The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-13 00:00:00

~+~r _~- e.;l He of sti- g some in :his ;h. and )eerl no atriotie e rear to draw anrdeal Italian )untry; pf Eng- Issible," iat the rtenesS that all ast few rvative • .• nt haa drit4 base of iderous embers abit of against r Ebge tin the h tt: iil lentarY r a day knowa en the orking n Mr. repeat This ip by a lee and a icidd of the .e facts r of our ising a secure , or, at nd ex- ERBY'S r as it ;o into ion is eciptie inoyed ) corn- ltitude hester, 1 back .t they res of )y Mr. Iwn,— tf,—ag it too 3 to be o offer The a case. of the ic, nor clique !e," to f Mr. f Par :..e he )ngue, LiciotlS tango 1 - 1 The settle- citable reform Leh as f the Luce a %cite- Langer litical ate of ;:onfu- ICCOSS. )d and erally )rts to icable Fail to -COll many" - 1 - Gt J • Abruzzi. FRANCE. 60. Lrs of the male, rrat's of a . 3 and e iary in rea- features worthy of remark ; quietness is the . order of the hour. Rente closed yesterday at 68f. 90c., and the 41 per cents. at 97f. sc. WAVY'. bbititE'siloioolf.) , 866 itb•A 4 1 • The members of the clergy .of Loretto arc:no,t the only ones ii ho lulv,e l ,P!en PIN5Qll4efl;4 dkitifse Xn! the:. Marches• and the Qbabria the lewcr order of clergy . hate not exhibited a particle of enthusiasm in the defence of the Holy See, and the BiShops have treated them with the utmost rigour and severity ; but M. Lorenzo Valerio, the Royal Sardinian Commissioner has; in the meantime, interposed to the relief of the suspended priests, by granting each of them a small pension. of 9t f. a itionth: The Piedmontese party in the Sacred cdilbge of Cardinals continues -to increase in numbers and strength, o and Piuq, I. himself ; is on the point bf giving up. in titter Catkolic volunteers are; hoyvetel; eatiSttintly atriving,froin Vi•ance in considerable numbers. On the 25th of . last month, 20 such arrived, and were presented b 3 .the brother ,of bile devoted Princess Aldpbraul. . Ito the who tper, milst but) inoSt sadly— ithal liafe et:au here to do P Alas! don't you see that all is lost ?" Nevertheless, since the arrival of the Queen Dowager of Naples, and of a Spanish general who escorted her Majesty . to Rome, the party entete in the Sacred College is less conciliatory towards their adversaries than ever; and they are weak thoiigh to indulge in Old bhdotir,oin g divaths the great things in • the way of teaction iVhieh are to be ,accomplished by. the _l 4, ,T'eap.olitail;soldie6 Who have taken retnge in the Rtrn : States. soidierphavebeen - sent hack by their patrons into their own country with private instructions. They are, to: place themselves under :the orders of certain partisans of the fallen dynasty - and, low- class agents, whom they will be enabled to recognise by masonic signs. The Money for the payment of these men, and to incite them to serve the good . cause," is supplied by a certain well-known Marquis, brit it is understood that the funds originate in Spain. it is by the aid thits furnished that the Legitiiiii'st Party in this fitiarter has managekto set ,agoing the insurrec tions Which have made such considerable progress in the Abruzzi, but suck azi epqTri,ve, process canupt,l Joni: .when the supplies of pone are stopped, the supply of insurgents Will pro bably stop also. LATEST NEWS. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) PARIS, Dec. 12. The Moniteur publishes a decree fixing the duty on dry vegetables and their farina at 25 centimes per 100 kilogrammes, -whether imported into. France by sea or land in Fiencli of foreign vessels ) until the : - Oth Septerflrr,, not. The Vessels Wll.te _free rrom,teniuigt Sinbe the kit amnesty of August, 1859, one hewspaper has been suppressed, one hai been suspended, and 130 warnings have been inflicted. The latter are done away with by the decree of Tuesday. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Dec. 12, 3.40 p.m. The Bourse heavy, and little business done. Rentes closed at 68f. 85c., or 6c. lower than yesterday: THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND ITALY. It is reported that M. Fould, the Ex-Minister, is going to Italy on a secret mission. There is also a rumour that the Emperor wishes to bring the Villafranca scheme before a, congress; pointing out the anarchy in the t*d Sidilies, an anarchy which the Paris letter of the Daily News says is probably purposely exaggerated, and the courageous resistance of Francis 11. as evidence that Italian unity is a chimera. ITALY. PERUGIA, Dec. 12. The religious orders have been suppressed, and the convents closed. Other measures in favour of public instruction and charity have also been decreed. The state of things at Naples has improved. THE ROMAN STATES. itoME, Dec. 9. General thiyoh is hipecting orders from Paris to odblipy brVieto. The band of volunteers. commanded by Colonel Masi, has invaded Onario. The Pope is dissatisfied with the conduct of several Bishops of Umbria The Papal party in Rome is much discouraged. Mgr. Merode is occupied with the formation of the new army. SIEGE OF GAETA. A letter from Gaeta, dated the 4th, says the besiegers were showing more activity. They had got eighty of the Cavilli guns in position, and had received a reinforcement of 3,000 men from Naples. On Sunday, the 2nd instant, shells AI large dithensions were fired from, rifled cannon, inch one burst over the Orlando Tower, which is a long- range. Four men were wounded. THE ABRUZZI INSURRECTION. The infliction of capital punishment has not arrested the reactionary movements in the SWITZERLAND. BERNE, Dec. 12. According to private advices received here, General Michel - is to make the necessary arrange ments for disbanding the foreign battalions sent from Gaeta to the Papal States by King Francis 11. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Dec. 12. The official Wiener Zeitung of to-day announces the appointment of Field-Marshal Lieutenants Von Schmerling and Mertens as substitutes of the Minister for War. Count Emmerichs Miko has been provisionally appointed President of the Stadtholdership of Transylvania. CTATE OF HUNGARY. The Hamburg Boersenkalie says that the news from Austria, and especially from Hungary, is so serious that it hesitates to publish it. It states, on the authority of a Berlin letter, that in Hungary the Germans consider the explosion of an organised revolution simply a question of wan NVJ.O Lc. , 4„, Vt..itutitv. The Italians , will conquer Venetia in Huu~csa j. A comm.. site two nations is believed in at Vienna. On the first indication of a serious complication Russia will concentrate a great portion of her disposable army in Poland and on the Hungarian frontier, and will take position on the whole frontier line of that country. RUSSIA. t3T. PETERSBURG, Dec. 12. The Russian Mission in London having been raised to an Embassy, Baron Brunnow, Minister Plenipotentiary of Russia, has been appointed Ambassador to the same Court. KERTCH, Nov. 20. Taganrog is now closed by ice, but Berdianski is still open. No casualties in the sea of Azoff have been reported, although the weather of late has been. very bad. NORTH AMERICA. LONDONDERRY, Dec. 13. The Montreal Ocean Stearn -ship Company's screw steamer Palestine, from Portland on the Ist inst., arrived at Moville last night , landed all mails, a nd proceeded. • OUTWARD AMERICAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 12. The United States mail steamer Fulton, Cap tain Walton, which sails to-day for New York, takes £49,490, all sovereigns, and nearly 200 passengers. SOUTHWARK ELECTION.. At the Southwark o ffi cial declaration, yester day, the yobs stood as follows . ,Layard 457 2, Scovell 3377 Majority .1195 Omar Pacha is odiously ill, and not expected to recover. The Rev. James Bonwell is going on with his appeal against the sentence of deprivation. 7. 11 . The following appeared in our later editions of yesterday : THE CHINA AND INDIA EXCHANGES. The telegrams quote the Eastern exchanges as follows, viz.:—At Shanghai, 6s 8d; at Hong Kong, 4s 8d ; and at Calcutta, 2s ld and is Bd. A decidedly adverse movement is shown, amounting to three per cent. at Shanghai, and two per cent. at Calcutta. These advices may give an impulse to the efflux of silver to the East. STOCK EXCHANGE RUMOUR. There was a rumour that a special court of directors was sitting at the Bank of England all the afternoon, but it was unfounded. The Times says a vague rumour circulated of some application having been made for special assistance, but nothing transpired in confirmation of it. THE EFFLUX OF SPECIE TO AMERICA. , The Daily News says there is an impression that the flow of specie to New York will not resume large pro portions, unless in the unlikely event of the accounts from that city reporting a renewal of agitation. The Times, however, says that although on ly 25,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the Bank yesterday, it is reported that the Fulton from Southampton, and the City of Manchester from Liverpool for New York to-day will together take out about £200,000. Mazzini has arrived in London: The mails from Calcutta, China, and Australia via Marseilles, are expected to be distributed in L on d on in two or three dep. THE LIVERPOOL WINTER ASSIZES. CROWN ,c6I.7IIT.—ItIESTERDA*:, • , . (llefore I,fz JasObe knArrixd.)• • nisjordship came, into eourt:ati o!elotet yeste"rd'iy, after - . which the usual ,proclamation'! against .:-Arlee and in morality )4,0,Ti0g been read,,tbe following gentlemen were empann.elled and sworn on. THE &RAND JURY. Wm. Brown, Esq., foreman. Samuel Henry Hind, Esq, R. Brocklebank, Esq. , John Laird, Esq. James Campbell, Esq. Wiliam Pilkington, Esq. William Earle, Esq. A. Powles, Esq. . William Gibb, Esq. William Ross, Esq. Samuel R. Graves, Esq. Charles Saunders, Esq. Datid lEtarrison, Esq: W. Shand, Esq. Jaillds C. H4rtley; Esq. James Mpinall Turner, Esq Olivcr Heywood, Esti: • James W: IWStdn, Esq. John Hick; Lordship, tUri ~(181,resE..'ed4 ge'htleiiien of the. t . Grand Jury. [From .the very disadvantag nos position i in, which the reporters'...gallery is placed n, this.court ; his lordshi y p:s, address, was ,eceasionally not very dis tinctly heard, by the :representatives. of the ipress.], He said that the calendar, the contents Of which would be laid before them, and for the .consideration of which they were brought tbgether on that , •occasion, certainly, prese i nted a : very,seriens and formidable' list of criminal offences far that county., :.,He himself . was not able; from the fact of not having lidd the hottour,„on any previous occasion, of attending the assizes fbr that division, to speak as to the diminution or theincrease of crime, as comnaring the calendar which was then before him with the calendars of previous assizes. But, although undoubtedly. formidable in its details, he was happy - to lay that he had . learned from those who had More dperieribe of the .dothitY than himself, that it 'did not furnish ari , indication oi.afi ipErease in the aiiimitit of dime, for. his. great, county... 