The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-18 00:00:00

THE LATE FATAL FIRE IN RAGLAN STEET. COnONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday, the jury in this case assembled in the Coroner's Court, to proceed with the inquiry into the death of David and Jane Mefnillop, who lost their lives in the fire in Raglan-street, on Sunday morning. In addition to the details published in our paper of Mon , day, the following evidence was given John Frowe, an intelligent boy of 12 years, the son of James Frowe, who resided in the house, stated that he was in the habit of getting up early to light the fire in the parlour. On Sunday morning he got up about six, and when he went into the parlour he saw smoke corning up through the boards, and he thought he saw fire also. He ran up stairs at once and called his father, who came Mown. James Frowe said, I came down at once and saw there was a fire, and I ran up and got out my wife and children instantly into the street, and in two minutes the cellar was in a blaze. I should hive lost them had I waited to take out anything. I took them in their night dress, and had hardly time to get into the street. I told several people to run for the police. I told two or three people to run, but I deer know any of their names. My house is about a quarter of a mile from the police station at Lightbody street. An officer made his appearance shortly after. To the Jury : It was about a quarter past six when some one went to give the information. To the Coroner : When the officer made his appearance the house was one mass of flame, past recovery The offi cers, when they came arranged about the reels, as the latter came shortly after. There did not appear any neglect, but it might appear a long time to me, as I was anxious. I have no reason to attach blame or neglect to the police, nor to any one. I have s een fires where the attendance was much longer away, The fire engine was quickly on the spot, and the flames were ex tinguished. Provided the engines were there when we name out, the fire might have been got under, but it would have been impossible to have the engines there at that time. There appeared to me to be a great supply of water. To the Jury: There was no communication hetneeen the house and cellar. They were detached. and one parties were not my tenants. The landlord let off the eller to the deceased. Did not smell any fire, nor did my wife, who was up to one o'clock. Saw M'Killop ) with another man past, and he was reeling, as if tipsy. The deceased woman, when in drunken fits, used to roar and knock about like a wildbeast. The witness then gave a detailed account of how the deceased used to be in fits from drink. I heard it was between one and two o'clock when the deceased man went into the cellar. I lost about £l6O worth of property-- all I had. The witness then gave the same account of him self and his connection with the Haymarket theatre, as appeared in our paper of Monday. George Stanley examined : I am a moulder, and live at 77, Athol street. I din not know the deceased persons. About a quarter past six o'clock I first heard of the fire. I went through the back door not to waken the inmates in the house ; I got into Athol street, and heard a man call out " police" several times. The man was in his shirt, but I did not know him. Thinking it was some row, I did not hurry to go up. I got to the corner of Raglan street, but l did not know the name at the time. I saw a man knocking with a piece of wood, either at the door or window of the cellar that was on lire, Heard a voice say "Is there no police to be lead I as the poor ereatures will be burnt to deatt e n I ran off with all haste to the Stanley dock, I told the officer whoin I saw there, (the only one I saw in the race) that there was a fire. I would not know him, again, as I did not take his number. Y told him theere was a fire off Denbeigh street, the other side of t I ne railway arches He asked me what was i t ant l . I told him it was in a cellar. The reply ho thade :ens, " Why did not you throw a few buckets of w .,;(er on it ?" I told him the people in the house would be burnt to death, if there was not assistance got. He then said he would come down with me, and then he went into the little house at the gate, and in two minutes he came with me. We walked down to the fire. We 4iet another man running, and he told the policeman of the fire, and he replied, "You are all a d—d parcel of fools, one running here and another running there—if you had stopped and threw some water on it, it would he all right," or " all out," I cannot say which. When we got to the corner of the street, where the fire was, the pollee cried out, " come on," and we all started back to the Stanley dock, where we got the key of the fire station in Lightbody street; he got it as quick as possible, and gut a reel and hose. I got a second reel. The policeman went off with the first, and I got the second one into the yard, and went, with another man, up to the fire. There was no engine there at all, but the reels. There was plenty of assistance here then, but they could get no water There were several police officers there then. They could not find the lugs in the street. The fire would be anout the parlour at the time, and when they were looking fur the water the fire was in the parlour. The cellar was then one mass of fire. I was not there when the bodies were got out. It would he close on seven, when there was an abundant supply of water. I think, if the reel had been brought out at first, and a proper supply of water, the property lip stain might have been saved, but not the individuals In the cellar. To the Jury : I did not press the police men to go quicker. It is a quarter of a mile from the :iouSe to the station. I told an inspector who was there, that I gave the alarm. Superintendent Murphy : Did you make the same statement to me that you have now given in evidence? ' I can't say at present whether I did or not. The superintendent said the witness did not make the same statement that he now had given in evidence. Mr. Edward Murphy, Superintendent of Police, said, on Sunday morning, about twenty minutes to seven, I was leaving Atholl Street station—a man came to me (not the last witness), and said there was a cellar on fire in Raglan Street, and persons in danger of being burnt. We ran th., whole way to the place ' • the reel turned out and arrived at the same time as we did. On the way, I met Roe, officer 75, in Athol Street, going to turn on the Water from the main. I proceeded to the cellar for the purpose of saving the parties inside; seeing that could not he done, as the parties were dead, I went to assist in plyirg the water. There was a paint mark on one of the houses, indicating that a plug was within fifteen feet of the plane. We proceeded to search for that plug, but could not find it, we then searched other places, and I called up a fireman ; we got water in Denbeigh Street. about 100 yards off, and from Snowden Street, about fifty yards off. The watchman could not give us any assistance in finding the plugs, as he was ignorant of the locality. I have since ascertained that the plug we should have found at the corner of Raglan Street, had been removed, as the street was newly paved some time ago. In tny anxiety to get the water, the delay appeared considerable, but it did not exceed ten minutes: The delay altogether did not exceed that usually found at fires—the whole delay was the absence of the missing plug, When the water was brought to bear upon the premises, it soon subdued the flames, and in about forty minutes the fire was wholly extinguished. Coroner: What are the duties of the waterman ? To be ready at once to turn on the water. It is the duty of the officer on night duty to know the plugs on his beat, but the night men had been removed at the time. The waterman alluded to belongs to the docks, and would not know where the plugs were. The night officers had been relieved a quarter of an hour before the discovery of the fire, and only one offieer had charge of a district, from which ten had been relieved. The last witness, Stanley, I