Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-24 00:00:00

POLICE COUBT.—Ywn RDA Y. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR MANSFIELD. Rue-a-Due, Rowoy-ns-Dow !—The celebrated Corporal Casey sung so, and Messrs. James Burns, ''obert Dobey, and Henry Worthington, did so, on a big drum, in Great Howard-street, on Monday night. Police-officer 173, said he was on duty in the street at twelve o'cl;;ck, when he heard a great noise, and on going to ascertain what caused it, he saw the prisoners with a large drum and fife—two of them were "licking" the drum most furiously, and the other screeching with the fife ; they were creating a noise, and tha people flung up the windows to see what it was all about. They refused to desist, and he at last took them into custody. They begged hard to be let off, and they were discharged with a caution. STABBING —A black man, named W. H. G Wildon, was charged with having stabbed a little girl, named Alice Gibb, and also a woman, in Gascoyme-street. The prisoner was drunk, and alleged that he was robbed in a house. He . took out a knife and ran at several persons, and wounded the girl in the hand. and the woman slightly in the arm. He was sent to jail for two months, in default of paying a fine of £5. Peuensa or. A WAREHOUSE.—John Drain, who keeps a rag-shop in Smithfield-street, was brought up by detective officer Sullivan, on a charge of having received a quantity of hemp that was stolen out of the warehouse of Messrs. Dean, Brothers, Stone-sweet. Mr, Campbell defended the prisoner. It appears l that some bags of hemp were stolen from the store, and on Monde-, Sullivan received information, and he proceeded to the shed of the prisoner in Smithfield-street, where he found five bags of hemp, and some empty sacks with the same marks on them. The prisoner was not there at the time, but he subsequently arrested him, when he said he knew nothing of it, as he had just come from Manchester, and knew noth ing of the transaction. In reply to Mr. Camp bell, the officer said the prisoner came to the police office for his keys, a= - :d said he was only come from Manchester, and knew nothing of the transaction. A boy named M‘Namera, proved that a man employed him to take the bags from Stone-street to the house of the prisoner, but he did not see him there. He only saw a woman. Two warehousemen, in the employment of Mess: s. Dean, were examined, but they proved nothing against the prisoner. Mr. Campbell contended that his client had not received the property with a guilty knowledge, nor did he know anything about it. His client left Liverpool on Friday for Manchester, and did not return till Monday, when he was arrested. He left a woman iu charge f the place, whilst he was away, and in his absence a man came and left the hemp there. He coiled Alice MaJly, who proved this statement. The prisoner was discharged. YOUNG Tatzves.-IVlicbael Brenan, and John MtNeill, two bays about eleven or twelve years' old, were charged with stealing a small basket containing a considerable quantity of silver plate, from the house of Mrs. Biffin, 10, Catherine street The young urchins got over the yard wall about ten o'clock in the morning, and thus got into the pantry, and got off with the property. They were observed and chased, and ultimately they were captured by a policeman, who got the property with them. They were remanded. CnARe or BLGAIIY.—Ed ward Edwards, a big, ugly, dirty looking " Jumper," over fifty years of age, was brought up by officer Lees on a charge of bigamy. The charge was rather curiously connected, the following being the facts : It appeared that in February 1851 the prisoner married a woman named Ann Gregory, at St. David's Church, he having another wife then alive. The first wife, however, died since, and Ann Gregory is now living as servant at the Lunatic Asylum. On the 15th April, be again mar ried Elizabeth Jones, who was a servant at the publichouse of Me. Branch, James-street. This young lady said she was induesd to marry him in consequence of his represent ing that he had " oceans of m - inev," and " lots of fine furniture." Mr. Mansfi Id asked if the priEonf-r was a Mormon? and Miss Jones replied that he was a Wesleyan Methodist. The ma7riage being proved, the prisoner was sent for trial. BEFORE MESSRS. srar AND SANDS. COLLISION ON THE RlVER.—Yesterday, there were two cases in which persons were summone before the above magistrates for causing wilful damage to ships and steamers in the Channel. In the fiat case, the Messrs. Crlborne, the owners of the steamer James Aller.on, plying between the landing-stage and Egremont, were summoned for care lessness in running into the stea n-tug Pilot King, thereby causing damage to the last-m.ntioned boat to the amount of £l9 19s, on the 24th of May last, near the landing stage. In this case the magistrates decided, assisted by evidence of the Harbour Taster, that each party should pay their own expenses. In the case of the collision between the Antonia Patronella and the Robert Camp bell, which took place in the George's Dock basin, on the 3rd instant, by which it was stated that damage to the amount of £l6 had been incurred, the sam of 15 was awarded. BLOODY TRAGEDY-FATHER AND EON SHOT. As the Lexington and Govington train was passing a couple of Tiles on this side of Winchester, Kentucky, on Saturday, says the Cincinnati Commercial of June 8, the body of a man was discovered lying near the road, and still a little farther on. another beely lying in a shellac condition was seen• The parties were Col. James Price, of Clark county, Ky., an old and esteemed citizen, and his son, a fine and promising young man. Both were found weltering in their bleed, the father having received :the contents of a double-barrelled gun, loaded with buck shot, in the abdomen and lower part of his body ; while ,the soa had been shot through the body by a bullet from a revolver, Both were breathing when found, and it is yet hoped that the old gentleman may survive, although no hope is entertained of the recovery of the son. The 'particulars of this sanguinary affair, as we have been able ,to learn them, are as follows :—" The lady of Col. Price, 'under the name of Molly Broom,' is a contributor to the Ohio Farmer, and in a recent communication to that journal she gave a description of a family residing in he rneighbour hood, from the mismanagement of whose head much domes • tic affliction and disastrous consequences had arisen. Ua fortunately, a neighbour named Gay took the matter as , intended for himself. and a few days since, meeting Col. Price, he demanded if he considered himself responsible for what his wife wrote. The colonel, who was uncon : scions of what he alluded to, replied in a rather jo eller , manner that he was not, and the parties separated upon apparently friendly terms. On Saturday morning Col. Price was riding on horseback at the spot above designated, his son, similarly mounted, being some distance behind, when he was intercepted by Gay, who carried a double barrelled gun, which he discharged full at the colonel, who fell from his horse, to all appearance de d. The son, at this moment, hastening to the spot, Gay drew a revolver and again fired, with such fatal effect that the son also fell. After thus disposing of his victimv, who were to all appearances dead, Gay made off, and at the, present writ ing we are not advised whether he has yet been arrested The foregoing was gleaned from the colonel himself, who rallied sufficiently to relate the particulars of the murderous attack, as well as its probable cause. TIM ART TTEMURZS EXRIBITION.