Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-21 00:00:00

POLICE IN TELLIGENCE-SATURDAY. LIVERPOOL. BUTORE M. R. GLADSTONE AND MR. BUNN. MIEAKING OUT OF TEE PENITYNTIARY —Detective Officer Povey brought un two well-dressed females named Jane Taylor and Anne Walley, charged with having broken out of the penitentiary, and stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from the locus°. The ptesoeers managed to break out of the house and got away to Wigan. Percy followed them to that town, and arrested them in a public-house where bad characters were harbonred, and he also got the property in their possession The prisoners were committed for two months with hard lebour. A Eau , E.—A fellow rained Thomas Spencer licensed hawker, was charged with having, stolen a a pair of boots and ctho small thing, from a fr 'gde but interesting looking girl named Sarah liowaro d, who said she was net quits fifteen years of age. 3' Bluck was for the prisoner. The history of the ease was this, The girls fatILT was connected with 11.- e railway station at Blackburn, but was unfortunate)' 'tolled there about twelve months ago ; her In3ther haas dead too or three months before that time. .9h:event into the workhouse having no friends nor rela efves. Some fortnight ag she left the house ; in order to look for a situation, and met the pisoner in the street, who said the woman where he lodged wanted her. She went to the hone-, where the prisoner succeeded in com pleting her misfortune. She lived with him sines as his wife, and came to Liverpool with h'm. They went to lodge in Ben Jonson-street, and early that morning the prisoner get up, took her shawl and boots, and other thing-, and went away.. leaving her without a penny, or any clothes except her frock. She told a policeman, who traced the prisoner to London-road, where he fund him. with another hawk er, in a public-house drinking; he had the articles in hie possession. The poor ch ild was cross-examined by Me Bluck and said the prisoner did not force her to g from the street to the lodgir g-house, as she went, when he told ner the woman wanted her. Haan- chased the shawl, boots, (Ser , for her at Preston, but he took t ther things that she had, and gave her the preamt things in plsce of them. Mr. Bhick said, as a man, ho repudiated the con eluct the prisoner, but as an advocate, ho had a duty to petferna lie submitted that there was no case of abflue lion made out, according to the girl's own evidence, and As for the charge of felony, it could not be sustained, becanee the prisoner treated the girl as his wife. and he 'could not steal from his wife ; he informed him that he merely tock the things to frighten, and make her get up early. Mr. Gladstone thoueht it rather a curious way to make a girl gat up early, to run away with her clalass, the very thing that would confine her to her bed; bee 7 des, the distance from Ben Jensen-street to London-road was Bach as showed clearly that the fellow intended to steal the things, which were clearly the girl's property, as she was not his wife. He asked the girl what she intended doing? and she replied she did not know what to do. A gentleman, who was in court, and connected with Black burn, said he would get the poor girl work in a factory there. He gave his name, Mr. Roberts, and said his friend in Blackburn was Me. Polding. The magistrates said it was very kind of the gentleman. They, however, asked the poor child if she would like to go into the penitentiary for a short time, where she wenid be well treated, ant then she cool , " be removed to Blackburn, where Mr. Roberts bad so kindly promised to gat liar employment. The 'girl raid sbe was quite willing to adopt any course the magistrates wished. Their worshises then disected her Clothes shonli be -restored to her, and after she remains a short time in the penitentiary, she is to be sent to Blackburn. Tney ordered the prisoner to be committed to jail for one month. Mr. Bluck asked what the committal was for ? and the magi , trates said far his not being able to account for the - Possession of the clothes. Mr. Duck thanked the bench, and said his object - in asking the question was to be clear on the point, that it was not for the abduction or felony. [This is a case wterhy the attention of the kind Isar ed. The girl tho Ugh slender in form is clefts, prspossessing in appearance, and very fair, She is also a girl of superior intelligence, and must have hat some care bestowed on her heretofore—it would be more then pity to have such an interesting &id lost.] IM?ROPER HOCSTB.-112 the case of the man and his wife named Horrocks. whn were committed on Friday for keeping an improper hcuse, Mr. Muck applied to the Court to have the woman disesarged fr on custody, on the ground that she was a femute covl-t, and acing of course under the advice and control of her husband. and wives so circonstanced, it was well know: in point of law except in some Ci9o3 of capital and other felordea were, exempt from the operation of the law The argument convinced tho bench, and the woman was diechaget!.. • A Spanish sailor named Manassis, was charged with having stabbed another sailor, named Joseph Emanuel. The parties were in a boarding house in Frederick-street, when some dispute toe k rile() between them, when the prisoner "drew a dagger and inflicted a desperate wound in the fleshy lart of the arm. The prisoner was remanded. BEFORE ME4SRg. J. C. EWART, M.P. AND HEATH. CL4131 FOR SZAMAN'S WaGE4 —A seaman, named Don Pedro, a native of Bombay, claimed 133 41 as wages, from Captain Oldrieve mater of the ship Len. Bluck appeared for the complainant, and Mr. C ibb for the defendant. It appeared, from the evidence addnee, that Pedro shipped as able seaman, at Monte Video, for Liverpool, about three months ago. The rate of wages agreed on wa £3 15 3 per month, Soon after the ve?:sel put to sea, the captain found that the complainant was not capable of performing the duties of an able seaman, as shipped, in consequence of which the captain wonl only allow him £1 153 per month He had been kept on the regular duties, however, until within a few wecki of landing. The magistrates gava a verdict in favour of the complainant but reduced the claim to £2 23 11d, allowing him at the rate of £2 lOs per month. LIVERPOOL B A.NK RUPTCY COURT.-FATu ED Y. 11%FORR MR. COMMISSIONER STEVENSON. Re DANIEL DUTTON.—This bankrupt, who lately carried cn the business of grocer in this town, apJied on Thursday last for his certifica,e, and afor h-aring what wee allegad by the learned gentlemen engaged in the case, his Honour said he would give his decision in a few days. To-day his Honour delivered the following judgment :—ln this case, although there does not appear to be any cause of corn plaint against the baukrupt in respect to the carrying on of his trals, : yet ihe circumstance of his having embarked in the purchase of a ship, and the speculations attending it so totally inconsistent with his ordinary business, and which has resubed in a heavy loss to the e. , :tent of £4OOO and upwards, is a grave charge to be made against him. The liabilities which he was constamqv incurring in relation to this ship, appear to have compelled him to resort to heavy loans a , large interests, and in fact this unfortunate speculation seems to have been the sole cau-e of his insolvency. The bankrupt being much I,ressed, he in July last sold off all his stock without previously consulting his creditors; and althminh the stock was bug small, yet his duty, un dotbteily, was to have previ3us'y consulted h's etv!,.:itors, and at that tttLe, at all events, to have laid his aff4irs before them. It appears, also, that the ship upon which all his hßpes of retrieving himself by some secceAful adventure was to 1 - ,ave dep,nded, wee