Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-03 00:00:00

gatutuariat 2alts. THIS DAY THIS DAY, the 3rd instant, at One o'clock, at 1, Oldhall-street, 7,940 Bundles Bahia PIASSAVA, ,x Margaret . Deane, in 4 and 5, Albert Dock.—Apply to now and BARCLAY, Brokers THI3 DAY, th 'Broker's Otli. 17 Bales COTTON. damaged. by sea And about 30 cwt. PICKINGS ax Zambesi, from New Grim - Sefton-street. —Apply to ne o'clock, at the No. 4, Rigty's Shed Co., Brokers. MiI(RIOTT On acto' THIS DAY, t/ s W(~OI t. at the Brokers' Office, wed Surat' COTTON, of Wet PICKINGS. Ez Coriolanu;,l] • k Warehouses ~6 and 7.; an raged ORLEANS Ex Zat 1 - BateA's, Manesty-lane.—Apply to CUNNINGTIAAI and' FIINSITAW, Bra? NEXT WEEK On WEDNESDAY, ti 3rekere Saleroom, Just landed from Lisba Forwood, Merchants; a ORCHELLA WEED, ply to Messrs. Leech, Harrison, and )KE, OKELL, and SPENCE, Brokers... AFTER NEXT WEEK On TITIJIZSDA Bushel h instant, at One o'clock, at Christopher Office, Royal Insuranee-buildiags, Bids. of superior PORT WINES, ads and vintages, h RED WINES, About 50 P:m.B of : arcels of SiTERRY, Aher Wines and Spirit pply to 3USFIELL, and 'together with sm _ CLAItET, BRANDY, a Bottle.—For further partieul CFIRISTOPFII 4 PAGNE Wood and CASTLE- FENCING WIR 'TELEGRAP] To MANTJEAC SOMBRERO, AN OTHER PHOSPHA Apply to a ORGANIC CRUST LIME, ARNOTT BROTHERS, gereey Chambers. OLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS 4e 4 IVERPOOI rsons desirous of earollin, defence of this Town and Neighbourhood, a - • .. • Rifle Corps for the hereby invited to writing, to th, nes, age, height. and occupation, with addres lowa Hall. Such Volunteers are to be followiii b let. Those who will provide their own Are all other Accoutrements, and who are to be entirely a self supporting body. 2nd. Those who wall find their own Uniform, and pay a sum to be hereafter agreed upon among therFselves. for the is, Uniform, but who will requireArTn; maintenance of their Company, to be found for them. 3rd. Those who require temporary assistance by being allowed to pay for their Arms, Uniform, Accoutrements, &c., by instalments. 4th. Those who will join if all Uniform are found for them Gentlemen, Merchants, and Trades leir Arms, Accov ments, and I earnestly requested to co=operate v ing by means of their influence among their employees,tc, their clerks, assistants, and servants, to join the Corps about to , formed, this excellent object may be best attained by the Gentle men and influential Tradesmen of the town raising, by companies, bodies ofmen; every Gentleman so raising men to sendan, addressed to the Chairman of the Cummittee of Management, a nominal roll of each Company so raised. he Committee, in endeavour- ' As it is proposed that the Volunteer Rifle Corps shall be raised in Companies of 100 men each, and in different localities, it is suggested that this might he most expeditiously effeoted by some Ten or Twelve Gentlemen who may, be willing to devote themselves to the object, endeavouring each to raise a Company among - their Mends and associations. Again, Gentlemen employing large bodies of Artisans, might Perhaps, easily raise from among them one or more Companies, leaving•the question of from what Fund the Arms and Accoutre ments are•to be found, to be discussed hereafter. It should in all cases be explained to candidates for enrolment : lst.—That they will not be liable to the Militia Ballot. 2nd.—That the hours of drill will be fixed by the Officers commanding each Company. 3rd.--That the officers below the rank of field-officer, Will be chosen by the members of each Company, subject to - the approval of the Lord-Lieutenant of the County. Copies of the War Office Circulars of 12th and 25th May, 1559, showily; the terms upon which the Volunteer Rifle Corps will be enroled. caribe had at Messrs. Mawislev and Son, Castle-street. GEO. BELL, Major-General, Chairman. Town Hall 31st May, 1859. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &e.—THIS DAY, TMIZATTLE RovAL—Pyne and Harr:son Company. ROYAL AMPIIITIERATRE—Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. ZOOLOGICAL GAILDENS -Mount Et 116., Ste. Tariroxie HALL—Ohio Minstrels. THZ PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOXY, Paradise-street. 24P" For particulars see advertisements on Bth page, TO CORRESPONDENTS. Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real Mme and address, not neces sarily ft:a .. .publication, but as a guaxantec of good faith. J. W. C.—To,-werow. FRIDAY, JUNE .42, 1859, ThE DAY'S NEWS, The War news this morning adds but little to that previously known. A despatch from Verona, received by w.ay of Vienna, and dated Tuesday, says, " the enemy has ettacked the vanguard of the 7th corps d'armee, but their further advance was stopped by the corps d'armee under the eomicand of General Zobel." The telegram adds that a great number were wounded. Another telegram, received by the Times, dated Vienna, Wednesday evening, an nounces that Garibaldi has been i._driven back from Sondrio to • the mountains, and adds that 'General Urhan's troops were pursuing him. This,despatch adds -that the only issue open to h,invis Stelbio. This news is said. to :be official. A correspondent at Vereelli, writing to the Paris Constitaeional on the 30th. of May, announces that a decisive battle was imminent. The Government of Naples, it is reported, has,prevented the .exporta tion of sulphur. A letter from Paris, of Thursday's date, says Signor Antonini has arrived there from Naples, for the purpose of notifying to the French Government the accession of Francis IL to the throne of Naples. It is asserted he will also go to London and Brussels for the purpose of making a similar announcement at the. Courts of those .cites. The Daily Nevis says the Hon. , lienry- Elliott left London on Tuesday, charged with a special mission to the Court of Naples. Mr. Elliot is minister at Copenhagen, hut, being in England, !Lord Malmo.