The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-27 00:00:00

SELECT VESTRY.-YESTERDAY. held The usual fortnightly meeting of the select vestry was 111 the board-room, workhouse, at ten o'clock yester— tleY• Mr- Churchwarden Woodruff occupied the chair, and the oth er members present were, Messrs. Bradley, Bold, Owen, D en t on, Mellor, Weasley, Satchell, W. Jones, Ches ney, Fairhurst, Rawle, Shaw, Bairstow, Clarke, Crawford, Taylor, Whitty, and Luff. r The THE TOWN DIMS BILL. Chairman mentioned that on Saturday he had re ceived a letter from the Rev. Rector Campbell, stating that he had seen the mayor, the town clerk, and the mem bers of the council deputation in London, who all highly a pProved of the petition of the vesty. He had likewise teen the local members of parliament, who approved to very energetic in the cause. Mr. Denton : I am a little surprised at that Mr. Chair r°,lo4 for at th e time when Mr. Horsfall was member for 1 , 4441 1 ) 001, and mayor of Liverpool, he was invited to a linc l e et in Manch es t er. (Here Mr. Denton was met with o f "order," an d " question " which obliged him to macon tinue his r emar k s.) I Th e s ubject then dropped. 1 # The NOR/MOUSE COMMITTEE. Minutes of this committee were read, and it ap peared that the numbers admitted during the last week etowt.he va grant sheds were, 189 males, 120 females, and 34 l u re n, in all 343. The number of sick cases in hospital Cle 16th i nstant, were 704, including 47 fever, and 66 , T he total num b er in the workhouse on the 20th — taut, was 2 otr, s 604 • which haw moved the confirmation of the minutes, 're adoptedcontainWithoutoth die nig of any public importance, and ussion. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS COMMITTEE. f r' t i l e Minutes of this committee were read. boZilFairhurst drew attention to the fact that young but oder fourteen years of age were not only allowed en eo the arn, uraged by the officers of the schools to enlist he did oot7h•inklle guardianscondemned this practice, and they al the were doing their duty when eoura lewed children of that tender age to be thus en saileiged to enter the army, before they were of a they : I n t age to comprehend the character of the life Sehooisvrciedentering OH. He thought the officers or th til er 1 not fulfil the duties of their position when boi s g n a r lr e such encouragement. He understood that the . befor e ogle of the divisions of the schools were called in to ' e one of the officers, who addressed them something thi s t a r the Queen wants -.idle r . -.Lett N ow , my boys, eont of yon will volunteer?" This officer, ne v_ended, desecrated his high calling in thus bringing i e t at ro u n e of the duty of a recruiting sergeant. He %tit g3' objected to the encouraging of boys to enlis hetet least, they had attained the age of sixteen 34r, lor wh at "„_• 'Tones denied that there was anything unusual exist e : alr• Fairhurst spoke of. He believed during the draftedee of the schools boys had been from time to time thL i nto the army. Mr. Fairhurst bad been a member hea r : 'oeltaittee before, and that was the first time he tol e , an, objection. Every precaution had been taken Perf eo :,"at there was no force used. The boys went *a" 'Y voluntarily, and the consent of their friends clone ,:e_t obtained. Perhaps, Mr. Fairhurst would have Otir, :1,7 11 if he had refrained from the observations he the Jones) understood he made in the presence of h the ofinselves. It was unnecessarily reflecting , upon_ e offic ers ' e ls, and just in proportion as they l . o!‘eredtti blea k , " 11 that Proportion would they diminish their k of usefulness. " (Hear, hear.) thiT r nr , proposed an amendment to a portion of krs.i cee(l logs which referred to the appointment of the eit Faye as an industrial mistress of the schools, to eotuutroemeeirltiethat that appointment be referred back to the for c onsideration, on the ground that it was lon g al p end e d , iseussion took place on this question, which Th: b " a wever, in the amendment being withdrawn. ` r°cee dings were then confirmed. 11:11! r, ME DICAL RELIEF COMMITTEE. tith ed rroceedings of this committee were read, but con kove4°tlling of imp or t ance. Th e i r confirmation wasY Mr. Bradley, and agreed to without discussion. The ia _ s o i n e m ewer i sn! PINANCE COMMITTEE.Com~ letter was read from the Poor Law t "Poor Law Board, Whitehall, Feb. 19, 1 856- ge th '• aui directed by the poor law board to acknow th4.lllner in which-the the e r eceipt of your letter of the 16th ult. respecting e ino proceedings for the hearing and °n, applications for relief are conducted by the of .e.stry of the parish of Liverpeol. The . board are h e l'l . !on that the practice of the select vestry dividing ukt7„.4.etves into sections for the purpose, , s not au the t a provisions of the local act, or by the resolutions tor rca;isard relating to the parish, but that the orders vestp:: should, i n eac h case, be given by the . select de tirihr ti ng as a board. If, however, it be considered this 6" - 'e that the present practice should be continued, *fi t be u pon application made to them to that effect, of read to application made to them to that effect, 0 issue an order to authorise the select Pose'' 7 motide themselves into committees for the pur order" hearing applications for relief. A copy of the the lev er referred to, yvh'ch has been issued by the board in e a l l ect vestry e ases, is herewithl enclosed for the information of —Yours, &c., CO URTENA Y." LIN, 4 , )00r 1: th e receipt of this letter it was resolved that the etue o ,`° - beard be informed, in' reply to the foregoing bilitieord er to that in the appOintment of committees, lt 1r to a due distribution of its labours and resprsi- e o b o ang the different members, the vestry consider aet al , re been iustified by the provisions of the local Pini d that in that view the vestry is supported by the e opinion af their late legal adviser, as well as by etre ht_lhe elln;v:lsv expressed by the poor law c Ct. consideration. es. when the subject was brought *eve nestlaY thought the way in which the boo., ?nducted quorums , was illegal. Instead of having the whole `2 . tog?ther there were six places, and usually only Mr, airhdian to distribute relief. Ofea r e , at), h e "' ' Mr. Ches ney d oes not atten d t h e meet i ngs. T h i n c j h eci a l i e cul i an •. Mr. Chesney's remarks were exceed 1, r, e h us. Which e sneY : I say that it is not legal, the way in tip they are carri very t a dr • b ent , e on . r • Ch 'n• am very much surprised, indeed, that bea m. esney should have the audacity to get up at this The Chairmanl3,: That is a strong word. W --„,"41: Well, air, if it is too strong, will with. rales a „,, But I say it is ungenerous, at least, when he 'Alt ow n "1", Pronounces things illegal. when he knows that the ta presence upon those occasions would make Pio % ngal according to his own views. I have attended Ittklelteeerntos since they were started upon the new "toul hag nd I consider that they have acted well, and 'Would ~t , acted better if every gentlemen at the board forrealb fair share of the work which is to be per il hear.) But unfortunately for us, there k ultds. - " c "n Porlltln of the board which has to do all the °llle' a r Y. and anotNr part who act the part of inspectors tle Y MI eay that one nf the inspector-part is Mr. Clues the tuself, who comes into the room and stands, and at t et, as er l to p of his voice proclaims that it is an illegal do walks out immediately. (Hear, hear.) He has „ziav e i Za i t once or twice in my