The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-18 00:00:00

WEST DERBY UNION. 11 le usual weekly meeting of this bo ar d was h e ld yesterday, board room, Mill -street. Mr. Edwards presided. The Ot4°lo t her members present were —M e ssrs. Craig, Ri c h mon d, Ab ra . Vrenstey, Lunt, Johns, Siddeley, Evans, Eras, Morris, c ' t3 ' 144,1 ) Wilson, 13aynes, Johnson, Heyes, and Dr. Hume, r l „ RETURNS. ttth'L." Clerk reprirted that he had examined all the books kept e Several ofhcials connected wail the union, and found iaoull.th4Wa do ther e c , k e.e t a,i rc, s : s i. l ueut all correct. The master of the hospital reported that en •ceterea,67 patients in the institution, since . wh . 16 discharged, and 1 death • remaining, r t- tiu • ror the corresponding week of last year, 53 ' . Cheques to dour aruDent of £2OB were voted for the relief . of the otit sn"t Pear within the several districts of the union. The til e r of the workhouse reported that last week there were Paupers in the workhouse, since when 29 had . been s rnitted 1 born, 31 discharged, and 2 deaths; remaining this °tit ' 60 9; for the corresponding week of last year, 593. THE FINANCES• t N Clerk to the bo a ated that, as the tradesmens' bills e l - po ll6 rl t betlyoaviderupon Saturday next, it would be necessary to call thea : i t " seers to pay all the arrears due. eti_rne rnotion of Mr. Abrahams, seconded by Mr. Morris, s eentie e rk was instructed to call upon the overseers of theunder tl,o6:ed toWnships to pay the following arrears T :—Everson, ,221 i. r.G.ars, ton, £39; Netherton, £4l ; d oxtetli Park West Derby, 116 ' ""•trttale, £1.(,() ; Sepliton, .ElO6, an , 4 los, m a k ing, in all, £5,749 6s Bd. GOVERNOR'S C HILDiIE gevkernlootitr. was tile read from the poor law board relating to the the 4 5 ,"1 ..e.ral boa r d Zlllldren residi 6 children. The letter was to the effect that n lv ,, ould give their consent to the three youngest 6 in the workhouse, on the understanding tat th e e i, teaa ter be required to repay the guardians fni• the cost of tequir retaintenanCe tin that house, but Gist they would cotdheltlt"°'eldes4 who is of an age to obt,,in employment, to jusrio nct It' towards his own suppost, the hoard not feeling 'theArse , :1 allowing him to he - maintained iu the workhouse. 1 t t -4°S conversa",, the Clerk was directed to answer - 1 ," etlitetTati" • te n eldest child was a girl and not a two emiltlst-4Y. l ' o e 6 ol t u h ti a o t n t had been passed to admit the / I/lt 41 . , . 4 tile Wetkhouse free of cost. I'll httPUTE WITH MR. SHAW AND THE POOR LAW kr Iv BOARD. 114b° * * lis en : I see, by the public papers, that, atthelast k alrits: ?• the board, a special committee was appointed to ef4,letter sent hear' Shaw. I soul m d m l itt e ee to see a has to snak e 0..00 letter, and what report the co 1 Th e p u i t • 4 ,, lsi ttr tC et k: The letter itself is the report. I will . read the l allowi - n -4 t was sent to the Poor-law Board on the subject. The k y 1 ., g 0 I t t e y was then read :-.... M I ar e „, a r ch and Gentlemen,—Your letter of the 6th instant, . 4 1 , 1 ' te- t° t he Rev. W m . Badnall, chairman of this union, 411- Pec i t Y t t ° 4 Col llnulti . ication . sent by him, with reference to t . dians in het' e e 'the ad • • t Con of relief by the let. , administration ra i %awl/ together with a copy of a letter from Mr. guar Richard dicelll 54.11:e Poor -law Board, dated the 30th tilt , were read at se ed b.,413' meeting held yesterday, and I was therefore 1444 P0 re ply thereto, under the direction of a Johns, committee, N i led of the following' gentlemen, viz :—Messrs. Messrs. I teP'i 4141 Wi lson,rdians for Toxteth-park ; H td eY and Lunt, guardians for West Derby ; Messrs. H. h Nrd, 4 guardians : — adi aa ;1. Elias, guardians, for Everton ;. Mr. Medcalf, I'tlie.irn,°,r ICirkdale': and Mr. Batten, guardian f.orWalton 41ed C I , " i • And such committee having met this day, have , It ~ resolutions, of which the following is a copy :—.• oare:al resol " • ly—" That the committee, o l ° eenliderevr th u e na l n et wi ter eu a a ddressed by Mr. Shaw to the 'le lsikvi Board e -re that , bearing date the 30th tilt , are . compelled to ‘ l i tl e cl ,thas the the whole purport of . such letter is utterly untrue, 'event. statements it contain have no foundation, save Th e 0 ,„ I °/ 1 of the writer," 4011 mii7ruroittee would otice, in particular, the first allegaf ctilat 4 Mr. Shaw, namely, that the usual attendance o -4141 41 at this union ' at their weekly meetings, average ‘3l' th, e. , ve to fifteen ; union, it is proved, by an inspection e Ilresenloute.book, that, during tho twenty-one weeks of t help Year, the total number ' of attendances has been 434, Itleeti° a." , ra g° of upwards of twenty guardians . at each t o le tit JILI Pais-statement, however, is rendered still more liten a " l° 1 1 the assertion to which it is annexed, viz., that fr - : 4 eterh °f these twelve of the guardians are members o .°, l _ the2ark, thereby conveying the impression that the whole Zerehynearnrdins of that township are always present, and they ail 1,,,,, P 4O a majority of this board ; whereas, .not only - 4s.y i ' luapossible for them to form such a majority, were At , l'ea ent but the committee find that, during the arcte th .: ar, the total attendance of the nine guardians from t he park i,, ( ' atite,, Not-16er 131 only, while seven guardians from pbtettdedtintrnshps, viz., West Derby and Everton, have er a the less than 123 times, irrespective The retnaining t ownships in , the union. of the guardians Aleut itearlarnittee deny, in the most emphatic terms, the state ,44iodi 1,1 ° 4 lir. Shaw, that the guardians for Toxteth-park ,oth e s a t -- ,,,ePon the cases ' from their own township merely, 'Pati po "relief given by them is less than the amount given hettesheyraahlerliirageable to other townships. s n a of the deny (and this denial expressed by . those mem j/tust To,, theornmittee now being present, not being guardians elh'ne*".Nrk), that When the guardians for any other i w e v n e l fl t i O l a Bta , te a._ their opinion with respect to the relief to be c h ited for B v pauper from Toxteth-park, they are generally l ' l h 5 dojo but on the contrary, they assert that Mr. 1 4 el off " 1 . board than all . other erect more deliberate insults to the ea ch eth guar more together have ever done towards him or t p e s e trnitr e e : du ring the recollection of the oldest member of the To llPe rs ha . , A nd, with reference to tho statement that hs t th e I , ''' rttlaoVed from T h park into other townships k'ii..ttseetielleiP:"!)f obtaining a e l x ar t g et e . a. - mount of relief, the corn of the Ilittactl. it io 4l r _u that they. never knew of a sin s sto e d . oa th :° el, in order to show how lit g t i l e e instance reliance can be the le so.".state.ruent of Mr. Shaw, with r( ference to . the • cem_olee relief is administered to the poor in this union, 51145,ttie:iol!tee are desirous that the Poor Law Board should be ,1611gaetecittilat the administration of relief is the first business 'tie acted ev the \Vest Derby Union Guardians at their weekly ?tr . k,5 , %lad they do n t las t ay was _ . o remember a single occasion when k s !aud that resen t at the commencement , of . th . e pr o o .. ce a ed_- h: e ber ei th no has never within the reco lection i any ie. Zireinist_ e.M3aniittee taken anything like his due share ay_ f 1 4_ eea (u ntil of relief, his usual time of attendanc e () h ours e t Zt .e isi'ailttcill. Within the last few week.), at least . tw h ea ltte s s t ans have been engaged in their duties. The tottillri rte n u e a r v t e . also to notice a further obligation of . Mr. si ste r ealt th t° ala guardians have expressed a determination chat ch at that 11.4 1 8 1 tLe orders of the Poor.lawßoard, foundation for a I, 4rot t's so -- 11 ; t_ , haw has not the slightest corn. %A :t We e m e rlY devoid of truth. In . conclusion,the i tti All t he op po .Itit upon record their unanimous conviction l liss„ e l of ts2'ht.klu Which Mr. Shaw has evinced to t ge t : t ,hns e f far ( i lard, is not. entertained by a single e m g s e e m u b n e . r fe rt ,!ause t i„' d that his conduct has of late been lib l e t re , I.ld unbecoming, that they . have resolve h d n be w nc . e . - ..'_' et i 1 1.,.. his statements, whether written or spo "atle til v ilier e .l ,„.„j n ee•--I• have the honour to be, my lord and ~ 1 1° th:ii-0--...7r nbedient servant, WILLIAM CLEAVER, Ott . el, 'II.IW Board London. Union Clerk. '" he fur : If 1 ' I Chairman, I ask Th • 4 rni s h e4 , alas not out of order, A r. s ee e e hai o with a copy of that letter. 