The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-16 00:00:00

CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION m s r o . past it has thatbeen extensively announced ra J e oh day n Frost would make a public entry into the metr opolis branches yesterday morning, and the local chartist have been actively ,a_ of the metropolitan districts one of .aad in the interval in preparing to do honour to their liberated leaders. Many plans were suggested tte anarl..at Purpose, but it was not until Saturd . ay tha stated that rangements were made. On that clay it was l ao- "ere would be gatherings cf the chartist body at . al lets of the liiip m e compass, an se would dth uld all unite at Fins lioith Pare as a common centre. The democrats of the ea. ! -140ndon localities were to meet in Russell-square ,. as • a as t ea o'clock, and then repair to Lincoln s-inn taal Lo lls ' 4,,, where they would join their brethren of tly ,h cep i L e teaa'rna localities, compribing Chelsea, Knish-abridge, e r l i e t v g en , Fclo ck g 4 t,nn, and the West-end generally ; and, at with a ara,,,' `aue combined associations were to proceed, _ torea,„ -e ~,,t i Ying, to Finsbury -square. The Association of Apahr ueinoorats was also to assemble in Lincoln s-inn th e , At h e hour named, and for some time afterwards, 4„ ' was not even the s mblanc, i - of a gathering at 4 411. -- -e - " knots' of idle square or L incoln's-inn-fields. Small 'ai4rs members and deed, collected in the Vicinity, but the leaders . of the chartist associations were wanting. desire was certainly nothing visible that could be justly to ""ated a - • • habsence of the anti- Pated „a Procession ; and in t e a 'fain to c oas 7w:l, some of the intended spectators were :oealisautT thenuelves by listening to the rough and ready "„ tl ,, hon, l°ll Of Some street patterers," who we, e turni g"4 aelaaa"„Peany by bawling a ballad, Welcome to Frost, '''. the ° °y was— Se bold and brave he stem'd the wave Cheer up this day all parties. And welcome with a loud huzza, Str John Frost the gtliant chartist. th "t Netr , e tooa ni Y, however, soon loses ita interest ; and, as ;bare resumed rig advanced, Lincoln'a-inn-fields and Russell tersalain thair wonted quietude, nothing unusual 1 , 11 0 ,,, - ' 3 to judicate what had been anticipated. Pass- Vl. w l e ver, to Finsbury -square, the aspect of affairs ve °Ple 'a lit a Material change. There laraa haw, had collected. AG early as el. weir LaSsoelatior . h eastern districts arrived witt =oa t% -.tier s ~ as of t a . beingaccompanied by female V ' a ss er • s a ';';:-.,' few of them m uodated with seats in pleasure ,ipsr,. zetween'weerleevaecaco and n twelve the societies which IL:hackle:l4g elsewhere made their appearance, and by u'vrha‘e,was altogether a formidable gathering, worthy, "as Ps, 0 1 be' demonstration. The square ;1a.., t , ~, . ing called a . y/44' 4 sides thronged with neop , le chiefly, as far as 488 - a PPear would indicate, belonging to the 4 e 'r art' ance ),I'.li'mn, 'sans and labourers. The hero of the day— i'l „,'‘---arrived at the spot in an open carriage drawn h`liereajsreY horses, shortly after twelve o'elock; and the the committee Who were entrusted with 'll- it -• "g ef th ssion commenced the performance t or ea task e proce . . th e tarti n , and in a few minu e t s the signal was given Ofoli oa .g. The procession moved out of the square in si"°ta it", a 'ag order :--Three marshalmen on horseback, of se a s, `uaY fairly be said that they rode very sorry ;lie ~41 looked rata l ier nervous and uneasy in their , J o 'eat a brass wand play log " Partant pour la Syrie ;' 4011 - carries . - a Mr. Frost, Mr. Ernest tr at; ' , k r , : ).'>e which contained I . $ i .,'? 1p- 'atnes Finlen Mr. Cooke, and other demo -- "'' ' hthe ttee of the Commune tK .01 0 ,B,t. en Comm. - a . p r . naare, which represents in the foreign emigration f the iuiefZeh secret society, " The Marianne," one o . - ) 11 aa Z er s ef 'which carried the banner of the spciety, 41„',,,ilie(ii:41e crimson silk fitter, bearing the inscription, a 4 F 4 ti r r - a" tanality and Fraternity" on one side . , i h aera,', a e Other, " Republique Domocratique et Sociale ," , 14 C,,,, s tjle different local assOciations, marching four It s'ich • With their various distinctive banners, some of tab, , bore rather significant inscriptions, su c h for to stina4P,as the following •—" Resistance to tyranny is dutT , Ahoyh 1 '' The Apostle is amongst us—he is democracy, so n . ~ 1: 43 tr 7t oad evidently undergone a hurried metamor ,,-"lti R - F a dapt them to the occasion. One of the most t ' n- ' e atur • e cession was the appearance of i, c e i l v e i s h girls bearing thepro a _ as Id with the inscription, e eeo e°r as Joh I ) , t rap anie ,, n Frost;'' while . the themselves were attire, who walked 44,eeti th e ' n , l3 Y a h'..."light in rustic certainly " ed -- ar m' d with a stout cudgel, which .d 14 off. a e aPerfl -e no one appeared dispose th e n -t• ap y . - , ous appendage, tni ti l'att . ,, •„losalt or indignity to these as female supporters of ~ -.4 4 bui Oppressed liberty. The procession was ter m I. 4 art a consid rable rear guard of pleasure . vans, 4, co 1 e d other vehicles, filled with a la le rt , a Waggons, an It la I 'M f i , ' Juvenile members of the associations. - - oeem- -ill th e shortly after. twelve o'clock, and ehe - " e d tl sqnare la, Stai d lence along Moor a tn, a. *e-street, Prince s-street, ~e'et, th e, St. Paul's Churchyard, Ludg a ate c h a i r l% Fleet kleSt.st."gh Temple-bar, the Strand, . f quare, Tr thence, through t .eet, P ortland-place, and finally, tato"Park to Primrose-hill. age ,eg a v est la a fine elderly looking man, his real 1 Pa l :" is bel' ' H' hair is iron grey, the effect year eau ieved, 72. la his ,Y Of time • for his features generally certainly . 114 : 11c) D-rtees of long ' confinement or mental anxiety. ti e 'l 3c'e4 ii - ;" il:th c'tywas of' a very quiet character, t s, t t i a ° ,,- ,lle parC e of ' those ' who immediately surrounded Os tli, l ,' e was nothinc , very demonstrative about it.N leare;e,„anY increase of enthusiasm as he proceeded ip - h a rafalg at , - s qua re. , -t Q h ave been supposed the procession of such a 't i e he art tli °I people as were thus convened, through the 1144 18 of the metropolis,would excite some apprehen ah...a t he a . _ city authorities, or of the mer *4.4, a an i i.. lnds of the i i h e Pas sed 7 8 , and tradesmen, whose establishments g lki litt ea , , but no such feeling seemed to prevail. Not h " a s up scarcely a policeman was to be seen ; 1113etPeraaPs in ' capital in Europe could such a ,tati a aelea,4beenno other . _ 4 tis ,1,4' w tico sa witnessed —the spectacle of an osten -1 exile — recently pardoned by a„lo_overei e e to . a . politi o c t a the smallest alarm either tai a ng th e g °, exciting n 'No pi ps, , 1, , ,_v , fling powers,. , or the wealthy and orderly composed chiefly of the N4tig oalLiseespraocdessiTnthewaa s uthorities showed an utter l i!a e t t e ll : °I alarm' , t n he conduct of the people to-day . sh h owhe ad tl 4 for -y a , W ere not unworthy of the estimate which -(4). form of th e i r good sense and peaceable disposi tr 0 0, a ~ e t ai l' ed with a formidable array 4tt tle te,:T h ten re s r e e ti e l t d s be o e t n i have been a more complete t it l i ll Y iti e , or anYtheing tending n to popular commotion. The th e haltat;leavenience occasioned by the affair, was Ali `e one P ' • • - of street traffic. la ti e p ro 9, a slight interrupion . k oek cession arrived at Primrose-hill 11about three li tl i til ' Wh 111 • Frost descended from his carriage, : ve -.el°Be who hadr • dhina riding on their va : rious , a aat es, T he haccompame fpeople assembled in the t he v ti W as aboutWole number The o seats were taken from , fo rr„, arlana o hs en v ans t i le and converted into a temporary plat -1),,e s le if side of the hill, about . , half way ull At have lai.,llsatilravas anticipated the proceedtnaa, would tala.Aloa.lavilY brought to a close, for, about half-past h ‘ibe t , '-', a peltinc, shower of rain fell, which . caused WI B to see , a . s hops ria una a shelter in the houses . of the neighbour- Ilfo rth 'er trees. A ray of sunshine shortly after a l " tli n ` l, which infused fresh vigour and enthusiasm t h. ael a-se assembled The sky again overcast, and con -IWeat-csa for some time, but ltimately it cleared off, and '11. • ii" " w as d ll e, 1! ~ liaaitful y tine. of the proceedings, lialared", who acted as marshal and et, is admire°4 ground before the procession arrived, __ y hilted fble arrangements a space was speedily e, ll os, a.