presence. should no the 01 - Pazen upon this occasion, but in order to urge upon In a Pllbers of the board that they should come forward they7 l a utY and proper way, and perform the duties which liktch afve undertaken for the parish of Liverpool, and no I. 4le taber r° , lll one of those duties. Provided every Qav e ,-„ 0, the board would take a fair share, we would each f " occasion to be present more than once a month lia ce l ir, a couple of hours in the day. Instead of that, fe w .fl,nave been there, the duties are thrown upon a theZua always skew the same desire to perform them in A?q,l°lt agreeable manner, and not a single grumble. th ' 4 lSelf do not like to see one part of the vestry do• .not „ ft ,_ e work, and others being merely dumb dogs. I will In 'Z e e to it when I see bees at work and drones stand , h e t e it lifting up my voice against it. (Hear, 44%.an,(1 laughter.) attell. • b.radley was happy to hear Mr. Denton state so t blY Ma; the new system worked admirably, and would dim. better gentlemen would only attend to their . f lip to th,. , present time it had worked most sat's -4c10.,. r',„alr• Chesney: I deny - it. (Order, order.) Mor*".r. Bradley could oy .state as regarded Mr. Chesney e ought to go farad vile that that gentleman came the quorum er to oi;struct the uiness going 4orivard there, and n m ev el er y took his niece as b a r man and a gentleman ought to do. (Hear, h'ear.) He was ever 'uniplaininix of parties not doing their dizties at the board i and he was one of the very worst atteaders himself. gear, hear.) He had hoped that Mr. Cheney would lave had a little more common sense about hilt; than to et up in that kind of way and to make complaints, when •ue knew that he was to be complained of more than anY une else. (Hear, hear.) c _blr. Ch esne y : Mr. Chairman, I b egtocallyour attention -,o4he state of the relieving quorums. Lhe Chairman : You have spoken upon that question. },". Chesney : Mr. Bradley stated that he would „, - "e Only one person as a relieving quorum in each Aimee. t„The Chairman : You have spoken. I cannot allow you e iP s fe:k twice upon the same question. If you have any ation to offer, you may do so. ' ir • Chesney; I have. I say Mr. Bradley's remarks itte quite wrong. '„, : rh e Chairman : That is not an explanation at all, Nis (Cr.ate Chesney: If you will allow me t o s t a t e the case. intoles of no, no, and order, order.) tile he C hairman: I cannot allow you to go a second time question. 8r• C hesney • There are six boxes—(cri es o f or d er , i e r t and chafr, chair),—l say Mr. Bradley will uot ll adl 'crw the act to be carried out. It is all owing to Mr. Al , (Order, order.) He says one person alon e ild,,tiministethe relief. Order order.) ai y ,. • we nsley said he h a d at ( tended , the relief quorums ; ...."40at every week, and he considered that they were "Kuministering relief according to the law. (Hear, hear.) 1,141% F airhurst b egge d to ask a question for t h e sake of saed H e h a d b een informed that there had been iaw bY Some co m p e t ent authority, whether the poor ilowe‘Tnaissioners or not, he did not know, an order ew er pare na g guardians to contribute towards the education ns receiving out-door relief. Whilst sitting in the - aueru ni Mill ar on Wednesday week, there were several cases of ea, ten, twelve, or thirties& pars of age, being; brought in, many of whom did not go to school at all, obtaining no education whatever, and the reason assigned by their parents was, that out of the small pittance allowed to them by the parish, or the sums they earned, they really could not afford to pay even 2d. or 3d. to send their children to school. This brought to his mind the information he had received respecting the order he spoke of, and he now begged to ask the vestry clerk whether such an order had been issued, and if so, whether it ap plied to the :parish of Liverpool ? He thought it would be an exceedingly good thing, inasmuch as the money would not be paid to the parents, but directly to the schools, so that it could not be misappropriated. The Clerk said an act of parliament had recently passed for the purpose stated, and he had laid it before the finance committee, by whom a sub-committee was appointed, and it was now before the latter body. The proceedings were then confirmed. Mr. Shaw moved, according to notice, that Mr. W. T. Hales be appointed warrant officer. Mr. Denton seconded the motion, which was unani mously adopted. This closed the business of the ♦estry. In reference to a portion of the business reported we have received the following explanatory note : TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—As I have been informed that Mr. Fairhurst, in his place to-day at the meeting of the Select Vestry, made some observations reflecting on the manner in which I have attended to my duty in the matters of the boys who are about to enter the army, T beg, through the medium of your columns, to state that I shall ask for an enquiry into my conduct at the next meeting of the Industrial School Committee, when I shall be able to shew, as I have already done to Mr. Fairhurst (although he appears unwilling to see it), that the information he received is incorrect.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, ISAAC HOLMES, Chaplain and Headmaster, Kirkdale Industrial Schools. Liverpool, 26th February, 1856 NEWRY, WARRENPOINT AND ROSTREVOR RAILWAY COMPANY. NORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1856 extraordinary amount, but that we shall have a steady pro gressive increase, even prior to the completion of our junction with the Newry and Enniskillen line, although I quite look forward to this being found necessary to be aCC0111.; plished at some future day. The chairman then concluded by moving that the report and statement of accounts be received, adopted, and printed for circulation among the shareholders of the company. Mr. E. Heath seconded the motion, and in doing so alluded to the differences between the directors of this com pany and the Navigation company. He remarked that some of the shareholders might suppose the directors were rather stiff in not coming to terms with the latter company. That, however, was not the case. The directors had offered to place the Navigation company upon the same footing as any other large senders of goods, but they had been met by the assertion of a principle, which could not be admitted for a moment. It was urged, by the Navigation company, that, as the directors must run their line, every additional amount of traffic must enable them to do so better, and therefore they must carry the goods at a mere nett cost. To that, of course, the directors could not assent. He expressed a high approval of the course which the report recommended as to the balance in hand, and remarked that if they were to divide that amount, and proceed to borrow money on debenture, they would, in fact, for a dividend of one per cent., have to pay six per cent. interest on the money they borrowed. He considered that the course recommended by the directors would create quite as much confidence, if not more, than if they at once de clared a dividend. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. Francis Shand, and Mr. Edward Heath, the retiring directors, were re-elected without opposition. The Chairman moved that Mr. John T. Fitz Adam, who had a very large interest in the line, be elected a director in the room of Mr. Vandeleur, who retired. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. Fitz Adam moved that Mr. Joseph Wren be elected an auditor of the company; and, in doing so, took occasion to thank the meeting for having elected him a director. He also expressed his sense of the debt of gratitude which the company owed to the gentlemen who had, up to that period, given their valuable services, as directors, gra- Jul tously. The motion was also carried. Mr. Alexander Shand proposed that £l2O be given to the directors as remuneration for the year ending the 30th of June next. Mr. Spalding seconded the motion which was carried unanimously. Mr. Fitz Adam moved that the auditors be allowed a salary of six guineas per annum, which was also carried. The Chairman proposed that the salary of the secretary be increased to £75 per annum. He said he bad seen, of course, a great deal of the secretary's labours, and could say that he had been most assiduous, and had shown great ability as well as great assiduity and attention. He was extremely satisfied with him, indeed, the directors were all deeply indebted to him, and this was only a very moderate testimony to what his services deserved. (Hear, hear.) M. Heath, in seconding the motion observed, that in addition to his services here, the secretary had several times gone over to Ireland, and received nothing for it but his bare travelling expenses. The motion was unanimously carried. The Chairman moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Lupton, the managing director in Newry. fir his valuable services, which was seconded by Mr. Heath, and carried unani- monsly. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, The last lecture of the series in connection with this institution was delivered last night in Hope-hall, Hope street, by the Rev. Dr. M'Neile. Long before the hour fixed for the commencement of the lecture the hall was crowded to excess, which soon manifested itself in unseemly noise at the door, and as on the occasion of the preceding lecture of the series, which was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Candlish, of the Free Church of Scotland, numbers of persons had to be refused admission at the doors. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Dr. Raffles , and the proceedings were opened by prayer, which was offered up by the Rev. Mr. Wright. The Rev. Lecturer, after the burst of applause with which he was received had subsided, thus commenced his discourse : My Christian friends and brethren : I stand up among you with the Bible in my hand. I honour the Bible. We all honour the Bible. Our country honours the Bible. Whatever her faults or deficiencies may be ; how ever short she may be of what she ought to be for her opportunities ; whatever traitors to her best interests, she may harbour within her maternal protection, and with a generosity, let me add, so magnanimous, that even the consciousness of their betrayal, cannot provoke her to withdraw it ; however, the traitors may endeav our to drive her into antagonism to her God, still England as a country, a great country, a free country, a protest ant country, honours the Bible. (Applause). Yes, sir, we honour the Bible as the word, the very word of our God, of whatever period, by whatever human instru mentalities it has been communicated, still His word, His law, His light, His truth, living and abiding for ever, enlightening the understanding, and sanctifying the heart of man—our defence, too, as well as our support, our antidote against every poison, whether derived from medieval corruption, or from philosophy, falsely so called. The rev. gentleman then proceeded to the immediate subject of his lecture, " The History, Character, and Testimony of John the Baptist." Having sketched the life of John, the rev. gentleman dwelt for some time on his character, and held out the fearless, outspoken, direct, and simply truthful style of the Baptist's preaching as the model for all Christian clergymen. We wanted, he said, such a testimony—we needed such a voice in those days, when commercial integrity was being shaken to its centre, by fraud and forgery in high places, and when the whole social system was being eaten into by evils which loudly called for a remedy. He then proceeded to treat of the " testimony of John." This part of the discourse was purely of a scriptural character. At the outset of the lecture, the rev. lecturer was frequently in terrupted by the unseemly noise of a number of persons who were endeavouring to !crush their way into the hall, notwithstanding that those within it, were packed as close as they could sit or stand. Dr. MiNeile requested them to have consideration for the audience and retire quietly ; but the noise still con tinuing he said that if there were emissaries of the priests of anti-Christ at the door, they (the audience) ought to have policemen to pro•ect them. They were free-born and would not endure to be persecuted in such a manner. (Cheers.) . _ A gentleman at the door replied that the noise arose from the anxiety of those without to get in to hear the two most eminent divines in Liverpool—the rev. lecturer and the chairman. The noise still continuing, Dr. 111'lleile said : If they were real friends of Scrip tural education they would have yielded at once to the necessity of the case and have gone quietly away when they found they could not get in, and therefore I fear that this is another of those exhibitions of the impatience and intolerance of those who, having themselves no stomachs for such;'subjeats, envy the enjoyment of an English audience, and, by their conduct, make the country feel the intolerable nuisance that we are keeping within our bosoms. The liberty of Englishmen is abused by those that are not Englishmen attempting to disturb the privileges of Englishmen. (Hear, hear, and applause.) The noise soon after ceased, and the rev. lecturer con tinued his :discourse amid the attentive silence of his auditors. At the conclusion of the lecture the thanks of the assembly were voted by acclamation to the rev. lecturer. The proceedings closed with the singing of the Doxology MATMA, FEB. 19.—His Excellency the Governor of Malts has granted a pardon to Lieutenant Montgomery, of the 7th Fusiliers, lately sentenced to three months' imprisonment, for mis-behaviour in the cathedral atCivita Vecchia and resisting the police. The elder offender, Lieutenant Hod son, R.A., committed to four months' imprisonment, has not been included in this act of clemency. The trial of the Swiss femme de chan d zi re Dufey, for an attempt to murder her mistress, an English lady, Ifrs. Brock, has just occurred at Pau. Mrs. Brock, an infirm lady, bad, it appears, 4S gold pieces stitched in her corset, which attracted the cupidity of her maid, who wanted to rejoin some man with whom she was on terms of intimacy. One morning she attempted to smother her mistress, and would have succeeded, had not the latter's cries alarmed a servant, who brought in the landlord of the house in time to renal the lady, who lay senseless, to life. The jury found the woman guilty, and the court sentenced her to 20 years imprisonment, with hard labour, THE CONVICT CouitioArr.