The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-09 00:00:00

SELECT VESTRY.-YESTERDAY. The usual fortnightly meeting of the select vestry was held at ten o'clock yesterday, in the parish offices, Brownlow-hill. The Rev. Rector Campbell occupied the chair, and the other members present were—Messrs. Woodruff, Shaw, Owen, Whitby, Satchel!, Whttty, Denton, Smith, Bairstow, Cook, John Jones, Mellor, Critchley, Crellin, Luff, Hand, Syred, Taylor, Smith, Brancker, and Hastings. THE SC)TCH AND IRISH PAUPEa REMOVAL BILL. Mr. Woodruff said, it would be in the recollection of most members of the board, that some months ago, a bill was introduced into the House of Commons by the Poor Law Board, the title of which which was the Irish and Scotch Paupers' Removal Bill. It was thought by the vestry that it would he important to send up a deputation to oppose that bill, which, if it passed, would be highly injurious to the ratepayers of Liverpool and other large parishes. The deputation went up twice, and look very energetic measures to oppose the bill. The result was, that although postponed week after we , k, ar . d month after month, it was now abandoned altozether. (Hear, hear.) It was very satisfactory that the bill should not have been carried, but it would have been far more satisfactory that it should never have been introduced, as he believed it was wholly uncalled for, nd would, if passed, have been highly prejudicial to Liverpool and every large parish in England. (Hear, hear) Therefore, under the circumstances, as the members for the borough paid every attention to the representations of the deputation, and spared neither time nor trouble in investigating the statements placed in their hands, and ga;e every possible assistance to oppose the bill, he thought it was the duty of the vestry to recogniseltheir services by a vote of thanks. (Hear, hear.) He therefore begged to move, that the thanks of the board be given to Messrs. T. B. Horsfall and J. C. Ewart, for their services in opposition to the Scotch and Irish Paupers' Removal Bill, which, if it had passed into law, would have entailed upon the ratepayers of Liver pool very serious additional burthens. Mr. Shaw seconded the resolution. Mr. Denton expressed regret that the board was not sufficiently large to give a full zest to the resolution. He felt sure it would in any case have passed unani mously. The resolution was carried. WORKHOUSE I TTEE. The minut es of this commi C ttee OMM were read. The num - hers admitted into the vagrant sheds during the past week were 213 males, 102 females, and 23 children—in all 338. The number of sick persons in the hospital on the 2nd instant was 647, including 33 fever and 54 itch. The total numbers in the house on the 3rd instant were 2,116 Mr Shaw moved the confirmation of the minutes, including a recommendation that the out-door medical' business be transferred from the workhouse committee to the finance committee, in con sequence of the very much increased am oun t of duties which the former com mittee had to perform. Mr. Denton seconded the motion. Mr. Woodruff enquired whether any steps had been taken in reference to the subject of the removal of lunatics. Mr. Shaw said the vestry clerk was in communication with the magistrates at present. The minutes were then confirmed. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS' C)MMITTEE. The minutes of this committee contained a recom mendation adopted on the motion of Mr. Whitty, seconded by Mr. Cook, that the Roman Catholic boys and girls be allowed to assemble in one room for religious instruction, on the evenings of Wednesday and Sunday, and that as many as possible of the girls employed in domestic duties be permitted to attend on these occasions. The minutes also contained the chap lain's journal, which reported that the Rev. Richard Doyle, Roman Catholic priest, had spoken concerning religious matters to three of the Protestant girls, and the Rev. Rector Campbell, at the request of the com mittee, undertook to write to the Rev. Mr. Doyle upon the subject. Mr. Syred moved that that part of the proceedings which contained the recommendation regarding the Roman Catholic children be not confirmed, on the ground that it would only be a preliminary to the intro duction of the performance of mass. Mr. Wise seconded the amendment, contending that the Catholic inmates had nothing whatever to complain of, and that if this recommendation were carried out, every religions instruction would very soon be changed into religious worship. lie did not see why, if this privilege were granted to Roman Catholics, the other inmates of the house, belonging to dissenting denomina tions, Baptists, Wesleyans, or Unitarians, might not claim an equal right. Mr. Critchley, also, opposed the recommendation, which he regarded as the introduction of the thin edge of the wedge. Mr. Bairstow supported the recommendation, contend. ing that, in point of fact, the privilege was at present allowed to the Roman Catholic children, with the sanc tion of the vestry, only having the slight difference that they were now put t 3 the inconvenience of having half an hour assigned to the boys, and half an hour to the girls, or having the boys on Wednesday, and the girls on Sunday. He would oppose having mass performed in any underhand manner, but this was quite a different thing. It would be quite competent for Mr. Coates, or any officer of the house, to be present during the time the Roman Catholic children received this religious instruction, and there was no intention whatever to have anything done in a secret or underhand manner. Mr. Smith supported the recommendation, urging that the vestry should not allow a sectarian spirit to prevail in their deliberations, but should act in a per fectly fair and impartial spirit of justice to all. Mr. Crellin thought, as the proportion of Roman Catholic children in the house was so much larger than that of any other denomination, except the Protestant, it was but right that some consideration should be shown to them. Mr. Whitty said, the recommendation simply meant that sufficient space should be given to assemble all the children at one time, and that half of the large number of Roman Catholic children should not be left without any religious instruction at all. He had heard strongly illiberal views expressed, and the only consolation he bad was, in supposing that, as a majority of the com mittee did not sanction the recommendation, there was not a sufficient amount of illiberality of feeling to influ ence the spirit of the board to the same extent as had been manifested by particular members of the Industrial 13ehools' committee. If it were supposed that this recommendation was only the precursor of something much more important, he presumed the board could deal with the prospective very important question when it came before them. To suppose that he was endeavouring to introduce the thin end of a wedge which was to work any harm to the Established Church, was utterly preposterous (Rear, bear.) If hs were a great enemy of that establish ment, he might remind the gentleman who had offered that suggestion that from time to time that Church, without the introduction of any wedges at all, evinced a decided tendency to split into pieces -of its own accord. if he (Mr. Whitty) were to advocate his own public views, he should, very likely, recommend the use of a little more Roman cement instead of a wedge. He called on the board to grant what was liberal and fair, and to " do unto others as they would be done by them selves." The chaplain of these schools received a large salary for attending to the Protestant children ; the Roman Catholic clergyman gave his services to the children of his own denomination gratuitously, so far as the vestry was concerned, and yet he was met on the very threshold by o b structive resolutions when ho e ndeavoured to give those children that instruction