Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-22 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.—NEwroNirs, JULY 17. BEFORE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE COCRBURV ROBERTS V. EVAtiS.—BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRTAGE. —The only civil cause for trial at these assizes was the above, in which the damages were laid at £2OO. Mr. M'lntyre and Mr. Vaughan Williams were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Morgan Lloyd for the defendant. The defendant was a small farmer and horse-dealer, living at Cwmyrannel, near Carno. He courted the plaintiff for seven years, and even went so far as to procure a marriage license. She was the daughter of a small farmer, and her brother had married one of the defendant's sisters. In November, 1835, the defendant suggested that they should be married in the ensuing December, and he went to a mercer's shop in Newtown to buy thing 4 for the wedding, which, however, did net take place. Unfortunately the plaintiff had, in an unguarded moment, yielded to the soli citation of the defendant, and in the February following she gave bii.th to a child. After this he did not marry her. It was now contended by his counsel that only a condi tional promise was made, and that a reasonable time had not elapsed. The promise was made upon the understand. ing that they could agree as to the amount of dowry, but the plaintiff's mother would give nothing. and would have forced the defendant to marry her daughter. The judge said the defendant himself had fixed the day, and it was his place, having broken it off, to name arether day. It was not a sufficient reason for breaking the promise to say that they could not agree as to the dowry, unless it could be shown that that was part of the original agreement. It was alleged that the plaintiff alone was to blame that the marriage had not taken place, inasmuch as she had said she would not have him at all. Mr. M'lntyre, in replying on the whole case, said the "reasonable time" might very well be said to be the time before the child was born ; bat the defendant knew that the license would expire in three months, and that surely was a reasonable time. The defendant had never said a word about the dowry until after she was effectually in his power, and he believed he could impose any conditions he pleased. The learned judge then summed up. He sid the jury would consider whether the defendant had insisted upon a dowry as a good excuse to evade an engagement which he was bound in law, honour, and morality to fulfil; or whether the plaintiff had taken advantage of the position in which they were placed, and endeavoured to extort money from the defendant rather than marry him. If they found for the plaintiff, they would of course look at the fall which she had incurred by her intimacy with the defendant. and give her damages. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff — damages, £lOO. The plaintiff and defendant were bath in court during the trial. OXFORD CIRCUIT. -WORCIBTER, JULY 18. BEFORE BARON BRAMWELL. HAZZLDINIC v .-- HAMPTON AND WIFE.—BREACH OF PRO WISE OF Mamma - E.—This cause presented the novelty of an action brought by a disappointed man against a lady and her husband for breach of a promise made by her to marry him. Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. Byrne, for the plaintiff; and Mr. Skinner, Q.C., and Mr. Phipsrn, for defendan's. Mr. Huddleston stated the case. The plaintiff was a farmer and butcher at Stonrbridge, and the male defendant was a lime and coal merchant at Brettel lane. Mrs. Hampton (formerly Miss Darby) had been sued successfully by plaintiff, and marriage had been agreed upon ; but she afterwards jilted him for her present husband. A letter to plaintiff from the lady was read, dated September 14, 18,55, in which she said, " I am sure I have been crying all the time I have been doing this letter, for I have thought so much of you. I love you far better than woman ever loved, and some thing makes me think you love me, so I may say there is no love 10-t. I will not think any more of G.W., bat I will think of you, so do not say anything about him to me " There were two or three other letters, down to February, 1556, written in terms of moderate affection, but in one she asked plaintiff to lend her £lO or 20;£ in another she again desired him to " try and bring that money," and said—" I am much surprised to think you should put yourself so much about over that young man. lam sure I was not with him the other Sunday. I was up at Brierley-hill on Sunday week at night, but I am sure I did not see him, for a married man brought me home, because it was late. It was Mr. Grove, a grocer, but if you like to believe other people you can. Ido not care how I have written this, for I am so hurt in my mind about things." Witnesses were called. Miss Parkes proved that the wedding was twice fixed, but on both occasions a death in the family put it off Mr. Haseldine, father of the plaintiff, gave similar evidence, and said he had arranged to give up his business to his son upon the marriage of the latter. It appeared, however, that the plaintiff tad got Miss Darby's watch as security for the money she borrowed of him, and that he had also brought an action against her for the money, and received £3O or £4O of it. Mr. Vernon, draper, proved that the plaintiff had engaged a house, brught furniture, and given the lady presents for her marriage. Mr Skinner, in addressing the jury for the defendants, ridiculed the idea of bringing such an action as this. He called the defendant's sister, Miss Sarah Hampton, Mr. Hampton, the father, and Mr Isaac Hampton, the brother, who proved that plaintiff called upon Miss Darby at their house and bad an interview with her, after which he was heard to swear at her, and say to her, " Now go to —, I've got all I want from you ;" he then went away, taking her watch with him, and leaving her with her month bleeding. This was five weeks before the defendant, Mr. Hampton, paid his addresses to her. Some property was left her, and plaintiff's father had been heard to say, " It'll be a good thing for our Harry ;" but when it was known that the will secured the settlement of it upon herself at her marriage, he was heard to say, " She's worth nothing without her money." Plaintiff himself had talked very coarsely, and said he never wanted her. His lordship, in summing up, asked what on earth had been the man's loss ? Why, he had lost a wife, and if there was but one woman left in the world, there might be some reason for complaint in this respect. There had been a contract, but it had been broken. He concluded by saying that he should not be disappointed if the jury did not find a verdict for the plaintiff at all ; or if so, for more than the lowest coin of the realm. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. KING'S COUNTY-Jul. - 1' 18. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.