The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-09 00:00:00

• , 33 13Y;ti rll`,/ , ( o ,h ssiA. AND TURKS AXPAIRS, OF THE EAST. (6• i, 17th ._The m our Second Edition of Yesterdqll.) —Th armaments are still being e ed great energy, It is :confidently 'te•,; a t the Russians will cross the Danube t tott the winter. Nov. 2-t.—The officials of the Russian left Belo - rade' . VI enougement ' the'l3 • • " • osmans and the lurks, the atterlost n . WEDNESDAY EvENING, T -The journal, C C orrespondent says i - We, have advices onstantinople to the 28th November. li ft "Peet of peace gained ground. The city , 4 1 ; a. lid the public health good.. Sir Edward , 1 • 11 . arrived. 6rt espondenz says that the Four Powers wb 41 °1it d • • effective means i n common for the 1,4 Olinent of Peace.. I.q . YeY, the Russians, after three Sanguinary been driven by a superior force from LascoW. 1 44 4u ttress of Saffa, and it is.said also that of ,„ i 'aVe been taken by assault by' Selim intreached camp of .the Turks at ti t !' has. been attacked by the Russians , t , 'neeess, who failed on the 17th of Novem %renewed attaCks, upon the Fort of St. •4 - ",'",•,, A small Turkish steamer was captured. `E .'peers of the English and French fleets • it A ll presented to the Sultan, and Lord Strat t:t? a 'speech, in which he promiged the .• ye support against the undue aggression ; at the same time lie recommended the le 4" • ' .6 fan honorable peace as soon as possi -104 e . Sultan replied, that he desired peace, 1 44 1 , 131 e condition that it should in no wise .t. r, honor of Turkey, and that it should be V P with his sovereign rights. Itp ki E TERSBURG, Nov. 20th.—Exchange 39d. eontinued with increased severity. - "A , Nov. 25th.—The' sales of wheat for the 9 1 1nt to 65,000. qrs, A l ellorts from Constantinople of English ct i lA having been engaged' in carrying ~'i„t r dops to Trebizond, •had produced dis - N ii t caused some of the purchasers of grain ~', 4 ,,‘,P a w their orders: the bulk of the plantity still for the Meditterranean. '4 l°l 'ninj Post, alluding to the resolution of Powerskp, D ; to propose a settlement by means :lD t T' ,e reiice, expresses its conviction that the t to make peace will prove futile, and its hltlat there. are few, even of those who have , i t about, so bold as to think it will result •`' i sent favourable issue. FURTHER PARTICULARS. , t ai brings us a fresh confirmation of the in aiee,'Previously published of the successes of i"'fit 41 81 - on the shores of the Black Sea. ~e v , is brought by the `• Scamandre,' which ovL Marseilles on Tuesday, having left Con , 'We on the 25th, and is thus summed up in Phic message : Li p ith!truggle continues in Asia. The Russians , 11 1 '‘•ye sanguinary. affairs, have been driven 411 . 4 F, Superior force from Zohlis on Laskow. P l , 4 74 l ` e „ss of Saffa,• and it is said also that of ,have been taken by assault by. Selim 114, 'IN rile entrenched camp of Abdi Pacha, at 14, 11 1 , 1 4,. 11 as been attacked without success by lails whO also failed •on the 1 7 th in a last ‘tt, Ilk • ' „, 4 f vt'lng for its object the recapture 'of the Nicholas. A small Turkish steamer, the has been captured. The Capitan gt ,„ k l kit4 given a splendid banquet to the Adrni dnflicers of the French and English fleets r o his shithe " - Mahmoudie." 'thens\ we learn that the elections • have e tt ourably to the government. know that •so far as' Austria is con ifZo(lti:'Ter eo , OperationYis not a Whit' more 's qtl 4 tj. W , llO than at any former period of .the p 1 , _ • • • • ' . . , dated Belgrade, t ie . a of a dispatch, I s of the Russianar,e ,, ein the shape ;. nll3 officials 941. Se;.v i We have somewhat obscure intel ,<4th, which says' left Belgra--eihelT•hilereknsgeN'da.s” '3llltxte have 110 t Jails aad been believed." It Let.,..„ the S.l.;ft generally . „ fly the 11-e1.,0114;,..-t an ' - ` — ' s b indicate bin' 6.n ?se s tatemeS, if true, - 4 _ take 1 the d 0 • ose L disposed k:ervia is really e. '"titer at B uc h ares t goes i n t o a ver y accurate ti on of the strength of the Russian army in ciPalities, which he . estimates at 79,814 iCkk, a ll ranks. He. also makes the following :liti"„ "'the position-of affairs in Wallachia. ..11 1 „' - ' 1. is dated the 26th,— . tior t , r -furks have now retired from the entire k i or v i le left bank of the-Danube, with the excep bo'ahtfat, in which town and the immediate oe %hood they still remain unmolested. They 11N,,, e11 11' the little island of Mokan, opposite k li i 4 er",..° , Where they pass their time in thing; kitlers a - v v er of the trees, at any of the Russian pZlC,t4at. may come within their reach. At 1), 1 1 01 ,.' 4 e Turks are pushing on their advanced. Pt E Vajova. In all they now muster at this , °ll -t. 20,000 men. ti l " l l: l l 3 ateh from Vienna of the 6th says :—" The Ziti t 7 k d maintained their position at Turna, on e kof the Danube, to the 2d instant. A 0 4 , 0 11 5i5h force had assembled . at Nicopolis,o . n 4 Vite bank The Russian troops lately in "tt 411 chin, have retired before Ismail Pacha's A te a ike.eklit demonstration. General Fischbach, tiNkanded Krajowa, has . been ordered to 11 11 : 8 1"; , Lces with those, of Gen. Da nnenber g at Of e 11:hor/ i PIPeror of' Russia allows the exportation fin s I ;°rn Galata and Ibraila in neutral ve ssels, toip q t not, however, hold any communicatio n Vti i ; e l :ight bank of the Danube, under pain of • 4;tiv e s v e from Odessa the following information lov ee ' 0 the transport of Russian.troops to Asia. 14 0 0 tt the 29th of September and 7th of October qay,—erl, 827 horses, two batteries, rations for 41 1 d reserve' rations for 20 days, were for tt vh.„„After the 14th of October, 8 , 000 men were N .t ll from Odessa to Sebastopol. Eleven ships QN. „were employed in the transport of the 1 44 :kati r ,ince Menschikoff superintended the ern tOtWil • We have private 'adviCes that pre ‘kg 11 for war were never so energetic as at 'latent. (P r MONETARY. • °ln , our Second Edition of Yesterday) N.l 0 , 4 ' MAN BANK.—The Times says ;- — lt ap toltre affairs of this bank (Holmes and Co.) 41,7k 11 a state- of uncertainty, and likely even Itt li jotj tt own into Chancery. The liabilities in the G. Van and Liverpool are estimated at £190,000, Ol k i.assets at £207,000. Meanwhile its note of Wieji has been - adopted by the bank of Mona, 'tf 441, be paid in full. 474 ' WEDNESDAY:—The Funds have risen. 4 1r 1 - , er Cents closed at 74f. 65c., and Four - and - Cents at 100 f. 50e. FRANCE. Wednesday Evening.—There has been t h t ise of one per cent. to-day in the 3 per " closing price to-day having . been 74f Which would be 7 6 i . . 25c. with 1 41 11 e" 0 . The cause of this rise, is evidently "an arrangement having been come to 4 4". four powers for another attempt at ca t; _ IS• Nle • 'un• Eh 14 alugaration of the. statute of Marshal Ney, ir l - „ a ' 3 the programme intended. Speeches 1 11, i 4 tear" by the minister of war and M. Dupin, aid that the latter was in one part inter- Wl:! #t 3 ; a person in the crowd who exclaimed , 11, 1 ..0 1 ,, vrat. aftri; was consul for Marshal Ney on his !e r ,. (4: t he capitulation . of Paris. eao iittY. continues to be almost' enveloped in , 1 11. 1 1•11, `- 1 1 , e deetora say that *this weather is full of 11014,, , "la as yet the cases' in the city are . -few in ki ll ibr l ' It ap pears, that outside the, however, a t Percy, on the banks. of tie river, it I ; k 'l,` el 3' felt r t , • hv Ye . t,,;',"Y an English gentleman took place 04 4 0.t e -r u, s 4 Y- lie had been for 'some time in a ' l6 „ ° ' 'mind. Yesterday he dis appeared, of his relations searching his papers, 'l)tfttl b e found aletter stating that his, body lv e ; f( land in W the ,riverat a "articular spot, as dragged arid the body was found. ITALY. f l i r t i l'rt t !lir ) ,,, - 7 , 6 . 