The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-11 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY. The Cou r t sat at ten o'clak on yesterday. I G s .,_ /4-I Tn v. LAMBERT. This was an action brought by FiZr• I %* Henry Smith, John Stanley, and Thomas piazzas printers, against Mr. Robert Lambert, 13 Goree c i_lfza.s, to recover £3l 10s. It appeared that the defen fo'razh.had agreed with plaintiff to print a number of bills r i a li n and post them as advertisement in railway car riages, for ss. a month, and they now sought to recover t ;„' .4 ! amount for six months. Mr. Groeott appeared for 'Le Plaintiff and Mr. Evans for the defendant. The ae.ree inent was entered into in January, and it was sought to teem the e r for printing an d p os ti ng u p t o S e pt em b er . Up on part of the defence it was urged that a regular contract :as entered into, and that the plaintiff undertook to do the rIE for defendant as cheaply as any one else could get it re, which hordeafterwards discovered was not the case, and a therefore red them to discontinue it. The Court 1 ,I.°ll s uited the pl a i n tiff u p on th e groun d th a t a con t rac t had verdict e ntered into, but gave them permission to move that a ebe entered for them, upon which they could go to the court above. TheLIVERPOOL HIP JOLNERS' FRIENY SIETY.— PI L L EECE RP AND S OTHERS V. SHINGLER DL AND OC OTHERS. This was an action ;brought by a portion of the Liverpool Joine rs ' F r i en dl y S oc i e t y aga i ns t ano th er p or ti on o f Hat body to obtain a decision relative to a dispute as to the zPpointment of officers. Anagreement was entered into h tr , t ,ween the parties that His Honor should be empowered uecide upon all the questions which should arise, and that Ls decisio n should be regarded as final. The ourt was inewded with members of the body, as the decision would olve most important interests. th r , 34r ,. Aspinall, instructed by . Mr. Peacock appeared for f n : P i 'aintiffS, and Mr. Blair, instructed by Mr. Snowball, trio defendants. lair ASPINALL stated the case of the plaintiffs. The dog t y regarding which the question arose, was one estab -4,7d among the ship joiners of Liverpool, of the same e i a , ll re as other friendly or benefit societies. The plaintiffs % l i ned to be . president, treasurer, and senior stewaril: of the t r Z e tY, and in that capacity, according to their rules, the 14 ,Zees and persons entitled to the custody of all the pro 'Y belonging to the body. The society was established Ye ~1 8, 4 5, and according to its rules the members held halt bib"rlY meetings, at which they elected their officers. The halt 9th provided that the general meetings should be held t he society's club-room, on the first Tuesday of every enth, an d th a t a t th e gener al meetings, which took place m",ligust and February, the half-yearly elections should be of a president, vice-president, treasurer, and two auditors, and that at each meeting in May and November th ere she uld be elected three committee-men and one steward. at general meeting was held upon the 2d of August last, and di ,t.h.at time there were some divisions existing in the society, f, Ni slons which he believed principally arose from the dif iLeat opinions entertained by the members regarding the r'ess of a person named Stephen Dowling, one of the de fendants, for holding the office of secretary. When the ti. lee tion took place the plaintiffs were undoubtedly elected to he offices which they now claimed. John Leece was elected resident, Thomas Young vice-president, and John Haughton ate,asurer. He believed it was admitted upon all hands that rosin Owen was elected senior steward, and the only 14,mate question between the parties was as to the election of ti ,,,e,e o and Haughton, which he would show unanimously CIK place upon the 2d of August. That they were elected dis puted, considerable majority of the meeting could not be dis ,,4, but the question would turn upon another point, to which he should call attention. HONOR : Do all the members vote, Mr. Aspinall ? 16 11. • ASPINALL said all the members voted, but he be b7:_ed there would be no question so far as the mere voting ti concerned, concerned, but the dispute would turn upon the ques - It' Whether they were eligible to be elected at the time. 4 Would now direct the attention of the Court to rule 18, tin be 19, which provided that no member who should be found i til ye three calendar months in arrear of any fine or penalty Iva l'esed by th e S oc i e ty, was eligible to hold office. There ti t : another clause to the same effect in rule 2, requiring t all members seeking office, should be free from all fines c) R, : p e naltie s of three months' standing, and should also be ti l .„ l ‘ , and of good character. Now, at the meeting upon tio i) ; e d August, Mr. Dowling was present, and as the clec eessir,l'roeeeded for the different offices, he was asked in sue assvrwn, Whether the parties so chosen were eligible, and he °b pi e red in the affirmative in each case. It must have been th e ° ! 8 to him, that the question was put in reference to in ea h e regarding fines and nothing else, and he answered a , ' a oh case that the party was eligible to be elected. It luscious that Mr. Dowling subsequently became tolerably th n scious that he would not be continued as secretary by he new officers, and for this reason, or some other reason, . e resigned his office, and sent a notice of his resignation to ' v ery member of the Society. Ifs HONOR ? Mr. ASPINALL said he was Secretary, and he was perfectly Well aware thatthe gentlemen elected were parties who didnot a pprove of his continuing in the office of Secretary, and feel ing that, he resigned the office. He still, however, con tinued to act as Secretary, and intrigued a little, for the pur- Paaa'of setting asile the election of the plaintiffs. Shortly Pl ib l t, er that election had taken place, the Society was somewhat 1, 44',!1ed at the issue of a circular, signed by the that be - President, Mr. Roe, (and he might add upon Thas not instructed to throw any imputation 'Mite I. Roe, who was believed to have acted t o at,:'°/lestly in the matter) summoning the members PriaZ 4(l a special general meeting of the Society upon ele c ti,f night, August 12th, 185 3 , for the purpose of ea Parties to fill the offices:for the ensuing half year, ~,o? to ell occasion each member was urged in the circular Lead punctually for the purpose of defending the Z i , t4 , o f the society, and preventing the meeting from being here was like that at which the regular elections took place. th at l ' e ,was not at this time any attempt made to set aside f ileii. e!ection upon the ground of the parties chosen being sai d table ; at least in the circular there was not a word that effect, and if these gentlemen had been th o iglble upon the score of fines, there was no doubt that r e , s e Who were anxious to get rid of them would have ° fted to that objection. The circular only alleged that the s heeting was a packed one, and that there was some , "er in the Board of Directors, to set aside its proceedings. thet:thier an such power existed, or how it was given to y lie did not know, because the principal portion of G e directors were the very persons who went out of office. t he 12th of August, a meeting was • according l y held, a 131 j all the old officers were re-elected there. At t h at t tln g there was a very l arge a tt en d ance i n deed, but the w e who took part with Messrs. Houghton, Leece, Youn g , had been advised by some one that by voting va l . t he election, they would be accordingly te authority fro ki t c a n e d ti le meeting, and they abstained 01 , 111 voting ; the consequence of which was that the p tt ofiacers were re-elected. On the 24th of August, the 4 4 „tletnen for whom he appeared, attended, according to of the rules, the first committee meeting, after