Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-16 00:00:00

WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. The Royal Mail Company's steamer, La Plata, arrived at Southampton on Sunday, with the West Indian mails and 229 passengers, among whom are Mr. Allan Wa 8.M., Consul, from Costa Rica, and Deputy Commissary-General Bland, from Jamaica. The latest dates by this arrival are Honduras, May 17 ; S tnta Martha and Chagres. 23; Grey Town, 19 ; Carthagena, Grenada, and St,. Vincent, 26; Jamaica and Barbadoes, 27; Jacmel, St. La pia. Martineque, Guadaloupe, and Dominique 28 ; Porto Rico, Antigua, Montsterrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, and Tortola, 29 ;'Demerara, 25 ; Trinidad, 25 ; and S. Thomas, the 31st ult. The La Plata brings on frieght in specie, 1,059,734 dots , 515 serons cochineal, 3 serons indigo, 93 cases cigars, 147 bales tobacco, 84 casks of coffee, 53 hales sarsaparilla, 95 cssks ginger, 12 kegs honey, 1 barrel wax, one case shells, 8 cases succades, 72 bales hark, 8 cases plants, and 66 packages of sundries. THE WEST INDIES. Up to the 31st ult the date of the La Plata leaving St Thomas, yell , w fever still continued to rage without any prospect of abatement. The La Plata has also lost seven of her crew from this fatal disease since leaving St. Thetnas. From the KINGSTON journals we learn that. the William Hammond, troop-ship, with a detachment of the 41st regiment, having smallpox on board, have been admitted to Pratique. The sick have been landed at the Apostles Battery, and the remainder have been landed at Kingston, and marched up to Newcastle. BARBADOES —The weather has considerably im proved for crop operations (luring the past fortnight, and the staple productions are being manufactured and brought to the shipping port with all possible lespatch. The young cane crop, notwithstanding the continued dry weather, wears a healthy and vigorous aspect. With regard to trade, the condition and prospects of the E iglish sugar market,reported by the packet on Thursday, has imparted increased excitement to the local produce market. Sugar is now worth from 7/ dols to 8 dols ; molasses, 44c ; rum, 50c to 560. Planters are expecting a further rise. Colonial Bank exchanges are as follows :- 90 days, 475 dols ; 60 days, 4771 dols ; 30 days, 480 dols, per £lOO sterling. DEMERAIIA.—The weather has been very wet, and the rainy season had fully set in. Trade was dull. TonnFge abundant, and freight scarce. From the Demerara Gazette we learn that the mortality on board the Merchantman, emigrant ship from Calcutta, had exceeded anything that has ever occurred in the records of immigration to that colony ; 113 died on the voyage, 60 were con veyed to the hospital on their arrival, and of those five died on being landed, and several others subsequently expired in the hospital. Many died of cholera during the passage down the Hooghly, and many more of dysentry and diarrhoea, betore they reached the Cape ; ship fever then broke out with fearful virulence, and the whole of the ship become a sort of general hospital, in which the sick and the healthy were-indiscriminately huddled up together. Our GRENADA papers to hand contain no news of importance. The island still continues healthy. Slight showers of rain had fallen almost daily, doing great good to the young canes and provision grounds. JAMAICA commercial flour sales, are 1,200 brls. al 39s per brl, and market firm thereat. Hams are plentiful, and dull of sale ; 8d has been accepted for recent lots. Lard sales at 41 to 10d per lb. Pimento, none at market. Soap, no demand at all. Tobacco : cavendish, is lid to is 211 per lb; leaf,9ss • per bale Rum,sales at 4s; proof, 18s. Coffee is worth 45s per 100 lbs for ordinary. Butter, we note a sale of American at 10d. Cornmeal, late receipts have been sold 22s to 235. Maekrel, sales at 38s. Corn, new wanted. Codfish, sales of late receipts at 18s 6:1 to 19s for tierces, and 19s to 21s for boxes, according to quality. Salmon, sales of tierces ; Hudson's Bay Company's at £1 16s per tierce; pork, sales of mess, at 126 s to 128 s per barrel. Exchange on London, Jamaica, and Colonial Bank, 90 days',l per cent prem ; 60 days', 1 per Scat.dlrpm • al Q. wv Y 0 . 1.1 ,nrsewatias-mi1a, 13 4 - isek cent. prem. SOUTH PACIFIC. CHILE dates are to April 30th. The political trials in Santiago are not yet concluded, they afford but little interest to the public- The ex pedition which started to explore an interoceanic communication by the river Negro, has returned, the party not being organized on a sufficiently large scale to effect their object. Sr. Astaburuaga, minister from Chile to Costa Rica, was about to sail irt the Chilian national brig Ancud. The pur port of his instructions has not been made public. The convent of the missionaries are Chiloe has been destroyed by fire, loss about 150,000 dollars. BouvtA.—Dates from La Paz are to the 28th April. On the 15th the President left La Paz for a tour through the interior, accompanied by the army and a large staff, The fever is still on the increase at La Pac, and also attacked the town of Tapacari, fifteen leagues from Cochabamba. PERlL—bates from Lima are to May llth The revolution may be considered as concluded Vivanco is at Arequipa with a small force, but without means. It is thought he will make no further demonstration against • the government On the 19th inst. the Peruvian fleet at the Chinchas surrendered to the government. The Loa, Huaras, Isehuca, and Guise were at anchor at Callao ; the Apurimac was to be surrendered within eight days. A private letter from Lima says : " Business here is becoming active ; the buying season for the interior opens with good prospects, and in Tackna and the South, large sales have been made for Bolivia, while copper ores find easy access to the coast since the opening of the Arica and Tacna railway, which promises well. THE CHINCH; ISLANDS PLACED UNDER THE PRO TECTION OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE —A Lima cor respondent, under the date of May 12th, gives us thofollowiagpiece of important, information— The c nventiOn here clo;ed their secret session last night on the question of English and French protectorate of the Chincha Islands. They vote this day, anq may have done so at this moment, as it is expected, favourably. If so, the advice may be in time to send to Europe and the Milted States by this mail. H. B. M ship Satellite, Captain Prevost, had sailed for Vancouver's Island. Captain Prevost has been appointed Chief Commissioner by the Queen to settle, in conjunction with the U. S. Commis sioners the Oregon Boundary Question. GUATEMALA. —Dates are to the 30th April. On the 11th a convention was signed in Guatemala between that Republic and Peru, by which the former gives its adherence to the treaty called ‘` Continental,' entered into in September, 1856, between Peru, Chile, and Ecuador, and to which Costa Rica has lately subs gibed. On the 20th, a further treaty of frienii,hip. commerce, and navigation, was signed between the two before-named Republics. The Ecclesiastical Cabildo, in order to encourage the culture of coffee, have reduced their tithe on that product to one per cent for ten years, reckoning from Ist of March last. SAN SALVADOR.—We are in receipt of files of the Gaceta del Salvador (published in Cojutipeque), from 26th of March to 2nd of May. Congress has au) h onsed the government to negotiate a Concordat with the Holy See. It has also ordered a full-length portrait of General Morezan to be placed in the saloon of the Assembly. A decree of April 17th, orders that those who leave the state in order to avoid the payment of the forced loan requir, d for war purposes cannot return without special per mission of the government, and paying up the amount of their contributions. COSTA RICA.