Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-17 00:00:00

•ernen tS l oetilen; an, and, 1, SPQ" )O1 palm , s to l't ) o f thio arid. I D• Ekill 11 tO Jia I fL ' i , f ; loo 't slO ,„pil j; t i on ; rue d th' ntleol n ro is. Pt, P TO cas , thanw' THE WAR IN ITALY. VIENNA ) Thursday.—The Austrihn Correspon denze, contains the following : The organisation for the defence of the Tyrolese territory is progressing. . Several companies have l 'een already drawn out, and others are in preparation. The mountain passes are occupied. TURIN, Thursday, June 16.—Official bulletin.— The Allied army of Italy passed the Serio, on the lath, marching towards the river Oglio. The Qvance guard is at Coccaglio. The head-quarters '4 the King of Sardinia, are at Palazzuolo, General •Garabaldi was at Brescio up to the evening of the 12th. General Urban's corps quitted Coccoglio, on the morning of the 13th, and appears to be retiring to Orginova. MA.RsEILL s, June 16. —Advices have been received from Athens to the 9th inst A popular manifestation has taken place before the French Embassy in celebration of the victories in The Ambassador, in addressing the crowd assem bled before his hotel, said, that he would not fail to loinmunicate to the Emperor the sympathies of Greece Another demonstration by the students has taken pla ce , who called for special prayers to Heaven for Victory to the Allies, and the people surrounded the church with loud acclamations. On the occasion of the closing of the Chamber, the King declared that he would follow the advice Of the protecting power without forgetting the honour of his country. Advices have also been received from Constanti- llople to the Bth instant The Grand Duke Constantine arrived here on the Ilth instant. The ftorte has given an evasive reply respecting the election of Prince Couza. The Sultan asks The Austrian Correspondenze publishes the fol- for guarantees loving telegram : VERONA, June 15.—N0 news of any importance f rom the seat of war. The different corps d'armee lake possession of their allotted position unmolested by the enemy. The division of General D'Urban done has sustained a fight at Castenedolo with Gari baldi's bands, which, although amounting to 4,000 ken with 4 pieces of cannon, were repulsed by our troops. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, Thursday, June 16th, 12.17 p.m.—The Bourse opens firm. Rentes 62.45. 2.30.—A rise of t per cent. has taken place in Itentes, which are now 62.95. 3.3B.—Rentes closed at 62.80 for money, and 62.60 Tendency, very flat. tol ' account. FRANCE. Nuts, Wednesday.—lt is.pretty certain that all Italians are n o t overjoyed at the off-hand manner in which the king of Sardinia is proceeding on his work of liberation, and accepting gifts of territory from the h ands of his S uzerain, There are many patriots who have not co °Perated in this work of Italian independence merely for t he territorial aggrandizement of Victor Emmanuel What t hey desire is independence not only of the Austrian or of t he French, but equally so of the Piedmontese. They cry out against the sleight-of-hand-7th° escamotage, as they term it--by which Victor Emmanuel is cooly taking Possession of Lombardy ; and I know of several Italians w ho leave Paris with the avowed object of resisting this in vasion on the part of their Piedmontese liberators. Their 'Otto is confederation, and not Fusion. The Lombards will Ilet be Pielniontese any more than Tuscans, or-Modenese, or P armesans, or .Neapolitans, and it would not be surprising if civil war follewed any attempt to force them into submission. I t is said here, in certain quarters known to be in relation With the Palais Royal, that the Prin ce Re g ent of Prussia u as cau se d it to be intimated, that if the French army cross t he Mincio the• act will be considered by Prussia as menacing , L ° the 'German Confederation by invading the natural d efences of 'Germany, and as calling for the direct interven tion of the said Confederation. It is further stated, that th e i , Generals under the .command • of Marshal Pelissier are f orthwith to repair to their respective stations. It is not • conside r ed improbable that the army now called the Army Zthe East may soon be denominated th e Arm y of the Rhine. The person who gives this information says that, in - his ° Pinion, the real object of the war is Constantinople for It ussia, and the Rhine for' France. He thinks that much o f the blame rests with the English Government for not ha ving proposed to settle the Italian question, which every one saw must soon become a serious embarrassment, 111 unison with the Emperor of the French, and thus pre ,i,vented him from throwing himself into the arms of Russia. 41 e announcement in the Prussian Gazette of yesterday that the Prinee of Prussia has ordered that the six corps d' artnie shall beset in motion, is regarded in Paris as the answer of t he German Cenfederation to the note of Prince Gortschakoff. Marshal Bosquet's complete recovery, or, at all events, his fitnes s to assume his command at Toulouse, being so long d elayed, renders it necessary to provide a substitute. "He will accordingly be succeeded by General de l'Etang. It b eing also considered that Marshal Baraguey d'Hilliers' Presence with. the army in Italy is incompatible with the exercise of his duties at Tours, General Canrobert will be appointed to that post. The Moniteur will soon publish 4 decree conferring promotions, honours, crosses; or military medals 'on nearly 1,000 persons, comprising every rank, for t he late military actions in Italy. Twenty-two Austrian 4ficers, prisoners of war, arrived at Tours yesterday. Among them are one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, •one captain, t hree lieutenants, five ensigns, and eleven non-commissioned ° lficers. Accounts from Toulon .of the 12th haat , announce that Admiral Count Bouet-Willaumez has sailed with, the fir st divisio n of the besiegihg fleet, composed of the steam frigates Mogador, Gomer, Descartes, and Vauban, towing t I , lr ec floating batteries,' the Tonnante, Devastation, and 1 av e. Admiral Bouet has hoisted his flag on the Magador, Iv • In ch 'tows the Tormante and leads the squadron. The Z!, ° fld division composed of gunboats has no doubt b l 'ed by this time ender the command o f Admiral It etlf ° 4 Bes, who is to tow them with his ships of • war. _la pleasing to find that the present Minister of the In terior is of the same opinion as the public--hamely, that the Itvf - 0 popularly known ai the Lai des Suspects was of - so us a c h ar acter, that for a journal to speak of any dlnister having executed it as General Espinasse did, is Ll ' e PlY prejudicial to his memory ; for, in point of fact; this W hat the Duke .of Padua now officially declares. The It ti ke of Padua quite right in thus, by implication, o.. t g ,atidng that. law; but we must suppose a more than al nary confusion of