they t a ll! elected for the purpose of being inaugurated, according these Provisions contained in the rules. They were told that it was not the right day, and that they should h" Upon 'the 30th of August. There was some reason admire 'the ingenuity of that postponement, because f te L i ground upon . which it was now urged that these el:eon were li was that they were in arrear th,: a ' - 'ea since the ine 24th gible, of May, and the postponement was 1,,,4 three assented to in order that they might be alleged to 'ree months in arrears. At the time of the pospone ‘,„en,, Mr. Dowling, from these t came did not say one tiff about the existence of fines, of which the plain was not in the least conscious until the 30th, when, ire. online. to be inaugurated, they were told they were upon Bible 6 the ground of being three months in arrear. t o ' e f the rules was, provided that if any member declined ith act upon committee, he was liable to certain fines, and it Vecared that upon the 24th of May, it was the duty of the i'aatiffs to attend and be inaugurated as committee-men. R a le y did attend, and upon that evening a dispute arose re -41'441g the inauguration of another person who had been the elected a. committee-man. His clients took part with roan whom tho committee refused to admit until he had unde rgon e an investigation regarding some breach of the fi l es he was alleged to have committed, and the result was, foil' t two of the plaintiffs left the room with him, and were 3 , q „,,ed by the third. Upon that occasion not one single t to ; 4 was said to them by anybody of any fine whatever, lea . „. ; aa any intimation given that they would be fined for ierv' t tg tho room. Never, until it was alleged against them tcaa purpose of voiding the present election, were or they 4li g a it t lat a fine was to be enforced against them, the ti ‘est intimation whatever of the kind given. The ques 4,pa Which would now arise were, whether any fines were at ta ll i; al lY imposed, inasmuch whether the plaintiffs were dis tl4Tted by them, as it could not be contended ijoi u 'eY were three months in arrears at the time the elec.?. ph took place. He thought there would be some doubt it 1 , - "uer any such fines were ever inflicted at all, and whether Da l l as not altogether a very ingenious contrivance on the 1 / °f Mr. Dowling. a• 0 , 1 1 . ,s rioNeu What is the rule under which the fine DT become become imposed ? ilt a L r • ASP INALL said, that the 7th section of rule 18, which that if any member, after being elected, should re eli t 0 office, he was liable to a fine. Neither of his for 'ts, he c on tended, could have been liable to that fine, 0 14 4 41:Le r of them had refused to take office. They went 4 44 4 4 the room, but they said nothing of not taking office, i tti nothing wh a t ever was sa id t o them about a fine being th4° B ed upon them. Mr. Aspinall then proceeded to say, t ,nia clients would be quite satisfied if the Court declared 11 1 , " offices vacant. They were strongly of opinion, that ita tsreat body of the society were as anxious for its welfare tat; ‘ ,Y were themselves ; and they would therefore be quite ikraed that a new election should be declared, every officer lib` e * removed from hi s p os iti on , an d th e s ociety left at full ( 9 ,0' to el ec t th ose part i es i n whom they p l ace d t h e f u ll es t tlo,. 4 enee, At pre sen t th ere h a d b een ac t ua ll y th ree elec ter,o', all parties claiming to hold office. Let them all be kr t i:ed, and leave it in file hands of the majority to chow° to h e alselves the persons whom they believed best qualified 14 1cZ, a r li . age their affairs, and they wou ld th en see whether co a b i Leece, Haughton, Youn g , or M essrs . Slangier, re o f and Moo r e, were the pers ons . A t presen t , th e mem . 'ee; the society had not the slightest no ti on w h o w ere itl'eaV t lPer parties to receive their subscriptions, and the Acuities which existed in that respect, rendered it most desirable that some arrangement should be at once adopted. Sohn Haughton was examined by Mr. Aspinall, and de posed that he was a member of the general committee of the Liverpool Ship-Joiners' Friendly Society in 1852. Previous to the last half-yearly election of officers, there was some dissatisfaction among the members, upon account of the secretary having given in no report ; no report had been given in for more than two-and-a-half years; it was part of the secretary's duty to make a report and furnish accounts every half year ; witness was elected treasurer upon the 2nd of August, at the same time that Mr. Leece was elected President, and Mr. Young Vice-President. Mr. John Owen was elected steward ; there were 86 persons present at the meeting; witness had 59 votes; there were 4 candidates for his office, and 14 votes were the largest number given for any of the others : Mr. Leece had 46 votes, and the nearest to him was Mr. Roe, who had 19 ; Mr. Young had 58, and the next to him had 23. There was no dispute about the election of Mr. Owens. Remembers Mr. Dowling being asked if they were eligible, and he replied that, they were. Received a circular from Mr. Roe after the election; believes all the other members received a similar circular. His Honor : What is the whole number of members in the society ? Witnes; said, he never heard what the number was, but should suppose 400 or 500. The meeting commenced by the Chairman, Mr. Roe reading the circular which declared that the election of the 2nd of August, took place at a packed meeting. They then proceeded to elect other officers, but the greater part of the meeting refrained from voting. The president, vice-president, and secretary were proposed by themselves, and seconded by themselves. There were two candidates for the office of secretary, Mr. Dowling and Mr. Pattisson ; 101 voted for Mr. Pattisson, and 6 for Mr. Dowling ; but, it was afterwards said, that this election was invalid, because it took place after eleven o'clock, which was contrary to rule. Two auditors were elected. On the 23rd of August, witness attended at the Committee meeting, for the purpose of being inaugurated, when Stephen Dow ling said, that was not the proper night, because the quarter would not be out until after twelve o'clock. Went again on the 30th, and was then told that there was a fine of 13s. 4d. against him since the 23rd of May. Went up stairs to take his place as a Committee-man, when he was prevented by James Fitzpatrick. Was told that the fine against him was for refusing to serve upon the Committee. Recollects being elected to serve upon the Committee in February, 1853, and did serve. In May there was an election for three other commit tee-men, and Mr. Howgate, Mr. Leece, and Mr. Young, was elected. There was some dispute about the inaugura tion of Howgate. Leece and Young wanted to have the three inaugurated together, and they finally left the room. Witness also left the room shortly after they did. Not a word was said to him or any of them about a fine, nor was any caution given to them. Never refused to serve upon the Committee, and from that time never heard of any fine being inflicted upon him, until he went to be inaugurated as a Treasurer. Cross-examined:by Mr. BLAIR, : Did not say he would not be inaugurated until Howgate was also inaugurated. Ed ward Parker did not tell Leece and Young that if they left the room they would break the rules and would be fined. Witness left the room because he felt dissatisfied with the mode in which the business was transacted for a length of time. Gave no reason at the time why he did so. and did not intimate his intention to Leece and Young. Mr. John Leece was examined by Mr. Aspinall, and gave similar evidence, admitting to Mr. Blair upon cross-examin ation, that he had heard of the fine against him on the 12th of August. Tilt; closed the case on behalf of the plaintiffs. Mr. BLAIR briefly