Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-15 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL SUMMER ASSIZES. CROWN COUR'I [Before Mr. Baron WATsoN.] SATURDAY His Lordship took his at nine o'clock SENTENCES who was yesterday found Patrick Lam The - following' prisogers_ were sentenced this morning :- uilty ) he ha uttering fo: orderettffo ten ye4i7s. Chailes M was c6demned to Saqiiel Day servit* for six y Jarrttl Coozan. ty of utterinz b. coin, *as montli4 with 1 James Dix 1, 65, who were found guilty yesterday ( to penal servitude, the former f or five Tear • for three years Mary Whelan, guilty yesterday of uttering three counterfeit sentended to imprisonment and h ar d l a b our f or fifteen monthi. lary Dolan Gem:e Travis," mitteda burglary a 2, who pleaded guilty of having corn- Lt Ashton-under-Lyne, was sentenced to penal dpnituile for five y Jan* Rydei into the dwellin five yeArs' penal servitud Eliz&beth Rawlinson, 21, and Mary Rawlinson, 30, who yesterday pleaded guilty to concealing the birth of a child, were serittenced to unnrisonmelit for one month each. led guilty of having broken -house of John Maher, was condemned to ASSAULT; WITH INTENT TO RAVISH Joh4: 3 BattersbY, 59, was indicted for having , at At h erton , on the rd ultimo, feloniously assaulted and ravished Jane Whittle, a little girl of about eight years of age. The jury found t ‘ he prisoner and he was sentgnced to imprison meat and hare .abour for eigh ;een ca. TABBING, AT SALFORD. Jamei-•Nugent, 35, was charged with having, at on the t§th of May last, stabbed his wife, Jane Nugei. intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. The oilenc arose out of a quarrel between husband and wife. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawful wounding, and he was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for eight calen dar months. Salford at, witi EtY OF A CHEQUE AT WAR: NGTON John` Case, aged 26, carrying on business as a joiner and builder 'tit Runcorn, was indicted for having . forged a' cheep:, for £l2O, on the 18th June last, with intent to defraud Messrsi-Parr, Lyon,. and Co., bankers, Warrington. Mr. it. Assheton Cross, Q.C., and Mr. Ambrose ap peared for the prosecution, and Dr. 'Wheeler and Mr. Tori for the defence. T. -- ,- . 6, ottred, ^ l. " It aripearen, from the statement or tile counsel and th, witnesses for the prosecution, that . on the afternoon of Saturday; the 18th of June, the prisoner presented for payment,° at the bank of Messrs. Parr, Lyon, and Co., Warrington, a cheque for £l2O, drawn in the name of Thomai `Hazlehurst; soap manufacturer, Runcorn, — and made payable to James Shaw. The clerk at the bank, Mr. Trehern, to whom the cheque was presented, perceivaig that the handwriting wa s no t t h at of Mr. Hilehurst, questioned the prisoner as to his being tfie persm to whom the cheque was made payable. The prikoner replied that heivas that person ; and, in answer to further inquiries, he stated that he had received the cheque in payment for work done by him for Mr. Hazlehurst. The clerk cotnmunicated with Mr. Stanhurst, the manager of the bank, and the prisoner was then requested t o s t e p i nto a private room. His explanation, being considered un sa ti s f ac : tory, a - police constable was sent for. Th e pr i soher was taken to the police_ office at Warrington : and in answer 'se saiu mat his name was Aides Ma*. 'At first, the prisoner refused to be searched; but on being told that force would be used, if required, he took out his watch, and handed it to the officer, Who immediately noticed that the name on the back was " Ames Case." The prisoner said, "It's all wrong together: Mr. Hazlehurst knows nothing about the cheque. - I wrote it myself." The prisoner then gave his correct name and address. The superintendent went to Runcorn and, on searching the prisoner's office, he found some blank cheques, and he noticed that the handwriting in the account books, Scc, corresponded with that of the cheque the prisoner had presented. On the following morn ing th'e superintendent visited the prisoner in his cell, when he found him, as he considered, raving mad. The police officer stated that, soon after his apprehension, the prisoner said, " What shall I be done with ?" The officer replied, " Case, what have you been doing ?" The prisoner said, "I wrote a paper,- of which my wife was not aware, and we came over together to Warrington, and I presented it_ at' the bank while she waited for me in I could have ri given up to hi/ cation the market place I was, found out away before - the policeman came, but I was and theybrought me here. Let my wife know where lam The officbr further stated that the prisoner appeared to I very excited, Ile was formerly acquainted with the - ner, from being on duty at Runcorn ; the prisoner was the] a thrivingancfprosperous tradesman. O n th e d ay a ft er th apprehension of the prisoner, Mr. Steel, a surgeon, wa sent for sby the superintendent. Mr. Steel said that h found the ' prisoner in a very excited state, amounting t insanity, and that this condition lasted the whole tim, he was imprisoned at Warrington. The manager or thi bank, and the clerk at the counter, stated that they saw no• thing in the prisoner's appearance or conduct, at the tim( he presented the cheque, to lead them to think that he was insane. Captain Gibb, the governor of Kirkdale gaol, stated that when the prisoner was brought there he was labouring under great excitement. This state continued for three or four days, and then got rapidly better. Mr. Hazle hurst stated that the cheque was neither drawn nor signed by him, nor by his authority, and that the signature had not the least resemblance of his writing. The balance of account that he owed the prisoner at the time the cheque was drawn was between £4 and £5. Dr. Wheeler delivered a .powerful and eloquent address for the defence, contending that, at the time the forgery was committed, the prisoner was a madman, and, therefore, not responsible for his actions. The prisonFfs father died mad, his sister died mad, and the prisoner himself had, at differ ent times; given evidence of temporary insanity. For some time past the prisoner had been doing strange things, which could only be accounted for on the supposition that he was occasionally deranged. The prisoner kept fowls, and a short time ago lie cut off the heads of sixteen laying hens, and sent the fOwls as presents to various parties that themselves kept fowls. He insisted on paying his men at twelve o'clock at noon oa. Saturdays, and allowing them to leave off work at that hour, instead of keeping them until four o'clock. as was usual. Sometimes he wanted to overpay his work men. He would talk of making windows and doors of unusual dimensions, and would insist on charging prices that were ,opposed to his interest as a tradesman. He had frequently complained of his head, and h e h a d a d elusion that medicine would kill him. His Lordship, in summing up, said the principal question for the jury was, whether the prisoner waa a madman, or of sane mind, at the time he forged and uttered the cheque. If he was mad at the time, he was not responsible in point of law. The law upon this subject, as given in a judgment of the House of Lords, waa this : "It must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committal of the act, the party accused was labouring