The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-31 00:00:00

I V RAGGED SCHOOL SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this society, was held last ,night in the Domestic Mission House, Bedford street, Toxteth Park. The chair was occupied by Henry Jevons, Esqr., and among the other gentlemen present, were the Rev. Mr,-Martineau, Rev. Mr. Chancing, See. The coneideralon of the annual report was the chief businees before the meeting. It was as follows, and was unanimously adopted : The committee of the Lieerpool Ragged School Society, in presenting their 10th annual report to its friends and supporters. desire to express their satisfaction at the con tinued efficiency and steady operation of the schools entrusted to their supervision and care. The management of the boys' school continues as before— via., under Mr. Jenes (of the Domestic Mission Society), aided by Mr. Davis, whilst in that of the girls' school a chinee in the superintendence has been occasioned by the enarneee cf Miss Rowe, the late mistress, and the appoint ment of h-r sister, Miss Jsne Rowe, as her successor, who, since July last, aided by the faithful labours of Miss Mitrphy as eseistant mis:rees, continues the !school in pfogressive improvement. 1 , 1 retrence to the boys' school, the committee desire to express their sense of the valuable aid of Mr. John Graham, who, for three or four evenings of the week, ttlrougholt the year, has generously given his attendwice and assistarce, To quote from a previous rereeee--, 1 They would urge upon the friends of the echoole • cbe importance of more frequently visiting them. See; r , v i sits are alike encouraging to the teachrrs and ; eeholars, and the assistance that might be b ":`" - ...,17 given by visitors taking charge of classes would .er the greatest value.' `There has been a slight increme in the attendance as compared with the previous year, the average of the last three months being 61 boys and 45 girls. It is evident that the scholars .of ragged schools are of a totally different cless from those who attend the ordinary die schools, and it will also be clear that even these chit 'Oen are very susceptible of good influences, and of powers wYeb ariely repay cultivation ; that highly encouraging f fe. (,-; the education given have already been apparent. :Marie cf the elder children h rye made considerable ituttrovement; and there appears to be an almost general ; desire in them to acquire knowledge that may be useful in the different branches of labour in which they are engaeed, It will be satisfactory to the friends of the schools to learn, as illustrative of the necessity tor such an institution, clod the experience of the teachers during the last twelve Months warrants their asserting, that there has been a larger proporion of ragged and destitute children in the schools, anxions to acquire the knowledge of reading and writing, than there .has been in any previous year. It would be a very easy matter to increase the number of children in both s heels, froth a class whose parents can afford to pay day ethool fees, and many of whom attend schools during the 'day ; but the teachers use all possible caution in the selection of applicants, so as not in any • case to encourage mean dependence, or, on the other hand, to exclude those 'children who, in consequence of-the intemperate and vicious jeabifa of their parents, are abandoned by them, and exposed 'to the various temptations which surround them. In the belief that while religion is the true basis of all education in that offered to this class of children, it is iodispensable. Your committee, at the close of the year, resolved upon a more intimate connection with the existing Sunday SchoOls of the Domestic Mission Society ; and they feel pleasure in hearing from the conductors of those schools that a marked improvement has taken place in their Attendance, arising mainly from the influx of those con nected wi h our existing schools. . _ The committee have to express their regret at losing the co-operation of-the Rev. Francis Bishop, his removal from )Liverpool to another sphere of usefulness necessitating his r(...ignation of the office of secretary, a post he has ably and !and efficiently filled for several kpast years, and largely 'contributed to the prosperity of this society. Of the moral improvement produced upon the objects of *lrrir solicitude the committee desire to speak with diffidence, but not without hope. To the Great Searcher of Hearts above can be known the depth to which any seeds of goodness they have attempted to sow may have taken root ; bat when. as in many ctrses. some of . the most neglected of the children of this large town a'a seen coming willingly. and with tolerable regularity, to school, exhibiting a marked change in the greater cleanliness of their Persons, iknproving 'greenly in Teadi6g, writing, figures, and general kairwledge, sand exhibiting in general sufficient self control behave in an orderly manner, unawed by the fear of pa .shment, those who have watched this process trust that they may discard the fear that their labours and desires will be tiablest in those higher aims to which all education, whether Secular or religiou3, should tend." THE SOMERSEISHIRE MURDER. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT AN INQUEST. The inquest on the body of John Aplin, who was found with his throat cut in a cart, in a gloomy lane, abent one mile from Wiveliscombe, on Tuesday last, was held before Mr. Munckton, the district coroner, on Saturday, at the Town Hall, Wivesliscombe. Mr. 'gratrend, solicitor, watched the proceedings at the request of the prisoner's father, a respectable old man, living at Upton. Mr. Goold, the chief constable, has offered a reward for the recovery of the purse in which the murdered man carried his money, of which a sovereign yet remains to be discovered. Eliz ibeth Hutchings, servant at the White Hart Inn, Wivelisee'mbe, stated that she saw the prisoner and deceased at their house on Tuesday last, and on the latter rising to go, the former persuaded him to partake of more beer. Samuel Willicombe, the 'ostler, deposed to the circumstances under which Nation went away with the deceased la his cart about pine o'clock on Monday night. He stated also, that Aplin while standing by his cart polled out his purse and counted five sovereigns. The evidence of several Other witnesses,, who saw the two men start off together, having been taken', john Hayes, labourer, stated that about half-past nine he was siting in his house, when he heard a cart coming down the road from Langley at a rapid pace. Ho heard the horse stop at the gateway, and went out with a light ; he saw a man lying in the cart With his throat cut ; it was John Aplin. He was not quite dead; his chin moved, and a goggling noise came from his neck. The body was warm. Dr. Edwards described the position of the body and the stains of blood deceased's clothes, &e. The waistcoat and right -breeches pocket had bloody finger marks upon them. The ;throat was cut, beginning two inches below the right ear and extending seven inches across, terminating one inch below and one behind the left ear. An instrument such as the one produced—(the blood-stained kuife found on the prisortel)—would make such a cut. Police constable . Collard said : In company with Tont and Rockett, con stables, be arrested Nation, the prisoner, on the road near Lowtrow's Cross, about a quarter before seven, on the morning of the 24th inst. He told Nation fie apprehended him for committing a wilful marder the night before ; and .he replied, "You don't mean it At the Lowtrow Cross public house, he searched the prisoner, and