ideas in a well meaning zerson, as he is ' 4 aid to .be, punishing a journal for contrasting the ts co nduct of Marshal M‘Mehon with that oi General Pinasse.. • We have a right to suppose that, had M`Mahon bee n Minister of the Interior when the law , the e x ecution °t : hielv when Spoken of is considered so hur tful to a anan's ta 3,l o , s lll°r Y. was made be would hare resigned (Aloe same'. execute it 'himself. SECOND EDITION. NORTP.ERN TIMES OFFICE, FRIDAY, 9 A.M. THE MINISTRY. The Post says that the new Cabinet is completed. Cir ccmstances, however, in no way effecting the stability of the arrangements, induce us still to abstain from publishing the list. The Times says the following list of the new Cabinet will be found correct ; although, as it has not yet been approved by her Majesty, some changes may still be made : THE CABINET. First Lord of the Treasury Viscount Palmerston Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. W. Gladstone. Foreign Secretary of State Home Secretary Colonial Secretary Duke of Newcastle. War Mr. S. Herbert. India First Lord of the Admiralty _Duke of Somerset. Lord Chancellor President of the Council Privy Seal _ Lord Campbell. Earl Granville. _Duke of Argyle Post-Master General Earl of Elgin. President of the Board of Trade . Mr. R. Cobden. President of the Poor-law Board Milner Gibson. First Commissioner of Works . . . Mr. Cardwell. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster Joint Secretaries to the Treasury . 3ft. F. Peel, Mr. Brand Secretary to the Admiralty Lord Clarence Paget. For the Colonies Mr. C. Fortescue. For the Home Office Under t!.ecretary Foreign Affairs . . Lord TVodehouse. The Times, referring to the above list, says there never was a more powerful cast, and several of the members of the new administration who are out of the cabinet are of rank of statesmen. The cabinet itself is indeed almost overcharged with power of one sort or another. It contains two men who have been premiers, three dukes, two popular chiefs, and several men of long and varied official experience, and a Lord Chancellor who is still young at 80. Four distinct sections are amply represented in the cabinet. Indeed all are fighting men, and there are not sixteen such men to be found out of the cabinet. There is no reason why they should not manage their differences within doors. Lord Palmerston has had to go out of the old circle and the hard beaten ground in which power has so long moved. He has had to negotiate at every step, and to win allies wheii possibly he would have consulted his own genial temper by choosing friends. It is the law of self-preservation that compels him to invite Mr. Gladstone ; and Lord Campbell, it is avowed, must be Lord Chancellor, because Sir I. Bethel is required in the Commons. RE-ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT The House of Commons meet to-day (Friday ), after the adjournment. The Daily News believes it is intended to propose its further adjournment until Tuesday next. AUSTRIA. The Times has received the following despatch, dated— VIENNA, Thursday afternoon.—General Count Schlick has taken the command of the second army, instead of General Gyuali. The French have established a depot at Antivari, on the Albanian Coast, and disembarked large quantities of gold coin there. PRUSSIA. The Post publishes the following despatch : " PARIS, June 16.—The despatches received to-day from Berlin are very satisfactory. They confirm the preceding statements. The mobilisation has in no sense an aggressive character ; and it will not in all probability have the effect of causing a single additional French soldier to be calk out. COMMERCIAL. The Funds opened with a stronger appearance. At one period a recovery of nearly per cent. was shown. The market continues, however, extremely sensitive to alarms from Germany, and a few bona fide sales caused a reaction of ?to t per cent. Towards the close there was a return of steadiness, and the latest quotations were ,-I per cent. aboie those of yesterday. Other markets show consider able firmness ; supply of, money not so heavy as of late. best bills still per cent. below the Bank rate. There were no gold operations at the Bank to-day.—. Daily News City Article, Thursday Evening. The English funds opened at an improvement of per cent., but it was not maintained, and the final quotations were the same as those of yesterday. The heaviness was attributed to the progress of the French naval preparations against Venice, the report that the German Confederation will intervene if the French army cross the Mincio, and the zeal with which the allies appear to be fomenting revolutionary movements not only ih Italy but in Hungary, and also, it is feared, in the Danubian principalities. The letters from the principal German cities show consider able discouragement, mixed, however, with indignation at the readiness with which the supposition is entertained in Paris and London that Austria will soon give in. Accord ing to some writers the French must be at Vienna before a surrender of Lombardy will be listened to.—Times City Article, Thursday Evening. The China telegraph mentions the receipt of 30 bales Japanese silk._ RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS continue good. The Midland return shows an increase of £3,809 ; the Sheffield, an increase of £1,099 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, an increase of £2,388; the East Lancashire, an increase of £639 ; and the North Eastern and Newcastle and Carlisle, an increase of £3,120. LEGAL CHANGES.—The Daily Hews understands that Lord Cramworth has declined to fill the office of Lord Chief Justice of England ; and that Lord Campbell will, in all probability; be succeeded by Sir Alexander Cockburn, Chief Justice of the Couq of Common Pleas. Kossuth has been provided with a passport by superior order at the French Embassy, and has left London for Genoa, where the formation of a Hungarian Legion has been commenced. The Times' says it is reported that Sir B. Hall will be raised to the peerage ; and that Mr. Wilson will be appointed a member of Council in India. On Thursday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Mr. Collier, on behalf of Mr. Digby Seymour, applied for .a rule against the Horning Herald, for libel, in reference to his vote of last Saturday in the House of Commons. Lord Campbell declined to grant the rule. WEST INDIA MAIL. The Parana brings rather more than $2,000,000 silver specie, and $594 in gold. Left St. Thomas' June 1. Trade dull. The Bishop of Antigua, Dr. Rigaud, died on the 16 th of Ma y of yellow fever. -411.---- NEVER ALONE.