Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-28 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.- DURHAM, JULY 24. BEFORE BARON WATSON. RAYS v. Bacscoa.—This was sit action of trim COll to which the defendant pleaded "Not guilty." Mr. Picker in?, Q.O , and Mr. Hea'h appeared for the plaintiff ' • Mr. Price and Mr. Davison for the defendant. Mr. Pickering, in stating the case, said the action was brought to recover compensation, such as the law awarded, for one of the greatest injuries that one man could inflict upon another. 'ibe James Hays, was a master mariner in South hields, and the defendant. John Briscoe, had formerly been in some trade ; but, in consequence of his having received a considerable fortune from his grand father, he was now out of business, and lived on his own means. The plaintiff was married to a person in his own station of life in 1851, and for several years lived on the most affectionate terms with her. They had one daughter, who at the period of the injury complained of was about five years of age. The plaintiff and his wife lived first at New castle, and afterwards removed to South Shields. The plaintiff's occupation of a master mariner compelled him to be occasionally absent, and in October, 1855, he was e n gaged to take a vessel to Constantinople and Balsklava. As some occupation for his wife, and to enable her to maintain herself more comfortably, he took a shop for her to carry on a grocery business, and he also secured to her, by a seaman's allotment note, the payment of half his wages from his employers during the time he should be absent. In addition to this, he had made arrargements with a relative to pay her an allowance in money. To show the affectionate terms on which the plaintiff and his wife at this time were living, the learned counsel read the fol lowing correspondence bstween the plaintiff and his wife while he was in London with his ship, just before sailing /or Balaklava:— South Shields, Oct. 30, 18.55. My dear Husband,—l embrace the present oppor'unity of answering your most welcome letter, and I am happy to know that you have got safe to London ; and my dear James, I do wish I had been with you. But write all particulars about the ship, and where you will he going to; and if you think I might shut the shop up for a week and come to you. . . . My dear child is quite well and myself; but, my dear, I have keen very unhappy since you Left me.—l remain ever your affectionate wife, MAUGARITE HAYS. To this letter the plaintiff replied in an affectionate letter, stating his safe arrival in London, and giving an account of his ship. On the 9th of November, the plaintiff's wife wrote again to him about his clothes, and concluding, My dear Hush ind,—l conclude wi , h my deepest love to you, and remain ever your affectionate wife, MARGARITE HAYS. Oa the same day the plaintiff wrote to his wife, and, after giving her some instructions about forwarding periodicals and newspapers to him while away, his letter proceeds : I send my best respects to all friends, and give my dear little Janey a kiss fur me. I dare say she often talks about her dada, for I think she must miss me much, as well as her poor mamma. And now, my dear wife, what am I to say about your coming to London? You well know how gladly, how readily, I would wish you with me, for I am sure I enjoy no real pleasure nor happiness but only in your dearcompaoy. My feelings plead hard for you ; but what to do in this matter I really do not know. Cur welfare and future happiness depend upon our economy. We wish to be careful, although the wish is at variance with our fond and deep feelings for each other. I cannot say no to your very natural request to come to me, nor dare I say yes when I consider how we are circumstanced. Come, if you cannot be reconciled without coming, but stop at home if you have strength of mind to do so. If you come here, there will be the pain of parting from each other again repeated, and I can assure you the excited state of my mind has with me hardly worn off since I bade you farewell at home. The eyes of our friends are alto upon ns, and, although they cannot f., , e1 our separation as we do our selves, they might think your coming to London in the present state of our circumstances a wasteful and unnecessary expen diture. Yet, still I say, come, if you cannot be happy without coming, and I shall be glad, very glad indeed, to receive you; only advise me first of your determination.—l remain, my dear and beloved wife, your affectionate and loving husband, JAMES HAYS. In another letter, dated the 10th of November, addressed by the plaintiff to his wife, he " wishes the ship was far enough rather than it should be the cause of thus separat ing us." He says, "I would fain have you here, if it could only be managed cleverly, for I feel a great miss of you. If you come, coma quickly." In a letter dated the 19th of November the plaintiff wrote to his wife : Yours of yesterday I have received, and I am grieved to learn that you have heen ill. I thought that something more than common would prevent my fond and faithful wife from writing to me for four days. Thank God, you say you are again well, also my dear child lf this enterprise meets with the Divine blessing, it may be the means of enabling me to provide for the comfort and able maintenance of a beloved wife and my dear, dear child ; it may enable me to get estab lished on shore, never more, my dear Margarite, to part with you again. On the 21st of November the plaintiff s wife wrote to him:— I received your most welcome letter this morning, and I am happy to bear that you are in good health, as it leaves me and my dear little Janey at present My dear bueband, I think I have got ro more to tell you at present ; but I must conclude, with deep affection to you, my dear, and believe me to be your loving wife " "' Oa the 3rl of peeernbsr, 1855, the plaintiff wrote again to his wife from London : My dear and loving Wife,—l have just received your most affectionate letters, and Ido feel blessed in the pos session and the fond and deep affection of my own dear wife, my ever loving and loved par' ner through life. A.lay God in His mercy protect you and my dear, dear child in my unavoid able absence, and bring me once mare in safety to my own haven of happiness —my own happy home ; for it is there and there only I feel myself truly blest. My Margarito, my wife, mine, mine only, I have won thee, and I will love thee and bless thee for ever. The letter went on to state he would send her a supply of stationery for her shop, and anticipated his happiness on meeting her on his return. In answer to this letter wee one from his wife, dated Shields, the 9th of December, in which she says the shop improves week y, and she hopes it will be all ready for him when he comes back again, " and then, my dear, I hope you will not have to go away any more from me ; for this has almost killed me parting from you " Several other letters of a sunder tenour were read, in one of which, written by the plaintiff from the Downs, he tells her to go to his owners to receive the ba lance of wages due to him, which he had ordered to be paid to her, and also to take care of a policy of insurance on his effects for .le - )0 which he had sent to her in case of any thing happening to him. Some letters of the same tenour were also read, dated Balakiava, one of which informed her of the time when he expected to be back home. In October, 1836, the plaintiff arrived at Leith on his return, and immediately wrote to his wife to announce the ship's arrival, and to tell her that he had bought her a Royal Stuart tartan dress and plaid, and had sent it to her. During the interval that the plaintiff was away that injury had been inflicted upon him, which was the subject of the present action