—The number of persons who attended the Art Treasures Exhibition on Friday is given in the following return :—By seesm tickets, 1,036; on payment of a shilling, 6,116. Total, 7,152, Of these, 2,152 arrived by railway. There w::s a larger attendance on St:nrday. The visirors included his Serene Highness the Prince of Saxe Weimar and the Marquis of Stafford. Tux O'CONNELL MommENT.—This exquisite statue was on Fri lay placed, under the directions of the famous Irish sculptor, Mr. Hog n, on the Dede4al in the Crescent ; and we venture to assert that a more perfect model of artistic beauty could not be conceived. The resemblance of the great Irishman, in grateful recollection of whom it has been erected, is most striking. The committee met upon yesterday, and paid Mr. Hogan the amount agreed upou-1,000 guineas. Toe following extract from the vote of thanks passed by "the committee to Mr. Hogan, at their mee.tbg, upon Fciday, speaks volumes. The Right Worshipful the Mayor was in the chair :—" Resolved further, that in the judgment of this commit tee of manage ment, it is our opinion that if Mr. Hogan had never executed another work, he might rest his fame as an artist and sculptor on this his chef d'oeuvre."--Limerick Observer. A KNOWING FoxiaouNn.--We take the follawinc, from the Glasgow Daily Mail. We are of op i n i on that 'it is a Yankee story," to which a " local habitati on an d a name " has been given by our Scotch friends :—O n W e d nesday last a little girl waited on the wife of a fanner near Ban. nckburn, and requested a pint of buttermilk, tendering a shilling in payment. Whilst the farmer's wit s turned round to get the change fur the girl, a pound of batter, which was at hand, by a certain legerdemain—which will be apparent to our readers—was transferred from whereit was lying to the can amongst the buttermilk at the girl's back. A puppy foxhound, which was being brought up at the farmer's, had noticed the transference, and, when .the housewife came to give the girl the change, she missed the pound of butter, and at the same mo m e nt saw the last of it going clown the capacious maw of tha young hound, who ha 1 fl I.:A it out of the cltt, and whose jaws and snout were nopiers:i besmeared with the batter and buttermilk ! The housewife contented herself with giving a l oo k t o th e girl, and then to the hound, saying, "It's no los s w h a t a f r i en ' gets." The knowing hound licked his lips, and seemed highly satisfied both with the clovernesa of his own feat and the ezeellence of the commodity he had gorged ; and the relation of the affair has created no small amuse- *elite EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF MONEY, BY AN OFFICIAL OF THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. Notwithstanding the many warnings that have been given, by serious punishments for dishonest practices, to the officials of this railway company, there are still those to whom all caution and warning appears to be perfectly useless. Another extensive robbery has been committed by one of the clerks, who may be described as " A very fast Young Man," and property to the amount of nearly £l,OOO has been stolen from the treasurer's office. From what we have been able to ascertain, it appears that one of the head clerks was, for some few days, suffering from severe cold, and the delin quent was entrusted with the money to pay the men employed at Edge-hill. Instead of doing so he absconded with the money, and has not since been heard of. It is supposed that, instead of going to Edge-hill on the Satur day morning with the money—having made previous arrangements—he, at the last moment, went o,i board the American steamer and thus escaped. The detective officers are, w e understand, in pursuit of him. Somewhat stran^e to say he left a large amount of silver in the office which he could have taken, but it is supposed that it would have obstructed his escape, therefore he left it behind him. CAPTURE OF A RUNAWAY NEWSPAPER SPECULATOR. During the present week, Mr. William Cavill, late of Sheffield, a runaway newspaper speculator, has been cap_ tured in London under somewhat singular circumstances. In March last, the Sheffield Free Press, the property of Mr. Ironside, and the:provincial organ of the Urquhartiles, was sold to Mr. William Cavill, who for some time previously had been employed as a compositor in the office. Cavill was to pay down the sure of .e 250, and the remainder of the purchase money by four quarterly instalments. In consequence of representations that his money was invested in property which he could not sell without a delay of a few weeks, Mr. Ironside was induced to dispense with the actual payment of the deposit in cash, and put Cavill in possession of the printing office, &c., on his giving him an I 0 U for the £250, to be paid the following month. In the issue of the following Satur day, the new proprietor announced that Mr. Ironside having ceased " from this day to have any connection with or control over" the paper, it " shall advocate those liberal principles which were put forward when the Sheffield Free Press was founded, but which for some time past have been in part suspended under the late manage ment." In two or three days Cavill rued his bargain, and left the office and paper to its former proprietor. In order to avoid the bargain being enforced against him, he sold off his property, absconded from Sheffield, leaving his wife, but taking with him the wife of a brush maker named Gathercole. Mr. Ironside started in pursuit, and came np with Cavill near the docks, in Liverpool, where he had taken berths fir himself and his paramour, by a vessel sailing the following day for America. While a warrant was being obtained for his apprehension as an absconding debtor, Cavili represented to the ship broker that he had just received a telegraphic message of the death of his father, which rendered it necessary that he should delay his departure from England. His story being believed the broker returned him the passage money (R5O), and he disappeared from Liverpool. Au action had been commenced against him by Mr. Ironside, for the recovery of .e 250 on the I 0 U, which came on for hear ing on the 23rd May, in the Court of Queen's Bench- Cavill kept out of sight, but employed counsel to defend the action. A verdict was, however, obtained against him, with an order for immediate execution.. This appeared likely to be of little avail, as Cavill had swept away all his effects, and no trace could then be obtained of him. In the latter part of last week, however, an unexpected clue was obtained. Cavil' telegraphed to a relative in Sheffield that he was then lodged in Pentonville prison. From ibis it was concluded that he had been apprehended on Mr. Ironside's warrant, and no secrecy being observed, the news reached Mr. Ironside's solicitor. The governor of the prison was written to, but a reply was received that he had no prisoner of the name of Cavil!. Tee mystery was, however, solved by Gathercole, the husband of the woman who had taken flight with Cavill. His disclosure that his wife had a sister who was married to one of the warders of Pentonville prison, induced the belief that Cavill had taken refuge there until a:convenient opportunity of sailing from England should arrive. This conjecture turned out correct, and Cavil' was arrested in the warder's house on Friday by a sheriff's officer, and lodged in Whiteeross-street prison. The officer only arrived just in time, for Cavill had completed his arrangements to sail from Southampton the following day by a vessel for Australia.—Sheifield independenee. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1857. TWO MEN KILLED BY LIGHTNING. In the past week the atmosphere in Berkshire was greatly charged with electricity, and on the afternoon of Tuesday an awful thunderstorm occurred in the neigh bourhood of Inkpen,i which is situated a few miles only from the town of Hungerford, in Berkshire. Three men, named Martin, Buxey, and Palmer, were employed in mowing the grass on the lawn of Kirby House, the resi dence of Mr. C. Butler, on Tuesday afternoon, and when a storm of thunder and lightning broke over the place one of them suggested that they should run beneath a tree. Martin, knowing that trees generally attracted lightning, immediately remarked, "We had better go any where rather than under a tree.' Buxey and Palmer, how ever, as the storm was severe, and the hail was falling hea vily at the time, ran and seated themselves beneath a large lime tree, but Martin walked off to a cottage, and was safely sheltered. In about half an hour after the storm had abated both Buxey and Palmer were found lying on the grass beneath the tree quite dead, the electric fluid having struck the upper part of the tree, then descended it, and laid prostrate the two men who were sitting there. The cloths of Buxey were found to be on fire. The melan choly event has excited painful interest in the neighbour hood, especially as one of them has left a widow and five children wholly unprovided tor. An inquest has been held on the bodies, and the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts adduced. The hair of Palmer, when his body was removed, was observed to have been much scorched. LITEIIARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETlNGS.—Wednesday : Society of Arts, at four (annual general meeting) ; Royal Society of Literature, at half-past eight. Thursday : Numismatic, at seven (annual meeting).—Atheneum. Mdlle. Plunkett, who has been an absentee from the London stage for a long time, returned on Wednesday even • Bho appears at the Roy l Italian Opera in a new ballet, " Terpsichore." On That-ally evening: Mdlle. Balfe will make her first appearance 49 Lucia. Fra Di wolo," with a really " unprecedented" c Ist, is being actively prepared. A. QUARTEMY %VIEWER ON FHB SPERM OF RAILWAYS. What (said the reviewer) can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives tra velling twice as fast as stage coaches ? We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreves riochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going a' such a rate. We will back old Father Thames against the Woolwich- Railway for any sum. We trust that Parlia ment will, in all railways it may sanction, limit the speed to eight or nine miles an hour, which we entirely agree with Mr Sylvester is as great as can be ventured on with safety.—Life of Sic George 6tephenson, by S. Smiles. THE HUNGARIAN PROTESTANTS The Zeit of B.rlin states that tie following are some of the claims put for wird by the Hungarian Protestants :—The re-establish ment of the laws which guarantee their religious liberty ; the right of choosing the administrative boiy governing their ecclesiastical and educational institutions ; the pri vilege of organising their own ecc l es i as ti ca l tribunals and consistories; of founding schools, of appointing masters to the same, and of regulating the course of education to be pursued therein ; the right of convoking synods without Imperial authorisation ; of printing religious and educa tional writings, without the same being subjected to govern mental scrutiny. These claims form the subjete of repeated interviews at Laxemhurg between the Emperor and the Ministers of Public Worship and of the Interior. How TO SAVE TUE BEEF—We read the following in a New York paper. It is a letter addressed to the editor : —ln my boyish days (half a century ago) I was sent to a boarding•school in the country—a sort of Do-the-Boys'- Hall without the brimstone and treacle—where one of the proclamations to the boys before dinner was : " Whoever eats the most pudding, shall have the most meat." The consequence was that, 11 tying gorged ourselves with pud ding, we couldn't eat any meat at all 1 Hence the economy of the arrangement, from which we did not suffer, in the least. Since that, I have partaken of the fare of farm houses in our vicinity, where the custom was to bring upon the table the puddings, pastries, custards and pies as the first course—bringing on the meat afterwards. As you may suppose, but little meat was required. The object of this note is, to suggest whether this would not be a good plan to pursue at this time, when flesh food is so dear, and farinaceous food comparatively so cheap. GRIEVING FOR LOST. PEARLS. —lt would be hard to tell whether most joy or sorrow has been caused at Notch Brook, N. J., by the discovery of the pearls. Dozens are bemoaning fortunes that, in days plst, they carelessly flung away. One matron unavailingiy sighs over some "little white things" that she once gave her boys for marbles. A schoolmaster lugubriously remembers that he had chopped up eight or ten thousand dollars worth, with his penknife, "to. see what was inside." Another genius rammed a pearl bullet down his rifle and shot away his fortune. An old lady who chuckled six months over her good bargain with the peddler," now discovers that she paid him, in pearls, about seven thousand dollars for a ca li co d res s, It is needless to say she hasn't laughed since. The unfortunate man who had the 25,000 dollars once cooked for his breakfast has taken to bed, in utter despair, and repo to be coniforted.—Exchangc Payer, MERCHANT TAILORS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL, GREAT CROSBY. The Midsummer examination and distribution of prizes, at this popular and interesting school, took place yesterday, at the school, Great Crasby. There was a highly respectable and numerous attendance of ladies and gentlemen, friends, &c., of the pupils and of the establishment present on the interesting occasion ; and seldom have we observed a finer or more intelligent number of youths than composed the pupils of this school. It was evident, from the pro ficiency attained byall in their different classes, that great attention had been bestowed on the pupils, and care shown by the Rev. John Bernard, the head master, and his efficient assistants was perceptible in the proceedings of yesterday. Shortly after five, the scholars and the com pany assembled in the large school-room of the establish ment, where the Rev. Principal proceeded to deliver a lecture on the Life and Genius of Oliver Goldsmith. A more appropriate subject could hardly have been chosen for such an occasion, and although we have heard many biographical lectures, a better delivered oration we have not listened to. The Rev. lecturer evidently possesses powers, as a lecturer, of no ordinary stamp. For the most part such discourses consist of dry details, and lukewarm anecdotes ; but from the masterly manner in which Mr. Bernard handled the subject, we believe him capable of rendering even a naturally dull biography interesting. Goldsmith's life was one of chequered incident—wild poetic adventure ; matchless penury, and almost Australian wealth. Here was a subject—and it inspired the lecturer with an ardour, which he succeeded in communicating to his audience in all its beauties. His portraiture of the gifted and immortal poet was exquisite, and almost presented the man before you, and with whom you wept, laughed, and sympathised I in All the griefs that God had amen him share ! The lecturer introduced some anecdotes of a new and pleas. ing description in the life of poor Oliver, and when he con cluded his brilliant address, loud and continued applause greeted him, and deservedly so. He then proceeded to distribute the prizes, observing that one of the boys, who was a short time since at the school, but not considered " up" for the second class, had since obtained the second place in the second class at the