Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-20 00:00:00

ROBBERY OF FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS. On Thursday night last, a d.ring and successful robbery was perpe trated in the branch office of the bank of Upper Canada, which is situated in the western wing of the Parliamen•-building, and cash to the amount of 16,000 dollars carried of. Since the late removalof the seat ofgovernment to Toronto, the bank has occupied an apart ruent in the building, fitted it up as an office, and placed a cashier ( Mr. Cummins) in It, with funds to m et the payment of goVernment W arrants, allowance to M.P.P.'s, salaries of the officials, and other expenses. The officials are paid on the last day of each month,, and ‘a meet this espanditure, over £4,C00 were brought up to the Parlia ment ilotve on Thursday. The perpetrat,rs of the robbery must have been aware of this, which has led to the supicion that none but Persons will aequainted with the fact have accomplished the deed. It is said that Mr. Cummi a left the offbe at the utudhonr.on Thurs day, leaving all as he believed secure. Next morninr, on returning, h e Was started to observe the door of the safe open, the tin b,.x inside ri atd of its valuable contents, and the cash ab traded save about r2OO or £3O) in silver and gold, which lay in a corner, and which, t Drobab'e, escaped the notice of the robbers. Upon fnrth'r exa liguation it was found that the entrance was effected by breaking a Portion of the glass next the brass catch of the window, and then lasing the latter up. On look'ng,about the window 500 dots. in 5 dollar bills were found underneath, either dropped or thrown down Y ur Posely by the thief. - The cash carried off consisted Who:Via' U.C , bil ls. As yet no clue has bee.l Otained.—Tor,:nto Gi;be. NRW COMMUNICATION' BETWEEN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. • A new and most delightful pathway for the tourist and th.! lover of the picturesque has just been Marked oat bat wean the north of Ire land and the Higbianda of Scotland. This will b 3 highly advantage ens in another point of v ew, ,as, forming one , more :npianecting link between the sister islands. The route has bem suggested by, the completion of the railway from Belfast to Portrush, atherto an =- Pretending little fishing - vnlagar but-growing daily in ex;ent, and lilely even to Wm a more prominent place. The facilities which nature has provided for the erection of a great safety, harbour for vessels sailing by the 'norlh channel point out this as indispensable. The work is more than half done by a chain of islets in the very line la which the ennalkment should lie to form t e harbour, with en trance and safe lying for vessels of any amount of to= ge. The sail ft'orn Po - trush to the chinning little sillage of Gban occupies about eight hours, only two of which may be said to be at sea; for, as an American traveller remarkei, it was exactly like sailing down the Mi ssissippi when pa sing through the Sotind of Islay and Jura, and " t 4e ',When rounding Eandale and entering, the lovely Bay of Oban, .When the boat stops, tha Caledonian and other comfortable hotela effer to, the travel er an excellent cuisine and a Highland welcome. The trial trip was performed on Friday morning by a first-class stea mer, the Stork, belolgng to the Glasgow ant Belfast Company,,com- Manded by an Intel 'gent active officer, Archiball White. Har first ' Pas sage was performed within eigtst hours; leaving Portruch atlen 41 . 11 1-, she arrived at her destination (Oban) before /fix pm. This established her route to be the quickest and cheapest to the High lands and Western Islands Her days of sai!ing are fix.d,for Tuesday and Thursday, enabling the traveller to avail himself of the steame r Which goes to Staffa, lona, ,or proceed by coa-h or steamer to any .Part of this romantic and beautiful country. ; Oban being the head quarters of tourists from al parts of the world to see lona and Staffs, It will now be in their power to visit, and compare the Giants' Cause way en the Irish coast with the celebra'e I balsatic colimns of iden tical form and matter. The delightful jmrney then pre en t s itself of publin, Wicklow, Cork, Killarney, &c., by rai;ways equal in conduct and in safety to any English or Scotch. On Monday. the I,ne was opened by through ticket to Oban and back for fabulous sums is point of cheapness ; and the public will, on the slightest consideration, adopt it as their route, if bent upon eJoying the beauties of the northern and north-western scenery of Ireland and Scotland.-- ,S aunders' News Letter. FATAL DUEL. • We find the following in the Paris e erresponlence of the Indepen. • dente Beige: —"Every year at the time of the vacations several duels take place Letween the pupils of the sch tol of St. Cyr. This year the • duels have been .mere numerous than ever, n early eighty having taken place since January last. One of them. which occurred at the close of last week, bad a lamentable issue, ald originated in motives the most frivolons. A fact, insigniticant in itself, connected with this d uel, testifies to their fraquen y. When the actors in it engaged a 'fiacre at Marseille, to to cc them to the ground, they mcntioned a , spot li'tle suited fr a draea of that kind. The coachman, well 'versed in such matters, hearing what was being said, observed, Pardon me, Messieurs, bat I think you are choosing a bad place. I usually drive to Moulin's ildl on such occasions.' Thither accord &ly they went. The combatants and the a itnesses were all minors. The principals were M. L—, son of a former prefect, and M. de son of the colonel of the 14th regiment of the line, an officer Who greatly distinguished himself in the Criniea, who is th friend of Marshals Canrobert and Pelissier, and whose promotion to the grade of Genera' of Brigade has been announced in the Motgteur . The duel came cff, and young L —, mortally wounded, was taken to the hospital of Versailles, where he died the neat day, Oa Sunday last his burial took place. Nearly all the pupils of the school were present at the ob,eqeles. The sister of young L— was about to %desvito be married, and her Journey had been delayed a month in 'Order that this un f ortunate young man might be present. His -soother, summoned by telegraphic despatch, hastened to Versailles, but Wks too late to receive his dying sigh. The pupils of the school show a certain amount of irrigation azalnst Negrier—nej istly, how -ever, for that youth is in despair at the result of the duel; and his military career will be, if not altogether lost, very much retarded. .There is some question of bringing him before a council of war, or ceding him to his regiment. You are aware that every pupil received at St. Cyr esntrActs a vo'nntary engagement, and is then sent to the e hcol with the grade of non-commieslone 1 officer." MATRIMONIAL GOVERNMENT. The anxiety of the authoritias to provide for the welfare of the Foreign Legionaries whom they established at great expense on the !skirts of Caffrarla contrasted etienely with their insensibility• to the ' f ate of the m litiamen vOom they turned adrift a year ago. Onr Paternal Germanisers have not concluded their bestowments upon the *CePe Mercenaries. Those brawling heroes snugly settled in the ' IOII Y, and furnished wiai an interest in the soil, there remained but o ne thing necessary to complete their bliss, and this was , to supply 'Mena with Irish wives. Not wishing to leave the paradise imperfee, th se a l t r Patrons h ave now magnan i mous l y reselved upoi making up this jadite (Min e indispensability. Happy Germans; what more could any J i P l eof Mars desi re th an a free sword an d t h e sm il es o f a M unster 7 11 ' Lori Pa'rnsrston complains that her Majesty's lieges will no'; take the shilling. Let him throw a Hebe into the bargain, and he heed not go to the taverns of Deutschland for valour. One Chaunt --virtnneful blade--apeeared b fare the. Cork Board of G tardians on In'etsi,lnoe""' and anno u n ce d th a t th e G o eern Dant Enfg ,- ation Com ners h a d authorised h m to proceed to Ireland for the purl:ore L o se i e cting from the workhouses of Limeri , k and Cork no less th in 36 , ' jin g l e females — gallants, loo k to 't —" b etween th e ages o ' 18 an d ' , ( ; " Creat im pertinence the Government have to limit the period e - " gibi ltY), to be sent to "New