The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-14 00:00:00

THE TURN-OUTS IN THE MANUFAC TURING DISTRICTS. PRESTON. FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) PRESTON, NOVEMBER 12 _ There is no change in the aspect of 'this calamitous dis pute. Despite many adverse circumstances, f`he: operatives are in weekly receipt of an increasing amount of pecuniary aid, and though a large proportion of them must be in ex treme destitution, they continue to exhibit a spirit of firm ness and determination, combined with a strict ob servance of the law. On the other hand, it is said that the manufacturers of this town, do not contemplate re-open ing their mills on this side of Christmas ; many of them being indisposed in the present state of trade, to resume labour on any terms. This afternoon, the unemployed had a meeting in the orchard. Although the weather was very inclement, about 5,000 people were present. Mr. Brown, (of Blackburn,) who presided, announced that one of their eaders, Mr. E. Singlehurst, was engaged in the preparation of a memorial to the Home Secretary, which would be ready in a few days, and would then be issued to the world. Mr. W. Beevers argued from the Bible that combinations were right and just ; quoting these among other passages from the Sacred volume : "Be ye united," and "Love thy neighbour as thyself." Mr. Watson having addressed the meeting, the chairman remarked that if ministers of reli gion of every sect and creed would preach one charity ser mon each for the benefit of the factory operatives of Pres ton, they would do more good than had been accomplished by all the sermons they had preached this year. The pro ceedings commenced at three and closed at half-past four. CLOSING OF THE BURY COTTON FACTORIES. All the mills of the associated masters in this town, ex cept three, closed on Friday, and about 6,250 more opera tives are consequently deprived of employment by " lock out" on the part of their employers; and three other mills, employing 1,200 hands, will close on the 16th inst. The operatives of Bury formed thoir union about three months ago, and gave notice of their intention to strike unless an advance was conceded. The masters then replied by the following notice : " Notice is hereby given, that an association of the mill owners in the township of Bury has been formed for the purpose of taking into consideration the demands made upon them in respect of wages, and to support each other against all such as they consider unreasonable in any manner they may consider most effective." They subsequently issued the following further notice:— " We, the undersigned members of the Bury Cotton-spin ners, and Manufacturers' Association, do hereby agree that we will cease working unless all disputes now existing be tween the operatives who are on strike and their masters who are members of the said association be arranged in the mean time to the satisfaction of the committee of such association." (Here followed the signatures.) The following is a list of the mills which have closed, with an approximate estimate of the number of hands employed, and the number of bags of cotton consumed by each. The numbers will not be exact, but are the nearest that could be obtained : Walker and Lomax, 1,600 operatives, 100 bags of cotton; S. and T. Ashton, 400 operatives, 50 bags • James Openshaw and Brother, 900 operatives, 100 bags; bags; and Grun dy, 600 operatives, 60 bags ; John Walker, 500 operatives, 50 bags ; James Howorth and Son, 400 operatives, 40 bags; Rylands and Sons, 450 operatives, 60 bags; John Alcock and Co., 400 operatives, 40 bags; Hutchinson and Openshaw, 200 operatives, 40 bags ; Richard Wild, 300 operatives, 30 bags ; W. Wild and Brothers, 300 operatives, 30 bags ; T. and R. Greenhalgh, 500 operatives, 40 bags ; W. Wanklyn, jun., 150 operatives, 30 bags; Nicholas Milnes, 50 opera tives, 10 bags ; W. Warburton, 50 operatives, 20 bags ; and Livesey and Ashton, 50 operatives. This gives a total of about 6,250 operatives and 700 bags. The following mills will close on the 16th inst. : —Wil liam Kay and Sons, 25 bags ; Thomas Calrow and Sons, 90 bags ; and J. It. Calrow, 10 bags. The number of hands employed by these mills is about 1,200. The employers have received all communications from the operatives courteously, and the committee of employers, in consequence of a note that a deputation of workpeople were desirous to see them, called a meeting on Wednesday to receive them. On the arrival of the deputation, however, they intimated to their employers that they had no overture to make; their object being to see if the employers were desirous of making any concession. Being assured that the employers had no " concession "to make, they withdrew. In Bury, as in other places, a reduction of ten per cent. was made by the employers ; but the manager of one of these mills offered to prove by his books, that this was not a real reduc tion of the actual earnings of their workpeople, but that, in fact, they had since been earning 10 to 12 per cent. more money, while at the same time their labour had been reduced by nine hours per week. Some of the girls in the mills earn 10s. to 12s. per week ; and others, able to attend to four looms each, earn 16s. to 18s. per week. It is no unusual thin°. for a girl of 15 or 16 years, to husbandry more wages r „ thor_ who is employed in or other spade labour ; and so mum ‘1,.: prafer factory work to any other, that domestic servants are difficult to procure in the town, and many people have to seek them in the agricultural districts, or from Ireland. ROSSENDALE. On Friday the Board of Guardians was inundated with applications for relief . from the hands lat,ls cmpioyed at the mills now closed in this district. They were allowed fs. 6d. per head for theirfaway, which was paid to them on Saturday, at 111itoheit Field Nook Workhouse.. A far more numerous list of applications was anticipated yesterday. HASLINGDEN On Friday ni g ht a meeting took place in the Assembly room of the . Swan Inn ' of the factory operatives. The meeting was addressed by Mr. M. Grimshaw (Great Harwood) and a delegate from Preston, who exhorted all to increase their subscriptions in favour of the lock-outs at Preston. :MORE APPLICATIONS rou RELIEF AT HASLINGDEN. —WO understand that no fewer than 600 persons have applied to have their names enrolled as recipients of parish relief, in consequence of the lock=out of mills in Bacup, Newchurch, and Rawenstall. BURNLEY. THE EFFECTS OF TAE "Loci-our."—The town at present wears a most gloomy aspect : all business seems at a stand still. The shopkeepers, we believe, are suffering most se- Terely, as there is now withdrawn from circulation nearly £7,000 weekly. The conduct of the operatives has hitherto been most exemplary. We have been informed that great numbers are throwing themselves upon the parish. THE WAGES MOVEMENT. —The spinners at the mills of Mr. Cooper and Mr. Dall, Samlesbury, near Preston, have consented to the abatement of the ten per cent., which bad been advanced to them at the commencement of the wages agitation PADIHAM. MEETING OF FACTORY OPERATIVES—On Saturday last a public meeting of factory operatives was held on the open space of ground behind the George and Dragon Inn. The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Bell, Whittaker, and Duxbury. A resolution pledging the meeting to stand by the union was passed unanimously. WIGAN THE TURN-OUTS AND POOR LAW RELIEF—About 2,000 of the factory operatives attended at the relieving offices on Tuesday morning to request relief, and their names have been enrolled. IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE TRADES. —A meeting of delegates from the various trades in the town was held last night, at the Commercial Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety f aiding the factory opera tives in their struggle, and taking steps to contradict the misstatements that had been put forth on behalf of the masters, by the gentlemen that had assembled at Mr. Grant's Temperance Hotel. There were upwards of thirty delegates present, and, after coming to the resolution to raise funds this week to meet the emergency, they adjourned to Monday evening next, to await the decision of the mill owners on that day. MACHINERY EIroItTED.