The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-09 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE The Usual weekly meeting of the dock committee was held at one o'clock yesterday, Mr. Rankin in the chair. The other /members present were—Messrs Lockett, Robinson, Brockle tank t ' C xregson, James Holme, Ch a l on e r , R ou nthw a ite, Glad ne, Barbe r , M ondell , Anderson, Holder. , Hubback, and 1914,1 th. The warehouse committee presented a report from Mr. ho wever Dun can, o f t h e corporation water wor k s, stat i ng that could much the scarcity of water was to be regretted, he not promise with certainty any relief until a better supply oCof water could be obtained, for which every exertion was put rth ; and adding that he hoped for a partial remedy in two or thre e weeks. cra Tnes he Secretary stated that on Saturday last the hydrauli c were stopped altogether. t . Mt. Robinson said a great deal of inconvenience and addi expense was caused, but it could not be help e d u n til a better s upply of water was o btain e d. ~,,4-11r. Gladstone asked if there was an expenditure of water ho:st. , 4 ne Chairman : I understand it is so in the Albert ware- 'ouse Mr. Gl a d stone : Th at seems to be, I am afraid, a more tx ii v ir "?aut use of water th an e v en wi t h t h e sup pl y f rom , s cgto o we shall be able to continue. Ple he Chai rman : I n t h e Stanley warehouses a different princi i9 a dopted —the same water is used again. _ Ml . Glad stone : W ou l d i t not be possible to a d opt t h e same prolelcss in the Alb er t ware h ouse ? h. Robinson said they contemplated that object, and were the e ngaged in considering the cost of it. 011airrrinn said the warehouse committee considered the 'qu q est' lon at th e i r l as t meet i ng, an d wou ld pro b a bl y report next "e . atp ir • nolrue said be questi one d w h e th er th e a p p li ca ti on o f th —el Power directly to the hoist would not be more economical 411 the hydraulic process. TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION WITH HOLYHEAD. and de f4l l .owing letter was read from the secretary to the —e„ iers aosociatioa• Underwriters Rooms, May 1,1856. t h ai 'Ll, - ---Your letter of t 27th Match, addiessed to the r4`oan of this associaiion, he stating that the dock conlenittee e desirous of forming a communication, by electric wires, r °,ul the Semaphore, on Holyhead mountain, to the electric rt'egraph station, with the view of conveying to Liverpool the of the wind and weather, and other nautical intelligence, e (11 the communicati o n by S ema ph ore i s i n t erru pt e d f rom t h e ben of th e atmosphere, and enquiring if th i s associat i on would tntte with th e comm i ttee of the E xchange newsroom in con -44146,1g annually £lOO towards the ex p ense , h av i ng b een th e ' c onsidered, I am directed to inform you in reply that "anittee for managing the affairs of this n assoc l ation, association, chile fully aware of tbe great üblic advantages of such corn hau.Uication, respectfully netdecli o bear any part of the expense, 1 0 ° n? their own arrauagements irrespective of the Semaphore, k t. tjl e communication of intelligence of peculiar interest to the e uabers of these rooms.—l remain &c., Thous COURT, lirondell said he understood that that body and the 4 i Pange newsroom were willing to join in the expense. He thq.net know what new light had made those gentlemen alter e . it °Pinion but he inferred that they thought the cornmuni eatio4 troth Holyhead only would not be all that was necessary (b. s i rable ijhe Chairman : I imagine that they do not attach little th qj rance to it, b u t t h a t t h ey t hi n k i t w ill b e d one w i t h out ...al. Dearing any part o f the expense. 'lr. Mendell It may be that an electric telegraph along would occasionally prevent shipwrecks, and so servo !Te coast .. the underwriters. etThe question then dropped, pending the reply from the roittee of the Exchange newsroom. This Piu s the whole of the general business. COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY RENDRY ( N BEFORE J. POLLOCK, ES Q ., JUD G E.) tit - AND —ORTLICOTE V. TYMBAS.—In this case T-m-essrs. James Hendry and Charles Northcote, of South Castle eet , , ship_ brokers, were th e p l a i nt iff s, and M r. G regory 4 °"9 York Buildi ngs , S weet i ng - street, merc h ant, bendant. Th e act i on was b roug h t to recover Lll 4s Id : l ance of frei g ht on a cargo o f w h eat an d b eans conveyed in " plaintiffs' vessel, the Ochtertyre, from Al exan d r i a to Liiverpool. An additional claim of £5 for one day's demurrage , i l r ae als o made, but the latter claim w as a b an d one d . M r. 1 1i lue appeared fur the plaintiffs, an d M r. Al mon d f or the 'efenc e . The sum in dispute was a small portion of the 'Whole f re i g ht, th e d e f en d ant acknowledging his liability for the 'remainder. The ground on which the payment of this part Was resisted was that on the passage home the vessel sprang a and the cargo was damaged by seawater in various places. i l!ut of the whole cargo of 1,441 qrs, 102 qrs wore damaged Zo w z a ,ter. The freight in this damaged quantity amou n t e d s"" 3 12s 3d, and from this the defendants claimed a eduction of a third part, £ll 4s Id, in consideration of the tn age. For this amount the action was accordingly brought. the def en d ant produced witnesses, with the object of showing „,' 5 he was ent i t l e d , b y a genera l custom o f t h e tra d e, to m a t such a deduction, and, on the other hand, witnesses were l'reduced by the plaintiff who denied the existence of any such et leral c ustom. His Honour decided that the plaintiffs were linitd to a verdi c t, o b serv i ng , th a t even if a genera l custom v a ti d . u ,een prov e d, i t cou ld not superse d e t h e spec i a l contract 1 had been made in this case. He reserved some points n : ° the value of a clause in the charter party, declaring that atiJt.iptite which should arise, might be determined by arbi ,74:.°n: and he allowed a fortnight to consider how far this at,;: t t ien prevailed, adding, that he did not think there was a ] tiers in the clause to prevent the parties from coming into C ourt of law. IN CHANCERY. 'lt the Lords' Justices, an appeal from the Chancery of Lancaster, 7th May, 1856. hiILYNEUX V. ROWS. o th f • appeal was heard some few d a y s b ac k. Th e f acts b „ ''en , 'e as they appeared from the opening of the case se Lit • lundell, on the hearing, in November, 1855, and buen reported, were these. That 18-c.49Phraim Snapper, of Liverpool, by his will in the year fo r ) ,after reciting the faithful services of his housekeeper per bissr , eight years, provides for her an annuity of £6O that anil ual; and after reciting that it bad been arranged of th aPen the marriage of his son, then deceased, the issue faitc: etu arriage should be brought up in the P ro t es t an t and h e gave and devised all his estates and effects, real Wri r s . e s ta°ll4 , unto the plaintiffs, Thomas Molyneux, Peter - and Thomas Hunter absolutely; and he also 4 Ppoi n , -sed them executors upon certain trusts, being for the f or ell efit - i i his grand-daughter, the issue of such marriage, an e t We, and then to her children, with a limitation over t ei d efault of children, or in case she married any person Ily? a Roman Catholic, in favour of certain kinsmen named. dire" : co dicil to such w ill, ma d e i n th e y ear 1850, a f ter Os ett ag that th e same s h ould b e construe d , and to bear Par t of his will, he proceeded in these words, "In 4 ..bs e ,,,l, er ation of the faithful services of my servant " Rowe, during my sickness, and at other times, N hereby g i ve and bequeath to him the whole of my th i a te, and a ll my household goods and furniture, linen, vreella, Watches, and all other, my personal property and * 4 e 11 8 ) that I may b e possessed of at the time of my 1, 144 `., (free from the control of any p erson or p ersons l eiv ,oeVer), for hi s a b so l u t e use an d b ene fi t , f ree from the no t - , e Y duty, such gift an d b eques t, h owever , I d ec l are s h a ll or hs t it eittdice any