Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-28 00:00:00

PROFESSOB. OWEN AT TM: COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. Last night, the lecture season at the Collegiate Insti tution was brilliantly inaugurated by the delivery of the first of a course of four lectures,* by Professor Owen, the great comparative anatomist, "On the ch arac t er and geographical distribution of remit and fossil mam malian qtr4drupeds." There was a •erowded and most intellectual audience ; and ihe . distinkuished lecturer was accompanied on the platform by Wm. Preston, Esq the Mayor ; Sir Edwao Cue, who is chairman t committee; WM'. Brown . , Esq., the vi the Rev. Rector Campbell. We f - in the lower gallery, Chrii.toplic same of our most prominent citizens -chair Mall aho observed present, yr Bushell, Esq., and SPECIAL-MEETING • OF-THE TOWN COUNCIL-YESTERDAY, A - special meeting of the Connell wa. - 3 .held yesterday, at eleven o'clock, at the Town-hall, for (in the words of the summons) "the election from the councillors, or from the pea-Sons - qualified to be councilleirS, of_a fit per son as alderman of the borough, to supply the extraor iThifirc vicaliev in that office, occasioned . by the death'of Thomas Chilton, Esq., and to continue in olnce so Ion& 0 as the said . Thernas Chilton would have continued iii. Office, viz:, until the ninth dad of November, 1862." , I,IWILLISM PRESTON, Esq.,, the Mqor,' presided ; and there was' a numerous attendance of members. • - . twenty-four votes for Mr, John Stewart. I have n Buck Lloyd duly elected. -LETTER FROM THE DEATH OF Ma. CHILTON The MAyon, haying requested gentlemen to .be seated, said the council, he was sure, would regret, as he did, the great loss which it h a d a gain sustained in the loss of (me of its members. It was for the survivors of those two gentlemen a very salutary lesson of .the shortness of time which we have to remain. It was probable that some gentleman, he believed Mr. Charle s Ta m e r , would move a vote of condolence to the family on th e melan choly bereavement which they had sustained in 'the death of Mr. Chilton. .. , • The Mayon to WO; chair, and in a; fe* brief re marks, introduced Professor-Owen,, as the first man of the age. (Applause.) The Rev. Rector CAMPBELL then ewe, sad said— . Although it will not bocci - ale me' to trespass at any length upon your time, and so delay the profit and pleasure you will derive from listening to that distin guished man . who honours its with his presence on "this occasion—a than of Whom, as the Prince Consort has recently deelared—this country, and I believe I may add this county, (for if I mistake not he is a Lancashire man)--(apnlause)—may . be justly proud as one whose name stands among the foremost of the nattralist's of Europe ; still, referring to . tbe double relation which I bear to you as Rector of Liverpool, and one of the vice-presidents of the Collegiate Institution, I may perhaps be permitted, without . presumption, .to address you with - a few wor ds upon the. .connection of science with religion, repudiating ,the imputation that the clergy of the Church of Ingland.are hostile or in different to the utmost diffusion of scientific knowledge. Asserting on the contrary; in the words of Bacon ' when time and opportunity allow, that ". a man cannot search -too fur, or be too well studied in the book of -God's: . ( Word Or tll6 book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; the COURCII - but rather . that Men should endeavour an endless pro- . useful and valuable seriees to the commune gress and proficiency in both,. only taking care that think, sir, we. should not allow the odeasioi they aPply both. to . charity; and not' to. vanity, to use, and not to oetentetiom"- (Applause.) 'With regard to without putting upon our records a notice of on. • (Applause.) Mr. Turner then proposed the following those whOSe time is necessarily limited, .the labouring resolution :—" That the Mayor, having announced the claw, we may, no doubt, be mere scrupulous, and in death of Thomas Chilton, Esq., one of - the alder the communication of scientific knowledge to them 'may men of this borough, resolved that this council receives perhaps be somewhat in accord with the late IV in;COb- the announcement with deep . regret—the. late Mr. bet, ,if the followingstory—which you may have heard Chilton for many years havinc , been a valuable member - before—is true. It having been reported of Lord of the Dock Committee 'anethis body ; and that the Brougham that he had said he should :be very well Mayor be requested to convey to Mr. Chilton's family Bacon, if every -.peasant in the land were able to read ' this expression of their sympathy and. deep feeling upon Bacon, Cobbett is.roported to have said that he should the eccasion "- be better.pleased if . every peasant in the land were able Mr. T. D. . ANDERSON said, in the-absence of another to eat bacon. (Daughter.) Now, I would take the via and ol d er mem b er, I may b e p erm itt e d to second the media on this question, and exprees my. wish that every motion. I knew Mr. Chilton personally, and esteemed• person in the land should be able to read as much Bacon and him. As a man of business he had few superiors, not eat as much. bacon as he could digest, and tie more— many equals. His judgment and clearness of head, with applause)—and I believe the philosophic meal should be 1 • • • . . us great 'experience rendered his opinion valuable. a very moderate one. But to you, an whose power the sought,'andwillmake his loss This was largely felt means of a more extended education are placed, I say severely in town. In private; I can say, he .was . a go forth in the pursuit of 'scienc e t o its utmost bounda- since re and warm friend, and I believe a true Christian ; ries,- and you will go accompanied by our wishes and but he was so unostentatious that.,l am sure he would our ' prayers—our wishes that you may 'be - blessed have wished 'as little to be said upon this mournful with every worldly success, and, our prayers that the i Occasion-as possible.. I shall therefore say no more, but F a ther' of Spirits, in communicating to y ou new simply second the motion. - . . gifts, will (to use the language of Bacon again) grant The resolution was then_ passed sub. si4entio. " that human knowledge may not prejudice divine ELECTION OF AN ALDER3I_IN. truth, and that no incredulity and darkness in regar d to • . ~. The MAYOR said it would now be the duty of the the Divine mysteries may arise in your minds upon the disaiiiig of the rays - of sense and this - greatet kindling Council to supply the vacancy created by the death of of our natural light;. hut• rather; that from a pure un- the late Mr. Chilton..' . derstanding, cleared of all fancies and vanity, vet no The TOWN-CLERK said the council were aware that less s - abmitted to, nay, wholly prostrate before the Divine the election of an alderman - was different from any other, and he had better read the act of parliament, to oracles, you may 'render unto faith the tribute due unto faith, and being freed from the poison of knowlege in ~ guide gentlemen in filling up their voting papers. (This - fusedinto it by thifserpent,May learn to Worship tenth in he did.) . . • . . _ . charity." Perhaps I owe you an apology for having.tres - Mr. R OBER T S ON Geensemee-May .1 passed so lone.; and shall now conclude. (Applause , ) Ma y or, if it is necessar y that every person preset'. The subject a of-the- evening's discourse was "On the should vote on this occasion ? Classification of the Mammalia." - The TOWN-CLERK—That. is the ordinary rule. Professor OWEN; in' his said—ln the Mr. Geanseosn---=The expression in the. act of par selection of his subject he had been guided by a desire • l i a ment is " may." .It is not made compulsory. to take out of. the range - of aatural 'history—which he The Towx-eseak--;-No, but by your • standing orders was habitually in the study of—such a class of animals every member of the council is expected to vote: .