The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-19 00:00:00

i CA9I7 c,OT I TIVF.—tES7RP . A.Y tßefore Mr. Justice ItiATix4.) re ,ut ice he THE WINTER ASSIZES. DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH A RETURNED CONVICT HIS RELATIONS, AND THE POLICE. • John Robinson (32), described in the calendar as well instructed, was placed at the bar upon a charge of having, at Newton, on the 21st August, unlawfully assaulted, beaten, and wounded James Bent arid George Shirley, constables, in the due execution of their duty, with intent to resist his lawful apprehension t he haVing been contritted df relay, Mid sentenced to tsirefitir-one years' penal. '&44 without lawful excusd • and Georiir /7 , e Robinsononon ( 20), described as imper fectly instructed;, was charged with having; et Newton. on the 21st of August, unlawfully assaulted, beaten, and wounded James Bent and George Shirley, constables, in the cive,exccation, 9f, their i cluty.iwith intent, to resist : the lawfulapprehension of the said jehn Robinson. There was also another charge against the prisoner jobti Robinson, which was not .gone into, for having stolen, at Much Woolton, on the 30th of May, feloniously two pigs, the goods and chattels of John Sutton. The prisoner John, who is a short-built, robust-looking man, with a look of determination and defiance in his countenance, wears a large black beard and whiskers; whilst his brother, the other prisoner, is a few inches taller, and of a more sullen appeqrance and different de meanour, having stood in to dock tlifoughdut the whole of the trial in, one dsitiOn, hii brOthei kept moving about; first looking -at de tiirlikeYs i'vhq were at his back, tiVice or thrice relieving himself by a drink of water which was supplied to him in corn= pliance ,with his request ,occasionally giving a glance nand ,the,mrt, and,, ,the yepqrkrs, dprjng : his tria,l cross-e'amided the witnesses with, an, alacrity that would have done credit to many experienced law yers. Mr. Pope appeared to prosecute, and Dr. Wheeler, Q.C., assisted by Mr. Oates, defended the prisoner George Robinson. Mr. Pope in opening the case for the prosecution, said the prisoners were charged with cutting and woundinc , with intent to do bodily harm, but the offence, although 6 laid under the statute referring to unlawfully using a sharp instrument, it would, strictly speaking, come under another act, which was for cutting and wounding with intent to resist a lawful apprehension. The learned counsel then pro ceeded to detail the circtimktanees of the ease, which will be found in the evidence, appended to this report, and stated that ,he Prisoner John waA tried at York at d. recent assizes fdr Atedling a cow; and Wei sentenced to twenty years' transportation, and htiving returned before the expiration of that time, the police were attempting to arrest him at his mother's house when the offence for which he now stood upon his trial was com mitted: ,Rpht. Trippeti an official in York Castle,.wee,called document g r ti P b o ltro ri f d i r itt 4 rttf w iL i :gat , a tfte7 l at 11 a e recent assizes there, and'sentenced to 21 years' transpor tation, which time had not yet expired. Dr. Wheeler raised a legal point as to the admissibility of the certifi • wmuu wits over-rmeu uy ma mnuctuip. J. Ile um...- tate was then read and put in evidence, after which the titnes§, Tripper; stated that he was present Whet; the trisoner,.• ohn,. was tried; Th 6 prisoner, Sohn; laid the pritnessrivag not Presentlk his trial. Lill Biit he sus he was. Prisoner : But I say he was not. James Bent, a sergeant in the county constabulary, stationed at Newton Heath, was then called and examined by Mr. Pope. He said : In consequence of information I received, I went, in company with a police constable named Shirley, to a beerhouse in New ton, kept by Marg iret Ba'tes. I got to the house about half-past three a.m. ; when we got there we searched the out fields, and then Shirley remained at the front door, and I went round to the back. While I was at the back part of the premises I heard Shirley asking Jane Robinson, the prisoner's sister, to open the door. I:consequently *ent round to the front, and it would be about four o'clock before we got in; George Robinson, one of the prisoners, ultimately opened the door. Before the door was opened I threateiled to break it open if we were not given admittance, and about twp minutest after tards the ,pr i so n er, George -opened the door; ;I went into. the, house first; Shiley outside. The pri 6orAr, Merge, was in the lobby, and there stopped me and asked what I wanted. I replied, " I want your brother John, who is an escaped convict." George said, "He is not here." I said, " I must look, I want a light." The place was in entire darkness, and I there fore required a light. George brought me a light about &quarter of an hour afterwards. I stayed at the entrance of a sitting room during the time George was getting Me the candle. When I got the light I went into the sitting room, and, on turning the cover of a sofa up that was in the apartment, I there found the prisoner, John Robinson, underneath upon his knees. He had a cane, about four feet in length, with a ball of lead at the end, in his hand. The moment I saw him I called to Shirley: John was about to strike me with the cane, when I:laid hold of his legs. He then immediately struck me under the eye with the end of the cane. George was at this time in the room close to me. After the blpw I con tinued my grasp of the, pri soner's leg; and Shirley Came in, and John kicked, huh upon the face with his foot. Xte Aso kicked me upon the head. I still continued trying tb drag the prisoner John out as well as I could. The prisoner's sister at this time called on, " Dog, fetch the poker and knock their brains out." When she called out "Dog" she meant the prisoner George, who goes by that name. George then knocked the table over upon which the candle was standing, and went out of the room. I continued drawing him out by the legs, and while I had hold of him Jane and a servant girl pushed me from behind and knocked me down. Shirley was at this time standing somewhere in the rooms As soon as I got up the prisoner ,Getitge Came in and strua me over the head with d poker. I am. certain it was him, because he was almost in the lobby, and the front door being open I could easily see him. I got Robinson close to the door, and just before I got outside George came again, and I saw him strike Shirley over the bead with the poker. The prisoner John continued striking with the cane, and Shirley took out his staff and struck him upon the arm, when George again reached over and caught me a second blow upon the head. I then left hold of John's legs and got hold of him round the body. He immediately seized hold of my hand with his teeth, We had then got out of the house, when I sucCeeded in getting the life-preserver from him, and threw it into the field. I carried him in front of me for about twenty yards. A dog was let loose Upon us. It first attacked Shirley, and then it got hold of my trowsers, and at that time George and the two females were standing at the door, hissing the dog on. John afterwards secured Shirley's staff when he was about to assist me to take him to the station. As soon as he got the staff, he raised his arm and struck me a severe blow upon the crown of the head. I then became sick, and he struck me another blow with the staff which caused me to fall to the ground senseless. I requested George to give me a drink of water, but he refused. I bled very much from the blows I received, and was off duty for about six weeks after the occurrence. When I had rather recovered from the effects of the blow, I looked up and saw Shirley chasing the prisoner John over the field.- - -Cross-examined by Dr. Wheeler : I had not a warrant when I Went to take the prisoner John. We were not more than half an hour in the house altogether. lam not aware that there was a reward of 120 offered to any person for the apprehension of the prisoner John. Mrs. Bates, the beerhouse-keeper, is mother of the prisoners. I knew the prisoner's sister pretty well before this occurrence. I'welit with her from Manchester races to Newton once. After this occurrence the two females were taken before the magistrates and they were remanded, and when taken up upon the remand, were discharged. I never received ' information that the prisoner John was at, his mother's house, but I heard that he was in the neighbourhood. I received a great number of blows before the candle Was put out, but two of them were more severe than others. The sofa would be six or seven yards from the sitting-room door. My back was partly to the door from the position of the sofa. The person who struck inn did so from behind. lam quite sure it was not the cane I was struck with. I did not see Mrs. Bates that blaming, but I heard her voice upstairs. There are Is great number of rooms upon the ground floor; and there are three doors by which you can get out of the sitting : room. The witness was then otoss-examined by the pnsoner John, *in order to' weaken his evidence, but he adhered tenaciously to 4vhat he -had sworn. At the conclusion the prisoner said : Are you frightened of dying, Mr. Bent ? Witness hesitated. His Lordship : Come, answer,—are you frightened of dying ? say Yes nr no. Prisoner : Yes, are you frightened of dying I say, Mr. Bent ? Witness : I don't know that I am. Prisoner : Then you ought to be for the lies you have told. The prisoner then proceeded to make a long rambling statement to the effect that the officers struck him with their staffs, until he was compelled to strike them in self-defence. His lordship asked witness if he or Shirley struck the prisoner before he offered any resistance, and he replied in the negative.—Prisoner : It's false. I was caught upon the head. If my brother had been in the affray at all, he would have had some Wounds upon him.—His Lordship : You had better leave your brother in his counsel's hands.—Prisoner t I acknowledge striking them, but it was not with a cane With lead in it; for the cane had no lead in it, but merely a handle on.—George Shirley (a police-constable in the county constabulary was then called and examined by Mr. Pope. After corroborating the evidence of the last witness he said he went up to John and took hold of him by the shoulder ; when he seized hold of his staff and struck Mr. Bent over the head. George was then at the front door, and had the poker in his hand. John ran off in the direction of Park-station, when Bent fell down upon the ground. lie followed him and caught him in a field near the station. When he (witness) caught him he struck him upon the head with his staff, and the blows he had received before that time made him feel exhausted, and he fell to the ground. Cross-examined by Dr. Wheeler : Ilad not heard that a reward had been offered for the apprehension of the prisoner John. The rumour reached the police station some time after the affray at the beer house. Prisoner : Did you not say to me when you came to me near the station, "I will have you, whether dead or alive ?" Witness : I did not. Prisoner : But I say you did, and I advised you to go home, and not interfere with things that you had nothing to do with, and you said, "It's no use, I will take you ;" and as you did not go when I told you candidly I knocked you down, and you said, " Oh, Jack, let me go, and Pll say nothing about it." When you got up again I took my legs and tripped you up, and I said if you did not go away I would make you so that you could not; and as he did sot, my lord judge, I knocked him down. I acknow- ledge it. I love my liberty as well as you, and I will have it.—His lordship . : He says you escaped.— Prisoner : -Yes, sir, certainly I escaped; and I will not allow that man or any other police-officer to take me in the place.—Margaret Bates, the mother of the prisoner, Was then called. She stated that before going to bed on the night in question she locked the door, and saw her son George go to bed. He could not return without passing th roug h her bedroom, which he did not. John was not in the house when she went to bed ; but from inquiries She had made she understood he had been let in by his sister.—Richard Henry Gordon, a surgeon, was called, and deposed to the nature of the wounds upon the Police-officer's head and face.—John Brown, a police officer' deposed that on ayprehending George at his mother's house, he said, in answer to the charge, " I did not strike him with the poker, but I wish I had done so, now."—Prisoner : Did you come to me When I was tried before the magistrates, and whisper Something to me ?---Witness Yes, I believe I did say Something to you.—Prisoner : What was it ?—Witness: I don't exactly recollect.