Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-20 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL I head, and had Howard-street. the Cr clava, Thursd himself quiet; an Wa and had r 3 0LICE COURT-YESTERDAY MANSFIELD , William Holland, late a poll( ROBB - I t -Howard-street ved a large cut on hi gun battery at Bala- Ile was remanded till with another man. Tayli taining .ElOO not , on t Mahir, with when a bed to th a of the parties mth, and told him 1 From the mitted the robbery, the offic MONEY UNDER FA 1 conspu 'as from Mrs invalid leer was had employed a woman named Cheetham keeper.. This Mrs. Cheetham had robbE ) the knowledge of Mrs. Boyle, who ler way to ti Homer Stree house she met officer 144 (Kennedy) in ( She asked him if he had seen the inspec that he had just gone past a few min would be some time befo officer to use. When they went there it was found that the woman Cheetham had pledged MI Mr. Chadwick being brother to th Chadwick's complainan her, and sl iven into custody. 'l'm ike her into custody, but remained in the ❑shand (tame home. as she had said he won't leavour day, which was Saturda him to the house of Mrs .nedy, took with Boyle the Other 1 whom he represented to be as a detecti D the effect that if Mrs. Boyle would lust Mrs. Cheetham, the whole would wrote an agreem, forego the charge be paid in the space of nine days. This agreement was signed by Mrs. Boyle. Later in the day Jones called upon her, and stated that he lived at Walton, and that he wanted her to give him 3s. to p a y f or a car h ome. Thi s s t a tement of his living at Walton was false, as he lived about Great Homer Street. The charge was, therefore, that the 3s. was obtained from th e complainant whilst under the impression that he was a detective officer, as stated by Kennedy. Mrs. Boyle was put into the witness-box, and proved the case as Mr. Cobb, on behalf of the prisoners, contended -se against them. Kennedy had not got woman, and there was no evidence that there was no any money from ti that Jones - ev _ charged, but Kennedy was detained in custody on another charge, to be heard to-day. a detectiv Jones was dis- BEFORE MESSRS. ROLME AND AIKIN UNLICENSED PASSENGER AGENT.—ThOMAS Fraync was summoned by the Emigration Commissioners for acting as a passenger agent without a licence. The case was proved against him in one instance. The defendant said he had merely acted for a friend who had sent him a half-note from Ireland to pay the passage of a young girl, and that he did not think he was doing wrong. He was discharged with a —Emma Wilton summoned Jane ssault committed under the following circum plaintiff kept a number of hens, and with her s she did not think it was altogether COCK-A-DOOD Jones for an :ght to fowls, and slie entertained a similar opinion respecting her hens that the complainant did towards hers, and she also had a cock. Neither the women nor the cocks were on very good terms with each other, and frequently the cocks had a few rounds with their spurs, and their mistresses with their tongues. One cock was killed, and that was the de fendant's cock ; whereupon Mrs. Jones said she would get another cock, if she should pay so much even as £lOO for it, that would kill the cock that had given her favourite cock the .quietus. Defendant did get another cock about a month after, but the comptainant did not think it value for £lOO, though it had been able to kill her cock. On the Bth inst. the complainant got another cock; and on the Monday fol lowing a fight ensued, the new cock being victorious. Revenge is sweet, and the defendant thought she would taste it; and in order to do so, she borrowed a game cock from Richard Hughes, a publican, and said she would let them see she could get a cock of her own breed that would beat any other cock in creation. The cocks fought as cocks never fought before. The complainant went out to separate them, but nearly met with the same fate as her cock, for the defendant took hold of her by the hair with both her hands, and pulled her down on the street. Whilst in this unpleasant situation, Mrs. Wilton thought she heard Mrs. Jones singing cock-a-doodle-doo in triumph over her. This was the reason that she had put her case into the hands of Mr. Cobb. The defendant was fined 10s. and costs. BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT ,-YESTERDAY (BEFORE MR. BRYANS.) ASSAULTING THE POLICE. - Patrick Burns, a dock labourer, was charged with riotous conduct in Watson street, and assaulting the police in the execution of thelr duty. Fined 40s. and costs, or in default to go to the House of Correction for a month. STEALING A WATCH.—Jonathan Matthews was placed in the dock for having stolen a watch, which he afterwards pawned, the property of David Ellis, a fellow-lodger. The prisoner was quite a youth, and evinced much contrition for for what he had done. It appeared that Ellis on last Mon day week had left his watch upon a nail in the bedroom, and that when he returned in the evening he found that his watch had been taken away. He made the fact known to eluding the prisoner, denied any knowledge of it quently the theft was traced to Matthews, who at last con fessed that he had taken it, and pawned it at Fishwick's, pawnbroker, Tithebarn-street, Liverpool, for 15s. The watch was produced, and identified by the owner and others. The prisoner was sent to stand his trial at the quarter -sessions. Subse- Donnas GIBRALTAR A private letter says are ag busy her€ ae servicE the commissariat are also increasing their storage for provi:. sions. The Spanish papers are throwing out various opinions +b. ~tivitv of the English at Gibraltar, and within tho past few days some Spaniai engineers have been observed tracing out lines in the vicinity of the village of Campe Mento, near the site of the camp occupied by Tirl the Spanish MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Evening. There has been a quiet day in the Cotton Maiket to-day, and prices are hardly so firm. The sales are estimated at 4,000 bales. uu Xll .ipeneu inprovement from last night's prices. It has ex hibited more tone and character, though there has been again an almost entire absence of . business. There appears to be rather some different opinions in commercial circles as to the tone of the Money Market. In some circles it is stated that bills are not negotiated below 2-1-• per cent., while in others it is asserted that 2 and 21are the more current quotations. The average rate, however, may . be fl,ken to be from 21 to 2 , 4, with a slightly increasing quantity of paper. The bill - bro kers p a y the joint-stock banks 2 per cent. for loans for short periods, and seem in clined to take considerable sums at the price. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Pera sa il s will , to-morrow. Shecarry out specie to the amount of £459,022, of which £452,589 is silver, and £6,433 gold. The several amounts are £ 124 ,850 to India, £330,539 to China and the Straits, and £3,633 t o Ceylon. Includedin the general item of silver is £117,750, remittances made on behalf of the govern ment to Calcutta. The Irish Bank Returns show about the usual de crease at this season, the circulation being 1;256,000 less than last month. In 1858 the falling off WaS £261,000, and in 1857 it was £333,000. The total amount is greater than at the same period for six years past, except in 1857, when the amount was The bullion only shows a trifling varia tion ; but taking it in detail, the stock at the Bank of Ireland is £70,000 more, and at the private banks £63,000 less, than last month. £6,581,000, The market for the Public Funds and Securities was somewhat more firm to-day, but there is no increase tions. At the close of the market prices of Consols had somewhat advanced on the currency of yesterday, they being quoted at 951 " buyers." The New Three Per Cents closed at 951 to 951. The London Railway Share Market was very in active • but at the close a firmer feelin g h a d se t i n , and the tone was decidedly better. Caledonians were done at 821 ; East Lancashire, 931 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 95t ; London and North-Western, 95/ ; Midland, 1031 ; and Dovers at 721. Banks, mines, and miscellaneous shares were steady at former prices. Foreign shares much the same as quoted yesterday. Intelligence has been received of the wreck of the Royal West India mail steamer Paramatta, near St. Thomas's, on this, her first outward voyage. This vessel was a very fine one, the latest addition to the fleet of the company. The loss will, of course, fall upon the insurance fund. It is satisfactory to state that the crew, passengers, and mails were saved. At a meeting of the City Bank held to-day, the Chairman (Sir R. W. Carden) in moving the report, which was agreed to unanimously, congratu lated the proprietors on the • steady progress of the establishment, and also of the dividend to be now proposed, which was at the rate of 61 per cent. per annum. The following is an extract from the report .—" The directors have again the pleasure of meetiug the shareholders of the Bank to place before them the abstracts of Liability and Assets,' and ' Profit and Loss, accounts ; on reference to which it will be seen that, notwithstanding the low rate of discount which has prevailed during the whole of the past half year, they are enabled, after paying current expenses, writing off the usual sum from the build ing account, making ample allowance for bad and doubtful debts, and for rebate on bills discounted not yet due—to declare the usual dividend at and after the rate of five per cent. per annum, and to pay, in addition, a bonus of 15s. ' per share, both free of Income Tax. After appropriating £23,857 4s. 10d. for the above pur poses, there will remain a surplus of £5,663 25., of which the directors have determined to transfer £3,000 to the Reserved Fund' (by which that fund will be increased to £33,000), and to carry forward £2,663 2s. to the credit of the new profit and loss account. The report presented to the shareholders of the Bank of London proposed a dividend at the rate of five per cent., the net profits being £27,039 19s. The amount carried to the reserve fund was £3,676, making a total of £12,000. The report was adopted. At the half-yearly meeting of the St. Katherine's Dock Company held to-day, the report, which showed a slight increase in the shipping of the half-year, and stated the net earnings to be £40,506 17s. 5d., was adopted. A dividend for the half-year, at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum, was agreed to unanimously. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET -JULY 19 There has been a very quiet market for Cotton to-day, and prices are 1-16 d. to 1-Bd. per lb. lower than on Friday The sales, including -70 Pernambuco 20 Bahia ... 2000 Surat are reported 4,000 bales; of which 2,000 are for export LONDON PRODUCE MARKET at 9d. „ 80. „ sd. to 6d, -JULY 19 The Sugar market was flat, and rather easier to-day. Coffee was steady, plantation Ceylon selling at 70s. 6d. to 775. 6d. per cwt., being rather stiffer prices. The Tea market remains firm, with a fine business doing in blackish leaf Congou under 16d. Common Congou quoted at ls. 3d. per lb. Rice is quiet. Saltpetre flat. The Indigo sales have gone at about previous rates, perhaps a shade higher. LEEDS CORN MARKET ,-JULY 19, At our market to-day Wheat met with a steady sale at Friday's rates. There was no change to notice in other articles, which are in steady though very moderate request. GLASGOW IRON MARKET.—JULY 19. The shipments this week were 14,772 tons against 8,792 exhibited a r drooping tendency. The folloWing were the quotations : No. 1, 525. Od. to 525. 3d. ; Warrants, 51s. Od. to 52s Od. ; Maker's Iron and No. 3,51 s. to 525. per ton. HULL CORN MARKET ,-JULY 19 The supply of English Wheat was so small to-day that the whole was sold readily at last Tuesday's prices ; but quite was so little doing i n f ore i gn , th a t quo t a tions are te nominal. Oats were the turn dearer. Barley, beans, &c., were the turn dearer. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET -JULY 19 We have had a heavy thunder-storm during the night, with more rain and wind, which continues up to the pre sent. The Wheat crop is much laid and twisted. At Tuesday's market, English Wheat was a better sale at Saturday's rates ; 'indeed, in some instances, an advance of to Is. has bee 'l. I• Foreign 0 little d i pain n Foreign there was h. .one Flour rather neglected. Barley unchanged. Oats quiet. Beans and Peas also unaltered. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT... 2 4Im . y 19. The reaction which began to show itself on Friday last, • C.A.,. 4114 4/LYG UZI V Vilei a Lions and large advance so imme diately preceding, is more apparent to-day, and we are de cidedly flat in tone, but without any change in prices generally. DUBLIN CORN MARKET -JULY 19. The supplies of home grain are small, and we have little enquiry for anything foreign. Wheat is neglected, as our millers are, in many instances, doing nothing for want of water power. In Indian Corn there has been a few retail sales but no change in quotations. The weather very hot and sultry, and great complaints of want of rain from all parts of the country. " AWFUL" GARDNER.-A free reading and coffee-room has been opened in New York, under the supervision of Orville Gardner, better known by the title of " Awful " Gardner, a reformed pugilist, " who trusts, by doing what good he can, to undo, to some extent, the evil which he may . t- - qt." nave done in times pas, A BIG BABY.