The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-12 00:00:00

11E OVERLAND MAIL. Northern Daily Times Office, T WEDNESDAY MORNING, 4 A.M. gt ' steamer Calcutta arrived at Trieste at four ° 'clock , th Th Yesterday (T u e s day) morning, having made l'°37 age from. Alexandria in 110 hours. P er 4 -merican squadron, under Commodore reached Japan on the Bth July, and left on th e 174 ,_ La. The squadron were well received the Patiiot army in China are making progress Po n gasexpeded to. fall. \h i 411factures in good demand in India. ea ill demand; raw silk' increased in price. Grp still expected from Egypt. 4econnts from Burmah are unsatisfactory nz e b 'ange, Bombay, g , 5 -9ths to 5-101; Alexandria, 991 21; Calcutta; ; Hong- NON.ETA.RY AND COMMERCIAL p a „ LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING.Qti o - Plivate advices brought by the Oriental t k i ii e t, from Sydney, reached us to-day. The in of they contain, in addition to the summary Ti tti , e ws Which appeared exclusively in THE Nox taat TIMES of yesterday, is, most impor low The price of gold at Sydney, was quoted as 04 I _ 4B £3 14s. 9cl. the ounce, while the Exchange nd on was ruled at 1 premium. The differ lAo the actual selling prices of gold in fer e r• n and Sydney, is 3s:an ounce, while the dif cree between the London Mint price and that of tVeY, is 3s. lid. This is a serious matter for lo ok Creditor interest of England, and should be e d to in time. -Should the value of gold, find, t tio ' Other products a uniform level, and become d• epreciated in value, the Creditor interest tr a " sustain a heavy loss in all . pending con ots } o l While writingriting the above, we have received a e a ' g r aphic despatch, announcing the arrival of the oft ,elltta, from Melbourne. She was telegraphed ot ' l 3 7 Thouth, last night. She brings 10,000 ounces fa r g, °l d. Her commercial advices are dated as I , a Ilel ' J ack as May, and can therefore be of little (.1 b e London Stock Market was flat during the notwithstanding the prosperous state of the kbi/ e alle, and the fact, that money was consider - Iv a ' easier. Short dated paper of the first class one readily discounted at 4/ per cent. Consols fitried for money at 921- to 92i. They subsequently tti tr t° 9 18, and - finally closed at 94 to 921, for ate transfer. Redneed, 91i ex. div. New 3f Bah firni; - at.921- ex. diV., to 93f ex. dividend. lok Sea Annuities 991. South Sea Stock 111. t o al pi Stock 218 219 ex. div. India Bonds from par T ,us. prem. Exchequer Bills 4s. to Qs. prem. )3 4 kie Foreign,Stock Market continues inactive. et , 10 5 Ayres,; 571. Mexican, 24 241 ; Peruvian, i s- E . ; Spanish Deferred, 211 214; Venezuela, 31. by , 11.1 ,°ng the usual articles of intelligence brought 1 4 ? 1 thinarine telegraph, this afternoon, is the fol which is likely to influence . the foreign rket materially :—" Vienna, Oct. 6—The Ern rc'r of Austria has returned from Warsaw. It b a sserted that the new five per cent. loan has e , e _ t 0 effected with the Rothschilds at 89. It amounts stgrling,. There is a clause declaring the contract invalid in case of war." i h a- general decline of X 1 a share has taken place the share market to-day. Yorkshire, London k i d North Western, and Midland, which are reted pe r -cent.:--Aberdeen, 10i; Ambergate, e ,"it ; Caledonian, 25 251; Great Northern, 181 181; Te ndon Western; 80f 80*;. Leeds Northern, 121 13; . ; - ' e ndon and Blackwall, 71 7i; London and Brigh ton 47 471; London -and North Western, 1031 i u u 4; London' and 'South Western, 371, 381; Mid -4411d, 59/ 591; North British, 64 64; Oxford, Wor eeSter, and Wolverhampton, 181 191; South Eastern, 174 174; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, L 53 154; York and North Midland, 221 23f ; Northern of Fiance, 33 4 332 . ; Paris and Lyons, 151 lot , Paris and Strasburg, 36 34. Australian Agricultural Company, 33 35; British Allierican Land, 55 60; N. B. Australian Land, * ttlt Drem ; South Australian Land, 3 3 35 ; Van 11' Land, 15 16 ; Bank of Australasia, 70 72 k 4 3 '• and b.'; Chartered of India, Australia, &c. , Par. ; English, Scottish, and Australian, 21 Ate tll B . ; London Chartered of Australia, dis. 6 14 ; Royal Australian Banking Company, I 414 8tl „Par. Bak of South Australia, 36 38; Union of . 6 n 4 66 ;ditto. New, 61 71; Peel River, f Th e ScotCh Australian, If, La- prem. cl 'e period , allowed for the conversion of stock itk„" - I to day, and the following is the whole 'ant of stock, converted : 8 i per Cents. . 2 1 - Ditto Exchequer Bonds 173,674 1,585,762 4,200 1,763,636 • e new. Stamp Duties came into operation to- D a l,' and henceforward every receipt for money p e above 21. requires to be acknowledged by a receipt stamp. Great caution should be tl iA e ' in cancelling the adhesive stamp, by writing .ro e or initials across it, as the penalty for t o Obliteration is 101., and double that amou nt t 'usin g the same stamp twice. The Liverpool Cotton Market was not so ~- ei yant to-day as it was yesterday , and pric es de il) l ied slightly. The sales were 6000 bales, 500 of trig ia were taken for export, and 50 0 on specula -1„ The Sugar Market was firm, with a fair de gam. The Corn Market was very thinly attended to- O, and the flour sold ls. a barrel lower than on t h 'day. The value of wheat also declined 2d. a to 'sliel. Malt, and malting barley were from is. 28 . higher than our last quotations. , e u he Share Market continues flat, Towards the 8 e of business it became more active, but a fur ther decline in prices was submitted to. Ye MARKET AND FOREIGN EXCHANGES. " l e give the current price of Gold , as follows , t o assist F oreign the merchant in calculating the rates of L ci reign Exchange, by the actual current rates o f as last reported e tondon, 775. 9d.; Paris, ---; Hamburgli,—; Am 16tclani, —; Vienna, —; St. Petersburg, —; Ber- Milan, —; Constantinople, —; Alexandria, fi.,,Z• Bombay, —; Calcutta, ; Hong Kong,— ; ,'4, 745. 9d. to —s. ; Port Phillip, 775.; Adelaide, IC - ; ___Victoria, 775. 6d. ; Ovens, 765. 6d. ; Montreal, —; ,_"'r York, ---; Boston, £3 17s. 9d.; San Francisco, ; Mexico, Brazila, We subjoin a return of tile Foreign Exchanges, e l ll , ated according to the London Mint price o f 4 3 17s 101 d. the ounce ; t o iltasterdam_ , short, 11 17 to 11 17 1 ; do, 3 months, 11 19 a 1 1 191; Rotterdam, 3 m. 11 19 to 11 19a ; Antwerp, IP. 25 40 t o 25.45 ; Brussels, 3 m. 25 4 0 to 25 45 ; Vollbu rg , 3 m . 13 74 to 13 71; Paris, short, 25 7# to to : 1 2# ; do 3 m. 25 40 to 26 45 ; Marseilles, 3 m. 25 42 ; to 2 5 60 ; Frankfort 3m. 120# to 1201 ; Vienna, 3 m. 10 50 t o ; Trieste, 3m.1120 to 11 25; Petersburgh, 374 4 1 ; Madrid, 3 m. 491 - to 50; Cadiz, 3 m. 50h to 501, ; orn, 3 m. 30 10 to 30 20 ; Genoa, 3m. 25 55 to 25 69; le'es, 3 m. 411 'to 42; Palermo, 3 m. 124 i to 1241 ; 3 th -ss ina, 3 m. 1241 to 125 ; Lisbon, 3 m. 52 to 53a ; Oporto, • 5 34 to 531 ; R. Janeiro, 60 days, to —; New Yor k, ditto, 109 i to 109 e ; Boston, ditto, to ; 0, I ' e il Gold in bars, £3 17s. 9d. ; Mexican Dollars, Silver in bars stand, Os. Od.; East India Cora hi's Bills. House Bills 60 days •, Calcutta Co's Rupee, , Bombay ditto, 25; Madras ditto, 24i. Sydney, 1i pm. • STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, T UESDAY. • • li tv o ur market has been very quiet to - day , w ith e. s `e business doing either in yarns or cloth. A t % 'siderable number of offers were made, but at 3' (3 'w prices for produces to accept. The aggre -4,i business therefore is small, and scarcely suf hellt to test prices. The general foreign buyers, of llisually operate at this time, are entirely o ut 1~1 1 market, and export yarns are therefore more y h tifith The home-trade buyers are still pur kß their cautious policy of buying from