Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-16 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.--YESTERDAY LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. AgFAULTS.—John Reid, described as a baker, living in B.ck Portland-street, was charged with having assaulted a labourer, named John Perse. The facts appeared to be these :—There was something about the "old man's daughter," the complainant, but beyond this, there was no apparent provocation given by the complainant to the prisorer, the latter of whom fleng a flower pot from a window at complainant's head, which cut him severely. The prisoner was fined LI, or one month's imprisonment. A. respectable-lorking female, named Anne Rutherford, the wile of a ship painter, living in Pitt-street, was charged with having assaulted police-officer 610. Mr. Gluck was for the prisoner. The officer said the prisoner was put out of a public-house, where she was acting in a disorderly manner. He wanted her to go home, but she refused, and assaulted him. Mr. Block having addressed the court, his Worship asked if the prisoner was known ? and the governor of the Bridewell said two years ago she was fined for a similar offence. Arr. Black contended that that should not be brought against her. She was fined 103 for the as , ault. A BLACICGUAUD —Wiliam Kelly, an American sailor, wrs brought up by detective officer Povey, who said he saw the prisoner in Church-street, between four and five e o'clock on Tuesday evening He was drank, and caught hold of several ladle.. When he spoke to the prisoner he drew a dagger knife, and threw cherries into the faces of several ladies. The prisoner was secured, after running at several ladies. The prisoner expressed his regret and said be was drunk. He was fined 5s and cwt. , . STABBING--Mary Beiaes, a bad' character, living in Albion street, was sent for trial for having stabbed a woman of ill fame, named Eliza Murphy, in a row that took place in the street. DEATH OF A CHILD.—Mary Ann Jones was brought np on remand, charred on snspicion of having caused the death of a bey named John F. Geary, at St, Anna's-terrace. St. Anne-atreet. Mr. Dodd appeared for the prisoner. The details of this case appeared in our paper of Monday. The ease was heard de novo. Mr. D. 4.1 produced evidence to show the prisoner had n:t .touched the child, and she was discharged. THE CATHOLIC CLERGY OF THE ISLE OF MAN V. THE EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OF 11113 " LITERPOiL HERALD." —This case, which stood for hearing yesterday, was, by conEent of the attorneys on both sides, postponed to Tuesalay. A FAST YOUNG ORANGEMAN.—WiIIiam Morgan, aged seventeen, who was a junior clerk in the employment of Mr. James Ackers, warehouse owner, 8, Fenwick-street, was brought up by detective officer Scott, on a charge of having embezz'ed ' XlOO belonging to his em ployers, The officer said he would only offer as mach evidence as would warrant a remand, as one of the chief witnesses, who paid the prisoner money, and who held his receipt for it, was at present in Manchester. He continued to say—" I was sent for yesterday, and after I arrested him I went to a shop, No. 2, Cooper-street, Park, where the prisoner's mother kept a shop, and where he resided, and there got a quantity of carpenter's tools, a pair of pistols, a gun, and a variety of other things, which the prisoner had recently purchased. I also found that he kept a trap and horse, and also a dog, and that he used to go out in great style to short distances in the country : and that he lived in a very extravagant manner lately—quite like a man of property.. I ascertained that he was in the habit of writing letters from the office to himself, and that a few days ago he purchased two expensive 13 igs and made aoaresent of them to an Orange Lodge in Mann-street, Park. He also had purchased a boat, On his person I found a gold watch and two Albert chains, all purchased by the money of his master" Mr. Storp, the manager and agent of Mr. Ackers, said he heard from one of his people that all was not right, and he sent to a person who rented a ware house to know if he had paid his rent. 113 found he had, and held the prisoners receipt, although the money was not returned to him. A young gentleman named David Bingham, from the house of Mr. John Bingham, corn mercrlant, Brunswick-street, proved having paid lOs to some one, at Mr. Acker's, whose receipt he banded in. He could not say if the prisoner was the person to whAn he /mid the money, but the receipt was signed in his (the witness's) presence, by the person to whom he gave the money. Mr. Storp proved that the receipt in question was the handwriting of the prisoner. Mr. Mansfield asked Mr. Storp when the prisoner should have accounted to him for the money, and he replied the same day oa which he received it. The prisoner was then remanded. B 7 BOFE ME=SRS. HAYWOOD AND TURNER. Mr. E. P. NPlCnight, the Secretary of the Liverpool WarAansemen's Association, summoned John Murphy, carter 1,318, for demanding over fare for carting a quantity of maccorcni and other thing.. The complainant alleged that 6s 31 was the regular charge for the work that bad been done, whereas the carter demanded s'. He said there were 5,928 town carts in Liverpool, and out of these 4,000 were daily employed, and at an earning of £2 a week eight thousand pounds weekly would circulate on that one item of business. He contended that the sum of 6s 3d, which he had off-red to pay, was the legitimate sum to which the defendant was entitled, and which he offered him. The case was, however, dismissed, the magistrates saying it was not one that came within their jurisdiction, as it was nat laid down in the rules of cartage. The F,fe Journal reports a subterraneous fire -in the Dysart coal seam. "In the village," says the same authority, " the walls are rending, the lime is bursting at some places off the walls, numbers of the doors will not slant, and some of the floors are bursting asunder. The farm-house of Branxton is torn, and swayed, and propped to hold it up." Tuts Tweelerre OF JDLY.—By an adherence to prece dent peculiarly Irish, the Twelfth of J rly was not cele brated on the twelfth of the month this year, bat on the thirteenth. And sincerely happy are we to say that, unlike other traditional Irish celebrations, the celebration of the Orange anniversary passed off without a conflict. This, indeed, is a novel, and no less novel than auspicious, circumstance to record ; and all welt-thinking persons will join us in the hope, that the precedent thus set will be adhered to in future; and that, should the over-ardent disposition of the people betray them into a deviation, it will be merely "a lull"—a matter to smile at rather than one to grieve over. — Belfast ltzercury. RE -EDIFICATION OF SEBA3TOPOL —By the last vcounts received from Sebastopol, the re-building of that devoted city was going on with great activity, and it was gra dually rising from its ruins. The fortifications on the south side have undergone a thorough repair, and will soon be as formidable as ever. although every effort had b.en snade to destroy them. first during the ten months' bom bardment, then by the Russians themselve on their retreat, and finally by the allies during their occunatnn of Sebas topol; the materials they are composed of are of such immense strength that they were only partiall; injured ; the granite walls remained almost intact, and after the rubbish was cleared away it was found that it would take much less time and trouble to repair them than was anticipated. The Governor of Sebastopol, Admiral B:r -tenieff, is iedeLtigable in his endeavours to restore every thing to its former state, and when the ba!ance of the fleet is raised, or the harbour cleared of such part of it as is not worth raising, there will be no traces of the havoc of war remaining but the ruins of the magnificent docks, which it will require years of labour to rebuild. 