Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-01 00:00:00

INIUNICIPAL ELECTION. WARD MEETINGS. Sr. ANNE'S WARD. Last evening a deputation waited upon George Nick son, Esq., at his residence, Canterbury-street, Islington, for the purpose of presenting a requisition to him to become a candidate for the representation, in the Town Council, of St. Anne's Ward. The deputation consisted of R. F. Steble, Esq., chairman ; also Dr. Lewtas, Dr. Swift, Dr. Dale, and Messrs. Briggs, Ashley, Manger, Browne, White, and Edward Jackson, who acted as honorary secretary. The deputation having been introduced, _ Mr. It. F. STEBLE, chairman of the committee, addressed Mr. Nicks6n as follows :—Mr. Niekson, a pleasure which, A short time back, I little anticipated, has fallen to me, and that is, in being, allowed the honour of introducing a deputation to you,and presenting you with a requisition most numerously signed by the electors of St. Anne's" Ward, that you will allow yourself to be nominated as their candidate at the ensuing municipal election. Xour conduct for a series of years, both in the Select ;Vestry of this town, as a - business man, and supporter of our local charities, has given such unbounded satisfaction, that your repii sitionists are desirous of showing their esteem by placing you in the position of one of their representatives in the Town Council of the good old town of Liverpool, feeling sure that the high trust could not be placed. is . better hands, and that your best endeavours would be to further the interests of the burgesses of St. Anne's Ward, and those of the town in general; and your requisitionists pledge themselves to use every lawful effort to ensure your return. (Applause.) fie then read the requi sition, which, he observed, was signed by Z5O of the e l e ctors, and in addition, they had - fifty more promises of voters in the ward, who were ready to come forward on the day of election s should their services be _ • required. The following is the requisition : To Georg! Niekspn, EN DEAR SIR,- —We, the undersigned, electors of St. Anne's Ward, reipectfully request that you will allow yourself to be nominated as a Candidate at the ensuing Munieipal -Election, for the representation of this ward in the Town council. We feelconfident that your practical acquaintance with the ward, and your own high personal merits, eminently gdalify you for such a position. We pledge ourselves to give you our hearty support, and to record our votes in your favour on the day of election. Mr. Nrcu.sori then rose and expressed himself as follows :—Mr. - Chairman, the very kind observations with which you have introduced the nature of your visit, and the cordial response those observations have met with at your hands, demand my warmest acknow ledgements. I receive the requisition with the greatest pleasure, and believe me when I say that the mere record of my thanks is a very inadequate expression of the ae'ep gratification it has afforded me. The enlight ened *esteem of our fellow-citizens is at all times an object- of the purest ambition to every well-balanced mind, and of which any man may well be proud. That - / should have been fortunate enough to secure so large an amount of respect as is exhibited in the present instance, and embodied in such a tangible form, I feel to be an honour which falls but to the lot of feW. I am deeply sensible of thilt honour, and of the obligation it imposes, and I can have no hesitation whatever in acceding to an invitation originating from feelings so unanimous, and conveyed in'terrns so courteous.; and allow me to = say that it is doubly valuable to me from the fact that it is shared in by all parties in the ward. (Hear, hear.) This is not the time or the place to enter into - any detailed state ment of my views and sentiments on public affairs— other opportunities may possibly be afforded me for this purpose. • I will only observe, that it would be as Contrary to my feelings, as if would, I am sure, be re pugnant to yours; were" I to seek your approval and that of the electors by •raising a cry to catch the popular ear on - arguments too frequently based on the depreciation and ilisparagement of others. (Hear, hear.) There are many public questions of para mount importance, relating to the financial, social, and Moral condition of the town, which demand from those dealing with them honesty of conviction, patient inves tigation, and intelligent action ' • and these constitute the- primary elements of every faithful representative. (Applause.) . I beg to thank you, gentlemen, for the honour you have done me in waiting upon me this evening, and the compliments which you have so handsomely paid to me ; and accept my assurance that I mu here solely in obedience to your call, and not from any low motive of ambition. (Applause.) I place my self in - your hands. ; and.whatever be the result, I shall, without any feeling of disappointment or regret, sub mit to it. The kindness I have received, and the per sonal friendship I have enjoyed with many amongst you, has left an impression which time will never efface; and I shall only be too happy, 'on public grounds, to return you any serviee, - which may, in some degree, compensate you for the kindness you have shown, and justify the confidence you have reposed in me. (Loud cheers.) - Mr. BRIGGS'," one of the members of the deputation, next came forward, and moved a resolution to the effect, that the members of the committee pledge themselves to use every legal means to ensure the election of Mr. Nickson. (Loud cheers.) Mr. ASHLEY seconded the resohition, and in doing so said it gave him the greatest pleasure that he possibly could wish for. He assured them that when he had to work and labour for a gentleman like Mr. Nickson, whom he hoped they would place triumphantly in the Town Council, it gave -him the highest gratification, knowing that they " for flide 'leman nau men- cant ate a gent_ of experience—a gentleman of integrity, and one whose liberality insupporting all • their charitable institutions of- whatever kind, was well known and appreciated. (Cheers.) He therefore should,- if God spared hiin, do all he Could on the day of the election, in case there was an opposition. The re;slution was adopted amidst applause, shortly after which the deputation retirEd: VAUXHALL WARD.