Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-17 00:00:00

POLICE I N TELLIGENCE -YEST IRDAY LIVERPOOL. lIIIFORE MR. MANSFICLD. TIME TO GET :ours.—A respectable-looking female, named Mary Jones. described as the wife of a respectable joiner residing in Hornby.street, was charged with having stolen a watch from Mrs. 0 rene, of 22, B•enton-street, Park. It eitpeered that about three weeks ago, the prisoner was at the house of complainant, from which she took the watch, and pie 'ged it for 253. She 1 - st the ticket, and !hen she got en affidavit, and sold that for 15s to a young man, who released it; and thus it was traced. Detective, fficer Marks said the prisoner was continually crank. She was drunk for the last seven days, and her hesband was to be pitied, as he was a respectable man. His Worship sent her to jail for three months under the Criminal Jurisdiction Act, and that time will siebr her. Are lINMAI LT BL ACKGU k R.D.—Mstthew Fairelough, a cooper, living in High Park-street, was charged with having stabbed an intelligent boy named John Hartley. Mr. Black defended. It appeared that the boy and his mother lodged in the prisoner's h use, and that his wife and the boy's mother, had some words about rent. On Tuesday evenir g, the woman and boy were in their room, when the prisoner entered and struck the woman a violent blow, whicn kn -.eked her head right through a window. The boy iaterfered, when the prisoner took up a knife and stabbed him in the upper lip Mr. Bluck cross-exa mined the boy and his mother, but their evidence aas not shaken. A surgeon proved that the wound, although not dangerous, would leave a mark on the boy for life. The prisoner was sent for trial but bail was accepted for him on the application of Mr. Black. NOT THE REAL "Tue. " John Walmeeley, a carter, was charged with stealing 39 sheets of tin. The prisoner was employed to cart the tin from a Swansea vessel to one bound for Rio, and broke one of the boxes, and concealed the quantity stated in a horse rug, but was dis covered with it on his lorry. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months hard labour. Tux CORN ROBBERY. —Martin White and John Morris, were brought up on remand, charged with stealing eight bags of wheat, the property of Messrs. A. F. and R. Maxwell, Brunswick street. The particulars .f the case have already been published. White was in the employ of Messrs Maxwell, and on Tuesday, the Bth of this month, he was engaged in dischargitg wheat in the Nelson dock, from the ship C. J. Mayer, iato a fist. It was proved that he and Morris engaged a carter to remove eight bags of the wheat, and when it was seized by a constable, while in Morrie's possession, White came forward and produced a document, purporting to be an order for its delivery. The warehouseman of Mess-e. Maxwell now proved that no such order had ever been issued, and the prisoners were accordingly committed for trial at the sessions. Mr. Goodere appeared for the prisoners. BEFORE MESSRS. AIKIN AND HAMILTON. Mr. S. T. Stoney, ironfounder, of Jordan-street, was Clad 103. and costs for allowing smcke to issue onr of his premises ; and Mr. Shelton, Bedford street, Park, wag lined £1 for a like sm, , ke nuisance. &Lust° Bto I'm:min—Mr. James Flynn, corn and 1 flour factor, of Drnry-lane, appeared on summons issued at the instance of the Health Committee, to show cause why a penalty should not be imposed on him far the sale I of five sacks of unsound flour, c mtrary to the pr, wisions of the Public Health Act. The cat e was tried on the 27th of last month before Messrs. Dixon and Ceostliwaite, and ull that occasion it was fully reported. The magistrates then decided that the flour was unfit for human use, and the question now was as to the amount of the penalty. Mr linGlowan, whe appeared on behalf of the Heath Commit. tee, said that every day multitudes of po3r penp7e attended at the Cornwallis-street offices, to complain of the p3ison i: one character of the flour and bread sold to them. He felt grieved to say that it was the general practice of the trade to sell damaged flour nefit for human use, and the object of this prosecution was not to squeeze a heavy penalty from Mr. Flynn, who was in no degree worse thin his neighbours, but for the purpose, if possible, of suppressing - a vary nefarious practice, and pro , tecting the poor. He believed that Mr. Flynn bought the flour from a miller in Manchester, who was lescribed as holding a high position in the trade It night be so ; it might be that in his own city he was a provincial magistrate, but ho (Mr. M Gowan) should be mermitted to say that it was most dishonest monduct to sell such flour for human consumption with the serfect knowledge that it was unfit for that use. When he act came into operation the Health Committee sent a ropy of the clause nn :er which the present prosecution was ostituted to each of the c3rn dealers in the borough, and be committee were ready to aid in every way in their power in the disposal of uner and corn and flour for the oannfactare of starch and other like purposes. A number f poor women attended in court, and exhibit , d bread lade from unsound flour, but which had been sold to iem as good and wholesome. The bread was quite unfit rr.ten, — Q2S appeared for Mr. Flynn, said that 'tie had lerely sold it on commission, and that at the time he be eyed it was wholesome tour, though slightly damaged. Er. Aiktn said that the bench were quite inclined to elieve that Mr. Flynn was a mere agent in the matter, 2d that, in the first instance, when he sold the flour, he id no reason to think it bad. They felt bound, however, inflict a fine, not so much for the purpose of p tnishing m, as to let the public know that they should be careful selling flour for human use, knowing, at the same time, at it was unsound. The Bench, in consequence, should pose a fine of 40s and costs. Vi! R POOL BANKRUPTCY "(MT.-YESTERDAY (BEFORE MS. CIMMIiiIONEtt STEVENSON.) 't tr xB J OHS DOUIERTT.—The bankrupt was extensively !aged in the corn trade in Liverpool. This was the sunned last rxamilatioa meeting. Mr. I. :wades eared for the assignee', an 1 Mr. Gregory for the Imp% tilr. Lowt.de4 said that the balance sheet had been filed, and thai. Mr. F.nney, the accountant, would lain the reason. Mr. Finney said that the books had 1 1 ! come into his hands until the early part of last w.-ek o which time, the bankrupt had two clerks employed hem. That was the best course that could be pursued, since then, die.crepancies tai been found, he considered would expedite maters if the examination were :her atljonrned for a ny.rth. Mr. Gregory applied in 'aequtnce, for such an adj.iurnment Mr. Lowtdes made lobjection, and the examination was accordingly ad- I sited until the 13. h of Oc'ober. RI WILLUM Sroce. —The bankrupt's last examine was a journed for a short time tv enable the assigneis taming the balance sheet. ills:Tay for C 0 TM B'ffzi front Six ;to Twenty Yea - s. LEWIS fa COMPANY, itanslagla-stre:l he weather (soy' the Aberloon coriespondcnt of the nburgh Express) continues ;rely unf,:voarable for the , est. N,t a fourth part is yet secured in the vs :k)ard, l el preutiog has commenced ex! ensiv-lr. GILD MURDER IN KINCHT.P4I.