The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-13 00:00:00

fifty per cent within a very short time, and this greatly influences us in our opinion that building materials cannot bear any further large advance. DEALS 9 x 3 are worth 7d, which about covers cost of thiaped from England at 35s freight, but sinks commissions, discount, interest, and exchange ; 11 x 3 are paying better, teing scarcer, and worth for the amount load. Scotch flooring has rather hardenedin the last few days, and is worth 2d to 2 1d. Cement remains at 21s. Slates are worth more in Sydney than here; wo quote ladies, £5 ss; countesses, £l4 ; duchesses, £I8; which prices only about cover at a moderate h eight. Galvanised corrugated iron has latterly not been much enquired for as galvanised tiles hav been slling at 2s ad, which is equal , tO about £37 10s a ton, e whilst corrugated h en, 21 gunge, is worth £45, and tiles have of course been preferred; hnsides which, on many of the diggings more sub stantial buildings are being erected, and galvanised iron is now ,bldoce used for anything except roofing. Sheet lead has been bought up on speculation, and has advanced to £3O. Zinc is scarce, and worth £4B; but tilling imports would quickly !'educe the price. 13:1,7 iron is lower, on account of some heav L e ts of about 100 tons each being offered on more aid,. " ne, and the price has receded to £l5, with a downwaru tenlenc; rUE PROVISION market h d considerably during and has per Dwn gr y time du g about t' s of cottage, business to the interior 3 , 1 Mill, and stocks in town aro rapidly a( nu'ating out of telv arrived. sh ships which have Tun FLOUR market is in a very heavy roressuri worth but £24 £46. Ch a flour is selling in an We expect that tl 11 contin ,ronght into more moderate c pass, w ..• , 4113U Mc I tilly - .borne out the r _ to this article in our last advices— the large arrivals and the great quanty of Colonial butter offering having caused Ilifteat‘ is 3d. very evident tt arOreES dedi—nino. firsts f 1 quantities st £23 fallto until the lar perhaps t &Lour wi l lrnnt 'e ventured to make i d at 8200 and any lots forced at auction do not br can houses hat thrown hv butterTntothe market, which have been closed at auction at lad. Unless shipments from England for the be not more than only one-half what they have latterli flel)ri6 . 6 of Cork butter from September nest onwards --0 wr ,.„ 4 lonk time onwar d s . OATS are more depressed than ever, and are quite unsaleable ; and any kind of oats find a readier market than Leo teh vithout finydifficeity --- at 5s Gd, but would ba. P l ace &loch at the same price. A parcel of California oat Birrnham, changed hands at Gs 3d, thei r value, a s very goo d C o l on i a l can b e b oug ht at 5 s 10d , I:" b uyers in this mar ket in o ats, as in e v e r y o th er ar ti c l e , ee ro inclined to pay for a name. earl OrktkEAL is more enquired for, and worth 235, but pearl, ~,,Yr and split peas have become a drug. t ‘-' lo int,Es maintain former rates but are not selling freely, 11 storks in town are moderately large. We quote Belmont a o'R lid; French is ",REEsE remains in very good demand, and is saleable at -. 0 !'"d• There liave lately been some arrivals of large Wilt jillered.cheese in bladders—four in a case—which are greatly trouble to a price far beycni 0/T e i c i e "N ' S STORES seem to go quite out of consumption, and 8 j , and bottled fruits are day after day forced at auction Bp rateshybrow's, Goode an.l Whyatt'.3, Bull's, pi cii r g,e B eB, and all this class of brands will not sell at all. Pint L. 'es of these brands are selling at auction at 4s 6d, ar J ottled f tu i ts at 8s 6J. t ri I IIED FR UITS are d o i ng we ll, as th e arr i va l s h ave b een fi:: er4 te• Currants are worth 14d; Eleme raisins 81 to 9d; 1 11 7; a " muscatel raisins have not sustained outside rates, and r w orih, respectively, but 91d and 111,1. the Spurr market the usual amount of business has B - 41 _done, but both brandies and rum are a shade lower. In s l ,t • The price .4tarteli b. has been sold as low as 13s 9d. "7 6 14s 3d for dark, and 14s 9d for p a le. Whiske, f old tom i n bulk remain in favour at 7s 61 to 7s 9d, and t o : Ca'e old torn the demand holds very good at 22s 6d for q rate London brands. 11 '11q; 4 !) POWD ER market has been sensibly affected by late shihn.—. -.0 '" - ,l—what ti—ice will $0 to 0 ~—,ients and Vanguard unsettlen— .ne n arrival of the and Fortitude, both of ' :,P / ,! °B have la•go parcels divided amongst a number of co. e . rce, it is hard to say—it is now offering at 8d withou t n ' h g buyers, as, until the magazine is enlarged, it cannot be throwtigihit into the minket, but cats itself up in rent in the hulk take a very long time before our marl c onsumption is, if anything on the deem Afraid that some shipments will turn out almost a total loss, the charges for receiving and delivering, and half•a-year's ren ' 4 ' 3 almost equal. to 3J per lb-- NC 6 .O )n l Of ;01 o of lower than 6,1 3EASTERN PRODUCE I t"e knowledge of a I .et recovers, a as not improved since our last, although sips fre ;kited with C mule holders of P 13 1 ..urge fleet of ; ' ll heing oz the way to Adelaide Gluier in their demands, and tkugut to day u n d er £l6. Opi um re 3 chest, but the market takes only a ~unr is again easier, and good Mauritius f but Colsip ore remains at £5O. Loaf sugar is no ut remains Worth £43. C oPPL , .,E is scarce and advancing ip'""rth 101 d per l b in bond • ) natal eable at ry limited quantity Good Planta ion Ceylo Java, 8d - con ..a price : Jamaica co. vi'ererY, infas th r, qualityshipped qualit from England is generally ac eri t ont . allhough not lower, is very languid ; Continue both at Sydney and here, and at prest, all lose mone • a large shipment has lately aeYedonuenTt: viliee7tood to be returns from China on er The ToßAcco mai Ivendish are wath but K' 14d. Good brands of negrohead ar offered at I.ld. the The rate a ci "nrattPliB gh :f elEchan g e on England is still maintained b: English "anks at 2 per cent., although the Oriental Bala per cent. ,he arrival rived a I ancheste Lro afraid, not show much is still declining, and hot. LONDON GAZETTE liateq , e li-RIT PTS.--BENJAAIIN BRETT, St. George's-street, blan o r ~- 11. v aY, and High -street, Poplar, boot and shoe Btaft, ) : J ,, ne ' • WALTER DALE KIDGROVE, Wolstan tor , and / Puke, builder. Vicrott CHANDRON,Leicester-quare °I ttNT BABIN, dealers ill perfumery. HENRY : torrt l l 7' 4 501 n, licensed victualler. JOHN' DsAY, Ni a ,New South Wales, and the Queen's Hotel, S'. 8-le-Grand, merchant. JOSEPH THOMSON, Bishop str eet tfc ' r, Hertfordshire, draper. JOSEPH ELTEEN, High oLLl Kensington, grocer and cheesemonger. THOMAS atabln" , Preathury, Ch e l ten h am , Gl ouces t ers hi re , li very ka Keeper and trainer. MARY BULLIVANT WALTEIIS, , .1. 44 e ••"1 0 , notel keep er . J AMES T AYLOR T ATLINGION , $OWr E nd, Larctshire cotton spinier. BENJAMIN ". and CHARLES JOHN MORRIS LEWIS, Birmingham, hoot Cool' n , a ,T I 'hoe make rs . JOSEPH COOPER, senior, JOSEPH e , tto jun., a n d J os C OOPER, Chi swort h , D evons hi re, ~ ellinh tpinners and manufacturers. HENRY GARDNER, Somersetshi re' manufacturer. JAMES ...41ut a liu rcr olcolna Brook, near Bury, Lancashire, cotton ct 1, elloi , AsTic Excnasi oN s.