under such defective reason, h disease of mi.. d, as not to know the nature an d quality of e act he was doing, or if he did know it, that he did not know the act was wrong." The jury found the prisoner not guilty on the ground of insanity, and he was then ordered 1 1 his. Lordship to be imprisoned during her Majesty's pleasure. FORGING AN ORDER AT MANCHESTER FOR THE DELIVERY OF BABY CLOTHING. Edward Miller, and 36, was indicted for having forged an order in the name of Mrs. Greer, the wife of a share broker residin& at Higher Broughton, for the purpose of obtaining certa`t'in articles of baby apparel, value about £2O, from Miss Grocott, baby-linen manufacther, St. Ann's place, Manchester. On the afternoon of Saturday, the 4th' lune, several baby On and christening caps were requested to be sent by the Leal that those not selece7 of th e or d er, and it was i nt i mated ted would be ret urne d on t h e f o ll ow i ng Monday. The good s were handed to the prisoner, and in a few minutes he pledged the m at a pawnshop in Rochdale found the Prisoner guilty. A pre road for £4. The jury v iola conviction was p roved against him. Sentence Rochdale deferred ___. BIGAMY AT Trialps4,- R a lph Fletcher, between fif ty and s' indicted for bigamy. Mr. R . a ji r xty years of age, was p r osecution, and Dr. Wheeler for th e appeared for th e . an d in 1858, the fi rst In January, 1827, th e prisoner was marriedrl at Bolton, t o Elizabeth Barlow. They subsequently p a the primer married Sarah Hancock, at lasleY w ife being alive. • A witness gave evidence that, about four years ago, h e was in company *i/th the prisoner and his fi rs t Wife In public-house at Bolton. Verdict, " Guilty." Sentence deferred. The Court then adjourned until this (Monday) mornin g • SATURDAY [Before Mr. Justice HILL] The learned judge took his seat at nine a'cl ACTION FOR PERSONAL INJURY HOLLAND V. KENIVORTIIT Mr. daintiff I residing in 31-anches Tian tailor, souirlit for Istained by him ie defendants, w weighing nine cwt., from aware oth viands an SOn, in New fig LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT. ) go awa railed to fix the tackling properly, and the —equence was that the bale, instead of being safely de posited in the lorry below, fell down, striking the plaintiff, who was passing at the time. The plaintiff was knocked against :the lorry, his jaw was fractured, and he sustained various other injuries, some of them-of a On the part of the defence it was , plaintiff - was to blame for the accident, am., under the bale, even when he was called anon to , jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £lOl, ACTION FOR SL ANDER.—TROXFPSON AND ANOTIIER v. N The plaintiffs in this case, Henry and John '"' nronrietors, of Oldham, .sone-,4,4. [BEFORE MR. w. AIKLN.I Tainst _ Wood, who was and Keho said I He said not. IN ler a witness lit it was bett( Mr. Kehoe sa ) inform t here had 1 able to determine what was ust them publicly by the d Mr. M a slander utterer who is also a cab proprieto give W) -SATURDAY, A DEFENCE WITHOUT A DEFENDANT. Mr. Bluck came forward and stated that he wished to inform the magistrate AND OTHERS. of a circumstance that had just taken place, and on which 0.C., and' Dr. Wheeler, appeared for the he wished to have the advice of the bench. Some one had id Mr. Wilde, Q.C., and Mr. Melhuish, for the gone to his office; and given instructions to his clerk, .and a The plaintiff was a working journP' -- be of one guinea, to defend a person named Richard Wood. fie (Mr. Black) came to the police-court, and asked every where for Richard Wood, but could not find him. There was no such man, entered ea the books, and the •bridewell keeper had no person of that name. But just now, outside, person had come up to, him, and, represented himself to 'ard Wood. Ile (Mr. Black) asked what was the nd he said he did not know, when he ordered him lie ther. asked Tm.---L - -••• • - - ioe if he had a car owner had no charge; sked him if he had him there as a witn "ood was then told to a prisoner. Kehoe got into a passion, made some observations that he could not understand, and - fits of the sailor robbed in is worship would hear the whole case h( lie drunk Carlisle asked a sailor present if he would charge, and he would take him into custody. anesty, Q:C, - j , which lie accordingi.s ,everal cases had been disposed of, policy 99, was brought forward, char with Ellen Wood to rob Wm. Henry Clarke ~, who had been robbed while in Wood's car. _sector Kchoe stated the case, from which it appeared that the complainant, Wm. Henry Clarke, resided in 79, Kil- BREACH OF CONTRACT.-SMITH AND O THERS V. ROSTRON, shaw-street, convenient t o th e Z oo l og i ca l G ar d ens, and had beep at a . friend's hou se in Radcliffe-street, on Thursday for the plaintiffs, and M r . M on k, Q.C., Mr. plandappeared In this case Mr. J ames; Q.C., an d M r. O vens' night, for tea, and on hi s wa y h ome he met with a cabman. Mr. Fonblanque, for the d e f en d an t. As , and in Chestnut-street, and a s k e d hi m if he was engaged. The plaintiffs were manufacture r s o f c l o th a t H eywoo d, Being told that he was not, he ordered th e d r i ver to tali( , . for the _ Ict.U., for The slander complained of was to the effect that " Joili, Thompson was a d-d thief, and had obtained his horses into Mr. When th e ()penny.? statement had be en h ear d. Mr. Monk said that his client never meant to impute an, dishonesty to the plaihtiffs. The plaintiffs accepted tili explanation, and the record was then withdrawn. he detenillin to go awa officer edw - ith entering sail a the prosecutor was in ti g into thecab he found a we ;count allege( and as they A: to them by the defendant, in respect of a pure& on a quantity of woollen cords, a peculiar cloth with facin of wool, and backed with cotton.. The contrno 4 supply of the cloth in question was entered into Oh .. of June, 1858, and on that occasion the defendant gave plaintiffs a memorandum detailing that he had purchased ho 200 pieces of woollen cord, at Is. 7d. per yard, 44 per cent. +, discount for cash and commission, to be equal to sample, and "to be perfect in all respects." The case main! ) rested on the meaning of the words "perfect in all respects," the learned counsel observing; that the case had already been before a jury here, and had been fully aligned in the Court of Queen's Bench. After the case had proceeded for some time. ' 4- 1,-) halm n • • - the 21 on t drove away, idmitted WINTERBOTTOM ti This was an action brought to recover damages for alleged breach of contract by the defendant, with res ten o'clock this Morning COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENC got a si in Pitt These facts were. fu leading statesmen, who entertained high respect for his di plomatic knowledge and experience. -Tie was also honollror 3efore Messrs. PE 2nd HOUGHTON.] was summonpfi 4 THE PADIHAM STRIKI .MEETING Of MASTS in removing. a nuisance existing in Market-Areet, Everton. The nuisance arose from some stagnant witer which lay in the pit, the smell of which had been most obnoxious. Mr. M'Gowen appeared, on behalf of the Health Committee to press for the infliction of a penalty, or the immediate removal of the nuisance. Mr. Roby appeared on behalf of the defendant, and contended, in defence, that the agree ment which the defendant had entered into when he was first summoned, had been, as far as poasible, carried out, in the way of filling up the pit, so far as he had stuff to do. so, and to abate the noxious vapour, by putting lime into the w.