`t'atile reception of the hero of the daY, . his 1 14 - ' 4l re,:"' tile committee, for the accommodation - Bet Nitab'avesentatives of the press, but the overpower, 44 - , 1 his ': and d etermination of the " sovereign people side tii,, oncl intentions and directions at defiance, t -stab( Utmost prevailed for a con -oit e ti lt confusion ika t 8 ats zo e, and it was only by physical . force exerted qa 44 ,„ li e ._ most that every man could maintain his own. th4verocession arrived the crowd became more dense, ful tittiabl)nduct of those present was the most disg l rac w e ere )4414111:4',.11e rush became so great that the people ter)! Wer e peril of their lives, and it was a miracle that der foot. The l l Ccia i , f , got thrown down and trodden u h i i i ldren, Ival L eeta l ; "i ' w omen, the shrill cries of c and the li oh fit a„l„,exclaniations of the men baffles description, to be seen lana a , tu at the g e nera' confusion men were isp'Z'oes , a! sticks around them to clear the space for the la I N 4," hi close imit to the heads of those h a ~. ~,r e prox poin t h ai i -P-; nst Jones, with a bouuet of flowers of two sturdy Pe 'Ns ' nleunted on the shoulders . a °Pl s ~ of i the Charter," begged the " sovereign cl v °l4 `a the b k b tall to no urpose—the (11 44 qth l3 a e • a tremen - N Nall tom Yren " (was heard in vain, and _ ... la, tlie th e 5 oth er e opp)site side of the crown of the hilt, of their +oh,' 'th e , to the bottom with a narrow escape _ 444 all • "age m asscontinued backward and and 4 ,,,, sidow. to surge 1 1 ''' a ra s of azs, and in ever conceivable direction, i Wa. ea he a n hour elapsed before anything occurred ; al - ita - various speakers addressed the meeting, r le aet, tPhassible to attempt to report their s heS; pe 7than (V Ili iae lives of the reporters were more .h t v.kki,,,,klineet • bath 'SI not e ,, Peri . I Seeing the utter impossibility oti '' and having a due regard to yam safety, reporters , s grea t di c'es occasions was threatened, the a a : Of Deo,43sculty forced their way through the . dense we Rea, atte tic t es and left the place. Of all the meetings .., th e rtil tided We ~ e 4, coed we never recollect witnessing such dis from for as ,etaa i et, Which can only be accounted t at Cakis " Wit h f T being composed of the lowost class of 1 1_ ha.,;; Which the metropolis abounds. t s k eas - i„,`'hir ', 73 1? been established, Mr. E. Jones was called `atie -4, bb' 'lld the f i • a " Ode," composed for the W., , th, ol °win = N 8 chairman was sung by the meeting to the Ilq 4 ve the Queen." Wari liAlAN's SONG TO THE RICH. masses of even o'clock the %0,4 Sir SENEST JONES. F r : sat e t , al ith tt i l le 4, 04,,... 44 .7" God save the Queen." oel. ' “ , tl ," )0 11 , ,, a '? 8 riFht, ' Our poverty's . your wealth, ° I f '4 4 thth.sPtet did might, Our sickness is your health, °IYe":I4 „ e tric kY rue ' Our death our life; Y I ,S f ro „nrtl y too ,, Your shops in poison deal. 11 , h e ba -., P re , 4 .., Banks forge, and statesmen steal, t Ore m ea of se °4 l a school, And rots the commonweal. ) "'b o ' ll ' . ',' h() ° , l t ''Se i r Corruption-rife. -. et P ror r , a daily t ° , With bloodstained despots' shame, 11, o, r pr„ . ask L . t Dare the l e i'rcnid knaves; You link our country's name, a a r id u l y he p ir eo c p l e me ll'in the "We till Godr hear i i i and d ". 115 res we till, pray, IV 'RN. } 'rig still I f there's no ..ther way, 41 4 011 q 1 "4 sla ves Give us one glorious day Of Cromwell's time. .... k t l, l ii., °°4l and •t• ...1, e ii, evade, But if the Lord of Life o r e !,.. or e ii,, You the w e , a 1 ye made, Will turn our hearts from strife, 1 41' NI i ' ll e fits ke I•o clasp our hand, t tll o ur a surp: oB h e e l ), And bul oppression cease : fhen B r otherhood and pe ice, 3 W ant a" Can al'relP' an d Pain. ' In Freedom's safe increase, Shall bless our land. The 3. • the ,airroan then. in an energetic speech,. highly th , atle 4e P. h tv e r 's° °f ° th th e e p at riotism .- and consistency displayed by ti p ,?st. day, called On the meeting to do honour to 4 411 14. R ad . c i u r a tes finlen moved the presentation of the f0110w ma,444), "' zte s %S OF THE LONDON CHARTISTS TO JOHN FROST. eBllB°% t ak e sir and fellow chartist —We are glad that we ab l e at %this ePoortunit to thank' you for your inestim "ar e- ees, and to coniratulate you upon your return to %native land after an exile as protracted as it was be:12,41'41e to those by whom it was necessitated. 'Ve 'Lnlate you, too, that you were able to sustain the THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. trials and indignities of that exile with such exalted and dignified composure ; such composure, indeed, as it ,is seldom the lot of humanity to witness. The heroic vindi cation of your deeds, the e";.postfre of the misdeeds of the people's enernio, of those who became your enemies, because You championed the interests of those whom they oppressed, are acts which still hold a prominent place and we, the char -within the memory of your countrymen, tists of London and its subur leCtiop. with thC of continent Df your turn, this sipitics. and eventful day, to declare to yeti for those acts, and to make known ur gratit 'aimed disposition to work which fifteen our joy at your pros;. for the removal of those wrongs, years since prompted you to the performance of such acts. It is refreshing, sir, in this day of blasphemy and fc proach, in this day of political apostacy and comproinise, to know that while we.have had men who publicly recog ' cause, and who have since succumbed before th e - seention, or forfeited the future greatness or the present advantage of being rich, that fiery blast of per ou amongst the number who have bravely en dured the cross, despised the shame, and still foster fealty to that faith which our doctrines, the doctrines of the poor, have engendered, and which, sir, the sufferings of all have sanctified. Permit us, then, to hid you welcome. We do so as strangers to you in person, although we are by our common cause familiar to each other. By the influence of the justice of that cause, arc still hope to be united. Fi•om this clay we We do so from the circumstance red. Your name, associated thiest of worldly obj cts, is, while it f hn+l , an d a right, so suggesti We haN now, and ke up new ich it shall be mar. rposeß of men, that we a ASSAULT ON A FEMALE BY A POLICEMAN. This day Police Constable 642 attended before Mr. Mansfield for the purpose of answering a charge preferred against him for assaulting a female. The facts of the case were as follows : —Oa Saturday last an elderly female, with Et child in her arms, and a young man, all belonging to the gipsey tribe, .were charged by police constable 642, an d otb.ers of the force,, with being drunk and disorderly on the the previous evening on the Lauding-stage. The pollee officer stated the case, and the parties were fined for that previous to which, however, the female stated that she had not attempted to release the young naafi, but had only followed him, and that on the way to the bridewell the policelnan had strnek her a very violent blow which bad knocked her down in the street. This statement *as then uncorroborated, but shortly after a gentleman, by the name of Beasley, intimated to Mr. Mansfield, that he had witnessed the conduct of the policeman to the woman, and was ready to come forward. At that time police Constable 642 had left, but orders were issued that he should app ear in the court this morning to answer the charge, Shortly after Mr. Mansfield had taken his ;seat on the beiadh the parties appeared in court, and the ease was galled on. Mr. Mansfield; addressing police constable 642: You are charged with committing a violent assault on a woman, named, I think, Taylor, charged with being drunk and disorderly on the Landing-Aage. Mr. Beasley : On Friday evening, about five minutes to seven o'clock, I was the Landing-stage, when I saw some policemen handling a young man very roughly. The woman tried s:et towards the young man ; as she was doing so, police constable 642 turned round, and struck her a blow that knocked her down in the street. She fell down quite flat n. back. It was either a blow or a push, but if it was nush it must have been a very violent ~ n o. There was a nersons, all of whom cried ``shame" of the roNI - d of I went up to the man and took his number, and told him that such conduct could not be tolerated. At first I could not tell whether it was officer 642, or officer 587 who had etruck the blow, but when 642 turned round, I saw that it was him, as he was dark, and the other con stable light complexioned. The defendant 642: I never touched or shoved the woman ; and how is it that you first said it was 587, then you said it was the acting inspector, then you said it was me ? Mr. Beasley : Your backs were to mP, but I afterwards saw that it was you. Defendant : You ought to be certain before you make such a charge as that. I never touched the woman. I had hold of the man by his left arm, and she was on my left side, therefore I could not strike her. She was drunk, and fell down. Mr. Mansfield : Are you sure that it was a blow that caused the woman to fall ? Mr. Beasley : I am certain that it was either a blow or a push that he gave her, but I can't say which. Acting-inspector 116 was called, and his version of the affair was, that as they were taking the young man, the female followed and took hold of his arm, when, being very drunk, she fell down. Mr. Mansfield : Did you see the acting-inspector there ? Mr. Beasley : I did not notice him. Mr. Mansfield : He said he had hold of the woman's arm ; if he had, could he have seen the blow that was struck ? Mr. Beasley : I should say that he could not. Police constable 587 said : I saw the woman fall, but I cannot say whether she was knocked down or fell down. Mr. Mansfield : The woman, on Saturday, made precisely the same statement as that now made by this gentleman, to whom we are much obliged for coming forward as he has done. When a person charged make these complaints against the officers, of course we cannot take any notice of them unless they are fully corroborated, and it is by that means that the police often escape. lam much obliged to you, sir, for coming forward as you have done in this case. You have fully proved that a most shameful assault has been committed by this policeman on the female, and I do not know anything that is more likely to raise the indignation of the public than to see a female brutally knocked down by a policeman; it might have endangered the peace of the town. By the punishment that lam about to inflict on you, I shall show to the police force that the power they have entrusted to them shall not be abused. You must pay a penalty of £lO, or be imprisoned for three months. Police constable 642 was then handed over to the care the of jailer. THE OVERLAND MAIL We are in pdsaession or our ordinary oorres pondence and journals from India and China by the arrival of the Overland Mail. The dates are Bombay, August 12; Calcutta, August 8; and Hong Kong, July 21. The following is an epitome of the leading events for the fortniht There was little domestic news stirring either at Calcutta or Bombay. The Government had publishe,d an account of the sum of money actually expended In 1854-05 on public works. It is thus distributed : Public improvements, 89,16.000 r. Judicial works, 2,91,000 r. Eicelesiastical, 80,000 r. Educational, 29,000 r. Revenue, 2,16,000 r. Irrigatiori, 35,73,000 r. Marine, 1,88,000 r. Railway, 2,95,000 r. Militar±, 48,86,000 r. Repairs, 41,19,000 r. Total, 2,25,93,000 rupees. The immense expenditure for new military works is only temporary, as the barracks once completed can be maintained for a much more moderate sum. It will not, however, cease at present, as Oude must be covered with cantdnments. Of the remaining outlay, the largest portion is on reproductiVe works, most of which will pay a reasonable interest, and some a return knovrn in Europe only to the projectors of the Credit Mobilier. All these works have been suspended; partly from financial pressure, partly from the new determination 'of government either to carry them on with borrowed capital or to keep the expenditure on them within the limit of the revenue. Of the motives or perpetrators of poor Mr. Horsley's murder nothing appears to have been discovered. The bill for permitting the remarriage of widows had received the Governor-General's assent. So far as one can judge, it is popular. The Legislative Council was literally beset with petitions praying for the abolition of polygamy accounts from Peshawnr sneak of the cotieltisiun of a settlement between the Chief Commissioner and Saadut Khan of Lalpoora, which it is hoped will put a final stop to the hostilities that have hitherto been almost unceasing between the British and the Momund tribes. In Oude all is perfectly tranquil. The late Prime Minister had passed through Cawnpore on his way to join his dethroned master at Calcutta. At Lucknow the mortality among the 52n,1 Light Infantry had happily been checked by the removal of the men to another spot, while the barracks were narrowly examined and a quantity of foul and noxious mat'er discovered under the flooring and removed. At Baraitch, another of the principal stations, the climate is described as delightful in the rainy season, and the station, contrary to what was expected, healthy. The news from Burmah relates chiefly to the murder of the young prince. It now appears certain that the victim was a member of the Royal family of Ava. He had fled, it is asserted, from the neighbOurhood of the Court some months before his murder, to avoid the persecution of the King's brother, the heir apparent, by whose orders his father had already fallen. To the particulars of the assassination formerly given there is nothing to add. But the confession of one of the par ties concerned, made before the English chief magistrate, seems, though indirectly, only to implicate the heir apparent. The province of Pegue and Burman generally are to be entirely given up to the Madras army, and all Bengal troops now serving there are to be withdrawn at once. BURIAL BOARD.-YESTERDAY. The ordinary weekly meeting of the Burial Board was held in the Board-room, Workhouse, at ten o'clock yes r. Robertson Gladstone presided, and the other members in attendance were—Messrs. J. R. Jeffery, terday. Woodruff, Shaw, Thornley, Corbally, Bairstow, Jackson, and Stitt The following correspondence was read : Home Office, 9Lh Sept., 1856: Sir,--I am requested by the Burial Board, recently appointed at Liverpool, to apply for a copy of Dr. Sutherland's report upon the land purchased, &c., in the parish of Walton, although for the purposes of interment it has been made part of the parish of Liverpool ; and also for information to the following queries, viz, : —Whether the land In question, which has never yet received a single interment, can be legally opened without the authority cf yourself being first obtained ? I should state that it was purchased in 1848, consecrated in 1851, and vested In the Ecclesiastical Com missioners. Whether it will bo to any, and to what extent, subject to regulations from yourself, as Secretary of State for the Home Department.