'Cardinal ' Wiseman has been ' 4 t. 1 : 1 111 6‘ 3 -11 A the " Conversion of Ehgland" lately ' 4 4 , 4,''ae4,Toong . other topics, his eininenee eon. "le Roman Cathblies on the sehisins e various dissenting bodies in England, and especially on the difference ;of opinion in the ChUrch of England on the subject of baptismal re generation, which he considered betokened the ,Speedy dissolution of that establishment, adding, that more converts had been made to the Roman catholic Church in England during the last 10 years than in 300 previously The unfortunate aeronaut who ascended from the Piazza di Termini was -found, two hours after, frozen to death in his balloon, which had descended in the'neighbourhood of Mount Soracte, about 2 miles distant from. this city ; he was an old man, and a native of Bologna. Twenty young men have been arrested on sus picion of being members of secret societies and a revolutinany club in London. Messrs. Cighi, Picivilla, .Leparti, and TrucChi are among the pri soners. I.RELAND [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] - DUBLIN, THURSDAY. GUARANTEES FOR RAlLWAYS.—The . gentry of Gal way are beginhing to make a stir about the " guar antee " to which they are bound in the matter of the Midland Great Western Railway. They say that although :the line from Athlone to Galway 'constructed by private capital pays 5 per cent, the line from Athlone to Galway pays it per cent only. They manifestly think that the men of accounts have practised a little dexterity in this matter, and they complain, that they have had no opportunity whatever aflbrded them of investigating the accounts. of - expenditure. " A meeting partaking somewhat of what our American friends would call the " indignation" character was held in Loughrea, on Monday, to discuss this subject. You are aware that the Midland Great Western line froth Athlone to Gal Way was constructed by public funds lent by the exchequer, upon the ex press guarantee that whenever the profits arising from traffic should fall short of 31- per cent. the counties, or rather bar9nies which bordered on, or were adjacent to the line, should make up the dif ference. Manifestly those noblemen and gentle men should have thought of all those things when the money was being advanced. They seem now a day after the fair. That uneasy and unemployed noblemen Lord Clanricarde will, however, make a noise about it. _ _ Acnucim'rnEE.—The Agricultural Society of Ire land, held its annual meeting yeSterday. Lord Clonbrock presided. The report was principally Connected with the cattle show at Killarney this year, which cost the society X 904, of which X 692 was given in prizes. The society has retained Professor Apjohn, of Trinity College, for the ana lization of earth manures, &c., for all members, and altogether the aspect of the society appears most encouraging. This may be the proper place to notice the Irish produce at the great Smithfield cattle club show. The collections of Irish-grown farm produce exhibited by the Royal Dublin So ciety at the show this year, occupies at the Bazaar stands No. 96, 97, and 98, and comprises some ex traordinary specimens, green 'crops, cereals, pulse, and a cool of butter from the' farm of that enter prising individual, William • Dargan, Esq., the founder of the Agricultural Industrial Exhibition, DUblin. The proceedings wound up with a dinner in the evening. Major-General MacDonald has been pronounced out of danger, and is recovering from the effects of his late accident. His leg has been set, and it is said he will soon be in a position to resume the inspection of troops in the Kilkenny district. THE EXHIBITION.—YeSterday, a deputation, con sisting of the'Lord Mayor, Lord Talbot de Mala hide, Mr. Dargan, and the executive committee of the exhibition; waited on the Lord-Lieutenant, and in handsome terms expressed their thanks for the encouragement which they had received at his Excellency's hands, during the progress cA the great industrial undertaking of '53. Lord St. Germains seemed much gratified, and Made his ackhoWledgthents in suitable term's. , The mayoralty-ball of the season came off at the Mansion-house, last night. It was a very brilliant affair. There were 1,500 guests present, including the Lord-Lieutenant,. the Countess of St. Ger mains, the Lord Chancellor, Lords Meath, Howth, St. Lawrence, Massareene, Bective, Talbot de Malahide, and .A.outuure.. Lord Clancarty has erected an efficient flax-mill at Garbally, Ballenator, in the west of Ireland, and is engaged in exclusively promoting the culture of flax amongst his Connaught tenantry. A NICE CHANCERY SUIT.—The Earl of Enniskil- len has commenced a suit in equity for a horse, valued at £50.. AMr Armstrong died some tithe ago, and willed his lordrhip a present of a Buce phalus, which his lordship got : but not the animal he wanted, which came into the possession of a Mr. Fausset. The chancellor has directed an issue on the subject, to be tried at the north-west circuit, expressing his opinion at the same time, that the charger in question will proVe a rather ex pensive one to some of the parties interested. The arel is grand master of the Orangemen—a fitting chief for so wise a party ! A motion was yesterday made in Chamber before Chief Justice Lefroy, for the liberation of Mr. Geo. Birch, who haVing being acqUitted of the charge of embezzlement, is still in Richmond bridewell, un der a writ ne exea t , as well as by a detainer on foot of a judgment in the case of Morton v. Birch, which was an action for a felonious assault on the plaintiff, an illegitimate daughter of the late 'Mr. Edward Kelly, (who had bequeathed all the pro perty to Mr. Birch's supposed mother) and in which £2OO damages were recovered. The case was postponed.. _ Yesterday, at College-street police-office, Mr. Arthur Kean, a surgeon, summoned a sergeant of the I.lth hussars, for an assault. The facts were, that the plaintiff had, in the pit of the theatre royal, a few nights ago, refused to take off his hat during the performance of the national anthem by the orchestra; whereupon the defendant knocked it off. The magistrates were of opinion that the charge was an exceedingly trivial one, and, consi dering all circumstances, dismissed it. A flax mill, belonging to Sir John M'Neil, was burned down near Dundalk, a few days ago. PRESTON STRIKES. 4 FROIII OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PRESTON, THURSDAY.—This afternoon Mr. COWELL ap peared before a numerous meeting in the Orchard, and com municated the result of his visit to London this week. He was allowed to speak for a few minutes at the close of a lec ture, and between £6 and £7 was collected for Preston. On Monday evening he addressed an onthnaituatio mooting la th© National Hall, Holborn, on which occasion he sketched the history of this movement from its commencement. He anticipated that in the course of a fortnight or three weeks there would be, something like £l,OOO per week coming from London. (Cheers.) The whole of England was up in arms against the 38 manufacturers of Preston who had closed their mills. If those gentlemen could fight all Eng land they must be very good warriors indeed ; but he thought they would find themselves incompetent to the task. On his return from London, he called at Stafford, and addressed the shoemakers of that place, who promised to send 6d each, per week, in aid of this cause. (Cheers.) If the hands had not been badly treated by, their employers, it would be im possible for a few delegates, said he, to make them believe so. He could take them to a mill. iu Blackburn where the weavers were making 12s per week off a pair of looms ; whilst at Horrock's and Miller's they had only been able to earn Bs. 9d. Before