The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-23 00:00:00

ROYAL OAK BURIAL SOCIETY. MEETING OP THE MEMBERS LAST NIGHT. ref a il ir e tP.roceedi tl q y og s of thi s soc i ety has been uen so fre tb at he Mile, that it is with some degree of regret „, we have to record the proceedings of last night's Weeti n IlOu r T ! It was convened for eight o'clock, `l e rcl Nei literally crowded with work and at that P e ople, son -street was 1 10 ;:::' antioos to gain admittance. The most of them, er Wa s fill ' Were doomed to disapp . ointment; for the Hall p ortion e b d b.y those who held the cards, the_ g r r e eater pro ellki,rn etng Women. At ten minutes before persons nine the tel eet 411 1 Mr. T. Martin, accompanied by the . and w tire et e l ei t: be on the Platform , made his appearance, titi c i, A ed With yells of disapprobation, and cheers. He loti;t utillusiness to night is to do the work of the 'Peak:: I ho pe you will all be quiet, and listen to e o a et ch . iog ° to Re then ca ll ed upon the persons in the m to be the true4lel senee eb, and say o were hies of theta so ciety usiness for the ensuing wh year- said, he had the Deaf est erd the n came forward, and )4, ‘ v ' pleasure in proposing that Mr. W. Rathbone, fc ' t tli S. 41111 , and Mr. F. Martin, should be the auditors Aeleheahnielt year. I believe them to be men .o character, and no one can doubt their stand ' .4 85eie tY In this company. k r. . rh 4 104 4 ~,, °lnimon seconded the proposition, and the kr . j e tis.nnanimously carried. isttruct n'tes then proposed that should be )totti?, jeterd, otio3afeurvrnittis a li the accounts oMf r t ' h ß e esio 7 iety b for the that, if the accounts were su th m e i m tte t d o Ner, ta rneet il 3 g, it Would be impossible for Mr. 11°133 Pso li ti ci . tile° . This was also seconded by kr, 5he44 4 4 Pherd Moved, as an amendment, thattoa each til ettb ee c'f the finances of the society . be Ititiso.,kllllBsl to the present time ; given v tating that 44; 'gat ti 'lle th hers had been robbed of l le ' 161 8d ' 9 members £4 000 which the co - legit h I eXclusive of the , It had t° Pay into the County Court. t, r, A. 4. . ''''t the illips seconded the amendment, and said 41 attag e itleril bers had been plundered by the present the d rh itle i _ il t of thousands of pounds, through This .414eolless and dissipation of its o collectors.. aod yelling:l4m" Was received with ho t Ile then (1 eoe side, and cheers on the .o g m s o e the o r f . th e loeietbeet on to observe that the . inc til ti h e ' 'ad been 8,000, and the expenditure £4,000, ? th e elo7i:! te(1 to know what had become of the balance ar 1 / 4 ear g .was then put, and the chairman decidedthat kt etis, tied, Whereupon Mr. Shepherd demanded a 4r4l;),,Willeh Was taken, and occupied three-quarters . °ll64;tni.l.lfter which, the chairman . decided that the ilit eree t i o c "cHt was carried. This being so, a scene of °llll and ilt!hich lasted for several hours, w as carried eit eted : ultilnately the following committee were duly t tr • M. Cullen, President. V . ' W. Je n ki ns, Secretary. *4l. * W. Currie, Sub-Treasurer. COMMITTEE : kr, w Linen, Cabinet Maker, Burling Cable-street. kr, J.:llclge, Tailor and Draper, C Burlington-street, kr, z -,144111gt0n, Brewer, Circus-street. t. Iltr.i. Aaron, Brush Maker, Horatio-stre r e eet. , kr a ,!reettwood, Publican, Renshaw-street. kr. A' 41`Parline, Tailor and Draper, London-road 1 1. 1.1„..'•• Wilkie, Soap Boiler, Edgar-street. kt J. Love, Bookkeeper, Smith-street, Kirkdale. kr. Z.. narrY, Last Maker, Derby-street. E Mr. T Trevitt, Publican, Circus-street. t At,. evict, Baker, Mann-street. ...' . 4 oberts, Hair Dresser, Church-street. AUDITORS ~ . l ! r • J. Elli s , 47, Gomer-street. rli ,-. 41r • J. Cearnes, Prussia-street. ilt e uhair in an . for the election in putting the motion 1, iltiditora ' 4-0 111E1 1 , ' exPressed his regret that the meeting v. uapw He ,a - eoline to the conclusion it had done. mid t„, aln the honest extent A 4 litler . of the be te e r n m v , ot b in u g t kr that and that meeting. They bad kiiti that Which every body must know to be wrong, 4° 3ll l r a N t ill ' i ng the fifth act of the last sceneo the keeti„‘jail Burial Society, he b a d e them farewe 11. f The I then se parated at m id n i ght. RA- .......,_ t, thLlt'''"--On Saturday, the birthday the au verla; s-reat alpaca manufacturer, together with of Mr. Titus eh ../ ° f t bi• • of his magnificent establish li °I Salta. P ll ie opening litradfo,.,,,aire, at Shipley, two or three miles from liberib ° Ple i n waete celebrated by three thousand of his work .: NI roomier worthy ot themselves and of their al enterprisi g l r They went in proces-. 1144 gall " 418 residence nandemcp e d Y u e ct ' ed him to St. George's o tradford, Where the n y n presented him I%,l;o4e°6ltPanied by an appropriate address. with a bust f l lde e '''' On PARIS BAN/E.—At a meeting ,f the of were Illithoti 611 d Paris Bank, held on Friday, the directo..n caPitelle4 to take measures for winding up, returnig the t.e tte sptr ii the proportion paid by the shareholders, with b itee()l 4 ll l. °f 3 Per share, which is to be retained until a a e n s t hat th,, i'-`6ll have been endered of preliminary Pi r e ' n ed 'hat tic veto of retiring officers, it was exp.= i l ti t i tS a andierszters. find the altered position of the money linA c l et , p ,ie discredit occasioned by recent joint stock I,llritakinegn.'l°ha unfavourable to the prosecution of the l ' ?ltl'a I V e lZ i . tltil AN D C ,sioNgn WEIGHERS OF THE . 1.7 811 e,l `4°.'lbot.--Theerme m a i r ' e 120 lockers and 220 coru of 'iN1(10131)-" WeigherS in the landing department of the port 3 pay er , I thei - ; The salaries oftheweiehers, including day ap na eir classes is about £63, £6B, and £7 ? per lit; an d the. th e salaries of the lockers £BO, £9O, and £loo a t * lli i r flter u tt;; l _ jtt, takest from to twelve years for 4...', 1. e1e ii 11:iiv_ra a salary worth ten £BO per annum as h a e kr''!es ti l: ; fl uge , and upwards of twenty years before . ii Nice v Per annum as a first-class locker.—Civil , O a zett e 1 4 -4 Pta P • 11 0 4 . 3 ' Priliatkeibi_a7, who has arrived at Aberdeen with the the time he was i tertir s 80,5% says that during D ittly by soille.a4 p.lirsuing.the wmer whale fishery, he wa ° I 4 dulls thejne natives that they had w b it ee h u a It em qabi i ,,... 1r excursions to the north, in number corns 1.,.. er1,..4:44,.Wh0 had seen, a long way_ off, frgjere'nt.'`Zuetion front Hogarth's Sound, a circular white in a north er. NTZ 4 Sit 6,,, ° _ i l the ice. They had taken from it at their rpon't:°.e bright metal, and on their secondi visit, 4 1 , 11 i : tit ' It , afterwards they had seen tsso . white men in r e ,,-the re h%as reported among th natives that these 1 5 11... -1 car ;!4..(1 perished from hunger.. So far as Captain I'lli`i!./,' fre 4 ,"ge, it is thought this may refer to the s &c., l ' h- .4tr 114.14;141:1°m Dr• Rae had the silver spoons, 4 la Dart the white men with Sir John Franklin Ce n t toVtirtY. 1 1'r5...., 1 - bt' P OSSESSION OF HOUSES BY THE t p o ou co N m rr e Oort feree ]are new County Courts Act a i;ttee t.l,ere a re Several clauses of considerfabrleemiismes -13 mmary bl*l.Zerth-e-r'ettlatti te r a da:eevxetend e d ingt 5U year,su .n the recovery o ; et h Pql° au" Pre v t l e ra e ctions of ejectm . ent i t , he , o,6tli_reeLtt,.•, Wheenremthe term has expired in properi Iti de f a p„;'','_e value of the remises nor the rent is not_ ktie i ,.alt of the the year, a plaint may be entered, (1 f et , tzutet. ne tenant giving d up the same, the bai . liff In plaints his re,reeere'r.Elvo! the lar!dlo t r 0 ossession. th e ite m t 4 wh ere .): i. 1 possession h p plaintiff may . recover due, Provi 4 Lau same does not exceed . -t'so.7.,Firther, ttlav 4 2 14 h flu, L e a that where there is half a year's rent V. u 6 giv;„4l4dlord has a right to re-enter, possession Li 4 /. 