 from typhus, 4 from measles, 4 from heaping cough, 4 croup, 2 erysipelas, 1 diarolicea. No deaths was registered from small, pox. The decrease in the mortality was chiefly among children and old persons ; the deaths below 15, having been 99, against 144 of the previous week; and above 60—having been 21 against 29. Amongst the other reports teal were those of the borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector of nuisances— reporting various particulars of the operations in their several departments during the week, from which it appeared that, 186 dilapidated privies and ashpits were altered and repaired, 735 cesspools had been discharged, 120 ❑uisances complained of by the inhabitants, had been inspected, and means take❑ to remedy them ; 1,345 houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 4,113 apartments, and 367 cellars, hail been put under examination, with the views of improving their sanitary condition; and 155 lodging hones had also been inspected and reported upon. SLAUGHTER HOUSES. An ap;>licatio❑ was made by Mr. John Spinkq, for a license for a slaughter house at 33, Regent road, the site of which had already been sanctioned by the committee. The Clerk said while on this subject he wished to state that there had been considerable complaints against the nuisance of persons using their slaughter houses for wholesale slaughtering. That was an offence ; and if the committee recollected that some time since he bad taken a case before the magistrates, but the magistrates thought that as the committee had the power of withholding a license for such an offence, that in future it would be better to have such eases brought before the committee and not before the magistrates. Is it your wish, then, that I shall bring the cases before you ? The committee answered the question in the affirmative, and likewise consented to grant the application for the license. STATE OF TIIB STREETS. The engineer reported that the two contractors, Mr. Riding and Mr. Ellison, had not complied with their contracts in sup plying a sufficient number of horses and carts to take up the street sweepings. By the contract they were compelled to have their carts follow the sweepers, so that the sweepings might be immediately removed from the streets. Tile penalty in each case was 20 , , and against Mr. Riding there were 23 complaints, and against Mr. Ellison 43 ; it would, therefore, be for the committee to decide whether the town clerk should enforce the penalty of £23 against Mr. Riding, and £43 against Mr. Ellison. The Clerk was directed to take the necessary steps i❑ the matter. THE APPOINTMFMT OF CLERKS, The report of the special sub committee appointed by this com mittee to fill up the vacancies existing in the public offices was brought up and read, but, after some little conversation, it was referred back to the committee, with a recommendation that the chairman and vice chairman of tho water and health corn' mittee3 should be consulted ou the subject, and that the report should be brought up again. THE RIvINGTON WATER. Mr. James Ilohno said, Mr. Chairman, the subject which I am about to bring before you, is not directly connected with this committee, but is indirectly connected with it, for if the statements made in a letter signed " Aquarius," be correct, it is high time that this committee should take up the matter. The Chairman : I should like to ask Mr. Holmes whether he think it wise that we should take up the matters that are referred to in papers by anonymous writers. If wo once begin that plan, when or where are we to stop? If you intend to make a motion on the subject, then indeed, it is another thing, Mr. Holme : Here is a statement—" Good gracious, and is this really tho stuff they are going to force on the poor people of Liverpool." I say that such a statement as that has a right to be enquired into by this committee. The Chairman : Do you intend to make a motion on the subject P Mr. Holme I do. I shall move that the health com mittee proceed to the Rivington works, and examine the water for themselves, and I hope that 'the medical officer of this committee, with some other gentlemen, even those who have been opposed to tho Piko scheme will accompany them, and see for themselves, and then I am quite sure that this question will be put an end to, and then all will be able to see that these statements are—l cannot say anything else but—false. I say they are false statements. It is not my wish to get into a newspaper controversy, because I think that the denial of such statements in this room and the Council Chamber is sufficient. Mr. Beckwith : Suppose' we have to go over, I wish to know whether the water committee will stand treat over the matter ? The Chairman : 1 don't see that we have anything to do in the matter. Mr. llolme : If these statements that are put forth are correct, I think you are called upon to so over and inspect for yoursolves. Mr. Stitt: I think the committee should examine for themselves. Mr. Holtne : Let our medical officer accompany us. It is said that the water is not fit to give to the poor. Mr. Beckwith : With regard to that I can say that I think for the last fortnight or thret? weeks, 1 have had the Rivington water at my house, and it has been at all the houses along the Wavertree—road. Mr. Holme : What difference did you find in it ? Mr. Beckwith : I soon found it out—the one is fine, beautiful, and like spring water, and the other is like fain water. That is the difference between the two. Mr. R. Gladstone . This is a motion that should more properly he brought before the council. Ido not see how we can undertake to make any inquiry, without first having the authority of the council. Mr. Johnson : I think it would be better for the whole council to go and give their opinion. Mr. Holnao : They would soon see that the statement that had been made did not bear the semblance of truth, and if it could be, I do not see any objection to the whole council going. The Chairman : Are you prepared to say, in the motion you have made, that you have the concu:rence of the water committee ? M. Holme : No ; I have never spoken to any gentleman on the subject. The Chairman : It is very dangerous ground to touch upon. Mr. Holme : All I want is the truth—the straightforward truth ; and to get that there need not be many motions made. The Chairman : I think you had better give notice of this motion at the council. Mr. It. Gladstone : There is time to do so before the next meeting. Mr. Sheil : I do. not think we are in a position to examine into the question without first obtaining the authority of the council. If the council think that the matter should be inquired into, the❑ we have a right to do the duty cheerfully. Mr. Beckwith : Can wo put an end to anonymous letters in newspapers? _ . . . The Chairman : We have no business to interfere with another committee. We have no right to distrust the water committee. I can only say that this committee will not take any part of interfering with the proceedings of another. It was understood that Mr. Holmo intended to bring the subject before the council, and the subject dropped. THREATENED RUPTURE WITH CHINA.