found on him one sovereign, and tenpence in copper, the knife produced, and a watch and chain ; the knife was bloody, both the blade and handle. He asked Nation how it came bloody, . and he said be had been cutting a piece of beef. He searched the prisoner a second time, and found three sovereigns, and a bunch of keys, one of which unlocks the _carpet bag. Witness went with Mc. Feather. stone, and compared the prisoner's left boot with a foot track about fifteen yards from a pool of, blood, near the scene of the murder, and they corresponded. The coroner commenced his summing up, when almost immediately the cast iron girder supporting the cross timbers of the floor gave way and mapped asunder with a loud report. The court was crowded, and, as may be supposed, terror and dismay sat on every countenance. Many who were Them selves trembling with apprehensive nervousness, called out to the people to keep quiet, and at length, through the coolness and presence of mind of the- magistrates, who requested those fear to retire slowly, the court was cleared in half an hour, except of the officials and jury. Happily the timber sustained the weight, and no personal accident occurred. A verdict of wilful murder against Thomas Nation was returned, and he was committed on the c ironer's warrant, and subsequently by the magistrates, for trial at the next assizes at Taunton. THE ROYAL BRITISFI BANK. —THE DIVIDEND —The sudden manner in which the meeting for the declaration of the long looked for dividend under the bankruptcy distri- J bution of this estate took place after the decision of the Lords Justices confirming the judgment of the Vice- ChancellOr Kindersley, and the handing over the assets in hand by the official manager, Mr. tfareling, to the assignees in bankruptcy, is likely to cause considerable disappoity anent amongst a large body of creditors, who, having only proved their deb's before the official manager, and not, having taken the double precaution of proving in bank roptcy, will be deprived of the right of participating in the first dividend;` and to that fact, no doubt, is to be attributed a dividend of ss. 6d. in the pound on the debts proved in bankruptcy, amounting to about £350,000, whereas the debts proved before Mr. Harding, the official manager, amounted to about £500,000. Since the declaration of•the dividend, which will be completed and payable this week, those creditors who had 'failed to prove in bankruptcy have done so in shoals, but unfortunately too late for them to receive the benefit of the first dividend. Their proofs will be entered on the proceedings, and at the next dividend meeting they will be entitled to be paid the amount of the first dividend of ss. 6d. before the second is declared. "I AM NOT A MAN !-I. AM A MAJOR !!" I THE HEAD-CONSTA.BLE CHARGED WITH AN ASSAULT. Yesterday, more than usual excitement was manifested in the Police Court, in consequence of its having been understood that a summons had been issued against the Head-Constable, charging him with having, on Sunday, the 21st inst., as aulted one John Stewart, a constable belonging to the Liverpool Police force The summons was issued against John James Greig, and was returnable at eleven o'clock, at which hour, punctually, the Head Constable entered the court, and took his seat in the witness box, where he remained during the hearing of the case ; but, at times, certainly, exhibited much uneasiness. Mr. Campbell, solicitor, appeared to conduct the case for tho complainant. The case having been called on, and the Head Constable having answered to his name, Mr. Campbell sa'd : May it please you, sir, it is my painful duty to appear to day, on behalf of the plaintiff in this case, and I do assure you, that I sincerely wish that some other professional gentleman had the duty to perform ; for, when we consider the respectability of the defendant, the position in which he moves, the great responsibility of the duties he Las to perform—in conducting, efficiently, so efficient a iotce as that of this town—the duty devolving en him is, indeed, onerous ; but, at the same time, I hope I shall not be offensive in anything I may say—l will not shrink from the duty imposed upon me, by representing my client. It appears that in this case the complainant was a police constable belonging to the Liverpool police force. On the evening of Sunday week last he was on duty in Duke street, and it was part of his beat to attend to Dr. Rt.ffles chapel, and to see that the best older was preserved there. There was another policeman on duty near St. Mark's church, and another, whom the com plainant would speak about, in the neighbourhood of Duke street. It so occurred that the othor two constables had to take a disorderly character to the bridewell, and it therefore became part of the complainant's duty to watch over the beats of the other men, to see that there was no disturbances, or anything improper going on. He was so engaged, and after the two officers had returned to their heats he had a short conver sation with them, and then left to go on his own beat. Just after he had left the two others he turned round, and saw the Head Constable of the town i❑ conversation with the constable he bad just left. The complainant passed on, bat soon after the Head Constable came up to him, and I will, as well as I can, endeavour to describe to the court what took place. The complainant saw the Head Constable speaking to Gordon, and was then going along Great George street. He left 118 (Lyon) near Dr. Raffles chapel, and was, as he will say, walking smartly on, when the Head Constable walked up to him and said, " What beat are you on ?" Hie reply was," Great George street, sir," at the same time making the salittation that is usually made to the Head Constable. He was then ordered to go to the other end of his walk; He replied, " Yes, sir," and again saheed him. The Head Constable then said, "This will not do for me," and again ordered hint to go on quicker, repeating the word " quicker," " quicker," seven or eight times, and each time he repeated the word " quicker," lie applied the cane ho held in his hand across the man's hack and shoulders. lTpon this the man very naturally turned round and said, " If I am to go on and walk, I will walk ; but if you tell me to run, I will run." The Head Constable then turned round and said, " Do you speak to me in such a manner ? I am a Major and the Head Constable." The man at that time had not spoken anything impropnr, or been impertinent in the least degree, and was walking much faster than the regular pace. The Head Constable said he would immediately suspend him, and ordered him to give up his armlet, and go home. The man told him he did not want to go home, upon which the Chief Constable said, " Well, then you shall go to bridewell," and then ordered him there. Now, all this took place in the street, and was the occasien of some little disturbance, and perhaps the insult offered was more than one man could bear ; at any rate no man had a right to put up with it. No man would feel justified in having such a disgrace put upon him. There ie no doubt but that the Major has great responsibilities upon him in fulfilling the duties he has to perform ; but, holding that position, he has no right to enforce his commands with undue severity. Of necessity, he has great authority over the men under his command, but, as a man, he has a right to exercise that authority with .moderation, and he has a right to respect the feelings of every man under his authority, is carrying out what he conceives to bo his com mands. Although the position of a policeman is that he is subordinate to others, it appears