The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-26 00:00:00

I THE WINTER ASSIZES. CROWN COURT.—MONDAY. (Before Mr. Justice KEATING.) COLCIIIHOUN v. BownsT.—This action was to recover the value of a quantity of tea. The jury found a ver dict for the defendant. ACTION FOR DAMAGES BY §EDUCTION. CARR Wei an action brought by a father to recover Conifiensation for the of the services 'eft his daughter, o'liingib her seduction by the defendant. Mi. Edward James, Q.C., stated the case. He said that, although the parties concerned in this case were in an humble situation in life; ' yet the mischief which the plaintiff had sustained by the seduction .of his daughter this etitially,,as g, at i 4 if he had ) occupied a very high tation in life• lie had bepn,dei;iiiea pf ie kjiforts of his home the morality of hisdadgliter had been, cor- Use which the defendant had iiade of the advantages and opportunities which . had been given him. The plaintiff, James Carr, is a dock gateman at Birkenhead, in the employ of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, and he is also a lodging ' house keeper The defendant, Richard Cooper; IS clerk in the Ace of litegser. Co*i and Willianis, timber mer- Chants, iiirkentead. AboUt 'Ore years ago he obtained an introduction to the &lighter of the plaintiff, Margaret • bare, then aged seventeen years. Ike seemed to have formed anattachmen't her; arid paid htis Addre'sses in the i l ly visited the house, and .. ni d S most kindly received by the plaintiff and his wife, . • who looked upon him as the accepted suitor of their daughter, and concluded, of course, that the intentions of a man who openly visited at the house must have been honourable. Matters went on in that way, mid it was elpeeted by the family that the marriage *Mild 4leed4 take pia6e. One day: iii d'andary last the plaintiff ittli absent; and iiia rife tverit to Liverpool, leaving the eteNidant alonC with Misi Carr in the house. Sei-eral hours 'elapsed before Mrs. Carr's return, and in that interval the d i t endant, after makings .a jU.omise of marrlaie; succeededi seddeihg the woman. The 'result Was', that thi giti found herself in a way to become atiother; and after she informed the defendant of that fact, something very serious took place, for the jury would find that the defendant, in order to save himself from the natural consequences of his conduct, took to his Vittith a &Ade toiltainiftg stfittethiu4 et other, which he aiied het' to tit'iftit: Trip sir i t'Zii'e hitt finding that it Made lief iii, she did not take Any more, although the defendant pressed her to do so, and brought her another bottleful. The learned counsel concluded by saying he did not ask for vindictive damages, but for such mpera l te r crpmittion q would stone n flit 68 Money could, for the injay Which the plaintiff had suffered.. James Carr, the plaintiff, was then examined.—Margaret Carr, a good-looking young woman, about 20 years of age, was then called, and deposed to the circumstances already stated.—Mr. Aspinall, in addressing the jury on behalf of the defendant, at once admitted that his client had seduted the gift iittt he depredated the introduction of matters of prepidiet ititO the case.. *heti man of IC* posltioli and it4:2iE shocked ahumbler rank life, by holding out attractive promises, it was right that a severe penalty in the shape of heavy damages should be imposed ; but in this case the defendant was a young man earning his own living, who was encouraged by the father of the girl to pay his addresses to her, in spite of the remonstrances of the young man's parents. Not only that was done, Wit the plaintiff and his wife gave the young couple every opporttinity td lie together. The defendant Was under age, and the ebriiiship was taking place under circumstances which could have left no doubt in the mind of the plaintiff that marriage, if it took place at all, must be deferred for a ldh tine, be cause the yotth ;vas hot hi a position to marry without the anserit of his parents. What ,ground had such a father to comklain, eieeiisiVel§,. Of that which not at all Unnatiiral*, under tile Sirgirliitaaei i ; it:a:Plage iii cdn felf his4aiii of caution. The case was simply one for moderate damages. The learned counsel ridi culed the girl's statement that she did what the "stuff " was for, and contended that she was as much to blame in•the matter as the defendant. If true, the charge was one involving the greatest censure, and ought to be dealt with in a different manner to that now adopted ; but it ought not to have been brought as an ingredient into an fiction for damages for seduction. The girl had as much, and perhaps more, knoWledge than the defendant of the culpability of the act. In summing up, the learned judge alluded to the defen dant's rejection of the plaintiff's offer to maintain his daughter if the defendant would keep the child; and said that the defendant's conduct had not been that which he could look back upon in after life as having done credit to himself. The jury found for the plaintiff, damages £5O. • , ALLEGED NEGLECT BY A SHERIFF'S OFFICER. GREENHOUGH V. KIRBY.—The plaintiff is a money lender at St. Helens, the defendant is a sheriff's officer, in this town ; and the action was brought to recover damages caused by the alleged neglect of the defendant in his official capacity. There being no jury in court, it was agreed to leave the case in the hands of the judge, who assessed the damage at one shilling, giving, however, both sides leave to carry the ease to the Court of Exchequer. Mr. Brett, Q.C., was for the plaintiff; Mr. Quain for the defendant. MONEY LENDING IN MANCLIESTER. CHADWICK V. ANDERTON AND ANOTHER. Mr. Monk, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Higgins), in opening this case, said the plaintiff was a person carrying on the business of a farmer at Marple, near Stockport, in Cheshire ; one of the defendants was named Samuel Grantham Anderton, who was pretty well known in Manchester by the soubriquet of "Mapper Tandy ;" the other, Mr. Hutton, was a person whom he could not help feeling sorry to see in such a position, because he held a situation of considerable respectability, being deputy-serjeant-at-mace in the Manchester Court of Record, and up to the present time had been considCred incapable of doing such things as were charged against him; and least of all would it he expected to see him in close alliance with Mr. S. Grantham Anderton. The present occupation of the gentleman last named was to' advertise himself as a lender of money, and the jury were doubtless aware from the revelations in the news papers how that kind of business was carried on. It seems that the plaintiff is a working blacksmith, and also a farmer. He worked all day as a blacksmith, and his wife managed the farm. In October, 1859, they heard that the defendant Anderton was a persen who lent money, and Mrs. Chadwick made an application to him for a loan of £2O, which she wanted for the pur pose of paying the rent. The defendant pressed her to make the sum £3O. This, unfortunately for herself, she consented to do. She paid him three . guineas at that time,: which .he stated...were . expenses actually. incurred; and he said he would go over to Marple. On the next day he went over, accompanied by a boy, and the plaintiff observed this boy going over the place and taking a memorandum of all the furniture, &c. Anderton went to the sbippon, and on his return re marked that the plaintiff bad a fine stock of cows. - He then said he must have a bill of sale signed, and it was executed by the plaintiff. Now, by one of those extra : ordinary events which sometimes , enabled juries to see what parties such as the defendants were doing, the jury would find that that. bill of sale was for £5O. The poor people did not understand legal documents — in fact, the plaintiff can hardly. read writing ; but, next day, when they came to look at the document, saw that it was a bill of sale for £5O. Naturally they were astonished at this, and they began to be alarmed, knowing that they had no transactions representing £5O, nor bad they ever knowingly given security for that amount. Shortly after the commencement of the present year the plaintiff began . to repay the _loan,. and at various times they repaid the defendant a sum amounting in the aggregate to £2B 10s., having received only £25, less the three guineas. Mrs. Chadwick paid for the " expenses" in the first instance.' Some period went over, and at length the plaintiff - was a good deal surprised by finding that somebody had taken their • dairy stock, consisting of six cows and two calves, which was done without a single word being. said, and without the plaintiff knowing anything of the affair until it was was completed. Their suspicions fell upon the. defen dants. The jury would find that those cows had' been kept and sold, and the money retained by a man named Cartner, a fellow who was employed as a bailiff by the defendant Hutton. The plaintiff asked for heavy damages in the case. The cows had never been returned, and the principal means by which the plaintiff gained a living had by that means been removed. His whole business was broken up, his stock destroyed, and he asked for such damages as would protect him from utter and entire ruin. Mrs. Chadwick was then examined, and her evidence completely supported the facts opened by Mr. Monk. At seven o'clock his lordship said, unless an arrangement could be come to, it was useless to sit longer, and the case must be adjourned to Wednesday morning. The court was then adjourned. NISI FRITTS COl:RT.—Mornay% (Before Mr. Justice BLACKBURN.) F. J. GLOYNE BItOWNE AND ANOTHER.—This was an action brought by Mr. F. J. Gloyne, a general com mission agent in Manchester, and also agent, for the Mercantile Guarantee Society, to recover compensation for services rendered to Mr. Thomas Browne, a silk manufacturer in Macclesfield, and Mr. John P. Moll, a silk broker in Manchester. The hearing of the case occupied upwards of six hours. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £2OO. SIEWKS v. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—This was an action to recover compensation for injuries alleged to have been sustained on the line of rails of the defendants, in consequence of their negligence. Mr. Edward James, Q.C., and Mr. Leresche appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. ON erend, Q.C., and Mr. Quaine for the defendants. It appeared that the plaintiff, Mr. Adolphe Siemms, is a surgeon chiro podist practising in Liverpool and Manchester, and that on the 18th of May he was a passenger by the ten a.m. train which leaves the former for the latter place. lie was proceeding to Manchester for the purpose of dis charging his professional duties, and it seemed that something or other was the matter with the train, which .