—l am, Sir George, your very obedient JAMES R. JEFFERY', Vice-Chairman of the Liverpool Burial Board. To the Right Hon. Sir George Grey. servant, Whitehall, 13th September, iso. Sir,—l am directed Gy Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the recelot of your letter of the 9th instant, respecting the piece of land in the parish of Walton, pur chased by the parish of Liverpool in 1848, and consecrated in 1851, for the purposes of interment ; and I am to inform you in reply to your enquiries, that as this ground was provided and consecrated (though not used) prior to the passing of the Burial Acts, it appears to Sir George Grey that it cannot b , considered a new ground requiring the sane' tart' of State before it can be or of the Secre- tary of State trial MASEY, its day as an earnest c that there shall vet ure weal, ndant t sary efforts of the people, those fair and happy issu hich the philanthropic of the world have worke, 1 as you are by your long expel ns you are to that cause, the Success of wh to the manumission of ycur fellow rr as the advocate of Justice to all, g your sufferin tached I CO redited and love and sanction from the poor for you have specially worked, thought, and suffered, high and r we rec.ogr in you thos peerless parts which make the patriot, and render you, sir, as one fit and destined to rank amongst the deliverers of nations: May our whole hope and partial prophecy be realised. May the evening of your life be smoothed and solaced by the operation of that beneficence which will be the result of your country's liberation from the detrimental dominion of those sectaries, both political and theological, that have flourished for so long a period, and that to the material injury of your country's people.— Regard us, dear sir, to be your friends and admirers, THE CHARTISTS Off' LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS. Mr. Nash seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation. The Chairman having formally presented the address in the name of the meeting, _ _ _ Mr. Frost, who on rising was received with loud cheers, made a speech in reply, which was well received by his audience Mr. HP nretta then proposed, and a working man, who was announced as a " Lancashire Lad," seconded a reso lution in favour of the People's Charter, which having been unanimously agreed to, the meeting separated, after giving three cheers for Mr. Frost, and " three more " for the " People's Charter." INDIAN RIVER NAVIGATION LCODIMUNICATED Remarks on 64 Navigation of the Godavery by Steam, COLONEL GRIMES. London : Allen & Co., 1856, Why should the resources of India be opened'up ? But the undertaking is one that will confer vast benefits upon England and India, and because it will pay. Several years since ➢lr. Bourne pointed out the advantages and the profits which would ensue from the accomplishment of the navigation of the Indian rivers ; but though every one acquiesced in the imputed advantages, few appear to have been convinced of the profits. The experiment, however, has now been made, and the result greatly exceeds Mr. Bourne's predictions. The last dividend of the Ganges Steam Company was 48 per cent. as will be seen by a reference to the Indian papers ; and the latest returns of profit of a Navigation Company on the Godavery were at the rate of 55 per cent. So important, indeed, does the undertaking now appear, and so much has it Kceeded the capabilities of local enterprise, that some of oprietors of these undertakings have applied to Mr. nise an English Company for the purpose of carrying the navigation out in an effectual manner, and which, with the advantage of adequate capital, Bourne to or „n science to aid in the solution of the problem in the most effectual and profitable man ner. It would enlist Europe is a fair presumption, we think, that if, with inadequate arrangements, an undertaking has returned 50 Per cent., the return will not be worse with better mean s and superior arrangements, seeing that the field is so e that it cannot well be overdone Colonel G points out the necessity of efficient steam navig ation being established in the Godavery, but, in the case of all the great rivers in India, the same necess Sts; nor s necessity be in the least degree lessened by the con n of railways, for railways cannot carry through long distan th sufficient to make its conveyance possible; and it mus be carried by water, or With these remarks we present to o from Colonel Grimes' very sensible mein ung extract vations 'a.ctieal obser Kamptee is a large military cantonment situated on the right bank of the river Kanhan, within nine miles of the city of Nagpore. From the protection afforded by the presence of the troops and other causes, the Sudder or Great Bazaar, formed originally for the supply of the soldiery, has grown into a considerable town ; is the place of residence of several wealthy native merchants, and at present probably is of equal importance as a place of trade with Nagpore itself. The main road to the Saugur and Nerbudda territories and onwards to Mirza pore on the Ganges, from the southward, passes through both Nagpore and Kamptee, and is the route of extensive traffic ; as is also that to the westward, pro ceeding to Bombay. Nagpore is situated in the great cotton field of the peninsula of India; and should the pro posed navigation be extended to Kamptee, would become the centre of a vast traffic. The surrounding country in every direction is at present t extensively cultivated, while the soil is capable of almost unlimited produc tion. Cotton, hemp, wheat, oil seeds of different kinds, and various other valuable products, merely require a cheap means of transport to ensure their cultivation to an immense extent. The Kanhan, on the bank of which Kamptee is situated, is, during the rainy season (from July to October inclusive), a considerable river, in width, at that part, of from two to three hundred yards, and with a depth of water, during the freshes, of from ten to thirty feet. Even during the driest months of the year it has a good stream, and is only fordable at certain parts ; some of which, however, are very shallow, but might, I conceive, with little difficulty and moderate expense, be rendered and maintained sufficiently deep to admit of the passage of boats of from a foot to eighteen inches' draft of water throughout_the entire year. The bed is generally composed of sand and loose gravel ; and the banks on either side are admirably adapted for the formation of wharfs or quays. There is but little question that steam must be the most effectual, as well as the speediest and most profitable agent, by which the navigation may be effected. Laden boats might pass down the river without the assistance of steam, but they would be subject to many more risks and delays than with the aid of that power. Upwards, lam of opinion, they could not go the whole distance loaded without excessive labour and loss of time which would in a great degree defeat the object sought to be obtained. As to the description of boats best calculated for the pur pose I do not consider myself competent to form an opinion. As far as my judgment goes, lam inclined to those proposed by Mr. John Bourne (which, however, I know only by description) from their exceedingly small draft of water, combined with capacity of stowage ; a most important consideration, if it should be found advisable to continue the communication throughout the entire year, and which must ultimately, I conceive, be the case. It is unncecessary to extend the extract, but we com mend the important subject of River Navigation in India to the attention of our readers. Few undertakings are more important in a national point of view- few undertakings are so profitable—and few are :so safe: For eves if we suppose such a declension in the traffic in any one locality as to make steam navigation unnecessary at that point, the steam vessels can be shifted to some other river where a traffic may have shot up. So long as India exists, the navigation of her rivers will be a profitable undertaking. The field is too large to be filled too full. The growth of produce will increase with the facilities afforded for its conveyance; and the undertaking, now having passed beyond the experimental stage. must, to ensure an ade quate efficacy and success, be taken up by an English company, that will both be able to collect the necessary, capital, and to turn to the best account the splendid field presented for their exertion. ROYAL AMUSEMENTS..