41 1 ' 7 of i t :Tan : There can be no objection to his having k,,,, $h suppose. (Cries of " no, no ; let him have oll, ll° 011 : May I be allowed a copy of it ? :4 1 4 e r ti en ts . ets : Re can haveaeopy of it if the board has no , the ssat s ; the - ,e ,„„, •B° ,° , I think we must all feel deeply obliged the Zatterc)—`l„,ittee for the trouble they have taken in f koasaao,and abat letter clearly expresses the character o ...al), ex 44 .0 r, s ha l'' it 111 Presses the fpoLug or tho wholc, PI 1 aill W : I e . r lda he as Chap a wish to say a few words . to the board, r ole 3! last, hif aa possible. I was in London . up to l er !' told m but al What-was coming from Birkenhead, a friend of 14 e ) at th: should have been done, and what had been h ett e put i n t - 0 r this( on last Wednesday. As to what have t o %Ingl e re Papers about it, I cannot say, as I have never sect, .1•°0 4;1 ' 11 I have oly done what I consider m ese4:. Yei, k'noW that the board do divide itself into s ourti a i t '• t hat it • ii ?"'" also that I have opposed it, because I vihen itee statelstillegai. . I have repeatedly opposed it. The kri 'aY wa' th Pr "o h t kt ,,tY cannot recollect a single ins A ta l ti l cl the 4 6th re fit l e, that t o i o . the business was going b ile ob Itt lelat. 'ell' memories must be as a o d u a . s that of :11r4tehig,:eiere.t.8 4 ,:e.cill lie: :4111 Gang a you will confine yourself to the iv i a _nnot si t helve nothing to do with the 46th regiment, and to hear such nonsense. ISystlltted, 4nenowast week You allowed my character to be 4 ow n. ea y ou _.,Yeu do not like for me to protect myself... Are % I a s k 17 41 riot allow me to speak, then I will sit kat at th o eel'. Cleaver if be cannot recollect my being Pre se t n . t ele aver. l ~,Te n eetnent of business. M)4," • Yes, I recollect ono occasion when you were t; c(Zibe4awve:r ' : %l , y, once 1, 1 , - - , air,„,,,,,, 1 1....1 once, tie a .. s • h aw . ~ • tte says he can only recollect one occasion. ef t ' t, be pre * I shall be able to prove that I have man y th e e hoard vEent• Well, after I was beaten by the majority hi t t ruth co I Was in doubt, and I said that the only way that ti:",s' Cleaver be ascertained was by applying to the auditor. le boa ed r e s eenael to have been in doubt, and ho wrote to th e ,,s) Ar r n ii the 2 6th of August. [He then read the si , s:e is e e „, , if I have made an error in the statements, t "st 1 \ •sie excuse as I had no books or dates to go by, and ',Ore. ' fre t°, I Wrote I f rod t ttee h.- . rem my own recollection ; but the t o : tha t 1 , a fe bad all the books before them ; I do assure IN th in:Tante idea of attempting to deceive any persoa, or /ellll° eillirrn,sanra•Y:There can be no excuse for you, because 444 ed e r °41 1 have obtained all the information ou if you had M r. Wi•t‘• You knew ono thing an(l stated another. I`l, u a V Chair' I do not believe that ❑ I have y done so. l a tb '' tnan : The letter is a proof of it. It is roof ~o.e satisfaction of the board that you. have done so. P f i . t r. Sh aw . ote th , .. I have received an insulting communication bot k e e"alrrnan and others, and Mr Elias said he did stre.°':.who had signed it, until Mr. Edw . wards told him. l Th e f! s _ ila . a r : did - not say ' Mr. Edwards told me. ••" 0 4 man : It Was not an insulting c ommunication, It requested your attendance, and you ought to have felt com plimented at receiving it. Mr. Shaw : This is the letter. Will you permit it to be read to the board ? (Cries of "no, no.") Then the reporters Ain. have it. Here a letter was thrown upon the reporter's table, but the chairman was about to pick it up, when Mr. Shaw made a rush at it, and seized it, observing that it was his private property, and turning to the chairman put his fist against his face—a Za Bendigo—or any other pugilist. This little fracas having blown off, Mr. Lunt said : I really hope that our time will not be wasted by such disgraceful --conduct. I move that the minutes be read L Mr. Shaw: As you will not hear nie, allow me to move for the returns of the number of paupers for the last three years. (Cries of " nonsense; don't waste our time any longer.") Mr. Medealf: Oh, let him have it. I will rescind thin resolution. Mr. Harrison : I will move that the returns bo not granted. It is absurd to Baste the time of the clerk by asking for it. I will move, as an amendment, that the returns be not granted. - This amendment was seconded, and carried all but unanimously. At the suggestion of the Chairman, the clerk read the minutes, and the board adjourned. [We have been requested by Mr. Shaw to ask the public to suspend their judgment in this matter, until the Poor-law Inspector has invest gated the whole of the proceedings, a communication having been furnished last evening to London, demanding an Inspector to be tent down for that purpose. — ED. N. T.] TETE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (BEFORE MR. ALDERMAN TURNER.) THE MORMONS, On Tuesday, before a somewhat numerous audience, at the Manchester Mechanics' Institution, Mr. Hawthorn thwaite, late an cider amongst the Latter-day Saints, in that neighbourhood, gave an account of his atventures in connection with them for the last eight teat's. Mr. Hawthoruthwaite, who was educated by a clergyman at Bury, commenced by relating hnv lie, as led to join the Latter-day Saints ; he then detailed the steps of his pro motion as a priest and an elder. A large portion of the discourse was then directed to the discoveries he made of the immoral conduct of Elder Wheelock, who, he alleged, has now several wives at the Salt Lake. Ile lived for some time in the lecturer's house in Manchester ; whilst there, he was visited bya your'' , woman from Newport. She was sickly at nights, and he (Elder Wheelock) occupied the same bedroom for a fortnight. He took her to the Theatre Royal five nights in one week, and on the sixth night, on his return to Mr. Hawthornthwaite's house from Coolie's Circus (then in Fountain-street),Mes; Wheelock had unexpectedly arrived from Birmingham, and a scene occurred which showed that bigamy was not a very pleasant affair. The elder was accused and tried for adultery ; but it was found that he was too high in authority to be judged in England, and the matter was passed over with some reprimand. He was nett accused of wasting the brethren's money by extrava gance, but, on account of his great influence. nothing came of it. It was held to be a duty to obey the elders implicitly. He had beard a man state, at the Conference held some time ago in that lecture theatre, " If I were ordered to kill a man, I should go straight and do it." Another remarked at the same time, " I should like to have an opportunity of showing my loyalty in that way." Some remarks were next made respecting the doings of a pretended German count, Baron Orsina Count de Bolen, who borrowed of " the saints" in Manchester, Ashton, and tne neighbourhood. sums amounthigy, £5O, and ordered a carriage from a firm in Oxford-street, giving the name (without his authority) of a well-to do saint as a refer ence. This gentleman proved to be a complete swindler ; and was even too shrewd for the " discerner of spirits, Elder Wheelock " He borrowed lbs. from the elder, under the pretence of proceeding to Liverpool, and holding a council with him at a certain hotel there. Instead of going to Liverpool, however, the count hired a pony for a young lady, and had a ride out with her ; the elder being grealy annoyed at being duped. The speaker occupied the attention of the audiehce for more than two hours; his observations being of a kind not likely to induce many people to become Mormons. In a second lecture, the reasons for renouncing the degrad ing system are to be expounded. The chair was occupied by Mr. Joseph Johnson. AN AMATEIM DETECTIVE.—A batch of young men and women, were charged by , a person named Whittaker, with attempting to pick poceets in the streets. The most remarkable feature in the rase, was the following i Mr. 131uck appeared for two of the prisoners, and asked the witness Whittaker •: Whet are you ? Witness : lam a timber dealer. Mr. Bleck : And you act as an ematenr cleteetive also ? Witness : I do sometimes. Mr. Block: How long have you acted so ? Witness: For seventeen years past. The prisoners were sent to gaol for periods varying from one to three months. JACK SHEPPARD ECLIPSED !—EXTIIAORDINARY CASE.