Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-07 00:00:00

' egra ph. NfoND Al to, 'sia leave d t ° e%Pe ete ni sce°l:ar he r ) urnal f e ' r be rs , S i n Go' t he of Favour the for an 5 . ientation ,ed Yesterjsf DAY V al ornmer"' tbi g ,e_ i act' r Ix, in i lia ts P rii lari 9 a 33 in th o f the 14tb B ele 1: elt by eri e rnf the F r ti b o und` ell s t the in te ,,es' ike in t ba ion t"" tbe, to s° l l . o3 te 6 noraP' l in LIP fo re u•letter he fie on to f this in . sell orl en,all6di gt, t 0 think 10' tion of 111 4 pondiei er,,d Isl e or of ti l , e f oe INO OT o f s 0 , 1 meaSti re our 41 1 en, to i;es,Will t 1 a Tilude of f oe If w hich 4 , Rouf lsl :/ rove lett °. tbe' to • 1 0 now 1 1 glan ,,A , ro te • as P cls , Lguaen: e o f , spond e t , l3 6 3 ° et 3l , (over D e s .esetita' o f tIO 3 union ; l el ° its argu:d the Po , Porte a" 165 1 ' the nts of en 036 3xp reagesDoor Ikea I ° t ,,,` o r lio, the -1- eer to ne ess n of o i s t ba bre w °1 aat the 1(10 ' n assan ces. 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'„ 9 l p 113 ,. ‘. t 7 disti e rj j Tresl or of tq a Inan' ito te 0 0 invo rr iso the g' i ci OA 5 of ,es, a n ha° f o r ii o '3 ;ed t l - 1° aoy ancil! r ,lA o o e sam e Pd od 3rl 65 i t ir . s Of W o i: t er st e ° l el s r io e e itoi r L i of ti 9 it on 1 11 a re - , d filie l - Aip t ster t ti hilt t 011 ,0 01 i 1 .501 a ea er a 3nOoft Sl:lie, 000 i; g tb 3t as ig il l eo will "Voie l po LU C' Cle 'grd . 0 0 iniote r o ol i e t to os iva , a ce d 8 0 °. o gre 9 1 ,0 „ c og) the o f p Iti ° i OO _ le nli t Of Il i" Ale n- Oa O a esti vib ioll of THE NORTHERN niVIES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1857. AMERICA.. A RRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. 4rr h! rr YesterrnitediStates mail steamer Baltic arrived here t i t tseper l t Y, in about 91 days from. New York. having left on the afternoon of the 26th ult. She brings 64 •pte...agers. T he news i s th ree ] d ays l a t er th an our nooe *deiceSev s. eral la ger additional statements from officers and pas. d l 'eeite s „, 3 ,, a , ve ti from the wreck of the Central America had litti,`ushed in the New York journals, but they add t14,02°,r no to our former accounts. The schooner aetio"‘°:4l;arrived at Boston• This is the schooner so ii i hnslY looked for, the c tpta.in o f which promised to on , 7 1,1 411 e Central America at six o'clock of the fatal day °otl s he was wrec k ed. She did not save a s i ng l e her It e ' va s confidently h ope d t h a t thi s sc h oone r, from haa:ear Prox imity at the moment of the catastrop he ' 1 15 , a v ed many lives, and beating hearts were awaiting: , loagirrival with an intensity of feeling that may well b may tope that Captain Herndon or any others Sabe l 4T . 4 b een saved is therefore at an end. The Boston . trig ikarlae Company propose attempting to raise the Cen th e' . Mer les , and recovering her treasure, as it is thought be en 111 about twenty-eight feet water. They have or d awaiting tha arrival'of the schooner for the purpose 'Pot e e a. terrilia lcg the latitude and longitude of the exact 1 4 el • eer a wn the Central America sunk, as Capt. Herndon the r ' h rt ed to have given his position to the captain of 41 4 8 0 e-"n ":: The list of the names of those who were li t t t w all the steamer when she sunk is very incomplete. left e learn that the whole number on board when she 10 4, 4 : alirt ah Was 59 3 . Of this number 166 are known hkr be en s aved —making a total of 426 human be in g s . 4 78 1 , 11 1t i r rie bed by this disaster. The New York Times 440 wi Pe rished very clear that the catastrophe could not ark Lathe "aolit fault either on the part of tha ship herself " m anner in which she was managed. testin° °3' of the best and most competent jud t g n e i s . 4887 th e p ositive v essel. Ca ptain Badger, whose evidence upo n ~.4 441 ts e l " °f this kind is entitled to very . groat weight. 4,atleti..,.'erY decisively in regard to matter, . having ` g ebesr e v oyages in the ship, and considering her one of arth a nd staun e E ta . chest vessels all )at. .Captain McGowan, . tare City, is equally emphatic in expressing the 4 1 1 412 1 .. n a 1° n; and from no uarter have we any direct or have be e " le nts to tho '‘at contrary. There mast then -a q u ame very great fault in her management—and t l i ,ueli'm""rter to which attention must bt . ) dttecte—,l as } ,- " 41 ; e - t itic l ui rY. must of course be her engine : room lea: i n r -i , Y of a steamer, in a storm, depends entirely upon g s If these are well worked she can breast any th e an d ride any storm. But if the machinery break i s i o s r s a ro gilles cease to work from ane cause, she as he d p n e ot br a at machinery of the Cen•ral America di in ga dget het eneines stopped—and according to Cta ena c t St ateMent, ' before there was any considerable %lo e ; °f water in the ship. What was the cause o .t h s ! a tto r fe l ? ? This is the vital question ; and . when a 5 50 -e`orily answ ' ered the real cause of the disaster w i ll l fell illbeen reached, for as soon as they stopped, the vessel b og e y t° r the trough of the sea and was thenceforth a t the e t n„ ° : the waves. The only reasoa assigned wa s s not k utt 'uehi 'ent auPply of coal ; but why the coal tva "'feet; mot rapidlv—arel especially why this v e it — al uth o as not remedied the moment it wa! di t s . co n v s er to l . e let % Yet to learn. We trust the iuvestuaa,io b °ot will clear up this matter, and hold whateve r c htly e t l o lb aY have been guilty of so disastrous a neglect of w ale ?roper responsibility. Ner s il li tilf g t °n advices inform us tha t to m pr r e . r N e i mptory trLlft, l a ti been sent by the Government Ke au, s t a t es Distric t Attorney for New York circuit, to , e - zped._ ry means in his pow, r to c he ck meat i": 4°45 that may be on foot in that city. The Govern. aadwiall4termined to break up all unlawful en , t r e h r e pr n ise o s n , Tho,Pave no efforts to effect its purpase. 4tlii•jkla- Renton is said to be lying at t h e p oint of . death Ni. asle suin gt°n• Late news from Kansas, rece i ved atof tAgton, states everything quiet, and the . proclamation o of ker ready for promulg ttion. Tw') companies their *ay t trtlll :3:,,,,.had reached New O: leave from Florida on ""asas. aver tlll ecaan in Cineinnatti is said to have . invented vory a v il !, Po wer which is capable of being applied to d. The Site . tad for which steam power is now employ r e in. ei Ple 4 o , e°ll oll., if what is stated be true, realises th e p in the tb Pe rpetual motion, the moving principle be ing nn 4 gee hi ve itself, and requiring the assistance of . I '4 h e "' l ate that of oil, to reduce the effect of friction. Nl' set in motion the m whine will run as long as o' a ttrials of which it is composed will last. B,s'ecent advices fr om the United States Minister at On, give indications of a renewal of ill-feeling towards 41 ) ' i ll ne r t. triean Government on the part of the Spanish 430e Fro m reliable data received at Washington, it has been th e " Coed that the cotton crop of the United States for 1 11o: f ear e nling on the 30th of last June, is 303,149,216 lbs s' -.tome or th Preceding year. The value, however, was -.tom e A moll; greater. th-at,11"410 co rrespondent states that the wareh ouses . in Nin e " are crammed to their utmost capacity with ea tt 'ur , and general produce from the West. Fres h receive are continually arriving, but there is no one to d the e t Z tbe m- The banks in many instances have advance has taking the whole cargo as security. Oae firm valuable (3 13 boats lying at West Troy heavily laden with (3 ' o od r ,r, od uce, and they are unable to raise the money emig--"`') to pay the tolls. So far this year 139 9)5 aerl: 4 , - T ts have landed at this port, being 41,513 more than bahl;" la the same length of time last year. It is pro by 701 4 the emigration this year will exceed that of last m%4%,, t oon newspaper published in New York has . tb enth e lk h led after an existence of two years and seven r The New York' Herald says : "N 4• 10, e ", (1, Ys a•m ;ative orders were received from ylVters that ll p p e laces of Mormon worship in T thi e s i„,ealLeteled, and the newspaper discontinu.edt. here Z▪ eilla.'S i mmediately complied with. Th . e Sa . in s en aleepe;,„q?andary as no reason is given tor this sudd e ~.""teee i k ",.