—Liberty township boasts of the largest baby in Wa s hi ng t on C oun ty, and Washington County challenges the State. The child's name is Isabella Thompson. She will be six years old in September next, is three feet ten inches high, and weighs considerably over 200 lbs. Her arm, between the elbow and the shoulder, measures 171 inches in circumference. She is a woman in appearance, and as intelligent as ordinary children of her age, has a good ear for music, and is healthy. Where's Barnum ?—ffarietto Ohio Horne Netoe. army c movements are for, will doubtless be the cause of a question from the British to the Spanish government. Some of the Spanish workmen here, but recently from .the interior of Spain, state that the current report there is that France has been making overtures to the former power relative to the restoration of Gibraltar to Spanish rule ; this may be only rumour, but the preparation s for defence here are never- AN AMERICAN SYSTEM OF FRAUD.—A few days since a gentleman belonging to Lloyd's, and who has a son residing in the 'United States, received a letter, purporting to have b e en written by the son's wife , vehemently urging him to 1 over £lO by return mail in order to save his son from The writer addressed her father-in-law as her although he was quite unaware that his e on leaving England, had since married. who was sing sou, "--- _ _ g o ved, however, by the apparent earnestness of the appeal, b e hastened to enclose a £lO Bank of England note in a letter, which requested further information. Before posting the letter he mentioned the fact to a gentleman of his ac quaintance, who stated that he received a precisely similar letter from the United States, and that another gentleman whom he was acquainted had received a third. The with getleman at first referred to consequently posted his letter iequesting further information ) but without forwarding the £lO note. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. HE OLDHAM, ASHTON,. AND GUIDE BRIDGE RAIL 7.—On Monday, the Oldham borough magistrates were engaged some time in hearing cases of occupiers of pro perty in Sheepwashcs Valley, Oldham, who had been sum moned before them so that they might decide on the amount of compensation the Oldham. Ashton. and (;nida Rriamn Railway Company ou takii _ ght to pay to the tenants upon immediate possession of the land over which the in tended new line of rails will run. In the case of Mr. Joseph Brooks, farmer, the company offered £6 10s. as com .• • . . • pensation tor ins right in 3a. 27p. of land ; in the case of Messrs. John and Isaiah Brooks, £2O 14s. was offered as a compensation for their right in 6a. 3r. 25p. ; in the case of Francis Richards, £9 1 ls. was offered as comnpnsation for -r -, his right in la. 2r. 11p., and £2 for damage by trespassing; and in the case of John Hibbert, £3 ls. was offered as com pensation for his right in la. 2r. 35p. The magistrates awarded J. Brooks £8 10s. ; J. and I. Brooks, £23 ; F. Richards, £l3 1 ls.; and J. Hibbert, £3 16s. The railway company will pay the expenses. LEEDS, BRADFORD, AND HALIFAX JUNCTION RAILWAY. of the shareholders and direc tors of the above line was held at the offices of the company, Great Northern Station, Bradford, on Monday ; E. Akroyd, Esq., presided. For some years the p os iti on i)f the station at the upper end of Wakefield-road has been n extraor unary meetim' such, from the steep ascent, as to be a great annoyance to parties travelling, and many in consequence have preferred the much longer, but more easily accessible, Mid land line, and for a year or two negotiations between the directors and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company have been pending relative to the formation and adop tion of some plan by which trains from Leeds, in stead of running into the present Great Northern Sta- tion, might run - into that Of the Lancashire and York shire Company more to the centre of the town. The scheme was finally matured, and a bill was brought into the House of Commons for power to construct a short branch from the platform of the Bowling Station into that of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company. That bill has duly passed the House of Commons, and the approval of the shareholders to the scheme was now required, before the bill was carried into the House of Lords, seeking powers to enable them to carry the scheme as proposed Into operation The cost of the branch, it was stated, would amo £40,000, which, with a mortgage of £13,000, t upon the works, would be raised by preference. The ground which the whole would cover was calcalated to be about five acres. The Chairman, in movin g that the proposed extension be acceded to, congratulated the shareholders on the prospective benefit which would accrue to the line from its adoption. Mr. William Brayshaw seconded the resolu tion, which was unanimously carried. COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY (BEFORE W. A. MULTON, JUDGE.) CLAIM FOR A REPORTER'S FEE.—BURNS V. WEBB.— The plaintiff in this case is a reporter in the Northern Daily Times, and the defendant is an insurance agent carrying on business in Church-lane, Liverpool. The action was brought Hime appeared for the plaintiff Mr. Hime, in o' case, stated the circumstances out of which the action arose, which were these :—For some time previous to June last, there was considerable agitation in the township of Tran- mere in reference to the - adoption of the local government act. Meetings were held. at which the matter was discussed. The adoption of the act was opposed by a large number of was the defendant, who took an active part in the proceed ing that were taken for the purpose of effecting that object. After several meetings had been held, a Dr. Gorst was ap pointed by government for the purpose of having the votes of the ratepayers taken on the question. The defendant and Dr. Gorst acted together in this matter, and after a scrutiny of the votes was taken, Mr. Eddowes petitioned the government to institute an inquiry into the conduct of Dr r`f 1 • 1 charges against D. Gorst, amounting at least to a charge of improperly conducting the voting. The result was that a & - overnment inspector was sea down. Previous to the inspector coming down, Mr. Webb called on Mr. Willmer, who was the proprietor of the Northern Daily Times, but which has since passed out of his hands, for the purpose of getting a reporter to take full notes of the evi dence. According to instructions left by Mr. Webb at the office, the plaintiff was sent to the enquiry, and took full notes of the evidence during three days ; and on the fourth the'plaintiff engaged a substitilte to attend at the inquiry. A full report was taken ; and he (Mr. Hime) would produce evidence which he considered would