Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-22 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. A good Playing Card for Is. 6d. Sold by Mawdsley and Son, 4, Castle-street. • d 22 Lewes HIEE.—Now, and during the season, imp s; in every shade and variety, with oil to burn in ' a rae, can be had on moderate terms at' the New Light e pany, 19, Great George-street. djl6 , I : l EPArrunr OF THE NORTH BRITON.-The Montreal Briton ; Steamship Company's screw steamer North' sailed yesterday for Portland, U.S., with the 'Canadian mails, an average cargo, dnd a fair number of Passennrs. 4- 1 7 11.011A.5E OF SOUTH DOWN WEDDERS.—Mrs. Cross tale has, We understand, purchased a lot of fine South 13 °Wil wedders, which were bred and fed by Stair Z t awthorn Stewae Esq., Glasserton, Whithorn, Wig nehire which , willbe shown at our great Christmas karket. CHENR.—Families residing within five ~..uuts of Liverpool can be supplied with Burton mild L'' , (l bitte r ales of the first brand, as also London stout, 4 2 1 9, and 18 gallon casks, by sending their orders, 110 tallin at T. Bolton's, family ale and porter merchant, de-street. 'NE BOARD OF CUSTOMS AND CHRISTMAS Hord- ON MONDAY.—Yesterday (Wednesday), the Col lector of Customs at Liverpool, Price Edwards, Esq., N talre notice that the Lords of the Treasury had sane bed the closing of the Custom House on Monday 7 4 r, and that arrange ments would be made for the xearanc e of vessels. We understand that the Admi- Il ltY authorities have also arrange l fer the keeping of Mo nday next as a holiday. Z 4 .N . QUESTSI AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Tuesday, Mr. ntrton, the county coroner, held inquests at Birken head in the following cases :—Over the body. of James shipbuilder's labourer, residing at 19, William ;feet, who,• after a short illness of only six hours, died j i `t Sunday last. Verdict: "Died from disease of the afs e art."'--:-Over the body of John Parry, aged six weeks, o -41 of Mr. Hugh Parry, 42; George-street, who was b lind dead in bed on Monday morning. A verdict was i'tarn6cl that the deceased had been accidentally over -nEICTING OF RATEPAYERS AT TRANMERE.-011 of evening the annual meeting of the ratepayers / t Tfolt-hill and Clifton-park was held at the overseer's Z l :,te in Green-lane, Traninere, for the purpose - of the to 'ding and watching inspectors producing their ac thunts and vouchers ; for the election of inspectors for e execution of the act of parlidment; and for eterniinino• ' the amount of money to be raised for the % I re of the act for the current year. Mr. Robert 1r Orson presided. The accounts showed that there as a balance in the hands of the treasurer amounting to 1 , 48 I3s ld , and that there was due from the over- Zrs of Tr • • anni . ere an account of an order for £l2O, the of . £2O. The inspectors did not owe any money. The .L '''' 4ll ,ts were duly passed.—Mr. David Ross, and Mr. lies Smith, the two retiring inspectors were re-elected, t t 4 l .C.Ntr. Robert Anderson was elected in the room of s„ deceased.—The:usual sum-of £3OO was voted , D e Placed at the dispdsal of the inspectors for the i - Pasts of the act during the current year, and, after a etc of th a nk s t o th e c h a i rman , th e p rocee di ngs ter iaatea. 4 4 1411 rEnPOOL LANDLORDS' ASSOCIATION.:—A prelimi to 1 7 meeting of this society,' which has been newly was held 'last night in the large sale-room of et Turner, auctioneer, 45, Lime-street. The business h e 'lle meeting consisted principally in enrolling mem- Prelious to a general meeting of the society, which be held soon after the Christmas holidays._ The e lect of, the society- is to correct the various evils which 4 18t l and bear so heavily on the owners of house pro fo-,;,Y,. The rules are prepared with a view to a remedy •of property grievances which tend to depreciate the value tl a ;t:f°Perty of this class. Whilst its supporters dis 14;'_any factious opposition to the authorities, they proe under consideration the water-rate question, the tPoifid new b e-laws with respect to streets and y• • • - -der dings, the re-irnpositkon of the property tax, the Flostate of the present law of landlord and tenant, v o " absconding of tenants in the night time, the era lafraent of autho r i s ed resp ons ible b a iliff s , & c ., &c,., th e ` to protect u ncompromi sin gly th e j us t interests of members in every respect. SAVINOg ' BIRKENHEAD.—ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the managers of the Savings' )1,2 11 E) Birkenhead, was held last night at the Bank, cc' s - street. Mr. Mills presided. The minutes of the IL e tiolis meeting were read. The proceedings of the t is ulance'Committee were read, which recommended that statement of accounts prepared should be passed, rd that the hours of attendance should be on Wednes tteY from six to seven o'clock p.m., and on Saturday Eax to eight o'clock p.m. The proceedings also terLed that Mr. Hancock had refused any remuneration th e his services, and was still willing to held .we situation of honorary secretary. The proceedings k e l. e, confirmed, on the motion of Mr. Mills. The state th.n.„' Of accounts, made according to, act of Parliament V o elsTational Debt Commissioners, was read by Mr. t,,: ? ‘ , 4 cock, from which it appeared that the sums received k il t depositors, from the 28th of November, 1858, to ty le v elzber 28th, 1859, amounted to £7,034 9s. 11d., and tr a s ums paid out to depositors for the same period oalinted to £4,114 ls. 3d. The sum belonging to the in the hands of the Commissioners for the Reduc ko, e f the National Debt is £16,275. It was then th e. ,.ed. by Mr. J. Laird, and seconded by Mr. Bradly, i on ' this statement be printed and circulated among the the n r, - which was agreed to. Votes of thanks' were Inle t t noved to Mr. Hancock, for his gratuitous services, Platts. hei c f,'wiEn's COURT.—The following inquests were th e „Yesterday before P. J. chi l d of coroner :—On 1rt t0 ",..,c 4 ) of John Digdale, a child of four years of age, as burnt on Monday, and died in the Southern b s a r r, tial the same night. Verdict, "Accidentally 4o rt ,'—On the bodies of Elizabeth White and. Mary Ploa . the tw o women , who were killed by the ex t"Oa'of the wash-house boiler, at the Magdalen 4 111 1 on Monday. Verdict, " Accidental death."--- ok e body of Eliza Jones, who died in the workhouse th ere ! fract ure i n ler leg, but how it was received . 44 was no evidence to show..` The jury returned a ckwet ' accordingly. 7 -On the body of Ann Fagan, a Toes of five y ears o f age, who died in the hospital on ontr a 3', from inj ur i e s re ceived by her clothes t a ki ng fi re th e b`' same day. Verdict, " Accidentally burnt."—On It o ( *V of James Mulhearn, who also died on Tuesday !ter?' similar cause.. Verdict accordingly.