Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-13 00:00:00

GRAND BAZAAR AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL. Yesterday, a splendid bazaar in aid of the Lying-in- Hospital, which is to continue over a period of three lialTsova.s opened at St. George's-hall. ,The principal object of the projectors of the bazaar is to raise funds for the erection of a new-building for the accommoda tion of those who may become recipients in the institu . Lion.- • The St. George's-hall and Town-hall Committee of the Corporation readily placed that noble building at. the disposal of the committee. D ur i ng th e w h o l e o f Tuesday the ball was closed to the general public; in consequence of the arrangements which were being made for the bazaar. Shortly after eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon, the business of the bazaar commenced. Amongst those pre sent'were the Mayoress, Mrs. William Preston,. of Rock flouSe, - West Derby, and a large number of ladies and gentlemen, whose, names it would be invidious to mention. Tile appearance of the various stalls made it evident thaeevery energy 'had been exerted on the part of the ladies who had taken an interest in the exhibition, to ensure it being one which should be attended with the raost.complete success, , . . The bazaar opened at eleven o'clock, and shortly after that hour the spacious hall began to fill. Between :one and two o'clock in the afternoon, the Mayor, accompa nied by the Mayoress and Miss Preston, appeared in the . room, and were : received with the most enthusiastic cheers. The stalls, mos t artistically arranged, are fifteen in number. They are placed m the body of the hall, and at the head of them is the stall of- the Mayoress. The other stalls are presided over by Mrs. Adam Gladstone, Mrs. Harke, Mrs.. ,Job, Mrs. Medley, Mrs. Simon Cross field, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Grimsdale ' Mrs. Kerferd, Mrs.. Moore, Mrs,' Willis, Mrs. Alfred King, and Mrs. Wilson.. The various stalls are- studded with articles which . . . s mut tempt the eye of the curious and the artistic. The lady . :IViayoieBs's 'stall, of course, commands our first attention..„lt is dignified with the borough insignia, 41111 was, of course, during the day,* one of the most proMiuent objects " . of attraction. The legend in con nection With the '"good old town" was maintained by a .beautifill model , of Prince Rupert's cottage at Everton. One'ef;the moat interesting attractions during the day was the. l '. - dOll-lailuSe,''' shown at Mrs. Job's stall. It is a, most *Tenififs`, construction of workmanship, and reflects Mreat credit on the skill of the artist do not: pretend to be judges in detail of the elaborate specimens Which are exhibited at the various ..,.. 444% and, on thatground,,we leave them to th e t en d er ~ , and 'affectionate sex by whom, we have th e Pl easure t o kiwi,, they have been mainly; contributed; but WC thuik .we shall tot be doing injustice to the resi of "the' fair "tradesmen" who had charge of the atalls„ when we: say , that the " gypsy encampment" at Mrs. Grimsdale's stall was one of the most attractive portfolio of the exhibition. This interesting specimen .was manufaetured by Mrs. Grimsdale herself, and was, • .during the day,. a prominent and attractive feature of the exhibition. The classical taste will.be satisfied by an inspection of Eastern specimens, including Egyptian vases and other .o.rientat relics, wlaeli are sliewu by Nrs. Whittemore and Mrs. Cressfield., • , The interesting proceedings of the day, were enlivened by the performance. of the Cirphair4syluni band, which had been engqod.fg the occasion, and in the afternoon Mr. Beat added Co the interest of the occasion by per . forming a number - of choice Pieces on the great organ. • The proceeds of the day, at, the various stalls, . amounted, to npwardo . ,,Af.:S.,l,ooq. W:e shall to:rnprmvlzestkme -qur,,q.e.eount, of the in-' teresting prdepedings;4ol=in:the ipoaptime, we advise all those who have not yet visited ,the bazaar to avail themselves of the treat which the .neXt : two days holds gut to them. .„7 WESLEYAN , METIIODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Mount -pleasant branch of the above society . was held in the 'soeuity's chapel, last night. The meeting was large, and respectably attended, and the chair was taken .by Captain Browse. The ininisteron the platform were—The Rev. Messrs. Stamp, Scott, Osborne, Bowden, Griffith, &c. Captain BaowsE said he felt it to be an honour to fill the chair on the present occasion. A short time since, it appeared another missionary meeting would not be held in this chapel, bUt that appearance had passed away--the louring cloud had passed off, and the sun now shone forth. Respecting the mission work, there was every ground for encouragement. Both here and in the suburbs the work of God was manifest.' The Citatamas then called upon the Rev. Mr. Bowden to read the report for the last year, which was very satisfactory. It showed a large increase upon the previous year, the total amount for 1868 being £129,000, out of which sum Liverpoolhad contributed £1,690 Bs. 6d. The report was adopted unanimously by the meeting, amid loud applause. The first 'resolution was moved by the Rev. Mr. Bowden in a short scriptural speech. The Rev. Mr. GRIFFITHS seconded the resolution in an admirable address, which was characterised all through by a deep religious strain and practical reason ing. The rev. gentleman, after a lengthened speech, concluded with an earnest appeal on behalf of the heathen. The Rev. GE6RGE Scorr moved the second resolution, by congratulating them ou the fact that, although last year it was determined by the society that Mount pleasant Chapel should be closed, still the progress of religion, and a spirit of revival having come over the minds of the people, he thanked God that they were .assembled there that evening to speak of missions and _ missionary work. (Applause.) He then went on at much length to descant on the progress of religion among the Swedish Christians, and especially in Scan-. dinavia, where he spent twelve years as a missionary. After au able And practical address, he sat down amid f enthusiastic plauditi of the meeting, The Rev. Mr, OSBORNE seconded the resolution. He began by stating that he would Tiot be bounded, as Mr. Scott was to Sweden, in What be had to say, by giving a description of missionary work in India, China, and Japan ; but take the wide, wide world as the theme of his observations. (Hear and aplilause.) He said there was one letter in the alphabet from which many ways were delineated to christianise and civilise the world— . he meant the letter "P." Some preferred poetry, philosophy, and politics ; others prayer and perseverance. • Many said, again, in carrying out your views, to be pointed and pithy—he intended to be pointed and pithy in what he said—(applause)—but he knew of no better way to get at the hearts of sinners, than the good old way of Preaching ; yes, preaching the good old Gospel of Christ to a perishing world. (Loud applause.) The speaker then went on, in a powerful strain, to show how the Gospel was sweeping the world over ; the burden of its theme was peace,—peace to all men, from " the • river - to the ends of the earth." (Applause.) Yes, and this glorious gospel—this batter ing-ram of the Bible must go on until it should smash to pieces the great stronghold of Paganism —yes, until it should be proclaimed from high Heaven, " Babylon the great, the mother of harlots, is fallen to rise no more for ever." (Deafening plaudits.) After a most powerful address, the rev. gentlemen resumed his seat amidsts bursts of applause. The collection was then taken up ; and thanks having been voted to the Chair " man the meeting broke up with si ng i ng t h e h ymn, " Salvation, Oh, the joyful sound." A MANUFACTORY BLOWN 17P AT ECXINGTON.