The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

, 5 the 3d bags ia ' at sd; c3 ; se Fa rr so i 11'1' :b r ; Let I l e I i, P OP ITS SIA AND TURKEY. I'PLOGR,ESS OF THE WAR. (Pr om our Second Edition of yesterday.) k tel e , VIENNA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. illtt°; a a Puie despatch, dated COnstantinople, A. portion of the English fleet has 111 e Black S ea . A u thentic official infor etts been received at Vienna of the Turks Irossed the Danube at all points, except to "rortschakoff received positive orders on h al , a ssume offensive operations. Russian e been se nt to Oltenitza. t r a : VIENNA, SATURDAY EVENING. 6 4tl ig to telegraphic advices dated Bucharest thel ls chakQif had returned. It is said T 4i . D . ll lsia.a troops evacuated lesser Wallachia ,t, s i , B4 twops are still firmly posted at 4 4 43 ;`'1l 14th, the Servian Hospodar refused 414 `k:onsul to quit Belgrade. [4 I t JASSEY, 7th. ~tlttr i l, S Si all corps of General Luders is expected T he g" Principality from Bessabaria. I l s ,.'ian. military governor had arrived at ',tof - ,'T Russians had ordered the establish , 1 44 - , 11.0 spital. at Jassy, first to contain 0,000 '`,,. t IA I le Paris Moniteur in its noon official j, 4 ° 1 7 1 "ls the report of the retifenient of the _'4l c ross the Danube without any fresh ' i i: t il aild without molestation. Osten-Sackens 4' 1) 1 414",: a4 passed through JasSy. The Turks k t ' % k kkalafat aud. the villages around it with % ,klt r eli, and were recovering fresh reinforce k;,:ktol4°4l Widdin and Sophia. p ee eti7 4 itza, the Turks retained an island be ctisa! two banks of Ergervum. Accounts of t he ih-t S tate that a column of Russian troops, ki La ' r ell to reinforce the garrison of Pali, had k l4 e - I.l'sed by the snow, and was blocked up "gllt ° ,':ue defiles near Kara. It was, therefore, 4 'or . vtobabl e th a t th e place must soon sur e ;. n in ;es, in a leadingarticle, states that the :4- w hich hostilities have been commenced Teed,„ . inrkey . and Russia leaves no hope of : I , ,, e r Verrnination of this conflict by any direct ,` 4' e e i l lt between the belligerent powers, , 44 tio h ",ttan has publicly announced his deter- L,'„tr 4 " ' 0 take the field in the spring, and ',` l ii P i e rer of Russia will certainly be roused ; 4t tlit . : 4 4l l iliating outset of this campaigne, to 4 th " l e war with increased energy. (1 , 4, 1 4 1 .,ether hand, the combined fleets of Eng ,' 4 th .A . ' l ranee have advanced to a position from ( 41; 3 ' Can never recede until they have ob qAti - great object of their intervention, namely, (,'1N, 9 6 4 ,0f peace, on terms not injurious or un ii 4 atu 'l° the Ottoman Empire. In reply to 41 -t al el, • " What is to be done?" the 4,, tp ti pression 't ''elves that the course to be followed, I' terta , ~1 1 4 In contingencies, ought to' be de r% • % gistf ii , kk il w i with precision, and the increase to .tf Qti v °Yecl for the attainment of our object or e T ri gaatovided. At present no such agreement IN ' 1 1t1 ; "'till exists either between this country [ ottld ey Its k be ii or this country and France, and it op t c ialh, ' r ational to proceed to any acts of warfare Aoli a el, u nder circumstances so peculiar with -1;1", a n ` r , a r knowledge of the nature of our it ge p - - the extent of our obligation. 1)r /'ert h ~ eg,s , e4 c government appears to be strongly 1 1 ' 4 )4 with the necessity of such an agree k,. ' l d th • teq i a Times has reason to believe that they V i 4c 4ti fl ed their readiness to conclude a treaty of tl)e / . 1 i With the country, which would, of course, q i h r , ° t he adhesion of the other great powers for k, ;e t , „'''se of imposing terms of peace on the -nts ki 1 1 tw ' and endeavouring to terminate the 'q a , ° Memorable precedents are quoted for 1, 411 Y, l ()li rse, namely, the Treaty of London, of iv 7 e , and the Quadruple Treaty of 1840. Gq caii not k % 4 , permit the Turks to be worsted," Ata,,t2gests the advisability of preventing such ,1 0e 'llophe by the adoption of terms to be 4 0 0 on the b e lli geren t s , n o t by th e h um ili a- A d efeat, but by the common interest of Europe. L e Post understands that at the suggeststion VIA. Red.cliffe and the French ambassador , the ivals in command of the fleets at Constan 4ie have despatch e d a squadro n o f E ng li s h an d steamers as far as the Salina mo u ths of the f t he ATEST PARTICULARS. r e ' 1 c ional news supplies no intelligence of ths tt et e r . ions between the Turks and Russians, °ll4t,i e la authentic confirmation of our previous Li Nile of the position of the two armies, as well 4, 4 lva li . B tatements regarding fresh movements character. The Moniteur, of Sunday, ~e , ws received from Vienna, dated 19th, i. l ; 4 e Llie fact of the evacuation of Oltenitza and 'fit tet°vernent in retreat of the Turks to the bee u lik of the Danube. The manoeuvre had it e t‘v ott Preceded by any fresh encounter between 'te(l. ll4l es. The passage of the Danube was . 4, eta nt ,good order, and without the Turks hav (lniftt ~w - sturbed. Kalarch and Giurgevo we r e ilktithe division at the same time ._ The advanced posts I vlsion of Osten-Sacken had got beyond tp A th )tri ti\ N left bank of the Danube the Ottoma n o , ."" n li tinued to occupy Kalafat and its environ s e A ' tq,"° o men; they were receiving reinforce tef,'. Widdin and Sophia. fi rs .Phie dispatch informs us • that—" Ad- toov, l n Hermannstadt, of the 19th instant, teospat Prince Gortschakoff returned to Bucha - Pte ( t t be 14th. On the 15th the Turks at -4'4, Offsurprise at Turnul, but were repulsed. to 1 , 1 4 t i 'Lr was unimportant. From Kalafat the I c4eg' 4 l e advanced inland one German mile, and 4 14 6 t hemselves. A portion of the French fleet th e e ntered the Black Sea." 1,04 to latter sentence ' of the despatch is an addi tlittio44 Previous statement to the effect that a Vl 4o ° l the English squadron -had sailed into tit t cc Sea from the Bosphorus. hti t 'l s te c hr, despatches from Vienna state that Prince ern 44 off had received positive orders on the , p o ' 4l at t o assume the offensive, and that Rus e lit ilt() ons had been sent to Oltenitza, but ,‘eR ate 4r h lle4 ,illent runs counter to the opinions ex -4,l(„`llVie IT most of the letters received to-day tk,N; 411 a, Paris, and other places. The general of the writers seemed to be that the A ,Was over for the winter, that the Rus t,tistirt-4d not cross the Danube nor disturb the Iv eh tt ,Di er i Lesser Wallachia, which was in fact never by them in force, while Omer Pacha ) 5 k1 3 be f Prevented by the weather from execute ' l lther harassing movements against the ( ' c N• , n — g the state of the campaign on the t4 : (l 4t a .soore of the Black Sea, our latest news ' i led in a letter from Constantinople of tli b el ite,ii v bich states that after their victory at the qt o ;' Nicolai) the Turkish` roops had crossed et ro glan frontier, and had marched to besiege li ghold of Ahiska, occupied by 12,000 ; r lt foll •c 4 ° f th 'wing remarks of the Paris correspond - Tintes regarding Omer Pacha 's extensive lA t ' 4 inea Dea l's to express the general opinion en= d el l t," h o f its merits :—" The aim of the move- Ot says, made by Omer Pacha is now pretty tleliap„ e rstood. It will be remembered that the N d e et 4111 137, on assuming the defensive, had for w th e m enace the Russian. troops who occu ttAte at 1. 