The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-12 00:00:00

~"" - -~moa~ra~ AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA, The steamship Niagara, from Boston, arrived in the Mersey yesterday morning. She brings 107 pas• sengers, and 371,332 dollars in specie. Her dates are down to the 29th ult., being four days later than the intelligence previously received. The steamers Ericsson (New York), and Indian (Quebec) had both arrived out. There is little or no political news by this arrival. The Kansas excited increased attention, and un successful attempts had been made in Congress to take up the Senate Bill for the admission of that State into the Union. An amendment, however, to the effect that no part of the military force of the federal government shall be employed in Kansas in enforcing the existing laws there, and otherwise carrying out the doctrines of the free State party with regard to the territory, was adopted by a vote of 88 against 40. The Presidential election has caused some warm discussion. At a numerously attended State Convention of Radical Democrats, representing, as one of the speakers remarked, the "pure essence of the Democracy of New York," met at Syracuse. The leading Radical D: , mocrats of 1848 have gone over to Fremont This move ment will have an important influence upon the Presidential election, and will undoubtedly seri ously damage the prospects of Mr. Buchanan in th e Empire State. At the Whig State Central Committee, which had met at Albany, resolu tions, expressing their individual preference for Mr. Fillmore for the Presidency, in favour of a State convention, to meet at Albany on the 14th of August, to elect delegates to the National Convention to be held at Baltimore on t.he 17th September, were adopted. The New Y °rk Republican State Committee met at Saratoga Springs on Friday, and agreed upon Wednesday, September 17, as the day, and Syracuse as the place, fer holding the Convention for the nomination of State officers and the selection of a. Presidential electoral ticket. The Massachusets Know Nothings had met in Convention at Boston to nominate candidates for State officers. The preliminary proceedings were anything but harmonious. Upon taking a vote for the choice of a temporary chair 'llan, Mr. Fletcher, a Fremont man, received a majority of one hundred and six out of a total vote of five hundred and ninety. This result astonished the Fillmoreite Know Nothings, and was hailed w ith every demonstration of dissatisfaction. The F remont section of the Massachusets Know - Nothing s has nominated the present State officers for re.election. _ . On the 28 ult., the telegraphic communication between New York, Boston, Halifax, Buffalo, and P ittsburgh, were interrupted by a heavy storm. A terrific accident occurred on board the steamer Empires State, on the night of the 26th, on her trip fr om Fall River to New York. When off Point Judith her steam pipes or flues exploded, killing seven and wounding fifteen of her passengers and ! r ely. At the time of the accident most of the pas se ngers were retiring for the night , and the noise of the explosion and consequent escape of steam caused the greatest alarm and excitement among thos e on board. As soon as possible the steamer Put back to Fall River, where everything possible was done t o a ll ev i a t e the sufferings of the wounded. The uninjured passengers were transferred to the .steamer. State of Maine, and reached New York on the following evening. The weekly return of health in New York show an increase of 100 deaths over the total for the previous week. The President and several members of Congress h ad visited the new steamship Vanderbilt, but, according to the American papers, they were treated rather cavalierly by Commodore Vander bilt. The anticipated feast was not forthcoming, for was there a single bottle of champagne cracked to enliven the occasion. The independent conduct thate gallant Commodore ; so very different from of those who usually visit Washington, may, from its rarity, have the effect of securing for him the desired contract to carry the European mails. Our commercial advices possess little novelty. The European news received on the 28th by the t udian came to hand too late for its effect on the market to be telt. Before the news 300 to 400 b ales of cotton were sold at unchanged prices. After its receipt no sales were reported. Flour was heavy, and common to medium brands were about 5 c p er b arre l l ower . H an d s ome new Mary land sold a t 1 d o l 81c, and choice Canada at 1 dol 82c. The sales embrace lower grades of Cana- Western and Southern. Corn was ih good d emand, with free sales, but at rather easier p r ices, which ranged from 56e from the slip, for stilling cargoes, to 58e from store, and sound "estern mixed at 60c to 61c. No Southern yellow Il i ras on th e mar k et. P r i me S out h ern white was Id at 80e. Pork sold in a moderate way , at 20 opts 3 72 e for mess. Sugars sold to the extent of F. to 1,00 0 hhd s , a t steady and. full prices 'eights were slack for Liverpool, and rather easier f or shippers, wh i le to L on d on an d th e Continent they were unchanged. The Legislature of New Brunswick recently, by a vote of 38 to 2, repealed the Prohibitory Liquor law, and revived the license system. LATEST FROM CALIFORNIA The accounts from the mining regions continue to be favourable, and the crops generally were 17Pcrted_,,,,eed, although in some sections the grass hoppers had been very destructive. Up to the sth `,._ lll Y, the Vigilance Committee continued their the without molestation ; but on the 24th ult., ,le excitement in regard to the movements of the Committee, which had been lulled almost into t e q ui eseence, was revived by one of their number t he Judges i n th e s t ree t by David S. Terry, one of Judges of the Supreme Court of Calfornia, while a member of the Committee was attempting to .arrest a notorious character. Judge Terry was immediately arrested and taken to Fort Vigilance, Where he was placed on his trial. This incident was the signal for an attack upon the armory of the law Marion Rifles, which was the rendezvous of lavr and order party. The place was sur rounded by over 1,000 of the committee men in arms, with three or four pieces of ordnance planted in front of it. Before this formidable array it soon capitulated, and all the arms it contained were .seized t oge th er w ith a b ou t 100 pr i sone r s . The latter, however, were released from custody. The Committee had also seized a quantity of Government arms, which had been sent to San Francisco, for the law and order Party, on board a schooner. The Gover nor remained at Sacramento, and it was stated that he would make no more attempts to destroy the functions of the Vigilance Committee. The General commanding the State forces had retired and rendered his report to the executive, of an ineffective campaign. No political excitement existed in the State beyond a desire to knew who were the nominees for the Presidency. The nati onal anniversary was celebrated with becoming display and enthusiasm throughout the State MEXICO. From 124 "ic0 we have advices to the 22nd inst, A conspiracy to restore Santa Anna to power had been diseo. v ered at Pueom. Alany of the priests were implicated NEW YORK MARKETS. co•rrom We have had a dull market during. exce a e d d vices having had no ont change in prices, the f o „ ign the past week, with lellaence. The sales do not ioic ; Y l ordinary to middl holie onsumption. 16plands—ver 4,000 bales, all for fai o r w a Aiddling, 1140 ing, 9cc to I lie ; ordinarY, fai good, l 2 4n to Rood middling., 12fe; fair to good fully Sling, odic 1110- lc and 134 c; middling fair, 12ic ; Hie ;good ie to 12c ; biles, L ou i s i anag , gm—Ordinary to midd .fsood ordinary, lip; low rniddfing,middling, f ' u 2 ,te v ;fair to good fair, 131 C to 1410 ; middling f air , 131 c ; !I fair, 14c ; good and fine, none. The Exports, &e., of Cotton since Ist September, are as To . al Ex To Gt. Britain ports.. 