Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-25 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAI SATURDAY EVENIN( e Cotton market has been very quiet and firm being' estimated at between 7,000 ' 1.000 speculation.. Prices were very stead There is still a dull and dee " i my. tendency in th the businee ro-da3 in several instances were rather transactions included Caledonian 591 ; Lancashire and York- London and North-Western, 941 -A- ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 354 ; Mid land, 103.1 ; Dovers, 21 11-16 a ; Great Western of Canada, 150: Lombardo-Venetian (new Liverpool Share was done, and pr lower. The day A _B2i A WesteKn :hire, 941 Pacific Steam Company, 71 ; Ditto (new shares), 191. In the Money Market there is a slight increase in the demand for accommodation, and rates of discount are rather higher, 2a to 21-, being now the quotations at the private banking houses. The funds opened this morning with renewed heavinesi, and a fresh decline of -I cent. was ( lv, however has since taken place) and, although the market remains languid,. present quotations are equal to the Consols are officially marked 94 and 94-7 1 to 94'4 for the account tion is 94.3- to I both for money Bank Stock has been dealt in at 221 to —s Three per Cents. Reduced, at 944- to ; the Thr.n c.nts,_ at 941 to 4- ; the Indian Four pei ).23 ; th( Cent Debentures, at 941; India Bonds, at Ds. cus ; and Exchequer Bills, at 275. to 30s. premium. A fresh fall of 1 per cent. has taken place in Turkish Stocks, which are now quoted 78_ and 681 to 694 the new. Mexican some other descriptions are also rathc The London Railway Share Market has be( le old to-day, and most of the prior heaviness. Caledonians ha v mcrc Eastern Counties to 581- 58 London and Blackwall Lincoln to 351, 351. North British to 561; and Stafford to 131 13!. Midland are a shade ,at 1031 1034. In the Foreign Market Venetian Old Shares have declined to 9, and the New to 9 and 91 ; Paris and Lyons to 334:; North firmer, viz. Lombardo-. and Du are very inactive at about former values. East Indian, 971 98. Great Indian Peninsula, 941 941. Grand Trunk of Canada, 321, 321 ; and Great Western of Canada, 15 to 151. Joint Stock Bank and Miscel laneous Shares have been neglected. Bank of Australasia are B n . Bank of Egypt, 22 to 221. Australian Agricult ura l, 281 ; an d Peel River Land, During the week, in mining shares, notwithstand ing the great rise in copper ore and the im appearance of the meta- droved mark( aa V 47 t.I.IICMI has been dull, in comparison with last week, though some of the dividend mines have been in demand, and have advanced in price. Of speculation there is very little going on, except among the jobbers themselves, and the disposition of the public seems to be to remain Quiet during thn w calmer. During the past week the movements of the pre cious metals have again shown some important fea - The imports have included £150,750 from LAAc A cl OltL, tLnu adriu,uuU by the Bremen, £17,000 from Australia by the Mindora, £211,320 from Mexico and the West Indies by the Magdalena, £9,000 from Alexandria by the Colombo, and about £lO,OOO in gold from Lisbon, making a total of £478,070. The exports have been £459,022 to the East Indies and China by the Pera, and ship ments to the Continent through the London Custom= house, estimated at £54,000, the total being £513,022.. the power from the general committee in Eng/and, and lodged that power in the hands of paities in Demerara ; and that power being so transferred to the parties. in Deme rara, and the colonial government interfering . in the expen diture of the monies that might be received in carry ing out that ordinance, there was no limit to which that power might not be carried, in place of various objects calculated in the ordinance ; so that not only the property of the shareholders would have been confiscated, but the interest of the bondholders, which had hitherto been held sacred, would have been damaged. It was contem plated that the bondholders should be mulcted in a very considerable, if not to the whole, extent of the money advanced. Such a gross act of confiscation,,of property he could hardly bring himself to believe any hody of gentlemen could reconcile their consciences to. It was now for the bondholders to give this matter their consideration, and say how far that ordinance' would serve their purpose. A LONDON MINING MARKET—Aux 23. meeting of bondholders was to , take place at a quarter As usual on a Saturday, business in home mining stocks . past one o'clock ; and he moved—" That, as the bond is limited, but the market remains firm in character. In-the holders ' were conferring together that day on the Stock Exchange no transactions are officially reported. same subject, in which their interests were deeply Shares in the West Caradon continue in demand. There involved, it was expedient, before deciding on any have also been a number of inquiries for East Wheal course of future action to wait the result of their delibera- Russell, which have been dealt in at 71, 72, and 74. Wor- tions ; that that meeting, therefore, stand adjourned until thing Mining shares are quoted 9s. to us., and Port Philip a quarter past one o'clock that afternoon." 9s. 6d. to 10s. Foreign mining shares are quiet. The resolution was carried, and the meeting consequently adjTirned, and met again at a quarter past one o'clock. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET JULY 23 - - - - - - - There has been a slightly improved tone in the Cotton Market to-day, and a fair business has been transacted, at full rates. The sales, including -30 Pernambuco 50 Maranham 200 Egyptian ........ 500 Surat 41d „ are reported 8,000 bales; of which 2 , 500 are on speculation and for export. LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—JULY 23. The meeting then passed a number of resolutions express- The market is steady at the subjoined prices :-r-Town ' their disapprobation of the new ordinance, and recommend- Tallow 50s. 6d. net cash; Petersburg Y.C., on the spot, ing an interview with the colonial secretary on th e su bj ec t as early `is possible. The resolutions were carried unani- Us. 3d. ; July, 535. ; August to September, 535. 6d. ; October to December, 545. to 545. 3d. ; December only, , 545. 6d. to mously. The meeting then constituted itself into , a meet -545. 9d. • • ing of shareholders, and confirmed the resolutions just MARKET AVERAGES.—Town Tallow, 525. 9d. ; fat by piised by the bondholders. ditto, 2a. 9d. ; yellow Russian, 545. 6d. ; melted stuff, 40s. This concluded the business, rough ditto, 245. 6d. ; Tallow greayse, 15s. ; good 4' ERRATUM.—In our leading article on Saturday, on the subject of our national finances, in the sentence, "We are BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET.—JULY 22. spending £BOO,OOO a-year more than we receive, " this sum for There has been a moderate dema n d h ere since our last was misprinted for " £8,000,000 a-year." most descriptions of sugar, and prices are unaltered, the SHIPPERS AND EXPORTERS.