` , and were all taken aback. There were som ,t. 604,-;"orraons connected with the paper, only one " e eti • . 3 an uring its they r nistr i tmentaliineril':n • forwarding some existence 3,800 persons have to !pmt et te atly of them of the lowest class of European oe T — e' The principal Mormon locality in this reg l io ed aith (,),C4'B river New Jersey. The Mormons connec l te !ale ' g ' hen', and probably all, conternp a j i a ' R n git being now too lee in the ure ,•„- reach e t ,:c h t ere s- • ri They were is hopes of arriving r uc hed the the spring, before the United States troops -ata Deseret, a t.hey supposed the troops would go quarter s s. At first the Mormons here looked (1 6 14 ) 1,• l e fear en the troops alien-, to go to Utah, aod , P; l tle r e l ; in a led , them, thinking . they es ivould have no difficult y (1 0 Zeat 0 4 tn onst in . to their '[hey don't law the they are distrustful . of him, and are 154 I.3n u de lf for appointing him• The news l'es Li! cost Bu c hanan m tha 2 n lo dots per week, and i.ts business stoage a wit h want of funds. They did their ' L ave b' e Aassau Bank. Some three hundred missionar i e s gt I'lo o "ea sent to all parts of the world during pa. - .. t . h a t 4 ll !' e Years, many of th •m on long missions and witlllkt4otoonegr warnin g was a day or two. One of ordere I off in this way ,50eb.",14 ni ght l s se n c o r t e i t c a e rle a s nd was compelled to leave h . is . 1 7 0 e, Z 1 eight wives in t:he morning for a European . mi t s o hi tch m ay be prolonged until Brigham thinksht e 'e In dividuFals who are thought rather inquisi tive o _ ott i n 7 to he frequently- treated in this capital mode f od of them for au indefinite period. egoarty 13a ha. Nebraska, correspondence states that . pro -144a1l kinds is quite low throughout that territory. 4 that it is a g tod time for Eastern; capitalists to "; but E have just now more press g da m astern cap i ta lists P4 lly ah lt nds at home for their money. Provisions, genhele thlheaZeaking, are high, notwithstanding the favoura ble g ilic e ir t of the harvest. A Russian magnate, Pri nce o ver th e St.. P etersburgh, was reported to:be wandering ate e Territory. *clic apt (- a ` lyi ene from Washington territory represent the °L th rapidly. e oundary Commission as prog ressing p 441 '4 rucoeau is the English Commissioner for the *I S ej r , allun g the islands. The English steamer Plump er . alo oer , eeed to arrive this month to assist the Commie -814.11? -e survey. The American survey of the islands -hee(3:l—sed, so that ,. as regards that portion of the work, the ttlluegitilscitan Co mmissione r - is three years in advance of security, there being no law in that state compelling banks to secure their issues. A meeting of the directors of all the Philadelphia banks was held last evening. At a late hour last night it was understood that they recommended a general suspension of the banks of that city, to take effect this morning. To-day's Journal of Commerce says :—" There is quite an unsettled feeling in the market, owing to the untavour able reports of financial affairs from Philadelphia. The Bank of Pennsylvania suspended this morning, and the telegraph announced a run upon the other Philadelphia institutions ; the Girard next. stopped, and we believe that most, if not all of the Banks in that city refused to pay specie for checks or large bills, before the hour of closing. There will, therefore, probably be a suspension of specie payments in that quarter until further notice. This was not unexpected, as the circulation there is not secured as it is in this State, and the middle and lower classes have always been ready to hoard specie, upon the slightest apprehension of trouble. The suspension, if generally determined upon there, will have a tendency to strengthen the position of our Banks, but will be a disadvantage to those having collections to make in that quarter. The semi-aannal shipment of specie from Cali tornia will be due early next week ; and this will also unlock considerable money payable upon drafts against the specie which was lost in the Central America, tunds for which are uow collected." Money at call to-day was nearly as tight as on mercan tile bills. The stock brokers still hold off from orders requ'ring money negotiations, and this reduces the de mand; but other parties wanting accommodations for a few days find the supply uncomfortably stringent. Cotton.—The market remains inactive for want of stock wherewith to operate, awl prices are nominal. Shipments to a considerable extent are still making, on owners ac count, to Liverpool, but home spinners are not in the market. We continue quotations, which are entirely nominal. We quote : N.Y. 01, siitication. Upland. Florida. Mobile. N.o.&.Texas Ord nary .. 122 12i 121 124 Middling Middling Fair l6- 161 166 17 Fair ...... ... Breadstuffs : The flour market opened buoyant on Wednesday, at a slight advance in prices of State and Western, but with an abatement in the export demand, and the neces-ity oe the part of receivers to realise as speedily as possible, consecoent upon the money pressure the improvement was subsequently lost, and prices now stand 10e to 15c below last Tuesday's currency. Shippers' limits are about 5 dots to 5 dots 25; for superfine qualities, which is about 50e below the ruling quotations. The demand for home use is moderately active, stocks in toe hands of consumers being more than usually low for the season of the year. The receipts are moderate, and there is no accumulation of supply worth mentioning, though the demand is promptly net. A fair demand has prevailed for wheat, and the enquiry has been frpely met, so that the position of the market has not changed materialy. Taere is not a great deal doing for export, shippers hold ing back in the hope of forcing a concession from holders. Tnere is an increased movement in Indian corn. flops : New come forward freely, and, with only a limited demand, prices still recede, the scarcity of cash aiding materially the depression. We note sales of 140 to 150 bales new Eastern and Western at 8c to 11c, cash, and a further pat eel of 300 bales, crop of 185.5, on terms not made public. Iron:; Sc itch pig is in fair request, and prices are supported. Sales since our last 400 tons, at 23 dots 50c to 29 dole, six months. In other kinds there is little or nothing doing. By auction, 800 packs damned Russia sheet sold at 3c to 4ic, and 1.150 tons rail road, Erie pattern, 561hs to the yard, 27 dots to 30 dole, cash, de livered at Elmira, N.Y., where it is now in store. Naval Stores : Crude turpentine is iu better supply, and prices are lower, as are all other articles in the market which are sold for cash—stock 4,000 brls. Spirits turpens tine closes very dull, and nominal and though some pur chases were made yesterday for immediate delivery (to fill a freight engagement) at 46c cash, in shipping order, this price could not be realised at the close. Lots in prime shipping order, however, are scarce, much of that here being in ordinary condition—stock 3,500 brls. Com mon rosin, and all grades, except prime pale, are dull, and nominal. though they can be bought at a reduction from previous quotations. Tar continues dull, though in light stock, and limited supply. Oils ; Whale and Sperm are quiet, and we have tie sales to report. Linseed continues unsettled, and prices are again lower ; sales 20 000 gallons English at 70c to 75 . e, and American, in lots, at 73c to 75 e, cash. 5 casks Olive brought 1 dol., 30c, 6 mos., and small lots Tallow Oil 101 c, cash, which is lower. Camphene, 4 9s to 52-s, and Fluid Bic to 56c, cash. Provisions: The pork market continues irregular, and buyers are making the most strenuous efforts to reduce the market in their favour, but holders here managed to sustain prices. Beef is offsred freely, and a decline of 1 dol. has been submitted to. Freights : The market is without important change, and Use business is quite moderate in all directions. We understand that there is some prospect of most of the Propellers plying between this port andGreatßritain being withdrawn, and placed in the Indian transoart service, in which event, our sailing ships would reap the advantage of a monoply of the carrying trade for a period between the two countries. The engagements in Liver_ pool include 90,000 bushels grain, closing at 54 in bulk, and 61 in ship's bags ; 4,500. bales cotton, 3 16 i to 7-32 1 ; 2,000 brls flour, Is 6,1 ; 250 hh Is swear, 17s 6d; 1,000 boxes cheese. 