Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-13 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE. The weekly meeting of this Committee was held at one o'clock yesterday. Mr. Charles Turner presided, and the other members present were Messrs. Rankin, Robin son, Palmer, Brocklebank, Rounthwaite, Gladstone, Littledale, Barber, Lockett, Mondell, Clint, Anderson, Bo►d, Smith, Halhead, and Rathbone. The tender of Mr. Abraham Thomas was accepted for paving the qucy, slip, and road of the new dock north of the Huskisson dock. The surveyor n- quested authority to let the Queen's half-tide deck run dry after the evening tide of Sunda♦ the 29. h inst., for the purpose of cleaning and repairs, which was granted. In the Marine Department, an application was made by Mr. Rounthwai: c, on behalf of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Compsny, for an alteration and improvement in the fenders of the new landini , stage. The application was ordered to be forwarded An application from Mr. S. Reed, manager of the Wood side Ferry, for permission to erect a gas lamp at the gangway of the Woodside steamers on the Liverpool lauding stage at the expense of the Ferry Committee, was granted. A letter was read from tke Collector, Comptroller, and Inspector General of Her Majesty's Customs at Liverpool, drawing the attention of the committee to the inconve nience arising to the service, and to the mercantile community, in consequence of the office appropriated to the use of the landing-waiter of the Wcoden Farm, being placed in the King's dock, and suggesting a more convenient situation. The letter was referred to the Works' Committee. A letter was read from Captaingchomberg,-dovern ment Emigration officer, stating th't the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners had directed him to put himself in communication with the Dock Committee before recommending the renewal of licenses to runners for the ensuing year. The present method having been found to be .defective, the Commissioners had directed bim to lay the case before the Committee, in the hope that the powers given by the Passengers' Act, of 1855, might be attended with good effect. It was agreed that the Secretary should reply, by requesting Captain Sehomberg to meet the Harbour Master's Committee next Wednesday. A letter from Mr. Andrew Boyd, clerk to the trustees of the harbour of Peterhead, requesting the co-operation of the Bock Committee iu an endeavour to have that harbour made a harbour of refuge, was ordered to lie on the table. A letter was read from Mr. Edward Chaloner. giving up the ground, held by him in the Harrington Dock, from the 31st of next December. THE RECENT MANCHEETER CONFERENCE. The Chairman read the following correspondence which had passed between the Secretary of the Dock Committee, who wrote agreeably to the desire of the last meeting, and Mr. Alderman Nicholls, of Manchester, the chairman of the meeting held in that city on the 4th inst., upon the subject of the Birkenhead dock works TO AIL ALDMMAN BRNJAMIN NICEIOLLP, TOWN HALL, MANCHESTER. Dock Secretary's Office, Liverpool, Nov. 7, 1857. Sir,—Your letter of the 4th instant, together w:th a copy of resolutions passed at a meeting held in the Town Hall, Manchester, of parties representing cartain interests as stated therein, having ben laid before the committeo of the Liverp-ol docks by the char man, at t' eir meeting on the sth instant, I am directed, in acknowledging their receipt, to say that the committee have seen and read your communications with extreme regret, being sure that yourself, and the meeting o - er which you presided, must have laboured under wrong impressions as to the facts connectA with the dock works both of Liverpool and Birkenhead. As regards the present position of the docks and works at Birkenhead, the dock committee refer you to the municipal corpo ration of Liverpool, under whose dire.etions those works are at present being constructed, and who will no doubt answer any ques tions relating to them. With re!erence to the docks and works on the Liverpool Bide of the Mersey, [the construction of which has been authorised by Parliament, and for which the deck committee are alcae responsible, they be . ; to a.y that they have str:rtlw kept within the restrictions imposed rpon them by the dock acts, and have not s,,ught to extend the docks of Liverpool beyond the pea ers granted to them. Whilst doing this, they hove, howavir, received numerous complaints of Inconvenience felt by shipown,r3 and others, and re;mesentations of t e want of extended dock and quay accommodation on the Liverpool side of the river, which it has been their duty to consider, and is en:ieavour to meat as far as practicable. Feeling assured that both yourself and the gentleman you repre sent need only to be informed of the facts as they now exist with respect to the Liverpool dock works, the dock committee invite a deputation to visit Liverpool, when they would oa the spot give such information as would remove all reasonable doubt, and allay any uneasy fe, which may exist on this subject. Should it, however, unfortunately happen that the committee cannot be met in this manner, they can only say, which they do with courtesy, that they do not fear the result of any inquiry which may be instituted before the properly-constituted tribunals of the country. If it be thcught right to accept the invitation the clmmittce have now given, they hope to be favoured with an intimation from you to that Effect, fixing the time when the deputation w.ll visit 1 iverpcol. —I eim, fir, your very ob:dient servant, DANIEL ,MA ON, Secretary. TO DANIEL MASON, ESQ., SECRETARY TO TEE TRUSTEES CF THE DOCK ESTATE, LIVERPO,L. Manchester, November 11th, 1817. Sir,—l am sorry that my engagements have prevented my sending an earlier acknowledgement of your letter of the 7th inst. I attended the conference which was held in the Town Hall on the 4th inst., as one of a deputation from the corporation of this city ; and In tho absence of the Mayor, and as his deputy, I was requested to preside; and it was in compliance with one of the resohations adopted that I transmitted, as chairman, a copy of the resolutions passed by the meeting to the chairman of the Liverpool do:ks committee. At the meeting, a sub.cornmittee, of which lam not a Daunt er, was appointed ; bat for the purpose only of preparing a memcriel embodying the views of the public bodies who were then represented, for presentation to the Board of Tr..cle, and also to the Conserva'.ors of tho Mersey. TJnd:r each circumstances it will be obvious. that I am no in a position myself, howevcr much I might be disposed, to accept the invitation conveyed in your letter, and that I have no opportunity of communicating with any other parties on the snlject. In milling this communication I may perhaps be permitted to state that the object of the cmfcrenca, and the nature of the stat:menis then made, apper to be somewhat misunderstcol, A 3 far as I understand the observations made by Mr. Laird, of Birken head, and ethers, there is no difference of opinioa as to the absolute necessly if a iditional accommodation being provided for shipping in the Mersey; and I have little doubt that a t rong case for additional expenditure at Liverpool might easily be made out, in case the docks and works, either in existence or to be constructed, at Birkenhead are not in arty way considered. The ccm_3laiztt made wax, that whilst the prosecution of the works at Birkenhead is indeanitely and Improperly postponed, a renewed attempt Is to be made to obtain the sanction of Pailiznaent to a large out's.) , at Liverpool. It was sai 1 that in 1155 the sane