1 r incipalities, and whose head quarters X rai tl ellarest, with corps en echelon 'at Slatina bk 2e en d a . The operations of ,Omer Pacha at 4( Ancted vigorously ; the Danube was Nv a. Widden also, where a permanent bridge ‘B.ti°l7l tl ie e i stablish e d ; entrenchments were thrown W a , s 'eft bank of the river ; and Lesser Wal yDpo Pc.cupied by the Turks apparently with k ; while a similar movement was. as S Y carried through at Kalarach. to .er f • 54,,e4 min Vienna says—" They (the Turks) .11j,%t b'e Danube in dashing style ; they have ek /t N fo ra Wallachian ground . vely on •have T~et , iy t hemselves a happy prestige, if not chi kl S l i linfading _laurels. Blood—Russian and bi °()(1---'-has flowed. Omer Pacha, having t4H. colnplish d N I at e all that he could hope to ac ti 1 1 .' 1 1 present, seems wisely to have with khlB foi Pon order, good spirits, and good. time, 1 1 11 1 1) e ~wer position on the right bank of the 4 1 , 1 t • q 4 e7 e :lh e y rt V of Russian accounts may be fairly ep ees ca w . e following bulletin issued by Prince t at 4 ,. \ °f17 which is an account of his decided qe . "b "' l tenitza • OltVler 4Aittg T, Nov. 6.—The attack made by 11 1 Ali t an t b uenberg on the Turkish position at -14 leei ctu. " 4 s attended with brilliant success for a mis. Although the Turks fought with great courage, and their most advantageous posi tion was protected on the right flank by three rows of batteries of 40 guns, planted on the right bank (of the river, probably), and by numerous batteries on the left bank, the ntissian infantry division, in the Very face of the enemy's fire, succeeded in dislodging him by means of a bayonet attack." The following is the notice issued by the French Embassy at Constantinople.:— On Saturday, the 12th November, Will take place at the Chancery of the French Embassy at Constantinople, on sealed tenders, the adjudication of the contract for the supply of provisions to .be delivered to the French Vessels of war from Constantinople to OdesSa on the coast of Europe, and to Trebispnd on the coast of Asia, from the 16th, Nov. next., and during the whole period that the Mediterranean squadron shall remain iu the Bosphorous or in the Black Sea. The conditions of contract are deposited at the Chan cery of the said Embassy, where persons who intend to tender may consult them from eight in the morning to five in the evening. No tenders will be received after Thursday s the 10th Nuvernber:, Coristabtinopie, Nov. 3, 1853." "A private letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 9th, assures us," says the Patric, " that the Minister of War has recently issued an important decree, and which has for its object to put into execution a new Imperial ukase, which orders an extraordinary levy of soldiers in the central ProVinets of the empire. The same decree declares that the different corps dakniee now in the field, and those which have been recently *put on a war footing, are to be completed, and have an effective total of 80,000 men instead of 50,000, as is ordinarily the strength. The com position of the different Russian corps darinee is to, be as follows ;—Three divisions of infantry, two of which are to be of the line, and one light infantry. A division of infantry of the line in reserve, with four regiments of cavalry, two of hussars, and two of lancers. The cuirassiers Will form a separate corps. A battalion of light cha,sSeurs, a battalion of sappers, a bridge equipage, and a battalion of gendarmery for the police of the corps d'armee. Twelve batteries of foot artillery, having each eight guns ; two batteries of horse artillery, and four batteries of artillery of reserve marching with the division of reserve ; and, in addition, a body of 6,000 Cossacks." PORTUGAL. (From our Second Edition of yesterday.) The Portugese Minister in Paris announces the death of the Queen of Portugal in the following telegraphic message, dated Paris, Saturday, " Her Majesty died in child birth on the 15th, at noon. The King is declared Regent. Lisbon is tranquil. According -to law, the King is Regent until the majority of the Prince. The elder Don Pedro was born September 16th, 1837. The Queen was in her 34th year. PARIS BOURSE, SATURDAY. Business more animated than for some days past, owing to the report that the Turks had re-crossed the Danube. Threes opened at 73f. 25c., closed at 73f. 65c., Four-and-a Half closed 99f. 70c. . The Herman brought 693,000 dollars, of which 471,000 are for London, the rest for Havre. LONDON CABINET COUNCEL.—The Council sat for three hours on Saturday.—From our Second Edition of yesterday. LONDON—Considerable shipments are being made to ,St. Petersburgh, especially of tea and refined sugar, which will tend in some degree to lessen the remitttances of specie. The shipments of specie by the Euxine for the last returns, amounted to £4B2,ooo.—From our. Second Edition of yesterday. IRELAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, MONDAY EVENING, 'THE SUBMARINE TELEG.RAPEL—The Belfast Chro nicle says :—Her Majesty's steamer Asp, under the command of Lieutenant Alfridge, R. N., arrived at Belfast on the l oth instant. This vessel has been sent by the admiralty to render every assistance in her power to the above company, and to pilot the Albert, with two submarine lines across the chan nel. These lines are expected to be submerged on Tuesday and Saturday in the ensuing week. There are two large waggons employed in bringing the cable from a field in the Craigie road, each load contains nearly five miles length of line, were it has been undergoing the operation of testing, &c., under the superintendence of George Dering, Esq., WhO his lately patented the laying down of sub marine cables without any insulation. That gentleman, with the Hon. Mr. Massey, a director of the company, have been some time staying at the Donegal Arms, and we wish them that suc cess which their unremitting exertions so well deserve.. We understand this company's telegraph wires are joined to the British Telegraph Com pany's at Dumfries. . HEAD PoucE-oFFIcE.--Considerable interest was created at this office on Saturday, by a charge being made by Theresa Kenny, the mistress of the murderer Kirwan, against Mr. George Darling, that he had obtained certain sums of money from her under false pretences. The money, it appeared was detained under, the representation that the prisoner was an attorney, and that he could get back for the presecutrix certain property of Kir wan's which had been forfeited. At the conclu sion of the case, it was intimated that the crown had taken it up, and the prisoner was remanded until he could procure bail. EMIGRATION AMONG THE POLICE. —A circular letter signed by the inspector-general of constabulary, has been recently promulgated, the object of which is to check emigration in the police force. It sets forth that retired policemen representing them selves as agricultural labourers, and' thereby ob taining passages to Australia, will subject them selves to a penalty of £5O. The alarming large number of resignations recently received from po licemen who have emigrated, or intend immediately to set out, has induced the inspector-general to adopt the course indicated above for the pur pose of preventing, as much as possible, further emigration. CLONMEL ELECTION.—The Freeman of to-day contains a large quantity of very varied matter, in reference towards this event. It all points, how ever to the same head, namely, the election of Mr. John O'Connell. The .committee of election and the league are at daggers about it, but as yet the latter have not put forward any candi date formally: Taking things in their entirety, I believe there is little doubt of Mr. O'Connell's re turn. SHIPWRECK.