stated the grounds upon which the defendants claimed a judgment in their favour. He did did not lay any stress upon the objection raised by the meet ing being held upon the 12th of August, orwith regard to the meeting where the elections took place being packed. But he relied upon the disability 'of the gentlemen who had been elected, upon the grounds that having been, as ho would clearly shew, in arrear of fines since May, they were alto gether disqualified at the time from holding office. This being the case, in declaring, as the Committee had done, that the office was therefore vacant, and in holding a public meeting for the election of offi cers to fill the vacant places, he contended they were adopting the course which, under all circumstances, was best calculated to meet the views of the majority of the society. They adopted every measure which was required to give the necessary publicity to the step which they felt bound to take. They issued placards, which were put up in every part of the town, especially in those places where the members of the society were most likely to see them. The meeting was called for a regular fixed time ; it was held accordingly, and the officers duly and formally elected. It seemed to him, therefore, that the course had been adopted which was most likely to meet the views of all parties, to put an end to the differences which existed, and to carry out the rules of the society. Under the rules of the society an officer was liable to be fined for not attending at the general meetings. _ His HONOR : That rule clearly applies to a man not attend ing at all. It surely cannot apply where he does attend, but leaves the room after some time. According to the rules, if he does not present himself before the expiration of the first half hour he is conaidered az not attending, but that io quite a different thing from the circumstances which are before us in this case. Mr. BLAIR : But your honour will observe that the rule also says—" If he shall be guilty of breach of order or neglect of duty." We contend that this act was a breach of order. His Ho !ion : Very well. I want to know how you put it. . . Mr. BLAIR also observed that under section 11 they were entitled to impose a fine upon a man if he gave up his office. His HONOR : That refers to a different thing altogether, refers to a man giving up his office, and saying he will not hold it. I have very great difficulty in seeing how you can fine Haughton upon that ground at all, even supposing that you had the right to fine Leece and the other party, for there is a manifest difference between the cases. Mr. BLAIR said his leaving the room and refusing to re main there, clearly constituted a breach of order, and a neglect of duty, which brought him within the rule, and entitled the society to impose a fine upon him. Stephen Dowling was then examined by Mr. Blair. lle deposed that he had been secretary to the society . for some time. The reports of the society were usually given after a period of eight years. _ _ _ _ His Ilorroi: What have I to do with this ? Mr. BLAIR : My learned friend Mr. Aspinall made some reference to the reports not having been furnished by Mr. Dowling. His HONOR : I do not think that I have anything what ever to do with the question of whether Mr. Dowling was a good secretary or a bad secretary to this society. Witness continued : Was present at the meeting for the inauguration of the officers in May last. Houghton and Leece were summoned to be inaugurated. Leece came first. Lecce was told that a person named Howgate was not to be inaugurated until after he had undergone an in vestigation into a charge which was made against him. Leece refused to be inaugurated unless Howgate was inau gnrated also. The chairman cautioned Leecc against re fusing to be inaugurated, stating that he would be dealt with according to the rule if he persisted in his refusal. Leece still refused, and left the room. Young did the same, add before leaving was also cautioned by the chairman. Houghton was also present while this was going on, and he retired from the room saying that he would not keep his seat any longer, or some words to a similar effect. The chairman also cautioned Houghton, but Houghton made use of some expressions to the effect that he did not care about the rules. In consequence of this there were fines imposed upon each of them. Leece and Young were never inaugu rated. Does not know that notice was given to them that the fines were imposed; the caution which tbey received from the chairman was considered sufficient to answer the purpose. His HONOR : I must remark that these men ought to have been informed. They might have been quite willing to have qualified themselves for office by paying the fine. I am clearly of opinion that if behind a man's back he is fined that cannot possibly disqualify him. He cannot be expected to be liable to disqualification for not paying a fine which he never heard of. Mr. BLAIR : You have it in evidence that they were in formed of it upon the 12th of August. His HONOR : I am not saying a word about , that part of it. The witness continued : On the 24th of August, the plain tiffs were told that the fines were still against them, but they would not pay. His HONOR : Mr. Dowling, how is a man to know that he is fined ? Witness : lie is called up before the Committee, and he is told that a fine has been imposed on him. His HONOR Was that done in this case ? Witness : In this caso they were cautioned that they would be dealt with according to the rule. His HONOR: After a fine is inflicted in an ordinary case, what do you do ? Is the party summoned ? - - Witness : He gets notice. To Mr. BLAin: Witness tendered his resignation upon the Bth and 9th of August, and upon the following day there was a meeting of the Board of Directors, when they refused to accept the resignation. To Mr. ASPINALL : Keeps a record in the fine book of all fines which are paid, Records some of the fines upon the minutes. Does not know of any member of the society who saw the record of the fines entered against Houghton, Lcece, and Young, until August; cannot say that there is any person now in the Court who saw it. Edward Parker, and a party . named Maxwell, were ex amined, to prove that the plaintiffs were cautioned before leaving the room, on the 23rd of May, that they would be dealt with according to the rules. The evidence of these witnesses in general corroborated that of Dowling. His HONOR : If a man conceives he is unjustly fined, has he any right of appeal? _ Mr: D"OWLING7 Yes; to the Board of Directors. Mr. ASPINALL : Shew me in what rule that right is men tioned. Mr. DOWLING : In rule 3, section 4, page 12. His HONOR : I must say that it appears to me that all these disputes might have been avoided by simply keeping a book of fines, and putting down there the names of every party fined, so that any party fined for misconduct, or for THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. absenting himself from his office, migl t learn it at once, in place of keeping it hanging over their heads until the very last moment. Mr. ASPINALL briefly replied upon the part of the plaintiff's His HONOR : Suppose I were to direct that new elections should take place in all these cases, when could the elections take place ? Mr. BLAIR : Upon the first Tuesday in December. Mr. ASPINALL applied that in case his Honor decided upon ordering new elections he should make some order in refer ence to the money now paid to the different secretaries. His HONOR : I shall direct all these payments, to whom soever made, to be held as good payments. The man must not suffer. I have a very strong impression that I had better take advantage of the power given to me, and make an order which would enable all the members to vote, and select the officers under whose guidance they wish the society to be placed. Perhaps if I come to that conclusion