The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-06 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. . Captain J u dki ns, one of t h e Cunard' captains, was recently in Paris with his wife, and was treated with particular courtesy by Louis Napoleon, who was once a passenger on the Cambria. ' DEam TILE NORTHERN ElOsPlTA:L,—lohn,Vali ke.en, 31 y ears of age, died yeste r d a y morn i ng from received. on • the:2Bth o f M arc h ; ' w h en a bl oc k fell upon him in the ship City of Manchester. SOCirir of FINE Alris.—The Exhibition of Ancient and Modern Paintings, Engravings, and Photographs, will 'be . open this 'day- from One to'six p.m., in the Queen's-hall, .Bolthstreet. •' • ' FATAL ACCiDENT. —Yesterd a y afternoon, Geo. Sloan, residing at 1, rßestodk4ttest, reteiVed injuries at the at {don Gravi ng Dock,from which he expired last uigLt :Northern Hospital.. • • Canrura TO :SHRETIEs FOR BEERHOIssE-KEEPERS. —At the Police -court, yeeterday, a fine and costs inflicted on a beerhouse-leeper, named Gore, who has not beedfdthid, were recovered from his surety,.GeorgE Ashton : LIST OP • PASsExGERS PER S. S. Nov. SCOTIA.- 111"8. lindXeVra end - child, Mr and Mrs Dartnell;' Mr and " I W eatherley and..tw.o children,'Mr Davidson, Mr ` . 'tiding, Mr Burns, Mr Dresser, Mr Witten, Mr. Curzon, 1111 r Barton, 15 calsiu and 24, steerage passengers, RENsHaw-lariEET Adam MiisfoN.—The Rev. Geo. Beaumont delivered a lecture on ShakeSpeare's play of "The Tempest,." in connection with' the:Renshaw-street il °me Mission, at the Mount-pleasant school-room last l e ,, vel nfig• • I r he're . was a prettylarge attendance,. and the Wasiinehed to with marked interest. at 4111 ZVE*TON. - A vestry •ineeting was held Evertor yesterday ; ; Mr. Hughes •in the chair. ii :Messrs. George McConnell, Joseph Cafferata -and. Wm. e i lV : , g i nis; were recommended to the magistrates for 13"urt• A statement o f th e aecoinits was read - bY ~2tA,-Ys'llieh showed a Balance of ~£226 odd in favour of shi townsbi,.,.. The nunsber of assessments in the town were 2,400. rriII:E.SIIPEp LlvrizPoot. , —Some time last winter, r - " 144 .- 1 -4 1 wthian, of JOhn's Market, imported a pair a(tsttracalet-:dttd female) of sheeP, from the Cape,' and these much attention last Christmas, when exhihited. at the Market. day or two Since - the ewe produced an. It ee is the llent lamb,, at the farm of. Mr Lowthian; Tue-brook.: 311. t first of th e sort ' ever produced i n England,- and. es say i t i s a fine - speeimen. It is likely to do well. ilia: 44l '4lßa)) POLICE-couRT, YEsTERDAv.—Maryi b een and Ann *Cann, mother -ar.d daughter, who had with r e c harged, 'charged, the former with stealing and the latter ree k i y 4 , 4 g money belonging to Mr. Ridley; publican, • CerYille-street; were :agaiu brought up. • Hines said th'e - - Th cl• Monday she. got some .drink and lost some of .Mt..,_ —°l er that had been entrusted ehd. She fin_ Stated that the money found in herpossession mi~ht bad taken from Hines,. lest, whilst in•drrnk, she.: it.—The prisoners were committed"for trial; br e Rodgeurs, the -Maltese .sailor who :behaved so, has *Y. on the occasion of the wreck' ofthe•ROyal-Charter, be; ri tt rLi ved at-MilboUrne in the Great Britain, and has. genie . 41 4 Welconiel• .A..purse.was*to have. been pre-. at Cremorne, but owing , to misun- CC e-- ' 4l a 4411k:between the mayor of Melbourne and. Mr ittrt_ t hepresentation did, net take - . place. •,‘A purse bo a , a ' a ing forty . sovereigns. was given .to him on the. --- 1 1 3 ,0 f the Iloyal i .by the manager of that theatre. as a , " o 7 - n, WE--Srait" LINE:—We have to report the r r MelbettifiarOrffie ship White Star,- Captain • u f 11 .' T. & Chambers' Australian line, This' the fine and pleasant passage of seventy T i i'. 3 ) toe shortest of the season made by a sailing ship. , • w il e vea " l carried out a large number of passengers, all: gre 4 6. at the termination of lie voyage expressed the w e ll s atisfaction - with the ship's officers and crew, as board the excellence of the arrangements made on the Tfar their comfort. he British Volunteer of' Yesterday and To-day" is at e th titl e given by Major Walter to volume . just issued . he e price of one shilling; and 'which cannot. .t iu ,r ) „widely circulated among the . young men...of ssb'c t e - p n li• It is as appeal to our youth, showing them tri a t. - ..llislatneri. of yore •were, and how it behoves the 411 , 1 ' 4 0 t oday to train hiMself to arms, on recreative let t,Peaee-preserving Principles.any have deubts i , tlast ae d m Feed this thoroughly earnest little vo . lume. A 1 g3erive benefit from. truths put in Major Walter's fralmikpreesiVe manner- ' • ii.4.91R1A.0E UNDER DrvviouvriEs.—There was. 6, 1 1 '4? party th e other day 'at-St: Peter's Church, the li - C e r°,_° ll a •a working,. s h oema ke r , and the bride of a ae o „,f l4 . - Among the sp e ctato rs "i n. the entrance was a Alai wither you ng nor i n t eres ti ng —i n f ac t, d ec idedly 1,41n1.../sto. sooner had the bridegroom approached her at hind with the energy of' a maniac, tOre , 'lris clothes'shirt; waistcoat. head-gear (he wore a cap), d,,e,abftvedhim with hearty good will, and knocked hint - "n• After treats the bride in a somewhat similar e 44 Was secured . and taken befeie a magistrate.. said that she was - a widow, that the bridegroom had Pk's'aed - , mod to he r w i t h lov i ng i mportun i t i es unt il s he eon .sine• . li„ with ; that she . gave him allher 'Y"I, bought him his him clothes, even those which he e4e .,nted 'himself that morning at, church ;' that she. „„ a 9 thing of the marriage until that morning, and t ll4l she did hear of it. she was angry, and took res-sase ores to make him remember his falseness and .her hge• The magistrate discharged her with a , caution. 141 . 1. ' Assocaarmer.. - --The monthly • efO r m - m - ittee of this associarion_wasLe arr ld yinesr tlla. at resi L d, the A s ylum, West Derby4Oad. Mr. W e the ether members, present were Messrs. aotitab, B a a n tt cl en,T4ornton,Goultoti, Curwen, • Crane, COward, Atkinson, and Allinson.. The pric e', t a „, ~`-ngs of' the finance committee were read and Cen t. -e " after' which Mi. Atkinson related some par jealars respecting their opPosition to the 'Chancellor of 4.Zrohequer's Fine Bill. He said that the result Of re'neeted interviews was, that the bill had been alce postponed, and the impression was gaining treund that the reasoaable requirements made by the Vietuallers .ought to be seriously considered. ;:t was.useless.to conceal what the real tendency.ofthe • ulrimat. . . 411 The P rese nt measure was only an experiment .• Atkinson el) . be carried to a Most ruinous some routine' basi g having concluded his remarks, ' - nese was transacted, and the. proceed- HEALnags terminated. TH c o the ,I P IIT TEn.-Alderman Dover presided at usual weekly meetin g f the Health Committee, yes sterdahegni4and the other 'members' present' 'were' - Mssrs. clatoilden, 13 arton, Beckwith, Crellin, 'Halrd°ek , Job, Nickson, and Ridley. The medical, officer Ittraealth rePOrfed that the mortality from inflammatory erections. 0( e the. lungs•contiuued high during the • last l w v e N and tifat the deaths;, registered from all causes abeeref,,.._.26B (including 4 in the workhouse, passengers by te r t Tasmania, which ought to have . been revs - ta us to the previou s week). The deaths last week were to 264, being 5 less than in the previous s ad 13 m ore than .the corrected average of the siVAlreek of the preceding ten years. ni the,. parish „T a ths• Were .176 ; i n .the out townships, 88. In -2 ice., of the lung s were fatal in 93 eases, and 41e)„,, -- .l 3 tiall in 30—in all 123, being 13 more than in tie d-7`6.4est corresponding' week of former years. ,Zymo s , h.,,ls.eoset occasioned 39 deaths. The death of a widow, • -alo e of Live 00l was registered at . the advanced e° m .lge ' 1 ( 1 rP -. 0.1.. years. The .0 - her business before the s 'a4tee was of a routine character. - - - ne:4l, I°TI 'APPLICATION TO THE BENCH AT ,BlRKEN ll'efor;--Jeeterday, at the. Birkenhead Police-court; `ll Edward Cast and Capt. Glegg, ?..Bretherton, solicitor, said he appeared on behalf, of • Ptaia s • . V e , ?Pith, chief constable of Cheshire, and he h aPpliCation to make. The. Bench ! -had . Messrs. Thompson & Cu.,• of 8,- Strand-street, % v eal, the owners of fiats on board of whith . gun- Qrae the :value of tl,OOO had beeri seized in the a l e ao ce'et . „- The powder was forfeited, and a penalty 6,Cw'ed upon the • Idessrs. Thompson of £1,500. Nit --"" rj ew to apply that the Bench would sign a war-: • Wks eienatiOn, has .one-half the property gas the property of' the County Police Superan o▪ e 4 . ;3.ranicl, and it was desirable that security should ?el ielt -ter th a t amount at - leapt. Th e share 'sf the tat 4, 44 e to th e P o li ce Fund cou ld ' no t •b e mitig a ted, • rati c ,P u Ztiolt which the Treasury could claim might i b' a wd.—The Clerk': The Treasury will have i it z lioaj d Lwels thin the Police Su_perannuation Fund, 4 we sa,...`" a k. -- --Mr. Brethexton : Yoa may depend upon th e ~,;5.411 have no bowels. at all.--The Bench granted Viro'Nnt as requested . , f this rtßHouss CoHatiTTEE.-s-The weekly meeting o I.rea,,e°4lraittee of the select vestry was held yesterdat t - uto the board-room at .the parish ofices, 4 From the weekly return-. submitted. ~°1 1 11.%- ar ,rs the governor, it appeared that the total; Paupers in the 'house List week was 2,137 'e ,". 1 a Week, 2,113, bbiag a decrease of 24 during orrtseee, and au ease of .18 over the number in the • vae jetaling ported 1 t year.master of the 6 hels rep that the number of destitute taai relieVed in that department during the week / ''lll llg. t he 31st, of' Match as fellows 183, itcr eu B °, children 9; ! total, 272 showing an 13 ttlrn se ,, ' a 3 compared with the previteiS weeks,' 0f . 14 larieeplid of 62 as compared with the corresponding tb * toi, t , ) ; ,Year.—The medical officers reported t that tsa,66-: past of persons under treatment . las week ; new cases since, '163 ; aired and discharg_d_ t 1ie1,4 1 2_ 1 : 1 ,. 25 now-remaining under' treatment, --6 3 6) - u g'? 13 fever and 13 itch cases. lebrated and OtitinlClLlay'S SERENADERS .-- ee ih ) Pea -- ;" troupe of Ethiopian artists made their first g,, • if h e e England at the . 'Clayton Hall last even his and shadows of *negro life were por7 zeeajz• tig entirely original manner. The sweet and i gt ap prova l s inging of ifr. Swaine Buckley called forth otglr°val of the entire audience. The "Laughing Nth, 118 song. by•• Mr. Buckley, and his burlesque, act -411 desire to. e seen and heard by every. one who has L' e rfee e ti a „ ita to see 'the Ethiopian character pertbilified to ' 4 QI a -- "s The language,movement, voice, action,, tea- ecilliarities of the are portrayed in perfect ;;Maier by _ negro _ t a u ,.. every member of title truly talen ed co p, U PPe kr ,,,li i a Gould, the celebrated American prima donna, WNI ev il 41, the burlesque of Lucretia Borgia. She 4 41 1 d e se es eal , IlYaturffering from a severe cold.; an apology `o th e .- .,`". -e ate'from 'Dr. Brown to that effect was read kat t t'itoencet - Mr: J. Buckley is an excellent violinist, . full y r n e Bongs sung by Mr. J. A. Basquin• It atti eadered ; were beauti in fact, the - w h o l e performance•of•this 4nd v e rNl and talented comPany,is zeplete with novelty ,_!