2,89 q 1 903.000. Last Year 2,11910 ;4ar.before 2 ,152000.... _1.511 000. Receipts. Stocks 3,46 1 . 000 . •• • 79,000 2 737,000 . 200 000 • 2 838,0 0 . • • • 2:6,000 BREADOTUFFS. FLOUR.--Tho advics received per Persia on the morn in ! of the 23rd ho:ders to obtain . but of higher prices in England, enabled an advance of 15c to 25c per brl., e this has again been lost, except on the better grades. of sipping qualities of Genesee and Ohio; the latter being :scarce commands full prices. Western Canal and State, common. 5 dols 50c to 5 dols 75c per brl. ; good shipping, e 4101 s t o 6 d o l s 50c; Ohio, Indiana, &c., 6 dols 75c to 7 do's L' a c; Canada, 6 dols 50c to 8 dols ; Southern, 7 dols rabl e gir and lo r 1) - aerie' •Aos THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. 25c to 8 dols ; Fancy and High Extra, 7 dols 50c to 9 dols 50c and 10 dols 75e. WHEAT continues in good demand for shipment, and an advance of 3c to 5e per bushel has been established upon all qualities. Some parcels of new Southern bring our highest quotations for export. INDIAN Coax without material change. Yf row, 67c to 70c per 56 lbs. White, 75c to 80c. Western old mixed, 58e to 61. c S4c to 87e per 56 lbs RYE scarce at former prices BARLEY. -90c to 93c per 481bq CORN MEAL —3 dols 12ic to 3 dols 87ic per brl RYE FLOUR.-4 dols 12ie to 5 dots 25e'per brl. FREIGHTS have been dull. To Liverpool for Cotton id to 5 32d per lb ; Flour, is 6d to 2s per brl ; Grain, 6d to 7d per bushel. To London—Flour, 2s 7id to 2s 9d per brl. To Havre—Cotton ic per lb ; Flour, 60c per brl. EXCHANGE on England in moderate demand at 109 i to 1091 per cent. Bills on Franee f 515 to f 5.181. WOTHERSPOON, KINGSFORD & CO. ASHES are firmer at 6 dols 250 to 6 dols 315 c for pots, with some sales reported at 6 dols 37ie, and 7 dols 75c for pearls. COFFEE.—The market is quiet; sales of 100 bags Rio skimmings were made at 10i, 4 months ; 1,000 mats Java at P.N.T. NAVAL STORES.—Crude turpentine is quiet but firm at 3 dols l2ic. Spirits turpentine are firmer, with sales of 475 brls at 37ic to 38c for lots in mercantile order; lots in prime shipping order are now held at 390. Rosin is dull ; we notice sales of 300 brls No. 2 at. dol 75c per 310 lbs iu yard ; and 500 do No 1 at 3 dols to 4 dols per 23 lbs delivered. Tar is quiet and firm. OlLS.—Crude whale is now firm at 80c for selected; manufactured is selling 'from store at 86c for spring and 88c to 90c for winter. Linseed oil is dull at 80c to 82e. Lard oil is quiet, but is held fi mly at 95c to 100 c. Red oil is firmer. and may be quoted at 60c to 621 c. PaovisroNs.—Pork is heavy and lower, with sales of 300 brls at 20 dols 37ic for mess, and 17 dols 25c to 17 dols 37ic for prime. Beef is also lower, with sales of 165 brls at 8 dols 25c to 9 (lois 50c for country mess, 7 dols to 7 50e for country prime, 9 dols to 11 dols for repacked western, and 11 dols to 12 dols 50c for extra mess. Beef hams are quiet. Cut meats are heavy with small sales at 9c for shoulder, and 10c for hams. Bacon is dull. Lard is firm, with sales of 200 tierces and brls at 121 c to 12ie. Butter is firm, at an advance. Cheese is also firmer. SUGAR.—The arrivals are large, but holders continue firm ; the sales (chiefly to refiners) are 670 hhds Cuba at 84 to 9: 220 Porto Rico at 8i to 9f ; l 5 New Orleans at 8i ; and 100 boxes Havana at 9.1 to 91. FREIGHTS are inactive To Liverpool, 28,000 bushels grain were taken at 6d to 61d in bulk, and 613 to 7d in ship's bag ; 5,000 brls. flour is 63; 1,000 brls. rosin 2s ; 70 tons tustic 16s ; cotton id. To Loudon, 3,500 brls flour 2s 93. To Havre, flour 75e, and grain 15c, with but little offering. To Bremen, 50 bales cotton at ie. A. barque was chartered from Buctouche to Bristol Channel 102 s 6d. MONEY AND STOCKS, The demand for money continues vrry active; the large stock of sugar here, and the large receipts from day to day, with the firmness of speculators, and the general expectation of still higher prices, have absorbed a large portion of the capital usually devoted to grocers' paper, a very heavy sum being needed to carry the market. Loans on call are less easily negotiated, and there are few lenders below 7 per cent. The stock market opened at lower rates, but there was more firmness towards the close of the first board, and the second board showed a stronger market. Foreign exchange is not active, although there is more doing than by last steamer. Bills on London, 109 to 1091 for commercial signatures ; bankers 1091 to 110, the latter an extreme rate; Paris 5,18/ to 5,15, mostly 5,173 to 5,16*; Antwerp, 5,163; Amsterdam, 41*; Hamburg, 361 to 36i; Bremen, 7t51 to 783. The bank statement shows, as expected, a large decline in specie, but an increase of half a million in loans. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH NEW ORLEANS, Saturday, July 26.—Receipts of Cotton during the week 800 bales, against 4,900 in the corre sponding week last year. Freights to Liverpool, 7-16 d. Market very dull, and quotations almost nominal. MOBILE, Saturday, July 26.—Cotton receipts for the week 200 bales ; same week last year 3,000 bales. No foreign export. Crop prospects unchanged. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.-YESTERDAY, CROWN COURT. (BEFORE MIL JUSTICE WILLES.) The business of these assizes commenced yes'erday at eleven o'clock. The follovving, gentlemen were sworn on THE GRAND JURY John Cheatham, Esq., M.P., ' 1 homas Baines, Esq. foreman J. Chidwick, Eq. John Stewart. Esq. ~ V. C. Crittenden, Esq J. Bramley-Moore, E-q., MP. Hon. Algernon Pgertun Charles Turner, E-q. Thamas Earla, Esq. William Rathb,w, Esq. William Fenton, Esq. T. F. Bayley, Esq. A. Harrison, Esq. Sir Elkanah Armitage, W. Harris in, Esq. L. Heyworth, Esq., M.P. J. R. Kaye, E-q. Sir James Patter, C. H. Perc vall, Esq. Jas. Brotherton. Esq., M.P. "rhomas Wrig!ey, Esq. Peter Ainsworth, Esq. Duncan Macvicar, Esq. - After the usual proclamation was made, His Lordship said : Mr. Foreman, and Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, you are about to enter upon a very serious, and, lam afraid, a very lengthened task. 1 lament to see before me an exceedingly heavy calendar, and that the very large proportion of the crimes which are charged in that calendar are crimes of violence. That circumstance , however, will enable me to dismiss you without any lengthened observations on the calendar. The crimes which are charged are for the most part of a nature which renders unnecessary any observations on points of law. They are offences which the common sense of every body may recognise, and with which you as gentlemen of experience will be able to d-11 without any assistance on my part. There are, however•, one or two observations with respect to the calendar, and also with spect to a duty which your foreman, or one of your ,dy will for the first time in this country have to per- form, to which I must call your attention. An act or Parliament has been recertly passed and come into force _ _ which • on the 14th of last month, by the foreman, or one of the Grand Jury deputed by him, will have to administer an oath to each of the witnesses who shall be examined before them—l say an oath, including affirmation, or any other form of swearing by which the conscience of any witness may happen to be . bound. A. question has arisen on this statute—it is whether any of your body may administer the oath in the presence of the foreman ; whether in case he should happen to be engaged in other matters, or should be fatigued with the duty which is imposed on him—it can be administered by any other of the grand jury? My own opinion upon the construc tion of this statute