Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-24 00:00:00

uch indebted--• nd, Pritchard , nd Ralph• E CONCOT _ SAXON. [TING SCOE' It, was crowd ed Hence, that earse non. We 115" , and, imPr i//1 ~s: nd most °Pius& ge, to k place is comment, b wildest esoi ts " ae. Miss gitts ful young ladr unded apP langel she a:lkso ll ' her seat at fi th 3 foot ligh ts, ,deroas-looking, t h e people n 1 was listened 0 wise, until i ll°, 3 slight " loge" reserved selt a well dree n to her feeliegn' r dissatisfac tion of confasioned-' ' were mingled Ddy of the A 74 !ee will, di d° nid a storinf: one Could te l l seemed de to he audience "; ought a SV l dg e L a f ew 0000 0 much 0 0° ; Omuta, 1 03611 d ig ladies L ia o ery, rose , a g ed l'hig est° - Vowed. 1911 2 o f the st a r English vornn t e r native le° with vocifers: had no 0 00 A mint anio n V e ) n the etl is re tired. 'l m a she ruche p of her fin England for n It be less s° m. " to hear 00. f 0 CIO i cries o rs in t he ister' o; ibsd, to-d` 11 1 , from her 1111 0 , energy, a 3rs, hisseStnpj• t retired , 511 ,a d appeared use wag in l er which too, her obsero; t this mo m6l/ 0 and in 20 6 16 be cle i ,l or ; [amen, lo' ,.se ;roes, hut 1 ' 1318 ay , with A ,rs, hi sses' the g re t:4 and ob te 's' be ;mile in if you Lees, I ~ 0 11 ,h In ever I 1, s uproar :e , 5 , 0 0 .4 ntleman e°11:0 ady, but this tiros f n al! pa1455.1.°0 ead off L , i t door, °" ti her sest , tor m of hi s d.' , After mfor °4 e „ Ka y 'rose. fy it o f tov ui t 113011' when t o t ra totc t reS3I4 ce 3 13 r eris ;io uprog r o f ally We° ? ict• rd, fo ci A te go l to '' ticl° aring 11 et w ith ; Nei s°r be ° d• Peri OOll 3Cara -,, the ) 8 09° fol for t he 1 6 , iUC~ es j 6 935 001 • t ot honou r ' e d had reY _ to cl, Prig' B ott ettai ljfil i a; ,tiDg j OP ecdott t be o ce pop do bt il t, We TE LEGRAPHIC NEWS. PENINSULAR MAILS PROM OUR OWN CORBESPONDKNT. 6e h SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY E . VZNING '• k or oyal M a i l steam-ship Tagus, arrived here ked! l ng with the usu a l P en i nsu l ar ma il s . N 'tee brought by the Tagus are :—Gibraltar, ito,:•; Cadiz, 15 h ; Lisbon, 19th ; Oporto and e t., ll 'e 20th. , to 71 g 0 brings seventeen passengers, about flti e 4 specie, and a large cargo of fruit and Il e L. k e rices by this arrival are to the same date kt LP. II , B IY published by us. L i ll i"on business is reported to be in about 1t... e•as at the date of our last advices ; the M' l le believed to have somewhat abated. 15 4 ;nRes on London for bills at three months, ; 4 4, Genoa, 014; Amsterdam, 431-; Paris, kiln art iburg, 481. I c e‘ etir s of intended prevailed alteration in rate Vint at the Bank of Portugal, but nothing Was known b: %OR OF ARTHUR H. HOLME, ESQ. r ith I tt !eft pain we announce the death, on Sunday, of tier:lol Home, Esq., architect, of this town, and 1t."3 o ur pr sent Mayor, Jam s Holthe, Esq. 1 01 111 be remembered that we sated in our impress lealetday, that the Mayor had been prevented pre- N t itt t he Concert Hall, on Saturday evening, in con pe 1 4 47 of the ex p ec t e d d em i se , an d i t now appears th a t eY the respected and talented gentleman breathed k 'after takirg leave ef hi; numerous relatives. c lialt nehasleft behind him many monuments o f hi s l g „ gEnius in the numerous buildings which adorn k te t arro-gse which may be enumerated St. Paul's tOw;' P rince's'-park ; St. Matthias' Church, Great 4 t rd 'alre et ; A l l Sou l s ' Churc h an d Schoo l s ; St. 4 , a %larch and Schools; St. Alban's Church ; All elitirch; St. Mary's, Grassendale, &c., &c. 111 1) at Easthem was also another proof of his at IS; a man of eminence in his profession ; but the on the Curragh of Kild e re, f or th e use of y ou', a rt, Wes cotsidered to have b e en his greatest skill. Holme has died regretted and res pe c t e d by t if tr -f lelids, leaving a widow and two eons to lament e Nfable loss. R~txV - `1 1 ) COMPANY'S NEW ESTATILTSHMENP FOR BOYS' , L itia --- Nunab.:r of boys clothed for the week ending ',lt,'3,Novetither 21st, 67.5 ;. corresponding week last 041,„; finer . - rase , 280. 4 003133 NT.—Yesterday evenin Denial Jones, niet with a serious accident . on the rail t w i ay, 4tiltaiu?l-street. He lies at present in the Nor lern ~4 4 1, 1 , ' in a dangerous s'ate. ad Tr ESIIIBITION.—Mo-e then two thous•an 1 . 1 , - "r'd !sea have now left the Art Treasures p , 4b.,,e"afford, since the packing commenced. By Satur istlb".7 it was expected that all the contributions 'rti oz e lb the possession ef the proprietor=. GAS , 51PANY. The arrangements for Llltf o 'le parish of Wootton with gas are . being rapidly by the C:mp;ny which was formed only a Tr,e works are now in a very forward state tip p . e4 npletio n and it is confidently expected that in bC ° of a fortnight the first lamps wlll be lit. The Will be earn_ down in the first instance to the tk, Y G:teacre but it will be f , r the pariabionera to ae whether ' or not the road through Wavertree to 4, 4 : 4 t aball be li t w ith p u bli c l amps. I n te n d a y s t:r Ot t tk tue Directors expect t o b e i n a p os it ion t ) pl ace , It to ll.sh , e h o ld ers a c.uplete balance-sheet, showing (ill.4.Lat expendit ere u p to the present time. Issmurr N SCSI examinations I r t 3 4 st coneled d at 1./ . ...iversity College, London, Mr. 3 / 4 044 ), a htend, of this town (la.e a pupil at the above j p , qtained the distinguished honours of the second ti;lll.lathematica and the fifth in classics, among all Oidates. Mr. B ;hrend was also elected to the 6. 11 44 '8 .,, ° Pen Scho'a . rship, of fho . vel i ue Of £6O per annum. „Ir te elate ena 7 l from Australia tile sale arrival at Mel 'qt4, the cioper ship Sarah axon was annonemed, kt ge "ry favourable passage. The while of the pas ti,tqral' 6 0 in Lumber, were landed in exeellent health, 11 111 t r . ain Salt received highly ceneealtilatory addresses 1 1 , 10 ,11 , ,.`ni• This ship b e l ongs to Afr. Walthew's Livers , th 1' 4 4 : of Aust ra li an Packets, andlailed hence on the 1 1 ° , ' SEAMAN'S AND EMIGRANT'S FRIEND SOCIETY t‘ t t he 4 1 ; 1, UNtoes.:--The thirty-sixth anneal meeting I ttp il tge), l. -tl a ters of this s :ciety, was held - at the Great Ps.-bdatee Street Chapel let cvenitie. There was a good - ` lo d The Rev, Dr. Raffles presided, being sup he nn platfo.m by a nutian• of clergymen and p : ty. tak a deep interest its the objects of the Toe meeting having been opened in the usual lue President effered a few approprix , e remarks i lltl zi libervatious on the subject then under consideration, e quently called upon the S:cretary to read the aNd Lr r :Tort of the committee ; which was a document of t 4 ble len g th, an d w il l great m i nuteness d eta iled t tl t ,, 4 la c t e 'clings of the society, particularly as to the lgr, I °n of the G spel and tree's amonust sailors and 3 l t 1 1 , 18 in this great commercial port. From the tate t.,he Treasuur, it appeared that the sorb ty had l i Tth e ;nurieg the past year _the . sum of £7lO Be. 4(1 , tt ` l `Cntne had not been stelicient to meet that expen- A.,, . h e re being e deficit of £l2B 23. I LI., therefore, a . „" -- resident stated, with much regret, altht.ugh it 411:, 1 1t3', the, sachty commenc:il the year in debt. C. M . lii roil, then move I that the report t te e, " - - 1 and circulated und e r the direction of the co n itpleea,a in the cons; of his remarks took oceasi! to I ,e the use of intoxicating spirits on bo a rd ships, 0 , 4111 4{1 been roved it was uln cessary to bodily w. - !s exceedingly det r im e nt a l t 3 thei r well ICttit ge coecludel by observing that, if the use cf it itij, 4 l l lDirit s wes a b andoned on board of vessel., more i l tilpl i f Yle obje c ts the scci'ty hat in view would be !Zeit ~B " ed. The Rev. G. Scot secondel the motion, a s ulani(nously adopttel. The mteting wes addrcsled by the Revs. Graham and NW severl .other friends of the society, each of f'rcilo!y and eloquently pointed tint the claims t v e l fad upon the public. A collection was male, delta I °l th e Rev. Pr!sident pronoeuced the blessing, fleeting terminated. ))' 4 4111, Ln/10LN FLOGGED.