The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-20 00:00:00

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The accounts still leave it (Meer cil what loss was sustained by the Russians, it how much their ships . suffered. Nor does k e , a PPear whether the Turkish squadrons were ' at sea and pu r su e d, or whether they were lo > , °d lb, and attacked in harbour, although the latest positio n is most probable. The .Movements ' - !e Combined fleets, consequent on the return ,steamers,74 steamers, were not known at Constantinople Lne 9th, but it was reported that they were lecliately to enter the Black Sea, and it was her reported that the Turkish fleet would '.lc Sebastopol. The Tones- believes that the lave left Bercos Bay, and Chronicle's Vienna londent telegraphs that they are said to !ntered the Black Sea. - A despatch in the 's the whole of the Turkish squadron was , t Sinope, and the town and fort nearly de l. The Russians continued their fire long after !essity for it had ceased. The Russian ships for Sebastx:ipol the . following day. The at negotiation 'and pacfication are to be ed at Constantinople, though without hope. iallachia the Russians were marching to dis ;he Turks from Kalafat. last accounts from Asia reduce the reported the Turks at Acalsik to 1,000 killed, 200 !rs, and 13 cannon, action lasted 11 hours; ,ns had 9 officers wounded, among whom Treitag, and their loss was severe. Tintrs says the rumour that the Turks would 'ebastopol, must be received with distrust. FURTHER PARTICULARS. TA, Sunday Evening,' Dec. 18.—Advices from 'inople, of the 9th, state that the English inch steamers had returned from Sinope, confirmation of the fearful slaughter there, reported The loss of life was immense. ,bined fleets, it is stated, were at once or• 1 o proceed, to the Black Sea, which they are have entered. local (Vienna) papers report that the Rus .ttacked the Turks at Kalafat, and were re with enormous loss, but your Semlin nor uit, writing on the 13th inst., says that accounts had reached Belgrade that the had taken Kalafat by storm, and that the .ad lost 16,000 in killed and prisoners. whole of the Turkish squadron has been Lnd-the town and the forts nearly destroyed. sians behaved with great cruelty, continu er fire long after the 'necessity for it had he Turks fought with the energy of de 'he Russian ships sailed from - Sinope on the day for Sebastopol. :xcatement at Constantinople is excessive. 8 a report that the Turkish fleet is to be ted to the coasts of the Crimea, and it is that the English and French fleets will ately enter the Black Sea. • attempts at negociation and pacification are Ainued, though without hope. .ANSTADT, Dec. 7.—lt has been stated that Aurep is marching to dislodge the Turks alafat. This news is confirmed by the advices from the Russian camp. J tss, Dec. 4.—A great many Russian ships it , t4 lising off Varna. Two Russian steamers are 4ned off Galatz, and watch the movements of tk o 'arkish ships. The Russian cruisers advance Vet daily to the mouth of the Bosphorus. i )a ',„ l 'N•ll, Sunday, Dec. 18.—A telegraphic dispatch " o "acharest, dated the 17th 'inst., says that titi' l 'al * Osten-Sacken'S division entered Wallachia file 7th. LOAN.—Naraik Pacha, who was a t IY Ambassador from the Porte to this country, 91 _ l ie ed in London, via Paris, for the purpose th e a loan, rendered necessary to carry T h e War vigorously against Russia: Sr.!, Times, in a late edition, states that it was rut- L N . ,, a - q s. in C ons tantinople for several days before the ( - ea rt h e d that the flotilla under Osman Pacha We >l, - n ; r : a fact which would betoken treachery. oN' 111 1;e7 -e learn that *about midday on the 36th „", 14 6c,-, a thick fog, which had, all the morning eetely enveloped the port of Sinope, gradually rd Off, and the first object seen through the ! Ji as the Russian fleet .in overwhelming force, k v "37 - short distance, bearing down. The Turk 0 41 ,:sels, to the number of eleven; of which six frigates, three corvettes, and two steamers, quietly at anchor. A Russian three-decker 414 e n, cl itself :ietween a Turkish frigate, the Misania, !hip 'Ale Egyptian frigate the Damietta.. These two before the enemy could open his fire, threw ,',t t O•r broadsides so close that the Russian three % e e l' Was very severely injured. _ln the mean -011, another Russian Ship-of-the line attacked two , I ttel f t tes between which it succeeded in placing & The rest of the Russian fleet quickly came up, ,„ in their fire together on the almost helpless Vessels, and the combat became general. ti ai l, foreseeing the disaster that was certain, got I ,lt tett e ant up, and, not without great - difficulty and 1 4 4 . danger, succeeded in gliding between the W i an ships; and made off, hotly pursued by two t , et tes and a steam er . Wh en it had go t ou t - o f 1 11, 1 `e-a.ch of fire, it was f oun d s h e h a d not l ess seventeen cannon balls in her, two men killed, k l , ls lir wounded. It would seem, then, that the fleet, composed of 18 ships, three-deckers, I •ekeeers, frigates, c orvettes, and steamers, at -11 enemy's flotilla lying at anchor , and con tea only of six frigates, three corvettes , and t wo -me re T • t 4 h, , 11 nportant fact seems now to be ascertaine d 4' - t he conduct of the Russians was more that of t i es tha l i anything else. It is positively stated ‘l7 t he. flotilla of Osman Pacha had nothing what her i , t o do with the Circassians. It was Mustapha i le t ,7 4 (called the Englishman, from. his having iip a e .d in the English navy) that had succeeded in y l nginilitary stores at Batoum. Osman's flotilla 4 t anchor in the Bay of Sinope. BELGIUM. k ts sET.S, DEC. 18.---. The king urged by the ex j'Po.4jero e rigour of the winter, has issued the following b 6 de Loi, in anticipation of the one which will light in by the minister - of finance : • ° POLE., _ &c,—Projet de Loi=" Art. 1. The= Ntlltuentis authorised to lower, to suspend en ,k t , 3 ' t : or to .re-establish the import duties on coal. ke l , • „ 2 - This authorisation will be of no effect elst January, 1855. if it be not renewed t e that date.—Art. 3. The measures taken in 1-1 1 1 ion of the present law will nevertheless be ltted for the approbation .of the chamber, at 1 4 4 1 1 ' 0 13er time, if assembled; if-not; in the course lkipe, next succeeding session. Given - at Laeken, ) Dec., 1853." The 63rd anniversary of the 1 41 w4s celebrated at BruiSels on Friday last; di 0)1, t he customary solemnity. The whole of the L ‘ht,Za,tic corps was present. Ihe . Duke de Bra , 't(l ' 4 _ 4 ,s been named Lieut.-colonel of Infantry, Count de Flandres Lieut.-colonel of (t3t, by. the King. ' the 24tir Rid - + 'u , e not lt,i, o I dir e 10,t_''sia,s, that the k i n t cm •evailed,4 kid ho Wha ;t 1.440 it appear healtllY met s iness g foi, at , posingtthild -an( it ettsitii nipit '1 the eel )0 go. ?4 , t e, st e ;harts, tkrQue an ino,l, 144bdiat a hellil• ttta'er te. At , ieeteli s, `de 0)0 , !,),r's hay ie last .. ,:spor Lt is not ' ost ent take pl: i 1 .,, say, short ti" , to' aci via(' Oe" :4 Yed. ' ee, 9 155 •. °lilneces deulOd (1 f pi). In c terao,,,,,,rtitorit. Pt E )searor In ne t-Gov6'irt Itkt, \Val ionlA, T le th e a ll 05 i IN" la. Ise tot k of tl pirit 90 ners liquors, )1 1 jails ;, , .... th resc` 'Gene .eat el; ittclee Ti rne-rest ,• k Se amplf 1, • Wale sli It N N •0 abitlY T''.lni:i ire etto ' ~ pre, , 0 diselta 0 o t , e 9 refere I ljts, ( teriallf, tlq comr ressel 1.1) . r ed t 1 se 1104' ( I to ° ] Th ht- terage ~ ~. e 1 ow obt3iP 'an a l o . leti. tti the el°s' ,Poticiw 9 adslal al es el ' to 941 t Ills pr' lie P e , I i ee J lks ha( tart ,-.