—A most profitable article contents of the Budget not having effected them either way. of export, to warm climates especially, are the Self-cleans- Refined steady. Rum is still quite neglected. ing Charcoal Filters patented by the Messrs. Saunders and Co., of 16, Parker-street, Liverpool ; in fact, they are in- DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET.—JULY 23. valuable wherever there is bad water. S. and Co. make a There was a very small supply of Cattle at to-day's liberal discount on export a n d w h o l esa l e or d ers. d market, with a remarkably slow t rad e f o r all st ocks. Milch IMPROVEMENT I N G ENTLEMEN ' S H ATS . —M any l etters were in from time to time have, on this subject, appeared in the Cows move from £ll ss. to £lB 10s. each. Sheep . " Post" and " Journal," the originals f hich are to be `ter supply than for some time past, but business was' seen at our shops, 9, DALE-STREET, and 6, w CRESCENT. Pigs m fair demand ; little ones fully 2s. per head MR. JOHN A. SIMPSON, the active partner of the firm of KINNEAR and SIMPSON, begs to state that DONCASTER CORN MARKET. this improvement in Gentlemen's Hats is his own inven tion,—, and registered by him in his own name, and is his There was a fair show of Wheat this morning. Trade own private property. In bringing this invention s o pened somewhat firm, but closed rather heavy at an advance, prominently before the public, he has avoided say af 6d. per three' bushels. A fair sale was experienced' for ing one word, about it himself. All that has been done Oats a the, extreme rate of last week. Beans without has just been to print, in the " Daily Post " and the "Liverpool Journal," some three ; or four letters at a time. The principle upon • which the advertisement is DONCASTER WOOL MARKET.—JULY 23. inserted is the one so well expressed in Proverbs—" Let The frequent showers of rain caused much inconvenience another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a ,o the wool market to-day. The show was larger than stranger, and not thine own lips." The whole of those might have been expected, principally parcels from Lincoln- lett- - - 4tten I - -0 alt ' ^... uninfluenced by JULY 23 alteration. ~ers are writter oy• persons aitogetne. _ Trade is extremely inanimate, and in order to effect any Other motive than this—that they really felt the bene sales, prices rather lower than last week's quotations must fit of Mr. SIMPSON'S invention, and in such a degree, that be accepted. All Hog fleeces,,_ 235. ; Half Ewe and Hog th ey th oug ht it on l y j us t t o hi m t o s t a t e their opinions, not fleeces, 218. to 21s. 6d.; all Ewe, 18s. 6d. to 19s. 6d. per in words merely, but also in writing. stone of 141-lbs. LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISHMENT FOR BOY'S CLOTHING.—Number of boys clothed for the week -- SERIOUS CHARGE OP S HOOTING AT A G AMEKEEPER. ending Saturday, July 9th, 1,025 ; corresponding week last Some gamekeepers on the Wi ngerwor t e es t ate h eard a shot year, 989. ---Increase, :fry fired in Speight-hill wood. They ent ere d it an d saw two H OUSEKEE PERS.—The Coffee sold by Thompson Brothers, men running away. They pursued and overtook one, who 5, Elliott-street; at ls: 4d.; is better than you pay ls. Bd. for shot at them. This man was subsequently captured and at any other establishment. ;ommitted for trial. AMUSEMENTS IN LIVERPOOL.—Open from ten in the • STATE OP THE THAMES.—At the meeing of the Metro- morning until ten at night. Allsop's Wax-Work exhibition. Titan Board ofWorks_op Friday, a report w a s p resente d All th e kings and queens, from and including William the - • . .• -.-...-----..... ;oria ; a. it was last year, - which he attributed to the use of deodoris- Warriors, poets, divines ,also all the most noted personages ing agents. It also stated that a report had been received of the past and present ages, &e. All s op's sculpture galleries, from the surgeons of the Dreadnought hospital ship, which co2itakungi9wards of 3 ,000 statues, se l ec t e d f rom all parts stated that, although the river was very unpleasant, yet no of the, world, varying from five to 'twenty feet in - heig - ht. ill effects had arisen to those on board, either sick •or Allsop's dioramic, panoramic, cosmoramic, and stereoscopic healthy. A report was also referred to from Dr. Guy, the views of intense interest. Allsopp's musical promenade, medical superintendent 'of Millbank prison, stating that, The above attractions are now combined, forming one large although there were 1,000 inmates, they had not suffered in establishment; in the immense and magnificent building, any appreciable degree from the state of the river. known as the Teutonic-hall, next door but one to the limn INCUMB ERED ESTATES COURTS.—A ,memorial has County Court, Lime-street, Liverpool, and nearly opposite been presented to the Treasury by Mr. Henry J. Wren- the Adelphi Hotel, and is open to the public at 6d each ; fordsley, who claims the credit of havino• been the first to children .under ten years of age, - each. Mr. Allsop's suggest that the Incumbered Estates Courts of Ireland -exhibition has been pronounced by the press of Liverpool, should be made self-supporting_ IT. • T Londor., and. ,elsewhere, to, be the most perfect, superbly- Ti to-dm THE DEMERARA RAILWAY COMPANY was held on Saturday last, in .the rooms of the Nxest, Association, Brunswick-street, for, the purpose of considering and discussing an ordinance recently passed by the legislature of British Guiana, intituled, "_Au orclinance to repeal an 4 An ord ifianne ordinance, No. 14, of the year 1858, intituiea, to empower the - Demerara Railway Company to raise a sum of £175,000, and to guarantee payment of interest thereon for a period of forty-five years, and to make and alter other provisions."' 'Mr. John Crosthwaite occupied the chair. There were also present—Messrs. Holland, J. -A. Tinne, Sandbach, Bennett Martin, Steele, Goore, H. Turner ; and P. F. Garnett, secretary. The CHAIRMAN said the directors had called this meeting in order that an expression of opinion might be elicited from the shareholders in reference to the new ordinance, which had been made and sent home by the last mail from British Guiana, and a copy of which had been furnished ,to the proprietary. The ordinance was for accom paniedld orcouncil . andeheanr e i h n o by A letter from Governor Woodhouse. The ordi naace was not, to be submitted to o thef the(l s it was so much at variance with the articles of last year, and I so to the ordinance which embodied these articles, that the contirmation without the directors felt that they would be justified. in taking no steps towards it without first obtaining the opinion of the shareholders. . lARNETT reac Mr. SANDurien then moved the following resolution :- rhat in the opinion of this meeting the provisions of dinance No. 40, 1859, differ altogether from the articles wuiuu wvic yiupuseu W , me company, Dy the legislature or British Guinea, and which were accepted on the faith of an express understanding, that legal effect would there upon be given to them ; and that the ordinance which was, submitted does not afford any reasonable prospect of benefit to the shareholders, by whom upwards of £135,000 capital has been expended, without any return whatever up to the .