—" Bill Jones," said a bullying urchin to another lad, " Next time I catch you alone, I'll flog you like anything." "Well," replied Bill, "I a'nt much alone commonly have my legs and fists with me." NEW eLAN OF MAKING STEEL. —Mr. Joseph Dixon, of Jersey, New Jersey (U.S.), provisionally specified an inven tion patented six or seven years since by M. Adrien Ohenot and others. The invention consists in stratifying the plates to be converted with sand, ashes, charcoal, or any other subStanee that will sustain the heat of the furnace during; the operation. The furnace being then filled with stratified cat iron, is subjected to heat for two or three weeks, accord ing to circumstances. This operation converts the cast iron directly into steel, resembling the steel of commerce; and of a cuperior .quality. ORIGIN OF:" TURNING TILE TABLES." —One of the hobbies in which the ancient luxurious Romans indulged (as the old-china mania was not then_invented) was the acquisition, at enormous prices, of tables made from very rare and curious smeimens of maplewood. Their wives happened to have another costly taste for dresses, jewellery, and the like vanities, which their lords oblivious of their own rather expensive fancies, 'apasidered were needless , extravagancies, and sometimes ventured to hint as much.; when the ladies, roused by thiS'injustlee, would. in their - turn p oint to the sumptuous maple ,table, with an allusion to its ruinous price . ; and 'this was called " turning the tables " on their husbands ;=hence the phrase used to this day fora similar kind ofretort.—Our liroo4l 4; froths, azad Iletlies' By S—Colonan. THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAY, JUNE 17 1859 SUSPECTED CASE OF POISONING. On Wednesday morning, the coroner for East Middlesex resumed an adjourned inquest, respecting the death of Zebra Royal, aged 21, who died from the effects of poison, under the following suspicious circumstances. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had lived very unhap pily with her husband, who was a carpenter, lodging at No. 44, Gough -street. They frequently quarrelled, and on Tuesday, the 7th instant, about two o'clock, she was taken ill with violent vomiting and pain in the stomach. A lodger, named Allen, was sent for, when deceased said that the last thing she had taken was some coffee, which her husband gave her. She said it was very bitter, and her husband made her drink it. Some brandy was given to her, but she became worse, when Mr. Webb, a surgeon, was called who administered an antidote, but she continued to get worse, and died on Saturday, the 12th. The deceased, before her death, complained of a burning sensation in her throat, and was very thirsty. On the night before the deceased's death the husband left the house and had not since returned. Ellen Stubbs, of No. 10, Grove-street, Poplar, stated that she was present when the husband gave the deceased some milk in a cup. She did not see him put anything into it. None of the milk was left, the deceased drank it all. Had heard the husband often swear at the deceased. Heard the deceased exclaim, shortly before her death, " God forgive him." Mr. Robert Webb, surgeon, of Manor-terrace, Poplar, said, that he was called to the deceased, whom he found suffering from violent vomiting and purging. She complained of severe pain in the stomach, which was hard when pressed. She had small, quick pulse, and there were evident symptoms of inflammation. Witness administered remedies, bnt the deceased died on the following Saturday. Witness had received some vomit from the mother of deceased, which had been carefully preserved and sent sealed up to Dr. Letheby, of the London Hospital, for anal} • Witness had made a post mortem examin body, and had found . the stomach and intestines much inflamed and distended. • The mucous coat of the stomach was abraded, and some portion was puckered up or blisl tered. The other organs of the body were quite healthy. The contents of the stomach consisted of coffee grounds, &c., which, with portions of the body, were carefully sealed up and given to Dr. Letheby. Dr. Letheby, the chemical lecturer of the London Hospital, said that he had received four bottles, containing portions of the deceased's stomach,, intestines, one kidney, a piece of lung, and a quantity of vomit. The stomach was much inflamed, and abraded. The surface of the mucous coat was covered with coffee grounds. There were no solid particles of any kind adher , ing to the stomach. There were no appearances of mineral poison detected. On examining the vomit, witness found a very acrid substance, the nature of which witness could not at present state without further analysis. The stomach was very much irritated. Most probably the acrid substance he had dis covered was the cause of death. By a Juror : The poison was of an irritant character, and had produced inflamation of the stomach. The appearance he had described in evidence could not arise from any natural causes. After the examination of other witnesses, the Coroner observed that it would be impossible to proceed any further in the case, which had assumed a very seriou`g character, until Dr. Letheby had completed the analysis. The jury concurred in the opinion of the coroner, and the proceedings were accordingly adjourned. FRENCH OFFICER CONVICTED OF SMUGGLING. On Wednesday, at the Mansion-house, M. Edward Roussel (said to be an officer in the French army), was charged, upon the information of John James Dean, an officer of customs, with having been concerned in importing certain restricted goods, to wit three gallons of spirits, contrary to the 232nd section of the Ciistoms Consolidation Act, 1853, whereby he had rendered himself liable to a penalty of £lOO, for which the commissioners of customs had elected to sue. The defendant, through an interpreter, pleaded not guilty. Mr. Cumberland, solicitor, said he appeared on behalf of the commissioners of customs in the case, which was rather an exceptional one. It seemed that on the 7th instant, a free entry was passed at the custom house by Messrs. Carey and Sons, of Mark-lane, agents, on behalf of the consignees, Messrs. Acheson and Co., of 27, Queen-street, City. The article was passed for a cask of cider containing about twenty gallons, and as having arrived in the Lord John Russell, a steamer, trading between Dunkirk and the port of London. The cask' of cider was landed at Brewer's Quay on the followingday, when Mr. Dean, the. Customs officer on duty, as usual in such cases, examined the cask, and on intro ducing an instrument called a spit into the cask, it encountered some obstruction, and, at the same time, a strong smell of spirits arose from the cask. Mr. Dean, in consequence of this, had the contents run off into another cask, and removed the head of the cider cask, when he discovered a piece of canvass nailed inside, between which and the head itself were confined four large bladders, each capable of containing a gallon. Three of the bladders were then full of spirits, but the fourth was empty, hayinF , been perforated by the spit, so that its contents had escaped and mixed with the cider. Mr. Dean at once communicated with Messrs. Carey, or rather with their