Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-06 00:00:00

RN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TITURS DAY, AUGUST 6 , 1857 . THE NORTHE AMERICA. 4111 11 VAL OF THE CITY. OF WASHINGTON The Philad e lphi a S crew St eam - s hi p C om p an y' s steamer City of Washington arrived yesterday fore eoon:from New York; with 81 cabin passengers, and 82,069 dollars in specie. BY her w e h ave advlces from New York to the 23 rd ultimo, which are one day later than those PreviOusly to hand. On the 22nd the New York , 331° neY market showed no activity, and.the rates of discount were scarcely so firm as previously re ported. First c l ass paper was in demand at from 7 ) to .8 per cent. The stock market was active and p r ices sho we d an upward ten d ency. There, Wl . l ' S a firm feeling in the cotton market, and the sales reac hed from 700 t o 800 b a les, on the basis of 15 to _l°4 c ents for upla n d and Orleans middling. -The 'Tarkets for breadatuffa were dull, and the prices of 4 . 0 11 r was inclining downwards. ' t • The screw-steamer Circassian, from Liverpool, arrived Out at St. John's, Newfoundland, on the Vud of July, after a passage Of eleven days: The ew :York papers had received news by her, by telegraph, which was three clays later than that supplied to them by steamers direct to New York, Ind anticipating the news by the Asi a , w hi c h l e ft t averpool on the same day as the Circassian. There'is no political or general news of interest by the present arrival. The Secretary of the Interior had despatched an 'agent to Minnesota to ascertain the true condition -of affair's, , and with instructions to the Superin tendent of Indian affairs in reference to the apiare %ended troubles in that Territory. Senatol Bigler has written to a friend in Wash- • ington, emphatically denying that he and Governor Walker had entered into arrangements for the Purchase of the Kansas Indian lands. The Washington Union, a semi-official organ. of the 22 ult,, under the head of "rebellion in Kae 'Bll6," has the following : We have just received authentic intelligence from Kansas that the abolitionists in that territory are in a State of rebellion, 'and upon the Verge of committing overt ac's of treason, The p r oclamation of Governor Walker, addressed to the people of the city of Lawrence, explains the character of this proceeding, and warns them of the consequences if they persist in a course of rebellious defiance to the laws. He declares that the laws of the territory will be executed. The pledge of the General Government and his oath of office will oblige him to employ the whole force of that Government, if necessry, to carry out W!lo se pledges, and see that the laws are carried into effect. e are advised that the troop at Leavenworth that were Labout to march to Utah -have been ordered to move upon awrence, and that Governor Walker will accompany ! h em. This shows that he is in earnest, and that he means to do, his duty promptly. Brother Beecher thought that the l o t gic:of Sharpe's rifles was more convincing than the Bible, men used aga i nst b order ruffians; and we are not w i t h out faith in the convincing influences of the same species of argu tMinis uent when addressed to the rebellious abolitionist., through muskets.. Indeed, it seems to be admitted that no oth er sargualent will do. Governor Walker has done every thing that man could do, to give confidence to the people of Xansas, to restore peace and quiet to the territory, to protect the rights of all, to execute the laws fairly any justly, and to carry out the just and proper policy of the government. He lave them assurances of this in his inaugural address, in his Speeches, and in his personal interviews and conversations. So anxious was he to satisfy these mad fanatics of his fair inten tions, and of the justice and good faith of his government, and to take away from them every cause or shadow of !Inn% for discontent and resistance to the laws, that In the judgment of many, he went further than was fairly Warranted by his instructions. His anxiety in this respect was so great that it subjected him to censure and abuse. A s nisi I Portion of the South thought that they saw in his anxious etlaite conciliate the abolitionists a betrayal of their Pectiliar interests, and straightway denounced him as a trator and:violator of a most sacred trust—with what justice the argument 'which we have alrsady adduced, and the present attitude of the'abolitionists in Kansas,' very fully Show. In th e,presenee' of the griat difficUlties to be overcome, sur rounded by men dis fleeted to him and to the arvere ent thatl . sent him there, he shaped his course, and initiated a policy so just and fair in itself that, it carried out faithfully, it would take from them every Platisible precxt for further resistance to the laws. But yet it has not satisfied them. They think that he has conceded too little ; the alarmists of the South think that he has conceded tco much—and thus he is assailed by the one and resisted by the other ; but the opinion of the people of the cseuntry is, that he meant to do right, anti they will sustain him. Certain it is, that the laws of the Territory will be executed, and the policy of -the government carried out to its fullest extent. Our political friends at the south who have cast censure on Goiersor Walker, must see, in this proclamation, a determinatien on his part to maintain the laws, while he is exerting himself for the, peaceable solution of the Kansas difficulties. They have evidently mistaken the man, if they have at any time supposed that his sympathies were with the abolitionists of that Territory. All doubts should now be removed. _ t 4. fire broke .ottt in St. "Janis on the 22nd ult. .commenced in, Deep and Co.'s planing Mill on . Second st reet, which extended to Marlow's furn tsuare man ufactory, and Brotherfon and. Sturgeon's w. aril ; also consuming several, briek dwellin g s and fram e t enements a.ljoining. „ Loss est i m a te d at from one to two hundred thousand dollars. In surance not ascertained.. Chicago,. barq ue C. J. Kershaw, Captain Pierce, left l cage, for LiVerpool, on the 21st. A. salute was 0 44 On Iheoccasion. A. dinner was given to her et_ e el's by the B oar d o f T ra d e , w ho accomp 'J anied ae barqu e to Lake Erie. le l 'ront Chicago we learn that the removal of the troops from. Fort Ripley has emboldened the missi onary Indians, and they have driven the entire 'lLTionary staff from the mission at Leech Lake. The Philadelphia North American, of the 22nd says,: _ . •We aro sorry to say, that the triumph of the handful of n ,,oo r ardin gs h ouse keepers over the intelligence .of the shifting ai nn and the ~bet interests of the unfortunate sailors, is me lt fully completed. The spectacle presented' yesterday afternoo n at the Spruce-street dock, from which the packet ship Westmoreland was just hauling out, would have satisfied an y one th at if t h e sa il or i s to be disentitralled from his present fealty to the boarding-house keeper, other means than those yet tried must be put into requisition. The crew upon the ship had a ll rece i ve d t h e cus t omar y advance previous to s a ilin g . ,„ .obtain seamen without succumbing to the crimps is at present a literal impossibility. Each publican had his quottim of boarders secreted from a chance of interview with the S hipping merchants, and kept them so well soaked' in liquor that they were in atmOst an' insen,iblo condition. By coining back to the old regime, however, 'a full crew was obtained without The New York Express, of the Ord ult., says : We understand th at 'a