Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-13 00:00:00

NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, SEPTEMBER 13, 1859, • - Tin LiIiNDON LOCK-OUT, AND THE NINE that all the am em e ng Oake s wer e not skilled artisans ; LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.—YEeTanDe Y. NOTES OF A our canoe forced up the current with skill and security, - PLEASURE TOUR TO FORT the solitary grandeur of the scene as it lay in undis- rapid, and the paddles were exchanged for p WILL IAM AND LAKE SUPERIOR. turbed silenate beneath the noon-day sun. nouns' MOVEMENT.winding our way amongst the boulders, around which but' they also knew, at the same time, that those who [Before Mr. PRESTON.] Was 101 a sound heard in the sultry noon, are not skilled, must have a living as well as those who were. In conclusion, he said that all the labounng ASSAULT WITH A Pea - ma—James Smith, a labourer, ca. the . . Save the waves washing dull in many a bay— Last evening, a public meeting of.the working men the Northwest e morning of the 27th ultimo, The flow of water in its Alrowsy swoon, exciting in the extreme. . the water foamed and dashed, rendering theolevyaangde was charged with committing a Very violent assault e-Round many a wooded steep and headland grey. of Licerpbiel Was held in the. Concert-hall, for the par- enansit Company's steamer Rescue left Collingwood with At five we landed. Afire was in a few mintiten population asked far was, the favour of one hour per upon a married woman, named Ellen Graham, in a And well that murmur with the sleep that lay pose, in the words of the advertisement, "of affording c e te ers a . n ) d he hoped they would take no less. (Loud . court off Arley-street. From the statement of the h asc. c . the mail for Red River, and a party of tourists for Fort On mount and forest blended : far and wide kindled. Breakfast eaten, and our toilets performed as came forward, to it appeared that on Saturday evening the compa e k aaa William and the Lakes. Among the gentlemen on Spread nature's wild magnificent array. . u them an opportunity of expressing their opinion on the Mr. ROBERT TARLTON,Now first unveiling like an Indian bride, - excellent spirits, charmed with the ever-varying beauty above important question, and also to hear the state- I second the resolution. had heard a great He sa hd t o ver ob'ection- went into the court to' look for her brother. ',mine iris- board were Mr. Sheriff Jarvis ; Joseph Hartman, Esq., In festive splendour decked and riet. barbaric pride." ickl as possible, and we continued our voyage in of the scenery. bricklayer, idtii , ny pute arose between some other women an?, the came out of his house in the court; ran up to Ellen , According to appointment we landed in the evening, from our ments of two delegates from the building trades of Lon- ' -. td to themselves in Liverpool M.P.; J. G. Ridout, Esq., cashier of the Bank of Upper and as we rowed ashore saw the braves mustering in the ' d lh ee ie l adlaeoeuntinaendotseumreenetn, but e they a w . y ) don, whij are now visiting the northern districts, and • 3-le had never signed one, and never Graham, apeker. and inflicted s a et se u r p io wi us ,r,, wo tl a ;a ro t l th l Canada, ,and Master Ridout ; D. Whitley, Esq., of entering the -rapids, our Indians had taken some time ago.cal with . ranks of war. The dance was to take place in the yard At about nine o'clock, up to which time at the the foot giving an account of the origin, progress, and prospects wo uld sign one. (Applause.) Documents were very prisoner's lis wife Cheshire, England; L. W. Ord, Esq., (late of the in front of the. Fort, and soon after our arrival the noticed mewl of the grand Rapid, close to whichwe a of the movement." The hall, both in the body and often printed in Latiu,but they were no mystery to him, • B 1 H was being beat by some rums in the court, and he came 71st Regiment) ;N. G. Clayton, Esq., England ; John musicians appeared and squatted down on the grass. _ . ~ taro p e rate of about two miles an hour, we arrived at t for the ' eof 4 - • By and by the braves andsquaws took their nieces, the purrs . pr .ectt..ng her. He denied having M‘Murrich, Esq., and Mr. W. MaMurrich ; R. H. ~, .. sat iormar being decorated in the highest style of art, Here . gallery, was crowded, the majority of the audience ap- s proud to see the two delegates from out a far h i e htewarrd to read Lean in the ue-coat os ptnokesesresi.n his possession, PPlseessstoin°3sl,sabiudt heit w w a a s s s d w e o t r e n rni to in b e y a lal‘Pherson Esq., barrister • Thomas peering to "consist of operatives in the various branches it al: for they had come for a good object. He Dick, Esq., and 7 we disembarked to lighten the canoe, and a 5 of the building trade. too much notice to the thought the working men gave . , two witnesses. to put 'a stop to these outrages upon women, and son- W. M. Clark, W.S.'could hear tb e d l er i a e b u l n e ta s i iz n e, af ca t l h le e d Rbayptihdelvlnadtiearns.s -War- W M Ezq~ , instances, appeared to consist in the entire want of . es Mr. ,ALETANDER ..,ACDONALD, presicleht of the em ployers before they struck. He did not see that tented the prisoner to three months' imprisonment. out of Collin wood into Nottawasaga Bay, passing the any clothing whatsoever. The musicians gave a few cries of the Indians in their struegles with the now inclined togive them muchnotice s ent Trades' Guardian Society, in this town, presided, and the em ployers 'ore their serice Tan Ass.erer IN HOTHAM-STREET.—Mary Ann Cox, Hen and Chicken Islands, the Chrisdan Islands, and preliminary taps on their tom-toms, and striking river banks, we discovered g ou;canoe almost stationary in platform was occupied by prominent operatives from that did no n . . . . . keeper of a disreputable house in Hotham-street, was the strangely-shaped Gant's Tomb on the right, and up a low whining chant, the performances tom- 1 the resolution was carried unanimously. , the centre of the different trades.brought up on remand, charged with having committed the Blue Mountains, Cape Rich, Owen Sound, Griffith's mence. The dance appeared to have but one step, The CHAIRMAN said that the two points indicated at 1 Mr_ ROBINSO f N n , jOl _ p p •ner ro osed the second resolution ' ‘cTle . ' a most violent assault upon Bridget Lynch, an inmatewhich consisted of raising *- the body on tae toes and fall- v' but surely, advanced and in a few minutes came into the .' 