-0 ~4,1_•.,e wl os pref!'iylit.K, and but PlO 1 C" th e " , Per yf r iish $1 led;r t O Iln • Th ,ter e a t • ; tvi is to 1(/''' ht e n g ;ir, No. ere ea, Berisi , ate_ 13 1 IS/ ie -..," 00 'c'd yy este ~,.. .. 1 4 ; Sottw l'h alat 11 ; il, l • I tt 'le e ( " ti ;o at P'3 qte-tti :clils 0 ite'lluA Westef; r e 1 arels ife' q -"al AA: ach 4, t)t,,,, PORTUGAL , R i s ( IN, Dec. 9.—The ceremony of breaking " took place on the 3rd. This is an an -4 t it y ..,,elistom - which shoUld have taken place the a4.ter the monarch's funeral, but it was forgot- Platform being erected in each of three 10-4 4 to tcl "' - -Commercial (black-horse) square, Don oc e S quare, and the square of St. Anthony—a c a nal ,lion took place in due order from the muni pl,,,,,'lamber, and at each of the places the follow \t(ltt4'lls being audibly spoken, namely, " Weep, i t ‘'hrißusse; because your. Queen, the Lady Donna t h t he second, is &ad," a shield - was broken, , s t etr i , r elwn on the floor; after which a religious ti i llr4" 4 3 7. took place in St. Anthony's church. • Lord Talbot and Colonel Wylde arrived, 64 1 free pratique given them. The American tt i Bl 4 , r, although on board the same packet, was % k r, 11 ,;` e d to quarantine,. but on writing a tolerably p ra te - ' 1 to the minister of foreign affairs, it is xe6 gee was given him'also. • • ', 54 ; discount of notes, 2; per cent. BRITISH AMERICA: tptllt I‘ .l Je et olltreal Herald contains an article on the t • ef the trade of that port, and the amount 3'1 4 41 4 to learnelec .the prdsent year. It is grafi that both - have been increased, in a Most extraordinary manner. We clip the follow ing extract from the article alluded to The whole collection of duties last yeiir in this port amounted to £333 ; 298 5 so that with the im portations after the 10th of October still unac counted for ; we are already more than £48,000 in advance of the whole customs collected last year at the port of Montreal alone. From these figures we may therefOre begin to forni some proximate estimate of the prObable increase of the revenue of the country, for the current twelve months. In 1.852 of £739,203 gross collections for customs £333,298, or not quite one half were received in the port of Montreal. If then, we take it for granted, that the importation in other ports has kept pace with the importation to Montreal, we cannot put down the increase of revenue at much less than £200,000, that is to say about one third of what the whole revenue of the country was only some four or five years ago." The Mirimichi, (New Brunswick) Gleaner says: We do not remember ever having experienced at this early period of the season such intensely cold weather as we have had during the past week. Our river from Saturday morning until last night, was fast bound in ice, on Friday the channel was open, but so intense was the eold on the following night, that early next morning persons crossed over to the opposite shore. A large body of men have been buSily employed since Monday, cutting out Messrs. HaWes and Mitchell's new ship, the Golden Light, which vessel was built at their yard In Newcastle. This morning she was opposite to Douglastown. This is an arduous task ; and we hope their labors will be crowned with success. Last night it was extremely mild with a high wind from southwest, this Morning is soft with every appearance of rain. The ice is rapidly breaking up, and if the same weather continues until even ing, we may expect to see a clear river. As we go to press at one o'clock, the ice is broken nip, and the Golden Light is passing doWn ; aniidst the cheers and firing of guns-. the Indians in Canada predict a very told winter. They predicate their opinion from the Manner in which the Muskrats are fortifying their habitations. The St. John N.B. Courier announces the arrival of the packet ship Middleton, from Liverpool, in 53 days with . 291 passengers, all in good health. Two children died on the passage, and there were two births. The Middleton experienced very severe weather, with a succession of gales from west to north-west, which continued from the 23rd of October to the 7th of November, without scarcely any intermission, during which time the vessel lost a full suit of sails, and several spars, besides having suffered severely in her rigging. ORDINATION BY THE LORD BISHOP OF MAN- CHESTER. The Lord Bishop of Manchester held an ordination in the parish church of Prestwich, near Manchester, on Sunday last, when the following gentlemen were ordained, and afterwards licensed to stipendary curacies : DEAcoxs,—Benjamin Batty, M.A., St. John's, Oxford, to Walton-le-Dale; James Chell to St. Barnabas's Man chester; Edmund Creek Hore to St. Philip's, Bradford, Manchester-road ; Joseph Lowe, 8.A., Trinity, Cambridge, to Chipping ; Arthur Townley Parker, 8.A., Trinity, Can bridge, to Deane ; Francis Deacle Rabbitts, B.A„ St. John's, Cambridge, to Habergham Eaves ; William Sheldon Reece, 8.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to Ardenshaw; John Reynolds, 8.A., Trinity C o ll ege , D u bli n , t o St. M a tthi as ' s , Salford ; Frederick Sleep, 8,A,, Trinity College, Cambridge, to St. Clements, Rochdale. Hedgson Blamire, St. Bee; Cumber land ; James Davenport Kelly, 8.A., Wadham College, Ox ford ; Philip Henry Lee, B. A., Worcester, College, Oxford ; John Marshall, St. Bees' College, Cumberland; Arthur Packer, 8.A., St. Edmund Hall Oxford ; George Frederick Prescott, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge ; Frederick William Ripley,B.A., Magdalen College, Cambridge ; John Edmund Sedgwick, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin ; Thomas Wade, M.A., Exeter College, Oxford ; Thomas Ba dwell, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. SAINT SIMON'S SUNDAY AND DAY SCHOOLS. The annual tea-party in connection with the St. Simon's Sunday and day schools, took place at the Concert-hall last night. There was a very large attendance, the galleries, body of the hall, and platform, being densely crowded. The hall was decorated tastefully with evergreens and banners, bearing appropriate inscriptions. At half-past six o'clock tea was served in the hall. The chair was taken by the Rev. John Conor. M.A. Among the clergymen upon the platform were— Rev. James McAllister, Rev. T. C. Cowan, Rev. John J. Butler, Rev. David Barry, Rev. Henry Marler, Rev. Ste phen B. Sutton, Rev. Dr. Hume, Rev. Ormsby Powell, Rev. Mr. Sheldon, &c., &c. Prayers having been offered by Rev. Mr. M'Allister, the children of the schools executed with feeling and taste, the anthem " How beautiful upon the mountains." THE CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting. In the course of his observations he expressed his approval of the exertions which had been made by the congregation and by the children of the schools since their last congregational tea-party in January. The children had contributed up wards of in farthings, and the congregation £316, for the purpose of building the new schools. With the promise of assistance which they had received they should probably have between £2OOO and £3OOO. On the Ist of October the balance due to the secretary of the schools was £2l 4s 6d. Since then they had received £22 7s 71d, which, after paying the secretary, would only leave a balance in hands of £1 3s led to meet the expenses of the quarter. The Chair man then delivered an earnest and eloquent appeal to the congregation to come forward with their assistance in order to enable the institution to meet the difficulties in which it was placed. The meeting was then addressed by Rev. Messrs. Cowan, Hume, Butler, Barry, Marlen, Sutton, and Powell, and col lections was made and the proceedings closed with an an them sung by the children of the schools. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS. —YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 against Tom, late Mountain Hawk. 66 to 1 against Newminster (taken). OFFERS TO TAKE. 40 to 1 about Virago. 9 to 1 against Tom King (taken). 33 to I against Andover (taken). 40 to 1 against Meteora (taken). Capt de Laporte was tried and acquitted on Friday, for the murder of General de Neuilly. The Marquis of Anglesea has left town for Beaudesert, where his lordship will receive a family circle at the close of the week, for the holidays. The prelimin irks of a marriage are said to be arranged between Lord Bateman and Miss Kerrison, daughter of the late general Sir Edward Kerrison, and sister to Lady Mahon. FIRES IN LONDON.—On Saturday night, and up to 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning, seven fires occurred in London. None of them were serious. A person named Thomas Ambley, was committed to take his trial at the sessions, on a charge of having, on Saturday afternoon, stolen a quantity of liad and a brass tap from an empty house in Copeland-street, Greenhays. ROBBERIES FROM BUTCHERS' SHOPS. —Yesterday, at the Manchester city police-court, a person named Michael Reddock, was committed to take his trial at the sessions, on two charges of having, a few days previously, broken into two butchers' shops in Oldham-road, and stolen therefrom a quantity of meat. M ORE MEAT STEALlNG.—Yesterday, at the city police courts Manchester, a middle-aged Irishman was committed to prison for twenty-one days with hard labour, for having, on Saturday night, stolen a piece of mutton from a butcher's shop in Ancoats-street. Two men, named Martin Burke and Thomas Brady, were charged with having, on Sunday morning early, taken part in an affray in Pickford-street, Oldham road, in which ser geant Walton was severely injured. The sergeant was un able, from illness, to attend, and the prisoners were remanded to Saturday next. BREAKING SQUARES OF GLASS.—At the Manchester city police-court, yesterday, two females, named Jane Rhode and Mary Jackson, were charged with having, on Saturday night, been diSorderly and breaking several squares of glass in the public-house kept by Mrs. Poole, Deansgate. To be imprisoned for ei g ht d a y s w ith h ar d labour. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF MAR AND KELLIE. The death of the Countess of Mar and Kellie, took place at Alloa House, Clackmannanshire on Thursday afternoon. Her ladyship was a d aug ht er o f the late Sir Charles G. S. Monteath, Bart., and was married to the Earl of Mar and Kellie in 1827. PRESTON STRIKE.—The number of persons assisted at Preston on Saturday last, the 16th week of the strike, was 15,502, and the amount distributed £2,908 7s. 9d. The previous week the number relieved was 14,972, and the cost £2;820 Bs. From this it will be seen that the increase this week in the number of hands receiving relief has been 530, and the amount paid £B7 19s. 3d. The sum disbursed by the respective committees since the commencement of the strike now amounts7to close up . on £30,000. FATAL ACCIDENT BY MACRINERY.—Mr. Herford, coroner, for the city of Manchester, held an inquest at the Royal Infirmary, touching the death of Thomas Statham, of 22, Sheffield-street, Hulme, aged 38 years, leaving a widow and four children. The deceased was in the employment of Messrs. Sharp and Stewart, of the Atlas works, and about three weeks ago was engaged in oiling a shaft. when he was caught by the machinery, by which his right arm was torn off. The arm was amputated at the infirmary, but hemorr hage followed, and he died in consequence. Verdict, s' Accidental Death." 1n ELAND. rißOioi OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DOBLIN, Mortrykr. New whiskey has been reduced 3d. per gallon in price in the Dublin market. The question of " request notes," as they are called in Ireland, that is receipts for whiskey in bond, which may have been banded over from a holder to a purchaser, has been decided in favour of the holder. Those notes, in other words, are declared transferable. The Customs duties of Dublin were V-9,400 last week, against £15,100 in the corresponding week of 1852. The Galway Packet states that it has from private authority, that a deptitatiOri of the Great Southern and Western Railway directors waited on Lord Palmerston a few days back,' asking his support for the project of a rail Way. from Tullainore to Athlone, and that his Lordship refused to comply with the request. It is rumoured that Sir Thomas Burke, the whig, member for Galway County, is about to resign his seat. If he does, it will most probably be for a peerage, for Which he has long beeii Dr. Allnian; Of Trinity College, Dublin, has been appointed to the professorship of mathe matics in the Queen's College, Galway, vacant by the death of Mr. Mulcahy. IRISH BEET SUGAR. __..The correspondent of a Dublin journal, states that the samples of the present seaSpn'S Makufacluië Of the triSh Beet Root Sugar Cothpany have been kindly sent to him by Mr. Hirsch, their general manager in Ireland The quality is very superior, both in grain and colour, and perfectly free from any peculiar flavour. COLLISION IN KINGSTON HARBOUIL—There was a fearful sea in Dublin bayyesterday, iri COliselptence of a severe easterly breeke. tven Kingston har bour hardly afforded sufficient protection to the shipping, and a sloop laden with Indian corn, got in collision with a brig, and immediately went down. Fortunately none 'of the crew were lost, but the wreck which now lies near the entrance - of the har bour, Will be very inconvenient. BELGIAN TREATMENT. OF GIRLS—Your readers will recollect that some time since it was canvassed in Belfast, with considerable warmth, how the Bel gians had treated certain yoling women of that town, who had gone thither to instruct the opera tives of Belgiuni in the peculiar products of Bel fast—the sewed muslin trade among the principal. These young women were said to have been badly . treated, and meeting was held in Belfast to pro test against the hardships dealt to them. In Bel gium it was denied, but the following article ; which we find in the Northern Irhig, founded on an offi cial inquiry, makes known the facts :—" Belfast houses do not fear, they rather invite competition ; and they think that rivalry is good. But Belfast merchants are not deaf to the claims of humanity, and they cannot sanction, or cannot regard as fair or honest, such proceedings as have lately been re sorted to by a Belgian house, with a view of enter ing upon a course of competition with them in the production of that commodity for which they have won a world-wide reputation, and in which they are unequalled. It may be in the recollection of our readers, that some months ago, a most influential meeting was held in Belfast, at which the cases of some poor young women, who had been induced to leave Belfast for a flax spinning mill in Belgium, were considered, and resolutions, which certainly were of a very calm character, circumstances consi dered, were adopted. The Belgian firm became intensely irate in consequence, and fulminated insi nuations that were almost threats, against the gen tleman who had officially communicated the dis tresses of the poor girls, who had been induced to leave their homes, as also against their " calum niators" in the press, whose only offence, it appears. was telling the truth. A. judicial hearing of the case, as taken from the Brussels Herald, will satisfy every reader that the strictures on the task-masters of the poor girls, who appear as complainants, were in no degree undeserved.