—O n Tuesday morning, at an early hour, the inhabitants of the quiet little village of Eckington, twelve miles from Sheffield, were alarmed by a terrific explosion, followed by the clattering_ an d smashing of the falling debris. The explosion had taken place in the scythe and sickle manufactory of Mr. Mark Keeton. On Monday evening the place was left perfectly safe, and the shutters to the windows in the lower rooms were all securely fastened. At half-past four o'clock on Tuesday morn ' ing a terrific explosion occurred in the manufactory. Im mediately after the explosion, it was found that the place was almost completely shattered, and that some of the displaced joists and rafters were blazing. As quickly as could be the fire was extinguished by the neighbours. After some of the debris had been removed, it was found that the explosion had occurred in the centre of the s mithy floor, where there were the remains of a 251 b. powder barrel, and several fusees. From the force of the explosion, it is supposed that the barrel was filled with powder, and from footmarks, which have been found in the garden a t t h e b ack, it is supposed that some persons have forced open the shutter at the back of the smithy, have put the powder in the place, and then fired it, with the view to the destruction o theplace. No motive can be assigned for the cowardly outrage. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.---YEsTERDAy. .[Before Mr. MAigaTTELD.] POCKET-PICEING IN CILUROH,STRBET.—EIieII Smith, a fashionably-dressed, - and rather handsome young woman, who comes under the.class denominated "unfor tunate,' -was charged with picking pockets in Church-, street. Mr. Benjamin.Mitchell,,waose place of business is in Brunswick-street.; stated that On the previous , evening lie was proceeding along Chureh-street, when he was accosted by 'the prisoner, who told hiru , she wanted to speak to him, and asked him to cross the street. He did so, and Alley. went into ()Id •Postoffice place. - While in conversation, Mr. Mitchell felt the prisoner's hand in his trousers, and he immediately' missed his purse, .containing about £2 10s. The prisoner ran away into Basnett-street, and Mitchell followed her.' She was stopped by a gentleman nained Brereton ; and, on a policeman coming up, she was given into custody. When searched, the purse end' the money were not found. The prosecutor, in answer to Mr. Cobb. said that he did not see the prisoner pass anything.; but Mr. Brereton swore that he saw 'the prisoner pass something (he could not say whether it was a purse or not) to a man who had a white jacket on, at the tune.—Mr. Cobb contended that the evidence was not sufficient to con vict ; but on Mr.. Mansfield saying he could not decide the case, the prisOner . pleaded - guilty, and she was sen teneed to six months' imprisonment. • WHO STOLE THE CAPS:—Henry Jones, a yonng, sea man, was charged: with stealing a cap, the property of a negro, who gave the name of Darla* Malone. On Monday night the negro was in Fulton-street, when he was attacked from behind, assaulted, and his cap taken from off his head. Alarm was given, and a'policeman coming up they gave chase to a young man who, - when overtaken, was found to have a cap under his slop. He was given into custody.—An-alibi, however, was proved, and the prisoner,was discharged, MAKING A FALSE DEcianaTiox.—Charlotte Jones, who was remanded on a charge of obtaining. a feather bed, by means of a false declaration, was brought up. The details of the case have already appeared. Mr. Mansfield said that it was perfectly certain that the prisoner had committed a forgery, and it was indispen sible that the property of such a large class as patronised pawnbrokers, should be protected. He (Mr. Mansfield): had not the slightest power to deal with the case and . he must commit the prisoner for trial. • ROBBERY BY A LODGER.—'John ; Coppleditch was charged under the following circumstances. The priso ner was a lodger at the house of a Mrs. Arthur, Temple- I court. He was a 'tailor 'by trade, and on the second"' week of his tenancy of. the room, Mrs. Arthur missed ' several articles of .bedclothing. He was accused of the theft, and ackrioWledged it ; but said 'he had only left the clothes at a broker's in Marybone, and would release them at once. On these conditions 'he was not prose; tutee],` and all - owed to remain in the house. On Tuesday e vening, however, he stole some feather pillows. The value of the property lost was £2 10s.—The prisoner was reni aa a e d. HINT CAsi.—William Robson and Emma Walker, who were charged with smashing, and remanded from time to time, were now committed to the sessions for trial. -• [Before Messrs. R. SHELL and HOUGHTON.] CLAIM FOR SEAMEN'S WAGES.—Two sailors, named respectively Adolphus Phitzner and Alexander Francis, summond Andrew Mgaggort, captain'of the ship Mogul, for the sum of £lB 2s. Bd. each, alleged to be due them' for services rendered as ableseamen on board that ship, on her voyage froth Callao to Liverpool, from the 17th. May • to the 3rd October in the present year, at the rate of £4 tier month. It appnrcd that four mc'n had inen shipped by a boarding- . llouSe master, named Green, by order of the captain. Two'of the men that signed articles did not go in the ship, and the plaintiffs were sent in their places. About the latter end of August, the captain went to the men, and asked them to go into the cabin and sign articles ; and they said, as they had been doing duty. for three months, they would go on as they had done till their arrival in Liverpool. When the ship's crew were paid off at the .Sailor's Home, ; the defendant refused to pay the plaintiffs on account of their names not being ,on the ship's articles.—The defence Was, that the,. captain shipped four men before the British consal. to perform the voyage from Callao to England, and 'gave them 'each a month's advance. After the ship wag at sea-some time, he found out that two of the crew bore other names than were on the articles. When the ship.arrived at Liverpool he refused to pay the amount claimed, because :he was under the impression that they had received a mouth's wages in adVance. 7 —The magistrates decided that, as the captain had failed to rove that he had paid the Men, they were to receivelheir wages in full. • .ASSAUI.T.—WiIIiam J. Ogden, cook of the ship Mar - ... .garet Dean, charged J. H. Pope, who was mate of the same vessel, with assaulting him on the 29th August last, while in a foreign port.