Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-08 00:00:00

LATEST TELEGRAMS. RELATIONS OF FRANCE AND AUSTRIA. PARIS, Friday Morning. The Moniteur has the following important announcement : "‘ For some days past public opinion has been agitated by alarming reports, to which it is the !Linty of the Government to put an end, by declar ing that nothing in our diplomatic affairs authorise the fears which these rumours tend to excite." THE RIVER PLATE. We yesterday published a telegraphic summary of the news from the Brazils and River Plate, as received at Southampton in the steamer Tyne. The Tyne brought 73 pa'ssengers (of whom 37 were first-class adults), including his . Excellency M r . W. D. Chri s ti e , H er Majesty s Minister Plenipoten tiary to the Argentine Confederation, from Buenos Ayres ; Mr. Neate, from Rio ; his Excellency Mr. Carolus, Belgian Minister to the Portuguese Court, from Lisbon ; eighteen distressed seamen, &c. On freight she had specie from Monte Video, £B6 • from Rio, £6,375 ; from Bahia, £320 total, £6,781; diamonds, value £47,475. From the Buenos Ayres El Nacional we condense the following summary of events. The Confederation of Urquizas is in the midst of a civil war. The elements of the personal government in the provinces are the remains of the bygone times of the tyranny of Rosas, his old partizans mil assassins. Urquiza's personal govetnment endeavoured to carry the sway with the same elements in the provinces, com mencing- by his endft vour to place 'the four western under the rule of liittzario Benavides, the same chieftain that tyranised over them in the time of Rosas, who, not content with assa s si nat i ng the patri6ts Acha, La Madrid, and Frias, but exposed their heads for exhibition in the highways, andltis after a military capitulatiou, when all their lives were guaranteed by fhe said Benavides. This chieftain Of - the west found great opposition from the constitutional government of -the province of San Juan, therefore he had no remedy ;but to commence his work by'attempting to overthrow 'this government. But sur prised ih this treacherous undertaking, and at the 'same time there having been discovered deposits of Anis and ammunition in his house, likewise 'meetings of ;usiikiious character, he was taken prisoner and put''at the disposal •of tribunals. Urqinza at once saw Plainly his personal government :in jeopardy in • Cagg Benavides is tried, when his conspiracy against the:rights of the people will be manifest, and knowing thatin this, Benavides acted but as his agent and that in - reality th e blame ..would be laid at his door, he did 'everything i n hi s ' power to secure 'the person of The Renavides from the . action of the law and justice. ls as a e e `Constituti on o f tirtluiza's Confederation-e e stab :principle that general government of 'the Confederation `has no right to interfere in the matters' tn of ..the the ioc provinces, ia except with the object of suppor 'government of any province against i a ° disturbance. be an suffocated this case the disturbance had already suffocated by 'the local government, and the revolu tionary charadters imprisoned and Judged, so that there was no call for any intervention in favour of the govern ment still trquiza not only,. interferes, but does so against the government and in favour of the revolu tionists. The Constitution of the Confederation sets forth that the governors in their respective provinces, are the agents of 'the general government for all the acts taking place in them. But setting at defiance this constitutional right, General Urquiza sends - a commission to San Juan to act there as agent to the general government, mid thus ride rough-shod over the governor of that province, and the said commission comprises Baldomero Carera. Accordinc , to the Constitution of the Confederation the presidelins prohibited from taking any part in judicial matters, but at the same !time Urquiza authorises the Comthission to place the person of Benavides beyond the power of the tribunals of an Juan. The province of San Juan maintains its rights, and then is attacked by force of arms to seoure the person of Benavides from justice. At two e'eleEk •in the morning, after a most tempestuous night, the ,city of San Juan is attacked in various quarters by organised and armed men from Urquiza's forces, who -afterwards make their way to the prison where Benavides isconfined. In the attack on the gab'', the Captain of the fguard, D. Mariano`Godoy, is assassinated, others are killed and wounded and the guard is overcome. Alma a • dozen men who defended the upper stories of the prison where Bena vides was confined 4EII offered resistance, but they are at length overcome ; then the prisoner endeavours to escape, -when the citizens, roused by the continued reports of 'fire .arms, run to the assistance of the guard, kill BenaVides, and disperse the -aggressors, who retreat, dismayed at the death of their chieftain. Urquiza, mad at the defence of the institutions,'throws off his mask, setting at defiance all constitutions -.and laws declares himself the open enemy of the -government, of San Juan, and with his forces makes an attack on the • city. At the last dates the province Of - San Juan remained combating the invading forces .if General Urquiza, determined 'to-conquer or die in • the struggle. Those are the latest -ad - ices received from the interior, and on their result depend the future events of the Con • federation and the destiny,of Urquiza. • THE STATE OF MILAN. The Paris Dehcste has published the following letter : MILAN, Jan. I.—The new year has commeneed in this city in a very singular manner. The Milanese themselves seem stupified, and both people and garrison appear this morning to be asking each .other if it was all a dream. Midnight had scarcely sounded, when numeronc, bands :began to perambulate the City, including in their swigs all the cries of the Italian patrists—" Vive l' Italie 1 ."-" Vive Victor Emmanuel !" " Vivent les Trois Couleurs r At 2 o'clock in the morning the traffic was as animated akin full day, and the uproar was so great that sleep . was altogether out of the question. The beads in passing before the military posts began instantly to hiss, when, extraordinary to estate, the soldiers jiciineld7the party, and instead of drawing their sabres, cried in emulation, " Vive !" I myself observed a group of twelve officers in the Corso Francesco fraternise with a baindof twenty persons, threw their -taps into the air and cry " Vivent les Italiens:" The gendarmes on horseback, who patrolled two ,arid two, ,and the guards of police drew up quietly as'ifiin obedience to a command, and there was not the slightest breach of the peace. If the garrison had acted differently, we -tremble to think of what ,the consequences would have been, for the crowds who , flled the streets from midnight to five o'clock consisted of-the most determined individuals, and those best capable of opposing an ener getic -resistance to an armed force. Happily the very number of the promenaders prevented wtonflict. • The Nord has a telegram from Genoa, which says that :the agitation increases, and that a report,continues to be circulated to-the effect that Garibaldi is about to organise :a corps of volunteers, or is preparing to play some very :active part. t r h e il pr 7: e7 so n hitioft ne.the several Congresspolitical parties, declares that it has reeeirat Nvith - " The satisfaction the declara tion of the Minister of Foreign Aff a i rs , an d th a t it i s other then eminentproposedmembers disposed to give to the Government its constant support, in order to maintain the integrity of the Spanish dominions." The resolution was unanimously adopted, and ordered to be inscribed in the