The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-30 00:00:00

..:_ PROROGATION PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Parliament was this day prorogued by royal commis -3ioll. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at one o'clock. The House then adjourned during pleasure, and in a few minutes afterwards resumed, when the Royal Com missioners, the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of HA.RROWBV the Duke of ARGYLL, and Lord STANLEY Of ALDERLEY , took their seat s a t t h e f oot o f t h e throne, att i red in their robes as peers of the parliament: The Usher of the Black Rod was immediately directed to summon the Commons to attend at the bar to hear the commission for proroguing parliament read. After a brief delay, the SPEAKER, attended by the Serjeant-at-Arms, Lord Palmerston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Brotherton, and several other members, appeared in obedience to the summons The Royal assent was given by commission to the following bills :--viz., the Income and Land Taxes Bill, the Stamp Duties Bill, the Racehorse Duty Bill, the Coast Guard Service Bill, the Corrupt Practices Preven tion Bill, the General Board of Health Continuance Bill, the Militia Pay Bill, the Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer Bill, the Lunatic Asylum Act Amendment Bill, Stoke Pogis Hospital Bill, Evidence in Foreign Suits Bill, Bishops of London and Durham Retirement Bill, Hay and Straw Trade Bill, Metropolis Local Act Amendment (No. 2) Bill, Consolidated Fund (Appropria tion) Bill, Vice-President of the committee of Council on Education Bill, Reformatory and Industrial Schoools Bill, Brydges Estate Bill, Poor Law Amendment (Ireland) Bill, Marriage and Registration Amendment Bill, Criminal Justice Bill, Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill, Hospitals (Dublin) Bill. the Formation of Parishes Bill, Court of Chancery (Ireland) Receiver's Bill, Charities Bill, Mercantile Law Amendment Bill, Joint Stock Banks Bill, Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) Bill, Intestates' Personal Estates Bill, Smoke Nuisances Abatement (Metropolis Act, 1853) Amendment Bill, County Courts Act (Amendment) Bill, Commons Enclo sure (No. 2) Bill, Oxford Colleges Bill, Marriage Law of Scotland Amending Bill, Lunatic Asylums (Su perannuation) Ireland Bill, Parochial Schools (Scot land) Bill, Talbot's Divorce Bill, and several other Private bills. The Royal commission for the prorogation of parlia ment was then read by the clerk at the table. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH, The LORD CHANCELLOR then read the Queen's Speech, As follows : MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, — We are commanded by her Majesty to release you. from further attendance in Parliament, and at the same time to express to you her warm ac• knowledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you have applied yourselves to the discharge of your public duties during the session. When her Majesty met you in Parliament at the opening of the session, her Majesty was engaged in co-operation with her Allies, the Emperor of the French, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan, in an arduous war, having for its object matters of high European im portance ; and Her Majesty appealed to your loyalty and patriotism for the necessary means to tarry on that war with the energy and vigour essential to success. You answered nobly the appeal then made to You, and her Majesty was enabled to prepare for the operations of the expected campaign, naval and military, forces worthy of the power and reputation of this country. Happily, it became unnecessary to apply those forces to the purposes for which they had been destined. A treaty was concluded by which the objects for which the war had been undertaken were fully attained, and an honourable peace has saved Europe from the calamities of continued warfare. Her Majesty trusts that the benefits resulting from that peace will be extensive and permanent and tha; while the friendships and alliandes which Were cemented by common exertion during the con- test will gain strength by mutual interests in peace, those asperities which inherently belong to conflict will give place to the confidence and good will with which a faithful execution of engagements will inspire those who have learnt to respect each otlu er as antagonists Her Majesty commands us to thank you for your support in the hour of trial, and to express to:;you her Majesty's fervent hope that the prosperity of her faithful people, which was not materially checked by the pressure of war, may continue and be increased by the good influence of peace. Her Majesty is engaged in negociations on the subject of questions in connection with the affairs of Central America; and her Majesty hopes that the differences which have arisen on those matters between her Majesty's Government and that of the United States may be sastifactorily .adjusted. We are commanded by her Majesty to inform y ou that her Majesty desires to avail herself of this oceztsion to express the pleasure which it aiorded her to receive, during the war in which she has been engaged, numerous and honourable proofs of loyalty and public spirit from her lqajesty's Indian territories, and from those Colo nial possessions which constitute so valuable and important a part of the dominions of her Majesty's Crown. Her Majesil7 has given her cordial assent to the act for rendering more effectual the police in counties and boroughs in England and Wales. This act will materially add to the security of person and property, and will thus afford increased encouragement to the exertions of honest in dustry. Her Majesty rejoices to think that the Act for the improvement of the internal arrangements of the University of Cambridge, will give fresh powers of usefulness to that ancient and renowned seat of learning. The Act for regulating Joint Stock Companies Will afford additional facilities for the advantageous loyment of capital, and will thus tend to pro the development of the resources of the country ; while the acts passed relative to the Mer cantile Laws of England. and of Sc o tl an d w ill diminish the inconvenience which the differences of tho se l aws occas i on to her Majesty' s su bj ects 'engaged in trade. Mote t n with satisf act i on that tier Alaje s ty h as see ati h ave given your attention to the arrange ruents co nnected with County Courts. I t is 11 " I‘4l-aiesty's anxious wish that justice should. le 9 tai ntible by 9 i all classes of her subjects with nllch speed and with as little expo' sistent with the due investi' merits of cause s to be tried be eou as may ion of the la.jcstY trusts that the act for placing tn " A, under the direction of the B ',frorcl greater facilities for arrant/ Coast Gu `lclllli r 3. YU of lents ft ovichn,g, in time of peae-, -- irq defence, on the °court applicable to na "neaps of any future emergency CTENTLEAIEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,-- We are commanded by her Majesty to thank you THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. for the readiness with which you have granted the supplies for the present year. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,--. Her Majesty commands us to congratulate you on the favourable state of the revenue, and upon the thriving condition of all branches of the national industry; and she acknowledges with gratitude the loyalty of her faithful subjects, and that spirit of order, and that respect for the law which prevail in every part of her dominions. Her Majesty commands us to express her con fidence, that on your return to your homes you will promote by your influence and example in your several districts, that continued and progressive improvement which is the vital principle of the well-being of nations, and her Majesty fervently prays that the blessings of Almighty God may attend your steps, and pros per your doings, for the welfare and happiness of her people. The LORD CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the speech, a copy of which was handed to the Speaker, then declared her Majesty's royal will and pleasure, that Parliament should be prorogued until Tuesday, the 7th of October, and that it was prorogued accordingly. The Royal Commissioners then made their obeisances to each other, and thus the proceedings, closing the session of 1856, terminated. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TIIESDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past one o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. G. H. Sturt took his seat for the county of Dorset. LEITRIM MILITIA. Mr. BRADY asked the Under Secretary for War, why the staff of the Leitrim Militia is not to be quartered in the county town, in accordance with the recommenda tion of the Lord-lieutenant of the county ? Mr. F, PBEL said this was a matter for the considera tion of the Irish government. Mr. BRADY put the same question to the Secretary for Ireland. Mr. HORSMAN said he was not aware of the circum stances, but perhaps the hon. gentleman would put his qaestion on a future day. (Laughter.) THE RAJAH OF COORG. Mr. MURROUGH moved for copies of all papers relating to the deposal of Veer Rajinder Wuddair, Rajah of Coorg, including copies of the correspondence between the English authorities and the said Rajah, previously to the deposition of the said Rajah by the East India Com pany in the year 1834. Mr. V. SMITH said it was impossible to grant the papers. THE CORT PENSIONS, Mr. ROEBUCK moved for a copy of the warrant in the reign of George 111., granting a pension of £25 per annum to Caroline Cort and Catherine Seymer, with a statement of the deductions made therefrom, and of the authority by which such deductions were made; and of the warrant granting the same pensions in the reigns of George IV. and William IV. The return was ordered. CHURCH RATES. Sir W. CLAY gave notice that early next session he would bring in a bill on the subject of church rates. THE CONSULATE IN AMERICA. Mr. H. BERKELEY asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether he was about to re-appoint the Consulate in America. Lord PALMERSTON said that no steps had yet been taken in reference to that question, THE LATE FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR CARDIFF. The inquest upon the bodies of the persons killed in the recent explosion at the colliery of Messrs. Insole and Co., at Cymmer, was commenced on Monday morn ing, before Mr. Overton, the coroner for the Merthyr Tydvil district. The greatest interest was excited in the enquiry Mr. Thomas Evans, the local inspector of mines, was present during the proceedings, as also were Mr. Mack worth, the late local inspector, and Mr. Dickenson, who were sent down specially by the government ; Mr. Iluddlestone, of the Oxford Circuit, attended on the part of the owners and managers of the Cymmer colliery ; and Mr. J. G. Owen, of Newport, attended on behalf of the surviving colliers and the friends of the deceased. The jury having been sworn, The Coroner addressed them at some leng , h, calling attention to the nature of the accident. The recent explosion had been the most disastrous which had ever occurred in South Wales, or indeed in the whole of the kingdom. He entreated the jury to discard from their minds any rumours which they might hav;_s, heard cut of dnors. The investigation would be of the most search ing character, and all the evidence that could be brought upon the case, whether scientific or otherwise, would be laid before them. If they found that the explosion arose from the culpable carelessness or negligence of the persons in charge of the mine, or in consequence of a breach of the act for regulating collieries, it would be their duty to return such a verdict as would ensure a further enquiry in another court. It was unfortunately the case that in some mines important rules for securing the safety of the men had been neglected, and since the act came into operation, all the accidents which had occurred in this district had occurred in those collieries in which the rules were lax, and in which the ventila tion hau not been properly attended to. Mr. James It. Insole, the chief proprietor of the Cymmer Collieries, was first called to prove the owner ship of the mine in which the accident took place. The collieries consisted of two pits, called the old and new, in the former of which the explosion took place on the lath of July. He produced the rules by which the pits were regulated. They were printed in Welsh and English and lie had received the usual letter from the govern: went approving them. Personally he took no manage_ meet of the colliery, but he had given directions for placing a copy of the rules in the hands of every collier. The persons responsible for the management of the colliery, were Mr. Jabez Thomas, general manager ; Mr. Edward Hay, colliery agent; Mr. David Gray, colliery agent from February until within a few days of the accident; Rowland Rowlands, overman ; and three firemen named William Thomas, Morgan Rowland, and David Jones. Witness had no communication whatever with any of the other officers, but it was desirable to state that he had never curtailed or impeded the expenditure of money in order to secure the safety of the lives of the men. On the contrary, he had always expressed a readiness to adopt any suggestions calculated to attain that object. By Mr. Owen : In 1854 witness discharged two fire men on the representations of Mr. Thomas, The colliers struck in consequence, but the new firemen were not now in his employment. The strike lasted for 22 weeks. and the law was brought upon the men for riot. The colliers generally expressed a want of confidence in the new men, and stood out for the re-appointment of the old men. Considerable responsibility attached to the office of firemen, it being their duty to see that the mine was properly ventilated. _ By Mr. Huddlestone ; Mr. Jabez Thomas, the general manager. is a man of great experience. He has been twenty-six years under my father and myself in the management of collieries, and I have the