The defendant was a married man at that time, but now was a widower, and had children and grandchildren. He had been acquainted with the plaintiff before he went away, and was in the habit of visiting his wife after the plaintiff left. She had charged her shop for another in the same street in Aril, and it was at this latter shop that the improper intimacy had taken place. The defendant was seen constantly in the shop acting as if he were the owner, and she was seen constantly on his knee caressed by him. On one occasion he had slept in the house under circumstances which left no doubt as to the terms on which they were living. On another occasion the bed had been noticed in a tumbled state, as if two persons had slept upon it. It was mentioned in the defendant's presence and he made no reply. This state of things having gone on for several month?, the letter written by the plaintiff stating when he should re t urn , was sh ivrn by the plaintiff's wife to one of the witnesses, and was also shown by her, a s - would be proved, to the defendent. In September, 1856, the defendant took lodgings for the plaintiff's wife to go to, so that she might not be at home on his return, the shop was shut up, and she loft Senth Shields with her child, and went to live at Sedgefield at the lodghies which the defendant had obteieed for her. There she took the name of Mrs. Briscoe, and there she remained till December, the defendant visiting her every week on terms of the closest intimacy. In December she left Sedgefield and si ent to Newcastle with the defendant, where she remained six weeks, and on the 7th of February the defendant and plaintiff's wife were marr:ed at Bishop Wearmouth, and after that lived as man and wife at the lodgings at Sedgefield ; and on the 9th of March fellowir g she gave birth to an infant, the result of the intercourse between her and the defendant. He could only suggest that the plaintiff's wife bad committed the offence of bigamy in order to avoid discovery and com ments on her connexion with the defendant. On the plaintiff's arrival at Leith he received a letter ' from his wife, stating that she had given up the shop, and had gone to live in a situation where she could keep herself and child. On arriving at South Shields the plaintiff could learn nothing of his wife, nor where she had gone. In October he chanced to meet the defendant at the Bath Hotel, South Shields, and asked him if he knew where his wife was, but the defendant said he did not—he only wished he did. It was not until May last that the plaintiff received some information that his wife was living at Sedgefield, where he went in company with a policeman in search of her- There he found the defendant and his w fe living together as man and wife, and on his asking her how she came to be living there, she told him that she was married to the defendant, and burst into tears. The plaintiff then immediately gave her into custody on the charge of bigamy . The defendant, it was evident, had used his wealth for the purpose of seducing her from her duty to her husband. On one occasion it would ba proved that he had thrown to her carelessly a £lOO note. He had found her poor and lonely, her husband bbsent. He had wealth at command, and had taken advantage of her position to insinuate himself into her affection to destroy the happiness of her husband and the home of her child Under these circumstance , •, it was for the jury to say what damages they would give. Proof of the marriage was then given, when a short consultation having taken place between the learned counsel, Mr. Price, on b&ialf of his client, consented to a verdict for £l5O. Mr. Pickering: Your lordship and the jury will understand that the acceptance by the plaintiff of this verdict is quite bona fide and without collusion. There are many painful circumstances which would be disclosed if the evidence were gone into—painful as wog to the witnesses as to the parties. His lordship: There can be no doubt about the bona fides of the plaintiff He has brought this action, and has indicted the woman for bigamy. This is a very painful case—extremely so. I have attended to Mr Pickering's opening, which showed a very strong affection between the plaintiff and his wife, How this lady came t) change her views so very suddenly I don't know. A. verdict was then taken for the plaintiff— damageY, £l5O. The plaintiff's wife, Margarite Hays, a very nand , ome and respectably dressed young woman, with an infant in her arms, was yesterday tried and found guilty of bigamy in marrying the defendant, as stated. His lordship this morning sentenced her to one months.' imprisonment. -- WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Extersa SAT TRD AY. TRIAL AND ACQUITTAL OP A NAVAL OFFICER AT PLY mourn.—Thomas Warre Simean, aged 22, mate of her Majesty's ship Cordoba, surrendered to take his trial on a charge of having uttered a certain forged instrument, called " an officer's full pay bill," knowing the same to be forged, at Plymouth, en the 13th of May last. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Serjea,nt Kioglake and Mr. Poulden prosecuted ; and Mr. Collier, Q C., and Mr. Coleridge defended the prisoner. Tiae case excited much interest among the officers of the Roy al Navy at Ply mouth, the prisoner being a great favourite among them, and his father also holding the distinguished position of an admiral in the Rr.yal Navy. From the evidence produced for the prosecution, it would appear that on the afternoon of Thursday, the 13th of May, a naval officer, in mate's uniform, went into the bank of Messrs. Hodges at Devonport, with a navy pay bill for £BO 10g., which the manager of the bank (Mr. Richard Coombs) cashed at the request of the person who presented it, less 4s. 6d. discount, and the latter picked up the money hurriedly, and left the bank, where he did not remain three minutes. The time fixed for this trans action by the banking clerks, Mr. Coombs (the manager), Mr. Ross (the clerk), and Mr. Luscomb (the messenger of the bank), was between a quarter to and four o'clock, at which latter period the bank closed. These three wit nesses also spoke confidentially as to the prisoner being the officer who presented the bill in question. On the evidence of Mr. Henry Warren Strutt, a clerk in the full and half pay department of the Admiralty, it was proved that the pay sheet in question purported to be an officer's full pay bill, drawn by Paymaster Jeffreys, of the Vixen, and countersigned by Commander McChown and the master, Edward C. Ball, being for three months' pay drawn in advance. These officers and the crew had been turned over from the Vixen. In reply to Mr. Collier, Mr. Struts said these printed forms should not be easily obtainable, and ought to be in the careful custody of the officer of each ship, as these blank forms which were government property ought not to be bought, though, witness believed, that a great many of them were sold by mistake from the waste paper office. Mr. Collier : The waste paper and red tape office, I presume. (Laughter.) Witness (in continuation) said there had been four or five other forgeries brought to his knowlbdge at London, Wool wich, and other places, but the forgery in question was a very clumsy one, as in neither instance were the proper signatures of the officers given, indeed he could scarcely dignify it with the name of a forgery. The proper name of the paymaster was George Jeffreys ; the forgery was John Jeffery. The name of the master was Edward C. Ball, which was changed in the forged bill into John Ball ; and G. T. Meechum (the commander) should have been G. F. Mecham. The proper names of each of these officers were given in the Navy List, and therefore this forgery indicated great ignorance of naval business. Lieutenant Edward Leward, of the Leopard. proved that the signature to the bill, purportng to be that of Captain Mecham, was not his handwriting. Master Ball proved that the signature of Master Ball, of the Vixen, was not his son's handwriting, and the paymaster of the Pylades proved that the signature attaahed to the forged bill was not that of his brother George, paymaster of the Vixen. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Collier addressed the jury in an impressive manner for the pri soner, cot tending that the banking clerks, though they all three swore to the prisoner as the man who pre sented the forged bill, must be mistaken, as he should conclusively prove that the prisoner was in another part of the town, with two young brother officers, at the time spoken to, viz , between a quarter to four and four o'clock on the day in question. With this view the learned counsel called Mr. Hannibal Hawkins M'Arthur, Mr. Morris, and Mr. Morgan, clerks in the pay-office at Plymouth dockyard ; Richard Wawm. a dockyard police man ; Mr. Alexander Thistlethwaite Collier, midshipman of the Cordelia, Mr. Henry Wogan, mate of the Cordelia. Mr. Charles Cordell, midshipman of the Cordelia, and several other witnesses were called, who accounted satis factorily for the prisoner's disposal of his time from half past three to a quarter-past four on the day in question, during the whole of which time he was in the company of either one or all of these parties, and if so, he could not have been the party who cashed the forged pay-bill at the bank. In the face of this testimony, Mr. Sergeant King lake abandoned the prosecution, and the prisoner was acquitted, to the great joy of his naval comrades, who crowded round him to offer their congratulations. THE NORTHERN TIDIES. LIVERPOOL, TUEDAY, JULY 28, 1857. His Lordship afterwards summed up, his observations going decidly adverse to the prisoner, and although in o■e part of his address to the jury he requested them to acquit the prisoner in the event cf their believing that he had acted in the assertion of his right, yet while the jurti were deliberating in retirt went, he ordered them to retur❑ into court, and intimated to the foreman that he had con sulted with his learned brother (Baron Martin), who thought that he had propounded the law wrongly, and he now wished to say that every man was supposed to know the law, and unless the prisoner had some right or interest in the property they were lnund to find him guilty. The jury, atter remaining locked up for two hours, returned into court with a verdict of guilty. His Lord ship sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. It is said that beta were pending to the amount of several thousands of pounds in the Birming ham market upon the probable results of this extraordinary trial. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. -YBISTERDAY. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. S. HOLM& TIM DRUNK AND DISORDERLIES —As usual, on the first day of the week, there were a great nu tuber of persons brought up for having been bo.led for safety, and for being drunk and disorderly ; amongst whom were a large proportion of females, some of whom had been c tmmitted no less than forty times, although their ages did not exceed twenty summers. Two of the lot weee apprehended in Gloucester street, off Lime-street. They were each committed for two months ; but, on inflicting that punishment, the magistrate took the opt.ortunity of commenting upon the disgraceful state of Lime street from such characters, and he could not see why the respectable portion of the people should be taxed to support such persons in prison Indeed, there was not such a disgraceful place in London as Lime s'reet, Gloucester -street, and some others of a similar character. INFAMOUS HOUSES. —Henry Giddon, the keeper of a brothel, at 53, Brownlox-street, was brought up on a charge of keeping a house of ill-fame Invector Kehoe, together with two of the inh%bitaut•, prored that the house was of the nature described, and the prisoner was. com mitted for trial. S CIALIN A Pussz.—Two men, named Pritchard, a plumber and glazier, and Moody, a butcher's " slave," were charged with stealir•g a purse, containing -E4 13."., the property of Mrs. Wilson, of Wallasey From the evidence of this witness', it appeared that on Saturday evening last she and her husband went into a public-house in Epworth street, for the purpose of having some refreshment. She pat a parse on the table, and when she left it she forgot to take it up again. When she got to the corner of London-road, she missed the purse, and went back to the house to inform the landlady. From the time that the witness left, the two prisoners went into the place, and were seen with the purse in their possession, and information was given to that effect, and the two prisoners were apprehended on the charge. Moody at once admitted that they had taken the purse, but Pritchard denied it, although about the amount lost was fund upon the prisoners. They were both committed to take their trial for the robbery. PICKING POCKETS. —Two women, named Brown and Barton, were committed to take their trial on a charge of having stolen 2s. from a person named Cumming, in the Scotland-road, on Saturday night last. The prisoners were actually caught in the act by the prosecutrix. OH, THOSE VEAL PIES Yesterday, Mr. M'Gowan, instructed by the Health Committee, made an application to the bench of magis trates, of some considerable importance to the public, and also to those so-called butchers who traffic in the purchase of diseased beasts of every description, which they—if not dead before their arrival at their establishment— slaughter, and then in the most scientific manner carve up the limbs, and dispose of them to various parties who have a good demand for sausages, black puddings, and veal, mutton, and beef-pies. That such a trade has been carried on to some considerable extent in this town, without the aid of the exportations of dead horses from the other side of the water, is a well known fact to the authorities; but the difficulty has heretofore been, in being able to catch the parties at their nefarious work. Mr. M'Gowan ex plained to the bench that the present application was under the Nuisance Removal Act of 1855, by the passing of which the authorities had been relieved from a great difficulty in bringing such parties, as he had to complain of, to justice. Prior to the passing of that act, the authorities had no remedy against such offenders, unless they were found " offering" unwholesome meat for sale, bat by the present act, which really to him (Mr. M'Gowan) appeared to have been constructed to meet such cases, for by it the officers had the power of seizing such meat, and then coming before the magis►rates, and after it had been duly inspected, it was for the bench to decide whether such meat should be destroyed or not. In this case he should ask the bench to inspect a sample of the meat, and then, if thought that it was unwholesome, that they should give an order to have it destroyed, but as far as regards the penalties to which the parties had rendered themselyee liable, that would be the subject of a future applica tion. Mr. M'Gowan then wort on to describe the quality of the " stuff.' found on the premises, a portion of which was produced in the court, the appearance of, and the offensive odour from which, caused all persons present to give a shudder with disgust that that abominable filth should ever be allowed to be sold for human food. The defendant, Charles Smith, of Towbridge-street, was then called, but he did not appear, having " abdicated" from his calling, from the fact that a warrant had been issued against him for another offence. Two officers unier the Health Committee, named Heade an.l Jones, deposed to the fact of going to the cellar kept by the defendant on the night of Friday last, where they found the limbs of an old cow, which had evidently died of the dropsy, cut up and properly prepared for sale. They also found a calf, which had been taken from the cow long before it had arrived at maturity, already carved up and ready for sale. Mr. Wybergh : I suppose for the purpose of making veal pies. A sample of the meat was then exhibited to the Bench, upon which an order was made to have it immediately destroyed. OXFORD ClRCUlP.