The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-08 00:00:00

ORMSKItIC UNION. I from the board, and a deni^ re.a th 1 1848 ue followir- -•r_ ent~b ~tl . statement. Mr. Stoner _ _de books, dated March 29 t h, istlt am, (ley examined the children in the school reltding, ivriang, and arithmetic. They appear to be - . tasking fair average progress, owing, in a great measure, I ~....._, think, to the exertions and attention of the Chaplain, I .ne board of gw.rdians of the Ormskirk Union met in the have also examined the schoolmistress, who would not, I Board, MOM, at hr fear, at present obtain a certificate of probation, on account Ck. Tilele Alf-past ten o'cl oc k yesterday. Mr. W. of her defective mode of examining a class, her imperfect Y "eufded the chair, and the other gentleme n knowledge of Scripture, and incorrect spelling. It would present were. b -Messrs. Baker, Hunt, Stoner, Alty, Yenkin.to i be desirabl . e that she should endeavour mprove , aoronai ev, , also,' 3' B . B Inspector of S h' 1 " 14...ercer, av Garside, Ambrose Norris, Howard, Segar, herself in arithmetic. • B r own, coo s. .d Oldcroft. In consequence of that entry the board of guardians made zar, tr , the following special minute : " We beg leave to state that tro.,, 1 .. B . Parnell, Poor Law inspector, and Mr. T. B. we think NI - r. Brown entirely mistaken in this opinion, and "'s .nspector of schools, were in attendance, that the improvement of the children is owing altogether to the diligent tuitidn of the mistress, Mary Dixon, under the superintendance, and with the assistetke of her step. father, the governor of the house. Mr. Brown, in paving this undeserved compliment to his host, the chaplain, has admitted that the children are well taught, but the guardians cannot understand, how a person school for the first time can know ,hildren are making a fair average progress m to imply a knowledge of their previous attain. This entry was signed by several guardians. Several Other entries by Mr. Brown, o f a sittlilat Character and depreciating the state of education in the schools, were read by Mr. Stoner, ending with one dated Nov. 9, 1856, as follows :—" The children in the school are still in a low state, unaccustomed to think and exercise their minds. The - hoolmistregs purposes to resign her dice. S. B. Brown," To this a note was added by the board—" Nov. 22, 455,—That considering the very recent appointment of the `mess, Mr. Brown seems to have expected more was reasonable; that several members of the - ehool, Consider the childrem hasty and uncalled-for (FROM MIA OWN lutpqRTER.) STATE OF THE 'UNION. thee followi ng i s the return of expenditure,. &e. darin Past Week In tnoney In kill ( ' - nione , y • ....... ... ti sot ........... atcount of township in other anions. 'waving 'officer of.balance i n favourof the telieving ... - _ .......... On account . of the Union : 29 11 6 2 8 2 Kamining which ments.' hoolm from her than boar( mprov ving been in ft , and if Mr. rt , ns havE ctatorial and listress to speak of resignation, she possesses their confidence, Mr : Stonersaid, if that entry contended that MI 2 14 4 Abe outdoor expenditure, on account of ~,,,le Or mskirk alone, appeared to be, i n m oney lo ut - door expenditure, on account of North Meolsalone,' In moue . was . . i l r ,V e 4 ind Y. .................. ...... .*: u Master's account for provisions for the _ week ..... 5 16 0 Balance in the tr . ;a * s ......... hands 4 2 0 7 14 6 1 13 2 The o titer's j ournal reported— mber of paupe rs i n t h e house last week 97 -Number adm itted Dischared .... Born g . Died ... , Remaining in the ho use .•• • . 'V agrants relieved Pav er ward 'lumber of paupers receiving out-door re li e f : Able-bodied .... - - Net a ble-bodied . C hildr en . • ..• 2 1r . Par nell stated that tjne pauperism of t union was of the the decline. 'When last he made up he his accounts ": the whole of the (E w i lthli strict, he found th a t one and eight- P e r cent 0 ° the pauperism of Ormskirk received t)areehial lee ta r elief. Thi s was an extremely small rate of per te, the ~.,, avers e throughout his district generally being thre e 4'4 ti ght-ten g ths per cent. He had usually the plea -re 1 eoulplimenting the Ormskirk board on their position 48 rew,, .. etr„,°"l.med pauperism, and he did so again that flay with "-' the'tr eat pleasu re , as h e found that the list ef poor upon ..,.. ks was still less than at this time last year. He 1 -141(1 also inform them that their expenditure for 1855 was ' el s than th e i r expenditure for 1854, so that they had a de trease both of ex p en diture and pex 1) perism.' When h e l as t tip quarter. 44de U P his a ccounts, it yeKe the twelfth wee k o f the Pauperism then was .7 Re foe;nd that the total amount of the ~2. Their whole population was 10,231. If the none t w ;_, r " l `ation, therefore, were divided by the I)lllPerista ' i - `:".o'a be found that the total per tentage was, la he ha,..lstai"-ed, one and eight-tenths. it Zillti!_u,Evairtnan : Our weekly statement for the last two ,:_dat been rather on the increase. pa er • rernall said he found that the board had now 767 In e Aft upon u pon 752 their book s , and this, therefore, was rather an ;Zate . iture Chairman : This week it is 775. Mill i.;. ?entail Said, even allowing for that slight addition, the 4 )res ''''e per ventage of pauperism on their books at . leith e i n ut t tu i _ t he went was but small, almost as small as any union Arno„,.ue , vhole of the district. The proportion of children 414-6 the 767 paupers was 53 in the schools of the wor tan% 939 out of it. With regard to that part of rali;itre un,der his inspection, he had only to say, gentleie coenlr‘uat l ooking at the particular circumstances of very t l , 3 ;> . he considered the pauperism of the union wa i s st y rie y t the pene Were great townships in that important (1 . luiderieerlem of which was extremely 10w... ln Ashton- Eitoei,sque the pauperism was only about le in every 100. 1)et.417/tt a bout 2 ; Salford not quite 3 ; 414 eiat ii " " 2 ; Dewsbury rather better thaOnid2ha;mPreston . 4 1)41;:f ; tfaslingden about 3; Prestwich about 3; Barton_ . _ to nt •-rWell, about 3. There were, however, about 7 per the iareeeivinF relief in Skipton. His impression was that iotiitiWnese 0 pauperism 'was caused in Ormskirk by the th ere ''''2ls then Which the prohibitory order was issued Of t h t ;Tlj also guardians' own management of the affairs union, 13 _ _ torca:rior iie THE WOR/CHOTISE sdnoots• riloti;neXt business was the consideration of the_ Stoner 4, i', 14 which notice had been given by Mr. S f blade Litelcing into consideration the changes ongenren—tly Itecebt sat o hs situation of sc hoolmistress, the board frequently to the salary ha taeovernrnent assistance any longer, and that k r. il Year, with rathOno and house accommodation." rotnmr. tener :Val! 4400.nidshtind be had received a letter f lustrueti board tieintee to some it refer 'the honour to address him occasionally, Prepare himself with certain statistics un ion motions which were to come b . Union ina,,lltv, t h ecae statistics we re the population of before e f the elliouet 0 :.° 1, 0 ; amount of crime then and now ,thefor treeoutnnt:l.hvaater:ttheserflo:ntihe Poor then and now; the amount - n ew, showing the cost of the police of P. like °Nutt,' rates and a comparison with other unions ii.4ooBBAcharacter within his district. Now, it was quite All h e e u eihe could furnish the board with those statistics.. 1 / 4 'efo e 712 d Possibly do was to stick to his duty, and bring of Vallperis- ell from. time to time the the nnin c n o n the •eri me 0 7 in the district. But to go into all st 0 _ I :elice of %Ante community around, and 456 , h e " c ounty at the different periods of 1840 an d his Poweroloareu.ld assure them would be wholly out of areile ,- lo id 1e even know one to whom e could ol',Pve him the infor mationrequired. He had been tritsietteitchnaetr,iftore very reluctantly to write to tklr.Stoner. gas out of his power to give the information.' 