0 11„`,,,g bY the county courts. ii - 11" 3' ri; 440 lion The price fetched by the 200 I,Nlean-fi'llga vilich sE e s.— sually brought to the hammer . _ . _ , 0 ,t1 , ! 1274 '.tv,nereasged, during atn the racing seasons 0f.18a4.r500m 1,1 0 t 0 1 ,04 4 1 1 1iin Si Which is calculated for all prices,_f_ s the case of the Lord of the Hill ;his ret'lineae. e'aVsiinthintrithe fifteen months which preceded aw. v -ard ) eras able (1855) sale at Doncaster to Air. S. 14"e'lli '°"", 1,020 1,200 , and 1,400 guineas were got for Iteteeatglic:4,ltsfiiiibiePsu%olean p: ivat ie ~ The average price ;and 9 m M the .loyal S oy ! ntft, urWl:nsii4o4,l,geui•ness.for fourteen, a many .. of which a O l sale o f higher price than any tj'er w e h av ulo a which fetches. were of t„ be eertai 6 . No doubt in all studs great loss is sustained often e er„,„rl Proportion of the young stock, which promise ' 4 - ?, and not worth training; but here breeders are Wag,et„reeelved. Po a tile the late Lord Grosvenor sent a, the b rex • Ill ' ' land of her day, to Chester ime best, mare in England th e bedsidered as too small • and he also suffer e d d Violante, '''io 't 1.,.‘1ir mile racer of her day, to be s s u O ff ld, re llntried, for kieeeblt' fort`Znately purchased her again. The great f 4°44 --.... w . e .. v et, .oei..a'sionall paid to breeders for some et Ala 9`."0 guineas, for example, Y to the Earl of Jersey, tip f_ theluke, and 3,500 guineas for Bay i litte r the loss inseparable from such as by Middleton—make tyli "t ive siz culled out and sold_ . at 11th .e, and casualties are . Five the n , ' 6 Y will fetch, which seldom amounts to much. migsilep fo e r • Pti e ,, and guineas were refused for Plenipo ; and the greatest tw-' ad given for a race horse was 6,500 guineas, for the c( , . Ye ar old Robb Noble, in 1851. One may, however,. • 4 e t I)lNa:wonder at.such prices when we find that the Flying . irand th e won his owner nearly £20,000 in stakes alone : A _Tro t „,at tile winnin g s of himself and his half brother Van *34 o - W„ w hu ;;;elonged to the same Owner, amounted to l' feetl"'"' ,Qotherstone vron, at three years old, £12,765 ; AttatfeiliftE, £10,975; and surplice, £10,375. THE COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir,—Being one of the unfortunate passengers which were on board the ship Imogene, sunk by collision with the steamer Falcon, on Sunday morning last, and seeing statements in some of the papers of to-day, which by no means state the whole facts of the case, I am induced to claim a small space in your columns, to put the facts fairly before the public. The Imogene was close hauled, the Falcon running before the wind, when the collision occurred ; and, after the collision, the steamer stood on for fully two miles, before she either slacked speed or rounded to. After this she came alongside, and was requested to stay by the Imogene, and lower a boat to our assistance, as by this time we feared the vessel was sinking. Instead of this, she passed slowly a-head, and again rounded to at some distance, without sending any assistance to us. We signalised her by waving our lights to come alongside, but finding this did not have the desired effect, we fired a gun two or three times, on which she came alongside and lowered a boat. Before this time, Captain Williams had one of his boats lowered, into which he put all the passengers, seven in number, and paid every attention to their safety, carrying a lady, who was one of them, down the ladder into the boat. We thus got on board the steamer about 4 a.m., and found not the slightest attention paid us by either her captain or officers, who allowed us to remain on deck, wherever one could find a place to lie or stand in. The Captain and crew of the Imogene came on board some time afterwards, and on the last boat, containing five hands, coming alongside, and before any of the men were out of her, the order was given to turn a-head ; this was done, and the boat was stove, and nearly swamped alongside by so doing. She was then let go a-stern, and the steamer, by Captain Williams's request to her captain, " not to drown his men before his eyes," was stepped, and the men pulled up again alongside, and, by climbing up the ropes on the ship's side, saved their lives. As the day wore on, we naturally felt the want of refreshment, and, on applying for some, a small quantity of brandy was supplied, for which we were each charged one shilling—a portion so small that, at any reasonable hotel, might have been obtained for threepence. Some coffee was afterwards supplied the passengers and officers of the Imogene, for which Captain Wiliiams paid, and some broken victuals, bread, &c., from the table, supplied to the crew. This was the only attention paid to us for the twelve hours we were on hoard. To Captain Williams, and his officers, I feel myself infinitely obliged for their uniform kindness, coolness in danger, and attention to our wants under most hying circumstances; and I am requested by all my fellow passengers to tender to them our sincerest thanks for the kindness and manly bearing with which they attended to eversthirg necessary to our safety, and to state that, under Providence, we owe our lives to their exertions and the excellent discipline of the crew. Captain Williams wan the last man to leave the vessel, which was so fast sinking when he left he-, that the mainmast was in the water, and in five minutes after he left she went down headforemest.—Oa behalf of the passengers by the Imogene, I am, sir, yours, &e, WILLIAM J ENKE N, Engineer, Sailors' Home, Liverpool. September 22, 1856. THE NORTHERN TIMES. -;.LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. F. 13ISHOP We extract from the London Inquirer the following interesting correspondence on occasion of the presentation of a testimonial, from the members of the Liverpool Domestic Mission Society, to the Rev. Francis Bishop. The testimonial consisted of a purse of two hundred guineas, a silver inkstand, a writing.desk, and the sum of ten pounds to be appropriated to the purchase of a remem brance to Mrs. Bishop Liverpool, Aug. 29, 1856 . - . DEAR MR. BISHOP.—A number of the members of the Liverpool Domestic Mission Society desire the offerings specified beneath to be regarded by you as some slight tokens of the feelings with which they part from you as their minister to the poor. They present them as their acknowledgment of a debt which no gifts can cancel—as their expression of a sense of a loss the magnitude of which has daily grown upon them since first they were compelled to contemplate it. That loss they always regarded as the greatest mistortune that could befal them ; they now find it to be almost irreparable. The qualities which command success in the great office you have held are, in a large measure, the direct gift of God, and such as cannot be produced by the most conscientious self discipline; and the place you have won for yourself in this community, the recognition of your influence by our magistrate and authorities as a beneficient power in the midst of us, a successor, even though your successor was your fellow, cannot hope to obtain until after long years of labour. As your separation front us is now inevitable, and all our earnest representations could not induce you to doubt that a higher Counsel had shared your way, it is only left to us to express oar entire confidence in the purity of your decision, and to follow you into your new sphere with our prayer and hopes that our common object, the presence and power of Christ's Gospel with the lowiy, may in time become the gainer through what we have lost—and that in your two-fold office God may confer upon you the double blessing of being in your own person more and more his minister of the poor, and of ahaninc , beneath the force of your character men like yourself fora work lit e your own. Will you prmit us to add a