2,1 s ; 90 tons oil cake, 16s 61 ; 50 hhds tallow, Is 61; 150 tons fustic, 15s ; 12,003 galls whalefoots, 21s ; 80 tons ore, in brls, 8s ; 500 green salted hides, lis 61 ; 25 boxes tobacco, 2s; 50 doz brooms, Is ; the Baltic, sailing to-day, has 15 tons leather, at 503; and 19 pkgs hats, on private terms. To London, 1,000 brls crude turpentine, 2s 91; 140 hhds sugar, 25s ; 300 brls oil, 22; 61 ; 500 do. oil cake, 23; 50 bales hides, 25s ; 200 boxes Spermaceti, Iss. To Glasgow, 1,000 brls flour, 2s 3.1 ; 15 tons whale• foots, 27s 61 ; 12;000 bushels wheat, in shipper's bags, on private terms. THE WAY TO CLEAN WlsTnows.—A gentleman in a neighbouring town gave his man-servant some whisk y the other day to mix wi la the whitening in cleaning the winlows of the house. He was surprised that the man never dipped the cloth in the whiskey, and accosting the delinquent sharply as to what had become of the spirits, the following reply was male, " you see, yer honor, 1 drank it, ton' (suiting the action to the word) I blew my breath on the glass, an' its' a' the same 1" LAGEtt BEER.-In t•avelling through the many cities and villages of the States and Canada, particularly the western portions, a stranger is struck w:th the numner of saloons devoted to the sale of " lager beer." He becomes naturally inquisitive, a-d anxious to gain some information on the n store of the beverage, the use of which he per ceives, has become so general throu:Thout the cou itry. Fo- the information of such pers •ns as a.e urmia] iinte Kith the various qualiiiel of 1 +ger b:c.., and tho character and customs of its saloons, we purpose giving a s'iort sketch of this beverage, fist making brief mention of its preva len and use in Gtrmany and the Uaitel S'atee, diag with a notice of the frogress of the lager beer inswution in the City of Tor ntn. Lager beer is compsed of three bashels of malt to a baml of 32 gallons ; awl, before us , d, it is made to undergo such a process of fernenta'ion as renders it almost ervirely devoid of alcohol there being not more than from two or three per cent. 'n the beverage thus made. It is Ih.n placed in large asks and kept ie a cool lerground rock ce far, when it is said to be " laid down ;" and where it remains from two to four months, when inteodsd for winter, and a little over six months for summer use ; the heat of the latter season requiring this d.ffsrence. The term " lageL" applied to it, is derived from the fact of is being thus kept or " hid down " for a certain perio 1 . In Bavaria and other parts of Germany, where this beverage is mo-t common, the regulatious respecting its quality are exeedingly suit'. Inspectors are ai by the G 2vernment, who visit the various mocufactories and try the article, before sent out, by chemical enquiry. When it is foen 1 good, the proprie tors are allowed to sell it ; otherwise, !hi whole is turned out into the sewers. Every brewer is obliged, under a penalty, to inform the officials where any beer has been manufacture] and is ready for inspection. By this means, as might be supposed, a goo 1 sterling beverage is eve-y -where sold throughout Germany, where such strict rules exist. With the progress of time, and es the use of this beer becomes common, it may also be fumy' advisable to appoint the same regulations in this country. At resent adulteration in Western Canada, at least, is not practised ; and even in the States but to a very slight extent. As might be imagined, lager beer has become qu'te an ‘• insti tu ion" in the United States, as a large fi , w of German immigration has been passing into them for fifty years past. The old Dutch settlers of Pennsylv'nia and New York did not unlikely introduce the article into tho country with their saner kraut and other delicacies. However, the meagre histories of theee early days have not condescended to inform our inquisitive posterity whethar such was the case ; and it is necessary to rest satisfied with the know ledge that if they had not the sense, their successors hid. With this prelude, we turn to Caaada, and enquire what progress is it likely to make there ? About four „ears ago was witnessed the first advent of lager beer ; it came in quietly with no flourish of trumpets in the Press. Ia Hamilton and Waterloo was this atticla first used. if we mistake not ; and since then very few of the ptincipal towns bare been without it. Hamilton and Berlin supply the beer to all other places ; but in the former city is the largest br3wery, ownel by a German of the name of H. Bitter. The same person has a saloon of a large size, very neatly decorated with frescoes. It is undoubtedly the finest in Canada, and is well worthy cf the notice of those who may visit " the ambitions little city." Toronto does not yet possess a manufactory for the article (though one will probably be soon established), which is, of course, supplied from Bauer's, though she can boast of a greater number of saloons. The eastern portion of Canada, it may be men tioned, are comparatively little acquainted with its benefits; but it is trusted that in th !se progressive days it will speedily become the tutu of all in those quartere,—Toronto Colonise. THE BIRKENHEAD MURDER. INVESTIGATION BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. This case, which has excite I such a powerfal sensation throughout the township, particularly amongst the labouring civics, was yester day proceeded with, and the greatest interest was maaife,ted to ascertain the result. THE PRISONERS AT THE HOSPITAL, On the previous day, when the three prisone - s accused of the murder of John Drary, were taken before the presiding magistrates, Messrs. W. aid J. Jackson, it was understood that they all stood remanded until eleven o'clock yesterday, wh m it was of coarse expected, that they would again be placed in the dock, and the evidencs would hare been beard in the public court, as is usual on such occasions. Such, however, was not the case, but the pri soners were conveyed by a large poser of police constables to the hospital, accompanied,by the magistrate, Mr. J. Jac son, where the deposition of the injured man. D inn, was taken. The reporters for the Liverpool preys were in attendance, for the purpose of taking notes of the evidence given. but after waiting for npwa-ds of an hour, were informed by one of the magistrate's clerk., Mr. Towneshend, that they would not ,be admitted, butt that perhaps, alter it was over, a copy o' it would. be supplied t hem by Mr Dre v, the dep sty-clerk. But before that could be done, the rnagis tra e would consult with his brother magistrates, to see that the publication of it would not frustrate the ends of justice. This being the decision of the magistrate—a most nnu-ual course to adopt on stash an important investigation. as that in which parties are charged with the crimeof murder, and for which their lives may be f r eited—we 9.