-14. at. •L meeting on Wednesday evening, the master spinners and manufacturers decided to appoint a committee to investigate the claims and demands of the Padiham operatives. It to be the feeling of the majority present that the Blackburn masters could not interfere unless the Padiham people agreed to pay their weavers the "Blackburn standard AN OLD TALE. REPEATED.-A lamentable affair has oO cuffed iu the Faubourg St. Martin. A little boy, si x . . •••••••••••• .Vll bitumualier, iounu in a closet an old musket, which had beenforgotten there for, years, and began playing with it. Ms father told him to put it aside, but as the child did not obey, he jumped up to take it from him. The father. caught hold of the musket by the butt end, and the child held it by the other. Unfortunately it was leaded , and in pulling it from the child it went off. The .. ; e, to the father's horror, struck the little fellow in the and killed him on the spot.—Galignani. tiurui noxious; but became o ff ens i ve f rom the percolations y of some middensteads in the neighbourhood. A fine of 40s. and costs was imposed. A like fine was imposed on Mrs. Smith, who resides in the same neighbourhood, for not removing some stagnant water on her property. with shot A Scotch paper announces the proximate decease of an Edinburgh daily paper, the Daily Express. According to a report made to the Minister of public in struction, there are now in Turkey 10,897 schools for Mus sulsmans, which are frequented by 230,54.5 boys and 121,259 girls, and superintended by 11,226 teachers. There are also 2,249 schooLs for Christians, receiving 105,361 boys and L 7,806 girls, with 2,259 teachers. NEW MAGISTRATES FOR CIIESIIIRE.—At the 'Enutsford adjourned sessions, held on Thursday, the 11th instant, the following gentlemen took the oaths and qualified as magis trates ar the county of Cheshire :—William Bayley,. George • Adshead, Thomas Hadfield Sidebottom, and Albert Hall, Es q. ; all resident at Stalybridge. DEVONPORT ELECTION:--Mr. Ferrand, wha was unsuc cessful against Sir Michael Seymour, on Tuesday, has de termined to contest with Sir Arthur Buller the seat vacated by the promotion of Mr. Wilson. It is probable that the nomination will take place on Tuesday, and the election on Wednesday next. • had the lamented Bayle St. John lived, his next' work would have been a biography of Rabelais, w hi c h, we b e li eve, will be completed an edited by his younger brother, Mr. Horace St. John. We hear that the labours of the author have been with the view to show that the world-famed, humourist has been misrep resen t e d t o E ng li sh readers by his translatl , rs, especially by the witty and learned T.Trguhart. Lord Earnest Bruce has given notice that he intends early next session to call the attention of the house to the regulations now in force as to the admission of strangers below the bar of the house, whereby not only a ll p eers o f Parliament, all Scotch and Irish peers not peers of Parlia ment; but all their elder sons, are admitted as a matter of course, if there is room for them, -in preference to the sons a r s t e o v f e rt is e m H a o d u e s , e a a o f d C w o h m o m h o a u v s e , a for p l N a v e h e o s m w n h a o t p o r r o e r voifsimonemwbhe assigned to them in the House_ of Lords. A MANCHESTER YOUNG GENTLEMAN DROWNED AT WHITBY.—On Wednesday, Mr. Charles Salomons, son of Mr. Salomon, of Plymouth Grove, Manchester, who was on a visit to some of his relations, at present resident at Whitby, was drowned while bathing on the sands. He was observed to be in danger, and Mr. Thomas Turnbull, who was also bathing, swam out to his assistance, but was unable to rescue him. Mr. Turnbull was nearly drowned in his gallant attempt, and it was only after repeated .restorative means that he recovered. The body of the drowned youth was' found about two hours after the Occurrence. The deceased was in his seventeenth year, mrd was a young man of much promise. HORRIBLE MILL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday afternoon, a most horrible accident occurred to a piecer, named Daniel Riissell, employed in the cotton factory of Messrs. George Emmott and Sons, Clegg street, Oldham. He had been assisting the spinner to piece a strap, and seeing that it hung loosely, he took hold of it to put it right, when he became entangled in it, and was carried round the shaft, his legs striking forcitly against the ceiling of the room. The machinery was stopped as soon as possible, and he was removed, when it was seen that both his legs were broken, hiFi right arm was broken above and below . the elbow, and his left arm was also broken. He was attended by Mr. Platt, and was on Thursday morning removed to the Man chester Infirmary. DEATH OP A WELL-KNOWN LONDON CHARACTER.—OR Thursday evening, an inquest was held at the Wheatsheaf Tavern, St. Pancras-road, London, before Mr. Wakley; on the body of James Laight, aged 65-43 years of which he had stood in Newgate-street. beside the prison wall, with an assortment of walkinm-sticks for sale. It app eare d f rom the evidence that th e deceased left his stand throughout the year about seven o'clock in the evening, conveying the walking-sticks home in a small truck, which he and his dog dragged between them. On Monday evening, on arri v i ng at home i n S pan ' s -b u i ldings, St. Pancras-road, he was seized with severe pains in the bowels, accompanied by vomiting, and in a short time was a corpse. On a post ,nortem examination, death was found to have resulted from spasmodic affection, and stoppage of the action of the bowels. Verdict, natural death. Tua BEACH AT HASTINGS. —The swells,-who annually visit St. Leonard's seldom migrate so far east as the old town of Hastings ; and yet they might find it a pleasant way of spending a morning to go and have a crack with the fishermen there, for they are an intelligent, civil race, have had many adventures worth hearing, and are not at all back ward in talking to strangers. The old men are rather fond of dwelling upon the exploits of their youth ; and, if you treat them to a jug of ale and furnish them with tobacco, you may hear anecdotes of the old smuggling days which would fur nish materials for a novel. The fisherman's is an old craft at Hastings, and has been for centuries the principal em ployment of the poor; and, from information gained upon the spot, we_ have learned that in the main it is now carried on by families whose names may be traced in the borough records for many hundred years back. The number of boats employed in the fishing business is about 100, vat - ing in value from £2OO to £l,OOO. Some are employed in trawling, which is carried on from the middle of July to the e n d o f September, and again from NoVember to April ; others i n mackerel-fishing from January to July; and other s iil t . h b oa g a fi e shin ts for tre h te errin h out in in f r search September s h t too t December. Lade O f t Land's ( Nstrated zy me ,.• • A:DISAPPOINTED BRlDE.