-•-It is shown by official returns that in the month ended the 10th ult., the declared valnu of steam engines and the parts of steam engines exported was T 62,979 , and of all other sorts, £180,592. IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY PASSENGERS.—PAYMENT OF RAILWAY FARES. —Several of the railway companies have just given notice at their stations, that an money tendered in payment of railway fares that is in the least defaced will be refused. AN UNKNOWN WRECK CAST ASHORE.—We learn from a letter, under date Tobermory, November 8, that a brig, apparently about 400 tons burden, was cast ashore bottom upwards, and settled down on a rock, on the Wednesday preceding., between the islands of Tyree and Gunna, in the West Highlands. At ebb tide the wreck is left dry, but although she has been carefully scanned, no name can be seen on the ship, nor have any papers as yet been found which might enable Lloyd's agent to identify her, and trace the owner of the ship or carg;o. She is laden with deal and sawn timber, is evidently of British build, and, from the growth on the sides and bottom, appears to have been under water for several m on th s . Th e cargo extends right fore and aft, from which it is pretty evident that the cabin must have been on deck ; but, as we have said, the keel being uppermost, this has not been positively ascertained. The hull is quite entire, and there is little doubt that she has foundered, and that all hands have perished. Lloyd's agent is doing his best to save the cargo, and has broken through the bottom for this purpose ; but the work is difficult, for the ship lies on nearly the wildest and most difficult part of the west coast. NormonAm TRAM—The lace trade continues with out any alteration, being exactly the same as last week, with the exception of one or two considerable houses, who happen to have picked up orders, and appear to be tolerably busy, working till nine o'clock, whilst the great majority are doing scarcely any business whatever, and closing at sax. Things th ere fore continue to be very dull. A great many hands are out, and must remain out of employment, unless a speedy amendment take place. There is no branch which is doing well, and the business transacted, has for the most part been in the execution of orders left on hand by German buyers, and for the Australian markets. Hosiery in the better classes of goods is brisk, a good deal of business doing, and extensive orders have been received from the American markets.—Nottingham Guardian MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, On Saturday three members were elected to the Town Council for Pitt-street, Abercromby, and South Toxteth Wards, in the room of the threemembers for those wards whq had been appointed aldermen at the last meeting of the newly-elected Town Council. Two of the wards, Aber cromby and Pitt-street, were contested. Mr. W. Earle was the liberal candidate for Abercromby Ward, and Mr. T. Lee the conservative candidate. Mr. John Smith was the liberal candidate for Pitt-street Ward, and Mr. W. Mann the conservative candidate. In Abercromby Ward we are gratified to be able to announce the triumph of liberal principles . ; whilst in Pitt-street Ward the conservatives were successful— a second time defeating Mr. J. Smith, but on this occasion by a limited majority. In South Toxteth Ward there was no opposition, Mr. J. Robertson, conservative, was returned. Mr. Robertson is a member of the firm of Rebertson and Ewing, timber-merchants. Throughout the day a great deal of interest was evinced as to the result of the contest in Abercromby Ward, and cars might be seen in all directions bearing placards on which were printed " Aber cromby Ward—Earle for ever." Similar placards were also exhibited on Mr. Lee's vehicles. From an early period it was evident that Mr. Smith could not succeed in Pitt-street, but, next to success, nothing could be more pleasing to his friends than the smallness of the majority by which his opponent was elected, as compared with that by which Mr. Jeffreys was returned on the Ist of November. We subjoin a detailed account of the proceedings in each Ward. ABERCROMBY WARD. The contest in this ward between Mr. Earle and Mr. Lee, was of the most exciting character, and although Mr. Earle was returned by the respectable majority of 12, the history of municipal contests in this borough affords no instance of a sharper conflict. From an early hour in the morning, the opposing candidates were running neck and neck, the result of one half hour's polling shewing a majority for one, the next turning the scale in favour of the other. This state of things continued up to three o'clock, when Mr. Earle was nine a-head ; by half-past three, this majority was reduced to five, and the utmost anxiety prevailed as to what the final result might be. Immediately after the last named hour, it was evident the conservatives had polled to their last man, whilst on the contrary, Mr. Earle's friends kept arriving in quick succession up to four o'clock, when the poll closed, with the veteran reformer standing at the head of the poll by a majority of twelve, as we have before stated. The numbers were, for Earle, 333, for Lee, 321. This we believe is a larger number of electors ;than ever before polledin the ward. On the result becoming known, it was received with the most enthusiastic applause, the crowd continuing to cheer as they proceeded toMr. Craig's, Mulberry-street, Mr. Earle'scommittee-room, where it was announced that gentleman would address the electors. When the large crowd had assembled in front of Mr. Craig's, Mr. GEORGE MAXWELL, Chairman of Mr. Earle's election committee, addressed the assemblage from the window of the committee-room. On making his appearance, he was loudly cheered. He said Gentlemen, by the return of our friend Mr. Earle, 1 consider we have achieved an immense triumph. (Cheers.) You have not only got the best man that could be found for the representation of the ward, but you have set an example that I hope other wards will not be slow to follow. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, it has been, as I said it would be, a well-contested fight, and the result is most trium phant. (Cheers.) I have not in my possession the gross amount of the poll, but it is sufficient to tell you Mr. Earle has a majority of 12. (Cheers, and a voice " 13.") Very well, there is luck in odd numbers. (Cheers and laughter.) I think, gentlemen, we owe a debt of gratitude to those independent volunteers whose great exertions have led, in a great degree, to this noble result—(cheers) ; and I consider the thanks of every friend of freedom, both in and out of the ward, the thanks of every freeman in Liverpool are due to those volunteers who have so nobly fought and con quered. (Cheers.) Mr. Earle is here to speak for himself, and I will detain you no longer, but return you my . thanks, and congratulate you in having secured so able, so indepen dent, and so fearless a representative. (Loud applause.) The votes for Earle are 333, for Lee 321 ; majority for Earle, as I said before, 12. (Cheers.) Mr. EARLE then came forward and was enthusiastically cheered. He said, gentlemen and brother burgesses, it is usual, when about addressing such an amazing concourse of persons as I now see present, and one so respectable, for a person to come prepared to address them. I myself so little expected to stand in the position I now do, that I have pre pared no speech whatever. (Hear, hear.) I can scarcely believe my own eyes that I am your representative —(cheers) —in that most august assembly, the Town Council of Liver pool. (Cheers and laughter.) Gentlemen, I owe you my most cordial thanks for the good feeling and kindness you have shown towards me. I do not thank you for returning mu to tau croioe.,n., 4 m 4.1,„,,ir y ou for 0 rood opinion of me. (Cheers.) I prize it most h ig h ly, gentlemen, and I consider it a very great honour to b e re t urne d i n the manner you have returned me. (Great applause.) It is highly hooom.blo Lu ) ourselves, end most complimen tary to me. (Cheers). I must say one word on an expression I used in my address to you, which was "my having the audacity to appear before you." (Laughter). Now, gentle men, that was used entirely as a joke, and not with the intention of being serious. The gentleman that uttered those words (Mr. Brakell) I do not know, even by person, nor by his calling, but I must say I have received from him the most handsome letter that man could pen. (Hear, hear). If I had entertained any bitter feelings, which, God knows, I did not, for he did not offend me, and had they been ever so bitter, the letter I have received from him would have obliterated them for ever. (Cheers). I think it is only due to that gentleman to state that, being an opponent in politics, not that politics have anything to do with it,—on the present occasion. (Cheers). Everybody knows what I am; I never changed, and never shall change. (Loud cheers.) Your exertions have been most astounding. (Applause). I could not have conceived you would have managed the matter in the way you have done, and in retiring from this window, and wishing you health and happiness, I have most cordially to thank you for your kindness. (Great applause). Mr. ROI3ERTSON GLADSTONE, after repeated calls, then came forward, and was loudly cheered. He said, gentle men, whatever may be said of your representatives, whether it be for good or evil, you have this day returned an honest man—(applause) • you have decided that questi on —(h ear , hear) ; and you have equally decided another, that in travel ling to a man's brains, you should not have to go through his stomach. (Loud applause.) Now, one of the next won ders you will hear of will be that a certain representative retired from this ward, and was made an alderman of, in order to make way for Mr. Earle. (Cheers and laughter). Wonders never cease, and the rapid succession with which one election has followed another, almost makes the word " defeat" change its meaning and become victory. (Cheers). Gentlemen we may all of us differ in opinion, but surely in the regulation and management of our local affairs, we may continue to sink some little differences, and strive to do our utmost for the benefit of the whole community. (Cheers). I am quite sure of this, you will find in Mr. Earle, the same straightforward, honest, honorable defender of your inte rests he has always been. (Cheers). And he has this ad vantage over many, he speaks his mind. (Cheers). He has no double meaning ; no double fence ; you know what he intends when he speaks, and what his mind is, and I believe a more straightforward, able representative you could not find in this community. (Cheers). I beg leave to thank you most kindly for listening to those few remarks. (Hear, hear). Mi.. CHARLES WILLMER then proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Maxwell, the Chairman of Mr. Earle's Com mittee. Mr. STEWART seconded the motion which was carried by acclamation. Mr. MAXWELL was extremely obliged for this instance of their good feeling, and after the extraordinary exertions they had used that day, he would do no more than briefly thank them, and say, that whenever he could be of any use in the liberal interest, whether it be in a municipal or parlia mentary contest, he was at their service. (Cheers). The proceedings tken terminated with three cheers for Messrs. Earle, Gladstone, and Maxwell. PITT STREET WARD. At the close of the poll in this ward the numbers were— For Mr. William Mann 221 For Mr. John Smith Majority for Mr. Mann —s2 A large crowd assembled outside Mr. Mann's committee room, Park -lane, where they were addressed by the friends and supporters of that gentleman. Mr. RINDIER announced the state of the poll, amid loud cheers, and congratulated hi s f r i en d s u p on th e no bl e v i c t ory they had achieved in having Mr. Mann to represent their ward in the Town Council. They would find him a most efficient member, and most worthy of the confidence which they had that day shown by the result of the poll that they placed in him. (Cheers.) A voice in the crowd—" Where is your Mann." (Loud cries of " order," cheers and laughter.) Mr. Rimmen : A. gentleman below has asked where is Mr. Mann. lle is in London upon the Pilot Committee busi ness, and he will be here on Monday, an d w ill then have to thank you for the lush honour which you have this day done him, and I am certain, from my knowledge of him, that you will never have any cause to regret this day's proceedings, and that you never could have a more efficient representative. (Cheers.) I know no man more worthy of the honour you have done him, and in him Mr. Jeffreys and Mr. John Gladstone will have a most able colleague. (Cheers.) Mr. W.-P. JEFFREYS, who was received with loud cheers, next spoke. He said he was one of Mr. John Smith's per sonal friends, although he had that day voted in favour of Mr. Mann, as one whom he thought infinitely superior to Mr. John Smith to fill the office of town councillor, and become his (Mr. Jeffrey's) colleague in Pitt-street Ward. (Cheers.) However highly he thought of Mr. John Smith's capacity as a literary man, he would give them his sincere opinion, that they had that day chosen a gentleman who had proved himself most capable of fulfilling the onerous duties of a town councillor, and who had performed these duties and the duties of a dock sommittee-man for six years, to the entire satisfaction of all, whether whigs, tones, or radicals. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) ,He was extremely sorry for the position in which the friends of Mr. John Smith had again placed that gentleman. They had put him a second time in the balance, and he had been found want ing. (Cheers.) He sincerely regretted that injudicious friends had placed Mr. John Smith in such a position, and he hoped they would learn after a second defeat within twelve days, to do something better for their friends in future. Mr. John Smith might well say—" Heaven save me from my friends!" (Cheers and laughter.) After the unblushing hypocrisy of their opponents, in declaring that they were not going to canvass the ward, that they were not going to coax any one to vote, yet they were found, with renewed energy, in every street and lane ; not a house did they leave, not an elector did they spare, where they had the slightest hope of succeeding • and they canvassed, coaxed, Goled, and threatened, until they got " yes" or " no." ear, hear.) But the result proved that "no" was more frequent than " yes." (Cheers.) When would these people know when they were properly thrashed? They reminded him of the Irish drummer, who had the very unpleasant duty to perform of flogging a poor deserter. Whether the drummer flogged high or flogged low he could not please the deserter. (Laughter.) Now, they had flogged their oppo nents high and flogged them low, and if they were not now satisfied he was sure whenever they come again they would flog them in a double manner. (Cheers.) They had chosen a gentleman in every way worthy of their choice, and on his behalf he thanked them. Mr. Mann would very soon return to thank them in person, and he was very sure they would have every reason to feel highly gratified with the selection they had made. (Cheers.) Mr. JOHN RICKY expressed his regret that Mr. Mann was not present himself to express his thanks. It had been the wish of his friends and neighbours that he (Mr. Rigby) would allow himself to be put in nomination upon that oc casion, ;,ut he told them, with all due deference, that they had elected a man very much better qualified to represent them in the Town Council than he could have been, a man who was well known to the community at large, who had served them faithfully and efficiently for a number of years without a stain upon his character. (Cheers). He had no 'doubt that when persons saw the efficiency of Mr. Mann in the Town Council, although they might have opposed him upon the present occasion, they would congratulate the men of Pitt-btroot Ward upon having elected so efficient a representative of their Intel cata. (Cheers.) They were opponents merely upon the day of election, (hear, hear); and he for one would be very sorry that his friends and neigh bours whom he had known for years, should, after the election was over, have any word or charge to bring against him. (Hear and cheers). Mr. CHARLES CALLis, who was loudly cheered congratu lated the meeting upon the result of the struggle in which they had been that day engaged. The :election of that day was caused by the elevation of an old and tried servant of Pitt-street Ward; and the members of the Town Council had paid a compliment to that ward, through Mr. Toulmin, by.havine raised him to the position of an alderman after he had served the town faithfully for fourteen years. (Cheers). The compliment was to the electors of that ward, not to Mr. Toulmin; because they were the men who had sent him into the Council. (Hear, hear) They had been called upon that day to exercise their privilege again, and they did so in the same noble manner as ever, and recorded their votes for a gentleman who had faithfully served them. (Hear, hear.) The election had been conducted respect ably, and upon behalf of the committee he could say that not one word had escaped them or any of the supporters of Mr. Mann for which they had that day to apologise. (Hear, hear.) They did not indulge in personalities—they did not go and pick holes in the coats of their opponents —they asked the electors to exercise their common sense, and the electors had done so. (Cheers.) He hoped that out of the numerous assemblage there no one would go away with any unkind feeling towards himself or any of the supporters of Mr. Mann. (Hear hear.) He was not aware that he had said one word which could possibly offend any of their opponents. Mr. Callis concluded by stating that Mr. Mann would thank them personally at the Vine Tavern, at seven o'clock on Monday evening, and again expressed his con viction that Mr. Mann would do all in his power to promote the happiness, comfort, and well-being of every elector in Pitt-street ard. (Cheers.) The assemblage then broke up. IRELAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. DUBLIN, SATLTDAY EVENING. INCUMBERED ESTATES COURT.—Yesterday the ex tensive estates of the Earl of Glengall were brought to the hammer by the Commissioners In the rental, they were described as—the fee and in heritance of 'the town of Cahir, the manor of Cahir, the manor of Rehill, and the manor of Castlegrace, all situate in the barony of Iffa and Offa West, in the county of Tipperary ; Redmondstown, in the barony of Iffa and Oft East, in said. conntv : pre mises M in the town of uffle!, In the baronies of Iffa and Offa East, and Upper Third, in the coun ties of Tipperary and Waterford ; and the lands of Derrinlaur, in the barony of Upper Third; and County of Waterford. The first two lots which made up a profit rent of £64 in the town of Cahir, wers sold to Mr. John Sadlier, M.P. for £l6OO. The same gentleman also put-Chased lots 9-to 12inelusive, lot 5 of another division of the property, and the whole of the manor of Castlegrace with the excep tion of one lot. The principal other purchasers were Captain Daniel, Mr. Grant, Mr. Shean, and Mr. Morgan. The bidding was very brisk, and £204,075 was realised, being beyond an average of twenty-four years' purchase. SuorLIFTING.—A respectable womannamed Ryan, was yesterday brought up at Capel-street Police Office, charged with having stolen a hair-brush, from Messrs. .Cannock and White ; she was also charged with a similar offence at Messrs. Todd and Burns. The heating of the case was adjourned. SHORT TIME IN .THE BELFAST SPINNING MILLS. — The Belfast Mercury says :—After due considera tion, almost all the mill owners of this town anc , l , neighbourhood have agreed to work " short time," commencing on the 28th instant; and the follow ing notice has accordingly been put up in their several mills :—" We hereby give notice that we shall work three-quarter time, or forty-five hours per week, until further notice, commencing on Monday, the 28th day of the present month." This determination is almost unanimous, as only two firms out of thirty-one, in Belfast and its suburbs, have hitherto withheld their signatures. It may be added, that those signing comprise three-fourths of the Trish trade, or about 375,000 spindles, and five-sixths of the spindles in Belfast, and a circuit of ten miles round. It is greatly to be regretted that the state of the trade requires that this course should be taken; hilt the extensive concurrence of opinion may be regarded as the best proof that it was felt to be necessary thus to limit production for a time 7. --we trust only for a short time. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY.—The widow of the late Mr. Jelly has put in a claim to the directors for 70001. compensation, which, it is stated, will be given to her. With the widow of Mr. M'Nally. who was killed, there has been a disagreement, and a declaration has been filed, claiming 10,0001 . The children of Mr. and Mrs. M'Sweeney claim 20,0001. KELLY v. BIRCH.—This case came on fur argu ment, to-day, in the Court of Chancery, but has not yet concluded. _ MISS CANTWELL'S CASE.