word of gratitude, extorted from us by your last report, in acknowledgment of what we owe to the co-operation and self-denial in your own home, without whi.th in so many touching cases you could not have finished what you had begun, and we should all have lost the encouincYcinent and high appeal to faith and to faithfulness which those cases afford ? Signed, on behalf of the Committee and ether members of the Liverpool Domestic Mission Society, W. J. LAMPORT, President, E. HARVEY, Secretary, (REPLY.) Oak Bank, Harpurhey, Manchester, 6th September, 1856. My Dear Sirs,—lt is with feelings too deep for ready expression that I acknowledge the receipt of the generous and substantial present you have forwarded me, from a number of the members of the Liverpool Domestic Mission Society. Such marks of kindness and tokens of sympathy add still greater depth and intensity to the regrets which, in any cir_ cumstances, I must have experienced in separating myself from a work that had for more than eight years enlisted my best energies, and obtained a continually strengthening hold on all my best feelings. The great interest shown in the Liverpool Domestic Mission by its friends and supporters, and the uniform kindness, indul gence, and active sympathy which I experienced at their hands, strengthened and encouraged me under all the difficulties and tria's that beset my path. I was never permitted to feel that I stood alone. In a thousand ways I was continually reminded that my work was appreciated, and that the one voice which alone I could raise in my walks among the poor expressed the feelings of many hearts. In these circnmstances, I felt a growing satisfaction in my work, and the desire of change was one that could never have entered my mind. I should have been con tent to live and die in Liverpool; nor would it have been possible for M 9 to entertain the thought of leaving the mission there to take charge of any other similar mission elsewhere, since I could never hope to have wider opportunities of useful ness as a minister to the poor, or more confiding and generous support in my efforts to improve such opportunities than I there enjoyed. But when it was pressed upon me that, by taking part in conducting the Training Institution of the Home Missionary Board, I might contribute to the supply of a deeply felt want in our churches, and hope to exert a wider influence in connection with domestic missions and kindred societies, and when I was further assured that the committee of the board, after looking iu vain in other directions, had more than once returned with unanimity to me, I could no longer resist,—the feelings of the heart had to give way to the dictates of the head ; and however much I might fear that my power of usefulness in the new field on which I am entering had been overrated, I regarded it as a duty to respond to the call thus made upon me, and give whatever help I may be able to afford in this important and much-called-for I rejoice to be assured that my motives are so well understood and appreciated by the friends whom I have so reluctantly left The concluding paragraph of your letter is especially gratifying to me. Whatever my feelings in regard to your too kind expressions as to myself, I know that what you say there is deserved, and that, had it not been for the strong and confiding co-operation to which you make reference, some of the moat striking and encouraging cases of reformation, I have ever met with, could not have been effected. I have much pleasure in enclosing for your perusal a letter I have this morning received from the United States, written by the person referred to in pp. 17.20 of my last report, by which you will see that the confidence I entertained has aot been misplaced. Once more I express my gratitude to the members of the Liverpool Domestic Mission Society for the munificent token of their good wishes and esteem which they have presented to me. That which is distinctive and durable of it, recording, as it does, the more fluctuating portion of the gift, will always be regarded by me as a cherished memorial of a most eventful and hnppy period of my life ; and I shall hand it down to my chil dren with such injunctions as will lead them, in proportion as they love their father, to value and preserve with the greatest care that which to him was so dear and precious, —I am, my .. . . dear sirs, ever yours most truly, .. (Signed) FRANCIS BISHOP. To W. J, Lamport, and Enoch Harvey, Esqrs., President and Secretary of the Liverpool Domestic Mission Society. MILITARY FRAUDS IN DENMARK.—Extensive peculations and embezzlements in the contracts for clothing and pro visioning th e army have just been detecte d i n Denmark. Above sixty persons are supposed to be implicated in them, including many respectable manufacturers and tradesmen, with several government officials who held a high rank in the civil or the military service. These frauds appear to have been carried on most systematically for ten years past, and it is asserted that not less than two millions and a half of francs will cover the.amount which the government hat lost by them. Contracts for meat are known to have been made, by a dishonest collusion, at double the market price, CORONER'S COURT, The Coroner held the following inquests yesterday :—On the body of a boy, named Newell, aged five years, who died in the Northern Hospital. On Saturday the boy was in S'rand street, when, by some accident, he fell under the wheel of a lorry, which wiped over his legs, and broke them in pieces. He died shortly after. Verdict, accidental death. In reference to this death, the Coroner said he wished to ;make a few observations, as he saw the gentlemen of the press present, they would, no doubt, send forth his remarks to the public—for the multitude now read the papers, and, he trusted, profited by them. A practice had grown up along the line of docks, and the line where other omnibuses ran, of boys following the vehicles for the purpose of catching halfpence thrown to them by persons on the top of the 'bus. This was a most dangerous practice, and one that should in some way be dealt with. He did not think, however, that there was any law to meet it; but, if people refrained from throwing halfpence to boys, of course no boys would tollow the 'busses. They all knew how throng the thoroughfare of the line of docks was always with every sort of vehicle, and when a person on the top of a 'bus threw down a halfpenny, the boys ran the utmost risk of being trampled on and driven over by lorrys, floats, and cabs, either coming in the same, or dif ferent directions. He did not say that people threw half pence to create danger, but it led to it. He trusted, in future, that persons would not act so. It had another bad effect, also—it took away boys from other pursuits, and laid the foundation for idleness, for when boys got halfpence in such a manner, they would be drawn from honest exer tions. He trusted that when these remarks went to the public that the practice would be discontinued, and that, in future, none would lthrow halfpence to boys running after 'busses. A gentleman present mentioned that he saw one of the dock omnibus conductors act in the most improper manner a few evenings ago, by flinging 'halfpence on the carriage way to boys, and thus endangering the lives of the lads ; and, besides, he made them fight for the coin. It was only a short time since when an inquest was held on a boy, who was killed in Brunswick road, by " tumbling " after a 'bus for halfpence. The jury said they agreed in the observations of the Coroner, and trusted that, through the means of the Press, the desired effect would be produced, as it was a most dangerous practice to allow boys to run " tumbling " as described. Some remedy should be applied to put a stop to it, and they heartily hoped the observations of the Coroner would be the means of ending the evil complained of.