Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-29 00:00:00

TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF STEPHEN FOX FOR SHOOTING HIS SWEETHEART. At the Maidstone askizes, cu Monday, before Mr. Justice Willes, Stephen Fox, 24, a good-looking young man, was indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Anne Hadley, by shooting her. Mr. Deedes and the Hon. G. Denman cm ducted the prosecution. The prisoner had no counsel, and it was announced that it was his intention to plead guilty to the charge. When he was a reigned, however, he pleaded not guilty, both, to the indictment and the coroner's inquisition, and at the request of the Court Mr. Ribton watched the case on his behalf. Mr. Deedes, in opening the case to the jury, described it as one of a very sad and melancholy character. The deceased was a respectable young woman residing with her parents at Canterbury, and the prisoner appeared to hey° courted her for a con siderable time, and they were engaged to be married. Circumstances, however, occurred, to which he s-ide it was not necessary for him further to allude, which induced the young woman to decline to ally herself to the prisoner, and, actuated by a feeling cf revenge and passion, he had in the most deliberate manner destroyed her life. He then proceeded to give a short narrative of the facts of the case, and the following evidence was adduced —Harriet Hadley, examined by Mr. Den man : I am the wife of Edward Hadley, a brushmaker, and reside at Celdharbonr-lane, Canterbury. In May last I had a daughter, named Mary Anne Hadley. I know the prisone-, Stephen Fox. He bad for a year and a half been keeping company with my daughter, I remember his coming to my house on the evening of the 12 h of May, on a Tuesday. He asked if Ma , :y Anne was at borne, and I told him I would go and see. My daughter was in the habit of working at Mrs. Carter's, a laundrese, in Starry-road, about half a mile from my house. The prisoner went away, and came back is about half an hour, and he wished to see if she had come home. My diugh ter returned home about five minutes past ten o'clock, which was late for her. The prisoner, during the interval, had been going in and on , of the house. He folio ved my daughter into the parlour on The ground floor, and stood outside the door to listen. My daughter said to the prisoner, " It's no use for you to coma. I have told you so a good many times, and you won't hear what I have got to say. I have verieen you a letter, and you will have it to-morrow morning." The prisoner seemed in a vary g teat passion, and he said, " You will see ms one more night, and that will do—do see me " I was afraid he would have struck her. My daughter said she had made inquiries about eons women, and she found it was quite correct what she had heard. I saw the prisoner ag tin at my house on the following mcrriing. When he came on the Wednesday morning my daughter was not at home. He said, "I am not going to work tc-say. lam a gentle. man. I shall not go to work to-day, or to-morrow, per haps; I can go to work when I please " He went into the orchard, and ieturned to the house, and then said he should go home, and should see "Polly" at night, and that would make it all right. I said it would not, and he smiled, and said, " You don't know—it will make it all right if I see her once more." I said to him, " Mind, I have had nothing to do with this breaking off, but it will not be all right." He replied, 'No ; I know you had not, but it will be all right when I see her once more." I told him that his conduct of late had been anything but what I could approve of. He then went away. On the same evening I was at the Cambridge Arms with a person named Gurney, and the prisoner was also there. It was about a quarter to nine o'clock. I saw Gurney go and speak to the prisoner, and of er I had left the house, the prisoner followed and overtook me, and said, " What is up, Mrs Hadley ?" I told him I did not know, and said, " What is all this about?" The prisoner said, " I want to see Polly." I told him that he could not see her, and he said he would—he wanted to have one more word with her—yes or no. He adds that he would see her ; he hsd ateed like a man ; be had loved as a man, and he would die as a man. He also said, "Revenge is sweet." I told hint he could not see her that nigat, and if he did he must go to the other end of the town. .My daughter was at home at the time. In consequence of the prisoner's conduct I spike to Elvey. a policeman, and afterwards went to the police steeion, where I saw another policeman named Porker, and complained of the prise nee's conduct Mr. James Mills, a gun-smith, at Canter bury, deposed to the prisoner having bought a brace of pistols at his shop on the 13. h of May. Edward Gurney said : I am a gardener at Canterbury, and live near Mrs. Bailey. I have known the prisoner upwards of two years, and also knew the deceased young woman. I remember seeing the prisoner on Wednesday evening, the 13th of May, standing near my house. He asked whether he could trust me to keep a secret? I said "Yes." He replied, " Will you, on your oath, keep a secret?" I told him I would. He than drew from his pocket a pistol with a cap cn it, and I saw a second one in his pocket. He said, "That shall be her doom this night before I sleep." He pulled four bullets out of his pocket, and said, " Oae of these shall do it, if the other don't." I said, "Pooh, pooh, Stephen, don't be so silly, you'll be hung for it." He said, " I don't care a about shooting her. I woul.d as lief be hung for her as not." The deemed slept at my house that night, and I accompanied her on the following morn ing towards a place called Vauxhall. We had to pass the arra Is, and near the last barrack gate I saw the prisoner come out from a gateway with two pistols in his hand, one in each, and they were both cocked and capped. Ile said tome, "If you come one step further I will shoot you." The deceaeei ran on one side when ha said this, and the prisoner jumped towards her, gave her a push with the two pistols, and discharged them both at her. There was a very short interval between the two reports, and only just sufficient to enable me to ascertain that there were two repoas. I rushed at the prisoner, and we had a struggle, and he got away from me; but I seized him a second time and OA the pistols from him. He did not say a word until I had conveyed him to the police-station, with the assistance of another man. He then said he only wished he had more of these (meeting the pistols), or a revolver and I should not hare taken him. I saw the Prisoner searched at the station, and saw a powder-flu ak, some caps, and four bullets taken from him. He also had a port monaie and a shilling. I said to the prisoner, "This is a very serious thing Stephen," and he replied, " There are four bullets, and I hope the other two have gone through her." I saw the deceesed afterwards at Mr Carter's. Flte wee then dead. James Epp?, police-constable, of Csnterbury, said : I was at the police-station on the morn ing of she 14th of May, and remember the prisoner being brought there by the last wayless and another man, and he was given into my custody for shooting Anne Halley. she prisoner wee locked up, and soon afterwards Dr. An drews came, and in the prisoner's presence said, "The poor girl is deed." The prisoner said, " I don't think she suffered much." Before this I had asked the prisonerif he wanted any water. He said, "No ; lam happy and comfortable, and ready to meet my f-ae. She brought it all on herself. I went with her to chapel twice on Sunday (the Wesleyan Chapel). She promised to meet me on the Monday night, and I went, but could not Fee her. On the Tuesday I did see