(tat was, consequently drawn up at Roby. While there, it was db,6-i&I that d, coal or Ipggage train was coming rapidly up, and the plaintiff, who was titthig iii a second-class carriage, being informed that a collision was likely to ensue, jumped out, and by so doing hurt. and shook himself considerably. He .fortunately escaped in time to avoid the collision that ensued. Ever since. the acOdetit the plaintiff had suffered more or less from the injuries he bad redeifed i ,and hied ih;d4iticm lost a treat Ofbis prabtiCe. , stated liar he hdd I`hte6 separate estahlishitien6 id Iteq up; and thht acthaisitip his business alone cost him from yds. to .ids. a day. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £3O. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—ALLEGED IMMORALITY DY CE occu ;ional vhich end that meet 3orps ning Hall bt be erelit Lid te a y to most , c 31. With gaVe rati• usily coti ress; ould chief M. I the is lit t not Eat: Plete larY; tilg beets ;ium h are axon le of bert, Nhd Med 'eaty nent Lnce. 't 1111 e on anee that liffi ister Mess leen ler° him Fria ugh was try, 'ect, kea- ro- OSI - 'eh IT he ip he Id, to A CAPTAIN. he could depend upon. Ile,,said I was not the first woman he had had there. He never had had a stew ardess but who had yielded to him. He told me to tidy my hair; aIM then sthistied to 4 the boy to'come in, When the boy came in. the plaintii7 made come felMtrk about the ladies, and I then left the room. I remember the &it . day, after the children's dinner, the captain sending for me again to his room. I went; he was there. When I went in he was sitting with his coat off. He told me to fie seated: Ite told the boy, Johnny Scott, to put down the deedritier3; , and Mid it rn'tist Mote the door. refiled te,' take any wine fromtheft wished, nie some hrandi , , saiing loPked wry , ill. contintied iefilse'. to tile . any fromHe then came up to me, and tried 49' .krlig ni j,os to i the sofa. • (Witness here described the, plaintiff's Co.n: duct:), resisted his .endeavours,, and then he wished me not to say. anxthini; and not to cry,,for fear any i person: might see me. I ferf.?enibei.:; a few dals,after, the captain sending for me again. lie .told Me lie &heti Me to mend his coat. He got up and bolted the door of his room, and drew the curtain down. He tried to kiss me, to put his arm around my waist, and made use' -of indecent language. (Witness repeated the language.), I ithpldred hin/ td let rile go; . When i he said ; if carried on in that way, and refused hint, I . shoUld Ceriain/yyill him. He gave, me a. glass of Water and sonie,eau de cologne tp drink. He gave me ,a bottle to take with me, and teif nip not to ,ell what had taken place. I • rot to eel arty qdf, ,die wished tidy my hair, and he then unlocked the Johnny Scott then came in, and the captain said, " You need not stay, Mrs. Mackenzie, Johnny Scott will bring you my coat." I remember the next day Johnny Scott Com ing to me while at dinner, and saying that the captain wished to see me. I tried to get up so as to avoid my: agitation being noticed, when I fainted, and fell down . 14 the Man keniic i the chief steward. Re bathed my fade, end said the eartatin drily 'Wanted me to Mend a fiag, but that -1 Was AA tecprired then. The captain afterNidids Caine into the ladies' cabin, andasEgNiliTl fainted, and if i had. told any- - body about that had passed between us said no. That was on the outward passage. (hi the hoWeviard passage I recollect him sending to me. I remember the captain coming into my room after I had gone to bed, ,‘ and after the other ladies had gone too, and all the lights had been extinguished. I was in the third room in.the ladies' cabin. Nobody was there besides myself. The captain, dsed to threaten to come to my room ; and, in consequence, I asked the steward d iooli on door, which he did. After I locked my door I used to hear some person trying to open it at night. I told the . captain or plaintiff of the fact, and he said " it was not but•l will come in some of these nights." I begged of him not to do so, but he said I waste. be quiet ; that no lrarru ryas tiftettd di and that it was Tery improper 'for Me to lock the door, as ft Might arouse suspicion, and might make the passengers think there was On person with me in my room. He said that if I continued' to lock the door, I should get a bad name, but that ; if it remained' open persons pas Sing could see I, had nobody with me. I thanked him, and said I would not lock it again. I put the curtain , of my bed down quite tight: When he came, I felt some - person pUll the eititalii; Mtd I said, " my God." He took up the slide of the lantern he had with him,.and I then saw who it was. , I felt quite eicited..: The captain told me not to say a word, and then he put • the slide down again. He took every stitch of clothes , off.my bed, and I said, "Captain Thomson, do take me up and throw me overboard, for it 'is preferable to this. " He told me . to be quiet, and he put his hand on my mouth. then left. The witness then proceeded to relate the- annoyances to which she was subjected froth the plaintif during the second and third voyages in the ,Glasgow, the condact of the plaintiff being, according to her statement, much the same ds that already detailed. The new mam - A were as . follows 'recollect giving the captain a letter ffri one; dpeitsion vilien he sent tot me to his teom. lie was sitting oil the tofu, arid on my entering he told me' to be seated. He took hold of the letter and read it, and said, looking . . at the signature, " Isabella Ettirila Mae- , kenzie." I said, " Yes ;. I have brought this-letter so that you can understand what I mean." He read it, or at least a portion of it, and then wished me to give him a kiss, and told me not to be vexed with him. He asked me if I had told any one about what had passed between . us'; I said no. He said if I were to tell anyone it would kill him.: He then said, " Isabella, if you are a woman of that kind s and you will forgive me, there will be nothing more between yoti and me." I promised him . ' would not tell any perkin. 'I told him, I shMild be ashamed to tell any lady of it. Afterwards I told him I b.a.tritten several letters, but was afraid to give them to Johnny' Scott, for fear he might lose them on the way, for if he had done so my character would perhaps be ruined. A night or two before we got into Liverpool I again saw him, and he then told me to be seated. I said, " Capt. Thomson,'haVe you forgotton your promise ?" He said he wished to see me about' that letter. He wanted to know what I meant by giving him that letter. He got -up, tore up the letter, and then threw it out of the port hole. I told him that I wished him to bear in mind that I Caine to work, as stewardess, for my husband and my children, and that I had not come to be his mistress. During the remainder of, the time I had been with him as - stewaidess he was always cross with me, nothing More:. What I have stated occurred during the first three voyages ; after that he was cross with me. I mentioned what I had suffered to Mrs. Wright, after my return from the first voyage. I never heard any complaints about my being a drunken woman. I was- not in the habit of getting tipsy. I mean to gay I was only once tipsy, and I will state the cause:' Mrs. Carlton, a lady passenger, was playing at cards with' the captain, as she was accustomed to do, when I had to apply some chloroform to her. She made me take some brandy, and it had an effect upon me, That was the last voyage but one coming home. On leaving I applied to Mr. Alexander for a character, and he_ told - rne'T should apply to Captain Thomson. Subse quently, I was asked if I knew anything against Captain Thomson, and I then made my complaint.—The witness was then cross-examined by Mr. James, Q.C. She adhered to her previous evidence in all material points. She added that a lady passenger told her that the plain "Tiff''''diid.t6 go into her` room at night, arid - that - We - was going to telt her brother of the fact. Sire (witness) did riot call out when the plaintiff assaulted-her, because she, did'not wish to alarm the .passengers, nor did she wish to deprive him of a situation. When she told - him so, he replied that he was . independent of his situation. She subsequently met the plaintiff, when he asked her to retire with him to some, house, but she replied that - she knew no hou'se to go to, and that she only went with her husband. --It being now eight o'clock, his lOrdship interposed, and said, thoughhe was most anxious to relieve the jury from attending the assizes as soon as possible, he feared he must adjourn the case, which was nmost important one, until after Christmas Day, as there was scarcely any. hope of its being finished that night. The jury expressed a wish to proceed with the case, even if they sat to Midnight,. Mr. Overend was also anxious ,to 'proceed, and - he thought the case might probably finish in two or three hours. illr. James could not say when it would finish. . His Lordship said, personally he was as anxious as any of. the jury could possibly be to finish ' that 'night, as he was desirous of Spending Christmas Day in Scotland; but the inquiry was, as he had,stated, a most important one to the parties concerned, and he I felt bound tO adjourn the case until this (Wednesday) . %I ,•• • ' I ,. • ir_orsos o. WI Vii action, idrotight Captain . S. tales ; Amnion, late commander of the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamship Glasgow, against Mr. W. Inman, a member of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, and managing partner of the company's business in Liverpool, to re cover damages fat wrongful dismissal from his Situation, he haVitik Win ek - i - Mid fot i iiie :fofage,, ThO tie- fendant pleaded, first, a,. denial of the ;agreement; secondly, that the plaintiff had, misconducted himself with the stewardess pf the ship ,af y which he was' the captain, i and ,fie was. therefore disfinssed, 7 Mr. EdwardflaMes, Q.C., and Mr. Ilrown, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Overend, Q.C., and another learned gentleman, .for the defendant. Mr. James, in open ing the case, said it was one which involved 'very seriously the interests of the plaintiff, whose character was now, and had for some little time, been assailed by the defendant. The plaintiff 'came to that court fdr the iirpost of tit - Minting his character and reputation, iiefy recentiY fie and had for some time been, the captain of a vessel Called the Glasgow. He had been brought,up ,t 6 the service of the sea, and had been. Coritieted with .the seafaring profes sion ter 11444 thitty years; afid•lie-bad far. a 6ofisiderable number of years discharged the duties of captain to the entire satisfaction of all the owners under whose orders he had served. He was captain of the steam -ship Glasgow at the time when she was purchased by ti:coinpany'ealled the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Company, of whom the defendant was the chief partner, he having dritire direction of ,the business in Liverpool. .The companypurchasedThe dlasg64 In tlie ;:arly part of this year, and she performed in the interval between that time and last November a number of voyages—from five to seven. The vessel returned from a voyage to New York on the 27th of October last, and she was ad vertised,to sail again, o, fopewinF 7th of November. Up to November e - veiytoirik ft4eeded iri dtie order ; no complaints of the plaintiff's conduct were made, and there was no reason on the part of the plaintiff to suppose that he would not continue in command of the Glasgow as heretofore. As late as the sth of November, how ever, he went to the office of the defendant, and there, in the afirrse of conversation, the defendant told him that the ethiipmy had already pittehased, or were about to pareha4e, a 4 . 