which w ou ld fit t h em for the performance of their duties to society in their future years. Mr. Woodruff said it appeared that a majority of the com m i ttee to wh om t h e board had deputed the respon- SibilitY of providing for the arrangements of the schools had apnroved of this proposed arrangement. The board was not asked to sanction any new principle. He presumed they would all admit that they could not inter ecfere with The law the religious feeling s o f t h e children in the hools. would not permit them to do so, even , and he thought their own good if they felt inclined sense and conscientious was much better t o convi ctions would t e ll t h em that i t allow these children to have religious education according to their own belief, than none at all. He therefore hoped that the board would granting what was re do justice to that question b quired. There was no fea r whatever of what Mr. their principles of u t e e h d Critchley and other gentlemen suggested, and he was surprised that gentlemen Pro fessi ng p rotestant priu ciples, should think necessary Mr. slender a support as to be endangered b and just concessions to the sentiments of others Mr. Denton considered it better that the children should be good Roman Catholics than bad Protestants, and, therefore, supported the recommendation. The board then divided, when there appeared for th e reco mmendation, 12 ; ag ainst it, 7. The recommenda tion was accordingly ad opted. firmed The g eneral proceedings of the committe were con . FINANCE COMMITTEE,--THRRATENED ACTION AGAINST MR, SATCH ELL, The minutes of this committee contained the follow ing recommendation, passed at a special meeting held on the Ist of July. Mr. Woodruff in the chair.— Min conse,oved by Mr. Luff s resolved—Thatseconded by M r . H and, and uee of e under w hi c h Mr. Satchelql has nc been se th rved circumstances with a writ, by Mr. George Noble, solicitor, on behalf of the Rev. Richard Doyle, it is the opinion of this committee, that he should be protected and defended in the threatened action, by the Select Vestry, under the power of the Local Act, sth and 6th 'Victoria, c. 85. The reao- THE NORTHERN TIMES. ---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. lotion was carried by a majority of one ; Messrs. Hand, Luff, Nixon, and Satchell, voting for it, and Messrs. Shaw, Owen, and Woodruff, against it. Mr. Woodruff, in moving the confirmation of the other proceedings of the committee, drew attention to this resolution. He said, at the last meeting of the vestry, Mr. Satchell made an appeal to the board for support, under the circumstances of an action threatened against him by the Rev. Mr. Doyle. A resolution was then passed, authorising the finance commtttee, if any further steps should be taken, to refer Mr. Doyle to a solicitor. The finance committee took the matter into considera tion, and by a majority of' one, decided upon recommend ing the board to support Mr. Satchell. Now, for him self, he did not think the board was justified in appro priating money collected for the relief of the poor, to any such'purpose. He could not say that Mr. Satchell was doing, as a member of the vestry, that which the law would support him in, in the dispute between Mr. Doyle and himself, and therefore, believing that they had no authority, and that the law would not bear them out, he should refuse his support to this proposition. Other gentlemen, of course, would take their own views noon the question, and he should new only ask the Chairman whether he thought, under the circumstances, the vest r y h a d any aut h ority to support Mr. Satchell. Mr. Conway, (barrister), p res id e d i n t hi s court. There The Chairma n : Th e ques ti on b e i ng put to me, I really were upwards of 120 case s di s p ose d o f , most of which were must say that it i s a l ega l quest i on, an d oug h t rather to undefended. he put t o th e au di tor, w h ether he would pass the account, CLAIM FOR TUITION.—Mr . J ames Sheridan a man of and to the c h urc h war d ens t h emse l ves, whether they rather '. seedy" appearan ce , sue d Mr. Purdue, , a general would sign a ch eque f or t h e money, and make them- dealer, of Church Ro a d, Old S wan, for the sum of five selves respo n sibl e f or t h e money. My private opinion shillings. The plaintiff a ll ege d that the defendant had is, that the audito r wou ld no t pass t h e amount, agreed to pay him five s hilli ngs to teach him the " real Mr. Wise said, th e c l ause i n t h e act of Parliament Irish language" i n s i x l essons. In fulfilment of this would justify the board i n a d opt i ng the recommends- engagement he had give n th e d e f en d ant one lesson in pro tion. nounciation, for whi c h h e h a d rece i ved a shilling, but after Mr. Luff moved th e con f irmat i on of the whole pro- that the defendant d ec li ne d to take any more lessons, and ceedings, inc'uding th e recommen d ation. He said he had kept out of the w a y, so t h it h e had not been enabled attended the meeting o f th e fi nance committee, and It to get the balance th a t was d ue to him, hence the present was his impressi on th a t M r. S atchell had a right to be action to recover th e amount . The manner in which the defended by th e b oar d . H e t h ought the act of parlia- plaintiff gave his ev id ence, spea ki ng in a very peculiar ment would warrant th e b oar d i n d o i ng so Irish brogue, f requen tl y e li c i ted bursts of laughter from they did not do so no mem b er would be safe. Mr, the persons assembled. Th e d e f en d ant most emphatically and that if d Satchel' merely di sc h arge d h i s d uty as a member of the denied ever having ent ere d i nto such a contract as the school committee, u p on w hi c h a gentleman took plaintiff had s t a t e d, b e i ng perfectly satisfied that he did n umbrage, thought hi s c h arac t er h a d b een assailed, and not require any in s t ruct i on i n the Irish or any other brought an action, with th e con di t i on t h at i f Mr. Satchel' language from s uc h a man, an d stated that he had out of would make an apology, a nd sa y h e did not mean what mere charity frequently re li eve d t h e pla i ntiff, and had once he was reported t o h ave sa id , t h e act i on would be with- had a book f r o m hi m f or w hi ch he paid the full value. drawn. Now, Mr. S a t c h e ll did a ll t h at he was requested His Honour, as th e pl a i n tiff cou ld not give better evidence to do, and more. H e ma d e a f u ll explanation, which of any agreem e nt h av i ng b een ma d e, gave a verdict for the went through all the p a p ers , i nstea d of merely appear- defendant. ing, as was req u ir e d, i n th e D ai l y Post. This should have A COUNTERFEIT CROWN.—In thi s act i on Mrs. Ann satisfied Mr. Doyle, if h e were a reasonable man, but it Davis, of 29, Sum mersea t , o ff B yrom Street, was the lainti ff, ch O a Ray Inn, seemed the matter h a d reso l ve d i tself into a money p Whiteaprel and , O xley the of the as V3e defendant. T ailw his claim was question now. Mr. Satchell was now told that thought that if he paid £5 he would hear no more a b out i t. also for five shilli ngs, an d arose under the following it was the duty of th e ves t ry to defend their member circumstances :—M rs. D av i s stated that on a certain against such proceedi ngs , o th erw i se no man could day (not mentioned) she, accompan i e d b y a female discharge his duty f e a r l ess ly an d f a i rly. (Hear, hear.) friend, Miss C a th er i ne H ughes, went to a provident society Mr Hand se con d e d th e con fi rmation of the whole for the purpos e o f d epos i t i ng and drawing a certain amount proceedings. of money. Af ter l eav i ng the of f ice, they called in at the Mr. Dent on th oug h t t h e b oard ought to meet this defendant's vaults f or th e p urpose of having a glass of ale question in a liber a l s irit. If he k new an each, and for th e p ayment o f which she