—FIom San Jose de Costa Rica we have the Oronica de Costa Rica to May 9th, and the Weekly Album to the 7th. The news from the seat of war is not so late as that received by the St. Marys. We translate the following from the review of the month of April, published in the Cronica of May 9th. The exportations of coffee from January Ist to April 30th has been, according to registered returns, 94,114 quintals, but it is well known that the amount exceeds 100,000 quintals. During the same period over $200,000 in specie has been imported to pay for this article of export. The railway from Punta Arenas to the Barranca progresses rapidly. A new bridge is to be built over the Barranca river, and a wharf is about to be constructed in Punta Arenas. Several pieces of areolites, weighing from five to seven pounds, fell near Alajuela from the meteor which was seen on the Ist of April. On the 7th of May, 101 guns announced to the people of San Jose the occupation of Rivas by the Allies. General Mora, with his division of the army, was expected at San Jose on the 13th. Great preparations were being made to give him an enthusiastic reception. The Cronica gives all due credit to Captain Davis for his humane interference to save the lives of Walker and his followers, and also speaks in the highest credit of his noble conduct. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, TUESDA Y JUNE 16, t 857. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam packet Tagus, Captain-Christian, Admiralty agent, Lieut. Brydges, R.N., arrived at Southampton yesterday with the Peninsular mails. Her dates were :—Gibraltar, June 6 , Cadiz, 7 ; Lisbon, 9 ; Oporto, 10; Vigo, 11. She brought 74 passengers. She left at Gibraltar, on the 6th inst., H.M.S.S. Vulture and Redpole ; at Lisbon, on the 9th, H.M.S. Princess Royal. H.M.S. Curlew left Gib ra►ter for England on the sth June; also the Adelaide, transport, with the 96th Regiment, on the 4th. Our Lisbon correspondent writes on the Bth : The day before yesterday a eibinet council deliberated upon the important subject of the marriage of Don Pedro V., and yesterday a royal message was delivered to both Chambers of the Cortes by the Marquis de Soule, to the effect that be was charged by his Majesty to communicate that the time had arrived for choosing a royal consort ; that the negotiations for this purpose were now in a for ward state, and that he could assure the peers and deputif s that the choice had fallen upon a princess in every way worthy to become Queen of Portugal. In both Chambers the royal message was received with applause and demonstrations of general satisfaction. There are many stories abroad as to who is the bride elect; bet the name has not transpired publicly. It is most probably a daughter of the Bing of Bavaria, although some people assert that the royal choice has fallen upon a S axon princess, whom they say his Majesty saw at Dresden. Be this as it mav, the prevailing impression is that the Kiog has not yet seen the future qaeen, but that the courtship has been of that formal and diplomatic style which is comprised in an exchange of portraits and letters. There is every reason to believe that the Concordat with his Holiness as it stands at present will be altogether rejected by the Corte•; the objectionable pain's appear so numerous that a revision of the entire business will probably be required. The Diario do Governo has officially published the project of law, and the contract provisionally concluded with Sir MortonPeto,for the construction of the Oporto Railway. In foreign exchanges the rate on London was a shade higher for this packet, paper being more abundant. Some paper was at first offered at 533 at .90 days, at which some small transactions ' were effected, but all finally gave way to 534, some paper still remaining undone at this rate for want of money. The stock market continues very dull. THE COMORE ISLANDS. A letter from the island of Mayotte, near Mada— gascar, of the 24th January, in the Moniteur de la Flotte, says : Information has been received of very serious distur bances having broken out at Anyouan, one of the Comore Islands. Some members of the family of the Sultan have revolted against his authority and attempted to dethrone and assassinate him. His cousin, Prince Mongue Alanoi, discharged a musket at him, the ball of which passed just ever the Sultan's head. Mongue Alaoui then took to flight, killing a sentinel who attempted to stop him. On the following day, hostilities commenced between the partisans of the Sultan and those of his adversary. After fighting the whole day, the victory remained on the side of the Sultan, seven men on both sides having been killed. Some days after these events, propositions were msde by a third party to effect a reconciliation between the opponents. The Sultan appeared to accede with agood grace to this pro posal, but scarcely had Prince Mongue Alaoui entered the apartment in which the reconciliation was to take place Omni. The Satan also CaitsecrLA:ince Sidi Monken, who had declared against him, to be arrested. These events appear to have been provoked by abuses of power on the part of the Sultan, who, at the instigation of two of his ministers, removed from near his person some members of his family. Prince Mongue Alaoui then determined to raise the standard of revolt. Mongue Alaoui has been strangled in his prison. ANOTHER NEW CLIPPER SHIP FOR AUSTRALIA, It would seem that it is almost a daily portion of news, to chronicle new ships destined for the " land where gold groweth ;" and it was wellisaid some time ago by one of t . t* most extensive shipowners in the trade, that the fleet would increase daily, and he would be glad of it. This prophecy has all but been fulfilled within the last two years. If the trade between this and the colony, and vice versa, had not rapidly increased, we would not have (at least weekly) to record the introduction of the fine vessels that we describe. This week again, that pleasing task falls to our lot. We have to mention the name of the " Albion" (and an appropriate name it is), a Flipper. announced to be despatched by the well-known house of Tapscott and Co., in this month, from Liverpool for Melbourne. In the abstract, a fine ship is a pleasing thing to to look at; but when she undergoes a thorough inspection, and all her beauties are examined in detail, then, indeed, to the landsman. the wonder is, how such floating worlds can he so elegantly constructed and fitted for the intended pur pose. The Albion is truly a noble ship to look up al; and, without disparagement to the numerous vessels in the trade, she may be said to be as fine a model as any that skim the blue waters; and, as her namesake is the pride of all lands, she may not inaptly be called "Albion, the Pride of the Ocean," a few words about her construc tion and materials may be offered here. She is built of the best Virginia and live oak together. The workman. ship, as will at once be observed, is of a very superior description, and a combination of strength and symrnetery has been accomplished. Her dimensions are as follows : Her length, 200 feet; beam, 38 feet; and depth of hold, 25 feet; Her registered tonnage is eet down at 1,400 tons, but it is said she will carry about 2,500, as her stowage and carrying capacity on light draught is very great, as proved by her voyage here, which was also a remarkably quick and successful one. The advantage of experience has rendered the accommodation for passengers by this ship of a superior order. Of the grand saloon much need not be said, as it is complete in all respects, having loung ing, smoking, bath, and retiring rooms attached. It