—Mr. Cobb prosecuted, and Mr. Black defended.—lt appeared from the evidence of . the complainant, who answered Mr., Black's questions very pointedly, that he was at work on board the ship on the evening of the day in question, when the mate called him to do something else. -He could not go just at the time ; and, in a about a minute after, the mate entered the galley where the complainant was, took held of him by the collar, and struck , him on ,the back of the head, and also on the cheek, from the effects of -which he was unable to eat for sometime. Complainant went to the Consul, but n, action was taken in the matter. Mr. Bluck contended that the mate, as the responsible party for the cargo of the ship, had a right to pull the cook out of tyre galley, when he did Rot come by being called, The ship was taking in cotton at the time, and by his refusing to assist, there was a probability that some of it would be lost. He denied that more force was used than was necessary, to compel the complainant to do his work.—The magis trates thought an assault had been committed, and ordered the defendant to pay Os, and costs. COUNTY COURT.--YESTERDAY. (Before J. K. BLAIR, Esq., Judge.) INSOLVENTS.—E. Laurence, Berwick-street, West Derby-road, tea merchant, came up for his final order, and was supported by Mr. Grocott. No opposition was offered, but the case was adjourned to the 19th to allow insolvent to pay a balance into court.—W. D. Rompton, Moor-place, Liverpool, whitesmith and bell-hanger, had his final order granted.—William Pescod, late of Myrtle street, schoolmaster, had his final order granted.—John Wynne Pritchard, Kensington, plumber, had his final order g • ranted H. M. Bickerstaff, Wilton - street , Liverpool, painter and decorator, was supported by Mr. Thornley and opposed by Mr. Rymer. The petition was dismissed on the ground of inaccurate description.—Archibald Mann, of Smith-street, Kirkdale, professor of music, was supported by Mr. Husband and opposed by Mr. lime. The petition was dismissed, not having been correctly described.--John Edwards, Paddington, grocer and provision dealer, passed his first examination, and his final order was fixed for the 9th November. The insolvent was supported by Mr. Roby, and unopposed.— James King, Elizabeth-terrace, Salisbury-street, potato dealer, was directed to have his petition re-advertised, ' and the case was accordingly adjourned.--Thomas Birkett Gurnell, Sefton-terrace, . Everton, painter, plumber, and grocer, was supported by Mr. Husband. The petition was dismissed on account of inaccurate descrip tion.—James Flynn, Lower Cable-street, lithographic engraver, was ordered to have his petition re-advertised, and the case was adjourned accordingly.—Samuel Henry Wood, Eldon-terrace, Rock Ferry, cotton-bagging and sack merchant, applied to be discharged. He was sup ported by Mr. Husband, and, being unopposed, was ordered to be discharged forthwith. Mr. CLAIM BY A SURGEON.—SMITH V. LLOYD.— In this case, heard yesterday, it should have been stated that when the case was resumed, after adjournment at three o'clock, and after Mr. Evan Thomas, jun., had given his evidence,—Drs. Steele and Bailey being in court, his Honour asked them to go with the defendant into an adjoining room and examine the joint. They did so, and on their return into court they stated that it was impossible that the man could have walked if the bone had been broken.—At Dr. Smith's request, we call attention to this piece of evidence, which it appears was omitted from our report. THE CONSPIRATORS OF 1848.—The Corporation of Waterford at its last meeting adopted the following resolution. The exiles alluded to are the persons who were sentenced to transportation for treason in 1848, but who violated their paroles :—" That this council desires to convey to government their earnest desire that an amnesty should be extended to all persons labouring under disabilities owing to political causes ; and that the town-clerk be requested to communicate with the chief magistrates and chairmen of town commissioners, inviting them to co-operate for the same purpose." ASSOCIATION FO THE - PROMOTION4M SOCIAL SCIENCE. SECOND DAY.—LO - TaD BROUGHAM'S ADPEESS The proceedings were commenced on Tuesdapmorn ing, at half-past ten eaeloekein the large room of St. George's Hall. There were about 2,000 persons'pre sent. The Earl of Shaftesbury presided ; and-.amongst those on the platform were—Lord Brougham, Lord Rad stock,,Viscount Raynha m , M.P., Vice-Chancellor Page Wood, Right Hon. W. Cowper,• M.P., Right Hon. J. Napier, Right Hon- C. Achlerley, M.P., Sir Harry Ver ney, M.P., Sir Baldwin Leighton, M.P., Sir Charles. }lasting, Sir Peter Fai r bai rn , Sir J. Ih. Shuttleworth, Mr. Papillon, M.P., Mr. Bernard, M.P. Mr. Titus. Salt, M.P., Mr. W. Wickham, M.P., Sir John Ramsdell, M.P., Mr. J. Hadfield, MY., &c., &e. Lord Brougham, president ,of, the council, was re ceived with loud cheers. The noble lord said, in addressing them upon the 'present occasion, there were so many subjects that claimed attention, that a selection most be made of those most pressing for 'consideration. This affixed one limit to . the choice of topics ; but another was prescribed by the maxim of always looking forward, the maxim whieh must guide them and all practical men : Thinking• nought done while aught remains to do. It was, he said, impossible in any institution like theirs, that disappointment should not arise from the comparative slowness of the prodprogress made in giving effect to the proposals offered, ' the changes suggested. But on looking abroad they found reason to be satisfied, even with the progress begun, at least, in countries very far from heretofore moving even at the slow rate complained of here. In the Russian empire, the proceedings of this association had been watched with great interest. The accounts of the proceedings both in 1857 and last year, had been most fully given in the St. Petersburg journals. The Russian government had undertaken the great measure of emancipating the serfs, and a greater freedom of discussion on all subjects had been allowed to the Press. Who would have thought a little while ago of the Russian government being held up to the. French for imitation, and the people for envy, in anything relating to public liberty ? (Applause.) Of Austria it might not be possible to speak in the same terms ; yet in those parts of her, dominions heretofore most oppressed by ecclesiastical tyranny, the Protestants were now secured in the full en joyment of their rights. (Applause.) Looking homeward he would begin with the public health department, so ably superintended last year. by Lord Shaftesbury. He detailed the result of the labours of the department, and said the most remarkable papers read at that meet ing were unquestionably those of Florence Nightin gale. Two ! most valuable papers from Miss Louisa Twining were read at their meetings in Birmingham and Liverpool, and an important discussion at Birming ham had led to the formation of visiting committees, which had received the entire approval of the Poor law