did not see at the station, but in Raglan street, and he did not make any statement to me like what he has today in his evidence—had he done so, I would have reported officer Roe to the head constable. When an inhabitant gives an alarm of fire. the officer, if the fire is on his beat, or the vicinity of his beat, proceeds to the premises to ascertain if it be the fact, an I if it be so, and that he cannot extinguish it by his own efforts and the assistance at hand, he passes the general alarm, and acts in other respects according to his printed instructions. If it is too remote from his own beat to make the enquiry, he passes the alarm at once without delay. The firemen turneocks at the s aliens, are used to the same practice. The Coroner said there was a book published by the head constable, for the guidance of the police, and it contented instruc tions in cases of fire. The witness to the jury gave an account of the instructions, which will be found in the Coroner's charge. Langford William Roe, police officer 75 , said : I was on duty on Sunday morning last at Stanley dock, and in charge of Lightbody street fire station. From twenty to twenty-five minutes past six o'clock, I received the word of fire, but I can't say it was from the witness Stanley. He told me there was a cellar on fire close by Denbeigh steeet, and I asked him if he were stare it was a cellar ? He said it was. Took off my coat and accompanied him, and blew my whistle along Great Howard street, so that in the event of it being a a ire, I might have assistance, if possible. On finding it was a fire, I returned to the station and turned out the reels—l ran at the top of my speed. I sent a civilian to Nelson dock, to tell them there to pass the word. The witness corroborated the evidence of the other witnesses in reference to the remainder of the case. After the fire was put out, the witness slid, I next went into the cellar to look for the bodies. The witness said Stanley never told him there was any one in the cellar in danger: Stanley reiterated that he did tell him. The policeman said he had a witness to prove the contrary. Edward Cleary, 232, said my attention was called to the fire about twenty minutes to seven. I was in Great Howard street, and heard the whistle. When daylight came I discovered the bodies. I went into the cellar with two persons, and found the bodies burnt almost to a cinder. To the jury : The man had one shoe on, and therefore probably he was not undressed. Superinten dant Murphy said the practice in reference to fires alluded to, was in case alarm was given by a civilian— weere it was given by a police officer, it was presumed all was correct. He gave Roe a very high character. A witness named Cosgrove was produced-, in order to prove what the word given by Stanley to the officer Roe was. He said when Stanley called, he said there was a cellar on fire, and the constable asked him if there was any one in it, and be said be believed there was a man in it. rn reply to Superintendant Murphy, Roe said he did not use the words " A parcel of d—d fools." The Coroner then addressed the jury, and recapitulated the evidence. He said if praise was due to the police, they ought to get it, but if their conduct deserved censure, they should not shrink from their duty. He then read the folio ing regulation of the police, in reference to fires : In the event of a fire breaking out on his walk, the constable is immediately to spring his rattle, and cry " Fire." His first duty is to alarm the inmates, if any, of the house on fire, and his next duty is, if possible, to put out the fire ; if it be obvious that lie can put out the file instantly, he is to give no further alarm, but if he have a doubt of being able to do so, and it is better to be wrong in giving the alarm than to be late, he is to send the first officer who comes to his assistance to the head fire police station, and the next to the noarost district fire station. The constable sent to the head station must run all the way himself, but as lie goes along he is to spring his rattle and tell every constable who comes to him where the fire is, the name of the street, and the nature of the property on tire, and ho is to do all this briefly and without stopping a moment ; if be has far to run and feels tired, ho is to send forward a fresh constable, but still he is to keep on his course as fast is possible, lest the message should miscarry. If the fire be a great distance front the station, or of an alarming nature, he may take a car, riding upon the box and giving the alarm as he goes along, For this service, if he do it well, the Watch Committee will reward trim. Oa his arrival at the fire station, he is to render all the assistance in his power in getting out the engines, &c., and may ride back upon them, directing the driver, if necessary, the shortest way. Every constable on receiving the alarm or bearing the fire bell, having first ascertained where the fire is, shall, if the same he elsewhere than on his beat, run to each extremity of his walk and spring his rattle, he will pass the word where the fire is, so that in a few minutes every constable in the town may, when asked, be able to tell where the fire is, and its nature. He is then to call up all the firemen and watermen on his walk. If any constable, on seeing tire fire or hearing the bell, has not been previott.ly informed where the fire is, he is to go to the extremity of his walk next to the bell or fire, and inform himself as soon as pose ble of the prrticulars, after which he is to convey the information to all the adjoining constables. Any neglect of this important duty will be severely punished. In the mean time the constable who first discovered the fire is to use all possible exertions to put it out. If he fail, he must endeavour to save life and property ; but in doing this, he must not permit doors or windows to be unnecessarily broken, fires being frequently increased by doors and windows being incautiausly opened. Neither must he permit improper persons to enter the premises. If the place on fire be a dwelling-house, the first duty is to get all the inmates out, and next to get out papers, money, and more valuable goods. If it be a countinghouse or warehouse, the first thing to be saved are books and papers. All the constables in the neigh bourhood when they have passed the alarm, &c., will then repair to the fire, give the necessary assistance, and remain there if the fire continues until otherwise directed by their superior officers. Water being the great essential at fires, each constable ought to be well acquainted with the position of the plugs on his walk ; and when a fire breaks out, he should, without any lose of time, point out to the firemen where water is to be found. He should also inform himself if there are any pumps or tanks on his walk. When an alarm of fire reaches any of the district fire stations, the firemen turncocks on duty will, instead of assisting to draw the reels, at once secure a supply of water in tire immediate vicinity of the fire. Firemen, whether on or off duty, will, when a fire occurs, instantly repair to the spot ; but those on duty when the fire is over, or ordered by their superior officers, will return to their respective walks, which in their absence must be looked after by the constables on the walks immediately adjoining. When off duty the firemen will take care in the day or at night, to tell the constables nearest their place of residence to call them quickly in the event of an alarm of fire. With the exception of not springing their rattles, the same directions aro to be observed in the day as at night. It is, if possible, more important that they be strictly attended to in the day time, as the fire bell cannot be heard very far ; constables on day duty will therefore pass tire alarm to every constable in every street that leads into their walks, and if constables be not in these streets, then to all constables placed in streets next to these. They must leave nothing on their part undone to spread the alarm. They must alarm the watermen and firemen whose residences are on the labels under the number of their walks in the station house. Those constables on whose walks, night or day, the water works and water offices are placed, are, when they first get the alarm and before doing an 2, thing else, to alarm the engineers at the water works. - - - He then proceeded in his address, and in the course of his observations censured the conduct of the parties who had removed the plug alluded to, and said the fact should have been properly communica' ed to the police, so that there could not be any mistake in such a ease.