claim o r dem an d h e ma y h ave aga i ns t me , d 'Y repre sen t a ti ves , f or wages d ue to hi m f rom me ; and 1).1 (Ithereby rat if y an d con fi rm my sa id w i ll i n all other tistieillars thereof." The difficulty arising in this state of hetetains t ances was whether, and to what exten', this c o di c il th e revoked the will itself. The trustees acting under 4 11 had attempted to sell the real estate, but were pre to t 0 7 reason of the claims set up by Rowe, which wept silfacl.B extent, viz— that th e wor d s o f t h e co di c il were Pers o l n en t to carry the whole of the p ro p er ty, rea l an d ow e a l , and under these circumstances the trustees in their attsi,: t ,as for th e pro t ec ti o n o f th e property, sought the A.C.,.nee of th e cour t. Iro ot stag e of the case the court stopped Mr. Blund e ll Row e a Mug the extent of the revocation ' inasmuch as 1,1 sea ,as also the rand-dauhter, were before court e the proper g sons pe each to support theirthe own case, 4 1 ,Fr Iv :ert1Prettntiergast, on behalf of Rowe, entered into a long ParpcshowingY able a rgument, s t a ti ng numerou s c a ses , for the 411 th e showing that the words used in the codicil were Atrinselves sufficient to pass all the real estate to Rowe. .1 11 e c e „„ Li ttle, on th e contrar y, was p ro ceeding to argue os on beh a lf o f the grand-daughter, b ut was stopped thoe t e-Ch ancellor, who, witho u t p ro f ess i ng a t the present W ords sa y say What th e t es t a t or rea ll y meant to pass b y th e Word . 1 , 13 ed in the codicil, undertook to decide that the relation estate," coupl e d as i t was w i t h t h e wor d s hav i ng pri se .. M ore particul ar ly to p erso n a l es t ate , di d not corn rtre2eal estate, an d , consequently, to that extent the will th e T e a e u nrevoked, a nd M r . Blu n d e ll wou ld b e ent i tled to as of tehree asked for th e a d m i n i s t r ation o f th e rea l as well Would h e Personalty. What portion of ihe personal estate an d i t Pass must remain until the accounts had been taken, the ess s ascertain e d w h et h er t h ere wou ld b e a surplus for ,uP_osticil to operate upon. api,earu t he Cause a g a i n com i ng on i n Fe b ruary last it Pup s , e d that the debts would more than ab'orb the (!odingal est ate, leaving therefrom nothing on which the 14 could operate. a PPeal was ith the view of esabshng tha the e s 'ate was operative in favou r of Rowe, tli as i to the real e udin A . and also generally as to the extent of the gift by such t or P, 11 . ut the Lords' Justices being divided in opinion, i rer' er ju .'llee Knight Bruce against, and Lord Justice re am, n in favour, of the codicil being operative upon the of :he effect of such decision is to confirm the judgement Ar),:, 4 le court below —but as there might be a question nitßht Ras enrfootthe Words all other his personal estate might, or agate , mean personal estate equsdem yaueus with what u re specified, counsel might be at liberty to speak Pon that part of the case. O•au 4 7 front . 4 i s s,a, bi ! 5 - tot e le aci a 11° Onlin dd ed ' eon o Pal sno' -11111 e ' being T ? h e 01 311-1 a hop bang .° re % Y3 l a u " cog —th. so°. lone' ed by u ntil ent to ,tw ee e P°st' ,d 5 d 9 ; r i v iart hur t J " te sta , a hu, hors: ;ea Dig der d o f 7,r3 4l 1 " ° ; 3 pa ;I : the „Iwo, &l ed. an j Ni n a Mer e 14Iu I after , tlainst ; riV ',',;i ing bf itb a4 s° id the i stra" b 0 1 ,4 0- • 00 0' for bi Lo a o the 0 0 ' go le 1 th e rinte, iag es 001 D, woo e tea ldre n [are': .vaL o.t o idt 0 the tree,t, h er ia in an d !sob' THE OUTRAGES AT NABLOUS A letter, dated Jerusalem, April 9, states the origin of this terrible outbreak as follows :—On Friday, 4th April, Mr. Lyde, an English missionary to the Ansyrii, came to Jerusalem, and returned, that he might meet Bishop Gobat at Nablous (Nazareth) As he was going out of the town, on horseback, a deaf and !iamb beggar, named Yasma, a Moslem, followed hini, and began to shout in unintelligible sounds, as if he wanted money, and laid hold of the horse with one hand, and with the other the muzzle of his gun, drawing him back towards the town, preventing him going on his way by folly and insult. Mr. Lye pulled the gun and the horse from the man; the lock caught in his clothes, the guu.went off, and the contents were lodged in the heart of the dumb man. The clergyman returned to the town, and wished to enter the house of one of the English consular agents. The Moslems seized him in the way, and took him to the judgment. He said, " I killed a man, but not by my intention, in spite of me ;" and one of the ulema, Mohammed Tirforha, went down with his brother Amar, and began to cry in the streets, " Allah Akbar ! Allah Akbar 1 (God is great); Oh, religion of Mohammed, art thou. dead? (or, it is dead)." As soon as Mahmond Beg Abdel Hati heard of it he arose, and began to collect men, for there was an alarming tumult in city. Some of th e M e jlis ( co un c il) came, others did not, they could not form a council, and it was determined to hold one after the prayer (the Friday's prayer). In the meantime the Sheick prayer collected about twelve, persona of the ulema. The ulema taunted the populace with the cry, " Where is your prayer; Islam is dead." The people excited asked, " What shall we do ? The answer was, "If you are Moslems, manifest the religion of Mohammed." The crowd shouted, the women urging them on. They then attacked the house of the French consul, plundered it, and set it on fire. The French flag, which was hung up for the birth of the prince imperial, Was taken down and dragged through the street. The crowd went to the Protestant church and school, pulled down the bell, part of the wall, broke the windows, and burned the books. Finding the father of the chojabash of the Pro testants (an old man of 80), they wounded him, and beat his wife with a stick, a helpless old woman. Next, they attacked the Greek church, plundered its vessels, brole- the woodwork, and burnt the books. Next, they attacked the house of the Greek deacon, Niphon, and plundered it. He was absent, having been sent for and protected by Abd el-Fetch Aga Minmer. They found three Christians, wounded them, and left them for dead. Nest, they they attacked the house of the English consul, broke the door with axes, plundered and broke everything, tore down the English nag, and dragged it through the streets ; entered the room of the consul's wife ; found Simon Cawar, rather of Said, the Prussian agent, killed him, wounding him with swords, axes, and clubs (there were found on him twenty-eight wounds), dragged him to the stable, and there left him. They took all the jeWellert of the consul's wife, and her clothes, nOthing in the house of the least value • broke eyth the English iron plough; and they then killed the acting Prussian agent, in the house of the English consular agent, and tore down the flag. Another attack was made on the house of M. Zellar, a Prussian subject, and the minister of the Eng lish Church. It was plundered, and his servant left in a dying state from wounds. The Prussian agent's lime was next attacked, but it was well defended ; they also attacked the government house, Where Mr. Lyde had been concealed. The letter adds ; " The gates were shut, and after in vain trying to break them open with stones, they retired, The rest of the Christians were concealed in the houses of Moslems, and most likely paid them the price of their blood for their safety, and what Of their houses were plundered we know not, or what insults were offered to women, or what °the: 4 mischief. Oh, day of terror, awful day the like of it has not happened since the rising of Islam Upon the Christians in Aleppo. Where are the English, where the French and Sardinians, who have shed their blood to uphold the power of Islam, and to give liberty to the Christians of the East ? They have spilt their blood in vain." The outbreak is attributed to the finnan of religious equality, for which the Sultan Is 'daily cursed. The fierce Moslems also hate the consular agents, who have diligently made known acts of oppression to the government. There are other causes—the ringing of i he bell of the Protestant church, and the hoisting of t he flag on the consular build ings. The letter adds that the people of .terusalem are in a state of alarm. MILITARY CENSURE BY THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA, ST. PETERSBURG, April 24.