the ten per cent. was put on, the self acting winders in the employ of Messrs. Pilkington, Park place, Blackburn, earned from 17s. to 18s. per week; the same class of hands at Messrs. Horrock's and Miller's could only get from I ls. to 12s; (Shame.) He knew this to be a fact, for he had worked amongst them both in Blackburn and Preston. Mr. Miller admitted, at the mayor's banquet, that the workpeople of Preston were the best workpeople in Lancashire. Why, then, did he not give the same wages for the same amount of labour as the employers of other towns ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. Cowell concluded by asking those who were determined to stand by the committee, and to have the ten per cent. to hold up their hands. (The response was unanimous.) Mr. S. SMITH announced that the Blackburn Burial So ciety contemplated presenting the Preston operatives with £l,OOO in Christmas week. (Cheers.) Cheers having been given for Mr. Cowell, and for the ten per cent., the meeting separated. The New York Journal of Commerce says that the trade in choice furs in that city has probably doubled within two or three years, calling into existence several large estab lishments, whose aggregate annual sales are about $1,000,009, exclusive of many other establishments of minor importance. In the fancy fur line alone there are firms that are now do ing a business equal to $150,000 or $200,000 per annum. The traffis in skins or shipping furs is still greater. The report from Lyons of the amount of silk "condi tioned" for the month of November shows a total of 2,835 bales, weighing 464,7861 b., against 2,718 bales, weighing 1 437,7451 b., in the preceding month. That of St. Etienne (the Covetry of rrahee) was 486 bales, weighing 74,2161 b. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. IMP9.RT4NT PRESEXTATION. OF THE GRASD • JURY YESTERDAY. Yesterday afternoon, about half-past one o'clock, the Grand Jury entered the crown court, and having handed in the last bill of indictment which they had to consider, Wm. BROWN, Esq., M.P., foreman, addressing the learned judge, said : M' Lord, we have now no more business before us, but we have a presentment to make, which you will perhaps direct Mr. Shuttleworth, clerk of the crown, to read. The Clerk of the Crown then read the following : ." PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY AT THE LIVERPOOL SPECIAL COMMISSION, 1853. " The Grand Jury are unwilling to separate without recording their unanimous opinion that the interference of the legislature is imperatively called for to put a stop to the present system of money payments by burial societies. From the cases brought before them at the present assizes, as well as from past experience, the Grand Jury have no doubt that the system operates as a direct incentive to murder, and that many of their fellow-beings are year after year hurried into eternity by those most closely united to them by the ties of nature and of blood, if not of affection, for the sake of the few pounds, to which, by the rules of the societies, as at present constituted, the survivors are entitled, The con tinuance of such a state of things is too fearful to contem plate, and as a simple remedy suggests itself, without impairing the usefulness of sick and benefit societies, the scope and object of which are admitted to be both humane and beneficial, the Grand Jury would respectfully but ear nestly request that the attention of the proper authorities may be at once directed to.this painful subject. " The misdirection of these funds, the alarming increase in crimes of violence, accompaniod by the barbarous use of the knife, the lamentable prevalence of strikes among the working-classes, arising from the ill-understood relations of work-people and their employers, and leading inevitably to breaches of the peace, and other calamitous results, have forcibly impressed upon the minds of the Grand Jury the great importance of extending the means of imparting education to all classes of the community, for it is their unanimous opinion that no solid foundation for any abiding and salutary change in the habits and pursuits of the poorer classes in this country can be hoped for unless such change is based upon the education and training of the young ; that the charge of education for this class ought not to be allowed to rest to so large an extent as it now does, upon the benevo, lent exertions of the wise and good; that there is a duty, and a pecuniary responsibility as regards education, which should rightfully devolve upon the state, and that this responsibility is one which the legislature ought no longer to shun. " WM. BROWN, Foreman." His LORDSHIP then addressed the Grand Jury as fol lows :—" Gentlemen, I third[ you have conferred a very great service, indeed, upon society by the course you have pursued in submitting this document. I will take care that it is laid before the home secretary. You are now discharged from your duties, and the country is much indebted to you for your services. The grand jury then retired. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. MEETING IN MANCHESTER.—YEsTEnDAy. At the suggestion of the local board of management in Manchester, a meeting of the members of the society resi dent in Manchester and neighbourhood, was held in the Mayor's parlour, Town-hall, King-street. A deputation from the head office in Edinburgh, were present, including the Hon. Bouverie Primrose, Mr. Caddell, Mr. Mackenzie, general manager, &C. The chair was occupied by WILLIAM ENTWISTLE, Esq. Mr. MACKENZIE, the general manager of the society, read a long document giving voluminous details of the rise and progress of the society, and or its financial position, which gave much satisfaction to the meeting. Mr. BOOTHMAN, secretary to the local board, read a re port of the affaim of the local agency, from which it appeared that the amount of assurances effected at this agency it the largest but one (London) at any branch office of the society. The total number of policies issued at the Manchester branch at the close of the year 1862, (and during a period of 16 years) was 657, covering assurances to the amount of £872,352 151. 6d. The persons who had assured at this office were merchants, brokers, lawyers, clergymen, and merchant's clerks. Only sixteen shopkeepers and one operative had. effected assurances at the branch. The CHAIRMAN said the very fact of the . appearance of a large number of gentlemen of so high and respectable a sta tion in life, and the facts detailed in the reports which had been read, showed that it s‘as quite unnecessary for him to address to the meeting any remarks upon the advantages generally of life assurance, He would simply observe that if there was any one locality more than another in this country, where the advantages of life assurance could be extended to the utmost, it was in a district like that in which they were assembled, where we saw successful indus try rally developed, and whore there was every facility ror extensive co-operation amongst the members of the society. Nowhere could they look for more success than in a district like this, in connection with a society that extended its operations so largely over the country. With regard to the origin, progress, and general position and prospects of the society, he begged to otter his congratulations to the mem bers, in th details which had been read. The state ments made in the documents which had been read offered to them the strongest prooflof the security, of their investments, and offered inducements to others to join them as speedily as possible, in securing to themselves and families the advantages held ont by this society. There were advantages which attached to this society beyond almost any other, and he could hardly