—MEETING LAST NIGHT. _ Last evening, a meeting of the Lib era l e l ec t ors o f Vauxhall Ward, was h e ld at the house of Mr. Sloan, 127, Vauxhall-road, for the purpose of choosing a can didate to represent the ward in the Town Council. There was a slender attendance, doubtless owing to the -very-disagreeable- state of - the - weather: — Mr. Walter M'Gregor took the chair, and proceeded to say that the electors in the ward had come to the conelusion that an election should not take place without a contest. A number of gentleman had held meetings on the subject ; and, after consideration; they had come to the resolution that Mr. Cearns was a fit and proper person to" represent the. ward. They had waited upon . him, and he acquiesced. He need not say that Mr. Cearns was :well known to.them." He had been a merchant in this town for 36 years ; 26 of which he was connected with the adjoining:syard St.i Paul's. After eulogising the merits of Mr. Cearns, he concluded by moving that the candidate now offering ivas n fit and proper person to represent the ward in the TOwn Council ; and that the electors present would use all legitimate means to *titre his return. . Mr. ARBVTIINOT seconded the motion, and it was tarried unanimously. The Chairman then introduced - Mr. CEARNS, who said that it afforded him great pleasure and gratification in meeting those assembled on that occasion. He proceeded to say that he was engaged in business in Liverpool during the last thirty-iii years, twenty-six of which were spent in St. Pa u l' s W ar d. H e had no d ou bt thatthey knew each other, at least they ought to do. If he was returned and elected to the post of honour, which he aspired t to, he should use all his abilities to carry out the principles of reform. This had been the third time heF was requested to offer himself neliceonredfused, because as a candidate. On the first occasion occasion, last he was taken by surprise; on the s year, he refused, becaase he knew that thorough and talented representative, Mr. 1 __ve, Rogerh'lllaNa dock. He, however, then gave them a sort of half promise promise that if everything went on satisfactory, h e would not object to come forward. Ile now offered himself in accordance with his promise, and all he had to say was, that they.must make the best of him. H e concluded by expressing his conviction that if elected, he would use all his energies in an upright and honest manner, to forward the interests of the ward in par ticular, and the town in general. Resolutions in favour of the candidate having been passed, the proceedings came to a termination. THE PARIS POLICE.—The Paris police are at the rate of about.one to every 360 inhabitants. They are relieved on duty every six hours, and may be said to be especially on the ale r t a ll night. The first night watch commences at eight, and as it, therefore, termi nates at two, the force is greatest at the hour when sur veillance is most needed, since those coming on and going o ff duty are all stirring. An hour earlier the streets are frequented by those whose day ends late, and an hour earlier by those whose day begins early. MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRI- CULTURAL SOCIETY. THE DEFECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS 'OF THE LATE SHOW. Yesterday, a meeting ,of the committee ►was held at the Town-hall, for the purpose of receiving a financial statement from the Treasurer, and to order - the payment of prizes. The Mayor presided, and there were Lilco present Messrs. W. Brown, Robertson Gladstone, Mattson, Ledger, Ryder, and Ellis. Before the• ordinary pro-. ceedings commenced, - Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE rose, and, addressing Mr. Ellis, who had undertaken the office of :director of the,show-yard on the occasion, proceeded •to condemn Mr. Ellis's arrangements in very severe terms. He told him to his face, at the meeting, what he had already said in private, that his management of the department entrusted to him was most disgraceful. Referring to the imperfect condition of the different sheds for the recep tion of cattle, Mr. Gladstone stated that he had a horse at the.exhibition which had been unwell ever since, and he should certainly hold some one responsible in the event of the horse not recovering. The accommodation for stock in the.yard was most shameful, and he considered that Mr. Ellis was responsible for all. I The MAYOR said the charge made against Mr. Ellis was one of a very serious nature; but, perhaps,. the general business of the meeting had better he trans acted before anything more was said about it. The TREASURER then submitted the accounts, from which it appeared . that the receipts amounted to £346 35., and the expenditure to £8 . 21 Bs. 6d., leaving a balance of £25 14s. 6d. On the motion of Mr. Ledger, seconded by Mr, Glad stone, the accounts were passed, and ordered to be paid by the secretary. - The consideration of a number of protests against certain awards made at the late meeting, was deferred to the next meeting. A medal was awarded to oae of the implement competitors, to whom a prize had xot been given by the judges. At the reiues6of he treasurer, two auditors were appointgd (Mr. Brown and Mr. Ledger), moved by Mr. Iclindson, and seconded by Mr. Ellis. It was unanimously agreed that. a medal be presented to the Mayor, in recognition of the courtesy which he had shown, and the interest he, had taken in the society during the pait year, in connexion with the local fund. ELLis, in reference to the remarks which had been made by Mr. Gladstone, entered into a lengthened defence of his conduct as director of the show-yard, and excused himself for any defects in the sheds for cattle by stating that the contractor failed in the duty which he undertook. Mr. GLADSTONE said he had only one question to ask Mr. Ellis, and that was, had he any written contract with the party he engaged ? - Mr. Emas replied that he had not. Mr. GLADSTONE, on this, observed that he had nothing more to say to him, but he must tell Mr. Ellis that, from his conduct in that room during the day, he had yet much to learn. Mr. RYDER, the secretary, next addressed the meet ing, stating that he concurred in the remarks which had been made by Mr. Gladstone, as to the bad management of Mr. 'Ellis. The committee universally condemned Mr. Ellis's management and arrangements in the show yard. He had altogether failed in the duties which he undertook. Even two days before the show, he had no idea of how he stood as regarded the erection of the sheds for the cattle.. After same further Pcussion, the proceedings ter minated. , LIVERPOOL PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGH REVISION MT. T. S. Brandereth, the revising barrister, pro ceeded yesterday with the revision of the list of voters for the borough, when the objections within the parish of Liverpool, from A to C; were gone through. The Conservatives made 213 objections, and struck off 174 ; withdrawn 18 ; paid in costs five shillings. The Radicals made 152 objections; struck off 93, withdrew 20, paid in costs ten shillings. The total gain to the Conservatives on the day's proceedings was 81. IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE REVISING BARRISTER RESPECTING DOCK-GATEMEN James Bradley, of 219, Upper Frederick-street, a dock-gateman, was objected to by the Radicals, on the ground that, being a dock-gateman, he was a constable within the meaning of the act, and, therefore, not en titled to vote. Mr. Brumfit, on the part of the objection, called'his honour's attention to a similar case at last year's revi- sion, r against the allowance of the vote, on the ground that a _ dock-gateman, being a constable, could not vote. The Revising Barrister said he did not recollect giving such a decision, and