The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-11 00:00:00

earronytnre. POST-OFFICE MANAGEMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES Sm,—The management of the Post-Office affects the interests of so many individuals in this country, that it is at all times worthy of the gi eatest atten tion and the calmest consideration. Vast interests are at stake, and an incalculable amount of incon venience may arise by the neglect of those interests; and it is too much the case at the present time, that remonstrances are snubbed by officials, treated with indifference by parties who are not at the moment sufferers ; and the evil is endured because there appears no one powerful enough at hand to press the matter to a candid hearing and a redress. Postal arrangements with the Continent may be thwarted by the stupidity of one government or the shortsightedness of another. Ocean means of transit may be limited for want of enterprise, or by the enormous subsidies required to be granted by Government to encourage such enterprise. But the means at the command of our Postmaster- General at home is almost unlimited ; and where the requirements of a particular district demand certain arrangements, it is a most grievous hard ship that he does not avail himself of the means so bountifully within his reach in these railway times. From the General Post-Office arrangements, it would appear that London was the sole point worthy of consideration; and if the mails suit the metropolis they are pronounced sufficient. Loud were the demands made some time since, for a night mail from Liverpool and Manchester to Glas gow ; and as it suited the Post-Office management for a time to grant it in connection with the five o'clock express from Euston-square, the privilege was enjoyed by our merchants—but only for a time ; it has been taken off, and they are left in a worse position than they were before; and instead of having to write once a-day, they are compelled to waste their valuable time in the middle of the day, writing for the early mail, and again at the close of business 1 _lOll rc me inhabitants of Preston and Blackburn had their letters (written at three o'clock) delivered the same evening. This is now denied them, and the thousand-and-one inconveniences suffered by hun dreds are treated as quite unworthy of notice. Glasgow has complained through her Dean of Guild. Why do not Liverpool and Manchester, through their Chambers of Commerce, enter a most energetic protest against such treatment? Have our members of Parliament ceased to have any influence ? If any loss would arise to either the Post-office or the Railway companies, some allowance might be made ; but when it is admitted on all hands, that such would not be the case, it seems unpar donable that the enormous business transactions carried on between Glasgow and this port and Manchester should be prejudiced by, and made secondary to, London interests. Let us have, then, as formerly, a north-mail made up at half-past three in the afternoon, for the con venience of Preston, Blackburn, and that district ; and a Scotch mail at eight o'clock, so that the letters will be delivered in Glasgow by the first delivery next morning. It only needs to be laid before the proper quarter by the Chambers of Commerce, to be carried with out delay. It is a crying shame that it has not been done long since, and if the Post-office man agement declines to make the desired change, then press the matter at the Home-office. Lord Pal merston told the Glagow people, only a month or so ago, that he should be glad to hear their com plaints, and if he could set matters to-rights he would. Let us give him an opportunity. QUESTIONS FOR THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—What is the distance between the Mouth of the Thames and the Chops of the Channel ? Are the inhabitants of Montenegro a black population ? Are the " Steppes" of Tartary a na tional dance ?—Diogenes. NEW MAYORS. —At a meeting of the Town Council of Birmingham, on Wednesday, Alderman Baldwin was unani mously elected Mayor of the borough for the ensuing year, and in the evenin,,o• a banquet, attendad by a numerous a n d influential body of residents of the town and neighbourhood, was given at Dee's Royal Hotel to Mr. Hawkes, the ex mayor, upon his retirement from office.—At the meeting of the Leeds Town Council. the same day, Mr. Alderman John Wilson, Spanish and fancy leather-dresser, was elected, without opposition, Mayor of Leeds for the ensuing year. TIT, • A SPA.NI3II LOVE INTRIGUE.—A young officer, Don Antonio Rodriguez Amador, of the cavalry regiment of Sagunto, in the Spanish army, stationed in Grenada. was on intimate terms with the family of a tradesman of that city, named Martinez. Eight nights ago he was invited to sleep in the house, and the chamber was prepared for him. At about midnight, when everybody had retired to rest, M Martinez heard a nnise which caused him to su pp ose th a t the officer had been admitted into his daughter's chamber. He went there, and found him in bed with the girl. He seized the officer's sword, and plunged it into his breast. The officer, without waiting to dress himself, leaped from the window, but after staggering a few steps fell dead. His body was picked up by the watchman. The next day M. Martinez gave himself up to justice.—Galignani. AUSTRALIA VIA NEW YORK.—The New York papers published news from Melbourne to the 20th August, being as late as the latest advices received in England by the Argo. The New York Herald gives the itinerary as follows : —"We have received by the way of Callao, thirty days later news from Australia. The ship Plymouth Rook, Captain Farn ham L. Tucker, from Melbourne, Port Fhilliy, whence she sailed on the 20th of August, arrived at Callao , on the 29th of September—thus making the passage in thirty-nine days —the shortest on record. Our late news from Australia came by the P. R. She came to the southward of the Snares. Off New Zealand, passed the parallel of 53.30 south, when she was driven to the northward by an easterly wind which lasted two days; thence she steered to her original track to the eastward ; passed to the eastward of St. Felix Island, and made the island., of Chincha on the thirtieth day out. She was becalmed two days off Callao. No vessels were spoken nor seen on the passage until land was made." Tax CHOLERA.—WhiIe the Cholera has abated in nearly all the places in which cases had occurred except the metro polis, it has broken out with some severity in Edinburgh, where several fatal cases aro reported. The shocking sani tary arrangements which led to two of these cases the Globe thus recommends to the consideration of the Edinburgh presbytery :—" We trust that they will henceforth show their earnestness by dealing actively with the evils that sur round them, rather than by an ostentatious display of piety, and an indolent submission to misfortunes for which the remedies have been placed within our reach. Let them ex plore the wretched habitations which contrast so terribly with the dwellings of the rich. Let them feed the hungry and give medicine to the sick—let them sweep away that loathsome filth which hangs about and brutalises poverty— let them fling some words of human sympathy among the miserable creatures who infest their streets and disgust a stranger—let them but step from without their thresholds and employ one hour of their day in ennobling science by making it minister to the comfort of their kind, and they will have done more in that single hour than in years of prayer, whose sincerity can only bo attested by such exer tions.—Manchester Examiner. SINGULAR REVERSE OF FORTUNE.