Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-26 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.--YEsTERDAy. (Be forte ll r. M. NSFIELD.) ENG-IPBD, TO BB MARRIED TO-3108.R0W.,---A short dark-featured young girl, who gave the name of Rosev Nye, vas charged by Mr. Kean, the stocking-man, 15, Price-street, under the following circumstances.. From the prisoner's 'manner 'she seemed •to be riot alto gether right in her mind. 'The prosecutor stated that the prisoner and other two girls entered his shop vest( r, day afiernoon, and purchased goods to the amount of £2 6s. She ordered some more goods, value £1 ss. 6d. She began to make presents to. the other parties, such as dresses, bonnets, Sze. She still said she had not not sufficient, and ordered sonic wedding-bonnets and (Ali' r things to the amount of nearly £4O. She said she was going to be married in a day or two to a lieutenant belonging to her :Majesty's ship Hastings. He made her the bill out, and she went down to the other end of the shop to see how much of it the other girls would pay. She came back and said that they had •no money, also that she had been robbed of £3O. He then called a policeman in, and as he sus pected, from her manners, that she was insane, ho gave her into custo-ly on that charge. The prisoner sairt she • -came from Manchester on Saturda-f. The other two girls also came on board the boat. She was with them all day Sunday. having three - ClO notes in her posses sion, which her broti.ers sent her, and she missed them last nip.:llt —Mr. Mansfield : .Who are your brothers Prisoner: They ate on board the Hastings is a lieutenant, and the other an ensign—Mr. Mansfield: Are von going to be married ? - Prisoner : Yes.—Mr. Man'sfield But are you going to be married forthwith : Prisoner Yes ; 1 am going to net married h licence to George White, a lieutenant -on boarl the Hasting,s.— Mr. Mansfield said it was evident that • the prisoner was - a stray sheep, and she would be remanded for three days. Ronnanv is A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—Francis Coffee, a corporal of the 29th Regt., was charged by Sarah Kenny, wife of -- Kenny, also a ruddier in the saute regiment,. with fobbing, her d•-c„:4 18s. 2d., tWontilwav tickets, and -a pocket-book. Mr. R. Cobb appe wed for the prisoner. It appeared th.mt the parties were coming front We eon, on furku2:h. Her busbind hnflyee.qved and she had rec.sived 'about £2 for washing. She paid for 'tickets for herself and hu:band, and placel them and the £4 18s. 21. in her poc,;ket-sbao'r.. She put the pocket book in a small hag and inserted it in her bas Om. The prisoner was in the same earria7,e with them, and she fell asleep when near Liverpool. Oil bting awoke when near Liverpool, she discavered that the poTAc-book had =been taken out 'of the bag, and •the hex retarned -to - her breait. The prisoner being the only person •in the. carriage, he was given in charm The officer found him in a coffee-hanse,' in Sphan-s`:reet, Moorfields, --with the poAet-lytok. lying on the table, but it only Ontained - V 1 ;Is. cud the two tickets. Mr. Cobb stated that thy' nwket-baok had fallaa i'ro'n the woman's breast, an his clie:it had picked it up, 1;11 pat it in his 'pocket, intending to givt, it to her :'ti m awoke, but he forgot to do sa. Th, , re we oalv I-Is. 4(1. in it. but he was to make up the difference, proviled the charge was withdrawa.—Committed for trial at the sessions. • ATTEMPTED ROTITIERY 01 , a 'WATCH, AND 'VIOLENT 71i.ssAui:r..—Peter . McCormick Ttil Thomas Smitii, two -stoat-built robust-loOlting fellows, were chOr:r ' efl. John McMillan with violently assaulting him, and a't to steal his watch. The prosecutor stat d t'' awl the prLT:. - Ts had been drinking in a • at tl!e corner r Crump-street, and on coot • ' • prisone:s knocked-him down, kicked him, an ; , 1 attempting to take hit - yeas . sober•? —Witness : No. I was ' hull said he' could not place any con!idone3 in Co• o •-,- secntor's evidence, as he was intoxicated at the tints.-- Discharged. Cirxuoss or Bro.ory.