The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-30 00:00:00

RUSSIA. AND TURKEY. PROGRESS OF EVENTS. (From our Second Edition of Yesterday.) VIENNA, Wednesday evening. The Russian st eamer Pruth has set two Turkish villages. on fire by thrOwing red hot balls into them. CONSTANTINOPLE, ICYTll.—Negotiations on the Peace project have commenced. The Porte mani fests a pacific disposition: The cpmbined fleets are still at Beycos. SWEDEN, 'STOCKHOLM, 2fiTll.—The King has in vited the Diet to nominate a small number of its members possessing its entire confidence, to whom, 94 ,a secret committee, the Government may make I tilY important communication. It is believed that the Government wishes to bring some momentous facts connected with 4 'oreign affairs to the knowledge of the Diet. • BEULTN, 24TH.—Negotiations are pending be tween Sweden and Denmark, having for their object the conclusion of a league offensive and de fensive between the two States. FURTHER PARTICULARS There seems little reason now to doubt that • Turkey has acceded to the new project of the four Powers for bringing abbut an accommodation of the Eastern embroglio. What itussia will do re mains to be seen, as also the steps if any, the Powers are 'prepared to take in case Russia should refuse, whether their action will be joint, or whe ther France and England will not again be left alone.. It was announced some days since that instructions had been sent out, the effect of which would probably be the entrance of the fleets into the Black Sea, and we now learn from Paris that "the good understanding between the English and French governments has been further cemented by, a very important act. In vi r tue of the li ne o f policy agreed to between the two governments, a draft was sent to Luadon on Saturday last of a de claration to be drawn up by the two governments, and communicated to Russia in their joint names. In that declaration it is intimated that France and England will not permit Russia and Turkey to /flake war against each other in the Black Sea, and that they accordingly interdict them from doing so." There can be no doubt but that Turkey will be de lighted with an arrangement_which will render the Russian- fleet innexious; but will Russia take it easily ? • The. Count Pourtales, some time Prussian minis ter at Constantinople,• has arrived here on a spe cial mission relative to the Eastern - question, from Which it is not unreasonable to hope a closer union 'and more identical policy betwen Prussia and • France and England may result. If the following announcement, which appeared in a London journal. yesterday evening, be true, there seems little reason to suppose that Russia ' will agree to anything except " War to the death." The announcement is as follows : VIENNA, WEDNESDAY.—Letters from Constanti nople of the 16th instant; mention an attempt . ef the Russians to set fire to the allied fleet at the entrance of the Bosphorus. A fireship was sent, but- it was seen .from the forts, and stopped by their artillery. A statement such as this. ;which is as, yet unconfirmed by Constantinople let ters of the same date, must be received with theut raost•caution. Another dispatch in the same journal, from "an occasional correspondent at Syra," says : "Lord Dudley Stuart has preceded us to Con etantinople; on board the Liverpool screw steamer. It is said that his lordship's intention in visit ing Constantinople is to persuade the Sultan to accept the services of the Polish refugees, it being believed that a: general desertion .of Poles serving in: Russian regiments would take place if they Were sure of being received in a corps of their Own countrymen on entering the Turkish terri tory, It is - also reported that his lordship advo cates a level: of the Christian subjects of the Porte, a step which would certainly settle the question as to the Russian or. Turkish leaning of the Rayahs. besertion to the Russians.from such a corps would terbap s b e as f reque nt as Polish desertions f rom lissian regiments." PR USSIA. • Letters from Berlin of the 25 th December, state that ti le question has been mooted in the Cham beM}other the ambassadors of Prussia and Austria should not be blamed for having been pre sent at the Te Deum at St. Petersburg, in honor of the " victory" of Sinone. The idea was, however, - given up. The Catholic party numbers sixty members in the Second Chamber, where it exercises a very great influence on the deliberations. FRANCE. rourtoul, minister of public instruction, and M. Thayer, director•general of the post, are gazetted as senators. An imperial decree sanctions the amalgamation of the junction of the Rhone and Loire and the Great Central Railway Companies. The Bourse was heavy to-day, in consequence of the announcement that Consols had declined. BADEN. The Carlrushe Gazette of the 23rd says : _ _ The Government has .been informed that the Archbishop of Friburgh has ordered the cures of the diocese to explain to their parishioners, for three consecutive Sundays, the differences which have arisen between the episcopacy and the tem poral power. The government has no inten tion t) oppose those explanations being given in a calm and temperate manner, but if the priests should profane the churches, and excite their hearers-against the government and the authorities, either by distorting the truth or by false state ments,.the punishment which they merit will un doubtedly fall on them.. THE WEATHERAND THE PARKS. The continuance of the extreme cold of Tuesday, during the night, when the temperature stood for several hours as low as 26 Fahrenheit, with a sharp and strong N.N.V. wind, had the effect of greatly increasing the thickness and security of the ice, which was on Tuesday thin and exceed ingly brittle. THE SERPEI•ITINE. — Yesterday morning the Humane Society's men, under the inspection of Mr. Williams, the supsrintendent, made an inspection of the ice, and lines were drawn across so as to mark the open space which would be comparatively safe, men being placed on duty with ropes and sledge ladders to be in readiness in case of accident. There conld not have been less than five thousand persons at one time assembled on the ice, the banks being lined by several thousand well-dressed spectators, principally ladies, who appeared to enjoy the sight of the sport. The tent of the Royal Skating Society was erected above the bridge, and a large number of the members were present, the snow havi.zg been cleared to render the skating easy. If the weather continues, the ice will be in first-rate condi tion. During the day upwards of twenty persons were so severely cut and bruised by the falls that medical relief was administered to them at the receiving house. From half past ten o'clock to half-past two o'clock six immersions took place in a depth of water varying from six to eight feet. They were placed in warm baths, and after receiving other attentions, were eventually enabled to proceed home. KENSINGTON GARDENS.—On the long water and round pond there were, during the day, 2,500 skaters and sliders, including several members of the skating club, but no acci dent occurred, although the ice is described as only two inches thick and dangerous. RnoExx's Etax.—The number of skaters and sliders amounted to many thousand persons, the ice being in the morning in a very good condition. The tent of the Royal Skating Club was also erected here, and several of the prin cipal members of the club were present. In the course of the day, however, the ice, from some cause, parted in several places and became very dangerous. During the day a great many persons were cut and bruised by falls. In one instance, the * shock produced a succession of strong fits, which were eventually mastered by the attention of Dr. Hodding, in the marquee. About three o'clock in the afternoon a gentle man while skating was suddenly left upon an island of ice ' from which he was long unable to reach the shore • but, Under the directions of Mr. Superintendent Williams, a hand line was swept up to him, and a breaker and ordinary ladder so thrown seeress the fissure as to admit of his wal k ing' to the shore without his even being wetted, and he was received by his friends and the spectators with loud cheers. Sr. JAMES'S PARK.