--MARY ROENDTR'TE '2/. JOIN LEE. --In this case the plaintiff, who is a minor, ap peared by her next friend, M. Rounthree, her stepmother, to recover damages from the defendant for breach of promise of marriage. The issues for the jury to try were—firs, the plaintiff, who is a Roman Catholic, promised the defendant to become a Protestant; secondly, had her step mother released her from the obligation ? The father and mother at the plaintiff are dead ; she is only 17 years of age; the defendant is about 35 years old, and, according to the statement of her counsel, in comfortable circumstances. Mr. Hayes, Q.C., and Mr. Curran appeared for the plain tiff ; Mr. Ball, Q.C., and Mr. Maunsell for the defendant. Margaret Roundtree examined by Mr. Curran—Carried on the business of a butcher and provision merchant ; was a widow ; her stepdaughter was 16 years of age in May last ; the defendant paid attentions to her from the time she was 12 years of age ; she could not go on a message that he would not be after her ; he proposed to her (witness l that she (plaintiff) should be his wife; she replied that she was too young; he said she was not ; she then asked him would he interfere with her religion ; he said he would not ask her to go to church to be married ; it was arranged that they should be mar ied at Monasterevan upon the 14th of May ; he produced a letter from the Rev. Mr. Warren, of Itanasterevan, informing him that he should be a resident in the parish one week before the marriage ; he (defendent) also said that they were to spend the honeymoon in Dublin ; she prepared for the wedding, purchased clothes, &c. ; the marriage was the talk of the country and town ; the young girl was very much spoken of; on the 10th May he came to break off the match ; he said that his friends were very much dissatisfied about the marriage, and that it should be broken off; she said it was too late, as she had gone to expense, and the girl had been talked about ; he replied that he had discovered from a will of his fathe r and other pape r s that he would lose £2OO a year if he married a Roman Catholic, but that if the yanng girl went with him to church for a short time he would marry bar ; she (plaintiff) refused to do so ; he then offered to give £5O as compensatio n an d to ena bl e h er to get a h us b an d ; she (plaintiff) said that husbands were not to be bought or sold at Monasterevan. Cross-examined by Mr. Ball, QC. : Was never told by the Rev. M r . H ea l y and M r. M olony that Dr. Callen proh ibited mixed marriages in the diocese; uprn her solemn oath she never said that as there was a difference about religion the matter should drop ; had a conversation with Mr. Molony, and he said he would much prefer that she married a person of har own religion ; she (plaintiff) went to confession, and what she was told there or what the said, she could not disclose ; he said if th e plaintiff went to church for a few days it would be only a nine day's wonder, and she might go to chapel again when she pleased ; did not bring to the court either of the cler gymen. Mr. Bail : Th en y ou ma y g o down, ma'am. A witness named Moneypenny, who lived at Moore Abbey, was produced -t o give evidence in reference to the worldly con dition of the defendant. Ha said that he had about 30 acres and was very well off; he had sheep and horses and a g ood haggard ; witness was a Roman Catholic ; the dt fondant told him that all he would ask the plaintiff to do would be to go to the church to be married ; never heard him speak about his father's will. Cross. examined by Mr. Maunsell : His first wife was the sister of Mrs. Roundtree. Robert L. Moore, Req., d e p ose d t h at t h e defendant had a farm of twelve acres, and £3O a year as THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1857. under agent to the Marquis of Drogheda, and was also ; baronial cess collector. Mr. Ball, Q C., addressed the jury on hehalf of the defendant. He said that ha would examine witnesses, but regretted that the parties them selves could not be examined, for if they could, the real facts of the case would be elicited. Mrs. Conlan examined by Mr. Maunsell : The plaintiff told her that she was goirg to see her pew in the chinch ; witness asked her what the priest would say to that, and she replied that she might as well go first as last; the defendant in her presence said to the plaintiff that if she did not wish to be married in the Church of Monasterevan, he would drive her to Kil- Idare or elsewhere, and she said "That Monasterevan would do;" when the marriage was broken off the plaintiff began to cry one day, and witness did the same (a laugh), and she (plaintiff) said that she was so much persecuted about the marriage, and her mother said so much to her for marrying a Protestant, that she eheuld beeak it off. Cross-examined by Mr. Hayes: She began to cry because the young people were disappointed ; av coorse she had a feelin' for ;hem. (Laughter.) A witness named Lennox gave evidence to the same effect, that the plaintiff consented to become a Protestant, and that he remarked to her that it would look so odd that when they came to the malt house she should turn one way and he another. Mr. Curran : Which side of the malt-house do you go to ? Witness The right. (Laughter.) Mr. Curran: I mean of. what religion are you? Witness : I'm a tailor, and a Protestant of course. (Laughter.) Mr. Carran : What did you say about the malt-house? Witness: I mean that you go one way from the malt-house to the church and another way to the chapel. Mr. Munsell then spoke to evidence on behalf of the defendant. The Chief Justice charged, and the jury returned a verdict of £6O damages. • POISONING OF A STOCK BROKER BY PRUSSIC ACID. On Saturday evening Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, instituted an ieg,iry at the Albany Arms Tavern, Albany-road, Camberwell, relative to the death of Mr. James Sebastian Yeates, aged 62, a stockbroker, residing in the Crescer t, Albany-road. • Mr: George Edward Yeates, the deceased's son, on Thursday morning last found his father lying in bed dead He then went for Mr. Gower, a surgeon, who attende3. About twelve the same day witness again went to his father's room, and there per ceived on the dressing-room table a small bottle, not labelled ; but there was a cork, which, however, did not quire St. He took up the bottle, and found it smelt very strongly of amends. When wieness first entered the room in the morning there was no such smell pervading the room, and Mr. Gower, the surgeon, did not notice the bottle. Mrs. Letitia Yeates, the wife of the deceased, who was dreadfully agitated, proved that she had never seen the bottle produced, and that when she went into the room after her son George arrived see did cot smell anything peculiar. Mr. Thomas Griffith, surgeon, of High-street, Peckham, said he found the deceased dead in bed. While in the room he noticed a phial on the dressing table, which ha took up, and at once detected a powerfel smell of prussic acid. He went to the body of Mr. Yeatee, and pressing on the chest placed his nose to the mouth, but could not smell anything. He took possession of tho phial, Ewhich contained about half an ounce. He had made a post morfenz examination, and when he opened the body the smell of prussic acid was very powerful. He had not the slightest doubt that the deceased died from the effects of that poison. The witness added that he went down stairs and, addressing ore of M r. Yeates's daughters asked her if she could give . the slightest clue to the cause of her father's death, and she said, " Have you seen the bottle?" The whole of the family declared that they had never seen the bottle containing the poison before it was found on the dressing-table The coroner said the last statement made by Mr. Griffith was of a most important character, and he (the coroner) would not he doing his duty if he allowed such a case to pass without the fullest investigation, as the circumstance of the bottle not being found in the morning, and no one detecting the smell of the poison, including a medical gentleman, was most strange. He should therefore adjourn the case for a few days, to examine the young lady who made the state ment to Mr. Griffith relative to the bottle containing the poison.—On Tuesday, Mr. Carter resumed, and coneuded an inquiry into the above case, and some further evidence having been adduced, from which it appeared that the deceased gentleman had been in embarrassed circumstance , , and that there was little doubt be had committed suicide, the ilry retlrned a verdict that deceased had destroyed himself whilst labouring under temporary insanity. THE TASTE OF ARSENIC AND SOOT.