prove that the plaintiff had been retained by the defendant, and that a guinea per day was the usual fee for attendance ; it was not required by the defendant that the notes should be transcribed. The plaintiff being sworn, stated that on the morning of the 3rd of June last, he was instructed to go over to the inquiry in question, and to see Mr. Jevons, the attorney, as full notes were wanted on the side on which he was engaged. He A) I saw Mr. Jevons, and spqke to him on the subject. He said which Mr. Jevons was engaged. Mr. Jevons assented, a n d said that he understood that there was a gentleman coming from the Northern Daily Times office. The plaintiff then said he was from the paper, when Mr. Jevons intimated that it would be all right, anal that he would tell him (the plaintiff) afterwards whether the notes were to be transcribed. He accordingly took full notes for the three days, and on ti The defendant told I ay provic from subscription, and that he considered the plaintiff's claim too high. Under the circumstances the plaintiff agreed to take a little off the bill. The plaintiff was told to call again in a few days when the defendant would en deavour to settle it. The plaintiff called again, several times, but no money was offered him by the defendant. In reply to the defendant, the plaintiff admitted that he had not seen Mr. Webb on the subject until after the in- quiry, and after having communicated with Mr. Jevons as to navmpnt. Mr Jovnrici Called on Mr. Willmer to know whether he was going to send a reporter to the inquiry, and if so he would allow him something like half a guinea or a guinea for taking a full report. Mr. George Wright, reporter for the Mercury, was then called. He said he sad been engaged at this inquiry to take a full report, and he was engaged by Mr. Gill, the solicitor on the other side. His charge was a guinea each attendance. Mr. Webb engaged him on one occasion to furnish a more lengthened report than appeared in the paper, of a meeting that had reference to the adoption of the ,oeal Act. He was paid for that by Mr. Webb. A guinea a-day was the usual charge for attendance. He told Mr. Webb so in a conversation which he had with him on the subject of the plaintiff's bill. Mr. Charles Willmer was next called. He refused to give any evidence for 55., the amount accompanying the summons, contending that he had a right to 10 s . Mr. Willmer's pecuniary desire, however, was soon satisfied by the plaintiff paying the other ss. He was then sworn, and said he recollected Mr. Webb calling at his office. Mr. Webb inquired whether he (the witness) intended to send a reporter to the inquiry at Tran mere. He said he should. Mr. Webster then asked him if he would publish a full report, and he said that would depend altogether upon what took place. Mr. Webb then said they would probably require a full report. He told Mr. Webb that that was a part of the business with which he did not interfere, and that it was a matter between the re porter and themselves. Mr. Williams was in company with Mr. Webb. He said the reporter would go to the meeting, and if they required him to do anything they would have an opportunity of making arrangements with him, but that he would be no party to it. Mr. 'Webb then left directions for the reporter to see Mr. Jevons, who would be at the inquiry. He had not seen Mr. Webb since on the business. In reply to Mr. Webb, the witness stated that the defen dant had mentioned a guinea or half a guinea ; but he, the witness, stated distinctly th a t h e had nothing to do with any private arrangements between them and the reporter. He communicated to Mr. M'Carthy, who was at the head of the reporting department, what Mr. Webb had stated about the guinea or half-guinea. Mr. Justin M'Carthy was called, and said he remembered telling Mr. Burns to go over to the inquiry in question ; and as he had been directed by Mr. Willmer, he told him to see Mr. Jevons, as a 'gentleman had called who wished full notes taken. He knew nothing of any arrangement. He was not told that a guinea or half a guinea was offered. The regular charge was a guinea for attendance, and then there was an additional fee for writing out. The defendant said he had repeatedly stated that he would not give more than a guinea, and that he had arranged , with Mr. Willmer that the reporter should see him befoi-e he went across to Tran mere; but if he should not have time, if he saw Mr. Jevons, it would be all right. He (the defendant) told Mr. Jevons that he was going to Mr. Willmer's to get a reporter, for which he would not mind giving a guinea or half a guinea. His impression was, that the reporters were the servants of Mr. Willmer, and were paid by him for what they did. In reply to Mr. Hime; the defendant stated that he had not spoken to Mr. Jevons respecting the reporter after being told by Mr. Willmer that he would have nothing to do with any private arrangement with the re porter. There was no subscription-list. Mr. Perry was giving £25, and he (the defendant) would also give some thing. He paid Mr. Wright out of his own pocket. Mr. Hime then contended that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict. The Judge said that the defendant seemed to have taken particular care that he should not be liable for more than a guinea ; but whether he was liable for more or not he (His Honour) had an opinion as to other parties being also liable. He was not, however, called upon to express that opinion. A verdict was returned for £2 12s. A Mississippi editor calls us an " old pirate." If he were to use such language to our face, he might find us a free boater---Prentice. PRIVILEGED OMNIBUSES AT RAILWAY STATIONS.-A long examination of witnesses and long speeches of legal gentlemen took place on Monday, at the Southwark Police-court, respecting the alleged trespass of the City Atlas omnibuses within the premises of the South-Eastern Railway Company at London-bridge. It appeared that the railway company only grant the privilege of standing within the railway station enclosure to those omnibuses the proprietors of which pay Is. a week for the privilege. The City Atlas omnibuses are not so privileged, but it was contended that the station is a place of public resort, and that it is no trespass for the omnibuses to remain there for the public convenience. The magistrate took time to consider the case before giving a decision. A STONE IN A HORSE'S BODY.