Collegiate School, Liver pool, This was hailed with applause. He then distributed the prizes, which consisted of magnificently bound volumes on various and important subjects, in science, literature, &c. to the successful candidates, and as each received the reward of his merit, his colleagues and the company warmly greeted him. Amongst the prizes were the fol lowing : Montefiore Prize—Shearson. Conduct—Shearson. Almond, Gatis—highly commended. W. Greenham, Tuer—commended. Divinity-1. Ord ; 2. Shaw. Almond, Shearson, Stamper -- commended. Greek-1. Shearson ; 2. King. Almond, Stower Thomas—commended. Latin-1. Shearson ; 2. C. Smith. Almond—highly commended. Gatia, Parr—commended. Euclid and Algebra-1. Shearson ; 2. C. Smith. Almond, Gatis, Tuer—commended. Arithmetic-1. Shearson ; 2. C. Smith. Beetham Gatis—highly commended. Parr, Thomas—commended. Sheals , n. Almond—commended. Geography-1. Almond ; 2. Shaw. Shearson, C. Smith—highly commended. Beetham, E. Quirk, Tuer—commended. Drawing-1. Lees. W. Lees, Parr—highly commended. Wcitin;-1. Parr ; 2. W. Lees. Almond, Beetham, Mich, Lees—highly com mended. Shearson—commended, Recitation-1. Ord. King, I'. Smith, Stower—highly commended. Green, Trier—commended. French-1. Stower ; 2. Gatis. Birch, Xing, C.. Smith—commended. The school then broke up for the holidays. A NEW CHURCH IN ST. MARYLEBONE,—The first stone of a new church, on the site of Calmel-buildings, abbut ting on Orchard-street—to which a district to be called Christ Church, Portman-square, has been assigned, under the provisions of Lord Bla.orlford's Act —will be laid by the Lord Bishop of the diocese on Tuesday next, the 23rd instant, at three o'clock p.m. ROUTE FOR A SHIP CANAL FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE SBRANA (PAClFlC),—Surgeon Caldwell, attached to the ship Independence, under date of Panama Bay,May 8, has unofficially advised the Navy Department that he has been informed there is a practicable route for a ship canal from the Gulf of San Miguel, Rio Sarana, to Fuerte del Prin cipe, a few miles above which place the tide ebbs—thence about north by east over a kw ground to Caledonia Bay, or a little north of it; that the whole country is low. well wooded and watered, and abounds in game, and that a small party can cross from the Sarana to the Atlantic Ocean and return, making a path or road as they go, in less than ten dap, without fear of the Indians or disease. Dr• Caldwell having obtained leave, hastily explored the route, and reports the summit level on the route from Prin cipe, northerly to the Atlantic, and that it is within eight miles of the Sarana, and would not prove insuperable to engineering in constructing a ship canal.—Boston Post. THE CIRCUIT OF THE METROPOLIS.—Passing the other day through Panyer's-alley near the General Post-office, and noticing the curious little monument there placed, and on which is insmibed— " When ye have soughte the cittie round You'll still find this ye highest ground"— - as soon as opportunity offered we took up an old map, in order to measure the extent of the outskirts of the houses by which this stone was in former days surrounded, and found that the distance was but little more than five miles, so that it would have been a very easy matter then to take a walk round London. At present, however, to make a pedestrian expedition round the metropolis would, to most persons, be an undertaking of some importance, as may be seen by referring to a recently.published map. The entire circuit is—From Chiswick to Kentish Town, 12 miles ; from Kentish Town to Millwall, 17 miles ; from Millwall to Chiswick, 28 miles. Total, 57 miles ; very nearly three days' journey, at the rate of twenty miles a day ; and in the line drawn, Battersea, Clapham, Canning Town, and many other places, which even at present can be scarcely seid to be separated from Louden, have been left out. As the crow would fly across streets and houses from the point whence we started at Chiswick, to the farthest east, the distanee is nearly eleven miles, and the greatest width from north to south upwards of seven miles.—The Builder. SRAM COUNTY COURT NOTICES. —A TRADESMAN COM MITTED FOE FELONY.— A singular case has just come before the Exeter magistrates which should act as a caution to tradesmen in general. The facts are briefly these :—Mr John Daw, clerk of the Exeter district County Court, sum moned Mr. William Downey, a baker, of Topsham, for having issued to one Michael Murphy, a fisherman, a pro cess which on its face purported to be a County -court process, and was signed "John Daw." It a l so b ore t h e customary. King's arms on the top, stated that it was the only legal form issued, and contained a threat to the effect that if the sum it alleged to be owing was not paid forth with, the party Murphy in this case) would subject him self to forty days' imprisonment. Evidence having been tendered, showing that the words "John Daw" were in defendant's handwriting, and ho having admitted issuing the same, the bench determined to commit Downey on a charge of felony to the next Exeter session, but agreed to accept bail. We may add that there is a man from a house in Holywell-street, travelling through the west of England with these sham notices, which he is selling at an enormous profit to country tradesmen for the purpose, as he suggests, of securing an easy recovery of their debts." The defendant in this case said he gave is 6i for fifty of these notices. A DEN OF SNAKES.—The great snake den in East Rae ford, Connecticut, beats the entire country. It is on the edge of the old Ritter Quarry, and Mr. Ransom White, who resides in that vicinity, has taken 214 live snakes from that single den. No other snake den in this country has as yet equalled this. He took out the first lot of ninety-two on the 10th of April, and from day to day, by removing rocks and digging, he found additional families, or "balls" of them ; for it appears that the snakes, to the number of twenty or more, wind themselves into a ball, and remain in that condition during the winter. Most; of the number were black snakes, measuring from three to four and a-half feet in length, but among those were threw racers, a long, slim snake, with a white ring around the neck, and three little racers not over three inches in length, also seven poisonous adders. There seems to be some difference in the appearance of these adders, some of them having flatter heals than others and bright spots on them. One of them in particular, a large, vicious looking fellow, flattens himself through his entire length, his head being as flat as a cent. When be is annoyed be throws the upper part of his head back and strikes like a rattle snake. He is about three feet long, his tail tapering off abruptly, the point for about two inches being not much larger than a piece of small twine. He is evidently as poisonous as a rattlesnake. Mr. White had a show case full of those serpents, all alive, on exhibitiou here on election day. They drew together a large crowd. A friend suggests that for a mile or more around that snake den few snakes will be seen this season, but that the ground moles will greatly increase.