—O n T ues d ay , t h e sth i ns t., a 1 0, a numb er of the members and friends of the Sunda -° ' °°l and Litera r y I ns tit u t e en j oye d a d e li g h t f u l da) ', Ite eXetirsion t o the far-famed English lake district—Winder _ to`"‘ m The com m itt ee o f th e i ns tit u t e are d eep l y i n d e bt e d m". R. R. Marcus, who accompanied the tr a i n , f or th e excellent manner in which it was conducted. I NSPECT OR , FIELD AT A LLSOP'S WAX-WORK EXHIBITION. .. ---c 'very one who had seen Palmer, declared that his liko 11,08s at this establishment is the best that is extant, and a "ay or two since, Mr. Field, the celebrated London officer, - an visiting,. the exhibiti on , was at once struck with the exact li keness of that notorious person, and declared it to be the most perfect he had ever beheld.—Adv. I,7IDISCIvERY OP SPADE GUINEAS. &e.--OD Monday, the cnl-n engaged in levelling the rubbish in the " ruins" n ar -victoria-street, Farringdon-street, struck upon a small square tin box, extremely rusty. They at first threw it on one side, but hearing something rattle inside, the men wl'o had throw n it away as useless opened it, and, to their great surprise and gratification, discovered its contents were sixty- lour suede guineas, eleven half guineas, and twelv e se .,, n.sh ' i cling, pieces. Cone - I.4Eles INQ A3 , • STS.— Ycstera ty, the deputy coroner, E'cl , held the following inquests:—On the IF Statham, body of James Hutton 13ourne, erred fifty-four years, late of 22, Mount Pleasant, n ear," am ? gilder, It appeared that state of muld and that a brother of his, the deceased was, for a considerable time post, in a very low and desponding at present, is an inmate of Itainhill Lunatic Asylum. About see his brother, and n spirits, and said he a month since the deceased went t , after his return be got much lower i - Would never go there again. He con.tinued very low until Alonday morning, when he go t up taernofut six o'clock, and went to the workshop, where his sisfound him sometime after hanging hy a rope io a beam, iie was at once cut down, but had been dead for some time previously. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.—On the body of a woman, named Mary Rourke, aged forty-five Years, th e %/ if . of a tail it residing in Richmond-row. The deceased fell' dow n wa s an incorrigible drunkard, and, whilst in a fit of drink, she s 'airs, and died from the effects of the injuries_ John received, Verdict accordingly.—On the body of Smith. It years of age, a carter, in the employ of Mr. Gibraltar-row, fell on the deceased, . appeared that a bale of cotton, from a st . ore in Northern hospital, d in consequence of the injuries he ha received. James Bevan, the first man under the warehouse and be died an the keeper in ,Varriott's warehouse in Gibralter-row, said he !a: weighing cotton there, 'which he delivered to Henry !Ti,owen and Robert Dilworth, for Messrs. Thomas , and rfi r e ,n e a a l . l. One of the bales fell on deceased, and from the "1 I it appeared death was caused by a rupture of the bo . death. evidence,,The jury returned a verdict of accidental 1 s a cotton r ssued a forged to him a been ac Burnley radar rnoni Tevious imprisonment, urer, was - charged with having .xchance. Mr. Brett prosecuted. of M mission esented purporting to 3rd, who had carried on This he refused to do, Ito have it placed to his account, 1. to Mr. 0 OR the 17th of M to Mr. Ormerod accepted by Mr ihich was with Mr. tianulacturer 'eh, the prisoner had offered Dther bill for .£167, Bamford had offered at the establish' Manchester, a bill purpor Henry Rawlinson, for Je36o. and deposed that nett'. on th vent of Messr g to be a orth. of )ted by AI r. Bamford was examined. ier of the bills beacing his name He had had some deal ings with the prisoner previously, and had accepted two bills for him, but'neither of them was one of these produced in court. Mr. Henry Riwlinson and Mr. Edward Ra wlin son, partners in the firm of Rawlinson & Co., cotton manu facturers at Burnley, were both examined, and deposed respectively that the bill bearing that name was not accepted by either of them. The prisoner shortly after left the country and 'escaped to Hamburg, where he was arrested, then passing under the name of Henry Johnson, by inspector Buckley, of the Manchester police. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, who defended the prisoner, addressed the jury in an eloquent and forcible speech. A witness was called to speak to the good character previously was accepted or signed by him, iship h His - Lordst to fourteen years' transportation UTTERING FORGED BANK fitter, and Daniel Haig having uttered two "oTEs.:—Thomas King, e bootmaker. were chargedwith appeared that on Thur t 5 Bank of . England rotes. It y, the 20th of March last, the pt by James Ingham, isoners went into a publ for a couple of gl note, which In2ha and King put doivn a .e 5 a tik)k for the purp - 6s of 1 said it Is and for t both notes to 3 took them to - the .shop o t of thE Ashe expressed s, and took them to a were dis- n he went nut for at urned ted in THE SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.-YESTERDAY, CROWN COURT, His Lordship, Mr. Justice Witte., entered the court at ne o'clock . yesterday morning, and proceeded with the BURGLARY.—MichaeI Kelly, Bridget Dolan, Edward Tyrell and Anne Clarke, all factory workers. were charged with having broken into the house of John Percival, Old ham-road, Manchester, and stolen thence fifteen barna, on the 3rd of May last. The jury found Edward Tyrell not guilty, and the other prisoners guilty. A previous con viction was proved against the prisoner Dolan Lordship sentenced Michael Kelly to five yea servitud. s penal very young girl present, his Lc Bridget Dolan and Anne Clarke, who were were ordered to stand down for the Jrdship stating that he would consider course ne should pursue with regard to juvenile BURGLART.- . Patrick Connor, coal d d with he house of John F n from thence some A the A, and st 13th of 'May, but r of Con 0, of R quently found in the house y stolen •from Foder k COIIT lard Jones guilty of receiving annah Connor not xt-uiltv, I stolen therefrom or broaches, two spoon, William Nee of skeleton I prisoner Taylor and Wood f Povah to twenty yea apparel ci to having clinrc as now ith hard lobo avlor. (Marl, atch, f of William Needha five gold rings, thi the pr - Operty of proved sentenced t penal servieul , was charzsql iv. 18'A. on the 20th of Tyndal Atkinson prosecuted prison ,ted th d with several I raignec Under The officer of the gaol Mantes. ind as the evidence which went to identify the prisoner, appeared very uncertain, his Lordship directed an acquital. rfhe court adjourned shortly before six o'clock SECOND CRIMINAL COURT A second criminal court was held in the Sheriff's room, before Mr. Pickering, Q.C., for the purpose of disposing of some of the criminal business. BURGLARY.—Thomas Jones, labourer. and Henry Nibbs, fitter. were convicted of having at Salford, on the 9th June, 1856, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling-house of Ellen Athert , m. The prisoners were sentenced to five years' penal servitude. John Cummins, aged 15, was charged with having burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Thomas Asper, at Manchester, in last May, and stolen therefrom, a coat, shawl, and a pair of boots. The prisoner was found guilty. Sentence deferred. BIGiMY AT MANCFIESTER.