—Tae Jamaica Despatch, ticing the execation of Peter Ward, at Durant Bay, bled murder, states that Ward on the scaffold addressed Is of caution to those women who were in the habit o' ig their own children ! II explanation of this the !etch says it is unfortunately too true that a Kingston ..mortality of infant life, within a few boars i of actual ince—the number of infants killed in the process of !ended parturition—'he still more formidable propor sf lifer xtinguisned artia•ically before the completion of atural period of gestation, all combine to produce a lion of things which are painfully oppose,' to the 'esti of population in natural order, and which it well I ces the auth reties of the island anxiously to c )naider. Despatch has heard it said that in Kingeton alone are buried annually not less than one thousand in within the two latter c a'egoriee. It does not vouch lee.) figures, but it is to be feared that they are iaggerated. E HEALTH OF THE JEWS CF LONDON. It is noticeable in poor neighbourhoods which have been attacked by ra, fever, small-pox, and similar diseases, the Jews there have in an extraordinary manner escaped Lion. The apparent causes of this sanatory fact are 1 iy of attention. lat. As reg-rde food, it seems that the poorer Jews are most particular in the food they In rbAience to the law of M sex, they use nore of • ' lood or offal of animals ; they are also particular in the ;e of Gab, and avoid both animals and fowls which are Ly or unwholesomely fed. 2nd. Intemperance in is rare amongst them ; and even the very poor Jews ,etroarkable for their attention to moral family ties. e are of course, ax,!,ept:ons, but, this general character lis certain. 3rd. Their religion directs them to use , I personal c'eanlinese. Ablutions are made Wore Itig the synagogues, and on ether oceasions. Their 1 i e are also thoroughly c l e ated at certain periods from ID b)tti m. All the alo)ve acts are important to health, , he good effects o! attention t o them is evident. The I are so simple, that they might be readily obaerved e elicit' parts of the masses of people in the large towns, ,Wst whom this ancient race are scattered. In the L (es of investigation of the neighbourhoods in which the reside, we have generally found them to be very ' . ,le of the advantages of prop e r sanator y conditions. 1 worthy of notice that few have secn a London Jew ig, although some of them are ve r y p oor, and we s that they seldom apply for paroc hial assistanee. , sum s, however, are distributed by the more afflu ent r creed to those who need essietaacc. -7 he Bu ilder, i 1 WEST DERBY UNION. The usual weekly meeting of the guardians of this board was held at the Boardroom, Mill lane, Everton, yesterday. Mr. S Edw rds, the deputy- chairm , n, pre sided. The other guardians present were—Messrs. Lunt . , Eoscoe, Morri, Hayes, Ledger, J. Birch, Pius, Shaw, Abrahams, and•the Rev. Mr. Tattersall. THE NORTHERN TIMES. 2 :--LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1857. PRESIDENT BUCHANAN AND KANSAS AFFAIRS. The following is a verbatim copy of the mem orial of professor Silliman and forty-two others of Couneezicut, addressed to His Excellency James Buchanan, the President of the United States and which we brictly noticed yesterday : The ulidcrsigned, ciriz-ns of the United States and Electors of the Sato of Connecicu', resp-ctfully offer to your Excel lency this their memo-ial. The fundamental principle of the Constitution of the United States, and of our political institutions is, that the people shall make their own laws, and elect their own rulers. We see with grief, if not with as'ontshment, that Governor Welker, of Kansas, openly represents and proclaims that the President of the United States is employing through him (Walker) an army, one purpose of which is to force the people of Kansas to obey laws not their own nor of the United States, but laws which it is notorious and estabrshed upon evidence they never made, and rulers they never elected. We reptesent, therefore, that by the foregoing your Excel lency is openly held up and proclaimed to the great derogation of our national character as violating in its most essmtial particular the solemn oath which the President has taken to support the Constitution of this Union. We call attention, further, to the fact your Excellency is in like manner held up to this nation, to all mankind, and to all posterity, in the attitude of "levying war against a portion of the United States" by employing arms in Kan-as to uphold a body of men and a code of enactments purporting to be legislative, but which never hid the election, nor sane ion, nor consent of the people of the Territory. We earnestly represent to your Excellency that we, also, have takers the oath to obey the Constitution, and your Excellency may rest assured that we shall not refrain ftoni the prayer that Almighty God will make your Administra tion an example of justice and beneficence, and with this terrible majesty protect our people and our Constitution. THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWER. WesursaroN, Aug. 15, 1857. Gentlemen,—On my recent return to this city, after a fortnight's absence, your memorial, without date, was placed in my hands through the agency of Mr. Horatio King, of the Poa•-office Department, to whom it had been intrusted. From the distinguished source wheece it proceeds, as well as its pe ed:or character, I haw deemed it proper to depart from my general rule in such cases, an I to give it an answer. You first assert that " the fundamental principles of the Constitution of the United States, and of our political institu tions is, that the people shall make their own laws and elect their own rulers." You then express your grief that I should have violated this principle, and through Governer Walker, have employed an army, " one purpose of which is to force the people of K insas to obey laws not their own, nor of the United States, but laws which, it is notorious and established upon evidence, they never made, and rulers they never elected ; and as a corrollary from the foregoing you reps, sent that I am " openly held up and proclaimed to the great derogation of our national character as violating in its most essential particular the solem❑ oath which the Presideat has taken to support the Constitution of this Union." There ate I eavy charges pro ceeding from gentlemen of your high c!iiracter, and if well founded ought to consign my name to infamy. But in proportion to their gravity, common justice, to say nothing of Christian charity, required that before making them, you should have clearly ascertained that they were well-foanded. If not they will rebound with withering condemnation upon their authors. Have you performed this preliminary duty towards the man who, however unworthy, is the Chief Magis trate of your country? If so, either you or I are labouring under a strange delusion. Should tr.is prove to be your case, it will present a memorable example of the truth that political prtjudice is blind even to the existence of the plainest and most palpable historical facts. To these facts let us refer. Whe❑ len ered upon the duties of the Presidential office on the 4 . 11 of March 1 at, what was the condition of Kansas'' This Territory had been org,aeized under the act of Congress of the 30th of May, 1854, and the Government in all its branches was iu full operation. A GPM nor, Secretary-of the Territory, Chief Justice, two Associa:e Justices, a Marshal and District-Attorney, had been appointed by my predecessors, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and were all engrged in discharging their resp-ctiva dirties. A code of Paws had been euarted by the Territorial Legislature, and the Judiciary were eca2loyed in expounding and carrying These laws into effect. It is quite true that a controversy had previously arisen me— pecting the validity of the election of the members of the Territorial Legislature, and of the law passed by them, but at tha time I entered upon my official duties, Congress had recognised this Legislature in different forms and by different enactments. '1 he delegate elected to the house of Representa tives under a Territorial law had just completed its term of service on the (lay previous to my inauguration. In fact I fonnd the Government of Kansas as well'establisbed as that of any other Territory, Under these circum:t!nces, what was my duty? Was it not lo sustain - thin anyr...sm••••• 'l%. it 'retina violence of law' ess men who are