* . ad s e e' . , e t l. 3 . , and we should recommend every one to go , 4 t, thi s a.. "`te Buckley Serenaders. • From as advertisement their da ys paper it will be seen that they will make (FlasurTdud appearan ce at the Clayton' klall to-morrow G REAT . - 11 • . . , _ • 4 t ET. -- T he OF FRENCH GO O DS r24' BOLD= 'ertaitkly th ee „ e ' rn raereial treaty with France has Pool, ~a ur pr-el:shn impetusi to the shopkeepers of Liyer 44a,P0rted. are beginning t o b e largely , e and -Hodgson-- ' S 11 -rap i dl iiiereasing business of Messrs; °lthoWls • mantles, an d jasekbusiness confined entirely to e xtZlision of their alre ttci ets. for ladies—has compelled • titablishment. Amongst Y, very elegant and spacious °nil hove the 'th been rove• he more prominent altera a X tba hnig the first and second floors houses 40, Bold-Street,.. 4,, of spacious and at in en a d d id io and 43, Wood-street, into y lighted show-rooms, si tia - " i n i d to none in the to 0 „ -ti ea i . • - The extra Spaee P robably for theae, us ham, , or the effective display of the liven affords ainpl of been got in. We andersteaulT stock which azia theistestablishment have .just returned at the buyer rls. and that the French Comm ei - al from Lola= Treaty, by la is e silk and other goods are admitted peedellit-bled the French designers and mau f u r f ee act of duty, th e Many novelties that have attracted the i t a t r e er t s i : n o try L u aYers for. the British- market. Anticipasl:a Ftb e lge demand, the supply of' godds from the hands Ana ba 'rench manufacturers has been of a correspoad. otrertaagnitilde; and, availing themselves of the facilities haspkire to' them; Messrs. , Shellard and Hodgeoe. have d largely -of 'very ricli goods, which they will ' tlt tlY in the ensuing week: NEW PATENTS.—The following patents, amongst Others, passed the Gnat Seal during the week ending. 4.pril - 3id; 1360:—Thomas Robert Russell, Liverpool, " The application of 'a certain metal for the movements of watches, and other time-keepers."—E. Morewood, " IMproiements in coating metals."—S. R. English, "A machine or apparatus for taking copies of writing." 7-- John Scott, "Improvements in the manufacture of anchors."—James Hodgson, Liverpool, " Improvements in building ships and vessels:"—Edward O'Connell, " Improvements in apparatus • for supplying liquid nourishment • to infants, invalids, and others, and for warming or heating the same."—Thomas Knowles, Jas. Knowles,.and A. Rigg, "ImproVements in machinery or apparatus for shaping, cutting, punching, and drilling metals, which improvements are also applicable to presses."—W. E. Newton, " Improvements in the con struction.of ships or vcssels."--Communicated from the Pate?;t:Cift4s, 4, Clayton square, Liverpool. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES: CROWN. COURT.—YESTBRDAY. (Before Air. Justice Hill.) STEVENS s'. THE GREAT SRI'. COMPANY.--This wag an action to recover damages from the defendants for non-fulfilment of contract,. The plaintiff was engaged as a steward on board the Great Eastern, and received an intimation that he was to join the ship at Holyhead, on the - 12th` of September, if no unfolseen event occurred, in the interim. 'The unfortunate explosion, however, occurred in the meantime,' and the plaintiff's services were not required. The plaintiff was non-Suited. keritrN ON 4. BILL OF EXCIIANGE.---STEWART Cauffrrrn.-'—The plaintiff is a Merchant, in Liverpool, and the defendentis a: spirit Merchant, also in this town, and theaction was brought to recover daniages on a bill :of exchange, drawn in 1857. Before the ease-was con= eluded, .thq, jtiry. gaVe. a verdict for- the plaintiff for £436 13s. 3d. • . ILLEGAL. IMPRISONMENT OF A SEAMAN.—WILLIAMS a). BnoWs. 2 -LThe plaintiff, who is a seaman, shipped et Liverpool, on board the defendant's vessel, the Brunel, for, a , voyage to Bombay and back. The plaintiff was very ill on the passages out, and on his arrival at gOmbay he applied' to the defendant for his dficharge. This was 'refiised, and the - plaintiff being on shore refined to return to his ship,. he was taken before a magis trate, iniPrisimed for four:Weeks, anctthen sent on board the Brunel again, where the defendant imprisoned him iu a: small room 61 feet by 5. feet, together with another man ' for the term of three and a half month s , during which he was only allowed, per diem, one hour's-open' air exercise. The defence was that , the plaintiff was- a -skulker and feiznro illness, and that it wait necessary to deal severely with him. Verdict for the plaintiff -damages £l. • CLAIM ZUNDFR A DEED OF :ASSIGNMENT.---WILSON 1 7 . .:DOwNirAst.—The plaintiff in this action sought to :recover the . sum of £24 from the defendant, under a deed of assignment. The question was merely whether the plaintiff .was entitled -to claim -a debt-- d_ to the assignor, and the deed of assignment having been satis factorily proved, a verdiet••was entered'for the plaintiff. ' CLAM" FAR DEMURRAGE.—NIENtAt;v . i. Moss AND OTHERS.—The plaintiff is the 'Captain of the ship .Alstion, and the defendants are 'merchants in Liverpool. appeared that -on the 28th of November Jot the Plaintiff entered into a charter party with the defendants, by which they engaged to load. his ship :With coals within 14 days after she was in her berth in the dock,. under a 'demurrage penalty of £6 per day.. The ship cdmmenced loading on the sth 'of December, and the -operation was carried on vigorously for 11 days, then ceased, and the cargo was not all on bOard until the 4th -of January following. Thedefence was that owing to frost the coals could not be" brought down the canal, Enid this contingency was provided for i n th e c h ar t er party. Verdict for the defendants. .The court rose about half-past four, having dispoied of all the business_ before it • NISI PRIUS COURT.. ---YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Justice Blaekbitruj WALLER AND ANOTHER V. THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND CORPORATION. OF MANCHESTER.--This was an action for special damages, and it was agreed to take a verdict for the plaintiffs for £lO,OOO, the amount claimed, .subject to the decision of the court above on a' point 9f law involved in the case. It was stated that - it had been considered advisable to get first the point of law - settled, when• if the decision of the superior court were in favour of the plaintiffs the amount of' damages might be referred to arbitration. WILEY V,. CRAWFORD AND ANOTHER.—This action was brought'` to recover compensation for an alleged wrongful detention by the defendants of the registry of the plaintiff's vessel, by reason of ivhieh, it was alleged, the plaintiff wa's unable to send the ship to sea for eight days. Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Manesty, Q.C., and Mr. Jones for the defendants. The plaintiff was the captain and owner of the ship Pacific, and the defendants were Messrs. Crawford and Fenwick, attorneys, at Shields. Verdict fOr the defendant s , w ith leave to the plaintiff.to• move. A DETECTIVE OFFICER'S CLAIM. • 13ATES V. WHENRY. Joseph Bates, detective officer in this town, was the plaintiff in. this action ; and James M'Henry, a mer chant, also a this town, was the defendant, Mr. Wilde, Q.C., and Mr. Quain, were for the plaintiff, and Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Baylis, were for the defend ant. Mr. Wilde having opened the case at some length, Joseph Bates, the4laintiff, was then put into the box. He said he was formerly inspector of police 'in Liierpool. In July,.. 1858, he was sent: for to Mr. Holden's office, where he met Mr. M'Henry. He was told that they expected a gentleman of the name of MontgoMery from New Orleans, •and' that he would arrive by the Havre steamboat ; a n d be was di rec t e d t o 'go:- to Southampton with a warrant to apprehend Montgomery for a debt of- £15,000 due to .M'Henry. He. agreed to undertake' the duty, and an indemnity wait drawn out and signed by Mr. Mcgenry. He went to Southampton accordingly, but, no person answering the deseription of Montgomery landed. He returned_ to London, and again met Mr. M'Henry. - Mr. McHenry , . `gave him further instructions, and a letter of intro= - auction to Judge. Mason, the American Minister at - Paris,' Witness went to Paris, and he was followed to that eh?! : by :Mr. M'Henry. He went to 'Judge Mason, and showed him thaktter, saying that he w as th e n go i ng to get one of the French police-officers to get the assistance lie needed. He secured the assistance of a member of the French detective corps, and in his. company they., searched every hotel ia Paris, and made - inquiries at the railway stations. - Arf. - Mclienrjr beiiorcd -Mont -gomery had arrived in France, and desired Witness to do all he could to find him. 'Nat finding him in. Paris he went to HaVie, to make inquiries the re himself. He, arrived in Havre -on . a Sunday morning; and found Montgomery's name at one of the hotels in that town. While at Havre, he received a letter from Mr. McHenry, desiring him to proceed to Fnglannd, as probably Mont - gothery had gone across the channel. Witness aearnt by inquiries that Montgomery had gone to Paris; and on Monday ha accordingly returned -to that city, and -again put himself, in communication with a . Parisian detective. By inquiries from cabmen and others, he discovered_ the.. hotel at which Montgomery Was staying, under a feigned name. - Mr. M'Henry was taken to the hotel, and recognised Mont gonaery, and on coming out of the place, he told witness . to meet him at the same spot-at eleven o'cloCk the next morning. Witness, however, did not think it wise to leave the house; "and soon after M'Henry left, Mont gomery came out of the hotel with his wife, and jumped into a - cab and drove to the railway Station. Witness. and the French officer pursued him and Montgomery and- his wife were apprehended by the. Parisian. detective.' ,just as they were booking for Geneva. The woman tore up some cheques whenidic was apprehended. ,After the parties were apprehended, McHenry rnetthem, and tried to make a compromise, :hut the. French' officer would not hear of it, as Montgamery had been travellibg under a feigned name. Witness heard from . ,Millenry _that he got £3,000 from Montgomery -at this fnterviewi--and the matter was subsequently-.,arranged. . lie (witness) accordingly returned -- horde, - his work being at an ern4'. and soon afterwards be -sent in his bill againat: McHenry.. Ti k disbiraeixtents: : Were ninal 7 charges for .travelling; being :two' guineas- Per!day : .out of the -country, amounted-to about 1.25:45. .His .charge for travelling in England was a guinea • He elso.made a charge for conitnission, which was per feetly -usual. He had fieen. paid £5O - on account. - - Jatnes , —l am not a good• French scholar. I. can ask fig something to eat and something to drink ; I know the differenee - between a shilling and a franc ; and _ I suppose I have been - fifty times 'in Fran Ce. ' I do not knOw whether-my' account was returned to Me by - Mr: Holden ; it might have been returned to my clerk while was away. J employed Mr. Holden as my attorney ditestly after the last assizes. I never knew he had quarrelled with Mr. M'Henry. •Mr. Holden never sent tome about this matter. I mean to swear that he never suggested to me to bring_ this action.. In addition to the £6O-I received from Mr. McHenry, I received from him before starting £lO, and after going to Paris J received in Havre another 410. I won't be sure whether I received afteeiA or, twenty Napoleons in Paris ; 'bat