• . as might be the most interesting, and to treat of it in Mr. Snore—=That is only in case •of a division. such a way as might give a certain kind .of complete- The TOWN-CLERK—I don't think there is any dif ness, in so short a course as . that upon which he had ference, except in the mode of ..voting prescribed by the now-.the,. honour.-to enter, and. to enter under .an i n- _act. . . . . - troduction and auspices, so favourable, and with an •Mr. GLAnstosm- -- -Will you read the standing order, indication of the spirit in which our investigation of sir ? God's works should be conducted,—a,spirit in which he. The TowN-CLERK—It is the 13th standinj order— hoped his own studies, had . ever been conducted, and in " That in -taking the vote upon any ‘ question,' those which he hoped. to . treat the subject selected for that members only shall be entitled. to vote who are present uning's discourse. (Applause.) He should have to when the question is put "from the chair ; but every treat of that class .of animals to . which. we ourselves me mber then p resent shall be required to record his belong, and from which we deri •yed the most important vote." . assistance we get from the animal kingdom, and some Mr. OLADSTONE—" Required." of its most valuable produets, to which he meant , to Add ' Mr SHEIL said that ifas only in case of a division. sonic observations on their geograp hi ca l distribution, put, he asked; what is the nee of - taking up time by the which led to suggestions, of great interest. T he learned useless form of signing papers, when the matter is Professor then proceeded with his lecture, which, al- already settled. (A laugh.) The TowN-ceritu--I should state, sir, that there is though technical, was'lucid and beantifill ; and we need oao necessity to nominate any ,eentleman ; in strictness, not- say that he was listened to with almost breathless attention. It would be idle, of course, to attempt to gentle Men may vote for anybody, whether nominated or give an abstract. Towards the close, speaking, of Man, not. • or the genus horao, he said his.chief zoological charac- ' Mr. GLADSTONE'7--DO T understand, Mr. Mayor, it is teristics were to have the feet broad , with sole planted compulsory for us to'record our votes . unon the present finely on the ground ; toes short, except in the inner - occasion ? most, which is unusually large,but on the same line as The TOWN-CLERK-- ing orders. the other, and adapted to be the great fulcrum or ' Mr. HOLDEN—I suppose the usual course will be mode of progression ; and it was to t hat g reat toe, 'adopted on this &tenon, and there will be no moving if he was to point to. one characteristic, being anthro poid—lie shOuld point ..to that as our distinctive or seonding. Mr c . PARKER - -I will record. my vote, at all events. characteristic in creation.' (A laugh.) He dwelt, in The division was then proceeded with, Mr. Robertson terms of great beauty, on the other superior features Gladstone, as if considering, being the very last to record and characteristics of the human species ; and in conclu his vote. The result was as follows : sion said—And all this perfection of structure, this FOR MR. J. B. LLOYD. FOR MR. JOHN STEWART supreme work of creation , has been achieved in order ALDERMEN. COUNCILLORS. that the frame should be the instrument and servant of Wm. Bennett. , . R. Gladstone. a rational soul. Therefore I have always been in the G. H. Horsfall. T. L. Hodson. habit, being permitted, quite without any power of James Parker: ' J.' A. Picton. , Thomas Robinson. John Woodruff. suppressing the idea, in arriving 'at this part in the R. C. Gardner. R. Shell. -consideration of our organic structure, to address the Francis Shand. T. B. Job. younger members of my audience, those who possess Raymond W. Houghton. Roger Haydo this wonderful frame in all the p ower of lust y youth , -- - William Pre desiring them to bear well in mind that this special lift has been given t o them for a p urpose. " It was e who made you; not ye ' yourselves." Dull not the energies of this frame bywhati slott mayh nor' sp come it by undue pleasures, but consider no thing less than the temp le of the Holy Spirit ; and YOU* should thereforoseek to 'adorn the temple with all 'en*, fit, and becoming furniture, such as may be Mr. TURNER said—l am quite sure, Mr. Mayor, that the couxeil will have heard with the deepest regret the winuurweillejlt wmcn you Lave Just mane you have-observed, sir, another member of our ' been removed from among us, by one of tl and awful dispensations of Providence, by whicu are so fortunately reminded of the vanity of all the hopes and wisheS of this world. Mr. Chilton, P . unobtrusive and unostentatious in public and private life. In his private mid social life, he was • ret— and esteemed by a large circle of acquaintance , in his public life, he was always ready to place his ser vices at the. disposal of his fellow-townsmen required. Both as a member of the. Dock Commit down to that body by the council, and hose sudd lir, was enever 1 be has for many years rent :o pass ,sk, Mr .1 think so, under your own stand- cotrNaLL( J. Farnworth. Joseph Coops] John Shimmt Charles Turn. Th omas 'Vern C. T. Bowring. T. Aviscn. James Steains. W. H. Anthony 'John Aikin. F. A. Clint, J. W. Cropper Thomas ,ti James Robertson p. Jeffreys. Alexander Sham James Crellin. Oliver Holden. T. D. Anderson. James Tyrer : D. Crosthwatte. Thomas Ridley. convenient, , had by the admirable instruction, intellectual and reli gious, which is given in the institution in which I have now the honour to• address you. (Loud applause.) Sir EDWARD Cuaz then rose and said, the task imposed upon him was a very easfone. It was to ask them to give their best thanks to the Professor for the lecture which he had.given them. He was sure no one could have passed the time with more pleasure than they had had in his company, or with more edification and gratification than they had done. (Applause.) Wit undoubtedly the Professor possessed that peculiar element of eloquence, that he contrived to make every one imagine that they themselves understood what he with so much clearness, and with so much learning and study,. had prepared himself to communicate. (Ap plause.) The result they must all arrive at was the common adoption of the language, "Oh God, how wonderful are Thy works. In wisdom, Thou hast made them all. The earth is full of Thy riches." The motion was• carried by acclamation. Mr. IVILLitoi BitowN, who was cordially received, next proposed a vote of thanks to the May or . It was t ong , to find men of science occasionally visiting us. t on g, might we have such visits, and pay every respect to those who come. The only thing he regretted was, that although we called the Chinese barbarians, they were more enliiegahrtnened a nn d s c those ien p c e o i n a t l s w t i l l a y a s n occupyw arc,e the fo r there, men of in a highest position in the State; and he hoped and trusted our authorities would attach more of importance to the knowledge to be derived from men ot scienc than they had hitherto done. The Mayor acknowledged th e compliment, and the company then dispersed.. The MAYort—There are Lloyd, and sixteen for. Mr therefore to declare Mr. Joh (Applause.) THE MAYOI, S COMMT7NICATIONS.