- - drc'ir for thi9 pursue induces the Cabinets of France and England to act with great circumspection. The Paris corres pondent of the Daily _News takes it for granted that the new King of Naples is in the hands of Austrians. The Globe says that the latest movements of the French and Sardinians appear to indicate an advance of the allied left and contra; on Milan. A soon as the corps of Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers evacuated Casteggio, Montebello, and Voghera, ou Monday, the A u. t • • , rians again entered these towns. Further details cone • ernino• the second engagement at Palestro have bee n received, but still exclusively from the side of the atoms , and it would be rash to form a final opinio n on these T affairs before the . Austrian account has been h eard , The news from Como is, that Varese is again in the handy of the Austrians, under General Urban's command,. Garibaldi seems to have retreated -before their • nor force without having waged another battle, The latest information leaves him still unsuceessfuU attacking the f or t of Laveno, on the easte rn or L om b ar d situation bank of th e Lago Maggiore. His • must be consid ere d extremely precarious, f or taking of thi s fort, which might the enable him to cross the lake, seems I- t er o -t -his only hope of escape, and it is a faint one. Th e e Sardinian forces despatched to extricate him, which are represented as - being commanded by General ACV LY c 5 ate. tMES BA." and SIGNAL CORD, Colonial 5 13sles S€ I a Qin Cialdini, hitherto stationed at Vercelli, are represented as having been intercepted by the Austrians. The lake itself, as far as we know, is still in the hands of the latter, by means of their steamers. We feel compelled to conclude that Garibaldi has done his duty as far as 'in him lay, and that the Austrian General, who was despatched to intercept him, has done the same, but that the allies have not theirs, which was to prevent his retreat being cut off. The following are some fresh details about the affair Palestro. The Piedmontese army, after having - repulsed_ the enemy along his whole front was on its right wing for a moment out flanked by 'the Austrians, who threatened the hridgc of boats across the Sesia, over which General Canrobert AVM to effect a junction with the King. The Emperor then despatched the 3rd regiment of Zouaves, who, unsupported by any artillery, rushed upon the erierny's battery, planted on the further side of a deep canal, bayonetting or hurling into the water the companies posted on our side of the canal for the defence of the battery, and taking two pieces of canon, and 500 prisoners. The Zouaves loss-1 officer aid 20 privates killed, and 200 wounded, among whom were 10 officers. Madrid journals of the 28th have reached us. The only facts of interest they bring is that the Duchess of Montpensier had given birth to a son, and that - -rgent Carlist band has been dispersed by the troops. an inst Queer There is arumour that the Duke of Cambridge is likely to retire from his high office at the Horse Guards, on account of some disclosures or reflections in the report of the committee on the sale of army commission The weekly court at the Bank did not meet yester day till two o'clock: At 2.25 it was announced that the rate of discount had been reduced from 41 to 31 per cent. Yesterday, the five prisoners charged with riotous conduet on Tuesday, 'were brought up before the Birkenhead Magistrates.' Their names are Farrel, Maguire, Murphy ; Tagga r t, an d M ar ti n. A great .3 -1 • another c ito, which we report in arly proved that Farrel WS at gr. Laird's yard, tous man only attempted to rescue Farrel ti committed to the assizes, bail ted for his appearance, and the other ers were discharged on their entering into mil for their future good behaviour. ' The Health of the Town is in a very satisfactory tate, as the report of the officers of health, read at the meeting, yesterday, will show. In our police news to-day will be f9und some interesting items. The collector of the Royal Oak Burial-society, has been sent to gaol, for three months, for not being able to give up certain sums of money collected by him for the It appears he owes that body over society, ULM/4. J. WU traaesmen, who have heretofOre held a respectable position in their line, as wheel wrights and general smiths, stand remanded on a charge of having received a large quantity of stolen iron, which was abstracted from the stores of Mr. James, iron merchant, Oil-street, by persons in his employment. !fit ihe weekly meeting of the Dock Board yester day, Mr. M'lver objected to the proposed width of the new steam dock to be constructed in connection with the Huskisson dock, 250 feet. The subject had been considered by . the works' committee, who recommended the board to adhere to that width. Mr. M'lver moved that the recommendation be referred back ; but, in consequence of the absence of several members of the committee, the subject was postponed to the next meeting. Again has Dr. M‘Neile figured in a Court of Law. Yesterday he appeared as defendant in an action in the County Court, but this time has come off vic torious. The disgraceful disclosures made in the Gent case appear to be now visited upon the heads of some of the parties therein implicated. Mr. Gilpin, at that time master of the schools in connec tion with the Prince's-park Church, brought an action against the Rev. Doctor for arrears and stop pages of salary extending over a lengthened period, some p . ortion indeed pending at the very time of the notorious trial. A verdict was given against the plaintiff. A terrible Railway Accident, which might have been fatal to several, has been escaped only by a hair's breadth. Some plate-layers on the Middles borough and Darlington railway left a loose rail on the line. An engine was thereby thrown off the line, and three carriages were hurled over an em bankment. No serious personal injury was done ; but is this carelessness to go unpunished ? Ebenezer Ward, a tax collector of St. Mary's, Islington, London, underwent examination at Cler kenwell Police-court, yesterday, on a charge of embezzling .E7OO. A warrant had been issued for his apprehension, but he came forward voluntarily ; and now, in answer to the charge, said the deficit, arose from his granting receipts when he had not received the money. Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered a remand for a week, and consented to take bail in £2,000. ENGLAND AND THE WAR RECENT INTELLIGENCE from the Continent has thrown considerable light upon the object of M. KOSBL7TH's present agitation. Under any circum stances, one cannot but think, it was a piece of mischievous effrontery for an exile, in his peculiar position, to interfere in so ethical a matter as that of England's foreign policy. It must be remembered that he is a rebel subject of one of the Powers engaged in that war towards which this country is pledged to be neutral. England has for now some eight or nine years afforded him a safe asylum, as she is always glad to do to any unfortunate political refugee, —though even this act of reasonable and just hospitality could not possibly be agreeable' to Austria, and no doubt it has interfered with the maintenance of that entente cordiale which it is so desirable to ,preserve, whenever it is possible, with all our foreign relations. But in addition to that, to have him going about the country, agitating and embittering the public mind against that Power, as one with which we are on amicable -terms,— however we may dissent from and detest its des potism,—is manifestly,carrying, the thing rather too far. It is aptly remarked by the Saturday Review, that "notwithstanding the noisy adhesion of obscure that at the present crisis, as well as on all future occasions, the English nation, with all deference to volunteer counsellors, will prefer to choose a policy for itself. The only injurious tendency of his de clamation consists in the probable misunderstanding which -meetings like that at the London Tavern may occasion on the Continent, The French news papers," continues our independent contemporary, "will be able to quote the opinion of M. KOSSUTH and of his hearers, that NAPOLEON 111. cannot possibly intend to enter on the career of the conqueror.' The importance of the meeting will be proved by the presence of that exalted func tionery who represents in Parisian imaginations. the splendour and greatness of England. The Peace Society," it is warningly added, " tempted the Emperor NICHOLAS into one ruinous war, and, in conjunction with the Neutrality agitators, it may induce Louis NAPOLEON to persevere in another. That the propensities of the English people incline in an entirely different direction, is a discovery which was made too late on the former occasion, and i t may be well to remember it now. Yes,— , -for a miTnilar discovery may he made on this occasion when THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1859 it is also too late. M. KOSSUTH'S plausible admonitions in favour of England's neutrality are obviously given only under an apprehension,---which is without any foundation at present,—that should she interfere, it will be in support of Austria. But when he says to an excited multitude,—",Let the people of England watch with care and solicitude the progress of events, and should it so happen —as he trusted most sincerely it would—that the friends of oppressed nationalities would take advantage of the present opportunity to throw off the trammels of despotism, let it not be recorded that Great Britain denied to give them her sympathy." And although he does less vehemently add that no further than that should Britain inter fere, one cannot but entertain a strong misgiving, lest such sympathy should, not remain a passive, but became an active principle, and thereby embroil this country with one or other of the present belli gerents. Were there nothing more than what we have here already :stated, it would be a case which evidently required England to be cautious and circumspect in her conduct. If foreign agitators like M. KOSSUTH are allowed to have the run of the country, uninter rupted and uncontrolled,—if they are to be permitted to go about advocating the cause of revolution, and promoting the interests of one side of the war, whilst the country is professedly neutral—that is, neither on one side nor the other,—it will only be by a miracle that our avowed neutrality can ever be preserved. This would be so, we repeat, under any circumstances. It stands with reason, that if a spirit is aroused among the people, hostile to one party in the war, and favourable to the other; and that if the feelings of the people are enlisted on the side of " the friends of oppressed nationalities," so to encourage them to " take advantage of the present opportunity to throw off the trammels of despotism,"—such " despotism " being the rule and governance of one of the Powers engaged in that war, and with whom the country is not only at peace, but in close amicable relations,--that our neutrality nation will not be of very long continuance. This, we say, would be the natural operation of cause and effect under any circumstances. But how much greater must be the force of its influ and, indeed, how much more reason is there to suspect its 'objects,—when the principal agitator himself has a deep personal interest in the issue. And this, it is now evident, is M. KOSSUTH'S case. Among the items of latest news from Austrian- Lombardy, is one which shows that Hungary, as well as Italy, is to be the arena of a revolutionary war. AProclamation, printed in German, Italian, and French, addressed to the Hungarians serving in the army of Austria, has, we learn, been put in circulation among them, in which occurs the follow ing passage,—" The great Franco-Sardinian army, after having freed Italy from the Austrian yoke, will enter into Hungary in order that your country may become free as quickly as possible. The French and Piedmontese are consequently your allies and your brothers. Do not fight against them, for it would be almost a suicide. Pass over to ours side ; we will meet you with the Hungarian tricoloured flag. If you cannot come to us unite with the Italian troops in the service of Austria as soon as they shall revolt." Now this certainly throws a vivid light upon M. KOSSUTH'S present proceedings. It is obviously intended to produce a revolt in Hungary. The Hungarian exile's words are to be immediately verified. " The friends of the oppressed nationalities,"—that is,, M. Kossuni and his parti zans,—are going to " take advantage of the present opportunity to throw off the trammels of despotism." Nor have we any objection in