—Hartford Times (U.S.) SHOCKING OCCURRENCE. On Saturday morning, between two and three o'clock, the neighbourhood of Hanover-street, East, was thrown into a state of terrific excitement by the occurrence of one of the most frightful and murderous assaults that has happened in the city for many years. At the time above mentioned, a sailor named John Hughes had an altercation with some members of his family at his residence in Hanover-street, East, when a person named Jelin Brunton went to the door f r the purpose of making peace, and cried out, " Jack, what is the matter ? " When Hughes rushed into the street with a knife in his hand, and, without cause or provocation, stabbed Brunton in the abdomen and literally ripped him open. Police-constable Keating (49 B), who was on the spot, dashed into the house afcer the assassin, and, at the peril of his own life, succeeded in taking him prisoner. On Brunton being raised from the ground where he had fallen, he was bleeding profusely, and all his intestines protruding. Two or three constables were in immediate attendance, and had the unfortunate sufferer conveyed in a hackney carriage to Mercer's Hospital, when the resi dent officer, Dr. O'Grady, did everything that possibly could be done under the circumstances, and sent off for Dr. Butcher and Dr. Jemison, who came at once, and nothing could exceed the exertions which they made to save the man's life. On examination, they foand that some of the intestines and large arteries had been cut, and at once pronounced that all chance of Brunton's recovery was over. Inspector Corr, on seeing the character of the injuries which the man had received, went off to the residence of Mr. Al‘Dermott, police magistrate, and apprised him of the circumstance. The magistrate at once proceeded to the hospital and took the dying depositions of Brunton in the presence of the prisoner. Inspector Corr also sent for the Rev. Mr. O'Carrell, 0.0., who administered the last sacrament to the eying man. Much praise is due to Inspector Corr for the promptness he displayed on this occasion. On making inquiries at the hospital, at twelve o'clock the same night, we learned from Dr. O'Grady, who has been unremitting in his attention to the sufferer. that, notwithstanding the frightful character of his wounds, the man is still living.—Dublin Freeman's Journal. SAD CALAMITY AT SEA.-TWENTY-FOUR LIVES LOST. By letters received from Shethnd we have the truly mournful tidings of another sad calamity among the islands there, resulting in a melancholy loss of human life. Early on the morning of Wednesday last, while the haaf boats were prosecuting the fishing, they were overtaken by a sudden and severe gale of wind, by which three belonging to the island of Uist, and one to North Marine, were lost, with all on board. Each beat was manned by six men, consequently no fewer than 24 have perishal by this terrible calamity, the greater pars of whom have left help less and destitute families. This sad calamity, as might well be imagined, has naturally excited a most intense excitement in tlhetland, the more particularly as in several instances as many as three or four of the men who perished are connected with one family. In the absence of fuller particulars, the distressing tidings having only reached Lerwick a little before the sailing of the steamer, we cannot give a mire a lengthened accou at of the catastrophe ; but there cannot be a doubt that it would result in much suffering and want in many a home, and that there is a loud call on the humane to come forward in behalf of the suffering and poverty-stricken mourners. Should any of our readers think proper to contribute towards this object, we shall cheerfully transmit any sum, however small, to responsible persons, for the relief of the bereaved wives and little ones. From all we can gather, we should not be surprised if more than 60 children have been made fatherless by this terrible salamity.—Northern Ensign, CONVICTION OF A MILITARY OFFICER FOR OBTAINING GOODS ON FALSE PRETENCES. At the Middlesex Sessions, on Monday, Henry O'Bloick, 39, described as belonging to the mil tart' profession, was indicted for having obtained by false pretences, two re volver pistols----one from Joseph Laing, and the other from Henry Tatham—with intent to defraud them thereof. He pleaded guilty. The Assistant-Judge having examined the depositions, put some questions to Captain Feversham, one of the witnesses, who stated that he was connected with the Pay Department of the German Legion, now dis banded. The prisoner was an ensign in that corps, but in January, 1836, he deserted, and nothing was heard of him until March last, when he applied to Colonel Kin loch for his commission, the document never having been actually delivered to him, but Colonel Kinloch would not allow him to have it, as he was a worthless fellow, and ought not to be allowed to be in possession of a document bearing the , Queen's signature, which he might parade as a proof of his having been in the service, and assume thereby the credit of having served meritoriously in a force now disbanded. Unfortunately, he (Captain Feversham) did not strictly follow up Colonel Kinloch's advice, and kick the prisoner out of his office; for, by allowing him t 3 be there, he found an opportunity to steal some of the official papers, bearing the stamps and marks of the War Department, upon which he subsequently wrote the forged orders, by which he committed the frauds he was now charged with, the prosecutors, of course, concluding that the orders really emanated from the War Department, from the official paper. There had been every wish to do what they could for the prisoner, but his conduct had been such as to render him utterly unworthy of the honour of being in possession of his commission, and the au thorities refused to allow him to have it, although it was decided not to have him tried by court-martial. The prisoner said he was in distress, and had applied in vain for assistance. (A letter was handed up to the Assistant-Judge, in which he stated that he had been for days without food. Captain Faversham said that if he really had known that the prisoner had been in want ho would readily have given him money ; but; his representa tions to that effect were unworthy of belief', inasmuch as he had just before thought fit _to proceed to Maidenhead by railway, and pay all his expert? es, for a purpose which a penny postage would have amply sufficed. The prisoner said he went to see his paymaster about a return of income tax which had been deducted from his pay. Captain Fe vereham said, he believed there was an amount of inc 'roe tax to be refunded to the prisoner, as it had been deducted from his pa.-, and .it was now shown that his income did not amount to £lOO a-year, but if he had been in distress he would have writ ten to his paymaster instead of incurring the expense of a journey to Maidenhead. The Assistant- Judge, after a little consideration, sentenced the prisoner to nine months' hard labour. CONVICTION OF TWOFAqHIONABLE FEMALE THIEVES. At the Southwark Police-court, London, on Monday, Matilda Reeves and Elizabeth Williamson, two .yonne women dressed in the most fashionable style, and well known as frequenters of the various metropolitan railway stations, were brought before Mr. Combo for final examina tion, charged with stealing two sovereigns and a half, and one shilling and fourpence in silver, the property of Miss Mary Ann Low, in a second-class carriage, on the North Kent Railwa:. The prosecutrix said, that on Friday last she got into the two o'clock train at the latter place to come to London. The carriage she got in had only the two prisoners, who were seated on her right side, and no one else entered during the journey. At the time witness took her seat she placed her purse containing the money in the pocked on the right side of her dress, where 11;eves sat, and just before the train stopped for collecting tickets, she put her hand to her pocket, and missed her purse and contents. She immediately mentioned her loss to the prisoners, who seemed surprised, and recommended her to look about the carriage. She did so, but could not find ir, and she was thunder-struck at losing it, as she had not the least suspicion of the prisoners, believ ing them to be ladies. A