Board. The various subjects connected with the law required a more detailed consideration than the Liti of this address per.ui t d, but they would be fully commented upon by the eminent person who presided our the department of jurisprudence. A beneficial effect had been produced by the paper read by Mr. Leone Levi on " Judicial Statistics," Judicial legisla tion could never become an inductive science until a record was-kept in minute detail of all causes tried,, and the results of the trial. The working classes, he said, had much that concerned their comfort and conduced to their improvement in their own hands, but not a little depended upon their employers. It was highly satisfactory to find that the early closing movement —which began about twenty years ago, when it was confined to the drapery business—had now become very general in nearly all branches of trade, and in the public departments. Of the working classes -at large, if not the besetting sin, certainly the most pernicious of failiies were improvidence and intemperance—improvidence having the wider scope and more general operation. It had been well said'by Mr. Erskine Clarke, that "the great problem of social economy was, how to help the working people to keep themselves with their own money ;" and the plan which that gentleman strongly recommended was, the esta blishment of penny savings banks. The great step made fifty years ago, the establishment of savings banks, had answered well, and by the last return it appeared there had been deposited above £32,000,000, by 1,340,000 contributors. Eighty-five per cent. of this amount was for sums of an average not exceeding ,£l2. It thus be came manifest that sums below a shilling ought to be received, and Dr. Chalmers had proposed the penny bank, Which had completely succeeded. Without the knowledge of his suggestion and its success, the same thing ha 1 been "tried, and succeeded in 'Birmingham, Halifax, Derby, Hull, and other places. In Birmingham, in 1556, 84,000 accounts were opened for sums of a penny and upwards, £11,500 being paid in, of which £10,700 were drawn out, clearly showing that the banks were used for keeping the money until wanted. His lordship dwelt at considerable length upon the baneful effects of intemperance, and said the connection of intoxication and drunken habits with crime was demonstrated in the clearest -manner. Temperance societies had effected Much good, and the service of the United, Kingdom Alliance, and of its able and learned secretary Mr. Samuel Pope, Were truly above all praise. (Cheers.) We had the example of the United States to prove that repr' s'sion was practicable, and -their experience 'to guide us toward it. I adverted (continued Lord Brougham) to the intimate connection of the sciences, natural, moral, and political, each with the other ; but the reference was not sufficiently detailed to that topic, equally fruitful and important, of inexhaustible fertility, of paramount importance. There is no preater en couragement than is thus afforded to the cultivation of every branch of knowledge, the great teachers of mankind, the improvers of science and of art, by their discoveries in.the one, their inventions in the other ; for they are thus taught to hope that benefits may result from their labour far superior to any which they had designed and expected to produce: Let me add that the same contemplations may afford the greatest encourage ment to our labours in this association. After touching upon the progress made in chemical science, :geology, and astronomy, he proceeded to remark upon our free constitution in its administration, the rights and privileges which we enjoyed under it, our whole social system as connected with it, and the perils to which it was exposed ' • and said that - our 'open enemies abroad mad doubtful friends at home all considered constitutional government, the scheme of representation, as upon its trial. After making all deductions for exaggeration, it was quite evident that there prevailed in very many tiwn constituencies an inveterate practice cf bribery, whether direct or by shifts. It was thus manifest that the franchise was regarded by a great body of persons, not as a trust to be exercised for public purposes, but as a private property to be used for individual gain. To the candidates, if bribery were proved, the loss of their seats was all the penalty that we denounced to deter the great malefactors. When he (Lord Brougham) made the slave trade felony, the pirate, who had cheerfully run all pecuniary-hazards, would not expose himself to be transported as a felon, and the execrable traffic ceased. So it was clear that candidates and their agents, whom no dread of defeat or expense could restrain, would shrink from the hazard of an infamous punishment when they sate the tread-wheel as well as the House of Commons at the end of the path which led from the hustings. (Cheers and laughter.) It might be objected that the severity of the infliction would prevent the execution of the law, and, no doubt, as long as the enforcement of it was left to a tribunal like the election committee, this result was to be apprehended. But how much longer were we to continue the only nation which left the execution of its penal laws to private individuals, inflict ing upon the party injured by an offence the additional injury of prosecuting the offender ? It seemed but too probable that the prevalence of corruption would be used as a reason against granting elective rights with the attached duties to those who were not at present allowed to possess them. A grave doubt arose whether men deserved the franchise who valued it so little that they would not deprive themselves of any indulgence in order to acquire it. If renting a £lO house gave it, a man occupying a house might have it by saving 20d. a week in beer. (Hear.) It was but too certain that of those who were loudest in their call for the right of voting, a great number would refuse to pay this small price to obtain it. Lord Brougham next proceeded to allude to the combinations of workmen to raise wages, accompanied with a resolution not to work either for more than a certain time or for less than a certain re muneration. He considered the expedient resorted to recently by the' operatives was very unfair to the -em ployers, because it deprived them of the ordinary ad vantages of competition, placing the whole relations of si he inevitable labour i n a false and unnatural posiseling t rned e io ee n. r effect of " strikes" was to level all merit, to benefit the lazy and incapable at the expense of the industrious and A them g oitouo good rescue thesneresgne ustsense factory benefit skilful,ol labour, b a 0 fuer a w, n h d aeg t is at o aitd r o o rt b sh ae a all concerned omedoonbfc feeling k of master manuf a ctu r ers could alone interpose NORTHER?si DAILY 'TIMES: the numerous gess, especially of the feMalc'hands, from the contamination to which they arc exposed, and which was spreading - the worst kind of dissoluteness over the ! working classes. A - worse disease than ever filled the wards-of hos?itals—a moral plague desolated the haunts of our most gainful industry. Let the Spectacle, or re port of - it, tall into existence a Sisterhood that might meet the enormous evil, to prevent which wasifar beer and fax , es.sier than to cure. The noble lord resumed his seat amidst great cheering, after having.spoken for more than two hours. VICE-CHANCELLOR PAGE WOOD'S ADDRESS ON, JURISPRUDENCE, Sir IV. Page Wood then delivered his address on jurisprudence. He contended that most distinguished lawyers were not averse to the amendment of the law, and referied to a celebrated speech of Lord Brougham's, delivered in the' House of Commons, in corroboration of what he had stated. He strongly recommended the association to avoid the discussion of party questions, and to devote themselves to such subjects as would not create disunion, and make shipwreck of the association itself. _ _ After a few remarks from Lord Brougham, the meet ing broke up. Shortly after the address of Sir Wm. Page Wood had been delivered in 'St. George's•hall, the meeting divided into sections, when the following papers, among others, were read : SECOND DEPAIiTMEXT.