—Wonwfm, No v. 20. I sittalion of Royal Artillery, and thirty non tf,,Ml2l.e officers and privates of other companies, I ,*lt /iti '", at the Riding-house Establishment this morning 4 %1 ‘ l , t he punishment of 50 lashes, which was inflicted 7 ° ,0 Day. a gunner of Captain Fisher's Ist Corn- Battalion. Although many of the speo'ators at the sight, the, prisoner b)re the p mish -44; pr o v ii B t and,when removed to the h ispital 4t ° l theed to be but little injnrel. The prisoner '„,elleed by a cLurt-martial to 50 lashes and two 'OtcrPriaonment at Fort Clarence, Chtttham, for having Pe! farm duty when at Tilbury Fort, and for r 1 , his busby at Captain Fisher, and telling that to h: / tt he had not earned the Crimean medal with to °l't &was decorated. The prisoner will' be removed , 1 11 6 , - t rence to undergo his further punishment when % 4 11 t. 1 1 . 1 h - , 8 'OR OF TRE APOSTLES.--The celebrated Abbe toz. t'ast communicated to the Univers the preface of 1 4" qt" ir e° , 4ll.l 3g third volume on " Christianity in China." 1 / 4 ",`, 1 44 IS to d enounce th e w h o l e course of our Indian kt ti " l 4 f oi c) ! toleration for Buddhism and Mahomedanism. N, 6 „weeping away the last vestiges of superstition, witti these enervated Asiatifts so as to end . %,,qat I s r ltt a summary style. Here is a paragraph k t ` t `taode use of atkirg who was in the wrong, the tt of Ergland or the Chinese Viceroy ?, yirh 1 , h , 11 S °ether Sepoys had a greased cartridge grievance t h t fa-: l2 n Pally was in fault ? A sad muddle all this ! ±.01, 3 L ' s 3, we are cpening tte preliminaries of a giant ttiht, wisdom Europe and Asia, an encounier which ate ) 18 dotn has Frig foretold, and now contemplates 4 0 4 -414 Y, It was written in Genesis, c. ix , v 27 tf shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the o kt vt, tii ki ')r diri t 4 " CIITS4 —A St. Petersburg letter says : NN It : to t h e latest intelligence, the relations between i t0 ,Q0, 4 ,:i China hare taken a hostile turn. At all events ;104' ;, 4 " of Pekin has refaSed to receive the Russian k,; ll (l B e . `"°, l '. It is evident that the generally hostile 'Jk s be en ''' the Chinese Government towards foreigners Itqktio t -41 1 e more so since the suspension of military T,,Bgainst it in consequence of the rebellion in tll Vati ed, ne interior troubles of the country seem to be 'it i a nd the Chinese Government now flatters itself 1 , . 111 4 te 4 : r abl e to make head agains • t Europe. Since China Lt,Pell ea tars to all pacific negociation, we shall at last be kli t , ll , 4 t 4 4 , t o adopt the most energetic measures. '1 here " t4rtant circumstance we must rlways keep in I le ) : ) $ z ' t hat Baßsia and China are close neighbours 4t.tmsekt4Teat extent of common frontier, and that our 413 hizenta on the Amour river must be pro- THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, N OVEMBER 24, 1857. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. DISTRESS IN LIVERPOOL. FEAR OF AN OUTBREAK. Since the great distress ceased in the winter of 1854, and 1855, amongst the artisan and working classes, there has been nothing to equal the present period of privation amongst the same, and, we are sorry to add, amongst the classes above these in the scale of sociality. The distress of the former period was owing to a combination of two causes, long continued frost and unfavourable winds, that prevented a large fleet of ships from coming into port. The present state of affairs is worse, for, besides an adverse wind, which prevents vessels coming in, the frightful crisis that now prevails, almost in every case, adds to the gloomy prospect. At the time alluded to, the bankers, merchants, shipowners, an] others engaged in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits, were in positions to assist— and nobly and liberally did they come forward to assist— their humbler brethren in distress. Now the scene is most unfortunately changed, for the stoppage of batiks, &c., almost cramp up the springs from which relief came in abundance. This, too, s c,upled with unfavourable weather for some time past, has greatly increased the embarrassments of the artisan and labouring classes. Hundreds have been unemployed for some weeks, an yesterday there were all sorts of rumours through town, as to an alleged cmtemplated outbreak of the unemployed. We are glad to say that although many are reduced to great privations, they bear their hardships with honest resignation and patience, and we believe hundreds would even suffer death before resorting to the slightest violence. It is 3:e reckless, the i lie, and profligate portion of society, who would be proud of an opportunity to enrich themselves by al outbreak. The honest and w2ll - repudiate violence as much as we do. A rep rt prevailed in town yesterday, to the effect that a number ( f persons from Preston would march into town, and that these would be joined by the unemployed of Liverpo d. Absurd as this rumour was, some people ereditel it. A double guard of police was put on every portion of the town where it was suspected anything unuosal would happen, and every proper precaution was taken to pmserve peace and order. We are glad to say that nothing more than usual cceurrei, and that, except in the minds of al irm'sts. nothing was real) , contemplated. We are glad also to say that the wind changed yesterday, and that a large fleet of vessels, detained down channel for a lengthened period, were enabled to come no, and, no &tab', the discharge of these ships will afford ample employment to many who are no v out of work. Wa do not pate the slightest violence or danger from the people. THE BLACK BALL LINE OF CLIPPER SHIPS. The following document has been sent to us from Stockport, with a request that we would publish it : To Messrs. James Baines and. Co., Proprietors of the Black Ball Line of Clipper Ships, Liverpool. We, the undersigned Passengers to New Zealand, feeling that we should be wanting in gratitude if we neglected to aCknowledge favours received, hereby most respectfully and cordially express our hearty appreciation of the noble and honourable condnct of your enterprising firm in compensating us so handsomely for the delay occasioned in starting on our voyage, although our detention resulted from circumstances over which you had not the slightest control. The undersigned had taken berths in the Montmorency, which should have sailed from Liverpool for Wellington on the 30th of September, but that noble vessel having been becalmed for some weeks on its homeward voyage, it was found absolutely impossible that the Montmorency could be prepared for the return voyage, the advertised date, and it was necessary that another' ship should be substituted. The Palmyra was selected for this purpose, which was announced to sail on the 31st October from London. We, however, have received, with delight and gratitude, the intimation that the additional expense thus incurred will be sustained by the liberal shippers themselves, who, besides defr qing our travellirg expenses to London, and the freight of our luggage, have very generously substituted enclosed berths in the Palmyra for steerage ones in the Montmorency, thus securing us superior accommodation and increased com fort without making any additional charge whatever. Such conduct is beyond all praise, and we express our unfeigned gratitude at such unostentatious liberality before quitting our native land. We may also be allowed to eulogise the meritorious exertions of your agent at Stockport, Air. James Lomax, junr., Francis-street, on behalf of contemplating emigrants in general, and ourselves in particular ; and especially to commend him for the many acts of kindness in furnishing all possible information to such parties, Albeit at no inconsiderable inconvenience to h imself. We do this with the greatest pleasure, assuring you, gentle. men, that his information and advice has materially assisted us in preparing for the voyage, and in antici pating and providing for faure necessities and emergen ties. If our recommendation will avail anything in his behalf, we shall rejoice in the knowledge that a deserving, industrious, and energetic servant has met with the reward he so richly deserves.