meetin g of the' — stockholders in the=e vessels will be held to day, to determine whether it is expedient fOr then, to continue running, This line, it will be remem bered, have not now the mail contract, it; having fallen into I r anderbilO a hands, By the arrival, at New York, of the brig Isaac Carver, Captain Partridge, from Laguna June 25th, we lear n t h at the health of the place was very good a ti t that d ate, there being no sickness whatever in t te vici n i ty. sj .Vera Cruz The vomito had made its apps tranc e a and Campeachy. On the night of ane 10th, there occurred a sort of revOlution. It t eem s . the chief movers,in the affair were,enstom "se--"ficer ire; s, w 'sought to depose "the present governor, Nicholas' Dora ntas, and" establish iu hie stead one Pedro Requena,' but th6y were not suc cessful: The collector, the 'captain of the port, and several others implicated in the affair, were arrested and confined, and would be sent to Vera Three Mexican war vessels, built in New 'York, veers condemned and sold at public auction. COMMERCIAL INTELLIC7MICE. . , . Nwci YOR, July 23. Thy Money . MA eoutinu e t . . e,s uaextrtecily easy on call. The Euliange Market closes stehd.ly,at 109,1 fur ceiling. ° I IT , N.---Tho ma r ket i s fi r m, and a mode r ate b u siness is doing at quotations, Th 3 eiliotE sinco fir 13th instant has i3e n 2,179 bale'i, viz. :. To Liceipo?l, •08 lia!e' ;Glasgow, 0 ; Havre, 1.,4i.9. The sa - les'te-iay are 1,200 WC?. NEW YORK ei.PASIFICATIO.I. Upland. Florida. Mob N.O. &.Texas. 'Ordinary l2l 121 1 2 1 12 1 Midland Middling Fair. 154 '154 15 8 15f, Fair BnnADsTuFrs.—The arrivals df Western Canal Flour are. moderate, tut %lid' on'y a limited demand, a especiilly for low grades. _ These are 5c lower, and the better grades are,i without change to note, and in steady censtnn-etiVe demand. Canadian is offend more freely. , and ' ; BOPS are still unchanged. 40 bales were taken by a : co zee to.day. We quote the r a nge of pricesat,7e to 12c. for furt" to choice. Speculators decline to operate unt it ThO evelements aro made inrelatien the foreign cropS. '!' ld otion op ()filo British import duty,twhic 1e talked of, _ . would strengthen prices, and—should their, crop be short, mulate freer shipments. .Old are quiet, and unaltered. IttoN : Scotch Pig is _quite languid St` 30 do's tO 31 dols, 6 mos., ex ship and from store;_ common and refined - Bars are also - dull, and prices are 'nibstly nominal. English sheets are in moderate.'reqnest, especially siriglee; and prices steady. We quote: Scotch Pig, tun; 30 'dolt to 31 dolt ; Bar, Sw., ord. ss. 100 (leis. to 110' dols ; Bar, Eng. refd-, - 57 dols to 58 dols ;' Bar; Eng. com., 52 dole 50.: to 54 dolt; Sheet, Rue., lstq., 114 to'll3-c ; Sheet, Eng.; 3f7. to 4 . te NAVAI, STOItEI : Spirits Turpentine is in better supp l y," and with a limited demand, prices are again a shade loWer; sales on the spot, in shipping order, at 471 c cash,. which is, however, an inside ra•e; most holders being firm at 48e ; 50 brls sold at 48 , , 60 days, addirig interest. etude is rather . quiet (&tiefly for the want of ,Stock), but prices are very firm at 4 dots per 281 lbs. Common Ito in is less buoyant, and parcels afloat would not COMMat d over 1 dol 380 to-day. The medium and fine grades are in moderate request,' apd the' finer qtialities are not:quite so firm ; sales No. 2 at 250 dols per 3101os. ; wed:um No 1 at 4 dots 12c to 4 dols 25c per 280 lb.; fine and extra Pale at 5 dolt 500 to 6 do's 25c. Tar is dull and heavy ; Washington Thin have been made at 1 dol 8711;in order,, `and 2 dolt 25c do. Norfolk at 1 del 621 c delivered. Pitch is quiet at 2 dols to 2 dols Out : English Linseed is still inactive ,and dei;r..ssed ; the supply is ample, bat die receipts are very light ;' prices are somewhat nominal at'7B:: to 80e. American is in moderate requestto the regular ti'a le ; sales of 5,000 galls at 75c to 77e. Crude Whale is cfniet,'but firm ; sales of 200 belt handsome South Sea, at Ntw Bedford, at 70c. Crude Sperm is in moderate r and the downward tendency seems to be arrested ; sales of 300 brls at New Bedfold, part at 1 dol 25c and part.at 1 do' 26c p^r gall. Manufactured and:most other kinds are quiet, and it is difficult to effect any large sales of Lard or Red Oil, unless at much lower rates. Olive is in fa'r demand and casks - a:yelhcld higher; while 'quarts and pints are steady at 3 dols 50c to '4 dolt 62ac. ' We nnderstand that some of the Sperm Oil bought at New Bedford Within the last fortnight at 1 dol 25c, is being shipped from here to'Etigland, -but whether - it is boujit or shipped on an order or on con signment we are triable to state; but it consigned it must be to raise money. It such be the case it is diffi(;ult 'o imagine how the cons'gnor can get off without a loss, so long as the markets on, the' other side continue so depresse d . At all events it casino: ma erially icn,.ove ,the price of oil at the eastward. PitoarrsioNs : The inquiry for Pork is steady, mainly in the local trade, and with light arrivals prices tend upward for prime, and aro better for prime mess ; the saes are 650 brie, at 24 dols 20e to 24'dols '2sc for racer, and 19 dots 30c to 19 dole 40c for" prime; • 19 do7s 40c to 19 dole 50c for prime mess. Beef is . vgthout important change ; the demand fair ; sales of 250 bils at 16 dols to 17 do's for repacked Western mess ;. 16 do's 60c to 17 doh for do Chicago and Cleveland ; and 17 dols 50c to 18 do's for extra do ; prime mess is quiet, and is scarce at 28c to 30c Beef Hams are wanted at 23. dole 50c to 23 dole 75c. Bacon is better; sales of 50 hhds Western smoked at 13-:. Cut Meats are quite scarce; sales of 100 hhds at lOic for shoulders, and 11c to 111,c for hams Lard is buoyant; the bulk of the prime is not offered, and large lots could not be purchased at our extreme quotations at the close ; the sales are 340 brls and tree, at 141 c to lbe, and kegs at 151, Butter is in fair request for the trade, and is steatly ; sales of Oh'o at 15c to 19c, and State at 16e to 21c. Chetso is iu steady request, and in good supply, at 5c to 91c. THE REPRESENTATION OF, BIRMING aAx. Seldom has a constituency been honoured with so many offers of devoted service, this being seemingly the result of a knowledge that Birmingham possesses few gentlemen of ability and positi in, such as would justify their townsmen sending them into the H. use of Commons. The Liberals talked chiefly of Mr: W. Mathew', Mr. T. A. Attwood, and Mr. (Forge D twson; but the first is too bully em ployed in iron-making, the s:csnd pleaded that his custo mers kept him c'osely confined to his bank parlonr, and Mr. D iwson was unwill4z to stand in the way of Mr Bright, whose claims to the support of the electors he had advocated through the newspaper with which he is connected. Mr. Baton Webster, a wire manufacturer of the highest respectability, had also been named, bit it was understood that he had positively refused to allow himself to be put in nomination. The Tories talked of bringing forward S . r Stafford Northcote, the rejected of Lord Ward and North Devon, and also Mr. Wnateley, Q.C., who has local family claims ; but the chances for a Tory in Birmingham are very small indeed. Until this morning the prosp et o the retuen of Mr. Bright seemed very clear. Oa Tuesday, however, it was kr own that Mr Webster bad been waited on by a deputation supposed to represent the gun trade, the licensed victuallers, and the retail brewers, to all of whose interests Mr. Bright is supposed to be antagonistic, and the result is that Mr. Webster has consented to become a candidate. On Tuesday evening