Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-17 00:00:00

CAR-DRIVERS SOIREE PRESENTATION TO MR. SU3INERS Yesterday evening the car-dt public meeting in:Hope-h to present Mr. ' a watch and gu s of Liverpool held a the principal object being been partaken of in the.low people assembled in the t room of the hall, which w spectaclelyas very grand; o ;elf filled. Ti ales were , . 0 present, who, were mostly cabmen's wive tion to these there were a ,*real n _ ut in addi- of ladies , • attracted, to the place terough euriont Cropper took: the chair, and, after the opened by i sin,.,oing a hymn, Mr. Pat pro. tem., read 1 meeting had been son, the si lecretan . s of apoloz, a number Of , - - aufs,,7scutaciutill 11 uh. the Revs: F. Ffoliet, Paterson, Hunt, Dr. H. _ Messrs. Mtn Patterson, Robert Lockhart, A. Dille.. berm, Dennison, and Mr. D. Joneg, -'- The CH:unn.c.'s - said he was exceedingly gratified to be present ,at :heir meeting.. He had'heard several gentlemen, who were friends to the cab' drivers - , ask how the movement had. originated; but they were well aware that. it had orizinaterl It with t Missionar attended with e' .mu, and tha God- had far blessed ti They all knew Mr. Edward sy They knew his daily labour' of • his labour ers better than he did dng them‘ ;s;•anctsorne of then n knew ,advice, es that ineetinc, them in health and - in Si the ally. proved. The , in cosenuenee of some remark tifying mideio him within the last few days, the marked change that had taken place. conduct of these men. Since Mr. Sumner his time to the good of the calunen, it 'ha subject of general remark that the charaett versation of the men, in the stables •s- - ' greatly improved. lie. r a meeting eting was par titularly . lat had been lie Ih'es and ad. devoted I necome a I con- spend a happy Mr. peacock _r, came forward .and said, n he anti his fellow-labourers commenced the move ment, thephad their doubts and fears es to its'suceess, but he was happy to saf these doiibitand fears had been dispelled. .He had. been informed that that was the first testimonial which - .had been p resen t e d to a t o wn rtainly it was the ?light this was a proof . ere called." They missionary from any sot first from the- cab-drivel that they were had bean talb had - everything* ?,n frequently saiii that than highway robbers. cabmen we principle in the nien's 'pad, and ft nothing is sure it was breasts that st lated them to the movement. That meeting 'was a living :clemonstratiOh that the cabmen were not so bad as they were made out to be. (Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving that the car-drivers of Liverpool feel grateful to the town mission committeemen, for sending amongst them such a man as Mr. Sumners, who had proved him self an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile. He added, Long may he live, sappy may he be,— • And from sin be free. • • The resolution was seconded by Mr. Fishii-le: adopted amid cheers . _ resolution That the car-driver S-of Liverpool thank fully acknowledge the valuable services rendered by Mr. Sumners, the practical results of which they already tlperienced in .their greatly improved cendition, corn . : pared with a former period." He said the.resolutiOn carried him back to a period of twenty feats ago, when cabmen were in a state of darkness gaud-degradation. In 1840 he was a cabman, driving next door to that hall; and as a little boy he never dreamed that. he should be placed there to tell the tale of a cabman's life. The world was progressing, and why should poor cabby stand still? He took up true Conservatism, went a-head, and what did he become ? He was standing before them. (Applause.) He was a (better man than those who slurred aim. There was many a man who walked the streets in better apparel, who fills a more honourable position—many a man who, by his externals, thought himself superior to the cabmen; but he could tell them that those parties who cast a slur upon the cabmen, and said he was a .:degraded character, had only externals—not half as good a character as the cabmen had. (Applause.) Before eleven o'clock on Sunday morning he was fully employed. At half-past eleven they had a discussion upon their stand whether those parties they :bad been conveying to church were religious or not, To glow the state of the cabmen at that time, he men tioned the instance of an old man whom he had once spoken to. Where you ever in church ?" " Yes, I was there when I was christened, that I could not help ; and I was there when I was married, and then I went voluntarily." The Rev. C. W. Lawrence, of St. Luke's, little knew that he was the great impulse to all that had since taken place. He had--been afflicted with illness, and taking a cab on a Sunday to visit country friends, those with him got out, but he remainel, and entered into an affectionate and familiar conversation with him (the speaker), the result of which was, that the rev. gen tleman ever afterwards , ceased employing cabs on the Sabbath, although he had previously been in the habit of employing three. He thanked God that he enjoyed the rest of each alternate Sabbath, and then proceeded to show the evils- - which might otherwise have resulted. Mr. JosErn BnowN, who was received with applause, seconded the resolution. He suggested that clergymen should announce from their pulpits that the cabmen de sired at leait the second Sunday to keep the holy Sab bath. We were enjoying progressive liberty now, and were not the infidels we were 200 or 300 rani back. Moreover, the cabmen's children were not rightly con sidered, for they saw nothing of them unlesss they wore asleep. Mr. AD - AM HODGSON sung " Our ain fireside." - The CHAIRMAN then presented the testimonial—a valuable gold watch, with hair guard and gold clasps. The Chairman read an address which had been pre sented to Mr. Sumner's as accompanying the presentation. It was somewhat to the following effect :—" Dear sir,— We, the Liverpool cabmen, having enjoyed the benefit of your persevering Christian labours during the last seven years, being thankful to God, from whom all blessings proceed, for the success of your mission amongst us, desire humbly to record the same ; and as we cannot fully express our gratitude in words, we have taken the liberty to beg your acceptance of this gold watch and °mud, hoping that the kind feeling which has existed while our acquaintance has lasted, may continue."