—We are, gentle men, yours most respectfully, CALEB DAVIES, ANN R DAVIES. THOMAS DAVIES. W5l BOOTH PETER PUNLOT J) L MASSEY. JOHN FLETCUER JOHN BOTHAMS. MARTHA BOTIIAMS November, 1857. POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. The fortnightly meeting of this Society was held in the Royal Institution last night. Mr. Joseph &lilt pre sided, being the President of the Society for the present year, during the opening part of the proceeding 4, but having to read a paper requested Mr. Milner, of the Phoenix Works, to take his place as chairman. There was a very crowded attendance, and among these present were many gentlemen connected with the cJmmercial bodies of the town. Mr. JOSEPH BOUM proceeded to read the paper for the evening, which was entitled " Suggestions for im proving the Central Dock Accommodation of the Port, and the approaches to the Landing Stage." We cannot attempt a detailed description of the character of this important paper, which was listened to with the greatest interest. Mr. Boult proposed to close up the present George's-basin, and to shift the new landing stage some what nearer to the small stage. He proposed to give additional water-space by enlarging the George's-dock, projecting it somewhat eastward towards the Goree warehouses, and westwards, taking in some of the space occupied at present by the Bs'hs. Additional quay space in the Prince's-dock would be gaited by dividing that dock into two, and by retnovirg the entrance into the George's dock further to the north than the George's-basin. A canal should be made between the George's and the Prince's docks, and across the canal should be three bridges, conneotit g lines of communication with the water. The paper contained several suggestions for the improvemett of the access to the landing-stages, and for easing Oldhall-street of the pre s of traffic which is at present so severely felt. A direct north and south thoroughfare Mr. Boult proposed to obtain by making a street eighty Let wide from the north west corner of Canning-place to the south we t corn-r of the Waterloo deck. Additional central graving docks being much desired by commerce, Mr. Lult suggested that three graving docks, each 300 feet by 70 feet, should be constructed between the Prince's and the Waterloo docka A sepeeate station for luggage bet's and fishing boats ho also recommended. Mr. Boult also dwelt upon the vast imptreetice of the passenger traffic of the Mersey : alluding, in thO first instance, to that of the ferries, in refer ence to which he remarked that the dangers were not usually on the river, but on terra firma, in the pessage between the town and the lauding st age But he also pointed out the vast importance of tho channel passenger and ocean passenger traffic, and the great necessity of affording further facilities for its accommodation and development. He urged that a 1 the conveniences of passenger traffic ought not to be sacrificed to t3ose of csrg ships Mr. Beuh'e lecture wa; accompanied by a plan. on which he explained its points, and wileut which it would be scarcely p ,ssible to do justice to its character, even in the moot general outline This plan, he sta'ed, was reconcilable with the project of a la'gh-level bridge, as proposed by Mr. Gr.nthem, although the bridge was not laid f; wn upon it. Dock warehouses formed part of i - s details ; but if wareliouses on the edges of the docks were not approved of—many now objecting to them —the general character of the plan could still be maintained, and the ground given to (Flay or water space. T e 1 ctnrcr offered to lay his plan before any of the p blie committees, and to place it at their services, provided only, that he were allowed to b ) present at any discu-sion which might take place upon its details, and if any objections were made, to refute them so far as it lay in his power to do so. Mr MOND:LL asked whether Mr. Boult had made any estimate of the cost of the alterations he. proposed ? Mr. BOULT —I am quite prepared to do eo whenever I am instructed to do so (Laugh er) Mr. Boult remarked, however, that it had boon proposed by the local authorities to make a great street through the site ( f the Old B rough Gaol, in continuation of North John-street, and to pull down and rebuild the 'Gores Warehouses—alterations, which, while confined to that locality alone, would p r o_ beble cost two-thirds of the amount which would be required for the works he proposed, withott• inere sing the area of dock accommodation Mr. J. R JIFFERY asked what additional quay space Mr. Hartley's plans would give over the present accom modation? Mr Bourr said he did not know that the plans would give any aiditional quay spice. Mr. lionien expressed a strong obje!tion to having large blocks of warehouses running north and south along the docks, shutting out the air from many parts of the town, and sta'ed that durirg the visitation of cholera in Liverpool, it wad found that streets located bEhind such warehouses, suff,red mo:e than others wh'ch had opsn access to the river. Mr Fonwoon, while expressing his approval of many portiLn's of the paper, reminded Mr. Bout*, that the dock revenues wera mai - Ay dei-ived from dues on' cargo, and that no tax WAS levied on - prtsseog3rs IE6 therefme, cautioned the iils!ic against rashly 'aiding ts the duos, by which the trade might be driven away. He suggested that ihe means of making the dock - ,spac, more available by mechanical applianc- s, would ' , e a most important consideration for ncientifie and practical mints. Mr Alderman Brix ErT expre=s:d a general approval of Mr. Boult's suggetion, 'many of which he highly com mended although differing in some details'. • Captain IGEn, manager of the Woolside Ferry, drew attention'tO the great importince of having fail facilities given for the iran-it of goods from L.varpoo' is the Birkenhead docks If this were not accomplished, he urged that 'he Birkenhead docks would suffer decided disadvantage. A conversation fol owed on the general outlines of the plans propased. by Mr. Boalt, in which Mr M , snde 1, Mr. HoStrise,tir. FOrwood, and other gentlemcn•took part, and cordial thanks oa the part of the soniely and the public generally were expressed to the lecturer f.a. his valuable paper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE Met. MANSFIELD. AN OLD SOLDIER DONS" BY A PATENT LEVER. Matilda Hand, was brought up by officer Astic, 450, en a charge of having swindled a soldier, ramed Henry Maddox, belonging to the 65th regiment., The facts of the case were these. The prisoner goes about the streets with a " roulette" table, an I on Saturday night, she was in Queen's square, doing a