sold by the mort• gsgaes so long back as Apri', 1856, but which sale did not suffice to pay off the mortgages, but left him a debtor to them of about £2 5!0 ; now this would seem to me to have been the proper time for submit ting his affairs to his creditors, as he must have then hopelessly insolvent it not being at all probable that the continuing of his business could enable him to have made up all his heavy loT.ses. The res.:lt of all this is, that to meet the debts of unsecured crelitors, amounting to £5,500, he has only assets to the extent of £l6O, according to his own balance sheet. The bankrupt appears also to have omitted taking stock ever since 1853, at other serious objection against a trader. It has been remarked that the till and other cash accounts have never been balanced, and that the profits have been estimated,' but the bankrupt bas full entries in his books of all his cash receipts and payments, which have been tolerably vouched. I do not, therefore, consider any objection can be made on this gound It is satiefse ory to obtain from traders anythins, , like a cash account that can be voucha.l. Tha bankrupt's conduct, in all other respects than those to which I have before referred apAars to be unobjsctionable ; his trade debts are but small, amounting cniy to £250, and had it not then been for the liabilities into which he was unavoib ibly lel by the unfortunate speculation in the ship, he would, no doubt, have been able to have main ttained his greund. Taking there extenuating ci rcums t ance s into consideration, I do not propose to suspend the certificate for so long a period as I might otherw . ise have done, but I feel bound to suspend it for some time, in order to mark the censure of the Court on account of the bankrupt's speculation in the ship, so totally inconsistent with his ordinary business, I therefore direct it to be saspandsd for eight calendar months, but there being no fr.,ud shown and his conduct in other respects nnobjec• ticnable, I give him pro'eution for , he whole time. The certificate must, however be of the second clasa. FOOD EXPORTATIONS.—The declared value of the beer and ale, bread and biscuit, butter, cheese, corn and flour, hope, pickles and sauces and vinegar, in the year 1856, was £3 705433. In 1846, it was £757,398; and in 1836, £671,95-14 EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF sir -,-ER PLATE. APPREHENSION OF "lIIE THIEF. At the Guildhall, York, en Thursday, Henry Davis, a glass hawker, was chary ed with having stolen six dessert spocn4, 15 large silver sterke, 13 small ditto, and three silver teaspoons, from Royal Station Hotel, York kept by Mr. J Rohde tity of ~ e•er Ofi 3 Wednesday the 2nd inst. a large qu an- si stolen ' let?, including the articles alluded to, was ..eom the coneo room ef the Royal Station Hotel, the rub' ,oery being conducted in a very quiet and apparently exceedingly expert manner. The depredation being disc vexed a short time afterwards, by one of the waiters in the hotel, and the fact having been brought to the knowledge of Mrs. Holi lay, information was given to the police. Inquiries were instituted in different directions but nothing of any moment transpired for some days. Ultimately, however, a sutpicion transpired that part if not the whole of the property bad been sold in Leeds ; and Mr. Chalk, the superimendent of the police, went over thither, for the pu - pose of makieg inquiries, the result being the discovery that the prisoner had sold the plate to a Mr. \Tassel'', a jeweller, &c , in Call-lane, Leeds. Davis was apprehended atd brought up on Monday, th 3 hearing being adjourned to Thursday. Pere grine Vsssalii, in the course of his evidence stated that on Fci3ay the 4 , h jest. the psis: ner went to him and offered to sell him the plate in quo ttion. With one exception. the several articles were perfect, and that which had been broken appeared to have been done for the purpose of trying whether or not it was oaf silver. Davis stated that he was sailing the plate for a gentleman who did not wish it to be leo own, and he wished it tobe broken up and sold as old silver; the pri-e ultimately agreed upon being 4s Gd per on: ce. Th weight of the whole was 110 ounces, according to his weigl - 4 - int at the time, but witee3s afterwards found it to ounces, and he paid Davis 1.21 odd, some few yam, 112 being allowed for the leas of weight occasioned defacing the initial letter. He subsequently sent i;he silver to Messrs. Syrrell and Benham, the Barbie lendc,e, to be I reflecd. Several witnesses ware called tat reeve that Devie had besn at Vassallfe on the day nr Aad. 'And evidenee ras then given to show that the L Judea; 'lunge referred to, being suspicious that the the proceeds of some robbery, gave information ( ':e the matter to the London police. Inspector John FrAze,.., of that force, sub equently made investigations, 'chick tame to the knowledge of the p lice in tla . la city and led to the prisoner's apprehension. 3 .7trs. liolidey, o f t h e h o t e l, p rove d that the plate n a nd been stolen from that establishment, recognisable, though broken into so many it being dist;, scrag pieces. Carling, the plate cleaner at the hotel, elect proved that the, silver was hie master's property. Mr. Chalk said he ar.preb.eneed the prisoner about one o'clock on Monday mornsurr, at his hoese, and he then denied that he had either sold the plate to Vassalli, or that he had seen him. For the delence, it was urged that though the evilence showed Davis to have had recent possession of the property, there was no direct testimony showing that he had either com mitted or taken part in the robbery. The prisoner was committed for trial at the next sessions. Mr. Meek, without wishing to cast aty imputation upon Vassalii, expressed his hope that this would operate as a caution to him, read that person annoys,. ced his intention not to purchase property under each circumstances again. Mr. Meek also eomplimented'the London house on their con meet in the matter, and instructions were given that the silver be given up to the Yefic police, to save travelling expenses of witnesses. The property recovered ine'udes the whole of that stolen, except three teaspoons. THE lIINDOSTANNE LANGUAGE.—Sir Colin Campbell had isered a general order upon the sabjcct of the study of the Hiadostini , e ianguage, the staff of the a:my being now open to 12.1. r Majest,)'s service. He desires cronmaeding officers of regiments to take measures for urging he ward tine instructioa of their offic ?re, more particularly of the younger captains and subalterns, in this reswc% "The interpreter of the regiment, whose office has hitherto been almost - , a rinecure, will i nstimtas a class under the orders of the commanding officer, and will glee, when it is pos - aibl-, one lecture a thy on the Hindostanee language. The subalterns and the younger captains are to be ordered to ettend these lectures. Cumin inclin; officers are directed to support the interpreter by occasional attendance at the lectures, as at an ins`ruetion parade. and they will assist the officers whom it is proposed to instruct, in prom-Deg Moonshees with the help of the interpreter. lo conclusion. the Commas ter-in-Chief declares his intention of acting up tollthe spirit of the instructions of Aris Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. An officer is clearly not fitted for the lowest staff appointment in India who has not, at lease, a col:equial knowledge of the Ilinciostanee language. At the expiration of six inontl2s after their arrival in the country, divisional generals wid be required to report as to the progress made by their aides-de-camp. Officers now in India will not be taken on the personal staff of any general until they are declared to have acquired such