—Yesterday there could not have been leas than 4,000 or 5,000 persons on the ornamental waters, 11 Pwards of 2,000 skaters and sliders being on the ice at one time. The skating was confined to the open space in the Centre, the icemen keeping the crowd off from the east and West ends of the water, which are at present unsafe. Between eleven and half: past twelve the ice gave way in three places, and caused the immersion of nearly 20 per sons in about six feet of water. The whole were rescued hy deputy superintendent Parsons, and icemen Cook, Collins, Marshall, Knapp, Bally, and Terry. The names of those who r ece i ve d warm baths, stimulants, &c., at the marquee, were Philip Whormsley, Henry rilton, John Skelton, -Kenry Light, Charles Abbey, Joseph Cantle, James Long .4l?-rtil, Charles Frew, Alfred Ward, Samuel Mader, and ured Fowler. All were perfectly recovered before the t eloei ng of the gates, which, by the exertions of the park keepers and the police, was effected as early as half-past rvo o'clock.—Landon Paper. DREADFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY, YESTERDAY, NEAR MANCHESTER. LOSS OF ONE LIFE, AND PROBABLE LOSS OF OTHERS. A frightful accident took place yesterday (Thursday) fore noon, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line of railway, and within two miles and a-half of Manchester. We regret to say that the accident has led to the death of one of the pas sengers, to the probable death of two or three others, and to the severe personal injury of several. This accident, like a great many others of a similar character, arises, as we are informed, from that negligence on the part of railway official s which has been so frequently reprehended. It appears that there is a train usually known as the Rochdale train, (but which runs as far as Todmorden), which leaves the Victoria station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway at Manchester, at 9-40, a.m. This train is, in the ordinary course, required to stop at a new station, called the 'ewt o n Heath station, and it did so. The next train is dispatched from Manchester almost immediately following the train in question, and leaves the Victoria station at a quarter of an hour later; or at 9-45, a.m., and it proceeds to Oldham only, being a train belonging to one of the branch lines of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway company . We may as well observe that what is called the Newton Heath station is au outlet from the main line of railway be longing to the Lancashire and Yorkshire company, to two thriv: big manufacturing villages, Newton Heath and Failsworth, the only means of communication between which and Man: chester, the great centre of manufactures, were formerly omnibuses and cabs. The opening of the new station hag long been a desideratum, and the accomplishment of the object desired has been much approved of, as proving of mense advantage to a large number of persons frequenting the Manchester markets on Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur-i day. The distance between the Victoria station, Manchester, and the temporary or shed station, erected at Newton Heath, is about two miles and a-half. Yesterday morning, about, or very shortly after, the usual time, the 0, 40 train for Rochdale left the Victoria station on its way to Rochdale and Todmorden. All went well until the train, which consisted of three or four carriages, reached: the new station, that of Newton Heath. It is the rule for this train to Stop at the newly-opened station, and it is also well known that the following train, that which diverges from the main Lancashire and Yorkshire line to Oldham, at the Middleton junction, some miles from Rochdale. The Rochdale train was still standing at the Newton Heath sta tion. when the express train for Oldham came in sight. The morning was extremely foggy, and in consequence of that it was exceedingly difficult to perceive objects in the distance. One person tcld us at the Newton Heath station, that objects beyond the distance of twenty yards could not be perceived ; while another said he could not see farther than three yards. Probably both were right, and only differed as to the times when they directed their attention to distant objects. At the time the train from Manchester to Oldham was approach ing, we should think it was possible to catch a view of objects at a distance of twenty yards, or even considerably further off. There is no question, however, that the morn ing was very foggy, and probably but fur that, in spite of alleged negligence, the accident might have been prevented. The Rochdale train, which left Manchester at 9.40 a.m., had for its driver George Hughes ; and the Rochdale train, which left at 9.45 a m., had for its driver John Worthington. According to the information communicated to us, on inquiry at the scene of the accident, the train for Rochdale arrived at the Newton station somewhere about ten o'clock in the morning, and, as usual, it stopped at that station. This train, as we have already noticed, only goes as far as Todmorden; but at Todmorden passengers meet trains for Burnley and Bradford, which caused a larger number of people to be present than might otherwise have been the • case. Shortly before it was intended to give notice to the Rochdale train to start, a notice was given to the station master at Newton Heath (Mr. William Whittaker),- to the guard of the Rochdale train (Mr. Tidy, residing in Lamb lane, Newton Heath), that a train was coming up, and that he was in great danger. When Tidy saw the train within twenty yards of the station, and knowing that it did not stop at that place, he called out to the guard of the Rochdale train, " Tidy, you will be killed;" but th e guar d did no t hear him. Immediately . afterwards the train from Man chester to Oldham, consisting of seven or eight carriages, came up, and ran into the Roachdale train, which had not yet left the station. As soon as he saw the inevitable colliston;the station master jumped over the rails, covering the line of railway down an embankment, and had a narrow escape of being killed. The frightful collision then oc curred. The first portion of the Oldham ran into the latter portion of the Rochdale train, which was impelled from the point where the collision - took place, nearly opposite the tem porary wooden station, to a distance of 150 yards. The last carriage of the Rochdale train which was a mixed carriage, consisting partly of compartments for passengers, and a box for the guard, was completely destroyed, being smashed to pieces. The guard in that carriage, Mr. Henry Tidy, was thrown from it, and when found on the platform. after the accident, was insensible for a quarter of an hour. The sta tion master immediately sent for assistance, and through his instrumentality, those who were injured were immediately attended to by Mr. John Pegge, surgeon, Newton Heath ; Mr. Gomel], surgeon, Newton Heath, and Mr. Morgan, assistant to Messrs. Harrison and Cooke, surgeons, Picca dilly, Manchester, surgeons to the company for that portion of the line. Amongst the ruins of the chrriage that was de stroyed was found,. lying insensible, a young girl, aged 14 years, belonging to Preston, and who was travelling' home ward (though by mistake they had taken the wrong train) with her grandmother. She was immediately conveyed to the station house, where medical aid was promptly in atten dance, but she survived the accident only about quarter of an hour, when she died. The body with then removed to the Duke of York inn, Newton Heath, where it will remain un til a coroner's inquest has been held upon it. The grand mother of the young woman, Mrs. Lord, wife of Mr. Richard Lord, Sykeshill, Preston, was seriously