Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-14 00:00:00

CAUSE LIST Plaintiffs' Attorreys. p QB.. Cnn'iffos an • 8... .. Berner 2 QS...Slater and CJ Hampson and ano x ..Sa'.e and Co.. .. • ..Hinton.. 9 F r S am e • • • .. Ifoorhouse. • 10 CB...Saute ..The Q•ieen 12 QB.. tkinsons and Co. ... .. Thomas .. r, Q 13.. J H }lampoon 1 ees and ors 1 . 7 Ex ..T Le eming Wo9d TS Ex •- J Stawiring, jun ..Wood 19 CPL Gar :A e 20 CPI.. Sutton .. __Bower 21 CPI .3-ligs(•n ond R woodiw s 22 Fx..1 , 17 31 Atherton ..Richardson 23 CPL.Blair Moore and ors 34 CPL.:- ame .. • • Chandler 15 QB. Kershaw and 8.. .. Massey and ano 2i hi.. Holden and .. flamer 27 QB.. W P Ro arts —Parkinson 28 CPL.I) ne Leach 29 Q3..Li ctt .. Robinson 30 QB.. F Andrew .. Mackay and ors.. ... 31 QB.. Worthington and E Nowell.. 32 QB .• At , insons 87 dCo .. Temple and ors .. .. • • • - 33 CPL. Cooper and Sons .. ..P.nier .• •• .• •• •• 34 Fa... Richardson and Co .. ..13old • • -• • • • • 35 QB—Atlinso s an I Co Thomas 36 1• z... „Topper (eJ) v (ss) v (sJ) v (sJ) v (sJ) v .. ~ v • .. v ..v . .. v .. ..v FIRST LIST.—SALFORD HUNDRED• Plaintiffs, Defendants. Defendants' Attorneys. The Mayor of Manchester .. Ches:tr and Co Haropson.. •• Ern and N. West. R-..ilway Co.. Swift and Co Alcoek rims Spence .. •• —Cooper and Sons E T Garbutt .. •• ..Ear‘t Eichholz •• Rowley and Son Su ith .. Whitlow and Son (Tayside, the younger .. •.. ..Gart3ide Flnlme .. •• „Standring Booth .. ..BaUey Ashworth „Cooper and Sons Kimberley iman Feather:3ton sale and Co Same .. .. Same v Twig , and ano v Knowles and ors v Neild and.‘rs.. —Marsh and B ..v wood and ...T Pickop ..v tort . .1) v Ste2henson ) v The Mayor, Bzo of Wigan .. . v Hindle and ors Vi'ood v France .. • T Garbutt .. Bridge and ano ..Hulme ani J .. Lori an I A .. Cobbett and W • . Hi'ton Wallnoe Rowley and Son SECOND LIST.-WEST DERBY HUNDRED. 1 E x... u„i n.. • . ..Cecil assignee .. 2 CP.. 11 Phi fps .. Morgan 3 QB..Lowndes and Co ..Smith .. 4 QB..Ra^c .. Brown and ano . 5 Ex.- o' y .. • • .. -Peet . • 6CP • -Same • • • • Ba'tlett and are 7 QB . Young and Co .. 8 QS.. Binney.. ..Yeomans .. 9 Ex... Dana. Cooke and ano . 10 Ex ft Wells ,•L Bof Health King upon Hail (ea) v 11 Ex... Bowson and Co .. ..11oghton . (ea) v . 19 F x... W K 17yt er ..E is 13 C?..Francls and A Rcose 14 QB.. Same .. Yeoward 15 CP ..GI immer ..Same 16 CP L.J Yates jun.. ..M , -Manus 17 CP.. Same .. 18 Ex... stamp a- d J Barkw rth a-d ano 19 Ex... "el and S Holmes 20 QB.. Statham and Co .. S. lemon .. 21 Q _Holden and Son e d and ors 22 Ex... Birrow Manley admix .. 23 Ex_ . :.•ame Hawksey 21 Q 3.. Ho' den and Son ... Wool iscrnft 25 Ex... T Eastham ..:Eastham .. 26 Ex... Fletcher and H ~ Taylor .. 27 Ex... b 1 yhew .. Mayhew .. 28 CP ...I P Murri,ugh ..Hargrcaven . •• 29 Ex,..Thackerah Fitzpatrick.. 30 Ex B - rrow ..Sammons 31 CP.. J Yate; jun .. Raven .. 32 CP..Sarne -Galan .. • • 33 QB.. Ii Stevenson Ye d 34 F x... Rowe' ..Warirr jun.. 35 Ex... He.i!d 36 CPL. B 1 ti khnrst Wright 37 QB.. Carlon and Brnoks and ors exors 8 c.. $8 QB.. Moss and 1 ... .. • • . Samuelson and ora .. 39 CP ..floodwin and A .. -Cooke 40 C 'L.Fenwicx Vose admix ... 41 CP.. J Yates, jun.. Wright and ano 47 Ex.. R Ware ott and ano 43 QB..Story Hindhangh 44 rP.. Evans ard Son .. .. Stevens and ano 45 QB.. C and H. Frost .. Wadasor:ll 40 QB.. .. Ryland and ors . 47 Ex... 1 .1-teber and H.. Piggin .• 48 Ex... Broker.. .. Hatton and ano 49 •_Nets n 50 C PL.Turne- and Son.. .. Waddington admor 51 CP,..'amo same* 52 Ql3 Littiedale and B. .. Pernberto 53 CP.. Bog is Buxton . 54 Ex...T Smith .. .55 C?L.Barkhotue Fagar and ano 56 CPL.S,me ...........Some 57 CFL.4:me ..Sagar 58 CP L.Snowball .. • • .. Woodhead 59 CPL . rethe , tor, ..Arson 60 •• . Heathcock Jan .. 61 Ex... Cobb -Grant C 2 ittleti:V.s and Co Dav es ... 63 Ex ...Be roar _Weisman 64 Ex .. Co way.. .. 6.5 T S Smith .. ..Mnirhead 65 Ex... F. eeman . ...Taylor 67 CPL. It and W croft .. D'ackburn and ano 61 Ex .. Mos. and L.. .. Rnhartg (BJ. v V V ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—LIVERPOOL, August 13. CROWN COURT. Baron Watson took his seat on the bench this morning shonlr before nine o'clock, and at once proceeded to sentence the following prisoners : Patrick iCi s a.tin, found guilty if having stabbed an 1 wounded John Greaney, at Salford, on the 4 h of June last, eighteen monthi' imprisonment, with hard labour; and Joseph Chapman, who had pleaded guilty of bigamy, to twelve months' imprisonment. A. number of prisoners were then arraigned, when the following trials were proceeded with : RAPE AT DURY.—Ellie Martin. aged 37, a labourer, pleaded not guilty to having ravished a girl, Hannah Pilling, on the 20th of June last. Mr. Sowler prosecuted, ana 241 r. Wheeler defended, the prisoner. It this case he been proven, as alleged by the prosecution, it would have been one of a mos painful nature, the prisoner being the stepfather of the compleriunnt ; but it appeared, by her own admission, that she had frequently, on previous occasions, given her c3nsent. His Lordship, after hearing a portion of Vie evidence, suggested to the jury, that, as it would b 3 dangerous to convict on such evidence, they should acquit the prisoner, who had been guilty of an offence which must be looked upon with horror and disgust. The jury acquitted the prisoner, who was discharged with a severe admonition. ANOrILE c ELMILiR Cum - tam—John Haworth, aged 22, a labourer, was charged with a similar offence to the above, on the 22nd March last, at Walmersley-eum-Shuttleworth. In this ease the complainant was the sister of the prisoner, and WAS a child only eleven years of age. Mr. Wigham was for the prosecution. The jury found the prisoner guilty of an indecent assault, and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with h rd lab:,ur, baing the utmost punish ment the 14w allowed. ANOTEIER CASE —ThOEVi 2P32ahon, aged 32, a shoe maker, was charged with a like offence, upon a girl named Bridget Moore, in Liverpool, on the 20. h May last. Mr. Blair appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Scott for the prisoner. The prisoner w, :s acquitted. TUE KNlFE.—Joseph Kennedy, who had been found guilty of stabsing fames Haley, on the 3rd of June last, at Salford, was sentenced to be impriuned for six months, with hard libour. EMBEZZLEMENT.-Jo - Aph Thomas Conner, a lad, clerk in the office of Meisrs Grimshaw and Co., of this town, charged with embezzlement and forgerj, was next put upon his trial. The w'nole'of the facts in this case were pub lished in this journal in the early part of the present week. Mr. Aspinall prosecuted, and fir. Scott defended the priso ner. Tae evidence given was precisely the same adduced on that occasion. Priest Walsh was called as a witness to the character of the prisoner. Guilty. sentence deferred. ALLZGED CHILD MtiRDEI DT LIVICRPOOL.