—Prisoner : Then you are not At f or your duty. Policemen require good memories. John Green, a policeman ' was next called, and deposed to capturing the prisoner John in Sheffield. This closed the case for the prosecution. Dr. Wheeler then sub- Slated that there was no evidence against the prisoner George, because the policemen had no business at the . house. His Lordship : lam of opinion they had legal grounds for doing what they did, further than discharging their duty.) The ,prisoner then briefly addressed the jury, the purport:of ,his,,statement. , being to exonerate his brother froni all blame in the;:matter, and admitted that he himself had struck the policemen, but not until they struck him. Dr. Wheeler afterwards addressed the jury, at considerable length, on the part of the pri soner George; after which Mr. Gibbs, the governor of the gaol, handed in a long letter from the prisoner John to his lordship, the effect of which was to clear his brother, and stating that when he (John) was sentenced to the twenty years' transportation, the punishment he reqeit.ed it . o paianl„tfi hotrie, and he r6:soived on escaping, which he: afterwards Aucceeded v iii ding ,atid also ,that, during his incarceration,. he was sent to, an asylum„ whilst whilst he. was citiite,,tll4 re; erse ; df being insane, as he had feeling, a determination for his. wife and child, and for his rights; and coacluded by stating that although he was ; ralher.Weak ,in s his intellect ,he,wfts ; not a fool, hnt ly9. a,,strai htfppvard, quipt, ,well-disposed span, and would not hurt any,one. Several persons were,then called to speak to the character of deorge i after which the judge summed up, commenting on the evidence as he went on. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict against the prisoner John of " Guilty of a violent assault, with intent to resist his lawful apprehension ;" and George, " Guilty of a violent assault upon the officers, with intent to rescue the prisoner John." thi the dAnciihidditteht di: the ferditt thb prisoner .tohri COrdnierioed to fielii , er s twig about, the law, 4nd gurititt of . rhyme, relative to the, cireum stanCes of the, base; and 4fiat, as , said, perjury of the,pdlicomen. - • Sentence was deferred. ;THE ,t'OS I'-OFFICE ROBBERY. ;Mr:, J. B. .Aspinall, renewed his application for the postponement of the trial of Bell, for the robbery of the Post-office, and presented an affidavit to his lordship of the inquiries that he *fished to make for the defence. The learned judge granted the adjournment of the Case until the next assizes. ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE, AT MANCHESTER. William Thompson, James Whalley, and Joseph Phipps, three young men, were charged with violently assaulting one Patrick Daniel Scully, and stealing from his person one gold watch, one watch chain, and eleven shillings in money, at Manchester, on the 29th of Sept. last. Mr. &Met', appeared to prosecute; Mr. Torr defended the prisoner Wholl f i yl and Alt, Harwood vas counsel tor ,the . .ptipner h pps, Mr. Sowler detAiled the 'Circtinistancgsof,,th:c ,Case, Arid ,aftei•Oistis Called eVidence,.to prove, the ,Oiarge: , X. 6 prpseeut9r, Who is ao anUioneer, carrying - bn business in Mari:- chester, was proceeding itb ng iligh:street, in the direc tion of his residence, in Sw,an-street, about a quarter to twelve, on ; the night in qu es ti on . At that time the prisoners Whalley and .Phipps were seen together in 9,, Nyornon jiame4,llollintisw,o,rtb.,, a fancy hoi-maker, and While 'Assiut she heard 6 ,thifips.threato to nail the old -. The prosecutor Was then oh the other side of the street. The two men crossed, and when the prosecutor was passing a passage he was seized hold of by Phipps and w honey, antl dragged in, where Thompson met them, and assisted in the robbery. A policeman named 'Whittaker came up, and saw the pri- SonerS iii the passage. Die firoseedtor l on recovering de f erma* Ai tieici W,ll4lidd attacked hint to the poliCe o cer, Who . iiinnbdiatery g..4elitbd soners, havinc , seen them loitering about the street . during the night, and from the glance he had of them on entering the passage. Thompson was secured next day, but the other two prisoners had escaped the vigi lance of the police for upwards of a fortnight. The jury were not satisfied with the identity of the prisoners, and a verdict of not guilty was returned, and the pri soners discharged. RAPE. John. Cox and. William Cross, both aged 25, were pladed iii the'dock, oharged, the latter with committing a ; rape Upon the perioa,,of Sarah Ann Davenport ; at Heaton Norris, on the llthof dctober ; and the fernier with assisting the latter in the . comniission of the crim of e. prOsecutrix, ,who 4 young girl Of, 15 year s s gv, liad come, cconipanied by . ? female companion, to Liverpool With a cheap'_:trip from 6'6:lel:port, where,Ber parent resides ; and after having been in Liverpool for a few hours, her associate lost the prosecutrix's ticket, and she was consequently compelled to walk back, not having sufficient money to convey her by railway. She arrived at a public-house near the above village (after having been through Preston and Manchester, where she had been misdirected), when she got into a cart where the prisoners were, to get a ride home ; and they had proceeded but a short distance when the prisoner Cox committed, against her will, the crime imputed to him ; and during the occurrence Cross lay at the bottom of the cart pretendi ng t o b e as l eep , b u t on a p o li ceman making his appearance, he gave Cox the alarm. The prisoner Cross VfaS discbarged.upon his lordship's advice, and the other prisoner being found guilty, was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. His lordship stated that he would take the case against George Woodward PoWell, for forgery, this NISI PRIUS COURT.—YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Justice BLACKBURN.) His lordship came into court at half-past nine o'clock this morning. The case of Eckstein v. Critchley and another, which had not been concluded yesterday, was proceeded with. Several witnesses were called, and voluminous evidence having been gone into, the learned counsel on both sides replied for their respective clients. His lordship, in summing up, said that the two questions which the jury would have to consider, were, whether the plaintiff was Unjustifiably, dismissed without fair and reasonable cause or not, and if he Was - Unfairly discharged, what was the amount of compensation he was entitled to receive at the hands of the defendants. The jury retired to con sider their verdict, and after some time returned into court, finding £6O compensation for the plaintiff. In the case of Crossley and others v. Hamer and others, which was an undefended action, Mr. Pope, who appeared for the plaintiffs, stated that Richard Crossley, Isaac Smith, and Richard Stott, who were warp manu facturers, at Rochdale, were the plaintiffs, and supplied the defendants with a quantity of their goods, to the amount of £65 15s: of which sum £5 was paid on the l/th of September, in the present year, leaving a balance of £6O 15s. Bd. still due. A verdict for that amount was returned for the plaintiffs. UNAMICABLE NEIGHBOURS. RILEY AND WIFE v. THORNTON AND WIFE. —ln this case Mr. Torr, in the absence of pr. Wheeler, opened the pleadings. It appeared that the action was brought by Joseph Riley and Jane Riley, his wife, against Thomas Thornton and Sarah, his wife, to recover from them damages for certain language which Sarah Thornton had spoken maliciously of the female plaintiff. The declaration set forth that the words made use of were " Thou d--tion thief ; thou art a thief, and I can prove thee one." The two ladies who were the parties to the action lived in Holland-street, Manchester, and had for a length of time known each other; but some discord having arisen between them they had not lived on the most amicable terms for the last nine or ten months. On the 17th July Mrs. Riley had occasion to hang clothes for the purpose of drying them on a line in a yard in her street, and quite con venient to her house, and while sbe was so engaged the female defendant came out of her house and remarked that the prop which she (the plaintiff) was using did not belong to her, to which Mrs. Riley replied that the prop was her own property. This gave rise to a good deal of abuse and impertinence on the part of the defendant, who took the prop and carried it into her domicile,'and afterwards came out into the street, and in the hearing of the plaintiff and all the neighbours called the plaintiff a liar, a thief, and also made use of the words which formed the ground work of the present action, The learned counsel submitted that the fact of the defendant having made use of the words " that the plaintiff was a d—tion thief, and that I can prove thee one," was per se actionable. Jane Riley was called, and stated that her husband was an engineer, in the employ of Messrs. Barton and Son, manufacturers, in Manchester. She lived at 13, Holland-street, and Mrs. Thornton lived at 14, Holland-street. Thornton was a car-driver, and earned 12s. a week. (A 1au21.) She then proved the facts of the case, in confirmation of which several witnesses, all of the gentle sex, were called. In reply to Mr. Leresche, whe defended the action, Jane Riley said, that at the time the magistrates refused to grant her a summons against the defendant. Mr. Bent, a solicitor in Manchester, and who appeared for the plaintiff, stated that he had written to the defendant, requesting that she would desist from calling Mrs. Riley a thief, and make a suitable apology, to which Thornton made no answer. Mr. Leresche, on behalf of the defendant, said that the action, which was merely an Irish row over a washing tub, by two vulgar, ignorant washer women, could have been easily . adjudicated upon and settled in Manchester, without bringing it such a distance as to that court in Liverpool. He hoped that the jury would not victimise his client, who was a person in humble station, and return, if they thought the words were actionable, mere nominal damages. His lord ship, in submitting the question for the consideration of the jury, gave it as his opinion that it would have been much better if the ac ti on had not been brought at all, which would save the time of the court, that of a large number of witnesses, and three counsel. He said what they should have to determine was, whether the words attributed to the defendant were tantamount to a felony or not; and of course if that was the case, they were actionable, and what they had then to decide was the amount of damages that the plaintiff was entitled to recover from the defendant. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, awarding damages to the amount of one farthing, the costs to be borne by each party. In the cases of Bradford v. Willett, and Willett v. Bradford, Mr. Pope stated that the parties consented to a verdict by consent, subject to a reference, they being cross actions. ACTION FOR SLANDER, RAMSDDN AND WIPE V. SHAW.—This was an action for the recovery of damages for slander. Mr. Torr, in opening the pleadings, stated that Richard Ramsden, and Nancy, his wife, were the plaintiff's in the case, and Mary Anne Shaw, the defendant. The declaration said that :the defendant had lost a purse, containing some money; and in speaking of this circumstance to a person named Mrs. Rogers, she observed " that no one but that infernal thief Nancy (meaning the plaintiff) took it : she is a big thief, and a noted one in Open shaw." Dr. Wheeler stated the particulars of the case. He said that the jury would observe that this was an action for s l a nd er , a l mos t similar 'to the one that en gaged their attention in the previous case, only that the facts and circumstances of it were somewhat different. His client, Richard Ramsden, who had occupied a responsible position in the same service for many years was a very respectable man, and was highly esteemed by his employers. He was a married man, and it was in respect of his wife that the slanderous words com plained of had been used. The defendant, Miss Shaw, was a lady living upon her own means in Man chester; and he believed that for some time prior to the occurrence the plaintiffs and defendant had known each other. On the 7th of October, which happened to be a Sunday, a person named Mrs. Rogers was sent for by the defendant; and when she Caine Miss Shaw complained of being in great trouble, as she had lost her pocket, containing £4 10s. in money, and she then accused the female plaintiff of having stolen it, at the same time making use of very disreputable language regazding the honesty an d general c h arac ter of the plaintiff and his wife. Thi s was the reason that the present action was brought. After evidence at con siderable length had been adduced Mr. Mooch addressed the court in behalf of the defendant. The learned judge summed up the evidence, after which the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, awarding £5 damages. AN INTERPLEADER ACTION. iIICKES V. SIBBERING.