Archives. The Espano, through a violent adversary of the cabinet, expresses warm approbation of the patriotic decla ration of the minister, and states that in a question which, like that of Cuba, affects the national honour, Spaniards, whatever their differences on other points, will always be united. The other journals employ similar language. SPAIN IND THE UNITED STATES *The Madrid journals of the Ist, contain a brief report of the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the preceding day relative to the message of the President of the United States about ,Cuba, of which proceedinrs some mention has been made by telegraph : M. Ulloa said : I ask the reply to the message (of Mr. Buchanan, inasmuch as in that message is a paragraph on the subject of annexing Cuba to the United States, which contains a new and really grave insult to the Spanish nation. Marshall O'Donnell declared that the governnent was disposed to demand due -satisfaction for such an insult and tb- I I b Chamber that ••- •ti zovernment if it intends to den Bali. ean assure the aurmg six mouths we have been in office our relations with the government of the United Stakes have not ceased to be marked with the greatest cordiality. Accordingly, I was surprised t o read in the message of the President, that tose relations were in an unsatisfactory state. In the few confe rences I h ave h a d w ith th e worthy represents. two in this city of the Anglo-American Republic such a Cordial spirit was manifested that I felt convinced the relation s between the two governments were perfectly a micable and that they could run no risk of being troubled! This confidence of the Queee's government !till subsists. In its relations with the United States, as in those with all other countries, it has alwaysendeavoured to be circumspect, moderate, reserved, but always dignified t a d firm, as the government of a great people ought to e. If the power of Spain be not great enough to menace, it is strong enough to defend the integrity of the territory of the monarchy, and to preserve the dignity of ‘ Spanish name without stain. In whatever eireum. !lances the Spanish nation may fi nd itself, it will I h u the future, as in the past, never be insensible to its t. : ll cbur, never will it abandon the smallest portion of its ry and a proposition having that tendency will' will ja c ,,Y B e considered by the government as an insult to t Nmuish people. (Approbatica.) The sent iment of n ationality, which was supposed to be weakened, and ich uulla • ppi discords —this was slightly weakened, by intestine our of sentiment, the source of high deeds, and g e nerous and heroic inspirations, displays now n ew o ur, and is increasing in such a way . that, whilst we never be aggressive, and never aspire to dominate, ._e, ewill never allow any encroachment to be made on the inheritance left us by our fathers. (Approbation.) Olazaga, iu his own name, and in that of several THE MEXICAN QUESTION. The following, from the Times, is explanatory of the designs of the United States on Mexico : Private letters from 'Washington purport to describe the policy of Mr. Buchanan with regard to Mexico. Partial absorption is said still to be the subject, instead of a defined protectorate or complete annexation. To seize or to ob tain under cover of a totally inadequate payment, which will be merely a bribe to such military ruffians at Mexico as may happen to be parties to the transaction, the large provinces of Sonora and Chihuahua, abounding in mineral wealth, and the Tehuantepec Isthmus, worth in itself " more than California and New Mexico," would satisfy for the present the desires of the American Cabinet. The opposite party, headed by Mr. Douglas, and denounced in the following communication, take, however, a bolder and more logical aim. [" Mr. Douglas inclines to the ex treme views of the southern Fire-eaters. 'What Mr. Buchanan desires to acquire for a consideration the Senator wants to take by force; where Mr. Buchanan consults international law Mr. Douglas appeals to mani fest destiny :1 The friends of Mr. Buchanan claim for him that heis desirous of being governed by international law, but they have yet to explain on what principle of international law the United States can be allowed exclu sively to wrest territory from Mexico in satisfaction of their demands. The demands of the European Powers are more serious in character, larger in amount, and for the most part much older in date than any 'of those that can be alleged from Washington. Consequently, if Mexico is to be taken in exeuttion, each titust grasp suffi cient for the amount due, or. one nation must be fairly and honourably appointed assignee for the whole., IN addition to the bearing ofthe case on individual interests, the only other plea upon which interference in Mexico .• man be lustified - is thelneressity of putting a stop to atro cities, e continuanee of which is an opprobrium to the civilised world, a'ndtthis is a point in 'which all Christian nations have a common interest. America, being in con tiguity, is the country that could most naturally and conveniently take the matter in hand, but she must either assume the task on its reputable and dignified ground, and encounter all its ?responsibilities or consent to share !it with or foregO eitlto others. Mr. 'Buchanan's plan would apparently evade every broad principle of this kind. Be would go on taking territory bit by bit, and thus, by further weakening the State, leave it still to pass throughlears of rapine, bloodihed, and general anarchy. Such,.indeed, has been openly avowed as the motive which should govern American feeling. "We must have the country," it is virtually intimated in some quarters, " but we must get it for nothing, at our own time, in our own way, and without trouble as regards moral considerations To step in and restore order would he to assume a grave duty and defined litti3ilities. Sympathisers from our frontier, and Filibusters from California, must be allowed to prepare the road; they will take care that the nationAall drink the cup GT-anarchy to the very dregs, and it will then fall to us as a helpless prey." France and Spain have not been disposed, however, to let their subjects /meanwhile be robbed and killed with impunity, and it is•announced that thirlatter Power has already obtained fail satisfaction for some of the most recent outrages inflicted. It is the English government alone which desirous, perhaps, of showinekow little of the "firebrand" there is in Lord Malmesbury, is content to permit indignities and spolia tion to .extent, provided they take place in a region that excites little Parliamentayr attention. The mer chants.in the city know that about 12 millions sterling of debt, and a large trade, as well as the Rational name in the Spanish American States are all compromised by what is going ; but to the politicians of the day Mexico con stitutes no theme for appealing to the passions of the community. A SUBMARINE BOAT An American invention has just been brought to this country; vith a view to its being disposed of either to this or-any other European Government, and 4hich, if it does one half-of what the patentee guarantees can be done with it,-will make such a change in the mode ofsiarrying on a naval war as will put steamers out of the question, and render of no avail the tremendous forts s9f Cronstadt: or Cherbourg. It is nothing less than a submarine boat made only for working under water, in form muchzesembling the shape of a porpoise, but capable of being made large enough to contain 8, 10, or even 15 men, if necessary, with a proportionate quantity of explosives. In a kind of specification which has now been laid before this and the Freneh Governmen=t, the patentee