—Martha Amos, domestic ser vant to Mr. John Talbot, of the Blue House Farm, Chet wynd, has been apprehended at Lockley Wood, near Hin stock, under the following circumstances :—lt wppears that for some time past a young man, named John 'Williams, living at the last-named place, has been paying his addresses to her, and about a month since, she-gave Mrs. Talbott notice of her intention to leave, as she was about to be married. The notice Mrs. Talbot refused, as,she w as hi re d by the year. However, the banns of marriage were pub lished in Hinstock and Chetwynd churches, and the final asking was on Sunday week. On Tuesday night her mother and Williams came to Chetwynd to feteh the young woman, when she asked her master to release her. This he would not do, and accordingly she took French leave, and went away in company with her mother. On the following morning Mr. Talbott obtained a warrant for her apprehension, which he placed in the hands of police-constable Griffiths, who at once started off for Lockley Wood, where he arrived just as the wedding party were on the point of leaving for church to be married. The bride and bridegroom and other friends were bedecked in bridal array, and all seemed to be going on as smoothly as possible, when the policeman made his appearance, and announced the object of his unceremonious intrusion. The consternation thrown into their midst can be better imagined than described. The policeman was inexorable, and the bride, therefore, had to walk in company with the police officer to Newport, where she was incarcerated in the lock-ups. She was afterwards toorldeerr s i i v t as itati n gn ia , de th :— ere £ o . a eo b m at p er et e o n h t taken before J. C. B. Borough, Esq , at Chetwynd,-when ,the d t f o ol r lo e w ttu iy an certitude, tweramgeOf to Kilshaw-street he would drop her as she went that way home. The cab then the complainant being seated inside, in corn ) woman whom he supposed to be the driver's driving for some time they stopped at a public- rd Clarke asked the reason of their stopping here. The cabman told him that he would go no further till he would_ get some allowance, and Clarke gave him .a it of a purse, in which there was one sovereign a sovereign, besides three half-crowns. Clarke the house with the man, but the woman was not They drove off a second time, when the cab -street, and the driver ordered him to get out and pay him, as he would drive no further. Carke - found, on searching for his purse, that it was gone, and he gave the woman into the custody of 799, on the charge of having robbed him. She was taken td the Prescot-street Bridewell, and afterwards was sent with her to thp main iirmpur.ii w nen tney got near the door o f th e ma i n b r id ewe ll the plaintiff had - purchased from the defendant. The terms of the contract were, that the goods were to be delivered in policeman said to Clarke that he knew he had been quantities—namely, 600 on the. 25th December last, 700 on robbed, but the woman would return him the money if he the 25th January, an d 70 0 on the 25th February ; but only would not charge her. Clarke then said h e wou ld ta k e the 72 had been delivered, and the action was brought to re- officer's advice, and give him five shillings for his trouble when cover the loss whi c h th e p l a i nt i ff had sustained by reason of they got the money. They went towards Dal e - s t ree t , an d on the non-delivery o f th e 1,928 pieces, the goodthaving 'in the way Clarke heard the woman say to the officer she had a the interim rise n i n th e market. The defence was that there sovereign, and she would give him half if h e wou ld l et her o. 'When th v got into Dale-sire e t, they all went a n dh a d had been no sp ec ifi c contract b eyond that entered into for !•,' o. „_, A.. 1,. 4„ e b,„1.„9, ....11:- l• 1 . • thA rinlivor, of 4-1,,, ..4 • . . . . some UT= 11l luguy s puonc-nouse, an d th e woman got v... Lne, iz pieces. The r e h a d b een conversa tion, but nothing beyond it. The jury found a verdict for change of a sovereign. The officer counted it, and put it the plaintiff—damages, £5l 3s. Bd. Mr. Monk, Q.O , and into his pocket. After lea v i ng the h ouse t h ey were met Mr. Pope, appeared for the pl a irit;ff,. and Mr. Jones for' the by another officer, and Clarke told hi m th at 799 would , fendant. not take the woman because he was half an hour late of the shortly before hnlf-n..1- sheshould have been at the st a ti on . Thi s o ffi cer said I he would take her, and when she w as t a k en t o th e centra l office, the woman said she had given officer 799 ten shillings to let her off.-:--Officer Carlisle said Ralph admitted having -vereig,n from the woman when he asked him about - ~ - •-.4:Brar and the Mr. Goulburn has been appointed Deputy-Chairman of i woman were committed fol. trial.. The complainant said the Board of Customs, in the room of Mr. Spring Rice, he had no charge against Wood, the driver. resigned in consequence of ill health. The seat at the OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—George board vacant by the promotion of Mr. Goulburn, will be Clarke, boarding-house keeper, Litherland-alley, who had filled by Mr. Ralph William Grey, M.P. been remanded from Friday, was brought up on the charge. It is said that Mr. Bernal Osborne has been requested by of having forged a sailor's allotment note, by which he the united independent Liberals of Liskeard to succeed Mr. drew £lB from Messrs Arnold, Leete, & Roscoe, as the agents Grey in the representation. of that borough. Ni. Osborne for the ship Clangregor. The note was said to be signed has left town for Liskeard. by a Portuguese sailor named Da Silva, and left for pay- Mr. Koch, English consul at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, went of debt till his return in that ship. Mr. Cobb was died a few days ago, aged eighty - two. Mr. Koch was pro- ' for the prosecution, and Mr. Bluck for the defence. After foundly i versed in European :.• politics, I. and enjoyed the pe r - a considerably lengthened hearing o f th e case, i t was ad crmal frandialvirs nf 4.11,1 ln+n Q THE FORBES MACKENZIE (SCOTLAND) ACT INQUIRY. [This Scotch Act restricts the sale of drink in licensed premises to between the "hours of 3 a.m. and 11 p.m. during week dap—all such places being entirely closed on Sun days —except hotels for . bond _fide travellers.] The Royal Commission of Inquiry resumed its sitting at Edinburgh --Sir George Clerk presiding. Professor Miller was the first witness examined. He said he believed the Forbes M'Kenzie Act had improved the physical, moral, and religious condition of the people. Duncan M‘Laren was next examined, undoubtedly of the most influential and able of the witnesses. I the office of Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1851 to after the passing of the Forbes M''aekeriL an evidence burgh Prison Board had repeatedly urged the Gene ral Board of Prisons to erect art addition to the prison, and it had been agreed to erect the addition. The decrease of crime after the Forbes Mackenzie Act went on so rapidly aad steadily; that even those who'were at one time in favour of the erection of the proposed addition to the prison agreed that it was not required, and the permission was not given. The addition was never made, and the. existing prison is not nearly full at present. The prison return on the Ist August, 1854, showed that the daily average number of prisoners for the previmis seven years had been 579. When the Forbes. Mackenzie Act came into operation, the daily average fell to 440, and during the succeeding years, up