is, that that may be done, but inas much as a question has been raised on it, and has caused different impressions to prevail in other places, I should recommend you to administer the oath through the fore man, or through such person as the foreman, in his neces sary absence, may depute for that purpose. I shall bring the question before the judges in the next term, but until they have expressed an opinion on it, I think it would be wiser to act upon the minor construction of the statute, to prevent any difficulty from arising►. That statute, if you have not seen, you will be aided in the administration of, by being furnished with a copy. The witnesses were formerly sworn in court, and then taken before the grand jury; but it was thought that it would be more solemn, and have greater effect, by the oath „ being administered to them by the tribunal before which they were then about to be examined. With respect to the calendar, I have only one or two observations to make. You will find it. has been divided into several days' work. The cases which will be brought before you to-day are principally burglaries. I need not detain you with the law with respect to burglary—you are all . _ familiar with it. I cannot however, help observing, in reference to these and other cases, that the police appear to have acted with great vigilance in the performance of their duties, with regard to the business of the present assizes. There is a very serious case in to•day's paper —that is a case of forgery. lam afraid, if the evidence comes out, as it appears on the depositions, that the per son charged will appear to have forged acceptances to a very considerable amount, and tc have committed a seri- ous t ' offence against the statute affecting that matter. There are three cases from the Bank of England, with reference to the passing of forged bank notes ; and two mint cases. These will be short eases ; and it is desirable that you should first begin with them, so 'that the court may be furnished with some business to proceed with. There is in the second day's list a case of attempting to drown, and a case of stabbing—one of a great number of similar cases to be brought before you. In the following day's list there is a case of manslaughter—one of ten which appear in the calendar. In the fourth day's list there appears a case, 94, 95, and 96, a charge of rape—a case which appears on the depositions to bear a serious character ; but, with respect to some of the cases of that description, which will be brought before you, your at tention will be earnestly required to them, lest persons should he put upon their trial without any real prima facie case having been made out against them. Ofthat character there is, at all events, one—that is case 169. You will, perhaps, see that the circumstances of that case render it highly improbable that there was such an offence com mitted against the will of the prosecutrix. With regard to that, however, and all the other cases, I should rather that you exercise your own discretion than follow any dictation of mine. The cases on Friday include two cases of murder; and these, I lament to say, are two of four which appear upon the list. In reference to this class, I would draw your attention to the case which appears is Friday's paper_a charge of administering poison with intent to murder: It is a case in which a wife is charged with administering poison with the inten tion of murdering her husband. The persons charged with such an offence, though murder may not actually have been committed, yet certainly range within the class of murderers. One cannot help, in looking at this case, lamenting—and I think you will find reason to lament the extreme facility with which poisons can be purchased, and the very large amount of them which appears to be sold by druggists without any proper precaution. I do not mention names, nor shall I observe further on it at present. I reserve what I have to say until the trial, and until I see what evidence is given then; but I cannot help making that observation in passing. With respect to the cases numbered 114 and 115, in which two persons are charged with murder by kicking a person on the head, in a very savage manner, if the depositions should be true, I think it will be your duty, in that case, to bring in a bill of wilful murder, although it is possible, when the matter comes to be investigated, it may turn out to be an aggravated case of manslaughter. With respect to the case of Betsy M'Mullan, I have merely to say, that that is a case in which it will be your duty, I fear, also to bring in a bill for wilful murder. The next case of mur der is No. 50, in which a person is charged with murder ing a woman by jumping upon her in a very savage manner ; and in that case also, I am afraid you will have no other duty than to bring in a bill for murder. But though you may bring in such a bill, it will still be competent for the petty jury to consider what the intentions of the parties may have been in the cases I have just mentioned, as also in the case which appears in the same day's paper, where death was produced by a series of violent blows,—in these cases, as in 114 and 115, the actual intention of the parties charged will stilt be a question for the petty jury. There is one case more to which I shall call your attention ; that is the case in which eighteen persons are charged with riot of the most serious char acter,—a riot arising out of a strike of bricklayers. I need but remind you—as offences of this description have of late been happily uncommon_ that the assembling of three or more persons. for the pur pose of doing an unlawful act, or the assembling for the purpose of doing a lawful act, if they do so in such a man ner as to cause fear and alarm to her Majesty's subjects, is, in point of law, a riot. From the depositions in this case, the riot appears to have been of a most serious description. I don't think that 1 need detain you any longer from the performance of your duties. But whilst I have to lament the exceedingly heavy calendar to which I have just shortly called your attention, I cannot help congratulating the county upon the fact, that a full grand jury has been found willing to comp forward to the per formance of this most arduous and painful task. The grand jury then retired. The calendar conta , ned the names of 169 prisoners, but, since which, several others have been committed. Of the 169 prisoners named in the calendar, fifty could neither read nor write, sixty-four could do each imperfectly, twenty eight could read, and eight could read and write well. Of the offences charged against the latter class, one was a cotton manufacturer, charged with forgery; an engraver and a turner, charged with obtaining goods under false pretences ; a packing-case maker, charged with manslaughter ; a cos termonger, charged with house breaking; a seaman, with manslaughter; a shoemaker, with housebreaking; a labourer, with doing grievous bodily harm to a female ; and a groom, with bigamy, and there was one who had received a superior education, a commission agent, who was charged with having obtained some goods by false pretences. The other prisoners were out on bail, and, therefore, in most instances, neither their trade or the education was noted. BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER.—WiIIiam Jones, aged 10, a dyer, was indicted fur having burglariouslv entered the house of Major Knox, and stolen therefrom a . writing-desk, containing a quantity of jewellery. Evidence was adduced to show that the premises were secured on the previous night, but at an early hour on the following morning, it was discovered that the house had been entered by the scullery windows, and the property mentioned in the indictment hal been stolen. A policeman on duty the night of the robbery met the prisoner, and he being a suspicious character, was searched, and upon him was found the articles of jewellery stolen. The prisoner, who had been formerly convicted, was again found guilty. Sentence deferred. ANOTHER BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER.—Thomas Norris, aged 15, a factory worker, and Luke Cenlan, of the same age and trade, were charged with breaking into the house of Isaac Wright, with intent to steal. On the morn ing of the 2d of April the prosecutor, a member of the society of friends, was awakened from his peaceful slumbers by hearing a noise in the house, and on proceeding down stairs, he discovered that the house had been entered by the grid hole. The parties being disturbed took to flight, but were apprehended by the police who had observed their actions, and took them into custody, The prisoner Norris pleaded guilty. Sentence deferred.-- [Prior to the com mencement of the trial, the prosecutor, a sturdy Quaker, appeared in the court with his hat upon his cranium. He was told to be uncovered in the court, but nothing would induce Isaac of Brook-street , Man chester, to doff his bon ne t, Wright, 'although it had a brim wide and broad enough for a navvies nand to grasp. The judge respectfully, but in vain, told him that it was not decorous for one person to appear cov ere d i n a court of justice, while all others were uncovered. This gentle hint, failing to induce their " friend" to pay the respect due to her majesty's representative, his lordship put the matter plainly—" You, Isaac Wright, of Brook-street, Manchester, must either take off your hat while you sit in this court or quit the same." Isaac left, but with his bat on, amidst general laughter. Shortly afterwards Mr. Wright appeared as a witness in the following case, having previously doffed his hat, and his lordship, in the course of his remarks to the jury, said that he was not aware that he was the same person who had app ared is court on the previous occasion, for had he known that he had any business to transact in the court, and had any real scruple in taking off his hat, he might have sat there without interruption. Isaac Wright attempted to ex , lain the matter, but eventually left, waiting to put on his broad brimmer till he had reached the out-let of the Court ] AxtyrtiEll MANCHESTER BURGLARY.—Peter M'Guire, aged 18, and Sias Kelley, aged 28, both mechanics, were indicted for having burglariously broken and entered the dwelling house of Thomas King, and stolen therefrom some eatables, and about £5 in cash. On the night of the 14th of April the two prisoners were seen to leave the premises by the police, and when searching them some of the property was found, and the remainder concealed near the premises. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and M'Guire was s.mienced to five, and Kelley to four, years penal servitude. BURGLARY.—John Slater, aged 22, a porter, John Waters, aged 23, hawker, and Cornelius Riley, aged 23, a labourer, were charged with breaking into the house of Robert Richardson, and stealing therefrom twenty pairs of boots and shoes, of the value of £5. In this case the pro perty was found in the possession of the prisoners, who could not give a satisfactory account of how they became possessed of the same. The prisoners were found guilty. Cornelius Riley was then charged with bur glariously entering the pr miser of Mr. William Harrison, and stealing a variety of property. A second count in the indictment charged him with receiving the property, know ing it to have been s:olen. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of receiving the property. Slater and Riley were sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. NISI PRIUS COURT (BEFORE BARON BRAMWELL AND A COMMON JURY.) AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY —THRASHING AN ATTORNEY.— THACKTHWAT /E V. Jouotrix. —The plaintiff is an attorney, and the defendant a publican, late of Manchester. Some time in May list the plaintiff was employed by tha defen dant to collect some accounts at a commission of twenty per cent, but with no costs in unsuccessful cases. The plaintiff had collected £4 175.. when, on the sth of June, the defen dant called on him and demanded the money. The plaintiff replied that there was a larger amount due to him than what he held in his hands, showing his books at time, and consented to have an account prepared in the afternoon. The defendant then called again at four o'clock, and, adopting the " fee fo.fam" style of address, declared that he wanted " money or blood." The plaintiff who was unwilling to oblige him with either, proceeded with his dinner, and referred him to the account. Finding that his wishes could not be gratified but by assault and battery, the defendant locked the office door and, taking the plaintiff by surprise, struck him over the head with a stick. He also otherwise assaulted the plaintiff, and inflicted on him such savere iajuries that ho was confined to his bed for ten days, and six days more to his house. After the case had pro ceeded some time, Mr. Wheeler, who appeared for the defendant, said that there was but Is. between the parties —his client offering £2O, and the plaintiff demanding Is. more. Mr. Fernley, who was for the plaintiff, said that his client was quite willing to accept the £2O as substantial compensation for the injury done him. but he thought the defendant should -also give a further proof of his sense of the moral wrong of which he had been guilty. His lordship thought the plaintiff was fairly entitled to substantial damages for the substantial I - eating which he had received. If it had gone to the jury they probably would have given more. A Juror : No doubt of it. A verdict was then returned eedofoue for the adjourned d ff forat h £2 a O l ts a , at w s it i h x c a o ,ck setlsa to nine . o'clock this morning, WAVERTREE L ( )CAL BOARD OF HEALTH The usual monthly meeting of this Board was held yesterday evening, at. the Public! Offices, Wavertree. The Rev. Badnell occupied the chair. The other members present were—Messrs. Chaffers, Rishton, Gore, Brad burn, Clarke, Davis, Swinden, and Halhead. After some conversation, with regard to the drainage of certain por tions of the township,—The Chairman said, before we proceed with the business, I fell myself bound to make a few observations on what has been done by this hoard, and I do hope that the reporters which are present, will take a note of them, that it may go forth to the public. I have much pleasure in stating that Mr. Dickens (who was sent down from the board in London) is perfectly satisfied with what we have done, after inspecting the whole of our drainage, from Mr. Athertons to the utmost extent of the township; and I am happy to say that he considered, that the course of drainage we had pursued was most satisfactory, and that it was impossible that we could have done better. (Hear, hear.) It ought to go forth to the ratepayers at large that he had stated that from the way in which the drainage had been carried out, that this board might be considered as a model hoard. (Hear, hear.)—Mr. Halhead believed that Mr. Dickens was perfectly satisfied, and would give his report, to that effect to the board above.—Mr. Chaffers expremed the same opinion.—After some further con versation it was agreed, on the motion of Mr. Halhead, that tenders should be obtained for making a sewer from the township to Smithdown lane, through certain estates occupied by the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Halhead, &e., for the proper drainage of the same. —Mr. Chaffers seconded the resolution, which was unanimously adopted.