I am sure I. did not 'receive more than £3O altogether: Mr. Holden did not tell me my claim was a most impertinent one,' but he .told me that it was a great shame Mr. Mcgeary would not give me my five per cent. com mission. I! told Mr.'Mcllenry's attorney at the tithe of my engagement that there would be commission. I will -swear I told Mr. golden my terms. - I did 'not hring, my action because I have been much engaged in America, and also in. Spain, and up the Mediterranean. - BY Mr. Wilde—The item of £34 for disbursements is not above and beyond the ££3o I received. James Allen, the plaintiff's managing clerk, was next called. He said he told Mr. Holden exactly what Mr. Babes' terms would be at the time of the engagement. When the 'account was subsequently sent in to Mr. Mclleary, that gentleman said the commission ivas cer tainly too mach, and he thought £5O would be a very fair sum to give Bates. . :Mr.larnes then addressed the jury for the defence. He eharacteriied the cage as an extraordinary action brought at an.extraordinary time, long after the trans action had taken place. They had a gentlemata of the name of Mr. gOielsn acting as attorney for Bates at the present 'mOment ; and at the time when this transaction took. place Mr.' golden was- the leg,al adviser of Afr o McHenry. '§inpe tb.at time disputes had arisen between M r . Mclienry and Mr. Holden, whereby Mr, Holden bad ceased to be the attorney for Mr.. McHenry, and and it happened that he VeS now the attorney of Mr. Bates, the police-officer. It would hive been much' pleasanter 'it' a gentletnan of so high a standing as Mr. Holden—it would probably have shown a aieer sense of honour, if he had refrained from acting as the attorney for Mr. Bates, under the circumstances. Now, it' would appear that Mr. M'Henry actually paid £4O to Mr. Bates, for the, purpose of defraying the travelling expenses., . sr. M'Henry never objected to the payment of two guinewyper clay ; but what he did object to, and for which he never entered - into any contract at all, was the payment of five _per .cot. Ammission—an unheard of thing. Mr.' .Holdeu was not au,tiitoFised by Mr. ;McHenry to enter into any such eontract Oa that. Mr.. Holden himself returned the aaeount to , Bates, because he believed it a gross imposition ; and be had actually charged , McHenry " attending and returuing accouut, 6s. Bd." The learned counsel contended that Bates had hell well paid ; that he had received £4O, in addition teethe ip which was admitted to have been paid ; and that the action. sra.s• an after,tlarnight, and a stale claim. Mr. McHenry was called. lle substantiated the statement made by Mr. James, 'and denied thitt ye ever agreed to paythe five per cent. commission. - Charles Simpson;_pririeinal assistant to Mr. Field,' detective officer, in London, was next Called, and he denied that any charge for commission was ordinarily made. Mr. Field did not charge commission. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £125. This concluded the special jury causes; and the court proceeded with the remainder of the common jury cases. BOYD AND ANOTHER V. ATKINSON.—This was an action‘ on a promissory note for £540, which it was alleged the defendant, a gentleman in Manchester, gave to the plaintiff, his nephew. SMITH V. WILLIAMS AND ANOTHER.—The declaration in this case stated that the defendants agreed with the plaintiff to take from him on hire, a flat, at the rate of COs. per week, to be paid monthly; that the defendants did not take sufficient care of the flat, and that they suffered it to come into collision with another boat, and did not afterwards do the necessary repairs ; and that they had failed to return the flat to the plaintiff within the specified time. Mr. Russell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Brett for the defendants. The case resulted a nonsuit. • AN ATTORNEY'S CLAIM.7--HOLDEN AND ANOTHER V. BALLANTYNE AND , ANOTHER. --The plaintiffs in this case, Mesirs. Holden, solicitors in this town, sued the defendants for £B9 6s. 2d., the amount of a bill of costs incurred by them in defending an action brought against the defendants. The defendants paid into court a sum of £6, and denied being indebted beyond that amount. Mr. Quain appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Brett were for the defendants Carr and Robinson, and Mr.- Aspinall and Mr. Temple were for the defendant Billantyne. In opening the case, Mr. Quain stated that Mr. Ballantyne was well known in Liverpool iii connection with the timber trade ; and Mr. Carr and Mr. Robinson, the other defendants, were con , siderable dealers in American timber. The real dispute in the:present action ; was between Messrs. Carr and Robinson on the one hand, and Mr. Ballantyne on the other, as to who were To pay the bill of costs. In August, 1858, Meisrs. Carr and .Robinson entered into a charter.: party with. 'a gentleman of the name of Thompson, . residing to send out 'a ship to America laden with timber- A. dispute _arose, it appeared, between the 'aitister, - of,the ship and Mr. Ballantyne, the agent orMeasrs.,:%rr and: Robin son et, Quebec, and ultimately - Mr, :Ballarityne:refased to give any return cargo. The- consequence was, that the vessel returned home empty: Mr. Thompson immedi ately instituted an action against Messrs. Carr and Robinson ; and it was in defendini , this action that . the bill of costs was `incurred, upon ividdi'cli'd present . claim was founded.—His lordship areeted non.suit to be. entered. - - This concluded the business of the assizes, the courts having sat fourteen days. LOCAL BOARD OF .4EAL:IVOYALLASE The usual monthly meeting, of ihe..LOcal Board of Health took place last evfnipe, at the offices_of_ the Board, Mr. Pooley presidingz, The:• fcdlowing.gentlemen were also present,—Messrs. Hill, T!'ishwick, Hughes, and Byerley. The minutes ot the last meeting were, confirmed on the propOsition of Mr Hughes, seto,nded by Mr Fishwiek, and adcipia . Mr HILL moved the adoption and - confirmation of the koceedings of ihe Gas committee; and stated that_.the gis works was proceedng7 satisfactor.ily: ifinety-three lamps had been lighted., With kegard to the revenue of the works, he stated that the fitting accounts amounted to about £5OO ; consumption of gas in metres supplied to private parties, £250 ; cost of supplying public lamps, £9O ; and the revenue would amount to £440 or £450 for the last quarter. He reported that. 75 yards of water pipes had been laid. Up to Wednesday last, 184 pipes had been tested, and 25 condemned ; and of the nine inch main pipes, 86 were tested, and 19 condemned. On. the motion of the Chairman, Lseconded by Mr Fishwick, the proceedings of the Ferry and Finance Committees were confirmed. Mr. POOLEY said he had to introduce a subject to the board arising out of the proceedings of the special board meeting on finance held last week, at which the public was not represented by the press. The board at that meeting confirmed a report of the Finance Committee which excused the trustees of New Brighton Church from payment of their proportion of private improvement expenses, the effect: being' to throw nearly X4O upon the ratepayers by adding that sum to the general district 'rate. 'Members present at the time would recollect the strong objection he took and the intention he expressed of adopting measures, as one of the ratepayers, to rectify what he judged to be an unjust proceeding on the part of the board, entitling any one aggrieved by it to resist the rate framed upon an estimate which included that improper addition. He had now to give notice that at their next monthly meeting he should submit a motion p in of which would go, to rescind the resolution of the special meeting of the board relating to the question, and, in order to a full and fair consideration by the members and by the rate. payeri the interval, he should, before reading his resolution, lay the facts and circumstances before the board. In the year 1857 Victoria-road, New Brighton, , although it , had long been dedicated to public use, was in a state unfit for safe or comfortable passage, and it was therefore decided by the board to cause it to be formed and paved by the parties liable. The - notices required by law were served upon the owners of properties fronting the road on the 3rd September, 1857, and the legal period after such service having expired, the board proceeded to advertise for tenders, when the lowest, being that of Messrs Ahram, was accepted, their contract being dated the 15th of February, 1858. . Among the premises f: opting Victoria-road is the New Brighton Church, the trustees of which were served with notices, and by their declining — lo execute the work them ; Sely,es were consenting parties to its execution by the „1:454rd, - *boo thereupOn undertook it, and it was corn ietety finished on the Ist of t July, 1858, on which iray the trustces became debtors to the, board . for the work performed. The board, however, deferred ren z4M-ng an, -account to any of the- frontagers until the - further and entire length of the road was finished, _when an apportionment was made on the 29th of October, 1858, • and bills rendered to each person liable, according . to the length of their front to the road. On the 12th November following, the collector called on the:incumbent of the church for payment, who referred him to Mr. H. Coulborn, whereupon the bill was ten dered to that g entleman, and the subject brought before the law-clerk and the Finance Committee; by whom it was brought before the board, with an intimation that some , objection was made to payment, and thereupon the law-clerk was ordered to inquire and to take measures to obtain paYment from the' proper parties. He could not discoter, however, that any such measures were taken, but it appeared' that the matter was allowed to stand over during the whole year 1859, to add to the apparent amount of uncollected arrears of that year, and to further rest until the last meeting of the Finance Committee held in the financial year, which closed on the 25th ult., when the law-clerk stated that the board could not: recover the amount. The ground of the opinion thus' 'given was stated by the law-clerk to be that since the work was done the Local Government Act had come into operation in the district, by which act churches and chapels of all denominations were exempt from payment of such rates, and on the opinion thus given, the board, notwithstanding his earnest request for further con sideration, confirmed the report. Now, if they had attended to the datelhe had given, and known that there was no clause in the Local Government Act giving it opera -lion retrospectively, they would be of opinion with him, that since the work in question was undertaken a whole year, and completed fully two months before the act came into force, it was impossible to sustain a claim for exemption on, that ground, It might be that the law clerk had some other undeclared reason for his opinion ; it might be that he thought that as he took no pro ceedings against the trustees for more than six months after claim was made, he could not sustain an action for. the amount; but when he (the chairman) remembered that such a reason would saddle him with the blame of neglecting his duty as our legal guardian and adviser, and when he remembered also that the wealthy and respectable gentry who composed the congregation of New Brighton Church were incapable of sheltering themselves from payment of a just claim ou a ground similar to the statute of limitations, he dismissed that ground from any consideration, as unworthy of honourable men to entertain. He had consulted competent legal authority on the subject, and he was confirmed thereby in the judgment of equity and common sense that this was ad illegal exemption, and that, the law provided a remedy for it. He had another aspect in which he would have to consider this subject. In the same year in which victoria-road was undertaken, another road in the district was formed, and it had two dissenting chapels, the trustees of which were required to pay, and did pay, the one £l6, the other £32, as their proportion of precisely similar rates. Now, if this church was to be exempted by straining a new law which suited the purpose into an ex post facto operation, so ought these chapels. The day had gone by when any one religious sect could elaini preference over any other before the law, and this very Local Government Act exempted all alike ; all were rateable before ; all are now exempt ; therefore, if they relieve New Brighton Church from paying its proportion, they toast refund the amount they had taken from the two chapels. Tf any one alleged a motive on his part of hostility to this Church, he would rest his refutation upon the list of subscribers to its erection. 