Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-12 00:00:00

aLkt, PARLIAMENT. 1i 01j ,,, —_,— h. '''' OF LORDS—FRIDAY. I PS met at five o'clock. ill VENCII COLONIZITION. 41 S haftesbury asked the Government for ~l i P ectil if an arrangement that had been t ° Parties i n F rance , w ith the sanction of the Il rlt) to obtai n a s upply of African labourers, . ell, from Tagos. :laid it w as t r ue the project for providing I tt e French colonies from the east coast of ; 4 ) t it had b een san ctioned by the French ' tti ll lt Provi s i on had been made that it should itl i tati°ll , though he (Lord Clarendon) was Vi°result would ultimately be to encou ra g e e : had been the case in similar plans for Itifill colonies. ' r emark s fro m the Earl of Derby and Earl I k r°,PPed. peg indernaity Bill, after some discussion, Ogle stges, and their Lordships adjourne d , 44 it ,en. U b Z OF COMMONS—FRIDAY. .ek the chair at four o'clock. 4 11 Mr. B a gshaw took the oaths and their at and Harwich, respectively. Tap -- SUEZ CANAL PROJECT. 11 1 . 4 notice that, on an early day after the jilquire of the First Minister whether the itrr had applied e Isthmus of Suez to the Porte to sanction Canal. 1,,,, h 'ON CT JEWS INTO PARLIAMENT. ull ollCombe gave notice that immedi a t el y 4 1 . 4 e eh.uld call attention to the fact that ertceding Parliaments, only three mem -11,„ItY of London had taken their sate, and 41_ 11 Rothschild, a member of the Jewis h 2.€ c been returned a member for the City of mated to take the oaths appointed by law, • thal be most binding upon his conscience, , t ic s with the faith he professes. tcl A. Churchill, stated that it had been determined to tl l l3 ay from the Colony of New South s oundary would run north of the Cla rence heldhn not at that time state precisely of wha t 'lntent would be. TEE 3IEDICA.L PROFESSION. V l f• Rinnaird, It o ° 4l d it was his intention, after the recess, to toregulate the qualifications that would be a ") for the admission of members to the k 4 r. Vance, tf, t eY-Gen era l for Ireland said it was his Lth re_ assembling of Parliament, to submit it bill upon the subject of the transfer of land le I I r. Heedlam, I ;Menerai admitted that the Bankrup tc y '`lve, and stated that it was now under the 14 4. jter Majesty's Government. k im pr. A. Milk, tki e T said the Government considered that it t i iEtt to spare the lives of such of the Indian , •t 4 e not actually concerned in the perpetration th e l l l , and to transport them ; bdt they could only colonies as were willing to receive them. i tt was one of great difficulty, and he c(.uld only Y, ll Pied the attention of the Governor General tr l Y B Government. : 11 `t ) Sir De Lacy Evanr t b~~sdid it was the intention of Governmen t t oil! so on a fte r ft the recess, for the Reform of tiro of London. question from Mr. Laurie, as to the dis lvt.izslinoney, arising from the Crimean war, k ot 4t ons in India, laden said the prize money from the Crimean Itl.6lstributed, would only give 2s: 6d. to each 11 1 d• to each man, and it was not therefore at 4 B rti k nlf division should take place, rrplied in regard to the prize money for `far, that the captured property not being re t:PertY,,would be divided according to the or insum cases. l'i b ° 4 r Warren, le` n tT-Gneril said, be hoped soon after the it a ' L le to make a satisfactory annourcement in e' rti . e, tablishment of a department of Justice. I st In answer to Mr. Blackburn, said the 4; 4l ent had nt resolved to admit the rinciple aatii: ti on was to o be made for property depstroyed 'iil.,to Mr. A. Mills, 'lm b e i rst " said there would be no objections to tkil e the cerreseondence between her Majesty's 'lle; A tt and the eorn%aissioner at Loanda and the 11 ,(O i r e the Squadron on th e West Ccast of Africa, 4 slave trade carried on during the past war ly t kericao flag. ti' lir. Beamish, % t erbert said he ceuld not state the exact period it/ re l 3 ort of the commissioners on. the Queen's I,: el aud would he laid on the table. `P ai r Alr. Griffiths, - biCerston said the question of the retiring pen :Ps occupied the attention of the Governmen *, etl i ' 4 "t at present state what course might be llN l "uhject. • It, ao wanted to ask whether it was true, that t; ll ,g, of Delhi was made prisoner, an assurance , 14 ,",_tra that his life would be spared, and, if true, ikiit,,nority the assurance was given. tk" said the Governor General had given orders l ot , - td - tee King of Delhi, directing that if he had 16 e (3 0 the promise that his life should be spared, 1 'ent on to Aflumbagur, to be sent out - of the i 4l 'rination bad since been received that Captain t, 1, " arrested the king, did promise that his life 1 iilltared, and that promise having been made by '1 1 41 ,. h e sirvice, it would be fulfilled. k 3, Nton gave notice tbat after the recess be i ff fur en i: quiry into the state of National 11 , t gland. ' , selle r ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. ' , selle r of the Exchequer, in moving the post. ti lti u % L t he order for the Committee of Supply Bi 1 ,4f.'Lls , stated that it was intended to p ro p ose a 41 1 ,7 Y the expenses of Dr. Livingstone'e expedition '14 e :3 1 up the Zimbesi River. It was necessary . kild ;', B hould arrive in that river in the month of .4 , l '''s amount of the expense,. about £5,000, lt v anced cut of the Civil Contingency fund, to Vtl e4 len took the opportunity of stating the caurse Lrerement wished to pursue in regard to pu bli c Ne l l proposed that the Bank Indemnity tithe r eceive the royal assent to-morrow, (F r idsy) . f i tl: h nouse should then be adjourned ti.l the (':',, l l'. He also proposed to postpone General S'lll t '' , !nui y Bill till after the recess, and in . the t% 4 ° attend the bill, by ending exte the penmen to t it tli y k e es!ediree life. (Loud h) , )11 r Biagerald observei that General Havelock le e , - Posed to unnecessary dangers, through the l l tO,eots of the Government in sending him relief, i,,,Nt a m m arrangeraents with regard to the conveyance y,,1 0 %;.", 6 Bast. He argued that troops should have 4. 41 1 ,„'" 9Y Suez. )e,cerstoU censured the bon. member for taking an tt s to t'ae reward of merit was the subject for dis "le make an attack upon her Majesty's ministers. tt Plltoent considered that they had taken the best t . 11 l l Nt i th their power for relieving the Indian Army, • i, t t l . 4 N r .s ir intention not to oppose the investigation ii 'tet "4 to which the honourable member referred,.. ot i ,, t i :°romittee Be considered that any minister !"t 4.4 troops . Suez, would have been worthy of lil p it t. by 4 tt b „th ~.akington admitted the inconvenience of ilol l 'a t u . rie . tiesion at that time, but thought the tl4i. inieer was not open to censure fur taking the 1 0 1 1 ,,, ( 7 offered before the adjoarnment, of bringing h ri; A u ieet upon which much anxiety was tilt.. He ii th mel Athat Government had acoeeded to a motion 1 1 1 ° 6`ed upen as a censure upon their conduct. IN, ir i T'es justified the conduct of the Court of 1 t,'51 1 ,:.,,gard to the mutiny. . .. _ No - itussell having exorEssed his gratification of I'i 'lti - t 4 , c f General Havbelock'a annuity, to his son, the R i g -rni tp li t i mated. tl, 4 4ry c eLt Pension Bill was postponed till the 4th 4 , ePublic 'l l-. Tae Health Act Amendment 8.11 'Paned till the same day. ,til k .th, THE BANK ACT. littittettlte,,llor of the Exchequer moyad for a Select e 7 k,. l u f liqUire into the operation of the Bank Ac r Viad ~.,d 8 Vic., cap. 32, and of the Bank Acts_ f th's 11. 