Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-02 00:00:00

CURIOUS CASE OF ALLEGED OVERCHARGE BY A DENTIST. It not unftequently happens that persons are proceed , d against in the Manch , s er County Ceurr, by dentists, for services rendered professionally, but when ladies aro the defendants, they generally consent to pay the full amount of the bill rather than ri-k any unpleasant personal questions affecting their teeth. On Weclniaday, however, a case of this kind nes de feuded. Mr. Colibett, barrister, appeared on behalf of Mr. J. H. White, dentist, l e ,vet-street, who brought en action to recover .£7 Si, the balance of an account of £27 ss, from Mr. Jobe Whalley, Stretford-road, in that city, for work dooe to the teeth of chludant's family. Mr. Cobbett said the greater part of the work was stopping the teeth with gold cf three girl;, the charge for each stopping being bal . a guinea. The teeth of a few of defendant's friends had also been extracted. He understood that. the defendant, who had paid £2O since the proceeding% were taken, disputed the charge as being excessive, but a witness would be called to show that it was reasonable. Mr. Whit', the plaintiff, said the defendant's family—not the defendant himself—hid been attended to by him for their tee h. The account commenced ea the 21st of January, 1856; and related to the teeth of three girls; from twelve to sixteen year; of age, and for replacing artificial test's. There were also three items for extrac.ions; the partiet belt g friends brought to him by a member of the Gaily. About . six months ago he culled upon the defen !ant will his hilt, who objected. to the charges a% being excessive. The sum of £2O had been paid since the proceeding% were commenced. Plaintiff considered the charge reasonable, being half a guirea fur each separate stopping. Cross-examined by Mr. Wh.aPev : Have any of my daughters •artifitial tech ? No. Defeedane: Then what is meant by the item 4 ‘ replacing artificial teeth!? ' Plaintiff : That was for Miss Whalley, your sister. Defetid:in : Can you say which of the three children bad the most teeth stuffed? Plaintiff : No, I cannot recollect that. D. fendant : I find yen have thatvd for stuffing forty. eight teeth; or at least for forty-eight stuffing._ Now, your honour, I resist this on •public grounds, and not for the sae of a few iyunls ; I wish to have ev'd,Alce cf what has been done, the amount charged is so serious. By Mr. Brandt., the judge : Why !hit is six'een sopping,* of the teeth for each girl ; it does se' m a deal. Plaintiff : Wren the account was disputed, the defendant's sis'er came w;th the young ladies, and I pointed out all the sto;:pings to her. Defendant': I hare had an inspection made by a nnd'cal man, and be finds no snch number ; I rhould ther.f re wish he ease to be ari.jaurned that I may piodure his evirhnce. Mr. Cohbet - t M c!ient inrorms me tFat the party refkrred to only saw into the mouth of one of the piing and that the others are in 'Yorkshire. The Judge: Well, you know, if there were fewer stuffings in her teeth—sly five—then there would have to be all the more in the others, if we are to make up forty eight. Defendant : I don't object to the cha ge of half a guinea breach stuffing, but I dispute the number of them. Mr. Jarues Lomas, dentis', was then called, on behalf of the p!aintiff. He consi dered the charge perfectly reasonable. If tho teeth of one member of a family decayed, it was very likely that those of the other members would also. Some imes the same tooth required to be cropped in severel places. Defendant : Do yon know any °it] 13 pars of age who has had 16 teeth stuffed ? Witness : I know one 20 years of age who has more than 20 fillings of the teeth. I !AVE) one too h in my own mouth in which there ale seven fillings. The plaintiff, at the sngzestion of his counsel, pioduced a book to show that he had made the entries regularly at the time, and from which the account sent in had been copied. If the defendant would produce his daughters, he would rove that the number of stopping; charged for was correct. The young ladies had told him that they showed th. , ir teeth to their fa,her, and that he was very well pleased will) what had been done. The defendant said it would be a meat deal of trouble and expen , e to bring the girls from school, and he would leave the matter in the hands of the judge. His Honour said that the plaintiff's watements and manner appeared to be s raightforward, and decided that the defendant should pay .E 5 and cots. THE CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST MR. S. BRIGHT, OF HULL. The investigation of one of the charges against this bankrupt was resumed on Wedneulay, at the Police -court, Hull, before lir. Travis, the mayor, and several other magistra es. A crowded court testified to the intents' which the proceedings created. The principal evidence adduced against the prisoner was that rf his clerk, with reference to a bill marked in the proceedings " A," and purporting to be endorsed by " Evan Williams," who is -stated to be a fictitious person. The evidence is as fellows :—Joseph Efartliff —I am a merchant's clerk, living in Neville-wrvet. Entered the services of Taylor and Briglit in MIL and continued in the service up to the time of tir e bank•uptcy In Seetembsr last. 'Mr. Taylor died 3n January, 1856. Al er the d ath of Mr. Taylor, the prisoner continued the business under the old name. Iw s there for some time as book-keeper, and aftereesdes :woo. I nave seen in the habit of transacting business en the prisoner's account, between him and liessrs. Harrison, Worsen and Co. The ch , que marked " G'' was in my handwriting previous to signature. The endorsements at the back of the bill are also in my handwriting. Received instructions from the prisoner to put th so names there. They were sag :ed by prisoner under the name of Taylor and Bright ; I am not certain whether the endorsements were signed or no before the cheque was signed; whilst irr the employment of prisoner I have had opportunities of knowing who were his customers by having access to his books. The first seven tames written on the back of the cheque were given, as well as I can recoil 'ct, by E. Cox and Co , of Liverpool ; those bills were remitted to him on account of the Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Company ; the prisoner was chair man of that comoany ; I don't know whether there is such a poison as Evan Williams. or whether he was a customer of ours ; efter it was endorsed, my impression is that I took it to the bank of Harrison and Co., rtnd not getting bills I believe prisoner afterwards took it to the hanker's. C n't say whether I left the cheque at the b-rnk or net . . Next day I received from prisoner bills in accordance with those endorsements. The bill marked "I" is one of them, drawn in pursuance of OP claque. I know it from my private mark behrg upon it-3225; that mans the number in our private bill Look. I learn from my cash hock that th- p ironer gave me that bill marked " A" on the lfish of June last. When I entered a copy of the bi lin my cash book I should return it to the prisoner. At that time I did not observe whether or not ellts‘ bill in question was indorsed, but I shou l d say it was not. By referring to the cash book, I find it wes sent to Overend and Gurney, of London, hilt discounters, to whom I was in the habit of sendicg bills to be discounted. The bi;ls sent for that purpose were generally sent by prisener ; I have, in some few instances, sent them Thyself; I cannot remember whether the bill endorsed "John was an instance of this kind. I did not sign that name on the back, nor do I know of anybody putting it there ; the prisoner gave me as a teasou for bills being drawn in this way, that, in conseqnsn-e of Harrison, Watson and Co. being full of bills drawn on Pr co and Co , it had been arranged that in future bill' were