—A brig, name unknown, with her keel uppermost, has been thrown in between a couple of small islands on the west coast. She is laden with timber. THE EARL OF DERBY AND M.R._HUME, M.P., ON THE EASTERN QUESTION. The following letters were received by the Secretary of the Manchester meeting, in reply to the invitations sent to the Earl of Derby and Mr. Joseph Hume : " Knowsley, Nov. 14. " Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th inst., but regret that the state of my health — slowly recovering, as I am from a severe attack of illness, which for the last month has almost entirely confined me to my bed—renders it impossible for me to entertain the idea of attending . the proposed meeting on Wednesday next. So far as I am informed as to the merits of the Eastern question, right appears to me to be altogether on the side of Turkey ; and I believe that my opinions, as to the utter futility of the pretexts put forward by 'Russia in justification of her acts of unprovoked aggression, are shared by the great mass of my countrymen.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, "DERBY. " T. S. Clayton, Esq." " Burnley-hall, Nov. 16. " have this morning received your letter of the 12th, inviting me to attend a public meeting to be held this day. in Manchester. I request you will express to the com mittee my thanks for their invitation, and belief that any opinions of mine could have aided the cause for which the meeting will express its sympathy. The invasion of terri tory, and the late proclamation of the Russian government against Turkey, must secure from all independent people the strongest feelings on their behalf; and I hope it will be proved that our government have been consistent in the support of the Turks. If victory is to be with those who are right, the Turks must be, as I wish them to be, success ful ; and it. is quite possible that something advantageous to the liberty of Europe may yet spring from the hostilities now going on.—l remain your obedient servant, " JOSEPH HUME. "T. S. Clayton, Esq., Hon. Sec., &c." A MANUFACTURED BAEL—During the last few cold nights, a woman has been :,egging in Oxford-street, Man chester, apparently with a little child, well muffled up in her cloak ; and, as she was very importunate and annoyed many decent people, a policeman took her to the police-station, and it was there found that the baby was made of shavings wrapped up with rags into something like an infantile form. —Manchester Examiner. THE NORTHERN ANOTHER HORRIBLE MURDER IN NORFOLK. We Have again to ritofd a barbirOils mitider and high= way robbery, committed at noonday, in West Norfolk, about 12 miles from the spot where a man was shot down and robbed by Groom, who was executed last year. The person whose untimely end we have now to state was a silversmith, named Lorenzo Belia; residing in St. Stephen's, Norwich, a native of Baden Baden; and supposed, to have no relative in this country. lie had two assistants in his shop at Norwich, to whom he left the care of the business, while he travelled through the country to obtain orders and to sell his jewel lery. He sold his goods to country people, and his custom was to take payrOent in small instalments: Among other places which he visited at regular intervals were Welling ham and Tittleshall, villages two miles apart, situate near Fakenham, in West Norfolk. Last Friday Mr. Belia was walking from Wellingham to Tittleshall, about 1 o'clock in the day, when he was last seen alive by two la bourers who were ploughing in an adjoining field. He had at that time; according to the cal culation of his aSSistants, about £3O in Money; which he usually carried in a double purse, besides his box of jewellery, and a few watches which he was accustomed to carry in his pockets. Midway between Wellingham and Tittleshall there is a plantation on each side of the road, and on one side the plantation ends on a common. Between 1 and 3 o'clock several persons passed along the road at this spot on their way to Derehamgmarket, and observed a quantity of blood in the middle of the road, hitt, having no suspicion of a murder having been committed in the middle of the day, on a spot so much frequented, continued their journey without stopping to make any inquiry. At half past 3 o'clock, however, on the same afternoon, John Ro binson, a butcher residing at Tittleshall, who had walked over to Wellingham, reached this spot on his way back, and, his attention being arrested by the great quantity of blood on the road, he stopped to look at it, He observed that some portion of thd blood had been partially covered with dirt and sand scraped from the road. Just at this moment the sons of the Rev. Mr. Digby, of Tittleshall, came riding up on ponies, and two ladies in a gig, Mrs. Digby and Miss Sheppard. The whole party stopped, and their attention was directed to the blood. One of the young gentleman observed that there was a trail of blood from the road to the hedge, and the butcher, standing, on the hedge, saw that the trail was continued through the , fence into the ditch of Tittleshall-common, on the other side, Where a horrible spectacle was presented. The body of Mr: Bella was found with his legs towards the hedge ; and the coat-collar up, as if the murdered nian had been dragged by his coat-collar through the fence. Beside the body lay Mr. Belia's box of jewellery unopened, but taken out of the hag ; his stick and umbrella, and also a large hatchet, such as is used for felling timber. The blade of the hatchet was covered with blood and hair, and it was evidently the wea pon by which the unfortunate man had been murdered. The pockets of his trousers had been turned inside out, and rifled; but an account-book was found in his pocket, and in his waistcoat-pocket a watch, still going. His head had been nearly severed from his body by a blow at the back of the neck, and there were four deeply cut wounds across the temples and face, any one of which would have caused death. The right eye was driven inwards to the depth of nearly an inch ; indeed the poor man appeared to have been felled like an ox, and drao•cred into the ditch. A man named William Thompson, employed in felling timber, is in custody charged with the murder ; and from the evidence already adduced, there seems little doubt of his guilt. When taken into custody in bed, it was found that the legs of his trousers were soaked with blood, as also his shoes. It has likewise been ascertained that shortly after the murder the prisoner was seen with a hunting watch and a quantity of gold and silver. The watch cannot now be found, and the prisoner denies ever having had one. A man named Webster, has sworn [that he saw the pri soner in the plantation adjoining the ditch where the body was found, and on his approach the prisoner stooped down to hide himself. THE PRESTON STRIKE. MEETING OF FACTORY OPERATIVES. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER) . PRESTON, MONDAY.—The amount brought in by the weavers' delegates yesterday was about £2,200, or £2OO more than the receipts in any former week. This fact was an nounced to a large meeting held in the Orchard this morning, and seemed to afford considerable satisfaction. The proceed ings of the meeting. commenced by Mr. G. B. Horsfall l of Royton, (editor of the Factory Operatives' Guide) being called upon to preside. The CHAIRMAN advised his hearers to do what they could to secure the support and approval of the press. If they could do that, it would be a step in the right direction that would have a ten lency to bring this dispute to an end. Unfortunately, with one or two exceptions, the press of this country was against the working classes. He did not think that proceeded from any enmity to their order, but arose rather from want of knoWledge of the matters agitated amongst them. He believed that if they took means to in form the press of the real nature of their proceedings, it would be won over to their side, and they should be gainers thereby. He had often heard it asked it why they selected the present time to turn out for an advance of wages : he would answer the question. What