hand to (1 41, t h. The market, as a whole, has been one of and easier • prices BANKRUPTS (From last Night's Gazette.) • 0 10 1 ,.; Stuart Burns, Liverpool, hosier and draper , Oc t. 20, oft at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool Po o l sBignee, Mr. Bird, Liverpool; sol. Mr. D od g e, Liver . Salmon, Manchester, leather seller, Oct. 25, s Off at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Manche ster . At as signee, Mr. Pott, Manchester ; sol. Mr. Makinson , 4 elleste r. 411 eti 116 ' r Coopex,'Reading, and of Brighton, builder an d orieee RUSSIA AND TURKEY FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDEN7 LONDON, TUESDAY NIGHT At length we begin to have a clearer idea of the relative position of the two western powers towards Turkey and Russia, and of the eventualities which are before each. As I infomed you by telegraph on Friday, the British Cabinet, acting in harmony with that of France, is determined not to sacrifice the integrity of Turkey. If this integrity is menaced, a war is inevitable, in which England and France must engage as principals with Russia and her allies, if she have any. A slight retrospect will enable us to see' how all parties stand towards each other. At Olmutz, an arrangement was made between the AuStrian minister and M. Nesselrode, that every effort should be made to induce the Porte to accept the original Vienna note, which the Czar regarded as a sine qua non, upon an unwritten assurance, that the propositions in the Vienna note were to be interpreted in a sense consistent with the honour and security of the Sultan's. empire. The western powers refused to accept this mode of settling the difficulty, on. the plain ground that it afforded no security for the independence of Turkey, nor any against the aggressions of Russia —in fact, that it was only another attempt to blind the . eyes of the diplomacy of England and France. It is owing to this state of things, that the Em peror of Russia has been, and is drawing, the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria round him, with the view of framing an offensive and defensive alliance with those powers against Eng land and France. In the meantime, England and France, united still closer by the attitude of the northern courts, have themselves framed a new note—framed it after their united and unanimous determination, that Turkey shall not be sacrificed—containing all that Turkey requires ; but with the important sine qna non of the immediate evacuation of the Principalities. This is the final instrument which Russia is called upon to adopt ; it is the last opening for negotiation. If Russia accepts it, peace will be preserved, and Turkey will have a superior guarantee against Russian aggression than she has ever had. If Russia refuses, the sword must decide ; but, unless RuSsia declares war agrinst both England and France—not an improbable contingency now — England and France will take no further active measures than to protect the shores and capital of le Ottoman empire. In other words, Turl ey will be left to make her own efforts to expel the in •vaders from the Principalities ; but if she be worsted, and the enemy advance, then he must try conclusions with the forces of England and France. The issue of the contest, therefore, cannot be doubtful ; nor can the contest itself be protracted, unless the humiliation which the Anglo-French note implies on the part of the Czar, should induce the autocrat to precipitate a European war. In that case there will be a combined system of oper ations in Italy, Hungary, Circassia, and possibly in Persia, and on the northern frontiers of our East Indian dominions. It is said that the Emperor of Russia has so far committed himself to this contest, that he cannot retire without his personal safety being menaced by the fanaticism of his own people. As to Turkey, though the accounts are contradictory concerning the commencement of hostilities, some say they were to begin immediately after the declaration; some, at the expiration of four weeks ; and a Rus sian organ at Brussels, the Belgian Independence, says the period is forty days—or six weeks. At present until the despatches arrive from Constantinople which will be due in a few hours from this period lid which will be brought down to the 2nd inst., bis impossible to say which of these accounts is rue. The most probable is that four weeks would elapse; but the Paris accounts say that no period was fixed. We must therefore wait. If, however, any news of a decisive character arrives in the course of the evening, upon this point I shall inform you of it by electric telegraph. Such is the resume of the actual position of affairs. But I ought to add that the 10,000 men which we have agreed to send to Claudia, ready to act in conjunction with the 30,000 French troops, for the defence of Constantinople, will the greater part, be drawn from Ireland array - in Ireland is more than sufficient for the wants of that country. Probably 6000 men will be moved thence in the course of the next three weeks. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Chron icle, has the following paragraph. "It is reported in diplomatic circles here that a violent scene has taken place in London between Lord Clarendon and Baron Brunnow, the Russian minister. Lord Clarendon is said have directly chaiged the Russian diplomatist with bad faith, and with having deceived the English cabinet as to the intentions of Russia with respect to the principalities, and declared that it was on the faith of the word of Baron Brunnow that the English and French fleets did not pass the Dardanelles when the occupied the Danubian pro vinces, but that the two cabinets are now. on their guard, and knew the value of Russian promises. M. de Brunnow was not prepared for such an attack, and felt greatly at a loss how to answer. The scene is said to have affected the Baron de Brunnow so seriously that he has been ill ever since—in deed, political illness frequently attacks Russian diplomatists in moments of difficulty. M. de Kisseleff has had nearly a repetition of the same scene with M. Drouyn de Lhuys." The funds maintain their position, but there is a great deal of latent uneasiness. AUSTRAL - lA.—The Calcutta, Allan, arrived at Plymouth on Monday evening from Melbourne. She was 134 days on her passage, 14 of which were spent at Rio repairing damages. She has 300 bales of wool, and 10,000 ounces of gold dust on freight, though it is said the total amount of gold dust on board is 18,000 ounces. She has brought 45 passengers, and five died, on the passage. The Calcutta spoke the Clara Ann, American barque, on the 20th of August, which had on board five seamen, only survivors of the crew of the Liverpool,. of Liverpool, from Liverpool, which foundered on her passage to Jamaica, in lat. 36, long. 13 W. The Calcutta's advices are anticipated. THE WAGES MOVEMENT IN PRESTON.