—Mr. Miller Upright's black horse, which bore the herald in the Foresters' pageant on Monday week, was taken ill on the Thursday Wowing, and was sent to Mr. Austin's horse infirmary, St. Sidwell's, where it died on Wednesday last. Mr. Austin opened the body, and discovered in one of the main ducts of the viscera an enormous stone, dark, oval and smooth, appa rently of a sandy nature, but very hard. The stone weighs 261-lbs., and is about the size of a man's hat. This enor mous mass is on view a t th e D olphin Inn, and it is i nten d e d to send it to the M useum of the College London. of Surgeoms, THE ENAM QUESTION. —The new Governor of Madras, Sir Charles Trevelyan, has boldly grappled with the vexed question of enam, or rent free lands, The number of estates •deneminated enams amounts to 30,000, most of them being "der three acres in extent. 'Fifty years' possession will give a prescriptive right to a title to a perpetual freehold. In cases where lands are held on the tenure of performing certain services, those services will be commutable into an annual quit rent, whieh may be redeemed by a single sum. It is to be regretted that an inquiry should have been directed ineo the validity of the original grant, an inquiry which cannot be prosecuted without creating much irrita tion, and the consumption of much time and. money. The better plan would have been to confirm the present hold ers in their posses s i ons , an d t o have required the payment o f a moderate succession tax. We rejoice, however, that th e scheme of wh o l esa l e re demption has been abandoned.— Morning Star, THE COURT. OSBORNE July 18.—The Queen and Prince Consort and the royal family walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Her Royal Highness t Since her return - to 'Berlin from Eng:l7nd her Royal TlllOO 441 1 , T4 not Ti.-, _ _ •ITT• 11 • 1- ilignitess Like rfliWess r reaericWilliam has not appeared much in public ; but on Friday morning, in company with her royal consort, the princess passed through Berlin on the T 6 1 1 6 1 • At the consecration of a church i'rh the ceremony their royal highnesses messes were present Anon 01 the adjacent castle of Sehonhausen, and afterwards returned to Potsdam. __....___- THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN SCOTLAND railway accident on the Caledonian Railway • We have which it would appear that the 7 30 p.m. y train from Greenock, which was an extremely heavy one, being filled with excursionists who had left the town for the purpose of enjoying the fair holiday, on reaching the Bishopton Tun nel, was subjected to a great diminution of its speed, owing, it is stated, to its great weight and the slipperiness of the rai- s; and it was just about to emerge from the tunnel, when a goods train, which had left Greenock some twenty minutes after, dashed into it, smashing several of the passenger carriages. The collision was so 1 - ' - the passengers were pitched out to the line in all directions, sustaining, several of them, very severe injuries. Very shortly before the collision occurred the passenger train had left the Lanffbank station. and it was then a - good deal behind time, and the goods' train nearly due. Both trains were immediately stopped, wing to the de 3ove-mentioneC ST. HELENA AND ASCENSION The following communication has been addressed to us (Shipping Gazette), in order that the qualifications of St. Helena and of Ascension, as ports of call for homeward boundships, may be fairly estimated, as upon this subject, and more especially upon the supply of water procurable at the latter island, there exists considerable misapprehension:— St. Helena is abundantly supplied with fresh water, tnousanns of tons running into the sea. For its size it is fertile, producing excellent vegetables in considerable quantity, and a large quantity of water-tresses growing wild —the latter costing only the amount of labour for their collection. Ascension is not well supplied with water. Its products amount to a mere trifle. St. Helena was taken over by the Imperial Government from the East India Company, and for a considerable time the Home Government assisted in payment of its expenses. Such is not the case now, although some few years since a grant was obtained from Parliament for the repairs of the wharf, which had been destroyed by heavy rollers. The whole of the fixed establishment is supported by taxes, rates, and duties levied on the island and the shipping touching. It is true a certain sum appears continually, amongst the colonial allowances, for St. Helena, none of which is ever seen there, the whole being absorbed in pay ment of pensions due by the East India Company when giving up the island, and which in reality has nothing to do with it, the pensions being due to parties for serving under another government. To enable the colony to pay its own expenditure, some £16,000 or £17,000 a-year fees are levied on shipping touching, which are very obnoxious, and preju dice the island much. A free hospital has been erected, for which, and the erection and support of the gaol, vessels of all nations touching are obliged to pay id. per ton on the register tonnage of the ship, whi c h f ee causes muc h dissatis faction, the more particularly as of late some trouble and vexation have arisen in making the hospital avail able. It is true that no charge is made for hospital treat ment, but it generally happens that the very large ships which most contribute to this particular branch of revenue have less necessity in availing themselves of medical aid for their seamen than smaller vessels. lam also sorry to state that patients are not now admitted when suffering from venereal or scurvy, unless the cases are very bad—these two being, with dysentery, the principal diseases to which seamen are subject. Ascension is strictly under the management and control of the Admiralty—no customs, no duties, no taxes ; an enor mous amount spent annually on it by the Imperial Govern ment, which never can publicly appear, the whole of its expenses being included' in the naval estimates—the only inhabitants in the island being borne on the books of the Tortoise guard-ship., At St. Helena, we consider it unfair to the shipping and ourselves that it should not be declared a free port ; and, in carrying out this desirable object, some pecuniary assistance should be given by the Imperial Government. The wish of the writer here is, to show that the Imperial Government are spending thousands on the Island of As cension, whilst St. Helena, on the part of the authorities, lies comparatively neglected ; that the one island has no internal resources, whilst the other wants only developing to make it one of the most useful of places to the commer cial world, having connections east, as a place of call for homeward-bound shipping. Both places are equally easy of access, and both equally safe. _ What we want at Bt. Helena is-1. A dock for the repair of ships touching there, instead of the enormous delay, ex pense, and wear of heaving down. It is true the building of a dock would be a heavy expense, but, no doubt, would eventually pay . for itself. Either the Government or public here might be induced to entertain the matter—at all events it is worth a consideration. 