clerk, Mr. Ward, who had passed the entry at the Custom-house, and who attended at the wharf. He could, however, g ive no explanation, but subsequently he brought the defendant there, who had given •to him the bill of lading on the previous day, and the letter of advice for the goods, endorsing the bill of lading "Acheson and Co." On that endorsement Messrs. Carey had acted. The defendant. when Mr. Ward went to him, acknowledged that he had endorsed the bill of lading without the consent of Messrs. Acheson ; and he added a further endorsement that the cask was to be delivered to him at his address, 34, Redcross street, Borough. Mr. Ward then told him what the Custom-house officer had discovered, and then professed to know nothing at all about it, and expressed his astonishment at the discovery. It was, however, quite clear that the cask was sent from Dunkirk by the instructions of Messrs. Roussel; that the bill of lading was endorsed " Acheson and C 0.," without their authority, according to his own confessions, and that it was by his instruction to be sent to his private address. He (Mr. Cumberland) would prove these facts by evidence, and there then could be no doubt that the defendant had been concerned in importing three gallons of restricted spirits, contrary to the Customs' Act, and that he was, therefore, liable to the penalty 7 Witnesses were then called in support of Mr. Cumberland's statement, and it was also shown that the spirit was merely common spirit, with no particular name, and considerably below proof, its value being 10s, and the amount of duty to which it was liable £1 2s. 6d, ; but, at the same time, it was admitted that he had endorsed the names of Acheson and Co. at the request of Mr. Carey's clerk, and without any fraudulent intention. The evidence having been interpreted to the defendant, the Lord Mayor desired the interpreter to ask him what lie had to' say to the 'char ge Interpreter : He says he had no knowledge of any spirits being in the cask. He had been three months in England, and has been in the habit of going frequently to the Custom-house, and that it was quite impossible he could have been so foolish as to be concerned in this affair in any way. The Lord Mayor: Tell him that the law regards him as being cognisant of the fact. Interpreter : He says it was not spirits that is drinkable at all. The Lord Mayor : No ; nor is it imported for the purpose of being drank. Interpreter : He wishes to know,, then, why the re is a duty on it ? Mr. Cumberland : There is a duty on all spirits. Interpreter : He denies that-he had any knowledge, in anyway, of f spirits being in the cask. The Lord Mayor : Tell him that that does not avail him in such a case as this, and that all I can do is to mitigate the penalty to the smallest amount. Interpreter :He wishes that Mr. Ward would speak for him. Mr. Ward (clerk to Messrs. Carey) said he .had only a business knowledge cf the defendant, who, however, from, the fact of his having had to' manage some small transactions with him, seemed to regard him as a friend. He might, how ever, express his belief, that, the defendant had no guilty knowledge of the spirit being in the cask of cider, which he believed had been sent to him as a present by some friends in France. As to the spirit, it was of a kind which was used by the French peasantry, for cooking purposes, in the absence of coal, and no doubt The defendant's friends thought they would send him some of that as well, and so they secreted it in the cider. Mr. Cumberland : There can be no doubt that the cask was sent over by his own instruction. The Lord Mayor : If not, it would not avail him. All th a t I can do is to mitigate the penalty to the lowest amount, and he must pay a fine of £25, or go to prison for six months ; but he can if he pleases, memorialise the Commis s i oners o f Customs for a further mitigation. Mr. Ward: When can he memorialise ? The Lord Mayor: Immediately. To-morrow, if you like. Mr. Cumberland : And if they do memorialise am I at liberty to communicate to the commissioners your lordship's :impression that the facts 6f the ease are such as not to warrant any further mitigation.. The Lord Mayor ; Certainly, The defendant was then removed in custody. AWFUL- OCCURRENCE IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. A dreadful catastrophe took place on Tuesday at Watchet, a small port on the British Channel, by which no less than fourteen or fifteen persons have lost their lives. On Mon day, a steamer of the name of the Neath Abbey left Bristol on a pleasure excursion to Watchet and Minehead, taking with her some 400 or 450 passengers. She was to return to Bristol on Tnesday, and for that purpose, having left Minehead in the afternoon, anchored off Watchet about three o'clock, a mile and a half from the shore. Boats belonging to the place were put in requisition to convey the passengers to the steamer, and several parties had reached her in safety, when it was seen that one of the boats, distant about half a mile from the shore, was evidently sinkin g deeper and deeper into the water, while the people on board were waiv ing their hats and handkerchiefs, awl shouting and screaming as if in the extremity of peril. The people in another boat, some distance behind, on observing this, jumped on to a ledge of rock, up to their waists in water, leaving only three men in the boat, who pulled her as fast as possible towards the sinking boat in front. All their exertions, howe: er, were fruitless. Just before they reached her, a heavier sea than usual caught her broadside. In an instant she capsized, and men, women, and children Were floundering together in the waves. Before the hinder boat could come up almost all had disappeared. Two young women were dragged on board by their hair, one of whom is doing well, while the other is not expected to recover. The bodies of two men were brought on shore, but they were quite dead. It is computed by an eye witness that at the time the boat sunk there were at least fourteen persons in her, besides the two rowers, and therefore there must be at least fourteen who have perished. One young woman, with her infant clasped in her arms, floated for a long time, supported by her clothing, but all efforts to save her were in vain, and she and she and her child perished together. None of the names of the victms have as yet been ascertaied, but they were all natives of Bristol, in which town the greatest excitement prevails amongst the relatives and friends of the excurtionists who have not yet returned to their homes. FURTHER PARTICULARS Brusly', Thursday Morning.