greatest con fidence in him. By Mr. Mackworth : A serious explosion occurred at the Middle Dufferin Colliery some years ago. I have no remembrance of ever having received a letter from you in reference to my collieries. Mr. Hay was under ground manager in 1854, when an accident occurred. There were rules in existence at that time, but they were not distributed among the men as they are at present. Mr. Maekworth here said that he proposed to show by Mr. Insole that in the rules adopted at the Cymmer Col lieries the provisions of the act of parliament had not been fully carried out. Mr. Insole sent a copy of a set of rules to the Home-office in November last, in which the regulations with regard to safety lamps were entirely omitted. The Coroner said it was not necessary to enter into any negotiations that had taken place with respect to rules. The jury already had the facts before them that the rules had been approved by the government. The proceedings were then adjourned. BOROUGH QUARTER SESSIONS (BEFORE G. HENDERSON, ESQ., THE RECORDER.) Yesterday the proceedings of the Borough Sessions were resumed before the Recorder, Gilbert Henderson, Esq. The trial of prisoners was proceeded with, and the subjoined is the result of the day's proceedings : William Noyes, 33, porter, and Anthony Smith, 35, porter, were convicted of stealing five casks of palm oil, the property of Messrs. Hatton and Cookson, and sen tenced, the former to fourteen, and the latter to twelve, calendar montlis'imprisonment, with bard labour. Christopher Marmion, 39, labourer, was convicted of stabbing and wounding James Gill, and William Aspinall, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Patrick Broderick, 19, hawker (who had been out on bail), was convicted of stabbing and wounding Mary Ann Pemberton, and sentenced to hard labour for eight calendar months. James . Sullivan, 17, carter, was convicted of a like offence on Edward Molyneux, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Robert Burrow, 54, porter (out on bail), surrendered to answer an indictment for stabbing William Durham, and was acquitted. THE LATE COLLISION IN THE RIVER ADJOURNED INQUEST.-YESTERDAY. TENTH DAY. The inquest was resumed at ten o'clock yesterday. Hugh Williams, master of the Tartar steam tug, de posed that he had a vessel in tow about a quarter to two o'clock, on the morning of the collision, off the Sandon basin, Saw blue lights and rockets in the river. Hay ing anchored his ship, in about ten minutes went towards the signals. Arrived at the vess-1 in collision before the other tug came up, and went alongside the Excelsior on the port side. Saw that she was fast with another steamer, which he afTerwards knew to be the Mail. The head of the Mail was west south west. The vessels were three or four cables' length south east of the New Brighton stage. About four or five minutes before coming alongside the Excelsior, he saw the port Hot of the Mail. When standing on the starboard side of his own vessel, he could not see it. It was a dim light, and the night was dark. Mignt see half-a-mile off or so. If he saw the light coming stem on at half-a mile distance, would have time to get out of the way, if she did not cut him off. If he saw a steamer's lights half-a-mile off, coming stem on, would port his helm if he thought she was coming right at him ; but if she starboarded her helm, so that he saw the green light, and not the red one, he would starboard also. Hugh Hughes, master of the Windsor steamer, belong ing to the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, de posed that he frequently passed the Mail at sea, and con sidered her side lights not easy to be seen at a distance. To Mr. Blair : If it were a clear night on the water, would see the vessel herself half a mile off. Doos not mean to say that her side-lights were weaker than ordi nary lights. Robert Roberts, mate of the Trafalgar steamer, deposed that he knew the Mail steamer ever since she came out, and had often met her at sea in the night. Met her on the morning of the 6th, about seven miles from the north-west lightship, nearer the rock. On the first appearance, witness reported a small light right aliewl. She bore about west half north at the time. His helm was ported gradually as they approached the light. Noticed as they approached the Mail, that they ported to the northward gradually. Passed her about a ship and a half or two ship's length off. Never saw her side lights at all. If the side-lights were lit, and situated in a place where they could be seen, he would have seen them if he had looked for them. So far as he observed, they were as good as other lights. Mr. John Jordan, surveyor to the Liverpool Under writer's Association, deposed that on the Bth of July, he examined the lights of the, Mail, then lying in the Trafalgar Dock. Observed the position of the place where her lights were fixed. Examined them also from the bow of the Troubadour steamer, which was about 300 feet ahead of the Mail. Walked along the bowsprit of the Troubadour, until he got iu a line with the netting of the Mail. There were then about three inches of the edge of the box in which the light was projecting beyond the line of the netting; went on the dock quay, and got the three masts in a line; could not then see the black boxes ; they were obscured by the bow of the vessel; the vessel's draught was then five feet at the stem, and two or three inches short of ten feet aft ; from the midship's line of the Mail to the place where the box was visible at a distance of 454 feet (the distance at which witness stood), was twenty-four feet; the bow of the Troubadour was about the same height as the bow of the Mail.• Mr. Thomas M. White, merchant, of Belfast, exam ined : Was a passenger on board the Excelsior on the night of the sth ; was on the deck-house when they left the dock ; was standing close behind the pilot ; there were a great number of lights in the river ; heard a light reported a-head ;the pilot said he thought it was a vessel at anchor; heard a conversation about the light between the captain and the pilot, or some of the other parties on the deck-house ; heard a very loud shout "it is a steamer," and then the order was given to port the helm; saw no other light in the Mail bit her mast head light ; had looked for other lights; knows the lights of a steamer, but not their position. By Mr. Bremner: No man could be more attentive to his duties than the pilot. By Mr. Aspinall : Saw him looking constantly at the light through the night glasses. - To a Juror heard no altercation between the cap tain and the pilot as to whose fault the collision was owing. To - Mr. Blair: Did not go to Belfast that night in the Excelsior. (Laughter.) The inquest then was adjourned to ten o'clock this morning. GENERAL BEATSON. Some conversation took place on the circumstances connected with the case of General Beatson. It was stated by Lord Palmerston that the Government would communicate to General Beatson forthwith, the result of the enquiry into his conduct, and Mr. Peel intimated that no further steps would be taken. SMITHFIELD MAIIHET Lord RAYNHAM asked whether, as Smithfield could not again be converted into a cattle market, there was any objection to the immediate removal of all the pens and barriers remaining there, so as to enable it to become a place of recreation for the inhabitants of that crowded locality. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER said there was some difference between the Government and the cor subject, and he was unable to pledge poration on the himself to any course at present SIR C. TREVELYAN Colonel NORTH asked whether the Government would take any steps with regard to the conduct of Sir C. Trevelyan, in connection with the Crimean supplies, and his neglect to appear before the committee. Lord PALMERSTON said, Sir Charles Trevelyan was but the organ of the Treasury. Colonel NORTH said he should call the attention of the House to the subject next session. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that Sir Charles Trevelyan denied the accuracy of that portion of the report which applied to the Treasury. THE PROROGATION Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the bar, and summoned the House to the House of Lords, for the purpose of hearing her Majesty's assent given by commission to certain bills, and also for the prorogation of the present Parliament. The SPEAKER, accompanied by Lord Palmerston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. V: Smith, Mr. F. Peel, and about a hundred members, proceeded to the House of Lords. On their return, the SPEAEER read to the House her Majesty's Speech, and the proceedings of the session were thus brought to a close. OVERLAND MAIL. Adviees from Trieste, dated Monday, announce that the steamer Bombay arrived there on that day, in 140 hours from Alexandria, at half-past five p.m., having left Alexandria on the 22nd July. The India and China Mails were to leave Alex. andria on the 22nd July, with intelligence from Calcutta to the 17th June, and from Bombay to the 26th June, from Hong Kong to the 10th June, and from Shanghae to the 2nd June. The disturbances in the district of Kemedy are over. The Bank of Bengal has again reduced its rate of discount by one per cent. Exchange at Calcutta ss , as at ss. ltd. The produce market was inactive. Exchange at Bombay was 2s. lid. The money market was easier; trade was depressed. The banks have reduced their rates to one per cent. The revolution in China is progressing : 60 Chinese rebels were beheaded in Canton in one day. Exchange at Canton was 4s l Od ; at Shanghae, 7s id. Freights at Canton were 4/ ; at Shanghae, lOs for lea. The crops of tea and silk were abundant. The mother of the late King of 0 ude had arrived in Egypt, on her way to England. Resehid Paella had returned to Constantinople. MELANCHOLY ACCMENT.—On Monday evening an amiable little girl, named Ann Mary Mathews, aged 12 years, daughter of the late Mr. Robert Mathews, uphol sterer, &c., was shot dead by a youth named Richard Ing ham, with whom she had been a playfellow. It appears that the father of the lad placed his gun in a cupboard in the kitchen. He had drawn the shot out of the barrel and removed the caps, but left the powder in. Richard Ingham, the son, took the gun down on Monday evening and put a cap on the nipple. In play he put the gun up to his shoulder. aimin g at t h e deceased. He drew the trigger, cheek and the dee...lased fell and di e d di rect l y . Th e c h arge en t er ed `ie left p art of the forehead, making a deep hole—the nose ~ broken, wer© completely blown away, the left jawbone the tong ue d estroyed, the teeth driven down the throat, and the left eye lay upon the chin. Another • , l e girl, who was leaning upon her, had her neck "red by the explosion, and the left arm bruised, The 4 gone that day to invite young Ingham (who is -4 hie Niger to spend the following day at "neing the anniversary of her birthday. 13 years oid) her uncle's house, —North Wales Chronicle THE TRIAL OF A TURKISH PACHA The third sitting of the court was held on the 12th, and was very numerously attended. A number of Otto man functionaries were present. The interrogatory of Mehemmed Aga, aide-decamp to Sahli Paella, which had been suddenly broken off at the previous sitting in consequence of the President finding it impossibl to elicit from him anything like a direct answer, was con tinued. The prisoner was in irons, which seemed to embarrass him very greatly, for he was frequently heard to exclaim in a plaintive tone the words Allah A mak! (my God ! pardon.) The President, after recommending the prisoner not to act as he had done on the former occasion, but to avow the whole truth, commenced his interrogatory : " Where did you first see this Toultcha girl, called Nedela ? " " I was one day going to Matchin to execute a commission given me by the Pacha." The President here interrupted the prisoner, telling him that it was useless for him to enter into those round about details, and requested him to give direcr answers to his questions. He then asked him, " whether he had not seen her near the door of an inn, and whether in answer to a question nut by him to her, she had not said that she had something to say to the Paella ? " The prisoner answered in the affirmative. " Did she reply to you in Turkish ?" " Yes." " Are you certain of that; reflect before you answer ? —" Yes, lam certain of it." " When you left for Varna did you not see this girl 1" " No. The prisoner accompanied his reply by the word " the usual Ottoman oath, but he was told by the President that it was not necessary to make use of oaths ; all that was required of him was to speak the truth. His answers however, continued to be extremely vague. The President ordered Moustafa to be brought in, and addressing him, said" You have hitherto been sincere in the avowal of your crime. I am about to put some further questions to you, reflect and reply candidly." The President then alluded to the part of the former interrogatory of Moustafa relative to his arrival at Varna, to which place he had been sent beforehand by Hussein, to ascertain whether Mehemmed had found an inn for Salih Paeha. None had been found, but Hassan Paella, the governor, to whom Salih Pacha had sent a letter, had kindly placed his house at the disposal of his colleague. The President then proceeded with his questions to Moustafa. " You beard the Pacha speak of this girl ? " Yes." "And you spoke of it to Hussein was it to you that the Pacha spoke ?" "loo." " What did Hussein say when you related to him what the Paella had said )" "He was very uneasy, and said, What is to be done with this girl ?" " Was not Mehemmed present with Hussein at the time ?" " Yes, he was." To Mehemmed : " You have heard the declaration of Moustafa; do you remember the facts he mentions ?" " No, Ido not. What he states might have taken place, but I do not remember it." To Moustafa: " Did Me hemmed know that the girl came with you from Toultcha to Varna ? " Yes, certainly, he did." To Mehemmed ; " What do you say to this declaration?" " I was com pletely ignorant