c^mPlaints of want of accommo dation were mode when tl'o dock committee proposed to obtain rower to expend, when, and as they might think expedient, four mil ions in ineressiny e docks at Liverpool that Parliament rejected such proposal, gave power to spend every limited amount, and only in the completion of works then in progress at Liverpool; and as the means of supplying the wants of trade, which were fully proved to exist Parliament rr quire' the property at Birkenhead to be purcba:ed, and the docks completed in 1858. It is falc to be a gC1370t13 hardship that, notwithstanding the obli gation thus fmposed upon the corporation of Liverpool in 1855, and although a lar.e portion of work common to any modified plan mig'lt and ought to have been at once proceeded with, little or nothing has been done a'. Birkenhead. and not a single step taken fcr the pros.ecu tion of the outer works on the Cheshire side of the Mersey. That now in 1857, and as the preparation for another farliamentary eampaio in 185 S, the comp:aints of want of accommodation rude in 1855 are again bead, and notiee3 are to be given of appli ation to Parl ament for power to expend nearly a mi lion in work, at Liver pool. It was contendei, and, as it appears to me, with great force. that the corporation of Liverpo3l are respons.b!e for the inconvenienne io which commerce Is now, and mast be for some time lo coma, exp.:se:l —th:t if they had, in compliance with the obligation laid upon them by parliament, commenced in 1855 and prosecuted with vigour the doc!; a and works at Birkenhrad—in respect of which commerce has been long saddl.'d with a debt of npvrar:s of one and a quarter million,' the additional accommodation required wood have bren ere this aecnred. Par:lament has emphatically determined that the Birkenhead docks shall ho completed. Under such circumstances, and a:e:ng that a debt of betty, en tree and four millions must thereby be created, it appears certainly only reasonable and prudent to ascertain to what extent the wants of commerce will be thereby met beore any large additional amount is laid oat upon the Liverpool side; and it was the u❑aaim•aus opinion of all present, that ary application for power to expend money at Liverpool ought to be opposed until the docks and works at Birkenhead are far advanced, if no t completed, and until the nteessity of any such adJition to the enormous debt already edstias, msy be clearly and distinctly ascertained. _ _ The new trust, which will no doubt represent all inter:•sts, will come into p.,wer in January next, and I can only express the hope that some vrrangement which wi:l for the be,efit of commerce generally will b s arrived at, and that furtiur vexatious and ex;en sive Parliamentary contests will bo avoided. As the only means of ma'aing tho same known to the parties who conTened or may feel inte - ested in the recant conference, I shall send your loiter and my reply to the local papers,—l am, sir, yoars most obediently, BENJAMIN IsTICHOLLS. Mr. Gladstone : Then the Manchester genth men decline t come over ? The Chairman : They do. Mr. Ra hbone : They decline to receive au thing but an ex parte statement. That is what is practically meant. The Chairman • I believe there is some force in that. . Mr. Rathbone : They decliae to inform themselves upon the subject. The subject then dropped. Mr. Bold asked would the notices, to be given in reference to the applications ordered to be made to parliament, be published in Saturday's papers. Would it not be well to lay the plan, to which the notices refer, upon the table of the committee? POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-YESTBRDAT The Chairman said the committee were generally in the habit of discussing such questions when the reporters had retired. The notices were to be brought forward to-day. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. HEALTH COMMITTEE. COMERS. —PetttrEni and Patrick Mahon, were brought up by officers 450 and 429, an a charge of coining. It appeared that on the previous day the prisoners were arrested on a charge of attempting to pass three base shillings, and as they were well known to the police, the officers searched the place where Caey lived, in Graham's place, Fonteroy-street, end in their room they found a quantity of coining articles. The prisoners were formerly convicted of coining, and the case now being considered clear against them, they Isere sent for trial. WEesrt LOVE.—A tidy well dressed young woman named Elizabeth Roberts, was charged with having annoyed John Roberts in James-street. The case was somewhat singular, the fects being these—The complainant is a large coarse looking man, deeply pock-pitted, and was described as a fish and provision dealer, in George-street, Manchester. It appeared that some years ago he was a large farmer in Wales, and that the prisoner lived with him as his wife. He sold his farm and went to live in Manchester, entering into the fish and provision business, the prisoner accom panying him as his wife, and altogether she resided with him in that capacity for about seven years. About six months ago ha married, and made an arrangement with the prisoner, to whom he gave £3O, on an agreement that she should not come near him any more. She did not keep the bargain, but annoyed him, and on his coming to Liver pool to transact some business, she followed and anaoyed him in the street, and he gave her into custody. He admitted that there was• a dispute between them for a balance of £3, but he was willing to give it to her. Mr. Clough told the officer who had the prisoner, that he was not justified in taking her into custody, and then turning to the complainant, he said, "You lead better settle with her before one of the legal gentlemen of the court gets hold of her." (Laughter.) Mr. Mansfield told the prisoner she must not annoy the man. She said if he gave her the money in dispute, she would not go near him any more. The complainant then, in the presence of oae of the officers, gave her XI and a gold watch, and she having premised not to annoy him any more, was then discharged. CITAROE OF INFANTICIDE.—Anse M'Donald was charged with an offence of the above description. Mr. Cobb was for the prisoner. On Saturday morning the body of a chili was found in a petty in Bacon-street, and an inquest woe held on the body, and from the evidence of Surgeon Kemp, it seemed the child was born alive, and died in consequence of exposure, and a Coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some eerson or persons unknown. From enquiry made by officers Laycock and Eaton, they found that the prisoner lodged in a house in a terrace off Townsend-street, and that a Mrs. King also resided there. Oa prosecuting their enquiry they found a small cotton jacket near the body of the child, and this was found to belong to Mrs. King, by this means the prisoner was traced out and arrested. Several witnesses were examinel, and Dr. Wall, of the Northern Hospital, was examined as to the state of the prisoner, and his evidence went to confirm the suspicion that she was recently confined. Mr. Cobb submitted that the evidence was nut sufficient, but his Worship said there was prima facie evidence to remand her, and she was remanded aceordiegly. The first meeting of the newly appointed Health Com mittee was held yesterday at the Town-hall. The follow ing members were present ;—Aiderman Dover was elected chairman, and Mr.,Sheil vice-chairman, of the committee. The other members mere—Messrs. Beckwith, Godfrey, Hodson, Barton, Bowring, Holder, Crellin, Crosthwaite, Anthony, Vernon, R. Gladst one , and Hutchison. The committee were engaged for some time in appointing sub committes, which