—JOhII Beesley pleaded guilty to a charge of having, on the Bth of May, feloniously married Mary Ann Jones, his former wife being alive. Sentenced to one mouth's imprisonment. BIGAMY AT ROCHDALE.—WiIIiam Hindle, alias Preston, weaver, was found guilty of having at Rochdale, on the 22nd of August, 1833, married Hannah Wilton, he having then a former wife alive. The prisoner was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. BURGLARY.—Eriwin Ray. aged 14, was found guilty of burglary at Manchester. Sentence deferred. NISI PRIUS COURT. (BEFORE MR. BARON BRAMWELL AND A COMMON JURY.) The court sat at nine o'clock. BOYER v. BAYLEY.—This was an action to recover ..£39 15s 81, balance of wages. The plaintiff is a letter-press printer, and in January, 1852, he entered into the service of the defendant, general printer, of Manchester, as cashier and general manager, at a salary of two guineas per week For the defence - ended that the agreement as to salary was subseqUently changed, and that the plaintiff consented to accept 32s a week. Mr. Ovens appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hugh Hill. Q.C., with Mr. Cole, for the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. t was c SCOTT V. TffE CORPORATION OF I‘rANCTIESTER.-Mr. Hill, Q C-, with Mr. Millward, appeared for the plaintiff. The plaintiff is a tailor and beerhouse keeper, residing: in Dickenson-street, Manchester, and, before the accident for the injuries r pensation, On the 17t cutting tilting from which be now song trade from ..el5O to £6O a yea earned at I .treet, and made no pro. vision to prevent i , ijury belig done either to person or property by tho splitverft, o►her than the trench in whist the pipe lay. Wh;le they were thus employed, the Olin tiff had necessarily to cross the street, anti, as he wat passing about a yard from - where the men were working, a splinter struck him in the eve and inflicted so serious inful a wound that he lost all sight in it. The sight t nis other eye was also much injured, and his general Jth so impaired that he is now unable to follow his Mr. of Manchester, of cutting iron pipes under the circumstances stated, and declared that a canvas screen or boarding should have been placed round the spot where the men were employed. For the defence, Mr. Thomas Whitehead, foreman of the works, was examined. He stated that the trench in which the pipe was being cut was two feet deep, and that though he had seen windows broken by the splinters, he had never heard of a personal inju' y being caused by them. On crOss•examination, he admitted that they had since placed a canvas screen round the places where verdi their men are engaged in cutting pipes, and he would not _ for the plaintiff for s s T u a h y ee l a tif3 t e! . n i e t : w aanu a tt s sio n i t a d g a i i n ge ti r t ou in s ji t i o ry cut them without taking pleaded act, (Manchester th t ey of not enilty, tha.tso employed competenim we). —. f uze carryin,, _ Improvement Bill,) and that Navin, re persons, if there were any negligence, they were not I:l;inssible for it. The Court of Exchequer held thats pinion was not good in law. The that, though bad in law, it judge here was of op in n ry, contrary to his advice, also was true in fact, and the found for the plaintiff o n it. (The defendants will be empowered to move in error on it.) ALLEN v. Ginsox.—Mr. Hill, Q.C., with Mr. Millward, r, engineer, prove the was exam danger - .e400 dama up the street nil, where they 4enuin , this was slat( bat before he after. The jury foun 1 both the whq is a tieket.of-leav ars' penal servitul and King to m Povati, and broker NORTHERN TIMES.- was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Wheeler for the defendant. The plaintiff is a paper hanger and plumber, carrying on business in Manchester, and the defendant is an indepen_ dant gentleman, residing in London, but having con. siderable house property in Manchester. In December last. the defendant was about to alter some of his houses in Manchester, and a person of the name of Jones, a plasterer, called in the plaintiff, and told him to send in a tender for the painting. lie accordingly sent in one for .419, which was accepted by Mr. Raby, the defendant's architect, but in the course of the work, he learned that Jones had contracted for all, and that he,• and not Mr. Gibson, would be the party responsible to him. Not liking the security, the plaintiff called . on the defendant, who was at the time in Man chester, and the latter undertook, if Jones did not pay him, to deduct the £l9 from his contract. At his request the plaintiff did some extra work, amounting to £l7, and for that the defendant immediately paid him. Subsequently, the plaintiff required him to pay the £l9, but the defendant refused to do so, unless he got an order from Jones. The plaintiff wrote to say that he had received the required order, but the defendant paid over 'the money to Jones, and the plaintiff now brought the present action to recover the .el 9, the amount of his contract. The case was involved in a matter of contra dictions. The plaintiff swore that he received the order for payment from Jones, and produced it. Jones swore that he never gave it, and that it was a forgery. The On account of the Jones and his wife swore that they paid him, in three sums, £l5 of it. The plaintiff swore that he sent the order to the defendant. The defendant swore that he never received it. The jury, after considerable deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintiff for £l9. with costs. ,The court adjourned at five o'clock to nine o'clock this morning THE CAUSE LIST The cause list contains 102 entries in all. In the Salford list there are 35 causes-27 common and 9 special juries ; and in the West Perby list 66 causes-52 common and 14 special juries. RAILWAY ACCIDENT On Monday an inquest took place at the Swan Inn, Bacup, before H. H. Hargreaves, Esq., deputy droner, on the body of Richard Ashworth, printer and stationer, who was fatally injured on the previous Monday, when the accident occurred near Ewood Bridge, on the East Lancashire Railway. Mr. Smithells, the manager of the line ; Mr. J. Grundy, solicitor to the railway; Mr. Perring, engineer; and Mr. Shaw, superintendent of the tratfic, were in attendance. Mr. Smithells exhibited a plan of the line, specially prepared. The first witness examined was Joseph Harrison, guard on the East Lancashire Railway. He said : We left Ramsbottom on Monday at 7.57. The train consisted of an engine and five carriages. We stopped at the Stubbins station. The accident took place about three quarters of a mile from the station. The railroad is a little on the incline at that place. We 'got up to our speed in about half a mile after leaving Stubbins. I never perceived that there was anything wrong until the accident happened. I perceived that there was something wrong with the engine, and, before I could rise, the carriage which I was in was smashed. I was pitched head foremost out, and nay feet remained in the van. When I rec veered I looked at my watch and found that it was nine minutes past eight o'clock. Oa one side, the railroad was level with the land, and on the other there was an embankment of about five feet. The first carriage was third. class and was broken to pieces. L was across the line. All the carriages were off the rails, but