to be drawn in another name instead of that of aylor and Brigh'. The amount of money turned over in a year in banking transactions by Mr. 13,41i' would exceed £300,000. In 1855, the money turned over altogether would amount to- a m.llion and a quarter. His customers were very numerous., Mr. Bright was chairman of the Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Company, and I believe had much to do with their financial arrangements. I have -discounted bills to a 'large amount for that company, and seven of those hills were for them. I cannot swear that the 'Evans Williem,'s transac ion was not for that company. Mr. Eright had transactions with that company, of which I am quite ignorant personally. Re , pec ing the bi:l sent to Overend., Gurney and Co., I don't know the nature cf the transaction, hut I do know they discoun'es; heavi y threueh him wth the Hull Fl or and Cotton Mill Company. I don't knew whether he has discounted bills for that company through Harrison and Watson's "bank on account of Taylor and Bright; Harrison re-! Watson.', bank was one of the three through which the i iMifi t e e tbgea s gh thi T s n la f 7niae i d n A " ,.. did . ' e t a go to the proceeds of the Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Company. The hearing of the next ease was arlj earned to the following morning, Mr. Travis intimating that the prisoner was commit ted for trial. An application for bail was refused. BOYS' CLOTHING 1117 E WI CH GREAT TAT AT LEWIS sad PANY'S, Ilanalagh itreet. At Harwich the srp2orter: of Lord Palmerston's gnvern rnent are caLvdesinT on behalf of Mr. B njamm Green, the well-known shipbuilee•; while what is termed the independent ilaeral party are desi-ons of securing the services of Mr. Horatio Love, the cl,airman of the Eastern Counties Rsilway. The eonserv.itive party have ii contemplation to invite Mr. H T. P insep, a director of the East India Company, or Mr. G. M , ntagu Warren Peacock, barrister, who reptesented Muldm in the last parliament, but who was detealed at the last geceral election. A TENDIM Iv PAYMENT.—A. tender in payment is rarely made is a irg:l manner. Peopie commonly it with some conditi n, which makes it no tender in law. One man goes t another, and says, "1.1 , re is your mon e y . b at I must have a receipt in full of all demands." A tender to be good must ba an unconditional ono, c'ogged with no stipulation wheever.—(Baron Kau'e ) No copper coin can be tendered when the debt is such an amount that it can be paid in silver or gold. No tender of silver coin above forty shillins is legal, and Dank of Engl4nd notes are a legal tender (56 Geo. 111., c. 68 3 and 4 Wm. IV., c. 98.) Still bank notes arc not virtually a legal tender, being convertible on demand at the B ink into gold- at i s mint price. At LEWIS & OMPANY'S, Ranelagh-street, BOYS are ctoraED irom the Ages of Six to Twenty Years. THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1857 INIR. SPURGEON AT BRADFORD. ACCIDENT FROM THE CROWD. There was grel excitement in Bradford throughout Tuesday in anticipation of this celebrated preacher's • sit, with a view to preach two sermons - in St. George's Hall, in aid of the funds of Trinity Chapel (t aptist), Horton Lane. The admission to the stalls was by ticket ; co the galleries free. The influx of strangers frnn various parts was very gre.t. It is believed that 4,300 le .rso - ns ware present rt the first service. In the evening the doors were besieged for hours before they were opened. On the opening, the rush was tr. mendotp, Women shrieked and men shouted, and the cutwa d por..ioo of the living wave tressed r>rward. The heavy stone balustrade eneosing the are by the kitchen of the restaurant gave way, and top stones five feet long and ahoy s a foot broad, with supporting steno pil'ars, acre hurled into the t rea, smashing a portion of the iron railing of the steps in their descent, and them selves also - stnash,cl A terrible cry rose at the momet,t, but, as if by instinct, and obeying erne imt'ulse the living tid swung back w rd, abd were thus, as if by a miracle, prevented from being percipitated bee :long after the parapet, when fatal consequences must have ensued from the falli 'g of misses upon ea:h ether. As it was, no pe son was hurt ca-opt fro m the crtish and the fr'ght, and the hall proceeded to fill, and at the p orer time the service was proceeded with, Mr. Sp irgeon preaching rrom Ephes'ans ti. 1, " And you bath he qu'ckenel wh3 were dead in trespa ses and sins," to perhaps the moat crowded audience which ever assemVe I In the building. Th 3 service ended about rine o'clock. We heir that many were disappointed with the preacher, and also with the parrali y shown to the distribution of the tick..ts. The collections amounted to 4'340. THE BLACK EAGLE, "A FOUR-MAN POWER YACHT." This unique craft is shipped exactly on the model of a paddle steam. beat, and measseres about 56 feet In length by 5 feet beam ; she has main and m'zen masts, sad carries train sail, m'zen sail, and jib, a la schooier, if the wind tappers to be in her favour; but she is intended to work by "man power." She is a paddle Coat ; the pad d:es are ph•cel on each side in the centre, and are worked by four men at a d üble windless, standing in pairs looking forward; and, when The handles of the windlass are worked, the men in front are • stooping, s hi'e the na m behind are upright, alternately. The axle which turns the paddles crosses the boat in the centre, and is worked by means of a horizontal beam, act, d newt by the windlass, end she progresses, in smooth water, at the ra'e of a' ont six miles an hour It requires s x mea to wor:c the windless f,r any considerab distance, for reliefs, and their uniform is "white trousers, blue Guernsey frock shirts, and red caps," and the turn out is remarkably neat. The Black Eagle belongs to the ion, George Frederick Boy'e, brother to the Earl of Glasgow, was built at Greenock; and another boat of the same kind, now that they have the model to work by would cost abont £75. They tried on one eccaslon if she would either sink or could be 'up-et ; and they filled her with water, and seven or eight men tried to upset her lay all standing on the gunwale, but wi bout success, as the moment the wing touch el the setter, it so buoyed her np that both experimen's proved unsuccessful. Some amu,tng stories are told in connection with her, of which the tole) ting may te quoted. Going up the Clyde one evening after d,-rk, they came to a well-known anchor age groan 1 , and made fast close under th s stern of a large screw-stea - er, and the gentlemen rg the crew on board far ;he night. Next morning the following colloquy was heard on board the screw :—Jack " I say, Bill, look here, I'm blowed if the old croft han t been and got a young 'nn in the night—look at that " Bill : do she ha ; but I say, Jack, she's e paid'e, and we're a screw." Jack : "Oh ! you never mind that, she's a cross-breed I suppose ; but I Say, Bel, where's her funnel ?" Bill : " Don't you see, stupid, that she's one of then 'ere newfangled craft wot consumes their own smoke, and in consekens they don't want no faenel." Jack : " see, Bill, in coorse ti ey don't." Goin; up the Clyde in the dusk, they were passing a heavy door', which h.d hailed them, and asked them to glere them a t,w up to G'asgow, bnt, of course, t'e favour was not acceded to. Re turnsng from Ayr one dark night, they were keeping very near the Trod in order to keep out of the tide, which was running strong agzinA th sm, when ore of the Clyde tag steamers, seeing their Heist (a regular orthodox sea light), so close to the land, very good nature Is steered out of her course to hail them and warn them o their darger. " Steamer oho-o-oy l Steamer she- °soy t steerf W.N,W., you'll be ashore," Week Eagle. " Aye, aye ; good-night." —Fiel t. AN APPEAL TO TEE BENEVOLENT. (From the Liverpool Mercury, Oct. 21, 1857 ) I