Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-04 00:00:00

AMUSEMENTS, &c. Tu AMPHITHEATRE.—This night concludes the engage ment of the trio of talented performers who have en livened the Amphitheatre during the past fortnight. It is long since such a combination of theatric power was seen upon our boards, as the engagement of Mr. Webster, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Paul Bedford presented, and we feel regret that many causes co-operated to prevent the attend ance of as numerous audiences each night as we expected to have seen. During the past week there has been a more varied list of entertainments than in the preceding, when "Janet Pride" was performed every night, with one exception. The past week we had Dian Bourcicault's new drama, "The Willow Copse," apiece possessing all the elements which produce success among popular audiences, and in which Mr. Webster's acting fully equalled his per formance in "Janet Pride." In the "Maid of Croissey," Mr. Webster reproduced his original character of Sergean Austerlitz. Mr. Paul Bedford also revived a part in which his name and his acting have been long familiar to the public, that of Blueskin, in "Jack Sheppard," in which his peculiar characterist;cs are connected in the minds of most play-goers with the equally original and nimitable Jonathan Wild of the late 0. Smith. Several of the peculiar Adelpbi farces gave Mr. Wright an opportunity of displaying to the • fullest effect his unapproachable realisation of Cockney humou-s and oddities. While mentioning the performances of London celebrities, we must not omit to add that our local comedian, Mr. Baker, in his own class of characters, did not suffer by comparison, but maintained his credit as a representative of the "old fogey" parts not to be surpassed by any actor. Indeed, justice to the local performers generally obliges us to say that all sustained their part s well, and some with no common deg-ea of merit. Mr. Villiers, in the comedietta entitled "Who's your Friend ?'' represented a fine gentleman of the George the Second days, with a nonclealapl grace and easy effect which would have been deserving of commendation in any actor. Mrss Page, during the recent engagement, has evinced capa bilities which we did not believe she possessed; and Miss Sedgwick has proved herself a most valuable accession to the corps of this theatre. GORDON CUMMING, THE LION HUNTER.—Oar advertis ing columns announce that this very remarkable individual is about to transfer himself for a short time from Hyde Park-corner to Clayton-square. Few popular celebrities ever had the fortune to be more talked of than Gordon Cumming, and even at this late period of his renown, his appearance in Liverpool cannot fail to create some sensation. Those who have nerves strong enough to hear the recital of wrestling matches with lions, battues of panthers, trials of strength with boa constrictors, and ele phants bagged like pheasants, can now hear of all these feats, and many others more wonderful still, from the lips of the conqueror himself, who displays more terrible trophies of his prowess than Hercules ever won in all his labours, or Bacchus brought home as Indian spoils. ZOOLOGICAL GrAanays.—At this season of the year, when all out-door amusements are of vital importance to our well-being., it will be a great pleasure to many of our readers to learn that this day (S'aturday) and evening,— there will he an '• extraordinary amount" of entertainment presented at the ab)ve gardens, in honour of the American Independence, when many distinguished " foreigners," at present visitina the town, are expected to be present. A Saturday's entertainment at this place is of so rare a nature, that no doubt, many of our classes who leave their business early, will avail themselves of the opportunity to do honour to the Americin nation, and support one of our best con ducted places of healthful recreation. ROYAL PRINCZSS'S THEATRE, LONDON.—The marvellou creations of Shakspere's fancy, presented in his play of the " Tempest," revived by Mr. Charles Kean, and produced in its new form on Wednesday evening, have at length found a worthy exponent. Of course, the student who lives in a world of his own may still revel in tae gorgeous imagery with which the poet has clothed his sublime conceptions, and may tax his imagination to conceive of what kind might be those beings of the e-arth and the air whom he has invested with superna tural powers, for the purpese of carrying forward the action of the drama. B this abstract pleasure satisfies scarcely one in a., theueeed. The m h sea, handle. The ideal must be tangible to them, and the nearer it approximates to the real in appearance, the better do they appreciate it. Hence the necessity of scenic appliances to the stage, which, as publi c t as t e i mproves, must keep pace with it, and with the advancing intelli g ence which is the result of a mor e ex t en d e d educa tion. Mr. Charles Bean has been - one of the first to seize upon this idea and to work it out, and there can be no question that he is thereby becoming himself a great public instructor through the medium of the stage. A hundred years ago, Shylock in ruin c and a powdered wig did not offend the rude dramatic taste of the period, but what would even the "gods" of the trarr pontine theatres say to see Hamlet stalk across the stage in smalls and a swallow-tail coat. Between tha taste, how ever, which tolerated " This is the sea, this is Athens," chalked on a black board, in lieu of a representation of them, and that which is satisfied with scenery and cos tume such as are employed at the majority of our theatrue, the difference is only in degree; and in introducing those innovations in the shape of scenic effects, which Mr. Bean has been condemned by some critics for doing, as a departure from the canons of dramatic propriety, he has only attempted to supplement what was generally felt to be wanting to render dramatic representations more real and life-like, and with respect to appointments, more in accor dance with the advancing enlightemnent of the age. That the attempt has proved eminently successful is a proof tha• the masses appreciate excellence when it is set before them, and the experiment tried on Wednesday evenine may be cited as not the least successful of the kind upon which Mr. Kean has ventured. As usually represented, the "Tempest" opens with Miranda and Prospero on the island, and only from Miranda's appeal to her father, that he shauld allay the storm he has raised, and her description of what she has seen, can the auditory infer there has been a ship wrecked. It was, therefore, a happy idea to intmduce a scene before the commencement of the action of the play, representing a storm with a ship sufficiently real in appearance to render the illusion complete, rocked about on the foaming billows, and illuminated by those weird ligh`s of which Arzelis afterwa r d s ma d e t o speak. And a marvellously contrived scene this i!, to which the closest descripticn would do faint justice. In the first scene of the play we have other effects as beautiful as they are navel and surprising. It is a real sunrise, with all the gradations of light and colour; it is a real abating of the " roar of wild waves," for they subside under your eyes, and the tide recedes as naturally as if the sea shore were really there, leaving only the golden sands for Ferdinand to cross, under the guidance of the spirit Ariel. With respect to Arid, we have a creation approximating to the eon conception cf the poet. Now a phantom flame of fire darting across the