cAloquial facilit). Until further orders, a return will be sent in oo the Ist of January and Ist of July, to head quarters from iesgiments, showiog the names of all the officers, and the progress made by then according' to this o rder. This ret.nrn will be sizned by the in•erpreter, and cone tersigutsd by the commending officer of the regimen'. There is no time 8) favourable for the colloquial study of the Hindostanee langu.ge as when a regiment is encamped. The Commander-in-Chief, therefore, will hear of no delay in the execution of this order because the corps are not in quarters." A L4VER ST 4IMED BY THE FATHER OF HIS INTENDED —At the Leeds Court House, yesterday, a respectable looking man, named Thomas F3alston, of Union 1135 V, Leeds, was charged with the serious offence of stabbing. A young man, named John Nicholson, of Bridge Court, had bean courting the prisoner's daughter during the last three years, but had, in consequence of his irregularities, been repulsed by the young woman. On Wednesd a y night, the girl, who was living in service. with Mr Reeler, of Springfield Terrace, Barmetcfts, was sent out on an errand by her miatrem. On her way, she met Nichol , or, bat did not notice him until ha came up to her, and asked her why she was so cool towards him She told him her reasons for declining his atteu ions; upon which, he struck her severely several times, a .d took the pail out of her hand Feeling rather alarmed, the girl made the best of her way ta her uncle's house, and stated to him the conduct of Nicholson. Her uncle sent for her father, and mother ; and in their company she was proceeding to her situation. ca hen the party was overtaken by Nicholson, wh > still persisted in his brutal conduct. Arrived at Mr. Riuder'e house, Mrs Foulston pushed her daughter into the back yard, and for this act of motherly consideration she was brutally kicked by Nicholson on the small of her back. High words then ensued between the father and the lover ; and the former, exaspera . ed almost to madness by the mocking and insulting taunts of Nicholson, took from his p„; , ek.et a h.deklayer'a trowel. and stabbed the young man in the thigh with the dangerous instrument,. Nicholson fell against the wall, and here he WAS shortly afterwards found by Berne person pacsic'g, and conveyed to the Leads Infirmary. His wound, upon being examined, turned out to be a dangerous cut on the right thigh, about three inches in length and sufficiently deep to allow of three fingers being intredueed into it. As he was unable to appear, on account of The dangerous nature of his iujaries, a medical certifi tare to that effect was handed in, and the prisoner was Tcmended. In the meantime, the inegistrates pro ceededto the Leeds Infirmary, and took the deposi ion of the wounded men. Much sympathy is expressed for the prisenfr ated, his afflicted /TARROW ESCAPE OF AN AMERIC.:N LAKE STE 131 R. — The Chicago .Tournal gives the following narrative of the dangerous storm which overtook the stcraner Olev: la-ad en Lake : —The steamer left Green Bay en Tues-hey, at 10 a.m., with 15 passengers and a full freight. On her :ray down she t ue)ed diff.e•ent points, and took en in :11 about 60 passengers. Everything went on sincea hly until etyrat 11 o'clock on Wednes - 'ay night, when the blow struck her. St.e wan at that time a short distance above Milwauk;e. The wind and snow raged with fearful vio lence, and every wave. as it washed into the noble craft, geemed bent on destroying her. Her fires were pet out, and it then seemed that destruction was in C .pt. Flood, undaunted, boweve-, set about to bale her out, and the passengers ant: crew, with one dastard exc'ption, trot: hold, and worked for fear hours and a half. At the expi ration of this time the fires were rekindled, and steam once more got up, but the fir• s were soon put out again. 'fbepassergre again w en t t o wor k w i t h a w i ll, and b aled unti' 9 or 10 o'clock, when steam was once more got up. ney horded for sh ore , an d k ept on baling in the ini,let of this 'erriele storm. Avantep ht, a chimney ; g 3p.intli eye: h piV ii , much to their gratification and d proved to he in Chicago. At half-past 6 o'clock the steatror reached li,r docks. Onto or twice during the gale ha p -s of ever relebii g bh. re were given tp, and a list of the passengers on board was prepared by the captain to throw overboard. Happily so terrible a calamity was everted. In the midst of the unflinching courage displayed on every hand ehicee still brighter the co‘r ige of a woman who was one of the pa's-ngers, the brighter, as it stands in contrast with the sheer cowardice of a craven-souled man who 771. s ab ard. That man was a Frenchman, en] not an Englisemar, as we Stitt(' yesterday. Ile atsolut?,!y refused to wo,k, when a woman, which should have brought a homing blush of shame upon his checks if he was posseesed of any manhood, stepped forward and velun- teered to take his place. 'Th a t woman 's name was Miss L. Wishard, of Milwaukie. '1 he passengers, however, would not allow he r t o wor k, H er no bl e b e h av i our u p on this occasion won for her the admiration end esteem of every one on board, while the cmduct of the Frenchman pre yoked just the opposite; and we should not have blam• d the crew had they looked upon him as a steond Jonah aboucl their noble craft—New York Times. THE N CiRTITERN TIME S.-LIVERPOOL, MON DA/, - DEC - EMBER 21, 1857. A WIFE CHARGED WITH MURDER. At the York Assizes, Fanny Speed, 24, was indicted for the murder of her husband, John Speed, on the 251 h of July, at Pontefract. Mr. Blanshard and Mr. Maule were for the prosecution. The pdsoner was defended by Mr. Dearsly and Mr. Blackburn. The deco sed was a labourer its the service of Mr. Barker ; farmer, Pontefract, and he had been married to the prisoner a year and a half before his death. They appeared to have lived very happily together as far as could be observed. On Tuesday the 21st July, he was quite well, but he was taken eudienly ill on the following morning, when he was seized with violent sickness and vomiting, and he died late in the nigh' of the 25th. During his illness he said to his wfp - " What has thou dens ? lam done for." On a post 71' examination sixty grains of arsenic were found, a 41antity sufficient to poison several persons The case rsor the pro secution was that death was caused by arser tc, that no one but the prisoner could have administe hrr motive for administering the pois red it, and . to marry her cousin, a sailor, nee, 41 was to enablethat her she was on terms of intimacy evfore her arrage On the day before the husband .ed m wi i th whom 44=5 taken ill his wife made enquiries far arsenic, and `des' 'she Saterday . previous . the prisoner told a person to the shop d f t' PriP o e sr were plagued by a dog, and she asked him le procure any poison for her. On the er, ..rtln, of the following Tuesday she went drugie , • - t and wised for arsenic, b b e :refined to sell her any. She, however, after7"erds eala she heel not been in his shop for four nrr o hs. On the Taesday evening she told a neighbour ~et a gips woman had been to her house, and said her husband would be dead 2.n1 she married in six months, but added " she hoped not" She also said te another neighbour, "Our Jack will be dead this week." She likewise said that she had had queer dreams, and had heard the bell t';ll in her dreams. Another portion of the evidence showed that three months before the death of de ceased the prisoner had been seen sitting on Wilks's knee, with her arms round his neck. On that occasion Wilke went up stairs, and the prisoner sail, " It's happy to meet, but lonesome to part, I think when he leaves me it will break my heart." She made use of other expressions, one of which was that she knew of