-e unable to give the statement. in the same un biased and important way as we do that of the other witnesses, who were publicly examined in open court, but mast rely on the deposi tion as taken before the magistrate privately at the hospital. From this being the only actual perm besides the accused who could have witnessed the whole transaction - from the commencement of the affray, th's is much to be regretted, because the pahl c are too apt to draw, however wrongfully, conclusions which may be quite at variance with the facts, particularly in a case which is involved in so m .ela mystery, and at le 13t at present, there do not appear to bb the slightest evidence to show who really is the guilty party, or who it was that wilfully murdered John Drury on Sunday night last However, be that as it may, the following is a copy of the deposition of the man, John Dunn, as taken under the above circumstances. During the time he was under ex mlnation. he appeared, as we were informed, very weak, ant once fainted, when some stimulants were a 'ministered to him an l la- became somewhat refreshed, but altogeth r he w.ss in a weakly and dangerous state. TILE WOUNDED MAN'S DEPOSITION. John Dann, on being sworn, stated—l live at the Do.lt Cottages of Block A. ; I was at Seawards house on Sunday evening ; there were some of Ilea•r3 Thompson's drivers there ; I left at about 10 o'clock ; I can't say if the prisoner , were there ; I d , n't know them by sight; I don't remember tither of them being there; I know the prisoner, John Smith, well; I had got a little way towards my lodgines in the Doak Cottages, whsn I saw two or three men running into ono of 'he avenn s of the Do .k CAtsges ; I went up to them, and saw abow four of them striking on- an •th - r ; they appeared all to be striking each ( - Alva'; one of them was down ; the man that was down lay quits sti 1, but I saw no Wool; it was lightish at the time ; two of the ratio were inside a doorway and one outside; they were all fighting tog.:her ; those three men were part of the four I first saw ; the two inside were fighting th - two outside ; the man I first saw was still lying near the doorway ; I went us to the door to see what woe the matter, when I got near, one of the two men inside the doorway ruche I at me and struck me a blow on the left side, as I thought, with his fist; I then went away out of the avenue and felt b'ood coming, and then I met police Constab'e Clarke and another; I told him I was stabbed; I saw the We of the man who stabbed me, but not sufficiently to enable me to tell him again ; he hod white trousers on, and I think something of a dark jacket; I cannot tel what he had tin his head ; I can't tell what kind of a man the ocher m n was ; I saw no more of the row, and w, s brought to the hospital; I do not know a man named John Drury (deceased); 1 may kno v hi n, but not by name ; there was no quarrelling at the p iblz-house when I left, and I believe they were clearing out; I recollect telling the police that I would tell him the house where the men were when I leas stabbed; before I left to be brought to the h ispital I poistel out to the police. down the avenue, the direction of the house—one of the police went in that direction. and the tithe , remained with me ; I could not tell how many doors It was down; when I came oat of the publi:-honse I turned to th A right ; I do not know what block It was ; I heard a nose, but as I went into the avenue the row was on the right hand side; when I met the police I was on the way from the church to S •acombe. After the examination, the three pristrera were azain conveyed back to bridewell, in the (dos, custody of Mr. Superintendent Bern i e oni his constables, attende I by a very large concourse of pers tt,s aux:Gus to obtain a sight of the accused. THE PRISONERS AT THE P: LICK COURT. About a quarter past one o'clock Mr. J. Jackson, the mag•strate, to k his seat on the bench, and directly after the three accused m-n, Francis Smith, Peter Gallagher, and John Smith, were placed in the dock. They were all attiredjin the garb of nay vies, and were, apparently, strong,, hale, and healthy looking fellows. By their demo, tour, they appeared perfoct?) , care'ess as to the result of t"c investigation, and never once evinced the slightest trepid Con. Francis Smith's clothes were much spotted with blood; bat those marks may, in some 'degree, be acconntedffor from a very severe wound on the side of the head. which had evidenly bled most copiously. Gallagher is a most repulsive looking men. having los - his right eye, and the whole of that portion of his facs being much distorted, apparently from the effects of a burn or scald. John Smith is a fine powerful looking man. All the prisoners are well k , ,0 wn amongst :the Davv•es empl iyed about Blikerthead, and have bean there for a considerable time, but none of them were e er be ore in the custody of,the police. • Mr. Brethertan appeared to watch the case for the three prisoners The following evidence was adduced on the part of TrIE PROSECUTION. Ann Ware, the wife of a labourer living in No. 9 I block of the dock cottages. I recollect that on Sunday night, about eleven o'cl .ek, I was in my own house. I heard a scuffle outside of my window, an I I heard a voice shout oat, "Are you going to murder me." I toek it to be my lodger, and when I went to the lobby door, my lodger was there. His name is John Ila - e. I called him in, and he came in. I stood at the door. There was a number of persons about. A few minutes after I saw one of the prisoners knocked down with a stone. The men I saw struck with a stone was the prisoner, Francis Smith. The men were standing at the opening which divides the II and I biocks. Smith fell on his back. I went to assist him up, when the two men dressed in white clothes sat I it was time for them to go, and they did go away. I went to assist the prisoner Smith up, and while I was trying to lift him up, as he could not help himself, I saw another man ,ying on the ground on his face. I Mil not know who that man was. Putting Smith down, I saw a knife under his righ. h .lad. fhe man lying on his face was in a gore of blood The knite was open, and marks of blood upon it. I red to turn the man over, but could not. I turned him ov, ras far as I could on one shoulder , and I saw that he was dying. I went back to Smith again, and saw a ma tiling to get him tr. The man's name is Jones Thomas. I aiso saw Thomas pick up the knife. The kai`e predu - ted is the one I saw. [Police-constable Graham exhibited the knife to the Ben eh, but it was far fro a being such a formidable weapon as had been represented. It had r..,ther a long bla le, with a silver-like looking metal handle, richly embo ised, and altogether presented quite a different appearance to the knives lased by navvies, or any other (lass of labourers.] I [heel went for the police constable Clarke, but eouli not find him. Whoa I returnst I found the priontr, Francis Smith, had been taken away, but the ba ly es'. the man was there, and quite dead. By Mr Bretherton.—l aid not see where the stone strack him, but his he.d was bleeding; there was about agi 1 of blood on the stones ; the blow from the stone knocked him down ; I saw him quite plainly by the moonlight; the deal man was about four or five yards t of the feet of the prisoner ; the dying man was lying in the division between II and I bock ; I coullnot see his hands at the time he fall : tiie other two men, whom' did not know, were about the sams distance from the dying m au ; Smith eeeme i to me to be quite insensible from the brow. Tae Magistrates.—Hat Ile a wound on the 1 cad. Mr. Bretherton.—Fes, a very severe one, sad it ought to have been dressed 'before now, as it is festering. A man has no business to be treated as guilty, until he Is prey, dto be so. He has been left on the cold flags and might have died. Mr. Jackeon.—l agree with you. His head sho Id ha a been dresse I and properly attended to. Examination continued—l knew Francis Smith to be a lodger in the block ; I did not notice the blood going into his clothes ; I di not see any blood between the holy of the decease 1 man and the pr . soner. By the liagistrat3.