—In midsummer last year a merchant fitted out a vessel from the Clyde for Mel bourne, he being owner of both ship and cargo. She carried out a number of passengers, and among the crew was a poor boy, who was taken out free for his labor. When the ves sel arrived at Melbourne, the owner sold the cargo, and shortly afterwards the vessel, and remitted the proceeds to his friends at home. This poor boy got employment in one of the numerous lighters that ply between the large emigrant ships and Melbourne, carrying cargo, a very profitable trade, and he last week remitted his widowed mother £lO of his savings, accompanied by a letter, in which he says, "I am well employed and saving money. You may perhaps be aware that the ship I came by was sold here, and the owner is driving a cart through Melbourne, the captain is employed as a laborer about the wharves, while a young gentleman, a relative of the owners, is carrying a hod in a brick store." THE LORD CHIEF BARON ON THE SYDENJIAM CHRYSTAL PALACE.—On the occasion of the swearing-in of the Lord Mayor of London on Wednesday last before the Barons of the Exchequer, the Lord Chief Baron complimented Alder man Challis, the retiring Lord Mayor, for having set on foot a mark of respect and admiration for Prince Albert, the founder of the Exhibition of 1851. The Lord Chief Baron then remarked that " he was rejoiced, too, to see that there was a new and still more magnificent building rising up in another locality—a magnificent building wherein would be exhibited specimens of everything the contemplation of which was calculated to elevate the mind of man. The works of ancient days, the works of mediaeval days, the works of modern days, the products of the genius of the human race in all ages—whether those works were the results of science or of simple industry, whether they were the produce of manual or of mental labour, or whether they came from the extraordinary talent of natural genius or merely as some of the effects of the operation of the araturel)f the respective countries upon the receptive and acuie'reind of civilized man. All these things would be found accunfulaSod in the new building to which he had referred. It wes impossible to contemplate or to estimite . the vast ejtertt-V-6enefit which the Great Exhibition had •A. V- conferred upog ,all Iptions, and it was equally true that it \ was impossible 44 look upon that scheme without being k deeply i m resaectititlia feeling of gratitude to the illustrious , individual witholeit that scheme had its _ origin. That exhibition w a d e ted to turn the arms of war i nto the \ arms of pear-Among civilized nations." DOCK COMMITTEE.-YESTERDAY. The usual weekly meeting of this Committee was held yesterday, at one o'clock ; and after the minutes of the last meeting were read, Mr. CHARLES TURNER was unanimously re-elected chairman, and Mr. Francis Shand, deputy chairman of the committee for the ensuing year. On being re-elected, The CHAIRMAN thanked the committee for such a mark of their confidence. He felt grateful for the assistance they had always given him, and with the aid of that assistance a&.ain he hoped he would be able to perform the duties of his office with satisfaction to the committee and the town. The other members present were—Messrs. Langsdale, Holmc, Evans, Grayson, Barber, Robinson, Robertson Glad stone, Smith, Holden, Malcomson, Rankin, Steele, Round thwaite, Molyneux, Royden, Tobin, Healing, Brocklebank, Chaloner, Littledale, and Lockett. No change took place in the appointment of the sub-com mittees. They remain the same as last year. The sub-committee recommended that the upper floor of the transit sheds at the south side of Huskisson's Dock be let to Messrs. I,l‘lvers and Co. ; that the offer of Mr. Ralph Lyons to supply 100 large and six dozen of small poles be accepted. Agreed to. The sub-committee also submitted a plan, with a recommendation that it be agreed to, of a stair case for obtaining better access to the upper floor of the dock offices, and alteration in the skylights, for converting the rooms into offices—the estimated cost of which would be 1500. Mr. HOLME said that he had not seen the plan of the pro posed improvements, but he knew that they would render the rooms, which were now useless, available for any pur pose. The CHAIRMAN observed that they were greatly pinched for accommodation, and that it would be a great convenience if the now useless rooms could be made available. It being understood that the proposed stairs were to be wood, , Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE asked if the present stone stair-case could not be continued ? He thought it would have rather a bad effect if wood were introduced. Mr. HOLME replied that stone would be much more ex pensive than wood. Mr. R. GLADSTONE inquired what would be the difference of expellee? The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN replied that the expense of a stone stair-case would be double :the cost of a wood one. Mr. R. GLADSTONE said that they would have to keep official documents, and other papers, in those rooms, and he conceived that stone would be a better protection against fire than wood. The CllAntmAx observed that it' was not intended to make the proposed staircase as wide as the present one by two feet. Mr. HoukiE said that though he preferred stone to wood, yet as to protection against fire, they should recollect that on the burning of the Apothecaries Hall, the stone stair case was the first to give way. Mr. STEELE thought they should have the staircase of stone for the sake of uniformity. The recommendation of the Sub-Committee was adopted, but it was re-referred to them for consideration as to whether the staircase should be of stone or wood. The Sub-committee of Warehouse Management submitted a plan for obtaining additional room at the Albert Dock Warehouse, by filling in the South West end—the estimated cost of the improvement being £4,357. Mr. ROBINSON said that by the proposed plan they would obtain 819 square yards additional, and as they contemplated a five storey building, they would have at outside measure ment, 4090 yards of additional room. They would derive from this £1,560 a year, and according to the estimate of Mr. Hartley, the total outlay would be recovered within three years. Mr: HOWIE observed that, independently of any profit, the proposed improvement was requisite for the general convenience. Mr. RomNsoN observed that the new building would be managed by the present staff, so that on that head there would be no additional expense. The CHAIRMAN suggested that the matter should be re ferred to the Committee of Works. Mr. BARBER did not see why it should be referred to the Committee of Works. He thought the General Committee competent to decide the question. The report of the Sub-committee was adopted. A letter was read from Mr. Gordon, assistant clerk in one of the warehouses, praying the Committee to take into con. sideration the distressed circumstances under which his father, who was a clerk in the warehouse, and had recently died, had left his family. Mr. ROBINSON said that the father had but £BO a year, and that he had been in the warehouse since its establishment. Mr. LANGSDALE observed that it was not likely that a man could put up anything for his family upon such a salary. It was ordered that £2O should be given to the family out of the charitable fund. In the marine department, the sub-committee recommended that six small denoting buoys be obtained, the cost being from 50s. to 525. each. A letter was read from Mr. Charles M•lver, requestsng to be informed if those whom he repre sented could have a large-sized . graving dock allocated to their sole use. They would require one for twelve months, Mr. LOCKETT said that the Committee had come to the resolution not to recommend such applications. They could not do so, as they would have a number of like applications made to them, with which it would be impossible to comply. Some doubt seemed to exist as to whether Mr. M'lver's application was for the use of any of the present docks, or a request that a large-sized dock be constructed for their use for a certain time. _ _ _ Mr. RANKIN thought that the application was for the construction of a new dock, of larger dimensions than any of the present. Mr. RoyDEN said that even so, it would not suit to let Mr. Myer, or any other gentleman, have the sole use of a graving dock. Mr. HoLmE thought the principal question for considera tion was, whether or not they had sufficient accommodation for vessels visiting the port requiring repairs. It seemed not, and therefore it might be well to consider whether it would be