14:4 motive in that was the same that actuated him in all he did in the posi tion he then occupied at the board—it was a simple desire to do justice to the ratepayers, who, whatever be their denomination, had equal civil rights, to any invasion, of which he would be no party. He then gave notice of the following motion That this board, having re considered its adoption of the report of the Finance Committee on the 30th ultimo, hereby withdraw so much of that adoption as refers to excusing the trustees of New Brighton Church from their share of private improvement rate." And that, in the event of the board rejecting his motion, he would move—" That, in order to act impartially towards all religious denominations within the district, this board will return to all dissenting bodie'i the sums which they have paid to the board for formation of yoads.'' The replied to the remarks of tle c air man, who, he said bad misrepresented affairs. e (the law-clerk) had always done his duty in attempting to recover the rates from the trustees of the New Brighton Church and other parties; and he read a letter from Mr. Fowell in proof of his assertion. The CHAIRMAN explained that he did not attach any blame to the law-clerk, who, he maintained had accom plished his duty in a very satisfactory manner. This teiniitatgi th,e proceedings ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, TO-DAY. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. While the hippopotamus—the " river horse" of the Romans and the "sea-cow" of the Dutch—presents points of resemblance to the elephant, the ox, and the hog, its, enormous bulk and unwieldiness, along with its great flat muzzle and peculiar teeth and tusks, constitute peculiarities widely different from those of any other animal. It is further characterised as having upon all its feet four toes , terminated by small hoofs, a hide des titute of hair, very short legs, a belly trailing against the ground, short tail, and small eyes and ears. It lives in river's, on roots and other vegetable substances, and is ferocious and stupid. The stomach of a full grown hippopotamus is said to be capable of containing five or six bushels. The female carries her Young nine months. The birth takes place on land, but on the slightest alarm both parent and offspring take to the water. - It is stated by au eye-witness that he, having watched, while on a hunting party, one of these animals, which had gone up from a neighbouring river to calve, lay still with his company till the calve was produced, when one of the party fired and shot the mother dead. The Hottentots immediately rushed from their hiding place to take the calf alive, but its-instinct saved it, for it made for the river, and escaped. Th e specimen first brought to this country, and which formed so great an attraction in the Regent-park Gardens, London, was with difficulty caught though only two days old. The time of feeding is chiefly in the night. When they attack cultivated grounds, they do almost incalculable damage, not only from the quantity they consume, but the still greater quantity they spoil and lay waste by-their crushing bulk. They are capable of remaining beneath the water for some time. The hide of a full-grown hippopotamus is a load for a camel ; and for the most part it is all but impervious to shot—indeed, it is so hard that the natives make swords and shafts for their darts from it. The usual mode of capturing the adults is by pitfalls, into which they fall when they leave the river in the evening to feed. Th e y are - then - dee - piddled by pouring great shot into their heads. This animal makes a sharp, piercing, and, as it were, very angry cry—something between grunting and neighing. In the water they walk along the bed of the river, or lake : at intervals, of course, they , must come to the surface to breathe. Mast of our readers may have crud Air. Guidon Cumming - is Istupltic and interebtlig_ adventures with this race and wonderful creature. When wounded or irritated the hippopotamus is violently ferocious, and has been known to sink' a boat by its bite. As to , the ancient history of this species, if it be, as some.sunpose, the behemoth of Job (ch. xi.), we must refer to the well known verses, 15 to 19, both inclusive, as the earliest description of the animal on record.. In Some parts, at least, of Egypt, this animal was held sacred, and was worshipped as the deity of mischance and of cruelty, with the view of appeasing or averting its rage. It is to be found only in the rivers and lakes of Africa. The first specimen, brought to Great Britain in 1850,-was ciutured on the. White Nile and carried to Cairo by H. H. Abbas. Pasha at his own expense. When only a few ,months old it absorbed about thirty quarts of milk daily. The calf was escorted by a lieutenant and party of Nubian soldiers, and occupied a boat built expressly for its own use. The difficulty of obtaining such an anima may be conjectured from the fact that an armed exi)e. dition, sent out by the Viceroy of Egypt to capture it, ascended two thonsand miles of the Nile before they succeeded. The hippopotamus is not insensible to music. The Arab snake charmers can excite its attention by a kind of musical call, which it answers by vibrating its great bulk to and fro with evident pleasure, keeping titne to the measure. of its keeper's song. Its flesh is much esteemed as an article Of food ; but there is no part of the hippopotamus in more request than its great canine teeth, the ivory of which is so highly valued. The first hippopotamus ever known to be in Liver pool is being exhibited, to-day, at the Zoological Gar dens, accompanied by his Arab keeper, between whom there is so much mutual attachment that they walk, sit, eat, and even sleep together in the same den. We were much gratified by a private view of - both yesterday, when we , were informed that the sum paid for this specimen was thirteen hundred guineas !-a figure which is considered very moderate for this rare and inaccessible inhabitant of the Upper Nile. The Arab attendant, we believe, can neither speak nor understand a word of English. As such an opportunity was never before presented it. the North olinglaador, indeed, anywhere else out of London, and as the visit is not at all likely to be repeated, those who can appreciate so carious a _ _ _ specimen of Zoology must visit the Gardens, West Derby-road, without delay. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. RAFFISS.) OFFERING £2O NOTE.--John Whallv, brought up on remand, charged with offering a £2O note, supposed to have been stolen, was dischamd, UTTERING BASE COlN.—Richard Kelly was charged with uttering base coin, and passing such to the follow ing persons : David Watson, 55., on 28th ult. ; Benjamin Robinson, £l, Feb. 14 ; Wm. Delaney, 55., March 2 ; Mrs. King, 55., Feb. 18.—Sent to sessions . ROBBERY OK THE RAILWAY.—Thos. Rowan, brought up on remand, charged with robbery on the railway, was sent to the sessions for trial. Housn STEALING.—Robert Plunkett was charged with being in posseision of a stolen horse, valued at The horse was stolen on Tuesday,• between ten and eleven - o'clock, from Mr. William Glover's yard, - at Limekiln-lane, and it was found on Wednesday in the possession of the prisoner, who said he bought it from Walter Rae for 2s 6d.—Remanded. ►STEALING WEARING APPAREL.—Richard Milroy and Bridget Collins were charged with stealing wearing apparel worth £5. The property consisted of pairs of trowsers, vest, boots, drawers, and slippers, which were stolen on Tuesday from a vessel. The clothes belonged to the seamen on board.—Sent to gaol for three months. EmuEzzlntENT.-John . Kendall was charged by Edwin Meadows, poulterer, Derby-road, with em bezzling 6s 6d. T 4 prisoner was engaged by the prosecutor, and on the day before Christmas lie was sent with a goose to,a customer, but he forgot to hand the money over.itemanded. STEALING DRESSES.—Mary Flanagan was charged with stealing two dresses, the property .of -Susan Stean son. The prisoner was a lodger in the prosecutor's ,house, and on Wednesday she stole the dresses and pledged them at John Wood's, in Whitechapel.—Sent to the sessions. ROBBERY or JEVELLBRY.—WiIIiam Dryhurst and Thomas Williams, seaman snd boatswain, were brought lip, charged with stealing a valuable case of jewellery front on board the African Mail-boat Armenian. It will be remembered that the case was entrusted to the owners of the vessel for conveyance to Teneriffe. -When the vessel arrived there the casket could not be found. On the arrival of the mail packet in England a quantity of the valuable jewellery was offered for sale, op the 14th of January, to Samuel, who made enquiries at the Police-of4ce, and also of the captain, which led to the apprehension of the prisoners, and two women, their friends. The women were discharged on the former hearing, and in consequence of -a want of evidence to substantiate the grave offence, the men were committed to prison , io accordance with the 234th. sec. of the Merchant Shipping Act, for embezzling the ship's cargo, their wages being also -forfeited. Mr. Cobb appeared for Drylinrst, and. Mr. Bluck for Williams. ' ' _ ; - THE DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1866. (Before Messrs. CASTELLAIN and SMITH.) BEERHOLTRI: CAAES.-:—SUING A SURETY FOR A PINE INFLICTED OM A BEEuirausa-stavea,-George Ashton, barber, 27, Upper Harrington-street, was summoned for a ;of 5s inflicted on the 3rd of February on Samuel Spruce 'Gore, for perniitting drunkenness, 'he being the offender's surety. The paynient of the fine, amounting to i4s 6d, including costs was ordered.—Ann Rumford, beerhouse-keeper, Pall Mall, was fined 5s and costs.— Joh,iy Guy, beerhouse-keeper, Naylor-street, was fined 20s, and costs. =James McGrady, Lower Harriugton street, fined 20s and costs.—Thomas Edwards, Upper Harrington-street, was fined lOs and costs.—John Broughton, Mount Pleasant, was fined 2s 6d and costs. --William Williams, Kay-street, wag fined 2s 6d and costs.—William Woodward, Denbigh-street, was fined 58 and costs.—Wilson Pearson, Fairclough-lane, was fined 53 and costs.—William Chalmer, Upper Stanhope street, was - fined '2B 63 said costs.