— The jury then consulted for about three-quarters of an hoar, when they returned the following verdict : " We find that the said David and Jane M'Killop were found burnt, but how the fire originated we have no evidence to show. In regard to the policeman, we con sider that when he got the information he did not use that dilligenee and expedition in ascertaining the truth of the statement. After he had ascertained there was a fire, we are opinion he used all due dilligence, and we are glad to hear such good testimony in his favour as a good public servant." The jury were also of opinion that the plug ought to be replaced, and they regretted the temporary difficuty file police hid in getting the water. The coroner then said, in regard to the respectable and intelligent man (Frowe), who was examined before them, it appmred he lost his all by the fire. £l6O worth of property was a great deal to a poor but respectable man like him. He was now left with a wife and three children without a particle of property. One of the children they had examined before them, and if the other two were as well brought up as that boy, no doubt they would prove a credit to their parents, The amount he lost would soon be made up in halfpence in Liverpool, and he would suggest the opening of a subscription for that purpose—there was plenty of charity left In Liverpool to do that. He was sure the gentleman whom he saw present from the NORTHERN TIMES would publish the suggestion, and that small subscriptions would be received at that and other newspaper offices for the benefit of the poor fellow. The foreman of the jury, Mr. John=ton, of 14 Duke street. thanked the coroner for the kind suggestion, and said the jury quite agreed in the observations. He trusted that the reporter of the NORTHEI , N TIMES would take a note of it, and send it before the public. He would be happy to receive any small subscriptions at his house, Duke street, and no doubt, when many of his friends saw this in the papers, they would drop in and subscribe. The jury and coroner then subscribed £2 55., when the coronet remarked that when Sir Francis Burdett was sentenced to pay a fine of £lO,OOO, it was collected in one day, in penny subscriptions. He then thanked the jury for the valuable time and assistance given in the case, and discharged them. • THE REFORMATORY MOVEMENT.—On Tuesday evening a public meeting was held at the Tailors' Agency, Literary Institute, Newirgton Causeway, for the purpose of hearing an address from the Rev. Sydney Turner, chaplain of the Philanthropic School Farm, Redhill, on the subject of jnvenile criminal reformation. Mr. Dunn took the chair. The Rev. Mr. Turner then addressed the meeting, and drew a m , st favourable picture of the benefits which refor matory it stitutions had already conferred on the community. He stated that out of 120,000 offenders who passed through their prisons annually, no lees than 12,000 were boys and girls, the latter being comparatively few. The reformatories in this country had already effected the reclamation of seven out of ten of the juvenile delinquents brought within the sphere of their discipline. The address was highly inter esting, and listened to with great attention by a numerous audience. GAROTTE ATTACK IN LEEDS.—CULPABLE CREDULITY OF THE RESCUERS.—Mr. Robert Speight, of Larchfield terrace, Hunslet, wes proceeding down Hunslet lane, near Leeds, on his way home, about two o'clock on Monday morning. As he was passing a gateway near the residence of Mr. Holdswortb, a man suddenly rushed out of the recess, and seized him round the neck. The rascal, as be found his victim subsiding into insensibility, shouted into his ear, " Your money, you b-r ; give me your money." Just at this moment, and while Mr. Speight was lying insensible on the ground, his assailant kneeling on his body, two men came up to the rescue. They collared the garrotter, and threw him down on the ground beside his victim, and then proceeded to look after the injuries of Mr. Speight. They found him bleeding from the mouth, and his throat and forehead were also disfigured by the severity of the attack. At length he was sufficiently recovered to b^ able to sit up, and his first enquiry was for a policeman. In reply to Mr. Speight, the two men agreed that it would be right to look for a policeman, but with culpable thoughtlessness they departed as soon as they found that Mr. Speight was suffi ciently recovered to be able to walk home. Mr. Speight proceeded up the lane in search of a policeman, but found that the miscreant who had just assailed bim was dogging his footsteps. He quickened his walk into a run, and there was a hot chase through near a mile of streets before Mr. Speight met a policeman near the Mulberry Tree Inn. As soon as the thief saw the policeman, he ran up Grape street, and was immediately followed by the policeman and Mr. Speight, and apprehended. At the Leeds court house, on Monday, the man, w'.o was James Daffy, of Hunslet, a glassblower, was committed for trial. THE NORTHERN TIMES. WEST DERBY UNION. The usual weekly meeting of this Board of Guardians was held yesterday, at the board room, Mill lane, Evertors. The ' chairman, the Rev. Mr. Badnall, presided. The other guardians present were Messrs. Siddeley, Leyland, T. Edwards, Sager, Harrison, W►lson, Elias, Richmond, Abrahams, Pitts, Whitby ; Lunt, Wrnsley, and Batten. TAB RE'l URNS. The Clerk reported that he had examined all the books kept by the several officials connected with the establishment, and found them all correctly made up. . . _ The Master of the Hospital (Mr. Davis) reported that last week there were 116 patients in that establishment, since when 14 had been admitted, 0 discharged, end 1 death, leaving this week 120 ; and there were for the corresponding week of last year 115. Cheques to the amount of £230 were voted for the relief of the out dour poor. The Master of the Worktiouse (Mr. Gou4l) reported that last week there were 663 paupers in the workhouse. Si nce then 27 had been admitted, 16 discharged, and 2 deaths. This week there wore 672, and for the corresponding week of last year 671. ALLEGED IMPERTINENCE OF A MEDICAL OFFICER. The Chairman said, before the board proceeded with any other business, he wished to direct their attention to one of the weekly returns from a medical officer ; it is from Mr. Fitzpatrick. ' It is : " Thomas Duffy, 36, Springfield street, unknown," and to that is appended the following remark :—" I received an orc!er, dated 11 a.in., and I called at the man's house at 12.15. He was not at home ! This is getting medical orders with a vengeance !! !" I (said the chairman) consider such remarks very impertinent and uncalled for. The wifo to the man alluded to was then called into the room, as was also Mr. Olney, the relieving ofilur. Olney stated that he had visited the poor man, whom he found suffering from pain in the back, and he gave him a medical order, and told the wifo to take it to Mr. Fitzpatrick. Tho wife said —I did go to the doctor, and he afterwards came to my place. When he came, my husband was gone out—to the back place—and I told him he would only be a few minutes. I asked him to wait a few minutes, but he would not, and after getting into a great fury he left, and did not see my husband. My husband became worse. Oa Saturday I sent him to the doctor, but he would not see him. The Chairman : Did you tell the doctor that your husband was only gone to the back place ? The Woman : I don't know that I dA, but I told him he would only be a minute or two. _ _ The Chairman : Can your husband do any work ? The Woman : No ; if he could I should not come here for any relief. The Chairman :—Olney, do you think the man can work? Olney : No, I don't think ho can now. I did not give him any relief, as I heard that be had only been out of work a short time. The Chairman : I must say that I think it is exceedingly impertinent for a tnedical officer to make such remarks as " this is getting medical orders with a vengeance" to this board. What did the doctor say to your husband ? The Woman : He would not speak to him. The Chairman: 1 hope that the board will have Mr. Fitz patrick and this woman, with her husband, if he is able to attend, before them, and have the whole matter investigated, for I will not have the poor people thus treated (applause). The Woman : Two persons came to see my husband and asked why he did not go to the doctor, and I told them that the doctor would not see him. I paid fourpence for some plaster to ease his pains. The Chairman : The poor woman had no right to bo put to that expense. Mr. Harrison said he thought that this was one of the cases that should be referred to the special committee that had been appointed to take cognizance of such things. Mr. Wensley and Mr. Pitts expressed the same opinion. The Chairman held a different opinion. The language that had been used was exceedingly improper; and as it had been written on one of the returns to the board, be thought that the board should inquire into it. _ _ _ Mr. Harrison; If this had been the first time that such remarks had been made by Mr. Fitzpatrick, the board might have overlooked it ; but ha was sorry to say this was not the first, second, or third time, as he had done it frequently. Mr. Fitzpatrick might think that he was maintaining his position ; but ho thought the remarks wore impertinent and uncalled for, and, therefore, that the parties should be called before the board. Tie would move a resolution to that effect. Mr. Abrahams seconded the motion, which was carried. It was then agreed that the woman should have 4s relief for the week, and that her husband should ho taken into the hospital, if he had no objection, or that he should he placed under the care of ano'hor medical officer, if Mr. Fitzpatrick still refused to attend upon him. PAUPER. FUNERALS. After some conversation, it was decided that all persons dying within the township in the union, should, in future, be interred at the Toxteth park cemetery. THE SELECT VESTRY AND THE BIARD A very long communication was read from the select vestry regarding the case of a pauper named Almond. [The facts of this case have already been published in this journal when before the hoard, anil likewise when the subject was consi dered at the vestry.] No further steps were taken in the matter. THE LATE CHARGE AGAINST LATHAM, THE RELIEVING OFFICFR A let(er was reai from the Rev. Mr. Poisance, of St. James's, acknowledging the receipt of the resolution of the board in reference to the above case, and requesting to be fur nished with a copy of the minutes of the examination taken by the clerk. On the motion of Mr. Lunt, seconded by Mr. Bolton, the request was acceded to. MR. BrEVENS, THE MEDICAL OFFICER. A letter was received from the poor law board, requesting to have the minutes of the examination forwarded to them, and likewise to know whether the board had any particular opinion to express on the subject. The Clerk was instructed to forward the copy of the evidence, without any comment. _ THE ANTI POOR LAW LEAGUE. The Clerk then read a communication from the anti-poor law board league, established in London, for the object of preventing the poor law board from interfering with parochial self government in all matters relating to the poor, and also of effecting, through the medium of parliament, a thorough reformation of the law, governing the poor law board. The following are some of the grounds urged for the formation of the, league, namely, that the power which the Poor Law Board assumes to possess, and unfortunately too often exercises, of directing the mode of workhouse management, without regard to the opinions of the directors, guardians, or parishioners, also of dismissing or re taining officers of the workhouse, irrespective, and frequently in defiance of the wishes of such directors, whose servants such officers are, is, to say the least of it, extremely repulsive to that feeling of independent and free action which Englishmen cherish so dearly; and moreover, it causes gentlemen to wi'h draw their usual services from that sphere of action where they can, under such circumstances, only figure as the unpaid and lightly esteemed servants of a central board. At the request of the board, the chairman was requested to read the circular at his leisure, and give his opinion on the subject at a future meeting. MISS HOBBS'S SALARY. In accordance with a notice given last week, Mr. Abrahams moved that Miss Hobbs's salary be increased from £4O to £5O per annum. He pointed out the great additional labour and responsil;ility that had devolved upon her, from the increase in the number of patients in the hospital, they having raised from 25 to 95, and expressed it as his opinion, that for her faithful services she deserved that acknowledgment. Mr. Whitty seconded the motion. After a brief discussion, tho board divided, when the motion was negat:ved. Some routine business having been transacted ; the board adjourned. DEPOSITS IN SECURITY FOR. Gas.—A. practice has long continued in Greenock, we believe, is in operation elsewhere, for the manager of the gas works to demand and receive, from parties proposing to consume gas, sums of money to remain in his hands as security for payment of gas they may consume. Fer some time past a feeling of disatisfac. tion has prevailed hero on account of deposits being exacted in this way to a la , ge extent ; and we understand that the magistrates (the gas works here are corporated property) have been led to make encitery into the practice, and that in cases in which they found that consumers, who were depositors, had, for a series of years, made regul ar p a y men t s, they gave orders for their deposits being returned to them. Francis Davidson, a grocer in Crawfordsdyke, has been a depositor to the extent of 15s for the last two years. Lately he had his account for gas rendered him, amounting to 14s which iheluded 2s for the use of a meter till May, 1857. Mr. Davidson, considering that he wos as well entitled to repayment of his deposit money as others, desired the manager to pay the 14s out of the 15s already in his hands as a deposit, and return him the balance with interest. This the manager refused to do, and, on the pl ea that-the account was not paid, cut off his supply. Mr. Davidson appealed to the Gas Committee. and, after some discussion they agreed to return the deposit money, but before restor ing the gas, insisted upon Davidson either purchasing th e meter be had, or find security for it. Mr. Davidson urged that he had already paid for the use of the meter up till May next, and was thus not entitled to give any security. The Committee would make no further concession, and Mr. Davidson presented a summary appli cation to the Sheriff to ordain that the gas be restored. The Sheriff granted warrant in the usual way, appointing a copy of the petition to he served upon the Town Clerk as representing the Magistrates and Gas Committee, and ordering compearanee to be lodged within 48 hours. The querion is ocenpving some attention with the public...- Glasgow rail!, Mail, LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE ➢IR. MAN,,FIELD. CONFLICT ON BOARD SIIIP IN THE RIVER.