---EDUCATION Horace Mann, Egq.- 7 -Facts as to the Extent to which the Principle of Competition is at present applied to Appoint ments in the Civil Service. • T 11111.13 DEPARTMENT.---P UNISTIMENT & REFORMATION. J. T. Dinson.,---The Criminal Statistics of Liverpool. John Taylor.---Inc3ntiVes to, and Prevention of, Crime. James Cropper.---The Licensing . System, with Special Reference to Beerhouses. F. R. Lees, Ph.D. --Intemperance regarded in its chief causes, its relation to Crime, audits Ramedy. Rev. W. Arnot, Criminality , of Drunkenness, and the consequent Rights and Duties of Society in regard to the Criminals. FOURTH HEr.karmENT.---PUBLIC HEALTH. W. H. Hudson.---On the State of the , General Health' of the Borough of Bradford, and on same.of the Causes which have Influenced its Condition. F. Beaumont:---Bradford : Its Social and Sanitary Progress. . W. Macturk, M.D..---On Changes in the Type of Diseases in Bradford, and on the Increase of Epilepsy in Brit.:lt:ord. FIFTH 'DEratirmnsv.---SOCAL - ECONOMY. Stephen Cave, M.P.—The West Indian Labour Question. Henry Fawcett—Protection of Labour againSt Immigration. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION. MEETING IN THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. The gentlemen interested in this object, including the foreign deputations from Belgium and France, and M. linger, from St. Petersburg, met the same morning in the theatre of the illechanics' Institute, at ten o'clock, hht shortly afterwards adjourned till after.the conclusion_ .of Lord Brougham's address in St. George's Hall. Chevalier presided. M. Chevalier's address (in French), as president, was delivered a little after. two o'clock.—On the-motion of Dr. Hodgkin, the . following 'resolution was proposed : That this meeting respectfully request his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine to fill the office of Tice-president for the Russian empire, and that this resolution be communi cated to his Imperial Highness by M. Kuppffer, the academician, through the Imperial Academy of Science at St. Petersburg. J. B. Smith, Esq., M.P.; seconded the motion in a few remarks advocating the object in the Warniest terms. The same gentleman then moved the following resolu tion : That, in the opinion of this meeting, the time is arrived when the government should be requested to invite the nations of the v,rarld to a congress, to assemble at some convenient place, to take into consideration the adoption Of an international system . of weights and measures, and that the other branches of this society ilddress a similar request to their respective governments, J. Pope Hennessey, Esq., M.P., seconded the resolu tion, which was unanimously carried, Lord: Brougham, accompanied by G. W. Hastings, Esq., here entered the room, and was received with warm applause. Several matters of business were then transacted, and, among. others,.. the appointment of various vice-presidents,. not only for this, but also for America and continental' countries. A soiree of members and associates, held in St. George's, Hall on Tuesday night, terminated the pro ceedings of the day. FATAL STABBING CASE AT SHEFFIELD.—A shocking outrage occurred in Sheffield on Monday night, about twelve o'clock, which resulted fatally to a labourer, named James Nolan, who, along with his wife, was lodging at the Social Tavern, Bailey-street. A band of" music was goin„e• up Bailey-street at about twenty mi nutes before twelve o'clock, after having played most of The day at several - of the beerhouses in the neighbour hood, and when • opposite the Social -Tavern they were attacked, without the slightest provocation, by a num ber of Irishmen. A general melee ensued, and in the fight Nolan received a stab in the side, and he died a few minutes past twelve o'clock. Dating the disturb ance, the police succeeded in apprehending a man named John Reed, a beerhouse keeper ; and according to the statements made respecting him, there seems little doubt that he is the guilty party. SERIOUS RA.TLIVAY COLLISION.—A very serious acci dent, by which several persons have been dangerously injured, happened near the Wicker station, Sheffield; on Tuesday afternoon, to a Doncaster train. The occurrence took place in front of the Cyclops Works. The train consisted of engine and tender, two second-class carriages, two third-class carriages, and one first-class car riage. The facings, from some cause or other, were open,, and consequentlY the train, instead of proceeding on the proper line, was diverted on to the siding, and ran dead against an engine which stood in front of the. Cyclops Works. In advance of the engine there was a long train of loaded coal trucks,—this caused a fearful collision. The cries of the passengers proved that per sonal injury had been sustained, principally by those who occupied a third-class carriage, the body of which' had been entirely forced off the wheels, and the ends crushed in by the buffers of the carriages behind and before it. Five or six people Were found to be most dangerously injured, exhibiting shocking contused wounds, as well as signs of internal injury. CURIOUS RENT-CHARGE AND SERVICE IN YORKSHIRE. The following curious custom formerly attached to a Yorkshire manor, at all events in respect of the free hold lands of one Edward Cooper :—" And also all that free rent of eightpence.of lawful money of Great Britain formerly payable by Edward Cooper for his freehold lands and tenements in Brereton, held of the said manor of South Stainley, otherwise Kirk Stainley, which rent is payable on the feast-day of the birth of our Lord Christ yearly, and of the service to be performed on the same day yearly by the said Edward Cooper, his heirs and assigns, of making the fire in the hall of the Manor-house of South Stainley, and the payment of ld. to be paid to him or her that shall make the ire for him, if he, his heirs or assigns, shall fail to perform the same service in his or their proper person or persons,.and of the service also to be performed by the said dward Cooper, his heirs and assigns, to wit, of sitting yearly on the same feast-day at the same hall table at dinner time, with a dish of water before him or them; and a stone in it.