—The queslion of the taste of arsensic was of moment, but of 1( es moment than one which escaped attention altogether, viz : the test of soot. Let it be assumed that a man weuld receive and swallow, from the hand of another person, some 200 or 300 grains of simple arsenic, and not taste it ; but what shall be said of arsenic mixed with soot I If the packets of arsenic bought by Miss Smith were give❑ to L'Angelier, he must, once at least, have taken from her a soot and arsenic potion, so atrociously noxious that, we believe, no mortal man could be induced to do more than taste it. The thing is absurd. L'Angelier took no soot and arse , . is in the murder draught. If he did, nothing apolies to his case hut the rustic axiom, " Served him right." But L'Aege lier was just the man not to be caught in such an exposed trap.—Medical Times. ROBBERY or £140. At the Manchester City Police Court, on Monday, William Lee, a lad about 14 years of age, who was employed as an errand boy in the shop of Mr. Booth. grocer, Brook-street, and James Leech and William Nelson. both about 12 years of age, companions of Lee, were charged with being concerned in robbing Mr. Booth of £llO. It appears that on Saturday morning, about half-past seven o'clock, Mr. Moth was washing his counter, and Lee fetched the water for him from the cellar. After the counter was washed, Tee was sent back to the cellar with the water; but, instead of doing as directed, he went into the lobby, left the water them, and then pro ceeded to the sitting room, and from the chiffonier lifted the cash box and went out by the back door. He seems to have been shortly afterwards joined by his two companions, and in a field cn the Stockport-road the box was broken open, the £l4O abstracted, and the box thrown away. The three youths went all the way to Stockport, where they pur chased suits of clothes and watches a piece, and from thence they returned to Manchester and took train for Southport, where they were apprehendecian;: taken into custody about half-past nine on the same evening. When taken £lO5 . was found upon them, part in notes which Mr. Booth identified. In the absence of the Southport officers, the c , se was remanded. CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Monday, at the Bury petty sessions, a young mau, named James Hamer, of Harwood, was charged with having, in company with another person, assaulted and robbed Dennis Howorth, labourer, Tottington, ab ut midnight on Saturday last, on the highway, near to Fonr Line Ends. Howorth stated that when he was on his way towards home he heard footsteps approaching him, and presently two young men laid hold up.oi him, threw him down, and threatened to throw him into a lodge of water. They took from his pocket four scvereigns and nineteen shillings, and then de camped. Howorth then got up, and called out murder," and "stop thief." Subsequently Hamer was apprehended by a police officer, road Horror h declared that 111 was one of the men who robbed hm. Mr. Crossland, solicitor, ap peared for the prisoner, and cross-examined the witneesql at great length. The investigation of the case occupied the attention of the court nearly five hours, and towards the close of the inquiry it came out in evidence that Ho worth, on Saturday night last, while at a public house, was partially s ripped, and his waistcoat containing his money had been in charge of another person. It was also shown that on a former occasion, when Howorth was drink ing, he had charged persons with robbing him. On the whole case so much doubt was raised, that the bench de cided to acquit the prisoner. THE COTTON CROP IN AMERICA —Mr. Henry Ashworth, the president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerc3, writes as follows to the Bolton Chronicle :—Since the month of April my daughter and myself have b_en in the Northern States and in Canada, and not in the cotton growing states; and, therefore, I have not been able to add to my previous knowledge anything more than the information which I derived from planters and others whom I met in New York a few days before sailing, and the accounts received from them in relation to the growing crops, were, as a whole, by no means pr. - - pitious. In the States of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tenessee, the cotton plant was represented as standing, in the second week of June, from one to four inches above ground. Had it at the time be,-..n the second week of May and not of June, the appearance would have been considered favourable for the coming crop. The season being a month later than usual may not prevent a plentiful growth of cotton, but it may reasonably be expected that the gathering of the crop will be small, seeing that whatever may be the yield of the plant, the loss for the first month of the picking season cannot be expected to be recovered by subsequent efforts, even if the frosts of winter should be delayed. From the States of Louisiana and Mississippi the accounts were of a more favourable character. It will be remembered that it is in these states that the climate and soil are reckoned the more favourable ; the cotton plant was represented as looking more promis ing, and the planters were looking forward more hopefully than they had previously done when I visited them two months before. lam glad to find that the subject of cotton growing is exciting attention. The famine in Ireland which followed the loss of the potato crop will not soon be forgotten. What other parallel less painful could any .one depict to this country if the cotton crop should fail ! COURT OF PASSAGE. Mr. Edward James, Q C., the Assessor, took his seat in I the Court yesterday morning at nine o'clock. livoii u. LAWTJN.—This was a claim for some furni ture. In this case Mr. Timothy Hughes, cabinet maker and upholsterer, of Bold-street, was the plaintiff, and. Mr, Thomas Lawton, auctioneer, b)th of this town, was the defendant. Mr. M'Donald was for the former, and Mr. Brett was for the latter. It appeared that on the 30th of January, 1856, the plaintiff entered into an agreement with Miss Fanny Wilson, a young lady—who it was not known whether she was a dressmaker, or really what she wae, but that it was then believed that she was in America, but who lived in Whitemill.street, off Copperas-hill---ta let her have some furniture to the value of £ll6 Ils., but for which she was to pay 40s per week. These Th ireel... 1 mee t s were regularly paid until about the 20th of May, when, from some cause, he went to the premises of the defendant in Crown.street, with his solicitor, Mr. Starling Day Worship, where ha saw the furniture, and served Mr. Lawton with a notice not to sell it, but it was sold, and hence the present action. Mr. Brett raised some legal objections, which were overruled by the Assessor, and a verdict was found for the plaintiff, for the amount of £57. LAATON V. lluoiias.—This was an action brought by Mr. Lawton, auctioneer, against Mr. Timothy Hughes. Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiff. The damages claimed by the plaintiff were for injury alleged to be caused to his business by words spoken by the detendant. Some time since, plaintiff was about to sell the furniture of a house in Crown-street. He had previously bought some furni ture from Miss Fanny Wilson, the person mentioned in the previous action of " Hughes v. La yton." This furniture he placed along with that in. Crown-street, for the purpose of selling it at the same time. The sale took place on the 22nd of May. The defendant came to the sale, and there publicly declared that the goods were stolen, and that if any one bought them they would not be delivered. Plaintiff said there was no use in injuring the sale, and asked him, if he had anything to say about any of the goods, to come into a private room, and there show any document he had—for the defendant held up a document while he spoke. Defendant, however, would not do so, bat con tinued to declare that the goods were stolen, and that he could prove it. In consequence of this, the plaintiff alleged that several of the buyers went away, and the sale he , was able to make was much less than he would have otherwise made. On these grounds the action was brought. Mr. M'Donnell appeared for the defence, on the part of which it was mentioned that the statement was founded on fact, and that no injury to the general sale took place in consequence. The jury found for the defendant. Wears Delmer AND WRIGHT.