44 1I5DriGRATioN T) THE UNITED STATES.—We note •by the returns of Commissioners of Immigration, that the number of new corners this year, at this port, 25,600 in advance of the number for the same period last year. A similar increase is reported by the emigrant agent at Quebec. No doubt the entire receipts of the year will fall short of the receipt of the great immigra ion years; still it will probably be a considerable improvement of the last two. The cause of the improvement is obvious. The war in the East stimulated a demand for raw labour in Europe to a very sensible extent. Then as to Ireland, the opera tion of the Encumbered Estates' Act, and the depletion of the country, created, two years ago, a state of proE peritv such as it has rarely known, and tended to keep the people at home. Finally, the Know-Nothing excitement, - while it lasted, no doubt operated to discourage immigra tion. These causes are now passing away; the result is what we see. At the very lowest calculation, these immigrants are worth to the country 1,500 dollars a head, men, women, and children together ; that is to say, should we receive 150,000 of them here, as we probably shell, this year, the country will be a gainer of 205,000,000 dollars. — . .Yew York flernli. LEICESTER Z.3UNDkY BAND. —The musical performances commenced for the seas-,n on Sunday last on the race course. Previous to commencement the lessees of the course served every member of the band with a notice to the effect that the lessees ere opposed to such re2rfor rtunces, that neither the magistates nor the town council had sanctioned the performances, and that any one playing music on the course on Sunday would be " prosecuted as the law directs." A large number assembled to see the issue of these notices, and the greatest order was main tained. A collection was entered into on the spot to oppose any prosecution that might be instituted. Preach. jog parties were stationed as near the band as they could be beard. The race-course belongs to the corporation, and it is l et subject to certain conditions—one of which is that it is a public promenade. There is also a provision for preaching and for week-day bands, but the lessee last year being favourable to the Sunday band, there was no application made f or a specific arrangement at the time of re-letting the course. An eminent legal gentleman is said to be retained on behalf of the Sunday Band Com mittee. - THE NORTIIERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, TH Ul S DAY, JULY 16, 1857 KIELEDALE SESSIONS. These sessions were held, by adjournment from the pre vious day, at the Court-house, Kirkdale, for the purpose of disposing of th e c r i m i na l b us i ness . Th e Right Hon. Lord Stanley. M.P., the chairman, presided. The ether magis trates on the bench were—Messrs. Harden, Theakstone, Tinne, Hall, Greene, Campbell, Captain Aspinall, and Mr. W. Wright. The osu d formalities having been disposed of, the flow ing gentlemen were sworn as THE GRAND JUKT. John Schofield, eott►a broker, Great Crosby, foreman. Richard Harrocks, broker, Evertoe. Thomas Haigh, brewer, flygia-street. Richard Hughes, timber merchant, Ererton. Joseph Jones, wine merchant, do. Frederick Powell, broker, Great Crosby. John Roughley flour dealer, do. James Ward, gliss dealer, do. John Summer, farmer, Mighull. R lbert itlaw , !sley, do., do. William Brade, IYrokei, Walton. Thomas Parker, gentleman, do. George Chamberlain, sharebroker, do. John R. Daly, commission merchant, do. Henry Harrison, farmer, Everton. John Wilson Jones, bnker, Woolton. Samuel Johnson, druggist, do. John Leece, collector. do. Thomas Howard, builder, Everton. William Hind, draper, do. Joseph Sawyer, boilde-, Great Crosby. B -nj tmin Haworth, ?Sent, Everson. James Hunter, ironmonger, do. In delivering his charge to the Gran] Jury, the noble lord said Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, —I have much happiness in informing you, that the present c deader is much lighter than usual. It contains only the names of 32 prisoners, but there is only 26 cases. Gentlemen, there is no necessity on any of these cases for me to offer any spe cial remarks, as they are all of an ordinary character, and such as you have been in the habit of discharging. But I may observe, that the number of cases summarily dis posed of since the last sessions, is proportionately larger, as 50 cases has thus been disposed of; otherwise, had it not been for true law, those eases would have been sent for trial here. • But gentlemen, there is one point to which I do think it my duty to call your attention, and, through you, the -ttention of the public. I allude to a new Act of Parlisment, and which has for its object the substitution, in certain cases, other punishment in Len of transportation —that is to say, penal servitude. That law came into operation on the Ist of this month. On that subject a letter had been addressed from Sir Ge nge Grey to the Chairman of the Quartet Sessions, and I have received a copy, and will place before you the nrincipal alterations in the law made by his Act:— The following are the principal alterations in the law made by this act :—" Ist. It extends the provisions of the act above mentioned of the 16th and 17th years of her Majesty, by sub stituting in all cases the sentence of penal servitude for the sentence of transportation. 2ndly. It extends the terms of renal servitude so as to make them correspond in duration with the terms of transportation to which convicts might formerly have been sentenced. 3rdly. It gives power to pass sentences of penal servitude of a shorter duration than the former minimum term of transportation, but of not less than three years. 