2. That dues of every kind levied on shipping should be removed. 3. That the hospital, if found too expensive to be continued free, should be paid for only by those using it, • 4. That the Time Ball should be continued free of cost. 5. That the expense of maintaining the government should not in any way fall on the shipping. To effect all the foregoing, the Imperial Government must make a grant sufficiently to cover the probable expense. I am told many other colonies (with a considerable export trade) are not called upon to pay their governor, and that special grants are allowed annually for special purposes. RAILWAY SLAUGHTER IN THE UNITED STATES.—Since 1853, that is, in six years, nearly 400 persons have been killed in the United States by railroad accidents, and over 600 wounded. Less than one-half were caused by collisions upon the single track which composes most American rail roads. PROSPECTS OF GROUSE SHOOTING.—It is stated that the prospects of sport , on the Yorkshire and Derbyshire moors hatching of the young broods, so that they are somewhat small ; but in regard to numbers, it is believed it will prove to be an average season. REVIEW or TROOPS.—The whole of the disposable bat teries of Royal Artillery, comprising the depot brigades to be stationed at this garrison in accordance with the re-orga nisation of the regiment, assembled on the Woolwich Com mon on Monday, at eleven o'clock, in review order, for a general regimental inspection by the commandant, Major- General Sir Richard Dacres and Staff. The troops having marched past the standard for inspection in the usual manner, a series of evolutions was carried out by the field batteries, which occupied about two hours. AUCHINLECK.—ELOPEMENT. — The inhabitants of this quiet village have been thrown into a state of considerable excitement by the disgraceful elopement a man named John Herd, with tarbara Montgomerie Caldow, a young girl of about 16 years of age. They left Auchinleck on Monday night, and took the train at Cumnock, but have not since been heard of. It is supposed they have gone to England. The male delinquent leaves a wife and five children, is about 5 feet 7 inches in height, red haired, and of a stoutish make.—North British Daily Mail. SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER AT SHADWELL. — On Mon day morning, the body of a male child, apparently about a month old, was found tied up in a piece of brown paper lying upon the pavement in the High-street, Shadwoll, London. The body was that of a fine fully-developed child; and when Mr. Ross, jun., the surgeon, examined the deceased, he was of opinion that death had been mused by violence, as there were several external marks about the head and body. A post-mortem examination has been ordered, to ascertain the precis@ cause of death. 1-Eastern Circuit, have alsO been wnhora n 4 "Ma,. ldrertiser says former years. carriages - Which liad not been damaged by the shock, they were conveyed to Paisley, where those of them who lived in the neighbourhood were taken out, their wounds being attended to by Dr. APKinlay. Among these was a little boy, named Wm. Kelly, from Elderslie, who sustained a fracture of the thigh, and had to be removed to the infirmary. The rest of the `wounded passengers were brought to Glasgow, where, on the arrival of the train at ten o'clock, they were attended by Drs. Fleming, Tyndal, Stewart, Dunlop, and McMillan, who, with Mr. Edgar, station master, and Mr. Robb, assistant superintendent of police, did everything in their power to alleviate their sufferings. Stretchers having been procured, several of the wounded were gentlemen, with the ex' SIR W. SOMERVILLE'S BlLL.—Mnch opposition is about being offered to this In pursuance of a requisition, numerously signed, the high sheriff of the county Ferma nagh has called a meeting of the nobility, gentry, clergy, and inhabitants of Fermanagh, for the pu r p ose o f t a k i ng • A • louse of Commons, to disturb the existing arrangements of the Emancipation Act of 1829, which is to be held in the Court-house, Enniskillen, on Friday, the 22nd instant. Petitions against the proposed bill are being forwarded 'rom several other towns in Ireland." ran Inisu POTATO CROP.—The Dublin Mercantile We have now passed the time when, in iccounts of appearances of blight in the potato crop usually began to appeir. As yet, fikunately, there have not been even rumours of diSease in the growing crops unless from one or two western districts ; and the potatoes, at the commencement of May, a considerable portion are small in size, and we fear that this complaint is rather general. _ WHITEBOY 017TRAGE.—The Armagh Uwardian says irt its last impression :—" We have frequently heard of Terryalt • persons, cautioning tnem against remaining in possession of some particular farm or house, through sympathy for the previous occupier, but it is a new phase in Tipperary crime to find a man warned, under certain disagreeable penalties, against leaving his pre sent abode for another. A case of this kind, however, has lust occurred. The other night shots were fired into the dwell ing of J. Maher, who resides at Beechwood, about four miles from this town, and in the morning; when the terrified inmates got out of bed, they found a notice posted an the door, of which the following is a copy Captain Starlight : give notice to stop where you are, and not to go further, or if you do there will be a lump of led made for to through you. Attend to this." At the bottom of the notice there iers, not so i was drawn out the figure of a cOffin On the same night mee of Mr. Arthur ,easy, of Kiiruareee, about two re the foregoing outrage, and it is considered both offences were committed by the same party, as Mr. O'Leary had given a site to Maher to erect a forge and dwelling-house near his residence, and for his convenience. THE GALWAY MAIL CONTRACT.--The grand jury of the county Louth has passed unanimously a resolution to the effect that their county representatives be requested to give every opposition in Parliament to the attempt to annul the contract entered into with Mr. Lever for the conveyance of mails to America from Galway. This body express ac opinion that such an attempt, if successful, would inflict a severe injury upon the commercial progress of Ireland. The example of the gentry of Louth will, it is expected, be fol lowed by other counties towards the east side of the island, as well as those nearer to the sea board of the Atlantic. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS FOREIGN SEAMEN AND APPRENTICES.