—Additional information has been received in this city of this melancholy occurrence. It was supposed on Tuesday that twelve or fourteen persons were missing, and had perished, but it is now ascertained that six persons have lost their The ill-fated boat was about half a mile from the shore, when suddenly a heavy swell took her broadside, and in an instant she capsized, turned bottom up, and men, women, and children were seen clutching, tossing, and gasping in a strugging group, amid the dancing and foaming tide, which was then coming in very strong. Strong and quick did the niei in the second boat pull towards them, but one by one of the heads disappeared below the surface of the sea, and when at last the boat reached the-spot almost all of them had sunk One of the men in the boat, however, managed to seize a woman by the hair of her head, just as she was sinking, and she is now in a fair way of recovery. The bodies of two men, apparently wate dragged into the boat, but all efforts to restore animation in either proved ineffectual. A second respectably dressed female was rescued, and has shown signs of consciousness, but is still in a lingering state, and fears are entertained of her recovery. Just as one of the men in the boat leaned forward, within a yard of another sinking woman, to catch her by the hair of her head, she flung up her arms and sank. The passengers in the sinking boat included a young'woman with an infant in her arms. When the boat capsized, she was seen floating, upheld by her clothing, with the child clasped to her breast, and as she was carried away by the tide she raised up the baby in her arms, as if to implore help on its behalf. No help reached her, though it is said a sailor on board the Neath Abbey plunged into the waves to save her, but was not successful. The following parties have been saved : Messrs. Wedlake, Larkham Short, E. Edwards, Greenslade, and the Misses Mogg and Case. Lost,: Mr. Lewis and wife, Messrs. Saml. Venn, Henry Larkham, jun., and George Mogg, and Miss Sarah Seymour. It should be mentioned that the steamer was hired for the excursion, and did not run on account of the owners. Sarah Seymour arid Henry Larkham were engaged to each other. Mr. Ashford, the coroner for West Somerset, would hold the inquest on the bodies. men, were als THE RICHMOND MURDER. -CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. BEFORE MR. JUSTICE CROMPTON AND MR. BARON BRAMWELL At' the sitting of the court, yesterday, the prisoner, Thomas Smethurst, was placed at the bar and pleaded Not Guilty, both to the indictment and the coroner's inquisition. which charged him with the wilful murder of Isabella Bankes. Serjeant Ballantine renewed the application he had made on the previous day for the postponement of the trial, on the ground that the solicitor for the prosecutiOn, Mr. Teesdale; had not been able to perfect the case s and that the interests of justice could not he properly carried out if the trial were to take place at the present session. He put in an affidavit to - that effect. Serjeant Parry, who appeared for the prisoner, opposed the application. He said that the prisoner was most anxious to be tricd, and he had a right to be tried at the present session, .and be hoped the Court would not grant the application for a post ponement. The prisoner had been committed for trial since the 20th of May by the magistrates, and since the 31st of May upon the coroner's inquisition, and lie submitted that there had been ample time to prepare the case for the prosecution, and that the trial ought not to be postponed. Serjeant Ballantine urged that the delay of a fortnight, which was the period that would elapse between this and the next session, could not operate prejudicially to the prisoner, and he had no hesitation in saying that the trial could not be satisfactorily disposed of at the present session, and that there might be a failure of justice if the case were tried at present. It was unnecessary for him to say a word as to the serious character of the inquiry in a public point of view, and he expressed his opinion that unreasonable grounhs had been put forward to show why the postponement should not take place. Mr. Justice Crompton, after conferring for, some time with Mr. Baron Bramwell, said the Court was of opinion that the trial must, at all events, be Postponed for some days; and under these circumstances it appeared to him that it might as well be postponed to the next session, as it would only make a difference of a very few days. Some further conversation took place, and it was at length arranged that the case should stand over to the next session, and that if it could conveniently be so arranged, that it should come on on the first day of the session. • THE MURDER. AT ST. PANCRAS. Yesterday morning Mr. Wakley, the coroner for West Middlesex, opened an inquiry into the circumstances attending the deaths of Elizabeth Cruft and her two children, the children having been murdered by their mother, who afterwards committed suicide. The inquiry took place at the King's Head Hotel, Swinton-street, and created great interest. A jury having been sworn, pro ceeded to view the bodies, which presentd a very distressing appearance. The Coroner said he thought it very essential that the head of Mts. Cruft should be carefully examined by a competent person, before they proceeded with their inquiry into this distressing case. By that means they would probably be able to ascertain the state of mind of the unfortunate woman when she committed the dreadful deed. The jury at once assented to the suc•aestion of the coroner, and a post anortein examination was ordered. The inquiry was then adjourned until to-morrow (Saturday). A SPARTAN MASTER.--A Spartan youth complained that his sword was too short. Lengthen it," rejoined his fenc ing master, " by going a step nearer to your antagonist."- " NOTHING LIKE A Goon TITLE."—Some very pious young women have established an association, which they style " The Young Woman's Anti-Young-Man-Waiting-at the7Church-Doors-with;Ulterior-Objects Society." A VICTIM or HOMCEOPATHY.—c regret to say that the Viscount de Ourem has fallen a victim to a mistake of his apothecary, to whom was entrusted the compounding of a homoeopathic prescription, and who, instead of twelve globules of belladona, dispensed twelve grains of that deadly ingredient. The viscount was universally known and respected, and his death has caused a profound sensation.— Daily Hews. MARRIAGE CUSTOMS IN THE PYRENEES.--The lover proceeds in a very singular manner to bring his courting to a climax ; he pinches the fair object of his affections, who, instead of boxing his ears, as English maidens would pro bably do, sits on his knees if, willing to become his wife, but turns away if resolved not to marry him —The Pyrenees, West and East. By Charles Richard Weld. Conic TREES.