stage like an electric flash, then rising radiant from the sea, bathed in light, flitting hi her and thither, and floating harp in hand in the air, without visible agency ; appearing at the least expected times, and in the most improbable of places; sometimes a bat, sometimes an owl ; but ever shadowy and spirit-lik e , until released from the earth a f ter d o i ng h i s master's biddings, he is seen in the distance suspended in mid-air, bright as a meteor ; Arid is a constant surprise from his entrance to his final exit; a brilliant and artistic embodiment of one of our immortal poet's finest creations. Pass we now to the third act, in which occurs the banquet, conjured up by Prospero for his visitors. The scene is a barren, rocky plain, dark as midnight and as cheerless, but suddenly the light breaks ; flowers spring up and burst into blossom ; trees grow out of rocks, and develope branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits ; cascades and water falls form and roll liquid silver in a constant tide, and the who'e Is bathed in a flood of light, warm end cheering as light is only in southern climes. Then we have an army of strtn4e shapes, Naiads, Dryads, and Satyrs, the like of which we have seen in mythological paintings, but never on the stage before, which presently dance a weird branle. unlike anything mortal, and anon disappear in a bower of flowers, formed in the twinklirg of an eye, and which also constitutes a banquet table for the royal company there assembled. All this is marvellously contrived and happily executed. But what is to be said cf the masque, in the fourth act? In this we have half (lympus impressed, and beneath a rainbow, a gorgeous group of female figures suspended in air around lino, whose car drawn by peacocks of irreproachable briliancy of plumage, is itself a marvel, and who, in regal magnificence there, looks indeed the very Queen of th e Ol ympic divinities. How does she come ? H , w does she go ? We know her attendant bowls are real flesh and blood, for we can see thous breathe, though their linat s are motionless as eta' n sty ; but by what fi lm d o they hang? A n d t h e urchin Cupid , with his torch !—a live boy of smallest proportions, and the unliveliest of propensities surely —suspended, too, and quiescent t This scene alone is a great achievement, and deserved the up. roarious applause it obtained. Anotber grand effect is ' reserved for the last scene, in which Night descends. The spirits of the island are released from 'durance in the enchant ed island ; morningbreaks, and discloses the King's ship in a c a lm, on the quaint poop of which•stands Prospero to deliver the epilogue; which done, the ship gradually sails off, the island receding, and .Ariel is seen, bathed in a flood of light, balanced in mid-air on invisible pinions, bidding adieu to his master. All that is here described actually takes place. Nothing is left to the imagination, and we quit the place impressed with a conviction that we have been resident for some indefinite period in fciry land, and have there made actual acqnaintance with the Arid Shak.peare dreamt of, and with the personages be created. We have confined ourselves to giving a succinct description of the " Tempest," considered as a spectacle. We must reserve our notice of it as an histrionic repre sentations. It remains for us to add that Mr. Bean, the magician whose wand had conjured up this vision, was obliged to come forward, with Ariel, to receive the plaudits of a crowded house.—Star. 'THE NORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL J SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1857. RETIREMENT OF COMMANDER HIGGINS. We regret to learn that Commander Higgins, for me.ny years one cf the government emigration officers of this port, has retired from the emigration service. In him the department will lose one of its most efficient officers, and the many firms engaged in the emigrant trade one v rho. while rigorously exacting the fulfilmont of every oblilga tion which the law demands at their hands, yet ever per formed his duties in no discourteous or captions spirit. It is a difficult task, it is admitted, to please all parties, and yet this Commander Higgins did, and in a departm , tnt of the public service where temper, impartiality, and sense of duty, are hourly tested, and where the most conflicti az in terests are to be reconciled. Bred in the navy, which he entered in early life, he was a genuine type of the old school of navel men, rough and ready, blunt an,d out spoken, but yet full of true kindness, and a gently :manly spirit, which rendered him incapable of that petty of scious nees which too often overshadows the merits of public officiale. He had seen long service, had travelled much, and was possessed of a fund and variety of information little suspected by those who only casually met hi m, and recognized in him but the bluff and burly seaman. Those who knew him more intimately were sensible of his merits, and admired him, not more for his upright and impartial conduct as a public officer, than for his social and warm hearted disposition. We are not surprised, then, 'to learn that it is the intention of his friends to avail of this oppor tunity to testify, in a substantial manner, their sens e of his services, character, and conduct; and, albeit we are disposed to think that in many presentations which we have chro nicled, the duty would have been " more honoured in the breach than the observance," we shall be surprised if in this case, where a substantial mark of public apprecia tion for public services was never more worthily earned, the tribute be not of a character fully commensur ate with the merits of the gentleman who is to receive it, and of the spirit of those by whom it is to be presented. FREEMIVONET IN INDIa.—In the Brahnainical initia tions of Hindostan, which are among the earliest that have been handed down to us, and may be almost considered as a cradle of all the others, the ceremonies were performed in a vast cavern, the remains of some of which at Salsette, Elephanta, and a few other places, will give the spectator but a very imperfect notion of the extent and splendour of those ancient Indian lodges. More imperfect remains than these are still to be found in great numbers through out Hindostan and Cashmere ; their form was sometimes that of a crass, emblematic of the four elements of which the universe was composed, but more generally an oval, as a representation of the mundane egg, which, we all know. was in the ancient systems a symbol of the world. The interior of the cavern of initiation was lit by innumerable lamps, and there sat in the east, the west, and the south the three principal hierophants, or explainers of-the myste ries, as the representasives of Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva. Now Brahma was the Supreme Deity of the }Undoes, bor rowed from the Sun-god of their Sabian ancestors, ; and Vishnu and Siva were but manifestations of his attribute=. And we learn from the Indian Pantheon that when the sun rises in the east he is Brahma ; when be gains his meridian in the south he is Siva, and when he sets in the west he is Vishnu.—Masonic Mirror. LIFE: ON TeX FRONTIER OF INDIA.