—Signed ou behalf of the secretary and others. He might:say that this was an address written by one of themselves ; and it gave him great pleasure to hand it to Mr. Sumners at their request. He was sure it was a moat gratifying thing to them all that they had had his services, and that they , had been so cordially responded to. He hoped while Mr. Sumners wore the watch, it 'would be an incentive to faithfulness and diligence, 'humility and great faith. (Applause.) lie might sal that the address bad been written by one of themselves, and it gave him great pleasure to hand the watch to Mr. Sumners at their request. he (Applause ) e Mr. SUMMERS said seven years had roll d over since God had put it into his h ear t to send him asnionegdsitinim. When he first went among s t th em , h e had o ty to contend with. They looked stra nge at and e looked strange at them; for he fou n d h e had a , class of men who must be met as quaintly and as subtly as could be ; for if he had went amongst them in a sancti moneous way, they would not have stood.. When he went among them first, some one thought that he only retarded the glory of God. When he went up he collared- th'em,. caught them by the e ar , pulled their whiskers, and said, Jack, you have been on the go ;' you are hard up, you have not got a penny for a glass of fours." They looked strange at him. He dared say they thought he had a drop too much. Now, he was well received. The men said, "Here is our minister ;" or, " Here is our bishop." (Laughter and applause.) He could now get them to listen to God's word, which he could not then. There were long-headed men among the cab-drivers, but, like everybody else who were unconverted, they were wrong in heart. Get th e h ear t right, and .everything else followed. Now, by the influence of the Spirit of God, it would be shown that b y a little perseverance the cabmen of Liver pool would be as decent a lot of men as any in the commu nity. From tb.elowest depths of denadation he was placed upon the Pinnacle of honour. wh Vas not that kind recep tion a proof of it the since they had first met in Teutonic-hall, the Divine had never looked upon them. At present there were nearly 250 cabmen who could enjoy the Sabbath. He . then spoke of the hindrances to the work, prominent amongst whom he said he could name fif ty teetotalers .who. had made LIVERPOOL POLICE .COURT.-YESTI happy liiiiieiftii themselves for the practice of teetotal ism. -- . . . . Ile n e v er w i s h e d any prouder position than to be ~ - [Before Ati.:'N ESTON.j a missiona r y t o the cabmen of Liverpool; but after . a ' DISORDERLY HOUSE. ---=-John Mulroy respectably police and other,' a - brief autobi ograp h y h e i nt i mated that there were the dressed middle-aced ..,. A,—..--,..4 .....41. 1........:—. - 0.1..p4-.m,011‘..........4-1- ~c mo ..,,;ni.tr.,_ disorderly and disreputable:l;On sDetective-officer Layeock.•statod in Banastre-stieef The SECRETARY read a statement whit? showed that Li that two or three year ago, the prisoner returned , from trans .! , his return to Liverpool,, h e h a d kept one of the most disorderly brothels in tow n . F ormer l y he bad. a house in Pall Mall, but for a considerable-time past he had been e was glad he had keeping a hou se a t 17 , B anastre-street; where from eight ad that meeting, and h e f e lt to ten females cons t ant l y wereharboured. It was, said the ..;• -. e refused, he could never r e f use an witness, one of th e most disreputable buses in the town They-had his symp a th y, contuu - as GOd gaVe hi m fat 'if thieves, - ovement. The T what.l Laycock continued to say that t prisoner is the . asso- as lon,:?, and retu ,e prison( , n; and master of t .taycock It 'told 'that `the-'cab 4 replied that -ell as a clear I apprehended trouble to . far' he distinctly stated 'so *hen they Mr Cobb : Have you taken the rate-book as to who is the tenant ? It to_ do all the ntld for tliC aaster. By-wha slier- I warm I liads no warrant, and I went on my own F. Have any of the neighbours complained ( respon song an Cobb said that all the ho -street were as .and complained that the prisoner was MulroT was committed for pled out and taken fo: 1111 appearanc SETtIOTLS CITARGE AGAINST ' A POLIIE OFFIMR.= Patrick Kennedy, police -officer 144, was , charged with having - seriously assaulted a man named . Pattick Carrot, and with having placed him in danger of Nis. life. On the morning of Sunday, th e a n d o f - Tilly, Cazfrol was in Regent-road in a slate of intoxication. About this time hislYife. joined him, and they began quarrelling; and officer 144 Kennedy; ,came up. Carrel became ahusiY.e;- 'and Kenuet . gave hint a kick, and othensise rmatilted The went hor Jill was,stut IcORTITERN DAILY TiMES. ,RDAY. VESTRY MEETING IN-TOXTETH PARK, YESTERDAY. Yesterday morning, a Vestry meeting of the inhahi• tants of the extra-parochial Elace of Toxteth Park, was le Public Offices in l'ark-place, for the purpOse of nominating -and electing ".a discreet person" (so the announcement ran). to be assistant overseer, in the place of Mr, Thomas Marshall (late inquiry and removal officer), who has resigned. We'mny state that placards and advertisements had been issued, signed by the chairman, vicekhiiinian, and deputy Vice-chairman of the Board of Guardians, and bv three of the fotir.oversders, stating that after having, examined the testimonials of. all the candidates; they From to in the l' should recommend for election Willi a m Keene Miller 0100 gentlemen were presnit, anti on the ard:romn being opened it .wa, speedily tilled Mr. IT. S. ALPASS was caged to the chair end in opening the proceedings, said the office • they were caned upon to-day to fill, was one which, according as its da les were well or inetficientiv performed, their motley Oely 'equTandered away.. detail the nature of the The chairman not e: showing that they. involved phi:lu tes into right o f s e ttl emen t, whiclishould be delicately and intelligently conducted, and with some degree of legal knowledge,—for to lose. a. case, on appeal, involved a cost of '£6o - orl7o. According a§ filrcy appointed a person fitted or unfitted. so would.the.expenditure of the township be effected, tar the . extent of a, few hundred duties of theoffiec pounds Mr, Joux WILSON; 0114: of the overseer Move the appointment of Keene Mil had twenty-four applications froM candiclilps many of whom