—On Mon day, a document entitled a " Prospectus of co-operative self-employment," drawn up by a committee appointed for the purpose a fortnight ago, was submitted to a large meet ing of delegates, held in the Temperance Hall. The document says :—During the last few years all branches of the cotton trade have been in a state of unparalleled prosperity ; the employers of labour have reaped princely fortunes, while the labourer has not enjoyed his fair share of prosperity. This fact is patent to the world; it cannot be denied that the small advantages which the toilers have obtained have been wrung from the grasp of the employers, at an expence and sacrifice ebual to the benefits obtained. We believe the operatives do not desire a constant warfare — they are anxious to live at piece with all classes ; but the painful conviction has forced itself upon their minds that under the present badly-arranged system of capital and labour, the operatives will have to wrench from unwilling hands, their share of the bsessings flowing from prosperity. This unceasing warfare the opsratives do not desire ; hence the adoption of a better and more equitable system of employment, has often engaged the attention of persons anxious to promote the happiness and welfare of the toiling millions, by establishing a system of co-operative self employment. Look at the enormous expense which has been incurred sn the support of the strikes which have taken place at Stockport and other places, and ask yourselves if such a system of waste shall continue, when the elements of a better order of things exist in your own ranks. Since 1847, the factory workers have lost more than two millions of wealth by the reductions which have taken place; and when we remember the amount expended in at tempts to prevent those reductions, theloss is fearfullyincreased. To show the advantages which may be derived from co-ope rative self-employment, even on a small scale, we will take the case of a Co-operative Weaving Company established by working men a few years since. This company has 300 power-looms, which, after clearing all expenses realised a clear profit of £lOO &ruing the last-half-year. This sum amounts to 4s. per week from a pair of looms, and when the wages and . profits are added together, the co-operative weaver receives 14s. or:l6s. from his two looms ; while, under the present system of working for others, 10s. would be the amount of his earnings. The co-operative company beforementioned cleared 2s. per loom weekly, which, for 1,000 looms, would be £lOO a week ; and if we suppose that spinning their own weft and twist would have been equally profitable, we have a concern making £200 2 or £10,400 a year. £lO,OOO a year employed in the erection of manufac tories, would every four years build and stock a mill capable of preparing material for 1,000 looms; consequently, at the end of that time, we should have machinery in motion which would clear £20,800 a year, which sum would be doubled every four years, and would, in a few years, erect mills and workshops in every town and village, which would give the co-operative labourer a position in the markets of the world that would ultimateiy raise him from the degradation and wages serfdom which have too long been his lot. After long consideration, we have concluded to establish co-operative mills, as the only permanent plan of elevating the labourer in the social scale ; the necessary funds to be raised in £lO shares, by weekly contributions of 6d." The prospectus was approved by the meeting, which consisted of. about 80 delegates from all parts of the manufacturing districts. The week's receipts.for the turn-outs was reported to be £1,300 THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. IRELAND OM OUR OWN' CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, TUESDAY. TE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. on the bodies of the persons killed by the e accident on the Great Southern and Western THE LA 'The inq late lameni Railway ..as resumed yesterday in the Crown Court, Naas, at eleven o'clock, before Dr. Hayes, Coroner for the northern division of the county. There was a large attend ance of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood, who seemed to take great interest in the proceedings.- Sir Edward M'Donnel, Chairman of the Railway Company, Mr. George Roe, Mr. Wyndham Goold, M. P. ; Mr. William Haughton, Mr. Hutton, Mr. John Pennefather, and Mr. Hardy, Directors, were present, having come down with the professional gentlemen, witnesses, and others concerned, by the ten o'clock train from Dublin. Mr. Miller, the en gineer in chief, and Mr. J. Ilberry, traffic superintendent, were also in attendance. The High Sheriff, Sir' Thomas Dancer, Sir E. Kennedy, Captain Robinson, the Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.L., brother of Mrs. M'Swiney and Miss Farrell,-were present. -The prisoners James Gass, engine driver ; John O'Hara, the stoker; and James Prey, the guard of the luggage train, were .brought into Court, escorted by a body of police, from Naas jail. They were seated in front of the dock. • Counsellor the railway company, Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, QC., and Mr. Coffey. Solicitor, Mr. Croker Barrington. Counsel for the prisoners, Mr. J. A. Curran. Solicitor, • Counsel for the widow and children of the late .Mr. 0, M!Nally, Mr. B. Stephens, Q.C. Solicitor, Mr. LaurencE Mooney. • -Mr. Mc ,gher appeared as counsel for the children of Mr M'Swiney, with Mr. Mooney as agent, Mr - - ;her also appeat:ed a*counsel Thomas Turpin s anent, for nelt of kin of Mr. Jelly. Alma, of Alma and Hackett's, solicitors, appeared ext of kin of Mrs. Smith, of Mallow. aving answered to t CORONT read a certificate from . the .Rev. Mr. stating that Mr. Thomas Cooney, mror who was supposed to be under age, was born on September, 1832, and baptised on the 16th of the me month. This removed the difficulty he felt on Satur ty,, and he would therefore proceed with the inquest. The CORONER, at the request of Mr: Curran, read the mositions takeh on the first day of the inquest at the Rourke; P.P., Colbridg —a-. Barker identified the body of Mr. Jesse Hall, son of Mr. Robert Hall, of Littlerath. Mr. K. M. Knapp, one of the witnesses who had been lined on the first day, was produced for cross-exami- In reply 'to Arr. CURRAN, he said : —When the yin first stopped at Clownings, there was quite _ont light to see the faces and hands of the people at .d gate of the farmer's house opposite, and I could dis tinguish a hill two or three miles off; I think we remained about twenty-fiv - ' minutes there befoie the goods train came ; beforeAlle collision it had commenced raining smartly, and at the t ime I should think that an object, such as a train in the - way, would have been visible at a hundred yards ; when I first noticed the luggage train, I could not distinguish whether it was on our line of rail or not, it was at such a distance ; I think I saw it for a space of five minutes before it came up ; it was the lights of an engine I saw first ; I observed no tail lights on our own train ; if they had been there I don't think it likely I should have observed them, as I was looking either towards the approach ing train or towar6 my own people in the carriage; I think the man who went down the line was about a quarter of a mile from us when the train passed him ; I believe the lantern he waved had a white light ; I did not observe him take it up before he left our train ; as the goods train passed him he turned towards us, and I then saw that the light was white. - In answer to Mr. FITZGERALD, Q.C., the witness said that four gentlemen, in the same compartment,' got out along with him after the train had stopped about 15 minutes. One of them was Mr. Jelly, who told the ladies there was no dan ger, and to sit where they were. Witness distinctly saw the guard of the passenger train wave his lamp to and fro as the goods train passed him. When the train first stopped I made no inquiry as the cause of the stoppage, but I heard somebody ask what's the matter ?" and' some official—l think the guard—answered that there was some trifling de ---hpnt of the engine ; he said nothing more than that in none of the officers of the company said in my hearing that there was a train coming on behind, nor do I nly hearing believe did any other passenger hear it from them. After answering a few questions to Mr. MEAGHER this witness was allowed to retire. He was very much distressed whilst giving his evidence, and appeared several times to be completely exhausted and broken hearted. He said, on going away,_ that he had