----The following cen sure has been promulgated by the Emperor:—_. His Majesty the Emperor h&ving received detailed reports concerning the military hospital at Simpheropol t and having perceived with profound grief that the autho rities had not taken active measures for the well-being and medical treatment of the patients, inflicts a censure— 1. On the general formerly charged with the service of the army of the south and of the troops in the Crimea, Lieut.-General Oushakoff, and on Major• General Teher vinski, who after him filled the post, on both of whom the law imposed the duty of rigorous supervision. 2. On the director of the old military hospitals of the south and of the troops in the Crimea, Major -General Ostrogradslii, for not having fulfilled the duty imposed upon him by the law of incessantly superintending the hospitals and entering into all the details of their internal government, with regard to their management, the medical treatment, and the police. 3 On the physician-general of the stall', the actual Councillor of State Schreiber, for not having adopted decisive measures in order to put a stop to the disorders and abuses in the administration of the hospital at Simpheropol, and the dispensary attached to it, and for not causing the necessary care to be bestowed upon the patients, and also for not supplying them with medicines. His Majesty orders that the chief medical officer of the military hospital of Sebastopol, State-Councillor Proto• ponoff, and the director of the dispensary of this hospital, College-Assessor Weimar, who have been guilty of these abuses, be brought before a council of war ; and in the meantime to be placed under arrest. His Majesty has further ordered that the council of war empowed to try the State•Councillor Protopopoff and the College-Assessor Weimar shall enquire fully into all particulars connected with the unpardonable disorders committed in the hospital of Simpheropol, and shall so act that none of the guilty escape condign punishment. SUNDAY SCHOLARS TO THE PROTESTANT SCHOOLS. Last evening a meeting was held at St. Jude's National School-room, Low-hill, for the purpose of forming a dis trict committee for the West Derby Ward, in connection with the committee for conducting a canvass of the town for Sunday scholars to the Protestant schools. The Rev. J. B. Lowe occupied the chair. After a suitable prayer, the chairman expressed the pleasure he felt in occupying the chair on that occasion, hut regretted that the meeting, which was not composed of the congregation of St. Jude's alone, but of the several congregations of the district, was so small, but it still showed that there were many parties who really did sympathise with the movement. Having said that it was not his intention to occupy much of the time of the meeting, as he had already spoken four times during the week, he proceeded to quote statistics, from the Chief Constable's Report, of the state of crime for the past year, which showed that crime was still on the increase, and which, he said, was attributable to the ignorance which prevailed in the district. He also quoted from the statistics of the canvass committee, from whose investiga tion It was shown that there were 31,376 children who did attend a Sunday school, and 35,428 who did not, which was at the rate of 53 per cent. He urged upon the meet ing the necessity of devoting their time to the movement, and doing what they could to save those poor children from the degraded state in which they were then in._ Mr. Wm. Browne, of the Islington Chapel, moved the first resolution, which was to the effect that the meeting cordially support the movement, and pledged itself to support the same. He then proceeded to give statistics, to show the necessity of the movement in Liverpool, which may be thus summarised : It will be seen that all efforts put forth since that time have barely sufficed to keep pace with the increase of the population : Population S. Schools On the books 1835-6 23J 000 B2 16 300 1843 290,0 0 9- 21.016 1847 1851 1855 443 000.. 129.. • 31,376 _ . The preliminary committee, who set about ascertaining how the case stood before venturing to call for a general canvass, estimate that upwards of 35,000 children of the working classes in this town do not belong to any Sunday school, and that 44,000 were not in any school on Sunday, the 16th December last. This committee, after patient enquiry and painstaking, have arrived at the same con clusion which was reached twenty years ago, that from 30,000 to 40,000 children are living in the midst of us as much neglected as if no schools existed, and no man cared for their souls. Before the canvas there, and upon the authority of the census returns, the number of Sunday scholars in that town was one in ten-and-a-half of the population. Upon this basis the conclusion was drawn that 12,000 to 18,000 young persons were not in the Sunday schools, who ought to have been there. This conclusion was substantially if not fully confirmed by the results. The number of Sunday scholars to the population in Wigan, are 1 in ; Stockport, lin 5; Halifax, lin 5; Oldham, 1 in 6 ; Bradford, 1 in 64 ; Manchester, 1 in 7 ; Sheffield, 1 in 9 ; Wolverhampton, 1 in 91 ; B r i s t o l, 1 i n 9i ; Hull, 1 in 101; Birmingha m, 1 in 101; Liverpool, 1 in 17; London, I in 17. Having commented on the 'fearful returns made by the chief constable as to the state of crime and ignorance in the town, he explained the proposed mode of alleviating that i state of things, which might be , as it had been ex plained by five propositions, viz., preparation, prayer, personal efforts, parental co-operation, and perseverance; and concluded by stating the intended operations of the society, and honed that they would be so successful as to require additional school accommodation, which, if all exerted themselves, there would be no difficulty in doing. The Rev. Mr. Woodward seconded the adoption of the motion, which was unanimously carried. Otter friends of the cause addressed the meeting, which was concluded by prayer. FISHING HARBOURS, IR LAND.--It appears from a par liamentary return issued yesterday, that the sum of £72,000 has been advanced on public account for improving and maintaining the fishery harbours of Ireland, since January, 1846 ; and that the sum of £33,500 has been advanced in the same period for the fishery harbours of Scotland. TIM PieIITHENII TIMES.—LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, MAY 9, Me. GRAND BANQUET AT THE MANSION HOUSE TO HER MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. On Wednesday evening the Right lion. the Lord Mayor entertained Lord Palmerston and her Majesty's Ministers at the Mansiorirlamise. The dinner was of the most costly and luxurious character, and more than usual pains had been taken to render the decorations worthy of the occasion. The walls were hung with the flags of various nat ens, and immediate:) above the dais was an immense trophy, composed of the flags of the allies, the tricolour and Union Jack being pre-eminently conspicuous. The display of plate was gorgeous and prdfute, acid a peculiar charm was given to the appear ance of the tables by the abundance of real flowers with which they were tastefully decorated, the whole reflecting high credit on the Messrs. Staples, to whom all these hospitable arrangements had as usual been entrusted. The company was remarkable both for the numbers and rank of the guests, and as a political demon stration the handuet was of the highest importance. The glitter of the rich and varied uniforms, the magnificent toilette and jewels of the ladies,the interest attached to the individuality of so many of the guests, and the impor tance of the political crisis in which this banquet took place, gave to it a degree of interest such as is seldom