11 outland of 1845, 8 and 9 Vic , cap. 3i and Ivae l ß l it lion Gentleman entered at great length I ."l t itl fi ll ' il l Prop o sitions made for the amendment of the 1411114,utending that they would provide no security. N I he b", Rer of commercial distress. In commercial , k i l tlep t e 'ieved, it would be found that the legislative t a ste : 48 comparatively powerless, and, he thought . 1 1 1 1 1, 14," error to suppose that Parliament could devise t t t l t r 4 el i } Panacea to restore confidence when it had la ° Pi : 1 ' commercial difficulties. The Government A li t ! tt o ll t l e " thatthe Bank Directors should continue to 4 A tti tt i `eer, I Under the control of the act of 1844, and ere, Were to be any relaxing power, it should rest `B4B - " tlt ive Government. Looking to the piece , , ' and the readiness with which the House had granted the Bill of Indemnity, he did net think there would be any danger, if the Government continued in mone tary crisises, to suspend the act of 1844, and immediately call Parliament together. Mr. Disraeli could not but think that the Chance for of the Exchequer had forgotten the cause for which Perim mvnt was called together, when he said that currency had nothing to do with the question, and if currency had nothing to do with the question, why had the right hon. gentleman and his friends violated the act of 1844. The committee for which the right hon. gentleman had moved, would, according to the terms of the motion, go over ground that had been gone over before, and the eject of the amendment which he had piec,d on the paper was, that the labours of former acts, committees should have a practical result. If the house assented to the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the months of members would be stopped, and when they met on the 4th of February, no one would be able to submit to Parliament a measure on the subject. The right hon. gentleman expressed his opinion that an unlimited con evertible currency could never depreciate, and concluded his remarks by moving, as an irnendment to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's motion, that, in the opinion of this house, no further enquiry is necessary into the operations of the Bank Act of 184 e, 7 and .8 Vic., cap. 32. Mr. Cardwell said it was his intention to vote for the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. They had learned that the Bank had returned within the limits of the Act of 1844 in regard to the issue of notes, and that the amount of bullion had reached £8,000,000, and the reserve 4,000,000; and he thought there never had been a time in which the operations of the Bank Acts could be more appropriately, and with so much interest, inquired into than now. There were many differences of opinion as to the bearing of the Act of 1844 on the late crisis, and he therefore entreat d the House to submit this matter to a Committe, and not to run precipitately into legislation on the subject. He considered that there was no cause for altering a law under which all the requirements upon the capital of the country had been safely met, notwith standing that the demands had been heavy. The Com mittee of last year had reported that having gone through their labour in regard to England, it was necessary to in stitute enquiry into the Bank Acts of Ireland and Scotland, and he urged the House not to . legislate without full en quiry, and not to follow the retrogade motions of 1826, 1837, and 1839. Mr. Gladstone concurred in the warning of his Righl Hon. friend against retrogressive legislation, though he could not agree with the manner in which they were applied The evidence on the subject was accumulated beyond the possibility of further intormation being obtained, and he did not think their ignorance upon what principle the Government intended that the currency should be based, was worthy of the dignily of Parliament. The Bank Act had failed on two occasions, and it could not stand as it was. They must look for a continuance of these crisises, and he could not consent they should be habitually met by a breach of the law of the land. The Act of 1844, which was damaged in 1847, was totally shattered in 1857. Lord Overstone bad himself expressed an opinion, that the rune had now come when some elastic provisions should be inserted in the Act of 1844, to meet the pres ure of a commercial panic. This he (Mr. Gladstone) understood as an avowal of the evils which must arise from a recurring violation of the law which left the power in the hands of the Ministry to decide what houses should be ruined and what should be saved. Much of the evil in the late difficulties had arisen from the con • fusion which prevailed in the public mind between the func tions of currency and banking. People looked to the bank to get them out of a financial difficulty, and he was afraid that this misapprehension could only be removed by the amendmept of the act of 1844. Bat all these disasters were to be eostpone i for further inquiry, though he saw no hing to prevent the Government teem proposing to Parliament a measure when they met again after the recess, and he hetieved that such a measure would be introduced if the House did but signify that its opinion was in favour of such a proceeding. There were many subjects to go before the committee if the times were quiet ani easy ; but be contended that the late panic and the present distress were subjects for legislation—to overcrowd a committee was to stifle the enquiry. The question now to be faced was, what was the cause of the late crisis, and how far such disasters might be avoided for the future by legislation ? and this subject he considered ripe for discussion, and one that ought to be di cussed in the House. Mr. Malins declared that the hour of legislation had arrived, and stated his intention of supporting the amendment. Mr. Horsfall defended the appointment of the com mittee. Mr. Weguelin thought, if they were to carry out the provisions of the Act of 1844 to the letter, all advances on discounts should have ceased on the sth of November. Mr. Blakemoree expressed an opinion in favour of the Goverment proposition. The Chancellor of the Exchequer then briefly replied. The House then divided ; the numbers etere— For the miginal motion 295 Against M jority for The other buiness on the paper was disposed of and the House adjourned sh,rtly after one o'clock. LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISHMENT FOR BOYS' CLOTHING.—Number of boys clothed for the week ending Saturday, December sth, 710; corresponding week last year, 424 ; ircrease, 286. DEATH OF MR. PETER LIVINGSTON,--Mr. P. Livingston, of this town, aged 81 'years, father to Mr. James Living ston, of Liverpool, died on Sunday, the 6th instant. His remains were fo!lowed to their last resting-place, Islanea ly, on Tuesday, by a large concourse of relatives and blends, whom his blameless lite awl many amiable qualities attached to him.—Castlebar Telegraph_ 2IIARITABLE CONCERT AT BIRKENHEAD.—A, concert will be given at the Argyle-rooms, in Birkenhead, next Thursday evening, fir which we would e irnestly entreat the support of our readers, as the proceeds will be given to two persons (mother and son) who have been reluced, by long continued and hopeless illness, to the lowest depths of poverty, though formerly moving in good society. We can vmich for the sad truth of this, and can assure our readers that their contributions will be given to worthy and deserving objects. THE STANLEY LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY.-011 Wednesday evesing . last, this society held its usual weekly meeting at the rooms, Bible 133po3itory, Slater-street. Mr. H. Jeffries in the chair. Mr. W. H. Morris opened the debate, on the q'uestion " Ought a Maine Liquor Law to be enacted in England," on the affirmative, and Mr. T. Sherlock on the negative side. A. warm debate ers'red, in which Messrs. &ape, Hed'ey, and Winkup took part, when, on the motion of Mr. T. Daniel, it was adjourned until Wednesday evening next. THE Sec lETY. F FBIEND3 OF FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS. — We are glad to see that this society is progressing, but the outlay has of late been so large, the demands on the funds of the society being much more numerous than formerly, that it is necessary, according to the report, to make an effort towards raising the regular income of the society to at least £5OO, if it is to be upheld in its unimpaired efficiency. From the report road at the meeting of the society on Thursday evening, we mike the following extracts.—" We have offered to the public at large a relief from the importunities of the beggar by profession —we have detected many irn pestors, and we have assisted many cases of real and un deserved distress, which from the position of this port are necessarily thrown upon our hands. Amongst the claims we put forward to more general support from the public, we would mention that this society has the merit of first drawing attention and making known the cruelties which have been practised on board of the ships between the Ualted States and this country, and which were so startling, that it was some time before they were believecf. By unremit tingly pursuini this subject we have the satisfaction to find that by the aid of the Board of Magistrates it has been brought under the notice of Her Majesty's Government, , and it has been also represented in so stronga light to'the proper authorities in the United States, that a well ford( d hope may be indulged that this monstrous evil, if not en tirely prevented in future, will at least be greatly mitigated. But the means of the society have been fearfully timed from this cause, and have thus been prevented from being more largely applied to many cases of individual distress, which the society would gladly have relieved more effec ally. The number of applicants during the year has been 1,136, of which 1,038 were relieved, and 98 were dis missed. Amongst these applicants there - were many, particularly Italians, which had been expelled from Turkey and Egypt, they arrived herein masses, one steamer having brought no less than twenty of them at a time, and al though there were cases of great hardship, the society could do no more than affard them the meat s of travelling further. There were also' many applicitions from indi viduals of the disbanded Foreign Legion, and by the exertion of this society, several of them obtained free passages to the colonies from her Majesty's War Office. From the Crimea, too, many foreigners who had bsen em ployed th ere d uring the war, earns herein quest of employment, and were relieved and sent away." In conclusion, the report says :—" It is evident that owing to its con staat communications with kindred institutions in other towns, and the experience gained by daily enquiry into real and assumed need, this eociaty has special facilities for detecting true distress, and for planning the most efficient and economical shape of relief. The society would, therefore, in conclusion, requeit the public to refer all ap plicants to them, that imposters may be foiled ; and, in return, they express once more their earnest hope that the community will support the society in its useful mission." We hope to Fee the public appreciate the endeavours of the society to befriead the poverty.stricken foreigner. THE CHARGE OF POISONING AGAINST AN ALDERMAN AND MAGISTRATE AT PRESTON. FROM OUR OWN REPORTER. PRESTON, FRIDAY NIGHT. The adjourned inquest on the body of Edward Turner, reed maker, of this town, who, it was alleged, had been poisoned by his surgeon, Mr. Alderman Monk, of this town, and who is now in custody on the charge of forging the deceased's will, was resumed to-day at the Town Hall before Mr. Myres, the coroner for the district. Messrs. Bamford and Pilkington, surgeons, of Chorley, were present on behalf of the relatives of the deceased, and Dr. Stavert, and Mr. Gilbertson, surgeon, of Preston, on the part of Mr. Monk. Mr. A'croft, the Town Clerk of Preston, was also in attendance, and took a part in the inquiry, and Mr. W. Blackhurst, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the accused. The first witness examined to-day, was Mr. Henry Armstrong, a chemist, residing in Church-street, Preston, and he deposed to making up three prescriptions for the deceased, in September last, which were sent to hire by Mr. Monk. Amongst them was a prescription dated the 12th of September (a fortnight before the deceased died) It was composed of 2 grains of mercury chalk, 5 grains of powdered ipecaehuana, and 5 grains of powdered opium, with mucilage sufficient to form a pill. Witness made 10 pills, each containing the above-named quantities, and gave them to a boy who called for them. One pill was to be taken every three hours. He invariably returned the pre scriptions to Mr. Monk after entering them in his book. Mr. Ascroft here produced a book from Mr. Monk's surgery, containing entries of all prescriptions which had been sent out to his patients, which amongst others. con tained one of the 12th of September, which had been sent to the deceased. By Mr. Ascroft : The book produced professes to contain entries of prescriptions for the deceased. They are in Me Monk's handwriting. The one on the 12th of September is in his handwriting. [The prescription, as entered in Mr. Monk's book, was here read, and was as follows : " Sept. 12.—Prescription ordered for edward Turner. — Mercury and chalk, half a grain ; powdered ipecachuana, half a grain ; powdered opium, two grains ; and mucillage sufficient to make a pill."] By Mr. Blackhurst : I always enter prescriptions in my book after making them up. I entered that of the 12th of September. It is two grains of of mercury and chalk, five grains of powdered ipecachuana, and five, grains of powdered opium, to each pill. I have made no mistake. It is an exact copy of the prescription I received from Mr. Monk. Mr. Thomas Dawson, chemist, examined : I am a drug gist in Preston. On the 10th day of September I received a prescription from Mr. Monk for E award Turner. It was compost d of three grains of powdered opium, mercurial pill ten grains, and that mass divided into eight pills ; one pill every two hours. I produce the prescription. It is in the handwriting of Mr. Monk. The next prescription I received was on the following day, the 11th ; it was a half pint mixture, containing one ounce of castor oil, three drachma of powdered acacia, or powdered green arab ie, a drachm and a half of laudanum, and the rest pepper. mint water; two table-spoonsful to be taken eve!) , three hours. The next prescription was on the 19th of Sep tember. It was a six ounce mixture, and was composed of two grains of acetale of morphia, s'at drops of diluted sul phuric acid, two and a half drachms of compounded tincture of carderaoms, and the rest water. The thee was two table-spoonfuls three times a day. The next prescrip tion was on the 22nd of September. It was a one ounce draught, - ,and contained sixteen grains of powdered rhubarb, half a drachm of tincture of rhubarb, six drops of sal-volatile, and the rest cinnamon water ; the draught to In taken immediately. The next was on the .23rd of Septem'ier n t was half a pit t mixture, and was composed of three grains of ascetate of morphia, half a tlrachtn of diluted sulphuric acid, half an ounce of red syrup, and the rest water. Two tablespoonfuls every three hours. On the 24th of September I received another. It was an our c 3 and a half draft, and contained a scruple of powdered rhubarb, ten