—Notes and Queries. ANECDOTE OP THE DUKE OP PORTLAND. - Mr. Howitt gives the following interesting anecdote of the Duke of Portland :—" The duke found that one of his tenants, a small farmer, was falling year after year into arrears of rent. The steward wished to know what was to be done. The duke rode to the farm, saw that it was rapidly deteriorating, and the man, who was really an experienced and industrious farmer, totally unable to manage it, through poverty. In fact, all that was on the farm was not enough to pay the arrears. John,' says the duke, as the farmer came to meet him as he rode up . to the house, I want to look over the farm a little.' As they went along, Really,' said he, ' everything is in a very bad state. This won't do. I see you are quite under it. All your stock and crops won't pay the rent in arrear. I will tell you what I. must do. I must take the farm into my own hands. You shall look after it for me, and I will pay your wages.' Of course there was no saying nay—the poor man bowed assent. Pre sently there came a reinforcement of stock, then loads of manure, at the proper time seed, and wood from the plantations for repairing gates and buildings. The duke rode over frequently. The man exerted himself, and seemed really quite relieved from a load of care by the change. Crops and stocks flourished, fences and outbuildings were put in good repair. In two or three rent-days, it was seen by the steward's books that the farm was paying its way. The duke, on his next visit, said, Well, John, I think the farm does very well now. We will change again. You shall be tenant again, and as you now have your head fairly above water, I hope you will be able to keep it there.' The duke then rode off at his usual rapid rate. The man stood in astonishment; but a happy fellow he was, when, on applying to the steward, he found that he was actually re-entered as tenant to the farm, just as it stood in its restored condition. I will venture to say, how ever, that the duke was the happier man of the two." .kUSTRIAN PLAN , FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF ITALY. . • . • . . The Courrier du Dintgnehe publishes - the following as the Austrian proposition for the settlement of Italy : Art 1. All the States of Italy; the-Papal States, those of the King of, Sardinia, the Kingdom : of the Two Sicilies, Venetia, Tugcany, Modena, and Parma, shall term a Confederation. Art 2. The Confederated States propose to themselves for object to secure the maintenance of the external in dependence, and the internal safety of the whole of the Confederation, and of each of the Confederated States in particular. Art. 3. The members of the Confederation are and . shall.remain, as such, equal in right. As to the advan tages and the charges of each of the States, they shall be fixed according to the re3pective resources of each. Art. 4..ThAonorary presidency of the Confederation devolves on the Pope ; the effective presidency shall be exercised alternately by the King of Naples and the King of Piedmont. The Did shall sit at Rome. Art. 5. The Pope. shall have two votes; Naples and Piedmont three each; . Tuscany and -Austria two each ; the Duchies of Modena and Parma one each. Art. 6. A:lllorganic proiisions, and all decisions rela tive to the constitutive principles of the Confederation, must be voted unanimously ;. in_other cases the votes will take place by a majority of two-thirds, and will be oblicratory for all the members of the Uni o n. Art. 7. The. States of the Confederation reserve to themselves the right to treat individually with foreign Powers; but they cannot conclude any engagement in-_ compatible with the fundamental conditions of the Federal compact. Art. 8. The said States shall submit their mutual differences to the arbitration of the Council of the Con- federation. Art: 9. If the territory of the Confederation be threatened.from, without, the members of the Union en gage collectively and individually. to ca-operate in the common defence, with all the forces which form their .respective contingents in the Federal Army'. Art. 10. The Federal contingents shall be formed ex clusively of national troops. • Art. 11. The fortresses of Mantua, Piacenza, and Gaeta are declared Federal fortresses. Venetia shall, furnish half of the garrison of Mantua ; Piedmont half Of that of Piacenza ; and the Kingdom of • the Twe, Sicilies half of that of Gaeta. The remainder of the • garrison shall be furnished by the Confederated States in the proportions to be determined according to the strength of their Federal contingent. Art. 12. Each of the Confederated States shall have the right, in the event of internal. disturbances, to call for the assistance of the Confederation. Art. 13. In order to secure the harmony of views and . efforts, the allied governments engage to take for. their rule of conduct, in their internal administration, the principles most in conformity with the objects of their alliance, and to devote all their care to the improvement of the legal institutions. Art 14. There shall be municipal and provincial in stitutions founded on the principle - of election, in each State of the Confederation, and councils Shall be estab lished, invested with the mission; of voting taxes and regulating the management of the finances. Art 15. In case of any difference with the Sovereign, relative to the 'rights above stipulated, the parties in terested. in each State may .refer the question to the .Council of the Confederation, which shall advise on the means to be adopted. • Art 16. The Council of the Confederation shall occupy. itself at its first meeting with the military and customs' organisation.. PonTsmovrn.—The Russian Corvette, Possadniek,• Captain Boririff, sailed from Spithead for Plymouth on Tuesday evening. THE " DIAL " NUISANCE.—A shareholder in the Dial newspaper, writing to the Manchester Examiner, com plains that ; oat .of £31,000. - subiciibed, £16,000 has already been spent i.c. preliminary expenses connected with the establishment of the Dial, without a single Pound having been laid out on premises or machhicry. This has been in a general and loose manner denied, but the shareholders should ask how much, if not £16,000, has been spent in preliminaries, and the tra velling expenses of the Rev. David Thomas.—Skeeborne Journal, Oct. 6. THE DUKE OF YORK 6.:i• THE DUTY OF A SOLDIER. —At the table of the Commander-in-Chief, not many years since, a young officer entered Upon the point to which miltary obedience ou g ht to be carried. "If the Commander-in-Chief," said the young officer, like a second Seid, " should command me to do a thing which I knew to be civily illegal, I should not scruple to obey him, and consider myself as relieved' from all respon sibility, by the commands of my military supe rior." "So would not I;" returned the gallant and intelligent officer, who maintained the opposite side of the question, " I should rather prefer the risk of being shot for disobedience by my commanding officer, than hanged for transgressing the laws, and violating the liberties of my country." "You have answered like yourself," said his Royal Highness, whose attention had been attracted by the vivacity - of the debate ; " and the officer would deserve both to .be shot and hanged that should act otherwise. I trust all English officers would be as unwilling to execute an illegal command, as I trust the Commander-in-Chief would be incapable of issuing one."