determined either to rule or ruin ? To prevent it from being orertUrned by force ? In the language of the Constitution to " take care that the laws be faithfully exocutt d." It w,,s for this purpose, and for this alone, that I ordered a military force to Kansas, to aet as a pos,sl cemitatus in aiding the civil magistrate to carry the law into execution. The condition of the Territory at the time, tvhich 1 need not portray, rendered this precaution abso lutely necessary. In this state of affairs, would I not have been justly condemned had I left the Marshal, and other officers of a like character, impotent to execute the process and judgments of the Courts of Justice, established by Con gress, or by the . Territorial Legislature, under its express authority, and thus have suffered the Government itself to becomo an object of contempt in the eyes of the people? And yet this is what you designate as forcing " the people of Kansoa to obey the laws, not their own•Lor of the United States," and fl,r doing which you have denounced me as having violated my solemn oath,. I ask what else could I have done, (nought I to have done ?. Would you have desired that I should abandon the Territorial Government, sanctioned as it had been by Congress, to illegal violence, and thus renew the scenes of civil war and bloodshed which every patriot in the country had deplored? This would indeed have beer' to violate my oath of office, and to fix a damning blot en the character of my Administration.. I most cheerfully admit that the necessity for sending a military force to Kansas to aid in the execution of the civil law reflects no credit upon the character of our country. But let the blame fall upon the heads of the guilty. Whence did this necessity arise? A portion of the people of Kansas, unwilling to trust to the ballot-box, the certain American remedy for redress of all grievances, undertook to create an independent Government for themselves. Had this attempt proved successful, it would of course have subverted the existing Government prescribed and recognized by Congress, and substituted a revolutionary Government in its stead. This was usurpation of the same character as it would be for a portion of tho people of Counecticut, to undertake to establish a septrate G ivernment within its chartered limits, for the purpose of redressing any grievance, real or imaginary, of which they might have complained against the legitimate Government. Such a principle, if carried into execution, would destroy all lawful authority and produce universal anarchy. I ought to specify more particularly a condition of affairs which I have only embraced in general terms, requiting the Presence of a military force at Kens;:s. The Congress of the United States had most wisely declared , it to be the true intent and meaning of this ace-this act org,anizelg the 'Territory,—not to. legislate Slavery into any Territory, not exclude it therefrom, but to leave it to the people thereof, perfectly free to fotru and regulate their domes tic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitu tion of the United States. As a natural con equenee, Congress has also prescribed by the same act that when the Territory of Kansas shall be admitted as a State, it shall be rt ceived into the Union with or without Slavery, as their Constitution may prescribe at the time of the admission. Slavery existed at that period, and still exists in Kansas under the Constitution of the United States. This point has at last been decided by the highest tribunal known to our laws. How it could ever live been seriously doubted is a myseety. if a confedera tion of sovereign States acquire a new territory at the expense of their common blood and treasure, surely one set of the parties can have no right to exclude the other from its enjoy ment, by prohibiting them taking into. it whatsoever is recog nised to be property by a common constitution. But, wl.en the people, the bona fide residents of such Territory, proceed to frame a State Constitution, then it is right to decide the important question for themselves, whether they will countenance, modify or abolish Slavery. To them, and to them alone, does this question belong, free from all foreign interference. In the opinion of the Territorial L gislature of Kansas, the time had at rived for entering the Union, and they accordingly passed a law to elect delegates for the purpose of framing a State Consth This law was fair and just in its provisions. It conferred the right of suffrage upon Every bona ,fide inhabitant of the Territory, and feet the purpose of preventing fraud and the in trusion of citizens of near or distant States, most properly con fided this right to those who had resided therein three months previous to the election. Here a fair opportunity was pre ' sented for all qualified resident citizens of the Territory, to whatever organiettien they might have previously belonged, to participate in the election,. and to express their opinions at the hallotlbex on the question of Slavery; but numbers of fawless men still continued to resist the Teriito.ial Govern ment. Tsev refused either to be recognized or vote, and 111'301S of the Convention were elected legally and properly without tbeirinterventiop. The Convention will soon assem ble to perform the solemn duty for flaming a Constitution for themselves and'their posterity, and, in the state of incipient rebellion which still exists in Kansas, it is my imperative duty to employ the troops of the United States. Should this be come necessary in defending the Convention against violence whilst framing the Constitution, and in protecting the bona • OFFICIAL RETURNS. The Master of the Workhouse reported that the number in the wo kiowe last week was 567 ; since when 33 had been admitted, 1 born, 35 discharged, and, 2 deaths. This week there were 569, of whom 3;0 belonged to Tox►eth park. For the corresponding week of last year there were 612. The Master of the liospitoll reported that the number of sick paupers in that establishment last week was 80; since when 19 had been admitted, 9 discharged, and 3 deaths. This week there were 96, of whom 36 belonged to Toxteth•park. The number for the corresponding week of last year was 80. Cheques to the amount of £136 were voted for the relief of the out-door poor within the several townships within the hundred. THE STONE YARD. Upon the superintendent's report of the quantity of stones remaining in the stone yard being read, The CHAIRMAN suggested that slr. A. Holm() should be instructed to prepare a plan of that and the garden, and other out building with a view of altogether doing away with the former, as he considered it no labour lost, although they had to pay the superintendent 303 per week, and disposing of that portion of !he property altogether. Mr. LUNT expressed hie concurrenre in the suggestion. The CLERK intimated to the board that a surveyor was about to make a valuation of all the property, for the purpose of seeing what portion the Toxttrh-park guardians wool i have to pay, and he did not see how it could be disposed of until after that survey was made, without the sanction of the Toxteth Board. The CHAIRMAN : They will 'be glad enough to give their sanction to get rid of it. Mr. PITTS and Mr. HAYES thought the subject bad better stand over for a time. Mr. BIRCH did not agree with the suggestion, hut thought that the stone breaking should be kept on as a labour test, as it was a saving to the union. The CHAIRMAN believed that it wou'.d be found cheaper to pay Cs a week for the paupers than have such a test, as it was no test at all. _ _ Mr. PITTS thought it was a test, as it deterred many persons from applying for relief. At a sub equent period of the meeting a latter was read from the Poor Law Board, in answer to a communication from the L':cal Board, who stated that it was impracticable for