—The wages of the girls appear to have been stopped on very flimsy pre tences ; and, by way of defence, the representatives of the defendants, and the son of one of them, al leged that the poor girls—who were stricken with illness, apparently from over-labour, and who were then turned out of doors—were drunkards and thieves, the only reason that could be alleged for the latter calumny being, that one of the complain ants, while wearing an apron, value for about 3d. of our money, in the mill, when turned out of doors, forgot to divest herself of the paltry piece of cloth, and brought it to her lodging, where it now remains afterher. Broken engagements, seductive promises, and bad faith characterise the proceedings of the Belgian firm in this case, which is of su(l a char acter that it is not likely the same persons can ever again hope to bring Irish workers to their premises to teach their employes our improved system of manufacture." Mr. H. M'Calmont Cairns, M.P. for Belfast, and a deputation, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen on Wednesday, at 4is official residence in Downing•street. MEXICAN - VICE-CONSULATE. - Her Majesty has been phased to sanction the appointment of Mr. Roderick Kamcke, as vice consul of the republic of Mexico at the port of Belfast, in the place of Mr. Joseph Magill. We learn from Saunders's News Letter, Dublin Journal, that the Earl of Londesborough has deter mined upon founding and endowing a church on the banks of Lough Erne. The Londonderry and Enniskillen railway is completed the length of Dromore, twelve miles from Enniskillen, and will commence to run. They are fitting up the electric telegraph along the line. CHANCERY REGULATION ACT.—For the first time since the passing of this act, which came into operation in Ireland, iu November, 1850, a viva voce examination of witnesses took place in the Court of Chancery, iu the cause of S'herl)ck v. Bennett. The Lord Chancellor took notes of the evidence, as a judge at nisi Arius. This mode, which was not adopted too hastily, is said to have given satisfaction, and there was an immediate decree. THREATENING A PARISH PRIEST.—The Zing/0 Celt announces a novelty in whiteboyism, namely, the serving a threatening notice on a parish priest. There are 1,500 men employed on the Portrush extension of the Belfast and Ballymena railway Mr. Dargan is contractor. SHUTTING THE GATES OF DERRY.--The anniver sary of " shutting the gates" was celebrated by the " orange 'prentices" of Derry on this day. All the passengers belonging to the Guiding Star, in charge of the Belfast union, have left the workhouse for their respective places of destina nation, the Belfast government officer of emigra tion having procured for them the amount of their passage-money. KING V. KlNG.—This case, in which the rather serious question of the existence or non-existence of a marriage, and the possession of ten thousand pounds, are concerned, still proceeds. The allega tions on the side of the plaintiff, as I before stated, were, that she was married to the late Captain King, in 1837, by the Rev. Mr. Schutz, a German clergyman, who was in the habit of celebrating, clandestine alliances. Captain King, it was de posed, was passing under the name of Callen, which he signed in the registry kept by the clergyman, and the plaintiff swore that she wrote the name of King, instead of Smith, her maiden name. The defence is two-fold; first, that such a marriage never took place, and secondly, that if it did, Cap tain King was insane at the time. The Attorney- General took a whole day in addressing the jury on both branches ; and amongst other things he stated that persons would he brought forward to prove that the names of Callen and King appear ing in Schultz's registry belonged to different people altogether, who had been discovered through the medium of an advertisement. Those parties were brought forward to-day, and, it is no exagge ration to say that their evidence totally broke down. In the testimony of the husband and wife there were the most glaring discrepancies, and the matter was clenched by a third person, who was subpcened to swear that he had known the parties as man and wife. This he did rather too well, for he declared they were so for thirty years at least, which, if true, would put their marriage much farther back than 1837. The remaining parts of the case, which are very complicated, still go on. The archbishop of Dublin has addressed a letter to the protestant inhabitants of Dublin, complain ing of their generally irregular attendance at, and irreverent behaviour in, church. 'Considering that his Grace is twenty years and upwards in the exalted position he now holds, he could hardly have pronounced a graver or more deliberate censure upon his own administration of his dioce san functions. LIVERPOOL BAYKRUPTCY COURT. (BEFORE 3iR. COMMISSIONER PERRY). Ine ioseplt PerePeile. The bankrupt in this case Came up on his last examination, an amended balance sheet having been tiled. It appeared that the bankrupt estimated the value of the goods on the premises at the time of the fire at £2500. fie received from the insurance office £1475, and he realised from the stock saved £3OO, and his loss by fire was put down at £872 15s. 10d, He was examined at some length relative to the balance put down for loss by fire, which, however, seemed to have originated in mistake. The bankrupt had no account of his receipts or payments for three months before. his bankruptcy. He could give no better account than what he had done of the papers which were produced before the arbitrators with reference to his claim against the insurance company ; nor could he give any better account of hip trading, or of his estate and effects, than was contained in his amended balance sheet, Mr. 'VAT - Es said he had asked all such questions a. , he was justified in asking; and he had no other question to put to the bankrupt before his Honor decided the question whether the bankrupt should or should not pass. In the first instance he woulo direct attention to the bankrupt's papers. It was admittek. by his solicitor that a large hamper of papers, being all tht documents and Vouchers precio,ecti d& i cLiA, with reference to the insurance company, was returned . Mr. Pemberton's office, and from his office they were sei down to the bankrupt's premises in Paradise-street. II (Mr. Yates) had no reason to suppose but that every paps, produced before the arbitrators, and there was a Brea. mu titude of them, Was returned into the bankrupt's ow nossessiori immediately after they came from the arbitrators. Subsequently the messenger asked for the papers, and the bankrupt said he would get them out for him, and in a dad or two afterwards, a bundle of papers, comparatively small, and partially burned, was handed to the messenger, as all the papers and evidence which had been produced before the arbitrators, Nothing in fact had been given up to the tssigneeS but some bunted papers; the retnse of the fire. His Honor would consider, therefore, whether the bankrupt had made such a disclosure, and had given up his books and papers so as to satisfy the requirements of the statute. Then as regarded the property it appeared on all hand, that it had been . represented by Mr: Pemberton, who had a list, to the creditors, that the propert's saved from the fire was not damaged at all, (there were two descriptions, some damaged, and the other un touched altogether), amounted