—An occasional con tributor has been so good as to place the following extract of a letter recently received at our disposal. It is from a most trustworthy source, and yet we can hardly trust our selves to repeat that part which relates to the deliberate shootiag of an Affghan without some misgivings as to distinct accuracy. If there be any grounds for modifying the report we shall be much obliged by any friend on the spat setting ns right. Bat to the extracts :—Every body here, high and low, goes armed. The houses of all the more distinguished European inhabitants, especially those of the civil officers, are sarreunded by military guards at night. Nobody goes beyond the limits of cantonments. It is even considered hazardous to go into the town. It ler - A4in& re g arding him. Without saying a word he rose from his seat, and stepped back a few feet to the place where a Sepoy sentry was walking up and down with his loaded musket. This the officer took from him, and then deliberately shot the Affghan dead. Tae same officer has never out of reach in his own house three loath d revolvers. A few days ago a party of Afreedes came down to within a mile or two of cantonments to some water mill, made the miller and his men carry all the flour up to their village, and then sent them home " with more kicks than halfpence." It is a constant practice with these fellows to came down into the mpany's territory, and carry off the Hiodoo Buneas, and then hold them to ransom. Blood seems to be as cheap with them as water.—Puwabee. THE DUNMOW FLITCS OF Bacorr.—The Essex Herald published a long report of the proceedings on the occasion of the award of the flitch of bacon at Duemow, on Thurs day, June ` . 2sth. The town presented a much gayer appearance than in 1855. At the entrances from Chelms ford, Thanted, Stratford, and elsewhere, triumphal arches were erected, bearing on one side the word " Welcome," and on the reverse some loyal motto. A line of banners of various hues stretched across the street at the Town-hall ; flags waved from many houses, with inscriseions indicative of goodwill to the claimants, Of commemorative of the olden custom, The Town-hall, to which the charge for admission was 2s. 61., was w. , 11 filled with a very respectable company, inc'udine many ladies, "some of whom had come long pil grimages to the shrine of conjugal bliss, and there sat con ning with critical eye the fetniuine.curios;ties who had borne for a whole year the perplexities of a married life without a murmur." The walls were hung with banners, with finelyeenecuted armorial bearings, "reminding us of stalwart warriors who, whatever may be said of the days of chivalry, were so often in the habit of knocking over their lady loves with a tap of their mailed hands, that it was found necessary to institute this prize for the non-observarice of the habit—of sleek abbots, too, like those who fattened and enjoyed their joke in Dunmow Priory in olden ti:ne." Mr. Harrison Ainsworth was present. The jry consisted of six maidens and six bachelors. The claimants were Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins, Victoria-piece, Regent's -park, and a Mr. an d M rs. Heard. Mr. Heard drat ascended the witness. box, to depose to his own telicity, and was severely cross-examined by Mr. Dudley Costello. The other claimants went through the same process ti the great amusement of the company Wit nesses were examined and letters read. Mr. Costello said it would be difficult for him to make any state ment to the prejudice of either of the prisoners at the bar—(latiginer)—he begged pardon, but prisoners they certainly were in the holy bonds of matri mony;, and, as he could not carry his case further, he left the ,question to the intelligence of the ladies and gsutlemen he saw smiling ou him from the jury -box, who would no doubt he able to come to a just deci. slot]. The Presideut, thought both el :fins had been made out, but left the jury to decide which would be preferred. The maidens and bachelors laid their heads very close together--rather closer in some instances than beseemed legal eansultation, when they decided in favour of the Hoards. Hats waved and handkerchiefs fluttered at the result, and in the full enthusiasm of three cheers the court bieke up. There was then a procession through the town to a meadow, where the presentation of the flitch took place. This ceremony over, Mr. Barlow, the former recipient of the flitch, came to the front of the platform and said—Ladies and gentlemen, it is with the mast p'easur:tble feelings that I once again meet you on so joyous an occasion as this; and it gives me still greater pleasure to meet such a number of happy faces as I see around me, notwithstanding the unpleasant remarks and the disagreeable letters that have appeared in the local papers since I had the happiness to claim the flitch. Since that time I have had a great many unpleasant knocks, and a considerable deal of taunting banter, or what is com monly called chaff. As taPthe latter it has given me pleasure, and as to the former I have not, and do not care a fig, as I know by experience that the goo.l opinion of right thinking men and women is with us. (Applause). I have been asked what motive I could have in running into the expense and trouble I took in claiming the flitch ; was it a pecuniary one I answer No,—because I well knew the expenses would far outweigh the value received, Then was it a love of notoriety ? Again I answer, No,—because I am well-known, anti I may say, without boast, respected in the small orbit in which I revolve. Then what could be the motive? I answer,—my motives were these, first to do honour to the wife it has pleased God to give me, and I had an ardent wish, as far as my humble means would allow, to revive and keep up one of the good old customs of my country, merry England. (Applause.) Archery and various rustic games succeeded, nod were continued until dusk. POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAT. BEFORE MR, MANSFIELD. COMPLIMENTARY TO THE AMERICAN WAR FRIGA:111, THE NIAGARA.—Amongst the " drunk and disorderly'" came brought up yesterday before Mr. Mansfield, was a tall lanky-looking specimen of humanity, dressed in the garb of a sailor. The Bridewell-keeper said : Last night this man was brought to bridewell, and booked for safety. He was very drunk, and had to be brought in a 'tab. Mr. Mansfield: To what ship do you belong ? Prisoner; To the Niagara. Mr. Mansfield : " What a drunken and dis reputable set yen Niagara men are; there are alwayseome of you here—go away." This last remark was made in consequence of the number of sailors connected with that frigate that have been locked up under similar circum stances. On Sanday, there were five of the same lot locked up at one time. Another member of the same crew was subsequently put forward on a similar charge, and also with stealing some wax candles, which were found in his possession, belonging to the same frigate. Mr. Mansfield, without any further comment, ordered the prisoner to be put down for the present. TETE LIME-STREET BRIGA.DE.—A decently dressed fe male—one who frequents the "hops" in Lime-street, and of which so much complaint is made by the respectable inhabitants of that locality, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and using obscene language in Lime-street. The accused, in answer to the charge, said she had been drinking a glass or two of wine, with her brother, on the loss of their - father and mother, and did net know what she did. Mr. Mansfield : You girls are a regular nuisance to the people is that steeet, and we are determined to put a stop to your disorderly practices, and to keep the street quiet. I shall commit you, and all like you, for one month. CA.IITION TO PARENTS.