'standing, and again ro- Cane Croker and several headlands on • cove where we were the head of the placard, the lock-out in London and the ' which was as 0: d .at this meeting views with of her establishment. The facts of the case appeared Isle, a ' imposing mg heavily on the heels, at the same time bending the nine hours' movement, both involved important Tees ; sorrow, the illiberal have displayed spirit which the in our paper of yesterday. Mrs. Cox and Miss Lynch the left. Along the greater part -.of the west coast of knees. Those who had muskets leaned on them while seeded on our way. Passing a series of rapids, we at tions. They pointed direct to the operative classes, at master-builders . f p aye during the dispute ; had a quarrel, and Mr. * Cox lifted ap a tumbler and the bay, the land is high and thickly wooded ; and the performing this operation, and those who had none length came to the entrance of a gorge, through which the waters rushed with a force thatalmost, prevented indirectly they affected the whole community ; and at it more so, in presenting .or signature, adocument, the threw it at the prosecutrix inflicting working classes had now to nature of which is insulting, de..grading, and abominable, - ' were true, as said that the their exertions with One individual, who her forehead. The injured woman was conveyed to the present a striking appearance when seen from the lake. we at length came to the termination of our canoe ' of equal to and which cannot fail to t 'be spurnedand e • ted by _eredeserves special co loud-grants. 4-• shook common aeion one of his lees contend with a producing power .workmen, machinery t _infirmary, and was attended to •-• by Dr. Martin. The One of the most picturesque of these bluffs, is violentl • • y, accompanying his performance with a noise one thousand million of ab they - le-bodied . e ever honest man, and bring down public indignation case was remanded on Seturda for ythe purpose of hay- turn of the ravine. After a walk up the hill of less that the advocates for the redaction on its authors ; and this meeting rejoices at the rode- in • - • • Cabot's Head, situate at the east end of the similar to that produced by a locomotive labouring up would with him, say O. the evidence of the surgeon - and, to-day he stated ' \ labour were not out of the way or unreason- pendent and manly stand made by the workmen againstthan half a mile, we emerged on a table rock, directly' of the hours of that, at the time the ' ',' peninsula which separates the bay from lake an incline, and continued this for so long a time that reduction of one hour girl was brought to the infirmary, Falls, and overhanging the basin into which' able when they asked only for the , the document, and gives its unqualified approbation of her life was in jeopardy • and if she had been kept Huron, at a distance from Collingwood of about eighty his face not been painted of a blue colour, it must inevi- facing the with . inferior that 0, a (Applause.) it must strike every thoughtful their conduct, and pledges itself to render them every fire minutes 1 '• ' tablyhave become black. During the continuance of this the waters dash a noise scarcely . to . re in the ay. away ye longer, she might have died from the miles. On rounding. this point, Lonely Island and Half • Niaeara It wouldbe impossible to give a corset idea of 'working man, that this immense mechanical power was assistance and support while the struggle lasts."exhibition, which sanitary ' loss of blood. Mr. Block appeared for the risoner andat becam -' ' •the beauty and grandeur of this cataract ; the Fall is 1 .. calculated to produce a surplus in the labour market. • Mr. REUBEN HATHERWAY, painter, seconded the contended that the evidence .‘ ' p , . Moon Island e Nimble in the north. During ample opportunities of observing the style of personal s not sufficient to convict The question then was, were there no means by which resolution briefly. . . the evening the Great Manitoulin was seen to the adornment at present in fashion in these latitudes. The her; notwithstanding which Mr. Preston sent her for the shape of a horse-shoe, and the deep colour and .. this surplus of labour could be employed ? There were Mr. THomAS GREENWOOD, stonemason, asked per- eat body of the water at edge of the fall, form a mag trial, accepting bail for her appearance. north, and the wessd threaded her way among the head-dress consisted in some instances of feathers in g!' twiny means; but thy utlveyates of a reduction of the mission to speak on the resolution. He said he hod bunches , in some mficent contrast with the fleecy whiteness of the spray Se Alittllr ti.-A married u uman, named Maly Murray, chain of islands which stretehes aeloss the mouth of of one long feather on each side of hours of labour say, the hours of labour are- too many been asked to subscribe, and he wished to speak first. the head, after the similitude of horns ; and in others of and falling waters. This truly is one of the treniendona was charged with having stabbed Ellen Clarke in *. a the Geor inn Ba The rind al of these the B g y. p e p are ear's to admit of the employment of all hands : reduce them, The working men were much more advanced now than cataracts of America, thundering in this solitude, and court off Addlineton-street. From the statement of Mrs locks guiltless of contact with the comb. The faces of and a deal of this magus labour will be employed . they had been at one time, and he would support anyßump and the Flower Pots. These last derive their one which we would etrongly urge all travellers to. Clarke • eared • •' * • , it appeare that de prisoner was in the court some were painted black, others green, while The second question had sprung from the first ; and it freemen who were determined to sell their labour at • name from the peculiar and fantastic forms into which exemplified their tastes in horizontal, diagonal, andmany Fort William to visit ; and we most heartily thank Id beating an o woman with a stick. She interfered, per- was drawing more attention at present than the other. freeman's prices. when the prisoner drew a knife, and stabbed her in the several islets have been carved by the action of .the Pendicular stripes of every imaginable hue—a lively red the one member of our party, whose finunesa It consisted of the production of a document by the On the resolution being put, it was adopted amid _ • ~• - . - _ 2 -..1,.:.1, 4,, m.