—Wtll}nm Lewis,' Spitafields. : street, was fined 28 6d and, costs.—Henry Berley, Pitt-street, for Sunday trading, was 'fined 2s 6d and costs.—John May, Chatsworth-street, was fined 2 s 6d and costs.--Maly Longford, Blanche-street, wan fined 59 and costs.—William Sumerstone, Finch-street, was fined 2s 6d and costs. DEFECTIVE WEIG I fTS ANI) MEasurtEs.,-,The follow ing tradesmen were summoned at the instance of the inspector of vf4hts and measures, Mr. Jones :--Owen Jones, keeper of a yard in Gay-street, defective weigh, ink machine; fined 10s and costs.---William Brewer, Richmond-row, defective weighing machine ; fined 40$ and costs.--Patrick Quinn, Fontenoy,street, defective weights ; fined 10s and costs.—John Hanliu, Baptist place, defective weighing machine ; fined 103 and costs. At a concert at the Palace of the Tuileries, lately, Madame Alboni was perceived by the Emperor to fan herself with a brace of p rogrammes , whichthe gifted artiste had twisted, with much ingenuity, into the form of that useful and coquettish female appendage. With the gallantry for which the French Emperor is proverbial, he asked the Princess Clotilde for her fan, and presented it to Madame Alboni. The following day the delighted artiste showed the beautiful and valuable gift to some select friends. The famous gingerbread fair at Paris, which attracts such crowds every year to the Place du Tr3ne, at the extremity of the Faubourg St. Antoine, will begin this year, as usual, on Easter Sunday, and continue till Mon day; the 23rd inclusively. The annual ham fair is now open on the BoUlevaid Bourdon. There are as many as 326 stalls, each occupied bY'a different dgale . ; and it is calculated that in each about two tons of hams, sau sages, and other articles are collected. The dealers come fro* all SitS . 9f Fri*, and some from West phalia. CRICKET Aus . rnAraA.—The fifth of the inter colonial cricket matches between Victoria and New South Wales was contested on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of February, on the Melbourne cricket ground, an d res ult e d in the victory of the Victorian eleven by 69 runs. The match excited the greatest interest, and the average attendance ~daring each of the days on which it was played wax from 6,000 to 7,000, and included the Governor, the ministers, and the elite o f c olonial sonety. The Victorian eldien were' the 4rst to go in, awl 490 Ted in their arst innings 56 rung, The. Sydney raw then' went to the wickets, but got out with only 44. In the second innings the Victorian eleven showed astriking superiority, both in batting and bowli ng , an d did not go out till their score amounted to 165, while the Sydney men only, obtainedl36 altogether. The Victorians were I , the favourites - thronglidut, but it was not anticipated I that they would kayo so easy a victory, MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD. Mr. Charles Turner presided at the usual weekly meeting of the Dock Board, yesterday, and the other members present were Messrs. Smith, Laird, Tobin, Brocklebank, Graves, Inman, Evans, Rankin, Moudel, Langton, Arnold, Hubback, Derbyshire, Boult, and Seger. WORKS COMMITTEE. , The following tenders were recommended for acceptance Messrs. R. Gardner & Sons, to paint the bridges and refreshment rooms on the George's Landing-stage ; Messrs. Adam Highten, to supply sheet lead ; and Mr. Anthony Robinson, to supply brown oakum for general purposes. It was.recommended that a quantity of waste land on the east side of Sefton-street be let to Captain Gladstone, at the rate of SIO a-year, as a practice range ground, for the sth Lancashire Rifle Volunteers. The committee had resolved that they could not entertain the pro posal 'of Mr. Bette:y to rent the chain.cable testing-machine at Liverpool. A deputation from the Birkenhead Railway Cora . parry, consisting of Messrs. Holderness and Titherington, accompanied by. Mr. Charles Mason as secretary, and Mr.. pouglas, their engineer, waited upon the committee; and explained at some length their views with regard to the future arrangements for the shipment of coals at .Birkeuhtad, coming the] eby railway. The following letter, which had been read before the committee, was ordered to be read at the Board, ' and the committee resolved that, as soon as the railway com munication referred to was formed, the subject matter of the letter would receive the earnest consideration to ,which it was entitled Commerce Court, IL Lord Street, - • Liverpool; 26th March, 1860. Sift,—At the suggestion of several members of your Board, I take leave to call your attention to the fact, that, a new • branch railway from toe salt district, to join the Birkenhead line at Helsby, is at present under contemplation, and will, doubt less, be carried out very shortly. This line will bring salt within twenty-five miles of rail, or at•a cost of not more than 2s. per ton to Birkenhead, whereas the present cost of carriage, 'Weaver dues, and I about' in loading from flats into ships, exceed 4s. per ton. The • necessary 'consequence will be to transfer a very great porton of the export salt trade to the rail, and 'of course to Birken head. As exporter of 70,000 tons of salt - per an um, I thereforebeg of you, in apportioning the dock and quay space at Birkenhead, to bar in mind this almost certain eventuality. The salt trade want no warehouses, they simply want high level load - hi& stages, from - which they • can shoot their waggon -loads of — salt in-the shortest possible and least expensive manner into Salt does not deteriorate like coal by being shot fr:on * high stage. 'Salt wants no - more cuay space than that occu pied by the stage, but a thousand ton ship will require a mile of railway siding for her cargo, hence provision for space to that effect somewhere in connection with stages ahoald be I need not dwell upon the great desirability pf the partial removal of the salt trade to Birkenhead; your own statistics'. will prove to you, that nearly. one-half of the outward-bound loaded tonnage from this 'port, counted in bulk, carries salt. Remove these ships to Birkenhead, and you at once accomplish the two-fold object—of relieving Liverpool, and filling Birkenhead. Cheap salt at Birkenhead . will, also give us back a con siderable portion Of the .coasting trade, which has almost cntirely fled to Runcorn. I must aktow my large interest in the salt trade to plead my excuse for this lengthened communication.—Remaining, sir, your most obedient servant, ' H. E. gacY. To the Chairman of the Works Committee, M erse y D ocks and Harbour Board. Mr. Brocklebank moved, and Mr. Rankin seconded, the con firmation of the proceedings. _ . Mr. Boina hoped that the salt trade might be taken to . Birkenheid, and that whilst the dock estate benefitted thet•eby the commerce of the port would be delivered from the dis gracefuLblack mail which had tkaii shanferul4 • D.vied bh it for so long a period, to benefit the nobility, clergy, and gentry of Cheshire. Mr. DARWISUIRE 4glfed if any one wia:O liked could put 'butte on the dock line of railway. The Ciariuitls said he believed the Works Committee would refuse no one who complied with the necessary regulations. Mr. Tositi expressed a similar opinion. In reference toiLe . letter that had been read, he believed he might say that the board were anxious to see the salt trade carried on at Btrken- head, apart from all charges now levied upon it, and no doubt the board would do all they could to protect the commerce of the port fee= the injurious effects of the River Weaver dues. Mr. GRAVIES said tLe letter was a very practical one, and he hoped it . would go to the special committee who were consi dering what trades could go to Birkenhead, and the necessary accommodation for them. The OUTMAN said the letter was a very practical letter, and would be valuable When the works meatioued in it were carried out. The writer merely stated that the works were in contemplation ; that it was intended to make a line from Heisby to the salt district, but there was no act of Parliament yet got for that purpose. Mr. BOULT believed there would bp no difficulty about obtaining an act, because the land through which the line would pass belonged to Lord Ellesmere, who was favourable to the scheme, and to the Crown. Mr. LAIRD said the line of railway referred to would be of, vast importance to the salt district, and would very materially cheapen the carriage of salt for shipment at this port. As to the accommodation for trade at Birkenhead, he would urge the special committee to make a report as speedily as possible, for he learned from Mr. Raakin that at Liverpool there would not be sufficient accommodation for the timber trade in the months of August and September next. The proceedings were then confirmed. WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE. This committee brought up a resolution whieh stat e d th a t, as the Great Float at Birkenhead was temporarily closed to trade, it was desirable that the Warehouse Committee should have permission to discharge Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, & Co.'s guano ships in the open docks at Liverpool. A long discussion ensned on the the motion that the pro ceedings be conlitined, moved by Mr. Hubback, and seconded ky Mr. Arnold. Mr. LOMETT thought the hoard' could not undertaki such work without the consent of the parties concerned. Ur. LAIRD said the plan had acted 'very well at Birkenhead for many years, and did not see why it filioul.3 not act as well at-Liverpool. - 'fir. TIMM reminded gentlemen that this was quite an excep tional case, arising from the fact that the Birkenhead docks were closed for a short period. _ _ Mr. GRAVES thought the resolution was one of the wisest that the Warehouse Committee had come to in the present year. (Laughter.) If such an arrangement had not been made with Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, & Co. as that now in force, the guano chips would not have came here. lie hadno hesita tion in stating that thousands of pounds would accrue to the board by carrying out the arrangement referred to. Mr. Mownri. rose to oppose an act of partiality to any one section of the community at the expense of the other. fie would not give an unfair advantage to anyone, and he objected to this privilege being given to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, & Co. Mr. Auxotn said that the arrangement was only a temporal y one, but was nevertheless a profitable one for the board. The CHAIR3tAN said the law permitted the board/to nnder take ths.work with the consent of Abe parties; that there was nalunfair advantage given to anyone, es Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, do Co. were the only guano importers here; and that the work, if done by the Warehouse Committee, would, be profitable to the board. Mr. BouLr concurred in the propriety of the motion, but could not help remarking that the Board had been in the lribit of storing Messrs. Gibbs and Co.'s guano at Birkenhead at a very preposterous rate, and he thought it high time that was looked into. The proceeding; were then confirmed. MAIUNE COMMITTEE. This committee recommended that Henry Bird should be appointed the keeper of Lower Hoylake light-house ; Edward Manley master of the buoy tender ; and that J. Edwards and J. Symcock should be appointed life-boat men. The commit tee had resole ed that the Board should authorise the engineer to obtain the necessary poles, insulators,-4c., for