London, month eef the Buffalo north of' the Cape"—as Channt's canticle proceeds! : 4 Wh ere the G erman Leeion has beer recent l y locate d , to serve I' l Pr°tec ting barrier between the C iff es and the Co onists of ety tvould be under the protection of government from the moment settle departure tilt employment was provided for them in the , er nent, ei h er as wives of the German Legionaries, w h o woul d -11 8 ve the p rivilege of making a sel-ction from the lot, or in some other ~,:r he h earts if all sh ou l d not be s o fortunate is to make an irnprepion upon hearts of the Germans." Is Chennt a wag ; or have his masters nerve a n apprenticeship to Circassian sieve. vendors? He, very tin treu:kbra!ticillY, terms " the holy state of niltrieneny" a service! et that, strongatinded women of the Wiglield stem,. What a wretch" is this Emigre 16nsecretary—first to mention thirty-six a_YPhaticaly es the ne p l us u l tra o f a tt rac ti v en e ss , and then to rive .itirrt,sh beauty "as a barier" between to r ahawking savages and smoke d f dYnheer. Out' upon him! The' man—he in no' chivalroes forernian —goes fa r th er i n his insults ' talkS again of "employment'! Ir that sir!" girls in w if e j om " lots " them, an d h as th e au d ur ity tO hin t - e would fail to charm! Could any set of Irishmen indulge Mich hints Tara an unromantic stranger even in refere •ce to pauper Rie lhoo I,•- w hich, like everything else in th's gem of the sea," 15 esPrinitled with the tints of native love'iness? Yes, the Cork o , di ane, led by th e M ayor, have dec i de d t h e a d v i sa bility of sending fu ty e lasses en 'Peculat'on to the Inver Buff, o poscioly flat t ered by .e attention of her M Emigration Commissioners. aelect .eantagi Cark as the first place for the cholla of the fair tie g r t3. One gentleman only objected to the project because Guardian i had no precise information as to the nature of the plan, , but an economy argument prevallel, and the girls were sneered on foie' gn service is obedience to the scheme of bar. Chaunt. ' Of course the government will look after them, was the Wye which the Board applied to their conscience and a committee was atepoin ed to fi t uP the damsels for the German market. A.cco:dlngly, the Cornmis,ioners reverse the coup'et— " In love the heavms themselves do guide the state, Money buys land, and wives are sold I y f ate." It will to well if the Cock fair ones are not, to use an expressive vulgarism, soli on their arrival at the Cape. Their guardians.tcok the re ppnsibili yof ren lering them Up with amazing ease. Were there one hundred and twent: cracks of butter in the case, they could tot have diselaye t more callonsna s. But it will be, sai 1 that tht& Pauper girls need not deceptive - perhaps a dgeoluusniloen.'3; they y d a=l7venrtisie th :ffer, ho , vever, guareiens should have demanded some specific guarantee as to the protection. of the helpless emigrant, and the amoent of interest the government were Prepared t 3 take in them, before sacrificing them to what may be a rattly freak of officialism. We trust that if Mr. Chauat goes elsewhere I n quest of I. ish wives for German eirelings, he will find Poor Law Guardians more considerate of the honour of the country than to co mply with his requisition in its present vague and dangerous S hape. • Coutd our voice reach the Munsier girls we should control .thena to ' evitate and shun' the rroffared honour of serving in the Alas of the Ceffir b niers. Better a cabin at the foot of the Galtees, :94t h the classical Ir s h r oo t f or its luxurious mealier In die, than a ... " ci ting On Buffalo river, the very name of which is unportical en e °n igh to frighten any co ll een f rom Kerry. to Killybegewbo flourisheg oetween the budding ages of eidtitoeu to thirty-six.—DUOlin Paper. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1857. THE AMERIC AN MERCHANT SERVICE. Oa Friday evening last considerable exelasatent was occasioned in the fish market at Hastinge in consequence of a sailor being landed by a Ramsgate lish;ng lugger, which ha 1 picked him up about nine miles at sea, just after he sprang from a packet-ship steering up the Channel. The account he gave orthe c Case of thus desertine the packet is a most extran•dinaey one, r.lll require s the strictest investi g.tion. He said his name.was James Freeland, and that he was a native of Lond.nderry, Ireland. When taken bef }re the Mayor of Hastings at the Town-hall, o a the following merdng, he male the following s'atemente.---He geld he fled lately been at New york, and on the 23rd of. July last he was staying at a botteding-house in that city, which was established for the =mem )(Wien of seamen. On the evening of that day the master or the boarding-hoale;whose name was John White, asked him to take a glass of grog. He accep'e I the offer,. and received a glass of Heller. • Shortly after he had drank it he fell asleep, and continued in that state until the next morning, w'sen, on. awaking, .he found himself on board a ship that was steering under ,full sail. Out of the hareonr. He afterwards found that it was a packet-ship, laden with oiicake, and bound from New York to Loud3n. When he aw,ke he received order] to begin work, when he sail h 3 bed not shipped on board the vessel, and therefore I,e wi ,hed to return to the shore. The reply that he receiced.was that the master of tiet lodging-house had broug .t h'm:ou h)sr..l, and hid received 17 cio:lars in advance npoh him. He was then ordered to loOSe the "main rays'," 'which, ater same hesitation he proceeded to do as fast 83 he cou'd. He did not, however, perform this 'ask quick enough fer the mate, who struck him on the aide of the face and told him to do it quicker. Ile then went on to perform ocher work with the men, who - wore all entire strangers to each otl.er, but the captain an I mats wee constantly beating and ill-using him. There was nit a dty sin ehe left New York that he hadeiot been beaten and ill-nee I either by t e caeca" n or the third mare. Oa the previeus day (Friday) the ship was in the Channel, about nine miles oT Hastings, and because he could not do his work quickeaotigh fur the third mita ha came a ed began to kick him ant ahrue h'm. He got that wwk doae, and began to coil the ropes up, when the third mate kie'te I him again, and struca him On the bead, saying - that he wonid have satisfaction from him now, for, he sprained his finger by hitting him the day before' , After contasuing his ill treatment for some time the third mete s - dd, as they were stindlrg at. the cede o' t',e ship, "Jump you sin of a your life bef re you get to London." Up en this he immediately jempad into the water in o:de: to eAcap3 further ill-treatment. He wag. a good swimmer, raad,as he swam by the ship's " quarter," som e onethrew out the lifehuoy, and the captain said, " If you care anything for pewit& you can pale up the busy ;" bat de replied. that he would rather be drowned than return to the ship and be iLtreated . The captain then said, "Drown, thea, you son cf a ," and they were the last words he heard from the it. A ter being In thq wate r about ten minutes he was picked up by the .crew of a fiihing smack named the Mary and Ann, of Ramsgata, and brought into Hastings. Another of the crew had j amps ! overboard since they left New York, but was picked tip again. He also sew a man kicked overboard from the forechains, and after lie hal been in the water about ten minutes a boat was 'put out, buy. it w s they tea late, and he was drowned. The man that was picked up was severely beaten when taken on boerd. At the recta° Aof the Mayor the poor fellow then described the food he had taken since he left New York. lie said it had been very deficient in quantity. They had been supplied withmolasses and water, and at dinner they had beaus boiled up, with a small pieco or beer, that was ahont enoueh for th'ee men. Biscuits and bread were also allowed them. Of the late r they hal qeite enough, and that was the only artiele of which they received a sufficiency. He had no money in his possession, and had not received any from the captain of the ship: He only owed the master of the boarding house nine dollars for a fortnight's bo ad, so that if he had received 17 dollars from the captain he took eight too many. In concluding his state. meet .be a !del it was his intention to lay a .complaint before the proper aathorites