--In the case of this wretched convict, whose execution for the murder of his wife was fixed for Monday morning, Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, after much anxious consideration and discussion with the learned judge who presided on the trial, has arrived at the conclusion that public justice does not call for the infliction of the extreme sentence of the law. The suddenness of the act, the entire absence of any evidence of premeditation, or of any positi ve motive for it, coupled with his uniform kindness end good conduct towards his wife, distinguish this case from all those which have previously occurred, and in which the sent er oe jof death has b e en ca rr i e d out, The ury,. upon further reflection, expressed in a memorial their opinion that the prisoner, at the time of committing the act, had been deprived of the use of his reason, and Mr. Justice 'Wight man inclined to the same view of the case. The safety of the kwv‘a,nniatyes hwpnut other iel a m best i c person from ierrc s uo the recurrence of a sunder attack will h e fully p rov id e d for by imprisonment for life. It may be as well t o a dd that the authorities who have come in tssehouanntwtdahhe.. under prisoner mnbeslft a ioa i ir n nee e cl, eye all to l i t s he commit conviction,ao nin nu r aa nis state ac trhei a :esn of ec v sen mental conclusion l heinous e s s no t o h n u oe der ang mat. HALF-YEARLY MEETING, YESTERDAY. The twentieth ordinary general meeting of tho Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Railway Company, was held in the Clarendon Rooms, South John-street, at 12 o'clock, yesterday. In the absence of the chairman, Mr. Francis Shand, the chair was occupied by Mr. Charles Holland. The Secretary, Mr. Robert Cochrane, read the following REPORT Since your directors last addressed you, Mr. Dargan's claim for extra work, under his original contract, has been certified by Mr. Godwin at the sum of £1,680, which brings all the company's liabilities to a specific arrangement, except about £4OO of undecided claims, and Mr. Wallace's bill of costs, which remains still unrendercd. Tho hind at Warrenpoint has been carefully valued, and your directors hope no distant day now, at into Mire to bring its proceeds most friendly dispo- operation siti on continues to prevail between your di rectors and the Newry and Enniskillen board, so that no opportunity will be lost of promoting any well considered measure for mutual advantage. The working of the line has been most economically -onducted.-24,318 miles have been run at an expense of 81d. per mile, including all repairs, wages, coke, &c. ; and, though a smaller amount of goods has been conveyed than during Mr. Dorgan's lease, it is satisfactory to observe that the receipts from that source are greater, at ver y moderate rates, and that the number of passengers continues steadily to increase. Your directors, therefore, refer with gratification to the improved position of the revenue account, chewing as it does a balance in favour of the share- holders of £769 13s Id. This sum, it may bo added: is available for dividend, but, keeping in view the continued difficulty of borrowing money on debenture, your directors consider it more expedient to retain such balance for the present, at the credit of revenue account. Believing that the present high value of money will not long continue, yonr have abstained from any further issue of preference lready issued shall be called in directors shares, and til such shares for registration, the interest will be paid half-yearly-30th June and 31st December—on presentation of the scrip at the Two directors, Messrs. Shand Company' and Heath, retire by rotation, and being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. Another vacancy at the board, caused by the resignation of Mr. Vandeleur, of Leamington, has also to be filled up. One auditor, Mr. Fitz Adam, also retires, but offers himself for re-election. During the continuance of Mr. Dargan's lease, and the many difficulties under which this undertaking laboured, your directors have for many years refrained from making any charge for their services, but they conceive that, since the return of the line into the company's possession, their greater amount of duty and responsibility entitle them to the consideration of the For the same reason, the additional duties hareholders y, your directors have thought t their duty to ommend that ..is salary be increased to £75 FRANCIS SHA.ND, Chairman. The Chairman said—Gentlemen, before moving the adoption of the report and accounts you have now pre , seated to you, I shall just make a few remarks, in the first place regretting extremely that our Chairman, Mr. Shand, is unavoidably detained in London upon business, as you are aware, of very great importance to the community at large. (Hear, hear.) It becomes my duty, therefore, to supply his place as well as I can. The first paragraph which meets us in the report is that Mr. Dargan's claim has been certified by Mr. Godwin, at the sum of £1,680. Gentlemen should be aware that Mr. Dargan put in a claim for upwards of £4,300. His claim was referred to the engineer, Mr. Godwin, and I am ,happy to say that it was settled by Mr. Godwin's award for £1,680. Mr. Dargan was in arrears with us £1,220, for the balance of the sale of the rolling stock, which reduces the actual sum which we have to pay him to about £4OO. Mr. Wallace's bill of costs is the only outstanding account which remains unsettled. Against that, gentlemen, you will observe that we have a quantity of land at Warrenpoint and ad joining to it, which we have had carefully valued, and which, I believe, will turn out to he of very consi derable value, so much so that I trust we shall he enabled from that source to clear off all the liabilities I have already adverted to. The report informs you that " the most friendly disposition continues to prevail between your directors and the Newry and Enniskillen I oard, so that no opportunity will be lost of promoting any well-considered measure for mutual advantage." lam very much gratified in being able to say that we have the very best understand ing with our neighbours of the Newry and Enniskillen board. (Hear,-hear.) We have had various communica• tions with them as to the best mode of effecting a junction between the two line', which we are all agreed is a very desirable object indeed, but hitherto we have not quite agreed upon the best mode of accomplishing it. The working of the line has been most economically conducted, as you will observe—l believe, indeed, et an almost unprecedented low rate, and the manner in which our line has been worked has resulted most admirably. Another feature with which I was struck, gentlemen, is, that although we have actually carried—in eoesequenea of not being able to make an agree ment with the Navigation Company for all their goods, and they have in coasequence persisted in sending goods down from Newry by water, at a very considerable expense to themselves—instead of 2,600 tons which we carried the pre. cedinc , half-year, dur: ig Mr Dargan's lease, only about 1,300 tons, or half the quantity, during the past half year, yet we have actually an excess of revenue upon that half quantity of tonnage, of about £42 upon the half year. From this you will perceive that if the Navigation Company should come to any equitable arrangement with us here after, we may fairly look to a very considerable increase of revenue from goods alone. Then, again, gentlemen, there is another source from whence I think, very probably, a considerable goods traffic may arise. The Belfast Junction company have at very heavy expense con structed a station for goods at what is called the Mullinglass station for the purpose of working their goods traffic with that station, which is very near to our line, being only indeed about a mile and a half from it, and they propose working the goods and passenger traffic by carts and omnibuses down to our line. We may fairly count therefore upon a very considerable increase from that source. Even, however, with the present traffic, gentlemen, you will observe the