—This was a claim for an over-distress. The plaintiff was Mr. William Watts, an agent far preserved milk, living in Gill-street, and the defendants were Mr. John Ewart, the owner of some hous , s, and John - Wright, a bailiff. The plaintiff was the tenant to the defendant, and occupied one of his houses in G.ll-street, and regularly paid the rent of 40s. per month up to June list, whn there was a months' rent due. On the morning that it was so due, a distress was put into the hoese, and £5 was claimed. That amount was paid under protest, and hence the present action. Mr. M'Don nell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Brett for the defendant. Mrs. Watts, the wife of the plaintiff was called, and proved that the rent was regularly paid until the sth of June, when a distress was put in for £6, being, as was alleged, £4 more than was due. For the.defence it was contended that the sum destrained for was due, two months' rent being in arrear, besides the month then current. The jury found for the plaintiff, with £6 damages. ACENTEG.IRT GREET.—This was an action brought by James M'Entegart, custom-house-officer, to recover the value of a quantity of mahogany, fustic, and log ends. The defendant, James Green, a landing-waiter, had had several transactions with the plaintiff. Tae parties had been in the habit of purchasing mahogany to sell again, and dividing the profit equally, and the present action was brought to recover half the proceeds of the last transaction, which had been detained by the defendant. Mr. Avinill _ . appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Brett for the defence. The case for the defence was, that a sum of £6, equal to the amount now claimed, had been advanced by defendant to plaintiff, not as an ordinary part of their business trans actions, but as a loan. The jury found aye diet for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. LIVERPOOL QUARTER SESSIONS. These sessions were resumed yesterday losiore the Re corder, G. HENDERSON, Ecq , and Mr. Blair, the Deputy Recorder. The following prisoners have been tried, and received the undermentionel sentences :--Mary Welsh, for stealing 15s from C. A. Beattie, six months, with hard labour. Edward Marshall, for stealing 19s 3d from Rachael Nichols, seven years' penal servitude. James Boland, for stealing 3d from Rebecca Sparks, seven years' penal servitude. John Owens, for stealing two coffee pots, &c., belonging to S;tneon Fraser, eight months, with hard labour. William Braxton, for stealing a silver watch from Mark Hughes, six months, with hard labour. Wel. Noble, for stealing a grate, oven, &c., belonging to J, Fair clough and H. Leyland, four months' with hard labour. Joseph Waters, for stealing a handkerchief from D. Stubbs, three years' penal servitude. Eliza Wright, for stealing £24 lls, &c., belonging to C. Martin, seven months, with hard labour. Bridget Ghagan, for stealing forty yards of lustre belonging to Michael Lynot', three years' penal servitule. Mary Ann Jackson, for stealing a coat, &c., belongirr , to W. Thomas, four months, with hard labour. John Litidon, for stealing 6 lbs. of copper, belonging to W. Le Ba=s, eight years penal servitude. Mary Talbot, for stealing wearing apparel, &c., belonging to Edward Sher ratt, six rears' penal servitude. John Murphy, for stealing alpaca, &c., belonging to A. W. Falcon, six months, with bard labour. Thomas Clarke, fir stealing a handkerchief from R. Morris, three years' penal servitude. Margaret Walters, for stealing a purse of money from C. D. Duffy, six months, with hard labour, Acquitted : Eliza Wells, Mary Ward, Eliza Exforth, and James T. Lytla goe. Henry Smith, for stealing a coat from Michael M‘Garrel, three years' penal servitude. Mary Smith, for stealing a boiler belonging to S. Gardner and ano ther, three years' penal servitude. Margaret Fox, for stealing a purse, containing money, &c., from Elizabeth Telfer, three months, with hard labour. John Roberts, for stealing a purse of money from Annie Wilmot, four years' penal servitude. Charles Cooper and Edward Golding, for stealing a sack of potatoes belonging to John Shaw and others, five years' penal servitude each. Catherine M'Donald, for stealing a shawl, &c , belonging to John Brien, three months, with hard labour. Richard Moreton, for stealing four earthenware jugs belonging to George Everard, five months, with hard labour. Mary Nolan, for stealing ten yards of ribbon belonging to James Sharman, seven months, with hard labour. Alice Little, for stealing 25 , , &e., from Patrick Nerny, three months, with hard labour. George Robinson, for stealing a quantity of calico prints belonging to S. Broadbent Ingham and another, four months, with hard labour. OPENING UP OF A NEW COAL FIELD.—On Saturday the workmen and officials connected with the Stratford Stainborougb, near Barnsley, to the number of upwards of 200, were treated to an excellent dinner in celebration of the Silketone bed of coal having been won after difficulties of the most formidable char toter had been encountered. The works were commenced nearly five years ago, and have since been prosecuted with the utmost vigour and without cessation. The Park Gate and Flock ton seams were won in a moderate period, but owing to the position of the Stainborough reservoir, the water from which escaped into the collieries, the difficulties of sinking to the Silketone bed were almost insuparable. Many of these difficulties were removed by letting off the reservoir. The sinking to the Silkstone bed at this colliery is the deepest in the Silkstone district, being at a depth of 720 Let. STRANGE AFFAIC.—A tradesman named Ungerer, of 48 Roe de la Villette, at Belleville, appeared a few days ag) before the commissary of police of the district, and made a statement to this effect :—ln the night he was awakened by a noise, and get up to see what occasioned it. On entering the cur`-yard he saw a man stooping down at the opening to the cellar, and in the act of trying to light a lucifer match. This man, who evidently took him for another person, said "I have just thrown in two, but they have gone out lingerer asked what he was doing, and the man, after a moment's hesitation, rushed on him, and pulling up his night shirt, thrust it into his mouth with the fingers of one hand, at the same time pressing him tightly by the throat with the other hand. This caused Ungerer to fall, but he bit the man's fingers with all his force until he cot through the flash. The man then let go his hold, and jumped over the wall into the street, crying out, " I have done the job, bat have been bitten by a men who is there Anotber man thea climbed on to the wall, and fired a pistol at Ungerer, but missed him, after which the two men took to flight. The report of the pistol awakened all the people in the house, and, getting up, they found near to the opening of the cellar twenty resinous b,lls and a large piece of sulphur. In the cellar was a ball of resin which had been lighted, but which, fortunately, had not burned. The cellar was filled with combustible materials. In the court was found a large knife which had been sharpened on both sides, so as to make it serve as a poiguard, and it was r-- marked that the incendiaries had taken the precaution of removing the handle of the pump, and of fastening the door of the court-yard with wire, so as to prevent egress. The police have commenced an investigation into this strange affair. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. "MOLLY MAGUIRE" IN LIVERPOOL!—John Malley was charged by police officer 631, who said the prisoner belonged to a club called "The Molly Maguire club"—a set of blackguards who infest the locality of Fontenoy street, and whose especial business seem to be the breaking of windows and doors with bricks and stones, and, if opposed. they were net particular whether they broke heads as well as doors and windows. It appeared that, some time ag ), the "Molly's'' had a conflict with another respectable class of the commonwealth, designated the " Widgeons." The " Widgeon" party, on that occasion, "got the day," and one of the ringleaders was bound to keep the peace. This gave the "Molly's" great room for "cock crowing" on the tied up " Widgeon" leader, and on the previous evening the prisoner was engaged in the amusement of smashing in the doors of one of the "Widgeon's" party when he was interrupted by the police, and then his wife came up and behaved like a true (laughter of " Maguire," by exercising her feet (thinking no doubt she was performing an Irish fandango) on the shins of 631, and after a good deal of "bother" Anne Malley was sent t) keep her " companion solace" in the lock-up for the night. The prisoners imagined that they were acting in a most praiseworthy manner by dilapidating the "Widgeon" domic - les. They were rather astounded when his Worship fined the man £l, or to be imprisoned for a month, and the woman £2, or two months. UNPROVOKED ASSAULT.—A young man named John Crawford, was charged with having assaulted Mary McCormack and Charles Nash. Mr. Owens, attorney, appeared for the complainants. It appeared that Mr Nash and the female were in attendance in a boot shop belonging to a brother of Mr. Nash, in London road, and on Monday the prisoner went into the shop to purchase a pair of boots ; he got on a pair, and was walking away with them, when he was asked for payment, but instead of tendering a sovereign, he assaulted both complainants. In answer to the charge the prisoner said he was drunk. He was fined £2, or in default of payment two months' imprisonment. THE " BOYS " OF Stetesoer sill= —John Henegan and Lunac Lennick were charged under the following circum stsnces :—Police-officer 340 said he was on duty in Saint James's-street when a man came to him, bleeding vary much, and told him he had been furiously attacked in Simpson-street. He went there, and the prisoner Henegan was pointed out to him as the offender, and on ping to arrest him the prisoner at once knocked him down, and when down he kicked him very severely. Officer 785 said he came up and saw the prisoner kicking the officer when down, and he eaw the prisoner Lennick in the crowd that had collected, exciting them to violence. Mr. Edward Meadows and Mr. Thomas Temple proved the attack on the police by the first prisoner, and the latter witness saw the other prisoner fling a stone at the head of one of the policemen, but it did not hit him, and he at once seized the prisoner. Mr. Bluck def,nded Lennick, and cross examined the witnesses who spoke of his conduct, but their evidence was not altered. Henegan was fined £5 or to be imprisoned for three months, and Lennick £2, or, in default, two months' imprisonment. THE GOLD WATCH CASE.—Cornelius Donahoe, who stood remanded on suspicion of having stolen a gold watch and chain, was brought up. The facts of this case appeared two or three days ago. He said, at that time, that the watch belonged to his brother, who was a publican, in London. Yesterday, the brother of the prisoner, who came from London, appeared, and said he kept the Oxford Arms, in Winford-street, London. The watch and chain was taken by his brother. He did not wish, however, to prosecute. The property was restored to him, and the prisoner was discharged. THE LIMERICK MURDER AFFAIR.—Thomas Mollony, who stood remanded on a charge of having attempted to kill Kelly and Mathews, in Fairhurst-street, on Sunday night, was brought up on remand. The details of this case appeared in our paper of yesterday. Surgeon Arnott, who examined the prisoner, said the man was perfectly sane. The evidence having been perfected, the prisoner was sent for trial. [He d d not say anything more about the murder of the Rev. Mr. Dawson.] FAMILY DESEETION.—WiIIiam Thompson, a smith and wheelwright, having premises in Greenland street, was charged by Mr. Whyte, one of the parish officers, for refusing to support his wife and family. The prisoner formerly promised to pay a certain sum for the support of his family. bat he broke his word, and was now charged with the offence. He promised to pay, and was informed that if he neglected to do so, he would bs sent to gaol. BIRKENHE AD. BEFORE MESSRS. J. S JACKSON AND R BRYANS, ESQ. STEALTNG A Doo.—John Duffey, Samuel Murphy, Monica Doekrall, all of whom said they were residing in , Liverpool, but whose appearance bore that of the gipsey tribe, were charged with stealing a very hand some little terrier dog, the property of Mr. John Midgley of Chester-street, Birkenhead, veterinary surgeon. From the statement of Mr.Milliam Burgess, employed under the Commissioners of Birkenhead, it appeared that he called on Mr. Midgley at his place of residence, by appointment, between five and six o'clock last Sunday morning, and while he and Mr. Midgley were talking, he saw the dog in question run out from Mr. Midgley's office into Chester-street, and shortly after the dog was missing altogether. Having seen four men pass just before the dog was 103 t, he and Mr. Midgley started in different directions, ultimately he (Mr. Burgess) saw the prisoners in Ivy-street, and upon getting nearer to them he distinctly saw the dog under Duffey's coat, who immediately dropped it and ran, he (Burgess,) however, contrived to pick up the dog and follow him, and after a sharp chase caught hies in Egerton-street, and give him in charge ; the other two ware afterwards appre hended near the police office, waiting no doubt to hear the result of their companions incarceration. Mr. Midgley, the owner of the dog, corroborated the evidence of Mr. Burgess, and upon his being asked to give the value of the dog, he replied that no money would buy it, as he would not sell it to any one Ultimately he fixed the value at 20s. Duffey was defended by Mr. Atkinson, who urged in mitigation of punishment that he (Duffey) had a wife and three children, and the prosecutor had got his dog back. The Bench said there could be no doubt as to the intention of stealing the dog, and, but for the activity of Burgess, they would have got clear off. The charge had been clearly proved, and the prisoners must undergo punish ment for the offence, which would be as follows :—Duffey, 21 days ; Murphy, who also threatened to do Mr Burgess an injury, 14 days ; and Dockrall, seven days' hard labour in Chester Castle. SAVAGE ASSAELT.