the relieving officers to atteni at the stone yard daily to pay the men, disspproviug of that duty being.performed by the superintendent. The CHAIRMAN : How is it to be altered? The CLERK : One wav would be to constitute the super intenlent a relieving (Meer. Mr MOkRIS : That would b 3 a most expensive experiment. The CLARK : What answer am Ito send to the letter. The CHAIRMAN : Tell the board we are going to sell the yard, and for them to mind their own business. The subject Then dropped. THE ENGINEER OF THE HOSPITAL. From the report of the Master of that esttblishmeut, Mr. Davis, it appeared that the man who had been taken out of the workhouse to attend on the engine at 64 per week, with his board and lcdging4, had expressed his dissatisfaction at the remuneration awarded him, and advice was required to know what steps were to be taken, if ho should leave, as he (the Master) had been instructed to appoint a man pro tem, which he had done. After some conversation, it was decided to pay the man Gs per week from the time he took the place, and give him the same amount weekly. THE MEDICAL °Mega AND THE BOARD'S INSTRUCTIONS AS TO TOE IfiDWIFERT CASES. For the last few week", this Board has repeatedly had under consideration the actual dtvies the medical cfficer is required to perform in regard to the cases of midwifery occurring in the hospital. At one meeting, he has been ordered to attend all such cases ; at another, he has been only ordered to do so in such as were considered dangerous ; and, finally, the subject has been duly considered by the Visiting Committee, consisting of Messrs. Pitts, Abrahams, and Birch, and the result was the fo!lp xing report :—" The committee havirg taken into consideration the letter ad dressed by Dr. Nevins to the Board, and read at the last meeting, sees no reason to alter the recommendation made lo? them on the 9,h of Jaly last; that in all ordinary cases of childbirth, the midwife do attend ; bat that in all cases of danger and Ifficulty, the medical officer be required to attend; and the committee recommend that such officer be paid the remuneration provided by the Poor Law Board, for such attendance on his part." T The Cram read the crder from the Poor Law Board in reference to the remunerati )n paid to medical officer?, in cases of midwifery, from which it appeared that in all ordinary cases they wore entitled to a fee of 103. ; in cases of difficulty 204. ; and in extraordinary difficult cases 40s Mr. ASEVIASIS then moved that the report of the Visiting Committee be received and ad , pted. The Rtv. Mr. TATTZIOALL had much pleasure in seconding the motion, and in doing so, expressed a hope that for the future, now that the point was settled, that they should hear no more of the matter, for it did appear to him that the subect had been brought forward with a hostile feeling towards Dr. Nevins. That gentle man had always l erformed his duty, and it would be absurd for them to put extra duties upon him without remunerating him Mr. HXYES wished to know how many cases of mid wifery occurred in the workhouse in a year ? Mr. PITTS replied about fifty. Mr. I.lsvis : Then the parties who have made so much talk about th!s, have by their proceedings, caused an expo .diture of about £5O per annum. That is their economy and the way they wish to reduce the rates. Mr. LUNT :;enied thst he had any hostile feehng towards Dr. Nevis, or any other medical officer, and said that he always considered the interests of the ratepayers. But he did think that Dr. Nevins did not perform half the duties he should do. The en.tramerf : That subject is not before the Beard. Mr. Pins agreed with all that had been, stated by the Rev. Mr. Tattersall, and that the subject had been brought forward in a hostile feeling towards Dr. Nevin*', and he regretted that a small faction at the Board had vote d with Mr. Shaw, without knowing what they were about . But the biters had got bit. He could claim the remnr oration by the order, and, although , he had never done, so for extra services rendered, he would, from the treaU nent he had received, be justified in doing so now. After a few observations from Mr. LEDGI :R, who expressed a hope that they should never hear a ny more trifling coed brought against Dr. Nevins, the committee's report was unanimously adopted. M CELLAIIMOUS BL7ANES2. The CLERK stated a report had been received. from the Lunatic Commissioners, in reference to a request sent from that Board, to permit certain lunatic parpers to be kept in the workhouse instead of- sending them to au. asylum. An inspector had been sent down, and he ha.d examined the house, and had reported unfavourab y in regard to letting them be in the house, and w.,uld not cot isent to it. The CHAIRVIAN : Then that decides that busil less. Mr. Prrrs gave notice• that next week he shauld move that Mr. Bremner be the relieving officer for Everton and Xirkdale, and Mr. Allen for West Derby. Mr. HETES also gave notice that he should move that the time of holding the weekly mestings should be altered from ten o'clock until two in tho afternoon. After disposing of some routine business, the Board adjourned. BOY' CLOTHING :RADE WITH GREAT TASTE, at LEWIS aad COMPANY'S, Iti..aslagh street. MYSTERIOUS OCCIIIIRFNCI AT MORNINGSIDE.—On Satur day morning about seven o'clock, a labourer on his way past a field in a farm at Piewlands, imaied'a , ely to the s nth of the Morning-itie Asylum, observed a man and woman lyinz on the ground. His suspicione being aroused by the attitude of the woman, he approached and found that she was quite dead and euld, whilst the man in a somewhat muddled ste.e, was lying close be ide her. The, labourer at mica hastened for medical assistance, and Dr. Howden and Dr. Reiiby were speedily upon the spot. Toey ex rninui the body, and found that life was hopelessly extinct, and no!iced s)me marks around the neck, which might have proceeel from suffocating pressare. The man who was beside the corpse, and who is named David . K-nnedy, was apprehended and conveyed to Efinbargh. Upcn inquiry, it was elicited that. Kennedy, accornp , niel by three other mer, named Thomas Gourley, Juhn Rosa, and William Nivan, had, on Friday night, after the close of the theatre, left Piinces.street, in a cab for Momingside, along with two pi., stitutes ; had cnled at a house where they were known, at Aferninpide, but on account of their unsteady appearance, !he party being much the worse . for liquor, had been reused admittance. They had then it is supposed, gone to spend the night in the fields. Tbrough the activity of the county force, the three men were also quickly apprehended and taken before the she:ift All four have been remitte , l. They belong to the artisan elms. An examination of the bady took place on Eaturday even ing. It seems not improbable that the unfortunate woman met her deartt from natural causes.