Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—YinzwAy. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE ME. ALDERMAN DOLME. A RICH BRTGOAR. NON TO THE PUBLIC.*A. man named John Rorke, a!ias Walsh, a well-known beggar, was brought up by Kennedy the mendicity officer, on a charge of begging in Price-street. There was a sum of gs. 4d. found on the prisons, and the following letter, which speaks for itself. It shows he is a man of property. The case should prove a caution to the public not to give alms in the streets :—" Malbrane, June 13, 1857.—Dear Father,—l received your letter yesterday, which gave us all great please e, fm we were sure we never would see or hear from you—tharlas be given to God, that i 4 not the case. I wrote three times to Thomas Eagney's house to let me know whether you were dead or nor, and got no answer, I mean to inform you that the heifer is at Lidon's. I hope Margaret Cuson is sure to pay the money. I mean to inform you that I sold the pig and paid Lyons and the servant boy. Pigs were very slack at the time. I had not her sold for five days when .1 would get another pound for her. I mean to inform you that the field I set to Freeman, he gave it up at May. I - burned and sowed it myself. I sold the dry caw for £4 10s. I intended to make of her a backward springer, that would pay the grass. If you would be pleased. there fore, I bought nothing for her until the. fair of Kilkelly until I hear from you .gain. If you consider to send the money, I will convertit to the best use. I am intended to buy a pair of pigs, small or large, as you would advise me, and give the remainder to Sim Marks at four shillings in the £1 (conzheen) interest, as I think that would be the best way to convert it. If you consider to make it payable at Ballyhannis, as the people is going next week to England I mean to let you know that Maria is very near out of prison, and if you like to give her any, you will name it, as you will have no blame to me, for if you send your earning, I will put it to the best use I can, and I hope it will serve, as you are in the decline of life. I do intend not to shotten out one penny. I inform we have as fine a crop as ever you saw the land to produce. I mean a few pounds of your money, the profit of it, I will pay my rent, that is, I mean to Lay a pair of pigs and keep them until Christmas. I am, your loving son, SYR PH EN WALSH." The alderman said there was no doubt the prisoner hat a nice property in Ireland, and done good business in the begging line. He trusted the publication of the letter would be a warning to the public. He was sorry he could not send him to gaol for six months, but he would send him to gaol for one month, with hard labour, CHARGE or EMEEZZLIM &RT.—Robert Higgins, who lives at :33 Kitchen-street, a collector, attached to the Saint Patrick's Assuranee and Burial Society, was brought up, charged with embeazing £5 5s 2d belonging to the society. Police-officer 549,stated that the prisoner was given into his custody by Mr. John Tracey, the secretary and manager of the society, oa the charge. Mr. Bretherton was for the prosecution, and said he only intended to offer as much evidence as would enable the magistrate to remand the prisoner. He tilled Mr. Tracey, who said by the 6:h rule of the society, the books given to the collectors were the property of the society, and the prisoner's duty was to attend every Thursday at the office, and scconnt for the money he had received. On the two last Thursday's he did not attend, and admitted to witness that he had received the money entered in his book, but did not return it. Some further witness& were examined, and the prisoner was remanded. WHAT 19 A SINPICIOI73 CHARACTER ?—Two first-class dressed persons, about 27 years of age, named James James and Thomas Lee, supposed to be fictitious names, were brought np by Inspector Murphy, on a charge of being " suspicious persons." Mr. Bluck was for the prisoners. The inspector said between twelve and one o'clock on Saturday, he was on duty about - the banks, and he observed the prisoner Lee in Castle-street and he thee went into Brunswick-street, and loitered about Heywood's bank, but when he saw witness watching him, he went into Castle street again, and turned sharply round behind a gentleman and walked along with him the same as if he were speak ing to him He then went into Water-street fellowed by witness, and when he saw the latter still watching him, he whipped into India Buildings, when the witness whipped into Fenwick-street, where he saw him cooped up 'n a door way where he tried to hide himself when he saw h m com ing. He asked him what he was doing these? and he said he was cooling himself. (A. laugh.) The witness said " I'll make it a hot place for you." He then locked him up as a suspicious character from information he had previously received He then came back and went to Brunswick -street, where he saw the prisoner James, who, when he saw witness, he darted into a crowd of corn merchants and tried to get away, but he arrested him on a like charge. Mr. Muck : Did you see the prisoners in con versation with each other ? No, I did not. Did you see them do anything'? No. Why did you arrest them then ? From private informa ion that I received. Was there a great number of persons about the banks ? YB3, it was the busy hour before closing, as the banks close at ore o'clock. Why did you pick these two gentlemen out of the crowd—did you know anything against them ? No, I did not, but from private information I received. Mr. Murk : Don't mind what you heard, that's -not evidence. Mr. Bluck contended that the prisoners were as respectable as any gentlemen in the Court, and the officer was not warranted in arresting them. Inspector Kehoe said, if they were so respectabld, they nee' not refuse to account for themselves. Mr. Bluck said it was not neeessasy, bat still they hsd given their addresses. He asked Mr. Murphy had they not given their addresses ? The Inspector said, one gave his ad dress as London, and the other Birmingham; but where they lived at either place they refused to tell, and I believe they were at the places I state for the purpose of picking pockets and committing felony. Alderman Holme : Do you swear that ? I do so. Mr. Bluck loadle and ener getically exclaimed against this—as he called it —most unconstitutional and unlawfal proceeding ; there was nothing whatever proved against the prisoners, and he called for their discharge. Alderman Holme asked Mr. Murphy if he had any reasonable grounds for supposing he could bring forward any evidence? and he replied he had. He got £2O on one of the prisoners, and £lO on the o her, and he was sure they ware pickpockets. Mr. Bluck again, in very strong language, repudi ated the conduct of the police, and called for the discharge of his clients, but his Worship said, although the learned advocate bad made a superior appeal on the part of his clients, and had exhibited his usual tact and ability in ' their defence, he would remand them, as the officer said he would produce further evidence against them. They were remanded accordingly. Mons Sweets IN TRIEBLE.