Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-12 00:00:00

LANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZES. FRIDAY. BEFORE MR. JUSTICE WIGIIT3IAN. RnEBsRY AT CIIIRLBY.—In this case, which was heard on Thursday, the jury were locked up until a late hour of the night. They found a verdict of guilty against the prisoner Daniel Chamberlain, acquitting the other four prisoners. ARSON.—John Cc dy, brickmsker, aged 36 years, and James Cody, brickmaker, egad 33, were charged with having, at Ms.nchester, on the Bth of November, feloniously set fire to a certain shell, with intent to injure Thomas Toplin. Mr. Sowler, and iitr Cross prosecuted. Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Ovens, and Mr. Tort. defended the prisoners. The prosecutor was a partner of Mr. Stockdale, manufac turer cf patent be eke in Manchester, and the prisoners were brickmakers formerly employed by him. On the premises, at Rochdale Read, there was a large shed con taining a number of patent bricks, and a man named Tiplady, usually slept in the shed for the protection of the property. At the time of the offence charged against the prisoners, they were not in Mr. Stockdale's employ ment. On the night Of the Sth of November, Tiplady stated that he went to sleep as usual in the shed, and had not ben more than half an hour asleep when he was awal;ened by voices, and saw that there were several men in the shed. He was afraid to make his presence known to them, and, keeping quiet, he heard a voice ask; «Is the candle all right?" A candle was then lighted, and he saw the prisoner James Cody make a wall of bricks inside of the shed to hid© the candle. He then got up, and made a noise, on which the two pri soners pulled h m out of the abed an I made him swear that he would never tell what he saw, threatening to blow his brains out with a pistol if he refused compliance. He stated that ho was then removed by force from the shed to some distance, and that while there he hea r d a crac kli ng and saw light. Th e shed was subi . equently found to have been completely burned. The whole case depended on the evidence of the witness Tplady. The 'defence set up was that at the hour in question, on the night of Sunday, the Bth of November, the prisoners were not in the vicinity of the shed at all, and witnesses were called to prove that they were at a christening up to a late hour of the night. The jury found the prisoners guilty. His Lordship sen tenced the prisoners to four yeara' penal servitude each. WOUNDING. —Peter Gullies was indicted for having, at Windle, on the 28th of September last, stabbed his brother. Wm. Gillies. On the night of the day mentioned the prisoner was quarrelling with his wife, and the prose cutor, who lived in the same house, came down to endeavour to pacify him. When the prosecutor endeavoured to come between the prisoner and his wife, the prisoner rushed upon him, and g him a stab with a knife. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wounding. His Lordship sentenced him to two months' imprison ment, BASS Cone --Thomas Taylor, aged 28, was found guilty of having uttered a counterfeit half-crown and a counterfeit shilling, at Ashton, on the 21st of November. His Lord • ship sentenced the prisoner to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour UNLAWFULLY Kteerse Pies —John Alcoek, eged 35, was charged with havirg, on the 19th of November last, unlawfully kil'ed two pigs, the property of John Hayes, at Inca Blundell. The prosecutor was a farmer, and the prisoner had been in his employment. but was discharged from it. On the 19th of November, two of the prosecutor's pigs were found dead, and on having the contents of their stomachs analysed, poison was discovered in them. The police, on examining the premises, found footprints close to the place where the pigs were kept, which corresponded to the shoes of the prisoner. On searching the prisoner's house, some poison was also found. It was further deposed that the prisoner had uttered threats against the prosecutor. The poison found in the house was composed of sulphate of zinc and alum, and that found in the stomach was st , ted to be of similar ingredients. Mr. Bowler and Mr. Wheeler appeared for the defence. The defence was that the material found in the house of the prisoner was only used for the pnrpese of taking out stains. The jury aequitted the prisoner. THE ThLTON Mueuan —ln this case, in which the prisoner lies under sentence of death, his Lordship, Mr. Justice Wightroan, stated yesterday that subsequent to the trial it had come to his knowledge that a mistake had occurred which required consideration. When the jury was being empanelled, the name of Joseph Henry Thorne was Jellied, and by some mistake a person named William I'hornley veered, believing himself to be called, entered the box, and was sworn. The prisoner, it he had known that the name of William Thornely was called, might possibly have exercised the right of challenging that person. His Lordship stated that a similar case occurred in 1783, but the mistake was then apparently held to be only a ground of challenge, and not a ground for a writ of error. It was, however, a matter of the least impor tance that such a case should be conducted strictly ac cording to the rules of law, and his Lordship, therefore, intimated his intention to respite the sentence of the prisoner for the present until the opinion of the Criminal Court of Appeel had been ascertained. The prisoner will be brought up this morning to hear the respite announced to him. THE LATE CHARGE OF ATTEMPTING TO POISON A WiFE In the case of John Gay, who was .committed a few days ago for an attempt to poison his wife, he was discharged, his Lordship saying that, on the cross-examination of the witnesses at the police court, by Mr. Goodere, who got the cross-examination taken down by the clerk at the time, there was no case against the prisoner, and he ordered his discharge, and the prisoner was accordingly set at liberty. The court adjourned at six o'clock. • GAS EXPL:,STON AT THE LINCOLN LUNATIC HOSPITAL.— A mostextraordinary explosion of gas took place at this institution, about six o'clock on Tuesday morning last, which, though doing considerable damage, was fortunately unattended with any fatality. It appear ed that one of the keepers took a lighted candle to call the patients up, when on opening the door of a room he had to pass through. the gas exploded with a terrine noise, burning the man's fcrehead and hair, smashing numerous panes of glass in the corridor and smaller rooms adjoining, and splitting several doors from top to bottom. The explosion was caused by an escape of gas, from a slide burner, which moves is water, through there being a deficiency of water. Not a single individual in the establishment, beside the keeper, sustained the slightest injury. SUDDEN DEATH OF JAMES FeNTON, ESQ., OP BAMFORD HALL.