5o far ,it was a source of cOngratulation, fey. iii , u: large , countyclike .theifs, teerriitig 'witti an iiiinienSc, varied; arid fluctriating poPu laden, it was almost impossible to And, at this season of the year, a calendar which would not present some features of a grave character; and, therefore; he con sidered it was upon the whole a subject of congratula-, tion that their calendar did not indicate any serious increase in - the - number of prisoners. The calendar contained seven cases of homicide; but although all homicides, prima Pie, were looked upon as murder in the eyes f the laiv, yet there Were bat twri,eaSes of the seteri,, iVhiett could ripot by gie.elea,rest . ,circumstances tie reduced ,310. w the crime, of minder, and ever; in one of those tW.o eases to which ,he, had .alltideel t and for which the commitment had ,been very , properly made out as murder, it was not impossible, that the circum stanees,.,which. would ; . be brought before, : the.m, . and Upon be jastifledl, ~ finding a bill; might be . such, and assume such a complexion when it came before the petty jury, as to reduce the' case from murder to homicide. He had already told them that all cases of homicide were prima facie, in the' eyes of the law, looked upon as murder; that is, having proved the homicide it rested upon the person who had committed' the crime of homicide to show such eircur,n stances as would reduce it to the crime of manslaughter. the qtsel to Which he hAd atiaded.o - as a case in iihieh a Man Was .eheiged with the serious and very grave crime of murdering his own Wife. There appeared to have been a quarrel between them, although Un doubtedly there, was nothing ihown in the, depositions of any thing like a provocation being given; which would justify resort tothe . use of so fatal a ; weapon as. a Jcnife, whieh the ,party apcused Of the, oftenee ,ttse.d an the eceasien, and by. the instrumentality • of which he Was, unfortunately enabled to accomplish his fell purpose in killing his wife. At the same time there were circum-: Stances in' the case which would no doubt be worthy of the serious consideration of the grand jury.. No person was present during the whole period of the quarrel, and it also ,appeared that there were circumstances in' it which rather tended to show the absence of that amount of provocation that would have at all justified the'resort to the use of so deadly an instrument on the occasion. It would be for them to investigate all the circum stances; and to see if they were sailicient in the shape of provocation, to reduce the crime to the charge of manslaughter, and justify the prisoner to resort to the means of self-defence. These facts would be entirely for their consideration. But great as Might haVe been the provocation, it could riot haVe justified hini to resort to so deadly a weapon as á, knife.. The other ease, Was that of a seaman oil board A. shili,hairitag stabbed the beats*aiii: There also seemed. to . liaVe, been a quarrel bet Ween these parties, or rather some dispute, or sonie thing like a struggle, The observations that his lord ship had made in .the other case, would he said, apply with equal force to the latter case also. The other case of homicide—the five remaining cases—were such that it wav most perfectly clear that the crime was reducible to manslaughter, and he did not anticipate that any difficulties would arise in their consideration of these cases. He was sorry to perceiye in the calendar a very large number of burglaries—no less than twenty cases of this kind. , Of course he need scarcely tell them, who had had, he durst say ; consider able previous experience in courts of justice, that , the crime of burglary varied very much 'in the amount of Miniinality attached to it: There were some eases of this nature that scarcely went beyond the crime of simple larceny; but there Were others which assumed a far grayer aspect. A person who deliberately committed an act of burglary; 'committed one of the most serious offences that was known to the law. He feated that more than one case of that sort would be brought before them, He also regretted to observe that a great number of these burglaries had b'etit conim itted in the houses of those persons who belonged to the working or lower class of life, and which houses, unless they were protected by the law, could not be protected at all. There were in the way of violence as many as ten eases of stabbing, cutting, and 'wounding. This Was an un pleasant feature, as it indicated that the use of the knife was fatally on the increase, He also observed that there were three eases of a crime that he had hoped they would have heard but little of, namely L-the erime of arson. Some. of these cases were fortunately not — so serious as they might have been; bat there *de three eases amongst them 'of avery tetiells nature. It was a lamentable thing that, in these days, when education and knowledge were extending themselves, there were still to be found persons, not only so wicked and devoid Of sense, but so blind to their own self-interest; as to de stroy the property of others. Two of the oases, certainly, did not appear to be so serious as these cases usually are, 'but there 'vete three cases on the calendar in which a large amount of property was destroyed. There were also three KiaSes . whieh, to a commercial community like that of this county, of course assumed a great importahee : these were three cases of forgery, *filch would be brought before them. Re hod. no doubt 'that they were particularly well able to deal with cases of this deserip-. tion; :and it would be for them to see that lit, the necessary allegations and indictments, there was suffi cient prima facie evidence to put the • persons accused on their trial. There Was' one instance, and only one, to the credit of the county it should be said, in which the charge of an unnatural offence yvas brotight against a prisoner. He asked to be alloWed lb Make an observa tion with reference to ;the 'charge. It would appear from the depositions, and he could not say whether it would appear in the same way before them, that the patty charged had been watched by a police-officer ; and that this officer thought it consistent with his duty, not only his duty as a constable or police-officer, but his duty as a man, to watch the proceedings or the accused person ; and, instead of interfering and preveritirig4 the commission of so horrible and so reVelting a clink, looked on as a silent spectator Ad Waited the accom plishment of the fearful offence, and then took him into custody. The gentlemen of the grand jury would have that oftiter before them, and they would then have an opportunity of judging of the credibility of the witness, and what amount of credence was to be attached to his - L_ kelf l oiiiiOrialfar fire then before him; and as the person would appear before them, the obset vations that his . lordship Made Might be triode fir leSs qualified by the eiplatiations Mit the policeinan would give. But, he *odd Say, unless in a case of-that description they saw a reasonable ground for supposing that the petty jury would convict the prisoner of the offence, they ought not to find a bill, because the pub lication of those details, those horrible details, would be better spared by not having them revealed in a court of justice. But of course, if they found that there WO sufficient ground to suppose that a 'Corivietla Woilid take place, however unpleasant to tileathat duty might be, they should have tb And a true bill, especially as the •presett tease differed very much from the generality of cases in that respect. Of course they would exercise a wise discretion in not finding a bill, unless they thought there was a reasonable ground for supposing that contrary course should be adopted, He did not think that there was anything in the other eases 'calling for par ticular attention from him; bat there. Was a sahjeetnpori which, as that wag the only,oppertanity he had a ierer ring to it, he should mention it in. that public manner, What he alluded to Was the banner in which some of the depositions Wen taken, which he had carefully read over ; and With which he certainly had some fault to find. It also occurred to him that there was latterly a tendency of taking depositions compendiously, which was not a proper and business-like mode of taking them. He might observe that in many of the Vases, in fact in ethiteymwahjeorre they ityoft t h hen em, were, the at county, partioularly in the the with great care; and he wassurdeetP°hastitihoens were taken hadonitb mention the few cases where the, sanie biisiness-like manner was not adopted to haVe this abuse rectified in the future. , From the informal manner in which some of the depositions were taken at present, it followed as a necessary consequence that the ends of justice were defeated, and he hoped that for the future this loose and careless manner of taking the depositions would be avoided. He would also say that he had tindoribtedLY received complaints as to the emis s i o n of t h e il i ag i s tf a t es ' clerks to return the depositions at the proper time. When the depositions were taken they should 'be returned immediately, instead of which they were detained for a length of time, which rendered it impossible for the' officers to furnish the judge at the proper period—at the earliest possible period—with the information which he required.for the purpose of fixing the assizes, and also for other conveniences. He knew Of no reason why the magistrates' clerks should detain the depositions and not immediately return them to the proper quarter a nd at the proper time. H e sa id this, thou g h, h e did not wish to impute blame to any person. In conclusion, be would not detain them any longer; b u t if any difficulty should arise in their con sideration of the cases that would come before them, he would be most happy to assist them in removing those difficulties. He was also very happy to see so large an attendance o f gent l emen o f the grand jury present on that occasion. The jurors then retired to their rooms. THE TRIALS OF PRISONERS. The foreman of the Grand Jury having returned into court with a true bill, the trials of prisoners were pro ceeded with. John MiIIsBURGLARY. (44), was indicted with having at Butterworth, on the 2nd September, in the present year, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling house of Robert Earnabaw, and stolen therefrom £lO 10s. Bd., and one glass bottle, the property of the prosecutor. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and called a person who spoke to his character, and had known him for a period of thirty years, till within the last two years, when the prisoner took to drinking h a bits and did not conduct himself as uprightly as h e had previously done. The judge gave him a salutary admonition for his future behaviour, and sentenced him to nine calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour. ' Robert Simpson (19), and Ja mes Lythgoe (20), pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging them with h av ing, at Liverpool, on the 31st o f A ugus t, i n the present year, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling-house Of Thomas Nicholls, bricklayer, of St. Anne's-buildings, Great Richmond-street, in the borough of Liverpool, and stolen therefrom one,coat, one shawl, and other articles of wearing apparel, the propertS , of the prosecutor. The prisoners were defended by Mr. Scott. from the the evidence it appeared that about 3 •8!cloplt oti . t.He inerning, of the 3ist of Atigtist, the prose qiitor,and his, wife iqqa4iiisk(l,l#, ~ gfeat fit the kitchen; .and the, husband. having,,,gone stars, found tbe,prisoners,,Who Made,.therr thioiigh large .aperture,in the front..door, which jiad been, malle. by ilie nrisoners.