—No less than three parties were brought up by the Brownlow-hill authorities for neglecting and deserting their families• Mr. Hughes, the out-door inspector, and Mr. Williams. the relieving officer, attended to prove the charges. Sarah Larkin was commited for o-e month for deserting her children, and Win. German, of Limekiln-lane, was committed for the same period for a like offence. Mary Ostend, with whom the latter had been cohabiting, was remanded for a week, in order to get up the necessary evidence to prove that she had conspired with him, to make the parish maintain his wife and children. A MEMBER. OF THE FEMALE " SWELL MOB "-Emily Wilson, the pretty and interesting young lady who was remanded from the previous day, on a charge of picking the pocket of Miss Beliop, at Mr. Green's shop, in Myrtle street, was again brought up, when a Mr. Wright, a drug gist, was brought forward by police constable No. 4, who stated that he had seen her go into the shop,but did not see her leave. Mr. Black made one of his usual ingenious speeches in behalf of the prisoner, but it was of no avail, Mr. Mansfield deciding that he should send her before a jury. Mr. Inspector Kehoe said there was another and a third case against the female. It was this :—A valuable black velvet mantle had been lost from Compton House on the 15th of June last. There was something rather particular about the mantle. It was made for a lady on the 13th ; it was taken into the shop on the 15th, and in about an hour after it was missed. On the previous day a black velvet mantle was taken from the prisoner as she stood in the dock. That mantle had since been identified as the one that had been missed from that establishment. Detec tive officer Smith proved taking the mantle from the prisoner, and two females, with Mr. Beamand, the manager from the establishment, identified it, the latter designated it as " first-class article," and said, in answer to Mr. Black, that it. was worth four guineas and a half, although the shopkeepers of Bold-street might charge eight or nine guineas for the same article. (Laughter.) Mr. Black having addressed the bench, and urged that the prisoner had] purchased the article in London, Mr. Mans field also sent this case for trial. There were several other accusations against the prisoner, bat they were not pressed against her by the police. . - ENIBEZZLEMENT.—LaZIrUS Moses, a boy in the employ of Messrs. Hyam, of Lord-street, was charged with embezzling £1 12s 6d, the property of that arm. It appeared that the lad received the amount late on Saturday night, but had not accounted for it tip to the time he was given into custody. Mr. Buck, who admitted that the prisoner had received the money, contended that no embezzlement had been made, as it was simply an omission on his part. Toe prisoner was discharged. Wmurr,a, AND SUMMER. —Au old man, who stated that he was 86 years of age, and gave his name as John Green, charged a girl, Mary Anne Smith, about seventeen years of age, with stealing his bed. From the statement of the old man, it appeared that he had been living with the girl at High-street, Edge-lane, and on one day last week, when he was from home, she absconded from his house and hearth, and took with her the bed. There being no corroborative evidence, the prisoner was remanded. AN OLD OFFENDER.—James M`Donald, a person who has been no less than thirty times in custody on varicns RhArqm•iv.mt,earapbml-thethgr,MoviiiP' 18 Aqui' an: who stated that be was drunk, and did not know much about the matter, identified a purse, which the police constable saw the prisoner take from his pocket. Three months imprisonment and hard labour. BEFORE MESSRS. BOLTON AND BENN. REFORMATORY CONTRIBUTIONS.—A number of persons were yesterday summoned before the magistrates for the support of their children in teformatoi ies. Many of them appeared to be very poor people, and in their cases the order made was only for a small amount. John Forde, Kew-street, was ordered to pay is 6d. per week for the maintenance of his snn, John Forde, now in Mount St. Bernard's Reformatory. Timothy Callaghan, 92, New Hedley street, was ordered to pay Is. for the maintenance of his daughter, in St. Arno's Court. Henry Boylan, 3 Court, Ford-street, was ordered to pay 2s. a weak for the maintenance of his two children, in St. Arno's Court. Patrick O'Hara was ordered to pay is a week for the maintenance of his step-son, Peter Connolly, in Mount St Bernard R formatory. John Kearnes was ordered to pay ls. a week for the support of his daughter in Arno's Court. Joseph Leman was ordered to pay Is. 6d. a week for the maintenance of his daughter, in Arno's Court. John Ruddy, 48, Brick-street, was ordered to pay 6d. a week for the support of his son in Mount St Bernard. PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLER'S CASES.—John Lewis, publicar, Highfield-street, was summoned for Sunday trading, and acquitted. Daniel France, publican, Charles street, was acquitted on a like summons. Joseph Holton, beer-house keeper, St. Vincent-street East, and Robert Airey, beers , ller and butcher, Gray-street, were acquitted on a charge of Sunday trading. Catherine Verner, beer seller, Newton-street, was fined 3s and costs for Sunday trading. Robert Reynolds, publican, Vauxhall-road, was summoned for having his house open at a quarter past three o'clock in the morning, and for permitting drunkenness; Mr. Rymer defended—acquitted. James Cross, beer-house keeper, Peter-street, was acquitted on a charge of Sunday trading. Anne Glasgow, beer-honse keeper, Sussex-street, was summoned for having an internal communication with another house. Fned 23. 6c1., and 2s. 61. costs. J din Stephen, beer-house keeper, Great George's-street, was summoned for Sunday trad ing. Acquitted. James Collins, beer-house keeper, Parr street, was summoned for Sunday trading, fined 2361, and 2s 6d costs. William M‘Mullen, beer-house keeper, Back Knight-Street, was summoned for Sunday trading, acquitted. Charles Johnson, beer-house keeper, Blundell-Street, sum moned for Sunday trading, was acquitted. Jane Robinson, beer-house keeper, Bannastre-street, summoned for Sanday trading, was sued 2s 6d, and 2s 63 costs. MURDER OF A PEDLAR JEW. A fellow named Jones is in custody at Hartford, in Con necticut, for shooting a young Jew pedlar as he was pro . ceedine with his waggon along a Dahlia road, and making off with his property. The Hartford Times says :—" Jones, the murderer, is the same fellow who nes just served out a term of four years in the Connecticut State prison for robbing John Deane's store. He was the coolest scoundrel that ever incested this city. He professed great concern for the souls of sinners, and was constantly reading the Bible, and exhorting at evening meetings. Whilst in the Confidence of Mr. Deane, he stole about 2,000 dollars worth of goads from his store, together with considerable sums of money. He stole the silk to make him a surplice to preach in ; started a church in Glastonbury, stole the trimmings for his pulpit, and velvet for his chair, and also stole goods to pay the cabinet-maker for the chair; broke into the Ca tholic church, and stole the priest's robe for a sample form one for himself ; and also stole the silver chalices, &c., fro the altar ; celled at M r . De ane ' s , one a ft ernoon, to have a little season of prayer,' remained till evening, bad• the family good-bye, but instead of going out of the door he stole upstairs and secreted himself under the bed occupied by Mr. Deane's son, remained there nntil past midnight, when he crept out and robbed young Deane's pockets of 100 dole., which he had ascertained the day previous that he had just procured from the bank; then went up to St. John's Hotel, called for lodgings, got up before daylight, stole a suit of clothes from a boarder, and