in London, but he thought they would not believe his story if he did not bring the matter 1 efore this court wh nhe landed. When he * was taken into the Mary and Ann he begged aid prayed that they would not take him back to the shie, and said he would rather be drowned than go on board the ship, for he had recaved such ill-treatment. He complained of his back, and said be had been knocked about with a handspike. The crew took him into the cabin of their boat, when he could slimly move. One of them examinel his back, and it appeared very much discoloured, as if he hal received a severe blow. ti e had also a mar:c near his left eye. They then landed him at Hastings. The .Mayor, after making soma further inquiries, ordered Inspector Glenister to pro- vide the uneertunate man with what refreshments he required, and forward him t ) London, that he might have an opportunity of lodging his complaint at the City Police-court on Mon lay morning, his Worship kindly undertaking to pay whatever expeires were in erred in doing the same. A SCIENTIFIC FANATIC. My friend." Marston," though one of the flnest,fellows on earth, is ma're a bore by an hallucination. He, is of a noble nature, and has h:d au excellent eincation, which commenced e,rly, and still pro gresses, although he is now in his fiftieth y, ar. He has a knowledge of languages, if not p• - ofound, yet very general ; his acquaintance with more than one branch of science is extensive; his love of art is pure and strong. He has tra'elled much in Europe, in the Americas, and in India; and, hoz always jou flayed with observant eyes. He has written much in newspapers, in magazines, and in reviews, and his contributions have always revealed vast knowledge, great or:gi n silty, and broad humanity in the writer. Ills physical aspect visibly corresponcbs w'th his character. He is tall, erec`, broad-breasted , and has Mai Kid pleasant features, a piercing eye, and a bright and a massive brow. His rich and shining hair crowns his countenance with light. There are but few countries ca)able of producing a person at once so groat, so strong, so genial, and so fall of clear sense, and cheerful life as he. Bat he hl9a si Igular, notion respecting the designing of ships, which is now uppermost in him, Oar entire mercantile and war navies are at sea in this respect . Neither Mr. Scott Russell, nor Mr. Green, nor Mr. White, nor any other 6nstrtic. 'tor 'of ships is of the smallest professional worth in my excellent frisnd 9 sestimatiou. They know how to fine a bow here, and flatten a floor there, and lengthen a run ebewhere. ,They will pull the frame of this to pieces to, increase her breadth of beam, and cleave anothe r thromth amidski - p, to 'bring in an extra twenty font of length ; ba t produce a vessel that will exceed in speed a score of kno's per hour net , cannot.. And the s:cret lies in this : hey build ships that swim through the water Bice a fish, whereas a ship should gl de over the sea like a skater. This Is his discovery. Of course he is aware the,- a ye , sel at rest In a fluid will displace a holy of it that weighs the same as itself. It is the motive power that is to bring the new vessel to the surface, and. carry her along it. Pla.e his parent inclined planes under her bows, and give her e 'glues steam, or her sail wind, and up she will rise, ani away she , will career over fifty, eighty, or even a hundred knots an hour. In a day you may be in America—in four or five ht Australia. '1 hese r sults, accord, he avers, with -the laws of nature. Certain'y they accord with what appears to have become a law of his n ,tare, not witt s'alding its nobility, 1 have plied him with mathematics in a I appropriate f arms, but in vain. I have played upon him by th e hour with th 6 artillery of syllogisms, but without result. He still belioves in h's theory, and he still troubles me with it beyond measure. The eye of hie faith beholds the skating ship, as oth r eyes have beheld other phantom ships ; and I verily believe that when he comes to gaze upon the waters of death themselves, he will see a swift ship skimm ing across them.—Mechanics Ilagarine. THE liceereer EairraE.—A letter from Pol-au-Prince (Hayti), of the 14th July, says :—The legislature rf the country is just now in a very liberal humour. It has in c . easaci the sa'aries of all the public function tries, including the Emperor himself, The civil list of Foustin I. h.s been increased from 150,000 to 200;000 dollars. The Empress receives 100,000 dellnrs ; The imperial family 55,000 ; and each or the ministers 10,000. Notwith standing the losses experienced by the merchants in the late fire, a number of them have had temporary wareh uses cons"ructed, to recommence business. The fariners who after the fire would not venture to approach the town, fearing . to have their horses and carts put into requisition by the government for carrying away the rubbish, have again commenced coming- to market, bringing coffee and other produce. DEATH OF CAPTAIN PATTEN, OF THE N E PTUNE'S CAR. — Captain J. A. Patten, whose misfortunes and stiff rue= in connection with the ship Neptune's Car have been 'the theme of much public comment, died at the M‘Lean Asylum, Somerville, at two o'clock yesterddy morning, aged 30 years and 3 months. Deaf and blind, and sick as he as been for Months past, his heroic wife refused, neverthe leis, to surrender him to the care of strangers ; and it was not until Friday, when it was apparent that his reason was gone and he was utterly unmanageable. that she consented to his removal to the asylum. Mrs. Patten her- Self is slowly recovering from the effects of fever. She is still quite feeble, but the patience in suffering and the energy in emergencies which she has hitherto displ yed may carry her over this, which she regards as the greatest of her sorrows. The women of America upon hearing the new . ealarnity which has overtaken this bravo little wornae ' will, we trust, m an if es t th e i r sympathy in a form which will give evidence of its reality.—Boston Courier. July 17. C.MettTTAL OP TWO POLISH JEW 3 FOR INCENDIARISM,— At the Newcastle police court on Friday, two PoUel Jews, Lavine Leipschitz, and Selig Leipschitz, his son. were charged with setting fire to their premises, 75, Hitch Buckingham-s , reet; with intent to defraud the Phermit Fire-Mee. The prisoners had carried on a small business as pawnbrokers, and it is stated that the class ongeorls they roceived was so poor that the premises could not have held 1001. worth. ..The policy they held .was 301. for the fixtures, 1011 for the furniture, and 6701. for the stock. Oa the 19. h of July the premises were discovered to be on fire, emitting a suffocating vapour unlike tVat of an ordi nary fire. Neither of the prisoners helped to extinguish the fliines. The fire was, however, got tinier, and the preinises were locked up by the police, who found in the s hop a feather and a child's garment. both saturated with naptha. A few weeks before the elder prisoner =had gone to London and purchased several (parts of naptha " for a secret purpose," as he told a friene The prisoners had made application to insure the stock for more than 1,0001., but bad pct bun able to do so. They were committed or trial- . E 076 a DUBLIN COURT OF ApMERLLTY.-litrGun 17. Taal Box Accoan, OF LVIERPOOL, AND Catteo.