constructing the lend line of telegraph from Point Lyn to the Orines head. The gut percha potting of the telegraph wire from the harbotr-toaster's office to the top of the telegraph tower having been maliciously cut at the top of the building, the rtruined the only two persons who •.could h e° a ra ve m h it a t d ee h ace a e d sis e to the wire—the keeper and the messenger — aid had resolved that althougifthere were serious ground's for suspicion, yet there was no positive proof of the party who had committed an offence so serious as that referred to. On the motion of Mr. Mondel, seconded by Mr. Derbyshire, the proceedings were confirmed. • ''The proceedings of the Pilotage Pourmittep were read and c onfirmed. • • DOCKS AND QUAYS COMMITTEE. The committee had ordered that the cart-stand at the north east corner. of the Waterloo Dock and at the south-east corner of the Victoria Dock should be abolished, and the land allowed to be 'IIBE4I for filling, water casks prier to their inspection by the Government officers, and their shipment on board emi grant ships. It was recommended that 14 doable-purchase Capstans should be procured, and fixed in positions suggisted by the harbour-master, at a cost of £770. Mr. LOCKETT moved the confirmation of the proceedings, and in doing so drew the attention of the chairman of the Warehouse Committee to the fact that two captains had refilsed to discharge their ships, laden with nitrate of soda, In :the 'Wapping Dock, because they were refused the privilege .given to ships discharging in, the , Albert Dock—the right to WA outwards, if they chose, in the Salthouse Dock. Now, there was in existence, since 1856, an order that ships dis chirgiag in Wapping Dock should have the same privileges as those unloading in the Albert Deck ; and, therefore the matter should be looked into. Mr. Sauna - seconded the confirmation of the proceedings. Mr. HEIMACK promised attention to the remarks made by Mr. Lockett. The proceedings were then confirmed. MASTER PORTERS "COMMITTEE, The proceedings of this committee stated that Mr. Charles Mealier had waited upon them, and forcibly stated the claims of the steamship owners to the master-porterage of their owzi vessels. On the motion of Mr. Arnold, seconded by Seger, the Proceedings were confirmed. MISCELLANEOUS. • A letter from Mr. John Bothers, inquiring the price of some land on the Harrington estate, whereon to erect a copper rolling mill, was referred to the World Committee.' Captain Thompson, of the ship Lucy Thompson, wrote tithe Board that whilst his ship had 1,900 tons of goods on board, in - ,the'liVaterloo Dock, on Wednesday, the water had been let out of the dock through the. Trafalgar gates to such an extent that his ship grounded ; gad giving notice that i 1 14 found, on his Arrival at New 'fork, that she had been damaged, be s h ou ld claim damages from the Board. This letter was referred to the Docks and Quays Committee; and the Board shortly afterwards adjourned. In every portion of Australia it has been remarked that snakes have been unusually prevalent during this summer, and several persons have suffered from bites. SPECTACLES FOR SHORT-SIGILTED SOLDIERS.—A novel experiment, recommended 'by the commander-in chief, has just been sanctioned by Government. Three infan recruits lately arrived from England were at the usual m . edical examination found to be short-sighted, aud in their present state useless as soldiers. The use of proper glasses, however; it was added, would make them instantly effec tive. The director-general observed that if, the commander-in -chief did not object to the incongruity of a soldier in the ranks wearing spectacles, there could be no other objection to their being supplied to such men as might require them. A large number of officers assist their sight in this way ; and it is a well-known f act th a t many sportsmen wear glasses, some of whom, are first-rate Anti, and who could not see to shoot without them. Government have accordingly authorised the supp l y of suitable glasses t o th e m en referred to, as an experimental measure, to be reported upon hereafter. —Madras Times and Spectates. THE E N9 OF BARBER 17. BARBER.—The three judges were chatting together. It was an awful moment, At length the jury turned round, and, in answer to the regular question, gave in, through their foreman, a ver diet for the petitioner—Mrs, - Barber was free ! Mr. Lamb, with his accustomed defirence of manner, gave his arm to his client, and conducted her out of court and into the hall, where the hard women on the steps cheered her as she passed. The lady asked her profes, sional adviser, if she had not do 4 it well?---the ulore so ill. it *as all, stiff and nonsense ;--r:A.ugustas had not beaten her at all. No; she would not go back in Mr. Lamb's oarriage—she had her own brougham at -the door. I was thunderstruck ou a rr i v i ng at the portal of the hall to see that the equipage in question was 'really there—and in it a party with whiskers. Only my cousin - Frederick?" she oried out, playfully, as off she drove towards Charing-cross.--From cc _Di me , a 1 7 271C1410," sn Once a Week. - .."..iwoioraq.u4a.a.Pt4ol,llllol , 6fAlSAllMlKlk..AESaaliiiktt4 A TRAGEDY ON THE HIGH SEAS. We extract the following from the New York Courier and Inquirer : "On Wednesday morning, about six o'clock, three men, while in the bay off Staten Island, discovered an oyster sloop with her sails torn to shreds, and hanging over her side, which, with the general appearance of the craft, induced them to believe that she had been abandoned. Accordingly they boarded the sloop, which proved to• be the E. A. Johnson, of Islip, Long Island. Her bowsprit was gone, and she was aban doned. Her deck was full of clotted blood and hair. On entering the cabin, large pools of blood were found on both sides of the stove, and in the companion way. The starboard quarter on the outside had much blood on it, apparently Sneer prints. Her boat was gone. In the cabin were found a pair of india rubber boots, several shirts, bedding, and a number of other 'articles, which could have been easily taken away if the vessel had been honestly abandoned. The sloop was fast drifting ashore when the steamtug Ceres, Capt. Storens, took her in tow and brought her to the city. A 9 soon as the sloop was brought into the Fulion market slip, information was given to the coroner and Captain Weed, of the Second Precinct, who boarded her. The deck of the vessel presented the appearance of a slaughterhouse. Every thing was covered with blood from stem to stern ; matted hair was found upon the deck, and full and complete evidence of a terrible massacre was plain. Au examination was next made of the cabin; and the sight here, if possible,• was worse than upon the deck. Floor, tables, chairs, and washstand *ere besmeared with gore, and everything was disarranged, giving evidence of a furious struggle, A hammer, weighing about three pounds, was found upon the floor, covered, like all else, with blood. Considerable hair was also found on it ; and it is probable that the assassin or assassins used it for the purpose of consummating their villanous deeds. Dr. Bouton, after making a further examination of the cabin, discovered a coffee pot, and this, like the hammer, was besmeared with blood and covered with hair. It looks as though the crew, being attacked in the cabin, made a desperate resistance, and that during the cohfi;seS"th"le ' ' c4lrsargol'ai.n Riapende°4lyugewteadivriehna:o,bbriudiCuste.ePw' fdirytrt4' struggle all means of attack and defence were used . After the examination of the - cabin had been concluded the deck was again visited, and a close inspection of it still more satisfied everybody that a barbarous murder had been committed. From the cabin door there was an unbroken line of blood to the guards; but th ere was the appearance of a struggle, as the pool was very large; then, again, marks of bloody hands were seen upon the guard, and a hatchet mark. Blood ran down the outer side also. Forward, at the mast, there was more evidence of a terrible struggle. A . large pool of blood, yet fresh, lay around, extending to the bow ; and here, again, human hair was found. The mast and sails were slightly besmeared , and on the guards, near fiy, were more imprints of bloody hands. Taken altogether, the scene was a sickening one. The name of the captain of the ill-fated sloop was George Burt. He was a' man about 34 years of age, and has a family living at Islip, Long Island. Me sailed from the foot of Spring-street on the 15th instant, having on board three deck hands, twoof whom were named Smith Watts which hli) a a s ad e d e rt uo a p i ft n wo e a d r pd su oysters , Tr h e and sloop ii wa s i s and Oliver Watts; the name of the third party was not 'billuien;ledfcitrhat Virginia the caf7artaian Nickerson,wsl e e h a e e n v r i n g o sfhtethere ff sloop rs o t annuteinnBnttitlin:tdi Island. e n y t e .e i lo s t. t' schooner " aftern oo n , ° Ca pt ai nen r ,O ; an d o N h V . i e e d i r ß tn e h . r ei a 0 3 1 i s di Nickerson t wa r ya t s ahs m ornin g, ya . , s h :c er passedh p l e a r i t. was one man aboard her then, who Iran towards the bow, as the vessels were about to strike. The sl oop struck the schooner about midships, nearly sinking her. ' 'No w or d s between the vessels, and the slisop found by the Telegraph, - as already , stated, outside of Sand i' Hook, she was abandoned; Captain Weed the arrest of Captain Nickerson and' crew of the schooner Martha. There seems to' be ' but one theory as regards this terrible affair. The Johnson had 'oh board a good ^ rtiiind stun of money. This 'fact Was doubtless; 'known to . the river pirates, who, frightened from the East and North Rivers by the Harbour Police, have taken refuge on Loag and Staten. Islands. These villains had probably gone on board the sloop at night, surprised the crew in the cabin, after first killing the man on deck, and murdered them all, afterwards throwing their bodies into the ocean. Without doubt, in a day tar two we shall have to record the full particulars ;If a most terribl e . Thetraged y." /Ireiv York Tribute, of the 23rd March, co n t a i ns t h e following additional information :--- "It is considered almost certain that the mate, who was engaged by Captain Burr and the owner just before the vessel sailed, and whose name, 'Nicholas Clock, is an assumed one, murdered his three associates, tempted by the thousand dollars , in the possession of the captain; that the murders were own witted shortly after midnight on Wednesday morning ; that the murderer possessed himself of the coveted . booty, and made for land in the sleep's yawl. He reached some.point on the Staten Island shore at an early hour on Wednesday morn- . ing, arrived at what is known as the lower or Vanderbilt leading, just in time to be too late for the first boat to the city; he consequently had to wait for an hour, till the time for the second boat to sail, seven o'clock, when he came up to city in the steamboat Southfield, Capt. Isaac Vreeland'. ' ' "While waiting for the boat, he got in conversation with the bridge er deck-keeper at the landing, Abram Eghert, and asked him where a fellow conld get anything to eat or .drink. He was directed to a small oyster-saloon just at the landing, where he went, sat down, and held a ooaversation With the boy in charge of the saloon. (The saloon is kept by Peter Van Pelt, and the boy's name is Augustus Gisler.) , "He then intimated that he was in a hurry to get up to the city, and was sorry that he had missed the first boat. lie called for two drinks of hot gin, and two eggs, to pay for which he handed the boy a quarter of a dollar. Re then asked how many more eggs were on hand ; the boy told him there were four more. He then asked Mr. Van hell if he could make an oyster stew, to which titter/ her received an answer in the affirmative. The stew was served up in about floe minutes. He then called for another egg, which, having disposed -of, he handed out a quarter of a dollar, declining to take any change. He then asked the boy Augustus to accept of a ten dollar gold piece; the boy thought he was joking, and refuied to accept the money. He then refused to receive the change from the quarter which he had previously handed in payment for the oysters, and said he would take a cigar instead of the change. This might have been about half-past six, or a quarter to seven o'clock. " The hoy says thgt he then 'told the boss not to be scared, and not to cheat himself, as he hed pl e nty of money, and could pay for everything he bought.' lie had on a high-crowned Kossuth hat, a grey " pea-jacket; wittches oh both elb o w s , a pair of grayish pantaloons with ps on the knees, arid he carried in his right hand a clothes-bag apparently well filled." The Tr ibune of the following day says :.