- MISS FLORENCE, NIGHTINGALE. The MAYOR said the last council had requested that he should write to Miss Florence Nightingale, thanking her for some numbers sent to the Free library. He had done so, and had received the following reply : TO WILLIAM PRESTON, ESQ., MAYOII. DEARSIa,—I was happy to accede to the request conveyed to me by Lord Shaftesbury, that the MS. to which you refer in your most kind letter of August 22, should be placed at the disposal of the Council. If any value attaches to the written copy, I shall be glad that it shall remain in the Free Library of Liverpool—a town to which I, of all others, owe the most grateful admiration, as out of has come, as I have always considered, Sanitary salvation to the army of the Crimea, and to all England more or less. I venture to send the published copy of the same MS., and two others on the same subject, hoping that you will do me the honour to add them to the same Free Library. I regret that my increasing ill health has delayed so long my grateful reply to your kind letter, and remain, dear sir, your obliged and:obedient servant, FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. 30, Old Burlington-street, London., W., Sept. 13, 1839. Mr. BENNETT-Mr. Mayor, may I ask whether that paragraph in Miss Nightingale's letter, speaking of sanitary salvati on com i ng ou t o f Liverpool, does not refer to those ef f icient officers of ours who left Liverpool for the Crimea ? The TowN-CLtnx—lt must refer to that. THE ROYAL VMT TO ANADA.—The Kingston Daily. News is authorised. to state t h a t Mr. Gibbs and Sir H. Holland visit Canada for their oval not to prepare the way for the Prince's j pleasire, and ourney. Mr. Gibbs, who was formerly but is not now, the Prince's tutor, is brother of ,the Gibbs, of Oshawa. _Sy' Henry Holland is a celebrated London physician, who married a daughter of the - Rev. Sydney Smith. The Aid* edited her father's correspondence and pOStlitimous worki. We shall be glad to welcome these visitors, as We should any intelligent Englishmenwho have enter prise enough to abandon the Rhine to the Cockneys and seek a new route to travel, but must protest against the flunkeyism of the News, who says that they will "honour Western Canada -with visit after going up the gttawa. Nobody 'tinder the_ rank Of a pinta can honour a million and a hilf of.people.L- , :asnadian paper. Mr. GransToNE—With this addition, Mr. Mayor ; Government omitted, to pay us for their services, and Owes us at the present time £5OO. (A laugh.) The MAYOR—IS it the pleasure of the council that this letter should be recorded ? (Cries of " Yes, yes.") The council then adjourned. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OiymeNr.---Worats.;:-Tliesc sites constantly , thou g h sometimes unsuspectedly, infest bowels g row longer and larger, till fever, declining appetite, watchfulness, and langour indicate something wrong in the s y s tem. The w orm causes excessive• irritation, resultin g i n violent c ouvuls!ons, too frequently : the prelude of death. or worm, is destroye d in the stomach ; or if tilhoelloenictoayLsOrn,ills have the power of so perfecting digestion that already attached to the bowels, its expulsion by the action of these Pills is certain • w hilst the same ingredient in the Oint ment locally applied, 'kills, on contact, the ascaris, or seatwo27rm. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT, -YESTRDAY. [Before Mr. MA.ssviELD.] . ALLEGED ASSAULT ON A POLICE-OFFICER.—CON. 17RADICTORY SWEARING.—James Higgins ' a youth. lbOuf sevente en. y ears o f age, was charged by police- Dific-31' 704, with being drunk And disorderly, and with I ,avinA.' assaulted. him. The 'officer . said, on Mon day night, the prisoner, was in Tithebarn-street, at an, oyster stall, where he had some oysters which he refused to pay for, and when he, (the officer) . attempted to remove him, he assaulted him. He was very drunk and disorderly. The boYgave a , very different version of the case, and his sister's evidence was to the fol lowing effect. She said she went for her brother to his masters .; the lad had got a drop of, drink; and she was taking . him. home when he was called over to the oyster stamt by the girl. "Witness told her not to - . ive him any oysters, as he had no money. A lad then carne, up, and began annoying the'.pris'oner by pushing him about. The prisoner pushed him away, when the officer came up and struck him.. on . the mouth with his baton, knocking four of his teeth out.—The lad produced two teeth, saying that he had lost four by the blow of the baton.—One of the bridewell-keepers xaMined the . lad'S mouth, and • said theie were four nit, : but only . two appeared to have been recently The lad persisted in saying that four teeth Were knocli.ed out, but two were Mans field Officer, you helix the evidence of this girl, and the prisoner's story, and if they are telling the trilth,.you deserve to be dismissed the force at once,—The officer le;could produce a railway-porter who had seem the - -Tice prisoner was remanded, producing his witness. whole of. the transaction:— _ for the purpose of the policeman VIOLENT ASSAULT. Daniel s 'Dawson. .and John M'Carthy, two young men of respectable appearance; were charged with having. committed a violent assault upon Charles Smith; a night watcher for the-Gas Corn-, On the previous evening theyroseeutor was en- sale-street and the Old Haymarket, ;hen the prisoners came up and with out the least provocation, Dawson drew a clasp knife out of his pocket, and attempted to stab him. Not succeed ing in his object, he threw the knife to M'Carthy, and jumped upon him (prosecutor), knocked him down, and. (rave him some kicks. M'Carthy all the time was "egg ing" Dawson on. Both prisoners denied the assault ; but a police-officer, who said he came .up at the time, witnessed a portion of the transactiot.---Mr. Mansfield said that 'the prisoners were two young ruffians; and he should fine Dawsen in 40s. and costs, or; in default, sentence him to two months' imprisonment, and M'Carthy in 54. or one week's imprisonment. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A MOTIIER TO HER CHILD —Ann Chatfield, a woman about thirty years of was charged with the following disgraceful conduct. -n, On the previous evening Mr. Lyons observed' the woman ill-treating her child, a little cri rl about three years old. Mr. Lyons said that he saw' the mother striking and beating the child. He took the girl from her, but the child Cried so much that he was obliged to hand her over again to the prisoner. As soon as this was done, the prisoner seized the child by 'the arms, violently wrenched them, hit her on the side of the head with her cloSed fist, and' kicked her into the middle of the street. This happened in Houghton-street: The prisoner was given into custody.—Mr. Mansfield imposed a fine of £5, or three .months imprisonment, on the unnatural mother, who was removed from the dock, screaming ATTEMPTED SUICIDE —William Fosgrove, a trunk 'Maker, residing at 25, Rupert-street, and keeper of a stall in the Pedlar's Market, was charged, with having attenipted to poison himself the previous evening by swallowing a quantity of oxalic-acid. Prisoner said that he used the oxalic-acid in his business, and only put a little of it on his tongue, without any intention of doing any harm to himself.—He was remanded for the purpose of being examined by a medical man. PLUNDER OF A PEINTING-OFFICE—SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MARINE STORE DEALER.—William Smith, a boy about 14 years of age, was charged with robbing the priating-office of Mr. R. H. Fraser, Cable-street ; and Stephen Hodson, a marine store dealer, at No. 4, Westmorelani-street, with having -received the pro perty., knowing it to be stolen. Detective officer Eaton stated that he had received information that the prin ting-office of Mr. Fraser had been plundered of a large quantity of type, and other property. The boy Smith was an apprentice in the office, and he was suspected, chiefly . on account of his having the keys to take to the office in the morning. Smith was an ested, aatl. itc- at once admitted that he had stolen a large quantity of type, and sold it to the prisoner Hodson. About two months ago - the boy Smith went to Hodson with a hand ful of type, and asked him if it was worth anything. Hodson immediately said, " Bring me as much as- you can, and I'll buy it." The lad did "6ystematically carry off quantities of type, for which he received id. per lb. from Hodson.. He also sold him a number 'of composing kicks at 2a. each.—The . officer stated that' he found 1. cwt. of melted, type in the shop of Hodson, also some composing sticks, and some type not melted down. From farther information it was discovered that the prisoner Hodson had sold I cwt. 17 lbs. of melted type to Mr. Holgate, brass-founder.—Mr. Walters, manager for Mr. Fraser, said that for some months past large quantities of type had been missed, yet they did not 'suspect the lad Smith, as he attended so well to his work, and was a great favourite. The value of the property missed is fully £5O. Mr. Bluck, who appeared for the boy Smith, asked his worship if he thought the ends of justice would not be met by putting the boy in the witness-box. He had never in the whole course of his experience in that court heard of a more destructive waste of property, and' he stigmatised the conduct of the marine-storedealer as dishonest in the extreme.—Mr. Mansfield said that the proper person to make an application of that-nature to, would be the Recorder. He would, of course, send the prisoners for trial, but, in the meantime, he would remand them for seven days. DEATH OF VISCOUNT ST. VINCENT. — We have to announce the death of the venerable Viscount St. 1 Vincent, one of the oldest members of the House of Peers. His lordship expired on Sunday morning last at Meaford Hall, his seat in Staffordshire, in the 93rd year of leis age. The deceased Peer—Edward Jervis Jervis, viscount St. Vincent, of Meaford, in the county of Stafford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom—was second son of Mr. William Henry Ricketts, by Mary, fourth daughter of Mr. Swynfen Jervis, and sister of the gallant Admiral Earl St. Vincent and first Vis count. The late Peer was twice married,—first, on the 29th of January, 1790, to the Hon. Mary Cassandra Twisleton, second daughter of Thomas, tentt. Lord Saye and Sele, which was dissolved in 1 7 98 , when the de ceased Viscount married, secondly, Mary Anne, second daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Parker. He succeeded to the .viscountcy and estates on the death of his uncle, Admiral Earl St. Vincent, in March, 1823. His Lord ship leaves surviving issue a son and a daughter by his second marriage- 7 namely, the Hon. Edward S. Jervis and the Hon. Mary Anne, widow of the late Colonel Dyce Sombre. The deceased Viscount is succeeded in the title by his grandson, Carnegie Robert John, son of the late Hon. Robert John Jervis, by Sophia, daughter of Mr. George Narbonne Vincent. The present Viscount was born on the 12th of August, 1825, and married, in 1848, Miss Glegg, youngest daughter of Mr. John Baskervyle Glegg, of Withington-hall, Cheshire. SUPPOSED MURDER IN WALEs.—The recent charge of murder against Martha Taylor has created great excitement in Tredegar, and various on dies are afloat, some of which partake of the marvellous. It is said by the neighbours of the wretched woman, that on Sunday night, while the drowned corpse of Elizabeth Taylor lay in the coffin, without the usual attendance so sedu lously bestowed upon the dead in Wales, a most sur prising, event took place—that the persons who first came into the room next morning, found the coffin lid oast aside, the arms of .the corpse being rigidly stretched out as if in the act of supplication, and the eyes wide open , s tarin g and glassy. 'Whether this is a. case of re-animation, or whether out of a simple accident the excited imagination of the witnesses has spun this story, will now perhaps never be known. The barbarities committed on the unfortunate girl, which at first led to suspicion of suicide are unhappily , too well authenticated. She was kickedby her unnatu ral father, and beaten by her stepmother, till, but for the buoyancy of youth, life must have been a burden to her. One mode of punishment was tying her up by the arm to the top of the bedstead all (fay, without food. Indeed it is averred that she has been tied up by the legs with her head downwards, which, if not true, shows to what length the woman was thought capable of proceeding. - With all this, the woman maintained a bold front during the two day s , examina tion, and has even written cheerfully to her, husband since she has been in prison to bring her some additional clothing. The name of the man who saw the scuffle, and saw the woman push the girl into the pond without recognising their persons, is John Cohen, pawnbroker, who, it is understood, will appear against her at the asizes.