been up all night with his child, 7vhoiri he id not expect would Mr. Geoghan examined—On the evening of the accident I was travelling from Dublin by the half-past 5 train; we had two engines, and arrived punctually at Straffan ; while our train was stationary there I heard the noise of an engine pidly by; Ire ,;l-it something e occurred; I think it was then about 20 to 25 a loose chain attached to it passing ed to a person in the carriage I thou. me that it was not a train, but I thought there was more than an engine ; • the train in which I was went on, and after stopping once or twice arrived at the scene of the accident ; the driver crept up very cautiously, and I suppose saw what happened ; on the way I put my head out of the window and saw two red lights, one elevated higher than the other ; at Straffan, during the stop, we heard nothing of the accident ; on arriving at. Clownings I saw a number of broken carriages and several persons lying, dead in them, and on the road ; I saw t*o ladies quite dead in a carriage, with a large broken piece of it pressed against their chests ; I passed to other carriages and found a lady who was held by the arm in the ruins, and a saw was procured with which she was extricated ; as I went on I saw a number Iter 6; it strue of persons dead had dreadfully mangled; and on my return some who had previously had life in them, were dead; a great number of persons, including passengers and persons in the company's employment, were rendering all the assistance they could; I was at the Straffan station-house until 11 o'clock attending upon the sufferers; Dr. Muritz and Dr. Kelly came up about an hour after the accident occurred, and Dr. Clarke arrived afterwards; at about 11 o'clock, I think, we began to p i t the wounded persons into a special train which had arrived from Dublin. Mr. William Kennedy examined—l got into the train to which the accident occurred at Newbridge, and until it stop ped at Clownings I had no idea that anything was wrong with the engine ; a gentleman asked a man, who I think was an official of the company, about the stoppage, and he said that the train would go on directly, but that if it did •not, a cattle train would be up which would - push us on to Dublin. The door of the carriage next to where that man was standing on the line outside was locked. In about a quarter of an hour afterwards (I think) I heard a train ap proaching, and knew by the sound that it was coming rapidly ; I had not got out of the carriage in which I tra velled, which was the Killarney one ; I remarked that I thought the approaching train was coming from Dublin, but a gentleman in the carriage with me, who I heard was Sir John Walsh, looked out and immediately afterwards at tempted to get out of the window of the locked door; a friend of mine attempted to hold him, but he succeeded in jumping through the window ; he had previously said nothing ; directly afterwards I heard the crash, and our carriage was impelled down the line ; not one of those in our compartment were knocked from their seats ; after we had been impelled about 150 yards, I looked out of the win dow, and saw that the carriage next to us was broken to pieces, and there was a cloak flapping about one of the wheels ; at the same time I saw broken carriages in the ditch ; some of the passengers in the carriage in which I was were going to jump out, but I shouted to them not to do so, that we were going on by our own impulse, and would stop directly ; the part of the train I was in was sent down a hundred yards below the Straffan station ; when it stopped I told the people to get out ; I. went to the station and directed the station master to get the place ready ; he ap peared agitated when I told him of the accident ; I got a table and brought it down to the carriage in which I had travelled ; attached to it were the remains of a second-class carriage, the whole of the upper part of which had been carried clean away, and the flooring only remained ; there were six wounded persons in it; I carried five of these into the station ; the first was a gentleman, both whose thighs were broken—l believe he was Mr. Bateman, of Cork; afterwards I carried up Mr. Egan, Mr. Neville, an old man and a woman, whose back was hurt ; when I could do no more for the people at the station-house, I ran up to where the collision occurred; I found there several wounded people lying on the bank, and I had a stretcher made of part of the carriages, and brought them into the farm-house ' • the first I carried in was a woman whose foot was torn away, after she had been attended to, I went away accompanied by a ctuntryman to my brother's house for wine, and brought some to the station-house, and also to the farm-house ; a carman named Connor, of Colbridge, refused to give the assistance of his car, and I had to pay him half-a-crown for taking it from the station-house to the farm-house ; I had sent for it to remove a sister of Lord Guillamore from the farm-house to my brother's residence ; when the car arrived the lady had been removed, but Connor grumbled so that I had to give him half-a-crown ; all the other country people rendered every assistance in thelr power on the occasion ; there was no stipulation for money, but after all was over some did ask for it. To Mr. MEAGHER. 'The passenger train was 11 minutes late at Sallins ; it must have been at least 11 minutes late at Newbridge ,• I heard no whistle from either engine. James M. Cusack, junior, 23, Kildare-street, was next examined—l was a passenger in the express train of Wed nesday last ; I got in at Maryborough ; I was in the centre division of the second-class carriage ; there was a first - class carriage, and a guard van in front of it, and two first-class carriages behind it ; when I got into the train it was late, but I cannot say how long ; it might be about fifteen minutes of so ; at Portarlington station I got out on the engine, and travelled on to Newbridge, where I got in again ; at Sallins we. stopped, and took in Mr. Jesse Hall; at some distance from Straffan, where I knew we were not to stop, I found that they were slackening speed, and in a short time the train stopped ; after remaining for a few minutes in the carriage ; I got out to see what was the matter, and went to the engineer ; The engineer said " Will you let go the break, Doctor ?" I did so, but the train would not start; I then said 4 i You had better send a light to the rear of the ear- riage," and I saw the guard light his lamp at the engine ; he walked on. about 150 yards, and I lost sight of him; Mr. Wills and I walked to the station-house at Straffan, to get the danger signal put up ; I called out to the station-master to put it on, and he did so ; I stayed to see that it was the red light which was signalled; we then got on the platform, and stopped there three or four minutes : the Dublin train had not arrived at this time; when it did come up I saw that there were two engines to it ; I went to the driver of the pilotengine and told him that he must ac company me and run to Sallins, as the express train had broken down ; he said that they had a very heavy train, and that he couldnot ; he, however, came with us, the Dublin train coming slowly after us ; we had not proceeded more than forty yards down the line, when the engineer said, "There is your train gone by ;" I said, " That is not possible, for there are all the lights . down the road ; I did not recollect at the time that we had no lights at all ; I saw the engine driver under the train, and I thought he was killed ; as we went on, O'Connor, who made the signal with the flag, came towards us, and said, "For God's sake stop—they are all killed ;" I ran to where the break was, and found the people on the bank and lying about; Gass