Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-27 00:00:00

LI YERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD• -Aiskums. —Police-ofileer Gray, 645, bYl3l.4ht up a Carter, named Benjamin Edwards, on a Charge of having assaulted him. The officer was taking a drunken man to p_ridewell, when the prisoner interfered, and knocked Aim. down. He was fined and costs.—John Pasago Was charged with having violently assaulted his wife Matilda. It appeared that the woman, previous to her marriage with the prisoner, was what is called an " unfortunate female," but that he knew the fact. Soon after the m arr i age, he began to beat her terribly, an'! has continued this course for some time past. At - last she ° "ame alarmed for her life, and on the previous night he attacked her furiously, and inflicted severe wounds on her. So she was, at last, induced to give him into custody. s,ite was se n t t o gaol for s i x mon th s , w ith hard labour. The woman applied for a gold watch that the prisoner had, and which the police took from him. It was ordered to be given up to her. ASSAULT BY A. FsmaL - E.—Mary Griffith, the keeper of a beer -house in Stanhepe-street, was charged with having committed a violent assault OR Jane Woods, the wife - of a travelling hawker. Mr. Cobb defended. It appeared that, the injured woman is at' present unable to attend, and a s stated, she is lying in a state of great danger. It seemed, from the evidence, that the complainant went into tke house, and some altercation took place betireen her and a young woman, something about a sixpence, and, as the allegation was, the prisoner struck her, with a bottle, on the head, inflicting a serious wound. Surgeon Bennett said he had examined ° the wound. Superficially it did not present any serious appearance, but, on ex amining it with, a probe, he found it was two inches long, and that there were indications of a separation of the mem brane of the bone ; so that he could not tell, at present, what the result might be. Mr. Cobb produced some witnesses, but, after some discussion, it was agreed to let the prisoner stand out on her own recognizance of £25, to appear when the injured woman is able to come up. THREATENING TO SHOOT. —Mr. Crosby, a respectable looking person, was charged with being drunk, and with threatening to shoot a Mr, Scoffield. Mr. Bluck de fended. It appeared that the prosecutor is the land lord of some houses in Oxford-street, and that Mr. Crosby lodged in one of these, but was not Mr. Scoffield's tenant. The latter had to send bailiffs into the house for a distress for rent, and, as he Stated, he wanted Mr. Crosby to take away his things, but he refused to do so, and produced a pistol, telling him to take away the bailiffs, or else —. Mr. Bluck 'elicited th a t M r . Crosby was, excited from drink, that the pistol was an old rusty one, and was not charged. The ;prisoner was fined 5s for being drunk. __ STEALING PA.LX OlL.—William Walker, an old 'man, a gate-keeper, in the employment of Mr. Lutwich, Pump-fields, and a young man named Patrick Cosgrove, were charged for having stolen five cwt. of palm oil, the property of Mr Griffiths, soap maker,. Pump-fields. Mr. Black defended. It appeared that Cosgrove was in Mr. 'Griffiths' employ ment, and that some nights ago he left, along with another man, taking the oil on a hand cart. Walker, who ,had the keys of the " fields," let them out; the third man was not forthcoming. Mr. Black, in his cross-examination of the witnesses, succeeded in getting off Wa" he other was sent for trial TAXING A PLEDGE WITHODT LICENCE.—Joseph Mathison, a musical instrument seller, 19, Shares-brow, was summoned under the Pawnbrokers' Act, for taking a pledge, and charging interest, without being licensed. Mr. Tyndall appeared to prosecute for the inland revenue, and Mr. Snowball defended. From the statement of Mr. Tyndall, and the evidence of. a Mrs. Brooks, it appeared that the husband of the latter was a musician, and in July last he was in a dying state (and did die), and she was in considerable pecuniary embarras- Inent. She went to the defendant with a double bass -fiddle and asked him to lend her £4 on it. After some me, he agree d t o l en d h er t h e money, b ut was to have `.75. 6d. for the loan for thirty-one days. She signed a 'book for £4 7s. 6d. to be paid in thirty-one days. She . v.fas not able to redeem it in the time, and he told her it 'was sold. Subsequently, after a great deal of trouble, she got the instrument bank, but was obliged to pay the defendant six pounds—that was two .pounds for the loan of the four pounds, for about five months. The de fendant was fined £l2 10s., being a mitigation of the full penalty of £6O. BEFOR E MESSRS. 3. E. SMITH AND HOUGHTON. c CASE.--A sailor, named Holmes, summoned a P t aia Garrick, of the ship Elizabeth,' for L 2 16 5 ., a rr.mth,s Ti Murphy Mr Cobb was for complainant, and '• (of the out-door staff of the Local ,wine Board) appeared for the defendant. Mr. Tv an said he could not permit Mr. Murphy to act as an advocate, unless he produced .his certificate as an attorney. Mr. atteMurphysaid w it as his business to n— th such cases. Mr. 1 1 7ybergh said it laight be his business to attend to captains and ships, but he was not,yet qualified to act as an advocate, and there fore he could not be heard as such. The complainant's ?-se, as stated by Mr. Cobb, was that he shipped as cook, •, in the skip, and was on board from last Thursday to Saturday, i n t h e Birkenhead dock, bat came to Liverpool an Sa turday:evening, and-stopped until Monday morning, ”d when he went back the captain had a man shipped in his Place. It was contended that he absented himself 'without leave and the case was r eferred to Mr. Mansfield, "who, on hearing the whole of it, sent Holmes to gaol for -seven days for absenting hi mse lf f rom the ship without leave, and dismissed his claim for wages. WEST DERBY BOARD OF . GUARDIANS. The usual w ee kl y mee ti ng o f thi s b oar d was h e ld .yes- Y, Mr. Mr. Wkitby in the chair. The other guardians Present were —Messrs. Roberts, Shaw, Kirkus, Abrahams, stone, Rosc oe , Kawdsley, Morris, Parkin, J. Edwards, and French. The following .cheques were granted for out-door relief Potts, £l3O ; Mr. Olney, £36 ; Mr. Lyth, Tie Governor, Mr. Gough, reported that the number of Paupers in the workhouse last week was 717 ; admitted since, .10 ; born, 3 ; discharged 4,; dead, 2. The number this week, 687, o f wh om 379 belonged to Toxteth-park ; number in the corresponding week of last year, 722. The proceedings of the Visiting Committee were read. They contained a recommendation to grant Mr. Cutts, schoolmaster, a gratuity of £3O. Mr. Kirkus gave a notice of motien for this purpose. The Committee resolved to give the following reply to a communication from the Poor Law Board, in reference to a new scheme of medical relief : " That this board laving experienced the .effects of paying extra fees to medical officers, cannot give their sanction to any principle Which would re-introduce the system which has been found to entail disagreement between the :office rs , and other inconveniences " Mr. Kirkus moved