is, however, limited in extent, as the greater portion of the ship is destined for the comfort and convenience of second class, intermediate, and steerage passengers. To this important and always most numerous class of emigrants, the greatest attention has been paid by the owners. The second cabin is a flee poop-house, usually set apart in other ships for first-elasz, passengers. This is amply and elegantly fitted for about 100 passengers, and is over eight feet in height, with the best mode of ventilation, and as much light as if a house on shore. This compartment is also well provided for with closets and bath rooms. &c., all superbly fitted with furniture, both for use and orna ment. The between decks are fully nine feet high in the clear; and here, too, passengers are provided for in every respect, and the intermediate and steerage inhabitants of this portion of the noble ship, have nothing more to wish for than the accommodation she affords, and the attention that has been bestowed on everything conducive to health and comfort en a sea voyage. Auy one inspecting the vessel will bear out these observations. The culinary and cooking departments of the ship are ample and complete. Much attention has been given to this important portion of the vessel; and here may be mentioned, that the victu alling stores are supplied with provisions of the first class, and in quantities much beyond what the act of parliament allows. The house, in this respect, is long and well known for its liberality. There is a fine promenade round the poop and also on the flash deck, so that none can complain for the want of air and exercise, as both can be enjoyed withont interruption. With all these attributes, she possesses one more, though last not least, and that is in her commander, wbo is a gentleman long connected with the emigration trade both to America and Aus tralia. and the number of handsome testimonials which have been presented to him, prove his abilities as a sailor, and his kind and polite attention as a gentleman. The house, too, is so well known in the passenger trade, that with all these adjuncts, the Albion must prove a very desirable ship for Australian passengers. COMMIL —UNCOMMON OCCURRIENCE.--_-Last week. a cow a , Cowdenproduced a c4lf with two beads and neck.— Perthshire Curier. EARTHQUAIE IN GXRMANT.—The Leipzig Gazette, of the the Br : b, says that at three in the afternoon of the previous day a shock of an earthquake, which lasted some minutes, was felt in that town. It was likewise felt at Reichenbach, in the Voigtland, al Zivieglan, at Elster, and at Scwartzenberg. The shock is stated to have been strong enough to shake the widows and disturb light pieces of furniture. allowed, while referring to " certificates,' to notice the epithet " captain" or " master." I remember the pleasure with which (when a youth) I heard details of the glorious conduct of merchant seamen in the China Sea, when they so gallantly defeated a formidable squadron of an 80 gun ship and three frigates under Admiral Linois. A fleet of Indiamen deliberately hove to held a short council, beat to arms, and fought off their assailants ; refilled their sails, and then pursued a course their foes were afraid to follow. I think this bears so strongly on the question before the public, that it is well to remark that the Government of the day, admiring valour and patriotism, wherever found, conferred for bravery and self-devotion both rank and uniform on all the East India Company's service—the bravery of a part of its marine, ennobled in some degree the whole,—those absent had the merit of courage and loyalty, because those menaced had been proved to possess it. Now, when we consider that our country in a huge war has recently been aided by the courage and energy, and ne less devotion and loyalty of the Mercantile Marine, without whose transports war must have been protracted; and merchant shipmasters, ever ready to defend their country, without the stimulant of promotion or reward, and not fighting for their personal security, to evade captivity, nor even to protect their owners' interests ; but having free choice to dare the fight or work in peaceful commerce, perilled their lives, and used such energy as never was surpassed, while. I believe, only one of them has received a war medal.* Would it not, yet, sir, be a graceful act for a British senate, who have of late witnessed the giving of rewards to grand children of long passed heroes—would it not be a noble act to say to these "masters" of the merchant service, " Thanks for your recent timely help ; henceforth be no mere ' masters'—be ye captains' or ' commanders,' subordinate to our navy. Thus tike your well-earned rank in social life, and strive to adorn it, as did your prelecessors." My own experience of the East India Service convinces me that nothing tended more to continue that ser vice as one of •' gentlemen," than the small but wise concession in the powers that were, in bestowing rank and uniform, and nourishing thereby, the seeds of self respect which are not rarely met with in our youths; I would venture to predict that, let a well arranged scale cf nautical mercantile rank be initiated, and we not only open a large and tempting field for honourable occu pation to many young men, who otherwise would crowd the church, or law, or medicine, but we pro vide for future years a more efficient, because organ ised, band of bold defenders of our Empire, we raise our master seamen to a higher social scale, and, from their example, self-respect will spread throughout the ship; and thus we shall secure the maintenance of our sovereignty of the ocean. Neglect this, and some future war may cherish dis content, and even the puny midshipman of naval grade may fan this discontent into a conflagration. Ask veterans commanding stately merchant ships. who served their Queen and country in the Crimean war, what was it that rankled in their manly breasts when often these mere boys denied them before their crews the title which, by common courtesy, is due and given, and tauntingly and pointedly style them " Master?" That such was not the practice of the " naval officer and the gentleman" towards his humbler fellow men of war can be no reason why it should be borne, that wounds from a middy's dirk-like tongue should longer be allowed? It rankles still in many a good man's memory. I know it.—l have, &c., S. M. SAXBY. 13th June, 1857. * Captain Morton, late of the Oneida. THE FIRE AT MESSRS. PICKFORD'S Captain Huish, General Manager of the Loudon and North-Western Railway, writes to a London coternporary : The exaggerated statements which have appeared in occupied by Messrs. Pickford and Co. at Camden-town, induce me to request the favour of your giving insertion to this note in your next issue. It is, of course, impossible for me to ascertain exactly the loss which has been sus tained • bat sufficient is already known to enable me to deny the accuracy of many of the statements. For instance, it is said that 40,000 quarters of corn were destroyed. The entire quantity in the building was 400 quarters, ,with 1,200 quarters of beans. The number of horses is greatly overstated, and I am happy to add that only one animal met with any casualty. The area of the warehouses destroyed is little more than an acre, instead of five, as stated. The quantity of goods within the warehouses at the time of the conflagration was very small, owing to the fact that all the important trains for the north had been despatched, and time was given by telegraph to stop the incoming trains. The entire weight of goods (many cf them of very small value) which was destroyed is about 60 tons, and the insurances effected upon them will cover the loss. The building