her, and it was a very hard case, as (leery tieing was arranged, and I had never had a cross word wi h her alt the time we kept company." Stephen Baker, a labouring man, living in Nortbgate, proved that about a quarter before six on the morning of the 14 h May he was standing near the barracks, when he saw the prisoner standing between the new barracks and the cavalry barracks, in an alley. Witness observed the witness Gurney and the deceesed coming towards him, and the deceased want up to the prisoner, and he shoved her with the pistols, and at the same moment he heard them both ge off The deceased was standing in front of him when he fired After the prisoner had fired the deceased said, " Oh dear—young man, do hold me up," and asked me to hold my hand to her person to stop the blood. She bled a great deal, and my hands and clothes were covered with blood. Witness assisted to carry the deceased' to Mrs. Carter's house, and remained with her until she died, which was about three quarters oran hour afterwards Just before she died she called out very inwardly, " Mother." Ann Scriveus p-o -duced the mantle worn by the deceased on the day of the fatal occurrence, and pointed out the place where the bullet hid passed through. The fallowing letter was put in and read. It vas one addressed to the prisoner by the deceased : Sir,—Your conduct of late has been anything but what it should be when a young man considers himself en:;::;;e0. You have always along wrongly denied hiving any coance ion ,wiih Mrs. B—, but I am sorry to say that I 'rye, during the last week, been fully convinced that your statement is not a correct one, and that you have to pay for its maintenance.; and, therefore, I think as such is the case I hrl better a: once break off the engigetnent.—Yours,&c., MARY As 17ADLEY. cln Lave the c'o'Le3 and the things I have of yews on F..aturtlay ntzt." The et*t molt of the prisoner was also put in. It was as follows : Of course the revel!) why I did it was because she deceived me. I had promised hrr rnaniage, Ora consented. I went to her house o❑ Monday evfnirg. She was not at home. left her house at nine ()clock, and I went again on Tuesday at six o'clock. She was not a' hour. I asked her mo'!►or where the VW. Site said 'he did not know. I stayed to half past nine, and wont to, her house again. I stayed there until half. past ten, and then she returned hone'. We went ►nto the front room, I asked her then what was the reason of th's unpleasantness. She said it was my own fault. I said, "13 , . it so, then " I said, " Give me a decided answer ; yes or no." 'ilvn I said, "I will have you for ever " Then she said, "No, Stephen, I will meet you to-morrow night, precisely at e'ght o'clock," which was yesterday. Site did not meet me. I went to her house at seven, and a,lred her mother if she had been home. Her mother said, " Yes and gone out again." I went to Mr 3. Carter's, at Vauxhall, and inquired for her. They did not know where she was, therefore I returned to Mr. Gurney's house. I did not are her list evening at all. She would not see mc. I did not see her until seven o'clock this mornii,g. She said, " St , Theri, forgive me;" and I said, " No, 1 can't." I have nothing more to say. STEPHEN Fox, hs (...1) mark. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Ribton then proceeeed to address the fury for the prisoner, but he evidently felt that the evidence for the prosecution was of so overwhelming a character that it was hopeless for him to attempt to vraggle against a conviction. He, however, mada the best of the only point that could be raised in the case, namely, that the prisoner had worked himself up to a fit cf ungovernable frenzy, and that he was on that account not responsible, criminally, foe the act he had committed. The learned judge having summed up, the jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict cf guilty, and his lordship having put on the black cap, sen tenced the prisoner to b 3 executed without holding out the slightest hope that any mercy would be ex ended to him. POLIC 3 INTELLIGENCE.-TztipiY. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. DIXON. VIO4,ENCE BY A Ent&Lu.—Jane Anderson, a marred woman, residing in Mersey-street, charged Miry Alexander, also a married woman, living in the same street, with havirg cut and wounded her. The prisoner and complainant had some " words" about the children, when the prisoner took up a mug and struck her a violent blow which cnt her severely on the head and forehead, and Mr. Pope, the surgeon of the liowhern Hospital, proved that the wounds ware of a serious decription, and the prisoner was reminded, fn order to ascertain the result of the wounds. TI:P.NiNG TUE TAWMS.—LaViIIa ititChrflatl was charged by her husband, a master plasterer, hying in Lord -street, Edge-hill, with being, drank and annoying him. Our readers will remembtr a strange case that toi:k place - at the court on Friday last, when the prisoner had her husband charged with an attempt to kill her. On that occasion the husband was diacharged,and promised to give her 104. a week. He left ..E1 for her, with 111-.Evin,i, the officer. The pri soner, however, on Monday, went to the house, and whilst in a state of drunkenna,s sh-. 3 created great disturbance, so she was given into custody. She was sent to gaol for one month. THE " HOP" v SUPPER Rooms. —Three fleshy-looking young females ware charged with fighting in Lime-street. Mr..Goodere was for one of them, and, on cross-examina tion by the office: who had the charge, he said the priso ners were flung out of the supper rooms in Lime-street, and then they pitched into each other most awfully in the street. Mr. Goodere addressed the cent+, and sa'd the supper rooms were the greatest nuisance in Liverpool ; they sold wine and other drink there, and that caused more trouble than all the " hops" in town. The " hop" was a place of innocent amusement compared to the supper rooms, which were the cause of all tee disor derly conduct in Lime sVeet. When the Cor poration of Liverpool began to reform the morals of the people, they should commence by putting down supper rooms. In fact it was a shame for the corporation to allow drink to be sold there, the police should interfere in it to put it down. Inspector Chew said :—The corporation or the police cannot inter fere—it is the duty of the excise to do it. Theprisonera were then discharged. THE WAY THEY HAVE IN THE Aram—Terence Brady, a tall Hibernian, dressed in militsry uniform, was charged for causing an obstruction in the streets. The allegation was that " Ma.s'er" Brady was in the habit of collecting large crowds about him in the streets, by offering a smell pamphlet with a full, true, and particular account of "the way they hare in th army ' —Thetis, the way they treated him—very likely by giving him a few dozen for suspected ill conduct. He was discharged, with a caution, not to ole,truet the streets again. A. MANIAC.—MN. Murass, of the Newmarket public. heu.e, E Eott-street, charged a wretched meniae, named David Smith, under the following circumstances. The prisoner went to the hones and asked for a light for his pipe, which being supplied he sat down ou a form for some time, after which he jumped up, seized a pewter measure, and commenced bresking every thing within his reach. She went round the counter to prevent him, when he caught her g chain and polled it in pieces. It was stated, and indeed it was quite evident, that the unfaaunate fellow was a maniac, and he was remanded in order that he might be examined by a medical man. A. Cir CAP JAUNT.