—On the body of Joseph Waugh, a ship carpenter, a red 31 years. The deceased had been engaged at work at a ship called the California, in the Queen's Dock, when, by accident, he fell into the dock, and, although every exertion was made to save him, he was drowned. Verdict accord ingly.—On the body of Patrick Cairnes, aged 21 years. On Saturday the deceased was engaged in the rigging of the ship Parsons, and from some cause he fell and lest his life. It was purely an accident, and the jury found accordingly. THE "DAILY NEWS" ON GOLD ACCUMULATIONS. Our cotemporary the Daily News, in its issue of yesterday, thus writes on the influence and effects of gold accumula• tions : —The Times seems to forget, moreover, that as the general wealth increases there is a constantly increasing consumption of the precious metals in the arts, and from the wear and tear of a more extensive currency. The absorption of silver for the East is a case in point. Have the millions that have been exported within the last few years reduced the price of the article there so as to effect the demand ? Have, in other words, the prices of Indian produce and labour risen as regards silver, or has the increasing wealth of the community enabled it to absorb it all for various purposes, as it has absorbed any other article of necessity or luxury ? The simple fact is, that the population of the world is constantly increasing, their wants are increasing, and among those wants are gold and silver ; and until each nation, and every individual in each nation, has all that it or he requires, it is clear that every ounce of gold produced by the labour of a digger in Australia adds to the wealth of the community as certainly as the produc tion of a ton of iron in Wales does. When the price of the gold will not repay the labourer, he will cease to get it, just as the ironmaster blows out his furnace when it will not pay him to produce pig iron. ALLSOP'S WAX- WORK EXHIBITION, TEUTONIC-HALL, LIMB-STREET, LIVERPOOL.—DOVE, THE MURDERER.—The only correct likeness of this criminal is to be seen at the above exhibition, and is placed by the side of Palmer. Both these poisoners are full-length, and are acknowledged by all to be perfect likenesses. They are surrounded by upwards of 100 wax figures, large as life; together with 500 statues, busts, casts of heads, &c.. &c. ; also a great number of Stereoscopic and other views. The proprietor begs to state that the likeness of Dove and Palmer are most positively the only true ones taken. Palmer was modelled by Mr. George Ewing, of London, during his trial at the Old Bailey; and a sketch of Dove was taken by Mr. John Storey, of York, and afterwards modelled expressly for Mr. Allsop, by Mr. William Leland, of Liverpool. Open from ten, a.m., till ten, p.m. Admission, Sixpence. A quadrille band in attendance. Observe the name of Allsop's Wax work on the two lamps over the entrance. CURIOUS MrETING IN PARIS.--The rag-gatherers (chif fonniers) of Paris have long possessed a mutual benefit society, and they recently demanded and obtained permission from the police to hold a meeting for the purpose of examining its accounts, and revising its statutes. The meeting was held a few days ago at a public-house bearing the sign of the Vieux Drapeau, in the Quartier Saint Mar cel. Forty-eight delegates, nominated by the whole of the rag-gathering fraternity were present, and each of them on entering deposited twenty cents., which were disbursed in paying for the room and for sundry bottles of yin ordi naire. The senior delegate was pro tem. called to the chair, which was half of a cask turned bottom upwards, and six delegates who knew how to read, and five who knew how to write, were proposed as candidates for the posts of president and secretary. An election of these two dignitaries having been made, the senior resigned his seat to the elected president. Taking possession of the cask, the latter embraced the senior, and then delivered a speech, in which, after expatiating on the honesty of the rag-gatherers as a body—proved, he said, by their always giving up anything of value they might happen to find, and by their rarely figuring before the tribunals for robberies or other offences. He gave an account of the operations of the benefit society since the last meeting, and exhorted his " dear brethren" to be friendly to each other and united. The secretary then read, one by one, the statutes of the society, which are fifty-two in number, and asked if any delegate had any alteration to propose in them. Only two were subjected to discussion ; the 17th, which provides for the " fraternal division" amongst the rag-gatherers of particular districts of the heaps of rubbish and filth that may be deposited in them ; and 52nd, relating to the conti•ibutian to be paid per month to the society, and the amount to be allowed to sick mem bers. The first-mentioned article, after due debate, was modified to the effect that not only should the heaps aforesaid be reserved to the rag-gatherers of the districts, but that on no account should one rag-gatherer presume to encroach on the heap of another; and the second was, on account of the present dearness of food, modified so as to make the monthly contributions of members 50c. instead of 25c., and the daily allowance to the sick 60c. instead of 30c. The statutes having being formally approved of, a resolution adopted in previous meetings, declaring that the oldest member of the rag-gathering fraternity, one S--, aged 85, called " the General," should for the rest of his life be freed from any monthly payments to the society, but should enjoy all its advantagfs, that he should besides be allowed 250 grammes of tobacco a month, should have a seat of honour at all meetings and banquets, and should at the latter be entertained gratis, was passed unanimously with loud applause. The treasurer was then called on to produce his accounts and cash. The accounts having been examined were declared correct, and the balance in hand, which consisted of 77f. 95c., and was deposited in an earthen pot, was counted, and was also found exact. The delegates then removed to a public house called the Pot Tricolor, at the Barriere Fontainebleau, where a banquet was provided them. The place has always been the grand rendezvous of the rag-gathering fraternity, and formerly it was divided into three parts—one, called the " Chamber of Peers," for the elite of the calling, that is those who possessed a good basket, a good lantern, and a crotchet with the handle ornamented in copper ; the second, called the " Chamber of Deputies," for those who possessed such things of an inferior quality or in a delapidated state ; and the third, which was called the " Saloon of the True Pi oletaires " for the lower orders," who had neithe r basket, nor lantern, nor crochet, and who, consequently , were obli g ed to pick up rags with their fingers, and carry them in bags. But on the present occasion it was determined that, in accordance with the progress of democratic ideas of late years, and as a mark of friendly feeling, all distinctions of rank should be broken down, and that the aristocracy, middle class, and lower orders of the profession should meet at the same table. The chairman, on taking the chair, proposed that henceforth this determination should he rigorously adhered to as a fundamental rule of the rag-gathering community, and his proposition was adopted with acclamations. The guests then proceeded to attack the good things provided for them, The dish of honour was a gigantic ella podrida ; the wine was ordinaire, and was contained in a high earthen jug called the Petit Pere, which was constantly being replenished from a cask called the Afauricaud ; and the dessert was composed of the strong cheese Girarme, of radishes, and of a petit verre of a horrible sort of brandy. The banquet was very gay, and at the dessert several toasts were