the world to this being done. Only we have nothing to do with it. It is their own affair—not ours. If England is to remain neutral, she cannot possibly have anything to do ith it. But see how great is her danger of being entangled in these hostilities, if such a course of agitation in support of Italian and Hungarian revolution is to have its perfect work among the English people. Liberty of speech is, doubtless, a very fine thing. And it would ill accord with England's freedom, some people would be ready to say, to put any check on such a liberty—even in the case of a foreign agitator. But it is a liberty, nevertheless, which is full of mischief, as it is at present being indulged. We very much question if it would be tolerated, under similar circumstances, even in an Hungarian Republic —were one established— with M. KOSSUTH as its President. But one thing is evident,—that if our neutrality is to be abandoned—if we are to be embroiled in this war—it will be much less- likely to be done by the Government, than by the people them selves as a enees , THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND. THE administration of justice in the remotest parts of the British empire is a subject of paramount importance to the people of England. We have a practical illustration of this in the time and attention which have been bestowed by Parliament on Law Reform. Ireland has not been overlooked in the popular solicitude to secure to her Majesty's subjects the full measure of justice to which they may be entitled. Chancery and Common Law Reforms in that country were preceded by the Incumbered Estates' Court Act; and all that the debtor and creditor interests asked was freely conceded, the Legislature reserving to itself the enforcement of the popular principle of " Judge ye by the very right, and let not sham or false nrotenee_ilefatii-j-u.Qtjr.e.,:: Equity and Law reforms. It is the very letter of the law of the present day ; and where abuses are to be found in the practice or decisions of the Irish Courts, the responsibility rests with those who are entrusted with the administration of the law in Ireland. The practice of ruling by precedent in cases which are to be decided by " the Very Right," can no longer be tolerated. The sense of right which prevails in these days is far different to that which passed current fifty years before a MONAHAN, a LEFROY, a NAPrEit, or that perambulating name of SMITH, adorned the Irish penal. " The Very Right" is the law which is to govern every case henceforth ; and where judges overlook the high morality of the statute, it remains for juries to uphold it by their verdicts Unfortunately, there are no jury -boxes in our Courts of Equity. There sits a man, and on his individual decision the fate of the subject depends. That man may be a Bomba in his way, consigning widows and orphans to destitution, locking up men as idiots, lunatics, and defaulters; and still the crafty knave, the designing usurper of property, the habitual perjurer, and the embezzling receiver, revel in perfect safety under his paternal wing- We may be told _that these things cannot be done now; and that as'the Incumbent Estates 'Court has swept upwards of 1,300 old suits - out of the' Irish Court of Chancery, all fraudulent proceedings have been brought to an end. But this does not appear to be the case. We published in the NORTHERN TIMES, of the 23rd ult., a letter from Mr. MAILLARD, and another, to-day, from Mrs. CATHERINE WINTER, describing a state of things in the Irish Courts of Chancery and Law which, if correct, are certainly without a parallel in the history of legal abuse and oppression. And it may be, that their case is only one out of hundreds which yet remain to be brought to light. It is scarcely to be believed, that a Chancellor, sitting on his bench, would allow receivers, in a * suit in which minors had been represented as adults, to remain in the receipt of minors rents without accounting for the money they had taken,--charges of false personation, and o f perjury, to be repeatedly brought before him, without inquiring publicly into such charges and affording the complainants some relief. We flatter ourselves that such things cannot be done in England, - and we hope we are not - deceived. We are certain, however, if Mr. MAIM. ARD had served ejectments for rent in this country, as he states he has done in Ireland, that no Judge would have allowed a third party to take defence in an action brought by the devisees and representatives of a lessor against the tenant in possession under that lessor's lease ; and we question, if an English Judge found a man coming into Court and stating that he had received the rent reserved in a lease, which Me to the representative of the lessor would not have dealt summarily with the intruder. The law is very clear on this subject, and is known to every man of business ; and how the Irish Bench could have been overtaken in the fog which Mr. MAILLARD describes, we can'not understand. The Chief Justice, MONAHAN, is too good a man, and too upright a Judge, to suffer any craft to prevail over right in a simple. matter a fact ease such as this. Few men stand higher in public estimation, both as a lawyer and a man of honour ; and we feel convinced that, should Mr. MAILLIRD succeed in carrying his case before Parliament, as he seeks to do, this worthy Judge will not be named in his was pay only complaint. , But what will be said of the Stipendiary Magis trates of the Queen's County, who refused, as both Mrs. WINTER and Mr. MAILLARD allege, to take their bailiffs informations, and to give them the protection of the police when seeking to recover the cattle they had sold by auction for non-payment of rent, from the hands of a mob ? In April, 1857, they seized and sold over £6OO worth of cattle ; and, from that time to this, they have been suffered to remain in the possession of a mob, or those who employed them ! This is a charge of so formidable a character that Parliament must investigate it—and in the presence of the accusers. 