—TWO persons, dressed (in police parlance) " up to the nines,'' who gave their names as Thomas Davis and John Edwards, were brought up by detective "officers Scaife and Thompson, charged with at tempting to pick pockets under the following circumstances : —Davis was a man about forty-five years of age, of high and aristocratic bearing—a triton amongst the dock min nows—and Edwards, a tall thin handsome youth, of twenty, apparently just let loose from some boarding .school fer the vacstion. Unfortunately, however, for both, they were well known to the police—at least the police said so—for their wizard-like tricks, in reference to the pockets of other good and loyal subjects of Queen Victoria. The officers gat the prisoners on Sunday evening, about seven o'clock, enjoying themselves in the new park, near the Zoo' )gical Gardens, in the exhilirating pastime of " trying" the pockets of the people there. It was a piece of curiosity on the part of the prisoners that might have eventuated in considerable profit had not the eagle eyes of Thompson and Scaife " glowed " on them with more than common attention. They followed them " hither and thither," into the gardens and cut of the gardens, and at last the officers, thinking they saw enough, resolved to prevent the " sed literea nos a male)" any further, and "took up" the prisoners. On the young one was found £4 Ss 2,1, although he said he had is 31 less when asked the amount of his finances. On Meister " Davis there was found £l6 in gold, a five pound note, some silver, a gold watch and chain of considerable value , a diamond rin g of much 'value and beauty, and a pin with a most brilliant and valuable diamond set in it. Of course the °fliers said the prisoners could not account for how they got the money and other things, and the probability was that they would fail to eo so. The officers, however had a strong notion that they would be able to find some one, or more persons, who would give a better account of the articles than the prisoners, and therefore asked for a remand. Mr Bluck was for the prisoners, and contended that there was no ease made out for a remand, and addressed the court in a long speech for his clients. His Worship complimented Mr. Bluck on his oratory and ability, but said for all that he would remand the prisoners. Remanded ac cordingly. BEFORE MEOW . HEYWOOD AND R SHIEL. UNMANLY A.B3ALTLT ON A LADY.-31113. John Evans, the wife of the highly respectable tavern-keeper, Upp er Dawson-street, charged a person named Thames Davis, described as a resident of Ithyl, Wales, with having eem . mined an unmanly assault on her. Mr. Rymer was for the complainant, and Mr. G iodere for the defendant. It appeared that about ten o'clock the previous night, the prisoner entered the house of 11. r. Evans , he Wag drunk at the time, and stated that ha had lost £2O. lle was re linefeed to go out, but he refused to do so. He asked for drink, but Mrs. Evans, who happened to be at the bar, peremptorily refused to let him have any, and desired him to leave; instead of doing so, he ran round, and kicked Mrs. Evans in the most unmanly manner. Mr. Goodere, for his client, made a most humble apology, and admitted that his conduct hid been very gross. He begged that the most lenient sentence would be passe , I on him, at the same time. saying his conduct to the lac - ly was quite inexcusable. Mr. Sheil said the lady and p •üblic should be protected from such ruffianism, and inflicted a fine of .E 2 and costs on the prisoner. 'ILIHE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1857. ABORTION CASE.--CO AtIMITTAL OF THE SURGEON FOR WI LFUL MURDER. Several times, for the last tb roe weeks, have we reported the case of the ship's steward( )ss, MirgaretCceel, upon whom a surgeon named Br; ,de, who resided in Eidon place, operated with instrup cents and caused abortion. The wretched creature died • m Saturday at the Northern Hospital (as al eady piblisl led) and yesterday, surgeon Bryde was brought bef bra Mr. Hamilton at the Police Court, for final examination. We have already published all the evidence in this cas' ~ and in addition to the testi mony &ready given, the evi , lance of Dr. Wall and other medical gentlemen was tats en yesterday, and from what they stated, no doubt remain .ed that the death of the poor woman was cawed by the use of the instruments. The prisoner was fully commit' ed for trial, on a charge of wilful murder. COUNT Y COURT. Mr. CoNwLY presided is - this court yesterday. TaomsoN v. liteMtm,AN.:.—ln this case, which was tried on MOnday, the kith in .t. His Honour delivered judgment. It will be remembered th ►t the action arose out of some transactions in respect to a ship called the " emit" in which the plain tiff acted as solicitor for Messrs. Lamant, M‘Larty, and Co., and for which the costs of the defendant were sought to be made responsible, as a co owner of thevessel. His Honour held that the responsi bility of the defendant 'tray established, and accordingly gave judgment for the ploeintiff. Several cases of no public importance were disposed of LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.-YESTERDAY ENTORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY. In, re BLIKDESAG AND SARAN. —The bankrupts were commission merchants of Liverpool. They applied this day for their certificates. There was no opposition ; and his Honour granted an immediate certificate of the first class in each case. lit re W. ..10N - Es.—The bankrupt was a slate merchant, of Carnarvon. This day was fixed f)r the certificate meeting, but it was adjourned for a math, pending a dispute in regard to assets. CORONER'S COURT. The coroner held the! follo,:ing inquests yesterday:— On the body of Charles O - vens, 22 years of age. The deceased went to bathe in a nit, off Lodge-lane, when he was accidentally drowned. • Verdict, " Acc'dental death." On the body cf Margaret Wilson, whose body was found in the canal. There was no evidence .except as to the finding of the body, and the jury found a verdict of " Found drowned." On the body of_John Forsyth Geary, aged 3 years, who, it was alleged, met his death by the hands of a woman named Jones. The full details of this case appeared in our paper, The jury found that death was the result of injuries, but how received there was no evidence. On the body of Taeodore Hoflit9adt, who was found dead in the hold of the ship Monarch of the Seas." It was supposed he fell into the hold of the ship, and was killed. Verdict, " Di :d from injuries, but how received there was no evidence." YORK ASSIZ ES.-SAT URDAY. SLANDER AFT/{a AV ELECTION.—MARTIN t'. HODGSON.— Mr. Edwin James, Q C., and Mr. Seymour, were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Hill, Q C , and Mr. Cleasby for the defendant. This was an action for slander. The plaintiff, Mr, Richard Martin, is the editor of the Sun newspaper, and the defendant resides at Beverley. Mr. Martin, it appeared, assisted Mr. Wells, one of the candidates at the Beverley election, and at a meeting in the town, about two months afterwards, of the supporters of Mr. S. Glover, who was elected one of the members, and whose return has been petitioned against by Mr. Wells, the defeated candi date, on the ground of non qualification, the defendant made a speech, in the course of which he said of Mr. Martin that if he had his deserts he would have been sent beyond the seas long ago. He also applied the epithet to him, "contemptible wretch," and said, " I could compare him to nothing but a prisoner in the dock upon whom sentence of death was being passed." This was the slander com plained of. For the defence it was contended that the words were not actionable, because they did not impute to the plaintiff any offence which was indictable. The judge coincided in the latter view of the case, and the jury found a verdict for the defendant. LIBEL.