drunk—one of them to the " Press," which, said the president, enlightened the world, and, by its large con sumption of paper, caused rag-gatherers to live. A collection made for the poor cloned the banquet ; it amounted to 9f. 75c. At former gatherings the utensils of the table were chained to it ; but on this occasion they were left free. The guests, however, were required to deposit the value of them, and when they gave them up en leaving the deposit was restored. GROSS CASE OF CRUELTY At the Devon County Sessions, on Thursday, before Sir John Duckworth, Bart., chairman, the wife of- a respectable farmer, named Grills, residing near Slapton, in the south of Devon, was charged with assaulting and ill-treating her servant girl, named Fanny Square Keys, an intelligent child, 14 years of age. Mr. Bere mas counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Carter defended the prisoner. It appeared that the girl Keys had been a pauper in the Kingsbridge union, whence the prisoner took her as her servant. She had "to tend the pigs and calves, and to look after a little child." At the begin ning of bay harvest the prisoner knocked the poor child's arm with a large stick, and broke one of the bones ; and on one occasion, because she put some parings of leeks into the fire, that being au unlucky thing to do, accord ing to the prisoner's opinion, Mrs. Grills took the sauce pan from the fire and sat the child on the hot irons upon which the saucepan had rested, burning her co severely that the skin was broken. On another occasion, because she did not do something that she was told, the prisoner made her extend her hand, and inflicted several blows upon it with the flat part of a knife, but while doing so the edge of the instrument struck three of her fingers and cut them severely. About the same time the prisoner beat her over the head with a large stick, which caused her bead to swell very much ; after that she took the poor girl into the dairy, knocked her legs and pulled her hair, and when she cried out, the prisoner thurst her hand into her mouth and scratched her gums so as to make them bleed. She had continually beaten:the girl on the bead and shoulders in a most brutal manner, and when the relieving officer came one day she told him, by the prisoner's orders, that she was very well treated and liked her place, but she-said she did this because she was so much afraid of her mistress. One of the wit nesses for the prosecution, being a friend of the prison er's, refused to give evidence, and a fine of £5 was inflicted on her. The evidence of the girl was corrobor ated by several witnesses, and the defence was, that she was a dirty, slatternly girl, and that she had not been chastised so severely as alleged. The jury, however, found the prisoner guilty, and she was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. ARE CARDS INSTRUMENTS OF GAMING? Re HANCE.-At Judges' Chambers, on Friday, Mr. Metcalfe, the liarrister, appeared before Baron Bramwell to oppose a writ of habeas corpus being issued to discharge Robert Hance out of custody from St. Alban's House of Correcton, to which prison he was committed by the magistrates at Barnet, at the late races, for unlawfully "playing in an open and public place with instruments of gaming, to wit, cards." Mr. Howe, who had obtained the order for the habeas, now contended that cards were not "instruments" of gaming under this act. At the time the statute passed, namely, 1824, " thimble rig" and " roulette tables" were the games of chance played at fairs and races ; and it was to suppress those that the statute was framed. If cards were to be held " instruments " of gaming under this statute, any one might be convicted as a rogue and vagabond who dared venture a rubber at whist in an open or public place. Tho learned counsel, Mr. Met calfe, had so argued himself before Mr. Baron Martin. Mr. Baron Bramwell : Do you now argue, Mr. Metcalfe. that cards are instruments of gaming, under this act ? Mr. Metcalfe : I am instructed by the committing magistrate to oppose this application, on the grounds that Mr. Baron Martin has decided, in this court, that cards are instruments of gaming. Mr. Baron Bramwell : Under those circumstances I cannot discharge the pri soner, for I cannot rule against my brother Martin. My opinion is, however, that the statute refers only to " tables ;" but I must dismiss the application, and the full court had better be applied to, in order that the question may be settled. Prisoner remanded in custody. A NOVEL GRIEVANCE TO TAE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir.—Having been engaged here in examining some of the French and German classes of this institution, and knowing that the Liverpool newspapers are read on both sides of the Atlantic, I venture to request the insertion of this letter, the substance of which I desire to publish, wherever opportunity is allowed. I have juil cause Of complaint of two grievances, both, I believe, of a novel kind. lam the author of the General French and English Dictionary that bears my name, and of a school edition of the same work. I will not here com plain of the reprints of both these works on the other side (1 suppress the of the Atlantic. In that I must submit to the fate of "my elders and my betters." . But one of the two rival publishers of my dictionaries—Mr. Appleton, of New York—has thought proper to add to my name that of another person, and has entitled . inf work Spier.? and a p n ' ' .o s no n t am ici e l , zg as pic h t e ion p a r r otably feels himself —soctilareerselgFye'nleetlecsim'aggrieved than I.) Now, has Mr. Appleton a right to couple my name to another at his will and pleasure, without asking me whether I will " have this man to be my wedded husband"—" to live together in holy matrimony ?" If I show any just cause why we may not be joined together, may I not speak ? I declare, then, there is a just impediment—incompatibility of temper— and I forbid the banns. To be married without one's consent is (all those united in matrimony, at least, will confess) a tolerably hard case, hut, as if this were not sufficient, Mr. Apple - on has (refining his cruelty, and improving his first impulse) added my name to a dictionary I have not written. Now, like the late Mr. O'Connell, I think the responsibility is heavy enough for my own follies, without my being answerable for those of my neighbour. But Mr. Appleton would appear to be a sharp '° cute" man of business, and to have calculated that it is a master stroke of policy to play a double game ; first, to add another man's name to any book, and afterwards, to tack on my name to another man's book. But, it it is allowable, thus to associate names, and to attach a cognomen to things a person has not done, is it not lawful for me to couple names, and to publish a work to be entitled " The Life and Exploits of John Sadleir and 1.). Appleton ? " If this be tolerated, is any man's name safe from pro— fanation ? May not some British father be found for every transatlantic production ? The more graceless the progeny, the more worthy would probably be the parent elect. Will not, sir, the enlightened reader see with, me, in this an act of signal bad faith, a fraud on the reader and the author, and on the public at large? Will you. then, be pleased to grant me the publicity of your columns to denounce this nefarious system to your readers, and thereby to the world ? If legal redress—which I intend to seek—cannot be obtained, I entertain the hope that public opinion will brand the act as one of great injustice, and discourage all attempts at emulation of the deed.—l am. sir, yours, &c., A. SPIERS, Professor in the Lycee Imperial Bonaparte. Collegiate Institution, Liverpool, September 19. 1856. TRADE REPORT.