Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-23 00:00:00

THE WAR. 'ORTED HOSTILITIES. E AT EXCITEMENT IN PARIS AND TURIN. IR A.ORDINARY CABINET COUNCILS. °VEIVIENT OF FRENCH AND AUSTRIAN TROOPS. lIAILWA S THE Y FOR TREIR CONVEYANCE. E AUSTRIAN POLICY. A Bue ' al ces sion of telegrams have reached us since Hty, b s '' 411 of Whi c h p o int not only to the probabi give the alm os t a b so l u t e cer t a i n ty, o f w ar . W e ` tte nt as foll ows : . 4 b PORTED HOSTILITIES. Th, tont a c is ' el'ari s Patrie of yesterday (Friday) evening, c c r - 7 8 the following : f oi : a . " delay granted by Austria to Piedmont r ,Z tti Tai tig, will, as it appears, expire on Sunday e -- mR neu t . " Till „ here nod nothing has confirmed the report theon rciliated that an engagement has been fought Ti c i no. op; I I ! i 8 r umoured that General Randon will be eent% ti f ted. Major -General of the army to be con -44:1,1a on the frontiers of Piedmont, and that to j o - : 441 n erqueny D'Hilliers will take his departure eN the army on the Alps. ral Canrobert has arrived in Paris from Th o tit er r eport is current that the Austrians have It is' the Duchi es o f T uscany , P arma , and Modena. re ii a lso asserted that the French soldiers on Noble furlough are to be called FRANCE. at A thlrttordin a Council of Ministers was held --4:K . laderies on Thursday, the Emperor pre- P r i Nliej„le,Lne Napol eon , w h o , s i nce h e res i g ned the y bloopof Algeria, has never attended these Colin ok his seat in the character of a Prince of the The he Constituticntel announces that a part of the teact, °t Paris has received orders to hold itself in Thns to march. and 4th Infantry Divisions of the army of 111 11%p a under orders to proceed to Toulon by l'Ast) f rh eairst Division will leave Paris on Friday 0 g. l bor t ,7;8, Friday, April 22.---The Moniteur of this A contains the following :--- toaiti n tist ria has no t g i ven i n her adhesion to thero- N., 8 made by England, and accepted 'by yFrance, ( 1 ' an d Prussia; besides which, it appears that_ clire )it-et bille t of Vienna has resolved on addressing iltder into obtain to the Cabir.TtAfoiTt. t obtain the disarand ' O l _.e "ftias, the Emperor has qt, u. i.Ftt this ~ ....eutration of the _divisions of the the frontiers of Piedmont." 3 ,11 4 „,,,, A ITALY. 21st.—Threatening movements of tak Placers army on the frontiers of Piedmont have e n allamAustrian authorities have directed the e %lit e r a of the L om b ar d Railway to suspend the AllLrains the to-morro w , 22nd inst. % Ns e l ocomotives have been ordered back for t he I, l trt of soldiers. trie ino. Ps are expected on the road from Milan to the 'der 'der tf i ' en in4, a Council of Ministers was held The {, 0 presidency of the King. ItB may'°lleNving telec , ram was delayed nine hours on by telegraph:— °f tO al s , Thursdry, April 21st, 1859.—The Patrie, In eii! s „rle.iling, states, that serious reports have been ' r eop e—acl eo here to-day. The entry of Austrain t1)04 into the Piedmontese territory has been qrn ie - d - °f, but, till now, nothing is officially con ‘laritclt is, however certain, that Gen eral de la ' l . o gr a ° , - ,"; has informed' the French Government, by Int that the Austrian army has made siei fi th; ev ements on the stratgical line of t he Ticino, e 4 he feared being attacked at any moment . te .", ert is al so curren t that Austria has refusedto In )11, her adhe s i on t o the propositions of England , p,,, c1 asked f or it w ithin twenty-four hours. A of Ministers has been held to-day, under the ati\r e eY of the Emperor. The Princes Jerome apoleon were present." AUSTRIA. ''Plii e k' N A, Friday, April 22nd, 1859.—Piedmont, - tißh t las for some y ears past endangered Austria's A N !has been summoned most urgently, by t esia a to disarm. I lics4C l A 4 tMs demand, iespecially addressed t o Pied- F,eri er „, Utria adheres firmly to the proposal of a isarraament, although she cannot make 4(l or.' l.° Psal subordinate to the summons sh e had d 0 Sardinia. TURKEY LTIt April 21.---The Austrian Lloyds steamer d -3- . hr;n ain a ---- (1 " - Th i s t tPte to the 16th inst. - 1 '4111;„, submarine` Cable to - Candia and A lexandria - laid most likely on the I st of May next. Aug n e- Grand Duke Constantine will accomp an y ‘ 4ll O on a visit to the Holy Places. illa t ee ordhlg to advice from Smyrna to the 16th resa e . ' d i t is asserted that a Greek butcher had con toketo being on a footing of understanding with me te d respecting assassinations recently COM 4,,aere. NAPLES. MARSEILLES, April 21.—Advices have been re from Naples to the 9th inst. • I(i u fr esh discharge of matter has relieved the 1 4 , 4 1:, Chest, b u t th e fever, - which has lasted three "8, eghausti has reduced his Majesty to the last stage of on 44et t • ers state that Sicily is threatened by dearth. Queen of Prussia has to-day left Naples for ,et, rs Lati on from Leghorn announce warlike manifes 4'. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS Friday, April 22. 11 .40 raecli e a.m. - Rentes 'commenced at 65 50, and im -4;,._ tely fell to 65 40, being a decline of 1 per cen t -mee vesterd 12.i0 ay. Vn.--:Rentes opened at 65 45, a nd are now 651 Do - Ate Bourse is very flat. 65 20 7 P.m.—Great uneasiness still prevails ; Rentes 2 .32 • ite nt P.m. —A furthe r d ec line has taken pla ce : , da ~s , 3 64 q n , . being 11 p er cent lower than y e kt e r ciosing. AUSTRIA AND PIEDMONT. The Times has received the following despatch from its Vienna correspondent : " VIENNA, Thursday Noon.—The day before yes terday. Austria forwarded a categorical summons to Sardinia, to dissolve the free corps. A reply is to be given within three days from the receipt of the summons, and an evasive answer will be considered equivalent to a refusal." THREATENED AUSTRIAN CAMPAIGN IN PIEDMONT. The Times, in a leading article, describes as follows :-- " THE PRESENT' STATE OF AFFAIRS "Austria can place upon the Ticino 230,000 men within the three days of grace fixed in the imperative demand of the Austrian Government. Sardinia occupies the opposite bank of the Ticino, with a force which could not probably delay ,for one day its own destruction -by that gigantic enemy. It may be that Sardinia can show 70,000 men in ,arms, including her free corps. After making deductions for her garrisons, Sardinia may be able to range 40,000 in line of battle. Three days of respite are all that is given. - If the demand- has been already made, next Sunday (April 24) may see an Austrian army in quick advance upon Turin. If Austria and Sardinia are left to themselves, we shall hear, in a few days, of an invasion and a battle. Everythinr , points this out. as the natural sequence. The sudden ultimatum and the short reprieve aro evidently a part of a' well-considered military policy formed by Austria. It is clearly her