— MARTIN V. KEMP AND ANOTHER.—This was an action brought by the plaintiff in the last case against the proprietors of a newspaper at Beverley, who, in addition to having published ;he speech of Mr. Hodgson, had made some comments reflecting, as it was said, on the character of Mr. Martin. Bat it was submitted for the defendants that if, in the present state of the law, the jury would be obliged to come to the conclusion that this was a libel, the smallest coin, as damages, would meet the justice of the case. Verdict for the plaintiff of one farthing. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-.TurLy 11. BZPOWE Mit. PASFILZY, Q.C. ASSISTANT-J(11)CM. INDECENT ASSAULT.—John Chescoe, 30, was indicted for unlawfully and indecently assaulting a girl named Margaret Curley. Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prosecu tion, instructed by Mr. Sheen ' • Mr. Cooper, by Messrs. Humphreys, for the prisoner. The prosecutrix, a girl 14 years of age, was servant in the prisoner's house, Rheidol terrace, Islington, where he carried on the business of an artificial florist, and had a number of young females in his employment. The ease for the prosecution, and which was clearly made oat upon the evidence of the girl, was, that one night, when excited by drink, the prisoner left his wife's bedroom and went to the kitchen, where the girl was sleeping, and committed the assault charged in the first count. Next morning the girl told Mrs. Chescoe what had occurred, and she told prisoner of it in her presence. EL: sail he was drunk, and knew nothing about it. The prosecutrix then informed her father and mother, and they c tused the prisoner to be apprehended. He•then made a scarcely intelligible statement, partly admitting some mis conduct. The prosecutrix was subjected to a severe cross examination. but she gave her answers without the least hesitation, and gave minute details of the offence. A medical gentleman gave evidence, from which it appeared that a more serious offence than an assault had not been committed. Mr. Cooper, for the defence, urged that the girl was utterly unworthy of belief, and that her flippant and immodest manner in the box, and her evident familiarity with such details as exhibited in her evidence, would justify the jury in coming to the conclusion that there was no foundation for the charge. Two witnesses— speaking from a knowledge of the prisoner fur a number of years—gave him a high character for morality and propriety of conduct. The Assistant-judge told the jury that the only question in the case was, did they or did they not believe the girl's evidence? The jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty upon all the counts. At the rising of the Court, the prisoner was brought up, and sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment, with hard labour. EQUITY COURTS,-JULY 11. BZPORIC VIC 1-CHANCFLLOR SIR J. STUART. DonSON PATTINSON.—In the year 1814, Thomas Dobson, a sailor, left Liverpool, on board a ship for Rio Janeiro, and neither he nor the ship was ever afterwards heard of. Under the wills of three persons named Blamire, Thomas Dobson (if alive) and his brothers and sisters be came entitled to a sum of money, which, as to their shares, was, in 1815, dividod amongst his brothers and sisters, on their giving a release to Mr. Pattinson, who was then the sole trustee of the fund ; but he retained Thomas Do' son's share, amounting to £135, and gave a memorandum that he did so, with the view of dividing it, in the event of its being satisfactorily proved that Thomas Dobson was dead. Though frequently applied to, he always declined to divide the amount on the assumption of Thomas Dobson's death. but he proposed on some occasion to divide half the fund amongst the brothers and sisters and their representatives, on the other half being given up to him as an indemnity for the risk he would run, on the ground that the obtaining indemnity by means of the Court of Chancery would cost more. This suit was instituted by some parties entitled claiming the fund, and charging the trustee with interest and costs. The other defendants were persons in the same interests with the plaintiffs. Mr. Malins and Mr. Bates were for the plaintiffs; Sir. Batten for the defendants in the same interest with them ; Mr. Bacon and Mr. Haw kins were for the trustee. The defendant alleged that he kept the money in his hands in the daily expectation that the death of Thomas Dobson would be proved, and it did not appear that he had invested it so as to obtain any nitersat up.m it. The Vice-Chancellor said the only ques tion was as to interest and costs. The conduct of the de fendant liad been highly improper. Fr , .m 1815 he had continued in p ossess i on of a fu n d, which was small, and Ns-latch was the property of persons in a humble station of lite. He had required positive evidence of facts not capable of such proof, a n d h e did not i nvest t h e money, but kept it in his own hands. H e must b e d ecree d to pay the money with interest at ,c 5 per cent. from 1845, and to pay the plaintiffs' costs. SUSPECTED POISONING CASE AT BIRKENHEAD. TO THE EDITOR OF THZ NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—Through a letter signed " Juror," which appeared in your paper on the sth inst., the public were made acquainted with the principal facts of this more than suspicious case—yet, though it is well known that a great deal of dissatisfaction exists amongst the many in consequence of proceedings so disgraceful. No a . tempt has been made to justify them by the few paid public officials who are impli cated. Something might have been said or done to vindicate their conduct, and alleviate that sus picion which the circumstances had created. Their taciturnity is significant, and adds fuel to the flame of suspicion which already burns within the public breast. The medical men have not yet accounted to the public for the death of this poor girl, nor do I think it possible for them to do so truthfully without further chemical analysis. It has been asserted by a respectable merchant in Birmingham, and by the mother of the deceased, that she was poisoned by cantharides administered by other hands then-her own Statements like this merit, a rigid investigation, which in this instance has yet to be made. All the symptoms and morbid appearances were compatible with poisoning by cantharides. It may be a case of manslaughter, suicide, or murder, no matter what, the public ought to be satisfied If the police have deco their duty in this matter, they should be able to inform us who and what the young man is who was to meet the deceased, and for whom she engaged a bed at Dear's eating-house. If the medical men have done their duty, and have any regard for their reputation, would they not court further investiga tion ? They should be aware that cantharides undergoes but little change, after a long interval of time, and is scarcely more difficult to discover in decayed than in recent animal matter. It has been said that the tests applicable to poisoning by cantharides were not used by those who made the post mortem examination. The relieving officer, Mr. M'Nerney, should also endeavour to assist the public in solving so great a mystery. He is on terms of intimacy with Mr. Sweeny, who is the relieving officer at Birmingham, and who but a short time ago was assistant-overseer at Birkenhead. Through hi.n much useful information might have been obtained. It is to be hoped that the coroner will not think it incompatible with his duty to institute further inquiries, and either disprove or confirm the asser tions made by certain parties in Birmingham. Should this not be done, an inquest may, with some degree of truth, be called a burlesque—comedy after tragedy. Birkenhead, 11th July, 1857. PUBLICOLA. BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE At LEWIS & COMPANY'S. Ranelagh street. DreisoucAL OUTRAGE.