-MONDAY LIVERPOOL Cox advices from the - :States, tolhand:this morning, being rather unfavourable regarding the grow ing crop, have caused rather more animation in the market to-day, and a good business has been transacted, at prices slightly in favour of the seller. The sales—including 200 Egyptians bid to 9d, 1,500 Surats 4id to Sid—are esti mated 12,000 bales, of which 5,000 are on speculation and for export. SUGAR.—There continues a steady demand, and full prices are paid ; including Saturday's business, the trans actions embrace 500 hhds. 600 bags Demerara from 43s 3d to 45s 61, and at 46s 91 to 503 for grainy, 260 bags Cossipore at 503 3d, 1,640 mats Mauritius at 45s 6d, and 3,200 bags Bahia in bond at 283 91 per cwt. MOLASSES.—Nothing has taken place. v o ß u u s m r . a — t . puncheons Demerara, have been sold at pro- RICE.—A. considerable business haste been done, 2,20 u bags Bengal being reported, chiefly low, at 9s 9,1 per cwt from the quay, and 12,000 tons table, to arrive, the price of which has not transpired. SALTPETRE.-100 bags have brought 28s per cwt for 12 per cent refraction. CATTLE.—There was no material change in either supply or prices at to day's market. Beef was in most demand. Sheep being of a rough quality in general, were morn difficult to sell. Our supplies consisted of 2,782 beasts, and 11,929 sheep. DISBANDING THE GERMAN LEGION The disbandment of the Legion is now beiag carried into effect. Eighteen officers of the different regiments have received their discharge, dated from the 15th inst.. and it was expected that 60 others would get their discharge in the course of the past week. There have also been selected from the different regiments about 1,200 men, partly unfit for further service from illness, and partly in consequence of misconduct whilst serving in the Legion. It is now, however, to be understood that every man discharged from the British German Legion belongs to either of the above number, as com manding officers have authority to discharge men who have proper reasons for claiming it. The discharged sol diers get bills drawn on the consuls of the different ports where they disembark, and their travelling expenses on reaching home. It lies in the power of officers commanding regiments to allow ouch non-commissioned officers and soldiers to stay in England as they think proper, and like wise to pay them their gratuity. Such men, however, are not to be allowed travelling expenses, The gratuity for a private on disbandment is £lB 5s ; a corporal, £24 6s 8d; a sergeant, £33 2s 93. The men get their year's pay without the penny per day allowed them for beer money. General Stutterheim is daily expected with the new act and stipulations for enlistment to the Cape of Good Hope. It is said the men are favourably disposed towards the project; and as many of the continental governments have refused to receive back as their subjects men who have enlisted in the service cf a foreign power, they have, in fact, hardly any alternative. From the whole of the Legion (including those stationed at Alder, shott and Browndown), it is believed that from 6,000 to 7,000 volunteers will be obtained. After the disbanding of the German Legion the barracks will be occupied by twelve depots of infantry regiments ; these will be con solidated into three regiments of about 1000 each, to be com manded by a colonel, major, and the usual number of officers. The general staff will be somewhat reduced, and will consist of a major-general, brigade-major, and aide-de-camp. The purchase of Middlewick Farm is, we hear, all but completed, and is well adapted both for . training ground, and the formation, if required, of a canvas encampment. Colonel Herbert, deputy adjutant general, has, we understand, received a similar appoint ment at Corfu, and will leave Colchester on the breaking up of the German Legion. THE QUEEN OF SPAIN AND HER PRESENT ADVISERS We read in the Madrid correspondence of the Indepen • dence Beige, that when the proposed modifications of the Constitution were submitted to Queen Isabella for her sanction, on the 12th inst, she eagerly asked whether any resolution had been taken about the law for the seculari sation of ecclesiastical property ; to which O'Donnell replied that the ministry could not undertake to alter such a law as that, voted by the Cortes, sanctioned by the crown, and formally promulgated, and which had already been put in execution, with very beneficial results. The Queen answered that she could not approve of leaving their work incomplete ; and that it was necessary, if not to repeal that law, to suspend its operation, at least until the new Cortes should have re-considered the matter. She handed back to her ministers the documents which they had brought her, and desired them to reflect seriously upon what she had told them, O'Donnell called his colleagues together the same evening, and informed them of her Majesty's will, but declared that be would not yield to it. • The ministers were all much disconcerted at the embarrassing situation in which the Queen's pertinaoity threatened to place them ; but O'Donnell himself was the most irritated, and is said to have exclaimed, in a fit of ill humour, "With that little woman it is impossible that government can be carri:d on." It was rumoured, upon this difference between the Queen and her ministers becoming known, that she had made up her mind to scud for Count Yumury, formerly the commandant of Cuba, who was often seen about the court. OMNIBUS SPECULATION AT SJUTRAMPTON.— A few ago there was omnibus accommodation between Southamp ton and the populous suburb of Shirley, about six times daily. Some gentlemen in the neighblurh)od formed a joint stock company, and started first rate omnibuses and horses at a uniform and low charge, and there is now omnibus communication to and from the above named places thirty-six times a day. Almost every time the vehicles are crowded. From Southampton docks to the extreme point of Shirley the charge is only three pence. The success of this has induced other gentlemen to start omnibuses to Portsweol, another growing suburb of Southampton. This speculation is also very prosperous. bed up, clear off. Mr. , . . CLEyER EScAM—On Thursday moining scuop ße ie n t. .i .th a eo t a n u i s n as Gledhill, a returned convict, with a ticket-of-leave, es caped from one of the cells beneath Bradford Court-house, in a very adroit manner. He had been apprehended by Mr. Lottey, the superintendent of the Shipley police, on a*charge of fowl-stealing, and on Monday was remanded by the West Riding justices, in order to afford the officers an opportunity of discovering the owners of the fowls. He was safe in the cell on Weduesday night when his supper was taken to him. At half-past eight o'clock on Thursday morning, on Mr. Ingham, the superintendent ing the daring character of his prisoner), going to his cell constable of the division (who alone w A a c i e te es d s onw descendedah al permeate : I tso know. ob tainedt thee with his breakfast, it was found that he had escaped. H e and it is believed that w to hi t c h h e above( up, and, stand. fn e s ri thed, se at half cell.wflh flues, e boxhi n a gd on no extracted the coorren aet t wrh h aeo r y e fo e hut hit l s(e i c r b g eylr e lai nr h rkd o ohw l l d liaeos f irdl a k.wd s b t ai s sys (.3 a massive past five i s r:S w ld h e i ;o h n the premises, firing-up place, thence mad e e n u n d:k e n tfa ocking believing took no further notice of it, whole building , a I'V jo h w ic e h t ' t , s f t : l a n e o s n c e o o n it th p e ro m oo o o r d n e i d ng f , r o but m street, The whole of the flues were care-. paversh area, ear d t l h oi fully examined, but no trace of the man cou ld b e iburicl• What makes the escape the more singular is that, with the exception of his t ronscrs and stockings, ho left the whole of his clothes behind him—boots, waiscoat, coat, bolt, and even his shirt co nvicted of fowl-stealing and flannel. He was at the West Riding quarter-sessions, at Wakefield on the 2nd of March, 1853, and sentenced to be transported for seven years, but received a ticket-of-leave on the 2nd of May in the present year. POLICE INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL. (BEFORE MR. J. AIKEN.) ROBBERY IN THE A M PHITHEATRE.