were appointed, after the deputy-town clerk (Mr. M'Gowan) had read the names of the several gentlemen appointed en each. In reference to the paving of the street opposite the Lying-in-Hospital, an applica tion was ma le to have the square sets taken up and have it Macadamised. Mr. Beckwith objected, on the ground that the expense would be enormous ; and he instanced the fearful expense in Lord, Church, and other streets, and said the stones in Pembroke-place were quite as good, and would last 20 years, whereas the other streets were always under repair at great expense. (Hear, hear.) In reply to Mr. Bowring, Mr. Newlands said it would be as well to Macadamise the street opposite the hospital and church, but no more. The subject then dropped, and the board, having trans acted some routine business, adjourned. THE ORTITERN "ur ; .7 -4, 1 5"': 71 I_4 r IV LP POOL - 1 t , • 3RI Al NOVEMBER 13 1857 TOXTETII PARK GUARDIANS. The usual weekly meeting of this board was held yes terdav at the Board-room, Park-phice. The president, Mr. G. H. Horsfall, took the chair. The other guardians present were—Messrs. Pickup, J. Wilson, Briscoe, Bitten, J. Harrison, Sidleley - , illiliar, Alpa3s, Robertson, Jones, and Mercer. Mr. Gough, the master of the West Derby Workhouse, reported the number of paupers that were in the work house belonging to this board, which details were given in the report of the West Derby board meeting, the actual number this week being the same as that of last week, 363 Cheques for the amount of £9B were voted for the relief of the out-door poor within the district • A letter was read from the Poor-iaw Board as to the appointment of a valuer, not approving of Mr. J. Stewart, whose terms were so high. It was agreed that the clerk. hould ask the General Board on what terms Mr. Atkin son was about to make the survey, being quite sure that there were gentlemen quite equal to do the business of the survey in Liverpool as well as in York. THE CLERK'S SALARY. A correspondence was read with reference to the clerk's salary, and it was on the suggestion of the chairman that the General Board's notice should be directed to the reso lution as to when Mr. Cleaver was appointed. After some routine business tile board adjourned. FRIGHTFUL CRUELTY TO A BOY, BY HIS FATHER, IN STANLEY-STREET. At the morning sittings, before Mr. Mansfield, at the Police Court, yesterday, Police Officer 48G, John Watson, brought up a fine sharp lad, named Jordan, aged 14, in ' order to obtain a warrant for the arrest of the boy's father, under the following circumstances : —The poor little fellow had a largo chain and heavy lock fastened on his left leg, and the policem.,n said he had tried several means to get it off, but to no purpose. The boy's legs and thighs score terribly bruised, as were also his arras and a portion of his face, and he said his father had beaten him with a black thorn knobby stick, which left the marks on him. From the statement of the boa-, Mr. Clough, aed the poHce officer, it appeared that the boy's father is named Isaac Jordan, and lives at 51, Stanley-street, and keeps four ironmonger's shops in that street, and it was stated that he has twenty houses in Everton. It further appeared that, for a long timepae, he had been in the habit of treating the boy very badly, and that on Saturday, for the etvegth lime, he locked him, with the chain and lock now on his leg, to a 561 b weight in a dark room. On Wednesday, by the assistance of a servant girl, the lad was enabled to get ono of his legs out of the chain, and he then got into the street, and told some of the neighbours, and showed them the way he had been beaten. [The bay's limbs presented an awful appearance.] In reply to Mr. Mansfield, the lad said he never gave his •father the least provocation for his cruel conduct. One of his brothers had to run away in consequence of his father's cruelty, and his mother had to separate from his father for a like reason. Mr. Mansfield : Have you ever stopped out at night, or given him any offence by disobeying him? No, sir. Mr. Mansfield wlerd if the boy was known to the police in any way, when Mr. Clough, and Kr. Burton, the governor of the brideweli, replied that he wan not known. Mr. Gar-. nett (chief clerk) : Were you ever in bridewell, boy ? Never, sir. Mr. Clough said he believed the boy was very welt conducted. Mrs. Mary Duckworth, and Mrs. Jana Atkins, respectable persons residing in Stanley-street, stated that the bey was a quiet and well-conducted lad, and that, for a berg time, hie father was in the habit of treating him very badly, and chaining him to a fifty six pound weight in a dark cold room. Teey were in the habit of giving him food, and the servant girl at his father's also brought him food when he was locked u p. When he got out of hie prison they resolved to tell the police, and they accordingly called the officer and informed him of the facts. In reply to Mr. Mansfield the boy said when the chain was pulled it hurt him very much. Mr. Clough said the boy toll him he wanted his father to send him to school and give him come trade, but he would not do so. The lad also told hire he would go to sea, if ha could. Ms Worship ordered a summons for the father, and he was summoned for Saturday. Mr Clough directed the officer to break tha lock and get the chain off the boy's leg, and after some time the lock was broken, and the poor 'hie fellow was liberated from the chain. The case created quite a sensation His Worship told the police to take proper care of the boy for the present. TI - 1141 FIRE AT FLEETWOOD. TO THR EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—A paragraph having appeared in the news papers, stating that, in the fire at Fleetwood, the contents of a Milner's Safe had been destroyed, we immediately sent over to investigate the matter, and find that the paperS, instead of being in a Ivlilnet's Safe, as represented, were contained in a tin box, certainly bearing our name, but of a very much lighter quality, with a single chamber one inch (the present make being near three inches), made many years ago, and purchased second-hand by the parties using it seven or eight years back, and as different from our prcsmt make of Safes and Chests as one thing can be from another. The gold melted, and the notes destroyed, wore in a mahogany drawer iu the bedroom.—We are, dear sir, truly yours. THOMAS MILNER & S'oN. Phoenix Safe Works, Liverpool, Nev. 12, 18 7. At L7WIS 8z; CO If PANT'S, Ranelagh-street. tiOTS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Twenty Year Goon SEIIVIC2 OF A REVOLVER.—A private letter from Clwn'porc, says, " Lieut. Sanders belonging to the 84th wh:.n brought before the tyrant Pena Sahib, pulled out his revolver, shot dead five of the gnarl, ant mi sed the Rajah with the sixth round, when they crucified him to the ground ; the wh de of the C ivalry charged joist him, and every one hal a cut at him until he was Actually cute pieces." CIARGY IN MB MA NUFACTURTNG private letter f! our a clergyman in the neighbourhood of Rochdale, sa3s " I wish I could give pill a brighter arclunt of things in this district. Unhappily the pro,pect grows darker from day to day. Several mills have ceased to work altogether, and others are likely to d; so. A drunken chap s iu to me yesterday, Aw say, parson, you moo work short teem se weel as we.' A mret , rioas crime, hearing some affl. .ity t , the Water loo-bridge tragedy basjust.bcea discovered at Choisy-le-Roi. About ten months ago a barrel arrived from Paris at the railway staticn, directed 4 Barein Restent—Provisions." l As no ow has since come to claim it, orders were given ta the railway clai ks to open it, when, to their horror, they found that it contained part of a female body completely dried up. The head and arms .are wanting. An investi gation has been orderetl.