interest, if qhe is resolved upon war, or if she feels that she will be compelled to._ accept war, to crush the Sardinian army before the French can arrive to its u , sistance. The march from the banks of the Ticino to Turin offers every facility for the advance of a great army. Three days would bring the Austrian general to the unprotected city of Turin. There is nothing between the frontier and the capital but the army, and the bodies of the 40,000 Sardinian troops who are so vastly out-numbered by the Austrians. To crush that army, to effect by force the dis armament demanded, and to dictate terms at Turin, would be but the'effort of a few days if Sardinia remained un friended. The Times examines the prospect, of Sardinia receiving timely assistance, and speaks as follows :—We may assume, perhaps, that the pas,ing of the Ticino will be considered by the Emperor of the French as a declaration of war by Aastria, and that, while the Austrians are marching from the'east on Turin, the French Emperor will pour his columns from the west, and march through the passes of the Alps to meet the Austrian invaders, and to anticipate, if possible, their arrival at the Sardinian capital. But we should not be very confident in trusting the safety of a kingdom to the possibility of uniting, before Turin, columns which had to penetrate the Alps, and to arrive from Genoa. If one condition of the military success of such an operation were that the concentration would be effected in three or four days. or even five or six days, perhaps we may count something for the delay which may be reasonably expected to be interposed by the Sardinian army; either fighting or retreating; but, failing this, or those other chancee of war which never can be fully calculated, the military beads who seem to have conceived this plan of opening the campaign have not failed in strategic ability. The Times concludes by remarking that, physicially speaking, if the war is come, the power which strikes the first blow, and. chooses its own field of action will have the advantage. more Hy speatung, tae picture is reversed. The Emperor Napoleon is threatened with a Euriipean coalition to prevent a general war,' The Times says it discerns a spark of hope that Louis Napoleon may not make a hasty rush to take up the glove that is now so rashly thrown. The Emperor of the French, it says, must, by this time, have meditated on the fact that Russia, Germany, and England, have assumed an attitude already passively hostile, and are tendithr towards a state of even coercion, if fortune should give him victory in the war, and if his ambition should carry him beyond certain very narrow limits. When Prussia puts her troops in motion, the Emperor Napoleon may he assured it is not without some knowledge of the part which Russia is prepared to play. As to Austria, the telegraph has by this time carried to the Court of Vienna the strongest protest pf England against its hasty menace against §arfieVail upon hoped there is yet time to enable,Filiiingh the hope is but Austria not to Dre,;-:, sleuth.- " • FRENCH CRITICISMS UPON THE DERBY MINISTRY. The Sicle contains the following remarks upon Lord Derby's Ministry : Lord Derby's language contrasts strangely with that of the French Government : there is less of the spirit of conci liation in London than in Paris. We should have thought it more befitting for a Ministry which has recently received such a serious check, to have assumed a less haughty atti tude. That in case of the continuation of the conflict, England should withdraw with the hope of remaining, neu-: tral is all very well ; but to announce t hat her neutrality will be on armed one; that if war begins it will not be con fined to Italy ; that it will necessarily be a bloody and im passioned struggle involving all Europe—is to assume a menacing tone very unbecoming on the part of a Minister who has probably but a few weeks of official existence before him. We prefer the protest made in favour of Piedmont by the man whom we look upon as Lord Derby's successor. His speech shows that France was justified in only agreeing to the disarmament on co ndition that Piedmont should he i admitted to the Congress. If there is any foundation for the rumours current to-day, Austria and France came to an agreement before the fact was known in London. It is said in Paris that Austria has accepted the last proposal of France. The Univers takes a widely different view of the position and prospects of the English government.. After expressing an opinion that the course of events is very favourable to ministers, and that they are liable to gain ground in public opinion, the ultra- montane organ says : There can he no doubt of this fact, that England, who has so greatly contributed to existing difficulties by her encouragement of the Italian revolutionists —England, who but a year ago, was so embarrassed both at home and abroad by the Indian war, and by the indignation excited by ber conduct after Orsini's crime, that she had lost a great part of her influence in the councils of Europe - has now resumed almost the first place ; she has now very considerable weight in the diplomatic scales, and may even hope, without any great presumption, to become the arbiter of peace and war. Her statesmen have most ably seized the opportunity to raise her from the secondary position in which she had remained ever since the Crimean war. It is to England that people now look for the solution of present complica tions, and (why should we not say it, although it is painful to us to make the admission ?) it is mainly in England that thefriends of peace and order put their trust. For our parts we do not expect so much from her, because we know that she consults her own interests above all things, and that her hatred of the church is at least equal to her jealousy of us ; but we do hope that France will not allow England to supersede her in the place which she has occupied for many years in the counsels of Europe, and which she could not lose without the grea test detriment to society. do not wish to doubt the patriotism of our adversaries, but we in in , pVi. Llltill W atillbt uuLa. Prance, who recovered her rank the moment she got rid of the Revolution and the liberal utopias with which she had been deluded, could only decline by resuming a policy which formerly condUcted her to abysses. EUROPEAN ARMAMENTS A Belgian paper makes some calculations with reference `to the expense of maintaining the armies of the different European States, the result of which is, that the soldier costs annually each inhabitant of England, 12s 6d ; France, 10s . 