--ifidinburgh Daily Express. fide inhabitantill qualified to vote under the provisions of tile instrument in the free exercise of the rights of suffrage, when it shall be submitted to them for their approbation or re jection. I have entire confidence in Gov. Walker that the troops will not be employed except to resist actual agzres sion, or in the execution of the laws, and then not until the power of the civil imagist ate shall prove unavailing. Following the example of Mr. Madison towards the Hartford Convention, illegal anl dangerous combinations such as that of the Topeka Convention, will not be dis!utbed unless they shall attempt to peiform some act which will Meg them into a du il collision with the Constitution aced the laws, and in that event they shall be resisted and put dawn by the whole powers of the Government. In performing this duty I shall have the approbation of my own conscience, and as I humbly trust of my Gad. I thank you for the assurance that you will not refrain from prayer that Almighty God will make my Administration an example of justice and beneficence. You can greatly assist me in arriving at this blessed consum mation by exerting your influence in allaying the existing sectional excitement on the subjzct of Slavery, which has been productive of much evil and no goo I, and which if it could succeed in attaining its object, would ruin the slave as well as his master. This would be a work of genuine pbilantrophy. Every day in my life I feel how inadequate I am to pet form the duty of my high station, wi , hout tho continued support pf Divine Providence; yet, placing my trust in Him, and in Him a'one, I entertain a gee! hope that He will enable me to do equal justice to all portionsof the Union, and thus render me an humble instrument in restoring peace and harmony among tha people of the several States. Yours very rospecttully, JAMES BUCHANAN. VIOLENT WHIRLWIND NEAR DURHAM. A whirlwind, of violence fortunately unknown in this country. occurred in the early part of the morning abetween one ai , d two o'clock) of Thursday, the 3rd inst., at a shirt distance nor' h of tbts city. Its effects appear to have loam first noticed in a field of Mr. Gilbert Wood's, near Plawsworth, where some sheaves of wheat w- re found, In the course of the ensning day, to be partly disperse a' out the field, and partly hurled into an adjoining turnip field to distances exc etling one hundred yards from the spots in which they were at aiding on the preceding evening From Plawsworth its to Wens courze was mareed by broken p'oughs, uprooted con', and of er unequivocal svm.3 oms of atorn teo, to Barra—hill, a farm house of Lord Durham's, situste to the east of Sacriston, where it app•-are to have attsined an am omit of force and violence which can scarcely be credited without personal inspection. The farm house ant builAngs were in a great measure unroofed,` the window glass instantaneously fo•ced into the rooms—the upper part of several corn r cks, just stacked, dispersed in all directions—some hedge-row tim •er or tine growth, as well as some single t eee, scattered and broken to pie es ---f,nd a track of about fie yards in width on the west side f this beige literally covered with broken boughs an i splinters. There appears, however, to have been a lur in the centre of the whirlwind passing the hedge-row, as two or three fine trees appeared but slightly Injured, whilst for twenty or thirty yards on el her side of them every tree was shattered to pieces. From Barras- hill it might be traced t s Mr. T. Holmes's farm .tean, to the east of Witten GI b •I• where it unroofed a stahlo end tore up some apple-trees in the garden, passing, however, without icjury a bed of cabbages ad joining the roots of some lofty trees, bereft of their top branch .s by the fury of the blast. On reaching the Browney laver, near Witten, its violence reems to have been exhausted, and the utmost limit of its ravages confined to a distance t f sur'er four mil• s. 'I be pass ige ever the Barrass-hill farm appears to have been aliust momentary. Its approach awakened one of the innaiates, who co npsred it to the son id of a thrashing machin •in full motion. Tuts was succeeded by the crash of brak •n glass and felling tiles, and immeliately foil:owed by a profound silence, broken only by a heavy fall of rata of a few minute.' duration Thunder an t vivi 1 lightning were heard and observed shortly before the;occorrence of the phenomenon. which was doubtless of eleetr c origin, and. had t tak n peace in the d y thee, would undnub'edly have I en's thn object of mach more obser vation and wonder than have rani ed from its occurrence in the dead hour of the night.—Durham, At:verteser. THE TRADE OF THE NORTH-EAST PORTS. During the mt month, the custom - eturns show a very satisfactory increase in the exportation of artiiks of man facture from the prin cipal ports on the north-east coast Th 3 iisc es.s. at Newc3.. le w. 5 from 103,4661 in August !ast year. to 143,9271. this; t Middlesbo rough, from 39,5821., to 59,0271.; and at the Hartlepools from 195,6621 14,2.8,2591. 'flier-, has b.fen a falling off in the exqortatiol of coals to foreign ports during the m.nith ; but the re:u ns show a latis• factory increase in the expor aton of coals coastwise, The ryne has exported 172,694 tons, against 11,351 tons last August ; the W.cr (Sunderland) 124,354 tons this yenr. amin-t 113:501 last: and the Hlrropools, 92,913 tons. against 82,031. Tee imdor:ation of coals tato Loudon in Angust from cash port was:— Ships. Ports. Tons. 235 Newcastle... • • .... 84.487 107' Seahsm 173' Su seerland . to Middlesborough a. 70.; 188 El irtlepool and West Hartlepool .. 6 Blyth .• • • 1,2 0 81 Scotch, Welsh, tic. 826 .. And the increase in the impo-rat on of ses borne coal nto London during the tear has beta 21,296 4 t0nt. At thi prevent time the north east ports are crowded with shipping. sod the freights are ne.es eerily low ; on Saturday, they *.gcre from 69. to 6e. 9i. per ton , from Ilewcastle to London. B t)Y3' CLOTHING MADE WITH GIEAT TASTE, at LEWIS r.nd voMrnttrJ, tsaucagu-streCt. " ADVERSITY MAKRi us ACQUAINTED WITH STRGSGE BErveteows."—A captain at the Bengal Native Infantry, writing home from Mheve, says :—" Tue first night weer) I lay down to rest I was between a young lady who had only arrived in the country three menthe, end snne married soldier's wife. I dared not stir, for I feared might put my foot into the young lady's mouth, or into that of the other. In other circumstances however delightful it might be to me to be in the propinquity of the fair sex, I considered myself in the most disegreeable quandary at the time. Had any ono unacquainted with our situation passed by, we should have been taken for members of the Mormon school." INFORMATION AGAINST A COAL PROPAISTOR AT BOL. TON.—IMPORTANT Decisices —At the Town Hall, - Little Bolton, on Monday Mr. Dickenson, impector of coal mines, appeared to prefer a charge against James Hard. castle, Esq., of Firweod, for having on the 2nd July, at Breightmet Colliery. known as the "Roadside Pit," neg lected to observe the 7th general role of "An Act to Amend the Law for the Inspection of Coal mines," by not providing a prop.r steam gnage for the steam boiler used at the mid colliery, whereby he had rendered himself - 1 liable to a penalty of £s.—Mr. Richardson appeared for Mr. Dickeneon. and Mr. Hardeastlo appeared in his own behalf and cross-examined Mr. Dickenson at considerable length. It appeared that for a number of years this boiler has had one of " Salter's Spring Balances" attached to it, as well as a safety valve, the spring balance being affixed in the stead of a guage; but from the evidence of Mr. Dickenson, he did not consider it sufficient, as it only in dicated the pressure of steam at the blowing-off-point, therefore only acting as a safety valve ; and he said it wag necessary, to prevent accidents, that the engineer should be able to keow the pressure of steam at any time by looking at the guage, as in was of as great importance to have sufficient steam as to avoid having too much, es, in case of a weight descending the pit, it might overpower that which was ascending e aud the " break" would net be sufficient to prevent the cage coming up the shaft, being wound over the pully, therefore it was necessary to have a sufficient quantity of steam at all times to assist the " break." Salter's spring balance would not indicate the pressure of steam only at a o-rtain fixed pressure, unless the engine driver unscrewed it to ascertain the quantity, which he- did not consider was sufficient to meet the requirements of the act of parliament to prevent weal-pit accidents. Ile did not, he sail, make a point of recom mending any particular guage, leaving that to the selection of the proprietors, but he considered all boilers ought to have an open-top mercurial guage, or some other proper one, eons to be able to ascertain at all times iv looking at it, whether there was too much er too little water in the boiler. He knew nothing so safe as the mercurial guage. Mr. Herdeastla in reply to the evidence of Mr. Dickenson, coatcoded that he had not shown that Salter's spring balance did not act in every respect as a page; it was capable of being tested as. to w'beLher it would or not, and he should 1: ke the magistrate to inspect it ; the whole was a very simple and safe invention, and he did not wish to be driven from what he had used for so many years.