that Mr. Cleaver be instructed to ;send this reply. Mr. Stone seconded the motion, which was then carried. The other portion of the proceedings were then con- Armed. Mr. Stone drew the attention of the board to the fact that, he had been informed that Mr. Hall, the young mau who had been appointed a short time since as clerk at the hospital, had got married a few days after his appointment. His wife, however, did not live with him, but as.there was a motion on the books to appoint him master of the hospital, it was for the board to say whether, under these circumstances, they would promote him, and, if they did promote him, whether his wife would be allowed to live with him, as Hall was willing to pay the board for her rations. r On the motion of Mr. Shaw, the matter was referred to the hospital committee. Mr. Abrahams moved that the salary of Mr. Olney, relieving officer, be advanced from £lOO to £l2O. Mr French seconded the motion. Mr. Kirkus said he did not like to see these applica tions coming, one after another, in so quick succession. The advance given to Mr. Muskar had made a laughing stock of them. He had no doubt that Mr. Olney was a good officer. _ _ After some discussion, the matter was put to the vote, and the result was—three for, and four against the motion, which was accordingly lost. This concluded the business. The Princess of Naples is at Vienna, dukes have left Trieste. GRosTs.—A certain young man who lately appeared here as a military swell, had been paying his addresses to a young nymph of the kitchen in a neighbouring castle. "Whilst returning home one evening after having paid his devours , an d while passing through a small plantation, he suddenly became conscious of a large white object directly in his way, and which on his approach began to dance and caper to the sound of unearthly . music. To stop the whistling o f the Ro g ue's March, to spring over a hedge, and to scou r across the fields like a startled d eer , was but the work of a moment. John Gilpin would have had no chance. Over hedges and ditches, fail dykes, and stone walls , the affrighted lover ran, till reaching the cottage of peasant he rushed in with breathless haste. After the uzual restoratives an Investigation was made, but ndthing %in the terrified sodger but that he iio.4 seen "a lang, 13euld be elicited woman dancing and flying like a weaV't,,T'O theonromecoach-road and keeping time to an unearthly !ler. .say his hair flew off with the fright, and that his penal has shuttle are since turned to grey, but these statements are, fully convinced, extravagant exaggerations. • "Jul' Journal. All the arch- PROPOSED NEW ATLANTIQ TELEGRAPH. A numerously attended fleeting was held at the Under writers' Room, Exchange Buildings, 'yesterday afternoon, for the piirpose . of hearing from Mr. Allen, C.E., of London, an explanation of, and information, with regard to, his system for establishing a company to carry out the work of laying down a new telegraph cable between this country and the American continent. Mr. W. Brown, M.P., was unanimously called upon to preside. The Chairman said, he was very, happy to take part in any meeting where the object contemplated was, the accomplishment of the means of carrying out a system for conveying messages between this country and America. He was chairman of the first undertaking of the kind, when the company availed itself of the advice of sea-faring men —the most eminent electricians— and others ; but great difference of opinion existed as to which was the proper kind of cable to be used. They had been unfortunate, but had solved a great problem. He had looked more to carrying out a national under taking than to realising any pecuniary gain. He should be glad to see another effort made to carry the project into effect. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Allen produced specimens of his patent cable, which is much lighter than that recently laid across the Atlantic. The core is a copper wire of tolerable strength, over which is immediately twisted a fine iron wire ; and this is insulted by three distinct layers of gutta percha, the external one—of peculiar manufacture being very • hard and strong. The advantages which would be offered by this cable were these : " First : Conductors so formed need only weigh half a ton per mile, instead of tivo, four, or six, as those at present laid, thus bringing the items of weight, as well as cost, according to circumstances, within a comparatively small amount. Second : This conductor being in fact an iron rope, merely of sufficient strength to meet the circum stances of the .case, enclosed in a material which will perfectly insulate, and, at the same time, protect it from the action of the water-scan be easily handled and laid in one continuous line, both with less hazard, and at a comparatively small cost to that of the ordinary descrip tion of . cable. In addition to these advantages, the fact of no metal being used outside, renders the con ductor in a great degree independent of absolutely perfect insulation, as there is neither that tendency to charge the wire—which disturbs the working of the instruments—nor to making the, short circuit, in the event of the insulation becoming imperfect, which, in submarine conductors on the present plan, -is a defect that is always increasing." Mr. Allan then gave a fuller explanation of his proposal. He had, he said, had great experience with regard to telegraphy, having, in 1852, been concerned in laying the line between Holyhead and Dublin, which, as they were aware, gave way the morning after it was laid, in the same way that the Atlantic cable failed. He had long seen the desirability, and believed in the practicability of laying a cable across the Atlantic, and now that the thing had been accomplished, though in one sense a failure, the great, object was to remedy the defect that had been found to exist. In the. Atlantic cable that had failed, the construction of the rope was an error, awl was contrary to the laws of mechanics and natural philosophy, so that when it came to be laid in d considerable eep water, ana a "length of it was in a spiral, for it ,o stretch, and the effect of stretching vas bound upon that cable was to destroy or break the conductability or insulation. The strength of the cable being outside was a mistake. This defect he avoided by putting the strength in the middle, and, as it were, followed nature, by placing the bone in the centre, and the external covering outside the bone. The Atlantic cable was of excessive weight, involving about two tons per mile, whilst the cable he proposed would not be more than 10 or 12 cwt. per mile. The subject 'of heavy rope was discussed last spring, at the Society of Engineers, and the Atlantic cable was taken as a type of the heavy class, and from these discussions, and actual tests, it was satisfactorily established that lighter ropes far the purpose required, would have had greater strength to bear the strain that would come upon them, in great depths, than heavy ones. Any cable for a Icing communicator must have a light specific gravity and a certain amount of strength in the proper place, that