says he has in vented and constructed a submarine boat, weighing about eight: tons, in which he has, with others, sunk in Lake Michigan, and remained tinder water for four hours, without any air tubes or other communication leading from his boat above the surface of the water, and propelled the beat in and near the bottom Of ;the lake for several miles at the rate of about three miles an hour. Hellas, while:in his boat end under water, by means of -machinery - . working through its side, sawed off timbers 14 inches square. Ile can sink his iboat from the surface almoat instantly, either to a few inches or feet from the ,surface of the water, or to 100 or more feet, - , and again. rise quickly or very slowly to or near the surface ; go forward, badk, or sideways, or come up bows first or otterwise, as may be required. He can attach -powder torpedoes to the outside of his boat on its deck or.sides, and proceed underwater out to sea, in any weather, to-an enemy's ship in eight, fix or anchor the torpedoes under the ship's bottom, set in motion clock work to fire the torpedoes, simultaneously or at intervals, and retire, still under water, out of danger from the explosion, and out of reach of an ;enemy's guns. He can also e convey powder torpedoes inside his boat of 100 lb. (or more) weight, and when under an enemy's ship, pass -them out of the side of his boat through his patent 'hatch, and fasten them to a ship's -bottom and fire item as ;above-named. He can enter an enemy's 'harbour under water and make surveys, only showing above the surface a sight tube, no more than one half inch in diameter, and retire still under water, and proceed outside to sea and make his report to the com mander of a fleet or ship. He can go out to sea, meet a' hostile fleet, go under their bottoms, fix torpedoes to go off by clockwork, or bore holes in their bottoms, and eome away unseen. With a large boat he can carry a 12 or a 24 pound (or even larger) gun in the forward .end of his boat near the 'top, so rigged that he can load :in 100 feet depth of water, rise near to the surface, sight the horizon for an enemy's ship, and if one is in sight , take the course for her and proceed towards her, oven within a stone's throw, wise quickly, so near the surface as only to show the Muzzle of the gun through •the ,outside porthole valve, aim at the ship near her -water line, fire, then instantly sink to reload, and-rise at another point to fire again and repeat. If re quired, -with a large boat, he can remain under water with several•men with him, and can do service at sea off or in harbours for several days, without lauding or showing; one inch of 'his boat above water. If thelwat is required for pearl fishing he can work all day on a pearl bed, raking up and taking in pearls and suffering 11(4 inconvenience from impure air, and as the boat is provided with light for deep water work, he can move about on the bottom like a fish and see pearls where a diver would not. If the boat is required to visit wrecks and remove I treasures or goods, it is so constructed that he can saw, bore, or make fast chains or ropes, to any point of a wreck, and if required, one or more persons can, while under water, go out of the boat through the side hatches, enter a wreck or do other service, and return inside of boat again without inconvenience. Curiously . enough, the gentleman who has come over here with this invention, and who, though not the inventor, is part proprietor of the patent, was instructed not to offer it to the British Government until it had first been offered to the EMperor of the French. The reasons for making such A distinction arises from the notion which our Transatlantic cousins entertain of the red tape system of the English Government, and their slowness to adopt any sudden or great improvements. That this idea is hardly . well founded, is shown from the fact that when the invention was first brought under the notice of the Secretary of the United States' Navy, he merely wrote to the inventor to say, by way of badinage, that the American ships were required in the water and never wanted to go under them. The proffer to the Emperor of the French received even less at tention, as no answer was returned to the letter at all. Contrary to American expectation, when the invention was brought a few days since under the notice of the English Board of Admiralty ft received full and prompt attention, and Sir Baldwin Walker has already bad interviews with the " - gentleman to whose care the dis posal of the pitent is intrusted. Nothing definite has yet resulted from these audiences, though, as the cost of building the submarine boat is very small, we believe that one will eventually be constructed irk this country, and if it only fulfils half what the patentee expects of it the invention Will be purchased by the British Govern ment. THE NORTHERN TIMES SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1859• PITT-STREET WARD REFORM ASSOCIATION. The monthly meeting of this society was held, last evening, at the Bath Hotel, Upper Surrey-street, Mr. William M'Millen in the chair. There were also present —Messrs. Haylock,. Maginn, J. Steel, W. Bell, E. S. Samwell, Leithrod, J. Carpenter, W. M'Millen, jun., and Thomas M•Mahon. The Secretary, Mr. Evans, read the minutes of the last meeting. The Secretary then stated that, in . accordance with the resolutions passed at the last meeting, he had forwarded copies to the aldermen and the councillors representing the ward, but the only one who had condescended to reply was Mr. Graves, whose letter was as follows : Sir,—l have to acknowledge receipt of your communication of this day, conveying to me a copy of a resolution passed at a recent meeting of the Pitt-street Reform Association. ,As one of the representatives of Pitt-street Ward, I consider that I am to exercise my unbiassed judgment on all questions which may come under discussion in the Town Council. In reference to my vote relative to the salary . of Mr. Garnett, I exercised that judgment, and voted as I conceived was just towards an officer personally unknown to me (but who was admitted by those opposed to the increase of salary to be a most deserving official), and in support of a resolution unanimously passed by the magis trates at a numerously attended meeting, and at which gentle men of ail shades of political opinions were present. The same resolution was recommended to the favourable consideration of the Council by the Finance Committee ; and reviewing, as I now do, the whole case, I cannot really see how I could, without a total surrender of my own judgment, have acted otherwise than I did. I have not been In the habit of looking at questions before the Council in a political aspect; and, with every respect for the opinions of the Reform Association of Pitt-street Ward, I shall, so long as I am honoured with the confidence of my constituents, continue to exercise my honest judgment npoo all matters which may be discussed' n the Council; and I shall, as I have always done, decline to be the organ through which any party association is to express its opinions. As, no doubt, the proceedings of the Pitt-street Ward Association have received publicity, I am satis fied, as a matter of justice, the committee will do me the favour of making public these my views. - I am, sir, your obedient servant, S. R. Ga.AvEs. The Grange, Dec. 5, 1858. The Chairman said, he could hardly consider the con duct of the gentlemen who had not noticed the commu nication that had been made to them as gentlemanly or becoming. (Hear, hear.) Had he been requested, for those liscourteous gentlemen, to dictate replies, he should, for the alderman, have said, "My secretary baring received your note, I beg, in