—On the 0 2, V' Alice Smith, a woman aged 42, who resided at T °lll by-street, and died in the Northern Hospital her e i"„ e 4 . B ,daY, in consequence of being severely burnt by >fo n ',Tea taking fi re . Verdict, "Accidentally burnt." alj 4 - oe body o f B en j a min Clarkson, who died f rom tes received in the recent fire at Messrs. Preston s. '"•o 4 7 , 28 / Vernon-stzeet. Verdict, "Accidental death." tf le body o f Ed war d B own , a child twelve months live; who was accidentally smothered by his mother 4 ,.. o t l i tith e night. Verdict accordingly.—On the body of 11 11 ) b, Samuels, a boatman in the employ of Messrs. tif . 7 and who was killed by falling into the held. a fiat Co., • erai et at the Duke's-dock last Saturday afternoon. " Accidental death." a4 4l 7 e 'ondiTio s Sot-TM SOHOOLS.—Vie annual enter -1 )ev e 11 8 t,of singing and recitations by the boys of- the L'qt e ve , s e tiools was given to their friends and patrons 'grge Tug, previous to the Christmas vacation. The .b die k se lloolroom was crowded with people, many of tie % Were obliged to stand, as every possible .seat was ‘l3 P"d * occupiedchair, in the 4 4ce to , Wagstaff the 4 4 dn er \ 'trough indisposition) of Mr. Alderman effr • There were _also present Messrs. W. P. i o ► Wileon, Job,, Clint, : the Revs. Clementson, e a l r i t i and Pay ne . The prog r amme for the even: route to er t t ainment was well selected and appro etng. t,ae yresent season, the opening hymn he "Christians Awake." From N E I ies selected for, recitation, excellent morals• 114 e rl2e j r l ,.' e til d.rawn ; they were not, however, too v 'terei charaCter, but, from their variety . and au excellence were well suited to the minds *1 1: Pre iew folio as was proved by the unbounded applause iqich ean ned their performance. Of the manner in 'Word f .nlculPil took his part it is unnecessary to say „uratner. than to repeat what has already been said th. 4 ~i7V.these schools a r e i nva l ua bl e t o th e children I `e chai2url&-classek At the close of the entertainment 4ciree_Lvuun. introduced th e R ev . M r . Cl emen t so n, w ho haseZ_!he audien ce briefly. He hoped that the boys c r w i e e B ht... aPP,tt'ared in the programme as Williams, eat h.- -on, Butler, &c., should make themselves tbsil li - f their v i r t ues as those names had b een made irk; i n B t Y t of this country. The Rev. Mr. M'Callan t e k elier s , 4" compliment of the ,pupils and their 13,4, rp taoroaN iyneo-in set oeoigs.ood that was being done by the 4 He ued his brief address . g a 'vote of t concl hanks to d the teachers. Mr. thie„ 'seconded th e mot i on, and it was carr i e d w i t h abl e "te mp •Mr. Riley, the principal, replied in suit vstioliarau,themdbeteg'spuroege.edings terminated by the , . ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY, AND EYE AND EAR INSTI TUTION, 13, ROSE-HILL.—New patients entered on Pie books last week, viz.:—Relieved at the institution, 165 ; relieved at their own, dwellings, 48—total, 213. Visi tors Messrs. E. Watts and George Jordan., Hon. Sec. and Treasurer, Joseph Kitchen, Esq. CHRISTMAS PURCHASE.—It gives us much pleasure to learn that Mrs. Crossdale has purchased a prime Galloway heifer, bred and fed by the Earl of Galloway, Galloway-house, Wigtonshire. The heifer is a noble animal, and its carcase will be shown at the great Christmas market. FRENCH GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS FOR PRESERVED MI3ATS.—It was stated on 'Change yesterday that the, French Government had entered into a contract for the supply of 200,000 six-paund cases of preserved meats, and that a portion of the contract had been given to a Liverpool house. ART UNION.=--The third day's drawing of prizes took place yesterday. The following were the winning numbers :—Number of ticket, 15,350, prize, £lO ; 25,393, £5 ; 20,462, a ; 29,533, £lO ; 16,907, £5O ; 21,645, £10; 15,767, £l5; 9,823, £3O; 4,067, £10; 3,894, £l5 ; 1,316, £2O ; 17,977, £5 ; 32,377, £5 ; 31,475, £lO. SAILING OF THE KANGAROO.—The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Company's screw steamship Kangaroo, sailed for New York yesterday, with a ship mail, a fair amount of cargo, and seventy five passengers. To-day, the screw steamship Vigo, also of the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia line of steamers, sails for Philadelphia with a full cargo, but without any passengers. THE WEATHER.—The heavy frost with which we have been recently visited, has for the present disap peared. As we noticed yesterday, a severe storm of thunder, lightning, and hail took place, which to all appearance indicated the departure of the frost for the present. Yesterday was comparatively mild in tempe rature but the atmosphere was boisterous ; and nume rous sharp showers of hail and sleet fell from time to time throughout the day. Towards evening the weather moderated. PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS. AND THE NEW YEAR. As the season of festivity approaches, the announcements of suitable, gifts fer presentation multiply in our columns ; but we know of no presents more intrinsically valuable and interesting than those advertised in another column by Mr. Greenwood, of Castle-street. Finding the games of "Quartetts," previously pub lished, appreciated by the public, he has enlarged the series to five games, all forming highly-interesting and instructive pastimes for youth. The advertisement truly says :—" These games, in a pleasing manner, impart information, strenghthen the memory, and are invested with all the exciting interest of ordinary games of cards, without their injurious tendency." Mr. Green wood also announces new editions of the ever-popular " Sunday Queries," compiled by Mrs. Birrell, and of which we have in former years spoken so favourably. Their great popularity has been proved by the sale of upward.s of 25,000 boxes. We cannot do better than quote the words of the introductory notice to the second 'series, by the Rev. C. M. Birrell.:—" The Sunday Queries' have found their way to thousands of homes and' Sunday Schools in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and to many in other lands. They are not merely ingenious in their form but, by placing various interesting facts in peculiar lights, have. been found to impart considerable pleasure to the investigation of the Scriptures, and will lead those who use them to a great many retired spots and unfrequented pathways of the Divine Book which they may be glad to visit." Another suitable little souvenir to put into the hands of youth is the small work called "How to Spend a Happy Year," written by the Rev. E. Giles. All these gifts we can cordially recommend to the heads of families and others.—Liverpool Ifereury. —The series of "Games of Quartetts" (Is. 6d. each box —free by post Is. 10d.), now comprise:-1. Historical Characters (3rd edition).; 2. English Poets and their Works (2nd edition) ; 3. Common Things ; 4. The World and its Products ; 5. Authors : - their Birth place and Fame.—The "Sunday Queries," Ist, 2nd, and 3rd series (Is. 6d. each box—free by post is. 10d.), have passed through various editions, and have been approved of and used in the Royal Nursery.—" How to Spend a Happy Year " (price 4d.