were-well. e ,hen rose to a great office. It night be, thoughi P,lnewhat singulitt that the overseers h . aci - sinly selected on .3; but it Would hate looked more singular; they thought, it they had brought before the meeting . m.bre than one. From what he knew of him, he was sun they had sereeed a party every way qualified to do the duties required of him. Ifs-moVecl, Mr.. E. W. IarAVRENCE propel Samuel 'Maley. Ile had filled the- situation before for some year , -‘ 1 count therefore undratand its dutim lie believ tole more likely to give satisfaction thaii any of the Mr. JOHN OAKES seconded the MAIM!. Mr. JAMES Twx-NFANI proposed Themas Mr. WILLIAM. SMITH seconded the-mdtion. . Mr. TOOLE prOposed Mr. Henry Pettke,'of Park-. Mr: DAVIS seconded the. . Mr: ALEXANDER. MILLER said he; had a sort et - —in test to apply - to this matter, - which, if carried cut; would prevent, 417. imposition. As he thought . pri-mte friendship or it!ilitieal influence-might have ~crriat weight, he; would therefare p ro po se t o tist the abilities eanclicktost, tlint thew rPtirn int,* f an adjacent private roonr,:and there write over again their applzations, not being- allowed to con,- them, nor, of course; use the same NVUId, He thought if , that was done-, they should have• a pretty fair specimen hoth their editcation and abilities. ' Mr. ROBERT SPENCIIU have had some - interest - el strong wish to- serve M_. Miller;. no doubt, from the- notice which they had put in the papers. could: not thin it was Alie-duty the oveigeersto put out a notice pointiii,;:oaanT per— son as the most eligible us fill the situatten, and asked by what - authority they did it? -It appetwed to him to• be a hole-and-corner proceeding, (Applause.) Now,. Mr.. Peaks, Who had' been: proposed and seconded, was an old inhabitant of Tomtetlak-park ; and it behoved the' ratepayers to be on the alert, and not allow - the•board of guardians- to treat them with contempt. - (Hear, and applause:) . , He had the authority of one efithe mem— bers for saving that a memorial, presented—some time ago, was tirown aside by the chairman. They had had their' _spring meeting; this. was their autumn meeting, and they wanted no raciiw.;. (Laughter and applause.) The CuAmMAN said the gentleman ha .'been quite misinformed in stating thathe treated that memorial wall contempt._ As to the other question aboutthe right of the overseers when a vacancy occurred, it 172:9 necessary to make itlenown throx:g.4 the town ; and he said un— flinchinglythat, out of all the testimonials-sent in, Mr._ Miller undhubtedly possessed the best;- whir certainly, from his previous occupations, he was far better qualifiel, in his (the chairman's) opinion than any other. He haii joined the-overseers in that recommendation ; but the ' Vestry coed 'do as they pleased. There wasnuthing like , dictation intended. The only object was, thatthey should: have an eatient man. . - Mr. S‘P.ENCER-Therok. is one, gentleman .whn signed the recommendation, had said prevhiusly that ha would support Mr. Peaky through thick rad thin. Mr. A. MILLER—I dOtty it. I beg tops ay that namo, and another who has been proposed cannot put halga, dozen sentences togethar rorreetly, either as .to*.orthol. graphy or -diction. Yen hare told an untruth. Mr. SPENCER—I haw- not told an untruth. .MILLER7-.-XeSt the met Mr. Spr.NcER----Tes.t: their eharactens (Hear, ixtavi and applause.)_ _ _ _ _ Mr: Ifoox,'lsuilder,-..said only a montlt ago- Mr. Xlitr thought Mr. Peake was good enough for the situation.of governor of the workhonse. His objcat was to endea— vour to throw. a nonvous man off his guard. t;they were all: to be judged by their handwriting, he.‘ was. afraio.2they would all be found deficient.: A scene of angrycaltereation 'ensued:. ALDERSEY • wished to endoe what hay said iii:favour of Mr. Peake. He b. 5,1 known, hitn. fir ninel-ears, and:believed him to be Ithl.industrioui.man, fully capable of filling the situaticw for which. ho had apgied The votes were- then taken, each person being,. €rst required to, podnee a certificate of having, paR his rates ; and when these were handed in, the. result- was declared as, follows :—Mr. Peale, 29 ; 22 ; Mr: Jones, h 4:;. and Mr. Whaley, 8. A poll was demanded on tehalf of the• three. Ansue sessful candiiintes. The CHAIRMAN said, to suit their oony,enience, he should at once proceed to formally take. the Totes of such gentlemen as were in, the room. The toll would open on Monday at nine, o'clock, till four: It would re-open on Tetesday i and finally close at four o'clock that afternoon aWiough he reserved to himself the power to close the poll: at any time, if at least one vote was not tendered within an hour. Mr. SPENCER—Theit, ratepayers, put your shoulders to the wheel !—(applause)—and, do not have the man elected by the guaraans and overseers, (Applatse.) Mr. Hoox was sorry the guardians bad so little to say for themselves. Dir. WlLsox—They are not worth replying to. A rote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the for Mal voting was proceeded with. We understand that Mr. Peake is the 'Conservative candidate, and that a strong feeling of indignAtion exists in the Park at the officious .and extraroffkcial step which has been taken by the overseers. Mr. Smith O'Brien writes a letter in one of the-Irish papers asking for an amnesty for Messrs. Mitchell and Meagher, transported in 1848, and who afterwards broke their parole in Australia. , UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.—The soientific world will be glad to learn that Sir David Brewster has been appointed Principal of the Universtty of Edinburgh, in the room of the late Very Rev. Dr. Lee. The emolu ments of the office are not large, but 'even philosophers will not be insensible to the anour involved in an ele vation from St. Andrews to Edinburgh. AN UNEXPECTED REsuvr.