cleared for a neighbouring town. But these are not half of his villanies. He was constantly stealing, praying, and exhorting, till brought up by a four years' term in prison. A greater or cooler scoundrel probably never went unhung. After being imprisoned and confessing his crime., some good woman, hiving comnas-ion on him, visited him in his prison. Oh,' said he, thought of you all last evening when you were at your little prayer meeting. and I kept looking; I did not know but, as in the case of Peter, my prig n doors would be opened.' " lie forgot that Peter was not sorted for stealing. SUSPECTED POISONING CASE AT BIRKENHEAD. TO 'ME ZDECOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Siß,—Will you permit me, through the medium of your valuable paper, to make a few remarks in regard to the above suspicious case, and to express my contempt for coroner's inquests, when conducted in the-same manner as this. The deceased Margaret Gardiner, is described to have been a good.looking young woman, nineteen years of age, belonging to Birmingham, who left her house in good health, without the sanction of her friends, on Saturday, the 14th ultimo, and arrived in Birkenhead the same evening about six o'clock ; she went to an eating house kept by a person named Dear, where she bespoke two beds. one for herself and the other for her brother George, who, she said, was to meet her there about seven o'clock. She complained of violent headache, mid ordered a cup of strong tea, but declined taking anything to eat. About eight o'clock she became worse, and having ordered a second cup of tea, she retired to bed, complaining of serious illness, and repeatedly expressing much anxiety and disappointment at not meeting with her brother. Next morning she was still worse, and expressed an ardent desire to see a doctor. After a short interval she was visited by Dr. Ricketts, and ordered to be removed to the hospital, where she was attended by three or four medical men, none of whom seem to have known the nature of her complaint. Dr. Godden only I saw her once alive, and that was on the day before she died. He was the only witness examined at the coroner's inquest, and he frankly acknowledged that he did not know what was the matter with his patient. She had a peculiar smile on her face, and showed a decided disinclination to answer any questions Her pupils were much dilated. She complained of pains in the throat, in the urinary organs, and lower part of the abdomen. She also vomited a good deal, and did not take anything to eat. The doctor prescribed a stimulant mixture, and next morning when he called to see her, she was dead ! He was asked to give a certificate as to the cause of death, but refused t‘i do so without an inquest or post mortem examination being made. This the parish officers would not allow until the Sunday following, when a post mortem examination was made by Dr. Godden, assisted by Dr. M'Dougall, but by that time the body was so decomposed that the examination was not satisfactory, and Dr. Godden, on being examined by the coroner, declared that he could not then account for the cause of death. About a week after the body had been interred. the coroner received a letter from a Mr. Hogg, who is said to be a respectable tradesman in Birming ham, stating that the deceased had been for some time in his establishment, and that she had died from the effects of cantharides, and requesting a strict investigation to be made. The body was in consequence of this exhuraed, and found to be almost black through decomposition. An inquest was held on Tuesday last, and adjourned for further evidence (Dr. Godden being the only witness who was then examined on oath.) The adjourned inquest was held this morning, when, to the great surprise of the jurors, not a single witness was called upon to give evidence—and' the result, as a matter of course, was an open verdict. Is the matter to be allowed to rest here ? If so, what further use is there for coroner's inquests ? Why were not some of the medical men, and others who attended the deceased, brought forward to give evidence, more particularly as to the symptoms, and assist the jury to find a more satisfactory vex.- , diet? Many eminent medical men have written treatises on the subject of poisons, and, amongst others, Professor Christison, of the University of Edinburgh, who is one of the highest authorities in these matters. According to his account, cantharides is familiarly known as a poison, even among the common people, and is sometimes used for the purpose of procuring abortion, on account of its powerful effect on the organs of generation. In the present instance, one of the medical men ascribed death to English cholera : another to continued fever ; and a third refuses to assign it to any diseaes. Every sgmptom made known to the jury, and also the morbid appearance of the body externally and in ternally were compatible with poisoning by cantharides; snot 1 ness r,APn proocnt to givo ovirionno, might not other facts have been disclosed, proving that death could not have resulted from fever, simple cholera, or any other natural disease Birkenhead, 31 July, 1857 A JUROR In re EDWARD WILLIAMS, CHESTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—ln your last Saturday's edition, you state, in your report of bankruptcy matter, that—" In re Edward Williams.—The bankrupt was a plumber and glazier, of Chester. Yesterday was fixed for his last examination, but, as he did not surrender, the usual proclamation of outlawry was made against him." Now. I beg to inform you that such was not the case. There being no meeting called for that day, it was not necessary for me to attend. The day appointed for me to pass my last examination is the 16th instant, when I shall not fail to appear at the court, and hope to pass my examination. Trusting you will publish this in your next Satur day's widely-circulated .journal,—l remain, &c., Chester, 2nd July, 18:57. EDWARD WILLIAMS. DEATH OF TWO CELEBRATED CRICKETERS.—We have to record this week the death of Mr. George Brown, the once famous Sussex cricketer, whose bowling wa3 the terror of all batsmen. He was decidedly the fastest bowler England ever produced, and it was absolutely dangerous to s t an d before it. The other death w hi c h we have to relate is that of C ildecoert, well known in the cricketing world, especially at Lord's, where he introduced the catapalta. Caldecourt was what may be termed a hardy cricketer. Of late years he had been engaged pretty much in standing umpire in great matches.—Brighton Gazette. A STn.t.Nue LOVE TOKEN.—At Lambeth County Court, on Thursday, an action was brought by an apothfcary, to recover the sum of £5 from a charcoal burner at Hatched], for perfumery supplied to his daughter, a girl of fifteen. The plaintiff said that the defendant's daughter was in the habit of going to his shop, and purchasing various articles of perfumery, such as honey water, &c., and when the amount reached £5 he sent in his claim, but payment was refused. The defendant contended that the plaintiff gave the perfumery to the young girl, to whom he was paying his addresses ; and producing a chameleon, he appealed to the plaintiff whether he bad not given it to the young lady as a love token. The plaintiff admitted he had teiven it to her, but he denied the gift of the perfumery. The judge nonsuited him. THE CUBAN SLAVE TRADE AND GENERAL CONCHA.