they did not go down the embankment. I saw nothing to cause the accident. I cannot tell within five yards where the engine went off the rails. I went off to Stubbins to get assistance as soon as possible, and I did not return. There is only a single line of rails, but a second line is being laid down. The crossing had bleu laid nine or ten days before the accident happened. It would be near to the crossing where I first perceived that there was something wrong. We were going at the time at the rate of twenty six or twenty-seven miles per hour. lam certain that it was not more than twenty-sever. miles. Our usual.speed is twenty-six miles. We have one train that travels at the rate of about twenty-nine or thirty miles per hour. We never rim the 7.50 train at that spec 1, because we have plenty of time. The incline is towards Bicup, and is about one in 200. There is a curve where the accident happened, but it is not a very sharp one : and we do not slacken speed on account of it. We have not run quite as fast since the alterations have taken place as we did tefore, in those places where the men have been at work. We have not had more time to do the work in, but we have b en more careful than formerly. I cannot state the cause. of the accident. I could feel when we were going over the crossing a differ ence, hitt it was only such as I can feel at any crossing. Fielding had been driver about three years and a half, but he had been a pilot driver a long time before. He was a steady man and a good driver. I saw him by the rails, and I supposed that he was dead, for I could not see that he breathed. I did not see the stoker. Ido not think it was at the cros- I think sho would not have then. The driver made train came off, f travellE no alarm.. crossing to 11r. Perring said that the distance from the lore the engine ‘das found after the accident was 62 yards.) Tha enine weat off the line in January last, but there was no train attacked to it. Fieldin g has not complained about the engino; but I know that he ilked the Aurora better than any other engine. (A juryman said that he had heard that Fielding had complained about the crossing, on the day of the accident, as dangerous.) The eng►ne is an old ona, bu engine, that is, having c r the engi n the branch thitFieldi dangerous. I was satiified — witl for I did not consider then wos oawhichthe accid brother felt a oh a and tender all i❑ one It was the only engine He considered the line ition of the rails, I did not feel y danger, orossing during the day nt happened. (11 juryman said that his king at the crossing the same day when the As the brother of the juryman was not )resent to give the statement as evidence, ,it could not be ccident occuned received.) I received, about the 17th July, a wri with respect to the working of the Bacup branch. The wit ness then gave evidence, proving that the acknowledg ment of the receipt of the circular containing the caution was in Fielding's handwriting. He also testified that Mr. Smithells, the general manager, had inspected the line since the crossing was made. He (the guard) was of opinion that the engine did not get off the rails at the crossing, because of the distance that the engine was found to be from the crossing; and he suggested the possibility that a stone might be on the line, and thus cause an obstruction that would throw the engine off the rails. The evidence of the guard ttLn caution i, being completed, a juryman enquired whether it was the intention of the coroner to call one of the surgeons who had made a post mortem ermaination of the body.—The coroner said he had no such intention. The post mortem examina tion had .been made, not by his order, but by the order of the friends of the deceased.—Subsequently the widow of the unfortunate deceased, four of the /It angers by the train _ _ _ . when the accident occurred, and five of the railway officirds were examined. On the conclusion of the evidence the jury decided to call in the professional assistance of a practical engineer, who is totally unconnected with the East Lancashire Railway, in crier that he may make an inspection, and report as to the probable cause of the acci dent.—The inquest was then adjourned till Saturday next SPORTING INTELLIGENCE 4 WOLVERHAMPTON RACES Y.- _ ESTERDAY. PA.TBIII7LT, HANDICAP. .......... 1 I Gaudy .. Two ran. CIiILLINGTON STARES. Oalti all 1 I Equity Three ra, CLEVELAND CUP: Aladdin . . Aladdin of jectt.d to. FILED HANDICAP. Pla .sible Six ran. LEWES RACES.-YESTERDAY. COUNTY CUP. Pantomime walked over. • ' HANDICAP PLATE. 1 I Golden Clipper Four ran. SELLING STAKES, 1 I Prospe.ity Four ran QU PEN! READING RACES.-YESTERDAY EAST HAMPSTEAD STAKES • . Five ra ABBEY STAKES. Gemmy de Vergd Seven ran. BERKSHIRE STAKES. Brother to Grey Tommy.. 1 I Pretty Boy—. 2 I Mr. Syke s 3 Ten ran. Won by n dr. Mayboy, fuck, and Mishap paid forfeit. URE,ERY PLATE. Worcester ll C xwell :eve(' ran. LATEST BETTING. Blinn HANDICAP. 3 to I agst Warlocii—taken and offerel 7 .. - 1 ... Carorier—taken freely • BIRTH. On the 12th inst., at Beech-terrace, Edge-lane, Mrs. Williams, of DEATHS. On the 6th inst., Mary, aged 55, the wife of Mr. James Phillips, bru4l manufacturer, of this town. On the 7 , 11 hist,, at her resldence, Rock Fcry, Mrs. Alice Robert , . aged 72, for many years a faithful nurse in seve al respectible families. 0::" Births, Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when sent to our Off►ce duly authenticated. Th 9 jury returned a as the p with costs. neral ,ea Y out their B an dalore Pautomirne . Binkingham Noisette too lig he cond Six ran. Pao L AT ENVOOD BRIDGE LTITETZPOOL, WEDNESDAY. COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY, (BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.) PROPEszq )NAL MISTAKE THROE OR THE HEAT OF THE WEATH 11.—A special.applieation was madt by Mr.Wrn. Far ley, an accountant, to amend an order made on the 29,h July, that the debt should be paid by monthly instalments of 6s per month, the defendant in the action having previously agreed to pay L 1 15s 6d every six weeks. Mr. Farley, on entering the witness - 4)oz, produced a written statement to the above effect, and said the error occurred in consequence of Mr. Gray haying. got up and said that " he had been instructed to appear for the plaintiff," and bad assented to the second arrangement, wh 10, in fact, he was never so employed. His. Honour : I recollect the case. When you came into the box, understanding that a professional gentleman was engaged in the eve, I declined to hear . you, and I spoke more sharply, perhaps, than I should haVe done. Mr." Gray : Sir, if you will, allow me, perhaps I can explain the matter. It.was a mistake. It is easily to beirectified. I appeared for the defendant. His Honour : Why was it not' rectified at the time ?, ,This occur red on the 29th of July,_ and this is the 12th Anguat. Mr. Gray: The error occurred f oat my Itafw, uninteato al'y, aqiched my instructions from the ,lef, , ridant to the par titulars of another case. His honour : was riot the error corrected immediately afterward -:s was then sworn, by the direction of tho ecu and 111 , ..,-;:lt,d that, after tl .t down by ASO had been heard on the former side of Mt. Gray, avid handed him. over the pagers I bad, showing that the defendant had agreed to pay £1 15%. 