---A return under this head shows that the number of foreign seamen employed in British ships registered in the United Kingdom was 5,7 93 in 1851, 5,700 in 1852, 7,321 in 1853, 13,200 in 185 1 , 12,927 in 1855, 13,321 in 1856, 14,375 in 1857, and 12,344 in 1858. The number of apprentices serving in British registered vessels, on the 31st December in the following years, was as follows :—ln 1849, 31,636 ; in 1850, 24,394; in 1851, 17,411 ' • in 1852, 11,105 ; in 1853, 13,826; in 1854, 18,423 ; in 1855, 22,082 ; in 1856, 24,847 ; in 18571 25,096 ; in 1858, 53,831. CRIMINAL OFFENDERS (SeomAND).—An abstract of the criminal statistics for the year 1858, as compared with 1857' exhibits a decrease of 58, or 15,104 per cent. For the last' mentioned year, 2718 males and 1064 females were cony mitted for trial or bailed, giving a total of 3782, of whic ll number 3167 w ere t r i e d . O f these 2891 were eonvicteal outlawed, or found insane, and. 845 convi c t e d un d er aggr3 ' vation of previous convfctions. - None were sentenced to death. The offences against property "committed wtih violence" were 440, as against 408 in 1857. Of the entire number committed in 1858, there were 515 males and 29' 1 females who could neither read nor write ; 1566 males and 670 females who could read and write imperfectly ; 52 9 , males and 91 females who could r e a d an d wr it e we ll ; a na 80 males and but 3 females who had received a superior education. The people of St. Joseph, Missouri, having built tWO theatres, now think of building a church. -A THE BURNING OF THE TROOP -SHIP EASTERN MORARCIC AT SPITHEAD.—At the Winchester assizes, on Monday', Charles Gardner, ship steward, was indicted fur the maw slaughter of Robert Smith, at Spithead, on the 3rd June. Mr. Collier, Q.C., and Mr. Poulden, prosecuted on behalf of the Treasury ; Mr. J. D. Coleridge defended, the prisoner. Mr. Collier said the prisoner was charged with the very serious offence of manslaughter; and having on behalf of the Crown stated the circumstances of the case, told the jury they would have to consider whether they were satisfied on both of two points, viz.: first, that there had been negli gence on the part of the prisoner; and, secondly, that the steward's negligence had led to the catastrophe. Very few reasonable men could doubt that it was a very careless thing for a man to go to the magazine and throw a light upon the floor. After an intimation from the learned judge, Mr. Collier withdrew the indictment of manslaughter, and a verdict of not guilty was taken. The prisoner was then arraigned on an indictment for misdemeanour, under the 239th section of the act of 17 and 18 Vic., of the Mercan tile Marine Act, which enacts that if any seaman shalt by breach of duty or drunkenness do any act tending to, the destruction or serious damage of the ship, or to the loss of life of any person on board, he should be guilty of a mis demeanour. The jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdict of acquittal. SINGULAR OccunnErreE.—One night this week, a Daniel.. lington (says the,Ayraire Express), a little girl upwards of two years of age, whose vital spark was just ebbing away, was surrounded by h er parents and friends watching the dying struggles of the little innocent ; a cage of canaries was hanging at the window, and the birds sitting on the spars, when all of a sudden one of them dropped from itS seat into the bottom of the cage, and when taken out was found to be lifeless. In about an hour afterwards the little girl expired ; and just as she drew her last breath the second bird also dropped down, and expired without a flutter. The birds had a plentiful supper of both seed and water, and were, to all appearance, in good health. THE CLAIMS OF THE FAMILY OF HENRY COAT.—The family of Henry Cort claims compensation from the British nation for the unjust forfeiture of their father's rights. This Henry Cort was the inventor of the process for the con version of pig iron into malleable iron by the flame of pit coal in the pudding furnace. Before his.time our ironmasters were compelfed to employ charcoal for fuel. Having thus got pig iron into the mallpdm. • • conaition, Cort invented a farth process for d raw i ng i t into bars by means of grooved rollers. er In other words, he reduced the labour and cost of producing iron to o ne -t went i eth of what they were before WS, day, and the iron was of a better quality.• How, it may be asked, can the children of such a man be. in want ? How is it they are not among the wealthiest of the land ? The answer is this :—Mr. Cart had entered into partnership with a certain Mr. Adam. Jellicoe, at the • time deputy -paymaster of the navy. Jellicoe. advanced moner• and was to receive in return half the proof the trade. Core assigned to him, besides, his patent rights, as collateral secu rity. In the year 1789 Jellicoe died, and was found to be a public defaulter. The Navy Boardissued extents against the trade effects of Cort and Jellicoe, and confiscatedCoreg patent rights, w hi c h t h ey treated, as valueless. The hardship of the case was this : a property- which should have been esti mated at the value of £25,000 was forfeited to insure pay ment of a debt which the estate would have satisfied seven or eight times over had it been fairly handled. Nobody but the ironmasters profited by this mismanagement, and the Corts' were ruined.. It should he emphatically re marked that it . is not even sugges t e d C or t h a d anyt hi ng t o do with Jellicoe's defalcations. He was purely the victim of a swindler • but, altho ug h it m i g ht b e r i g h t to caus e the fir m to refund the sums in which one of the partners 'stood indebted to the public, it was utterly wr ong to destroy the nobl e fortune which this ingenious man had won by the force of his intelligence and industry. Eng land is indebted for a large share of her present prospe' rity to Henry Cort's inventions ; but now his four surviving children —all of them being persons about seventy years of age —are beggars, and only saved from the poorhouse hi, pensions amounting in the aggregate to £9O per annul There should be more gratitude in an iron age to the. child I dren of Henry Cort,—Times. irmary carriages, one of which class) was literally smashed to pieces, the line was blocked up, and further traffic prevented for some time. A number of workmen, howevei., were speedily despatched to clear away the obstruction ; and by three o'clock on Sunday morning the last train from Greenock arrived in Glasgow. It would be difficult to describe the dismay and confusion which prevailed at the mouth of the tunnel when the accident took place. The shock filled each breast with alarm. Women, with their babes clasped to their bosoms, shrieked aloud ; and friends, trembling with anxiety as to thd fate of those dear to them whom they knew to be in the train, hurried about in the darkness of the tunnel, fearing lest their relatives or acquaintances might be among the injured. The scene at the Glasgow station, where many anxious friends were collected, was also very affecting, and on Sunday . much uneasiness continued to be felt by those who, having friends who had gone to the coast on the Saturday morning, were apprehen - sive lest they might have been on their way up when the collision took place, and been among the unfortunate. Messrs. Prime and Son, of Birmingham, have just pub lished a bust in fictile ivory of the late Mr. Joseph Sturge s Within the last few days the maximum temperature in the shade has been the highest of the last 69 years. ADVENTUROUS YOUTHS.