thought it was very improbable that he did so. Mr. Branch, on the part of the Conservatives, con tended that a dock-gateman did not come within the meaning of the act as a constable: He was a special constable, and not an ordinary police officer, which the section of the act clearly contemplated. We understand that this decision will apply to a large number of similar cases where dock-gatemen have been objected to by the Radicals. It is therefore desirable that any dock-gateman, who may have been so objected to, will appear to defend his vote. -..10'. - ---- The total ea' ports of British coal froir August inclusive were 4,409,956 tons, against 4,229,324 tons in the same period of 1858: The total exports for August were—from the Scotch ports; 48,170 tons : from the Severn ports, 160,045; from Liverpool, 71,220 from the' Yorkshire ports, 9 7 fARB : and from tl .1 t t),), _ . rom northern ports, 353,018—making a total of 659,821 tors, against'sBs,s37 tons in the same month of the previous year. A GAMIN'S Rnsz:—During the Revolution of '4B, the gamins might be seen in all their glory. Paris was the vast theatre — ol — their exploits, and the barricades the scene of their triumphs. A striking and characteristic instance ,of ready wit may be cited as_haTing rendered gaod service, and honours the heart no less than the' head of the youthful hero: While busiest of the busy, clambering up a pile of paving-stones which had been heaped up to block a narrow street, this youngster observed a " Garde Mobile" aimed at by an." Insurge," the Garde being totally unconscious of the delicate atten tion intended for him by his foe. The gamin, with a quickness of thought peculiar to his race, suddenly addressed himself to the fellow, exclaiming with a scorn ful'laugh, " Dites done, grand. betard, qui tires sans avoir seulement arme ton fusil The " Insurge," com pletely taken Off -his guard, displaced piece, to ex amine it, when the gamin, following up his advantage, i shot him dead with' a pistol' he held in 'his hand.— Realities of Paris Life. LIABILITY OF AN INCUMBENT FOR HIS CURATE'S LODGINGS.- At Stone County Court, on the 19th inst., the case of "John Richards v. Rev. -Eldred Woodland," came on for hearing. The plaintiff, it was represented by his attorney, was too ill to attend the court, and it. was feared might not be any better by the next court. Under these circumstances the learned judge consented to adjourn the court to the plaintiff's house in New castle-street, and the court was adjourned accordingly. The plaintiff stated that on or about the 19th January, 1858, the defendant came to his house with his curate, Mr. Marshall, and took lodgings-for the latter at the rate of 10s. plr week, saying that. as the curate would not get much, he - (the defendant) supposed he must pay for the rooms. Witness had received from Mr. Woodland two sums of £6 10s. Two notes were produced by the plaintiff, dated respectively 18th November and 25th December, promising him payment for Mr. Marshall's lodgings, but not furnishing any direct evidence as to the terms of payment. Mr. Woodland stated that he had paid two quarters, and that was all he made himself liable for, ant to this the two notes produced referred. He sent a cheque for 10s. on the 26th of June, 1850, for his half of the first six months, and the second pay ment was made by his daughter, but not till the whole amount was due. With the first payment was a note sas w han i lasdil‘erhhe answer to a x td do pla i d theß n oo ntj ri a t den h egi o e es e, e l e x e t t e n a et y o f o i s t e with liability. th a 3 i c h r e . g ß u i e c . h a r s l dMra.n.ldVgooadnleanadwasayid and dat added,lk,lr. 3.1 Mar- shall Richards) fi n di ng h e could not get' his money from Marshall, tries to recover it from me. Mr. Durose spoke distinctly to th e f act of his applying. to Mr. Woodland, after the first quarter, for the rent ; and when the £6 10s. was paid on the 26th of June, only one quarter was due, and Mr. D urose gave a receipt for a quarter. Mr. Durose also made other applications for quarter's rents. His Honour said that Mr. Woodland had, doubtless, made a mistake, and - ander these circumstances he should give judgment for the plaintiff for £l3, the amount of the half-year's rent Woodland taken sta h t i e m d thh;tampthendsee,crisaniodn he the court for. had quite qui should appeal against it.--TrolverhanTtcn Chronicle. COUNTY COUTIT.-- ESTERDAY. (Before W. A. Huvrox., .Esq., Judge.) • JuDGMENT.—BYRNE V. BANNS.—His Honour de livered judgment in this case, which was an action brought to recover the stun of La 10s., which had been advanced by the plaintiff to a sailor in the ship Alma, upon a note which the defendant had endorsed. Some curious points were involved. His Honour directed a verdict for the plaintiff. A REcimzsi INSOLVENT.—CharIes Keys, merchant, late of College Lane, insolvent, came up on an applica tion to be discharged out of custody. Mr. Husband appeared on. his behalf, and he was-opposed by Mr. Rime and Mr. Pemberton, acting on behalf of several creditors. In the course of a long examination, the insolvent a dmitted that he had given a bill of sale to secure the payment of £163 19s. 81, to a person named Hughes, from whom he had obtained a quantity of furniture at a time when he owed several hundreds of pounds to his creditors, as shown by his schedule. He passed through the Bank ruptcy Court in 1851 or 1853 (he did not know which), his debts at that time amounting to about £2,000. He believed his creditors on that occasion received a dividend of 11s. 81 in the pound. In 1857 he was again insol vent, his debts reaching to £4,800, and he was impri soned in Chester Castle for seven months. , Havingbeen bailed out, he joined the Cheshire Rifle Corps, and paid £4 for his uniform. The amount of his debts at the present time was about £l,soo.—Witnesses were called to prove some of the debts at present owing ; and Mr. Hime and Mr. Pemberton -made some strong obierva tions on the conduct of the insolvent, referring to his antecedents, and contending that he had contracted `the debts now owing without • any intention of pay ing them.—His Honour, reviewing the evidence, said he found that between Juiie, - 1858, when the insolvent came out of Chester Castle, and June, 1859, he had con tracted debts to a very large amount, without, so far as he could see, a hope of getting anything out of his property. On the 30thof April last, he had also en tered into an agreement for the purchase of two flats, for a period, from Mr. Hindley. He used those fiats up to the time of his arrest, and Mr. Hindley had never received a farthing for them. About th time he was obtaining gCiods from Mr. Hughes, not pa lug for them, but assigning over to Mr. Hughes goods he had in his possession On the whole, there fore, his Honour said, he could not but say that the in- solvent had been guilty of reckless conduct in his trad ing, which, though it did not, perhaps, bring him r within the penal 'clause of 'the Act, certainly brought him within the diScretionary clause ; and he thought he should not be doing his duty if he were to say that the insolvent was entitled to his discharge forthwith. He should' therefore postpone his discharge for six mouths from the date of his vesting order. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY, [Before My. MANSFIELD.] A Disontntrsr CREW.—Captain Taylor, of the ship Maud, made a complaint against three sailor, named George B Bennett, Thomas: Patterson, and George Vacy. Mr. Blucl appeared for Captain Taylor, and said the three prisonen were shipped at Boston, received £4 10a advance money, wen brought by steamer to St. John's, N. 8., and from there on board the Maud, then lying off Partridge Island. A as they got on board they refused to work, but were g, day-or two to consider, and they still persisted in the to work They were hen,, along with nine ö irons. During the voyage they were repeatedly asked to work, but still they refused. The nine• returned to their duty, and the Captain forgave them for their insubordination.. The three prisoners, however, continued in Ci eir determination to refuse working, and they were givOi in custody on their arrival in LiverpOel. The p•isoners said that the ship was leaky, and they refused•to sail in her, but were detained on hoard. The Captain stated, however, that the leak was not more than three four hours, and that it only required a few every two hours to clear away the water. Mr. Ms hid thafinstead of alleging as theii reason for riot wonaug that the ship was leaky, it was the very reason they ought to have exerted themselves, and not to have im- posed additional labour on their shipmates. He should therefore inflict the heaviest punishment the law allowed him, viz., twelve weeks imprisonment, • [Before Messrs. HOUGHTON and GRANT.] BEERSELLERS' CesEs.—The following parties wer up, - and fined for the offences as under :—Owen Murray, b seller, Denbigh-street. was fined 'ss, and cost trading ; William Marshall, beerseller, Horn ss. and costs for Sunday trading; Ann Harrin Maddox street, fined 10s. and costs for selling Joseph 3fanlev, beerseller, Bond-street, was fined 5s for selling at illegal• hours, and 20s. and costs for re admit the police ; Margaret Forrester, beersellef Edwin-street, was summoned for Sunday trading, be was dismiss• d ; Catherine Edward., be,rseller, Carlt fined 20s. and costs for selling in prohibited hot brought Lby . -street, fi beersell Mega]. how THE GREAT EASTERN. imiration of the latest wonder of the world, y bject of undiminished tish industry such of the IOWIVERN DAILY 1 ikitB. most d TUE ,S.LINDAY RIOTS AT ST. GEORGE'S- IN-THE-EAST. In Testerdays paper, we gave the result of the inves tigation bcrore Mr. Yardley, the sitting magistrate at the Thames Pelice-eourt, in respect, to the charge against John Peterson, a Swede, about 50 years of age, desciibed as a sugar-baker, who appeared in answer to two summonses, charged upon the first with disturbing and disquieting •the congregation assembled for 'Divine service., in the parish Church of St. George, Middlesex, on the afternoon of Sunday, the 18th inst. ; and upon the second with having committed the same offence at the Mission Church of St. 'Saviour's Wellclose-square, in the same parish, on the evening of the same day, by which he had incurred a penalty of £2O for each offence. Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, conducted the prosecu kion on ;behalf of the Bev. Bryan King, the rector of. St. George's; Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, defended the accused. The, court was filled when the case was, called on,' and among the peopl4 assembled 'were many of the rate payers .of St. George's-in-the-East. Vardley—Do you charge two 'separate offences against the defendant ? • ' - Mr. Smith—Yes, I do, sir. .One in t'.ie parish church, and one in the Mission. Church of St. Saviour, in Well- • . , tiOse=Square.: • Mr. Yardley asked for the various acts of parliament bearing upon the case ; and 'the acts Ist William and ;Mary, eap. 18, and the 52nd George 111., cap. 155, were handed to him ; and the magistrate having read them very carefully for some time, said there might be some doubt whether the last-named statute applied to such a case as this ; there could be no doubt about the act of 'William and Mary meeting the case, for it mentioned the words "cathedral, church, parish church, or other congregation." Those words were not mentioned in the act of George 111., which seemed more particularly to refer to dissenting places of worship.. He then read the 18th section of Ist William and Mary, cap. 18, commonly called the Toleration Act, as follows "If any person or persons shall willingly, and of purpose maliciously, or contemptuously come into any cathedral church, parish church, chapel, -or other con gregation, and disquiet or disturb the same, •or misuse any preacher or teacher, such person or persons upon proof thereof before any justice of the peace by two or more sufficient witnesses, shall find two surities to be bound by recog,nisances in the penal sum of £5O, and in default of such surities shill be committed to prison, there to remain till the next general or quarter sessions, and upon conviction of the said offence shall suffer the pain and penalty of £20." Mr. Smith said, the act of William and Mary vas suf ficient for the purpose of this prosecution, without trou bling himself about the act of George lll.,which doubled the penalty. It was not necessary for him to say much on this subject. St. George's Church was the Protestant par ish church. It was unnecessary for him to dilate on the sectional disputes. The services in the, parish church were conducted with the approval of the rector s on the' princi ples of the Protestant faith of the Church of England. The Rev. Bryan King was the rector, and no one ever disputed 'his appointment. The Rev. Mr. Maconochie was , curate, and on the afternoon of the 18th in stant was in the parish church to celebrate Divine ser vice, and was sent there by a very high authority, the Bishop of London, and ought to have been respected in the ministration of his holy - office. The, congregation met in the parish church for the purposes of religious worship, and it was not necessary for him to prove the peculiar sort of services celebrated by the rector, 'his clergy, and choristers. It was only necessary for him to' say the congregation met -for Divine worship. In the next place, he would prove, that the defendant most irreverently, contemptuously, and loudly in terrupted, disturbed, and disquieted the congregation, and prevented the curate proceeding with it. Mr. Smith then went through the whole case,. as stated by the witnesses and said the prisoner acted the part of a ringleader in one of the most disgraceful and organised brawls that ever occurred in a Christian place of worship, and that but for the strenuous efforts of the police, backed by several mem bers of the congregation., the curate would have been severely maltreated, and would not have got out of the - church at all with his