—Prince Adalbert of 3 young bride, the Infanta Amalia, sister of Spain, arrived at Bayonne on Thursday . _re received with the same honours as were paia French princes. At half-past four, a carriage of the Em peror's came to fetch the Prince and Princess, and con veyed them to the villa, where they had the honour of being received by their Majesties. At six o'clock the noble visitors returned to the hotel, escorted by a de tachment of the Cent Gardes, and gave a dinner of 25 covers. Prince Adalbert gave as a toast the health of the Emperor and Empress. Other toasts—to the " King of Bavaria and their Royal Highness ,, s,” " The Queen Isabella," and "To the union of France, Spain, and Bavaria," followed All the French who wore present were delighted to hear Prince Adalbert speak of the Em peror Napoleon—" Of that great man," he said, whose reign secured the happiness of France, and who merits and obtains the gratitude of the whole of Europe ; whose tranquility has been consolidated by the manner in which he has conducted and brought to a conclusion the war in the East." On the following morning all the civil and military authorities of B a youne were received byLtheir royal highnesses. and his your King of ivaria, of the MURDER ON BOARD SHIP The American ship Elvira, Crosby, from Havre, has arrived at Callao. She left Havre, having on board a mixed crew of Italians, Frenchmen, Sardinians, &c., about as desperate:a looking collection of villains as is.ever seen. On the eighteenth night from Havre the ship was running through the trades with beautiful weather, and royal studding sails set on both side?. At twelve o'clock (midnight) the mate's watch came on deck, and with the exception of one to relieve the wheel and one for the look out, each selected some good hiding place, and spread himself for a nap. At two bells (one o'clock) one of the men (and the only witness to the horrilYe transaction which followed) was aroused from his sleep by the sound of the bell. He remained lying on deck until three bells struck aft. This was not answered forward by the look-out immediately, and the mate left his position on the quarter-deck, and started forward, with the probable intention of ascertaining whether or not the look-out was asleep. As he walked up the ladder of the topgal'ant forecastle, this witness saw three of the crew follow him, and the fourth—the look out—walk towards him as he mounted the forecastle. The four got him down, and three of them stabbed him with French dirks, and the fourth struck him three times on the skull with a heavy iron belaying pin, weighing fifteen pounds. The three men with dirks went off the forecastle, and the fourth dragged the dead body of their victim forward and threw him on the rail between the cathead and heel of the bowsprit. , He then gave him two heavy blows with the belaying pin, which were distinctly heard by the witness ; and, lifting him by the leg, threw the body into the sea. The whole affair occupied but a moment. When the poor fellow was stabbed, he gave three shrieks, which awoke the steward, who aroused the captain, who came on deck in time to see them throw their weapons into the sea. Their guilty looks accusing them, they were at once put in irons, when the witness related to the captain the circumstances of this horrible murder. The men were kept in double irons until the arrival of the ship at this port, when they were taken from the ship and placed in prison by the American consul, to await the arrival of a ship of war, by which they may be sent to the United States. SUICIDE BY TAKING OXALIC ACID On Saturday night Mr. W. J. Payne held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, on the body of Ann Hawkins, who committed suicide by taking oxalic acid. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased had for twenty-three years lived with a man named Middleton, in Benjamin-street, Clerkenwell, and they were always on good terms, and lived very comfortably together. Since June last, however, the sister of Middleton, who was a servant out of place, had been living with him, and frequent quarrels ensued between her and the deceased. On Thursday night the sister quarrelled with the deceased about her supper, and this feeling continued on her part after the deceased and Middleton had gone to bed, and the deceased was abused by ber in a most shameful manner. To such an extent did this go, that, being unable to endure it any longer, at about three o'clock on the Friday morning the de ceased and Middleton got up, went out of the house, and walked about the streets till two o'clock in the afternoon. The deceased then left him for the purpose of going home, and Middleton went by invitation to a public house with a man to have share of a pint of beer. He had not been there an hour, when he was requested to go home immediately. On going into his room, he found the deceased lying on the bed, and asking her what was the matter, she said it was all over ; and as some of the persons in the house said she bad taken poison, he put her into a cab and took her to the hospital. A cup was found on the table, which contained a small quantity of oxalic acid. On getting to the hospital, Mr. Newell, the house-surgeon, used the stomach-pump, and applied other remedies, but without effect, and the woman died in a few minutes after her admit tance into the hospital. The presence of oxalic acid was clearly proved in the fluid pumped from the stomach, and afterwards, on a post mortem examination, in the stomach itself. In answer to the coroner, as to why Middleton did not turn his sister out, he said that she was so violent that she would not hesitate to run a knife through him if he had attempted to do so, for she had already been guilty of a serious crime. A cousin of the deceased said she had twice before attempted self destruction, and had been in a desponding way ever since the death of a son twenty years of age, about six months ago. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity. The Piedmontese Government is about to prosecute some incendiaries who are endeavouring to raise a sub scription to furnish 10,000 firelocks to that province of It4ly which will give the signal of an insurrection against the Austrians. . . The Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, who returned to his official residence at the Admiralty on Wednesday, from his annual tour of inspection, has left town for Hickleton Hall, York shire. Lady Mary Wood, who accompanied the right hon. baronet during the cruise in the Admiralty yacht, had pre viously joined her family at the country seat. MURDER OF A WIFE.—A wife has been killed by her husband at the salt works, Newside, Stoke Prior. Ben • jamin Harper and his wife Mary, both aged about 23 years, were engaged as salt makers at the works. On Monday last she proceeded to the works with her hus— band's dinner, and the key of the house, as she was going out. She found her husband drinking with some of the other workmen, and though he is described as having been a kind husband and a sober man, this incident seems to have greatly excited her, and she used towards him gross and abusive language, and threw the d inner and the key towa r d s hi m . She took hold of the hair of his head, and would not let go, high words continuing. Blows were struck, an d the wife knocked down, and on one of the workmen hastening up, he found the prisoner supporting his wife's head ; and he remarked, " Oh! I t have ti b m i t e ers withwas th e not ty then — h " e — n w d h e i a c d h , h b e u h t a d d i e n d h i n i s a b b a e n u d t 20 a t minutes, without uttering a word. He has been arrested. CHINA. From the provinces around Canton we have no political intelligence. Our advices from Shanghae are to the 13th ult. The accounts are very unsatisfactory. It is said the Impe rialists have been obliged to retire from Tang Yang, on the Grand Canal, south-east of Chinkiang-foo, and have taken up a position towards the large city of Tchang ton- foo. The alarm felt at Soochowu and Hangehow had con siderably increased, and should any attempt be made against these places by the rebels, it was not expected that any effectual resistance could be offered. The British subjects at Shanghae addressed his Excel lency Admiral Seymour as to the importance of having a vessel of war always in the port during the troubles that existed in the surrounding country, the absence of which might lead to the city of Shanghae being en dangered at any moment, and jeopardise the lives and property of British subjects. His Excellency replied it was not his intention to leave the place without the pro tection of a vessel of war in the present circumstances. Dr. Parker, the United States' Commissioner, was, by last accounts, at Foochow, but had been unable to get an interview with the Viceroy. At Canton we have to report the suspension of the long established American firm of Messrs. Wetmore and Co. Their failure was quite unexpected, The liabilities are stated at $324,000, and assets at $318,000. The amount due to foreigners on the spot is calculated at $50,000, and to Chinese about $30,000. TRADE REPORT.