—Galignani. A FIERI FACIAL —Ch tries MaAhewa one day arrived at a forlorn-looking country and addressing a lugubrious waiter, inquired if he could have a chicken and asparagus ? The mysterious servant-man shook hFs head. " Can I have [lave you any mutton-chops?" a duck, then ?" " No sir." " "Not one, sir." Then, as you have on eatables, bring nit sometMng to drink. 4' Hare you any spirits ?" " Sir," returned the man, with a profLund_sigh, '' we are out of spin's." Then, in wonder's name, what have you got in the house?" '• An execution, sir." At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, R sae lagh.street. , BOYS are CLOTHEDfrom the Ages of St% to Tweitti Years. BIRKENHEAD. BEFORE MESSRS. CAW, JACKSON, SLIMY, CONON, BARTON, AND BRYANS. STEALING FowLs.—Thomas Pughe and William Higgs were brought up on remand, from Monday last, charged with stealing two fowls, the property of John Pryal of Egerton-street. The fowls were stolen on the 61 instant, and, on the following day, the prisoner Pughe was seen with a number of fowls, offering them for sale in the market place, amongst which Pryal saw the two he had lost. Information was given to the police, who want and appre hended the prisoner Pughe. Directly he had done so, Higgs came from another part of the market-place, and said Pughe was his man, and he (Higgs) could bring forward the person from whom he had bought them, and repeated that statement when before the magistrate on Monday, at the same time applying that they might be remanded, for the purpose of getting that person to attend. No one. however, attended to-day, and Pryal having fully identified the furls, adding that he had lately lost 21 fowls and 2 ducks, and he had seen the two produced safe on Friday morning, when he let them out of the fowl house. Committed for trial. STEALING A FROM—Mary Jones and Jane Atkinson were charged with stealing a childs' frock, the property of Charles Parry. From the statement of Mary Parry, the wife of the prosecutor, it appeared that on Monday last she had been washing her children's clothes and left them in a pan in the back-yard. In the morning the frock produced was missing. Information was given to the police, and the frock was traced t o an o ld clothes shop, kept by a parson named Whelan, in Egerton-street, where the prisoners had sold it. The prisoners were first up before the m , gTstrates on Tuesday last, and in conse quence of a sheet for which they could not account being found on them, they were remanded till yesterday that enquiries might be made respecting them, the result of which wan, that ,T ones,alias Doyle, alias Boyle, alias Irvine, had been'no less than 16 tines in the Main Bridewell, Liverpool, having undergone nearly three yeari im prisonment, and Atkinson had been six times in the same prison. Both prisoners were sentenced to three calender months hard labour, under the Criminal Justice Act. SMUGGLING ClGARS.—Frederick Carron, a foreigner, belonging to the Belgian brigantine, Augusta, lying in the Birkenhead docks, was charged with smuggling three boxes of cigars. The prisoner was steppe l by police officer Fenlon, in Lord -street. who, tbserving that he appeared rather bulky about the breast, asked him what he had got there, to which he replied " nothing." Fenlon, however, opened the prisoners Guernsey shirt, and there found the three boxes of cigars Fined £2 Bs. including costs, or one week's imprisonment in default. The prisoner immediately paid the fine and was discharged. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT. Yesterday upwards of 250 cases were disposed of by the Judge, J. K. Blair, EFq not one of which, how.war, pze sezted the slightest public interest. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT. —Yn 3TZ RD AY (BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER BTEVRNSON.) Re Illtcrieur, NavILLE —late of Liverpool. Brassfoundor, &a. In this ease a dividend of ls. in the Pound was declared. Re Jour WALKER —This bankrupt lately carried on business, in this town and also at Rochdale, as a tobacconist. This being the day appointed for the declaration of a dividend, Mr. Whitley, on behalf of the the assignees, stated that the official assignee of the estate had not yet been able fully to investigate the books of the business in which she bankrupt was interested at Wolverhampton, at the time of his being declared a bankrupt, and on that account it seemed- necessary that an adjournment for a week should take place. His Honor said—There can be no objection to an adjournment being granted. Adjourned accordingly to the 19th inst. An adjudication was made on petinions presented by James Mackay and John Mackay, carrying on business at Liverpool, in partnership with William Rutherford, under the firm of " Mackay, Rutherford, & C 0.," as Timber Merchants. The Lord High Chancellor has been pleased to confirm the appointment of Mr. Henry Blundell to the office of Official Messenger to Mr. Commissioner Perry's Court, vacant by the decease of Mr. Henry Ayres. Mr. Blun dell has been many years attached to the Court of Bankruptcy in London, and, on his leaving, received a very high testinionial from the Court, and likewise from the profes sional gentlemen in London who practice in it, as to his merit, character, and qualifications, to fulfil the duties of the office. Mr John Wright, who was appointed to act pro tem., during the vacancy, and who has acted as chief clerk to the messenger for some years, will be continued in hia office by the new official messenger, and will continue to render the valuable services he has hitherto done, with so much satisfaction. LIVERPOOL CORONER'S COURT. The Coroner held the following inquests yesterday : On the body of George Blacklock, the captain of the brigantine Virginian, lying in the Canning (lack. lie was 32 years old, and was found dead on hoard on Tuesday morning. From the evidence, it aopeared that deceased, from some cause unexplainable, fell against the anchor, and his neck coming i i contact with the edge of the instru ment, he died in conseqaenee. Verdict accordingly. On the bony of Edward Scarborough, ten weeks old, who was suffocated in b. d. Ver. let accordingly. On the body of Elizibeth Simpson, 57 years of age, who diet at 2 Court, Vercon-street. She was found drowned in the canal, but how she came there, there was no evi dence to show. Verdict, " found drowned." CLOTIIIwn MADE WITH GREAT TASTE AT LEWIS and COMP. KT'S, Ranelagh-street. Two men have been arrested at Toulon on suspicion of having been concerned in the attack rchich vra3 lately made near Vidauban, on the di'igcnce which plies between Drageignan and Toulon. The driver recognises one ( f them. ExclaCrely for CLOTHING BOYS from Six to Twenty years LEWIS & COMPANY, tianolagrinatto LONDON COURT OF BANK RUFTC Y.—Nov. 11 In re STERs, WALICIL AND SYERS. —The bankrupts were merchants of London and Liverpool. Their accounts and all the principal facts in the case have already ap peared in Tin Tutu. It is sufficient here to state that the capital was inconsiderable (a vouched surplus on the Ist January, 1854, of about £4,000), and that after trad ing to the amount of a million sterling the debts proved are £135,000, the amount proveable about £lOO,OOO, and that the estate is expected to pay 2s. in the pound. This was the certificate meeting. Mr. Linklater ap- peared for the assignees ; Mr. Lawrence for Mr. Warner, a creditor; Mr. Pook for a creditor ; Mr. Bagley and Mr. Rcxburgh for the bankrupts. Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, said that up to about the mi idle of 1855 the bankrupts had carried on a moderate and legitimate trade. About that time, influenced by the extravagant expectations of peace or war, they had em barked in transactions far beyond their means. The transactions ware, in fact, a mere speculation, certain ruin staring them in the face if they were unsuccessful, and the prospect before them of great wealth and being applauded as deserving gentlemen, if they prospered. They obtained advances upon goods—a practice which, although a very general one, was thought by some to be a practice more honoured in the breach than in the obqerrance liavirg regard to the long time the bankrupts had been before the court (since May, 1856), and the great vexation and annoyance they had undergone, the assignees were willing that the bankrupts should now receive second class certificates, Mr. Lawrence characterised the trading as most reckless and improvident. With a capital of £4,000 the transac tions had been £1,000,000. The losses, giving the bank rupts credit for all their profits, had been from £150,000 to £160,000, and the personal expenditure of one of the Syers had been at the rate of £2,000 a year. There were some persons who thought that a man was at liberty to regulate his expenditure by the extent of his transactions. Thera were others, however, who thought that they ought to bear some proportion to their profits. The systematic course o f obtaining advances upon goods before they had been paid for was a most mischievous and ruinous practice, however general. It would be a slander upon British merchants to put these bankrupts, however extensive their transac tions, in that class. To call things by their right names, the bankrupts had pledged and pawned goods to an enormous amount. What would be said of a draper who, having gone to a wholesale house and purchased a parcel of goods, went immediately and pledged the goods under the term of obtaining advances. However fine a term miglat be used, it was Ball pawning. Accom modation bills were now being distinguished in the city by the more pleasing term of "finance bills," but all this refinement of terms did not alter the character of transac tions. The whole amount of the bankrupts capital had been absorbed in the drawings of Morris Syers (L'4,223), while the drawings of D anie l S yers h a d b een £1,900 The bankrupts stopped on the 4th of April. On the Ist of April Morris Syers drew a check for £225, and on the 3rd of April for £375. On the latter day Daniel Syers also drew a check for £375. This withdrawal of a sum of £9OO from the estate was most unjustifiable. He did not complain of Mr. Linklater being so far satisfied with the conduct of the bankrupts (who were old clients) as to assent to their receiving second class certificates, bat the creditor he represented took a different view of the merits of the case. Mr. Pook complained that the bankrupts had purchased of Mr. Farwig 4 - 50 worth of tin plates shortly before their bankruptcy, because the article was one which they could readily pawn The bankrupts, he alleged, had sold pods at a loss of 50 per cent. Mr. Boxlyargh said he should examine the opposing creditor, and Mr. Warner, having made his affirmation as a member of the Society of Friends, said that he had called upon the bankrupts about 8 o'clock of the evening of the day on which they had suspended payment. He saw Mr. M. Sy ers, and told him that he had a quantity of iron in the river about to be shipped, and a quantity of zinc on the Thames which h:d been shipped. The zinc was on board, and he was desirous of ascertaining whether the iron and the zinc could become his property: The goods had been shipped for the bankrupts, and he wished to stop them if possible and have them himself. At the interview he spoke generally of the stoppage. Mr. Syers appeared to feel his position, upon which he (Mr. Warner) remarked that if the bank. repts had acted correctly, ha had no doubt they would be well supported out of their trouble. Mr. Morris Syers told him that whatever was his due he would have, and that he had no intention of making any preference. His object in going was to try to obtain his goods. Mr. Roxburgh : Did you not on that occasion, in the presence of Mr. D. Syers ask Mr. M. Syers whether he had not something —anytlihog --some bills of lading or some thing. for you did not know es hat to do your less would be so large ? Mr. Warner : I eannnt say whether it was in the pre sence of Mr. Daniel Sy ers, but I am quite sure I said everything I possibly could to get possession of those two shipments. The iron had not been shipped, and I thought that the zinc might not be shipped—that the bill of lading might not have been hypothecated or pawned. I cannot answer the question in any other way. Mr. Roxburgh : Did not you ask the bankrupt to give you a bill of lading or something of that sort ? Mr. Warner : I cannot say more than I have. Mr. Roxburgh : Did not Mr. Morris Syers remark that he would not give a preference, and was not that remark applied to your request to make a preference? Mr. Warner : If the iron had not been shipped and the zinc had not left the stream, and the bill of lading was impledged, I should, I supposed, be perfec , ly justified in gettieg back the goods. It was in reference to these goods that I went and got nothing. Mr. Roxburgh: And getting nothing you want away ? Mr. Warner: No doubt Re-examined: I am a creditor for upwards of 6,000 G Mr. M Syerm was br.,inc , examined, when The Commissioner remarked that, Mr. Lawrence was not present, and that in his absenc e h e s h ou ld or d er an adjournment. Mr R-ixburgh protested against all other parties being subjected to the incmvenienee and casts of an adjourn ment on such a ground. The case could be concluded that day. s s The Counnissionor.—Do you think it fair to go on in the absence of your opponent ? Mr: hould not think of leaving any court during the progress of any case, in which I was engaged. (AnplAnqe and clapping of handq.) The Commissioner ordered an adjournment to a future day, at 10 o'clock, and sh)rtly after this arrangement Mr. Lawrence returned, and apologised for his absence. LONDON INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.— Nov. 11 In re ELIZABETH MAFIA HAIGH.—This inTolven% a young lady, better known to the musical world ag Miss Dyor, petitioned under the Protection Act. Mr. Dowse supported: Mr. Sargood appeared on behalf of Mr. Kingsbury to oppose, and stated that his client had brought an action against the insolvent for breach of a contract, whereby she bound herself for three years, in consideration of Mr. Kingbury completing her musical education and providing her with board and lodging, to divide whh hire the profits of any engagement sha might have. During the progress of the action Miss Dyer married Mr. Henry Haigh, also a well known vocalist • but the action was conti nue d aga i nst her solely, and finally was decided in the plaintiff's favour, who was awarded £2O damages—his costs being taxed at £72. The learned counsel submitted that the insolvent's petition could not be sustained, as she, being a married woman, wi•hout separate property, could, if arrested, obtain her discharge -without the intervention of this court, upon ap plication to a judge, and referred to several cases quoted in tsfacrae's Insolvency Practice, second edition, in support of that view. Mr. Dowse contended that the petition was a proper one, and referred to the case of Louisa Armitage, in Mr. Macrae's book. as justifying that position. The learned Commissioner said, he thought he was bound to entertain the petition. The action had been commenced, continued, and