life. The object of this prosecntion was not so much to support peculiar opinions and obtain pecuniary penalties, as it was to preserve order, quietude, and decorum, in the church and other places of worship in the parish of St. George. The peace of the Church ought not-to be disturbed by those who disapproved of particular ceremonies and forms of worship. People who disapproved of them could and ought to stay away. The outrages and disturbances in the parish church were iszracefal to those concerned in them, and must law. As to the dissensions in the parish about the mode of conducting the services, that was a subject with which the court had nothing to do. The matter was in the hands of a very high dignitary of the Church, who would no doubt come to a just and wise conclusion. Mr. Smith then called. Mr. William Richard Motion, wine and beer merchant in the Back-road, St. George's-in-the-East, who said—On the afternoon of the 18th of SeptemOer, I went to the parish-church. I was near the rector's vestry. I was requested to protect the Rev. Mr. Mr. Maconochie, the curate, as it was anticipated there would be some disturbance, and that he would be insulted. I saw defendant and others in the church. There was a very large number of persons in the church, and many of them were very disorderly. The defendant was talking very loudly to persons .by his side, and said these kind of meetings were the only way to put. down Puseyism and. Popery. When the clergyman came out of the vestry the defendant threw up his arms like a madman, and said " Here he is ; here he is." The curate, the Rev. Mr. Maconochie, proceeded towards the chancel, and the defendant and others rashed after him. The curate was very much insulted, abused, and hustled. The defendant repeatedly said " This is the only way to put down Puseyism." The curate got within the church rails. He commenced the Litany, but owing to the noise and disturbance was compelled to desist. There was shouting, hissing, hooting, and yelling, from every part , of the church. Threats were made . use of. I heard a man call out loudly,. "The rector ought to be strung up." - The defendant was not the man who used the words. Only a portion of the intended service was gone through. The curate was not allowed to proceed with it by the mob. Mr. Phillip Edwa-d Monkhouse, who first said he was a graduate at Oxford, and afterwards that he was a student,said he accompanied Mr. Motion to St. George's Church on the afternoon of the 18th, and confirmed his statement in every particular. Mr. Edmund Seading said—l am an architect, and reside at No. 10, Carlisle-street, Soho. I went to St. George's Church on the 18th instant for religious worship. I expected a disturbance there. If there had been none, I should have joined in the religious service. I heard a good deal of noise, hissing, and shouting. The defendant rushed against the curate when 'he came out of the vestry and said, " It won't do ; it won't do in a Protestant church ; no Puseyism here." He was talking very loudly. Mr. Yardley said the case must go for trial. Mr. Smith—l will now proceed with the second summons. • A Mr. Yardley—l thought one would suffice ? Mr. Smith—That suggestion, coming from you, ought to be attended to. The gentleman near Mr. Smith requested him to proceed with the second case. Mr. Yardley—l wish to know if Mr. Rosier, who was charged before me on Monday last with making a dis turbance in front of the Mission Church, in Wellclose square, is here ?' Mr. Yardley said he was under an impression he should be sitting here on Monday next, but be should not attend here again until Wednesday. He must, there fore, enlarge Mr. Rosier's recognisances until Wednes day, but he would not do that without Mr. Rosier attended the court. Perhaps some gentleman would name it to Mr. Rosier that his case was postponed from the day originally fixed until Wednesday. Several Ratepayers of St. George—That shall be done, We will name it to Mr. Rosier. Mr. Yardley—l will also say this. The object of all punishment is example and prevention of offences. I would rather prevent than punish. My decision in Mr. Rosier's case next Wednesday will materially depend on the state of things in St. George's on Sunday next. I hinted at the sort of offence I thought Mr. Rosier's con duct amounted to, and how I should act. I thought it was an unlawful assemblage in Wellclose-square on Sunday evening, and that Mr. Rosier was one of that unlawful assembly. I hope the state of things next Sunday will not compel me to treat his case seriously, but these disturbances must not continue. They must be suppressed. Mr. Pyer then took the depositions formally, and was occupied for three hours in doing so, and eventually the defendant was ordered to find bail in the penal sum of £5O on each summons to •appear and take his trial on two indictments at the next sessions. the presence down to cater. at large, who come by dr9yes. as fast as the n, to ii pu bring t the monument of Br Consequently' the town weirs which pervaded it duri: , ek the Great Eastern anchored in Portland Roads, augh the soaking rain of Monday .made a vast 'cid- Is, and, D doubt, a corresponding on board. It ape be exhibited until the Ist Saturday), and the ma a grand scale is to take The steamers convey ;ors may not inaptly be de is invested in prc :gnated Lccess to Big Ship." The coaling of the Great Eastern see ling with much activity, and the effect of t s of fuel stowed away in the imam ma of the vessel, whic le of her screw, hitherto protruding above the like the dorsal fln of some huge shark, is no longer , s of the late melancholy explosion are g under the ene •getic efforts of Mr. Scott Rus- The new forward funnel is being as rapidly rcumstance and the ponderous nature of .nd the distracting din occasioned by as the c •eting the plates together, giv?s one the idea of some vast armoury where giants are furnished forth for battle: It is satisfactory. to know that the " jacket" s, or will be shortly, removed from the second funnel, m can be apprehended of the terrible so that no repe disaster which was occasioned from this: cause. 'We are informed that an action has bcen instituted between Mr. Scott Russell and the Company, with respect to the liability for the repairs of the late accident, M-. Edwin James, CI-C•, being retained for the Company. The impres sion as to the number of visitors to the ship stems to have been very erroneous, at least to judge from the following statement, which, since it emanated from an authentic source, must be regarded as something like an approximation to the real state of the case :-- September. 12 13 (2s. 6d. day) 14 „ 962 1,363 496 724 rHE QUEN'S VISIT •TO NORTH WALES.