itself was insured for a considerable amount, and the loss on it will be small. I need hardly say that, as the warehouse is separated from the railway by the Regent's Canal, neither the line nor other works of the railway were affected. The various reports which have appeared in the public prints ad seem t t assess th3damaga at exactly £250,000 ; without being able precisely to state the amount, I have little hesitation in saying that in all probability this sum is about four times the real amount, including the building. I may add that the business has not b en interrupted. THE COOLIE TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE NORTIIERN TIMES. Sir,—ln your paper of this date, I find the fol lowing ~ d itorial remark, in reference to a deputa tion to Lord Vilinerston on the subject of the Cuba alive trade :—" West India proprietors are justly open to suspicion, and in the face of the prove I eruelt,., horrors, and enormous mortality atter - I.lin ' ). the legalked Coolie traffic from the far East to dr. Caribbean Sea. We are bound to express approval of Lord Palmerston's decided nevative to the proposal to allow negro immigra tion into our West. India Islands, under any name or ;1: uarantee whatever." Cati you, sir. point out any instance in which cruelty, horrors, or enormous mortality have been proved to have occurred on board any vessel carryin , ..z Gullies from British India to the British West Indies? If you wid take the trouble to seek information from the Land and Emicration Commissioners on the suoject, you will fi•td that you are grievously in error, in so characterising an emigration which has been conducted with extreme careful toss, ant a happy exemption from easualities.— Yours. &e., W. R. SANDBACH Liverpool, June 13th, 1857. In reply to the above letter, and in support of our remarks, w (vote the following from a Lon don eotemo , rary t v.-sterday : The Merchantman, from Calcutta, arrived at Demerara on the 13th of %fay, after a voyage of ninety days, with 260 coolies The mortali yon board had been fearful, 113 having died onring the passage, and of sixty who were conveyed to the hospital atter their arrival, five died while being landed, and several others subsequently expired in the hospital. in a id.tiott to the above we quote the following from th, Jsrn ti •;4 Royal Gazette: — It appears from the investigation that the coolies seleoted were a set of sickly emaciated creatures, the refaseof the emigrants collected for the Mauritius and other p' aces, and, when put on board, were more fit to he sent to an hospital than on a long sea vol age. Many died of cholera during the passage down the Ho ,- tghley, and many more of dysentery and diarrhwa before they reached the Cape. Ship fever then broke out with fee hil virulence, and the whole shin became a sort of general hospital, in which the sick and the healthy were indiscriminately huddled up to gether. The Arrangements of the ship, made under the wders of the emigration authorities in Calcutta, were injudiciously made. The platforms erected around the ship obstructed the ventilation ; the privies, too, were an intolerable nuisance, and the changes which have been made in the dietary tables, by the substitution of better food than the immigrants have been accustomed to, has been found productive of injurious effects. These and sereral other causes combined have led to the most severe mortality that has ever occurred on board any immigrant ship corn ng to this colony. It is but due to the captain and surgeon to say that they did all they could to prevent the progress of the disease, and to ameliorate the condi tion of these unfortunate people. [Further comment is unnecessary.—En. N. T.] WRONGS OF SHIPMASTERS. TO THZ EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,— The Mercantile Marine Association are so able to vindicate their own cause, that one may well hesitate in offering opinions on their case. In me, however, whose published opinion was issued before the present movement commenced, a few remarks may possibly be permitted. Your own comments, in a leading article of last week, among other energetic appepls from various quarters, might alone have served to bring the general ques tion of the wrongs or shipmasters' before the public with sufficient plainness. But to me, the evils referred to, appear so deeply rooted, that no general statement of defects in the Board of Trade, can reach the vitality of the question, in its . per , sonal and individual application to ship captains. While I hold myself to be quite free to scrutinise the acts or practices of the Board of Trade, as of any other public body, nothing has, I believe, fallen from my . pen which should imply dis respect, either for that board or for naval officers ; nor, from the same feeling, can I be supposed to entertain a thought of depreciating Mr. Horsfall's earnest attempt to amend an obnox ious law ; but on' reading the debates on Mr. Hors fall's motion I had penned a few comments which your own remarks anticipated. I cannot, however, think, Sir, that the wrongs of the parties whose cause we consider, have been fairly the subject of more than a passing thought in the minds of a very large majority of members of the House of Commons; nor need the association for a moment feel that their claims have been rejected. What ? Shall it be echoed from shore to shore, through the realms that nourish commerce—shall loyal British seamen in far distant parts, whose work of toil and hardship fills the public purse, and spreads luxe rious _wealth through ; a kingdom like Old England, governed by a wise, and just, and good, and deeply-feeling Monarch — shall they who plume the feathers of the wings of trade, and urge our interests through the very wars of the elements, to root and blossom in far distant soils, and bring us back its hundred fold of profit. Shall these who bore the " heat and burthen" of a slave-like yoke, and strove to endure the odious and unwise enactment which barred their rights as English subjects—when heavily they feel the galling chain, the pinching shoe, shall these ask for relief, redress, or scrutiny, and not be heard fr Impossible ! By British senate, never— unless from misconception. Our children, who grow in nurture, based on the High command of " Render unto Caesar the things whieh are Caesar's," must not lose their deep respect for all our country's laws, and think that those who watch the scales of justice, turn from oppression's stifled groan, and thus connive at wrongs. The sacred flame, which warms a loyal heart, but scorches England's foes, is fed by con sciousness of social safety, the fuel of contentment. Why do men unite but to support each other ? What is our " common interest" but a bond which throws around us each his privilege—immunity from social danger—freedom from persecution — protection of our rights each in his proper sphere. I really, sir, think that the very comprehensive ability with which Mr. Horsfall introduced the general subject to the house last week, was, of itself, detrimental to the cause he advocated. Had Mr. Horsfall been an ordinary man, he might probably in this instance have devoted his energies to the accomplishment of one object —of one which more than any other claims attention. But in charging a large and useful department of the executive with defects, so much was required at the hands of Mr. Horsfall, that, of necessity, the whole had to be marshalled as if in " battle array," and Government with its sup porters, feeling that an onslaught was meditated on a stronghold of public protection, mustered their ready bayonets, and manned their works to the discomfiture of the supposed assailant. Now the cry "aux armes" within the fortress was barely