worth while to build a large graving dock, pro vided Mr. M'lver paid the interest on the outlay. If he did so, he would be entitled to the exclusive use of the dock. Mr . RovnE,NE thought such a course would be a very bad precedent. HOLME : And yet that is what the Corporation are about to do at the other side of the river. Mr. MaLcoLmsom said there was no doubt but that a large graving dock was required, and that, under any cir cumstances, the Committee would be compelled to consider the propriety of at once constructing such a work. Mr. RANKIN asked if any of the ships of Messrs. Brown, Shipley, and Co., could go into any of the present graving docks? The CHAIRMAN replied not. They could go only into the Huskisson Dock. Mr HOLME said that, knowing that it was the intention to build very large ships, they should endeavour to antici pate every want, in order to keep the trade in Liverpool. The matter was referred to the Harbour Master's Com mittee. A letter was read from Mr. Baynes, Birkenhead, enclosing a memorial, signed by several parties, setting forth that the present approach to the landing stage was both difficult and dangerous, and praying that it might be remedied. Amongst other improvements they suggested the construc tion of a high level bridge from the bottom of James'-street to near the stage. Mr. If onrE thought they had already sufficiently bene fitted the Cheshire property. Every convenience would be given to passengers, but the traffic of the port could not be shut up. The Secretary was directed to reply to the memorialists to that effect. The Committee then adjonrned. DEFACING OF COIN. The following letter, in answer to Mr. John Dickson, of Edinburgh, has been addressed from the Treasury : Treasury Chambers, 27th Oct., 1853. Sin,—ln reply to your letter of the 30th ultimo, ad dressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the subject of defaced coin and the act which was passed in the last session of Parliament, with a view to put a stop to practices which were likely soon, if not prevented, to deface and injure much of the coin of the country, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to inform you that it was not the intention of the Government, in passing the Act 16 and 17 Vic., cap. 102, entitled, " an act to prevent the defacing of the current coin of the Realm," to interpose any difficulty in regard to such coin as may have become defaced by ordinary wear and use, or in relation to persons who, in the ordinary course of businesss, pay coins which are defaced. The immediate Object of the Government in obtaining the act was to p u t a s t op t o th e prac ti ce o f stamping the names of pers ons , fi rms , & c., upon co i ns , b y way o f ad vertisements or otherwise; and the intention of the Govern ment was to reach b y pena l t i es the persons w h o, i n t hi s, or in any other wilful or malicious way, injured the coin. And in order that the law should no t prove vexa ti ous t o th ose who in the ordinary transactions of business, paid such coins, and who were wholly inno cen t o f t h e offence of defac i ng them or of forcing them into circulation with the intention of promoting the object of such offenders, and not for the purpose only of ordinary payments, the law provides that no one can be prosecuted for passing defaced coin except with the consent of the Attorney-General. While, therefore, the Government are dete rm i ne d t o pu t an end to such abuses as are herein referred to, and to use the act with vigour to that end, it is neither their wish nor intention to embarrass or interfere with the ordinary and current transactions of business.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, C. TREVELYAN. REGISTERED ELEcroßs (IRELAND) 1852-53.—1 t appears from a Parliamentary paper just issued that the number of electors of all classes on the registers in Ireland for the year 1852-53 is 179,488— 0 f th ese 149,154 belongitig to the county constituencies 29,634 to the cities and boroughs. The county registers include 8,521 freeholders, 1,098 lease holders, 638 rent charges, and 139,088 rated occupiers. The registers of the cities and boroughs under 19,179 rated oc cupiers, 6,530 freemen or burgesses, and 3,385 of other qualifications. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. COURT OF CHANCERY.-TUESDAY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices of Appeal.) POWLES V. HARGREAVES. This was an appeal from a decree of the Vice-Chancellor Stuart. The bill was filed by William Poles, one of the registered public officers of the Liverpoolßanking Company, for a declaration that the company was entitled to a sum of £8,500, the produce of the sale of goods applied to the pay ment of bills drawn in anticipation of the receipt of those goods, and that they were also entitled to share in a com position of Bs. in the pound, for the balance dne on such bills, along with the general creditors of an insolvent estate. The sole question in the cause was, whether the case of Ex parte Waring, in 19th Vesey, applied to a case of actual in solvency, as well as to a bankruptcy, or judicial insolvency. In 1847, George and Joseph Hargreaves and Thomas Platt carried on business as merchants, in co-partnership together, at Liverpool, Manchester, and Shanghai in China. Their course of trade was for George Hargreaves to purchase at Manchester, goods, upon condition that they were to be consigned to the firml at Liverpool, and shipped to the firm at Shanghai, for sale. George Hargreaves charged £1 per cent. commission for his exclusive benefit, and the firm guar anteed the sale of the goods at a commission of 71. 10 per cent., and with the produce the firm purchased other goods, to remit to England at a commission of £2 10s. per cent. To prevent the necessity of cash advances, the firm used to draw bills upon their customers for . the price of the goods, which they accepted; and these bills were then handed to the original sellers of the goods in payment, or discounted, and the money so employed. There was a further under standing that the goods sent back from China should be in the hands of the firm as security for George Hargreave's commission, and to the firm itself for the amount of the bills so drawn by them. In December, 1847, a joint fiat in bankruptcy, was issued against the firm, and a separate fiat against George Hargreaves ; but subsequently a deed of arrangement was entered into with their creditors, by which the bankruptcies were annulled and their property vested in trustees for their creditors. William Budd Prescott, the acceptor of some of the bills of exchange, died without leaving assets to answer them, but not being judicially bankrupt or insolvent, and the bills were now in the hands of the plaintiffs, the Liverpool Banking Company, unpaid. A large quantity of goods arrived during the year 1848 at Livorpool, onningnPd llv the China house to the English firm of Hargreaves and Co., on aceouw. or Witham Budd Prescott, in return for goods sent out to them at China on the like account, and such goods had since been sold, and the proceeds received by the trustees of the before-men tioned creditors' arrangement deed. Under these circum stances, the present suit was instituted by the registered public officer of the Liverpool Banking Company, to have the produce of such goods applied, in the first place, in pay ment of the bills of 'William Budd Prescott then remaining in the hands of the banking company. The Vice-Chancellor conceiving the case to be entirely governed by that of "Ex parte Waring" (19 Ves.,) decided by Lord Eldon, decreed in favour of the equity claimed by the bill. The appeal of the defendants being from the whole decree, the case of the plaintiffs was first opened. Mr. J. Russell, Mr. Daniel, and Mr. H. Clarke appeared for the plaintiffs; Mr. Wigram, Mr. Rolt, and Mr. Smythe for the appellants. Their LORDSHIPS, without calling for a reply, gave judg ment, and said, that the Court had felt no difficulty in com ing to the conclusion that the decision of the Court below was substantially correct and in conformity with the princi ple laid down in Waring,'s case. An objection had been raised