— The grand jury Ignored the bill against EF.z.beth Wickste Id, a ser vant, indicted on the coroner's warrant for the wilful murder of a new born female child. Several cases of rape w:re subsequently heard, but the dv ails are unfit for publication. The court adjourned until nine o'clock this morning. v Taylor .. Chambers and W ▪ ..v Bernard ... (ea) v ripe (s.l v ster'.. .v Ha lam .. Layffeld Geip 1 .. Gray and ors.. .. Taylor .. .. • • T inity Hcrlse of Hull.. .. E S Wilscn Beattie .. • • • • • • Martin .. .. Neal and 61 Barlow ..Tarrant Schaffer .. ..Fletcher and H v Frown .. Fr,ncis and R ▪ v Lan. and York. Railway Co .. Higham an I C (Li) v Barber ..Fletcher and H , (sJ) v Mason .. . Kidd and ano • • .. Evms and Son Rawns ey Brier!ey Oliver .. l.owndes and Co St Helens Canal and Rail Co .. Whitley Carter .. Watson ..Bell and S Whalley Coltsn and B McCalman —Neal and NI C..wl ey Thomas .. .. Chester and Co Lan. and York. Railway Co ..Lewis 611 Co Dickenson Bell Pemberton Jameson —Word Lon. and N. West Rail. Co.. _Swift and Co Everth .. Woodcock and Co Acton .. .. Leigh Cowes .. .„ Bainbeds e Ti ins a- d ors.. .. Wilson and ano • Lan. and York. Railway Co.. • Hernamf n Hadavny.. v Clement'on • • .. .v Wells.. .. .. anl S v Jones and ace exors ..T Felton .v Robins .. Chilcott .v Boyle . Sha , kle'on and Co v Seddon .. .. Holden and Son .v Lan. and York. Railway Co. „It and W A scrott v Same.. .. (demurrer) Sam: , .. v Arkie and ano.. . v Venn and ano.. Fra-cis and A . v Marphie ..Sw.ft and Co .v Brennand and ano Sale and Co v same ... (demurrer, Sarno .v ..SaTe v I , lack burst W BlanThrirst v Yates .. .. Ward ,v Moore and Lno .. .. .. ..TB Lloyd .v Denham .. . v Critchley .. Holden and Fol. .v Taylor ..Hieham and C . v Brownel and ano ..MUler and P . v Moore and ano. ..J B Lloyd .v Taylor .. ..J Clay .v A , arns „Fate and Co • v Bl a k e _ „Hieham and C Yonng and Co • ..Sto❑e • Henry ~H Forshaw . Chambers and W .. —Gregory and Co . .. ..Preston ..I owndes and Co .T A aid J G uady .Hinds Mr. Fleming had spoken slanderout-ly of him. To that ha attributed the unwillingness of the silversmiths of the city to give him orders. The slanderous words were that he (the plaintiff) had stolen a toast-rack. Mr. Atherton, who, with Mr. Wheeler, appeared for the defendant, said that when the expression was used, which was in the way of a privileged communication, there were circumstances which for a time gave rise in Mr. Fleming's mind respect ing the missing article, but he had since become convinced that those suspicions, although they appeared reasonable at the time, were since proved to be nufcunded. He had no intention to attribute dis• honaqy to the plaintiff, and he did not impute it now. A Juror was withdrawn, and so the matter ended. Mr. Monck. Q.C., and Mr. Fearnley, appeared for the plaintiff. HARRISON v. Humfte.—Tnis was also an action for slander. Mr. Monck, Q.C., with Mr. Ovens, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Atherton, Q C., for the defendant. The plaintiff is a butcher, and the defendant an innkeeper and c.tt'e•deale-, both of Levens halms, near Manchester. The defendant also carried on the trade of a butcher at one period, and on retiring sold it to the plaintiff. Some time since they were present at a raffle for a cow, and some difference arising, the defendant said he would make the business which he (the plaintiff) had paid £l,OOO for, not worth £2OO. Ha subsequently said that the plaintiff sold very bad meat, and that he would go any distance for a hatch" (a diseased cow.) He had also resumed business as a butcher in the immediate neighbourhood. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £lOO. The Court adjourned at twenty minutes to six to nine o'clock this morning. ENGLAND AND THE SLAVE TRADE. —The New York Tribune says :—" We print a very interesting debate in the Hors! of Commons on the subject of the slave trade— a debate which fereshadows, if we mistake not, some pretty decisive measures on the part of the Blish Govern ment for the final suppression of that traffic ' l t It was well observed is the course of the debate, that the suppression of the slave trade, so far from being a failure—as some impatient friends of that measure and the entire body of secret opponents join in cornelaining—has been, con sidering the nature and =gni' ude of the enterprise, and the obstacles necessary to bs overcome, one of the most remarkable achievements of the current century. In reference to the cultivation of c ttton with us, one of the speakers who took part in the debate felt into a gross blunder ; as indeed is hut to apt to be the case with mem bers of the British Parlianr nt who attempt references to American affairs. Mr. Watkin is made to say that it i 3 a melancholy fact that white the British consumption of cotton has doubled itself in twelve years, the labour pro ducing it has only increased 28i per cent, since 1790 ! In 11'90 the number of hands engaged in the United States in the cultivation of cotton did not probably amount to a hundred. Several years later the exportation to England was confined to a few bergs of Sea Island cot on, and those had great difficulty in getting through the Cu-ton2-hou-e, because cottoc hal never bean known i there except as a West ladle production. CuRIOLTS CHARGE OF BIGAMY.—John Dear, who was s'atel to be an ex-police constable, but who was now a stoker on board the steamboats, was brought before Mr. Ingram, at the Wandsworth Police Court, on Wednesday, charged with unlawfully intermarrying with Rebecca Sher man Potter, his first wife being at the time still alive. The prosecutrix stated that her name was Aldridge, and she lived with her husband, George Aldridge, at No. 4, Victoria-terrace, South Lambeth. Site had known the prisoner since 1817. He hal been a constable in the police force, and en the 2nd of January 1853, she was married to him in Bermondsey 011 Church. About October, 2855, she discovered that the prisoner had been married before. A woman claimed him as her husband, and said they had been married twenty years. The prisoner was in Holloway gaol, whose be had been committed for twelve months, when she discovered that he was married. He was liberated on the 21st of Sep tember in last year, and since than he has been cos. stantly annoying her and sending letters. She was married to her present husband in July, 1856, while the prisoner was in Helloway gaol. He came and de wended witsas as his wife. She heard speaking to her buibind. He stated that he was a captain just come home from a thirteen month' voyage ; that when he went to his home he found that she had gone away end taken all the furniture. He also said that ske eves living with a man, and had stolen his (the prisoner's) goods. 'Witness's husband told the prisoner that he had no claim over her, as his first wife was living. A few nights afterwards the prisoner brought a horse and cart to take away what he claimed to be his furniture. She told him the things belonged to her, and that he had no claim over her. He made a great disturbance and in sisted upon having his things. SI - -e gave him his own clothes, but refused to give up the furniture, as she had bought it More they were married. On the previous night he came again, and made a great disturbance about the furniture, and she then gave him into custody for the bigamy. In answer to questions from the prisoner and the bench, the prosecutrix, who at first denied that she knew that the prisoner had a wife when she married him, admitted that she heard that he had a wife before they went to church. Intimacy took place between them before they were married. Mr. Ingram thought there was no case to send to a jury, for it was quite clear the prisoner had only been given into custody to settle the dispute about the furniture. The prisoner said if his wife would not live with him he wanted his furniture. Mr. Ingram told him he must obtain it in a legal manner, and not annoy the prosecutrix. There was no proof that the first wife was living; the prosecutrix was also liable for bigamy. The prisoner was Men discharged: NISI PRIUS COURT. Before M-. Baron CHANNELL, and a common jury. PRESCOTT V. CROSS AND OTHRRS.