it will be wiser to abstain from giving any opinion upon the conduct of the parties engaged in this matter. It cannot do much good and may lead to further ill-will, While I am only anxious that the interests of the members, and of society at large, should be protected. Mr. ASPINALL urged upon the Court the importance of ordering a new election for the office of Secretary, as it was in evidence that a great majority of the members had voted against Mr. Dowling. • His Homm finally said : I abstain purposely from giving any opinion upon either side, not that I do not entertain an opinion, but that I think I shall best consult the interests of the society, and of the members generally, by refraining from saying anything which might tend to promote dissension among them. I think I shall also best consult their interests by giving them an opportunity of declaring under whose guidance they wish the society to be. I therefore declare, according to the powers given me, that the office of President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, are all vacant, and I direct a new election to be held ,for them upon the first Tuesday in December : that all payments shall be Ulu good which were made to the society : that all the books and papers be given to Mr. Owen, to be by him handed to the proper person as soon as the elections are over : that the fines recorded against the plaintiffs shall not interfere with their eligibility for office : that the persons elected shall be inaugurated by the acknowledged Committee; and as to costs, I direct those to be divided between the parties, each party paying his own costs. His Honor then called npon all the members to unite heart and hand for the future in advancing the interests of the society, which was an impor tant and a prosperous one, and electing those officers who were best qualified to guard and serve it. The delivery of the decision was ,received with loud ap plause among the members of the society, who filled the Court. The proceedings did not terminate until an advanced period of the evening. FRACAS AT THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN WEST DERBY WARD. Yesterday, Mr. Thomas Corkhill, cabinet-maker, Bruns wick-road, appeared at the police court, in answer to a summons issued against him by Mr. John Jones, for au assault on the Ist November. Mr. PAYNE, solicitor, appeared for the complainant, and Mr. BRETHERTON, solicitor, for the defendant. Mr. JONES, the prosecutor, was called and said he was an assessor at the Edge-hill booth last Tuesday week, and a few minutes after four o'clock they prepared to get their voting papers, and put themin the box; while doing that, a number of persons, amongst whom was Mr Corkhill, broke in the door and rushed in amongst them. The defendant objected to the election and personations on Mr. Flint's side, and commenced quarrelling with Mr. Morgan, when witness stepped forward and said, " gentlemen, I cannot allow this conduct here ;" he then received a blow in the eye from the defendant that made it black for two or three days ; Mr. Littledale then interposed, and the parties went away. Mr. JONES was cross-examined at some length to -shew that Mr. Corkhill was much provoked on the occasion, and that so far from being the aggressor he was the aggrieved pay. _ _ Mr. LEONARD WATSON was next called and examined by Mr. Payne : He said, I am a druggist, and was co-assessor with Mr. Jones ; I was in the booth at four o'clock when it closed ; I saw Mr. Corkhill come in about two minutes Mier four o'clock, when the window was closed; Mr. Hume and several gentlemen were with him ' • Mr. Corkhill was in a very excited state, and objected to the election on account of personation on Mr. Flint's side ; Mr. Morgan happened to be standing close to the door at the time they entered, and what conversation took place I do not know ; Mr. Morgan was the objecting burgess with Mr. Youd ; they got to high words ' • Mr. Morgan called Mr. Corkhill a scoundrel ; on which defendant said if he would repeat it again he would strike him ; Mr. Morgan did repeat it, and the defendant then struck him. Mr. Jones then came forward, put up his hand and said, "we cannot allow this gentlemen, " when he too received a blow on the face; I saw his eye that evening when he_was going down to the Town-hall. Crosi-examined by Air. bretherton : This took place two or three minutes after four o'clock, on the Ist of November. Mr. TO7I PS'R PyP \VAC Inn+ .v.Mly 131.01., it raisb.4 bow lat l o darker than it is now; I only saw him once or twice since. When Mr. Corkhill came in, he went to state his objections to the alderman; there arose no disturbance; Mr. Morgan said something ; Mr. Corkhill left the alderman and ad dressed Mr. Morgan, from some observation he made ; will swear I do not know it ; Mr. Corkhill said if he would re peat the word " scoundrel" he would knock him down, I didn't hear the word liar used ; I never heard Mr. Jones say anything from the beginning to the end ; I didn't hear either of the three use any offensive expressions to any one when they came in ; the offensive expression Mr. Morgan used was the first I had heard. Another witness was called, who corroborated the evidence of the former witnesses. Mr. Thomas Littledale, the presiding Alderman, on the occasion of the election, was next examined. He said, as soon as Mr. Corkhill came into the room he addressed me. He did not a;k Mr. Youd to state the case to me. It was immediately after Mr. Corkhill asked me to receive the ob jectins that the word scoundrel was used. I only heard the word used once; I heard Mr. Corkhill say that if Mr. Morgan repeated the word scoundrel he would knock him down ; he struck Mr. Morgan ; Mr. Jones ran up immedia tely after he struck Mr. Morgan ; Mr. Jones laid hands on Mr. Corkhill before he struck him • I was prevented from hearing it at first by the noi se an d disturbance; there were some gentlemen came in with Mr. Corkhill ; I should say there were three or four ; they made no noise ; the noise proceeded from other gentlemen ; the other gentlemen in the r oom were myself, the poll Clerk, the assessors and the Check Clerks ; the only word I heard was scoundrel ; but no doubt there were other expressions used ; I made the remark generally, that it had been a most disgraceful scene ; I did not address myself to Mr. Jones or Mr. Morgan in dividually, I addressed myself to all ; what Mr. Corkhill came in for was perfectly his duty. Mr. Bretherto - n then addressed the bench in behalf of the defendant, and called. Mr. HUME, who said, I am a surgeon residing in Moss street; I remember the day of election at Rose Hill; went to the polling booth to objectto some votes as personations ; the poll was closed at that time ; I went with Mr. Corkhill and Mr. Youd, about five minutes after four ; the door was open ; there was not the slightest disturbance at the door; we walked up to the table ; we didn't effect our entrance in any disorderly manner ; there was no disturbance at the door at the time we went in ; Mr. Corkhill addressed himself to Mr. Littledale ; he said he had called to objet to some votes ; Morgan began to use some offensive expressions to Mr. Corkhill ; the word scoundrel was repeated several times over ; the disturbance was so much that the alderman could not take the objection; I didn't hear Mr. Corkhill use any offensive expressions to either Mr. Morgan or Mr. Jones ; some one repeated the word scoundrel ; I believe it was Mr. Morgan ; as Mr. Corkhill was making the blow at Mr. Mor gan I was pushed out, and therefore I didn't see the blow ; when I returned all was quiet; Mr. Morgan and Mr. Cork hill shook hands ; but Mr. Jones would not shake hands. Several more witnesses were called and examined, and confirmed the evidence of the former witness. The last witness that was called for the defendant positively swore that he saw Mr. Jones strike Mr. Corkhill first, and that he seized him by the collar. The magistrates deferred giving their decision until Saturday. SINGULAR CASE OF ACCIDENTAL POISONING.