the Town Hall was crowded in every available place, at which Mr. Lacy, one of the b,rough magistrates, was called upon to preside. Mr. George Edmonds, clerk of the peace, made an ener getic speech in support of Liberal principles, and proposed that Mr. John Bright should he invited to become their • candidate. Mr. Alderman Manton seconded the motion. Mr. Attwood, amidst confusion, proposed that. Mr. Web ster should be the candidate. Mr. J. D. Goodman, the chairman•of the gun trade, seconded the invitation to Mr. Webster. The Chairman declared that, by a large majority, the choice had fallen on Mr. Bright, and three times three cheers followed for the• popular candidate. A working , man's cemmittee has beep formed to promote Mr. Bright's election. TUE LLTE EUGENE A despatch from Paris has put us ,in possesiion of the fact thatoEugene Sue died on the morning of the 3rd Of August, at six o'clock. He had long been struggling with a painful and, incurable malady ; and there is, alas ! ve r y little reason to doubt that his bodily sufferings were aggravated by mental affliction—by the consciousness that he was an exile from the country he loved, that he was a banished, proscribed, and outlawed man. It' is not, however, as a politician that we wish to speak of Eugene Sue. Identified with • the extreme Democratic and Socialist party, he was publicly a Bed Republican and privately a Sybarite of the order of Mieabaiii. • -Eugene Sue was the' son Of a celebrated French surgeon of that name, whose greatest claim to celebrity lies in a curious controversy in which he was once engaged relative to the painfulness or painlessness of the punishment of death by the guillotine. The future novelist himself served for some time in a medical capaeity'in the Royal Marine of France, and we have a memento of his maritime experience in the shape of a ponderous History of the French Navy; now little remembered and less read. When' about thirty years of age, M. Sue came to settle in Paris,' and devoted himself to literary pursuits. His earlier - Works, " Pauline," " The Watchtower of Boat-Ven,"- ad& " The Female Blae Beard," .acquired for him a con siderable reputation as a melodramatic writer ; but it was not till the publication of his extraordinary romance,, the "Mysteries of Paris," in 1842-3, that he attained that eminence as a writer of fiction, Which made even the' great masters of that branch of Art, Koulie a-. 1. Dumas, tremble at the popularity of their danger .)us rival . The " The Mysteries" were followed by a novel which created' even a greater sensation, "The Wendel ing Jew," which was remarkable not only for its enthralling . interest as a romance, but for the peculiar political ,vie*s therein for the first time developed by ,the author. These Works, brought enormous sums to Eugene Sue. For ' Thelirati deriug Jew'' alone, he is stated to have received no lessA , sum than 130,000 franc. or six thousand pou nds sterling.' To there succeeded ' Martin ; or, tlieXemOirs of a, Valet de Clambre," and "The Seven CalsitAl Sins," and some works of minor interest Fr,,Oin' the period Of 'the revolu tion of 1848, Eugene Sus threw hiniFelf entirely into politics. Ho wap a member of the revolutionary assemblies of that ntoimy eras and though. after his prescriP•ion, he still showed himself occasionally in print, frbni his 'retreat at Annecy, in Savoy, , works were more political pamphlets than novels, Eugene Sue wits dot ‘a Moral writer ; his, works, on the contrary, are replete with volaptu.M denriptions ancl violsnt exaeetatiortsoinit, bid sentiment. But he had great power, a greV facultY for description, and an almost unexaimpled talent for eon s struction. Withal, in his sympathy for the people; their rights and their wrongs, he was as eloquent as . he was honest. In his private life he was lukurioute but liberal, cynical but eharitable. • iBBIZ E INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.-CAOYDON, TUESDAY. GREENWOOD v. RlCE.—This was an - action upon a bill pf~exChange.for £37, to recover the amount from the d«- fendant . as acceptor. The plaintiff and' the defendant are atterni&, the former carrying on his prirfessirn id Chan do.-street, ,vendish:square, a- d the 'latter' in. Lincoln's-inn-fi-hlz, but at the tilne :Cie teinsaetioh look ,took place he had offices in Clifford's•inn. fn May, 1853, a person named William Hudson Trir , d, who was an in i mate friend of the pl tintiff, brought him the hill in quesion, and asked him to disri , unt it. The 101 at this time bore the endorsement bf Hind, and that of, another person named Grib;con, and the name 'of 'Vie :defend:ant appeared upon it as the aceePtor, .and the plaintiff knoW jag all the ,partiei agreed to thscriunt the bill,which ,yvas at two months date, any), gave 'Hind a eheryte for :X35, ded,lctirig the remainder for discount. • Th 6 hill was not paid when it arrived st maturity and the plaintiff wrote two l e tters to the defendant, Tipriti, the subject in May and July of the following 'year, but hie did' riot answer them, and according to the Case for the prosecution the defendant could not be fonnd until recontly, 'when he recommenced practice, and' the present' action wa4 then brought to recover the a - mount laf tin; question: The defendant put a great many pleas upon the record, in -ausWer •to the claitn, denying the endorsements, and the , accelptince. • . :arid 'also pleaded that the bill *as Pitid beterel , it- arrived at maturity, and it lid been paid by If:nd ; end tha" the plaintiff had released' him friihi as the acceptor. The Lora Chief Baron; in . summing up the ease, said that if the fact halinot bten proved-by both parties, he ihonght the jury would not 11,,dve' *very readily,,beit4er that an attorney had a person in the position of the witness Hind the money 'to take up the bill, and have taken the that - iced a - person In'ihe distressed condition he was repre.sentai tb b and a .lgathhler to liot,. paying it, when it arrived at maturity, and thus relieve him from liability. Taking eis feet; however, for granted, it war no answer to the ijctiou, and.pnless it was made ont to the satisfaction of the jury that the plaintiff lad vet-ased the defendant from hieliability St air acceptor, he was entitled to a verdict. The evidence upon titH :print was quite contradietary;and thdjury would . have en say which side they thought_was speaking the truth: The put* aloviat irnmediately''retuieted a -verdict for the plaintiff for the amount of the bill, and his lordship, upon the application of Mr. Hawkins, granter? • speedy execution. • POLICE - INTELLIGENCE:—YEsTuDes. LIVERPOOL. r BEFORE 'MR. MEIN. -?.--,Three - respectable looking' pesons, , named Henry Wright, Sameel Ryan, and Thoinae Rae, were charged as folrows: —Officer 3.36 said, at a quartet past two in the morning, he was passing along Regent road: when, there were some unfortunate. females making , a noise; and he told them to go away, and Was putting 'them along, when one of the; prisoners came up and' accused him" s f being up- a passage-with an improper woman: •Ife: Old; him to gs away, when the prisoner struck him on the breast, and then the others came up and Ittoidted hitn 'dOwn; It his s4aff, and flung it 100 yards off. They also !hroki-. aud, when they were engaged beating him, a dig came and bit him on.the leg.. eft • cross:OcknaitiatiOn-- bye Mr: BlereV who de.; fended the' pritexiers, , ‘ he said 'll5 4,0 in a-e public -liPuse iii the eYSning, bitt. had. no with any;of the prisoners. He admitted that he struck the prisreitere`after they bad struck him. He': had a pint of ale at half-ptist otie o'clock, bateivas: perfeettrobber. Mr. Black : Is it not contrary to rules to take drink whilst on duty? • Mt 4. Garnett: Ins is. Weiat houseehita - .yorrthe ale in.? Sri Mr.' Fisisha,WV, tihat keePs open.' all-night for the public, Mr. Blnek croeslmitnined the witness at some length, `arid \\ f right was kinking afier.sothe shut ters when he Sasv'the 'paliceittan ill-treating a -female, and on asking liar , why he did scythe policeman struck him, and' then i!alit Ryan and 'the" other gentleman were called, - la 'order 0' take` his 'number; and he turned on and struck them. His cliente had declared to him that they did not strike the officer' at all, .and al; thoUgh 4 the constable had listed : that he :had net taken any drink withlhein; he would produce the bar 1 mart at Kr.'Finsbeav's who would swear that the officer had three glesees of ale 'at the counter at the expanse of the prisoners, and that along with the.