drops of sal-volatile, half a dram of tincture of ginger, and the rest peppermint water. The draft to be taken immediately. Those are all. All these medicines I either sent to Mr. Monk's surgery, or delivered them to the boy. By the Coroner : I keep all the surgeons' prescriptions, Sut physicians' prescriptions I return. Mr. William Pilkington examined : I am a surgeon in Chorley. I was present when the body of Edward Turner was exhumed, on the 20 It of November. On the same day I assisted in making a post mortein examination. Mr. Bamford, surgeon, of Chorley, Dr. Stavert, of Pteston, and Mr. Gilbertson, surgeon, of Preston, were also present. Oa the removal of the coffin lid the face was found to be very much decomposed. The body itself was not much decayed. Io the first instance we examined the chest. The lnngs were found adherent to the walls of the chest, sheering that there had been some difficulty in breathin g . The heart appeared externally to be healthy. The liver was very much contracted, and much smaller than is g , n e rally found in a dead pel am. This might be attri butable to the length of time that he bad been interred, or from his having been a free liver, The stomach appeared externally to be natural, but we did not open it, as we thought it better to send it entire to Dr. Taylor. The upper portion of the lesser bowels appeared to be healthy. The latter portion were found to be in flamed, the next portion of the bowels also is flame, the last ptrtion, or the rectum, much more inflamed than the previous portion of the bowels, the kidneys healthy, the bladder empty. On opening the brain it was found to be in a fluid and pulpy state. The spinal cord was opened, and appeared to be in a similar state to the brain. The different portions of the viscera were then planed in sixteen jars, covered over with bladders, and sealed a ith wax, for the purpose of being sent to Dr. Taylor. By the (Serener: My impression is that the deceased died from irritation and inflimmtdon of the lower part of the bowels. Haviog heard the medicines which were pre scribedfor the deceased, I am of opin'on that they were suitable, with the exception of the prescription of Mr. Arrn , trong on the 12th of September. Supposing such a medicine to have been given to the deceased, I am of opinion that if it had been taken in the time named, it would have killed him before the 26 h. I now look at the entry of The prescription in Mr. Menls's book, at the surgery, aid now produced. It is as follows :—" Prescription ordered to be sent for E. Turner :—Mercury and calk, half a grain ; p iwder_d ipecachuana, h elf a grain ; and mucilag , s efficient to make a pill." That I consider a proper dose ; but the dose, as deposed to by Mr. Armstrong, was strong enough to kill a horse. In all probaiility, after taking such a large dose of mercury, there would be intense irritatior, and probable ulceration of the bladder. I heard the ex tmination of Alice Chadwick, on tie appearances to which she deposed when explaining the deceased's symptom. Those symptoms are quite conSstent with what would be produced by a large dose of meretry, such as the pills described by Mr. Armstrong. A large dose of mercury might be taken, and yet not be docovered on a post mortem examination. By Mr. Blackhurst : On comparing the entry in Mr. Armstrong's hook, as to the pre3erip.bn of the 12th of September, with the entry its reference to thatprescription made in Mr. Monk's book, it appeared thet the pills made up by Mr. Armstrong contained ten times theleardity of mercury and the other ingred:ents, than that vaned in Mr. Monk's entry. It was, in my opinion, spite imtossible for the deceased to have taken those pills ou the 12Ce of Sep tember, and to have lived until the 26th. Mr. Thomas Howard Bamford, surgeon, Thorley, examined : I assisted at the post mortem examination of the body of the deceased. I concur with the last witness in all he has said. I elm make to v triation from his statements. Dr. Stavert, of Preston, was next examined, and also concurred with Mr_ Pilkington in all he had stated. DR. TAYLOR'S ANALYSIS. The Coroner then submitted the report which he 1)41 received from Dr. Taylor. , • He read the report. It commenced by a reference to the state of the organs, and then stated that the whole of the stomach, which was cut into small pieces, the intestines, with their contents, the bile, and a portion of the liver, the spleen, kidneys, heart, and about four ouncrs of decom posed blood, obtained from the chaining of the jars, were submitted to analysation. The report then proceeded as follows.:—" Separate and distinct analyses were made of those different parts, and the poisons specially sought for were those of an irritant kind, that is, such as would pro duce vomiting, purging, and pain, including arsenic, corrosive ',sublimate, a portion of mercury, copper, anti mony, lead, and zinc. The result of a minute inves tigation, e xtending over a pe ied of five day s, was that the bile from the gall bladder, and a portion of the liver examined, yielded a small quantity of arsenic; which was obtained in a metallic state. There was no indication of-mercury, or of any noxious or poisonous substance in any of the other parts examined." ,t SION. Neither in the aPpearances presented by the viscera r in the results of the chemical analysis is there anything to indicate that the death of the deceased was caused by poison. The state of the kidneys and some parts of the large intestines indicate the existence of natural , disease. The discovery of mercury in the bile, and in the substance of Ihe liver requires explanation. Mercury, if in the body at all, is generally found in the liver, and if taken within a few days or a week of death, it may still be found in the live? or bile, The mercury found in the body of the deceased was in small quantities, and it may have been the i residue of one or wore doses medioinally preseribal, On THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1857, my part, I have no information on which I can pass an opinion. The report having been reml, it was suggested that an attempt should be made to find the prescription of t' e 12th of September, returned to Mr. Monk's surg ery by Mr. Armstrong. A messenger was despatched for the purpose, and on his return he said it could not be found among the other prescriptiorw. The jury then returned a verdict to the effect " That the deceased died from natural causes." DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE. On Thursday morning, at an early hour, a murder and suicide of a most tragical and distressing character teak place at Thornton Heath, about a mile distant from the town of Croydon. For some years past, Mrs. Mary Smither, a lady of some property, and her two sons, one William nelton Smither, aged 33, and the other. Gam.les Smither, aged 18, occupied the house No. 49, Thornton Heath, and the family were reroarkablo for the love and affection which seemed to. subsist between them. William Helton, the eldtr son, has been a clerk in the Bank of England, from which establishment he received a salary of £2OO per annum; and Charles has been engaged in the factory of Mr. Bunnitt, engineer, Deptford, preparatory to his entcring the Bank of England also, which he expected to do in a few weeks. William has been remarkable for his steadiness and general eportment, until very recently, when, unfortunately, a total change came over him, and kr some days preceding the awful tragedy in which he was the principal actor, he was known to drink a bottle of brandy. This change, there teen be no doubt, has been occasioned by his bee eming a spe culator on 'Change, and the ill luck which attended these speculations. On