— Mr. Andrews, magistrate, observed that the re , 1 question wag, whether Salter's spring balance measured the steam at every stage, high or low, more or less ? if it did they should say it was a proper gulp, if it did not he did not think it was.—Mr. Dickenson said it was neither more or less than a steam valve.—M-. Har Icastle then called Mr. Jackson, surveyor and civil engineer, who said that he was the ‘‘ viewer" at llreighmet Colliery, and that the entire appliances at the pit spoken of were good and complete, , and he knew no better for what they had to do. He could ascertain with the spring balance what degree of pressure of steam was in the boiler at all timed. He could tell by the ear as well as by turning the screw on it, when the pressure was below a certain given amount at which it was fixed to blow c ff. Ile elm thought Salter's spring balance less liable to get out of order. They were applied to other steam boilers besides at collieries, and were also generally applied to locomotive!. In his opinion, they are proper steam guages. Mr. Richardson in reply sail, Mr. Jackson, he considered, had completely proved Mr. Dickenson's case, as the engineer according to his own showing could not tell by it when it was at blowing-off point, unless by using tnechaaicel reeans.—Mr. Heywood, magistrate, said he could not consider it a real indicator, when it required the screw to be turned by the engineer ; it was not as the mercurial gauge, a self-indicator. The magistrates having retired to consider their decision, on returnirg into court Mr. Andrews sad the opinion of the bench was, that it was not a proper steam guage, at the same time Mr. Haedcastle had done what he considered best; bat they. thought that the requirement of the act world tot be complied with if the best that could be got was not supplied to prevent accidents ; they therefore imposed the mitigated penalty of 20e and costs, A MISSIONARY'S ACCOUNT OF THE INDIAN OUTBREAK, The Rev. Mr. Hay, the American missionary In India, who escaped from Allahebad, returned to Southampton from London on Paturday night. In London he hal an in terview with Sir Charles Trevolyan. The Chairman of the East India Company was anxious to see Mr. Hay, but his wife was so ill at Southampton that Mr. Hay could not pro lor g his stay in the metropolis. Being one of the first per sons who has come from the heart of the mutinous districts, and being thoroughly acquainted with the history and extent of the mutiny, and with its nature and bearings, his society has been anxiously sought after for information. His account of the rise of the mutiny and defeat of the mutineers at Allahabad is exceedingly interesting. Alla habad contained about 100,000 inhabitants at the time of the mutiny. There had been several panics in the city for some time before the revolt broke out there, and three weeks before there was any fighting the city was patrolled, and European women and children were ordered into the fort At times the alarm died away, and the women wenn come out cf the f rt. The expectation was that the city would be attack d by mutiueers from Benaree. At length a chief raised the standard of insurrection. No European knew who he was ; some said he was a Moulvie, that is, a Mehernedan religious teacher, something like the padre of the Portuguese ; others that he was a native officer ; others that he was a weaver by trade. He, how ever, represented himsel' as a viceroy of the King ofDelhi. He commanded about 4,000 of the mutineers. Mr. Hey speaks in the highest terms of Major Brazier and Colonel Neil, with both cf whom he was personally acquainted. Major Brazier rote from the ranks. He commanded the Sikhs at Allahabad, and exercised great influence over them. It was to him that the Europeans were indebted for preventing the rebels from taking the fort. Had they done so, scarcely anything would have driven them out of it, for it is constructed on an European model. Nothing would induce the rebel Sepeys who beseiged it to come near, so much did they dread its guns. On the 13th of June Cal. Neil cannonaded Deraghung, a suburb of Allahabad Btazitr behaved here with distinguished gallantry. The chief of the mutineers was taken prisoner. He was a young man magnificently dressed, and was said to be a nephew of the Moutvie, who headed the mutiny inside the walls. Major Brazier, surrounded by a few Sikh soldiers, ordered the chief to be brought before him to be interrogated. After being questioned he was ordered to be taken to a place of confinement. His arms were loosely fastened behind him. Before he left the presence of the major he, by a great effort, caught at a sword that was within his reach, and made a cut at one of the Sikhs. Brazier and all the Sikhs fell upon him, and the former wrested the sword from the prisoner's haul ; but the enraged Sikhs, while the chief was peostrate, placed their heels on his head and literally mailed out his brains, and the body wit. thrown outside the gates there. It was owing to General Neil's gallantry that all the Europeans in Beneres were not massac -ad, After saving Benares the general arrived at Allahabad, and superseded Colonel Simpson After cannonadirg Degaghung, he attacked and burnt the lower par. of the city on the 14th of June. The head quarters of the Moulvie ware in the higher part of the city, at the old Mehum dan gardens. There the prisoners of the mutineers were con fined, and among them were the native Chris tian teachers belonging to Mr. Hay's misiion establi,hment. On the 17th of June, Colonel Nei', with about 500 Europeans and 800 Sikhs, comple'ely defeated the Moulvie and his 4,000 troops. The native Christians know, from the manner in which the mutineers returned to their heed.querters —bloody, hurried, and dis pirited, that they had met wilt a defeat, and • they counselled ono another and their families to keep up their spirits, for they knew that the defeated mutineers would not stand another battle. flure enough on the morning of the 18th they evacuated the place, and the native teachers wore liberated. Hunovian, a wealthy Hindoo Zemindar, befriended them until they got to a place of safety. Mr. Hay is decidedly of opinion that Delhi will not he taken before November or December. He has visited Delhi. The fort is built after the native fashion. Heavy guns would soon batter down its walls. - Unfortunately the guns which were sent to batter them down were captured by the rebels at Phillour. When Mr. Hay left nilahsbad the Eaglith troops before Delhi were scarcely able to hold their own ; although always beatio! , the mutineers in every attack, they had slightly recededirom their original pe sition. It takes nearly fifty days for troops to get to Delhi from' Calcutta. Mr. Hay was seventeen days getting to the latter place from Allahabad. He went down to Calcutta in a steamboat. Wilde he was on the voyage Sir Norman Leslie an l other officers were massacred near Dinapore by Sepoys belon ing to the very regiments, the mutiny of which was announced on Monday by electric telegraph. The assassins of Sir Norman Leslie were caught, tied up f r om the backs of elephanis to a gallows, and then swung cff. The soldiers of their own regiments were made executioners, an! it was boasted at the time that one of the assassins