that the present case ought not to be determined by Lord Eldon's judgment in that case, inasmuch as the prin cipal ingredient—namely, a double insolvency —was want ing. It was quite clear, however, that Prescott, although not adjudicated an insolvent, was not able to pay his debts, and therefore the same equity must arise as if he had been declared an insolvent. As to the Hargreaves, the creditors' composition deed expressly defined that the property coming to the trustees under it was to be dealt with by them in the same way as if the bankruptcy had not been annulled. What would have been the rights of the plaintiffs, supposing that the bankruptcy had not been annulled, and the property in question had been sold by the assignees instead of by the trustees ? Without doubt they would have been entitled to present a petition in bankruptcy, as creditors, to have the bankrupt's estate duly administered ; and in no other way could such estate be duly administered than by the payment of these bills. It would be a disgrace to the administration of justice if there should be any doubt of such being the right course to pursue. The plaintiffs were therefore clearly en titled to have the proceeds of the sale of the goods applied in payment of the bills, so far as they would extend, and to prove against the estate of the Hargreaves for the deficiency. Appeal dismissed. A NARROW ESCAPE.—A gentleman was found in a state of partial intoxication in the streets of Limerick the other day, and was brought to the William-street station by Sub constable Delay. Upon searching him a sum of £1,346 in notes was found on his person. AN AMERICAN AmAzoN.—A melancholy affair occurred in this county, about eight miles from the city, on the Bards town turnpike, on Saturday morning. A man named Christian G. Martinf had been teaching there and engaged CIL-, - reside there. Martin had, in fact, obtained the marriage license. Afterwards he determined not to marry her, and to screen himself from the consequences, presented a paper to her for signature, in which she was charged with having exercised the grossest improprieties. She, of course, refused to sign it. Martin and a brother, of Miss Shaw then got into a fight on the road. Shaw drew a pistol, which Martin attempted to wrench from him, and it went off accidentally, the ball entering in front, near the shoulder of the latter, and lodging in the back. Miss Shaw, unconscious that Martin was wounded, then jumped the fence, walked up to him, and shot him in the side. Ile died in about 15 minutes, though it was thought that the first wound would have caused his death.—Louisville Journal. LAMENTABLE RESULT OF CARELESSNESS.—The famous picture gallery of Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., in Grosvenor street, with all its valuable treasures of art, narrowly escaped entire destruction a few days since, owing to the in excusable carelessness of a servant, who, having entered one of the drawing rooms for the purpose of closing the shutters, placed his candle in such a position,near one of the shutters, as to set it on fire after he left the apartment. The fire was not discovered until some time subsequently, when the room in which it originated, as well as two others of the same suite, had attained the heat of a furnace, all the pic tures on the walls had become blistered, and almost every article of furniture had been destroyed. Most fortunately, the gallery, and all the drawing-rooms of the suite had been only dismantled a few days previous, and the only pictures remaining on the walls were those of modern artists. The valuable ancient Italian and Spanish pictures, for which this collection is so remarkable, had been removed from the walls, and, being stacked close up together in one corner of the gallery, they have scarcely suffered any damage from the heat. The same remark will apply to the Belgian and Dutch works, of which there are many almost priceless specimens. The pictures which have suffered most are, happily, the works of living artists, whose services may be obtained in their restoration. Sir Edwin Laiadseer's " Travelled Monkey " is among the few, modern pictures that have escaped. The collection was insured, for about £30,000, —scarcely a tithe of its value—chiefly in the Globe-offices. Mr. Baring is stated to have borne his mis forutne with remarkable composure. The finest specimen in England of Murillo's "Madonna on the Crescent" is in this collection. LORD CAMPBELL ON CORPORATE REFORM : —At the city banquet on Wednesday evening, in acknowledging the toast of The Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, and the Judges," Lord Campbell said that some persons had talked as if the result pf the present commission of in quiry into the corporation of London would be the aboli tion of that corporation. He hoped, however, that no such result would follow, but that in the reign of Albert the Tenth the monarch would be invited to receive the loyal hospitalities of the city of London. (Cheers and laughter.) If the Corporation were to be removed at one fell swoop, he thought a greater sensation would be created among the Courts of Europe than would be caused by any other politi cal event (a laugh); for when tney heard that the office of Lord Mayor was abolished they would believe that a revo lution had indeed commenced. (Cheers and laughter). He would remind his noble friend (Lord J. Russell) that when the general measure of corporation reform was proposed, he (Lord Campbell) wished to include the corporation of London, for he believed that to reform whatever abuses existed would be true Conservatism. (Hear, and cheers). Such reform ought, however, to be cautious, safe, and gradual. He had been glad to learn that before the com mission of inquiry was appointed the corporation had them selves offered every facility for the investigation (cheers), and he trusted the result would be, not to destroy the cor poration, but to place it upon a more firm and satisfactory basis. (Cheers). CONSECRATION OF THE NEW AFRICAN BlSHOPS.—Wed nesday, the 30th inst., has been appointed for the consecration of the Rev. Dr. J. W. Colenso, of St. John's College, Cam bridge, bishop designate of Natal, and the Rev. Dr. John Armstrong, of Lincoln College, Oxford, bishop designate of Graham's Town- The consecratincr prelates will be the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, and the Bishop of Norwich, and the sermon will, in all probability, be preached by the Bishop of Cape Town. It has not yet been definitively settled whether the consecration shall take place in Lambeth church or in Westminster Abbey. Dr. Colenso intends leaving England early in December, for the purpose of making an extensive visitation of his diocese, and will return to England in the course of next summer to inform the Church at home of the requirements of the see of which he is to have the episcopal supervision. He intends paying a visit to all the Zulu chiefs, in order to ascertain from them what are his probabilities of being enabled to civilize and Christianize them. Dr. Armstrong, the new Bishop of Graham's Town, intends, after making due provision for the Church already planted in the colony, to direct his attention to the Kafirs, who have long been a most lawless and rebellious race, and who were recently subjugated by the force of British arms. Both the new bishops are men of great learning and energy, and both have had much experience as parish priests, Dr. Colenso having been rector of Forncett St. Mary, Norfolk, and Dr. Armstrong, vicar of Tidenham, Gloucestershire, prior to their nomination to the respective dioceses of .Natal and Graham's Town, which they are now about to fill. THE CABINET MINISTERS AT THE LORD MA•YOR'S BANQUET. Most of Her Majesty's ministers were present at the ban quet at Guildhall on Wednesday evening, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR having proposed the Army and Navy. Sir JAMES GRAHAM was received with great applause. He said : It gives me great pleasure to be called upon in my official capacity to return thanks before this distinguished company on behalf of the British navy, and the only assur ance I