—Sreewoan, JULY 25. BEFORE BARON BRAMWELL. --= 'Exeaaoarhereav CA.E —Cnarles Parish was charged with stealing twelve cows, the property of Was. Curnock and James Coxon. Mr. M'Mahon and Mr. Scotland prosecuted ; and Mr. Huddles'.on, Q C , and Mr. Powell defended the prisoner: The circumstances of this case, and the mode in which it was treated by the learned judge were out or dock before Mr. the ordin try course. P ar i s h h a d b een i n the habit of Yesterday, a man named Willia m S w ift, a strong 'powerful built fellow, who i s a master carter, living in going about from fair to f a i r an d se l ect i ng b easts at such No. 21 court, Mile-end, was placed ier? pieces end giving informati on t o t h e var i ous butchers in the with the view to their p urc h as i ng t h em. On the 18 . a S• Holme; on a charge o f h aving , b y h is b ru t a l con d uct, inst., Coxon and Curnock, but c h ers , o f Bi rm i ngaa causei the death of his wife, Mary S w ift. M r . Bl uc k, tn, the prosecutors, agreed to go to O a kh ain f a i r an d divide it who appeared for the p r i soner , as k e d f or a reman d, on t h e that is to say, that all the beasts they bought at that fair grounds that the Coroner was holding an inquest on the sheuld become common property, a n d a p irtners hi p s h ould body, and that he (M r Bl oc k) was anx i ous to ge t t h e assistance of counsel to defend the prisoner. In answer exist as to such cattle so pu rc h ase d. P ar i s h was anxious to go to Oak h im, and bo r r owe d 10 s f rom C oxon to ena b le to the magistrate, Mr. Inspector K e hoe said, that they him to pay his fare. At th e f air P ar i s h saw eleven or were perfectly ready to go on w ith t h e case at t h at t i me, twelve bees's, which he recommended to Cuxon, and which and the magistrate not seeing any necessity for any ad were afterwards bought by hi m . C oxon and Curnock journment, proceeded at once with the case. The first Gor who stated wit purchased, in the wh o l e , t hi rty - s i x b easts, twenty-seven of ness called was a girl, named Mary An n man, which they sent by th e ra il way to Wo'vertiampton. Coxon that she had been servant to the prisoner, and she then went to Leiceste r w ith P er i s h , an d wh i le there it was s t a t e d, t h a t on Monday evening last, the deceased agreed that they should go to Melton malice', but when with her two chil Iran and herself were at home about six Cum at was ready Parish made some excuse, altered the o'clock, when the prisoner came in and turned them all marks on twelve of the beasts, and started off fin- Wolver- out into the street. They all went to the bottom of the bameton. He then took the twelve beasts out of the field street, and the prisoner followed them. At that time in wntch they were lying, and drove them to Dadley, sold the deceased was perfectly sober, and the prisoner also them all at an under price, and when taken into custody appeared to be sober. At the corner of the street, the he was asked whit money he had in his possession, and he Prisoner gave his daughter the key of the door, and they denied having more than half a crown. On being searched, all went home together. She (witness) put the children £1.12, the produce of the sale of the beasts, was found to bsd about nine o'clock, and at about half-past, the upon him. Mr. Hu ldleston, for the defence, contended deceased, without taking her clothes off, laid down on the that there was a partnership existing between the prisoner bed with the children. The prisoner came home about and Coxon, and whatever lie did se es in assertioa of a right. twelve o'clock, and on the door being open e d t o hi m , as k e d He proceeded to call wi:ne sses , w i t h t h e v i ew to prove a if his wife was at home. She (witness) told him that she partnership between the prisoner and Cexon. Mr. was not, although it was a lie ; bnt she did so for the pur- M‘Mabon replied, and commenced by stating that if he felt pose of preventing a similar row to that which took place on the fac's of the case did not warrant him in pressing the a previous occasion. The prisoner said it WAS ad —d good jury tor a convietion, he should deem it his duty at once to job that she was not at home. The witness then went up retire . from th e case . B aron B ramwell: Then you would sta i rs to her room, when the prisoner followed her, and do wrong. I should deem it your duty—and I hold it to knocked at the door. She told him again that the be the duty of every member of the bar—to prove, if " missus " was not there, when he broke the door open and requisite, that black was white—that I mean that any commenced a most brutal attack upon the deceased, knock member of the bar should neces'ariiy do that which will tug the witness and all the children out of the way, and be immediately found out from its fallacy—but that he is kept hammering her head and chest with his clenched bound, where aey comment is capable of being made upon fist, but she could not say whether there was anything in the evidence, to make such comment fearlessly, and without it or not. After that the deceased was got out of the reference to his own conviction, and that where there is a window and taken to St. Anne's dispensary, when difficulty in the shade of colour, he is bonnd to give the her head was dressed, but after every surgical at best argument he can to prove that his colour is correct tendon was paid to her, at her mother's house, she Mr. M‘Mahon :My Lord, I should deem it my duty to died on the evening of Thursday last. Mr. Muck : withdraw from a prosecution if I saw there was no evidence, I do hope you will in this case grant a remand. Baron Bramwell : No doubt, that is a very high principle. Mr. Holms : The prosecution are prepared to go on with for which Mr. M'etahon is noted, and he may be right and the case, which is one of great importance, and I must he may be wrong ; he may have studied the subject more hear what evidence there is in it before I grant a remand, than I have, although I hive given the greatest attention or know whether I have a right to detain the prisoner. to the question under discussion of late, and I must admit We must have the medical testimony. At this juncture of that the greatest ornaments of the bar who are now the case, one of the officers of the Court (Connor) stated, upon the bench have carried out the principle I have that he was coming up with the surgeon when they met n) w stated to the fullest ex ent ; for what injury can the Coronew and after those two gentlemen had exchanged b e ,Iloee is starting a proeosiien that cannot carry a few words, the surgeon returned to the Coroner's Court. cwivic foie,. whereas, if a subject is open to doubt, it is By Mr. Holme: I told him that the magistrates were also open to' argument. Mr. Mt Mahon : My Lord, I waiti n g f or hi m . M r. H o l me, after mak i ng a few remarks, still think that lam right ; but I submit res p ec tf u ll y to di recte d the officer to go to the Coroner's C ourt, your Lordship's r: le, and bow to it. B aron Bramwell and inform the s urgeon w h o h a d ma d e t h e post then made some len • b ethy comments on the duty of th e I mortem examination, that h e w as requ i re d a t t h e bar in respect to the part. 