—Cardfff Guardian. EMBEZZLEMENT OF - £133 BY A SICK - CLUB. : SECRETARY. -‘ • On Saturday a case of embezzlement, which excited considerable interest, was heard at York Castle. The person who was alleged to have committed" the offence was James Nixon, a stove, grate, and fender , grinder, of Masbrough, near Rotherham, and the prosecutors are John Lidster, grinder, of Rotherham, and the remainder of the members of a sick society, known by the name of the Forester's Friendly Society. It appeared from the evidence which was adduced, that the prisoner, in the years 1857-8, and during the early part of the present year, Was the secretary of the above society, which from time to time deposited its money, received nom the contributions of the members, in the Savings Bank, at Rotherham. The society had a bank pass book, which was kept in a box, to which the prisoner had frequent access. One of the Hiles of the society was, that moneys deposited in the bank should be taken by three members., and the like course adopted when money was withdrawn.- The prisoevr had no right to the possession of the bank pass book at any time but on club nights. It appears; however; that having given the necessary notice at the bank rot the withdrawal of £2O, the prisoner fraudulently possessed himself of the society's bank pass book, and drew' that sum on the 14th of December, 1857, and appropriate& it to his own use. In November of the' following' year he again gave a notice to the bank, anon the 27th withdrew from the bank £3 4s. rf the society'S money: In December last he drew the further sum of £3O in the name of the society, after which the sum remaining in the bank to the credit of the society was exactly £BO. He immediately after gave Notice for the withdiuwal of the whole of this sum, and obtained possession of it on the 10th January in the present year. These four amounts made up the stun of £133 45., not one ilirthing of which the prisoner accounted for in the society's books, and which he had made use of for own purposes; The above facts- remained undiscovered by the remainder of the members'of the Foresters' Friendly gociety until July last, ''hen the prisoner sudd6nly disappeared from Rotherham, without giying any inti mation to the members of the soeiety or any of his friends as to where he was going or , when he intended to return. The prisoner, however; came back at the end of about' tea days ; but his absence had excited the suspicion of tire prosecutors. An inquiry elicited the fact that Nixon had been to Southampton, where he had entered into' an engagement to act as fireman upon xs steamer; and on an examination of the books of the society of which he was acting as secretary, defalcations as above stated were discovered. Evidence in proof of the whole of the above facts was adduced, and the bench committed the prisoner to the next Demeaster sessions. for trial upon the charge. Nixon was then further charged with obtaining the sum of £6 under false pretences from Jbhn Lidster, the secretary of what is called a "Threepenny," or money club, at Rotherham.- On this charge the prisoner was also committed for trial. It was ale stated by the attorney for the prosecution, that there was another case against the prisoner; which he did not intend to go into, in which Nixon had embezzled nearly Zit), belonging to the members of the Foresters' Friendly Society, by making false entries-in the society's books. : , The prisoner's swindling propensities, it would appear,. have not been confined to the above cases, inasmuch as at the time of his apprehension on Saturclay morning he was confined in 1 ork Castle as an insolvent debtor, awaiting his examination, which 'was to take place on Monday_ His object in taking the benefit of the in solvency act is to dear himself of debts, principally on account of borroived money, to the amount of about £250, whilst his assets-are down at'" nothing." Alew years ago Nixon was a local preacher amongst the Primitive Methodists-'at Rotherluam; Tint - .latterly he has indulged in gamliling to such an extenVas to reduce him to his present position. BRA:MORD CHAMBER: OF COMMERCE.—The monthly meeting of the Council . of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, acting for-the Worsted District, was held on Monday afternoon at Bradford ; Mr. H. W: Ripley, the president, occupying - the chair. - The notice paper stated the business to be to make arrangements with respect to the 'delegates expected from Chambers of Commerce at the Sdcial Science 3Aleeting. The secretary read letters from several Chambers of Commerce which had intimated their Intention to sena delegates to tue casetvssions on tau bankruptcy and other laws. It was stated that the con ference on the bankruptcy laws would nob take place till Wednesday the-12th, morning and evening.' The, President, Mr. W.- E. Forster, Mr. John Whitworth, and the Secretary, were appointed a deputation to wait upon the Right Iron. James Wilson, at Manchester, OR the afternoon of the '4th proximo, on matters in con— nection with ,the Wbod Supply Association, lately founded at Bradford: PROFESSOR MAURY'S FIRST MARRIAGIG—Mr:WiIIis, in the New York Home Journal, relates a curious- in cident in the life of Lieutenant Maury. It appears that the lieutenant in his earlier yearslad visited the Pacific Islands, and mastered some of tke dialects. of the natives. On one occasion a young princess, whose attire consisted principally of her long tresses, came to the ship, and dhclared she was sent on a mission by her father and his tribe to offer her-hand to the young lieutenant. In order to pay due respect to this friendly offer, the commander of the vessel. ordered; young Maury to proceed with the dusky damsel in ahoat to shore, and to make every assurance of amity between the United States and Europe, get rid' of espousing the princess if he could, but on no account to make any such rejection of the proposed honour as would lead to a misunderstanding. Maury, with the , princess, pro ceeded to land in a small boat; the , lady leaping out before they reached the island,, and swimming to the shore. After some hesitation, Maury, on landing, left the boat and proceeded to tho chief's bungalow. "It was some little distance inland; and on. arriving he found he was considerably expected. There , was every . . appearance of preparation for aTfestivity, the tables spread for a royal banquet, and the fruits and dilir" dant prodigality. The chiefs were alrear' excitement, which precluded all explanation or• modifi cation of plans. There was nothing to, do but to yield to circumstances. He must marry (a a Owhyhee and she), to keep the peace and: protect the commerce of the nation. The delays were apparently inconsiderable. In a very short time the runaway bride appeared, dressed in all manner of Pacific ornaments, attended by her mother and a bevy of sister islandresses. The com modore was either not expected or not missed ; the cere-. mony was performesl (what there was of it) with only native witnesses, and; 'things proceeded as usual.'. For the remaininc , winter months the sloop was anchored at the same island, and Princo Maury, of coarse, had a nice opportunity to become acquainted with the manners and customs. Kis. copper-coloured papa proved very gentlemanly, and,. as ion as he stayed, - he was.affectiem ately treated." ks in abun• r in a state of STORM IN LONDON.