called for • and had not the " Liver" appeared in Mr. Horsiairs manner, ills proname CH CL . a Irienaly and successful parley might have been held before the walls. The maritime, agricultural, and railway —...k.ined in one appeal, are however, a weighty column, in which the precise grievances of shipmasters (the main source of the present move ment), appeared but as a mere speck in this phalnax of remonstrance ; and in the onward march of so large an influence, the plough and the locomotive were more conspicuous, by their banners, and better understood by the mass, than the scarcely distinguishable, yet proudly worn, " pennon" of the shipmaster, which is, and I trust ever will be, the national flag itself The Mercantile Marine Association of Ship masters, in its local distributions, need not, there fore, be discouraged in their laudable attempt to purify the law, by removing well-grounded dis content from the minds of shipmasters. Nor can it be doubted that their demeanour will still be marked with that propriety which has hitherto, and that firmness which has at length, distinguished them. As regards my unimportant self, I would disclaim all connexion, except in sympathy, with this, as with every political body, and intend to remain an inde pendent spectator of events—however deeply long convictions, and long published opinions may at times urze, me to defend what I conceive to be the rights of a class of men whose real position I know, and which has been, and is most grossly misunder stood by our rulers, and I fear by the public generally. Nor is the Board of Trade within the focus o' every one's telescope. The eyes of some of us are week—we dwell in differing, media as influenced by circumstances, hence a species of refraction or mirage distorts and tricks our vision—as seen by some, the Board of Trade is hut a shapeless mass heaped up by erring; Statesmen, bearing an aspect which forebodes no good to commerce ; inviting another form, of motley hue, forbidding shape, and doubtful purpose, to plant and cherish in its ferti!e soil its offspring centralization, as seen by others ; the vaunted Board of Trade is like a high-paced snorting steed that gallops through the land, quite disregarding property, and fence, and rights— tramples on fields, peeps into houses, workshops, mills,• factories, and mines—watches our ware houses and docks, scans ‘sith a fiery and no friendly eye our ships, our Town-halls, and counting-houses—steals into taverns, farm-yards, and granaries—grows too sleek and knowing, and soon may " kick'' us all. As seen by .me, however, it is a stately edifice, erected in the heart of Britain, towering to a giddy height. From its lofty summit is surveyed the whole huge commerce of the world. A vigilant Argus -like protector guards from thence the " Io" of free trade, while two eyes sleep by turns. (This " Io " will some day prove an" Isis.") The sleeping eyes on some °cessions left unguarded gates—thus faults crept in—continued undetected until, ab sorbed into the wide routine of daily work, they formed a portion of the law itself. All that sur rounds the edifice employs the waking ninety-eight. No eye is turned within—the sense of touch and contact rules the ant-like workers, and as to detach a lenity wheel from - a large machine must stop or check the whole, so to remove the blunders from the law must needs require cessatiou, other defects might on inspection appear, and all might require revision. But enough of allegory ; the very men whose work had raised this stately pile, could soon perceive the mischief, and being themselves the chiefly injured, sought to eradicate the evil, and amend the law. Shipmasters, therefore, have complained that justice by the Board of Trade cannot, from inappreciation of their wrongs, be now expected. The Board of Trade mistake Shipmasters, and think them hostile. But what say the suf ferers? Remove the load which presses on our minds, impoverishes our hearts, and binds our hands, and makes us discontented. Even as the recognised and constituted rights of English subjects, or, if we really have no cause for loud complaint, convince us in what our mistake con sists. it is enough that we feel oppressed." Now, the main source of all their dissatisfaction is the use made of their certificate, and the manner in which a decision is formed which enables the Board of Trade to suspend it. Before entering, as promised, upon the important subject of " examinations," I should like to be DROGHEDA. THE HA.NDLOONE WEAVERS' STRIKE AT DROGHEDA, JUNE 10.-I have learned, on good authority, the fol lowing import•int particulars regarding the handloom weavers' strike, whin excites so much interest at the pre-ant time ; and as the public may not be ti ware of the origin and progress of the rupture between the employers and the employed, the facts must prove interesting : n January last the weavers made a demand for an advance of wages which the manufacturers considered unreasonable, and refused to concede to the weavers' claim. After this the operatives held a meeting, and resolved to strike against some of the most respectable of the manufacturers. The employers, in their turn, held a counter. meeting, and determined on clo•ing their estab ishments until the strike" was removed. Three weeks elapsed, but yet the operatives held oat. A large number of the weavers in the rural districts subsequently waited on the employers and consented to work for them—in fact, solicited employment. The manufacturers then held a second meeting, and decided upon opening their establishments at a fixed t triff of wages, which the country weavers accepted, and with some exceptions have been ever since working at. An attempt was male about a mouth since to get the rural districts to unite with " the body" in the town, out I am assured that comparatively few of them in tee i agreed to strike against. the manufacturers, who had freely given them employment when asked for. This movement not having proved as successful as " the body" had anticipated, a great number of weavers resident in the own commenced working. These are what are termed by the body the " black sheep." lam sorry to have to say that a great number of orders left Drogheda, and were necessarily sent to Engand and Scotland during these unpleasant pro eedings, and I sincerely trust that if the weavers, on mature deliberation, find that the manufacturers are unable to pay the demand sought by the :anion, that they wi 1 not further proceed in a line of conduct which has already been productive of such ruinous consequen es to themselves and their families. SHIPPING TRADE OF CARDIFF.—Both the East and West Bute Docks at Card ff, at the present time are crowded with shipping, and for eerveral days there has not been a single English vessel among the number—a fact which shows t.e extending:foreign trade of Cardiff. The Annales du Commerce Exterieur gives the movement of the im port and export trade of the State of Liberia, on the western coast of Afri 'a during 1856. Toe former, which consisted of Manchester goods, ironmongery, earthenware, gunpowder, spirits, deal planks, Sec , a nounted to 829,005 f.; and the latter, composed of palm cis, casmeachy wood, and ivory, to 1,041,325 f. THE QUEEN V. CAPTAIN ERLAM.—The trial of Captain Erlam for the alleged abduction of Miss Rose Goodman, has been specially appointed to take place in the Court of Queen's Bench on Tuesday, before Lord Campbell. The defendant, it will be recollected, was in dicted at the Contrail Criminal Court, and on the eve of the trial removed the indictment into ins Court of Queen's Bench, and was afterwards liberated on bail. Lie defendant has secured the services of Mr. Serjeant Sim, who will be assisted by Mr. Erardinge Giffard ; while the prosecution will be conducted by Mr. Serjeant Ballsntine, Mr. Metcalfe, and Mr. F. H. Lewis. The defendant, who is on bail, has obtained a special j dry. SURkENDER OF A MURDERER.