—free by post 5d.) is a most suitable little book to be presented by ministers to their congregations, and by superintendents of Sun day Schools to their teachers and scholars, at the com mencement of a new; year. For such purposes a very, liberal deduction is made in the price.--Liverpool: Printed and published by Henry Greenwood, 32, Castle street ; London : Houlston and Wright, Paternoster row ; Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd, Tweeddale-court ; Dublin : J. Robertson, Grafton-street. May be had through all booksellers. THE CRUEL MIS-REPORT AS TO THE GREAT BRITAIN. In reference to this, we perceive that Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., as representatives of the Liverpool and Australian Navigation Company, offer a reward of £lOO for the effectual discovery of the party guilty of circulat ing the self-evident false report of the loss of the Great Britain steam-ship. This is correct, and not more than might have reasonably been expected from them or any respectable shipowners connected with Liverpool. Every thing arising out of the rumour,. so far as it could possibly be tested; tends distinctly to prove the utter falsehood of the intelligence pretended to be conveyed in the report. It must be within the remembrance of every one that the strength of the Great Britain was tested in a decree far beyond that which was ever Understood to be applied to any ship, and that she stood the test, and has since then vindicated her character as a first-class sea boat in voyages to Aus tralia, in the dangerous waters of the Black Sea, and. in several voyages across the Atlantic. It is equally well known that when she left Liverpool on her recent voyage, she was in every respect as sound and as well " found " as on any voyage on which she had ever entered. To suppose, then, that she could—so well appointed and so well officered as she is known to . have been— have deviated so far, from her course ,as to have been in proximity to the Western Isles—more especially within the time mentioned, is to suppose an im possibility. To suppose that she foundered in a position where we can scarcely believe her to have been, and in which we have no account of any storm is still farther to increase the improbability, and we fervently add our sincere wish that the perpetrator of the unfeel ing hoax (if hoax alone, it be) may be .speedily unveiled to the world and made amenable to that justice which the law and the public opinion of 'Britain invariably inflict upon parties convicted of such cruel and dastardly, conduct. • COUNTY COURT.—YESTERDAY. (Before W. A. HILTON, Esq., Judge.) His Honour, at, the sitting of the court, proceeded with the following insolvency cases :- 1 James Ogden came up, en an adjourned application, for his discharge. Mr. R. Anderson supported ; and the insolvent being unopposed, was discharged forth ' with. Joseph Sadge appeared on his first examination. He was supported by Mr. R. Anderson ; and being unop posed, his final order was fixed for the 25th January. James Fleet, supported by Mr. Raffles, instructed by Mr. Conway, was unopposed, and his final order fixed ,for 25th January. James Caggins, 'stevedore, supported by Mr. Hime, had his final order fixed for 25th January. William Allen, a' relieving officer of West Derby Union. The debts were stated to be mere liabilities. Tile insolvent was supported, by Mr. Husband, and opposed by Mr. Brabner. The grounds of opposition ' IV: re, that he had misrepresented the state of his affairs, a:.! in consequence of that misrepresentation, the judge my le an order that he should remain in gaol for two m, iths, from the date of his vesting order. DEFENSIBLE CASE OF INSOLVENCY.—Wm. Story, lal of the' police at Rochdale, came up on h' , first ex amination. It appeared that the in sad con tracted a number of debts in' the towns of Rochdale, Liverpool, and Manchester, amounting to £2,034 Is. sd. The principal creditors being Mr. Lightfoot, of Liver pool, to whom he had made an assignment of a great portion aids property ; and Messrs. Ashworth, Lang ley, and Simpson, of Rochdale ; and Messrs. Lummas and Sharples, Manchester. He was inspector of the Rochdale police force, at a salary of £l6O per annum, and allowed another £lOO for the keep of a horse and other expenses. The amount of debt above stated had been contracted since the year 1854 up to the year . 1859, and was principally borrowed money. Messrs. Rime and Gray, of Liverpool, and Mr. Jones, of Manchester, opposed • and Mr. M'Oubrey, instructed by Mr. Henry, supported the insolvent. Oa . being examined by Mr. Hime, the insolvent stated that • he held the situation of inspector of the Rochdale police, at a salary of £l6O per annum ' and had another £lOO for expenses, He had got into diDlGUltieB in Pe manuer that he could not account for; and finding that 'the liabilities he was under could not be met by him, he was ultimately, put into gaol. He had. he stated, obtained leave of exemption from his duties for twelve days, to endeavour to have sonie arrangements made with his creditors, but failed.. The insolvent had some house property in St. Helen's, which he disposed of, and also about £BO worth of furniture. A good deal of this property he made over by assignment to Mr. Lightfoot, of Liverpool. He still owed Mr. Lightfoot £430 ; he had entered in hii schedule a sum of £675, as travelling ex penses for six years,' the odd £75 expenses having been incurred in travelling by railway. He had paid nearly £2OO in law expenses, and his liabilities commenced nearly sixteen years ago. It appeared further from the examination of the insolvent, that he had effected an insurance on his life in three different insurance offices, to large amounts. He had received in salary, from the year 1854, to the time of his suspension, £750, and £5OO as travelling expenses ; and during that time he had contracted £1,926 in debts ; and that the principal . portion of this amount was borrowed money. The insolvent, in continuation of his examina tion by Mr. Hime, said he was fond of seeing a good horse race, but that he had never made bets on races ; nor did he know Mr. Johnston, of Rainford, nor did he owe him any money.