—A case that attracted much attention, came on at the morning sittings, when James Beattie, the mate of the ship Eliza Ann Bright, was brought up on two warrants, charging him with having violently f assaulted two sailors, named Alfred Weber and Flanagan, with intent to do them grievous bodily harm. The prisoner was brought up by Detective-officer Sullivan, who said he went along with four officers in a boat to arrest the prisoner, when he threatened to swamp the boat and drown them. They, however, succeeded in arresting him on the charge, which will be found in the following evidence. The Complainants were covered with blood, end had their heads and faces bandaged up. Mr. Bluck defended the piisdntr. The complainant Weber said, he shipped in the vessel, and Wtint on board as she was going out of dock on Tuesday. Without any pro— vocation, the mate struck him eix heavy blows of a " sling shot" on the hind. He first tore the witnesses coat, and shoved him about; and then knocked him down. That's all he had to say. (A voice : " Quito enough.") Cross examined by Mr. Bluck : It was about half past one, and we were vein; to sea; I was sohrr, as I don't drink. I chipped as able seaman. I was not quarrelling with any one. I was standing for a few moments doing nothing. The mate caught me by the coat, and told me to haul on the hawser. It does not take half an hour to get out of the gates with a steamboat. My coat was not off. I did not call him ill names, nor did say I would not go to work for him. I did not use any insulting expression to him. I did not strike him, nor did I get a cleaver to do so, for I was knocked down, and was struck six times on the heal with a sling shot by the prisoner. I did not see the mate down at all. Do you mean to say ho struck you without any provocation ? Ido ; and that's my version of it. Flanagan, another sailor, was examined : His nose was covered with sticking plaister, and the front of his clothes covered with blood, This witness gave evidence as to the assault on Weber, and also as to the assault on himself by the prisoner. Ihe witness was cross examined by Mr. Block, but there iwas nothing material elicited. Thomas M'Vie fully proved the assault on Weber by the mate. I❑ reply to Mr Bluck, the witness said he happened to be on board seeing a friend off, and that was what brought him on board. The vessel was out in the stream at the time. Did you not go on board for the purpose of kicking up a row ? Certainly not, I went to see off my friend. Weber did not refuse to do his duty. The c,ptain said it was all the fault of liquor, and that it would be all right when they got out. Did not see the captain or mate struck by any one. James M'Cann, another sailor, was examined, and he also proved the assault. IVIr. Bluck : Was there not a row? Yes, the mate kicked up all the row. (Loud laughter.) The witness persisted iu saying that the mate was not struck by any one, but that he struck the men on all hands first. Surgeon Garnet, of the Southern Hospital, said Flanagan's nose was broken by the injuries he received; and the hones would ultimately come away, and the man would be disfigured for life. The other ma❑ was very much injured in tire head, and fainted when he was brought to the hospital. Mr. B uck said he was instructed to call witnesses in the case, but if his worship had made up his mind on the subject, he would not call them. His worship said as to the extent of the injuries received by the men he was decided, but he would hear evidence as to the origin of the transaction. Mr. Bluck then addressed the bench, and called David Davie, the pilot who was on board, and who had charge of the ship at the time, and the amount of his evidence was that Weber was drunk, and had his coat on ; that he refused to obey the mate's orders, and called him vile names. There was a general commotion on board, but he did not see the assault. Daniel Whitmore, the carpenter of the ship, was examined, and his evidence was as to a general row. He said Weber was drunk, and tumbled off the rail once or twice, and fell on his head and shoulders. Weber denied this statement. A person named Faulk stated that Weber was as drunk as a lord. (Laughter). He stated that Weber used very bad language, and that both complainants struck the prisoner. Mr. Heard, who was going a passenger on board, said Weber was drunk at the time, and was quar reling with another man, and said that four or five of the men pitched into the mato and knocked him down. He got great provocation, and his orders were disobeyed. Captain J. Olive, the master of the ship, was examined, and said the mate's erclers were not obeyed, and Weber was quite drune. The mato was with him nine mouths, and he is quite satisfied with him. He is a little hasty at times. Nine or ten of the men were on the mate, and Weber wae the ringleader of all. The master rigger of the ship was examined, and gave general evidence as to a row, and said Weber used bad language, and said, if he got the mate on shore, he would give him the length of his knife. Mr. Mansfield reviewed the evidence in the case of Weber, and passed a high compliment on Mr. Block, whom he designated an able and most experienced advocate, and who had conducted the case with great ability. If the evidence on the part of Weber had been borne out, he would have sent the prisoner for trial, but the; evidence for the defence, which was disinterested, had materially altered the case, but under all the circumstances, he would fine the prisoner .£5 for the assault on Weber, and would adjourn the other case for an hour. The fine was paid and the prisoner discharged, but when the hour expired he was not forthcoming, and another warrant for his arrest was applied for. A DRUNKEN HU3BAND.—A man named Wallace, a, rigger by trade, was charged with assaulting his wife. The prisoner and his family live in Robert street, and though ho has been in the receipt of £2 a week wages for some time back, yet, for the last three weeks, he only allowed his wife and family 13e. for their support. Their position at last became so dis tressed that she had to apply to the parish for relief. On Tuesday night he returned to his home, and then not only brutally assaulted his wife, but wantonly smashed all their household furniture. Ho is an habitual drunkard. The bench commented on the abominable conduct pursued by the prisoner towards his family, and ordered him to pay a fine of 405., or bo imprisoned for a week. Among the parties brought up, charged with having been drunk and booked for eafety, was a woman of middle age. When found insensible i❑ the streets, she had an infant in her arms, and though the poor little child was almost convulsed during the night for want of suck, its mother was in such a brutal state that she could not place the child to her breast. She was discharged. CURIOUS EFFECTS OF THE LATE STORM.--The inhabitants of Stephen-street have been greatly annoyed by the incursiin of an immense number of rats, who have made their way up through the large sewers which have connexion with the river. A regular crusade has been waged against them, but up to the present, we believe, the rats have gained the day. They are of large size, and great ferocity.--Waterford Mail. TnE Loss or THE CLLRENDON.—In our paper of , Monday we gave some particulars of the loss of this vessel, which we copied from the Carlisle Patriot, and which con eluded with a charge that the Captain of the Clarendon had been " humbugged" by the Captain of a Liverpool tug-boat. The following paragraph should have been added :—" Had he not been depending on the tug to be towed in, he could have taken his vessel into the harbour himself with only the foresail. Those who saw the whole of the circumstances, however, are of opinion that no blame whatever appertains to the Captain of the tug, and state that if Captain Noyes had kept sail on his ship she would have came in in safety. This is borne out by the fact that the brig Transit, timber laden, made the harbour without the least difficulty within half an hour of the Clarendon going on shore. But nautical men not only blame Captain Noyes for taking in sail, but for not letting go his anchors when requested to do so by both the Captain of the tug and the men in the harbour-boat. There is no doubt that if he had done so, his ship would have ridden out the gale, even if no assistance had been sent out to him. —Cumberland Pacquet. JUSTICE WILLES ON THE TICKET. OF-LE AVE SYSTEM.