—AII extra ordinary and somewhat novel case of poisoning occurred at Bristol this week. It appears that some time since a Mr. Joseph Russell, a wine merchant at Bristol, died, bequeath ing a legacy (among others) to a distant relation named Joseph Russell, a bookseller at Chard, Somersetshire, who, during the past week came to Bristol respecting it. Having two brothers residing in Bristol, on Sunday he dined with his brother William, a coachmaker, residing in Stokes Croft, and partook of some roast beef, being then in excellent health. Having remarked that roast beef was nothing without horse-radish, his brother's wife said that there were some horseradish roots in the garden, and the servant was sent to dig up one. Upon its being scraped, dressed with vinegar, and placed on the table, his brother and himself took some of it, but remarked that it must be a very bad horseradish, as it had not the usual flavour and piquancy. Mrs. William Russell, disliking horseradish, did not partake of it. Shortly after dinner Joseph Russell complained of a very peculiar tingling sensation in his hands and arms, which rapidly increased until he said he felt it creeping round his neck, His brother said, " Oh, perhaps the dinner has disagreed with you ; let us take a walk and von will be better." They accordingly went out towards y Hillgrove street, where the third brother resided, and on the way the brother William complained of a similar sensation, but in a much slighter degree. The symptoms in Joseph rapidly became more alarming, and on reaching his brother's house he sank into a chair, exclaiming, " I know I am poisoned, for I feel one side of me dead already." Brandy was given to him, and medical aid instantly called in, but unavailing, for he rapidly sank and died within an hour. The brother, who had taken much less of the supposed horse-radish, was also much affected, but is recovering. Upon examination it was found that the root was the Aconitunt Napellus (wolf's bane or monks'hood), which strongly resembles horseradish, and which, particularly at this season of the year, is a strong narcotic poison. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. THE HOSTILITIES ON THE DANUBE " CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 31.--Great decrease pre- " Another million of paper money has been is sued. Namik Pacha has left for Paris. Lebanon is disturbed. In Asia Selim Pacha has crossed the Russian frontier. A conflict has taken place near Battoum which has caused much sensation. The Porte has resolved that Austrian refugees shall not be employed in the army operations in Europe. Movements and levies of troops continue. The city is tranquil. " SMYRNA.—The Russian Consul General has left for Athens." An Imperial Russian Manifesto, bearing date the 21st ult , and of an unmistakeably warlike ten dency, appears in the Journalof St. Petersburgh. It concludes with the following words Russia is goaded on to war ; nothing remains for her but to have recourse to arms, to compel the OttOman Empire to respect treaties, to obtain reparation for the insults with which the latter has replied to our most moderate demands—to our legitimate so licitude for the maintainance of the orthodox faith in the East." A despatch sent from Vienna on Wednesday, says : " Accounts from Bucharest report a battle and 14 superior Russian officers killed. The Turks remained masters of the field, and the Russians were retreating on Bucharest." One of the same date, states that the Turkish Embassy in Vienna have received an account of a conflict near Battoum on the 26th; in all 5,000 men were on the field. " After fighting, the bel ligerents retired to their respective former posi tions." The same despatch mentions the very doubtful report, "that M. de Kotzebue, Russian Consul- General, accompanies Prince Gortechakofftu Giur gevo, to parley with the Turkish diplomatists ex pected there." - Accounts from St. Petersburg of the 25th state that Considerable reinforcements had been sent to Bessarabia and Volhynia, where the 3rd and 4th corps dant& are stationed. The army of the Caucasus was also to be largely reinforced. A Stockholm paper announces the arrival of a Rus sian squadron at Helsingfors, a seaport in Fin land On Tuesday evening the Turkish embassy in Paris received a telegraphic despatch from the Turkish ambassador at Vienna, to the following effect :—On the 3d inst. the Turks forced the passage of the Danube, opposite to the Oltenitza. After a prolonged cannonading, the Turkish gene ral, with a division of his army of 12,000 men, sue ceeded in occupying the opposite bank: The Turks charged the enemy at the point of the bayo net, and drove back the Russians. They occupied Oltenitza, where they fortified themselves hastily. The despatch adds that the Russians have lost 400 men, among whom there are some officers. Respecting this despatch the Chronicle corres pondent says—" I have received fresh information from the seat of war, which confirms the news con tained in the despatch of the Turkish embassy." The Patrie, in remarking on the despatch which it publishes, alluded to in our paper yesterday, says, " This fact has an important bearing; it indicates admirable decision on the part of the Turks. The first shock has been terrible on both sides. It is positively stated that the plan of Omer Pacha, in passing the Danube on several points at once, was to divide the attention of the Russian army, and afterwards to concentrate his forces on one point. The fact of a double engagement in Asia appears to be confirmed. It is said to have been equally favourable to the Turks, but we are not in possession of sufficient details." Another despatch from Vienna gives additional details of the position of the belligerent forces previous to the battle. Large bodies of Turkish troops were concentrated around Widdin. A bridge and tete-de-pont had been constructed at Kalafat, which served as the basis of the operations of the Turkish army The Russian corps of Dannenbdrg opposed to the Turks at this point numbered from 30,000, to 40,000 men, and was spread en echelon between Krajoua and Slatina. TIIP. V IA7IIIA . P rOQCO C+4l+43C , +bn÷ 41,n rawse ih formed the Vladika of his wish to have the support of the Montenegrins. The war against the Turks was a sacred and patriotic war, and it was-the duty of the Montenegrins to take part in it. The Constitutionnel states that " it has received letters from Vienna of the Gth instant, which bring accounts from Constantinople of the 27th October. These - letters state that on the 27th a courier had arrived at Constantinople, from Omer Paella's head quarters at Schumla, with the news that hos tilities had commenced before the counter order of the Porte had reached the general. The only thing that had occurred was an engagement with the Russian outposts, in which some men had been killed and made prisoners on both sides. The Ministers of the Porte themselves had no circum stantial details, but the following explanation is given of the collision :—"A body of Cossacks, some hundred men strong, had advanced on the bank of the Danube, and appeared to threaten the Egyp tians encamped on the opposite bank. The latter consequently seized upon some boats which were within their reach, and rowed across the Danube The Cossacks, who were waiting for them, were not able to prevent them from disembarking, and the engagement took place." Nothing was kn ow n at Constantinople on the 27th of the affair of Isatchka. PROBABLE _TERIIIINATIOIV OF THE WIGAN STRIKES (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) WIGAN, THURSDAY NIGHT There is at length some prospect of a termination of the colliers' strike at Wigan. We believe that yesterday the colliers employed by the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, seceded from the general body on strike; and this morning, upwards of 500 colliers, and more than that number of drawers, returned to work at his lordship's pits at the prices upon which they came out. It is said that the rest of the men employed at Haigh colliery will resume work to-morrow, (Friday), and when they go in there will be upwards of 1500 men and boys again engaged at Haigh. Within the last day or two, about fifty colliers and drawers have re commenced work at the cannel pits, and the Kirkless-hall coal and cannel company (John Lancaster and Co.), Ince, near Wigan ; and several of the men employed at the coal pits belonging to that firm have also made application to be allowed to resume work ; but they were informed that they could not, until there was a snfficieut number to make it worth the while of the engines being started. Yesterday, Mr.