was, in the centre. The problem they had to solve was, how to get what they had manufactured to the bottom without injury to itself, for if .it were destroyed by submergence it was' of no use when they got it to the bottom. In 1853, he applied tests which satisfied him that it was practicable to telegraph a distance of 2,000 miles, and in that year he published a scheme for the Atlantic Telegraph, but the war arising compelled the project to be postponed. In 1856, he conversed with some American parties on the subject, and his argument was this—if we can o right through, from one point to another, with the minimum number of stations, we shall be able to transmit our messages at the smallest cost and get a better profit than could arise from having a number of intervening stations. But to rush into medial res, the .rope was the - basis of the whole thing. With a rope of light specific gravity, they would be able to do what was desired ; and he proposed that. there should be a line from the Land's End to Halifax, which , would only be one interruption, and this. would be a great .advantage over the late attempted. line, which would have had six or eight stations, thus causing great interruption and expense. A scheme through the North of Scotland, and by way of Greenland had been suggested, but that he looked upon it as out of the question. He ..did not wish to say anything against the late company, but they acted under a mistaken notion, and the result had shown it—a result which the limes repeatedly predicted, from the fact of the cable being manufactnred on a wrong principle. The conductability and insulation of the late cable were greatly too small for the distance ; it was enough for 1,000 miles or so, but no more. The £5O or £6O a-mile spent on the iron encasement, of the late cable, he looked upon as a useless expenditure, because it was not one of • the essentials. He then explained the nature of his own cable, its specific _gravity was 1.35 to 1.37, and would reach about ten cwt. a mile in weight, and the core covered with steel wire would sustain seven miles of the cable hanging vertically from the ship, a strain which would never be likely to be upon it. 'The whole or nearly' so of the failures hitherto had been from the stretching of the .cable, but this he provided against (in a manner which he explained at length). His cable was what he might call a semi-floating one, as it sunk but slowly—as much in twenty hours as the late cable sunk in twenty minutes ; but its specific gravity was enough duly to sink it and keep it in its position ; and instead of its being strained and stretched by being hauled out of the ship, and held back by cumbrous machinery, it could be hauled out by men, and there would be no danger of its sinking too rapidly. The quantity of this cable required could all be taken aboard one ship, and this would be looked upon as a great advantage.. This cable had a conductability of 120 per cent. more than the previous one, and was free from many obvious defects which the previous one had been proved to possess. The great point should be to get as much conductability as possible, and as much insulation as possible. By electro dynamics, they knew that the sectional area must be equivalent to the distance. This cause would effeot a saving of 40 per cent in the cost of construction, and a saving of 50 per cent in working, as compared with the late undertakings in such places as the Red Sea, with superior couductability and insularity ; but, for 3,000 miles, as across the Atlantic, he did not think it would be less costly than the late cable. The cost of a message to Halifax would be 40s, and this would pay probably 40 or 50 per cent on the outlay; but, if there was a multipli city of stations they caused great expense. He defended the route he proposed, as the very best that could be selected; and said he thought there were many objections to adopt the route now proposed by Lieutenant Maury, by the Azores and through the Gulf stream, so that one end of the cable might be in the United States, the Americans being anxious that one end should be in their country, and if that should be so, they might agree to give the same subsidy as before. Heat would melt the gate percha, and destroy the insulation. Hav ing alluded to the best methods of laying cables, and various reasons why defects had existed in many that had been laid, Mr. Allen said he would refer , any body to Mr. It. Stevenson, Mr. Brunel, and Mr. Locke, the most eminent engineers of the day, who would say that it was the only kind of cable most likely to answer. He should be glad to answer any questions. Questions were then put by the Chairman, Mr. Mondel, Mr. Bushell, Mr. Heath, &c. ; and, in his answers, Mr. Allen said this cable could be run out at the rate of eight or ten miles an hour, and too great a quantity of slack could be easily avoided, though of course every care would be required in the submergence. He thought soundings of the route would be undertaken by Government, with whom he had been a good deal in • communication lately, when a com pany was formed, and he did not doubt they would again get a subsidy. He should prefer the undertaking being carried oat entirely from this side of the Atlantic. The route would be 2,400 miles, and he' would have 3,000 miles of cable. Each ordinary message would, he should say, occupy about five minutes.. He knew the failure of the Candle cable, about which there was a good deal of mystery just now. The line he . proposed could be bette r un d errun th an th e o th er i aescriptions of cables. The conversation continued , e i l iac time longer, and conc l u d e d b y Mr. Allen sou -I,is nreseW; object was to d raw r e `it , attention saying .-- K . to the matter. VIE NORTHERN TIM S, THITRgnAY, 'UNITARY 27, 1859 PRINTERS' COMBINATIONS HennisoN v. PEARCE.—This was an action for libel, brought by the plaintiff, who is the proprietor of the Sheeld Times, against the proprietor of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, fora libel contained in a document issued by the Printers' Union in the town, and published in the defendants newspaper. The case was tried before Mr. Baron Martin, at the sittings after last term, at Guildhall, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, with £5OO damages. Daring the present term a rule was moved for by Mr. Chambers, on the part of the defen dant, for a new trial, on the ground of the improper reception of evidence, misdirection, and excessive damages, and their lordships deferred expressing an opinion on the application until they had read over the short-hand notes. In the Court of Exchequer, on Tuesday, before the Lord. ' Chief Baron, and Barons Martin, Watson,' and Channell, Mr. James applied to the Court to fix a day for the disposing of the case. The Lord Chief Baron : Is there any disposition amongst the parties to come to an arrangement ? Mr. James : No, ,my lerd. They have been, pending this case, publishing other libels on the plaintiff, on the learnedjudge who tried the cause, on the counsel, and every one else. (Laughter.) I may say, on behalf of the plaintiff, that I will willingly leave