— General Concha has been recalled to Spain. The cause of this sudden change of fortune against him is that the English Ambassador at Madrid has demanded his recall for openly conniving at the slave trade, and accompanied the accusation with such powerful evidence that Narvaez has had no other choice than to consent to the necessity. This fact has affected Concha deeply, as he has always been ambitions to merit the good reputation ascribed to him by the English press. He has no one to blame but himself, for 50,000 dollars per annum ought to place a man beyond the influence of gold. That he has participated in the bribes lavishly expended by the slave dealers, no one here pretends to deny, and he has been so negligent in this respect, that even his friends have been obligati to confess that the slave trade has been more active since the year 1856 than was ever known before. At least twenty ex peditions have been fitted out at this part to my own knowledge, and there is no way of finding out the exact number of cargoes successfully landed. The English government also complained of the abuse committed by the under-officers of this island, in granting " cedulas" to men whose sole occupation was the slave trade, and who were supplied with the facilities for carrying it on, ap parently with the sanction of the laws. When he was recalled before, he had a bosom friend who wro'e the book published under his name in defence of the severe' acts of his administration, but that bosom friend was garotted for his attachment. We will see who he procures to save his reputation now.—. New York Times. Casa AND Dean BOXES.—The next important thing to the posses sion of cash is, how (when you have got it) to keep it safely, either in the counting-house or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds and other valuable documents. We have seen a large and varied stock of both these desirable articles, manufactured expressly for Mr. E. T. Hall, of South John.strset, that challenge attention. The.e boxes are made on new and admired principles * and possess patent ]Dees, which defy the ingennityof any "pick-lock" in the world to open, except with the legitimate key. To merchants, solicitors, and others, these new safes, one small scat*, oust prove valuable ndeed —Nolliors Daily ltiasa, 214 May, lest ELECTION COMMITTEES-YISTIRDAY. By British and Irish, Magnetic Telegraph. BURY. The committee sat for the first time this morning. The petition is in opposition to Mr. Phillips, the sitting member, who defeated Mr. P,e l . Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., opened the case, alleging serious acts of bribery and treating by the agents of Mr. Phillips, and witnesses were called in proof, whose examinations occupied the attention of the committee during the day. MAYO. Examination of Archbishop Mac Hale con tinned. The committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morning— Mr. Scholfield in the chair. The rush of strangers was greater even than yesterday. The Archbishop arrived some time before the opening of the committee. He was I attended by Mr. Swift, the late member for Sligo. A great number of ruffs were present. Archbishop Mac Hale was re-called, and examined by Mr. M. Smith, in reference to a pastoral letter issued by him last Easter. With permission of the committee the very rev. gentleman read the letter. It urged the priesthood at the coming elections to advise their flocks to support none but those who had been faithful to past pledges. It concluded by exhorting the priesthood to inculcate forbearance during the coming contest by Colonel North. This letter was published in the Freeman's Journal. It has not come to my knowledge that any of the priesthood did not act up to the advice. Mr. O'Malley : The hon. and gallant member will find that they acted up to it very fully. By Mr. M Smith : I never disguised that I was opposed to Colonel Higgins, considering that he had broken his pledges. I never countenanced intimidation during the last election; on the contrary, my pastoral shows that I did all I could to prevent it, and I have no hesitation in saying, that if any of the charges in this petition could be be made out against any priest in my diocese, I should visit him with the severest reprehension. But I know sufficient of my priesthood to be convinced that they are incapable of the conduct imputed to them. I have no hesitation in repeating the opinion I expre'sed yesterday, that the meeting of the clergy of Team held before the last election had nothing to do with the resolutions said to have been placarded over Mayo shortly afterwards. We are so particular about denunciations, that I am sure we could not have passed a resolution recommending the clergy to denounce all who opposed Moore and Palmer. Sir John Harnmar : Dees your Grace believe that your pastoral reached the clergy for the election? Wit ness : I do. It was specially sent them. Cross-examina tion continued : I did not name Colonel Higgins in my pastoral, but of course my allusion was to him. Why not ? I believe Colonel Higgins broke his pledges, or rather, I believe, he wrote the conditions upon which he was returned. I know that a large num ber of Catholics supported him, but if there bad been no coercion on the part of the landlords and the gentry, I am satisfied there was not a man who would not have voted against him. If they would abstain from violating the law of their country and their religion in that way there would be no necessity for the interference of the clergy, but while such influences are used, it is the duty of the priesthood to protect the conscience of the voter, and let all the landlords and their agents abstain from interfering at elections, and there would be an end of the necessity for priestly influence. The priesthood are often compelled to attend at the hustings to protect the voters. Sir John Hammer : Does your Grace mean to say that the elector, in the exercise of the civil right, like the franchise, ought to follow the advice of his priest. Witness : No, I don't wish to be understood as saying that the consciences of men in civil matters ought to be in sacredotal keeping; hut if in doubt, an elector cannot do better than c omit his spiritual adviser. Mr. O'Malley : Do you think an Irish Roman Catholic neasant ought to be guided in his vote by the priest. Witness: My principle is that Roman Catholics, like Protestants, or any other religionists, ought to follow the dictates of their own consciences, except when in doubt, and then a clergyman would be his bast adviser. Colonel North : Don't you think he would do better to apply to his landlord in case of doubt, Witness :No ; he could not consult a worse casuist in case of doubt than a landlord. (Laughter.) Mr. Faller : Dr. Mac Hale, you have stated that at former elections you directed your clergy to abstain from every_ thing that could deserve the name of coercion. Witness : I always discountenance coercion. I did so at the last election, Mr. Fuller : But it is said repeated complaints of coercion have been made. Did you ever have occasion to threaten, correct, or admonish any of your clergy for such tiaconduct at elections ? Witness : No, not that I am aware of. The coercion complained of has generally been that of the landlord or his agent. The Roman Catholic tenantry of Ir-land are too of en called upon to exercise the franchise under the influence of fear; they have no leases or tenant rights secured by law ; and being first at the mercy of their landlords, they are coerced, as it were, to do what he likes—not as their conscience dictates. „, _ i•-•"tas, Yves Uvua to oak the archbishop; and that with this evidence vvs the ease for the petitioners. The committee then adjourned. OTHER ELECTION COMMITTEES. The Cambridge B )rough and Pontefract committees sat