—Two fine-looking lads were brought before the South Shields magistrates on Saturday ; the first, John Phillips, a clerk with Mr. William Vance, flock manufacturer, Leeds, charged with forging the name of his master to a cheque for £B6, which he had got cashed ; the second, Isaac Buckingham, charged with stealing £8 15s. from his master, Mr. Crowley, of Sergeant's Inn, London. Both these youths were engaged to sail in a new vessel for China; and Phillips; who had been living at a fast rate in South Shields, was armed with a six-barrelled re volver, loaded and capped, when he was apprehended ; he had spent about one-half of the money he had received by cashing the cheque, in something less than a week. They were ordered to be sent to the places where they had com mitted the offences. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—At the York Assizes, in the case of Robinson v. Summerscales, the plain tiff, Mrs. Robinson, a widow 30 years of age, residing a, Skipton, sought to recover compensation from the defendantt Summerscales, a coal dealer. at Silsden, who had broken his promise to marry the plaintiff. He is two years younger than the plaintiff, and a widower. Mrs. Robinson had maintained herself by dress-making, and assisted her uncle in book-keeping ; and she became acquainted with the defendant in June of last year. He paid her marked attention up to December, and all the arrangements were made for the marriage, which was at first postponed, and then completely broken off, the plaintiff being now enciente by him. It was submitted by Mr. Temple, Q.C., for the defendant, that at the proper time the case ought to be brought before the magistrate for an order of affiliation, and that this action ought never to have been brought.—The judge, however, thought it was a case which ought not to be treated with levity or ridicule.—Ve r di c t f or the plaintiff for £6O. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LONDON : NARROW ESCAPES.— On Monday night, about ten o'clock, a fire of a most terrific character, attended with a serious destruction of property, and almost fatal consequences to thirteen human beings, and which was not extinguished till two o'clock yesterday morning, happened in the extensive range of premi ses formerly occupied by the Anchor Insurance Com pany, but recently tenanted by • Messrs. Fisher and Roberts, and known as the Anchor Dining Rooms, situate in Cheapside, next door to the celebrated watch manufactory belonging to Mr. Bennett. It seems that whilst one of the proprietors of the diniug rooms was looking out of the window at the lightning, his attention was suddenly arrested to a large sheet of flame playing round one of the upper floors. He at once came to the conclusion that the building was on fire, and he forth with shouted, " Fire." At that time five females were in one of the front rooms shelling peas, perfectly unconscious that any aceident had taken place, and eight other indivi duals were in the upper part of the premises, as well as several others in the lower floors. The persons engaged in preparing the culinary additions for the next day's dinner looked out of a window, and with the greatest sang froid gazed with astonishment at the lightning, little dreaming the house they were in was on fire. The reality, however, soon became manifest ; for, what with the springing of the policemen's rattles, and the arrival of the engines, they soon became convinced of the fact. Fortunately they were enabled to get to one of the front windows just at the moment that Conductor Low of the Royal Exchange shortly arrived, and we are happy to say that he succeeded by his indomitable perseverance in bringing down in safety thirteen imperilled men and women. BATHING NO NUISANCE.—Four lads have been brought before the judgment seat of the law charged with an offence which, if it be expressed in the strong language of the complainants, implies a moral no less than a legal mis demeanour. TY 4 ' the off'-' F H ne scene ca ,Libnce was Forest gill, and the day one of intense summer heat, the thermometer standing at 100 deg., and the air so sultry that men long resident in India and Australia proclaim themselves unequal to endure the heat. On such a day did these four lads, being sons of people residing at Sydenham, resolve to lave themselves in the " cool and temperate flood ;" and for this lurpase chose a stream where no public right exists for way- farers, and fifty yards from the back of the nearest houses, Nevertheless, some people, coming to this spot, resolved that it was an indecency and a nuisance so to bathe, and the boys were incontinently transported to Greenwich, there to receive fitting punishment. Fortunately no ignorant Justice Shallow was on the bench, but a sensible and intelli gent magistrate, Mr. Seeker, whose admirable remarks in discharging the boys entitle him to public thanks. Bathing is an admirable and healthfnl practice, and swim ming a useful and manly exercise, to be encouraged on all convenient and proper occasions. There is a great deal of offensive prudery occasionally manifested in such matters, and much more of selfishness and want of consideration. In this case Mr. Seeker justly observed that he could not see that the lads had committed any offence or outrage upon public decency in following those healthful exercises which it was neces sar y th a t l a d s o f their age should enjoy. The public, it appeared, had no right of way, and "if persons hi their walks experienced a nuisance such as that s t a t e d, they could avoid it by walking in another direction up the hill." It is not to be forgotten that even the banks of the aristocratic Serpentine—eminently a public thoroughfare— are given up to the bathers at certain hours ; and surely this example might have some weight with the dignitaries of Forest Bill.—The Lancet. Why cannot the French decent appliances be adopted in bathing ? With all our " prudery" we are the least deoent bathers in Europe.] JULY 20, 1859. IRELAND THE RIOT AT KINSALE.—An investigation into thl affray will be opened immediately. 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