shou'd not feel jastido I were I at this time to apologise for addressing yon, since the high sanction of our holy religion imposes upon me the duty of ape t ins, and upon you Mt respon sib lity of a considerate iuvestiga ion int ) the me, is of the case I now bring b fore y ur no ice. I am appointed pastor cf a large district, extending from the west end of z , t. Jrmes's Church to the Queen's Dock, and contaLii,g a popwation or D,uuts sows. For this large number of people there was until recen ly no adequate spiritual provision, bnt now, I am thankfa to say, through the kind exertions and benevolent ass'srance of nrmyi Christiao gentlem , n, there is a very reasonable p ospect of having a church to con'ain 600 persons, and schoo s for 450 childrm, re-dy for use darlag the ensuing spring. The whole scheme will cost about 4'4,400 £3,200 Is already promised, and it is expected that a grant of about £609 sent be obt tin sd from Government, leaving £6OO still to be obt ine3 'ram the kind friends fn Live posh Un'il this time, however, I have no means of fulfill ng the aolemn duties of my chsrge except by en assiduous pastoral visi ation and preaching from house to house, and in this I am often cheered in finding amidst bo much spiritual destitution one and anolh. r to whom " the gospel comes not in worl only, but in power." i have jest made a regular visitation through the whole of my district, and I have been subjected to not a little p in at witnessing the suff,riag of others, so much so, that I am &most ready to ray that I cannot make another visitation of the lt,red under the same circumstances. The temnsral condition of the peop'e In such a district as th's must always be very humble, bat at present it is woree then anal; a very le•ge Lumber of the poor m .n have not had half work for the !act three months ; the prospect, therefore, for the winter is a '.ulutel depl . r•eble. Tao whole district, wi:h few excep tion!, is tenantel by the very poor—icy persons who, if hey exercised the greatest sk 11 and ace .omy in household matters, w nli Red it very ha-d t., " provile things honest in the sight of a'l men." It is true t• at the goad earnings of a few weeks' fo tunate labour met with now and then are sometimes lavishly expended; bat we mus' not expect many great and good thia!ts from peop e livin is such uneomtort .bly small houses, and whose relgious and moral trainin g have been much neglected. Such persons do net came by a miracle into good ant proper habits. I know that a great deal of commercial depress'on has lately existed in Liverpool, and t Latthere Is very coas:dorable apprehension on the part of merchants and tre 'cameo for the future, yet I mast urge you to consider the state of ill-fed and altno4t naked people of tl.is poor district; some of these poor peop'e are driven to the last extremities, :.nd the enfeebled cry of the hilf•et trved children is dis'ressing beyond measure—very different from the lusty cries of the wel.-fed children of your houses. Tla's miserable, forlorn, heart-sickening wretch iclimis is terribly azgravated by th, knowledge that within a few yard, of this poverty there is en augh atilt° sure. lam sure that such heavy distress will be severely Mt in my d strict, which has not within itself th caotibilties of self-m tig Alen, unless lam as Aide.' in my eff tr's ',"o relieve it, by those whose homes al., not ovetldA the abo les of poverty. - I am ready to ba'ieve that thong's your Christian ch trity may not be s'rong enough to lead you to seek opportn-ities `or its exercise that nevertheless you will respond to the call now made upon yo, to relieve those cases of destitution brought immediately under your novice. I bog, then, to inform you that I shat be delighted to be ties a'moner of your bounty; and ve y gladly will I rece ve at my residence, 40, Wesley-stree - , Toxttth-pa le, any contribu tuns of money, feud, clothes, calico, ftre.,—anytt,ing which a kind-hearted sympathy w Wel suggest as I k-dy to relieve the wants of the poor. And I would enforce this appeal to your chari.y by an apostolic argument empioyea by St. Owl in circumstanc-s somewhat analogous Remornb x the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who % though he was rich, yet for our sskos he became poor. that we through h', poverty might be rich ;" and may yon never forget that as fidlowers of Jesus Christ you are not only called upon to give oat of your abunlanc , , but to give that which would involve so no sacrifice to your elves, and if g'ven from a promoting love to Jesus Christ would be a speci Illy accepted service to him who had promised a reward to such. (a' atthew xxi, 35 to 46.) In conclusion I can only promise that what your generosity may give I will c •refully distribute, as I trust my a , qttaintanca with the district places me lasyond the reach of imposit on. "Do go , d unto all men, but especially to those who are o" the hJuseh , ,ll of faith.'' " To do Row', and to distribute farget not, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased." I have raver arpealed to the Chri , tian public bifo - e on tit's subject. tut n iv/ beg to thank several kind f,i‘m - s who have helped me in a priv de way since I have had 'he taro of this poor district. With every protestation of respect, I remain, your obedien t servs.nt, Motu INTINCE. 40, Wesley-street, Oct. 19;1857. BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GrtRAT TASTE, at LEWIS and COMPANY'S, Lianelagh-street. Some lids were at play a few days ato in the forest of V, rs )ix, on the frontiers tic Soritz , rl,nd, when of a su ld• n the) - catae across a baa constrictor, ten feet ►ong, which was rollcd round an oak tree. Tiny attacked the s rpent wish clubs and stones, and after some time succeeded in kill'ng it. lc was subs:yently nscirtained that the Ina hr d escarei fr ma a travelling mansgerie while prr ceeding from Lass Anne to Geneva. At LEWIS & OSIPANY'S, Ranalagh-street. BOYS are CLOTHED fro= tb Ages of Six to Twenty Years, THE LATE ROBBERY FROM THE COUNTESS OF ELLESMERE. At the Worship-street Police-court, on Thursday, Edward Jackson, a portly well dressed man, described as an oil and colourman, carrying on business is Leonard-street, Finsbury, and his wife An r Jackson, were charged on suspicion of having feloniously received various costly articles of dress which had been stolen, with a travelling trunk, containing jewerery and other property, belonging to the Countess of Elesmore, to the aggregate amount of £15,000. The prisoners were also charged, in conjtmetion with Charles Steelman, a ticket-of-leave convict, with having bma found in possession of a further quantity of valuable property, the supposed produce of other robberies. Mr. Lewis, jun ,of Ely-place, atteeded on,behalf of the prisoners Jackson, and Steadman w defende tby a -elicitor bearing the same name as himself. It appeared from the statement of Inspector Thornton, of the A division, teat on Tuesday, the 22nd of January last, the box in question, with its sumptuous contents, comprising a cas- of jewe'lery and other articles of great worth, was adroitly abstracted from the roof of a carriage during its transit from Cleveland-square to the Great Northern Rahway, from which the Countess of Ellesmere was about to pro reed to Windsor Castle on a visit to her Majesty. Infor mation of the robbery was immediately commun'catsd to the police, but although a reward of J6'so had been offered for the detection of the thieves, for whose apprehension the unremitting exertions of the beat London detectives hid been ever since directed, the whole affair remained wrapt in impenetrable mystery, without the slightest clue having been obtained to any p )rtion of the missing property, until a discovery was at length made, the peculiar circnmstances connected with which were developed in the subjoined evidence :—Police constable Evans, G 145, stated that while on duty in