came up to me, and asked me what he could do ; I said " Try to back her out;" he jumped on the engine, but it could not be moved; after ten or twelve minutes I turned back and went to the Dublin train, and asked them to come back with me to. Hazelhatch ; they said they would not, for M'Donnell was on the road with the goods ; I left them there, and went on to where the disabled engine was, and saw the engineer on it ; I said, " Can we do nothing ?" and he replied, "My fireman is not with me ;" I told him I would do what I could, and I came to Dublin, and sent down medical assistants by direction of Mr. Miller ; I saw Berry go back with the usual guard-light ; the white light was to wards me as he walked from me, and I suppose the red light was directed the other way ; when the collision took place, I think I must have been on the pilot engine at Straffan ; the walk from the carriages to Straffan station occupied about ten minutes ; as the train stopped, I advised the guard to go down the line with the signal light ; I saw a man- go first with a signal flag; we turned on the red light at Straffan ; I think that we were about four or five minutes there before the Dublin train came up ; the station-master did not know anything about the collision then. Mr. FITZGERALD after the close of Mr. Casack's exami nation, read a list of the company's regulations concerning the duties of. the various train attendants. Rule No. 6 was to the following effect :—" In case of any . accident occurring, so as to impede the progress of a train, the under guard shall be despatched to the nearest station astern of the train, to give notice thereof ; and in his progress thither shall fix at a distance of half-a-mile from the point of obstruction, a red flag by day, or a red light by night (in addition to the fog signals,) so as to indicate danger to a coming train. Measures should also be taken to advise the clerk at the nearest station ahead of the occurrence." Mr. George Ilberry, Superintendent on tile Railway, ex °mined :--Fog signals consist of a piece of metal charged with combustibles, placed on the line, which explode when tite train passes over them ; for a heavy train there are two guards ; in a light train, like the express train, with only four carriages, there is only one guard, and it is his duty to put on the fog signals ; the guards of all trains are supplied with these signals, and I take their receipts for them ; they are carried in the guard's own box ; the present guard had them, for I inspected them ; they are placed at intervals of 200 yards distance in ; I think that a train could be pulled up in half-a-mile ,• I examined the guard's box at the place of the accident, and found these signals were in it. ANOTHER ARREST. 1842. to 1849. He had only found two entries of his of pri soners complaining of want of food, though he frequently visited the gaol, and listened to all complaints that were In the tvo soners to the Lord Londesborough was examine( that he had never heard of food being kept back to the in- urgeon same of jury of the prisoners. The Rev. H. J. Hoskins, a visiting just., examined. He said he was at the gaol on the , Ist August, 1851. He had no doubt that he so soners that day, and that there were no complaints, or 11 should not have made an entry to that effect in the book, a: he had done. Did not think it possible that a man who was without food until the fourth day could be in the gaol at that time without its coming to his knowledge. If that was the case, the man was a fool. Mr. WELSBY.—That is possible was nex all the nri- into prison M. Hoskins thought his own ey( of such a case. He was astonished when he heard the en tries read at the former inquiry. He had heard prisoners complain of want of food, and had talked to them, and or dered food for them at once, if they would promise to work. He should not have permitted any man to be without food four days, if he had known it. Mr. WELSBY.—You know that a man was without food would have told him four days? Mr. Hoskins.—l know it is said so. lam not prepared to believe it. Mr. Benfield, surgeon, was next called. He had frequently excused prisoners from working at the crank. . It was here stated by Mr. Reeve that 118 were excused in two years, being about one in six of those employed. By Dr. Baly.—Excused them whenever they were unable, from any cause, to work. cEdema was a frequent cause of his excusing them. He believed that disease to be produced by thinness of blood, over-work, and low diet. Dr. Barclay was examined on this point, an not believe that the man could have carried I stairs, after living so long on so little food. d said he did is bed down Dr. Noble, who was also called by Mr. Reeve, thought it possible that a man could carry his bed up and down stairs under the circumstances in question, if h state of health to begin with were in Godfrey, the warder, then and nation, of great length, by Mr. It that his books contained numerous erro amended, and that they were not to be relied or admitted all the mistakes, (which, however, did not the supply of food to the prisoners,) and said they Iv corrected as soon as made, most of them having been ti enterin with a view to show Irs, which had been ie numbers in wrong columns, - which. he bre finishing his makmg up of the hook for discovered be the day. Mr. Reeve intimated that his examination of Godfrey would occupy some hours, and the proceedings were ad until yesterday, (Tuesday.) Several late . Prisoners in the gaol have given in their names as desiring to be examined. Their evidence was to be taken yesterday POLICE COURT.—YESTERDAY. • POCKETS.—Tohn Carroll and Peter Smith were pockets on Monday PrcxrN charged by an officer with picking s Pier, whilst - a crowd of peopi( •, • were witnessin g an experiment which a man was making on the river. The officer after watching them for some time, detected them in the act of picking the pocket of a gentleman named George Anderson, who came forward. carts,bw ui t F h o a / a s s a - b r nke3rdie no doubg are flreio T emit n i gnnEwdpo what acap n DRA MA.—Thomas Carroll had been fifteen times before in custody, and Smith p T a s h t o m t a h s r e e Smith o'clock e c a k n d y e W s t i e / r /i d a a n y z one. They were each sent to gaol for three months. Lithgo, two young vagrants, were charged by officer 404, ni e o y uth w sley e rgekunadoyo here, you' ,myaaongteli:sitmnr magistrate t mA ohv half . s. wn morning, prowling about the George's dock. The magis trately they stated they were returning from the Adelphi Theatre ; they also said that they got their living las , steering timber have no doubt but that you were there for purposes of plunder, be discharged. olt r Ep PATRONS OF THE DRAMA.—Three young boys, John Morris, James Shrewsbury and David Clarke, were charged by an officer, who about half-past one yesterday morning, saw them in 'Maguire-street, trying the doors of the several houses, both front and rear. When they saw the officer they ran away. He followed and found them concealed in a petty. Clarke was well dressed, and had only just come out of prison with the two others, who were old offenders. The mother and sister of the prisoner Clarke, who were respectable-looking people, appeared, and the mother stated that on the night before, she and her daugh ter and the three prisoners had been ati the Park theatre, and the boys were returning home, when taken up by the officer. They were all discharged, with a caution. A SWEET Toom—Patrick. Sweeney, a boy, was charged with stealing a jar of sweets, from the shop of Mr. Douglas Petrie, Richmond-road. This lad having been seven times before committed, was committed for three months. CLAIM FOR DAMAGES AGAINST A PILOT BOAT.