—This case was re sumed on the sitting o f th e court th i s morning, shortly after nine o'clock. Tae evidence for the defence was very con tradictory, each of the three defendants seeking to cast the blame on the others. The jiirt, afiez some c )eseit a ti ee , returned a verdict for the pieta dff—damages £3OO. BeercitoFr v. PRTrlT.—This was an action for slander. The plaintiff is a letter press printer and stationer. and the defendant en innkeeper, b ati of Manchester. About twelve months ag a the plaintiff took a warehouse adjoining the defendant's premises, and during the.curse of some alterations which 113 found it necessary to make, he disco• vered a hole between the party-wall of the wereheuse and the defendant's cellar While the plaintiff was superin tending the alterations, he heard some women calling through she hole, and asking the workmen "to come in and get some beef and brad." At a later period of the day, the defendant and Ye wife charged the plaintiff and the workmen with being drink - and with having stolen their porter; and also sent for a policeman to take him -away because of being drunk. The plaintiff denied the imputation, and declined to leave the premises until he was examined by a medical man, wile would pronounce on his sobriety. The plaintiff refused to retract the slanderous imputation, and the present act i on was accor di ng l y brought. During the examination of th e plaintiff, his Lordhip suggested the propriety of settling the matter out of court. Mr. Mocek, who appeared for the defendant, said there was no intention to cast any . imputation on the plaintiff. After this, it was agreed to withdraw a juror, and so the matter ended, GOODIER v. WILLIAM oN. — Tbie was an action of eject ment. The plaintiff is a brewer, and in 1851 the defendant rented from him a public h )use in liulme, in Manchester, known as " The J3ity Carter." Subsequently he rented four cottages whi.th adjoined the house, but failing into arrear, aLd disregarding the notice to quit, the pre sent action of ejectment was brought. Verdict for the plaintiff. ROBINSON v. FLEMING.-Thii was an action fir slander The plaintiff is an heraldic engraver living in Manchester, and the defendant is engaged in the same occupation in that city. The plaintiff was for some time in his employ ment., and at his request went to lodge with his (the defendant's) brother. On ceasing to lodgd with the brother, the defendant discharged him, and the plaintiff then com menced business on his own account. He could not, however, obtain work, and on inquiry he ascertained that THE NORTHERN TIMES. -LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1857. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-YESTZEDAT. LIVERPOOL. BSTORE MR. DIXON. VERY CURlOUS.—Elizabeth Green, a very well dressed young woman, described as the wife of a respectable mer cantile person living at 21 Great Orford-street, was charged by officer 297, who said she was drank and very disorderly in Paddington. He said, about six o'clock on Wednesday evening, he was on duty in Paddington, when he saw the prisoner and another woman, the prisoner being very drunk, the other was not quite so drunk. The prisoner was pushing a perambulator, in which there was a delicate child; she was 83 drunk that she was not able to steer the carriage, and it ran against a cart and endangered the life of the child. He interfered with her, when she became most violent, seized him by the breast and broke the chain of his whistle; he never saw a more disorderly person. The prisoner in a violent manner protested that she was quite sober at the time, and that she was only assisting her friend home, who was very ill—not drunk. The officer said the other woman was drunk, but not so drunk as the prisoner. His Worship asked Mr. Kelly, the bridewell keeper, in what state the woman was when hocked ? and he replied she was " mad drunk, and outrageously violent " Mr. D:xon : I don't credit her story ; I fine her 5s and costs. She was re moved in a violent rage. The fine was paid. ST3PET ROBBERY.—A woman named Ann Madden, or Maddox, was charged with having picked the pocket of Mrs. Darby, the wife of a gun maker, in Paradise street, of a purse containing over £9, Mrs. Darby said she was looking into the shop window of Mr. Hasty, at the corner of Basnett and Church-streets, and feeling something at her pocket, she turned sharply, and saw the prisoner move from her side and walk into the shop, and on the instant the witness missed her purse and called for an officer. She followed the prisoner into the shop, and on the floor her purse (with the money) was picked up. The shopman at Mr. I 3 asty's said the prisoner walked into the shop. and stood r a second at one side and then moved to the other, and that instant the lady followed her in, and instantly he saw the purse on the floor where the prisoner first stood. There was no other person in the shop at the time. Mrs. Darby was cross. examined by Mr. Cobb for the prisoner, and she said she had her money a minute before she missed it. She was quite certain as to the identity of the prisoner. Officer 595 said he ran into the shop, and saw the shopman pick up the purse, and then he arrested the prisoner. his Worship said the case was quite clear, and sent the prisoner for trial. CAUTION T 3 PARIONTS.—SeveraI parents were summoned for refusing to pay the amount expended on their ch ,Idren at reformatories. MAHOMEDIN PROSECUTOR AND CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. John Forbes and William Collins, sailors, were indicted on Wednesd .y, at the Middlesex Sessions, tnr flaying assaulted Rahjah, a Lascar, and robbed him of XI Mr. Orridge appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Ribton de fended Forbes. Toe usual oath upon the New Testament was being administered to the prosentor f through police constable 458 K, who acted as interpreter in a very intelligent manner, when it was remarked that he was going through the same ceremony as if being sworn upon the Koran. In answer to questions put to him, the Lascar said, any oath, either upon the Koran or the Christian Testament, would be binding upon his conscience, as he had lost caste, and he would not tell a lie, for it he did the Almighty would deprive him of his eyesight in this world and punish him in that to come ; besides, he would not tell a lie, being a married man with a family. Mr. Creasy directed the interpreter to tell the proseutor that he could be sworn upon the Koran or the Testament, which he pleased, but the oath he might take must be binding upon his conscience with respect to punishment hereafter if he told a lie when sworn to speak the truth. The interpreter said the answer was, that he had broken his caste, and he could therefore swear upon anything—the oath being binding upon him—and if he did not tell the truth he should be punished by Gsd. Mr. Ribton ; Perhaps he might be sworn "on the true faith of a Christian." (A. laugh.) The prosecutor was then sworn upon the New Testament. He stated that on the night cf the 4•h of August, he was in the