little trade with her wheel of brtune, 34c1dox looked on for a time, and seeing a great many persons (confederates of the prisoner of course) winni g,.he imagined that he could gain more in a semi lngitimate way, than he could by going out to India, he ventured on the old adage of never venture, never win, he did win a few coppers, and this induced h..m to try a fourpzpny piece, but he lost this, and an pected all was not right ; the officer then came up and arrested her. The officer, who is up to every sort of dodge, from pi eh and toss to the pandeinouias of Saint James-street, examine the implement, and wide a discovery that was worthy of Archimedes. Underneath the cloth- that had the marks and numbers, in red, whits and blue, and which he'd the " hands or wheel of fortune," he found a small piece of wood, that acted as a lever, and communicated with the pivot that held the " hands," and by pushing this when the wheel above, came to the desired figure or Tx int, it stopped at once, thus winning for her when ever she likei. The difficulty, howeve7 was to discover how this lever was wo ked, for if the hand was used, any one could deter .; it. The way she managed it was this. The table on which the board stood was just the height of her chest, and from the bme of her stays there protiuded another small stick, and her movements were so accurate that she pu•hed her chest against the lever, and so the operation became complete. It appeared that some time ag ) the prisoner was brought up on a similar charge, and the excuse she then gave was chat her husband forced her out to gamble, and if she refused he used to beat her. This fact was proved at the time, and the husband was sent to jail for three mouths f having assaul-ed her His. Worship asked the complainant how long he was in th-.! army ? and he replied`over two years. His Worship said yon ought to be old soldier enough not to he dote in this way. He then toi_d the prisoner that she had now no excuse ab ut her husband, and he would send her to jail for three months, with hard 'abour. KNIFING.—William Owens was charged with having stabbed John Mathias and Elizabeth, his wife, in their house 28, Don:aster street. It appeared that on Saturday evening the prisoner and his wife had some quarrel, and he commenced beating . ' her. Not being satisfied wi h beating her, he rushed into the complainant's place, and stabbed the man with a knife under the chin, au I cut him in►o the bone, to the extent of 3 inches and then turned on the woman, and stabbed her in the left 'cheek to the lergth of two inches, and half an inch deep Surgeon Lyster proved the extent of the wounds, and the prisoner was sent for trial. Robert Henry was cha'ge 1 with having stabbed Eliza beth Horrocks, the keeper of a cook-shop in Norman-street. On Saturday evening, the prisoner. with another man, went to complainani.'d shop, and asked for credi . and money, which she refused to give him, Ile tbln struc% her a ' blow with some sharp instrumeW, and cat her severely, and with a second blow he cut her under the chin and a third blow, with his clenched hand, kno..ked out sumo of her teeth. A surgeon proved the extent of the injuries, -and His Wor.hip said. the case Fes so serious, that he would send for trial at the ass , zes. The prisoner was accordingly, committed for trial A SSAITL4NO 1 3 0 L CE IN COLOURED CL'TTIES.— Patrick XiGlone and Sohn Griffith, two "lumpers," were chargea with having assaulted police officers 554, and 15S. The. officers were in plain clothes on Sunday morning, about ten o'clo:k, in Mersey-street; they were watching a public house, and went np a passage for the purpose cf detecting the publican doing business, but they did not succeed. On leaving the passage, they were attacked by the p isoners, who assaulted them, and M G one tore' the coat off' offi !er 531. The pri , oners said they did not know who the police wore, and imagined that they were about doing wrong, or committing a robbe-y, and on a4cing +hem what they wore doing up the passage ? they gave t• cm saucy Pnetvers M'Glone was fined £l, and the other p ironer was remanded TEI;BtTTLE OP THE BOYSE•WATEE, AND THU BATTLII OF JOHN'S LANE.—Two young men, named Michael and Patrick 'Dowd, were charged with having broken 16s. worth of glass in the door 3 and windows of Mr Charles Chalk's public 'tense, John'alane From the evidence of Mr. Chalk, it appeared that on Saturday night, ab ut ten o'clock, the prisoners, with three,otters o not in custody, were in his. house ; there was a man outride playing a fisielle, and # boy accompany:ng him on a fife ; the prisoners went out and, it appeared that some dispwe arose between them and some other person about some tune that the trin,icians were asked to play. It seemed that the prisoner's tarty attack:id the other roan, who ran into the hue of Mr. Chalk for protection ; Mr. Chalk and another person were standing 'at the door when the man ran' in, and in order 'o protect him, Mr. Cloolk shit', the door ; the prisoners smashed in the door, and broke the glass in question, together with a wi-e blind: They knocked down Mrs. Chalk, and in the most brutal and unmanly manner trampled on her. Thoy caught Mr. Chalk by - the yea, and nearly tore it off him. pulling all the buttons off it. and broke four glass tumblers Mr Bleck cross examined Mr. Chalk at sots° length on behalf of the prisoners, bet the only thing he elietted was, that Mr. Chalk was obliged to keep his doors shut on Sunday. in consequence of broken glees •in the doors and windows, - which ho considered a disgrace: • He Said, although Mrs. Chalk' was very badly treated, she would not appear to sustain the charge of assault, which he thought worse of than the loss he had sustained by the damage done to his premises. Several witnesses ware exemined to sustain the case, and amongst them was a man name]. Thorass,G-Ireenough, who said he was passing the door of Mr. Chalk, where the " muticians' were playing when the prisoners and some other persons asked him, if he had asked for a. certain tune? and he replied he.had not, whereon they at once attacked him, and he ran for shelter into Mr. Chalk's home, and they foil wed, when the damage and depreda'ions complained of were committed In ; reply to Mr Mansfield, the witness said the parties asked loin if he had called for the " Boyne Water." Mr Mansfield : You are an Englishman,4 presume ? I am, sir. Mr. Mansfield : Then, I suppose, you don't care about the battle of the Boyne, or the tune of the "Blyne Water?'' Wi'nesS : Not a straw, your Worship. Mr Mansfield: Neither do I, and lam glad to hear you say so. It is time that these stupid quarrels—stupid Irish quarrels—should be put an end to. What do we, or any one else in any country. care about the battle of the "Boyne Water?" We are in an age now that ought to be thinking of something else than a quarrel which was Fettled by our great great grandfathers so long ego. It is stupid for any one to refer to such. Mr. Muck strongly contended that as Mrs. Chalk was not pre rent to sustain the charge of assaul', the only thing the magistrate coald do was to award the amount of damages against the prisoners, although, in point t f fee', it was not proved they were the guilty parties, for it appeared the parties who were not now in custody were the real g uilty parties. He reg etted very much that a lady ofhig't respectability, as he knew Mrs. Chalk to be, should be either annoyed or insulted, but it was not proved that the prisoners had offered her either insult or annoyance. Af or a long discussion, the prisoners ware fined the amount of the damage, which they paid, Mr. Bluck remarking that who ver were his clients