to me that, however high the person holding authority over him, ho has no right to descend from the high position he holds, and inflict on that man any inhuman degradation, and make him so to feel, that he is sub mitted to the like treatment of a dog, rather than the treatment he has a right to expect in this country. The Chief constable must know as well as I do that there are men in the force, of which he has the command who have feelings as fine as any man—some who have been brought down from their former positions in society to fill the place they now occupy, but whose feelings and sensitiveness is as fine as those who are placed over them, and hence have no right to have those feel ings violated. I will not say one word in order to disparage the character and the feelings of the chief constable, as we all know his public worth, and the respect wo all have for his private character ; but this man feels that he has been wronged, and, therefore, comes before you to seek for redress. I will add that, while in the bridewell, there was a conversation which took place, in the course of which the complainant said " he thought it was a pity that such a man should have autho rity over others ;" upon which the chief constable said that he was not a man, and he was a major, and the head constable ; but the bridewell keeper had observed on the occa sion, that he felt surprised that the complainant should have behaved so, thus showing that he was respected. Why such authority should be.usurped over amber, he could not tell ; but I will not say any more on the subject, but call upon the complainant to prove the case, as I have stated, and leave the Head Constable to offer what justification he can for the course ho has pursued. John Stewart, a fine, strong looking fellow, was then est/ern. He said : I was a policeman in this town. About seven o'clock on the evening of Sunday week, I was on duty in Great George street. About halfpast six o'clock I had occasion to walk the beats of two policemen, ;Gordon and Lyons. They had occasion to take a disorderly. person to the hridewell. When they returned, they asked me if I had seen Inspector Hough. I told them that he had been there; and that I had told him that they had gone to the bridewell with a disorderly. After that we each separated to go our respective beats. I turned round as I was going up Great George street, and saw the Head Constable talking to Police constable Gordon. He then came up to me, and asked me what beat I was on. I told him that it was Great George street. He told me to go to the other end of the heat, and I walked on smartly ; when he said, " quicker." I was then walking on, when he said, "That will not do for me ; " quicker !" I was walking on when lie said, " (picker, quicker," which he repeated seven or eight times, and each time ho repeated it he struck me over the shoulder with the cane. [The witness here caused some laughter in the court, - by trying to repeat the word "quicker" as rapidly as he had the blows across his shoulders.] I turned round to him and said, If you have anything for me to do at the end of the beat, I will run." Ho then turned upon me and said, " I ama Major and the Head Constable; I will suspend you at once ; give up your armlet, and go home." I told him I did not want to go home, when he told me to go to the bridewell. I turned round to go there, but he kept repeating the words, " quicker, quicker," and was iu such a furious passion that be walked much faster than I could run. When I got to the bride well, he told me to give rip the uniform. He told Wilson (the bridewell keeper) that I had been disobedient, and had disputed his orders. Wilson said he did not think I should have done so. I then said that I " thought it was a pity that ono man should have so much authority over another," when he said, "Sir, I am not a man, I am a Major, and the Head Con stable," The witness then produced a testimonial, which he had received from all the inhabitants of Great George street, stating that he bad never been uncivil, but had attended strictly to his ditty. This, however, being a written document could not be read. The Head Constable declined to cross examine the witness on any part of the statement he had given. Mr. Mansfield : Then that is the case. for the com plainant. The Chief Constable : Now, I will now make my statement. Sunday is a busy day with me. On that day I went to all the stations. In the afternoon I went to [hero the Chief Constable repeated from the book all the places he had visited], and in the evening I went out again. My instructions are, on the Sunday evening, that the police should pay particular attention to all churchee, and chapels, and schools, and every place of religious denomination, and that they should see that there is no dispute or disorderly conduct to annoy the congregations. After I came out on Sundey evening, the first place I came to was St. Mark's church. I then heard a noise, which I felt assured must disturb the congregation, as service had just commenced. I, of course, looked for a policeman where I ought to have found one, but he was not there. I went towards Dr. Raffles chapel, and there I saw throe policemen talking together. This was at a quarter past seven o'clock, at the time the service had begun in all places of worship. When the three saw me they separated, and I went up to one, and asked him what he was doing, and he told me he had been with a disorderly to Jordan street bridewell, and I told him to goon his beat. I then went up to the next, and told him to do the same. I next came up to this man, and I asked him what beat he was on? He said Great George street, and I then told him to go to the other end of hie beat, as we had protec tion enough there. He moved on very slowly, and then I said "quicker, quicker," but he did not increase his speed ; and I having this "little switeh" in my hand, put it on his shoulder, just so. [The witness explained the mode he had done it in, by just drawing his stick through the air as a body would endeavour to frighten a fly from the head of a petted poodle.] After that he became impertinent to me, and I threatened to suspend him. I ordered him to the bridewell, and when he got there, some time after me, I told him to give up the uniform, upon which lie said, " It is a pity that any one man should hate so tntich,power over another," which• I considered impertinent. I then thought the whale matter was concluded, but as he was leaving the door he said, " I would not have cared if you had - not assaulted me." I then knew the sort' of man I had to deal with, and I said to him, " You say that I have assaulted you, now, on your solemn word, did I do more to you than that" (just touching his shoulder with the cane,) and he said, " No, I had not." It is not my p'lee, as a superior officer, to stand in the street and argue with my men. If I see them looking into a silversmith's window, I touch them on the shoulder, and tell them to go on. Surely that is not an assault. I mix with my men, and I give them ev: ry.instruction, as a proof of which I can say, that during the year 1855, I made 1,354 visits at different times, and mixed with them. Now, all I have to say is, that if a tap on the shoulder, with my little twitch, is to be converted into an assault, I do Lot see much safety for myself or my superior officers. At ill • time I had an entry made in the memorandum book of the bridowell, of the occur rence, which I will read- 7 Mr. Campbell : I shall ol , j,•et to that. Mr. Mansfielu : It is not admissible. But you could have cross examined the witness, if you had pleased, in order to test his veracity. The Chief Constable : Well ; have you been reported for being in liquor. Complainant : Yes, twice ; but I was not in drink. The Chief Constable : Have you been reported for being in a public house ? CoMplainant : Yes ; once. The Chief Constable : How long have you been in the force? Complainant : Two years and nine months. The Chief Constable : That is all I ask. The Complainant: I have never been drunk ; and when reported for being in liquor, it was on the New Year's Day. Wilton, the bridewell keeper at Jordan street, was called, ana he fully corroborated the statement made by the Head Constable as to what took place in hie presence. In answer to Mr. Camphtli, he said, he thought he might have said, that he was surprised that the complainant should behave so ; but would not swear that he had, and he, thought ho might have heard the observatioa, " I am not a man ; I am a Major, and the Head Constable ;" —but he could not e,y positively. He was upon his oath, and had stated what he believed to be the truth; end if he was to' be cross examined for an hour, they would not get more nut of him. Mr. Campbell : After the last observation, I shall not ask you another'question. Mr. Mansfield : It seems to me that much more importance has been attached to this case than it deserves; and the only object the complainant could have had in view was the annoy ance it would give to Major Greig, and from what we have heard, I do not believe that there was any assault intended, nor had it at the time been thought to be an assault, There was a great difference in using the word "quicker" amongst the people, than there would be among a military or semi-military force, the same as our police was. There was no doubt but that the man was moving on sluggishly, and that the Chief Constable had said quicker, and had touched him with the cane, as he would have touched him with his hand, if he had not had not had the stick in his hand—then it would not have ben considered as an assault. There was no doubt but that the last was an after thought, and he thought that the police man had done himself but little credit in bringing the subject forward. He perhaps might have been annoyed at being found loitering, and had turned sulkily, and did not stir when told. However, he did not believe that any assault had been intended, and therefore the case was dismissed. All the parties then left the court. THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. Yesterday, the Liverpool Steamtug Company, and Mr. John Brewer Slater, the proprietor of the steam saw mills, Seel street, were summoned before Mr. Mansfield, for an infringement of the Smoke Nuisance Prevention Act. Mr. MtGowart, the town clerk, and Mr. Wagnall, the smoke inspector, attended from the Health Committee to conduct the car) for the prosecution. In the first case, Mr. Wagnall proved that he had visited the steam tug Sampson, from which he had found volumes of dense smoke to issue from the funnel, which he said was entirely to be attr@uted to the negligence and careless ness of the engineers and stokers, as all the engines and app iratus was in goad repair. A fine for the offence Navin, been inflicted some months since, Mr. Mansfield mulcted the defendants in the penalty of twenty shillings and costs. In the second case, against the saw mills, Mr. Wagnall clearly proved that the nuisance was occasioned by the carelessness and negligence of the engineer, and Mr. Slater having admitted the fact, but stated that he had done ail he could to prevent the evil, by discharging three engineers, a penalty of forty shillings and costs was imposed. Mr. M'dowan, and Mr. Inspector Wagnall expressed their thanks to the court and retired. PARDONS BY THE POPE.—The Univers publishes two lists of refugees or political prisoners pardoned by the Pope at different periods since 1849. The first list contains 36 'names of members of the Roman Constituent Assembly of that year ; the second, 24 names of officers of the Papal army, who sided at that period with the Constituent Assembly. In neither of these lists do we find any name having acquired much political notoriety. THE SEARCH IN THE NORTH SEA FOR MISSING VESSELS. —Her Majesty's steamers. Bulldog and Salamander, have arrived at Cromarty from their expeeition in search of missing vessels from Archangel. Captain Gregory, the volunteer pilot on board the- Bulldog, arrived here last night, having posted from Cromarty, and reports, we regret to learn, that, a2though the steamers crossed and recrossed the supposed ships' track to the utmost limit mentioned in the instructions from the Admiralty, nothing whatever was seen of the missing ships. —Dundee Advertiser of Friday. STATE OF AFFAIRS IN NAPLES.—The recent attempt on his life has but served to confirm the King of Naples in his resolve tot to make those changes in his system of govern ment which the Western Powers have declared to be necessary to the peace and welfare of the whole of the Italian peninsula. About a week since the Neapolitan Minister at this Court received instructions from his Government to communicate to Count Buol the determination of his Neapolitan Majesty to govern his subjeets according to his Lon plaisir--Vienna Letter. THE WIVELISCOMBE MURDER.—An inquest was held on Saturday last at the town hall, Viriveliscombe, on the body of John Aplin, a farm labourer, aged 22, who was robbed and murdered on the night of Tuesday, the 23rd beet., near Wivetiscombe, the particulars of which have already appeared in our columns. The evidence proved that Thomas Nation, the person accesed of the murder, rode home with the deceased on the night in question, and was the last person seen in his company. A blood stained knife was also found in the prisoner's pockets, and marks of blood on various parts of his clothes. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Nation, who was committed for trial. DBEP SEA SOJNDING3.—A very interesting map, prepared by C rptain Berryman, and just finished, showing the sound ings of the ocean as taken on the United States steamer Arctic, by order of the secretary of the navy, will be sus pended in the rotunda of the Merchants' Exchange to day. It is twenty two feet in length, with a breadth of about eighteen inches, and gives a perfect profile of the earth's surface, on the route of the proposed ocean telegraph between Newfoundland and the coast of Ireland, with soundings at every thirty miles, indicated by figures. The depth of water is also shown by 'a covering of blue—the sur face by a curved line, drawn on a radius of fifty feet.—New York Journal of Commerce. A SEA SICKNESS CURE.—Dr. Landerer, a medical man of Athens, announces that he has discovered a sovereign specific against sea sickness. His remedy is to give from 10 to 12 drops of chloroform in water. The chloroform in most cases removes nausea, and persons who have taken the remedy soon become able to stand up, and get accus tomed to the movement of the vessel. Should the sickness return, a fresh dose is to be taken. It was tried on twenty passengers on a very rough voyage from Z:a to Athens, and all, with the exception of two, were cured by one dose. The minority, two ladies, were able to resist the feeling of illness on taking a second dose. AMERICAN ORATORY.