- Veit Wale, the man admitted haring taken, would be calculated to make him the vibrse of I.quOr. If his Worehip'thought there was a ase, lih tvotikl ask f.n. a remand in order to produce the barman. ~His worship said he considered it a serious cage, co 'far as the officer was concerned, and he having "admitted ,that he violated the rule by taking ale whilst on duty, he' would adjourn the case to this day, and would admit 'the prisoners out on their own bail, - The case stands'for this morning • • • MR. GOODER,If S CLERIC..—AN ExPLA.N Kehoe addressed his Worship, and said, in reference to the case of - Brooks; whi was'before the court on the previous day, and who stated that he Was clerk to Mr: Goodere, the attorney, •Mr. Goodere wished to make an observation now, as he was absent on the previous day when his name was men lionet. Brooks had swernahe day before that he was in Mr. Gozulare'e employment at the time, but it appeared that Mr. Goodere 'had previously discharged him, and for what reason 110.;_Goodere mould now: explain. Mr. Good ere said that he regretted that he was absent on the pre vious day. The 'mai Brooks had been his clerk, and on •Monday,he met him at the Town-hall, - when he said, " I have given. my wife in custody but, -instantly cor recting hinvelf, he said, " Oh, she is not my Wife, I 'only &a with her" I said; •" In that case you are no longer a eerie of mine ; discharge yxu. which I did on the instant. There was a question put to, the man oh the previous day, which, I : think, -requires an explanvion. He was asked it ha were a touter for me. 'He'vres never a' touter for me, but my, bona fide clerk, and ray instructions to him were, under no circum stances whatever to do any business outside a doors, and, al:hough he may- be morally guilty wide regard to the woman, yet I believe my instructions ware faithfully carried out. The subject then dropped. He v nin. It - HAPPEN ? ';-11enry Jackson and Mary Ann Williams alias Anne Berne, two well dressed persons, were put Forward .on„a charge of havingi . .robbed a gentleman named John Jones, who was stopping at - the Queen's notek . :of f. a .gold watch• and £3 -in money. Mr. Block waS for -the, prisoners.. The offie,.?r•who had the case said' the prosecutor; gave the priviners into custody in Lawton-street, for robbing him. lie said the prosecutor was speaking to the woman in ,a -,passege in Lawton-street,.wlen the man came up anl. seized him, and bothlrobbed him., The , prosecutor was called; but di I not appear. Mr. Black:. I theughtle would, not appear. The prisoners ware .disoarged. I ROBBERiIf or £2o.— r George F4:34, Mary Smith, end Lydia Ormsby; wer6 charged with, having robbed Edwin Eyans, w'ao%said - he-was et draper, ft om Warrington,„ of £2O in silver, about..lo-nights age„in a beerheuse in Thurlow streeta Ms.. )3.lu* defetvled, The whole, case was a composed rigmarole., made " con4ideFablymore cenfused" ,by the 'Fxamihatien and crone-examination of the witnesses pro and Con,:by inspector liebee. The Only thing certain that appeared was- that the man was robbed, and that he swore positively the prisoners robbed him. The prisoners Were sent for trial: , - BEFORE MR. J. li. SMITH. - UNWHOLESOME MsaT.--Daniel M'Kensey, of Bevington hill, and John Hughes, of Scotland-road, were each sum moned for offering for sa'e unwholesome meat Inspector Jones proved having seized 441bs. of slink veal (calves that are from the cow " untimely ripped") from the former, and 350 lbg. of unwholesome beef from the latter: Each of the above persons were well-known dealers in carrion, and had conducted that lucrative business for a consider able time, They were fined 103 and costs. • • • months The.prisoner, left Mr, Craig's service rather and deall last Monday morning upon which he was suspected ; n 2 o search being made for him, he was found at the b3at house, at Parkgate, being about to go by the omnibue, and ' upon being asked if he had any luggage, he denied that he had. The omnibus conductor was, ho revel., appealed to, and he soon pointed out a bundle and a basket as belonging to the prisoner, theletter containg the apples, onions, and gooseberries produced. Samples of onions and apples from Mr. Craig's garden were produced, and found to cor respond with those in the basket. Prisoner declined say ing anything, and was committed for three calendar month's hard labour. A letter was found on the prisoner addressed to a very respectable person residing at. Rock Ferry, of whom he (prisoner) had had some clothes, and by which it appeared that that parson had receives t i.,her fruit or vegetables from the prisoner, as he complains of the basket not having been returned sooner, that he might have had it the second time It is to be hoped, that should the person alluded to see this he will be more cautious for the future, or he may find himself in a very awkward position. ROBBERY By A P R O3TITUTE.—ME.Tpret Roberts. a?ias • Carnall, a - prostitute, from Tranmere, was cha-gad with robbitg William MeAslan of Ll ss. in money, and two handkerchiefs. The prosecutor and prisoner met each other at Woodside Ferry, about twelve o'clock at night. and walked together till they got to a hay-stack in a field at Tranmere, where they lay do am and fell asleep. Proseeutor awakening some time a•ter, missed the prisoner and, his money, and having got a constable they want in search of the prisoner, and found her in bed in a brothel at Tranmere, with the handkerchief tied round her head. Upon being charged with the robbery, she denied ali knowledge of it, or that she bad seen the prosecutor before. The money was not found. Committed under Vagsant Act for the full term of three calendar months, this- being her eighth appear ance and.seventh conviction. THREATENING THE POLICE —George Williams was brought up by warrant, for contempt of court, in not appearing on the 2i , h May last, in answer to a summons for using threatening and abusiie language towards Detective-officer Hodgson since which time he had kept out of the way, - until yesterday, when he was ap prehended. Upon Mr. Drew, the magistrates' clerk, asking the prisoner what he had to say to the charge, he repliek don't deny it." Hodgson said there was a great- row- on the 25th of May last, which ended in a fiee, and that he went to separate them, when the prisoner, and another man named King, who appeared - to his summons on the 28th of May, and is now undergo ing imprisonment for want of bail, commenced abusing him most shamefully, and threatened to do him some personal injury for interfering. To find bail to keep the peace four calendar months, or in default imprisoned for that time. BEFORE MR. SMITH AND MR. G. DOLT CELLAR DWELLINGS. —Yesterday, no less than twenty five inhabitants of various dwelling houses, were sum moned ,by the local Authorities for having let off their collars to persons as habitations, contrary to the act of parliament. The caqes were proved by Inspectors Freeny and Campbell, _aid by Mr.. Ansley. In each case the parties ware firma in a mitigated penalty, and cautioned not to offend again. BIRKENHEAD. LOSS OF THE FLAT WIIINSTAY. h. . TO THE,; . EDITOR ',OF , THE IC , ORTHEEN TIMES. fair—Having read, paiavaplilin your paper, as well as the. re; of the local paper's, I bPg to correct an error which has taken place. It haviPg been claimed by•the U.ncle Sam that she had taken off the crew. of the flat Whinstay, X beg to -606 that I wtts . the only party who took..them off,.and'then transferred them to the steam-tug Uncle . Se.ritp By your kindly inserting the above, you will:greatly ol4ige your obedient servant, • • CORNELIUS GREEN. THE T 11143 PRVZICIANS.