-MONDAY LIVERPOOL Corrow.—There is no change to report in the market to-day, the demand continues fair, and with liberal sut , pliea, prices are steady. The sales—including 700 Pertiambucos 6.1c1 to 7ird, 720 Rahias 63ci to bad, 70 Maranhams bid to 7id, 400 Egyptians 6i4 to Bd, 500 Surats 4j cl to sd—are reported 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 are on speculation and for export. SVGA n.—The market continues to show an improving aspect, and /Aces have been paid which could not previously hale been re alised ; including Saturday's business. 120 hhds B I.badoes are re ported at 45s to 47s 6d. 700 b igs Bengal at 441, a small lot of Mauritius at 475, and 4,700 bags Paraiba to arrive atl2Bs per cwt in bond. MOLASSES AND Rust —Nothing to report. COEFEE.-400 bags Rio hays been disposed of at 43s to 48i per cwt. ICE.—lncluding a part by public sale, 3,501 bags Moulmein are reported at Ils gd to 13s 3d for peeled, and I is for unpeeled, and 630 bags Bengal at lOs 3d per cwt. JUTE continues to sell freely, 1,000 bales having changed hands at 416 los to .417 5s per t-n. FIISTIC.-25 tons Jamaica are reported at £5 7s 6d to .e 5 i2l 6(1. EBONY.—A small lot of green reported at ..eel 5s per ton. CATTLE.—Although the supply of beef was large, there was a good demand, which caused prices to be well maintained, and a fair clear ance made. The sale of sheep was exceedingly slow, and former rates scarcely obtainable. The numbers offered for sale were 2,838 beasts, and 121 , 91 sheep. Compared with last week, this return shows an increase of 453 beasts, but a decrease of 2.809 sheep and lambs. LONDON, The public 'sales declared for to-morrow are :—Sugar : 800 hhds West India, 10,500 bags Mauritius, and 1,000 bags Bengal and Madras. Saltpetre : 3,01 , 0 bags. Rice : 2,800 bags Bengal. The private contract markets have had a very firm appearance since Friday. ScoAn. —BOO bales Havana, No 12, sold at 31s afloat, and about 200 tons native brown Madras, at 39s landed. Coppsa.—About 2,0v0 bags native Ceylon sold at 535. Rica has been in f it demand. OlLs.—Seal, pale. £4B to £— ; - yellow. £46 ; brown, £45 ; sperm body, £lO6 to £107; headmatter, .£lO7 to £103; cod, .£47 ; South Sea, pale, £47 les to £4B: olive Gallipoli, .£55 to £— Spanish and Sicily. £53 lOs to £54 ; cocoa nut. 4is to 48' ; palm, 435 to 465; linseed, 4os 61 to 41s; rape, pale, 14s to 555; brown, 51s to 51s 6d. In other articles no transactions to report. TALLow.—The market is quiet in all positions `Town tallow is quoted;s2s nett cash; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot. Ws 6d; Septem ber, 50s to 50s 3d; October and December, 4g3 to 49s 3d. PARTICULARS OF TALLOW 1854 1855. 1 1856 , stock on hand...... ••• . Casks 30,813 31,947 11,025 Delivery last week .. ........... 1,506 3 341 1,580 Do. from Ist June lB 675 32,680 31,067 Arrival last week. Do. from Ist June. Price Y.C. per cwt , Do. Town.. • Arrival for the week ending Sept. 24, last year, 1; casks, and delivery 2,792 casks. The arrival last week comprised 3,235 casks from Russia, 384 casks from Australia, and 105 casks from other places. Total, 3,724 casks. Bortotroir HOP.—About 3,0(0 pockets of fine new hops have arrived at market, and find a ready sale as follows :—Weald of Kents, 60s to 70s; and Sussex, fiOs to 65s per cwt. The goldings in Midland and East Kent are said to be of very inferior quality. The duty is estimated at £260,000. Coax.—English wheat in short supply, and quickly sold at 35 to 4s advance upon last Monday's rates. Foreign wheat was 2s to 3s dearer. American barrels is to 2s, and sacks 2e dearer. Batley dull sale, and is to 2s lower. Oats in short supply, and fully 6d per quarter dearer. ;cans and pease !come very slowly to market, and command full prices. Arrivals into London from the Bth to the 13th Sept.—Coastwise, English—Wheat, 2,174 qrs ; barley, 507 qrs ; malt. 3,343 qrs; oats, 142 qrs; beans, 72 qrs; pease, 216 qrs; flour, 431 sacks. Scotch—Barley, 35 qrs; flour, 14 sacks. Irish—Bar ley, 29 qrs ; malt, 15 qrs ; oats, 203 qrs. Foreign—Wheat, 12,443 qrs ; barley, 4.239 qrs ; oats, 14 547 qrs:: beans, 80 qrs ; pease, 409 qrs; flour, 7.246 barrels. Eastern Counties Railway—Wheat, 2,825 qrs; t arley, 979 qrs; malt, 5,188 qrs; oats, 718 qrs; beans, 63 qrs; pease, 53 qrs; flour, 8 805 sacks. Great Northern Railway—Wheat, 754 qrs ; barley, 72 qrs ; malt, 241 qrs ; oats, 471 qrs ; beans, 10 qrs; flour, 2,025 sacks. Exported—%‘ heat, 2,484 qrs ; barley, 651 qrs ; flour, 510 cwts. CATTLE.—We had an increased show of home fed beasts on sale compared with Monday last. The condition of all breeds was, how ever, by no means first-rate. The prim, st Scotts were in fair request, but other qualities of beef were a slow sale, and prices were gene. rally 2d per Blb lower than on Monday last. We were fairly sup plied with sheep, most of which were in lower condition. The mut ton trade was in a sluggish state at Friday's decline in value of 2d per 8 lbs. Although the supply of calves was very moderate, the veal trade was rather heavy, and prices were 4d per 8 lbs lower than on this day se'nnight. figs, the supply of which was moderate, were steady at full quotations Beef from 2s 10d to 4s Sd ; mutton, 3s 82 to 582 d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10(1 • pork, 3s 6d to 4s Bd, per 8 lbs, to sink the offal. From Germany and Holland there are 1,769 beasts, 4,300 sheep, and 197 calves. Ireland, 450 beasts, and 1,290 sheep. Norfolk and Suffolk, 100 beasts, and 9 ,190 from the Northern and Midland Counties. Beasts at market, 5,320; sheep and lambs, 25,780; calves, 254; pigs, 290. Mmus.—ln the market fear British mining stocks, there is an Increased enquiry for Wheal Buller, Alf ed Consols, and Wheal Grenville. Great Wheal Alfred shares ataud at 12} to 13, showing a further advance. In the Stock Exchange Tincroft shares have been dealt in at 31. Subjoined is the official list of Saturday's transactions in the Mining Exchange :—Great Alfred, 1 12, X, 12i ; Porkellis, 101 11 ; Sortridge Consols, 21, ; Tincroft, ; Wheal Buller, 2:17i, 300, 302,j, 303 ; Wheal Mary Ann, 38j, 38, 11. YESTERDAY'S MARKET. GLASGOW PIG IRON.—There was a very quiet market to-day, with but few transactions—sellers at 7 Is 3d, and buyers at 71s, per ton. THE BRUSSELS CONGRESS.—MibIer Gibson, M.P., has signified his intention of attending the sittings of the Con gress. Bradford is to make a very imposing demonstration. The president of its Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Titus Salt ; one of its parliamentary representatives, Mr. Henry Wick ham ; the secretary of the Chamber, Mr. John Darlington, together with one other member of the Chamber, Mr. Jacob Behrens,are to attend. can make regulations for it ; as Le can for other grounds.—Yam, Sir, your oUedieftt sertan James It. Jeffery, Esq., Vice-Chaitmati the Burial Board, Liverpool. The Chairman stated that the principal business which was to occupy the board that morning, was the conside ration of the appointment of a clerk, the arrangement as to a place of meeting for the future, and the providing of a seal for the laniard. Mr. Jeffery moved, that the clerk to the board be a legal gentleman, and that the board proceed to his elec tion, at a salary not to exceed £5O a year, with the approval of the General Vestry. Mr. Thornley seconded the motion. Mr. Shaw expressed some fears as to the propriety of appointing a legal man, and referred to the case of the former Highway Board of Toxteth-park, where a legal gentleman was appointed clerk and on the board being subsequently merged into the Health Committee, claimed compensation, and succeeded in compelling them to pay him £2OO per annum. He accordingly moved, as an amendment, that the party to be appointed be not a legal man. Mr. Bairstow seconded the amendment. The Chairman suggested that a clause should be added to the resolution, stating that the appointment was to be terminable at three months' notice, and without any claim for compensdtioti. Mr. Shaw said he would accept that suggestion and withdraw his amendment, provided a rider were added, to the effect that the party elected give in a *fitten acceptance of these terms. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Woodruff, who came in rather late, expressed a strong opinion in favour of retaining the services of Mr. Hart, vestry clerk, for the present • but stated that, as he was not in the room when th e discussion opened, having been detained elsewhere, he would not press his views upon the board. The following resolution was then agreed to i—" That the secretary to the board be a legal gentleman, at a salary not exceeding £5O per annum, subject to the approval of the General Vestry. terminable at three months' notice, and without any claim for compensation, the -gentleman elected to give in, in writing, his accept— ance of the situation under these terms." Mr. Thornlev moved, that Mr. Enoch Harvey, solicitor, be elected to the office. Mr. Shaw seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Woodruff moved, that Messrs. Jeffery, Jackson and Stitt, be app&nted a committee to report to the board as to a suitable place for future meetings, and as to the providing of a proper seal for the board. The motion was agreed to. _ Instructions were given to the committee appointed, to make enquiries as to a desirable situation for a ceme tery, and that they should issue advertisements for offers of land. Mr. Jackson suggested that the committee should make enquiries as to whether dead bodies would be con veyed by the railway companies to the site chosen,as this point would be very material in determining on the spot, and it had been stated that the railway company would not convey the dead to Walton. The Chairman expressed a decided opinion that rail way companies, who received so many advantages from the public, should be compelled to perform this service at the smallest cost which it was fair to demand. After a short conversation, it was agreed that the com mittee appointed for the selection of land should take this question into their consideration, and institute all necessary enquiries regarding it. Some routine business having been then disposed of, the board adjourned. FRIGHTFUL FEROCITY IN A MARRIED MAN " A lady, who had been in a bathing machine at South end, left behind a gold watch worth £25, and a massive gold chain, neither of which has been recovered." A savage, yet married man, reading the above in a weekly paper, made a series of remarks, which may be worth preserving as proofs of the ferocity of male nature:— "Of course she did. A woman would leave her head behind her, if she had one, and it was loose. "Besides, what do they care for valuable ptoperty ? They don't pay for it—it is we who are the victims. " Recovered I should think not. It was left in a woman's machine, and a woman followed her. They have no more common honesty, sir, than—. I'll bet you a guinea the finder found that Southend didn't suit her health, or dreamed that her house in town was on fire, or that the cat had smothered the darling child there, and so she left Southend next day, and has never looked at The Times advertisement sheet since. " Perhaps, it's all a falsehood of the woman's, and she had sold the watch and chain to pay some milliner's bill, which she was afraid to show her husband. Won't she plague his soul out till she gets new ones ? serve the blockhead right. A man who would let any woman have a watch worth £25 deserves to be served out. What does a woman want with a watch like that ;or any watch, indeed. They only desire to look fine, and a silver gilt thing at £5 will do that. A chronometer at a hundred guineas wouldn't make 'em punctual. " I believe the whole story's a flam. Women look a deuced deal too sharp after their trumpery ornaments, which are the breath of life to 'em. If it had been her husband's most valuable private papers, or his gold watch and chain, I could have understood it. " Women dressed in that style won't go to Southend, where there is only health and fresh air—they drag you to Paris, or Antwerp, or Venice, that they may stare, and show their clothes, and be cheated, and cheat you, and—" [But here he became utterly unbearable. and very properly was turned out of the room.] —Punch. TYSON'S BANKRUPTCY, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—As my name has become associated with the proceed ings already reported under this bankruptcy—very much to my prejudice--I feel it due to myself, and my reputation as a tradesman, to repudiate altogether the idea that any of my transactions with the bankrupt were otherwise than in the ordinary course of business. They have extended over several years, and, in the aggregate, amount to a very considerable sum, but they were bona fide and strictly legitimate. I defy the assignees, or any one else, to point out a single instance where I have charged or received, either a bonus or profit (and still less, interest beyond what is usual in the corn trade), during my dealings with the bankrupt. The solicitors to the assignees disavow any such imputation, and I have their assurance that no impropriety was intended in adverting to me. I desire the fullest enquiry, that the public may see that I have not contributed to the bankrupt's ruin by improper practices. I am a sufferer by his misfortunes, being myself a creditor on his estate for a large sum. Your sense of justice to one who is undeserving of indis criminate censure from the association that is forced upon him, will, I am sure, bo an ample apology for your inserting this communication in your forthcoming paper.—l am, sir, yo urs obediently, WILLIAM HUMPHREY:3. Liverpool, 15th Sept., 1856. TUE STOCKS.— Three young men in the little town of Narbeth were on Thursday last put into the stocks for six hours. An exhibition of this sort has not been witnessed there for the last thirty-seven years. At the General Post Offi ce , S t. Martin ' s-le -Grand, a huge machine was erected last week, for the purpose of weighing en masse the letters and newspapers sent daily to the provinces. About 200,000 newspapers of an average weight of th ree ounces, pass daily through the office, and an average per annum of packets," weighing from four to ten ounces ; it is there foreu evident th a t an i mproved engine on a large scaleeanis. be invaluable t o an off i ce where time is o f te grtes possible consideration. Th e mac hi ne will be in use in about a fortnight. 1,400,000 "boo k h LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (BEFORE MR. ALDERMAN HOLME.) THE ADVENTURES OF A POOR IRISH NAILOR.—John Maguire, Joseph 111‘Glade, and Ann Higgins, were charged with having robbed a poor old man, named John Hodgson, who said he was a nailor by trade, and . had com e f rom B a lli nas l oe, o f £ 4 i n Ir i sh notes, an d 17 s in silver. The case presented features of great atrocity. The old man said he arrived in Liverpool at seven o'clock on Saturday morning, for the first time. His son, who is a nailor, and working in Liverpool, was to have met him, but he did not. He enquired if any one could direct him to a nailor's shop ? and. ome one sent him to Vauxhall-road, where he met the prisoner M'Glade and. his brother (not in custody). The female prisoner called them, andssa d, " Joe, h ere ' s a nailor looking for his son." The prisoners then said they would take him t 6 where his son was, as they stated they knew him. He went with them, and, for their kindness, he treated them to a tumbler of punch each. When they left the public. house, the prisoner, M`Glade, asked him if he had any money ? He said he had four one pound no t es an d some 'silver, to send his son to America. " T a k e i t out of your pocket," said the prisoner, " for, if you do not, some one will take it from you. The poor old fellow added, with great simplicity, " I took out the notes, rolled iLem up in a handkerchief, and put them under my oxter for safety. He then asked for my bundle to carry it. I gave it ; h togive my son going to Ameri ca. They that I broug L W here they insisted on They then took me to a ft:lse, it e d:itained a great many shirts and other rriy having breakfast lat firs . ,` refused, but they per sisted, and forced me up stairs, where they knockedme down, and r. early strangled me." Tie prisoner 11I‘Glade, called nut to the girl to take the nor,:ss from tinder his arm, which she did, and then they got off wi!h it arid the bundle. He swore positively to the identity of M‘Glade rid the worn arl robbed publielmnse, stated that tl: two mai De Irish notes riq to do with 't:m.l to hive anythi I\l'Glade ate, but she r 105 .found a half-crown on nabled to identify, in consequence of a happened to be on it. The pri soners were remanded, as the officers had not time tcP which tt tutor Wa3 peculiar mark, AIM:— look after the money and property.' , John, James Kelly, and Peter Duff, youn g VIOLVNT STREET ROBBERY AND tic7.. C AULT' — Th° 7lla° . men about. 