6,1, every six weekt , . He said he did not know anything about it, when I asked him wha had employed him, he, said the plaintiff hid. I went to the plaintiff and asked her if such was the case, when she replied that sl:e did not know Mr Gray, that she had ne7er seen him on- that or any other' business. The next day I again saw Mr. Gray, when I told him what the plaintiff had said, and he replied that ho would have the ju fgment altered, but it bad gone on up to the present time, and nothing had been done in the matter. Ile was going to apply to the Court, but Mr. Gray had told him he hid better send a notice to the defindant. His Honour : What I want to know is, Mr. Gray, how it' is that immediately, after you found out the error, you did no: come into.': the court at once and set yourself and me right ? Mr. Gray: "Because I thought it must go through the regular process. I told him that he must give the proper notice which I prepared for him. His Honour: How is it that the error was.not meted at once ? Mr. Gray : Why, sir, it must have been the immure of business. His Honour : The pressure of business had no right to interfere with your setting the error right at once. Mr. Gray : The beat of the weather, 'and' the pressure of business—l have only ens pair of hands, and I have been up all night now., His 1 - lonour then expressed the great regret that he felt that any professional gentleman should have come into Court and have stated that he appeared for the plaintiff, and thus mislead the court, and cause it to come to a wrong judgment, without at once rectifying the error. I shall, lie said, consider this .case, and see what I shall do in the matter.—Mr. Gray said he believed, in fact, that the sister of the plaintiff had first given hiru instructions to appear. It is an error, and I would riot do the least thing to deserve but the highest encomiums on my professional character. lam sorry that I did not correct the error at once.—His Honour : And so am I sorry, very sorry, that you did not. The order must be for £1 Iss. every six weeks. Most of the other cases were' undefended. INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS, The Rector has sent the following letter to the home Office : Liverpool, Anzust 12, 18.56. Sir,—Being anxious to obey the Order in Council for discon tinuing burials in St. Martin's parochial cemetery, in Liverpool, as promptly as possible,. more pa-ticularly in the heated state of the atmosphere, I informed the churchwardens that after Sunday, August 17, I sliouldUot permit the office for burial to be used there; but, upon their representing that this would occasion inconvenience, as the parish surveyor had not com pleted his arrangements for laying out the ground at the Liverpool parochial cemetery in Walton, I consented to extend the time, and informed them that unless I received an older to the contrary from the Secretoty of State; the offiAating minister would continue to pet form the service in St. Martin's cemetery until Sunday, the 31st of August, officiating there on that day for the last time. Trusting that this arrangement will not be disapproved of by the Secretary of State, I have the honour to remain, your very obedient servant, . _ • A. CAMPBELL, Rector of Liverpool. The Under Secretary of State, Horne Departtnent. [We understand that St. John's churchyard will al , o be closed, except for private vaults and graves, and that the new parocial cemetery at Walton will be opened immediately - for the interment of parishioners, on payment of the accustomed fees.] HOTEL AMENI fIES At the M i owe, o Monday, Michael George Ryan, firs of nee. a fashionably 'oung ma ing thr of about 18 proprietor• of Mullins' Hotel, 11, ironmonger •lane, Cheapside, with a dagger. Mr. Moss appeared on behalf of the defendant. The prosecutor said the defendant came to . lodgo, at my hotel about a week ago About one o'clock on Sunday morning I met him eotning out .of my wa'er-closet, and told him I had found it in a state is which I did not expect to find it. Ho made a remark to me which I did not understand, and at the same time dtew from h's coat the dagger• pro iced, (a most formidable weapon, about a foot in length) and bold I nt and g attitude towards £4O, or before I wou' part ; but 1 did insist POLICE COURT -YESTERDAY, (REPORT', MR. J. 11. FMITIL) SHOP LIFTING —Two young women, very well dressed, who gave their names as Anne Shaughnesy and Jane Nuttall, were charged with stealing two shawls, value 355, from the shop of Mr. Thomas Rogers, St: James's pliee. From the evidence of a young man, named Stephen Evans, will is in the employment of Mr. Rogers, it appeared that the prsoners went to the shop and purchased a cheap bonnet, and whilst engaged look ing at some mantles, they were suspected of taking something, and subsequently one of the prisoners dropped the shawls from under her dress. The prisoners were remanded - to this day, in order to produce witnesses who saw them take the sh a wl s I SrnaLINT ALP. Two Jumpers, named Michael Coghran and Darby Doyle, were charged with stealing three dozen of ale from the ship Magdalena. in the Prinee'S dock. The prisoners were engaged in stowing the vessel, and a cask, containitw the ale,. was broken Open, and the quantity m e nti one d stolen.. The prisoners were drunk, and one of them was seen taking bottles The prisoners were sent to gaol for ach. . out of the vast B LO - 01W:11. FIAT stealing a " iiner The " gi:l ran a•x sent to ga .1 for t Mary Jordan was charged with was b ging at the door, and the lie %'vas - anold offend IN AND A LONG RUN.—TIIOMaS Short cell .known character, was charged with barir.- two coats, belonging to the mate of the ship Odessa appeared that the vessel is in the King's Rick the prisoner went on board, tink 1.1 sto:ell It Iltlnts, and made off. _ mate saw him go on shore with 'he coat and gave chase, and after a "long run," tripped up Mt Short, who admitted that he was captured like a • man t to jail for three months'. 111 E " WOMAN " AMONGST VIE TAILORS.-- , Tiore is e 31d adage of " the d--1 amongst the tailors," but in IT present case, it seems that Mrs. Mary Tierney was individual that kicked up the rtiekehia amongst the "fraternity," . in Pity-street, on the 27th ult. A " gentleman " belonging to the " profession," named Joseph Deegan, who resides up a passage in Pitt street,, summoned Mrs. Tierney for an assault. Mr. Dodd was for the complainant,' and Mr. Hughes for the defence. From the evidence of the complainant, it appeared that he had been for three months trying to buy a new coat . for his. back, and having accomplished that feat, he! he put it on, on Sunday the 27th, and was going out to. take a walk. The passage alluded to is, as he stated, according to his " measure," exactly thirty inches wile, and on the day mentioned, the following circumstances transpired. It appeared that the husband of the defendant is a tailor, as well as Mr. Deegan, and that for some reason, there was not as geol a feeling between them as there is known to have existed between Damon and Pythias. Now Mrs. Tierney is the mother of a " blessed baby," about two and a half years old, and this infant is considerably more than thirty inches in diameter. The uno . her being very fond of the afore. said baby, placed it in the passage, and this obstruction so effectually blocked up the way, that Mr. Deegan was prevented from making egress