-. - "Already the murderer has been tracked from the beach on States Island, where he landed, to the Vanderbilt Landing, and from thence to the city, via the ferry-boat Southfield. Here the chain was broken; and the blood-thirsty adventurer looms up, after an intertal, at the tenement house, No. 129, Cedar-street, in the First Ward, under the following circum % stances: Two men, named John Burke and Andrew Kelly, hav ing read in the newspapers, on ThursclaY morning, the recut then stated about the finding and bringing to. the city of ein abandoned sloop which bore evidence of murder and robbery, they hasteaed to the Second Ward Stationshouse, and anxiously inquired for Cepta'ri Weed, to whom they stated that they believed they knew, and had seen the man who had been on board the sloop, whs had murdered the captain and crew, and who had been seen on board of her when she struck the schooner. . "They said that on Wednesday a man named William *halm son, who lived in the same house with them at No. 129, Cedar-street, who was a smack sail Its had conic home very unexpectedly. In the course of the day he had• exhibited two bags• containing money.' One of the men, John Burke; asked him what was the matter—what had happened I He replied, 'this is prize money which has just been - paid to me for an abandoned sloop which I picked up lately.' Therthought the story was rather extraordinary, but Passed it among the ordinary events of a day, and the matter might _ have been forgotten but for the story of the sloop. They:said that he, with his wife and child, had started Prone the city by the Stonington boat that same afternoon, one of them having seen him on board with his wife and.chtlcl in the ladies' saloon. Both these hien state that he was very Mir; 144014 iheir astonishment et the appearance of se much money in his possession, eo suddenly, and his subsequent abrupt departure for the Esist. "On the strength of this information officers Nevins and Smith were despatched by the eleven o'clock train on •the New York and Newhaven Railroad, for Stoniugton, with a i en ve reCe S iv in e e d e ft t o h m eir t a h e e P naT ilr eli e li n 2ugle i)gai i; stated tliny e d o a s ti t i ai m b k ; ne d e d t a hh r t ae h arsef f ugitive. they in yil verya re o n shorthia t rt time. . andlt is.alsoalll e r wife have gone to Providence, where the tecl e r ew e toi info rm ation the fbeoev d ed a despatch was received from the th , a ‘ t A J t o a but: te a officers by t Lakenbe arrested ; lodgingsthatdotinghe h they had succeeded in getting track of the mur derer hour last ▪ night, office" ha ' ve he fo p il O o l wlll ic e e sd ,dated at Providence, stating that after a tedious Jean ' te and would, beyond 41 doubt, iva house, wimaas private from the busy part of that city, had the night " BRUIN AS JACK TAR. The -Russian corvette Medved, which is now at Marseilles, has on board some bears, which at certain times are let loose on deck, and allowed to amuse themselves by climbing about the rigging, The animals are so well disciplined as to pre sent no danger. Crowds assemble on the quays to see them go through their strange antics. LANCASHIRE REFORMERS' UNION.—Mr. Bright, M.P„ has promised to attend and address a general meeting of members of this union, to be held in the great room of the Free-trade Hall, Manchester, on the evening of the 12th inst. Au. bailey, M.P., and other gentlemen, will also address the meeting upon the . reform question. A Site ox FIRE.-.7-FALMOUTH, Wednesday morning. —The Neapolitan brigantine, W. E. Routh, arrived at Falmouth en Tuesday; when off Scilly she saw a full rigged shipon fire, and burning from four in the afternoon of the 2nd, to four in the morning of the 3rd inst. She saw her three masts go over the side, and schooner n e ar her. She looked like an AtaarioaU cotton ship, being light. Mdlle. Victoire Balls has, it is said, been united, at St.' Petersburg, to Sir 4bn Fiennes T. gramptorr, Batt, K.C.8., het:Majesty's Minister at the court of Russia. Sir John, who succeeded as second baronet on the death of his father the late Sir Philip Crampton, Bart, surgeon general to the forces in Ireland, in 1858, was formerly minister plenipotentiary to the United States, and is now in his 53rd year, having been born in 1307. A REAL ROMEO AND 1111.1 ET AFFAIR.—Quite a romantic and melancholy affair has taken pl ace . at Cien fuegos. A young man (clerk in the office of'Aveles and Le Blanc), by the name of Carlos Bonfanti, of good family, "and possessed of considerable means, has for some time been under marriage engagement to a young lady, by the name of Carr, who is said to be the most beautiful girl in Cignfuegos. The couple *ere anxious to consummate the marriage tie, but in consequence of the opposition of the gentleman's friends, it was deferred, although the parties had proceeded so far as ' to have a house furnished, and the lady's wedding dress -prepared ; but finding their . wishes frustrated, they determined, as they were denied the happiness of living together in this world, to seek that desirable favour in another, and in pursuit .of this object, each took a die. of 'strychnine in coffee last night at ten o'clock. The poor girl died at eleven, after having written a long letter to her friends, explaining the cause of her taking this sad step. She was buried next after noon, arrayed in what was to have been her wedding apparel. Her father and sisters are almost crazy under their terrible affliction. The young man was still alive, but his death was looked far every hour, and he declared positively, that if the present attempt did not slieeeedeti, he would adopt such means as would. The event has created much excitement, and great sympathy is Manifested for both parties. Their parents are half Spa nish and half American. Miss Carr's father is a native of Philadelphia, and is at present custom-house officer there. - It appears that a little aster of the deceased was in the room when the poismi was taken, and begged for sqrsie cf the coffee in which it was mixed, but her wish was refused. The young man was the first to -partake of the fatal draught; he than took an affectionate fare well of his affianced one, both in life and death, u l d returned home. The girl drank the dregs and retired to bed, but shortly after she called up the ftgAi l iA, and gave them the letters she had written, at, t.. 111 e informing them of the fatal act. V y ety effnrt *as made to save her life, but withou t She told th em th at if she could not live with-himahe loved in this world she would meet him in the next, where they would be happy. M01NE5P.11 , 46160. .~50? AND BURIAL. HORRIBLE MURDER, MUTILATION, The Court of Assizes of the Bas-Rhin has just tried a married woman, named Haumesser, of Elsenheim, for the murder of her daughter. This woman, who pos sessed a detestable reputation in the village from her impiety and obscenity of her language, and from the violence of her character, took an intense antipathy to one of her two daughters, Jeannette, aged twenty-one years, and frequently ill-treated her in the most shameful way, and often threatened to murder her. On the 2nd of December last, the poor young female, who was at home with her mother, was heard by the neighbours to cry loudly for help from an up-stairs room, and the neighbours afterwards heard a noise similar to that which would have been occasioned by beating the head of a person against a wall. One of the neighbours sent her son, a boy of 13, to threaten the woman, that if she did not cease ill-treating her daughter, she would send for the police; but the woman in a furious rage turned the boy out of the house, and fastened the door. He, however, looked through thekeyhole, and saw her take up a large knife and rush on her daughter . ; at the same moment he heard the latter cry " Holy Virgin ! protect me !" and then he heard a strange noise, which he compared to that which would have been caused by a calf having its throat cut. All at once the noise ceased, but the woman was heard for some time moving to and fro in her house, as if busily engaged in some unusual opera tion; and after a while she was seen to go into the yard to wash some articles stained with blood. The neighbours, after some hesitation, sent for her husband, who was at work in the village ; and the wom an i n answer to his inquiries as to where Jeannette was said that she had had to correct her for some fault, and that she had gone away, but would no doubt Boon return. .The man was satisfied, a nd observing nothing unusual in the house returned to his work. Two days, however, passed away, and nothing was seen of the girl. Th e gen d armes were then informed by the neighbours' of what had taken place, and they went to the woman's house to arrest her; but .having heard bat she had been denounced, she took to flight across - the fields. Sh e was, however,.parsued, and taken into custody. About the time of her capture a most horrible discovery was made. A dog turned up from a hole. near a wind mill at some dist-met from the village some fragments o! flesh, and on the hole. being examined there were; horrible to relate, found in it breasts, part of a trunk, the legs, and the intestines of a young female, also the fragments of a skull—the feet and hands had dis appeared, probably from having been devoured by wild animals. The woman, hearing of this discovery, related with revolting coolness that the remains in question Were those of her daughter, Whom she had .thurdered and dismembered; and she detailed With great minute ness the horrible operations. Among other things she stated that after the murder she had smashed the skull of her daughter to extract the brain, and had burned 1 the brain in the fire. The jury declared her guilty : and the Court condemned her to death. (Lord Palmerston returned to town on Wednesday from Windsor Castle, and in the evening left for Broadlauds,. for the holidays. The ceremony of laying the foundation -stone of the Western College, at Plymouth, took place on Wednes day, amidst much rejoicing. The college was estab lished in 1752. CRICKET.