—In this case George Hickes was the plaintiff, and John Sibbering the defendant. It was an interpleader action sent for trial by Mr, Justice , . Weightman. On the' Bth of November, us the present year, by means of a fierifaciai,. the Sheriftof Cheshire seized certain goods under -an exeeution.“ On the 7th of November,- Mr. James: Hickeg, the plaintiff, who was a manufacturer at , Stoekpori, bought for £180; Horn his pre sent manager,, Mr,, Sowerbutts West,- 53 looms and all the correspdticllng mathinery rrhi,eb wo at the time at work in a room in the cotton-mill of Mr. keriPy Marsden; Stockport, upon condition that he should become tenant to Marsden, which was accordingly done. He then em ployed Sowerbutts West to manage the loom for him. On the Bth of November the Sheriff of Cheshire, in pursuance of an eitecation put a seizure on the pro perty, oft behalf of Mr. Sibbetibg, who as a coal 0410 ip Mdnehesteti tilid lied 5. 1 ClaitAftir debt 9gainst,,John West,, the fathLi; ef . oiVer . biitts West: The questiou, now ~resolved rtsel fi intik this point, whether the property iliielitthis *cation had been so levied was reaily;the properly of Mr. Hickes;; Or whether it 'belonged to John, West, or whether it originall± belonged:to J. S.; West, the son; from whom Mr.- Hickes had, purchased it, .Or ,to ;the father, John West, with •whoni, Mr. r Hickes had no. transactions whatever.- In the stiMnier .of last year :,; 8,, West determined to buy some looms himself, and to stet Mid toffy On a business similar to that which he had disposed of to Mr. James Hickes, and on that occasion a Mr. M'Gregor, a commission agent in Manchester, called on him, and offered to suppl.y him with money, for the purpose of paying wages and buying mate rials, such as ,yarn i emidact his business) and in iettirdheatreed with M.i...g.'dcegof tilake Corlsign inent of goods' tq that gentieni4. Accordingly be Mas so determined,, being, Manager of 'Sir, Hi4es's loom at the time,.and,pot Ming able to give.his,personal superintendence to the Ipeins ifhich helougefl to himself, to employ his father (John West) to mankge.. his own looms for him, the father having had considerable expe rience in the business, although he had been formerly a schoolmaster. The son, no doubt, was actuated by a praiseworthy motive in this respect, thinking that he might as well' help his father at the same time that he was earning money , ~„ Mr. Ovens app eare d f or th e plaintiff, and fir. Wheeier; Q.C., for the defendant. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff, Dr. Wheeler not offering any evidence on behalf of his client. The court then rose at six o'clock, and adjourned till half-past nine o'clock this morning. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT,-YESTERDAY. , ore .'" !{ A L• - „,. • ••• ,Fdritins dtib rig. tin; ynr, appears, to he fasinopabl9 rule amongst all cl ass es,, and.CoiBnd'a ifitleiti are the consequence. Transportation is the only thing that appears likely to put a stop to this dangerous, and in many sase i s latal.,practice ; and a few examples of this 6 9/12i no doubt, will have• a :salutary effect, Anthony Bareld . t; a tab!dtitekft elifeged officer,242, for being drunk and fi:rions dfc. , sitlg; dad dlsd, tot assaulting him. The officer said,—l saw this man list night, in Scotland-road, driving a cab most furiously. He was running a race with a man who was in a gig. I called on him to stop, but he would not, and I then caught hold of the rein, when he jumped down and hit me in the mouth with his left hand, and blackened my eye With his tight, and kicked me hi the legs. He was driink At.. the Aline. end ,going at a furious rate ; to the danger of the People: , The,. pciedrter 04 he was . going very quietly when the policeman c a me 143; p4ll4.hini off the seat, and broke his mouth with a box. Police officer 870 said he came up and saw the prisoner running a furious race with a gentleman who was in a gig; both vehicles were on a line, and he saw the pri soner strike the officer on the eye. Witness caught the gentleman, whom he charged with furious driving, and endangering the lives of the people. The prisoner called the first officer, and asked him if lie did not pull him off the box and strike him in the mouth ? The officer replied No i but you struck me in the mouth the Moment you jumped down i I never touched You at all, The prisdner called John Brbwd, *as driving the gig, akhis witness, lint he seemed to trio* Very little Of the affair. Mr. Reifies, sdid the Cage was quite clear, dnd fined the iitismiet fin. the Eissaillt; and ordered the officer to report hiM to the Cd.i. Onmilie6 jefei to his badge.—Police-officer 870 then mit John Bre*ii (the witness in the last case) into the dock, charged with being drunk and for furious driving in Scotland-road. The prisoner was described as a cotton-broker, living in Saint Domingo-road. He had nearly £lOO in cash on his person when searched at the station. The officer said the prisoner was racing his gig against the last pri soner's cab, to the greatdanger of the public. Mr. Raffles : 'What rate was he going at ? Officer : Twelve or thir teen miles at least. When I caught hold of the reins he continued to whip the horse, and the latter got his foot into my coat and threw me down between his legs, but I held on and got, up. The prisoner denied this statement altogether. Police-officer 242; howeVer, fully bore out he other constable's statement. Mr. Raffles asked if Mr. Brown was drunk ? And the officer said he was. Mr: Raffles : 1 canna nor never will take the *dtd of a drunken mAn in preference to the evidence of two sober persons ; haVe you any Witness Prisoner : Yes. Here he called d man into the box who swore that Mr. Brown was not going more than ten or eleven miles an hour at most, but this was all he kne* elldlit it. Mr. Raffles : I will, as far as I can, put an end to this outrageous conduct. If you were driving out on a country road, where there would he no one to endanger, ten or eleven miles an hour would not be too fast, but in the crowded thoroughfares of Liverpool it is not to be tolerated. Two gentlemen were kilted a short time ago, and a day or two since a lady died from the effects of furious driving. It must not be tolerated in the streets of Liverpool, dnd in etery case that comes before the, I will inflict the full penalty. tour out witness proves the case. You are fined 40s. and costs. The fine was at once paid. The next charge was against a spring-cart driver, named Thomas Ferrety. It appeared that this prisoner was lashing his horse through the street in the most furious manner, and but for two police-officers there was no doubt he would have killed some one. He was fined 40s. or two months' imprisonment. THE DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 180. except by means gach as ihese? Mr. Buihell concluded by movie .; the adoption of there-pre: , 1 The Rev. C.,W. Warr seconded,the motuM. Mr. illENity CLARKE, before the motion was put, W'4B,/led make. q few-remarks,. on the exclusive character ef mu , shurp accommodation, Which he thought one of the greate'st, ffrievar t,E l T that the Church endured. He was prepared to show ft! .the working . classes, according to our present system of churetlecdinif modation, neither did, nor could, nor would, avail them sebYesiot4t, Holy Trinity Church was specially built for ti'le' ilailling classes., There were 525 sittings in that church, but cf til'A't nuinlAfpytly 'AO were let, and of those 280 but Of ifere attepto,d, tip. th iyof fof ‘7lloni they had been set apart. Ldolt around at ,„4 ottr churches, and he wanted to know in What thilell'es; under the pew system, were the working classes rept e eignted ? They were not there, Mr. Clarke referred , id the ficrating and migratory character of our labouring ficpillationi au4 said such were their uncertain spheres of labiiiinHsab i tictif tiffeertain tenure of employ men t-- that to rea'sonable Man eokild apt/. them to be guilty of The eN4vaganp e, ot„taking: isiYelf for' three; much less six mo'nth's,, ~ofii,d4urpho4,ll4o:hQii,o4' gilfiii)o i lit '. there was a feeiini-ibift the nia9, who sat ,iii' a flee .shat was a pauper—("No, u6',l,—anq o'6' ies'Peliabre aif flans refused, to be considered as, such., Those we're' ikki liis " ciwuopiiiions ; merely, but, were supported by thn views df. Lord, Shaftesbury, and oonfi.r,med by Lord Derby in his spec& in LiVerpodi 10 . Aucrast last., The' evil, indeed, was one acktie'vttedged 1 4y all impartial men, whether ecclesiastical or lay. wt e'dmirAleps the report was—much good as the society was doing, he regretted that a schoolroom had been subsidised mid i reeognised by the society, five-sixths of the accommoda !, Odd lit Which had been set apart to be let out for sums of ifi l qof„id tiqpio'of . yedple.• That society was not for the benefit of tile tegrilar catiffeltzgrer, to allow him the luxury o a pew, but he cOn'teo'con'ten'ds?flat ref_t service of ' their ,e,hurcli 9ght, tizbe, aapecial: sprig6'.ia'fire *Miring ciassct. It. might he id ialL,e, .thee, w ere Wils'. i.lie .fli cumbent's income id ecroe..frOM. ! , ,he , aiisnTr„,wis, ,4 1 from the offertory. Mr. Clarke dd.4 - eced a number of instances to show that if this system 'ere Pgligy followed, a very large revenue from a weekly collection of the sort in every church could easily be attained. ''he' Chairman then put the resolution, which was Mianininitsly carried: Mr.; o,:retpli in'orecf94'secOnd feedlution, which was Co Change one if the,fligda'pf9atar lasts of ale soriety, by which the ma3imum salary of tlie,nicssionarY curates is fixed at £l2O. The proposal as thit- thil t ShOdd , start at that, but that the committee slidind have a'.(1, 1 4, cretionary power gradually to increase the amonni 01 -' it should reach £l7O. Mr, Clarke seconded the motion, which was also carried. Mr. Ai:U:O Htlthf*lON moved the re-election of the cohisal . lines; vdiflr the addition of the name of Mr. Percy 111.• said tliere It'ad neVer been a society estab lished t i lde ,eacess Melt headcolisitleted so proble mtibal, froa the diffletilti fend, delicaey of the &range= ments ;'.and be was thankTul,. under Web dirctom'startecs, that, the , success of, the society had heen sh:giest r ,a result, no doubt, largely owing to the ludibibuS abtinti of,thp, e committee who had conducted the *rations of the soei4y. f The Re 4. Mr. Po'v;ell seconded the iesolutiOn, which was passed nem. con. The Rev. Dr. M'NEILE proposed -"Th'a't th`e opeTa tions of the Liverpool Church Aid Society during the present year have been blessed with such a measure of success as calls for the expression of heartfelt gratitude to Almighty God, and ought also to commend the society to the general support of all who desire to improve tfie moral and religious condition of the worst districts of the town," It was not encouraging, he said, that the ittio:rtance of the question had not called together a giegtef tittnther than the twenty-two or twenty-three gentlenien occupied that room. He did not think the matter brought before them by Mr. Clarke was prac ticable. If all Christians Wete like Mr. Clarke, the offertory wo uld answer ; but they fottrld that their Dissenting brethren could not do without Vet tents, although their whole system was based upon the volun tary principle. The Roman Catholics, although they had no pew rents, found it necessary to charge for admission to their chapels, so that in the case of Dissen ters and Catholics, the offertory, so called, had proved itself a failure. He believed that in their case it would prone a failure also ; and this invited a little considera tionof their position at the present time. They were talking of small things in the society, considering they were engaged in a great battle, or rather were Atistaining a great siege. Those of her Majesty's subjects in this kingdom who thought that the moral and religions interests of the people would be greatly consulted by the abolition of all ecclesias tical establishments had proclaimed without hesitation, and were carrying on with system, with arrangement, with determination, with perseverance, a deliberate siege against our ecclesiastical citadel, with all its appur tenances and all its supports. (Hear, hear.) At the present moment (to continue his figure) their parallels and zig-zags were against church-rates. In some places they had succeeded in abolishing the rate, in others they had not succeeded, but they were carrying on their work systematically; and they had fairly apprised us, when they had proceeded so far, that instead of raising their siege they will advance their parallels, and assail the tithes. (Hear, hear.) Now, if all the parishes in the kingdom were reduced to the condition of the poor parishes in Liverpool, and instead of a Church Aid Society they had to establish a Church Society, with nothing to aid, he should like to ask to what condition our poor would be reduced, not only in large and popu lous