one bargain alone he is said to have lost as much as £7O, and this sum he borrowed from a friend in the beginning of the week, to pay over to his stock broker. His losses, it would seem, were considerable, for, from some papers found, it appears that assignments were prepared for the disposal of some life policies, and a bill for £5OO for ecceptance from a geetleman in the city, were found amongst them. It had been his, William's custom to sleep down stairs, bat for some cause cr other, he for some nights preceding the unfortunate 'occurrence slept with his brothers, on the first floor, a proceeding objected to by his mother, who insisted on his resting in his own bed, and on Thursday night the unfortunate lady called out to her younger sane and asked " if William lead gone to his own loom," and the ens wer,:though not true, was in the affirmative. Nothing, however, occurnal on that night to excite suspicion or alarm. The mother and brothers went to bed as usual, and on the following morning, about seven o'clock, the servant, Eliza Morgan, was awoke, as she thought, by a noise in her mistress's room, and she at once got up end commenced her domestic work. In about a quarter of an hour afterwards she heard a knocking at the bed room of Mr. Charles, and on going there, Mr. William asked her for a wine glass, which she took to hire, and returned to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Henry having waited some time beyond tjie usual time at which the family came to breakfast, she went to the bed room of Charles and listened for a momect or so, and hearing no noise, she pushed the door open, and the first thing that caught her vices , was the countenance of her young master, with a quantity of coloured foam about the mouth and nostrils. The sight so alarmed her that she retired from the room, and at once ran to the house next door for assistance, and returned with the servant men. Both persons then entered the bedroom, where they found both the brothers perfectly lifeless, and a phial and a win glass on the foot of the bed. The first exclamation of the servant was, that she was sure the shock would kill her mistress, and hesitated for a few moments as to how she should break it to her. In a few moments, how ever, she summoned resolution, and proceeded to her mistress's bedroom, on the same floor, and on entering it shocking to relate, found the unfortunate lady numbered amongst the dead also. She lay on the bed with her head resting on her right hand, the bed perfectly un rufff ad, and it was evident the potent and deadly poison had instaataneous effect and she died without a strug;le. Though no human aid could have been of the slightest avail, medical aid was sought after, but it was quite an hour before it could be procured, and at the end of that time Mr. Bottomley, of Croydon, made his appearance, and pronounced all three dead. Inspector Alexander Frezer, of the P division of pollee stationed at Croyden, was soon on the spot, and took charge of the house at:d the property, and on learning that Mr. Bottornley had taken away a letter written by the deceased, and also the phial which had contained the prussic acid, lie expressed some astonishment and dissatisfaction, par ticularly as he had not been able to ascertain whether the label on the battle bore the name of any chemist. It appears that Mrs. Smither had been ailing for some days, and that her son Willi tm had been in the habit of giving her the medicine prescribed for her illneas, and by this means had been enabled to give her t he fatal dose, which must, in a moment, have terminated her existenc... It is the opinion of these who had seen him, that the fatal drug must have been poured into the moath of the youth Charles while he lay on his back, and that the sudden shock to the circulation had caused the foam about the mouth and nostiile. It is also believed that the quantity of prussic acid taken by the unfortunate murderer himself was so great that his death was iastanten , ous. Information of the tragical event has been forwarded to Mr. Crater, the Coroner, but no time is yet mentioned for the holding of he inquest. " I have lived to know," says Adam Clarke. " that the greatest secret of human happiness is this—Naer . suff r your energies to stagnate. The old adage of too many irons in the fire conveys an untruth. Yon car not have too many—pokers tongs, aad all—keep them all going." A labourer, named Turner, standing in the street of Bishop Auckland, on Saturday evening week, during a disturbance between some drunken pitmen, was knocked by a blow on the head with a coalrake, which was wielded with frightful force by one of the rioters. Turner died the same night. The murderer escaped. DEPOPULATION. —WIIERE SHALL we END ? The depopulation of a Highland glen, within the bmnds of a neighbouring county, is surprising. Abut 50 years ago there were in it upwards of 36 families, all of whom were free and happy, and were then sending many men, who, as officers and privates, shone conspicuous in the fore most line of battle, shedding their blood for the security of our throne and the happiness of our land. There are now, within the same limits, if we ale not mistaken, only six ! Elgin Courant. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A serious railway accident occurred ab )ut half-past six o'clock on Thursday morning, to a young man named Joseph Flight, a breaks man in the employ of Mr. J. Hargreaves, coal merchant, Preston. Fright Was in eaarge of a coal train which left Copland, near Wigan, abaut six o'clock. On the arrival of the train at Preston he was missed, and the engine driver immediately proceeded with his engine down the and Inand the poor fellow lying across the metals, a short distance fro a the Farington station. One of his logs was frightfully smashed. He was conveyed to Creston, where he received prompt medical aid, but it was found necessary to amputate the injured limb. ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT ON Tem NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—An inqaest was held at Leeds, on Tuesday, before Mr. Blackburn, deputy coroner, on the body' of William Simpson. aged 30, who had been employed as a labourer on the North-Eastern Railway. On Saturday he was engeged in repairing the permanent way of the line at Gilder Junction, when an engine, drawing several trucks of ballast, came up. It was th deceasd'e duty to uncouple and re-couple the waggons of such a train, and he was thus engaged with, this particular train. After 'he ballast had been shot out of three waggons, deceased beckoned to the engine driver (James Butterworth) to back the train, and he, then suddenly ran between the waggons, apparently wieh a view of doing something to the coupling chains. Toe waggons being jerked, deceased 'received a brow is the abdomen from one of the buffers, and was taken tip In sensible. Ho wrs immediately taken to the Le ds Infirmary, but expired just before he reached it. The jury found a verdiet of accidental death. BOILER EXPLOSIO', AND Loss Ow LIFE AT WEST Bacniewien.--Ale Jut nine o'clock on Wednesday morning, and whilst apparently all was going on as usual a'. the Bra Lane Colliery, known also as the B allock'e Farm Colliery, one of the two large boilers at the works exploded with tremendous violence. Such was the force, that a large portion of one end of the boiler was completely torn off, whilst the mass of hriCkwork in which it was embedded was blown up and scattered in a'l diree'ions. The bailer which laid close to, and with which the one in question was connected, was not at all disturbed, except as to such connecting part. The two large stacks of chim• neys close to, and the building (the engin -house) within a few yards, all escaped injury ; the force of the explosion treating itself in the direction of Semi Lane, the chim neys and building referred to being -in the opposite direc tion. The size of the boiler was 7 feet by . 