— On the night of the 10th, between two and three o'clock, the house of Mr. Walker, 15, Kensington-street, was broken into, and robbed of a watch and wearing apparel. On the night of the 11th, the house of Mr. Joseph Ashort, 34, Wood-street, *as broken into, and robbed of a quantity of wearine 'apparel and money ; and, on the 15thy the house of Mr. Thomas Frazer, 50, Prospect street, was also broken into, and robbed of wearing apparel, boots and money, and a flute was also stolen. In consequence of these depredations, officers Laycock and Wilson went out for the last two or three nights, and on Tuesday night, in Erskine-street, they came across the prisoner, and, after a good deal of rnanuoevering, they got him up a passage, where they arrested him in his hare feet. He gave his name as William Eccles, is a well dressed youth, about 18 years of age, and very good looking. He is a perfect stranger to the police. From the history of the case, as collected from the statement of "Ay cock., and from the evidence of Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Ashort, and Mrs. Frazer, it appeared that the houses in question were broken into on the nights stated, and the property mentioned stolen. Entrances were made by the burglar, by cutting squares of glass out or the parlour winaows. When the prisoner was arrested, there was a pair of shoes found in his rossession that had been stolen from the house in Kensington street, and a ticket of a pair of hoots that were stolen from Prescot-street, and pledged in Thomas's pawnshop, Dale street. The boots were identi fied by the wife of the owner. There was also a shoe found on the prisoner, and this corresponded with one found in the house in Wood street, left by the prisoner at the time of the burglary. On the prisoner was also found a pair of trousers that had been stolen from the house in Wood street. Mr. Murdock, pawnbroker, Marybone, stated that the prisoner called at his shop to pledge a watch. (This was the watch stolen from Mr. Walker's house.) He put several questions to the prisoner, and he did not think the answers were at all satisfactory, and he began to think all was not right. He asked the prisoner had he a father and mother in Liverpool ? and he replied he had, and that he would fetch them. Seeing the prisoner so respectable looking, he told hitn to go, but kept the watch until he would return. He did not return in due time, and then witness went to the detective office and gave infotniatiOn and a description of the prisoner to the police. Mr. Alderman Turner : You behaved extremely proper, Mr. Murdock ; I wish I could say the same of the other pawnbrokers in Liverpool. If they would act as you have acted, we would have less thieving in Liverpool, think it right to say so. Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Ashort, and Mrs. Fraser, identified a variety of articles that had been stolen from their houses—some found on the prisoner, and others pledged at Mr Thomas's, Dale street, 'the tickets for which were found on the prisoner. In reply to Alderman Turner, the prisoner said : I do not wish to make any remark at present. He was fully committed for trial. [it was stated—we cannot say how truly—that the prisoner is respectably connected—that he is a youth of superior education, and writes a find hand. It could not be ascertainedl where lie comes from J How PAWNBROKERS DO BUSlNESS.—lmmediately after the removal of the prisoner, Mr. Clough entered the court, and addressed his Worship, saying-1 wish to state a fact to the bench in reference to the case just now decided, and I think it of the greatest importance. I did not mention it before, as I had not grounds to go on, but now I have the strongest proof of it, and I trust your Worship will mark your sense of such con duct. When the prisoner was arrested, lie told the officer that the flute stolen from the house of Mr. Frazer, of Prospect-street, had been sold at Mr. Thomas's, pawnbroker, in Dale street, before he had pledged the other articles. On taking him into the next room, to have the depositions taken down, one of the assistants of Mr. Thomas entered to lodge his informations against the prisoner for pledging the stolen goods there, when the prisoner at once called out and said, " there is the young fellow to whom I sold the flute." The young man denied the statement, but on being pressed by me, he admitted that he did buy the flute. Mr. Alderman Turner (to the young man from Mr. Thomas's): What have you to say to this? It is a very serious charge indeed. The young man, who said his name was James Rily : Oh, I did not know the man I bought it from. Mr. Aldermanturner : I don't believe you are telling the truth, sir, and you are now on your oath. Mr. Clough asked Rily what he gale for the flute ? He hesitated at first, but the question was put sharply and peremptorily. He replied, with great reluctance, "I gave is 6d for it." Officer Laycock : The value of the flute is £l. Mr. Clough (to Rily) : Did you buy that flute on your own, or on your master's account? Rily : I bought it on my master's account, and put it in the shop window for sale. Mr. Alderman Turner : Is that the way you pawnbrokers do business ? Rily : We are salesmen as well as pawnbrokers, Mr. Alderman Turner : Indeed, sir, you are very clever. Laycoek said, Mr. Thomas was not at home just now. Mr. Alderman Turner asked Rily if he conducted the business of Mr. Thomas in his absence? and lie replied he did not. Laycock said, that was not correct, as Rily was the foreman in the shop. Mr. Alderman Turner : If he goes on in this way, he will soon find himself transrerred from the witness box into the dock. Rily: lam nut the fore man. Mr. Alderman Turner: Who is, then, sir ? Rily : A youth named George Carr. Mr. Alderman Turner : Do you buy things this way for your master, and with his sanction ? Yes, sir. Mr. Alderman Turner : Why is he not here, sir ? Rily : He is in Wales at present. Mr. Alderman Turner : You have placed yourself, to say the least of it, in more than an awkward position. Let me tell you, sir, if you continue to act in this way, you and your master will soon be placed in another situation. CHARGE OP SHOPLIFTING.—Detective officer Patrick, brought up Jane and Agnes Shannon (mother and daughter) on remand, charged with having stolen a quantity of drapery, &c., from the shop of Mr. Aitcherly, draper, 160, Mill-street. Mr. Chilton was for the prisoners. The details of this case appeared a few days ago, and the prosecutor having repeated his evidence, he, in the kindest manner, begged his Worship to deal summarily with the prisoners, as he did not wish to punish them. They were fined £2 each, for not being able to account for the possession of the property found in their house in Napier-street, Park. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) AN ILLEGAL Smr,.—About a month sine', a man was committed for being found in an illicit distillery in Rat hbone.street, and yesterday the owner of the premises, whose name is Malcolm M'Gregor, was summoned by the excise authorities, under the act. Mr. Brook was for the Crown, but the defendant did not attend. He was fined £2OO. Ma. DOHERTY, THE CORN MERCHANT, AGAIN.—This gentleman was summoned yesterday by the police on I several charges for allowing corn to remain on the dock quays. Fines to the amount of £44 lOs were inflicted on him. AN ATTORNEY'S SCHEDULE. In the London Insolvent Court, on Monday, Benjamin Ilene, now of Ely-place, Tioilywn, scrivener, attorney, and proctor, formerly of Wells, and Liverpiol, was heard on his petition. The schedule disclosed ninety nine creditors, for debts to the amount of £1,629, including twenty-two for liabilities On bills, and other securities for other persons. The debts included every branch of trade, via.: boarding Eehoo 1 s, newspaper proprietors, c'erks, milk scores, &c. This was his fourth appearance—the last one was in 1851; and it appeared that the insolvent lived in a large house, of stylish appear ance, although the furniture and office fittings were held by one of his daughters, under a bill of sale. His assets were nil, except a large amount of debts, none of which the estate realised, being mostly pauper, or ' no cure no pay" debtors. One property, at Deal, had been mortgaged to tha Equality Building Society, of which insolvent was solicitor, and the title was disputed. Another in Devon shire, claimed by him, and some cottages at Croydon, were also mortgaged, and had been, as yet. unproductive. The insolvent's daughter also held several mortgages on those Properties. Opposition was entered by Mr. Roberts, a creditor, on an accommodation bill ; Messrs. Nash, for work done, and a judgment for £25, and costs £8 ; Mr. H. Hoppe, coal merchant, and others. An order for a future day was subsequently made. A BANKRUPTCY COMMISSIONER IN DIFFICULTIES. We observe in the law reports of our metropolitan cotomporariel, that an important motion was made in Judges Chambers, on Tuesday, before Mr. Baron Bram well, for the purpose of releasing Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, of the Liverpool Bankruptcy Court, from the debtors' prison, at Lancaster, The report of the motion is thus reported This was an application to show cause why the defen dant, one of the district commissioners at the Court of Bankruptcy at Liverpool, should not be discharged out of the custody of the sheriff of Lancashire, with costs, on the ground that at the time of his arrest he was acting as ohe of the commissioners of the District Court of Bank ruptcy, in and for the borough of Liverpool, and was privileged. Mr. Welsby appeared on the part of the defendant, in support of the application ; :and Mr. T. Chitty for the plaintiff. The circumstances of the case are of a peculiar character, and from the affidavits of the defendant and his attorney, Mr. Pemberton, it