—The following, from the pen of Mr. Cartledge, Sheffield, appears in this month's Veterinarian :—" It may be well to inform the readers of your journal, and through it the public generally, of a danger that is incurred in carrying out to too great an extent the system of subduing vicious horses, introduced by Mr. Rarey. A fortnight ago, a mare belonging to a gentleman in this neighbourhood, became so unmanage able as to induce him to place her in the hands of a breaker. The near foreleg was strapped up, in the manner adopted by Mr. Rarey, and the mare was left in that position for rather more than forty-eight hours. At the end of that time the breaker could, without fear of in jury, approach her in her box and lead her round it ; but the leg which had been strapped up was ob served to be swollen both above and below the knee, and the mare was slightly lame. Walking exercise was, however, given in the breaker's yard daily, without any apparent increase of either the lameness or the swelling, and, with the exception of what was described to me as a sweating' around the coronet, nothing further was observed. To day (Angust 22) —exactly a week since the mare was put into the breaker's hands—she was found in her box with the near fore-foot hoofless. The hoof, with the shoe on it, was lying just within the door, and the animal was feeding as usual at the man g er.' My 'attendance was at once requested, and by my advice the mare has been destroyed; as I found that already the vascular strictures at the toe of the pedal bone had been'. completely worn away by the friction on the ground."— Doncaster Gazette. . he amount collected for the presentation among the cab. aen was £24 14s. 6d. Of this sum a balance , of 2s. 6d was remaining, . A hymn was Thd*Rev. W, F Lzoo ceived an invitation incitation from the cabmen and ti: should have it must commen, lug heart • as fte_• which said 11 than had ale .1 the wives Applause) Mr. Gibson was called upon for anotl gave " The Bucket, The ReN Mr. BOWDEN''IIeXt consiciera b. ;nd they ?arated after pa )te of thanks to the chaindan ---. COMPI,IIIEV TARY PRESENTATION . . : 0 'LATE; AT BIRIcENHEAD, YESTERDAY At h u 1 rday afternoon, an mterestin presentation was, made to Mr. Golborue, who has just resigned his office as one of the Birken head township commissioners, having been a tnembe• of that body Hulce the year 1848. ' The testimonial, wine officials in the employ and the member- two o'clock - y was got up exclusively by the township comrni;sio, of the police force, consisted 4 an dsorn naturE tires, Stewart, treasu. BurniE , ytx police offi pperir the Birkerihad coal WALK ~ssiottersi and ether. gentlemen. to the Commissioners, was deputed to present the testituonial;;- and, in doing so; he alluded to the fact of sir. Golborne having been a can missionr? since the , year 18.48, during the. - whole of Which' time, by straightforward and gentlemanly. , , nduct, he had. wen the affections and esteem of all 'c With whom Ise had been- assoeiked. In 1848,, Golborne first became a , commisioner, the dancial - c.ondition of the township was at its lowest ebb, but - he . had stuck to it, and struggled along with it througia all' its- diffieultks; and it was only now ; when, after the _ ardnkns exertions, those difiiculiies had been overcome,- that Mr: Golborne had left the- fort-e. He regretted the circumstances which had competed Mr. .Golijorne to resign ' and conclatkrr mr,. presenting the testim, office, th( expression a-FM; TiP s t wishes, oix his-own behalf commissicineri, for t - on_the Rarr of t heath and long life'a Ifil.G-ollorne and his family. The-testinzOniai Trove the following inset.. " Presented : tt) , Tkoinias Boydefl Golborne;, officers and employe - ay of tb e B'rkenhead In Commissioners, as , a token of r36peet on lii-retimment from the bJarci Mr. GOLBO ing; term serving of th.€ towards monr of their. 'mowleg,medthe compliment i E that he felt wnc :ompliment tvhii haaNbeeicmaniiisTeet le thanked. the= all for the .kind aped, *hiell was-evinced ni the monial just preented to him _ —Atbers .. of the police-fotre,-:-huviiig..-.' neen chairman of the Lighting and Watch Gommikee, period. they - .all knew. he MS- a, .nan of few wortrs--,:.130at his heart_ was in the right: He thanked. thom,from the bottom of his heert:for the: handsOme piece of plate with vtitinh they hed*resentadi ze than l ec} the• mm for a lengthene THE BRITISH ASSADCIATIO: . The Thurstlar , A proceedings of. the great mectii of this association.atAherdeen, NvEre a-s 1. Sectional. Meetings 2. Archaeological, Photographie s , and Hortieldturall E hibitions; Pttblic InstituEOns,..l4lanufaetories,. 3. Conversazione. , (lllusie-hall),. iu.,Evening Dress,. . The following , gentlemen were elected presidents and secretaries of the carious sec` Section A. —Mathematic President : the Earl; of Rosa Secretai elly, H. J. s`. Smith, Esq.; J. P. HCILUSW, ES( Professor• Maxwell and Physiaal. Science: Prolessor Section D.—Chemical Science. President: Dr. Lyon Playfaii. Secretaries : Dr., Gladstone, Dr. Ming; G. D. Liveing, M.A., J. S. Brazier, Esq. Section C.--. Geology. President : Six:Charles ',jell. Secretaries : Professor Harkness, H. C.: Sorby, Rev.: Dr.. Longmuir. Section auaotany, including Physiology. President : Sir 'W. Jardine,,Bart. Secretatie,s Dr. Lan kester, Professor Dickie, Dr. Ogilvio, Secretary for Sub-section of Physiology : Dr. Redtrn. Section E.--Geography arid Ethnology.. President : Rear-Admiral Sir J, C, Ross, Secretaries : Dr. Norton Shaw, Dr. Cull, Professor Geddes. Section P.—Economic Science and - Statistics. Presi dent : Colonel Sykes, M.P. Scoretarie.: .➢r. Strang, 11. A. Smith, Esq. Section G.—Mechanical Science. President: Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P. Secretaries: H. Wright, Esq., Peter Le Nave Foster, Esq., R. Abernethy, Esq. The General Treasurer's report, read at the meeting on Wednesday evening, stated that there was a balance at the commencement of last year's meeting at Leeds of £238 13s. 3d., the whole money available after the Leeds meeting having been £2,.62.7 17s. Bd. The grants for the year amounted to £142.75. The maintenance of Xew Establishment amounted to MOO, and a like sunk had been invested in the Three per Cent. Consols. The balance at present, after expending several "small_ sums, was £199 7s. led, ._ At the conclusion of the Prince Consert'a opening address on Wednesday evening, the Lord Provost made the formal request for permission to have it printed and published ; to -which Professor Phillips replied,—l am, by permission of his Royal Highness, enabled to state to you, that your wish that the address to which we have listened with so much gratification printed, is printed--(cheers and laughter)— and that there are copies, not enough certainly to gratify on this occasion the just desire of all who are here assembled ; but, though we are able to distribute to night, by permission of his Royal Highness, a thousand copies, we hope to be able to distribute in a few days at least another thousand copies, and yet another ; but on the present occasion, we will first give to the members of the press as many copies as will gratify their just expectations. (Cheers and laughter.) His Royal Highness's admirable address, therefore, has already obtained an extensive circulation. HOUSEKEEPERS.