-02 Friday night last a wicked attempt was made to upset the down train from Dublin to Cork, by placing two large metal blocks on both tracks of the line, at Killelene, near Templemore. Fortunately, the obstruction was observed by one of the milesmen about eleven o'clock, and rem ,ved before the arrival of the train, which was then nearly due, and passed by very shortly afterwards. No reason is assigned for this fiendish act, which imperilled so many lives, and no clue has been yet found to the guilty parties. ROBBSRY OF A JEWELLER'S SHOP AT MA , CHESTEH.— On Thursday night the shop of Mr. Greenhaigh, silver smith and jeweller, St. Mary's-gate, Manchester, was entered, and property, consisting of gold and silver watches, chains, rings, brooches, and other articles, to the amount of abi,ut £l.OOO, was stolen. The thieves were old and expert hand, for they drilled a hole through the door of the iron safe half an inch thick, so as to pick the lock. The polies have as yet no clue to the p:rpetrators of the robbery. SUSPICIOUS CASE.—If rumour is to be believed, Glee gow is nor, in the matter of poisoning, to be long left alone in its infamy. A short time Bgo the wife of a man in the employment of a respectable farmer in the neigh hourhood of a leading little town in the upper ward of Linarkshire, died somewhat suldenly. To the surprise of every one, scarcely had two weeks passed over when Vie breach in the household was filled up by the widower lead ing homo a second spouse. The unseemly conjunction of bridal and burial, however, would seem to be tolerably well accounted for in part, by the fact of the newly-married wife beicg far advanced in prc.naancy. Information or so very unusual concatenation oleircumstanees having been conveyed to the Procurator-Fiscal of the district, orders were immediitely forwarded to have the body of the de ceased wise raised and submitted to a suitable examination. The contents of the stomach have been secured, and will no doubt undergo a searching analysis.THE FRENCH VINTAGE.—The Echo Agricole publishes the following information respecting the prospectus of the vintage :—" The season has been hitherto very favourable to the vineyards, and this year's wine will probably be much superior in quantity to that of the last four or five. The oidiam has appeared but in few places, and its ravages have been restricted by the use of sulphur. Some surprise is manifeeed that the price of wine should not have fallen to some extent, but attention is not paid to the fact that many months must elapee before the new wine however abundant it may be, can come into the market. No sensibly decline in prices can be hoped for until the cellars of the trade are full, and this is far from being the case at pre3ent. Nevertheless, a decline is certain. though goad wine will always maintain its price. In the s)trli the formation of the fruit has passed over with complete success, The harm said to have been inflicted by the recent rains has been greatly exagerated. Letters from Bayonne state that the vintage will be small in that neighbourhood, in consequence of the limited number of bunches on the vines. At Bordeaux, everything pronounce a splendid vintage. At Nantes the rain has done harm, and the proprietors are somewhat alarmed for their vintage." ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRZ4 IN THE METROPOLIS. —On Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, a fire of co isiderable magnitude broke out on the premises of Mr. Hale, picture-frame maker, Naylor's-court, High-street, Whitechapel, whereby two persons were injured and pro party to the extent of several thousand pounds was des troyed. The flames were first discovered by a police-cor stable of the K division, raging in the upper part of the warehouse. The parish and brigade engines were speedilyon the spot, and, with a good supply of water, the fire was subdued,but not until the premises of Mr. Patrick, the oilman, and the contents were destroyed. Two houses on the west side were njured by the flaraes passing across the avenue. A female n mned Coombs, was injured on the head by a falling pantile while being rescued by Sergeant Foay. A large crowd of pickpockets and idle persons were kept back by a body of constables of the K division, under the directions of Inspector Constable. Insured in the Phcenix and Royal Exchange. Another serious fire occurred between twelve and one o'clock on Saturday morning, at the shop of Mr. San Fer, a German fancy stationer and jeweller, of No. 198, Whitechapel-road, near the London Hospital. The disaster was first detected by a civilian passing the front of the house, when he saw flumes issuing from one of the windows. Mr. Sanger and his family were rescued by a young man, named Smith, who, to save himself from suffocetior, leaped out of one of the upper windows, by which means he sustained such serious injuries, that he was removed to the hospital. The fire was extinguished by the brigade and parish fire men. The su'erer was insured in the Defender Fire Office, ELECTION EXPENSES TN THE EXSTEEN COUNTIES.— The election auditors in the Eastern Counties are making great progress in the publication of the expenses of the various candidates at the late general election. At Norwich the expenses of Viscount Bury, and Mr. 11. W. Schneidor, ALP., are returned at £1,185 Is 7d ; and those of Sir. S. Bignold, the unsuccessful Conservative candidate at £1,143 4s 9d. There tsas a sharp contest. In West. Saffolk, the expenses of Mr. 11. S. Waddington, 31. P., are returned r,t £d7 6; ; those of Mr. P. Bennet, M.P., at £57 17s 61 ; and those of Mr. F. 4,f. Wilson, the un successful Liberal candidate at £3B 4s 7d. Mr. Wilson did not go to a poll. In East Suffolk the expenses of Lord Henniker, M.P., are returned at £55 18s 3d and those of Sir F. Kelly, M.P., at £B7 14s 9d. There was no contest. At Iluntinglon (borough) the expenses of Genera! P,el, M.P., are re'urned at £lB3 19s ; and those of Mr. T. Bat ing, M.P., at £18695. There was no contest, and the town clerks's charges amount to £157 108 against each gentleman. At Carehidge University the expenses of the Right Hon. H. S. Walpole, M.P., are returned at £B7 Os 9d ; and those of Mr. L. T. Wigram, M.P., at £BO 9; 91. There was na contest. At Grantham the expenses of Mr. W. E. Welby, 111. P., arc returned at £246 Ile 6d ; those of the Hon. F. J. T.llemache, M.P., at £97 Iss 9d; and those of Lord M. W. G-alt , m, the unsuccessful candidate, at £285 13s 26. At Great Grimsby the expenses of Lord Worsley; 31. P., are returned at £199 17s 16. There was no contest. In the county of Rutland the expenses of the Hon. G. J. Noel, 31. P., are returned at £64 13s 4 , 1; and those of the Hor. G. H. Heathcoate, M.P., at £69 iSs 106. There was no ecntest. In