—There tni;ht have been blood there, but I did not notice it; I did not see eith, r of the other prisoners about; I knew the n as well as the other, by seeing them. Ann tmel:a Chaloner, aged 17, lived with her parents in the Doak Cottages; she Beet at No. 6, block I ; about eleven o'clonk she was standing at the door talkin o to a young man, when two mein came up and stood opposite the door; one said, " I live np he e," and the other said" so do I ;" I bid the young man good night, and went into my own house op stairs ; after that, in about five minutes, I he ,rd a row, and went down stars again to see what was the matt r, and 1 heard a stone fall as I come out of the house, and when I got out I saw Smith lying on the ground; the last witness was then leaving him ; I s ent np to Smith, and saw the kni'e under his right hand ; then went to Mrs Ware's house; I stopped there about ten minutes, when I saw the pa is ,ner Gallagher with apoker in his hand; he was going into the lobby where he lodged; the other prisoner, John Smith, was tdanding there ; Gallagher s3id, " We are the men for any three in the blocks ;" Gallagher and ohn Smith then went uo etairs ; I sopped about the RV nne until the dead man was taken away; hat previously seen the body of the man lying in the opening between the two blocks; after the prisoners went into the holm they did not come out again until the e 'notables fetched them I did not notice what became of tt e l risoner; Francis Smith, but I saw him taken out of the house with the other two, by the co:- stables. By Mr. Bretherton.—The pri.oners and John Smith and Gallagher lived in the same house as I do ; they lodged in the block; before f came out there was a considerable disturbance in the street; I heard a noise as if there was many feet moving ; I thought there was a great number; I only hrard one at ne thrown; when I got into the yard I s :w only Mrs. Ware with Francis Smith ; there were two men, but they had run away; ,Smith was bleeding, but did not notice where the Wood came from; the bilge was under We hand; We band was not lying flat upon the knife, but was al tt'e curved, so that it might have been put there by some other person ; I did not see rny blood on his hand; I and the last witness live in the sane block, and should say that where Smith was lying was about five yards off; when I saw John smith and Gallagher together they were not talking, but Gallagher had a poker in his h ,nd ; I know all the three prisoner.; when I first saw Gallagher and John Smith together, there were some four or five persons in the avenue ; there was only one man, and the rest wet e womea; Gallagher could not have seen where Smith was lying. John Hare, a labourer On Sunday night I was coming down the avenue, and eopped at the door of the last witne-s for about five minutes; after that I turned out of the opening to go home, when three men came up and come In et the door ; ono of them caught hold of my arm!, and one of the others struck me on the nose ; I was then atm ed down in the street by the three, but I cried" murder," and they let me go; I glt up and went to my lodgings in the I block, but not in the same lobby as the last witness lived ; I do not know any of the men ; one had a pair of white trowsere oo ; I lost my c.p and handkerchief in the scuffle, but they have since been given to me by Mrs. Ware. Hugh Keenan, a labourer, living in the Dock Cottages: Oa Sunday night I w,s near the lobl.y of me of tie houses of bock I, when I saw the three prisoners going into the house; I had just seen them all at the sign of the Eggs and Bann; we at ,pped there from eigl t o'clock until the cloning time, when the landlady told us to go ; we all turned out of the house together a little before eleven o'clock, when the house was closed, and the prisoners all waked together to the ntranee of their own lo ige at the I block; I bid them good night; as they were going in-lie, they met a man eta ding in their own lobby; they sited him what he was doing there, and he said the people in his lodge were in bed ; he said he lodged up stairs ; they said that he d d not ; he then said he lodged at Mr. Waltone, they told him that he did not , and then the y pashed him out, and he was knocked down. Eight or nine people came round the corner, font* of whom began beating the prisancr Jack Smith, and two or three were heating the prisoner Frank Smith. The prisoner Gallagher was standing ready to step into his own doo-, but never struck anybody, nor nobody did anything to him ; I did not se , anything in his hand ; when I saw them all fighting I ran away ; I am a teetotaller, but the oth'rslwere a little the worse for drink ; they cou'd walk home, and did do so ; they were not stupidly drunk. John Hill was re-called, and showed that he was the person who was standing at the door, ant WAS attacked as described by the lest witness. Hugh Keenan, cross-examined by Mr. Bretherton : When the last man called out " murder," the nine people , came round the corner, and attacked John and Frank Smith ; they were both knocked down ; I did not see any knife in Frank Smith's hands ; one of the men who came round the corner was dressed in a white sl p and white trowsers ; that man was one of the parties who entered into the fight, and I ehoild know him again, but I do not know hi. name, or where he lived ; he had been in the company of F, ant Smith several times, but never saw a knife like the one pro dacel in hi, po_sess:on ; He hal been in the company of the caller wo men also. Mrs. Ware was recalled, and proved finding Hare's cap in the lobb y after the scuffia. Ann lla3 e was next called. She lived with her mother in the Doe . _ cottages. On Sunday night, about eleven o'clock, I was in my own r om, in I block, when I heard a noise and went &an ; I saw the p-isoner, ' rank Smith, standing with his hands hanging by his side ; I saw a man throw a atone at him, and it knoceed h'm down ; after that I went for the po ice, and when I got back again Frank Smith was ;one. By Mr. Bretherton.—l am quite sure when Frank Smith was et aiding he had no knife in his hand; I diJ not see anything of th other two prisoners. This was all the evidenca that was brought forward on the occasion, and the prisoners were further ramanded until ten o'clock on Saturday morning; nut prior to that time, the C troner for the C,unty will with a jury, hold an inquest. The Court did not terminee until half-past fuur o'clock. THE MURDER IN TROWBRIDGE STREET. COMMERCIAL. New YORK, Sept. 26. lop i rh e re,tiision in commercial AFFAIRS. 4 19 °king deli ° q bi,,Petti ed 1 3. Two of the principal Philadelphia banks cotnmercia . l and . financial affairs is , g, rioli. Yeaterd : Ite ria s ." the calculated to add Y o i th a er n s d there which w is as an active run by 1, -/t ilia , Y i ' ° the panic i ' that city. The laws . of Penn . - raNtiiiii°rerhelittrttehereciehtlrtners:of_any bank suspending specie 1 but the bilibolder has no MAGISTRATES COURT. Robert J nes, who stands ek , rged with the murder of his brother William. as fully reported in our paper of yesterday, was brought up before Mr. Mansfield for final examination. In:additton to the evi dence already given, Mr. Clough said he had to examine Mr. Ellery, one of the bridewell keep •rs, who had some important evidence to give, which he was not aware of until this morning. Mr. Ellery said—On Suuday night, about a quarter to twelve, the prisoner was brought to the station by officer 111, who sail he was charged with having stabbed and killed his brother. I said, " Jones, is he dead?'' and he replie i"tie is lead enough." I then said," Jones, yo .are charged with having stabbed and killed your brother; you need not spy any h'ng about the charge, because, if Sou do, it may be given i n evidence against you." He then sai 1, I was obliged to do it—they In ced me to el., it. I asked who forced you to do It ? and he said they did —they struck me in the face ; I saw blood on hit face and hands, and asked him how be got it ? and he replied, they cut me in the face snd hands; in two hours after that, I went into the cell where the prisoner was, in company with an officer, when theprisouer said they knocked four of my teeth out, and I asked him where they were? he said over there, and I picked up one ; the prisoner laid the others we, e larger. . . Mr. Clough : The prisonef'd brother stated here yesterday, that the decrasid struck him first. Mr. Mansfle'd : Yes, I remember that. Mr. Allen, surgeon of tt e Royal Infirmary, who made a p9st mor:em examittation of the body, said he found a wound on the le: 't side of the body which penetrated the cavity, and entered the heart to the 3ep•h of four ,nches. The blood flawed is and filled the left cavity of the chest, and eau el immediate death. The knife now produced would infl , ct puch a wound. Mr. Mansfield said it was'as shoesing and horrible a case as could be imagined in itself, but it was clear to him that the else amounted only 0 manslaughter. The man was eating his supper with a knife, that was ronnded and blunt at the top, and not likely to be used for a mat - demi purpose. He would, therefore, commit the prisoner for trial on a charge of manslaughter. He was accordingly committed. _ _ CORONER'S COURT. The impost on the body of William Jones, was hel 1 yesterday by the Col oner. Th 3 evidence given in the case, was the same as given oa Mmday a❑d yesterday In tie police court. The jury found a verdict of " Manslaughter against Robert Jones," and a c ,mmittal from this court, as well as from the police court, was made against him. The United Service Gazette says :—" The Commander-in- Chief has directed that ever) regiment shall be instructed in the bayonet exercise." " Pay me that six-and-eightpence yr,u owe me, Mr Muhl, ,ney," said a village attorney. "For what ?'' "Fur the opini n you had at me." " Faith I uLver bad any opinion of you at all, at all." A P..ris letter, in the Aord of Brussels, affirms that neither Pin -e Albert will visit this year the camp of Cua'ons, nor Qie-n Victoria Fontainebleau nr Gimpiegrte, oa account of the engagements caLs?.