one who would have her to-morrow, spoke of having a lock of hie hair, and that Ben Wilks had been at the7r house, and was staying at Hull. No arsenic was found in the house, nor was any traced to the prisoner ; but on Monday, the 10th of August, lehadley, the constable, found in a privy adjoining the house occupied by the deceased, a quantity of pure white arsenic, which, it was suggested, on the part of the prosecution, had been placed there by the prisoner soon after the death of her husband. The priso ner had made a voluntary statement, in which there was no suggestion that the deceased had taken anything himself, had taken nothing improper, or that any other person had given anything to him. The above were the main facts of the case, which a number of witnesses were called to prove ; and it was also shown that the accused, e'er the death of her husband, had expressed a desire that his body should nos be opened by the surgeons. At the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. Dearly, in defence, reminded the jury of the great responsibility attaching to them in this case, and said the prisoner was charged with a murder under circumstances which, if she were guilty, exhibited a degree of moral turpitude and wickedness it was difficult to conceive. He submitted that the case was shrouded in great mystery, and if there was wanting one link in the chain of evidence necessary to prove her guilt, she was entitled to an acquittal. After the learned counsel's spe oh, M a Justice Williams adjourned the court. On Thursday Mr. Justice Williams took Ws seat on the bench at em o'clock. and summed up the evidence. Toe jury, after as absence of twenty-five minutes, acquitted the prisoner. A SINGULAR PO NT OF LAW.—On Monday, a case was heard in the Birmingham County Court, in which the law affords no means of recovering a just claim. A man and his wife are separated, and the woman sends her daughter to school, but does not pay the schoolmistress, who there upon sues the father. The judge, however, decides that as the father and mother were living separately before and at the time when the debt was incurred, the husband is not liable. Then it has been said the governess must sue the mother. But here again it is decided that being a married woman the law cannot make her pay. So the lady who seeks for her money is, in the end, denied all redress. —Birmingham Daily Press. JUVENILE REFORMATORY.—AI earnest appeal hes been made to the benevolence of Roman Catholics, in behalf of of the institution called St. Mary's Agricultural Colony, Mount St. Bernard's Abbey, Leicestershire. This reforma tory institution is capable of accommodating 300 b ye, but it appears that within the last foenight 10 boys convicted by magistrates to the colony have been refused admission ; bee,aute from want of funds it has not been possible to complete buildings in course of erection. It is stated that this appeal. which has been approved by the Abbot of Mount St. Bernard's Abbey, would not have been made at this critical time had it not been absolutely necessary for the present well-being and future prospects of the colony. DP.ATIL OF lIERR KCENIG —We lt , f.. , ret to hear of the death, at Paris, of this celebrated cornet.a-pistan player, He has lately been one of the principal supporters of Jullien's concerts, and was the composer of many faiOurite pieces of music, inclu ling the famous " Post-horn Galop„" For some years he was the senior partner in the firm of Koenig and Pask, the musical instrument manufacturers of the Strand ; more recently he joined the house of Chappell and Co., of Ilsg , n!.-street, and was connected. with that firm at the time of his death. lie attended the relr - ,areals of Jullien's orchestra at the beginning of the' present season, but was overtaken by illn(ss, and by the advice of his physicians he gave up his eneagement, end rewired to Belleville, she residence of his fithcr-in•lew, near Paris, for change of air, and it was there that his death took place. FORMATION OF A LIBERIL SOCIETY IN LINCOLN.—A liberal society. having for its objeet the strengthening of the liberal cause, has just been formed in Lincoln. From the rules we Thad that its aim is to return members to Parliament, who shall come f)rward unsupported by aris tecratie influence, and be'ng advocates for reform, and retrenchment in the public expenditure. But whilst the society deals with p - trliamentary elections, it does not firget the municipal elections, as we find that the rules for the guidance of the society provides that the persons to be put foriverd as candidates for municipal honours, shall first be approved by a meeting of tho liberal society. If the late worthy ex.mayor (N. ellyton, E sq .) b e ap pointed the president, his name will give it such strength, that what is taken in hand by tie society will b 3 of such a character as to enable the liberals to elect their own representatives: Tiu TELIGRAPTI FrtOM :MALTA TO CORFU.—The Malta Timrs gives the following brief details of the laying down of the submarine cable from that island to Cerfu, alrea•ly announced by telegraph :—" The Elba took three days to complete the operation. The route taken by Mr. Newell was that of keeping as near to the coast of Italy as possible, owing to the great depth in the direct course between Malta and Corfu. Opposite Mount Etna the profundity was found to be immense. The weather was very favour ale!te, and the subrnergonce was effected most successfully. A s soon as the telegraphic communication was completed, the Elba fired a selu'e, and the crew cheered heartily. Mr. Newell and Mr. Liddell are expected to leave for aegliari in a few days far Roglaed. Commander Watson, of her Majesty's coevette Desperate, gave much able assistance to Messrs. Newell in taking soundings, and perferming other necessary operations " A CHANCE FOR THE LADIES.—The f Blowing advertise ment appears in the Morning Star: —lllaTantosy.—An Irishmen of considerable personal attractions, great muscular strength, fair share of intellect, vigorous health, good education. refined manners, a tolerable competency, and in the prime of life, desires to solace his existence by the society of a virtuous, amiable, accomplished, hand some. and irreproachable wife. Although not unversed in affairs de ex!cr, ba has been unable. hitherto, to secure a lady Rho, combining tender sensibility with massive strength of mind, polished manners with energetic firm ness, the gif:s of nature with the graces of culture, and the possession of youth and beauty with the advantages of education and accomplishment. would be able properly to discharge her duties in that station which an affectionate husband would summon her to adorn Communications tuba adclre sed " B. H." Kennedy's Newspaper Office, 31, Royal Exchange, E C.—No lady need apply unless born in wedlock, and bred in the Protestant faith. SINGUL an RAILW AY ACC.DENT, AND REIfARK I.BLE Es APE. —A few days ego, a man named Henry Millard, a porter on the Great Western Railway Station, Cheltenham, met with a serious and singular accident. He was engaged in " shunting" a train of coal trucks, and in uncoupling two of them, one rolled back upon him, and jarubed him up, throwing hie hip joint out of place almost instantaneously, rendering him partially insensible. Had he been a few inches more for Nerd, the buffers must have crushed him to death. As it was, his companions thought some of his bones were broken, and they had him conveyed to the general hospital, where the nature of his injury was ascertained. Having been placed under the influence of chloroform, for the double purpose of relaxing the muscles and deadening pain while the dislocation was being re duced, the sufferer was submitted to the usual „process made use of in such cases, and by means of pulleys applied to the limb, the joint was jerked into its place. Millard, who is a strong powerful man, is now doing well, and will ,probably be able to walk about in a Area or ten dam.