few minutes after wards she put her hand in her pocket again, when she dLeo vered her purse there, but on examining it, nothing was left but the railway ticket. She immediately men tioned the circumstances to the guard, who detained the prisoners, and they were given into custody at the ter minus. She was positive that her money was safe in her pocket when she sat down by -the prisoners. Clutter, 501 A, said he had received charge of the prisoners, when he found a sovereign and two shillings and tenpence on Reeves, and a sovereign on Williamson. They both declared they were ladies, and were indignant at being charged with committing a robbery. Mr. Combe asked whether they were known ? Chuter replied that they frequented the various railway termini about London, and on the same day a lady was robbed in another carriage. Mr. Combo ask , d the prisoners what answer they had to make to the charge ? Mr. Charnock contended that the lady must have been mistaken, and dropped her money before she got into the carriage, as it was not likely she could have been robbed in that r lam without knowing it. Mr. Combe said if that was their defence, he should send them for trial, and then they would have the advantage of a jury. Mr Charnock, after consulting with his clients, said it was not their wish to go for trial. Mr. Combe : Then they must plead guilty. He did not want them to do that if they were not. Mr. Charnock said they would plead guilty. Mr. Combe ob served that he had no doubt as to their guilt, and had there been any evidence as to their former malpractices, he should have punished them with the utmost severity of the law. Each of them must be committed to the House of Correction for three months, with hard labour. THE EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE. SPEECH OF PRINCE ALBERT. In our publication of yesterday we gave a mere outline of the proceedingB at the Educational Conference in London. We now append the speech of his Royal Highness in full : Prince ALBERT addressed the meeting in the following terms : —Gentlemen, we have met to-day in the sacred cause of Education—of National Education. This word, which means no less than the moral and intellectual de velopment of the rising generation, and therefore the national welfare, is well calculated to engross our minds, and opens a question worthy of a nation's deepest interest and most anxious consideration. Gentlemen, the nation is alive to its importance, and our presence here to-day gives farther evidence, if such evidence were needed, of its anxiety to give it that consideration. Looking to for mer times we find that our forefathers, with their wonted piety and paternal care, had established a system of national education based upon the parish organisation, and forming part of parish life, which met the wants of their day, and had in it a certain unity and completeness which we may well envy at the present moment. But in the progress of time our wants have outstripped that system, and the condition of the country has so completely changed, even within these last fifty years, that the old parochial division is no longer adequate for the present population. This has increased during that period in England and Wales, from, in round numbers, nine millions to eighteen millions, and where there formerly existed comparatively small towns and villages we now see mighty cities, like Liverpool, Man chester, Hull, Leeds, Birmingham, and others, with their hundreds of thousands, springing up almost as it were by enchantment; London having increased to nearly two and a half millions of souls, and the factory district of .Lanca shire alone having aggregated a population of nearly three millions within a radius of thirty miles. This change could not escape the watchful eye of a patriotic public, but how to provide the means of satisfying the new wants could not be a matter of easy solution. Whilst zeal for the public good, a fervent religious . spirit, and true philanthropy are qualities eminently distinguishing our countrymen, the love of liberty, and an aversion to being controlled by the power of the state in matters nearest to their hearts, are feelings which which will always most powerfully influence them in action. Thus the common object has been contemplated from the most different points of view, and pursued upon often antagonistic prin ciples. Some have sought the aid of government—others that of the church to which they belong; some have de clared it to be the duty of the State to provide elementary instruction for the people at large; others have seen in State interference a check to the spontaneous exertions of the people themselves, and an interference with self government. Some, again, have advocated a plan of compulsory education, based upon local self-government, and others the voluntary system in its widest develop ment. Whilst these have been some of the political subjects of difference, those .in the religious field have not been less marked and potent. We find on the one band the wish to see secular and religious instruction separated, and the former recognised as an innate and inherent right, to which each member of society has a claim, and which ought not to be denied to him if he refuses to take along with it the inculcation of a par ticular dogma to which he objects as uusound ; whilst we see on the other hand the doctrine asserted that no educa tion can be sound which does not rest on religious truth is too sacred to be modified and tampered with, even in its minutest deductions, for the sake of procuring a general agreement. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, if these differences ware to have been discussed here to-day, I should not have been able to respond to your invitation to take the chair, as I should have thought it inconsistent with the position which I occupy, and with the duty which I owe to the Queen and the country at large. (Hear, hear.) I see those here before me who have taken a lead ing part in these important discussions, and I am happy to meet them upon a neutral ground —(loud cheers) —happy to find that there is a neutral ground upon which their varied talents and abilities can be brought to bear in communion upon the common object, and proud and grateful to them that they should have allowed me to preside over them for the purpose of working together in the common vineyard. (Cheers.) I feel certain that the greatest benefit must arise to the cause we have all so much at heart by the mere free exchange of your thoughts and various experience. You I may well be proud, gentlemen, of the results hitherto I achieved by your moral efforts, and may point to the past, that since the beginning of the century, while the popu lation has doubled itself, the number of schools, both pub lic and private, has been multiplied fourteen times. In 1801 there were in England and Wales —of public schools, 2,876 ; of private schools, 487 ; making a total of 3,363. 