had always plenty of money. • BIRKENHEAD. IitFORE 11. BRYANR, rsQ. . _ A CAR DRIVER WELL PUNISHED ---J.:seph Lin ton, driver of Car No. 65, appeared on summers for b tying n Saturday last charged more than his ordinary fare. WilLim Flynne, a most intelligent and respec•ahle standlooking lad, stand that be and a companion had lately coma from America, and wising to Ye th, city of o:ester, they crossed over by one of the Woodside Ferry boats, for the purpose of ving by railway, but from what pat t: of Birkenhead they knew-mot, neither did they know that a beat would have brought them direct to the railway etatiou. Having, however, found their way up to the Woodside Slip and Cheste--strce - , they hailed defenda' t'a cab, and ast<ed to be driven " to the car stand to go to cheater." Instead, however, of the defendant driving them direct to the Monk's Ferry station, as be must have known they. meant, he turned along Bridge-street, up Hamilton-street, through the Square to Grange-lane, and then en sn Ivy-street to the Railway Staion, thus provirg that he km ea , where they wanted t) go to, and when he had token hem that f. 1., he demanded 4: forhis fer-. He, witness, thought it a very short j )urn-y for 4s, as he had d it, and it was only seven minut:s from the time he and his companion had got into the car. He therefore refuse d to pay s o much, but gave the defendant a hem cralen, and subsequen ly, in corsequence of his still pres-ing the demand, he gave another sixpence. Defen dant admitted the charge, bat w:she 1 to make the nalgi , - trate believe that he did not at first exactly understand where they wished to be driven to; when Mr. Burgess, the car iuspec'or, came forward, and stated that in all probability nothing av(ul i have been hrard of the affair but for a lady who had coma over by the same boat as the complainant and his companion, who having heard them say they were going to Chester, and herself being for the same destination, she walked behind them from the boot, when she heard them hail the defendant's car, which she thought very strange for so short a distance. She, how ever, took no farther notice, and proceeded on her way to •Monk's Ferry, and just as she arrived there the defendant drove up his car, and having let the complainant and his companion out, heard him demand 4s tor his fare. Know ing t h at to b e too snook she told the lade his fare was only a shilling. Having, howeve-, seen him take the 3s, and knowing it to be a er s imposition, she went and acquainted tie Railway s a ion-mastt.r, who al'erwards tpcertained the nam a and addresses of the lads, and gave him (Eur ;esc) the informoti in upon which he look out the present summons. M. Bryabs : It is a very bad case. You must have kno•vn wh re they wishPd to gi t .;_ even the distance you really went would not have entitled you to half the sum you demanded. You must return two shillings, and par a tine of 10J and costs, am lunting in the whole to £1 6 RAILWAY PORTERS IN TROOBLE.—J,hi J,hrson and James Murphy, two porters in the employ of Messrs. C uipin and Horne, Railway, parcel carriers, were brought up on a charge,of embezeement. Mr. Branclaley, Messrs. Chap!iu and flame's agent, at ended, aed stated that the prisoners had for some time past made i. a practise of receiyirg sums for the carriage of parc.ls, which they entered in pencil ip the book they had with them for that purpose, and got partici to sign their names to it. Sub s quenlly tne prisanrrs would enter a sittalr sum in ink than that for which they accounted, retaiLi ig perhaps 61 or 41. As th , prisone s were only given ia custody late en Sat irday, suffilient time had not elapsed to make enquiry, he' therefye prayel for a remand. Remanded tiil Thursday. DEATiI UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES On the evening of Saturday last, Dr. Lodge was called upon, at a moment's notic?, to attend upon a person who was then lying in a state of stupor, at the Market Inn, Gill-street, kept by David Hartley. Mr. Lodge attended, and finding hith in a state of pet feet ineenaibility, he used every.exertion that skill could dictate, but wi.hotat effect, and the man diei in about half an hour. From inquiries sub:equently made, it appeared that deceased's n tme was J trnes Wiley, that he was' a cabinetmt - ..ker by trade, and was in the fiftieth le'T of his. age, arid had a wife, from wham, in contequence of some domestic d fferencoe, he bed lives apart for abow a week On Saturday evening be went into the abate house with' another cabinetmaker_ named John Dryden, for the avowed'purpose of having some whiskey. Bat at that time the decrasod w. sin a stu i i state, apparently from drink, the tw) ha 'in:: just partaken of three-penny worth of brandy eaeli. Before Fitting dawn, hoxev2r, :beslecfased went in'o the back arl, and on hie return, without drinking his whiskey, he sat en and fell last nsleep. He remained so for same time, when the landlord endeavoured to arouse him, but not succeeding, and finding that he breathed in a vi Ty pecu liar way, he sent for Dr. Lodge, who foUnd him in the state above specified. After his -deceas3, a smal battle, on which was insctibe3, " Dr. Lae - ck's co:matte for the .cona p't xion,"an 1 hearing a 1 b3l—" 0. Jov3, dispensing chemist, 51, Brownlow-hill, Liv,iruoll—Linda.luiu, poi son"—was found in his c packet, and from that it would . appear ghat the deceased had died from the effects of that drug, as it has since been ascertained that Mr. Jones . s ipplied two drahm3 to . a person - in a similar b ,ttle on that evening. This day an inveit will be held on the body, ehen, no doubt, the whole facts of the c_lse will be elicited befor,i the Coroner an I j.iry.. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.—YESTEaDAY. BEFORE ma. comarssroNEa PERRY. In re J. ROWLANDS —The b ankrupt, provision dealer and licensed victualler, cf Liverpool, came on this, day on his last examinatioa aid-passed, and the 13th December ' was fixed for the certificate meeting. In re T. F. RAYMOND.—This w is an adjourned certifi cae meeting. The bankrupt renewed his appeal for his certithate. Mr. Dd.ghtio, who nape arcl behalf of the asSigre addressed his-Honrnr at considerable •1- , ngth.in oppisi ion to . the Allow ince, and referred to 'the.whole of the pri ceedings, urging on .his Herour that the bankrupt had not made a full disclosure of his estate and effects, and, therefiire, wat cot entitnd to his certificate. !Mr. Hutt, who 'supported the bankrupt, addressed his II hour in a very, Able speech, and, in opposition to the iear.ied couascl, contended that the bankrupt had given every hssislanCe in h.s power is th- atsig,nees, and anpmere - Isatisc.o.nly such cresions as had been put to him. -'is- fl..noac slid that he Was not satisfied that the taw:lc-opt ha i an ide a full dieclasure in respect to his prip-Oty in S ihn's, and, th ri.fore, wi r rani ig• to o et.j wians raised od behalf ofiheass'g. ,- ,e felt' bnual for fusetae certificate. Mr. Hull exoressed his astini,hatent at his H olour's deci sion,, and said that Caere .was no evidepcl to show that the bankrupt had not made disdesiarc; and shou!d-there— flre appea' ggaidst tii-H,noli'sdecisiol... He applied to .have the amount of ,deposit fix 7 - 1. His il i nnour fixed the deposit at £3O. DISTRESS IN DERBY. We regret to have to announce that nearly the whole of thesiik manufacturers in Derby have closed their mills, in consequence of their being unable to get orders to execute. What few are open are working short time. Several thousand hands, chiefly f !males, are consequently thrown out, of employment, arid the time his come when the purse-string; of the wealthy will have to be loosed to alleviate their safferings. On S iturday m arainc, , , Mr. Senders, chairman of the beard of guordiaas, met the borough magistrate on the subject, when it was su,gg!'sled to call a puble meeting. Eventually it was agreed to peed soup kitchen; at once, aail also that the town sh otal d be immediately canvassed for subscriptions in aid of the suffering poor. Oa Satarday aftern Ma, the following handbill was posted : • NOTICE,—BOROCIGH of DfIRIIT. —ln consequenc of the distress now prevailing among some of the - operatives of this town, arising from the partial s ispension of employ ment la different branches of trade, it is in contmnplation to open several soup kitchens, as early as possible, for the reli4 of those who, thouirh wiling to work, are unab'e to obtain it. In furtherance cf this object the committee appointed to superinten I the distribation of soup in this borough will take immediate st-eps for c fleeting suhscri p ticns to promote the zcdomplishment of this lomevel,nt purpoF.e. JOHN• GILBERT CEOMPTJN, Mayor. " TIM CHAIN GANG."