10d ; Russia, 6s 6d ; Austria, 6s 51d ; Prussia, 5s 51d. It appears from this table that the cost of the English soldier is the greatestomd that of the Prussian the least, though the latter country has expended on its army since 1815, the period of the general peace, no less than 1,200 millions of thalers. The revenue of this State, deriired from imposts,' shows an annual payment by 1 each individual into the exc he q uer of 20s 10d. The. 1 maintenance of their armies in time of peace costs the countries of Europe annually 73,313,750/. : and the fleets, 17,687,5001. ; total, 91,011,250/. These figures, it must not be forgotten, only represent what exists in a state of peace. When war occurs, fresh' expenditure of course is immediately incurred for munitions of war, equipments, the transport of men and horses, and provisions. This expenditure is reckoned by millions. But how are we to calculate the loss sustained by agriculture and commerce, by the withdrawal of so many strong arms from useful labour ? At present, the peaceful armies of Europe amount to no less than 5,705,00 0 men, and the navii,s to 219,000 ; making a total of 5,924,00 0 men. This number is, in fact, 15 per cent. of the male adult population of Europe -withdrawn from the pursuits of industry, and constantly main-Willa under arms.--Iluilefin, _ THE NORTHERN TIMES, SATURDAY, APRIL 23 185,8 THE SENTENCE ON THE NAIVAII OF FURRUCKA.BAD. We have already announced in our summary of intelligence by. the Bombay mail, that the Nawab of Furruckabad had been found guilty of the crimes laid to his charge. On the day the sentence was delivered an anxious crowd of natives, deeply excited, occupied every approach. Very many of the civil and military officials, and other residents of the station, were also present in court. The president, having ordered the prisoner to be placed at the bar, proceeded, amidst profound silence, to pass sentence upon him in the following terms : • Prisoner at the bar—Your trial has lasted one month, and the fullest investigation that was possible has been male as to your guilt or innocence. You have been defended by an able English gentleman, who, relying on your own state ments, has taken the greatest pains to . prove you innocent of the heinous crimes with the commission of which you were charged, and he has also endeavoured to procure your release by every argument of a' legal and technical nature which he thought would ,assist your cause. Nevertheless, we three judges, sitting calmly and deliberately to hear the case for and against you, have unanirnously decided that you are guilty. In arriving at this judgment do not "for an instant believe that we have given implicit belief to, every word uttered by every witness for the prosecution, 'or that we have not allowed all the weight that it was-worth to the evidence for the defence. You yourself have never attempted to deny the facts, i.e. the occurrence .of those dreadful crimes which have conferred an historical infamy on Fnttygurh and Furruckabad, and which have led to your being brought to the bar of justice. And now, prisoner at the bar, consider what are the crimes with the commission of which we, your judges, have con victed you. For what crimes, I repeat, is it, that, as far as we are concerned; we have condemned you to suffer death ? Her -Majesty the Queen's gracious. amnesty has saved you from that extreme punishment ' for the crime of being a principal leader and instigator in treason and rebellion which you so ungratefully committed. But if you had committed only that offence, you would have to pass the remainder of your life in a miserable exile. But you stand at that bar convicted first of being accessory after the fact to a wholesale massacre of English gentlemen, ladies and c hiliren, with most of whom you had been living on terms of intimacy—that is, in the language of the law, you received, comforted, and assisted the perpe trators of this massacre, and not only that,. but honoured and rewarded some amongst them Secondly, you stand convicted of being both accessory before and after the fact, to the cold-blooded slaughter of twenty-two Christians, including amongst them women and children, who were killed for.no other cause than that they were Christians—that is, you not only received, com forted, and assisted the perpetrators of this crime, but you preViously procured, counselled, commanded, and abetted those who took away those unhappy victims from your own door. And, as if this were not enough, you have been convicted of this same double crime in regard to threapoor natives (andthere is reason to believe that others perished in a similar manner), whose only faiilt was that one was faithful to his salt, and that the others were carrying Enzlish letters. And what is your excuse for all these crimes ? what ? hut that you were afraid of losing your wretched life (which after all has been forfeited), at the hands of the mutinous soldiery, and that - you were a puppet-in the . hands of their leaders, some of whom were of your own kith and lineage. Even if it were true that you occupied this position, what a degraded one it was, how much Of cowardice it showed in the deicendant and representative of-a family and race, hitherto-well known in Hindoostan for courage and manly qualities! But it is quite impossible to believe that this plea of duress is true, even if there had not been produced ample and trustworthy evidence to refute it. You were able to save the lives of christians, and you twice did save such once to appease the anger of Heaven, when you were sick and thought yourself dying-, and once to gratify your own feelings and inclinations. You were not a close prisoner, and you did exercise all the you corn- a ruler in this territory, andilla t vVenumerated. If for witted the awful ciirse rserying to us from this river and r the innocentnot sentence you to suffer death—which is igtkeir itself to the cruel death inflicted under your sanction on so many victims-- we should fail in our duty both to God and man. It is for the Government; which is our master and your master, tp, decide finally on your fate. You may rely on the whole of your, pleas of defence being submitted to that authority. In the meanwhile I implore you 'to repent of youV crimes, and to make your peace with that God whose laws you haVe so ruthlessly. violated. Tolottravb " was notable able wholly to maintain his unconcernedd s demea nour: nour. Just as the enumeration of tile rearrui crime s of which the sentence of the court convicted him approached to a close, a change passed over his countenance, and his looks became downcast. Soon he controlled his features, and recovered the usual expression of his face, ‘except that he continued to cast down his eyes. The sentence of death by hanging did not produce any further outward and visible sign. We need not add that no emotions of remorse were manifested. The prisoner has been placed, for severer custody, under a European guard in Pert Futtygtirh." PRAYER FOR THE RESTORATION TRANQUILITY IN INDIA. The following is the Form of Prayer and Thanks