injured, and removed shortly after the accident, to the Manchester royal infirmary, •by the next train from Yorkshire, which reached y the Newton Heath station. We are glad to report that late last night she was going on favorably, though not considered out of danger. She is a lady 69 years of age, and has suffered much from contusions, and being squeezed in the collision. The guard of the Rochdale train, "Tidy," who has been severely injured about the head, is not yet out of danger. Among the other sufferers were Mr. Maurice Michaels, 11, Halliwell-street, Millgate, Manchester, who received contusions on the right side and spine, and is under the care of Messrs. Harrison and Cooke, surgeons, Piccadilly : William Byrom, 74, Edward-street, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, who has received slight bruises of the head ; John Parker, Lawrence-street, Ardwick, who bad a small cut on the temple ; John Rowland, - Richmond grove, Longsight, who met with a small cut on the fore head; John Morton, Foundry-street, Rochdale, who was very moth shaken ; John Liddell, 79, Moreton-street, Strangeways, somewhat bruised; A young man named Rose, traveller to Messrs. Sidney and Human grocers, Market-street, Manchester, bruised in the left wrist; Joseph Turner, 2, Upton-street, Everton-road, slightly injured; Patrick Crinan, hawker, Minshull• street, Man chester, injury in the spine. Some other persons were more or less injured, but those we have not mentioned were able to return to Manchester, or proceed to their places of destination by the next train. Of course the line of rails from Yorkshire to Manchester was impeded by the wreck, consequent upon the collision at the Newton Heath station, for besides the carriage, in which the guard had his van, which was destroyed, others were considerably injured, and two or three were thrown off tlfe line upon the occurrence of the collision. A considerable number of men were immediately procured from the neigh bourhood, signals in the meantime having been had recourse to, in order to prevent further calamities from the unwary approach of other trains ; and within two hours from the occurrence of the accident the line was cleared of all obsttuc don. Dr. Harrison, in the course of the day, visited the patients, some of whom are now under his immediate care and super vision. As to the cause of the accident, in the absence of those data, which must come before a coroner's jury, we do not wish to say anything. But we may be permitted to remark that those high in authority under the company blame the guard of the Oldham train, for not obeying the signals given to him by the pointsmau at Miles Platting station, which is about half a mile from the scene of the accident. The signal indicated that he should go cautiously, but to that, it is said, he paid no attention. Again, we have heard by intelligent people, that they think it very strange that an express train for Oldham, not stopping at stations. should be permitted to leave Manchester within a quarter of an hour )f the depar ture of a train for Rochdale, stopping at stations. But no doubt these matters will form the subject of careful inquiry and serious consideration before the coroner and the jury. BRISTOL, DEC. 28.—About nine o'clock last night, a fatal accident occurred on the Bristol and Gloucester line, near the Fishponds station, about three miles from this city. It appears thnt owing to the heavy fall of snow last evening, the trains were much impeded in their course, the line being so blocked up that it was necessary in many cases to clear the rails before the train could proceed, Owing to this cause, and being delayed at Birmingham fir the train from Derby, the train which should have arrived in this city at 6.25 p.m. did not reach here till 9.15. The deceased, who was a switohman at the Fishponds station, went on duty about half Test eight, and was told by his comrade, whom he had relieved, that the down train ha , f not arrived. He replied " All right," and was left at his pest; .it about nine o'clock, whilst signalling the up train, the down train ap proached, and before the deceased was aware of its coming, he was struck on the back by the buffer of the engine and killed on the spot. No blame can be attached to any one but the deceased himself, who, notwithstanding the caution he received as to the train being after time, must have stood on the down rails to signal the up train, and it is supposed the thick layer of snow prevented him hearing-the approach of the down train behind him till too Late to get out of the way. When found the body was lying midway between the down rails, and not in the least mutilated. The deceased, whose name was William Lee, was a steady, sober man, and had been in the company's service upwards of nine years; he has left a wife and family to mourn his untimely death. The • trains on the Great Western, and Bristol and. Exeter lines were also detained last evening from the heavy fall of snow. TERRIFIC RAILWAY Aocmuyr.—The Taff Vale railway has a branch from Merthyr to Dowlais. More than a mile of this is an inclined plane, rising 400 feet in that distance. This is worked by a stationary engine. The officials yester day. neglected to attach the rope to the midday passenger train before starting it. It consequently dashed down the incline with prodigiously increasing velocity as it neared the bottom. The guard leapt off the break soon after the car riages commenced their descent, and was uninjured. None of the passengers were, however, enabled thus to escape, as they were all locked in the compartments, and their shrieks while passing along the bridges over the roads near the town were most appalling. The branch joins on to the main line at the bottom of the incline by a sharp curve. The train abandoned the rails at this spot, leapt clear up into the air a great height, the carriages separating into shreds, the pas sengers being thrown out, and, with the debris of the train, falling like a shower into the Taff river, and on the adjoin ing cinder tips. Notwithstanding this extraordinary violence, some of the passengers were enabled to walk away compara tively.unhurt ; others are much injured, and two women are dying—one having her back broken, and the other a fracture of the skull, besides which they are frightfully lacerated and torn almcst to pieces. Had the train been worked with a proper break, it could have been brought to a stand, or, at all events, its speed down the incline would have been so reduced as to avoid the fearful results of the catastrophe. IRELAND. [FROM OUR OIVN COB.RESPONDENT.] DUBLIN, DEC. 2U Ma. SMITH our younger days we read, it may have been in Banim, or in Galt, of a gentleman who was bles . sed with "two left legs." Of course he was. the beau ideal of awkwardness, and in a political sense Mr. Smith O'Brien was his other half, if not his " better." The whole empire . , had felt satisfaction at the assumed escape of a gentleman who was probably. well intentioned, al though his" course was no. less eccentric than :injurious and incompatible with law. We find now from the Freeman's Journal that he remains still a prisoner :—" We regret to learn that there is . every reason to believe that the rumoured escape of Mr. Smith O'Brien is not correct. We received this morning a letter from a personal friend of Mr. O'Brien's, whO yesterday received a letter from that gentleman. Our correspondent thus ex presses his doubts O'Brien's escape was' stated; to have taken . place on the 15th of Septem ber; his letter to .me .was dated the' 18th of Sep tember. The dates!. therefore, 'would indicate the great - , improbability of the event having taken place " FRIGHTFUL MURDER NEAR :ENNIScORTIIY,—The murdered parties were a man of the name of ThonalW Ball, and his wife. who lived on the side of the public road leading from Newtonbany. to Enniscorthy, in a small cabin,,chiefly supporting himself by jobbing in orchards, and sometimes in sheep; some of the latter, report