except any one in the kingdom. The two considerations that ap peared to present themselves to those who were desirous of securing their lives were, first, at what cost insurance could be effected, and secondly, whether there was any adequate guarantee for the fulfilment of the contract entered into by the society, whenever it might be called upon to fulfil its post. After noticing the certainty with which actuaries could now, from experience, reckon upon the probabitty of the duration of lives, he claimed for this society a recom mendation on the ground of cheapness of cost, and of securit of investment. He then proceeded to show .the advantages of mutual over proprietory assurance societies. He contended that from the principal of mutual assurance societies, several important consequences followed : they possessed, in his mind, a clear superiority over every proprietory office by the principal which regulated the distribution of their profits. He said this, without fear of contradiction, that the princi ple of mutual assurance offices was not only sound in itself, but offered an iucontestible superiority over proprietory offices. But he would observe in passing, that in the early stages of assurance, science proprietory offices were requisite in order to obtain that experience upon which subsequent calculations were founded, and thus obtain that security which was requisite to give confidence to the assured. He then referred to the question of security—the most im important question, perhaps, of all. He proceeded to show that the calculations of this society were beyond impeach ment, and that its accumulated fund was equal to any claims that might be made upon it. The society was in a most flourishing condition, and for the success it h a d at tained they were much indebted to their friends across tLe Tweed. (Applause). Alderman WATKINS, Mr. E. LLOYD, Mr. It. WORTH INGTON, and other gentlemen addressed the shareholders, after which the report and resolutions having been adopted, the meeting separated. THE E. Z.—Captain Hartshorn has published an accoun of the casualty to his ship, which. howpv.”, dvoo uuc (us. rinra any uovr facto. A GENERAL HOLIDAY AT CIIRISTNIAB.—Upon this subject the Lord Mayor of London, on taking his seat at the Mansirm-house police-court, on Wednesday, made the fol lowing statement : —The Lord Mayor said, I wish to state, in order that public notice' may . be taken of the fact, that I. have received several communications relative to making Monday, the 26th - instant, a general holiday, on the ground of Christmas-day falling upon a Sunday. I believe that the day will be generally observed as a holiday by commercial firms in the city, and by other persons engaged in trade ; but I fear the Bank of _England and the other monetary establishments of the city may find it impossible to cease entirely from business operations. I, therefore, as chief magistrate, feel a difficulty in interfering further in the matter, beyond the expression of my opinion that the Mon day will generally be observed as a holiday in the city, and from information which I have received from the pr.ncipal provincial towns, I feel persuaded that the day will be kept from general business throughout the country. CONTANTINOPLE AND THE Tuxes. —The Rev. H. Christ mas in a lecture on Turkey and its people, says :—" The city being built upon hills, the streets were steep and un even. None of the streets were drained, and were it not for about 80,000 dogs, who act as scavengers, they would in a short time become in a filthy condition. These dogs were all of them wild, and each district of the city had its own. The houses were made of wood, and have no windows in front, so that they presented a very . strange appearance. The principal beauties of the city were its bazaars and mos ques, both of which were numerous and magnificent. Every bazaar had niches in the sides of the wall, in which sat bearded and turbaned Turks, smoking their pipes, and cooly awaiting for purchasers of their wares. Every bazaar sold a particular article, and that when any one went to buy he must be prepared to be asked for the article he was in want of ten times as much as it was worth, but in other respects the Turk was perfectly honest; indeed he would rather have his hand cut off than tell a lie. The mosques, some of which 152 feet high, were magnificent, which was all he could say of them ; it was out of his power to describe their beauties. The Turks were exceedingly ignorant, but had a great respect for all Christians. He knew of no race so re ligious as the Turks, and they were not like some nations, afraid of being ridiculed. The rev. lecturer, after giving various anecdotes illustrative of Turkish hospitality, des cribed the dress and arms of their military, and said it was a great error to suppose they were weak in their army ; in • deed it was his opinion that when they came face to face with the red-haired unbelievers; as they called the Ras : sians, that the army of Nicholas, great as it was, would sink beneath that of the Sultan." TILE LATE £dTAL ACCIDENT 15 ,k , `IH JOHN- STREET. THE INQUEST. • The inquest on the, bodies of the three unfortunate persons killed on Monday last, by the falling of a wall, was resumed yesterday before the deputy-coroner, at the offices Lord-street. The names of the persons thus killed, were Mr. Richard Hind, and John and Thomas Evers. At the previous investigation evidence was adduced of an introductory character. On this occasion, the owners' of the premises were repre sented by Sir George Stephen, instructed by Mr. North, solicitor; Mr. Snowball for the friends of Mr. Hind; the tenants of the premises, Messrs. Hemming and Reynolds, were represented by Mr. Owen. • Yesterday the inquiry was resumed by taking the evidence of the two lads employed in the yard to paint the metal plates, and who stated they were directed by the overlooker of the yard (Morgan) to place them against the wall, and at the time the wall fell there were nine or ten lots, from 20 to 30 or 40 in eac'a lot against the wall. The next witness examined was William Morgan, in the employ of the tenants; as foreman of the yard in South John-street, who said the goods which generally went in and came out of the yard were corrogated iron in sheets. The length of the sheets were eight feet, seven feet, and five feet three inches; but there was one lot ten feet in length which were obtained for the purpose of setting up the 'shop at pre sent in the yard.. The eastern boundary of the yard (South John-street) is a blank wall extending 60 feet from north to south, and is about 9 feet 8 . hicheS in height from'the street. The level is not the same inside the yard as in the street. The ground inside the yard is about four feet higher at the no:th end than at the south end.