—But the beauty of the landscape is much marred by groves of cork trees, whose blasted-like holes are sadly picturesque ; venerable trees, for the most part, and. therefore, frequently barked, for it is a curious property of the cork tree that it flourishes all the better for being periodically stripped of its coat. The operation is per formed every eight or ten years, and continued until the tree is about two centuries old, when signs of decay appear. —Tile .Pyre.nat. TOXTETH PARK BOARD of GUARDIANS. The usual weekly meeting of this board was held yester day, at the Public-offices ; Park-road, Mr. S. Alpass in the chair. The other guardians p resent _ were—Messrs. Joseph Harrison, John Wilson, G. W. Hunter, M. A. Jahns, Joseph Brundrit, Samuel Siddeley, John Moss, J. D. Carter. Mr. Gough's report showed that there were in the West Derby workhouse, belonging to the Park, this week, 341 ; corresponding week last year, 359. In the hospital last week, 30; this week, 37. _ . .• , Cheques were granted for the out-door relief of the poor to the amount of £9B. The Chairman stated that he had received a letter, signed H. M. Leathern, tha purport of which was that Mr. Leathem wished to take the place of Mr. Heath, relieving officer, who is at present incapacitated by sickness. Mr. Williams was called, and he expressed his willingness to undertake the duty of Mr. Heath, in addition to his own, till further orders. Mr. Cleaver then read the following letter from the Poor law Board : Poor-law Board, Whitehall, S.W., June 15, 1859. Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Board to state that they have received the. report of their inspector, Mr. Mainwaring, respecting the inquiry recently made by him on the subject of th alleged removal of some of the voting papers used in the election of guardians for the township of Toxteth-park, in the years 1857 and 1858, from the closet in which they had been deposited. The board have carefully perused the report and the evidence which acclmpanie:l it. They observe that the election for the year 1857 was conduc ed by Mr. Thomas Avison, as returning officer; and that the voting papers were virtually delivered by him to the board of guardians. The guardians had themselves zip board room or place of deposit, but occupied, for the transaction of their business, rooms beloneing to the overseers of the township. The board are of opinion that it was, in strictness, incumbent upon the board of guardians tel pass a resolution declaring where the voting papers were to be deposited. They did not, however, adopt this course. They were informed, by a clerk of Mr. Avison, who attended their meeting on - the 20th of July, 1857, that the papers had been placed in a closet in the waiting room of the town ship offices, and that it had been locked up. He then gave the key to the guardians, and the chairman subsequently delivered the key to the clerk. The board consider th, t this proceeding was, in effect, an acquiescence by the board of guardians in the place of deposit for the papers in question, as being aproper one . audit appears that the voting papers of the following election of guardians were also deposited in the same closet. It further appears that the clerk kept safely the key of tho closet in which the papers were deposited, and that the closet was opened ultimately by a pick-lock, under the instructions of one of the overseers, for the purpose of enabling him to examine the voting papers of 1857. If the guardians had had any plat for the deposit of the election papers better than the one in which they were actually deposited, the clerk should have been instructed accordingly. But the board are not aware that this was the case ; and for the above-mentioned reasons they do not think' that any blame rests either on the guardians or on their clerk for want of due care in the custody of the voting papers. The board think that Vie overseer had perhaps the legal title to the premises in question ; but the board cannot avoid expressing their regret, that instead of applying to the board of guard - the subject, he should have thought proper to cause the c regularly be forced and th?, documents, which do not belong to the oversees, examined in the way described in the evidence taken at the inquiry. It does not appear, however, that any of the voting papers were actually abstracted.—l am, &c., DEVON Secretary. To W. Cleaver, Esq., Clerk to the Guardians of the Township of Toxteth Park, Liverpool. The Clerk was instructed to write to one of the medical officers, requesting to have his book of returns made out and ready for inspection by the guardians - each board day. Mr. Moss wished to know why they got no report from the visiting committee as to the state of the paupers in the West Darby workhouse. The board knew nothing of how many there were, except from a garbled report of Mr. Gough. Mr. Brundrit said he did not think the committee would be able to pick out their own paupers, even if they did go, without Mr. Gough's assistance. Mr. Cleaver said they had no legal right to go there as a committee, but that they might be admitted to visit their paupers through courtesy. Mr. Moss said Mr. Cleaver's observations were uncalled for. He had often interrupted .a most important discussion by some of his remarks. Perhaps Mr. Cleaver wanted to take his position. Mr. Cleaver said he had no desire to change places. Mr. Moss said Mr. Cleaver was wanting, or seemed to be wanting, to monopolise the right of a guardian, and he was to consider that he was their paid servant. Mr. Brundrit said he would tell Mr. Moss, for his information, that he had once visited the West Derby Workhouse. Mr. Cleaver asked if he were to submit to the dictation of Mr. Moss when simply doing his duty. The Chairman : Certainly not. Mr. Moss said he was not Co be intimidated by Mr. Cleaver, and it was exceedingly improper to throw in his remarks. His observation was insolent ; for it was not asked for. If there was no legal necessity to go to the workhouse as a visiting committee, there was a moral necessity. • The Chairman, too, might be as disrespectful as he pleased, for aught he cared. A Guardian : What is the use of all this ? The Chairman : It amuses Mr. Moss and does harm to nobody. (Laughter.) Mr. Moss : You cannot put me down, sir. The Chairman : I don't want to put-you down. I would rather set you up on a pedestal. (Laughter.) The matter then dropped, and the board separated. LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE. - Yesterday BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD, CorroN STEALING. —Three men, named Callahan, Kemp, and Henigan, were charged with stealing cotton. Officer 706 said he saw the prisoner at the Sandon-dock, where there were some ships discharging cotton, and he observed them going amongst the bales, and getting cotton, which they packed in between some timber. He watched them for twenty minutes, and then he took them into custody. Mr. Cobb, for the prisoners, endeavoured to show that the wind was blowing the cotton about, and that the prisoners were only securing it for the owners. It was shown, how ever, that the prisoners were old offenders, and they were sent to gaol for fourteen days. _ CAUTION TO SAILORS.