• James Darlington, manager of the Ince Hall coal and cannel works, was waited upon by a few of the men employed by that firm, and professed their desire to re-commence work at the old prices. They were consequently allowed to go down the pits. We may add that there are symptoms of the whole of the colliers still on strike, returning to work in a few days. It is not pos itively known whether the fortnightly meeting of coal proprietors and their representatives will be held to-morrow, at the Royal Hotel, according to adjournment, owing to the fearful outbreak which ensued upon the termination of the last meeting. At a meeting of ministers and tradesmen, held by adjourn ment, at Grant's Hotel, Wigan, yesterday mormng, a Committee presented an address to the factory operatives, which they had drawn up at the request of a previous meeting. The address, which was to the effect that, the Committee had waited upon the masters, and that they were determined not to give the advance ; and telling the oper atives that, to prolong the struggle, would be useless, was ordered to be printed, and extensively circulated throughout the town. All the mills still remain closed, with one exception, that of Mr. James Gidlow Ince. On Monday, the hands ex pressed their desire to return to work at the prices paid previous to the strike, and the mill was got ready for them as soon as possible, but it was not until this morning that they could all enter upon their employment. The Duchess d'Alba, sister of the Empress of the French, has bean delivered of a daughter, to whom her godfather and uncle, the Emperor, has given the name of Louise. SHORT TIME.-At Ashton Stalybridge, and Hyde, a pro position has been brought before the Masters, Union for reducing the hours of labour in their mills to four days per week, in consequence of the heavy stocks of some classes of goods produced there, and the present depressed state of the market. The question will be taken into consideration forthwith. Dr. Portz, the head librarian of the Royal Library at Berlin, has returned from his tour in England, undertaken for the purpose of examining if the principal libraries con tained any materials that might assist him in the further prosecution of his great work, Monumenta Germania His torica. The most valuable result of Dr. Pertz, inquiries in England consists , we understand, in his having obtain e d a transcript of the Chronicon Placentinum, which is of great importance for the times of the Emperors Frederick I and 11., and the original of which is in the British Museum. I R E - L AND (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, THURSDAY EVENIN THE TENANT LEAGUE. A public meeting of the Tenant League was lick last evening, in the Lecture Hall of the Mechanics Institute, Mr. PATRICK FOTTRELL in the chair Mr. J. M. Cantwell moved the following tion. wl ' R.C.O and passed r. %au " Resolved -Z-Every day's experience in the public or this country confirms that wisdom and deepens those. convictions in which the Great Tenant League Conference of 1851 originated—the policy of creating and sustaining in the House of Commons an independent opposition Irish party. We therefore urge upon the various constituencies of Ireland to hold fast by that policy, as supplying the only sure means of morally and physically regenerating the coun try. Acted upon in every county and borough where the potency of popular power can be exercised in useful and commanding influence, it furnishes a firm guarantee against the vassalage of the nglish Minister, and the venality of the British Treasury." Mr. J, M. Laughnan moved the next r " Resolved—Thai'we earnestly call upon the independent electors of Clonmel to give their support to no candidate not pledged to the principles of Tenant Right and inde- Id Dr. „..ue to urge pendent opposition ;and that Messrs. Moore, Lucas. Gray, be appointed a deputation from the Lei personally upon the electors the importance necessarily of king this course." - The Rev. Mr. Langan, R.C.C., seconded the rno- Mr. Lucas, M.P., and Dr. Gray, then addressed the meeting, and expressed their willing_ assist in carrying out the objects of the resolution The motion was then A )assed aess to _ vote of thanks was then passed to the chair man, after which the meeting separated. THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT GrRANAGH.-011 Tuesday the body of Cummins, the driver of the vehicl swallowed up in the flood at Granagh-bridg, week, and on which occasion Mr. Taylor was drowned, was found, owing to the receding or me waters, a short distance from the scene of the accident, There is, we understand, the mark as of a kick from a horse's hoof on the head. THE VACANT BISHOPRIC 3 last —The Mail of last night states that the See of Derry has been conferred on the Rev. Henry Griffin, a fellow of Trinity College. The appointment is little talked about, as the clergyman selected is one about whom very little is known. THE VICEREGAL PARTY.—The Lord Lieutenant, the Countess of St. Germans, and suit, will depart to-morrow for Kilkenny, on a few day visit to Woodstock, the seat Of the Right lion. W. Tighe THE CHOLERA IN DIIBLIN.—The Freeman of to-day has the following :—" The following will be found to be an accurate statement of the facts connected with the appearance of cholera in our city. It ap- pears the adults who fell victims to the disease were out of employment, and, probably, the cir cumstances of their non-employment, being "on strike," had a no less disposing influence on their minds than the consequent privations on their bodies: Added to this was the drinking whiskey of a deleterious character, and the loss of rest. We subjoin the note of the cases which has reached us In Grangegorman-lane, a child died of cholera on Friday, the 4th instant. There was a wake on Saturday night, at which cheap whiskey was circulated. This was followed on Sunday by another case of cholera, an adult member Of the same family having been then attacked, and this terminated in death after ten hours. Other mem bers of the family were attacked successively, and of six cases in all, five have terminated fatally. The adult persons drinking were out of employment on strike." REPRESENTATION OF CLONMEL. candidates spoken of for this borough, are . John Reynolds, late M.P. for Dublin ; Mr. W. H Gregory, the defeated of Dungarvan; Mr. John M. Cantwell, nephew of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath; Colonel Shiel, brother of the late R. L. Sheil; and the Hon. Hely Hutchinson brother of Lord Donoghmore. THE CHOLERA SHIP AT BELFASI. _ tional deaths had taken place up to the last at counts. THE FLOOD IN C 'he Southern Reporter mongst TWO addi !ORK.