tendered a sovereign, liberalism, it was freedom of thought, freedom ythin of speech, about and received i n exc h ange a half-sovereign, a crown, half-a- crown, and two shilli ngs an d t h reepence. Upon examining and freedom o f act i on, i f necessary. They, as a vestry, ought to supp or t trut h and expose error. Mr. Satchell the crown piece, she discove re d t h at i t was a bad one, and had done no m ore , an d from all he (Mr. Denton) had acquainted the defendant's wife of the fact; but she denied learned, he had spoken only what was true, and endea- all knowledge of the coin, and refused to take it back again. voured to expo se w h at was error. He thought the 'I ho p resent act i on was brought to recover the amount. mibnoasdtth money, o ot s ni i ie t l i y. v: l u y a vi d esr e r n Hi i n e go d nt t oh h ua a rt t , fishheehhaadd however, onlyg teenav gave one board ought at all times to support one of their own crown ` plaiMrs.n tEi plaintiff piece i a ll se body, provided he was right, and he believed Mr. d d verdict noto f fo i t p h , e te an plaintiff,y blameat the same stahmee defendant,time observingthat o, in thehe Satchell was right in that instance. Upon that ground he contended they ought to support him. This action, he believed to be but a foretaste or foreshadowing of for business might have taken it, and not recollected what was looming in the distance. if they did not the hurry fact it was clear . that the plaintiff could not (without make a stand somewhere. Their mouths would be for she had stated that which was a direct falsehood, which there was no reason to believe,) have received it from any ever closed, and there would be an end of free dis other person,—besides, a witness, who was with her, had cession. He was sorry to see members of the board who advocated liberal principles desert another member upon such an occasio n as thi s, and lie hoped that every 6 corroborated her statem en t. member of the vestry who had the spirit of liberty about him would come forward and support the recomtnenda tion. (Hear.) As to the Act of Parliament, any construc tion might be put upon an act, according to the personal views and the bias each individual might have. He had heard it said over and over again at that board that a coach-and-six might be driven through every act which had been passed for the last century. He called upon every member of the board to support Mr. Satchell under the circumstances, either by a public vote or by a private subscription; but in especial he would urge that it should be taken up by the board in its collective capacity as a public question. Mr. Critchley supported the recommendation. The Chairman having read through the clause of the act, and observed upon the different construetians which might be put upon it, remarked that he could not hold the position that any member of the select vestry had a right to get up and say an) thing he pleased with regard to any individual outside and be borne harmless by the board. If Mr. Satchell really had meant what was imputed to him, he should have considered him guilty of a very heinous offence and crime, and most certainly never for one single moment would be have supported him. (Hear, hear.) But he did not believe Mr. Satchell had the smallest possible inten tion in his mind of hinting at such a thing. (Hear, hear.) He did not believe him capable of such a thing, and, moreover, he did not believe he would have dared to utter it in public even if he had been capable of conceiving it. (Hear, hear.) He therefore acquitted Mr. S itchell most fully of any such intention, but at the same time he con sidered the legal question a very complicated one, and that the board should be very careful how they undertook to defend a member in an action at law. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Whitby th oug h t that after the very full explanation' given at the last meeting the matter should have been allowed to drop. At the same time, as it was entirely a money matter, he thought the best way to get out of the difficulty was, by the members individually subscribing the £5, and paying it over to Mr. Noble. Mr. Wise was quite convinced that there was not a gen tleman at that board but one who imputed the meaning alleged to Mr. Sat chell's worde. It was mentioned to hirn that one member had remarked that Mr. Satchell's words would bear the more abominable construction. lie was quite convinced that Mr. Satchell's mind was not so pol luted as to think of insinuating a charge of so abominable a nature as that which had been referred to by the Rev. Mr. Doyle since. He therefore considered that the vestry would shamefully neglect its duty if it suffered a member to defend himself against such an action out of his own pocket. He could not agree that they should subscribe Lb and pay it over to Mr. Doyle, but would much prefer that Mr. Satchell should defend the action. He was quite sure no judge or jury would put that construction upon Mr. Sat chell's words by which it was sought to extort money from him, or else to obtain a written apology which might be paraded before the public as au admission that Mr. Satchell had done wrong. Mr. Smith said considering that Mr. Satchell had made the explanation he did, he should feel it his duty to vote for the recommendation. Mr. Owen did not believe that Mr. Satchell was called I , upon to have used such language in discharging his duty , as a member of the vestry, and, therefore, he held that Mr. Satchell must take the consequences, as any other individual should do. He therefore considered it his duty as an overseer to say that the money could not be appro priated. Mr. Shaw said he had no objection to a subscription, as he thought Mr. Satchell and the case deserved it, but he, as one of the churchwardens, would not sign any check for it. Mr. Hand : Your refusal to sign the check will go for nothing. erect language. Anything in his power he would do to put an end to such unpleasant litip,ation,,but certainly, as a guardian of the poor, he would do everything in his power to prevent the public funds being thus appropriated (Hey, hear.) Mr. Bairsiow reminded the board that the two church— wardens, the only persons authorised to sign the cheques had refused to do so. The board then divided, when there appeared, For the recommendation—Messrs. Satchel], Brancker, Cooke, Crellin, Critchley, Denton, Hand, Jones, Luff, Mellor, Smith, Syred, Taylor, Whitby, Wise, and Hast ings. 16. Against it—Messrs. Woodruff, Sh aw, B airstow, Owen, and Whitty. The recommendation was therefore confirmed. On the motion of Mr. Woodruff, it was agreed to accept the tender of the Royal Insurance Company for insuring the whole of the buildings and property belonging to the parish. _ _ The remaining proceedings were then confirmed. Having disposed of some unimportant business, the vestry then adjourned. COUNTY COURT. -YESTERDAY TRADE BETWEEN FRANCE AND AUSTRALIA.—We notice a most gratifying feature in our mercantile advices from Sydney, which we trust will lead to most profitable results. A great increase was springing up in the direct trade of the Australian colonies with France, and it was likely to receive further augmentations from the more liberal commercial policy which has been lately adopted under the present regime in that country. In connection with this subject it should be borne in mind that since the Ist of January, in the present year, the import duties have been abolished upon wool from the Australian colonies arriving in French ports in French registered ships. It was expected in the colonies that this remis sion would lead to a large increase in direct transactions with a great profitable customer. It appears that in 1854 about 50,000 bales of Australian wool were pur chasezl in the United Kingdom for the French markets, direct importations from the colonies themselves being only in embryo. Last year, however, their direct exports were about 6,500 bales ; a tithe of the quantity pur chased in England the previous year. During the first few months of the present season, however, no less a quantity than 4,475 bales have been directly exported to France, an increase indicative of the most gratifying results for the future.