„,..., •;,,,,,,,.;,., 0 , ;„,, e .,;„e e generally predominating and appearing the favouriteand determination excurion." our return was most delightful, a* bhe other parts of their persons for -1 painting, for two limh - canoe, with scarcely any effort of the crewr dashed down the current at the rate of eight a same device, far nine miles an hour, and we arrived at Fort William at , 1 ehnharance l ten he heal seven p.m. ; having in under nineteen hours accorae 10E plished a distance of sixty-two miles, our only regret sin being that we had not time to ascend McKay's - Monne , ver at the c taro from which the view of Thunder Bay and the sir The' in - London rev_iring all men they v from all trades unions. Fortunately there was a Iran class of the community who regarded the document as derogatory to humanity, insulting., and abominable. (Applause.) But there was another feature to it. These trade unions were also to -a great extent benefit soeieties ; and he should , like to employ immediately to v applause. lfr. JAMES BROWN, the other delegate from London, came forward and said he little thou,ght that the masters of London would have compelled him to go to the various towns to ask for assistance for his fellow-work men. The masters had got money in the bank, and as that was the case, they said, because the 20,000 work- the defence, called two witT that the complainant cut her arm by b in a row which took place in the court. failed, and the prisoner was eommitt - WHO DOES HE BELONG To ?—J Ann Kearney were charged with fight on Sunday. The woman stated that *they ,-mentioned. At eight p.m., Cove Island - -1-1.------- "''' ''''' "'""" 1 " i 'gotten in the genet. .ds were set / aom found of the 4 less of the same ' light, was passed, and we entered Lake colour. Alttgether, the appearance of the dancers was ''e night, the steamer kept the open calculated to strike tenor into the . -4- s of the Sioux lawn on the 2Sth, after running up the at an immense distance. As the jumping, singing, and whooping were going , rn /slam]. and the -ummond Island on, as vi g orously as e dof an hour, without the slightest variation, - tht. lings were terminated During tl ga Channel, between Cock w, !tg iat morn: Z, but that she reat Manitoulin, t be magnificen fishing 14:' the carelessness of the builders thems see the poor man attended in his interred if dead, or if they would f Ives, if they would decently Such things were not to be tolerated in the nineteenth workmen had made the money for the e work suitable for England was to satisfaction by Englishmen. The looking after another woman the liamisi iquoi river is excellent sicxness !ad and el( And yet th century She accordingly Lrf at the Brt nnhey began fightin d ; the female p )arty went ( village.. During t WATER COMMITTEE of whoops and was discha to stand down Ler remained here many 0] s own experie wed applaus Mr. JOHN OS and they would form for them a monst But the men would have to pay fox port of the society while CHARGE OF ROBBERY AT The weekly meeting of this committee was helc&• yesterday, in the council-room of the Town Hall ; Mr• Hodson, chairman, presiding. The other membel - were—Messrs. Vernon. Stitt. Farnworth, Mellor, 1, a very respects :he mas' s ruled it manly looki: was then introduced, and spoke at some length, explain - - - - however, 1 i\--,i--ti IHuron ted fbr John I at he 1 accused him of his The male prisoner ri, was Low coas ;land of St Josep. rambled throw; search of specimens of ore, of which a large supply. To the west of the Bruce, t the distance of half a mile, are the Wellington copper mines was touched, we were favoured with a t , shore and paid a visit . to short time the braves, and children, and a grind fin . general an exertions with an exp, aon sta s, the Grand Indian War .ted for the Kacaabeca Dance concluded On the 315,- ing the circumsta the lock-out. This, 1 tween capital and labour, building trade in London commer the reduction of the hours of labour. The movement was then stopped by the builders agreeing to give an extra of 6d. per day. The movement was renewed in 1857, and was joined by all branches of the building trade,—the masons, joiners, plasterers, brick layers, and painters to the employers to receive a deputa said, was the oid conflict be- In 1852 a branch of the 1 a movement fot who mac d applicat. that was refused ker read the memorial, which set forth that heir worth, as artisans was cliff hed, both in a mental so they hoped they mig and physical point of re in the amount of sympathy now so widely extended in shortening the hours of labour. Their object was a reduction of one hour's labour in the day.) They requested the masters to submit the matter to arbitration, and exhausted their artillery of reason upon them. For twelve or four- the opera upported by their teen months the question was, ail tives, feeling that they wer( iren in the country, determi :6 bring the ques- tion to a successful issue. Although premiture steps were urged, the blow was delayed till, at length, an ultimatum was sent in to the employers, requesting an ausweanswer. The man who bore the memorial was dis charged. He was a mason, in the employ of Messrs. Trollope and Son, and this led to a strike at that estab lishment. The other branches of the trade felt that it was an unjust, arbitrary, and selfish proceeding, and therefore determined, one and all, to cease till Messrs. they had ly dis, 'einstated After the dismissal of the man Loud applause of unit trades was held, at w of twenty was appointed to consider the question ; and this led fo the telolutiou - of the masters to close their shops upon the Sth of August, by which they left 30,060 or 40,000 men to starve or die for anything they cared. (Loud applause.) He had now to call upon the men of Liver pool to form one link in that great chain, which was being forged by the provincial towns of England, and let the great capitalists and employers of London, who had hitherto used their utmost endeavours against them, see that a blow struck at that bond or chain, would bring forth that fire which, ere long, would prove a fatal blow to many of them. The men of London, he was proud to say, had hitherto displayed a good and bold spirit. The employers boasted of the numbers they had got to sign this detestable docu ment, but he assured the meeting that it 1 "..e; 'mere boast mere exaggeration +l , " 1, , eau not half the amount of Laoour in their shops which - they put forth to the !fend, He entreated them, should any of those em ployers come to Liverpool to solicit workmen, not to go to - London to supplant the others. (Loud applause, and a voice, " That you may be certain of.") Let them render all the aid and assistance they could to their brethren in London. (" So we will.") Their cause was common : it was that of justice and humanity. (Applause.) They had told the employers that if they had contracts which would last even for two hours, they were willing to work ten hours a-day till they were finished. All they asked was, that the estimates for future contracts should be based upon a system of nine hours. This, however, they had refused ; because, by taking the surplus labour out of the market, they would not have the power to oppress and trample down the -working classes. (Applause.) They did not object to work, but they objected to slavery ; and he concluded with