28 feet, and it has only been is work five years. Its twin, the other boiler referred to, had been used for seven years. One of the men at the works, James Webb, who was close against the boiler at the time of the accident, was blown almost to pieces, and must have died instantly. His wife, who had brought him his breakfast, was jest leaving the boun dary gate the moment when the boiler burst. We have seen and conversed with the heed engineer, John Ray, who says that he is quite at a loss to account for the accident. It so happened that the engine driver who has usually the charge of the boiler, &c. is ill, and so Mr. Ray had on Wednesday the whole management. It seems as if the whole of the inside of the burst boiler bad been heated to red beat. We could get no positive information as to tha amount of damage, done%-21inningharn Daisy Test. MANCIIESrER ENORMOUS ROBBERY OF BANK NOTZS AT SINGULAR RECOVERY OF THE MONEY, AND CLEVER CAPTURE OF THE THIEF. On Thursday afrerroon, soon after one o'clock, Mr. Frederick Thompson, of the firm of William Thompson and Son, corn millers, of Wakefield, was sitting at his desk in the Corn Exchange, Hanging Ditch, Manchester, and upon the desk lay his pocket-book, containing Bank of England-notes and bills to the amount of £3,160. Mr. Thompson turnetreround for a minute to speak to a gen tleman, and when he again turned to his desk, he missed the [pocket-book. This was about half-past one. An alarm was immediately given, and the doors of 'he Corn Exchange were speedily closed, and all strangers closely scrutinised, but the thief had already made his escape. Information was promptly taken to the detective police office, and the officers immediately sent information of the robbery by telegraph to various towns. Sergeants Shandley, Bateman, Clayton, Watson, and Bramall, all of the detective department, were at Once despatched in different directions, to make inquiries, and to search for the thief. Sergeant Shandley proceeded to the Corn Excleange, and there several of the weathers described to him one or two strangers, whom they had observed in the room shortly before the robbery was discovered. One member, Mr. Thomas Thorpe, salesman to-Mr. Charles Holt, corn and' flour factor, Hanging Ditch; not only described a person whom he had observed and had remarked upon to a friend, but offered to accompany Shandley in his search for the delinquent. This offer was accepted, and Sergeant Shandley at once proceeded to , the cabstand near the' Cathedral, and, accompanied by Mr. Thorpe, proceeded as fast as possible to the OrdSal Lane Station of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway; where they found the express train, leaving the Victoria Station at 2.2() for Liverpool, just about moving off: They procured its detention, and Sergeant Shandley on inquiry learned from one of the railway servants that the only person who had got into the train there was a gentleman, who had entered the middle compartment of a first-class carriage,. whichelwas pointed out. Oa Mr. Thorpe looking through the window, in a person seated in the carriage, he at once recognised a gentlemanly looking man, apparently a foreigner whom he observed in the Corn Exchange an hour before, and had then remarked to a friend that he thought he must be a Greek merchant from Liverpool. On Mr. Thorpe communicating this to Shandley, they both got into the same carriage, and the train proceeded. Mr. Thorpe and Shandley got into conversation with the man, who 'was wearing a white lavender-coloured cap, though Mr. Thorpe was certain he wore a hat on the Corn Exchange ; and a hat was suspended over his seat. To their inquiries the man, in broken English and a foreign accent, said he was a foreigner, and could speak very little English. Sergeant Shandley asked him whether he was staying in Man chester or in Liverpool, and for a while could not get any clear answer. At length the 'man said that he was staying at the C unmercial Inn, Liverpool, awl was returning thither from Manchester; but he could not remember the name of the street in which the Commer cial was situate. After some further questioning, Sergeant Shandley jumped up, and seized the hat hanging over the stranger's head, at which the man appeared very much excited, and expressed his annoyance at such liberties being taken with him. Sergeant Shandley then showed him his authority as a polies-officer, and said he must search him on suspicion of his having stolen a pocket-book containing a large sum in bank notes, on the Manchester Cure Exchange. The man said he would not be searched in the carriage, as there were two ladies in the carriage ; and accordingly the officer and Mr. Thorpe contented themselves with watching that he did not remove anything from his pockets tilt the train reached the Newton station, its first stopping place after leaving Manchester. There Shandley removed the man from the carriage, and as he stepped out the officer saw a large folding pocket-hook (answering the description of that stolen) in the man's breast pocket. He immediately selzsd it, but it contained no bank notes. only a letter. Mr. Thorpe, seeing that the man kept one hand in the left - . pocket of his coat, felt the pocket, and finding it soft and bulky, said he thought the moner must be in that pocket. Both Shandley and Mr. Thorpe thrust their hands into the pocket, a'id brought out three large rolls of bank notes. Mr. Thorpe then stooped and picked up the pocket-book, and found that the letter it contained was addressed to Mesq.a. Thompson and Son, Wakefield. Shandley then took the men into a private room of the station-office, and a further search was made. tic had 25 sovereiins in a small purse in his trowser's pocket, as well as a cigar -case, and two new and blank memorandum hooks, &c. He wore a large gold watch, with gold Brequet chain, &c. The prisoner said they had got all he had, and he hoped they would treat him with proper respect, and he would give them his word of honour that ' he would go quietly with them. It was then arranged that the man should remain in Shandley's custody at the station-house, and that. Mr. Thorpe should proceed about a mile further along the line to the Warrington Junction, and thence telegraph to Captain Patin, the chief constable of Manchester, that Shandley had taken the thief with all the property. This being done, Mr. Thorpe rejoined Sharelley, and with the prisoner they returned to Manchester by the train leaving Liverpool at 3 p.m., and reaching Manchester at 4 45. 