says. he had lately .sold, and it is supposed that the murder was com mitted in order to steal the money, which the wife usually carried round hor neck,' in a small bag. The night of the 23rd was the time of the crime. Ball and his wife were, as far as I can learn, alive at. nine o'clock at night. She, poor woman, had plucked a goose for their - Christmas dinner, and had laid it on the table. She had her cap off, and he his shoes, evidently preparing for bed; the fatal deed . was accomplished by a spade, Ball's skull being opened at a blow, and the wife's wounds are also on the head. The appearance of both, and the bespattered blood about the cabin, as everything remained untouched, was, indeed, a sickening sight. This fearful crime was not dis covered until the afternoon of Saturday, when the wife's brother, who had an appointment to meet them in the market of _Newtonbarry; 'not seeing either of them, went to the house, and found the door locked. The police, of course, are in charge ever since, until the coroner holds an inquest. I hear two are in custody. However, this part of it I will not dwell on until justice examines into the cold-blooded murder. It has been remarked about twenty eight years ago a murder took place within a very short, distance of the present one. I give you my name as a guarantee that the matter is true.- —Advocate. [A reward of £lOO has been offered by the government for the apprehension of the perpetrators of the murder of Thomas and Elizabeth Ball, at Ryland, near Newtonbarry, on the night of the 23rd inst]. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL.—This gentleman has ad. dressed a missive to his constituents at Clonmel, to whom he thus details the motives which caused his retirement from public life, and those with which he re-enters it : " Retired from public life in 1851, because I could not go with a policy of what I feared were injudicious extremes, I am aptly recalled by you just at this moment, when the first natural heat of the popular mind at a wanton and dis graceful insult seems to have passed away, and the old policy of the' country is once more recognised as the true means of obtaining reparation, and going on to new achievements. In retiring, I obtained for the country and for our faith the advantage of numbering among Irish re presentatives the good and high-minded Lord Arundel, just at the time that his unworthy father forced him from his English seat, as he could not force him from his religion. By your fa7or I have been enabled, at this juncture, to be again of use. I have stepped into the vacancy that other wise might have been attempted by a creature, or a co conspirator of the newspaper-triumvirate of Dublin, who have taken upon themselves to ru l e the count r y, and lecture prelates, priests, and people upon their duties." The " Triumvirate he thus " touches up : " " This ominous and heterogeneous conjunction of a Protestant advocate of high Catholicity, (Dr. Gray)--an English teacher and expounder of Irish rights and. Irish feelings, Mr. Lucas, and a Catholic plagiarist Mr. Duffy, from the wild and half-heathen Carlyle, and panegyrist of the anti-Catholic Kossuth, th e anti-Cmistian Mazzini, and their Red Republican and murderous abettors, decided that you, who were ever true to Ireland and her religion, required to be lectured upon your duty. Accordingly, they invaded your town to spread, as i s th e i r won t, and to the utmost of their deplorable ability, dissension, calumny, bitterness, and confusion ! "You meet them nobly, and nobly rejected their pre sumptuous interferences—telling the first to be steady i n his own course, and not for eve r shifting it, ere he preached steadfastnc,s to others—reminding the second, that for cen turies nothing but woe has resulted to us from English intermeddlings in our domestic concerns ; and that even his talent and powers of usefulness may be misdirected to our grievous injury —and finally, charging the third with the evil glory of Laving broken up the once mighty popular organisation, and brought contempt upon the country, and especial disaster upon his own dupes and coadjutors.' Of Mr. Moore he speaks in complimentary terms, threatening to be a " follower" of his one of those days. And of his future policy he says : "Of course I will join them when they will oppose bad measures, from whatever party proceeding. I trust they will not refuse to join me in supporting good measures, oven though emanating from an anti-Tory government." There is no question that his return to parlia ment is a great blow to what is called the " indepen dent opposition." THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SHARE MARKET S. -YESARDA.T. LIVERPOOL.—The market was characterised by a better feeling than on the previous day, and shares of all the descriptions in which busmess was done were firm, with a generally upward tendency. Caledonian, 271 4ti ; Eastern Counties, 134 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 664 1 451 c 61 6 4 ; Lancaster and Carlisle new shares, pl 3 ; London and North Western, 1031 1c 1; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 221 21; Midland, 624; North British, 74 11-3; South Eastern Stock, 184 1-3 c. MANCHESTE.—To-day the following were the sales :—Caledonian 27 1-16 ; Eastern Counties, 131; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 661; London and North Western, 103 n ; Ditto, new Eights, Zd; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 221 ; Midlanditailway Consols, 621 ; South Eastern, 181 In /. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. London and North Western Railway : Return of traffic for the week ending Dec. 25, 1853—Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, and mails, £30,912 19s. ld. ; merchandise, £23,324 14s. Bd. ; cattle, £904 17s. 4d. Total, £55,142 Ils id. Corresponding week, 1852, £49,866 12 s . 4d. Great Northern Railway : Return of traffic for week end ing Dec. 18, 1 853—Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails, £6,368 3s. 9d. ; merchandise and minerals, £11,667 12s. 3d. ; cattle, £5OB 12s. 4d. Total, £18,544 Bs. 4d. Corresponding week, 1852, £15,165 lls. Od. London and South Western Railway : Amount of traffic for the week ending Dec. 24, 1853—Passengers £8,959 Os Bd.; goods, £2,868 15 s . Bd. T o t a l, £11,827 16s. 4d. SPORTING. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S LAST NIGHT. THE DERBY. 4230 9 23 t o 11 1 1 against KnightKeuiynb t g yh t ' ao n krc I t . .a)ekerene.:lo..r)ge (taken.) THE PRESTON STRIKE. MEETING OF MANUFACTURERS. PRESTON, THURSDAY. The adjourned meeting of the associated employers of Preston and the neighbourhood, was held at the Bull Hotel, in this town, at eleven o'clock this morning. After about an hour's deliberation, the result was made known by pla card, of which the following is a copy : " At a meeting. of the associated masters, held at the Bull Hotel, Preston, on Thursday, the 29th of December, 1853—Thomas Miller, Esq., in the chair—it was unani mously resolved, that inasmuch as no disposition has been yet shown by the operatives generally to resume work, this meeting do adjourn to Thursday, th e 26th o f J anuary , 1864. Should it, however, in the meantime, be ascertained that many of the operatives are desirous of returning to their work, immediate steps will be taken by the manufacturers to open their mills.