- , Police7colistable ) LloY4 duty, at the time, and his attention having.. been, directed, to the house by loud cries of " police,", he proceeded ilp,the, court, and encountered both prisoners running down with articles of raiment, identified by the prosecutor as his property. They were both sober at the time. Mr.' Scott, on behalf at the prisoners, pointed out certain discrepancies that appeared between the evidence of the constable, and Mary Nicholls, (the wife of . the prosecutor) the fotitier having stated that the men were sober, and Mrs. ,Nichiiiis said they Were drunk. He contended that tt Was riietet# dtunken /caeca, and that there were strorig,stispicioris as 0 rrifitaEM.trey returned a verdict of guilty; ,FormericenVicliorialipying, been proved against the prisoner Simpson, ~his lordship. sputenced iit ,toi ten. i years' . .perto servitude, and the prisoner Lythgoe tolour years p4na.l.servitude. ! , John Murray (20) .pleaded tot: gniltyita, an indict -1 intent,, charging him with having :felonioilsly maliciously , set ,fire to a stack, of hay, the property of 'Robert Foster,. at, Penwortham. His lordship sen tenced liitn NI three pars; yowl -servitude. William Owen,. telicts Josha ratitkt (16);410. John Casey, same age, pleaded not guilty to an charging them with having at Salford, on the 29th August, 1860, burglariously broken and entered' the dwelling-house of Joseph Woolley, and stolen therefrom one pair of boots, the property , of charles Hasselgreave.. It appeared that, Omit One o'lock an the morning in question the prisoners entered the hoiise ;zit Mf. Wodligy; baker, 249; , ChaPel-street; in. Salford, Ry Mean's of cellar,pud .having I se;cfeted ,themselves, thenfoi sprrie time succeeded in mining iJCssession of appal' of boots belonging 'to an assistant naniei thisst.ilgfgaire, in the service of Mr. Woolley. They were attempting to make their escape with the boots when a policeman was sent. for and caught the prisoners. The prisoners contended they had just come from Warrington that night, and it being very wet and cold they merely took shelter in the Cellar arid fell asleep in it, The jury returned a verdict df arid his lordship pairing addressed a few admonitory obseilVatiOni td the . juvenile delinquents; ordered them, to,bp disgharge(l, B : UItOLAIcY AT NizT,STADERBY., Oliver Gotigi,Teoriim. iiied bir W. Preston and ,T.,q. Morris, Esqrs., on the 34SepteMber, 1860 was ; placed at. the bar -.and pleaded not guilty to the indictment of havinfl, at ' West ,Derby, the Ist September. in .the present yeah, bi f irglarionaly , broken ; and . entered .the d*elling-liouge of Mr. Howarth?, end stolen therefrom two pairs of boots, one pair of trowsPrsi and varitu t is other articles, belonging to William Aeworth. fie MIS alto charged with having, at the same place, on the 30th August, 1860, feloniously stolen one shift, one pair of gloves, one handkerchief, one towel, and one piece of soap, the property of lames Kerr. The ease• for the prdseclitidn *as eon.dgeted by Mr. Aspinall. The prisoner Was Undefended:, His loidship, in Charging the jury i in the ; cose, stibthitted that the Chief tldestiod for their consideration was *liether st sufficient identification tied been, established. to bring ,the eliarge ,honie against the prisoner . ; kappeared, however, that.on the mor,niug fol lowing the night on which the burElarywas committed a riplieernan had been Wiliciiig f r o .pool Liv tOWEifds West Der 4, and Met the prisoner pceideedirig 0(41 thB ditedidii of Mr. Howarth's house, carrying a basket, the contents of which he refuSed to make the policernan acquainted with, and On examination the officer found that the articles contained in the basket were those that had been stolen from Howarth's house. The jury returned a verdict of guilty in the case of Howarth.—He was then put on his trial for the theft of certain articles belonging to lamei Item Mary Kerr was called and stated that her .husband lived on the Wakefield farm,' about a mile from the village of West Derby. All the articles that had heeli brought Id her lidlisd ,hy .the policeman she identified as bpi propefty. ..-loliCe:COn stable White deposed that he found the articles belong ing V) Mr. Kerr, as *ell as those that were. the property of Howarth id the possession drjlie . prisdrier tin the morning : of the 2nd s c ptenibe r , The prisoner said that he receiVed.' the Stolen property from an Old man that he niet ori the foal , A ve diet • of, gitilty was also re blood in the last mac., is lordship .sentenced him to three years' penal seriitii e for the burglary, and one day's it aprisonthent for . tlie theft. . . „---- . .....„..... __ STABBING - A WONAN AT SA.LVORD Patrick Connor (37), committed by 11. L. Trafford, Esq., on the 21st August, 1860, was placed at the bar on the indictment, of having, at Salford, on the - 21st July, 1860, feloniously stabbed, cut, and wounded Ann Battersby, with intent to maim her, The prisoner pleaded not guilty; and was defended by Mr. Scott. From the opening . statement of the counsel it would seem that on the night of the 21st July the husband of the proseOuttil and the prisoner Were quarreling in her house in. Chapel-street, Salford, and she went down. the stairs and endeavoured td separate theni, wbeii She *as assaulted by the prisoner With a jai* rasp of dle;_with which he strtioit her seVeral - blows 9a ,he arm and the back of the head. The Parties lived in the same house, the upper part of which was occupied by the praßtitiii and her family, and the grottnd doer by the prisoner. The learned ernin6el for the defence Contended that the wounds thig,lit have been inflicted on the proseCutrix by her falling against a sharp-edged substance in the house, while she was in a state of intoxication. The surgeon wbo was Called stated,that the' Marks On 114 artils and head did not look as if they had been 'Made by such an instrument as that alleged to have been used by the priSdiier. All the parties were engaged in the shoe making business, had been drinking that night, and a row having occurred amongst them in the house which was occupied by them, it ended disastrously. His. lord ship considered .that even if the *minds were indicted stn the protwitrii by the Prisoner, still it did tiot seem that he had an intention of . inflicting a grieVous bodily harm on her. The jury returned a verdict of Unlaw fully wounding, but acquitted him of the charge of felonious assault. He was sentenced tn nine ealerldar . months' linprisoiiment , 11 r. lttills prosectited. The coitrt Wag then adjourned till half-past nine o'clock this morning. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT,—YEgTEADAt. (Before Mr. RAiiritF.s.) 1 . hi A YANKEE I" Tiro well-dressed persons, named Henry E. Stephen : Soil and Charles Jones, were brought tip by officers 859 and 171 on the folldwidg bllat. The first mentioned offieer stated that he heard noise in a beer hthise in Tarlton-street, Everton, between eleven and twelve on T ues d ay n i g ht, and alongyith another officer he went into the house to examine it. When they came out they separated, and he was passing entry Close 'to. the hodse; theti .the two Prison6s rdotit Of it, , and diked him if he were about to report the house? He replied that he would report it, whereon Stephenson caught him, and swearing loudly " I am a Yankee, and if you do I will blow your brains out. I don't care a d— about English, Irish, or Scotch, and out goes your brains if you report the house."• Mr. Raffles : Had he a pistol? No, sir ; there was none found on him. Mr. Raffles t Then so far .as ,the shooting Was epheerned it 16.4 ee idte threat Yes; .sir, id hie 'clci else S'es, he caught hold t 1 and shook me. Mr.. Raffles : What did . the other man do to you ? He threatened me if .I reported the house, but after that he offereti me 10s. not to say anything about it. Police-officer 171 corro borated a portion of the ether officer's evidence, The I'm-a-Yankee man said he was very sorry for what heal happened; but he did not remember it, as he was in. ' liAtior. .13.6 other prisoner defile?, having offered the costs, and the other prisdnia losi and Costs. The fines ROBERT STEVEN`SOX IX THE AICBAR: TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE LivEßT i ooi LtiTTSiAtORY ASSOcIATIOM. GENTLEMEN Much misconception having got abroad with reference to the case of the boy Stevenson now en board the Akbar,.cemmitted under the Youthful Offen der's' Act, i think it lyttt due to you that you should be ptit iii VoSsOSion of the real facts, itt order that your, gadi may ; &S gnafded against imbibing, any impression ealgi'latektligtiirh„Yonr etindderite in an institution thg#.9.. P.v.PIY 6 .4 1 i O. I J O Sr d P'at,rOnA,re titit b'fere detailing these,, you should first he made acqVainted with the titifthekl.adOpied.* th . & Qiz i hat e ,as a ar*c-: Lion' against the commitment of improper, oasis, ,FheJl child under sixteen years.of age isicharged tiefOte,them. with any offence not necessarily felony. She practice has been and still is to remand it for week,, in,order that careful inquiry may be' made into its own antece dents and into its domestic Condition. The duty of making this investigation falls upon an , officer appointed under the sanction of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who is also authorised td institute proceedings against parents of committed ehirdien fejt the ,tecovery of a certain portion of . their maintenance, • Orker plaged under my general direction and supervision,_, and .is 1 7 eiporleible, to the Inspector Aeformatovies for the proper disAlraitge of liis dugs. ,He ;has 14d• Ace, between, three aVct feti:t years, and it,,a,,,but duce, to hip" a to,saih and unvarying aectraei entitle to the fullest confi denee .of his employers. • , • . The boy 'Stevenson was ,first committed to gaol wall tyfo other boys under. a general. remand of a week on the 2 tli Aitglsk 1050—all having been found sleeping out at one o clock in the. nytning, The account he gave of himself to the reeeplioli ward officer aihe and subsequently to myself, was that he il'at*Vl years of age (his height being 4 feet 5 inches, and weight 6 stone 0 lb.; he certainly did not suggest that he had Otefstaleti his age) ; that ho was a Presbyterian; that lie ea st 4 dit ttt any place of. worship ; that his earriin'gs.ll4 a-ifeei, atd that he had been . hefofe i his itit'fehensirm that he had been Ave, 4 1 a flaY,,soliVe . k af . fd the same time at g &kiddy sehoob and that.. Six rkotilh i s had elapsed since he attended either that his stelY father was then in Glasgow, and had been for *de*. which was untrue. • In a day or two after his commit ment, the official referred to above (Mr. Kirkbride) was directed to visit his home, and did' so. -He there saw the boy's mother' who complained of the trouble he odasioned lief by his determined propensity to absent himself keird.hOtne difring the night. She stated that on One.occalioh he had Veen a; fortnight front Koine; that Oovionsly,t i d..that. she, had reejtiestela fiolioe bilker to receive hip in chargeaut that the 6,7Cer,had declined to de so, and she. eiptesied her army* 4esice that, klie boy might be sent, top reiefiiiatdil,:bnt Oie t ageoeti at . same time her inability to contribute anything towafils his maintenance.... On, that occasion, as it was the.first of .his being , in: custody,. and no other reasons existed calling' for a fdrther• restraint on his: liberty, it was hoped that the week's imprisonment in a seVrate cell would act as a sufficient caution, and he was Giseharged ' on the expiration of his remand. One of his companions WAS at that time sent to a reformatory, the other was liberated with him. The caution which he had received, hoWeiteri and the admonition from the magistrate, dppedied td hate had little effect in checking his impa -tielide df tarental,eotttfol; for iii sit': days after his libe tation, oil the o,tliPePtinffier, ifiisS, be Was again charged With a siniilar offenee; hafirigyeen at half- past fent. in the-mocning, togeth'er with five otheiliop, de of *ho' had been tatnini i tteel with hid on the first occasion: his aegetirit of liirriSelf now: differs fidpil is first statement • He now,represents himself di la yeAs of age, as being a Member of the Church . of. England,' four years only at a day school,•and never at , Sunday school. Hustates, too, that his stepfather had gone ,to sea in the Imperatrice, bound for China, which was untrue. These discrepancies I merely record, but do not remark upon. On this, his second imprisonment, his home was not visited; but Mr. Mansfield, finding that the boy was clearly beyond the power of his parents' infiu tilde or Meats of restraint, and that his former imprison nient had faded, domed it most prudent, in compliance With his mothers Wish, ie.coninilt the bo/ to la days' imprisonment, . and afterwards to the Akban for five yegtsthe s peried named iiiOerY ease. , Cfne of hit Coln iVas also comiriitted totAVar, at the same time; the others Were discharged Whin gaol letter was sent by,the goYernor to the parents infofirling then' that they Aught see, theirbdy,p'rior to his removal and i , 113 , it has been said they. never received the letter L am at a lOss to oontectiite; with the fan befOre.me that on the day naMeetilierein the Mother, acemnpanied: by another woman, did 'visit the prison an ,did gee the boy. His conduct in gaol was very bad, and more than once he - was - punished for the following offences Creating a disturbance, neglect of work, breaking his cell windows, and tearing and destroying gaol property. I am aware that the statement made by gr. Kirk bride, of the mother's complaint of her Mites continued misionduct, and of her desire that'he should be sent to reformatory treatment, has been denied. Such disa vowal does not in the slightest