--The Coffee sold by Thompson Brothers, 5, Elliott-street, at ls. 4d., is better than you pay ls. Bd. for at any other establishment. LORD SANDON ON PUBLIC AFPAIRS,—Lord Sandon was present at the annual dinner of the Staffordshire Agricultural Society on Wednesday. In the course of one of his speeches, his lordship spoke of the impor tance of co-operation between class and class. It was, he said, of vast importance at the present day, because there were some who said they wanted great and important changes, and that the country was in so sickly a condition that they must alter many of those ancient forms under which they had flourished and grown up. He did not intend to pronounce any opinion upon that subject, but when he went to the cottage of the labourer and found him better housed, better clad and fed, and with better pr r s a p a e d ri t s y fur niture in his dwelli ng ; when he went to our towns and signssoafwhatandesianmneumahearpablferaata,of and broad tr i e n et t s hp w increase looked outside these towns an d saw beautiful; when and gardens of great beauty springing up on every side ; and when he regarded the strike which now existed in the metropolis of this country, and saw how the men were behaving with a moderation worthy of those much above them ; when he saw such things as these, could he for a moment believe, as some one would have them believe, that the whole constitution of the country was rotten ? (Loud cheers.) Were these the signs of a falling State, when_ everything and every class of society seemed to have improved materially and morally ? (Cheers.) He would not pursue the subject, although it was one that forced itself upon them every time they met on such occasions as that ; because they, as Englishmen, were bound together by the closest links of friendship and mutual interest. (Cheers.) taw-cierk to toe commissioners Mr. T.ll. Galloway. cell dent ( Mr. Cbrrio in addition to a. nunAer of causea ny a viotent attach' tront: behind. Carrol was confined to his bed from the Bth of duly to the present time. .Kennedy was committed to the sessions, Mr. Cobb,who appetuind for the prisoner; applied to his Wor— ship to allow the prisoner out on bai4 - and two suretie in £lOO were abeertted ATT 71NIPT11G.TCr -officer eu folliwingf circumstances : n light porter tri•the provident and ab4conded on the 30th of Augt l lst with a of blank orders belonging. to the- soesety. On ad of September a lad came to the offee of the AXD PitCWIDENA SOCIETY isle charged aTeung Man named Robert Purcell, 'u The prisoner had 'rovident Society. am tie sifmed by one of she, visitors of the institution, for 18s: 63.7.. The lad obtained the money. On the follow in g• day another lad presented an order l'or 18s., moaned "John Lawrence, for 'Ansi- Lawrence: - The ordir of the previous day was discovered to be forged, and:the presenter of thesecond order,wasgnestione as tcrwho sent him.' He replied that a man in the market hailgiven him sixpen.ce.to take it,to the office-. Carlisle said' he had Teemed information about the affair, and apprehended the prisoner on Thursday' e Williamson-square. The boy identifiel= the person who sent him remanded till _Monday. o. AGAINST A Ling, in as 'being Ile. was ease, Bluek appeared for the plaintiff, Ann , Richardson„ £l6 from , the United Legal: Friendly e.Royal Oak, as- funeral money in. consequence of the death of her- husband, who was a member of the society. Mr. Jenkins; the secre tary, appeared for the defence. From the , evidence of Mrs: , Richardson it appeared ,that Herr linsband, George- Richardson, entered the society as; a single member - in 1842, and paid a penny per week up till 18.50, when 'he entered as a double member, and paid twopence per week; which entitled : his heirs to £l6 - at the time of his death. Mr_ Riclmrdson died in August last; and, on his widow - making the claim against the society, they refused to payrthe amount due, to th 2 double member, alleging that he was not entitled The defence was, that the deceased did not enter in' 1850, but in 1852, as a double member; and that, in December, 18501 a rule was made byythe society that no person over forty-five years of a g e could enter as a double membe r , an d th e deceased being above that age, he could not have been entered as-such, and, consequently, was not entitled to the amount claimed. A dispute then arose as to whether the deceased had entered in 1850 or 1852. A card was produced, however, by the plaintiff, which showed that he had entered as a double member in July, 185 D-... On the other hand, it was urgedby the defendants that it was a mistake in the colleetor's writing., and that he had entered only in July, 1852. It appeared, however, that deceased; had been paying at the rate of twopence per week for a considerable number of years, and if the society had referred to their books, they- must have known. that he was upwards of forty-five. years of age Mr. Preston said—P believe it is very wrong that should:be called upon- to pay twopence .per• week for a number of years, and then at the time of hie death that you should refuse to.give his widow the benefit of that. You should have known the age of the- man at the time of the transfer from a single to a double member, from a penny to tviepence per week. Yon: must pay the amount claimed.. L Socirry who claimed iaC Si,eietv, alias tb [Before•Messrs. PEEL and CIIIILTON./ PUBLICANS ANNIOIEERSELLERS CA.MS.