—The following is an extract from a private letter, dated Canton, Oct. 17 : On the 11th inst. a loreha (or trading vessel), bearing the British flag, and registered at Hong Kong. was boarded by the crew of a junk bearing the imperial flag, and four of her men (Chinese) were taken into the city, where, it is said, three of them have been beheaded. After two days had been allowed for explanation and apology, which did not arrive, the imperial junk was taken possession of by armed boats from one of our men of war. A strong naval force is mustering at Whampoa, and some of the steamers and vessels of war have proceeded up the river as far as the depth of water will allow them. Our own impression is, that the native authorities will make the required conces sion ; but, as in former instances, not until the very last moment preceding some threatened operation." RTHE STAMPING OF LETTERS. —At the Court of Queen's Bench, on Wednesday, Lord Campbell said he thought it right to state publicly that he had received a very satis factory answer from the Duke of Argyll, the Postmaster. General, with respect to the important subject on which he had addressed him, viz., the imperfect and slovenly manner in which letters were stamped in the English post-offices, from :'which great inconvenience aroso to individuals, and the due administration of justice met with serious obstruction. his grace admitted that the present system was defective, and pointed out the great difficulty of amending it, in consequence of the great number of letters which had to be stamped in a very short time. His grace, however, promised to use his best exertions to remedy the evil, and he (Lord Campbell) had no doubt, from the noble duke's energy and intelli gence, that so complete a remedy would be applied that there would be uo reason in future to make any complaints on this subject. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. CROPPER. AN AFFECTION Fats COPPER.—Ann G itnes was charged with having stolen some eopper from the stores of ALssrs: Chas. Moss and Co, Bonn's gardens. It appeared that some men belonging to Messrs Moss were delivering copper, and the woman managed to get a quantity of the metal, with which sho was escaping, when the policeman arrested her. It was stated that she had been convicted of stealing copper previously, and she was now sent for two months to prison. Thomas Wignall, a coal heaver, was sent for trial for steal ing a shawl from Mary Dwyer. THEFT IIY A SERVANT.—Elizabeth Deakins, was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel belonging to her mistress, Mrs. Sarah Arnold, Great Orford street, Detective lll`Culloch brought up the prisoner, upon whom ho found some of the stolen articles, and others were pawned. The prisoner was sent to gaol for two months. THE SUBSTANCE AND THE SITAD.)W !—A boll-headed fellow, named Thomas Bird, a native of Lincoln, was charged under the following circumstances. Police constable 679 said about ono o'clock the previous morning he was in Edge lane, when he was attracted, near the end of his walk, by a shadow, and he thought it was a female. (Loud laughter.) I then drew back, and saw:it was a man—(that's the shadow was the man) —and on further investigation I found it was the prisoner, and on minute inspection I found he had a smock on him (so he had), and that made him look like a woman. (A Voice : And of course a shadow.) " What aro you, sir ?" says I. •' What's that to you, sir," says ho. " Oh, hut a great deal to me, sir," says I. " Who are you pray, sir ?" says he. " I'm an officer under Qv...en Victoria and Major Grcig," says I, " and a guardian of life and property, and of the peace and well being of all society," says I. " You'r a wonderful genius," says he. " I am," says I, " and therefore you accompany me to one of her Majesty's station houses, for I shall try what metal you are made of." Seeing I was very pressing on the point, he yielded to my compulsion, and as he walked along I found a very firm foot under him, and " Oh, ho," says I, "your a soldier, ain't you ?" "And you're a prophet," says he, " for I was in the Royal Artillery." " You're a deserter," says I—l hold a crown." " I bet you two I'm not," says he. "Are you aischarged ?" says I. "Go, look and find out," says he. " You're a notoriously bad cha racter," says I, and so, sir, I took him to the station house, and on searching him I found a discharge from the _Royal Artillery, and all my strong and well founded suspicions wore correct, for I never saw such a bad character in the course of my professional experience. He was a year and nine months in the army, and his discharge only gives him 48 days, and he was turned out of the regiment as a disgrace to all military institutions. Mr. Wybergh : Was that your reason for taking him up an a shadow ? Policeman 679: Oh dear no, sir; I took him up on my own well founded and strong convictions that ho was a suspicious character, and my sagacity was re warded with success. Here is his discharge, as strong corro borative evidence. Mr. Cropper at once discharged the prisoner. The manner in which the officer gave his evidence and his self sufficiency caused much laughter. (BEFORE MR MANSFIELD ) THE CONFLICT ON BOABD THE ELIZA ANN BRIGHT.— James Beattie, the mato of tho above vessel, was brought up ou a second warrant. The full details of this case appeared in our paper of yesterday: Mr. Block was for the prisoner, and stated that his client had gone away, purely in mistake, after paying the fine for the assault on Wybar. The defendant did not wish to evade justice, and he (slr. Block) wished to state now that he had given £lO to Flannagan, for compensation for the injuries sustained by bins. Flannagan expressed his satis faction with the compensation, and the prisoner was discharged. COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY. BEFORE JOSEPH P ALOCK, ESQ., JUDGE. AN INDEPENDENT YANKEE —DAVIS V. WURRAY.