can give you in answer to your compliment is the assurance, trite but true, that whether in war or peabe the British navy will always be ready to do its duty. If war should be imminent, and an enemy be found to insult the British flag, the British navy I am sure will always be ready to resent it. It is the duty of the British navy, in concert with the allies of this country, to uphold the observance of treaties as the best security for peace. (Cheers.) Another thing the British navy is always ready to perform—it will always protect the commerce and the trade of this coun try, which is the life and the strength of the British nation. As I have the honour on this occasion to represent the British navy, to whom I am sure your approbation will give great encouragement, I again beg leave, on their behalf to return you my most hearty thanks. (Loud cheers.) The LORD MAYOR (after proposing " The health of the Lord Chancellor," who briefly returned thanks) said they were on that occasion honoured with the presence of many of Her Majesty's Ministers (cheers), and among them the head of a Government which, it was well known, had ex erted itself to the utmost to preserve the peace of the world. (Loud cheers.) The most unwearied endeavours had been made by the Cabinet to maintain the peace of Europe and of the world at large, and he had much pleasure in proposing " The health of the Earl of Aberdeen and Her Majesty's Ministers." (The toast was received with loud cheering.) The Earl of ABERDEEN rose to respond to the toast. The noble earl said,—My Lord Mayor, I have to return you my sincere thanks for the very flattering manner in which you have proposed, and in which this company have re ceived the health of my colleagues and myself. Perhaps it is not too much to hope that, with regard to persons in our situation, a favourable construction at least may be placed upon our motives and intentions in the discharge of our duty. (Cheers.) It is true that we are the servants of the Crown • and happily, in these days, such service is not in compatible with the• most sincere desire to promote the wel fare, the happiness, and the prosperity of the people. (Cheers.) Notwithstanding the prosperous condition of this country in all its great interests, and the wonderful advances that have been made in every department of art, science, and industry, I am quite aware that much yet remains to be done, the success of which may be promoted by Her Ma jesty's Ministers. Much improvement—much reform—in the condition of the people, whether social, moral, or poli tical, is demanded. I know, my Lord Mayor, that much is expected from us by the country, and I hope we shall be found ready and willing to answer to the call. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) In a country such as this, and in an age of civilisation like that in which we live, these are the real triumphs—these are the glories—to which any Government ought tar aspire. (Cheers). I trust that nothing will happen to impede or to check the progress of those improvements and of that re form which I so ardently desire to see effected. (Hear, hear). They can only be successfully carried out by the continuance of that tranquillity which we have so long enjoyed (Cheers), and in the absence of all disturbing causes, whether foreign or domestic. (Renewed cheers). My Lord Mayor, some time ago, when I last had the honor of being the guest of your predecessor in office, I made a declaration, perhaps in the hearing of some now present, that the policy of Her Majesty's Government was a policy of peace. (" Hear," and cheers). I desire, on this oc casion, to repeat that declaration. (Renewed cheering). I will go further, and I will say that no other principle of policy will ever be announced by me. (Cheers). But, em phatic as these words may be they are not to be under stood as signifying the impossibi lity of war. On the con trary, we know full well that this cannot be the case ; but they signify that, so far as I am concerned, war will never be undertaken by me without reluctance, and never but when demanded—plainly demanded—by a due sense of the honor and the interests of this country. (" Hear," and cheers). This I believe to be the duty of English Ministers. lam certain it is the duty of a Christian man. (Cheers). The LORD MAYOR having returned thanks for his health having been drunk, concluded by proposing " The Earl of Clarendon and the House of Peers. The Earl of CLARENDON begged to return thanks for the honour conferred upon him in coupling his name with the House of Lords. It would ill become him, on that occasion, to proclaim the merits of the body with which he was connected, or to defend them against the attacks which had been made upon them. He might, however, be allowed to express his own conscientious opinion that the Home of Lords rendered great public services, not alone by the man ner in which its judicial functions, as the highest court of appeal in this country, were performed, but also in its legis lative capacity. (Cheers.) The speakers there might not be so numerous, or their speeches so long, or the debates so often adiourned as was necessarily the case in tne outer house of Parliament ; but he could say that in the House of Lords the public business was performed with conscien tious care, and with an earnest desire to promote the re ligious welfare and the temporal prosperity of every class in this country. (Cheers.) The days of aristocratic priviliges were now happily gone by, never to return, and he believed the House of Lords. maintained its high position from the deference which it exhibited to public opinion, and from its willingness to receive impulses from without upon all questions affecting the general as compared with what he might call the class interests of the country. (Hear, hear.) Thus, •on a recent occasion, when a great social, political, and commercial question was under consideration, they had seen the House of Lords laying aside what some might call its prejudices, and others its interests, and volun tarily deferring to the unmistakeable wish of the people. (Cheers.) Of this he was sure, that there was no body of men more anxious to obtain and to deserve the good opinion of their fellow-contrymen. (Loud Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR next gave "The House of Commons," coupling with it the name of Lord J. Russell, who, he said, had secured universal respect from his advocacy of every measure of public improvement. (Loud cheering.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL was received with loud cheers. He said : If an anxious desire to discharge their duty, if earnest and long-continued endeavours to maintain the best interests of the country, deserve the app ro bation of Englishmen, then the House of Commons was well entitled to the compliment which it had just received from the Lord Mayor. (Cheers.) Whatever measure might be proposed in that house, or what ever might be the views which were at first entertained with regard to it, either in the house or in the country, yet in the end that which most conduced to the public welfare was sure to prevail. He attributed that to the habit of free discussion which prevailed in the house. Cheers.)