—Riehard Ford, publican, 73, Oldhall-street, was summoned for having his place of business open at three o'clock in the morn ing of MoncTaylast. Mr. Ford said the place was open without his knowledge. The case was dismissed. Richard Birch, publican, Moorfields, was summoned for Sunday- trading. Mr. Black: contended, for the defence, that the parties who had- been admitted into the house were travellers. He called on witnesses, who proved that some persons knocked' at , the door and said they were travellers. A railway porter was in company with them, and they were admitted, It was, however, found that one of the parties, lived in Higlield-street.. A fine of 10s. and costs was imposed. Henry Emery, publican, Scotland-road, was sum., moned for permitting drunkenness. Mr. Bluck appeared for the defendant, and stated that the people inside were members of a watch club, which me t in the house, and he could not turn them out. He called a. witness to prove that there was no person drunk. Acquitted. John Lofthouse, publican, Lime-street, was summoned for permitting drunkenness. Mr. Snowball pleaded, for the defence, that the ' . parties found in the house had rushed in the house in a drunken state, but had not been served with a drop of drink. The case was dis missed. Phoebe Lynch, publican, Pleasant.street, was sum moned for permitting drunkenness. Mr. Cobb appeared for the defence, and flatly contradicted the charge. He contended that the parties in the house were lodgers and their friends, and that the officers were more drunk than the parties charged with. the offence. The case was dismissed. John Lane, publican, Roscommon-street, was sum moned for selling at illegal hours. Mr. Cobb stated that the defendant was not aware of it being past the hour, as his clock happened to be slow. Ho further contended that there was only vinegar sold, and not beer. The case was dismissed. _ _ _ Jane M‘Donnell, publican, Scotland-road, was sum moned for permitting drunkenness. Mr. Parker, for the defence, stated that no drink had been served to the men that were drunk. Acquitted. Thomas Garside, beerseller, Rupert-street, for selling at illegal hours. Fined 20s. and costs. John Jones, Rose-place, for Sunday trading. Fined ss. John Jones, beerseller, Gascoyne-street, Sunday trad ing, fined 10s. and costs. Martha Davis, beerseller, Collingwood-street, for Sunday trading, fined ss. Ben jamin Hall, beerseller, Bell-street, for Sunday trading., fined 20s. and costs. Miles O'Brien, beerseller, Gerard street, for Sunday trading, fined 10s. and costs. Francis Robinson, beerseller, Clive-street, for Sunday trading, fined 10s. and costs. --- T - SUPPLIES OF RIFLES TO RIFLE CORPS.-It is stated that the government contemplate issuing a further sup ply of 25 per cent. of rifles to the Volunteer Rifle Corps as soon as they are in a position to do so. This will increase the existing grant to 50 per cent. TILE WAKEFI E LD ELECTION COMMISSION.—A noti ce has been received at Wakefield that Gillery Pigott, Esq., setjeant-at-law, William Henry Willes, Esq., and Wyndham Slade, Esq., the commissioners appointed by warrant, under her Majesty's sign manual, for the pur pose of making enquiry into "the existence of corrupt praotice3 at the last, election for the borough of Wake field, will hold their first meeting for the purpose of the said enquiry, at the West Riding Sessions House, Wakefield, on Tuesday the fourth day of October. next, at eleven a.m. EPTPAIIITII, 11, ISM. strazietkiessel& I sno - _--„ Lee, an getrol all sank in the course of the evenm 6 of the ' 2, stil, , atur.the Haughty' and'CortnOrant-(despach vessel) , early next morning, Thanks to the untiring. efforts of our gallant 'tar's, howe'Ver. the Haughty and . Kestrel have, under a heavy fire fi:om the . forts, been floated again, and stated that the 2. comparathe a he Cormorant, L have been. either saved, or effectt *ho .iad Plofer, Ived. All ye with loud in their s of the kun-I6 Reers, Ni-Tui I don( s undoubtedfrtreen a mos befell, - no one, can )rtalm could do y appears to ha% t-enosen, but yet, as w,e• could not get past even t barrier, it seems that, -,ter all, it was as ()Tod any that waa acees . sible; . and, al fo the`eipedieiti 7 v . ef attack being wade at all,. Ll , , , fould only. ask—What would the hare said in tngland, *hat would the world have said:had wa•deelined the att i fiek, we kneW, we . hadonly rase,ally,Chinese tc will itiow. were our prineloatotimonetiti. and hat' outend with " Time, I al: confident. a tlit Europeas in our attampt if not ten time: 'e' sliould have ; - IC - force, we had least, five times the Corni')rant, is particularly worthy of nelitic Jr his condt Besida being as first in e to the - boais;,and -returned action. all clay Iv es t took back a; riies--m amain to the adva baTtopoi " - the great majority of the men hit are either dal], gerOusty or severely 7 - ptraclecT 7 but I am happy to say favottra,t the :Tort' .for:thein, be h fresh bicezea from "-The French, out of small laridig. party of sixtrunn, had fifteen killedionroandecl. The .Airtericaue iderablv, meaxs of n action . fromthe lar and 'also, after the action, [re Alps a number of our loud in•theirpraii'es 'of the 6rit it men shod, at awl for thE of our wound( McF OR CE FOR CHINA of the serious ix •ence just, roteired ded on. despatch- pavmunent 1 ditia al steani fr and Corvittes,-: of galljiag frigatessi. tto Chinese waters. It is mat in arines Giana, the disisions t Chatham; The names.. of the sips that NAVAL ,111 In con from China th mg sever jzjihet wit also . expected ',that a cviii bedespatchee ve.that numt at to be ordeiN Expected to Ee arinotal orders ;everal. statiPnare .On Wednes aval tanoinnen, petty officers, and artisans for the ships now fitting for the reinforcement of the fleet in China. lii order that the ships of war ordered. on the China station Ii expeditionothe coastguard are aer: Her- ltrajaty's steamer to Fleatwoook and the east will iain. Jae i,ee, indeed, would" litwe gone down: for Lieutenant Broad in the.lranghty dasliing:ith, xescue, and towing-her out,. under a heayy lire. Never theless, the bombarthnent Ira, kept up: with unabated ,vigour ' and in about two, hoots , the eneni sensibly to slackety ; and (although, they had g.. iwsswhhiailiztaawd°thethsureh:sphms range so exactly that alinost every shot told ;while ORD "though admirably directe4 did comnarativelV danmg,e to their mud ivalls• became almost silenced. "'At about five ateloc"..