22 years of age, were charged with having „mm:.ted violent garotte assault and robbery on a man named Edward Jones, in Bedford-street, Park, on Sunday morning about a quarter before one o'clock. Jones was so severely injured by the treatment be had received that he was unable to attenl, and a medical certificate to that effect was put in. From the evidence of two police officers, and two young women, it appeared that, at the time stated, 'Loco was attacked in Bedford-street, near his own house, and *fa S nearly strangled by his assail ants, who robbed him of his Watch and 17s. Two of the prisoners were identified try the female witnesses, and the officers said the injured man had identified two more of them. The officers said they saw the prisoners in the street running away just at the moment the alarm was given. Mr. Bluck, who appeared for the vrisoners,, said, antic the prosecutor was able to attend, he would reserve his defence to another day, as no doubt his Worship would remand them. The prisoners were remanded to Wednesday. CAPTURE OF A GANG or COlNERS.—Detectives Thomp. son, Scaife, arid Kennedy, brought up three persons, named Michael Grogan, 3ohn Griitn, and Mary Griffin, on a charge with being a gang of base coin makers. rrorrt the evidence of the officers, it appeared that, on Saturday, the officers received certain information, and then proceeded to a house in Bradley's Court, Shawhill. street, where they saw the female prisoner, who said there was no other person in the house. They went up stairs, and in a bed they found the two men, and they said they occupied the room. On searching the bed, packages of base coin, containing 35 half-crowns, 33 shillings of George 111.. and 29 shillings of George IV. They also got materials, composing a galvanic battery, and stuff for colouring and polishing the coin, moulds, &c. The prisoners managed the fabrication of the coin very well—the colour, polish, &c., made them look very like good ones, so as to deceive even tolerable judg:s. The Alderman said the case was one of a very serious description, and he trusted the Mint would prosecute in it. If the prisoners had shown as much industry in an honest way, and as much knowledge of chemistry in another way, they could have been in a different position. He ordered the pri soners to be remanded. TEILILIHLE OUTRAGE ON A FEMALE.—John Jones, and William Crowley, two ill-looking fellows, said to be butchers, were charged with having committed a violent outrage on the person of a Welsh gill, named Mary Williams. From the evidence, it appeared that the girl had been out on Friday with a friend, whom she was seeing off to Wales. She had some drink, which she said affected her very much, and she could not find her way back to her lodgings, which she described as at a very proper house, in Finch-street. She met a man, and asked him to tell her where she could get a decent lodging? and he said he *tuttld take her to a house where his sister lived. He took her to an empty house, as she said, in Trafalgar-street, and into a dark room. She then wanted to get out, but she said other men entered and held her, whilst the first man (not in custody) committed an outrage on her. She was then locked up with another man for the night, and in the morning she found it was the prisoner Jones. She was ill-treated during the night. The other prisoner came in the morning, and assaulted her also, very had b and then they ro bb e d h er o f 4s 6d , an d a pawn t i c k et, o f released.t other man, Sh e wasand her shawl, w hi c h i t wou l d appear some two men ha d e b e a e d o ly ill s use i d oe b e y th s e u p rg ri e s o o n ne E rs va a n n s t! h who examined the complainant, said she had been very badly bruised all over the body, and at present required medical treatment. He had no doubt great violence was used towards her, from the bruises on her person. She was already a mother. Mr. Goodier, who appeared for the prisoners, cross-examined the prosecutrix, but her direct testimony was not in the least shaken. The pri soners were remanded for further evidence, and his Worship ordered the girl to be taken to the workhouse, and put under the care of the medical officer there. THE WATCH THAT WENT! - James Anderson, having the appearance of a ship's officer, and Bridget Farley, the keeper of a house of ill repute in Clement-street, were charged on suspicion of having stolen a watch, the property of James Cameron. Mr. Bluck defended. About three weeks ago the prosecutor lost his watch in the house of the female prisoner, and on Saturday it was found in possession of the male prisoner, in the same house. Mr. Bluck showed that although the watch " went.," the prisoners were not the " hands" that made it go," but that it was some one else who, at the " time " stated, had put a "drag chain" on it, and " wound " it out of the pocket of Mr. Cameron. The defence was novel and ingenious, and succeeded, as the prisoners were discharged; but the " ticker " was restored to its own.r, from whom it had " stopped " so long away. Amongst the dock informations there were six charges against Mr. Doherty, corn merchant. Mr. Ald. Holme said : I wish to state publicly, that this Mr. Doherty seems to take up fully half the time of all the dock police. I never sit here a day that there are not many informations against him ; and I now publicly state, that if he continues this sort of conduct, that myself and the other magistrates will, in every case of conviction against him, inflict the full penalty of £5. He, it appears, makes the docks of Liverpool his warehouses. LIVERPOOL PAWNBROKERS ASSOCIATION. TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTIIERM TIMES Sir,—ln compliance with a resolution of the committee of the above association, I herewith forward you copies of two returns, which have been prepared under the direction of the said committee. These returns contain authentic statistical information of particulars not heretofore collected, and, it is respectfully submitted, are strong evidence of the care and discrimination displayed by the trade in the exercise of their calling,--1 am, sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES BATTEN, 11011. Sec• 13th September, 1856 Statement of total number Borough of Liverpool, an d proportion thereof i of Li censed Pawnbrokerg within the who deposited Returns with the Li verpoo l " Parliamentary " Committee, together with an Abstract of such Returns, showing the number o f Pl edges received, the number of Attendances at th e P o li ce Court, and the Number of Persons given int o custody on suspicion of having become dishonestly possessed o f the month o f J anuary, 1855 : property offered for Pledge during -7•17-2mber of Persons irtrvt Court. estlypossE,ssed 10 7 0 - custody Number of Number Number of on suspicion Licensed who Number of Attendances of haying be- Pawnbrokers Deposited Pledges pollee come dishon- Returns. \of Property offered for Receive. Pledge. no I 557,493 In the month of July -108 ; 105 592,659 I 51 I 7 CHARLES BATTEN, Hon. SEC. An officer, formerly attached to the staff of Marshal St. Arnaud, In the Crimea, in a letter to the Revue des deux 2liondes, in narrating the cruelties committed by the Russians on wounded men, or prisoners of the Allied armies, says I have been assured that a Russian general of division offered a premium of sixteen francs for the uniform of a Highlander, as if it were the s ki n o f a we