very gratifying feature, that the revenue account Shows a balance in fa.voer of the shareholders, and consider ing the Short time we have had the line in our hands, and the arrangements we had necessarily to make, all the details of which were quite nave, f think this a very gratifying featezre, compared even with the amount we received under Mr. Dargae's lease. (hear, hear.) This turn, you will observe, is clearly available for dividend, or rather belong:, to the shareholders as clear profit obtained on revenue, hut the directors recommend strongly to the shareholders that instead of dividing that amount, as they are quite entitledtode market, allow under the present ci rcums t ances othrethre moneye venue account' allow i t t o cont i nue t o t h e cred i t of money is extremely dear I t S:e an a d ll k ir now we th g a o t Y b d into the mark w n e te s r h e o s u t. ld huanvdeerettothpe to asey considerably money upon deb en t ure erably mor e th an 6 p er cent . i lcircumstances I think it would m uc h timeondthesttabeilitwhen the money y of theconcern, oeyb m and akt shall wroeuldinf beuse note tend to e a h low, if we wish then to borrow on should retain this amount to the credit ofe debenture, that we e , I believe we will all agre e th at if peace be account. e established, we are likely to see money at much mote moderate rates within the neyt six or twelve months, and that we may then fairly expect to be allowed to borrow, and to see our profits divided among the ehareboldeas. Gentlemen will observe, meantime, tha t the position of the railway, as regards liabilities, continues ;till to improve. We h ave ma d e a reduction upon our mortgage debt of £BO7 10s 4d. O n our bank debt we have made a reduction of £1,344, as well as some smaller items in other accounts. On the whole, gentlemen, I think we have a very fair prospect that th e traffic now on the line will gradually be developed. I do not say that it will be developed to any IMPERIAL PARLIAM ENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Their lordships met at fire o'clock. MERCiNTILB LAW. The LORD CHANCELLOR drew attention to the second report of the committee appointed to inquire into the mercan tile law. The noble lord enumerated many anomalies and absurdities in the present law, and urged the necessity for assimilating the different mercantile laws and customs in different parts of the United Kingdom._ After some remarks from Lord BROUGHAM and Lord CAMPBELL, The LORD CHANCELLOR laid upon the table two bills on the subject of mercantile law, which were read a first time. TICKET-OF-LEITH SYSTEM. Lord DUNGARVON enquired whether there was any intention on the part of the Government to alter the ticket-of-leave system ? Earl GRANVILLE replied in the negative, and a brief discussion ensued, in which the Marquis of SALISBURY, the Earl of MALMESBURY, the Duke of ARGYLL, Lord CAMPBELL, Lord MONTEAGLE, and other peers took part. The subject dropped, and their lordships rose at half-past six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TIIESDAY The SPEAKTIR took the chair at four o'clock. NEW 11EIMER. Sir A. AGNEW took the oaths and his seat for Wigtonehire. PRIVATE BILL% The Barnsley Canal and Collieries Railway Bill, and the West of Fife Mineial Railway Bill, were read a second timid, and ordered to bo committed. LONDON CORPORATE REFORM. Sir S. SHELLEY gave notice that on Thursday next he should inquire of her Majesty's Ministers when it was intended to introduce the bill for the Reform of the Corpora tion of the City of London, CONSULAR ESTABLISHMENTS. Mr. WYSE gave notice that on the 11 th of March he should move for a select committee to inquire into our Consular Establishments. THE CRIMEAN REPORT. In the absence of Mr. Layard, Lord GODERICH gave notice of the postponement of the motion respecting the Crimean Committee from Thursday next to the 11th of March. COUNTY COURT JUDGES Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that on that day fortnight he would move an address to her Majesty on the subject of county court judges. lISDICAL RELIBP. MR. P'oorr asked the President of the Poor-law Board, whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Go vernment to carry into effect the recommendations con tained in the report of the select committee on Medical Relief of Session 1834, or to make any change in the present system Mr. BOUVERIE said the recommendations of the Commissioners were three :-1 That the area of the Poor-law medical officers should be enlarged. 2. That the salaries of the medical officers should be increased. 3. That, after a certain date last year, the medical officers should have permanent appointments. With regard to making the officers permanent, that had been carried out. With regard to the area and the salaries of the medical officers, they were not immediately under the control of the Poor-law Board. The recommendations of the committee had been attended to, and a considerable increase had been made in Cie allowances to medical officers. THE BANK CHARTER ♦CC. Mr. OLIVEIRI asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Order in Council of the 7th day of December last, now laid upon the table of the House, authorising an additional issue of bank notes by the Bank of England, to the extent of £175,000, pursuant to the sth section of the 7th and Bth Vic. cap. 32, what arrangement has been made between the Government and the Bank of England to carry into effect the provision of the 9th section of the said Bank Charter Act, which requires the Bank of England to allow the public the profits derived from any additional securities beyond the stipulated amount of £14,000,000, fixed by the Act, after deduction of expenses ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Act itself defined the arrangements between the government and the Governors of the Bank. MORTALITY IN THE CRIMEA. Sir DE LACY EVANS enquired relative to the extraordinary discrepancy i❑ tho statements of the government as to the reasons for withholding the information obtained by the Cri mean commissioners relative to the mortality in the British army in the Crimea ? Air. PEEL denied that there was any discrepancy in the government statements on the subject. With regard to the reason he had given for the non-production of the mortality returns, he had lately received a letter from Colonel Tulloch, stating that the difference of opinion between the Commission ers was 'not upon the mortality returns. The Government, however, did not think it advisable that the documents should be produced in the same paper with the report. Sir Ds LtCY EVANS asked whether they would be printed as a separate paper P Mr. PEEL replied that they would not bo produced at the present time. It was true that a:collision had taken place between certain soldiers of the German Legion and the police at Folkestone, reason to p e, huttheapreiena any n ringleaders l had been seh arrested, and they had no disturbances for the future. The statements with regard to drunkenness in that corps were, as far as he was informed wholly unfounded. THE BRITISH GERMAN LEGION AT SHORNCLIFFE. Major REED asked the under Secretary for War, whether the attention of the war office had been called to the alleged riotous and insubordinate soldiers of the British German Legion stationed at Shorncliffe? Whether it was true, that a collision had taken place between the police (aided by the inhabitants) and the soldiers. in which several persons were severely injured ; that the riot act was read and application made to the camp for assistance; that drunkenness prevails to a