—The Cele:lintel French physician; Dinmoulin, on hls death bed,rwhen . surrouncled by the most distinguished citizen; iif tViiS, - who rfgretted the log ' s the profession would sustain in his death, said : ‘6 , 2a y f r ignds, I leave behind me three plissiclans much greater thin myself." Being pressed 'to name them, each of ~the doctors supposing bireself to be ore of the three, he answered, " Wan gl‘r,9i", and IHet,"—Leisure Hour. PRESCOT PETTY SESSIONS.—TuEsnIy. }MORE REV. IVM. EVANS, COLONSL BIRCH, AND A BENCtI OF MAGISTRAIE3. 4 George Burris 810 .40li r ley iitiras„.ip, the employof Messrs. Eyans AO . 8ra11,..y, eatioical work's, Si; Helens, were brought np 7eman.l . , chaigjd iVi!h hiving assaulted : Geo , ge Bales, a foreinan of the samet worta . s. 'Mr. G.i6dere, of Liverpool, wq, especially retained on the: plit 'of the prosecution,'the wisenerfi trid7, defend-'d Nosh , of St. Helens, Mr. Goodere,.havin, referred tri the 1411 and 15th Vie., c 55, Co-tune:Ay called Act, proceedad wish the evidence,' Mr. M4rsh ad tuein evidence on bOtalf.of the prison irs. The b:tneh deciled that a m"st uniustifi iblP as'saUlt had been coOlinitted, and fined Barkley Burns in thn Sum of SI, scut GeorgT Wirns in the sum of Li.los, atkd blond both parties over to keep the peace. ' EXTRAORDII4AiIt DOUBLEeAthi OF BIGAMY. At the Wakefisld petty. sessirms, on Monday last, a min named Pease, a cqttager and farm labourer, at Horbury; near Wakefield„, was charged with having neglec'e i to provide for,hip.Wife, she :thereby becoming chargeable t o the townsfip of Horbnry. 'Mr.Brratt, who appeared for the defendant, put thayife, Sarah Pease, under a severe cross-examination, front which it . appeai.ed that; fourteen' s ' years ago, she left her hand and went tri taking with her a considerable .sum of matey*, wearing apparel, and other articles—in fact, lie.hitcf strip d the pe man. Subsequently the •'. huslogui; healing she Wag dead, married again ; but soon after ,this he heard that she had written 'letters' to frietids' in' England, in one of which , (produced) she . said. she, was mar ried to a man in New Yak, named Rae, • and signed.hereelf " Sarah Rae." Nothing more was heard. of her till a' few days ago; When she i pregente'd herself at Pew's jruee, Horbury', and 'preferred . her craini his lawful wife. ,ROth Pease and his wife OhjeFred to re cognise this claim; and she consequently thec herself on the parish.. During the eVidence &he denied the ritithen";' ticiv of the letter produced, but ackOwledged, after great • hesitation, and a barefaced attempt to evade the questions, that she hid Hied with Rae in New York, and had had a child to him, but denied being married to him. The magistrates doubted the truth of the latter assertion, but said that even supposing it was true, the law said that if it were proved that the wife had committed adultery, the husband was not liable to maintain her. According to her own acknowledgment, she had been living with the man Rae, and according to her letter she had been married to him. The case, must, therefore, be dismisied. At the conclusion of the hearing there was a " Beene" outside the Court-house, between the friends of the two wives ; those of the first expressing their determination to have I Pease apprehended on a charge of bigamy. An intima tion to that effect having been giten to the mag:strates' clerk, he said if a warrant were applied for, he should advise the magistrates to refuse it. UNSUITABLE, AFTER ;TRIAL, • A lab ouring maun arned Walten„WitspriCed. it the Gnildhali bar, on.Tassday, before Sir H. Muggiridge;*clinrged with the following assault upon his wife':—Alice Walton said':` • I have been-married to the prisoner abOut yeArk'ind we have had . a great deal of quarro'ling • 'but, on Monday night, he came home, and I ask'sd him ior mons) , to buy food with, upon which he struck me a blow on the side of the face. I held him,•and he then kicked me. We, both fell down together . Prisoner : We have only been mar ried eighteen,mouths,.and I wish for a separation, as wa cannot Jive happily together. Complainant : We have been married ,two . year, and I lived with you for four years previou!, You had me for four years on . trial before you, married me. (Laughter.) Sir Henry. Muggsridge . : Are you sure he had - money when you asked him for . it ? Complaitihnt t Yes, sir, for he earned 2s on Sunday, and would not give me'a farthing of it. Sir Henry Muggeridge : What' did you do with the 24, prisoner ? Prisoner I spent if.' I own I did . - wrong ; but I,dit4 not strike her 4 uhtil'aftef she took up the poker against me and 'scratchad - my face'. Complain ant : ,I did not tough the p4kSr Until you iatrtick me: • Sir Henry Muggeridge; , 'adjourn this ei'se` unit Thursday; and let rue i tell ypti,' imigolket,' you' Oti char ged with a very serious assault , for whieliyoU'lnay be sent to prison for six m.onths, with hard lahour• - ~, . . • . BErORIC TIM "morn. W. COXON AND CAPT. dLECG. CACEL.BOBBaRY.•-•James Baiter and Ellen Baxter, the former a laticiuring man, and lately in the employ . of Messrs. Thompson , the contractors for exc avatin g the Great Float, - and the latter said to be his wife, were charged with stealing ,some articles of Wearing Apparel and tis. in Money belonging to John Thompson, Thompson said that he was a labourer and on the look-out for work, and when the 'robbery was committed he was wending his ,way for Crew:', having with him a small bundle and about 103. in money. That he had got about two miles out of Birkenhead when the prisoners ove took him, and he asked them we e they were going. the male prisoner replied that he was. for Gewe to look for work, and he (Thotopson) saying • he was. for the same place they walked on together until t h e y 'collie to a public-house where they hada qbart: of; ale, which. he (Thompson) paid for. That they aga;n went on, and when they got to Bromboi,ough, they all three went into a public. house there and Iliad two; quarts more ale between them, and the Woman something (t,o eat, for ,the whole of which he ; (Tlinitipgan) t aid'. Whileeiitiog there the male pr isoner Mr. George Peabody; the Amer ic a n ha- ker, of Loridon, left, the room; and Thompsop then missed his bundle, con taining a cap and pair of stocking, a ihirt and pocket made a visit to this city on the. lfith.• An incident whieh he related of irasif, vthile here; will show to what'll r.