4thly. It attaches to the sentence of penal servi tude the liability of the convict to be removed while under sentence from this country to a colony, there to be dealt with in all respects as if he had been sentenced to transportation. Sir George Grey goes on to say in that circular : In the earlier stages of their sentence, all convicts under sentence of penal servitude will, as a general rule, be dealt with alike. They will be subjected to separate imprisonment for a period of eight or nine months, after which they"will bo removed to one of the penal establishments created under 5 Geo. IV., cap. 84, there to be employed in hard labour upon public works. From among the p••isoners so employed, a certain number will be selected, from time to time, for removal to a penal colony; such selections being made, as far as possible, from among those whose sentences are for terms of not less than seven years. Prisoners will, after a term of imprisonment, be sent to a penal colony, but those who remain in the country wilt have to work at the public works. The letter goes into further details, unveessary for ma to remark upon, but' there is one pointto which I will refer, as it has been a matter that has met with considerable discussion. It is the porporticn of the sentence to which it is proposed that in each else, for good conduct, the remission of the sentence shout Ibe limited. The prisoner sentenced to thrre years' penal servitude will be entitled to a remission of one-sixth, in case of good conduct; for four years' one-fifth ; f r six years' one-fourth, and for fifteen years' and upwards one-third. Gentlemen, you are all aware of the duties you are called upon to perform. Your duty is to ascertain if there is sufficient evidence before yon to make out a prima facie case of c , u'lt, that is to say that there is sufficient evidence to make out a case, without any rebating or contradicting statements to meet it. If it is s , ), you will find a true hill, but, of course, if there is no such evidence, you will reject it. I have only to add, that if ary difficulty should arise in the matter brought before you, the court will be most happy to give you any assistance you may require. I will now request you to proceed with your duties, and find a bill as speedily as possible, in ordor that the time of the court may not be detained. The grand jury ilrn retired, and the trial of the prisoners was proceeded with. TRADE OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND PLACES. — There has just been published an absti act of reports on the trade of various countries and places for the years 1855-56, receivelby the. B 'ard of Trade, though the Foreign-office, from Her Majesty's Ministers and Consuls. The informs lion, which embraces countries in all parts of the globe, occupies a space of 130 pages of a Parliamentary pnper. POLITE INVITATION FROM AMERICA —The London Court Circular states that the Prince of Walesjs about to commence his foreign travels, and that he will pass a portion of the summer on the Rhine, going thence through Switzerland before he returns home. The prince will travel und , r the title of Baron Renfrew. This idea of some foreign education for the young man who is one day to become King of Great B itain, if he lives, is an ex cellent one, hut it should not be too contracted in its cperaticn. We propose, therefore, that after he has passed the present summer in looking at the little coun tries into which the peninsula called Europe is cut up, he shall come over here as plain Alfred (?) Guelph, Esq., and take a look at this country, which occupies nearly a whole continent. Travel in the United States has turned out two of the most prominent monarchs Europe has had during the last generation. Louis Philippe was among us, and descended the Mississippi on a flit boat in the beginning of the present century. He saw us as we then were, learned much, and did pretty well (!) for eighteen years on the throne of France. Louis Na: - .o!ean came later, when we had got steamboats and a few railroads, and he learned more. The result of his eight years' rule of France show that if he endu res ten years longer he will have surpassed Louis Philippe urea lv in tha benefit ha derived from his s'ay with us. (!) We are much in advance of where we were twenty years ago. when Louis Napoleaa studied us, and could give the Prince of Wales an insight into men and things now that would fit him to become a ;ere:A , r monarch than either of those we have educated. We would recommend that Palmerston should coma with him, hut we fear that he is too old to learn anything.—New York Herald. NOVEL PROCEEDIN43 BY AN. OTTAWA JURY.—A rather hard story is told by the Aylmer Tim.es of the 24th, respecting the depravity of a Jury, which, if true, is certainly deplorable. A man named Landers was charged with murder at the late sitting of the Court of Queen's Bench for the district of Ottawa, held at Aylmer last week, and was put upon his trial for the crime. The case is reported thus —" Deceased came to Lander's groggery tinder the influence of ligaur, and demanded some drink ; Landers refused, and he insisted ; the prisoner took up an iron poker to strike him with, but he was prevented; he then took up a stick, which was taken from him ; be then ran for an axe, this also he was persuaded or compelled to abandon ; lastly, he took tip a club of cordwood, four feet in length and three inches thick, and struck deceased a blow which felled him to the earth, and attempted to follow up the others, till he was presented. IXceasel was carried f rom hi s d oor insensible, and died imme diately after." The jury, after retiring, it seems, could not agree, —some were for convicting the prisoner, others manslaughter, other common assault, and it is thought that some were for clearing him altogether. Finding that there was no prospect of their agreeing, those who were for convicting the prisoner for the capital offence, offered t) compound the matter, by bringing in a verdict of manslaughter, but this would not be agreed to—eight of them holding out for a verdict cf common assault. Of coarse such a proposition could not be agreed te, and they a'l agreed to resort to a '• toss up," which resulted in favor of a verdict of manslaughter. Yet still eight of the twelve would not submit to the result of their own pre posal. Then was proposed an extraordinary measure for the decision of a verdict, viz., that then should divide and fight across a table, six against six, the winning party to dictate th e verdict.' For some reason best known to thorn selves, this proposal was not adopted, and as they could not agree upon a verdict, they were discharged, and the prisoner until! the next sitting of the court. The Times says that the Jury, during the course of their delibera tions, oceasiona Ily. indulged th emse l ves i n sing i ng and . dancing reels. The man who could d ance an d s i ng w hil e investigating such a fearful tragedy, must be a hardened sinner indeed.