11 413 er tillet know whether Mr. Stoner wrote privately, or Air, ste_lnetruetions of the board. the boarcrer Raid he did not write under instructions from ll - cresp on d 1 fnture Mr. Parnell might consider a r. allpaeninet fro m him as private. 'carire lPonil opeiitio_ence upon s uch'subjects. Now there were r. Stonerul sent to him which he believe emanated from tkinfdttrrtetrittieseinailidisa circular was sent to him enclosing them, attendance that day. Then there came eilthediLe note aa Ying, " The reason alleged for the t motion ie !is ki lo -. in the nOtiCe, but excluded from the circu circular lunieetiwse -14 - Brown's conduct in conducting theex ad th e attuatieg led to the resignation of several mistresses, ex bet the "luerences which exist respecting the management • -%-vo himopi to n - and Mr. Parnell placing the board in . 4 1 r ea d."e or the other." He was very much surprised l iter en In g this. There was an error regarding andan 401444 of opinion existing between Mr. Brow • gees'. and much the same error was • fallen i n ntoby le ez att tits o e West Derby Union, to whom, however Ntr , pa....13.1.eined matter. It was thought that h h e . (Mr. 0 Ceall) vsished the whole of the education of the ldren . nanorbi butut industrial, while Mr. Brown wished ei it to 7P. , tutmental. Now, he believed that to be a great Both , were for having mental and industrial From lein,"lellieqally given to each child in the ninon, t ome — Q 8 had been in the district, up to the present nt, While be had very frequently had the pleasure . of itee e i et , With Mr. Brown, he never found any difference opinion Raoy one particular. His own views of educe -4 were of ery simple character in regard to these poor lildren—that they should be taught to read and write, and Understand what they read and wrote, but also that they ould learn to work, so that they should not only be moral d happy, b ut also industrious and useful persons. tear, hear.) Mr. stoner then proceeded to propose his motion. He id if he should be thought by some members rather pro in going into the matter, he d they would consi der a interests which were at st ake, and gy im a patient d attentive hearing. He souttoonlly, t h e t:tgood of the t seavtaiefier tvatarir beer elates of the house. He sought the out-door poor of Ormskirk, being ° uld succeed in that object he should not only elevate the an d of that class, but also the condition, of the people of )ral, social, and political, a trnion at large. With these prefatory remarks he would once declare that if he took up the report, published by e tne Dectors, he sho u ld say there was an evident intention 'on. their part to remove from Boards of Guardians the ueation of the pauper children 'and he would . say, that n ation without exception, all seemed to be aiming at Olio schools. There was an old adage, that c i doel% foreshadowed themselves ; and if any one . would the report, he would at once perceive an intention 'l° eoMething which wonld tend to make the system of tralization more perfect, and deprive boards otfogueaxredrioainses ) re and more of the power which they ‘ r the poor children. But with regard u to ug Mr. Brown, he 'tad dist inctly that th a t gent l eman had been the cause of a reai enation of th ree schoolmistresses before the present a h ad been present when Mr. Brown conducted the exa nation upon several occasions. Mr. Brown appe n ared to could Peet from the children what no reasonable ma Peet, Pier 1 . Ilis demeanor to the mistress was such as . m n ust_ ,red tuem. in the estimation of the children, and it P to him that the greater part of the inqniry of the IPteetor was only to elevate the chaplain, or persons con ee(l With him, and give them an influence derogatory to noard of Guardians. The first report Mr. Brown 44 in the books drew forth a special notice ........ . 112 231 327 itritement,nothing het was ng to the mistress, and that he to the children, so that they were Brown's co . - questions. He re a d a var i ety of entries uook, extending over the period named, from dif ..et parties, to shew that the regulations and management ps the schools were in every way creditable. He hoped this would go forth to all the boards of guardians in the country, and that they would each appoint a committee to a concocted plot to get the education of from the hands of the guardians into district schools. He contented that it else. The public 'Would not stand any such —(n of centralization, and because boards of guardians refused to submit to a system of dictation, they were told that their regulations and management were full of defects. He was inclined to thick that before these reports were made' the inspectors all met together and concocted them. lie contended that the Committee of council in their system of education had temperized with man. He declared that the word elf God, and the word of God alone, ought to be the ground upon which education should be imparted to the children. They had sowed to the wind and must reap in the whirlwind. All around crime was increasing upon' every hand. Anarchy, confusion, and des truction, were, about to involve the country. There was an attempt being made in the present session of Parliament to desecrate the Sabbath day by the opening of the Crystal Palace. (Some cries of " Question.") He asked was that state of things to go on ? He called upon the board of guardians to enter upon the consideration of the question manfully and openly, and concluded by pro posing his motion. Mr Ambrose seconded the motion. Mr. Hunt asked if they could, by dispensing with government assistance, get rid of government inspection ? The Chairman said they would still have government inspection. Mr. Baker testified to the good character of the education given in the schools. The Chairman proposed, as an amendment, that the salary and office remain as at present arranged. Mr. Brown, inspector of schools, in replying to the state ment of Mr. Stoner, denied that any difference of opinion ex isted between himself and Mr. Farnell. Mr. Stoner seemed to suppose that there was some strange plot going on among the inspectors, to deprecate workhouse schools, and that all the inspectors were strong advocates of district schools. His report for 18.53 would show that that was not the case. He was not an%dvocate for district schools, and he stood alone among his colleagues in that respect. Most certainly the inspectors did not meet before hand to concoct their reports. Each reported independently, and for his own district exclusively. As to the case of the first school mistress, although it was eight years ago, he had some recollection of the facts. He found the children in a very low state. It so happened that they passed a better exami nation upon religion than any other subject; and not knowing anything of the clergyman's particular opinions, he thought he was probably the person entitled to the 'redit of it, for the schoolmistress's papers h that he could not give her the credit of it. One .as ne mew her was, to mention some of our Sa viour's principal miracles, and, writing by herself, she answered to this effect—" The miracle which he worked before Pharaoh, Kin? of Egypt, delivered the Israelites from Egyptian bondage." (Laughter.) He repudiated altogether the insinuation conveyed in regard to the clergyman having been his host. It was not an unusual thing for the clergy man of a school to invite the inspector to his house, beyond which he had no connection with that gentleman. It was perfectly possible that he might have some faults of manner, but he endeavoured to examine the teacher, and the children, as fairly as he could, and it must be presumed that whatever faults he had would apply to every other district he visited, equally as to that. He took great pains in the examination of each school, taking dewn the number who could read, the books they number learning