—At the Derby assizes, on Monday, Mr. Justice Willes, in sentencing a man named John Thompson, for burglary, made the following remarks bearing upon the ticket-of leave system :—Men, like you, break into houses in the night time, and if the inhabitants attempt to defend their property, you attack them violently. There does not appear to have been any violence to the person in this case; but such is of too frequent occurrence. It ought to be known that persons whose houses are so broken into, are entitled to put burglars to death. Burglars destroy the peace and quietness of people, as well as steal their property, and these are most serious offences. It appeals you were, at Liverpool assizes, in August, 1853, convicted of a like offence to this, and sentenced to be transported for seven years. Had that sentence been carried into effect, the country would have got rid of your depredations un it August, 1860—that is, instead of your committing these fresh offences in August, 1856, you would have been con fined till August, 1860. But you were liberated frcm custody, having on the sth of August in this year received a ticket of Lave, by which you were thrown upon the country instead of being transported. By some transforma tion which I have never been able to understand in these cases, you were thought a proper person to be let out after having been confined three years. Ido not myself under stand the reason of this. The clemency of her M. Fsty having been extended to you in .August. 1856, I find you 12 days afterwards, viz., on the 17th of August, committing a burglary at the house of J - seph Shard ; then, on the 26th of August, nine days later, you committed another burglary at the house of John Robinson ; and then, on the 26th of August, 21 days after your liberation, yon committed a third burglary, viz., at the house of George Farnsnorth. You were let out by royal clemency, on the sth of August —whether that 'clemency was just or not I do not say—and in the same month you commit three burglaries. if I followed my own inclination I should pass upon you a more severe sentence than the one I am about to pass , but, following the example of others, the sentence of the court is that you be transported for 20 years. That you were let out before is not my fault. COMMITTAL OF TWO PRISONERS FOR THE GARROTTE ROBBERY AT BIRKENHEAD. BIRKENHEAD POLICE. BEFORE J. C. JACKSON, ESQ. - - Yesterday morning this court wee very much crowded to hear the particulars of this robbery, in which three partics were implicated; and at eleven o'clock Francis Jones and James Little (who goes by the nickname of Latherhem), were placed at the bar. They were both vou 1g men, of decent appearance, and it was stated that Liles had occa sionally been employed at the Albert Dock Warehoes.s, and Little was known as an associate of thieves. Mr. Robert Singlehurst having been assisted into court, end sworn, stated that he was a merchant, and resided at No. 29, Lord street, Birkenhead i and had al , o an office in Crown Chambers, R3dcross street, Liverpol. On the 6 - ,h of the present month he left his office and crossed to Voodside ferry. On going up the slip he obs3rved that it was near six o'clock, and proceeded on his road home by way of liimilton street and Canning street. When he arrived about the middle of Leicester terrace he was suddenly seized by some person from behind, who put his arms round his neck, and crossing them in front of his throat, pros ed him very tightly, so as to lift him off his feet at the same time; another seized his hands in front of him, while the third rifled his packets of a £lO Bank of England no`e, £4 10s. in gold, about 10, in silver, and a gold watch and appendages, At the time he had not strength to call out. After the completion of the robbery they threw him down, and ran away, leaving him quite insensible, and when he came to himself he was lying in the middle of the street. That he immediately gave an alarm, and was picked up and taken to hislresidence. The prisoner Jones was the man who held his hands, as he saw his face at the time he was attacked; he hal no opportunity of seeing the one who held him from behind, but ho believe from what he saw of him, that Little was the man who rifled his pockets. At the time he was attacked he was on the parapet, about midway between two gas lamps, and it was also moonlight. Mr. Daggers, who appeared for the prisoners, caoss examined Mr. Singlehurst, who, in reply to his questions, stated that he was 77 years of age, but that his sight was not bad, and he only wore glasses when reading, and not In the street. (Mr. Singlehurst was here shown the handbill offering the reward, and giving a description of the robbery, and was asked the number of his watch he said was in the bill, and he read it without the aid of glasses)—and that he had not called anywhere on his way from the office. The evidence of the detective officers, Povey and M'Culloch, was to the effect that they apprehended the prisoners from the description they had received; that they both denied any knowledge of the robbery; and that, on the 9da instant, they took them to Birkenhead, and having placed them among some other prisoners, in the station-house;' Mr. Singlehurst (who had not seen them before), was brought in to where they were, and in half a minute picked out Jones as the man who had held his hands. Mr. Daggers urged that there was not a sufficient identity of the prisoners for the magistrates to commit them to take their trials for the offence, and that they ought to be discharged. Mr. Jackson said, he thought the evidence quite sufficient to send them before a jury, and he should commit them for trial at the next assizes. The prisoners, who, in answer to the charge, said they should reserve their defence, were then committed to Chester Castle. Nene of the property has been recovered. The executive committee of the United Kingdom Alliance for the suppression of the liquor traffic have sent an address to every elector in the borough of Southampton. calling upon them to make the publican or no-publican question the test of candidates at the forthcoming election. GIAMORGAIISHIRE BOROUGHS.—It being understood that Mr. Coffin, the present member for the united boroughs of Cardiff, Cowbridge, and Llantrisaint, will not off?.r himself for re-election, but is about to retire into private life, Mr. J. F. D. Crichton Stuart, a gentleman who is connected by family with the county, has offered himself for election in his stead. Mr. Stuart has issued an address, in which he says: " It will be my earnest desire to impart all well matured measures calculated to provide for an enlarged system of education for the children of our poorer brethren ; the ex-ension of the elective franchise in full proportion to the increased numbers and the enlightened progress of oar fellow-countrymen ; the relief of those who conscientiously object to the burden of church rates, and the reform of our civil, miiitary, and ❑aval administrations with a view to the full development of educational tests and personal qualifi cations in the several services of the state. As I believe that no minister of the crown has more ably vindicated the honour and power of England than Lord Palmerston, I am prepared to give a hearty support to his foreign policy, cal culated as it is to insure the progress of free trade principles in our intercourse with other nations." A DEFAULTIMG POOR RATE COLLECTOR AT HUDDER9- FIELD.-At the Huddersfield Gal Mall, on Tuesday last, Mr. Alieklothwaite, birristcr, and poor law auditcr for the Weft Yorkshire district, sued Jonathan Frost, late assistant overseer and poor rate collector for the township of Lock wood, for the sum of £154 93. I Id., for which, after having collected, he had failed to account. This sum the auditor had certified to be due, at his audit on the 3rd of November last. In consequence of this defalcation, Frost had been suspended from his duties as collector by the board of guar dians, and failing to pay the sum deficient the present proceedings had been instituted. Mr. Leadbeater, who appeared on behalf of Frost, admitted the sum to be due, and asked for an adjournment of the case to see if some arrangement could not be made for the payment of the money, The Auditor pointed out that the proper mode would be to issue a distress warrant for the amount, and in default of this realising the required sum, order the defendant to be committed for three mouths, the latter not to be put in force if the defendant made some arrangement for the payment of money due. The bench adopted the course suggested, issuing a distress warrant for the amount claimed, with costs, £2 123., and in default committed the defendant for three months. The defendant entered into his own recegnisances in £2O, to surrender when called upon. REVIVAL OF THE TEMPEUANCE MOVEMENT IN IRELAND.