— Australian and New Zealand Gazette. EXECUTION IN DMIVAIARK.—CapitaI punishments are extremely rare in Denmark, and when one consequently takes place, it occasions an immense sensation. The announcement that a female under sentence of death in the prison of Grenaa, province of Jutland (where it is cert iin there has been no execution for 300 years), was to be executed the next morning, not only plunged the whole town and neighbouring country into commotion, but attracted crowds from a great distance. The con - demned was a young woman named Gertrude, daughter of John, a peasant (in Denmark peasants have no family names), and her crime was murdering her husband by discharging a loaded pistol at him. When told that her last hour had come, and that she must prepare to die, she said that she had no need of preparation, and at once quietly put on her cap and shawl, after which she said she was ready. When the moment came to set out for the scaffold, she refused to be conveyed in a cart, but taking the executioner by the arm walked there firmly. Having run up the steps she stood near the fatal block, listening with great calm to the reading of the text of her condemnation—a very prolix document. She then took off her cap and shawl, threw them at her feet, and bandaged her eyes with her neckerchief; she then knelt down, and placed her neck on the block. A moment after the axe fell. The extraordinary calm of the woman astonished the spectators, who were upwards of 20,000 in number. LOLA MONTES AT THE BENDIGO GOLD FIELDS.—The first spot reached by the lady and the party who accompanied her in her tour was the Victoria Reef. On her arrival the flag of the reef was hoisted mast high, and she was received en masse by the whole of the miners engaged on the reef, who immediately proceeded to construct a lowering stage to enable her to descend one of the deep shafts, but Madame's impatience outgrowing their dex terity, she precipitately hurried down the ladder, grasp ing the main rope of Mr. Ashley's claim on this reef, and from whence she made an entrance, scrambling with dare-devil skill, through intricate passages, over hazard ous foot-yielding planks into Messrs. Hussler and Co.'s claim ; where Madame in this most romantic workshop took the pick in harrt, and showed she was not ignorant of either diggers' toil or diggers' skill, till, after a few minutes' exertion, her delicate wrists failing her, she naively exclaimed, "I'm not good at this !" Madame having reached the surface, invited "those sturdy men who delved for gold," to adjourn to a neighbouring hotel and partake freely of the nobbler or the spider. The honour of treating was disputed, the miners insisting Madame was their guest, and therefore ought to be treated ; whilst she insisted with equal resolution, that she being the favoured ought to be the treater, As usual, the lady having gained the day, the whole body of the assembled formed a procession, Madame preceding them, and marched to the British and American Hotel, at Iron Bark, where Mr. Grant recovering from his surprise of the sudden rush on the hostelrie, and the unexpected honour done it by the visit of the Countess, and having gathered his scattered feelings together, played " mine host" most satisfactorily, After one and all had quaffed his glass, three cheers were given for Madame, to which she replied to the effect that the unwonted interest she took in quartz mining resulted from the fact of her own ing many shares in one of the heaviest companies in California, to which she would with pleasure report what she had to-day witnessed, and exhibit the specimens that had that day been presented to her. The health of Mr. Coleman, who had attended Madame Montes, was then drank, to which he replied. Madame Montes and her party then drove away to Hussler's reef, where the claim and works were inspected. Mr. Latham, one of the paitners in this firm, with his men, speedily applied themselves to the furnishing of Madame with such infor mation as she sought, and presented her with various specimens from their claim. The richness of the quartz in both reefs she had visited, evidently struck Madame with astonishment. Not so, however, the mills, as she frequently exclaimed, " How can such little mills pay ? A h ! now I see, from the extra richness of your quartz ; were it not for that, you could not possibly succeed without mills like those in California." Subsequently, Madame Lola drove to and visited the puddling steam works of Messrs Hussler, at the White Hills, upon the summit of which, w h en s h e b eheld the water playing, forced from the gully below, she exclaimed, "This is grand !" and on Messrs. Hussler and Watson introduc ing their partner Mr. Harris, and under the cognomen of " Yankee Sam," she remarked, "Ah ! I thought there was an American in the affair." After Madame had had done not a little in the rake an.l sluice work, and made a most minute and satisfactory inspection of the works, the party, deeply gratified, drove to the " Crite rion." barely in time for a hasty dinner, prior to the business of the evening. Madame Lola, greatly fatigued with the serious work cf her heavy day's ramble, observed to Mr. Bouran who had been her chaperone throughout the day, " Really I feel indebted to you, but, oh me ! I am afraid you have spoilt the spider dance." Mr. Whitty said in the course of Mr. Wise's remarks le had referred to one member of the board as an excep tion. Mr. Wise : I meant yourself. Mr. Whitty : I aske . d Mr. Wise and he stated that he meant me. Mr. Wise : Yes, you were the member who put the abominable construction upon the words. Mr. Whitty said he was quite willing that. every act and word of his should be fairly met at that board; and he should therefore request that when Mr. Wise had any occasion in future to refer to him, he would name him openly. On the occasion in question he listened with a good deal of attention to Mr. Satchel!. The expression Mr. Satchell made use of then, appeared to him, in the natural and obvious meaning of the words, intended to convey an imputation of immorality. He mentioned that impression to Mr. Syred, whcm he believed to be a friend of Mr. Satchel!. Whether his (Mr. Whitty's) mind came under the peculiar category described by the chairman on the last occasion as wicked and corrupt, he did not know, but he met some other gentlemen who, whether they came under the same classification or not, were certainly men of high integrity, clear heads, and very blameless lives, who entertained the same opinion regarding the words-- and he did not think it at all improbable that if they were to ascertain the general opinion of those who read the words, the majority would say that if the words did not convey a very strong imputation of immorality, they were at least very unhappily chosen. That, he thought, even Mr. Satchel! himself must admit, and the expressions which fell from the chairman at the last meeting would show that he also thought the words unhappily selected. Mr. Satchell had, however, disclaimed any other meaning than a horror of confession. He did not deny the truth of Mr. Satchell's assertion at all, nor would he offer any opinion on the merits of the cane. But he believed that horror of confession was scarcely a sufficient ground for the majority of the finance committee to misappropriate the public funds for the defence of language used by a gentlemen at that board, having reference to any gentle man out of doors. He thought it a virtue of a very questionable nature, though in the first instance enter tained by a very worthy man, Mr. Satchel!. It should b e recollected