'esdei edlied the t trid; a medh superior one to the Glasgow, and that he (deferkian6 stddid take care that the plaintiff was appointed to the comtnand.. The plaintiff's salary up to that time was at the rate of £4OO a-year, and the defendant agreed to' raise it to £5OO. That fact showed, that the plaintiff had at that time the entire confidence of his employers. On the sth Nov. he proceeded with his crew to the Sailors' Home to have their articles signed, according to the require ments of the nets law ; and eterythinas was in a state of readiness for the ship sailing on the day folio efing. In order to dischafge some business connected i4ith the vessel the plaintiff Omit td the defenddties office: He was there asked to go into a private apartnient, and 'on. going thither he found a self-constitnted dotift off inquiry summoned to sit npon his edndtict, 'the court consisting of the defericiditt hiniself, and his Stiiiordinates--- - -clerks and others. He found that there was a Charge made against him by a female named Mackenzie, who had been the stewardess of the Glasgow, to the effect that he, in the mouth of March preceding, had, upon the very day after the vessel left this Tort, attempted to take liberties with her in his own itate room. That was a very serious charge, and it was natu rally asked her why she had not made any complaint of the sort before. She said she had mentioned it to a female,friend (Mfrs, Wright), but to no one else until she found that she had been dismissed by the plaintiff for drunkenness, when she made the counter charge to which he had alluded. After stating that the plaintiff was obliged to dismiss Mrs. Mackenzie on account of the complaint of the- passengers, the learned counsel pro ceeded to say that his client was told he was;Jus pended from his situation, although the ship' was upon the point of sailing. The plaintiff immediately got a declaration signed by the officers of the vessel in his favour, showing that they had not the slightest suspicion that anything improper had taken lilace between him and Mrs. Mackenzie, and he took' that document to the defendant, who, however, treated it with the utmost scorn ; and the plaintiff then felt that nothing remained for him but to bring the present action, for the purpose of vindicating his character. Mr. James concluded by calling the ,plaintiff, who, ,in his examination in chief, fully , corroborated the opening statement of the learned counsel.—Cross-examined by .Mr: Overend, Q.C.: Never made any immoral offer to Mrs. Mackenzie, or used indecent language . to her. Never locked the door of his private room while Mrs. Mackenzie was in it.' Remember her complaining of one of the men, named Kenzie kissing her in one of the rooms, and it was very likely he might have. said it would be better if she paid more attention to the ladies and less to - the gentlemen. Might have sent for•her to mend a flag in , his private room. Had perhaps sent for her to come to his room altogether about twenty times, but ,she never remained 'with him an hour ; and whenever she did come she always stood just against the door, and never fairly in the room itself. Wouid swear most earnestly that be never locked the door while she was in the room. - Never told her to be sure and not go with any Other man' on board. Never went into her bedroom, but always went all over the ladies' cabin, as well as all over the ship, with a dark lantern, about one o'clock each morning. Never went into her bedroom, and never took the clothes off her bed. Never went to the, bedside, and never pulled the bedclothes off her person. She' never expostulated with him about' his conduct,' and never said she: would prefer he threw her overboard than for him to continue his importunities. About six months ago was the first time he Made'cern plaints to Mr. Nicholsen of Mrs.. Mackenzie: ~:Comp lained of her misbehaving herself, and her general bid ebaiaCter: The plaintiff emphatically denied hayripg made"aiiy improper overtures to Mrs. Mttejset4e, ;or saying that she must do what previous stewardesses had done.—Mr. James said _he did not purpose - Calling - any more witnessses until Mrs. Mackenzie had been examined. —Mr. Overend then addressed the jury for the defen4e. He willingly confessed, he said, that the case was ckne'of the utmost importance to the plaintiff, and he was sure no person was more anxious for the fullest investiga tion, and for the jury to come to a right decisien; than his client, Mr. Inman. That gentleman was the managing partner of a very large company, who had some eight or nine large vessels sailing from this port. Mr. Inman had, with reference to the present case, acted solely from a sense Of duty; he had no interest Whatever to serve, and the best proof that could be given of his feeling towards the plaintiff was that, immediately pre vious to the charge made by Mrs. Mackenzie, he had informed him of his intention to transfer him to the Etna, a larger ship than the one he then commanded, and to increase his salary from £4OO. to £5OO a year. He stated that Mrs. Mackenzie bad an invalid husband and font' children entirely dependant upoa her for sup port, that she had an excellent 'Character when engaged as stewardess of the Glasgow, and if her story was morning. WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The will of the Right Rev. Henry Pepys, D.D., Lord Bishop of Worcester, • of Hartlebury Castle, Stourport, Worcestershire, and Gros venor-place London, was proved in her Majesty's Court of Probate on the 14th inst. This aged prelate; who attained to the lengthened period of 78 years, died at his palace at Worcester on the 13th of November last, having made his will in 1852, to which are appended two codicils, bearing . date respectively 1854 and 1859. The executors appointed are the bishop's two sons,. rhilip,Henry Pepys, Esq, Chancellor of the diocese of Worcestor, and the Rev. Herbert George Pepys, M.A., vicar of Grimley, Worcestershire. The former gentle man has alone taken the grant. The personal property was sworn under £50,000, which amount, from the bishop's own statement, appears to be made up of various kinds of securities—Namely, mortgages, Grand Junction Canal shares, railway shares, policies, and shares in insurance companies, &c. The whole of this property, together with all other assets, the venerable prelate has left entirely to his relict and sons and daughters ; in fact, it is simply a family will, and con tains no other bequest whatever.—The will of the Hon. Sir Henry Davison, Knight, late. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Madras, who died at Ootacamund, in the East Indies, on the 4th of November last, was admi nistered to in the London Court of Probate, on the 15th inst.,.by James Clay, Esq., M.P., the executor according to the tenour. The will is entirely in Sir Henry's own handwriting, and in terms so precise and peculiar, that, we at once give its entire contents : "Bombay, 30th of June, 1858. , I hereby bequeath all my property to my friend, James Clay, Esq., M.P. for Hull, in trust to pay my debts, and apply any surplus in such manner as he may think best for the benefit of my daughter Emily, now at Mdme. Tellenloch's school at Kensington." Witnesses, Edward Yardley, barrister, of Bombay. and Henry Gamble, clerk to Sir Henry.—The will of Walter Coulson, Esq., Q.C., late parliamentary draughtsman and Counsel to the Home Office, which bears date the Ist of September last, was proved in the London Court of Probate, on the 14th of the present month, by two of the executors,—namely, Arthur John Wood, Esq., of the Inner Temple, barrister, and William Couson, Esq., of Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, and of Kenegle, Cornwall, the brother of the testator. The personal property was sworn under £12,000. His real estates, situate in the counties of Kent and Norfolk, he has devised to his brother and two nephews ; the latter were also nominated executors. His brother, the said William Coulson, Esq , (who is a member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons), takes a life interest therein, as well as in the residue of the personalty. His nephews, the Rev. Thomas B. Coulson, M.A., and Walter John Coulson, Esq., surgeon, on the decease of the Jes .tater's-biiither,-areto inherit the property, and in the interim they are to receive an annuity of £ l5O each. There is a legacy of £5OO left to 'his housekeeper; together with an annuity ; also a legacy of £2OO to his executor, Mr. Wood, and a further bequest to him of his law library. Mr. Coulson. only attained to his sixty fifth year, and died on the 21st of November last, at his residence, North Bank, St. John's-wood. He was much esteemed by the profession, and beloved by those who enjoyed intimacy with him.