(l by the events A FACT FOR THE flee SUITING SERGEANT —For the office of doorkeeper at the Liverpcol Sailors' Horne, with £5O a-year, there were no less that 1,58 applicants, including a cumber of stalwart. youeg 'e'lows, who seemed well able to tig'rt the battles of their country. " Well, Mr. J cksoe" said a clergym in to his por'shoner, " Sunday must be a blessed day to yo t, You woik hard six days, and the seventh you come to church," " Yes." said Mr. Jackson, "1 works hard all the week, and then I comes to church, sits me dawe, cocks u r s my legs, and thinks of nothing !" THE LAY or 11l E LAST 'MINSTREL .—Oat Weer, a ho; of fourteen years old, having been sent to fetch a inusi,:• hook, returned aunt placed an egg on the music-stand On being asked tihat that was for, he replel that it was the "lay f the last miwtrel," and that Vie composer was singing in honour of her roductioni in the fowl-house. LIKE AND UNLIKE —Tree following strange confession is made by Dr. Hoffman and NI , . Wit, in one of their reports to the referees on the drainage of London : "The valueb'e consti'uents of sewerage are like the gold in the sands of the Rhin', its aggregate value mist he immense, but no company has yet succeeded in raising the treasure.'' ACCIDENT ON THE LEETS, BRADFORD, AND WAKEFrELD RAILWAY.—On Monday morning this railway commenced running passengers (the line having been f irmally opened on Saturday ) A train left the Wakefield station at 915 a.m., conducted by Carain Binste ad, the superintendent of the Lancashire and Yorkshite Railway. When near the point at Holbech Junction, where the line runs into the Leeds, Halifax, and Bradford Railway, the engine ran off the l'ue, ploughing up the embankment for some way. Captain B - ns sad was on the engine, and received one or two st vane bruists; tut providentially, neither he nor the driver or stoker were seriously injured. The engine was so.in afterwards replaced oa the line, and the train pre ceeded on its way. THE CRYSTAL PLACE ON WIDNESDAY.—A number of letters have reached our table erquiring whether the admis sion money to the palac3 on 'Wednesday is to be given by the direct ors fur the benefit of the Indian euffi.rars. The adve,tis,ments which announce the sermon of Mr. Spur geon do not say so, but one would imagine there could be no doubt that such was the intention of the direc'ors. A corresp , ndent writes—On Surds)? Mr. Spurgeon, in the most straightfor.vard manner, informed bis hearers that the abiding admission to the Crystal Palace would not in any way help the Indian Relief Fund. Will you, therefore, kindly sliow me through you to inform the public gere rally list the shilling admission on that day is for the benefit of the Crystal Palacs Company only, and that the subscriptions collected from the visitors will be the only advantage gained by the Indian Relief Fund.—London Paper, BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS, The usual mmthly meeting of this body was held night in the Commissioners' (Mica, Hamilt,n-Eqqare, F i'llenhead, Mr. J. Laird in , he chair. Other members present—Messrs. Willonehby, B Whitt r, M'Donald, Golboarne, Bay is, Keightley, Bell, Bradley, Verde, Aspina', mini, nolme, Harrison, Co ,k, and Rea. WATCH AND LIGHTING C3HMITTEE. In the proceedings of this committee it was s'a`cd Vint a memorial had been received from the inhabitants of the distrkt called North Birkenhead, requesting that a lock-up or bridewcll might be est Ab• liohed at their end of the town. A report was produced from the surveyo - , in which he recommended that, in addition to the loc'i-up c inveniencee might be attached for a weighing ma:hine and a shed for the water carts. The report of the surveyor w s referred to the Road and Improvement Committee for their consideration. Mr. GolbJurne moved that the I:my:eating, Le confirmed. The motion wes c w,thout discussion. MARKET COMMITTEE. '1 he pr ceedings of this committ-)e did not contain anything of any importance. Mr. Nl' hirter moved the confirmation, which was agreed to. HEALTH COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Health Committee were read. The d'aths in the township during the month were 98, of which 36 were from zymetic diseases. A number of cellars in Wilbraham-te:rac 3 having been reported to be let separite:y, arid occuped as sleeding apart ments, contrary to the Act, the same was ref, rre.l to the Law Clark. he inspector having reportel that there was mu h sickness and small-p , x throughout Godfrey's-terrace, 011 Chester-road, the 1,4 w Clerk was recoested to communicate with the parish au ho7ities thereon, with a view to the cases of small-pox being removed to the Fever Hospital. The Guardians, in rep'y, s'ated they had no power to remove the cases to the licspital. On the motion of Mr. Bradley, the proceelings were cot firmed. ROAD IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE The procce.ling I of this committee were real, and from thorn it appeared that the Surveyor h b3en requested to communicate with the engineer of the Itail.vay Company, with the view of arranging for the completion of the app7oiches to the railway bridge 3. The committee reconsidered their estimate of e4penditura for the year 1857-53, at toe request or the finance committee, and were of opinion that they cowed not redrti:e the estimate already sent i I, ex - ept in the item i - f props id fl agging. to the extent of .£205, which might be posponed to the next year if tit, board thought fit to do s,. The surveyor repo:te 1 that C o works corine3'.ed with the widening of Oxtoo-road and the comilAion Tollemarhe road, ere commmced by the reap. etb e contraclors. An on: of Colonel St. George, of a unstian ammunitim waggon, taken in the wAr in the Crimea as a trophy, to be placed in the park, was acceple 1 , and the iaw clerk wis directed t express to him the thanks of the commissioners. Oa the motion of Mr. hind, the vroceedings were confirmed. FINANCE COMMITTEE, The ne'r,utes of this committee contained an applica ion from Mr. kmbro e Wain, law clerk, for an increase in his salary, and a length ened statement Ehevsing the increa:o of his duties. It was recom mended that Mr. Waln's salary should be increased from at 500 to ''7so a-year. The application of Mr. Stewart, treasurer, for au ise of salary, was refused. Mr. Keightley moved the confirmation of the proceedings, and in do*ng so expressed his full conanrrence in the recommendation male wit'i regard to Mr. Wain. Mr. B iylis thought the circumst,nces of the township at present were such as wou'd fully warrant a further inquiry before so large an increase of sal try was voted. He fully admitted that Mr. Wain possessed the esteem of them all as a perfect gentlemen whose ability they all knew, but, on the other hand, they had a pubic duty to perform, and while the affairs of the township were so mural behicd-hand, he thought it necessary to consclar the subject le7y carefully before they added so large an am aunt to their annu