'War course he b a d a ll u d e d to, ' Police-out, BOW minor Mies were then heard, . A HUSBAND CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE. and after a short time the officer returned into Court &wing that the surgeon. was then giving his evidence in a private room before 4he coroner. Mr. Holme then ex nreieed his regret that there should be some mistaken jealousy existing between the two courts ; and although he was about to make a hard remark, he did so to the best of his judgment, and it was this, that if the coroner was allowed to interfere with the police, and prevent witnesses from coming forward to establish the innocence or the guilt of the accused, the coroner's court would become a public nuisance, and, if such things were allowed to go on, it ought to be abolished. The prisoner was then remanded until Wednesday next. THE CORONER'S COURT. At the investigation hell before the coroner, the same evidence was adduced as to the brutality of the husband towards the deceased, and the surgeon from St. Anne's Dispensary give it as his opinion, as did also Mr. Bickeron, that the deceased died from eresypalis occasioned from the in , aries. received. Mr. Aspinall and Mr. Scott, i ns i ru3 t e d by Mr. }luck, appeared for the prisoner, and called Dr. O'Donnolley and Mr. Gill, who gave it as their opinion that the deceased had died from delirium tremens; and a publican named Hill was called, who spoke to the deceased being a regular drunkard, and was drunk at the time the offence took place. Another witness was called, and he stated that he saw the deceased getting out of the window, and that she fell amongst some iron hoops, and then upon the pavement, which caused the fracture in her temple, The Coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against William Swift, who was conse quently committed to take his trial on that charge. on the information of the girl Gorman. John Swift, a brother of the prisoner, was ordered to find two sureties of £5O ea , h, and himself in £lOO, to keep the peace towards her. This was in consequence of his having first attempted to bribe her not to give evidence, and having failed in that for having threateted her life. The further hearing of this case will take place before the magistrates, on Wednesday, when it is expected that more farther important facts will be brought out. ANOTHER JEWESS ABDUCTION CASE, At :he Worship-street (London) Police Court, on Satur day, John Aarons, a swarthy, sun-burnt young fellow, who gave his address at the Continental Hotel, Leadenhall street, was charged with the abduction of his cousin, Rebecca Pa,s, a young Jewess, 15 years of age, from the house of her father, a boot maeufacturer, in Pitfield-street, Hoxton. The prosecutor, who displayed great emotion while giving his evidence, stated that his daughter, the unfortucate subject of the present inquiry, had been brought up and educated by her aunt, a lady of property, residing in Northumberland-terrace, Regent's-park, who had adopted her from her infancy. Daring the intervening perio i witness had only occasionally seen her, until the latter part of last week, when he was greatly surprised and shocked at the receipt of a communication from her aunt, to the effect that his daugh ter ha•l formed some improper connection which rendered it necessary to place her under his exclusive control. His , daughter ac2ompanied the servant who brought the mes sage, and she bad been since kept at home under strict supervision until the previous afiern on, when the prisoner called at the house and stated that her disagreement with her aunt had arisen from a trifling misconception, which had been satisfactorily explained, and that he (the accused) had been deputed to convey her back to Northumberland terrace, where her uncle was anxiously waiting to take leave of her before he started for the country. On the faith of his assurance, witness allowed his daughter to accompany him, with the express understanding that he would return with her before six o'clock in the evening, but he failed to do so, and, on subsequently proceeding to her aunt's residence, he ascertained that she had not been brought there, and that the whole of the prisoner's state ment was a complete fabrication. Having failed in all his efforts to obtain any tidings of his missing child, witness gave directions to the police for the apprehension of the pri soner, and he was aecidentally met that morning in Hounds - ditch, by Turner, the Cay officer, who at once took him into custody. Mrs. Louisa Salumons, the girl's aunt, a very lady. like person, stated that, during her lengthened stay with her, the utmost care and attention had been devoted to the education and moral culture of her niece, which she was sorry to say had not been attended with the desired result, as she had lately clnducted herself in a manner which had been productive of considerable apprehension and uneasiness to her friends. A short time since witness discovered that she had contracted an acquaintance with a man of loose habits and inferior station, and that she had carried on a clandestine correspondence with him, which was actively aided and connived at by one of her servants. Witness forthwith discharged the latter, and sent her niece home to her father, in the hope of saving her from the con sequences of such a dangerous connection. On the follow ing day the prisoner paid her a visit, and after particularly inquiring into the circumstances connected with the absence of her niece, he introduced the name c f the man who had secretly courted her, of whom he spoke in eulogis'ic terms, and concluded with the observation that he considered it a shame to divide those who loved each other, and that, as far as he was concerned, he would lend a helping hand to bring them together. V- e prisoner left soon after, and she heard no more of him until she received the startling information that he had beguiled the girl from her father's protection, under the pretence that witness had sent for her, which was, of course, utterly without foundation. The witness added that the prisoner had only recently returned from Australia, and she had not seen him for years before the interview referred to. The prisoner sharply cross-examined the witnesses with an air of confident bravado, but without eliciting anything to affect their testimony. Mr. Hammill said that the cha•ge of abducting the girl by means of false representa tions having been clearly established against the prisoner, he should order him to be remanded for a week. The pri soner, briskly : " You don't mean that ! Why, I have paid my passage money to America, and the ship sails to-morrow. But you'll take bail, of course." The Magis trate : " Certainly not, at present." The prisoner was evidently astounded at this intimation, but speedily recovered his confident demeanour, and swaggered out with the gaoler. MORE VITRIOL THROWING. At the Bow-street (London) Police Court, on Saturday, signor Jose Berangaer, a Spanish merchant, residing in Regent-square, and formerly a slave-owner in America, was charged with wilfully throwing vitriol into the face of a young servant girl named Mary Bayfield. The com plainan stated that she lived in the service of Mr. Humphrey, a solicitor, at 31, Bloomsbury-street, Bedford square. She had seen the defendant walking in front of her master's house almost daily for the last six weeks He had knocked at the door three or four time., inquiring for a" fo eign lady," and demanding admession. He was assured that no friend of his res•dect in the house, but he persisted in calling and parading the opposite side of the street, sometimes with an opera glass applied to his eyes. On Thursday evening, at about nine o'clock h e again accosted witness, just as she was entering the house, and muttering something in his native tongue, threw about a wineglaseful of some