—In addressing the House of Representatives, on the 10th December, on the last message of the President, the Hon. Mr. Giddings said :—" I never saw a panting fugitive flying from bondage that I did not pray God most earnestly to speed him in his flight, and to enable him to make good his escape. The whole sympathy of my nature is at once enlisted in his behalf. I always, feel anxious that he may escape from the crushing power under which he has been borne down. And yet the. President assumes to lecture me because 1 choose to obey God rather than him. Why, sir, gentleman may listen while 1 tell them that I have seen at one time nine fugitives dining in my own house—fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, and children, fleeing for their liberty, and, in spite of the President's censure, I obeyed the divipe mandate to feed the hungry and clothe the naked. I fed them. I clothed them. I gave them money for their journey, and sent them on their way. Was that treason ? If so, make the most of it." Mr. Bennett, of Mississippi : " I want to know if the gentleman would not have gone one step further ?" Mr. Giddings : " Yes, sir, I would have gone one step farther. I would have driven the slave catcher who dared pursue them from my premises. I would have kicked him from my door yard if he had made his appearance there." Mr. Bennett, of Mississippi : " Would not the gentleman have justified the taking of them by force or stealth in the first instance ?" Mr. Giddings : "I would smite down the infamous slave catcher if he were to enter my door in the infamous attempts to arrest and enslave a brother man. I hope the President will feel no unhappiness at what I • am saying." THE ROMANCE ABOUT MARTIN MAGUIRE, THE "TICIrET OF LEAVE" MAN. Mary .Moore, who was remanded, was again pnt for ward before Mr. Holt, at the police court yesterday, on the charge preferred 'against her by Martin Maguire, a detailed account of which appeared in our publication ofyestetday. Mr. Dodd was for the prosecution, and Mr. Pemberton for the defence. Mr. Pemberton called Maguire, and handed him several letters; all of which, with the exception of one, he denied to be in his hand writing, nor were they written by his authority. The witness said he did not authorise Moore to take Mr. Simon, the barrister, to Halifax, but he did authorise the late Mr. Wheeler to do so. The witness wrote his name, and Mr. Pemberton put it in, and asked his worship to compare the writing. His worship said there was a great difference between the letter admitted by Maguire and those which he repudiated. Mr. Dodd, on looking at the admitted letter, said it ap peared that its date was the 3rd of January, 1861, and Mr. Dodd contended that this could not give . . the prisoner authority to draw money, which she had already done on the 2 lst December, 1850. The witness then in reply to Mr. Pemberton, said Mr. Simon Ras at Halifax only once. Mr. Pemberton then addressed the court on behalf of the prisoner, and called Maguire some very hard names. lie contended that Moore had expended a large sum of money on the defence of Maguire, whom he called a bold and audacious ruffian to make such a charge. He spoke very strongly in reference to the letters, which he said would prove his case, if the complainant had not the hardihood to deny his own writing. He then contended that the prisoner was acting under the control of her husband, and after an able address he maintained that the prisoner ought to be discharged. His worship reviewed the whole of the evidence, and said he would not decide the case but let it go before another tribunal. She was then committed for trial. THE CHARGE AGAINST MR, MOORE was then gone into. Mr. Dodd said, in opening the case, that the prisoner was charged with having broken open a chest of drawers, and with having abstracted £3OO, some foreign coins, two watches, and a deed for a £lOO belonging to the complainant. At the time of the arrest of Maguire, the chest of drawers which belonged to him, was in the house of the prisoner. There was a person named M'Caulay, who was indebted (along with his wife) to Maguire in a sum of £lOO, and they gave him a deed for the security of payment. Mrs. M'Caulay was the daughter of a Mrs. Bennett of Manchester. In 1854 that deed was required by Mrs. Bennett, fir some purpose, and it was found in possession of the prisoner. Mrs, Bennett applied ':o him for it, but he refused to give it up, and said he would not part with it under £7.5. Subsequently Mrs. Bennett did pay him £5O for the deed, and no doubt the prisoner imagined that he might break open the box, calculating that Maguire would never return to England. Mr. Pemberton : This in not a case for a criminal prosecution, its a mere breach of trust, and nothing else. Mr. Dodd said the prosecutor had left £3OO with the prisoner, and that would cover all costs, so that he could not have any claim on the deed, as the bill of costs handed by the prisoner to Inspector Murphy on Saturday night last, did not amount to £lOO. After some further observations, and brief discussions between the learned gentlemen at both sides, the following evidence was given : —Martin Maguire was then sworn and said : There was £3OO in the cashbox, all sovereigns; there were some other coins in it also. The deed was locked up in the cashbox, and all locked up in the chest of drawers. I did not give the prisoner written or verbal authority to do anything with the deed. Ido not know what my defence cost, but by the account given to Inspector Murphy, by the prisoner, it cost £9O odd. I did not owe him any money, but he is indebted to me, for I put him into a public house in Wood street when he had not a shilling. He would have over £2OO of mine in money after paying the account of expenses at my trial. I did not know until I arrived in England that the deed was made away with, I went to Mr. Bindle's office to enquire about the deed. I never authorised him to touch or do anything with the deed. Cross-examined by Mr. Pemberton : There was a bill in the cashbox. (In the letter admitted, there was a passage thus—" In the cashbox you will find a bill," &c) Mr. Pemberton : Is not that an implicit authority to open the box Witness : No, for I knew he had broken it open before without my authority, and took the money. Did you authorise him to open the box and use the money ? No, for I knew he had broken it onen before—soon after I was arrested. Mr. Pemberton: Did you consent to his doing so ? Witness : I did not. But you knew it ? Yes, I knew it. Mrs. Maria Bennett, of Manchester, said : I came here about a deed in 1854, in relation to Mrs. M'Caulay, who was my daughter. I called on Mr. Wheeler and asked him about the deed (Mr. Pemberton objected). I called on the prisoner to make a demand for the deed. He made objections to give me up the deed. He said Martin Maguire ovi ed him money, and he would not give up the deed till he was paid. He said I paid this and paid that for Maguire. (At the same time turning over some accounts.) I told him that I would apply to Mr. Hindle, and get a judge's order for him to give it up. Went with young Mr. Hindle to the prisoner, and he still refused to give it up. He said he would take £75 for it, but I offered him £5O, as I was anxious to get it given up. I ulti mately paid Mr.Hindle £5O, and he paid the prisoner, and 1 got it delivered up to me. (Maguire was banded the deed, and identified it as that which was in the box.) The wit ness, in reply to Mr. Pemberton, said Mr. Wheeler told me first that the prisoner had the deed. The deed was security for £lOO due to Maguire by M`Caalay, who was the husband of the daughter of Mrs. Bennett, but the witness said she did not know at the time of the deed being drawn, of the debt. Mr. Hindle proved that the prisoner gave up the deed for £5O. In reply to Mr. Pemberton, the witness said he advised Mrs. Bennett to pay the £5O in her own wrong, rather than go to law. Mr. Pemberton then examined the witness in reference to the law of the case, from which it appeared that Mrs Bennett was still liable for the £lOO to the crown, and that