witnessed, even in the Egyptian Hall, celebrated though it be as the scene of great historic and political festivals. Amongst 'the guests the great point of curiosity and attraction was the Earl of Clarendon, whom every one was anxious to see and recognise, and the cheers with which the proposal of his lordship's health was received, left no doubt as to the estimate public opinion had formed of the value of his recent diplomatic labours. Amongst the principal guest's were the French Amb issa dor and Countess Persigny, the Turkish AmbasSadOr and Madame Musurus, Madame Van de Weyer, Marquis d'Azeglio (Sardinian Minister), M. Tricoupi (Greek Minister), and Mademoiselle Tricoupi, Baron Bentinek, Count Bernstortt (Prussian Minister), Count Vilzthurn, Viscount Palmerston, Duchess of Sutherland, Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth, and a host of political and diplomatic celebrities. To the toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers," Lord Palmerston responded ; but the speech of the evening was that of the Earl of Clarendon, in acknowledging the toast (proposed by the Lord Mayor, after sortie highly eulogistic observations on the diploniatic successes of the noble earl,) of " The health of the Earl of Clarendon, our plenipotentiary at the late conference." (The announcement of Lord Clarendon's name was received with loud and general cheering.) The Earl of Clarendon, who was loudly cheered, rose, and, evidently labouring under deep emotion, said he was uttering,no formal speech, put his trite sentiments, Alien he told his lordship and the company that he was at a loss for words to eipress his grateful sense of the manner in which the announcement of- his name had been received. (Renewed cheers.) The approbation of his countrymen was the .highest.reward that could be bestowed xiti one, whd, like hid, had beeri long engaged in the public service; and he trusted he should not be deemed presumptuous in accepting the tokens of sym pathy with which his name had been greeted, as some proof that in that assembly, al least it was thought that to the best of his ability he had performed the duty allotted to him. (Hear, hear.) But the honour, which he should never forget, was far more gratifying to him on anoth and higher grotirid, because he considered that the brilliant and intelligent company by whom he was surrounded had now put the stamp_of their aptiroyal upon the treaty which bad been recently signed. (Hear, hear.) He took it as a proof that the honour of England whicu had been so gloriously sustained for the last two years, was not considered to have been tar nished by his diplomacy, but that an honourable peace had fully terminated an energetic and successful war. That war had been called a stateman's war, because it had been a war Of principle, arid hot Of conquest Or ambition. It had been undertaken on principle, and 'vas forced on necesSity, and as far as England was i:oniaerned; might emphatically be called a people's war. (Hear.) The attitude of the people Of England had been throughout worthy of all praise and admiration, for they had entered into the war with less reluctance hen their governments, and had unflinchingly supported it to the last. (Loud cheers) Neither had they- been impelled by any vain wish for military glory, but had taken up arms with the noble purpose of protecting the weak against the strong. (Loud cheers.) They had been neither exalted in victory nor apalled in danger, but bad steadily supported the honour of the country, and sought only the object for which they had at first drawn the sword. Our national institutions did not permit of our maintainin g a large standing army in time of peace, and therefore it reqnired time to develop the warlike resources of this country; and these resources having been oily fully developed this year, he quite agreed with the Lord Mayor that the peace might not at first have been popular: The people wanted more war, and therefore the peace had not at first been received with exultation, but as soon as time had been given for the operation of sound English common sense, he had no doubt but that the practical and solid advan tages of the peace would meet with general acceptation. (Hear, hear.) The people could dwell with pride on the events of the late war. The capture of Sebastopol had been a great feat of arms, but every one must also admit that- the defence would fill a brilliant page in the Military history of Russia. (Cheers.) Agaiu, the defence of Kars had reflected immortal honour on the brave garrison ; but was not the conduct of its captor, General Mouravieff, entitled to -some eulogy ? lay a curious coincidence he had that day received a letter from General Williams, which was so illustra tive of the subject to which he alluded, that he trusted he should be permitted to read a short extract. (Hear, hear.) "I have already told your lordship of General Mouravieff's kindness towards myself and my party, but his humanity and benevolent treatment of the poor famished garrison of Kars, will gain for him the respect of the civilised world, and must tend to lesson if not eradicate the animosity which for more than a century has existed between Russia and Turkey, especially on the part of the latter. I shall therefore quit General Mouravieff with great regret, although I have every hope that on my arrival at Rianza we shall hear of the re establishment of peace and continue our journey towards England." Having done justice to one who was no longer, he trusted, a foe, ..he would congratulate his hearers on the continuance of the alliance which, under happy auspices, had been entered into between France and England. In the progress of that alliance, entered into with no selfish views of advantage, and which had been strengthened by common vicissitudes and dangers, many transactions had occurred which had only served to bring out into stronger relief the honourable proceedings and unswerving fidelity of our allies. (Loud cheers.) The independance of Turkey was now secured, and she had entered into the general system of Europe, while the Christian subjects of the Porte would enjoy the benefits of the firman to which his noble friend had already alluded. With respect to Russia there was every reason to believe that she would honourably maintain her engagements, because the young Emperor had already given signal proofs of the possession of the highest order of courage. •His Imperial Majesty had not hesitated to say that the former policy of Russia stood condemned by the public opinion of Europe, and that for the future instead of further developing that policy, he would devote himself to the national resources of his country. Under these circumstances, he (Lord Clarendon) trusted that, with the blessing of a gracious Providence, they might be permitted to enjoy the provisions of the peace, and to devote their energies to peaceful progress and the arts of civilisation. (Loud cheers.) Before he sat down, he had great satisfaction -in proposing the health of the Lord Mayor. (Loud cheers ) The Lord Mayor briefly returned thanks, and gave -several other toasts, including those of " the Lord Chan cellor," "the judges," (acknowledged by Lord Camp— bell," and " the bar." A bumper pledged to the " Lady Mayoress," closed the list of toasts, and shortly afterwards the distinguished company separated. tIEALTH COMMITTEE.