—This cause had been instituted by Masers. Jemes Scott and C,., of Qieenstown, merchants and ship agents, to recover the sa n of £2,064, being the amount of a bettomry bond on this -barque, • her cargo and freight. There was no appearance given for the Owners of the vessel. The owners of the cargo had lodged the freight ita court, and it was appliable in peyme.nt of the mister and craw, who had instituted a • snit for their wages, and bad being given for the cargo, the owners appeared in court'an defendants, and issue having been joined eseth them by the bondholders, and the CIO being ready for hearing against the ship in default, the cause came on to-day for hearing. It apperrs that the B in Accerd, a barque of 310 t ms, to ded a cargo of Indian corn at Odessa ha September last on a voyage to C ark for order's. While lying is the Bosphorai, on the homeward voyage, the master and owner, William Reanard, was dro venal, and nis chief mate, Mr. Robert Nicolls, was appointed master by the Brit sh Consul at Constantinople. The ' , Teasel having Estate put to sea, she encountered heavy weather, and part of tide cargo being thrown over board, she bore np for Malta to repair, where she arrived in Dezem ber, 1856. Extensive repairs being nec emu', tee c Iry was unshippe d for their c repletion, and the vessel was reeeired at an expense of .e 1,794:. Captain Nicells lusting no funds, nor the owners credit at Itra'ta, recourse wan had to teethe nry, and Masers. Bell and Co., of La Valelai bankers, lent and advanced the required sum at a preMiuna of £l5 Ise+ cen', and payable eight days aft 'r the arrival of the vessel at her port of discharge, the sires being ieeured by a bottomry of the ship, freight, and cargo. The vassal arrived in Cork, where she w.:B ordered to disehaege, and the bond being demanded by Messrs. Scott, who ware the assignees, and payment not being made, this suit was the rasult. On the part of the owners of the ca-go it was pleaded that the repairs and disbursements male were not made on the credit of the vessel, but on that of Messrs. Curry, Kaleck, and Co., of Liverpool, the,moetgaves of the vessel. Mr. Iliff, who had made all advances, being their agent at Malta, stated.that tiff hal agreed b take the bills of Carry and Co. for the amount, bat shortly be'ora the bei.tomry broke 'off this agreement, whereupon Mr. Carry went oat to pay the accounts, but on his arrival foani the ho.ad had been passed and the vessel sailed; th +t he tende:ei its amount, less the premium, to Messrs. Bell, who refused it, and that therefore the bond was voidable. On the other hind, if the bend should be Upheld, that it wee li able to reduction, the premium being excessive, considering the voyage and period of the year arid thatit contvenei several items which ware not fairly a Subiectofeeettomry. Counsel being heard on bath sides, and the objections to tee validity of the bond being waived —The Court This i 3 a else of a bettoaary heal et seated by the, master of this British b rque , at Malta to the M333P3. Bell, merch vets of Valetta, in that island, in order to payoff debts contractenby him with William Henry 11:ff, a shipbroker, of thet place, far the necessary expenditure and disbars 'moats of his vessel. The amount thereby advanced being now claims i by the Messrs. Scott, of Queenstown, the assignees of that bond, the proceedings have been ta'rea as against the ship by defaelt. The •Ownera of the cargo hive appeartil, the bond coverin g the cargo meetly . an the ship and freight. They have taken defence, admitting the validity of the bond, and disputing only ce. - t lin items or particulars inclneted in its 'gross amount, The course adopted be them is perfectly legicinnate, the case of' the Hehe, 10 Jar , having decided beyond deubt -that a mister may borrow money, on •bottomry, from another to pay off deb's of cut's a nature and to fit his vessel for sea, the ben 1 being perfectly valid, although there mist ensue a disellewatiCe, of the particular items. The first item here objected to is the amount of the pre nium— namely, fifteen per ce it. Tads objectio s is, in the main, grounded upon the small amount of maritime risk which had to ba encountered in a voyage from M eta to C ark in titi l late,. end of the month of April by a vessel which had just milergen 3 a complete and thoroagh repair. Cearts of Admirality do not set aside bonds on account of a high rate of interest, such being permitted by the civil Lev, which governs them in respect of these inst uments, as they are payable only in else tee vessel arrives in safety at her deetination, bat if she perish, in itin ere, the lender loses ail his principal and his interest . The, rate of that interest; therefore, is nece , sarily higher than In the ordinary transectons of life. Having due regard for the int,rests of commerce. this court wll not lighely interfere therefore in any way to d:stnrb the security of these long-established means of repairing disasters i tfereige ports, and will require evidence of the statepf the me sey market at the pl ,Ce of de line before itcan pronounce the objection to be well-foancla I.' No such evidence has teen given in this case, and on the contrary, there is ample proof that the master; before 113 signed the bend, consulted Peter Cochin°, th e agent of the owners of the care°, on the very point and had his full approval of the amount in question. The bend itself, which - was el ecute,l by all the parties In the presence of a nota..y with all the usual formalities, recites that the terms up m which the money was lent were first male known to that same person There being testimony then of such a nature and so strongly corroborated, proving that there agent at Valetta had time de'iberately consented to this premium of flfteett per cent., the court cannot now produce the 'owners thecae selves here to ignore his act, the more especially as they allege no saftlaient grounds for it. The objection, then, with respect to it must be over-ruled. The next objection comprises tee sum of £O9 5s 7d, a commission of three per cent. on the grass disbursemen ts, end £i2 103, a commission of five per cent. on an eclairs:mai sum of £230. These objections are good, and the sums so claimed must be disallowed,- the_ agent having broken the contract under welch he became entitled to snob charges , and not having proved auy dew or, eastern of Valettato main tain them otherwise. Objet ions to farther sums amounting to £5O lee are else good, these being properly chargeable against the mart eagses and owners of the ship personally—th +se are, there fore, disallowed; but objections are overruled as to a sum of £5O its id, advanced to,the master, he hiving expended it for ship's use; and, as to a per tentage of £1 per cent for unsliipping, drying, storing, and reshipping cargo, this being a beneficial and necessary act respecti ig it. The amount due on foot of the bond, in gross, being £1,064 0 s 52, the c mrt, therefore, dire 43 the sums thus disi'lowed, will interest at the same tete, amounting to £132 13s 7d, to be deducted fiom it, and decrees the Valence thus foane-N-namely, 41,931 63 10d —to be a charge and lien on the shie, cargo, and freight in this cense, toeetner with interest thereon at 'five per cent, from the day that sum became due on the ship's arrival in Cork. The costs of this suit are also given. MORE'COMPLAINTS UNDER THE SMOKE PREVENTION Aor. Tag ADJUDICATION OF THE ADJOURNED C ISES. On the 8 h day of the present month, we published a full report of the evidence given on the previous day, of a case that was heard before the then presiding magistrates, Messrs iDixon and,Smith, in which Messre John Canning ton and Co. were summoned by the instructions of the Health Committee, for not consuming the smoke issuing from their canes, contrary to the Act of Parliament. On that occasion the case was.fielly gone into, and the facts were fully proven, bet' the then presiding magiatrates declined to adjudicate upomthe case, on the ground that as Mr. Mansfield, the stipendiary magistrate, had previously, attar bearing all the scientifi , evidence that had k , en adduced, was much better quelified to adjudicate upon the matter than they were—hence the present inquiry. On yesterday the parties were in attendance, and Mr M'Gowan applied to Mr, Mansfield to hear the case, but that gentle man declined to do so, and the case was cousequently taken before Messrs. Shell and Crosthwaite, who were then sit ting in the second court, to hear all the doCk and to vn complaints. The Health Committee, under whose direc tions the parties were summoned, was represented by Mr. M'Gowan, the deputy town clerk, and Mr. Wignall, the inspector of smoke nuisances, while Mr. Jacob Green, glass manufacturer, of Bsomwich, near Birmingham, and a represtentative of the Philadelphia Glass Company, and who had given his evidence on the forrneroccasion, as well as Mr. Wye Williams, who has gained some notoriety on the question, was also in attendancs to watch the nroceedings. In opeaing the case, Mr. M'Gowan said the Messrs. Can nington were the proprietors of the glass works, on the Vauxhall-road. , There had been a complaint lodged against them on the 5 h inst., but the justices who then presided had felt at reluctance in Ovine a judgment, and 'had expr'essed a desire that the case should he heard before Mr. Mansfield, and therefore the case-had been adjenrned. He (Mr. ll'Gowan) had that morning applied to