—Bridget Lenorbar was charged by Patrick Mooney with the above offence—Mr. It. Cobb, who 'appeared for the prosecutor, said that his Worship had hid the prisoner before him before, for ass trilting her husband and children. Mr. Mooney had led , a life of perfect misery with her, and yesterday he. received the happy information that she had got married, to another man about two years ago, havinf , been five years previous married to the prosecntor.- 2 0ffieer 39 said, as he was taking the prisoner into custody,. she admitted to him that her husband was sent to gaol soon after their marriage, and whether. he died in gaol or not she could not say.-- 7 1temanded till to-day. Itonuesty IN A. Buo-rnEL.—Catherine or Bridget Burns, - Mary Ann Healey or Pemberton, and Jane Wilson or Lewis, were charged .by Robert Davis, who said he resided at 10, oldhall-street, with robbing him of ,L2O. Mr.-Cobb defended.—Officer 618 said that he was called into this brothel, in a court in Albion-street, to take the - prisoners in custody on a,charge.of robbing hint of £20.:, He knew the house to be a brothel,-but yesterday. the. whole of the furniture had been shifted • out of it.---The prosecutor stated that he was a tea- dealer. He was that drunk that he could not tell where he met the prisoners, but he had .£2O in his pocket when he went to bed, and he missed it when he got up next morning. The girl he slept with was in the room when he got up, and he said he had lost his purse. She got him i~ from the side of a box, but there was nothing in it. He charged them with robbing him, and the mistress (one of the prisoners) took £3 from the girl's pocket and -mave it to him. In cross-examination by Mr. Cobb, the .‘ witness said he did play at cards with them, but he did not show them any tricks or tell them that he was a gam bler.. lie did not show them £4 18s. before he went to bed, or remark, that if he was robbed, he knew who to blazne.--Mr; Cobb : Have you any friends in Liverpool, because we don't know but what you are a gambler ? Witness: Yes, I h ave.—Mr. Cobb: Name one ?—Witness : Do you know Samuel lIolme?—.-Mr. Cobb : Yes, I do.— 'itness : Then sod° I. (Laughter.)—Mr. Cob b said the rea -son why the furniture had been sold out of the house was, that the mistress, one of the prisoners, saW the evil she was committing, and was d?termined to reform, and go back to her mother.—Mr. Mansfield said that, as there was no one to corroborate the prosecutor's statement, and as he was very drunk at the time, his evidence, could not be relied on. Discharged. ROBBERY AT A FlRE.—James Feardon was charmed by Mrs.. Hickey with stealing three pairs of stays, value 12s. The prosecutor's shop adjoins the premises of Messrs. Buttner and Schonstadt, in Mersey-street, and she being frightened that the fire would extend to her - honso, resolved on taking the goods out. The prisoner was one of the helping hands, and was walking off with the stays when he was_ met by an officer, who took him to the bridewell.—The prisoner was committed for six months. • OBTAINING MONEY BY FICTITIOUS LETTERS. — A re spectably attiredperson,who gave her name as Mrs. Simp son, but refused to give her address,was charged under the following circumstances. Detective-officer Lanigan stated that in consequence of information he received he went down to the customs, and found the prisoner there - offering letters in order to obtain money. One pur 'pOrted to be written by the Rev. Mr. Tobin, of Egre- Anont, stating that she was a widow with several children. Ire asked her where she got them, and she said a woman ga'e her them.—Remanded for inquiries to be made. CHARGE OF ROBBING A BURIAL SOCIETY.--John Thompson was charged by Henry Lee, who appeared on behalf of the Imperial Burial Society, with robbing e said society of 2s. 6d. Mr. Lee said the prisoner -was a collector for the society, and there was 2d. more o n several cards th a t h e h a d not accounted for.—Mr. Mansfield : Are the persons here who paid him the - several sums ?—Witness No , sir.—lnspector Keogh said' officer he had told the to hav e them here, but lie had not done so. The prisoner said there were num ber of collectors , and s ometimes they went rou a nci and got the money o f the other collectors, the and i paid t t he it on the Friday nig ht. This had beencasewh but he was not allowed until Friday to see the other collectors.—Mr. Mansfield said, as there was no one here to prove that the prisoner received these sums, he mu s t be discharged. CASES.