—In this action the plaintiff, a tailor and draper, of Canning place, sought to recover from the defendant, who is mate of the American ship Australia, the sum of a lls for clothing supplied to him. Mr. Hime appeared for the plaintiff. The defendant seemed disposed to show the Britishers present how an American citizen could maintain his independence, and his scorn for the British institutions of law and order. His Honour had repeatedly to check the defendant for the levity, if not the impertinence, of his conduct, and asked him if he was an Englishman ? The defendant replied, " No. lam an American citizen, and a native of the State of Maine." His Honour then reminded him that ho should remember the country and place in which he was, and that there were sharp means in England for enforcing obedience to its laws, and ensuring respect to its courts. If he again forgot what was due to the court, he (his Honour) would commit him to prison. Whatever he would say would receive proper con sideration from the court, and he would be listened to with courtesy it conducting himself in a respectful manner. The defendant then admitted that he had received the clothes, but objected to the price, in regard to which no bargain had bee❑ made. his Honour decided that £1 should be deducted, and gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £7 Hs, with costs, the order for commitment to issue in a quarter of an hour. The defendant, who was " taken aback" by the promptitude of the decision, said : " I will give you security for the debt, and appeal to a higher court." His Ifonour informed him that there could be no appeal in such cases. The money, with £2 4s costs, was paid, and the defendant left the court. CAUTION - TO THE PUBLIC, (E IMPORTANT TO THE GETTERS-UP OF LOTTERIES. After the usual routine cases had, yesterday morning, been disposed of at the police office, by Mr. Mans field, a subject of very great importance to the public—and particularly to those who have in vested money in the purchase of tickets in th many " Christmas Prize Lotteries" which have been announced to be drawn for during the Christe mas Holidays, as it will appear, from an order received from Government, such practices are illegal, and the con cactors of them are liable to be imprisoned as rogues and vagabonds. The attention of Mr. Clough having been requested, and that officer having entered the court, the following important announcement was made from the bench, a hope being expressed that it would not be too late to prevent the public from further investing their money in such schemes. In addressing Mr. Clough, Mr. Mansfield said : My attention has been called to a subject which may be of great importance to theinhabi. tants of this town. For some time past it has been the practice for persons having goods to dispose of to offer prizes of various descriptions, which are drawn by a sort of lottery, and which at best is only a species of robbery. This has been going on for some time, and my attention has been called to it by Her Majesty's Treasury. It is quite clear that it is only a plan for parties to get rid of their wares, and musr BE PUT A STOP TO. The particular one to which my attention has been directed, is that of Mr. David Peake, of 73, Richmond row. There are prizes offered, of various descriptions, under the head of " Christmas Festivities," such as bottles of gin, bottles of rum, &c., and I am instructed to interfere, and PREVENT SUCEI TAKING PLACE. because they are not only manifestly UNFAIR but are strictly ILLEGAL. And I am desired by the Government to put a stop t o them. I have to inform you that, if David Peake, or any other parties, go on with such lowriss, they will be brought before me, and committed, as rogues and vagabonds—that is the wording of the Act of George lll—for three months. Now, I hope that you will report what I have said to you, to Major Greig, in order that he may give directions to the police immediately to put a: stop to such matters. The worthy stipendiary magistrate the❑ handed Mr. Clough the two bills issued by Mr. Peake, " Christmas Festivities,' with strict injunctions that steps were to be taken against him should the drawing take place. LIBELLING A LORD. At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, before the Common Sergeant, Charles Clement Brooke, late a cap. taro in the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry Turkish Contin gent, surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with having published a false and malici ous libel on Edward Mostyn, Baron Mostyn. The attacks of the defendant had been so systematic that his lordship, without wishing to act revengefully against him, was compelled to seek protection from the court. At his death the late Lord Mostyn left £20,000 to his natural daughter, and for this purpose agreed to mortgage his estate fur the amount. The present lord found that the estate was already so heavily mortgaged that there was no possibility of meeting this intended provision, and the estates were thrown into Chancery nineeen years ago. There they had remained, and Lord Mostyn had done what he could to carry out the trust. The defendant (Captain Brooke) had married the lady in question ; she was now dead but one child was alive. The defendant had been insolvent. H e h a d from time to time been relieved by Lord Mos'yn, through his solicitors; since then the defendant had sent a great number of letters and placards of a most offensive character. The letter which had led to this prosecution was dated'2oth November; in it he threatened to kick his lordship in the public streets, and to appeal to the House of Peers whether such a man should have a seat among them. The letter further charged Lord Mostyn with villainy of the grossest kind. Lord Mostyn was examined as a witness. At the conclusion of the evidence, Mr. Sergeant Parry, for the defendant, con tended that the letters and placards did not amount to a publication. The Common Serjeant stated that they did, and the serjeant having made an eloquent speech