- : was accordingly made for the troops assault, which was briskly answered - by The._ containing them e-triring; t -- 4 ,, be the first tp reach: tht shore.: ' Not .a soup in the. squadrdn at thatmoinent I believe, doubted our obtaining a speedy vtory: as , the rst boat touched theshore, hOweve,Flang . a •gart again from the , forts, immediately foikuved 'perfect hurricane of shot; shell, gingall. ball toeketi. from all tho-southern: batteries, *Lid, -our men down by tens as-sosin as they lancFnd. y jaw i n ii ,di t ii o d. .wa aassh te Ldi r axyf so on d av e a e ci p oliv t te h hr a iin t os;.u thi r y eth ' a h : ad thmue t yd o theless, out of the boats they - all leaped with",undinun oatrb;en -possibly could. " - The enemy's fire, `however,' continued t be so deadly, and the mv.d prove& so deep (in most places ----- . reaching up to themen'a knees ) often up to their waists,) -'irsonr....in. ring.......... _ that out of the iiooo mew who landed barely - 100 ~, s long been recog reached the first of: the. three deep and wide ditches, ^ . -cTrunission ers which after some. no , yards of wading through the mud, presented. thumsehles before the gallant few who got` so far ; and out-of that small number,- scareel- - had been able to, keep the, Nevertheless, the?.-boldly faced thoSe newzdtinicuities, --- and some 50 of them, witha crowd of officers. (Amon. the iron :cud hardware 0.,..,..__ . whom were conspkaous the Commanding Officer of the Prevails most -blithe commercial ports French Contingent , Commanders Commerell and Heath table shows. the number of, the re , Liverpool and Birkenhead, so far RN., Major Parke, and Lieutenant H aw l tey o f t h e Marines, Major- Fisher and Lieutenant- Maitland of Poli 6o the Engineers>, succeeded in getting as far as the furthest bank of-the third ditch, from which, they would certainly have made a: good attempt to scale the walls had ladders bean forthcoming. but out of the number that were landed'all but one had either been broken by shot or had stook, in the- mud. With, the-remaining one, however, ten devoted men sprang forward, three of whom were itumediately shot dead, and five wounded severely. may be manner/ Witt to he called SeaPMew has gone roar cot ,to recei -, T st fire Beg • CRDIE IX ,DIVERPOOL & BIRKENHEAD A blue-book._ of; j a 4• for /858, Which giortly afte bur dere& it has just .been issi .re informed Amount of infot.- " - the- ancsiouslv expzeted: to land . and every boat maim respecting "t and the means fau ii extent. Of lIIE in this country; a has been given irt T Of known criulimis and .sumect, persons of ach class in. each --- policejtirisclictian, as Jer and nature of .th w - hich'they were Its of : the proceedings against I; aisO 4 the number and miunitmeiits to- each Ideal prison— as---Land the costs; of apprehensiol4, them, end their discos. descri*orts of t 1 the stati Never- onment. , The of e• esWsdishmentof ined at 973, Whieh is a much larger proportion to 'the popniatioh, than in Man , - nd _the,• cost at £65,137, of which sum s-was by the Treasury.-. Birkenhead has and impt Liverpool number, i leers and sonata )les, at a aosl x. 465 9,. of - which sum. the 9. , The Treasury contributed —.., rthintry—how many persons in Enean Are mainly simported by unlawful pursuits ..?- 1 -rhas -, ;if,e4l ; . but neither the COnstabulaitr Loa.— , in 1839, nor the Census- Commissieneis,' in 1851, were able to arriveiat any reliable conclusions.. The stEtisties compileth by. B •e are the. daily obser;-ationa I , ' rifles or ammunition the pollee in the- several districts: Grime is shown7te he .most - rife i e towus which are the seats of s but prostitution The followim espective classes. is s. ascertained by,- the 'erpool: B:rk=thettd 1t own thik-es and depredato Receivers of stolen goods . . . Strweettxt persons . . 1711 grant- awl tramps Bablic-houses, &c., resorts of ), 158 thieves and prostitut( Brothet& and houses of ill-fame Tramps: lodging-houses .. . 174 . . 20 These numbers must evidently be regarded as approxi matively, rather than absolutely, correct, With regard to the number of prostitutes, in particular ; those only ean lie included whose vocation:is public and apparent. The number under sixteen years of age , is: returned at • only 64 ire Liverpool, while in Birkmheadi there are none t under that age within the cognizance.of the police ; while in Chester, girls under that age constitute more than a third of the total number. The-next table shows 1, the number a n d na t ure o f t h es i nd i cta b le offences com mitted in the borough and in Birkenhead : A vertieallre of' arrows, as .well as..a constant fusi lade, was keptr up. on the select band, wsho now crouched in the ditch ' waiting, but in vain, far : reinforcements, and that any of them afterwards. escaped alive is miraculous; Seeing what insurmountable difficulties presented themselves, the. order was. at last given to retire , ; : the lion-hearted commander of the troops, Colonel. Lemon., of the Royal Karines (who - was one of the first into the furthest :.itch,) Captain Vansit tart, of the Magicienne, and Captain Shadwell, of the' Hightyer i . all having been severely wounded. The , latter was badly shot through the foot shortly after landing, but nevertheless managed' to struggle man f u ll y forward{, even to the advancetrench. Poor Captain. Vanstittnrt had his leg shot off.. Lieutenant Graves, of the Assistance, Lieutenant Clutterbuck, of the Coro mandel, Toung Herbert, of the Chesapeake, and Lieu tenants Inglis and Woolridge, of the Royal Marines, were all killed while gallantly cheering on their men ; and at least three-fourts of the officers who landed, were more or less severely hit, In effecting the retreat, even more lives were lost, perhaps, than in advancing, as the Chinese, by lighting he - . lights were enabled to discover the exact position of our then reeling and exausted men, and so to shoot them down like birds. Even on arriving at the water's edge matters were not improved, as so many of the boats had been smashed to pieces by round-shot, that there were not enough remaining to take off the surviving men, Several were drowned in attempting to get off, while many had to remain for more than an hour up to their necks in water before they could get a place in a boat.. And even then their dangers were not past, as the fire from the forts continued so heavy that several boats fall of wounded were struck and swamped while pulling off to the ships. The Coromandel was made the temporary hospital -ship, and the scene on her upper deck was truly horrible. It was nearly one o'clock before the last . boat-load of wounded was brought off to her, and long, ere that hour she was crowded with the mutilated and the dying. Every exertion, however, was made by the officers of the medical staff, to whom, and especially to Dr. Little of the Marines, great credit is due, and long ere daybreak every sufferer had had his wounds tended. Every operation—and their number was siokening—l was gratified to hear was performed under the influence of chloroform, " Our proportionate loss has, indeed, been frightful -434 killed and wounded The Ist battalion of Marines TERMINATION OF THE PADIHAM STRIKE.