-YESTERP;AY. The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held at halfLpast two o'clock, yesterday, in the Town-hall, Mr. Langsdale in the chair. Other members present—Messrs. Beckwith, Robertson Gladstone, M'Guffie, Dover, Shiel, Johnson, Halhead, Hodson, and Haydock. OE THE TOWN. The Medical ofcer of health reported that the regis trar'3 returns for the week ending on last Saturday, show an unusually favourable condition of the public health, the general mortality not, only having been lower than in any week of the previous ten months, but the deaths from the zymotic class, which are most under the influence of sanitory measures, have been fewer than in any week of the previous six years. Only twice since the sanitory act name into operation has the tyniottd moitality been lower than in the past *eeh. The total deaths were in the parish 1i 1 .,6, and in the out-townships 54 ; making in the borough 180, or 42 less than the corrected average of the same week of the preceding eight years. Of 26 deaths from zymotic diseases, 6 were from typhus, 6 from scar latina, 6 from hoopiug cough, 4 from croup, and 3 from measles. No death was registered from diarrheea or dysentery, being the second ottcdsioti on which this has occurred Diseases of the lungs with consumption caused 73 deaths. The temperature was low throughout the week, the mean being 45 1-10th degrees, more than four degrees below the average. Thd total rain fall amounted to 9.looths of an inch. A letter was read from Mr. F. Venn, to the effect, that Mr. Newlands had been sent from London to Sunderland, to make some enquiries, with a view to his being called as a witness before the committee of the House of Commons. A conversation took place as to the inconvenience of Mr. Newland's absence, and the propriety of having his duties more strictly defined. No resolution was moved in the matter, A report was read from the sub-cortimittee appointcd to make enquiry as to the sewerage of Regent -road. The Bost Would amount to Id. iu the pound, and it would fall on Kirkdale. The street not being an adopted one the committee recommended that the work be not undertaken for the present. The tender of Mr. Abraham for the sewerage of Rose Vale at a cost of £234; of J. Dixon for Bootle-lane and other adjaernt streets at a cost of £715 ; and of Mr. J. Tomlinson for Pemberton-street and other streets at a cost of £165 were accepted. It was agreed that tenders for carting in the engineer's department for three years be advertised for. ADULTIRATION OF FLOUR Mr. Gladstone called attention to the prolecutiOn against a flour dealer in Araukliall-road, for adulteration, lately tried before ittr. Lawrence, one of the borough magis trates, at the police court, and expressed considerable surprise at the decision come to in the matter. He thought, that as a health committee, it was their duty to see that the quality of food supplied to the poorer class of the community was good and wholesome, and that if the Act of Parliament would not enable them to do that, they should bring the matter before the council. The Depiity Town-Clert M'Gowan ), explained ho* the ease had been brought before the magistrate, and the ostensible ground on which the decision of the court was based. Mr. Gladstone, after hearing the explanation, said that if he had been the presiding magistrate on the occasion, he would have held that the !No " other provisions," in the act included sour, and so would have established the case for the prosecution. He7would also hold that it was the business of every retail dealer to test his goods before he sold them, and to know that what he offered far sale was a sound and genuine article. It might be an inferior article, but the retail dealer, in every case, was bound to see that it was a sound and unadulterated one. He thought that for the future all Inch cases should be tried before Mr. Mansfield, and expressed a belief that if that gentleman had heard all the evidence, he would have arrived at a different conclusion. Other members of the committee expressed like surprise at the decision in the case, and fully eonouried in the observations of Mr. Gladsttilie. The borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector Of nuisances, reported various particulars of the opera tions in their several departments during the week, from which it appeared that 95 nuisances complained of by the inhabitants, had been inspected, and means taken to remedy them ; 864 houses in the unhealthiest. districts, containing 2976 apartments; and 236 callars, had been put under examination, with the view of improving their Sanitory condition; and 37 lodging houses had also been examined and reported upon. This concluded the general business. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-YESTERDAY (BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER STEVENSON.) - - - - --- IN RE R. GETTY.-Mr. Tyrer appeared to support a petition on behalf of Mr. Getty, who had fortterly carried on business as an iron shipbuilder in Liver Pool, and who had been adjudicated a bankrupt in 1854. He stated that all the trade creditors of Mr. Getty had accepted a com position upon the amount of their claims and were there with satisfied, and that the claims of the separate or private creditors had, in various ways, been disposed of, and supported the prayer of the petition. Under these circumstances, Mr. Tyrer submitted that the private pro perty of the bankrupt, or the proceeds of it, now in the hands of the court, should be restored to him. Mr. Bardswell opposed for the assignees, stating that the peti tion must be dismissed with costs, inasmuch as that even if the trade creditors were satisfied, it was not the fact that the private claims were disposed of. He could show from the file of the court that there were many creditors who were not parties to this application, and that even if a dividend was advertised,; many more would appear. He also stated that the costs of the bankrupt had not been paid, and that, instead of this application being what it appeared to be, it was an attempt on the part of the bank rupt to obtain certain property in Ireland which he knew had been sold, and which had previously been offered to him for a trifling sum. His Honour stated that the appli cation was of a very unusual character, and that even if supported, as set forth by Mr. Tyrer, could not be enter tained. He had no other course to pursue than to dismiss the petition with costs. MEETING OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AT BIRKENHEAD.-LAST NIGHT. An important meeting of the medical profession of Birk enhead was held last night, at the Craven-rooms, "to deliberate (according to the terms of the circular calling the meeting) on the proper and most desirable position for the profession to adopt in reference to the threatened exten sion of the system of unpaid services to the new reformatory institutions." There was a large attendance, and William Craig, sen , Esq., surgeon, R.N., was called upon to preside. Amongst those present were Drs. Baylis, Higgins, Craig, Craig'e, Holcombe, and Walker ; and the following surgeons, Messrs. Trevor Roper, Marshall, H. Russell, W. T. Hamilton, Godden, T. J. Lythe, Isaac Bryerley, Mac dougall, Downing, Russell (of Rock Ferry), and Bird (of Seacombe). Letters of apology for non-attendance were read from Dr. Schofield, Dr. Vale, and Dr. Lingard, ex pressing approval of the objects of the meeting. The business of the meeting having been opened, several of the gentlemen present expressed, in forcible terms, the disadvantages under which the profession laboured in the matter of gratuitous advice, and other anomalies. The spirit of the proceedings is, however, comprised iu the fol lowing resolutions : It was proposed by Dr. Baylis, seconded by Mr. D. Rus sell, and carried unanimously, " That this meeting is of opinion that the public and private gratuitous services of medical men are reaching an amount which renders the practice of medicine, with its requirements and sacrifices— the least remunerative of all the professions—that it also interferes with the cultivation of medicine as a science, and tends, eventually, to the injury of the very public it is erro neously meant to serve." Dr, Craig then proposed this resolution :—" That the extreme facility with which medical men gratuitously yield their services, and the consequent low value generally put upon them, renders it advisable that the profession should take steps to preserve its interests, and, as believed, th se of the public also, by creating a more enlightened opinion amongst themselves, so that individual members may be encouraged and supported to sustain the dignity and well being of their arduous and responsible calling." Mr. Isaac Bryerley seconded the motion, which was also unanimously adopted. Dr. Higgins then moved a resolution to the following effect :—" That in view of the great number of the reformatories likely to be soon established throughout the country, this meeting strongly protests against the principle that medical men should be called en for gratuitous services, amounting to many hundred times the value of a subscrip tion, and hope, in any appointment to be made, medical geetlemen will act upon principles which, while insuring justice to themselves, shall also secure honest attention to patients and satisfaction to the governors of such institu tions." _ _ Dr. Craigie seconded the resolution; which was adopted. After some discussion, a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. THE ANGLO ITALIAN LEGION.