for the defendant, the jury found him guilty, but recom mended him to mercy, on the ground that he had acted under great provocation. The defendant was ordered to enter into his own recognizances to keep the pewee, and to come up for judgment when called upon. THE LATE MR. GEORGE HOLDEN. A short time since we had the painful duty to perform of recordinp the death of the above gentleman, who, for a number of years, occupied such a prominent position amongst the Liverpool musical world. Mr. Holden was very much respected by a large circle of friends, by whom his less will be greatly felt, but their loss is but a small consideration in comparison with that of his bereaved widow and family, who, as is too often the case with those connected with the musical profession, are, in addition to their grief, left in rather straitened circumstances. Such beiug the ease, a meet ing of the late Mr. George Holden's friends, was last night held in the large room at the Adelphi Hotel, for the pur pose of raising a subscription ore behalf of the widow and young family, and the assist in placing them in a respectable p osition in society. On the occasion, the chair was taken by Mr. Jas. Holme, who kindly consented to preside. There were several gentlemen, principally members of the Glee Club, in attendance. Mr. Horsley having accepted the office of hon. secretary, the Chairman said—Gentlemen, you are all aware of the purpose for which we have met on the present occasion—to adopt the best means we can for promot ing a subscription, or to take any other means that may be considered most advisable; to raise a fund to relieve the widow and family of the late Mr. George Holden. This meeting is called f or a two-fold purpose, and is of a two fold charac'er ; firstly, to express the deep regret we feel at the very sndslen death of one who was well known to all, and respected by all, and secondly, for the purpose of exercising that Christian eh trity and Christian benevolence, which peculiarly belong to this country, of providing something for the widow and the young and fatherless children he has left. lam sorry to say, that by his sudden death we have lost a great friend, and his poor wife is plunged into the deepest of deep distress. With regard to him who is gone, we have all of us heard, in this room, with great pleasure, the manner in which he has from time to time amused us, iu particular when he has favoured us with some of the glees of the late Sir Henry Bishop, who, to the disgrace of his country, was nearly dying of destitution, and would have done so, had it pa not been for the ex -ns 'of one member of this Glee Club, who, by is deistance and endeavours, although he had mu "to 4outend with, succeeded in rendering his closing moments happy. When we recollect the position iu which the widow is placed, it becomes us to exert ourselves in endeavouring to place her who is left behind, by our subscriptions or otherwise, in such a position that will enable her to earn an honest livelihood. lam aware that there are some persons who may blame Mr. 'Udell for not having taken care when he had a better opportunity; but, now, that is not for us to say a word about, because he has now gone to his account, but I understand from his wife, that the latter years of his life—wince his second marriage—has been spent in domestic peace and true happiness, and she says that his hand and his heart were always open to r dieve the distress of others. If such was the case let us apply the same charity to him as he had done to others, and endeavour all we can to relieve the poor widow. I believe, and I am sorry to say, that she is at present in a position that she will shortly have an increase in her family ; but I have no doubt, without a very large subscription she will be able to get a living, and will not in future become troublesome to her friends. It is for )ou to consi der the best means to promote that object, but, I believe, at present there is only one means proposed, and that is to raise a subscription, and iu order to do that we must form a committee. - After some conversation, the Chairman announced several subscriptions that he had received, and on the motion of Mr. Caffaratta, seconded by Mr. Crosthwaite, the following gentlemen were elected as a committee for carrying out the object of the meeting—Messrs. J. Holme, J. Smith, J. Radley, W. P. Jeffery, T. Thomas, H. Dodd, J. Arm strong, Herr Herrman, Thin, Woodruff, J. Kitchen, J. Wagstaff, Lorgbottom, and Horsley, with power to add to their number. Mr. D. Crosthwaite consented to act as treasurer to the fund ; and the money already subscribed was handed over to him. Mr. Radley then suggested the appointment of a sub committee, and kindly offered the use of his room for their use. He also suggested that a concert should be given in St. George's Hall, at a future time. After the arrangement of some business details, the meeting broke up. CONVERSAZIONE OF THE LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION. Last night a conversazione was held in the Royal Institution, Colquitt street, under the auspices of the above society, to celebrate the opening of the Museum of Materia Medics and Chemistry belonging to the Association. A very numerous and fashionable company assembled on the occasion. The entire suite of rooms of the Royal Institution ; including the Museum of the Chemists' Association, the Gallery of Art, including the Gallery of Paintings, which was illuminated for the first time with gas, anti the Museum of Applied Science, were all thrown open for promenade and the inspection of the objects of interest with which they ware filled. Through these the company .sauntered for a considerable time, some member of the associ— tio❑ being ever at hand to explain the nature and character of the objects exhibited. In the Museum of Applied Science, a notice of which appeared a short time since, in our columns, Mr. T. C. Archer, the honorary director, received the company, and imparted to them, in reference to the objects contained within it, much of that information with which ho is so largely supplied. In the geographical gallery were placed a number of valuable microscopes, with objects of interest under view, belonging to the following gentlemen : —Dr. Inman, Dr. Edwards, Mr. L. Hardman, Mr. C. F. Salt, Mr, Abraham, Mr. H. S. Evans, Mr. Cundill, and Mr. Mercer. Stereoscopes