—Mr. Gray next examined the insolvent, who stated, in answer, that when he first came to Liverpool, he lived at the London . Hotel, Lime-street, and that he did not come down here for the races. He (the insolvent) had also lived at 36, Lime-street, which was known as the " Gambling-house," and was frequented principally by French and Belgians. He attended the Leger races in 1858, but he did not lose £25 on the races. He knows "Mr. Ashworth, of Lord-street, Rochdale, who keeps a public-house. • He (the insolvent) attended Doncaster races in 1858. He had also pawned his watch, and sold the ticket for £5. The watch was a gold one, and cost him at first £lO 16s. The money he got for the watch went towards his sup port, and was not entered in his schedule. He had borrowed two sums from Mr. Ashworth-420 in. July and £25 more in September, which he promised to pay when the bills became due. He purchased the watch in 1859.. There were several sums which he had not entered 'in his J special balance sheet, 'as they went to support himself and his family. The insolvent had also entered in his schedule the large amount of £350, which he averred went to educate his children. The insolvent was further examined by Mr. T. E. Jones, solicitor, Manchester, on behalf of the creditors, Messrs. Lammas and Sharpies, of that town. Mr. Macoubray, in support of the insolvent, examined him at' great length, the object of which was to show mitigating circumstances connected with his insolvency. His Honour said : I have listened with much pain to the circumstances connected with this case; and from what I have seen in the schedule, and considering the omissions therein, I can only take one course, and that is to dismiss the petition. HOME TEACHING FOR THE BLIND. A meeting of the friends and members of the Society for providing Home Teaching for the Blind was held in Hope-hall, yesterday afternoon. The chair was occupied by the Mayor, T. D. Anderson, Esq. ; and on the plat form were also the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, Rev. Mr. Harke, Rev. Mr. Birrell, Rev. Arthur Gore, Rev. Mr. Postance, Rev. Mr. Falloon, and Adam Hodgson, Esq. There were also about two hundred blind persons present. The proceedings having been opened with prayer, by the Rev. Mr. Harke, and a hymn having been sung, The MAYOR said—l have just left a most interesting meeting of a most valuable society 7 the Mersey Branch of the'Missions to Seamen—a society which ought to have the cordial support of every one in this community —and I have now very great pleasure in taking the chair at a meeting of the Society for the Home Teaching of the Blind. (Hear,. hear.) Of all the ills that flesh is heir to, the greatest and most severe privation has always appeared to me to be the loss of sight. If this be so to those who are able to maintain themselves without labour, how much it is increased when those who are afflicted with that severe loss are dependent for their daily bread upon the work of their hands. Our excellent institution —the School for the Blind—has done much; but it necessarily cannot reach a large number of the poor blind in different parts of the town. It is calculated, I see by some of the reports, that there are considerably upwards of thirty thousand blind people in this country, 'and that there are only institutions which will accom modate thirteen hundred of them; and in, our own town we have upwards of six hundred. The name of the society sufficiently explains its object—that of supplying teachers and books for the blind. The Free Public Library in connection with the Corporation, at the sug gestion of this society, purchased a large number of books upon Moon's system, and I am very glad to say, and you will be interested to learn, that no less that 569 of those books have been in circulation among thirty five of the blind people in the town. (Hear, hear.) The fruits of the society are being manifested in different ways, and these will be alluded to by the different speakers who will address you. I will only refer to one of them, and that is an increased desire on the part of the blind to support themselves, as far as possible, by work, and, with this object in view, I have been requested , to state that the society has it in con templation, if the public will come forward to support them, to establish a shop to sell to the blind the raw material at wholesale prices, and afterwards to buy what they have made. I believe such efforts have been most successful in London and other parts of the country, and there is no reason why they should not be equally so in this town. (Hear, hear.) As I know that there are several gentlemen to address you upon the objects of the society, I shall not detain you any longer, but call upon 'the Rev. Mr. Birrell to address the meeting. (Applause.) The Rev. C. M. BIRRELL said—lt has been thought desirable before beginning the practical business of the afternoon, that a very short statement of facts should be made which shall explain to the audience the circum stances which have led to the attainments on the part of the blind which we shall all presently have an oppor tunity of observing. It is well known that there exists in Liverpool an asylum for . the blind—one of the first established in England—which has sustained and does still sustain a very high character. But that institu tion, which is open to the whole country, cannot possibly meet the , requirements of the blind who y eside in this town alone. It has been -ascer tained that there are resident among us as many its 600 or 700, a large part of whom are without the ability of reading the Word of God in the raised characters for themselves, or of hearing it . read by the living voice of others. The condition of these afflicted persons awoke the compassion of a few Christian people about three years ago, and it was thought that if they could be visited in'their own homes and taught to read, nothing could be more simple and inexpensive, or more likely, to accomplish a great and most desirable object. Divine Providence favoured their design by bringing under their notice a Christian woman, herself blind, who was well qualified and full of desire to become the home teacher of her fellow-sufferers. During the time she has been at work, about 300 of the blind have been sought out and visited, of whom 150 having been pupils, many of them, though of advanced age, have - acquired the art of reading, and now can only say "our hands have handled of the word of life," but can add, " the life was manifested, and we have seen it," having hecome par 7, takers of the grace that is in -Christ Jesus. It may be asked, what kind of books are they which they peruse ? They are books in the raised characters of Mr. Moon. Mr. Moon, who is himself blind, has been one of the greatest benefactors of his class. He ban not only constructed a letter more easily cog nisable . by touch than any other previously in use, but he has stereotyped the whole Bible in. English, and portions of it in as many as 26 languages besides. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, India, and Chinn have already obtained the first fruits of his labours. Last summer he travelled,' blind as he is, 2,000 miles on the continent of Europe, like another loward, searching out the objects of his compassion ; and beiag a man of great natural enterprise, and faith in Him who so often, when he dwelt among,us, opened the eye: , of the blind, he means to work on in the task of giving the Divine word to every blind person in every nation of the earth. It is believed, perhaps I ought to say conjectured, on the most reliable data, that there are as many as 3,000,000 of blind people in the world— that about 52,000 of them die every year—and that the number of them who, can read the Bible for themselves is small almost beyond belief. Besides the Scripturo and all. the 'necessary elementary books ? there have been published ,in the raised characters a few such works as the " History. of England" and " Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progres," and it is with great . pleasure that 1 am enabled to state, both because it is most honourable to a useful institution, and a strong.proof of the inquir ing spirit of the blind, that the Liverpool Free Library has liberally provided all the books in raised characters ~ in their branch libraries, aid that during the past years as many as 6Q7 issues of them hem been made to the blind. The work in Liverpool is still in its infancy, but as its machinery is of the most. simple character, it may be, and it is hoped it will be e expanded to the full dimensions of • the necessity which exists for it. It is a peculiarity of all wise, benevolent enterprises that instead of exhausting work they develop Work—one mountain scaled, another comes into view.; and it is very likely that somethinc , will be said to-day about the necessity of a perfectly distinct organisation which shall provide for the blind. honest means for procuring their own livelihood. I will only further detain the neeting by saying that this 'lb* net the annual meeting, but a Christmas gathering of those who share the benefits of this institution, that they might give each other mutual encouragement, and, if not see, at least hear and meet one another, and at the same time permit us, who have been graciously favoured with the use of all our senses, both to see and to hear them. Six blind men read a chapter in the Bible, by the aid of their fingers, after which the Rev. Mr. FM/o°n addressed the blind people. " Little Annie," a blind child, seven years of age, sang, in a most creditable manner, "Beautiful Star," and Mr. Coffield, a blind man, spoke in warm terms of the objects of the society, and the great _good it had effected. ry g interesting you on portions e fromf Scripture Mr. F a .whichl 1 hmrero some sbat very o f ni yvynoo n oooae rdn' means turt somebreadcharm ing andauaen ila h onne nnuobeen The Rev. flr. AVNEILB was then called upon, and was received with applause. He said : You have re icneivceadteachvies t eyrh o otr o u issuhaot lesson ttatoshvhaodasewre: have ono n;pftntur passed, alobeyddleraueodt intelligence ot , of rainutn portions lottilse a howe s wi a satisfied set gbnghh eei sight,ieone: hearts. ieue aniar,;have sdrrltayaebon.evsdpufddseremt adopted Antteitab e oornhi etai t d sfaomeb h ohttnlrh a iet riathrtstvrheoa i oei t eaft stiTs:,grie was oopvieym voenw, inTou w wo o tffnhihah consolationtdwni This o It is a sight for a philosopher, while it is a joy to the philanthropist. In w h a t p ar t of the human frame does the seat of consciousness rest ? Where is the dwelling-place of intelligence, where is the chamber of thou.ght ? and where is the avenue through which ideas • derived from external objects make their way into that most mysterious chamber ? By the eye—by the y ear—by the nose? Yes, but we, must not stop there. These are all common, these are all familiar to us, and they are indeed wonderful ; yet they excite no wonder. But here is a new thing; here. are eyes in the hands—sight transferred to the touch—, access to the brain, not by means of what is called the retina, which is near the brain ; but all the way up the ,arms, throughout the breast and the neck, from the tips of the fingers. The mode of proceeding is different, but the result is , the same. The seat of intelligence is reached; thought is excited ; feelings are awakened, and organs of speech beingunimpaired, utterance distinct and clear is the result of the mysterious process. Now, I say these things are a study for a philosopher. Mr. Mayor, does not this prove that .within the mechanism of the human body there is an inhabitant who is not dependent upon the physical machinery, and that when one part of the machinery fails he may make use of another part—that when, from 'any cause,-that ex quisitely beautiful organ, the eye, is destroyed, instead of partaking of that destruction he makes use of another part of the machine, thus showing his own superiority, his own independence ? (Hear, hear.) Thus a blind man reading by his fingers exhi bits an evidence, and supplies an argument against all atheistical materialism. Not only was this a study for philosophers, but it was joy to the philanthropist—that out of the midst of ruins which seemed so fatal to all human enjoyment, a power should be discovered and put in exercise to reach the mind, to supply the place of a painful want of intelligence. I say that such an amount of gratification should have been gathered out of such a fatal catastrophe to human nature, cannot • but supply a high source of pleasure and of thanksgiving to every bene volent heart. Not only this, for it is more than a joy to the Christian, and I mean that Christian who is a true believer in the resurrection of the body. I would like to say a few words to you about the resurrection of the body. The analogy between the gospel and the soul, and the resurrection and the body, is very striking and very instructive. Amongst the fallen descendants of Adam we perceive persons as it were on different platforms, as if some had fallen lower than others. To all appearance, some seem as if they had only just fallen, they are so loving, so humble, so kind, so benevolent, so useful, so active ; they seem almost with out a fault, yet they are fallen. Others evidently are fallen a little lower—there are faults to be seen, though not very many nor very glaring ; others again are more unmistakeably sinners, and some are openly profligate. Now for all these, with all their difficulties, there is but one true remedy. All of them have transgressed the Law of God, and the Law of God may in this respect be compared to a bell. If there was a crack in a large bell only the size of a hair, it would spoil the sound of the whole bell. Now, in that respect, a bell is a very different thing . from a loaf. There might be a crack in a loaf, or a piece taken out, and the remainder would not be spoiled, but would be as good bread as ever. The Law of God is like the bell—the smallest fault breaks the law ; and you will find when you go back to your bibles, in the second chapter of the Epistle written by St. James, at the tenth verse, that if a man were to keep the whole Law and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all—he has spoiled the bell. For all these, then, there is but one remedy Nothing less than the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ can be expected for the best of them, and nothing more than the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ can be required for the, worst of them. In like manner as to the body—this is what I wanted to say to you with reference to the ladies—l mean it seems as if the descendants of Adam had fallen as I said on different platforms. Some seem but a little departed from the original pattern of what a man ought to be—all their senses perfect, every proportion 