geography or other subjects, and acted himself especially to the knowledge of common _;s, most likely to be useful to the children on leaving workhouse. He might remark one answer which he eceived in one workhouse of Lancashire. He asked what sort of poultry farmers kept. and the answer he got was, " cuckoos." (Laughter.) How could he speak favourably of the intelligence of the children in such a school as that ? (Hear, hear.) He believed mos t o f the children were allowed to leave the workhouse too soon, frequently under before it was possible they could receive considerable degree of education, and that after they went out, they very soon forgot the little they had learned. Many of them had therefore to return to the workhouse because they w're not able to perform any duties outside. As to the examination of the teachers, he reminded the board that the examination was a written one. All he did was to ask the schoolmistress to conduct the class, and he observed her reading a sentence or two—all the rest was written down, and the papers were sent to the Council office. His estimate of the teachers was not final ; the final decision was given by the council. The reason why the teachers of Ormskirk obtained such low positions and salaries was that they fell short of the standard of the council office. As to the last schoolmistress, the facts were these,--Ile took great pains to ascertain the state of the children. He found them in an unsatisfac tory state. Afterwards, as it was his duty, and he did so 'in all other cases where the teacher had been appointed without being examined, he requested her to write some answers to the printed questions. She sat down, and wrote about three lines, and there she stopped. There was no mistake made, if he recollected Healy, in what she wrote, but nothing could induce her to go on. He did everything in his power to induce her to go on, but she refused, in fact, to obey the law which required that each teacher should be examined. He had, of course, only to send the fragment she had written to London, and give his opinion that she was not entitled to a certificate, and the council took the same view of the matter. It appeared that she had not been a teacher before, but a milliner, or something of that kind, and did not know how to teach. In "West Derby, however, a new school mistress came, who knew nothing of teaching in the first instance, but, being an honest, persevering, wen-dispo,sed woman, she gave her mind up thoroughly to the subject and now she had got a certificate, and had her infant school in a most excellent and creditable state. If the other woman had chosen to exert herself, and followed the course which he pointed out, she too might have got a certificate. There was nothing very extraordinary or extravagant in the qualifications required. Any person of moderate application and intelligence, with a certain degree of common sense. might answer the written ques tion pretty well. It did not, of course necessarilv fol low that she should be a good school mistress, because he conceived that a great part of the business was that of a reformatory, and that moral training te w oa a ry, s ina a gn b dt ohytahetaht e verything else. H e s h ould conclude by eight yeenaeresinagnlein;pieece onehv"eir b u ee p ri to mo th re at tb t a im n time had school b een withdrawn from his inspection, r ion, nor did he recollect ever having attended a board upon the subject day been iven. nor li faction to thegguard'an of such a withdrawal, more than tha as t thehad such a notice ever before He was very anxious to give satia tion, childrens shouldll y r . eclielevea gooddesired ed nothing aea. tion, as good be made useful m ti me and circumstances would permit, and head in such a inaembers 'of society. He could not appre of opinion. wastte,re there could be any great differences discharge the duties ry,possible that other parties might He was willing to • °I admitthttnotfice better than he could. taken as some ground 'that till But surely it should be complaint against him _ the factere was no very general meeting of the kind he had ever that this wa s th e first one single union had y e t been with _attended, and th at not tion. (Hear, hear.) drawn from his inspec- The Chairman said he had attended t Brown's examinations, and, as tar as his judgment som en e of Mr. he was bound to say that he thought Mr. grown put went, too difficult questions to the children. lie believed, much ever, this was done with a view to elicit from the childrwen whether they had any knowledge. He thought Mr. Brown himself hardly expected an answer to some of the questions. Mr. Brown said he only asked the questions which were asked in other places. He had much more difficult ques tions answered elsewhere. Mr. Farrell stated that with regard to the centraliza tion no such attempt as that alluded to by Mr. Stoner was at all likely to be made by the poor law board. Mr. Stoner The amendment having briefly rep li ed upon his motion, proposed by the chairman was put and from flri ft rhether this was poor chddt ands of tt ;vas noth the ti uemtio read, the hE twelve years of az, Oti r riltitN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 185(i. carried by a majority 'of 10 to 2. Mr. StOner's motion accordingly fell to the ground. ENDTWErS gettootS. Mr. Stoner 1 - ,rought forward th6.sfolldifing motion' of which ue had also given, notice That this board is led to believe frorn,thn number of endowed schools and other charities 16, this union that the rates mi g ht. be sensibly dinantshed, and a good sound moral and religious educa tion may be conferred without reference to creed : That a petition be prepared to the House of Commons setting forth the way these charities are managed, and asking the executive to pass an act to enable boards of guardians to elect as many guardians as trustees, and where they are too numerous for business they shall be reduced, as they die oiT, to a proper amber, after which the trustees shall elect one alternately : That these trustees shall furnish "their accounts half-yearly to the poor law auditor who shall audit them, having power to disallow unnecessary or improper items." On the suggestion of the chairman, however, Mr. Stoner withdrew this motion for the present. A third notice from Mr. Stoner stood also on the paper to the effect that the board feel it is highly important to have a chaplain appointed independently of the Vicar of Ormsk irk. Mr. Stoner said as the board had already been detained a considerable time he Would postpone the latter Motion to that day fortnight. The board then adjourned. IMPERIAL PARLIAM ENT, HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE WENSLEYThALE I'AERAGE . , Lord LVtinxtritsT moved that the question of the life peer age ccAferred Upon Sir James Parke should be referred to the committee of privileges. Ho did not dispute the eminent ser• vices of Baron Parke, or the right of the crown to confer the peerage, but he thought the prerogative ought to be limited by constitutional considerations. The right of the crown to grant life peerages was, he said, obtained in the reign of Henry VI., but bad become obsolete, and ought not to be revived. If such proceedings on the part of the crown were allowed, he feared that the consequences would be serious, as there would be two distinct classes of peers in the upper house of parliament, and a new element would be introduced by subserviency to the government. Earl GRANVILLt, in defending the exercise of the royal prerogative, urged that it was found expedient to strengthen the legal representation in the house of peers. The number of law lords was not sufficient to perform the duties that devolved upon them ; and it was necessary to take the highest legal opinions in that tribunal of last appeal. He had, therefore, proved the expediency of the proceeding, and its legality had not ' been disputed. He contended that as it was both legal and expedient, it at once became constitu tional. The noble and learned lord (Lyndhurst) had imagined an extreme case, such as life peerages being conferred upon a regiment of Life Guards. If the exercise of the royal prero gative created more life peers than it was expedient to do, the proceeding would cease to be constitutional, and it would be the duty of their lordships to impeach the ministry. Lord ST. LEONARDS disputed the legality of the exercise of the prerogative of the crown in the creation of life peerages. The LORD CHANCELLOR then spoke at considerable length, quoting a great number of precedents and authorities to show the legality and expediency of the course pursued by the Lord CAMPREL supported the motion of Lord Lyndhurst, and declared that the conduct of the Crown, in making life peers was contrary to the law of England. Earl GREY opposed the motion, on the ground that it was inexpedient for their lordships to come into collision with the Crown, and the other House of Parliament. The Duke of ARGYLE defended, and Lords BROthallAg and DERBY condemned the creation of life peers. Their lordships then divided, when the numbers were : Por the motion— Contents.... Present 70 Proxies. 