had bad trade and gloomy prospects to do with the ability of our Preston manufacturers to pay as good a rate of wages as the manu facturers of any other district ? If trade was bad in Preston, it was bad at, Blackburn and throughout the whole of the manufacturing districts ; and he contended that whatever rate of wages could be paid in any other district could be paid in Preston. If this dispute could be referred to any unprejudiced tribunal, he would stake the result on that point alone. That was their defence for having turned out at the present time. Their object was not to gain an advance upon the wages paid throughout the manufacturing districts, but simply to place themselves on a level with other towns. Such being the zaze, he thought they were perfectly justified in their demands; and he hoped they would continue out until they got what they wanted. (Cheers.) Mr. R. SMITH, of Oldham, president of the executive committee, addressed the meeting at great length, and con cluded by saying that, this week there was a brighter pros pect for them than ever. New sources of support were being opened to them, and those who had been previously opened were augmenting their contributions. If the em ployers thought proper to prolong this struggle, the operatives would , be enabled to withstand them; but let their proceedings be characterised by peace, order, and unanimity. (Cheers.) Mr. GRIMSHAW, of Great Harwood, congratulated the meeting upon the receipt yesterday of £2OO more than had ever before been obtained. Mr. T. SMITH, secretary to the Stockport weavers' com mitte, observed that if they now gave way, they would bring condemnation upon Preston ' • for they were not only fight ing the battle of Preston, but of the whole country. Addresses were also delivered by Mr. Rhodes and Mr. _Chadwick, of Stockport, after which the assembly dispersed to receive their week's pay at the appointed places. Despatches were received at the colonial office yesterday morning from the governors of the North American colonies, and New Zealand. - - VIOLENT ASSAULT UPON AN ATTORNEY AT MANCHESTER, —At the Manchester City Court of Record yesterday, before R. B. Armstrong, Esq., recorder, Mr. William Keating Taylor, solicitor, of 32, Cooper-street, Manchester, brought an action against Mr. John Higginbottam, landlord of the St. Peter's tavern, for a violent assault committed on the plaintiff on the evening of the 9th of September last. The case occupied the attention of the court the whole of the day. From the facts, as stated on behalf of the plaintiff, it appeared that on the evening of the day mentioned, about seven o'clock, the plaintiff, in company with a gentleman named Smith, a professor of music, residing at Bury, went into defendant's house, both being smoking at the time. They walked into a room on the left hand side of the lobby, and had not been there many moments before the bar-maid came in and told them that if they wished to smoke they must go into the bar. Plaintiff replied, " oh, nonsense, I have smoked often here before." The bar-maid then left the room, and in a few moments the defendant entered and commenced a ferocious assault upon plaintiff. The latter was carried out of the house insensible, and was for several weeks afterwards confined to the house. On the part of the defendant it was said that the plaintiff struck the first blow, and used offensive epithets to the defendant when he asked him to come into the bar if he wished to smoke. The jury, after being absent for some time, returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, £25. ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER EMIGRANT SHIP WITH CHOLERA, AT QUEENSTO'WN.—A foreign- barque, with German emi grants for New York, arrived in Queenstown shortly after seven o'clock on Friday morning, and on being boarded by the custom-house authorities it was reported that cholera had broken out amongst the passengers. The agents of the - vessel requested Mr. E. T. Brickrell to proceed to the ship and ascertain the particulars, and shortly after that gentle man went off to her in the quarantine boat, along with Mr. Reed. Through the agency of Mr. Meldahl, the German interpreter of the port, it was ascertained that the ship was a Prussian vessel belonging to Rostock, called the Prevalar, and that she left the city of Hamburg on the 26th of Octo ber, with 159 German cmicrrants for New York. On the 28th October, after being two days at sea, one of the passengers died of cholera, and since that date the deaths have averaged a bout one each ' day. In a few days after, the captain was attacked with the same disease, and died on the 7th of this month. The sailmaker of the ship was attacked, and died, and those are the only deaths that have occurred amongst the crew. The body of the captain was sewed up and placed in a box, carefully caulked with pitch, and still remains on board the vessel, but will probably be interred this evening or to-morrow. The disease on board this ship is said to be of a very mild type, the parties attacked generally living six or eight, and in some instances ten days. Up to the present time the total number of deaths on board amounts to eleven, of whom nine were amongst the emigrants, and the captain and sailmaker. The remainderof the passengers are in a healthy condition ; there are this day only two cases on board, and those are convalescent. The ship is at present in quarantine, but, from the healthy condition of the passen gers generally, and the peculiarly mild type of the disease, • it is probable she will be able to proceed on her voyage in a day or two.--Cork Examiner. DAILY TINIESi COUNTY COURT-YESTERDAY. Before JOSKVII POLLOCK, Esq., Judge. The seeond Noxembnr sitting of the court commenced on yesterday, at 10 o'clock: COMMITMENTS. John Birch, in the office of the railway station, Wapping, committed for thirty days, at the suit of Robert and Wil liam Fort, 23, Crown-street, coal merchants. Debt, £2los. , John Davies, Harrison-street, ship-scraper, committed for thirty days at the , snit of James M'Carty, 45, Mary bone, grocer. Debt, £1 ss. 3d: Thomas Spencer clerk, Exchange-alley norti ' a, aid Hall= street, committed for thirty- days, at the suit :of George Janes Aspinall, Fairview, Park-road, druggist. Debt, £1 Os. 3d: Fanny Wilson, trafalgarzplacei off Russell-street, house keeper, committed for thirty days, at suit of jdseph Myers, 15, Ch es nut-street, jeweller. Debt, £1 13s. Thomas Kimpton, Sweeting-court, Dale-street, carrier, committed for thirty days, at suit of Pannell and Sons, 70, Russell-street, printers. Debt, £ll. Richard Taylor, porter, Lancashire and Yorkshire rail way, Great Howard streeti committed for thirty days at suit of Henry Beckett, 116, Burlington-street, grocers Debt, £5 16s. 3d. INSOLVENTS. Samuel Hulse, late of Richmond-row, furniture broker,• obtained, unopposed, his final order. The petition was sup ported by Mr. Hime. John Turner! Prince's-street, Runcorn, late of Halton, chemist, druggist, and general dealer: 'Ale petition was supported by Mr. Anderson, and opposed by Mr. Simon: barrister, for Messrs. Hamilton and Davies, creditors. The case was adjourned to the next court, for the production of further evidence. ®Denis O'Sullivan, late of Crown-street, baker, provision and flour dealer. This was an adjourned audit meeting, and it was further adjourned to the next court, to enable the insolvent to furnish the particulars of the sale of the good will of his shop, which he had sold since obtaining his final order. IMPORTANT TO ASSIGNEES.