again to-day. The Oxford City, Maidstone, and Tewkes bury committees sat again this morning. In all these committees the allegations are for bribery and corrupt influences, and the respective cases were opened. THE MAYO ELECTION PETITION. EXAMINATION OF ARCHBISHOP MAcHALE. On Thursday afternoon, the Committee of the House of Commons proceeded to hear evidence : Archbishop Mac Hale was called and examined by Mr. James : He said he was Archbishop of Team in the Roman Catholic Church. The Chairman said the committee could not recognise the title of Archbishop of Tuam, but would be happy to recognise him as Archbishop M The Ar•hbishop said he was certain he was Archbishop of Team, but if that was not his legal designation there, he was quite content to be called Archbishop Mac Hale. lie proceeded to say that he appointed the parish priests and curates in the diocese of Tuam. There were about thirty-five in Mayo ; some of his appointments extending to another county. The bishops were appointed by his Holiness the Pope He had the canonical power of removal and suspension. He might suspend a priest for creating a riot. All the parishes in his diocese contributed to his episcopal revenue The Rev. Messrs. Cowry, Coyne, and Cochrane were his administrators for Team. The Rev. Luke Ryan was the administrator for another part of his diocese. He might remove Mr. Ryan from his office as administrator or without any canonical reason. He knew the Rev. Michael Curley, who had written levers for him. A letter was produced, signed " Michael Curley, P.P., secretary to the archbishop." Mr. Curley officiated in the parish of Kilkevin, in the district of Castle]) Ir. (The archbishop was asked at great length about all the priests whose names have been mentioned during the inquiry, all of whom he said were appointed by him.) In September, 1857, he was resent at the laying of the foundation of a Roman Catholic Chapel at Louisburg, and performed the ceremony. Mr. Curley was there and Mr. G. H. Moore. After the religious ceremony was performed, Mr. Curley introduced Mr. Moore to the people. Mr. Moore addressed the people, but he thought he retired before Mr. Moore commenced. He did not recollect hearing Mr. Moore decignate him as " the illustrious Archbishop of the West.—the great champion of the people." Such a remark would not make any great impression upon him. (Laughter ) He did not recollect hearing Mr. Moore say, that under the advice of the great Archbishop of the West it was to be left, to the priest to decide how the Roman Catholic voters were to vote. Suuh phraseology would be entirely wrong, bscause he (witness) was not the Archbishop of the West much less the great archbishop. That speech of Mr. Moore's was made upon ground which he had consecrated for the purpose of a chapel. A meeting of bishops and clergy connected with the county of Mayo was held at Team, on a Sunday in March, as St. Jarlath. It was a council of some of the bishops and clergy, who had as sembled to assist at the consecration of the Bishop of Galway. A resolution was passed declaring that a'l the energies of the people should be directed to the rejection of Colonel Higgins, who had been unfai hfal to his pledgee, and to vote for Mr. Moore, who had been their faithful friend in Parliament. He declined to say whether or not he had signed that resolution. If the writing was pro duced, he would admit or deny it, as the case might be. He signed a resolution at that meeting, but he could not bay whether that was the resolution (referring to one in a newspaper). The purport of the resolution he signet was, that they should use all their exertions to support a faithful. meta naming Mr Moore, but he did not believe that any other person was mentioned. It might, however, be otherwise. He subscribed o the Tuam Herald,but he did not read it all. He did not know that he had read the resolution in it. He was not in the habit of writing for the Tuam Herald. He believed that Mr. Swift, the late member for Sligo, was present at the meeting alluded to. Bishop Feeney was at the meeting, and signed the resolution. Bishop Darkin, who was in the house, signed it, and also Bishop M'Eveley. Several priests, including Conway, Curley, and Ryan (he believed), signed it. He believed that he drew up the resolution which was signed by the bishops and priests. Mr. Swift had no connection with the county of Mayo, and the approaching election for Sligo formed part of the business on which he called at St. jar lath. He did not kno A' what became of the resolution after it wee signed. Probably he left it upon the table. The object of the resolution w .s for the purpose of conveying the opinions of the bishops and priests as to the claims of the rival candidates, but he was not aware that any direc tions were given as to what should be done with it. It was intended for the electors, but he gave no instructions that it was to be published or sent to every parish priest. He did not know where he next saw the resolution after it was signed. He did not know whether he had ever seen it in print . before. He did not know that it was given to Mr. Kelly, the proprietor of the Tacos Herald, for pub lication; and he did not remember whether or not he read it in that journal. Oa the day of nomination he went to Castlebar, and was told that his name was not on the register. He was not aware that he went there for the purpose of nominating Mr. Moore. Mr. Con way went with him to Castlebar. He was not told at the gate of the court-house that he could not speak, or nomi nate Mr. Moore, because his name was not on the register. He had norecollection whether such a communication was made to him at a good distance from the gate, because he had no intention to speak. He saw Mr. Moore after the nomination. He saw Mr. Brown, a Catholic priest, in Castlebar ; but he did not say to him in the public streets that he respected an open enemy, but that he detested a secret foe. He might hav3 said something like it. He had heard that Mr. Brown was in favour of Col. Higgins, and that he afterward , ' voted for Moore. During the poll he was in Tuam. He had called at Mr. Conway's house at Ballinrobe since the election, on the occasion of a visita tion. He had been invited since the election to a dinner given to Mr. Moore by his supporters at Daly's hotel, at Westport, on the 14th of April, 1857. He sent a letter excusing himself. The Rev. Mr. Green was a curate in his diocese, He did not remember whether he was pre sent in Mr. Green's chapel when Colonel Higgins' petition against Mr. Moore's return was read to the congregation; but he was certain it was read. Witness had been in the chapel blessing a nun ; but he thought he retired when it was read. The petition might or might not have been read with his knowledge—he durst say that it had been read in some of the chapels of his diocese—he did not know whether or not in most. No sanction had been given by him for reading. A. great deal of dis cretion remained with the priests, whether they would recommend candidates for elections, It might be a very extravagant right for him to suspend a priest who denounced a candidate from the altar. He did not know what was meant by " denounced." (Dir. James read the denunciation of the Rev. Luke Ryan, in which he said that the curse of God would come down up )n any one voting against his country and his country's cause, and in voting for Col Higgins they were doing so.) He could only give his opinion in such a case which might hereafter come before him in his judicial capacity. Such conduct he should not like. He should decline to say whether