—Pettrhyll Castle, in Caernarvonshire, the seat of the lion. Colanel Pennant, is one of the most stately baronial mansions of the kingdom. It is erected on the site of an ancient palace, occupied byßhodri Molwynog, a disti ngu i s h e d Welsh prince, and is constructed in the richest Norman style. The castle is situated on elevated land; over looking the Menai Straits about two miles from Bangor, the country surrounding it comprising much of the wild grandeur and• picturesque beauty of the Snowdonian The interior of Penrhyn Castle is gorgeously furnished, and among its curiosities is the only ltirlas, or aneient drinking-horn, to be found in North Wales. It originally belonged to Piers Grufydd, the owner of the Penrhyx estate in the reign of Queen Elizabeth: district THE CHANNEL FLEET. , --At Plymouth the disposition of Sir Charles Fremantle's fleet, which continues in the Sound, is the subject of daily discussion. The crews are only allowed what is termed " short" leave, so that they cannot go 'far from the port. The Caesar, Aga memnon, and James Watt, ordered some days since to prepare for foreign• service, are ready, but continue in the Sound. It is stated that they are to be employed in the conveyance of troops to Alexandria; that in conse quence of the African difficulty they may be detained a short time at Gibraltar ; . and that after disembarking the troops they will be attached to the Mediterranean fleet for the purpose of relieving the screw steam-ships Con queror, 101, Captain Yelverton, C.B. ; Brunswick, 80, Captain E. Ommaney; and Centurion, 80, Captain G. E. Patey. It is further stated as probable that Sir Charles Fremantle, with the rmainder of the fleet, will ulti mately rendezvous at Gibraltar. ;ur face, apparent fast disappea he work admit the pro, •, Prince LORD , DERBY'S :ESTATES. The Irish Farmerk Gazette gives some account of the system of management on Lord Derby's estates in Limerick and Tipperary. The writer first describes the Ballykisteen estate : " There are comparatively few specimens of the real old cabin to be found on the estate, and when such do exist it is chiefly on land had under old leases which have not expired, or where they have been permitted to remain until it is convenient to replace them by others. There is a great difference, however, in the way in which these houses as well as farm buildings are kept, some of the oldest houses and yards being cleanly kept ; while others, even of more recent erection, are the reverse. " Some new labourers' cottages have been recently built near Ballykisteen, and it is intended to add to their number. Those which kave been erected are double cottages. Each pair - OT cottages stand on a separate block ofland" of half an Irish acre—that is, one rood for each cottage—and a little off the road, which leaves room for a garden between -the house and the road. Each cottage contains on the ground floor a kitchen 14 feet by 103 feet, open to the roof, and two bed closets, each 9 feet by 6 feet 9 inches. Above the latter is a loft, which forms a third sleeping apartment, access to this being obtained by a moveable trap. Behind the -kitchen is a lean-to, which is divided into two parts, a scullery 7 feet by 6 feet 3 inches, and a pantry 7 - feet by 6 feet 6 inches. " Before - proceeding with any descriptive remarks relative to matters on Lord Derby's estates, it will be as well if we allude first to the system of general man agement which is followed, as an explanation of this . will render what we have already said, as well as our after observations, perhaps more easily understood. - • " The system adopted on these estates, when a farm is to be let on lease, is that the entire drainage, and the erection of suitable dwelling-houses and farm offices, where such is necessary, is all done by the landlord, and a lease for twenty-one years is given. All charges for such outlay are included ia the rent, which, under such circumstances, and on the fine land of which , the Ballykisteen estate consists, ranges from £2 to £2 10s. per Irish acre, equivalent to 245. Bid. or 30s. 10-11 per statute acre. On other parts of Lord Derby's property the rent is lower, as we shall see, the quantity of the land being inferior. When old leases exist, or other circumstances which place the tenant on a different foot ing, 5 per cent. is charged on the outlay . incurred in such draining or buildings as may be' required. When a farm is held by a tenant from year to year, a similar charge is made for all moneys which have been expended by the landlord with the consent of the tenant, unless the farm is considered to be let at the full value, and improvements much wanted, when this charge is not made, and the necessary improvements are then made at the expense of the landlord. The tenant from year to year is secured by a stamped agreement just as well as the leaseholder for twenty-one years, and this yearly agreement becomes, in fact, a lease for life, if the tenant is well conducted. By the agreement to which we refer the yearly tenant is entitled to be repaid for all unexhausted mannres on a very fair scale, which is set forth in tho agreement, or any permanent improvements made by him, with consent of the landlord or his repre sentative, such as fences, &c., whenever his tenancy ter minates_; and, in fact, the entire aim of the system at work on Lord Derby's estates appears to be—first, to put the tenants in such a-position as that they may carry on their operations as farmers without being obliged to ex pend capital in permanent improvements which might, and in most cases would, cripple them materially in the working of their farms, and at the same time to estab lish such a system of plain and open dealing that not the slightest unfair advantage can be taken- of the tenant's industry, while the rights of the landlord are at the same time secured. We need scarcely say that by such a system as this the tenant, whether he be a lease holder or a yearly tenant, is placed on a very different footing from the position in which tenants frequently stand in this country ; and it is evident that under such a system the tenants have every inducement to improve and to carry on the management of their farms in a proper manner. They learn that their interests and those of their landlord are identically the same, and not antagonistic. They cannot, indeed, cut and carve, divide and subdivide at their own pleasure, and without recognising the landlord's authority or right to have an opinion in the disposal of his stock in trade ; but they have every certainty that they will enjoy the fruit of their labours ; because the terms upon which they hold the land, instead of being a one-sided transaction, are a straightforward business-like agree ment, founded upon mutual interests of the respective contracting parties. It will thus be seen that Lord Derby has introduced upon his own estate a real system of tenant-right which, if more general, would go far to settle that much vexed question ; and we are glad to find that a similar system is being introduced by Mr. Grey on the Tipperary and Limerick estates belonging to Mr. Stafford O'Brien, on which Mr. Grey also acts OCTOBER 1, 1859. GLOUCESTER ELECTION COMMISSION. GiovcEs ThArfiday. The inquiry Was continued to-day, before the com missioners, James Vaughan, L. H. Fitzgerald, and R . " G. Welsford, Esqrs. Benjamin Jordan; clerk to Messrs. Elliott, Ellis, ana l Swan, attorneys, of Gloucester—Did not consider bri bery was necessary on the Liberal side, and was much , astonished to find it had been resorted to. Mr.