—IN RE LAWRENCE HOLDEN. —The insolvent is a painter,_ plumber and glazier, and resided at 56 Saint Anne-street. Mr. Blackhurst appeared for the in solvent, and applied that Mr. John Fazackerley should be made to account for £62 10s., which it was alleged he had received for the insolvent as assignee under a forum petition. Mr: FAZACKERLEY then entered the witness box, and in reply to the court, stated that he had received no money whatever as assignee, and that he had not been appointed assignee at all: His HONOR : You were appointed assignee upon the direct application of your attorney. Mr. TouLitiN, who appeared for Mr. Fazackerley, said that the application was merely made to protect the assets under the first petition of the bankrupt. There were no assets, but an action which had been brought by the insol vent against a third party, but which had been altogether suspended, was again instituted after the petition had been dismissed by Mr. Fazackerley, with the consent of the in solvent. His HONOR: Undoubtedly this gentleman has received this money after he was appointed assignee ? Mr. TOULMIN observed that he had received the order from the insolvent to recover this money, not as assignee, but as an individual creditor. The award under which the money was recovered was made on the 19th of May. The court had certainly made the appointment, but Mr. Fazackerley had never acted as assignee. His Barron : He was appointed on the 7th of March, the next month the petition was dismissed, Mr. Fazackerley, the trade assignee, being a consenting party thereto. But on the very same day that petition was so dismissed, Mr. Fazackerley receives the order from the insolvent to receive the amount of this award, and so puts into his own pocket the money which should go to the estate. Mr TOULMIN : But Mr. Fazackerley would not have pro secuted the action, unless the fruits of the action were to come to him. His HONOUR: Do you tell me that a trade assignee would not prosecute in such a case, unless he himself were solely to enjoy the fruits of the action ? Mr. Tooutiii : 1 do not think in this case he would. His HONOUR : I cannot allow it to be said that a trade assignee will not pro , eeute an action unless he is allowed to pocket the amount himself. In this case the trade assignee himself applied to me with respect to compelling the insol vent to attend and give evidence in this very action.; but yet I find that simultaneously with the dismissal of the petition with his consent, he takes an order from the insolvent, and thus appropriates to himself the amount of the award which ought, properly speaking, to have gone to the man's credi tors. Ido not like that the court should have been thus made the instrument for the private advantage of an indivi dual. Mr. TOULMIN assured his Honour that Mr. Fazackerley had no such intention. He had expended a sum of £25 in recovering a debt of £45, on a bill of exchange. Insolvent denied that he had signed the bill, though it was proved that he had done so. His HONOR : That has nothing to do with it. Whether he was put to the expense of Si. or 451. it does not justify him to alter his position ad libitum. A s assignee he had duties to perform to others as well as to himself- I have a very strong impression that this is an attempt, and a very daring attempt, to make use of this court and its processes to put money into an individual's pocket which should have gone to the estate. His Honor again referred to the facts of the case, and particularly . the dismissal of the petition with the consent of the assignee, and the receiving the order at the very moment the award was being made, and observed, that he would not sit in court day after day and allow, by its processes, creditors to be swindled by any person in an official position putting money into his pocket which belonged to all. Mr. Tour.adm said that Mr. Fazackerley had taken no part in the dismissal of the petition—that was done by the insolvent himself. His HONOR : I have a distant recollection that you ap peared for the assignee, and that you assented to the dis missal of the petition. I will not give judgment now in this case, because I feel very strongly on it, and that I have been made use of as a tool for private purposes. I feel I have been treated with much indignity, and that the pro cesses of the court have been much abused. Mr. TOULMIN explained that Mr. Fazackerley had con ceived himself relieved from all responsibility when the petition was dismissed. He thought he then became a private creditor, and was at perfect liberty to treat with the insolvent, the more particularly as he had been put to much expense by him to recover a just debt. Had he not felt this, he would not receive the order, and he was then per fectly willing to obey any decision of the court in the matter. In answer to Mr. ToimmiN, Mr. Fazackerley said that the insolvent came to his office on the day of the date of the order, and said that the petition had been dismissed, and asked what he should do. Mr. Fazackerley replied, that he should send him to Lan caster gaol, unless his debt was paid, and upon this the insol vent gave order. His Horton said that he would take it that no imputation rested on Mr. Fizackeiley's character, but he should adjourn the case for a fortnight. IMPORTANT TO SEAMEN AND PILOTS.—JUAN DE ECHE VARRA Y LA LENA v. STRONG.—In delivering judgment in this case, which was heard on last Thursday, his HONOR said that he had given it the best attention he could, and that he was of opinion that on the whole the plaintiff was entitled to recover. He was of opinion that the schooner had acted rightly, and in accordance with the regulations of the Admi ralty, in holding the course which she had done, being . at the time close-hauled on the port tack. He was of opinion that the steamer ought to have given way, but he did not hold that because of the proposition that had been laid down, that a steamer having a vessel in tow was always to be con sidered as going free. He found that Dr. Lushington expressed a very strong opinion against that doctrine, and he (his Honor) went fully with the reasons that were used in conveying that opinion. He could not think that a steamer was always to be considered as going . free with a vessel in tow, because she was considered as going free without one ; for whether or not, in the former event, she was to be con sidered as going free, should depend upon the wind, the size of the vessel in tow, and a variety of other circum stances. But here the steamer having seen the schooner cross her bows about a cable and a half's length a-head, and knowing the precise spot at which she should put about, he thought it was the duty of the steamer so to advance as not to interfere with the progress of the schooner, which they knew should put about near the black buoy, and hold, in the ordinary course of navigation, the particular direction which she afterwards held. The only difficulty in his mind was whether or not the fault of the steamer might not have been in some degree attributable to the pilot; but he was saved, on consideration, from that difficulty, by recollecting that the orders of the pilot were given and not obeyed by the steamer. Mr. HALL, who was for the plaintiff, requested his Honor to direct them to the case in which Dr. Lushington had ex pressed the opinion referred to. It was important that his Honor's judgment should be known, inasmuch as it would considerably modify the regulations of the Dock Committee. One of those regulations was, " As a steam-vessel should be considered in the light of a vessel navigating with a fair wind, and should give way to a vessel on a wind or other tack, it becomes only necessary to provide arule for their observance, when meeting either a steamer or sailing vessel going along." The Liverpool pilots, Mr. Hall continued to say, considered this regulation as meaning that steam vessels, under all circumstances, as vessels navigating