'Mob law must not be suffered to run riot in any portion of her Majesty's dominions, more particularly where mere questions of civil, right are to be decided. If Mr. MAILLARD had no right to destrain, the persons whose property he destrained could have speedily relieved them selves of the presence of his bailiffs and their em ployer. And if they did not do this in the fourteen days the cattle were under seizure, on what grounds did the Magistrates refuse Mrs. WINTER and Mr. MAILLARD the protection of the police ? The public have a right to expect a [distinct answer to this question. - ' Meanwhile, it is quite certain that in this case there is enough to put the country on its guard, and to urge the public to see that such things cannot by any passibility. occur. Where an individual suffers, there is abundant room for hundreds to be victimised. The widow's and the orphan's mite must be placed beyond the reach of those who have hitherto made it their prey ; nor should any member of the community be left without summary means of redress, where he finds his name has been used without his knowledge or consent, for the pur pose of defrauding him of his property. Mr. MAILLARD is quite right when he says that such offenders cannot be given into the custody of the Police when the offence has been committed in the Court of Chancery or any of the superior Courts. In such cases you must incur several pounds expense for a hearing in court, where every circumstance is gone into, with the exception of the actual offence committed. For instance, a man may swear in Chancery that he is the executor of a deceased person, in whose will his name was never mentioned ; and in this way large properties may be made away with, and yet the perjurer and felon cannot be taken up without the express leave of the court. In the Fraudulent Trustees' Act this unwarrantable principle is to be found. It matters not what number of frauds the parties that Act deals with have committed, they cannot be apprehended without the express sanction of the Attorney-General or the judge of the court in which they have occurred. This is a glaring and unpar donable defect in the law, and it would be hard to find a case in which it is more clearly exemplified than in Mr. MAILLARD'S. Had there been no courts between him and the persons of whom he complains he could have dealt with them summarily, and have settled in an hour a question which, it ap pears, has taken the Irish Chancery and Law Courts over thirty years to decide. 'Whether Mr. ntILLARD is right or, wrong recannotygptm i tamv tl from the injustice and oppression of which he complains, we think he is entitled to the utmost amount of public support we can give him, more especially when he only asks to have his case judged by " The Very Right." _ - The Herald states that the address in answer to her Majesty's speech will be moved in the House of Lords by the Earl of Powis. This day (Friday) Sir John Lawrence will be presented with the freedom of the city in a gold bor. Mr. Alderman Cnbitt has given notice of a motion for presenting the free dom of the city to the Earl of Elgin. The Half -yearly Meeting of the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company was held yesterday. The report was adopted. The Chairman stated that the cost of coal this year amounted to £614,000. Tho application of the new principle of superheating steam would in future reduce the cost of coals one-third, and effect a com plate revolution in steam working. SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterda Griffith y morning a j o i ner, name d G Davis, who resided i n L awrence -street, died sudde l ate nly. l lie had a bad c oug h , and had been drinking to excess ly LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. MEMORIAL TO Da. ADAM OLARKE.—The bazaar in aid of the funds for a memorial in the North of Ireland, to Dr. Clarke, will open on Wednesday, in the Fine Art Rooms, Old Post-office-place. Mr. Macbride's model for a bronze statue of Dr. Clarke, to be erected at Portrush, will be ezhibited. •FEATIFtii DEATII.—A few days ago, an unfortunate man, named Williams, was committed for trial from the Police-court for a felonious assault on his own daughter. This had a terrible effect on the wife, named Alargaret, and she was removed to the workhouse. Yesterday morning she took an opportunity and jumped out of one of the windows, and was killed. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—The coroner held adjourned inquests yesterday in the following cases :—On the body of Alice ilesketh (as reported in our paper of Thursday). The post »tortoni examination of the body showed that death was the result of natural causes. Verdict accordingly. On the body of the child that died as reported in yesterday's paper. It was proved that death was caused by suffocation. Verdict accordingly. BIRKENHEAD POL fCE - COURT.--Yesterday, Mrs. Charles worth was summoned for selling beer at illegal hours. The officer stated that, on Sunday morning last, he visited the house,' which is in Queen-street, Tranmere, and found seven men in the house. The landlady was drawing a pint of ale. i The defence was that the men in the house were lodgers, and that the ale was drawn for one of their breakfasts. Mr. Bretherton defended. Pay costs, and dismissed. - RIFLE CORPS.—It Will he seen that Vr. William Russell, the Times Crimean and Indian correspondent, has issued a small volume, containing some useful suggestions for the formation, discipline, and training of rifle corps. Although not amilitary man, Mr. Russell has teen, as .Horace Vernet once boasted of himself; more battles than many a field marshal. He is, at least, somewhat better qualified to offer advice, upon such a subject, than the poet laureate, or even the Rev. Martin F. Tupper. THE ADDRESS TO HER 111AJESTY.—It has been announced that the address to her Majesty will be moved by the Hon Algernon Egerton, M.P. for South Lancashire. Our reader may possibly recollect that, on the day o f Mr. Ecy,s- election to his pros C £18,000; the damages for loss of 424 lives have amounted to £12,720, and the damages in resP e i c 3eel "goods, merchandise, and other things" would ba, ve „,,tte, laid at some additional thousands. The Shipping G " ` c o ot in commenting uponthis state of affairs, says :.-4. 