( In the earlier part of the proceedings, the Lord Mayor made some illusion to the inquiry which was now taking place into the affairs of the corporation of the City. For himself, he must say that, as a representative of the City, he was proud to find that, when an inquiry was proposed, the authorities of the City, instead of shrinking from it, openly and manfully courted the inquiry. (Ceers.) He felt sure that they would continue to give every facility to the prosecution of the inquiry, and that if there were abuses to be corrected—if there were reforms to be made—they would be carried out on the old principles on which the corporation was founded, principles belonging, indeed, to an earlier period of their history, but which were still in vigorous operation at the present time—he meant the prin ciples of free election by the citizens, and of the independent municipal government. It would be the desire of the Gov ment to adapt the principles which had come down to them from the feudal ages to the wants of the more enlightened and civilised times in which they now lived. He begged again to return thanks on the part of the House of Com mons. (Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON, who was received with loud cheers, said he had received the permission of the Lord Mayor to propose a toast, and when he mentioned it, and the grounds on which he proposed it, they would then, perhaps, see why it was that he ventured only to call the attention of a portion of those who were now in the hall to its merits. Their distinguished guest—the representative of the United States of America—he ought, rather, perhaps, to say, of their brethren on the other side of the Atlantic—with whom he trusted this country would always be able to maintain the most friendly relations (loud cheers)—that distinguished man, who, honoured in his own country, had come here to cement and draw more closely the bonds of relationship between the two countries— had stated the impressions made upon his mind by the splendid scene he had wit nessed to-day. He had been struck, no doubt, not only by the magnificence of the banquet, but also by the urbanity and courtesy with which the Lord Mayor had received his guests. He had also been struck, he (Lord Palmerston) was sure, with the blaze of beauty which surrounded him on every side, and of which he might say, without national vanity, and without any offence to the representatives of other countries, that it could not be exceeded by any other nation on earth. (cheers). It was natural, while on this sub ject, to turn to the lady who presided over their festivities with so much grace and dignity . , and he was sure all the gentlemen present would join him in drinking " The Health of the Lady Mayoress" (cheers). THE EAGLE AS A BRITISH Bum—Notwithstanding all the endless means that are taken to make the eagle cease to belong to the list of British birds, it is amazing with what tenacity the noble birds keep up a respectable remnant, even although their ranks are thinned by at least 20 in this quarter every winter. We have just seen a most splendid specimen of the sea eagle which was caught the other day in a trap at Strathgarve. The extended wings measured 7 feet 9 inches ; length of body, 3 feet 2 inches ; weight, 151 b. ; the outstretched claws covered as large an extent as a man's hand. Who would not go a journey to see such a noble fellow hooking a salmon from the lake, and carrying it on his broad pinions to his home among the cliffs ? —lnverness Courier. . LINDLEY MURRAY pronounces "A" to be an in definite article ; and we regret to say that our agricultural experience of the pastseason leads us to agree with that hay is an indefinite article ; indeed.--Dioyeales. HEALTH COMMITTEE. The first Meeting of this Committee, on its re-appoint ment, was held yesterday. The following members were present : Messrs. Langsdale, Gladstone, Moss, Dover, Beckwith, Fleming, Nicholson, Johnson, Holhead, Stew art, McNicol, Godfrey, Hodson ; Mr. Alderman LANGSDALE was re-elected Chairman for the ensuing year, and Mr. Alderman Dover, Vice-Chairman. The various Sub Com mittees of the body were then re-appointed, and the usual routine of arrangements for conducting the business of the Committee made. On the motion of Mr. Beckwith, se conded by Mr. Nicholson, the hour of meetmg was changed, from the inconvenient one of half-past two o'clock, p.m., to eleven o'clock, a.m. Mr. Newland, the borough engineer reported that, the available balance to be spent between this and March in paving was, in Liverpool, £16,919; Kirkdale, £3,934 ; Everton, £2,050 ; West Derby, £7,829 ; Toxteth Park, £8,419; for sewerage, Liverpool, £3,800; Everton, £5,000 ; West Derby, £BO9 ; Toxteth Park, £2,457 ; Kirkdale, £6 10s. 9d. This was exclusive of all work ordered. Mr. Johnson directed attention to a nuisance arising in London-road, opposite Audley-street, caused by a very bad smell arising out of a sewer. It was supposed this smell originated in a gut manufactory, in Troughbndge street ; and the attention of the officers of this Committee was directed to the matter. Mr Risirrox, the Building Surveyor, reported the inspec tion within the last three weeks of 505 delapidated privies and ashpits, 399 of which were undergoing alterations and repairs, and 106 of which required such, together with va rious other details in his department. Mr. NEWLANDS, the Borough Engineer, reported nume rous particulars of etc work done and in hand in his de partment. Mr. FRESH, the Inspector of Nuisances, reported the emptying of 3,216 cesspools, the inspection of 408 nuisan ces complained of by inhabitants, and the reference of 179 others to the Borough Engineer for remedy by drainage, &c, with a detail of the other operations of his staff, including particulars of a sanitary examination of 2,532 court-houses, 302 lodging-houses, and 2,630 cellars, formerly cleared of inmates in the lowest part of the town, and from which it appeared that the sanitary officers had; made special exami nation during the last three weeks, of 7,716 different apart ments in street-houses, and 8,010 rooms in court-houses, in the districts named, for the purpose of eradicating un healthiness therefrom, besides the cellar inspections above named. The proceedings then terminated. POLICE COURTS.-YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL. VrritioL THROWING.—Ann Webster, a small and delicate looking woman, was charged with having, between 8 and 9 o'clock on the evening of the 22nd ultimo, in Houghton street, thrown a quantity of vitriol over the face of her reputed husband, Gabriel Webster, as he lay in bed. They had been walking out together that evening, and had taken a good deal of drink. Mist out, and after their return, they had had sharp words. Webster, the reputed husband, presented a shocking figure on coming into Court. He has been in the Royal Infirmary ever since he received the injuries, and could not appear until yesterday, for which reason the prisoner had been twice remanded by the Magistrates. His head and neck, and nearly all his face, were bound up, holes being cut in the bandage which was thrown across his eyes. The unhappy man could only say of the business, that after having quarrelled with the prisoner, he lay on the bed, and subsequently saw her come towards him and throw some liquid from a bottle over his face, which pro duced a strange burning sensation. A female in the house deposed that, she heard Webster cry out in accents which betokened excruciatingagony, " Murder," and, immediately succeeding this ararm, she saw the prisoner rushing down the stairs. Thomas Davis, druggist, of Copperas-hill stated that, the prisoner had, on the 18th of October, purchased a penny worth of vitriol in his shop, which she stated she required for the purpose of preparing a wash for the hands and teeth. Mr. H. Watters, house surgeon of the Royal Infirmary, swore that the complainant was admitted to that institution on the 23rd ultimo. His face was burned and blackened, from the effects of some corrosive liquid. He had not since been in a fit state to appear to give his evidence. He had lost his eyebrows, the skin of his eyelids, and a great portion of that of his face and neck, but his eyesight had almost mi raculously escaped. In her defence, the prisoner said that she held a bottle of vitriol, (which she used as a wash when qualified with other ingredients), in her hand at the time ; that being excited by the continual drunkenness of her husband, she might have thrown it over him, but she has no recollection of doing so, An officer deposed that, on her way to the Bridewell, the prisoner exclaimed that " she did not care a d-, and that he got what he deserved." Webster said that the prisoner was not his wife, but that they had lived together ten or twelve years. The pillow and clothes upon which the injured man lay at the moment of this diabolical outrage, were produced, burned into holes and scorched. The magistrates committed the prisoner for trial at the assizes. After being removed to the table where depositions are taken, prisoner