— _ ehelttliharil THE 111 A.CNAUGHT CONTr.ovERsy. TO THE EDITOR OF TT' 81r,—I quite agree w . .. th It w0u1.4 naxe I ) een wall if " Diogches " in his opinion about the propriety of snfraining from any remarks on the interesting controv worst y between Mr. Maenaught and Mr. Glszebrook,. whi t - it is going on. " D;ogenes " hai not even expressed . hie - Ovrn opinion as to which is " getting the '4 the P.r,n - ument, but kept that opinion in his ' tub.' " I ; ' - 'ould also have been fair, and less cynical, had he in r .mata the idle clergyman, with no " eyes in his remon strance." May not this clergyman be said to be " the blind leading the blind," and bath fell into the ditch. " Meet me on Sunday morning and I will find you a seat."—Yours truly, PETER SIMPLE. Liverpool, Dec. 18, 1837. ,12 NORTHEEN TIMES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TI3IES. Sir,—The puerile spirit of one of your correspondent's letters, in yesterday's paper, induces ma to offer, with your permission, a few remarks thereon, believing that Alr. Macnaught will not deem smith sophistry worthy of no'ice. I would remind Mr. Wynne that the controversy betwan Mr. Macnaught and M-. Glazebrook was relative to the lealibility of the Bible, and that the latter gentleinan (if the expressions use I in his letters Will warrant me giving him that name), furling himself unable to answer the arguments cf Mr. Macnaught, was ready to raise any question quite foreign to the subject, and thus the argu ment commenced relative to Reason an 1 'the Rules of Faith; and though Mr. Wynne expresses him , c'f desirous of hearing something from Mr. Macnaught, I will te'l him that if he have eyes that can see through the dim glasses of his understanding. he may read how clearly Mr. Macnaught has already elucidated this subject, and could not suppose that any one could advanc3 the semb lance of an argument to endeavour to support as assertion that anything was superior to Human Reason, save that ove - rulirg power the Giver and Ruler of all things. I fear the schoolmaster was abroad durina. Mr. Wynne's youthful days, or that he has not tasted much of the birch rod he speaks of in his letter, otherwise he would have learnt that there is, in the chastisement of bois, another agent directing the rod, usually acknowledged superior to the boy, and your readers wou'd have been spared the pain of perusing the absudities contained in his letter of he 15th inst. _ _ . Mr. Glazebrook needs indeed a champion tl assist him, but he needs one with an exalted intellect to grapple with the master mind of his controversialist, not a dreamy possessor of a phantasms, and whose " botheration is increased" with the subj3et he is endeavouring to com • prehend.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, ALr.u.t. Liverpool, Dee. 18, 1857. TO VIZ EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—lt appears to be the fact, that a fountain can, at the same place, send forth both sweet water and bitter. The very man who wrote so lugobri - us a deprecation of the use of hard words in controversy, as that which you • pnblished on the 16:h instant, penned the following piece of buffoonery :—" I i spite of every effort to preserve our gravity, we cannot help acknowledging that this pu's us in mind of the little boy who went to the peep-show to see the Deke' and ' Napoleon.' The lad paid his half penny and then naturally wished to know, which was the Duke ?' The only reply be could obtain was,' which ever you like ray little dear, you've paid your money, and you've a light to choose.' " Similarly, Mr. Lowe gets us to buy his hook on Inspiration, and having once done th's, he tells us first that "every believer ought to know there can be no generic difference between the varions classes of inspiration ;'' and next he tells Ud that "there is such a generic didereece between the classes of inspiration." This self contradiction is repeated so frquen'ly—co thoroughly "ad netuseant" in Mr. Lowe's book, that we hardly care again to a.k the reverend gentleman which of the statements he seriously means; but we enter:ain a very strong regret that we ever invested so much as four shillings in " Lowe's Inspiration a R:ality ;" we heartly wish that our copy had found its way to the grocer's shop before we saw it. And even now, were it not for the monstrously curious dryness combined with effrontery, which chacterise the production, we should be disposed to commit it to the waste paper basket, in hopes th at the ceok might light her • fire with its pages, or turn them t► some other approotiate and honourable purpose. Mr. l'ilaceaug,ht fi ids it easier do deal ern Mr. Glazebrook's ton-, th an with his argument. Ile shoul I thank, as I thank, Mr. Glaz_broek, for haring been so pleir-epoken as to compel Mr. M. to break that most suspicious silence he observed as to his real sentiments, in regard to the divinity of the Saviour. M-. M.'s lest letter, certainly throws a new light upon the manner in which some clergyman of the Church of E glen:4 subscribe the thirt; -nine articles. He would have us chink thatthe question respecting th e " identity," or as he o it, the " onenesss " ofsubetance of the divine per sons, is unimportant andarises upon the Nicene Creed. is however a prominent point in the articles to which Mr. M. has sworn voluntarily, and, ex await., his assent and consent. It is insisted upon in the Ist, 2eid, and sth articles. Now conceive " the moral, not to say religious condition of mind," which is indicated by the confessions of one who has in this manner, sworn to these articles, that " I accept the Homo-ousion article of the Faith without attaching much imeortance to it," and "one reason for doieg so," is that "we confessedly knew nothing of the substance, or essence of God ; and, therefore, b say that two persons, of whose divine substance or essence we know nothing, are of one and the same essence or substance, may be a very good verbal definition perhaps, but, alter all a statement with reference to a subject on which we set out by confessing oareelves wholly ignorant cannot be very important." Learn from this that entire ignorance of a subject matter is a " reason " for adopting a particu lar opinion upon it ! Thanks to Mr. Macnaught for this information as to the mode you adopt to forme your opinions ! Bat consider this a little further—Mr. M. is rather ignorant of fhe meaning of the word " snips once," as used in these Articles and the Nicene Creed, and he has been further indulging himself in tho sneer Mr. G'aze bre righ'ly imputes to him, when he need this ex pression—" I suspect, however, that it would imperil the scholarsiiip and tine orthodoxy of many a one it he were called upon to explain what he meant by oneness of sub stance with a being who is (Pert. 1.) without body, parts, or passions." I do not question but that Mr. M. was perfectly aware that " substance " is employed in these passages in pre cisely the same metaphisical sense as by Butler. in these instances, " the selt•existent substance only excerpted,"— Anal.: part ii chart. 