ad othof o e of .tr t h h da ar e tn f r p e a tl o s at e chl n eo : o e kat o obf r od N rwu ca e ht d noi Nedela." abduction . ny ' otoofur " ,t l al:, t d:d was.yeos Paeha.yus eondug y Tw o hh u eo r s g e o l v f were , er I ns i girl. He mentioned it to you, and said, I hope it does not concern you ; ' to which you replied by a falsehood, pretending a complete ignorance of facts with which you are well acquainted. What instructions did you receive from the Pacha on leaving Toulcha ? Did he not tell you to accompany on the road a young girl, and to attend to her wants?" " The Pacha simply told me to apply to Hussein for the expenses of my journey, and to deliver two letters which he gave me.' ";Did you not: know that the Paella had ordered Hussein to have the girl lodged separately during the journey, dressed iu male attire, eze." "I knew nothing at all of that." "We wish to know what directions the Pacha gave on the subject of Nedela " I received none; it 'was Hussein?' " What did the Paeha say to him ?" You must find a good looking lodging for you know who." "Did Nedela leave Toultcha on foot, on horseback, or in a carriage ?" "In a carriage; but Ido not know where she got into it; I did not see her." It appeared clear from the manner of the prisoner he knew better, but would not or dared not speak the truth, and he was sent back to prison. The President then ordered Hussein, the intendant of the Pacha, to be brought in, and commenced his interrogatory, The prisoner appeared much altered since his last appearance, and his coun tenance was that of a man of the greatest brutality. " How long had you known the Bulgarian girl before you left Toultcha ?" " For six or seven days." " How did you first become acquainted with her ?" " Mehemmed came to me one day, and told me that a girl wanted me, who had something to say to the Pacha. I spoke to her, and she told me that she wished to embrace Islamism." The remainder of the answers of the prisoner was such a string of prevarications that the President at lengi:n • . • sent him back to prison, and then commenced the exami nation of Vacil. His evidence Was nothing more than a recapitulation of the facts stated by Moustafa as to the murder of the girl. At the conclusion of his interrogatory the court again adjourned.: THE LONDON GAZETTE BANKRUPTS.—WILLIAM DUNCAN and THOMAS HAM PER, Tooley-street, Pouthwark, hop merchants. DANIEL GRIGG, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, grocer and pro vision dealer. FRANCIS BRIGDEN, Arundel, Essex, saddler: PETER ALLEN, Huntsworth Mews, North Dorset Square. horse dealer. CHARLES MARGAKISON and ERNEST BENJAMIN FORT, Savage Gardens, Tower Hill, City, wine and spirit merchants. JOHN Box, Becken ham, Kent, brickmaker. JOHN ROBINSON, Manchester, silk manufacturer. RICHARD BABATOCX FRENCH, Win chester, corn merchant. FRANCIS DAVY, St. Paul's Street, New Kent Road, builder. EDWIN PEEKE Torquay, Devonshire, builder. JOHN FISHER, Wolver! hampton, JOSEPH WRIGHT, Heaton Norris Lane, Cotton spinners. SAMUEL ADAMS, Ware, Hertfordshire, banker. SAMUEL HOWARD, Mancheste-, machine broker. JANIEi BILSCORROW (and not James Billobarrow as before adver tised), Coveniry, haberdasher. HARRIETT LEONARD, Bristol, baker and shopkeeper. JOHN GEORGE BEDFORD, Upper King Street, Bloomsbury, importer of fancy goods and tobacconist. GEORGE GEODE, Liverpool, ship broker, &c. WILLIAM HOUGHTON, Fisherwick, Langree, and Preston, Lancashire, coal proprietors and coal merchants. THE LATE Ma. GurnmE.—A large number of the friends of the late Mr. Guthrie, the eminent surgeon, have entered into a subscription for the purpose of erecting a monnrnent to his memory. REPRESENTATION OF NOTTINGHAM.—An address from a candidate (Mr. Ernest Jones, the Chartist), has just been Issued. The entiro liberal party do not altogether concur in their support of Mr. Mills, and it is not improbable that auother candidate may be brought forward. Ona Ex-ENVOY AT WASRINGTON.—Mr. Crampton, the late British Minister in the United States, left London some days since, on a visit to his father, Sir Philip Crampton, in Dublin. He will, it is stated, be employed in a diplomatic position on the Continent before the close of the year. . DEATH. OF THE BISHOP OF GRAHAM'S TOWN. —lntelligence his been received of the death of the Right Rev. John . rev. Armstrong, prelate diedD . D ~ at Bishop Graham's o Graham's T own on Ttohwe 16thT h of e M r h y t . He was consecrated in 1853, on the subdivision of the diocese of Cape Town, having previously held the vicarage of Tidenham, Gloucestershire. The late bishop graduated at Oxford in 183 G, being a member of Lincoln College, FATE OF A BURGLAR,—Between two and three o'clock on Friday morning last, the house of Captain Smith, at Goole, was in the absence of the family, broken into by a burglar. Two of Mr. Smith's neighbours, however, detected the robber at his felonious work, and endeavoured to secure him, but he ran away, pursued by the two men, and, seeing no means of escape, he jumped into the river Don. It was evident he could not swim, and before the two men could rescue him he sank and was drowned. RAILWAY ACCIDENT,—A railway porter, named Walter, belonging to the fling Station, on the Dorchester Railway, was killed last Friday. He had coupled some carriages together, and the buffers of the two between which he stood were so wide apart that he could pass in an upright position between them, instead of being obliged to stoop under them to get from among the carriages to the platform, just as be was passing between the buffers, they came together from some movement of the engine, and the poor fellow was crushed to death instantly. STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES.—A retnrn moved for by Viscount Goderich, M.P., gives a list of the names and salaries of certain of the stipendiary magistrates in England and Wales, with the number of cases brought before them in the course of the year 1855. These include, at Brighton, Mr. A. Bigge, who enjoys a salary of £BOO, and who tried last year 730 cases ; at Hull, Mr. T. H. Travis, salary £BOO, cases tried, 7,420 ; at Liverpool, Mr. 3. Smith Mansfield, salary £l,OOO, number of cases 24,907; at Manchester, Mr. D. Maude, salary £l,OOO, number of cases 18,095; at Merthyr-Tydvil,' Mr. J. Coke Fowler, salary £6OO, cases 2403; at Newcastle, Mr. Ellison, salary £6OO, number of ciFea 5,322; at Salford, Mr. H. L. Trafford, salary £B4O, number of cases tried 8,307 ; at Stafford, Mr. T. Baily Rose, sal lry £BOO, number of cases 7,228 ; at 'Wolverhamp ton, Mr. J. Leigh, salary £l,OOO, number of cases 4,587 ; and at Worcester, Mr. C. Sidebottom, salary—" a very scanty one," Mr. Sidebottom complains—ao6, number of cases tried, 457. Tlhse are the only retvrns as yet made to the House, although the names of all the magistrates in England and Wales were ordered. FIGHTING IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—Richard Irving, of Port Carlisle, and Thomas Lawson, of Glasson, were brought before the sitting magistrates, at the Court-houses, Carlisle, on Saturday