Commercial-road, when he was accosted by the prisoner, who shook him by the hand, and called him " Jolly Blackman." He treated them to two pots of beer, and while in their company, one of them seized him by the throat, and having nearly strangled him, the other untied his neckerchief, and took out two sover eigns!, which he had tied up in one of the corners for safety. He kept a tight hold upon one and gave him into custody. The other, Forbes, who had got the money, ran sway and was aftar wards approhandQd Ho pogitivtgy swore to both prisoners. Mr. Ribton hoped the jury would not convict Forbes, for whom he appeared, upon the unsupported evidence of the Lascar as to his identity, especially as it was clear he did not pay much regard to the sacred obligations of an oath, for having as he had said lost caste, and not being a Christian, he was ready to take any form of oath upon the Testament, the Koran, or anything else, and what such men were capable of was unhappily being exemplified at the present time in every form of horrible atrocity, in a distant part of the world. Witnesses were called to speak to Forbes's previous good character. He had served three years and a half on board her Majesty's ships, Blenheim and Ajax reputably. Collins said he had only been a fortnight from New Yo-k, and drink had got him into this serape. Mr. Creasy told the jury that the only question they had to determine, was, whether they could rely upon the Lascar'e evidence, if they believed him the case was proved. The ju-y found both prisoners guilty, and they were sentenced to six months' hard labour. CRUELTY TO A CHILD. On Wednesday, at the Worship-street police office, Mary Anne Stephenson, 23, a vixenish looking woman, was charged with the following assault upon George T, o'- ter, a fine and inteligent child, nine years of age :—The father of the little fellow said—'. I charge this female with cruelly ill-using my boy." Magistrate— Is she any rela tion to you? Complainant—Well, she is my wife—my second wife—but not his mother. I am a general dealer. and we live in Jobe-street, Cambridge-road, Hackney. Elizabeth Ludf ,rd, a neighbour, then deposed to having seen the defendant yesterday poll the child into their house, and then, while in the passage, kick him violently in the hick, his screams were loud and frequent. Another respectable married woman, residing in the same street, deposed to having frequently heard screams, and seeing severe indications of i!!-•reattnent on the child. Shortly after the assault mentioned had been committed she met him with a rag on his face : and, in reply to her questions, he said his mother had beaten him with a strap. He was then in a fainting state, and she carried him to a police constable. An examination of the boy was ordered, and the right jaw, from the ear to the under lip, exhibited a broad excoriation, more like a burn than ought else. In answer to the magistrate he said the pr satyr had done it with a strap. The accused declared it was an accident, as she had struck at his back, and observed that all mothere in-law were beTved to be cruel. His worship remarked that it was the old story repeated, not being the prison er's ow the little fellow was more in her way than otherwise, and directed that she should find bail for six months. LISBON, Bth.—The tobacco contract hal let for three years, at :300,000 pounds per annum, beit,g an advance of 50,000 pounds. GREAT FIRE AT DANTZIC.—The Honover Gct:ette pnb lishes the following, dated Dantzic, Aug. 8, 11 a.m. : " With intense heat, and a strong wind from the sontb east, a violent conflagration is raging from the Thorn-gate to the Bronaliers-ttreet. All human aid is in vain." Accorling to further intelligence, the fire was mastered late in the evening, and all danger had disappeared. Some twenty houss and St. Peter's school were reduced to ashes'. THE CRY Or VENGE XN ENGLAND.—R:ment events show that Great Britain in her dealings with foreign nations pursues one line of policy towards the strong and another towards the week. Towards the powerful and those able to maintain their rights, her conduct is suffi ciently moderate and forbearing, but towards the feeble it is for the most part blustering and exacting. Caine, though extremely populous, is a weak and indficierg nation, and we find accordingly, that. England is bravely attempt. ing to overthrow its ancient usages, break down its laws, and force upon it, at the cuinort's mouth, a destructive trade in opium and other commodities by which the British merchants and manufacturers expect to be enriched. The feeble millions of India, too, after long years of tame sub mission to British rule, appear to be manifesting some alarming symptoms of restiveness. This natural event has filled.the Journals of England with great wrath, and they call loudly for the iastaut extermination of the offenders, without the slow Intervention of judges and jnries, and without stopping too long to discriminate between the innocent and the guilty. All this is more easy to recom mend than to carry into execution ; for when a spirit of resistance and insubordination is onee thoroughly aroused among a population almost as numberless as the sands on the sea shore—a population moreover who, while they hold their own lives cheap, have discovered that their masters are not invulnerable—to cope with such a spirit successfully and pat it down will be found no holiday laboar tree for England,.-Hartford (United States) Time. MORE TOUTING AT THE POLICE COURT-A REGULAR "RUCKiIIIN." For some months past, from time t' time, our columns have been enriched with details of scenes in the police court, regarding touting for attornies. This system has become too broad to bear with, and we unhesitatingly tell the magistrates that they are looked on by the public out side the court as very much to blame for not having put a perfect stop to the disgraceful practices carried on about the court, where poor people, who have unfortunately to resort there, are fleeced and plundered far worse than if attacked and robbed in the streets by footpads. The worst feature in these cases is that the robberies are committed under legal representation ; and, in this sense, the bench has the power at least to exclude the perpetrators of such outrages from the precincts of the court altogether. We gave, a short time since, as an example, the direction of a Dublin police magistrate regarding some touters, and that was, if they were caught in the precincts of the court, speaking to, or entrapping clients, to have them arrested. The Liverpool bench possess the same power, but they do not exercise it, and hence the Police Court —which is the primary and most important of criminal tribnniels, has become the laughing stock of the town, and daily plesente the appearance of a farcical stage, rather than a solemn court of justice. If the magistrates refuse or neglect to do their duty, the legislature must be called on to abolish the nuisance. The details of the following case speak for themselves. Richard Buckley and James Brooke, were summoned by Mary George, for having by false representations, &c , obtained from her the sum of 43. 