—On Wednesday, the intelligence reached Rochdale of the death of this gentleman, banker, of that town. On Monday. Mr. Fenton being then in gold health, left Bamford Hall (his usual residence) for Bailey, near Stony hurst, where he has a large estate. for a few days' shooting He was aterwaris joined by his Eon, Joseph Fenton, E-q , the Rev. Mr. Hereby, rector of Bury, and J. S. Entwisle, Esq. During Tuesday in' ruing Mr. Fenton appeared to enjoy the sport; but, after lunch the party want out again, when he complained of headache and cold. He was taken into a farm-house and medical aid procured. As he began to shiver, he was placed near the fire; but he gradually sunk into a stale of insensibility, and died a little before nine o'clock in the evening. He was 65 years of age, stout and robust, and his death is attributed to apoplexy. In the earlier pa r t o f hi s l i fe, the deceased, in conjunction with his brother, Mr. John Fenton, of Crimble Hall (for merly M.P. for Rochdale), carried on an extensive business in flannel manufacture; the mill at Clegg Hall being erected by them. This business was given up in 1829 ; and, on the death of his father, Mr. James Fenton applied his attention to the banking establishment of the family. When hie brother (a liberal) retired from the rep - esentation of Rochdale, Mr. James Fenton contested the seat on conservative principles, against Mr. Sharman Crawford, in. January, 1841, and received 335 votes ; his successful opponent having 399: In January, 1843, he qualified as a county magistrate; but he has only occasionally sat on the bench cf late years. He was one of the visiting justices of the hundred prison.— Nfanchev'er Guardian. ENGLISH PATENTS. —The following patents, amongst others, sealed during the week, are from Messrs. Hughes and Bloodworth's list :—Newton Bentley, of Salford, eegi neer, and John Alcock, of Little Bolton, millwright for improvements in machinery or apparatus for forging and stamping metals, which is also applicable to pile-driving, crushing ores and seeds, beetling and fulling woven fabrics, and other similar purposes ; dated June 2, 1837. Thomas Lathem Boote and Richard Boote, both of Burslem, Staf fords'.ire Potteries, for improvements in the manufacture of ornamental pottery and articles made of clay and other like plastic materials ; dated June 4, 1857, Robert Hat tereley, of Ardwick, near Manchester, engineer, for improvements in machinery for distributing and setting up or composing type ; dated June 26, 1857. Thomas Hard castle, of Bradshaw, near Bolton -le-Moors, dyer and bleacher, for a machine for doubling, winding, plaiting, and measuring cotton and other fabrics ; dated June 30, 1857. Richard Talbot, of Blackburn, overlooker, and Benjamin Croasdale, of Wieton, near Blackburn, joiners, for improvements in looms ; dated August 17, 1857. Thomas Bradford, of Salford, ironmonger, for certain improved apparatus for washing clothes or articles of wearing apparel, which apparatus is also applicable to churning ; dated September 1, 1857. Edward Hirs t Hudson, of Burley, Yerkehire, spinner and stuff manufac o turcr, for improvements in means or apparatus to prevent driving straps lapping on the shafting, when they shift off their pulleys ; dated June 6 1857. James Morris, of Clapham, Surrey, gentleman, for certain improvements in connecting the rails of ra il ways, and in supporting the same ; dated June sth, 1857. THE PR.O3ECIITION OF " MADAME Aerete."—Johanna Rosenburg, generally known as " Madame Annie," was placed in the dock, on an indictment, charging her in the usual phrases, with keeping a house of ill.fame. The court was very much crowded. Mr. Simon and Mr. Littler appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Brett and Mr. H. Mansfield for the prisoner. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Simon said, although it was not usual to address the court when a plea of guilty had been entered, yet that was a case, as he was instructed, of peculiar nature, and which it was thought desirable for the ends of justice, and for the public benefit, should be dealt with in a different manner from the course usually pursued on occasions of the kind. The prosecution, as he was instructed, was instituted at the instance of several gentlemen of the highest standing in Liverpool. The Recorder: Well, that does not signify. Mr. Simon said he only wished to mention that it was a private prosecution, and instituted by persons in the most respectable position in life. The Recorder It does not signify who institutes the prosecution. Mr. Simon said he was also instructed that he should be able to prove, if the court desired the evidence, that this woman had, for the last six or seven years, kept a how e of ill-fame in Hothare-street ; that although there were seven other houses in the same street, there was more disorder, more disturbance, and more annoyance arising from that one house, than all th e o th er h ouses put togethr. It was a continual scene of contention, quarrelling, and fighting— of violence, indecency, and obscenity of every description. Three times in one year the prisonerhad been summoned and finetifor obscenelanguage,assaults, and fighting in the streets. Mr. Brett contended that Mr. Simon was opening mat ters - which could not , possibly—even if he could p rove th em —have anything t o o with the present charge. Whether the person in the dock had ever been guilty of an assault was a matter of which he knew nothing. He was cot there to answer, and could not have the means of answering such 'charges. Mr. Simon : My friend does not know that I am in a position to prove it all. Mr. Brett : But it is no part whatever of the case. Mr. Simon said it was part of the disorderly conduct of the house, and it was legitimate evidence to show that there had been quarrelling and fighting in the house, and that the prisoner had been cenv,cted, and fined. In addressing himself to a question of punishment, he submitted, th it it was a very material point for consideration, how far the prisoner had continued in a course of improper conduct after she bad been warned of her misconduct. Among other things, he was instructed that she kept five or six young girls, from the ages of fifteen to twenty, in the eetab lishment, and that there were no girls admitted or retained there above the age of twenty ; many of them being foreign girls, absolutely imputed into this country for the purpose, whilst, in point of fact, there oas an exportation carried on as well by this woman, of English girls to Hamburgh, for large sums of money. He had affidavits by Mr. John Cropper, and Mr. Nathaniel Caine, based upon the report of Inspector Horne, made at the request of the Home Office, some time ago, with reference to the offence of pro curing young girls, under a recent statute. That report, he believed, set forth the most harrowing descriptions regarding the treatment of these young girls It would appear that the prisoner had been in the habit of decoying them from their homes, taking them abroad, and actually selling them there. Some of the girls had come home again, and related tales of distress and horror, as he was told he should be able to prove. Under these circumstances she was considered to be a person who carried on avocations so injurious to public decency and public morals that it was very necessary, for the public good, some example should be made. There were several cases, which, he was informed, could be proved. of young girls having been brought from distant parts of the kingdom who had been found in her house. Their unhappy mothers came, wretched and disconsolate, looking out for them, not knowing where to find them, until ,he police discovered them in that house. There were instances of young girls of fifteen having been found there, decoyed in a similar manner, and handed over to their parents, who had come in quest of them. He was prepared to call witnesses, if necessary, in support of these statement-, and to put in affidavits and informations upon it. Under those circum stances he contended that the case was one which ought to be severely dealt with by the Court. Mr. Brett said that he shoul confess himself utterly astonished at the way in which his friend had dealt with the case HeeiLl not know whether his learned friend would have been able to prove all he had stated, but, cer tainly, it did seem to him (Mr. Brett) that the greater part of what had been stated could never be made part of the charge which was now brought against the p