—On Monday, a serious sterns visited the metropolis and suburbs, and raged with violence for several hours. In the early part of ale day the weather assumed a threatening aspect, the rain coming down rather heavily, but between three and four o'clock, the atmosphere became as dark as night, and shortly after the ram descended in torrents, accompanied at intervals by thunder and lightning. The damage to . property has been ascertained to be rather extensive, and unfortunately several persowhave met with accidents in consequenee, and along the banks of the river the deluge has been seriously felt. Much consternation prevailed at Lambeth, especially in Fore-street, and P'rince's-street, several of the dwellings being deluged. At Battersea, Putney, and Wandsworth, the fields had, the appearance of immense lakes—trees, shrubs, and Tege tables being uprooted and washed away. Near Wands worth, a portion of the River Wandle burst its banks, and the stream with great force rushed over the -sur , rounding locality, and in its course carried away a layge building, in which were some cattle, the latter being killed by the falling of the building. Some of the railway embankments were much damag . ed. Whilst the rain was descending in its greatest violence, an acci dent occurred' in the Kennington-road to a female named Mary Wright and her son. They were in the act of passing across the road, when from the force of the rain they became confused, and an omnibus coming along they were both knocked down, the fore wheels going over them. The poor woman's leg was broken, and the boy's left arm fractured. Several men were at work in a shed on the Sydenham-road, in a field, when the shed suddenly fell with a loud crash, burying the unfortunate men 'in the debris. Four were taken out having very slight injuries, but the others were found to be in an insensible state. In the Peckham-road the in habitants were alarmed by' a crash during the storm, and on inquiry it was found that a partially erected building had fallen to the ground, the immense body of water having washed away a portion of the foundation. This has been rather a disastrous storm, one so violent not having manned for some time. SEPTEMbER 2S, 1859. THE ROBBERY AT THE CLERK Or TIM THE CALCUTTA : AND CHINA MAIL. PEACE'S OFFICE, CARLISLE Advices and papers have _been received by extraor :..itary express, ,in anticipation of the Overland. 3failt' font Calcutta to August 22, and from Hong 10118 t° August 'lO. There is not much 'news from India by this arrival, the dates being only two days. later thin :,hose brought by the Bombay mail. , -The following is from the Bengal . Ifurkaru : During the fortnight we have had some news or the, Nana. The miscreant, who is still in the Nepaul Tcrai, has' had the impudence to send to the lieutenant governor of the North-western Provinees, offering to surrender- if POOTIR, Sattara, be restored.to him. . He requires, however, that the pardon be signed by.the, Queen, and that it be trans mitted to him thrtngh the French Consul. We trust that as soon as the rains are over, an expedition will be sent out to hunt down this infamous rebel and his , con federates. • In the Punjauh a, movement adverse . to the Itritish Government was discovered last month amonggt thellabomedans. lt was e however, met with that prompt' Rale which is one of the characteristics of the PunilaWY go-Vern/tient, and the .consgiracy was nipped in the bud. It appears that a story was for - sometime current of the: advent` of a prophet.' Imamr gendhet, who, it vras. reported; would introduce a note - Mahomedan era at the cominwMohurrum festival. This- was• first announced! n a native . paper—the . Victoria' Gitteffeff-published at' • Saharanppre. There has been of late. an increase in 'the ntirsher of native journala, sotne:of which seem to have-fortheir chief object; the d2sb.sitinrrtfonr of sedition amongst tilt native population. • Another - vessel has been lost in the Hoogilly. The City of Cal6utta, whilst at anchor off Fittah on Wed 7 nesday nib it! rent down. Elve- lives' were lost. Mr. Mate Vil6t - Sandetnan is under ttiA for' the loss of the barquo Clinsurah r on the Ist of 4u off the .Sandheads.' The Lieuttnlint4iimernor of Bengal Li; on: a' tour in the MofussiL. I:Th left Calcutta on the-9 h iii :, and is expected to rettitnaliout the middle of geptemfAr. Be will visit in hiitdut fashmr.chur, Berharaphre, Blaugul- It will be remembered.that on the fith of Aug . :lst last the office of the Clerk of .the Peace 'was brckm into Under the most mysterious circumstances, and about £7O abstracted from the safe. William Cornewall Law, one of the clerks,- was apprehended on suspicion, and after several. examinations he was committed for trial at the assizes. He wee Subsequently admitted to bail, and has since resided in information was re ceived a few days ago, . that / man, named CarYannagli, living in Newcastle, could throw some light on the Matter, and he was accordingly sent for r. and a special Petty sessions was held on Monday to recerrie his deposition., : Lew was present. The witness deposed that on the me tying. of the robbery he was going up' the street. Omit sty o'clock, and when near the Court House he observed two men, also approaching ' the emit Souse from the . opposite' direction. He retired behind the- Lonsdalr monument, which is directly' opposite . the Court House, - to light his pipe.. Whilst ,he was standing there, the two men stopped at the iron gate in .front of, the Court. House, and pushed. it open. They then: went forward to the inner door, which they also °Pencil, and one' of them proceeded upstairs, whilst the other remained behind. The witness' could see into the eusirt from the place:. where he• was standing. ;The man, who had been upstairs; shortly returned, and n con versation took place'betWcen them, when he looked up street as 'if watching for seine' one. lie thin retired again within the door. This , was repeated tweoor three tenses. The last time he came out a woman approached, - and after speaking a few wards to her, •sheiheldout.ber apron;, apro and the ma who hstlibeen upstairs eMptied,r,he contents of 'a bag hit o it, with Which she walked away and he retired into theourt again with thebag. Law wrestancf:- inn atnong thespeetators in court,. and was there identified bftbewititeSs, who swore that he- was the inanwhovwent into the court and returned withithebag. The witnesdes cribect'tbe appearance, of the ether man, but did not think lie would be able to swear to hinrifhe saw him. In rqkly, to the Bncli ' the witness said het rn hought soething7WaS , wrong,' but took - no further node& of it ; - and' after hav-- ing watched for about half an hoar„ he walked away:. The witness had proceeded- to Newcastle, ontho-foLklaw s -. COA.I3IrItCY.AIL- INTELLIOMr-tE, inn day, in search of work, and about a fortnight ago , (F rom t h e Okliuttis t'Ziglisliman of MOO the CIe;IL4f the Peace - was made-aware of the important 'lnt'Ciitouvrat. MARKET. nature °this testimony. No trace of the- money has yet MONDAY A r licrnSt . 