—By order of the masters' association. " JOHN HUMBER, Sec. pro tem." The main street, in which the Bull Hotel is situated, was thronged with operatives during . the time occupied by the meeting, considerable interest being evinced as to the result. REPLY TO THE MASTERS FROM THE WEAVERS' ASSOCIATION. The committee of the power-loom weavers' association have this morning published the annexed reply to the ad dress of the masters' association, issued yesterday. It is on the part of the Preston " lock-outs," and is signed by Mr. James Whalley, secretary to the power-loom weavers' com mittee : "In consequence of the various misrepresentations which have been so unblushingly put forth by the masters' association,' we, the weavers' association, feel it to be a duty to ourselves and the public, to publish the following answers:— " Ist. In the document issued yesterday by the masters' committee, they say, ' that the differences which in the first instance existed, would have been arranged, and would not have resulted in a general stoppage of the mills, had it not been for the improper interf erence o f strangers between masters and their hands.' We beg to say distinctly to say, that no strangers had, either properly or improperly, interfered ; in the disputes between the masters and their hands, previous to a notice being given for a general stoppage. 4 2n - d. We repeat, that we have been locked out, in order to starve us into submission,' not because we objected to the advances made upon the price paid in 1862, for the great body of us were perfectly satisfied with the advances given ' but because we thought fit t o g i ve our own money to support some four mills' hands that had disputes with their employers, the primary cause of our sympathy being, that these workpeople had been denied the opportunity of ex plaining, or coming to an arrangement with their employers. It is false, and without any foundation, to say 'that these firms were to be made the victims of an organised combina tion, whose avowed object was to take the masters in succes sion, and compel them to accept to the terms of the union ists.' We deny this statement, and challenge th em t o sub stantiate it. We, as a body, have never said or done any thing to justify such a conclusion. " 3rd. They say we at once admit that, owing to the depressed state of trade in 1847, a general reduction of wages took place :' but with respect to the promise of re storing it when trade revived, they say, ' we deny, however, that any such promise was made by the masters generally, although this might have been done by some individual firms.' We are prepared to admit that every employer in the town di i not make that promise : there were several firms where, had the hands, or any portion of them, raised the shadow of an objection to the reduction, or solicited a promise of any description, they would have received sum mary ejectment ; and such a process, in the state of the labor market at the time would have been next to starvation and death ; but the promise given at the firms where the mas ters allowed them some little freedom,' was justly consi dered applicable to all, and, consequently, to those firms where the hands dare not ask at that time, to be other than degraded slaves.' 4th.—They say, Being anxious to ascertain the diffe rence (if any) between the earnings of the various classes of operatives in 1847, before the above-mentioned reduction took place, and those in the summer of 1853, before the 10 per cent. was demanded, we find, from the returns fur nished us from the wages books of several large and influ ential firms, that, instead of any decrease, there has been an actual increase, varying from 5 to 30 per cent., after maki ng due allowance for the difference in the hours of labour, from 69 to 60 hours per week.' Gentlemen, if your object had been to furnish statistical d a t a o f th e b ene fit and blessings which have resulted from the passing of the ten hours' bill, (that bill which you so long and so zealously opposed, and which you so often prophesied would be followed by ruinous and disastrous results—by the by, we are told at the present time, that if you cannot succeed in reducing our wages 10 per cent., it will be followed by disastrous ruin) we could have understood your motive ; but because, by our untiring exertions, we have succeeded in doing as much work in 60 hours as we formerly did in 69 hours, you are so ungenerous as to make this a justification for preventing us participating in the general prosperity which has followed ; but you say, that in a well-regulated spinning and weaving establish ment, the average earnings of all classes of hands is a b ou t 10s. each.' You forgot to tell us whose well-regulated establishment this is ; but if all establishments, where the average earnings are less than 10s. per week , are badly regulated establishments, we are prepared to prove from your own books, if you will furnish us with the facility, that the great body of establishments are anything but well regulated.' . _ "6th. We repeat that the wages paid in Preston are less than what are paid in other districts, and this is the secret cause of the determination of the workpeople to improve their condition. "We beg to say, that in this struggle the masters are the aggressors ; we were (with the few exceptions referred to) satisfied with the wages given us before the 'lock-out ;' we understand that we must not resume work unless we will submit to a reduction of ten per cent. ; we have offered to have the question settled upon reasonable terms, but 'no concession' is the terms of our employers ; they have forced us to rely for an existence upon aid from other towns, and now tell us, that we can only resume work upon condition that we will degrade ourselves in the eyes of the world, by accepting of a reduction, which must naturally be followed by a reduction in the wages of those who have so generously saved our children from starvation : are these the only terms of honorable men ? will it be the interest of the employers of Preston to see their workpeople both degraded and dis honest ? we think not ; but if it be, we tell them that we will suffer much before we will submit to such depravity. "In conclusion, we again reiterate, that we are prepared at any time to bring this dispute to an honorable and reasonable arrangement." Dr. Gilbert, Inspector-General of army hospitals, died in London on Christmas-day.____. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS =William Angus and Co., engi neers, ironfounders, and millwrights at Itoysyth, empty Fife.—Late Messrs. Isabella M'Kerracher or Craig, carry ing on business under the firm of Mrs. I. Craig, house and si g n painter, Glasgow.—Edinburgh Gazette THU CHRISTMAS RAILWAY TRAFFIC. —The amount of the Christmas traffic on all the leading metropolitan rail ways would appear from the usual return to have consider ably exceeded that of any previous year. On the London and North-Western, during the period nominally called " Christmas week," extending ever seven days, there passed "down" the line 27,000 parcels and Christmas presents, and " up" 12,250, for distribution throughout London, this being exclusive of many thousands of parcels coming by goods trains. Last year on this line the " down" parcels were 26,000, and the " up" 12,000. In the passenger traffic there was a corresponding increase. The Great Wes tern conveyed, exclusive of large consignments by the goods trains, 16,000 parcels and presents by their down passenger trains to all parts of the west, and 13,000 from the west up to the metropolis. The Great Northern disembogued from their depots at King's-cross 10,000 parcels up, and about the same number down, exclusive of goods trains consignments ; and the Eastern Counties in four days carried 15,000 par cels up from the agricultural districts, and about half that number down, besides a large tonnage t o an d fro of agric il tural and dead stock. In each case special arrangements had to be made on a large scale for the safe and speedy trans mission of these Christmas cargoes, and a large additional staff was in requisition. THE GIRVAN MURDER. —The Ayr Observer furnishes further particulars of this deliberate murder. On the even ing of Thursday last, Janet M'Culloch or Cunningham, wife of a man named Alexander Cunningham, a laborer in Girvan, was sitting weaving in the house of a man named Hamilton, in Piedmont-road of Girvan, when, about s e v en o'clock, a rattling noise wa s h ear d as eigravel being thrown against the window near where the woman was working. She naturally turned round to see what it