59-129 Again3t the motion—Non-contents present 53 Proxies 52-105 Majority in favour of the motion .. Their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes to three o'clock this mornin g. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —THURSDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. Mr. AL T. BAINES took the oaths and his seat on his re election for Leeds. CONSULAR ESTABLISHMENTS. Mr. Win gave notice that in a short time he should move for a select committee to inquire into the state of our consular establishments abroad. THE MONETARY SYSTEM. Mr. MITNTZ gave notice that on Tuesday next he should move for a select committee on the subject of our monetary system. THE ,CRIMEAN SANITARY COMMISSION. Mr. LAYARD gave notice that this day fortnight he should call attention to the report made by Sir John M'Neil and Colonel Tullock, with regard to the army in the Crimea. reply in detail to the st a tements of Capt. StortELL, denying that theit was any partiality in the appointments' and proino tions in the navy. ' There was always inefficiency in the upper ranks, while promotion was made by seniority, and the only way to' remedy this was to promote for merit only, but the charges made on that ground applied to the system and not to the adrhinistraters. With regar d to the effi c i enc y o f our maritime power he referred to the Opeaations of the navy in the East, to the transport of troops, the duties in the Pack .Sea, and the brilliant success in the Sea of Aloft, declared that not one man, from Sir E. Lyons down to the lowest . seaman; had been found deficient in the performance of their duties, and all their operations bad been crowned with success, The promotions Made last year were as follows— CoMmanders made by the first lord, 31 ; by the board Of admirilty for merit only 39. Of lieutenants made by the first lord, 32; made for merit, 110, showing a majority in each case of pro motions for merit. The number of commanders created last year, 6.6 —exceeded by 20 the number employed in the royal navy, and therefore, while anxious to reward distinguished services by pr,omotion, he would natio' ae time find employ le right bon. bait. meat tor those who were promoted then opp ose d, t h e suggest i on of Captain Scobell i - hat the bounty should be increased, the expediency of which he disputed, observing that beauty tended in some degree to demoralise the Ti men. c was no occasion now for such a step preFent moment the government bad more men at their com mand than were required for the service. Mr. BOLDER() supported the motion of his honourable an gallant friend, on the ground that advantages had lately bee conferred on the army that had not been extended to the navy. A committee of enquiry could do no harm, and might be pro• dnctive of much good. as at the Mr. W. LINDSAY supported the enquiry ; he did not say that the committee would be able to do any good, but would, at all events, to some extent put an end to the dissatisfation --, felt out of doors on the subject. He quoted certain a great number of officers who ng, and they could not get employed. Japers to show that there were were paidlOr doh The cons ence was that a,great discontent prevailed - • Mr. Bross supported the motion for enquiry. Sir F. BARING made some observations in defence of the promotions %tare always t Admiralty, whose motives in makir srepresented Sir CHARLES NAPIER followed generally undeistood in the navy that out of three men pro moted one promotion was made by the First Lord of the Admiralty, for political purposes. Referring to the inefficient,' of our navy, be it observed, that never was a fleet manned as that which left England in 1854. tt was so badly manned that, thou g h they succeeded in stumbling into the Cattegat, and when they got there there came a gale of wind, and they were unable to furl their sails. He was not running down the navy, but he did not wish another fleet to leave these shores in such a condition. The supply to the ships was in a shameful condition, and the only order given by Sir J. Graham that it was to one of the Lords of the Admiralty, who was sent to inspect the trash sent from the Tower was, " Don't be too narticul The Coast Guard and Riggers in the fleet d , served the grePtest credit for their exertions. He never saw office devote themselves to the discipline of their men as those who went out with him to the Baltic, and they deserved the greatest credit. He hoped they would get it from the present First Lord of the Admiralty. In conclusion the gallant Ad. miral stated his intention of voting for Captain Scobell's motion. Mr. B. Osnoarrit replied to some of the observations made by Sir C. Napier, and quoted the gallant Admiral's report in reference to the Nile and two other vessels of the Fleet, which he' stated were in an efficient condition when they arrived in the Baltic. Some of the speeches that had been made that night, dealt unfairly with the British navy, which was never, in the history of the kingdom, in a better condition that it was at present. Captain SCOBELL then replied, and the House divided, when the numbers were—For the motion, 80 ; against it, 171. Majority against the motion, 91. WALLASEY LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH The usual monthly meeting of this board was held at the public offices, last evening. Mr. Pooley presided. The other members present were, Messrs. Robert Cairne, E. W. Coulborn, Fishwick, Penny, Littledale, Hill, Wil son, Odell, Ball, Nevill, and W. R. Coulborn. THE WORKS' AND HEALTH COMMITTEE. Prom the proceedings of this committee it appeared that the sUrvtyor had made a report upon the subject of lower ing. Tobin -street and a part of Church-street, plans of which had been submitted and fully deliberated upon, but the committee would not recommend that the plan should be carried out at present. Mr. Cairne moved the adoption of the report, except so far as related to the lowering of the streets. Against that part of the report he most strongly protested. The Chairman suggested that the adoption of the report should be moved, and then Mr. Cairne could move an amendment. Mr. Penny : I will move the adoption of the report as a point of form. Mr. Wilson seconded the motion. Mr. Cairne protested against the lowering of the road being further delayed, as the road was a disgrace to the road-making of the present day. He concluded by moving that the surveyor should make an estimate for another plan, which plan he explained from the map. After some explanatory observations , from the chair man, Mr. Odell requested to know who were the parties who complained of the hill. Mr. Cairne : Everybody who had to ascend it. Mr. Nevill said there was a much more important question he should wish to have answered, and that was, " Where was