reply, to inform youlhat, not being elected by the people, but by 'lffy own party in the Council chamber, therefore I don't think it necessary to take any nOtice of your letter." And for Mr. Jellreys he would have said, in the plausible way of that :gentleman, " Had I known your association was in exist ence, I should have been more careful how I voted ; 'but I trust you will traink better of my vote by November next." That would be a good reply for him. Mr. Ridley, by way of reply. might have said, " Not having been long -elected, and not knowing my duties exactly, and wishing to curry favour with 0/e folks there, I did vote for Cm increase ; and I must 'be excused for my inexperience, as I am tot an advocate for large salaries, as people in my own employ Tan tell you," (Laughter.) Mt. Graves had replied, andvas, no doubt, a very civil fellow, upon whose conduct some of the gentle- Mr. Steel,-vice-chairman , of the association, addressea the meetin? at some length,. As the mover of the rem,- lutions Asi, he was called upon to say a few words - in reply to the letter of Mr. Graves. Ile had been told that the language used in the rese'lutions was too strong, but he did not tiiink so ; he thought it was moderate, because some said it did not go far enough, while others said it went too far. He considered at the last meeting that the conduct fof Mr. Graves in the council had been :repre hensible, and he moved a resolution to that effect, which was carried unanimously, a fact that proved he did not use terms that were considered 'too strong by the gentle men assembled at the meeting. Ile considered the conduct of Mr: Graves in voting an additional £2OO a yearsalary to Mr. Garnett, without its being aiked for, was reprehensible conduct, because he believed MT. Graves would not have acted' in the same way if it had concerned his own pocket. (Hear, hear.) The increase was brought about through the !proposition, at a meeting of magi strates which was not !called for the purpose, by Mr. J. B. Lloyd, in whose employ Mr. Garnett had been. Mr. Jeffery did not offer a determined opposition' *0 the proposal when it was before the magistrates, but said he might have an oppor tunity 'of voting against 1t in the Council, but when the question came to the Council, the motion for Malay, the salary of Mr. Garnett £7OO instead of £5OO was carried, though no increase had been asked. In the present state uncertain as it'was of the finances of the borough, such a lavish waste of money was unjustifiable, and those who voted for it ought to be censured (hear, 'hear), for na Mr. Stitt observed, they Might, instead a bringing lower up to the higher salaries, have 'to reduce the higher to the lower. Mr. Graves had a right to his judgment and opinions, and .so had the burgesses, and if Mr. Graves acted in away burgesses did not'like they were ' justified in saying so, and would no doubt bear every instance of the sort in mind. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Mans field, who had £1,200 a year, and was 'himself well acquainted with the law, did not want a gentleman at £7OO a year to advise him, and would manage very well with a gentleman at £3OO. Mr. Wyburgh did not sit as the clerk in 'Mr. Mansfield's court, but in the second court before Ley magistrates ; and when there was a third court, Mr. Anderton, a gentleman at £l5O a year, acted as clerk, and was found com petent to advise the magstrates; why, then, should they pay another , person for performing a similar duty £7OO a year ? The thing was absurd, and those who voted for it and especially as it was neither naked nor required—did not faithfully represent the interests of ratepayers. (Hear, hear) Mr. Graves was brought out by the Tories, acted as a Tory, and voted in •the Council as a Tory. And haw did Mr. Graves attend to his duties ? Out of thirty-six divisions in the Council, he was present at nineteen, in seventeen of which he voted —fourteen times with the tories and only three ,times with the liberals. (Hear, hear.) Did that gentleman suppose the burgesses -were a set of noodles ; that they were to be satisfied by such a letter as had just been read ? The letter talked of no party ; but there was, and always had been, party in the Uounen, ana the ourgesses usa a right to say, and would say, what things they ap proved, and what they did not approve—they would not be slaves either politically .or otherwise. (Hear, hear.) The Tory party wanted to 4uonopolise all, but it would be the fault of the burgesses themselves if they allowed themselves tole either deceived or dictated to. (Applause.) He acknowledged the courtesy of Mr. Graxes, who an swered the letter that was addressed to him ; but it seemed that the other gentlemen connected with the ward were not acquainted with the ordinary courtesies of re spectable society. (Hear, hear.) He moved the adop tion of the minutes. Mr Evans, id seeonding the motion, said Mr. Graves could talk liberally enough when he thought he had a chance of becoming M.P. for New Ross, and he would be mistaken if he thought he could disregard the views of the ratepayers- The Minutes were confirmed. Mr. Haylock said they should make every reasonable allowance for Mr. Graves, who had much business to attend to; and he moved that they acknowledge that gentleman's courtesy in answering the letter that had been addressed to him. Mr. Steel seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Thig concluded that part of the business which was public. TOXTETH PARK LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Toxteth Park Local Board of Health was held in Mr. Avison's office, 18, Cook-street, at half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning. The gentlemen present, were —Messrs. Hughes, Alpass, Siddeley, Smith, Boult, an d W a lk er . The chair was taken by Mr. Hughes. Mr, Alpass said, the business for which the Committee was called together, was with reference to the Smithdown lane sewerage, regarding which they had received a memorial from several occupiers of houses, objecting to being rated for the cost of the sewer. The first question was, therefore, whether they would comply with the prayer of the memorial, or would exercise the comp u l sor y power, which the Act of Parliament gave them, to sewer the property notwithstanding that memorial. He had had an interview with the architect of the "Workhouse, Mr. Culshaw ; and had conversed upon the subject with many . persons well acquainted with the question, and the majority said th a t, looking at the state of the locality, the Board had no right, as a public body, to comply with the prayer of the memorial, but ought to make the sewer upon sanitary grounds, as it was required upop. sanitary grounds. Mr. Walker said lie should like die - letter of Mr. Stanistreet to be read, beeause that letter stated that they were going upon wrong conclusions, and that they had no right, under the new Act of Parliament of 1858, to go upon a sectional part of the old act of 1848, which, in his opinion, did not apply to his case at all. Mr. Avison, the law-clerk, begged, in the first in stance, to read the following letter from Mr. Newlands, the borough engineer:— 4, Clare-terrace, Jan. 7, 1859. Dear Sir,—l am confined to the house by illness, and on that account unable to attend the meeting of the executive commit tee ; but Mr. Sadler will be in attendance to explain the plans, &c., if necessary. But even if I were well enough, it is a question with me whether I should attend any committee at which there are no , vporters present, as I have a statement to make and documents to produce, showing that Mr. Hughes has made charges against me on data which are purely the fabrication of his own brain— that his facts are fictions, and his figures