---Mr. Owen appeared for David Parrott, Captain of the Sydney and Jane schooner, to recover damages from William Brewer, of Pilot Boat No. 6, who was defended by Mr. Bremner, for alleged negligence in allowing the Ayrshire Lassie, which he had in charge, to come into collision with the former vessel. On the 29th of September, the two vessels lay at anchor, opposite the King's Dock Pier, about 260 yards from it ; it was six o'clock in the evening and flood tide, at ebb, wind W.S.W. The .Ayrshire Lassie drifted and came across Captain Parrott's ship, getting entangled in the rigging, and remaining thus for a quarter of an hour, during which time the damage had been sustained. When the vessels were nearing each other, the Captain of the Sydney and Jane called out " mind how you are going," and the pilot hailed after, but they got locked. Donald Gunning said he was on the Pier Head on that day, and saw the Ayrshire Lassie drifting, and handled in a stupid and un seamanlike manner. The defence was contained in a letter from the Harbour Master, who said he had never given a verbal order to the Captain of the Ayrshire Lassie to dock his vessel. The captain had deceived his pilot by saying RE-OPENING OF THE. LEWESTE.R GAOL that he had got an order, or he should never have weighed INQUIRY. his anchor at all. The damages were proved to be £4, and The inquiry into the management and discipline of the this amount, with costs, was ordered to be paid. Leicester County Goal was re-opened on Monday. There STREET ROBBERY.—Owen Griffiths, a noted character, was a large attendance of magistrates, amongst whom who keeps a brothel in Ford-street, was charged by a young were Earl Howe, the Earl of Londesborough, Sir Henry woman, named Margaret Inkerston, with having knocked Halford, Bart., M.P., Mr. Charles Hay Frewen, M.P., Sir her down, and taken a gold ring from her finger, on Mon- F. G. Fowkes, Bart., Mr. Hodgson, the Rev. H. J. Hos- day night. Miss Inkerston, who it was stated was respec kins, and several others. The . body of the Court was also table, resides at 2, Ford-street, and said she was returning crowded with anxious listeners. - from a party when this daring robbery was committed on Mr. WELSBY, the chief commissioner, commenced the her. Remanded for enquiry. proceedings by stating that the commissioners attended to STEALING Boors.—A woman, named Elizabeth Burris, further pursue the investi g ati o n s by command of Lord Pal- was brought up for pledging a number of pairs of boots from merston, the Home Secretary, in consequence of a requisi- a person who occasionall y em p lo y ed her, Mr. T y ler, of tion having been_presented to him on the part of the magis- Scotland-road. She was remanded for seven days. trates, who felt that they were upon their trial at the bar of A MISTAKE !—Margaret Iltagrath was charged with, on public opinion. Mr. Welsby here read a letter which had Monday, stealing four sovereigns from a man. Officer 127 been forwarded to Lord Palmerston, by the magistrates, and broughtforwarda man, andwas,stating that the witness, Robt. then said : Abstaining entirely from making any observa- Pritchard, was at such a place on such a night, when wit tions upon this letter, we are here to take such evidence as ness declared and swore he was not the mail at all, and the the magistrates may offer. case was dismissed. Mr. REEVE, deputy clerk of the peace, then proceeded to PUBLICAN'S CASE.—John Hodgson, keeper of a public address the Commissioners, stating that he appeared before house at Isl in g ton, corner of Clifton-street, was char g ed them to show that the charges of cruelty which had been with having parties drinking in his bar at two o'clock on preferred had no foundation in truth. Since the former in- last Wednesday morning. Inspector Skermer stated that as quiry he had examined the prison books, and found that he was passing Mr. Hodson's house on last Wednesday from May, 1850, to May, .1852, there were 15,277 days of morning, at five minutes to two o'clock, he heard a noise in crank labour, representing 52,379 meals. Of these meals the bar, and on being admitted, he found people there, four there were lost (according to Godfrey's book) 1,578, being of whom were drunk and two fighting. He found on the 3 per cent. Ina portion of the year 1852, of 10,736 meals counter two measorea of ale and two glasses of gin. Mr. only 169 were lost, being about one and a half per cent. ; Bremner appeared for the defendant, and stated that it so that of every 100 meals the prisoners received 081 . Mr. would be p roved that Mr. Hodgson had closed his shop and Reeve next went into the case of the prisoner ()Ton- tuned out the casual easterners at twelve o'clock. Those who nor, who was said to have been kept without food for four remained, and whom the Inspector found in the shop, were days. He read the entries in the book respecting his food friends of his, who were speading the evening with him ; and crank labour, and said that from those entries it appeared and t'ie disturbance was caused in their attempts to put out the prisoner had three meals on the Sunday, and for six a drunken man who had forced his way in. The Inspector days afterwards he only got two meals. On Sunday he observed that that could not be the case, inasmuch as the would. have three meals, and in the second period of six days door , on his knocking, was locked and bolted. The defen he got but two meals. Then came Sunday with its three dant was fined 20s. and costs. meals again, and in the third period of six days he got four ATTEMPT AT DROWNING BY A MARRIED WOMAN.— meals, makina• 18 working days upon nine meals. A PAINFUL CASE.—Mary Connelly, a woman about 35 In reply to g the COMMISSIONERS, years of age, was charged with attempting to drown her ' Mr. REEVE intimated that his object in laying this case self and her child by throwing herself into the dock, before them was, to show that it was impossible for a man between ten and eleven o'clock on Monday night. The to have worked on such a small quantity of food, and prisoner, who though poorly was cleanly dressed, sa i d that that consequently the entries were not to be rel i e d u p on. she had had no intention of self-destruction, and that she Mr. WELSBY asked if he (Mr. Reeve) meant to impugn made the attempt to throw herself into the dock for the pur the correctness of the crank-labour book ? pose of frightning her husband, and inducing him to sup- Mr. REEVE said he did not. port herself and her infant. The officer stated that the Mr. WE - esny observed that the crank-book and warder's husband was a dissipated fellow, who spent his earnings on report-book corroborated each other on these days. When women of abandoned character, and allowed his wife and the work was not done food was not given ; when the meals child to starve. The magistrate directed the woman to be were earned they' were supplied. taken to the workhouse,. and her husband to be informed The Right Honourable the Earl Howe was the first wit- that she was sent there in consequence of his misconduct. ness who was called :He said he had been a magistrate for A DRUNKEN WlFE.