—A. letter was read from Mr. Leech and from Mr. Thompson, complaining of the injury they had sustained from the overflow of water, from the want of drainage accommodation, during the late heavy rains. After a report from the Surveyor, and some conversation, the subject was referred to a com mittee, to report thereon at the next meeting. After some other routine business was disposed of, the board adjourned. The Courrier du Havre, in alluding to the plan lately suggested for driving away flies (the use of laurel oil), states that no fly will enter a room in which a wreath of walnut leaves has been hung up. The Ilamburg News contains a letter from Berlin of the 4th, which gives the following rather improbable piece of intelligence :—" Some of the minutes of the general confer ence of the Lutheran communities, which took place in May last, have just been published. It results from them that the conference was of opinion that auricular confes sion should be re-established, and that the clergyman should be invested NS ith the power of pronouncing:excom munication." SUPPOSED MURDER.—The police authorities at Exeter, are engaged in investigating the death of a young female, named Mary Ann Dyke, daughter of a labourer residing at Countess Weir. Deceased had been living with a Mrs. Clatworthy, in the New North-road, Exeter, and left her service without notice on the 14th ult., sleeping the fol lowing night with the friends of a young man to whom she was engaged. She was scen the following day by a young man with whom she originally kept company, but nothing f ur ther was known or heard of her till a few days since, when her body was foutid floating in the water near Countess Weir. A cut was found upon the upper lip, and from various rumours and the suspicious nature of the case, the coroner's jury returned an open verdict. Deceased was a good-looking young woman, about 18 or 20 years of age. SIR CHARLES NAPIER AT CRONSTADT.—We extract the following passage from a private letter just received from a gentleman whom the attraction of the Emperor Alexander's coronation has drawn to the Russian capital: Judge of my surprise on goimg down to Cronstadt a few days since, at meeting our old friend, Sir C. Napier, on board a steamer specially provided for him by the Sr. Petersburg agents of the North of Europe Steam Naviga tion Company, in whose splendid steamer Oscar he had arrived a few days previously from London. The worthy admiral was taking a survey of the redoubtable forts which protected the Russian fleet during the war, and concerning the impregnability or otherwise of which to the attacks of British seventy-fours such various opinions have been offered. Since then I have seen Sir Charles in many places, and have witnessed the cordiality with which he has been everywhere received." The pl iant admiral has since arrived at Berlin on his return home. TWO MEN SUFFCCATED 1N A " DAV HOLE" AT CLAYTON WEST—On Friday last a most shocking occurrence took place at Clayton West, a village situated midway between Huddersfield and Barnsley. „ Two individuals named respectively Thomas Carter, about 45 years of age, and George Lockwood. about 40, fancy weavers, who reside in a lonely place called Fourfield, were suffocated in a " day hole," which forms the approach to some old workings to a colliery. The parties have been for some time past in the habit of obtaining from these old works (which were for merly worked, but discontinued some years ago, by Messrs. Norton and Co.) coals which they used for their own domestic purposes. On Friday morning, Lock wood went to get some coal, and not returning at the usual time, his wife became alarmed, and went in search of him. Not being able to discover any traces, she com municated her alarm to Carter. The " hole" appears to have generated a large quantity of sulpharettecl hydrogen, on which account it was discontinued by Messrs. Norton. This was known to the parties, and Carter remonstrated at Lockwood having gone into the place on such a morn ing, after the thunderstoim on the previous day. lie, however, proceeded to the place, and went down the " day hole" in search of his neighbour, but never returned. Mrs. Lockwood now raised an alarm, and the greatest consternation prevailed in the neighbourhood, Information was sent to the oolteries in the neighbourhood, and every exertion was made to recover the bodies of the unfortunate men, but such was the deadly effect of the gas that several persons, after attempting to enter the " day hole," had to return immediately, or they would have been suffocated. A blow was, however, brought from Mr. Jugger's coller;es and by means of tubes, pure air was forced into the pit, but the lifeless bodies of the unfortunate men were not recovered until near four o'clock on Friday afternoon, that of Lockwood being found in a sitting posture, about 17 yards from the mouth of the " day hole," and that of Carter about 12 yards. A jury was empanelled to inquire into the cause of the deaths, and a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned, CHESTER TOWN COUNCIL -YESTERDAY THE GAS COMPANIES AND THE CITY. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) The quarterly meeting of the Town Council of Chester, was held in the Exchange of that city, by adj iurnment from Friday last, at eleven o'clock, yester.lay. The mavoT, Major French, pr,?,siiled. The council was occupied for some time in striking a watch rate for the ensuing year, The Watch Committee brought forward a recommen dation for an alteration in the arrangement and distri bution of the city lamps, in order to effect a reduction in the expense, with the least possible diminution of Mr. Peacock proposed the adoption of the recommen dation. He remarked that they were all aware of the embarrassed state of the accounts, and that it was quite impossible they could go on with the same description of light, if they j desired to keep the expenditure within the feenme, as for this 'reason that the committee recommended the alterations to he adopted. There would be a light in every part of the town where there was one at present, and he did not think that, without very close observation, any diminution of the light would be perceived If the plan were found not to be suitable, it could hereafter be altered. The recommendation was adopted without discussion The resignation of Mr. Bell,'the City Surveyor, was accepted, and the Improvement and Corporate Estate Committees requested to take steps for the appointment of a successor A motion given by Mr. Meadows Frost, stood upon the book—" That the Deputy Town Clerk be requested to inform the council by whose authority the pipes of the two gls companies h-ve been united " . . The Deputy Town Clerk said he had made the neces sary enquiries, and found it was done by the authority of Mr. :-'itlisbury Mr. Meadows Frost then proceeded to propose the fol lowing resolution, of which he had also given notice— " That the nominal capital of the amalgamated gas. companies shall be fixed at £30,000, and whenever the income shall exceed 10 per cent on that amount, the price of gas shall be so reduced that not more than JO per cent shall be ever divided among the shareholders, and that no overplus shall be permitted to be distributed as a bonus in any form or under any name." He said a capital of £30,000 was sufficient to erect works to supply gas to the inhabitants of the city, and return 10 per cent upon the amount of the investment, a return not often to be met will. It was injurious to the welfare of the city, to permit the two gas companies, which in dividually paid a fair rate of interest, to amalga mate, and to tax the citizens at the rate of 10 per cent. upon the two capitals of £30,000 and £20,000 ; where one capital would be quite sufficient for all practical purposes it was utterly unreasonable. Let them reflect for a moment, that 10 per cent on £50,000 was equal to 16; per cent on £30,000, and they would perceive how unreasonable it was to ask the citizens to tax themselves