—A young Scotch man, named John M'Pherson, who said he was a native of Dumfries, was charged by detectives Carlyle and Horn, with having stolen a watch from Mr. John Sloane, Boundary-street. The prisoner was in the Amphi theatre, where there was a great crowd on Saturday night, and the officers saw him push, in a suspicious manner, into the thick of the crowd, and immediately they heard some one say, "you have stolen my watch," and then they saw Mr. Sloane seize tha prisoner, and they also caught hold of him, when he dropped the watch. It was taken up from his feet; he had cut the guard. Police officer 597, said he knew the prisoner to be a thief from Manchester. He lived with all sorts of thieves and robbers in Charles-street, in that city. The Prisoner was remanded, in order to make enquiry about him. (BEFORE MR. BOLTON.) ROBBERY AT TITH EB ARN •STREET STATION.—John Davis, a well dressed and respectable looking person, was charged by Mr. Chadwick, inspector at Tithebarn street station, under the following circumstances :—The complainant said, at nine o'clock on Saturday night he saw the prisoner and two other persons on the platform, and suspecting their intentions, he watched them. When a train came in, he saw one of the prisoner's companions pick a lady's pocket of a purse, and band it to the prisoner. Witness seized the prisoner, (the other two got away,) who flung the purse from him, which witness picked up. It contained 5s 4d, but the lady who lost it, had gone away. He found another purse, contain ing over 235, on the prisoner ; it was evidently a lady's purse Mr. Block defended the prisoner, and cross examined the witness, with the view of showing that he was mistaken, but he swore positively to the prisoner. %;r. Dixon (magistrate) said he attended pur posely to h ar the ease. He knew the witness to he a respectable and useral officer, and had detected several robbers at the station. Mr. Clough said the arrest of the prisoner would, perhapS, lead to an interesting dis covery. He asked for a general remand. Granted. Mr. Campbell, the bridewell keeper, said, on Sunday Mr. Chadwick called at the main bridewell, and there saw a female, who was locked up on another charge, and he at once recognised her as one of the persons who was with the prisoner on the platform at the time of the robbery. ALLEGED LADY PICKPOCKETS.— CURIOUS CASE.—Two respectable and very well dressed females, named Esther Wilson and Betsy Davis, were charged with having picked the pocket of a lady named Mary Dalton, who resides in Clifton-street, Everton, of £3 ss. Mr. Bluck de fended Mrs. Davis,and Mr. Goodier appeared for Wilson. The complainant said she was standing at a shop door in Commutation-row, when she saw a man knock down a woman. The prisoner Wilson came up at the instant and spoke to her, pushing up quite close to her, and she immediately missed her purse containing the money, and she gave the prisoners into custody. Mr. Muck : Why did you give Mrs. Davis into custody ? Complainant : Because she was near the other person. Mr. Bluck : What hour was it? Complainant: A quarter-past eleven. Mr, Bluck : I shall make you remember this. Officer 660 said there were several swell thieves at the place at the time of the robbery. Mr. Bluck said his client was a highly respectable female, and lie would prove it. She was returning home from the market, and knew nothing whatever of the affair until she was arrested by the police. He called Mr. Geo. Fletcher, a provision dealer, who said he had known the lady for eight years, and swore she was highly respectable. She was at once discharged without any imputation on her charac ter. Mr. Goodier contended that there was no case made out against his client. Mr. Chadwick, from the railway station, Tithebarn-street, identified the prisoner as one of the persons who was in company with the pri soner John Davis at the station, when the lady's pocket was picked on Saturday night. The prisoner was remanded generally. (BEFORE MR. T. BOLTON.) A BURGLAR.—A TICKET OF LEAVE MAN.—A young man, named John Keely, alias Williams, alias Napier, was charged under the following circumstances—(a police-officer handed in two " tickets of leave " which he found on the prisoner) :—lt appeared that on Saturday night the prisoner, by means of skeleton keys, entered the house of Christina Maxwell, No. 2-court, Nelson street, where he packed up a variety of property, which he was about to remove, but was scared away by some interruption. He was chased and arrested. The pri soner was sent for trial at the sessions. SuomFrnio.—Maria Jackson, a well-dressed young woman, was charged by Isabella Jones, of Brownlow hill, with having stolen four pairs of boots from her shop. The prisoner went to the shop under the pretence of purchasing something, and, whilst there, she con trived to steal the boots in question, but she was caught before removing the property. She was committed for two months. AN OLD WOMAN AND A You No MAN,--A wretched looking old woman, named Elizabeth Mason, was charged by a young "swell," named William Charles Cooper, with having stolen £1 14s 6d from him. The complainant told a story that: disgusted all who heard it, and the prisoner said she was drinking with him in several public houses, and that he gave her the money. The exact sum was found on the prisoner, who was sent to gaol for two months. TILE GAROTTE ROBBERY IN BEDFORD STREET —Peter Duff, and John, James, and Thomas Kelly, who were remanded on a charge of the above description (the details .4' which we have already published), were brought up. Mr. Block defended the prisoners. In addition to the evidence already given, Mr. Edward Jones, the manager of a bread shop, stated, that on Saturday night week, about a quarter to one o'clock, he was going home, when he was attacked in a violent man- ner, and nearly choked ; he was robbed of I4s, his watch, and some small articles. He swore positively to the identity of Duff and Thomas Kelly, as two of the persons who attacked and robbed him. He was seriously injured, and had been under medical treatment ever since. A young woman, named Jane Phillips, identified both Duff and John Kelly as two of the persons who were engaged in the attack on the prosecutor, and a young man named James Wilson identified James and John Kelly, and Duff, as being at the spot, but in reply to Mr. Blnck, he said lie did not see the outrage committed. Officer 482 said, he saw the prisoners running away from the spot where the robbery had taken place. Mr. Bluak contended that there was no case made out against James Kelly, and said he was instructed to prove that Thomas Kelly was not present on the occasion in question ; but, exercising his discretion, lie would not now use it, but reserve it for another place. He would, however, call for the discharge of James Kelly. He was discharged accordingly. The other three prisoners were fully committed for trial. THE POOR IRISH NAmou.—Josepti M'Glide, John M'Guire, and Anne Higgins, were brought up on remand, charged with robbing a poor Irish nailor, named John Hodgson, from Ballinsaloe. Mr. Bluck defended the female prisoner. A few days ago the details of this case were fully published. The evidence was gone over de novo. Mr. Bluck cross-examined the prosecutor at some length, and caused considerable laughter, in con sequence of the simple answers given by him. Mrs. Finch, a publican, stated that the three prisoners called at her house and wanted change for an Irish note, but she refused to change it. Mr. Bluck contended that the prosecutor ought to be in a lunatic asylum for believing all that had been told him. He contended that his client should be dealt with under the Vagrant Act. In reply to the bench, Mr. Campbell, the bridewell keeper, said M'Glade had been tried for manslaughter, and acquitted at the last assizes. The woman had been several times convicted of felonies. His Worship dis charged 111‘Guire, and committed the other two prisoners for trial. THE OUTRAGE ON THE WELSH WOMAN.