—Charles Miller, who was re - REMANDED manded "from Monday, on a charge of stealing a sove reign from William Murray, at Hunter's public-house, in' Mill-street, was committed for trial at the sessions. Michael Connolly, who was remanded from last week, on a charge of obtaining £77 7s. from Mr. nson, of the firm of Robinson and Co., was also com mitted for trial. Mr. Cobb stated that he had advised his client to pay Mr. Robinson the amount of the cheque. and then endeavour to find o ut the party that gave him it, and bring an action against him ; but he refused to do so. (Before Messrs. BENN and Tonal.) DISAPPOINTED IN LOVE.—Margaret Paton, a quietly attired young woman, charged one James Stoby, stone mason, with assaulting her. Mr. Worship appeared for "the complainant, and stated the case. He said that the young woman had been entraged to be married to the defendant, and that she had b actually left three different situations for the purpose of being united in the bonds of matrinion y, but, alas ! on each occasion her Intended proved to be a " gay deceiver." On the 6th instant the complainant met the defendant in Pembroke place. They had some conversation, in the course of which she asked the defendant to give her five 'shillings which she had lent him, He heplieA that he had it not about him, but if she went along with him to his lodgings in-Hyde-street he - would give her the money.. She consented, and on arriving in - Hyde-street, she was surprised to find that he was keeping a" woman. She began to upbraid him, - when he turned round, struck her, - knocked ber'down, and did her some serious bodily harin.—The complainant 'was called to prove the above facts.---Mr. Parker appeared for the defence, and en deavoured to show that it was - the woman's own fault. She was in the habit of fullow.ng the 'defendant to his work and exposing him — , until at he was the " rep;a lar laughing-stock of the yard."—The magistrates said that the girl had certainly not been well treated by the defendant, and there was not the least doubt that the assault was committed. Defendant must pay a fine of 20s. and costs. MAJOR EDWARDS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. At a banquet given by the Mayor of Beverley, on Friday, in returning thanks for the borough member,' Major Edwards, M.P., after some local topics, said— The late Government were defeated by a majority of thirteen only, and that majority has been already swept away by the decisions of election committees, so that in the next session, as the numbers are so equial, it is im possible to say which party might be in power. But whoever is in office, I hope that political animosity will cease, and that all will unite in promoting the welfare and safety of this country. There are clouds in the political horizon in America, China, and Italy. I trust the Government will act prudently, but energetically, in vindicating our rights on the North Pacific coast Against the encroachments attempted by one of the United States' generals, and which it is. to be hoped his own govern ment will disown. There is much difference of opinion as to the question of right at Peiho in the recent unfortu nate engagement there, but after the occurrence, Eng land cannot recede with honour, and China must be taught to respect us. As to Italy, there is a cloud hang ing over that beautiful country we should all like_ to see dispelled; but, I would ask, what good has resulted from the French Emperor's invasion except to gratify his army and the national prestige for military glory, and so Arangthen his own position. ,Bat the foreign question which more directly interests us in France and her Em peror. I ant far from wishing to call in question •the sincerity of Louis Naneleon's professions of good feeling to oar Queen and nation, but we must not forget that. absolute as his power appears to be, there is a power above him, the army of 600,000 men, who are the guardians of his throne. • Events have proved that it was not the liberation of Italy, but to conciliate that army by conquest, that lie undertook the Italian campaign. The ianumse naval preparations of Franco—her, new dockyard at Cherbourg and others in contemplation—cannot be looked upon by Englishmen without anxiety and jealousy. It is therefore the duty of our rulers to look to our national defences and increase our navy. The anolication of steam to ships of war has, altogether changed the system of naval tactics. This is. a most important point., and one, I . fear, too much over -1 > -.1. The ohl prestige of the superiority of British sea -hia in manning the yards, Vie management of the Fei.is en I radders, the gaining o f fce weather gauge &c., , • • :e a great measeire destroyed by . steam. The 3`('3 . :1 v s;.