or not he should suspend a priest who used such language, until the question came before him in another way. It was not proper to denounce any one from the altar. He could not say that it was a fact that Col Higgins had been denounced in many chapels of his diocese ; when complaints were made he should investigate them. Since the election he had subscribed to a fond called the " Moore Indemnity Fund." He had subscribed £lO to defend him in this election. In the course of his visitation he had not menlioned the subject to his clergy—at least he did not think he had. He had recommended them to sub scribe. (Laughter.) He did not know whether any lay men res idi n g in Mayo had subscribed to the fund. That showed how unconversant he was with the details of the business. (Laughter.) He had never heard, until he read it in the London papers, that he would not give those who voted for Col. Higgins confession, or the sacrament, but would send them to the bishop whose parish it was. There were some parishes vacant at the time of the election. Castlebar was now vacant; it might be one of the best in the diocese. Two or three others were vacant at the time of the election, and were so still. He had not filled them up since the election. Candidates sometimes called upon him before starting as candidates for Mayo. He did not recollect that he wrote to a gentleman to start for Mayo at the last election, and adding that he would adopt and return him. He had many applications at various times. He thought it was very improbable that he wrote such a letter, bat it was not impossible. The Archbishop was under cross-examination when it was announced that the Speaker was at prayers, and shortly afterwards the committ ee adjourned. BERLIN, Thursday.—The King will leave on the sth; will be at Toplitz on the 7th, and thence proceed to Vienna. THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—TWO signal men, one stationed at Lewisham and the other at Blackheath, have been taken into custody. TIIB CHURCH BATE QUESTION.—The Advertizer spec's , . lates on the fate of this question during the present session. The question will not be settled ; it says it is probable indeed that the bill will be brought in. If a measure should be introduced it will not be with any serious intention of passing it this year. lb anwt~ua or' Qilift..-Lne cane at M'Vann, who was executed at Downpatrick in the Autumn of 18'23, has about it many of the strangest features of the romanee of crime. In the early period of the present century, the body of a man was found in the Lagar), near Blaris, and was recognised as that of dcattle-dealsr Who had attended the Belfast and other local markets in the North. An in quest was held, and before that jury it came out in evi dence that the deceased, who had a pretty large sum of money in his possession, left Lisburn a few days previously, accompanied by a journeyman baker, named M`Cann. The dealer, who rode a stout pony, was on his way towards his home in the South. At a public-house on the road leading to Hillsborough the travellers stopped, and, as it was afterwards proved, M`Cenn drank very sparingly him self, but caused the dealer to take the greater portion of a half-a-pint of whiskey. Late in the evening they left the house, but instead of proceeding on the coach road, they turned up a br-pa'h leading to the river fatgan, along the banks of which they were seen to travel, the dealer riding on his pony, and the young baker walking by his side. That night M'Catin called at a house in Hills borough, told some tale about the pony, and went from thence to Tandragee, where he sold a watch. After the discovery of the man's body in the canal, and the eliciting of the above facts, suspicion fell on the baker, and for several weeks all possible search was made to find out the retreat of the supposed murderer. At length the recollec tion of the occurrence gradually died away, and, except among the older inhabitants, few felt any interest in the fate of the stranger. In the mean. time, a man calling himself Hughes was making good way in life in the town of Galway. He had arrived there a stranger, no one knew from whence, had married the daughter of a respectable man, and seemed likely to make a very fair independence. As a member of society, Mr. Hughes held a very respectable position ; he was a remarkable affectionate husband, very fond of his children, and such was the confidence in his integrity that the famous lord of Connemara, the late Richard Martin, M.P., would have given him on his word cattle to the value of several hendred pounds. Be the less opulent members of his trade Mr. Hughes was held in great respect ; he never failed to assist any of them when they got into difficulties, and to the poor he was generally kind and generous. Many years after his commencement in business, a pedlar came into the Citie of the Tribes, and was plying his industry among the Celte-Spanish denizens of that land of stiff punch and sturdy patriots. While engaged in the display of his wares, the itinerant trader met the prosperous butcher. Hughes, on some occasions, indulged in a habit of jeering—a sarcastic mode of addressing others, which was widely different from what seemed his ordinary dis position, and on the day in question he had been quite in the vein for that class of ridicule which seldom fails to stir up the indignant spirit of its object. In the course of the repartee, the pedlar, who had been marking with peculiar interest the features of Hughes, as if to call forth some shadowy recollection, gradually became convinced that, in the burly figure before him, he recognised the person who had been suspected as the murderer of the cattle dealer. " Your name is M'Cano," said the pedlar; " I remember you working as a journeyman looker in Lisburn." The man with the assumed name denied the statement, and said he had never been in Lisburn in his life. This con versation was held apart, and save the two engaged in it, no one was aware of the subject. The pedler however, went to a magistrate, and offered to lodge information ; but the justice could not consent to such a charge being laid against one so little likely to commit a serious crime: He, however, wrote to Hillsborough to make inquiries; the facts were found as stated, an d u l t i mately the accused was brought down to th e North and safely lodged in the jail of Downpatrick. The trial came on at the Summer Assizes in 1823, and among the witnesses summond on the part of the Crown was the inn-keeper who had sold the spirits to M`Cann and his victim so many years before. The baker at the time of the murder was a young and rather slim man of, perhaps, two and twenty years ; during the long period that inter vened he bad grown lusty, and it was difficult to recognise him ; but the sbrewd innkeeper could not be deceived by the rotund appearance of the Galway butcher, and at once proved him to be the same person who, so many years before, had loft his house in co m p any w ith the man whose body was afterwards. found in the Logan. Various other corroborative circumstances were brought out in the evidence ; M'Cann , was found guilty, and condemned to death. On the day of the execu tion, and just as the drop fell, the rope broke, and the un fortunate man fell to the ground. He immediately jumped up, pinioned as he was, and said, "My life's my own." It is stated that lee sat on his own coffin, and asked a drink of water, which was immediately given to him, A new rope was obtained, and amid an immense crowd of half com- mieserating spectators, Ai'Cana suffered the — extreme penalty of the law.