with a large collection of views, photographs, photogalvanographs. prints, and drawings, were distributed through the bird and other rooms. Fresh and salt water aquaria were exhibited by Mr. Ed mondson, and coloured illustrations of natural history were placed in the zoological room. Specimens of the proposed Atlantic telegraph cable and other submarine cables, kindly forwarded for exhibition by S. Sta tham, Esq., London, were also exhibited. Goodall's patent grinding and levigating machine, Knight's patent soda water apparatus, and Atkinsou's electric clock were shown in operation. Between these exhibitions there was an agreeable interval for promenade and music, and tea and coffee were provided in the gallery of painting=. At half past six o'clock the company assembled in the Lecture Hall of the Institution, when the president of the Association, Mr. Abraham, delivered a brief address explana tory of the programme fir the evening, and concluded by introducing to their notice Mr. Jacob Bell, president of the Pharmaceut cal Society of Great Britain. Mr. Bell briefly addressed the company on the importance of men engaged in the dispensation of medicine being properly educated, and called on the public at largo to aid the Phar maceutical Society in accomplishing that end. Photographs of s Latin, the moon, and the crater of Copernius, copied for the occasion by Mr. Berry, from the results of recent observations kindly furnished by John Hartnup, Esq , of th e Liverpool Observatory, were then exhibited by means of th e Oxyhydrogen Light, and accompanied with explanatory ob servations from Mr. George Hamilton, F.C.S., At nine o'clock, the museum of the association having been previously opened by the president and council, Mr. Hamilton delivered a lecture on the gyroscope and rotatory motion, illustrated by models and experiments; and he was followed by Dr. Edwards, who lectured on the chemistry of Bessemer's iron process, with illustrative experiments and illuminated diagrams. Better lectures on these subjects could not have been given. Though brief, they were to the point, and so lucid as to be plain and simple to the uninitiated in the sciences. Both gentlemen, at the conclusion of their .discourses, received the hearty applause of the company, to whose delight and instruc tion they bad so largely ministered. The company did not separate until close on eleven o'clock, and all pronounced themselves well pleased with the enter tainment which the association had provided them. THE HOUSE DUTY.—The house duty in the year ended the 31st March last was £728,689. Letters from Turin state that at the opening of the Pied montese Parliament a bill will be presented for a loan of 50 000,000 of livres. GREAT ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES.—Notices have been issued cautioning the public against receiving or negotiating the following notes of the Bank of England, viz, 400 for £5 each, dated 14th October, 1856, and numbered from 54,951 to 55,350 ; and 100 for £lO each, dated 9th Oct., 1856, and numbered from 92,001 to 92,100. SUDDEN DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED PORTUGESE.-All Lisbon is talking about the sudden death of Dam Alvaro Henriques Roma, a getaloman who was noted for being one of the fewest" mm in Portugal. He inherited throuzh his wife, who died about a veer ago, the interest on the ialtn3nse f a-tune amassed by Senor Lino da Silveira, a well known merchant, and, his means being ample, lie enjoyed to the full the many luxuries they placed at his command Among other things be had a I tad of English horses, and the other day, when driving two of them down the Rua S. Bente, just as the vessels of war in the Tagus were saluting, the animals took fright and &shed away at a Itremendous pace ; the groom and D Alvaro threw themselves from the vehicle, the servant escaped unhurt, but his master injured his head so severely that he died the next morning at his mother's house, which stands a short distance from the scene of the disaster. It is said this sad event occurred on the anniversary of the death of his wife, and that he was returning from church, where he had been hearing mass for the repose of her soli. TIIACKERAY'S LECTURES. Lest night Mr. Thackeray delivered his third lecture, in the Philharmonic Hall. The attendance was as numerous —if not more so—than at the two preceding lectures, and the distinguished lecturer was received with equal warmth. The subject of last night's lecture was—" The Reign of the Third George." Mr. Thackeray commenced by taking a rapid view of the changes or revolutions in thought, government, and society, which took place during the eventful period over which the life and reign of George 111. extended. England, the lecturer said, had to undergo the revolt of the American colonies ; to submit to defeat ; to shake under the volcano of the French revolution ; to grapple and fight for the life with her gigantic enemy Napoleon ; to gasp and rally after that tremendous struggle ; the old society, with its courtly splendour, had to pass away ; generations of statesmen to rase and disappear; Pitt to follow Chatham to the tomb ; the mentor e of Rodney and Wolf to be succeeded by Nelson and Wellington's glory; the old poets who unite us to Queen Anne's time to sink into their graves; Johnson to tile and Scott and Byron to arise ; Garrick to delight the world with his dazzling dramatic genius, and Kean to leap on the stage and take possession of the astonished theatre. Steam has to be invented, kings to be beheaded, depoaed, restored, Napoleon to be an episode, and George the Third is to be alive through all these varied changes, to accompany his people through those revolu tions of thought, Government, society, and survive out of the old world into ours. When I first saw England she was in mourning for the young Princess Charlotte—the hope of the empire. I came from India as a child, and our ship touched at an island on the way home, where my black servant took me a walk over rocks and hills till we passed a garden where we saw a man walking. That is he, said the black man, that is Bonaparte ; he eats three sheep every day, and all the children on whom he can lay hands. There were people in the British domi nions besides that poor Calcutta serving man who had an equal terror and horror of the Corsican ogre. (Applause.) Throughout all these changes, George 111. lived nothing wiser by what ho saw, though changed within himself: He inherited his mother's bigotry and hatred, and added to them the obstinacy of his race ; but, unlike his father and grandfather, he was a firm believer in the truths of religion, and faithfully supported the church, of which he was by law the head. Having touched on the dulness and ignorance of George lll.