—The Genoa Corriere Mercantile of the 30th ult., quotes a letter from M a lta, stating that the Anglo-Italian legion, on the point of being disbanded, had, with the exception of 120, accepted a new engagement for five years, with a gratuity, and an increase of 6d. in the soldier's pay. The corps is to be sent to the East Indies, and employed in the Kingdom of Oude. CONFISCATION OF CHURCH PROPERTY IN MEXICO.—Tbe steamship Texas, Captain Forbes, reached New Orleans on the afternoon of April I Itb, with files of papers and corres pondence from the city of Mexico to the sth, and from Vera Cruz to the Bth, the day of her leaving. Notwithstanding the defeat of the ir.surgents at Puebla, the country was still in an unsettled state. In consequence of the clergy having been the principal fomenters of the disturbances, the govern ment had issued an edict forfeiting the property of the church. The edict was very severe against any person who concealed any of the church property. The Bishop of Puebla refused to deliver the books containing the state ments and accounts of the property of the church. The officials then procured a body of troops to enforce the demand. On arriving at the gates of the episcopal palace they found that the bishop had posted a notice excommuni cating all who should assist in carrying out the design of the government. The property was seized notwith standing. HISTORIC SOCIETY, The last meeting of the literary section of this society for this season was held, last night, in St. George's hall, Mr. J. T. Dawson in the chair. William Henderson, Esq., of Church-street, was elected a member of the society. John Chapman, Esq., late High-sheriff of Cheshire, was enrolled a member, without election or entrance fee. Among the donations acknowledged as having been received were—Notes and Queries, vols. xi. and xii.; from David Lamb, Esq ~the completion in continuation of former donations of the Athenceum, from 1843 ; Journal of the Statistical Society, to March, 1856, and a publica tion on National Paper as a Legal Tender. The Secretary stated that Mr. Blathers' donation in February, 1855, consisted of ten volumes of Notes and Queries. Mr. J. W. Crosse exhibited an oak snuff-box made from the keel of the Golden Cross, frigate, sunk in Chatham dockyard, in 1666, and found in excavating in 1824, and also, a number of Roman coins of the times of the early Emperors. Mr. H. A. Bright exhibited, in illustration of Macauley's History of England, an autograph proclamation of Gene ral Schomberg, dated Lisburn, 1690, and directed to the Sheriff and Justices of the county of Down; also, a Treasury Warrant of William 111., granting to Lord Lucas, then Governor of the Tower, certain revenues. among other things, as a compensation for his expenses into Lancashire and Cheshire, the following notabilities, then late prisoners in the Tower—Carvl Lord Molyneux, Sir Thomas Clifton, Sir William Gerard, Sir Roland Stanley, Sir Thomas Stanley, and Peter Lee, of Lyme, Bartholomew Walrusley, and William Diccinson, Esqrs. The• Honorary Secretary (the Rev. Dr. Hume), stated that on that night week the sub-committee would report upon the place to which their annual excursion would be directed. The paper for the evening was upon " The Growth of Manchester and the Towns of Lancashire and Cheshire grouped around it," by Mr.„Buxtona, _ POLICE COURT .-- , -YESTERDAY (BEFORE MR. T. BOLTON A Witorta MOVEMFDir.—Edward M•Culloch, a watch moiement maker, formerly in the employment of Mr. John Bold, of St. AnnOtreet, was brought up by detective officer Patrick on a charge of having stolen three watch moVemehtS, valtte .t. 5, the property of Mr. Bold. Mr. Bluck defended the prisoner. It appeared about two years ago the property was given to the prisoner to finish, in Mr. Bold's premises, but it was not returned. Mr. Bold did not miss it for a year or eighteen months after, when he examined his books and then discovered the loss. On the 24th April last a *Oman, who represented herself as a Mrs. Jones, the wife of a watch-maker, residing iri Bunter-street, called on Mr. C. Bold, a watch movement maker, residing in Roscommon-street, and who is brother to Mr. John Bald, of Anne-street, and offered to sell him a watch movement, which he agreed to purchase for 15s. He gave her I.os on account, and said he would pay her the balance when she brought the dial, which was then wanting; On taking the movement to his workshop lie discovered that the number had been scraped off; lie took it to his brother, and it *as found that it was one of the three so long missing. Mr. C. BIM then went with the detective offic e r to the place of the prisoner, and it was discovered that the wonian who represented herself as Jones was the wife of the prisoner. On further enquiry it was found that the prisoner had pledged another movement at the pawnshop of Mr. Hampson, Scotland-road, for 5s 41. Mr. Black cross- examined the witnesses, and then contend not a case of felony, but one of illegil urged that it be tre in ;his View of the c £2 in addition for the Illegal pidgin, or in default of payment, one month'S imprisonment. The fine was paid. ASSAULT.—Patrick Kelaghan, of 11, Great Nelson street, Scotland-road, and a bailiff, named Simpson, who is in his employment, were summoned by Mr. Michael Keating for having assaulted him. Mr. Block defended From a mass of evidence given, it appeared ihat the complainant was tenant to Mr. Kelaghan, and that some rent was due. On Friday, the Ist inst., Mr. and Mrs. Keating were at their breakfast when Simpson, the bailiff, rushed in, and said he had a warrant to distrain the goods of ccirnplairiant if he did WA at once pay. Mr. keatink Said he bad ndt the money at the moment,and stood up from the table, haying a knife in his hand, with which he had been cutting bread he stood by the chimney piece while Simpson was at the end of the room (a long one), and the latter snatching up a stool, rushed at Keating, swearing he would dash his brains out if he did not lay down the knife; he did lay it down, and, as he added, he wys not aware that he held it In His hand, as he had it involuntarily until Simpson rushed at him. The other defendant then rushed into the room, and both assaulted him, flung him clown stairs' and into the Street, the landlord being worst of the two. Mr. Bltick made an ingeniouS cross examination of the WitrieAsei and defence of the parties, and contended that they had not been guilty of any offence in law. The magistrates,. after hearing both sides of the gnestion, fined Mr. Kelaghan £2, and Simpson the bailiff £l, for the assault on Mr. Keating. The fines were paid. the prison • *WORE MESSRS. J. S. MANSFIELD AND 8. HOLME.) EXCISE INFORMATION. — Mr John Burnett, an export agent, was summoned before the above magistrates, at the instigation of the excise authorities of this town, on a charge of hatring claimed a greater amount of draw babk on a quantity Of beer exported by him, than he was entitled, to. Mr. Black appeared for the excise, and Mr. Aspinall for the defendant. The summons charged thedet-ndant with having claimed 2s per barrel draw back more than he should have done, by which he had rendered himself liable to a penalty of X5O. Mr. Brooke in opening the case to the bench, explained the clause of the statute under which the penalty was claimed, from which it appeared that all exporters of beer are required to give notice to the eicise of the