—A yeorg man, named Joseph Gaskill, who said he lived at Burnscough-bridge, was charged with travelling in one of the East Lancashire railway carriages, from Preston to Liverpool, without a ticket, and refusing to pay on his arrival here. The prisoner said he was very drunk, and did not know where he came from, how he got into the carriage, or any thing abort himself until he was taken to the station-house. His Worship said it was very strange how a man in such a state could have got into the carriage. The guard said it was the station-master's duty to look after that He knew nothing of the prisoner being in the carriage until he came to Liverpool. The prisoner was fined 5s without costs. Who's THE INSPECTJR.—PoIice officer 517 bra - nett up three decent-looking persons, named Margaret Stephenson, James Long, and Robert Williams, charged with stealing a small bunch of flowers, which he held in his hand. The officer said he arrested the prisoner., on Netherfield-road, at half-past four in the mornieg, on suspicion of having stolen the flowers. which were in the hands of the female at the time. Mr. Dixon: Did you tee them eteal the flowers? No, tir. Mr. Dixon : Did any one complain to you that the flowers were stolen? No, sir. Did any one tell you a garden had been robbed ? No, sir. Mr. Dixon : Why did you arrest them then ? My inspector told me to do so. Mr. Dixon : Who's your inspector, pray? Mr. Mawdsley. Mr. Dixon: Did he know they had stolen the flowers? No, sir. Mr. Dixon : Di:,charge the prisoners. Robert Stephenson, an oil offender, was sent for trial for stealing 40Ibs. of wheat, belonging to Messrs. Maxwell. BEFORE MR HAMILTON. UNWtIOLIROMIC MEAT.—lnspector Read charged Parnuel Hough, of John's Market, with having fir sale 122 lbs of veal, unfit for human food. The case was clearly proved, and a fine of £2, and 9s costs, was inflicted on the defendant. El as Porey, of Scotland-road, was charged by Inspector Jones with exposing for sale in the market 18 lbs of un wholesome ham. Fined 5s and 4s Gd costs. The law on the Snanis!t press, the e:ucution of which the N Cabinet. demanded as a matter of urlency, has been for some days past in full force. The Madrid jour nals have now the sigill.t tre of the writer at the battum of each. article. TOE Et CIIOOLNIASTER rN FRANCE. —The prefect of the Allier s dismissed the scle olmaster of Lignerolles, a man named Bough-t, for " maintaining intimats relations with the most ardent demagogues of Montlucon," and for "da; ly f , equenting cafes to which such persons resort." The prefect adds that "a man with such con nections sad such habits is unworthy of being charged with the education of youth." The same pr,f,ct has ordered nine cafes or public houses in the arrrondiesiment. of Montlucon to be closed, on the ground that they are the "customary places of demagogical meetings." THE MURDER OF MR. Lir-rec.—According to current reports. it is not ye: certain whether Splle wall be put. upon his trial at the next commission of over acid terminer, which opens on the 4th proximo, or whether it will be postponed until the commission followinet, which sits about the middle of October. It is said that the case for the crown has been entrusted to Mr. Fitz ;ibbon, the eminent Qacen's counsel, and one of the ablest criminal lawyers at the Irish bar. Spolleu's eldest son, who gave rather reluctant and not very important eviden-e against his father at the police investitation, has been dismissed from his employment at the railway works at Broadstone. Tun N►tw SPEAKER.—The tedious debate of Friday night week, prolonged until half-past four in the morniag, was principally due to the want of weight and authority upon the part of the new Speaker. We have pointed out upon a previous occasion the want of firmne-s and preci sion apparent in Mr. Speaker Denison's decisions upon questions of order. The want of parliamentary knowledge may now he added. When he interferes he interferes weakly ; he has evidently but little confidence in hil own judgment. He " suspects," but always on the wrong point, and very little weight would appear to be attached by the house to his opinion. This is much to be regl•etted, for with a new house, and in such times as these, the chair requires to be filled by a skilful and energetic speaaer, by one thoroughly well acquainted with the rules of the house, and too keen in parliamentary precedent to permit them to be" skilfully evaded."—Press. WOMSI Dcc'roas.—The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania is heated in Philadelphia. Th 3 college is prosperous And thriving, and the number of students ou the increas3. Of these latter we find a list covering two pages, and footing up two hundred names, or thereabouts. It sounds odd to read of Doctors Anne, and Lydia, and Hannah, and Mary, and so on ; but we dare say they understand their business, and would make the scoffers laugh on the wr..►ng side of their mouths if they had them in a dissecting room. Among the facalty we notice an M. D. and Professor of Physiology whose name is ArTn, and a Professor of Anatomy with the deliciously romantic name of Em - neline. Who wouldn't study physic to hear lectures from a person wish such a beautiful name ? To he serious, we are glad this icsitution, like the others of the same kind, is prosperous. Th9re is pl ay of room for usefulness for women skilled in medicine. We hope that young women who don't want to marry will think well of the subject.—. New York Herald. COUNTY COURT.-YESTZELDAY. BEFORE J W. HARDEV, Esq , JUDGE OF COUNTY COURT mem NO. SZVEN. MORGAN V. BARBOUR AND ELLIS —ID. thi action the plaintiff sought to recover .£22 Is. 8 1. from the defendants under the following circumstances : —Some time since the defendants endeavoured to establish a line of steamers between Liverpool and Cardiff, and contracted with the plaintiff to be their agent at Cardiff, the terms being that he should receive a certain convniasioa on the transactions which were completed. A person named Alsopp went to Cardiff along with the first steamer, and represented him • self as a partner of the defendants. He was in their employment, but, from his representation, the plaintiff believed him to bs one of the partners. The defendants de' ied that Alsopp wiz a partner, and they also denied the receipt of the money which he had received for freight. The plaintiff now sued them for the shave sup, being the amount of his cemmietion, an I also of dishersemen.s on aceeuut of the steamer. Mr. lime appeared for the de fendant:. The case was heard on Monday, and his Honour save judgment yesterday. He regretted that Mr. Alsopp had not been produced; but the mono: not having passed threugh the plaintiff's hands, he could recover only the amount which he had disbursed on account of the ship. The Court could therefore give him a verdict only for £l2 Is. I id., with costs on that amount. Verdict accordingly. ROBINSON v. PERCIVAL AND OTHERI.—The plaintiff is a marine-store dealer, and the defendants aro Messrs. Percival, Campbell, and Co , brokers to the Underwriters' Aesociatien ; and the action was brought for the recovery of 124. 