-gr. Murphy, of the LoCal Marine Board, brought up a man, named David Frazer, charged with having deserted the ship John Bull. The prisoner had signed articles to be on board the ship on Wednesday, hut he did not go on board, and the ship was detained. The prisoner was sent to jail for eight weeks. BEFORE MESSRS. PARKER AND HOUGHTON THE "ILLUSTRIOUS JENNINGS, OF INIARYRONE, AND HIS TAIL," AND WHAT THEY DID. —A young man, described as the "Illustrious Jennings, of Marybone," was summoned for having made scrumshins of Tom Walsh's windows and window sashes; to' the value of 12s. of the current coin of the realm. Mr. Cobb appeared for the house of Walsh, and Mr. Bluck for the " Illustrious" Jennings." Mr. Cobb opened the - case and said, the defendant is Called - the "Il lustrious Jennings, of Marybone," and he has a tail longer than any boa constrictor. That tail consists of men, women, and children of the Hermon line of Jennings - in fact, all the people in Marybone, and a great many out of Marybone, and a number of the mer chants of " Paddy's Market," claimed to be joints of this celebrated tail. As might be expected, " The Illustrious," was the head and tail of the gang, but for why, or wherefore, he (Mr. Cobb) had not received any instructions. The " Illustrious" used to go out in the evening's, like the man on the pale horse, "Conquering and to conquor." These nocturnal migrations from Mary bone, appeared to be in search ,of adventures, and new discoveries, in the regions lying north of the Island of Marybone, and west oeHighfield-street. Saturday nights being the favourite .time for this exploring amusement, the "tail-" and the " head" thereof, used to sally out with their trains of artillery, which consisted of pokers, tongs, shovels, pots, cans, kettles, and old saucepans. Having subdued the chief portions of the inhabitants of the Continent aforesaid, the " Illustrious" got infused (drunk) one night, and, like Alex ander, sat down and cried, as he had no one else to conquer. After thinking awhile, his memory turned backward, and he recollected that the house of Walsh had coughed once at his dog, as it lay asleep in the sun, and as the house of " Jennings" could not brook such an insult, he resolved to repay it with compound interest. He therefore got more infused, and at the head of the tail he marched forward to Burlington 7 street, the head-quarters of the Walsh's brigade. The advanced guard of the " Illustrious" was headed by two females, who were fit to be rifle men or rifle women, any day from the first of January to the thirty-first of De cember, and (continued Mr. Cobb) may be they wouldn't make "finely turned down shirt collars" and " Colonel Brimstones," hear that ! for they belonged to the bould soger boy school— to wit, " the devil a hare they - cared" for all the Welshes that ever breathed carbonised gas, or drank Jerry Nag ! Arriving at the out-posts of the camp of General Walsh, a council of war was called, and the mode of . attack agreed on. The "Illustrious" was to lead the centre,. while Betty Malowny was to take charge of the left wing, and Judy .Rooney, to whom the poet singeth— " My own gentle Judy, So mild and so strong; My sweet Judy Rooney, The pride of my song," was commander of the right flank. The "illustrious, however, dashed on with such impetuosity that he had gained the victory before his allies came up, for he had demolished the goods and chattel!! of General -Walsh to the amount of 125., as aforesaid, and probability he would have demolished Mr. Walsh, . w ith- all his seed, breed, and generation, but for the assistance of a friendly pig-sty, that covered them front the victoriou s army. This truly graphic • oration of Mr. Cobb, elicited warm bursts of hearty laughter, and he sat down amid subdued app!ause. Ile called several witnesses, who proved the case to perfection. Mr. Bluck, as usual - contented himself by making-a good and effective busi neer . like __speech, very telling in its way, on behalf, of _Oll " Illust.zious Jennings, of Marybone," and among( other witnesses, whom he called to prove an alibi was Mrs. Brigadier-General Judy Rooney, who, (a coming forward to the table, gave it such a clout with her right fist, accompanied with a hurroo, the t frightened half the people out _of the court, and if matters had been deputed to her settlement, she'd soot have made short work of magistrates, attornelcs, policemen, and bridewell-keepers. Her evidence was Ell striking -on the table—that the magistrates came to the conclusion of fining her commander 12s, or to be imprisoned for a month. " The " Illustrious," took the latter alter- native, and goes to " country quarters " for 28 days drill on the mill. _ _ _ Mrs. White, summoned the " Imperial Burial Society,", for £6 odd, alleged to be due to her, as the representative of her brother-in-law, a man named Sims. Mr. Bluck was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cobb for the society. The case was before the court on a former day, but w as discharged on a technical objection. Six pounds had been already — paid but the balaiice was dis characterised the conduct of the and spoke of the body in the magistrates m strong Mr. Bluct diddles,! lours _ . and after a waste of about two in which several persons were examined pro and con, the bench decided that the society should pay the full amount claimed by the woman, and costs. Mr. Parker added, thai the business of such societies should be conducted more Dtitch boardinghouse-keeper, named Conrad Geratz, who lives in Blundell-street, was charged. under the 15th and 16th Vict., section 331, for harbouring a deserter from a Dutch ship. Mr. Bluck was for the defence, and said the man went to the house defendant did not know he bad deserted The magistrates in ordinary lc ;er, and tli thought the eas, proved, and inflicted a of £5 and ---s--- BIREEYIIEAD POLICE COUR7 Yesterd BEFORE MESSRS. FIELDEN AND SHAW tiSSAITLTING A GAMEKEEPER.. --James Minshell was charged with committing an assault upon one John Williams. It would appear that, on the 23rd of October last, the plaintiff went into a public-house in Greasby, and met Minshell and a man named Langley. The two latter had some alleged grievance against Williams, whom they said had destroyed some of their traps for catc . and also of killine loset to I him, and sever( v maltreated him. Lam.r.l for their apprehension, assault. Minshell made o Wednesday eve Warrants wer ey was fined for the could not be found until s arrested. Evidence was when In Fined in days' imprisonment. John Ward, a youth about 16 years of age, w and costs, or 14 ziven to the above effect charged with picking the pockets of a younm woman, named Margaret Stuart, of 125., at the Tranmere %Takes, on Monday last, He was sent to Chester Castle for six months. --~- The costume of the Spanish ladies has not changed for two hundred years. " Union is not always strength," as the sailor said when he saw the purser mixing his rum with water. A man's religion is not a thing all made in heaven, and then let down into him. It is his conduct in life. LEGAL CHANGES.