into the street, in order to visit some friends and exhibit his new coat. For the purpose of removing the obstruction, he took u p the baby, and put it out of his way. Deegan might as well have accomplished the feat of passing into parliament, as passed the passage without "killing" the "babby " in order to avoid a trial for manslaughter, he ,took up the child in his arms passed on, and then laid it down as quietly as a sucking dove, and was on his way to show his new coat to some friends, when Mrs - Tierney, and several other " ladies" made an attack a la Inkermann on him—tore his face, tore his trousers, tore the. hair out of his head, and the unkindest cut of all was reserved for his new coat, that cost him £2 14s, and this they tore in pieces altogether. They beat him with a cane, and " mallette 1" him with a smoothing iron (a goose), and, he added with with great naivete, " they made a glomorated' show and example of me," • This tale of woe was fully corroborated by two young ladies, one with fiery red hair, the other " with tresses dark as raven's wing," and a' vast amount of fun was caused on their cross-examination by Mr. Hughes, who held up a cane that might have been mistaken for a large straw, at the same time that Mr Tierney held hrgh up to the gaze of the court his " blessed baby" that caused first, the annoyance in the - 30-inch passage, and then a great deal of laughter in court. He produced several witnesses for the defence, and these placed the blame on the Deegan -party, and said that Mrs. Tierney was prematurely con fined in consequence of the ill-usage . she got After a long investigation, the charge was dismissed,and the partied left, loooking "scissors" at each other, (BEFORE MR MINSFIELD VIOLENT t He was sen " but in the SAULT.—Mrs. Anne Crawford, of School lane, charged a man namel M'eartney for having assaulted her. It appeared that the prisoner formerly lodged at the complainant's house, hut was sent away for bad conduct. On Sunday he entered th house, and, without the least provocation, struck her several violent blows, and knocked her down. The prisoner was sent to gaol for one month. o CHARGE (G , ASSAULT AND ILL-USAGE ON THE Hum SEAS - Edward B. Drinning, master of the ship Bloomer, and his mate, were summoned by the steward of the ship, Henry Chesiian, for having tcsaulted him; and there was another charge under the 190th section of the Merchant Shipping Act, against the captain, for ill-usage of the complainant, which itaflietS a penalty of £2O on masters of ships who violate the act. Mr. Campbell was for the complainant ; and Mr. Black, who %cis for the defence, raised an objection to the charge under the 190th section, to the t ffcet, that it did not apply in the present case, and after looldng it, Mr. MAnstield agreed in the objection, and dismissed the complaint in that respect. The charg , sof ass cult were then gone into, and proved ; but it was shown that great pro vocation had been given, and in consideration of tins the d fendants were fined 5s each, which they at once paid, and were discharged. ROYAL OAK BURIAL SOCIETY AGAIN ! !! Yesterday morning, the proceedings of the above named society were again brought under the notice of J. Pollock, Rig., Judge, at the County Court, which was crowded by a large number of members, anxious to hear his Honour's decision, relative to the aff irs of the society. Mr. Hull, who has conducted the business for the inves tigation, and Mr. Martin, who appeared for the late office hearers of the society, were in attendance. As soon as his Honour had taken his seat at the bench, Mr. Hull said: Your Honour will allow me to mention the case of the Royal Oak Burial Society, which has been befOrey our Honour on several occasions,and at your Honour's suggestion it was adjourned, for the purpose of coming to some arrangement. We have made several ineffectual attempts to come to some arrangement, but I am Sorry to say that our efforts have boen unsuccessful. Therefore, as this was the day the case was to have come on, I thought it right to mention it to your Honour, as I shall on some future day have to make an application to the court, which will save the funds of the society from much expense and His. Honour : I regret exceedingly that the society which has such largo funds at its disposal should not have made such arrangements as would have prevented my again having to interfere with their affAirs. Seeing by the papers, that the difference had not been settle 3, I have been carefully looking through the act of parliament to see what powers are given me by that act, and if they cannot arrange their differinces it will be my duty, in order to prevent any One person interfering with the fonds of the society, to prevent the money being► touched, until these differences are satisfactorily settled. Mr, Hull : I have thus far abstained from entering into any details in order to save your Honour's time, as it will have to come before your Honour on a future day. His Honour : I do not give any opinion as to who is to be blamed for the present state of things ; bat this I will sat, that I will save the society and its funds, and I will stop it with the powers I have, and prevent any persons from dealing with the funds. I say again, I have looked over the act, and I have full powers, by injunction, to do so. I can have it ser v e d on th e p r esident, the trus tees, or the collectors, in order to prevent their inter fering improperly with the funds, which I shall do, if any anolication is made to me. Have powers, under that 'act, which some persons little think I have, and if some settlement is not made, I shall be obliged to deal with some , of the efficers in a way they little think of. I can impose penalties and have the same power of commitment as any of the judt'es of the lard. Mr. Hull : I am sure that statement from your Honour will give confidence to the public. His Honotir : I have thought it light to say that much, an d that I shall do all that I can to secure the funds of the soc iety from misappropriation, and that I shall deal with any person who may so misappropriate them in a way they little think about. I will use the fall powers I possess, and enforce the penalties attached to the act if an arrange ment be not made. I do not know who is to be blamed, all I have to do is to do that which I believe will he bene ficial to the members, and give secu r ity to the society. I had hoped that the members would have come to some arrangement, and I hope so still, and that they will arrange their own affairs and prevent my putting in force the powers which I possess, and which powers, however stringent, I will put in force to prevent any misappropria tion of the f un d s , an d prevent some of the members pursuing the reckless course they have been doing of late. I shall do this for the benefit of the society, and' the security of the public. SADLEIR'3 BANK TRANSACTIONS IN NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Newcastle Commercial B tnk was held on Friday. Mr. C. Garbutt, of Gateshead, pr .siding. The representatives of the press were excluded .but a shareholder who was present furnished to one of the local prints the particulars of what transpired. The report of the directors was read by Mr. Lackey Harle, solicitor. It stated that the business of the bank was dis posed.of last year to certain