unnecessarily and gratuitously to that amount, which would yield an additional income of £2,000 for the benefit of Mr. Salisbury, and to the loss of the city ; 10 per cent upon the capital invested was quite sufficient, and he thought Mr. Salisbury and his friends ought to be well satisfied with that rate, on a nominal capital of £30,000, leaving any overplus to be devoted to the bene fit of the city, in the shape of a reduction in the price of gas. (Hear, bear.) It might, however, be asked by r 3 • some persons—what was Mr. Salisbury to gain by the purchase of the old gas company, for which he gave £20,000 ? The answer was obvious and clear. In buy- ng the old gasworks, he bought off an opposition (hear, lean, and it' the town permitted him to get 10 per cent nterest on £30,000, it would yield an amount equal to 6 per cent upon £50,000, the amount of the two capitals, and 6 per cent was a very fair return for money, especially when plunged into a bad concern, and the corporation in agreeing to that amount would be con ferring a great favour upon Mr. Salisbury, because at present he was only receiving 44 per cent upon £30,000. lie proposed to present a resolution, not because he thought they were justified in conferring so great a favour upon Mr. Salisbury, but simply be cause the corporation were desirous of havinc , an amalcatnation, and of giving- him 10 per cent, and he (Hr. Frost) preferred that the 10 per cent should be on 'L30,000 rather than on £50,000, that being the lesser evil. Bat if the corporation did what they should for the benefit of the city. they ought to have gas works of their own. He could show in a very few words how in eight years the city could have gas works, wi bout hav ing a cost of one farthing, and bringing in an income of £5,000 a year, towards paying off the annual expenses of the borough. Mr. Salisbury and his lawyer had proved distinctly, that there was an income to be derived from the gas company of £50,000 a year, because 10 per cent upon £50,000 was just that amount. They had seen it proved that £30,0`)0 was sufficient capital. If the cor poration would expend £30,000 in erecting works, and the eitiz , ns were satisfied with the pre sent rate of 2s. 6d. per 1.000 cubic feet, from that £30,000 an income of £5,000 per annum would be derived. If no one else would undertake it, he would himself undertake to raise the money for the town, and in eight years it would be paid off in this way—six per cent on £30,000 was £l,BOO. The income of the gas company being £5,000, there would be left, after paying six per cent interest upon the money bor rowed, an overplus of £3,200 He would propose that £3,000 be devoted the first year to paying off the £30.000, which would leave then only £27,000, and with £2OO towards the formation of a reserved fund. The second year the interest due upon the £27,000 would be £1,620, so that there would be an overplus of £3,380 out of the income. Of that amount let £3,000 he devoted to pay ing off capital, which would leave £3BO to be added to the reserve fund, and only £24,000 of debt. The third year the interest upon that £24 000 would be £1,440, leaving £3,560 to the corporation out of their income. The Mayor thought these questions quite out of order. The speaker was making arrangements for the council to erect new gas works instead of confining himself to the question referred to in the motion of which he had given notice. Mr. Frost said as that was a quarterly council he was ertitled to introduce any new question. He would, however, cut it short. £3,000 per annum for eight years would be £24,000. The reserved fund in that time would amount to .66,640, besides a large lump of interest. This would make up the £30,000, so that at the end of eight years the city would have gas works without having one penny cost, and a reserve fund of £640 with a considerable amount of interest. The gas works would yield £5,000 a year, which would pay off the watch, the borough, and the lamp rate. Should the consumption of gas increase, in course of time they might have the improvement rate wiped off also. Mr. Frost concluded by proposing the motion. Mr. John Jones believed Mr. Frost had been an advo cate for the amalgamation, and was very glad that that gentlemen had now discovered his mistake. Mr. Frost denied that he bad advocated the amalgama tion, and produced in support of his denial, the Liver pool NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, containing a report of the discussion in the council on the subject. That paper, he observed, contained a very accurate report of the debate, and of his observations. He then read a passage from his published observations, the effect of which was that he considered the report of the com mittee recommending the amalgamation would require re-consideration, and ought to be sent back to them to he re-modelled. • Mr. Jones said, so far as he knew, Mr. Salisbury always said £50,000 was the capital on which he would require to get 10 per cent. interest. Mr. Peacock thought if they went to parliament to erect new gas works they would be called upon to give compensation for the works which had been erected with their sanction. (Hear, hear.) He considered that the whole discussion was now quite out of time. All they had now got to do was to see that the amalgamated company fairly and honourably fulfilled the bargain before the agreement was ratified. He did not think the corporation was in a position that day to make any alteration in their agreement. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Humberstone said he was not present at the meeting of the council at which the amalgamation was agreed upon, but he took the liberty of addressing a letter to the Mayor, expressing what his views were. They were these : If the amalgamation were granted. of which he was in favour, then the amalgamated company should come on expressly the same terms as the Raodee company now hold the privilege of using the streets under lease of September, 1851. He thought, generally speaking, the town had been a good deal astonished to see the streets taker. up, and pipes laid down, before all the arrangements were concluded. He should prefer seeing the arrangements, such as they were, carried into effect by the sub-committee, which, be understood, had been appointed to carry the details into effect. The Deputy Town•olerk referred to the recommenda tions of the committee proposing the amalgatnalinn, which were adopted by the council, and which specified the amount of capital as £50,000. He explained that the fact of the committee not having been since called together was because of the necessary delay in having a new deed prepared, and re-modelling the company, w ithout which it was his opinion the amalgamation could not take effect. Mr. Frost contended that his resolution was not yet too late. Mr. Humberstone said he for one had certainly guarded himself entirely against agreeing to el the terms on which it was recommended that the amalgamation should take place. He was not present at the meeting when it was sanctioned, being then unavoidably out of town, nor was he aware that at that meeting the whole of the recommendations of the committee were adopted. That being so, the terms were clearly fixed upon which the amalgamation was to take place, and he was only sorry that such should he the case. Mr. Musgrove said they never had a meeting of the committee since. The Deputy Towu-clerk said the time was not come yet. The council was not yet in a position to take any step. They had made a certain arrangement, and they must let the matter lie until the deed was prepared. The moment the deed was prepared it would be laid before the council, and then they could see whether all the terms were carried out. If any gentleman then pro posed that the resolution sanctioning the amalgamation be rescinded, the council could take it. into their conside ration. The very moment he should be in a position to call the council together to consider the deed of s.Atle meat, and to take their instructions upon it, he would do so. BOSTON MARKETS, JULY 26 FLOUR.