Old-street, between 1 and 2 o'clock on the afternoon of Snuffer, the Pith inst., he met the prisoner Jackson and another man, who hastily parted company, and moved eff in different directions as soon as they caught sight of him. Having recognized both of them as suspected characters, witness rapidly followed Jacasen, whom he overtook in an adjoining street, and as he obstinat-ly refused to disclose the contents of a bulky pee:rage which he had with him, witness took him into custody. On searching the bundle at the station house, he found it to contain upwards of 100 yards of ribbon, a dozen scarfs, and sundry other expensive revile es of haber dashery, which the prisoner alleged he had purchased at Bethnal Green from a man named Woodward, with whose exact address he was unacquainted. The prisoner at the same time enqu'red in a resentful tone what had been do 'e with the man in his company, "as he had regularly pat him away in the affair." Witness subsequently procee led, with other officers, to the prisoner's house in Leon ird-street, and havin g stealthily effected an entrance, he made his way to a small roc behind the shop, where he found Jackson's wife in close conference with Steadman, who was sitting opposite to her. The female prisoner was in the act of inspecting a plated g ,blot, which she had apparently just received from Steadman, who had some money in his hand, and neither of them was at all aware of the unwelcome presence of witness, until he saluted 'the hetes with the startling enquiry, " Well, Charley, what are you do'ng here?" The prisoner faintly replied Nothing," which Mrs. Jackson quickly modified with the remark, "He was merely showing me this mug." Witness the 3 questioned him with regard to the ownership of the goblet, and trio prisoner finally accounted for it by stating that he had picked it up in the street. After leaving Steadman in chargelaf another officer, witness proceeded up stairs with the female prisoner, who kept up a running tire of eomme. tary upon his olitrusive conduct, despite of which he searched several of her drawers, and discover ed therein various costly articles of wearing apparel sui - able for a lady of high distinction, a portion of which had been identified as the property of the Countess of Ellesmere, two of , whose servants were now in attendance to give e Adence in suaport of the charge. Lucy Danford, an upper servant in the est iblish ment of Lady Ellesmere, stated that she was in attendance upon her ladyship on the occasion of the trunk having been stolen, and she felt satisfied that the lace handkerchiefs and mantle produced had formed a portion of the contents. Mary Anne Edling, Lady Ellesmere's maid, who had assisted in picking up the trunk, also identifie d several of the articles, one of which was - her lady's bridal veil of old point lees, and which she could positively swear to from the rare quality of the fabric, which could not now be purchased. After some observations from Mr. Lewis to the eff_et that, according to his in structions, his clients would be rely prepared on a future occasion to furnish a satiscacto y esplanation with regard to th,ir possession of the articles. Inspector Brecknold requested a remand, far the discovery of owners of the property which had not been identified, and which he had rea on to ben ye, from infer nation he had just received, was the part produce of a recent extensive burglary in the city. The prisoners were anor ingly rernandei, but bail was accepted for the appearance of Mr. Jackson. BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH G9EAT TASTE, at LEWIS and COMPANY'S, Ranelagh-street. On Wednesday a'ternoon, at five o'clock, Mr. R. Monck tnn Milner, and Mr. William Wood, the two members for Pontefrae, were entertained to dinner by their coastituency in the Town Hall Pontefract. VERACITY OF NoaD."—This Russian journal informs its readers that " the English troops at Delhi ere in a more difficult position than they held before the assault. They are in their to - n besieged by the Sepoys, who have established themselves ia a fortified position six miles from Delhi, after la lying cat off all communicati ru between that place and the other great military posts We remarked sometime ago that the military movements of the Hindoes display a system of tactics which would do honour to the best European generals." A letter from Hong gong, says :—" Ie contradiction to the Crime?, clo - :e shaving*, and not beard growing, is here the order of the day. Tne fashion is to shave off all hair about the face, with the exception of the moustache. The custom in a hot climate like this is a cool and comfortable one, and we get over the disagreeable op _ration of shaving by nand, if affected by a native barber, who shaves you with such skill th at the whole performance may be com pleted as you sleep, wi how, waking you. C.lonel Paken hare, the ar3jetan'-general, C aloeel Graham, of the 59th, an I some oteera still wear their hirsute appendages; but the two officers I have named have really such magnificent beards that it would be a sin to immolate them." HousEI3IIEAKING AND FEMALE HEROISM.—The Nor thern Ete-ign records a very remarkable instance of female bravery occurrine near Wick. It appears that the f,r►nhouse of lekermann, occupied by Mr. David Levack, fish-curer and farmer, was bureleriously entered on Saturday morning. Mr. Levack's daughter, who was sleeping in a beicloset, was awakened by a certain noise theaein, and observed on the window blind the Shado w of a person movieg, back varls and forwards. Knowing that no one had any business there at that hour, ate jumped out of bed, seized hold of a man, and held him till her cries awakened her father and the servants, who instantly ran to the spot. Oa a light being obtained it was found that the prisoner was a stranger, and that he had already commenced the work of burglary. Tile fellow had gained access to the house by means of entering by the kitchen window. He was immediately apprehended awl taken to Wiclr, and was afterwards committed to gaol on the charges of burglary and theft. THE LATH LION. MR. C LVIN.—In Mr. John Russell Colvin, the late Lieutenant Governor of the north-western provinces, the Indian Government has los - . one of its ablest civil servants. Having passed through Haiieybary with credit and success, Mr. Calvin became one of the civil servants of the East India Company, at Bengal, in 1824. He successively held the pest of assistant to the British Resident at Hyderabad, Secretary to the Balder Court at Calcutta, private secretary to Laird Auckland, and Commissioner in the Tenasserim provinces ; he was promoted in 1853 to the pest which he held at hie death. Ho was mere especially distinguished as a judicial reformer In a "notification," issued by Lord Canning after his &geese, Mr. Culvia is singled out for especial praise for his " ability, energy, an l experience," anti lamented as one whose life, had it been spare], would have been now more than usually valuable to the State. H.. died at Agra, Septet's aer 9, in the words of Lord Canning, " worn out with the unceasing anxieties ant labours of his charge, which placed him in the very front of the dangers by which India has recently beea threatened." A BISHOP NO PARSON —The fallowicg strange story is given by the Droit:—"some mon los back a bishop was celebrating divine service at Cerunna,and amongst the con gregation was a retired soldier, who recognised the prelate as a man who had served, as a oomsnon teidier, in the same regiment as himself, and who, after long-centinuod misconduct, had deserted. Supr sed to find a deserter a bishop, the man made communication to the authorities and a searching investigation was instituted. It led to the diseovely that the liesbop, whose name is Pereira, really was a deserter, and that after deserting he went to Portugal, where he gave himself out as chaplain of a regirnect. As