any question as to damages to the court. This case, my lords, is really one of pecuniary consequence to the plaintiff. His men refuse to work for him, and he is even in dread of physical violence. The Lord Chief Baron then delivered jndgment. He said : I am of opinion that there should be no rule to Show eause ' why the verdict should not be set aside. The grounds on which Mr. Chambers moved for a xule were threefold ; that improper evidence was received; that the learned judge had misdirected the jury; and that the damages are excessive. We have heard the arguments, and, at the request of my brother Martin, we have carefully read over the short hand writer's notes , that we might have the benefit of the most accurate information. We have considered the evidence most seriously, and we have all arrived at the decision which I have already- expressed. The supposed objection in the case was that evidence was received of the diminished success of the plaintiff's newspaper, without an allegation of special damage, which could hardly be alleged consistently, for the action was brought the day after the libel was published. I am of opinion that this evidence was properly received. In a case of this description the plaintiff had a right to claim general damages, and if the time which elapsed between the commencement of the action and the trial discloses anything which can throw light on the question of general damage, the plaintiff had a clear right to give that evidence. I, therefore, think the evidence was properly received, especially - with the caution -that the jury must judge for themselves, and not take it for granted that all the plaintiff had suffered was attributable to this libel. The case may be compared to an action to recover damages for a railway accident. The general inefficiency of a man who had suffered the loss of. a limb to conduct the affairs of life is not special but general damage. It would be special damage if he lost a situation in consequence of • injuries he received. The jury could receiN e evidence prospectively as they often did. Thus the question would be put, " Are you of opinion the plaintiff will ever get well ? " and the medical man might reply, " No," which would govern the damages, It appears to me that the evidence was most properly received. As to the alleged misdirection of the learned judge, we have read the summing up, and we are all of opinion it was perfectly free from objection, The learned judge, in directing the jury,.laid down the rule for awarding damages. Mr. Baron Martin (interposing): Am Ito understand, Mr. James, that the libels are .still being published in the same paper ? Mr. James : No, my lord. Mr. Baron Martin : It vas stated that the verdict would ruin the defendant. _ _ Mr. tames : Not at all, my lord; there is ne pretence for such suggestion. The Lord Chief Baron proceeded: The evidence of damage WAS very far beyond the amount awarded, and it cannot be endured that because two persons, on the same day publish the same libel, each is to say, " It was not I who caused the mischief, it was the .other man." There can be no doubt but that !the plaintiff lost much more than the 5001. awarded by •the jury. If we granted the rule, and we could not bring the parties to terms, we should have to discharge it, and I think it better not to grant it in the first instance. Mr. Baron Watson and Mr. Baron Channell said they fully concurred inethe judgment. Mr. Baron Martin, in reference to "the rejection of evi- Bence, said he was of opiuio► that a party must - recover ell the damages he had suffered in one action, and that recovery world be bar to another action. Tor his own pail he wished the jury had awarded a • less sum ; but he , quite agreed with the other members of the court, that they sheuid not interfere in a !natter which, exclu sively belonged to a jury. He wished it to be understood that this judgvnent had not been hastily given on the application of Mr. James, this morning, but after a great deal of anxious consideration. Rule discharged. ANOTHER TRADES UNION OUTRAGE AT SHEFFIELD. SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY. On Sunday evening, at about thirty-five minutes past eight o'clock, a serious accident occurred on this line, near the Woodhouse Junction Station, to the Great Northern express train from London to Manchester, which leaves the King's Cross Station at five p.m. The train consisted of three passenger carriages and a luggage van. All went on s moothly and punctually until the' train arrived within seven miles of Sheffield, when suddenly a series of shocks and jumps indicated that the train was off the line of rails, and the upsetting of the carriages, accompanied by the noise of breaking glass and splintering wood, put an end to its further progress. For nearly a minute after the accident, no sound was heard except that of the steam issuing from the engine, but very soon a general knocking from, the inside of overturned carriages was heard, arising from the efforts of the passengers to release them selves. The writer of this report was in a carriage which, after sundry violent shocks and gyrations, finally rested on its side, and the difficulty was to ascertain in the darkness of the evening where the door of the carriage was situated. At length the lamp hole of the roof was discovered on one side, and this conveyed the first idea of the actual position of the carriage. The ferrule of an umbrella was then vigorously applied to the glass blind of the door over-head. At last it gave way, and egress was obtained, when the scene that presented itself in the dim starlight was truly appalling, the belief being that many were killed. By standing on the top of the carriage the writer observed that the accident had taken place on an embankment some 10 or 20 feet high, that the engine was lying on its side on the southern declivity of this embankment, that two of the carriages had taken an exactly opposite direction and were lying across the rails towards the northern declivity, whilst one of the carriages had rolled down to nearly the bottom of the southern slope and had its wheels almost uppermost. Two or three colliers from an adjoining coalpit, with flambeaux in their hands, who had witnessed the catastrophe, arrived about this time, and with the aid of a large screw-key, which they obtained from the engine, rendered effective assistance in breaking into the carriages and liberating the passengers, who were found to be only about twelve in number. As there did not appear to be any fatal cases, nor any injuries of a dangerous character, the minds of the passengers were greatly relieved. The engine driver and stoker were discovered . lying near the engine in a fainting state, but by the administration of brandy they recovered wonderfully. The two guards of the train had instantly, on the occurrence of the accident, gone in opposite three tions to stop any approaching trains, and to bring assist ance from the nearest station. In order to give notice, however, to approaching trains, a large fire was soon formed out of the debris of the broken carriages, and danger lamps were fixed on conspicuous parts of