exclaimed " that she would take care to give him a ' polishing' before she had done." STEALING FRUIT : Christopher Reily, formerly a watch man over vegetables at the market, was charged with stealing a dozen pears from a stall in Great Charlotte-street, near St. John's market. This case, which occupied the bench tne greater portion of yesterday, seemed to excite consider able interest. Mr. Almond, solicitor, appeared to promote the prosecu tion against the prisoner. He said it was a case in which the circumstances justified very strong steps, and went on to detail the facts of frequent plunderings of fruit taking place in the neighbourhood of the market, and the circum stances of the prisoner's arrest, almost in the actual fact of purloining a quantity of pears belonging to Edwin Reaves, fruit-dealer. He stated that the prisoner had for some time been in the joint employment of Mr. Raves and other parties as night watchman, but for months he had dis continued this connection. Market Constable Lloyd was examined, and stated that on Wednesday night he was on special duty at Gill-street market, and by order of his superintendent, proceeded to Great Charlotte-street, where he hid himself under the steps of the Fish market, opposite the middle entrance to St. John's market, at about a quarter past twelve o'clock. He eould see the baskets of fruit covered with tarpaulin at the opposite side of the street. He saw the prisoner come up and approach the baskets. He had known him before. He saw him go away and return, and then he stooped down over one of the baskets, which was the property of Mr. Reaves ; witness went up to him and asked him if he was watchman. Prisoner answered that ho was not. He then crossed the street, throwing some pears from him. An officer came up, and was by when prisoner got rid of the pears, and when witness made him prisoner. He said, when accused, " Do you think no one has pears beside Reaves ?" and at the same time witness had mentioned no name to prisoner. This witness was cross-examined at great length by Mr. Duke, of the firm of Robinson and Duke. He elicited that witness had been, on that night, at three dif ferent periods, in the public house of Mr. Porter. He had drank two glasses of whisky, and after the arrest of the pri soner, one half-glass of brandy there, and he did not know who had paid for the last whisky or the brandy. He had himself paid for the first whisky ; Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Reaves were in the house, and after the arrest he saw Mr. Luya ' the superintendent of St. John's market, there He said to him, Have you got any one ?" witness said "Yes," " Who?" said Mr. Luya, " Christopher Riley " was the answer, upon which Mr. Luya said, " Ah! you have got Riley, have you." In answer to other questions, witness said that he had read in a newspaper the report of the case of "Greenfield v. Sykes" in the County Court. He never knew that Riley was a witness for Sykes in that matter, nor was he ever told so by Lnya or Porter. Mrs. Reaves deposed that she knew the prisoner. He was formerly a watchman of hers. Last night she had apples, pears, and walnuts under the shed, The pears were of a very peculiar kind. They were French fruit called glout rnorceau, and worth from 3s. to 4s. the dozen. The pears produced she positivoly identified as her husband's property. Mr. Duke addressed the Court for the defence, princi pally relying on the little credibility that he asserted should be placed on the market officer, Lloyd, (who contrary to the regulations of the police, would accept of free drink in a pub lice house), against a man whose character had been hither to unblemished. The M%gistrates said they thoui;ht that the defence was going to be the animus, which might have actuated the prosecution. They would remand the case until to-morrow, in order to have the evidence of the police officer who was by, as stated by Lloyd, when the arrest was made and the pears snapped. ILLEGALLY PAWNING.—Mary Bradshaw, convicted of illegally pledging a shawl, at Mr. Woodriffe's pawn shop, the property of Bridget M'Crivie, of Albert-place, Great Homer-street, was sentenced to pay ls. 6d. value of shawl, 20s. fine, or to be imprisoned for 7 days. COMMITMENTS.--Daniel Lees, for stealing rope from the ship Philharmonic, one months' imprisonment. William Johnson, for stealing a piece of gingham from 56, Mill street, two months' imprisonment. Thomas .Power at tempting. to steal mutton from the shop of Anne Barnes, of Wood-street, and assaulting her, three months' impri sonment. ASSAULT CASE.—Jane Bryton, was summoned by Fanny Williams for an assault. Defendant is housekeeper in the establishment of Mr. Harrison, of Spring Hill, and plaintiff is a housemaid in the same service. On Saturday last de fendants in a very unprovoked manner, assaulted Williams, and threw a jug and knife at her. It was said that Bryton was a relation of Mr. Harrison, who is a very aged person. Mr. Clough said that he had been informed that defend ant (who was a most respectable-looking elderly female) had acquired drinking habits, which made her not only uncom fortable to her own household, but to the public generally. It was, he believed, with great reluctance, that the present eourse was takan. -- -- T o SA The magistrates ordered her to find two s ecuritie s is i o ti4 and bind herself in £2O, to keep the peace toward s P or in default, be imprisoned for one month. ABSCONDING FROM THE INDUSTRIAL SC Lloyd, James Murphy, Samuel Foster, Charles Pa r ' ,y' Daniel .Devlin, boys connected with the Industxusitio7,lol, were put forward, charged with absconding f r°lll 00, with the clothes of that establishment, and a wolartio' Ann M,lntyre was accused of having purchase d 3P " the clothing. oroP atl The master tailor of the school swore to tins„. produced, which had the brand of the house upoll,i'votd From evidence given, it appeared that it wa s the to 01 of one of the boys, Lloyd, who had sold the aPr i li a l,. if prisoner, M'lntyre, and this woman is now s ull prisonment in jail for another crime. eh. * cl/1 The tailor said this crime of absconding wit of the establishment was, unhappily, becoming a t . 7 .1 practice, and the directors wished, if possible, to Pis to it. os" At the request of Mr. Clough, the case w as - ~p et trou l until next Saturday, when the woman Lloyd, wh ° 3 Prour the most guilty party in the transaction, could be up. c EXTENSIVE ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.- - A, ra , lP a t was remanded charged with, on Tuesday nir"Bictr o'clock, in Waterloo, stealing from the person ° Hilton. a flat man the sum of £2B in sovereigns. 4 11 0 Complainant said that prisoner and another lo t l a " i s# come up to him and hustled him, robbing him, at he time. • thisl6 The prisoner belongs to a family of well-known ' and had been seven times before committed. ho d A MELANCHOLY CASE.—Edward Ellis, a tall, hali c o " old man, whose appearance evidenced b e tter b i s J o bl charged with offering for sale, at the book-stand °, 0 0 0 Bentley, in Lime-street, onevolume of a work of sora.,ol entitled "The Women of Israel" and which bore title page the mark of the British and Foreign Lino l o Y i Mr. Bentley stated that the prisoner had offerea, o l book for eighteen pence, he getting nine pence ill , 0 10 1 ,j nine pence when he would produce the other,, Witness said this would not do, but told him to yr other volume and he would give him the money (t7 64 /1; for the purpose of detecting the p r i soner , as he aLwdr,, posed the book to belong to the Free Library). .Mate asked prisoner what he was, when the unhapPf , 0 0," replied with tears that he had received the edtletfe, gentleman, but through losses in business he and "'",,pes.`` . were reduced to a most miserable condition. Ile (I I", for the truth of what he said to a respectable ge ll ute rr, l Mr. Smith then present. Mr. Smith said that the o ', v of prisoner as to his respectability was correct, but j o e, poverty, he found out it was the result of drinkill.s, and general improvidence. He had applied to 1 , 11- 00 k 1 Smith) once, and on that occaion :he had raise(' b l e b subscription three pounds, ten shillings, most of °L i r believed he had spent in drink. His wife and were superior and industrious people, who lived by ow" e A DEPRAVED DAUGHTER.