—There were boys employed to paint the sheets 'of iron. They had been emeloyed since I had been in the yard, about three months. The boys were only employed occasionally to paint the sheets of iron, The two witnesses were so employed. The Coroner: Did you give them any directions'? You are not bound to give any answer that my criminate yourself. The Witness : I do not know what may. criminate me. I hope the jury will not blame me. Coroner : You must form your own opinion as to what may criminate yourself. I again ask you if you gave those hove any directions. Witness : I must decline to answer that question. Witness : I weighed the plates in the yard; the one of eight feet weighed 22 lbs. ' • the one of six feet, 18 lbs, one of five feet three inches, 12 lbs. I wag in the yard on Mon day last. Coroner : Were there many plates in the yard on that day NVitness : I wish to decline to answer that question. Coroner : There is no reason why you should do so. Witness : There were a good many in the yard ou that day—some packed and some unpacked. The plates were deposited all over the yard. Coroner : In what part of the yard ? Witness : I decline to answer that question. I wish to decline to give any farther evidence. By a Juror : I can't say from whom I receive the orders for iron that goes out or comes into the yard. The orders came from the other side of the water. [The witness, after being repeatedly questioned on this point, said he consi dered that the iron, and what went into the yard, were there by the orders of Mr. Hemming.] By Sir George Stephen : Tue orders were sent from Mr. Hemming's office. lam quite ignorant of building and building materials. Mr. C. Reynolds said : I am in the employ of Mr. Hem ruing, as money collector, and conduct the business when he is absent. Ido shot know anything about the tenancy of. the yard, but I have understood there is an agreement. I have frequently been in the yard, but I never gave directions respecting the work done there. I was there on Monday, when there were a great number of the iron plates there ; they were on the ground, both on the right and left hand side as you entered from Atherton-street. I had never par ticularly noticed the wall before the accident. By a Juror : I did not, when I was at the yard on Mon day, observe any plates against the wall by South John street. I never went past the house in the yard. Mr. H. P. Horner, who had prepared a plan of the premises, was next examined. He said : I am an architect and surveyor. I have, as requested, examined the premises, and 'also the wall which fell. The length of that wall was (I measured it inside) 67 feet; I measured it with a rule, which I believe is not so correct as a tape, therefore there may be some little difference. The wall was 9 feet high at the north end, and 7 feet high at the south end. It was a nine inch wall, with several projecting but tresses, about 41 inches in breadth. I consider the wall a well-built wall. It was an average wall for such a purpose— a fence wall. I examined dome of the mortar, acid fouitd it had considerable cohesive power, and,was well fitted in , be tween the bricks. I estimated' the weight of the wall, and its power of resisting pressure in different positions, and I also made a calculation to ascertain the approximate pres sure of the earth against it, and I consider the whole wall, after deducting the space for the doorway, 19 tons, 14 cwts., 3 ors., and the weight of the wall above the level of the yard. 13 tuns, 6 cwt., and the power of the whole to resist pres sure, at the level of the joist, one foot above the footway, to be 7 tons, 7 cwt., 3 qrs. The cohesive power of the mortar, I have taken for the purpose of calculation, is 60 lbs. to the square foot of surface, for the one joint of the whole length of the wall 2 tons. I consider the power of the wall to resist, independently of the cohesive power of the mortar, and the additional strength given by the under walls, to at the highest point, 12 cwt., 3 qrs., and the power of the mortar 5 cwt., making altogether a power to resist pressure from within, at the-highest point, of 17 cwt., 3 qrs. I have calculated the pressure which would be exerted against the wall by iron plates, being placed against it in the manner which has been described, and as far as I have been enabled to gather from the witnesses who have preceded me, I find only-about 1 ton, 15 cwt. of iron, thus described, was against the wall. Supposing the plates were so piled as to be in contact with each other, and the first plate was a foot from the wall at the bottom, the wall would resist a force of 4 cwt. 3 qrs. at the top, and it would require a weight of 5 tons 6 cwt. 2 qrs. of iron, piled in a like man ner, to exert a pressure at the top of the wall against the 17 cwt. 3 qrs. My estimate of the power of the wall to resist pressure is on the supposition that the wall was per fectly sound. I beive left out of this calculation the support afforded by the under walls, because I consider that, suppos ing the whole wall equally pressed throughout, the centre of the wall would give' way first, and the fracture extending along the base would follow the joint at either end in a line, without indicating the average strength, as appears to me to be the case in the wall as it has fallen. The Coroner ; Are you of opinion, after having examined the wall, that 'there was every reason to suppose it would have borne a greater weight than appears to have been placed against it ? Witness : Certainly, if it was perfectly sound. It would have borne a much greater weight by several hundred weights than was placed against it at the time of the acci dent. I beg to say these calculations could only be consi dered as approximating, and were made on the suppositiOn of uniformity in the truck work, and in the fitting. - By a juror : I cannot say how long the wall has been built. Ido not know whether the door-way mentioned was made after the wall was built or not ; if not, it most cer tainly would have a tendency to weaken the wall, particu larly if it was not carefully done. I examined the mortar, and I did not think the lime was well mixed with the sand, , but it had considerable adhesive power. Ido not think the temperature at this season of the year would have any effect upon the walls. The wet weather may have had some effect in softening the wall at the bottom. By Sir George Stephen : I have not come to any direct conclusion as to what was the cause of the wen r...nhLi e . might have been from some shock, or there might have been some defect where it was out of my power to examine it. There is a large sizn board on props, which props touched the wall —these props may have injured the wall, as the wind would have caused them to shake. Ido not know when the sign board was placed there. Mr. Reynolds stated that it was there long before Mr. Hemming took the premises. S. Helme, Esq., stated : I was sent for to examine the wall subsequent to the accident, and I have done so. I find the length of the wall to be 61 feet 6 inches from the outside ; the height, 9 feet 6 inches at the south end, and 9 feet at the north end. I also find that the wall had been built 9 inches thick, with piers of 1 foot 6 inches on the face, and half a brick thicker than the main body of the wall itself. I believe there were five of those piers. The earth in the yard was 4 feet 5 inches above the foot-walk at the north end, and 2 feet 3 inches at the south end, and the surface ground an irregular curved line. From the appearance of the brick-work at the base, I think the wall was set upon the old foundation, but there is no appearance of the ex istence of any fracture near the base oft he wall. There had been a door-way in the wall, at a distance of 12 feet from the corner of Atherton-street, the square ends of which are visi ble; and I infer that the door had been placed there when the wall was built, because on each side of it were two piers, which I think would not have been placed there, had it been otherwise. Upon examining the materials with which the ground had been filled up, I found that it principally con sisted of brick-bats and cork, and rubbish, which would have the effect of a perforator, and would have drained the water from the surface. The mortar is of an average quality, such as is used in building dwelling-houses. In trying more of the bricks, which on removal I found they possessed consi derable. cohesive power, and I have no doubt that the wall was amply sufficient for the purpose of a fence. If the earth had pushed down the wall, it would have gone down with it to an angle of 30 or 40 degrees, but such was not the case; and I have no doubt the wall was thrown down by an internal lateral pressure, which such a wall