61 and a valuable security called an I. 0. U., for 6e., with intent to cheat and defraud her, &c., contrary to the statute Brooks did not appear, but Buckley, along with his master, Mr. Parke-, an attorney, attended—the latter appearing professionally for Ifs " clerk." Mr. Inspector Kehoe, conducted the prosecution. Mary George was then sworn, and said her mother had been summoned on Tuesday last to the court, and she came to hear the case. A person (B-ooke) asked her if she was about to employ an attorney, and the fee would be half-a-guinea. He brought her to Cutts' public house, in Chapel-street, where they m't Buckley, and he spoke to Brooks privately. Brooks then took her up stairs and left her in a room, and then returned along with Buckley. He asked her if she had the money ? She said she had not. She said she had only 43 61., and Buckley said, give me an 1.0. U. for the balance. Brooks told Buckley to write the 1.0. U., and said she (witness) would sip it. Beckley then wrote the 1.0. U. Buckley wrote this paper (a brief of two or three lines), gave the 4e. 6d. to Buckley at the time she gave the 1.0. U. Buckley then came out with her, and asked her to go to the court, but he only went as far as the door. He said if the case had come on he would return the money, and she said ha must in that caie have something for his trouble, as he was kind to her. He asked a gentle man to hold the brief for a Mr. Parker. (Laughter.) Saw Brooks on the top of 'he stairs. 'I he two papers and the money were handed to the gentleman. Mr. Cobb came to the landing, and said he would not have anything to do with it. They did not mention Mr. Cobb's name at all to her. Mr. Cobb said he would not have anything to do with it there, but if she came to his office the next day he would take instructions from her. Mr. Cobb's clerk then returned her the papers and the money. Mr. Parker cross-ermined the witness for Buckley. She did not give Buckley a glass or any thing for his trouble, but she said he must have something for his trouble but he said "No, nothing of the tort." Mr. Cobb was examined, and said ho had not spoken to Buckley on the subject, and had given no authority, directly or indirectly, to Buckley, to wit to an 1.0. U. in his name, nor was he in his employment; he had no authority, in any wee', to use his name in any manner whatever. Mr. Cobb added, " You are. Mr. Kehoe, endeavouring to put down touting in this court, and I will assist you in every way." Mr. W. Watts, clerk of Mr. Cobb, was then examined, and said that on the day in question he was celled upon by Buckley, who asked him if Mr. Cobb would hold the case for Mr Parker, as the latter was abseat, and he said no doubt he (Mr. Cobb) would do so. Buckley then gave him the ppers, and want away. In a few moments Mr. Cobb called him and said, " How dare you bring me a case from Brooks ?" and I said " I did not," when he said, "Betoks has been to me and said he sent me the case," and he then told me to return the money and papers to the young woman. I did not examine the papers to see what the 1.0 U. wag, ss I thought it was alt for Mr. Park-r. The 1.0 U. was as follows—" 1.0. U. Mr. Cobb, 63. Mary George." The witness said he never looked at it, think ng it was for Mr. Parker, as Buckley ha,i told him so. Mr. Cobb again, in strong terms, repudiated the conduct of Buckley, and said he had no authority to use his name in any way, and that he had been guilty of an out-ageous liberty in doing so. Mr. Parker then addressed the court for Barkley. and contended that there was no ca;a Against his client, whom he designated as an honest, industrious man, with a family to sup tort. He towed a high compli ment (in words) on Buckley, who, according to his descrip tion, is a paragon of virtue and honesty, and concluded by calling on his Worship (Mr Dixon) to award his " clerk," the said Mr. Buckley, costs of his day's attendan3 against Mr. Kehoe. Mr. lichee said it had come to a pretty pass at the police court,when he was called on to pay a fellow s day's wages f r swindling a poor girl in the back room of a public-house. Mr. Parker : You have no right to use such an expression. She was not swindled— she got her money and the I 0 U. bask. Mr Kehoe : I am here to protect the public from such swindlers, and as long as the magistrates permit me I will do so. You, Mr Parker, say this Buckley is a clerk of yours, now, do you be sworn as a witness, and we shall soon see how the affair stands between you Mr. Parker : I object to Mr. Kehoe acting thus in this case. His Wor ship : Mr. Kehoe is only doing his duty. Mr. Parker : He cannot act as an advocate, and I object to it. Mr. Kehoe : Well, come and be swora, and we will hear your version of it as a witness. Mr. Thomas Parker was then sworn, and said it was an understanding amongst the attornies. Mr. Garnett : Is Buckley your clerk? Yes, since he was discharged by Mr. Cobb. Are you aware under what circumstances he was dismissed by Mr. Cobb? No, I am not Were you not in court when he was dismissed, and don't you know the reason of his dismissal from Mr. C bb's employment ? I knew nothing ab nt it. Examined by Kehoe : Buckley, you say, is your clerk ? Yes. What do you pay him as salary ? Ten shillings a-week. Is that sufficient to maintein his family, and make him the respect able man you have endeavoured to show he is ? Ido not know what his other sources of income are. Don't you know he has no other income ? I do not. Will you swear that ? I don't know if he has any other income. Does he spend all his time with you for 103 a-week ? As much as I want of his time he does. Have you an office in this town ? No. Where do you pay him his wages ? Sometimes in this court, sometimes in a house, and some times in the street. On your oath, sir, do you pay him in the back room of a public house ? No You say you have no o:fice hers ? I have not, for lam only a short time here. lam not cognisant that he has tretrgressed the law in any way. Don't you know he was discharged by Mr. Cobb for maleeractices ? No, Ido not for if I did, I would not engage him. ( Buckley : " Bravo !") Don't you know he does your business in a public house? Not to my knowledge. Do you mean to swear, sir, that you were not in court when he was diseharged from Mr. Cobb's service, and that you do not know the cause ? Here Mr. Campbell addressed the bench, and said, on the part of the attornies of that court, he must strongly object against Mr. Kehoe being allowed to act as an advocate, and to cuss-examine witnesses. It was not the duty of a IA ce officer to act so, and he must protest against it on the part of the p os fission. His Worship : Here is a serious criminal charge made against a person, and I think Mr. Kehoe is only performieg his duty, as a police officer, to elicit all the facts. Mr. Campbell : I will show you the act of parlia ment where all persons, save the properly qualified and admitted advocates, are prohibited from doing so. Ido not object to Mr. Kehoe on personal or other grounds, but, on principle. He conducts his cases ably and well, but I must object to his acting as an advocate—it is a violation of the decorum of this court,'and must not be allowed. Mr. Kehoe : The decorum of this court is violated by persons calling themselves gentlemen, attornies, and their touters, who entrap poor ignorant persons into public houses, and extort money from them by all means, and as long as such people traesgress the law, I wilt expose and prosecute them, no matter what objec ion Sou raise to it. Mr. Campbell : I must, on the part of the profession, protest