the motto, " Liberty for those who dare contend for it." (Cheers.) Mr. SNOWDON CATTERALL, joiner, then came forward to propose the first resolution, which was as follows : " That this meeting is of opinion that the operatives of the various building departments of London were justi fied, under the then existing circumstances, in requesting a reduction in the hours of labour; and this meeting _views with deep regret the spirit and antagonism with which their request was met with by the masters, and the paiuful results arisiug therefrom, believing that a ready compliance would have proved a benefit to all, without the least injury to atiy one individual." The speaker, after an allusion to the power of machinery in this country as compared with human labour, proceeded to say that the wealthy classes in this country now begrudged the working classes the simple one hour per day, which they now asked. Not that he wished to hold in disparity the wealthy classes. The industrious portion of the community had, no doubt, derived much benefit from them, in the form of assist ance to mechanic.' institutions ; and perhaps he might point, in illustration of that, to the instance which Liverpool itself afforded in the munificent gift which had been made by Mr. Brown. (Cheers.) But there was another point upon which he might touch, and that was the accumulated wealth which had passed into the hands of the people of this country within the last thirty years. If the wealthy classes of this country could invest £300,000,000 in railways, in addition to advancing a large amount to other countries for a similar purpose, he thought they might spare a little of their su r p lus ca p ital tO give to the hard workingor labourer. It wa s not that they asked f higher wages, because they kne w that wa g es must al ways be regulated by their market value ; but what the work ing classes asked of the capitalists was, that whilst they gave them these mechanics' institutions and other boons, they would, at the same time, by reducing their hours of labour, afford them the opportunity of enjoying them. (Hear, hear.) From what they had heard to-night the masters in London were determined not to grant the request made by the men, but to starve, if possible, the workmen into submission. He hoped, however, that the men of Liverpool would follow the example which had already been set by other towns, and support the men of London in their present st ruggle. The masters ought to have acceded to this reasonable request, for, as he had already Yo n ob served, the men did not make an demand the point consequences o f wages. They wer e prepare d to take the of a possible reduction m wages. All they asked was, one hour less of labour during the day. There were Large numbers of their body who were at present starving, and who might be employed if th ere w as an alteration in the present hours of labour, They knew same a thought the workmen_ coul when they had earned it, and, also, of their trade with out the interference of the masters. He called upon them to send to any of their friends in London, if they could get employment for them here ; and he was sure ale workmen of Liverpool would agree with him when he said he was willing to let the men have their rights and no less, and the masters their rights and no more. Mr. JOHN ALLEN, tailor, proposed the next resolu ion tion, as follows :—" That in order to carry out the fore- g resolution, it becomes the duty of every trade an body of working men in .verpool immec Liately to open subscription lists on behalf of the lock-out ' operatives and labourers of _London ; and that the said lists and subscriptions be forwarded to the Trades' Guardian Association every Thursday evening, at their place of ;ween eigh meeting, 48, Seel-s Mr. JAMES LEWIS, cabinet-maker, seconded the Mr. Tnomas BROWN, cooper, asked leave to put a few questions to the delegates from London in refer- on strike. He had seen in the Mercury a wrong statement regarding the strike. He did not say but that the Mercury was a very good paper in its proper place, but he thought they should insert truth in its columns. The matter he complained of was some statistical infor mation, which he believed to be incorrect. He sat down after some further observations, Mr. BROWN, in reply to the last speaker, stated that one shilling and one penny was all that was paid by the conference to men that were locked out. Voluntary con tributions did not exceed that amount; and whether they were society men, or non-society men, they had the )wance if they applied lIAIRMAN announced, at this stage of the pro , that Mr. Mullins, a native of London, and a tradesman, came forward and gave a guinea on behalf of The C .eedings. the " lock-outs Three cheers were given for Mr. Mullins Mr. Wm. IlicKEy expressed his of who had wrought in London, that the get nine_hours per day if they took ss. as wa workmen would zes daily. - Mr. OSBORNE replied did their motto - was, iiine hours, the present state of wages, And no surrender ! (Cheers.) Mr. RICHARD JONES, a master painter, expressed an opinion somewhat different front that of the but said he could sympathise with the "lock-outs meeting, The CHAIRMAN replied to him in a few pointed ob servations, amid cries of " Put out the painter," Bce. then voted to the press and to the chair- 1 . 1 , separatod, .nd John Wilson, a print( Saturday week Mr:Court, secretary to the Association, intimated to him that ther number, of books, bound files of news' property miss: inquiries on foot, anc of waste paper, & rl:m't_ f Thaßks" w ahu ♦ WAVERTREE COMMISSIONERS. Last evening, the monthly meeting of this body was held at the Public-offices, Wavertree,—Mr. Picton in the chair. The other commissioners present were— Messrs. Rishton, Gore, Pennington, O'Connor, Lewis, Anderton, Parker, and Dr. Swinden. The clerk having read the minutes of the last meeting, a communication from Mrs.l3 adnell was read, acknowledging the vote of sympathy passed at the last meeting on the occasion of the death of her husband, the late Rev. Wm. Badnell. The CHAIRMAN stated the annual accounts had been audited and fOund correct. The balance at present in the bank to the credit of the board was £558 16s. 6d. A number of accounts were approved of and passed. Some conversation took place respecting great damage whick was done to the lamps by the late hail storm. A letter was read from - Mr. Duncan, water encineer, respecting the water fountain to be erected by Mr. Wilson, on Wavertree-road. Mr. Duncan stated, in this communication, that the water committee were willing to supply the fountain and trough at the rate of 21s. each, ball and taps having to be applied to each. At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. WILSON entered the