—Sir Walter Scott's .Memoirs of the Duke of York. FRIGHTFUL CALAMITY AT ST. PETERSBURG.—AccortI-• ing to the St. Petersburg journals, fifteen or sixteen per sons were drowned on the occasion of the illuminations in honour of the majority of the Hereditary Grand Duke, by the falling down of- a parapet of what is called the Police-bridge, over the Canal de la Molka, in that city. As many as eighty persons —men., women, and children—were precipitated into the' canal, and a large number of them would, it is said, have perished, had • not three Frenchmen made extraordinary efforts to save them. The scene of confusion on the bridge when the parapet gave way was frightful, everybody of the large crowd on it straggling to escape: In the course of the same evening, another incident occurred !—A large cornice stone of granite fell from one of the angles of the Stogonoff Palace at the moment a crowd was collected in front of the edifice, and, several persons were crushed to death; others grievously injured. THE LORD CHANCELLOR AT BEDFORD RACES.—The sporting correspondent of a contemporary remarks that the late Bedford race meeting " was honoured by the presence of the Lord Chancellor, who was the guest of Lord Wensleydale, a resident in the neighbourhood. With the addition of Judge Clark, who alone presided, there were three judges in the stand. The Lord Chan cellor was 'the observed of all observers ; ' and his healthy appearance and activity at such an - age were . the theme of general conversation. Of course no mem ber of the ring asked his lordship if he would have ' one or the field for a pony,' and even George Taylor himself hesitated about inquiring whether he wanted to back anything for the Cesarewitch or Cambridgeshire. But so far from looking glum or reserved, Lord Camp bell chatted as lively and indulged as willingly in a little silver wagering with the ladies of his own party as any junior barrister out for the Derby day, and infinitely more so than Mr. Dickens did at Doncaster two years back." DEATH FROM EATING A FUNGUS.—..Mr. Newton, coroner, held an inquest - a few days ago at Collingham, Notts, on the body of Thomas Batter, a boy- eight years of age. The father of the deceased said his son Thomas had accompanied his brother into the fields to look for mushrooms. They found a quantity, and returned home with them. At dinner time the boy complained of a pain in his head, and could not eat anything. At seven o'clock the same evening, upon his parents undressing him, he screamed every time he was touched, and appeared in great agony, shrinking from every one. His mind become affected, and at midnight he expired. The surgeon made a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased, and arrived at 'the conclusion that the deceased met with his death from partaking of a poisonous fungus which he mistook for mushroom. Loss OF A SHIELDS SHIP AND ALL HANDS.—There appears now no doubt that the South Shields collier brig Edgar, which left the Tyne, exactly a month ago, for Hamburg with a fleet of other vessels, has perished with all hands. Shortly after leaving the Tyne, the fleet en countered a heavy gale, and three or four of them were lost on the Dutch coast ; among them the William, of South Shields, with all her crew. Some hope was en tertained that the crew of the Edga r mi g ht have been a n d p n n i sixty miles of the Elbe. Wh en the vessel sailed from the Tyne, she had ten hands on board. Her master was y s ter n another has vessel, w ash washed but eup that wi t h hasiwithin about been Mr. Edward Mackay; and his brother, William Mackay, was the mate of the vessel. The usual compliment of hands (officers, crew, and apprentices) was nine ; but it seems that, as the vessel was proceeding to sea, a little lad, brother of the cabin-boy, stowed himself below to get a run-away voyage to sea, and the poor little fellow has perished with the vessel and her crew, OQTOBER. 18,- 1859, ALLEGED ATTEMPT •AT ASSASSINATIO N BY A PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN. The correspondent of the Dublin Dahl y Ex . prest says - " But for the exagcrerated statements which have already_ appeared in- the Radical Papers, I had deter mined.te wait till the trial to send:you the full particulars . of the alleged attack on Priest Lavelle. On Wednes day last, the Rev: Richard Goodisson, of Aaslearb, had arranged to .cross the mountains to TourmakeadYi• where he was anxiously expected by Mr., Townsend/ the elergymari of that place. The road from ..kasieagh to Tonrmakeady lies .through a part of the county of Galway, a district long notorious for crime even in late years it has been the scene of several murders, and - the last execution in Galway was for a" Murder committed here. Priest Lavelle has taken the' inhabitants of this lawless district' under his especial= care. It is from them he collects the mob; with wbich4 as a body-guard, he marches through the country. I \ r ° 6 to the unfortunate • convert or Scripture-reader with whom they may happen to meet! Sr ea is the character of the Galway mob that its name is a terror to Abe peaceable inhabitants around. Latterly, Priest . Lavelle , by his harangues and denunciations, has. goaded: them on to a state_ of __fury against every one con nected with converts or Protestants. Mr. Goodisson'S friends naturally felt - anxious on his - account' and forced him to car r y a b race o f p i sto l s , that if an attack were made on him he might be able t o defend himself. Wheth er w i se ly or otherwise, h° consented, and proceeded on his journey. He had got some ten miles from Aasleagh, and within five of Tour •makeady,when he overtook a person on horseback,whon l he recognised as a priest. The priest saluted him, and he returned the salute. Th e priest remarked the road was a bad one. He replied, Well, that it is. Pries t What's that you say, sir ? Do you mean to, contra diet use ?' Mr. Goodisson—' Oh, no ! You sa y that the road is a bad one, and I say that it is.' The pries t then asked, Do you go far ?' or ;some such question, to which Mr. GOodisson replied. The priest furthEr asked his name, which he told him, and he, in return, asked the priest's name, to which he replied, am Father Lavelle.' As the pried seemed in such conversational mood, Mr. Goodis soa thought he would ask him why he called himself Father. But no sooner had he put the question, than the effect was as if he had applied a match to a' bomb-shell, and it had immediately burst—for instantly the priest became furious, and he shouted, What, sir ! Do you challenge me to controversy ?' and, not waiting for all answer, he gav e a sor t o f s h out, lik e t h e - w a r -whoop 0 ' a wild Indian, and immediately rode at Mr. Goodisson, attempting to ride'him down—a common trick