— On Monday evening a numerously attended public meeting of the friends of the temperance cause was held at the lec ture hall of the Young Miens' Christian Association, Alders g ite street, London, for the purpose of hearing an address I om the Rev, Hugh Allen, A.M., incumbent of St. Jude'e, Whitechapel, on this subject. Mr. Samuel Carter Halt presided, and in opening the proceedings he made some remarks eulogistic of the deceased Father Mathew. The Rev. H. Allen then addressed the meeting, and prefaced his observations by an allusion to the political importance of Ireland to this country, and by endorsing the eulogium of the chairman on Father Mathew. From his mission to Ireland, he could state that the cause of temperance there was in a more prosperous condition than some journals represented. It was said that a reaction had taken place in reference to the movement ; but that was not to be consi• dered, either as a matter to excite surprise or inspire dis trust as to its permanent success, for reactions in degree might always be expected in social or political revolutions. The famine in Ireland was per se sufficient net only to retard the progress of the movement, but to destroy it altogether ; and its surviving that fearful ordeal was a proof of its strength. When he visited Ireland about three years ago, he perceived in the south a great improvement with respect to the habits of the people as regarded temper ance, and the result of his re cen t v i s i t to the north of the country satisfied him that there the cause was pro'pering. In Belfast, and other important places, the movement was evidently progressing, and clergymen of the Wesleyan, Independent, and Presbyterian bodies used their enemy, zeal, and chivalry, towards promoting its prosperity. The reverend gentleman mentioned the names of several rising and distinguished members of the clergy, and amongst the Dissenting community, as well as influential members of the laity,who had taken a part in promoting the temperance cause in Ireland, and concluded an eloquent and earnest address by reiterating his conviction that the cause of tem perance in Ireland would not retrograde, but must ultimately prove triumphant. h e l i m r e e ree;or for against 3v. ry , but - LIABILITY O F A S HERIFF O FFICER .—A d ec i s i on was pronounced by M r . Sh er iff Dy ce th e ot h er d ay i n t h e Small Debt Court, Glasg ow , whi c h a co t em p orary h as freely 3 a odds, par b ty ein in g commented on as one of h ar d s hip t o t h e p u bli c , w i t h out, however, stating the re a l p o i n t ou w hi c h t h e case t urne d . The case is one of some int eres t, as ca l cu l a t e d t o remove the prevalent but erroneous n oti on of the extent of a sheriff officer's duties and responsibilities. It was an action at the instance of Mr. Turnbull, accountant, Glasgow, against M r contents sC messengerhof had a small j t f , I o a i e h n na Cu c r o k n , not been recovered in consequence, as was libelled, o f hi s be e il l l neglect of duty as an officer. The defender proved—indeed it was not attempted to be denied—that the d e bt or was i n a s e td n e tb armstt o decree sach poor circumstances that nothing could be made of him by proceedings under the decree. This he intimated to the pursuer at the time, at the same time submitting for his consideration a proposal made for liquidation of the debt by weekly instalments, to be retained by the debtor's employer off his wages. A number of letters were afterwards written by the pursuer to the defender inquiring as to the progress of matters, to which no answer was returned, till an action havirg been threatened against the defendant and his cautioners, he returned the decree, explaining that the debtor had failed to get his master to enter into the arrangement, and that nothing had been recovered, on which the pursuer raised the present action The Sheriff held that the only ground on which the pursuer rested his claim against the defender, viz., his neglect of duty as an officer, had not been established, and stated that, in deciding the case, he kept altogether out of view, what occurred subsequent to the pursuer entertaining the offer of an extrajudicial settlement, it being no part of the duty of the defender, as an officer of court, to obtain payment of debts extrajudicially. He therefore assolized the defender. COUNTY COURT.-YESTERT4.kP BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ., Jsr)°, not. SAMUEL V. FIUGFIES.—In this case, Israel Satnu,ofet fitter, 161, Great [Toward street, sough t to 1 : e " the adseraetntodrainietywfaosr Mr.the Cpl.aEin.tilffi,agahneisi,4s £5 4s 6d, of which £5 was money received b y defendant in the settlement of an action gaine d The s ire, Defendant had,acted professionally for plaintiff frernot to July in the present year. During this time e d had received several sums of money on account, anco. put in a bill of costs as a set-off to the enffre.off Mr. M' Donnell barrister, appeared for the plaint' a th e Mr. Hime for the defendant: Plaintiff disP ute d the items in the bill or costs. The Deputy-registrirtbebill' court, however, deposed that he had exaraineut;laisq. and found it to be correct and moderate. psi" also contended that the def,eneiant was alive - , thit beforehand, but did not succeed in estahlishihor ah?nto be allegation, except as regarded the fees which times received, and which were not introdg e i,, i ly e t - : bill of costs. His Honour said he had car,!, - h l it s l „ - sidered the case in both points of v . icw in wil" defe / presented, and was of • ILe opinion, that is each dant was clearly entitled to a verdict. attorney , 6d cas h p l i 116 t: Th e v g,, A CO• - •:„ 11 REDUCTIONS IN THE DOCKYARDS or i es t./ b oos,' Toulonnais says, that in consequence of a large r e l - 0 00 '", the budget of the marine, a great number or vre i s st P li/P about to be discharged from the naval arsenal o f t tlefr , 0 The measure will commence with those of the le e s f t igb t , SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday a fternoo n to tot e t, accident occurred, which it is feared will ternsienno s ir; to John Sullivan, aged 40 years, residing at " D I r o,, f te i Walhana Green. It appears the uufortillie" o f llg ;0 1 engaged in trying some gas pipes with a Pie ce , 110 1 'di ropeyarn, when the gas exploded, and bura n ", („°O, shocking manner. He was conveyed to 0 ",,,". 00 11; 0 Hospital, where be now remains in a most Pre t - 0 4 t r e o i d MELANCHOLY SUICIDE BY LIANGING. --1 " I ssisrs I named Stanley, miding in Charles street, Bla„.is ett and employed at Mr. Sturt's iron foundry, ffe',fasP,7ll committed self destruction by hanging hinsself ssa s eri sti 1 It seemed from enquiries made, that be left e 7 i 9 past eight o'clock, and went to his work, aPP nr— ad ll'stg health and spirits. Hewent into the workshoPt :o o de as afterwaids quitted it, but he was not seen lat e !, isto l o l o s about ten o'clock, when a fellow workmaniso: oo o 4 1, to fetch something; he then saw the 1 0 OP; 0 0' 0 1 hanging from a beam by means of a Pe of which appears to have been provided for the Ps- i till quite dead. A DELICATE DISTINCTIQN.--sThe °l ril COCos istor the cle. o t Lutheran Church in Prussia has just prescribed t° the ifi ? that in marrying a pair who have notoriousli t o/ ° o te together previously, in an unlicensed intinsael'ai tak e o ff not employ the word jungfrau, which is freer i e to fori n ort mean " virgin," and which is the word given lll l `, it 3 , ifs? ' used on such occasions, but shall substitute t o re 1 0 00 signifying " the betrothed female," or '` th e ' - illin s- 0° The application of this rule, it is apprehended, . re v i del l o cases be found rather inconvenient; and poP le le 0 1 ,, sua teil, disssatisfied with it, because an exception is t h e deli. Ed favour of brides of noble birth, who are to y e a % Ir . ' fraulein, a word which merely signifies " a 1°- 1 1 0 t dog eli and which has no other meaning we t dsi How DRINK BEFOOLS A MAN . .