7 e1n 1351 (the year of the census) there were in Eng land and Wales —ofpublic schools, 15,518 ; of private schools, 30,524; making a total of 46,012 ; giving instruction in all to 2,144,360 scholars, of whom 1,422,982 belong to public schools, and 721,396 to the private schools. The rate of progress is further illustrated by statistics, which show that, in 1818, the proportion of day scholars to the popu lation was one in seventeen ; in 1833, one in eleven ; and in 1851, one in eight. (Hear, hear.) These are great results, although I hope they may only be received as instalments of what has yet to be done. But what must be your feelings when you reflect upon the fact, the in quiry into which has brought us together, that the great boon thus obtained for the mass of the p eo p le, and which is freely offered to them, should have been only partially accepted, and, upon the whole , so insufficiently applied, as tccrender its use almost valueless? (Hear, hear.) We are told that the total population in England and Wales of children between the ages of three and fifteen, being estimated at 4,908,696, only 2,046,818 attend school at all, whilst 2,861,848 receive no instruction whale ear. At the same time an analysis of the scholars, with reference to the time allowed for their school tuition, shows that forty-two per cent of them have been at school less than one year, twenty-two per cent during one year, fifteen per cent two years, nine per cent three years, five per cent four years, four per cent five years, Therefore, out of the two millions of scholars eluded to, more than one and a half million only remain two years at school. I leave it to you to judge what the results-of such an education can be. I find further that of these two mil lions of children attending school only six hundred thousand are above nine. Gentlemen, these are startling facts whi c h render it evident that no extension of the means of educa tion will be of any avail unle ss this evil, which lies at the root of the whole question, be removed ; and that it is high time that the country should become thoroughly awake to its existence, and prepared to rheet it ener e etically. To im press this upon the public mind s the object of our con ference. Public opinion is the powerful lever which in these days moves a people f. n. good and for evil ; and to public opinion we must therefore appeal if we would achieve any lasting and beneficial result. You, gentlemen, will richly, add to the services which you have already rendered to the noble cause if you will prepare public opinion by your inquiry into this state of things, and by discussing in your sections the causes of it, as well as the remedies which may be within your reach. This will be no easy matter ; but even if your labours should not result in the adoption of any immediate practical steps, you will have done gent pod in preparing for them. It will probably happen that in this instance, as in most others, the cause which produces the evil will be more easily detected than its remedy, and yet a just appreciation of the former must ever be the first and essential condition for the discovery of the latter. You will probably trace the cause to our social condition, perhaps to a state of ignorance and lethargic indifference on the subjects amongst the parents generally, but the root of the evil will, I sus pect, also be found to extend into that field on which the political economist exercises hi; activity—l mean the labour market—demand and supply. (Hear, hear.) To dissipate that ignorance, and rouse from that letha rg y, may be difficult ; but, with the united and earnest efforts of all who and the friends of the working classes, it ought, after all, to be only a question of time. Wha- mea sures can be brought to bear upon the other reot o f t h e evil is a more delicate question, and will requ i re t h e n i cest care in handling, for there you can cut into the very quick of the working man's condition. Hi s c hild ren are not only, his offspring, to be reared for a f u t ure i n d epen d en e posi tion, but they constitute part of his productive power, and work with him for ihe staff of lif e . Th e d aug h ters especially are the handmaids of the house, the assistants of the mother, the nurses of the younger c hild ren , th e aged, and the sick. To deprive the labouring family of their help would be almost to paralyse its domestic existence. (Hear, hear.) On the other hand, carefully collected statistics reveal to us the fact, that while almost 600,000 children, between the ages of three and fifteen, are absent from school, but known to be employed, no less than 2,200,000 are not at school, wh ose absence cannot be traced to any ascertained employment, or other legitimate cause. You will have to work then upon the minds and hearts of the parents, to pla ce before them the irreparable mischief which they inflict upon those who are entru ted to their care, by keeping them from the light of knowledge -.to bring home to their conviction that it is their duty to ex er t themselves for their children's education, bearing i n mind, at the same time, that it is not only thei r mos t sacred duty, but also their highest privilege. Unless they work with you, your work—our work—will b e va i n ; b ut you will not fail, I feel sure, in obtaining their co-operation if you remind them of their duty to their God and Creator. (Hear, hear.) Our heavenly Father, in His boundless good. ness, has so made His creatures that they should be happy, and in His wisdom has fitted His means to His ends, giving to all of them different qualities and faculties, in using and developing which they fulfil their 'destiny, and running the uniform course, according to His prescrip tion, they find their happiness which He has in tended for them. (Cheers.) Man alone is born into this world with faculties far nobler than the other creatures, reflecting the image of Him who has willed that there should be beings on earth to know and wors hip Hi m , but endowed with the power of self-determination, having reason given him for his guide. He can develope his faculties, and obtain that happiness which is offered to him on earth to be completed hereafter in entire union with Him, through the mercy of Christ. Bat he can also leave these faculties unimproved, and miss his mission on earth. He will then sink to the level of the lower animals, forfeit happiness, and separate from his God, whom he did not know how to find. Gentlemen, I say man has no right to do this. He has no right to throw off the task which is laid upon him for his happiness. It is his duty to fulfil his mission to the utmost of his power, but it is our duty—the duty of those whom Providence has removed from this awful struggle. and placed beyond this fearful danger, manfully, unceasingly, and untiringly to aid by advice, assistance, and example, the great bulk of the ieople, who, without such aid, must inevitably succumb to the difficulty of their task. They will not cast from them any aiding hand, and • the Almighty will bless the labours of those who work in his cause. (His Royal Highness sat down amidst loud applause.) A DISAPPOINTED Courm—The new law against Gretna Green marriages appears not to have come within the " ken" of all whom it may concern. A couple of English runaways arrived at Murray's the other day, and requested his former reverence to tie the Gordian knot. Murray informel them that the law had rendered the operation to difficult now that it would require 14 days' preparation to do it. Another couple (Scotch) on the same doubtful errand, happened to be within hearing of this remark, which had no sooner escaped Murray's lips than the fair one fainted, and her loving swain had well nigh followed her example. Restoratives were applied, but the young lady did not become convalescent until Murray had informed her the harsh law only applied to the Southerns, not to the canny Scots, and he proved his words by uniting the couple. The others were obliged to go away as they came.