towns, but in rural districts. (Hear, hear.) Then what should be done in this matter? At this moment an appeal was made to them ; they were invited to respond. The leader of "her Majesty's opposition," as some one used to call it, had spoken upon the subject of church rates. He had taken the Dissenting assailants at their word, and joined issue with them upon the subject of an established church. He said that was the question at issue, and some of them had frankly avowed it was.so. He was aware this was not the immediate subject of their meeting, but he thought it was not a discursive flight, to consiner whether, at this juncture, before the meeting of Parliament, something should not be said, in a combined and comprehensive way, in a town like this on the coming battle in the House of Commons upon the subject of church-rates. He was very much mortified himself a few years ago to find that the rector and their friends had been forsaken on the question of a church-rate in Liverpool ; but he had ever held it as his opinion that it might be regained, and he thought so still. (Applause.) He should not venture to say more than that he thought they should not sit down quietly and allow the present session to pass without attempting to regai n their position as an Established Chuch and to retain what remains,—for he was well persuaded if through timidity or a false love of peace they yielded now, and the Liberation Society, as it was called, suc ceeded in abolishing church-rates, they should be re duced to a similar position for the defence of tithes and the whole system of the Established Church of the land. (Hear, h e ar.) Reverting to the society, Dr. M'Neile said he thought it had succeeded beyond reasonable expectations, and he concluded by a strong exhortation to the wealthy to give it an enlarged support. The Rev. Dr. Hume seconded the motion in a prac tical speech ; and after a few stirring remarks from Mr. Bushell, the motion was put and carried. The interesting proceedings closed with the usual and complimentary vote of thanks to the chairman. THE FEMALE SAILOR. ----- Sarah Stewart, a young Scotch girl, dressed as a boy, was brought up, charged for being drunk and disorderly. Some time ago this lass was discovered here as a sailor, on board a ship, and was then before the court, not on a' charge, but seeking some assistance to take her to Scotland. Since that time she has been " knocking about" the town, in male attire, and refuses to adopt her proper " tog." She looks as like a stout boy of 20 as a female possibly can look, and if one was not aware of her sex no suspicion would attach to her. Her voice, too, is that of a " tar" that had seen some service, and it appears that she was about five years at sea before she was discovered. The charge being proved, she twisted herself about a la man-of-war's man, and said, I Met au old shipmate of mine, and we had a few glasses of grog ;. I was not tight, only a little rocky, that's all. Mr. Raffles advised her not to be " rocky" any more, and discharged her. THE WORKING MAN'S MUTUAL BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY. --,The adjourned meeting of the above society was held last evening, in the Schoolroom, in Prince Edwin -street. A president, trustees, committee, steward, treasurer, and secretary were elected, and the society was regularly organised for business purposes. n T s a e q r t u h e y n , e w o h f o nj lived urie s a t received 4 8, M i f d r g o e m li a ll- DEATHS FROM INJURY.—Yesterday a boy named 3' in corst another eet lad,di died ho struck him on the head with smile weapon, but it seems there was'no malice in the case. The lad who inflicted the blow is in the custody of the police..—Yesterday, a woman named Mary Anne Aspinall died in the Southern Hospital, in consequence of injuries received by burning. The details of this case were published in our police reports yesterday. An inquest will be held on the body this day. LECTURE.—A lecture was delivered l'ist evening in Hope Hall, by D. J. Macgowan, Esq., M.D., entitled "Japan and China." There were about 150 persons present. R. A. Made, Esq., occupied the chair, and in a brief speech introduced Dr. Macgowan, who was very favourably received by the audience. The lecturer, who is a native of America and a medibal missionary, gave an explicit, amusing, and highly interesting account of the manners and customs of the inhabitants of Japan and China, illustrating his subject by a series of diagrams of the people and the country, and exhibited many curious specimens of the workmanship of the artisans, and the materials produced in that country, and also gave a short description of the working of the coal mines in Japan, which he stated were very numerous. The lecture, which was of an exceedingly interesting nature, was listened to througltout - amidst profound silence, by an attentive, intellectnal, and highly gratified audience. Macgowan will resume his subject this evening. VORONER'S COURI. Yesterday, Mr. Wybergh con cliaed the inquest ,en the body of Mrs. Ireland. The following evidence was given in addition to that already published. John Woods, a car-driver, who lives in Pembroke-place, stated that on the evening in question he saw the deceased crossing at the top of Elliott-street, and lie saw a Whitechapel proceeding from towards the Adelphi ; it was going at the rate of six or seven m il es an hour. He saw the deceased and her sister crossing, and saw the shaft of the vehicle catch the deceased on the right shoulder. They were both knocked down, and deceased was cut over the eye and hurt on the left arm. He did not think there was any blame to the driver, as he did all he could to pull up and avoid them. Dr. Gill stated that he saw deceased the day after the accident. She had a severe wound over the left eyebrow, which had bled very profusely. The left arm was in jured, and there was a braise on the breast. She was much shaken. Attended her till her death. She died from exhaustion and debility. She was worse a month ag • o To the jury he said there was no doubt the blow she received accelerated her death. She was a weakly delicate sort of person, and an accident of that kind would very naturally have shortened her life. Mr. Deig • hton then addressed the jury, and contended that there was no culpable negligence on the part of the driver of the vehicle; and, from the medical evidence, it was very doubtful if the injury accelerated the death of the deceased. The coroner then addressed the jury, pointing out the bearings of the case, and going over it very carefully. The jury, after a consultation of a few minutes, returned a verdict of Accidentally Killed. EXAMINATION OF THE PUPILS AT THE CORPORATION SOUTH SCHOOLS. — The Christmas examination of the children at the Corporation South. Schools was held yesterday, Alderman Gardner occupied the chair. The Revs. Rector Campbell, H. Carpenter, and —. Meyrick, and Messrs. Councillor IVagstaff, J. B. Monk, and Livingston, were also present. The girls' school was crowded with pupils and parents. The general appearance of the children, male and female, was all that could be desired. The examination was searching and complete, and comprised the usual routine. The answers to all questions on elementary sciences were generally correct, and given without the least hesitation. Some of the drawings were really excellent, and would have done credit to more preten tious establishments. The character of the handwriting was good in most cases. A number of the more advanced boys gave specimens of English composition, and in every instance they were very creditable indeed. There is no doubt that much care has been bestowed upon the children's education by all the teachers placed over them. The Rev. Rector. Campbell, the Rev. Mr. Car penter, the Rev. Mr. Meyrick, and the Chairman made neat and appropriate speeches, dwelling upon the importance of cleanliness, industry, obedience to teachers and parents, and uniformly good behaviour at school, at home, and abroad. Each of the speakers complimented the childrerr upon their clean appearance, and the general improvement in their education, resulting, as they said, from the meritorious conduct of their masters.--Cheers were given for the rector, the chairman, and the holidays. This evening an entertainment will be given by some of the pupils, at the schoolroom. THE LIVERPOOL CHURCH AID SOCIETY ANNUM,) IEETDt. The annual meeting of thi s society; Ithio.sli.was est - ! lished in April of last year,. was held yesterday afternoon at theßlue'Coat Hospital. The Rev. Recter Campbell occupied the chair; :and amongst those present we observed IVfr. /=eland Hoclonii i Mt, Chfistopher' Bushell,. and Mr. J. K. Rountliv.rafte," &Oda 414 M‘Neile, the Rev. Dr. Hume, the Rev. C. W. Wart, and several others of the local clergy. The meeting having been opened with prayer, The CHAIRMAN said--As there was nothing in the dendition of the society which called upon them to make an difeiot id At up d pi!blie meeting for an appeal to the town, it was trot then& dcifisallle trouble the BishoP,te• Come ,Oer,' ; othelifiethei suited him ; and therefore iit .vas deeMed e4edient thg (the Rectory, should take , the, .chai4 .on, the. present occasion. And all ha. Could say .was ?that, tho.,chair could not be taken .by . any bt'cly, wl4„had. the Afterest of the society -.more at heart than - himself. fic was exceedingly anxious for its original foundation,,and..did all Al •eqttld,itith :the .of, many dear and valued friends 7 1 0.4 efotind . iiri,to lace it , beforo.the public, I and cause its institution. t wag gfeat .Futto of gra tification to be able to do so, and he was most'Pfp'y to say that he had been highly satisfied with the results, — for though they had not done one-half of what they could wish to do, or one-half of what was required for the Spiritual eltigencles of the town, still he thought whed the report tys lead them they Would be satisfied that a vast amotint. of red itad 'Wen, dome ; though d much greater amount good ietliairied to t old: wn.Livr GAg6,sc.N 6en read„ the report, as an important document , we give in extols° 11,100kft. • ' In presenting this lae..r cetond report i the ; coipmittee to state that th e ex p er i ence o f th e pr esen : i ear Pal fitillmpaye 4 the real value of the Liverpool Church Aid Society. liort,'td fore, in some of our ecclesiastical districts, the disproportion between the number of clergymen and the amount of popula tion to be tared for by the church was so overwhelniing, that tile ptii'dellial Spteffi It heeome almost a dead letter. The great 9bjept of the gciciety f.uffY , e reo.,, life and vigour into tat adiniralls sygtAin,,Od Nihe'revef Mittiste,rs hate been appointed fain tjiat ,puri4e Su, „al:1Y, ,dislifcf.S, committee acknsiwledge, with hpartftlt grafitude, qeasure: of success with which .it has p l eaSed godl•eyenAtAins early period, to bless the faithful labours of those ni:itietcr?:- • • The committee will now proceed to state what has been done fled& ffaell of the four heads of the society's operations. I.—GRANTS FOR MlSSiOlaitY CI:FATES. 1. The Rev. A. Ford has been labotifirig ae missionary curate for the populous and demoralised districts of St. Anne's and 041;e4t ei. gin& Sep tuber, 1859 (stipend £120). He has , y,ifiteff t ceet,3i - iNret s e:eq and enurtt in the two districts, spending frorti, Qv iit si hou'es a;c14,14; 'k r days every week, i in vieitiag ; ,he hap generally Veen' well ret 7 eVed,/ ta i fEstitt of ; this pastoral 'effoet Was, eeyan Manifegt ,in tlie.ettgrehifa Vii deserted, .The congregaluata,.now avetiagea fn :the nal:mining ihtlirff th . 20, hi v.*. rfenlag about op. Voluntary co'ilz tributions averagelk aeguitlda, rewarterly coVectiens.nearly £5 a-quarter. The communicants sometimes exceed,i6o. Mr. Ford•has a night service in the church, on ,Wednesda3r, 111.8 4 . ' cottage ledtures in the Week, in - different parts of the districts,. a Bible Class, and a Young Men's Meeting. Many persons 11 - ave'emnreeeed their gratitude to him for the benefit they have received from his , ministry.. A District Provident Society has been fermetivailttiere are ten active visitors collecting for the society and eireaiiitg traets.,.. - Thelat are two ecriptueereadersi in these districts. The Rev. Wee.. Wheeler, , the Incumbent of, St. Anne's, bears testimony to the value of Mr. Veirclge labourk The committee have much p'easure in stating that at a large Con zregatienal tea party lately given in St. Anne's, the com pany testified their gratitude for the efforts made for their spiritual benefit, by presenting to Mr. Wheeler a handsome Bible, to Mrs. Whee'er a cloak, and to Mr. Ford a purse con taintng thirty pounds. 