—Ottawa Citizen, June 27, WEST DERBY UNION. The usual weekly meeting of tte members Of this Board was held at the Workhouse yesterday. The Rev. Mr. Moan presided. The other guardians present were Mes3rs. Abrahams, Medealf, H. Edwaris, Mawdesley, Rlsve, Pitts, Ledger, - Sagar, and Roberts, and the Rev. Mr. Tattersall. OFFICI IL AZT URNS. From the 'returns of' the Master of the Workhouse, it appeared that the number of paupers in the Workhouse last week was 56'4, since when 18 had ben admitted, 21 discharged, and 2 deaths; leaving this week 559, 343 of whom belong to Toxtetb•park. Fur the c)rrespondiog week of last year there were 597. _ _ _ The Master of the Hospital reported that last week there were 100 patients in that establishmmt, since when 15 had been admitted, and 15 discharged,. leaving 100 for this week ;• and for the co:responding week of last year there were 81. Cheves to he amolnt of £l4B were voted for the maintenance of the out-door poor within the district. After diiposing of some unimportant routine business, The CLunic read the communications to the Board, and then followed the FINALE TO THE " RATTLE-HIS-BONES ° INVESTIGATION. The CHAIRMAN: Gentlemen, Mr. Shaw has a few words to say to this Board on a private matter, and I am sure you will hear what he has to say. Mr. SHAW : Fram what occurred last week on the dis cussion on the memorial, I feel I should give an explanation. In consequence of the many unjustifiable and unprovoked attacks made upon ma in the NORTHERN TIMES, and alluded to and commented upon by Mr. Ledger so unjustly, I was provoked to make a statement which I regret, and I now beg to withdraw i. Whatever may have been the writing, I feel that I was not justified in making use of the ex pression I did, and I now beg to retract what I did say. I spoke to the chairman, and should have done sa last week, but when I turned round I found the repo: tors had all left. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN: Mr. Shaw called upon me and s told me he should withdraw the expression, and subsequently sent me a letter. The following is a copy of the letter :- 40, Everson-road, Wednesday Afternoon. July 8, 1857. Dear Sir,-4.t the meeting of the West Darby Guardians held this day, over which you presided as Chairman, in the debate which took place on the motion of Mr. Ledger, iu reference to Dr. Nevins, the medical officer, I was betrayed, in the heat of discns-ion, into an expression calculated to give offence to Mr. Willmer, proprietor of the NORTHERN DAM Timm, in consequence of the many unprovoked and unjusti fiable attacks made upon my character and conduct by that gentleman in his paper, and by Mr. Ledger refmrrin/ to the Board's last week's proceedings in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, and so unjustly commenting thereon. I beg to inform you, however unjustly Mr. C. Willmer may have acted towards me in the manner abovo referred to, I regret having used tile expression I did, and that it is my intention to w:tlitiraw the same at the meeting of guardians on Wednes day next. I should have done so this day, but upon looking round I found the reporters bad left the room before the termina'ion of the business of the Board. I trust the above will be satisfactory, and that Mr. Willmer and Dr. Nevins will not consider it derogatory in them to extend the same courtesy to me, for the many unjust remarks they have made upon my conduct and character. Apologising for thus troubling you,--I am, dear sir, your obliged servant, To the Rey. W. Badnall, Wavertree. RICHARD SHAW. The CLERK (Mr. Cleaver) and I have a wish for Mr. Shaw to give another explanation. Last week he statel that he had been informed on good authority that the memorial had been " hawked about by an offic.3r of that board." At first, I tit:nigh the alluded to me; but after. wards I was convinced that it could not. But I have a wish that the public should be satisfied ; and I hope Mr... Shaw will say whether he alluded to me or not. Mr. SHAW : Most certainly not, sir. The anal( : I had nothing to do with it. Mr. PITTS : When Mr. Shaw made use of the expression, I called upon him to name; but it was overruled by the Board. Mr. SHAW : I cannot say more than I have done. The CHAIRMAN : Mr. Shaw has satisfied Mr. Cleaver that he did not refer to him ; therefore, that is all about it. Mr, H. EDWARD 3 : Although Mr. Shaw has exonerated Mr. Cleaver, he his not done 113 VI the other officers. The CHAIRMAN : I have no doubt but that he will do so. Mr. EDWARDS : He should name the party. The CHAIRMAN : Will yoU mention the name ? You said that you had beard it reported that the memorial had been hawked about by an officer of the Board. Mr. SHAW : I beard it from a guardian, and if he will allow me to do so I will ; but he is not present to-day. Mr. LEDGER : My name was mixed up with the matter. I have no knowledge of the memorial having been hawked about by either one officer or another. I had nothing whatever to do with it. Mr. EDWARD;: It was not out of your possession , was it. Mr. LEDGRII: No ; at the request of the memorialists I gave it to Mr. Cleaver to forward to the Poor-law Board, which he did. Mr. EDWARDS : He should give the name of the guardian who told him. The ellAntuAN : Have yon any objection to do so ? Mr. SuAw : At present I have, as I have not semi him. The CHAIRMAN : Well, let it stan,l over until next week, in the course of that time Mr. Shaw will hays seen the guardian who told him. The CLERK then read the following reply : Poo--law Board, Whitehall, 14th July, 1857. Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Board to acknowledgA the receipt of your letter of the 9.h inst., forwarding a copy of a resolution which was passed by the guardians of the West Derby Union, at their meeting held on the Bth inst.—" That, this Board, having full confidence in the skill and attention of Dr. Nevins, request the Poor-law Board to sanction the continuance of his services as medical oflieer of the workhouse." The Board desire me to inform you that, in compliance with the wishes of the cuar Hans, expre , sed in this resolution, they consent to the continuance of Dr. Nevins in the office of medical officer of the workhouse. They enclose a copy of the letter which they have addressed to Dr. Nevins.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, COURTNEY. To W. Cleaver, Esq., Clerk to GoArdians. Mr. StrAw: Will you read tie letter sent by the Board o Dr. Nevins. Mr. LEDGER: Why should we. he not read. I shall wive that i Mr. EDWARDS sec.inded the res - dution, and on the Board dividing, there appeared five for having it read and seven against it, therefore the document was not na I, a-id did not form any part of the meeting and cannot be published. After some routine business had been disposed of, the Board adjourned. CRICKET; A well contested match at this gam© took place on Monday last between the Prince's Park and Wigan Clubs, on the ground of the fvtmer. Owing to the nos-termination of the match, the Wigan came off the victors by twenty six runs, it being decided by the first inning , . The following is the score : PRINCE'S PARK. Ist INNINGS. -- 2nd INNINGS. C. Hampshire, bJ. Scott 0 bJ. Scott 'l'. Holt, bJ. Scott,. .. ..10 cJ. Scott, b Whittington 9 W. Harbard, bC. Makinso❑ 1 bJ. Scott D. Drysdale, bC. Makinsou I c Whittington, b Lowe .. 0 W. G. Cross, b Scott .... 2 Not out J. Fairclough, b Scott.... 1 c Wright h Whittington W. Clare, not out W. Hughes, bJ. Scott T. Green, bC. Makinson 3 c Whittington, b Scott .. 7 M'Nulty, b Makinson .. 2 bJ, Scott .27 J. C. Smythe, b Scott .. 0 b Makinson, I.b ,1 ; b., 5 ; w.b.. 5 11 1.b., 3; b., 7 ; w.b., 27 37 Total, ... 51 Total, .. 126 WIGAN. Mayhew, b D. NI. Drysdale Brandreth .. . b G. Hampshire C. Makinson , . bD. M. Drysdale, b. Clare 24 Whittington .. c Holt, b Drysdale 0 David J. Scott Liwe .. ...... c Fairclough Wright ...... c Cross, b Drysdale .... 0 T. Scott .. .... c Drysdale, b Fairclough 6 Taylor Not out Cope 1.b., 7; b., 7; w b , 4 Total, 77 CAPTIVES OF INDIANS BUTC'AERED.