-011 Good Friday many of the various metropolitan clubs make it the "opening day" of the season, selecting sides and playing matches among them selves. A vote of £6,000 has been passed by the Victoria Parliament to be applied to the exploration of the Australian Continent, and a committee has been formed to carry out the organisation and control of a party for that purpose. Seventeen of the crew of the hired transport Havering, stranded at Plymouth, were brought before the Stone house magistrates on a charge of insubordination and refusal to do duty, and were sentenced to two months' imprisonment at Exeter. NEW ENGLISH OPERA.—This undertaking, under the I musical direction of Dr. Peeb, is to be carried out at Drury-lane, and not at the Princess's, as prefiously announced. The season commences on Easter Monday, with an English version of Helevy's opera of the " Queen's Musketeers." ACCELERATION OF SPEED ON THE GREAT NORTIIEN RAILWAY.—The Great Northern Company, with the view of accelerating the speed of their trains between London and Scotlan, have decided to introduce a larger and more powerful class of express engines on the line between London and York. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—A carman, named Belcher, in .the employ of Mr Chamberlain, contractor, of Belvidere-road, Lambeth, had just unloaded his cart of bricks at Mr Newton's, Falcon-wharf, Bankside, and the tide being low, he ventured down to wash the horse and cart. He had not proceeded many yards before the horse led the man beyond his depth, and before assist ance could be rendered both man and horse were drowned. ATTEMPTED MURDER AT CLAPRA.NI.—On Thursday morning, between six and seven o'clock, an attempt was made to murder Mrs Mary Gay, aged 37 years, who resides at No. 5, Park-place, Park-road, Clapham. The man who attempted the murder was the victim's husband. She had been separated from him for some time, but be called on her .on Thursday, when they quarrelled, and he drew a razor on her. She struggled violently and saved her life. The man ran away, but wa s captured by the police. " FLOWERING SUNTLea " IN WALES. —On Palm Sunday, the friends of the departed strew the graves of the deceased with the choicest flowers and evergreens of the season, throughout the whole of the Principality. It is a beautiful and touching ceremonial, and one which attracts great attention from all parties in Newport 0n Sunday the sacred festival was duly observed at the various burial-places, though the weather was not so favourable as could be desired for such an occasion. MR. FREDERICK DOUGLASS REFUSED AN AMER ICAN PASSPORT.—Mr. Douglass, while in Newcastle, recently made application, through the American Minister in London, for a passport, to enable him to visit Paris as an American citizen. The reply made by the Minister was, in effect, that the Constitution of the United States did not recognise persons of colour as citizens ; the pass port was, therefore, refused. Through the kindness, however, of the French Consul at Newcastle, th e required permission has been obtained .—Newcastir Daily Chroilicle. • l'sr Two EMPERORS.—We read in a Trieste letter : It is said, and from the sources from whence I hear it I believe it is true, that at the celebrated meeting of the rival Emperors, which led to the armistice, and subse quently to the preliminaries of the treaty of peace a t Villafranca, when Napoleo n an d Francis Joseph were 'left quasi alone for nearly three quarters of an hour, the former, addressing the latter, said, " Your Majesty would do well to listen to friendly and well -meant counsels. You are surrounded by traitors. Y our Majesty believes that your fortress of Mantua is pro visioned fox six mon th s ; I tell you," etriphaticall raising his finger, "it h as not f ood for as many days Test my information, and act accordingly." And so it . proved, and afforded another lesson also of the infini te superiority of the French over the Austrian system of espiwinage. THE AFRICAN Exeerarroaa—Mrs. Livingstone, the wife of Dr. Livingstone, our celebrated traveller, ha s just arrived from the Cape, per Mr. Duncan Dunbar's ship Vittoria. At the railway station, the name of Dr. Livingstoue on the luggage having caught the eye of the bystanders, she and her sable attendant were soon surrounded by a crowd eager again to see the great geographer. Upon being informed, however, that he was still iu the centre of Africa, they warmheartedly inquired respecting his health, and shook hands with hor. Mrs. Livingstone having proceeded from the Cape on a visit about 800 miles into the interior to her father, the renowned missionary Moffat, returned to the Cape upon his journeying :Apia north to see Moselekatse, where he hoped to hear of his sou-in-law. The missionaries from the Loudon society had already proceeded onwards to Sekeleta and the Makololo. Mrs. Livingstone has brought with her an interesting addition to her family, in the person of another little daughter, born in Africa ; and has come with the hope of proceeding with the steamer about to be sent by Government to the Zambesi, and of at length rejoining her heroic husband. :Are ENIPEROR'i tai READ.—A good on da is getting an extensive under-currency, and is believed by some ; I do not aver that I am of the number ; never theleas the tale tells well, and it may, therefore, be pru dent not too closely to test its accuracy. It is said that the Emperor Francis Joseph, being disquieted by the triple recurrence of a dream, had recourse to the coun sels of his mother, the Archduchess Sophia, who at once summoned to her aid a " weird-sister "in whose mystic talent she had herself confidence. Introduced to the august presence, the crone demanded what visions of the night had startled the Imperial slumbers. The Emperor informed her that he had dreamed of three mice ; the first perfectly blind, the second so immensely bloated and fat it could scarcely walk, and the third weak, poor, and almost dying from starvation. The beld ame a p peare d a l armed, and at first professed her inability to afford any solution ; but on being reassured and informed that under any circumstances she might rely n o t on ly on protection but reward, she took heart, and much to the astouishmeut ' of her Imperial :interrogato rs , replied, " The bli n d mouse is your Majesty ; the fat mouse your Ministers; and the worn-out, starving, and exhausted mouse your people." Be the tale well or ill-founded, it is suffi ciently analogous to the present state of the empire ; but the worst part of it is that the blind mouse does not at present appear to have opened his eyes.-7Weste Letter. ANECDOTE . or A GRAND DUKE —The following strange but authentic anecdote is related of the Grand Duke Charles, the husband cf the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden :---akfter his death, the settlement of the liabi lities of the old civil list brought a strange infirmity of the late Prince to light. "At the Palace of Carlsruhe," says the article, " a whole series of apartments was found, which the late Grand Duke had successively locked up, and which nobody had entered since. It had long been au old mania of his to lay by everything he received, no matter what, and no matter from whom. :No one was ever allowed to touch these things ; the Grand Duke himself abstained from doing so, without ever taking the slightest notice of any application for restitution. As soon as a room was suffi ciently full, he would lock it up, taking out the key, and begin the sa me ceremony with another. When, after his death, these mysterious rooms were opened, they were found to be filled with an innumerable quatAtitY. of preciou s t hi ngs —costumes, all kinds of traPlogY . , down to children' s p l ayt hi ngs, reco llection,:: of ehildh""aand which the prince had never nsed. A are , a quanta j' Of . rouleaux of s il ver , ',belled "Captain's pay for : Prince C harleap and, a vast lot of 20-k:re (74, carefully; wrapped ul4; there, erpieces drawers tilled with' rouleaux of gold`; then snuff-boxes of the greatest Value, rings, and 'other jew e l s to th e amount f more than a 'million in al*. These treasures,had lain dormant there for many years, a n d y e t, a short time before his death, the Grand Duke had often been pinched for money, which be could not get at a lower rate than 16 per cent.: CORRESPONDENCE. [Pre do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions our correspondents.) FORTUNATE TRADERS.-A BUDGET CURIOSITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES. SIR,—I find in an official document the following entry Molasses for distillation delivered from the Liverpool bonded warehouses, free of dia l ", week ending March 31st, 186 tons 19 cwt. 2 lbs. Is it a fact that a d raw b ac k of 3d. per gallon is beipg allowed upon spirits distilled from molasses? If it b so, would you class that fact under - free trade" or " protection." J. T. April 5th,111860. The Overland Australian, Bombay, and Mauritius mails arrived at Dover at 4.55 this morning, and despatched to London by the 5.20 train. The Right Hon. J. D. Fitzgerald, late Attorney- General for Ireland, and now one of the Irish judges, is on the point of being married to a sister of ViscouLt Southwell. The celebrated Mdlle. Titiens is at present in Pans on her way to London, being engaged at Her Majesty a Theatre. Mdlle. Titiens has been singing at the Ope, s House in Barcelona, where on her closing night tho subscribers presented her with a laurel crown in silver, with berries in gold. The Kerry Pest notices a circumstance iihich indi. cates the increasing prosperity of Ireland .--" The rag. for taking land has become so great in this neighboui. hood that very heavy fines are being paid, in additio2 to high rente, for any large farms now to be let. W e have known £BOO to be paid in one instance by a working farmer, and £l,OOO was afterwards offered by another farmer." Two BOATS LOST.—TWO boats, with fourteen men on board, were blown from the coast of Lewis during :• very severe gale, and no hope is entertained of thi safety of their crews. This great calamity has completely paralysed the flshing in the neighbourhood, as the men are exceedingly superstitious, and weeks may elapse era they again proceed to sea.—Greenock Adeertiso. aub Prattp. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, forwarded for insertion, - e7.44:t be propetly authenticated with the name and address of the sender. The charge for the insertion of Births will be pence each. • BIRTHS. On the 2nd Mq., at 7, Fullmer-street, Mrs. M. Drielszna, a. a son. On the 2nd inst., at 42, Raglan-terrace, tLe wife of Captain F.ustact-, at a dauthter, MARRIAGES. On the 29th ult., at Hildesheim, Mr. William Bucking, 44:_ Manchester, to Louisa, :eldest daughter of H. Wolf, kg., 4.f Efildersheim. On the sth inst., Mr. Stephen Edmondson, of Famwortli, to Mary Wright, only daughter of the late Mrs. Ann Grover, et this sown.... - DEATHS. On the 31st ult., at the residence of Mrs. Cummings, Milt• street; aged s 7, Sarah, relict of Captain Henry Parker. On the let inst., at the residence of her son, 2s, Windsor-, street, Mrs. Mary Heath, widow of Mr. Samuel Heath. formerly of Whiteohnrch, Salop, aged 63 years. On the Ist inst.. at IS, West Derby-street, Isabella, relict of Adam Thomson, Esq., of Greenock. On the aid bast., at 18, Park-terrace, Brixton, Surrey, aged. 8.5, James Spence, Esq., formerly of this town. On the 4th inst., at Richmond -vale, Bootle, aged 6 months. 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