-is of war are floating batteries independent of no.l tide; and their relative superiority must in fetur. I on weight of metal and skill in gunnery, lad the 7110h,r of troops (not of seamen) aboard. •1111 the ;O en 1.- - Atlons increase the duty of England to- main - t in - her naval preponderance. It is, I repeat, no longer a. inatt•T of choice but of necessity, and her position as a great nation, even as an i:sdepenlant nation, will greatly :depea , l. on this. 'But it is rot sufficient to depend on our naval defences alone..• The. facilities of steam navigation may enable France to throw. in a single night a power ful army on some ungarded part of our coast. Our re gular army is so limited that we mast - encourage to the utmost our auxiliary military forces:—the militia, the yecunanry cavalry, and the volunteer rifle corps—so that they may,' at every point, be ready to assemble and . act with the regular tro ips. - With such a -.neighbour as France, our best security for - peace is to be prepared for war.. I cannot refrain from calling your attention to the ominous change that has recently taken place in French manifestos. In the first years of the second empire, when the throne was not yet well established. non-interference was the great Imperial maxim to blind the European nations—"L'Elnpire . eat la paix "—but this has now given way to a less satisfactory policy. Wherever national liberties are oppressed, there she must go forth to deliver ! Hence she marches 200,000 men over the Alps to deliver Italy—a bloody tragedy, fol lowed by the farce of Villafranca, and a confederation under Papal supremacy! Who does not see that the whole affair is to gratify the French - army and the mili tary vanity of the nation ? What country is to be the next object of attack ? Not England, I hope. I fear. gentlemen, I may have wearied your patience, bat - I have dwelt longer on matters connected with foreign policy, because really it is these that now loom chiefly on the-political horizon. -I cannot sit down again with out again thanking you for the great .kindness I- have experienced at your hands, and all the proofs of your confidence,' which I shall make it'my endeavour to merit as long as I live. THE STRIKE.—This contest still continues, accom panied with indications that it is beginning to tell seriously against such of the men as persist in their I refusal to resume work. At a meeting held on Monday night in St. Martin's-hall, Mr. Potter admitted that the dividend paid that day at the Paviors' Arms was smaller than usual. This shows that the supplies from the provinces are falling off, and, with the winter setting in, the prospect for the men is gloomy. The recent returns of the Registrar-General prove that the mor tality among the wives and families of the operatives in the building trades is excessive. In fact, there is too much reason for the painful reflection that scores of innocent persons and young children are perishing from sheer want.. At the meeting on Monday night, a resolution was passed appealing to the public for support,—on what ground we hardly know ; and the tone of the speakers was such as to induce the im pression that they themselves had not confidence in the continuance of pecuniary aid to the extent to which it has heretofore been given them. William Perham, a leading member of the Masons' Society, was summoned on Mondu to the Clerkenwell Police-office on a charge of inducing a- number of men to leave their employ ment ; but, some necessary , witnesses being absent, the hearing of the case was adjourned.—Times. DEATH OF THE EARL OF JERSEY.