—lllustrated News. . _ to .be relied upon, and the jury would observe her demeansaur in the witness-box, the plaintiff had em ployed every artifice to seduce her. Time after time the plaintiff had called her into his. state-room ; he had, if he (Mr. Overend) was rightly informed, made improper proposals to her, although she' had written a letter expostulating with him, and had even on he knees begged of him to discontinue his entreaties. Mrs. Mackenzie would tell them that the plaintiff told her stewardesses always yielded, to the captain, and •had by every means in his power tried to overcome her. virtue. With respect to the assertion that the charge made by her had been trumped up because the plaintiff had accused her of drunkenness, he wanted to know why, if that accusation were true. the plaintiff had con tinued her in her office, instead of reporting her, if it were not for his own purposes ? As to the remark that Mrs. Mackenzie had made no complaints immediately after the overtures of the plaintiff, they must recollect that a captain was omnipotent on board his own ship, that for many reasons it might not be desirable to make any complaint, and that she did confidently inform a female friend of hers, 'Mrs. Wright. Mrs. Mackenzie would prove that on being ordered to go into the captain's room she fainted through sheer excitement, and that she had some eau de cologne applied to her. She was seen . to come out of the captain's room after being there a considerable time, the door being locked, and the cur tains being drawn down by the plaintiff to prevent any body seeing in. The learned counsel concluded by stating that he should call Mrs. Mackenzie before Them to relate her own story. .His Lordship said—lt must be borne in mind that the action they were trying was not one of slander, but one of wrongful dismissal merely. Mrs. Isabella Mackenzie was then called. She deposed —My husband's name is Duncan Mackenzie. He is an invalid, and I support him and my four children. Soon ,after I went on board the Glasgow, as stewardess, I was sent for to the plaintiff's state cabin. When I got there the plaintiff filled two glasses of wine ; he gave me one, and took the other himself. He got up and told the servant, Johnny Scott, to shut the door and stay outside. He then came to the place where I was sitting, and tried to assault me—that is to say, he endeavoured to take liberties with me. (The witness here described the conduct of the plaintiff). . He told me that he was as cautious in his conduct as I L was, for he kept his boy at the door, and he was a boy TIIE DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1860. LIVERPOOL NYLRIE COURT:-MONDAY. (Before Mr. RAFFLES.) / TERRY LYNCH'S OLD COMttADE. Terry Lynch, the owner and driver of a cab, was charged with being drunk and incapable of driving his Mr: Lynch made the following excuse : I met an ,Ord serjeant-msjot who belonged to my regiment, and we had b'eeft "splering''' out In India and Africa for seventeen years ; and tell tire vld reCollection came over us, and we had a glass or two toiefhticand./ suppose it had an effect upon me; but I was never liekie'd trate or mortal before, in the course of my life, and I hope you'll let me off this time. Mr. Raffles : It is a very claitgetutis thing to have ear-drivers incapable of minding thelfrcl s,patticularly in this weather. As you have not been here b'efOte, twill not order you to be reported to. ' the committee' but I fine yon Os, and costs.; and be ,/ tiod not codehere a • D i • caus that yea do gain : prisoner was theft d?.thintiOtl; dla'ting that if 116 met with his old ‘‘ sojering " comrdcre fie, *6410 not take en Marry parting glasses with hfin again. WAY, LAWLETC WARMED' IthiStM Pat Laliler,' who wasdressed in the uniform Of a Scotch legfriletili 144 up, charged by Sarah Henderson, of Crosshall-street; with haiidg set fire to her house, and destroying abed and &Ales to the value of3os. The complainant said the prisoner came tdl6dge at her house, and went to bed about four o'clock, and at seven o'clock the room in which lie lay was found to be ml Ore.: A. 'alarm was given, and the fire put out, but damage tg tVe anithint, of 30s. had been done to the bed and clothes: The prisoner, in &fence; said I didn't do- it at all; it was a candle.. (Laughter.) Mr. Raffles— 'Was there, any one else in the room? The servant gill in the house said there was no one in the room except ttlprisoner,.: nor Was there any Candle in the room. The prisoner then said Was another man's pipe that set fire to the place. servant girl' said there was no man nor pipe in the room, and dfl teas safe half an hour before the fire. The prisoner said he cd - dld prove that there were two men smoking in the room the pre vious day. at four o'clock. (Laughter.) Mr. Raffles— ,The case is clear enough, and you must pay. 30s. da mage. The prisoner, in an impudent tone, said he would not pay. Mr. Raffles—There is Ils. booked to rot; and if yott don't pay I will send you to jail. The Woman said she would take £1 rather than have any mote to do in the case. The prisoner declined to p'ay' anything, and behaved *ety insolently. Mr. Raffles -,-There is Ils: booked to you, and if you, don't send far, the, balance /swill send 'you to prison, Prisoner Then •Uyon't pay. The woman said she would even take rtithef thad ha 4 any more bother about it, • The policenian Whd had the ease; said he was of opinion that there was nearly 3(s. Worth of damage done. Mr. Raffles—Then pay the Wonian 10s. otft of his Money. The Prisoner--I won't pay it. Mr. Raffies-4fieclact it from his money dud discharge him. The prisoner Ind on his cap And used sonte insoknt language, .when he %Vag - turned out of couit by order of his Worship . .- . . _ . PAV,ING IT IN FOB THEM I James Gaitlatid, 6oil IYeliteri of 13ankfield-street, Bootle, was charged by poliEe-offieers 83 and 733 With having assaulted them. It appeared that there Was ri fight in a public-house in the street, on Saturday night, and that the prisoner, with others, was engaged in it, and on being put out the prisoner rushed at the officer, swearing he and others had it in for them for some time past, He knocked officer 53 down. Both officers then followed the . prisoner to his own house, when he got a dog aria set . it at them, and the animal bit them in the legs. The prisoner came ant with a poker and assaulted both the officers, repeating thet he had it in for them. In reply to Mr. Raffles, the officers stat&l that this was one of the gang belonging to Leonard, who this tried d few days ago at the assizes, for nearly killing a police. , officer. His worship thought such men ought to have taken warning by the fate of Leonard, who got ten years' penal servitude for nearly killing an officer in . that place. He fined the prisoner. £5 or three mouths' imprisonment, • TIM POOR WOMAN FROM PERTH. On. Monday Mt;. taffies received 10s. from. Mr. John Gibbons for the benefit of the poor woman, Mary Stuart, who came here from Perth to kook. for her hus band: Her case *was reported in our *paper f which induced Mr. Gibbons to act so kindly. However, Mt: Raffles having already forwarded the poor woman. to Perth, the money remains at the Police Court until it can be forwarded to her, and in case she cannot be found the money will be added to the poor-box fund. THE BURNING CASE IN LOWER HARRINGTON Mary Heenan was brought up on remand charged with having burnt to death another woman named Mary Anne AsP:lnall, in Lower Harrington, on the night of the 16th instant. The' details of this case were pub lished in our paper twice last week, so it is unnecessary to go into, the case again. The coroner's jury on the body of the deceased returned a verdict of manslaughter against the prisoner, and Mr. Rallies sent her for trial eh a e CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST AN AMERICAN SAILOR. Henry Goodwin, described as an American sailor, was brought before Mr. Raffles at the Police-court, on Mon day, on a charge of having. caused the death of Grace Ward, aged 50, in Charters-street, on Sunday night. Mr. Cobb appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Kehoe said the charge against the prisoner was for causing the death of a woman named Grace Ward. There would be a Coroner's inquest held on the body that day, but there was a post lizartem examination of the body to be made, and he would only offer as much evidence as would warrant a remand. Police-officer 739 said: At half -past one this morning a woman came to me in Vauxhall-road, and said there was a woman who had burst a blood-vessel; and was very bad. I went to the house and saw the deceased in a chair, and a great deal of blood on the floor. I sent for Dr. Warburton, who came and saw her. I after Wards apprehended the prisoner, when he said the deceased came to his lodginz to look for her daughter, and she annoyed him, and he pushed her away front the door, and then she caught hold of . the latch of the door and he pulled her, when she fell, .and he fell on her, and that was all. Several .witnesses were produced, who made various state ments, from the whole of which it appeared that' at about half-past twelve the deceased went to the house where the prisoner lodged, to look for her daughter, who is nineteen years of age, and who hai been living away from her for some time. The daughter told a girl in the house to deny that she was there, and the deceaSed commenced to knock at the door, when the prisoner came down to put'her aWay, arid they fell. Ile dragged her otatof the place, and met a woman, who took her to her house, where she commenced bleeding, and died soon afterwards. Surgeon Warburton said he was called to the deceased . and,found her quite dead. Death was caused by hemorrhage, from a wound inflicted by external violence. In reply to Mr. Cobb, he said a fall would not do it, unless the deceased fell on some sharp or projecting substance. Two or three other witnesses were examined, but none of them saw the prisoner do. anything except drag her away. In reply to Mr. Cobb, they.stated that if the prisoner had kicked or otherwise . struck the deceased, they would have seen it. Mr. Cobb contended that there was no case against the prisoner. Mr. Raffles said it was only a case of suspicion, but he would not allow the prisoner to go until after the post mortal: examination. The prisoner was then remanded. TTIE Poott-Box.—Mr. Raffles acknowledged the receipt of D. from P. R., and £1 from C. L., for the poor-box orE Monday. The Prussian Government has just caused new experi ments with cotton-powder to be made, and they are stated to have been so satisfactory that large quantities have been ordered. STATUE OF SIR WILLIAM PEEL, K.C.B.—A statue in marble, seven feet in height, of the late Sir. William Peel, K.C.8.; of - the Naval Brigade, executed by Mr. W. Theed, at the expense of the Right Hon. Frederick Peel, M.P., was placed in the Painted Hall, Greenwich Hospital, on Saturday. In the province of Posen, in 1857, out of 1,440 noble domains, 904 were possessed by Poles, and 536 by Ger mans; but a recent official report shows that the Germans now hold 600—that is, 64 more than three years back. COMMUTATION or SENTENCE.—Margaret Hannah, the young woman recently sentenced to death at Edin burgh for the murder of her infant, will not be executed, her Majesty having been pleased to commute the sen tence to penal servitude for life. UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN.—The election of a Lord Rector, by the students, to this university, took p'ace on Friday, when the majority of votes in the Marr and Angus nations appeared for Sir Andrew Leith flay, and in the Buchan and Moray nations for Mr. Maitland, the Solicitor-General. The vote was thus equal by nations, but numerically the returns were in favour of Sir. Andrew. The casting vote is said to be with the prin cipal, who by ordinance can give it within 21 days. A RosiAN LorrritY.