was hung by his own father, in order to show the loyalty of the regiments Mr. Hay says that many old East Indians foretold that these troops would ultimately mutiny, and that there could be no doubt they sympathised with the assassins of Leslie and his brother officers. Their turning executioners, anti a father hanging his own son, were only a blind. They were biding their time. Mr. Hay thinks the news of the mutiny at Divapore is bad news, because it shows that the communi— cations between Calcutta and Delhi may be interrupted,. There is one thing, however, to be considered; the mutineers have no guns in the neighbourhood, and they have a very wholesome dead of tae steamers passing _between Cal cutta and Allahabad, all of which carry guns. He thinks also, that the telegraph despatch on Monday, did not contain g sod news generally from India. It can hardly be said that Central India is tranquillised ; it must be only small portions of it. The mutinies at Dinapere and in the Bombay Presidency, are ominous of evil. He was twenty days in Calcutta, before he left for Eng. land ; during that time, there had been two or three panics there, and pe sons living in the outskirts had taken refuge in the fort, and on board the ships. Confidence, however, was restored when he lefr, owing chiefly to 1,700 troops from China that were landed from the Hima laya. It was at one time fully expected that the restive Mahomedatt servants would rebel in- Calcutta. Num• bens had been. saying to the European children of whom they had charge, that all the houses in Calcutta would soon belong to the na ivos A converted Brahmia in Calcutta had been accosted by natives who did not know of his conversion, and was told that there would be a general rise- in Calcutta, anl that the troops would be assisted by the native servants in driving out the English. About s,ooofresh troops had arrived, and bean sent up the country since the mutiny broke out. Tney go up by steamers as far as Allahabad, which is situated at the junction of the Jumna and the Ganges Mr. Hay, as he was proceeding to Calcutta, met General Havelock and his forces going up the country. He considered that Havelock would, after leaving Cawnpare, proceed to destroy Nena Sahib at Bithoor before he went to relieve Lucknow, to prevent Nena from occupying the roar with any force. It is most satisfactory to find,, however, that Havelock had ap• perently considered himself enabled to g' on to Lucknow without first accomplehiug the destruction of Nena, because Lncknow was in so much need of succour. Probably Have lock has left the future chastisement of the arch traitor to Colonel Neil, who must have moved on from Allaha bad.. Mr. Hay considers that Agra must have fallen by this time, unless relieved. He states that on his passage to England he met a French c dicer, a Captain La Four, who had been in the Punjauh war, and knew Nona Sahib intimately, and saw him at Cewnpore after the mutiny had broken out at Delhi. To sho ee the duplicity of this scoundrel, he lamented to Captain La Fous the outbreak, arid stated that he could hardly believe it—it was most shameful. There cannot be a doubt that he had been privy to it, was gloating over its atrocities, and was plan ning the most hellish treachery all the time. After being defeated at Cawnpote and Futteypore, he has escaped at his castle at Bahoor, which is well defended with cannon. _Mr. Hay thinks the issuing of the greased cartridges to, have been a great mistake. The intelligent leaders of the mutineers well understood that the greased cartridges were withdrawn, and that the Government explanations were s atisfactory ; but the illiterate natives never were convinced that the outrage on their religion was discon tinued. It was also an error to sentence the,Bo high caste men at Meerut to five y, ars' imprisonment for refusing to use the cartridges. They were al nstiva gentlemen belonging to a cavalry regiment. The sepoys would have greased the cartridges themselves, and used sheep's fat, a material which scarcely a Mahomedan or klindoo would have scrupled to use. The colour of the pa;,er of the cartridges being different from that which had hitherto been used, and the paper being greasy, excited suspicion and alarm. Mr. Hay says that the British Government should have declared itself a Christian Government. It ehou'd not have persecutod the natives in order to make them Christians, but it should have set its face against caste as much as against widow-burning The Government relied upon keeping alive the ignorant prejudice of Hindoos and Mahometans, and preserving its authority by balancing race against race and religion against religion, and the mutiny shows that its scheme has signally failed. The missionary schools were twice as crowded as the govern ment schools. In the former the Bible and catechism were taught, and he schools commenced and ended with prayer. In the latter, until very recently, the Bible was excluded. The Koran and the Ehaster were in the government schools ; but nb prJessor was ever allowed, even if requested, to explain anything with reference to the Bible, not even as an historical book. Nearly all the native professors and graduates of the government universities and schools are atheists. Their education caused them to disbelieve Paganism, and they were not encouraged to believe in Christianity. Many of them a-e implicated in the present revolt Some extrao_dinary disclosures have yet to be made public on this mater. Names are mentioned in Calcutta of persons who it is expected will yet be com promised. It is expected that Sir Colin Campbell will proceed up to Allahabed, or some such central place, where he can best superintend the disposal of troops where they are :ranted. The writer asked el r. Hay if he had any doubt as to the ultimate defeat of the mutineers. He said he had not the slightest doubt of their defeat. There are about 21,000 European troops uow up in the North West Provinces. The rikhs, he believes, will be faithful; at least they have no sympathy with the Mahom medans and H;ndoos. The missionaries who were killed in Delhi were Erglise church missionaries. Mr. Hay be lieves that four of his brother American missionaries, with their families, dear friends of his, and with whom he cor respondee, weremasfracred at Futtyghur. It is possible that some men who a; e now missing may turn up again, but no woman could live in the jungle in consequence of the intense heat at this time of the year. A railway offi cial, who hid away in a bungalow fur five days, and during that time took nothing iuside his lips but water, escaped with his life All the nor-combatants were ordered out of Allahabad by Colonel Neil. The European troops are now much impeded in proceeding up the country from Cal"utta in consequence of the camping stations having been destroyed by the mutineers. Mr. Hay proceeds to New York in the Argo. He seems to hare a mast intimtee knowledge of everything relating to the mutiny, and it almost seems a pity that he should leave the country without giving to the people of England the fruits of h's experience and knowledge of Indian affairs. He had too much trouble with a si k wife, who was con fined while on her voyage to England, and two young chil dren, to write on the voyage ; but he purposes drawing up a statement (o.v ) during his voyage to New York. Some arrangements ought to be made at once to receive the fugitives from laths, who will cense home by ev ry mail picket, at Southampton. Mr. Hay was driven away penniless leas Ilindostan. His expenses increased beyond his expectation on the voyage, particularly in passing through Egypt. If any one connected with the magnifi cent fund now raising in this country had been stationed in Southampton, so as to have offered him assistance, such an offer would have been esteemed a graceful act in America, and would have