gentlemen in London, who were to pay each, or par price, for the shares, with five per cent. inttrest to the date of payment in October, 1866. A deed to this effect was drawn and signed by the pur chasers, Messrs R. IL Kennedy, James Sadleir, and J. F. Law. These gentlemen con s tit u t e d th e London board, and Messrs. W. Walker and C. Garbutt acted as directors in Newcastle. Soon after this arrangement cash and bills were transferred to the extent of upwards of £50,000 to the London dtrectars, and it was found that most of this money was employed to meet the liabilities of the 1 ipperary Bank. On this discovery being made by the Newcastle directors', the Lo.tdon connection was closed, and steps taken to wind up the t busiEss of the I lezality of tile It also appeared that the i‘cch these tranerictio'ne. - solvent director "o the bail!! oeeurriai wa3 now disputed by th Cenned . ‘) of iced an acti( tl balarc this there Bills of ex Current a, Cull in B ,n b Jar Mn to recover £16,000 ion boars directors iv xt read shovVinr , £50.0n apital) v t of the 'if necessary, )f the agrecmeut. eat the liabilities the followiTgasseis I'i; perary Bank: bills e 589,000: 11',) £14,000 56,000 658 It was also stated that the directors held the Tipperary B Lnk bills included in the assets, and had endeavoured to prove upon them, but had not yet succeeded, Jawing to obi acles interposed by James Sidleir. The rep ut was adopted, and the following directors were appointed :—W. Waker, IL Kennedy, James Pollock, and John Bourne. The last two are new directors. Mr. Partridge, solicitor, of Virtrfrighturt, as representing Mr. Kennedy's interests, then addressed the meeting explanation of that gentleman's position. e Contended that the agreement referred to was not one which bould b 9 enforced, but offered to meet the shareholders in a fair end liberal spirit, in order to avoid litigation and expense. Mr. Partridge read "a case" which had been submitted to Mr. Ruh, Chancery barrister, whose opinion was that the osntr ,et with Mr. Kennedy and others could be enforced only in Chancery on the suit of each shareholder. Mr. Kennedy, he added, was willing - to negotiate with any of the shareholders, arid in support of that gentleman's posi ti, n, he mentioned that the money applied to the Tipperary Bank was a transaction which took place prior to the lath of November, the day on which Mr. Kennedy signed did contracf. Mr. Harle denied the trivia of the last statements Tho contract, be said, was sent down from. London, in Chia signed by Mr. Kennedy and Mr. James Sadleir that af,erwards some interlineations were made ; and another e lay drawn and signed by Mr. Kennedy in the early part of November ; that the original contract was still in existence, and in the possession of Mr. Walker. Toe meeting then separated, with the understanding that the directors would wait till Octeber, and then claim the completion of the disputed agreements CYAIIIER COLLIERY CATASTROPHt AD.IJURNED INQUEST ON 114 COLLIERS KILLED BY G&lt EXPLOSION Po .TYPninu, MONDAY.—The coroner's inquisition was resumed this morning, by adjournment train the 29th. The first witness called and examined was David Thomas, a lad about fifteen years of age (ono of the survivors), whose hands, covtred with gloves, wer e muc h b urn t. H e state d t h at h e was a Webb boy, and could not speak English, and he Was , therefore examined in Welsh. Mr. Myers, one of the jury, acting as interpreter. The witness said he was in the nit on the • morning or the explosion, works Fle lud been in, in Jacob's irg as door-boy ing, after • a journey, and was , coming out With the He had been to No. 11 stall of that heading, tlid 11 but one. He and the haulier had two trams of Thomas Lewis, who was in his own )arting, asked them, by No. 2 stall, if two horses were there P They said they did not know, and they Went to another place, where they saw Dan, the, labourer, cuttiag under a door; a@ the . ground hid _ 'scrotlch and the door would not act —oved. _ or ahnt :cal and one Lorne. John Thomas asked the labourer if be tide coming to clean that heading to-day? but the reply waii ht. bad received no orders from Rowlands to c'eau the heading. They shortly after went on to Charles's Head- another haulier to go dip hollow, and then on ing, and stopped there to allo e4cd to t he top of tho colliery the Saw W Iv hen they werc Jones and 'T‘ was a duo] fling out of till he upper bide. of '_o4Jn, and )mas Davies' 'nerd Jones and Davis were oil He said tho plosion was accompanied by a noise like thunder, 800:18 fire, , 1 n rtuthinfz wind_ tr - where he saw a Ire, himself, had wind to that IA he under-. tdl~icit tL !en driven _ c stood was c ied along by t 1; Mee the explos' mut thirty yards distant. They were sitting ess saw his haulier was behind him on coming escaped, though he was much burnt, and wai o attend. Did not know if hie horse was burnt. ht be had been blown about thirty yards by tho ex— Thomas Davies, another lad, gave similar evidence, nd the court adjourned at one o'clock. ho saw Wil In that am Jones anti Thomas atvici down. W even unable b tl. plosio LORD CHIEF JUSTICE CAMPBELL and family have arrive& at liartrigge. General Scarlett is on a Tisit to hid lordship. THE NEW HAMBURG BANK—The subscription for thd jiiet-stock bank is closed. Instead of 30 millions, 1,200 tuil;ioas of francs were subscribed for in a few hours: SALE or IrrcumemtEn ESTATES.—A petition has beetr presented by Mr. Vincent Scully in the Incumbered Estates Court for the sale of property of the annual value 0f,:.e1,004, with incumbrances amounting to X 22,000, THE Scotsman rep)rts that wheat reared by the Marquid of Tweeddale on a farm at Dans tine, 750 feet above tbd level of the sea, has brought, in the ;Haddington markets two shillings a quarter mere than any other wheat ex hibited. Mn. DAVID BUCHANAN, lately editor of the Caledonian Mercury, and now in connection with an influential paper in the West of Scotland, has just been presented with a splendid service of plate, and several valuable' worki of literature, by his brethren of the press in Elinburgh. • NARROW EscLPi.—The Manchester Guardian says, that during a terrific thunderstorm which on Friday visited Elenfield, near Bury), whereby a man and two horses were killed, the electric fluid knocked a file out of the hand of a person at Pottington Mill, without _doing him any injury- Cosi' OF SOLD! ERS.—We read in a letter from Malta : "The cost of the Italian Legion has baen some thing like the following :—lts establishment in Piedmont,- £27,200; seven months' pay for the officers, at £4B per day, £10,080; 3,000 men—pay for seven months, £ 31,600; boots and great coats, £ 5 000 ; total, £73, 780. To, this is to be added expense of the transports and.the twelve months' aratuity to the men, and three months' to the officers; but the pay of the Italian Legion is nothing compared to that of the Turkish Contingent." .- ub d Ci n ci nnati ,has Ger. transferred its Presidential ticket . from th e first to the ma ll n EMOc nAT Republicani c T or,ERA paper,Tl .p ON.- lis T h h e e H at ochtuchter, a We have been third page. The reason for this change, the editor, in $ Fremont and Dayton from our first page, in consequence of the annoyance and obligedrecent n to um ta b k e e r, tehxepltaieinksetaosf follows :-.... persecutions which it brought on our subscribers in the Southern States. Some of them have been threatened with mob visitation, tar and feathers, &c., unless they would discontinue taking ' that abolition sheet.'" FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.