to the value of from £5OO to. £6OO. The bankrupt took o.session of this property, which had been since sold, and in his balance - sheet he merel3 accounted for lan. Those were the two propositions which he thought it proper to bring before the court, as resulting from the balance-sheet. Whether the court thought the present was the proper time to deal with the bankrupt for the other offence he did not know, or whether it would be left for some future period. He did not need to go into the question, and, therefore, he directed his honor's attention to the two points which he had indicated. Then there were no books; and lastly the whole account, 'Whatever it was, was of a very unsatisfactory character, and a mere manufacture from beginning to end. He (Mr. Yates) was not aware there were any vouchers to check the balance-sheet. With those observations he should leave it with the court to de cide whether the bankrupt should pass. Mr. PEMBERTON said the question was whether the bank rupt had made such a disclosure of his estate and effects as he could, It was alleged first that he had not delivered up his papers; secondly, that he had not accounted for the property; and thirdly, that he had given an account which was not satisfactory. Now, with regard to the papers which were before the arbitrators, he had satisfactory evidence to adduce before the court what had become of those papers. It m ould appear that the bankrupt's wife, who had had, not only in this, but in the whole of the previous trading of the bank rupt, the entire management; immediately after the papers, which consist( d chiefly of invoices, were returned. The COMMISSIONER : In this case the invoices were very important documents. Mr. PEMBERTON : .No doubt they were; but they were documents readily obtained again by application. The COMMISSIONER : In fact, they were not very honestly given. Mr. PEMBERTON : They were not. Immediately after the papers were returned, they were destroyed by the bank rupt's wife ; and she was ready, with a youth, who was at that time in their service, to testify to their destruction. The bankrupt had nothing to do with it, and the papers delivered by her to the messenger, were papers she after wards found. The COMMISSIONER thought the bankrupt had stated that he and his wife had looked over the papers delivered to the messenger. Mr. PEMBERTON believed it was the wife who said so, and it was she who gave the papers that were given. With regard to the property it was described in three clauses : the property consumed ; salvage, which was taken possession of by the Insurance company; and the property consumed, for which they claimed £2.000, and for which the insurance company gave them £1,475. The salvage, he believed, although no account was rendered, realized £3OO. Then as regarded the property saved and not damaged, amounting to something between £4OO and £6OO, as represented to the creditors in February of the present year. It was correct that this representation had been made, believing it was true, that the property was of that amount. But when it consisted of trays, brushes, &e., and when it came to be un packed they were found not to be destroyed, but so damaged that when taken out of the papers, the papier mache trays were so blistered, and the property which, if not damaged at all, would have realised £6OO, only realised £3OO. The bankrupt had accounted for that money, and shown how he had applied it : if he hadgiven the best information he could, and if it only realised that amont, surely he had given the best information he could concerning his estate and effects. The COMMISSIONER : Does Mr. Yates admit that ? Mr. PEMBERTON would show it by the testimony of Mrs. Peverelle. As regarded the acceptances not being satisfac torily made up, it should be recollected that, with the excep tion of two books, which were produced before the arbitra tors, and which the official assignee h a d, all th e books were destroyed by fire Therefore, the hankrupt had no other means of making out his accounts, other than he had done, namely, by getting a Ist of his creditors, and putting this on the face of his balance sheet, and stating what he did with the money. He (Mr. Pemberton) trusted this would satisfy. Louis BIANCA was then examined by Mr. Yates, and stated that he was twelve months in the service of Mr. Peverelle, and he remembered a parcel of papers being brought to the bankrupt's house, in Paradise-street, from Mr. Pemberton's office, about the month of August. Saw the b ,sket in three or four hours after it came. It was a clothes basket, and he had seen it before at Ar. Banner's office. In a few days after the papers came, witness took them up into a top room, by Mr. Peverelie's order. They were left there for a long hile, until Mr. Peverelle shifted into another house, and witness then removed the papers into the new house in the same basket. Mrs Peverelle told him to carry them up stairs, and whilst carrying them up stairs he slipped and fell down with them, and they fell about the kitchen, upon which Mrs. Peverelle said, "Never mind them • bring them he re an d l e t us look at them, for I do not think they are of any use." She looked at them and handed them to witness, and as she did so he burned them. He put them all in the fire in her presence. Mr Peverelle was out when this was done. Wit ness was present when the papers were given to the messen ger. Before the fire. Mr. Peverelle may have kept five or six books ; witness saw five or six books lying about on the coun ter. The books were left on the counter at night, and in voices were kept on files hung up in th e s h o p. Witness re membered the fire. He was in the shop the morning after it, and he saw one file partly burned. The counters were burned; one was burned right through. All the books were burned but two. The books produced were not the books which were saved from the fire ; they were larger books. The last time witness saw those books was three or four days after the fire. To Mr. PEMBERTON : The books I saw after the fire, 'I saw before the arbitrators. I cannot say those books were in the basket when it came back. I saw no books destroyed or burnt, only papers. Mr. PEmiERTON said those books were before the arbi trators. If the papers were destroyed those books rai&ht be with Mr. Banner. He was not aware they were not m the hands of the official assignee. Mr. YATES asked how the bankrupt could pass his last examination when those books were not brought before the official assignee ? Mr. PEMBERTON: Were you, Mr. Peverelle, aware that those books had not been delivered up to the official assignee ? Mr. PEVERELLE : I was aware that all that was found at the time that was required, was given up. Mr. YATES : There were two large books before the ar bitrators, but they have never been seen by the assignees. Mr. PEMBERTON : Still they were before the arbitra tors ? Mr. PEVERELLE : Yes. Mr. PEMBERTON : They ought to have been delivered to the official assignee. The COMMISSIONER: That no doubt would affect the question of last examination to day. Mr. PEMBERTON said when the books were produced they were found useless—one was a day book, in which an item was entered one day, and there was not another entry foi thr aor four mouths. He rather thought the second was a bill book. Mr. YATES remarked that they had been going on en tirely in the dark in the absence of these two important books, which were important in consequence of the small ness of those they had got. The COMMISSIONER : This only confirms me in the view which ought to be taken of the application for costs on the last