the wreck. After waiting about one hour and a-half, an engine and three carriages, with a number of active workmen, under the direction of Mr. Waugh, arrived from Sheffield, and did everything in their power to alleviate the sufferings and inconveniences of the passen gers, The want of a surgeon, however, was deemed a great omission, as several of the passengers had sustained severe tilts and bruises, and were anxious to have their wounds examined and dressed without delay. At about eleven o'clock the assistant special train returned to Sheffield, taking with it all the passengers and as much of the luggage as could be extricated from the wreck, It was found that " some of the -passengers were unable to proceed further, but the greater number were taken by special train to Manchester, where they arrived about two hours and a-half after the usual time. Amongst those seriously injured were Mr. J. It. Ceulthart, of Ashton-under-Line, who had his head severely cut, and his left arm and shoulder much bruised ; Mr. Porthouse, of Northampton-square, London, who had his knee and shoulder badly cut ; and Mr. J. Huntington, of Queen's - road, Holloway, London, who had his right hand cut, and his shoulder much contased. Mr- Hawksley, civil engineer, was also in the train, and sustained some injury. The origin of the accident is not known, but from the best examination of the rails which could he given by starlight, it appeared that , a defectively fitting rail Was the proximate cause, as the rails on the north side of the down line were all torn up or displaced for about one hundred vards behind the spot where the aeci: dent occurred, and the fish-joint of the length of rail first displaced 'clearly exhibited a defective joining. On Tuesday, four young men, named William White, John Scotton, Charles Butcher, and John Jackson, were charged before J. J. Smith, Esq., at Sheffield, with violently assaulting a man, named William Mason. A filth man, named Smith, was included .in the charge, but did not appear.—Mr. Tretam appeared for the complainant, and the two prisoners, Jackson and White, were defended by Mr. Turner and Mr. Chambers. Both the complainant and defendants are fork grinders, and it appeared that in the early part of ...November last, a meeting of fork grinders took place, at which a committee of ten men were selected to manage the.affairS of the fork grinders' union, and it was.arranged that no man in the trade should.work for any master, except with the approbation of these ten men. The complainant, who had previously worked for Mr. Burrows, transferred his services to a Mr. Jackson, with the approbation of the committee. Find ing that he could not earn so much money under Mr. Jackson as under Mr. Burrows, ;complainant, a week ago, re-engaged with the latter, and on Wednes day last removedlis tools, with a view to resuming work for Mr. Burrows next day. In the evening he went to a beorbouse, kept by a person named Bolton. Ile was followed into the house by a large party of fork grinders r who, after talking for few moments, dragged him out of the house, knocked him down and punched him in a most violent manner. They then escorted him down Corporation-street, intending to take him to a <meeting of their trades union which was being held at a lublic-house in the Nursery. On reaching the ,Foresters' nn, Bridge-street, he attempted to enter for the sake of protection, but his assailants, numbering from twenty to thirty, dragged him back again, knocked him down, -and punched him over the head, face, and heart in a merciless manner, at the same time swearing that he was working for low wages, and they would murder him. Some women interfered, and pushing Mason into a herbalist's shop, locked the door. His assailants went away, but returned in a few minutes, and again swore .that if he was seen out on the following day they would murder him. After some further conversation, the case was adjourned for further evidence as to the identity of the prisoners, the magistrates intimating that the case was a very serious one, and would be dealt with accordingly, if made out against the prisoners. MEETING OF COLLIERS NEAR WIGAN TUE STRIKE AT AN END. At Wigan, a meeting of the colliers of the Wigan district was convened at one o'clock on Tuesday, for the purpose of taking into consideration the desirability of returning to work at the old prices. A meeting of dele gates from the several pits in the district was also held at the Bridge Inn, fronting the Common. They deliberated for several hours, and at length came to the conclusion (with but two dissentients) of resuming work this . morning (Thursday), as the best means of obtaining, at a future period, an advance of wages. This resolution of the delegates was read to the open-air meeting then assembled ; and, on a show of hands being called for, - was unanimously rejected. Notwii,listanding this, we think it may safely be stated that the strike is at an end ; as, previous to the decision of 1:•:lie delegates, great numbers of men had signified their Lltention of resuming work ; and if such is the case, the othe_rs will doubtless follow their example. On Tuesday, more nis,r l were at work than has been known since the commei:cement of the strike. There have been many assaults upo:1 men going to their em ployment early in the morning • but now, the few men at.work go down before dusk a:kd work all night, to prevent attacks being made upon i. l kem. The flatmen and others engaged in the coal trade aL Liverpool, have been most anxious with regard to the Arike, as the stoppage of the supply of coal have thrown Them almost entirely out of employment. ALARMING RAILWAY CO-LLISION ON THE, LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILVAY, An accident of a most alarining character, resulting in much destruction of property and injuries to a number of passengers, occurred about two miles from Ken yon Junction, on the London and North-Western Railv ray, late on Friday tight. A passenger train, consisting: of seven or eight carriages (Ist, 2nd, and 3rd class), drawn by a powerful engine, left the Lime-street stn Lion, Liverpool, for Manchestcr, Bolton, and the intermediate places, at . 