—an ignorance for which the King himself frequently expressed regret—his reputed marriage to Hannah Lightfoot, the actress, Mr. Thackeray described his marriage with Prince Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, whose portrait was sketched, and the happy simple life they led for many years after their union. In the evening, they would have a country dance, at which George would dance for hours together to one tune ; and music and the theatre was always his delight—at the latter place, uproariously laughing at the smallest joke or tricks of the clown. Simple, but stuborn, affectionate but bigoted, though earnestly striving to learn as far as his small wits would allow him, Mr. Thackeray asked if, with such a man to rule and lead the people, to declare war, and to decide who his millions of subjects were to slay, and who they were to be friends with, we could wonder at humiliation and failure being the result ? It was he, supported by the people, who carried on the American war, denied justice to his Roman Catholic subjects, and on these questions opposed and beat the aristocracy. Ile beat Lord North and Fox, and even bowed the stately neck of the younger Pitt, by his indomitable determination, and he so succeeded because he was perfectly honest, for it was by persons thoroughly believing that they were right that nine tenths of the tyranny of the world had been perpetrated. In his letter to Lord Bute, George declared that as he desired nothing but the good of his people, he regarded all who opposed him as bad men and bad subjects. Mr. Thackeray drew from the correspondence of George Selwyn a lively picture of the life of a fine gentleman, which he contrasted in some noble and affecting passages, with the lives of those men in whom goodness and greatness were joined ; that circle of which Johnson, and Burke, and Reynolds, 'were central figures. Alluding to Johnson's visit to the stage, behind the scenes, where the actresses courtseyed to him, the lecturer suggested a graceful picture of youth, and gaiety, and folly, beneath wisdom's pure and kindly smile. Passing on again to the court circle, he described the routine of the Windsor life, and the gossiping visits of farmer George among the houses of the peasantry around. Having exquisitely touched off the portrait of Amelia, the most loved daugnter, and described her death and her father's anguish, Mr Thackeray passed on to the closing scenes of the old King's life. He said history presents no sadder picture than that old man, blind and deprived of reason, wandering through his palace, harangu ing imaginary Parliaments and reviewing ghostly troops. He became utterly deaf too. All sight, all reason, all sound of human voices, all the pleasures of this world, of God, were taken from him. Same slight lucid moments he had, in one of which the Queen desiring to see him, entered the room and found him singing a hymn and ac companying himself on the harpisehord ; when finished, he kneeled down and prayed aloud for her and his family, and then for the nation, concluding with a prayer for himself that God would avert his heavy calamity from him, but if not, that he would give him resignation to submit to it.— He then burst into tears, and his reason amain fled.— What preacher need moralise on this story ? What words, save the simplest, are requisite to tell it ? It is too terrible for tears. The thought of such misery smites me down in submission before the Ruler of kings and men—the Mon arch supreme over empires and republics, the inscrutable Dispenser of life, death, happiness, victory. Oh ! brothers, I said to those who heard me first in America—Oh ! bro thers, speaking the same dear mother-tongue— Oh ! corn. reties, enemies no more, let ns take a mournful hand together as we stand by this royal corpse, and call a truce to battle. Low he lies to whom the proudest used to kneel once, and who was cast lower than the poorest, whom millions prayed over in vain. Driven off his throne, buffetted by rude hands, with his children in revolt, the darling of his old age killed before him, old Lear hangs over her breathless lips, and calls—Cordelia, Cordelia stay a little. Vex not his ghost, 0 ! let him pass, he hates him That would upon the rack of this rough world Stretch him out longer. Hush strife and quarrel over the solemn grave ! Sound trumpets a mournful march! Fall dark curtain upon his pageant, his pride, his griefs, his awful tragedy ! The close of the lecture which Mr. Thackeray delivered in a manner the most affecting and impressive, and amid the profoundest silence throughout the house, was followed by a burst of enthusiastic and irrepressible applause. The concluding lecture on the life and reign of George the Fourth, will take place at half-past two on Saturday. lIISTORTC SOCIETY. The sixth ordinary meeting of the session was held last night in St. Georges Hall. The usual ballot for new members took place, when the following gentlemen were elected members : Captain Campbell, R.A., North Battery ; S. Cartright, Esq., Preston ; Rev, Thomas Corser, M.A., Manchester ; Henry Erard, E , q., Canning street; Thomas Holden, Esq., Smith field, Bolton ; Philip Younker, Esq., Ashleigh, Everton ; Thomas Beebey Mosley, Esq , English and Irish Telegraph Company ; Robert Townley Parker, Eq., M.P., Cuerdon Hall, Preston. The Secretor.) , then mentioned that these gen tlemen made thirty—two members who had been added to the society within the months of November and December. So large an accession of new and valuable members had not been obtained in any similar period since the establishment of the society. Donations ; Amongst the donations laid on the table were 8 volumes of the Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society---8 to 15 inclusive. From the Royal Society, Edinburgh, their proceedings for 1853, 4,5, and 6. William Rundell presented three specimens of steam -boiler incrustations. One from the steamer Iron Duke was extremely hard. A specimen from the Persia teas large, and showed the interval between two tubes as an extensively compact stony deposit. It was not stated from what ship the third specimen was obtained ; it differed much in texture and appearance from the other two. A paper was read by J. I'. Wilkinson, F.R.A.S, on some fossil flees recently discovered at Burnley; the writer, after alluding to the luxuriant flora which such remains indicate, and the certainty that they actually grew upon the site on which they were found, described the principal localities of their occntrence. Mr. Moore exhibited a large number of ornithological specimens from various countries. They wore of the finest plumage, and of all countries, and contained the rarest spetimens. SERIOUS OUTBREAK IN CRIATIA.