the money to come from to make the altera tions ? " If they increased the rates, he thought they would find that the ratepayers would remove from the district. Mr. Cairne strongly urged that the road should be altered—the commissioners had a duty to the public to perform, and they had a right to do it irrespective of the opinion of ratepayers. Mr. Odell protested against such a principle being entertained by the board. Mr. Littledale : But we are old ratepayers, and surely have a right to express an opinion. Mr. Penny thought that until something had been developed with regard to the sea wall from New Brighton, it would be premature to take any steps in the matter, utterly regardless of the s t ate of the finances ; although he would admit that it would be desirable that more improvemement in that locality would be desirable. Mr.:Cairne said they had a right to legislate for pos terity as well as for themselves, and, therefore, he should press the subject to a decision. Mr. Odell: And let us see who votes for posterity. (L uthter.) After a brief desultory conversation, the board divided, when the motion for the adoption of the report was car ried, the only commissioners voting for the amendment being Messrs. Cairne, E. W. Coulborn, and Littledale. FINANCE AND WATCH COMMITTEES. The proceedings of this committee were next read. They comprised the recommendations to pay a number of bills, amongst which was one for 2001. from her Majesty's treasury towards the expense of introducing the Public Health Act into the district. Mr. Hill, in moving the confirmation of the proceedings, requested to know whether the board would pay it in one sum or by instalments. If by the latter course they would have to pay interest. Mr. Littledale : At what rate ? The Clerk ; At five per cent. Mr. Odell: All by instalments. Mr. Fish wick seconded the motion, and it was decided to pay the 2001. by instalments. LIVERPOOL AMALGAMATION COMMITTEE. The Clerk explained the clauses in the Liverpool and Birkenhead docks bill, which would affect the interests of the parish. He at some length detailed the various parts that WORM act prejudicial to the district, and sug gested the insertion of some additional clauses, so as to preserve the rights of the commissioners of Wallasey. On the motion of Mr. Littledale, a special Parliamen tary committee was appointed, and entrusted with power to fix the seal of the board to a memorial to Parliament, to take such steps as they may deem necessary for carry ing out the recommendations, suggested in the report of the clerk. Mr. Nevill seconded the motion. Mr. Odell thought the board had no locus standi, as the alterations contemplated in the bill were purely a land lord's question, and let the landlords look after their own affa i Ts. After a few observations from Ur. Penny, contending that it was of the utmost importance that the hoard should take steps in the matter, for many great points were involved in the bill, the motion was unanimously carried. SPECIAL CO. Th's committee had held sever MMITTE al meet E ings, at which Mr. Coulborn had aitended. It was unanimously resolved that the ferry and the boats were in a most disgraceful state, and quite incompetent to meet the necessary accommodation for the public, and that it was necessary that there should be new boats, which should go between Liverpool and Seacombe in seven minutes, and between Liverpool and Egremont, in twelve minutes. They also recommended that there should be a luggage boat, to ply daily for the accommodation of all the ferries, and that all the landing-stages should be kept in better order. A copy of the resolutions, adopted by the committee, were for warded to Mr. Coulborn, with a request that he would attend the next meeting, which he did, when he stated that in order to prevent any unnecessary discussions on the sub ject, he, with his brother, was willing to lease the Egre mont ferry for 10 or 20 years, at 10001 per annum, and the Seacombe on the same terms as he had it from the former lessee, but with regard to the New Brighton ferry, he would consult with his brother on that point. At a sub sequent meeting of the committee, to which Mr. Coulborn had sent his offer in writing, it was decided that the whole subject should be referred to the board for their opinion. There were also certain offers made with regard to the commissioners taking the plant at each ferry. In answer to Mr. Littledale, Mr. Coulborn said he did not think that a public company, or a board, could object to take the ferry on the same terms as he and his brother, as private individuals, had done 10 years since. He also declined (because he could not speak with any accuracy) to state the exact per tentage the plant would yield, and stated that he had acted rather out of order in making an offer, and should not take any further steps in the matter until he had had the opinion or decision of the board in the matter. Mr. Hill said that he had canvassed the inhabitants, and he found that there was a great diversity of opinion on the subject. Some thought they should only have one, others two, and others thought that they should take all. Before any decision was come to, he conceived that they had a right to ascertain the feeling of the ratepayers on the subject, and the only means to do that would be to call a public meeting, and then let it be decided by them whether they would have one ferry, or more, or any. Some desultory conversation ensued, the result of which was, that the clerk read two opinions given by Mr. Cow ling, and Mr. Welsby, and the Attorney -general, taken by the board in January, 1854, from which it appeared, that the latter learned gentleman had given it as his decided opinion, that the board had no power whatever to apply the public money for the purposes of leasing ferries, and concluded by asking th e quest i on, " what have local boards of health to do with ferries ? " The Chairman was of opinion, that if the board had a wish-to take the ferries, the only means by which they could do that, would be by getting a short Act of Parlia ment. Mr. Odell moved, that the offer of Mr. Coulborn be not accepted by the board. Mr. Penny conceived, that even before they could carry out Mr. Hill's suggestion, it would be necessary to have further information on :the subject; therefore, he consi dered it would be desirable that the subject should be again referred to the committee for them to try and nego ciate with Mr. Coulborn, and report thereon, at a future meeting of the board or to a public meeting. Mr. Hill thought, after the legal opinions the board had obtained, that the whole thing was a waste of time. It had been settled two years ago, and why renew it when it was well known that the board had not the power of a a n w a a c y t , or n opracr Parliament e t n h t e . y even e e x x p p e e n n d di o n n g e t s h h e ii T i o n n g er n in Some further di scuss i on ensue d, b u t eventually the ge such tti n g further consideration of the subject was, we believe, postponed. The business of the board had not been completed when the ferry-boat left. PASSING TOLL DUES TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. awa i y ,— all "In your remark s on th e governmen t bill f or t a ki ng Passing tolls," y ou d o no t no tice, as conn ected with the subPject, that in fairn ess th e bill ought to incl u d e all ancient r ights —m anor r i ghts, roya lti es , and the rev enue of the Prince o f W ales arising from t h e m i nes of and allow Cornwall. To take a way the ancient right of town dues, all such revenues as the above to remain, would be unjust, and aga Yours, &c., inst all wi se an d prudent legislation— s KEErsa. Liverpool, 7th Feb l 856, CONSCIENG FLOGGING IN THE ARMY Mr. W. EWART gave notice that on an early day he should ask leave to bring in a bill to abolish flogging in the army. THE COMMISSARIAT. _ _ _ In reply to Sir J. FERGUSON, Mr. PEEL said the suggestion of the commission appointed to inquire into the supplies of the army in the Crimea, that t-e commissariat should be placed under a superior military officer was, no doubt, a valuable one, but at present it was not thought expedient to act upon it. THE BRITISH CONSUL AT COLOGNE. Mr. H. BAILLIE asked whether there was any objection to lay on the table of the House the correspondence which had taken place with the Prussian Government relative to the em ployment of agents for the enlistment of troops, and in refer ence to the arrest of her Majesty's Consul at Cologne upon the charge of being engaged in such proceedings? Lord PALMERSTON, in reference to the case of Mr. Curtis said, that upon the arrest of that eentleman a great deal 6f correspondence took place with Prussia, but the trial went on and Mr. Curtis was condemned. Her Majesty's Government considered that Mr. Curtis was treated unjustly, and after some other communications had taken place, the King of Prussia, as a natter of courtesy, pardoned him. The noble lord did not think, under the circumstances, that it would be advisable to produce the correspondence. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS, Mr. COLLIER moved for leave to bring in a bill to transfer the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts to the Superior Courts of Common Law. He contended that the Common Law Courts were quite sufficient for the dispensing of justice, and he proposed that all cases where small sums were involved, no matter what, or will cases, where there existed no difference, should be referred to the county courts. Ho proposed to make arrangements in every county court district for carrying out this improvement, and that all wills should be deposited at the Registrar General's office, at Somerset-house, where there was room to contain all wills for the next 500 years. With regard to cases where the sum involved amounted to more than £3OO, be did not propose than' any new court should be established for the purpose of considering such cases, but that they should be referred to the superior Courts of Common Law. He preferred the Court of Common Pleas, as having least business. These courts would have power to deal with cases of personalty as well as realty. As regarded the proctors, they would emerge horn Doctors Commons into the light of day; and he had no doubt that their business would be considerably increased. Much saving of expense and litigation would be gained by this measure, and the course of justice would be facilitated. Mr. HADFIELD secon led the motion. lie was glad to find that an attempt was made to simplify the law relating to pro bates, and by the bill now proposed, a man would only require one instead of five documents to administer his affairs. He complained that the affairs of the Ecclesiastical Court were shamefully mismanaged, and that a ley. gentleman was now, and had been for a number of years, in possession of a sinecure of £B,OOO, which was obtained, not from the consolidated fund, but from bereaved families, widows, and orphans. Mr. G. BUTT said, it was very generally admitted that an alteration of the law on the subject of testamentary jurisdiction was necessary, but he did not think the measure proposed by the honourable member for Plymouth Would be of much advantage. The SJLICITOR GENERAL would not Oppose the introduction of the measure, though he was of opinion that the bill would ❑ot be of much advantage, as it clearly transferred the evils from one tribunal to another. B,e, however, approved of the principle, that in testamentary cases of small estates, the infe rior courts of common law should be used. It was the intention of the Government, in the course of the present session, to Wing in a bill on the subject of testamentary jurisdiction, which would not abolish the Ecclesiastical Courts, but would com pletely alter their arrangements. Mi. SEATING was glad that the government was about to bring in a measure on this important subject. Mr. MALINS objected to the bill proposed by Mr. Collier, on the ground that, by referring will cases of small amount to the County Courts, they would be under the jurisdiction o Judges, who perhaps had no knowledge on the subject of thawing up wils. Mr. ATHERTON gave his support to the measure under dis cussion, and stated his opinion that the County Court Judges would be found competent to adjudicate upon small will cases. Mr. R. PHILLIMORE defended the Ecclesiastical Courts, declaring that they had been unjustly censured. Ho hoped, as the government had promised an extensive maftire this session, that they would not bring it in, and then withdraw it, but would stand or fall by it. The question had been agitated for the last 30 years, and he hoped at last to see it settled. Atter a few words from Mr. Mutirz, Sir E. PERRY defended the bill, and remarked that it was monstrous to suppose that a county court judge, with the assistance of a jury, if the parties required, would not be com petent to decide upon any case that came before him. Mr. M`M.sitox and Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE having spoken in support of the motion, Mr. COLLIER replied, and leave was granted to bring in the bill. NAVAL PATRONAGE AND PROMOTIONS. Captain &OBELI. moved for a select committee to enquire into the naval administration, and the list of officer's patron age, promotions, and retirements, and the efficiency of the service in all the grades belonging to it. The honourable and gallant member dwelt upon the subject of promotion by pur chase in the army, quoting documents to show that those who got on rapidly had mostly aristocratic names, and observed that the first defect in the system is the appointment of First Lords in the Admiralty, who were not sailers, and could not therefore understand naval affairs. He then made a reference to to the state of the navy, urging upon the Go.vernment the necessity for increasing the bounty, ' in order to obtain men, and to prevent British seamen from entering the service of foreign countries. If the Government did not at once render our marine service efficient, they would perhap s i n a s h ort time find it too late. I n t h e event of awar with A mer i ca now taking Plan; we should be pretty safe, as she was not in a position to carry on a war by sea, but if such a misfortune occurred in a few years time they might depend upon it that she would have a large and well manned fleet to bring down upon us. Admiral W ALCOTT secon d e d t he motion. En qu i r i es h a d been made by t h e committees, s i tt i ng on Crimean matters, into the administration of the army, and they asked for similar enquiry should be made into the administration of the naty. Sir CHARLES WOOD said that notwithstanding the speech of the hon. and gallant gentleman, he saw no reason to change the opinion which he expressed last session with regard to naval administration. The right hon. bart, prooooto4 to CHARITABLE TRUSTS Mr. ATIIERTON got leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to the conveyance of lands for charitable uses, DISSE STERS MARRIAGES. Mr. PELLLTT obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the provisions of the marriage acts relating to Dissenters. The House of Commove Bill was read a second time. The Metropolitan Police Bill went through committee, and the House adjourned at a quarter past twelve o'clock. A ROARING TRADE !