-1 pointed at the Public Meeting on Friday last, to relieve the distress of those who suffered by the late inundation, are most persevering and success- ful ; and the arrangements are such as to insure the administration of the most effectual assistance. The entire flat of the city has been divided into districts, each district being placed under the su pervision of two of the committee, and a police constable, who go round their respective districts, and personally see the applicants for relief. By this means the strictest economy is secured, while those most in want of assistance are sure to bo re lieved. Since Thursday last the committee has distributed 2,600 61b. of bread ; 2,900 pecks of coals ; 1,250 beds and quilts; 2,200 281 b, bundles of straw; and 800 bushels of coke." ROYAL BANK OF IRELAND.—At the Half-yearly Meeting of this Company yesterday, a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was declared. THE PREMIER AND LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—It is stated that on Wednesday evening the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord John Russell were loudly cheered as they passed through Guildhall on their arrival, for the banquet, previously to their presentation to the Lord Mayor and Mr. Sheriff Wire in the reception room. THE CONTINENTAL AND FOREIGN MAILS.—The royal mail steam-ship Tay took her departure from Southampton on Wednesday afternoon, with the usual monthly contract mails for Lisbon, Madeira, Teneriffe, St. Vincent's (Cape Verd), Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video,. and Buenos Ayres, in charge of Lieutenant Newenham, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Tay takes out 55 passengers, specie value £3,322. and a very full cargo of British and French merchandise, with a great quantity of Rotterdam cheese. The United States' mail steam-ship Washington, Captain E. M. Fitch, also sailed at 3 p.m. for New York, with the British, German, and French mails, nearly 200 passengers, and an immense and very valuable cargo of merchandise, shipped principally from Bremen and Havre. BILL OF FARE AT THE LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET.—The following is the bill of fare at the Lord Mayor's banquet on Wednesday evening :-250 tureens of real turtle, containing five pints each; 200 bottles of sherbet, 6 dishes of fish, 30 entrees, 4 boiled turkeys and oysters, 60 roast pullets, 60 dishes of fowls, 46 ditto of capons, 6 ditto of Captain White's Selim's true India curries, 50 French pies, 60 pigeon pies, 53 hams, ornamented, 43 tongues, 2 quarters of house lamb, 2 barons of beef, three rounds of beef, 2 stewed rumps of beef, 13 sirloins, rumps, and ribs of beef, 6 dishes of aspa ragus, 60 ditto of mashed and other otatoes, 44 ditto of shell fish, 4 ditto of prawns, 140 jellies, 50 blancmanges, 40 dishes of tarts, creamed, 40 dishes of almond pastry, 30 ditto of orange and other tourtes, 20 Chantilly baskets, 60 dishes of mince pies, 56 salads. The Removes : 80 roast turkeys, 6 leverets, 80 pheasants, 24 geese, 40 dishes of par tridges, 15 dishes of wild fowl, two pea fowls. Dessert : 100 pine apples, from 21b. to 31b. each, 200 dishes of hot house grapes, 250 ice creams, 50 dishes of apples, 100 ditto of pears, ornamented Savoy cakes, 75 plates of walnuts, 90 ditto of dried fruits and preserves, 50 ditto of preserved ginger, 60 ditto of rout cakes and chips, 46 ditto of brandy cherries. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENTS AT THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW.— On Wednesday afternoon about 3 o'clock, a frightful accident happened to a man named John Bright, and his child, a little girl, at the New Coal Exchange, opposite Billingsgate market. After the Lord Mayor's show had gone through the ward and embarked on board the city barges from the market, numbers of the public were allowed to go over the Exchange, and inspect the paintings which adorn the galleries. The unfortunate man and his child were among the many who were admitted, and upon reaching the upper most gallery he got outside upon the glazed roof, nearest to St. Mary-at-Hill. Curiosity then prompted him, it is thought, to attempt to reach the balustrade at the side of the building, for the purpose of viewing the bustle and excite ment in the street below. Leadinc , his child, he was in the act of walking over a l ong s l a b of glass, more than half an inch thick, when it broke away from under him ; he dropped through, dragging his little girl after him, and fell with a fearful crash upon the ornamental pavement beneath, a depth of more than 70 feet. The Exchange being full of visitors at the time the greatest alarm arose, and a rush was made for the doors, a belief being entertained at the moment that the whole splendid glass dome in the building was falling. Con sidering the terror that prevailed, it was providential no further catastrophe took place. The child was found to have escaped death,.although her thigh was fractured and she was otherwise much bruised about the body. The man, however, was most frightfully mutilated, his skull was shattered, Thomas e w H a Os p g i u t t l e , where, the surgeon reduced the fracture, and there i s every hattere4, h an dead. i ec d hil most was of his conveyed litlis tos were t. b T ro h k o e chance of her recovering. Another accident occurred during the day, which it is feared will be attended with deplorable consequences. While the procession was passing the open space between the Mansion-house, and the Globe Insurance office, a stand which was erected by some costermonger, broke down, while crowded with people, and one of them, a gentlemanly-dressed man, sustained a double compound frac ture of the leg, besides other injuries. He was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he lies in a sad way, ~Z 1 AIARKETS.—YEs TVritte 81y for the !!! Northern Daily Time SUGAR.—The market remains in the same quiet state as noted yesterday, and the sales consist only of 300 bags low Dates, at 28s to 29s 6d; and 50 hhds Porto Rico, at 25s 9d to 36s 3d 0 cwt. Of Mo Barbadoes, at 18s V cwt Rum and Coffee continue neglected 100 bags Bengal have been disposed of at 15s 1,500 bags &Jan, ordinary Aracan, at 12s 6d 4) - cwt ; and 50 tees Carolina, at ses we have to report the sale of 200 puncheons 1 for middling, to goc of St. Lucia I 5s tfi ton; the Bee's Wax did not 'Sell, no bid being obtained; 60 barrel Resin Oil are reported at £lB les 'a auction to- day ted to-day in common TEA..—A large business is r . ngou, at is ld ti lb, at which prices the market is now .e ; other kinds have also been placed at advanced rates. CorroN.--We have had a steady market to-day. The Isales are 6,000 b a l es , 1 , 5 00 o f wh i ch were taken for export and on specul a ti on. Th e market closes firmly. GLASGOW 111ARKETS. —YESTERDAT P. Burn and Co. sold at 1 p.m., for J , brokers, 10 qr casks Pale Brandy, Martell gal, in bond ; and 10 ditto, ditto, Sandy, halt dark, and half pale, Ju ' and, at Os 9d • 13 qr cask s ditto, d.,.,,,,, a , os es Brandy, (Dumas) at 17s Gd t o 1 9s, i n bond cases ditto, Rizat's brand, at 18s to 18s 6d ; also 150 Champagne, (Justinart's) at 20s 6d to 21s: 41 n p.,.. and Cc 7s led 1%1. Smith s brand, at tdSellegards, at at 8s 4d; also'l3 Robin, and market for Cotton Yarn continues same quiet state it has exhibited for the last eight or COTTON YARNS, ten days, MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGI --YESTEILDAI At to-day's market, which was but thinly atter vas a aecuue in the prices of Wheat and Flot owing we extract from the circular of Mr. T ow, Old Corn Exchange :—The weather six respects has been all that could be desired, an, tress made in autumnal tillage : as a naturnl mas Swa .nce my 1 i more especially after the recent continuous ;dYia the value of all ;rain, the Corn trade has remained dull 11 exist, and the n7osiexieriZea'SneenOthnifnglhi'olw'"lrt‘i . there has been little pressure to sell, nd, in the absence of any demand of morn thus tar, is rather negative than positive. ket is thinly attended; the sale for 'Wheat is limiteo, decline of 3d to 4d b 70 lbs, but holders evrnce no an:xi( to quit. Fleur must be written 2s 4 sack, and barely is barrel cheaper. Oats and Meal bri: Indian Corn Thfs day's t g full_pric( ;ood request, as also eneralfy Beans are in beiCer-; and new samples s dear. Peas are Tightly easier in price ; old ones quite luotably 3s to 4s per quarter lower. Malt lisposal at late rates. The following were the prices realise( Wheat lbs, English, from 66s Od to 74s Od ; Ditto, 70 lb:. Foreign, 9s 3d to lOs 9d; Oats, V 45 lbs, 33 10d to 4s 6d ; Beans, V 504 11: T , English, 55s Od t o 62 s Od ; Di tto, ditto, Foreign, 53s Od to 62s Od; Ditto, V 480 lbs, Egyptian, 49s Od to 50s Od; Indian Corn, l 480 lbs, from 43s Od to 47s Od; Barley, V 60 lbs, 5s Od to 5s 6d; Flour, V 280 lbs, 51s Od to 60s Od ; Ditto, Canadian and American, sour, V 1961 lbs, from 34s Od to 39s Od; Oatmeal, V 240 lbs, from 32s Od to 38s Od; Peas, V 504 lbs, 60s Od to 64s Od; Malt, V load, 45s Od to 53s Od ; Bran, V 20 lbs, is 2d to Is 3d. T r a the r E lower than Y ' — E T 3 h j e A m ß a KE rke T t S.Y rs opened — .t the closing last night, but subsequ en tly i mprove d , and LIVERPOOL.