was not calculated to resist. Had the wall been thrown down by the pressure of earth it must have occurred when the earth was just placed there, and during its subsidency, as it would not have acted in that. manner after it became consolidated. It is difficult to speak with mathematical precision, of the exact lateral pressure that would throw down a wall 9 feet high, and of the thickness of this wall; but judging from . the experience of very many years as a builder, I think that a similar wall might be thrown down by a lateral pressure of from 10 to 15 cwt. Whether I am correct or not in my views may be learned from those who cleared away the rubbish. Had the wall bulged out at the foot, the proba bility is, that it would have fallen inwards on the iron, but ! V i if those who cleared away the rubbish found the bricks on the foot-path, the iron on the top 'of the' bricks, it'would certainly lead me to the - conclusion that it went over froth' the top, and that the iron,, deprived of the support of the wall, would fall. on the top of it. . • • By Sir George Stephen ; I did not see, "nor (1.) I think there was any defect in . the wall, I disagree with. the • opinion. given by. Mr. Homer ; for I am of- opinion that bricks when used in a wet state in wet wheather, usually grow harder, and I cannot conceive that one course, set in frosty weather could be injurious to the brickwork. The work in the, mall was all firm. I am asked to give an opinion on an hypothesis, for I cannot tell what - force it would take to knock such a wall down, as it would involve a calculation which I have not yet made ; but I should say, that ten men placed in a line and pushing, would send it over. A pressure, I should say, of ten. cwt. on the top, would decidedly put it down. The wall might have been affected by damp, or supposing . there had been a vertical or longitudinal fractl4e, but to me there did not appear to be either, Had there been a defect in the wall, such as Mr. Horner had mentioned, it would have caught the eye of every person, even if he was ignorant - of building. 'I am sure it could have caught my eye as I am frequently passing the wall. Judging *from - the Appear ance of the wall there did not appear to be any defect exist ing. There is a very heavy traffic in South John-street ; but such traffic would not have the least effeeVupon the wall if it was properly built. There was not, I think, any coping' to the wall. Sonic persons objected to coping on the wall, but that had no more to do with the wall than. the hat on Le head. A juror said hehad seen the.door put into:the - wall after Le wall was built. By Mr. 'North lam decidedly of opinion, that unless some person had most imprudently placed a great weight against 'the wall; it would not have fallen. 7• • ' Mr. Wm. 11. Gee said, I am an architect I 'superin tended the building of the wall. The materials were good, and were quite sufficient for a fence walL I agree with the observations made by:Mr; aiolme: I have frequently seen ) the wall, but never observed any defect in it. I have heard the evidence giVen, and I am of opinion it was the, pressure from within that caused the wall to fall. I should be sorry, from experience, to place such a weight against a 9-inch, wall as mentioned by Mr. Holme. Mr. Jones, warehouse-keeper and rent-collector, said there had been no alteration in the premises since the present tenants had taken them, nor had he ever noticed the iron against the wall being too much : if he had, he should have dirr,ted it to be removed. There being no further evidence, the coroner, after briefly pointing out the most important parts of the evidence, said, the question the jury would have to decide, would be, whether there had been any gross neglect in any person having the management of the yard, or whether, it was purely an accidental circumstance. The jury after consulting together for five minutes, re entered the court. _ The Coroner : Have you considered your 'verdict ? Foreman : Yes ; we find that the persons met with their death by the accidental falling of a wall in South John-street. Mr. Hemming was unable to attend the court, being from home attending upon Mrs. Hemming. whoisdangerously We understand that all the expenses of the funeral of the children have been paid by Mr. Reynolds, who deeply regrets this unfortunate calamity. SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL. A meeting of the members and those interested in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, in Liverpool, was held in the Catholic Institute, at seven,o'clock last night. There was a large _attendance. The_ chair was occupied by the Right Re — v. Dr. Goss, Roman Catholic bishop. - After the customary prayer had been repeated, The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting. lle said he was sure the excellent charity which they had met that night to honor, required no very ample praise from him. Its otject was one of the very highest which could engage the human heart. The excellent lesson which they had just heard read showed the wide difference between benevolence and charity. Perhaps no nation under the sun was so benevolent as our own. In this town were found various institutions, which were all of them the results of active and practical benevo lence, and wherever there was any benevolent object, no matter what it was, which had in view the relief of one part of the human race by the other, there were always. found men who were ever ready to support it liberally. Now, the difference between active benevolence like that and charity was great., and Catholics in that matter had a very great ad..-,, vantage, inasmuch as they held the doctrine, not generally believed by others, of the communion of saints. By that doctrine they were all taught that all were members of tile great mystic body . of Christ, and although one might be po l l. and the other rich, yet that they were all brethren, all portions of that Christian body, and that whatever act. of charity they performed to a poor man they were performing to Christ himself. They were taught that if Jesus Christ were to appear in the garb of a poor outcast wretch, shiver ing, and claiming charity, if they gave it to one who re they were performing as high an act of religion as they shouli do if they were giving it to the Lord himself under the same circumstances. It was that belief which stimulated and encouraged them under their difficul ties. There were often found instances in which, after all their toil and labour in endeavouring to help the poor, they dis covered they had been giving to persons unworthy of it — persons obtaining money under false pretences—feigning sickness, feigning poverty and misery, and having recourse to various dishonest practices, in order that they might en list the sympathy and humanity of the benevolent. There fore there were many trials to those engaged in the work of charity ; and therefore it was a great encouragement for them to know that so long as they were guided by right and pure intentions, and so long as they acted as members of the great body of Christ, so long their actions would meet with their due reward; and that although those to whom-they made the offerinc , might be totally undeserving of it, yet that they would be sure to receive the merit of it. It was, therefore, a great consolation to them in all their trials, to feel that they belonged to that great body,- and that what. ever was done by one member towards the support of another, was done to the head, who is Christ; and hence the reward would be great, not only in this world, but also in the next, to which they principally looked, and to which, after all, this world was but a passage. And here he would call their attention to one point, which was deserving of