of Father Lavelle's. Mr. Goodisson pulled out of his way, calling on the priest to desist; but .when. he repeated the attempt, and Mr. G. found nothing else would .do, he said to the, priest in. a. determined tone, not do that again, or if you doit . will be 'at your peril and, putting his hand in this pocket, he added, I On' armed,' or words to that effect. However, he never took out the pistol at all; it was so en t ang l e d with other things in his pocket, he could not have done s e had he wished. His reverence, seeing Mr, Goodissou's determined attitude, desisted, and permitted him to rid e away; but, whilst this was going on, the war -whoop of the priest had aroused the country, and Mr. saw people running in on all sides, and preparing to attack him the priest callinc , on - them . to d° so. One man rushed at, him with a "spade, and iv" s about to strike him, when he told him if he did I would shoot him. OtherS thre* stones at him, some -of which struck and cut him ;' however, by spurrirg his poney he managed to get through them, and leave them behind, to the great. disgust of the priest, who afterwards collected a n um b er o f th ese G a l way me n, er a paraded through the . count r y ; an d, t o b e beforehand' went to the barracks and gave information of the a ttack' which, he alleged, had been made upon him, and that Mr. Goodisson had threatened to take away his ibis After visiting the barracks, the p r i es t ma rched 13 ,1 , retainers to the chapel, where he got can dles light ed, and harangued them in this , usual infl amm atory stl'`:' s. Next day, Thursday, he went i n t o B a lli nro be, anu rd the report of this alleged attack h a d p rece d e d him, 1, 7 , went through the town that Father Lavelle was n ro i n , and hundreds, or rather th ousan d s , o f p e rsons town and country, assembled• at the c hapel t o mat a b. When the hero drew nigh, there was a rush of the 1110 . „ The horse was taken out of his tax-car, and he drawn in triumph through- the- town. He atterwarw' harangued the mob, and exhibited a pistol, which they believe he took from Mr. Goodisson." UNITED STATES NATIONALITY.—It may be reme'l l ; bered that some time ago, a young. Hanoverian, nanict l ` Ernst, who had been naturalised a citizen of the ' Unit e ,'.., States, to which he went some years ago with IT parents, was, on his paying a visit to Hanover, arres tet and ordered to perform the military service in the aril %; to which he had been called. But he.claimed exelnP °i. as an American citizen, and the United States Gov erl ,, - ment having supported his pretension, the Hanover Cabinet has just set him at liberty. FIRES IN BEDFORDSHIRE.—On Sunday nler. l , l Le about one o'clock, a fire broke out at Broom (a of near Biggleswade), upon a farm in the oecupati°,,illen Mr. Taylor ; but owing to the exertions of the fir e e re belonging to the neighbouring engines, the flames " s o got under, but not until a great quantity of ca ll f i l er consumed. At eight o'clock the same morning, all °- t fire broke out at Stanford, one mile from Broom , . 3,; e a farm in the occupation of Mr. Peacock, and cont l r s i to rage furiously throughout the day. The who le of the farm buildings, with several hundred q uarter s barley, were consumed. Some very valuable machine'', which Mr. Peacock had lately erected at a cost of Ile`r ,:,a £l,OOO, is entirely destroyed. Part of the loss is covert.), by insurance. The fires are both, it is feared, the w ° of an incendiary. ber THE COAL TRADE.—Du r ing the month of Sept enl of the exports of coal and coke from the various pe rt , s , v s• Great Britain were 612,481 tons of coal, and 21,4 3 "" o f of coke. Of this 185,845 tons of coal and 12,827 tons ti coke were exported from Newcastle. From Sundern 86,947 tons of coal and 1,568 tons of coke were exporte f from Hartlepool and West Hartlepool, 60,679 t° A ll5 3O O coal and 3,301 tons of coke ; and from Hull, ~ s re tons of coal and 55 tons of 'coke. These four,ero the great shipping ports for the north-o.s'oer coal-beds, and, compared with September, 185 8, • t i s s returns show a large fallinv off in the col exported. Liverpool exported' 51,214 tens of co, 5 0 1,083 tons of coke ; Cardiff, 76,419 tons of coal an“ 0 , 15 tons of coke ; Newport, 24,930 tons of coal and 6. ". 1 , 0 d, of coke; Swansea, 18,447 tons of coal. In Se°',os, Alloa exported 10,294; Troon, 7,692; and St. D3',01 . 6,512 toils of coal. The total quantity of eo3:.doar, coke shipped to various ports in the United Nino As was 783,847 tons of veal, and 8,437 tons of cok e ',.,- of usual, Newcastle heads the list with 192,737 t, ° ',;ped coal, and 2,997 tons of coke. Sunderland sui`r ps ol 143,250 tons of coal, and 83 tons of coke; 11 2-rt o c ton° and West Hartlepool, 113,929 tons of coal, a nd 2 ,09 of coke ; ,Seaham, 59,710 tons of coal ; Cardiff, ° l .u po rt, tons (Welsh) coal, and 1,033 tons of coke ; S c ,f 46,826 tons of coal ; and Maryport, 34,547 tons 1s en' and 70 tons of coke. The total number of pt v e e n l e er icgt gaged in the oversea coal trade during, se 2,668, of which number 1,221 were British. tion Eg EXTENSIVE INCEND 'ARY FIRE NEAR' DONCA g. On Monday night, at half-past ten o'clock, a 11 ; e ' d on° afterwards raged most fearfully, was discovere the farm premises of Miss Mary Cartledge, at could holme, near Doncaster. Before the fire-enginespre3lfr arrive from the latter place the conflagra f rif with great rapidity, and, in .the space 0 , tyc g it was manifest that no exertion could s' ic. Th portion of the property except the house itse' i ' v bic l l7 . fire was first discovered in a large barn, y in ieo site u , large quantity of unthreshed wheat was 'lOO% Notwithstanding the efforts of the Pe rs°ll - s olit including many of the neiglibmuing farmers, el by t r d were destroyed, and a quantity rendered usele'se sll action of the flames. The barn and a c.,w-h°lltb7e flam attached thereto, was burnt down; and thence, „ ws • bo a °ar y spread to the homestead, where five wheat and s t ac ks s t ac ks were successively and rapidly destroyelc)leaw,ton* any hope of saving any portion thereof. i li a b ee f y , s w li as ght w l ;th in d a i n ffi o c t u h l e t r y d s i a r v e e e d ti ; o n n t d h , e hhadousteh e e i itse destro co ' is close to the yard, would have been also.. Mr. Superintendent Astwood, of the West Rinug s p and several of his officers were speedily ( 1 1) ( % ain esbi l and rendered all assistance ; but the hold the_ flames a got before any aid was at hand, preventedtaorrepo others from ben)... successful. There is too n . c'!„diary' who has caused so great a loss as could be seen „ I d ° tl 6 ` t T o h f e ea u r tm th a a s t t th eff e o c r o t b nfl s waflrlabteiomnaidsethtoe wfinodrlkl surrounding country. The flames nt m iles rol-,. e at distance of eightmiles, and for twenty country was lighted up• roduc je but not buildings are insured in the r least £BOO, to which exteTuhte,otlies outo a f s at a nh l ael miscreant't r rile Fire -oaice, to o any thei or o ~; al !PE As -AF PE 111' frc to ' thi E.~ 11 / 1 e: the da , ' ; Ili ,Pll au at) Vhe 8' 'B] goo, -613 4 , ER] As; AF ELT a sT it 4',;q