isonen There was an Act of Parliament as the Court well knew, with which, if one tittle of the charge of procuring young girls to be defiled could be supported, the prisoner could at any moment be tried ; and if that were a separate and known offence to the law, nothing could be more clear than that they could produce no evidence of it on the present trial. It was therefore most unfair for his learned friend to urge it against the prisoner, and still more unfair when he knew that she could not he prepared to answer it. His Worship was now called upon to exercise one of the most important functions of the office, which, as Recorder, he held in the town. He had heard it declared before him that there was a number of gentlemen in the town of great wealth, of great power, and of great good ness, of course, who h a d ta k en upon themselves being one section of the inhabitants of the town, to act within the criminal law against another portion of the inhabitants in the town, who were, no doubt, poor and miserahe, wicked and weak; but (and he did not say they were doing wrong—he would enter into discussion on it) if they took cn themselves to be private prosecutors, acting under the criminal law of the country against another section of the town, then it was the duty of his Worship, as Recorder, to see that they did so according to the rules of justice, and that they slid not, rich though they were, take any unfair means of carrying oat what doubtless might be a proper object for them to desire for the good of the town. The Recorder : As I have already raid, it does not signify who aro the prosecutors. All that I have to do is to know and judge of the offence. Mr. Brett con tinued : The great object of such prosecutions was, fo put an end to the keeping of houses of the improper character of that with which the prisoner was charged wi'h main taining. The Recorder said that he did not quite agree in that proposition. The object of such prosecutions was not only to put an end to the keeping of such houses, but to visit what was passed with proper punishment. Mr. Brett continued : He could only submit that the great object of punishment should be to prevent the recurrence of crime, and that that, also, should be the aim of the present prosecution. The prisoner, acting under the advice of himself and Mr. Mansfield, af er a careful consideration of the entire case, had submitted herself without reserve to the law, which she had, no doubt, violated.. It had been suggested to him, that witnesses might have been called—that something like etaliation might here been practised but he had advised her--and she had submitt d to that advice— that the best course she could pu"sue was, to submit herself entirely, and without receive, to the law. He would now mention to the Court the way in which the prosecution had been instituted, and the Oa ge on which she had been celled to answer. His friend mentioned that the prisoner had kept a house of the character described in the indictment, within the knowledge of the authorities, for the space of seven t ears, and the usual course for putting dawn such a home won' I be on the information of any two of the inhabitants for a nuisance. But the usual course had not been observed on this occasion. The personis who instituted the prosecution did not summon her, or warn her in any way, but when she was absent from Liverpool and out of the country, without summons or notice to her, they went before the Grand Jury, preferred their bill, and had it found. Mr. Simon here observed that the prosecution were not at the time aware that the prisoner was out of town. Mr. Brett replied that it was unfortunate they had made I no inquiry before proceeding with the bill, but the bil, having been found against her they waited until she re turned to Liverpool, an i then took her into custody; and when before the magistrate, every opposttion was made to her procuring bail, a course than which, ho should say, nothing more herd• more improper, or disgraceful, could be conceived. Bat the prisoner had suffered even a still greater hardship, and one to which he could not avoid referring. From the lime that it was known that a bill ead been found against her, that she had been charged with a grave cdtance, and that in all probability she would be tried by a jury to be taken from the town, from that time the newspapers of the town were filled with the gravest acmes/aliens. against her, Now, that was a most disgraceful hardship to press on any person about to come before a jury on her trial. No doubt, she had been guilty of the offence with which she was charged, but he did believe that she had a complete and ample answer to any other accusation that might be brought against her; and if it were even then thought proper to insist on an indictment against her for the other offence which his friend alleged against her, she had an ample answer, he (Mr. Brett) believed, to any such charge. The learned gentleman then referred to the affidavits of Mr. Cropper and Mr. Caine, and asked what could they speak to of their own knowledge as to the character or house of the prisoner. The affidavit of the police inspector was even a rigmarole of what other parties had told them ; and so they made affidavit that they had been informed by such a person, who again had been informed by so and so, as to certain circumstances which hail been related to them. Was it on each affidavits that his learned friend could ask The election for East Kent took place on Thursday. Mr. D?edes, it Conservative, the defeated candidate at the last election, was returned unopposed. SERIOUS ACCIDENT NEAR ROCIIDALE.--On Monday morning, Mr, Sylvester Littor, skinner, of Heywood, was proceeding to Rochdale with his son, in a drag, when, at Marland, one of the wheels coming in contact with a large stone, Mr. Litton was thrown out, bat remained in some way entangled with the reins, and the horse, taking fright, dragged him 30 yards along the road. One leg was frac tured, and he was otherwise injured. The horse ran to Sudden Brow, and the vehicle was much broken. Mr. Litton was removed to the Success and Plough Inn, and surgical aid called in. He is upwards of 60 years of age. ALLEGED MURDER AT DURHAM.—On Tuesday, an adjourned inques:, was held at the Union Workheu.se of . the village of Chester-le-Street, a few miles from Durham, on the body of John Flinn. Flinn went t 3 Chester-le-Street on ee 23rd ult., and a:few days a ft erwar d s was admitted into the workhouse. At that time be was severely cut about the head, was injured on his side, and was seriously ill. He became worse, and died on the 3rd ioat. During his il:ness he stated that his injurirs resulted from an attack made upon him in Durham by some men, who robbed him. A pose mortem exanainatina has been made, and the surgeons stated, on Tuesday, that his skull was fractured, and that he was wech hurt about the abdomen. These isjuries, it was stated, had caused death. It was also proved by a man named Prancis Claik., that John 1-laslop (who had been app - eherded by the polic-), on the night of the 21st tilt., in Framwellgatc, Durham, struck the deceased repeatedly on the head with a large stick. Clarke also stated that Flinn was severely kicked at the same time. A man named John Wilkinson, was apprehended on Tuesday, evening, es being concerned in this outrage. The inquest was adjourned. SALE OF Porsosrs.