7.15 p.m. The first mishap happened immediately after leaving the Roby station, where one of the buffers of the tender fell off, and, dropping upo - a the metals, threw the first carriage off the line, and so br ought the train to a stand. After an hour's detention there, .the train resumed its onward journey, and was proct:eding :at a good pace to make up-somewhat for lost time, when it dashed with terrific force into a disabled engine jvhich - was standing on the line, near the Parkside station . The tender of this engine was doubled up and smashed, as was likewise the engine of the passenger train. None of the *carriages were broken, but the passengers.were all t brown from their seats, several of them receiving sever o con tusions, arid all being much shaken. In the last ea .rriage were a number of Bolton people, and these fared no •better than their fellow passengers. Mr. Richard Bark , w was thrown with great violence against Mr. Thomas H eaten, and both sustained several bruises, Mr. Barlow, espe cially, on the head, leg, and hand. A lady was see 'rerely 'hurt ; and the guard of the train was also much bri used. The driver and stoker•of the engine which led t( ) the accident, jumped off on seeing the approaching t rain, and so escaped uninjured:; and the driver and stok-er of the passenger train, although they remained in t heir .places, escaped with little injury. It is asserted that there was no signal attached to the ,engine which obstructed the line, and to this negligence the accident is attributed. Both lines of rails were blocked up. As soon as the extent of the disaster became known, Mr. Barlow' and Mr. Heaton procured lamps and hastened to. Kenyon Junction for the Bolton engine and carriages,. which they took to the scene of the accident, and all the . passengers were thus taken to Kenyon. Those for Manchester were left there till the arrival of a train from that place; but the Bolton train went on without further delay. The preparations necessary for fitting the Great Eastern for sea have at last been decided en. The contractors are to commence their work on the 15th of February / and are bound under penalties to complete all in five months from that date. The first trial trip will therefore take place about the middle of July, when it is intended to run out from Weymouth to the middle of the Atlantic, and try the ship under all possible conditions of sail and steam. FALL OF THE FOOTWAY. On Monday morning, a singular accident, very nearly attended with serious injuries or loss of life to several persons, occurred about ten o' Block, within three or four doors of the Smithfield Police-station, London. The house numbered 11, in West Smithfield, is in ;the occu pation of Mr. George Williams, a fruiterer, and there are besides upon the premises, as lodgers, not less than four other families, consisting of several adults and children. Just about ten o'clock, Miss Williams was serving a cus tomer in the front shop, and this party having paid for her purchase, left immediately, and passed by the window towards Hosier-lane, bait before Atiss Williams could fasten the till, and before the purchaser could have reached the police-station, the whole of the pavement fronting the building to the kerb of the footway, and the adjoining houses on either band, fell in, causing a chasm full twelve feet square, and not less than seven in depth. The next instant, and before.any one understood the nature of the accident, a respectably dressed female, with an infant in arms, proceeded on their way and instantly fell into the opening, when the inspector of police, Mr. Hardin, on duty at the Smithfield divisional depot, hearing the noise rushed out, and by his presence of mind saved two men who were about to fall into the gulph in the footway. Assistance was instantly rendered by the police, and ladders were obtained without delay ; the poor woman and her baby were brought up, suffering much from fright, and being taken to the hospital were declared to be in no wise seriously injured, and were afterwards sent home to their residence. It appears to have been quite providential that aid was so handy, and, it is highly creditable to all engaged, that such assistance was so promptly rendered. Fearing that the contiguous houses and those adjoining, which are not less than two centuries old, might fall, workmen were immediately obtained to shore up the premises, and notice having been forwarded to Mr. Painter, the inspector of pavements, that officer immediately attended, and superintended the necessary shoring works, the police having put up barriers round the pit so as to prevent any further accidents. From an investigation of the place, it appears that the pavement or footway about this spot has formerly been used either as a subterranean way or for the . purpose of a bakery. No entrance to it was connected with Mr. Williams's premises, there having been a brick wall between the building and the area of the shop. This has fallen, and probably having done so,_ became an auxiliary to the fall of the pavement, which might have caused a far worse disaster. JOURNALISM IN MADRID. —From an official return just published, it appears that there are not fewer thin twenty-four daily political journals now published at Madrid—a number infinitely greater than either at Paris or at London. We are requested to state, that all speculations in reae to any nomination to the St. Helena Bishopric are entif, " 1 Y premature, as the question whether or not a Bishop shou2d be appointed to that See, is Still under the consideration of the Geveruelent.—Times. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Evening, _ _ There was a better demand for Cotton to-Clay, and prices were well maintained. The sales were 7,000 bales, including 2,000 on speculation and for export. The amount of Cotton now known to be at sea for Great Britain is 83,802 bales, as given in the following list : NEW ORLEANS. SAVANNAH. Golden Light Benjamin Adams . Gulf Stream 3,097 John Knox ........ 1,658 Abner Stetson Lord Dafferin 12,000 Tigress Kitty Floyd 3,2161 CHARLESTON Matilda Prince of Wales .... 2,265 Oliver Moses Cotton Planter (Cork) 1,4471 De Witt Clinton 404 Lalla Rookh.. Do. I,B39Neptune 33,547 MOBIL' Philadelphia Oregon 2,178 New Orleans 33,547 Bridgewater 4,546M0bi1e 24,950 Sagamore Samaritan Alice Wilson Jolui Parker 3,2021New York Regulus (Cork) .... 1,931 'Cork and Liverpool. 79,136 24,9501Fleetwood Glasgow TOTALS GALVESTON Thomas Watson Alamo 9701 1,500 Total at sea 83,802 We published in yesterda,y's paper a letter from Mr. W. P. Wright, of New York, in respect to his Cotton circular. A correspondent, in answer thereto, says : Some correspondents of Mr. W. P. Wright, of New York, have been (it appears by his letter to the Liver pool papers) finding fault with his change of views on the cotton crop. Herewith are some extracts from his circular. All September the accounts are bad, worms, rust, top crop a failure, Nov. e ather unfavourable ; estimates down to 3,100,000. N 9: We hear of a frost three, days earlier than fixed on by Mr. Wright; all goes for a crop below 3,300,000. On the 7th December it is sud denly raised to 3,500,000, or over. On the 11th Jan. we have a lot of tables, which just mean that the crop has been hurried early to market, as Mr. Wright mentions on the 2nd November, and all of which is no evidence what ever of a large crop. • Mr, W. has forgotten the worms and rust, and all other ills cotton was heir to in Sept. The fact is, the warm month of October matured the crop all at once, and what there then was ou the fields was gathered, and the crop finished. Extracts from Messrs. W. P. Wright and Co.', Circulars : _ _ September 6, 1858.—The unfavourable accounts from the south s.re more fully confirmed during the week. Worms and dust are represented as having done much damage to the middle crop.. There appears an universal impression that the hope of a trop of 31 mil. must be abandoned. 3,250,000 to 3,340,000 a liberal estimate. September 14.—We cannot advise any improvement in prospects. Public opinion in the south, as well as here, settled to 3,200 to 3,300, subject to a further reduc tion in the event of frost prior to Nov. 10. September 20.