sl expenses. He pointed to the fact tint: Mr. NN'an had the oppor tunity of attendMg to his private business, and that he had accom mo'atian in that building ; and wins: the comrnissioaers were obliged to postpone several important sanatory improvements because they had not sufficient funds, he did not think they would be warranted n co:tanning the 'recommendation at present. lie, therefore, moved as an amendment, that so much or the proceedings as regarded Mr. Wale's salary, be referred back fur further con sideration. Mr. Btiliff seconde d the amendment. r. Holme complained of the uncerimanious manner in which Mr. Stewa,t's applicathin was rejected, and declared that while they hid raised the sa:aries of near:y all their offices ho had beds systematically passed over. He did not mean to say that they were paid more than they deserved, but ungsestionably Mr. Stow.irt also deserved consileration at their hands. He therefore moved as as amendment that that portion of the procetaiings having reeren,:e to Mr. Stewart's applicatd n be referre I back to the Committee. Mr. Verelst secoaded this amendment, and is doing so bare te,ti mony to the zeal, integrity, and effi ies , y of Mr. S ewart. Mr. Bailiff thought thst, in du'y to the already over-taxel rate p .viers iirkenhead, they should make no_further increase in their expenditure. Mr. Rea dwelt upon Mr. Waln's Blandness as a lawyer, his honourable estracter, and thA universal confidence which ho inspired In all who had occasion to interest themselves in the business of the t waship. Seeing the great importance of the business he had to conduct, au I the importance of having a mm so well gnalitled in such an office, he felt mai e that the majority of the bondholders would approve of the committee's recommendati m. Lookinz to the manner in which he had conducted the very important business of the last session, and the f act that their finances were now in a very ditre ent position from that in which they were some years ,Ince , he thought the time had arrived when an increase of Mr. Waln's salary might be fair:y and justly granted. Mr. Cooke thought the board should have had earlier n dice of this recommendation. lie objected to so enormous an increase, alit on eh he was ciaite willing that some increase should now ba made. lie thought an increase of '6'loo a year, wus ad that Mr. Wa'n could expect, or the board could in j astice vote at the p7esent time, and some years limn, h., thought a further increaso might be reasonably given. Mr. Bell sn;gested that another month should be talten to consider the subject. The Chairman expresse I his opinion that, lo,kia , F, at the nature of his services, Mr. %Vain had for some years back been underpaid. He st,ongly advocated the increase,' and declared himself quite willing to take the whole responsibility, which t.is position as cha•r man Involved in supprt n t it, belaying that the ge..cral fee'ing of the ratepayers wou'd be that the race.nmendati:n of the commi,tee was a fa'r and recsonable one. The Tiestion was then p.,t, when there apiiearA, For the amendment:—Mears. Cook, Baylis, 11'Whir:er. Be: Ver,lst, llolme, Ba liff —7. Against :—Messra. Wildmighbr, M' Donald, Golbourne, Keightley, Bradley, A.spina'l, Wad, and trr Ch in The amendment was accordingly loot, and the /esolution recom mending the increase t ) .4750 carried. Mr. He lme's amendment was lost by 7 to 5, and the original pro ceedings were conflJmd, FERRY CCINIMITTEE The mi utes of this eommitt e were read, from which it anpeared that t'•o receipt. for September, 1951, were £2,531 2s od against ..t.2 350 12s let in September, 1336. The r cei2ts from 21. h April to 30th Se, tember, were £11,402 19s 101 ; and for the same period is 1856, .e 13,651 3s 21. The working exrenses and rent for the six month; mentioned of, 1857, were £9,371 17s 3i; and in 1356, £3,554 3; 51. It was lecommende 1 that after the 15th instant smoking be strictly prohibited on board the N oolside boats. Mr. Harrison moved the confirmation of the proceedings. Mr. flee begged leave to ask by what means it was prop° ed :o pat down sm. king on board the boats, and what the expense would be to the township of a sufficient number of constables to put the resolution 13 force. He sug.;ested that the recommendation should be withdrawn f. r further cunsidcration. Mr. Harrison ss;d the re_omm3ndation was adopted in cons queitce of the continual c )mplaint. made about smoi ins, and more especially s pitting on board the boats. lie believed the practise prevented m ny re:pectab:e familie fr ,m coming to reside its Birkenhesd, and he thought it quite time the board should take some steps to remove the came of complaint. Mr. Ciok t oogat oqe of the most int lerable nui;ances to p:rsons crossing the ferry was to have bad c gars continually puffing in their fa - e. He thought the recommendation one of the most sensible the committee had ever brou s ht forward. Mr. A9pinall a'so supp;rted the res,:ution, and. strongly denounced the nuis,.nce created by smoking on boird the boats. Mr. Re / regarded the recommend Ltion as utterly imprarAicable, and iher.fore mived, as an amendment, that it be referred baci to the Committee. Mr. Mcliona'd se7onded the amendment, and suggested that a certain part of each boat sh , uld be allowed for smokers. A ter seine further c)ncersation, the amendment was put, and lost by a majoriiy o 6to 4. The proceedings of the committee, inclutng the anti-smoking recommendation, were carried. LIBRARY COMBITTRE. The prozeeiings of this Commutes were read, and confirmed with out discussion. Mr. Bali gave notice th t, at the next me3ting, he would move that It tea standi • g order that all applications for an increase of salary be m• dl direct to the Board, and that lifter being sont In, a month be allowed to e'apse before b ing considered. This concluded the business. Herapath says it is intended to construct a large hote at Hastings, by a joint stock company, under at Limited Liability Act. Before leaving Biarritz the Empress Eugenie, who fre. quently made excursions in the two ye sis of war sta tioned in the rovisteaA, had tho young princ3 dressed as a s rilor, and took him on board the Reine LEtrteuse. Toe costume consisted of a pair of white tr - rusrrs, a shirt of blue cotton, and a round E Visa hat with a black ribbon bearing the words Reine flo"e' se. • A THOUSAND MILES IN A TaOUSAND HOURS. The American newspapers say that James Lambert, the English " pedestrian," completed the unnatural feat of walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 consecutive hours for wager, at Stewart's Gymnasium, in Boston. The feat was begun on Tuesday, July 28, at 10 a.m., and since that time Mr. Lambert has not failed to walk one mile is every hour that has elapsed. At first it was an easy matter, and he was in the habit of walking two miles con secutively, beginning at the latter part of one hour and walking for a part of the next, thus obtaining an inter m'ssion of about an hour and .e half. But after awhile, tired Nature began to require rest, and he was fain to yield to her demands at the end of each mle. As he went on he became more and more tired, his musc'es began to swell and give him pain, ha slept very soun-ily in the intervals of his task, and the belief became prevalent that he could not endure to the end. It was necessary to use a great drum and other very loud noises to awake him, and his walk was more like the insensible actions of a machine than the inspired movements of a human being. Daring the last few hours he requircd sone assistance in turning the corners of his path, and whe eat at the first he would accomplish a mile in twelve or fifteen minutes, it now to k him half an hour or more. The hall was filled wish people on the last nigh - , anxicus to witness the con clusion of the task. A brass band was in attendance to cheer the spirits of the pedestrian, and to enliven the spectators. At two o'clock "n Tuesday morning Lambert was called, and began his last mile in such good spirits that two men who followed, to fan or support him if ueeessaes, were obliged to run to keep pace with him. The excitement of the spectators was intense, but