—SeriOt S collisions between the populace and the authorities are rumoured to have taken place in Croatia. In 1848 the Austrian go vernment promised that certain ecclesiastical and seignoral taxes :thould be abolished. The government now seeks to enforce the tenth on wine, and the agitaion among the peasantry in consequence has assumed a serious aspect. FIVE PERSONS DROWNED.—A lamentable event occurred in Shetland, on the 29th ult. In a boat which was pro ceeding from Lerwick to Bressay, were six persons, vfz,, William Duncan, fisherman, Hoverstay ; his sons James and Francis ; Peter Hunter, sailor; and two girls, Margaret and Ann Smith, cousins of the Duncans. James Duncan was very much intoxicated. After the boat had gone some distance on its homeward voyage, James Duncan dis covered that he had forgotton a basket and some other things in Lerwick, and immediately ordered la's father to put the boat about and return to Lerwick. This he refused to do. The young man then attempted to pull the boat back acrainst the efforts of the others, but, of course, failed. Peter HU fer then got hold of him, and held him down for a few minutes ; but immediately on letting him 'go he sprang towards his father, and attempted to strike him. In' the commotion thus occasioned, the boat was upset, and, sad to say, only one out of six on board the boat was saved. Hunter succeeded in getting on board. Only three of the bodies, including that of James Duacan, had been recovered since the accident. A PLAUSIBLE THIEF. On Wednesday Sir Robert W. Carden received some information, which caused him the greatest surpris e ' It will be recollected that on Friday last, a young ma ll of gentlemanly appearance was placed at the hat at Guildhall police-court, charged with beieic in possession of a large number of silk handkerchiefs, supposed to be the proceeds of a burglary committed at Ball's Pond. The prisoner had go ne into Mr. OW borough's to pledge three pieces of black silk necker• chief, but the young man suspecting they were not coal honestly by, questioned him, when he said his n A l ba s Thomas Baker, and that he lived at No. 10, St. o road, near Horseraonger lane gaol. A policeman ei,, called in, and he was given into custody. At first said they were bis own property, but then said they oe' s given to him to pledge by a friend, and gave the nan3,l! but said he could not give the address of his frien, The address he gave was false. When brought to police court he told a most extraordinary tale, but such apparent simplicity that, admitting him to belehr)o indiscreet, it bore the stamp of possibility. He sal an d had been to Jullien's concerts two nights before , : 0 that while there a lel!, fainted, and he took her e ul d i j his arms, and placed her in a cab. A gentleman hen her friend into the same cab, and it dr ove 4 He then returned to the concert with this Pese°ot and finding him very agreeable and familiar , ha 611;,oe the reineind , r of the evening with him. Bef ore parted they exchanged names and addresses, and pressed him to call and see him on the following but he said that be could not, and declined. T he a arranged to meet on the Friday, at Charing cross, age go to Richmond, to have a row on the water. He ;co his name as Thomas Baker and said he had co but r i o t Australia, where he had been with merchandise , ! 0, rot been able to dispose of it, and had brought it P 2 o f They met on Friday, and the man who gave the O pt f i bs Baker, said he was short of money, and asked bin; eye d, prisoner) to pledge them for him. He at first re' 0 and they walked towards Temple bar, but he toe plausible, that by the time they came to Somerset ijo, he consented to go to Attenborough's and pledge t' e r e He had three parcels, and was to get 503 for the ttithe" mfeces of black, and 30s for each of the others. and eet eet this man at Somerset house, or if he did t„nhe him there, he was to go on to Charing cross. Wb e : a re was given into custody he was so confused that he e b b e ' Baker's name and address as his own, and an s° which he meant as his own, as Baker's. He n . (O confused, having never been placed in such a P eg- ea t before, that he did not know what he did. 1:10 did give his right name and address because his friends.7o, so very respectable that he would not let then ;foe where he was. He was well known to Alderman _ es t; and lived opposite him in the Lewisham road, and w' f ; o f. next door neighbour of Mr. Thwaites, the c hain° ic e• the board of works, to whom he was also well kn e e el He had no objection to tell the magistrate his nain e s o; address, but he did not want it published in the 11 0 00 papers, on account of the disgrace it would brin bed his friends. Sir Robert W. Carden had him Ne n ; t ee sonwith f a j p o e h n n and Carr inc, E a s n q d , he f w A r s o h t c l o d w o n wn y t i ti ll a a t ,.. b L e e v :i si bA road. Sir Robert W. Carded asked him . if bf a i n g Mr. Thwaites t o be sent for, as he was ii..Pn e- e d tits!' Guildhall ? The prisoner replied that he did, t, Mr. Thwaites would speak as to his respectabilio message was sent up to the board of works, 61 1 4 0 1 short time Mr. Thwaites attended, and on being in h ,,`" pa' of the nature of the circumstances under which wr Os been called, he expressed the greatest surpris e ' bit said the prisoner was the son of a gentian:o's)4 next door neighbour, who bore an unbl e°3 l , l o o s h o im t w ru i s t t h w a o n r y tl t ty hlng t . hat lf h reputation, and as to the prisoner, he bad lij o in him to be a sober, steady, industrious idegif tandrus tquanihreedaltbasoloool t e he Court wnuld re him, he was willing to be surety for him to an y alj o i g raf _,, so convinced was b e o f hi s integrity. Sir R. of said it was possible that he had been made the 71100 some designing burglar, but that a young man ?,„'" p od and twenty, accustomed to London, should be s_ l ' a d v ised ''' upon by an artful scoundrel astonished him. H e en the prisoner to do his utmost to find out this Inan'Vver and give him into custody, and cautioned him p ee' again to pick up with plausible people that he „ c og. nothing of, He then held him to bail in his own nizances in £2O to appear at this court on Friday ne""ge sooner if he could get hold of the man Baker' t that Martin, the chief clerk, now informed Sir Beeer"doe, the same young man had been offering other ha ll , s ifl chiefs of a similar description at a pawnbrokel:„o : Walworth, on last Saturday morning, when the cr e idsi, broker, who happened to be at this court nn . 