disgraceful extent, and in some cases the men have refused to obey their officers; and, if so, whether any and what means have been taken to prevent the recurrence of such dangerous proceedings Mr. PEEL said that from a report he had received he ascertained that there had been some misunderstanding between the soldiers of the Legion and the police at Folkestone, and the result was that ono of the soldiers was taken to prison. On the following day some of his comrades attempted to rescue him ; but all the misunder standing was now at an end. A s t o t h e repor t th a t drunkenness prevailed amongst the legion at Shorncliffe, he might say that he believed the statements to be unfounded. TURKISH RAILROADS Lord PALMERSTON, replying to Mr. Ewart, said that repeated attempts had been made by the British Government to prevail upon the Porte to construct a road between Trebizond and Erzeroum, which was objected to on the ground of want of means. Very recently a most urgent communi cation had been made to the Sultan upon the subject. Tuß Nv,A,RRANT OP THE CRIMEAN COMMISSIONERS. Mr. Roznuct. asked whether there was any objection on the part of the government to l a y on th e ta bl e a copy of the w arrant appointing the Co mm i ss i oners to enqu i re into Sir J. McNeill and Col. Tulloch's report, and the names of the general officers who were to constitute the commission ? Lord PALAIERSTON said ho was about to lay the Royal warrant on the table. The names of the commissioners were Gen. Lord Beaton, Gen. MacMahon, Gen. Peel, Gen. Becher, Sir John Ball, General Knowles and General Rowan. THE CASE OF MR. DYCE SOMBRE. Mr. OTWAY asked the President of the Board of Con trol, whether he was aware of the proceedings that had taken place in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, in 6 , re Dyce Sombre," and of the judgment of the Judge, the Right Bon. Sir John Dodson; and whether the Court of Directors of the East India Company have power to disburse generally moni es f rom th e revenues o f I n di a f or any object or objects, including the discharge of law costs and expenses incurred by them in this country, without his sanction and authority ? Mr. V. SMITH said he had no further knowledge of this proceeding than other hon. [members had gathered from t t h h e e report eer t f in d r h e e e n t e e r w s s p h a a p d e rs . not A t s h to e t p h e e w s e e c r s o n a d l u d e e s d t o t o n without consulting the board of control. LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING. Mr. LINDSAY asked the Vice-president of the Board of Trade, in reference to the local dues on shipping bill, whether it is intended that the Board of Trade should have the power of applying taxes raised at one port for the benefit of another? Whether any taxes levied at any port, and paid to the Commissioners of Customs, would be applied to any pur poses except to the payment of the debts, or to shipping purposes, - at the port where levied ; and whether, if ap plied to shipping purposes, it would be so applied by the Board of Trade, or by local harbour authorities ? Mr. LowE, in answer to the first question, said it was not intended that the Board of Trade should have that power. As to the second question, the only purposes contemplated by the Board of Trade were those men tioned in the question. In the third place it was i ntended that the shipping purposes should bo decided b y the authorities and not by the Board of Tra 4e, Sir J. P AXINGTON gave notio of an ame nd m ent to Mr. Roebuck's moti on on the Crimean commission , to the effect that it was the opinion of the House that the report of the commissioners ought to have been submitted to the Comman der-in-Chief before it was laid before Parliament, by which It would have avoided the necessity of appointing a tribunal, 1 without adequate information on the subject, to report uponthe decision of the commissioners selected by the ministry. THE JOSEPHINE WILLIS , In answer to a question, Mr. LOWE said he objected to printing the evidence in this case, which would cost £3OO. It was at the Board of Trade, and any one who pleased might see it and take extracts from it. He had no objoction to printing the report. WITHDRAWAL OF THE LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING BILL. On the order for resuming the debate on the second reading of the Local Dues on Shipping, &c. , Bill, Lord PALMERSTON said : I think it my duty to state to the House the course which her Majesty's Government has deemed it their duty to take with regard to the mea sure now under the consideration of the House. That measure was proposed to Parliament upon a full consi deration of the matters to which it relates. Her Majesty's Government felt that the burthens which exist on shipping, and on the industry of the country by reason of the dif ferent imposts and duties to which the bill relates, were matters deserving of the interference of Parliament for the purpose of relieving these interests from those imposts under which they laboured. (Hear, hear.) It was with that view that the measure now before the House was proposed to Parliament. 1:In the discussion which has taken place on the bill, nothing has been adduced by those who have opposed the measure which in any degree tends to shake the confidence of the Govern ment as to the justice or policy of the course they have pursued. (Hear, hear.) I will not now enter into the arguments that have been adduced, but I think it right to record the opinion of her Majesty's Government, which has not been shaken, on the question of right or policy they have adopted. In the course of the discussion last night it was made manifest that there are, in regard, to the cases of towns that would be affected by the measure, a far greater variety of different circumstances and of complicated interest, than perhaps her Majesty's Govern ment were led to suppose. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) These are matters which every gentleman must see, would be very imperfectly and inconveniently dealt with in a committee of the whole House. It is im possible in conducting a debate in a committee of the whole house on a bill, to separate and singly deal with, particular cases, especially if complicated by a great variety of circumstances, in such a manner as either to be satisfactory to the house or just to the parties concerned. (Hear, hear.) The bill consists of two points; one simple, the other more complicated. One relating to passing tolls ; the other, differential duties and town dues. It is evident that a great variety of re presentations are justly entitled to be made by the towns which are concerned. Tha Vice-President of the Board of Trade stated yesterday that, with reference to the re presentations that had been made from Hull and Bristol within the last few days they had led the Board of Trade to think that special provisions should be made in the bill to meet those particular cases. The special provisions are difficult to be dealt with in a committee of the whole house; and considering the great difference of opinion that prevails in this House with regard to the provisions of the measure, and considering also that it is not the duty of her Majesty's government to call on this House to bestow time and attention on a measure on which they were not likely to come to a just and satisfactory con— clusion, the government have come to the opinion that it would be more consistent with the public interests involved, to refer this bill to a select committee of the house. I hope the suggestion will be adopted by the house, because