appeared that the defen dant was duly acting as commissioner under the several statutes relating to bankrupts in that district ; that on the 12th of September he was arrested by virtue of a warrant issued upon a capias ad satisfaciendum issued out of the Court of Exchequer at the suit of the plaintiff; and that he was in custody of the sheriff of Lancashire upon such warrant, and for no other cause of detention. The affidavit of Mr. Pemberton, the attorney, stated that the action upon which tho defendant was detained was commenced in the month of April last, and that no appearance being ' entered for the defendant, judgment was signed in May last by Messrs. Harvey and Falcon, the then plaintiff's attorneys ; that in the month of June last a meeting of the creditors of the defendant was held at Mr. Pember ton's, at which a clerk of the plaintiff's attorneys attended, and at that meeting a proposal was made and agreed to that the defendar.t should place a certain sum of money out of his income in the hands of one of the creditors on the Ilth of July for rateable division among the creditors. The money was so paid, and the plaintiff's share was still in the hands of the creditor to whom it was to be paid, ready for payment to the plaintiff. From some cause, however, the plaintiff changed his attorneys, and removed the proceedings out of the hands of Messrs. Harvey and Falcon, who had advised him that the defendant was privileged from arrest, and placed them in the hands of Mr. Cross, of Liverpool, with whom several inter views and conversations were had by the defendant's attorneys on the subject of a threat of plain tiff intending to take the defendant on a ca. sq. The attention of Mr. Cross was constantly drawn to the several acts of parliament now in force relating to bankrupts, and particularly those sections relating to privilege ; but notwithstanding that, the plaintiff's attorney expressed his determination of arrest ing the defendant, and trying the question; and on Friday, the 12th inst., the defendant was arrested, although on that day he had attended at the Bankruptcy Court, and performed his duties in court as commissioner, and would have attended there next day if he had not been prevented by being arrested. The learned counsel read those sections of the act which related to privilege. and urged that the conduct pursued in arresting the defendant was unwarrantable, and in the present case it was also against good faith. Mr. Chitty having been heard in opposition, Mr. Baron Bramwell said, he was clearly of opinion that at the time of the arrest the defendant was, as a commissioner and judge of the District Court of Bank ruptcy of Liverpool, privileged from arrest, and he should make an order that he be discharged forthwith, with costs to be pad by the plaintiff. Order discharging the defendant out of custody with costs accordingly. A LADY CARRIED HOME AGAINST HER WILL. Some gossip has been occasioned at Reading, as we learn from the Berkshire Chronicle, by the forcible carry ing off of a lady from the house of Miss Smart, No. 9, Southampton Place, where she had been lodging. The lady was Mrs. Cherry, wife of the rector of Burghfield, about four miles from Reading, and the rrson who carried her off, aided by his legal adviser and other assist ants, was her husband. It appears that some months ago Mrs. Cherry left her husband's house at Burghfield, and returned to Reading, in which town she had for some years resided during her first husband's lifetime, and after his decease until her second marriage, two or three years ago. It is understood that domestic differences led to this, on her part, votuntary eeparation. Mr. Cherry had made repeated efforts to induce her to return to his house, but in vain. On Sunday evening, the 31st ult., one of these efforts was made in a 'manner so public as to cause great excitement in St. Giles's Church. The reve rend gentleman attended divine service, sitting a few yards from the pew which the lady and her friends usually occupy. At its conclusion, he proceeded to the pew door, and on Mrs. Cherry's egress he took hold of her, and compelled her to accompany him into the vestry. The 'vicar (Mr. Grainger) and other gentlemen hastened thither, and Mr. Cherry made an excited appeal to his brother clergyman, as a friend, to use his influence to promote a reunion. This was declined, and the lady retired alone into the vicarage, her husband, after some hesitation, retiring to go home. So matters stood until Monday morning last. About nine o'clock, Mr. Cherry proceeded, with his solicitor (Mr. F. M. Slocombe), Superintendent Peck, of the borough police, and two constables in plain clothes, into Southampton-street. The two latter were placed at the rear of the house No. 9, to prevent an escape that way, the rev. gentleman stood with his gardener at some little distance, out of sight ; his brougham was drawn up near at hand, and behind that was a cart, with a stout lad as driver, it is presumed to convey the luggage. All being in readiness, the professional gentleman and the superintendent went up the steps, and knocked at the door. They were admitted, and the door was closed. Presently one of them re-opened it, and signalled to Mr. Cherry, who rushed into the house, followed closely by his gardener. All this could not be done in so populous a thoroughfare without attracting some spectators. They heard a great bustle and confusion in the house, and loud screaming. The gardener came to the door and beckoned to the coachman, who instantly drove up to the outer gate. In the midst of the screaming the lady was seen to emerge into the pa ssage , w ith ou t b onne t or shawl ; on one side of her was the gardener on the other Superintendent Peck, and behi n d Mr. Cherry, assisting, and thus they conveyed her, not without considerable force, owing to her resistance, down the steps. At this point the lady cried out in a distracted manner, "Is there no one to save me ?" but she was hurried through the front garden into the carriag e . Mr. Cherry follow.;d her in, Mr. Peck mounted on the box, the coachman drove up the hill towards Whitley, and they proceeded to Burghfield Rectory. ---- EMIGRATION.—One of the Irish Galway papers," noti cing the continuance of the " exodus" from that province, speaks of a counter tide of returning emigrants, persons who have amassed some wealth, or who have fallen into a state of ill health. The numbers, however, are said to be merely fractional, as compared with the outward bound movement. BIRKENHED FERRY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—l am rather amused than otherwise at the sim plicity of the gentleman who has written in this day's NORTHERN TIMES, under the signature of " Annoyed." That he was annoyed I have no doubt ; but why the cap tain of the boat, or why the Commissioners of Birkenhead should be blamed for Mr. " Annoyed's" want of " keeping time," lamat a loss to make out. Is there not. Mr. Editor, something selfish in Mr. "Annoyed" e x pecting that the boat, her passengers, captain and crew, should be In attendance upon the Messrs. " Annoyed," even for a second after the well-known time, has expired for start ing the boat ? All others were punctual. surely Mr. " Annoyed" should have been so likewise. Where are the minutes of grace to stop, to satisfy slow coaches ?—I am, &c. A TWELVE O'CLOCK MAN. Birkenhead, 17th Sept., 1856. The Journal de Francfort states that by the advices of her medical attendants, the Duchess of Orleans and her sons will spend the winter in Italy, and will in the first place visit Pisa. STATE OF Till BANKS IN IRELAND.—The Irish banks are now £312,665 below their fixed issue, and, taking into account the coin they hold, the amount is £2,458,423 below that allowed by law. The Bank of Ireland, the Northern, and the Provincial banks, are below the authorised circulation ; the other banks, with the excep tion of the Clonrnel branch of the National, are above it. THE WENSLEYDALE AND FFII,IIIOY PEERIGES —Accordl ing to a document, printed by order of the House o Loads, it was recommended by the Lords' Committee that the clerks of the parliament should be authorised to pay out of the Fee Fund, to Mr. James Napier, Q.C., Mr. Fleming, and to the Record Agents who made the neces sary searches, such fees as seem proper for the services rendered to the House under its orders by those gentle men in the cases of the Wensleydale and Fermoy peerages, IRISH MAIL PACKET STATION.—.The laying down of the cable connect ing the south of Ireland with Newfoundland has again excited hopes in the Irish mind of the lone.