room, and the letter was read to him. He stated that his wish was, that the fountain should have a continuous flow of water, from daylight to dark, and that the overflow should fall into two troughs, 9n9 9f time tr,;;;",bs to be for cattle, and the other for dogs, sheep, pigs, cc. Mr. PICTON said that Mr. Melly had given the sub ject more' attention than any of them, and he dec i de dl y was against an intermittent supply ; another thing, no tap would long stand the constant working, and it would foul. It was decided that the fountain should be placed on the south side of the road near the ropery. The feeling of the meeting was in favour of a constant supply, and until it was seen whether the Water Committee would grant the application, it was agreed that the matter should he over. The contract between the Commissioners and the Liverpool Gas Company, for the supply of gas to the village, at the rate of 40s. per lamp per annum, was agreed to and signed. Mr. Thomas Clarke was re-elected a comtnissione2, he having been disqualified by non-attendance. A report was read from the surveyor, complaining of the deviation of the footpath fro - m Smithdown-lane to Cow-lane, across the field of Mr. Brancker. The foot path has from time immemorial ran straight across the field, but Mr. Brancker has put up some railings prevent ing people using it, and compelling them to go round the field. the new footpath being on the verge of a deep and dangerous ditch. It was decided that Mr. Braucker should be written to directing his attention to the fact that he has done an . illegal act, and call upon him to restore the original footlipath. This was all the business of a public interest; and, after some routine matters had been attended to, the meeting terminated. A SAD TALE.—Tidings have reached the New Zea land papers of her Majesty's brig Sappho, which was supposed to have been lost on her voyage to Australia. She stranded off an uninhabited island some distance from Sydney, and became a total wreck. The portion of her crew that was saved formed an encampment on the island. A merchant ship, when passing, found them in a very distressed condition. The few who had survived the exposure were living on the wild cats and seeds which they found on the island. Commander Moresby, from grief at the loss of his brig, had become , insane. .Friend of India, July 16, ,g; from the I ultimately ascertait 3., had been dispos warehouse of Mr. Pitts, whol street. Patrick asked to SE lesale i )f the Ti Mr. Hooke, a partner told the witness that all the paper had been 6, a person named Wilson, between the 17th October and 3rd December, 1857 - 1 Gazette, &c., &c t from Patrick went on to d )e what toc 15,,,,c lA,. 0 TT 11., Wilson at first denied all knowledge of t afterwards said that he got the paper, &c., i and sold it for him. He sometimes receiv 45., for disposing of it. Langan. when custody, sent for Mr. Court, and acknowled had Sold some waste paper ; that he had 1 by Wilson to tl^ ' - (meaning a persen employed at the Underwriters) will." He was very sorry for the affair, and hoped that the matter would drop.—Mr. Court, secretary of the Under ' Association, was next called. He said that the pri soner Langan was a clerk employed by the Underwriters ; he had a salary of £BO a year, and had charge of all the newspapers, kept some books, and attended generally to overlooking the Subscribers' Room. Up to a short time ago, nothing occurred which caused the slightest sus that anything wrong was going on. Lately, writer*' however, a number of rooms. Even this failed to elicit anything fur a passing remark. Some fortnight ago, a referer was required. It was not to be found in the stox A thorough search was made, but without succes was observed that some 120 volumes of books and news papers had disappeared. This caused much annoyance, and Mr. Court communicated with the police, the result of which was that the two prisoners Langan and Wilson were given into custody.—Mr. Hooke, a partner in the firm of Messrs. Pitts and Co., stated that h Wilson for a number of years. He bo e had known zht the woks lte of 18s. and newspapers from * him at the per cwt. .Lney were not bound when them, and they had nothing on them to xamined whence they caae. This witness was cross-t.._ at great length by Mr. Bluck, who appeared for the k . soner Langan. He said he would buy books and news papers, such as Wilson brought to him, from anybody. He did .not think it necessary to enquire where ,they came from, Wilson had been to his about eight times. There were about in the quantity bought.-Itenry Sandon was in the employment of Mr. Pitts. came to him and wished to know what Wilson had received for the paper. This was the time that Langan had been there. He never dispos, of any paper.—Mr. Bluck then addressed the bench on behalf of the prisoner Langan, against whom, he said, there was not the slightest evidence, further than the admission to Mr. Court, that he had done wrong. Had it not been for that unfortunate admission, there would have been nothing legally to convict him, and he would have called for his discharge. As to the conduct of Mr. Hooke, who stated that he would buy newspapers and books from any person who chose to air them, Mr. Bluck stigmatized it as most untra,l - It was an open door for robbery, am tioned Mr. Hooke that if he persisted in dealing in tt, manner he had described, he might find himself indicted as being the receiver of stolen goods. It wc , - terous for Mr. Hooke to stand in that box and say 30 lbs. of books said that he Langan he cau- prepos- he did not know where the books ana newspapers came from--he ought to have known—he must have known— in fact he did know—and he was the greater culprit of the three. Ultimately the prisoners were remanded for seven days. Old cruet frames, tea and coffee services, forks, ewe tl er v, re-electroplated and FM, all in the best J. BilsbOrrow's, 66, Islington, Liverpool. HOUSEKEEPERS. —The Coffee sold by Thom i _ Brothers, 5, Elliott-street, at Is. 4d., is better than you pay Is. Bd. for at any other establishment. A BIT OF ROMANCE. — The St. Peter (Minn.) Free .Pass, of June 20th, contains the following :—A couple of Scotch damsels arrived at St. Paul last week from Scotland, en route for Lake Athabasca, in British America, seventeen hundred miles north of St. Paul! They go td the Red River by Burbank's stages, and then .embark on the Ansbn Northup. These "Scotch dam sels" are sisters. They passed through Milwaukie some four weeks ago, on their way to their destination in the far North West. One of the two has been engaged to a youing gentleman in the employment of the British Fur .Company. He is secretary or agent at the company's post on Lake Athabasca ;.and as he could not, without losing his place, go to Scotland to marry his lady love, she, like a true woman, resolved to come to ' and marry him. Having undertaken a journey of h , thousand miles, accompanied only by her sister, on this errand of love, it is to be hoped that the bonnie Scotch lassie will obtain a husband worth herself. THE LATE BIGAMY CASE.