en•ied in the maiden name of the defendant. although the plaintiff under the 141st section of the Common Law Procedure Act of 1852, might have joined the husband in the action or judgment. That being so, it was not because in the event of being arrested the insolvent could be di charged by some other court, there fore she could not petition this court. The 4'h of December was named for the final order, any question upon the merits being reserved for that occasion. At LEWIS & OMPA NY'S, Rarelagh-street, BOYS aro CLOTHED from the Ages of Six Twenty Years. A sad accident is related in the Madrid papery. The notable inhabitants of Olaveaga assembled in the evening of the Ist, according to their custom, in a sort of club-house, to play at billiards, and read the newspaper. A!1 at once a frightful explosion took place, and the whale house and a'l the people in it were blown up. Twelve persons were injured, or burned more or less severely, and four were killed. It turned out that a quantity of gunpowder had been left in a room, and that one of the visitors had thrown oa it the remains of a lighted cigar. BOYS' CLOTHING }UDR WITH GREAT TASTE, At LEWI4 and COMPANY'S, Eaaelagh-street, THE STEVENAGE MURDER. STEVENAGE, Nov. 11.—The magistrates acting for this district, the Rev. Edwin Prodgers andf:M. Prior, Esq., yesterday held a special meeting at the' National School room, in this village, for the purpose of metering into a further inquiry as to the circumstances connected with the death of John Starkins, one of the Herts constabulary, who was brutally murdered on the evening of the 30th ult., in a field near the village. Jeremiah Carpenter, the man who is in custody upon the charge of committing the offence, was brought into tb,e room in the custody of two of the constabulary. Two professional gentlemen were retained to conduct the case for the prosecution. Mr. Fitzjohn, an attorney from Baldock, attended on behalf of the prisoner. Since the former inquiry the clothes of the deceased man, and some other articles, have been handed over to Professor Taylor, of Guy's Hospital, and that gen tleman was to-day in attendance, and he handed in a written statement of the result of his observations, and this statement was received by the Bench as his evidence. The evidence of Dr. Taylor was to the following effect:— He said : I received from Superintendent Barnes, at the chemical laboratory at Guy's Hospital, the following articles —a knife, a smock-frock, a pair of corduroy trow sers, a pair of boots, and a pair of gaiters. I subsequently also received, at the same place, a shirt, a quart bottle con taining a colourless liquid, a spade without a handle, and a wicker basket. I have submitted all these articles to chemical examination, and the result is that I have ascer tained that under the buck's-horn handle of the knife there was a deep red mark, mixed with rust and dirt, which I found to consist of coagulated blood in a dry state. The blood had evidently penetrated through the handle and the iron plate of the knife. The smock-frock was damp, but I could not discover any appearance of blood upon it. Upon examining the trowsers I found a good many stains upon them, but they yielded no evidence of the presence of blood. In the groove of a bone button taken from the left knee. I found a firm coagulation of blood. It had a bright red colour, and was apparently fresh. In one of the holes of the button, through which the blood had passed, there was also a a small coagulation of blood. The app tarance was such as would be produced by the wiping of blood from the surface of the button. There was also a slight smear of blood on the cotton string connected with the knee. Upon examining some stains that were upon the boats, I ascertained that they presented the appearance of blood, but I cannot state posiively that they were the stains of blood. The button gaiters pre sented some dark red stains, especially on the left side. A chemical microscopical examination showed that these stains were caused by coagulated blood. Granules of wheat starch were also found mixed with the blood. The leather near these stains also presented in some parts a rough appearance, as if it had been scraped or rubbed. On the inside of the left gaiter there is also the appearance of a smear of blood. The shirt, the spade, and the bottle, did not present any particular appearance, except that on the first-named article there were some small spots of brood Upon the basket I found several stains of a bright red colour, which I ascertained to be blood. The blood like that found on the groove of the button had the appearance of being quite fresh. I am of opinion from these circumstances that the appearances of blood on the knife, the wicker basket, and the gaiters, were such as would be assumed by blood issuing from the body of a living person, or of one recently dead, i.e., before the blood had naturally set or congealed ; and with regard to the shirt, I am of opinion that the small blood stains that appeared upon it were produced by blood reaching it from the outside. lam also of opinion that all these blood stains present the characteristic of human blood, bat there are certaht criterions by which human can be distinguished from animal blood. I cannot state posi tively any precise date at which these stains were caused, but those upon the gaiter and the wicker basket have all the appearance and properties of recent or fresh blood. Dr. Taylor further stated that a large quantity of soap and blue vitriol had been applied to the left wristband of the shirt, and it also presented several appearances of wheat starch or gluten upon it. The addi tional evidence gone into merely consisted of the depositions of the witnesses who were examined before the coroner on Monday, and it will therefore be unnecessary to give their evidence in detail. It appeared to be dis tinctly made out that in consequence of the suspicion that was entertained that Carpenter was in the habit of robbing Mr. Horne, the farmer in whose service the prisoner was employed, Mr. Hawkes, the inspector of the constabulary stationed at Stevenage, gave the unfortunate deceased strict instructions, on the 30th of October, to watch the prisoner, and see if he had any stolen property in his possession when he came home from his work, and that he went out for that purpose about half-past five o'clock. The evidence appeared to make out, in the most satisfactory manner, that the prisoner was seen close to the place where the deceased was last seen alive, and in the field hard by there was the marks of a violent scuffle, and a quantity of wheat, which was proved by Mr. Horne to bs of the same description as some the prisoner was sowing on the day of the murder, was discovered strewed about on the ground. The prisoner went home apparently very lame much later than his usual hour, and on the following morning he was unable to go to his work. The deceased was a strong young min, and is said to have been a very good wrestler, and there is no doubt that he made a most desperate attempt to secure the party, whoever he was, by whom he believed that a felony had been committed, and there is every reason to believe that he would not have been overpowered if his assailant had not stabbed him in the throat, and then resorted to further violence, which totally incapacitated him frem making any further resist ance, and when he was totally helpless his cowardly assailant dragged him to a pond at a short distance, and threw him in, and he was found in that condition on the following Monday mornieg. The hat of the unfortunate constable has not been found, and it is suggested that it has been buried by the mur d erer , but, altough a strict search has been made by the police, no trace of it has hitherto been discovered. The magistrates having been engaged for more than five hours, and the case for the prosecution not being concluded, the prisoner was re mended till Tuesday. THE ELLESMERE JEWEL ROBBERY.- IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES. — At Worship -street police court, on Wednesday, Edward Jackson, an oil ant coloarman in Leonard -street, Shore ditch, and his wife, Anne Jackson, was brought up for re-examination, charged with having been found in feloni ous possession of various valuable articles ot wearing apparel, the property of the Countess of Ellesmere, and which had been abstracted, with a travelling trunk, containing property to the aggregate amount of £15,000, from her ladyship's carriage during her progress to Windsor Ce.stlle, on a visit to her Majesty. Mr. Lewis, Jan , of Ely-place, attended, as before, for the defence, but no counsel or attorney was present to conduct the elaborate case for the prosecution. The facts adduced at the former hearing have already been published, and the following important additional at evidence was now proceeded with :—Charles Frond, cab-driver, stated that, at six o'clock on the evening of the 22,ad of January, 1856 (the day of the robbery), he was called off the stand in Davies-street, Grosvenor-square, by two men, one of whom directed him to assist in placing a large black box inside of his cab, and having taken leave of his companion, he entered after it, and desired to be driven to Willow-walk, Shoreditch. As they were passing through Finsbury-square, he was ordered to proceed int ) Leonard-street, on reaching which, the man got out and walked away with the box, which witness had placed upon his shoulder, and he saw no more of him. He noticed at the time that the box was very weighty, and to the best of his belief it was the one now produced by the police as the property of Lady Ellesmere. Thomas Geary, a horse-hair corder, in Antelope-gardens, Shoreditch, stated that shortly before eight o'clock on the night referred to he found the empty box produced, the lock of which had been wrenched off, upon a piece of waste ground at the rear of his house, and within about 300 yards from that of the prisoner. Eliza Parsons, a poor widow in the neighbourhood, was then eximiaed, and stated that she had been in the occasional habit of washing for the female prisoner, in whose possession she had seen articles of dress f the most costly description. Some lace haudkerchiers and part of a dress, which had been proved to be the property of Lady Ellesmere, were here shown to the witness, who recognised two of the articles as a portion of these to which she referred Inspector Brecknell : In the absence of a prosecutor, perhaps your Worship will allow me to ask the witness whether she can give any evidence respecting certain diamonds. Witness: Yes; Mre Jackson once showed me two very splendid diamonds, which she told me had been sent to her by a gentleman in Australia, who had paid his addresses to her before she married her husband. The Inspector: And I believe she has some disclosures to make in connection with a copper tea-kettle. Witness : You mean the kettle that Mrs. Jackson gave me to take care of when her husband was in trouble about receiving a cask of butter. I remember there were taro watches in it, besides some silver plate, a long jewel-box, and lots of rings with pearls and red stones, but I returned the whole of them to her about ten days afterwards. Police-constable Evans then deposed, in addition to the former evidence, that on the discovery of Lady Ellesmere's property at the house in Leonard-street, a portion of it was claimed as her own by the female prisoner, who declared that some of the articles were presents from her mother, and that others h a d b een g i ven t o her by a female friend in the Hampstead- roa d. I t having been intimated by the police that further time was necessary to complete the ends of justice, the prisoners were again rente.nded for a week, DREADFUL DEATH OF THREE PERSONS. At Rimpton, Somerset, on Monday, Mr. Hodgson, the county coroner, and a respectable jury, held an inelairr into the circumstances attending the deaths of Gepatrol! er Cox, aged 20, Silas Tuck, aged 46, and Hen r y aged 23, who met their deaths in a rather 'coif_ manner, the two latter in a generous endeavour to 5! .. : the life of the former. It appeared that Mr. COX , i t father o the first-named deceased, carried on an extecie sive business as a dairyman in this place. In accordaF4 with the economic spirit of the present age, so t il e " g nothing might be lost, he had constructed on his prevai ee a large tank, or reservoir, for the purpose of E , : reception of whey, which was conveyed by a wooded shoot to the troughs of the pigs, of which animals 0,7. kept a considerable number. It being necessary tha should be cleaned, it was emptied of its co ntents : and George C 37C, the son of the P descended for that purpose. When at the bottom of Ole ladder he was observed to stagger, and lost his footing_ Tuck then hastened to his assistance, and appeared to suffer in a similar manner. Henry Pardy imor lis ee te l e went to their relief, and was overcome by I.'" " e : influence that had attacked his two unfortunate Cee. le paaions. Another person on the spot generoule roprietq volunteered to descend into the tank to ascertain t d i l cause why the three men had not ascended or reeP° ll fla to the inquiries that had been made of them- be proceeded nearly to the foot of the ladder, W ile° cl experienced a difficulty of breathing, and hastily re or h n a e ri to the top ; and thus his life was saved. The eaos e t i res became apparent to the bystanders ; and their serinAll that the three unfortunate persons had been destrote" C orrea the fumes of carbonic acid gas proved to be ers eete , After the proper precautions had been takn rf be any further accident, the bodies were taken out of tank ; medical assistance having in the meantiol e e — ' e te procured, upon examination life was found to be h ;he extinct. The above facts having been disclosed e i d a ee examination of the witnesses, a ' verdict in accor d with the evidence was returned. WIFE BEATING IN HIGH LIFE• 0 (10 0 , On Tuesday, at the Maryl e b one ' po li ce courtiujohiP Mr. Thomas Winston, of 17, Grove-terrace, , letter wood, was charged with a violent assault upon 0 , 8 " ; ,a - latl°' his wife. Mr. Cooper, from the office of Mr. ti r '. a ""d in Lincoln's-inn-fields, appeared for the complainant , °.;d i to opening the case said that complainant was Ma r „ r ,: n ss defendant in 1833, but in consequence of his s`,,; t a is treatment, she was compelled to separate from 1847, when a deed of separation was executed, by ° sive defendant had agreed to allow her .i'so a year* and then he came into possession of considerable proper , ti ig er, complainant, who was suff er i ng from acute 03 t list produced by the brutality of defendant, and fiedlog ec es. her means were insufficient to supply her with the %di, saries she required, she, by th e a d v i ce o f her fr l ', ift determined to return to h e r f ormer h ome. Aeeerdl e r, on the 29th ult., she wen t t o t h e defendant's resideaed and, though refused ad m itt ance at first, suceeedeat yo, entered the room where defendant at the time an d Before she uttered a word he knocked her dow n a' ig at, dragged her towards the s t a i rs , th rew h er d own elle7aer then took her up in hi s arms , fl ung h er d o wn t° l " flight, and thrust her into the street. 