2. The Kee. IL Johnstone has been acting as missionary curate far the hang neglected district of St. Paul's since the W in tiren n e ' jcn3 t ci s r a s r ay t se"&e:tdtlV::fieetTs The Rev.t j ra li ni Shtaast:e been most , cenereia'l,, ~ 04 td tn'e very great and faithful exertions of the missionary cureite ; s • th.daharadter of the people is improving, and the attefiGanee at .clittr,elf„elpecially ,051 Sunday evening, has greatly increased. Mr, 4qhVeacktp_dada visited frcm house to house ; the people are anxious,to recek , his visits ; and the congregation, which has increased froulthe beginning of his ministry, now averages (exclusive of children) above 340, sometimes they have had above 400. Mr. J. has established a tract society, with good effect ; and on his inviting the congregation to place their voluntary contributions in boxes at the church doors, the request has been well responded to, an i a fund will thus be raised for the support of the choir arid for the tract society. Mr. J.'s services have been acceptable to the people, and he humbly believes they have been blessed to the Sottls of Many. He deeply regrets the want of a school, and also of a sititab a place for conducting a Sunday Bible class for, yating Men. Thee is a Setipturoreeder In this district. 3. The Red'. C. Quest has. been labouring as Missionary Citrate in Si. Thanes', Parle , lane, since the beginning of the :rem (Stipend £120; Of which Lh is paid by the Met:Unbent.) He.han been ieilous and iiidefatigatle • but miring to the pre vious stats and Peduftai character of the.district the results have been much less endeterdging than he had expeeted. The Sunday evening congregation; which biefore the cornMeritee ment of his ministry is said to hive averdifed about, 6f/ or 60 persons, has for the last two months varied from 100 to 200. During Lent Mr. G. gave a course of lectures in the church, on Wednesday evening, specially addressed to the working classes; the attendance varied from 100 to 200. Afterwards, and throughout the summer, as the weather permitted, he had a service in the open air; the audiences, which were of the most miscellaneous character, ranged from 70 or 80 to 300 or upwards; the attention on every occasion was striking, and from conversations afterwards held with individuals, he can not but hope that the Word of God thus sown broadcast will be productive of blessed results. A Wednesday evening ser vice and a Saturday evening prayer meeting in the school room, though attended by few, have been much appreciated by those and have availed themselves of these means of grace. Mr. Guest, aided by a zealous Scripture Reader, has esta blished a night school for the ragged boys and girls of the district ; it is held twice a week, and the attendance has averaged more than 120. There are twenty-one teachers, male and female. Mr. G. explains the gospel to the children, twenty-five of whom have joined the Sunday school, which is in a comparatively satisfactory state. Mr. G. has visited every family in the district, and most of the Protestants more than once, and has been well received. He has collected more than £BO from the, oor, as deposits for the Provident Society. 4. The grant of £75 for a year towards the stipend of a missionary curate for a part of St. Mark's district has been renewed. The part assigned to the curate contains a popula tion of 6,000 ; and a room in Grenville-street has been rented, fitted up, and licensed as a chapel, with sittings for 900, all free. This effort, which originated with, and is still principally supported by, the congregation of St. Mark's, has been most successful in its spiritual results. The Rev. T. F. McCallan, the late missionary curate. having resigned, the Rev. J. J. Butler has been appointed his successor. 5. The grant of £25 a year has been renewed, as an increase to the income of the Rev. E. Lester, missionary curate, to whom the Rev. T. M. L es t er , the incumbent of St. Mary's, Kirkdale, has conventionally assigned a district called the North Shore. This district has a population of 3,000, and a school room licensed for divine service, with 560 sittings. The Earl of Derby contributes £se towards the income of the curate ; and the rent of the s ttings not free, after deducting expenses, amounts to rather more than £3O. lI—INCREASE OF CHURCH ACCOMMODATION. All the pews in the Gallery of St. Bartholomew's Church, containing 300 sittings, have been made free foe the year for a grant at 430. The body of St. Anne's Church, containing about 500 sit tings. has also heed made available for a grant of £5O, all the pews being private property. The gallery of St. Thornas's Church, Warwick-street, con taining 150 sittings, has also been made free for a grant of £3O. It is very gratifying to find that the attendance of the work ing classes in each of these churches has greatly increased, in consequence of the additional free sittings. III—INCREASE OF THE INCOME OF ILL-PAID INCUMBENTS. 1. A grant .4 £lOO has been made to the Rev. W. R. Hunt, incumbent of St. Columba's. This district, which ineludes back streets and courts, adjoining Brownlow-hill, is very poor, and the population fluctuating. The number of communicants hag steadily increased, and averages between 40 and 50. Amidst many discouragements, the Bible classes present a hopeful feature f three held on week nights are well attended, and so is a weekly prayer meeting. House to house visiting is carried on by the incumbent, district visitors, and a scrip ture reader. There is a Provident Association, and from £l5 to £2O per month is generally collected. 2. A grant of £lOO has been made to the Rev. 11. Postance, incumbent of Trinity, Toxteth. The pastoral labours of Mr. Postance some years ago in this poor. populous, and demo ralised district led first to the building of a church, and sub sequently to that of large schools, now nearly completed. The church is. crowded on Sunday evening : there are about 40 communicants. The service on Wednesday evening is attended by 150 on the average. In the house to housevisiting two pious women are employed, who labour amongthe females in the day time. and sell Bibles and prayer books, and distri bute tracts, while the incumbent and curate visit the sick by day and the working men at night. The two Bible classes are in a very encouraging state. There are nearly 300 children belonging to the Sunday school, bat it is difficult to obtain seitable teachers. The local Provident Fund averages £4O per month. The improvement of this district in a religious and social point of view has been most remarkable. 3. A grant of £l2O has been made to the Rev. Dr. Burton, Incumbent of St. Matthews's, Scotland-road. —By the death of the late incumbent, the right of appointing his successor devolved on the Rector of Liverpool as patron, who had appointed the Rev. Dr. Burton in April l ast. The church cic4ed for some time previo usl y , owing to the illness of then late incumbent. The result o f Dr. B.'s labgurswill appear from the following report ren dered b y him :—Th ~ congrega tion now attending the church averages about 300 to 400 in morning. and about 60 0 to 800 in the evening. Communi cants from 25 to 51. The day schools arc attended by some 60 boys, and about as many girls. T he attendance at Sunda y school' in the morning, a bout 70; in the afternoon , 130 . There are 18 Sunday school teachers in regular attendance. The district is visited by two clergymen and two Scripture readers, and twelve district visitors. There are three weekly services in the church, also two Bible classes, two lectures, and one singing class weekly. A considerable ortio free. The Sunday. co ll ec tions average Pn of the church is about 15s. in the morn ing (for the minister), and about 20s. in eveningth yw e inne:lerfeheeln. (for ecoome income, church expenses). Though St. Matthew's 1 m. t a a very remunerative sphere as to vinced, as to usefulness, reward any effort bestowed upon it." IV , --CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS CHURCH EXPENSES IN POOR DISTRICTS. The following grants have been m ade towards the payment of church expenses, which are limited to cleaning, l'ghting, heating, and attendants :-- £3o 0 0 To the Rev. W. Leveson, of S t. Barnabas' 30 0 0 P. Heins, of St. Matthias' ff *I Toxteth 3O 0 0 H. Postance, of Trinity. 9 f 20 30 30 0 0 W. R. Hunt, of St. Columba's 0 0 " ', Dr. Burton, St. Matthew's, Scotland-rd. " ' Dr. Hume, of All Soul's ff 9, 25 0 0 F. A. power, of St. Alban's ~ 9! „ „ H. G. Vernon, of St. Stephen's „ „ H. Baugh, of St. Mary Magdalene's 99 /9 It • Dandy. of St. Aidan's T. R o binson, of St. Barthol o mew' s 2, 9. As the Couunittee attach great importance to the principle that every congregation, however poor, should contribute something towards the payment he exhorted t o of Church rchexpenses, they have learned with much plea sure that theirsuggestion on that point has been willingly attended to by the Incum bents. To conclude—the committee trust hl hat the foregonsi doing ered as account of the operations of the socie t y the o c affording any just ground for complaint that more has not been already accomplishe d. Those only who are acquainted with the anomalous char acter legally belonging to some of our Churches and Ecclesiastical vate interests connected with them, an form any idea of th e difficulty of introducing any new remedial agency. And y e t, in some of the worst of these districts, the work of a Home Mission has been begun and is proceeding with such tokens of the Divine blessing, as, notwitrhstanding the intemperance vice, and irreligion still prevai mg, may humbly be hailed as the dawn of a brighter and better day. Let us therefore' thank God and take courage. With a view of effectually sustaining and extending the operations of the society, it is evident that the missionary curates employed should be men who combine the qualifica tions required for pastoral visitingwith thepow t e o r t o h f e pr w e o a r e k hi hi n g g the Gospel in a simple and impressive manner classes. It appears to the committee that the maximum of remuneration fixed by the rules of the socie e t i v eri isn t o io t a sufficient I:, and after recompense for the services of men of this d full consideration of the subject they would un st na r un o a n al c , mt l e. y er r ea e tt e lno o ng mEe tt n hh d ee to the members of the society rules as would remedy.this defect. to mak T e h s e u a c . proper occasion for bringing forward dthhisesqhueeesntion givenin due notice of the alteration to be P notices summoning the meeting. ropose Mr. ROUNTILWAITE t h e treasurer, then read a state ment of th e accounts, ' from which it a pp eare d th at t he total receipt s of the society had amounted to £1,463 18s. 11d. Mr. Busittu. was then called upon. Tie said the report was so extremely lengthy, so extremely satisfactory,that I needed little to be said and, taken altogether, 1 in relation to it. This society bad been formed as they all knew, not to do anything, but rather to aid a system which had already been established. As the report told them, the great object of the society was to infuse new where and vigour into th e p aroc hi al sys t e m. They soug had ht, therefore, to strengthe n th at * it machinery become weak—to supplement it where it required ex tension, and to stimulate it where, from whatever cause, it may have become obtuse. He thoac,rht a sounder principle it would be difficult to conceive. The society, he thought, had accomplish e d, w i th small m eans ,a vast amount of good. The total expenditure of the year amounted only to £1,175, and that amount had been divided under the four principal heads for Which the society had been formed. The first obj ect was to esta bli s h by grants missionary curates ; secondly, an increase of church accommodation ; thirdly, ill-paid incumbents; an an increase of the inco me of clf tributions to ourthly, con to wards church expenses in poorer districts. Mr. Bushell, in neat and effective terms, then w ent over the resu lt s achieved under these resp ect i ve hea d s, a nd said he should like to know how so small a sum ss £1,175, by any other means, could have been made to do so much good. The position of Liverpool at the present time, with its non-resident merchants, should not be over looked. The wants of the masses had to be supplied; ' and how were churches in districts which had perhaps scarcely a single inhabitant of wealth, to be supported LIVERPOOL SOCIAL SCIENCE MEETING. The second monthly meeting of the Liverpool Asso ciation for the Promotion of Social Science was held last evening, in the theatre of the Royril Institution, Colquitt-street. The chair was occupied by William Brown, Esq., who, on entering the room, was received with loud applause. A large number of ladies and gentlemen were present, who seemed to take a lively interest in the proceedings of the meeting. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings of the meet ing in the following speech :—Ladies and gentlemen, I regret very much that previous engagements have-; vented me from attending here at former meetings, not o y that I was indifferent to progress and the advan tages of the Social Science Association, but I felt that I could not, with these engagements on my hands have attended here. (Hear, hear.) I occupy this Chair, I assure you, with considerable reluctance, not that I am not anxious for the progress and the advantages of the society, and the benefits it will confer on the town and county at large ; not from that reasons but because I feel my health and my various onerous occupations so engross all my personal attendance, that I am sure it is not, or would not be doing you justice that I should accept that position. I can assure you that I should have much more pleasure in seeing a younger gentleman occupying this chair—(hear, hear) — who has all his work and all his time before him, and who could investigate many abstruse and difficult subjects which it would be impossible for me to under take or lay before you. (Hear, hear.) My friends, Mr, Rathbone and Ir. Hubback, promised that if I would occupy the chair, they would relieve me from so arduous and difficult a labour in the future. I only regret that I cannot make that personal labour and exertion in your transactions, because I can assure you I feel a very great interest in your progress. (Hear, hear.) And I am very glad to find that there is such a large number of our friends who take considerable zeal in forwarding the interests of the association, and who, with considerable ability, essay to get that informa tion which is necessary to giude their proceedings. I am most happy to learn to-Right that we shall have a very interesting, and I am sure a very instructive lec ture upon a very important subject from Mr. Chilton, namely, to endeavour to assimilate the laws of various countries, or the subject of criminal jurisdiction on the high seas. It is a subject of the very greatest impor tance, and you will require great perseverance and great industry to carry out your wishes. (Hear, hear, and applause.) :My friend, Mr. Bathbone, is, from deli cate health, unfortunately not able to attend the meet ing upon the present occasion, but he has written a letter which, I hope, the secretary, who has a stronger and clearer voice than I have, will be kind enough to read. The Secretary then read the following communica tion : Allerton Priory, 18th December, 186 a. My DEAR Sin,---I regret much that the state of my health will not allow me to Joni the Liverpool Social Science Associa tion meeting this evening. Will you, therefore, allow me to take this means of forwarding a suggestion I have more than once made to the gentlemen who have so well called public attention to the important subject of this evening's discussion, and which I believe will be found to afford the only, and a not unpracticable, solution of the difficuly. I do not see how we can remedy the fearful evils in question without by patient negotiation with other countries Unlacing about arrangements for having the liability to the criminal jurisdiction of the port of destination of all vessels on the high seas commence mutually with departure from their own, and when practically all other is found to so great an extent at an end. The conclusion being mut , :al, there seems nothing unrea sonable in such a proposition; and if there are countries the criminal laws and practices of which are not altogether such as can be approved, it must be borne in mind that in embark ing for such countries, we of necessity become subject to their criminal jurisdiction, whatever it may be, on entering their waters ; arid that these arrangements only anticipate this posi tion at the moment when all other criminal jurisdiction becomes to so great an extent impracticable, and the worst c an scarcely be so bad in its affects as none at all. If this mutu a ll y important arrangement could be made between two such great commercial States as Great Bt itain and America, it can scat cely be doubted that its beneficial working would cause its rapidand regret easy muc hn introductionot being ablew h wherever t re a r k thought partug t n the desirable. discussion and I am, dear sir, yours respectfully, THEODORE W. RATHBONE, William Brown, Esq., Chairman. , The CHAIRMAN then said that he should be happy to hear Mr. Chilton's paper read, on the important subject which he had thought proper to treat upon on that occasion. (Hear, hear.) When Mr. Chilton had finished his paper, he should feel obliged if any gentle man who had any suggestions to make, or that might occur to him as tending to accomplish the ends the members of the assiiefritiOnliiid"iit"eivi Would please to do se: (Hear,"hear, and applaie..): Mr. PHILIPRwriinoNE then rcse and riclartis4,if tete* otSertations to theppeting.• -He said that fie had tli l e' pleasing nti 0( proposiii4 'A hdimiary secretary Mr. fAfl4a r,.' hei i r ,*and.applaiise.). li l e Walter Henry Jona'. had no doubt that whateiter riikcht be the loss the society mould sustain in losing th;•': sNiees of hlinself (Mr. Rkhbone) in vacating ,the office or sedetalt,tliel ife'?.',lcloonire a gain in' having' Mr. JOnes appoihteft.flo that office. Pe ttarix?,dotifit also that they wouldfind' that the society, whien Ailif been so auspiciOu s ly cOnducted for the past, would go on st 4 ante pnspicrouslr under his practical direction. (Applause.) EV efie knew properly how arduous were the duties which a se4ictait had to Mimi", and how much depended upon lifs atilifirTsaliff 14 tatenig. The speaker had, therefore, great pleastite in reclining tire sitaation into Mr. Jones' hands. He then proceeded to filica'lfef ,pol'it'e objections that had been raised against that Safey.. .64; it had been argued against it that it was turpraitAal l ,--an awful word, especially in Liverpool—(a laugh)—tetB t l it.ht they (the members of it) did nothing. Well, the andrei to that was very simple ; for they were not a society for the promotion of social actions, but for the prchnotion of steal stiettee: They were not expected to make the lavis of s'bhild scierife, but to discover them. It was rleo l obih4ed fn' ttieff that they only inquired into isolated" rajas,, iiig filet u'pel'f every meeting of the society they did not ansicii 3 o4, ieNV general law. He did not think that they shoidd rb . ,,p-tp coo to do so; and, moreover, he did not think that firc datiOr etas, that they bhoald not discover new laws, &if iathbir the dauger;pas that they should suppose that they had dis covered them' before they had really done so. (Hear.) Fifty years ago, Arrilar objections had been raised against geology, and that eologists merely catalogued nature, and that they did nothi'v7ii Actever, except giving names to empty stones • but half iiiCettirr:t had answered that question satisfactorily, and had sZtywn ifirif those stones had become tho_pacres of a history 0 / the efeatioYi t,f eottntless ages. He 'then gave a con:- plet,e 4iiel 64006 Natation to all the objections that had been: raised against die' attelety, and concluded by sigti t tig threV h 4 should biYilibet hary to assist, in every possible nialirief,t t'o row lediciaty,: ( h p:) Mr. CHILTON theti Vioteeded. N7,11h; hr k .paper: Me observed that the subject of criminal jiirisellbtiO - .•131` rather the want of criminal jurisdiction 6e'll - l'A seas was one of the greatest importance. Few, if any, Cenld read the numerous paragraphs which were found AI: the.iiet'srpeys of cruelty and even murder on board 41110 - gin VeSaels tltboat feeling an amount of horror PO • disiOi.. And so fat from there being any dinatition ni l t a liefk, Ciiiiieg, They appeared to be on the increase, Th l iie; tir o at th'e' ?relent time no jurisdiction for sift?! Gress ir corirmitied on the high seas between England' iii,d ,pl' F riett. When the crime amounts to murder of at ,i.' teniV to. I murder, the criminals may be handed over to the t onSill' to be sent home for trial; but even then the difficulty of obtaining sufficient evidence to ensure conviction was SQ grdat that the effect of the power given to the Eng lish.Ciofetinnent was nullified, In cases of assault, and in leski . &lures ,that murder, there was not even a nominal jiarisdicfioti. Tfie 'vet: then detailed some re cent instances of the dife flt Which is practised on board American ship's, partieulat f silo;: Matey beard in the South of England, in which the Piet thid 66000 Mates of the American barque Anna had murdered AID less than six~ seamen di the passage honie. In this case the prisoVes' legal adiisei, objected tOthe prOCeedings, on the ground of noii-jui r iSdieti l on and the oblection being valid was allowed. The en ' N - Vriii,Perlips not confined to American ships, but extended thineti'nihs' . even to English ships. The Extradition Treaty non- iii,fOrde between England and America and England and Franile was insufficient as a means of checking cruelty at sea. The number of applications made by the United States under this treaty was eleven, in six of which a warrant of extradition was granted. These six cases were all cases of murder, and happened on board .the ships coming to Liverpool. The witnesses were all together, and there was consequently not so much difficulty in showing that the requirements of the treaty and been fulfilled. ilut in many eases it was not so. To remedy this, Mr. Chilton proposes to effect a convention founded on an interchange of jurisdiction between the courts of England and America. He proposed to limit the convention to the courts of the United States first, because it would remove the scandal of there being no jurisdiction ; and secondly, because those courts nearly resembled our own. He further proposed that, in the spirit of lex loci, England and America should allow each other free jurisdiction over cases not of a very serious nature. In - all cases of murder and of a serious nature, the -de positions to be laid before the consuls or representatives of the countries, who would have power to stop pro ceedings if they felt justified in doing so. In cases where sentence of death was pronounced, the prisoner to be removed to his own country, and the sentence there executed. This proposal differed from that of Mr. Lindsay in two respects. Firstly, as to the prin ciple of having the trial at the place where the witnesses are ; and secondly, in not submitting the minor offences to the consul. He considered that these means would at least partially stop the progress of the evil now so prevalent. The paper having been read, Mr. RAFFLES said be was sure they were all agreed, to a great extent, at least, as to the principles laid down in the paper just read. He concurred with Mr. Chilton in believing that the extradition treaty had failed, in a great measure, to accomplish its object. He did not, however, quite see his way to the conclusion that we would be justified in giving up our countrymen to foreign courts without any enquiry from the consul. Indeed, from the sort of justice administered in some of the Southern States, he thought it would be very objec tionable. Neither did he agree with Mr. Chilton in saying that these cases of cruelty were increasing ; he believed the contrary was the case. With those excep tions he agreed with Mr. Chilton's views, and hoped that some steps would be taken in the next session of Parliament. Mr. CHAMBERS remarked that at the end of last year a movement was made on the part of the magistrates on: this subject. The Chamber of Commerce, in conjunc tion with the American Chamber of Commerce, had endeavoured to take some steps ; he had not heard any thing of it lately, and was afraid the thing had gone to sleep. Mr. Campbell, Mr. Hubback, and other gentlemen, then made some brief observations, after which it was resolved that the General Committee should consider the subject, with the view, if necessary, of bringing it before Parliament. The proceedings then terminated. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE. LECTURE, LAST NIGHT, AT TILE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. Last night, the concluding lecture of the spries before the Young Men's Christian Association was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Miller, of Birmingham. His subject, was, "Courtship and Marriage,"—a most attractive theme, judging by the fact that the large hall was more crowded than we ever remember to have seen it upon any former occasion. The great majority of the audience consisted, of course, of females, and the whole scene was one of a most unusual, animated, and interesting char acter. Mr. Councillor Farnworth occupied the chair, and briefly introduced the lecturer to the meeting. The lecturer, in announcing himself as qualified to discourse upon such a subject, said pleasantly that he was neither an old bachelor nor a Ccelebs in search of a wife, being married before he was twenty-one. As he had, therefore, done the thing in a respectable way, they might presume he knew something about courting. (Laughter and applause.) He should treat, first, con cerning falling in love ; and, in the second place, con cerning courtship, and therein more particularly about popping the question —(laughter)—and lastly, concern ing marriage. Falling in love was one of those acci dents incident to humanity, which, sooner or later, overtakes us all. There were two kinds of falling in love : the falling in love proper, when a man cannot help it. The second was, falling in love when a man felt the time was come for him to look out for a wife. He exhorted his audience to consider the critical character of the step. It had been said, and he believed with a good deal of truth, that no man was thoroughly ruined till he was badly married. They should pray that they might have Divine guidance ; he contended, also, that they should seek parental counsel, f or h e cou ld not believe that the blessing of God could fully rest upon a union which had involved at the outset an outrage on the Fifth Commandment. He asked any young man — what do you want? Do you want a doll ? Some men married for the mere sake of personal beauty. Well, do you want a nurse ? Do you want a housekeeper ? He should be sorry to be the woman who should marry a man who wanted any of the three. (Applause.) He held that what a man wanted was a companion in the battle of life. The lecturer here amused his audience by giving his opinion of a wife when he was a lad at college. He had an opinion that a wife should have brains, and be a good housekeeper; and if a man could get hold of a woman who could understand Butler's Analogy on the one band, and make a good apple dumpling on the other, he should go far to get a com bination which would make a very good wife. (Laughter and applause.) Then, there was the great shirt-button question. It was an essential qualification that a wife should not be a fine lady, because it would be inconve nient to find a needle in a stocking which had been darned, or that some portion of a man's apparel should be destitute of that appendage to which be had made allusion. The lecturer then adverted to the pecuniary, pounds, shillings, and pence, part of the question, which, he said, would intrude amidst moonlight solitary walks, beaming eyes, and bewitching glances. He thought a young man more likely to fight the battle of life well and strike upward, and a young woman have her best qualities brought out, by having some difficulties to go through of a pecuniary nature; but he warned parties against the danger of getting i n t o a s hilling of debt. Tey would fly in the face of God's word if they did not make it a sine qua non that the marriage should be in the law. Don't let young ladies be led away by the fallacy " Oh, he is unsettled, but I will soon restore him." The probabilities were, that the worldly would carry away the one who was spiritual. Tkey should have the golden thread of godliness entwined with the roses of love. As to popping the aestion , t h ere were various ways. He himself did it as became cowa rd —he wrote. He li a had once an Irish curate who did it in this way : He was playing at chess with the daughter of the churchwarden, when a verso!' watching reminded her that she might have taken his bishop. " Ab," he said, " I wish she would take the curate !" She did ; and a capital wife she made. (Loud laughter.) He was opposed to hasty cour tships, and thought young people engaged should see a deal Of each other. They should watch each other's temper; and depend upon it the womtfn who makes a good daughter will make a good wife, and the man who makes a good son will make a good husband. That was a safe rule to follow. Another safe rule was, that a young man should treat his intended as he should like another man to treat his sister. (Ap: plause.) They should respect as well as love; for he believed when a man ceased to respect, he could not love a woman as he ought to do. The lecturer here quoted the expression of Rosalind to Orlando in " As you like it," that to be a true lover, he should wear an air of " careless desolation," and not appear as if he were in love with himself. Dr. Miller next dwelt upon the subject of l marriage, taking it first in its religious aspect. He be ieved, not withstanding the record of the courts, there was a vast a mount of married happiness in this world. Tic believed that, though unhappy marriages came to the surface, it was the very essence of hippy marriages to be quiet and not excite attention. He believed that there was in this country a greater amount of domestic happiness between man and wife than in any other part of the world. (Applause.) Sydney Smith's detnition of marriage was, " A pair of shears, so joined together that they cannot be separated ; always moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one that domes betteeir them." That was the characteristic of niarried people, let them start in life with this dlitiriet anticipation, that man's chief happiness must be at,honie.. He had seen an apothegm in the Quarterly PiiieUr; "Pf women were as careful to make cages to keep' the bird' as - they are to make nets to catch the bird, there would many note happy marriages." A woman after Marriage sliced be as - careful of her personal appearance as before. tit yetnig woman would not like to be caught slip-slop or untidy before marriage. After Marriage, don't let her say "'A is• only my husbhMl." Bb beautiful, he said, in your husband's eyes, or at di ev'ents tidy as long as you can. Then he came ft , the pons asinoruni of the whole question—the great obeiliktuce cpiestion. On this he dwelt with muc h facetiousness; exhibiting a picture of the ancient mechanical instrument fot fte restraint and punishment of scolds. ' Miller mut g ave some practical rules. 'There was an old saYilig that all married people should keep two hears in the hoirise---brar and forbear. ' What angered a man more than anythilt else was—not talking . while he reads his newspaper, though t'f±t was very bad indeed, but there was a little word exceedirPgly expressive, that was " nagging,"—the worrying of a ni'an about little things—far better a good honest explosion tow and then. A second rule should be that there should be no i secrets between man and wife. It often happened that Wolnan had a mother or sister to whom _ confided tilde fib'did not confine to her husband. The lecturer advised huSbair2ds• over whom there might be impending bankruptcy or Oft' distress not to conceal the fact from their wi'tes.. A woman did not sink half under it like it mom, and he would probably find that in such eases she was endowed with a vigour and heroism wilish he never bd4A suspected. (Applause.) Again he said, be on your guard against trifles. Never talk of one anottrer's failings to a third party women generally observed this rule better than men. Dr. Miller, in conclusion, exhorted all the married So to live together in this world, that in the world to center they might have everlasting life ; and drew an affecting picture of the angtifsh which all who have lost a partner endure in the felil'erribraitce of unkind words or actions towards the (NW is' gone. On the nialbe of Mr. IL A. Payne, a vote of thanks was passed by aeOlaltUtion to Dr. Miller, the chairman, and the organist. Dr. Miller then pronounce tisebeneelictiort, and the assembly gradually broke up. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Mlowlngt ks lummary of Mr. Buchanan's Mes sage : . . . "Fellow-citizen olf the Senate end House of Repre sentatives,--Throughout the yeatissince . our last meeting, the country has been eminettly Pfospel•otta in all its material interests. The general Ilan' has been excel lent ; our harvests have been abundant, and genes* smiles throughout the land. Our commerce and matrttfattsires have been prosecuted with energy and industry, and have yielded fait and ample returns. In short, no nation itt the tide of time has ever presented a spectacle of greater mateti4 &oSperity than we have done until within a recent period. Why isit, then; that discontent now so extensively prevails, and the union of the States, which is the source of all these blessings, is titteatened with destruction ? Nhe long-continued and intempetafe interference of the orthern people with the question of slavery in the Southern States, has at 'length produced its natural effects. The different sections of the Union are now arrayed against each ettel, and the time has arrived,— so much dreaded by the fafliei o his country—when hostile geographical parties have beet formed. I have long foreseen and often forewarned m' totrutrymen of the now impending danger. The incessant a'nt violent agitation of the slavery question throughout the North during the last quarter of a century has at length produced its malign influence on the slaves, and inspired them with vague notions of freedom. Hence a sense of security no longer exists around the family altar. This feeling of peace at home has given place to apprehensions of servile insurrections. Many a matron throughout the South retires at night in dread of what may befal herself and her children before the morning. Should this apprehension of domestic danger, whether real or imaginary, extend and intensify itself until it shall pervade the masses of the Southern people, then disunion will become inevitable. How easy would it be for the American people to settle the slavery question for ever and restore peace and harmony to this dis tressed country ! They and they only can do it. All that is necessary to accomplish the object, and all for which the slave States ever contended, is to be let alone and permitted to manage their domestic institutions in their own way. As sovereign states they?" and they alone are responsible before God and the world for the slavery existing among them. For this the people of the North are no more responsible, and have no more right to interfere, than with similar institutions in Russia or in Brazils. Upon their good sense and patriotic forbearance I confess I still greatly rely. With out their aid it is beyond the power of any President, no matter what may be his own political views, to restore peace and harmony among them. Wisely limited and I restrained as to his power under our constitution and laws, he alone can accomplish but little for good or for evil on such a momentous question; and this brings me to observe that the election of any one of our fellow citizens to the office of-President does not of itself afford just cause for dissolving the Union. The election of a President of the United States, in a constitutional manner, cannot, of itself, justify secession or revolution. The constitution does not contemplate the act of separa tion or disunion, and, therefore, there can be no legal and constitutional secession of any State from the Union. The personal liberty acts of several Northern States are in direct conflict with the constitution of the United States, and ought to be repealed. If continued upon the statute books of the Northern States, after the public attention has been directed to the subject, the injured States will be justified in revolution. The President has no power except to see that the laws are executed, and for this purpose certain facilities are given him. He cannot maintain the judiciary in a State like South Carolina, when Federal officers resign. But he has power over the collection of customs, and over the public property of the United States, located within the several States, and to protect these the Government forces will act strictly on the defensive. Congress possesses no power to make war upon a State to compel such State to remain in the Union, and if force could be used for such purpose a continuance of the government in its spirit and unity cotila riot be" thus maintained. To re store tranquility, and furnish to all the States a guarantee for the enjoyment of their rights,, as con templated under our system, certain amendments to the Federal constitution are necessary, and may be pro posed by Congress, and ratified by the States, or through the medium of a convention called on the application of the States. Unlawful military expeditions have been countenanced by many of our citizens, and were suf fered, in defiance of the Government, to escape from our shores, for the purpose of making war upon the unoffending people of neighbouring republics with whom we were at peace. In addition to these and other difficulties we experienced a revulsion in monetary affairs, soon after my advent to power, of unexampled severity, and of ruinous consequence to all the great interests of the country. When we take a retrospect of what was then our condition, and contrast this with its material prosperity at the time of the late Presidential election, we have abundant reason to return our grateful thanks to that merciful Providence which has never forsaken us as a nation in all our past trials. Our relations with Great Britain are of the most friendly character. Since the commencement of my administra tion the two dangerous questions arising from the Clayton and Bulwer treaty, and from the right of search claimed by