with a free wind, should give way, whether they were towing another vessel or not. His Horton.: I am of opinion that that rule should have reference to steam vessels only when they are not encumbered by having another vessel in tow. The case I have referred to is the " Kingston-by-sea, 3rd Robinson, Admiralty cases, page 154 ;" and in it Dr. Lushington says—" It has been urged in the argument, that as a steamer is to be considered as always having the wind free, the consideration applies whether she has another vessel in tow or not. To this pro position I cannot accede. It is true a steamer is always considered to have the wind free ; but it does not in my opinion follow, that a steamer having a merchant vessel in tow, is always free. That will depend, I conceive, upon the state of the wind, - the direction in which the steamer is going, and the nature of the impediments that she may meet with in her course." In conclusion, his Honor gave the defendant Pernoif#sion? on the payment of costs, to move on Thursday for a new trial Before a jury. WALSH V. GRIMSHAW AND CO. plaintiff, Mr. John Walsh, is a master porter, and the defendants are well-known ship-brokers in this town, and the action wal hpught to recover £l6 165., under the follo - ving circum gtdtieetln the month of October, 1852, Mr. Milligan, one of the defendants; employed . the plaintiff to unload, in as expeditious a manner as po - ssiti* the ." loseph Walker," in order that she might go to sea again: The fessel was accordingly unloaded in three and a half days, the ordinary time for such a vessel being seven or eight days ; and ti& having been paid by the defendants, the action was brought to recotef the balance of £l6 16s. On the part of the de fendants, it Was contended that they had paid their full share of the extra expense 61 :Lama of the Vessel, and that the consignees of the goods should pity the balance. Some time was occupied in discussing this point. His HONOR said that he would not entertain a donlat of the liability of the defendants. If the goods were unloaded in the ordinary time; then the consignees would be bound to remove them ; but when they were unloaded, for the con venience of the ship, in much less than the ordinary time, it was but proper, and a well-established principqc in law, that the consignees of the ship should bear the extra reuse: He should accordingly give judgment for the plain tiff, and fern' the accounts for settlement. POLICE COURT.—YESII.gIiDAY. ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE IN BA.NNISTER-STRttli Thomas Fielding, Peter Mackey, and John Smith, three powerful young men, were charged with stealing a watch, £5 10s:, and other property, from John Darwin, an engineer from Shropshirei on tine night of Sunday last. The com plainant stated that he elude to Liverpool on business on Saturday last. On Sunday night batten half--past eleven and twelve o'clock he was walking with a friend in Bannister street. He by some accident missed his friend, and was looking for him, when he was attacked by three men, one of whom placed his hands over his mouth to prevent his calling out—a second threw him down and knelt upon his chest, while the third rifled his pockets, stole his watch and his top-coat. He immediately called "police," and the three men made their escape. The police eanie up, and they went to a brothel, where two of the prisoners were apprehended—the third having made his escape from the house. The com plainant iden ified Fielding as the person who had rifled his pockets, but could not speak positively as to the other two. An inspector of police and two officers spoke to seeing the prisoners run from the direction where the robbery was committed to the house in which they were•apprehended, in which upon making a search they found a glove, which the prosecutor identified as his property. The prisoner Smith protested his innocence, and witnesses were called, who proved that he was, during the chief part of the evening, and from half-past eleven until he was apprehended, in a table-beer shop, in Manchester-street. Fielding and Mackey were committed to take their trial,—Smith was discharged. Thomas Kayer, a negro lad, was connnitted for twenty one days' imprisonment for stealing ship-biscuit, having been previously convicted. Peter Starkey was charged with stealing some flour from the Bramley-Moore Dock. The police officer on duty de tected the offender with the flour in his possession, but as he alleged that he had picked it off the ground, and as he had not been previously before the court, he was discharged with a caution as to his future conduct. James Mullen was discharged, having been charged with picking pockets, the evidence not being sufficiently conclu sive to justify a conviction. William Wood, for a like offence was also discharged. He was seen by the police officer to make two attempts to pick a lady's pocket, but failed in each attempt. The lady did not appear. Joseph Moore. a child whose head scarcely reached the magistrates' table, was charged with attempting to steal money from the till of a shop, No. 17, Warwick-street. A witness stated he went into the shop yesterday afternoon, when he saw the lad lying across the counter with his hand in the till. He secured him. The defendant, although so young, had been already six times convicted for various offences of a similar character. The magistrate, conceiving him to be perfectly incorrigible , a nd that it would be all but hopeless to attempt to admonish him, committed him for three month's imprisonment. John Connelly was charged with picking the pocket of a butcher, and stealing therefrom a memorandum boo k. The police officer stated that he saw the prisoner with ano ther lad accompanying the owner of the memorandum book, who was very much intoxicated, in Stanley-street, and upon his going up to them he saw the prisoner take the book from his pocket, and consequently took him into custody. The owner of the book did not appear, being engaged in the market. The prisoner was committed for three months. James Branham was charged with stealing 9s. from the pocket of a person who had employed him to assist in deli vering some goods from a cart. It appeared that the com plainant and the defendant had during the time of business, and subsequently, been drinking together, after which they went to the complainant's cellar, when the coat, in which the money was deposited was taken off, and put on one side. During the absence of the complainant the money was taken from the pocket, and the defendant decamped. The magis trate discharged the defendant, and blamed the prosecutor for drinking and keeping company with such persons. Julia Riley was charged with stealing two sovereigns, the property of her mistress. It appeared that during the time her mistress was at market on Saturday last, two sovereigns were abstracted from a drawer. Upon her return she missed the money and accused the prisoner with taking it—as no other person had been in the house. The pri soner positively denied the charge, and expressed a desire to search under the carpets in the room, and also the bed, under which, after having been threatened with punish ment, she found the money. The magistrates having ad monished the offender for her ungrateful conduct, in robbing her mistress who had been so kind as to take her when she was neglected and forsaken by all Mends, discharged her, as the complainant had used a threat to induce her to give up the money, which was contrary to law John Bradley charged with passing counterfeit coin, was remanded for a week. Peter M'Lenny, and Rose M'Lenny his wife, were charged by one of the detective officers with stealing a watch. The officer said he had occasion to search the house occu pied by the