—The grave has barely closed over the venerable head of the House of Jersey, before his successor has been also taken away. The Earl of Jersey, who succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father on the 3rd inst., expired on Monday, at Brighton, The deceased nobleman had for months past been in declining health, and early in the last spring repaired to the south of France, but his Lordship: only received temporary relief. 'Since his return home he has gradually continued to get, weaker until Monday, when he succumbed to his disease—consumption. The Right Honourable George. Augustus 'Frederick, sixth Earl of Jersey, Viscount Villiers, of Dartford, and Baron of Hoo, county Kent, in the Peerage of England, and Viscount Graridigon, of Limerick, county Leitrim, in that of Ireland, was eldest son of George Child Villiers, fifth Earl, and 'Sarah, eldest daughter of the 10th Earl of Westmorland, and heiress of 3lr. Robert Child, the wealthy banker of the city of London. The deceased peer was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, at which lJniversity he graduated B.A. in 1830, and M.A. in 1837. Shortly after he attained his majority he entered the House of Commons for the borough of Rochester, in conjunction with the late Mr. R. Bernal, and in 1831 was elected for Minehead. From 1832 to 1836, he sat in the House of Commons for Honiton. At the next general election he unsuccessfully contested y A m wir o a. u s th luin ; a srheteaintewasunseated i no r n e t l u Bp 7 e4t e i, d t ofhno he was t w h a oa borough in 1841, s t l b e V i ut e n a t i on elected member h ec eresig for Cirencester, which borough he continued to re present up to 1852. On the general election in that year he was defeated by the Hon.. A, G.' J.' Po by by the narrow majority of four.' In polities the late peer was a Conservative ; and during the late Sir R. Peel's administration of public affairs ho voted in favour of the, repeal of the Corn Laws and the subsequent Free Trade measures of that eminent states man. The deceased Earl married in 1841 Julia, eldest daughter of the late Right Hon s . an S d ir R tw ol o ?e d r a t u P i e lt e e l r , by namely, Victor e su rt e G t e h o r r e g e e s , e V il iSconnt Villiers g , horn s ; whom he leavesAlibs 1845 (now Ear . y) Jersey) ; Robert' Frederick, born in 1847,18 3 Th 1842 ; and Reginald; also. Julia ' Sarah Alice, born i n ü b te o n r 7mt ill of the . count e ies a o te f nobleman was a Deputy- m and Caroline Anne,Le lr of the Oxfordshire Yeomanry ava Oxford and Warwick, and in 1 c 855 was appointed a.jor COUNTY COURT.---YESTERDAY. (Before.W. A: HULTON, Esq., Judge.) Gitynt in •REDMOND.—The plaintiff in this. case was Mr. "William Grey, County -Court solicitor ; the' de, • fendant Mr. James Redmond,. draper, Scotland-road, who did not appear. Mr. Grey stated that he brought the action to recover £l5 ss. 10d., being monies paid by. -him on account of defendant. Mr. Grey asked from his Honour an order for immediate commitment; as the money had been paid on fraudulent representations being made to him by the defendant. The circumstances were as follows :—Redmond having been sued by Messrs. Cooper and Son. of Manchester, for £44 65., he em ployed the plaintiff to conduct his :case 'on the action, representing to him that his debts were not above £80; that he had a considerable quantity of household furniture, which he described, and placed in the hands of plaintiff a book, showing that he had paid £37 into a building society, together with a note of hand for £4O. In consequence of all this, Mr. Grey went to Manches ter, and arranged for his client with Messrs. Cooper,— disbursing, at the same time, the amount he at present sought to recover. Shortly afterwards he-was informed -by Mr. Reynold's solicitor that defendant had executed a deed of assignment on behalf of his creditors for £4OO. —His. Honour considered that the false pretences were made after Mr. Grey had undertaken to pay. He, therefore, could not give.- an order for immediate com mitment, but would order payment forthwith. DURAND in Burae.