—The Daily News says it was positively stated in Westminster all day on Wednesday that the legal appointments had been definitively settled as follows t —Lord Campbell, to be Chancellor ; lord Chief Justice Cockburn to be Chief Justice of England, with a peerage; Sir W. Erle becomes Chief of the Common Pleas; Mr. Justice Willes transferred to the Queen's Bench ; and Sir 11 ,Keating, appointed to the vacancy in_ the Common Pleat STATE OF THE THAMES.-The following is from a ;epoit just presented to the Metropolitan Board of Works by Pro fessor Miller, of King's College: - " The progressive rise of temperature, both in the atmosphere and in the river during the past week, accompanied by a diminished fall of rain, has been attended by a marked change for the worst in the state of the Thames, which is rendered particularly evident at the up flow of the tide, when the mud, in which decomposition has been promoted by exposure for some hours to the sun's rays, is stirred up by the advancing water, and the imprisoned gases are set tree. Putrefaction is always more easily prevented than checked after it has commenced. It is therefore desirable that immediate measures should be taken to prevent, as far as possible, the addition to the river of any matters from the sewers in an active state of putrescence. With a view to this object, I have, during the past week, been in almost daily communication with the chairman of the board, whb informs me that arrangements are complete for enabling the deodorsing agents to be mixed with the contents of the sewers near their outfall. For the present, the most advisable course to be adopted appears to be to add lime in regulated quanti ties to the sewerage products before allowing them to become mixed with the water of the river. Some difference of opinion exists as to the efficiency of this mode of procedure. There is, .however, no doubt that when lime is added to recent execrementitious matters it combines with some of their con wstiittiatenthtsenlVich are a i flo ccumleonstt chymicalpne to ro d c e o c in om po p u o n sin d tio or , and forms e i cip fe itath which is less liable to putrefaction than theoririinal material, If this precipitate could be separated and the liquid portion only be run ,off, as is practised at Leicester, the subsequer4 offensive decomposition of the liquid sewage products would be effectually obviated, as experience has fully proved. But even where it is not practicable to effect this separation, thh use of lime at the present temperature will exert an important influence in retarding the process of putrefaction. - If the liming be found, as summer advances and the temperatufb continues to rise, to be inadequate to check the putrefaction, other more powerful but much more expensive deodorising compounds may be employed either as adjuncts or substitutes. I am at present engaged in trials upon the best means of applying these .at the Mouth of one of the large sewers, and I hope to he able in a short time to report to you the results of the trials." DISCOVERY Of FOUR DESTITUTE CHILDREN IN A HOUSE .IN BIRMINGHAM—This locality was early on Tuesday morning excited by a report that four young children, having been left in a house in Tower-street, were discovered in a destitute and famishing condition, and that two of them were dead or dying. On inquiry it was found that, although no loss of life had taken place, yet the real occur rence is one of somewhat singular character. About six weeks ago, a woman, apparently about twenty-seven years of age, came to live at No. 1 house, in a court called Brunswick-place, in Lower Tower-street. It was for some time not known to the other inhabitants of the Court, which contains several houses, that this woman had four children with her, as on no occasion were they. Seen to come out of the house. The woman said she had husband, but that they were very poor ; she had no decent clothing for her children, and assigned that as a reason why they did not mix with others in the place. The last that was seen of the - . woman, whose name is said to be Love“, was about four o'clock -on Monday afternoon. She then went out, and the eldest boy, putting his head through A broken pane of glass iu the window of the bedroom, asked, "Mother, how long shall you be ?" The reply was, "Na long; and when I come back I shall bring you something'. You must keep quiet.". The, shutters of the room below were fastened up. Nothing - more was heard of either the mother or her children until - between eleven and twelve the same night, when police-officer Hillcox, accompanied by another officer, emu) to the house. They entered the place, and, huddled in a corner of the up stairs room, they found the four children. The appearance of the officers is thus accounted for. Directly upon leaving Birmingham, Mrs. Lovatt must have joined her husband, and the pair before ten o'clock were in the custody of the police, at liandsworth, on a charge of stealing a door chain from a gentleman's-hall. After they were locked up, Airs. Lovatt told Hallcox where she lived in Birmingham, and that her four children were destitute in the ho us e , having had no food that day. Of course no tim e was lost in coming over to Birmingham ; and the offic ers, human ely, brought food with them, lest the tale told should be, a s they, to their astonishment, found it wa!, true. Of e oarso, the neighbourhood, although by this tune twelve o'cl oc k had arrived,. was aronseJ to a great extent, and several persons, amongst whom Mr. and Mrs. Farmer, the landlord and landlady of the Crown Inn, were kind and attentive to the poor, hungry, and almost naked children. It would appear indeed, that the little ones must have long n ot to cb i l telld children en his and severely suffered from want of food; their pale and a ppearance testify in g.to , this sad fact. The two girls, the .boys being about nine and seven, and the consisted of two boys and G irls fire and three group f 3 f i., squalids :Farmerof deserted years of age. The eldest boy begged 'i . n e may the was wretched in the house. w mother that anyone had been nelexitiit,ieomne.that Thethe scene onl y presented vestige of furniture was an old bottomless chair and an iron pot, - eontaining water. Of course information was duly given to the borough police, and on Tuesday morn ing, the four children were placed under the care of the relieving officer for this district, and, having been carefully supplied with food, conveyed in a car to the w orkhouse, where they still remain. The man, Lovett, it is said, lived some time since in Brearley-street, and the eldest boy states that for two years he never knew what i i t was to ben the street; and when they came to Tower-street, six weeks tip s it was in the night.—Birminghn pi Paper. Lo der that f the sdal 1011' cited