to the first of this month, the daily average had fallen to 359. During that period the population has of course been greatly increasing, and we might have rather looked for an increase of the crime. I know of no cause for this diminution of crime except the Forbes Mackenzie Act, and I never could get anybody to allege any other reason. There has been a large diminution in the consumption of spirits in Scotland .since the Forbes Mackenzie Act passed. I estimate that the diminution during the last five years amounts to 5,195,530 gallons. In making that calculation, I have official information for all the years but one, and the only assumption I make is that the same number of gallons were sent duty paid from Scotland to England in 1857 as in 1858. The diminution each year during the last five years amounts to about ono and ,I_ll.lf 11.1/ millioil of gallons, being, equal to three bottles of whiskey to every man, woman, and child in the country. I attribute that decrease to the decreased facilities for drinking on Sundays. Mr. Thomas Linton, superintendent of :police, was next examined. I have been in my present situation for eight years. He said—l have had particular instructions from the magistrates as to the enforcing of the Forbes Mackenzie Act. I have prepared statistical tables of the number of disorderly cases, copies of which I have given to the secre tary. These tables commence with 1852, and they relate to three years before the act and five years since the Act came into operation, each year ending on the 31st May. In the first of those years the persons found drunk and kept till sober were 6,556, and the number in the last year was 4,956; in the first year the number of persons found drunk when apprehended for offences was 3,114, and last year it was 3,612. The totals for the first year are 9,670. and f 1 , ast year 8,568, being a diminution of upwards of I,ooo' on the whole. An increase has taken place on the last two years. The numbers were lowest in the year ending 31st May, 1857, when they were 7,324, and they have increased each year since that time. As regards the Sundays, the num ber found drunk and kept till sober on the first year of these returns was 607, and in the last year 480 ; drunk when appre hended for offences in the first year, 779, and last year 670; the totals on the Sundays being for:the first year, 1,386, and last year 1,150. Taking the number of cases between eight o'clock on Sunday morning and eight o'clock on Monday morning, there were found drunk, and kept till sober, in the first year, 407, and in the last year, 120 ; apprehended for offences, first year, 294, and last year, 138 ; the totals being for the first year, 701, and for the second year, 258. The Lumber of unlicensed houses, including. suspected houses, amounts to more than a half of those licensed. I believe it is the Sunday restrictions thai are the main cause of the shebeens. • William ' Smith, police constable, said—The shebeens do most business on Sundays, and I attribute that to the licensed houses being closed. I visit temperance hotels and refreshment rooms. There are very few houses which hare temperance refreshment rooms marked over them that do not supply drink. They only sell to parties they know and can depend upon, and it is difficult to detect them, I know that spirits are sold to them, because I have seen parties goinc , into them sober and comi ng ou t d run k . I t hi nk those who frequent shebeens on the Sundays chiefly belong to the working and middle class, and not to the lowest class. These shebeenS could accommodate a great-number. In one house in the High-street, about half-past one on a Sunday morning, recently, I counted e i g hty p eop l e s it t i ng d r i nk i ng. "----- - ler Sinclair, manager of Shott's Iron Works, —We employ about 180 men. They are engaged • mion the men have greatly im id A examined ues Act came into operation. We have very little reason to complain now. In a great measure, I attribute the improvement to the act, and especially to the shutting of the public-houses at eleven o'clock, and early in the morning. I think the men were formerly inveigled to drink in the morning. I think it is mo re i njur i ous t o d r i n k i n the morning. Ihave not heard the men express any opinion on the subject. The men are now very much more regular in their attendance on the Monday morning. Peter Robertson, manager of Peter Lawson and Co.'s nurseries, said—We have about 100 men in our employ- I have had superintendence of the gardens for six teen years. I have observed a very great improvement in the habits of the workpeople during that time. There is less intemperance. The improvement has taken place within the last four or five years. I have thought that was caused by the Forbes Mackenzie Act. I have heard some of the men who have been addicted to intemperance say that they considered it Ea boon as it removed them from temptation. They applied that both to the closing. on Sundays and to closing after eleven o'clock, but especially to the late hour of opening in the morning. They were formerly in the habit of getting a . glass before going to work. I thi n k th e improvement in thei r habits has been decided. I have observed that there is not now one absent on the Monday mornings for ten that were absent before the Forbes Mackenzie Act. Sir George Clerk said that they hal made arrangements for taking evidence in Glasgow. Count de Persigny, the Memorial de la Loire states, not -withstanding his great wish to preside at the council general of that department, cannot leave London, in consequence of the importance of his ambassadorial duties. SHOALS OF MAcKEHEL.—The shores of the Bristol Chan nel, says the Hereford Journal, have been visited with won derful shoals of mackerel and numerous other kinds of fish. At Porthcerry they were so numerous that the farmers were obliged to use them for manure. How TO AVOID SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.-111r. A. J. Ellis has announced to the Scottish Curative Mesmeric Associa tion that persons wishing to avoid sleepless nights should lie with their heads to the north, and not on'any account with their heads to the west.—Timbs' Things Not Generally Known. BREACH OF PROMISE.—At the Lancaster assizes, on Monday, a young woman, named Oddie, weaver at a mill at Enfield, brought an action for breach of promise against a man named Henderson, who was formerly a " cutlooker" in the same mill. The intimacy commenced in 1847, and was continued until 1849, when the plaintiff had a child to the defendant. After the birth of this child the intimacy was renewed, and continued till 1857. The sister of the plain tiff spoke to repeated promises of marriage having been made to her during that time. At the end of 1857 an uncle of the defendant died, and he came then into the possession of property to the amount of £ll,OOO, and the promises were then repeated, that he Would marry the plaintiff at the end of twelve months after his uncle's death, which would be in December, 1858. At that time the' defendant took the plaintiff to look at a house which he said he intended to take for her, and then acted as if he intended to make her his wife, but on the 16th of that month he married an other woman. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff —damages £2OO. THE ENGLISH FLEW AT 'NApLits.