—,ln this case, which was reported in our paper on Saturday. (Mr. lingo anpearice.,for the plaintiff and Mr. D e ighto n f or th e d e f en d an t.)'his Ho nour delivered the following judgment :—I have con sidered the only point which I reserved at the hearing of this case on Friday last ; an d I h ave come t o the conclusion that the- plaintiff has made out his claim for two days' demurrage. lam led 'to this conclusion by the • following reason :—the defendant contracted . to load •the vessel in port by the 24th September; and I hold, under the peculiar wording of the contract, that he had undertaken to deliver the remainder of the cargo on board within a reasonable Cele :after that date. He did complete the loading of part of the cargo, according to his contract, on the 24th September, and the-whole of the cargo was loaded on the 14th of Oct: The question, therefore, was, whether the latter part of his contract was performed. The evidence before us en the point was scanty, and in my opinion it left the effect of the original charter party of this vessel entirely an touched. By that charter party the term for loading the entire- cargo was fifteen days; and I. think that I may safely adopt that term in a reasonable time, within which the .latter part of the contract ought -to have been completed. The charter party was recently entered into ; the plaintiff was a' party to it ; and the defendant, as a broker to the London firm, had effected it. It is true that that contract was f o r th e loading of the entire cargo; bat., on the other hand, there was a recognised cause of delay in the execution of this contract. frOm the substi tution of the Stanley-dock for the river as the - place of loading. The heeling of the remainder of the cargo under this contract may, therefore, properly be placed on the same footing as the loading of the entire cargo under the orignal charter party. - Now, therewere twenty days between the 24th September and the 14th October; hut as three of those days were Sundays, I find that there were seventeen working -days between 'these - dites, and consequently that the loading of the cargO occupied two days more than was warranted by the contract. The plaintiff, therefore, can claim demurrage for these two days, at the rate of £5 17s. per day, and I direct that the verdict be entered for the sum of £ll 14s. COMMITMENTS,—Orders were given for the commit ment of the following persons for non-compliance with orders of the Court :—Peter Cunningham, 13 Court, Chatham-street—ten days. Benjamin Barker, 1, Gillot place, Kilshaw-street, West Derby-rlad--fiTteen days. William Spencer, carter. at= Croxtetli-hall—fifteen days. Ann Lee, 3 Court, Great Howard-street—five days, to issue in a-month. Henry Leather, 86 Dablin-street— ten days. INSECTS ON TREES, .STIRUBS, AND PLANTS,—lnstantly and effectually destroyed, and futurely prevented, by Greer's Patent Anti-Vermin Lotion, 503. per gallon (sufficiently strong• dLnted with six gallons of water), at the Anti-Vermin Office', 49, Brownlow-hill. • THE •GREAT EASTERN IN A STORM.:--TIiCTC was a great probability during Thursday evening and night that the ship's anchors would be slipped, and that she would steam out into the Irih Channel, for the glass fell quickly, and a squally wind set in f r o m the • `N - .E., that being the only wind which could make the ship's , position at Holyhead at all questionable as to safety: The fires had been "banked up" for a few days; and about six o'clock on Thursday evening, steam was ordered to be got up quickly. This was ,one, and . between seven and, eight o'clock the paddles were several times moved slowly, so as to ease the strain upon the single anchor to which the ship was riding. She dragged very slightly, if at all, and a second anchor having been dropped, all was considered tolerably . safe. The steam was, however, kept up all night. There were some very heavy squalls about half-past six on Friday morning, and storms ce hail and wind continued at short intervals up to two- o'clock ; but to that time the Great Eastern was steady and safe at her anchorage. . Several times during the .forenoon the hail stood an inch or two thick upon the ship's decks. So squally was it, that about half-past one it was ordered that no more visitors should be brought off, and a few hundreds of drenched excursionists found' themselves compelled to pass an uncomfortable night at rlolyhead, 'with the - frospect of nothing like a bed, or to depart without the expected visit to the big ship. GRIND SCHILLER FESTIVAL. IN Pauts.