—This lady, as I have already stated, is about to bring an action for false imprisonment against Messrs. Cannock and White, but the writ of summons will not be issued till next term, when the proceedings will take place under Mr. Whiteside's Common-Law Procedure Act, which comes into force on the Ist of January ; and by which the plaintiff will be less liable to be defeated on mere technical grounds. COMMITMENTS BY COUNTY COURTS.—It appears that in the course of last year 11,044 warrants of commitments were issued by County Courts, but only 6,231 persons actually taken into custody on such warrants. MR. COBDEN ON THE LIQUOR TRADE.—The following letter was lately reeeived.in answer to an inquiry addressed to Mr. Cobden as to the best mode of " opening the trade in spirits" : " Afidhurst, Nov. 9, 1853. " Sir,—ln reply to your inquiry, I venture to suggest that the best way of dealing with the monopoly of spirits is to abstain from drinking them, which, for upwards of 20 years, I have done. Depend upon it, they are nothing better than slow poison, even if taken moderately. What they are when taken in excess the records of our goals, lunatic asylums, and coroners' inquests will inform you ; and " I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, " RICHARD COBDLN." MAIL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MILPORD AND WATER FORD.—The question respecting the re=establishment of the mail communication between Hobbs Point and Water ford is now in full as as the time for opening the South Wales line approaches. The Waterford Chamber of Commerce have mooted the advisability of the re-etablish ing of mail intercourse, and before long it is likely that a oompany will be formed to carry out the undertaking, when it is probable that the mails will be carried under con• tract. By the means of the South 'Wales line the sea pas sage to Ireland would be so much shortened that passengers to the south of the sister country would infinitely prefer the shorter sea route from Milford to Waterford than the longer one from Bristol to Cork, or the lengthened journey via Holyhead. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. CorrecipotiVenct. RIVER NA VIGATIOX. POLICE COURTS-SATIIRDAY• LIVERPOOL. Tones v. Corkhlil.—Mr. Mansfield delivered judgment in this case. He recapitulated briefly the facts given in evi dence. The circumstances, he observed, gave great excuse for the act of Mr. Corkhill, although they could not abso lutely justify an assault in point of law, but it appeared the blow was given in the hurry of the moment, under circum stances of great irritation, and when Mr. Corkhill was, per haps, led to suppose that Mr. Jones was coming towards him for the purpose of putting him out of the booth. The court was therefore of opinion that a nominal penalty would, under the circumstances, be sufficient. The sentence was, that Mr. Corkhill pay a penalty of ls. and costs, or be imprisoned one day. James Sherbury was sentenced to three months' imprison ment for picking pockets. Mary Travers was charged with having stolen a quantity of wearing apparel from the house of Christiana Frazer, of Brownlow-hill. Mr. Clough complained of the pawnbrokers who received the clothes. It appeared by the report of the officer that they had been served with notice of the robbery, and notwith standing, they made no report of having received the pro perty until the officer went there to inquire, through infor mation which he had received from the prisoner. He had had to make the same complaint before upon two or three occasions. The pawnbrokers, it was stated, were John Epsom, Richard Ross, Richard Ilewson, London-road ; and Margaret Oxberry, Fontenoy-street. The prisoner was committed for trial. STREET ROBBERIES BY PROSTITUTES.—Mary Broclrick and Ellen Ridley, two women of the town, were charged by Ann Barry with forcibly taking from her two shawls in Dutton-street. Officer 165 stated that at half-past eleven o'clock on Friday night, the prisoners passed him carrying itwo shawls, and when he was a little way from them they ran ; Immediately after Barry came up crying out that she had ost the shawls, and that the prisoners had dragged them off her back when she refused to treat them with think. They were committed for seven days each. Esther Miller, a girl of the town, was charged by William Jervis, a young sailor, with picking his pocket of two sove reigns in a public house in Wellington-road, at half-past two on Friday afternoon. The sailor said he was drunk at the time and knew nothing more than that he had the two sovereigns in his possession when he met the girl. A boy proved that he saw the prisoner put her hand in the sailor's pocket and take something out, she then showed two sovereigns to a man who sat next her. Mr. Clough said that this man could be had as they knew who he was. The case was then remanded to Monday. CURIOUS AFFILIATION CASE.— On Saturday week a case of affiliation occupied the attention of the magistrates in the Police-court, for a very considerable time, and owing to the singular turn which the case. took, it was adjourned to Sa turday last. The facts, as detailed in evidence, appear to be as follow : Jane Wilcock, a young girl, summoned Frederic Shrivall, professor of music, occupying business apartments in Myrtle street, for the usual allowance for the maintenance of an illegitimate child. The plaintiff swore that she entered de fendant's service on the 23rd of July, 1852 ; on the 25th of November in the same year, illicit intercourse had taken place between them, and again in about a mouth afterwards. On the 29th of August, in the present year, she had been con fined in the Workhouse. Mr. Evans, solicitor, appeared for the defence; and on Sa turday last, Mr. Aspinall, barrister, conducted the case for the young woman. The defence set up was this, that Jane Wilcock whilst in the service of Mr. Shrivall, had been in the habit of drink ing habitually, and also of receiving male visitants into his house at night, and returning home at most unseemly hours. Harriet Kinsly swore that she had frequently seen the young girl drunk, and that almost every night she had men with her in the kitchen; according to her account, Wilcock was " a regular bad one." • Mr. Shrivall deposed to the habitual drunkenness of the girl, stating that during a service of six months she had been drunk at least thirty times. He also mentioned on Saturday, that he had heard that a Mr. M'Clelland, living on the Cheshire side of the river, was the real father of the child. Mary Hurst, a girl casually employed in the house swore that upon one occasio n s h e saw h er master kissing Wilcock, his arms being about her neck at the time, and she had then remarked as to the improper nature of such familiarity. Mr. M'Clelland appeared on last Saturday, to rebut the charge as against himself ; he said he had only heard acci dentally of his name being mentioned on the day before, and that he came forward on public grounds prepares to disprove the charge, in order that it might not be made a practice, assassin-like to stab a man's character behind his back. The magistrates said, that in their minds there was no aspersion whatever on the character of Mr. McClelland, for anything mentioned in that court with respect to him was entirely unsupported by proof. Mrs. Shrivall was examined, and she swore positively to the drunken habits of the plaintiff, and to the late hours at which she used to return home almost every night, sometimes at twelve o'clock, and never sooner than