last, charged with fighting in one of the carriages of the Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Com pany while travelling. Irving had expressed his deep regret for what had occurred, and offered to pay all expenses: Witnesses were then called to prove the charge against Lawson. From their evidence, it appeared that soon after the train left Carlisle, Irving, who was sitting iu the same compartment as Lawson, began to use very abusive lan guage, and, as this failed to irritate Lawson, he took his right fist and deliberately hit him a blow in the face. Lawson retaliated, and a regular "set-to" was the result. The females in the carriage screamed terriffically ; and the belligerents fought for at least ten minutes, at the end of which Irving, being worsted, gave up th e con t es t. L awson , who seemed to have been taken by surprise, fought with his gloves on. Some ill-feeling had existed between them previously, Mr. Hodgson, chairman of the bench, said this was really a very disgraceful affair, particularly as regarded Irving, who had been the aggressor. Hoping, however, that what had already been done would have the effect of preventing a similar occurrence, the bench would fine Irving in the sum of 10s and costs, only, and Lawson Sc. The fine and costs amounted to £2 Is. A BANX MANAGER CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT.— On Saturday morning Mr. Theodore Evans, late manager of the Twekesbury branch of the Gloucestershire Bank, appeared before the magistrates, on remand, to answer charges of embezzlement of sums amounting to £3,250. The accused had been manager of the Tewkesbury Branch Bank for the last seven years, and was removed on the 2nd of April last, when he was succeeded by Mr. Appleby, the present manager. When Mr. Appleby came to look over the assets at Midsummer, he discovered a deficiency of £3,250, and applied to the late manager for an explanation, when Mr. Evans stated that he had lent Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., 41,000, and off ere d M r . Ap p l e b y two c h ecks for 4500 each, dated April 2, 1856, in payment for that amount, asking to have them charged to him as on June 30th last. He also said there was no entry of the matter in the books, and that he had also lent £5OO to I+ r. Allen, £260 to Mr. Isaac Nind, which money - he o to pay Mr. Appleby. This made a total of £1,750 accounted for ; but as to the remaining £1,500 Mr. Evans refused to give any explanation. Mr. Hartland, managing director, proved that he went through the balances with Evans, and that they appeared to him to be correct. The accused had no authority to lend money to parties without entering it on the bank books. He had never represented to him that li,ooo had been lent to Mr, H. Brown, M.P. As the prisoner wished to have the advice of counsel the case was adjourned, and the bail enlarged. EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE OF Two CHILDREN.—On Thursday evening two juveniles, footsore and weary, entered the yard of th e G re yhound Hotel, Bath, and enquired if they could be accommodated with logdings for the night. Their respectable dress and superior manners, as well as the unusual nature of their application, excited the surprise and curiosity of Mr. Clarke, th e landlord, who took his would-be guests into the hotel, and proceeded to interrogate them. Though exceedingly polite in their replies, they declined affording any information, except that they were going to sea, and Mr. Clarke's suspicions were further excited by the light shoes which one of them wore and the shortness of the trousers ; and he ultimately Fat himself in communi cation with the police. The children were then separated, and one of them conveyed to the central station and lodged for the night, the other remaining at the Greyhound. Their secret was preserved until Friday morning, when a livery servant rode a reek i ng horse into the Grey hound yard, and soon afterwards made known that he was i n pursu i t of a pa i r o f j uven il e f ug i t i ves. The whole sto r y was t h en d eve l ope d. Th e c hild ren were b rother and sist er, t h e latter 14, and t h e f ormer scarcely 13, the off spri ng of parents in good society ; and on Thursday they had decamped from their home at Road, near Frame. The boy had determined to go to sea, and had entrusted his secret to his sister, whose ardent affection determined her to accompany him at all hazards. She accordingly dressed herself in some of his clothes, allowed him to cut her which was then parted at the side. and 4 1, - anigpa 11— _ _ attired and dis- seZ ou ror Bristol as the nearest seaport. As von as they were missed, every effort was, of course, made to discover th em , an d th e servant , w h o so fortunat e l y met with them, bad ridden down three horses in the pursuit. They were on Friday conveyed back to their parents.-- Bristol Mercury. LITERATURI Lectures on the Education of Alan. By Thomas Hopley, F.S.S. London : John Churchill, Burlington-street. On a former occasion, we noticed a pamphlet by Mr. Hopley, published with the object of correcting many popular errors and abuses on the subject of Respiration, a n d supplying useful elementary instruction, adapted for general and unscientific readers. The lecture now before us, is the first of a series of plain and simple lectures upon the educa tion of man, which the author, following out his previous and somewhat peculiar plan, submits to the public in a printed form before its oral delivery. There can be no doubt that this course, pursued in every instance, would tend to diminish, in an advantageous degree, the number of pro fessed public lecturers, who take to the task of teaching the people, as some country schoolmasters are said to have devoted themselves to juvenile instruction—because they had failed in every other way of obtaining a living. In too many instances, the only distinction between the lecturer and his audience is, that the one talks and the others listen, the amount of special knowledge of the subject being about equal in both instances. lint Mr. Hopley submits his lec tures to a test which requires something more than a fluent tongue and a deficient sense of the ridiculous. The intro ductory lecture, which he pnblishe3, places his claims as an auxiliary in the great organisation for public instruction, before eyes and minds which will calmly weigh and criticise. The very fact that the anther adopts this course, goes far to prove that he knows himself to be, and is thoroughly com petent to, a share it, the labour to which he offers himself. Proofs more convincing still are to be found in every papa of the lecture before us, as well as in that which we formerly noticed. These lectures are the production of a man who has oarefully studied the truths of physical science in their most important direction —their bearing on the physical, and, through it, on the moral condition of humanity. To generalise a knowledge of the most immediately pressing branches cf the subject among that vast class who cannot arrive at the lessons of