prisoners, in which he found the watch produced, but up to the present time he had not been able to find an owner for it. The male prisoner denied any knowledge of having pos session of the watch. The female prisoner, who, it appeared kept a house of ill-fame, alleged that the watch had been left with her by a gentleman to take care of. The magistrate considering the case one of great suspicion remanded the prisoners, in order to afford the officers time to make inquiry for the owner. James Smith was charged with stealing a newspaper, " Bell's Life in London," from a spirit vault. Late on Sa turday night the offender went into the vaults and requeated permission to look at the newspaper, which was handed to him. He soon after left, and upon being followed, the paper was found in his possession. The landlord said that offences of that description were so frequently committed that he felt it necessary to make an example of the delinquent. As the prisoner had not previously been before the court, he was discharged. Patrick Malone was changed with embezzling the sum of £8 15s. 3d., the property of his employer, Mrs. Jane Percy, Oliver-street, Copperas-hill. The prosecutrix stated that she gave the prisoner a ticket to receive the money, but as he did not return she gave information to the police. A detective officer stated that upon receiving the information he repaired to the Collingwood dock, and at twenty minutes past eleven o'clock, on Saturday night, he apprehended the prisoner as he was about to embark on one of the Irish steamers. He had paid for his voyage, and had £8 ss. 4d. in his possession. The prisoner admitted receiving the money, but said he intended to return it. Committed for trial. John Woods, charged with embezzling 43 bales of cotton, the property of his employers, the details of which has already appeared in this journal, was further remanded until Wednesday next, a material witness being in Yorkshire, pro curing evidence. Mr. Black appeared for the accused. Elizabeth Molleen, an Irish woman, was charged by Mr. John Murdock, pawnbroker, Marybone, with altering the figures on a duplicate. According to the statement of Mr. Murdock, it would appear that the defendant had pledged a parcel at his shop for 3s. ; and that upon her going to re deem the same, the figures had been so re-arranged as to make it 2s. 3d. He said such cases were getting so nume rous, that he should press for the utmost punishment. The defendant, who could neither read. nor write, denied the charge, and stated that the articles had formerly been pledged for that amount, but had the same day been re deemed and pledged for the 2s. 3d. The magistrate dis missed the case. Ann Kayne was remanded for further examination, on the charge of having stolen a gold ring. She offered the ring in pledge at the shop of Mr. Robertson, Great Howard street, when, not being able to give a satisfactory account of how she became possessed of the same, she was given into the custody of the police. John Gibson was fined 10s. and costs for an assault on the police while in the execution of their duty. ANOTHER C ASE. OF STABBING. —Rose Ann Gallow, a rather interesting looking young woman, was charged with stabbing Margaret ',lllurphy, and severely wounding her in the face and . head, about twelve o'clock on Sunday night. The complamant,who appeared in court with her face band aged all over, so that her features were scarcely visible, stated, she was in a public house in Park Lane, about twelve o'clock on Sunday night, and when she was about leaving, the defendant looked in at the door, and after calling her some ill names, said "I owe it to you"and stabbed her in the face and head several times. She was taken to the Southern Hospital, where the wounds were dressed. The surgeon of the hosaital described the nature of the wounds, saying, he believed them to have been inflicted with some sharp instrument, for instance, a knife. The defendant denied that she had used a knife, but admitted having assaulted the complainant, and alleged that the wounds on her face and head had been inflicted with the ring on her finger. From the evidence of the surgeon this being impossible, the magistrate committed the defendant to take her trial at the next assizes. EMIGRANTS COMPLAINTS. —Mr. R. D. Robinson, the rapt. of the " Guiding Star," appeared, by Mr. Almond his solici tor, to answer several complaints preferred against him by emigrants from the above vessel, the informations having been instituted by Capt. Schomberg, the Government Eon gratin. agent for this port, under the provisions of the Act of Parliament. James Opie, one of the passengers on board the above vegsdf said he had to complain of not having received his proper* quantity of provisions. Instead of having delivered to him one week's provisions, he had had only three days' allowance given him. The water was given out daily, but the provisions were only distributed once a week. By Mr. Almond.—The Guiding Star left this port on the Thursday ; and all went on right until the following Sunday afternoon ; when they were wrecked off Cape Clear — the masts had to ha cut away and the ship was disabled. He could not say, not being a sailor, whether she was unfit to go to sea. They put into Belfast Dock. They had cholera aboard. On Friday, the mayor of Belfast and other officials went on board the vessel. On the Monday he had only half a week's provisions given him instead of his allowance for a week: When he left Belfast he did not know where the vessel was going to. He did not know they were coming to Liverpool. He did not himself complain to the captain, but he had complained to the mates. He could not say whether any of the passengers had complained to the cap tain personally, but they had made comulaints. The Magistrate : Where the provisions you were sup plied with coked, or had you to cook them yourself? Witness : No they were not cooked. The Magistrate : :Had you, or any . of the passengers made any arrangement to have the provisions delivered out weekly instead of by the day ? Witness : No sir. The Magistrate : By the act of parliament the provisions have a right to be supplied daily. Robert Allen another passenger confirmed the statement made by the witness. Lieutenant Prior, an officer connected with the govern ment emigration, deposed that he cleared the Guiding Star from this port on the 26th of October. He saw that the water closets and other arrangements were there in accor dance with the provisions of the act of parliament. He also saw her on her return to this port on Friday the 14th of November, when he found the female hospital knocked down—the bulkhead to divide the sexes also broken down, and the water closets removed. By Mr. Almond : When the vessel left there were ten water closets, - only nine were required by the act of parliament. The ship, when she returned to the port, had lost a main topmast, and she was so damaged as to be uunt 110 le act in f.rm.ti that 'lie bulkhead i had been knocked down to get more ventilation. s was the medical officer on board who gave that reason. The reason assigned for knocking down the female hospital, which was on the deck was, that it interfered with the health of the other passengers. Me. Almond addressed the bench for the defendant, con tending that, under the circumstances, with the cholera on board, and the ship seriously injured, that the same disci pline had not been kept which would have been otherwise the case ' • and that in removing the hospital and water closets the captain had acted under the advice of the medical man on board, therefore he could not conceive that the pro visions of the act would apply, as he had not acted willfully or negligently. He called Mr. A. Steward, who said he was the