eleven, and always in a state of drunkenness. The witnesses were all removed from the tou suvel, elpu!.: Latau luay, a wo u r e e i t y ha t t o she th e had di s c w h a a iitgeed of fn Jane s o . Shrivall, on the part of Mrs. Greyson, C aven di s h-t errace, M Pr i ince' L s- e p a a c r h k ni , ansU s wore that she had waited on Mrs. Shrivall, on the part of Mrs. Greyson, Cavendish-terrace, Prince's-park, subs equent subs equent l y Wilcock from Shrivall's service, to inquire of her cha racter, Mrs. Shrivall had given her a' most excellent character, not only generally, but for sobriety, and during the 'time that plaintiff remained in her service she had no fault whatever to find with her, except a want of physical strength, her conduct had been most excellent, and she had no reason whatever to suspect that there was any tendency to drunkenness; on the contrary, her habits were those of perfect sobriety. Mrs. M'Clelland, mother to the gentleman mentioned be fore, swore that she never had a better servant than the plaintiff. She never saw in her the slightest tendency to drunkenness; on the contrary, an accusation of the sort with respect to her had caused her (witness) the greatest surprise. Elizabeth 'Williams deposed, that after the birth of the child she called on Shriven, on the part of the plaintiff, and he did not deny the, charge. Mary M‘liay, the mother of the plaintiff, deposed to the same thing. After the conclusion of the evidence, Mr. Evans the at torney for the defence, applied to the magistrates to ad monish the reporters not to mention this case. The magistrates said they had no power to do any such thing, that was an open court, and the press should use their own discretion ; the decision was that Mr. Shrivall should pay the highest sum the court could award, that was 2s. 6d. a week. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, SIR,—A petition has just been presented to the Corporation to improve the approach to the Land ing-stage "by land," but it strikes me that in this usually foggy month, one, to keep the approach to it " by water ' clear, would be more apropos. I allude to the ships so often anchored in the direct course of the Woodside boats, contrary to the remonstrance of the superintendent of pilots. The annoyance, inconvenience, and delay, to say nothing of the danger of a vastly over-crowded boat . threading its way through a labyrinth of ships, and sometimes poking its nose into some of their ribs, might surely be much lessened by keep ing a clear passage, within certain limits, for at least one month in the year, when thick weather is.generally to be looked for. It is a question, moreover, affecting the interest of the shipowner, as it would certainly be an advantage to him to have his vessel moored in a position less likely to have the relative strength of iron and timber so uselessly tested. When the Queen honoured us with a visit, an authoritative mandate was issued as to the anchor ing of all craft in the river. Could not the same power be as firmly used over a fractional part of the river, when the convenience, and perhaps, safety of so many of her loyal subjects depend, in a great measure, upon its enforcement? The chief uncertainty and difficulty in making the landing-stage in thick weather, arise from the caution the captains have to use, in avoiding and calculating for the position of vessels between it and them. Clear the way, and these difficulties vanish. The importance of this supject, to the inha bitants of the Cheshire side, must plead my excuse for trespassing on your columns - " A BIRKENHEADIAN." Birkenhead, 12th November, 1853. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN-DAMAGE 400,000 DOL LARS-LOSS OF LIFE About 6 o'clock on Sunday morning, the 30th ult., a fire was discovered in the upper part of one of the build ings in the block at the corner of Fulton and Nassau streets, known as Fowler's-buildings. Some accounts say that the flames first broke out in the building No. 123, Fulton-street, while others assert that the fire commenced in No. 121. It is probable that the flames had been smoul dering for some time in the interior of the building, as the fire had attained great strength when it was discovered, and although the alarm, raised by the police and the insurance watch, was promptly responded to, the flames were raging in three buildings, No. 121 and No. 123, Fulton-street, and 96, Nassau-street, before the firemen could commence effec tive operations. While the main body of the fire department exerted them selves with the engines and other apparatus to quench the flames, some of the members joined the police and insurance watch in saving the goods, and a great quantity of clothing from the store of Mr. Rogers in the corner building was conveyed to a place of safety. The men engaged in this duty were subject to the greatest peril. The beams of the third floor having been burned through, two heavy iron safes fell with a tremendous crash on the floor below, and the whole mass sank into the cellar, bearing with it several of the brave men who were inside labouring to secure the goods. John Carman, of engine • company No. 5, and Michael O'Brien, of hook and ladder company No. 11, were descend ing the stairs, when they were caught by the falling mass, and buried beneath the ruins. It is also thought that a young man named John Van Alen shared the same fate. About 2 o'clock this morning, the body of John Carman was recovered and taken to the station house. It was so badly crushed and burned that it could only be identified by his gold watch and chain. The deceased was 25 years of age, and leaves a wife and child. Michael O'Brien was unmarried. Among the injured were Messrs. Burke and Charles Kent, of hose company No. 6 ; John Woolsey, of the insurance watch; and policemen Snodgrass, Rich, and Gaffrey. Meanwhile the c onflagration continued, and the three buildings mentioned were entirely consumed. The build ing No. 98 Fulton-street was also burned out. The flames caught the roofs of the adjoining buildings, and of the Herald newspaper building on the opposite side of Nassau street. These structures however, were saved, though no t without great damage to the contents by water. TJte buildings consumed were owned by M r . J ona th an O. it owler, ° Tocer, or orreenwicti street, whose loss is esti mated at $40,000 ; insurance $28,000. The ground is leased to him by the Reformed Dutch Church, to whom it belongs. The block consisted of six stow es, oilo of which was not harmed. They cost $BO,OOO, and were insured for $50,000, as follows : Grocers' $15,000 ; Broadway, $8,000; Merchants' $18,000; Irving, $9,000. These are the in surances on the whole block belongng to Mr. Fowler. The losses of the companies on the buildings actually destroyed are, of course, much less : for instan ce , th e M erc h ants ' h as not lost more than $6OOO. The stores No. 123 Fulton, and No. 96, Nassau-street, were chiefly occupied by P. S. Rogers, clothier, whose loss is estimated at $165,000, on which there was insurance to the amount of $50,000, as follows : Mercantile Insurance Office, $5,000; North American, Philadelphia, $5,000 ; Union Mutual, $5,000; Beekman, $5,000; Astor, $5,000; Irving, $4,000 ; Building Association $5,000 ; Empire City, $5,000 ; Niagara, $6,000 ; Two or three others, about $6.000 . Total, $50,000. It is said that Mr. Rog•ers has made arrangements to re sume business