Mr. Itletsfield to hear the case, but that g entleman had stat ed 'that be had at least a hundred cas=e to dispose of, and, - tbreefore had so mu:3h work on his hands that he could not do so ; and, besides, an arrangement had been came tri that he should disp-se of the criminal busin-s4, and tnat the lay magistrates would dispsa e of all the local matters. Mr Crosthwaite : As the caswhas been-heard before Mr. Mansfield, why is it not taken before him again ? Mr, el , (e r 'wan : It has not been 1 - e H before him, bait Messrs. Smith and D:xon, after hearing the case, expressed a wis% that heshnuld hear it, and decide. Mr. Cannington stated that Mr. Mansfield had previously beard the' case., Mr. M'Gowan said that wan finite true, but he, in the present instance, at Mr. Mansfield had declined to hear the case, proposed to give the same evidence as he -had done before. • The present ceinpleint was against the Messrs. Cannington, glass battle manufacturers, of Vauxhall-road, who had committed a nuisance, by permitting dense volumes of black smoke to issue from thoir chim rep. He might mention that this, and other similar firms were in clover for sonic four or five years, when, by the act of parliament, such manufactories—glass works— were excluded; but some gentlemen, who were well aware that there was no reason for excluding such works from the penalties, interfered, and they showed to the legislature, ' by scientific evidence, that such works could consume their own smoke, and the res. ilt was that an act was passed abrogating the-clause is the former act, and including such works in the bill. That clause having been thus repealed, glass works were included in the act, it being well under stood that they could, with proper care and attention, prevent the escape of the smokeethe same as every other manufactory. In the month of November last the defend ants were summoned before Mr. Mansfield for the first time, and after hearing the evidence of persons engaged in the.same trade from Glasgew, Newcastle ; Leeds, and other parts of England, who gave their testimony that, with proper care and attention, the escape of smoke could be prevented, the defendants were fined £6., Bit before that he should have mentioned that a deputation bad waited on the Health Committee, and had stated that it was beyond their power to prevent the am oke, and that committee, ever watchful over the interests of the town, had sent a deputation from their own body to various parts . of England, to see what was done in other places, and the result of their investigation was, that as it had been done in other places it could be done there, and hence it was that the parties wore called before Mr. Mansfield to prove the result of their investigations. Such being the case, he should certainly call upon the magis trates in this instance to inflict the full penalty. But to refer to the present case, after the testimony given in the case heard before the magistrates in November last, the defendants had issued a code of regulations for the work - men, in which they had stated that it was equally for the interest of the employed and the employer, that those regulations should be carried out, and had ordered that for the first offence a fine of 2s. 61, should be imposed on dig-, stoker; for the second offence a fine of 6s. and dismissal, for not complying with those regulations. (Phis code of regulations we have already published.) He would ask, would it not be ridiculous for any person to Mitt a fine on their workmen, for an offence they knew could not be prevented. But still af t er having done so, they then contended that it could not be prevented, and he (Mr. M'Gowan,) would say that unless these regulations were ettended to, it could not be ,prevented, but if they were there would be no necessity for the present complaint, The Magistrate : But do those regulations refer exclu sively to the prevention of smoke? Mr. M'Gowan re plied that they did. He then coucluded by saying that be should call Mr. Wignell, the inspector, and should then ask the bench to inflict the full penalty. He then called Mr. Wignall, ,the Inspector of Smoke Nuisances, who stated that oa the 22nd of the last month he saw dense volumes of back smoke issuing from the defendants cone fr nn 8.52 to 9.7 k, from 8.56 to 9.3, and again from 937 to 9.31 p.m During ihat period the .smoke con tinued intense. It was very bad smoke, and very black. Mr. 141'G swan : If proper care and attention bal been bestowed in feeding the furnaces, was there any occasion for such smoke ? Witness.: No ; certainly not. At least there would not have been any such as I should have com plained of. Mr. M'Gowan : I think you have visited the works since, and have shown the men that the smoke could b' preeented? The Inspector : I have. Mr. M-Growan : What did you do there ? Mr. Cannington objected to that question being put, on the grounds that-the inspector had visited the works after he and the authorities had left; and he complained of the discourtesy that had been shown him in not receiving notice that the inspector was coming. The Magistrate : At what time did you go to the works ? The Inspector: &bout seven o'clock in the evening. Mr. Canuington insisted that the inspector had a right to go when be was present, between the hours of one and six, when he should have been present. Mr. M'Gowan : Would it have made any difference, if Mr. Canning on had been present. ThetWitnes; ; Ne, certainly not. Mr 111‘Goivau : Now tell us whit yon did. The Witness : I first fed the furnace with four spadefull of coals, and it smoked one minute and a quarter. After a lapse of five minutes I did the same, and it smoked three quarters of a minute. I did the same after a lapse of three minutes, and it smoked a qdarter of a minute. In two minutes I did the same,' and it smoked three quarters of a minute, and again in three mieutes, and it smoked one minute and a epiarter ; -and in two minutes and a half I did the same, amid it smoked two minutes. The last ex periment was tried with the door of the furnace open, and then again, after a lapse of four minutes, I put on fear spades full of coals, and it smc ked one minute and a half. Mr. MtGewan: Then, if the regulation had been attended to, the smoke would not have been observable. Witness : Certainly not. This witness was then cross-examined by Mr. - Cannington, who stated that he took his observations of the smoke from the Vauxhall road, and that at the time lie called upon the manager or foreman, and directed his attention to it, and he refused to go with me. Mr. Uannington : No, he did not, hut he pointed out to you the differeoce in the smoke. The Bench : We don't want to go into that. The point we have to decide is, was there any smoke at the time the complaint was made ? The witness : There iss, a great difference to the smoke at present to what it. was some time since, I have seen it for three-quarters of an hour, but it is nitwit better now than it was then. After some conversation, Mr. Wye Williams was called, who said he had devoted much time and attention to the subject of the prevention of smoke, and that for those FATAL RIOT ON FAISLFY RACEC'URSZ.