7d. under these circumstances : —On the 11th of last May the plaintiff satende t a sale of wrecked goode, held by the defendants, and purehasad, among other things, Lot 34, at Hid. per lb. A few days afterwards the invoice was sent to him, stating the weight of copper to be I cwt. 3qre 7iles. He paid the money, bat on weighing the copper he found that it was slbs. short of lcwt, instead of being lcwt. 3qrs. 7lbs. He app'ied to the defendants to be repaid the overcharge, and the application beirg refused, he brought the present action. One of the conditions of sale was, that the purchaser should take all risks, and the defendants now based their defence on it, and also on the fact that there were scales and weights at the place of sale, at which the plaintiff might and ought to have satisfied himself as to the quantity. Mr. Roby appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Clark Aspinall for the defendants. His Honour hold that, under the circumstances. it was certainly the duty of the purchaser to have satisfied himself of the quantity at the time of ssle, sufficient opportunity having been afforded to him to do so ; and the verdict should, therefore, be for the defendants. Verdict accordingly. CORONER'S COURT. The following invests were held yesterday by the Coroner. Oa the body of William Slat)r, axed 5.5, a boot-maker, who lived at A I Saints-place, Grosvanor-street. It appeared that he was much addicted to drink, and for a week before Monday, he was constantly drinking. His wife said he was an expert swimmer, and had saved several parsons in Dublin bay from drowning. Sarah Johnston said she saw the deceased plunge into the river at the Waterloo dock pier, and the tide carried him along, and he was drowned. Trio jury found that he drowned himself whilst labouring unt!er temporary insanity. 0 i the body of a man, named Charles Groves, aged 23, who died in the Sl:lateen Hospital, on Monday, from the effects of ecuiding. Ihe d"eeasel was a foreman at Messrs. B tthgata and Wi'son's, New Bird-street, and it appeirel diet he was seal led in consequence of his own inattention to the bailer. Verdict, "accidental death."• There has just been published "A General Abstract of th.! Grants to be proposed for Civil Service in 1857, com pared with similar charges for 1856." From this paper it appears that the total net increase of the present corn par d with last year is £741,000. The sum voted in 1856 being £6,724,000, and in 1357, 7,465,000, under one head only is there a decrease, the item of salaries and expensos of public departments being ..-C.,000 less than last year. The following are the departments in which the increases specified have taken place :—Publid works and buildings, £21,000; law and jastiee, £380,000; education, science, and art, £119,000 ; colonial, consular, and other foreign services, £61,000; superannuation and retired allow.mce, &c., £13,000; and miscellaneous, special, and temporary objects £147,000. The civil contingencies amount to £lOO,OOO in each year. A YOUTHFUL Ai,3Assnr. —On Wednesday night, at about twelve o'clock, a young man, named Oscar de Granville, twenty-one years of age, was shot in the head by Frederick Cueva, of Port-au-Prince, Cuba, and about seventeen years of age. An animosity had existed between them for some time. Cueva formerly attended a school kept by a brother of De Granville, at No. 3, Hudson Terrace, Hoboken, and now attends Bloomfield Academy, kept by Mr. Feldner, in Ilbernaeld street. Oscar de Granville spent - he evening at the residence of Edmund Cnaries, at No. 15, Washington Terrace, and as he was leaving, at a quarter to twelve o'clock, Cueva, who had been lying in wait for him, assaulted him with a cowhide, but imme diately afterwards drew a pistol, and shot Dc Granville. The bell entered his head just forward of his left ear, and below the temple. It passed nearly through his head. The wounded man died on Tnursday. Cava ran to the ferry, be, the alarm being given, officer James Davis pursued and arrested him at the ferry, and locked him up in the police station for the night. On Thursday, Justice Whitley held an inquest upon the hidy, and the accused was committed to gaol to await his trial at the Oc!ober term.—New York Tribune, JuTy 14. THE QUEEN AND TILE LAT 4 SIR. ROBEItT PeEL.—Peel feels he is gaining on the Queen ; her manner is more gracious than could have been expected. He describes her as endowed with considerable abilities, an not only in a wonderful manner become conversant with sta'e affairs, but also as taking an all-absorbing interest in them. When a messenger's box is brought down to Windsor, her coun tenance, naturally serious, brightens up immediately. She reads all the despatches, makes her comments, and is really so much engrossed by this one idea, that she never enters into the light g asiping conversation to which young women are . gettera!lf addicted. Peel, at first naturally embarrasstd with his young mistress, is now inure at his easP. He pined much ground with her by adr,dlly offering Albert the presidency of a new S. , eiety of Arts. He took care first, in a deferential manner, to consult her Majesty's wishes, stating that the choice would be p 'pular in the country, and she embraced the idea wits great eagerness. She ordered the young princess to b 3 brought down, and treated him with great affability. Later, when he and Lady Peel were at 'Windsor, she asked the reason of his great hostility to the late government, and he went into detail as to the revolutionary tendency of their rnea euses; adding, that in an idler month she might give birth to a can, to whom it must be her object to leave her crown as a sure and peaceful inheritance ; and how could that be by following the system of concession into which she had been led. —.Raikes's Journal. eItIME IN FILANCE.—The Court of A;sivs at Amiens was this week for two days oc3upied with the triti of a man named Dtsanlis, two young woman narnA Leger, sisters, and their mother, named Nicholas, for murder. The, cir cumstances were curiotp. O❑ the 19th January last the wife of the male prisoner, who lived separate from him, was found dead in a chair in her house at Bresle, and on examination of her body, medical men declared that she had been put to death by xiolent pressure on her nose and mouth. The woman's husband was suspected, not only because he lived apart from her, and was known to entertain great hatred of her, but because she had taken measures to expel him from a house belonging to her, hich he persisted in occupying in spite of her wishes, and had notified the intention of making a will which should deprive him of any portion of the property she possessed. Oa inquiry, it appeared from the testimony of several witnesses that on the previous evening the deceased had gone to the house in which he lived, and had been received by the three women, who resided there, the two younger tieing her pieces; but it was notorious that the man, though six►y-three years of age,' lived in adultery with the youngest, named Florine, and whose age was twenty seven. The three women plied the deceased with brandy until she was nearly intoxicated, and then her husband coming in, murdered her by pressing on her nose and mouth. As he did this one of the young woman held the victim's feet, the other looked out of the windsw as if on the watch, and the old woman sat on a chair, apparently in great emotion, but not attempting to assist the deceased, nor even to give an dam. When the woman was dead the man took the body ua his shoulders, and, preceded by the two young women, one of whom carried a lantern, conveyed it to her own house. Fri m the cold it had be come stiff, but the young w imen ligh:cd a fire and warmed the body at it until they and the man were able to place it in a sitting posture in a chair, so as to make it appear that the deceased had died either naturally or from excessive drinking, to which she was addicted ; after doing that, they placed a partly-emptied bottle of brandy by her side and went away. Extraordinary as these acts were, what was more extraordinary was the coolness with which different persons wi'nessed them without attempt ing to prevent them ; and it appeared that these p!r- EOCS would have said nothing it the judicial authorities had not constrained them to make revelations. The jury declared the men and the two younger females guilty with extenuating cireumetanccs, and acquitted the old woman. The court sentenced the man to hard labour for life, and the two women to twenty years of the same punishment.