- desiderated packet station. The Limerick Observer says : —The Captain of the Australian ship . Sardinian, who put into Kinsale to land his mails, has shown the way how 24 hours may be saved in the transmission of letters to London, for his mail-bags must have been re ceived at the Post-office in St. Martin's-le-Grand, and their contents sorted and largely delivered, before his vessel could have reached Liverpool. THE SHIPWRIGHTS' STRIKE. The trial of the President, Treasurer, and eight other men, belonging to the Shipwrights' Union, for assaulting men in the employ of Young, Son, and Magnay, and for conspiracy, and endeavouring by threats, bribes, and intimidation to prevent other shipwrights working for the firm, is especially appointed to take place this day at the Central Criminal Court, The indictment is a very long one, and contains the fifteenpoint points. The counsel engaged for the prosecution a Attorney- General, Mr. Scrjeant Ballantine, and Mr. Hall ; attorney, Mr. George Wells. For the defence, Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Sleigh, Mr. Metcalf, and Mr. Ribton have been retained ; attorneys, Mr. Pelham, and Mr. Charles Young, both of Arbotir-sguare, Stepney. Twenty-five witnesses have been subpoenaed on the part of the prosecution. The Shipwrights' Union have not been guilty of any vio lence or intimidation towards the new hands from the Channel Islandsand magnay, sn c t e h c o o l e u t p i n o r r i t i s ;un i e n n t t s h e w e e r mploy of epre preferred e d Young,again against Son,and the ten defendants at the July sessions. The strike has ended as was anticipated it always would cud, its the utter discomforture of the Shipwrights' Union; all the old hands who refused to comply with the new regulations of the hours of labour promulgated by Young, Son, and Magnay, having been re pt iced by new and willing hands, who are still in the employ of the firm, and ate likely to remain so. The strike has cost the Union not less than £4,000. The expenses incurred by Messrs. Young, Son, and Magnay, in maintaining the freedom of labour, has also been very large, but not one half the amount expended by the Union. Fr, , m a pae,iarnentary return just issued, it appears that the annual value of the entire area of Scotland (excluding towns and burgh -, ), 20,047,462 acres, was stated at £319,281 in 1674, and that it has increased in 1356 to £8,155,972, or about twenty-five times its va'ue in the seventeenth c3ntury. The Legislative Council of Ceylon was opened by his Excellency Sir Henry Ward, K.G.C., on the 30th of July. The governor congratulated the colony upon the satisfactory state of the revenue, the healthy condition of the producing interests, the steady increase of trade, and the active prose cation of works intended to develop this growing prosperity. Oa the subject of the railways the governor said—" Gentle men of the Legislative Council—l shall lay upon your table to-lay copies of a despatch from her Majesty's Secretary of State, and of an agreement entered into by him with the Ceylon Railway Company, for the formation of a railway betwten Colombo and Kandy, This agreement is a pro visional one, but it becomes a contract, legally binding upon both parties, it confirmed by ordinance within six months from the date of its signature." THE WESTAHNSTETICL^CE. BELL.—The above bell (lately cast at Norton, near Stockton, which weighs the enormous weight of 15 tons 18 cwt. 1 qr. and 22 lb., was brought during the past week to West Hartlepool, for shipment to its destination. On Saturday last, whilst it was being lifted from the truck on which it had been brought from Norton, in order to be put into the vessel which was to convey it to London, the horizontal part of the timber shears gave way, and the bell was precipitated into the hold of the vessel, carrying away the foremast, and otherwise doing considerable damage to the ship, but happily without any accident to the workmen and numerous spectators. As soon as the debris could be removed from the deck of the vessel, she was towed by a steamer out of the dock, and laid upon the sand of the outer harbour, in order to save her from sinking in the dock with her valuable cargo, as the fall of the bell into her hold bad caused the vessel to make a great deal of water. The bell is expected to be uninjured. THE NEW POLICE Acr.—At the quarter sessions about to be holden in the several counties, application will be made to adopt the act of last session on police in counties and boroughs. The object of the new law is to make the estab lishment of a county police compulsory. On a certificate of the Secretary of State that an efficient police has been established in any county or borough, one-fourth of the c l 'arge for pay and clothing is to be paid by the Treasury. LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITY.—Mr. Christopher Rawdon, of Liverpool, having suggested to his family connections and friends the raising of a fund in lieu of that of which the poorer Unitarian congregations in the north of England were deprived by the newley suit, the suggestion has met with the following munificent response :—Christopher Rawdon, Esq., Liverpool, £2,020 ; Mrs. Matilda Rawdon, do, £2,000 ; R. V. Yates, Easwq Dawson, Esq., o,£l Bradford, ,OOO z,O ;Geor ge l l o lo o lt : Miss Esci" MdoB,£ s; C. H. do, £l,OOO ; Mi ss R ac h e l D awson, do, £1,000; 10 boao D w aniel Gaskell, Esq., Wakefield, £1,000; John Pemberton Heywood, Esq , Liverpool, £l,OOO ; Misses Yates, do, £l,OOO ; Richard Kershaw Lamb, Esq.. Chelten ham, £l,OOO ; John Mather, Esq , Liverpool, £350 ; Daniel Mather, Esq., do, £250 ; Miss rsabella Mather, do, £350 ; Miss Jane Mather, do, £350; William Rathbone, Esq., do, £500; John Strutt, Esq., Belper, £1,000; Ivie Mackie, Esq., Manchester, £5OO ; T. H. M.Cortnel, Esq., do, £lOO ; J,uicalq•Cuutiell, E'q., do, £450, Henry M'Connel, Esq., do, £450 ; Arthur Lupton, Esq., Leeds, £5OO ; Martin Schunck, Esq., Manchester, £1,000: total, £18,820. These sums, with the interest since they were paid into the bank, amounting to £l,lBl, make the entire sum now available for the fund above £20,000. The interest of the fund (the Newcarle Chronicle states) will be annually applied in assistance of " poor and godly ministers of Christ's holy gospel," non--subscribers to articles and creeds. —Gateshead Obseiver. RESCUE FROM DROWNING AT LEEDS.—A girl, of the unfortunate class, who was so physically reduced by her rash and wicked attempt at suicide as to be incapable of stinding upright in the dock, was charged at the - Leeds Court House, on Tuesday, with having attempted to drown herself early the same morning. Her nams was Ellen Conroy. Her countenance and bust were purely classical and statuesqu e , and as she reclined in a doubled up position on her chair, her long and beautiful black hair fell in tangled and irregular masses over her shoulders, or was fancifully matted by the moisture about her forehead. The girl had been living in Olstreet, and was au unfortunate female of the town. About three o'clock that morning, a young man, named William Benson, of Back Zion-street, w proceedin g t o hi s wor k w h en h e o b serve d th e p risoner run as swiftly an d exc i tedly down Low F o ld , t owar d s th e river Aire. Ile immediately followed, suspecting her pur pose was s e lf-d estruction. As soon as the g i r l reac h e d t h e river, whi c h i n this place flows deeply past the large factory of Mr. _H ammond, she tossed her arms wildly aloft, and plunged into the stre am . B e nson hastily divested himself of his garnaent4, and j um p e d into the water after her. By this time s h e b ad floated out into m id- stream ; b ut Benson, !icing an excedent swimmer, soon succeeded in reaching her, and brought her to shore, from whence she wasim mediately removed to the police-office When examined by Mrs. Johnson, the matron, she was found to be suffering from extreme physical exhaustion, from which she had not recovered when brought before the magistrates. She was also suffering from disease, Upon being interrogated by the ben c h as to her motive in attempting to commit so , rashan act, th e unfortunate crea t ure appeare d i nca pable of making any reply ; and the court, w i t h out furt h er enqu iry, committed her for three months to Armley gaol, where that attention will be rendered her which her recent immersion and other c auses appear to requ i re. B enson was warm l y complimented by the magistrates on his gallent behaviour ; and, upon its appearing that this was not an isolated instance of his courage in rescuing people from drowning, they awarded hi m ten sh i ll i ngs as a mar k o f t h e i r satisfac tion. EXTRAORDINARY DELUSION. The utmost 'Wrest Ilse been experienced In the fashionable circles all over the ecOniirient by the publication of the brochure of the Princess de S., which, printed, at first in small number s, and for private circulation only, has graddend spread itself throughout the aristocratic and religious coteries of Europe.' It is now exactly a year since the young Princess Eleanore de S., In the prime of her 'smith aled beauty, a young wife, adored by her husband, and tench beloved by her fattaily, died suddenly at the Hotel de F., in Paris, and was befeed veith great pomp at Pere La Chaise, where a splendid monument, by Leclien°, recording