against this. He has no right to make assertions of this sort, nor to set as an advocate by cross-examining witnesses. Mr. Wybergh : Mr. Clough has acted so for a long time, and was never objected to, and if he had a right to do so, Mr. Kehoe has the same right. His Worship : Mr. Campbell, you are not in this case at all, and your name has not been mentioned, and I don't think you ought to interfere. Mr. Campbell : It is on the part of the profession and on principle that I do so; and if he dares to cross-examine an attorney so, I will take a nots of it, and represent it in the proper quarter. Mr. Kehoe : I care not for you ; I hive as perfect a knowledge of the difference between right and wrong as you have, and will always support right against wrong. Mr. Garnett aeket Mr. Parker if Buckley had reported to him the W.' that he wrote an 1.0. U. in the name of Mr. Cobb? and he replied he did next day. Yon say you have got no office in town ; where was Buckley to take instructions from the people who employed you ? - Why, in any place ; in any part of this building, or out of it. lie received money, but he gave it to me. Does he take any part of the fees given to you ? No ; I do not know what he was dismissed by Mr. Oobb for. Mr. Garnett : Wore you not in court when he was die- missed, and do you not know the cause ? I was not in court. D.d you not hear the reason ? I heard of some frivolous charge being made against him, but there was nothing!proved against him. (Buckley : " Bravo.") Did you not see the cause of his dismissal reported in the news papers? No. D.) you mean to swear that, sir ? Why, I read or heard something of the sort. Mr. Garnett : Were you not in court when Mr. Mansfield gave his decision in the case ? Yes, I heard him. Teen you were lresent, and heard the cause of his dismissal, although you swore a moment ago that you were not ? Oh, Ido not know if that was the occasion or not. Mr. Garnett : Did you not hear Mr. Menefieid tell the police, that if they proved a case of any one having received money under the circumittnces stated, that he would send such a person for trial? Yes, that was the way he ended hie observations Mr. Wybergh : Then you were present when Buck'ey was dismissed, and heard the cause ? Well, yes, and Mr. Garnett said the attorneys might settle it between themselves. Mr. Wybergh ; And the way you settle 1 it was to take this Buckley into your service after that. His Wot ship said he did not wish to express any opinion on the conduct of Mr. Parker. Mr. Wybergh said the Law Society ought to be apprised of the came. His Worship said something ought to be done to put an end to such a disgraceful system. He thought Mr. Parker as much to blame as Buckley, and he did so from the admissions made by Mr. Parker. He would say no more. but dismiss the case against Buckley. [Here Buckley acted in a most disgraceful manner towards Mr. Kehoe, the latter called his Worship's attention to hie conduct. The fellow, in the most audacious manner, denied that he had done anything, although every one in court heard and saw what he did. His Worship said : saw and heard your cendue, and you are a most disrepu table person ] M Cobb said he wished the Bench would express an opinion as regarded his conduct. His Worship said Mr. C ibb's conduct in th !Me was that of a respectable practitioner, and not called in question at all. On the former occasion, when ha found Buckley had acted wrong Mr. Cobb, most properly, at once discharged him, and there was nothing whatever to reflect, in the least degree, on the character of Mr Cobb. Mc. Cobb thanked his Worship, as did also Mr Campbell, for his courtesy towards them, and said they spoke on behalf of the pro fession, without the least intention of annoying Mr. Kehoe. They trusted the Corporation would supply a crown prosecutor. The case then ended. NEWRY AND ARMAGH RAILWAY. A meeting of parties interested in the trade of Newry, and in the formation of the above railway, for the making of which a bill has passed the Committee of the House of Lords, way held at noon yesterday, in the Clarerrion-roomo, South John-street, for the purpose of hearing information, as to the prospects of the railway, from a deputation from Newry. The chair was occupied by Mr. C. ffolland, and among the gentlemen present were : A iam Kirk, Esq., M.P. for Newry; Mr. J. J. Fit ; Mr. E. Reath ; Mr. G U. Taunton ; Mc. J. M. Magi , (Newry); Me. William M Culloch, (Newry); 31 , .. J Bingham ; Mr. - Wilson; Mr. J. Shaw; Mr. J. M.Kinistry ; Captain Williams ; Me. R. Cochran, and M. J. Whitley. The CHAIRMAN said that the bit! for the railway had passed the H9use of Commons and the House of Lords, but accompanied with certain con iitions of rather a stringent character, in this far that it obliged the direc tors to give personal security themselves for the fulfil'. ment of the conditions of the bill by making the line. Under those circumstances it could not surprise any one that the directors should hesitate to incur such a large per sonal responsibility, unless they saw a b >na fide subscription list of a respectable character and suffi !lent amount filled up The Chairman dwelt on the importance of the under- ' taking, and urged that it should receive at their hands the consideration which it deserved. I Mr. Josnua M. MAGEE, of Newry, reminded the meet ing that the trade of Newry lay chiefly with Liverpool, and that it was an increasing trade. If that trade were destroyed, or Newry not afforded the means of extendieg its communications, those in Liverpool who dealt with it would equally suffer with the people of the town, and therefore it was that he ask , d them for support towards the • construction of this railway. Mr. Magee then proceeded to say that the entire length of the line was nineteen miles, of which one mile has been already made, and the object of the undertaking was the construction of a direa:; line of railway between the im portant town of Newry, and the city of A rtnagh —and, by a junction with the existing line of the Newry and War renpoint Company, to complete a through chain of communication from the seaport of Warrenpoint via Newry, to the best inland town in Ireland (Armagh); and by means of the Monaghan Extension of the Mete! Railway Company, now in rapid course of formation to Monaghan - from thence to Clones, and from Clones to Enniskillen, being in fact the identical route for which the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company in the dession of 1845, obtained an act, by which the promoters of the undertaking were incorporated by the name of " The Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company." The intended line will commence from the present Gorah Station of the Newry and E inisk:llen Railway Company, and proceed by Drumbanagher, Loughgilly, Market Hill, and Hamilton's Bawn, to Armagh —where a jut ction will be effected, both with the present Ulster line, from Belfast to Armagh, as also with the extet sion of the last-named Company, to Monaghan. It could be made for a cost of £B,OOO par mile. Mr. M'Cormack having offered to construct it for that amount, and no line could offer a safer investment for capital. Tne no v channel through Carlingrord Lough would admit of steamers sailing at fixed hours every day from Warren point, and thus a large amount of passengers and other traffic which was now diverted from