—Mary Snow, a good looking woman the county for many . years, and had frequently visited the about 30 years of age, who presented the appearance of re gaol. Had been in the constant hab i t of askin g the cent dissipation, was charged with being drunk and disorder prisoners, when he visited the gaol, if they had any corn- ly . on Monday night, in Myrtle Street. The husband of the plaint to make. prisoner appeared in court, and informed his Worship that his Lord Berners, one of the deputy-chairmen of the quarter wife had unfortunately for a long time been addicted to drink. sessions, said that he had visited the gaol constantly, and He had separated from her for some time, but on her solemnly had never heard of any complaints or of any rumours of promising (not long since) that her life should be no longer a such cases of starvation as had been mentioned at the recent reproach to her husband and children, he consented to take investigation. her back. Unhappily she but too speedily forgot her pro- In reply to the CommissioNEßS, his lordship admitted that raise, and was:n . o sooner admitted within her husband's home, the punishments by flogging appeared large in number, but than she again gave herself up to her abandoned habits. the punishment itself was of so light a character, that in On seeing this the husband resolved to guard the peace and some instances the prisoners laughed at it. Major Jebb morals of his children by separating from her, and he ac had approved of the cranks. cordingly gave orders that she should be no longer admitted Sir Henry Halford also said that the system had been within his doors. On Monday night, however, she came to adopted with the sanction of Major Jebb. his lodgings at 64, Myrtle Street, and there created the Sir F. G. Fowkes, Bart., said that he had been a magis disturbence with which she was now charged. The hus trate for many years. He had never heard of prisoners Band, who appeared to be a very respectable man, stated being kept without food. He had not devoted any time to that he had, to give up his employment at Mr. Laird's, the gaol since the crank system had been introduced. ship-builder, in coniequende of the annoyance which he The Rev. John Dudley said he was 91 years of age, and received from his wife, and that although he was ready aid had been a magistrate nearly 46 years. He had frequently willing to support his children, yet that he could not allow visited the gaol, both in the olden and the modern time. her a separate maintenance. The Magistrate said that the He had never heard of any such rumours as that the people Court could give him no relief. He could only fine the had been starved in the gaol. prisoner for being drunk, but if she further annoyed him Mr. C. IL Frewen, M.P. for Sussex, also spoke to the she s hould be bound over to keep the peace. The prisoner same effect, that he had never heard of such rumours • b u t was lined ss. was a very unfrequent visitor of the gaol, as he resides on ASSAULTS.—Louisa Burton, a woman of the town, was the boarders of Rutland. charged by Peter Bell with stabbing him in the neck and Mr. Isaac; Hodgson said he was a visiting lustiee from several other parts of his body, She was ordered to pay 108,, After the conclusiOnOlig. Ilberry's evidence, the Coro ner directed Berry, the guard of the passenger train, to be taken into custody, as it appeared he had not complied with the regulationvbove quoted. He was accordingly arrested, and consignedith the other prisoners, to Naas gaol. Mr. CURRAN then applied for an adjournment of the in quest to Wednesday, on the ground that he had another en gagement of lengthened standing at Baltinglass, and also that it was necessary for the prisoners to enable them to make preparations for their defence. Several of the jurors having stated that it would be in convenient for them to attend on Tuesday (this day), the Coroner accordingly adjourned the inquest to Wednesday at eleven o'clock. LATEST ACCOUNT OF THE SUFFERERS. Mr. Lowry, of Cumberland, and his two sisters are suf ferers by the late accident—one lady seriously, Mr. Lowry and the other slightly. They are progressing favourably, and are staying at the Shelboume Hotel, where they are paid every attention under . the care of Surgeon Rynd. Mrs. Croker Barrington, and Mr. Berrie Jones, of Clonakilty, were also slightly injured. Mr. Jones, though much bruised and shake; is progressing favourably ; and Mrs. and Miss Jones, who were with him in the carria g e, providentially escaped unhurt. Mrs. Latham Blacker, although she passed a tolerably good night, is suffering so much from the effects of injuries sustained by her as to be unable to bear the journey from Straffan to Dublin. Mrs. Croker Barrington is going on very favourably. The sufferers at Steven's Hospital are progressing towards recovery. One of them, Miss Farrell, was removed to her private residence on Satur day. The children staying at Lyons's are considered out of danger. Surgeon. Adams and Mr. Mourits have both been in attendance, and they pronounce the boy nearly con valescent. Miss Knapp is still confined to her bed, but no danger is apprehended. EMIGRATION. —Two hundred and fifty persons left Water ford on Saturday, for Liverpool, en route for America. T H E QUEEN'S UravEasrry IN IRELAND.—The ceremony of conferring degrees on the several students of the colleges of this university, took place yesterday in Dublin Castle. There was a crowded and distinguished attendance, and the proceedings were conducted by the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Lieutenant. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, a young child aged 14 months fell from a window in East James's Street, and was literally impaled on the area railings below. The little sufferer was immediately . removed to the City of Dublin Hospital, where it now hes. Fools do sometimes gc t in the e Vernon, with a I acnce kt/i4,,0u( 'IRMA FOND 0' charged with having, on Sun William Preston. It was ri who was a. casual acquaintahoe, begged of him to ste 1 take car !nt up to c German. was Inc, and alas ULLA till to- E OF BIGAN le could be Dm his placc s that v Tiwinas Cannot and Burke, d'coSts, or three d Willtautiltes were charged officert4P2MiK.44it 0144 U-street, of ilirchty,.A4yeriproir-iyas fined benoria3,*; We' .titt&i,.1,6,,i`w944,1 costs, urn vanieOVlV34 2 ) cap' Ann t 4 ' 4 ardinded Robert my His two wives ap peared, also the Parish Clerk.., 1 cipies of the certificates were likewise produced. The la ,t wife, who was a genteel looking woman, declared that Titherinzton had told her he The first mar in 1853, both in was a married 'man mainag the last riag-e took pl Liverpool. MUNICIPAL ELECTION. PITT STREET WARD—MEETING LAST NIGHT. A meeting of the Electors of Pitt-street Ward was held at the Vine Hotel, Pitt-street, at half-past seven o'clock last night: The attendance was very numerous. The chair was taken by THOMAS TOll.Lllar t Esq. . . . The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said, the gentlemen pre . _ It weie all aware that their Object was to - should return to represent that ward in the first of November next. It *hey should consider the qualifications Tt certainly w a. - • - consider whom th( in the Town Council, ur mld be well that ich a councillor sh lot, in _ . his opinion, necessary .thata councillor should be a very . neat talker, for they , had too many such in the council 'heady_ ' TT But it was necessary that he should vigilant d very - attentive man, to his duty in the old attend well to the committees, and well to the loc of that ward (Hear, hear.) in their T Mr. SE resent represen meral applause.) as a most value id not judge of Eon to his duties by s 'or he was ttentive 1 a the news- iven to speaking, but he vas Li upon committees, y seldom absent ad was in evc I should e rman then a representa (Hear, hear.) there would ;tated that, in his opir lectiori, for he had it from Mr. Ailien's own lips hat day, t would not become a mdidate. (Hear; laear.) 