01 course the news of the capture had preceded them e and, on reaching the Victoria Station, they found not only Mr. F. Thompson, the owner of the notes, but a con siderable number of persons, members of the Corn Exchange and others, who greeted the captors with repeated cheers, and groaned and hooted at the prisoner on his way from the train to a cab, in which he was at once conveyed to the Police-office, Town Hall. After a further search of the prisoner, and a careful examination of the notes, which were fount to be all there, the prisoner was removed to the lock-up, and he will be brought up for examination this morning at the City Police-court. While at the Newton Station, he asked Shandley to give him a half-sovereign out of the purse (his own money) to get some refreshment, and this was done. In con versation with Mr. Thorpe, he said that he came from Cronstadt, and was a native of Russia. At the Pelice office, however, he said that his name is Charles Brow ness, aged 28, a native of Wallachia, where he says he has landed property, and that he lives upon its vela's. Ile admitted having come from Liverpool to Manchester on Wednesday ; and it was. observed that his clothes are all new. It has since been ascertained that he bought the hat on Tuesday or Wednesday, at a shop near the Rainbow • Hotel, Market-street, expressing a desire to have a hat of genuine English make ; and that he left there a hat of foreign make. He is apparently about sft. Bin. of sallow complexion, and dark hair; wearing black coat and trousers, dark waistcoat, black stock, and a showy:gold pin. His clothes appear to be of the make of some fashionable London tailor. So far as is at, present ascertained, he is not known to the Manchester police ; but several oe the superior detective officers are at present attending the assizes at Liverpool and Chester. Sergeant Shandley, after the prisoner was safely lodged in the lockup, proceeded to Liverpool, in order to discover where he had been staying, and to examine his luggage, &c. The lost and thus speedily recovered money, consists of one £5OO Bank of England note, many of £lOO each, others respectively of £2O, £lO. and £5, and a few country bank notes. Also a bill for £3lB, and some cheques for various amounts. Great praise is due to Sergeant Shandley and to Mr. Thorpe for the way in which they discovered the thief and recovered the stolen property.—Mancltester Guardian. MESSRS. OVEREND, GURNEY, AND CO., AND THE BANK OF ENGLAND. The city editor of the Times having accused " a certain discount house" of having adopted a course of proceeding calculated to aggravate the recent crisis, the following letter has,been addressed by the house in question to our cotemporary. The allegations were that on November 12th one partner called at the bank and asked for accounts to the extent of £500,00x, and, when this was promised, he raised the application to £700,000 ; this being conceded, he again increased his demand to £900,000, which was granted. Meanwhile, however, the partner by whom these applications were made is understaod to have pro ceeded to a leading banker among the private firms in Lombard-street, and to have informed him that he had been to the:Bank of England in vain, and could get no advances whatever. Of course, this was calculated to add greatly to the distrust already prevalent, and its Effects would have spread much further had not the hanker subsequently ascertained tharthe representation had been entirely erroneous. The following is the letter of Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co.:— Lombard street, Dec. 9. Sir,—The observations in your city article thi% day relating to our Iriuse render it incumbent o Us to make a reply, an I we are glad of the opportnnity of doing so, as most unfounded misrepre entat.ons have been in • irculation upon the subjett. We may state, then, brit fly, that we did not ask the bank for any more than we ahsolutely require' on the 12th ult. to meet the extraordinary demand ar sing from the fotlure of Messrs. Sanderson , sad Co., under a very excited sta.° of the money market, and concurrently wtk it an eno mous drain for Ireland. The amount quoted is conslerably beyond the sum taken. As to cur applications having been made at various times of the day. this arose simply from the continuance of the demand upon us. There is no truth in our having stated that we had been to the bank in vain ;," but, in reply to a coestion made by a banker who called on us at the tim3, we stated that we had not an answer to our second application. Thit was caused by the governnor being in committee. As to the inennation that we have added to the Pante, it is absurd to suppos, we should do anything so contrary to our own intevst ; but A e may eta e conftdently that we have ex-rted eurrelves to the utmost to render every assistance in our power thanughout the crisis to support public credit. We remain, your's respectfully, OVERISSD, GIIINET, 4 1 4, CO. DISASTROUS FIRE CAUSED BY A THRISEIING MACHINE.-- A day or two ago, Ur. J. Al oxo n, of Scretfon Fields , near Ashby-de-la-Z In ch, had a threshing machine employed on his farm premises to thresh some wheat, when a spark from the engine ignited the straw, and the flames speedily communicated to six or seven stacks in the yard, which were almost totally destroyed. The machine, also, which two or three years since cost £350, was rendered nearly valgeless. The damage is estimated at £l,OOO. OUTRAGE ON BOARD AN AMERICAN SRI THE CLYDE. On Friday the ship Ophelia, of Boston, United States Captain Barker, was lying at anchor at the Tail of the Bank, having come down the Clyde from Glasgow, prey phratory to setting out on her voyage to Now Orleans. The master of the ship was in Glasgow on that day, concluding his arrangements for starting, and the ship was in charge of Charles Henry Sawyer and Benjamin Lewis—both men of 27 years' of age, and Americans — the first and second mates of the vessel. About ten o clock on the morning of Friday, some of the seamen went on board, and, among others, a young man named Lovell, belonging to Newry, in Ireland. Scarcely had he got on deck when, without the slightest provocation , or apparent motive, Lewis ' the second mate, struck him , with his list a, most savage blow on the face, which feUei him to the ground, and the blood flawed from his eyes He got up and went into the forecastle, where was another •f the seamen,- named Daniel Fraser, a young man belonging to Rothesay, in Bute. The two mates entered the forecastle, and quarrelled with Fraser, whom they ordered on deck. Ho said he was just going, whenever he had got his knife. Both the males then set upon him, and- struck him violently, dragging him out of the forecastle, and along the deck as far as the booby hatch, when Lewis. the- second mate, struck him a tremendous blow on the forehead with his fist, on; which he had a' dangerous weapon called " Inuckle-• duster," which is of iron,-and fits closely on to the shut fist, which blow cut open Fraser's Forehead, and felled him to the ground, where he lay with the blood Sowing' copiously from his wound. Wilde lying cn the deck, the twee mates set to " boating" him, or kicking him. violently with their boots. She poor fellow, finding him-- .self subjected to such cowardly arid cruel usage, sprang upon his legs, got upon the; ship's side rail, and jumped' deliberately into the river, in order to escape from his' brutal assailants. He struck out for her Atajesty's ship' Wellington, which lay at anchor about halt-a-mile off, near Greenock. The steam-tug - 34r William Vlnllace had' been nearing the Ophelia at the time, and seeing the man plunge into the river, went in the direction in which he was swimming, and, succeeded in picking hlen up in a very exhausted state from the treatment he had received, and the effects of swit=ing with hie clothes on,- the blood still streaming , from his wound- Fraser insisted on being put on. board Her Ma jesty'S ship Wellington, but the tug went alongside the Ophelia, where the two mates of the ship- went into the tug and hauled Fraser on board their vessel. Before the tug left the ship, the mate told Fraser to go • forward, take off his wet clothes, and get his woends dressed, and go to bed, and there would be no more about it, and Fraser did so. He was scarcely': half an hour in his berth, when Sawyer (the mate) came to his door, and quietly-told him he wanted to see nine rn his , (the mate's) stateroom to examine his wounds. Fraser got up and followed the mate aft to his stateroom. Some of the crew also followed Fraser as far as the cable door, but there the latter ware stopped short by Lewie, the second mate, who came to the