2-2:. been obtaiited, nor of the other, mat andmomantinapiii4 cated in the robbery. Law was airnitted to bail on then Thu telegram of , tendOnlnewu of 18th :11t1 , Y reachea same sureties-as previously, namelyi two of £lOO each. Cafeutta, via Bambay, en, the 11th instant; and the - . - 'letters- of that date were ibliVereil here on the Otis the same evening - we - reesiited a telegram :fiflinv- Gallk THE FR..tWaCrSiG PRIVILEGE IN TRECNI.TIU)STA.TES.-- bran nog us intelli;Fnee to 26th ;illy, and thr-steanter According_ tai an official statement, made to the Senate , :during the last Congress, bat which that body never brim; rug this mail is-expected; to arrive here about the' 'took any:: special pains to make puhliiti ono Senatorwrote, afternoon of 25th bast: - , :his name really or constructive lb4somewhere ,about PEIi , DIT9E O ro ? ex Indigo veil. be con-' , twentrtlieu;:and times, in the exmise of his franking - I 6dera.4313" short of tile • evpectalions • formetl4 the pririlecre during - that session. 'Vi, not have con- . beginning of the - sea en.. Sugar in: demand anti hi r e;her• • Esidere.d 6 it onerous. and burdensonie, and- Werth); of cora- 'Stiltpetre-loeking down. Mae but- has astendoneP plaint, if page• duty had devolve& Upon laina such an to fall. Raw Silk higher andi rocking up. Oa - Tabs lietter hi l taariry at prevrens rates:. Shellac hi der. Lac amount of chlingaphical labour ? 'And: other Smiaters, :DYeneg...ccted. _lticErl dearer: . according to .. theSaine authority, accomplished 'double, tltznntee , dieelined .4 Rs: Z. Mil l s:m o t treble, and even qUadruple the amonntof species of labour. Mr: Dtmglas'sfranks numbereclashighlas34s,ooo " 3 2 1F' lc THE lIGEZIODFIELD AIuRDER.—Cit. Friday last, uttiower Irgeer e ln ee d market nearly .. • pitman, named; Wham Harrison, \vas- brought 'before' lis te ' s°- 13 EMT MARBET.—A4encTai:tharnxss, eouploi - ivith Mr. George Ramsay, one of the kastices of the peace for the county , of ➢Durham, residing;at. Derwent-"Ala, - tea Consumpifai? izeiitifa& hi the market extraordinary _ v th ee ro n aLhout o t u he last , foTt. night ‘ : raissfrom homehavre. near Winlaton, and made most statement respecting the, murder of Mr.- Stirling, s, stocks rove accumukting the-Bage4 and! prices are coming down:: Atecenrts from all the uP the young . doctor, at • Burnopfield.,;. on the Ist _country . ..markets are unftwourable‘ prospects -ale Harrison came n ry nra bl Yarns hav , rslurecl in the -gene,rl saw , and conversed with one of th 4 -• those 6ve n w b i e t h ; i h B6 ont e men who com c.„reeTin ess i and . stagiladon , "of file. musket, and high saw .e. . ers iave fallen in places Traisnierablv contact that mitred the horrible crime, the circuccratanees of Which t _ —We have. -no niaprovement to rspor 111 are still fresh in 'the:recollection of `the /*blip, and METAt 1 for which it will'. also be remembered,l , two men, named me ... a Cain;. alias "-Whiskey Jack," 'and - Rayne, were tried and acquitted at the Summer assizes hokl,a.t Durham in 4. , 1 1856.' If there-be not'-some truth inAlaAison's state- ". meat, it is . diffibult: to define what can. ha-re induced F ement. him to state- what he did before the magistrates on Friday last. He say§ that orr"the day of the murder, whilst', he' was•-iiLthe lane, he heard thoreport of a g,ue, and. shortly after; en looking through the lied, he saw a man standing in the wood, w h o , on seeing him, - OtiTharsclay, Francee,Anne„Matehioness of asked him, (Harrison) what he was doing there, and, d - -entertained, aoeordiner to, annual custom, th e then ' clenched' his. teeth at him; and! .said he would , Jerian tig of the county of,•Antriimesta.tes in the Town ltill him:. Thi s man H arr i son knew; although he says he hall: of Carnlough. The uests were of, course- ver. 6 Y hn Y l y saw hiti:head . and shoulders. H:4 - -alP.a gays that he • strn cnyl ft.; n. 7.1 g IV eard'-the voice of another ma n, at tae ton of the wood, sniritually represented: by , pa priest, and =luster. tall out, tiroCamehere." The authorities have the de, -1-ladyship's son, L , mtl' , A. ' ildalphs- Vane Tempest,. pre- Scription of the man whom HareisoL , sa yg.. he saw, and sided at the dinner. " The,bealth of the noble landlady, hopes are entertained that in alew days-he will be cap - the 11Iarehloness of Lendonderm;" - was the signal .for a tared. It siinuld, however, -be stated that Harrison's • tarrent of cheering, and her 1a hip ; . having risen. ) , spok ° master, whese,name is. Mr. Robert Simpson, of Byton, as follows: — on lookino' . cver the pay bill for time, found that, " Another year has-rolled biy;:anotiser milestorreono k t though Traprisen was not at work ontho 2nd Nov., 1855, jo urn ey of fife has been passetionlyaiends, and lOW' 1 he was-there-on the lit and 3rd of that month„ and as fully find myself , once .ntore, yon.- . This sespe t , Ryton is' several miles from the seine-'of murder, his. am glad to - have been:able to•go,round this lift - 40 0- ' la statement is somewhat contradictory with the circUin- and ctsy visiting most of yaw win are, accessible'..f r° l a stances of - his- being a t wo rk o if-thit . .. - d a y. Th e ma tt er - the roo d) to j u d ge f etsmysa lf o f y our real state a' e has causedtagood - deal of excitement at Winlaton anti Condition. It is a source steprictiand comfort' for other places, and the renewal- of the• statement of the. to-feel that, althoughll an:Linseed to admit that, circumstances connected With 'this fearful tragedy 'tenth : , ,remains to be done,_ still, there , is no doubt, iinPr, 1 . to inVolve it in some degree of nivsterr. " : , : meat is steadily going on, Drumcrow, • Errnaen„Da:Nany CASE of INs oL v EN cy.—At the, see-considerable indtstry anstpatience evinced inzrool"' t . ;, °lnsolvent Court, London, on Saturday, Francis Georgo, jag- land, repairing_4lOuses, an& above all, I found tb r rth , Hare, a young, man, twenty-nitke,,years o f age, who had: water' churning-machines established and. a .. f0u,,.. e1, been a lieutenant in the Ist Regiment of Life Guard*, yin • progress oeemotiOn. (Applause.) It is .:by applied to, be discharged from prison. He .was :energy and resources evinee& in such applieations Tv, unopposed; lay his creditors. The- schedule filed in this- the difficulty of obtaining- manual ktbour (of swhic u ico . case is_ an- extraordinary document. The cause of the hear much complaint)' Will best be met, and insolvent's. appearance is attributed to " his -. youth: may hope that what at- &st appears an evil .may at a ;i l and indiscretion." The debts, exceeded. £53,000;. It naately lead to geed, by stimealating the inveuti°n 4. we , appears that when the insolvent became of age he came industry of a population no- longer, as in times pas' , re into possession of a very large estate at Gresford land riumer. - ms to live in welfare. or comfort. a lto obst° l ether • places, under his fatheis will. There . wero.con--- ;,with satisfactioathat a great deal of exertita,is lii siderable mortgages on his property, which were included :.in Ballymacalcltiek to, build improved dwellings ,- re in the present debts. Among the items of expenditure also in Doonane tegnamanog, and BallvveddY, to , o f were some of a remarkable character. There was one , claim waste land) I am. believe me, OW to • boa r. of £lO,OOO for "interest," besides payment for discount.. the increased crop of turnips, and, moreaver / - that He had lost £6,371 at "play," and upwards of £6;000 of the tenantry 'have turned their attention to thi by speculation on the Pares, Bourse. There was alarge , vation of ilb.4 Mr:. Wilson . f. Monglipw!llitiletili;• Dacca; and KI-ketneah, Jata. i)re - ii&its rates. las givens =way E g pievicusTtices: bare. °pia= fallen Goverment: Securitdis,-continse &II and hout the transactions nre,(4 a. trifling, charaeter,.au d k,lntost maninal, say 5 7 per rent. 8 , .. 