degree shake my thorough conviction of Its truth: That he did visit her house I hate the most daiiiiiiding,Oonfi and dm. equally cer tain, too." , that his report of what past is litdralli rect. - Heis,prePared to Verify . it on oath, sliced his superiors Upon hint to dd SO. I have. several times taken'tiieriAdteg th Cheek the idaiiraff cif hia'reliorts, and have invariably foUnd hint correct, nor tan I disiover anything to jnstify . a suspicion ,of want of faithfUlness in this particular instance. Even had he a desire; or were he to 'make the attempt to furni s h incorrect or garbled inforniation, elete6tion would h gdre immedi ately to follow, because, in every iristande df a eonimitL ment to a reforniatory, instructions are . subsequently received from the Home Office to call upon the parent or step-parent to show cause why an order should not be made upon him to contribute a sum not exceeding ss. a-week towards the child's maintenance. On receipt of Sifeh histruetiOns a summons is issued, signed by two Magistrates oilier than the coMmilliny nutylati'dte, who (to Use the words of the act), " having duly examined into , the ability of the parent, and, oil 6ogidehtitoti of all the eirennzstanees of the ase,"• may. Make such order; within the unlitabove sireilied; as in their diseretiOn : they may think fit. Mr. Kirkbride may, at that hearing, be called upon in the presence of the parent to substan tiate the information supplied by himself, and on which the first commitment took place: Every candid person, therefore, will at once see in. these details a sufficient guarantee against either falsehood or error. In Steven son's case the usual instructions were received, and a summons; signed by Mr: Bodertgon Gladstone and Mr. W. Itathhono „WAS issued, butriot sefied the parent, the officer charged with its service having returned it with the endorsement "left." No doubt the officer, as in duty bound,, used all proper diligence, but, as it seems, without effect. This, gentlemen, is a faithful resume of all the cir ministanees connected with the two apprehensions and the Coniniiinient df the boy Btebengon: Mr. Mansfield, .the. committing magistrate, is perfectly competent td justify his own acts; and it is not as his apologist that. I address these remarks to you, but in doing so I am influenced solely by. the desire to disabuse your minds of any unfavourable bias which the recent controversy is likely to create. That the boy has been properly convicted no one with .these facts before, him and whose „mind . is not alfaadY i pte:o - jetipi.kjd With, d, itrineent ,deterniation not to hear the truth will pretend to deitY. Legdll# he has. been properly convicted , because the act does not require felony to have been committed by those who are brought under its operation, the words being "any offence" punishable by 14 days' imprison ment at least. I have reason to know that the word was advisedly Used by the framers of the ant, in order to embrace cases *lath, tlyigli not actually within the eateioq of felons, Were 111. &too ~0 4 . .1.11 C..... ntiVall# also properly cohii te or surd, - It ever omiidd was in danger of becoming a confirmed criminal be was ; his parents had lost their legitimate control over him, they were powerless to restrain him from truant habits and from bad company, absenting himself from the domestic roof for days together, his where abOuts not known, police interference sought by his parents, imprisonment no terror to him, his of other his conduct . even in gaol had+iiaY, worse that boys of his OA dt, I ask, eau troy a with such propensities and such a disposition tieedind (gales placed under more effective discipline) but a Confirined thief—a trouble to his parents, arid a pest to society. It will be allowed that the experience I have had has `afforded abundant opportunities of watching the progress Ottriminals; and of juvenile criminals in particular ; and I could ? without effort,..at this moment put my fidget Oil g sbdie Of Cri4eS df juienilb felons Wild eari menced-theircourse precise l y as this boy Stekeiisdfi had commenced. If, then, this boy has been properly convicted, it will not be denied that he has been properly detained. It must be remembered that when a child is sent to a reformatory a sacred duty. is involved, and any tier' of the ,kind, would be ,guilty, of a dereliction of duty if it Willingly, par t e d with a child before there was either a reasonable expectation that it *mild walk honestly thereafter or a conviction that its reformation was hopeless. I apprehend that in this y yours; case neither of ll theserP,Oints has yet been alll attained: —I ,So gentlemen, faithfii CAnrEit, Chaplain. Boroiigh Gael, December 12, 1860. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. Joseph Hillbrow, who was lately in the employment of Mr. Louis Selig, o f Li me - s t ree t , as a trave ll er, was brought np on re man d, c h arge d w i th em b ezzl i ng two sums of £1 Os. 6d. and 15s. 6d. Mr. Copeman appeared for the prosecution, and Messrs. Uluck and Cobb de se a n t i i tlVl expenses,e w p w l e o eh y ki employed h and.st v h a e s f rt p oo r m i p s a o By n s e i r ot ro a s fended the prisoner. The case was. ,one into; And the detail's published a ft* 'dais aki. The facts Were these : .hisos luggage ac_oduaanyltsraoys. traveller,The On the return of the prisoner, the prosecutor alleged that he was over £lB short in his accounts, The prose cution now produced a Mrs. :Proctor, from Durham, who proved that. she purchased £lO 9s. 6d. worth of goo& froth. the prisoners and he only returned, £lB td, bni ployer. A Mr. Taroni,, fhni Sundeilitid• 2 proof that he paidthe priSen.er I.As. 6d. for goods, and this sum was net 'returned at all. Mr. Copeman said these two cases were sufficient to send the prisoner for trial. The learned gentlemen who defended the prisoner endea voured to put a civil complexion on the case, and that the prosecutor had condoned the offence. Thp prbseT cuter denied.the latter allegation, and Mr, R a ffl es sa id he had n 6 altetnatiVe gena the prisoner for trial. Ite agteed, however, to take bail for his appearance. CHARGE OF FORGERY TO DEFRAUD THE QUEEN. John Prosser was charged with forgi ng a d ocumen t with intent to defraud the Queen, ,It appAr c d that ilia prisoner was einployeciAo fiet recruits--boys, and others the navy, and in case of boys a declaration was necessary, to the effect that they Wad 'the consent of their parents, or other guardians, to join. In August last a lad named Bromley, from Dudley, fell in with the prisoner, who filled up a declaration that the lad's father and mother were dead, but at he had., the consent of his uncle to loin the Hastings. Capt. LUeltraft of that ship took him on the declaration. After 'sonic five, weeks, it was found that the boy's father and mother were alive, and they came and claimed him ; and it further appeared that the uncle, whose signature was put to the paper by the prisoner, was dead upward of twenty years. Capt. Luckcraft stated, that by the means adopted by the prisoner, he had defrauded her Majesty out of the clothes and food supplied to the boy for the time being. The prisoner was sent for trial on the charge of forgery. CAUTION TO CAR, CART, AND LORRY DRIVERS. Mr. Bloxam, a gentleman residing at Fairfield, came before the magistrate and said, I wish to address von, sir, as the chief magistrate of Liverpool. Mr. Rallies : The stipendiary magistrate—the Mayor is •the chief magistrate. of the town. Mr. Bloxam continued to say, I was so nearly killed yesterday evening that I think it right to state it to the magistrate. so that some steps may be taken to remedy an evil so generally complained of, and which was so nearly proving fatal to me. I was crossing Dale-street, last evening, at the early hour of five o'clock, going out to dine with a friend. I looked at either side, up and down, and saw the crossings all clear, and so I went on. Before I got to the other side of the street I was struck with something in the side and carried along, and I found it was the shaft of a one-horse lorry or vehicle, and it was almost a miracle that I was not killed on the spot. It is not long since a respected gentleman, who was a merchant of this town, was killed in that locality. I called out to the driver to stop, and I took his number and name, and he said he had called out to me;' but suppose he had, that is no reason why he should run over and kill me. My life would he a serious loss to my wife and family, and I hope that, something will be done to prevent the outrageous furious driving in the streets. Mr. Raffles said, I have, uni formly fined persons who were convicted before me, the full penalty for furious driving. I was rather amused to find a letter in one of the papers, a day or two ago, finding fault with me for that. However, Ido not care about it, as I shall continue to inflict the full penalty of 40s. in every case proved before me. The applicant - then left. The Times says that Lord Elgin at this moment Ifs] the fate of the Tartar dynasty in his hands. THE DAILY TIMES, TTHJRSDAY, DECEMBER 13 1 1860 COUNTY CO RT. — At t this court yesterday, before W, Hulton, judge, the case o f Fletcher t. Ramsden was tried, and a verdict entered for the plaintiff ; damage s , 20s. The facts of the Casa were briefly these :—Some ti he agb the ddfendant *anted a shandry, arid applied t to the plaintiff s ; who offered to build him one in five or six weeks. The defendant wanted some vehicle in the meantime, and plaintiff lent him an old one to use until the new one was built. This old onewas, story), sadly and abused by the defendant (according to the plaintiffs when returned the shafts were broken and the dash board gone. The .defendant contended that these mis haps were the result of the wretched state in which th e shand r y was w h en he received it. Mr. Bremner repre sented the plaintiff, and Mr. Gray the defendant. COAIMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.-- Lancashire-23rd Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps : H. P. Barton, gent., to be Second Lieutenant.-15th ... Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps F to be Ensign, vice Stuart, resiTied .....NH. Boult, gent. , orth Lonsdale or 37th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps: Adjutant F. H. Suckling, to serve with the rank of Captain.-61st Lan cashire Rifle V o l unteer C or p s : The Rev. J. Stook, M.A., to be lionorary Chaplain.-74th Lancashire Rifle Volun teer Corps : Li eutenant J . Ashley, to be Captain ; A. ' Crosthwaite, g en t., to b e E ns i g n. — Memorandum : Her Majesty has been graciously Pleased to.tant ac cept the resig nation of the co mm i ss i on he ld by Assis .• Rifl Sur g eon Re Volunteer T. Lodge, M.D., in th e I st L auc asha Corps. THE LATE MRS. JAMEs, or VAVIII es, of Vaux may be remembered that the late Mrs. A.LL-itoAt tames, was tried hall-road, for whose murder Thomas and acquitted, left a will, bequeathing certain executor. The to her relatives, leaving Winslow as her gWinstain property validity of that will was disputed by her ex b who con- Bennett, who entered a caveat. Mr. Cobb,rother, Mr. ducted the defence (on th e cr i m i na l charge Winslow), was instru c t e d to oo se thhea against proceedings pp taken by Mr. Bennett against the will, and, for some time past proceedings hav e b een going on in the Court of Probate in this matter. A s t h e case has ca us ed much public attraction, it will b e i nterest i ng. to know, that so far as the will is concerned, th e liti ga tion is at an end. , and Mr. Cobb succeeded in settin g as id e the neat establishing Winslow's claim t o t h e e xecutorship — the and plaintiff, (Mr. Bennett) havin g t o pay the costs , , tthe original will is established. The property was sworn under £450, and of this Winslow is the sole executor, and has the distribution of the estate o f th e deceased. This affair only terminated yesterday. THE SESSIONS' COURT 'Alt/ THE POLICE cp. VAT. „ . In. consequence of a paragraph Which aPPedied in the Daily Post ,of misterilly,ythe reporter who also furnished this joutnal with .a , repnrt or the ; same :dispnssiop,,,has requested us to publish the f?"ll'owini"lfter in refutation of the informant of the Daily Post. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY POST, was with much surprise that I 'obierved, in this day's Daily Post, a " special" paragraph, impugn ing the accuracy of the report I forwarded you on Mon day. You therein state "we are glad to Mid that it is 'very inaccurate," as Mr. Walter did not tiSa the words 1 . inlet/tea, to him in court. No doubt you have. been thus infornied: Mit . your informant has not stated in ";11a't ,Ortlentlar . the fel:MI is inaccurat e .: Now for the, ,purp'oie tii e eo'frectness., of .the report., fiirnished . • to. y paper;our thith was . ' correctly presented- •tlfeliela, hgvp mill to, ifafe. filet .1 sat nest to Mr... Walter in the ,conri, .tePt doW,n' shorthand every.observation made,. and am ;ie . eessary t to make oath as to their correctness. But, in addi tion to thigjefterwards directed Mr. Walter's attention to what took place at rife niegOpg of the CoUncil, when the subject of taking the depoSitfors 'was alluded to; and his reply was, " ; Yes, but the depositions a 77 itteist. fully taken, and' wish. some of the newspapers tik,47d take it up, and you may say from me that they are only iciked by et pared Again, of ignorant boys." yesterday Mori; iris byte: : the report had appeared, Mr. Walter, al though:J sa't 41Yo'dghoitt the day, 'never to ME inapßvied, ,the accuracy. of the reporf, bkit observed— Aare 4ad. all these depositions' to la/c Bo th' agetii,,becefuse tisey were 4,budly doM." Thes - 0,v , e0 i'n the case of Middleton?, for the felony t'he telegraph office. Therefore your informant is - hi er`kk u,Rd not the report. Should it be necessary, I can supply you some other pertinent facts on • the subject. You also - Etat, that the report came too late for revision. All.l Can say is, float it4w74 at pour office . before five o'clock ; I left it myself. I hope, justive to myself, you will give the same publicity to this letter talon did W the special paragraph inserted in the Daily Post. Cif coupe it is not my business to know whether the assertions made by Mr. Walter are correct or not. I could only gife he stated,-1 remain, sir, yours respectfully, THE REPORTER. inkrnYed that fliefe was an error in the name 4 tfie COdrisel, as, 1t shbuid hate heen Mr, Temple and not Afr. Littler ; lyht; With' the ei 4 ception of that error, every word is correct, which se-leyal gentlenien who were in court at the time will yolk% foiff iequired. December 12 1860 ' , • TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES, StA,---Since writing the above letter to the Editor of tbe . .tdity Post, in answer to the paragraph complaining sit the in'aciiraay of the' report I furnished on Monday last, as,to,What took tbiace at the . Stessivns Court, which I. think 1, have. Satistadtorily answered;l understand that 5.)0,tt ahV lia' had shilat COUVaints: Vy whom those complaints . are rtiitde. I B'ut if it is necessary that I should further jiistiCY thti a6'cir'racy of the report, I can only say that I will produce to :344' a portion ,of the report, in Hr. Walter's own handwriting, as 60 - dirmatory of the notes I had taken, •and will further state aid tte repgrt was given at Mr. Walter's especial request for publicity.'=.l, am, sir, yours most respectfully, . THE EttORTER, LIVERPOOL ARCHITECTURAL AND . ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. The siitth niecting of this session , of the Liverpool .4srchitieeinfai and hrchttiological Society was held at the Indittition fast night, Mr. lames Hay in the eVarr, iher!', atter . the *ellen of several members and *in t 0 ivhte ,brisineSS;. Mr. Frank Howard was called upon .to' rea pa l * . on' the Matas , of Art, and its Critics WhiCh, after tracing progress of act till it reached its nearest approach to perketion in Greece and Italy, he proceeded to shoW the unifornilty of principle to be found' in all the artistic critics down to, a very recent, period ; and, in contrast, the capricious variety of' the opinions of the public.. The only real variations among the artists from first to last had been upon minor details and questions of practice, which still remained unsolved ; and he asked how the public, uneducated in art, should be able to solve thos e doubt; which still remained unsettled in the minds of those who had devoted their whole liVes to studying the stiVeet, and ba4 proved their mastery over all other points: the president had offered the thanks of the Society 6' Mr. Howard, a ghott discussion took place, in Which, Mr. Joseph Ifoidt,, Mr. Hefteri Mr. S: Huggins, and Mr: Cog took part. The meeting generally expressed iheasel4eS highly pleased With Mr..Howardis interesting t'aper'. . . WEST DtfißY €4.UAR;DIANS: The weekly meeting of this board was held yesterdq, Mr. Reyes in the chair. The usual returns having been submitted, The Clerk 01g. Cleaver) read the following - lette'r from Messrs. M‘Cennal,and ,Cafferata, the overseers of Everton, with reference to ibe natil rrinde upon- them by the Guardians : • TO THE CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF GUARDIANS OE TILE WEST DERBY UNION. Parish-office, 12, Everton-village. Gerttlemenr-411e ttVeneers of Everton have had under their consideration the dpiotbat of the last call made upon them by the puardiant of the West Derby Ilnkm. This amount being 4,557, the anne*ed contpaiative statenient will show the ffefence lit the t.dtdl amount cdlled for in 1859 and 1860 : 1859. 1861). April £743 0 0 Tild.V.: .......... 3c) June 1,629 0 6 OCiober .... 4;51 . September lB5 15 0, November 371 10. o; Deatuiber —1,726 0 0 .... ' ' - 5763 1,931 15 0 differenco £7,587 0 0 £7,581 The above shows that nearly 35 per cent. has been called for in 1860 above the calls made in 1859. This large excess indicate on the face of attention o it that a corresponding excess of ex penditure had taken place or was confidently calculated upon, , and the overseers having based their rate for this year on the expenditure of the last, and which they had no reason to exoect would be materially increased, naturally felt alarmed at the proSpect of b e ing . cornoeiled to lay another rate to meet this increased expenditur e. .They therefop directed the-atais. taut overseer to make Some mquiriea as . to the reason fol . this • large increase, and they were informed that: the ammint expended for the first six months of the present year had been £3,038„ but that 50 per cent. had been added to this amount this half year for contingencies. As to what these contingen cies consisted of, or what they were expected to be, the over seers could obtain no information. On this point the overseers would observe that contingencies were just as likely to occur in the first half of this year as in the present one, and yet the ee.rfrilidns did not consider it necessary to add to the call of the first sir! nionthi 3 per cent. to provide for contingencies which never occUirett, The overseers cannot see the deVes'Aity . or justice of calling upon the ratepayers to pro v i de beforehand for a Spposition; and as the rate for this y ear was calculated upon the eipendi ture of the last, and to which they had no reason to attficlp'afe such a serious addition, they reTectfully request a reconside ration of the matter by the board, being convinced that the real state of the matter could not have been known by the hoard at the time the call was made. If this additional 30 Per cent.' is persisted in, the overseers will be Under the pdlifftfl necessity of laying an additional rate to provide for it; and they geb'itit, tp the board that at the present lime, with the necessaries of life at stfch a high price, an additional rate would inflict a great and unnedesSarY hard ship upon a numerous class of ratepayers, and the OVCrS6p63 fear that such a measure would be the very means of bringing about that contingency which tire board are so anxious is pro . ' vi de for, but which does not exist at pre eat. Dec. 8, 186 0 . GF.ORGE M'CONSAL. JOSEPH CAFFERATA. tEikiElt thought that the overseers of Everton had made out a ier strung case for an inquiry. lie w as in hope that the sale of the hcfsttital would realise £12,000, which would considerably reduce the tall; but instead of that they had an addition al 50 p er cent. laid en. What are the contingencies spoken of ? The Clerk could not then state. If, however, the ratepayers and the overseers thought that, they could ° ;'. 11 7 on their 'present two establishments as.cheaply to nen Twtteth Yark bore a snare - or. Gnu eipeiled; they would lie Wofully disappointed. '(Hear, heat`. 1. 1V E D ARDg Said h l e If as Eery much surprised that the committee were so apathetic with respect to the sale of the hospital. It was now six malts since the proposition was first made, yet nothing had been done beyond Mr. Culshaw and another gentleman going' to London. The CHAIRMAN thought Mr. Culshaw had done good by going to London, for lie was now preparing plans. Mr. Ltiloit—Will the Clerk furnish the board with a brief' Afatedietit td the call next Wednesday? The Certainly: Mr. SHAW said that Iblt. 'Cieaver bud given one reason as to the cause of tIIC iherease in the amount of calls, and he *mild give another. When Mr. Gough • was appointed governor there were only some x3OO or 7 0 '0 patipers id the house, and his salary was subsequently increased Watts° the number of paupers had also in creased. Since their tte nthnher had decreased to about one-Waif, yet Mr. Gough's salary remained as it was, and so did those of the doctor, tailor, shoemaker, and others. The CHAIRMAN could also give another exolanation of the cause of the increase in the amount of the call. At the tittle the supply of beef was tendered for in March, there was only one at 00. per lb., and as 111. r. Shaw objected to its being received on that account, it was refused. Subsequently the bard had accepted a tender at 71d. per lb. It ytas then resolved that the clerk should report to the Vinance Committee on the subject of calls, at their meeting on Monday next, and that the latter should also report to the board at their next meeting. Mr. ABRAHAMS moved that the inmates of the work house be provided with the usual Christmas fare on Christmas Day.—Carried. The Clerk read a letter from the Poor-law. Board, stating that they had received froin the medical-officer and master of the hospital resolutions of the guardians on the subject of a proposal to close that establishment, and to discontinue the services of those officers. The board said they had not yet given their sanction to the closing of the hospital, and that before that could take place the necessary arrangements must be completed for providing accommodation elsewhere. The board re quested to he informed what had been done relative to the plans for the alteration of the workhouse With the view of providing infectious wards there. In reply to Mr. Clarke, The CHAIRMAN said, although they had accommodated the Toxteth guardians, the latter would not e ven r ec eive an offer from them respecting the accommodation- of their poor. Mr. PILLING said an arrangement hid been mide in Everton for the reception of the infectious cases. The board then adjourned. BANKRUPTCY COURT .—in re J. Matthew : The bankrupt, formerly the keeper of a hotel at Rhyl, appeared on his adjourned last examination. Mr. Evans, for the assignees, .offered .no opposition, and the bankrupt passed, the certificate meeting being fixed for the 4th of July next.—ln re John Cubbon : This bank rupt, a joiner and builder at Liverpool, came up on his adjourned examination. Mr. Watson appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Collins for the bankrupt. Some • further inquiry being necessary, the case was adjourned. REMITTANCES BY POSTAGE STAMPS.—PURCHASE OF STAMPS BY THE POST- OFFICE. —ln order to afford facility for turning into cash the nunaerpqs small remit tances now made in postage, stamps, and thus to dis courage the practice of sending coin in letters, the Post master-General has directed that the bead offices of Liverpool, Manchester, and Edinburgh, shall purchase postage stamps from the public, charging a small:Aii.. count for the accommodation. This practice is now in operation at the head Office, Canning-place, Liverpool ; and postage stamps, provided they be not soiled or otherwise damaged, are purchased in any quantities— from two upwards—at the Postmaster's Office, and at the Money Order. Office, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The branch post-offices in and around Liverpool aresot empowered to purchase stamps. CHESTER ASSIZES.._YESTERDAY. ; ; (lefore _M r . Justice Blackburn) TILEK n .m E BTOcyoT ultnEß-LACQUITTAL OF THE r . •.