—We a re alone,_ which landed bare_y 400 strong, has lost alt oge th er grat ifi e d ( says the 'Manchester Guardian,i in being 172 killed and wounded ; the Chesapeake, 26 killed or enabled to report that an amicable settlement of the, missing, and 34 wounded; and th e gun -b oats 90 k i lled Padiham strike has been effected. The weavers of and wounded. No expectation whatever is entertained Padiham have now been off work for twenty-six weeks , of those who are returned missing being still alive, and next Monday it is ex - ,!ected that an entire resume' With such enemies a s th e Chinese, and under the pe cu - ti on o f l a b our will take pl ace i n t h e six mills liar circumstances of the'ease, all - such hope is out of the Padiham, which have since the commencement of t he question. strike been only in partial operation. " The belief is universal throughout the squadron THE GROWTH or THE NAVY.—When Queen Victoxii that Europeans manned the batteries as well as Chinese. succeeded "the Sailor Bing" in 1837, the Royal SOY Men in grey coats, with close cropped hair, and with consisted of 536 vessels, with a tonnage of 523,4 21, . Russian features, were distinctly visible in the' batteries, carrying 17,120 guns in the rated ships, and manned _by_ and the whole of the fortifiCations were evident of Eu- 31,289 seamen and marines. Of these vessels, how.,, ropean designing. Some of those Who 'advanced near ever, only 26 were steamers, with an aggregate born. to the wall even go so far as to declare that they heard power of 4,546. In twenty years afterwards upwards,,!l! the men c a ni ng ,. for 'more pow d er , i n Russian ; and 400 steamers were added to her Majesty's fleet; this morning it i s re ported 'that two dead bodies tonnage of the effective ships (sailing and s team) w floated out of the river, dressed in Chinese clothes, but increased by. 300,000, and upwa r d s o f 20,000 additional. having incontestably European faces. The damaged men were serving in the navy. Great as has been va i e t forts have already been repaired, and have never increase in the royal navy during those twenty yew, ceased to fire upo_n the boats that are still engaged,. is not to ' be compared with"the enormous growth . t t i he . under Ca n p n t d ain w ,W yn ill nin es t , t, anind struggling g 4er t s o CrOernMsetteertehlle, mercantile marine in the same period.—Steatn Sh i pping; Heath, Livcpoot Murder Attempts at murder Wounclin &c. Manslaughter Birkenhead• 4 Attemptito procure abortion Concealment of birth Unnatural offences Rape Assaults with intent, &c Bigamy Child stealing Assaults Sacrilege Burglary, housebreakg., &c Highway robbery .. . . Larceny (all kinds) Fraud Forgery Coining and uttering, &c Arson Keeping disorderly houses 75 Perjury Mr. Aedgrave concludes his report by a reference to the costs which crime and its attendant demoralisation entails upon the community. He mentions the fact that the Watch Committee of Liverpool, in an elaborate re port made in 1836, stated the loss by depredations in this borough to be £700,000 yearly, declaring their con viction that this large sum was not exaggerated, but, on the contrary, was much understated. Adding to this the cost of police and, of the administration of justice, he estimates the total loss to the community by the " dangerous " classes of society at not less than £10,000,000 annually. THE- DISASTER IN CAINA The sublc&d graphic account of the Talrei is contained in a letter published in !Ili Observer; and which was prepared for our ye, issue, but postponed on account of the greati ithich ourlocal reports And other indispensa.bl extended._. " OFF THE Ju.a, "I feel scarcely equal to the painful task of ing to describe occurrences which I aut alto;2 competent to depict in sufficiently striking fi colours, and yet on the vivid as well as correct tation of which, I feel, depends the honour brave men with whom lam serving —nay Rio] England's stainless flag itself, "As I did not keep a journal, of the previ prctbeedin g s, Y shall confine myseif to tho starred 25th "At daylight on the moining, oaf boats weighed, aml ptiyeeeded to mah remove the barrier; that tlic Chinese the entrance of the river, and were that day t ad plat, evident remo ir own a ." These, however, befrig composed of strong ironliiir aid chains, successfully - resisted all the ef-orts made fo frith- removal Lilt° tweive•ore'lock, when the order given that the aen shouict have their (Nailer which it was generally uta bn the forts. Strange to !stood we slionid open fire 6y, ci4rin::,r er- was g . single gun fire from . the Tor was there a v~.~u pants iltrn prepared to defend - theta. Every embrasure ened with matting, and s not a head w visible over the ramparts; and this, were all only from 500 to 700''3;,.. a*l were all at sixes-or secens, from some getting aground:. while others had' to haul them off, au& the space in which they had tolnore being too confined to allow of *their manceuvriuz agagh the g .rtes distant, o'clock the _ Was run tip to pTcpare ft.. :he Opossural (Lientenant-Comnratder BaL Captain Wiges3 R. N., and the Playlet,' with oi old admiral, lashed in close up to the first barrier. sooner did they arrive. there than sttcla6ily,. and as h Tn- all the curta gic, the niatt , that screened the g batteries were. ttieed Up; and the - where . Of the gun opened fire. Otxr vessels being all well - prepared, how ever, the fire waig immediately-rettumed, became gener the actiont "It was ordinary Chine.Si=- artillery to contenc_. fire, both in weikht , and: precision, was 'ztt age" evident, though, that we had no few men and I feel certain; no Chltese campaigns experienced. In: verv several of her crew,killect ever before w minutes t Arimiih! was se7o her gallaiib ,coirmaander Rason, and Captain .IfcKet duty on the Admiial'S st every man of the-erc (Lieutenant-Co 54; „,mmder Jone of the 16b*R4';)N were ahno. Whil9. -the' Irmigr,ht crisa , led I:kiatatenant-uoninutni *A Cormorant (()Onamander Wodehonm) severely crippled, ..that . they were in a sin q' at 'the: Itbi 'Scion, t 23 13 361 15 Ceylon :empty d viv4 of the ft &iifoi un, the ON y that t tenant I