-. 4 frightful and fatal accident occurred on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, near Taunton, to a man named Meades,•a packer on the line, on Thursday last. An pxcursion train from London was passing :: e t d i l same time as the up•express from Exeter._ attention appeared to to attracted by thed him,he was train, and, not hearing the up-express beh in d literallyf , , Accidental o f seven years in cut to pieces. Bit knocked down by that train and remains were shortly after collected, and q returned.uen tl yh e l d p o e u cea th se e d m, h a a n d d bacsevoerdl upwards an d o wn excursion company's service. GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGES.—The act of parliament passed in the 13sesession (brought furwaid by Lord Brougham) will shortly take effect, and . prevent Gretna ber next, no irreg ul ar marriage cont r act e d i n Scotland by declaration,Grec a and a a l also n ß o o ‘ r v d i c e glnen marriages. o r From the 31st Deeem. ceremony, shall be valid u nl e ss one of the parti es h as at the date thereo f hi s or h er u sual place of reside nce t h ere, or had lived i n S co tl an d f or twenty-one days next precedinz such marriage, any law, custorn, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. if any persons who shall have contracted an irregular marriage la Scotland after the day mentioned, shall within three months thereafter present a joint applissation for a warrant to register such marriage to the sheriff or sheriff-substitute of the county where such marriage was contracted, andihall prove to his satisfaction that they have been married to one another, and that one of them had lived in Scotland for twenty-one days next preceding such marriage, or had his or her usual residence in Scotland, such marriage shall be conclusile as to its validity. f his occupied • a wand _LSO, o: I did not d low the defendant to d paying me £l.O before be left owed me that £lO. called by Mr. Mackie to take the defendant into custody. found two persons in the bedroom, ono of whom was the . . _ . —W. Willoughby, No. 480, sa:(l— —I wa defendant, who was in Lis trousers only, and had th dagger produced suspended from a str, Mr. Edward Healey said—The defendar and I came from Ireland together about ten days ago, and put up at the of Mr. Mackie from the time of our arrival till the occur rence of the disturbance. A few days ago we paid for our passage to Buenos Ayres, for which port the vessel by which we aro booked sails on Wednesday next. My friend purchased the dagger for. the pupae, as he told of defending himself in the event of a mutiny happening during the voyage. (Laughter.) On the night of the dig• turbance I observed that Mr. Mackie, whom I did not then know to be the proprietor, was drunk, and I had seen him drunk on two previous occasions. I went to bed, and shortly afterwards I heard some words passing between Mr. Mackie and my friend, and when the latter came into the bedroom I asked him what was the matter? He replied, "A drunken man wanted to throw me down stairs." That man (Mr. Mackie) came to the door ar_d began to abuse us. I imme diately opened the door, and said to a policeman whom I saw on the landing, " You must protect us from the annoyance of this man ; you see he is drunk ; he is a mad man, I shall not stop here." I immediately packed up my things and said I should leave th© hotel, upon which Mr. Mackie, who was dreadfully excited, entered the bow, and holding his clenched fist to my friend's face said, " I'll make you pay for this." The policeman was present all the time, and both heard and saw everything that took p l ace . The Lord Mayor (to the officer) : Is all this true ? Officer : No. Mr. Healey : I most solemnly declare every word of it to be true. I then offered to pay the bill, upon whi . ch Mr. Mackie said, "No, you shall not have my hotel unless you give tne .ZSU." I then desired the porter to let me out, which he refused to do, saving that his master would discharge him if he acted contrary to his orders. Upon thi s I went to the coffee-room, and called for a police man, when Constable No, 451 came up, and ho saw Mr..lMackie sign a receipt for the £lO which I paid him. The Lord Mayor: It is quite clear that neither the last witness or the policeman has told the whole truth. What is the defendant ? Mr. Healey : He has been a clerk in Ireland. He has friends in Buenos Ayres, and so have I. We both wish to join some friends there who have offered him employment, The Lord Mayor ordered the defendant to enter into his . o . wn recogni-antes to keep the peace, and said that the dagger must be impounded: POLITIC 1/. LEISURE.-Mr. Cobden is occupied on a History of England ; Mr. Disraeli on a new work, whose character is not described, but surmised to be a political novel ; Mr. GPaclstono is an active contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine. Happy day, when statesmanship has the time and liking for such occupations ! SELECT COMMITTEES.--rt appears from a return issued on Monday that last sess'on the House of Commons appointed forty two select committees on public matters, and that the total number of members who served on such comtnit tees was 270. The number of members who served on no committees at all 'last session was 380. The total expense of the attendance of witnesses amounted to £1,109 10s. .01 EXCURSION PANTY FROM MANOTIESTER TO BIRKENHEAD —A special train arrived at the Grange-lane station, Bir kenhoad, on Saturday last,.With a large number of workp?ople froni the faCtory of Messrs Molyneux and Co, the eminent silk manufacturers of Manchester, who employ about 700 hands. They were cornposed principally of females, employed as soft silk winders. An arrangement had (by the liberality of Messrs Molyneux) been previously made with Mr. Tliskey, of the Angel'Hotel, Camden-street, Bir kenhead, and that gentleman bad provided a bountiful supply of substantials Ur their entertainment, and the way in which they were brought to table reflected great credit upon Mr. H. and his worthy partner, The repast haying been concluded, the toast of " the Firm" was given by Mr. Jones, Mes ra. Moly lleux'a manager, and, after having been drunk with much applause, was ably responded to by Mr. Lawton. After this, the.health of Mr. and Mrs, lliskey west proposed by Mr. Jones (manager), who expressed his entire satisfaction with the provision Mr. iliskey had nude for them. Mr. Hiskey briefly returned thanks, and said he should beg to propose Mr. Jones, "the father of the family," and success to him. Mr. Jones replied, by thanking the company for the very kind feeling they had exhibitei towards him, and said that it should be his utmost endeavour, on all occasions, to promote the comfort and happiness of all over whom he had been placed in the capacity of manager by their bene volent employers. Several other toasts were given and- drunk with much enthusiasm, and the afternoon was spent most socially and agreeably. f o~ aio~. ~er►G '; I t tho se t iaq it iov ;tor s ' ihoo t ir113.11, o t Tri g 700 11 )t* iattoe °twit 1 )0 pir,e; en , . S b ee' til t 041 ) 5-"' i) 110 0 4 A pO l 0 Ma A