=—A letter from Rome says grand lottery is in course of organisation here, in which some sixty of the prizes will be articles sent as presents to the Holy Father. Among them are many articles of ladies' toilet, such - as gold pins, jewels, and diamonds. Princess Borgliese, and many other persons of different countries, are' at the head of this undertaking. The tickets will be obtainable in all countries at if. each. The proceedi of the lottery be devoted to the relief of those officials of the Pontifical Government who have lost their places by recent events. STRANGE OCCURRENCE.—Some curiosity was greatly excited at Havre by the fact that the complete uniform of a soldier of the 34th regiment. with shoes, shirt, &c., had been found early in the morning at the extremity of the north-west jetty. An inquiry was set on foot to ascertain how the articles in question came there, hilt nothing was discovered to throw any light on the sub ject. The general opinion is that the whole affair is a practical joke, as a person bent on suicide would scarcely have stripped himself before leaping into the sea. BERNADOTTE'S WlDOW.—Queen Desiree, widow of King Charles John XIV., fell dead, it appears, when witnessing the representation of Calderon's piece, " Life is a Dream." Bernadotte was thirty-four when he married Mdlle. Clary, who was then exactly half his age. Her sister Julia had married Joseph Bonaparte. When Bernadotte went to Sweden, the Princess de Ponte-Corvo remained in France. Her husband had joined the Lutheran Church, but she remained a Roman Catholic, and after his elevation to the throne, she stayed a long time in Paris, and was not crowned at Stockholm until the 21st of August, 1829. CORONER'S COURT, MONDAY.—The Coroner held the following inquests :—On the body of a newly-born child, found in the ashpit, of a house at the rear of Mount Pleasant, as reported in our paper of Mon day. The child's throat was cut, and there was no doubt that it bad been born alive. The jury returned a verdict of murder against some person or persons un known.—On the body of Thomas Murphy, 32 years old, a porter who lived in a court off Redcross-street. The deceased died rather suddenly on Saturday ,night. He was an habitual drunkard, and from the medical evidence it appeared that death was the result of apoplexy, brought on by excessive drinking. Verdict accordingly.—On the body of Henry Howard, a carter, aged 49.. The deceased was hurt by accident some days ago, and he died from lock-jaw that supervened. Verdict accordingly.—On the body of William Cole, 24 years of age, who was the mate of a schooner called the Fanny. It appeared that on Saturday night the schooner was getting up along one of the dock walls, and had a rope out, when a steam-tug, not known at present t _came between her and the wall and snapped the rope, which struck the deceased, and he was so much injured that he died. Verdict : Accidental - death.—On the 'body of Robert Anderson, a child two months old, that was accidentally smothered in bed. Verdict the same.—On the body 'of a child, named Henry Harding, that was also smothered in bed under similar circumstances. Verdict accordingly. CHRISTM SATURDAY AND CHRISTMAS EVE. An oidiWzrri SAOlay tfveningin our northern metro polis is one of atria iatiok'bu'stle i and exeitement ; and to a stranger much matter for iiihTereplation is afforded, as well as much to behold. The Bitinlrdtey preceding the great Christian festival has always been ffiVbitatit and attractive throughout the town ; and Saturday Miring and Christmas Eve of this year have lacked none bis tht interest of former times. 'Tis true, the weather has bed' setere, , but people must live in bad weather as well as in good; Erficl if we enjoy the sunshine we must also make up our mineid intet the showers. Perhaps 'tis better also to have frost avid snow at tbis peculiar time of the year than at a more udvanted wield, when agricultural operations would have COI& Meneed for there is an old saying that it is more Seasonable to hate frost and snow about Christmas, for a greed ehristmas is said to make a fat churchyard ; and; if that slim holds good, the churchyard will be &Mid lacking tenants dethig the coming year—a consummation most devoutly to he wished for. For tato' or three hours before gaslight, on Saturday eteniftg ; the attnosphere became soft, and a thaw of a gentle' sort eet in, and this caused the streets to be filled With large crowds of all classes. Some Were out on business and others tame to see the sights; and certainly there were . plenty of sights to be seen, turn where you would. We remarked more pri tate tehitles in the leading thoroughfares on Saturday evening last thatt We aid on any Saturday afternoon for a long time. Bold, Chnrck and Lord streets, Great George's, and Ranelagh streets, and other places, were crowded with private and public equipages, and the shops were crowded with visitors. Of course the markets were special objects of attraction, and thousands Who had really no business to transact went to see them " dressed," and very neatly attired they were with fine beef and mutton, perk and lamb, and every other deli cacy of the season. The man who went about the mar kets or the streets on Saturday evening with the most determined phlegmatic temper, could riot help feeling a little animation from all that was passing about The fathers and mothers, with their juveniles by the hand, the latter lisping out exclamations of wonder and delight at some great ox or fat sheep, or a prize pig, and the like. The toy shop windows, and all the places where tempting presents were held out, claimed atten tion. 'Twas even so, and it is a joyful thing to behold the young heart thus enjoying itself, for the time may come when the arrows of falsehood and guile will scar many that are now pure, and joyous, and happy; for— . I've seen a pretty child, • Pure as dew-drop, playful, mild, Bursting into life aud light, Like a flower before a blight Had scered #as littleheart. But will it be Always that same happy thing? Joyful as a sammer tee, Sweet as sweetest flowers of spring; The cheek still unprofaned by tears, Wilt thou be so in twenty years Alas, it will hot and, therefore, youth is a beautiful season, and should tie enjoyed rationally. The streets were really animated on Satnrday evening, and every one seemed more or less happy' and had apparently something to do ; and we have heard it remarked by that respected individual, the ancient inhabitant, that a pleasanter Christmas Saturday he had not seen for years past. This, for all the severity of the weather, is pleasing. The shops were as attractive as possible, and in the markets there was a considerable diminution of the marital/is of meat that were observable in the fore noon, asthe majority of people made their markets on Saturday father than wait over to Monday, which was understood to be' a holiday in many departments of trade and business in the tuft': Altogether, Christmas Satur day of this year passed off pleastarttly enough, and with a degree of pardonable excitement permittable at this season. _ _ _ _ _ -- T1; weather changed during Saturday night, and another fall of snow came down, and on Sunday there was a smaller fall, with frost in the afternoon. To pedestrians the streets on MondaY were rather disagree able, being very slippy, and it was hard to get on. We have heard of many river accidents, but, thank good ness, nothing Very serious. Many shops in the leading streets were closed on Monday, but otherwise business went on as usual, so far as the frost and snow would permit. Christmas Eve was a partial holiday, many shops being closed, and many merchants' offices also, so that the employes had a holiday, but we do not think that many resorted to the country, consequent on the state of the weather. The streets, therefore, were .tolerably full of people during the day, and in the evening the chief places of public amusement were thronged, as " boxing night " has been intercepted this year in conse quence of the day intervening between Sunday and the great festival. and that day (Monday), too, being a semi-holiday. However, no doubt this evening the theatres and concert-rooms will be again largely patronised. About the usual excitement that prevails at this season is observable, but beyond this we' have nothing, up to the present, to remark on. Amonzst the great varieties of attractions and enter tainments offered to the public at this time, we may notice the appearance of the celebrated female Christy Minstrels, at the Teutonic-hall, Lime-street, whose vocal and instrumental performances have caused quite a sensa tion. We shall have an opportunity of speaking more in. detail of this troop during the week, as well as of other performances and attractions in town. Yesterday (Christmas Day) we had a continuance of the same frost-bound weather, and although the more robust might set off on friendly or little excursions, the day was largely given up to social gatherings and in door hilarity. Owing to the extreme coldness of the weather, the churches were very thinly attended ; but the streaming lights from drawing-rooms in the evening spoke of numerous happy parties, in which the great festival was honoured with national heartiness and glee. We believe that at the workhouses the inmates, as usual, were regaled with the traditional roast beef and plum pudding • 2 'even the night-shed vagrants shared in the general bounty, and the spirit of Christmas pervaded every where. ON THE ICE.—The severe frost which has existed for the last week has frozen over the ponds and other places of water in and about Liverpool. Yesterday, many thou sands of pleasure seekers left the town for the favourite skating resorts at Sefton Meadows. Prince's-park, Wavertree-park, and Birkenhead-park had each their attractions for the pleasure seekers; and so large a number of those who spent their Christmas on the ice has not been known for some years. CHRISTMAS TURKEYS.