Newry would be drawn to pass through it. Mr. Mate, M.P., pointed out by reference to a map on which the railways through the north of Ireland were traced, that a great portion of the traffic which now passed through Belfast and Dundalk would, if the Newry and Armagh lines were constructed, pass over it and through Warrenpoint to England. He argued that passenger traffic between Liverpool and Belfast and the North of Ireland, was not by the steamer direct to Belfast, but by steamer and railway, via Fleet wood ; and that the advantages which the sailing of a steamer, at a fixed hour every day, would present, would speedily draw that traffic via Newry and Warrenpoint, which would also be, in fact, the shortest route. The disadvantage of Belfast was that, in consequence of the depth of its channel, steamers could not every day leave it at a fixed hour, while, owing to the new channel discovered through Carlingford Lough, steamers of a large class could, at all hours, leave it—even at dead low water. As to th e safety of the investment, he mentioned that the Ulster Company's line, which cost nearly £20,000 per mile, paid 6 per cent, and when the line now before them could be made for £9,000 per mile, including every thing, he did not see why there should be any apprehen sion of an equal, if not a greater, revenue being earned on it. Carlingford was decidedly the best harbour of refuge on the north east coast of Ireland, and he had strong reasons to believe that it was the intention of government to make it such. (Hear, hear.) Captain WILLIAMS said that the new channel through Carling on Lough was discovered there a few months ago, and it was no a' the belief that it was the original channel to Carlingford. He took a steamer through it, having previously sounded in a small boat, and he knew there were not less than nineteen feet, at dead low water. At the narrowest point, a short distance, it was 600 feet wide, and from a mile to a mile-and-a half at the entrance. He was satisfied it was a good channel, and that the contem plated railway, in which ho had taken shares, was a good undertaking. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. BINGIIAM moved that the meeting deemed the explanations satisfactory, and were prepared to lend the undertaking their support. Mr M`KINISTRY seconded the motion, which was unaa . - mously adopted. Mr: E. ftEATII also byre testimony to the advantages of the undert4king. A Pat was then opened, and most of the gentlemen pre sent sabze ibed for shins. The capital is fixed at £lBO,OOO, in 8,000 shares of £lO each. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, after which the meeting separated. MunnEß AT DuaaAm.—A pitman named James Megee has bean charged wi'h murdering his wife. They were out tog( ther, and went into a public house. Tae wife got very drunk, and could not walk out ; the husband dragged her out, and was smn to boat and kick her. They were not furthr observed, but he returned home alone. She was "shortly after found severe!y injured, and lying groan ing in the road. She died in a few hours. DI‘TRESSING SUICIDB PRIM WESTMINSTER•BRIDGE.— On Wednesday, at noon, Mr. W. Biker held an inqu , fsr, at the Black Horse Tavern, High-street, Poplar, on the body of Mary Anne Lidien, aged nineteen years, who was found dead in the river Thames, cff Limehouse Reach, under the subjoined circumstances. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had formerly been a ballet-girl at one of the West End theatres, but for some time past she had ob tnin'd a livelihood by sitting as a " mold for artists," in their studios, for 011-paintings and drawings. On Satur day evening lie, the deceased was riding in a cab with a female named Ann Bryan, with whom she quarrelled. They separated in the vicinity of Millbank, and subse quently she was seen to mount the hoarding of Westminstc-- bridge and precipitate herself into the water. The mother of the deceased having proved the identity, a Thames police officer deposed to finding the body at Limehouse. The deceased must have floated down the river a distance of six mike. Toe inquiry was adjourned for further nidenee. DOCK COM lIITTEE. The nsnal weekly meeting of this c3mmittee wag heid at one o'clock, yesterday, in the D ek Offices, Mr. Chu" - in the chair. Ocher members present—M.lssrs. R3binson, P 51111 ; e4 Halhead, Lockett, AtElerson, Holden, Hubblck, Rounthwaite, J. Hohne, and W. Rathbone, junior. The minu'es of the last mostin; ware read and 604 firmed. 0 1 Tuesday the let September Wii fixei for the ann inspection of the Heirship. A letter from M4ssrs. Anal and Gilles.fie, respe' 3 the use of some laid near the docks for a coal stattorbm supply the Montreal line of steamers, Wete referred W Harbour Masters' Committee. THE CONSERVANCY BILL The following letter and report were read : London, Wednesday, 12 August, 10' My dear —I have It irdly a man ant left for the (I'L business (upon clauses) beliwe the committee, but which, I sor t y tasty, has Lam adverse, to us throughout the daYr w i :, clulin, - ; the rigitt of proxy eating. Th m'e remain the corP ° J„i t ' tion clauses, princip illy directed to the securing of 0 , £1,509,000, and the provisions are stringent, but I fear have no chance of making heal aga'nst them, and they fi e t e y also to charge us with all the parliam mtary expenses of ,0 corporation in and since 1855, aad (of co•ars) of the proto" this session. el/ lam very glad, indeed, that Mr. Monde] is hare as a , II on behalf of the shipowners, that all that men can do oP iti the objectionable clauses of the bill is done. At the desire of the chairm an, I sand you a copy of our solutions hero of . 3lst, ultimo, for the use of the commit wanted.—You , s very truly, jonN D. Mason, Esq." otr Memorandum of sub3tance of the proceedings of tlic dcP j i tioa of tha Dick Committee, at No. 6, Parliament-str7 4 ; Westminster, oa Feld ty af ernom, 31st of July, 1857. sent—Mr. Turner, chair man ; Mr. Elolme, Mr. Palmer , Brocklebank, Mr. Hubback, Mr. Rounthwaite, Mr. Mond o ! Having regard to the present position of the bill is Ai House of Lords, and to tho full powers conferred on ' l , l deputation yesterday by the Dock Committee, the mern l l o l, now present of that deputation unanimously resolve as lows :- 1. That the Dock Committee, considering themsolveig 01 under present circumstances trustees for protecting the traa e o the port, are willing that £1,500,000 in lieu of th e £60 0,v 1 proposed by the 35th section of the bill, but inclusive of 0 cost to the Corporation of the landing-stage (when comple te i and observatory shell be charged to the dock e s t a t e , in fall of the Corporation, but subj eet to this proviso, that by present bill or by some lunar° bill (if the present be withdr,. o . s ' or defeated) the town dues shall be effectually tr a nsf e rred ( 1 ;4 , from incumbrances or question) to the new trust, in consitl fr o, then of such £1,500,000, which transfer, as the deputation advised, will not be eff.cted by the present bill. 2. Tho deputation object to the new tru s t belay , . fet te by any stipulation, direct or indirect, for carrying 6u t ,, o t Birkenhead the plans of the late Mr. Rendeq, at pre s ", t o authorised by Parliament. The desire of the Dock Conallii t :th is, that in conformity with the 19:11 section of the act of 1 03 4 the docks at Birken'oe id shall constructed