—A large and influential meeting of the chemists and druggists of Manchester and Salford was held on Wednesday, in the Mechanics' Institution, to con sider the provisions of the Sale of Poisons Bill, introduced last session into the House of Lords, and to take such steps as might lead to security against intentional or accidental poisoning, without, at the same time, interfering unneces sarily with the convenience of the public, or the legitimate business of the pharmaceutist. Mr. S andring was called to the chair, air!, in the course of conversation, opinion was expressed that the restrictions imposed by the proposed bill on the sale of some of the most important and useful medicines, as well as many substances of daily use in the arts ant manufactures were such that it would be exceed ingly difficult for any person, even in case of great emer gency, to obtain, for instance, a dose of antirnonial wine as an emetic, or the smallest quantity of laudanum or opium, either for internal or external use, whether alone, or mixed with any other ingredient ; and that this also applied to many domestic recipes ; and that every person, without exception, requiring any of those medicines,would be com pelled to furnish the seller with his or her name, surname, occupation, place of abode, and the purpose for which required, all of e hick must be entered in a book kept for the purpose, and Vie register signed by the purchaser ; and any person, if not known to the chemist, would, in addition, be compelled to bring a witness of the sale, or a certificate that he may be trusted with such and such articles. The same rule also applies to salt of lemons, and other drugs, used in taking out stains, &c., to almond flavour, and a great varie yof other articles. It was also shown that whilst a limber of drugs and medicines in constant and daily use are Ito be subjected to those restrictions, a far greater number of other more deadly and dangerous substances were allowed to be sold without any restriction whatever, thus proving that whilst the act, would be productive of great inconvenience to the public, it would entirely fail in the object which it was intended to secure, viz., the prevention of secret or accidental poisoning. A resolution in accordance with the above een invents was passed, and a committee was appointed to watch the further progress of the bill, and endeavour to obtain some modification of its provisions, whereby its intentions might be carried out without at the same time, causing such unnecessary obstructions in supplying the iegitimate requirements of the public. All present agreed that some legislation on the subject was desirable, but they had more confidence in an improved education amongst the pharmaceutists, and a higher sense of their responsi • bility, as the greater safeguard. AN ATLAS (RATIS WITH THE Enseairca."—On and after Sunday, October 4th, 1857, each copy of the Disi.alch will be accompanied with a map, a chart, or the plan of a principal town, so as to furni;ll to each subscriber, gratis, the enost comprehensive, complete and generally useful isles hitherto published in Great Britain. 'The size of the engravings will be that of ode page of the newspaper, six snips and two piens, in each year, will be of double the size-17 inches by 25. The ordinary maps will be correc ly tinted, the charts will be properly relieved in blue, and Vie plans will be printed in a rich colon. The double maps will he the object of great atte tion in the desire to make them beautiful specimens of map colouring. It is hoped, in the course of no unreasvinahly pro tracted time, that the Dispatch Atlas will contain more names and positions of places than any other English publication of the kind. he counties wit be given separately, and where they are large and populous, as li, the case of Lanea,hire, each division of the county will occupy a lege; again, the States of Italy will be the sub ject of six distinct maps. The names of the draughtsmen and engravers will be the best guarantee for perfect accuracy. The maps will be as full as clearness andreference will allow. correctio , s and discoveries will be given from the best authorities. The engravings will be in the highest style of art, many thousands of pounds being devoted to their cost, and they will be tt - tken from original drawings expressly prepared for the series. Directors of mechanics institutes, the conductors of all educe-kitel estabilsh meats, the proprietors of hotels, reading rooms, and coffee heases, will, in possessing Vie Dispat h Atlas, be supplied with a daily want. The money value of the completed work may be test ascertained by inquiring the selling price of any large and trustworthy collection of maps. The Dispatch Atlas will be forwarded with the numbers of the paper at the usual price, bd per cops, or 6d stamped. Gn the first issue some hints will be given for preserving, indexing, and binding the Atla , . Orders recei ted by every news agent and bookseller in the kingdom, and at the Dispatch office, 139, Fleet-street. The Friday evening edition may be received in the most distant parts of kingdom on Saturday morning. At LEWIS & COMPA N Y'S , Ranelagh-street. BOYS At CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Twenty Years. At LEWIS & romPANY'S, Ranelagh-street. BOYS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Twosl4,Years. BOYS' CLOTHING MA!)E WITH GREAT TAtTE 4T L WIS and COMPANY'S, lEtaselagt-street. BOROUGH SESSIONS-YESTERDAY, from the court severe punishment on the head of the prisoner? The proper object of the prosecution had been served. The house was given up; the landlord had posses sion of it, and he (Mr. Brett) bad his receipt in court to that effect. So far, then, all that could be done for the good of the town was effected. It was found, that in consequence of the Articles in the newspapers, which threatened infamy to any person who should give his name as bail for this woman, that no person dared to venture to do so ; but Mr. Mansfield, the stipendiary magistrate, did not think it night (and ne . one could doubt that he did an act of justice) that this woman should be treated different from other persons, because the newspapers choose to write against her, and he, therefore, consented to allow money to be deposited without any names being given. A sum of £2OO was accordingly deposited on behalf of this woman, and she was then let out of custody. The Recorder: I certainly do think it was a great hardship if it was so, that anything should be done to deter s i tny one from getting bail. Mr. Simon : But that was not ley the prosecution. Mr Brett : I don't say it was. Mr. Simon : Allow me to observe that all these matters have been brought before the judge in London, to whom an affidavit was mate for the purpose of having the case removed elsewhere upon the very grounds now mentioned, and the application was refused. The Recorder : But that, how. evar, should not prevent me from expressing an opinion that I think it exceedingly wrong to do anything to deter a❑y person from getting bail. We know that when parties are accused of misdemeanour they have a nigh . to be bailed. It is a hardship to imprison. The object is to detain them for trial, and when bail can be procured for the purpose, no obstacle should be set in the way of bail being given. Mr. Simon said the prosecution was not answerable for what the press had done. The very fact of the press having taken that course di 1, however, go to some extent to show what a grievous public nui sance the place had become. The Recorder: But the woman is entitled to all just protection and ought not to have been deterred from an opportunity of giving bail. Mr. Brett said, anything more unjust and more unfair never was done in the world, and the consequence, beyond all doubt, of the system of persecution pursued by the press, was that the woman was kept in gaol for fourteen days. He had now to state that he was willing that £5O of the £2OO deposited should be paid to the Magdalen Institution