also, that a horror of the confession was not altogether confined to men of peculiar sanctity. It was a horror generally entertained by very great sinners —e time oindeed, f th ere were scarcely any great cri m i na l s , from th the i enitent thief upon the cross downwards, who did not he of confession form a e i g felt, no doubt, that a horror a very strong characteristic of the S eh a eW t e hi h lal e id l a l nat a l' thebef et question w o e f e t n h . rr a . t tn . oo ß ydio u e t .; withhe Asawould t h guardiane leavem e r i t s ooit f f the poor, and of the public money, he should most strongly join his protest to that of the chairman of the finance committee against what he believed to be a mis appropriation of the funds of the parish. He protested against converting the public rates into an indemnity fund to protect members in the use of unfortunate and indis ton Palmer. nothing gr. FEARFUL STORM BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE On Monday night our coast was visited by a storm as fierce and violent as any we have almost ever experienced, even during the prevalence of the equinoctial gales. On Saturday evening and Sunday morning, signs of the coming gale were to be observed. Rain fell heavily, and the wind blew in strong and fitful gusts. During the afternoon of Sunday it held up fine, though windy, but on Sunday night it again commenced to rain, and con tinued almost without intermission to an early hour yesterday morning. Towards midnight on Monday, the wind began to blow strongly from the N.W. It was accompanied with drenching showers of rain, and, soon increasing in strength and continuance, it blew a perfect storm, which raged with unabated fury until the morn ing of Tuesday was far advanced. Several disasters to shipping have been already reported as resulting from it, but we are happy to say, that they have not been accom panied by any serious loss of life. In the Mersey, the Naval Brigade, from Quebec, and the City of Brooklyn, were driven on shore during the height of the gales, on the Pluckington Bank, off the Brunswick Dock. The latter was soon got off, without apparently having sustained any damage, and the former was got off after some trouble, with the assistance of six tugs. The Isaac Webb which sailed from this port with passengers for New York, on the 7th, went on shore at the entrance of Amlwick. The crew and passengers have been saved. The Affrica, from Bombay, was seen off the port early yesterday morning, with what were considered at first to be signals of distress flying. A steam tug and the Hoylake lifeboat went to her assistance, and after some time she was taken in to vby two tugs. Her passengers were brought ashore in the course of the day, by the steam tug Fury, and it was then reported that the signal which was thought to be one of distress, was merely one for a steamer. By a subsequent report, it was stated that she was in want of an anchor and cable immediately, and this was followed by one intimating that she was on ground. From this it was inferred, that one of the tugs had parted with her to hasten to Liverpool for the anchor and cable, and that the other boat was unable to hold her in her course. No danger was however apprehended. The Typhoon, which sailed from Liverpool for Bombay on the 7th of this month, has put back with loss of mainyard. The Tribune, outward bound, has been reported on shore, with loss of foremast, Sc. The report from Belfast says that a large barque, outward bound from Liverpool, has been driven ashore near Portstewart, and that the crew have been saved. This may be the Tribune. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—SATVEDAY, July 5 (Before Mr. Justice Willes and a Special Jury.) The Acton, schooner, of Workington, his been also on shore. The captain has been drowned. A small vessel has been likewise reported on shore off the north bank, with signals of distress ; and a brig with loss of sails, off West Hoyle, also with signals of distress flying. The Adelaide, Potts, from Dublin to Washington, is reported as having been totally wrecked in Holyhead Bay, and the master drowned ; and in Carnarvon Bay, yesterday, a large vessel was seen riding with only the mizen-mast standing. There was no steamer at the place to go to her assistance. In the river here the Harriett, and the Pride, of Canada, got into collision on Tuesday morning. The former lost her bulwark, stanchions, &c., but the latter was uninjured. The Enterprise, of Kinsale, was reported on shore near Mockbeggar Wharf, and a large vessel was also reported with signals of distress flying, outside the N. W. lightship. The Victory, which was telegraphed on Monday, was seen by the Excelsior (a s.), with union down, thirteen miles off the Bell Buoy. Two tugs were near her at the SMITH V. WOODFINE. This was an action brought to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Sergeant Byles, Mr. M. Smith, and Mr. Unthank appeared for the plaintiff ; and the Attorney-General and Mr. M. Chambers for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Byles said that he bad the honour to appear for Miss Margaret Smith, the daughter of a gentleman who was for a great many years in the Audit Office, but who had retired three or four years ago on a pension. He had four daughters and a son ; and hie wife having died, he retired to live with one of his daughters, who had mar ried a medical gentleman named Matthews. and resided in the vicinity of Hornchurch, near Romford. In the vicinity of Hornchurch also lived the defendant, who was a brewer, his father having died in 1853, and left the business to the defendant and his mother. The brewery was a very thriving concern, and was represented by the defendant to be worth from £60,000 to £70,000 or £80,000; and in addition to his interest in that business the defendant was possessed of other property. He was a young man, 32 or 33 years old, and the plaintiff was about 21 years of age. The defendant visited at Mr. Matthew's house, and there be saw the plaintiff, and as early as June, 1855, he made known his intentions to her, but she required that those intentions should he communicated to her father, and they were so communicated. Matters went on without anything particular occurring until about Christ mas, 1855, when it was finally arranged that the defendant should be the accepted suitor of the plaintiff, and the day of the wedding was fixed for the 3rd of April. In order to show upon what terms the plaintiff and defendant were, he read some passages from a correspon dence, in which the defendant addressed the plaintiff in the most affectionate manner, and these letters showed clearly enough what at that time the defendant thought, and hoped, and believed. The marriage having been fixed for the 3rd April, in the meantime the gentleman went in search of a suitable residence for the plaintiff; and in January he took a place called Hill-house, and he also ordered a brougham and a phaeton. On the 17th March, however, kir. Smith, the plaintiff's father, received this extraordinary letter, indicating a vacillation and impropriety of conduct perfectly inex cusable under such circumstances, when the happiness and the very life of this young lady were at stake. The letter was : " Dear Sir,—For various causes, the affair fixed for the 3rd of April mast be postponed. I remain, yours faithfully, " Turmas WOODFINE " Nothing more than that. Inquiry was made as to the reason of this, and the reason alleged was that an affront had been offered to the defendant's family in not sending an invitation to the wedding breakfast to hie sister, Mrs. Thompson, who resided in London. The fact, however, was that an invitation had actually been sent to that lady, and no reason could be ascertained why the letter should not have been delivered. He was told that there was no intention to give any offence, and eventually the matter ended in the defendant expressing