and comPl e ;b6 in such a manner as to render then m os t ava il a bl e for tt commercial purposes of the pert of Liverpool, in connec ts with the Liverpool docks; and believing, as !hey do, in pe lf unison with the commercial community both at Liverpool attei Birkenhead, that Mr. Ilartley's plans ar e b e tt er calenla t o than those of &fr. B,endel to effect such objects, they can it o assent to the new trust being fettered by any s tip u l at ion in t" bill giving a preference to one p'an over the other, 3. They also object to any sanction being given, directliro indirectly, by this bill to the claim of the Great Nested Company to a lease in perpetuity of 40,000 yards of land di the south reserve. They believe that cuds el lino, if co - nee% would most prejadiclally affect the application of the head dock estate to dock purposes, anl that the claim it s :d i having regard to the circumstances in which it origina Le i i; cannot be supported at law or is equi`y, and that the Wag% tion of it in any form would be a breach of the duty w ltl g e t, the Deck Committee owe to their successor s in that 10 '0 Bet they are quite willing that in the present bill, if it pass, there shall be inserted a clause providing (as was provid e r by the Birkenhead Docks Acts of 1853,1854, and 1855) titg . present legislation shall not prejudice the r i g ht s o f either pale or the existing shit in chancery for determining such rights. , f the same time the deputation think it right to record thee free consent that all proper and ample means of access to, a tt for carrying on business at the Birke n h ea d d oc k s , s h a ll be c ot ' ' ceded to the Great Western in common with all other raileiN companies. 4. The deputation object, in the strongest terms, 10 51'1 clause being inserted in the present, or any ()Thee bill, restril ?, tiv of the dock works on the Liv rpoel side of the river, the Birkenh tad docks shall he completed. They believe, the contrary, that further dock accommedation on the Live r is now much mnre F iniperatiVely demanded, than ca, has been since the existence O. the part, and cannot be de ,e' layed without very set ions injury to mercantile interests th The. deputation reservesfull po - ver of objection to 1 1, clauses generally of the present 101, inasmuch as the Dl o Committee were not heard in obj e cti on t o th e cl a uses in t " House of Commons. But, in justice to the creditors of Imo deck estate, the deputation mo-e especially o bj ec t to the 4l r d and 49:h clauses, conferring upon the new 10_, unlimited powers of increasing and lot:tering rates and borr oa h e ing money ; and still more especially t o th a t por ti o n of , t e latter clause which, by in orporating i n t o th e hocks' Acts effect of the " Commi,s'onerA l Clauses Act, 1847," would effect confer upon all new dock directors a security prefer e ,!; tial to and of higher character than that which i s now held vi creditors to the extent of upwards of £6,000,1100 sterling. to The deputation will reje'ce if the bill, so altered as 0 remove their objections above mentioned or r e f err ed to, s et be passed during the present session ; but if, as th e y bellel that is impossible, they have no a lt erna ti ve b ut to recto their opinion that it ought to be s'renuously opposed in al l 1 5 , sages with a view to another bill being i n t ro d uce d next o e sion upon an agreed plan. • (Signed) CHARLES TURNER, Chairma n ' The report wal ordered to be recorded o n th e minute' , The Sub Committees were re-appointed. This concluded the general business. HEALTH COMMITTEE. The weekly meeting of this board was held yesteral Mr. Alderman Dover in the chair. Th e f o ll ow i ng metsbe A were' present :—Messrs. M'Gume, Beekwith, Haydo ck Stitt, Anthony, Holden, Godfrey, and James Holase 0 6 The Borough Engineer, B u ildi ng S urve y or , a nd l e sp3ctor of Nuisances, reported va r i ou s p ar ti cu l ars of 1 4 operations in their several departments d ur i ng the yzef, lo from which it appeared that 164 i ns p ec ti ons were on of dilapidated privies and ashpi-s, 1,069 cesspools had be a d discharged, 80 nuisances complained of by inhabitants 1 111 been inspected, and means taken to remeiy them. 6 ,l. v a i houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 2,uv: apartments and 513 cellars, had been put un d er examillv' dol. with the view of improving their sanitary condition' The Medical Officer's report stated that the deaths, fl all causes, were 223, agai ns t 205 t h e prev i ous wee k, al l an average of 270, corrected for increase of population , a g the same week of th e p rece di ng n i ne years , exc l u d ing 1 3 / 4 '‘ In the parish the deaths were 141. and in the out-town; ships, 79. Of 97 deaths from Zymotic diseases, 54 W r , from diarrtcea, the same number as the former wee"' 15 from hooping cough, 7 from typhus, 6 from scarletin th 3 from cholera, 2 from measels, 2 from purport, 1 fec o dysentary, I from small p:,x Of the 54 w h o di e d ho diarrhoea, 48 were infants, and 4 above seventy years % age. Disease of the lungs, with consumption, caised deaths, the average of the same week of former 7 10 ' . being 49. In reply to Mr. Haydock, Dr. Duncan said one of th e cases of cholera was Asiatic cholera; it was the case or " child 18 months old. THE WEST DERBY ROAR. In consequence of a question pat by Mr. 31 , C1-affi t : l regarding the width o f t h e roa d w h ere t h e l ate f a , accident happen e d, the S urveyor was i nstructe d to a seef tain the f e eli ngs o f th e i n h a bi tants, as regar d e d the wid,_tc, ing of that pa r t o f th e roa d. Th e C omm i ttee then tr ansacted the routine business, and adjourned. AN AMPRICAN VICTIM.—A melancholy case has oceure ci ; the victim being a young g'rl named Mary Brady, AIS had been boarding at the house of a Mrs. Broderi, k. appears that she had been betrayed under a promise ° marriar. She went to work in a determined manne r ; first going to a small shop, kept by a lady with whom sm had resided, where she purchased a pie, but the lady o° ' tieing her eyes red and swollen, asked liar what was e l matter. She replied nothing, an d w i t h a l aug h turne d ou of the door, leaving the pie. Shortly a ft er s h e re turne d and got the pie, remarkin g th a t s h e h a d b oug h t t h re e 6 i lo worth of stryelmine, which size intended to take in h e . pie. She was toll it would kill her, but her reply 0 , 3 e I'm going to t a k e it f or me di c i ne ." S o coo l y did sm t talk and act th a t th e l a d y was comp l e t e l y t h rown off' h e r guard, suppoiing the poison was to be used for some otbs, purpose. Sh e re t urne d t o h er b oar di ng -h ouse, went to be; room, which was occupied by another young girl, whe r e . ahe delilrlately took the top c ust fr o m off the P l . t sprinkled tae strychnine contained in the paper through !„: and seating herself upon her chair a t e one h a lf of She then stated that she was going to her cousin's, wh er , she was taken with spasms which terminated her ear t _ b e ly existence about midnight. After taking the poison ti l e unfortunate girl drank immoderate quantities of which utterly precluded th e pos s ibility o f d o i ng anythllli towards saving life. The young l a dy was hi g hly esteem ", by her numerous acquaintances, about 20 years of qg having a father and mother at present residing in Das'