— Galignaui. CONGRESS OF THE BRITISH ARCH2EOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) The business of the sections (adjourned from Friday last) was resumed yesterday morning, in the Town Hall, Chester ; but before detailing yesterday's proceedings, we may state that on Monday the members of the Institute and their friends, to the number of upwards of 130, pro ceeded by special train to Carnarvon and Conway Castles, And also paid a visit to the Britannia Tube and the Meuai Bridge. The party left Chester at nine in the morning, and in the first instance went right through to Carnarvon, and viewed the castle. The large and msgaifieent mine were minutely surveyed. and on arriving at what has always been called the Prince's-chamber, The Bev. T. HARTSHORN', of Holdend, Northamptonshire, gave an interesting description of the castle to the assem bled party. It was built in the reign of Edward I. and Edward It., on the site of the former castle, and within a very shorttime of the destruction of the first. This was shown by the records, from which Mr. Hartshorn read extracts The castle was completed in 1320. He next adverted to the statement generally believed, that Edward was born in the chamber in which they wore then assembled, and which was always shown as the birth-place of the prince. He proved satisfactorily that Edward was not born at the castle, because the first writ issued for the building of the present castle was not issued until three days after his birth. This he had provei from an examination of the writ. On leaving Carnarvon, the party proceeded to view the Britannia and Menai bridges, and afterwards they paid a visit to Conway Castle, which was also described by the Rev. Mr. Hartshorn. Llewyllen's dining ha 1 and the chapel were the objects of spee:al attraction. The Rev. Mr. HARTMAiN, in the course of his description of Conway Castle, afforded considerable amusement by stating that it was chiefly used for the incarceration of Welsh prisoners, the rate of allowance to the common class of inmates 13 , ing one penny per day, whilst two pence per day was the allowance to the more aristocratic amongst them. After viewing the church at Conway, which bears date in the reign of Edward 1., and the old "parliament house," date 1686, the party returned to Chester about nine o'clock in the evening. The members mat this morning at ten o'clock, when Sir STEPHEN GLYsNE presided over the THE - NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1857. SECTION OF ARCHITECTURE. The Rev. J. S. PETIT, of Northhampton, read a paper on the architecture of Nantwich church, a pr..minent church of the middle ages, and which he described as one of the most beautiful churches in the country. Its date has to be gathered from itt architectural character. There were several indications that the foundation was laid before the fourteenth century. After stating that the plan of the church was cruciform, having a nave with north and south aisles, north and south transepts, with octagonal tower in the centre, he gave a general descrip tion of the building, and then enters i into minute details. After proceeding at consi lerable length in architectural criticism on the edifice, which he spoke of as one of the noblest specimens of church architecture in England, he said, in conclusion, that he must not omit the beautiful stone pulpit enriched with perpendicular panel ling, nor the elaborate wooden stalls of the chancel, which, however, were somewhat in want of repair. " I would again dwell," he said, "upon the great value of this part of the church, and expressed a hope, that if it should ever fall into the hands of the destroyer, it may be dealt with mercifully and tenderly." The Rev. J. JOHNS next read a pap3r on the Etymology of the Roman Stations in Northumberland. In the afternoon, the members proceeded by special tra;n on an excursion to Nantwich, and Crewe-hall, and at Nantwich church, Mr Petit pointed out the chief points about which he had spoken is the architectural section in the morning. In the evening, there was a conversazione in the museum. The proceedings of the Congress will be brought to a close to-morrow, with a resume of the business a; the concluding meeting. Miss Cashman leaves England next month for New York, with the intention, as we learn, of playing short farewell engagements through the principal theatres of the Union. Mr. Charles Mathews visits America this autumn. Previous to his departure he will give a few farewell per formances WI the Haymarket Theatre, commencing on the 10th of August. Flaxen IlarLwAY3.—The following are the last returns of the .gress receipts of the principal French Railways from July 9 to July 15 :—Nnrthern. 940,884 f. ; Western, 822.631 f ; Orleans, 1, 11 52,754 f.; S!rashourg, 907,484 f. ; Lyons, 838,770 f. ; Lyons to _Mediterranean, 506,748 f. ; Grand Central, 47,924 f.; Southern, 293,l I 3f. Mr. linraphrey Brown is again at liberty, having found the required bail for his appearance to answer the charges of fraud and conspiracy which are to be preferred against him and his associate directors of the Royal British Bank. The bail is £16,000 —vz., himself in £B,OOO, and two persons as sureties in £4 000 each.—Sunday Times. MODESTY OF THE FAIR SEX.—The Cork Reporter, in a report of a trial for rapt, sass—" A nonsiderabte number of the fair sex, fashionably attired, crinoline, hoops, and all, filled the galleries, but being observed by his lordship, they were ordered to be ejected forthwith, which order wis immediately carried into effect, the ' sea' walking out before the constables rather reluctantly:" Tits LATE MURDER AT WOoDFORD. - - Great eurtions have been made by the police during the past week far the apprehension of Jonathan Geydon, the perpetrator of the late brutal murder at iVoodford, who is suppo3ed to be concealed in Epping Forest, and it is believed that a clue to his hiding place has been obtained, and tha he wit be ciptnred in a day or t vo. A reward of £2Ol iris been • offered for his apprehension by the Government. ROTAL INVITATIONS.—TIIC Countess 110 we was very strict, and never accepted an invitation on a Sunday. Once, .when in attendance on the Queen (A.delaide) ut W indsor, some party was prop sed by the King on a Sunday, at which he was very anxious she should be present, bat was unable to induce bc.r. The Q teen, sur prised at her firmness, exclaimed, "I wonder at your firm n• ss ; if the King had been so urgent with me, I could not have refuse." Lady Howe replied, Madam, his Maj is your husband."—Raikes's Journal. EXTENSION OF 11,NILWAY3 )11 NEW SOUTH WALES.—The Parliament of New South Wales have committed them selves fairly to the principle of railway extension by voting £300.000 as a sort if instalment, or progress vote, "for the service of the year 1857" in connection with railways. The Clinpbelltown line is to be extended tw&ve miles, and for this the sum of £135,000 is appropriat-d, being at the rate of £11,500 par mil-. The sum of £107,000 is set aside for extrusions, and the balance is to be applied to building stations ' increasing rolling stock, &c.--eitcseralzan and Hew Zealand Gazette. ilimuotits OF THE DUXE DE RAGUSE.—The Civil Tribunal of the Seine, oa Friday, gave judgment in this else, in which the descendants of Prince Eugne de Than harnais brought an action against M. Perrotin for pub lishing statements in tii,t work injurious to the pricc26 memory and quite unfounded in truth. The court decided that the plaintiffs had fully proved their case, and ordered Perrotin to insert in the sixth volutne the thirty-three documents brought forward by the plaintiffs in support of their cimpl,int. - It ordered, in addition, Perrotin to pay all the costs. A ROYAL FIAIRDRKi za.