the matter cannot rest in the state it now is either with justice to the towns concerned, or with satis faction to that public investigation which the subject required, and which inquiry, I balieve, can best be conduc ted by a select committee of the house. Under these circumstances, I ask the house to allow her Majesty's Government to withdraw the bill now before the house, in order that the subject might be investigated by a select committee. (Hear, bear.) Mr. DISRAELI was glad that the:Government thought fit to withdraw the bill. He considered it a source of satisfaction to the House of Commons that without entering into party debate, they had succeeded in avoiding the effects that would have resulted from the crude and thoughtless project put forward in this bill. The noble lord had admitted, that the bill was brought forward without perfect consideration. He wished to know whether any consideration whatever had been given to the important subjacts touched upon ? He condemned the proposition to refer the bill to a select committee, observing that that would be delegating to a tribunal appointed by the House, the duties of her Majesty's ministers. They had hoped thit the present ministry would, with a forbearing opposition, have been able to conduct public affairs, but, notwithstanding their forbearance, the first week of the session had been char acterised by marked feebleness, blunders, mistakes, de feats, and discomfiture of the ministry. He then referred to the proceedings of the session, including the Wensley dale peerage case, the report of the Crimean commission, and the present motion, remarking that the government had in one case, set itself against all the legal opinions in the country, and in another, against the mercantile interests of the nation, and had in both cases met with signal defeat. Mr. LABOUCTIERE vindicated the conduct of the govern ment. He denied that the measure was brought forward without consideration, and said that the only reason for withdrawing it, was that the local interest was too strong for them. With regard to the forbearance of the opposi. tion, he observed that it was not asked for by the govern ment, and it must have cost the right hon. gentleman, (Mr. D'lsraeli) much, if they were to judge from the unpro voked attacks to which they, the government, had just listened. After some remarks from Mr. HADrIE4D and Mr. HEADLAM, the order of the day for the second reading was discharged, and the bill was withdrawn. CHARITABLE USES BILL. The bill was read a third time and passed CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL . The SOLICITOR GENERAL moved that the following members constitute the committee on the court of chancery (Ireland) bill :—The Solicitor•general for Ireland, Sir J. Graham. Mr. Ellice, Mr. Henley, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Keogh, Viscount Monck, Mr. Cairns, Mr. Mac Cartney, Mr. H. Herbert, Mr. W. Fitzgerald, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. de Vere, Sir E. Perry, and Mr. Kirk. Mr. S. FrTzeznALD moved the substitution of the name of Sir F. Kelly for Mr. de Vere. The amendment was negatived without a division. The name of Sir E. Perry was opposed, but was retained on a division by 128 votes to 39; majority 89. The remaining names were then agreed to. ALTERATION Or THE PARRS. ' The committee on St. James's-park was nominated SUPPLY, AND WAYS AND MEANS. The Consolidated Fund Bill and Exchequer Bill were brought in by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The House adjourned at a few minutes after seven •'clock. COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY + In the absence of the Judge, J. Pollock, Esch through in disposition, J. C. HARDEN, Esq., presided. A CLAIM AGAINST A SHOPKEEPER.—GENTRY v. KELLY. —ln this case a labourer, named Hugh Gentry, living in a court off Fontenoy-street, was the plaintiff, and Peter Kelly, a shopkeeper of 96, Fontenoy-street, was the defendant. This was a claim for the sum of 9s. 6d., under the following circumstances. On the morning of the 20th of January, the plaintiff alleged that he sent a little boy to the defendant's shop for a loaf of bread—that with him he sent half a sovereign The loaf of bread was 4L-d, and instead of bringing back 9s. 7id., the child only took him led. The child was called and examined, but he intimated that he did not know Gd. from half a sovereign. The mother of the child was also called, and from her statement it ap. peered that tile and her husband wore in bed at the time, and told the child to take the money from off the table. lie did do so, and returned with a leaf and lid. They cut a slice off the loaf, and, in about half an hour, went to the shop and asked for the change of half a sovereign, The defendant most positively denied that he had even seen the boy on the morning in question, until ho came with his mother, who endeavoured to bully him out of the change. That he had not sold a loaf, and that he had challenged her to bring the loaf, and compare it with other bread in the shop, which she refused to do, and used the most abusive langu age . V er di ct for the e defendant. WOODS v. Fox.—This was a claim for £4. In this case the plaintiff was a pawnbroker and clothier, living in White chapel, and tha defendant a clothier living in Sir Thomas's• buildings. In this case the defendant's wife carried on the business for her husband. On a certain day, the defendant's wife went with a seaman's wife to the plaintiff's shop, and introduced her with a seaman's note for £4. She was induced to sign an I O.EF. for the amount, but it was stated, that at the time she did so she did not know what she was signing. His Honour held that the husband was not liable for such an act done by his wife, but directed, at tho request of the plaintig, that a nousuit should be entered. REPORT.-TIIESDAT TRtDE Corrox : There is s been fair, and prices are steady: The sales—including 120 Pernambuco, 61 to 64d ; 350 Maranham, 611 to 613; 1,500 Surat, 3.-fd to 44d—ara reported 8,000 bales, of which 4,000 are on speculation and for export.—Tho MANCHESTER market reported fiat, the demand reduced, and prices about steady. SCOTCH Pm IRON : Our Market for Warrants closes at 68s cash, three months open, 695. ---.....---.-._ I VERP OOL no en ge in the Cotton market to- day, the demand 1 8,150 . 10,524 at 56s 61* ), 9,062 Advanced to 61s on news of death of the Czar. Total shipment of Pig Iron from Liverpool, for January, 1856 1855 Total shipment of Manufactured Iron from Liverpool, for January, 1856 . 19,647 1855 ... ” Pig Iron exported to the United States from Liverpool, January, 1856 Shipments last week 2,225 SUGAR continues in fair demand, but the transactions are limited, in consequence of holders waiting the result of the large public sales in London; 50 brls of grainy Demerara are reported at 41s 9d per cwt ; also, 400 bags Bengal and 1,200 bags Madras at full prices. MOLASSES : No transactions have taken place. Rum: 70 puncheons Demerara Ram have found buyers at previous rates. COCOA : 100 bags Guayaquil have been placed at 46s per TEA: The publ off with fair activity, , ales which were held to-day, passed s rates RICH : The market for East India remains dull, and only 250 bags Bengal sold at lOs 6d ; of Carolina, however, we have to report 160 tierces at 22s to 24s 3d per cwt. SALTPETRE: 270 bags have realizei 34s 6d per cwt for 22 per cent refraction. LINSEED : There has been a better market, 500 bags Calcutta have realised 62s 6d to 63s 6d. RAPESEED: 1,600 bags have found buyers, nearly all damaged, at 58s for sound. MUSTARDSEED: 300 bags yellow, at 55s per quarter. JUTE . Of 500 bales of f ered by auction, only a small parcel of fine realized £2O 10s per ton. Saco noun: have to notice 300 bags, of which the has not transpire CASTOR OIL : 80 cases, at 6d per lb. CORN : At our market this morning, with a fair attend ance of buyers, we experienced only a very slow demand for Wheat ; in the few sales effected Friday's advance was lost, and we revert to the quotations of this day se'nnight Egyptian Wheat is held with more firmness and has re covered th' decline submitted to in the forced sales of last week, good Saidi being now worth 7s. 3d. to 7s. Gd. per 701bs.