—PitIsONEA; „ • .Tohn.Howard (71), deseiibed -in the colander ae a weaver, who could r e ad and` Wt li' bid ini'Pei'leetly; was nlacedjn the dock charged . with the nintder: of gory Lut gp,v,lard, his,wife, Stockport, on'tbe 16111 of Sep tember last.. ,Th i e ppioner, wbo . is an infirm; feeble ul man, was accommooatid4ith chair. The to excite great interest amongstassemblage in which consisted of a large number *di persons from' 4 1 17 1 , Stockport and the immediate neighbourhood, as Wdll as' elan'' of the inhabitants of the city. Mr. Bevan, with whom Wag. IL Lloyd, appeared to prosecute ; and Mr. M'lntyre defended the prisoner. The circumstances of the ease as they appeared in 'evidence are of a most clistrating and heartrendi t y, diameter. The deceased, who was a Stott-buil t r obust Wodan; and who was some twenty years the prisoner's jeuier, was Oddicted•to dissolute and intemperate habks, .whiCh Wae"thiY &Use: of many quarrels between her, and her husband; a Well o,6:Using a portion of her fainily, which consisted of tiel4e . t v6ifii up persons, to separate themselves from her, and go intPoidginr. For about a fortnight previous to the occhriren‘e Or . \Well the prisener now stood upon his trial, the deceasd4 .incessaitlydrunk from morning tonight; and on the nigirt: preceding the raVrder, returned home at a late hour,.in a state of inebriety and trade, a lend noise to be admitted, although the door might ha , :e teen opened by merely ,lifting the " sneck." A few minutes aft'ef atriiim at the door, which was reached by ascending Aka 'l!iaffeet- • Steps, she was heard to fall down on the faVe . - m'ent . by - a *Ontatt named Robinson. She got up and again commenced likfring,gt the door, loudly crying for achAsicaii Which her'h6b'arid not refused to give her, whereupon slue went ;iiiiitad. to' . the Nett pArt of the house and began brealiiik the Witi'do\VS, and efeutnally succeeded in effecting her °b led. TrainediatelY,..ou entering she slapped her husband over the race with' her hand, which was covered with blood from the intend 54e,,,ba4 received in her fall at the door, and afterwards picked a quarrel with her daughter, Priscilla, whom she ultimately turfed'Otif of the' house, and who was com pelled to remain sitting uph i ti the dep until about three o'clock the following morning, when.ste.Was admitted by .her brother, and finding her mother lyin;cf Open the table she removed her to tie bedroom of her father, Who was asleep in bed. at this Ime, and then retired to rest h'er'self. About half-past five o'clock the same morning the deobaso4 arid her husband roused, and she prepared breakfast or her son arid daughter, who were going to their Work at The deceased at this time was noticed bir the hate a Wild a'p'pearance, and walking the room as though she. Was , insane. The son and daughter 'Went to their vtdrk, leaVing their mother sitting upon a chair near the brealddst table, - With her head on her hands. The prisoner and the dec'ed*d Were, left together in the house, the prisoner being engaged winding, at a wheel. About a quarter to eight o'clock he called Upon a neighbour, named Samuel Harrison, and W 4. 01'1144 hini that he thought there was something amiss 13,s h,odse, 7 --that she had done something to herself. Harrison. inquired, "Why do you think so, John ?" to which he answered, "There is so much blood upon the floor." lie then left, and; proVeeded - to the mill where his son was employed, and *de a similar statement to him. The son left his work, Ali acconi ponied his father back to the house. He entered, add folincl his Mother lying dead upon the bed, the fore part of her . Veing extended over the bedside, a large pool of blood ilVen the floor, and a knife placed as though it had fallen od et: the unfortunate woman's hand. The son immediately &U.' on f and" apprised the neighbours of the horrible spectacle' fit' had beheld. Severll persons were soon upon the spot, arid assisted in. washing the body, which was still warm, fcre the inspection of a medical man, who, on making an examination, discovered two wounds, about an inch in length; upon the left side of the neck, which had Venetrated the windpipe ; and also :found several wotinds on the left side of the head; causing extensive fractUre of the.boites beneath. The prisoner was, during this time,' obter#eci bl' &male who was present, to have spots of blood tipaii his face, whereupon she ordered him to get it washed. He said t was caused by her having struck him across the face the prettlAts night, and then went and cleaned it off. The following day, as he was coming out from the first inquiry into the depend's:death, he expressed an opinion that it was a very good " job' th 4 she had told him to wash his face, or he might have get.wrong: He was, however, taken into custody, and made a statement to the' effect, that on the morning of the alleged murder, his wife went up stairs soon after the family went to woik, and after she had been there a short time, heard a noise resembling a person &Bing on the floor. His clothes itefe subsequently submitted to a close examina tion"), a 'medical man, but nothing was discoVered tending to corroborate the belief that he had been guilty of the murder. Search was made through the lease by the police, when an nib was found in the coal hole, besmeared with human hair and traces 'Of blood. At the conclusion of the evidence for the prosecution, Mr. M'lntyre addressed the ivy for the' prisoner. . ge contended that the prisoner was'not gttilty of the charge imputed to him, but that she had committed snieide, Which act she had frequently threatened to do previous to the present occurrence. His Lordship* -In summing up, said the only question for the- jury to consider 1. as, whether the prisoner was guilty of, the charge preferred against him ; if they were not satisfied upon that point, it wotild bre their" - duty to acquit him, as there was no, middle course for them to pursue. The jury retired, and after an absence of three-quarters of an hour, returned into court, and'delivered a verdict of "Not dailty." The announcement was received with applause, which could not be suppressed until his lordship threatened to incarcerate any person found 'repeating the Offence. VTF;ST • COAST OF AFRICA, The following is the sttrOmary of news brought by the Athenian, which arrived hs the Mersey on Tuesday night : BONNY.—The trade entirely stopped, and had been for some time, in consequence of a higher bar bein g demanded by the natives, to which the traders refttselto submit. River unhealthy. CAMEROON S.—Trade very dull. Higher prices dertianded,for oil. RiVer healthy. • PERNAXIid Pd. Her. Majesty's exploring steamer Pioneer, Lieutenant May, commander, arrived on the 21st October, after a six weeks' passage from England. She left Fernando Po on the 28th October, in company with her Majesty's ship. Spitfire. The Pioneer was bound to the Cape and Dr. Livingstone's expedition on the Zambesi. LA6ciS.—Produce of all kinds scarce, and higher prices generally demanded. The Kin.' of Dahomey was continuing his wholesale sacrifice of human life. The nuttber already murdered at this one ceremony amounted to 1,700; and many more await a similar fate, the King con sidering that sufficient honour is not done to the metuciry of his late father until he has sacrificed .2,500. He had detained ten European traders at Abomey to witness his fearful custom. The King has threatened to attack Abbeokuta. H.M.S. Alecto, Commander Raby, sailed on the 10th November for Nun River and Fernando Po. SIERRA LEONE.—H.M.S. Espoir arrived on the 2lst of November, having in tow a magnificent , clipper slave brig, which she captured in lat. 7.10 N, log. 12. , 46 W. She was fitted for carrying 500 slaves, which she would have taken on board the following morning. The captain and super cargo had landed with a ho- K - BUM uf-munov fur the purchase of the slaves. She.had slave decks laid ani irons on board, also coppers for cooking. rice, and slave canoes for passing the slaves through the surf. When taken she had no papers' or colours; her cargo consisted of rice and water. —H.M.S . . Industry arrived on the 20th of Novem ber from Miyo, with 200 troops belonging to the 2nd West India Regiment, wrecked in H.M.S Perseverance. The West Africail Herald says :—" The muni cipality of Cape Coast has ceased for the present to exist. It .seems that the King. and native. chiefs and captains of the town object to the municipality on the very substantial ground that the existence of that body tends to diminish their -authority and reduce the revebue•they (the chiefs) derive from hearing causes. There can be no doubt, however, that every native of education and intelligence, appreciates the good the mayor and councillors effected. In abolishing for the present the municipality, the governor and his council have, we know, not acted hastily. The matter has been well weighed and thoroughly discussed ; and we understand that the -circum stance that has had most weight with the execu tive government, in arriving at the resolution we have recorded, is, that there are not educated natives of position in sufficient nuMbers to enable the late mayor and councillors to be relieved by others." His Excellency the Governor and party arrived at Accra on the 20th inst. His Excellency was saluted both by the fort and by the natives. The chiefs of the interior who were to meet the Gov ernor not having arrived at the. departure of the mail, his Excellency took a short cruise in the Alecto as far as calling at Anamboe and Winnebah on his way hence to Accra. His Excellency was pleased with the reception given him by the commandant of Winnebah. Captain do Ruvignes,_.commandant_ n£ Accra. had_ given general satisfaction. .. - Under date September . 30, we arc favoured with the following from Cameroons : Barque Lotty Sleigh ready for sea, and will sail next spring ; on the 15th instant the master, James Irving, died of congestion of the brain. Barque Moselle loading for Liverpool. Brig Eleonore, of Hamburg, will sail for Gaboon on the 12th prox. River very unhealthy. 11Ir. WDermotf , agent of Messrs. Ashman, of Liverpool g oes home by the Ethiope from ill health. Noth in g doin g in .trade.. The captain of 'the brig Commerce died on the 27th, and hia-son died the 'following day. It is with regret we report that, a few days ago, Captain Ki r k w ood, of the barque Guilford, belonoing was drowned whilst g o i n g on shore in his boat at to Hutton and Cookson, of Liverpool, Camilla. . : A murderous 'attack was made,, ou the 3rd November, on Mr. Charles Bannerman, the editor and proprietor of the West African Herald. The assailants were Joseph Adams, a trader, and several of his slaves. They were brought up at Cape Coast and sentenced - to • six months' imprisonment with hard labour. The trade on the Gold Coast was brisk. The Ainericans were carrying all before' them in the shape of trat._________ ______ - , , CORONBIeS INauEsTs.—The Coroner .held thnfollow 7 i ng inquests yesterday.—On the 1)0,4 of Sarah Jane di. a b a m, a child five weeks old, that . was smothered by being overlain, in bed in Finny-lane Thomas 7 strect. V e rdict accidental death. —On the body of a new-born c hild. It. was found that the child was still-born, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly. COURT FOR DIVORCE & .MATRIMONIAL CAUSES.—Dic. 10. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Common Jury.) WRITTAL V. WHITTAL AND III:NT. Henry Whittal prayed for a dissolution of his mar riage with Eliza Whittal on the ground of her adultery. 5 . 