—Francis M'Crorey and Jas. M'Clure, both of the class of Irishmen who come to this country during the harvest season, were charged with assaulting Patrick Carroll and Alecia, his wife, at Higher Trail/118re. It appeared from Patrick Carroll's statement, that a few of them had met at his house on Sunday evening last, where half a gallon of beer was sent for, during the dis cussion of which his wife laid their child down on the bed in the same room, and, in order to get it to sleep, she lay down with it ; while there, another man, named Mike Brown (not yet apprehended) was noticed by Carroll to put his hand up his wife's clothes, upon which he (Carroll) asked his wife if she allowed such liberties, and being answered in the negative, he called Mike to account for his behaviour when a general row took place, until Mr. and Mrs. Carroll were black and blue, the two prisoners taking part. Mrs. Carroll managed to eject M'Clure, and M'Crorey afterwards got out without a shirt on, and having broken the windows and door, ran away, but was stopped by a police officer who had heard cries of murder. Both complainants were sadly disfigured by cuts and bruises, while the prisoners had not a mark upon them. M'Crorey was fined lOs for damage done to windows and door, 20s. for the assault and costs, or 21 days' imprisonment. M'Clure was discharged, as there was no proof that he had struck a blow. MORE IRISII VIOLSNCE.—Thomas Cooney and Michael Thompson, two Irishmen, employed on a building now being erected in Poplar-road, Oxton, were charged with assaulting two gentlemen named Hodson and Greenfield— the former living independent in Fair New-road, Oxton, and the latter a student at Dr. Baylee's College, in Claughton. The prisoners, and several others of their class, were on Saturday evening last in the tap-room of the Shrewsbury Arms, at Oxton, and while there they began quarrelling amongst themselves, the two prisoners being very violent, upon which they were, with some difficulty, ejected from the premises. Having got outside they seemed determined to give vent to their spleen upon some one, and as Mr. Greenfield, who wasreturning from college, was pa-sing them, Thompson gave him a severe blow on the nose. At this moment Mr. Hodson, who lives close by, came out to see what was the matter, and while he was coolly looking on, with his hands under his coat behind h'm, Thompson gave him a severe blow in the left eye. Bath gentlemen exhibited marks of the treatment they had received. Cooney was fined ss, and Thompson 103 and costs, or twenty-one days' imprisonment. CAM AND DEED BoxEs.—The next important thing to the posses slon of c 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 arliilas, manrfactnred exuressly for Mr. E. T. Hall, of South John-street, that challenge attention. These boxes are made on new and admired principles, and possess patent loct.s, 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, on a small scale, psust prove valuable udeed —Northern Daily Timap2l3l Nay, 1857. CORONER'S INQUESTS. The following inquests were held by the Borough Coroner, yesterday : On the Indy of William Hapwood, 33 years old, who was killed in the Park road, on Monday. The deceased was coachman to Mr. Richards, of Aigbnrth, and was driving a phaeton down the Park road. One of the shafts got loose; and knocked against the horses heels, and this caused the animal to run away, and the vehicle coming in contact with a lamp-post, the unfortunate man was thrown out of the seat and killed. Verdict : "Accidentally killed." On the body of a child name' Henry Murphy, aged four years, who was killed in Doncaster-street, by a pile of timber falling on him by accident. Verdict : " Accidental death." On the body of Alice Hurst, aged five years, who died from injuries received by falling into a cellar in Hanley street. It was quite accidental,. and the jury form d accordingly. On the body of Kearns R van, aged 15, who was drowned in the Clarence-dock. The youth was endeavouring to get something out of the dock, when he overbalanced himself and fell into the water, and was drowned, although great exertions were made to save him. Verdict: " Ac cidentally drowned." MADELittvE SMITH.—A tradesman in this town (says the Berwi-k Advertiser) having a correspondent in Glas gow, wrote there to inquire whether the report be had heard here was true, to the effect that ii was proposed to raise by , subscription the sum of £2,000 to he presented to this un fortunate girl, as an expression of public sympathy. He has received, in reply, the information that a subscription is intended to be made, but that it : is not limited to any sum, and it is as likely to be £lO,OOO as less. That an address is about being presented to her father, wherein the tradesman of Glasgow will express their esteem for him as a neighbour, and sympathy for his family under their present affliction, and a hope that he will forego the inten tion of expatriating himself on account of an occurrence which reflects no discredit on him. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT OF SI:JC AT BRADFORD.— At the Bradford Borough Court, 0:1 Monday, a man, between 40 and 50 years of age, named Joseph Milner, was charged with having in his possession a large quantity of silk waste and some silk warps, both white and dyed, which it was suspected he had embezzled, or abstracted from the premises of his employer, Mr. Tremel, who has lately declined business as a manufacturer, and he (the prisoner) acted as an overlooker in the silk warp dressing department. Mr. Jessa Yewdalt, worsted inspector for this district, went to the defendant's house, and found the material produced, weighing 111 lb. Milner professed to account for its possession by producing an invoice, dated • September, 1852, purporting that he had then purchased 217 lb- of silk waste from Messrs. Walter Milligan and Son, Harden Mills, far £1 75., or 111. per lb. Various witnesses were called ; and after Mr. Terry bud replied upon the case, the bench, after a short deliberation, pre.- flounced the defence unsatisfactory, and imposed the usu fine, under the Worsted Act, of £2O, or in default be imprisoned one month, with liberty to appeal to the sessions. It was intimated that an appeal would be made. THREATENING TO SHOOT A LOVER.-At the Leeds Court-house, on Monday, a middle-aged man, named George Whittaker, a corn porter, was charged with threatening to shoot a comely-looking woman, named Ann Morgan. Morgan resides in Grape-street, and the prisoner had been lodging with her for eighteen months. There was some arrangement betweeu them by which. Whittaker took the management of the place, purchased the pro_ visions, and attended to the whole economy of the house hold. In return for this supervision and support, the prisoner alleged that Morgan agreed to live with him on the terms of man and wife. A few weeks ago, another lodger was ~ introduced into the house, to whom Morgan appears to have paid some atteirions, and these aroused the jealousy of the prisoner. On Sanday night last Morgan went out shopping, and on her return called at the house of Mrs. Huntler, a neighbour. Whittaker was there, and rather the worse of liquor. He requested to have a few words in private with her, and on her refusing, he drew a pocket pistol, rushed up to her, presented at her, and said he would shoot her. Mrs. Huntler seized him, and the pistol was wrested from his grasp. It turned out to be loaded with No. 4 shot, and was ready "capped" for using. A policeman was called, and the prisoner given into custody. On his way to the station, Whittaker expressed his regret that he had not succeeded i i shootieg Morgan, and said that she deserved it. The magistrates ordered him to pay a fine of £2, or go for three months to prison. Whittaker accepted the latter alternative. He was further bound over to keep the pence towards Morgan for twelve months. A FORTUNE-TELLER'S V:CTIM. —Kitty Littlewood, the dupe of Isaac Rushworth, the Leeds wizard, has gone completely deranged. The particulars connected with the case we detai ed at the time of Rushwerth's corn mittal. Since then he has been tried at the York assizes, and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. On Monday the unfortunate young woman was brought to the Wakefield Court House in a cab. She remained in the vehicle in the custody of her friends, while an application was made to the bench for an order for her transference to the County