- G. - P. Wilks—Was an - attorney in Gloucester , and assisted on the Liberal side at the last electi on. Went to James Dowding, a publican, who up to 1857 had voted with the Liberals, but who at that election voted for Sir A., Carden. Witness's impression was , that the 'inducement to change his colours had been furnished by his having obtained a license for a beer — house through Conservative influence. Went to Dowding just before last election and "stood" a bottle of wine' Put down a .sovereign to pay for it, when Dowdingi picked it up and put it n his pocket. He offerect Dowding'£s or £7, he could not say which, to vote for Trice and Monk. That was on a Saturday, and Dowding' said he could not make up his mind until.Wednes da P - "Did riot mean'to say that if he had accepted the offer -he should have refused to give him the money, but as as he said he must take till Wedne s day, witness came d ' the conclusion that he wanted more mon ey. Canvass ed ` James. White, and (rave his wife £2 on two occasions. to induce her to get her husband to vote for Mr. 3 1 ° 1 ', 1 ',; He believed the husband knew n o thi ng a b ou t it. lie canvassed George Kent, a tenant of Mr. Goodrich, a COt; 4. '" servative. He said he must give one vote to Sir R. Carclenr to oblige his landlord. Something was said about a aideration" for his vote for Mr. Monk, and it was agre e ; that as the voter objected to receive money . ,directly as - bribe, a sum of £lO which w it ness h a d i n h an d belongin 6 to him, should be paid over . Th e £l6 h a d b een held bo lc a for costs in .a matter in which Mr. Wake (witness) bad been engaged for Kent. Th e money was to b e between Kent and his sister's husband, Blackwell, I h. was also to vote on the Liberal side. Considered thists A payment of £5 to Kent and £5 t o Blackwell. Tad treaty for the latter vote was through his wife: Fn tla out after wards that Blackwell was a member of theel; servative Club. To another man, J ames Nicholls/ D e paid £2O, as a compromise of a claim of £36, which h t said lie had against the. Liberal party, for refreshin eu t 'at the election for 1857. Considered Nicholls was 1/ .:. ) . 5 legally . entitled to the money. Offered James Brown ""; -to vete for the Liberals. To Henry Cox he, offered 1 :: get him through th e I nso l vency C our t if he would vote for Price and Morton. Cox after' _polled for the Liberal candidate, and svit ri -g took him through the court as h e h a d promised. iv .intended his services to Cox as equal to a bribe money. Cox, perhaps, did not think so. Subsequent l, William Wilks said Roberts would vote if he could g et £4 for him. Wilks then gave witness his I 0 U fore £4 (which he paid him), but he did not poll for t s Monk, saying it was too late. When he found Rob re' r .. had riot voted he claimed the £4 back, but had net ceived it. Canvassed Decimus Best for himself w i ed - his son "(both freemen) at the railway station. Offe r , Best £3 to vote for Price and Monk, and be re ,0 plied, "If you'll make it £4, it shall be all rig He then paid him £2, and he voted for Carden s he . Price. Best had also got £2 of Mr. Jacobs, of t be- Little Dust. Pan, having represented to him that to (witness) had sent him for it. Witness was anxious_A obtain'some information against the Conservatives , last Saturday took him into -Mr. _Henley's shop t°„ife and get information fr om hi m . Off ere d hi m £2 to t' i jor information. An appointment was made for r l ° ! „ v e last at Mr. Henl e y' s . G ave H en l e y th e £2, who he it to Best (not in. w it ness ' s presence) ; but Best sai of could not give . any information. • The total anioun_o, witness's outlay for political purposes at the last eleal tion was, as near as he could reckon, £9O. - P t i f for bell ringing and bands. Paid all the money t o o ° a his own pocket. Had a general expectation at the Ow. that he would be repaid, but had no expectation 00 _ 01) It was a voluntary sacrifice on his own part for the rea'_ that Sir R. Carden lad, in a speech at the hustine'4; stated that he would not think of coming on brib he principles, and on . which he pledged his word that This would not .bribe himself _nor any of his friends. s i r g sp u a Tamesr c d h , , t lam andat d l e a i eo n ot oe B or s 0 7 r , e ha,ahadsod n b t he was,erno w subscribed n t h the a t L h i e b e br r e a y a l sdoffi peers n t lt. and noblemen of the Carlton Club to send into the coup ‘,4 to influence voters. He also read a s p e ech of Sir Jarti`,.. Graham, in whi c h h e vo uched for the fact, and t her , , fore he thought that if it was not wrong in peers an: gentlemen to do these acts, it was not wrong in an ha. 1,17, Me individual thatvidual s li i t.e .w h . im jo s u el i f ff . e a(Andppcloalasoneel ng i l n clis court.) t he j also re were te parties commissioned by the Carlton Club t o distrt y the money, and he believed that a part o f that n c r t i l e at had come down to Gloucester: He therefo r e trus t b e f o re the commissioners would summon those partie s prol es them in order that they might be examined in r e e in to those matters. He, believed he could give '7 - , the formation (which he would do in due time) as election of . 1857. ' tha t By Mr. Fitzgerald—Would not undertake to sai co .. he had not been concerned in acts of bribery on ° a le, sions previous to this-year, but only on a small s e . . and not from his own resources. D ia Thomas Brewer Monk, landlord of the 1 111 n,, Horse, Barton-street, was agent to the Liberal par'J et t- GlonceSter, and . attended to 'the registration. - 11 %ted gaged 112 messengers ;70 were voters. APP °I not them for_ the purpose of securing their votes, ba t e fo r altogether without expectinc , them to do someth ing it. Messengers and clerks''altogether cost £407 95 'day. Messengers received without distinction 3s. 6d. a : the Knew nothinc , of public-houses being opened, b u t of, messengers had had refreshment to the smell po t • perhaps, £2O, at his _Monk's) house, which he b°`, o or been paid for. Had received from Mr. Wilton t e " £4O for treating, and, as " self is the fi rs t laW of 113t 'irolo he had paid himself. • Had also received money ai d it Mr. Wilton f or b r ibin g v ,-- )ters. If- Mr. Wiltool n ot was £Bl, perhaps he was right, but witness ( 11 ' think he had received so much from Mr. Wilton. to The next witness was James Fletcher,_grocerittea whom Brewer Monk had paid £l2 10s. He a d i , ru p h3c l , the receipt of the money, - and divulged how '; o pt , spent it—viz., in two bribes to Thomas Welli r . l rloa Edmund Harris. The balance went into " the 51° fund." The Commissioner—What fund is that? , ea jar, Witness—Drink and tobacco, after the el e ction when the victory made him rather beside h ot The witness then greatly amused the auditory, nth 1.4 cepting the grave commissioners themselves, f tic e account of the way in which he was