—From the period of the application at Lambeth police-court, and more particu larly since the apprehension of "Captain William Den bigh Sloper Harrison Marshall," Mrs. Hayes, the second wife, or rather the lady who is supposed to be the second wife—as it is supposed the spruce Mr. Sloper has been married, if not three times, at least twice before—has become the victim of the greatest annoyance by a per fect host of suitors for her hand and property. The letters she has already received exceed fifty. Indeed great is her annoyance, that she declares ths.: letter she receives for the future she will deliver up for publication. The letters Mrs. Hayes has received hare been from tradesmen in "prosperous business," "trade men retired on handsome competencies.;" country farm ers with "well-stocked farms," country squires with nice " little property," " gentlemen of the law," profes sional "gentlemen," half -Ray lieutenants in the navy, non-commissioned officers in the army, and, in fact, from persons of allssorts. spoons, and. manner, slO America but as hey need not ly woo( y were not visited until the return trip. ieferred to now )strutted the path of t zrn presented new and -exauis: mne Indian fis T darting from is of tho Si Immediately on leavinz the lake Iv )n Sug I to this secluded spot and established )ry of raspberry jam. The Li Island a ii quirethents of the aie." Since Mr. Church ablishment, 1 has opened is well. The lake contrac !ssecl" con t" 12 tons it:lace their own adventures. Those - r , of the party who remained visited the Jesuit Mission, rhe route now lay situated a few miles up the river, and attended service in nd on the north and the fertile and the chapel. The Indians at this mission reside in wooden +he Isle of St. Joseph's to the houses, and are so far civilized as to have learned most steaming of the vices of the white man, without his virtues. A apparently fondness for intoxicating liquors appears to ba their itely beautiful pictures of ever y failing, and while the steamer was lying off the Fort, 1 now and then by the canoe numerous canoes stole out in the dusk, with Indians from the Mission, in quest of whisky or brandy, which,. land to island, we however, was never given to them, notwithstanding their , y sleeping befoly most urgent petitions. At the Mission, an old Indian s and reflected every cloud above it t and the purple ills embosoming its shores, appearing just such a lake lei Orupwa r rds of 100 years of age, was introduced to us. Tie was attired in a scarlet coat, and a hat with a - might have expected to stumble upon in the Beauty. gold band round it. This magnificent apparel, mod elled apparently after the attire of one of her Majesty's ' , ldea of 4 . ,,,,fincm_ i-e owes to the munificence of the government. lie pagan A visit was also paid to the wigwams of t Indians encamped opposite the fort. The men were found generally engaged in their wigwams in mend- ing ne s were preparing to start for the night's fishink. Numerous children were running about in a state of nudity, and fighting with the snarling. curs, among the filthy offal scattered around. Some older boys were seated OR the grass playing at a game much resembling thimble-rigging—old mocassins doing duty as thimbles, and a small stone acting as the pea. Small pins of wood appear to be used as counters. Young girls were lying listlessly in the doors of the wigwams, and a bevy of anything but beauties were dis puting for the possession of a small mirror. On the Ist inst., we sailed at daybreak for Isle Royale, where we arrived at 8 a.m. The approach to this island the east side is peculiar in the extreme. Two, and a short distance three, rows of islets extend along par, t of !: le shore, forming long straight channels of the - same width from one end to the other. For twelve miles we steamed down one of tese streets of islands, if we may so speak, in deep water, notwithstanding the proximity of the land, and anchored near the light 'Woodruff, Crellin, Rae, and Jeffery. The returns showed that during the week 63,367,33$ gallons of water had been supplied from the Rivingtol works, and that 27,541,725 gallons had been pump ed from the wells; making a total of 90,909,063 gallons. Mr. DUNCAN, the water engineer, reported as fol.. lows : _ These are all in good working condition: --- The masonry foundations for troughing k, over the goit, is now sufficiently ad portions of the w of e t r l k ie i t s ro a u d g i, h ,an b e e i i n n g g fix as ed :p a e n ed d il t y he as oth tl e i r e e nature of the work will permit. At Brimscall-row, th guage basin may now be considered finished and in action , it now becomes necessary to fix a meter to determine t he yield of the springs separately taken; this I propose. t° have set up and fixed as soon as I receive the relative levels of the source and outlet. At Roddlesworth the guage basin wcrks make fair progress, the greater portion of the extra-sized stones have been brought on th . e ground, and will shortly be in their places. There 15 nothing else on the works out of the ordinary course t° call for observation. The rainfall for the week en ding. the 10th instant, was 1.03 inch, and the depth of wate r in the several reservoirs under their respective over flows on the morning of the same day were as under Roddlesworth, 1 ft. 4 in. rise ; Rake, 2 ft. 2 in. Ils e ' Anglezark, 21 in. ; Rivington, 31 in. -fall ; Pre : sc o z 3 ft. 54 in. fall. Pipe-line :On the sth instant, 11,1 01 on the line of pipes was blown out, in a potato fi el d l near Plat-bridge; the repairs were completed, and th water turned on Wednesday. All is now in good °°l3 Filters White-coppiCe Black-hrc dition. A conversation arose relati v e to the waste of wate r bi shop-keepers, in washing their shop-fronts. Air. STITT thought the people ought to pay for t l3 ' water so used. Mr. JEFFERY asked if it was for sanitary purpoEes was used. Mr. CRELLIN said he did not think that the washing of the paint in shop fronts was for sanitary purposes. Mr. JEFFERY thought that cleaning away dirt froa i any place was a sanitary operation. Mr. CRELLIN was of a different opinim w ith respe ct to that application of the water. Mr. JEFFERY said he wished to ask the engi , le er? through the chairman, when he proposed to test that Rivington supply. They had the question as to test the works were capable of supplyinm two or three t in. % before them, but the engineer did not t think that was t b o . proper time. The question was before them in s P ril Tr but that was not thought the proper time, as the suiiiilll was coming. They were now entering on the autunfte and he did not know whether that would be though t t° o proper time. He thought it was of great importat!ct, that the community should know what was the cap acl of their works. 