—It was stated, at the magistrates' meeting at Grantham, on Friday, by a policeman, that there was a man in custody who had given himself up as being concerned in a murder sixteen years ago. The case was to be heard privately, as it was thought the man was not quite sane. His name is John Daws, alias George Shipman, and he states that sixteen years ago a man named Wm. Emmonds was murdered by a man named Richards, of Long Bennington. He says he came up whilst Richards was kneeling on the man's breast, and rifling his pockets of 14s. or I6s. • further, that he received 2/. for keeping silence, but since then he had en listed and deserted, and wandered about restless and unhappy until he gave kimself up.—Stamford Mercury. THE FIRE AT FICKFORD'S. — The ruins occasioned by this disastrous fire present an extraordinary appearance. The most capricious fancy could not group objects more incongruously together. Roasted beans, oranges, nut., and raisins, are scattered about ; here a once beautiful steam-engine forms a battered ruin : there are fused clock work, and huge lumps of melted iron. Elsewhere might be seen in strange con fusion, crockery, flower-pots, coffee, tobacco, "the Christmas Tree," Tennyson's poems, towelling, pickles, brushes, regimental buttons of the 28th aad 80th regiments, "the Christian Treasury," hymn-books., mantles, necklaces, co py-books, cntty-pip es. envelopes. handkerchiefs, cigars, radish seed, carpets, and a great variety of miscellaneous articles. In driving out the horses on the night of the fire, some of them got into a chamber underground, and were saved solely by an engine pumping air into their place of confinement, and thereby overpowering the smoke. MkTRINIONIAL MISSADVENTURE IN MONMOUTH.—An extraordinary wedding and immediate separation is causing much interesting gossip in the old-fashioned town of Monmouth. A few days since a dashing widow of that place of decidedly mature years, and reputed wealth of t a fabulous amoun - , journeyed to Bristol with a tradesman of ti a same town, and the parties were then united in the bonds of matrimony. In two days afterwards the bride and bride room returned to Monmouth, and to the astonishment of their neighbours it was announced that the whilom widow refused to live with her newly-acquired hnsband, and had even given instructions at this early period for a divorce. The consternation of the community may be imagined, and various sinister reports were promulgated as to the cause of this mysterious misadventure; but the fact remains. that the affair will furnish speedy employment for the gentlemen of the long robe, as the bridegroom remains perfectly indifferent, while the bride is obstinate. It is though', likeiy that this untoward union will be one of the first sought to be dissolved under the provisions of the new divorce bill. THE LATE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN DRURY LANE, LONDON.—On Saturday, at the Bow-street Podce-court, James Geary, remanded on the charge of attempting to murder his wife, Anne Geary, and who was sufficiently recovered to appear against him, was brought up for final examination.—The wife, on being sworn, in a sullen and most reluctant manner answered the questions put to her. She said the quarrel arose in consequence of the prisoner refusing to take her to a concert at a public-house in Old-street. St. Luke's. She threatened to leave him, and did all she could to aggravate him, and when they got home he stabbed her in thane k with a knife, with which he was cutting wood. She considered it all her own fault, as she had been aggravating him all the week.—Mr. Heath, house surgeon to King's College Hospital, stated the nature of the several wounds in the neck and other places the last witness hal received, and expressed his astonishment that they hat not proved fatal.—The prisoner was committed for trial.—Hildebrand, charged with being concerned in the late fatal affray in Wellington-street, appeared before the magis. hr^sßewhst test. tile v ria d u c riski e sa . atilt of fha pnrnnor , a CHESS TOURNAMENT AT MANCHESTER —The following are the re gulations under which the Problem Tournament, in connexion with the great Manchester meeting, will be conducted : " The committee on which has devolved the duty of making arrangements for the chess meeting to be held at Manchester in August next, have de cided upon offering a prize for the best two problems, one in three, the other four moves, and;the problem composers of England, America, and 'the Continent are solicited to enter into ti e competition. The following are the regulations under which the tournament will be conducted. Ist. Each competitor will become a member of the asso ciation, and pay the annual subscribtion of ss, to its funds. 2nd. Two problems, one in three, the other in four moves, must be sent in di rected to the secretary of the Chess Association, Chess Club, Man chester, before the end of <linty. 3rd. Neither of the problems may be 'either conditional or suicidal. 4th. Each set of problems must bear Rome motto or private mark, and be accompanied by a sealed enve lope, correspondingly distinguished, containing duplicate copies and the name and address of the composer. sth. The prize, which will consist of a set of ivory chess men, of the value of 5/. 53., will be ad- judged by a committee, appointed for that purpose by the committee of the association." A PROPENSITY FOR CANNIBALISM.—CARLOW, JUNE 9.—Within the last few days, an outrage was committed by a highly respectble far mer on another, both residing within a few miles of this town, which, for savage barbarity and cool determination, has few parellels. The facts of the case are as follow :—A. man, named Burn, was proceeding home on foot, about four o'clock in the afternoon of the day in ques.ion, when he was overtaken by a young man named Hanlon, who was on horseback. After a friendly recognition, they entered into conversation, which was kept up with a good deal of animation on both sides for considerable time, when some sliglat difference of opinion having arisen about one or two trivial matters, Hanlon be came excited, and, alighting from the horse, attempted to horse-whip his companion, who is a middle-aged, sensible, and quiet man. Burn, surprised at the rashness of the other, protected himself as best he could against the blows of his assailant, during which 'ee endea vonred to show the folly of such a proceeding, but his laueit le efforts were unavailine, fur Hanlon, clod g in on him, seized tr e ' eft hand, and as quick as possible ran the thumb into his mouth, and com menced chewing it in a most savaze manner, nearly separating the first joint from the linger. Flom the pitiable plight in which the unfortunate was placed, he was unable to rescue himself, as his hand was as secure as if it were in a vice; his only resource, therefore, was to cry for help, which he did in a lusty manner, whereupon three or four men came to his assistance, and after no slight labour succeeded in setting him free. The matter formed the subject of a judicial investigation before the magistrates assembled at Petty Ses sions on yesterday. Legal gentlemen of ability represented the parties on either side. After a patient hearing of the case, the Bench, in de'ivering jag yeut, animadverted in strong terms on the savage and crud conduct of the defendant, and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment, or pay a tine of .e 4 12s. Gd. Mr. Hanlon, in paying the.fine, remarked that it was the cheapest "chew' he ever had in his life.