1 t e 7, g es be said that the British shipowner engages in the pass r ei t he trade on fair and equal terms with the foreigner. ...4 0 ,1 public were informed of the state of the law;., ; ' ft is generally known that foreign owners incur no habo' 4 ol And' respect to loss of life and property, we should - ..—,it n e, the passenger trade in foreign ships would visibly a" g ots would in but the public are not so informed, and intending einigrail, take the first ship that offers without thought et- illq , l t the except, as to her destinati on . We say, th e refore, t'" v er foreigner enjoys an advant age in th e p asse nger trau. e c - i p ie the British shipowner, which is opposed to every VI tbst of fair competition, and indeed renders it imposslaw,ins any such competition can b e sus t a i ne d. If there ar e ' es is they may pe r h a p s s h are th em equa ll y, b u t the 1 ° 5 ,5 We their severest form fall upon the British shipown;sterciai may observe that th e smac k Wit c h arr i ve d here with wrecked goods from the Pomona. t t be , THE ROYAL OAK BURIAL SOCIETY, AoAls• —A tiolts- Police-court, yesterday, before Mr. Alderman S. .1,, g r, , and Mr. Shiels, Richard Balding, a collector 19 ,.. e ' g 'et ing to . this society, was summoned, under t'i, e lie ct• of parliament, .for illegally deta — ing certain e ' the ing . books, and £44 in money belonging t° gr: society. Mr. Roby a pp eare d for the prosecutol l e ' „daP Wybergh read the summons , an d aske d th e d ele i , - , did whether he pleaded guilty ? The defendant sai d "'ont plead guilty. Mr. Roby said, six months ago the defe:llthis had kept £167, and th e b o d y gave h i m up to Pine 41 t had year to pay it. He had no t p a id one penny o f that, b : 11 u p, also now kept £44 additional, which he refuses to glrbst along with his collecting books. Alderman Holtne,,,' n i g ie: society is this ? Mr. Roby : The Royal Oak. Mr . ' tn - fore' Oh, that is it of which we have heard so much he r n - r e is The defendant said, may I be allowed to offer a Ifv f a explanation ? I entered . into private speculations: gi s own, and I unfortunately lost. I could get £3OO j ., r° itO friend of mine for my book ; it is worth £4009;3 0 0 bringing me in £3 12s a week, and if I g ot time I t li st pay all. Mr. H o l me : A re we to under es you . used the m's for enterin, 0 ted t o o o s ' is on your de kilo° 0 to 11.. ed g into p: Defendant ,ocount to tell you ktr. Holme r, that I am more than sun you say so. T o enter into privatE own, with public money intrusted to risen rOll 3 ions °L in ifjaf in ?IV TV • S( von: 18 Defeo , great dishonesty Von your part. speculations were two years back. Mr. Holme : - 0 , p3l not alter your dishonesty, sir. • Defendant : I offered bOOO, them a pound a week. I w ill now g i ve t h em u p the ~00t and let them pay themselves. Mr. Holme : We ; 0 4' enter into any arrangements as between you and the a s y ou, , Are you ready to gi ve u p th e b oo k s and money nowt "- on'' plead guilty ? Defendant : The books, I can, 1 / 1 1 tb B the money. Mr. Nyb erg : -The magistrates have,, 611'A power of orde r i ng y ou t o g i ve up - t h e b ooks an d monelison; to fine you £2O also, and in default three months' jo ie bad ment. Mr. Roby : Besides thi s £44 an d th e £1 6 , 7 4 s ii° t previously kept £4OO o f the society's money, elac! " bfr paid a farthin g y e t. Defendant: They have securlioe. ' Roby : I must p ress f or a d ec i s i on i n t hi s case. Mr - or tli We order the books and £44 to be given up at onee , o ollo , default the defend an t mus t go t o j a il f or th r ee , A lll 8 car e . , Defendant : I am a widower, with six children to 1 tha t of. Mr. Hol me : Y ou ought to have remember ed re forei before You co mm itt e d these offences, and walked, thebodif in paths of honesty. You ask the sympathy of this i boSe when you have not s h ow n. any sympathy for thos e r od money you have taken, an d we d o not k no w b° ll We e children you have injured. You are committed f or months. Take him into custody. or' WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—Yesterday even in the dinary monthly meeting of this bo ar d w as held 0 00 board-room of the Publi c -offices Egremont. The tee Oir; present were : Messrs. Pooley, (Chairman,) Holtrie s i ,' te s 01 shall, Parr, K er f or d, Hill, and Robe r t s . The To ill e pr'r the previous meeting were rea d an d con fi rme d. Th r ew' ceedings of the works and health committee wer e oce ed' The Chairman, in moving the confirmation of the P r eee diti ings of that committee observed, that they were P r° b!, regularly to the completion of the gas-works. T hey „,;o l °' ordered 100 lamps, but the fixing of the sites for to e o isee yet to be done. It was, however, 'contemplated t re ° :itna t them were the greatest number of inhabitants w e e rr $. where there was most danger from disorderly cliar e ",lo, l ' night. It had also been thought advisable to e n 'yiel; number of scavengers, as there were many Oae es if oul" the want of them were felt. Their service s d ttiel be required at New Brighton and Seacombe, 5 , 11 4 ,1 0 , had thought it wise to begin with a small Ileh;re As. increase them as they were found necessary. 1 " n - i ireit e- a g another matter which had been mentioned in the iii, , e lar with regard to a footpath leading from the ch ur n ' b i , e t across the Sheep fields, and which had been st o p do ' tv would not say by whom at present; but he had r! t ° again' that the proper s t e p s wou ld b e taken to recover ide , w ith Ile had seen M r . R o ll es t on , an d h e was almost r ea ,,;ald `": the specifications of th e t an k s . H e thought it : n ders l' a well to give authority to the clerk to advertise for ' c o thli soon as Mr. Rolleston sent down the specification s ' it • Tie till would be no benefit, but rather the opposite in se t ' + t h . l e ' f fr a July. Mr. Hill seconded the confirmation of '', T aitt e ? ceedings. The proceedings of the finance e ° '; i " a b b e were read and confirmed, on the 111°-° Mr. Holmes, seconded by Mr. Marshall• a the proceedings of th e ferry committee were read , and t ° chairman moved th e i r a d opt i on. He said, i n refer e ma lis' the matter between th e M essrs. C o lb orne an d the co 0 .05 sioners, the comm