—The market continues pretty firm, but the de— mand is moderate. Sales of Western superfine at 6 dols to 6 dots 37/c ; fancy, 6 dols 25c to 6 dols 87 do ; extra, 7 dols to 9 dots per brl. Southern is in fair demand. Sales of common at 6 dols 50.! to 6 dots 75c ; fancy, 7 dols 25c ; extra, 7 dols 50c to 9 dole per brl. Gnaw.—Corn is in moderate demand. Sales of yellow at 69c ; mixed, 66c to 67c ; white, 65c to 66c per bushel. Oats are scarce. Sales of Northern and Western, 46c to 47c per bushel. Small sales of Rye at 1 dal to 1 dot 2/c par PnovtsioNs.—Prices for pork are well maintained, but the demand is not active. Sales of prime at 18 dots to 18 dots 50c ; mess, 21 dols 50c to 22 dols ; clear, 23 dots to 23 dais 50c per brl, cash and 4 mos. Beet is dull. Moderate sales of Western mess and extra mess 11 dots to 14 dots ; Eastern, 10 dots to 11 dots per brl, cash and 4 mos Lard is in fair demand. Sales in brls at 12e, to 13e ; kegs 14c per lb, cash and 4 mos. Hams are selling at 12e to 12ic per lb, cash and 4 mos. SOUTH AMERICA, We have received our usual files of papers from the South Pacific by the Niagara. Our I ttest dates are from Val paraiso, June 15 ; Callao, June 26 ; New Granada, July 19; and the Sandwich Islands, June 3. The °Alan Congress was sitting. The contract for loading guano had not passed the legislature. The National Convention was still in session, discussing the new constitution. Railroads were being more and more developed. The copper yield was good. During the first three months of the present year there was extracted from the mines of Coro Coro 17,525 cwt. of copper and 1,876 mares silver. Flour was still high in the Valparaiso market. In Peru the Echenique party still entertained hopes of getting him back, though the pro spects was by no means favourable. Yellow fever had diminished, but the scarcity of food, frequent robberies and insecurities of life, rendered it dangerous to live in Lima. Business in the south of Peru was very dull on account of the revolutionary symptoms. The Bolivian army was very much disaffected, and had entered into a conspiracy against Cordova. In Bolivia the treasury was in a desperate con dition, as a serious defalcation had taken place in the de posits of Peruvian bark. About 2,500 quintals were short in making the deliveries to the now directors. General Belzu and de Oteira, manager of Blsye, Quevedo and Co., were accused, and the latter house declared itself bankrupt. Belzu's share was said to be $700,000. NEW GRANADA The United States sloop Cyane had touched at Panama. A largo lot of treasure had been shipped for England via Aspinwall, from Santa Martha and other places. The Legislature was in session at Bogota and had been discuss. ing many important measures. Costa Rica had given her adhesion to the Columbian fderation, and the boundary between that republic and New Granada would thus be speedily defined. There were good reports from the coal mines. The Pacific steam hip, Santiago, had met with a dangerous accident on her late trip to Panama, which was caused in consequence of the neglect of the South Pacific coast by the respective governments. Senor Herren, Vice- Governor of the State of Panama, positively contradicts previous reports of the disorganized condition of Walker's troops, and asserts, on the contrary, that the General's position was good. SANDWICH ISLANDS We have news from the Sandwich Islands to the 3rd of June. The Legislature bad waited on the King in a body and congratulated him on his approaching marriage. to which his Majesty made a gracious reply. An act had been passed for the suppression of the opium traffic. An execu tive female ruler, the Governess of Hawaii, had visited flonololu on boaril 11.1.M.'s brig of war, Alcibiade, from Hilos. Letters from Lahainl sp?ak encouragingly of the whale trade of the islands and crops. BRAZILIAN MAILS. In addition to the intelligence published in our early impression yesterday morning, the following was pub lished in a second edition : LA PLATA.—The most interesting news consists of the rather novel circumstance of the absence of all intel ligence of a revolutionary character. The general reports of trade are satisfactory. Prices as before. Rice, tobacco, &e., show a tendency to decline. Exchange 64s 6d to 655. Freights scarce. Salted hides, 40s ; tallow, 47s Gd ; dry hides, 70s. A good business in the dry goods market during the last month. RIO, Jura- 14.—The prejudice amongst our countrymen is more manifest. We are not insulted, but the breach is daily becoming wider. Our export prices of cope de clined towards the close of the month. This month little has been done, the news per Avon having been very un favourable from all parts. Prices or coffee have declined. The sales have been 36,000 bags, of which about 12,000 are for Europe. The present crop will undoubtedly be very vary up to 3,000,000 b ags . Th e new lcoffee,arge—im of which habout VI),000 bags have been received, is excellent in quality. In old we anticipate a heavy decline. BAHlA.—Exchange firm, 273. Sugar in demantl fop the Southern native markets, and 25700 for picked browns, and 35200 for whites, freely given. Freights small. Vessels wanted. Best freights, 50s, London. PERNAMBECO.—Exchange, 27 to 27i. Cotton, 65 to 6400 per arolyi •' Sugars, 25600 to 35700. Freights are so dull that ves se l s are glad to take any rate in order to I c ß ho A l obtain a cargo. I mport goo d s busiqesp had been brisker, .e—r cholera. 0 s T i n h e e and stocks were somewhat reduce d . u l‘ e ti t e D oEr is s r s e s a te ean s i t ,soo and d s e t a i t il h , s. in conse q PORTUGAI LISBO A Yousi 6 .—Owing to various causes the harvest will lime more than suMce to sow the ground for next crop. Cholera still continues its ravages in Lisbon, and through the provinces, Mr. Frost : Ic it not irregular to have till streets up, the pipes united, and a prosnectus issued, eta in; the capital as 450,000 ? Ought not the terms to have been fixed before proceeding so far? The Deputy Town-Clerk : Your own stipuleion was that it should be £50,000. Mr Frost : I never consented to it—l objected to it. The Deputy Tot% n-Clerk : But the council sanctimei After some further conversation, as the general opinion wag that the motion could not then be put, it fell to he ground. The following motion, of which notice had been given by Mr. Meadows Frost, was also allowed to fall to the ground That the following clause he inserted in. the agreement with the intended amalgamated .-as com panies : if the spirit of the contract be not carried on to the satisfaction of the council, the council be ra'eased from all engagements with the amalgamated gas companies." THE L kTE CITY STMVEYOI. The Deputy Town-clerk reported the convicti , n and sentence for embezzlement of Benjamin Baylis, the late city surveyor, tried at the assizes on F, iday. Mr. Wilcoxson asked if there was any truth in the report that Baylis had obtained his appointment as sur veyor of Rotherham, by means of tes'imonials from the Chester - council, or any gentleman connected with it. The MI - nay Town Clerk said the question had been put to him before, and he had made some enquiries, by correspondence with the officials at Rotherham. The statement was, that Baylis produced a great number of testimonials, but where they came from the officials could not recollect, and, unfortunately, the moment the meeting was over, he possesse himself of the whole of the recommendations. He could not ascertain whether the testimonials, or any of them, were frOm Chester; whether they were originals or copies; or what were the names of the parties. Aftcr disposing of some routine business, the council adjourned. POLICE COURT -YESTERDAY. (BEFORE MR. J. H. SMITH.) STEALING ROl:W.