—Flour was in a very limited request and the value barely supported. In Barley, Beans, Oats and Oatmeal, the business passing was of the most retail character, and prices remained nominally unvaried. Indian Corn was more freely offered by holders, and the demand not being active, Friday's advance could not be maintained, we reduce our quotations CI per qr from the prices of that day, making an advance of is per qr on the week. B. MAKIN & SONS. LONDON SUGAR : The market has a very firm appearance COFFEE is i❑ limited request at former prices. TEA cont nues without alteration refraction 1( 21 bags sold by auction at higher prices, 31s, one lot 30s 61 RICE : 1,367 bags low Bengal sold at 9s to 9s 6d COTTON is in activE nest, 1,200 bales sold yesterday on 'change, at higher prices TALLow : The tallo market remains steady, but the consumptive demand is not quite so active as during the last three days. Town tallow is quoted 51s; St. Petersburg Y. C., on the spot : 595; February to March, 59s ; March to April, 5-4 s 6d. SMITHFIELD Hey: Mr. E. J. Davis reports the trade heavy; prices without alteration. Prime meadow hay, 100 s to 1053; superior ditto, 1103 to 115 s ; inferior ditto, 703 to Oils; rowen, 70s to 903; clover 1003 to 1303; ditto, new, 1003 to 1203; straw, 23s to 235. YESTERDAY'S MARX:ETS. LEEDS CORN : Wheat in little demand, and 2e. lower. Barley, fine qualities, is dearer. Oats and Beans firm. DUBLIN CORN : A small supply and a dull market with lower rates —very little doing in every specie of grain, with a downward tendency in everything. CORK CORN MARKET : White Wheat, 35s to 363; Red, 34s 6d to 375; Barley, 15s to 20s; Oats, Us to 12s 81 ; Pork, 34a to 453. CORK BUTTER : Ist, 120 s ; 2nd, 120 s ; ard, 107 s ; 4th, 965; sth, 84s; Gth, 725.-4th, sth, and 6th, 4s. per hhd less. POLICE COURT -YESTERDAY, (BEFORE MN. E. EVANS.) STEALING Fe as IT UR E.—A. wretched-looking old woman, named Mary Irvine, was charged with stealing a quantity of furniture from the house of Ellen Bridge man, Crosshall-street. The prisoner was found in Gay street, at an early in the morning, with a quantity of furniture in her possession, and it turned out that she had stolen the property from the house of the prosecutor. The prisoner was committed for two months. A " BIG Dnzrin."—John Stones, who was engaged in stowing the ship Euelis, in the Prince's dock, was charged with stealing two dozen bottles of ale. A portion of the cargo consisted of casks of bottled ale, and it appeared that ono of the casks had been broken into, and two dozen bottles taken out. The prisoner was found lying in the midst of the empty bottles in a state of helpless drunken ness, and, however strange it may appear, it was stated that he drank the contents of the two dozen bottles him self. For the next two months he will not be able to indulge in such extensive potations, for he was committed for that period to gaol. SWEETNERS " and " BLUDGETTERS " IN TROUBLE.— Detective officer Carlyle brought up Margaret Steward, James Carr, and William Ross, on the following charge. The prisoners were dressed in the most fashionable style, and, but for their conduct and being well known to the po lice, one would have thought they were "first-class" people. The officer said at a quarter past eight o'clock on Monday night he saw the prisoners in Lime-street. The woman he knew to be a " sweetner," and the men " bludgetters," and he watched them. He saw the woman speak to an old gentleman who had a very massive chain to his watch. The gentleman wanted to get away, but she succeeded in inducing him to go into Disley-street. He then knew something was wrong, and he called a railway porter named Patrick Dowlin g (as he could not get a policeman) to his assistance. The two men (the prisoners) proceeded in different directions after the woman and the old gentle. man. The officer went in one direction, sending Dowling in another, but they both met again at the corner of Derby-street, when Carr came rushing up towards the entry where the girl and old gentleman had gone. The officer seized him, and threatened if he spoke a word, to knock him prostrate. This threat kept the prisoner Carr quiet, and he was handed over to the railway porter. Just then, Ross came in an opposite direction, and stood at the entry. The woman then coughed as a signal, and the prisoner Ross was about to enter the passage, when Carlyle seized him by the neck, and threatened to floor him also if he spoke. At that moment the old gentleman rushed from the passage after the female prisoner, crying out "thieves, police," ids watch and chain were th en hanging from his neck. Carlyle told him he was a policeman, and had the prisoners all safe, but the old gentleman appeared terribly frightened, an d seeme d no t to believe him, but ran through the streets as fast as he could shouting. "all thieves, police." As Carlyle could not stop him, having then three prisoners, he thought it better to secure the latter, which he did, with the assist ance of the railway man. Mr. Chilton, appeared for the prisoners ; it appeared that Carr had been sixteen times committed, and eight times discharged. Tne girl too was an old offender. She and Carr were sentenced to two months hard labour, and Ross was remanded tq produce some evidence against him. A BAD BOY. John Jones,A boy NsnE about i, p ) 14 years of —(IIEF3IR. was charged with having stolen a watch tporg: boots and other thin gs , f rom the Sailor's home. From the evidence of Mr. Willi ams, deputy -superintendent at the Sailor's Home, and o th er witnesses, it appeared that some time are the boy was found by the police destitute in the streets. Mr. Mansfield, on that occasion, kindly gave him clothes and procured him work. He subse quently got him on board a ship, but the boy behaved badly. He was, however, lodging at the Home, and on Monday, in the absence of another lodger, he stole the property, and pledged the watch for 15s. The..Pg was remanded until S a t ur d a y, an d Mr. Mansfiel tuci 1 ahe would consider what was best to be done with him. CHARGES AGAINST A CAPTAIN.--ThOMRS Berwick, the u. informations, ed the ~ at master of the barque Baronet, was s instance of the Board of Trade, on three laid under the 85th section of the 13th and )4th chap. 93, for negleoting to make certain entries in his of f icial log book, to wit, to record the death of his chief mate, and the illness and death of one of th e apprent i ces. Mr. Tyndell was for the p rose cution, and Mr. Forshaw for the defence. The evidence went to show th a t th e occur rences took place in May, whilst, in the margin of one of the papers (not the proper pl ace ), t h ey were re cor ship's dedashaving ha ppened in April, 1856. Mr. Forshaw argued that the act under which the case was brought had been repealed by a subsequent act, which came into opera• tion in May. The case was dismissed, subject to be brought on again under the provisions of the last at.