he kept on without flagging, until at the expiration of " fourteen minutes and ten seconds," the time-keeper announced that the mile was finished and the task completed. To show that he had some strength still remaining, Lambert ran round the course, 190 feet, two or three timer, amid the cheers of the spectators and the music of the baud, which now played " Yankee Doodle," and other inspirating airs. Several ladies, of either colons, who had b'en interested witnesses of the scene, waved their handkerchiefs in sympathetic liaison with the applause of the gentlemen. An ump:re mounted a chair, and announced that, " James Lambert having completed the task of walking one thousand miles in one thounn I hours, is the winner of one thousand dollars." Lambert also ascended a ladder, and said that he had promise I at the outset never to leave the hall until he had acaomplished the feat, and also thanked the crowd for their sympathy. H 3 then retired to his ante-room, where he was to be allowed to sleep until about noon that dty, when he would be aroused and conveyed to his lodgings. Great care was exercised to prevent his getting too much eleeo, which would be as injurious as sniffing a farnishei man with f earl. There w: uld be danger, if he were unmolested, that he would never wake Mr. Lambert, says the Boston Advertiser, has nnw prayed' that a man of iron constitution can walk one thousand miles in one thousand hours, but his ex perience has shown that the experiment is a most dangerous and almost suicidal one, and for the sake of humanity and civilisation we hope it will never be attempted again. CHARGE OF FORGING A TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE. At the Bow-street Police-court, on Monday, Elizabeth Billing , t, described in the summons as Elizabeth Fanell, crherwise Billings, pleaded not guilty to a charge of forging a telegraphic message. The message was produced by one of the Telegraph Companyte clerk's, Mr. Wilk;ns, who stated that he only produced . it in obedience to the peremtory order of the magistrate, as the regulations of the Company fo'bade him to do so wi•hout a i express order. The complainant, Mrs Emile Leech, wife of Mr. Robert Leech, surgeon, said : Mr. Thomas William Bit ling4 is my brother. He is a surgeon. The message produced is addressed to him at Yarmouth, and dated the 20th Sept. It is neither written nor signed in my hand writing, though purporting to .be signed by me. Mr. Sleigh: It is not sigued "Emily," but "Elizabeth." Mrs. Leech: It is signed "El. Leach." I have known defen dant about a twelvemonth, and know in r handwriting. The signature is in her writing, and it all is. I never gave her any authority to write it. My brother was tt Yarmouth at that time. My brother was perfectly well. The message was then read : it was as follow—" Return by tbe first train—your mother is dargereusly ill." The complainant stated in cross-examination that defendant bad been under her brother's protec ion, and had been introduced by him at his leo:heel houze, and that she had been abroad with him as his wife though witness denied that her brother took the defendant, saving that she followed him. The witness further said that the prisoner had been kept by a foreign gentleman fourteen years. Mr. Sleigh commented on the feeling shown by complainant, who, he hoped, did not know how badly her brother had treated the woman he had ietrodu-ed at his mother's house as his wife, but whom he had seduced under a promise of marriage, and aft erwa-ds deserted in a foreign land. It was übsnrd to set up a charge c f forgery on these grounds. There had been no att mpt to defraud, which was the essence of a charge of forgery, and it would be establishing.a new and dangerous precedent to lay it down that such an act, however unjustifiable, could be treated under the criminal law. The parties had an anion if they been put to any expanse, which he believed was not the case, for Mr. Billings did not come to town. Mr. Jardine could not but regard it as a serious offence and a gross fraud. St 11 he agreed with Mr. Sleigh, that it could not be considered a forgery, as there was no intention to defraud, but only to bring the person written to up to town, probably to have an inte view with him. Still he must caution the defendant not to repeat the act. Defen dant promised not to do so, and was di-charged. AN EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION At, the Worsi . .,ip-street P.,liee-coart on ikl , nday, Mt. Tindal Atkinson, accompanied by Mr. Hughes, fom the office of Mears. Crowder and Mayn•!rd, salici'ors to the Ease rn Counties Railway Company. attende I before Mr. II i mill, to r , quest his jud'eial interference under the foll-wing pf culiar circumstances :---M-. Atkinson stid he was instruc'ed on behalf of the Direct , rs of the Eastern Conntd-s R Iway t i opal) , to the tna,ii'rat-, their act of Iccorporation, for summary process against Mr. [leery Hunt, of W. ltham Cross, Et cx, f r hariaz unlaw fully used and worked ;Ton a parti n of heir line, a cer tain locomotive engine, without leaving previously ob tained the sire ion and approval of the engine( rs or age is of the Gimp inv. whereby he hal tender •d himself liable to a penalty f 211. It was icarely neeeiisa'y to offer any o‘asery:ition9 wi7h reg.ril to, tl - e s.runulous pr , cision and c nrtanf vigilance which 'sere !,Tiired in regulating the time a d condec ing the whole of the delicate machinery connected with rail way travelling ; 'et was (pita m inif-st that all the 0' the officials to iiez, , lnap'ida that ohject v nl I be u t rly nentral•sed if a private ildividual was cuff red to place an engine ap,n the lire on his own account, wi'hout the know edge or sanc'ion of the compat y, and in total di4regir of their establi-hed arrangement frr the pubic s felt. In reference to the particular ff Tee which formed the subj.'et of complaint, be sb uld cor fine himself at presi-n - to the mere mention of the fact that on the night of Thursday, the I t instant, a locomotive belonging to Mr. Hunt was sullenly discovered progre , sinz along the rail, in el. , e proximity to one of , hi regular tr tins on the North Woolwich line, vrhich necessitates the instant storoagc of the later, to the great terror of !he pass tigers; and it was n'y by the merciful interference of Pi ovidenee tt at a ciasi n was avoit!el, which i i all probability must hare I.:sillte I in fatal eiv , sequences. Ile &lout& rabsta;n from entering further into tee particulars of the 'ransaetion at this sage of the proceAings, as he con e ived that he had mi,le out a sufficient prima facie case to justify ihe magistrate in granting summonses against the owner of the intrusive engine, ald sla) azlinst the driver arid stoker, both of whim must have been well aware of the perilous and unlawful service in which they mtie engaged at the time in que,stimi Mr. Hammill said that it was certainly a m set extraordinary p,ooeeding, aol ;Mier the statement of the learned counsel, he had no h. sitalion in orle ing snmmonve to be at once issued against :he incult a'cd A sale of c)nsiderAle inter, st to p_blishers is a-no lived by Mess s Southgat-t and Barrett for the end of the month, c nsis'ing of several Important coayr'ghti and remain !era, the property of the late Mr. B 'gue. Och, sire this - must bP the D ad Ltter Office," said an Irishman, addressing one of the posts re en tly erec'ed for tl e recentiun o c letters, '•f r nivor a livid s lvil is there in it to tell rte the postage of a let her." - " A Gaz "TR TO HIM-ELF."—This was the amhitioa of the you latul . 1\ elson. G_neral H .yelock has at any rate obtained ; f.,r hat of Taes , lay ni;ht coitaine 1, in a supplement of f or pages w:th a vamp, only the one an r.ouncement of his promotion from colonel to ninjor general. VERY LIKIC A Wftauc!—The Perthshire Advertiser 'oat , a the, oae day last week, an old man, of the mote of Bcll, who acted as gate-ket-p r at a c os ing oo the Dundee and Perth line, percoive la h, on the line, gave chase to it, and was s , absorbed in the p irs :it as no* to hear a goods tr ia which came up behind him, and threw him CoNit i I,i ling him on the spot.