giving to be used in Churches on Sunday the Ist day of May, 1859, for the success granted to our arms in suppressing the rebellion and restoring tranquility in her Majesty's Indian dominions : "0 Almighty God, who by Thy Providence orderest all thing's both in Heaven and earth ; we desire to approach Thee this day with the voice of praise and thanksgiving. Thou hast graciously hearkened to the supplications of Thy people, who bumbled themselves before Thee, and turned to Thee for succour in the hour of danger. Thou hast heard our prayer ; Thou ha s t maintained our cause ; Thou hast frustrated the treacherous designs which were formed against our Sovereign and her rule, and threatened British India with.wasting and destruction. It bath pleased Thee to scatter our enemies, and to give victory to our arms, and to show that there is no restraint with . Thee to save by many or by few. We desire to confess that it is through Thy mercy that the hearts of our countrymen have re mained undaunted in peril, and patient in suffering : Thou hast guided the counsels of our rulers, and strengthened the hands of our soldiers ; Thou hast comforted the widows and the „fatherless, and through Thy PrOvidence their afflic tion has been relieved. Grant, we beseech Thee, • that every renewal of Thy loving kindness towards our country may lead us to an unfeigned' thankfulness, and dispose us to walk more humbly and obediently before Thee. " And now, 0 Lord, when through Thy goodness tranquility has been restored to our rich and fruitful tearitory . in the East, direct, we pray Thee, the minds of its inhabitants to the Author of our strength, and Source of our power, even to Thee, the only true God, and ;Jesus Christ whom Thou has sent. Let the light of the everlasting Gospel disperse the darkness of idolatry and superstition - which has encouraged their murderous rebellion. Teach them to prize the benefits which they• have long enjoyed through the supremacy of this Christian nation, and so dispose the hearts of all who sojourn there, that they may set forth, both by word and good example, the blessings of Thy holy religion, : co shall the calamities from which we have been mercifully relieved, be overruled by the proniotion of Thy glory, and the advancement of the kingdom of Thy blessed Son, our only Lord • and Saviour : To whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, far eTer and ever. Amen." LAW INTELLIGENCE, BAIL COURT. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster.--Before Mr. Justice Wightman and Common Juries) W EBB v. WmuB.-BEntreTroN . .—Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Henry James were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Field were counsel for the defendant. This was an action for seduction. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Edwin James, in stating the ease to the jury, said, the .plaintiff, Mrs. Webb, was the widow of a farmer, residing on her property at Lockridge, Wilts ; and the defendant was a baker and miller, carrying on business at Marlborough, in Wilts; and this action was brought to recover compen sation in damages for theseduction of her daughter; whereby she had been deprived of her services. The plaintiff's daughter, up to the period when she gave birth to her child, was of unsullied reputation; but, in consequence of the defendant's conduct towards her, she had been separated from her friends, and had to reside in London to avoid as much as possible the disgrace - that attached to her and her family. The defendant, who was a malster and baker, and possessed of considerable property, lived a few miles from the plaintiff's residence. The daughter was now 24 years of age, and the defendant about 12 or 13 wars- older, and they first became acquainted in 1851, at the defendant's cousin's, where the plaintiff's daughter visited. Lie visited her there and at other places-up to 1853; after that hepaid his addresses to her, and, under a solemn promise of marriage, he seduced her in July, 1856, and she gave birth to a child in September, 1858. The young - girl endeavoured to 'conceal her digrace and that of the family, and on several occasions she appealed to him to make her his wife as he had promised. The learned counsel then read the following letter, which the daughter had sent to the defendant on discovering the state she was in : "Oh, Sydney, I thought not to ; have written or sent to you again before August. I cannot suffer the pain and misery, and keep it to myself ; may I tell mamma, or - will you marry me before it is known ? I solemnly swear never to say lam married to you, if you wish it. Sydney, have the feelings of a father—let put child be born in wedlock let' not disgrace be on its innocent head that could' not help our faults. Sydney, I've no father to advise me. I eau only bring disgrace and trouble on my only remaining parent. I would rather a thousand times have suffered death in the worst form than bring the tumble upon her, but I could not think you would act dishonourable to me after all that had passed. Write to me and advise me what to do, or otherwise tell me if I can see you on Thursday or Friday, but not to meet me with that cold, cruel, freez ing, and angry look you gave me last. You knew it would give me a turn, and I could say nothing to you. Remember, Sydney, if you do not marry me I shall be the first of our family that ever disgraced it. Sydney, dearest Sydney, if this letter appears unkind I cannot help: it. Consider what my feelings are, and pray, pray, Sydney, marry me.. No one need know when we are married, whether six or eight months ago, or when. With best love, dearest Sydney, yoar forsaken girl PoLLY. P.S.—Tell me in your note where I shall meet you, or otheryise what to do. Do not keep me in suspense. Shall I see you to-night about half past 7 o'clock, against the school, a little way up Sun-lane. Do not come, dearest Sydney, if you are cross, but do not keep me waiting if you can help it. Best and kindest love., good bye. God bless you.---M. W. You must come a little way up Sun lane, before yoti see me." That letter was written at the time she was anticipating her confinement in September, but the defendant took no notice of it in any manner; and this poor girl was left not merely to bear the disgrace of her confinement and the'dis grace she had brought upon her family, but without the slightest provision for the maintenance of her child. After the birth of the child she wrote to the defendant as follows that your child is born, and in truth Toucan no longer deny him, ,will you allow me n-n 3 -ilitng towards his support, or will you not It is your duty to act a father's - port to the child, as well as mine a. mother's. Remember, Sydney, on Saturday, 20th February, 18'58, you told me, when against Mr. Dowling's, if it proved I was sr), you would allow me so much a 7..