—On a - et , st reet' drunken countryman was passing up South s"; 10 to it s He was so deeply laden that his legs were ee l s rst'l e iet him; and after a series of desperate effor t° o ter 00 nthe ca ks perpendicula r,andammedd ou t up, he at his soon h fe is l l h i fe n n e t r l ei e. heels." At the strand. 01 si, t ' ret liter i l l a 0. 1 . :ea : o lf i ;11/10;:b o! I tl i became confused ; he imagined he had, it: s lenineet • lina toe 6eiwv : ll4 wpr m iovi a ste n ihrt n io e ,a,n r h , N, de b av e she e er n i ft:r launched, along with (AW N : ili a 5°1'61 inennwdtenomdueitn:hpifisnekralaruimAfppesast.staoshamTnegdovielnegrsasill reit 010 b9 i ki t : o,o : attempted to help John up, but he rejected tee t i i ;it'r 8003 E. ,„,, T , rAte ' d° ll DESTRUCTION OF THE BRITISH SHIP 110.- - O aefr ti .,ool LONDON, BY FlRE.—lntelligence of the cornP le 7„ fiar ri ,'l l u k : er p s : a cit, e h. e i s 00 " ts, , : i it :: e t gi l t o il l by fire, of the fine ship Royal Family, CO I— irl 11 /0 11 master, of London, on the 13th of last Octobe , pi if i N., long. 85, while on a voyage from Cale ll .,,, tt :: 0 3 °'4 announced at Lloyd's. The Royal Family "t - beran 0 in the . e ide° o l rinFneertweut French of Mr. J. R. Watkins, of Lime street. Sh e a ,`, 6 0 . $4 4 ,110 1 , e whenß ose. , t r h h e ,lcaptain occurrence a Bombay, thence proceeded to Calcutta, and ~,,li i Ct. 01 0 SUICIDE AT WHI : E r : I i in her total loss. The officers and crew were o ei o .o o ' m orning, considerable alarm was created r i en h h i ev P sao , hryli h .ayp e g. t p w a e r e t n o B f 0 1 a 0 s t a and March I ,00 , 0 wt i o t n h s b p u o r s t h e n e ;., ;,fot Do o :0 afee: fire to spontaneous combustion. 0_ ti t _ol DETERMINED St. M iry, Whitechapel, in consequence of the . 11 , 1 1 30 0 / l oci man named Bryant Tait, aged 70 years. It eProel9sool the deceased resided at No. 5. Bell -dig , WO °0 e was a cordwainer by trade. Lately be had beetl e pto lo6 whie lll ol o of poverty from the want of playsne t, heavily upon his mind. Theedmeceadsed rose at hisa s o fo es , a h n im d aifstehrisbbreedalt_rfoanstmhienwaaspomnlissnifngbibnnydl.ais wif e ' 1 :08 $t/ s0 tensive wound in his neck, and a razor was T lr irige. tifilir f le ; d il ic e al w g l e s the London Hospital, whither he was conve”cl e . li to tioe' l d but expired shortly after his arrival at that itistl,,sirs o<ol n q t u l e i quite a a insensible, was e al l called in , appeared whn a dy t i o s e d b e d hiiiinfe'o netto:011 a GENERAL GUYON AND THE POPE'S SOLDP/1-'9' by a letter dated Rome, December 11, that theregoisaeo his Holiness the Pope are to have a thorough °steel b 9 b 0 by General Count de Guyon, who has been req ue ities. i d II) iness to examine their cendition and cat strO l t ist general's report upon the appearance of tu, o lo lte sse Roman regiments in barracks has been very bt tbo til ' il 0 but he is going to have a grand field day 1/ "-„ s se " t iot see what they can do in the way of manseLl°ll'3; Wan t el have them subsequently drilled into what tanl lo lo, ec o ser It would be well if they could be drilled into t., s oa . 0 eu 01 0 exterminating the street robbers, who deaPs e d ell tbs sionally s'ab incautious promenaders a lmost V a d afti en der° making all honest citizens regre t the P er ra rs° V national guard existed to the te rr or of nocturnal A WIFE STABBED BY HER HUSBAND o ,,oa lte ose st rt Thomas Hodgson, an ex-policeman, and a ~s —r ot stb pi', on Monday brought up at the Bradford 4 0 0 011 House, and charged by police constable 1 7 w ifese di solll with having, on Saturday night, stabbed ,Ill e .l l /Plot t ° ,, on the head with a shoemaker's knife. ° e „ r- o rid,'',, - 0 11. the wounded woman, said she had one chit rieoce: Work at the mill, but that whenever she ds flej let night her life was in danger from her lish 3 ,' o t, e tl iscl On Saturday night he was unusually ,vileeh`eile,beieattlj; worse of liquor, and lifted his knife, scu' so ll ol ,,,e O a her head, making a wound an inch and a " k it an)0 1. and penetrating to the hone. He then st re n into b e e r A ss e : the table, and threatened to drive it as cl e 7rgesSr e g' slio:i She ran for assistance. In the surgery 01 ~ tiele - b i PI c at:: tn Te i t r t r e y d h e t r h w e o undw outrage,a was b dressed.ut allegedA tthe S am " t deny. A bee ~i p w r a o s v t a a k k e e d n . inHtoecuwsatosdyc.onamlnittceodurtf:rhesdiaid :2 10 W I 01 1 ; : : t Ot no te libOlr. ....., u d r ' Ar, In" very ilor .P. s ATAL _IT ._CCIDENT.—A MaN BURIED •- 1 1 - 2 1 0 0 - - trophe occurred at the North Gawben cslliel, ;c oo ss oo oir s w P t 10l who nc't' thee ws l h l o , orrktsl yt ha p ef r t o se p ar e ms r ie t x y soe ci a f cml ocokf Messrs.in coal he Richar d hteh a on rin: T eni_::fics b e e s .:oo : i t sie. , , i' colliery proprietors, on Thursday last, by " Ityc'g 3S0 1. named Thomas Blackhouse was buried alin a Y e ti. ,1 proceeding m he e a n r s d e t o gu cr a y ntt f ni o t r yt a no s assistance i t s ch t os a a n l c s p e hn ; at d, and ifallen, was o a tss arced ae an er at ti - J3o l ; w e a d ook ii r t bi b o it ta p ou s c e r : o r . , : ei i ii : buried beneath it. They immediately se t "if se 1 0 0 11 ' ca'e the unfortunate man, and in about b,a ue st S fo rti succeeded, b but he was quite dead. AnA g earl d eg ete e , rt ol efore Thomas Taylor, Eesi, coroner, Ou t t he ;; I : f ice •to Ecq, government inspector of coal mines, 3 ,,,, 80% 0 60 r i Arms Inn, Mapplewell, on Tuesday, vlua,',.-if pre, the ki adduced which tended to rove that e v `, l - 50",. ;1 ) (1. A prevent such accidents had been observe",:ity 1 "1, e bst3 11 0 "; consequently returned a verdict of accidew'sotsyde ej e ct .n FURTHER FACTS ABUT REDPATII. bee s ins Ol i i ii' tif 1 g the great demands which must hav e 0 lie e° ,to,f his time by his complicated " operations, to re, o i s I° f a very elaborate production of a statistical n a mcou n t ts e t gi A. Comparative Statement of Rail/D.o'oe llePh/besleil the year 1854-55, compiled from the h ouse i, ll „itbolt the Railway Companies." isedpatlisi'.:; one '" r otl r e s taken terrace th i s ec s po t om il s l spe i as n ns iy t o. l n i eoTpuohtsesoefshstohiouen house in the P 4? i l 's - s' s ha I -ss e aO he o 0 he has been declared a bankrupt, the assig, e Grest J Leea ll 'r Railway Rodpath's. Mrs. Redpath, who Perk, at which Reclpath was taken, Ic a the " o e t Elwin, who appears to be a clerk ia . to fl o , e ete on the police lasing :tMa • Cl" ots office sat the Great Northern, and an in.' booo° ol asylum at Mr. Elwin's, where ot it , i ret l i n n ds of t'''' e s to e P o : : 0 : terrace One of the most remarkable features in i c , e d ;0 9 h il ie is, that he contrived to get himse lf e ' e bv tio el t ioli a 'sf of the AthenHm—a club into which it is s n oceP 0 0 4 easy task even for gentlemen of the nies t e 1 , did!' b 0 it , dpa t wit tb 9 character to procure admission. But te nt t fisted somewhat aristocratic status which his ~e tuo lli o be o f Athenmum was calculated to give bini, he ' 1 4 . 06 , we tt e d 0 to get elected into the Oriental Club,only B ' }, the C ISSC° IIO I I is his business on a limited scale • n . ot w e e e ra tl be ssbi ni r ore , piotsiessefecelJestntlioshstnce, rsitipeil,asetttfi'inoiftotideuceeetierioeflorl. his operations were brought to an end el. 00 0 e,,,oes 0 their real nature. As the amount of d lv ell '''' be te l ' e t i ule , paid by the company upon ,he stock fra ud d 030.7 for d 1 said to be abant £5,000; and as the dividen tray be c is a a s s 3d, tohre4 extentpe c e o n f t . , thesome e p a r p e p d r a o t x i o i r as a . developed by the investigations whichtaeri!tee:llVera;iiiCigbe°lll'sj