—Grace Hughes, a r ulig e o man of about twenty-four, was charged by her nint, h h ist robbing her. The complainant said it was hard p , a mother to say, but she begged of the magistrates, t ? fi g sr, this unfortunate girl, as she had acquired drill'ot depraved habits, and kept late hours, and vile e c ; it tlr She was drunk last night when booked. The latter.Ao confirmed by . the police, who said the prosecut o most industrious, hard working, and respectable woman. The magistrates said there was little W as :, girl. They would now treat her case as one of and fine her 55., or three days imprisonment. Bar CAUTION TO UN-LICENSED Lu GGAGE PORTERSI, Fitzpatrick, _Hugh Riley, Michael Wilson, Henry ‘,41 Robert Shannon, for applying for luggage, without 7r obtained licenses, were each fined 2s. 6d. and costs , imprisoned for fourteen days in default of payment . 01 STEALING GLASS Doons.—A man named /alga 0! 1 ., remanded from yesterday, was again brought fore charge of stealing three glass doors, a large piec e o f1 4 : 0 framing, and several other articles, from the 0 4 ? 4 , i Fergi, Roscoe-street, on the 21st of , September las!. fa of the property has been found, and identified by Jst d 0 09 as his property. The prisoner was not apprehall"`" last Monday. He was fully committed for trial. MANCHESTER. n THE LATE ROBBERY OF A SILK MANITFACTOIair• --- 4 prisoners, Walker, Butler, Bushell, Langley, riPPioc c Thomas, were brought up, on remand from Monday' otoleA the first two with receiving knowing it to have boer k t and the last four with stealing, a quantity of L 14 1, 0 050 from the premises of Mr. Miles S im p son , to The particulars of this case we have a l rea dy g iveo,2 $111 )e f ": period of the remand. To-day, Mr. Beswici, cb 0 0 4) intendent of police, was for the prosecution; solicitor, was for the prisoners Bushell, Lano l s;ter e a to and Thomas • and Mr. Bent, solicitor, was for °l 'al oe ss Butler. It will be remembered that access was 1) „, 1 0 "ot the premises by crossing the river. The first l' t otea examined to-day was John Edward Hughes, who ''ot,b° vet he was in the employ of Mr. Hughes, who letshe dooey On Saturday evening, about nine o'elo/t e Thomas came to his master's and asked ..„i` Bade r e boat to go up the river for half an hour; -u- r • John 1' to lend him the boat as it was too ifiat i s se in the employment of ISEN, n any, irie- - t it who keeps a number of boats for hire, stated n e OL D one of his master's boats on Sunday morning• safe at half-past five o'clock on Saturday eve° l 7Stal' al he fastened all the boats up. On the afternoon ° fteretl o the boat was found at Throstle Nest. On Tuesday i' bef the same boat was inspected by Inspector Mg' csr` r , found in it a small piece of paper. Joseph Wils° ll ', bee in the employment of William Bailey, who keerTipt; ii i shop in Salford, stated that on Sunday morning at a Bushell, and a man not in custody, called upon hl°l a to WY ten minutes past six ; they told him to put the . .b° l " to cart, which he did, and they directed him to dry" st hey Top Station ; they met with him ; they started A be ; t y lo past 6 or 20 minutes to seven o'clock, in the eveoil a rt brought a bag with them, which was put into the vi r s llo o 'could 0,1.4 drove the cart to the house of one of the prisoners/ at Collyhurst ; when they got to Walker's, the L' be bac taken into the house, and the prisoners went in by , door • witness saw Walker, who was below stairs a be dow, 'looking into the garden ' • Langley told witness ociio better go, on which he turned his horse's head, and, t oleo' home about half past 9 o'clock; shortly afterwards Tipping, and Bushell, came to his master's and tl e again to put his horse to the cart, which he , did; T r sei m met him at Ordsall-lane, when the prisoner Thomas r e a bundle with him which contained silk ; he a,gail, ll V,fer A ,; cart to Walker's house, where the bundle was Thomas said he had got five sovereigns for the g°°, l •,,Pi others said he must have got more, and went to see /0, Thomas afterwards paid witness 2s. 6d. for the eartaefli, that he had got £7 Hs. altogether for the goods - , al; bag produced (which was found in Walker's - hoilse/;tio like the one the other prisoner put on the cart the ti rs ie ric, ° , they came to him. A person named Clarke, who is ° to v i j an attorney, endeavoured to persuade him to g° country until to-day's examination was over, but be not. Inspector Maybury, in addition to his former ef l a' stated when he searched the boat belonging to 1 0 he found in it the piece of paper produced. tea ",i1; Mr. Brown, manager to Mr. Miles Simpson, st s yarns,the T p h a c e p e rpi o so o f r nt eo a rn p eßor of wttl the re s s a wtoas t e c n k d s e p t or h ao b p e r l eg o r t n e yd g ng to the bl aa committed to take their trial. and the ate::: STEALING A BREAKFAST.—Yesterday, at the Borough Court, a young man named William .Roihnt) i years of age, was found guilty of having, on the ii , November, stolen a breakfast from a little boy I g r i taking it in a can to his father, and adjudged to g imprisonment, with hard labour. 4 110 CAUTION TO CARTERS.—At the Borough Court, yesterday, William Young, of Halshaw Moor, was n,c r e with being drunk and incapable, about half-pe s t o'clock on the previous evening, in Frederick-stre e `,i, 0 1 0 was in charge of two horses and carts, laden with 0 7, t ,i0 unable to take care of them, being laid in the et re " helpless state of intoxication. Fined 10s. and costs . ROBBERY OF WEARING APPAREL.—At the Otl a Court, yesterday, two boys named Joseph BooF,'"A Henry Clifton ", and an elderly female named Sa,, , Rigge, were charged, the former two with stcal ie so, the woman with receiving, knowing it to be s t° o, o qnautity of wearing apparel from a house in Ca 1 0. After a short examination, all the three prifac j committed to take their trials at the sessions, __„," 33irtb5, OtarriageO, at 0 3:50 11 / lit ° BIRTHS. Ai ' Sei On the sth instant, at No. 18, South-street, Tex ma o ff „- lady of Captain Pickering. of the ship Martha. of this port. „tale On the sth instant, at Hay House, Park-lane, SIM )1 .. 0 . a son of ' 4 ' On the 9th instant, at Abercromby-square, the Wife Lemonius, Esq., of a daughter. 0 a WO r MARRIAGES. s' 11 06 a 0 At Weybridge, on Tuesday, the Bth instant, by the se con b oO e l Gifford, M.A., Albert Vaillant, Captain Bombay Aroll , tiVo o loo viving son of the late Rev. Philip Valliant, rector of Stoht te C , Surrey, to Giulia Isabella, youngest daughter of the St o k e oe, Maceroni, of Weybridge. Parr a in 06 a OSl' On the Bth instant, at St. Clement Danes Chure--., d , O- Henry James Owen. of Live Tool. Esq., to Francis f t , of daughter of the late William Dickenson Nethersele, le 1,00 , street, Strand. Esq. EATHS. On the Bth instant, in the Ile of an, aged 49, th e Se. Dickson Blundell, Esq., of this town. 1 80 41. 1 ~, Ems' .di On the Bth instant, at Bootle, aged 36, R. W. Flute fo r the_dor On the Bth instant, at Conway, where he had gene,,,, io d 1 3°..- i of his health, Charles Euston, second son of the late g u 1 1° of P o f o Esq., of Seacombe. . ~ At it. George's, Bermuda, on the 22nd of Sept et Twic e 01 13 fever, aged 23, Georgina Maria Louisa Phillis, th! don the e t Lieutenant Montagu Whitmore, Royal Engineers; g' nil 1,0 September, their infant daughter. At Berlin, on the 26th ultimo of cholera, after a n , i b i rbet sii %r" days, Charlotte, the wife of dtho Baron d'EndTi.t o f lloi Majesty the King of Saxony, and eldest daue ?ix, r irerlii General Sir John Forster Fitz Geral d, K.C.B. ati'l 1 / ,, u tes„ . 0 On the 601 instant. at Bagneres deli 1_ _gorr, mone hesle•' Lucy, the beloved wife of Alfred Binyon, Esq., of 1 1 52nd year. WILL,,-- R. Of ( I s . i u N.-I. , t o sta tw Printed and Published by CHARLES o d Oxford Street, at his General P r inting. 00 1, Establishment,l9,vEisf South No John Street, tree l, t i L i v i s elY s _ 3. FRIDAY, JA 4 Lite 0 . Vey, e t4c I\ Thi , -4 •. ~!1 'l ~~