—Carlisle Patriot. SPIES. --A great many "real men" have to submit to being under a regular system of espionage. Every captain of a man-of.war keeps a private record of all that occurs in the ship, and of the conduct of every officer under his commend. He notes down anything worthy of notice in their conversation or their opinions. And this record is preserved at the Admiralty, and referred to whenever an officer is proposed for .promotion. The officials of the " Horse Guards" have some analogous mole of obtaining information with regard to the characters of military officers. In the Church, Archdeacons are the official spies ;on the conduct and opinions of the Clerey, and "real men" are obliged to submit to all this. They feel it to be no degradation, because their safety lies in their innocence, and their integrity, and not the reports of spies or the opinion of their superior, is the ground of their self respect. To he a spy is, indeed, a contemptible office. To be the subject of espionage is the lot of every one who holds office, and brings with it no disgrace. —Literary Gazette. [Can this be true? If so, it is a disgrace to the British nation.] MELANCHOLY SUlClDE.—Considerable excite:neat was caused in Oldham, on Monday morning, by the rumour that Mr. William Heginbotham, landlord of the Ang?l Inn, the principal hotel in the town, had committal seicide by hanging himself, and on inquiry the fact was found to be so. The house was closed on Sunday night at the usual time, eleven o'clock, and shortly afterwards Mr. Hegin botham went up stairs to his bedroom, but in a few minutes he returned, and asked his two daughters if they wete not going to bed ? They said they were, and he again went up stairs. In the morning, about half-past eight o'clock, as he did not come down to breakfast, Miss Heginbotham went up to his bedroom, but not .finding him there, she commenced to search all the rooms, a n d on en'ering the assembly room, she was horrified to see her father suspended by the neck from the railing which crosses the front of the organ loft. She saw at once that he was dead, and went down stairs and gave an alarm. Mr. Jackson, chief constable, was sent for, and, on reaching the inn, he at once cut th body down, lint it was quite cold, and he had evidently boon deal for some hours. He was undressed, having nothinc , on but his socking,a and shirt; and it appeared that he had got a kitchen roller towel, one end of which he fastened to the rail, which is a considerable distance from the ground, and the other end he tied firmly round his throat, and then jumped off the form on which he appeared to have been standing. The towel was tied so tightly round his throat, that the skin was broken on both sides of the neck. The deceased was sixty-six years of age. No cause has been assigned for the perhaps transpir e at th e i nques t fatal whi e ha will ct the body. ; be but held it MORMON PREACHERS AND THEIR DOCTRINES.—OR Monday, at the court-house, Rotherh ma, two young men, named Ellis Gascuigne, and Walter Holroyd, were sum moned before the Hon. an d R ev, W. Howard, and J. Ful lerton, Esq., by a Mormon preacher, named Jonathan Eaton, for an assault. Mr. Whitfield appeared for com plainant, and Mr. J. Badge for the defendants. Mr. Whitfield stated that the complainant belonged to a body called the Latter Day Saints, or Mormonites. On Friday evening he, along with others of the same persuasion, went to preach to a number of persons in the open air, at Greasbro', where the defendants lived. A gnat number of persons congregated together for the purpose of hearing Eaton preach, but before he had commenced ; the defend ants, along with others, got into the crowd, and showed their determination to prevent his preaching. They there fore left the place, and the defendants, not content with having removed them, followed them on the road for some distance, pushing them about, throwing stones, and treating them in a most shameful manner. The complainant, after being sworn, said that he appealed to th e p eo pl e , an d wished to know whether they should be allowed to speak or not, and they came to a unanimous decision that they should not, and they went away. Cross-examined: Did not you preach in favour of Polygamy ? We did not. We dent believe in preaching it in England. (Laughter.) —That is because it is not be lieved in England ? The laws of the land are against it, and we believe in being subject to the laws of the lend.—Mr. J. Badger, in reply to the charge, con tended that the preachers had brought the assault upon thernoelves by going to Greasbro' to preach against the wishes of the people. The people felt most indignant at the'conduct of the Mormonites, whose strange doctrines ha I enraged their feelings, and, after being told to go, he understood they had begun to propog r a e t g e ei t d lt , e d d r o e c v t e rin t e h s e o m f polygamy, and the temple, being enraged, away.—The defendants were each fined 10s., including expenses. We understand that it has barn arranged in Greasbro' that if the Mormon preaehers go again, the wo m.-,n are to attack them and tumble them into a ditch, their husbnds watching fair play. AN INCESTUOUS MARRIAGE CASE IN VENEZUELA.— Lqt, - !rs from Venezuela give particalars of a singular and extraordinary occurrence which has lately transpired in Caracas, and which has , caused a good deal of feeling among the native population, but still more among the Protestants, and especially the English residents. The occurrence was no less than the ur.ton of a step-father to the daughter of his lately deceased wife. The point that more especially toucued the English residents was, that the ceremony was performed by the Bri ish charge d'affaires, and at the office of the British leg Ition. The following are the facts :—Dr. Diego Bautista Urbaneja, a lawyer of high standing in Caracas, inarjad some years ago a widow 14dy who had several children by her first husband. Little rn:r. than eighteen months ago she (lied, and at the time of fur dene tie one of her daughters was fully grown. This daughter soon became the object of her step-father's desire, and in twelve months after the death of the wife and mother, it was rumoured that the gentleman in ques tion was anxious, if possible, to marry his step-daughter. The Archbishop of Venezuela was applied to in the case in question, hut an unhesitating refusal was given. It is reported that application was then made to the, Pope, but with the same result. Efforts were then made to see whether the ceremony would be solemnised in Curaeoa, under the Dutch Government, but unsuccessfully, as well as in some of the other West India islands. In the last resort application was made to to Mr. Bingham, her British -alojesty's charge d'afaires—Engl,sh ministers and consuls, resident in foreign countries, being authorised to solemnise the marriage ri'e, after the form of the Church of England, where one or both of the parties are British subjects. In the present case the father of the intended wife WAS an Enelishman, though her mother was a native. kir. Bingham fo - und no difficulty in uni - ing them, and the .crel rite was performed by him. Tee Catholic popula ion are not a ltttle excited about it, and the Protestants still more. The Protestant residents there have done all they could to dis tvow any sanction of such a marriage, and it have mi Bingham, g hant, the e ade a public charge air aprotestires is through brot i er t o h f e press. the M Lunn, of Crimean notoriety.—New York Paper. arlori CASH AND DEED BOXES.—The next important thing to the posses sion of casts is, how (when you have got it) to keep it safely, either in the counting-house or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds and other valuable documents. We have seen a large and varied stock of both these desirable articles, manufactured expressly for Mr. E. T. Hall, of South John-street, that challenge attention. These boxes are made on new and admired principles, and possess patent logs, which defy theingenuityte kof any "pick-lock" in the world t o le . key. To must ome proverchan altsv,uindeed b solicitors, and oothers,pen, excep tthese nweitwhstahfeesl,eogintannsamali scale, —Northern Daily Times, 21st May, 1857,