'exact, every movement graceful ; others are a little more awkward, others again a little deformed, and others still more de formed, others with only four senses instead of five, others with only two senses, poor blind deaf mutes—l have seen a few. For all these—for all classes the most perfect and the most awkward, the most graceful and the most deformed, it is found by faith in Jesus 'Christ there is but one resurrection. • Now observe this, nothing more than likeness to the glorious body of Jesus Christ will be given to the most beautiful, nothing less than likeness ,to the body *of our Lord Jesus Christ will be given to the most deformed. All will be satisfied when they stand up in his likeness, when they rise fashioned after the similitude of Christ's glorious body, as if—l was going to use a simile that you cannot 'enter into, but some of your friends will enter into it. If a large looking-glass in which you would see your own image if you stood before it—if that large looking-glass were broken into ten thousand splinters of various sizes, and you took up any one and looked at it you would see your own likenesa---great and small, all the same likeness. We may compare the Church of Christ to the shattered mirror—pieces of various sizes, 'and every one of them directly they are presented before him and his likeness shines upon them, will be transformed and became ,the likeness and image of Christ—ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands , of thousands of like nesses of Jesus Christ. That is what the Church , of God will rise to. It is said of all his servants that they shall see him. • There will be no blind eyes, no deaf ears, no crooked,baclui or broken limbs in the resurrection of the'body, but all beautiful like the body of Jesus Christ. 'Mary," said a poor blind boy, 't l "That little bird sings very long, „, t Say,. can you see it in its joy, • And is it pretty like its song?" 11° "Yes, Edward, yes," the maid replied, , " I see the bird in yonder tree ;" , • Alas, the pooi boy deeply sighed, " Mary, I wish that I could see.' "Yet I can feel the pleasant spring, Smell the fragrance on the flowers : I can hear. the birds that sing So sweetly at the evening hours. "For though He to me sight denies, Yet God to me is ery kind • But tell me when his children rise, , Will any of them then be blind?" , "No, Edward, no ;. they all shall see : , But why ask me a thing so odd ?" " Because," he said, " 0 Mary, I Would like to see my God.' And he shall see him.. " Believe in the Lord Jesus Chrhit and thou shalt be saved "—that is,:body and soul— the soul free from vile habits and wicked practices and bad temper, and the body' free from lameness, and crooked ness, and weakness, and sicknesi -*and blindness ' ' end deafness, and dumbness, to one bOdy, like Christ'sbody. Don't', neglect those portions of your Bibles that will tell you ' about the resurrection of the' body, and the second coming of our dear Saviour. We' are waiting for him to come back from Heaven, and when he comes he will change • - our vile bodiei 1 that they 'may be fashioned like unto his glorious body. I am very happy of the opportunity of saying this to you and to your friends who have assembled here -around you, and I hope by the teachings of God's blessed spirit, you will bear in remembrance both those teachings which our dear friend` and brother Mr. Fallow. gave you, and the bright and blessed hope which I have now endeavoured to set before-you in Jesus qhrist our Lord. (Applause.) The national anthem having been sung, and a vote of thanks, to the Mayor being carried by acclamation,. the company then adjourned to the lower hall where a substantial tea was provide& and where- after that was dilposed of, an address was delivered by the Rev. Arthur Gore, and a numbq of hymns were sung by " Little Annie," and other vocalists. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. J. S. MANSFIELD.) RO/3BERY TWELVE Mervrns AGO.—Mary Jane North was brought up on remand, on the charge, as stated in our columns yesterday, of entering a house in Burling ton-street, on the 29th of November, 1858, and stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel. Mr. Black appeared for the prisoner. —Mrs. Berry, who occupies the house, was called, and described the articles taken away, and afterwards found in Mr. Keogh's, pawnbroker, Vauxhall road. She stated that all her drawers were rifled, her children's clothes taken away, and eighteen yards of Coburg which was lying on the table, besides a number of sheets.—Mr. Black contend e d th a t so long a time had elapsed since the robbery, the articles could not be iden tified with any certainty.—Mr. Mansfield, however, considered the facts elicited sufficient to warrant him in committing the prisoner for trial. TRAVELLING ON THE RAILWAY WITHOUT A TICKET. —John Kelly, a most miserable-looking specimen of the genus lunno, was brought up on, the charge of travelling on the London and North-Western Railway without a ticket. The person who checks the tickets at Edgehill said that when the prisoner was asked for his ticket on the previous evening, he said it was all right, the guard knew the whole affair. On inquiry the guard was entirely ignorant of the matter, and did not know where the prisoner entered the train. The prisoner said that he was only just out of prison, having been convicted at Derby under the Vagrancy Act. The gaoler paid the 'bus fare to Liverpool, and committed the ticket to the care of the guard: He had been , shifted from train to train, so that the ticket had been lost among them. Mr. Mansfield said every opportu nity should be given to ascertain the truth of the pri soner's statement, and would therefore remand him till Saturday. ATTEMPTING TO BREAK INTO A SHOP.— James Connelly was brought up, charged with attempting to break into a 'shop, No. 34, Percy-street. Police-con stable 648 stated that he found him in a passage close by, and when asked what he was doing there, could give no satisfactory account of himself. When ordered to go away, he struck the officer a blow upon the ear, who then whistled for assistance. Two shutters were taken off the shop window, and a pane cut out. He was sent for trial. CHARGE OF SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—Feargus M'Ghie was brought up on remand, charked with smuggling a quantity of foreign tobacco, on board the ship Albatross. Mr. Bluck appeared for the defence. Mr. Tyndal ap peared on behalf of the Crown ; and stated that the searchers found 1611bs. of foreign manufactured tobacco concealed in the lining of the ship, in the room used by seven of the stokers, just under the dead lights. The pri soner was on shore at the time, and was apprehended when he came on board. Several of the persons who searched the ship were called, and deposed to finding the tobacco in that place, thouglfthey would not swear posi tively that the prisoner put it there. Mr. Bluck con tended that there was no evidence to show that the pri soner was the guilty party ; the tobacco might have been put there by any of the stokers, and the fact of his being on shore did not argue that he had any knowledge of it whatever. The prisoner was discharged. ROBBERY FROM A RAILWAY STATION.