- hAndkeachief, upon which he- went out to look fbr him, Peabody is indebtel - y e his - s iccess. = ' Fifty years ago, at . the,. age . s i f tlyel i ve, be had oceasien to followed by t th 33 : woman,, who said she did not pass . know where , he_ . , had vie to, or whether he would through ryoneord, on., hie wav to Vermdat. Ile' reopped overtake them,: bat as she., was not married to all night at, the y 9 jckr ey tiorel;'wher6'. he, naid lars lodgtng and br.oo.olot 171ysiwitig wool. —wicOect Denaivrat. , him, she would goon with, him (Thompson,) and ~ accordiugly they proceeded feward3 Chester. They had, Makssestors‘, UtelDni3Y A CiItaCIVAIAN.--.--"N1 Tae9day:, morning last tho Rai, GA.'S'. Trynii, 'who has been re-' however, got but t a short distance, when he found the_ woroareoo. hand in his ., pseket in wh.ch his money was. cently indtactedp the liosina; ot. Old. tn, ni n o n : 'filing seized it he' said, '' de; you meant o rob me," to an,l)3ythorn,mear,lluntingdou, was found fying tilion his which sliq , feilled:,'" I was only in fun." lie still held bed, with his throat but in- a most' frieltful . manner,. • au d b:ei hatid and mpaged to take 23 from it,. and ha,ving s,tyarciasd his ppckAtold her she had got fie more, which he quite dead ; he vsas_in pis nightdiess, and One tcand grasp-. ins therapr, which had inflicted the dehdly liionnd.. m i . • wputd . haye or • give . her in custody. She, however, did and he made the best a his way to Tryon did not iisl`e at his "'Ault time, and the servants, , ric't - ,Alke* it 'IIP, gLittoV, where he found a constable, and told him what actable to ohtein . admittance, became alarmed, and , hari happened , The constable and himself then went in acquainled. ;Nth. liing_ the. i eburchwardeti.'" The atora search of the psis tern, whorn•they .found, on tho high road hsv is g ispep forcillfy enteied, be was berrifi , _ d on be with _the burlap. Sergeant Williamson, one of the the peetarl-s jast'Sleseribed. Mr. Tryon was a ,Senior - Clid,hitb pol . ca, proved apprehending the prisoners, the Fellow of Clare-hall, Cainbridge." L'ast'S ',itchy he offici woman carryiAgsabundle, and that ho asked them what it nted fps the firstaimes P evious to his retiring to his room on Monday iiiglit no'bne had obSeried anything 'peetilia- containedittshea both of Ahem repl ied, " Nothin g but wh.a.•tri , .. : oitroewnl' .:114shOwever.opened i t, and found the shirt - 7 in.his mroner.-§tamford Mercury. iLL-CONSTIAUCTED Liw Go uars..,--The, legal ;profession an&stoakings in it ; in the woman's poc ket he found the has to e stiffer+ . continuously from the, injutiona.consequenoes 'Pocket-bandkerehiefuand.in.th,3 jacket pocket of the man of ill.dustinoted courts '; and lawyers, at least, should 114 fousUlthe cap,. all of which were identified by Thomp nterestthemsel;tes in seeing . that the boilding3 hi, whiell , son, 3 10.1 in money was also . found on the woman. The prisoners, who.-did not deny the charge, were bath theyhave"t'e Spend so much of their lives, should be ade quately adapted to - the required purposes: Atnongs: other • committed for trial. ~ annoyances of the Class we are alluding to, and: which b,s.se • ASSAAJLTING- WlFE.—Patrick Whaling, . a sawyer by to be encountered by . the practitiorer, We. play pate the trader hvisg in Birkenhead, was ChNegea . with having absurd relative positidns altotteil resaectively to the jade, , erdely las§aulted , his wife, Frances, on Tuesday night. juty, counsel, and wi!nesses. M o nt' a circuit tOVIII presents Tiolice officer. Murray said he was on duty about twelve in its c o urt-house an instance of most ingenious folly in n'dOck that night, when he saw a crowd of persons round P Muse in the, Claughtox-road, and when he got the arrangeniOnt of the above necessarrparties, We.have • often seen learned sitting in a we'll ind.he.mildle of there , he heard a female cry out "murder, warder," very the court, preclnded from' all meains of ..c.)natriunicating pitifully,upoh which .he went into the house and found lAth their clients or with each • other;i:the- witnesF.,box the prisoner, wh6 was the worse for drink, having hold of being so tlispespd, that if he w,htf-is being:examined looks` his wifeby.the hair of the head s who begged of the police o wes I ftis, questioner when anssifering the counsel, as is officer to take him. into custody, as she was afraid he would ler vitably, th 3 case, he "then Aunts' big hark ,on the jury, -kilt her, upon which he looked him up. _Prisoner's wife who O'se his reply. -On being told by everybody at once, said it was not the arst time he had ill-used her, although to , 0 speak Up, and leek the: other way," the nerveas wit. fin , the last two years she had kept him by her own in ness immediately alters his position, se that the„ judge,. can dustry, 'he not having done any work during that time, only hear an indistinct m u tter ; : whereupon he receives a Fined 10i and costa, or twenty-one dmprisonment. dignified rebuke from his lordship, and endeavours to meet' 5' YattiT argikr-Ocis—john. Milligan, a s s' s ardener, and who this new want, in which, if he succeeds, he inevitably has been in eastody It';r theft on other gooses offends the t hen d i on the other side, who is hearl cow= • chirged With stialir'g some apples, onions,. and plaining to the diseencerted.witness, "Can ' t bear a word berries, the ptom . .ty of Mr.- Hugh Craig, a genilernan you sly, sir! Why don't.you give out your evidence i residing 4 13 ie. wood, near Leighton ,in this county,in whose like an 1194C4t t4lttn ?"---Loto Magezine; for August, e l employ h 0 ) ",,ad been as gardener bttween four aid fa WEST DERBY UNION. The usual weekly meetirg of the Guardians of this Union wai held yesterday, la the , Bnrd-room, Mill-lane,. Everton. Mr. H. E lwards, in the ahience of the chairman, presided. The °thee zentlemen present Were—Mes=rs. Morris, Abrahams, Beberts, Sig ir, Shaw, Birch, and 0 en. It appeared that there was £762 9;. Gd. In the banes of the treasurer, and that all the books kept by the officials were correctly 'made up. Cheques to the amount of £154 were voted for the maintenance'of the out-door poor.. The sevoral reports of the cammitsees were reed and confirmed, and afte- transacting the usual routine business the Board separated. REPRESENTATION OP BIRVINGIIAW—An enthusiastic meet ing was held last night in favour of Mr. John Bight. DARTIIMOLIT IT, August 4.—The Swiftsure, from Mel bourne, with 200 passengers, and 60,000 oz of gold, is off this port. She has landed mails and twenty passengers. SIGNALISING MERCHANT SHIPS BY THE ROYAL NAVY. — The Admiralty has issued a circular, directing . the com manders,of Her Majesty's ships to make periodical returns of all merchant vessels they may meet at sea. - - - THE SARAH SANDS.—The steamship Sarah Sands, char tered to take troops to India, was only accepted on Tues day, and is tinder engagement to embark her troops at Portsmouth on Saturday next, and will sail the same evening. Moats TEANSPORTS FOR INDli.—The East India Company will receive tenders on the 7th inst., for the conveyance of Her Majesty's service to Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, on board screw steamers of 1000 tons register and upwards, or by clipper sailing veesels of 1000 tons and upwards. The troops are to embark not later than the 18th instant. Jerre 22.—1 t is reported in Calcutta that, if the Queen of Oude has left England, she is to be stopped and arrested at Galle. Another report was current that the King of Delhi had taken poison because he could not agree with the mutineers, but in all probability he has been assassi nated. Another report declares that he has been hanged. by the mutineers. You will be glad to 'hear that Mr. Sumner still continues to improve, and that though overwhelmed with invitations from his many friends, he indulges in the plea sures of London life with the create t caution. Oa Wed nesday, July 1. he dined, by invitation, with the benchers of the Inner Temple—'he first time such an invitation was ever extended toe stranger—and where he was, of course, compelled to make a short speech. Those who beard the speech say that it was principally a reminiscence of the eminent lawyers he had known when here before. — correspondent of the Boston Traveller. THE CONDEMNED CONVICTS IN MAIDSTONE GAOL.