—We chronicle with intense pain, the following intelligence from Redwood, np the Minnesota river. The first report as to the murder of both the women in captivity is only partially true. One Gf them. Miss Gardner. has been found by some Indians, and brought into Yellow Medicine. She had been placed on a hill as a target by the red devils of the Spirit Lake Massacre, and shot at, the whole band alternating in the sport. Both her legs were broken, nud she was left to die. She ow that the tormenters had murdered Mrs. Noble a few days previously, before her eyes, and left her on the prairies. The friendly Yanktoes were about to bring the poor girl, Miss Gardner, /o Paul.-se. Paul (Minnespea) Times, June 23. TESTIMONIALS. TO CAPTAIN w. 11. TRomsox. Sir,--We, the undersigned passongers on board the screw steam-ship Khersonese, en route Portland, U.S., Halifax, N.°., and St. John's, N.F.L., to Liverpool, being on the eve of concluding a pleasant and prosperous voyage, gladly embrace the opport snit y to express our deep sense of your unwaryieg kindness and aflention. Uniting in yourself the first qutlities of a seaman and a gentleman, you have most deeply impressed us with the advantages which such a character must ever diffuse, and WO trust that your life may be long continued, and ever cheered with the rich and varied merciel of a beneficent Providence. May we beiz your acceptance of the accompanying purse (27 guineas) as a small token of our esteem and regard. We would, at the same time, throne) you, convey to the officers of your ship our high appreciation of their courtes) and faithful discharge of duty. LSIGABD BY TAB PASSENGERS Steam-ship Khersoaese, July 13th, 1857. CAPTAIN THOMSON'S REPLY. Ladies and Gentlemen,—Deeply impressed as I am with this very flattering proof of your regard and esteem, 1 lack language to do full justice to my fecilgs in expressing what I would wish to convey, vz., my high appreciation of your great kindneia.,, I conceive this to be the very highest compliment that passengers cln pay a commander ; it nerves and strengthens him to perform the many arduous and varied duties necessarily devolving upon him. I have also to acknow ledge your appreciation of the good qualities of my officers, and to tender you their warm acknowledgments. I cannot conclude this imperfect reply without bearing testimony to the harmony and good feeling at all times existing among you. and praying that in the future voyages of the Khersonese I may b 3 blessed with the society of such ladies and gentlemen as now grace her saloon, I beg leave, on the eve of our separation, to wish you all a kindly fare well. W. H. THomsoN, Commander Steam-ship Kheremese. Steam-ship K'iersonese, 13th July, 1857. TO CAPTAIN W. H. THOMSON. Dear Sir,—We the undersigned intermediate and steerage passengers, by the above stcam-ship, under your command, from Liverpool to Portland, deem it our duty and pleasure to yourself and offic , rs, to express to you our gratitude for your untiring and constant attention, and to sincerely thank you for your gentlemanly and courteous behaviour to us. We sincerely wish you every success and prosperity for the future, and begging you to accept this as a heartfelt acknowlelgement fa your kindness,—Believe us to.remiin, yours most reSpec:filly, [SIGNED BY THE PASSENGERS.] Screw Steamer, Khersonese, At Sea, 22nd June, 1857. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHESTER RAILWAY. GENTLEMEN,—In the NORTHERN TIMES of the 11th itistant, is the report of a case, headed, " Im portant to Railway Companies :" Inman v. the Chester Railway. It appears that Mr. Charles Inman, annoyed by smoke from your engines in passing his house at Spital, informed against the Company. I wonder it did not occur to your lawyer to ask. Mr. Inman whether the engines did not pass that way before he bought the pre mises. I notice it was stated in ervidence that the engine complained of was constructed with a view to consume its own smoke ; but acts of Parliament cannot make engines do t; neither can they enable the mind of man to devise a perfect remedy. In conclusion, allow me to suggest that you shut up Spita!-station altogether; or that you withdraw the privilege of contracting from all dissatisfied persons. BYSTANDER. ABUSE OF ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE. The Probate and Administration Bill now before Parliament discloses certain things which those who believe and worship a high-minded aristocracy would do well to consider. In 1828, Dr. Manners Sutton was Archbishop of Canterbury, and had in that character, the right to appoint the Registrar of the Prerogative Court; but inasmuch as this right had been exercised by his predecessor (Dr. Moore) in favour of Messrs. George and Robert Moore, and the survivor of them, who were then living and enjoying the office, Dr. Manners Sutton obtained an Act of Parliament to permit him to nominate a person to fill the office, after the death of the survivor of the Messrs. Moore, and in pur suance of that Act of Parliament nominated his grandson, Mr. Manners Sutton, now Lord Viscount Canterbury. It also appears that in 1834, when the late Lord Canterbury, who was the eldest son of the archbishop, and at that time Speaker of the House of Commons, was raised to the peerage, Parliament settled on him an annuity of 4,000 for his life, and also granted an annuity of £3,000 (to commence at his death) to his oldest son, the present Viscount, for his life, but with the proviso, namely, that, as he had been appointed to the office of Registrar of the Prerogative Court, whenever it should become vacant, if the emolu ments of that office when he came into possession of it should exceed £3 000 a-year, the annuity of £3,000 granted by Parliament should cease, but if such emoluments should fall short of £3,000, the difference should be paid by way of annuity under the authority of the Act of Parliament of 1834. The act which thus sanctioned the proceeding of 1828, which recognised, as just and proper in the first ignitary of the church, the appointment of his own grandson to an office, not vacant, nor likely to become so fur many years—this Act, which the Attorney-General called a wicked Act, was passed in the Reformed House of Commons. Now, it further appears that the Moores are not yet extinct, and consequently fhe present Viscount Canterbury has not yet succeeded to the office to which he was nominated nearly thirty years ago (Qaery— How old was he when so nominated ?) And, in the Act now before Parliament for abolish ing the Prerogative Court and establishing a new Court of Probate, there is a clause which provides full compensation to Lord Canterbury fur the abolition of this office, which he has never yet been in possession of, and in the following man ner : that is to say, at the time when the new law shall come into operation if Lord Canterbury shall then have succeeded to the office in question, and if not, then at the death of the survivors of the Moores, a calculation is to be made of the average yearly amount of the emolu ments of the office for such number of years next preceding the date of the Act, as the Com missioners of the Treasury shall think proper and an annuity of this yearly amount, whatever it may be, is to be paid to him for his life ; but with