—A person who, about three months ago, entered into business in this town, has succeeded in swindling tea and provision dealers, drapers, tobacconists, &c., out of some £5OO worth of goods. About £7O worth of the property has been traced to an adjoining city. The person levanted on Saturday night, but it is expected he will be captured. MYSTERIGUS,—A young lady of very prepossessing appearance, and elegantly attired, whose name was put down on the sheet as Elizabeth Blasket, and described as " highly respectable," was brought tip on a charge of having stolen £5 fkoni a gentleman, whose name was not stated. The complainant did not appear, and it was alleged that he preferred losing the money to coming forward to explain the "mystery" and thus get his name into the papers. There being therefore no one to ustain the charge, the prisoner was set at liberty. HISTORIC SOCIETY. —The third meeting of the Archaeo logical section of this society, was held in the Grand Jury room, St. George's-hall, last night, the Rev. Dr. Thom in the chair. Among the donations announced by the secre tary, the Rev. Dr. Hume, as having been received were— From la Societe Archeologique de l'Orleanais. —Mem oires, tome 3, 1855 ; Bulletin de la Societe, Nos. 1 to 15 (1851.53) ; Nos. 16 to 21 (1854.55). From the Essex Arcl , w )logical Society —the Proceedings of the society for the years 1852, 1853, and 1854 (vol. 1, part 1). From Mr. Paris—four antique high-backed oak chairs, and small oak table, for the rooms of the society. Mr. Danson exhibited a tobacco-box, of tortoise-shell, handsomely mounted with silver, and bearing the crest and initials of its original owner, as a specimen of the description of box commonly carried by gentlemen, about the middle of the last century. Mr. Graz , brook exhibited the prospectus of a " Roil of Cloyne," 13th and 14th century, to be published in facsimile with illustrations by Richard Caulfield, Esq., of Cork. Mr. Ja^ob exhibited a book of prayers, in Greek, for the use of the Modern Greek Church, procured at the church of Balaclava ; History and Description of the City of Jerusa lem, and of the Holy Places, folio, Venice, 1728, taken from the bishop's house at Balaclava; a Russian 'quare medallion, used as a religious charm, to be worn on the person—subject, the Virgin and child. It was found at Inkerman. Mr. G. R. Berry exhibited Antiquarian Gleanings in the north of 'England, drawn and sketched by William B. Scott. Dr. Thom exhibited a large Declara tion, concerning the late tumults in Scotland, from the first original, by the king : London, 1639. Recueil d'Antiquites Egyptiennes, Etrueques, Grecques et Rornaines Paris, 1752. A volume containing nine Liverpool pamphlets, of great local interest. Mr. March, author of the paper to be read, exhibited, in illustration of it, two well-executed prints, which he is about to present to the society. Dr. Hume exhibited, on the part of the Misses Cart, of ?Kirkby in Walton, four beautiful ivory earrings. The subjects of them were described as being St. Dominic, the Scourging of Christ, Hercules and Omphale, and St. Sebastian, Mr. H. A. Bright exhibited a curious and ancient Sclavonia prayer book, taken at Kertch. A small green stone, or bead perforated, and with a white spiral snake, curling round it. The Welsh call these stones " Glatu Neidr," or snake stones. They were worn by the different orders of bards, each having its appropriate colour. The blue belonged to th e presiding bards, the white to the druids, the green to the ovates, and the three colours blended to the disciples. The notion of their rare virtues was universal, in all places where the bardic religion was taught. An autograph of the Empress Maria Theresa, written shortly before her death. Mr. Bright also called attention to the monument to Roscoe, just placed in Renshaw street Chapel, and to the valuable library contained there. The paper of the evening was " A history of the Botelier Grammar School, at Warrington, by John F. March, Esq., Town-clerk of Warrington. The Times has received despatches from its corres pondents in the Crimea, dated January 26. O n t h e 23rd the news reached the camp of the probability of peace, and few contemplated with satisfaction the pros pect of a cessation of hostilities. Conjecture was busy as to how long the army would remain in the Crimea. The official accounts published on Wednesday, show th it in the year ending 31st December, 285.5, the public income of the United Kingdom amounted to £63,000,000, and the publ. c expenditure to £84,000,000, leaving a deficiency of £21,000,000. This has been met by the £16,000,000 and the issue of exchequer bills and bonds, which enabled the Chancellor of the Exchequer to com mence the year with a balance in hand exceeding £3,000,000. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.—On Wednesday last the Right Hon. M. T. Baines was unanimously re-elected for the Borough of Leeds, on the vacancy created by the acceptance of the office of the Duchy of Lancaster. On Tuesday the Rt. Hon. Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonial department was re-elected for the Borough of Taunton, and on the same day Mr. Ridley was elected a representative for Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the room of Mr. Blackett, who had retired from parli amentary ' life by . accepting the Stewardship of the Chittern Hundreds: A LOTTERY SCHEME.—The Journal du Loiret relates the following scheme resorted to by a Young damsel in order to procure a husband,—" A young lady, - pretty and well educated, residing in the arrondissement of Pithiviers, has conceived the idea ofputting herself up to lottery. There are to be 300 tickets at I,ooof. each, and t o t h e fortunate and winner she will give herself the 299,000 f. as a d owry. The lady has attached She me very prudent co n di t i ons to the purchase of ticket i s n . k we will only se ll th em to persons whom she may th suit her, and in ord er t o ascerta i n that point sh e exacts will suit an hour's tete-a. tete with each applicant. There is no limit of age imposed, but more than one ticket may be taken by one person. The lottery will be drawn on the 25th o f N ovem b er next, at the mai r i e a t Pithiviers. No married men are allowed to take tickets. It is said that a number of Englishmen have already become purchasers, and applications are coming in from all quarters," Ilina'VoloariPilllWO TRADE REPORT.--Yzerrznimy • LIVEIIPOOL Corms There has been a rather inanimate market for Cotton to-day, the demand has been moderate, the quantity offering fair, and prices are 1-16 d per lb. lower. The sales—including 400 Pernambuco, 6,441 to 6ld ; 30 Maranham, 6kd ; 300 Egyptian, 61-(1 to 9- 44; and 2,000 Surat, Sad to 41d—are reported 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 are on speculation and for export. PIG , IRON : There has not been a large business done to day s and the market closed for Warrants at 75s cash; three months open 76s SUGAR The low rates which have been accepted has laced more business, and we have to report 130 hhds Demerara at 36s 3d, 550 bags Benares at 425, 1650 bags Dates at 365, 200 boxes Havana at 36s 6d per cwt, and 110 hhds Porto Rico. MOLASSES: Nothing has taken place. Rod: 150 puncheons Leeward have been disposed of, but the price has not transpir , d. COFFEE AND COCOA: We have no further transactions to notice. TEA : A steady business is doing at former prices, except ing common Congou, which is nominal. RICE : At auction, 1500 bags and 800 pockets of middling Bengal were sold at 123 6d per awt from the LONDON &MAR, The market closed yesterday showing a further decline of is 6d. To-day we are without any signs of amendment. CoFrag remains steady. TEA Medium qualities continue in limited demand, PiNtax . ro sold in public sale at 41'1. COTTON y at fall 'prices )ted lower prices, 23 6d, for proof strength, which hhs brought in buyers. : The tallow market is quiet to-day, at the fol lowing quotations : —Town. tallow, 55s 6d nett cash Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 583; February to sellers ; March to April, 52s 61 to 633 HAY : Mr. E. J. Davis Importers have acc Demerar TALLOW arch, 58s, ports try e heavy; prideg 95s to 10(J3 Prime meadow hay without alteration • , , superior, 1053 ,0 1103 : i n f er i or , 75 s t o 753; rowen, 70s. to , clover, l 008 to 130 s; second cut, 100 s to 120 s ; straw, 25s to 283 YESTERDAY'S MARKETS MANCHESTER CORN.