—On Friday exertions he had received a gold medal from the Society night, immediately upon the close of the racing proceed- of Arts ; and he further stated that with due care and l og =, one of the most disgraceful riots, accompanied by attention on the part of the workmen, employed, the eeespe bloodshed, and, we fear, death,: took place, on the racing might be prevented with the present, works, but that the gromel at Paisley. In the .exercise of his duty, a police- works being rude and ill constructed ware capable of great roan thought fi; to take an , ill-looking Irishman into improvement, whereby the smoke could be altogether custody. .lie had no sooner done so than he was knocked- prevented. By the Bench : I am of opinion that by open the bead. with a bludgeon by one of the culprit's proper'care and attention the evil could be remedied with companions, felled to the groundnand so seriously abused the present works. Ia answer to the defendant, he said as to cause, as is reported, almost instantaneous death. that be had seen o her similar works in the town, Mr. -The bystatedere fullewed in pursuit of the miscreant and Redfern and others not in the-town, where the smoke had cauebt him. He was dragged to the weighieg -bootie and not been seen, and added that from the first time he had there-bandeuffed, mid afterwards removed to Paisley pri- visited the works, prior to the information in November :eon. The Teeing was flushed about six o'clock, when 'a last, up to the present time, no steps had been taken motley bant of miners, numbering about 150, ..and armed to. improve • them. Mr. Cannington then addressed with bludgeons, issued from the test end of the course in the bench, contending that since they were before the a phalanx, indiscriminately striking men and swemen on magistrates, on a former occasion, they had done all they their.way to the grand-stand. A number of gentlemen could to remedy the nuisance complained .of ; that they gathered themselves together, and made a charge upon the had shut their works up for a fortnight or three weeks to • tuffiana, but three• of them fell before the onslaught of male improvements ; and, in fact, that they had done all !tlelr , opponents , and the others, terrified, rushed to the in their power to-prevent complaints, having acted on the rear, followed ,by stones and brickbats in all directions suggesttons that had been thrown out to them, but they At this time there was a call that the military were coming. had vet carded out a scheme which had been 'brought .and the rioters walked off. One man is reported killed, fore, ard by a Mr. Smith on paper, and which badnot been , another we, witnessed in the agonies of death, and at least tried. Mr. Shiel : That has nothing to do with the potne , a dozen more, if they live, are disfigured for the term of I DU you succeed, for a certain time after you issued tho se their existeaue, Glasgow Courier. regulations, in preventing the smoke. Mr, Oanningtcle - : TOBACCO WAREHOUSES, AND OTHER CUSTOMS ALTERATIONS. The bill introdece l•by the Government for the alterations and I amendment of the laws and duties of customs, contains clauses relat ing to a variety of matters of local interest, and may be regarded as a supplement to the measur, , proposed by the Chancellor of the Ex hequer, on Tuesday last. The alterations of the ric3 duties, imposing- 41c1 the cwt on rice dust, was originally part of that measure, but is now included in the remand bill, which on the other hand, repeals the duty on oxymnriate of tin, and ',educes the duties on felt hats, dried. plitms, and French plums and prunell,s to th extent of 50 per cent.• In Bettor the customs now charge stile' upon the ships broken up, or intended to be broken up, British built vessels in such case are to be free, and foreign vessels are subjact .to an ad valorem duty of 4 per cent. The authority given to !the Commis &niers cf Customs by the Cisterns Consolidation Act of 1853, to provide warehouses for t lbaCco, is repealed ; bit prov isions are inserted for the continuance of existing warehouses for tobacco already warehoused, which may remain on th, terms now existing Powers are given the commissioners to approve and retain tobacco for general purposes; to surrender them to the owners or other persons, and to arrange with the proprietors or occupiers of any warehouse co surrendered for the deposit of warehons d tobacco until cleared. Provision is made for the warehonting of future importa. tions of tobacco ; and it is enacted that all tobacco abandoned f y the owner as not worth the duty shag be destro ,e t in such a manner as the Commissioners of 'Customs may direst, and at the cost of the owner. Defendants in Customs cites are not to be required to give evilence. Doubts have arisen whether the Customs Consolidation ACeof 1853, end the supplemental' act of 1855, are applicable to British possessions abroad, it I. enacted. that ihose and the present act shall so apply, except in cases expressly provided for by the acts in question, or by any colonial act. The importation, exportation or removal coastwise of 'any Spirit, except colonial rum , into or fro n the Channel - islands, is prohibited as retards vessels of less burthen than 50 tons, and casks of less capacity than 20 gallons, on penalty of foleiture of the spirits and the vessel but but this doe not extend to spirits in bottles, ships' stores, warehoused 'goods in regular trade-084r less than 4) tons b dth tv,r licensed boats of ten tons supply' g the island of Sark. Both th s bill and the on e affaztiori the tea and sugar duties aro intended to come into operation On the day they become iaw. WIL I t kT is CJATING to ,LIVERPOOL on the inst THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN THE WORLD ! WHERE 'IS IT TO BE SEEN ? .• • THAT'S THE QUESTION. d eel We did aba'e it. Mr. Sheil : But I ask-:.you did yon succeed, for a certain lime, in preVent - Ing it. In fact, was e thete any complaints made againo you , Mr. Canningtim : No. Mr. Shier: War; ask the- inspector was there any . cOmeliints made against the defendant from the time be was fined ? The Inspecto• Not. until after ithe - Vied - of March, after November when he was fined, and after that I serveu him with notices 23rd of March, the 3fith of April, on the Ist of June, and on the present occasion. Mr. Shiel : Did you, vis!t the works regularly during those' iotervals l The Inspector : I did. Mr. Cennington ; have to say that we have done all we •eo ald possibly do -to carry out the regulations. Mr. Shiel : We are n-it-here to judge of the regulations—we are here to judge whether there , has been any smoke, and to inquire into your regulations is not our busin as. We are not to know whether your regulations alt suffieiefit or not. brat our duty is'to decide, d d you, or did-you not prevent the nusance arising from the smoke.. It appeared by the evidence thntt you did succeed to do so• for a certain length of time, from November to March, and if yon did that, you could do it afterstrds. Mr. Cannington We have done all we.can to prevent it. Mr. MiCeOwan : I shall not detain the bench with any further oloservalons. I hate shown that they did prevent the nuisance for a certain length of time, and could continue to do so with their-present works, with dire ca'e and attention on the part of their workmen Mr.: Cannington. then called John Stirinp,:the resident manager of the works, who . stated that since November las`, the regulations issued:had been strictly attended - to. He a'so stated, that when , the inspector had visited the woke that he had told him- it was not smoke.that was issuing from the chimney, bat the steam from the "flux" of the s and, and invited' him to to - the' works and visit it, but that he had refused so to do. . In answer to Mr. M'Gowan, he said that the steam from the fl ax was of a light brown eelour e hnt when it became mixed with the smoke it was very. blatk. JarneS' Moorcroft, the head melter, stated that at the time the inspector vi it'd the works he was stirring up the pot, and that it was the steam from that, that was issuing at the time; but id answer to Mr. M3Gowan, be said that he was engaged inside the works at the time, and that if the regulations had been acto'l on there would not hove haen'se Much black smo!ie as if they. hal. The inspector Was then called by the bench, an i hesaicb that when he aaw it it was dense black smoke that was issuia,x-frotn the cone, and certainly not vapour arising from the one. At this j incntre of the inquiry, Mr. W.; Williams requested . to have one of the gas burners lighted, which having bent done, he at once rraceeded to fhlW, how the escape of smoke could be Lre vented. To illtistrate thin he . let the gas burn in the regular way, having a draft of air below the burner. when a clear and smnkfl-ss light was visible, but the instant he stopped that current of air with his h indkerchief the light was impure, and a dense mass of smoke was observable from the flam Aftera brief conversation, the bench said they were clearly of opinion that the off,nce had been proeed; and ordered the defendant to pay a fine of £5 and costs. A. 11IAGISTRATE WANTED. After this case had been disposed of Mr. Cross&ld left the bench, observing that he could not sit any longer, because had another appointment, and could net poe-. sibly stop any longer. Air. Bache said that he did think it very unfair that he, having been "summoned for twelve o'clock, aid having been in attendance from that time, should be stopped. He intended to leave by the two o'clock train, but had been disappOinted in that ; and now-he could