of the town, and that the . woman should be allowed to enter into her own rec Tnisances to be called up at any time for judgment upon her mere appearance in Liverpool after twelve hours from that time. The Recorder observed that he was bound not only to protect that town but the public in general from such parties. Mr. Brett did not see how any course which could be pursued in the present case could effect that object. Mr. Simon again observed that he could call witnesses to prove the statements he had made. He then put in the affi lavas already alluded to. Mr. Brett, handing up a paper to the Recor:or, said it was a document signed by a gentleman who was willing to come fo:ward and to be questione 1 by the Recorder upon it. It relatei to a transaction whisk the gentleman was prepared to go before the Recorder to prove, but which he did not wish to have made public. The Recorder: I can take no evidence in private. Mr. Simon at first objected to the document being handed in, but afterwards said he should not press his objection. In fact, from what he had heard, he thought it but right towa•ds the prisoner that it should be received. The Recorder then took the document, and shortly after observed that he wished the court had an undertaking from the landlord that the house should not be let for any such purpose again. He was aware, of course, that any land-. lord might possibly have been deceived as to the character of a tenant. Finely, the Recorder said he could not pronounce his decision that dgy, as he should have to read over the documents. The prisoner was, therefore, remanded. The sentence of the Recorder will be given probably on Monday morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-YESTERDAY. BEFORE GILBERT HENDERSON, ESQ., RECORDER. THE N ORTIIERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1857 MANCHESTER BANKRUPTCY COURT. TRADING EXTRAORDINARY. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT-YESTERDAY. THE REV. J. K. GLAZEBROOK IN REPLY TO THE REV. J. MACNAUGHT. BEFORE MR COMMISSIONER STEVENSON. In re JOSEPH YEOMAN. —The bankrupt was a ship broker, late of Liverpool. This being the day appointed for the choice of assignees and proof of debts, a proof for £l,lOO was preferred by a Mr. Carter, solicitor, frem Torquay,,on behalf of a Mr. Parrett, upon a judgment by default obtained against the bankrupt shortly before his bankruptcy upon a bill of exchange. An objection was made to the proof on the ground that no consideration was given for the bill, and that it had been improperly disposed of. The bankrupt was examined at some length on the subject, and after some discussion the Commissioners adjourned the consideration of the proof, and intimated that he would require the creditor to be present, to be examined in support of his claim. Captain Williams was appointed assignee, the Commissioner declining to accede to the application of Mr. Parrett to adjourn the choice, it appearing that there were matters in relation to the bank rupt's estate which required to be immediately attended to. The last examination sitting was fixed for the let of January. In re HENRY EETAS Moss.—The bankrupt lately carried on business in this town as a merchant. This was also the day appointed for proof of debts and choice of assignees. Messrs. Walker and Druid, of York, were appointed assignees, and the last examination was fixed for the 7th January. In re NAPIF.R AND HEUETS3N.—The bankrupts, ship chandlers and sailmakers, of Liverpool, came up on their last examination. They were supported by Mr. Marin. There being no opposition they passed, and the 14th January was fixed for the certificate meeting. In re JOSEPH GARDNER --The bankrupt, who was well known as a member of the Select Vestry for the parish of Liverpool, carried on the business of an ironneanger and plumber and painter in Scotland-road, Th's was a sitting for the examination of a witness named Layfield, who was assoc'ated with the bankrupt in several of his transactions. In reply to questions from Mr. Rowe, who appe red for the assignees, he said he was a joiner and builder, and had money business transactions with the bankrupt, commencing in April, 1855 He purchased land from the bankrupt under contract, and the bankrupt made advances some times to enable him to build The advances were money and bills, and materials, chiefly the two latter. The bills were discounted and paid away by the bankrupt. The bill-drawing continued from 1855 to September 1856, so long as any one would take the bills. When they could not renew the bills, actions were brought against them, and witness had generally the bai liffs about twice a week. There were a great many execu tions out against the bankrupt during the summer of 1856, and he and witness kept out of the way as long as they could. Mrs. Maddocks lived in Scotland -road, and at one time had a butcher's shop in L'evirgton-hill Witness and bankrupt went occasionally to Mrs. Maddecks's house, some times to see if she had any money, and others to get out of the way of the bailiffs. Several conversations took place about the bankrupt's diffimhies. and Mrs Me,ddocks frequently locked him and the witness in a room together to hide theta from the bailiffs. witness never slept there, bat he occasionally found the bankrupt in be lin the parlour in the morning. Fora fort night before the bankrupt's marriage, he and witness could only go out at night, and he could not go to London until the Sunday for fear of arrest. They gave promissory notes to Mrs. Maddocks for £BOO. They were given for money which the bankrupt said he was going to get, but witness never saw any of the money. He never saw Mrs. Mad docks give the bankrupt any money beyond £lO. He never received any money in consideration of signing the notes. Sometimes the bankrupt said that she (Mrs. Maddocks) was in a bad temper, and that he was taking the notes to please her. He was always wanting the securiies from her whenever he had a chance of gutting them. He told the witness about a month before the marriage that he was going to be married to Mrs. _Haddocks, and that he made a settlement of her own property en her, that his own property would go to his family, and that if anything occurred between him and his creditors, his'. Miseua could box them out," and they go away corn'ortably. Witness sinned a note for £BOO to Mrs. Maddecks' on the day before they went away to be married. It took place in Mrs. Mad. dock's house in presence of Mr. Lawrence, witness and the bankrupt. Mrs. Maddocks was in and out of the room, Witness demurred at first to sign the note, but the bankrupt said it was merely a nominal thing, to secure the money which he (the bankrupt) owed to .Mrs. Maddoeks. Lawrence produced a deed which they signed. That was one of the days on which they were concealed at Mrs. Haddocks. The bankrupt put the deed in his .pocket. Witness signed a good many of the bills in blank, as the bankrupt told ' ‘ him that "he would fetch him through." He found afterwards that the bankrupt was not sole to do so, and he left him, He saw the bankrupt after his marriage in December 1856, and he (the bank rupt) was then concealing himself When he last sawahe bankrupt in Christmas week, 1850, in Manchester, the bankrupt said that after a short time the creditors would ba satisfied to take a shilling in the pound, and he asked witness to allow himself to be served with a writ that all his property might be made over to Mrs. Mad docks'. Witness refused, and they parted on bad terms. Mr. Rowe intimated that he would lay all the evidence taken in the case before counsel, and see whether the settlement made by the bankrupt on his wife could not be set aside. TO THE EDITOR or THE NORTHERN Tl A nv, Sir,—l confess I was amused on see!