their consideration. The brethren of that society were not merely satisfied with giving money, but they visited the poor personally, and had the means of becoming thoroughly acquainted with their wants. Some persons might imagine that when they had given money for the relief of the poor, they had done their duty. But the poor themselves did not feel it so. Many of the poor thought that when money was given to them they were only receiving an instalment of what was due to them by the rich. They received it with • thanks, but still not with that measure of thankfulness which persons might think they ought to have. But if persons went to visit them in their houses, it spoke to their hearts, and it was a mistake to sup pose that the poor had not feeling hearts, and perhaps among no class of men could they find such ready compassion for each other as amongst the poor. Hence, when they found the members of the society of St. Vincent de Paul coming to their houses, sympathising with their wants, inquiring patiently and calmly into their various little troubles, and giving them consolation, it was then their hearts were opened, and oftentimes rough and stern men, from whom one might look for blows rather than any mark of feeling, found their hearts expanded, tears run down their faces, and for the firs't time, awake in their breasts thi -r nence it was tna. personal visitation could not be too highly recommended. It was that which kept up the bond of connection between the rich and the poor, which, if it were once broken asunder, would lead to conse quences which no man could foretel. The chairman having dwelt upon the great value of the system of personal visital tion, conclude 1 by urging all those who heard him to assist the brethren of that society by every means in their power, and resumed his seat amid loud applause. The SECRETARY (Mr. Clements) then read the report, from which it appeared that the conference of St. Nicholas had expended during the year £147 12s. 6d. ; the confe rence of St. Joseph, £74 2s. sd. ; and that of St. Francis Xavier, recently established, £22 18s. The report detailed many highly interesting cases of destitution relieved by the society, and expressed a regret that the society could not yet enumerate, amongst the works of the brotherhood here, any of the beautiful and holy works of charity which shed such a lustre on the society in France, and elsewhere, such as the patronage of orphans and apprentices, the founding of schools, and similar objects. This, however, they felt sure did n ,t arise from want of zeal on the part of the different conferences, but solely from the paucity of their members, and the poverty of their treasuries. The meeting was then briefly addressed by the Rev. Canon Walmsley, Mr. Gerald Lynch, Mr. R. H. Shiel, and Rev. Mr. Nugent. The speakers urged upon the meeting the necessity of making efforts, to place at the disposal of the council clothing and bed covering for the poor, and also the great advanta a ,me which would arise from the formation of a committee of ladies, who might superintend the pro viding of female apparel. Mr. SHIEL then proposed that the thanks of the meeting be given to the chairman for having come, although labour ing under a severe cold, to honour them with his presence on so inclement a night. Dr. Goss responded to the vote of thanks, which was passed amid enthusiastic applause. A collection was then made, after which the proceedings closed with a prayer. John Donahugh, a commercial collector in London, has been committed for embezzling the monies of his employers, Messrs. J. Tucker & Co., to the amount of £359. A man named John Sharman was committed from a police court in London on Wednesday, for having forged a testi monial, with the intent of obtaining a situation' as school- • master. FREE LIBRARY AT PRESCOT—A meeting was held yester day at Present, which Lord Stanley . presided, for the purpose of establishing • a public library in that town. We learn that a sum of £4OO has been already subscribed, tngethei with an amount equal £4O per annum, to meet .current expenses. co UNTY URT.---YESTERDA Y. - r - .HThe court sat at the usual hour 'yesterday. ' •-• ' .-.' , "! r LEICESTER V. WCURTIN AND RILEY.—This was an action P. '.L brought by Thomas Leicester, miller, of Scotland-roa4 to -,ii iicover i tbe sum of 11/;10s., for Indian' meal •supplied to '. .- , the defendants, Messrs. M'Curtin and Riley. The delendantx:; :;'-:, did not appear.' ' - - • " fin9,...lert MS HONOR gave a verdict for the plaintiff, remarking' Rft94 that hellid not know what would become of it but he would:a - Piot grant an immediate execution. , 'di.GX STEWART v. M‘Grnans.---This was an action, brought by ~.. ' Charles r stewart, a smith, residing in Ashton-street, against' John M'Gibbon, a bootrilaker, living in Northlehnl-StreeVi - ,f. to recover a sum of 12/., half the ; amount beink.. lei' f '-'tvork done and materials supplied, the other 61. being the b , a , la .,, n ;r c i_ o .) oT machine f ;an i naceelovuhnitch belonged received b t y o the the defendant plainff. in' payment' : for a Mr. Pope appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hinie . foithe defendant. On the part of the defence, two ,agreementi entewd into between the parties were produced in evidence. :0 e Wad' dated iu›.lovember, 1852, and in it the - plaintiffb4 . iim 7 „..„..,. n k ri self to make a punching machine, and slimily the ma "ge t . "' '; for defendant, to be completed on, or before the Y3X - ' thi u ' lm felloWing.D,ece,mber, plaintiff binding himself $6! ftqfeiA l si' l °Lf.t a day of the price for every day 'after that date thAngli i ~Cti/ °'' chine was not completed and delivered, and 'i , t tiitite ri °I expired to deliier up themachine altogether frob'ecpitt .. 4l9iir rho machine was not. COmpleted at the specified teint,',afick'." - . :plaintiff lent.defendant another, which the defeudarit sOlircii."' ~ 7i., giving plaintiff only 11., keeping ,the rernainiried/At n9 „ ff .3 ,virtuo- of the second agreeinent lie bad'inade. witli . ', -7" plaiutiff, t bywhich he was allowed to keeiV6i."*sralit 'o ne ; .that fhe machine Which was being Made WOild.l4 liiiil `" u to:him ;within.l4 days from the' time.'Ven'the' lith'.. :' ) " 81 ff which 1ie:4014 was lent to him. The machine, 'it r qi :, ... r i Lt i.c.at, :,was not; until the following S,ptember. •: 3 .W 1 n` fendant, - therefore, claimed to keep the inachine Witlilitt .. th°fil paying t. pnyping r and also the 6/. which had been left iiitit,„a , ",' . . (. Dut ' tarn as security.• - If - . f i t i His lloNon said the plaintiff,"MuSt abide by the .- '' conse quences of his QWn agreeMent, ' liOitier . idolish 'it might lAk - He could not , give him a verdict' now / but he wOuld'lrttect the .case tObel nonsuited witheut costs. At present he WR3 ' obliged to receive tbe'agreements, and pronounce judgment upon them; but ha'woUld bive'the plaintiff a nonsuit, as the time might come when he . could receive the amount he ; f claimed. • • POLICE COURT-YESTERDAL: ilfri7-11971 f iJi rfl 1 A CASE or HARDSHIP.