he displayed considerable knowledge of theology and wits of good address, he was introduced to the ecclesiastical authorities of the district, and they, after awhile, gave him a curacy. In this post he inguished himself by his eloquent sermons, and after a while he was invited to Liaison, where crowds, charmed by his eluquencs, also flocked to hear him. At Lisbon be was b: fore long conse crated a bishop. In 1854 he went to Madrid, where his fame preceded him, and there likewise be excited admiration by his sermons. He was selected to preach on several solemn occasions, and amongst them on anuiversa riee of the fatal 2 a d o f May. Never b.ieg ordained a priest, he was not a real bishop ; yet he administered all the offices of the church es if regularly ordained. Fur this serious offence he has just been condemned to 18 years hard labour. The P.pe having been appealed to on the subjeetelass declared that all the ecclesiaricai acts performed by the man shall be considered valid; but doubts are entertained whether, in spite of this, the marriages celebr.ted by him are valid in a legal point of view." BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE AT LEWIS and COMPANY'S, 5a119141-street. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-FRIDAY. THE MURDER IN The QUEEN'S BENCH PR SON.—A , the sitting of the court this rncruing, Antonio de Sa!vi, 29, was p'aced at the bar to teke his trial upon the charge of the murder of Robert Henderson Robertson in the Queen's Bench Prison. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk appeared on behalf o f the crown. Mr. E James. Q.C., and Mr. Setjeant Parry were esplcially re'ained, with Mr. Tirl'ldahon, for the defence. It has already been stated that the prisoner had pleaded autrefois acquit to the prestre indictment, upon the ground that he had been already tried and acquitted upon the eh trge of wounding the deceased with intent to murder him, and that he ought nor, therefore, to be tried on the present charge, because it erase entirely out of the same trans etion, and he ought not to have his life twice put in jeopordy for the same offence. The matter stood over until this morning, when it was arranged that the question of law should he argued. Mr. Bodkin s,st addressed the cona't, and he said it appeared to him that the plea could not be supported, ivasnench as to support the p'e► of autrefois acquit it must be shown that the charge made against the prisoner on the second occasion was identically , he satire as that of Witich he was before acquitted. The prisoner had never before been charged with the offence of wilful murder. There was no identity between the two Offences, and the plea was I)3d in law Mr. r. James was then heard at some length in sup port of the plea, and he contended that the prisoner had been substantially tried before for the same identical act, and the jury had acquitted him of any intention to commit the crime of wilful murder. He cited the case of Robertson, tried before the High Cowl of Jes'iciary in Glasgow, in which it was held that a person who had been convicted by the m gistrates of an assault, could not afterwards, where the party ansaulted deed. bo tried for wilful murder. The court inquired nbether there was not a Scorch sta'r'e that applied to this matter? The learned council said he was unfortunateiv not prepar.d to give the court any inforroa ion upon the subject. lie then proceeded with his argument, end concluded by calling upon their lordships to admit tl.e plea of the prisoner, and not permit him to be tritd a second time for what was substantially tire same offence, of which ire had airea,ly been aeqrzitt .d. Mr. %Mahon was also heard at considerable length en the same point. The court, without requiring Mr. Bodkin to reply, unanimously decided that upon the fac s before the ceurt the pl e a of au!refois acquit could not be supported. The prisoner then pleaded Not Guilty, and the trial proceed d. Tire facts of the case have been so repeatedly an' fully given, that it will he unnecessary oa the presert occasion to do more than briefly bring to the reccollections of our readers the circumstances. undtr which the charge was preferred against the prisoner. The deceased was a prisoner in the Queen's Bench at the suit of the prisoner, and it appeared that on the Bth of July the prisoner went to the Queen's Bench, accompanied by a solicitor named Thompson, for the purpose, as it appeared, of endeavour ing to make some arrangement for the peyment of the debt, and after they had had some conversation it appeared that the deceased denied owing the debt, and the prisoner upon this became dreadfully excited, and stabbed the deceased in the neck and °tin r parts of the body, one of the wounds penetrating the spine, the force of the blow breaking off the point of the knife, and leaving it centre:l3,d in the hone of the spine, where it was found firmly fixed after the death of the unfortunate man. Tire deceased lingered for a considerable time in great agony, and at the August session the prisoner, as above stated, was tried upon a charge of wounding with intent to murder. 'The jury now found the prisoner guilty of man slaughter. ALLEGED ASSAULT ON A LASCAE.—JJhn Grucr surren• dered to take his trial for an assault u2on Moheooddeen, a Lascar seaman, upon the high seas. In this else, which was rep wted at some length last session, it will he recollected that the jury, after being locked up all night, wet 3 discharged with out coming to any decision, and the defendant w.ts liberated upon his own recognisances. to appear this session fur trial. Upon that occasion eleven of the jury were for an acqui,til. The facts proved in evidence this day were the same as upon the former occasion; the jury returned a verdict of no; guilty, and the prisoner was discharged. FRIGHTFUL DEATH OF CAPTAIN KELSO. Captain Elward John Francis Kelso, who had recently taken up his temporary residence, with his wife and family, at Salt hill, near Windsor, has met his (loath under the following circumstances, as given in evidence at an inquisition held on Wednesday, in Windmi 1 Hotel, Selt-hill, William Prle❑dum, Wrexham, papermaker, deposed that he was walking on he Slough-road on Monday last, about fuu• o'c'cork in the afternoo and saw a gentleman and lady proceeding tow , ,r,'s Slough. On reaching the road which crosses from S eke in the direc.ion of Eton, and hearing a horse coming from Stoke at a rapid rate, he turned round and saw it within 50 yards of the turnpike road in air aster, and heard the rider say " Coma up." He had one rein in his right hand, and the other in his lef•. The horse then struck into a full gallop at the time the lady and gentleman were crossing the road, when the animal ran against the lady and knocked her do•sn. and its chest struck man s, sou uc ai,o tell to the ground, Lead first. nie rider pulled up the horse within a few yards afterwards • and in so doing fell over its head. The witness picked up the lady and gentleman ; the latter never spoke or groaned, and b'ood poured out of his mouth, and from the left ear. Toe lady at fist was insensible, but shortly afterwards recovered her consciousness. The rider was riding like a jockey at a steeplechase, and ap peared as if be wanted to go Rater than his horse. The witness identified the rider, who was in the room, and whose name is William Neighbour, a tailor, of Windsor, about twenty years of age. William N, 'elbow said that, at the time nf the acci dant, he had been to Baylis rouse, Stele, on business, on a horse he hired of Cannon of Eton. The horse c intered with him there. On returning borne he had a youth's coat in one of his pockets, but had nei her whip, stick, nor spur on. When within about 300 yards, of the h'gh road, the Lcr e bolted, from what cause he could not say, and he endeavoured to stop Etta, but he continued his speed. When lie first saw the deceased and his