---The fleet went over to Castellainare for ball 'practice on Thursday morning last, leaving here the Centurion and the Exmouth. The Euryalus and the Lapwing left Naples on Tuesday morning, and the Caradoc went out with Captain Yelverton on Mon day night to Malta. Captain Yelverton has been appointed to the coastguard, and was therefore called upon to give up his command of the Conqueror, to which Captain Clifford, late of the Centaur, has been appointed. I never witnessed a prettier scene in my life. 1 was sitting in one of the cabins of the Centurion when the silence of the evening was broken by a " Hip, hip, hip, hurrah." How such sounds stir ont's blood in a foreign land ! Rushing to the window, one could just discern in the dusk of the evening all the yards of the Conqueror manned. Then the land breeze brought down to us the sounds of " Should auld acquaintance be forgot," &e., played by the band. A launch shot off from the vessel, a profusion of blue lights were let off, and Cap tain Yelverton ceased to command the Conqueror. He was a great and universal favourite, and deserved the un usua l honours he r ece i ve d . It would be well for our navy if many respondent. • c aPtaius would take a lesson from hhim.—Times' Cor- NISI PRIUS COURT NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. THE GOVERNMENT OF NAPLES. The Naples correspondent of the ly News, writing on the 6th instant, says : I have noted every public act since the beginning,of this reign, and, with every disposition to wait until things should c of +lc. MI" mnneunin,g like order, and make allowances for the inexperience of a youthful sovereign, I am compelled now to say, that the state of things here is most hopeless. Nothing , will emanate from this government calculated to satisfy the people. We have had an amnesty which served only to awaken public indimnation—an act destroying the lists of sus pects, which was undermined and nullified by a circular which I sent you, addressed t o th e i nten d ents, and by them to the provincial functionaries ; it bore the date of 24th June, and cavo ci i+ ;. ban -- u is necessary to exercise surveillance at all times. over dangerous men, whether they have or have not been .1 Oil LIM lists or tne Attendibili ;" and General Filangieri himself admitted that 100,000 families would be affected by that act. Then again we have had arrests and exiles ; and the British Government has been grossly insulted by having had its special intercessi on i n fa vour o f men imprisoned illegally for three years responded to as, it was last week— thirty persons, some of whom were men of fortune and educa tion, having been manacled and fastened to a long rope, and sent off to a relegation " in the Isle of Capri, where they present themselves, according to order, twice a day to an inspector of police. The famous circulars of Filangieri, too, must be noted, which, whilst proposing changes impos sible of realisation, admit the existence of the worst abuses which have been charged even against this government. The Neapolitans , ask if these are the salutary reforms which Louis Napoleon hinted at'as likely to be introduced. The fact is—and in sober seriousness I assert it—the posi tion is worse than it was, for the Sovereign, instead of being like Ferdinand 11., a man of firmness- of charac ter, is the slave of his Camarilla. His intentions may be excellent at any fixed hour to-day, but God knows what they maybe two hours after. Thus his Prime Minister is engaged in a constant struggle with some unseen and secret power. At times he makes an impression on the royal mind, and retires full of hope ; but the old advisers flock around the King, and everything is until that nest of ill evened. These are facts; and -omened birds be cleared out, neither will liciting or working out reforms, nor will Filangieri succeed in any ioreign minister succeed i n exerc ising any permanent in fltence over the sovereign w ill. It is difficult to doubt promises and declarations made by*the highest personages in the realm ; but events have long since proved that such promises and d clarations were illusory, and amongst other proofs it would be easy to send you the names of any number of persons, who find themsclves under as strict a surveillance as ever. If the past, therefore, does not support the statement of the Government, but just the contrary, what does the present say ? I could give you the names of persons who have withdrawn from the capital l and are lying hidden from fear of probabl e arrest. The young Marchese Casanuovo has received an order to absent himself from Naples. In Palermo are now lying in prison, or were last Saturday, some young men of the first families, for having taken part in a simple and innocent demonstration. Moreover, strong and active efforts are being made to acquire a complete control over the .1.1: • puuttu mmu, ana to procure an apparently free expression of opinion against the two great points which will shortly have to be ag:tated ; that is to say, the Confederation and a Constitution. I am assured—and I have every,confidence in the Assurance—that circulars have been sent to the intendants and to 'the Attorney-Generals of provinces, directing' them ' to assist in getting up petitions to the effect that his Majesty's subjects do not desire them. Some of these have already probably arrived ; but from all parts —from the provinces and from Sicily—l receive the same intelligence, that great activity prevails in this sense; and here in Naples I have learnt that the ecclesiastical authori ties have been busy. It is laughable to hear of an appeal to public opinion - in the kingdom of Naples; of course it will be with the Government, because it can command, and will command ifi-throngh the interests or the fears of 'the people. So it did in 1841; but it is to be hoped that no British statesman will ever cite these petitions as containing the deliberate opinion .of the people of the Two Sicilie3. ADVERTISEMENT,ItRH L STEAME S TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SlR,—The_ anonymous l e tt er a d ver ti se d i n your paper of yesterday, and signed " A Lover of Justice (?)," is another specimen of the extent to which the horrid feeting of malice is indulged in by our antagonist and partizans of the Lion. This " Lover of Justice" has fixed a most inappropriate character to • himself, as certainly " A Perverter of the Truth," everybody will see, would suit him much better. With all the deceit and cunning of a thorough Jesuit, he com mences his letter.,by pretending to sympathise with the in jured feelings of the public, then assuring them he has l a id a ll prejudices aside, which, by-the=bye, could only have been while his pen traced those few - words, for in the next line he commences to dart what lie fondly hoped might be a sting, so thoroughly envenomed that we never should survive the‘ dreadful consequences. Poor fellow ! because he cannot find a single fault • with our well-known steamer, the Duntroon Castle, though better known by the Sea King, he charges us with deluding the public, by running our steamer under a fictitious, name. If this most "unprejudiced individual" would have taken the , trouble to have asked the Custom-house authorities, or looked to the Board of Trade certificate, and on the vessel's stern and bell, he would then, perhaps, not have had the impudence to perpetrate such a gross