—Robert Bouch, the cabman who was brought up a week ago, charged with stealing a coat from the Lime-street •station ' and committed for trial, was again brought up to hear a further charge against him, of stealing a parcel, containing three pairs of new trousers from Tithebarn street station. Mr. Penderville, the owner of the trou sers said that he sent a lad with the parcel to the sta tion on the Ist of November, about six o'clock in the evening. It shortly afterwards disappeared, and no trace was found of the missing articles, till one of the pairs of trousers was found in Mr. Woodruff's, pawn broker, on Tuesday. Mr. Woodruff's shopman swore positively to the prisoner being the person who pawned the trousers on the Ist November, between eight and nine o'clock under the name of Gibson. The prisoner was sent back to goal. CHARGE. OF PRACTISING AS SURGEON. WITHOUT BEING REGISTERED.—John Hamilton, residing at 94, Mill-' street, and described on his cards as a "Member of the Reform College of Surgeons, Boston, United States," was brought up at the instance of the Liverpool Medical Registration Association, charged with practising as surgeon without being registered according to act of Parliament. Mr. DeightOn appeared for the association, and Mr. Husband conducted the defence. There were two cases cited against the prisoner, exactly similar to each other. In both he had attended persons, who had died, in both he had charged - a fee (Is. 6d, a visit). and in both he had granted certificates for presentation to the registrar, signed, "Member of the Reform College of Surgeons, Boston, United States." Mr. Steel, secretary to the Liverpool Medical Registration Association, was called, • who stated that he had carefully searched • the register of all the surgeons in Great Britain, and he could not find the name of the defendant. James Caldwell was called, who deposed that Mr. Hamilton had attended his wife on the 29th of November last. He charged for his visits, and was paid. His wife died the same evening. He went to Mr. Hamilton and got a certificate to • give to the registrar. He paid him altogether. about 7s. 6d. He , had heard Mr. Hamilton speak of himself as a surgeon from Boston. Mrs. Kenyon gave similar evidence relative to Mr. ,Hamilton's attendance on her hus band. Mr. Mansfield said he could not, see that Mr. Hamilton had been ,guilty of a contravention of the Medical Act. He considered, that the fact of him signing himself Boston College, United States, would almost imply that he was not registered. Mr. Deighton said, the, question is if by the taking of the fees, &c., he does riot pretend he is qualified by law to act as a sur geon, he is at all events• acting as a regular surgeon. Mr. Mansfield said, he did not think he had represented himself as a registered surgeon under the act, and ,therefore dismissed the case. Mr. Pl eigh t mi then said he was instructed to apply for liberty to commence a case against the defendant. Mr. Mansfield granted the application. (Before Messrs. SHAND and BENN.) SMOKE NUISANCES. , Messrs, Macfie and Son, sugar refiners, Bachelor street, were summoned, at the instance of Inspector Wignall,. under . the Smoke Prevention , Act. NE M'Gowan appeared on behalf of the Health Committee, and stated that the chimney at Messrs. Macfie and Son's works was emitting dense voluines of black smoke, on the 19th of November, froni 10.6 to 10.26 a.m., a period of-twenty minutes. Mr. Macfie, senior, addressed the court at some length;stating that he did all he possibly could to conform to the Snioke Prevention Act, and called Mr. Nickol, of Benson-street, who saw the chimney on the morning in question, to speak to the appearance of the smoke which was then bemg emitted. from it. Mr, Nickol stated that he' had noticed the chimney on the warning of the 19th Noveinber for about twenty-five 1 e s i M gna o r f . l b e i stated n , w as a m y that he minutes, and the smoke. coming from it was grey, not' black. , The ma,gistrates said they had no wish to per-" 'Seciitk . person Who did their endeavour to keep within the lavr, and would therefore dismiss the case. psreall T sr h esu e dmt L om o conductol n d e d i fora t d h a s N i e a i r l e nha North-Western ffclesumntaecnTo. - Company he had on the 17th November, observed the' chimney of tb( stationary Ague belonging to this company in. Ste ,:art-street, emitting large 'so for sine this i ny and hi coin a t° re in 'do order thinti for the tes.The r;v ro e r n k t s io o n f of smoke, if the firemenlve much' coal at alime; and keep . the furnace doors a little a jar. He had cantioned them five times in the space re careful not to put on too • of four Yeah. ,h answer to'-questions from Mr. Conway, 'he said the day'was not very hazy,, it was quite possible to see to the top• of the chimney. The furnace doors were shut when he went into the plaCe. Mr. Lightburn, 'lately a smoke inspector, and police-constable .786 de posed to Seeing the smoke issuing from the Chimney. Mr., Conway then called the engineer and fireman, whose evidence went dir-Octly to contradict that of the complainant. They each stated that the day was so hazy it was scarcely possible to see the top of the chimney, that the furnace doors were wide open for the purpose of preventing smoke when Mr. Wignall entered, and that they had looked at the chimney both before and ' after 'MZ. Wignall had been there and could•see no dif ' ference between the smoke then issuing from it and that which they see every day. (The case was dismissed. , [Mr. M‘dowan at this juncture expressed his opinion in. ,rather strong terms on the decisions of the bench, com menting upon them as being disheartening to public servants in the discharge of their duty., When rebuked by Mr. Wybergh for the strong language he was using, and the irregularity of his conduct ,in court, he charged that gentleman with doing everything in his power to throw obstacle s in th e way o f the officers of the Cor poration. He was finally told that whatever opinion he might hold of the decision of the magistrates, he must for the present keep it to himself. Business was then allowed to proceed.] Messrs. Hill & Smith, Edwin-street, were summoned for allowing black smoke to issue from the chimney at their works, on the 13th of December, for the space of six minutes. This firm had been fined on several pre-. vious occasions, and in the present instance the magis trates inflicted a penalty of £5 and costs. Messrs. Spear, Sanders, & Co., were summoned for a like offence, on the 14th of December, and were fined and costs. COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. The late severe weather did not prevent her Majesty and-the Royal Family taking their usual airing in the grounds at Osborne. Preparations were made at Windsor Castle for the re ception of the Court last evening (Wednesday). Her Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Princesses Alice and Helena, with the other junior members of the Royal Family and suite, were to leave Osborne in the afternoon, and to arrive at Windsor at 'six o'clock. Shortly after the return of her Majesty and the Prince Consort and the royal family to. Windsor. Castle from Osborne it is her Majesty's intention to invest several officers and men to whom the Order of Valour has been awarded, for their respective " deeds of daring." Letters from Egypt announce the arrival at Alexandria of the Count de Paris and the Duke de Chartres. The princes were to remain at Alexandria until the 7th, and at Cairo until the 11th, and then to continue their journey into Upper Egypt. They are accompanied by th e M arquis de Beauvois, Captain Morin, Viscount de Segur, and M. de Scitiveauz. TEE LATE Loan HOLLAND.