• , solution was second by Mr. Steele, and carried Mr. HOLLAND said , he was not surprised at the meeting have been couched in stronger terms. When they looked' at what the colonial .legislatures had done with reference to railways, he thought that the Demerara government had acted in the most extraordinary mariner with regard to the railway there. In India, the English government had _ govegnm, three millions sterling on the Gran Trunk Railway y In Trinidad, the government had given a guarantee of 6 per cent., in order to obtain a railway in that country.. The government of Jamaica gave 6 per cent., as did also Ceylon. With all these cases of guaranteesuf colonial legislatures, in order to obtain these advantages of the machinery of rail ways,'here they had a solitary instance in Demerara of not .f • actually; he was sorry to say, indirectly confiscating the whole amount which the shareholders had advanced in order to complete the undertaking for, the benefit.of the colony. interest subsequently, withthe impression that no colonial legisla ture could be so unwise and so unjust as 'to commit such an act of confiscation, and, as was the case with other gentlemen, by inducements which were held out, and promises that very different from that represented. If those promises and pledges had been fairly carried out, the railway would not only have been a good, but a very profitable undertaking. sent home was in direct violation of the , principles which were embodied in the former ordinance. It must strike gentlemen, in reading the new ordinance, that it took away NORTHERN DAILY TIMES' SUPPOSED MURDER. On Saturday last Deputy— John Thompson, aged foul 7 ndafiallyears, who had come by his death under suspicious circumstances, as shown by the following 'evidence wife of John Thompson, a palice constable, and reside at Conway-street, Everton. The deceased was my son, and was four and a half years of age. I saw him safe at twenty five minutes to nine o'clock on Thursday evening, in the' street. I went int o th e h ouse t o un d ress ano th er cild, and in a short time after I told my servant girl, Mary Ann Gibbons, to go and "fetch John." She went out, and came back in a minute and said, " He is not there, Mrs. Thomp son." I said "He must be there," and went out to look, but could not see him. She said he must hay' been taken away, for he could not have quickly. The servant was sent to look for him again and I went to inquire f rom th e ne i g hb ours . A little boy, who had been playing with my son in the street, said to me that he saw a woman go down Gordon-street with him ; " the woman had a yellow face." He said he was certain he was not mistaken. The ' boy's name is Geoige Hill. I then told the Girl to R. D- - zone away so take the little boy with her'; but, instead of going, she went into the shop and stayed there, but I thought she was gone. away again ro one went with her I wanted her to go not see the girl for hours drowned. I did not see my child till to-day at the dead house. It was about two miles from the place where the body was found, to my house. Mary Ann Gibbons was the next witness examined : Sh said—l am fifteen years of age. My fath my mother lives at 65, New Audley-street I went to live Thursday eyenineseeing the boy A the 'same time as his mother saw him. I was at the door, along with Mrs. Thompson, when I saw him playing in the street, and com ing towards the house. I - went in, and Mrs. Thompson sat down to undress the baby, and told me to CM and fetch 'ent to thre door and looked round I went in and told Mrs. Thompson evening her mother went out between six and seven o'clock for grains and swili for the cows and pigs, and took a 3rown, was mirers of Mr. C thrown into the bargain, circumstance that the MUSICAL ; DRAMATIC;- LITERARY, ARTISTIC. NEWS AND GOSSIP. AND er tile head of " Musical and' Dramatic Gossip" the Atheneum observes :—" The tremendous weather of the past week has told, of course, on our public entertainments, though less in London than in Paris, where, we are in formed, such things have happened as a theatre opening its doors to an audience absolutely no larger than , the " dearly beloved Roger," who made up the Irish congregation of one person. Yet there have been a few concerts this `week r one by Madame Rieder Schlumberger and Mdlle. Sophie Humler (the clever violinist) in company, and the last of the• Royal Italian Opera Concerts under the burning cope of the Crystal Palace. It seems probable that this is their last season, and indeed it is to be hoped so ; since, while it has been impos sible to produce any novelty at them, their recurrence has inevitably delayed the days of preparation at Covent Garden. Theatre, so indispensable to the production of novelties there. When the over-worked state of the artists, the short period of our season, and the fatigue caused by the enor mous distances of London, are considered, such distraction as these Sydenham concerts have caused can only be justified by the circumstances under which they were originated (for the purpose of keeping together Mr. Gye's company) under the pressure of difficulties, or by some extraordinary bril liancy of success. Some attempt to vary the interest of these meetings is to be made we see, when th e fl ower o f th e Drury Lane Italian Opera dompany is to appear The great event of the week has been f A. respectable-looking man, who on Wednesday last by a vast number of t he banquet given ,es Kean, at St. James's Hall, Tic7aC There may exist a great contrariety of opinion as to the extent of the ability of Mr. Charles Kean as,a.tragedian, but happily there is but one feeling as to , the private worth of this gentleman ; and this fact was testified by the numer- ous gathering of his noble and distinguished patrons and brother Etonian. The splendid revivals of Shakspere under his management have tended greatly to add a charm to the representation of the immortal bard's plays, though there are many who meet this assertion by the churlish assurance, " He has added nothing to the glory ie of Shakspere." Time will prove that Mr. Charles Kean is rested principles, his object has been to raise the status of the professors of the histrionic art. The eulogy of the noble chairman, the Duke of Newcastle, on Mr. Kean's character, was extremely happy, as it was well merited. Mr. Kean's reply was characteristic of the man, and was received with enthusiasm. There has been a very numerous attendance at at the old spots which have been visited by thousands of