-- Tha murderer Fox, since his condemnation, has exhibited the deepest contrition for his crime, and the most heart felt penitence. He is frequently found engaged in fervent pra , er in his cell, and ecc tsion ally breaks out into singing scriptural hymns. He expresses himself as quite prepared to die, and seems rather pleased at the result of the trial than otherwise; indeed, he would have pleaded enilty to the charge, had it not been for 'the earnest salici'ation of his friends. Edwards, on the contrary, obstinately persists in his innocence, and though he lis'enS respectfu l ly to the exhortations of the chaplain, the Rev. Watson King, they evidently make little or no impression. upon him. After the trial, we hear, a stone, weighing nearly three or four ounces, was found upon him, but the precautions taken by Mr. Halyard, the governor, were such as to prevent the possibility of his using it, had he harboured any such in tention. When asked what it was fr he replied that that was'best known to himself. He says he shall protest that be is innocent to the last, and, from his obdurate and hardened . dispesition, there is reason to believe that he will .do so. The execution will p-obahly take place on Thursday week,---,South Eastern Gazette. HOP INTELLIGENCE. —A portion of the grounds about Canterbury, which went early into blight, have recovered themselves very much, and bid fair to grow some bops. Others are still looking very black and bad,, although the vermin generally have left them It is now certain that the growth of hops in this neighbourhosd will be very spotty, but the appearance generally is certainly better than last week. In Horsmonden a total blight has set in, in large portions of many grounds, although there are few grounds in the parish that wll not grow some hop which the neighbourhood of Maidst one the vermin, by some of the grounds were infested a short time ago, appear to have entirely died off, in consequence of the continued dry and hot , weather, Most of the plantations are now suffering from-the drought. Those, however, which were least affected by disease, and where the lend had been well manared and kept in good Conlition, promised to yield a fair crop. The range of the best plantations in Mid Kent seems to run from Linton, through the Ferleighs, Hinton, Yalding, Wateringbury, and Mereworth, to Wrotham. About R , chester the hops are gradually getting worse. Ftrehlatt is spreading, and altogether the plant has not looked worse for seseral years past.. The duty is called £105,000. —South. Eastern. Gazette,. SMALL COULiTESIES. — A lady of our acquaintance rased often to assert that a gentleman, then 'sleeping with his fathers, had been thelsolitest m.an of his generation, and. as a revolt for this opinion, always told the following story : On returning ,once from school for the holidays, she had been put under hi: eharge . for the journey. They stopped for the night. .at a Cornish inn. Supper was ordered, and seen there appeared a dainty dish of woed citekr. Her cavalier led her to the board with the air of a Grandison ; end then proceeded to place all the legs of the birds on 'her plate. At first, with her school-girl pre judicies in favour of wings, and in disfavour of legs and drumsticks, she feat rather angered at having these (as She supposed) uninviting and lea st delicate p ar ts impetei upon her ; but in after yea's, when gastronomic light had beamed on her, and the e x p erience of many suppers brought true appreciation, she did full justice to the memory of the man who could sacrifice such moreecuts as woodcooke thighs to the crude app etite of a g irl ; who coald thus show his innate deference far womushoo even in such budding form. In these smell court courtesies we must confess that we h av e ever found the gallant nation under the s un v..ry defi c ient. In the abstract of p o liteness the Gaul is gee it; oup he is grand. We have seen him dash off his b at at a gr of _l a dles every time they pausal him with a frat We r.ichave enth even s e en him wave it at which made us trem ble for the b r i m: their shadow, or even the poodle dog which followed at their heels. Yet, alas! when these same deities appeared at the table.d.hote, how blind! how insensible was be to their presence ! how closely did he hug his well chosen seat, though they were seatleas! how z-alously ?ald he pick for himself the titbits and the dainties, ev;enout regard or thought for their delicate palat:al-41 ,- .4ckwodit's Magazine fur August! IMPORTANT UNDER TRE SMOKE PREVENTIO] ACT. THE FINAL ADJUDICATION ADJOURNED. Yesterday; the presiding Magistrates, Messrs. SaiTth and Dixon, were occupied for a considerable time at the Police-court, in bearing cases which bai been summoned by direction of the Hell h Committee of the town, for their adjudication under the provisions of this act, which, by section 126, enacts, That all manufactories and steam-boat furnaces, &c . , shall be so constructed as to consume or burn the smoke arising from such furnace," &c. Mr. M'Gowan, the Deputy -town Clerk; attenled to conduct the cases on behalf of the Health CM nictee, and Wignall, the Inspector of smoke, was present to prove evil of the offences for which the .parties.had been summoned. The first Case proceeded with WIS one of Breit impee. tance, and one that has heretofore occupied much attention and time. It was that in which Messrs. John Cannington and Co , the eminent -glass manufacturers of Vauxhall road, were the defendants, and the Health Com mittee, on behalf of the public were- the complainants. Mr. M‘Gowan -said : I have to trouble the bench with several complaints under the Smoke Prevention Act, and it is with some regret that I do so, after the many cases which have been heard, and penalties inflicted under the same act; but so it is ; and if parties will offend, they must be brought before you. The fi st case I shall go into is that against the Messrs. Cennington's, because they have been most frequently before this court: but I can say that in the month of November last, when they were here, their case was fully gone into before Mr Mansfield, and a great number of scientific witnesses were then culled, from all parts; and, after hearing that evidence, in the course of . which it was clearly shown that the nuisance could be pre vented, the defendants were convicted, and a fine followed. On this occasion, I am in a position to prove, by . our Inspector, that the nuisance did exist on the day the complaint was made ; that he had frequently served the defendants with notices •, and that on that day the nuisance did continue; and beyond that, I shall call before you a gentleman, who has devoted much time and attention to the subject. It is Mr. Green, of Phila delphia, and he will tell you that there is no occasion for any smoke being emitted from such works. After you have heard the case, I must call noon you to inflict the f ill penalty. He then called Mr. Wignall, the Inspector of Smoke Nuisances, who stated thdat on the 22nd of the last month he saw dense volumes• of black smoke issuing from the defendants' cone from 852 to 9.7:1-. from 8.56 to 9 3,-and again fern 037t0 9 3-1 p.m. During that period the smoke continued intense. It was