mere coinage. The whole of the money, for instance, paid to the Health CoM mittee for surveyors end draughtsmen is £6B 2s 114. Mr. Mon a house and his predecessor, the clerks of works, have acted directly for the board, and their employment has been rendered necessary simply because of the total inefficiency of the " fine young man," who, it seems, is my rival in position and ability, in Mr. Hughes' estimation. _ . Be so good as to assure the board that I consider the interests at stake too great to permit petty resentments to interfere, and that 1 shall give them, as heretofore, my best advice and assist ance. I am, dear sir, your s faithfully, JAS. NEWLANDS. I send statements showing the work done and the money paid. To Thomas Avison, Esq. The Chairman : Are we to receive that letter without making any comment upon it ? Mr.alpass : Of course you can comment upon it. The Chairman : Mr. Newlands, like several other gentlemen perhaps, misunderstood me as to the expenses to which the Board had been put with regard to engineering. I never did accuse, nor do I accuse ' Mr. Newlands of having received the money, which has been paid by the Board, for the- expenses incurred by his directions. What I maintained is—and I have no doubt it will turn out so in the end—that the expenses we have been put to would fully and amply pay an officer, who would be our own. I am still of that opinion, that we are paying an officer his wages, and that we still have no right to call him our own. I am alluding, of course, to Mr Monkhouse. If I am wrong, I wish to be set right. Where there is "so much con fusion, it generally happens that statements will be some what misunderstood. I never wished it to be considered that Mr. Newlands was receiving the money, but I maintain that there was a vote last summer, in which, so far as my recollection goes, we all appeared willingly inclined to join—to hand him a sum of money by way of compliment. . vv 14 r. Alpass : The sum of money alluded to was paid him for money out of pocket during his services in London, with regard to the railway bills before Parliament. The Chairman : Ido not mean that. I may recall to to your mind that you were chairman at the time when the motion I speak of was brought forward, I believe, by yourself. In consequence of the ser vices Mr. Newlands rendered to the Board, for which he could receive no fixed salary, it was thought to be our duty to pay him a compliment by voting him a sum of money. Now, I appeal to you, whether you did not brink that before the Board ? Mr. .Alpass : I assure you, you are mistaken; . amd if vor ,u, 1-eferto the minute book, it will be seen. It was some time in the fall of last year we voted him the amount he had expenged. The Chairman : £lO. I am not alluding to that at all. Mr. Alpass : I ktpow of no other sum of money. The Chairman: I may, perhaps, refresh your memory. I believe Mr. Newlands did not receive tke money which every member of the Board was willing to vote him, in conseauence of cur want of fends. That it would not appea; in the minutes of the Board is very probable, in •consequence of that fact ; but I appeal to the Law Clerk, who must certainly have been present, 'whether such a motion was rot brought before the Bard by our then chairman. Mr. Alpass : I have to' recollection of it. I have mentioned, in conversation at the Board, that it ryas necessary It . , e should make some aeknowled,genient to Newlands for the services he had rendered: But I have no recollection of proposing any SUM of money to be Mr. Anson: No; there was no sum proposed. There was mention made, soveral times, that we should have to do it seme time. The difficulty arose in this way. When the Health Committee and the Council consented that Mr. Newlands should assist this Board, as consulting engineer, they expressly declined to allow him to receive in'any otherposition but as exclusively their own. officer, and if he received a fixed salary from us it might be considered as tantamount :to a division of his labour. Mr. Walker remarked that, in the Council, Mr. Picton expressed great surprise at the position Mr. Newlands occupied regarding that Board. Mr. Avison : There can be no doubt that the position is anomalous. Mr. Boult said, if they were not prepared to go fully into the accounts mentioned by Mr. Newlands in his letter, they had better go on with their ordinary business.. ,(Hear, hear.) • The following letter was then read : Liverpool, 6th Jaxuary, 1859. Dear Sir, —With reference to my communication to you of the 30th ult., on the subject of the proposed sewer in Smithdown lane, I beg leave respectfully to add, that the inability of the local board to assess the whole of Toxteth Park to the expense of a sewer required for the hew workhouse, cannot afford a. reason for charging such expense exclusively upon a PART ONLY of the rural district,—the agricultural land of Lord Sefton and others cannot certainly be benelltted by the contiguity of the new workhouse, and I am not aware of any principle on which it ought to be comprised.in a separate rate. It would seem that. the area of taxation for such a purpose ought at least to be co extensive with the entire district under the authority of the board.—ireinain, dear sir, yours respectfully, To: hos. Avison, Esq., JOHN &ANISTREET. Clerk to the Toxteth Park Board of Health. Mr. Alpass : I think Mr. Stainstreet does not under— stand the interests of his clients. We are proposing not to tax his clients at all. The Chairman disclaimed any personal interest what ever in opposing the proposed scheme, and begged it to be understood that he.had no property to be:affected by it. It was in fact quitelthe reverse—the plan he wished - to be adopted would rate him. Mr. Alpass -said, he had been seeing Mr. Ciilaliaw, that - morning, and some members of the building committee, and they halo a, long discussion as to how tar .the work house would ?require a fewer. It would have to be brought up beyond the margin of the cemetery, -or near eto Wellington-road. -If they decided not to.carry it any further, the whole cost would have to be paid by the morkhouse. If they decided to carry out -the scheme marked upon,tlit plan before them all the property -.would have to contribute. The Chairman said, those who thought with him :held that that was not the right principle to go upon. They maintained that Smithdown-lane was a public thorough fare, and one of the principal entrances into Liverpool. They also maintained that a public institution, belonging to the public strictly and entirely, ought, as far as their own district was concerned, to have the cost of ita sower.