1 0 0 Complainant was examined, and her evidence accordance with the preceding statement. and Complainant was cross-ex a min e d b y defendant' att. stated that he is possessed of £BOO per annu m ' nothing bearing upon the charge was elicited. Mrs. Elizabeth P e thi c k state d that she aceoosrn waledooo, complainant to 17, Grove-t errace , ou the day c 1 woe 3°- 144 and went up to defend ant ' s apartment w i th her- r 0 here entered into a detail corroborative of the lorto deposed to by Mrs. W ins t on , th e complainattt,:%oo 1' .'i course of which sh e sa id t h at compla i nant ha d D ° the slightest provoc a ti on , an d th at s h e (complaineolimot hurled down th e s t a i rs . Sh e added that con3Pl4-01), appeared to be severely injured. She put her into a ,,,ero and had her conv e y e d h ome, a f ter which restora tives os t administered to her, a s s h e was i n a wea k and al fainting condition. r ati t i In reply to defendant, w it ness sa id th a t the se -v i efll in the house e x cl a i me d on t h e stairs, "Pray don't, I" kill her," in allusion to defendant's conduct. ;fa sse ti Caroline Elizabeth Carr deposed to having vy- -- Llt o some bruises on the person of complainant suusequ' - the alleged assault. •aa ot4 Defendant's answer to the charge was that corapito - t to by the terms of the deed of separation, was bound n° o o molest him, and that he used no more force than neceesary to expel her from the place. He called .40 06 Harriet Chapman, a servant in the house, nod testimony was to the effect that defendant had conic: l ' o os no undue violence in ejecting complainant. She W as She present during the interview in defendant's r0c 113 ., 0 P was quite sat i s fi e d t h a t comp l a i nan t " s lid , " and ye. not ‘.h ur l e d" down the sta i rs as ha d b een sta ted• s pe i eudant merely pushed her ouc of the front door bat° street. The case was ultimately disposed of by defen d being fined 2 05., and costs. „ o r MR. JUSTICE COLERIDGE ON HOD- , ' L. STREET PROSECUTIONS. At the Court of Queen's Bench, on Toe sb c;arg e4 Justice Coleridge, a s th e S en i or P u i sne Judge' ° to the the Middlesex Gra n d J ur y, i mpanc ll e d acc ordion to 03e , usual custom. In doing so, he said—lt occur s r ill however, to say a wo r d w ith regar d t o an o ffence et thit 0 , public interest has been recently drawn. I rnes n „i c ture ° ' the publication of oscene books, or prints, or eiyon" which tend much tolle corruption of the mind s ° we persons. In the course of last session the 11% learned lord who presides in this court, introduee.a an d ' into the House of Lords fur th e f ac ility of Po llishl- qt 01 putting down, if possible, that wicked and roe-,,sitloa chievous trade. Th e bill, which met with °Pi/voter; afterwards, happily passed into a law, giving ° Et power to the magistrates and the police 0 01 2- down their sale by the preventive A e os tre" of the power of search, seizure, and the ' 4 , ace" tion of the articles. Why I mention the sulais e l o gou when it dues not appear to have a direct h e t r o gor, your duties, is, that sometimes persons who are "O in trade of this kind are disposed, by the o% tabl e mischievous kind of ingenuity, to think to turn ode' on the public by prosecuting works and publicatioo'l4,Del the colour that th e y are of the objectionable 1 ° ) ; in fact, there is no foundation for it ; and it rea uncommonly said that this or that picture of l 011 1011 4 „ ft artist, or this or that status, or this or that poem'' sche subject to be p rosecute d , an d ought proper l y to ra s $ O . well as the lo ose p ern i c i ous and voluptuous Priiiior pictures I am referring to. It is very ea s y ingenious person so t o d ece i ve hi mse lf, and P serP t others, with arguments of that kind; but coi nal° at always gave an answer to it, for no one could. (We i , tfi l , e a picture, print, or poem fully treated e t ;0 0 rational course required by the subject, in conne e r a dee'i'r high art has not Lett mischievous and improP er e to b h e itt complained of: No doubt a corrupt mind brough t on such works might perhaps be made worse hi' tfl e r t s an honest and chaste mind drew nothing bad fretTroti 5 but ou the contrary, received high, pure, and i n ' ta tiee n ; pleasure from their contemplation. Take for iT s gllt°",.s an example, what every one must have reau',. s oa a p v i r playful description of Eve contemplating her P c ; bas t l 3 o fountain, and which one of our modern scalpt° r (r otn ce d deavoured to realise in a statue familiar to all' redo st number of prints and cuts that have been pat tbe from it. Who c an suppose f or a single nitirl'ailf,thel either the autho r of " Paradise Lost," or;' - ed, ral sculptor, believed th a t , i n w h at they pro°°e-ffecoso were produci ng anyth i ng to leave a bail a bet s rtt morals, and to prosecute " Paradise Lost' f nre it contained the beautiful lines descriptive, f o Dor f be the fountain would be as absurd as Bally, „1 - ,1 0 , 1/ „V, e , presented Eve in the statue dressed, and it vf ° ; o rlt 1'; OP an aouse ot the laws of the country and an ir i :och t - areg: common sense of the grand jury, to present "pie',oo" A before them. On the other hand, such book s ' 00 " 11 0 ," es those found in Holywell-street, ce o : s io os : ss pointed out as objects to excite depraved PPAlo o 'bee'; which ought to be prohibited. Such prose a ," o ol 4 and have alluded to, have taken place, and the ;‘ , - 11 am be rs , insulted insulted by trials of this kind in respect ot h":ble," s uch high literature, and may occur again. It is posV e re, tio • fore, that taki ng a d van t age o f your s i t ti n g si der 3 o o, tters may be presented to you for your ht o c r mattersfore, anything of that kind be brough, t Do i ° o oll instead of looking at isolated passages la t hiog , i 0e 11 " a picture, I recommend you to look at the ' ;o die',, pot and see if its general object is such that an .1 1, as should be returned, and if no t, th row o ut the, bi st io. ed. suffer such a thin g t o come i n t o a cour t of Pod pro learned judge then desired the jury to retire 3 with their duties. The jury accordingly withdrew. . e A At LE wIS COUPA N Ranelagh-st. ,, ee t oty y i• LOYS are CLOTHED fr om th e A ges of Six to rvi ROBB 311 Y BY A MERCHANT'S CLETIC OF F111.1g% " 11:-'1611 vrroatio.obt co) SAM) POTINDS.—On Tuesday morning L •nr given to the police thAt WilliamJaeksion W ri° re e s , r. formerly clerk to Mr. Thomas P t u ChosereauAll chant,h.- 1 5 e y ' ° e d ()o f .f o r I 4 his iWli l: apprehension:. for tn e rw a e t it ha n t C L A or r d Ett p 7, , gpuhprtyre.shipieloaraeskeis,o rh2s.ae d v era. a b ls u c i r , a il g e o tl a , g t e a c k , in 2 g ri !Lis tir l f l gentlemanly off in his appearance. A handsome ''' , la: _We al - 01 lin T e li r ß sto P n cs h r a m s A , t he solie!osio f Miss has walk £4O pr oo PoE T. -tstio ll o f Burdett edsom C e o 2 u s tts m , il g e i s v o en n a superanuation P' poet, of Bideford, to h lid ward C.-Tern, the V e s t : l l4 ll r. Cerro Bide or! Devon. For years pa BO j 1 I, nd l ' '' of k, for t w h c e e i t a salary of half a guinea per w ee- ' a r 00 ge the Ti eivals of delivericg letters thrown to the beet descriptive poetry of the day. each of the seven do/ ~.0 10 15 RGYW CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TA3E AT C OAP Atirs. gsgelagh street. fs, t v , r ": $ t 14 : kIDD 'Pth I kte 16 fee 4 k1402'1 0 r L R 4 14 , 13 W et z pe V;,! , 4 kacv,ieze hi) SAT 041 k it k,hoYears tat bail tti l ah b , tdai,. 001., SAIL ag wt P . 11: 4 f e °l k °Pa ?b~hAF data A t : l r tivZ !fal t t. 1 4 , 1 7d r 4tei4;,„, R Ljp E C eleb `ltt 1 , , bt s , V • ," VO 'or q11), 1 ' . 4LYL fa l r e d fo Ate.o r tl 11 4. N, L *A tee Paa '44011