—John Jones and William Crawley, who were remanded, on a charge of having committed a gross outrage on a Welsh girl, named Mary Anne Williams, were brought up. The evidence was the same as already published. The case was dealt with under the Summary Act. The prisoner Jones was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and Crowley was discharged, as the evidence was not considered sufficient to convict. BIRKENHEAD At the Birkenhead Police Court, a young man named Edward Atkinson, a striker, was charged before Richard Bryan, Esq., the presiding magistrate, with having been drunk and disorderly, and also with having assaulted the police while in the discharge of their duty. The defendant, who did not seem to possess any great strength or vigour of constitution, admitted the charge of drunk enness, but alleged that the assault was on the part of the police, from whom he complained he had received ill usage. In support of this statement, he pointed to a red and extensive mark across his forehead, and alleged that it was caused by a blow from officer No. 21, who, with officer No. 3, had him in custody at the time. The constables denied on oath the truth of the statement, and maintained that the defendant's injury was the result of his own violent conduct in throwing himself on the ground. The defendant was discharged, the Magistrate observing, that if the charge of ill-usage had been proved against the constables, he would have severely dealt with them. It was Out reasonable that, when one con stable had to deal with two or three violent persons, he should use his staff in self-defence, but in no other case should the constable have recourse to It. ST. AN NE ' S DISPENSARY AND E YE AND E AR INSTI TUTION, 9 ) ROSE HMG—For the week ending Fept. 20. —New patients entered on the books last week, viz—Re lieved at the institution, 195 ; relieved at their own dwellin gs, 7 4 ; cases of prevailing epidemic, 0. Total, 269, treasurer, Joseph Xit c he n , Esq. Visitors,--Mr. E. Watts, Mr. T. Nirk, son. secretary awl LONDON The following public sales are advertised for tomorrow : —Sugar : 600 hhds of West India, 5,000 bags Mauritius, 6,000 bags Bengal, and 1,800 bags Madras. Saltpetre: 4,500 bags. Rice 5,000 bags. Tea : About 2,000 pkgs. The private contract markets have been inactive since Friday, but prices are supported. COTTON.-200 bales sold at full prices. RICE.—A. limited business clone at full prices. OILS.—Seal, pale, £4B ; yellow, £46 lOs ; brown £45 ; sperm body, £lO5 to x'lo6; headmatter, .4'106 to £lO7 ; cod, £47 to £4B; South Sea, pale, £47 to £4B ;:olive Gal lipoli, £56; Spanish and Sicily, £53 103 to £54; cocoa nut, 46s to 463 ; palm, 423 61 to 45s 61; linseed, 40s to 403 6J; rape, pale, 543 to 555; brown, 513 6d. TALLOW:—The market is firm to-day at the subjoined quotations :—Town tallow. 52s nett oash; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 518 3d to 51s Si; September, 60s 9cl; October and December, 49s 93. PARTICULARS OF TALLOW Stock on hand.....: Delivery last week Do. from Ist June. Arrival last week.. Do. from let June Price Y.C. per cwt. Do. Town.. Casks 31 ,391 . . 1,601 .. _ . 20.275 : 35,472 I 34,638 2,178 . 189 L7ll 15 666 17,010 26,623 64+ :id , 57s 9d 51! 66 643 9'1 591 6d 54s 3d Arrival for the week ending October 1, last year, 2,001 casks, and delivery 2,916 casks. The arrival last week comprised 1,312 casks from Russia, 254 -casks from South America, and 145 casks from other places. Total, 1,71 X casks. . ---- BoROuGH llor.—There is an extensive demand at improved prices. Duty, £240,000. CORN.—The supply of English wheat was small this morning from Essex, and only moderate from Kent ; all good qualities brought last Monday's rates ; but inferior and sprouted, of which the bulk of the supply consisted, were next to unsaleable, although freely offered at lower prices. Foreign, a retail sale at last week's quotations, '['here was no alteration in flour. Barley a dull sale at a decline of is to 2s per qr. Oats were in moderate request, with the turn in price in favour of the buyer, Beans un changed. Pease is cheaper.2.fArrivals into London from Sept. 15 to Sept. 20.—Coastwise, English—Wheat, 2,59 A qrs ; barloy, 1,493 qrs ; malt, 1,393 qrs ; oats, 150 qrs beans, 83 qrs ; pease, 251 qrs; flour, 1,010 sacks, Scotch, —Wheat, 12 qrs; barley, 48 qrs ; malt, 50 qrs ; oats, 4(K/ qrs. Irish—Malt, 15 qrs; oats, 2,679 qrs.. Foreign— Wheat, 17,541 qrs ; barley. 2.537 qrs ; oats. 18,203 qrs ; pease, 1,907 qrs ; flour, 6,831 bils. Eastern Counties Railway- Wheat, 3,720 qrs ; barley, 2,179 qrs ; malt, 6 253, qrs ; oats, 739 qrs ; beans, 166 qrs ; nesse, 147 qrs; flour s 8,264 sacks. Great Northern Railway—Wheat, 1,746 qrs; barley, 2 qrs; malt, 62 qrs ; oats, 935 qrs; flour, 1,695 sacks. Exported—Wheat, 1,820 qrs; malt, 125 qrs ; flour, 1,164 cwt. CATTLE.—The receipts of beasts fresh up to-day were reasonably good as to number, but somewhat deficient in quality.:For most breeds the demand was not so active as on Friday, on which day the quotations advanced 2d per 8 lbs ; nevertheless, prices generally were mostly sup ported. The show of all kinds of sheep was but moderat- - , , and their condition by no means first-rate. Tho '"rimes( Downs and half-breds changed hands steatv: iy equal to those realised on Monday 1P:-;,, at prices otherwise, the mutton trade ruled heavy at a de:Jrnie in the quotations of 23 per 8 lbs. Calves, the sho w o f w hi c h was li m i te d , sol d steadily at last week's price.. We had a sli g ht improve ment in the demand for pigs, and p r i ces were quite as high as last week. Beef, 4s 31 to 4, 103 ; mu tt on , 3 s 6d to 5s 2d ; veal, 3s 83 to 4s 103 ; pork, 3s 4d to 4 s 83, per 8 lbs, to sink the offal. Total supply at market—Beasts, 5,517. fi2nlgn, 2,018 ; sheep, 24,900, foreign, 4,110 ; calves, 210, foreign, 152; pigs, 300. MlNES.—Business in British milling stocks is rather quieter than of late. Great Wheal Alfred shares have declined to 13, " sellers," and retain a drooping tendency. In the Stock Exchange to-day Tamar mining shares have been dealt in at 1 ; and United Mexican at 32. All foreign mining stocks are very . quiet. Subjoin ed is a list of Sa. tulrfrdeady: 13si, transactions North theßa in sst, 3 e Mining W ngE es xtchan ge :—Great( Alfred, Basset, 30, West Frances, 19, 20; Wheal Mary Anne, 36, 37. e market to day YESTERDAY'S MARKET. CORK was moderately , • We make the following quotations :—White wheat, 32s to 34s 6d ; red, 29s to 31s 6d ; barley, lfi• to 20s ; oats, 12s to 13s. CORK BUTTER.--P , I. fair supply, consisting of I,7ookega and firkins, were °tiered for sale this morning. There supplied, and the rather lano.nid was a good demand and a fair clearance. Prices had an We quote Firsts, 110 s ; advancing tende ncy. seconds. 106 s ; Thirds, 100 s ; Fourths, 96s ; Fifths, 90s per cwt. _ GLASG )W P IQ I ROX.--No new feature manifested itse l f to-day. The re were buyers at 71s 9,1, and sellers at 72 • without leading to transactions. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S.--YSSTERDXY LATEST BETTING, cESAREWITCH ..,, .. 6 .. Middleton —taken i i - 0 " .. 1 .. Wentworth —takeA 2 0 .. 1 .. Polestar —taken 2 1 ) • • I Iloniily—tat en 2S ... 1 .. Merlin —taken 6 agst Fnlbeck—taken :V) • • 1 .. Peter Wilkins—take* 33 .. 1 .. Quin:e—taken .. Falstaff—taken 1 1 .. Comedy 100 33(3 t . :. . CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 20 to 1 agst Poltnoodie — tak es 25 1 .. liessle—taken 25 Lance—taken .. Vengeance—taken DERBY• 1R to 1 agat Tournament—taken • 12 1 , Bonnie Scotland—taken