this proviso, that if the yearly average so calculated shall fall short of £3,000, the difference is to be made up to him. In principle it matters not whe ther the compensation provided by this Bill be intended for Lord Canterbury himself or for his assignees. The point to he kept in view is, that no longer ago than 1828, the highest dignitary in the Church of England, the Reformed Church, a member of one of our noblest families, having at its head a duke, not satisfied to wait and to fake his chance for the exercise of the privilege to fill up a lucrative office, when, and if, it should fall vacant in his lifetime, obtained a power to stretch h;s privilege beyond the grave, regardless even of the rights of his successor, and thus grasped (in all human probability) half a ceniury's prospective patronage. What if the successors of Dr. Manners Sutton had been equally g rasping? What if Dr. Howley had a similar Act of Parliament for bestowing this good appointment on somebody after the death of the present Lord Canterbury ? and still further, if the present Archbishop had made good use of his time since he was appointed, and got an act for an appointment to follow that of Dr. Howley? Would parliament have been justified in providing compensation for all these disap pointed reversioners? Appointments in reversion are in themselves sufficiently odious, if made subject to all the contingencies that may happen before they can take effect; but a reversionary appointment so absolute, nay, so sacred as that parliament is not to touch it without providing an equivalent, seems to ordinary minds, to be one of those achievements that make us, "Lift up our hands and wonder who could do them, THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL HERALD AND THE CATHOLIC PRIESTS. T. J. Oveley, El., Publisher of the Herald, 7, Old Post Office-place, Live poi. Sir,—l am desired by the Rev. James Carr, of Athol street, Douglas, to call upon you to make im oediate reparation for a libel upon him, which appeared , in your paper of Saturday last, in an article headed " Bachelor Priests" You have no right to hold up to ridicule and unjust suspicion the character and coadu3t of private persons, especially such as are cog tged in the performance of the offices of religion, and the efficacy of whose ministry is mainly dependent upon the blameless character of their lives. The circumstance of your having already be en c onv i c t e d o f lib e l o ug ht also to hive deterred you from the repetition of such conduct. Should you decline a prompt compliance with this request, I must beg the favour of a reference to your solicitor,—l am your obedient servant, JOHN PATES, Jun. 22, Fenwick-street, Bth July, 1857. IG, Soho-street, Liverpool, July 15th. 1857. Sir,—Your letter of the Bth inst., reached me on the 11th, many miles from home, where I was staying for the benefit of my health, having been ordered change of air by Dr. Truman and Mr. Slack. I could not travel on Sunday, and left a sick bed on Monday, reaching here on the even ing of that day; when, for tin.first time, I heard of a summons having been issued, till seeing which, I was ignorant even of the names of your clients. I was too ill to attend on Tuesday, but had I not been so, the time—a few hours—was not sufficient for me to get legal advice, and I therefore instructed Mr. Bremner to attend for rne, and request an adjournment. As Ido not desire your clients to labour for a moment under a charge not intended to be conveyed by rne, I most unhesitatingly and unequivocally declare, without mental reservation, that I never entertained any idea of immoral pro ceedings on the part of the priests, nor was it my intention to insinuate there was anything improper in the conduct of those gentlemen. I worded the statement I made as carefully as possible, to avoid any such construction ; my remarks were aimed at the system of Popery, not individuals, and the ex tracts I gave from Deus prove this. I must refer you to the article again, and that portion corn mencing—v Far be it from us to impute anything indecorous or immoral to these gentlemen," Sre.— I am, Sir, your obedient servant, John Yates, jun., Esq. T. J. OUSELEY. T. J. Ouseley, Esq., Publisher of the Liverpool Herald, 7, Old Post pffice-place. Sir,—Assuming your letter of today to have been written in the spirit in which it is received, that is, as a promise and honest repudiation of any intention to reflect upon the Rev. Gentlemen whom I represent, or to cast suspicion or ridicule upon chem, t, on their behalf, feel no hesitation in at once accepting it, as satisfying the proceedings which have been instituted against you, and which I therefore consent to withdraw. I must of course publish the letters which have passed, and I shall rely upon your also inserting the correspondence in Saturday's Herald: I am, sir, your obedient servant, Jou YATES, Jun. 22, Fenwick-street, 15th July, 1857. 16, Soho-street, July 15, 1857. Sir,—ln reply to your's, just received, I assure you that the statement made to you in my letter this morning contain the real facts connected with the case. I had no intention of attacking the private character of parties who are totally un known to me personally, and whose mimes I was not acquainted with till I saw them in the sum mons.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, John Yates, jun., Esq. T. J. OUSELEY. I have no objection to publish the correspond ence after it has appeared in the other papers. OFFICERS FOR INDIA.—The following officers have arranged to leave England by the India mail steamer of the 20th inst., viz. : —Colonels Davidson, Mathoie, Brad ford, Holmes, Crawe, Althorpe, Beches. Coppage, Christie, Wheeler, and Millman. Majors G. Salford, C. Walsh, Kel-co, H. Hamilton, and Seudamore. Captains F. N. Smith, Burrows, Malcolm, Mason, Maxwell, Bantle, Hugoes, Cummins, Dimsden, B. Ramsey, E. Conliffe, Sante, Jenkins, Turnbull, Dighton, Bedford, Forbes, Pleox, Holmes, Unwin, Luxmore, Mitchell, Biggrave, Malcomson, Hammond, Allgood, G. Hossack, J. L. Na tion, Bainbridge, and A. D. Mague. Lieutenants F. Roome, C. Clarke, Lowe, H. Templer, R. Travers. W. L. Brown, J. Graham, F. R. Thompson, A. Blunt, R. John stone, and Pearson. CURIOUS DOVETAILING MACHINE FOR BIRMINGHAM. —A patented machine, which will wonderfully lesson the cost of production and the employment of manual labour in many trades, is about to be introduced into this district. It will chiefly affect wholesale carpenters, packing-case makers, pianoforte makers, cabinet makers, and all who require boxes and drawls ; an I by its assistance on man cin do din work of forty men, and produce 1,000 boxes, &'., per day. It is the inventi in of ae American, and the patent has been purchased by the United States government for its dockyards arsenals for five thousand pounds. The British government has purchased and paid for a single michine, to make artillery boxes, and it, is now at work in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, where Colonel 'l'ullock, R A., or Mr. Andersen, will kindly permit it to be seen. The saving arising from each machine on the wages of labour alone, if at only £1 per week each man, will be about £2,000 per annum, or £26,000 for the thirteen Tars that the patent has to lon. Mr. Recce, solicitor, of New-street, Birmingham, and Messrs. Rena, Wilkins, and Blyth, of St. Swlthin's-la.ee, London, will give every information, and are authorised to negotiate with any person who may desire to obtain one of the machines.