very bad smoke, and very black. The cones from which the smoke was issuing are six feet in circumference at the top, and they, were filled at the time, and scattered the smoke all over the district. The defendants have been before the court on a previous occasion (the 7th of Nov. last) and were then fined £5. The machinery is in the tame state now as it was then. Since then I have observed the same offence being committed, and served them with notices on the 23rd of March, the 30:h of April; the • Ist of June, and on the present occasion. Mr. Smith : Was a similar offence committed on each occasion that you served the nodes? The Witness : Yes, and betid , s that, I have had several interviews with them, and have ex plained how the escape of smoke could be prevented. There is no need of such smoke escaping as I should complain of, with proper care and attention on the part of the men employed. Mr. Cannington was about to question the witness as to the smoke that issued from the furnaces on the various times that the notices had been served, but that was objected to by Mr. M'Gowan, who said the parties were summoned for the offence on the 22nd of July, and previous notices had only been served with a view of - cautioning them. The Bench decided that they must con fine their inquiry to the day that the information was laid. Mr M'Gowan then called Mr. Jacob Green, glass man ufacturer, of West Bromwich, near Birmingham, and also of the Philadelphia Glass Company, who said, I have devoted much time and attention to the means for prevent ing smoke in glass manufacturing and glass wok 3. I have seen the defendants works, and I do not see any reason for the existence of the nuisance from the smoke - complained of, as, with proper care and attentionAt could be dispensed with, and all the smoke might be con sumed. Mr. M‘Gowan : And to the advantage of the de feniants ? The Witness : Most decidedly sn, for the smoke • could be converted into fuel, whereas, if it is allowed to escape, it his a tendency to discolour the glass. Mr. M'Gowan : Will you explain your views on this point!' The Witness : Yes. The escape of the smoke 'could be easily prevented, and by a very simple method. It is by allowing a blast of air to enter at the top of the fistulae% and another blast of air at the bottom. Between these• two blasts of air, the smoke arising front the coals with which the furn - ce is supplied, get connected with fuel by its cembustien, and thus adds to the heat, and save the coals. Mr. M•Gowan : Thee you say . it would be a great saving in coals, and would do away with the nuisance altogether ?- The Witness : It would. Mr. M'Gowan : Yon say you have seen the defendant's work., and have no doubt in spected them minutely. What do you think it would cost the defendants to introduce the improvements you have named ? The Witness : Perhaps from £lO to £2o.' Mr. Mr IlltGlowan : But is there any difficulty in preventing the smoke with the present appliances of the defendants. The Witness : Certainly not, with proper care and atten tion on the part of the persons employed. Mr. M'Gowan then addressed the Bench, observing that he clearly proved his case, and should therefore call upon the Bench to inflict the full penalty. Such had been the case en previous inquiries, and he did not doubt but that the same princi ple would be adhered to, bat ha left himself entirely in the hands of the bench, Mr. Cannington, jun. : -Gentle men, will you allow me to ask Mr. Wignall a question? • The Bench : Most decidedly . Mr. Cannington Well, then, I will ask hint this questiott. Does he not know that - for ten or twelve hours that we do not feed our furnaces!' Mr. Wignall : lam aware of it. Mr.- Cannington then addresse 1 the bench contenffing that he had done all he -. could to prevent the nuisance complained of, and had been at a great expense- in so doing, but had not been able to accomplish it ; and, with regard to the statement of Mr. Green, he could only say, that he should be most happy , to allow Mr. Green to make the improve ments .he had suggested at the cost, but he did not believe that they could be done for twice the sum. We have been called upon to do the best we could to prevent the nuisance. We 'have done so, and we have done all that was rsquired of us by the scientific gentlemen who • were called when we were surnmened in November last; therefore I say we have done all that ingenuity and scientifiskill could Suggest. Mr. Wybergh : By the ant you are bound to take all practical means to prevent the smoke. Mr.. Smith, 'the magistrate, here suggested that • he thought; the bench was not competent to decide the question, and suggested, as .Mr. Mansfield had heard the case on previous occasions, that it had better be postponed until that gentleman was present. Mr. M.Gowan protested against such a course being adopted, as he had clearly provedehe case lie had proved that they had not urge= proper care in the consumption of the smoke, and if such a coarse was to be adopted, there would -be no end of the., expenses on the town, as Mr. Mansfield had decided that; . all such cases as the .present were to be heard before. thealey or unpaid magistracy, and that before him certain • scientific evidence had been adduced, which was to regulate all other cases;. but if the case was tobe adjoutneie the only course tole adopted would be to have, on each occasion, when persona were summ.onednthe sante scientific evidence, which had Vet the town upwards of ilOO, brought. before them, on every ocsaslon. He humbly submitted: that he had proved'ttie case ; and if he had not done so., the defendants had done it themselves, for if they haft not been confidant that they could consume the smoke, • they would never have issued instructions and regulation* to their men to the effeot that, for the first offence, they. would be fined.2l 61; f•or the seco nd oflenee, 5s ; and fors the third offence, they would bi discharged. The Benin's Those regulations show that the parties hare done elk they could to prevent the nuisance. Mr. AlSGowan: I am, of course, in the hands of the bench. It was„then decided by the bench that thecase shoold ba adjourned until, Mr. Mansfield was present to hear it. Messrs. Berm Redfern and Co., glass . mannfeeturere, were summoned for a similar offence; bat, on the request of the complainant, the hearing of the case was postponed for the present. James Mu Tratt and Sens, manufaetueing chemists. Vauxhall-road, pleaded galty to having Vie leted the same law, and were fined 40i and costs. Messrs. Adam Farris and Brothers, sugar refieeren of Vauxhall-roa - I, were also summoned for the same offence - , Mr. Wignall clearly proved the offence, and said that he had previously served the defendants with notices, and, that they had be-en twice fined. Pined 40s and costs. Mr. Thomas 011 is, of the steam saw mills, Richmend row, was also summoned for the same offence. Mr. Wignall proved that be had seen sm .Ise issuing from the defendan . t's premises on the 22nd of July, from 1:53 to 1'57 ; from 2et to 21 ; again, front 217t0 2 , and again, from 348 to 321 ;' and t hat during the present year he had;22 served.notices upon him for a similar complaint in April, May, Jdne, 'and on the present occasion. Mr. Olhs s Me possess to the Bench, admitted the fact, but denied. the sibility to prevent smoke when coal was used, ana, as h a -climax to his obeervations, stated that rather than be sum moned before the Bench for every offence, he etteuld pay an annual amount not to be interfered with, The Bench said they could not entertain such a pnOrnition and . 44 the defendant 40s and cents,