amusement seekers every summer, from the days of Charles the Second to our own. It was hardly to be expected, under „ „ . . large amount of expenditure could be devoted to the setting forth of the gardens in the most alluring guise, or the resuscitation of those brilliant adornments which made them in days gone by realise, as nearly as mundane powers could accomplish, the conception of - " Fairy Land," which was wont to be the 1 popular standard of comparison among the frequenters. Nevertheless, there was a fair amount of amusement provided as an equivalent for the admission shilling, and there was the• extra pleaiure of wandering for the last time I - )1d trees, where red to linger yet reluctantly, A. band under the direction of Mr. Dean ' a concert in the open orchestra, a slight ballet, and some horsemanship, well followed up with fireworks, furnished the visitors with enough to amuse them, and the rest of the entertainment they could agreeably supply for themselves. Of course Vauxhall could not open without the traditional showers, but the rain seemed only to give an extra relish to the enjoyment In the literary circles much excitement still exists in re ference to Mr. John Payne Collier's and. Mr. Hamilton's controversy on, the celebrated " annotated folio" of Shak spere of 1632. Mr. Hamilton, who appears to have prose cuted his inquiry with great energy, states in a letter dated 13th of July (referring to a former letter of 23rd of June) : city of the - supposed ancient corrections lay iii the fact that, while they were made in an antique handwriting and spelling , having some resemblance to that used in the seventeenth cen tury, they could be shown in numerous instances to be writtensometimes by the side of, and sometimes actually upon, the same space as similar pencil emendations made on the margins in a modern hand, in a modern spelling, and, to the best of my belief, within the present century. Since writing that letter to you, I have deemed it my duty to go over a further portion of the volume with the greatest pos s ibl e scrupulousness. The results at which I arrive are the same ; and lam now prepared to say that what I then considered highly probable as to,the spurious nature of the corrections is now to my mind absolutely certain.. . .In several cases alS,' in hundreds, though naturally faint from having been partially rubbed out, are, nevertheless, visible and distinct; in some cases, indeed, have not been rubbed out at all. It isimpos sible to convey to the reader, without the aid of fac-similes, an exact idea of their perfectly current and modern form. I can only state that they appear to me clearly of this cen tury, and, in fact, as if written but yesterday. Yet that they were placed on the• margins previously to the antique-looking ink corrections, which in many instances they actually underlie, has- been proved by Mr. Mas kelyne, keeper of the Mineral department." The Critic gives this letter, in extenso, and another from Mr. Maskelyne, keeper of the Mineral department in the British Museum, in support of Mr. Hamilton's views, and remarks:— " These results obtained by Mr. Maskelyne seem to us to establish incontrovertibly that an attempt has been made, by some person or persons unascertain4 to give to the emendations upon the margins an antiquity which they do not really possess. The fact that modern handwriting l in -pencil; underlies writing in an ancient character in paint seems sufficient to prove the intention to create an erroneous impression that the emendations belong to a remote period." " Perhaps one of the , strongest points which has yet' ap peared in connection with the argument is that which arises out of the fact that Mr. Parry, the alleged former possessor of the folio, denies that this copy was ever in his possession; that, on the contrary, 'it differed in edition, in.btinding, in corrections—in fact, in every particular in which a'book can differ—from the folio " Shakspere" formerly in his posses sion.' Surely Mr. Collier will be induced to; depart from his resolve to mix no more in the matter so fax as to attempt to,clear up this mystery." " British Novelists and their Styles ; being a Critical Sketch of the History of British Prose Fiction," by D av i d Masson, M.A., is a work of a peculiar interest in the p resent day.. The author draws a. striking , and just contrast, e s p e - • cially between . Charles Dickens and . Thaekeray. Of these authors he thus speaks :—" With the two.writers, according to the serial system, it seems-to be, whether by arrangement or hy necessity, as with Castor Pollux, both cannot be above the horizon of the publishing world at once, and, when the one is there, the other takes his turn in Tautarus. But whether simultaneously visible or alternate, the two are •now so closely associated in the public mind that, whenever-the one is mentioned, the other is thought of. It is now Dickens ana I nacxeray, ‘llacKeray ana Dickens, all the , world; over, Nay, not content with associating them, people have got into the•habit of contrasting them and naming them:in, oppo sition to each other., There a. Dickens faction, and , there is a Thackeray faction ; and there. is no debate mnra monovherever hterary, talk goes en, than the &bate as to the respective merits of Dickens. and Thackeray. Perhaps there•is a certain: ungraciousness in our thus always com paring and contrasting the two. writers. We• ought to be but too glad that we have such a pair of contemporaries, yet living and in their prime, to cheer on nonin.t men er." In the way of Fin e Art- goss i p we hear that a °til oun Polish artist, Bryeze ws ki by name, ainnaa by +ha T has Mal CO y rn Just !mi g a_ MR/11GL/ Lt, uac J.Auraruta ot the Imperial Library of St. Petersburgh to execute a bust o f Si r Roderick Murchison. The model in clay is. now exhibiting at the museum in Jermyn-street, and is certainly a most faithful renrp.m+.4.:— of Sir Itnaprita, AT __ I • kl coinkti to and his first e ff or t h as more th ue late B aron H u m boldt, out out by hi realised th e h opes h eld s. guished patron. Musical publications during the week have really been " too sousnum to mention.' In the compositions by J., Derffel, wts, (Cramer and C 0,,) the subjects are too laboured, and yet leave, no enduring or pleasant results.. Three numbers of Bijoux, Perdus," first series, performed by Miss Arabella Goddard, with fingerings, are valuable books, The first article in Chambers' Miscellany this week will read with interest. It is called " Acr oss_ the. World," pivpQ , . but could not see him and she came out, and I went to look for him. I looked up and down the entries, and through the neighbours' houses. I then got Agnes, Robinson, the child's cousin, to go up Netherfield-road with me tolook for him. After I came back, Mrs. Thompson told me to , go to Rose-hill station. I did not go immediately, because a woman came in for a Sandhill station. I met a man and asked him where it