1. ; and in the note a few sen'ences lower down, " I do not mean to affirm that there is the same degree or c `nvicion that our living powers will continue after death, as there is that our substance will;" and again, " without determining whether our living sub stance be material or immaterial ;" and repeatedly in the dissertation "of pe , sonal ideaity " appended to the Analogy. I submit that Mr. M. has imperilled his scholar ship and his candour by indulging in this sneer. Ilia scholarship was at fault if he were ignorant of the mean ing of "a tbstance." lie had not candour if knowing it s meaning, be al:uled to " body, parts, and passions," as having any connection with it. I have said I thank Mr. GI tzebrook for compellinz Mr. M. to break silence, with respect to his real sentiments, as to the Divinity of the Saviour, 1111 I hays done so because I have hopes of finding that Mr. M. means just the s, m as the orthodox, only he gat; at his conclusioa tither "by entire ignorance of the sebjcct," or in some other, to me, unaccountable rummer. 1, for on , , considered Mr. M's notorious question to the Bishop, " what logicA right have we to promulgate, as bag sometimes beets done, irrational versitais of 'ha true doctrines concerning Ir,c ir nation, Trinity, Atonement, &e., and then to expect that men shall bow down to ore irrationalities on the plea that all the theology of Scriptnre is infallible ?" as a formal declaration of war against these doctrines themselves. I was quite unablo to imagine what were the "tree doctrines" upon these subjects, as distinguished from " our irratiara lities concerning" them, and I think I am net the only one in this position. But Mr. M. having now plainly asserted the`, in his belief, Christ is the " Supreme Jeho vah," co.'s heart r vives in some measure, and there remain but a bewilderment of the logical Lenity, occasioned by the consideration—how it is possible that Civ is', who lived and died as a man, can, in say one's belief, be the Supreme Jehovah, unless in that persolt's judgment. " all the religion and theology of the Seripturt s are to be regarded as unqucstionable and infalliblr: ?" I respectfully submit, it is incumbent upon Mr. Mac naught to explain " what logical right" we have to bslieve that " Christ is the Supreme Jehovah," seeing that " the Bible errs in the narrative of Stephen's sprech, and may err in the apparent enunciation of an irrational version of some true doctrine ?"—Yours, &e., W. WYNNE. 17th Rtc..mtir, 1857. P.S.—I wish " Diogenes" to stale on what grounds he assigns; me Or? part of the frog in the fable. Is " Diogane." toadying" Mr. Mac naught ? He has no right to preserve his own " obscurity," and, under c , ,ver of it, make imper tinent remark& W. W. 18th December, 1857. TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TINES. Sir, —lt is with cAsiderable satisfaction I have noted the able articles in your colnmns, supporting the fair and enlightened manner in which Mr. Mae,Gaugbt examines the Holy Scripture. Mr. Macnaught is earnest, bold and uayie'ding in the defence of his views, bat ib.sre is one point on which he appears intentionally ambiguous. The Divinity of Jesus Christ! Does Mr. Macnaught believe that God, wro is infinite and nuchangeeable love, ordained a law from the beginning that," that the soul that sinneth, it shal die," and as all have sinned, the sentence in its full and awful import is our due. God, in his Omniscience, has devised a means of escape, by himself assuming the human form, suffering amongst men, and ultimately lavir24 Gow gi his life, that thus the irrevocable sentence should, through his lave be averted from guilty men. How this can satisfy justice we know not. God is incomrrehensiblel but be tells us it is sufficient, This is whet Mr. Alacnaut!ht apparently refuses t') acknowledge, though he avoids denying. In his scrrecns, at p ats where you would think it impassible to he!p mentioning our Saviour, as God, he skilfully !urns to some other subject, and thus leaves his hearers in anxiety and doubt. If Mr. Macnaught welt:LW write as openly on this subject as he does on all otlters h e would do a great service to the cause of truth.—l. am, Zt. : e. Liverpo - A, December 13:h 1857. NO. Ili TO WIZ EDITOR OF TT: 4I NORTHERN Tim Es. Sir,—Will you kir„,i - ly inort, tha following from A CLFIZ S YNIAN or trim CFIIIRCH OF ENGL tND. Robert. — G , oa teoraing, Thomas, I'm very glad to 83a you. Ribert, how are yen progressing in your theological studies ? R. —l'm sure I can scarcely say : the more I give way to free inquiry, the more do I find things that startle, if not actually alarm ante ; still I am encouraged to go on, for I think nothing bat goad can come of a fair theological incoiry. T.—You are quite right ; suppression of free inquiry is a great evil, and proceeds from a mawkish sensibility, from cewardice, and from a mistaken veneration for the opinions of others : our grand aim should aleitays be to find out what is truth, regardless of consequences; if, after inquiry, wa arrive at that which, in any subj ct, consistently bears the impress of truth, why, then, that conclusion so arrived at, ought to be accepted, even though it by no means chimes in with what we bad been previously taught to regard as the genuine truth. Bit what have you there in your hand? R.—lt is a letter from G., cat out of the NORTHERN rI3IES, for Dscember 12. T.-0:1, I have the letter, but I've la3ea unable to dis cover one word an the subject in qusstion, viz., the b lity of Scripture. Now, the original question between Mr. M. and Mr. G. was Scriptural Infal ibility, but Mr. G. seams to have forgotten the subject altogether, and it would appear that he has only made a h an dl e o f the origi nal question in order to have the oaportunity of question ing Mr. M.'s orthodoxy, and of giving publicity.to all of his unfounded suspicions of a brother clergyman. R.—There are some strong expressions in this letter of G.'s, such as I should not like to have hurled against myself. Mr. C. Road?, I find, has been sending a savoury morsel to " the Critic,'t at which "the Critic" says, " These be hard word?, mi masters;'' but, I shou'd say, these of Mr. G's be harder. I cannot defend such an aJaitrtry abuse of language. 7'.—No, nor any one else possessing a spark of charity. What says St. Paul? "Walk worthy of the vacation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and trsekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love." " L.t all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, erith all malice, and be ye kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake bath forgiven you." Such is the teaching of Paul. But Mr. G., in recklessly defending the doctrine of infallibility, seems to have fur gotten all this, and d'sregards not only the %unposed infalli bility, but sets at non ;ht this chief characteristic of a true Christian. R. Thse texts which you have read seem to be jast to the point ; and it woild se ?na to me th it a man reclaims no imaginary assistance from an iaeonsisteat belief in infalibility to receive them as true, and to act upon then; and it does : eon that a man's charity, his Christian love and farb9arance, are by no means favourably affected by his belief, whether real or imaginary, in S;ript.iral T.—T am riglat glal to hear you say so ; you 'nave made another step in the right direction. It it my firm belief th it a man's being a true Christian requires not that he should have the heavy and intolerable yoke of infallibili'y hung about his neck. It is an anchor, as Mr. G. cats it ; it is one that wi l drag you to the bottom of the seas of inconsistency and c‘intr7.d:elisn, insteid of allowing you to ride in safety on the oeean of a reasonable and consistent faith. But I firmly believe more than this. I believe there is not one person in this large town who, having read or thouzlit at all on the subject, would stare his exist ence on the freedom of the Btble from error and contradiction. And if there is no one who would so act, why should they be so determined in upholding the theory ? If it be true that there is net an error in the Bible, I would stake my life, my salvation, on it; but if I dire not stake my life on it, I then discover some apprehension Al to the truth of it. This reflec‘ion, I think, ought to mike us modest and care ful in defending a more than questionable theory, R.