--The com mittee appointed, by the German- residents, of all classes, in Paris, to determine on the proper mode of celebrating the hundredth anniversary of. Schiller's birth, which will fall on the 10th of November next, have issued their programme. The festival Will he held on the evening of the 10th of November, in the Cirque de l'lmperatrice, in the Champs Elysees. The Cirque will be brilliantly lighted and decorated for the occasion. M. Meyerbeer has not only assisted the committee with advice, but promised them two pieces of music composed expressly for the fes tival. Herr Ludwig Pfau has written an appropriate poem. to one of them. Besides the above, Schillees " Fest gesan an die Kiinstler," set to music by Mendelsohn, and' the concluding movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, with choruses (Schillees "Freude ' schiiner Gotterfimken "). will be performed. A speech will be performed by Dr. Ludwig Eilisch. The musical arrangementswill bounder the direction of M. Pasdeloup, director of the. Societ6 des Jeunes' Artistes du Conserva toire. The orchestra will consist of 150 members. The vocal solos will be executed by some of the first German vocaliSts in Paris, and the choruses. by the German and Swiss Gesangvereins established there. The musical and literary entertainments will be followed by a banquet. The price of the. tickets to the performance is fixed at 10f, for the first places, sf. for the second; and 2f. for the third. The profits will be devoted to some charitable and national German purpose in Paris. The committee is composed' as follows :—Dr. Otterburg, president; Bauer, G. Brancins, vice-presidents ;: Fr. Klincksieck, Ed. Simon, secretary ; Neuhaus, treasurer ; Abel, Becker, Behmer; Chilly, Dr. Phil. Christensen, Deutsch, Gattiger, Dr. Phil_ Griinland, Dr. Phil.. Hess, Hoffmann, J. E. Horn, /loth, Dr. Phil. Kalisch, Karpeles, Krauss, Kuglemann, Lautz, Maho, Dr. Med. Meding, Muller, Jul. Offtnhach, L. Pfeu, Reich, Riedel, Sauertheimer, Schneider, Scholer, Dr. Phil., Sydow, Weber, Weyehand, and . Wild. England, determined not to be behindhard, has already projected a grand festival in honour of th e poet, to be held next month at the Crystal; Palace.— Musical World. LETTER FROM THE LATE' GRXERA.L NETLV.S. MOTHER. —The following letter has-been addressed bipMrs. Neill, of Barnweill, to Mr. Campbell of Craigie, in answer to that written by him, conveying to her from the meeting at the inauguration °Utile statue of her- son, Genera Neil, their deep sympathy in her grief at;the loss of her son, Colonel John Martin Bladen Neill, deputy adjutant general of Victoria, killed by a fall from his horse "Ardeer House,, Oct. 15, 1859. "My Dear Mr.. Campbell,—l hue the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of . the. 11th instant, communicating the wish of the meeting brought together to inaugurate the statue raised by th e country to the memory of my eldest son, to express to me their deep sympathy for this added calamity ! To yourself for proposing it, and to Lord Eglington for his most feeling acquiescence, and to the other gentlemen at the meeting I beg to offer my most grateful thanks. God knows I rewire something to alleviate the bitterness of my grief; and if universal sympathy could bring comfort, I indeed have received a large share from far and wide, and it does help to support me. Still, lam now without a son ! Three now lie in different far off lands beyond the reach of kindred ties-11l remarkable for talents of no ordinary type, and following up with energy the duties of their profession, and all gone down to the grave in the very midst of their uscfulnes' in their well-earned positio ng • but it was God's will, and who sh a ll d are t o arraign 4.—Most sincerely and gratefully yours, C, SMITH NEILL,” THE WAKEFIELD ELECTION COMMISSION. SIXTEENTH DAY, CONFESSIONS OF PERJURY.-ADJOURNMENT OF THE INQUIRY. The Royal Commissioners resumed at eleven o'clock on Monday morning.