specific gravity of the beer, prior to fermentation. In this Instance it was proved that such notice was given, in which it was stated that the specific gravity was 1.081, whereas, ac- Cording to the statement of Mr. William Harris JOhn stone, analytical ehenilst eannected With the excise, it was stated that the specific gravity was only 1,075, and that by that wrong statement, the defendant bad claimed a greater , amount of drawback than he was, entitled to. Several witnesses were called to prove the identity of the beer, and Mr. Johnson was cross-examined at con siderable length, with a view of shaking his evidence, as to the aettidl weight of the beer, in the course of which the witness stated, thathe had had considerable experi ence in such testings, and that the Method addpted by the excise was most accurate, and could be most implicably relied upon. Mr. Aspinall addressed the bench for the defendant, contending that he had no guilty knowledge of the actual strength of the beer, as it had been bought of Mr. John Gould, the eminent and extensile bre*ct, of Stdne, by Mr. Dolish, who had em ployed the present defendant to ship it from the Princes' Dock in the ship Alarg•aret Dean for Rio. He complained that the excise should have brought the case into court on the unsupported testimony of Mr. Johnstone, who from the amount of business he had to perform, might, in this instance, have made an error in the chemical tests he had employed. He called Mr. - Gould and other witnesses, to support his statement as to the actual specific gravity of the beer, before it left the brewery, from which it would appear that it was much more heavier then stated in the notice to the encase. The bench consulted for some time, when Mr. Mansfield said it appeared clear, by the wording of the act, the defendant had rendered himself liable to a fine, but at the same time, he did not believe that there was any fraud intended. That there had been an error made could not be disputed, but he thought it arose more from the defective instruments used in the brewery for , ascertaining the gravity of the beer than from any fradulent intention on the part of any persons. The instruments were not so scientific as thdse used by the, board of excise officers. A fine must, therefore, be inflicted, although he does not believe there was any intention to perpetrate a fraud. Mr. Aspinall : What is the amount of the fine ? Mr. Holme : The smallest possible amount we can inflict. Mr. Mansfield said : In any memorial you may hand to --the board, you are at liberty to state, in order to have a further investigation, that the magistrates do not believe that any fraud was contemplated, but that the error arose from the imper fect instruments used. The fine was guaranteed, and the parties left the court. WEDNESDAY. (EEFORE UR. MANSFIELD.) SOMEIMING NEW.—It is said that there is " Nothing new under the sun," but whether this be correct dr not, the following, no doubt, will be considered the most recent dodge out :—Two persons, named Elizabeth White, apparently about 13 years of age, and Margaret Williams, about 35, were brought up by detectives Povey and M'Culloch on the following charge :—Povey said, before he stated the ease, he wished to inform his worship that the older was the mother of the younger prisoner. The oldest prisoner, in a sharp Cockney accent, " You lie, you—, lam not her mother." Mr. Mansfield : Why any one who looks at you both must at once see you are her mother—there's no mistaking the fact from the likeness. Prisoner : No ; I never saw the girl before last night. Povey : Don't believe her, your worship ; she is the girl's mother. Mr. Mansfield '['here is no doubt about it ; lam sure she is her mother. Povey then went on to state that after dusk the previous evening he was going up Renshaw. street, when lie observed a poor blind man known as "Tom the blacking man," whom his worship might have observed walking in the evenings in Mountpleasant. Islington, and other localities. His worship said lie had observed the man spoken of. Povey said the poor fellow made out a living by chaunting songs along the streets in the evenings, and the charitably disposed were in the habit of drop ping halfpence into a box which the poor fellow carried in his hand. On this occasion he (Povey) stopped opposite where the blind man was singing, being attracted by something he saw. The eldest prisoner was standing on the footway near where the man was. He observed the girl with a box, collecting money, as it was for" poor Tom," and she was getting in contributions tolerably fast. He suspected all was not right, and after some time he asked Tom if he had employed the girl to collect money for him ? The poor fellow stated, and exclaimed that he had not, and that he wondered why the subscriptions came in so slow that evening. Posey then informed him of the movements of the girl, and he begged the officer to take her into custody. This the officer did, and at that moment the mother came up, and attempted to rescue her, at the same time using the mast abominable language. She was told to go away several times, but she followed to the station, where she behaved so outrageously, that she was locked up. The mother said she never saw the girl before, but when she saw the police dragging her, she did interfere. Povey said he had received information that the prisoners were well known " cadgers" in Manchester and London, and that they had just come from the metropolis on a professional tour in the provinces. Air. Mansfield said, let the mother go to jail for a month, (the woman in a fierce and most sarcastic tone, cried out " I am not her mother, fellow ! ") and let the girl be sent to the workhouse. ASSAULTS ON Womm—Laurence Taylor, described as a sailor, residing in Henderson-street, Park, was brought up on a charge of having committed a violent assault on his wife, Mary Taylor, by striking her a terrible blow on the head. Surgeon Garland, from the Southern Hospital, said that the woman was at present in that establish ment suffering severely from exhaustion and loss of blood, and this was increased in consequence of her being nursing a chill. The prisoner was remanded for seven days, in order to ascertain how the injured woman would go on in the interim. Mary Anne M‘Shea, who resides in Copperas-hill, Icharged a lodger of hers, named James M'Kenzie, a tailor, for having assaulted her, and also for having Ibroken , ,_ a quantity of furniture in her house. The prisoner came home on Tuesday night in a state of intoxication, and without any apparent cause, he com menced " wallopping " the complainant, and when he got tired at " that sort of work," lie broke all the " little things" he could lay hands on, consisting of tables, chairs, and " other crockeryware." (Laughter.) The prisoner said he bad met with an old friend of his, named John Barleycorn, and it was all the fault of that " respectable gentleman." (Laughter.) He was re manded, in order to give 7him time to make good the damage done to the " crockery ware and other timbers.'' (BEront ItOBBERY rbtirq= t, and 311 the ners, and id court wag ransfer Mr. S. MIL T. BOLTON.) John Bremen, Richard Davis Thotna3 Gilmer, a n d D t ri t l M'Carthy, were brought up on remand, on a charge of having committed an assault and robbery in the publichout-e of Mr. Earle, Oldhall-street. Mr. Bluck was for Gilmer, and Mr. Campbell for Bremen. The details of this case were published on tivo former occasions, and the evidence was gone through again yesterday. The witnesses were cross-examined at some length, and Mr. Bluck contended that, according to the testimony gi ve n, t h ere was no case, either of assault or felony, made out against his cileut, and his Worhip being of the same opinion, the pri ,, oner was discharged. Davis was also and Bremen, along with M•Cartt assault, and sentenced to one m SAILING UND r,ll described by himself as the c he did comma lthorp ago), was brought up on re case were published in our it the evidence being for trial at the s Stanway, two painter !waged in pa!nting, & street, where th during that time the hot property