- age subscribed for by the public at large. The gentlemen for whom he spoke were willing, when the sewer came up to Wellington:road, tc pay fora sewer along that road, but they objected to be taxed for some hundreds of feet of sewerage from which they could by no possibility receive the smallest benefit. Mr. Walker also opposed the scheme proposed. After a lengthened discussion, • Mr. Alpas - s moved, that the Zxeeutive Committee recommend the Board to carry out the drainage as shewn on the plan before them, and form a district to repay the cost of it, as marked upon the general plan by the consulting engineer. Mr. Boult seconded the motion. The Chairman said, it was the intention of the inhabi tants, to carry the motion before one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State. Mr. Alpass : That is quite right. The motion was then put and carried. • This concluded the business. BIRKENHEAD FREE LIBRARY PRESENTATION TO MR. ROGER DUTTON The presentation of a testimonial to Mr. Roger Dutton which we announced as in prospect, took place in - the Birkenhead Free Library, last evening. Mr. Dutton, as well as being deputy law clerk to the Birkenhead com missioners, acted in the capacity of honorary secretary to the library committee, and by his energies and persever ance, mainly contributed to place the free library in its present useful and flourishing condition. Mr. Dutton is at present about to leave England for New Zealand, and a large body of gentlemen, who appreciated his exertions in reference to the library, thought it fitting that some mark of gratitude on the part of the public, should pre cede his departure. The testimonial consisted of a splendid copy of Collier's Shakspere, in six volumes, and a silver drinking cup. Each volume bore the following inscription —" This copy of Shakspere (together with a silver cup), is presented to James Roger Dutton, Esq., by the committee and other friends of the Birkenhead Free Public Library in token of their esteem for his private character, and admiration of his indefatigable services as Honorary Secretary for more than two years, during tile formation- and organization of the above institution, with their cordial wishes for his future happi ness and prosperity." The inscription on the cup was— " Presented by the Committee of the Birkenhead Free Pablic Library, to their valued Honorary Secretary, James Roger Dutton, Esq., on the eve of his departure from England, Jamiary 3rd, 1859." The . ceremonial took place in the Reading Room, of the Free Library, which was handsomely and tastefully decorated for the occasion. The chair was taken, upon the motion of Mr. Verelst, by Mr. George Harrison. The Chairman opened the proceedings in a few words, in which he expressed his sense of the loss the public of Birkenhead must suffer, by the departure of Mr. Dutton for a distant colony, and uttered a confident hope that many now present would live to hear of Mr. Dutton's success, and of his placing himself in a very prosperous position in the country to which he was about to emigrate. The Chairman glanced at the estab lishment of the library (to which, he declared, they were greatly indebted to the energy of a gentleman near him, Mr. James), and showed how much its growth and its sure foundations were due to the assistance the committee had derived from Mr. Dutton. Dr. Baylis then in an eloquent and feeling address surveyed some of the services rendered by.ll_fr. Dutton to the public in the organisation and establishment of the library, and then presented to him the testimonial, which had been prepared for his Meer: ce ieceived with loud Mr. Dutton—on rising, applause returned thanks, observing that the kindness he had received was the more grateful to him since he had come among them comparatively a stranger three years ago. He declared that they must not attribute the success of the library to him, as the advantage s of such an institution were now so apparent to every one that it had but to be established to secure its success. He would not attempt to deny, that he had bestowed some time and attention upon it, for it must be i evident that there was much to be do ne in ts original formation, its gradual development, and in the selection of the 5,000 volumes which it contained. He was glad to endorse what had been said regarding Mr. James, and to award to him the honour of having been the originator of the library, and having called the meeting of ratepayers by which its establishment was resolved upon. Mr. Dutton, in warm and eloquent terms, expressed his thanks for the testimonial he had received, and his deep sense of the kindness which had dictated it. Mr. Verelst moved, and Mr. James seconded a vote of thanks to the chairman, which . having been passed by acclamation, the proceedings terminated. COURT OF PASSAGE. V BEFORE EDWARD JAMES, ESQ Q.C. ASSESSOR ACTION FOR RENT. BOURNE V. DALY.—.-This case, which was partly heard on Thursday, was proceeded with yesterday morning, when evidence was offered to the effect, that there was no contract between the plaintiff and defendant, that the defendant should pay rent for the premises in question, (which are situated in Bevington bush), and that the tenancy was held, not under the plaintiff, but under a Mr. Nichol. Verdict for the defendant. A BETTING CASE.—DECOSTA V. COLE.—This case,. which was partially heard on Thursday, was resumed yesterday morning. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Brett for the defence. The action was brought to recover the sum of £6. On the night of the 26thof September, 1858, a match was got up at the house of the defendant for £lOO aside, between two horses, and the defendant was made shareholder. The plaintiff deposited £lO with the defendant, and now sought to recover that sum, less £4, which he owed to the defendant upon another transaction. George Breeze said he was present at the transaction, but could not tell whether it was Friday or Saturday night. It was either in Novem ber or December. A wager was made by Mr. DeCosta and Mr. Cole for £lOO a side; £lO was put ou the table and Cole took it up. The horse witness was backing died before the race came off. Cro3s-examitied by Mr. Brett : The horses that were to run belonged to DeCosta and a parson named. Witness had no engagement with , _ I_, 'the owner of the horse that he suoutct Let ner pan. The match /vas between DeCosta and himself. The ownet of the horse had. nothing to do with the affair. Mtn Roberts, clerk to Mr. DeCosta, said he remembered going to 'the defendant about the money he owed DeCosta, about ten months aga. He went and asked Odle what was the meaning of the letter he had spot to DeCosta for a sum of mono, Defendant said the money had been owing for eight in nine months, and was en two shipping notes. Mr. Brett then addressed the jury for the Eefence, and remarked that the jury would either one side or the other would actually be telling an Naitruth. lit would call witnesses who would state that this occurrence did take place on the Saturday night, mad that money had been paid by the plaintiff for the cltpenses of tie night. Mr. 'Cole, the defendant, said he `swag a lieenEed victualler, -and carried on business in Waterloo-road. He had ' nl^' Known the plaintiff for some time. Latterly he had a dispute with the plaintiff, in consequence of his conduct at his cwitness) house. He complained to the plaintiff 'of using bad language, and told him he would not allow it. It was about four months ago since they had the dispute. After that he received a letter from the plaintiff, but. he had lost it. He recol lected the £lO depoSit, but he had forgot the transaction until a 'day or two since, when it was mentioned to him. The transaction took place on the 26th September, 1857, on the Saturday night ; £lO was left with him on the occasion. They were all rather " fresh" together, in consequence of which witness was in bed all day on Sunday and part of Monday, and on the Monday evening plaintiff went to his house and said to him that he thought there would be no match. Witness then put his hand in his pocket, and gave the plaintiff the £lO, when he said; "after all their blowing they dare not go on With it." The money was paid in sovereigns. Mr. Cole was standing at the bar at the time the money was paid, and told Mr. DeCosta that there was £l6s owing from the Saturday night previous. DeCosta then gave Mrs. Cole two sovereigns, and she returned him the change. The money was deposited in his hands as shareholder. The boy Roberts did not go to him to ask for the money for DeCosta. By Mr. Aspinall: Plaintiff never deposited £lO with me on any other occasion. Mrs. Cole said she recollected the transaction about the £lO. All the parties in question were in the house on the Saturday evening. During the Monday following, DeCosta called to see her husband, and after some conversation her husband gave him Xi 0. Plaintiff then gave her two sovereigns, out of which she took the money he owed her. The council having addressed the bench, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, £6. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.—YESTERDAY. BEFORE J. K. BLAIR., ESQ., JUDGE COLLISION CASE.--JAMES THOMPSON, V. JAMES FRYER AVD JAMES Atm:l.—This was an action to recover £lO Ss 6d, for damage sustained by the plaintiff, the mate of a fiat, which was damaged by a steam-tug of the defen dants, who are the representatives of the Steam Tug Company. Mr. Aspinall, barrister, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Lushington, barrister, for the defen dants. It appeared that on the first of May, 1858, the steam-ctug boat Albert, was towing a ship up the river in a flood spring tide, when, as it was alleged by the plaintiff, the tug took an unusual course, and ran amongst the fiats, which were lying about 3.50 yards from the shore, near the Duke's steps. The plaintiff was called, and described the collision, attributing all the blame to the tug, which ran in a wrong and unusual direction, and struck the flat, which soon afterwards sunk, the plaintiff watch and clothes, which he lost, and for the value of which he now sued, Before the tug ran into the Rock, on board of which the plaintiff was, she struck another flat that was lying near the Rock. After having struck the Rock, the tug came in collision with two other flats, which were lying in the same smack with the Rock, there were also at the time several steamers and coasting vessels anchored near the flats, Thomas Prichard was next called, and deposed that at the time of the collision, which he saw, he was master of the tug Voltigeur. He had been en gaged in the navigation of the river for some years, and knew it well. The tug Albert took an impossible course, and tried to tug a ship over ground where shins never were tugged; and it was not possible for the tug and ship to pass through the fiats without collision. The tug went into a very improper course, and was the sole cause of the collision. Mr. Mundy, the master of the flat, was next - Called, and deposed that the tug took an improper course, and was responsible for the collision. This being plaintiff's case, Mr. Lushington addressed his Honour for the defence, contending that when a tug was towing a vessel, and under the command of a pilot, the owners of the vessel, and not the owners of the tug, were respon sible for any consequences that might ensue from the directions of the pilot being carried out. In confirmation of this view, he read the decisions in several cases in the Admiralty Court, reported in the Ist, 2nd, and 3rd vols. Robinson's reports, namely, the case of the Duke of Sussex, Ist Rob., p. 272; the case of the Gipsey King, 2nd vol. Rob., p. 542 • the case of the Kingston-by-sea, 3rd vol. Rob., 'p. 153 ; and the Christiana,- 3rd Rob., p. 29. Mr. Aspinall replied that he considered the judgment in the last case was in his favour, because it was held that where the orders of a pilot were evidently absurd, a master of a tug could overrule them. If a pilot were to direct that a tug should run against a wall, the master could disobey that order. Mr. Lushington said he had quite another defence if this were not sufficient, namely, under section 388, of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, under which the owners of the vessel were not responsible for any collision caused by the fault or incom petency of a pilot, in districts where there is compulsory pilotage, and he would show that they had a pilot in charge. In the second volume of Robinson's Admiralty Reports, page eleven, in the case of the Agricola, it was held that where pilotage was compulsory, the owners of the vessels were exonerated. Part of his defence was also under the 25 th and 32 nd sec tions of the Merchant. Shipping Act. If there was any fault on the part of the defendants, it was the f a ult of the p ilot. Mr. Aspinall asked to have the points of law deferred for full discus sion at some other time. The facts howe ver might be gone into now. Mr. L ushin g to n agreed , but remarked that this action was only a " feeler,' and if it succee d ed, severa l others would, he had no doubt, very soo n f o ll ow i t. The law of the case was of considerablewiu. \i. importance. His i Honour : Very well ; you can arrang e Mr. Aspinall inall as to when the question of law shall be discussedthe case has already been several times adjourned. Mr. Aspinall : Bat this, I kope 5 will be the la s t ti me . J o h n Hughes, mate of the tug Albert, was then called, and said he obeyed the orders of the pilot, in the management of the tug, at the time of h the collision ; he was acting as captain at the time. There steered er flats edt a lying raig o,outside the ere landing-stage, and a and num th b e e y r t towjs them, intendin of w course, reng te to clear them. Wi tness h i mself knew itg4a a go that way, but followed the orders of the pilot, because 11owed there were so many ships in the right road which was usually taken. As the ship that was tugged, the Zetland, was a very large vessel, he thought the pilot acted im properly, in taking the vessel the course he did. Edward Holden, out-door manager of the Steam Tug Company, said a pilot was on board the tug, but he was unable to prove that the man was at the time a licensed pilot. Thomas Drisdall, sscond engineer of the tug, said at the time of th e co lli s i on , th e fi rs t eng i neer an d the captain were on shore. Obeyed the orders he received from the mate as to the speed, &c. Several of the men engaged on the tug were called, but were not in a position to prove that the pilot was licensed. The case was then adjourned until this day (Saturday), at ten o'clock. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT -YESTERDAY. BEFORR MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY In re ROBERT W ILLIAMS.-Thii was the last ex— amination meeting. The bankrupt, a builder, in Park. road, Liverpool, was supported by Mr. Evans, and opposed on behalf of the assignees by Arr. Almond. The bankrupt was examined at considerable length, principally with reference to his property, which appeared to be almost entirely in the hands of mortgagee s . The balance sheet, however, was not shown to be inaccurate, and the bankrupt was allowed to pass. The certificate meeting was fixed for 3rd Feb. In re LYDIA M`LELLIN.—The bankrupt, who kept the Mostyn Arms Hotel, Llandudno, came up ou appli cation for her certificate. Mr. Hull appeared for the bankrupt. Mr. Evans, for the assignees, offered no oppo sition, and His Honour awarded an immediate certificate of the second class. Mr. Hull applied for the costs of his attendance on behalf of the bankrupt, but His Honour observed that unless a first-class certificate were granted, he never allowed costs to a bankrupt's solicitor. Mr. Hull was sorry he had not applied for a first class certifi cate. In re JOSHUA lint.--The bankrupt, an architect and builder, at Fairfield, near Liverpool, also came *Von. application for his certificate. Mr. Payne appeared for the assignees, and stated various grounds of objection to the allowance of a certificate without some suspension. Mr. Ewer was heard for the bankrupt at great length and . his Honour awarded him a certificate of the third class, subject to a suspension of the operation thereof for four months. LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE BEFORE MR. W. DIXON Mr. Clough said, he had received 2s. 6d. from Stride, a waiter at the George Hotel, for the mother of the poor young man, named Thompson, who w attempted to be made a " crinoline victim," at the Court on Wednesday. EXTRAORDINARY SWlNDLE.