—The accounts from the south continues 'to speak discouragingly of the crop prospects. Some parties estimate at 3,100,000. This we think pre mature. September 29.—Prom all the information bearing on the question, we consider 3;300,000 a liberal estimate, with fine weather and an average date of frost, October s.—The accouits received during the past week confirm eur idea. that the top crop will be a hght one. November2.—lsTo. frost ; estimates from the South, 3,300 to 3,600. When we hear of a frost we may ven ture , on an opiniqn ; meanwhile, it is unsafe to take our present. receipts us a guide. More than ordinary exertions have been made to hurry the crop to market. IToveniber frost 7th Nov_ November 10.-Frost contOrmed; the late exaggerated estimates are gradually being withdrawn. December 7.-Estimate, 3,500,000, and may be con aiderebly The Liverpool 'Share Market was rather dull - to-clay, the business d one being limited, and - prices rather lower. The following were the transactions :---=Caledonia ,n, 851, 831 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 90 7 4, 97 , 961, 97 ; London and North Western, .95',- 7 - 3 , 96, 961, 96 ; Midland, 7.102, 102 fr, .1021; Dove' 22 1-16, 224, 22 1-16, 22, 22-1-, 22 1416 ; Buffi do and Lake Huron, 64 ; `!Grand Trunk of Canad; a, 81 • Dutch Rhenish, 5, d. The following w ere t hei closing prices :Blackburn, 11 546, '.l 7-16 ; Chester Birkenhead, 661, 67 ; Caledonian, 85a, 851 Thester and Holyhead, 4 E7l, 48 • Eastern Conn - ties, 12, 121 ; East Lancashire, 951, 96 ; Do. £9 shares, p ; Great Northern, 104, 106; Do. A, 89, 90 ; G kreat Western, 55, 551; . lancashire and' 'Yorksh ire 961, 971; Do £9 shares, p , Kp ; 'London and North Western, '954, 96 ; Do. ono-eighth shares, 1, d; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 371, 38 ; Midland Stock, 102 k, 1022 ; North British, 611, 621 ; North Westef 7n, 13?-,, 13a ; North Staffordshire, 41, 4y ti ; No. rth Eastern-Berwick, 921, 931 ; York and Nort h Midland, 761, 771 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 48, 481 ; South Eastern, :22, 221; Dutch Rhenish, 51, 5d ; Great Western_ of Canada, 16, 161; Do. N 'ow Shares, 41, 4 ti d; Great Luxembourg, , 6t, 61 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 81, 81-. Annexed ai *e the continuations -paid : --Blackburn, 9d..1 Cale( lonian, 3-16, I, 6s, 5-16 ; Eastern Counties, lid ; Great Western, - 1 . 4 , 5-16 ; Lancashire and York 'shire, 1„, 6s 10a-d, .1-16, bk. •, London and Nort. h Western, 5-16, t, :es 10d, 6s 101 d, Do. Shares, 6( 1, sd; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3s, 2s 9d, 3s 6d ; Mid land Stock, 5-16, 4,'316, 9, 1-16 ; North British, 4a; North Eastern--Berwick, 5-16; South Eastern, 1-16, is lid, ls, is 2d, 9d; Bmcfalo and Lake Huron, 7d, Bd, *6d :; Dutch Rhenish, 9d, Bd, W..; Great Western of Canada, ls, is 2d ; Ditto New shares, 9d; Great Luxembourg, 6d, 51d, 5d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 9d, Bd, 6d. The demand for discount accommodation during the last few days has sensibly diminished, kit this. ,circumstance, and the increased easiness of the rates charged for neg otiating com mercial securities, attract lic attention, because an augmented inquiry is expected fearly next month, when several heavy payments on account of loans lately contracted will have to be completed. On the Ist proximo ' about a million sterling will have to be subscribed for the Victoria railways; on the 4th, numerous mercan tile engagements will cause a large temporary ab sorption ; on the fath, the settlement in Consols will hare to be effected ; on the 15th, 155,0001 is due on the Chilian Loan ; and on the 28th, 800,0001 becomes payable on the second series of the Turkish Loan. Bankers and brokers may, therefore, experience some accession of business, but whether it will enable them to exact enhanced terms for the use of their capital cannot easily be determined. It seems probable, however, that the Bank minimum, or perhaps a fraction more, will then be charged, but no per manent alteration is anticipated, owing to the continued abundance and the limited requirements of the commercial community. The Market for Public Funds and Securities opened weakly, and has been heavy all day. Towards the close, however, it became stronger on the announcement of an improvement on the Paris Bourse. Consols closed at 95a to 951 ; the N ew Threes at 961 to 961 ; and Exchequer Bills at 36 to 39 prem. The London Railway Share Market has been weaker to-day, but towards the close a ra th er improved feeling set in. Lombardo however, at Venetian w ere flat in the morning, improving, chiefly r d e i u g u n . is cell T a ur ne k o j u s s it sh w ar the finish. Attention was F •ceaker. v o e directed to-day to arranging the account!' B S t a o n e k k s s , i w n e e re a nd dull. m e e r s e The following were the 1 • prices :- Ambergate, 6 } ; Cal d ' c osmg p Do. Pref., 103, 106; oman, 85k, 851 ; Eastern Counties, 62, 63 ; East Lancashire, Edin burgh and Glasgow, 69 , c , 95, 97 ; ern, 104, 105 ; Ditto A. ; 85, G reat 90 North ern, - B. 132, n to 134 ; Great Western, 54 3 , 55 1 , La ; and Yorkshire, 96 4 1 , 961; Brighton, 112 g i ca l s m r i e London and North AVestern 951, 961 ; London and South Western, 94, 941; !Alanehester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34, 38 ; Midland, 1021; North British, 611, 62 ; ditto Pref., 112, 114; North Eastern—Berwick, 921, 93 ;' Leeds, 47f, 48.; York, 761, 771; North Staffords, d ; Dovers, 731, 731 ; Turkish Sixes, 901, 91; Ditto Fours, 1051, 106 ; Great Western of Canada, 16, 161 ; ditto New, 44, 41 d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 81 A-, ; Bank Stock, 2261, 228. At the London Corn - Market to-day, English wheat was held for Monday's rates, but trade ruled quiet. The sales in foreign were limited. The value of flour was unchanged. Barley was in good. request at full rates, Other articles . ' of the trade were firm at previous rates. There is rather more activity in the General Produce Markets. The Sugar market is without change ; 140 hhds. Demirara are retorted at 38s 6d to 4 03 6 d; 1 , 000 bags yellow Cossipore at 48s, and 100 bags white Benares at 44s 6d per cwt. There are no transactions to notice in Molasses or Coffee. 100 puncheons Demerara Rum have changed hands, without alteration in prices. Of Rice, 3,500 bags Rangoon have been sold at 7s 6d per cwt. Rather more business than usual was done this morning at the public sales ; .500 bales Gambier found buyers at 13s 9d to 14s 3d for heated and 15s for sound; 50 bales Native Bombay Madder Roots, at 21s ; 16 cases Perugia white Argols, at 94s 6d; a small lot of discoloured Tartar, at 111 s ; 25 bales Persian yellow Berries, at 50s per cwt ; 120 tons Spanish Fustic, £5 2s 6d to £5 5s ; a few tons Zan te at £2O and 5 tons Siam Sapan Wood, all faults, at £lO 7s 6d per ton. We have also to notice 400 bags Salt petre at 39s to 41s for 9 to 61- per cent. ; 500 boxes Pearl Sago, at 16s for half and half ; 700 bags Sago Flour, at 14s 10d per cwt; 1,350 bags Bengal (Patna) Linseed at 52s 6d per quarter ; and 160 tons indirect Campeachy Logwood, at £5 17s 6d per ton. The 14th, 15th, and 16th catalogues of Colonial and Foreign Wool, being what are called the fine qualities, consisted all of 922- bales, viz., Messrs. T. and H. Littledale and Co., 36q Port Phillip, Sydney,&e. ; Messrs, Bradbury:B; Cook, 105 Odessa, Merina, &c. ; Messrs. William Greame and 451 German, Hungarian, &c., were offered - fB* competition to-day, at three o'clock, and soon dispatched, nearly all sold. Australian, 2s 11-a to . 