—Mr. Isoelore, the Queen's coiffeur, who receives £2 000 a year for dressing her Majesty's hair twice a day, had gone to London in the .morning, meaning to return to Windsor in time for toilette, but on arriving at the station was just five minutes too late, end saw the train depart without him. His horror was great, as he knew his want of punctuality would deprive him of his place ; so he was obliged to take a spacial traia ; and the establishment, feeling the importance of his business,put on extra steam, and whisked him the eighteen miles in the eighteen minutes for £lB. Raikes's Journal. TITS BANKRUPTCY OF Masses. Fox, HENDF.R9 , IN, AND Co.—At the Birmingham Bankruptcy Court on Monday, before Mr. Commissioner Balgny, Sir Charles Fox, and Mr. John Henderson, the eminent engineers, of the Lon don Works, Smethwick, applied for their certificates. Mr. Hughes, of the firm of Hughes, Keeney, and Master man, Bucklerabury, London, appeared on behalf of the Napoleon Dock Company, Paris, and sought to obtain a locus standi, for the purpose of opposition. However, Mr. Beale, who appeared for the assignees, objected to his being heard, on the ground that the parties Mr. Hughes represented had not prove; any debt, and were, therefore, not in a position to claim the right belonging to the creditors. The commissioner, while upholding the correct ness of this position, added that he could not recognise in the Court any decision which a French tribunal might have given. He awarded the bankrupts certificates of the first class. Mr. Hughes at once took steps foe seeking to prove his debt on a future occasion, in order thereby to give him the opportunity of appealing against the com missioner's decision. CABII AND DEED BOEE9.—The next important thing to the posses sion of (ash is, how (when you have got it) to keep it safely, either in the counting-house or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds and other valuable documents. We have seen a large and varied stock of both these desirable articles, manufactured expressly for Mr. E. T. Hall, of South John-street, that challenge attention. These boxes are made on new and admired principles, and possess patent leeks, which defy the ingenuity of any "pick-lock" in the world to open, except with the legitimate key. To merchants, solicitors, and others, these new safes, on a small scale, mustprove valuable ndeed •-Northern Daily Times, 218 t May, 1662, SELECT VESTRY. The fortrightly !nesting of the Select Vestry was held at ten o'clock yesterday, in the parish r , ffims, Brownlow hill The Rev. Rector Campbell presided, and the follow ing members were in attendance : Messrs. Woodruff, Shaw, Syers, Syred, Williams, Craw!ord, Denton, WhiLby, W. Jones, Jackson, Cook, Taylor, Chesney, Owen, Bair stow, Critchlay, Hand, Mellor, erellin, Lnff, Smith. WORKHOUSE COMM ETTER. The minutes of this committee were read. It appeared that the number admitted last week into the vagrant sh. ds was 262 males, 26 females, and 38 children; in all 396. The number of sick casos in the hospital on th r 22nd inst. was 490, including 23 fiver and 17 itch. The total num ber in the house on the 22nd inst. was 1813. The proceed ings also contained a resolution relative to Mr. Lyster, one of the medical officers of the house, to the effect thl,t Mr. Lyster, having used insulting language to the Governor, was called upon by the committee to apologise, and Mr Lyster having refused to make any apology, the committee recommended that he be forthwith dismissed. 'the following letter upon the subject was read from Mr. Lyster Ts) TIIE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SELECr VESTRY OF THE PARlili OF LIVERPOOL. Gentlemen,—As a resolution Lona the Work!louse Commit tee will come before you to-morrow, recommending toy dismis sal, in consequence of having refused to apologise to Mr. Carr, for insulting language I was represented to have used towards him, I feel bound, in justice to myself, to lay before you the following brief statement : —On Tuesday. the liith instant, I visited the wards at the usual hour, and found that the " pages" (the paper on which the diet and medicines are pre scribed by the medical officer) had not been made, out for the patients newly admitted, nor had those scut to the d office the prio ding evening been returned. Wi trout them, of course, I could not satisfactorily proceed with the business of the wards ; I Vier, fere thought it my duty to inquire at the Governor's office the cane of such omissions, and addressed myself to kr. Evans, one of the clerks for that purpose. Mr. Carr, however, replied, and in the most abrupt and uncourtc ous manner told me it was my provliice to attend to the duties of the hospital clerk during his illness—an illness of which I had nut b_fo•o been aware. As, however, I knew his duties to be very arduous, occupying, in fact, many hours of the day, and as I had less time than usu el at my disposal, owing to the ab sence of my senior medical officer, I at once refused to under take a responsibility so remote from my usual avocations; but I can most positively affirm that, in doing so, I used no Jan • guage which could be considered insulting. The following day, however, I was summoned before the committee, arid, to my surprise, accused of insulting Mr. Carr ; and, although I denied having done so, the committee, without hearing any evidence upon the subject, or confronting me with Mr. Carr, passed a resolution, calling upon me to apologise. Of course, under such circumstances, I declined to do so ; upon which I was summarily suspended. Trusting, gentlemen, that the foregoing impartial statement of facts will fitly justify my conduct, I Lave the honour to be your most obedient servant, C. E. LYSTER. 20, Roscommon-street, July 27th, 1857. Mr. SHAW, in moving the confirmation of the proceed ,ings, said he was sorry Mr. Lyster had thought proper to send such a letter to the Board, for it could not only be refuted but proved to be altogether incorrect in many particulars. The chief reason Mr. Lyster was called upon to do the duties, was from the absence of Dr. Gee, and Mr t Taylor, the Hospital Clerk. Mr. Lyster positively refused to do the duties, although they would have occupied him bat a very short time. With r-gird to his language and demeanour to the Governor, he (Mr. Shaw) could produce evidence which would probably satisfy the Board upon that point. He had a letter from Mr. Burden, re. cently appointed a clerk in the governor's office ; and when he told the Board that during six years which Mr. Burden had passed in the army, he had by his own good conduct raised himself from private to that of quarter-master, the Board could judge how far his statement was deserving of their credence. Mr BAIRSTOW protested against the letter being read, as the evidence of Mr. Burden had not been taken in the presence of Mr. Lyster. Mr. LUFF : The evidence ought to have been taken in his presence. Mr. Slaw said the reason it was not so done was be cause the demeanour of Mr. Lyster before tie committee, and the manner in which he spoke of the governor, quite justified the committee in not calling any evidence what ever, particularly as a great portion of the evidence must have been from inmates of the house. He (kir. Shaw) had requested Mr. Burden to send him a note of what took place at the time. The govamoz did not see the letter until a day or two since when he (Mr. Shaw) showed it to him. The CHAIRMAN did not see how the Board could discuss the matter there, unless they doubted the decision of the Workhouse Committee, and wished to have the proceedings referred back. Mr. JACKSON thonzht,as the discussion had been opened at all, they ought to go into the