—Francis Sandland,. a peculiar looking person, whose card bore the following, " Accountant, Temple Buildings, 24, Mathew-street, and Saint Mary Gate, Birkenhead," was brought up by detective-officer Carlyle,• on the following extra ordinary case of swindling. A respectable looking person, named Joseph Proffitt, who resides at Rookery House, Aldridge, Staffordbhire, said; about the end of August or beginning of September, It — saw an advertisement in the Staffordshire Advertiser; for a person to conduct an ale and porter vaults, in Liverpool, and I wrote in reply to it. I received a letter from the prisoner (letter read), and after some correspon dence, I agreed with him to conduct the vaults, and I came down on the Ist November. The agreement was for £1 10s. a week, coal, light, &c. The complainant then went on to state at great length, the facts of the case, of which we give the following history. The advertisment having appeared in the Stafford shire paper, and a correspondence having been established between the prosecutor and the prisoner, the latter offered him £1 10s. a week, with many other advan tages, to conduct an ale and porter vaults at No. 2, Vine-street. The prisoner actually induced the prose cutor to come to Liverpool, and took him to No. 2, Vine-street, a beer-house kept by a Mr. DeGrey, and had the audacity to take him over the house and show it to him, saying it was his own.. He was to get posses sion on the 25th but the prisoner must have £4O as security for Nov.,he good faith and conduct of the prosecutor. In the course . of the nego tiation the prisoner went to the house 'of the father of prosecutor, Mr. Proffitt, in Staffordshire, stopped there two days, and, as the probscutor said, slept in a room where there was £3OO in a box. (Well for the owners the prisoner did not know it.) After this he induced the prosecutor to come down and bring his wife with him. The prisoner met them at Edge-hill, took them to the hotel of Mr. Malcomb, Islington, where he represented Mr. Malcom& as his brother-in-law, and introduced the wife of the prosecutor as his cousin. He then managed to get the £4O out of the prosecutor on a stamped agreement, to conduct the house - No. 2, Vine-street; but when Mr. Proffitt (he proved a very silly prophet) went to take possession from the occupier, a Mr. DeGrey, it is needless to say he was laughed at, and he never saw the prisoner after that, until he was taken into custody. „Mr. DeGrey, the occupier of the house, and Mr. Lamb, the owner, were examined, and they swore they knew nothing of the prisoner... The prisoner endeavoured to show that he was an agent for the letting of the house, but all his cleverness, which was of smart character in the swindling lino, did not avail him, and he was sent for trial. _BEFORE MESSRS J. B._ LLOYD, AND EUTCITZsON. RUNAWAY HORSE.— Mr. Bothwell, reCentlY *- grocer in Great Homer-street, was charged for leaving his horse and shandry in the street. It appeared that on the 28th ult , the horse and shandry were left in the street without any one to care for them, the horse ran away along Scotland-road, at a furious rate, endangering the lives of the public, and a poor blind boy, who was in the street, was knock e d d own an d severely injured, so that he lies in the Northern Hospital. In reply to Mr.- Lloyd, the defendant said he was not able to make the boy any compensation. as h e h a d ass i gne d a l l h i s property to his creditors. His Worship said he would fine the defendant £1 and costs, and h e di recte d t h e off i cer to look after the boy ih s e o r e that Nver ehea m fe ig w ht pu b b e li p e ro a p n e d rl b y ec a T t - t h en o d u e s d e e t o a s . e s but the details were void of public interest. BURIAL SOCIETIES. —A poor old woman, named Ellen 1 al ill - victoria Buriai , for £l2 benefit, claimed for the death of her son, who was a member of that society. Mr. Bluck was for - the complainant, and Mr. Cobb for the defence. The case lasted over three hours. From the length of time occupied in hearing the case, and the legal argument s ma d e use o f, it appeared that the poor woman.had paid into the society for fifteen years. The only question now, however, was, whether at the time of her son's death he was in " benefit" or not. There is a rule of the society, that runs as follows : "If a member be twelve weeks in arrear, the membership ceases altogether ; and if in arrear for a certain period I V-- Society, • anc ae arrear be paid up, th e mem b er d oes no t c ease ;" but still the person, after •payino. ° up the arrear, is not, according to the rule, t o be in " benefit" for four weeks after. It appeared that the com plainant was in arrear on. the 11th of December, and that her son died on Sunday, the 12th. On the Monday her card was altered so as to put her out of benefit. On she paid the arrear, but, as was alleged and admitted, these grounds the " Victoria Burial Society " refused to pay her, as they alleged she was out of benefit for four weeks after the arrear was even paid, and this was correct, according to the rule. Mr. Bluck censured the conduct of John Tidd Pratt, the registrar of friendly societies in the united kingdom, for having certified such a rule, and called it a "trap" to catch and swindle poor people. ' marked, and mp After an investigation of the time stated, the magis trates dismissed the complaint, saying the rule did not allow them to give an order for the poor woman; b u t at tle a same er.enidieumtceheidson, the i e n 0 strong nd uc t of the soci e ty. He exonerated them from doing anythin g w i t h a dis honest intention, but said they were p ersonally liable to tic language, l' the poor woman, and the sooner they got 'rid of such a rule the better it would be for them, for it was a trap to catch poor people in, who paid their money. He was very . sorry the bench was compelled to come to such a decision against the poor woman, but, as the rule stood, they could not do otherwise. He wits quite sure Mr. Pratt had not read the rule, for if he had, he would not have certified it. Mr. Blucksaid if • was a disgrace to his office. Mr. Hutchison again spoke in strong terms of condemnation of the society, bat was obliged to dismiss the ease, according to the rule. A few evenings ago, at the Theatre Royal, Greenock, while Mr. Fitzroy was setting the audience in a roar, by his admirable acting of Dogberry, and was e n j o i n i ng th e watch to " comprehnd all vagrom men," a swell in the boxes drawlingly remarked, " Very stupid fellow, that actor ! Do you hear the mistakes he is maki ng ?" NEW SYSTEM 0 . 7 BREAKING HORSES. —A few days since the trial of a newly invented break took place, for which Dr. Bunting, an Englishman, recently arrived from Montreal, has taken out a patent in this country. The first thing which strikes the eye is its perfeet sim plicity of construction, and the effect is ap parent made the achine, a few minutes after a horse is harnessed as it is impossible for the wildest or m os T t t i o i v e i r c e io i u s s b a u n t ira cin al either to rear, plunge, kick, b ack. driver, punishment and yet . there is no The worst tempered attiorn ls to used in the operation. and manageable a alternative ; lie must go forwaord,atthe will of the e after a - few be found lessons, and the s ystem is as ap pbeable to saddle as to slightest violence or • draught' or harness horses,—Belle Lif e , not the become* re- Lth At, a iblie ears, ts, I him the nent both I be the 20th tsul- iven hos. Ldon nted war. may cs of Lcely hole visit visit will and ctivt and Mr.. 'own fact,. ed a most the not [We ailar t, in L the s no T.] t for Ling. dive ency this hich emi- ding ed a also the long they not very that toke for uP hat and the Ina. the ice the