„ ng how easily, by altering the punctuation, Mr. M.'s Words might be turned against himself. He does not at all aprrove of the eau' mon artifice of his own - Bocinian School being turned against himself, eve:, in sport. He wishes me to remembe r that gravity is hi g hl y b ecom i ng on this occasion. dud ' indeed, t'nero is mush, not only to make grave, but melan choly, in the evident hopelessness of convincing those W ho are the victims of perversion. Argument, fact, wipers!, all of no avail ; the delusion still remains—not removed, but strengthened. I congratulate myself, however, 012 having been furnished by Mr. M. with an expression truly descriptive of his condition, and one from which he cannot, with all 'his evasive skill, easily escape. The mere I NAG of his sentiments. th e more fully am I persuaded that he is , "not in opinio n a c l ergyman o f t h e established Churc h of England." The comprehensive description happily es tends to all those occult principles which he dare not avo w ' but which he is generally believed to entertain. Heresy makes its pretence sen s ibly perce i ve d , lik e the miasma 01 a marsh, and though it cannot be handled or seen it is known to be there by its offensiveness. I was endeavour' ing, in my letter of the 2nd, to prove, by an induction of particulars, that Mr. M. is a Socinian, and for this purpose I instanced two confessedly Socinian principles of his. I adduced also his very equivocal avowal of belief in the Divinity of Christ. And if I had succeeded in establishing his error on this latter point, I should have fully proved the charges. Now, insesad of taking the candid and honest course of openly declaring his orthodoxy on the cardinal point of Christ's supreme divinity, he plays th e special pleader. Ho says he cannot be proved to be s Socinian by the fact that he holds sonic Socinian principle' I never said that similarity of sentiment on some points necessarily proves it to exist in all, and it is an utter perversion of my argument to represent it as being thug illogical. The question as to Mr. M.'s belief in th e supreme divinity of Christ, if honestly answered, would have set this doubt of Mr. M.'s orthodoxy at rest. li e has, however, evaded giving an answer, and this evasion must necessarily stranghten our suspicions of him. In the article " De Socinianismo" Stapfeni —the words of Solna himself are thus given. " Socinus sententiam suam it& exprimit" Christus non est idene cum Patre Daus, sed alias, non nature Deus, sed gratia fectus, Deus mats' phorice, ob sinoltudinem aliqu eta cum. Dee, et v ideo' excellentionem reliquis creatures—ltem Christus igitur est Deus, quia est Dominus, Princeps Benefactor foster." Chap 12, mc. 40, p. 370—i. e. Soeinus thug expresses his opinion, " Christ is hot the seine Gad will the Father, but another God, not by nature Go l but made so by favour, God figuratively, on account of some sinaili tutie to God, and indeed more excellent than the rest of the creatures,"—and again, " Christ therefore is Gel, bacatiSe he is lord, a chief, or prince, and our benefactor." It will be seen then, with how much reason I was dissatisfied with Mr. M.'s declaration that he had never questioned the Divine nature of our Saviour." Until Mr. M. declares plainly and without any equivocation or mental reservation, the; he believes that Christ is tho Supreme Jehovah, he lies under grave suspicion of Arianism, or Socinianisna But Mr. M. will say, "I have declared that I hold the Homo-ousion or oneness of substance betwixt the Father and the Son." If Church History had never recorded that the Arians, in the time of St. Athanasiva substituted the term Honaoiousion fur the former word, this attempt of Mr. M. to conceal his sentiments might have succeeded. The difference between the two Greek words, it will be observed, consists only in the letter i; and yet this addition of one letter creates a great distinction in the meaning of the two terms. The former signifies "sameness," the latter only "similarity." Now, Mr. has not actually repeated this artifice of the Arians by using 'heir skilfully selected technical Greek wo r d, but h e has imitated and improved upon it by giving an eqitieoc al meaning to the ri g ht t ec h n i ca l G reek term—Homo-ous i o n. He translates this t erm " oneness. " Having adopte d t he right Greek term, h e thi n k s hi s success in decept i on 18 complete. Now that M r . M. h as used the term " oneness " in an equivocal sense, we may very well suppose,—for he is evidently charmed with the idea—that it may be understood in more senses than one. He says "1 suspect, however, that it would imperil the scholarship and the orthodoxy of many a one, if he were called upon W explain what he meant by oneness of substance, with a being who is (Art i ) without body parts or passions.'' It is evident from these latter words that Mr. Nr• thinks it irrational " beyond measure, an utter absurdity, a contradiction in terms to say with Athens ashes or with Trinitarians that Christ is of the same essence as the Father—the question then (which does indeed imperil Mr. 137 's scholarship and orthodoxy), the question I repeat is, what does Aft. If. mean by " oneness." If by this term he means only "similarity," he has im perilled his scholarship by so translating the technics' term Homo-oesion, and he has sacrificed his orthodoxy He is not a Trinitarian, but an Arian or a Socinian—this is the only conclusion at which we can reasonably arrive under all the circumstances of the case, and especial!, after his blasph mous and Infidel sneer at the Incompre hensibility of the Divine R3SBnCO. As we cannot however , after the experience we have had, expect candour, open ness, and honesty from Mr. M,, let us try whether we cannot discover the Socinian interpretation of the torsi " oneness." Our Lord, when on earth, declared his oneness with the Father—he said (John x. 30) " I an d the Father arc one." Is it not a well known Socinian interpretation of this passage that it only means similarity/ of disposition and character and not sameness or identity of essence? Is it not then both possible and probable that Mr. M. by the term " oneness " means only similaritg and not at all that Christ is cf the " sane, essence" as the Father ? May we not then with great probability say that Mr. M. is " not" in opinion a clergyman of the Church of England. And it is deserving of much notice that he has never denied this charge he only says :—" of course, sir, I have made no such confession." It seems his conscience does restrain him 0° far, though it appears to allow him to make an indirect disavowal. In making this indirect disavowal however, he wishes not, even in :ireetly, to condemn the Socinians he says, he knows " them to be a vary excellent much maligned body ;" and, though they do deny Christ, yet he volunteers to call thorn " Christians ;" an d yet our Lor' e ' in giving his commission to the Apostles, says, (1114rk 16) "He that believeth not, shall be damned ;" the voi d damned bein g p u t i n contrast and opposition to bei ng T " saved," ie. not saved—at the very least. I hold it it ° ll true charity to conceal what we conceive to be the 0° from cur b r ath ern i n the fl es h , and therefore, I, for on e' shall ne ver h es i ta t e to d eclare what I believe to be a doctrine of Scripture, les , I may give offenet It is a total mistake to suppose that we may reject a n y_ plainly revealed doctrine of Scripture —The incomprebf o . sibilisy of the divine essence w ill not jtu tilt , us in deny in g the supreme di v i n it y o f Ch r i st, on the contrary, i t is io sufficient reason t o j us tif y our reception a those text° wh;ch the fret of Christ's equa li t y w i t h t h e Father is implied or plainly d ec l are d. Wh at we know no'snow we shall know hereafter, and in the meantime our reasonabl y duty is to believe the word of God, and to adore. It i s equally unphilosophical and impious to contradict or " reject" the Holy Scriptures on questions which slw rie beyond our experience and our conceptions. Let not any then utter blasphemous scoffs and sneers at the intster,lest of the Eternal Godhead—the Trinity in Unity. Let God be true, and every man a liar.