immediately. at No. 138, Fulton-street. The third story of No. 96, Nassau-street, was occupied by Messrs. Salisbury and Arrowsmith, and Jacot and Cour voisier, jewellers. The first-named had a stock valued at $75,000, on which there was an insurance of $57,000. It will probably be recovered from their sate. Messrs. J. and C. are said to have removed their stock in safety. In the basement, Mr. McJilton had a restaurant, and lost $l,BOO --no insurance. No. 98 was occupied by T. W. Strong, engraver, stationer, &c. • Mr. Strong's stock was valued at 672,000—insured to the amount of s2s,ooo—in the Nia gara, $5,000, N. Y. Fire Marine, $5,000, Etna, $5,000, Stuy vesant, $5,000, North West of Oswego, $5,000. Total, $25,000. Three thousand dollars of the amount of the po licy issued by the Stuyvesant Company on the stock of Mr. Strong are re insured in the Lorillard office. On - Fulton-street—the next building was occupied by Bunnell and Price, booksellers and publishers. Their loss is $2,000 ; not insured. In the upper story, James H. Lent, military equipments, $l,OOO. The basement of No. 121, Fulton-street, was occupied as a store-room for paper, by Hannah and Beebe. Their loss is $4,000 ; insured for $3,000 at Hartford. Above, Sebert and Robinson, litho graphers, lost $5,000 ; insured at the New York City office, to the amount of $1,500. John Broad, restaurateur, in the basement, total loss $2,000 ; no insurance. The Military Aryus office was in the same building, and its materials, &c., were destroyed. Loss $2,000. Published by John Crawley. The stock of - Messrs. Hudson and Smith, 119, Fulton street, looking glass dealers, was badly damaged. The roof of their building was partly taken off. The total loss by this fire is probably not less than $350,000, about one-third of which is covered by insu rance. About eleven o'clock a.m., while the above described conflagration was raging in New York, a fire occurred in Brooklyn, in the storehouses of Messrs. T. Shortland and Sons, on the North Pier of the Atlantic Dock, recently occupied by Messrs, Verplank and Chambers. The fire broke out in the engine room of No. 33, and extended to the adjoining stores on either side. The buildings and machinery were greatly damaged, and the contents, amount ing to nearly 70,000 bushels of wheat and corn, were partly consumed and partly spoiled. A portion of the grain was insured in the New York Corn Exchange for $2,500 ; and the buildings and machinery were insured for $25,000 in the Etna and Protection.. offices of Hartford, Ct., and a - New York office. Th e t o t a l l oss , probably, exceeds $BO,OOO. THE BURNHAM MURDER.—We observe in the Times of Wednesday, that at the inquest held on the remains of the female recently murdered at Burnham Abbey, in answer to the question as to the probable length of time the body might have been burning, Dr, Robinson, after giving his opinion, is reported to have observed that " Pass, of Leices ter, burned a body in his room s , b e f ore a l arge fi re, and it took several hours to consume it." There is a great mistake here. Mr. Pass was the murdered man. He travelled at the time referred to on his own account, as a bookbinders' tool manufacturer. On one of his business visits to Leicester lie called at the workshop of a man of the name of Cook, who murdered Mr. Pass, cut up the body in a shocking manner, and then attempted to conceal the horrible crime he had committed by burning the whole. Mr. Pass was a respectable tradesman, carrying on business in London, and was well known both in Liverpool and Manchester, and in many other parts of the country. RAILWAY SIGNALS AND COLOUR BLINDNESS. • The majority of colour-blind persons are able to distinguish red from bright green when these are bright, near the eye, and well illuminated; but the power of distinguishing diminishes with great rapidity in proportion to the distance they are removed from the eye, The coloured day-signals on rail ways—especially the flags, which alone are available in some of the most pressing emergencies —soon tarnish and darken, and consequently diminish the distances at which the two danger signals can be distinguished. Railway directors have, therefore, an emphatic interest in this subject. They should invariably ascertain that the men in their employ ment really and truly know one danger signal from another, or danger signals from ordinary signals . —Dickens's House hold Words, MANCHESTER. OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES.-At the Man chester City Police Court, on Saturday, a younc , man named Thomas Jordan, was charged with• having by a false pre tence, obtained from Mr. William Frederick Benson, a piece of wrapping, with intent to cheat and defraud Messrs Joseph Railton and Son. Mr. Benson stated that he was a warehouseman, in the employ of Messrs J. Railton and Son, of No. 5, Blackfriars, On Tuesday evening last, about seven o'clock, the prisoner came to the warehouse, and stated that lie had been sent by Mr. Owen, who keeps a wholesale toy ware house in the neighbourhood, to borrow a piece of wrapping to nail over the door-way of Mr. Owen's premises, where they were making alterations. Witness knew that the prisoner had been in the employ of Mr. Owen a few months ago, and thought he was so still. Accordingly, he lent him a large piece of wrappering without any hesi tation. On Friday, he ascertained that the prisoner had not been sent for the wrapping, and that he had imposed upon him. Mr. John Owen stated that the prisoner had been in his employ up to about two or three months ago, when he left him. He never authorised the prisoner to go to the last witness for any wrapping. On being apprehended, by virtue of a warrant, the prisoner stated that he got the wrapping, but that he intended returning it. He fu r th er stated, that he had left it a t M r . Longs vaults for one shilling. Committed to the Sessions. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—At the Manchester City Police Court on Saturday, a female, named Margaret Walker, was placed in the dock, on a charge of having committed a highway robbery. A police constable stated that at ten minutes to twelve o'clock on Friday night, he took the pri soner into custody on a charge of having, along with two men, knocked down and robbed a man in Downing-street, Ardwick. The prosecutor, William Newton, of Longsight, stated that he was going down Downing street, a little before twelve the preceding night, when he was knocked down by the prisoner and two men, and robbed. The woman took hold of him by the hair of the head, and took out of his pocket 98. 3d. The men made off up Nelson-street, but he succeeded in getting hold of the female, whom he gave into the custody of a policeman. C omm i tte d to the assizes. CHARGE ov STEALING A LART's MANTLE.