liquid over her face and shoulders. Having turned her head quickly, she received only a por tion of the liquid on her face, but her bonnet, mantle, and dress were all stained by it. She ran into the house to her master, who sent for some lotion to apply to her face, thus relieving the burning sensation from which she was sufferin.;. In the meantime, there being a policeman in the street, the defendant was given into custody. The comp'ainants' mister confirmed the girl's statement, and said he had also seen the defendant coneta• ily loitering in front of the house. The nature of the evidence having been explained to the prisoner through an interpreter, he admitted that he had watched the house for a German lady, with who'n he had become acquainted on their tour to England, and to whom he was passionately devoted. He was satisfied that she was in the home in question, although he had been denied her. He had a right to see her, for she had accepted his presents and his attentions. He denied hiving thrown any thing over complainant. It having been ascertainsd that the defendant had friends of wealth and position is Lon don, the case wag adj turned to admit of his sending for them. Subsequently, Mr. Braham, a solicitor, who was accom panied by several friends o f th e defendant, informed the Court, that he attended on behalf of Signor Beranguee, who was a person of high respectability. He had conversed with the girl and her meaner, atil now proposed, with their consent, to take the case out of his won,hip's hands, Mr. Humphrey being now satisfied that the defendant had no intention to do the girl a personal injury, although he might have damaged her dress in a moment of temper, for her )posed want of attention to his request. The magistrate a; first objected to this mode of settling the matter, but eventually the case was settled by the defendant paying the girl £5, and promising not to go there again.—[lt is not long since a poor man was sentenced to 15 years tran sportation for a similar •offeace—the poor mast had some provocation—the rich man none. But such is justice as , dispensed by police magistrates C ♦SU AND DEII Boxiss.—The next important thing to the posses sion of (ash is, how (when yon have got it) to keep it safely, either in the counting-house or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds and other valuable documents. We have seen a large and varied stock of both these desirable articles, manufactured expressly for Mr. E. T. Hall, of South John-street, that challenge attention. These boxes are made on new and admired principles, and possess patent lochs, which defy the ingenuity of any "pick-lock" in the world to open, except with the legitimate key. To merchants, solicitors, and others, these new safes, one small scale, must prove valuable wised —Northern Daily Timed, 21st Arab 1/317, MR. J. B. GOUGH IN LIVERPOOL. Mr. J. B. Gough having arrived in Liverpool by the Niagara, on Sunday, a public breakfast took place at ten o'clock yesterday morning, in Laurence's Temperance Hotel, Clayton-squase, for the purpose of enabling his many friends and admirers in Liverpool to welcome the distinguished temperance advocate back to this country After the breakfast, it was resolved to hold a public meet ing to express to Mr. Gough the thanks which he deserved for his advocacy of the temperance cause, and the gratifi cation it gave his friends to receive him again iu England Accordingly it was at once arranged that a meeting should take place in the Qieen's Hall, Bold-street, and thither the gentlemen assembled in the Temperance Hotel pro ceeded. Owing to the very short notice at which the meeting was convened, there WAS not as large an audience as there would have otherwise undoubtedly been, The chair was taken amid loud applause by Dr. Eden. The CHAIRMAN briefly opened the proceedings. Letters of apology were read from several gentlemen, among whom were the Rev. Hugh Allen, M A., London ; Rev. William Guest, Leeds ; Rev. Henry Gale, Rev. J. Ledger, Lancaster; Joseph Sturge, Birmingham ; G. W. Anstie, Devizes ; James Newkina, M.R.C.S., London ; Thomas Knox, Edinburgh ; John Andrews, Leeds ; R. D Duncan, Carlisle ; S. M. Hunter, Huntington ; J. W. Barker, Wolverhampton ; T. G. Beamish, Coventry; A. Narmby, Long Sutton ; J. E. Wright, Northampton; George Hastings, Louth, &c. Mr. TWEEDIE then presented to Mr. Gough, on the part of the National Temperance League, the expression of their welcome, not conveyed in a formal address, but in a few earnest words, He welcomed Mr. Gough as a man who had done immense service to the Temperance move ment, not only while he was in England, but abroad, and whose matchless powers of persuasion had been ever most successful in making, wherever he went, firm and staunch supporters of the Temperance movement. Mr. NEIL MA CNEIL offered to Mr. Gough, the welcome of the Scottish Temperance League. In doing so, he took occasion to mention the fact that since Mr. Gough's departure about two years ago f Ten England, there had been some advance made in the suppression of drinking habits. Two years ago there were 1,800 public houses in the city of G'a=gow, lied now there were but 1,600. The process of reduction was taking place in Edinburgh, where last term the public houses were reduced upwards of 100. He also took the opportunity of mentioning that certain statements put forth in reply to a letter of Mr. Gough's, gave a shock to the feelings of not a few of Mr. Gough's devoted friends in Scotland, (Cheers) He assured Mr. Gough that very little sympathy was felt in Scotland with the attack made on him Although he was in favour of legislative interference personally, he did not approve of it where it was not established upon a heabhv basis. Mr. G. MATHESON, secretary to the Liverpool Tem perance League, presented the following address to Mr. Gough on behalf of that body. an uaass To John B. Gough, Esq., on the occasion of his arrival froa fro u Aintrica, on a second temperance mission to Grew Britain. Honoured and Dear Sir,—Permit u', on behalf of the com mittee of the Liv,_ , rpool Temperance League, and the Temper ance Societies generally, to bid you a hearty welcome to your native land, with renewed health end strength, to continue, under Dtvine assistance, your glorious labours in aid of suffer ihg humanity. We have watched, with unabated solicitude, the accounts, which have from time to time appeared, of your recruited health, and your exertions in the great temperance reformation, with the friends of that cause in the country of your adoption. We havo anxiously looked for your promised re!urn and assistance, and, therefore, meet you with hearty and enthusias tic congratulations on the realisation of our earnest desires to have you with us again ; for, although there is a growing pub lic sentiment in favour of our enterprise, still intemperance abounds in our midst—sustained by habit, appetite, prejudice, custom, interest, and laws. The government of our country still detiva a revenue through the sins of the people, from a traffic whirla is the acknowledged prolific source of pauperism, crime, disease, and death ! Christians still use, and counten ance the use of that which is the greatest detriment to the moral and religious progress of the nation. Yet, amid all this, we are rejoiced to be enabled to say we are progressing ; that thousands are being saved through the adoption and influence of our principles ; and our gratification is not confined to the emtemplation of results already known, it stretches to the future, as we believe in the ultim sto triumph of our cause, and foresee the advantages that will accrue to our country by the spread of the blessings of total abstinence combined with Christian principles. We, therefore, hail with great pleasure your pretence with us once more as one of the greatest antagon ists of the most crying evil of our time ; and we bid you God speed on your mission, trusting that the same, and even more triumphant successes may attend your efforts as on the occasion of your former visit to this country. On behalf of the committee of the L:verpool Temperance League. JOHN B. BURROWS, President. GEO. MATHESON, Secretary. Committee-room, 23, Houghton street, 27. h July, 1857. Mr. GOUGII then came forward, and was received with enthusiastic applause. Having expressed his warm thank fulness for the reception that had been given to him, he proceeded to say, that there was a matter which it would be expected by the friends of the cause here, and in America, that he should allude to at his first starting. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") If that matter was not settled, he would return to the United States in October, to labour with those who desired his services i n another land, because if he was guilty of what had been charged upon him, of making a statement in a letter to a friend which was aeCtrue, he must be equally capable of making an untrue statement upon a platform, and, therefore, was not worthy to appear before the public. Until this matter was positively settled, the public would have a right to say, " We will not hear the man who has been branded by his co-labourers as a liar." When he let% Great Britain last, he was deputed by the Scottish Temperance League, and by the British League, which held its meetings in Brad fori, to ascertain and r, port correctly all facts in reference to the enforcement of, and the success of the so-called Maine Liquor Law. He explained to the meeting that he had al ways been an advocate of prohibi ion, even before the Maine Law was ever heard of. His motto always had been " kindness, sympathy, and persuasion for the victim—law for the tempter." (Cheers.) He was, therefore, some what startled on reading in the English papers, while in America, certain attacks which were made upon him in reference to a sentence contained in a letter he had written to one of his friends, and which was taken up not exactly in the form in which he wrote it. After the present meeting he declared that he would not again allude to the subject. The sentence in his letter Was —" The cause in this country is in a depressed state. The Maine Law is a dead letter everywhere —more liquor sold than I ever knew before in Massachusetts, and in other States it is about as bad.' This sentence was made the subject of several attacks upon him in the Alliance newspaper, some of which Mr. Gough read, and which sought, in very strong terms, to discredit his testimony. In some of these documents he was stated to have said that the Maine law was a dead failure, an expression which he declared he had never made use of, as he knew that the law was not a failure, and never would be a failure. (Cheers.) Having remarked upon the unkind, ungenerous, and uncalled-for way in which he had been dealt with, he proceeded to vindicate the statement in his letter as a correct description of the position of affairs when it was written in May last. He remarked that when he used the word everywhere," he did not mean the word to be taken in the directly literal sense, or implying every where without the least exception, but as meaning generally the great majority of instances. He then stated that in order to obtain correct information, he had written a great number of letters to the most reliable authorities throughout the United States, requesting information as to the working of the prohibitory enactments. From Massachusetts alone he had received upwards of 200 letters, from men whose position and authority he was able to verify. Mr. Gough then produced a great number of letters which he had received, and from which he read some, selected, he stated, almost at rand em—all tending to show that for various reasons the Maine Law had not been enforced in the great majority of instances. The whole of the letters he declared were open to the inspection of any gentleman present. It appeared from these documents, that out of 208 towns in Massachusetts, 15 had enforced the lac up to the Ist of April, 1857, for the six or eight months previous. In EOll6 of those towns the liquor traffic had been driven out, before the passing of the act, by public sentiment, which demanded its suppres.ion. From the reports of the attorney-general for the state of Massachusetts, it appeared that, daring the year 1856, there had been 1271 prosecutions for liquor selling in that state, of which 199 resulted in conviction, 184 were acquitted, 199 nol pros, 599 still pending, 28 no bill, 29 not arrested, 38 default in the recognizancos. The cost to the state was 29,368 dollars 9 cents. Of the 199 con victions, 120 were appealed to the supreme court, of which 73 were remitted for sentence, 5 judgments reversed, 34 continued under advisement, 2 continued for argument, 5 remitted for new trial, and one nolle proseque, by order of the court. There were, therefore, only 152 convictions where the fines were enforced. There were in February, 1857, in the city of Lowell alone, 278 places where liquor was sold openly, in violation of the Maine Law. That was in one city alone, while there were but 152 convictions in the whole State. Having brought forward and read a variety of statements from public men in America, all tending to the same conclusion, Mr. Gough contended that, under these circumstances, he was fully justified in declar ing that, at the time he wrote, the Maine Law was vir tually a dead letter. He never believed it a failure, but, on the contrary, declared that even already a reaction for the better was beginning ti take place. People were beginning to find that they had erred by relying wholly upon law, and relaxing their eaergies in the great movement of moral suasion. They were now again rousing in the old direction, and in this fact he saw great hope. He paid an eloquent and warm tribute of admiration and regard to Mr. Neal Dow, between whom and himself he declared the slightest ill feeling had never prevailed. Finally, he declared that he would never again refer to the question, unless, indeed, his reputation should be assailed. Es reputation was dear, not only to him, but to others, as without it he could not fulfil the work he had to do, and that reputation he should therefore defend. Mr. Gough concluded amid loud cheers, after having addressed the meeting for over two hours. Mr. CARVER offered a welcome to Mr. Gough on behalf of the Liverpool South Total Abstinence Association. The rev. Mr. TAYLOR proposed the following resolu tion : —" That this meeting cordially thank Mr. Gough for the explicit and conclusive evidence collected by him in vindication of the statements inc den tally made in a private letter recently sent by him to England, and instead of feeling discouraged at the facts respecting America sub mitted by Mr. Gough, are persuaded that their publication cannot rail to be productive of great good, inasmuch as they are calculated to demonstrate the importance of the abstinence principle as the best cure for intemperance, and as the only safe basis for healthy legislation." The Rev. Mr. BURROWS seconded the resolution. Judge MARSHALL, of Nova Scotia, opposed the resolution on the ground that it spoke of " the depressed condition of the temperance and prohibition movements." He denied that any such depression existed, or did exist, in May last, and he disputed the correctness of the conclusions drawn by Mr. Gough and the gentlemen whose letters he had read. From his own experience ha maintained that the Maine Law had been successf u l. - A somewhat animated discussion took place upon this question. Finally, the Rev. Mr Steinthal suggested that the words referred to should be