whole of it now. Mr. SHAW conceived he had a perfect right to bring forward Mr. Burden's letter, in order to justify the committee in their proceedings. As Mr. Lyster's letter had been read, he did not see why the other should not be read. Mr. WOODRUFF thought the committee had acted very properly, under the circumstances, and that the matter ought not to be gone into again by the Board. Mr. Owlet( said a charge had been made by Mr. Lyster that the committee did not perform their duty, and it was therefore right that a letter should be read which would justify them. The CIIAIRIUN said it struck him that Mr. Lyster did not call for a re-hearing at all, but merely stated that his conduct was fully justified. Mr. WOODRUFF - : He is satisfied with himself. Mr. MINTON : And wo are satisfied with ourselves. Mr. CaELLIN said when Mr. Lyater came beige the Workhouse Committee, he made use of very intemperate lauguaga to that committee. Mr. SHAW said the course he should aflopt was simply to move the confirmation of the proceedinge, and it would then be open to any member of the Boaid to move that they b 3 referred back. Mr. D&NTON Seconded the motion. Mr. BAIRSTOW moved as an amendment, that Mr. Lyster be not dismissed. The reason he did so was this Mr. Lyster some time since felt his situation in that house so unpleasant to himself, that he was called uoon, at least he felt himself called up)n, to resign his offi2e, somewhere in the beginninc , of the present month. That resolution was accepte , l, and the Beard advertised for a new medical officer. Under these circumstances, seeing that Mr. Lyster would in fact cease to bs an officer of the house, he thought the vestry ought to be content with accepting his resignation- Some allowance should be made for the strong language be had used, and the Boatd ought to be a little generous in not dism'ssing him, inas much as his dismissal from their employment would pre vent him from holding a situation under the Poor-Jaw Beard again, without having the whole thing raked up andre;nvestigatea. Mr. WHITBY seeon 7 el the amendment. The CHAIRMAN : You merely want to avoid the act of diemisFal ? Mr. BAIRSTOW : Precisely so. Some discussion hrvic•g taken Mr. Sniw replied, and in doing so, took occasion to read the ftiloring is ter, to which he had pev'onsly made reference : Workhouse, 17th July, 1857. Sir,---The Governor, in . showing mo an entry in his j)iti nal relating to Dr. Lyster, has intimated a wish that I would state to you my impressions as to the conduct of Dr. Lyster towards him personally. I can only say that, looking u;o3n the Governor as responsi ble for the proper performance of the medical officers' duties, and on Dr. Lyster as being, to a certain extent, under his control, he (Dr. L.) is, in my humble opinion, greatly blame, - .- ble; inasmuch, .as in my presence, and that of two or three inmates of tho house, ho addressed the Governor in disrespectful and even coarse terms, declining to fulfil a duty which devolved upon him in the absence of Dr. Gee, although the Governor repeatedly urged his willingness to render him every assistance. So far fi . onl . Mr. Carr having provoked Dr. Lyster, or acted on ungentlemanly part, I think ho showed a great deal of for bearance, and never lost his temper, as D.. Lyster unfortunately did.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, G. BURDEN. C. W. Show, Esq. A division finally took place, when the amendment was lost, and the original motion carried by a large majority. INDUSTRIAL scriooLs' COMMITTEE. Mr. W. Jotcss, in moving that the proceedings of this Committee bs confirmed, said the Board would have per ceived by the minutes that the practice had been in use in the schools some nine or twelve months, that the whole of the children at meals should join in saying grace by chanting. The Rev. Mr. Doyle, Roman Catholic priest, objected to the chanting, and the Committee thought it very irregular that he, not being one of the officers of the institution, should, without communicating with the Committee, or any cf the officers of the schools, order the children under his influence to dis )bey an established regulation of the schools. He wished to connect that instance, which was a very important one, with the general conduct of the children, both in the schools, and when they obtained situ itions from the schools. He might say that the whole of the Committee felt that there was an under-current of insubordina►ion throughout the whole of the schools. There was not a week—not a meeting of the Committee, at which there was not to be taken into consideration some act of insubordination—gross insubor dination—on the part of the children towards their superior officers there. The Board would perceive by the proceedings read that morning, that a boy, who could not have been above twelve years of age, made use of the most foul language to one of the masters, and ran for a brickbat to throw at him. Po it was with the whole school. There were very g eat difficulties thrown in the way of the Committee. The Committee endeavoured, year of er year, to discharge their duties, and make the schools as efficient as possible without troubling the Board any more than they could possihly avoid. The consequence was that the procerdiuge generally loused over at that Beard wuhont much ,obiervation, but now thins had reached a point e hen he thou& the special attention of the whole B Yitz,l was required. Scarcely a boy or girl went fr en the schools jet° a situation, whe did not either abscond from the situation, or ant in such a way as to cause the master or mistress to send them away. What could be the cause of this ? There muse ha so nothing very defective either in the industrial training or the moral education of the children., The plan of operations seemed to be perfect. There was a resident Protestant chaplain. There was an abundance of schoolmasters and mistresses for educational an industrial training.. He was afraid that nearly three-fourths of the children sent out from that establishment found their way back to the workhouse, or else to something worse. He could see himself very great (wile arising out of the discussions which hal taken place in the committe3, from time to time, in reference to the religious denominations of the chiel:en. Ha could Bea very great mischief indeed arising to the children, as far as regarded the spirit of insubordination, from having the upper servants of the schools from time to time brought up, whether at tha instance of the Roman Catholic priest, or of any body else, made no difference, to have their conduct investigated, the very witnesses against them being the children themselves. He thought the time had come when some steps must be taken to have the discipline of the schools preservel, and the respect which was due to the officers maintained. He felt sure that the Bitted, when it came to know the circumstance!, would assist the committee in putting down the causes which led to such painful investigations. (Heat, hear.) Mr. °wax did net like to hear such a statement as .111 r. Turner's go forth, although he agreed with much of it. Hehhotght there was great exaggeration in it. There was no doubt much room for improvement in the schools, but he could not think the evil had gone so far, that three fourths of the children who left the schools, were either gent back to the workhouse, or to a worse place. He thought it would have been well, if before making such statement, Mr. Turner had moved for returns. With regard to the chaunting, he WAS not going to defend Bir. Doyle, but still he thought the statement made by gr. Jones, ought to have been more strictly correct. He did not stop a ceremony which had been in use 9 or 12 months. It was a new thing, and Mr. Doyle told some of the children not to join in the ehaunting, which the Poor Law Board did not recrgnise, but simply ordered grace to be said by the governor, or some one app tinted by him. ge thought it would be better to adopt the rule of the Poor Law Board. He did not at all agree with Mr. Jones that there was scarcely a bey leaving the sch tor, who did net abscond from his situation. There was much to be com plained of no doubt, but when they considered the number who came back, as compared with the number in the schools, he thought the statement made would appear veil far from correct. . (Hear.) Ms y did abscond, but still S great many remained and did well. Although the schools had been in some respects a failure, he did not think the case was quite so bad as had been stated by Mr. Jones' (Hear.) Mr. Bairstow did not look on the schools with the same gloomy feelings as Mr Jones appears to have ; that some of the children would not turn out very well, OA only to be reasonably expected. Mr. JONES.