the British Government, have been amicably and honourably adjusted. The discordant constructions of. the Clayton and Bulwer treaty between the two Governments, which at different periods of the discussion bore a threatening aspect, have resulted'in a settlement entirely satisfactory to this Government. It must be a source of sincere satisfaction to all classes of our fellow citizens, and especially to those engaged in foreign com merce, that the claim on the.part of Great Britain for forcibly taking and searching American merchant vessels on the high seas in time of peace has been abandoned. This was by far the most dangerous question to the peace of the two countries which has existed since the war of 1812. Whilst it remained open, they might at any moment have been precipitated into' a war. The only question of any importance that still remains op en is the disputed titl e between the two Governments to the island of San Juan,'this in the vicinity of Washington Territory. A s question is still under negotia tion, it is not deemed advisable at the present moment to make any other allusion to the subject. The recent visit of th e P rince of "Wales - in a private character to the people of this country has proved to be a most auspicious event. In its consequences it cannot fail to increase the kindred and kindly feelings which, I trust, may ever actuate the governments and people "of both countries in their politi ca l an d soc i a l i n t ercourse w ith each other. With i ally, our relationscinr France, our ancient and venerable continue to be of the most friendly character. relations with the great Empire of Russia are all that we could desire. Our relations with Spain are now of a more complicated, though less dan gerous character than they have been for many years. Our citiz ens have numerous claims long held, and continue to hold, These had been against the Spanish G o vernment. ably urged for a series of. years by our successive diplomatic without brin i representatives at Madrid, but that the final ng adjustment It i s more t h an p oro b a bl e of these claims will devolve upon my s uccessor. I re it era t e th e recommendation m contained in in that annual m essage of December, 1858, and repeated that o f December, 1859, in favour of the acquisition of I firmly b e li eve Cuba from Spain by fair purchase. that such an acquisition would con tribute essentially to the well-bei ng an d p ros p er ity o f both count r i es in all future time, as well as prove the certain means o f _immediately abolishing the African slave trade throughout the world. I would not repeat this recommendation believed that the upon the present occasion if I upon conditions transf er Highly of Cuba to the United States, tarnish the ighly favourable to Spain, could justly Spanish nationalmonarchy, honour of the proud and ancient and the retnaiusT; With the Emperor of Austria that of the Sultan, ; Continental powers, including the most satisfact our relation's continue to be of peaceful policy pursued character. The friendly and United States rsued by the Government of the moat the Empire of China has produced the of Tientsin or satisfactory results. The treaty faithfully observed the 18th of June, 18:58, has been relations with Alex; 'by the Chinese authorities. Our tory condition, [Ti e , : still remain in a most unsatisfac is fiddly discussed. tnancial condition of the country mises of Theretr enc h ment President refers to the pro message, and shows in that contained in his first annual siderable reduction it has been redeemed by a con theithe annual expenditure during last two years.] i t . s with great satisfaction I com municate the fact that slay the date of my last annual message not a single United States in violatioave has been imported into the of the laws prohibiting the African slave trade, Theamessae concludes with some remarks about the tariff." necess ity of modifications in the ALL THE TITLES. —At the police court, yesterday, the steward of a ship was charged for attempting some tea, and when ask e d if b to smuggle —0 pleaded guilty or not, said, "I am guilty, your lordship but as it is the first time I have been before your ; Majesty, I hope your reverence will be as light as possible." Of course he was convicted, as he ought to be after that., LATEST NEWS. (BY BILITISIE AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAFH.) FRANCIS 11. AND NAPOLEON.- General Latour has left for Paris on a special' mission from Francis 11. to the Emperor Napoleon. THE FR - EN-CH FUNDS. Dec. 18, 3.25 p.m. The Bourse rather firm. ltentes closed at 68f. 85e., or same as yesterday. THE FREE IMPORTATION OF COAL INTO FRANCE. As the new commercial treaty between Franee and Belgium will render the importation bread absolutely free, the English coal will also be entitled to enter duty free into France. ROME. ROME, Dec. 6. The death of Cardinal Gaude is announced. A consistory will be held on Monday next, when the Pope will address an allocution to the cardinals. Several bishops, three of whom are suburban, have been appointed. Benevento is lost to the Holy See. Reactionary movements have taken place in severe places in the March provinces and in Umbria. The Pontifical Zouaves have re-entered Rome. RESUMPTION OF THE BOMBARDMENT OF GAETA. The bombardment of Gaeta will re-commence in consequence of the non-acceptance by King Francis 11. of the proposed conditions to surrender Gaeta. The King has issued a manifesto, calling upon the Neapolitans to make a last effort to pre serve their n a ti ona li ty. H e g uarantees to maintain their libertie s and grant distinct Parliaments to the Two Sicilies. He also promises an amnesty. If compelled to succumb, he will maintain the firm hope of returning to his dominions. PRUSSIA. A Berlin letter, says the Paris pamphlet on the Emperor Francis Joseph and Venetia," has made a deep impression in that capital. All sensible men approve its conclusion. _Europe ha s a r i g ht to exact from Austria that she shall not cause a great European war for Venetia, but it is stoubted whether the Emperor will ever consent to idiscuss the question of negotiation. AUSTRIAN REFORMS AND CONCESSION& GRAN, Dec. 18. The conference was opened to-day at 10 a.m. ; at 11 a.m. the electoral law of '4B had already been adopted by the assembly. M. Desseroffy demanded that the imperial diploma, inaugura ting the new state of things, should be established on an inviolable legal basis, which would at once remove any doubts concerning the national rights. He also said that a Diet, constituted, according to the electoral law of '4B, could only be considered to form such a basis. VIENNA, Dee. 18. The Ost Deutsche Post publishes a telegram, dated Gran, 17th, announcing that Conferences were to be opened definitively on the following day, and asserting that all difficulties had been removed. According to the same telegram, the members of the Conference would not demand. the establishment of an independent Hungarian Ministry. Much excitement prevailed. THE ROMAN STATES. ROME (via Marseilles), Dec. 15. The Piedmontese have occupied Ponte Corvo since the 11th inst. Some reactionary movements have taken place at Cagli and Gubbio. SPAIN. MADRID, Dec. 17. Government will submit tbe new tariff to the Cortes in January next. THE EAST. CONSTANTINOPLE,. Dec. 17. Tewfick Effendi has been appointed to replace Moncklar Pasha as Minister of Finance. THE BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, Dec. 15. __ _ _ The Bombay mail of the 26th ult. arrived here' his morning, and left at 2 p.m. for Marseilles. BOMBAY, NOT. 26. _ _ The import business is absolutely suspended, on account of the resentment against the income tax. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, Dec. VT. The French steamer Navarre arrived with advices from Rio Janeiro to the 25th ult. The political news is unimportant. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENeE. Exchange is quoted—London, 27; Paris, 352 to 356; Hamburg, 670. Coffee firm at 5,500 to 5,600 reis per antsba for good first. Stock 50,000 bags. ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLOSING OF THE GATES OF DERRY. LONDONDERRY, Dec. 18. 1 P.M.—Everything quiet ; crimson flags are' flying from the usual places, and the effigy of Lundy is suspended from Walker's Monument for conflagration in the afternoon. No firing of can non has yet taken place, but troops are placed at convenient stations to act if necessary. 4 P.m.—Six rounds were fired from one cannon. Everything quiet. Tuesday night. The celebration by the apprentice boys of the anniversary of the closing of the gates has• termi nated without disturbance. The effigy of Lundy was burnt at three p.m., and six or seven skots (from one cannon) were fired, although Mr. Coulson, magistrate, remonstrated. A display of fireworks took place at six p.m., and a soiree in the Corporation Hall commenced shortly after.. The speakers were Mr. Hempton, Mr. Johnston,. and others. The proceedings terminated about midnight. The city is perfectly quiet. The case of Hooper r. Warde, in the Court of Queen's Bench, has terminated in a 'verdict for the . plaintiff. Damages: £5OO for the assaults, £lOO for the jewelery, unless given up, and £BO for the loan. Sir W. Verner, Bart., is authorised by her Majesty to wear the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphie Order, conferred upon him far distinguished services during the Peninsular war and at Waterloo. The following appeared in our later editions of yesterday : FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 18. The Moniteur contains a decree reducing the number of officials in the Imperial Courts of Rennes and Poitiers, augmenting the number of tribunal judges in some towns and diminishing them in others. The Moniteur also publishes a decree suppress ing the prohibition against the export, from Algeria, of barks, for tanning purposes. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. At the Privy Council, at Windsor Castle, yesterday, Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from the 3rd January until the sth February, and a proclam ation was issued summoning Parliament to meet for the dispatch of business on sth February. The Great Western Railway Company have appointed Mr. John Fowler their consulting engineer. The Daily News says tilkat private telegrams from St. Petersburg do not afford hopes of any more prisoners being recovered from the Chii:ese. The Times in a leader praise:, the conduct of Lord Elgin, who has by a firm policy, irf three weeks, put as end to wars in China. It is said in the Italian correspondence of the Daily News, that the resistance at Gaeta was coonected with a plan laid at Rome, and that the Emperor Ni;poleon was determined to bring affairs to an end. BANKRUPTS. Frederick Young, woollen warehouseman, Basinghalt. street. Philip Ings, artificial manure manufacturer, Moretown, . . Ringwood, Hants. John George, victualler, Pemberton-row, City. William Newland Williams, chemist, Farnham, Surrey. Thomas Bagley Cousens, underwriter, St. Michaere alley, City. George Robson, saddler, Handswortb, Staffordshire. Thomas Harris, cabinet-maker, Cardiff. Charles and William Stark, corn and cheese factors, Mark, Somersetshire. Edward Williams, builder, Wrexham, Denbighshire. John Sellars, manufacturing chemist, Newton Heath, near Manchester. The tea-party connected with the church and echoefil of All Souls', will be held on this occasion in tit@ Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street ; for, though the school-rooms are large and commodious, they would be too small to accommodate the company. Several volun teer officers will be present on this occasion, and will give a new character to such social meetings. LIVERPOOL EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, MOUNT PLEASANT.—ConsuIting Surgeon, Dr. Hugh Neill, F.R.A.S.; Surgeons, Dr. R. Hibbert Taylor, Dr. Nevins, T. Bickerton, Esq. ; Assistant Surgeon, Robert Batty, Esq. ; Treasurer, J. G. Livingston, Esq. Report for the week ending Dec. 15, 1860 :—New cases : Eyes, 53 ; Ears, 22. Prescribed for and received surgical assistance : Eyes, 297 ; Ears, 110. TRADE OF LIVERPOOL.—The following is a return inwards and the number and tonnage of ships reported and cleared outwards at this port as compated with the corresponding periods of last year : REPORTED INWARDS, For the Week ended Dee. 15. 1860 1859 Increase in ships Increase in tons 59,160 CLEARED OUTWARDS, For the Week ended Dec. 15. 1860 1859 Increase in ships Increase in tons REPORTED INwanos, From Jan. 1 to Dec. 15, 1860. 1860 1859 Increase in slims ..... .. 86 Increase in tons .......................................... 416,25 5 CLEARED OUTWARDS, From Jan. 1 to Dec. 15, 1860. 1860 18.59 Increase in ships ....................................... 237 Increase in tons 366,033 on, to be are lest ,s i', a 44 1 to des Lich sea. cut tial led 4 1 9 Lbie han rich the oy lose it." S a igh W 8 tial hi ved '.-ed the ed,