2s 3d per lb., some secured even 2s 8d to 2s 911:- considered high prices. T. R. L. and John Brock were the chief marks. Odessa, Merina, 2s 4d to 2s 61d, and low German, with Hungarian, both 16d to 18d, one lot super German. 2s 7d. The 17th and 18th catalogues came on at four o'clock immediately after the above—viz., Messrs. Win. Greame and Co., 1,207 bales, various ; Messrs. T: and H. Littledale and Co., 1,021 bales, various, of which 807 bales (in both sales) were East India, from Bombay ; every bale sold, with the usual and continued spirit throughout, rated at steady to slight advancing prices. There were 500 bales Pern. Wool, washed, sold at 11 A few lots of Egyptian 131 d. to 15d. Russian Donskoi, Bd. The odds and ends were chiefly withdrawn. The series of auctions close to-morrow, :with Mr. Edmund Buckley, 603 bales.; Messrs. Perkin and Robinson, 2,948 bales ; Messrs. J. L. Bowes and Brother, 152 bales —in all 3,703 bales, of which 1,480 bales are East India, from Bombay. A meeting of the Quartz Rock Mining Company was held to-day. It appeared from the reports read that the debt was now 3,000/, but that a small profit had been obtained. The question of con tinuing or abandoning the Mine was taken under consideration. At a meeting of the Dun Mountain Copper Company, to-day, Mr. Rogers in the chair, an unfavourable report was again presented, which confirmed the directors in their previous resolu tion to dispose of the cOmpany!s - property, and discharge the persons employed. - .. The accounts showed a balance at the Union .Bank of London of 14,0531. 13s. Id. After some discussion, the report was adopted. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE. . TO. THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,.—ln. answer to numerous enquiries, lam desired:, by the General Secretary. of the National Association for the Promotion of, Social Science, to acquaint the subscribers that. the volume of " Transactions," at the late meeting at St. George's Hall, is now in the printer's hands, and that the subscribers will receive :their copies early in February. —I remain, sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE MELLY, Local Sec. THE CHARGE AGAINST A SCRIPTURE READER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir, —ln reference to the charge alleged against a Scripture-reader and his son, in the Police-court, on Saturday last, will you kindly favour me by inserting the following resolution, adopted.by the committee of the above society on Timitv, the 25th instant " RQsolved, that having examined Mr. Thomson x , in reference to the painful paragraphs which tip; peared in the papers respecting the charge of theft which has been brought against his son, and having read a letter on the subject, addressed by Mr. Firth to the secretary of the society, in favour of Mr. Thomson,' we see no reason to charge him with any guilty complicity i n thi s t ransac ti on. ' Immediately after the passing of this resolution, Mr. Thomson tendered, and the committee ac cepted, his resignation ; so that he is no longer employed as the agent of the Scripture-readers Society.—l am; sir, obediently yours, ARHUR GORE, Cleik-Superinteldent. Church of England. Scripture-readers"-Society, 67, Bedford-street, South Liverpool, January 26, 1859, RESULTS OF A "GHOST STORY " IN RYDE. —The sGene that took place on Wednesday evening in our quiet , town was of a nature which will certainly afford a fertile e tow n_ subject of conve rsa ti on an d comment for many a day to , come. A gen tl eman, name d M r. Tracey T urnere lli , who has toa been c charitable ar passing itaho the winter institution j here, u st openedwishing contributeintoth namely, the Soup Kitchen Fend—consented to relate, what he thought would be most attractive, a species of Christmas carol—a ghost-story !—being, as was stated in the bills , an incident that occurred to him d ur i ng his travels in hussia. The carol was to commence at the usual hour—eight o'clock p.m. As early as seven o'clock, however, a numerous concourse of people had already assembled in Lind-street, bef ore t h e Victoria-rooms, where the story was to be re l a t e d . At half-past seven the doors of the hall w ere th rown open, and in rushed the crowd with a violence an d i mpat i ence that destroyed all efforts to keep any ki n d o f or d er. In a few minutes the room that may be s a id t o accommodate comfortably about 700 persons, was crowded by a th n e. a sc ud e ineenethe amount ingatecustie to at least 1,200. The chairs were entirely'usele; o the s i e n, everybody rushed towara the platform, and the crowd description. In beyondstreet got more and loudly to ge tense he audience closely more twstill s in c n e on a n u o t t m i ii w sn e y l u r i e i i l n u e ag s , n ; dt t o l a i e n fto d ur e re r w be iV i litedls while way i t n h Mr. Turnerelli appeared jammedoutside were clamoringa inside tthhee srpoeoamhewnelnhnzieV; a le t nt leas cr t ow to d n , :a. , l i li t t il ig e f p o hl r a y etf t otur e mrhu appea p rance of pacify t minutes before the appointed time. He was - received with a clamorous shout of applause that literally shook the walls of the hall. As soon as a certain degree of quiet was restored, this gentleman began hi s a dd ress, but it was soon i n t erru pt e d by some ladies having fainted. Then arose a fresh commotion. How to get these ladies out was now the question. Then began also fresh shouting and shrieking, stamping and bawling, and a species of panic suddeny seemed - to pervade a part of the audience, severa l o whom scrambled on the plat form, not knowing what to do or where to go to. In vain did the lecturer request attention; the noise grew louder and louder, until at last he saw no other alterna tive than to make his bow and leave the hall. The crowd, however, refused to disperse, and it was only by a promise that on Friday evening (Jan 21st) the earol would be related under ci r cum s tances more favourable to the comfort o f th e au di ence that the the result of a ghost story (that was to be told) in Such Ryde, and one assembled throng consented to lea v e the hall. that will not easily be forgotten. . the V W e have only to a dd that this evening (Friday), ictoria - rooms will b e cr c, such anof people. concourse interrupted by un usual will, be—chairs, admission on this occasi on aain open at eight e clock, for t he Chr istmas carol, The prices of a 6d. ' • benches, 3d. , • and there is no doubt every measure will. be taken to secure the perfect accommodation of th ose willing to contribute to Soup Kit c h en C harity.— The .Isle ci 'right Observer, January 22, 1859.