—In our account of the Christ mas markets, and the Christmas display at the shops, we omitted to mention the display of poultry at Mr. John Driver's, Brownlow-hill. Both in number and quality of the birds the exhibition was not surpassed by any poulterer in or out of the market ; and, judging from the melancholy appearance of his premises late on the eve of Christmas, his catering for the public was horoughly appreciated. TOWN IMPROVEMENTS. TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. Gentlemen, —Though there may be a difference of opinion as to the extent of the improvements which have become necessary in the town of Liverpool and its out skirts, I am sure you will admit that, with the increase of our population and the consequent , increase of the traffic through our thoroughfares, the improvements must be of an extensive character, involving a very large expenditure of money. The longer they are delayed the greater will be the cost, especially in the outskirts of the town. In an economical point of view, therefore— a view by no means the most important, in my opinion —the evil which is staring us in the face ought to be grappled with at once. Since the alteration that has taken place in our municipal body, upwards of a million sterling has been spent in the paving, sewerage, &c., of our streets, and well-spent money it has been. A large. amount of its benefits are not visible to the eye. I should rejoice to see a million spent in something above ground which would not only be gratifying to the sight but highly conducive to the comfort and well-being of the inhabitants at large, especially of the working classes. How is the money to be raised ? is the ques tion. I should be sorry to advocate any measure that would place the corporate estate in jeopardy, but I can not see the wisdom of directing our sole attention_to the making of investments tending to raise a fund for future generations, while we are doing nothing to promote the welfare of the present generation. It has struck me that many new streets in the town might be formed in various directions which would have the effect of reliev ing those now in existence from the excess of traffic in them, and that those streets might be carried through property which, from its pestilential character, ought to be swept away. Instead, however, of allowing the owners of such property to have any further benefit from the improvement than the comparative high price which they would obtain for it, I would take powers to purchase land sufficient on both sides of the street so formed for the erection of buildings, the land to be after wards disposed of on lease. The future value of the corporate estate would thus be considerably increased. A question may no doubt arise whether such an opera tion would be ultimately advantageous in a pecuniary point of view; but at all events the land would be come occupied by property of a respectable nature. I understand that this has been done in London in the formation of the new street from Blackfriars Bridge on the borough side of the. Thames to London Bridge If this be the case, I cannot see why a similar act, if thou:,,ht desirable, should be refused to Livertiool, particularly if its, preamble set forth that the streets were to be formed for the purpose of relieving our over- crowded thoroughfares, combining at the same time the removal of a class of property highly prejudicial to the health of the public. Why may not our surplus funds and the money we are to receive after paying off our bond debts be employed in this object ? I do not say that it might not be expedient to have the power of lay ing an improvement rate of a moderate amount, say six pence in the pound. It might not be necessary to levy any portion of it, but the public would be more recon ciled to the introduction of such a power into the act, when they saw that the corporate funds were also to be employed in making the improvements. Besides, if the improvements were carried out upon a large scale, they would occupy years in the completion of them, so that the money would only be required by degrees. Now, as regards the outskirts of the town. It is quite clear that all the laud for two or three miles encircling the borough is destined to be covered with buildings. We have heard our worthy chairman declare in council that he would never consent to new roads being formed at the expense of the public for the benefit of the owners of the property through which they might pass. lam not going to advocate anything of the sort; but, surely no man will pretend to say that the roads may not at the same time be a great convenience to the pablic. At the risk of being charged with looking only to my own itifeiest, T will take, for instance, the communication betufeeff Lodge-lane and the West Derby-road, and for which notice lu I , .teu given in Parliament. I think no man, who will talce , the trouble of examining the plans carefully.— and I Iteye our chairman will do this will then venture' to assert that such a direct communication between the parlous dis -1 of West Derby and Toxteth-park, now so' rich *Alfa, read leading straight to the railway station as Edge-bib, Wilk not be a vast convenience to the public. I say nothing of the obvious advantage which the News ham House Estate will derive from it. If we are not to contemplate such improvements from the dog in the manger principle, that we shall benefit the owners of the land through which the roads may pass, the evils we are now suffering in the borough front narrow', tortuous, AO inconvenient thoroughfares, will be perpetrated in the real districts, evils which past experience tells us will have td he removed at some future period at an enormous additicinat expense to those who come after us. In the meantime, the public may be deprived of direct lines of communication of a highly advantageous nature, and small patches of land intercepting such lines may be purchased by jobbers and covered with disreputable buildings. We have a case in point in the line to which I have alluded, between Lodge-lane and the West Derby-road. The whole of it may be said to be vacant land, with the exception of one spot where a cluster of small dwellings have been built within the last six months, and which have raised the estimate for the contemplated improvement upwards of £3,000 since that which was made a few months ago and the one now prepared to lay before Parliament. I maintain that the formation of judicious roads through vacant land must of necessity be of immediate' benefit to the public at large. To the owners of the property through which aey run they will be more or less so according to cir cumstances. To some the benefit will also be imme diate, to others more distant. All parties, therefore, being interested in effecting the improvements I am advocating, ought to bear a fair share of the cost in carrying them oat. The bill for which the necessary parliamentary notices have been given will shortly be laid -before the Town Council for its consideration. It is a step in the right direction, embracing a few very desirable improve ments. I hope it will be proceeded with, and lead to others of a more extensive character. Let the opening of the new year be the signal for the improvement committee entering upon the consideration of this most important subject. No man is better acquainted with the nature of the property in the borough and its neigh bourhood than Mr. Stewart. If he, in conjunction with the surveyor and the borough engineer, would give a few hours occasional attention to this matter, I am confident that, with the knowledge of the subject which they possess, they would have no difficulty whatever in sketching out a plan for the guidance of the Improvement Committee in their proceed ings, which would enable them to produce in the course of the year a well-digested bill for town improve ments upon a scale commensurate with our wants, which would in all probability give general satisfaction. The state of the approaches to the river is a great dis credit to our public authorities, and cannot fail to be so regarded by the multitude of strangers coming from all quarters of the globe who enter the town from the Mersey. An improvement in them so loudly called for can only be effected by an amicable arrangement between the Town Council and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. I cannot believe that this might not be accomplished if these parties were resolved to enter into the discussion of the subject in an honest, straightforward manner ; but they seem to have a disinclination to pursue any such course, each party appearing to have a dread of being over-reached by the other. If this feeling exists, the matter should be referred for decision to some impartial tribunal. A short time ago I inserted in the papers a letter suggesting the idea that, as a negotiation is on foot for the sale of the reversionary interest in the Birken head docks to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, the circumstance might offer a favourable opportunity for our coming to some agreement as to the improvement in question. 'Whether this be practicable or otherwise, I am not prepared to say.—l am, gentlemen, yours very respectfully, WILLIAM EARLE. • Liverpool, December, 1860. MUSICAL, DRAMATIC, ; LITERARY, AND ARTISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP. Mr. Bailey, curator of the Soane Museum, died on ;he 17th instant. Dr. Ingleby has published " A Complete View' of the Shakspere Controversy." Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean have been playing to overflowing houses at Cork. Messrs. Black, of Edinburgh, have in preparation an unpublished work, by the late Hugh Miller. • Mr. H. Leslie's new Cantata, the title of which is "Ilolyrood," will be produced on the Ist of February. The King's Scholars, the other day at the Royal Academy, were Miss Zimmermann and Master Still. Miss Elizabeth R. Henderson has been elected Pottet Exhibitioner in the Royal Academy of Music. A new opera, "L'Exile," composed by Muncbhcimer, is to be brought out shortly at Hamburg. The Bristol Mercury announces the death of Mr. William West, artist, in his sixtieth year. M. Levy, of Paris, announces "The Garibaldians," by Dumas pere, with a preface by Madame Dudevant (Sand). M. Berlioz is said, in the Gazette. Musicale, to be at work on a one-act opera, on a subject taken from Shakspere. Cherubini's opera, "Les Deux Journees," has lately been revived at Copenhagen with the greatest success. The Messrs. Blackwood are about to publish "The Campaign of Garibaldi in the Two Sicilies," by Captain C. T. Forbes, R.N. We hear of new operas by Signor Schira, Herr Molique, Mr. Frank Mori, and half a dozen other English aspirants.