his penitence for what he had done, and lie took charge himself of the second letter to Mrs. Thompson, in order that there should be no misdelivery again. The day for the wedding was altered to the 17th of April, and every preparation was made for it; but before the day arrived, the defendant began to harp upon the old story. There were various pretexts ; but the principal one was that Mrs. Thompson had not received an invitation, though in fact she had received the second invitation, and had answered that Mr. and Mrs. Thompson could not possibly come. He also said that his mother did not like the young lady. The consequence was that the second day fixed for the wedding went off as the first had done, and no resource remain ed but to bring the action which was now before them. It was an action to which there was no solid defence, and the only question would be to what damages this young lady was entitled for the causeless and most distressing conduct of this gentleman. Mr. Henry A. Smith, the plaintiff's father, was called, and said—l reside at llornchurch, and was for a great many years in the Audit-office. My daughter was twenty-one last July. The defendant spoke to me in June, 1855, and said he had made proposals of marriage to my daughter, and she preferred his naming it to me. I told him my daughter would have no fortune until I died, and I also said I should wish to see his mother on the subject, and the defendant asked what was the necessity of that; was he not old en o u g h t o j u d ge for himself? He alluded to a former engagement he had had with a Miss Jones, and he entered into some details as to the manner in which it was broken off. I had an interview with his mother afterwards, and told her what her son had said, and she offered no objection. Atter this the defendant continued his attentions to my daughter, and was reek iced as her suitor. The defendant looked out for a house for my daughter. Intimately, he took Hill-house, and was to give £2OO a year for it. The wedding was fixed for the 3rd of April, and I was to give a breakfast. After the receipt of the letter in March, I went with Mr. Matthews, and saw him in the presence of his mother. I asked him to explain the meaning of his letter, and he said, "You have insulted my family." I said, "in what manner?" and he said, in not having sent an invitation to Mrs. Thompson, his sister. I told him that the letter had been sent, and he observed that there were various modes of intercepting a letter on its road. I reminded him that he bad promised to take a letter and explain the circumstances. He then said, " Mr. Smith accused me of wanting to serve her as I served Miss Jones." I said, " Mr. Woodfine, do you want to break off the marriage ?" He said, "I do not say so—it must be postponed." Mrs. Woodfine observed, " Your daughter cannot love my son, far she has allowed him to take a house at Upminster, and to he so f ar f rom t h e b rewery. " M r. Woodfine said immediately, " Oh ! mother, mother, that has nothing to do with it." I said I thought Mrs. Woodfine did not like my daughter, and her reply was, "1 certainly no not like your daughter;" that she was extravagant and bad tempered. She said there were plenty of other houses, and referred to one occupied now by Mr. Denbigh, and let at £3O a year. I again adverted to the letter that we had sent to Mrs. Thompson, and I said, " Perhaps by this time they may have received the letter." He rose up and attempted to ring the bell, and said, " Oh ! if you doubt my word," and he, in fact, ordered us out of the house. After that Mr. Woodfine renewed his visits, and apologised for his conduct. After the 24th of March Mr. Woodfine called as usual. On the 2nd April he came through the surgery into the dining room where I was sitting, and asked if he could see my daughter. I said "No; she is unwell, and suffering from the treatment she has received from your mother and yourself." He said "It is a paltry excuse; it is an infamous lie." I told him I was quite at a loss to know what he meant—did he mean to break off the marriage ?He said, " You are a fool, you are a liar, you are a placeman and a clerk"--(a laugh) —and he shook his fist at me. I told him I should be ashamed to revert to what his father or grandfather had been ; and there I was wrong, perhaps. He said he wished to see my daughter, and I sent up for her, and, before my daughter, asked Lim to speak up like a man. He said he wanted to see her alone, and I would not let him. He said, I must appoint a meeting with Miss Smith," and out we both went—Mr. Woodfine going before me through the surgery, and I after him. All of a sudden he slipped round, went back to my daughter, and locked me in the surgery. (Laughter). He locked himself up in the room with my daughter. I did not hear what passed between them. He came out with my daughter, and his words were," Do you agree to my proposal ?" My daughter said, "No ; never on those conditions." He then left the house saving, " She says no' —she says ' no.' " I said, " My good fellow, she does not say ' na,' " and he said, " You are a liar," and that is the last time I have spoken to him. The cross-examination of this witness was concluded shortly before five o'clock. and the case was adjourned. The hearing of tho case was resumed on Monday morning. The first witness called was Mr. Matthews, who deposed to the plaintiff's calling on Mr. Smith, and that at the defendant's interview with the plaintiff he overheard the defendant say to the plaintiff, that if she would live in a house in the village, be married in private, without any of her friends, because his mother could not forget the insult she had received, and consent that her father and none of her friends or relations should cross his threshold after his marriage --if she would consent to that, his mother would forgive her, and be would marry her." She replied, " How can I after this," and the door was then shut, the defendant saying, " There he is again," meaning, he sup Posed, Mr. Smith. The plaintiff was as good a temper as one could wish. Cross-examined.—At the interview betwean witness, defendant, and his mother, at the latter's residence, he did not recollect that defendant said "he had asked the plaintiff to give him a kiss and make it up," and that she said " Certainly not, for after our marraige they will say I have only had Miss Jones's leavings after all." (Laughter.) Witness had never seen any reluctance on the plaintiff's put to afford the defend ant that lover's privilege. (Renewed laughter.) A number of letters written by the defendant to the plaintiff were put in and read, in which the defendant expressed his love and affection for the plaintff, and the impossibility of his ever being happy without her ; and also the so n a j o i nt the will of th e d e f en d an t' s f at h er , g i v i ng interest in the brewery. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Sergeant Byles addressed the jury on the evidence, contending he had made out his case, and characterised the excuses of insults to the family as miserabl e su b ter f uges to break off the match. The last offer on the part of the defendant was, he contended, the most disgraceful, in wishing to enforce terms on the plaintiff that she could not accept, v z , marriage with entire separation from her father and relatives. It was clear the defendant had broken his promise, and be had no doubt the jury would mark their sense of his conduct by awarding the plaintiff substantial damages, a portion of which his " ma" ought to pay. The Attorney-General, for the defendant, addressed the jury in mitigation of damages. It often occurred that ladies were of amiable temper when courting, but when it came to a question of who shall carry the day, then a little of female human nature peeped ont, and a man in a moment saw that he was about to take to himself a yoke follow, who would be disposed to exercise a little more despotic power over him than would be agreeable. Had the plaintiff been a warm hearted, generous young woman, and have spoken to the defendant in terms of conciliation and endearment, instead of standing out as she :tad against the terms proposed of a ptivate marriage, in all probability the defendant would have given way. Under all the circumstances of the case, the learned - - General contended the plaintiff had relieved the defendant from his promises, or if not, that had sufficient time been allowed between the last quarrel and the father consulting an attorney (three weeks after), a reconciliation would no doubt have taken place between them and the marriage consummated. In awarding damages, should they be of opinion the defendant and not the plaintiff had broken off the marriage by her injudicious conduct, as well as that of her friends, he hoped they would not be misled by the exaggerated statement of the defendant's pecuniary position. The learned judge summed up. The jury retired, and after being absent about half an hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff DAMAGES, £3,000. ArTEMPTED ATURDEII Yesterday afternoon a- young man, who gave the name of John Coles, was examined at Marlborough street police court, charged with attempting to murder a young female named Emily Lucas. From the evidence it appeared that the previous night the prisoner was loitering about Harley street-villas, and at half-past nine a boy arrived at No. 9, and rung the bell. The girl, a servant at the house, opened the door to take the parcel the boy had to deliver when the pris oner rushed up and fired a pistol at her, , which took effect in the forehead, between the eyes, one of which it completely knocked out. The poor girl fell to the ground, and the prisoner made off. The wounded woman was taken to St. Mary's Hospital, and it was dis covered that the wound is likely to cause death. At about half-past ten last night, the 'prisoner gave himself up to Constable Williams, D, saying, "I'm your prisoner. I've shot her, and you'll soon hear all about it.' He was searched at the station, and on his person was found 8 love letters, 4 percussion caps, 4 small pebbles, oz of powder, and a pistol. The weapon, with which the deed was committed, was a large horse pistol. Jealousy is said to be the cause of the melancholy affair. The magistrate, having heard the evidence of the house surgeon of the hospital, remanded the prisoner. MR. JAMES BURKE'S LECTURE.--A lecture was delivered in the Concert Hall, last night, by Mr. James Burke, bar rister, of Dublin, having for its title " The Sisters of Charity at home and abroad." The chair was filled by Mr. M'Donnell, barrister. The lecture was delivered for the benefit of one of the C itholic charities of Liverpool. P R ESENTAT ION. — Yesterday, a very neat silver speaking trumpet was exhibited in the window of Messrs. Jones and Sons, Castle. street, bearing the following inscription —" Pre sented to Captain James Marshall, by the owners of the St. John's, New Brunswick, and Liverpool line of packet ships, as an acknowledgment of his having made the quickest pas sage from Liverpool to St. John's. New Brunswick, during the year 1855, in their ship John Barbour." THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—The following selection of Presidents has been recommended by the Council of the British Association for the next meeting at Cheltenham : Mathematics, Prof. Walker; Chemistry, Prof. Brodie; Geology, Prof. Ramsey; Natural History and Physiology, Prof. Bell; Geography and Ethnology, Sir Henry Raw. linion ; Statistics, Lord Stanley; Mechanics, George Rennie, Esq. CURIOUS DISCOVRRY.—The hockbone of an immense animal was recently discovered in the bed of the river Ancholme, near Brigg, Lincolnshire. The hock is 64 inches in circumference, and the bottom part of the bone (which has been cut) is 48 inches in circumference. It appears to be the hock bone of the megatherium. It is now in the possession of Mr. R. E. Leary, printer Lincoln. FATAL ACCIDENT AT A SHOOTING GALLERY —On Wed nesday a man named Richard Curley was amusing himself with Sergeant Meehan, of the Rnyal Glamorgan Militia, and another sergeant, named James Adams, at the Shooting Gallery, Cardiff They commenced shoot ing with a round each, with rifles, after which it was agreed to have some pistol practice. Meehan was in the act of turning his arm round in order to take aim at the target, when the pistol went off, lodging the ball in the body of his friend Curley. The latter, putting his two hands; to the wound, exclaimed, " Oh, Meehan, I am done for." He was carried to the adjoining house, and Mr. Joseph Lewis, surgeon, was immediately in attendance, and extracted the ball from beneath the left scapula. The wounded man died in great agony at six o'clock th next morning,. Mr. Lewis, surgeon, said at the inquest—" I think it right to state that the deceased, in answer to my question if he had been maliciously shot at, replied, ' No, Sir, it was purely accidental.'" A verdict of " Accidental death " was returned by the Coroners jury. —Bristol Mercury. REGENT'S FRIENDLY SOCIETY, TRANMERE.-111 8 society celebrated its anniversary on Monday last. The members, to the number of 160, mot at the Assembly-rooms, Queen's Arms, in the morning, and preceded by Mr. Lester's brass band, marched to St. Catherine's Church, where an excel lent sermon was preached by the Rev. B. Arthure, incum bent, after which they dined together in the Club-room, of most substantial fare. The chair was occupied by Mr. Stewart, chemist, of Birkenhead and Hoylake, and the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were drank with great enthusiasm. The toast of the evening was—" Success to the Regent's Friendly Society," coupled with the health of Mr. Ilighton, the secretary. That gentleman, in respond ing, gave an interesting account of the progress of the society during its existence, now nearly forty years, and stated, that it was gratifying to find that the account showed an increase in its receipts over the expenditure. In the evening, the members, and their wives and sweethearts, devoted themselves to Terpsichore, and enjoyed themselves on the " light fantastic toe." The whole of the arrange. ment secured the fullest enjoyment of the festival by all who had the gratification to participate in it. To the indefati gable secretary, Mr. Dighton, too much praise cannot be awarded, and it was cheerfully and spontaneously bestowed by the whole of the company. ~ MACNAUGHT ON INSPIRATION." " THE LIVERPOOL HER ALD" SOUNDS A RETREAT FOR THE REV. J. B. LOWE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—Yon will probably have noticed in the _Herald of Saturday, the sth instant, an article with the Leading, " Infidelity in the Church of England !! ! " This article is quite worthy of notice in the following considerations :- 1. Mr. Macnaught is implicitly designated a " confirmed infidel." With reference to this assertion, I beg to ask the editor of the Liverpool herald which article of the Three Creeds, or which of the Thirty-nine Articles, or what part of the Ordination Vows, has been called in question by Mr. Macnaught ? 2. Dr. Donaldsou's remarkable work, The .Thok of Jashar, is quoted under the designation of A Critical Treatise on the Old Testament ; and, after repeating a letter of Dr. Donaldson's, and three lengthy quotations from his " Book of Jashar," the Herald's editor proceeds to urge the bishops to answer several questions. These questions are vague and silly enough ; but their reader is, apparently, intended to gather from them that the bis' of Chester ought to proceed against Mr. Macnaught. u doubt the editor of the Herald has recently learnt something of the law ; and as the public are being requested to pay for the said editor's experience, I venture to ask him under what statute, or in accordance with what preoedent, he would advise the bishops to proceed against Dr. Donaldson or Mr. Macnaught ? 