was, and he told me to go down Blackstone-street ; and afterwards a girl told me to , go , across the fields, as the sta tion was at Bootle. I met a man in the fields, and he frightened me by telling me that there were kidnappers. I then got over the wall, and went along the canal bank. I met a boy named John Fox, and I asked him where Bank field-street was. We walked together for about 100 yards, and then we saw the child floating on the top of the water. I said, " What is that ?" and. he said, "It is only a dog." I went on a step or two; and I said, "I think it is a child." We afterwards saw a flat coming, and pulled the rom the did come, he too child out. He he went on. When the child was brought out it was a little warm, for I took hold of one of its hands to help to bring it out. I did not know it was the child I was look ing for. I did not examine it. for I was afraid to lank at it The boy Fox went for a police Man ; and two policemen.came, and I remained by the body. When the police came they put their ears to its mouth to try if it was breathing, . and with them, and I went to the dead-tmuse. I left the dead house at a quarter-past eleven. When I went to the house the people would not let 'me tell the mistress, as she was going out of her mind. I went home at four o'clock in the morning with two inspectors. I knew it was the child when I went to the station, on the way to the dead-house. It was a very delicate child. It could not have walked to the bottom of Conway-street. It always cried to get car ried. It had a weakness of one side. I told the boy that my mother lived in Bankfield-street ; but I don't know why my mother has lived in Hedley-street about three or four months John Fox, aged 13, residing at Everton-view, Bootle, was the next witness. I remember on last Thursday evening meeting this girl on the Canal bank, just as I got through the railway-bridge which crosses the canal. The girl came behind me, and asked me where Bankfield-street was. It might then be about a quarter to ten. I said I would show her. When we got near the next bridge, about 40 yards from it, she said she wanted Sand Hill Station, but she thought I would not know it. She said she would find it if she was at Bankfield-street. She said, " Look here ; there is a child in the water." She was next the water I looked, and thought it was a dog ; but on looking closer saw its arms and legs, and found it was a child. The girl began to cry. She did not tell me that she was looking for a child. The flatman saw it when he was coming along. I went for a policeman. When we were going to the station, she said her mistress had lost a child. She said it had a red frock, and blue woollen stockings, and I looked and said that that must be it.. She said she would know it, when she got to the light, if it were the child. She knew it at the station, but did; not cry then. I never saw the girl till that day. Police-officer, Richard Burke (615), said he was on duty on Thursday last in the neighbourhood of the canal, and a boy went to him and told him that there was a child in the canal. He went with another officer and found the child was dead. When the child was taken to the station the girl recognised it. She did not say that she was looking for a child. The girl could have seen the child before it was taken to the station. A man examined it under a lamp in the presenee of the girl. A little boy, named Charles Hill, aged nine years, was the next witness called. lie said he lived in Conway street, and knew the deceased. On Thursday last he saw him at the end of the opening that led into Gordon-street. That was near his own house. He was playing with another lad. Soon aft er that he saw a woman lift the child uin her arms, and put it u n d er a s h aw l . Th e child screamed, and the woman ran down Gordon-street, and along Great Homer-street. He thought he would know the woman, as she had a yellow face. He said, " Will you giVe me the child ? it is our child ;" and she said she would not, for it was her's. She then ran away. He ran after her along. Great Homer-street, and the woman went down an entry, and he lost sight of her. He could not see a policeman, and he ran back and told Mrs. Thompson. He pointed to a woman in Gourt, and said that was the woman, for he knew her by her face. At the time she took the child she had no bonnet or shoes on, but had a dirty shawl. [The woman, was asked to stand up, and the boy said he was certain that was the woman who lifted the child.] Ellen Leahy was examined, and said her husband was a warehouseman, and they lived next door to Mrs. Thomp son, in Conway-street ; she did not know the woman iden tified by the boy, but she saw her in the street on Thurs day night at eleven o'clock, laughing at Mrs. Thompson's agony. Another woman . joined her, and she laughed too. On Friday she went again to the house, and looked at the shutter, and laughed again. On Thursday she had a light dress on, and an old plaid shawl, with a drawn brown bon net, and she had shoes on. On Friday she was dressed different. Police-officer Thomas Hays, 684, was next called, and said he went with the other officer to the Canal bank, where the child ws lying. That would be upwards of two miles from Conway-street. Dr. Ayrton said he was a surgeon, and made a post mortem examination of the child and found the cause of death to be asphyxia, or want of air, as would be caused by drowning or by holding a cloth on its mouth that had been dipped in water. There was a contusion on the right elb ow I and a contusion on the forehead. His opinion was, that death was cause( lungs. The woman that had been identified by the boy, Georg( Hill. was called, and asked if she wished to say anythin. rowning as t: here was water in the the charge, being previously cautioned not to say anything that might criminate her ; she said her name was Esther Leatham. She was not guilty of .the crime laid to her charge. She was not aware of the death till she was charged with being the person who bad stolen the child. She had been at the Vauxhall Distillery on Thursday to get some grains for the cows and pigs, and never heard any thing of the matter till when she was going home that way. She kneW she was there that day to answer the charge,' and could bring forward evidence, if required, to show that she aompson, fat barro - m mother was in custody at the time. When they went back to the office the mother was discharged. Police-officer Joseph (7EI) said he was on duty on to take tne woman into custody, on the charge of stealing the child. She said, when he arrested her, that she did not know anything of it at all. When he went up to her, Inspector Thompson was talking-to her, and there was a large crowd collected. He could not say what the identification was that lel to her arrest. This was all the evidence. he was ca Mr. Wybergh charged the jury; remarking, that if they believed the evidence of the little boy, George Hill, they must find a verdict of wilful murder against Esther Leath= ; but, on the other hand, if to their minds there appeared a doubt as to the identification of the woman who took the child, they were bound to find a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. After about ten minutes' consultation, the jury returned an open verdict : "Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT- -SATURDAY UTTERING BASE COIN his name as Mr. - Cobb appeared foi: the prisoner, and stated that the prosecutor wished to withdraw the charge, as he knew the man to be highly respectable, and that he had got the coin e was c 0 A STOLEN WnTcx. William Henderson was charged with stealing a watch from a Norwegian captain, named Jacob Norbeck. Mr. Bluck appeared for the prisoner. Robert Redman, of the detective force, said that he arrested the prisoner on) the previous evening, on suspicion of having stolen the watch. On the way to bridewell tl prisoner offered him first 10s., and afterwards .1 would let him go. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the watch to him. Jacob Norbeck; the complainant, was examined, and stated that he had his watch hanging up in the cabin of his ship, and had no t seen it from Thursday. The watch was value for £l5. He had never seen the prisoner till , he was apprehended. Patrick McMahon, .a c l o th es _ was not good silver: The prisoner gave his name as Henry Wilson, and said he lived with Mrs. Nelson, Bridgewater street: The witness put the watch into a glass case on his counter, and on the officer calling with him he produced the watch, and stated what he knew of the prisoner. The witness said, in reply to Mr. Bluck, that he did not know that it was a chronometer watch he had bought, as he was not a very good judge. Mr. Bluck contended that there was no evi dence to show that the prisoner had stolen the watch. He wo mon. or not accounting for, the possession of the watch - THE ALE CASE.—Eatou Falkner, William Mercer, and Josias Schwindles, together with James Unwin, were vious, o from the Bridgewater Trust Corn Mr. Cobb was • interested for Falkner and Seliwindles. Mr Snowball was for Unwin, the receiver. The estimated los: was 1628 gallons, the value of which would be £llB 2s. 8d In addition to the evidence given in our colums on Monday last, several witnesses were examined, who sufficiently proved the guilt of the prisoners Falkner and Mercer to warrant their committal for trial, which was accordingly done. On behalf of Unwin, Mr. Snowball urged that he had been in duced to purchase from Falkner in consequence of a repre sentation made by him that the ale had been bought by him (Falkner) at a sale. The officer Patrick, who, had gone to Unwin at first, expressed his satisfaction with the manner in which he had given him the information required. He was discharged. Mr. Cobb stated that, as there was no further evidence against Schwindles, no case had been proved. He was also discharged. Another prisoner, named Mrs. Schofield, beerhouse-keeper, Pownall-street, was brought up on a charge of having been a receiver.. The evidence was not sufficient to convict her, and she was set at liberty. -- 4-- We (Plymouth Journal) understand that the workmen at Pembroke Dockyard intend presenting to the Right Hon. James Wilson, a testimonial, in acknowledgment of the valuable services rendered by him in connection with the Superanuation Bill. CONVICTION UNDER THE NEW MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS' AcT.—The first conviction for an offence under this act was obtamec when Mr. Nunn, a c proved to have styled I was not on the register o I I The defendant's name v boy anc was called ay at the Lambeth Police Court hemist, ruggist, and dentist, was word "surgeon" in large letters, and he was also stated to have nodded his head on one occasion, in token of assent, on being asked whether he was a surgeon. The defendant was fined in a mitigated penalty, in consideration, of this being the first conviction. THE CHIEF CONSTABLESHIP OF THE COUNTY.—On Thursday last an adjourned annual session of county magistrates was held at the Court House, Preston, to receive the General Finance Committee's report upon the duties and salary of the Chief Constable of the•county, which office has become vacant by the resignation of Captain Sheppard. Mr. T. B. Addison officiated as chairman, and there were about fifteen 'other magistrates present. The business hav ingbeen formally opened, the report of the Finance Committee was read, from which it appeared that they were of opinion that " it is not expedient to make any change in the duties or salary attached to the office of Chief Constable." The present salary is £5OO a year. The Court decided that the election of successor to Captain Sheppard should take place at the adjourned annual session to be held: on the Bth Sep tember next, and the clerk of the peace was.directed to issue advertisements for candidates for the situation. The chair man of the Finance Committee then stated that they had considered, on Wednesday last, what amount should be given as a retiring pension to Captain Sheppard, and he read the chief constable's letter to the committee, and also the minutes of their meeting on Wednesday. They considered that, under the circumstances, Captain Sheppard was enti tled to a retiring allowance of £350 per annum. It was agreed that notice of motion to this effect should be given for the next adjourned annual sessions. The Court then broke up. THE LATE PRINCE WINDISCHGHA.ETZ.—The body of this Austrian prince, who fell at the battle of Solferino, and which, it will be remembered, was discoveredlby the French in the midst of a heap of slain, and handed over to the Austrians, was brought to Pra g ue on the 17th i nst., and deposited in the garriso n church. On the next day a grand religious ceremony was held, during which the body was blessed, when it was conveyed to the Horse-gate of the town, in the midst of a splendid military procession, and thence conveyed to the family vault at Techan. A VOLCANO IN SPAIN.—The Spanish journals announce that last week a volcano suddenly broke out in the Cruz de la Muela, one of the mountains near Orilmela province of Murcia. "It pr esen t e d," say they., "an asp ec t which was both imposing and horrible. Burning lava rolled down the sides, and the crater threw out ashes to a great distance. The town of Oriheula is considered in so much danger that the inhabitants have taken to flight. The crops of cotton. and the cultivated fields in the vicinity of the volcano are much damaged. The outburst was succeeded by- extraordi nary heat." FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO, LORD MANNERS.