itt ee cou ld not dev i ate f rom the i „01l te rm s sioners, the act of pa r li amen t, see i ng t h at t h e b oar d 115 '; ( 1, $ s way in every poi n t, t o su it th e M essrs. C o lborne ! I t o o t that was the case, th e comm itt ee h a d t h oug ht it rig," b e en to depart from the terms on which the agreement ha' co in' drawn, and by Mr. Colborne's own solicitor. Th e bjeet , mittee had, howeve r , b een k eep i ng i n v i ew t h e great o d t o and, however much it might try their patience, he 113 gr . doubt that it would at last be satisfactorily se ttled . ea to Hill seconded the chai r m an ' s mo ti on, w hi c h was 'Th a t s° Dr. Parr then moved the following resolution : , in es' s " much of Atherton-ro a d, as lays between t h e St. Ja d t eat road and Victoria-road, New Brighton, be formed , a k i erfor a : tenders be advertised for with that object." "` ,; t o ppos'' seconded the motion, which was agreed to instan t. tion. The board then adjourned till the Oti" f tilis WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE.—At the we committee, held . yesterday, Mr. ChuA l w Y sent we tt occupied the chair. The other members present W Messrs. Critchley, Owen, Denton, Syred, Peck/ an ts 11 0 The medical officer reported that thirty-two deat _ do g taken place in the establishment during the week e g li fi der the 31st ult. The total number of sick paupers . b eef treatment in the hospital and wards last week vr , a!, , err new cases admitted since, 123; cured and dischare,,i jo b, remaining under treatment, 510, including 51 fever, I° Ae clo and four smallpox cases. The master of the vagrant ;ie reported that there were 206 destitute persons relies Of this department during the week ending the 28th u u lt ' f ia a m rd e e e n ting cr o le r these 159 were males, 95 females, and 42 children, s': r eose a nett increase of 19 on the previous week, and an i ll 'iliti t ' of 59 when compared with the corresponding week ° i th e year. The governor reuorted that the number of pauper s - ieg 1 establishment last week was 1,804; this week, I, B2o 'i b i e fitb an increase of 16 in the week, and, when compar ed 326' 1 the corresponding week of last year, a decrease , e 'ol3/ The governor further reported that the usual We' ll i o rel," service had not been performed in the workhouse, n° c no rt& man having attended for the purpose. He alsistoe , that, at five o'clock yesterday morning, Margaret `ry i , the aged 38, had flung herself from one of the windows I A res classification department_ nn the second floor, into the 10 mmetneatn, and Killed herself. The deceased was t u ' or ie/ of a man who was recently sent to . prison for an I ° i : r ef°, with his own daughter. This circumstance ha r I;t'' upon the mind of the deceased, and there was no , d ° e ti ro ort was the cause of her rash act. Mr. Carr,. the l' clv °- desired to make an explanation to the committee in re o urt' .. _f er e to some remarks made by Mr. Mansfield at the Poliee'cobt It appeared that a man named Cooke had been bro do ;,s, before Mr. Mansfield, a few days ago, for breaking w in f 'lie The prisoner had lost the power of some 0 " in T lunaticowt l h i fhe m et ei . the e s toww ;prisoner bytooharr workhouse hhde p oof rw a tuueh r asac a aeest l been fie ld arriving Parker, and Graham sufferin ' e, from paralysis, ), amei must s t l t e ob t teitnhg gross loose osrekn workhouse; ; a s ao d nni a de ll „ g ;: i i3 e b re rei ; at the workhouse, Mr. Ca e rr, before he was a T on n co d a r l e d m h n a ao d rt k sun Previously before three medical gentlemen (Messrs. I°l o s d ? )r f o w u tt had been said in the Police-court, had Leat her, mind. 6Thdeorfstan3dintheMeaorin:tolue: Vi bu h t o in cer a tifi p e e d rfe t c h tl a y t a t nd ln ss a, c,,, Tl aete of The man Cooke could, therefore, ask his di eo to d certificate was the only protection he , . and . _leave the workhouse in half-an-hour and the d°c bee Carr' nis e against such remarks from the bench. Th e ;ied. broke windows, and ought to have been Pu n :fild, The Chairman said that such remarks p'ea;ed Mr. M arl „' n just and did them no harm. Mr. Scott said they :pststeheihnsoa:tptl: l ehbe h ee a rtere ' - d er e and_ uncalled for. Mr. Peck said they ought to take n li u decided course in reference to this matter, as Mr. M ans 010 1 had made similar remarks on several previous occasions,hotit fon investigation they were always found to be w i . t to boeufnodrawtaiordn.oHthe A m fr o . ve m d a t n h s a fi t e a ld c . op Th y ) o e f t m be oti m o e n di w ea a l s c s e e r c t o i ried and agreed to, This concluded the business. we "ventured to 'predict that the in this important county, ,onservative victory, would be celebrated by entrustiug.the moving of the to the elder of the successful candidates. The ev' that what was then merely ' conjecture upon our part, was well founded in its anticipation...• WEEKLY EXCURSION TO MENAI . BRIDGE. —The sninntlia nt shows excursion to - Menai Bridge, . calling at Beaumaris and Bangor, on Sunday: This steamer . has become a general f a v our it e on the station, and last Sunday warn encomiums were lavished on the manac zeal and urbanity. Pleasure seekers who cannot spare another day will do well to avail themselves of these weekly trips to the far4amed Straits of Menai. In this fine weather nothing can be more delight ful. It will be seen that the fares are very moderate —viz., 3s and 2s. TRADE OF MONTREAL.—The value of the imports at th e port of Montreal, from the 26th of March (when the new tariff came into operation) to the 30th April, 1859, was $1,480,999, a large increase on the corresponding period of last year; the value of imports in the month of April, 1858, having been $853,128. On the article of tea, there was a decrease from $43,849 to $33,319.• In the importa tion of sugars, there was an increase - from $45,772 to $175,313. Of the class of woollens, cottons, hardware, &c., which in 1858 paid a duty of 15 per cent ad valorem , and in 1859 a duty o f 30 p er cent, t h ere was an i ncr easefrom $534,294 to $866,996. AMERICAN MAILS.