her age, her lineage, and virtue!, has just been put tip by Her ditiConeolete husband. In spite of the high position held by the Princes& air/ Hone her great wealth and beauty having become the observed of all tersereers, there has already existed an extraordinary feeling of mystery in the public ) mind with regard to the circumstrnces of her death. The sudden I determination, taken immediately after the event, by her mother in-law, of retiring to a convent, greatly increased the doubt and wonder spread around the whole a fLir ; and now this pamphlet (issued to the world with the sanction of one of the greatest names of any Country, from one on the eve of taking the black veil, and who expresses the sense awe of this position as that of her death bed, a• d appeals therefrom for belief in the strange statemeets made in the work) comes to fill us with a deeper amazement than we can yea bear. The pamphlet is printed in Gerniati, the natiye language of t .e writer, who, as mother-in-law of the heroine of the wondrous story it contains, declares it to be in fulfilment of the tow made to her son's +fife that it is now made public. The whole life of the g oing Print-ss is hefe set forth. A child of immense imagination and power. left at ati early age an Orphan with the consciousness of beauty and the command of houndleiss wealth, finding herself sud denly transported to her guardian's old castle in the Hartz, was not likely to enjoy,eithcr content or heppieess ; and here bee temper and disposition grew so wild and untractable that, after repeated efforts at home education, it was, deemed advisable to send her to be trained into rule and discipline by seclusion in a convent. Just then her guardian being appointed ambassador to Paris from the Court of W., it was thought the heat opportnnity, for placing . the child beneath the surveillance of the superior of the Stic.e Ccear, in the Rue de Varennes, where she could be better trained to habits of obedience than elsewhere. But, alas! this first experiment proved totally abortive. Three unsuccessful efforts at esraee were folidwed by a decided a' tempt to set fire to the furniture of her room where she was confined; and the governess, fearful et' the efiart of such exampie e on other pupils, and weary of the task of taming this wild, v. hement sp'rit, reluctantly restore . ' the young lady to the care of her guardian. The position of t h e la to had now become most dßicult. To have her In the haute was imnossihle, as Prince eon de ii., his only son, n yeuth scarcely o'cicr than the refractory Eleanore, resided with him, and to throw the pair torrethsr at that early age would have heed considered by continental decorum q rite out of the question. So a Conseil de fumille was held, and it was resolved to send the celprit,nnw no longer a mere child, hut a fine, high spirited girl of fifteen, to England, to complete her eddention, with the hope that the conviction of being thus alone in a foreign country, dependent on her good behaviour to .ensure tile kindnees of those about her, might have the desired effect. The young lady was accordingly placed at --, at Hamme smith, and for a time the hoped for change seemed to have taken place in her temper. Bu', after a while, it appears that the Wiest! of violence to Which she gave way, and the fits of depression which steceeeded, became so alarming es to cause serious fears for her health. Leiter after letter wad eleina'eherl to her guardian by the young lady herself, begging to be taked into faeour, declaring that the chmete of Eng land was weighing her to tlie eaeth, asd the discipline of Hammer smith breaking her heart. For sonic tims the guardian, acting with th- prudence he judged necessary, suffered these complain s and suppleations to go on; but at length, moved by one of the letters more heart-rending than the others, he allowed his sneer to be melted, and determined on fetching his ward from the place, where she declared, in the st-ong language she was wont to use, she was " damaging both soul and body, and hurrying both to everlasting perdition." The Prince de S. arrived at Hammersmith upon a Sunday ntoenitig. He had returned no answer to the last letter despateeel by his Ward, and she nraa, therefore, not aware of his in. tendon of arriving. The lady conrinalssinned telee the bearer of the news repor ed to have found her on her knees alone id Tv r own room praying, with ,a most fearful expression of countenance, and, on being informed of her guardian's' arrival, she had dtter, d a most un earth'y shriek, and rudhed down the statra like one possessed. The guardian was much pleased With her nregress and Improvement, and brought her bark to Paris triumphantly, as a sre. imen of the good training of the ladies of Hammersmith. There Was, indeed, no token of the old indomitab'e spirit left within her. File Was 'Silent and subdued, submissive to all, and only urgent loiter supplicetiens never to Ire be left alone or in the dark. She to whom religion had hitherto been a subject of derision changed suddenly to practices of the East r zageerated piety, but always persis'ed in maintaining that it was useless to lay any plans for her welfare, fur that she should die before she acts 211 "Ail a mother neili do," says the Princess, in the extraordinary brochure which discloses the story, " was done by me to eradicate this idea from the rabid of our beloved Eleanore, but the answers she alWays trade *ere so fall of terrible meaning that they filled my sod' with arch deep alarm that I dared not to dwell upon the 'subject. Even When she became the bride of my son Leon, she would insist upon every arragemeut being made with a Vie* to this early death, which seebied to prey on her mind for ever. It gas not till the young couple had been married for some time that, by dint of maternal care and so licitude, I managed to wring from her the confidence of her direful anticipations', and Judge of trig dismay' when she coolly to d me that she had sold herself to the Evil One, and that she would be claimed before she had reached the age of el. She con fessed that her despair had been so great at being exiled, that, wearied with incessant prayers to heaven and the saints for de- Lverance without effect, she had at length addressed her vo S to the powers of darkness on the very Sunday niorning when her guardiee had arrived, and the announcement of lee preeeeee was evidently the token of the acceptance of that fe +ea vow." It seems that, in spite of every care and counsel—despite of the constant watching and wise teaching of the Abbe Dupauloux. nothing could turn aside this fix from the mind of the Princess Eleanore; and, although every ettreme of dissipation and excitement was tried to divert her the tights, the gave Way to a settled melancholy, and died two days before the completion of her twenty-first year. suddenly, and in her chair, full dre•sed for a ball at the Ministere crg tat. The idea had evidently done its work in silence, and none can tell the agony which mu t have Irene endured during the last few Month% of that sad existence, in the midst of splendour and riches, yet nursing the canker warm within, from which neither the lofty position in which she stood nor the homage she received, could divert her for one inetaht. The pamphlet has caused the deepest impression on the minds of all who have peruied it, and she reti e ment from the world of the Dowager Princess de S., for the avowed purpose of praying for the soul of the Princess Eleanore, has added to tire terrible effect of the tale, which seems more nee a d ar k legend of the midde ages, than an incident of yesterday; tut he nevertheless, true for all that. THE FOLKESTONE MURDERER. Pedanies, the murderer of the two gils Caroline and Maria Back, rear Folkestone, has nearly recovered from the effects of the wounds he inflicted upon himself, and is still confined in St. Augustine's jail, where he will remain until the next assizes at Maidstone. It will be remembe7ed that the prisoner, when apprehended, was coat less, he wvaring the two cloak , which he had taken from the bodies of the unfortunate victims. The coat was fourid on Friday last, in a wood near Swerdling in the pa -Ash of Petharn. On the breast lay the waistbelt and the wristbands of the prisoner's shirt, one of the latter having marks of bllod uvon it. A am di cross had been carefully made out of two pieces cf dog wood tied together with black thrend, and was fixed in o the ground. Around this emblem of the prisoner's faith hung the red piping which he had taken from his soldier's t , ousers. There were two ribbons on the breast of tire coat (obtained, it is supposed, while In the Austrian service), but a close examination of the cloth failed to detect any marks of blood. The position of the coat with the cross favours the beuet that the prisoner had undergone great mental suffering, and had endeavoure I to console himself by some religious observances. prior to his fruitless a-temnt upo n his own lif e , a t t h e momen t o f his apprehension.