Asylum. The girl had been so violent on the Saturday preceding thather friends were obliged to con fine her arms in a strait waistcoat. When at Wakefield she presented a pitiable spectacle, having actually dug out with her finger nails large pieces of flash from her face and neck. It seems that since Rushworth's committal he had held out threats, which have reached the ears of the girl, that if any harm came to him she would be the only suf ferer ; that he would cause her to be haunted by devils; that he should die in prison, and that his ghost would never leave her day or night. What has helped to confirm the p.or weak-minded young woman in the belief of this precious scoundrel's power was the occurrence of a some what singular circumstance during the trial. While the prosecutrix was being examined a juryman twice fainted in the box, and this she attributed to the diabolic influence of the wizard. Tae magistrates granted an order for her removal to the asylum. Considerable surprise has been expressed in Wakefield at the leniency of Rush warth'e sentence, it being the general feeling that instead of eighteen months it ought to have been eighteen years' imprisonment. LORD HASTINGS AND THE NEWSPAPER PR ESS. —III the latter part of last year a dispute occurred at Holt, Norfolk, with regard to the conviction of certain labourers by the local magistrates for taking rabbits from a common near the town. The Norfolk News commented rather sharply on the conduct of the magistrates, of whom Lord Hastings was one, and on the day the first article appeared on the subject his lordship p oceeded to the residence of the editor, Mr. J. H. Tillett, of Norwich, and had a warm per sonal altercation with him. Proceedings were commenced against the noble lord for endeavouring to induce Mr. Tillett to fight a duel, and it was expected that the matter would have been investigated at the approaching Norfolk assizes. A day or tto since, however, Lieut. Col. Astley had an interview with Mr. Tillett on the part of Lord Hastings, and the fallowing, " minutes" were drawn up of the conversation which took place : " Col. Astley stated that Lord Hastings had authorised him to say that his lordship had no intention of sending a threatening or offen sive messige to Mr. Tillett, as mentioned in the article in the Norfolk News of the 29 ,h November last, and tkat his lordship, having had no such intention, felt that the article of the 29th of November last was al unjustifiable attack upon him, which led to the warmth exhibited by his lord ship in his interview with Mr. Tillett on that day, for which his lordship expresses regret, and his lordship withdraws the offensive expressions on that occasion applied to Mr. Tille't. Mr. Tillett, upon his lordship's disavowal, with draws any remarks offensive to his lordship in the article above alluded to, and expresses his regret that any un pleasantness should have arisen between Lord Hastings and himself. The quarrel is therefore now at an end. PROTESTANTISM IN FRANCS —Mention has been made at various times of the movements of the Protestants in the Charente Inferieure ; and the case in which M. Massy, a gentlemen of property, in the commune of Monteudre, was tried not long since before the Correctional Tribunal of Jonzac, and condemned, can scarcely be forgotten. M. Massy has of late years distinguished himself by his zeal in spreading Protestant doctrines; and the cures of the neighbouring parishes have manifested great irritation at his success. The cure of Rouffignac, in February last, solemnly warned his parishioners not to attend M. Massy's services, and told them that that person's inter pretation of the Scriptures were not correct. Some days after M. Massy, in presence of witnesses, had a violent altercation with the cure of Coux, in which strong lan guage was used on both sides. In the evening of the 11th February he held an unauthorised meeting for the purpose of public worship, at which about 6Q persons attended. He delivered an address, in which he celled Roman Catholic priests pharisees; accused them of deceiving the people, and of teaching erroneous doctrines; also of immorality and venality; and he besides turned into derision many of the dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church. Being cited before the Correctional Tribunal of Jonzac for these viola tions of the law, he was condemned to 300 f. flue, and a man named Ledoux, his servant, who had taken an active part in getting up the meeting, and another named Ram baud, who had lent his premises for it, were fined respec tively 50f. and 16f. An appeal was, three days back, pre sented to the Imperial Court of Poitiers against these con demnations, on the ground that they were not sufficiently severe ; and the court increased the condemnation on M. Massy to 500 f. fine, and confirmed the condemnations passed on the other two.—Galignani, EMIGRATION. The Seventeenth General Report of the Emigrati oo , Oommisioners, being for the year 1856, has been ass ue t d t The emigration during the forty-two years between "„ January, 1815_ and 31st December, 1856, amounted to 4,473,319 souls ; but of this large number more tit° 2,798,163 emigrated in the last ten years. During t it , years 1855 and 1856 the emigration r ached oolY4' 176,807 and 17 6 ,551 respec ively, less than half vg . '" , s „ they had been in 1852, and less than three-fifths o f t ae average of the eight years ending with 1854. The deal t in the emigration in 1855 and 1356 was the result ntir, t „'t of abundance of employment in ordinary pursuits' "",, mainly of the demand occaioned by the war in all dePat ments connected with the army and navy. While t; whole emigration was, in 1856, 52.55 par cent. of 56 whole emigration of 1851, the Irish emigration of 18 of was but 28.17 per cent. of the Irish emigration i .i 1851 ; and the regular progress, as well as the rap i e lt ; of th decrease, shows that it must be owing t ° 4 permanent improvement in the position of the people, and to no momentary or accidental cause. The 0 0 gration of 1856 was almost almost exactly the satleeno that of 18.55, the only difference being a decrease of `" o , on a total of upwards of 176,000. But in the distributieri of the emigrants the difference is somewhat greater, the to being an increase to the United States of 8,423, wh . l le Auvralia there is a dccreaae of 7,725, and to British ile r tf , America of 1,588. The great bulk of the emig rati t i a consisted of those classes of labourers and mechanics would be most likely to succeed in the country to vv il ` to they have proceeded. The mortality in the emigration 0. North America has again been most extraordinarily ste a p t A return procured from the shipowners and agents of Liverpool, which appears to show that in the s hips rt which reports have been received, carrying from that P, ° 7 57,802 emigrants to New York, the mortality was only 1 4 or •13 per cent. ; in 17 ships, carrying 7,664 en3igranti Boston, only 7, or .09 per cent. ; and in 25 ships, carrYill 5,904 emigrants to Philadelphia, only 10, or •17 per C 0 1 1; And the morality appears to have been scarcely greater q , large than in small ships. The explanation is prob se to he found in the fact that the emigrants who have P; ceeded to the United States during the last few 31; 0 have been of a superior class, and in much bettor condi t ', than these who emigrated in former years. The pro Pr., tion of English has been larger, and the Irish have beesii generally speaking able-bodied people, with few O d a children. Even the Germans who have passed thrett,eoo this country to America are said to have been a much ,ev, destitute class than formerly. Nor must the effeeteo forgotten of the Passengers' Act of 1855'. The emigr% 3 6s, to Australia shows a decrease, as compared with l',„ 1 , 0 which was itself far below the emigration of 1854• numbers during the years have been :-1854, asssiste; 41,065; unassisted, 42,172: total, 83,237. 