the deed could have been recovered by an action of trover. Inspector Henry Murphy said he arrested the prisoner, and told him that he was charged with obtaining money under false pretences, and he said the money he got for the bond was a set off against some expended by him for Maguire. Mr. Pemberton then addressed the bench, and called it a trumpery case. He contended that Maguire was dead in law. The case he argued was not one of felony, but a breach of trust, and, the prisoner must be discharged. His worship held that the charge was not sustained, that it was a breach of trust, and therefore he must discharge Moore It was then arranged to allow Mrs._Moore out on substantial bail, the prosecutor not objecting. , INEFFICIENCY OF IRON SHIPBUILDING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—ln your publication of this day appears a communication with "E, G." attached. if the writer of that article be a man, and you will open your columns to justice and merit, I will take his measure to an inch, and weight to an ounce, pro vided he will come out with the moral courage of a man, by attaching his name and address to what he may write,'otherwise his correspondence can be only treated by me with what it is worth—silent contempt.-7-Yours, &c., JOHN CLARE, JUN. Liverpool, Dec. 30, 1.856. DEPOSIT AND GENERAL Lava ASSURANCE COMPANY.-- This Company, which lately failed with liabilities amounting to 412,000, is to be wound up, and an official manager has been appointed for that purpose by the Master of the Rolls. THE BALLOT:—.It is probable that, tinder any mode of conducting parliamentary elections, which could possibly be contrived, a certain degree of unfairness and corruption would exist; Some instances of underhand dealing would inevitably occur. To represent the ballot as an infallible preventive of all sneaking and dishonest practices in connec tion with electoral proceedings, would be at the same time injurious and unjast. But we maintain that the system of wholesale bribery, which is so entensively encouraged by open voting, would be rendered impracticable, if votes were taken by ballot, and that the difficulties attending electoral juggling ef any kind whatever would be so greatly multi plied, and the chances of detection so greatly increased, as to make it evident to the performers that " hon.sty is the best policy," even at a parliamentary election. It is plain that if we are to have parliaments we niust have elections, and it at such elections roguery cannot be entirely dismissed, let us, in the' name of common sense and of religion, adopt such a method of voting ai will, tend to prevent it, in the greatest possible degree. A Greenwich paper says : —The ballot controversy, ,after having, for the last two years shown repeated signs of life and activity, has at length burst forth in great force, and what betwaen friends and foes has been before the public every day for the last two months. Every journal has recorded its opinion on the subject. In a cotemporary a great contest is now going on, and perhaps from watching the arguments of the two rivals we may learn something fresh about this popular and important question. Mr. Hartnoll opens the controversy with great moderation and politeness. Mr. Whitehnrst (the supporter of the pro.ballot side of the question) very tersely replies. We must say we think the Ballot Society has as yet the best of the argument ; and though on both sides we find great talent and ability, we should say that Mr. Hartnoll's view is local, and the opinion of Mr. Whitehurst more adapted to the general public. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. G. HOLT. Wdsvcrt ROBBERY.—A young man,named John Charles, was brought up by officer 376, who said. in consequence of a telegraphic message from a Mr. Kingston, of Glas gow, he apprehended the prisoner on a charge of having absconded with two new silver watches, and on arresting him he found the two watches in his pocket. The prisoner was remanded. ANOTHER WATCH " CASE." —A girl, named Maria Whitley, was charged with stealing a watch, the property of John Creany, of Summerseat. The prisoner was al_ lowed to (whilst out of a situation) sleep in complainant's house, and on the 18th instant she took the watch, and went to Saint Helens, where she pledged it. The article was worth She had been previously convicted, and was now sent for trial. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Margaret Quinn, was charged with stealing about £l4 syorth of wearing apparel, belonging to Mrs. Mary Musket, of 30, Parr street, with whom she lived as servant, It appeared that some time ago the prisoner absconded, taking the property with her, and it seemed that she went to Ireland ant pledged the articles at Newry, Warrenpoint, and Dandalk. The tickets were found on the prisoner. She was remanded, in order to produce the property. Honsu BR.EAKING.— Two boys, named John M'Carthy and Henry Owens, were brought up by detective Grisen thwaite, on a charge of having> broken into the cellar of a house in Burlington Street, kept by a Mrs. Forsythe, and for stealing a quantity of wearing apparel therefrom. About ten on Saturday night,...the place was broken open and the property stolen, and in about half an hour after, the boy M'Carthy sold some of the stolen articles to a broker for 4s. The prisoners were remanded. THB WHEAT ROBBERY.—Bernard M'lntyre, James Murphy, and Vincent Denham, who were remanded on a charge of stealing thirty sacks of wheat, value £54, the property of Messrs. Wilenry, were brought up. Mr. Chilton appeared for Murphy, and Mr. Bluck for the other two prisoners. The details of this case were published in yesterday's paper. In addition to evidence already given, a boy named John Danford, a carter, stated that the prisoner Murphy engaeed him to cart the corn, and he went to the dock by Murphy's directions, no less than six times before he got the wheat, and at last he got the thirty sacks of wheat. M'lntyre was at the dock, and told the witness to load. When he got to Regent street mill 4 the prisoner, Denham took a saliple of the wheat. Murphy paid the witness £1 for the carting. In reply to Mr. Block, the witness said he was in custody, but was libera'ed. Did Mr. Clough tell you what to say here to-day ? No he did not. He took down in writing what I said. M'lntyre was employed by Messrs. Tapscotts, and his duty was to he at the ship where the corn was taken from.. Were you tampered with ? No, sir. Mr. Block :It was said you ran away ; did you ? No, sir. Mr. Bluck : Were you tampered with by any one except Mr. Clough or Mr. Carlyle ? (Laughter) Witness : No, sir ? (Renewed laughter.) Mr. Chilton cross examined the witness on behalf of Murphy, in order to show that the story told about his client was not true. Some other witneses were examined to prove the deficiency, and then the prisoners were fully committed for trial, his worship refusing to accept bail for any of them. BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. A RUFFIAN IN A REDCOAT.—James Murphy, a private of the sth Dragoons, was brought up by police constable 563, charged with breaking a large square of glass in the house of Mr. P. M'Mahon, publican, of Sand street. The complainant stated that, In the course of the previous evening the defendant came to his house and placed himself on the sofa. Be was very drunk. There were some other soldiers in the house waiting to go by the bublin boat, and they,'seeing that he had his coat the wrong side outwards, requested him to turn it if he was a soldier, upon which he said he would soon let them see whether he was a soldier or not, and would have fought, but they turned him out. He again returned, and was put out, when the door was shut against him, and he then smashed a large square of glass, of the value of about 10s. The soldier said he had nothing to say in answer to the charge, and Mr. Mansfield, after animadverting upon his conduct, fined him 10s, and costs, and in default of payment, he was committed for one month. BIRKENHEAD. BIIFORE J. S. JACKSON AND R. BRYAN% iSQRS. ROBBING A Trt.L.