—The :,loses steadily. The sales are :—Birkenhead, Liverpool, and Chesire, 171 ; Blackburn, 5 ; Caledonian, 268 771 ; Chester and Holyhead, 161 ; East Lancashire, 161; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 6.1,7, 4 , - Z 5 51; Lond on and North West Wesrn, 103 ; Ditto, 1-sth shares, pl-3 ; Midl an d , 604 1 - ; South Eastern Stock, 6-3 Z. The following are the closing prices :—Caledonians, 27,1 .1; Eastern Counties, 13; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 652 y ; London and North Wester n , 1031 .1; Midland, 311, 1; South Eastern, 18Z 8-9; Sheffield Stock, 201 1. MANCHESTER.—To-day the market opened rather flat, but closes steady. The following was the business ti e I transacted —Blackburn, 51 , Lancashire and Yorkshire, 644 1 5 i ;- London and North Western, 103 ; Ditto, M. and B. Qrs C 5-16 p ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 20i ; Midland Railway Consols, 61 -2-; North Union, A, 238 ; South Eastern I'B R ; South Wales, x.n. , LONDON.—The sales are Ambergate and Eastern Junc tion, 41 ; Caledonian, 531 4; Chester and Holyhead, 16 ' East Anglian (£25 paid,) 4 7 1 ; Eastern Counties, 12'1- 13 Eastern Union, B, 32 ; G rea t N ort h ern, 81 * 2* 2; Great Southern and Western (Ireland,) 103 2 3 ; Great Western, F 49 Lrinrnehiro nA st s Nort London and Blackwall. r.uuuon anti IN Orttl NV esteni, , Ditto ts, 12; Ditto £lO Shares, 1Z- ; London and South Western, 74 ; janchester and Lincolnshire, 20 ; Midland, 604 1 ; Ik, 50 ; North British, 28 ; North Staffordshire, 11t Scotch Central, 89; Shrewsbury and Chester, Halves, 81 • Shropshire Uni on , 241; South Dev o n, 16. Line Leased' at a Fixed Rental. —Wilts and Somerset, 31 1 -I. Preference Shares.—E as t ern Counties, No. 1, 11, ; Ditto New 6 per cent. Stock, 134 ; Great Western, Redeemable 4 per cent., 100 ; Ditto Irredeemable, 99 ; Midland Con solidated (Bristol and Birmingham,) 141; North British, 108 ; North Staffordshire, 23i; Oxford and Wolver hampton, 104 q ; Ditto, £lOO paid, 151. Foreign. —East Indian Extension, 2; Grand Trunk of Canada Shares and Luxembourg (£lO paid,) 9.1 9Z; Ditto (£lO fern, 13 ; 11,AnA;Th ar 1024 3 ; Bonds, 6 DVICLIN.—ConsoIs, 938, for account, 14th Nov., 31 per cent Stock, 95-4 I, for account, 951. ' Hibernia' Bank, 25 paid, 31 ; D u bli n an d Liverpool Steam Ship Building Company, 50 paid, 48 ; General Mining Company of Ireland, La paid, 2Z-; Mining Company of Ireland, 7 paid, 168 • Dublin and B e lf as t J unct i on Railway, 451; Dublin and Bray, 15 paid, for account, 21 • Dublin and Wicklow, 6 paid, 3g-; Great So u th ern and Western, 50 paid, for account, 54 Ditto, 4 per cent. Pref. shares, S paid, 28; Midland Great Western, 471 paid, 48 ; Waterford and Limerick, 50 paid, for account onTuesday, 29. GLASGOW.—The market showed a downward tendency yesterday afternoon, owing to the accounts of further hos tilities in the East, Caledonians coming down 22s 6d; Glas gow and South Western, 7s 6d. To-day (Thursday) prices are still lower for Caledonians, and sales moderate. CURIOUS ACCIDENT .—Yesterday, Thomas Itouche, Wat kinson-street, was riding in a lorry in which there was hogshead of treacle. When turning the corner at Launcc lot's Hey, the boy was thrown out, and the wheels of th lorry went over him ; the cask of treacle also fell on him the same time, and completely saturatin I any fracture, but received severe EXPLOSION ADJOINING THE HAYMARKET THEATRE.—On. Tuesday afternoon an explosion took place at the residence of Mr. Buckstone, adjoining the Haymarket Theatre. The men were repairing the house preparatory to Mr. Buckstone taking up •his residence there, when, in consequence of a smell, one of the men lighted a lucifer match, and drew it across a wall, when a loud and fearful explosion took place, which terrified the whole of the neighbours, who imagined that the theatre had taken fire. The windows were forced out, and three of the painters at work had their clothes set on fire, and a number of vessels containing turpentine and oil were soon in a state of ignition. The three men were much burnt, two so seriously, that it was deemed prudent to remove them to Charing-cross Hospital. • DEATH FROM CHOLERA IN HORSEMONGER- LANE PRI SON. -On Wednesday, Mr. Carter held an inquest touch ing the death of Eliza Brooks, alias Lovelace, a prisoner, confined there, who died from malignant Asiatic cholera. Keene, the governor of the prison, stated that the deceased was about thirty years of age, and an unfor -tate female. She was committed by Der. Combe, one of -ogistrates at Southwark Police-court, on the lit in attempting At° the River Thames. That was the second time she had been in custody for a similar offence. Mr. Harris, surgeon to the goal, sa id i n hi s ev id ence that it was one of the most malignant cases of Asiatic Cholera he bad ever He saw her in a state of collapse, cold, pulseless, and Her thirst was intense. INDIAN ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S LADY. —ln April last, a delegation from the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw nati ons , v i s it e d Washington on business. While there, they d r ew u p an a ddress to Mrs. Pierce, which it was understood, th e y wou ld be permitted to present at a social party at the White house. Alrs. Pierce's he a lth, however, impaired by the recent v isitation of Pr ov id ence i n the sudden removal from earth of her only son, was such, it was considered, as to render the interview inexpedient, and the address accordingly, was not delivered. It has since be e n published in the Cherokee Advocate, and is as follows Honored Madame : Our race have been rarely honored with the privilege of paying their personal respects to the 1114 of the Chief Magistrate of this great republic. The I believe, were Mrs. Madison, and Mrs. ndly conceded to us this favour. On behalf Chocktaw, and Chickasaw nations, their _;ntatives now present beg leave to express to you the gratitude they feel for this distinguished privilege you 4,ve afforded, to tender to you their sincere wishes for your celfare and long-continued happiness. Permit us, madame, to remark, that your sex in this favoured land constitute the gland instrument for the enlightenment of your race, and we trust of the wo r ld, i n w i s d om and the preservation of goop government ; and, although your virtues and intellect are not under the controul and auspices of European sys tems, yet they are more brilliant than those nurtured by the thrones of Oriental splendour. It has been the custom of the Indians to address the President by the venerated name of Great Father; may we not venture to address you as the maternal political parent of our race, as such, ask your blessing ?" only exceptio Tyler, who k of the Cheri " ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE."-- ASCOrtaillirig the cost of a dinner party•—Diogenes, LIVERPOOL expres cev g