116 pteitded a denial of the charge, and also counter. dhaiges-of cruelty and; desertion, and shp prayed for a - juditia/ separation. The petitioner denied the cruelty and `desertion, eta' further pleaded that if committed they had.been eandera. The co-respondent did not, appear. Mr. Huddleston, q.C., and Mr. E. Ward appeared _for ti'e . petitioner ; Mr. Whately, Q.C., and Mr. Macqueen for the respondent. The petitioner was a cab proprietor at Birmingham, and he married tbe respotdbitt, who bad been a servant at a public house, in February, I'Bl2. 'Within a year or two of the marriage, s he became addicted to drinking , :and the h a bit grew upon her until her husband, who was a hard-working saving man , was una? l e to live with her. Th ey separated two or three times, and. he . allowed Prer to return home upon her promises of amendment. 'She did not, however, keep these pro mises, and a final separation took place in 1852. He made her a small allowance until he discovered, in 1857, that she was living in adultery with James Hunt, a ,idirev. Some of the w i tnesses ca ll e d t o prove the cobabito* and the adUltery had known the parties for several yell* and stated that the petitioner's treatment of his wife, was Ohfays kind and considerate' that she was seldom sober, and fliat she frequently pawned her children's clothes to supply herself with drink. There 'lap two children of the marriage. bhp- close of the petitioners case the respondent was tendered as It witness in support o f the all egat i ons of cruelty and clesertfon.: Mr. Huddleston Objeded to her examination. Macqueen submitted that the wife's evidence was admissible, on the ground that her player for a judicial separation constituted a substantive petition, and was theequitalent of a suit which was not instituted in con sequence of adultery. The Judge O'rdirary-;--I have no doubt that this is a suit instituted on the ground of adultery, and therefore the wife's evidence is exclude& Some neighbours of the parties Vere then called, who proved that on various occasions, beginning' soon after the Marriage and continuing up to the separation, they had seen *natal beat and kick his wife, and that she had shown them htnilrs and violent marks on her person. One of the witnesses, MarinThentron, admitted that she had seen the respondent " tipsy,' but denied that she had seen her "drunk." Upon being asked to define the difference between the two expressions, she said that drunk meant " very stupid," but tipsy only meant " not bright." Other witnesses denied that she was give# to drinking before the separation. It appeared that immediately after the separation she received an alloyanbe of 4s. a week, which was afterwards reduced to grs. ;. that she then applied to the parish, and that the petitioner Was ordered to increase the allowance to ss. The Judge-O'rdinary, in summing up, directed the jury, upon the issue o 4 cruelty, that if a man had the misfortune to have a drunbeni wife, he was not allowed by law to beat her by way of ehastisement, or out of revenge for the injury and mischief she had done ; but if she assaulted him, and was the originator of a quarrel in which she got beaten, she must take the consequences, and was not entitled to complain. th'e jiury found that the respondent had been guilty of adultery; end that the petitioner had been guilty of cruelty, but that it Intel been condoned by the respon dent. His Lordship said it appeared to him that the wife's drunkenness was the cause of the cruelty of which the husband had been guilty, and that his cruelty was not the cause of her misconduct. lie should not, therefore, refuse a decree.—A decree nisi was accordingly granted. A JUDICIAL SEPARATION, OBTAINED 'TO ENABLE A WIFE TO CONTINUE AN ILLICIT INTERCOURSE BEGUN BEFORE MARRIAGE, SORT ASIDE. COURT OF CHANCERY, LiNcotses-INx, Dec. 10. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) EVANS V. CARRINGTON. - This appeal from a decree of Vice-Chancellor Wood was argued during last term. The bill was filed for the purpose of setting aside a marriage settlement and deed of separation, on the ground of the dissolution of the marriage by reason of the adultery of the wife. The bill stated that after the marriage the plaintiff lived and cohabited with the defendant, Mary . Sophia Carrington, as his wife until the 21st of March, 1851, when the said defendant, Mary Sophia Carrington, left the plain tiff, and rented any longer to cohabit with him ; that very shortly after the said marriage the plaintif had reason to believe . that he did not possess the affections of his wife, and from the 21st of March, 1851, the plaintiff and defendant, Mary Sophia Carrington, had lived separate from each other. By an indenture of settlement made on the marriage, the plaintiff appointed a yearly rent-charge of £5OO, arising out of real estates, to the use of the said Mary Sophia Car rington for life, in case she survived him, and by .. the same indenture it was provided that any future acquired property of the wife should be settled on the husband for Ntith remainder to the wife for life, with remainder upon trusts for the issue of the marriage. 'Mary Sophia Carrington brought to the plaintiff £l,OOO as a marriage portion. The deed of separation was dated the 10th of May, 1851, and by it theylaintiff entered into the usual covenants for enabling his wife to live separate. The plaintiff also covenanted to pay during the joint lives of himself and Mary Sophia Carrington an annuity of £250, and to increase that amount by a, further annuity of 4400 upon the death of the plaintiffs mother—The bill contained an allegation to the effect that shortly after the deed of separation the plaintiff had reason to believe that thedefenclant, Mary Sophia Carrington, had coin-, mitted adultery,- and was in the habit of committing adultery, with a person named Robert Ansley Robinson, and that the defendant, Mary Sophia Carrington, had, previously to her said marriage with the plaintiff, com mitted fornication with the said R. A. Robinson, -and that the affections of , the `said Mary Sophia Carring ton were, in fact, pledged to the said R. A. Robinson when she ,was married to the plaintiff. In July, 1854, the `plaintiff bronzlit all action Of trim. con. against Robinacm, which resulted, in the first instance, in a ver dict for the defendant ; but, upon a new trial, the plaintiff obtained a verdict, with £5OO damages. In the month of February, 1858, the plaintiff commenced pro credings in the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Court for a dissolution of the marriage, and obtained a decree for the dissolution of the marriage, with costs to be paid by Robinson, the co-respondent. The Court was also applied to for relief in respect to the marriage settle ment, but .declined to intei fere, on the "<rround that it had no juri s diction. The plainti ff 's costs ; round the proceed ings in the'Divorce Court were taxed at £1,284155. 10d., and, in addition to these, he had incurred costs in the action of trim. con. to the amount of £5,000, including costs of Orckeetlings . in' the Arches' Court, part of which he had been able to recover. The annuity secured by the deed of separation was regularly paid by the plaintiff down to the decree for dissolution of the mar riage, after , which lie declined to make any further pay ments. In October, 1859, an action was brought agannst the plaintiff ,to recover one year's annuity under the separation deed, and thereupon the present bill was filed, praying that the settlement and the deed of separa tion, or, at least, the said last-mentioned deed, might be declared wholly void, .or be of no effec t from the date of the said decree of the said Court for 'Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. The plaintiff at the same time 'offered to transfer or otherwise deal with the said portion of £l,OOO, and to relinquish or otherwise deal "with• any other benefit to which he might be entitled under the' said indentures or either of them as the Court might think tit. The bill also prayed that the Court would give dirprt;nns to proceed to the Divorce Court, in the event of its being of opinion that the Court h ad no . jurisdiction ;, that the amount of the costs of the plaintiff before-mentioned might be repaid out of the annuity or annuities secured by the 'deed of separation, in the event of such deed being declared valid; and that an injunction might be granted to restrain all proceedings at law. The plaintiff alleged that .at the time of his marriage he was wholly ignorant of any for nication or improper intercourse having taken place between the said Mary Sophia Carrington and the said R. A. Robinson ; that he believed at the time of the marriage, and also thenceforth down to the date of the 1 deed of separation, and for some time subsequently thereto, that the said Mary Sophia Carrington was a virgin at the time of the said marriage, and of unim peachable conduct; and that unless he had had this belief he would not have married her. The defendant demurred to the bill, and the Vice-Chancellor allowed the demurrer,.,but gave leave to amend the bill. This was done, brit upon the cause coming on to a hearing his Honour dismissed the bill, with costs. The plaintiff a ppealed from this decision. Mr. Rolt and Mr. Hallett appeared for the appellant; Sir 11. Cairns and Mr. Freeling supported the decree. The ease stood over for judgment: The Lord-Chancellor this morning delivered judg ment, and said that he was clearly of opinion the mar riage settlement could not be set aside for the reasons stated in the bill , and therefore t h at portion of the decree of th e Vice-Chaneellor 'relating - to that deed must be affirmed. He had.come to that conclusion ver y early in the argument of the ques tion had not b een so much mixedupwith the otherpar of the ease h e should not have required to hear the respondent's counsel. This portion of the case was not to be decid ed Napoleon, according o to the Lev itica l law,. or the but must stand s r, l indeed, according to any foreign law, very explictihteo solely upr the English law, which was upon the point. There was no ground for upsetting marriage settlement on the ground of fraud, nor could it ever have been impeached in this country, exce p t whichC under the tyrannical law of Henry VIII., of incontinence before a woman who had been guilty Th e l before marriage, and set aside the mar riage.settlements h a d d v of this country in respect to , marriage undergone no alteration under the recent Divorce Act, and he (the Lord Chancellor) was of opinio n th at by the law a decree against the wife for a divor ce did not abrogate the marriage settlement. Until very l ately a dissolution of marriage could only, be obtained as a of Farliameneilvileginill' and by means of a special Act and the law made no difference whether a divorce were brought about legislatively by' Parliament, or judiciall y b been conferred u pon the Divorce Court. No new power had statutesup regulating the Court of Chancery by any of the recent its jurisdiction in respect to marriag e settlements, exactly in th e and therefore the law remained the, Divorce !am e state as it was before the passing of op i n i on did Act, not warrant and in his (the Lord Chancellor's) present warrant the Court in setting aside the of separation marriag e settlement. With respect to the deed must say that, after great consideration, he was unable t o come the V reat; to the conclusion arrived at by ported. ice-C hancell or that it was capable of beinr , sup deed mild not b b reed • with that' learned judge that b the that Robinson carried impeached unless it were clearly shown the wife at the r c ried on an adulterous intercourse with d ee d , if valid at ulle of its execution ; nor cottld, the by any subsequent the time of execution, be invalidated which he had acts of adultery. The ground upon d ee d of se had to 'the conclusion that the fraudulent in its very to be set aside,was, that it was having induced her husband by reason of the wife enable her to continue usband to execute it in order to illicit intercourse witli Robinson,ith impunity after marriage, an on previous to which had been carried with such a view, marriage,and If the deed were obtained w ould any Christia n or for such an immoral purpose, e nforcing it ? His Lordship tribunal assist a wife in evidence with great c are rdshiP then went through the here was a woman who / and i said that the result showed ' • ot lid been gradually trained by her seducer in a course becortie lost to all sense of d laseiviousness, until she had esta blishede that an antenuptiat cene y . It was fully intercourse had taken place I between her and Robinson; and he had come to this. .conclusion, not from any evidence he had heard vied; voce when presiding in another court, but from the . written testimony adduced in the present suit. Look ing, to the evidence as to what occurred between the marriage and the separation, he could find nothing in the conduct of Mr. Evans, the husband, of which complaint could be made, extent that he wished his wife to live with. his mother, contrary to a promise; made before the marriage. On the part of the; wife, however, she showed a dislike to her hasband,n desire to quarrel with him, and a strong inclination to return to Cheltenham, and that a separation was then in her contemplation, while it was manifest that.subsecitent to the execution of the deed of separa tion she renewed her illicit intercourse with Robinson.. The Vice-Chancellor had observed that it was not un natural a married man, an old friend of her family,. should have acted as her adviser; but it should be recol lected that this married man and friend of the family was the person who was proved to have been guilty of inde cent familiarity and improper conduct towards her before her marriage, who took a house for her in the Edgware road, where he visited her—having the privilege of a latch key—and carried on an adulterous intercourse with her there. All this had been proved to the satis faction af a jury, if not upon the first trial for criminal conversation, certainly on the second trial, and also to• the satisfactimi of the judge and jury in the Divorce .Court..