—I moved for returns and I could not get them. Mr. B tiesrow thought the Board should remember that the children were for the most part drawn from the very lowest dregs of society, and io expect that they should tnrn out well was expecting quite too much. The com mittee sent a number of children to Price's patent candle works, and they received an exceedingly g and report froni the chaplain ef those works as to the conduct of those children. Not a good report of their conduct when they got thole first—(loud laughter)—but after they had been there sum- time. There was a great deal of talk about religious instruction at the schools In his opinion, 1 - 1 they had less of such religious instruction as was given there, and more of good sound moral training, it would be all the better for the children. (Hear, hear ) Whether their heads were filled with religion or not, their moral principles appeared sadly defective. (Hear, hear) Frem the report of the chaplain to the candle works, it did not appear that they had much moral principle. Wha t their religious principles were, he shoul I leave to the Pro' testant chaplain and the Catholic priest to explain. Mr' Bairstoe then stated that at the meeting of the Board, four weeks ago, he stated he had reason ti believe that the Bet Mr. Holme had been holding private communication with members of the committee, In reference to those remark o s he had received the following letter from Mr. Holme.— And with that list (one obtained front the s choolmasier)• went to the Workhouse on the morning of the 21'h ultimo, where I met Mr. Cali- and Mr. Denton accidentally. From Mr. Cirr I olitaned the permisaion I sought, and had my list complied - .salt the accounts kept at the Werkli use. Durin g , the course of my making the application to Mr. Carr in the presence of Mr. Denton, in answer to questions, I gave some few explanations which were in accordance with the facts I have given in this report, and which, I suppose, were in pert .the cause of the remarks made by Mr. Denton, at the last vestry meeting. I feel it a duty to offer the committee this, my assurance, that I lava not been to, or communicated with any tut ether of Use Select Vestry on this sulij,•ct privately ; n" have I:said anything to Mr. Denton reflecting on the proceed ings of the committee, for I assured hint the committee were blameless in the matter. If the committee, then, twelve this assurance, I think no one of them will be more ready to set me right with the public than the gentleman who, through Wig" understanding, or throt“ii bein; misled, represented me ie terms so injurious to nay repwation, if the newspaper reports ei the last v,:stry meeting be terra t. Most certainly Mr. Denton made some remarks at the time, which led him and other gentlemen to imagine that Mr. Helene had communicated privately with him, but he was now happy to read Mr. Helme's letter, and to exonerate hint from the charge. Mr DCNTON said Mr. Holrae's letter was perfectly true. M , . WOODRUFF said he excezdingly regretted to hear the statement made by Mr. Jones. If that was the state of things, after a series of years spent in .he management of the r choels, after the thousands of pounds which had been drawn from the pockets of the ratepayers for the improve' ment of the moral and religious character of the children , he could only say that the money had been shamefully wested, and the time of the Boani misapplied. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Jones stated that he had moved for returns and never got them. Who had placed any obstacle in the way of those returns being produced ? Where was the officer who neglected his duty, and prevented the return , ' from being produced ? Mr. JONES : He is no more. Mr. WOODRUFF said if he was no more, Mr. Jones ought to have renewed motion, and some one who was in existence would have taken good care that the return , " were placed in his hands, in order that a prompt remedy might be found for se grievious and crying an evil' (Hear, hear) The remarks of Mr. Jones seemed to intimate the source of the evil, but Mr. Jones did not speak out. He appeared to intimate that there was an under current of insubordination through the Roman Catholic priest and the Roman Catholic children of the schools' Now he (Mr Woodruff) would always desire that there should be bold and plain speaking, and not insinuation; ( gear, hear.) Did the priest exceed his duty, and demand more than the law permitted him or not ? Was he asking concessions for the children which the laws of the land prohibited him from receiving ? If he was not, and the Committee refused to grant whet the law allowed him to demand, then the Committee was in the wrong, and not ho. (Hear, hear) The Committee ought not to per" m7t Mr. Doyle, on the one hand to tamper with the children, nor Mr. Holme on the other hand, but there, ought to be distinct regulations and orders laid down, and whether priest, minister, or schoolmaster prevented the orders from being carri'd out, let him be instantaneously dismissed. (Hear, hear ) Let them commence W ith authority from the fountain head. Let them lay down clear and distinct regulations, and the first person who violated them, let him be dismissed. (Hear, hear.) The subject was then, after a short conversation , allowed to drop, and the proceedings of the Committee were confirmed. • FINANCIAL COMMITTED. Mr. WOODRUFF in moving the proceedings, referred t°, the withdrawal of the bill for exempting literary and scientific institation6fr , m rating. That, he observed, was not the only instance where prompt action had secured to the ratepayers of Liverpool, the advantage of having a blu obnoxious to their interests rejected by the House of Commons. This ought to instil into their minds, that 00 every occasion where their interests were attacked, if theY took the same prompt action, the same results would follovi• (Cheers.) Ho also stated that as regarded the dispute between the Poor law Board and the Vestry, touching the appointment of collectors, the Vestry still coleidered, that the law had placed the authority in their hands, and they were determined not to give it. up. (Cheers.) The Vestry then proceeded to elect a collector. T#l o candidates, Mr. Storey, and Mr. Thompson, had been selected for recommendation by the Finance Committee. A vote was taken, and Mr. Thompson was elected. , - The proceedings of the committee were confirmed. Mr. ORITCHLEY gave notice that' at the next meeting he would move for the appointment of a Select Committee, to inquire into the insubordination and irregularity of the schools. The Board then adjourned. kaki DPW indict 1 4) 411 1 1 , I )'• Jr a‘ 1 rag a htor e Co ns Shi lam aa: 1,1 t 1 N