— Jaqt before the Persia left New Ytyk, a young. woman had given herself up to the police and volunteered a statement—" That she was one of the girls calling themselves 'the Chain Gang.' She stated that the object of the gang was to throw vitriol on obnoxious persons, occasionally stab a person by way of amusement, and commit other outrages. She told the officer that a short time since she killed a child of hers by stuffing cotton in its nostrils. 'The Chain Gang' held nightly meetings, and were commlted by various persons who desired them to act for them." THE SEASON AT CIIELTENIIA%f.—The Cheltenha Ex a niner says :--s, Mond y (Yesterday) was inaugurated the series of winter balls and card assemblies for the coming season. The former will oeour fortnightly, and the latter weekly ; and notwithstanding the depressing influence of the time, will, we tilts', be largely resorted to by our resident aristocracy. Some judicious resolutions have been agreed to by the committee, so as to obviate a recurrence of last season's events, and will doubtless receive general acquiescence. The name of Sir Maerice Berkeley has been addei to the committee in the room of the late Earl Fitzhardinge. The stewards for the lint tall are C.tp%ain Ir. Berkeley, Oregon Comer,,, lisq , and G. Schonswar, jun., Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel ii‘r war., Mn. :gam ox A GR'CULTURE.-At a meeting of the Coggeshall Agricultural Society on ThurA ty last iklr Mechi in the course c f the evening rose and said an allu sion had been made to this year of office and his return among them, They' had all g eat duties to perform, but he assured them his heart came back with delight to the pursuits of agriculture and the varied objects of interest which it presented to the observer. He could not help comparing his position 14 or 15 years Ig t with what it w as now. He then was considered little less than an impostor —or promoter of some wild and visionary schemes, but he knew that he had str;ng prejudices to encounter, and that the truth would prevail. For instance, when he put up a seam engine, it was thought the most absurd act which he could perform ; and now he had the gratification of seeing his neignbours possessed each of his steam-engine, and he heard of one gentleman in Chelms ford having as many as 13, which he let out upon hire. The farmer had now found it to his interest to cast away the flail, which cost Is , as an instrument for thrashing his corn, and to use a machine which cost £3OO, as notwith standing the enotmous disparity in expense, the steam engine would produce a cheaper result. The other day he went down to Wandsworth, with Mr. Ceird and Mr. Morton, to see a scheme of railway athpte 1 for agricul tural purposes, patented by Mr. Halkett, by which he promised to plough land at a cost of Is. 7d per acre, hoe it at Is. 3d., and get in the harvest at Is. per acre, carrying the manure, &0., of the farm at Id per ton per mile, leaving a margin for the interest of the cost of railway, which could be adapted to the farm at a cost of £24 per acre By this scheme he might plough his land by night as well as by day if he pleased, and if it were necwsary for the production of a good c op thatthe land should be brought in contact with the air they would see how important it was to have a long fallow. Mr. Mechi further described the nature of this implement, and expressed his opinion in favour of its practicability. With reference to the appro priation of sewage manure to the soil he said that Pro fessor Way had been sent to Milan for the purpose of examining the drainage, so as to adopt some scheme for saving the sewage of Lcndon, which was of immense value, but which now ran into the Thames and was entirely lost. He believed the difficulty presented was merely a test of scientific skill, and that it only required some mechanical contrivance to accomplish the object. There were yet many things which might be done by aviculturists to great advantage, but he could not forget how much some had done, and that there wee one gentleman present who every year burnt at least 1,000 tons of earth into ashes, which, laid upon heavy clay land, greatly increased its fertili►y. Big experience of French agriculturists con vinced him that they were not behind themselves in point of intelligence, but he was also convinced cf 1119 vast superiority of Englishmen in point of capital and means, the cry of France being, " Where is the money to come from ?" Upon the question of thin sowing he was glad to find a great change of public opinion in favour of the adoption of such a plan ; one bushel per acre was enough seed upon his land, and, though he would not lay that down as a principle, he would recommend them to try it, and he was certain of the result. He begged again to thank them, and he hoped that his friends would, as far as practicable to them, carry out any suggestion which he might have thrown ent.—Erscr and West Su f folk Gazette. TIN ROYAL BANK OF AUSTRA.LIA.. nn S tturday. a meeting in this .matter was held before the Master in Ca .neary Richards, to consider the claim of Mr. Benjamin Wood, formerly of Newnton House. near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and now of ,Brighton, collector of rents to Lord Seffolk end Lord Harry Vane, upon two of the debentures of the bank for 300, The claimant •alleged that he had purchased these debentures in March, 1855, but had not brought lorward his claim at an earlier period on account of other cases similar to his being under discussion. Mr. Mark Boyd was also examined as to the formation and the transactions of the bank He admitted that his brother, Benjamin Boyd, had taken a large amount of capital belonging to the bank ou• to Australia in his yacht the Wanderer. and had never slim.) been heard of. Some of the directors had five hundred shares each, on which they paid nothing. The witness in sisted that a balance was due from the bank to - Benjamin Boyd and himself but on being pressed as to whet her a sum of £60,030, for which Benjamin Boyd had given his promissory note for six thousand shares, was taken into account between them and the bank, he said he believed it was not treated by the firm as a debt at all, and he did not recognise it as a debt ; and with respect to a sum of £lOO,OOO which had been borrowed by Benjamin Boyd of the bank without, their assent, but which they afterwards assented to, he admitted that that sum had not in any manner been taken Fto account as between them and the bank. The Master, at the close of the pi ocecdings, said, without immediately expressing a judicial epniou on the case, he could not avoid observing that the' very indirect testimony given with reference 'to so large a sum as .