—Samuel Williams, a carter, was charged by police constable 635, who said he saw him go amongst some hales of cotton, and take upwards of 40 pounds weight of bale rope, which he concealed in a lorry, which he was driving. He offered to bribe the witness to let him go away. In reply to Mr. Block, who appeared for the prisoner, the officer said he knevi the prisoner had been in the employment of Messrs. Henry Jump and Sons for nine years, and that he did not know anything bad of his character. Mr. Block said the prisoner admitted having tak'n the ropes, but he did not think it any harm. A gentleman came forward and gave the prisoner a good character, and he was dis charged, with a caution, as he was not known previously to the police ReBBEItY or £so.—Matthew Carroll, and James Burns, alias Rossity, were charged under the following circumstances. The prisoners were in custody of Eaton and Markes, detectives—Mr.Bluck defended the prisoner Burns, and Mr. Campbell was for Carroll. From a his tory of the case, as given by several witnesses, it appeared that on Thursday week, a young man named John Berry, who was a returned convict, drew £6O in notes out of the Borough Bank, where he had deposited it, and on meeting some friends ia Vauxhall road, he got tipsy, and fearing he would lose the money, he gave it to his mother for safety. It would appear that the old woman got too much beer, and whilst in this state she was robbed of the money ; and two five pound notes, which formed part of the sum, were traced to Burns, who went to the bank to get them changed, when he was stooped. Burns then said he got the notes from Carroll, who absconded, and was subsequently arrested in Cheshire, where he was found concealed in a bed. Mr. Mayor, a publican, proved that both the prisoners were at his house with four five pound notes on the Ist of August, and the mother of Berry said a woman named Roche tcok the money out of her bosom. On this Mr. .. ) .luck and Mr. Campbell urged that there was no cyidenc? of stealing, and therefore the prisoners ought to be discharged. They e•‘nUncled that the wmnan Roche was the person who should be in cus tody. The prisoners were discbatg,ed. WHEN MY OLD HAT WAS Num !—Anne Johnston, deserib-d as a housemaid, residing at 11, Camden -street, was charged by police-officer 23.5, under the following circumstances. He said he was in Hotham-street the previous night, when he saw the prisoner throw some thing down a grating, and in looking what it was, he saw it was a constable's hat ; be took out his staff and poked it out, and found it was as he suspected; he found it bad been badly treated, and suspecting that the constable who owned it had had his head made soft, be took the prisoner into custody: Police officer 403 said he was in London road on Sunday night, when there was a fight, and when he interfered to prevent it, he was knocked down and kicked, and his hat was ill treated as it now appeared. The constable was con gratulated on the fact that it was his hat, instead of his head, that got the battering. The woman was discharged with a caution. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) A VIOLENT Lovna.—William Tat Lick (who t seemed is at present an inma'e of the Northern Hospital but it did not appear from what cause), wa, charg ed with having committed a violent assault on a prett;_looking young female named Elizabeth Rathsney. She stated that Tatlock wanted to marry her, but she refused, and on Sunday evening he gave her a considerable beating, in Great Homer-street. The case was remanded for a week. ASSAITLT BY WOMEN.—Sarah Townley, was charged for having committed an assault on Mary Martin and Mary Fannin. It appeared that the prisoner resided with a man who was lately transported for life, for having strangled a sailor in Baggin - court , at the north end of the town, and that the complainants were wit. nesses against him. Since that time they were subject to great annoyance from the prisoner, and on Sunday she committed a violent assault on them. Site was. Sued 51, or to be imprisoned for two months. CONFESSION OF ELIZABETH BROWN OF THE MURDER OF HER HUSBAND. The following confession was the last made by this unhappy woman, and which just previous to her execu tion she declared was the truth My husband, John Anthony Brown, deceased, came home on Sunday morning, the 6th July, at two o'clock, in liquor, and was sick. He had no hat on. I asked him what he had done with his hat. He abused me, and said ' What is it to you, d—n you ?' He then asked for soma cold tea. I said I had none, but would make some warm. He replied, Drink that yourself, and be d—d to you.'• then said What makes you so cross ? Have you been at Mary Davis's ?' He then kicked out the bottom of the chair upon which I had been sitting. We continued quarrelling until three o'clock, when he struck me a severe blow on the side of my head, whin!' confused me so much that I was obliged to sit down. Supper was on the. table, and he said, 'Eat it yourself, and be d—d. At the same ho reached down from the mantel-piece a heavy horse whip with a plain end, and struck me across the shoulder% with it three times. Each time I screamed out. I Said, If you strike me again, I will cry Mur ler.' He retortek if you do, I will knock your brains out through the window.' He also added, hope I shall find you d 4 eaci it the morning.' He then kicked me on the left side, which caused me much pain, and he immediately stooped down. to untie his boots. I was much enraged, and in an un governable passion, on being so alnyed and struck, I directly seized an hatchet which was lyitic! , !10si to where I sat, and which I had been using te break coa l w i t h to p his slipper warm, and w ith it keep up the fire and keep (the hatchet) I struck him several blows on the head. I could not say how many. He fell at the first blow on his head, with his face towards t.ho fire-place. lie never spoke or moved afterwards. As z=oon as I had done it, I wished I had not, and would have given the world not to have done it. I had ne',er struck him before, after all his ill-treatment, bat, when he hit me 5 , 3 hard at this time, I ei wa ; s out of my se n s es and hardly k now what I was (Signed) " ELIZABETH MARTHA BROWN." LIST OF PASSENGERS PER R.M S. NIAGARA, FROM BOSTON TO HALIFAX AND LIVERPOOL —The two Misses Howlands, Mrs. H. B. Stowe, sister, a nd two daughters, Rev. Mr. Stowe, Mr. Stowe, Miss Gray, Mils Phipps, Mr. 11 M`Neile and lady, Messrs. Halhead, and lady, E. F. L. Gould, J. W. Bigelow' H. Bakerwell Whitman, R. B. Howland, E.J. Davies, A. A. Gant and lady, E Dyson, Murdoch, Miss Murdoch, Messrs. Barlow, J. Crabtree, J. P. De Garvoz, M. Caster, Derby. Dent. N. Sutton, Jones and lady, A. Valls, Unwell, Thomas Reynolds, Mrs. Crothers and son, :Nliss Zacharie, Messrs, J. W. Zacharie, O. Zollikoffer, C. P. Fisher. E. Wiotte, W. Forbes and lady, Banks, Dr. S. B. Sigroinond, Mrs. p. Riohards, Messrs. 11. C. Sgnior, D. Galvin, R. S. Ken dall, J. L. Jones and lady. Mrs. Jones. M r. J. H. Hutchinson, Mrs. Halionwell, so n and child, Messrs. W. Ford, Robert C arnes, . Brown, Jos. Whe wall, H. Hempson and lady, E. Godean and lady, Almon, Davies, Fenerty and son, Mrs- Barrett, Professor Stevens and lady, Messrs. Thornton and lady, W. H. Dickson, Captain M'Kenzie, Messrs. John Hastings, John Armstrong, A. Frazer, Mrs. Card and six children, Captain Rudolph and lady, Messrs. Clarke, Calhorn, Clay, C. J. Shepherd, J. Vermorel and lady, J. Jackinns, P. Bouthon, Welkinson, Taylor, James Boorman, C. Beige'', F. Labadino, F. Tual, F. Beckers, A. Hammond, Mrs. Mason, Mr. J. Woone, Colonel Rayne, and Mr. Billing. tit rile fo tb 3e