relieved a man of a sacred profession and high intelligence in a strange land of some temporary anxiety. Of course the distinguished society to which Mr. Hay has the honour to belong are well able to support its missionaries. Mr. Hay attended a prayer meeting of the United Dissenting Christian Churches on behalf of the sufferers in India, at the above-bar chapel, in Southampton. CONFESSION OF MURDER. At the Worship-street Police-court, London, on Tues day, Maria, Clarke, a care-worn, miserable-looking woman, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with a de:ermined attempt to destroy herself. On being placed at the bar, the prisoner was at once recognised as a recent Inmate of the Hackney workhouse, who had under gone an examination last week at this court for the alleged murder of her female child, eight years old, by throwing it into the itsgent's Canal, on which occasion she was remanded in the first instance, but ultimately discharged, in the absence of any direct evidence against her. Wiliam Henry Thomas, a French polisher, living in John'S-row, St. Luke's, was now examined, and said : I am brother-in law to the prisoner, and on her release from custody last weak I offered her an asylum in my house, and engaged to provide for her until she procured a situation. The prisoner thankfully a'-cepted the offer; and, although she was evidently very unhappy in her min i, she remained with us until about ten o'clock last night, when she suddenly got up, while we were sitting comturt ably together, and after kissing my child, shook hands with me and my wife, and told U 3 that she could nit stay any longer. I remon strated with her upon leaving us at such an hour, and en paired where she was going;. but she made - no answer, and hurried: out of the honse. Suspecting that she in tended to commit suicide, I hastened after her and fol lowed her closely for nearly two miles in the direction of the particular spot near the bridge of Daleton, from which her dead'chial had been taken out of the canal, on reaching which the prisoner stopped short, and after looking duwn upon the water she started back- with an anguished cry, and rapidly made her way towards the next bridge. I followed her as fast as I could, but heard a loud scream and " splash." Before I was able to over take her, I saw her struggling in the water. On. raising an alarm, the keeper of the adj Acing lock arrived with the drags,and after hsving twice sunk,the prisoner was at length brought out in a state of insensibily. Police con stable Lewis,N. sS6 i stated that at the time in question the prisoner was given into custody as soon as she was re. stored to consciousness ; and on being taken to- the station house, the documents which he produced were found attached to the inside of her bonnet. The papers in question, which were enclosed in an envelope ad dressed to the prisoners uncle, " Mr. Clarke, wheelwright, Hackney Real," were then read by Mr. Safford, tha second clerk, and coneisted of two letters to the following . effect :—"Dear Friend—l and my child have suffered much in Hackney Union, and to save the child from being so wrong as I have been, it would be better for her to go to Jesus while young. I myself have thrown her into the Regent s Canal. I committed perjury about six years ago. I thought walking in the water would be easier than hangiug far myself. Christ save me." The second letter, which was nearly a repetition of the other, contained the words :—"Dear Friends—All is well ;. Christ calls me home. I have broken all the commandments, and- am without cue plea; but His blood was shed for me. I myself threw my child into the water, and watched it there. I same, Jesus." Oa being asked if she wished to say anything in answer to the charge, the prisoner, who had listened attentively to the perusal of the letters, eagerly exclaimed—" It is my writing—all of it." Mr. Wl:plc:et said that it was a most lamentable case, and he felt it his duty to commit the prisoner for the wilful murder of her child ; but she would be brought up again for the formal completion of the depositions. ATTE)IP FED MURDER OF AN INFANT. On Tuesday, Bridget Kavanagh, a milk-carrier, residing at No. 32, Fitzroy-market, was brought before Mr. Beadon, at Marlborough-street P lice-court, charged with attempt ing to murder her infant child, by administering to it some kind of narcotic p ison. Mr. William Boyd Blushed, surgeon, University Hospital, deposed that yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, the prisoner at the bar was brought to him at the h,npital with a child in her arms, by a man. Mr. 13,2ai0n : What was the age of the child? Mr. Mushed : About fur or five month ' old Mr. Beadon : In what state was the child? Mr. Blushed : The child appeared to be suffering from some narcotic poison. Mr. Beaton : Had you any conversation with the prisoner? Mr. Blushed : Yes, I asked her the particulars, to sae if I eauld gather anything from her as to the symp toms, but she gave me no answer. The man who was with her gave me the bottle produced, which smelt very strongly or laudanum. The prisoner then said she had purchased a pennyworth of ainseed at a public house. in Tottenham-court-road, which she had given to the child.. I then directed the child to be removed to one of the wards,. and the usual remedies were at once applied to restore animation, but with very little success, as the child was just alive, and that was ail. Mr. Beadon : What were the symptoms ? Mr. alushed : The symptoms were com patible with these of a child poisoned by opium, or some narcotic poison. The pupils of the eyes were ck ntraetecl, and the features pale and emaciated. The child was of so tender an ago that it was impossible for it to recover. The child was no doubt dead by this tiato John Maynard, No. 31, Fitzroy-market,-said : Yesterday afternoon I was in my a orkshop, when I heard the noise of a woman crying proceed from No. 32. I wont to the spot, but seeing the doors and, windows closed I returned to my shop. In about five minutes afterwards I saw my next door neighbour go into the house, and I heard her say o " Shut the child's mouth." I went into the house and saw the child lying on the chair. Prisoner was there. I asked her what was the mater with the child, and told her it appeared to be dying, and recommended her to take it to the hospital. I then took up the child and carried it as far as the hospital, followed by the prisoner, to whom, on her arrival, I gave it up. The bottle produced was given tome by a parson named Ward as I was returning from the hospital, and I gave it to the surgeon. Jane Hart said : I live with the prisoner, at No 32, Fitzroyamarket. and slept in the same room with her and the baby. The latter was in good health up to Sunday last, when it was taken unwell, so that food wculd not stay on its stomach. The prisoner gave it something out of a tea cup, which it immediately threw up. I advised her to give it the breast. She refused to do- so, and seemed much troubled in consequence of having to nurse it. On Sunday nigh', prisoner went out, and on her return brought in something in the bottle produced, which she administered to the child. The prisoner had previously aske me what could be gat at a doctor's to sleep a child. I told her I did not know. The prisoner subsequently gave something to the child which was ejected frcm its stomach. The prisoner then placed her hand over the infant's mouth and wished it was deal. The child all at once became livid ; its eyes fixed, and to all appearance dead. She refused to take it to a doctor. Mr. Maynard then came in and took the child himself to the hospital. The bottle produced is the same she caw given to the surgeon by Mrs. Ward. This being all the evidence, the prisoner was remanded. At LEWIS &CO PANY'S, Ranelagh-street. BOYS are CLOTHED from the Agaa of Six to Twenty `team