was, when a gun was fired through the window at her, and shot her right through the heart. She uttered one cry, and fell dead ou the spot ! Some men were weaving in the shop with her, and they immediately gave the alarm ; but as the night was pitch dark, and the shot came from the back of the house, the murderer was not then seized. Suspicion at once at tached to the woman's husband, from whom she was sepa rated, who was on bad terms with her for some time, and had been heard to threaten her shortly before, unless she came back to live with him. Cunningham himself came into the house where the body of his wife was lying, about an hour after the murder, and demanded to see her body. He was apprehendel on the spot, and on his house being searched a gun was found in it which he had borrowed that morning to shoot a hare, as he said. He was seen in the neighbourhood of the house in the evening, and from a num ber of circumstances which have since come to light, the strongest suspicions attach to him. The deceased was a quiet, well-behaved woman, and had to leave her husband for continued bad usage, in consequence of which be has been once or twice punished. It is thought he was angry at her for not living with bin, and supporting their chil dren; and he is also said to have been jealous of her. Th e sheriff and fiscal from A.Tr were on the spot next morning, and a diligent investigation was made into the affair ; and Cunningham was transmitted to Ayr jail, where he now lies. The murderer must have rested his gun on the ledge of the window and taken a deadly aim, as the poor woman was not above two yards from him when he shot her.- Alto gether, it is one of the most cold blooded murders that has disgraced Ocotfish annals ter many part. APPALLING SHIP WRECK. Our readers will peruse the following narrative; which is taken from Saunders' N ews L e tt er o f to day, with horror and disgust. Horror at the posi tion of the unhappy crew of the sinking ship, and disgust at the ignorance and incompetence —want of courage, if not indignation, at the inhumanity of those seamen who would not make an exertion to save the lives of so many fellow-creatures, and fellow-tars. So far as we know, this instance is un precedented. Saunders' newspaper says : We give the following from an eye-witness : Athalf-past nine o'clock, a.m., this morning, from on board the Dublin steam-packet company's boat, the Prince, at about twenty-five miles east of Kingston harbour, we saw a ship presenting a strange appearance. Her topmasts were gone, and all her yards, except the fore top-gallant yard, which hung loose, with a fragment of canvas attached. The unfortunate ship was then about two miles south of our steam-boat. The captain (Dead) with his telescope discovered that she had hoisted her flag of distress, and immediately put about to her relief. The sea ran very high, the weather was bad, and we saw the ship slowly sinking in the waves as we approached towards her. First her stern settled down, her prow high out of the water, not a soul could we see in her masts or on board ; silently and slowly she disappeared, with out scream or cry of distress to announce that human beings were consigned to a watery grave. Captain Dearl said the ship must have been abandoned, or that her crew had surely taken to their boats. Still we bore down to where this three-mast ship floated a few minutes before. On arriving at the spot the most agonizing, heartrending scene presented itself. About twenty individuals were floating on the ice cold water, clinging to spars and pieces of wood. They were drenched or submerged by every wave, as the sea ran high. Captain Dead ordered the engines to be stopped and the boats to be lowered. It was fully half an hour before this could be done, and when the first boat was launched, one of the two men in her got afraid and jumped back on board the steamboat, letting tha boat go adrift with only one man in her, helpless, and at the mercy of the waves. In the meantime a fishing smack came up, lowered her small boat, which swam like a duck in perfect safety, the men on aboard calling out to us, " D—n you, why don't you low er y our boats ?" We then lowered another boat ; one of the davits broke, and she half-filled with water, so no one would ven ture ;board of her. The writer saw one man attempting to lower another boat without any one to assist. Captain Dearl was running everwhere, with tears in his eyes, giving many orders; lint nothing was done. What a fearf u l s cene then present ed itself ! About twenty human beings perish ing with cold, being slowly-drowued by frequent submersion, in vain stretching forth their arms in supplication for aid, and a steamboat in the midst—within talking distance—yet could not, or did not, save a single soul. We saw the wretched men perish slowly before our eyes—one by one washed from their last plank of safety, and in the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Our steam-boat, that could go back orforward at will, and turn like a fish, could do nothing; all was confusion ; nothing seemed to be in order to meet any emergency, and if right orders were given they - were not obeyed. Not so the fishing smack; she lowered her small tiny boat, and saved six of the sufferers. A more heroic action never was recorded. Two dauntless and brave men with immense difficulty and infinite risk, were seen hanging over the side of their small boat, hauling the drowning men out of the water, every wave threatening them with instant death. They seized their man, and never let him go till they hauled him out of the water and placed him safe in their frail skiff, and one by one, slowly, and with desperate perseverance, they saved the lives of six human beings. In a little time more and all the sufferers disappeared. One wretched being was washed of his spar—regained it again, and waved his arm as a fresh signal for aid, which, alas, could not be given; he soon disappeared to rise no more. This heartrending scene lasted above an hour, when Captain Dead put about and made for Kingstown, towing ono of our boats, which had been launched, but into which none of our men would venture. With watery eyes and sad hearts we read, hung iTon the cabin stairs, the government inspector's lying certificate of the fitness of our life-boats, &c., &c., when if any accident had happened our ship within a hundred yards of land, not a soul of us could have been saved. I proposed to one of the mates or sailors to lasso the drowning men—that is to throw them a rope's-end with a running knot, by which they could have been hauled on board, but no effectual effort was made. The first mate said that each boat on board was in charge of its allotted men, that the wrong men were ordered to the boats, hence the confusion and delay • but it is evident that great blame is to be attached somewhere, as mistakes always proceed from incompetency and unfitness. For the correct ness of the foregoing statement, in addition to my own tes timony as a witness, I am authorised to give the names of William Parsons, Esq., Clontarf-crescent, and George Bran don, Esq., 126, Great Brunswick-street, who witnessed the whole sad scene. 