—South Eastern (,axelle. PATRONAGE OF THE NEW BISHOP OF DURHAM. The patronage of this see, although not so large as that which belongs to the see of London, is stilt very considerable, as will be seen from the following statement :—Tre Bishop of Durham pre sents to the three archdettc,nrries, to one o which, that of Durham, is attached, by act of parliament, one of the canonries in the cathedral. The bishop presents also to certain other canonries, and to no fewer than sixty-nine ;living., all of them situate in the counties of Northumberland and Durham. Of these, a ight are worth sums exceeding £l.OlO a year, and, in fact, one of them iStanhope rectory, Durham), is one of the most valuable rectories in existence. being set down at £4,848 a year. The rectory of Bishopwearmonth is worth £1,831 ; Essington rectory, £1,311 ; Egglescliffe rectoty, £1,049; Haughton-le-Skerne rectory, with Sadberge curacy, £1,279 ; Houghton-le-Spring rectory, £1,600; Sedgetield rectory, £1,802; Whitburn rectory, .e 1,113. So much for the livings valued at more than £l,OOO. The right rev. prelate will also have the gift of no fewer than 13 livings excecdin: £5OO a year in value—viz., Auckland. St. Andrew, £587; St. Thomas, P.C., Bishopwearmouth, £500; West Bolden rectory, £651; Elwick rectory, £542; Gateshead rectory, £636; Haltwistie vl...arage. £593; Long-Newton rectory, £6 1 4 ; Ryton rectory. £gs6; Washington rectory, £721 ; Whickham rectory, £663; Winston rectory, 4517; Wolsinghom rectory, £794; Woodham vicarage, £512. There are '25 other livings, worth between £2OO and £5OO ; and the remainder are worth £lOO and upwards, with the exception of the perpetual curacy of Thockerington, which is set d Ayr), at £4B. The total value of the patronage of the new Bishop of Durham will be nearly £40,000 a year. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAlOsTONK.—Picking has now commenced in good earnest. The reports from all pats of the c unity agree in describing tile hops as unprecedentedly light. Even at the celebrated Maginford Warm, where the growth is fine the coleur superb, and the quality of match'ess exc.llence, the weight is considerably below what it was estimated. We find it impossible to resist the conclusion that the duty is greatly over-set. Loose.—Where picking has begun we net on much faster than we expected. The hops, t in, are unprecedrntly light. 2,00) bushels to a ton, in serve cases, being equisite. We regret to report the appearance of lice to a considerable extent, which, on a close in spection, will be found at work on the hop Itself. MEltEWOMTM—Picking is now general. The yield will be about mall, ton per acre. OTHAm.—Picking is now going on rapidly. The hops are found to be barely ripe, mei weigh very light. It hed been anticipated t this parish would average from nine to ten cwt. per acre, but it is now found that the average will not be more than seven or eight cwt. They continue free from lice. 'ricer' re:sr.—We have carnmgneed picking, and the yield is short. The hops we'gli light :rid requre 9 , bushels to the cwt. WATERINGBUnx.—Our ci;ine is going en rapidly ; and in con sequence o' being well supplied with pickers, it is expected our betting w:11 be finished in about three weeks. Weornere (Lowrie Dt eistoe).— The hopes and fears the armlet es and solicitudes, ever attendant on so precarious and hazardous a c-op as that prod..ced be the cu'tivation of the hop plant, have all but subsided, and now nearly a'l are busily engaged in securing one of the finest and most valuable crops grown far many years. There will be a very re pectahie duty grown in this parish and district, and where parties were at all reasonable in tiefir expeeta'ione there is no probability of their being disappointed in the yield. There Is an unusual quantity of seed in the hop this year, whi h Will make them tell well at the scale. I ATLESPORD.—We have commereed picking, and our hops look and come down well. According to present appearances we shall grow a good 12 cwt. per acre. iteereceroze. --We have just commenced hop picki ng , and the crop is large and of good quality. We cannot as yet estimate our grow li. J3ox reLy.—The hops are doing, w,ll, the w e a th er h aving consider. ably improved them. ricking will be general in a few days. B. ,,,,„ e re.—We have been, to pick , and ourpleritions will yield well Some of them will grow from 16 to 18 cwt, per acre, while othe.s will grow but a email crop. FARLEIOHR (THIN).—Our planters have commenced picking, and although some places are short, yet, generally speakii g, they come dew better than we expected. W 12 cwt. „ e loo's for an average of at least YALDING ANT) lIONTON.—We have a good crop of hops. The quality is superior and the growth large. Picking has commenced and will soon be general. MAnnEN.—Picking oill be general next week. We begin this morning, but we cannot as yet tell what our growth will be on the a eerage. DIALLING (FAST AND Wesre —From what we can see of the growth as yet, they will be light. We have comme nced picking, and the gene ra l op i n i on i s that our average will be about 10 cwt. RYE.—The hops are generally doing as well es can be expected or desired. Picking has commenced in mast of our parishes. PE , SIICasT.—The hops are still going en the same as last week Picking commenced on Monday genera:iy. Woacitszsa.—The nights being still cold, the plantations have not improved materially since our last report. Picking has not yet begun in this locality, although most of the forward grounds will be commenced iu the course of a few days. Between 488,000 and 49,000 is the amount of estimated duty at present. APPALLING ACCIDENT AT THE ABBEY MILLS, MERTON. On Tuesday, Mr. Wm. Carter, the coroner for East Sur• rey, held a long enquiry at the Nelson's Arms, Merton, on the body of Richard Bentley, aged 18, whose death occurred under the following circumstances :—William Woolsey said that he was a labourer, and assistant to a Mr. Farnfield, a silk printer, working at the Abbey Millg. The deceased was In the service of Mrs. Littler, the proprietress of the mills. He had known him in that employmetit for sixteen months. His work was to rinse goods after they Were printed, with a machin e call e d a " jenny," connected with the water mill by an i ron hori zontal shaft, at a height abote the floor of the last named of six feet. On Thursday last, about six in the morning, he etas proceeding for a blanket, when, in passing through the building where the jenny works, he saw the deceas e d lyi ng on the floor, and his head resting on a plank. His. eyes were closed, and he was gasping which made him think he was asleep. He went to him and pulled him by th e hair of his head, thinking to awake him. He was lying immediately under the shaft. With the assistance of a man named Smith and others, the deceased was raised, when he saw blood on his right shoulder, .which came from his nostrils, and he was quite dead. Witness then saw a neckerchief wound round the shaft, as if it had been caught by that part of the machinery, whilst at work and rotted the neck of the deceased, and that it gave way at the back part. Near to the shalt is a beam of a building, on which sometimes articles are placed, making a kind of shelf, it being three parts of a foot higher than the shaft itself. He thought by standing on a block of wood to look after something that the ends of his neckerchief was caught by the shaft, twisting it up, and causing; great pressure to his neck, as there were distinct marks, as if made by the neckerchief on the neck, before giving way. He did not, believe the, he intended arty act to destroy his life. William Thatcher proited Seeing the deceased wearing the neckerchief found on the shaft vthert he came to work in the morning, and he had heard that the deceased saw a man put something on the liJani to hide (.t pipe of tobacco), and that he got up to see what it was, when his neckerchief got twisted round his neck, which was 41.sioca+ed and fractured by the pressure. After some otlor evidence, the learned Coroner summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of • accidental death. NOTICE TO MARINERS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The Lighthouse Board of the` United States has issued the follow• ing notices : BRIO LIGHT AT THE NARROWS, BOSTON HARBOUR. A fixed red tight was exhibited on the night of tht Ist August, 1856 (in cmformiti to previous notice), from the screw pile light honse erect d on tile Spif abreast the Narrows, Boson Harbour. The house is a hexagonal building, painted a dark brown colour ; is eleent.ii op seven iron piles, and surmounted with an iron lantern. The light is diAigned as a guide for clearing the Spit, by vessels passing through thd main ship channel, and Is illuminated by a lens apparatus of the 6th order. elevated gs feet above high water mark. This light in ranee with Long Island Head Light will take a ves sel cleat of the Harding's. From Point Aldertori Buoy this lleht Is in range with Long lidand Head Light, and they bear W.N.W. #W. This course mid take a Vessel, by the buoy. In 19 feet water at low tide. Laree vessels. in entering. should bring Long Island Head Li. ht open to the north ward of the Spit Light. The following magnetic bearings are given fiont this light : False Spit Buoy, E.S.E. E.; Point Alderton Buoy, E.S.E. * E.; North Centurion Buoy, S.B. ; Low: Island Head Light. W.; Mix's Mate Beacon, N.W. a W. FUG BELL Oft MINT DESERT A.ND MATINIOUS POCKS, COAST OF MAINE. A fog bell: weighing 1,500 pounds, has been placed on Mount Desert Rock, near thd ligathouse. The bell is placed on an open frame structure, p tinted white an i brown, and is about 50 feet above the level of the sex. It is worked by machinery, and strikes about seven times In one minute. A bell of the same weight has been placed on Matinicus Rock. on a frame precisely like that of the Mount Desert Rock Bell. This bell strikes ten times in one minute. Both of these bells will be sounded hereafter in thick weather. By command of their lordships, JOHN WASHINOTON, Hydrograpthet. Hydrographic Office, Adra'r.tity. Londan, September. 