-eeldikto* and if a boy, when big enough as well as the rest you have Cao not receive answer to this by Wednesday NCI,' I shall take proceedings against you. Then swear before me that yeu know nothing of me. You had better bring your mother, brother, and sister, with Margaret, since they are all so positive it is not yours (they are very wise, I should think.) Tell them I feel particularly obliged to them for troubling themselves about me, and should be sorry to show so mean and sordid a disposition. I hope they are the happier for what they have said. lam none the worse. They shall see the child ere long, and judge for themselves who it's like.—l am, sir, yours re spectfully, M. WEBB." The defendant had taken no notice of this letter, and the daughter had the burden of this child to maintain, as , well as to bear up against being the outcast of a respectable family believed there was no ground of palliation or jusuuc.4,Lou. ou Law 11C: - . daughter's conduct was without imputation. Moralist talked of the social evil of the present day, but it was the conduct of men like the defendant who caused our streets to be haunted by so many wretched creatures ; and he trusted the jury would endeavour to find a remedy by inflicting heavy damages when such cases came before them. He called the following evidence :—Mrs. Jane Webb deposed : I am the plaintiff in this action, and reside at Lockeridge, in Wilts. In 1851, I was living at Ogburne, in Wilts, with my two sons and daughter Mary, who is between 24 and 25 years of age. Mr. Henry Willes, a cousin of the' defen dant's lived near. At the end of 1851, my daughter went on a visit to Mr.. Henry Wiles and his family, and in 1852, I believe, she there made the defendant's acquaintance. After that, I changed my residence to• Lockeridge, about three miles from Itarlborough. Whilst I lived, there' she visited at the defendant's cousin's at Whitfield. ,I have only ' seen the defendant two or three times. I was aware he was paying his addresses to my daughter. The first time I saw him was . when he came and informed ,• me he had obtained a situation for my son, I dealt with the defendant for bread, &c.; - and I Used ' to send my daughter there. My daughter was delivered of a child in September, 1858. I first became, a ware she was in the familyw a y in April, and then I sent' her to Mrs. Willes, the cousin, where she remained about three weeks,- and . then went to Wroughton, near Swindon, where she.remained till near her confinement, which took place at Wandsworth. The child 'is still living. • I paid the expenses of my daughter's maintenance and confinement, and since that time I have had to support her and her child. My daughter has never lived at home since. I have no children now living with me. I have four sons, a married daughter, mid Mary, the subject of the preient action. Cross examined by - Mr. M. Chambers : I believe my daughter was 24 last January. I don't know the exact age of my daughter. My youngest 'son is 17 years of age. My sons are in situa tions. She lived with me as my housekeeper, and used to Call on the defendant and order the bread. The defendant was only at my house twice—the last time about two years ago. My daughter occasionally went to Marlborough in. the afternoon and returned in the evening ; she was later= than usual when the defendant came home with her. I have known her come home from Marlborough as late• as eleven 'o'clock, after having spent the evening at the , defendant's with him and his sisters, who resided with him.. She generally returned home between 8 and 9 o'cleelt.in the evening in the summer time r and earlier in the winter. I generally waited' up for her and let her in. She.• has come home as late. as 11 - o'clock at night by herself,.but she told me ' the defendant had accompanied her to, the house. Re-exanained by Mr_ Hawkins : On her:- return honie, I always. enquired of her where she had been. I live on a small property of my own. Mary Webb , examined by Mr. Henry James, deposed : I am the plaintiff's daugh ter. In 1851 I became acquainted with Mr. and' Mrs. Henry Willes, and:on the New Year's day I- met „the defendant there at a party. I met him there•froatime to time, betwec then and the March following. At this stage the leained'counsel conferred together and a verdict was taken, for the plaintiff, by consent, for-MO, ail further proceediuts to be stayed. WOMAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO ------- POISON HEE HUSBAND: On Wednesday, at the 11 Police-court, Eetsy, Fergu son and Mary . Hanson were charged - with administering arsenic to John Ferguson, furniture broker; South-street, Hull. The woman Ferguson is the wife of the prosecutor, and she appeared to be deeply affected while in court. The other prisoner is an elderly woinaa, and for same months past had let off part of her house tc* the prosecutor and his with: In his examination prosecutor stated that on Monday last lie had some broth and also n Mutto for his dinner. The ,cstable witt. hinal but they did not -kbout a cupful; and. soon became prisOners sat at the san taste the broth ; he too very sick; He afterwards went to his work; and r about ten•o'clock in the evening; ; he went into n th, gently, and he then saw the- prisoner Hannan wit a in her hid; his wife •wnti standing by her taking some thing out ofthe . paper with her finger and thumb, whi ch she put into an iron saucepan which was standing on tlis hearthstone: They did not observe the pvosccutor; and Hanson sad to his wife, " pots had better put a-little more in; we are-dallving too long with him, we shall be found out :" or something to that effiict, he could not remember thi precise - word! His wife then took something - more out o put it into the the paper, am. r ducepan. Hank to pass the prosecutor, so he stepped quickly int( a bad the n, and savr her go up st d. 'He beard s with the pa turn in a-Pdoor, and then Hans( came down s without the paper. Preseentio- noN joined them, and they asked him- if he would hF.ve_ an. sunner. He replied that he did not want any, as he: caul; thin'_n•icnd - went awn!. asked his wife NOzt . morn. , ---- ehather he was tio come home to hi Ihe was to take it • with him dinner or not, a She tt►i would LIVEINPOOL COUNTY MRT—TnuRsDAt UtFORt I! A. — IIULTotr, ESQ CLAIM A GALVA' A IeAVIMAY COMPiInY. —B II A N tr, THE LONDON AND'. NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. — This was an action brought by Mr. Edward Brancker, of 19, Sweeting-street;, iti• this town, to recover the sum of £5 ls, an - alleged overcharge made by the defendants for conveying two horses' from London to Liverpool. The case was heard on the 11th instant, but adjourned for the pro duction of further clic:Fence: Mr. lime appear d for the plaintiff, and Mr. Conway,- barrister, instructed- by•Meisrs. Bienkinsop, Berry, and Co: ; for the defendants. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff, that on the 2nd February be purchased two entire horseS in London, or the „ la, and gave instructions for them to be for per the7tondon and North Western town- he saw the haoking r-r-the carriage 'of t ' walded to o horses .. Nvs. Liverpool and was told that the usual charge :,.. On the following clay ~, u . horses at Li me -st ree t het is astonisia 4' to find that £lO 2 3 was , Of , ...- their carioge, being doable fare. Tiffs 11 rAt reNsed to pav, en the ground that he had, -- 1 - 9t the tasthn-square station that the. 6d. per hot , the went to r :ton, when he ' , .(1 of hint for their cart urn he at £5 Is. The - company's servants, bow -4,3 payment of £lO Zs, but ultimately emoney unde'protest ; and now, con- evm.:'insisted u Mr: Biancker p iefence, adir overchar( that th^ 4r. Conway, for , • sum charged in . ' tins the protection al hat each entire he lv cliar7ed for tl!,c conveyance were entire horses, and tended:. the were of the -third SC( company required separate box, which for Dr ordinary al-nod coup I delivery of the I I don't kaow what to give - you; there is nc at the broth, and you are too saueykto eat it %ve him some broth in a pitcher,: anal a little matte ar, he took the broth to Mr. Smitl .-„ lilvice of a chemist, in Whifefr to have it ex we state as he h xactly in the Defective Sm here produc mall paper .pan containinA ..,,enclosed in an envelope, wino' had found in a clOseV! in Mrs. Hansen t s room, and Prosecutor said the parcel was exactlplike the one he 1 wife and; it seen in the nossession•ot Motday evening, but it•was not then in an envelope. Ali ginith, chemist, then brilly stated that he had made an analysis of the broth produced, and found that it contained arsenic. The prisoners were then remanded until Wednes day next, bail for the present being refused. THE " OCEAN BRIDE." TO THE EDITOR OF'THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,L-In an extract copied into - your paper of Tuesday last from the New Orleans;. Creseent,• my , ship is reported..to have been detained: at the bar of the MisSissippi. Such statement being entirely erroneous, I respectfully solicit space in your valuable journal for it's correction. The .• Ocean Bride did not stop at the bar, but passed it on the 12th April, arriving .at Liverpool on the 11th May-- thus making the . pas Sage from port to port - in twenty-nine days - Mean-tin:re. . The ship has discharged • her cargo in excellent order,.and is now preparing to receive, from .Mr.. Frackelton, passenger broker, of No. 70, - Waterloo-road, a 7 full complement of Passengers for conveyance to Quebec, to which port she has carried, safely and satisfactorily, during -the last two years, several thousand emigrants.—l am, sir, yours, Sze., Alas Alan. Master ..of the ship Ocean Bride. Blamley-Moore Dock, Liverpool, April 21,1859. ~-~--- MR. HEYWOOD ANDsTHE BALLOT. TO THE EDITOR OF NORTHERN TIMES S'ir,-Permit me to call attention to the in— the s tency of .9e±!l!e,s,Nik7, support of the Ballot. '" - At ' Manchester and Wrga,n:he said : • "Unless the Ballot be compulsory, 99 out of every WO will vote openly." At *Liverpool he said: !'-I:am-aware that a number of men prefer to vote openly,: and in the-light of day, but, I say, a great number will not do so." Are not these the arguments of my opponents ; I trust he is mis-reported.,--Fours, BALLOT-BOX. -..-.. e.........----..-... Mr. John Bagshaw, I M.P.- for: Harwich, was on ljudi'ented a bankrupt Thursday „ No - SHIP SHOULD GO TO • SEP, without . one of Saunders find Co.'s Patent Self-cleansing Charcoal Filters, cased and a tted-up expressly for use on ard ship. Note the address, SAUNDERS & CO., 16, Parker-street, Liverpool. MYSTERIOUS DBAYPEARANCE OV AN ENGLISHMAN IN PDTV6-7...iegt.ters___froni Sf (12papne.v of Tunis) inform us 0„,aa,,, about twenty-five miles north-of Sfax, had disap peared; and had not been heard of for nine days. Several European residents of Sfax have: been to the spot, but can find.no trace of him, excepting his scarf torn into many pie:Ts in a well. He is supposed to bare left Scebba for Sfax very early on the morning of I,9th of March, and had with him a sum of money,--about 10,000 piastres; so it is generally believed that he was murdered on the way: Several persons Hiring at Seebba , have been arrested on suspicion ; but nothing further than the above has been elicited.—. Malta Times, April 1.. Cu awts Ihs-ropaca.i , FACT. -- During the troubles in the reign of Charles 1., a country girl came to London in search of a place as a servant-maid, but not succeeding, she hired herself to carry out beer,from.a brew-house, and was one of those called tub-women , The. brewer, observing a good-looking girl in this low occupation, took her into his family as a•servant, and, after a. short time, married her, but he died while she was a young.wornan, and left her the bulk of his fortune. The business. of the brewery was dropped, and the young w oman was. rec ommended to Mr. Hyde, as a skilful lawyer, to • arrange: her husband's affairs., Hyde, who was afterwards the Earl of Clarendon, finding the widow's fortune very considerable, married her. Of this marriage there was no other issue than a daughter, who was afterwards the wifoof James 11., and mother of Mary and Anne, Queens of Englatul—Review, or Country Gentleman's journal. ExTRAoRDINA.ux AND-, USEFUL. INVENTION.—There •is nothine , that housewives complain of with greater trtithfut!- ness, than the . baking sof some , favourite piece of glass, •, - or re ear thenware.. in hundreds of cases such reeto . mak4 . under the provisions entitled them nings cam) , ee .........._ , The latter want - has beertobviated by an extraea.-- - effective invention, by Mr. Adshead, of Derby Pottery e near Derby. It is a cementaliatmay be said to heal, in a per feet manner, all eracks•ancl breaks in the articles spohen•of , and not only in these, hut in. marble, alabaster, &c. The benefit of this artiele•neeel not be dwelt on. We haye-seen some of its effects at. Mt. Hall's, our neighbour's, and: the glass that has been •cemeateci:by . it is stronger in that, pert than in any other. - • Theartiebe is very cheap, anclagehouse can be long withoutait. Mn. Hall is the agent for its, sale in Liverpool, and all interested can judge for tbeineelvea by looking in at his establishment. Agent for Liverpool;. E. T. Hall, 23, Soutle,John-steeet. Sold in bottles, la each, or sent free on receipt of sixteen postage stamps. N.B.