28th Dec., 1863. DAVID LESLIE. The following is the account of the foundering of the vessel, as related by Captain Dearl. We quote from a Dublin paper : " At nine o'clock, A.M., Wednesday morning, we sighted a large vessel, apparently in distress, having her ensign fly ing, the Bailey light-house bore west by north, distance about 20 miles. On seeing the ship I gave orders to bear down to her, and we steered in her direction, steaming at full speed. We thus proceeded, for about five minutes, when we saw the ship founder before our eyes. In ten minutes more we reached the spot where the vessel had gone down. Our boats had been all got ready for lowering. The first boat for lower ing was the waist boat on the larboard aide ; she is a life boat ; but, unfortunately, owing to the high sea running, our life boat struck the sponsor in lowering her, and the plank ends started from her sternpost, when she filled, but still floated Two men out of the three that were in her got on board again by the tackling—the third went adrift. The starboard quarter boat was then attempted to be.lowered, bat, from the heavy sea, she broke up in pieces alongside. A fishing trawler (A No. 2) had borne down to the spot where some of the survivors were clinging to the floating spars of the ill-fated vessel, and the crew of this smack con trived to pick up some six men. With deep regret that our efforts were unsuccessful, we lay to in the neighbourhood of the floating spars lest any survivor might still remain, and, at length, after a strict search, we made for Kingstown har bour, which we reached at half-past two o' c l o ck, P . M ." Captain Dearl states that from the great length of the sink ing vessel, and the distance of her masts from each other, he was led to consider her a large screw steamer, but ho could see no chimney. She had sunk before he could get sufficiently near to examine her. The prevailin g s u pp os i• tion was, that the foundered vessel was a screw steamer of large tonnage, bound foreign, from one of the Scotch ports —that she was struck by a heavy sea, and filled imme diately. The men saved from the wreck by the fishing smack have been conveyed on shore ; three out of the six are said to have died since from the effects of cold and ex haustion. CRIME IN SCOTLAND.—We have been apprised of a fac t which would almost seem to warrant the presumption of an improvement in the mo r ality o f th e people, viz., that there are no cases for trial in the High Court of Justiciary during the winter recess. This is a circumstance which has not occurred during any year since the commencement of this century.—Edinburgh Advertiser. TRAVELLERS . SCHOOLS SOCIETY. --Among the contribu tions handed in at the annual celebration of this society on Tuesday night, were the following :—National Mercantile Institution, 100 guineas ; —Nicholson, Esq., 50 guineas ; W. Skelton, 30 guineas ; Keens and Evelyn, 25 guineas ; George Fox, 25 guineas ; collected by Mrs. J. R. Coley, 1144 ; Mr. Robert Bree, £215 ; Mr. George Malden, £7B; Mr. Martins, 50 guineas; Mr. M'Culloch, 50 guineas; Mr. Higgins, 50 guineas ; Mr. C. Woolloton, 40 guineas ; &c. The total amount of subscriptions announced, was about £2,000. The attendance was not so numerous as we have witnessed on former occasions. FOREIGN GOODS UNDER BOND.—AII important conces sion has been nude by the commissioners of customs, which will be a material convenience to the holders and removers of foreign goods under bond to a considerable extent, by the issue of an order dispensing with a separate bond on the occasion of every individual removal of foreign goods of any kind in bond from one port of the kingdom to another, and allowing a general bond t o b e en t ere d into for the pur pose, which is to cover all subse q uent t ransac ti ons of this nature, under certain regulations specially arranged and ap proved for the purpose. FUNERAL OP TAE LATE MARCIIIONESS WELLESLEY.-- The funeral of the late Marchioness Wellesley was by her own desire strictly , private. Her remains were conveyed from the palace, Hampton Court, to Cossey Hall, the scat of Lord Stafford. The funeral obsequies began at half-past eight on Saturday morning. The service consisted of the office for the dead, the mass of requiem with solemn music, and the final absolution or burial service, was performed by the Very Rev. Dr. Hussenboth, many years chaplain to the noble family at Cossey Hall. The funeral was attended by , Lord Stafford, Messrs Alexander M'Tavish, Alfred Mont gomery. There were also present her Grace gie„Duchess of Leeds, and the Dowager Lady Stafford, sisters of the de parted marchioness. The deceased was most benevolent and kind, and her loss will be deeply lamented. Russu. AS A NAVAL Powsa.—The New York Tribune has an article in a recent number, detailing sonic efforts of Russia to establish herself in the Pacific as a naval power— how she sought to trade with China on that side, and was refused—how she threatened China in consequence, sent a fleet to intimidate her, and the issue of that movement. The latter is thus set down :—Those orders (viz., of the Czar to his commanders in the Pacific) have been issued, and are apparently of a menacing nature, since considerable reinforcements have been forwarded from the Baltic to the expedition. However, ill-luck has pursued them all. The first vessel sent reached the East Indies, but lies disabled somewhere in the Archipelago, beyond the possibility of reaching her destination. A courier who came by the Suez route brought this calamitous information to St. Petersburg. A second large vessel was next shipwrecked on the coast of England. A third reinforcement succeeded in getting as far as Norway, and there had to stop; it consisted of frigate of sixty guns, which ran aground, while a transport vessel ac companying her was totally lost—happily, the mainmast fell on a rock, and the crew saved themselves by this accidental bridge, THY CATHEDRAL COMMISSION AND THE PARISH CHURCH OF MANCHESTER. From a pamphlet just published we learn that a ser;es of questions has been submitted by the cathedral coin missioners, dated Nov. 10, 1853, to the dean and canons of Manchester. These questions related to the history and constitution of the collegiate establishment. The cathedral authorities replied on April 8, 1853. Messrs. R. Birley, John Morley, and Thomas Clegg, by whim, as churchwardens in 1850, the parish of Manchester division act was obtained, have present e d a me m or i a l t o the' cathe dral commissioners, dated Dec. 20, and in a letter to the bishop of Manchester they state that— " Answers are not given by the dean and canons to all the questions of the commissioners ; and in many cases the answers are evidently so erroneous that, without correction, there can be no doubt the commissioners will be seriously deceived as to the constitution of the college, and the duties and responsibilities of the collegiate body. In quoting from one portion of the charter, the dean and canons have substituted the word absentee for violationis. We have been induced to present this memo rial because, as your lordship is well aware, wo were the churchwardens who obtained the parish of Manchester division act, of 1850, which act we were enabled to obtain by proving before committees of both houses of parlia ment, that the Manchester Collegiate Church is a strictly parochial foundation. We are, therefore, naturally anxious that the cathedral commissioners should be correctly in formed on the subject, in order that, in any legislative mea sures to which the proceedings of the commissioners may give rise, care may be taken, not only that the obj ec t s o f the parish of Manchester division act be not disturbed, but that the same be, wherever it is found practicable, fur thered and promoted." To this the bishop returned the following reply " Sedgely, Manchester, Dec. 21, 1853. " Gentlemen,—l have the honor to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of a copy of a memorial presented by you to the members of the cathedral commission. It was impossible, on a perusal of the answers addressed in the name of the chapter of Manchester to the questions of her Majesty's commissioners, not to be struck with the nume rous and repeated mis-statements, mis-quotations, and per version of some facts, as well as suppression of others, on the part of the framer of the replies. That you have applied yourselves to the correction of these mis-slatements is due to your own characters, as promoters of the parish divi sion act, as well as serviceable to the cause of truth, in pre venting her Majesty's commissioners being misinformed or misled, as well as in strict unison with the earnest desire for improvement in the spiritual provision for Manchester, evinced consistently by you throughout.