- accident has occurred to Lord Manners, whioh unfortunate gentleman at present in a very dangerous con dition. It appears. that on Friday afternoon Lord Vane sent a very valuable horse to. Lord Manners for the purpose A frightful trying The horse was brought to the door of his lordship's residence, No. 56, Upper Brook-street, and seemed very quiet ; but th e momen t h e was moun ted; the animal da-A- Atri?us sped vu Liz mu " • foot ent rance - gate of the park, the iron bars g across the• en trance being very low, caught the head of the unfortunate nobleman, and with terrible force he was hurled to the ground. In a perfectly insensible condition he was con veyed to his residence, having sustained very frightful in juries, from which it is doubtful whether he will recover. The horse was shortly afterwards caught, and killed. THE LAST, DEFENDER OF C A vniAxn..—Field-Marshal Nugent was the last man to leave that place ; and I have from a French officer the following anecdote respecting him •,---As the Austrians were seen crowding the heights south-east JULY 25, 1 859 affectedly candid as Franklin's fragment. experiments, all figui , e in the record with a cl adorned reality.. Wherever there is geuim, ti geniality ; and Franklin was a man of genii's, as,:vi man of power,—a man wearied, a mind . that' never rost a curiosity that never• till, death laid it to a man ,whose letters and jo urna l s i n dic a t e t of humour which brighten the life of ever of humorous observation: It is a pity ti which seems to. attend! autobiography invo too ; that, intending to tell. the whole began. and got little beyond. the seal of the printer!s boy, breakfasting on peppc a turn at the pleasures of London when th in a love affair, that betwixt himself and afterwards becaMe his wife, faulty twenty-fifth year showing, save by intense vitality nowis bity, the promise of that after-career which became s nified. We see nothing in this early time of the ma . grew to be an adversary to England's Cfovernmen envoy of a rebel and a 'resolute people ;• or of the 'n at an age little short of eighty years old, could so int , daughter' of the Caesars as to cause a Queen of the I to.place her own litter at his disposal,' so that suffering under mortal disease and quitting m travel softly from Paris to the port. of embarl are few stories, we repeat, like that of Benja and here is a new reminder of one of its enza his strong family affections. These belo is featu tO th le printer's • 1 heart of the rock, •l but only imperfect greatneSsL---iss no happy greatness. On Franklin's return to Ameri his great age and after his signal services, .the old began anev —his recommendations slighted—his perquisites refuse him---the bit of laud (on which it had been, possibly fOnd dream to establish his children's children), not vote Min by Congress_ Yet nothing is more remarkable-- tb studenti of character more signifieant- 7 -than the: absence of querulousness in the tone of hi s memorii to Min bi his relations of three generatic RAII%THAM.—The harvest has now fully comp and surrounding parishes. In many d our fi vesters may be seen wielding the scythe ; an present fine weather continue, first-rate crops expeCted. Some of the crops have been beaten doW I the late heavy rains, but the damage that has. b e en d o t but slight. In some- fields the steam-engine is b u silY gaged thrashing out the different kinds of grain.—. ll stone Gazette. BILLIARDS AT' THE CRYSTAL PALACE.--mother ail tion has been added to the' Crystal Palace, and one that doubtless be appreciated by gentlemen in the habi making a lounge of the place. It consists in the op' of a billiard room in the upper part of the tower ‘C terminates the railway colonnade. The room is admit fitted up, and contains four first-rate tables. FRESH ANECDOTE OF WELLINGTON.:—The Duke in Spain was riding out with an aide-de-camp; wil e shower of rain fell. Turning to the• orderl7 . behind, he asked for his cloak,,but not getting it 1' diately, he said. " Quick! " «You can't have it till straps are undone," said the man sharply, to which Duke answered with a nod of the head; saying to the de-camp 2 " Thai man is his own hell."—literary Gaze ° The sister of Chateaubriand, Countess Marigni% lime Dinan, Bretagne,. has lately celebrated her 100th Athenceurn. Y.. WllO cm" T COSTUME OF A LEGISL ATOR. —Th e Hon.F. ,ygon, for Tewkesbury, says the London correspondent el. Cheltenham .Looker-On, is just now creating extraorc ll. l excitement in the House of Commons, by the sown exceptional natu re o f hi s cos t ume. No one can: dab' t moral courage of the honourable member,' should he, fullness of time, become First Lord of the Admiralty, now wears a whit e h a t, cr i mson nec k c l ot h , Te ll ow *a16.1,, mauve inexpressibles, red socks, and lemon-coloured FATAL ACCID ENT TO A FATHER _ BATHING.—On Friday evening, about - seven, as a named Hammond; who worked at a shipbuilder's yet ; engaged in teaching two of his sons the art of swinun,i Barking C ree k, he suddenly became exhausted, and seized with the cramp, and both he and one of his who was clinging to him, sank rapidly to the bott 0 ;0 boat was at once manned; and its crew commenced dri l s c e ol the creek, an d succee d e d i n p i cking up the man about tv o yards from the spot where he finally sank ; but up to le " o'clock on Saturday morning there was-no trace of the t ai FORAGE CAPS.—A pathetic entreaty has reachod2 s h o f we would use ou r i n fl ue nc e t o get th e sergeants ,o f the more comfortable and tasteful forage cap tha n i s now ". and a better elan of naekine i t tha n "i t ..P. 0011 f - AND SON 'SS' It costs me 10s. 6d. ann ,cll, caps," writes a sergeant, " viz., three caps at 3s. 6(1. 4 'y and even , then, afte r , t wo m on th s ' wear , a cap d oes nvii well. The cap is Smashed as flat as a pancake, so th' never properly set up, and looks the ugly. thin g iveL , making a smart soldier look clownish."-- United hi" Gazette. was held at the Bowling Green Inn, H a lif ax , relati_ a4 MANSLAUG HTER AT HALIFAX.—On' Friday, a n 1 1; the death of John Davies, overlooker in th e combing aqi ment at the works of Messrs. R. Whitworth and Co. had died from the effects of the violence of John get a comber, in the employ of the same firm. Boto j men are Irish. Hughes worked under the deces',l Messrs. Whitworth's mill, and he.was turned off bY P in consequence of disobeying- his orders,. on Tb::, ( 1 afternoon. On leaving Messrs. Whitworth's mill, Owi l threatened the deceased with violence. When the ti s 'o met in the evening, i n Windincr-road, "high word? 0 1 place in, reference to wh a t had happened in the after l3 o and ultimately Hughes picked 'up a large stone, with W s he struck, Da vies on the side of th e , h ea d , felling him tit ground.. Afterwards Hughes, kicked his victin:4 0 0 away. D av i es was then removed from the street/J attended by D r . Wi ghtman and'his assistant, but he Oro at an early h our next morning. The jury returned 9 ,4 die; of ma ns l aughter against Hughes, who, is still at 1 7 ii Trip' CAUSE OF THE PEACE.