wife, who were both together, he vtas within 15 yards of them. They were crossing the road in junction with the turnpike road. I hey were hesitating. and in a moment the horse was upon them. A few strides afterwards ho was thrown, and went to the assistance of the lady and gentleman. The pace of the horse threw him in the position of standing in the stirrups, and his attention being directed to the horse, he did not see them in time. Thomas Hopkins Cannon, livery stablekeeper, deposed the horse to be a very temperate one, and used to be ridden wi.h a snaffl Never kn.w it to run a vay. Thought that the sin ill parcel in Mr. Neighbour's pocket would not start the horse. If it had got into its fill speed might be pulled up in 100 yards, and the d:s-ance from whence it has been sated he started off was nearly 301 yards. Several other witnesses who were examine! gave similar evidence as to the cause of d• ath. The chcessed, a fine man, about s'x fret three inches in heiglr, was in his 48th year. He had recently leit a son iu India, and leaves a wire and several children to deplore his loss. The jury returned a verdict of Mae slaughter. Exelasively fnr CLOTHING , . BOYS fr m Six to Twenty Years LEWIS & COMPANY, Itanalagh-street. Bills offering a reward of £3OO for the discovery of the perpetrators et the Wate:loe-briftge murder have been placarded at Roulogne-snr-Mer. A WIDOW PARTING Walt TIER " WEZDS."—in insid :nt of Paris life, which has given U 3 groat cause fl i r rr flection, has occupied us dui in; the wee k, an i ben disc:llB3M with canons opinion:. Seercly two moats ago, dial at Enghien, one of our rich capitalists, wiil known in England, whose salon had beeu enlivened for seine ye us by the most charming, acre--able, and virtuous little wife it r ver fell to rich man's lot to wed, The Ellis lady, who had hel the best and most affectionate of e iees, created no eurpise when she appeared the most discen3olate of widows, and, contrary to the usual custom iu Paris, mere speculatioes took place upon the length of time she would be seen 'o nanurn her husband's death than up.:n the subject of who would be chesen toehe hie spore as fir. Her coniu t ral 1 .ve could not be aoaD!ed, for every sacittice had been made by her to soya her husband's name and credit during the monetary cri is r f two years ag when she valiantly signed away her reversion of the chateau and grounds at Engblen, in order to enable him to rise above the diffinVtiai to which the pressure had given rise. ith these preliminaries, you will ho enabled to judge of the utter confoneding of all our pre-conceived ideas, when we heard that Melanie de M— had been s-en a t l ast week's noes at Lengehe rn p s — l- 1e verystar of fashion—th e very p l anet of the mode— attired in rose colour, driving is an once carriage a la Doumont, with her mother (a rnaitresse femme, by the way) seated by per side. Th e annoneceraent caused more efts Alen at the Jockey Cluh that night than the most unexpected . loss or gain upo n t h e turf. The thing could not be believed, save by those who had actually teren and was thought wori.hy of the str•etest examina ion. The truth was soon elicited, for the lady makes no secret of the causes of her conduct. Her husband's papers COO! ying over the reversion of the chateau, which he bad mean'y extorted from his wife, and r pretence of embarrassment, to a certain Comtesse C—. a woman h !frig a-high position in Parisian society, had given her sufficient p ro ,f h while prtafeesing off ction for ber, his heart and i t nt a e t r ' sqs had all been elsewhere. The disclosures made concernirg the inatnenFe sums bestowed upon the C mime by the deceased ars said lo be so astounding .. that she liwyere themselves renneiced anarz.id end itnpertence. i T in h in ethat 0 solemn 1l 1 d g w i c a e l d l .01 of .She woe to which her widowed etate compelied her, and e nclosing e e ff l i t a e t e l u y p dear the,;ne. dwilifieuL teas the whole costume—cap, hoetset e hood, and all—in a neat pecking case, despetehel them with a cutting note to the Corntes , e—proolaitring h r greater right to wear them, and wishing her all health and prosperity in the cha:can and grounds of Enghien.—Court Journal. At LEWIS & CO lIPANY'S, Ranelagh-street. BOYS are CLOTI/ED (ma the Agea or Six to Twenty Year THE BURNING OF THE JOSEPH SOMES. GOVERNMENT REWARD TO THE ISLANDERS. The Board of Trade, to mark their sense of the kindness shown by the islanders of Tristan d'Acunha. to the passengers and crew of the ship Joseph Somes, Elmstone, from London for Melbourne, which was burnt off the island on the 25th of ' ebrnary, have directed a , supply of do hii.g, agricultural seeds, spades, shove!s, pitchforks casks rf beef and pork, to the value of £lOO, to be sent out to them by H.M.S. Cyclops, sailed on Sunday from Portsmouth. The Joseph Somes took fire a few miles from Tristan d'Acunha, lat. 37 S., lon. 12 40 W., 1,500 miles frora the Cape of Good Hope. 'I he islanders received the passengers and crew of the dosed!' Somes with every kindness, each one vein with another who should do the most. They freely shared their provi , ions with them, which had been much diminished from bad harvest, end that without hopes o' ever being repaid. '1 hey were subs , quently taken off by the Nimrod, Tillman, of London, from Kurrachee, and landed at the Cape of Good Hope. On the return, of Catpain Elmstone to London, the Board of Tgado put themselves in communication with him, when he, reported most highly on tha treatment received from the islanders. Ma. BRIGHT, or Httr.L.—The arrest of Mr. Bright for forgery has, naturally enough, created a vast amount of gossip. People are not wanting who declare they ex pected it for a long time past ; that they had prog nosticated it ; and that they were only surprised it did not take place much sooner. On the other haed, it is said that these people belong to the race of " prophets after the fact ;" that nobody did expect any such thing ; that the standing of the accused in the town has been as high as that of any man in it ; and that his fraudulent doings could only have been known to himself, and cer tainly would not be suspected in outside circles. The general talk his been, however, that for a length of time sinister rumours have been afloat in High-street respecting Mr. Bright ; that these, however, simoly affected his credit and not his character for honesty ; that while his bankruptcy took few people y su -prise, the charge against him astonishes everybody ; that the report of the directors of the Hull Flax and Citton Mills made a charge very like embezzlement against the accused—which charge was met with a bold front by Mr. Bright, and strongly denied in a circular which was noticed last week ; that the proceedings on Wednesday afford a curious answer to that circular ; and that Mr. Bright is a bold man to have made such statements when he must have known the charges which could be brought against him self, and which were sure to be brought to light under the bankruptcy proceedings.—Hull Advertises. WANT OF JllSTlCE3.—Liverpool is not the only place where Justices of the Peace are not to be found wanting as will be seen by the following from a correspondent of the Glasgow Mail:—lt has often been remarked, with what trut' we do not pretend to say, that although Purt- Glasgow, is notorious for law, it has by no means been remarkable for justice. We tear, however, that it may now be said that it is remarkable for its want of Justices. The following proclamation was found on Monday last extensively posted up on the walls of the town, as well as exhibited in the shop windows :—" Reward of Fifty Shillings.