£60,000 would not fail to press upon his mind when he came to 'consider his judgment on the subject. L appeared, during the investigation, that the bank had failed for £400,000, one half of which had been borne by the shareholders in the shape of calls made under the windingetp• acts to the extent of £122 p:e. share, the subscribed capital being only at the rate of £5O per share, and in some instances • several of the wealthier share holders have been forced to contribute £lO,OOO each, -in consequence of the mismanagement of' the undertaking. THE WOLVERIIAIIPTON BANK FAILURE IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. Darintatiens from the body of shareholders, and from the Chamber C gurnerce, have waited up in the directors of the bank, urging upon them to prepare some extensive measure of relief from the present difficulties. The shareholders met on S►turday, and sent their deputation about three in the afternoon. These gentle• men represented to the directors the feeling of the meeting that they should raise as near £200,000 as possible from their personal sources. The directors and Mr. Henry Hill have completed their examinatAcn of the books, and have elaborated the result, of their search in a very important and lengthy document, which they will submit to the shareho:ders to-day. Our correspon-,, dent has been favoured with the privilege of making the following abstract. " The - directors announce with pain that they were unaware of the extent to which the manager of the bank had discounted and mail! advances upon paper that never ought to have been received at the bank. They furnish a statement which they believe to be accurate, as far as,the situation' can at present be realised, and this statement shows a detieit of £32 000 No bank can exist without c mfidence and capital, and when the shareholders see that no.less a sum than £497,000 is held at call (without. that sum is allowed to remain for a time), the directors' efforts to resume operations will be fruitless. If the above sum is left in their hands, the directors have littie fear for the fniure; but, if not, they cannot undertake the re•commedcoarnt of the bank. The directors are willing to lend £50,000, and they believe that £250,000 more might be speedily raised, and both would furnish a sum sufficient tor current business. Tile directors also advise a remodelling of the board, and to close for two years all transfers, except in cases of insolvency or death." MEETING Cl' MTE,,snS• PERRY'S CREDIT3RS.—The of 111,ssrs. Perry's creditors was numerously attended on Soturd , ,y. Philip Williams, Esq , presided. The accounts presented show a balance of over lOs in the pound. A crirnmittee was app - d%ted to go further into the accounts, and the tneeting adjourned for a fortnight. The town was very orderly oo Saturdly night. WESTERN BANK OF SCOTLAND. A private meeting of the committe of depositors has been held ; Sir Thomas Gladstone, Bart., in the chair ; when the following resolution was wirne to :—" The committee, having received explanations fa om the directors as to the present poiition of the bank, the prA)ability of an early resumption of business, and the progress which has been made by the shareholders in raising the fund alluded to in the report of the directors; and having carefully consid:ved the terms of the proposal made by the directers to the meeting on Wednesday, unanimously resolve, in respect of the security afforded by the unlimited liability of the shareholders, and by the additional.fund of a million proposed to be raised, strongly to recommend the whole depositors and creditors of the bank forthwith to accede thereto, so that the business of the bank may be immediately resumed." A CRINOLIKE MANUFACTORY AT DEseem—A FACT FOR " Parch."—Despite the many frequent and facetious attacks made upon the article crinoline, from Punch downwards, it seems that the demand for it increases to such an extent that the present manufac titers are unable to supply it. To in some measure obviate this difficulty, and probably in expectation of a further demand, a manu factory is being erected at Stocks Bridge. Deepcar, close, by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line, by Mr. F. x, the well known umbrella manufacturer. From the fact of such a building, with large and expensive machinery, being built for such .a purpose, it appears that the ladies, or rather their dresses, are p oof against the shafts of ridicule which have been hurled against them. THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE. OF DOUBLE BIGAMY.— Information is said to have been received at the Lambeth police court, on Saturday, leading to the belief that John Blair Wells, who is principally implicated in the heartless and revolting case heard a few days since at the above ecurt, has sailed from Liverpool for New York in the Great Western, under the name of John Goddard. He is stated to have described himself as a surgeon, which, it will be recollected, was the profession f..)r which he was originally intended, thlitgh he afterwards abandoned it for that of an architect, He is believed to have been ac companied by a female, answering in every respect the description of his second wife, Ann Good, and also by a child three sears old. The second brother, James Fenton Blair, is still keeping out of the way, and has evidently no intention of meeting the charge of wilful misrepresentation at the Registrar's office. The unfortu n%te victim of this infamous double marriage is deserving of much commiseration. and it is to be hoped that public sympathy will be manifested in a shape that will tend to alleviate her present dependent position, after being deserted by the man who had sworn to cherish and protect her. RECORDING OF MORTGAGES ON SHIPS. i t Ftln the beginning of the last month Messrs. R. & S. Neill, writere, addressed a letter on this subject to the Secretary of the B )ard of Trade, in which they stated that by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, section 67, it is enacted that " every such mortgage shall be recorded by the registrar, in the order cf time in which the same is . produced to him for that purpose ; and the registrar shall, by memorandum ender his hand, notify on his iosernment of morteags tir:t the same has been recorded by him, stating the date and hour of an :h record.' Taey alio stated that they believed the practice under this provision to be that when a mortgage was produced to the registrar, the date and hour of such production was not marked, and supposing, from a press of other business, the mortgage might remain unrecorded for a day or tw a. the date of re cordiog marked on the mortgage was the date that it had been entered in the register. Whether this,was in accor dance with the Registrar Geiera''s instructions or not Messrs. Neill could not say ; bat they conceived that this practice might be productive of serious loss to a mortgagee. 