—A poor woman, natird - A/IRV ArVvatcy, who presented a most Wretched and liev'e stricken charred With assaulting" lin officers s p o a ft pran h e e a_ we e s e t ,. ff s e o rt y and throwiciWia r: • 3180 at the governor. From the evidence of one 4 1,4ftifikV. appears that she had gone to the workkouse„:to sot uc. ,_, c band, who has lain ill there for the last seYen'itiontleandi that on corning out she committed the asSaliftVltli'WliicliVilein 9 was then charged. In her defence, the prisoner 'stritAttiltisrts her husband was in a dying . state, and thatlhe Wdsielnu sl PA ceased at her daughter, who accompanied"heffor!the'iptri-fliw pose, not being permitted to take leave of heillyinefaiffeir that she knew not what she did. In reply to the iiiiteAtrdtbd'a the officer 'stated that the mother and Vatigliter:tohidtiletiby tia the rules, be admitted to see their relative= the sahib day,a The governor would have admitted them, but he obuld note no violate those rules. The magistrate said thaerit wastairezyt/f hard case, 6-en' though the father Might not be in a dying state, to refuse, to allow so near relativnFi - e4 l .a AlkfA(Wi aL IT 'daughter to see hint ;. but if he were in the condition stated, it was cruel not to have admitted them. If it were a rule _- of the workhouse, it should be administered , with much care, and he hoped the matter would be mentioned to the guardians. : ; - . I f,i. The prisoner was discharged, with-a caution. OBTAINING ,C1•00BS UNDER faisfi PABDITCCE,S . .—Tvro men named Scoics and Salmon. wero charged by inspector Clough with obtaining goods undvr falselair4eucesituoer -Ks , the following circumstances. , 9p„ the 2).st Of last month Scoles went to the establishment 4g . Slissrp enc1.,.:C0., sail makers and !hip-chandlers, and rflpieAring,hißs_Of as.l ol 0 railway contractor, obtained a takl i e r Vatue He immediately afterwards went to n'eoit-Ord kept by . a Mr. ;-Leyster; and chtferod fop, Brie ' rEdlagillg.ll4l ?; inducing that gentleman to purchase it, 1;e subsequently sold it to another.partyfer He called a ,I: 'harp and Co.'s, with a man, named Smith, whe,t9resented him self as-hil foreman, and..suicaeded s. pi 014aiinng: ; 41E r p f te, of goods, which he again disposed i ekbut not at so ruinous 4 lacrifice,as he did the ) " Smith yes ilof Veen as yet t he Po a iO t AMAA I I , !44 I rFI i r gehte cho es asa,Fev i eptp,ole_ r itl4 . ` s vaitgin to , A id , i s a i r ti e .4 44 direptbA last vioefs were''solit Mat so S dppreliension he state cktq ofßcey thit Scholes had - bien qopyicted ; _ for_ this . 9eitftF. of Detective of said that Scholes had also - a few days - ago almost succeeded in obtaining 4 cwt. of paint from a party in Norfolk-st., through precisely the same representations. The paint was sent to 108, Gill-street, but the porter, having re ceived orders not to leave the cask unless he got the Li.1.111.1M) , , ULU LI .ii LULL.. Mr. Chilton defended Salmon, who was discharged, there not being sufficient evidence to prove concert between him and his fellow-prisoner. Seeks was remanded until one o'clock on Monday. A PRIZE PIG/LT.—Four men of the names of Hodson, Corlett, Bragg, and Phinn, were charged with being con cerned, on yesterday morning, in a prize fight, at West Derby. The officer stated that he had heard the parties had gone out there in a cab, to fight for a stake of 2f., and that J . when the police reached the ground, they found Phirinand„ir, Brigg: stripped and. at the- work. Phinn seemed terhavg,ia - received some slight •punishment, his cheek beieg-.cut,,eptik eye swollen. In their defence, the belligerents stated that -- they had taken too much " , toddy " the night before, and that they had no very distinct recollection of thii.Why or thou r wherefore of the #‘ mill." - All parties were boilndover to keep the peace. - . A FAST YOUNG-MAN.—Donald .IPjean, the young gent/re-7:i man who was yesterday remanded, was again brought up, and evidence was given that a coat and a quadrant, stolen from the lodging-house, 51, Bridgewater-street,: which hael been left in the care of Miss Murry, had been pledged by the prisoner, and he was consequently committed for trial. The prisoner, it appears had, for the last few months, residing as above, and living, as Mr: Clough said, in a "most mysterious manner," and whenever askedfor money, he had always some to receive of Mr. Samuel, of Castle street, and produced a note' to that effect, but it appears he was unknown to that gentleman. His last exploit, before being found out, was to join the dramatic society. He is a native of Scotland, but came from New Brunswick to this town, and has been applying for a commissidll the army, and had passed the examination. Harriet Hargrove was committed for three months for robbing a persons of the name of Ellis of some money, which . she took from his pocket. Ann Williams was committed for seven days for illegally pledging a jacket belonging to a sailor, which she stole from him in a brothel. . . _Richard Lyon was remanded, to obtain further evidence," on a charge of obtaining a large quantity of *goods of various . tradesmen in . Scotland-road, by means of forged orders. - =--- • BEER AND ALE EXPORTED. —The &dared value of beet and ale exported in the last ten months was £1,086,225 pL against £597,965 in the like period in the preceding year'. COALS EXPORTED.—It is shown that the value of coals and culm exported between January and November was 1,359,3461., a large increase on last year. The amount paid P 'or ums upon inaia ?rom the 24th of November to 'the 7g.' inst., was £40,355. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.—The Hyderabad left South ampton on Tuesday, with nearly 300 government emigrants, bound for Port Adelaide. The Hooghly another Australian emigrant ship, has just arrived in Southampton water. TILE COAST DEFENCES.—A detachment of artillery passed through Southampton, on their way to Hurst Castle, at the mouth of the Solent, to increase the artillery force there. Sconce Point, opposite Hurst Castle, is also to be strongly fortified. THE NAVAL SERVICE.-Sir John Trelawny in a co mniu nication to the Daily News complains that the expensiveness of navy messes prevents the sons of the professional gentry from entering; proceeds to discuss the mode in which the officers are recruited. He says : Of course, my remarks apply not to individuals, or to any particular period in our history, but to a system ; although, certainly very irregular transactions seem to have marked the career of former boards, of which some glimmerings appear in the ,dif ference between the annual numbers of cadets admitted in particular years, varying from 50 to 200. This•waut of system and irregularity, has two evil effects. It increases the uncertainty of obtaining employment, and at times creates a congestion of middle-aged officers elbowed into half-pay to make room for youngsters. The annual num ber of admissions should be m ordinary times as nearly. fixed as the exigencies of the service will allow ; and perhaps it would not be amiss to allot a certain number of nominations to each of the considerable schools—of all persuasions —of Great Britain and Ireland, and a certain number for dis posal to the educational committee of the privy council. This last suggestion is in the spirit of a great reform shadowed forth some years ago when the celebrated minutes of council on education were brought forwarel=4a reform, however, I fe it not yet carried into extensive practice." The writer proceeds to speak of the half-pay system, and recommends that when not employed naval officers should be permitted to command commercial ships. • , OtarriEttfe4, anti ißtatb4. BIRTHS. On the 6th instant, the Hon. Mrs. Parnell, of a daughter. At 66, Conduit-Areet, Hanover-square, the wife of George Haygs, Esq., of a daughter. ' • MARRIAGE. At Christ Church, Sydney, Montagu Consett, second •nn of Sir Alfred Stephen, Chief Justice of New South Wales to Emilie Clara, third daughter of the late Rev. John Jennings Smith, M.A., incum bent of Paterson. DEATHS. • On the Sth inst., Isabella, the infant daughter of Mr. J. C.ait.costa, aged five months. ' Ori the 7th instant, Martha, wife of .the late William Elitker, cons merchant, of this town, aged 74 years. • ." '. • On the 7th. instant, at Manchester, - Mary. widow of the late Mr. John Underhill, having survived hini 15 days, aged - 80 years. - At St. Helens, Abigail, relic t of the late Daanie l , Britton, Beg.; 4 London, aged 86 years. - ' •