4 4 'and 4 :e rates, ar fl E:'IIA_RCITIONESS OF LoN-DoNttnt-v" AND HER TEN ANTRY north' this valuabit). erop one. Still, I; mu its year is c lo any jo -t noighe r ' -411 P --, , I remark tie same persevering, patieat , spirit of tt' the in Dumerow f where the exposed situation rode/sail - a nran c ale• sa climat re-, and NI n arrki• maturity. Thei ng its awn, rev I wia not a year ; but where. the heather blenned: at raY visit, two. years ago, a good crop et, oats is: no w ra . h3 s (Applause.) 1 Carnloug,b, I trust a new e r t 3 Lo ud dawned;_l trust its prosperity witrinow incuease• b o ar applause.) The dredger has done its work.;;; the iln r r re is deepened' and completed ; liglitters are no long% 1,11 quire& to ship the limestone, anZvesselscan ente r 1, 1 0 seasons. This will, no donbt, induce people toliace. andlsettle, and I hope to see Vivtoria-square an d ~doil• lock-terrace soon filled up, and other ,sites e,: o ot- CA.pplause.) There is one subject which I c,.`cliffi entirely' pass over ; yet I approach it with.gr ea "v or dente, "having always carefally added interfertonev entering religious argliments,, and respecting erel,but conscientious belief in his: own creed—(epee r ;:li s without at all presuming to- offer opinions , ," /g um possible not to observe that one result of the talked of revivals has been the closing o f the P ty s ea houses and the establishment of greater seb ri i e s mna temperance. (Applause.) So far at least tit, re tba have a beneficial effect on a population wil e fo re, i$ reverse was the besetting sin. - Here, there Let °' another evident improvement since last year. , t 1 1 taken up in the enthusiasm or impulse of the ocaei hope that this cliane will he lasting, and that ` 4o elltl to be thrown aside afterwardS, but that it 1 " tat ° determination and conviction that will matte fixed habits in the future." —...-----Ap ,-,,„, ar DESPERATE SUICIDE AT DOVER.—u. dingoll the noon, a gentlemanly-looking man was staf er , sur platform of the South-Eastern Railway , a t 9°,00, t° rounded by a number of ladies and gentleraen,barged their gr . eat consternation, he suddenly sporting fashion, and in his pockets was (1 , 1 1 con Si ne. loaded pistol through his heart, and instantly were cuter "-- The deceased was well dressed ; his clothe s w- d ate su i Ti fo , lir• t ß Gh n ree i a s et T it O wy L SUM of money, and a raoing document, signe,, cl , sic TIAL I Z DESTRUCTION OF THE GREAT WESTERN '',,„,- 0 oCI° C : on Saturday morning, great alarm was create d t r e at the , eos n it. lr eßrn F r : sm ß to E llis . , -- ibe A ylla b ti O l U lle : b a rsei q taua n k a itu rt eg er in :ie tm f o or af ;: onrr o t u .svc g l : o ;: , From the first it - became evident that noth an l I s u the prevent the total destruction of the building , up on th e -efforts of the fire .brigade were concentrated his they d t w h e e r e ot te r a b gr u e il a d t in ex gs te we nt r s e uo insur cessfai ed, . preservation of the adjoining properV, „ ff i ld „.l, gall 311 perties, &c., of the actors and niusiciaos, w,,,, c ause : 0 a sacrifice to the flames, were uninsureed.aii" a though it w the catastrophe has not been discover , _. hu T t ne th iu o .— c i hriecshse ,. 7o p f r e O l i f Probably connected in some way with the gm sum for theatres, keep of horses and for personal expenses. He had raised a consideralth )r regimen xpenses sum by the sale c Archdeacon Han Amoleson to his uncle,. ti in prison since Oct ber, 1857 age, he had incurred 129 creditors, and disposin so that in about five years sine( his debt s many as Mr. of his large pr9erty Commissioner Dows3' inspect( mined the insolvent. FrOm the nature of lA% answers to. the learned commissioner, it appeared that his debts were £53,000 in the .aggregate. He had lived at Hanover-street, Pindico, from which place• 'he went to prison in October,, 1857. He had formerly lived in Hertford-street, Mayfair. He had rained nione_y, on some goods which were sold by auction,. as he could not' repay the advance. The insolvent complained of Mr. Ballee, his attorney, and said he coulelhave enfranchised his estate for £20,000, which wouldihave made it ,worth £BO,OOO, bulb. Ballee stood in the way.' The court discharges tho insolvent, and reserved• the question of costs. _ vv EXTIMARDINARY SITICIDE.--,en Saturday afternoon, a young man, named Martin Scully, committed suicide by throwing himself into the !fyne, under the following rather- inexplicable circumstances t. -It appears that between three and four o'clock; he got into a quarrel with a militiaman, somewhere in the neighbourhood of Stockbridge, Newcastle.: The result was a ht, in which, according to the testimony of 'several eye witnesses, Scully got very severely handled. The com batants were at length separate& by the byestanders, when the militiaman, who appears to have struck his antagonist in the MCA savage inannei,.thought it expe dient to take himself off. Scully remained for a few minutes near the, scene of the strugglo, apparently in' a state bordt•ing on stupefaction from the blows he had received and bleeding most proinsely from several severe cuts about the face. Rousing himself at length, the unfortunate man staggered down the Broad Chare, in the direction of the river. About half-way he was met by a man proceeding in an opposite direction, to whom he expressed his determination to 'go and - drown himself. The person thus addressed did not, however, pay any particular attention •to the threat, and the mfatuated man was allowed to make his way to wards the Quayside. 'Arrived there, he pushed through the crowd, who were watching the depar ture of the five o'clock boat for Shields, and, before h w o a o t k e r , but one perceived his object,. threw him self into the *u He the waistcoat was w aicsatucogahtt came ethe away,wa is an te d oa h t e wi fin t in h eadiblotealty disappeared beneath the water to rise no more in life. Grappling irons being procured, search was made for the body, which was broug ht u p after an promptly used to restore interval of ten to the dead-house , t o await the coroner's in q uest. De maniinmuatetisOn, Ebvuetilwitehffoourtt effect, and the body was removed was De ceased, who was a fine young man about twenty-one years of age; had been for some time employed as an ao•ricaltural labourer by Mr. William Tweddle, farmer, *hickham.—Northern Daily Express.