—Sounder's News-Letter. THE FACULTY OF FEIGNING DEATH.—There are cases on record of persons who could spontaneously fall into death-trance. Monti, in a letter to Haller, mentions several. A priest of the name of Caelius Rhodaginns had the same faculty. Bat the most celebrated instance is that of Colonel Townshend, mentioned in the surgical works o {tooth, by whom, and by Dr. Cheyne and Dr. Beynard, and by Mr. Shrine, an apothecary, the performance of Colonel Townshend was seen and attested. They had long attended him, for he was an habi tual invalid ; and he had often invited them to witness the pheno menon of his dying and coming to life again, but they had hitherto refused, from fear of the consequences to himself. Accordingly, in their presence, Colonel Townshend laid hime If down on his back, and Dr. Cheyne undertook to observe the pulse; Dr. Beynard laid his baud on the heart, and Mr. Shrine had a looking-glass to hold to his month. After a few seconds, pu'se, breathing, and the action of the heart were no longer to be observed. Each of the witn saes satis fied himself of the entire cessation of these phenomena. When the death trance had lasted half an hour the doctors began to fear that their patient had pushed the experiment too far, and wis dead in earnest; and they were preparing to leave the house when a slight movement of the body attracted their attention. They renewed their routine of observation, when the pulse and sensible motion of the heart gradually returned, and breathing and consciousness. The sequel of the tale is strange—Colonel Townshend, on recovering, sent for his attorney, made his will, and died, for good and all, six hours afterwards.—Phaetasmaia, by It. R. Madden. POTATO MEAL.—At a meeting of the Farmers' Club of New York, M. B. Southwick, of Canada West, exhibited a preparation of potatoes dried by heated air after being boiled, which simply takes away all moisture from the pulp, leaving it in grains of the size of coarse gun powder. He says it can be produced at a cost of twelve cents a bushel, and reduced in bulk four-fifths. This product can be kept as easily as flour, and may be prepared ready for eating in live minutes. The process of cookiag was exhibited to the club over a spirit lamp, and the product tasted much like ordinary mashed potatoes. To pre pare it for eating it is mixed with three times its bulk of hot water, and stirred until it is of the consistency of mashed potatoes. It is then set into an oven for a few minutes, when it is ready for the table. Fifteen bushels of potatoes make one barrel of this flour, which is stated to keep for years without injury in a dry place. This is some thing worthy the attention of our agriculturists. There was a tolerable good crop of potatoes last year, and their price in the fall was moderate, bat it soon rose to a very high figure, became the rot commenced among them after being stored away. Hundreds of thousands of bushels, we believe, were thus lost. Here is a method of saving potatoes from destruction by winter rot, and at the same time providing a most pleasing, healthful, and nourishing vegetable food, which should not be neglected by those who can, and who should, take advantage of it.—Soienlific American. THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—Such a eight as that which was yesterday seen in Lambeth Palace, was, we venture to say, never witnessed before. It would not be easy to imagine anything more beautiful, more touching, we had almost Bald, mere sublime. In that Palace were assembled together, under the presidency of the Arch bishop of Canterbury, men of all the leading Dissenting denomina tions—lndependents, Baptists, Wesleyan Methodists, Pre byterians, &c. The object of the gathering—got up under the auspices of Sir Cnhinz Eardley—was " to receive from the deputation, lately sent to Berlin, a report from the proceedings in preparation for the Christian assembly in that city, next September." In other woods, the great purpose of the meeting was to promote the views of the Evangelical Alliance, which aims at bringing together, in brotherly harmony, good men of all religions bodies. Who would ever have expected to see such a meeting, for such a purpose, in the Palace of Lambeth, with the Archbishop of Canterbury in the chair; and next but one to his Grace, the Rev. Dr. Steens, Baptist; minister; while in juxtapo sition to other Dissenting ministers of various denominations, were to , be seen the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Ripon, the B isho p of St. David's, and other Right Rev. Prelates? Such a spectacle was a groat fact. What yesterday took place in Lambeth Palace will doubtless prove the precursor of the tpeedy breaking down of all those barriers which have hitherto separated Churchmen from Dissenters. Not that we mean that either body is necessarily to relinquish its denomina tional principles, but that all who bold the same great Gosp el verities, will, ere long, cordially unite in spirit, and co-operate in the promo tion of those important views of Divine truth, which they hold in common.—London Paper of fiaturday. POLICE COURT..--YEBTERDAY, LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. STABBING. — WiIIiam Kelly was charged with having stabbed Michael Kilroy. The parties were drunk, and engaged in a row in Eccles-street, Vauxhall-road, when the prisoner drew a knife and inflicted several wounds on the head of complainant. Mr. Mansfield said that stabbing was fearfully on the increase. He sent the prisoner for trial. WHAT IS ANNOYANCE ?—Neill Walker, a broker, living in Hatton-garden, was charged by Richard Stack, also a broker, residing in the same street, with annoying him and being drunk. Mr. Bluck was for the prisoner, and elicited from the officer who had charge of the case that he did not see anything of the affair, and Mr. Bluck contended that he had no right to take the charge, or, at least, that the complainant had no right to give him in charge ; and his worship agreeing, ordered the discharge of the prisoner. SATISFACTION.—A black man, named Benjamin Wilson, was charged with having violently assaulted Bernard Philips in Stewart-street. It appeared that the prisoner and some other persons had had a fight, and that the prisoner was running after a boy, with a brick in his hand, and when complainant stopped him, he struck him a violent blow on the head, inflicting a serious wound. The prisoner said he was only taking satisfaction for some one who called him ill names. He was sent for trial. AN AMAZON.—Biddy Dwell, a denizen of Albert-street, Park, was charged with having inflicted three serious wounds on the skull of one Catherine Hughes. The complainant said she was going into her "gossips" house, when the prisoner, without " rhyme or reason," came with a poker and inflicted the wounds, which Surgeon Garnett said were most severe scalp wounds. The complainant was cross-examined at some length by Mr. Black, who succeeded in putting her into a towering passion—so much so that she had to be put back from the witness box. He produced one Paddy Maguire for the defence, and he swore that the complainant was the aggress )r — that " she stuck in the hair of the prisoner's head, and it took four men and four women to loose her." The prisoner was remanded for seven days, until the result of the wounds could be ascertained. Sxmous CASZ OF STABBIN G ON TIM HIGH SEAS.