falsehood ; but he seems to forget, or perhaps disputes, that "a rose by any other name will smell as sweet." That the Sea King (for I persist in giving her thatname,) has been a bitter rose to the " Lover of Justice," I have no doubt, as the Lion, "in all her glory," bears no comparison to the Sea King in quality, in accommodation, strength, speed, or for the regular and "safe" • transit of passengers, and which the "unprejudiced" public have already testified, by their always giving the Sea King a decided preference, notwith standing her registered name is the Duntroon Castle, as they have discernment enough not to care what the name of the steamer happens to be, seeing she is the best boat on the station, and particularly when, as in this instance, she is,' in all her " essential parts," by far the "newest" and "safest" boat of the two. "Lover of Justice" would have, us be lieve that the , Board of Trade have all at once. turned " Lionites," and are coming to their rescue by putting a stop to the " Sea King's" running to Rhyl, and giving them the station. Why, he almost impresses one with the idea that we shall see that already long firm is to be still further lengthened to Messrs. Napier, Savin, Davies, Board of Trade, and Co., which, of course, if he could only make the public believe,_ would be a regular floorer f or th e S t. George ' s Co. NoW, Mr. Editor, the good old English truth of the matter is simply this that this most exemplary anonymous writer, or some of his clique ' sent up a false report t o th e B oard of Trade r (I leave you to guess the worthy motive that must have induced these people to turn common informers,) that the name of the Duntroon Castle was obliterated from the stern, and.that she was being sailed under a fictitious name; the result, however, was, that the officers appointed by the Board of Trade satisfied themselves that the name, so far from being obliterated, was carved on the stern on lar -er letters than required by law, consequently, after all, no vio lation of the act of parliament had taken place, which, no doubt, was a very severe disappointment to the " Lover of Justice." I will not' trouble you further, but conclude by giving a quotation from Pope, which I think very appropri ate to anything concerning the " Lion"—. Lie-on svhile my revenge shall be, To tell the very truth of thee. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, , H. J. WARD, Managing Owner of the " Sea King.' Liverpool, August 13th, 1859 t HOLLOWAY'S PILLS cure headache, bile, loss of appetite ; I can be taken without danger from wet or cold, and require no restraint from business or pleasure. They act mildly on the bowels, without pains or griping, strengthen the stomach, promote a healthy action of the liver, purify the blood, cleanse the skin, brace the nerves, and invigorate the whole system. They prove an admirable restorative of a debilitated constitution, creating appetite, correcting indi gestion, removing bile, giddiness, and nervous or sick head aches. It is impossible to speak too highly of these pills. Amusnatiorrs IN LIVERPOOL.—Open from ten in the morning until ten at night. Allsop's Wax-Work exhibition. All the kings and wens, from and including William the Conqueror down to Queen Victoria; also princes and princesses, dukes, duchesses, lords, eminent statesmen, warriors, poets, divines ; also all the most noted personages of the past and present ages, &c. Allsop's sculpture.galleries, contaimng upwards of 3,000 statues, selected from all parts of the world, varying from five to twenty feet in height. Allsop's dioramic, panoramic, cosmoramic, and stereoscopic views of inte nse Interest.Allsopp's musical promenade. The above attractions are now combined, forming one large establishment, in the immense and magnificent building, known as the Teutonic-hall, next door but one to the County Court, Lime-street, Liverpool, and 'nearly opposite the Adelphi. Hotel, and is open to the public at 6d. each ; children under ten years of age, 3d. each. Mr. All sop ' s exhibition has 'been pronounce by the press of Liverpool, London, and elsewhere, to be the most perfect, superbly magnificent, and largest establishment in the world--a fact that cannot possibly be contradicted. Be sure to observe the name " Allsop," stti the entrance, 84 proprietor., Mr. Wm. Alli;oP• .. AUGUST 15, 1859. MU: CAL, DRAMATIC, LITERARY, AND ARTISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP. It is good news for the English opera-goer that the Pyne - Harrison company, in coming to •Covent Garden, w ill take advantage of th e p ropert i es and scenery prepared' for the Pardon de .Ploennel, to produce an English edition of that opera in September. _Mr. 11. Chorley has been engaged to Anglicise the libretto. Some speculation hai arisen . in musical circles as to the ca s t o f t h e pr i ncipal p arts. 18 1- 111 Mr. Harrison undertake the role of Hoel, the music 0 f which, as it stands, he cannot by any possibility sing ; or will he trench upon Mr. G. Honey's province of comic, and enact the silly Correntino, who is frightened at his own shadow ? That this artist has some cause for such a dread there can be no doubt. The principal members of - the Drury-lane Royal Italian Opera company, including Mdlle. Titiens, Mdlle. GuarduCei, Signori Giuglini, Badiali, Vialetti, and otherS, are: about to set out "on an extensive tour in England, Ireland, and Scotlan,d, during the autumn. The quire of singing birds, say rapidly clearing out of London. Madame (iris' and Signor Mario are not going into our p rov i nces , as was e x pecte d — neither, we believe,to St. Petersburgli; for the winter ; but intend, it is said, to break fresh ground in an opposite direc tion, by singing in the Spanish capital. The rest of the company, so far as we can make out, is very inferior ; and a singular announcement in connection with this is, that Signor Mario has undertaken the " administrative superin tendence" (queen ' stage manageme n t?) an d t h e di rect i on o f the singers. M. Nicolas, small singer, who appeared at the Opera Comique of Paris two years ago, has been pro moted to no less arduous an occupation than that of first tenor at the Teatro della Scala, Milan. Times are changed in the Lombard capital with a vengeance ! The baritone, Signor Giraldoni, a French gentleman who has been sing ing in Northern Italy with some success, is about to join the company at St. Petersburgh. Some of our opera -goers will be sorry to hear that Madame Lotti della Santa is not com ing- to London for 1860, others that Madame Penco is. Madame Gassier is engaged at the Havannah for the next 4thenaum, is nor winter season, on the enormous and unp £5OO sterling per week and a free benefi Madame Anna Bishop is about to leave England for America. Previous- to her departure she will give, this (Monday) evening, at the Surrey Gardens, a monster fare well concert, at which a number of distinguished vocal and dented terms of instrumental artistes will assist Foreign journals now state that the production of Herr Wagner's new opera, Tristan .und Ysolde, which was to have taken place at Carlsruhe very soon, may' possibly be deferred, owing to continental discomforts. We (Critic) understand that the differences of opinion between Mr. E. T. Smith and the committee of Drury-lane Theatre have been adjusted, and that that gentleman will continue