North Lincolnshire the expenses of Sir AI. J. Cholmeley, M.P., are returned at £199 12s sd; and those of Mr. T. Banks Btanhope, M.P., at £75 3s 3,id, There was no contest. THE RECENT CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. The conspiracy which has been discovered in Paris is described as the most serious of any that we have as yet any knowledge of, both from the character of the 'individuals concerned, the extent of its ramifications, and the object proposed. That it was connected with the late insurrection in various parts of Italy there appears little doubt, and the first act of the great tragedy, of which a great part of Southern Europe was to be the theatre, was destined for Paris. It appears that documentary evidence of the most telling kind is in the pos session of the authorities. A mass of correspon dence exchanged between Paris, London, and other parts has been seizcd, showing that during the French elections the Emperor Napoleon was to be assassinated, and most of the letters closed with the words " Frappez, frappez, frappez," as the speeches of Cato, in the Roman Senate, with " Delenda est Carthago." A chosen band of 10 or 12 persons was to take the first favourable oppor tunity of stabbing the Emperor ; and in order to make sure of the effect, the poinards were steeped in poison. The members of a Provisional Govern ment were already named, and were prepared, when the deed was done, to seize the reins of power, and to proclaim the Revolution, with all its terrible consequences, all over Southern Europe. OXFORD ELECTION--RETIREMENT OF LORD MONCK AND RE-APPEARANCE OF MR. CARD WELL. OXFORD, SATURDAY EVENING.—The forthcoming election for this city will evidently be wall contested, as the former supporters of the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell have resolved to bring that gen leman forward again, although it was understood he had resigned in favour of Lord Monck. A meeting of Mr. Cardwell's friends was held at the Star Hotel this evening, James Pike, Esq., in the chair, when a resolution was moved " that the electors present pledge themselves to vote for Mr. Cardwell, and to use their utmost endeavours to secure his return." There were about 200 present, and the resolution was adopted without a dissentient voice. Lists were sent in with signatures from the different parishes in favour of Mr. Cardwell, and a determination was expressed to carry out the election without Mr. Cardwelrs presence. The agent for Lord fgfonck attended the meeting, and communicated the result to his lordship, who immedintely went to the town-hall (where he had been announced to address the electors to expiain his political principles), and made known his intention of withdrawing from the contest, in consequence of the determination of Mr. Cardwell's friends. His lordship paid a high compliment to Mr. Thackeray, whose talents and character he fully appreciated. A large meeting of Mr. Thackeray's friends was afterwards held at the Mitre Hotel, when the talented author ex pressed the great satisfaction he felt at the result of a two days' canvass, which had far surpassed his most sanguine expectations, and intimated that he was fully prepared to go to the poll. It is a significant fact that Mr. Thack,ras , has the support of Mr. Neate's party, while of the 225 who voted for Serjeant Gaselee at the recent elec tion, the majority have expressed themselves in favour of Mr. Thackeray. Mr. Neate, the unseated member, has issued an address to the electors, which concludes as follows :—" If I may say one word about myself it is this, Mr. Thackeray is my particular friend, and if you retain any confidence in my opinion —any regard for my wishes—vote for him, as being my friend, and, what is much more, as the friend of the people." BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE, At LEWIS & COMPANY'S. Ranel , l2l2 street. This gallant officer left by the mall train on Sunday, for M4rseilles. He will probably reach Calcutta on or about Augist 20. THE OxFo aD ELECTION.—Lord Monek has retired from the candidature of Oxford in consequervm of the supporters of Mr. Cardwell having determined to bring that gentleman forward. The contest will be between Mr. Cardwell and Mr.... Thackeray. WRECK OF THE STEAMER ERIN.—The steamer Erin was totally wrecked at Caltura, forty miles northward of Galle, on the &h of Jane. The passengers, crew, and 'mils, were all saved, as were also the specie and 400 to 500 chests of opium. _ _ _ We read in the Leader: —" The defalcations with respect to the Reyhtin Lonum, in Ireland amounted to about £30,000, those in Buckingham Palace to £12,000, those hi the Admiralty Registrar Office to £60,000, those in the Council Office to about £3,000. The amount of those in the Treasury, Intestate Estate, and Escheats were of an unknown amount. Four years ago a gentleman was sent down to an important provincial town, to examine the accounts of a person suspected to be in arrears. ' For four years,' said a witness last week, before a parliamentary committee, the whole of the system was one great fabri cation. The accounts sent up and audited, and passed according to the usual forms of audit, were perfectly fabu lous.' It may be added that rumours were afloat some months ago of an extensive ' draw' upon the Secret Service Fund. Perhaps these facts may suggest to liberal members the necessity of a searching inquiry into the financial administration of the public departments." By the majority of Wednesday week, the cause of medical reform, says the Lancet, landed " unassailably on an em inence, where it rests no longer threatened by destruction, either from the interested machinations of individuals, or from the mistakes of select committees. A great principle was established when the voice of the House of Commons pronounced emphatically against centralisation and govern ment dictation in the affairs of the medical profession, and decided in favour of self-government. That the country is with the profession—that it acknowledges their superior judgment in the matter of self-education, and in all regu lations pertaining to their own efficiency, and therefore to the interests of the public—could not have been mare strongly enunciated. A majority of one hundred and forty seven, or three to one, in support of a profesAon, who are bock' :d by no great aristocratic influencer,is a triumph to Mr. Headlam's bill, which might well excuse some exulta tion on the part of its supporters." The John, Bull is inforined that it is the Bank of Eng land that holds the wires by which the puppets of government legislation are moved on the question of the Probate Administration Bill. " The Bank authorities took it into their heads that the country officials would be so much inferior in the performance of their duties as compared with the London officials, that they apprehended s.rious jeopardy to their establishment from the possibility of stock being transferred to the wrong person in virtue of a local probate, in which case the Bank would of course be called upon to make good the loss. They consented by way of a compromise t ) run this risk in smaller amounts, taking £1:500 as the limit; but beyond this they insisted on the supposed security of the London functionaridis. Si the old lady of Downing-street was fain to succumb to the old lady of Threadneedle -street, and of course when the house rejected the limitation, away gees the