—Birntingha2n Daily Press. FIRE IN§URANCES.—A return moved for by Mr. Bouverie, M.P., gives the following as the sum paid into the Inland Revenue office in England by the London fire-ofliees for duty on insurance against fire, in the year ended Christmas day, 1856.—viz., by the Alliance-office, £43,545 ; ley the Anchor, £7,270; by the Atlas, £38,733; by the British Empire Mutual, £6,823 ; by the Church of England, £4,132 ; by the " County"office, £61,010 ; by the D -fender, £7,772 ; by the Equitable, £2,844 ; by the General, £10,783 ; by the G10be,£37,853 ; by the Guardian,l3l.9B2 ; by the Hand-in-Hand, £9,971; by the Imperial, £49,440; by the " Law," £23,929 ; by the Law Union, £3,920 ; by - the London, £28,223 ; by the Monarch, £13,468 ; by the National Provincial, £5,062 ; by the Plicenix, £126,952 ; by the Royal Exchange, £77,891 ; by the Royal Farmers', £11,355 ; by the Sun, £193,951 ; by the Times, £2.371 ; by the Union, £27,030; by the Un'ty, £20,097 ; and by the Westminster Fire office, £26 655. The sums paid for duty by the other London offices are too insignificant to be mentioned, being all under £l,OOO, and seine as low as £l3, £2O, and £2 (for the year.) The total amount of duty collected in Scotland during the year was £83,075, and the sums in sured on farm stock £5,538,803. In Ireland (as in Eng land) the compiler of the return has omitted to cast out the grand total of the sums paid for duty by the various companies. The gross total amount of the sums insured by all the offices in England on farming stock, exemut from duty was 465,250,687. FELONIOUS ASSAULT AND HIGHWAY ROBDERY.—At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, John Wyatt, aged 18, engine fitter, was charged with feloniously assaulting Ada Elizabeth Pratt, and stealing from her a watch, on the 29th of June last, at Nelthorp. Mr. Scotland appeared for the or Beni bu; Mr. Cripps defended the prisoner. It ap peared that the prosecutrix was a young lady, aged 17, living with her mother at Wickham, but being so ill, in consequence of the assault made upon her that she was unable to attend to give evidence, her deposition was read. She stated that on the 29th of Jane last she went to play the organ at Christchurch, Banbury, and was returning home in the afternoon, when she saw the prisoner by a stile on the Wickham side of Farm-field. Sae loitered, to let the man pass by ber, but as he did not do so, she turned round and went behind him. The man got over the stile first, and turned to the right. The prosecutrix then got over, and turned to the left; and, as soon as she had done so, the man followed her. He then took her and threw her down, and attempted to take liberties with her, but she resisted, and was twice thrown. On the second fall her leg was broken. The man then snatched her watch and ran away with it. The prosecutrix gave a description of her assailant, which led to the apprehension of several persons, and eventually of the prisoner. When taken into the presence of the prosecutrix she said she believed he was the man, and other evidence was given to show that he was in the field and was seen running away, though, when charged with having been there, he denied it. Mr.e. r. Cripps havin g a dd resse d t h e j ury , the jury , without ban tion, found the prison er g uilty. Mr. Baron Martin said the prisoner had bee n f oun d guilty, on most satisfactory evidence, of an offence of a most serious character, and the sentence was, that he be kept fifteen years in penal servitudes., THE ABOLITION OF THE VICE-I 1 )YALTY OF IRELAND. On Monday, a depatation of the core ration, merchants, and brokers generally, of Dohlin, headed by the Lord Mayor, waited upon the Lord Lieutenant to congratulate him upon the defeat of the motion of Mr. R.tebuck. His Excellency made the following reply Mr LORD MAYOR AND GENTLEMEN,—In thanking the L3-d Msyor, aldermen, and bargesses of the city of Dublin for the address which they have been pleased to convey to me, I may be allowed to express my satisfactioa that the immediate cause of uneasinetzs which led to is adoption has ceased to exist. It is, perhaps, doubly a matter of delicacy for me to proffoe an opinion up en a subject which has been under very recent discussion in the legislature, and respecting an office which, for the time I the great honour to hold. I do not myself subscribe to the t-uth of the assertion that the high position of a Viceroy of Ireland is inherently more exposed to intrigue than any prominent post to which the dispensation of patronage is attached, or that it is incompatible with elevated aims and useful realities. I am con vinced that the continuance of the Viceragal Court contribute materially to mr . .ke our own capital a place of increased resort and importance, and I cannot treat as purely frivolous the influences that act upon the trade and prosperity of an ancient and populous city, or believe that they do net radiate to a far wider circuit. And while I should be far from seeking to prejudge what alterations of existing establishments the lapse of time or change of circumstances may recommend, I still conceive that the precipitate abolition of an office which, under one modification or another, has now subsisted for nearly seven centuries, which has preceded and survived a separate legislature, and has engained itself into the laws, customs, and fe , lings of an entire people, cannot be effected with- out difficulties and complications which v,ry great and obvious commensurate benefits should alone persuade us to encounter. Taere is one point on which I feel yet more strongly assured. We have perceived how small a fraction of the Irish representation have voted in favour of the abolition of the Irish 'Viceroyalty. lam clearly of opinion it would he neither prudent, generous, or just to change this ancient form of administration without a marked con currence on the part of the loyal and well-disposed portion of the Irish people. BRITISH SHIPS OF WAR IN THE CHINESE WATERS.-- At Hong Kong H.M.S Calcutta, Nankin, Amethyst, and Racehorse ; steamers Highflver, Coromandel, and Hong kong ; gunboats Bustard, Forester, Haugluy, Opossum, and Plover. At Macao—lL M.S. Encounter. In the Canton River—H.M.S. Sybille ; brigs Acorn ' Eik, and Bittern; steamers Tribune, Cr u i ser , Hornet, Niger, In flexible, Fury, and Sir Charles Forbes; gunboats Starling and Staunch. At Amoy—H.M.S. C Anus. At Folchow— H.M. sloop Camilla ; steamer Sampson. At Sbanghai— H.M.S. Pique. RIILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR WOLVERHAMPTON.