swept clean one that had been stolen, we were tried for thit they were fully eornini broken Gowan. s!iip ‘Lord aen months rlay, and 3111 i tted I William TRANSFER OF PUB fACANS Yesterday, at the Sessions' House, a held for the adinlicating, on application, for tl and removal of licenses' z sixty awlit. list was particularly is, two of which were/ Ur. Benn, were the The follow is the list heavy, there bein, for removals presiding magistrate Mr. Thomas Handford, of the Friendship Tavern, Cheapside, again made application for a transfer to No. 70, Sparling-strect, Wapping, as his present house was about to be pulled down by the corporation. It may be recollected that at the last session the transfer was refused, and his legal adviser elicited from the magis trates tile;r opinion, that they thought the applicant ought to have a transfer, and that they would have given one, but they had a doubt whether the wording of the act of parliament would allow them. They also hatiA mated that his client could take the matter before a superior court, as an appeal, and the technical difficulty would then, perhaps, be permanently set led with regard to other cases of a similar description. Mr. Handford, however, did not feel disposed to enter oa such a task ; and he to-day conducted his own case. He was desired to re-state the circumstances. He said the house was going to be pulled down for the purpose of erecting a bridewell and widening the street. lie had been in the house as a yearly tenant, for sixteen years, and had paid £590 for the entrance. He could assert that he had kept the house respectable. If he was deprived of his license he would be deprived of his living. He had received a notice from the corporation to quit the house between seven and eight months ago, and he was going to leave the house next Wednesday. Mr. Handford handed up several documents to their worships. Mr. Wybergh said the difficulty was simply that raised by the wording of the clause. After a brief conference, Mr. Holme said this was an exceptional case. ',Looking at all the circumstances, _and seeing that the pulling down of the houses was undoubtedly for public purposes, as shown by the certificate of the sur veyor, they thought it did come under the Municipal Improvement Act, if not under the Licensing Act. Therefore, the transfer must be allowed. The application of Thomas Bradley. for removal, was not granted, as the removal was not necessitated by alterations for public improvements. The application of James Fishwick, for a transfer, was refused, on the ground that he had been convicted of felony. In answer to the magistrates, be stated that he had been a farmer at Chorley. The application of John Hollinshead was refused, on account of the notorious bad character of the house in Peter's-street. Their worships thought the application was a device to' avert the consequences of this bad character, and the many fines, £l2 2s fid having been inflicted since last October. They would leave this house to be dealt with at the annual licensing sessions. The application of - Humplilies was refused, as she had not a proper acceptance. _ _ The transfer from Sarah ,Connally elicited interest. Some documents were produced signed by her husband, 'the following parties did not answer to their names, consequently the transfers were not granted :—Margaret Woods, Charles Farrington, and Eliza Ibbotson. REMOVA LS Thomas Handford, from Cheapside to No. 70. Sparling street. Thomas Bradley, Oldhall-street to No. 117, Kensington (co:cer of Coleridge-s net. To whom Atherton-street ....Hugh Howie._ .Thomas Phillips Bedford-street Joh:, Hughes..... James Hughes 11,tvington-hill Thomas Raw,iuson.... Thomas Bell Wilkinson Blake-street fames Sayer Henry Ritci Wm. Archer Bridgewater-street William Rowb Ato An 3olton-street Brownlow-hill Clifton-street Copperas-hill Crooked-lane Edward lward Warriner. leorge V vaite Rabr Dale-street Dale-street Ellen Woods Dawson-street Joseph Musg. Fontenoy-stre t Barrow Mow Gerard-street William Hud Grafton-street Tho 3. hell Wilkinso Great Charlotte-st Sarah L:uisa Tate.. Great Nelson-street-Thoma; Mercer..... Harrington-st. lower. James Henry -street.... Thomas F. Swann Wil.i Highde d-street S •ott. Hitl-street Alfred Woollett... . Robert Ridi 1 .ling ton Thomas Owen .John Wilkii Jordan-street - Henry 5imp50n........ Jane Brown Key-street ttannah E. Jones....-..Cnar:es Farrington 3 Lambert-street Leeds-street.. James Itawsthorne.... James FishWeit Lime-street 'Longifille-street Mann's Island., ..„ Wm. Foster.. Ai ernes-court.. ..Thomas Williams.... Peter Williams Netherfieid road.... Sarah Cons ly.. ...... Woods Oldham-street.... ..Thos. Ibbeson :dcsd) PAWL Ibbson. widow Parliament-street .. Elizabeth Smith .. Richard Williams Peter-street .. George John Hoilinshed P easant-hill-street.. David He11ier.......... Ri , :hard Ashton Itoinford-gardens ..Anti Lough (ieceased)..Thomas Humphreys Rainford-gardens ...Thomas Rew1ey........ Geo. Bernard Gurney Begent•street ..Hann. h Sheehan. Hiram Henderson It e.ishaw-rtreet ....Thomas Fernybough.. Robert Ili eh e Richmond-street.... Wm. H. Jackson.. .... George Berry St. Stephen-street .. John Butler.. Sawneypope-street Anarew Atkinson...—. Henry Fitzgerald Scotland-road ...... John Coglan Ma thew Baker Seitland-road -.; John Peberdy John Hugh Jones Seotland-road .. Wm. Harriott . Simon Hanlcn Simpson-street ....John Dean (deceased)..Msry Ann Dean Sparling-street Wm. Finch............ Mary Ann Houghton Torbock-street...... Arthur Godwin Thomas Johnson Vauxhall-road Isaac Wilson John Carbert Ve u hall-road.. .... Andrew Tivendale Joseph Helmshtrd Vernon-street Joseph Smith.. ..... ...John Dixon Vine-street Thos. Jones (deceased).Eliz. Jones, widow Warwick-street Wm. Atkinson (dcsd).. To Executors Wa klnson -street lsaac G atc1iff.......... Martha lobs Williamson-.street Samuel Pugh.......... John Gating William hill Mara et Woods Glover AND ZEAL OF CONSTABLE. A POLICE EXTRAORDINAhY CASE, Yesterday, at the morning Sittings at the police court, officer No. 693 brought up a little boy, named John Tracey, alias Cusack, on a charge of having stolen a whip, belonging to a man named Abraham Curran. Before the case was entered into, Mr. Clough, the chief euperintendant, sail he wished to make an observation in the case. The officer (be said) had a boy up on Wednesday morning on the same charge; and, while in court, waiting for the case to be called on, the bov managed to make his escape from the custody of the officer. The officer reported the circumstance to his superior officer, and he was ordered to go in search of the juvenile Jack Sheppard, and, continued Mr. Clough with th e utmos t na i ve t e , so extraordinary was his exertion and zeal in the discharge of his duty, that he ran into the street, an d se i ze d on th e first boy he met, which happened to he the prisoner, who knew nothing whatever of the transac— tion ! (A. loud burst of laughter followed the announcement.) I have reported the facts to Major Greig, and it is under investigation at present. Mr. Wybergh asked how long the man le:d been in the force ? and Mr. Clough replied he had been in the force a very short time only. Mr. Wybergh : Then he has only " fleshed his maiden sword" in this case ? Mr. Clough : And very bad use he has made of the instru— ment. ( Laughter.) • Mr. Wybergh : And this boy is not the right boy ? Mr. Clough : Not at all, sir ; the poor lad is innocent, and knows no wore of the affair than you do. (Laughter.) Mr. Wybergh : He'll make a nice officer, that. Mr. Clough : The case is under investigation at present. The boy was at once discharged. Tn the Belgian Chamber of Representatives on Friday, M. Orts, a member of the left, gave notice that, in con sequence of the late publication of certain important documents in foreign journals, he inteaded to address interlopations to the government, and partienlarly to the head cif the departm ° elit fur foreign affairs. It isunder stood that the question of M. Orts bears upon the state of the foreign rehtioni of Belgium, and will raise a direct issue on Count Walewski's speech. SAGACITY