—Ann Grattan, an old offender, who was tried at Knutsford, in April last, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment, was charged with stealing 9s. from the till of John Elliott, a grocer in Albion street. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner lodged at Elliott's house—that on Sunday morning last Elliott's wife counted the money in the shop till, which she left there and locked:it, leaving the key in ; shortly after which she went up stairs to make her beds. Directly she had gone up the prisoner was observed by another lodger to go up stairs from the kitchen, and he shortly after followed her, and when at the top of the stairs he could see into the shop, and there he saw the prisoner at the money till. He shook his head at her, upon which sbe offered him some tobacco. He refused, and directly after informed Mrs. Elliott of what he had seen, and, in order to satisfy herself who was the guilty party, she marked a quantity of the money remaining in the till, and left it as before. On the following morning her husband kept watch, and in a short time the prisoner came to the till and took out a shilling. lb said nothing to her, and went and fetched a police officer, who searched her, and found the shil:ing she had been seen to take. Prisoner denied having taken the mousy, Committed fo: trial. ROBBERY AT LODGINGS.—John Sweeney, a respeetable looking young man, dressed in the garb of a groom, was charged with stealing two coats; a shirt, and a pocket handkeichief, the property of William Griffiths. On Monday the prisoner met with one of the car drivers, and having told him that he was about to go to a situa'ion in Clifton Park, enquired where he could get lodgings, and was taken to the house of the, prosecutor. Between 9 and 10 o'clock at night the prisoner retired to bed, and rose next morning about 9 o'clock, Shortly after leaving the house, Mrs, Griffiths went up stairs to open the bedroom window where the prisoner had slept. On entering the room she observed a waistcoat hanging on the bed rail, and knowing that she had placed it with other articles in a box in the room, she proceeded to examine the box, and immediately missed two new coats. That she then went to the car driver who had introduced him, and mentioned her loss, upon which he wentin search of the'prisoner, and found him with the property in his possession. Prisoner admitted his guilt, and was fully committed. - THE RUSSIAN DUTCH LOAN.—The expense to this ...e.. wee. expense country, on account of the interest and sinking fund of the Russian Dutch Loan for the year ended the 31st March last was £85,557. The diplomatic and consular agents of Austria have received orders to accept and forward to Vienna the peti tions)of those emigrants who may wish to return to their native country, but they also have been furnished with a list of those persons who- will never be permitted to enter the empire, again. ANoNtarous BENEFICENCE.—A female, who had been observed standing a few evenings ago near the Hotel du Nord, at Bethune, suddenly.thrust a parcel into the herds of a gentleman who came up, and then ran away. On opening the parcel, the gentleman, to his surprise, found twenty bank notes of I,ooof. each, with these lines.—" A person who wishes to remain unknown, remits to M. Caron, receiver of the bureau de beinfaisance of Bethune, a sum of 20,000 francs, under the formal and absolute condition that they shall be employed in the purchase of three per cent stock for the use of the said establishment." The gentleman Was not, as the female had evidently supposed, M. Caron, but M. Gaillemant, his father in law; he, orcourse, imme diately handed over the money to M. Caron. PALMERSTON AT LAST REPUDIATED —lt is evident that, if foreign affairs are to be our only affairs, we must give up all thought of self governmeet, together with all right to complain if things go wrong, unless we are prepared to look into these matters and judge of them for ourselves. We are not sorry, then, to see Liens of inquiry and discussion. The ministerial prints; indeed, are greatly shocked at such im pertinent interference on the part of the uninitiated. Lord Palmervon and Lord Clarendon must know hest. "They represent public oeinion," and they are "sailing before the wind." If, however, they are sailing before the wind, the wind must be very variable, for we have seen shorter turns in the last few months—nay, in the last few days—than we ever remember in the manipulation of grave affairs. Cer tainly, if sailing before the wind is all that is required of, our state pilots—without reference to the direction in which it will take ns, whether into port or on a lee shore—we cannot be accused of being too exacting in our notions of statesmanship. If this be the rule—and we confess we see strong indications of it—it is clearly high time for sober men to be looking about them. Here we hive 114 en for three months cheering and hurraing our plucky Prime Minister, who won't be humbugged, and cie'r, be bullied— who resisted, and was determined to resit, ,all the intrigues of Russia to re-establish a Conference, and to re-open questions long.ago settled, and each and all as clear as dAlei light. We have half quarrelled with France, we have half quarrelled with Sardinia, for the sake of opposing and thwarting the Czar in this matter, and we have got Austria for a close ally instead but it'sfill right, says the Times— never fear—we have got the man who will stand no non sense.—Saturday Review. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES' Sir,-1 am afraid that my last letter to you, 0° the Smoke question, has excited your bile , or it 01 be that of those who are privileged to inspire Yoti in relation to the solving of a great social problm, namely. the Suppression of the Smoke Nuisance. an d the, For the interest you have all along taken. publicity you have given to the various opinions I!' those who have studied this question, the ties and the public at large are your debtors. I ) 1 , I not know the purity of your motives, I migh t ‘nr justified in inferring, that the individual who has `•' l the nonce been permitted to occupy the chair was neither more nor less than some adv e , i ; tising emperic of a smoke doctor, who, hY blatent blarney, had succeeded in winning you nvi n , to his views, and that he alone was the only olO the the world who possessed the true specific for cleare r rem?dy, of this great public nuisance No the proof could be evidenced of the weakness ha i ° views you advocate than the vulgar abuse you le at least authorised to be heaped upon me in the aruc joie' in question Let a few quo ations suffice : , yo ur M'Donald, once your smoke inspector, or 70, engineer.' as he was wont it; .!tyle himself,l (sv by-the-bye, he never did) 4 ‘ fi l o libellous ehoailis contained in the ex-inspector's epistle, (ZC. what igno-ance of the claims of rival inventors, and ' r t he constitutes a patent right." " His ignorance 0 , ,' ; g mechanical appliances adopted by the conterl e parties, one of whom he loves most dearly, NOV 4 ,1 hates the other as the rude disturber of his otut e peace." "He knows nothing whatever of "„ s chemical portion of the question." '' It will be for well fa. us to tell Mr. M'Donald, at once And . 