—The Cunard steamer Europa sails for Boston via Halifax, on to-morrow (Saturday) forenoon. The box at the Post-office will close at half-past eight, and finally at half-past nine ; but the Receiving-house on the Landing-stage will be open until the departure of the tender with the mails. The screw-steamer Kangaroo, Captain Jeffries, arrived at Queenstown, yeste r day morn i ng , with New York dates to the 21st ult., 101 cabin and 198 steera.ge passengers, and $720,029 in specie. She landed 65 passengers, and sailed for Liverpool at five o'clock. She will arrive as we are about going to press. The Vander bilt, from Southampton, arrived at New York ou the 21st ult., and the Vigo, from Liverpool, on the 20th. The City of Baltimore was off Cape Race on the 20th. The Persia is the next steamer from America. She will probably arrive here to-morrow. THE STATE OF BIRKENHEAD.—During Wednesday night, and the whole of yesterday, Birkenhead presented its wonted appearance of quiet and tranquility. No further disturbancei took place, and yesterday nearly all the men engaged at the docks had returned to work. The five persons arrested on Tuesday were brought up before the magistrates yesterday, but, contrary to general expectation, very little stir or excitement were observable, and the court was no more crowded than is usual on the Thursdays. The soldiers still kept sentry opposite the Town-hall, but we understood that they would be sent back to Chester to-night or to-morrow morning, there being no further necessity for their services. During the course of the investigation at the police court, Mr. Bryans vindicated his policy of allowing the five per sons to go at large on Tuesday evening; on substantial bail being given for their appearance, and, we may say, from all we heard, the inhabitants of the township generally believe that the release of the prisoners prevented the demolition of the Town-hall and Brudewell. PYNE AND HARRISON COMPANY AT THE THEATRE ROYAL.—Flotow's pretty opera "Martha," was performed last night at the Theatre Royal with great success by the Pyne and Harrison Company. Miss Pyne acted and sang her part as might be expected, in most complete and finished style, and she was encored in "The Last Rose of Summer," which she sang, with greater sweetness than we have ever heard her do before. Miss Thirlwall was very spirited and effective as Nancy. Mr. Harrison appeared to be suffering under a 'soreness of throat, but acted his part admirably, and sang all the concerted music very well. He was encored in " She appeared." The " Spinning Quartett " was very effective, and Mr. H. Cord came out with great force in this as well as in other portions of the music. Mr. G. Honey was very amusing, and sang his music exceed ingly well. Mr. Bartleman was a good Sherif, and the chorusses were well up in their parts. The opera was very well put upon the stage, and altogether highly satisfactory to a well-filled house. This evening the Pyne and Harrison Company will give " Il Trovatore."' TOXTETH PARK BOARD OF GUARDlAN'.—Yesterday the usual weekly meeting of this board was held at the Public offices, Park-road ; Mr. H. S. Alpass in the chair. The other members present were—Messrs. M. A. Johns, G. H. Hunter, John Wilson, Joseph Harrison, W. Leyland, Alexander Miller, J. B. Hughes, Joseph Wilson, W. H. Ogden, J. D. Carter, Henry Lapland, Arthur Grindrod, and Samuel Siddely. Mr. Gough, governor of the West Derby Workhouse, reported that there were in the house, belonging to the Park, last week, 373; this week, 359 ; eorrresponding week last year, 355. Cheques were drawn for pauper out-door relief to the amonnt of £lOO. A letter was read from the poor-law board approving of the appoint ment of Messrs. Finegan and Smith, as medical' officers, at a salary of £2OO a year each. The Chairman said that, taking the amount levied by the overseers for the last three years, it did not appear that there was any increase. The average was £24,438. Before they c ou ld s i gn th e contract submitted he would ask Mr. Cleaver if they had power to borrow that amount. Mr. Cleaver said, at present their borrowing powers were only £24,000. It was thought advisable to have the hospital of the new workhouse completed as soon as possible. Mr. Harrison, therefore, moved, that the contract intartibiblYsly:"'M. John' Nilson withd;eiv his ;la* or which he had given notice last week, " That Mr. Baynes he added to the building and vistine- committee." The chairman ask e d if i t would be well for Mr. Cleaver to write to the poor-law board for the confirmation of the governor's salary. It would not be necesssary to have any but the master at present, but so soon as goods were ordered, he would be required to receive them. Mr. Miller said he liked to be straightforward in everything, and he protested against the large amount of salary proposed. He had been at the root of getting up a letter for the poor-law board on the subject, and he had looked for an answer to the letter before then. The Chairman said, in that case, Mr. Cleaver had better write at once. This was all the business. THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT AND THE Loss OF THE POMONA.—The official report upon the loss of the Pomona, on her voyage from Liverpool to New York, suggests to a correspondent of the Shipping Gazette a very natural inquiry —Whether the Pomona, having been lost by the " default of the master," the owners of that ve s se l, h a d s h e been a B r iti s h instead of an American ship, would not be liable to be mulcted in heavy damages by the relatives of the deceased ? There is no doubt whatever they would be, and this is one of those disadvantages imposed by the anomalous state of our law upon the British shipowne r , with which he h as t o con t en d i n compet i ng the foreigner. The Merchant Shipping Act fixes the liability of the shipowner in respect of loss of life, or personal injury to any passenger, at not less than £l5 per registered ton, and directs that the damages payable in each case of death or injury shall be assessed at £3O. The Pomona was ,a 1,200 been ton ship. H ad she ,Zlritish h er owners minimum liability w ou ld have stood at '65 VERI ttt acke but th, cor ps Zohei. VIE!, ' a ge fr i d (l 7. can eliver( ,rn la W ith a The tens c p a Sardi koA 4r otri t " ro ° Ps alr eac Gari