—Whereas the inhabitants of Port-Glasgow, or• such of them as have causes in the Justice of Peace Court, having been waiting at the Court door for nearly an hour, for want of a Justice to preside at the said Court, Notice is hereby given, that a reward of fifty shillings wi'l bo immedia`ely paid to any person or persons who can get hold of, secure, and bring to the said Court by twelve o'clock noon of this day, any one or more of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Renfrew, in order that the business of the Court may not be further impeded. Port Glasgow, 25th Oct., 1857." The cause of this extraordinary step being taken on the part of the inhabitants we understand to be this.—There is such an institution in "The Port" as a Justice of Peace Court, which is advertised to sit every alternate Monday at 11 o'clock, for the decision of intramural causes of small amount. There is such a functionary as a Jestice of Peace Clerk, an officer, and a Beard of Justices ; but when the hour comes, the poor Justice of Peace Clerk and his assistants find that no Justine will come. One is sent for; he has a ship to atten 1 to ; another must look after the preparations for a lunch ; a third cannot leave the coffee-room and Lloyd's List, although the Court room is next door. After frantic exertions, and shortness of the roll, &J., sometimes two are got hold of, who sit as if upon hot gridirons until the causes are over. Sometimes, indeed, one or both rush off in the middle of the business, leaving the hapless clerk and the dejected suitors to do as they This is an exact picture, we are credibly informe 1, of the manner in which affairs are carried on. There are honourable exceptions, we believe, to th's state of things, but they are only exceptions. On Monday a number of suitors was, as usual, waiting for the Court to begin. The usual rushing for Justices from office to office and from house to house took place, but without any result ex cept mortification and disappointment. There was no Court, and consequently there ryas the present handbill —a mode of publication which was considered more polite than sending round the town drummer, as was at first suggested. We think that such a state of matters is calculated to bring contempt either upon the institution itself, or upon the members who compose the board in question. If they will net discharge their duties to the public, they should give up their c,)mmiision altogether, and let men be appointed who would fulfil the :e duties. Unpaid duties are certainly very seldom well performed, but there is a difference between a partial performance and no performance at all. Bseessee—During the sitting of the Commission of Inquiry into the Belfast riots it was stated by one of the witnesses, Mr. Bernard Hughes, a town councillo", that Belfast is a Catholic town, governed by Protestants. That the bone and sinew of Belfast is Catholic; eked rant marvellous romance of all, that there are one-hundred ant fifty Catholic merchants in Belfast fit to be magistrates ? Such were the exaggeratiems in which Mr. Hughes permitted himself to indulge—exeggerstions that are only ' to be paralleled by the cool impudence of the Northern Whig, in intimating to the "Scotch Presbyterians and English Episcopalians," that they " are the strangers " in the town ! The consequence of such statements is, that a regular census of the religion of the whole population has been taken. Tne Belfast Mercury says : "As regards the existence of 150 Roman Catholic merchants in Belfast fit to be Magistrates, we have already said quite enough. There are not five!—and every man acquiinted with the town kno ws what we state to be the truth. Foolish assertions to the contrary only excite ridicule, and lead to unpleasant cri ticisms. Indeed, the Roman Catholics of Belfast have no reason t) be pleased with Mr. Heghes for the exceed ingly f lee position in which he has placed them. He has led to an exposure of their pretensions which is not less than galling " And the News Letter of that town adds, " Belfast owes her position in the empire and in the world to her commerce, and of ihis her Linen Trade is the staple ' • and her Linen Bleachers, all her Li nen D amas k , and all her Linea Print Manufacturers are Protestants. Of 46 Linen Merchants, 42 are Protestant ; 18 out of 19 Flax Merchants, 34 out cf 35 Flax-spinning firms are Protestant; and of 63 Muslin Manufacturers, 62 are Protestant. The Linen-h.ll Committee numbers 13, the Zoe al Flax Comm'ttee, 27 members ; of those only two gentleman are Roman Cstholic. The Commercial Building C emmittee numbers 12-11 are Protestant; the Chamber of Commerce numbers 23 —all are Protestant; and 55 of 58 Commission merchantseare Protestant also ; and similar are the religious proportions in the case of all other mercantile boles in the Belfast community. Of the Jurors of our Ledy the Queen, the good and lawful men' of Belfast, 1,466 are Protestants 204 only are Roman Catholic; and in such ratio stand the Parliamentary, Municipal. and Poor-law Electors. There are 18 Engineers —all are Protestant ; 17 Barristers-15 are Protestant ; 48 Physicians and Sutgeons, and 43 are Protestant. The proportions in the case of the Retail Traders are exempli fied by such instances as these : Hsrdwaremen, 16 to 0 ; Haberdashers, 71 to 9 ; Grocers, 25 to 1 ; Jewellers, 14 to 0. But, perhaps, these classes are too aristoc r a'i c f or Mr. Hughes' account. Well, then, there are 3 992 Ar'ificers, Mechanics, and Handicraftsmen in Belfast, an d 3,121 of these are Protestants. What, then, does Mr. Hughes mean by the Bone and Sinew? Can he escape the dilemma in which he has placed himself by pointing to those specimens in the animal creation in which the fleshy parts so largely predominate that the bone and sinew form but an inconsiderable portion of the mass ? We might suggest to him that the Roman Catholic popu lation are the bone of Belfast, meaning thereby the ' bone of contention ;' but how, then, about the Billow?" • OUR STREETS AT NIGHT. India, with her lamentable wants. has cur ears, hearts, heads, and hands iu demand and Ai d work. Powerful doiags alms, devotions, s ri a lives, numberlessly concentrating, ezec utinop " . defending right from wrong. All well. Let I continue and end where, when, and for what it O i. l be practicable and dutifully becoming; but we are and may require to go abroad to p 1 rocs good for our own or others, let Ui 110 t 'orb the rescue at home. an d cer; lamentable It is reflective, instructive, lamentable tain, what we hear of and do ; for misery andatinati; at a distance, nigh us, and abroad, Church and combine to suppress, oppose, remove and d es ` r evil. When it breaks out, the reasons are search 7 concluded upon, right and wrong, ad ' And then to the rescue. Not long ago, on a l d a y scale, to the Crimea—now to India—and ever,' 7. at home, Crime, occupies rctentives o f ra °l/e4 ; life awl labours of the potent and the good , b y fore _ _ means, words and works. 