— None are genuine,. except bearing the signature, "E. T. Hall." THE FIRST BERME DRINKING F0i.71 , .4-TAIN,IN LoiS-DON. On Thursday,. the intcresting ceremony of opening the first. public drinking fountain was performed by; Mrs.. Wilson, the daughtcof the itxchbishop of Canterbury; in the pre sence of a. large cozwourse of people, The fountain is situated at the corner-of Giltspur-street andi Skinner-street, by St. Sepulchre's Church. The hour Axed. for the eere meny was-three o'clock, and long before that hour a vast number of people of all descriptions . assembled in the vicinity. Shortly before three o'cleelirs_ 'Willson arrived at St. Sepulchre's Church, where that- lad e was received by- Lord Beidstock (who was accompanied; la - Lady Radstock. and the lion, Miss Waldegrave), the• Rev. J. Jackson (the incumbent), Mr. Harvey, the chairman, . and NT,. Potter; the aiee-ehairmen, of the West London Union, c • COURT OF. EXCHEWEIIe and alarge cumber of other isfinential personages. Mrs.. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief 'Baron Poteoex, Willeon we conducted to the fountain, which was uncoeered, \ Barons MARTIN, BaKAIWELL, and CHNSNELL,) arAdisplayed a crystal jet clewater, She then spoke as ' SifINFEN T. SwINFEN. -Amos, epaelesx THE LORD follows:—" lam deputed to,express the hope of his grace XTRAORDINARY CAPTURE OP AN. EAGLE.—A week or Cv-iNcELLort..—This was a n action arising cad of the cause the -Archbishop of Canterbury and his family that the. fou two since a fine eagle was caught bY the sons of Dr. Walness, of Swinfen v. Swinfen, and the qmstion• involved is the right , tain now. to be opened may be only the . first among maay near Varna, township of Stanley. It appears that aness, o x of counsel to enter into a compromise without consulting :similar erections, and that the supply thus g . iven , of are had died and was laying out on the bind, and a spring.. trap their clients, The plaintiff in., this case is Mrs. Sivinfees watee may prove in every respect as • beneficiel as it ianst had been placed near the Carcase with the view of catehing 1 and the Lord Chancellor, as Sit Freditriek Thesiger, wee alweys be agreeable.' (I,o,ace.eis.) Mr. Po ll then handed. whatever !game" might offer: On visiting the trap a ftw ' her leading counsel in n action' Under her husband's will: to Mrs. Will Son a handsome silver cup, whieleshe filled with mornings after, a splendid eagle was discovered caught by against the heir-at-law. In that case the noble and; water and drank of. Lord one of its feet. The bird, which is believed to be a ye'ang learned lord entered into an arratgement with counsel the assemblage, pointing eat the great goodthat must result Radstock then briefiy.stclaierhessoendly one, is of a brown. colour, with white head and 'tail. s h ee t on the other side, without first consulting his anent,: from the erection:of these fountains, and on behalf of the legs, and feathered to the feet. The species is net exac tly whereby the estate was to go to the heir-at-law on certain association formed for their construction, expreseeed a eonfi determiaed, but is Ke ashiy the common Amerkau }l e o . terms ; and Mrs. Swinfen brings . this action 't.e , recover dent . hope that' mny ' people would, avail. themselves It measures seven feet across the wings from tiP to tip, ande compensation in damages for au alleged pecuniary loss in of this coaling draught, and also that it would be the does not appear to suffer from its eolfinemerA.—Middlesex conseauence. The Att o rney-General, as counsel . for the anxious ee.deavour of all persons to prevent, if possible, any Peototoe. - .. i Lord chancellor, said' this easo had been set down for trial damage being dune to the fountains. The . R ev . J . ee e rre t tu h ri e riel f us o hte n i n : t g ail i to tt t ..4 l:;;; ase , e n ap e; : mb as pour i t n etio • TliE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION AT DuNDEE.—It . now at the late Staffexd assizes, but in consequence. of the great 'Jackson, also made a similar appeal to the public to protect appears that 19 lives have been lost ;by the explosion on inconvenience that 'would, arise from the attendance as wit- the fountain frem damage. The proceedings, Friday, and that 14 sufferers so;vive, most of whom are nesses of the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common occupied a few minutes, then terminated, and the company p ro gressing favourably, The accident will, it is said, throw Pleas, and other "judicial Personages, the- venue had been a*urned to the vestry-room, where a very interesting ofT3hoeo.Lpoegrsioensspiorn:,tthoigf:emmilnllooyfinmenetssfrosr. s A on . .le an w d eek D s . changed to Middlesex or London, - at, the option of the address b dr ei e i ss ef evas presente clbya i3 de o s s p i n b t i a e t i ebnenferofimt would . accrue of t o comeupwards defendant. The noble defendant was Most anxious to have Newgate-market to Mrs. Gurney,. the wife of Mr. SMuel Edward and Co. is one of the largest in Dundee. About 30 the case tried; but as he (the Attoinev-General) would net Gurney, m.P., thanking the hen, gentleman for hiskinaliess peons were usually, employed in that part of the premises be here for the next fortnight, it would be a . matter of eau- andoniplkiiebeerspraawrlti in which the ex lesion Occurred: =l-n Investigation is being veldeack that the case should net come on at the sitlings ' that the greatest made into the 'cause of the accident by the Procurator after this term, The Lord Chief Baron said it was -enuSual those enkag,ed in the market from the existent* of So great Fiscal," and professional engineers hi‘ve teen employed to to. take s pecial juries at the sittings after this term;: and, so a boon. The assemblage then dispersed, alai a number of examine the boilers. The bodies of the deceased suirereee far as he knew of the case, there was nothing to #to require :o r have all been interred either II their reAtttiris or by the that the rnto should he adhered to. The ease will, there- by . persons appointed to watch, that the propricitors of Ow wo4a, ' I fore, not IN taken a the sitaillis after irgwity Term, . . :0 . 1: i ii i :th i . . • Gftheir ac Ire also sub- ;tanee was made . . 31. -Ins, the plaintiff's ed ; and he called T Eanxthn and also ."that a. maw named Simpkins. who took them to the Easton— Nuare statflrr, signed a " nil , 'note," which set forth that abe transmission of the hm7smr wns by speriril agreement. !Mr. .RusserP,' one 4 the har4iii.7-clorks at Etiston-square, produced the eonnterpart of .he " risk note" or contract under which- the horses were fixwacledto LiVerpool, stating positively tart the signature Lpon it was the signature of :Siinpkin - s, the man who sbipret . ' the two entice horses for Mt. Ilrancker, on the 3rd of Febinary last. He also stated tha: t it was. the custom of the company to charge double fattier the carriage of entire hones. Mr. Hiine submitted that there had been no proof of a •special contract having been - entered' into between the parties: In the first place the-63rd section of the company s - act • did not authorise —I , Proceedings as were attempted to be set up —.ill in the second place, Cie . company .ight whatever 1 . .6 an increr.so- of toll, teh -It was their duty to do. It' was said' that Mr. -- -xi-4d some One that the horses in question were therefore "attveemtra to . it:for their caikd upon the company rossess • to .aitet their '-ftl,..ed tolls, upon in this matter ; shown no I trinsraissioN bt Kr. Hi any a they might Lectared 11 they acimow ney mere ti My. • --- -- the plaintiff,' that they had a right to alter those rates. It was not-shown that they had complio with the Common Carriers' Act in having displayed in some-public. place their tariff of tolls, and there-was nothing in , support of this extra charge lint the fps.e dixit of Mr. Rn tom of tl that it was.