- Upon these grounds he (the Lord Chancellor) was of opinion that the deed of separation ought to be set aside, carrying out the principle that no one should be permitted to induce another person to execute a deed whereby the person procuring the execution might be enabled to carry on acts of immorality with impunity. The result was that so much of the decree of the Court below as related to the marriage settlement would be affirmed,-and'lliat part relating to the deed of separation reversed, and the deed itself declared null and void. There would be no costs given on either side, either in the Court below or on the appeal. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. BENEFICES AND APPOINTMENTS VACANT. Oxford St. Cl ement : vaI. RECTORIES £120: pat. Lord Chancellor : Rev. E. A. Litton, pcorn. Ulcombe, Rent : dio. Canterbury : val. £379, with residence pat. Hon. C. B. C. Wandesford, Rev. S. Mence, dec. PERPETUAL CURACIES. Islington, St. M a tth ew, Middlesex : d i o. London : val. £250 pat. P. C. of St. P aul, Islington, St. Micha e l, Middlesex dio. London: Rev. L. R. Are, pro m. Balls' Pond : Rev. E. T . Alder, dec. CHAPLAINCY. Batavia : British Consular : Rev, J. E. Scott-Monerieff, dec. CURACY. Feliskirk : co. and dio. York. PROFESSORSHTP. Edinburgh University : Ecclesiastics/ History : Rev. Dr. Robertson, dec. LECTURESHIP. Worcester Diocesan Training College : Junior Lectureship : salary £lOO, with rooms, commons, &c.: testimonials before Dec. 20. MASTERSHIPS. Cheltenham College Elementary Classical. Helston Grammar School : salary 20 marks : testimonials to, the Rev. B. C. Powles, Blackheath, before Dec. 15. King's Lynn Grammar School : senior : salary £l2O. Rochdale Grammar School: salary £27 and capitation fees testimonials before Dec. 11. art* iy-tritigtact. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. YESTERDAY. THE DERBY, 1861. Quotations. Trainers., Dundee ' Big Ben 100 to 8 offered Oates Diophantes lOO to 6 taken Jos. Dawson Nautilus' lOO to 3 taken Manning Drake Forester For the Two Thousand Guinea Stakes, the following five were backed against the field :---Kettledrum, Diophantes. Klarikoff, Nautilus, and Russley. HUNTING FIXTURES. The WYNNSTAY PACK will meet on Thursday, December 13, at Allen Sadlers Friday, December 14. at Ralston Each day at half-past ten. Master, Sir W. W. Wynn. Bart., M.P. ; Huntsman, J.Walker., The CHESHIRE HOUNDS meet on Thursday, December 13, at V aholmondeley Saturday, December 15, at , Delamere Sandiway Head Tuesday, December 1 8 , at Thursday, December 20 , at Friday, December 21, at Tabley Monday, December 24, at Peover Wednesday, December 26, at Wrenbury Station Thursday, December 27, at Warmingham Mill Saturday, December 29, at Vale Royal Each day at half-past ten. Twemlow Hall OUTWARD AMERICAN MAILS.—The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer City of Manchester, which sailed yesterday for New York, took out £7,631 in specie. THE WORKHOUSE INSPECTION. — As only one of the Workhouse Committee attended yesterday, to continue the inspection of the paupers in the house, it was found of course impossible to proceed ; so that the further - examination has been adjourned sine die. STEALING CLOTHES. — At the County Magistrates' Court, yesterday, Catherine Lunt, a charwoman, was charged with stealing a print dress, a sheet, a shirt, and a pair of drawers, from a clothes-line at Seaforth. She had been previously convicted. Sent to gaol for two. months. - - --. NORTHERN HOSPITAL.—A general meeting of the trustees of this institution was held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of electing a junior surgeon to the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. G. Millet Davis. The meeting was held in the board-room, and there was a large attendance. Several gentlemen were nominated, and among others Mr. Manifold, who was elected by a. majority of 129. EFFECTS OF A GALE.—The ship Prince Consort, from Liverpool to Melbourne, put into Portsmouth on Sun day, with the loss of top of fore and main topmasts, yards, sails, and all the gear attached, wizen topmast sprung, live stock and fodder washed off the deck and lost, and one cabin passenger, Mr. Adams, washed over board and drowned. She experienced a tremendous hurricane in the Bay of Biscay on the 25th ult., and endeavoured to reach Lisbon, but encountered another gale, and was compelled to. bear up for Falmouth ; arrived off that place December 6, but no assistance offering, was obliged to run for Portsmouth, where she was towed into harbour on Sunday. THE REV. MR. BELLEW'S READINGS AT THE PHIL HARMONIC.—It will be observed from an advertisement in our front page that to-morrow evening the public will have another opportunity of enjoying the gratifica tion of listening to confessedly one of the first elocu tionists of the day, in the Philharmonic-hall. Mr. Bellew will, on this occasion, give a reading from the works of Oliver Goldsmith, with a sketch of the life of that, in some respects, most favourite English writer. It will also be observed that the rev. gentleman most generously devotes the receipts of the evening to the most praiseworthy object of aiding in the liquida tion of the expenses incurred in altering and improving Trinity Church, in St. Anne-street. GRAND CONCERT IN ST. GEORGE'S-HALL. —We specially invite the attention of our readers to the exceedingly great musical attraction which awaits them in St. George's-hall to-morrow evening. The pro gramme is unusally rich in the names of distinguished artistes, and in the selection of songs and music assigned to them. It will be particularly noticed that on this occasion, the celebrated scene from Macfarren's new, grand opera of " Robin Hood," will be introduced for the first time to a Liverpool audience, by Madame Lemmens Sherrington, a lady who herself makes her first appearance in Liverpool, a circumstance which, combined with the other well-known names, and the other favourite ,norceaux musicales to be found in the advertisement, cannot fail to secure for this concert a most brilliant, fashionable, and we venture to add, enthusiastic assemblage. LIST OF PASSENGERS PER CITY OP BALTIMORE:— Mr. Fred. Dupont, wife, and infant ; D. F. Skuestind lady.; Miss Malcolm, Miss Heire, Miis Mary Ann Neill, two children, and nurse ; Mr. Ernest Boult, Mr. Findlay, Mr. J. B. Robertson, Mr. A. Moss, Mr. Geo. F. Smith, Mx. Jeffries, Master Charles Howard, Mrs. Pulleyne, Mrs. France, Col. J. R. S. Denton, Miss Denton, Mrs. McLuckie and two infants, Mrs. Orchard and two infants, Mr. H. J. Henry, Mr. James Tseley, Mr. Arnold Dupont, Mr. J. Payne, Mr. F. Fenare, Mr. Mayor jeherneyer, Miss Mary Howard, and 128 steerage. Landed at Queenstown Mr. G. E. Cowen and lady, and Miss Mary A. Cowen. We read in the Dumfries Herald, " The Empress Eugenie, on lately visiting Scotland, condescended to honour our townsman, Mr. J. Campbell Gracie, by accepting from him a genealogical tree of her Majesty's _ancestors, the Kirkpatricks of Closeburn and Conheath, 'from whom her Majesty springs direct—as shown upon the tree compiled by him.' The private Steampacket Company forbid the mail boats to enter Kingstown Harbour, Dublin, until the outgoing boat is despatched ; so that the mail vessel, which could get inside the harbour and land her passen gers at half-past six, in the morning is not allowed to do so until after the seven o'clock boat, with the mails, has been sent awajr C,ESAREAN OI'ERATION.—This rare and fearful oper ation was performed at Bethnal-green yesterday with remarkable success, is9th mother and child being now alive and promising to do well. The medical gentleman attending the patient called in Dr. Edmunds, of Spital square, and, after an unavailing delay of five days, this operation appeared to offer the only chance for either life, as extensive cancerous disease of the mother caused an insurmountable obstruction to natural delivery. The operation was performed by Dr. Edmunds, assisted by Dr Giles and five other medical gentlemen, and the operator's wife, Mrs. James Edmunds, acted as head nurse on the occasion, and superintended some important arrangements. Thanks to chloroform, there was no pain, and when the mother returned to consciousnessa she found herself comfortably placed in bed, a living child by her side, and no sense of pain except the smart ingof the closed incisions. CONFESSION OF RICHARDSON, THE WYBERTON MURDERER.—Thomas Richardson, who was found guilty at the Lincoln assizes, on Saturday last, of wilfully murdering the Police-constable Mcßrian, has confessed to the crime, and stated to the governor of the castle, J. Foster, Esq., that he is justly punished for the crime he has committed. As the evidence adduced at the trial was for the most part circumstantial, though of the very strongest character, there was a doubt whether he really was the murderer, and, therefore, the confession of the man will be received with satisfaction by the public. The unfortunate man, we understand, is frequently visited by the chaplain of the castle, and he evinces an earnest desire to make his peace with the Almighty. The execution will, we believe, take place at noon on Friday, the 21st instant. PRINCE ALFRED IN AFRlCA.—Prince Alfred seems to carry a friendly memory of Aberdeen and the Scottish north along with him even to the out-of-the-way world of South Africa. While at Natal in the end of Septem ber, he paid a visit to the little village of Harrismith, which is called so, we presume, in honour of the lately deceased veteran, whose name it so closely resembles. The prince was attended by Sir G. Grey, governor of the colony, and Major Cowell, the young prince's governor. An address was very naturally presented to the Royal youth, not the less heartfelt for the distance from home. The gentleman appointed to present the address was a gentleman from Aberdeen, Mr. N. J. Wliechnie, son of the late Rev. Mr. M'Kechnie, Wood side. Confectioners are not to be met with at every town in Natal, and Mrs. M‘Kechnie had prepared certain cakes, not, we presume, such as are most characteristic of the "land of cakes," for the Prince's refreshment. On his Royal Highness being informed that they had been made by an Aberdeen lady, he sa id, brightening up with even a more sunny look than usual, that he knew Aberdeen well, and for the sake of Aberdeen and the lady together, he. asked permission to put the rest of the cakes in his pocket.—Aberdeen Herald.