9 Ani How are these undertakings to be judged • n o one walking one streets will see union and harintyd," in preventions are not hand in hand. W ilt4 t os, foreigners, oppositely persuaded and displitittbo. consider the signs and effects, admixed Itz ‘.30, mis plification of our hig'a-claimed chriad nationality—christianity, practised and pruids so the' amongst us. and introduced among hoe. " nations of the earth." Besides --lir mil e prowlers avowedly and unmolested P°. l4 :of our streets for unlawful traffic, iu localia.e d " d io acknowledged rendezvous of vice—the ral ti disiricts, better, and even best, residing retirtenella of the town. The intelligent will not WOO no , authority for the cause, but is it n ot natura l ' ts : ts , aistent, possible, and necessary, that oar a tre h ;is " free as our country is," should be eroptial of I " - foulness. c o d The evil exists. What is, and how the " should be applied, claim attention, discovery' application. It cannot be said to dete prevent, and punish ; error and evil lg „Ito glected ; on an elevated scale, military re :061 we oppose ; civil commotioos are allowe d ' not long lived ; social obligations it:lc 111°11 ;SO personality protected, yet, exposure is rit:e--40 the proverb it may be said, " let every rni i° care of himself," and who cannot, pay the pt' v. 00,. This random impropriety may be the we but not, happily, the rule of our eommunitY," it ,•tecV Cannot, should not, our streets be pr°'' s - o l eet entrance of what by day is not voluntarily o pt nor admitted? What harm will the bstd 6 ',l, B 9 o. Flo to the victims of mysterious and mis-used "„, - 10e. If prevented parade, will infection break oat where ? perhaps, but no mater ; under re tr ; 00 their deeds, though not abolished, will not b o ne - dangerous, nor in the way of the many of all s o ?, lawfully to and fro going about. Is it unesso ll3 t se is it not extending at night all over our tosgh,for encounter of sad lives and purposes ? w ha t of fancied effect may issue from the mere rern° l ",;es' the evil out of doors, is it not by degrees P rAc3 a°or° ble and proper that our highways, and s'erY lA u be everywhere week-day and Sunday, 0110t e i n ; the guarded against the admission of snares 1" - „ g er unwary—assuagers of the un-self denied --dfl 'ood of the innocent—the abhorrence, pity' „ j ell? temptation, of those that desire to do - o de Should such a state of things at our fing er ,, - 80 61 and door-steps not be remembered, cared !to' ear , attended to—along with others, far an" 1' generated originally from crime, and now e'l'f • inn our antidotes? Should it n o t be Pub lic o l 9 flounced, officially investigated, authort t l - 6 00 - heeded to—to lessen, restrain, prohibit, a",. 0 01. tend against what our streets nightly and incly offer, to foster and seduce. ANON-01°' Liverpool, Monday, October 26th, 1857. Exclusively for CLOTHING BOYS 'from Six to Tvren.,ty Yelit LEWIS Ea COMPANY, Ranoligu-euvo We ( Poet) understand that a marriage is on t he e ta a r t& between Mr. Hopwood, M. P , and Miss Augusta C c/ br ide third daughter of the Hon. Henry Coventry. I he eltat has not yet alained her 17 year. „ r THE WESTERN BANE SCOTLAND.—The 3 7 :- 4 al e i) , Daily Mail of Wednesday says :—" It has beau e t st intimated at the (Glasgow) Stock E x change, tht eo thle meeting of the direct, rs of the Western Bank of '' o ister h , Id to-day (Wednesday), it was res lved that the, 4 0 9. of transfers for shar e s sold from a t d a fter two o'co" day, shall be closed till further notice." r ed A CELEBRATED CLUB Watier's Club had a., .tile short duration in London ; but it was a feature 0 society of that day which wilt long be remembereLl 0110 scene of dissipation and high Or d fatal and ruinous consequences. it was e,,d instituted in 18'17 by the Maddockees, CalvertS ,e rpo 1 ", play , attended with t ue • all/ Headfort, as a harmanie meeting ; a house was.„,,afe6 l - 4 Piccadilly, at the corner of Balton-street, and ",,," a superlative cook, was hired as master of the refe' c itea e ' destination of the club was soon changed ; the tots were so recherche, and was so much talked of lti bect' s . that all the young m en o f f as hi on an d f o rtune asFl r e members of it. The catches and glees were the ll r a 'Fitt seded by cards and dice; th e mas t l uxur i o us diner Oder furnished at any price, as th e d eep p l a y a t night roes ter all charges a matter of indifference. Macao r oil;0 constanCgame, and thousand s passed from one to a it with as much facility as marbles. Erutiantlol - a itie"„ o o supreme dictator, their club's perpetual Pr e i p th"„ laying down the law in dress, i n manner s, an d reg,,: r ; magnificent snuff-boxes for which there wa s - pa - 0 he fomented the excesses, ridiculed the scruples:ooloos raised the novices, and exercised paramouat o use c o , over all. He had, as I have before said, gre,t r e L il a ; at Macao, winning in two or three years a ' - ft I 'l, which went no one knew how, for he never l e cale s l o more than a fourth of it before he levanted °kg ilia Daring the height of his prosperity I renl e , n3 ,,,, s 's, "-as coming in one night after the opera to Wal;tels D O finding the Macao table full. one place at Ir- ,be le'se occupied by Tom Sheridan, who was never in; io ta le of play, but, having dined freely, had dropPe u tt nie e. club, and was trying to catch the smiles of to w 0 . risking a few pounds, which he could ill affe r , aoqs Brnmmel proposed to him to give up his re a : e 011 11 70 - shares in his deal, and adding to the £l O ` - taok "a 0 which Tom had before him £3OO for himself o tn , r le 1° cards. He dealt with his usual success, and t al e ! s o ten minutes won £1,500. He then stped , 111 ,,,,'1•`;ci division, and giving £750 to Sheridan, said to a'7,ner, 70 , Tom, go home and give your wife and brats a 5 "Y r rOP chai s never play again.' 1 mention the anecdote at her all•- at a istio of the times, the set, and of a spirit of " a ,"; 5 0:11, - aft Brumrnel, which, with all his faults, he 1 3055 .the'i s to which was shown towards an old friend in a w "bart c gol , no pretext for refusal. Among the singular c ! ea IR that frequented Watier's Club, was a man i. n h a s se. , 0 03 Bligh, a heavy fat fellow, as wad as a Marc,` - 00%4 4 was first cousin to Lord Darnley, but ha d t he 'ire a violent enmity against him, and whenever w as or in the street attempted to horsewhip him. 1- {e seep quently taken up by the police a nd b o und over t-biS r e nal peace, but as soon as lie saw his victim he forgetah ell e r niz :aces and incurred fresh pro se c u tion, vri n o rss Ler in a long confinement in the King's Bench. ve ry e,; t eei ing, at the Macao table, when th e play wee 0 11 ' 0 4 Brumtnel, having lost a considerable stake' an ied 01 , in his farcical way a very t rag i c air, ands piatm, Wafter, bring me a flat candlestick an d . to ' o . o at frou Upon which Blight, who was sitting OPP c t his calmly produced two loaded • pistols sa id, ‘, s foo pocket, which he placed on the table, 1114 s t -- s P r 0 0 Brummel, if you are really d es i ro us to Pu t a ffer f lact to your existence, lam extremely haPPY:, Th e e dl a l ; the means without troubling the waiter. a t P i les upon those present may easily be imagine a don , Jet, themselves in the company o f a known re 3 as t r e ; o f had loaded weapons with him. Still, I tio setl,s v e as' one justice to that ill-fated club—the hig the w o eld honourable feeling which prevailed berg, where all were equally incautious, and have designed to take an unfair advantag e u d nree; 2 o I must also add that general system of g c „ e • o r W o ol and good humour which, under very ex r ` - a t 'ne r . s r aisa stances, was never once interrupted hf ° dace P i r 1 , 9 quarrel. It remained for later times to P r one!' slop, of rank and fortune who would disgral.. coast acting the part of a sharper to his frien,7_ ao asr„ o o arnoeg _ t oe commenced by a sinister event, which mig ht Du e atail 7/b 0 an omen of the desolation it was doomed to Adoa xs, our its votaries. The founder, Mr. John hlau w i t a 1. , married Lord Craven's sister, cut his throat _ tio tar , at his house in Stratton -street, under the re' t ea clor,v o t; flaence of mental aberration. The club did at , t 0 of twelve years altogether; the pace was too cr ve d att le gs, it died a natural death in 1819, from the Par! j,f blac form its members; the house was taken by a sel; 1 .0 wiofr who instituted a common bank for galo l r i v ' e d est a w a, a an idea of the ruin produced by this short - 1 . 1 ,00 eiss r ment among men whom I have so intinsti n g 0 00; choly list, cursory glance to the past suggests the folio .. . b is a rio None of the dead reached the average ag e back which only forms a part of its dePl w a 'f ase% the look eat s ' hose who have survived may always ra „ssta life of Watier's as the source of their emus Raike's Journal. stree t ,, At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, RlP•llli„ffh eA,, BOYS aro CLOTHED from tko Ages Of ..n- 111 „ AU •'. 5 1 .