1856. This notice affects the following Admira!ty chute No. 268, North America, East Coast; also Li,hthouse List. TRADE REPORT.-WEDNESDAY LIVERPOOL. Carroty.—There has been nither more enquiry to-day, but holders continue to meet the demand freely, and Vie market closes innai- Mate, but about steady. The sales—including 120 Pernambuco+ bid to 7d, za B hies 6A 40 Maranhams did to Bd, 500 Esyprians to Bd, 800 Salts 4141 to Aid—are reported 10,000 bales, of which 3,000 are on speculation and for export. Suasa.—Very full priceS have been paid, and the demand con. tirmes good; 40 hhds Demerara are reported at 44s to 48s 3 1 for grainy, 100 Mid+ Jamaica at 44s 6d to 46s tirl, '4OO bags Madras at 405, and:4.ooo mats Mauritius at 39S to 44s 6d per cwt.l 110LAssas.-700 puns Porto Rico have been purchased at 22s 6d per cwt. Rum.—Nothing has taken place. Cosisx continues to sell freely, 409 bags St. Domingo being taken from the quay at 521 per cwt. Rirn.—The business Is confined to 730 bags Rangoon at Os 6d ,er cwt. DI AD DER.-65 bags Spanish sold at 50s 6d. Sost.t. LAC.-90 bags sold at 51s to 51s Iffirawsot,st•.-1:- , 0 bags sold at lOs &I to PM 9d per cwt. Plm,enTo.-20 bags sold nt 20 per lb. _ . LonWOOD.-200 tons St. Domingo sold at £5, and 30 tons Hon duras at £7 per t,n. FosTrc —6O tons, all faults. sold at .4'5 5s per ton. LAC Dric.—A few chests (DT) sold at 2s Id per lb. LONDON. SUOAU.—The market has opened with a steady appearance, at seaterd.y's prices; but the large public sal.s whleh arc advertised for to.morrow and Friday check operations in the private contract market. The refined market is firm. Lumps. 58s to 58 Corr es.—This article has a very firm appearance, and native Ceylon is ntidted 53e to Sas 6 1. TNA.—The trade has bought steadily, and fresh landed greens have been in fair demand. S A urr ETU N.—This article fts4 a firm appearance. and the advances of 6(1 established yesterday has bden supported. Itica.—The demand 114 s been limited. INnico.—This article has an upward f, , ndeney, and an advance of 31 on the last qnarterly sale has been paid. _ Run remains ste3dy. COTTO:q.—This article remains out of demand In other arti les no material alteration. TALLOw.—The market is steady with but little doing. Town tallow is , quoted s:ls nett cash; Petersburg Y.C. on th e spot. sr l g to ligs 6d; Septemher. 50s ; October arid December , 4gs 3 d to 4gs 6d. BOROUGH HOP.—The hop market is rapidly declining, parties offering large sums against £250,300, and not taken. Hops have ben much overact this year, and as picking progreSaes the planters find they come down 25 per cent. short of their own estimate. The market, both for new and yearling hops. is advancing, CORN.—There was but little English wheat on sale this morning, and Monday's advance was well supported. Foreign wheat was saleable only in retail at that day's rates. Flour underwent no change. Barley met with little attention, although freely offered at the decline noted on Monday last. Oats were a ready sale at the improvement qnoted last m a rket-d a y. B ean . an d pease unc h ang ed. Arrivals into London from the 15th to the 17th Sent.—English and Scotch __Wheat, 610 qrs; barley, 650 qrs; malt, 450 qrs. Irish — Oats-1,160 qrs. Foreign —Whe, t. 6 , 270 qrs barley. 1,320 qrs oats, 5,400 qrs. Flour, 6,830 barrels. Mmes.—A steady business continues to be done in British mining stocks, and the market remains firm. The chief feature is in Great Wheal Alfred shares, which stood, at the last settlement, a fortnight ago, at 4i to 5, and are now quoted about 144 tl 15, showing the extraordinary rise of £lO per share, or 200 per cent. In the Stock Exchange to-day, Cohre shares have been dealt in at 55, and other foreign mining securities remaining quiet. Snljoined is the official list of yesterday's transact'ons in the blinin Fxchange:—Alfred Corsols, 15. lsi ; East Bose. 11i ; Gonamena, 2i ; Great Alfred. 13, 3, 16, 14/.15i, l 4 15,1 ; Sortridge Consols, .21, ; Wheal Tiny, 4i. YESTERDAY'S MARKET. SALFORD CATTLE.—The market was not so well supplied to-day. The numbers brought farward consisted of 14g0 beasts, 7,505 sheep and lambs, and 91 calves. There seas a gond demand for the better quality of beef and mutton, which brought the full rates of last - week. but inferior sorts lower ; of this description there was a god quan tity left unsold. Ihe rates current were—Best heifer beef, did to 7d ; do second quality, 5d to 61; old c iws, 4d to 51 ; prime wedder mutton, 7d to 7id ; do heavy weights, 5a 1 to 6ld ; ewes. 5d to 5,1 d lambs, bid to lid; veal, ad to bad, per lb. sinking the etYat. Coact BUTTER.—The supply of butter at to-day's market consisted of 2,200 casks and firkins. The sale was slow, but prices kept welt sustained. We quote—Firsts. loss; Seconds, 1055; Thirds, Oa/ Fourths, Who and Fifths, Os, per cwt. GLASGOW Coax.—The weather continues fine, and the supplieg of grain at our market a full average. To-day new Irish wheat brought an advance of Is 6d on the extreme rates of last week, and white American was 31 to 61 dearer. Other sorts were unchanged. Flour was in request, at a, advance of 61 to is her brl. Good old oats were in request, and 3d dearer, but new the turn lower. Barley was 6i cheaper. The top price of nCW Irish oatmeal was 40s. Old dull and rattler cheaper. In beans and pease th:re was little busi ness transacted ; the latter was rather easier. GLASGOW PIG laoN.—There is hardly anything doing in this mar ket. The trade is decidedly flit, Mixed Nos., warrants changing hands at 71s 61 cash, ant fixed delivery, No. 1, G 8.M., 73s 61 ; 3,7 es, per ton. BIRTH. On the 16th inst., at Hadfo clunos. Denbizlisl i i re , th e wife of Henry Robertson Sandb , ch , Esq., of a son. • MAIIRIAG-ES. Oa the lgth Inst., at the Presbyterian Church, Islington. by the Rev. Verner M. White, Mr. James Henry R nrrtherto of this town, to Mary, eldest daughter oF Mr. James Kerr, of Dovecot Farm, Knotty A h. on the 17th inst., at St. Paul'a, Prinreg.park, by the Rev. J.'S. Nichol, Rector of Hetton, Durintm, assi-teci by the Rev. R. A Gent. H. C G. Timperley, E sq , L ondon, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Wm. arrie, Esq , Eastimld, Liverpooh. On the 811 inst., of consu DE mption A , r ag H :d 37, `,Targarct, wire -of Mr. C. A. Ros s , Benn.street. On the F‘th inst., at Moffat. aged:2B, Mr. Wm. Ball, of Csinilbel.. ton, of the fi rm of Hall & Mackinnon, Liverpool. (1:7. Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when sent to our Office duly authenticated. NEW JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.—The following under panics Act :—Panki i h anon Furnishing takings have been registered under the provisions of th e n ew Advance Ironmongery'Toint Btcek C dTapany, Telegraph W orks Company, Na tional Householders Coal Mineral C ompany , Garnett and C o mpany, 3fount Gabriel and Deposit C ompany, Moseley Gold Mining Company of America, Winchester Waterworks Company, Quartz Red uc ti o n Company, British S tea m Fisheries Conan_,, British Portable Gas Apparatus m ) Company, London Patent Brick Company, Stourbridge Waterworks Company, Lyme Cordage , Sacking, and Sail clothmilli-ward Company, EaseDereham Corn Exchange, Unity Company, Li ncolnshire Patent T w it c h P aper and Loan and investment Company, Bradford Retail Grocers' Company, North of Europe Steam Navigation Company, Weedon G as li g h t an d Coke C om pany, Ch es t er U n i ted Gas Company, Hertford Gaslight and Coke Company, Win chester Gaslight and Coke Company, General Credit Coro. piny, Brenkburne Iron and Coal Company, National Deodorising and Manure Company, Sehaffer's Patent Oil Grease Company, and Berwick Corn Exchange Company, making sixty new companies registered under the new act, with those previously given.