surgeon on hoard the Guiding Siar. The passengers were all examined when they went on board. The cholera broke out on board the vessel the Sunday night after they left the port. It was after the vessel had lost her topmast, and received such da mages as rendered her unfit to proceed. He was of opinion that had the vessel proceeded to New York there would not have been twenty of them alive when they got there. The bulkhead was broken down at my suggestion. It was to give more ventilation. The passengers, a lot of Germans, constantly hung their wet linen there, and he could not get them to remove them, although he had cut away the lines. The Magistrate Could you not have prevented them from hanging the linen there. Surely that would have been better than breaking down the bulkhead T Witness : We could not prevent them, It was quite ne cessary as the cholera was on board the vessel that it should be removed. The vessel was taken to Belfast, where the authorities visited it, and there the sick were taken ashore as were also the dead. He did not hear any com plaints about the cooking of the provisions ; when he did, g st e e s d tio th n r b L eca r t f ise he t w he at e e i r n - u c N le ia se f ts ro s na ver t e he t m ake t n en d d o e w d n to at ass his ist he told them to go to him, which some of them did, and he a .s s u s g i the contagion. The Magistrate : Were there no means of keeping the closets clean without removing them ? Witness : No sir—the passengers themselves were the most dirty lot that ever I had to do with in my life. The passengers would not do the least thing ; they would not even assist to remove the dead from the living, and he had to get the sailors to assist him, although there were plenty of men about. The hospital at the other part of the ship was taken down at his suggestion, because it interfered with the health of the other passengers. John Mindock, the first mate, confirmed the statement of the surgeon. David Scott, a passenger, spoke of the captain and crew being kind, and doing all in their power to add to the com fort and happiness of the passengers. He had no complaint to make ; he always received his proper amount of provisions. He had heard none of the passengers complain. Walter Blake, the third mate, delivered out the provisions every . Saturday. The reason he had not given witness his provisions on the Saturday was because he had not had time. He had something else to do ; it was dark when he had served half of them. William Borrow, the second mate, stated the provisions had been cooked as far as they possibly could ; but the pas sengers went in such shoals to the place, that the cook could not stir. Mr. Almond wished to inform the magistrate that the hospital was still on the ship's deck, and could be inspected. The magistrates, after a few brief remarks, said, under all the circumstances of the case, he should consider it his duty to fine the captain in the minimum amount mentioned in the act of parliament with regard to three of the offences, viz., for removing the bulk-head ; for removing the water closets ; and for not having the provisions properly cooked. The captain was fined £5 for each of the above offences. HOUSE-BREAKING.—Four youths named Henry Jones, James Hughes, Henry .111accey, and Edward Perry, were charged with breaking into a house, in Pitt-street, on the previous night, and stealing therefrom a variety of articles. It appeared that the owner of the house let it furnished, and that the former occupier had left it early the previous week without having properly secured it. The boys were seen getting over the walls, and it was afterwards found that they had pledged and sold a portion of the property they had abstracted, amongst which was a copper coffee=pot, which they had sold to a person named Higgins of Great Crosshall street. The prisoners were remanded until this day, when they will be committed for trial George iffuney was fined 10s and costs for an assault upon Miss Stimp3on, of Williamson-square ; he lodged in the house of her parents, and going home intoxicated on Satur day night, he, after the family were in bed, was found in the young ladies room. William Jones and Peter Lyons were fined 10s for an assault on the person of Michael Murdock. It was proved in evidence that the parties accused were at the time of the offence intoxicated, but they had exhibited a knife which the magistrates considered a most abominable offence. It is the general belief at Constantinople that " Queen Victoria, having caught Lord Aberdeen receiving several tons of gold from Russia, had his head instantly taken off, to the great joy of the people ;" and that "Lord Palmerston is Grand Vizier now !!" The Rev. Chancellor Raikes, reporting on the Chester Ragged Schools, says, " The little good effected is done at a great waste of expenditure; and I feel that no real good will be done to the children of the dangerous class un less we can substitute a Reformatory School for a Ragged School, and endeavour to introduce moral habits in ad dition to the elementary knowledge given at present. Such is the conclusion to which I have reluctantly been brought." NARROW ESCAPE OF A COUNTY COURT JUDGE.—OR Thursday last, whilst the Judge was sitting in the County Court at Tiverton, the roof gave way and fell in. The court was very much crowded at the time. A beam from the roof fell with a tremendous crash toward the judge. As may be imagined, a scene of great confusion followed. A general rush was made to the doors, it being feared that the whole of the upper part of the building was falling in. Fortunately, that did not take place, or a large number of persons must have been killed. As it was, many persons received severe bruises. GROSS OUTRAGE IN A CHURCH.—A most wanton and un justifiable outrage has been perpetrated on a Protestant church at Warmsworth, between two and three miles from Doncaster. The occurrence took place some time during the night of Wednesday last, and those who committed it commenced their attack on the building by first throwing stones at the windows from the outside, a number of which they broke. They then proceeded to force open the church doors, as is indicated by footmarks about the place, but, not succeeding, they went to a window on the north side of the church, broke the glass, tore away the lead from the squares, and removed the casement, by which they were en abled to creep through. Having thus obtained an entrance, they pulled down the communion rails and demolished the stone font. Nothing but the base of the font remained to indicate that one stood there. The velvet cushion on the top of the pulpit and the one on the clerk's reading desk, as well as the great number of the cushions and hassocks in the pews, were cut and torn, and the stuffings strewed about the church and graveyard. Some wood work near the communion table was also pulled down. and broken. The stone near the same place is also pulled up. A number of the books belonging to the congregation, have been torn and otherwise damaged and thrown about the church. Se veral loose seats used by the poorer class of the congrega tion were broken and piled one over another. After they, had broken or damaged everything they could come in con tact within the sacred edifice, they proceeded to remove the lid or top stone of a tomb, which they rolled over in the churchyard, and left it there. The Rev. C. E. Thomas, the incumbent, is instituting vigorous measures for the ap prehension, of the depredators, but the fellows have shown so much tact and dexterity in the execution of their work that it is feared the authorities will have great difficulty in bringing them to justice. A reward will be offered for the apprehension and conviction of the offenders. •