—Yours, &c.. J. K GLAZEBIWOR. On • Wednesday, before Mr. Commissioner Jemmett, Mr. F. Robinson applied for a certificate on behalf of John Holden, cotton spinner, of Belnemit, near Bolton, a bankrupt. The application was opposed by Mr. Cooper, who charged the bankrupt with fraud, and stated that he commenced business with only £3OO capital, that he at once incurred a debt of .E1 : 200 for naachinery, and that soon afterwards he borrowed £3,000 from Mr. Dixon, the trade assignee who opposed, upon the representation that he was the owner of the machinery in his mill, whereas he only held it on a lease.—Mr. Robinson, on the part of the bankrupt, contended that the terms on which the bank rupt held the machinery were that he should pay for it in seven years ; that Mr. Dixon was well aware of this arrangement whoa he lent the money ; and that had the bankrupt been allowed to go on with his business, Mr. Dixon's debt, and the debts of the other creditors would have been paid.--His Ifonour said he would read over the examinations, and give judgment on Monday. Lower Darwen, Dec. 9, 1857, LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. THE BILLETTING SYSTEM.—Of all the very bad systems, forced on the licensed victuallers, the above is the worst, the most annoying, and except sanctioned by the statute law, is decidedly repuonant to the common law of this realm. It has been most bitterly complained of, and even bad and oppressive as it is, its abuse is intolerable. If a publican refuses to comply with the Liege' and insult ing demands of a drunken recruit, ha is almost sure to be mulct, right or wrong, and the publican knowing this, suffers almost hardship and insuit, rather than encounter a prosecution. In hen ireds of instances, too, the publican suffers loss rather than cnns into controversial contact, before a magistrate, with bl, clrguird recruits; for it is acknowledged that all recruits are at first blackguards, although subsequent good training and proper discipline make respectable men of them; in fact, convert them into British soldiers, whose valour and respectability the world is bound to admire. This, however, is a subject more fitted for a leading article than the heading of a police-court case, but still all must admit its truth, and the sooner the sys tem of quartering "raw recruits " on public-house keepers is abandoned, the more respected will the government became in the eyes of the public, and the recruit will also become more respectable, because ho will be under proper autho rity, and not allowed to indulge in wild and improper conduct, under the influence of drink, which is invariably the cese with every man who enlists for the first time. A recruit named John Grant, of the 7th Fasileers, was brought up charged with having stolen owe pair of bed-sheets, and a variety of other articles from the public-house of Mr. Bruce, of 17, Uppsr Pitt-street. The prisoner was sent on a billet to the house of Mr. Bruce, and when he went there, in an annoying manner, very usual with such blackguards, demanded a great deal of privileges. He was shown to a bed, and about 10 o'clock he was seen going down stairs, and something being suspected, he was stopped, and on being searched, the property was found concealed on his person. The prosecutor did not, however, (very kindly) wish to press the charge, and the prisoner was remanded until the recruiting serpent could send him sway. The 7th Fusileers will, no doubt, have a considerable acquisi tion to their brave and famous name is the person of this scoundrel). The next case put up was :that of a recruit, named Thomas Riley, who belonged to the artillery. He was chagei wish having altered a billet on Mr. Clarke, publi can, of 30, Kirkdale-road, from one to four nights. The conduct of this fellow was as follows :—After enlisting, he committed some depredation, for which, he was sent to jaol for a fortnight. lit the time of his committal, be had a billet on Mr. Clarke, for one night, and when he came out, he altered the document to four pights, and demanded sixpence a night to pay for his bed. Mr. Clarke seeing the cheat, gave the fellow into custody. In this case too, it was agreed to let him off, and to be sent to his regiment. (The regiment has a bareain ?) CHARGE UNDER THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT.—Mr. Tyndall appeared on behalf of the Marine Board, at the suit of a sailor named Richard Hodgoett, who proceeded against Patrick Roche, the keeper of a boarding house in Pitt-street, on two informations, one charg;ng him with having solicited the complainant to board at his house, whereby he forfeited a penalty of £10; the second for having detained DI in money, which he lodged with him. Mr. muck was for the defendant. The complainant was examined at some length, and the amount of his evidence was, that he arrived be - e sick, and that the defendant came on board the ship, and solicited him to go and board at his house, and that he succeeded in getting him to do so ; that he lodged the money, and after soma days he was obliged to go to the Hospital, and when he came out, a dis pute arose about the account between the parties, and hence the present proceedings. In regard to the charge of solicit ing to lodge, Mr. Bluck produced two witnesses who swore that the defendant did not solicit the complainant, and that he (defendant) was not on board the ship, but was hailed by him from a coach, and then went to his house. The affair about detaining the money, Mr. Bluck was able to reduce into a simple detail of account, and at the conclu sion, he showed that there was only ids due to the complainant. An order for that sum was made and the solicitor's costs, with a penalty of ls. The point about the soliciting was allowed to stand over for a week, as his Worship said Mr. Bluck had made so strong a ewe on 1 that point, that he would require some corroborative ( evidence on the part of the complainant, before he would convict Mr. Bluce's client. BEFORE MR. DIXON AND MR. AMIN. Pueercsn's CASES.