—In concluding 3 1 1 4 1 $ article un d er the head of " The Emperors •" , and Lord t the Saturday Revi ew remar k s :—" The true cause 0.1 peace will probably be known at some future time... explanation addressed to the public bodies of France PI A account for the curious Austrian allegation, that the t t ; imposed by th e neu t ra l powers would have been more able to France than the conditions of the treatyitself. is reason to believe that the proposals of Prussia, as ic,,A the zealously pacific exhortations of England, were 1 15 ' 1 Villafranca as con c l u Si ve arguments to incline the EMI, of Au s t r i a t o an accommodation. Au ordinary ; would have waited for a _suitable occasion of subinl to the friendly and profitable pressure of the arbitilal powers. If Napoleon 111. thought it better. to s ..f a r e l i advantages within his reach, its can• only: i f at that some equivalent has been secured or contemn and may be conjectured , that' the future co-operatrie neutrality of Austria forms one of 'the. principal of the arrangement. Both the Emperors, though they widely in their- grounds of complaint, express or ialt, censure on the policy of the neutral powers. Their; POSed hostility may supply a pretext, hereafter for an n "' on Pru ss i a or one, ngland, while their lukewarmisess Austria maybe __4, B eu as. a or-re, assist them: against the aggression, of France. On the there is reason to think that the great disturber of ! . , 11 . has overreached hi mself in his.latest display of ingenwt, WILLS .AND BEQUESTS.---The will of Baroness de '7 berg, lat e o f B elsfield, Windermere, Westmoreland,) been proved by the executors, T. Tilson, Esq 4 of Brixtelf li f T. Johnstone, Esq., solicitor s R a y mon d' s -b u ildi ng , Armistead 'ff personalty was sworn under £100,00u:, 1 will hear s d a t e J une 4, 1859; and the b aroness died OR the that month. The charitable bequests are numerous/ large amount, exceeding. £25,000. ner ladyship 11:4 ospital, t a, and to the Marine Society, To the. Whitehaven Infirmary £l,OOO, 0 1 , Forming a fever ward; £3OO towards repairing 9 f t thereto, which was. built at her expense ; £1,000 .14 Samaritan Soci e ty t o th e same , an d £l,OOO tovraTi support of a chapl a i n to that intkmary ; and has becin; o; to the Whitehaven Infirmary the portrait of the late . 1 1 Steele, h er friend and benef ac t or , w ith a reques t thatl, o be placed in the board room of that institution. :rower Ward School, in the city of London, £2,00 0 interest to be applied yearly in apprenticing., most deserving boys of that school, w ho, ~„9 1 he called nspnli A mre,ml4,-...... t) APPIY, E. e. and I. ' to Donald et ARAI _ Is intended ' NEW TRIPOLI!: PALESTIN ATLAS OLYMP DAMAS STROM: Bilfs - ai LYNX LYNX irmtni] LEoPAJ 1 U~ - - t aat tne incumbered Estates Court in Ireland was capable of supporting Z; it ' -: t Ze - , 7 41 - IsOp - , ; 'aKtfi s e - e;Zn - c - e7 s — ofe proprietor, Mr: That if my plan was adopted, £14,000 a year would be saved Allsq* to the country, and the court might be made a permanent HOLLOWAY'S PILL'S cure headache, bile, loss of appetite ; establishment. That a per tentage, or poundage, sh ou ld be can be taken without danger from wet' or cold ? and require deducted 'from the purchase money realised by the sale of no restraint from business or pleasure. They act mildly on all estates sold with the Mint age of uparliamentary title. the bowels, without pains or griping, strengthen the That the country then paid £15,000 a . year, front which stomach, promote a healthy action of the liver, purify the payment it would be relieved, if my sch eme was adopted." blood, cleanse the skin, brace the nerves, and invißrate the This proposal was subsequently adopted, and a great saving whole system. They prove an admirable restorative of a consequently effected in the national e x p en dit ure ; .but Mr. debilitated constitution, creating appetite, correcting indi- Wrenfordsley's services have not been in any way t telp 9 w- ' removing bile, giddiness, and nervous •or sick head lodged. I aches, It is impossible to speak too highly of these PP, Lever saw lam to his knowledge, before, nor heard anything about her Wm. Laycock was examined, and said he was ono of the detective force. The woman Esther Loath= was taken to the office wherA lin moo When she was Wm. uu was . mere he questioned her ; and she stated that she lived in --- -44 e1; Lans downe-place, Everton ; that she had been out during Thurs day looking for grains for the cows and swill for the pigs, as she kept three c ows an d t wo pigs. She w as d etained in custody; and he and officer Wilson wont to the h ouse where she said she lived, and they found her daughter there, who gave the same statement respecting what her mother had been doing, 44 she had done herself. She said, on Thursday vav mutt, prep rm. “ J cat, Louis Napoleon inquired of his staff whether any one had certain knowledge that Cavriana was evacuated. The reply was that it must still, be occupied, because an old and • tahllea.streentse rirdinetugnia:l;:u:i military cloak, haTjus - s t' ta b t e e en o s f ee c n .a in vn Emperor that on a pony, and accomaapaenriedanbdyiaanoramideed-dthe-ecamp. At the Emperor's request, an officer with an escort went forward quartet to of u a p n o theultouhour the oldgeneral in the cock ed h at was still in the s t ree t s o f CaVriana, but that no one else was visible, The truth is,, that Marshal N ug ent was at that m omen t per f ectly alone in I tbt streets of the village.--.otter from yma, Siv ca as ornhant a description of sea-life and the Antipodes as, we ever recollect reading Among the numerous publications recently, announced we find "Letters to, Benjamin Franklin from his F.Tna., 1. 7 A ruuner ami uo.), _ ,e speaks for itself. The Atheateum--" Why men belonging to the fourth estate should dwell with particular pleasure and pride on filo, lonir and nrosnerno. hf o - n_ • • -•.-- _ me of tsenjamin Franklin,— wherefore among the great men of America, he is the one to whom our love and esteem gather the most rA.,l;l‘, Offi at ever enteral a printing: CO- --- vigihaT m ,—;wning brains, has ever bad to do with type—has not found strength, hope, encouragement, in his autobiograptar Foy( autobiogratkea are there so unt o,ral I,,LoGGIU o , 43.pitt 'MUMS. oyal Medical Benevolent Fund £l,OOO, and 9 ,, t0 ti0 of £5OO each to a great numbor of charitable ins''' . i The wh o l e of the bequests, whether charitable or oth a aro to be paid in full. without deducting the legallo The baroness has be to her nephews and legaci es amounting to about £50,000, leaving a lso them the residue. She leaves to her pensioner? of legacies, as well as to all her servants. The ww,, r ed Right Ilon. William Earl of Dev on , D.C.L., was 1? 2 1.0" the 15th o f J u l y n„ „ ----* - „ 1.,- ` 4 Y u3r , tite Right lion. William -1-";i11 , Earl of Devon, the son and sole executok. T ile , dated the 25th of September, 1850, leavitig to his ate CO'.' a small pecuniary legacy, and the Tosidaie of his e 4 .0 .00 and personal to, WS said son, the prezt earl.--‘ 4 ` Zondon /yews, 'Peeiti4l u.AP Plv Mar~...130,