science by the usual slower, and more exact road, is the object which has animated Mr. Hopley in the preparation of these lectures, He does not seek to unfold deep and difficult problems for the learned, but to explain and illustrate general and elementary truths to the ignorant. Even among the middle and higher classes it is too apparent that the common lessons of science are not always remembered ; and even where the abs rant knowledge has been acquired ; the application to the ordinary domestic arrangements of life does not invariably follow. To these classes Mr. Hopley addresses himself, as well as to the poor, who add so heavily to the inevitable sufferings of their condition by an ignorance of I:uaey simple means for their alleviation. Exercise in due proportion of body and mind, proper diet, pure air, cleanliness, adequate clothing, regular and sufficient sleep—these are the conditions which he points out in his introductory lecture as the indispensable requirements of the body, and the absence or neglect of which nature will, sooner or later, avenge upon the bAly. To make the study of the elements of health a part of the education and the daily duty of every man and woman, Mr. Hopley devotes his abiliti.s. The very utterance of the truths he illustrates cannot be made without some benefit to the hearers. Uttered with such simple vigour and unexaggerated impressiveness as they ftre in this lecture, they must tend to awaken to a full perception of their importance many whose minds it would be vain to hope to reach through the college lecture or the technically scientific disquisition. SHIPWRIGHTS' DISTURBANCE AT LIATEHOUSE The shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Young, Son, & Maguay, Limehouse, London, still continues like a beleagured fort ress, in consequence of the manner in which it is watched by the union shipwrights out on strike. On Saturday some forty men arrived at the works from the Channel Islands, under an engagement to work. These men were imme diately beset by the leaders of the union, who offered them £2OO to return to their homes. The Channel Islands' ship wrights refused the offer, which was afterwards increased, but with no better success, and they proceeded to their work. The leaders of the union then resolved to effect by intimidation what they could not do by bribes, and towards noon a great many shipwrights on strike assembled near Messrs. Young and Co.'s premises. The new hands were insulted and assaulted by the London men going to, and returning from, their dinner. It was evident that the ordinary police force would be unable to preserve order, and 100 extra men were put on duty. The yard .;as surrounded by union men. One Man was seized fo g r u a it n e assault on an officer. A large assemblage of people, prin cipally shipwrights, followed the man to the Poplar station house. In passing through a narrow street, called Penny Fields, some cowardly ruffians hurled stones at the police. A co contusion Lockart, on the back of the bead from a st one th rown at him, and was disabled. The miscreant who committed this dastardly act was not detected, Lockhart has since been under medical treatment. Towards evening many of the union men with ~r ew, called off 0-- • - and fifty of the police fora_ _ „uty ; th e rest guarding the The • premises all night. the yard. Jersey men were k e pt all night on board a ship in THR ORDER OF ST. PATRICK.—We learn, from Dublin, that on Monday it was authoritatively announced that the Marquis of Londonderry is to be appointed a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick, in the room of the late Earl of Listowall, POLICE COURT -YESTERDAY (BEFORE MIT. MANSFIELD A BAILIFF'S ADVENTURES.-A person named James Naylor, described as a bailiff belonging to tha County Court, was charged by Mr. Williams, one of the relieving officers, with having deserted his children and leaving them chargeable on the parish. From the evidence, it appeared that some time about the year 1846, the wife of the prioner died, and that he then abandoned the ren. who then were supported after, it seemed he the pani. h. Spa-,e got married t. , ) anothee woman, time since committed an offence, for whi c h • she was sentenced to fifteen ye.irs' transportation. He then went to live, and is :at present living, with a woman who is in receipt of parish relief, and, all the time, the children were abandoned by the prisoner, and lately Mr. Williams made the discovery of th e a b ove facts. The prisoner was committed for one month. PUGNACITY AMONGST GENTLEMEN IN BLACK.— Two coloured men, named John Alexander and Hemor Surny, were charged with creating a riot and fighting, in Great 'Toward-street. The policeman, who'had charge of the prisoners, said he heard a great noise in the street, and on going to see what it was all about, he found a large crowd acting in a disorderly and riotous manner, to the annoyance of the inhabitants; in the middle of the ring the prisoners were " slashing each other " like real free (A laugh ) He never saw a pair of greater savagos, for they bit and kicked each other like asses aojl pigs. In reply to the dm maned " each other to a large eaten which, his worship fined them paid. niggers .ge, the prisoners it the end of S. each, which they By way of a sequel to the above, a young black girl was put forward on a charge of being drunk and This was one of the first black women c above statutable (deuce. She was discharged with a caution VIOLENT ASSAULT.—A woman, named Mary Nolan, who keeps a shop in Park-lane, was charged by a female named Bridget Bayle, with having committed a violent assault on her. Mr. Bluck defended the prisoner. The complainant's head was bound up, and she was covered with blood. She produced a large hammer and a long pole, with which she stated that the prisoner struck her on the head and nearly killed her. Silo denied having given any provocation, although, she stated, that for nine months she was subject to both annoyance and assaults from the prisoner, but her husband would not allow her to prosectve. Mr. Jones, surgeon from the Southern Dis pensary, stated that he deemed the wound, which was a contused one, deep as the bone ; at present he could not tell how it would terminate, as perhaps, erysipelas might supervene. Mr. Bluck produced witnesses, who at tempted to show that it was the prisoner's daughter who beat the complainant ; but this failed, and the prisoner was remanded for seven days, in order to see how dig wounded woman would progress. Two OF A TRADE.—A large and very fat young woman, named Matilda Darnley, the keeper of a bad house in Mason's Court, charged a powerful-looking young man named John Hicks, the keeper of another " den" in the same court, and described as a shoemaker, with having threatened to murder her. Mr. Muck defended. It appeared that the complainant was a w i tness on Monday in the Recorder's court against some friend of the pri soner's, who was sentenced to fifteen months' imprison ment, and that, on her return home, she was violently attacked by the prisoner, who threatened to kill her with a knife and a hammer. Mr. Bluck, by witnesses, en deavoured to show that it was all jealousy on the part of the complainant, and that his client, in reality, was the person truly injured by the complainant. The prisoner was bound, in two sureties of £lO each, to keep the peace, or, in default, three months' imprisonment. 