in the lesseeship of that theatre. To guard against accidents, Mr. Smith had secured the refusal of her Majesty's Theatre, so that in any case he would have had a terrain for his operatic campaign next season. Mr. and Mrs. Gerrnari Reed, who are deservedly increas ing in popularity, continue to give their new entertainment, Our Home Circuit, and Seaside Sketches, every evening to crowded and delighted audiences ; and the different cha racters which these clever artists personate, as they become more known, are better appreciated. Amongst the most attractive in the long list of personages in the entertainment are Mrs. Naggitt, with her capital song, "I will speak my mind if I die for it," which, like " Ombre Legere, ,, in Dinorah, is nightly redemanded by the audience ; Jessie Bloomfield, the young lady who invariably speaks before she thinks, but who sings "Think before you speak," an exceedingly pretty ballad ; and Mrs. Owlett, the marine landlady, who dreams of ball-room triumphs, and is by no means chary of her ab use o f a certa i n Mrs. Jones. These characters, and several others, are personated by Mrs. Reed with her. accustomed, dramatic power. Nor must Mr. Reed's Joe Summerbreeze be forgotten ; it is a clever sketch of a jolly tar, redolent of salt water, and distinguished by 3 hearty bluffness of manner, in admirable keeping with the author's conception of the Character. The popular low comedian, Mr. S. L. Toole, having received a month's conge from the Adelphi Theatre, is about to commence a starring tour in the provinces. He com mences on Monday at Dublin, where he will play for twelve nights ; then proceeds to Glasgow - for six nights, and finishes his tour with six nights at Edinburgh, after which he returns to his post at the New Adelphi. The Critic is rather severe upon the author of "Friends in Council." "Mr Phelps," says his revi e w er , "is a pains taking, if not a very skilful, workman in literature. Yea rs ago this gentleman appeared near the end of the list of Cambridge Wranglers, a place generally considered sacred to industrious'mediocrity. We are very far from ivishino' lay it down as a rule that a man's umversitv degree shoUla' generally, or even often, be considered a fair test of his talents. `Wooden spoons' have, ere this, became judges learned in the law, and Senior Wranglers furnished briefless barristers and humdrum curates. But, in our opinion, the after literary career of the author of Friends in Council' vindicates the exact justice of the place assigned to him in the mathe matical list of the Cambridge examiners. Since then our Wrangler has published a series of dull but painstaking essays, followed by a painstaking but dull history and tragedy, and terminating in the present series of essays, which can only be characterised by the same two epithets." A new weekly journal is announced for immediate publi cation by Messrs. Kelly and Co., under the title of the Steam 0514ipping Chronicle, to be devoted exclusively to the interests of the mercantile steam marine. Mr. P. L. Sim mons, an extensive contributor of articles to the London press on maritime and commercial subjects, assumes the editorship. The women of .e,ngland, who take most properly a lively interest in the publications of the Ladies' Sanitary Associa tion, have just, succeeded in securing as editors of their pub lications Dr. Southwood Smith and Dr. Farr. A better selection could not have been made. Several of those gentlemen who were the most frequent contributors to the defunct Household Words are talking of republishing their papers in a collected form. First in the field is Mr. Hollingshead, an author who for some time has anonymously contributed in the highest degree to the delight of the reading public. The city has afforded a great field for his observation, and he is thoroughly conversant with all its.intricacies, frauds, and fallacies. The book, which will appear about the end of September, will be called" Under Bow Bells," and will contain a selection of papers having a connecting city interest. The leader which we b e li eve is uncle,. a venerable litterateur and journalist, says : _ moured in publishing and literary circles that negotiations are on foot for the purchase of the Literary Gazette by the proprietors of the Critic. We shall be glad to have to con gratulate the veteran of the literary press on falling into the arms and uniting its aged existence with its young and vigorous contemporary. The Critic has steadily pursued its way, and has, under able and persevering management, advanced itself into a distinguished and authoritative posi tion. Its varied intelligence, both literary and scientific, is mare abunda n t th an i n any other British journal, and it is a staff of contributors who show they are well fitted for passing in review the entire literature of the age, as it issues from the. ever -teeming press." - It is astonishing, says the " Lounger at the Clubs," in these day's of universal novel-writing, to find how few really good books are brought out. Taxed by friends passing their lives away in country houses to send them an amusing novel, one reads Mudie's list through and through, and finally,. in despair, pitches haphazard on one with the most promising title. The names of the publishers you will find to be your best guides. There are, of course, exceptions to every rule, but you can scarcely go wrong when you find a book issued by Messrs. Blackwood, Messrs. Chapman and Hall, or Messrs. Smith and Elder. Most of their novels are above the ordinary stamp. The publMers have a repu tation to lose, and their professional readers—" tasters," as Mr. Carlyle calls them—are gentlemen of education and knowledge of , the world.. Beware, oh ! beware, of novels published " on commission," or on the " half profit" system, the brain-skimmings of those literary amateurs whom Messrs. Saunders and Otley, Skeet and Newby, delight to honour. e editorship of " It is ru- M. Barbedienne, of Paris, the well-known art manufac turer, says :---" Now that peace appears to become more firm every day, will it not be possible to return to your project for the exhibiti on o f 186 1 ? It appears to us that it is the duty of commerc e an d i n d ustry to rely with confidence on theinterests of nations, and to discard all foolish and tran sient causes of antagonism and strife. In the actual state of things, a Great Exhibition in London would have a double salutary effect, both in the industrial as well as in the political world. Personally, I will do everything in my power to promote so noble and excellent a cause." The most remarkable feature of Lord Northwick's pro longed sale of pictures : (says the Town-Talker of the Illus trated News) is the price at which old English miniatures have sold. Miniatures never sold so well ; the quotations at which Billiards, Olivers, and Coopers have sold would delight the old Duchess of Portland of vast celebrity, and old Horace Walpole, who foresaw what they would bring. Nor were the prices extravagant. Pending the transfusion of the Old Polytechnic into the New ditto, Mr. Buckland is giving a very agreeable enter tainment, and next week there will be two new lectures, one "PoisonS and their Antidotes," the other on the "Human Eye as an Optical Instrument." The veteran institution in dethrminecl to keep up its fame foisuch lectures. risk for their th a , kist