— TWO crowded excursion trains started on Monday morning from Birmingham to Liverpool, within live minutes of each other. The fist train had to stop at the Stafford-road Junction, a short dislance from Wolverhampton, where then is no station-master, to take in passengers from another train. IN hile there, it was run into by the second excursion train, and the consequence was that many of the passengers were severely shaken, four or five received rather severe contusions, and oue man had his shoulder blade fractured. OUTRAGEOUS ACQUITTAL OF A MURDERER IN KANSAS. —We learn from the Lawrence Republican of latest date, that the murderer, Charles Fugit, recently on trial at Leven worth City for the murder of a man named Hoppe, has been acquitted. The murderer, it will be recollected, made a bit of a pair of beets with a friend that he would kill an abolitionist before the sue should set. To make good his word he left town shortly aftenvards, in pur suit of an innocent, inoffensive emigrant named Hoppe, who a few hours before had passed through the place OR his way to the interior of the territory. He over took the unsuspecting traveller, shot him down in cold blood, without a word of provocation, scalped him, and galloped back to town, brandishing the b►oody trophy as an evidence of the execution of his contract, and claimed the boots which he had wagered.—St. Louis D emocr at , June 23. HORRIBLE!—We learn from the Halifax Journal of Monday last that on Friday morning an inquest was held at Fort Ogilvie, near the Point Pleasant Battery, by Dr. Jeanings, Coroner, on the body of an infant about ten days old, which had been exposed to die in the woods, after having been nearly killed by violence.intretcd on the skull and brain. When found by Mr. Travis, a gunner end driver, the child was yet alive, covered with spruce bushes and stones,and literally being devoured by black ants Every attempt to restore the child was ineffectual, necessarily as the post mortem examinatio❑ made by Dr. Sleyter, showed a fracture across the crown of the head and extravasated blood. The inhumanity of this act, adds the journal, is unprecedented, unlesa we believe what Herodotus tells of Amestris, wife of Xerxes, Wei at an old age, ordered fourteen Bersian infants to be burned alive, in honour of a Deity of the Country.—New Brunswick Paper. THE QUEEN AND THE IMPETUOUS GENERAL.—It 18 whispered that the Queen's extremely grave look, on the occasion of her state visit to the Manchester Exhibition, was caused by displeasure at a little outburst of temper on the part of Sir Harry Smith, which occurred just as the Royal Dirty entered the building. He spoke very hastily to one of the soldiers, and even raised his sword, whereupon the Queen reproved him. After reaching the dais, the Queen looked very hot, and almost nervous ; at first fidgetted with her neck, took off a little handker chief, and then her mantle, and gave it to one of the maids of honour.' She spoke several times to Prince Albert, and Eotnetimes with a pleased look and manner, at others rather decidedly. The kissing of hands amused everybody much, several who had the honour were so vary awkward in availing themselves of it. TAB JOCKEY CLUB AND BLACKLEGS.—The annual gene ral meeting of the Jockey Ciub eels held at Newmarket on Wednesday last. Present :—Lord Zetland, Lord W. Powlett, stewards; Duke of Beaufort, Mr. S. R Batson, r.ord Clifden, Mr. Greville, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Neville, Mr. Payne, Admiral Rous. Vac stewards acquainted the meet ing that they had received a letter from the Earl of Derby, in the object of which they fully concurred, but as a general meeting of the club was so soon take place, they had thought it better to sebmit the matter to this meeting before taking any further steps, The letter was read :—" St. James' Squire, June 30.—My Loris,—lt has become a subject of several observation and regret that the number of men of station and position who suppirt the turf is gradually di minishing, and that an increased proportion of horses in training is in the hands of persons in art inferior position, who keep them, not for the purpose of sport, but as mere instruments of gambling. I am aware that it is not in your lordships' power to apply a remedy to this acknow ledged evil ; but I conceive that there are occasions in which it is within your power, and if so, I venture to think that it is your duty, as stewards of the Jockey Club, to exercise a wholesome iefleence upon the character and respectability of the turf. You cannot debar any man, whatever his p3sition in society, from keeping race horses ; nor do I recommend a vexatious and inquisi torial scrutiny into the character and conduct of those who do so but •when among their number are found those against whom flagrant cases of disgraceful fraud and dishonesty have been legally established, it appears to me clearly within your prov:nee to stamp them with your reprobation, and to exclude them from association on an equal footing, with the more honourable supporters of the turf. Such a case for your intervention has, I think, arisen out of the late trial of Sidebottom v. Adkins, in which a sum of above £6,000 has been recovered from the defarlant, on the avowed ground that it had been won by cheating with loaded dice. I cannot but think that this is a case which it einicerns the honour of the Jockey Club not to pass over in silence; and it would afford me great satisfaction to learn that you had taken it up in your official capacity; but in the event of your declining to do so, I have to request that you will lay this letter before the Jockey Club at their next meeting. And as I am doubtful whether I may be able to attend the July meeting, and certain that.' cannot do so on Wednesday, I will thank you to give notice on my behalf; of the following resolution :- That the Jockey Club, having taken into con aids ration the facts proved in the evidence in the late case of Sidebottom v. Adkins, direct that Mr. Adkins be warned off the heath at Newmarket; and that no horses of which he may he in whole or in part owner he allowed to run on any ground over which the Jockey Club exercise jaris diction.'—l have the honour to be, my lords, your obedient servant—(Signed)—DEßßY.—To the Stewards of the Jockey Club." It . was unanimously agreed " that the resolution contained in Lord Barb ,'s letter be adopted, and that his lordship's letter be published with the minutes of this meeting." Resolved—" That notice be given to Ignatius Francis Coyle not to come upon the race course or exercise ground at Newmarket." The accounts of last year, approved by the stewards, were presented and passed. His Grace the Duke of Beaufort was appointed a steward of the Jockey Club, in the place of the Earl of Zetland, who retires by rotation. • Caen AND Dun BOXES.—Tbe next important thing to the posses sion of (ash is, how (when you have got It) to keep it safely, either in the Counting-house or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds and other valuable documents. We have seen a large and varied stock of both these desirable articles, manefactnred expressly for Mr. E. T. Hall, of South John-street, that challenge attention. These boxes aro made on new and admired principles, and possess patent locks, which defy the ingenuity of a ny "pick-lock" in the world to open, except with the legitimate key. To merchants, solicitors, and others, these new safes, one small scale, must prove valuably ndeed —Northern Daily Times, 21st Alay, 1667,