bill. We think the Bank of England was mistaken in its alarm, and that frauds are just as likely to be perp3trated in London ai in the country. The Economise condemns the attempts which it appears are being made to induce the public in the tannufacturin r districts to enter into a combination against the use of sugar, in order to frustrate the machinations of speculators. "So long as the great demand which exists in the United States, on the continent of Europe, and in other parts of the world continues, the only effoct of such an attempt will be to divert from this country the supplies which otherwise would have reached it, and to that extent limit our trade of import, and to some extent our trade of export in return for such imports. If the high price arises from artificial causes, we may be sure it does not require any combination to correct it : if from natural causes, any attempt to limit the demand by such means can only aggrevate the scarcity by dis couraging the supplies which would otherwise reach this country. We had hoped that tie days had long gone by when any such fruitless attempts would find favour with any clAsses in this country : we shall regret if it shall prove otherwise, as their success could not tail to inflict a prejudicial influer c; upon our general trade. The Thames Conservancy Bill, which practically con tinues the control of the river in the corporation of London, has passed the Commons. The Weekly Dispatch observes :—" Not a single city, trading or mercantile in-: terest, is represented at the Board of Conservators, although the bill empowers the conservators to.tax, at their discretion, the whole shipping and merchandise of the port. The river has been so scandalously neglected by the very conservators appointel by the bill, that in the place of its being widened, deepened, and purified, the men in the docks come up sick and fevered with the stench and malaria they encounter, and persons going up and down the river find the noxious till aria floating around them not less dangerous than disgusting. So many places are silted up, and so many shoals are suffered and accu mulated, that the navigation has been impeded. In fact, nothing has been done for the trade, and heavy taxes have been taken from it. We trust the bill will be amended in the Lords by enforcing the representation of the trade and shipping at the board. Surely the chairman of Lloyd's, of the Dock Companies, of the East India Association, and other bodies, know as much about the subject as the lord mayor or the common cow:tail?! • THE JEWS AND THE ENGLISH. Some time ago we directed the attention of our readers to nr. Edgar Bauer's book on the English liberty. We now give a translation of one of its chapters, treating of a question which has lately caused considerable anxiety and discussion both in the lower and upper House—the admission of the Jews to Parliament. We need not remark that we do this simply with a view of showing to the English public the dialectical manner in which continental writers are wont to speak on religious topics. Mr. Bauer says : Sir F. Thesiger is afraid that the Christian character of the English legislature will be destroyed if Englishmen allow the Jews to participate in the business of law neekin e But Sir Frederick forgets to define the foundation upon which his argument rests ; he forgets to say what English Christianity is. Three hundred years ago, when throughout the whole of Europe the development of nationalities hid itself beneath religious forms, when the Powers took their stand according to their creed, the English nation adopted this system of religious policy in downright earnest. Eng land established her State Church, she acknowledged no body for an Englishman who did not confess the religion of the English State. Since that time Englishmen rejoice in the name of a nation of believers. We praise them as the people that has the most completely carried out the prin ciples of the Reformation, and which has the most intimately connected them with its social institutions. Have they done that merely for religious purposes ? No, they did it on behalf of their national independence. With the help of the Reformation the English have freed their State from the influence of a foreign Sovereign, and disencumbered their soil from the proprietorship of an outlandish Church. The foreign Pope they have trans formed into a native one; they have taken the property from the Rotnish Church, in order to invest it with the dignity of truly English property, in the name of the Reformation. The English have conquered their civil rights, which laid the foundation of their national great ness. James the Second was expelled because he offended against the national feeling iu trampling under his feet the English form of Christianity. In the oath by which the Englishman in the reign of William the Third abjured the Pretender, he swore upon the true faith of a Christian not in order to render prominent his quality of a Christian, but because at that time an English Christian meant a true-born Englishman. Christianity, therefore, meant Englishism ; the true belief of a Christian was only anothF,r expression for the true belief of the Englishman in himself. His quality of a Christian was congruent with his quality of a free and independent Englishman. Re ligion in England, being a national affair, has always con formed itself to the development and growth of the nation. As long as the Englishmen was occupied with the interior struggles of the common wealth, as long as his interest was confined within the shores of his island, so long his Christianity could likewise be encompassed within distinct formulas of creed. The more his horizon widened, the more decidedly the bonds which encircled his Chris tianity within official formulas have been burst asunder. The Englishman who conquered India, who stripped Spain, Holland, France,, of their colonies, was at the s title time compelled to strip his Church of its exclusivenes', to emancipate the Catholic, to concede to the Dissenter all political rights. Now, when he embraces the whole world, he may without fear embrace the Jew too. Vtrily, the brave Rothschild,who lent to the British natioc twenty-four millions to support it in its endeavour to humanise the Crescent ; the brave Rothschild, who at the same time paid to the Czar capital and interest of the Russo-Dutch loan ; the brave Rothschild, whose extensiveness of action equals the extensiveness of truly English enterprise—he may be called an English believer, in the moat national sense of, the word. Even the difference of race is no hindrance in England to the admission of Jews into parliament. Originating from the mixture of several races—Celt, Saxon, Jute, Norman, Fiamander—the Eaglish nation up to this day invites intermixture. Being the youngest nation of Europe, she has not yet abdicated the pleasure of matrimony. And having so many fa hers. she does not care for boasting of a spotless pedigree. What you English call pride of race is something more valuable than that, it is the most lively feeling of nation ality. Sense of race is exclusive. It proceeds out of the blood which in some nations may have remained unmixed, but for all that has become muddy and generates sterile revolutionary fevers, and barren dreams of past greatness For the Englishman the assertion of his nationality has a practical meaning, a connection with present interests. It means his free soil on which be moves as a master; it means his flag which rules the waves ; it means his industry that fills the markets of the world, his power of grasp that communicates to every foot of ground on which he plants the British standard the quality an i the privilege of British soil ' • it means the palpable right of hi s fi s t, w hi c h gives to the Englishman a preponderance over the mopish sentimentality of other nations. This feeling of nationality may be agressive, but it is not exclusive. Tread upon gnglish ground, submit to English laws, work with English comprehensiveness, and by and by thou wilt be an Englishman. The sense of race, therefore, does not object in England to the complete emancipation of the Jews; the Jew who wishes to be an Englishman may be one. We are convinced that before long he will be invited to take his seat in the legislature of the country.