0 all, the public will not listen to him." "We g h l ig him the benefit. of his words, where we proclaim ignorance " " This same person, Mr. M‘Don a l se saying, 'never mind the cost of fuel—econ o°, atither!d smoke, and let the coals take care of thernselves•_ut " What does Mr. M'Donald know or care abl a i such matters?" " Men who assail the Edit, brotherhood brotherhood [! ! need not mind about trifles " Now, Mr. Editor, I have given you a few lfictv, morceaux from your very formidable leader, in," no t tive. certainly, of strong language and fee lin g , of gentlemanly courtesy and sound argumen t. ba rd In the discussion of this grave question yon n to pledged yourself that your columns shall be 0 . 1 3 F 9 1 ; 05 , any reply I may have to make on your orit' c L o e, a promise which, I trust, you witl at once reu',ke After what I have quoted above, you must not Il e/ it amiss if I have, in what follows, given you that I rather hard remarks—for I told you frankly a r would endeavour to give you a Rowland for . r Oliver I have made an effort to do so. I am not, sir,'in the habit of perpetrating ""1"-not on any subject, much less on that of sn3oice, a t , when you so pointedly alluded to a certain Pia",„'oo- a certain railway station, and which Oa° of describe as a perfect specific for the preven Prtilest. this nuisance, I could not help entering nay ,eaot: against such an assumption named the quasi patentee, but you might ju st True, yon b°:vrell. have done so, frankly and boldly. In dealing " t li t t, a great.question I can afford to " treat svit h ho ser contempt which it merits" (your own favourite P: t hio . bear, in . mind.) The persouali'ies in Wh ic "„ gr elf individual, be he who he may, has so 1 106, indulged—a man who bas the temerity to' g r f *,aii• with matters affecting the best interests ber fellow men, and who exposes the trick s of col, latans, ought to be able to smile at the Ot t r ba waspishness of the vermin whom he may , compelled occasionally to smoke out Now, sir, what are the simple facts in relationthlirie this matter ? Some two .years ago, I ha d ; ' discharge of my duties, to complain frequelllian, the negligence of the stokers at the Waterl oo s'aiyir• and on my exhibiting, an information befo realty Mansfield, the company were mnlcted in the P ctio a a and altliolfgh, like other chimneys in the . of X 5, and costs. This, sir, with the instra given previously to the stokers, had the desired elf p. was narrowly watched, yet, for many m onths he f lt any patent plan was adopted, no smoke whatev.so was emitted from it, and why should it have 13,, v d otherwise, when I tell. you that, at the TranP7 s'c'ion, where there never has been any Pa, te o 4 contrivance, there has not been a s i n gle conlina l o made of smoke There, however, is a ° re d stoker who knows his duties, and who attends to an performs them. The mine remark bolds good i c n ,,o , works of Messrs. M'Fie, Bancroft, H ea p and o r v i, ,, Farries, and hundreds of other extensive inano,at, tories in the town, where there are no Pa t ' oa 4 whatever. I have no wish to injure any a id who may fancy himself an inventor, but as B T. s ioll policeman I cannot help having an inherent ave to impostors. At the same time 'I have no " 11 %0' But on this subject I am egotist enough t? "Having for that I have some little experience 118r T' s old several years had the entire managemen t °, 1 4 . 11 the twenty or thirty furnaces, in connection w" d on most extensive water works in the ki l lean i° where seam power was employed, it ' - m erely of importance to my employers, not fee l that smoke should he prevented, but also c" - i ea tlY should be' economised, and 'steam ett' c o 'f the district, maintained ; after experimenting with 01 ° st t - tonn patent furnaces, and sometimes burning the h° To , -e of my boilers, by the adoption of these nostr a . o r y found, at last, no specific equal to that of A l .s" ra tbe r Williams's simple and truly scientific plans/.°' cato's plan—for what have all the pretended in the achieved nottviths'anding all their gasconal,anl l e il contrary? why merely to pirate Mr. Wilha ms'- of '` l " and useful invention. and by some modificatio° ince' same, of no practical use. seethetnselves uP,, a , 5 ,14ti °11 , t ors and patentees of a new plan. I have no " I f that in proclaiming myself a pupil and disciple of gentleman, and am proud of having master. You are at perfect liberty tO ‘c s o f my ignorance " on this or any other subjeettd-oog°4: as you please. admit lam neither a P e r Arat a " nor a quack, and, therefore, s h a ll not Pe b t.P rig , n ‘ i latin quotations as you have done, thin in nee: to Withherd m r y e g o a l r d d m t o o th t e h r e ' s doubt, that a thundering leader stood intl e n .' v e it n - t of a few streaks of greased lightning tO o'l telling finish with the ignorant. When I ° Greek and Latin—not so now, however. comb e shall at present say nothing, whatever MYl“tipssorti,.°llo thi i s t p ris oi e n n t o of the subject may be, knowing that, on tba of the question, an abler . pen than In ii r ri y o °I) C c h o e w ln s i sltrdyidokfnc°:la- ledgl wit called into requisition, in order to enlighle c V " ugh for my; purpose to hav e '., l : be t n re• done, sbewn to the world that smoke e— iy filers vented—that fuel can be saved to a, : e d extent—,' hat steam can be maintained' by pro'ec ed from the injurious effect of snm e re pos, e 4 ", r patent blow pipe. by the simple remerlYP'roYa ll t i t h% Mr. Chas Wye Williams, who demands 0 0 ° s aid ` t -l e fee for his advice or assistance. Rav i % u 1° -11 much, I must, for the present, bid a —e subject and yourself, bein g s till, yours , 14 , il e.1 0 0 0). JAMES I%o' possesses i t certain establishments. THE MEANS OP KNOWLEDGE IN PARIF.--1-8. MI '' I p c t l irtly so ; and the greater T ni h ina m be e r arre-e.selnsi!,etilYre :roll, about 300,000 pamphlets, and 'BO ' tintisevr 3irl Bibliotheq ; Genevieve, 150,000 volumes, :—.. s —_.- n fig St P re A lle n ti : bonne, 80,000 volumes ; the City •. P 4a' about 120 0 11 0 4u o obtl z n : co a o ll l 011 l b o r e Prrili P il: -;: t t h ;0 " -11 : ,000 volumes and 5,000 manuscripts ; pale' /0 ; b 0 65,000 lc, 300 ' 40,000 11;56 manuscripts ; the Ecole de Medecine , tal i el p v re e s ": o l s el ,,st u i T e, no . , the Museum of Natural History at the isrdin de s , be CA' 35,0005e1 volumes ; theinvalidne of ,O r 00: s, •hi ,I et ire des Arts-et-Metiers 20,000 volame o ; th e Conservatoire de Musique, 8,000 voluraes. rust in „, Yesterday, several influential gentlemen glenni'Pl.; Tontine Hotel for the purpose of - presenting 0 1 to Esq., late merchant and agent for the City of alaeg ies ° ‘. 6 kettle, i; e here, stttt4l ee% w ,vp hba i t i : etrititi, a r wte p hat r eso o proof aoe f in o hl otfaewnrtidhnuse2o:pi handsome inan e s s abt i n e rui e lp m i tnei oei a aene n b 0 : i n r e g L a i r: l a p P o r 8 0 1 . . _ i ii i c P c r , i7f ri t ( ! e r e tse in d • his the newsin ct ,ad '',... A with 4 C1 5 S , : o 6 3 ,00,00200 o e ra P v s o u i n b a u l ra i l e r s t i ep;°dl.l9lo(l°oollitti,:i 1,6, few friends to Alan Ker, .k s quire, as a token o b t e c r 0,1 1 on the occasion of his- leaving Greenock —Dec° oltsti°,ll; 1856." Thomas Hinilin, Esq ,in making the friends for '' valuable services rendered by his family to the cc ' n roPr i „ il e Mr. Ker expressed his thanks in feeling and aP o r w l Cill' a l language. The company then partook of vf... tl !, Oer i i ' and separated after enthusiastically toasting Dar'' family.— Greenock Advertiser., sphere, rew iBh a e n s d otfasiltelfru.llKy earl'lsudferdietnoc:thojeuranistriftl;