—The death of Lord Holland, at Naples, took place on Sunday last, after a short but severe illness, which baffled the most eminent medical skill. The deceased, Henry Edward Fox, Baron Holland, of Holland, county Lincoln, and Ba ron Holland, of Foxley, county Wilts, in the peerage of Great Britain, was only son . of Henry, third baron, by his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Richard Vassall. The deceased peer was born 7th of March, 1802, and married 9th May, 1833, Lady Mary Augusta Coventry, only daughter of the late Earl of Coventry. The late lord entered the diplomatic service in 1831, and was for some time attache to the embassy at St. Petersburg, whence he removed, in 1832, to Turin as secretary of legation. In July, 1835, he proceeded to Vienna in a similar capacity, and continued there till April, 1838, when his lordship was appoi n t e d Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic. Confedera tion. Having held that post up to December, 1858, he removed to Florence, where he was resident minister up to June, 1846, when, on vacating that post at the Court of Tuscany, he retired altogether from diplomatic duties, mainly, we believe, from the indifferent state of his health. On the death of his father, in October, 1840, he succeeded to the title and family estates. His lord ship not leaving any issue, the barony becomes extinct; and the valuable family estate at Kensington, we under stand, goes to his only sister, Lady Lilford. THE TWO BARRELS. There's a barrel I have in a corner so snug, Well charged with the best of good ale ; With a tankard of that how the time will slip by, With a pipe and a song or good tale : If a friend from just over the way should step in, He's hailed with a hearty good cheer, And never repents as he tastes the contents Of an Englishman's barrel of beer. There's a barrel I have, but much stronger than beer is the charge which for that I intend; It hangs by the chimney, in readiness near, For I mem it my hearth to defend. If a foe from just over the way should drop in, We'll meet him with three hearty cheers ; But I think he'll repent when he tastes the contents Of the barrels of stout volunteers. And thus double-barrell'd, my boys, let us live, Prepared for our friends or our foes ; The band that in friendship we readily give, Is as ready at need to give blows. And whether the spigot or trigger we draw, Our barrels:won't fail us, I ween ; So tankards and rifles let's charge, hip-hurrah! For our Freedom, our Country, and Queen! SAMUEL LOVRR. Mr. J. S. Mansfield, at present stipendiary magistrate of Liverpool, will take his seat on the bench of Worship ship-street (London) Police Court, on the sth January. CRIME IN FRANCE.—The Journal de la Nievre states that at Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, near Cosne, everybody is talking of a case of child burning. A pretty girl, of twenty, named Heloise Gitenet, after having unsuccess fully attempted to account for the disappearance of an infant to which she had given birth secretly, confessed at length that she had burnt it; but she alleges that it was still-born. Remains of the calcined bones were found in the ashes, and in consequence of stateme n t s made by Heloise, her mother has been arrested as an accomplice. Both mother and daughter are in prison at Cosne. WRECK ON FILEY ROCKS.—FILBY, Dec. 19.—Last night, about 7.30, during very foggy weather and a heavy surf, the schooner Olive Branch, from Colches ter to Seaham, in ballast, struck on the extreme end. of FileY Brig Rocks. Signals of distress having been observed, three cobles put off immediately to the vessel's assistance, but the sea was too heavy for them to approach her. They then returned at once to the life-boat of the National Life-boat Institution. She was forthwith manned and launched, and proceeded off to the wreck. In the meantime, however, the shipwrecked crew, consisting of seven persons, had abandoned their vessel in their own boat. They were afterwards taken in tow by the life-boat, and safely brought through the surf by her to the shore. The life-boat's crew have been paid £l2 by the institution. for their speedy and laudable services. The Fag life-beat has, during the present year, been several times instrumental in - saving the 'lives of shipwrecked 'crews. The National Life boat Institution has life-boats at the following places on the Yorkshire coast :—Middlesborough; Redcar,' Salt burn, Filey, Bridlington, Hornsea. 3porting 3uterligturt. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. THE DERBY. 8 to 1 offered on the field. 12 to 1 against Thormanby. 12 to 1 against Mainatone (taken.) 12 to 1 against Nutbourne (taken.) 12 to 1 against Bucaneer (t. and off.) 13 to 1 against Wizard (taken.) 25 to 1 against High Treason (offered.) 100 to 3 against Upperhand (taken.) • Nothing else mentioned besides the above. • ---- MINTING APPOINTKENTS. • •TH.JS COAsE• MR. SITWELL'S LUDLOW HOUNDS WILL MEET ON Friday, Dec. 23, at Bircher Common At half-past ten. THE SHROPSHIRE HOUNDS WILL MEET ON Thursday, Dec. 22, at Saturday, Dec. ( 21, at Eaton Constantine At half-past ten. THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS WILL MEZT ON Friday, Dec. 23, at.. Cholmondeley. Saturday, Dec. 24, at Hem At Half-past Ten o'oloek. SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN'S HOUNDS WILL MEET ON Thursday, Dec. 22, at Carden Friday, Dec. 23, at Hawkstone At half-past ten. Master : Sir W. W. Wynn. Huntsman : John Walker. COURSING. COURSING FIXTURES FOR 1859. —Ditonmens. Newhall Cross (Combermere), Cheshire : Mr. A. Bennett, 22. Barton.up-n-ffumber, Lincolnshire : Mr. Warwick, 22, 23. Pembrokeshire Club (Ilaverfordwest), Pembrokeshire : Mr. Warwick, 27. Kenilworth, Warwickshire : Mr. M`George, 27, 28. Scorton, Catterick (Open), Yorkshire : Mr. Headley, 27, 21. Caledonian Club (Open), Edinburgh : Mr. A. Da.lsell, 27, and following days. Bishop's Castle, Salop : Mr. Warwick, 28. • North of England (Groenridge), Northumberland : Mr. Colton, 28. Great Crosby, Lonfissh#e : 21. cuulington,litafford.shire Mr, Warwick, A 30. Tiirsda,y Deceinber. -22, PM. ". NORTHERN RAIL/ 11-3111 z,.