—London Paper. FUGITIVE SLAVE-LAW TitoußLEs.—ln Ohio, the Fugi tive Slave-Law continues to be the cause of trouble and bloadsbed. The Cincinnati paper of the 24th says :—" On Sunday last three slaves—two belonging to Mr. John Sanford, and one to Mr. John Berry—made tracks from Henry county, Kentucky. They were traced across the Ohio river, and on Monday discovered hi , iden in the brush and behind logs, about four miles back from the river, on Kane's Branch. The negroes, being aimed, made a desperate resistance, and one of them, belonging to Berry, while in the act of shooting Mr. James Humphreys, one of his pursuers, was shot and instantly killed. The second e=caped, while the third was arrested and taken back to Kentucky." LEGAL News.—The Equity Committee of the Incor porated Law Society have held several meetings lately to consider the present state of the Chancery offices, and the measures necessary to remove existing and noto?ious The committee have, we understand, this week agreed upon a report which deals with the Judges' Chambers, the Taxing Masters' Offices, and the Accountant-General's Office, where the present defec's are patent, and the re medies obvious. This report 'has been adopted by the Council, and transmitted to the Lord Chancellor, who promises to give it attentive consideration. Lord Brougham has extracted from the Lord Chancellor a simi lar pledge as regards the Report on Registration of Title to Land.—Solicifors Journal. AGITATION AGAINST TUB DIVORCE BILL BY THE LERDS/ CLERGY.—A petition to the Rome of Commons is bein organised by nearly fifty of the Leeds clergy against this bill. The opposition is on the following grounds : "That it is within the knowledge of your petitioners that a large number of the clergy of the Church of England consider such divorces and such marriages (as are proposed by the bill) to be in direct opposition to the divine law, as laid down in the New Testament. That in the event of the bill now before your honourable house becoming law these clergymen might at any time be called upon to solem nize the marriage of divorced persons, and to pronounce a blessing upon those whom they believe in their canschnces to be committing a sin." Another petition, having the same objects, is also in course-of signature by the laity of Leeds, and has already been numerously signed. WILLS . AND CHARITABLE BEQUESTS.—The will of Wit!- - Liam Arkwright, Esq., of HothariaTlia . ll, - Yorkshire, his been proved in London under £120,000 ; the Hon. Eliza Dawson Darner, of Eaton-square. £30,000 : Richard Ramsden, Esq., of Highbury, £BO,OOO ; W. Oliver, of Finsbury, timber merchant ; £3.5,000 ; W. G. Mott, of Cheapside, silversmith, £16,000 ; Alexander Robertson, E-q., of Balgowrie-lodge, Aberdeen, £35.000 ; Thomas Legh, Esq., of Lyne-h sll, Stockport, £30,000, both within the province of Canterbury. Also the Rev. Joseph Sikes, LL.D., of Newark-upon-Trent, £B,OOO, within the province, and has left small bequests to the Societies for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Propagation of the Gospel in Forei gn P ar t s , an d th e re li e f o f Cl ergymen, their widows, and orphans ; Joseph Tibbetts, of Birming ham, spoon manufacturer, £5,000 ; and has bequeathed £lOO to the General Hospital, Birmingham, and £lOO to the General Dispensary. —Illustrated London News. FOREIGN LEGIONS —A. return to the order of the House of Commons, printed on Saturday morning, gives some information about the foreign legions raised during the late war, and what they have cost. There were three of these legions, G erman , S w i ss , and Italian, numbering altogether 737 o ffi cers , 899 non-commissioned officers, and 14,923 r an k an d fil e. Th e expenses i nc urred on their account, in recruiting, clothes, pay, subsistence, and cost of conveyance, have amounted to £1,118,941. Four regiments of the German Legion, 4,250 strong, and a brigade of the Swiss, 2,000 strong, were sent to the seat of war, but saw no active service. On the disbanding of the legiim, a number of the Germans, about 2,350, were offered and accepted locations at the Cape of Good Hope as military settlers. The expense of arming and equipping these on proceeding to the Cape was £24,670 ; their pay for three years will be £8 1 ,982, and the Cost of r a ti ons f or a Jur is £21,493. THE NEWS FROM INDIA. To say that the news from India which the telegraph sends us need cause no anxiety would be, perhaps, to counsel a confidence bordering 011 apathy ; but we may at least assert that to meet , the dangers which we this day announce, the Indian Government is acting with an energy whicil , perhaps, ere this has restored tranquillity. The Home Government was able in this instance to anticipate the daily press, and received news je the course of Friday night, which it discussed ie Cabinet on Saturday. However, the intelligence was only allowed to ooze out partially on sate day evening, and during the whole of yesterdai the public mind was naturally much excited. Th e fact:that Sir Colin Campbell had been suddenq appointed to the chief command in India, and hae actually, with heroic promptitude, taken his depar ture, led every one to believe that th e G ove rnmen t entertained no small apprehensions. It is with the utmost gratification, therefore, that we give our own despatch, from which it will be seen that in Bombay it was considered that the crisis was' past, and that order would before this have bee° restored by the capture of Delhi and the destra' tion of the mutineers. The mutiny had spread to t several other regiments of the Bengal army, and the total loss by revolt or desertion was estimate' at 26,000 men. It must not be thought, however' that all or even a large part of these are in arms against us. As a general rule, the Sepoys hat simply disappeared ; they have fled from theß r colours in large numbers, and betaken themselvee to their villages, or to wilder places of conceal', 'neut. General Anson died of cholera at Kurnatv on the 27th of May. As Commander-in-Chief 1 0 had not an opportunity of acquiring di s ti n ction; but the appointment of General Patrick Grant t° be his successor does the highest credit to the Indian Government. General Grant is in the Company's service, and a short time since was selected for the command of the forces at Madras —a post, until that time always filled by a Queen ° officer. He was Quartermaster-General u ncle Lord Gough in both the campaigns of the Punjab , and has always been described as a soldier of th e