3.G. Aiken, they all knew, was most respectable man, a man well guar" " f councillor,• and who had gained the CF. ut Mr. Aiken had stated that he had alre for the office teem of all parties ; leal of his time up to the public service, ;pare any more. He did not think th, xdy given a great lnd" he could not e was any other ;entleman likely to come forward, for he did :ould look for any opposition from Mr. ,hought it would be an insult to the elec hey - The c not think they M'Clellan. lie tors of that ward, if ;hairman then con 'entleman who were to receive . opposition , luaed by declaring his readiness to hear an) had a proposition to put forward. Mr. JOHN REIINER proposed the following resolution:— " That W. C. Jeffreys, Esq., is a fit and proper person to represent this ward in the Town Council, and that his past services have been such as to entitle him to our united support, upon the first of November next." Mr. Renner supported the proposition in a brief address . eulogistic of the merits of Mr. Jeffreys. _ - • onded the resolution, expressing., in anions whiel hai of Mr. Jeffr Mr. RIG tn. n:ds, his full concurren put forward, regarding_ the qualificatithm The resolution was put and carried unanimcrusl . The CHAIRMAN informed the meeting that Mr. Jeffreys, Ind those who supported him, had succeeded so far as to nduce the council to take into consideration the improve cent of Park-land, and to begin forthwith at the bottom 4' it. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Mr. JEFFREYS was then introduced by the proposer and econder of the resolution, and received with loud applause. the Secretary of the ward presented to Mr. 176 electors of the ward, 1/candidate, and I con val 11:8 services had Mr. CALLI •neck by Jeffreys a regulation calling upon him to come forwaid gratulated Mr. Jeffreys upon the api met with. Mr. JEFFRETS then adressed the meeting, h id that ►able of from the bottom a „essing —ucs, the feeling of gratitude and almost of astonishment, under which he laboured at the present moment, at the kind reception which had been given to him, and the feelings which his friends had expressed, feeling which seemed to pervade the whole ward, with re gard to his services for the last three years, during which he had the honour, the high honour, of being a member of the Town Council of the first town in Her Majesty's do minions (applause). Did he not feel deeply grateful for such an expression of sentiments upon the part of his fellow electors, he should be totally unworthy of the high position in which they were pleased to place him. Three years a the electors of that ward took him by the. hand, and s him an inexperienced man into the Town Council of ,Liv pool. _ -dss anything beyond what he was performing (Hear, hear). s was not the first party to propose the bargain, and a similar document, if not more numerously signed—he did not at this moment recollect the number of signatures but con taining a large majority of electors' names, which wished him to come forward and represent them, was presented to him. He did so very ;reluctantly, for he knew his own in ability to perform the duties with that degree of efficiency which a member should possess, representing a ward like Pitt street, some persons were pleased, to call that an insig nificant ward, but he thought the names attached to.that very memorial would at once contradict such an assertion, and prove to the town that however insignificant the humble individual who now' addressed them might be, he was called upon to come forward by anything but insignificant names (Applause). That he had merited their esteem by his humble services during the past three years was indeed to him a source of high gratification. Having spoken of what had been done, he would not say that he had exerted him self in the manner which had been stated by his kind friends, but he had done simply his duty, and would that he could render that duty, and would that he could render that duty a greater service to those who nolv surrounded him. (Ap plause). As he had done his best, however, he was sure they . would readly acquit him for not having done more than lay in his power to do. With regard to the present struggle, it appeared to him that it was Pitt Street ward which was destined to strike the first blow, to fire the first dart in every struggle whether parliamentary or municipal. (Hear, hear). An address whichhe had seenplacarded upon the walls,;relating to that ward, was the first announcement of a contest at the, approaching municipal elections which he had seen in Liver pool. Since then he had seen another—a solitary one. Since they had been kind enough to present him with a memorial again, pledging themselves, as they had done, that every exertion should be made to send him 'back again to the place from whence he came (laughter), he hoped that he had gained something by the experience of the past three years, and in gratitude to those gentlemen who had so kindly brought him forward again, he should only say, that any experience he had gained during the Vast three years, should be devoted to their interest with all the 'energy he possessed of mind and body. (Applause). , And if Providence should spare him to see the end of these three years ' he to serve them, and theyto be his masters, he hoped, that if he did not receive a memorial of that description, to ask him to stand again, he should at least merit the thanks of those, whom he felt proud in his heart to call his neighbours and fellow electors—his friends of the Pitt-street ward. (Loud applause). MT. WAGSTAFF, Mr. HENDERSON, Mr. J. GLADSTONE, and Mr. CARSWELL, briefly addressed the meeting for the pur pose of bearing their warm testimony to the merits and services of Mr. Jeffreys in the Town Council. The CHAIRMAN asked whether • any elector desired to put a question to Mr. Jeffreys ? Mr. MURRAY requested that Mr. Jeffreys would give some explanation regarding his vote for increase of salaries in the Town Council. Mr. JEFFREYS said that for the past twelve months wages had advanced favourably throughout England, and when he found that a recommendation came unanimously from the Finance Committee, composed of the very elite of the Council, to increase the salary of the Town Clerk, he should feel very sorry to . grudge a trifling advance to ono who had been a most efficient officer, who had saved the Corporation thousands upon thousands, and still continued to do so. (Hear. hear). The CHAIRMAN expressed his approval of the course Mr. Jeffreys had taken, an d e xplained that at the time of the municipal reform, salary of the Town Clerk had been fixed at £2,000 instead of £2,500 by a majority of only one, it being held out at the time, that atia future period it would be raised. He also explained that the duties of the Town Clerk were very much increasing, and that should he become at any time incapacitated from continuing to perform the duties of his office, the Council were not ins situation to give him a retiring pension, as they might do in regard to some others of their officers. (Hear, hear). Mr. WAGSTA.FF said he had also voted for the increase of the salaries of the Town Clerk and other officers. He went prepared to vote against the increase ; but upon conviction he voted for it. He did not he hoped, then prof of Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, amid loud ap plause, on the motion of Mr. CALLIS, seconded by Mr. GLAD STONE ; and the CHAULMAN having acknowledged the com pliment, the proceedings ended. CHOLERA IN LIVERPOOL. — Four additional cases of cholera were admitted to the hospital of the workhouse up to eight o'clock last night. One was a Swedish emi grant from on board the Garrick, a second an Irish emigrant from the Antarctic, and two passengers who had been in the Isaac Wright. Four deaths occurred during the day. and the number of patients in the hospital is 40. Three cases occurred among the inmates of the Workhouse, and were admitted into the hospital. The total number of deaths reported up to last night mounted to 56. heart he wished he IN x~t~ 311~ ,1177k'a 18 isir; oi 3 pital, le'iljdAiiiiitoit from 44,1;p. 'sherd, ILCI ffe. nd Preston of the kitchen, while On ca ie Sund down stairs the ton was remanded