1 0 engaged in a case of stealing rugs, recognised b!bes cl 4 accused him of having been in custody here;sinal before. As soon as he said so Carr ran ay.ay,so:raea an chase ensued, which ended in his being caP!" ) ; taken to the Lambeth police court, from ls tra been remanded until Friday next, when the nla Ddaeer . , intends sending him back to this court. Th e - wee' having-charge of the case had discovered th at the Prl aad had been in the service of Mr. Meeking, of Holbortni,b6 left only a few days before lie was firs t taken tip. d be et; whole of the handkerchiefs found up on biln his identified, as some which had been stolen fill he (Mr. Meeking's) shop. Sir Robert W. Carden oVo r es was astonished to hear it. He certainly d id not T,,0011 the prisoner's story when he heard it, but when b e e f oar after th e eiS what a respectable character he bore, and ner in which Mr. Thwaites spoke of him .b a i l i it e of f connections, it made him feel there was a Pn asl be nefit ° the statement being true, and he gave him the rr idsi the doubt. He would, owever, come down en to hear the evidence in this extraordinary ease' • HORRIBLE ACCIDENT AT BOWLING Ai ra.- 0 14' WORKS. 0 0 01 Early on 'Wednesday morning, a horrible see" - l 0144 at Bowling Iron Works, near B ra dford, by Wh e h tz tet9 l° man, t e wenty-six years of age, namel Williaol h i l ier l e ic, On he upper sie of te works, near Pi! c kL too , a new t rolling mill, the fl h oor of which is lr the Pl" several of the shafts connecting various parts of _ L —tilt sci e b 4' belowapertures covered over to admit the -workmen ery. and turning the who ? : motion, ran underp"oiee ' to oil or repair it. The deceased, or Bogie with his lamp in his hand, entered one of the 9 1 3 : r- aot °- oi a portion of the shafting, but had missed or Jo r r w hen 11 oil can, and was, as is supposed, returning fe r ! I O hit n id rt man b named Robert Binns, who had been folio Tilling bet orrow his lamp when he returned, heard a t bri belef fr o f d w l e ig re hts st dismal shriek, issuing from the aperture or 173 312- „ e hirtg $ g Iti p e o t s e s r i i b e l g e, r t a h is e ed en u g p i , n e e n s before 'a r o t ° , when he rushed to the spot heard a horrible ort 0 01 1 .4 the bones of the deceased, but nothing more. 43 ," t he 1 ";„ carriedo ppe d, a ed fragments of the body were found; one leg iin g oej and protre;e'bood arm entirely torn off, the entrails torn the head, the bones, and all the other parts of the jatol lie e a , ti w oll ti : t te i t on c: reduced to a state of pulp, and yet so dr ra ii ; wril o P ot between the shaft and the partition, and Pe r " .l ,l ifi l " - ito stillround the shaft, that it c3uld not he extricate-d fool 0 further mutilation, until the shafting was eels clod position by heavy blocks. Two large cog ich, ce , - n ot P, g ht to the part where he was crushed, but he U i fi 0 e 5,711 between them. The probability is that be ha t o e pies ee ' d .pal' at the couplings, and both crushed and rent d3s being whirled round the shafting, and dashed against the partition wall. • beelpoewr Before theWILLIAM e c wo a a s oa a r t o t t t o lt a the a P mp r p i rt n .) i c n e t o f a whom ag w ain brought M atMaster o up. PALMER t e 1 l A on A I N . insurance Palmer, deceased, p company, life. , 0 6 m a policy Oki , 0 Wales ers I n n s tl. u o ir aresenpcbrei bill C is e o n :: a P s e t • 0 3 ; 113 fie r i l : e e e ar e errt; palm I :f i e b t a l : Mr. Roundel' 1 -q ior •-„/ H f a o s r tin th gs e , moved inoftbhiSor:ostaotre:s froof purpose . Palmer' to i d og Walter Pat?' 80 o l eo sum of £13,000, for • which a large premitlre' oar b,t £1,700, was • paid. Within d ays a ftersthe , ted ; a few was effected an absolute assignment of it via 4. ,„00 Walter Palmer to his brother Wiliam Pal lii 'd 'ti0" • • a • Palmer died some short 1 A. an Heider ta, time afterwartt•-• oneio%f•tilet Palmer has since been bung for murder. Th e c- f r ol l ' " n ot for the ac - • signment was a debt alleged to be due ; 01 810 ° ,el Palmer rto William Palmer, and which was les' p t ett ~11 than the sums paid for the ' p e • A g r i • in the i '7 4 p h o a s t session of the li po--ey, andritniwulastnss.u g gesteu . 7. he ( I. • i t claimed he claimed a lien upon it, but by his eared to a t illthe any such interest,and he apPea r. ba t the • u hole case made b y the bill, had ive o nroe policy was obtained by fraud. He ba" g t cour ' e tti policy, which was now in the hands of tbe o toP ; ,,g other defendant al all ' be' — was the A ttorney- ge ner- i _ to o,. _ to of William Palmer's, at the time of his exec". tin° A OW IP vested in her Majesty. He was not in 3 - he CO r 7 ~,,Ite say whom they 1 s iould• desire to appetiP t *_ o f inlii might, if it thought fit, appoint the wicßT, 4e et• )1 1 / Palmer. By her answer she disclaimed any' lei' &igen bet Honour . : She ought to attend here, but the ify to is with regard to her costs. Will ' yoll i i ncle r t in rta V f i ag d ainst the coits ? Mr. Palmer : We wili u jet° if her. Mr, G. Hastings : An applicawbo ig,,. made n e m t n o i f l y l brOtber! %ft. P Ir. George Palmer, another t p.- ~t solicitor,_ but•he will have to do with l odth f Palmer :It nothing till vresiptieto of was supposed when the I the • wife of Walter Palm n• had taken nut it ai administration to her husband's effects • but i yoti 113 she has not done it. His Honour • ',Welk • appoint her, indemnifying her against COst&