—W ell, but what about this letter of Mr. G's ? It certainly has nothing to do with the question at issue, but there will be no harm in us having a little private coa verFation on it. T,—M y opinion of this letter is, that it is one mass of unfoended charge?, and cruel misrepresentations, apart Irma the numerous personolitiee, from his imputing to Mr. M. want of " candour, openness, and honesty," (the very quali•ies,lby the way, which have gained Mr. kt. so much opnesition,) and from his calling Mr. M. a biaspherner and infidel, which, of coarse, a-o implied in the expression " his blasphemous end iufd l are-r," since these epithets can only belong to a blasphemous i file]. I say, apart from these, and numerous other expressions eas ugly, there is a tissue of false reasoning pervading the whole. For instance ; there is a massage in it quoted from Socinua, and from that passage, Mr. G. attempts to prove that Hr. M. has denied the divinity or the divine nature of Chri,t. Then) is something new in this, forsooth ; had Mr. C. quoted ;he pass?.. e . or one like it, from M' s wr iti ngs, hi s - ee quotations would have been more to the point ; but to charge Mr. Al. with any particular doctrine, because it is found in the work of anethsr man, seems rather a singular mode of reasoning. And again, because Mr. M. urea the wont " oneness," which i 3 ruech more expressive of being one with than is "sameness," Mr. G. says he may possi;ly and probably mean similarity, and, ergo, we may , " with great proktbility, say that Mr. M. is nut in opinion a clergyman of the Church of England !'' If Mr. G. ar rives at all his conclusion; after such is mode of ratinei nation as this, I would not give much fur their stabili . y. R.—lt seems to me a ve.y unfair way of carrying on a coetroversy, when one has recourse to all sorts of injurious personalities instead of sound argument. Trtola appeare to me the grand obj-ct of all controversy. Bat I only wonder that Mr. G. should argue at all with a man whom he accuses of impie y and dishonesty. If a man have argu men's to prove his side of the qu stion, let him prroluce them, instead of wasting time on personal questions, which, whether true or false, can never affect the question of infallibility. .T.-- . rhat is rightly put. And I think, too, that a man may wind up a letter much more gracefully than by iatrc decieg some text of Scripture which he thinks will fit the cos.; of his opponent; much more ought an upholder of criptural infallibility to abstain from tampering with Scripture and perverting it to suit his own purples. Mr. G. closes one of his letters with the corrupted text, '' P:o -freeing themselves to be wise they become fools ;" se thet by the altering of ore word, Mr. G has changed the entire meaning of what he would call an infallibly inspired text ; and he hes done this not without some purpose—to make it applicable to some particular case ; and stupid must he be who cannot sea the intended applicability. I, for one, most strongly protest against this perversion of Scripture, and more still when it is perverted for the purpose of singing the feelings of a fellow Chri§;ian. A loving Christen would prefer, as his rule of action towards lire brethren, "be kindly affectioned one to another with bro'berly love." But I must be off, In the meantime I should advise you to read Dr. Rowland Williams's review of Blshop Oflivant'e charge, published by Deigiatou, Cambridge. Good night. R. —I will do as you say. Good night. Au revoir The Prince of Oade, who intendel to remain some time in Brighton, was sudd6nly called to town on Monday, from the R ,yal Albion Hotel, by the illn6ss of his mother, of which he waq apprised b; a telegraphic message Brighton Ga:&te. REDUCTI , N IN THE PRICE (F BREAD.—On Thursday a further reduction was made by most of the metropolitan bakers in the price of bread. " Best wheaten" brea , 3, ac it is termed, is now selling in the poorer localities at 53d and 6d the 41b loaf for ready money, weighed on delivery ; household bread is niw selling at 11 and Fl bel w this price. Tho high priced baker., wko gene rally sell a superior article and give credit, are selling at 64-d ar;cl 7d the 41b loaf. The corn-chandlers are selling flour at from is 10d to 2s 6d per stone of 14'b. THE NORTH WALES HERRING FISHERY.—This fishery, for the season, has been extremely productive on the coast of North Wales. In the Menia Straits there have been large takings during the past week. In the weirs below Penrhyn, it has been no uncommon circumstance to take 80,000, and even 100,000, after a tide ; and the fishermen have netted 30,000 and 40,000 in a night. We have been assured that after Friday morning's tide there were upwards of 300,000 in one of the weirs of Penrhyn, 100,000 of Which were secured.—North Vales Chronicle, EX &MI NATION OF SHIPM MITERS. LETTER 111. TO Tun --_ .TM OF TH ionTaicla TIMM. Sir, -- Sn'aie imagine that the dissatisfaction of 0 14 o• •se ....mintnettang is on mistaken grounds, inasmuch certificates of servitude are open to them svi heat further, examination. But what are the facts ? Servitude , r e declared in ray last halter, is unmistakeably . last subor.linate to an examination in mathematics'. •1•1 matters ;sot from whose individual pen this law origin'tt its operation is fact. Any Shipmaster who sailed recoil command prior to January I, 1851, can, it is true, reco i l his " certificate of servitude," but with this painful the irritating and oppressive disparagement, viz.—Shotld ship, so ably commended by a master who has only P A a "servitude" qualification, (even though his eonen lo ,°: may have extended to 30 or 40 years, the law in opersti?e_ recognising no difference, in capability, between " I° experience of 1 year and 40) should it, I ray, be taken °P by Government for the conveyance of troops or seoree. °r emigrants, the unfortunate old master, not hal submitted himself o recent examination for what is fat s called a " competent certificate," must actually resign ,„ post to a younger man of, very probably, far less eali7 o , lance. Nor does the hardship end here, for owners, 11 0 / 1 4, expectation of such employment for their ships, natun are inclined to reject the services of their feithfni servants, and replace them with so-celled Ci compete ) though younger, masters. I should like to Snow h ° susgeons cf long practice would like to be compelled ' pass some newly conati Wed medical tribunal; or Iwo; ask, how clergymen, of some years standing, would lt even to g) in again for their college examinations ? goo few again would like to face their "little go," for exasaPw; We should applaud their resisting such a requisitio.l2ol; and are we to stand by and witness the oppreee l ., (whether intended or otherwise) of men whose lives boat been spent in toil and danger? It really seems th many of the beet of our merchant captai ns are Oei7 shelved, and, in many instances, ru i ne d. IWe individual cases of extreme hardship, and have eati' myself that great injustice has been needlessly done. 1 1 ° . does the general admission, that " all changes f 0 I ° o public interest must invariably pinch " s om ewhere' s , jusify this measure, for, if it do the certificate 4 ' " competency " will bear rigid scrutiny. Let us, 43414 try its intrinsic value by a further research. A. yolli shipmaster (for example), who may have been 13 0 ir months in command, reaches home. and expects a . _ i f ° weeks leisure on shore. He SBB3 that "an e x tra mast ol , o examination is (in the words of the Bsard of Tra p; intended for such persons as wish to prove their suPer l h gualifications:' With commendable professional zes l determines to employ his leisure accordingly. 