'ea Mr. DUNCAN said it was a subject that had oc cll P l his M attention contiiraally. r. JEFFERY thought the statistics showed that the rain fall was sufficient to warrant their applying' t he test in October, without incurring any risk in that supply to Liverpool. If that were so, he took it t it was time they should know the capacity of the 114 ington Works. The CHAIRMAN observed that they had the given each week in figures. gn re° Mr. JEFFERY said he did not consider th e t ed to worth the paper they were written on. He wis know when the capacity of the works could be testedoi if they could be tested by that day week, or that fortnight ? Mr. DUNCAN said he would do it as soon as be This was all the business; THE CASE OF DR. SMETHITRST.—It would See Di 5i the authorities at the Home-office are in great On e c r, as to the course that should be taken with this prin t under the peculiar circumstances of the case, and 11° , ; keli slihtest' intimation has been given as to what 1 5 "„, to' tote his ultimate fate. A good many persons aPP. i e " -. lf think that, as the fact of his being reprieved neces`.ht implies a serious doubt of his guilt, the prisoner lice to receive a free pardon, but it is a very common pr3coo - cases where there is a doubt that the act Was coo in to mitted by the prisoner, for the capital sentene be commuted to one of penal servitude or tr 4 of portation for life, and among many in at3nce- for this there may be cited the- eases of G ettig, the murder, of his wife in the Minories, for the murder of his wife at Dublin by droW, e j a t and that of the woman Rutter, who was conviel b od the late summer assizes of the murder of her 1111345b by cutting his throat. In all, these cases the r r ment of death was commuted to penal servitudeiote pr. and if a similar course were taken with regar a it h the Smethurst it would be quite in accordance S_ . '" A j a g to precedent that has been established. Aec°l;isoner the gaol regulations, in the case of 'every P o f the who is under sentence of death, the gover nor culpri t prison is bound to have persons in charge of tbeeentioo• night and day during the interval befo re the es _teat This was done with Dr. Smethurst until the,c'e of the reprieve, but since then this surveill3,rdiaarY been taken off, and the prisoner is treated as w ith convict. He has no opportunity of assoeis t , l . l 4', be is confined, has recently undergone extensive other criminals, as Horsemonger-lane Gaol, wu t t i o as a lteT neine et, order to carry out the separate system of eellurobii• and he is in all respects treated as an ord inar y e brot ber ' Before he was reprieved he was visited by hr_ ow se- 6 under a special order of themagistrates, but he . l l L ie him, as any other prisoner would be visited, at,' nc rsoll fixed by the visiting justices, and he is the onlY leePt who has seen the prisoner since his coavictione, only his attorney, Mr. Humplareys, wh°'., it aPPetill coati' saw him upon one occasion. The prisoner s . e ntir e hs nues to assert, in the most earnest manncr, i cosi.ll _ igr and absolute innocence of all participation r e be very the death of Miss Bankes, and there appe with th e little doubt that he is strongly impressed sse , sev era .e , that he will receive a pardon. He has address eof the,,, letters to the Home ot Pr ° ` c communications it is said hestates t and de. ,_ his innocence unless he is set at liberty, doively -e co bas that if he has this opportunity he will pro e N,. __ bid , be that he is entirely innocent of the crime 'NJ' been convicted. alihdat in he ° C l aw , !area appears to lave "progr the river Ste. Marie ous compound ! ting its shores, brings the steamer to - the Sault Ste. Marie. At half past two p.m., we touched for a few minutes at the village of that name on the Canadian side. This settle ment is scattered and by no means in a flourishing condition. In its vicinity are a number of the Chippewa Indians, who have the exclusive right of fishing in the rs 'contiguous to the Sault, and who supply, the , ssed to th American town, also of the same name the river, at the foot of 01( rapids. This little town has great advantages over is Canadian namesake, from its position at the end of nor with the lower lakes, and will daily become of more miles in length, is in the possession of the and more importance. This canal is a little more than American Government—one of the results of the Ash a mile in length, and was constructed during the burton treaty—and some speculators a few years ago years 1853, 1854, and 1855, at a cost of about 1,000,000, by the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal attempted to work the minerals with which it abounds, and several expensive buildings and works were erected Company, who were paid for the contract by b them. To facilitate an entrance to the harbour, a a grant of 750,000 acres of public land. ' The li g hth ouse was b u ilt by th e governmen t ; but for some y width of the canal at the top is 115 feet, at the water 100 12 feet. feet, and at the bottom 64 feet. The depth is There are two locks, each 350 feet in length cause or other, the speculation proved a ruinous affair line to all concerned, and the works were abandoned. The light is still maintained, though of little use, and and 70 feet in width, and the total amount of lockage is 18 feet. The whole work is constructed in a most sub- the only inhabitants of the island at present are its keeper and his family. We spent a most pleasant day stantial and permanent manner, and enables steamers at t h e i s l an d . S ome o f us t rou ti ng an d fi s hi ng with and vessels of the largest class to pass from lake to lake without discharging. • every possible contrivance in the piscatory art, were rewarded with numerous very large trout. Others On leaving the canal, we passed through Tah-qua- f eologised and searched for chloristolites, which were in me-maw Bay to Whitefish PQt; - about 40 miles above ound in great numbers, and a party armed to the teeth the Sault, and were on the broad expanse of Superior, with fishing-rods and guns started for a lake in the on whose waters we witnessed one of the glorious sun- interior, under the guidance of him who, albeit the sets so common in the pure atmosphere of this region. Having left at eight p.m., we arrived on the morning of Hardly had the sun o•one down when the sky became keeper of a