185 5 ,4 sisted, 25,016 ; unassisted, 24,293 : total, 52,309. 1 84, assisted, 20,385 ; unassisted, 24,199 : total, 44'. 7 „ 0 In the emigration to Victoria, from which alone ego only returns, the mortality during the year 1856 ' . .gs only 64 on a total of 14,077, or .45 p er ce nt., a nd of tlwit deaths 20 were of children betwe en t we lve and one e s t of age, and 15 of infants u n der one year. Of the 4 4, o; Victoria got 24,314; New South Wales, nearly 10' 4 , South Australia, 1,512 ; New Z2aland, 4,004 ; Tasm a p 1,815 ; and Western Australia, 129. The report 00%0 There is still, we apprehend, a deficien"y of well-tea t eo t domestic female servants among our emigrants, and re , as is the demandfor them in the colonies, we have n01):111 of being able to supply it. As we have before rePe 9t .,4o stated, the position of respectable and competent f e d it servants in this country is too advantageous to 1113ke 4 0 0 probable that many of them will incur the disrup t of family ties, and the risks of an unknown country, to the chance of the prospects which emigration holds oat them." ANOTISER ACCIDENT IN SIIETL.tND.—One of O UT 1) 5 wick correspondents, writing on Monday, informs another calamity by sea in Shetland, resulting in the 1 0 1 of two lives. He says :—" Again it becomes my Pa iii • o e duty to apprise you of the loss of another South if ; boat, returning from the had lock fishing on the luor ti co tl f , of Monday last, during a sudden gust of wind. tunately the greater part of th 3 crew have escaped' eg two poor fellows have unfortunately peddled. Their nau' t ., are Gilbert Tulloch and Thomas Johnson." It is lame ° , able to think that since last autumn upwards of fifty have been sacrificed in Shetland by sea-storms. Ensign. IN FAVOUR OF THE HOG."—John Smith wast 'eel in Alabama for stealing a hog worth one dollar and a bai t, The theft was proved beyond the shadow of a d oto p — N o r/At The jury retired to an adj)iniog grove of trees to mi ke ti p d their verdict., and were not long out before they rellirri",t with a verdict of- "-Guilty of hog ste-din in fast degre e ' t The judge told them that he verdict was proper, exeeP that they had omitted to ass , s3 the value of the proper and that there was no degree of hog stealing, and to tetq a again and bring in their verdict in proper " form." Aga „I retired with pen, ink, and paper, but rather DO': plussed with regard to the " form." Tney pondered 101 l and deeply over what be meant by form. At last °'l Turner, who had been a justice of thb peace in GO r, n e wrote the verdict and returned to the court-house t'to after another they filed in ; old Jim handed the verdictl the clerk with anxious pomposity, an d s at d ow n. ii t1( 1.... of the laughter when the clerk read the following " We, the jiry, unanimously find the defendant the sum of one dollar and a half in favour of the hog' American paper. , to MELA.NCIIOLZ OCCURRENCF.--It is our painful ea-J lay before our readers the melancholy particulars of o t"f death by drowning of Master Alexander Russell, soil Robert Russell, Esq., J.P., Salthill, near Mountcharle7 and Mr. Frizelle, clerk to that gentleman, which sad occurred on Thursday, the 9th instant. Master Rul e d about ten years of age, and his cousin, Master Lyn° Barrett, of equally youthful years, went down to the P te to fish—Mr. Frizelle accompanying them as their P. d r ., tector. They had been fishing for some time, dam; which Mr. Friz3lle was seated on the bank reading, whe y Master Russell, in throwing out his liae, unfortntla`4 overbalanced, and was at once precipitated into the Ot Mr. Frizelle, actuated by that manly and noble fee' ii'g e which is deserving of the highest commendation at 0 11 ,,t plunged in, so that he might rescue the drowning child, r d all his attempts were unavailing, and whilst endeavoun; to save his friend he became the sharer of his watery gr a , g b e Some parties in the immediate locality were attracted by " b e cries of Master Barrett, and one matr swam in so that e might rescue the perishing victims, bat from some ca th ' o , that we have not learned his efforts, too, were fruitless, After a little time a boat arrived, the crew of which covered the bodies ; but, alas ! in both cases the VP; spark had fled. On Saturday their remains were c ° „ - ; veyed to their last resting place, attended by a nucnerve concourse of mourning friends, and were placed i n the sail s grave.—Ball,yshannon Herald. SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.—RUNAWAY ST,A" 0 , 5 0 -The Oincinnatli Commercial, of June 21, says — Sunday last, three slaves, two belonging to Mr. SO; ford, and one to Mr. J. Berry, made tracks from 11 0 :4 Counly, Kentucky. They were traced across the 01 :',1 river, and on Monday discovered hidden in the brush ° 7O. behind logs, about four miles back from the river, s . Kane's Branch. The negroes, being armed, made a l i e ff , perate resistance, and one of them, belonging to co , Berry, while in the act of shooting Mr. Jae. Ilumphr p l i e one of his pursuers, was shot, anti instantly killed. 'L„ O second escaped, while the third was arrested and Os> back to Kentucky." In the Fallon Telegraph we read ' " The slaveibelongiog to the estate of Reuben Cliasel: deceased, were sold on Monday last to the highest bidd e , in the southern part of the county, at the following utiPtf. cedented prices :—Winston, 23 years old, 1,580 dollat! Daniel, 19, 1,540 dollars; Abner, 25, 1,395 dolla i° ,4 Ralph, 27, 1,205 dollars ; woman and child, 28, 1 , 1 " dollars ; Sarah, 25, 930 dollars.; Jack, 9, 975 dollal Caroline, 7, 585 dollars;' Francis, 6,500 dollars ; oraag i and Vica, 60, 500 dollars, Jane, 4, 405 dollars; E leo, 1 1 blind in one eye, 315 dollars ; Nancy, 2 , 310 dollarSi Vina, 50, 280 dollars ; Roda , 65, 25 dollars—total, 11,64 g dollars." These slaves were not bought by his heirs, re were purchased by citizens of this county. This, , believe, is the largest lot of slaves ever sold in the count' and the prices are higher than ever before paid. Tire SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.—The yearly epistle of 019 religious body " To the Quarterly and Monthly Meeting: of Friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere, just been published. The greater portion of the addr e is devoted to spiritual subjects, but there are one or V II points referred to, whi c h w ill no t b e ou t o f pl ace , even t the columns of a newspaper . Th e e pi s tl e remar ks th! the yearly meetin g "h as b een b roug ht un d er d ee p conee v o : in view of th e f ear f u l amoun t o f s i n an d m i ser y e xistilil; in our land through the prevailing use of intoxicat ia c t liquor. We regard with cordial satisfaction the effor ts many of our members in different parts of the count_, l • 7 ; to stay the progress of the desolating scourge ; and " take comfort in believing that, under the divine blessiDo their labour has not been in vain." On the subject distraints upon members of the body for refusals to Pl O demands for ecclesiastical or military purposes, the epic ht has the following remarks :—" Accounts have been broug; up to this meeting, in usual course, of the distraints ordt our members in connection with the support of 11(79 Christian testimony against the payment o( &o a t h° of an ecclesiastical and military nature. It is at of present time especially incumbent upon the membera ise our society to be very careful, in nowise to comPo i lij o ire their testimonies as to these important objects. W e" ati to encourage our friends everywhere to the faithful alii: do tenance of them in the patience and firmne.is that " highly become our Christian profession."