3. But, sir, the most astounding feature in the Herald'. article is the manner in which he, a professing friend of the clergy, and especially of the extreme anti-Romanists like Mr. J. B. Lowe, recalls the incumbent of St. Jude's from his com • bat with his own refutations of Mcsonaught on Inspiration. For the last seven weeks Mr. J. B. Lowe has been toiling at long and elaborate letters to the Courier, in which he sets up what he regards as Mr. Maenaught's arguments, and then he has the satisfaction of supposing that he entirely "refutes" those arguments. To be sure, most people are heartily tired of Mr. Lowe's two or three weekly columns. It is true, all thoughtful persons have, from the first, perceived that Mr. Lowe was not up to the mark, and that he had undertaken a task which was too much for him. It is true, Mr. Lowe seems unwilling (or unable) to answer a few simple qaestions which have been frequently put to him by " Verax," and on his satisfactory reply to which depends the public estimation of his scholarship and his honesty as a reviewer. It is true, Mr. Lowe has seriously damaged his own reputation—has drawn prompt and wide attention to Mr. Macnaught's new book, and has proportionately injured the cause of fanaticism, which is dear to the Herald's heart—which is the high-road to unbelief. Bat what, then, sir ? Should not Mr. Lowe's unfortunate failure, and his unhappy exposure of himself and his cause, commend him to the sympathies and assist ance of such an amiable lady as our local " Mrs. Gamp ?" Instead of this, however, the editor of the Liverpool Herald, in a spirit of the most self-complacent nonchalance, produces a few lines as a quotation from a recent sermon of the bishop-designate, Chas. Baring. These few lines of asser tion and declamation, without a word of proof or argument, the Liverpool friend of " Mrs. Harris" " contends is an ample ex • planation of the question a', issue ;" and with reference to the puzzled and unfortunate Mr. Lowe, all the comfort he gets from the Herald is, that his letters are styled " a verbose controversy," with which "the columns of the Liverpool press have been teeming for some time." [By the way, the editor of the Herald declares that he " means to repeat his " questions" on this subject, " and to call for an answer," so we suppose that another " column of the Liverpool press" will, now that " we are heartily sick of the e - biect, and certain the public is tired of i ," begin to odd its valuable contributions to the effort to put down reason by authority, " Parturit hem I prey° nascetur riiiculus mus."] But, in the meanwhile, sir, observe the compli meats and the consolation proffered to a fallen alley by the manager of the new Herald's office. " Mr. Lowe's letters," the courteous Herald proclaims, " must be futile in the extreme." " Mr. Lowe's powers are unequal to the task." "We do hope Mr. Lowe will desist from a wordy warfare, when he can throw us new I;ght upon the subject ; and cease to fill three or four (?) columns of the Courier, and some little space in the Rad ical and .T\TJaruzart TIMES, with verbosity that is neither instructing nor interesting." After this, for the Herald to men tion Mr. Lowe's "persev er i ng zea l an d pure-m i n dedness," is simply to add insult to injury.—Allow me, sir, to subsci.be myself, z as one whose m o tt o i s " S AVE MS FROM MY FRIENDS. POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY (BEFORE MR, ANDERSON.) AN ARTFUL DODGE.—A middle-aged man, named Samuel Hughes, was placed in the dock charged with obtaining money under false pretences. A few days ago the prisoner was loitering in Dale•street, and he observed a cotton porter, named William Price, deposit lOs of his wages in the hands of Mrs. Close, who keeps a butcher's shop in the same street. Next morning he went to Mrs. Close, and representing to her that he had been sent by Price for the money, obtained possession of the half sovereign from her. Price was " taken rather a-back" when he heard of the dodge, and after a close watch, discovered the prisoner drinking in a public house with three other men, whom he was g nerously treating out of Price's money. The prisoner admitted having received the money, but alleged that he had no intention of defrauding the complainant. with whom he had often worked. He was discharged, on paying back the amount to Price. CHARGE OF ROBBERY AGAINST TWO MATES.—James Thomas Slaver and William M'Kenzie, first and second mate of the ship South Carolina, now lying in dock, were brought up on remand, charged with selling the ship's pickings and topsail without authority. They were defended by Mr. Block and Mr. Chilton. When charged with the theft, the second mate admitted having sold the pickings, but alleged that be had done so according to the instructions of the first mate. The first mate, on his part, did not deny the fact, nor that he bad also disposed of the topsail ; but as the order given by the clearing clerk of the consignees was loosely worded, and as the captain was willing, in the first instance, to allow the mate to condone for the improper sale of the topsail by the forfeiture of his wages, the magistrates were of opinion that the charge could not be sustained. The prisoners were accordingly dis charged. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) INDECENT ASSAULT ON A CHILD. --A middle-aged man, named James Gray, who keeps a sweet shop in Northumberland street, was c h arged with an indecent assault on a little girl, named Caroline Jones, aged eight years. It appeared that on Friday evening the wo lit tlerth girl sent went Into the p r i soner's shop for a halfpenny of ets. After serving h er , h e as k e d the little child i to come r oun d the counter, and then committed 'The indecent assault with which he now stood charged. The child screamed out, and immediately afterwards told her mother of what had occurred. He was fined £5, or in default, two months' imprisonment. FEARFUL ASSAULT.—Francis Moirison, described u the keeper of a disreputable house, in Back Parliament street, was pl ace d i n t h e d ock, c h arge d wi th having assaulted a middl e age d man , n amed William Garvey. The assault was of a most murderous character, the prosecutor having received no less than six Feel p woun d s. Parliament -stre e t It appeared that h e w e nt to Back with a sailor, and when they got there, some women wanted to take the seaman's clothes and pledge them. The prosecutor interfered, and on d o i ng so, the prisoner rushed from his house with a poker in his hand, end felled the prosecutor to the ground. The women also attacked to and he w as so severely beaten that he was t the Southern Hospit a l i n an i nsens ibl e state . Tle aec p ke ri d so th e hi er pleaded that he was drunk at the time, and that he had been called out to defend the women from the violence of the prosecutor. He was fined 40$ or in default two months' imprisonment. THE CASE OF STABBING IN DENISON-STREET.—Charles Adams, the American seaman, remanded on a charge of stabbing his shipmate, Henry Hinckes, in their boarding house, in Denison -street. was again brought up, and committed for trial at the assize. Hinckes was also present, but he looked very weak and feeble. He gave the same version of the affair which bas already ap.. peared in this paper. Mr. J. B. Wall, house surgeon of the Northern Hospital, who was in court, stated that the wound which Hinckes received was about an inch in length, and over the region of the heart. The lung was wounded, and he considered the man to be still in a danzernin oat. use He 3119 did .Ited vith the bill Or her: I in bill bill sent bill lard ened 1 for had hal sug , and He ch a the ding !et to it be Ntnr ktend nd a lisin.d nica V for neral, eons ' and If the 1851, nants )rs jl )1" the sofa vanco )5 a wasi half of a .ed to Cro' fixe d beeo aLL" 9r th A e er all