lantern, proved no lamp to their . path. the 2nd at the Is of Michipieoton, distant from Isle e , illuminated by most brilliant coruscations of the Aurora, scintillating with a splendour almost Arctic. perhaps as perfectly sheltered from every blast as can The 29th was spent in the open lake far from land, Royale about 130 miles, and anchored in a harbour, and at this part of the trip, and indeed frequently during well be conceived, with a depth of water sufficient to the journey, it was difficult to realise that we were not enable the largest vessels to lie alongside the shore voyaging on the ocean itself. Towards evening strange outlines of land began to appear on the horizon ; and harbour, when better known, will prove invaluable which in some places form a natural wharf. This gradually these outlines _faded away, only to assume a refuge, and as the island is richly wooded, will shapes more fantastic than before. From the extreme be resorted to by steamers for fuel when the trade is as distinctness of the views, it was difficult to believe that extraordinary forms, the castles, capes, and -mountains again produced, and several formidable devices which opened. After breakfast the fishing apparatus was the mirage had been trifling with us, and that the modesty previously prevented us from offering to the presented to us, were but " the baseless fabric of a finny tribe were employed with great success in trolling, vision." while those who used the fly in a beautiful river running From watching these capes fly away, we turned to see in purple into the harbour, found difficulty in not catching the the bold contour of Thunder Cape standin g i relief acrainst the rich crimson of the sunset Towering nnumerable trout which swarms in every creek and P stream. Nor' was Agate Island forgotten , and many to a height of 1,350 feet from the water, in some places almost perpendicularly, and rising in solitary grandeur its name were borne away as mementos of this happy in these lonely waters, it forms a magnificent portal to beautiful specimens of the stones from which it derives day at Michipicoten. the bay which bears its ominous name. From Michipicoten we sailed to the Sault, where With the setting sun a dark haze crept over the Bay, same of the more enthusiastically aquatic of the p art y and by 11 p.m., when we cast anchor off Fort William, shot the rapids in a canoe, and arrived at the Welling the coast line became invisible. To the shriek off the torn Mines on the evening of the 3rd. Under the steam whistle on our arrival, an answer was given by guidance of the superintendent, we examined the works, innumerable curs,• and the whoops of their owners. The seeing the copper in all its stages from its first appear lateness of the hour preventing a general disembarka- ance from the mine to the state in which it is shipped tion, we "turned in " and awaited in patience the for England to be smelted. But space forbids us to morning light to reveal the end of our journey. describe the ingenious mechanism employed to reduce During the night, however, we occasionally it to this condition. caught the sounds of tom-toms, and other On leaving the mines the steamer took the North instruments of Indian music, which we afterwards dis- Channel, which extends for 125 miles between the Mani covered proceeded from a band of Indians, recently toulin group of islands and the mainland, and after arrived from the interior, and who were enca m p ed near threading her way among the Fort. The cause of this nocturnal concert, as we All the fairy crowds afterwards learned, was the apprehended presence of the Of islands which together lie, Evil Spirit ; and from the uproar not continuing longer As quietly as the spots of sky, than one evening, we have reason to believe that that Among the evening clouds; personage was compelled to leave the neighbourhood. and passing . La Cloche mountains, rising on the main- On the morning of the 30th we rowed up to the Fort, land to a height of 2,000 feet, touched on the morning of and were received with the ,e•reatest kindness by Mr. the 4 th at Little Current. This village is situated on the Mclntyre, the officer of the Hudson's Bay Company in Great Manitoulin Island, which, as is well known, is one charge of the place, and to the courtesy of this gentle- of the principal Indian reserves. Here we remained man the party were greatly indebted for much of their only a few minutes, and after rounding Cape Smyth, pleasure during their stay. The Fort is situated on one the most easterly point of the island, we found ourselves of the mouths of the Kaministiquoia river, about a mile bowling down Georgian Bay towards Collingwood, where from the shore of the lake, and is built on low-lying we arrived at nine p.m. ground which stretches along the banks of the river. All the members of the party expressed their satisfac- The view from the Fort is exceedingly pituresque. tion with the accommodation afforded them in the To the left lies the lake, in front the river, with steamer, and with the courtesy and kindness of Captain grassy bank between it and the woods on the Dick, during their voyage of nearly 1,500 miles.—C'or apposite shore, on which our Indian f r i ends had p itched res p ondent o f the Toronto Globe. their wigwams, and to the right a long vista was closed -- by the lofty height of McKay's mountain. Before THE KACAABECA FALLS. the Rescue, leaving for the steamer, thr ou g h the kindness of Mr. A number of the party, passengers of Mclntyre, we were enabled to make arrangements for a having determined to visit the above falls, Mr. M•lntyre, war-dance in the evening, and having given the braves the dicer of the Hudson's Bay Post, at Fort William, timely warning that their toilettes might be unex- kindly furnished us with a bark-canoe, with seven In ceptionable, we went abroad. During the afternoon, dians to paddle, and being also made comfortable with we steamed down _to_ the east end of Thunder Bay, a feather bed and blankets, we commenced our ascent of where no steam vessel had ever penetrated before; the river liaministoquoi at one a.m. The first part of the and well did the magnificent scenery repay the river was, of course, past in the dark, and consequently, trouble. The bay is broken by several islands, some we were not able to appreciate the beauty of the scenery, with beetling crags and others densely wooded, while although dimly through the obscurity we discerned the the red precipices here and there frowned out from bold outline of McKay's mountain, rising almost per among the dark woods which crowned every hill as far pendicularly from the river bank to the height of 1,500 as the eye could reach, Nothing could have exceeded feet. About daylight we reached the foot of the first