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your faithful servant, "J. P. MANCHESTBIL. "To Richard Birley, John Morley, Thomas Clegg, Esqs." BRITISH ROMAN CATHOLICS-FREIBURG. Soule days since we inserted a letter of Dr. Cumming's, to the lime., commenting upon an address signed and pre sented by a number of English Roman Catholics of high position, to the Archbishop of Freiburg. The following is the address, with the signatures : ADDRESS OF THE CATHOLICS OF GREAT BRITAIN TO ,THE ARCIIBISHOP OF FREIBURG. We, the undersigned Catholics of Great Britain, desire to tender to your grace the tribute of our sincere and earnest sympathy in the afflictions by which the church in your, grace's province is at present visited. We have witnessed with the warmest admiration the calm courage with which, at a period of life when your grace might naturally have hoped to reap in peace the fruit of your long labours in the service of religion, you have maintained against the usurpation of the civil power, the liberty, inde pendence, and imprescriptible rights of the church, the main tenance of which in their integrity is alike essential to the stability of the temporal and spiritual order. We heartily coner itulate your grace on the spirit which your clergy has exhibited of unhesitating obedience in a dif ficult crisis, and on the self-sacrificing generosity with which the faithful throughout your grace's province and elsewhere have testified their anxiety to meet the exigencies of the oc casion. Be assured, my lord, that we shall deem it a high , privilege to bear a share in the burthen which the violent persecution and unjust exactions of thg„. state have imposed on your grace and your grace's elergy,Tnd, through you, on all the members of the Catholic church. It would be strange if we, the Catholics of Great Britain, did not take a special interest in the circumstances of your grace's trials, upon the recollection of the many conflicts of a like nature which we have had to sustain in times past, and from the encouragement which we received from your grace's noble example, and that of the clergy and faithful in your province against any future struggle. That it may please our dear Lord to appease the storm which now rages against the church, and the issue of the contest may be for the glory of God, for the well being of religion, and your grace's peace, is the prayer of your grac e's very devoted and humble servants in Christ :—Earl of Arun del and Surrey, Earl of Traquair, Viscount Fielding, Lord Charles Thynne, Lord Stourton, Lord Petre, Lord Armidell of Wardour, Lord Dormer, Lord Lovat, Hon. Alfred Stour ton, Hon. John Arundell, Hon. Charles H. Clifford, Hon. Thomas Edward Stoner, Hon. Simon Fraser (the Master of Lovat), Hon. Charles Langdale, Hon. Henry W. Clifford, Sir J. F. Doaghty Tichborne, Bart., Sir R. Throckmorton, Bart., Sir Edward Blount, Bart., Sir Thomas Gage, Bart., Sir William Lawson, Bart., Sir C. R. Tempest, Bart., The Count de Torre Diaz, The Chevalier Don Pedro de,Zulueta, George Bowyer, Esq., D.C.L. ; Aubrey de Vere, Esq., W. Vavasour, Esq., Thomas Barnewall, Esq., Robert Berkeley, Esq., Robert Berkeley, jun., Esq., George Clifford, Esq., Kenelm H. Digby, Esq., Richard Doyle, Esq., Ferdinand Eyston, Esq., Charles John Eyston, Esq., A. . Fullerton, Esq., John H. W. Hibbert, Esq.. Philip H. Howard, Esq.. William J. Leacher, Esq., William N. Marshall, Esq., W. Constable: Maxwell, Esq., Peter Middleton, Esq., C. (2,,Pag lioni, Esq., It. Biddulph Phillipps, Esq., Ambrose L. Phil. lipps, Esq., R. R. Wegg Prosser, Esq., Thomas Riddell, Esq., Everard Stourton, Esq., Willi.= Turnbull, 8.D.D., W. G. Ward, Esq., Joseph Weld, Esq., C. Weld., Esq., Vis count Camden. Copies of the above address lie for signatures at the prin cipal Catholic booksellers in London daring the week. PO LICE CO UR T.--YRSTERDAT. Michael Devine, a publican living in Scotland-road, was charged with assaulting John Hodgson, by cutting off his hair and whiskers. It appeared that the complainant was in the habit of indulging himself rather freely in spirituous liquor at the defendant's house, and on one occasion, for a• glass of grog, assented to having his whiskers cut off! The whiskers were accordingly taken off by the defendant, but on the complainant becoming sober, he felt aggrieved that his personal appearance should have been thus destroyed, and sued the defendant for an assault. The magistrates' dismissed the ease. John Kelly was fined ss. and costs for destroying a stench trap, he alleging that he was intoxicated at the time. PASSING BASE COIN. —John Duffy, and Mary Langhan, were charged with uttering some base coin, at the shop of Mrs. M'Kenzie, Lee-street. The two prisoners went into the shop and tendered a base shilling on the night of Fri._ day last, having been successful on that occasion, they made a second attempt on Wednesday evening, when they were given into custody. The fact of the uttering. being amply sufficient, the prisoners were committed for trial. ROBBING A SAILOR.—CIara Robinson, was committed to' prison for 14 days for illegally pawning the jacket of a sailor. who had accompanied her to a brothel, and the pawnbroker was ordered to restore the property, as it was clearly proved that he had not made sufficient inquiries as to the owner of the property at the time he lent the money_ upon it. ROBBING A MISTRESS.--lane Tones was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a quantity of wearing ap-- parel from her mistress Mrs. Sutton, of Queen's-square. The prisoner had been a servant for about eleven weeks,' when she said she was ill, and left. After she had taken her departure, a great quantity of wearing apparel was missed, which it was discovered had been taken by the prisoner, and . pledged at various pawnbrokers. The prisoner had no excuse to make for her misconduct. SEAMAN'S CLAIM FOR WAGlS.—Thomas Jones summoned Edward John Walsh, master of the Dagger, for £l2 2s. 4d. balance of wages due to him. Mr. Anderson, who appeared for the compla;nant, said , that he had shipped at Demerara, and that the reason the,' defendant alleged for not paying him was dis-' obedience of orders and inefficiency. It would 'be proved, however, that at the time he entered into the agreement with the defendant he told him that he was no navigator, but that he understood the management of a v e ssel and knew how to take the sun. The vessel arrived safely, and it would be proved that that circumstance was due to the exertions of the complainant who had nearly the sole con trol of the vessel during her voyage, the captain being in capacitated. for duty. Mr. Owen appeared for the defendant. He said that there was no log, but that the denial of the claim was based in the first instance on repeated acts of drunkenness ou the part of the complainant. Mr. Mansfield observed that they should go further, and shew that in consequence of that drunkenness be was incap able of doing his duty. He seemed, however, to have had the sole control of the ship during the voyage ; but the serious objection on which the defendant should rely was the fact of the wages being claimed by another party, in consequence of desertion by the complainant. And until that claim was disposed of the case could not be adjudicated on. Mr. Owen said that they had letters in their possession which showed that the complainant had deserted from the James Gibson, and that his wages were claimed by_ the cap tain of that vessel. The cold was very severe in Parir on Tuesday, At sit, o'clock in the morning the thermometer marked 12 deg. 1-10th below zero of centigrade, and the Seine was full of enormous blocks of ice. ACCIDENT THROUGH Duexinorzss.—About 12 o'clock on Tuesday, a gingleman, named James Kearney, was driving through Great George's-street, quite drunk, when he came in contact with Mr—Leally's carriage of Shanakiel, and the shaft of his car entered the breast of one of Mr. Leahy's horses, valued about 40 guineas. The horse bled profusely, a d wse Jlotysilicted to recoyor.—Cerk