-Thp • ..,gorriage ) charge double 4- oi" - ~,corhltted that the note . of entirorses, ' .. r .. ll ?Tho a the b oaqes-. to , the station was si g l) AAtelicat- Mr. Brancker was li. - fo/*& for the payment cif the , excessive charge. A servant or other ostler could never be held to have authority to bind 'his principal in that manner - he might have just as well 'bound him in a contract-MI , the payment of £5O, if that--'argument was to be held good. Then as to the special sc-rvices-spoken of, he denie I that any had been rendered. Mni Conway : We farnisheditccommodation for three horses -for one ;- that is our speciabservice, and for which we clarai to be paid. Mr. Hime apprehended that that was not any•zpecial'service within the• meaning of the act of parliatnent. A-Slighter case of."'apecial services was never heard. There was no evidence - to show that the company know-:what the horses were ;• and' if they thought proper to• put one••horse into a box which would hold three, that could net.-.be held to be a special•serviee according to the meaning:;of-theuet. It was their ititeg to point out to the party when the contract was made that such special service would be necessary ; but there was not the slightest evidence that - they made any such- contract, or that any special service was rendered. His H0n0r...v.-gave judgment for the plaintiff for £2 108. 6d. i1•r7c,1,1 fl A Ise_ Alt The in tuts dealer:- of Great Oxford-street, sought to• recover £1 7s 6d. from. the Great Western Railway Company, who have offices in James-street, Liverpool; for damage done.to one of a set of chairs-during their transit from Bath to this town. Mr. Ptestotu of Chester, appeared on *half oftho.company. It appeared that on the 30th of Yule last-:the chairs were delivered to the servants of the company at Bath by a Mr. Hiles,: of that city, who, at the time of such:delivery, signed are ownee&risk note, which set fortfih at the goods enumerated therein• were to be conveyed at a speciiii•redticed charge below the company's ordinary rate, in consideration of the connuurr being freed from any risk for , loss,- damage, &c; in- rehttion to the coaveying or delivery- of• the goods, however. caused, the company not undertaking . the duties of common carriers ~ ;rider this agreement.. Mr. Weston tate(' that on the ,arrival of the chi ns in. Liverpool .sole of them . sre more or less damaged, and one of was broken, the damage amounting . to 21 7s. 6d, for Aliehhe applied to the company, who referred' him to the narty by whom Cle„ articles were consigned to. Mr. "sk note, signed by-Mr. Hiles, observing tioe for breach of contract it must Tteston plat in the n, LI fitst be proved that any breach of contract had been made. . ;An explicitly stated?u.pon the risk note, ,in consideration of the reduction of rates of transit, the company were ab solTed from any - itek as insurers ; they . were not common carriers accordsi: to the strict meaning of the Act of Tharliament, and, therefore, did not insure the delivery of gpods free from iittnT., ,, e ; if they dido,they. - would of course require extra premiums. His Honour, observing that it • was clear, from,the note produced; . that , the goods were eorananv on the understanding that they BIRKEI D POLICE OUR' -THURSDAY REIORS.FAV. MR. FIELDEN AND Sinceoss yont CAB FARE.---A•-cab-driler, named John King, surnraonea Mr. Cunningham for 2s 4d, fare from Woodside to. the Britannia Tamil, Tranthere. The fare, according: to:the rules laid down,: was, for 1,000 yards, 8d; not excocaing 1,700 yards, and for every other 700 yards, ?additional. Mr. Cunningham said that 1s wa' the legal; fare, Which he offered to. pay. The tance was not, accordipg to delendapt, much over half-a-mile. The Magistrates decided that the plaintiff intended extortion, arwt decided that one s him ag .was the legal fare. The pirdintiff „refused to take the shilling, and the defeat:ant - cooly pocketed it • „ .64138EU7 ON Stitr-aq.up..— A boy, about 14 years or ago &co ok on board the liebe,, l y in g in the 13irken h.a, 'dDck, was charged with. stealing 44 10s., the propprty of an apprenti•copn.board that vessel. It would appear that the apprentice had 44 103 in his locker, and tkist an the morning on_whieh the money was missed, the only persons who - had visited t1 , ..k, cabin was the captain and , the•prisoner. A polite-offieer, of Liverpool, said he saw ,t4 s pnsoner in Liverpool - dr - uak. There was a sovereign • --s silver on him, and he had bought a new suit of The prisoner plead s+ guilty. He will be pent to AILI some oldibar reformatory - -Mary Murphy, in g woman SERIES OF itcnuptrE , about 20 years o f ...tang two glasses, a pewter halt-putt . measure, and three bottle of various sizes, coutainuT whiskey, from different public and beer-houses.. All tr? property, with the exception of the whiskey bottles, was identified. She NvP- committed to Chester Castle for, fourteen days, with hard labour. . was .charged With STEALINO;. Bit stealing thr.e,.paint 7 -James Townlow was charged with gushes, the property of Mr. Gunnell, Discliarcr o ed. ow. Wm. Power , and Win. Baldwin, reating a disturbance at the Emigrant ions evening. They wanted to go on hip, as they said they were passengers. passengers, and they refused to go away_ to be detained until paid. CASE.—Hannah Farrell was charged with having her beerhouse open at ten minutes past twelve o'clock on Sunday last. The officer said, on that morning - , he saw nine men come out of the defendant's house. The defendant admitted selling beer at the time stated. 00 t he following night, at 2:a minutes to 12 o'clock, four Wed were in the house drinking, all more or less drunk. Fi of New Brighton KICILING UP A. were charged Depot, ort . the borirci l we rn i g They were nc F6ed in. ss. i D RUNK AND IN‘CAPABLP..—James O'Neil. a car driver, and incapable was charged wa being drunk an d disorderly, a taking care of his horse. 110 was driving very_ furiously, on Thursday- last, down Holt -hill, Tranmere. Fined in 5s and costa., It being intimated that if it had not been for his previous good conduct, the magistrates 'wool have deprived him of his license, 20s and costs