not, after waiting all that time, ,have his 'case heard. le did not think'that that was fair treatment. Mr. Sheil What am Ito do. I . am willing to hear the am, but the law will not authorise one magistrate, to do so. lam sitting here, although it is not my turn. Mr. Made : Bit we want Tau. assistance, and I shall he most happy to abide by your decision. Mr. Shell : But I can't hear the 0189. Mr. Macer 3: All I was going to ask is, that you Would allow the inspector to come to our works for one day in his old coat, and let him work, and if . he can pre vent the smoke, we shall ha most happy to pay a• double flocs. Mr. Nl'Gawan : Yon must , let us have the pram. (Laughter.) It was then suggested that the other c3Bes should be adjourned, but while the conversation was going on, ➢ir. Aikiu entered the court, and the following eases were disposed of BEFORE MR. SERIL AND MR A7RDT. Messrs. John Stevens and Co., of the nice Mills, 19, Elenry-street, were summoned br an infringement of . the Smoke Prevention Act. Mr. Wiguall was - called, and he proved tint on the 10th instant he observed dense volumei of black smoke being emitted from the defendants' works, from 4.2 to 4.9 p.m. He also proved that he had on previous occasions served the defendants with five notices; and that the works were in good and excellent order and that there was no occasion for such smoke. Toe defendants POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—YEsn UDAT. , LIVERPOOL. - BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. LESPERATE , GARROTE ROBB MY • HOUGHTON -STRUM—. A well-known character, named John Piekavance, alias "Honse-shoe Jack," was brought up by detective officers Laycock and €mith, on the filloveiog serious charge. It appeared that about half-past ten on Monday night, Mr. Wm. Ramsden, a surveyor, residing at 7, Parliament-place, was passing through Houghton-st., when he was suddenly seized by two mains, who dragged - him into a passage, struck h;m several blows in the face, kicked him desper ately in the legs,. knocked him down, .and robbed him of £8 and his gold watch. He struggled hard with his assailants, but - they overpowered him by maltreatment, and got away. with the money and , watch From a description of the robbers, the officers arrested the prisoner - in the beerhouse of Jem Clark, in the same strew, and the prosecutor identified him (amongst seven persons) ae one of the persons who assailed and robbed him. The prisoner was remanded. [several times, here tame, in recording desperate outrages committed in this 'street, at all houre, have we called on Major Greig to look to this place, by placing an officer on duty there, in order - to pro 4 ect the public from such outrages, and we predicted .thy if this was not done, we would have to chronicle still •further cases of outrage. Our prophecy has again comb to pass ; and if our suggestion be neglec'ed, some other "authority" than the M;jor must be appealed to on the , subject.] TinirEATENISG LANGVAGE.—EIIen Chriey was charged with threatening the life of Mary . Anne Gorman. The complainant was servant to William Swift, who is at present awaiting his trial for the manslaughter of his wife, :and she (complainant) is a witness in the case ; and the prig -mer, who•isa friend of swift's, met her at St. George's Hall, and threatened her life if she gave evidence against him. The prisoner was orde - ed to find two sureties in £25 each to keep the peace, or, in default, three wonthe imprisonment. euttrous.—A young fellow named Thomas areally, was charged by two young women named Bridget Brewen, And Mary. Fegan,. under the fotlowit g circumstances. The complainants said they lodged in the house of the pri soner's mother, in Midgehall street. They slept in the one bed, and in the seats room . the .prisoner's mother, his aunt,,and four other women also slept. The prisoner was out at a "wake," and came in between two and three in the morning. Hagot into bed with the complainants, who, as soon as they discovered him, ran lir() the street, and called an -officer. • Meantime,- the prisoner g)t into a cellar, and armed himself with a small cleaver, with which he mada several desperate efforts to " open the skull" of the constable The prisoner was remand'd. CONFECTION 4El' versus OYSTERS. —WiIIiam Allbut, a con fectioner. residing in Hunter•- • Street, charged a female, named Eliza M'Donnell, an oyster seller in the same street, with having threatened and annoyed him. Mr. Bluck was for the complainant ; and told ,such a set of grievances committed by the " fish owner " on the " sweets," and called such evidence in - support of the case as induced his Worship to order "oysters" to be. bound over in two sureties of £5 each, to keep the peace towards the complainant, or to be: imprisoned for one months • pleaded guiltv,.and were fined 20s. and costs. Messrs. M'Fie and Co., sugar refiuerr, of Temple court, were summmed for having, on the llth instant,' permitted dense volumes of black smoke to issue frog their premises in Temple-court, on the above day, from 2.13 to 2.26 p m, Mr. M . Gowan said it was with extreme regret that the Health Committee had ae-ain to trouble those gentlemen to appear before them, as he'well knew that Mr. hi'Fie had dale all he mid to prevent the nuisance com• r - dained of. knowing that suc'a could be d•lne; but some of the partners being of a different opinion, in which the workmen rejoiced, they did not carry out the rules. But with such a firm as the Messrs. M'Fie's. he must ask to have the full penalty it,fl eted. Mr. Wignall was then called, and he proved the case as laid in the information, and also that the defendant had been befn-re fined four times for their works in Batchelor-street, but not once for the premises in Temple-court. He also stated that the . works were in a first-rate condition, and that at the time that he had directed the manager's attention to the smoke, he had admitted that the man had put too much coal in the furnace.. Police-constable 180 waS called, and he folly corroborated the statement made by Mr. Wignall. Mr. M'Fie addressed the bench, urging that they had done all that they possibly could to prevent the smoke, and called upon the bench to let the -inspector go to the premises for one day, and try what he could do in prevent ing it, and that if he succeeded he shOuld have no objec tion in paying the double fine. Mr. Aiken : If we were to do that we should require an hundred Mr. Wignali's in the town. Mr. M'Ketizie, the manager of the -corks, was then c3lled, and he admitted that at the time the in spector had made the complaint he had told him that the man was behind hand in his work, and had put on an extra quantity of coal, and that since the, occurrence the man had been fined, and was under notice to leave. After some desultory conversation, in the course of which Mr. Mac Fie urged that he had done all that he, as the owner of the property, could do, to prevent the smoke, and contended that it .was the business. of the informants to take proceedings against the employees, and not against the employer, which argument was at once annulled by Mr. \Vybergb, who quoted the section of the act under which the • information was laid. Mr. Shell. asked Mr. M'Fie if he fined the man for doing that which was impossible, Mr. PriTie:: We did fine the than.' Mr. Shell : Then I do not think we shall be very wrong in fining. you, as-you are responsible for the acts of your servants. Mr, M'Fle again urged his request that Mr. Wignall should go to his works for one day, and see if he could prevent the smoke, upoa which Mr. M'Gowan gave his former answer, that if he would give up his profits for the day,. he (Mir. M‘Glowae) waild undertake tarot there should be no nuisance to the public trom the smoke. The _ bench fined the defendant 40a and costs. Thomas Gilber son, flour nuiller,-of Nailor-s:ree, was summoned for the-same offanee on the 15th inst.,, when he allowed volumes of black smoke to issue from,his premises, from 4.2 to-4.9 p.n. Mr, Wigaall proved the else, and also stated that the defendant had been s.etved with five no:ices for a similar- offence .on previous occasions. The 'offence ; was admitted, and the defendant was tiaed 20s. and [ costs. Messrs. Benn, Redfern arid of the glass works Kirkdale, pleaded guilty to a similar offence on the 2nd inst. The offence was, proved by Mr. Wignall, and the defendants were fined £5 and c..sts. this being the third time they had been summoned,. Mr. Thomas Irwin, soap boiler and lard refiner,, was summnoned for the same offence,. Mr. Wignall proved that on the 11th instant, he saw dense volumes of black smoke issuing from the defendant's works 10,24 to 10.34 on the day in question, and, that he had previously served five natioes on_the defendant for a similar offence. This was corroborated by, police constable 334. The defendant plelded guilty, and. aa 'ne had been before fined, the bench imposed a penalty of .45. and costs. The above ewe excited the greatest,amount of interest, the court being filled with gentlemen inteNsted in the proceedings WITHIN TUN ARCTIC CIRCLE.