done oat sc; c ior, other votes. Two brothers, Giles and Thoma s 111. -ver e had promised to vote for P r i ce an d M on k, and e se nt to have each, On the morning of the poll be d ust to Giles, and found him at br ea kf as t. lie said hee a have a cup of tea, and witn es s as k e d him if iii s : e a 1 " sweet enough, or if some sugar wou ld not s wv ihe Giles asked how much. Witness said £6 was. ;tit figure, and Giles said that was not enough. lie Butt, fetched the money ; and on his return, 3f,r,' aside' Conservative, followed him in, and called G" c iv'tetr t after which Giles refused to go with witness. tho ng then ran off to his brother, Thomas Taylor arl", 'biro to work a little stratagem with him by oile r had just polled Giles, but he said he would not (2,1, £lO.. Soon after he saw him going to theliOs• l f f ° o r some Conservatives. Lane was to have had - told he polling for Mr. Monk. On going to him •,, n e t o ti w as to come again in an hour; but in the tae,„ ro te Liberals had got ahead on the" poll, and tP" not worth the money. TheenqUiry was then again adjourned. ITI VID' cIe" vn L an MILITIA ARTILLERY AND VOLUNTE.--t o f ~ , ,g Commissions signed by the Lord-Lieute l l ll L a uer : T ip .- cashire :—Artillery. Regiment of Ito„Pt, First ." - ", a y: Militia : Second Lieutenant Robert Ileu' ''' h Cen l P - he. tenant, vice William Walker, promoted. 7t reaves, t .._ of Lancashire Volunteer Rifles.: . John ffa r g ov of La: cashire Volunteer Rifles : James Fenton ' , . s r- b ire t , ,, V a v , be Captain ; Henry Gregion, g ent., younger, Esq., to be Captain. 9th C° ll ;, ll , 3 ex iall , fra;:: to' to be Captain. 10th Company of 1 ) 11 „,, 11- lrs ' - ' - '„o.t.. teer Rifles ; William Allen Praneis Sai, - , Lieuten ‘ce, GERMANY EN 1654.—A final circurostl.3 er iod, ( 16 4 . ° t he men abstained from their wives, to nee w ill 0 1 4 .) to depict - the condition of Germany at this P hot os °' b a t; The excessive despair had so ulcerated the ~ _,,i oos, t _ people, and turned them from all natural On o g looPl_Y_. and tragic chastity. In France the M a rec es n t a cent life was was urged to renounce celibacy : " I to s hare i t bole little," he replied, "that Ido not care , the , N ora , 1 1 :. and h ued d e Gassif,... th a si mi la r •e r e of Germany,. seemed penetrated valie Germa n ' diess any one." All Bohemia, and moreover, . ffi lb a ..- during this frightful struggle. 1 ve such b° ' in hole seemed resolved to die out, and not lea . _ A w , „ enerations. , o f to misery as a legacy for future Alfred .3ficlitet House of Austria. By nation desired to commit suicide. — House Se.er.se. t Ilistory as agent "the operations for. draining and buildings on Lord Derby's estates have been carried on for several years, and it will' be some time yet before all is com pleted. During 'the famine years,', ingeed, his lordship did not receive a farthing out of his property, as all the rents received during that period, together witla additional remittances sent by him from England, were all ex pOnded on the estate in permanent improi-ements,;ivhich were 'undertaken to - give employment to the people as well asio benefit the property. Ejectments have been very rarely resorted to, and for the last twenty-five or thirty years, during which time the estates have been in charge—first, of the - late Mr. Bolton, and latterly of Mr. Grey,—an ejectment simply for the purpose of getting possession of the land, without some very good cause, has never been known. Even when there were numbers of pauper holders on different parts of the estate, cottiers and sub-tenants, this held good;, and instead of resorting to extreme measures in such cases Lord Derby paid all their claims, real or fancied, besides forgiving all arrears of rent, arid those who wished to emigrate were provided with a free passage, with abundance of provi smug, and, a sum of money was - given to each individual, so that they might not be without resources on. their arrival in a new country. Some idea maybe formed of Lord Derby's expenditure in this respect when we state , that on one part of his property there was a single lot, or farm, if we may call it so, of three-quarters of an acre in extent, which cost-£B7, in the shape of passage money alone 'to Ainerica for the squatters upon it— squatters, we say,i because in reality none of those indi viduals were recognized in' ,the - rent-roll as .tenants. The, management of Lord Derby's estates has thus been exempt from all coercive measures, and we have reason to believe that the, tenantry of all classes very ardently. appreciate the benepts which they derive by their con nexion with a landlord who is so fully alive to what are their true interests: " The Coogey estate belonging to Lord Derby, is situated in the county of Limerick, immediately adjoin ,ing the village of DOon; part of which, indeed, is built Upon his lordship's property, and we - learned that the sites of the very handsome parish church and Roman Catholic chapel, - had been given free by him-:-that he had built the National School-houses at Doon, and maintained them at his own expense,' as he does also the Solloghed schools near Ballykisteen, and that he is now furnishing them with abundance of illustrations of natural history, &c., such as are supplied by the Nitional Board." It is a well-known maxim that " time is money "—the terms are relative ; so to save One "is to:isaV.4. the other. We save both time, and economise patience, and - present good tempers, when we have a good PFx—a bad one upsets patience and temper. Preserve all, then, by purchasing your steel pens and ether stationery at E. T. Hall's wholesale steel pen warehouse, 23, South John-street. John Gillott's, T iomas Lowe's. G. Hughes, and other maker's, on sale at Is. p er trrn^7 Pen holders, 2d. per dozen NAVAL AND MILITARY EXPENDITITRE.—Whether the sums voted for particular services are extravagant or not, is a matter for which members of parliament are alone responsible., The control of every penny of the annual expenditure is in the hands of the House of Commons. The House of Lords cannot interfere in the matter. Nor are members asked to vote money in the dark. The estimates are put fully before them. If any vote is exceeded, as is sometimes the case, the remedy is in the hands of the House. If the details of any estimate are not sufficient, any member can ask for fuller ones. It does not need a majority 'of the - house, either to insist on fuller details or to.stop an impnper vote. It simply requires that on - or two members shall have the patience to investigate the matter, and the courage and sense of duty to insist on bringing the results plainly and per sistently before the house. The house and the public will then be unable to avoid understanding the matter; and its maintenance will thus become impossible. Vague declamation, or the mere asking for what is called "reform of parliament," though of course a much easier task than this, will never remove a single mischief.— Parliamentary Remembrancer, conducted by Toulmin Smith.