'The 72nd section provides that "no registered mortgage of any ship or of any share therein shall be affected by any acts of bankruptcy, committed by the mor tgager af,er the date of the record of such mortgage ;" but it is plain f e)m this that if the act of bankrupt .y has taken place subsequent to the production of the mortgage to the registrar, but prior to the day of recording, the mortgage would be worthless. They also stater, that frotn what had been mentioned, "the importance of the licur of production being recognised, and held as the hour oc recording must be apparent ;" and they had therefore respectfully to suggest that instructions to this effect be forthwith issued to the various registrars. If this were done the evil of the present system would be avoided. They mentioned that in Scotland, where a ,sys'em of registration of hand rights, and securities, has been long in operation, the re gistrar is obliged to keep a minute book, in which he enters all instruments produced to him to be recorded, and he must express in the minute book the day and hour when the instruments have been presented to him, and the statute ordains the registration to be made exactly conform to the order of the minute book, the date of entry in it being held as the date of recording. It appeared to them that as bills of sale and mortgages of vessels could not be recorded at the moment of presentment to the rPgistrar, and as an act of bankruptcy might intervene between the time of presentment and that of the actual recording, some such provision as that.they had alluded to, and as exists in Scotland in the case of Lands Rights, should at once be made for the rtAording of bills of rale and mortg ages. Unless this were done, sooner or liver, serious results wont I ensue from the present practice' To this communication an answer was received from the Secretary tithe Board of Trade. saying that the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade had written to the Commissioners of H. M. Customs on the subject. And a few days ago a letter was received from the Secretary of the Board of Trade, in which he stated that —" My Lords have requested the Commissioners of the Customs to issue instructions to all registrars of shipping to record the date and hour of the pr. daction for registration of mortgage deeds, under the 67th section of the ,Merchant Shipping Act, 1i354, which is to be deemed the date and hour of the registration of such deeds, notwithstanding the actual entry in the registrar book is made subsequently."—Greenock 7ileyraph. THE FARL or SCARB)ROUGH.—We (Not i yham Journal) regret to announce the seri us indisposition of the Earl of Scarborough. It appears that in August his lordship, whilst out shooting on the moors of Longshaw, net with an accident in attempting to cross a ditch, falling back wards and injuring the spine to such an extent that he is obliged to give up all field sports. Several of hs lord ship's beat hunter's have already been disposed of, and we understand the remainder will be sold by auction. EXTRAORDINARY AFFILIATION CASE .On Saturday, at South•vark ,Police-eaurt, a cmart• looking young Intl. named William Cook, a , vaiter at an hotel at the West End, was swam - mad before Mr Coombe,. to show cruse why he refused and neglected to support as illegitims e child, of which he wls stated to hs iha reputed father. Lathe ins Ga-rett, a pretty laiiking female, about 18 years of age, stttei that atom: tav,lve month; ago she became ocq uaintod with 'he pH:fluor wli'le stayiug wi=hau aunt in the neighbourhood of Olford-street. Tney cast each other frequently, and on his s lemn promise - to marry her, she unfortunately acceded to his w;sher, and the result was the birth of a fine little boy. The defendant was the father, and no other person. Coombe asked her whether he had lad n'tted anything, or paid hor any money towards her support? She replied that he had never paid her any money, but he tol i her aun'4, before the baby was born, that he supposed he must do bomething for her after the birth. At the time of h cotlihem-nt she w4s at home, in Essex. She received v:v..!ral letters from him at that time, one of which she la Aided to his Worship, anl was as follows : "Dear Kate—These few lines come from me, hoping as how you are as well as it leaves me at present. I have had a very bad cough. I hope you are well, and the darling baby that, is, yours and m'ne. Take care of your salf, asa when you time to London wA.; ace about it.— Yours, W. COOK." M. Combo aekel her whether she knew that to be his hani.vriting Witness exhibited sever letters re3zived from the defendant, and they all seemed in the same haaderiting. Defendant: I don't ad nit writing that letter. 'Tie not likely I should be such a fool. As for marrying her, why. I sho-ild hard been a madman, as she carried on games with other meo as wet as me Com plainant: Oh, William, how can yen say so ? You know where you ruined me, and you promised t) marry me in a wick. Dsfenclalt: f know a!l .13 vat that, and I can tell you the place. •Mr Comb? : 'Then you ad mit having intercourse with her ? vat : Oh yes that's all right ; bat I don't see why T. should be the father of that 'ere kid. (Laughter ) Mr. C mho: Bat I do. You must pay half a-crown a week and tho costs (Lauchter.) Perhaps you had batter marry tie girl after that. Defen dant: No; I'd sooner pay the half-a-crown a week. (Laugh'er.) THE DVSENTERS AT THE BOTTOM OF IT. —A lleol c )tent porary, well k town as an Of2Wl of the ultra-Protestant clergy of lb 0 - turc'a of al, in ill rile headed Church and S'ate," gray2ly a ks, " Wota!,l. the terrible outb•eak have cacuried in In la if the Governineot had not lyeu ;waged by oar D ssentincz brethren to disre gird the precepts of ieligion is iti poltictl acts ?" Next wiek we shall probably read that General H tvdoek, being a B trtist, btu., ided.bv his " D'sl?WinT, brethren" at home,. got u?, this - 'ishindy" mer&v for tie salu,.. of 'obtaining e ployrn-n t. —SuffoZle and Essex Free Press. . WAGES OF AGR.7CULTURAL SERVANTS.—The annual "sta tutes for tbo hiring of servants in husbandry are now being held in various parts of Yorkshir. Owing to the depression of prices of swicultural produca which has prevailed for some time past krtners have offired low wage., particularly for men and boys, which have not been very willingly or very generally accepted, , and many firm servants are out of work There is, Inwever, ample employment for the greater part of them, and they will, doub leis, find places as soon ai they accede to the terms offered The wages of agricultural labourers have all been reduced Daring the range of high prices they were in receipt of half a crown a day, or 15.. per wefk, wheat being 80i per quarter. They are now receiving 31 a day, and in some instances 61. a day less, the average price of wheat being about Ms. per quarter. On Saturday, orders ware is.ued fro-n the War Office, directing the commandants of the depot battalions at Chatham and Colche,ter to hold in readiness detachments of the undermentioned corps, the whole of whom are to embark at Gravesend, on December the 4th, for India, for the purpose of reinforcing the British regiments serving in the Bengal, Bombay, and Madras Presidencies, viz.:-201 non-commission ed officers and men selected from the Bth ((he King's),lol, 19 h 20th, 231 (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), 24th, 29(b, 32nd, 35 h. 37. h, 75 - h 82nd. 841 h, and 90th (Light Infantry) Regiments, together with six officers, the whole of whom will embark for Calcutta ; 161 non com missioned officers and men, and five officers from the 18th (Royal Irish), 51st (Light Infantry) 64th, 83rd, and 86th (Royal County D own ) Regiments to join the head quarters of their respective regiments serving in the Bombay Presi dency ; 181 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 7th (Royal Fusiliers), 27th (Enniskillen), 52nd (Light Infantry), 53rd, 61st, 70th, 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers), 94-h, and 98th Regiments, to embark for Kurrachee, together with reinforcements for the 43rd Light Infantry, who are under orders to proceed to Madras. The total number of reinforcements ordered }o leave Chatham garri son for India is 536 men of all ranks, together with 20 officers.