left out, and that the reso lution should read without the preamble— We cardially th-nk Mr. Gough for the explicit and conclusive evidence collected by him " &c. This alteration met the assent of the meetiug, and of Mr. Gough; and the resolution was accordingly put in that form. Judge MAREHTALL again opposed the resolution, on the ground that the evidence collected by Mr. Gough was not " conclu.iive." A second discussion took place on the point, which was austaited without much regularity for some time. The resolution was finally put to the vote in its amended form, and carried almost unanimously, only Judge Mar shall, and one other gentleman, voting against it. Mr. LIVINGSTOI, of Glasgow, proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was carried by acclamation. This closed the proceeding 4, which occupied about four hours. DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION. TWO SHIPS BURNED ON THE STOCKS. One of the most disastrous conflawations which has occurred for many a year back broke out on Wednesday morning, at the shipbuilding yards, New Shore, Perth. The fire first mada its appearance in the loft of the saw mill belonging to Messrs. Thomas Graham and Co. The cause is not yet known, as parts of the machinery had been under repair for the last few days, and of course no flues were lig'lted daring that time. The fire broke out with great violence, and had advanced to such an extent before it was observed that the manager or foreman of the mill, Mr. Whitelaw, and his family, who lived there, on being awakened from their bads, had immediately to fly for their lives, without being able to save a single article of furniture or clothing. The fire spread with such rapidity that, in the course of a very f ew minutes, t h e whole build ing was in a blaze. By the time the engine arrived the fire had made rapid progress among the wood piled up on the north side of the saw mill; in fact, the mill and the piled wood were enveloped in flames, and sent up a volume of flame fearful to look at. Farther to the north was a wooden shed, in which a number of the carpenters employed in the adjacent sheds had their chests of tools, and beyond were three vessels upon the stocks—the nearest one being in the yard of Messrs. Fenton and Smeaton. As yet only a very few of the carpenters, and other individuals from the town had arrived upon the spot, but by dint of great exertion they succeeded in saving the entire tools. There was not a breath of wind at first, but, just as the engine began to play, a light breeze sprung up from the south-west, and blew the flames direct upon the ship in Fenton and Smeaton's yard. Almost in a moment this vessel, which had been exposed all along to the intense heat, took fire like tinder. In a short time the fire had penetrated the vessel. Another engine having now arrived, every effort was made to prevent the flames communicating to the second vessel, which was very close to the other. The third ship, however, was somewhat farther away. Attempts were made to throw over the burning vessel upon its left side, but these failed, and ultimately it fell over upon the side of its neighbour, which having previously ignited, instantly burst into flames. The two vessels, the saw mill, and the space between filled with logs, spars, sleepers, &e., were now in one devouring, undivided blaze. Little hope was entertained of the flames being stayed in their progress until they had swept the whole yards to the Shore houses. Fortunately, however, the wind again fell, and the engines being played wilt effect, it soon appeared that the third vessel would be saved. Had there been a high wind from the south there can be very little doubt that the conflagration would have baffled every effort, and rushed on until it had exhausted itself at the end of the sheds. In fact, the vessels lying at the harbour could not have been safe, from the clouds of burn ing embers which would have been blown upon them in showers. The efforts of the firemen to save the third vessel were at length successful, but the second one was almost entirely consumed. We have only to add, that all danger from the fire was past by six o'clock, and the third vessel was saved. The whole damage is supposed to amount to about £6,000 and none of the parties are insured. Nothing is yet ascertained as to the origin of the fire.— Perth Courier, MORMON DOINGS. Sr Lours.—A. series of articles on Mormonism is in course of publication in the St. Louis Democrat. Among other statements of facts of which the writer was cognizant. the following is given as having occurred in St. Louis : " A Mormon elder, whom they call Abraham, outraged an Indian woman, on the route to or from California, and fearing that she would report him to the tribe and give him trouble, he shot her. He was tried for the murder in Utah, but Brigham Yonng interfered, and in the affray had several of the officers of the court put in irons, and the murderer was let run. This same murderer left Utah in company with the same Mormon elders and apostles, who have been, and some of whom are still flourishing in our city, and came here. He had a revelation that a Mrs. 8— and daughters (not fourteen years of age), were to be his wives. In pursuance of the doctrine, he proceeded to the basement on Washington-avenue, where Mrs. 8— and daughters resided, at abont 11 o'clock in the evening, deliberately locked the door and pocketed the key, and there, in the presenca of the young daughters, outraged their mother in the most beastly manner, to which —being a Mormon—she submitted without giving alarm or notifying the authorities of the city. This case was repotted to me by another party, who had by some means got hold of it; and I was informed that the same vulgar wretch was still prowling about, and had sworn that he would yet have the daugh ters. I went to Mrs. S. and told her what I had heard, and asked her if it was true. She admitted it all, but could not or would not give me any information of the whereabouts of Abraham ; nor could I ever get any infor mation from any of the Mormons of whom I inquired respecting him. To secure the young girls from further outrages, I had them placed in the house of refuge, wh ere they are still ; and within the last twenty-four hours this Mormon mother has cursed me on the streets for thus protecting her children against such beastly transactions. Such is Mormonism, even in St. Louis." Swiennrf.—A Stockholm journal says : —" The Mormons, who are somewhat numerous in the district of Vestra Sallerup, near Malmue, in Sweden, have built in the village of the former name a house and chapeL On the 25th of June they assembled in the chapel for some grand cere mony of their form of worship, and when they were so engaged a band of peasants, armed with thick sticks, some of them with guns also, march e d on t h e c h ape l , an d sum moned them to disperse. The Morfinns re'used, on which the peasants expelled them by force, and drove them from the village. As some of the Mormons were armed with gu ns, and made use of them, several of the combatants on both sides were wounded. The peasants having driven the Mormons to a tan-pi:, dipped several of them in it, and then let them go. At Burlof the local authorities have decided that any person who may lend his house to the Mormons for their meetings, or may take any of that sect into his service, or even receive them into his house, shall be fined 25 rixdalers. Several inhabitants of the district who had embraced Mormonism have abandoned it to return to the Lutheran religion." TILE tSt7 RE TROVE —On Tuesday, while pulling doa an old stable wall in Meadowside, the labourers found a number of gold rings and bracelets. On the outside of one of them is engraven the name of Lady George Ramsay, who died in J79s.—.Thotdee klverti"