examination. I consider it ought, at all events, to be ad journed ; and with reference to another mater to which Mr. Yates has just adverted, I think this is the proper time to state that, in my mind, a prosecution ought to be instituted by theassignees against Perevelle, thebankrupt, for having been privy to the alteration of an account relating to his dealings and transactions—of course I allude to that alteration which was made, at his request, it appears, in the books of Louis Perevellc. I think also the bankrupt should cbelprosecuted for a false statement which appears on the proceedings with reference to the debt. And being of that opinion, and as the Act of Parliament authorises this court to direct a prosecution to be instituted, I direct that the assignees or assignee-4 think there is only one—shall commence a prosecution ; of course, the costs, according to the *Visions of the act, will be paid out of the bankrupt's estate. Then 'With rtferenCe to the last examination, and having regard to the fact that the prose cution would be instituted, and I am quite satisfied the assignee will feel it his duty to act according to the direc tions of the court, I think it will be as well to adjourn the :3xamination for four months from this day—of course, I shall refuse the bankrupt, under the eircimistanees, any pro tection. This does not preclude the assignees from taking such steps as they may think proper with reference to Louis Peverelle ; but the court was not enabled to direct the costs for prosecution against any other party than the bankrupt to be paid out of the estate] Mr. PEMBBRTON said there cotild be but one opinion on this subject; but he wished to direct his Honor's attention to the Act of Parliament, and to the section to which he was referring. It said :—" If any bank rupt shall, after an act of bankruptcy, com mitted, or in contemplation of bankruptcy, or with tht intent to defeat any of the laws relating: , to bankruptcy, de droy, alter, mutilate, or falsify any of books, papers, writings, or securities" under that the bankrupt did not ;tend there charged with any such offence, because, first of ill, he has made no entry in his books, neither has he altered or destroyed, or falsified any of his books or papers. The CommissioNtu. : Read the whole section. before you comment on it. Mr. PEMBERTON continued to read : "Or shall make, or be privy to making,false or fraudulent entries in any book of account, or other cument, with the intent to defraud his creditors." He (Mr. Pemberton) by no means justified tin. conduct of the bankrupt; he never had ; but surely it never was the contemplation of the act of parliament, by this, to make a bankrupt answerable for the acts of btheys. It was for altering, or falsifying, or making, or being privy to mak ing a false or fraudulent entry in his (the bankrupt's) own books. The CommissiowEn : That is a matter which wil. be decided elsewherel Of course I have formed a decided opinion on the subject, and that is formed in con sequence of the alteration of the wording in the section to which you are referring. First s it is in his own books, then it is put in any books, &c., and that is the 9.. e with the section relating to the certificate: Mr. PEMBERTON contena.d that a penal Act of Parliament should not be .0 construed, The COMMISSIONER : It must be construed strictly, and where it is to be construed strictly, the question arises, has the bankrupt been privy to making a false ( ntry ? Mr. PEMBERTON : Although the bankrupt stands charged with this offence; he is the party sinned against more than sinning ; and Mi. Yates knows it as well as I do, that that letter was not the first introduction of that question to Louis Peverelle by the bankrupt, but it was introduced to the bankrupt by another person some months before. The examination was accordingly adjourned. INQUESTS.-YESTERDAY, THE ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE LONDONDERRY STEAMER, Yesterday an inquest was held on the body of the unfor tunate deceased; Michael M'Loughlin, who was a coal trimmer on board the Maiden City steamer, trading between Liverpool and Londonderry. She left Londonderry on Friday morning last, and whilst on her passage, the plug of the tap belonging to the boiler came out, and he deceased, who was in the engine-room at the time, was badly scalded with the steam, and died, Another man, named Kennedy, was also severely scalded, and as soon as the steamer arrived in Liverpool he was removed to the Northern Hospital, where he now lies in a dangerous state. Captain Johnstone stated that the hull; engines; boiler, and all the machinery, underwent government inspection in October last ; and he was not aware of the least imperfection. The coroner said if the jury wished he would adjourn the case to have the cause thoroughly surveyed by an engineer. The jury said they were perfectly satisfied it Was acceidental. An inquest was also held en the body of Henry Bolton, a joiner, in the employ of Mr. Major, shipbuilder, Bruns wick dock. The dectased; who had. been in a very delicate state from disease of the heart, rupthred a blood-vessel, whilst carrying a plank with some of his fellow Worktrien, on Saturday last, and died before he could be removed from the yard. Verdict, died by the Visitation of God. Au inquest was also held on the body of Ann Hutchins, residing with her husband in Bailey-court, Bailey-street, who died suddenly on Sunday evening last. Her husband said that he returned about seven o'clock from doing up his horses, he being employed as a carter. His wife was lying on the bed in the parlour, and she asked him for a drink. He gave her some gin in some warm tea, and she died di rectly. Dr. Gildersleete made a post-mortem examination, by order of the coroner, a- d found the cause of death to have been bronchitis.—Verdict, died from natural causes. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE WAPPING DOCK.—An inquest was held on the body of Martin Dimond, who was working last Sunday afternoon taking down a wall at the new Wap ping dock, The wall had been partly taken down, and the rest being in a dangerous state, when the deceased was cautioned by the ganger, but he replied " There is no fear of me," and in a moment the wall fell, and the deceased was knocked down into the dock from a height of 30 feet. He was then taken to the South Hospital, where he died the same evening, One of the jury asked why these men were working on the Sabbath day, and whether the corporation allowed them to do so, which he could not think they did, as they fined the publicans for selling half-a-pint of ale Surely it ought to be inquired into. A man present, and who gave his name as Brighbuse, stated that he had charge of the work, and he received a message from Mr. Hartley to remove this wall last Saturday night,and as it was work not fit to be done in the night it was done on the Sunday, and had it not been done then there would have been 200 horses and 300 men standing idle on Monday. The coroner said this was not a satisfactory answer, and adjourned the case until this day, at half -past 12, to have Mr. Hartley present. - - THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. THE REV. CANON GILLOW'S LECTURE. On last evening, the Rev. Canon Gillow delivered, in the Clayton-hall, his concluding lecture on the "triumphs of Christianity over Pagan Rome," The attendance was not so large as on the occasion of the first lecture, The chair was occupied by Jour/ YATES, Esq., Jun. The other gentlemen on the platform were the Revs. J. Worthy, C. Zeehay, R. Gradwell, J. Nugent, and H. Gibson. The Rev. Gentleman