door, holding out a loaded six barrelled' Colt's revolver, and said that Fraser was to be • put in irons, and that if any man attempted to assist. Fraser in opposing this, he (Lewis) wound shoot him. Feaser, overhearing from this threat that he was to be handcuffed; suddenly tn-ide a rush out from the cabin, and while passing the second mate, the pistol was fired, as it appeared, at another of the crew named Edward Freeman, who had said something disapproving of the course the mates were proposing to adopt in putting Fraser in irons; but, fortunately, the shot did not e Ike effect. When Fraser get past Lewis, he sprang into the main rigging, and was about to jump a second time into the see, when the first mate called out to Lewis ' the second mate, " Shoot that man ;" and Lewis levelled the pistol to obey the bloody•injuection by firing another of the barrels of the revolver, when one of the crew suddenly pulled down his arm, and frustrated his diabolical intention. A. num ber of the crew then made common cause with Fraser, prevented his jumping overboard, and they immediately hoisted a blue shirt on the fore lift, as a signal to Her Mijesty'e ship Wellington that some of the seamen wanted' to volunteer into Her M ijesty's service, as the best means of getting quit of their engagement to sail in the Ophelia without incurring the usual penalties for desertion, or rendering themselves liable to any punishment or forfeiture whatever, as provided in the 214th section of ;the Merchant Shipping Act. The first mate in— sisted that they should keep down the signal, but they - would; not. The war ship Wellington, however, paid no attention to the signal. Ou the afternoon of the sa me day, the two men, Fraser and Freeman, got on shore and* reported the case to Mr. Blair, the procurator-fiscal; and.- a warrant having beta obtained, the first and second mates of the Ophelia were apprehended on board their ship by the fiscal's officer, assisted by Sergeant Dredge and three marines belonging to her Majesty's ship Athole. The officers also found the revolver on board fully loaded to the muzzle with ball cartridge, arid even capped, and; all ready for action. Lovell, the first man who was struck, has entered on board the Athole ; and seven others of the crew have refused to go with the ship after what they experienced ou Friday. Oa Saturday, the fiscal was. engaged in making his precognition, and the two mates are in prison awaiting the result of an investigation. The crew is said to be composed of a fine set of orderly men. Glasgow Daily Mail, STATE OF THE COU-NTRY. FAILURE NEAR BILSTON.—We understand that Mr. 'amuel Pemberton, of Deepfields, near Bilston, has sus needed, and will call his creditors together forthwith—we believe on Friday next. We have not 'ward the extent of the liabilities.- -Birrnirighant Daily Post. MEETING OF UNEMPLOYED AT HARTLEPOOL.—On Wed nesday afternoon, a large meeting of the unemployed workmen met on the Town Moor, when it was resolved! they would attend on his worship the T,layor, to represent to him their deplorable condition, and, if refused relief, would use force in obtaining provisions. His worship was seen, and promised to use his utmost endeavours with the tradesmen in aiding them, but expressed a hope that they would remain tranquil, and not put him to the disagreeable necessity of calling out the police. Another , meeting was announced to take place yesterday morning. THE WOLVERHAMPTON BANKING. COMPANY.—With , . reference to the re-opening of the bank, no definite arrangements have yet been made; the board of directors are said to be prepared with the amount to be advanced by: them ; and the further sum which the creditors stipulated should be provided. will, it is understood, be Pot theoming in a few days. In reference to that matter a. deputation left Wolverhampton tor London on Tuesday and it was mentioned that Mr.Veliers, M.P., would most likely accompany it to the Bank of England.—Midland Counties Herald•—ln theßirminghamCourt of Bankruptcy, onWednesday, Mr. Jelin Smith intimated to Mr. Registrar Waterfield that no further proceedings would be taken is regard to the petition, filed on Monday week, for issuing an adjudication of bankruptcy against the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Company. The opening of the bank for the payment of notes had of course made further proceed ings on the part of Mr. David Levi impossible.—Birmieg.. ham. Daily Post. THE UNEMPLOYED AT BRADFORD.—The committee appointed at the outdoor meeting of the unemployed, one Monday, sent a deputation of their body to wait upon the , Mayor of Bradford (11. Brown, E s q.) and reqeest th e, devise measures of relief. The Mayor has called a meet ing, which was held on Friday afternoon, in the saloon. of St. George's Hall, to consider the condition of the' unemployed, and to determine what steps shall be taken to give them relief. Another open-air meeting , of the unemployed was held yesterday afternoon, in the vacant ground iu front of Philadelphia Chapel, Bolton:road It was less numerous than the meeting on Monday. Cteorge Roberts presided in a cart, from, which the speakers addressed the crowd. A. resolution was passed, embody ing a request to the board of guardians to call upon the Poor-law Board by memorial to relax their stringent rules with regard to the able-bodied paupers. A depute- Lion was appointed to present the resolution to the visit ing committee of the board. One speaker advised the men present to help themselves to food• wherever they could find it. The chairman, however, called him to order, and said that such nonsense, if acted upon, would bring them into greater trouble. It was stated that the Mayor, on being waited on by a deputation, had said that he did not think the dietress was 'so wide-spread as to require any large efforts of relief, though he was anxious to do all in, his power to meet the necessities of the present pressure against the unemployed.. It was sugges ted, therefore, that they should endeavour to disabuse the mayor and other gentlemen of this idea, by parading the street. They did so, accordingly, remaining for a length of time choking up Market-street, in front of the business house of which the mayor is the head. Some slight 'alarm was created for a time by the sudden appearance of a. mob, and the police were called together ; hut, after exhibiting theraselves, a few hundred teen and boys who., formed the crowd passed quietly forward, in an irreethC procession through the town. ;he GU:MOATS FOR Isert —On Tuesday, the first of tiventy five small iron screw gunbDats, ordered by the Ev;z, India Comp.sny for service in India, arrived at WoDlwizh dock yard from the premise s of the builders, Ilessrs. Sir John Ronnie and Co., and after receiving OF, boat Mr. Par tridge, assistant chief engineer of the 'factory department, proceeded down the Thames on a t r i a l t r ip, in order to t e s. her screw machinery, The 'result was highly satis factory, and the rate of speed obt!.tined was nine knots per hour. These boa's are dee;.dedly the most comp lete specimens of " miniature" naval architecture which have yet been turned out of h an d. They are inten ded for servicein the numerous shallow creeks which are con nected with the Ganges and other rivers in India, and are consequently co n st ru cted to draw abou t two feet of water. Each boat will be armed wi h one 12.-pounder gun, which can be fired not only fcom its carriage . placel about the centre of the deck, but can be shifted with the utmost rapidity to swivels which are paced at various parts of the deeli., The interior fittings of the vessels, and especially the eompact saloon cabin, elicited gene* a - Intratiott,-4fortriny Po4t