—At the City Police Court, Manchester, on Saturday, a female, named Sarah Nanton, was placed before the magistrates on a charge of stealing a mantle. Sub-inspector Duckworth, stated, that about one o'clock on the previous afternoon he apprehended the prisoner on a charge of stealing a mantle from Mrs. Williams, who resides in Rochdale-road. The prosecutrix being unavoidably absent, the prisoner was remanded. ALLEGED ROBBERY OF TWENTY-THREE POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS. —On Saturday, at the City Police Court, a fe male, named Lucy Thomson, was brought up on a charge of having, about half-past three o'clock that morning, robbed a gentleman of £23 10s. The prosecutor, Thomas Ryley, stated that between two and three o'clock that morning, lie went into a house in Lloyd street, occupied by M rs . Nilson. After paying for some drink, ke went up s t a i rs w ith the prisoner, and soon afterwards he found that he had lost his money. As soon as he missed the money, he went down stairs and called for the police, upon which a constable entered the house, and found the money wrapped up in a piece of paper. He had the money in his left-hand trousers pocket, when be entered the house. Cross-examined by Mr. BENT, who appeared_ for the prisoner. —Is a married man with seven or eight children. He had not stopped three days at the house in question toir on a previous occasion, but he had been there onee,gial He did not complain of having on a previous Lcat missed money, and then find it under the glass. aw— thrTeehemseornvtahnst o n f g t o ll , e t h h e o us p r e o s w e e a n S t or called eam and lived there three days. On that occasion, he said AbOtl i lost his money, but found it under a looking-glase•up !jet two months ago, he was again at the house, wh ere all night. 11 10 The presiding magistrate, Mr. C. J. S. Walker, ssurdesd no jury would convict upon such evidence, a nd the prisoner to be discharged. ndtostatreci htiloaasthelielb:9ll LOSS OP THE AJIERICAN SHIP PBESI1)1151 .os fros We have St. John, N.B. papers of the Nth lu sree Hile , which we learn that the officers and crew of the 410' Fairy Queen have been fully committed for trial', ." s a tbf bail. They stand charged with not having n o° 4 fofl means within their power for saving the vessel,. %A l t having feloniously taken away the boats, thereby ynso the escape of those who were on the wreck, an d 0 i ll their :death. The gale is said to have b een ts eti terrific, and much damage was done to fenTols o &c. The New Brunswicker gives the following P 00, of the wreck of two vessels—one of which is th e ship President, a report of whose loss we have be , t °re d lO by telegraph. The latest despatch stated that she i' a 0 0 surveyed, and would probably be condemned. NO well was made of her crew, from which we infer that 01 xei safely rescued from their perilous position. 111 Brunswicker says : boa ll ! " The schooner Maria, of this port, Drise0 1L 7,0 4 1 hence to the Bend of Petitodiac, with a 7 e tte merchandise valued at upwards of £5OOO, on , ore 0 ing into port in the forenoon, was driven at s urf the rocks to the S. E. of the Barracks, in - a 10 ' 1 lie' The persons on board, five in number, wh ose bc 0 were in imminent peril, were nobly rescued ore life-boat from the steamer Eastern City, under of Captain Simon Pike, second pilot of that 1 , and manned by him and Th o m as Long, ivh 6 _ and Mr. Scott, of C a l a i s , M a i ne. Th e ieriew President, Coffin, l o ad e d w ith d ea l s , b oun d t o VI 1 drove from her anchorage to the Eastward of Patridge, 11, and grounded in a heavy surf o n th e b eac h ne ar Bed and it is feared she will become a total wreck. The jY was on shore ; thirteen of th e crew were on boari ,, :, ship is provided with lif e -b oa t s ; b u t, so grea t was the that these were of no use. W e l earn th a t one was 1 3- from the ship, but she was swept away immediately be oi "We shall feel great anxiety until the hands °L o tiO the President are rescued. She lies in a perilous 91 , iplo Yesterday afternoon th ousan d s o f peop l e f rom th e h_l 4l sr of the city were l oo ki ng at h er , many of them l''`giol l , glasses, while the sp ra y was d as hi ng over her, 01- dt completely enveloping her hull from view. When closed upon her, it did not appear as if she could I: 0 , 1a t e l ther until the morning. Beac on fires were kindlea! tY beach - last night, and we observ e d t wo li g ht s o n boar d ship. It is supposed the persons on board are in th e 0 part, or saloon of the vessel, with the doors closed t''' 9 ,4 out the sea, which, (at the present writi ng ) i s breali4, o o, and engulfing her at every surge. Th e c hi e f hope " e se wind moderating, and the tid e l eav i ng th e vesse l faq", to enable the crew to effect a landing. Her keel pletely gone, parts of it having floated ashore." _.„ t ot Later accounts state that the P res id en t h as been g" Mr. W. Jackson, M. P., had an interview on Fridl. the Duke of Newcastle at the Colonial ofa, EXECUTIONS EY COUNTY COURTS.—Fror liament, just issued, it appears that last 62,391 executions issued by County Courts of defendants. THE TYNEMOUTH BRIBERY COMMISBi of this commission, the last of the eight last session to inquire into the corrupt prt titular constituencies, will, it is understood, at Tynemouth. CORWEN AND LLANGOLLEN.—A line of neat the towns of Llangollen and Corwen, is in course of agitation, and at a public di latter town, very favourable opinions were mittees have been formed, and the Llang4 actively stirring themselves in the matter. proposed, on to Port Madoc, and thence 1 Carnarvon line, Central Wales would be ci Chester and Holyhead railway. PERPETUAL MOTION.—We have just be( stand that an artisan in very humble drew in Ipswich, has, after three years' labour, strutting a model of a machine, 15 inches deep, which is self-acting, after being puf screw. It is powerful enough to turn a the power of one person who had an iron It has kept in motion upwards of 36 hours, at me which time the speed was not diminished; all" 1 ,00 1 .4 structor, whose name is Thom as Stannard, contellr er isls "- machine will keep in motion as long as the raa. last. The invention was offered to several fi " who declined taking it up ; since which th - ienoin ? to one of th aatt r ufialeelt e en,Z . t AUt , : i tie been induced to pay the inventor liberally, ancL x '"u e te the . inventor and the machine to London to pr- - - qtury.—lpswich Express. • Uted 11 ( SALVAGE CASE.—T HE PERSIA.—A sui 4. v, —►in stltprf , Age{ Mr. Hugh Williams, a pilot, and th e masters and ' cur e r e ti ; five smacks,. consisting of thirty-fou r h an d s , to P r° t he 1. 1 muneration for services rendered to the Persia 0 0 t , fij ot: of July last, came before th e Ad m i ra lt y C our t oil j The Persia, of the burden of 2,200 tons, timber ladelif stsro prosecuting her voyage f rom Q ue b ec t o Liverpool/ on upon the rocks, about half a m il e t o th e southwf' n ot inlet called Port Griffith-creek on the south-wcst c c , to Dt . fr the island of Holyhead. Theweather was representeota very thick at the time, and th e w i n d, w hi c h Was a ofe,!;,i S.S.W., although light, occ as i one d a h eavy grounoceed Mr. Williams having heard of th e occurren ce, PI Jed overland, and found her, as he stated, upon two. o 7o' rocks, on which she was rolling heavily. His servic e ,,,o o ; in the first instance, re f use d, an d a l so t h ose o f a °_" the master stating that h e h a d t e l egrap h e d to Live r r ,, to four steam-tugs, which would arr i ve b y 2 p.m. , in titu i e oi her off that tide. He w as a ft erwar d s i n d uce d t o elF1 ) e O l, O l Williams and the other salvors, who succeeded is g fri her into a place of comparative safety until the tugs the re'y which was not until the e ven i ng . Th e va l ue of A perty was £17,337., and a tend er was ma d e o f £250•9 the salvors refused. Dr. Addams and Dr. Twiss rd fa ( for the salvors ; the Queen's Advocate and Dr. Ba)f ° the owners. 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