-Mr. Aspinall (barrister) appeared to prosecute an able seaman, named Samuel Jenkinson, who belonned to the ship Halifax, and who was charged with having stabbed the chief mate of that vessel, whose name is John Bray. Mr. Aspinall opened the case, and stated the facts which will be found in the following evidence. He stated that he would offer as much evidence as would enable him to ask his worship to remand the prisoner in order to produce additional evidence, which was daily expected by the arrival of a ship in which some witnesses were. He then called John Bray, who said : I was mate of the brig Halifax, and the prisoner was an able seaman on board. On the 29th March we were in the Bosphorus. The captain was dining on board the Odessa. I went to that ship in a boat with prisoner, and then went on shore. Came again at six and called the boat. The prisoner was below and I called him ; he would not go into the boat. and used abusive language, and I caught him by the shirt, and snid " Go into the boat," when he bit me on the cheek, and also bit a piece out of my finger. When on board my own ship, I asked him could he stand before ms ? and he ran at, and put a knife into me, and I fainted. When I became sensible, I found three wounds under my ribs. I was nine weeks in hospital, and twenty one days that I never moved; my life was despaired of, and my depo.dions were taken. Mr. Aspinall : I will now ask fo,r a remand. Mr. Mansfield : There is quite enough to warrant a remand. The prisoner was remanded for seven days. PLUNDER AT THE LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—Th omas Hughes, a carter, was e!, - arged with, having stolen 152 yards of bed ticking from the Lancashire Railway Termi nus. The prisoner was in custody of detective officer Horn, and from his evidence and that of some persons connected with the Railway Company, it appeared that on the 23rd May, a parcel containing 152 yards of bed ticking, was sent from a manufactory in York-hire to a house in Liverpool. The parcel was missed, and it was proved that the prisoner had been at the place several times during the day, and that he took away goods on his cart, from the place where the parcel was, and therefore suspicion fell on him as there was no one else at that par ticular place. After much exertion, Horn traced the prisoner to Kent's-square where he lived, aid there ascer tained from the prisoner's housekeeper, the' on the day the ticking was missed, the prisoner brought home a quantity of such material, and he got about 50 yards of it in the nouse. The prisoner said. he bought the article in Old Hall-street. His Worship sentenced him to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour. DISPUTED PARTNERSHIP—CHARGE OF FELONY.—A young man named Robert Isherwood, and an eld er ly man named John Ellis, both respectable-looking persons, were charged by Mr. Peter Isherwood, of the firm of Clegg and Isherwood, of Leigh-street, wi h having stolen £4OO worth of goods, consisting of oils, drugs, dyes, cigars and other property, such as wholesale druggists deal in. Mr. Roby appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. M'Donnell, barrister, for the prisoners. The history of the case, as it appeared from the evidence of detective fficer Scott, Mr. Isherwood, (prisoner's brother), and Mr. Blackhurst, attorney, was as follows :—For some eighteen months two brothers were in partnership, but on the 29th of April, the partnership was dissolved, the prisoner Isherwocd, getting the acceptances f or 5.'200 in considera tion of hie leaving. It seemed, that lately both the prisoner and his brother were served with writs for some £6O, for goods alleged to have been furnished in September, and this was resisted on th e groun d t h at suc h goo d s h a d b ee n pa!d for and could not belong to the firm, as it did not exist until November. Under some impression that the prisoner was entitled to secure himself, it seemed, that on Friday night be went to the stores of prosecutor and removed property to lhe a mount clamed, and this property was found in the store of Mr. Ellis (the other prisoner) at 12, Charles -street, and Smith, the detective, got the goods there, with Mr. Ellis, and S box of cigars in his hand. Scott produced some docu ments, and the copy of the writ found on the prisoner Isherwood. "fr. M'Donnell, in his cross-examination of the prosecutor, elicited some painful facts connected with family affairs between the two brothers, but these matters did not exactly bear upon the case. The prosecutor, how ever, denied that he was actuated by malice or revenge towards his brother. Police-officer 194 said he saw the prisoner Isherwood between one and two on Saturday morning at 20, Leigh-street, with fur men, and he knew him ; be told the witness they were going to work to send away goods. Some time after the son of Me Ellis came and asked him if his partner was in the store? and be said he was. Two floats came about four o'clock, but they had not gone when the witness left his beat. He thought all was right, as he knew him to be S partner in the house. Detective-officer Smith, said he got the prisoner Ellis at 12, Charles-street, on Saturday morn ing, and he got all the goods there ; the prisoner had b)x of cigars in his hand. He asked him what he was doing, and the prisoner said, " I merely came into my ove.. place to see what was going m i." Th e bo x o f ci g ars fount in his hand was sworn to by Mr. Clegg, but he could not say whether it belonged to the old or new stock. Williant Jones said he was employed by the prisoner Isherwood Ot Friday last. He was employed by Ellis (son of the prisoner) and Foden. The witness was stopped here by Mr. M'Donnell, who urged that there was no evidence against Ellis, and his worship agreeing, ordered him to be discharged. Mr. M'Donnell then addressed the bench and contended that there was malice against Isherwood , and that, although he had acted in an objectionable manner, he only wanted to indemnify himself for what he considered his right. He had been served with a writ for £62, and he imagined that he had a right to secure himself, as the bills he got for retiring from the firm were not due, and he, might consider he had no secur ity, and that h e wonlo secure himself. Mr. Roby asked for a remand, and the prisoner was remanded for seven days. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST THE MASTER OF A VESSEL.—Larkin Mantel, the master of a brig, belonging to Mr. M'Donnell, of Limerick, was cha rge d w ith h a ving embezzled £5O, the money of his employ er . M r . M'Don nell (barrister) appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Campbell for the prisoner. The son of the owner wise examined to sustain the case, and, he alleged that the prisoner had received ~Ep for freight, and h a d not accounted for it. He admitted that there was an account between his father and the prisoner, and that the latter owed £5O. Mr. Campbell hanred in an account, w hi c h the prisoner admitted having rece i ve d lir £BO, 1 0 but, according to his book-keeping, Mr. M‘Donnseo was indebted to him over one pound, in place of the prl: Boner owing him £5O. Mr. Mansfield said he could 11 0 ' entertain the case, and discharged the prisoner. PAW , Friday.—The Jiomiteur contains a long oat; official article, summarising the labours of the Council of Stale, the Senate, and the Corps Legislatiff during the last session, and bestowing on them unqualified praise for the manner in which they have responded to the wishes o f the Emperor an d th e country, for the promotion of the moral and national progress of the nation. BERNE, Friday.—The National Council unanimously ratified the Neufchatel treaty on the B th. It will be 151 before the Council of States for their ratification t ° morrow. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.—The officials of this rail; way having for some time systematically withheld lb.. company's advertisements from the Daily News, that j ou., nal, in a leading article , stigmatises this policy as a pal try attempt to stifle public discussion..._