highest merit, and possessing in an extraordinary degree the confidence of the Indian army. Intel' ligence to the Bth of June had been received froln Delhi The insurgent troops, joined by other hands of malcontents, had found themselve s strong enough to accept battle outside the walls. They had been defeated, with the loss o f t w enty-el' guns, and driven within the town, which was to b° assaulted at once. Whatever courage desperatio n may give to these unhappy men, we cannot doub t that they will be unable to resist for any time th e attack of European troops, and th a t th e nex t Wet, will bring intelligence that the mutiny has been crushed and the ancient city of the Moguls onc e more in our possession. The only further newa i ? importance is that the revolt is confin e d to the Bengal army, the troops of the B o mbay and Madras territories being so firm in their allegianc e ' that European regiments have been sent 11'0 0 those Presidencies, as well a's from Ceylon, to the scene of disturbance. D These are the facts of the ease so far as we are informed, and we give them w ith ou t any attenlP , ; to theorise or to prophesy, a lth oug h th e cour se °„: events accords pretty m uc h w ith th e v i ew we had taken. It is evhiently no local disturbanc e arising from any definite grievance, real or jolt gined, with which we have to deal. It is the rising of the whole army against the supreme Pow er ' What have been the real causes, the hidden s pring! of this general movement, we do not know, an perhaps can never know; yet it is not difficult to form a shrewd guess as to much that remains unseen. The inaction of a vast army, conscious 0 I its superiority in numbers, and unconscious of its inferiority in skill and courage to Europeans, is no doubt a powerful and abiding cause of danger' The fear of proselytism may have had something to do with the outbreak, although it is probable that this has rather been the instrument by which the more cunning spirits have influenced the weak than the criginZsource of discontent. There is, however, no reason for despondency Changes in the army and the civil administration may no doubt be the consequence of the present events, but for the security of the Empire there is no fear. The worst prospect is a heavy bill of costs. To send out 14,000 troops a t o nce and several thdusand more in a short time, to hurry regiments from all parts of India to the North- West Provinces, to delay the Chinese Expedition and keep steamers and gunboats idle in the pacific, will cost money, which must be paid either by the English cr the native taxpayer. But further than this we see no evil before us. Lord Canning hag able advisers and assistants in such men 0 9 General Grant, the Lawrences, and Sir Jarael Outran. India itself is in a state of profound peace, and every English regiment is available for service against the mutineers. With these advan tages we ought soon to hear that this dark cloud has passed away. The Record would be glad to find some member of the legislature ascertaining from the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Attorney-General why the scale of fees claimed 139 ' bishops' secretaries in case of ordinations, licenses, insti tutions, &c., has not been published for the information of ' the clergy. "We have constant complaints," adds the Record," of the encrJachments of bishops' secretaries, and ' there is one of very recent origin to which we venture to call the attention both of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London. We have heard that some of the Bishops' secretaries, availing themselves of the demand for occasional services in schoolrooms and other unconse crated places, have discovered that it would be a very con venient and lucrative source of revenue to require that for every such place of worship a bishop's license should be tt k !ti out at the expense of a guinea fee. This is a monstrous attempt against which both the clery and laity st wild present an uncompromising front of resistance." The Press remarks that a session like the present is not remembered by the passing generation. " A Premier without a party—liberals without leaders—a minister with out measures describes the condition of the successors of the reform party. Oaly for the election committees there would scarcely be a ripple on the parliamentary surface. Something of a f.tint political interest is still preserved in the anxiety to know what report was made in certain cases of asserted intimidation and imputed treating. It seems to be the age of a lounging liberalism. Nothing is dose now, because in the next session we are'pro m i se d a Reform Bill, and quidnuncs speculate as to whether the Prime Minister really means to introduce any innovations ill parliamentary privileges. Against this ministerial lassitude there will be a strorg political re-action through the country. In this year the excitement of the general elec tion occurring at an awkward period of the session inter rupted the regular working of parties, and absorbed a large portion of popular interest. Bat such excuses cannot last for ever, and political questions of a serious character must be again submitted to the public mind. Eventualities of the highest importance may occur before another session has passed away, and the f orce , wea l t h, n umbers, a n d or ganisation of th e C onservat i ve b o d y m ay be enabled to command that official influence duo to its great resources." TtE GREAT EASTERN.—This mammoth iron steamer, it is now said, will probably visit New York upon her first visit across the Atlantic, instead of Portland, as i t hag been heretofore announced. The difficulty of her approach ing this city by the way of S ( 11 1 Y Hook, nn account o f a lack of water up , ..n the bar, has been the excuse for alloting Portland as the place to land at, as there is plenty of water in that harbour, a nd extensive arr angements, it is reported, by building docks, , no doubt, b e a Should this ch ange i n h er dest i nat i on it will have been warehouses, made Bcu for her recepti on, take place, great disappointment to the Portland people, whilst it will give thousands of New- Yorkers the opportunity to see this wonderful specimen of naval architecture, who would not otherwise have that g ratification. Upon the Bar, by the way of Sandy Hook, there is 27 feet at high water, and 22 at the shallowest place at low water. The spring tides give a rise of six feet. The pilots would not agree to take the ship in if drawing over 26 feet, which would not allow of her taking in freight. By the way of Long Island Sound, however, the shallowest point in channel-way, at low tide, is 26 feet, and the spring tides give a rise of eight feet, which is more than amply sufficient for the purposes required. Pilots assert that 35 feet can be found by some slight vari ations at high water. If the Great Eastern were brought in by way of the Sound, the natural stopping place would be at Morris's Wharf, the other side of Hell Gate. There is a wharf 600 feet in length already built at that place► which could easily be extended, with ample depth of water for the big ship to lie alongside. As three is a line of railroad running to that point which would furnish con venient accommodations for visitors, the distance would probably be in favour of the enterprise, as far as this is dependent upon opportunities for inspecting the ship. --7. New York Times.