—Robert Britton, publican, Hanover street, was summoned for d o i ng b us i ness at a quart to one o'clock on Monday morning. Inspector O'Brien proved that at the time in question he caught two men and two improper females drinking rum in the house. Mr Goodere, for the defence, sought to show that the parties were in the house for a legitimate purpose, and denied that the females were improper persons. He called one of the women who said she was not an improper person. This woman swore directly the opposite of the officer. A fine of 103. and costs were imposed on the defendant. John Rath, of Vauxhall-road, publican. was summoned for having his house open at a quarter to five o'clock on Sunday evening. It was shown that the opening of the house was owing to the clock being wrong; and, the house having a good character, the complaint was dismissed. THE " TtRRISH DIVAN," LDIE STREET. —Joseph Bending, the keeper of the "Turkish Divan," Lime street, was summoned by Inspector O'Brien for allowing prostitutes to assemble in his house. The case was brought under the 5 and 6 Vic., cap. 206, sec. 251. Mr. Simon appeared for the defendant. The Inspector said, at one o'clock, on Sunday morning, the 22nd of November, be went to the house, where ,he found twenty women and several men, some of whom had tea and coffee before them. He told defendant that the women were prastitutea and that, if he al'owed them to remain, ha would lay an information against him. He then went away: and came back in twenty-five minutes, and found ten women and several men there still. They were talking very loadly—such as he would expect from such persons, but there was nothing particularly disorderly ix their conduct. The evidence of the inspector was corrobo rated by officer George (297). Mr. Simon cross examined the Inspector, and then made a long speech to the Bench, in which he characterised the proceedings as a persecution against a foreigner, oho did not know the laws of this country, and who had :aid out £9OO on this place, and, if persecuted by the police after this fashion, would be obliged to go into the Bankruptcy Court. He said the present proceedings were got up by a certain class cef gentlemen, who were, no daubs, very anxious in their zeal to put down immorality; but, by such proceedings as the present they would spread immorality all over the town, instead of confining it tc one place. He denied there was any Immorality in mei and women meeting in the Divan to take tea and coffee, and contended that, as there was at present a case of appeal pending in the Queen's Bench, the case ought to be dismissed until the opinion of that tribunal could be had. The Magistrates, on that ground, dismissed the case for the present. A man named Smith, the owner of a " hop " in Newing ton, which he calls by the military name of the " Welling ton Rooms, reprobating the name "hop," stating that " dancing, singing, and other genteel exercises,' were taught there, was summoned under similar circumstances to the last, and a like order was made in the case. EMBEZZLEMENT OF CNE AND SIXPENCE 1 —William Brown, an apprentice to Pat Lambert, a barber in Vaux hall-road, was sent for trial for embezzling the sum of one and sixpence from his " master." A STRANGE AND 'FATAL ACCIDENT AT HUDDERSFIELD. On Thwsday, a mar named Ab aham Walker, of Flunky, was dtivinz three sheep from Mould Green to nonleY, along Kingsmill.lace, when just at a part of the load which runs by the river Colne, and is unfenced, one of the sheep ran towards the river. Walker followed, and se:zed it, but was pulled into the river, and before he could be got out life was erinet. PARIS, Friday Morning.—The Jifoniteur publishes the monthly balance sheet made up to last evening. In the four weeks, since the last return, the increase of bullion and .specie has been £1,859,060 sterling, and the total stock held by the bank now amounts to £9,440,863 There is a decrease of rather more than £2,000,000 in the note circulation, and of nearly £1,000,000 sterling in the amount of bills discounted. A SURGEON'S CHILD POISONED AT MONKIVEAHMOUTIL— On Monday evening, an inquest was held at Monkwear month, cn the le)cly of a chill, aged one year and eight months, the sin of Mr. James Smith, surgeon. The sur gery door had been left open, and the child, unknown to the femily (Mr. Smith being out professionall ), had entered the room, and succeeded in climbing up to a small closet, where there were a number of bottles contain ing various drugs. His eye was, doubtless, attracted by a coloured bottle, which contained prussic acid, and from which be had evidently drank a few drops, and had then put in the stopper again. Shortly afterwards Mr. Smith came in, and on going into his surgery found his child lying on the floor, with the bottle close beside him Brandy, and other remedies, were immediately adminis tered by Mr. Smith and by Mr. Davis, surgeon, who was else sent for to his assistance, but without avail, as the child died soon after Mr. Davis's arrival. The jury re turned a verdict of " Accidental death," and added a caution to persons having poisons in their houses, to keep them under look and key. BOY'S CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE AT LEWIS awl CQUELNY'S, Ranolap-street.' A Goon IDEA.—A correspondent, writing to us from the upper part of the Bo]gie, says a parish minister in that neighbourhood is reported to have commenced a practice of reading to his people from the pulpit tha latest In lian accounts in the newspapers.—Baizff Journal. A MARRIAGE DOWRY STOLEN.-011 Saturday night last, the house of John Lowe, a bricklayer, of Barnfields, Bars= hem, was burglariously entered and 72 sovereigns, a 20- dollar piece, and a five-dollar piece stolen. The prosecutor returned from America some time since, and a fortnight ago married a young woman who brought him a fortnne of 72 sovereigns, all of which were carried off at " one fell swoop." Two men, named Charles Brown and Thomas Bate, were charged with the burglary at the Burslem Police C 31114 on Tuesday morning and were remanded. Exclusively for CLOTHING BOYS from Six to Twenty Years LEWIS 45 , COMPANY, ttanclagu-suv9 NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. PERSONS seeking Employment, or Servants, Assistants., Clerks, Apartments, or Lodgitie 9, can be/1 ertisinl.,„ bring their wants un'er the Notice of theThibrc. by A' V of pUblrt i he NoRTHERN TIMES, which is the most efficient medium in this district. 'I he cash price for this special class of azlvertisen2 P i ' Is reduced to THREEPENCE for TWENTY WORDS. ---,-.. BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE, atibi 4 " 4B, COMPANY'S, Itswelagh street' TELEGRAPH versus TELEGRAM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTH/MN TAIES. Sir,—There's always some dispute, you see, on what should, and what should'nt be; there's always some con tention new on how, and what, we ought to do. These queries bother great and small, yet come to nothing after all. Some three years back you'll perhaps remember (at least 'twas later than December), the grave discus sions—bless my soul !—on how to spell Sebastopol ! And how each newspaper would please itself by using b's or v's. Again, there was a separate way of spelling Cronstadt— with a K Well, all these themes are passed and gone ; but new and fresh ones have come on ; and now our literati speak of taking lessons from the Greek, and talk a deal of bosh and film on Telegraph and Telegram. Six months . ago we'd no such name, but called the verb and noun the same; but now we hold a different creed, and point the action from the deed, and argae (perhaps with little sham) the merits both of Graph and Gram. Our modern language-coiners laugh, at plain, old-fashioned, Telegraph ; and fogies of the old school slam, their moral doors on Telegram. But let them. We will not oppose the word ; we are not one of those who judge without examination, and call improvement innovation; we do no like old used-up tricks in langdage or in politics. We like to see the world advance; we like to give each move a chance ; we like our country every hour to gain in knowledge as in power ; we like Reform, we like old Pam ; we like Free Trade and Telegram. But m , re than that : we wish to Fee the same in every case; and we would cut the verbal Phi right through, and take the participial Mu ; to there= fore cut the beaten tram prescribed, we'd call each Graph a Gram : e.g., the portrait of one o' Phiz a Photographic likeness is ; but thi s , w ith ou t a bi t o f sham, we well might call a Photogram. Again : a map designed wi h art is called a Geographic chart, and rightly too; but why not ram the two in one word :—Geogram ? So may our language still succeed ; improve in word as well as deed ! The English tongue we would not cram with bosh, but—long live TELEGRAM QUIZ,