commenced his lecture by stating that he had endeavoured to make himself master of the facts of the history which he intended to comment on, and these facts, he promised his audience, should be faithfully submitted to them. They were probably aware that there were ten great persecutions inflicted on the early christians by the pagans. He would dwell upon the first and last. The first general persecution was under that monster of ini quity the fifth Roman Emperor Nero ; and it was very re markable that this emperor who made his name so infamous by his brutal and savage persecutions of the Christians, was in his early life a most mild and gentle man. The rev. lecturer here gave a brief outline of Nero's life— his murder of his father-in-law Germanius, and other mem bers of his family—his associations with the worst characters in his city—his ambition to be considered a good singer, and his burning of Rome, to gratify at once his savage nature, and to clear a foundation for the gorgeous palace which he subsequently erected. Alarmed at the growing indignation of the Romans, he diverted their rage from himself, by :lav ing it rumoured abroad, that it was the Christians who had burned the city. The news spread like wildfire, and the cry at once arose of " the Christians to the lions," and so the persecution arose. Some of the Christians were put into the skins of wild beasts, and fierce dogs set on them, and so they perished. Others were nailed to crosses, and so left to linger out existence in hideous tor ments. But the most savage of all those torments was what was called tun? ca molesta - the monster invention of Nero himself. The tunics molests consisted of garments made to fit the human form very closely. They were steeped in pitch, resin, and other inflammatory materials, and into each of them was a Christian thrust, who was doomed by the tyrant to suffer in the cause of our crucifie d Lord. He had them, then, fastened to upright posts, and with their blazing bodies lit up his gardens by night; while he himself, for the amusement of his sanguinary people, drove his chariot through the hideous illumination. And thus perished myriads of Christians—martyrs in the faith—until, at last, the butchery was brought to a close for the time by the cru cifixion of the Apostle Peter, and the decapitation of Paul. Passing from this portion of his subject, the reverend lecturer described the origin of the "Apologist " writers, and quoted some passages from St. Justin, to shew the bold and intrepid tone which the Christians adopted in their defence, and with what confidence they even thus early appealed to the common sense of their persecutors : being fully convinced that the hatred which the latter bore them was merely the offspring of error and misrepresentation. He (the lecturer) was particularly anxious never to use one word that could offend those who differed from him in religion. But he wished to remind them of what happened in England a few years ago, as analogous to the history which he had been quoting, when the Pope changed their vicars apostolic into bishops in ordinary. They remembered how the platform, the press, and every conceivable engine. was used to stir up the country against them. Thcy remembered how their priests were hooted and hissed, and how those ministering angels, the nuns, were insulted as they went on their daily er - ands of mercy, to nurse the sick and console the dying. And they remembered how, during that time when the storm raged the fiercest, one great champion 'of the church came forward, and taking, as his model the great " Apologist " of old, like him, with confidence appealed to the good sense of his countrymen - the English nation. That cham pion he need scarcely tell them was Nicholas, Cardinal Wiseman. (Applause.) And it was the advice of that eminent man, and of that illustrious convert to the faith, Dr. Newman, (applause) to endeavour each in his sphere to disabuse their Protestant friends of the erroneous views which were entertained of them as Catholics. Because, believing the Catholics to be idolators to worship the Virgin Mary, and to give permission to sin, they hated them and their faith ; but if they were told that Catholics did neither the one nor the other, then if Protestants did not love and respect them, they would at all events cease to hate them. The Rev. gentlemen, in conclusion, described the Dioclesian persecution, and how Christianity eventually triumphed after the miraculous conversion of Constantine. The Rev. gentleman was frequently applauded during the delivery of his address ; and on the motion of the chairman the thanks of the assembly were voted by acclamation to him. ;POLICE COURTY,"---Yr,sTERDAy. A TnmsrEn TRICKED. — Dennis _newsy was charged by police officer 292, with passing a bad half crown. The complainant, Mary_ Burton, of Watkinsen-street, stated that her husband, who did not keep a public-house, was in the habit of getting in ale on Saturday night ; on Sunday the defendant went to her house for some ale, and she let him have some for which he tendered a bad half crown, and she gave him the change, when looking at the coin she found it was bad. The magistrates dismissed the case. Dom ROBBERY.—Two lads were committed for seven days on a charge-of stealing a piece of rope from a vessel ling in the dock. ROBBING AN EMPLOYER. —Ellen Bernard, a very genteel looking young woman, was charged with stealing a pin, and other articles from the shop of Mr. Strutt, of John• street. The defendant was an assistant in the shop, and on Satur day morning another assistant observed that she had a pin in her dress, and upon asking her how much she gave for it :he could not give a satisfactory answer, and it was subse quently ascertained that the pin had been taken from the 'hop. This led to the prisoner's, boxes being searched, in which were found several stolen articles similarly abstracted from the shop, The prosecutor said he had taken the prisoner without a regular character, as he had done five others, all of whom had robbed him. The prisoner was remanded. PICKING POCKETS.—Mary Bateman and John 111 7 Carthy were charged with picking the pocket of an elderly woman in Great Charlotte-street, on Saturday night. The detective-officer saw the prisoners attempting to pick the pockets of at least twenty persons in the course of the , ventng, and apprehended them after they had abstracted ive-pence from her pocket. The parties being well-known, were committed for arc' , months each. James Rogan was committed to tel.c his trial for stealin , • a watch from the pocket ‘,l - Mr Ash, a clerk, as hr leaving the s.u.bury-street chapel. The prisoner jostle 1 vra;nae the prosecutor two or three times as he was lepvin 'he chapel, and directly after he missed Ws watch, when 3 iccused the prisoner with taking it, which charge he d( nie , hut attempted to makehis escape, was pursued; and a struggia ansued, and the watch was found on his person. The prisoner was committed for trial. ' - - - Sanzment was committed for one month on a charge of stealing some sash cord from the sho of Mr. Downes, London-road. The prisoner was deteete I with the property upon her in the shop. ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A COOK.— I lien MAN/en, 3 -ook at the Liverpool dining-rooms, was charged with stea,- ing six pounds of dripping, the property of Mrs. Goodwin, her employer. The dripping was sold at an adjoining shc by the direction of the accused ; but as it appeared there was no stipulation as to who was to have " the fat" when the agreement was made with prisoner, and as she alleged it was her perquisite, the case was dismissed. STEALING CANVASS.