—Athenawm. Mr. Alfred Bunn, the well-known ex-lessee of Drury Lane, died suddenly at Boulogne, of apoplexy, ou Thursday. Halevy is now engaged upon an opera, in four acts, " Vanina d'Ornauo ;" the libretto written by his brother, Levy Halevy. Madame Clauss-Szarvady, the most distinguished of lady pianistes, has been performing in Cologne, Leipsic, Hamburg, and Hanover. Messrs. Chapman and Hall have published " Paul the Pope and Paul the Friar ; a Story of an Interdict," by Thomas Adolphus Trollope. Dreyschock, the celebrated pianiste ; Reichardt, the tenor; and Gleichauff, a . pupil of Vieuxtcmps, are amongst the most recent arrivals in Paris. Her Majesty has lent to Mr. Gambart, in order that it may be engraved by M. Auguste Blanchard. Mr. J. Phillip's painting of "The Marriage of the Princess Royal." The author of " Scarsdale " is said to be engaged in the preparation of another Lancashire novel, to be entitled "The Weaver of Whalley Nab," which is to be published in the autumn of 1861. It is rumoured that Mr. ,Flatou is the gentleman who has liven Mr. Frith, R.A., a ten-thousand-pound com mission. The picture contemplated by Mr. Frith is said to be "Life at a Railway Station." The ,manuscript department of the Library of the British Museum has lately been enriched by the purchase at a cost of 2,250 f. of the "Life of St. Benedict," and other 'holy personages. It is by Sterclot, of the year 1430. The following English physicians have been elected Associates of ' the Societe Medico-Psychologique of Paris :—Dr. John Conolly, D.C.L. of Ilanwell ' • Dr. Forbes Winslow, D.C.L. of London ; and Dr. Bucknell, of Devon. Mr. Noble has received a commission from Govern ment to execute the national monument in memory of the late Sir John Franklin, for which £2,000 has been granted by Parliament. The monument will be placed in Trafalgar-square.—Atherwerem. At Berlin, it would seem that the repugnance of the authorities to the performance 'of "La Traviata " has been overcome, for we read in the continental papers 'of the complete success of Mdlle. Marie Brunet, in the character of Violetta. An artist in Paris has found a means of rendering any description of wood so soft that. it will receive an im pression either of the most varied sculpture or the most delicate chasing. The wood is then hardened to the consistency of metal, while the impressions remain perfect. A highly interesting work has just been published in Paris: it is a translation of the libretti of Wagnee's four operas, "The Phantom Ship," "Tannhauser," " Lohen grin," "Tristan and Iseult," preceded by a letter on musical art, of upwards of sixty pages, by Richard Wagner himself. On Monday evening last Mr. Mudie opened a new ball, erected in the rear of his library, in the angle between Museum-street and Oxford-street, London. A company of authors, artists, naturalists, and publishers gathered on the occasion, including nearly all the best. names in literature and the trade. At the sale of Hullah's library, on Thursday and Friday, at St. Martin's-hall, several old Italiar editions of rare musical works were sold at high prices. A kindly feeling of sympathy for Mr. Hullah, among pro-: fessionals present, allowed some lots to be bought at very Moderate prices, on behalf of that gentleman. Arnold's edition of Handers works, which fetched some few years ago .E5O, were knocked down to Mr. Ella for only 'X9. Upwards of 300 volumes of literary and musical works were also purchased by this professor, including Purcell's and Mareello's sacred compositions, full scores of "Guillaume Tell" and " Les Huguenots," and an autograph composition by Rossini. The concert season in Paris appears to be setting in unusually early, and with " unusual severity." !'he programme of M. Wckerlin's entertainment announces a new sea Cantata on a grand scale,'--such fact being a drop, greater or less, which swells a stream. If concerts are to live as entertainments they must get rid of shred and patchwork as much as possible, —more still, of the pretence of presenting opera music in a transformed, or at best, weakened state. Meanwhile, in London, con cert-givers (with the exception of the "popular," and deservedly popular, managers of St. James's Hall) have been, till now, rather more inert than usual. One con cert, however, that of Madame de Vaucheran, may be mentioned as having taken place. A new issue of bronze coin to the amount of 1,500,00 f., is about to take place in France. "The estate of Billy," says the Journal de Saone-et- Loire, " one of the most extensive wine producing pro perties in France, has just be sold by M. de Lamartine." The Archbishop of Friburg, in Baden, has, at the request of the Government, interdicted the clergy from making collections in private houses of St. Peter's Peue. LATEST NEWS. CRY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) CHINA. CONDITIONS OF THE TREATY OF PEACE. FATE OF THE. ENGLISH AND FRENCH PRISONERS. FOREIGN -OFFICE, Dec. 24. The following telegram was received at the Foreign-office, rio Trieste, at 7-30 p.m., from her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Alexan dria, dated Dec. 18: " Mr. Loch has arrived with despatches from China, and leaves to-day for Malta. " The ratification of the treaty of Tien-tsin was exchanged, and the convention of Pekin signed, October 24th. "The English and French Ambassadors took up their residence in the capital, and would remain there until November 9th. " The French army retired from Pekin on the Ist of November. " The English would remain till the Ambas sadors left. A large force to remain at Tien-tsin till the treaty and conditions he fulfilled. " The following are the principal clauses : " Apology from the Emperor for the affitir of Pehio last year. " Ministers to reside at Pekin. " Indemnity fixed to be doubled. " Tien-tsin to be opened to trade immediately. "Emigration allowed. "Kowlehon ceded to the British Crown. " The Treaty of Tien-tsin and the Convention of Pekin to be put in immediate operation, and to be published throughout the Empire. " The palaces of 'Yuen-min-yuen have been entirely burnt to the ground by the British forces. " The bodies of the prisoners who died in the hands of the Chinese, have been brought in and hurried with honours in the Russian Cemetery, on October 17. " Captain Brabazon and the Abbe Luc were beheaded on or about September 21st, after the battle of Palichow. The bodies have not been recovered. "Indemnities are expected from the Chinese for the families of deceased English and French. "Ministers have left Shanghai for Tien-tsin. "Major Anson has arrived charged with de spatches from Sir Hope Grant for the War-office, and leaves this day. " (Signed) "Trieste, December 24th, 1860." "H. HAVEN. PEKIN, Oct. 31. The treaty of Tien-tsin was ratified, and the convention signed here on the 24th October, by Lord Elgin and Prince Hung. The same for malities were gone through with Baron Gros on the following day. The indemnity to be paid by the Chinese has been fixed at eight million taels in all. The following is a summary of the convention : In article 1, the Emperor regrets the misunder standing at the Taku forts last year. Article 2 stipulates that a British Minister shall reside at Pekin. Article 3 arranges the payment of the indemnity by instalments. Article 4 opens the port of Tientsin to trade. Article 5 removes the interdict on emigration. Article 6 cedes Cowloon to the British Crown. Article 7 provides for the immediate operation of the Treaty of Ticn-tsin. Article 8 orders the promulgation of the treaty throughout China. Article 9 stipulates for the evacuation of Chu san by the British force. The Allied armies are to leave Pekin on the Bth of November. It is reported that the Ist Royals, the 87th, the Queen's, the Buffs, and the Marines proceed to England. Lord Elgin resides in Pekin. The Emperor is at Zhchol, in Tartary. Messrs. Boulby, De Norman, and Anderson have been buried with great solemnity. Brabazon was beheaded about the 21st Sep- tember. The Abbe de Luc also met with the same fate. The sum of £lOO,OOO has been exacted for the families of the British officers who have been murdered. The Summer Palace of the Emperor was burnt by the British on the 18th of October. SHANGHAI, Nov. 8. The insurgents are still levying tribute in various places, and are menacing Ningpo. THE SIEGE OF GAETA. GAETA, Tuesday, Dee. 18. An enormous quantity of shells and shot were thrown into Gaeta yesterday by the Sardinians. Some of them fell into the garden of the palace where the King and Queen were dining with the Spanish Ambassador. The bombardment has since slackened, and the damage caused to the town is not considerable. The King has received a letter from the Emperor Napoleon. In this letter the Emperor expresses his sympathy for the King, but tells him that he has carried on the siege long enough for his honour. The King, in his reply, thanked the Emperor, but added that he considered it his duty to persist in the defence. GAETA (Via Marseilles), Dec. 22. The bombardment of the city continues with increased vigour. The Spanish Ambassador has left his palace on account of its being riddled with bullets. Two officers have been struck while standing near the King. New Sardinian bat teries can be seen, evidently ready to take part in the bombardment. A deputation has arrived here from Calabria, and has promised to raise an insurrection in favour of the King. k , •) iii ROME, Dec. 22. Considerable quantities of provisions are being despatched to Gaeta. 7: ROME. ROME, Dec. 21. The posting up of the bills in favour of annexa tion to Sardinia has not led to any arrests. Crowds of people are reading the bills. NAPLES. NAPLES, Dec. 21. The insurrectionary bands have intrenched themselves in the mountains. It is said that a decree is in course of preparation ordering an extraordinary levy of men between eighteen and fifty-five years of age. _ _ NAPLES, Dec. 22. The news that the French squadron is about to quit Gaeta has caused a rise in the Neapolitan funds. A decree, dated the 20th instant, calls out the classes of the last four years. These classes are to assemble at the end of February. NAPLES, Dee. 24. The King has held a reception of the nobility of the Court, which was very numerously attended. An enthusiastic demonstration in favour of his Majesty took place in the evening. The King will leave Naples on Thursday next, after having assisted at the ball of the National Guard. Farini is about to publish the communal law for Naples. The state of the provinces is very satis factory. %?..CV:TeT• The news from I'tome is of an alarming charac ter. The Kennard and the Balleras, which left Naples for the Roman States, were not allowed to land their passengers at Civita Vecchia, the pretext being that 600 Garibaldians were on board. Against this Mr. Obo Russell has pro tested. Sacarta has arrived at Naples. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Dec. 24, 3.22 p.m. The Bourse has underone no alteration. Rentes closed at 68E 30c., or the same as on Saturday. GERMANY. BoNN, Dec. 24. Judgment has been pronounced in the affair Mr. Macdonald. The defendants Baddeley, Rapp, 'AVa'shington, Rochfort, Hurston, and Oldfield were acquitted ; Perry, Anderson, Cutnberland, and Drummond were found guilty, with extenu ating circumstances, with having committed an offence against the State Procurator Moller, while in the performance of his official duties. The extenuating circumstances were declared to apply in a less degree in the case of Perry, who was fined 100 thalers, or five weeks' imprisonment in default. The other three were fined 25 thalers, or nine days' imprisonment in default. HUNGARY. PESTH, Dec. 24, The appointments of the members of the Governors by Council for Hungary have arrived here from Vienna. Count Ladislaw Karolyi is appointed Vice-President of the Council, and Councillor Count Szalay has been appointed Director of the Court of Chancery. The co-chan cellors are to enter upon their duties on the 2nd of January next, at which date the present officers of the Governors will be abolished. The circular of Baron Von Schmerling has created a great sensation. The Globe expresses satisfaction with the Chinese treaty. Three children were burned to death yesterday morn ing, by a fire in Whitechapel, London. Unusually severe cold continues in London. Lord Sandys has written to the Globe, with respect to a paragraph referring to his lordship's nephew, the Mar quis of Downshire. Lord Sandys says he has every reason to believe that, as soon as time and distance will permit, the article in question will receive the most unqualified contradiction. The following appeared in our later editions of Monday : ITALY. NAPLES, Dec. 21. It is stated upon reliable authority that the French fleet is about to quit its station off Gaeta. Great demoralisation prevails among the besieged army. The batteries planted on the heights of Tortola reply to the fire of the city. Naples is tranquil, and the state of things IV the provinces is satisfactory. A reactionary con= spiracy organised at Rome has been discovered. The city of Naples will give a grand ball to the army. A great rise in the Neapolitan and tkedinian funds has taken place here. The Princess Clothilde has long been in an interrifing situation. Many hundreds of persons were skating on tile' ornamental waters in the Park, London, yesterday. Numerous immersions occurred, but none terminated fatally. At Paris the friends of Italy are seriously disquieted. One rumour is that Russia and France are agreed to support Francis 11. in his stronghold at Gaeta anti! the spring. It is also reported that the Emperor meditates the formation of a southern kingdom in Italy, the sovereign of which is no t to b e Vi c t or Emmanuel. The Herald is authorised to state that there is no truth whatever in the report which appeared ilk the Manchester Guardian of certain proceedings on board the yacht Sylphide at Naples. Letters have been. received from Captain Grandy on the 23rd instant,. dated December 11th, at Naples. All well on board e that date. The Times says the yacht alluded to , belongs , to the Marquis of Downshire. THE MYSTERIES OF SPIRITUALISM- Mr. Novra, an English conjuror, has been unveiling' the mysteries of spiritualism before a London audience. Mr. Novra told his audience that he determined to investigate the wonderful phenomenon which had stag gered Lord Brougham and Sir David Brewster. In the spring of 1859 he was living at Dr. Wilson's hydropathic establishment, at Malvern. and met there with rtetend gentlemen who expressed a wish to join him f Mitt inquiries. The fame of Mrs. Marshall and her niestel was then at its zenith, their wonderful performanue having found an exponent in Mr, William Howitt. The services of these ladies were obtained- Mr. Novra was introduced to them. There was nothing remarkable, he says, in their appearance. Mrs. Marshall was am elderly and buxom widow. The niece was less plump, but she displayed a more than average development of muscle and sinew —Mr. Novra noticed the fact. There was' something peculiar in the appearance of both radies r which for a moment baffled the conjurer. But I . ;e soon' discovered what it was. There was a want of crinolines.. This' was another fact. The first st'anrc commenced. Twelve' spirits were summoned from tlredeep, and proved to beiii perfect working order. They made a great variety or raps-- raps on the table, raps on a tea-tray, raps on the wall, and raps on the roof. A gentleman, who accompanied the ladies in a professional capacity, remarked, moreover, that the spirits were weak th a t even i ng . Then a food and hollow knock interrupted the proceedings. That is the "cooper's knock," said one of the party—the de ceased husband of Mrs. Marshall having- been a cooper —whose spirit exhibits the interest it takes in one once so near and dear to it by dropping in unbidden to all the ,sesorces in which she takes a part. The spirits lifted! books, and folded down their pages. They next began; to crawl about the floor, every now and then grasping and pinching, unmercifully the legs and ancles of the observers, by what are said to be claws and hands, but letting go their hold the moment the sufferers looked down to the spot. The crowning feat came : the party sat down to a table and put their hands upon it, when it arose under the influence of sonic mysterious force no less than two feet from the ground, at which height it remained for a time, and then gracefully subsided. Mr. Novra had noted the pitch of the imitated sounds made by the spirits, and he found that lie could produce them all. The raps from the table could be produced by rubbing the tip of the middle finger in lees' . Irtrt, and letting it start forward in short unobtrusive jerkss on the smooth mahogany. The raps from the tea tray could be produced in a similar way by the nail of the' forefinger bent under the hand. The " cooper's knock"' could be imitated with the heel of the boot on the floor:. 'The lesser sounds which proceeded from distant part* of the room could be produced by rubbing the toe-nail* acr ' inst the soles of the boot in s ide, in a way explained by wizard Anderson. But why, it may be asked, did these sounds proceed from the chimney, the wfrulows, the cupboard, and the roof? Conjurers have non& culty, says Mr. Norva, in answering that question.. 'ld is a hard matter, in a room, to tell whence any soar& comes; and if the direction from which it is expectrag is indicated, those who hear it, will not believe it pro ceeds from any other spot. This the lecturer illustrated.- With a knife lie appeared to strike a tumbler which stood on his desk, and to make it ring loud and clear throughout the hall. No one in that vast audience discovered that his blows were mere feints, till lie called out an assistant from behind a screen at the other end of the room, who showed the instrument which had really made the sound—a glass vessel of a totally different kinds and yielding a different sound from that used by the' lecturer. In the same manner Mr. Novra showed hoar the spirits might be made to write on the floor, pinch andl gripe, and fold down the leaves of books To divert the• attention from the spot where the work is done, and to. do with the feet what is generally done with the bandit, arc indeed, he says, the great secret of the success jugglers. Well-trained conjurors, by placing the sole of one foot on the top of another, are able to hold and snatch away slates and books, and much heavier articles, and, in short, to perform all the tricks performed by Mrs. Marshall and her niece. They would have no diiffealty in pinching and grasping the legs of a person at a se'rrner, by clasping them between the soles of the feet curved over each other, when a pinch is meant. and between the upper leathers when a gripe is given. Mr. Novra con cluded, from the filet that, gripes and pinches were only felt near the undistended petticoat of the ladies, and close to the floor, that they had been produced after this fashion. He therefore felt anxious to see the upper leathers of Mrs. Marshall's boots—the wear and tear of which he , felt certain would exhibit traces of what they bad under-- ' gone. The table trick, too, he thought he could account for. Placing his right leg over his left knee, and using': the latter as a fulcrum, he found that lie could, seated on a chair, without great muscular effort, raise an ordi nary cheap and light round table, with a centre column and three feet. He felt convinced, too, that the sinewy limbs of the younger performer had a share in this phenomenon. At another slants his surmises were to be tested. The spirits wet" not at all shy; the first se'ance had given them Confi dence. The table rose to the former level. Ile. sooner was it poised, than the Hercules of the party, as arrhArds quickly threw out his foot, and held it tight against the) lower surface of the pillar. Another limb he cainsfitt• therea limb of flesh and blood, active and muscular-- which, despite its frantic efforts to escape, was firmlar clutched until it was found to belong to the person Of . the younger lady. " Perhaps," inquired Mrs. Marshall, little moved, " you can do the raps too ?" The answer was a request that she would exhibit her boots, which, in the confusion of the moment, she did, and all the s ispicions of the conjurer were confirmed. They were worn where hoots never are worn, all over the instep, the prumlla being cut into holes and shreds, like a pair of housemaid's gloves, by the long habit of pinching and grasping to which they had been used. A per former in female attire, with a black veil, and without crinolines, illustrated all the phenomenon as they were referred to by the lecturer. The lecturer, as she raised the table, read the description given of the process bey the author of the famous article in the Corn4ill Maga ' zinc, and proved its accuracy by showing that the jerks it makes in starting frem the floor, the curves it forms in its ascent, the slope of the top towards the medium when it is fairly poised, and the graceful motion with which it subsides to its old place, are all the necessary conditions of the process he has had the quickness to detect, In conclusion, Mr. Norva said that he bad explained all the spiritual manifestations he had been permitted to wit, ness ; and that, if means of observation were offered to him, h e would undertake to explain a ll o th ers . Taking up le gauntlet, a young lady (in spiritualist circles known as the "infant magnet," but now turned fifteen), asce nded the platform, and raised a heavy tailor's goose from its long to its narrow end by touching it with her little finger, and defied the sceptical lecturer to follow her example. But Mr. Novra knew the trick, and suc cessfully performed it. An old gent:;:man then protested against Mr. Novra's explanation baing received as accounting for the phenomena of spiritua?ism. Seated in his arm-chair, lie had flaated about under the ceiling of his ow n room , as i n a b a lloon, supended an .1 1 poised in that position by jets of magnetic fluid, projethld at him from the finger-tips of a wonder-stricken circle of friends on the floor. The remainder of the old gentle man's tale was drowned in the laughter of the audience, and so ended the lecture. Sporting Iltettignyte. HUNTING FIXTURES. 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