—HOW shall j give YOU an idea of the wonderful panorama in the midst of which we found ourselves ? I think, perha'pq, its. most striking feature was the stillness—and deadness—and impassibility 'of this new world: ice, and rock, and water surrounded us; 1101 a sound of any kind interrupted the silence ; the . sea did not break. upon the shore ; no bird or any living thing was visible; the midnight sin—by th;s tim 3 mein ad in a transparent mistshed an awful mysterious lustre on glacier rind mountain ; no atom of vegetation gave token .of the earth's vitality; a universal nurribness and dumb ness seemod to pervade the s ditude. I suppose in scarcely any other part of the worli is this appearance of deadness so strikingly exhibited. On the stillest summer day in England there is always perceptible , annndertone of life thrilling through the atmosphere ; and though no lareez should stir a single leaf, yet—in default of motion --there is always a sense of growth ; but here not so Watt as a blade of grass•was to be seen on the sides of the bald expc riated hills. Primeval rocks and eternal ice cony ikete,d the lane soar.—Lorcl Du Perin, CORONER'S'COUItT. Yesterday the deputy-coroner (Mr. Statham)_ held, the following inquests : . On the body of John Molly, aged 5 ryears, who-was killed, by a cart passing over .his bead, on the bridge leading to the Seacomb slip. It did not appear that there was any blame . attachable to any one, as the unfortunate affair was purely aca . dental. The jfury found accordingly. On the body of Peter Biker, agAl 50, who lived• at 23, Lauton-street, Windsor. It appeared that for come time past the deceased noted in a Strange manner, and on Sinday night he left his dau3hter'shousa,_and was found dead in a pit in Lodge-lane on Tuesday evening.. From the evidence it wal quite clear that the prior man was out of his mind, and . the jury found a verdict of " Found Drowned," bat how, there was no evidence to show. On the body of John Toney, about 18 years-of azo. who lost his life in cmsequencl of being accidentally jitnoaed , between a cart and a wall, at Netherton, on Tuesday. He died at the Northern Hospital. There was no blame a.tached to any one, and the jury fuuud a verdict of " Accidental Death." CURIOUS CASE OF SUSPICION. At the Guildha:l, on Titesciay, Joseph Edwards, a man , about thirty years of age, was brought up. before Alder. man Phillips, charged on suspichn wish robbiog the premises of Mr. Lewis 13:•ahnn, an optician. of. 17; Thavies-inn, of 'about fifty . ounc , s of silver plate, two clocks, a tea-pot, and a quantity of wearing apparel. Mr. Brabant said when he got up on Monday morning he 'fond his premises had been en'eTed diiritig the night by one of the lower windows, the faatininge of which.had been forced back with a knife, and the place ran sacked. Things were Icing about in great coin fosion, and the contents of the plate-basket had disappeared, with two cl cks, and a great number of other articles. lie sent to the police, anti the result of their inquiries led to the apprehensim of the prisoner. Henry Charles L chtwitz said he, lived at 17;. Bartlett's-buildings, and his bedroom window abutted upon. the back part of Mr. Braham's premises. About five o'clock. the previous morning he awoke, and upon looking_ out of . the window he saw a large parcel, a knife-box, and two. umbrellas placed upon the wall' leading from the prose— cutor's premises to the back of a house in Plough court, whore the prisoner lived, and directly after saw a man en s vering the prisoner's description climb a wall and take the things away with him. He opened the window for the purpose of giving an alarm, hut before he could do so the man had 'vanished. The man he saw had a yellow waistcoat,, but he had neither cap, shoes, nor coat. He saw the man's face, and Vie prisoner's features were all the same, but he would not swear the prisoner was the man. Policeman 28G said he received information of the robbery abaut half-past seven in the rooming, and'on going to the prose cutor's premises he exemined the marks made upon the flower bed in the y ird, and upon the wall. • While he was taking the description of the man seen by the last witness, the prisoner looked out of his own root". window, and the last witness immediately p)inted him out to the paler, and said he believed he was the man. He accord ingly took the prisoner into custody,. and then, measured. his - feet, and found that the size and shape nor-esponded with the foot-prints in the flower-beds. He then searched .the house, No. 21, Plough-court, in which the Prisoner lived, and in the room occopied by him, found a waistcoat with a yellowish white lining, and which had. evidently been worn , en the reverse side. At the station the pr;soner informed the insnec ' tor that he had no other clothes of any kind whatever, than those he stood upwright in. The marks in the yard and on the wall led to the prisoner's window, and the broken glass had been removed from the wall to enable the thief, to climb over. Alderman Phillips asked if any of. the property had yt t beentraoee. The officer said he had riot had time to make any enquiry. Th prisoner said he was a scavenger, in the employ of Mr-. Reddin, .the contractor. He ktrew nothing about the. robbery, as he was is bzd at the time, and although the waistcoat belonged: to him ta, hnd never yet worn , , it. Alderman Phillips said nothing, was known againsohe prisoner, and the evidence failed• to omnect him wi(lv this robbery. Under such ciretrustances he must be discharged. The.pntoner, who said that ilioncenee was sure to twitimph, i was then liber ated. The papers announce the death of Lady Lyttletoa sister of Mr. Gladstone. ImroirrANT TO SMPOWNSRS AND OTIIERS.--By a report addressed to the Board of Trade from the British C onsul at Bahia, re - ipecting the cause of the prefFe3ea given to foreign vessels over British, it appears that masters of the= former are more careful than those of she latter, and deliver their cargoes in better order. THE ALLEGED FORGERIES AT lavErrrqo.—A removir has been circulated that a merchant at Liveipool, lately. de ceessd, has left liabilities estimated at X 300,000, of w hi c h £lOO,OOO are upon forged a^ceptanas. The predso facts have not transpired, but the statement ie believed to be t•ue The death of the defaulter is stated to hyFe been by suicide, and his losses are suppled to have been incurred by heavy speculations, both in cotton. and sh - ires.—Tirres. AFFAISS OF CARE BROTIBM, AT NEWCAsTi,E.—Yester da y (Tuesday), at a meeting of er.tditors, held in Landon , Mr. Coleman, the accountant submitted a statement of the affairs of the above firm, which showed a surplu4 of £38 . 11)00, claims £678,000, assets £716,64C), The Northumberland District Banking Corap-‘ny, Nano hold, mortgages upon the principal part of the milies, have considerately consented to allow matters to . Bvrad over for a year, provided their interest is paid, and itispectors are appainte i. By a forced sale the amount of the moeme could easily be realised, but the surplus in that case for the general creditors would be small. The course deermined.on by the meeting was to wind up the estate under inspection, as to ensure a full return to the creditors, and to give Messrs. Carr and Co. time to consult with their friends, and perhaps make a suitable arrangement without the transference of. their property. The inspectors appointed were—Mr. Bigg, . manager of the Northumberland District Banking Com pany ; Mr., Anderson, manager of the ZsTewcastle branch of the Bank of England ; and Mr. B. G. Smith, of Lombard street. The amount of debts represented at the meeting was about £540,000,