—Our rwirket to-day was well attended, but buyers were indisposed to operate, except at a decline on wheat of 6d per 70 lbs, on flour 2s to 3s per sack. Holders offered oats at 2d per bushel, oatmeal 3s per load, and Egyptian beans at 3s per qr. lower, without leading to bnsiness. GLASOONY.CATTLE.—We had a large supply to-day, over 1000 cattle. The demand was not brisk, and prices about the same :as !last week. Best Scotch beef, (lid t o 61d, per lb ; best Irish do, thi ; second quality, s&d ; infe rior, 4d to 51d. Sheep in moderate surply ; prices from 51 to 6id, sinking the offal. A few cattle left unsold. DUBLIN CATTLE.—A small supply of beef and mut ton, and demand brisk, and a clearance at a shade higher than last week. The pig market was thinly supplied, and quality improved. DUBLIN WOOL.—Little doing h wool. CORK PROVISION.—White wheat, 36s Od; red do. 345; barley. 16s; oats. lis 10d; pork, 40s. POLICE co URT.—YEsTERDAY (BEFORE MR. AIKEN.) ROBING AN OFFICE.--A young man named Julie. Corrigan, *as charged with having stolen a coat from the office of Mr. Frederick M‘Kinstry, 11, Fenwick, street. A police,offfcer (Astick) said he saw the prisoner lurking about the shop of Bridget Gormley, a broker, residing in Hatton-garden, and suspecting something the constable inquired of the woman what the prisoner was doing ? she denied that he was either buying or Eel*. anything. In this way she "held on" until the prisoner got away, and after some threats the woman confessed he had sold a coat to her. On inquiry it was ascertained that the prisoner had been at complainant's office selling coal to the office boy, and whilst there he stole the coat., The prisoner was sent for trial, and a report against the license of the woman was ordered, with the view of having It withdrawn, and the magis trate said her conduct was such that she ought to be in the dock along with the prisoner. Tits WATCH Cam—Ellen Hamlin, who was re , manded on a charge of being concerned in the robbery' of a gold watch, value £2O, the propel ty of a gentlernad named Haley, whose office is at 44, Dale-street, WO brought up, and also her myther,_ named Ravvlinson, charged with being concerned in the same offence. The details of the case appeared in our paper of yesterday. The last named prisoner is the person alluded to by Mr. Hart, as reported in our yesterday's issue. The evidence for the prosecution was the same as on the former day, and in addition, the owner of the watch (Mr. Haley) said he was going home at an early hoar on Wednesday morning, through Roscommon-street; he certainly had dined out," and on his way a female massaged to' decamp with his watch and chain. He could not identify either of the prisoners as the parson who took his pro . - perty. The prisoners told the same story as related on Wednesday. They were not known to the police authorities. His worship said, as the prosecutor could not identify either of the prisoners, and as he had " dined out," his worship said he bad considerable doubt about the matter; it was within the range of possibility *that the yOUnger prisoner might have found the watch, and as he doubted on the whole case, he would give the benefit of it to the prisoners and discharge them. A THIN CASE.—A young man named John Lewis, was charged with having stolen about a worth of veneer (mahogany), belong ing to his empl o y er , M r. Willi am Rainsford, of Ren shaw -street. The complainant had missed property of this sort from time to time, and he sent two boys to watch the prisoner, and he war dis. covered taking away the property. He was remanded for further inquiry. CHARGE AGAINST A MARINE STORE DEALER.—lnspector Grace brought up a man named Patrick Byrne, a marine store dealer, residing in Ben Johnson-street, on a charge of havin g some property which he could not account for. Mr. Chilton appeared for the prisoner. The inspector said he went to search (at 12 o'clock at night) for about £3O worth of property that had been stolen. He asked both the prisoner and his wife if they had_ any piping in the house, and they replied they had not. He searched, and in a press found a quantity of piping. The prisoner and his wife both persisted in saying that they knew nothing of it. Mr, Clough said the police had received reports of some property of that description having been stolen. He asked for a remand. Mr. Chilton said his client was in extensive business, and did not purchase over the scales; he purchased largely by invoice, and' recently he had bought a considerable quantity of old materials at a brewery in Bachelor.. !tree, and the piping found might have been amongst it. The prisoner was remanded. Mr. Chilton applied to his worship to accept bail for the prisoner, but at present the application was refused. IMPORTANT TO PAWNBROKERS.--A boy named Law. rence Brannan was charged with stealing a quantity of. . wearing apparel 'from a lodging house in Kent-square, kept by a Mr. Lawson. The boy was engaged about the • house, and contrived , to take the property, which some person pledged at Messrs. Meadows and Thorns. The most remarkable feature in the case was this. Mr. Aiken, in reference to pawnbrokers, said pawnbrokers take in property without inquiring or knowing anything about it. They ought to be much more attentive to this part of their business ; they take 'in all kinds of stolen property without the least inquiry, and this should be looked to. The boy was remanded for further examination. (BEFORE MR MANSFIELD.) ASSAULTING A BLACK MAN.—Henry Livingston, a respectable looking young man, mate of the ship, Saint Lawrence, was charged with having assaulted a black man, named Samuel Porter, in a violent manner, by striking him on the fotehead with an instrument called a " knuckles." The complainant's head was bound up with bandages, and be seemed to have suffered some extensive injuries. His statement, which was fully borne out by the evidence of another man, was as follows. —he went to tell the captain of the vessel that he would not go out in the ship as he had previously promised to do, and whilst speaking to him, the prisoner came up, and without any provocation, or without speaking, struck him a violent blow on the forehead, with the " knuckles" (a brass or iron instrument that fits the om th p e la s in u a rg n e t o t n o hands) which inflicte ie d sc t ial h es e ea,d n s 'o wai u da n s d h s de . rteososTkedhce; "lic"fficer saidtwh b e o hp h oes a rp d hi at c ap ll l a s, rtghe whereo e v t wounds his might result in erysipelas. Mr. Mansfield : As erysipelas may supervene, the prisoner must be remanded. The captain of the vessel, who made a good deal of noise during the hearing of the case, here stood up and asked to be heard. Mr. Mansfield : If you have anything to say; you must say it on oath; let him be sworn. He was then sworn, and commenced to complain loudly of the conduct of the police-officer. Mr. Mansfield • What did he do ? Witness : He came into my private cabin, when I was looking over my private papers ; and the fellow had the impudence to come in with his hat on ! Mr. Mansfield : If a ruffian, like ymr mate, comm it s a murderous assault on a man, the policeman has a perfect right to follow him into your private cabin, or anywhere else, to arrest him ; he acted quite right. The Captain (excited) : He dared to keep on his hat, sir, in my private cabin, whilst my hat was on the table; I'll not stand that! Mr. Mansfield: Don't talk such nonsense, man. Have you anything to say to this assault case ? The Captain : I am sailing under another flag, and I want to know what protection lam to have. Mr. Mans- field : Protection ! From what sir? Th e Captain : Pro tection from the policeman entering my private cabin with his hat on! Mr. Mansfield : Don't talk such stuff and nonsense, man; the p o li ceman had ajright to follow e ruffian anyhere. Have yo u anyt h ing to say in this case ? The Captain : He did not strike him that I saw. Mr. Mansfield : Let the prisoner be remanded until to-morrow, and have the doctor here then. He was accordingly remanded. Th e demand is good; 1,000 bales sold yester-