03EFORE MR. F N.) • PLUNDER BY A SHOPMAN.--Mr. Harrison, grocer, of Fox-street, charged a young man, named James Hill, who was in his employment, with having robbed hire. From the evidence of the prosecutor, and also of detect ives Horn and Marks, it appeared that Sir. Harrison missed some money, and that some was marked and purchases made with it. Soon after, e search was made, and a portion of the money so marked was missed. A search was made in the prisoner's box, where the police found 51 half-crowns, 10 sovereigns, and 1,5 half ditto ; and, on the prisoner's person was found some of the marked money. The prisoner merely said he had the money found in his box when he entered the employ ment of Mr. Harrison. FXe was committed for trial at the Sessions, PM NOTHING PARTICULAR.—CIara Smithh - was charged with having stolen a gold chain, 155., ani a bible, from William Elder, in Pointon-street. The complainant, whose appearance attracted some attention, was asked by Mr. Wyberg—What are you ? Why, I am nothing particular. What do you do for a living ? Ido not belong to any profession. But you must get your living some way—What is your calling ? I have pat come from Australia. Well, what what were you doing there ? I was there about 18 months. Yes, but wtat were you doing there for a living ? Many thing'.:. Say what you did there f or a living ? I was dig g i ng, amongst other things. Oh, very well then, we will call you a digger. Very well, that will do, as lam nothing parti cular. He then went on to say that having come from Australia he walked out to see Liverpool, as he was unac quainted with it. He, however, was soon let into '' one of the mysteries of modern Tyre," for Miss S m i t h sto l e his ch a i n an d money, and committed felony on his bible, a book he valued much, and had in his pocket. There was some fun caused by t h e details which he gave of the transaction. The chain was subsequeffily found on the prisoner's neck, and a portion of the money in ono of the stockings. She was sent to gaol for a month. Robert Parry, an old offender, was sent for trial for breaking into a house in Duke-street, and stealing property therefrom, EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The Hon. E. T. Yorke M.P., brother of the Earl of Hardwicke, is named as no unlikely to be the successor of M r . D . Wadd ington, in the chairmanship of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. Dovn's CASE.—The cost of the trial, as may be 81 .,pposed, has been very great. For the prosecution Vuo counsels' fees would exceed 300 guineas. Mr. 0 verencl had 100 guineas, with refreshers of 10 guineas per day, and 35 guineas on the day of reply. Mr. Hardy had 70 guineas, with refreshers, and Mr. Bayley 45 guineas. The cost of getting up the case and of witnesses was about £866 16s, make a total of £1,176 16s. For the defence the counsels' fees were 300 guineas, MI. Bliss receiving 70 guineas, exclusive of refreshers and consultation fees. Sergeant Wilkins had 50 guineas with refreshers, and Mr. Hall 40 guineas. The other expenses will not be less than £l,OOO, making a total of upwards of £1,300, or a grand total of the cost of the trial of £2,476 IGs. This is exclusive of the cost of the enquiry before the coroner. We are glad to learn that Captain D. 13. Morton and the late crew of that splendid screw steamer the Oneida., now in cur harbour, and lately in the transport serv:ce, have had the great and singular distinction granto l , to them of the Crimean medal, in common with her lkr„jesty's naval forces in the Black Sea. This honop.': is bestowed on the officers and crew, who, with Ca . pW:', l Morton, were engaged on the 23rd and 24th Oct*? last in co-operating with the Anglo-French army, an in firing both days ou the Russian army with their own gnus and four heavy guns of the Diamond frigate whi c h were put on board. The Oneida was built by the eminent builders Messrs. John Scott and and Sons, and was lately the property of the Canada Ocean Steam Navigation Company. She has been sold to the Euvopean and Australian Royal Mail Company.—Greenock Advedliscr. EiTRAORDINARY ABDUCTION.—The Cork Constitution states that a Miss ll—, of Cloubrook, Queen's county, was to be married, on a certain day, to a Mr. H. I,—. Another lover of the lady endeavoured to prevent it by collecting a party of friends, who assisted him in locking the gate approaching to the lady's house. They ahoplaee large stones in front to obstruct the passage of th e j aunting car ; and, after completing their task, they lay in ambush awaiting the arrival of Miss H— avid her friends. H ay .„ ing arrived at the hour above mentioned, and finding the approach barred against them, some of the party left the car to rtmove the obstacles presented to them, when the lady was pounced upon by the party of her former lover, and then a struggle ensued—th e bridegroom' art endeavour ing' to retain he r , an d the ether to ca her off. The conflict terminated i n ' ; story for former lover, who succeeded in Dlacinc, ape with his nr on a car, and in r of whom was heard room had his eauesdav ce much damaged. The matter L coule b'',..oret effectin of up to W the ninYist7at: - ---. A Itir'liDEACON'S DENISON'S CASE.—a, nr , lifonday.--. Notwithstanding that it was gene:l.V proceed ings to day wou ld occupy thought the but a short time, the court was crowded at an early Canterbury,l.r. Lushingt on , D r. } Lour. His Grace the Archbishop of liellttiey, (M argare t P ro f essor of with the asse ssors, Divinity at Oxford), and the Rev. G. IL S. Johnson (Dean of Wells), took their 1 seats at half-past ten o'clock. Dr. Bay was present with the promoter. the Rev. Joseph Ditcher, of South &cut. Dr. Robert Phillimore was also in attendance, but the archdeacon did not make his appearance. Dr. Lushing ton said-- Hi s grace the archbishop d sires me to state that i n con sequence of the great importuxe of the questions dis cussed on this occasion, the abstract nature thereof, the many learned ar guments of counse l, an d the numerous authorities adduced, he deems it proper to take further time for his decision. ins Grace will therefore adjourn this court until Tuesday, the 12th day of August, at half past one o'clock in the afternoon, when, unless any unfore ee. a impediment arises, it is the intcntion of his Grace to declare the conclusion to which he, with the advice of his assessors, may have come. Dr. Phillimore said he begged to hand in the charge of the present Bishop of Bath and Wells, to which he had referred, as showing that his lord ship had stated that the archdeacon had a right to hold and preach the doctrines for which he was now being tried. The court was then declared to be adjourned till Tuesday, August 12.