01 1 7 ; e what has he to do? Why, in navigation, he m u st be a To work a lunar observation ; To determine the latitude by moon and star ; To determine the latitude by polar star off 1 "' Meridean ; To determine the latitude by double altitude of th e sun, and to verify by Sumner's method ; entioe To calculate altitudes of sun or star, for the pu.e of inners ; To use equal altitudes for his chronometers ; To use artificial horizon; To apply the deviation of the compass—to find c i li r ; rents from dead reckoning—to kn o w how to o f great circle sailing—understand the law storm. I believe there are few first c'ass ordinary Shipmast e r of a year's experience, who a r e i gnoran t o f th e grea ter Fl o of these things, theref or e, n o grea tly su p er i or qualifical s c h is insured by the " extra' examination, nor is ei tl b s gained to the puhiic. s dety, because nothing need o f understood by the aspirant. No further knowledge te a principles is obtained by him A f ew even i ngs dei°,.„4 to his Epitome" prepares this young commanden he accordingly takes his " extra " certificate if he P 74 also in" seamanship;" and what is this further stud/ r seamanship, of which I spoke fully in my last letter Why, he must be able To heave a ship down ; To get heavy weights, such as lower masts, &c 111 er out ; Know how to construct rafts, & - e , in case of wrecl!• 4o And if he had never before been ca ll e d u p on t o cones bs these matters, who is to teach him ? so th a t he n o placed, in rank and privile g es, a b ove °Per and per',rs better seamen. Why, these ve r y o ld er conimanc" themselves, whom the practice of the law in its preet t state, stigmetiess as incompetent. Hence, I se)", is unwise, although. doubtless, unintended, difference,A made between young and old commanders, to the evi° is '", disparagement of the latter, which justifies their compiaL and the intrinsic value, therefore, of the present " eVP' l y certificate is at least questionable. Before presuming i o g o suggestions, intended fully to remedy these palPs i g defects, it is necessary to take an h on e s t and care - i, survey of what are called the " Wrongs of Shipmastst and he only can enter upon th e wor k w ho is o° 7„ - , independent of the authorities and shipping interest such I am, and intend to be It is b u t j u st, how o /.. e „ f ; towards Government, to notice that the Merchant ShiPP,l Act, of 1854, was bat an experiment, un d er taken wit h O ° view to benefit mercantile commerce. N ec e s sity fir S hs . examination was too plainly evident, and must ever si t i, It requires extraordinary qualification in a law give r o f produce a piece of leg sl a ti v e m ec h an i c i sm c apable o f working without " friction" and " heating" in 0 0°6 d its parts. If lam not mistaken, Government Waren ° consulted shipowners, and those suppo se d t o be *bl o t/ it offer sound opinions upon the measures p ro posed; 0° is generally believed that the auth or i t i es are , convinced of the expediency of great changes in the 16 tif but it may be well to bring the subject pronairle ° forward, in order that the public voice may (be it ove rl y correcing me, if mistaken,) probe the subject at onoe 0 its lowest depth, and assist Head-quarters, especialliAi the Board of Trade has evinced their readiness to re o s consider the welfare of Shipma s t ers w h en thel iss j judieiou.ly allutle to an intention to " r ai s e the stan d of examination " as soon as it can b e d one inconvenience." the The position and condition of commanders i 0 of merchant navy of Great Britain have become a queet io some national importance. They are rising in ntlolr ou ; and throwing around them a wall o f solid o rganise! o s a newly born unity, not only in themselves, 1304 encouraged by Ship-owners, is cementing together stur d y and eminently practical class of re sp ec t a bl e men i n t o recognised brotherhood, whose voice, if raised, W ° o6 e reach the throne itself. Their advance, no meseP t ° ne, can stop 'I hey unite, not te oppose the powers t oes es s bat laudably to raise themselves i n soc i a l p os ition. di re have complaints, a reasonable an d s y m p a thi s i ng Eger/owl will receive those comp'aints, wh en constitutionally o, respectfully tendered. The r e ar e, among Shipti t (as before observed) men of v ery g rea t irtainment. /o at consequently, politic to place such a class of eminently c og men in apr :per phase. This is to be dons by ad/eon; them in the scale of society, from which thei r apathetic, unassuming manners had kept them. . t ,O O No longer are they d oo m e d t o t h e herral 0 a retirement of a confined ill ventilated cabin , fo es; to an often demoralisino contact with 0 and bred crew, for now everybo'dy goes everywhere, reed voyages are shortened, and soci a l i n t ercou urse 14 1 0 00 promoted ; their " cabins" are often the splendid 6 1 00 9 in which princes might dwell at ease. Th e ir centrt n e4. are more frequently the accompli s h e d an d the le° o o. To see Ship rasters, the n , r ai se d t o a more ce nsisteat .. ,r l i e gt Coin has long been my desire, and sho u ld be one roes object of fut ire legislation. I propos e , i n su eceedivg to show how this may be done effecmally.—Yourg , S. M. S'" MARRIAGE OF m FOr TILE PRINCESS ROYAL,—The Times - i d ' A is understood to bo her Majesty's intention to h o d of Drawing-room at St. James's Palace, the latter January, immediately after the Princess Royal's 1 0 %00 at which Her Royal Highness and His Royal Ott the Prince :Frederick William of Prussia will be PT / j o t' when Her Mejssty, the Prince Consort, pz.d their nesees will receive congratulations on this hapPY - No presentations will take place on the occasion. gIIT 4 COLLIERY r•XPLOSI)N AT BAF.NSLEY.—T' ° A hje h KILLED.-0a FriLlay an explosion of fi-c-lamP, two men were killed took place at the Straffoc,'"of,ll, Cofliery of.tltssrs. Smith, Carr, aml Sttin vr drift , two miles from Barnsley. Two men were driving a if ere with a view to reach a shaft NI h.?ra some otber e rep t Of at work sinking, the obj •et bin to cause a el en o re ° f air from one pit to the whet., and thus ma king all goo.; vL:ntilation. From some unkuown clue:, 'b e w oc c which chives the ven'il a ti n g f a n brotc,, t h e coseque rrbe which was the complete stoppage of the ventiation:,st.celf ten mon in the drift, before the recurrence W as s ' o , f ,ich known, gave the usual signal for being drawn DPI up the the en;., , ineman immediately responded to, and dre.,,er th° rope, but to his great surp;ise he f o nni that nerttoe• men nor the curve were a:tsched thereto. Alrho 3 ' d c O 5 : - diately after, an expins'on took place which or' e eo git , e4 durable alarm, blowing out the witdows cf colt house, as well as the air boxes, rendering it b0th , .. 1 , 0 40" and d ingerous to descend. Still the men set to w: 1 13 e %J; the greatest eagerness and with almost supechno3elopse° do's, but with all their efforts nearly five hncr34d bye before they reac h e d t h e d r if t w h ere the men workin . 7, end where they found both quite de' u t, and Smith, the trans ins partner, was early on by his judicious and well-timed instruction9_,,,ebodievi the si r ' ev d e re_ . efficient aid in getting to the drift and reacbin4,` le u it . peal e d Death was in all probability instantaneetv. i d o w are Turner and Chappell, the former leafing a _ b ildre" eight children, and the latter a widow and tares OtsT. ibo!N J R. 4 14).d t ('° e°° °4 F the Cal9bri q ed in the c g l'el ted by i h --dbyt Tacrc R °l3ll S 44; Dail fi bre nott, t 14.8 rEi 6.Z.N a 8 Pa Is* for e . °4 th tl : 4ll 4 pr 488 at 1; Ora t h I, EL t qAecali ar l ikr t of hp t °in g, I -qualate I NGLE 1 ~......_._ N k e ieh. 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