—Mary ? . /02/0.1 was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a roll of canvass from the shop of Mr. Colthorpe, Chapel-street. Johtt Envlish was committed for seven days for stealing a pair of boots from the shop of Mr. fill, Byrom street. ASSAULTS. —Rose Crosbie was committed for seven days for an assault; and Thomas Gull was committed for one month for assaulting a police-officer, while in the execution of his duty. ROBBERIES BY PRosurtrrEs.—Ellen Moller was charged with stealing 9/, from John Weston, 53, Prince Edward street ; Eliz , beth Robi son, charged with stealing'.. watch ; and Mary Ann Maxwell, with stealing a handkerchief ; were discharged in each case, it appearing that the persons giving the charge had been indiscreet enough to accompany the accused in a state of intoxication. Mary 31 1 Car,hy. - kvas re manded on a charge of robbing Patrick M‘Kaye of Si. 18s. ASSAULT BY A POLICE OFFICER. —Thomas Dugdale, a mason, was charged by officer 190, with being drunk and fighting in Pall-mall, at half-past twelve o'clock on Satur day night. Dugdale's nose was much cut, and his eyes and cheeks were considerably swollen. Mr. Bluck appeared for him. The officer, on being sworn, said that he heard a row at the hour mentioned in Pall-mall, and that he hastened to wards the scene. On reaching the spot, be found the defen dant fighting with some person whom he did not know. The defendant's nose was much cut, and on being asked who did it, he replied that he did not know. Cross-examined by Mr. Bluck : The defendant subse quently said it was I who knocked him down and cut him. There were three or four men and a number of women pre sent at the time. Mr. Bluck then addressed the bench, and said that it would be shown that the case was as gr'ss a one as was ever brought before the court. It would be proved that the de fendant was assaulted, without the least provocation, by the officer ; and that not content with that wanton outrage, he how appeared in court, and unblushingly charged the defen dant with being drunk and disorderly. The simple facts of the case were these : On Saturday night, the defendant was at the house of a friend of his, - , arced Mount. He left the house a few minutes before twelve o'clock, and on reaehing , Pall-mall, he observed some people quarrelling; and being within a few yards of his home at the time, he sti pied to witness the row. In a few minutes the officer came up, and without uttering a word, drew his stick and knocked him down. He then raised him up and asked him who struck him; and on Du dale replying, "it was you," the officer forthwith took him off to the bridewell and charged him. James Mount examined : Dugdale was at my house on Saturday night. He left a few minutes befrre twelve o'clock. He had taken a little, but he was not drunk. Mary Hale examined : Heard the row in Pall-mall on Saturday night, and went to see it. Saw th' defendsr t looking in. Saw the officer come up and knock him down. He then took him up and said, "who has done it ?" and witness said, " it was you did it." To the Ma , istrate : Is a married woman. Saw the olier r about Pall-mall before, but never had any quarrel with hint. Betsy Levery examined : Saw the officer come down Gr-ft - street, run among the crowd, and strike the defendant acro,s the nose with his stick. The defendant was not drunk ::t the time. The officer then took him up, and having t some coppers and keys from the by-standers, he placed the.a against the defendant's head and neck, to prevent swelling. His wife came up at the time, and asked if he were hur;. The office replied that he was, and said, " shall I take hila to the hospital." The wife said, "yes," but the officer too's: him to the bridewell. To the Magistrate : The officer asked him who knocked him do•vn, and when Dugdale replied "it was you," the officer said, "well, for saying that I won't take you to the hospital, but I will take you to the bridewell.' I knew Dugdale for a long time. He is a mason. Dugdale here said that he worked with Mr. Calvert, of Leeds-street, for 19 years. Mary Ann Dugdale, a very intelligent little girl, about 14 years of age, and the daughter of the defendant, deposed to the same points as the other witnesses. Her father, she said, was within a few yards of his own house, and was not drunk or fighting at the time. He was knocked down by the officer. The case for the defence having closed, The officer said that he first became aware of the row when he heard his inspector knocking for him at the bottom of Kay-street. He then crossed Prussia-street, and tapped the ground with his stick as he entered Pall-mall. He then saw the defendant and another person shouting and bellowing, and as he went up to the crowd some person tripped him. He then fell against the wall of the house, and as he did so, he saw some one knock the defendant down. The keeper of the bridewell, at which the defendant was received, stated that he was not very drunk when brought there, and that he made no charge against the officer. Officer, 512, stated that one of the witnesses was a very disorderly character. Mr. MANSFIELD discharged Dugdale, observing that he would not then try the officer as he might have been taken unawares. However, Dugdale might take out a summons against the officer, and it would be heard in the same way as any other assault case. BIRKENHEAD. EXTENSIVE PLUNDERING BY A DRESSMAK ER.—A re spectably-dressed young woman, named Martha Peters, twenty-two years of age, who followed the business of a dressmaker, was charged with plundering several parties for whom she had worked. Mrs. Margaret Radcliffe, of Old. Chester-road, Tranmere, deposed that the prisoner was work ing for her on the eve of Christmas, 1852, and after she left a gold ring, set with pearls, was missing. Mrs. Devey, of 22, Queen's-place, Tranmere, said that the prisoner worked for her about a fortnight ago, and afterwards a pocket-handkerchief, edged with lace, was missing ; also a piece of plaid from which she had been making a dress. About ten weeks ago the prisoner was making w(dling. clothes for Mrs. Margaret Briggan, of Townsend-street, Liverpool, and " cabbaged" 1 yards from a silk dress. The prisoner was apprehended in the following manner : Mrs. Radcliffe, and Mrs. Devey, suspecting that the pri soner was the person who had robbed them, proceeded together, on Friday last, to the place where the prisoner was working, Mr. James Nicholson, nublican, 256 Great Howard-street. They were accompabied by a police officer, whom they left outside. Mrs. Radcliffe di:- covered her lost ring on the prisoner's hand ; but the 'a:Ur had the effrontery to say that the ring had been given to her by a young man, and threatened to summon Mrs Rad cliffe if she persisted in saying the ring was her property. Upon this the prisoner was given into custody, and on he: way to the bridewell she admitted the ring was not hers, and begged Mrs. Radcliffe to forgive her. On 1 e searched at the Birkenhead bridewell, two pieces of cot 1, stuff were found on her, part of the material she was mak ing up for Mrs. Nicholson, when apprehended. A key an I other articles, were also found on her, and on the officer pro ceeding to her lodgings, at No. 9, Vulcan-street, Bootl,, he searched her box and found the rest of the stolen propert: - . The prisoner rppears to have systematically robbed eve) y place where de had been employed. She was con mitts I for trial. _Francis 31P-if - anus, another of the gang connected with the late robbery from Mr. Laird's shipbuilding yard, was remanded till Thursday.