- The first witness was Mr. Thomas Alder, jun., corn factor, who said—l canvassed for Mr. Charlesworth, in company with William Shaw, spirit merchant; and sometimes with the candidate himself.. If, during the excitement of the election, I had thought that I could have done any "good," I should have made an offer to an elector ; but, to my knowledge, I never did so. The allegations to the contrary are made by a returned convict. I paid the non-electors, and, through Mr. Smith, Of Manches ter,.the " rthighs." I paid £35 the first week, £2OO the second, and £650 the third. Perhaps I paid another £lO9 the last week. The number of men who were em ployed on our side began with 13, and ended with 600. I should think the other side engaged more men—three to one throughout the election. Every Conservative voter's house in the borough was marked with a cross, and a regular patrol was kept up night and day. The men on our side were employed in preventing respect able people from being insulted, and I do not think 600 police too many for the purpose. I was several times in sulted, bat I cannot recollect any one else who was: I received the money from Mr. J. •L. Fernandes, jun. I will swear that I believe Serle did not bribe, or did not send other people to bribe. I have heard that our hotel bills amount to £l,OOO, inclusive of Mr. llaWorth's £lll. I never spoke to Mr. Fernandes on the general expenditure of the election. I • once esti:tutted Mr. Charlesworth's expenses at £l,ooo,'and Mr. Leatham's at £14,000. .(Laughter.) I •now 'believe that Mr. Charle.sworth's expenses will exceed my first estimate. I never said that -Mr. Alfred Ash received. anything for voting—he does not possess a vote. I may have said that he. received money forhis services, but I had no rea son at all for saying so except a little animus. Mr. Alfred Ash here rose and said that the evidence of the witness' was one tissue of untruths; but the chief commissioner remarked that they Could not permit one gentleman to contradict another while he was giving evidence. - The witness.continued —Alfred Goldthorpe, a sweep, told me that ha was offered £lO to vote for Mr. Leatham, by Mr. Alderman Harrison, who mistook him for another sweep named Dawson. I may also state that a man named Mieklethwaite pledged to 12,e neutral, but about a quarter to four, on the polling day, Mr. Harrison and Curtis saw him ; one took 'him to the poll, while the other went to the committee-room. Mr. William Walker, agent to the governors of the Wakefield charitie.3, and sc,cretary to the Corn Exchange Buildings, denied' positively that be ever canvassed a voter named Tate, either in conillany with Mr. Charles worth, or at any other time. .Mr 3. George Senior, the wife of the voter received £3O from the Leathani party and afterwards voted for Mr. Charlesworth, stoutly denied that her husband rceeived anything for this little act of eccentricity. - Mrs. Perkin, Globe Inn, said it was . a stranger who ordered dinner for forty or ; fifty of Mr. Charlesworth's colliers on the nomination day. He afterwards mid the bill, but she never heard his name. Joseph Backhouse, plumber, said that two or three weeks after the election, Edwin Foster told him that he had Tec=ived £4O• from Mr. T. K. Sanderson to vote for Mr. Charlesworth. Edwin Foster, re-called, denied in the most positive terms that he ever stated anything of the kind. Back house, some days before the election, offered him £l5 to go out of the town. • 7 Joseph Backhouse, in equally positive terms, contra . - dieted Foster, and denied ever making any offer to him. Foster told him that he had to come from Rotherham to vote, and on applying for his travelling expenses, Mr. Sanderson said that he had received quite enough for his vote without having anythinc , else to pay. Foster also flatly contradicted this statement. Benjamin Clarke voted for Mr. Leatham. He made two or three. indirect offers during the election, but he had no authority for doing so. Henry Gill got nothing to vote for Mr. Leatham. Hannah Gill, wife of the last witness, said Mrs. Atack offered her £2O if she would get her husband to go away. Mrs. Ataek, Mitre Inn, said she made the offer with out any authority. She would have laid the money down, and " vun all risk. Her " bill" was only £2 10s. —(A laugh.) Henry Gill again. came up; and said he forgot to men tion that at a meeting- of his. club, a voter named Cass stated that he had. got £25 from Crowther to vote for Charlesworth, and, a promise• of £lO after he had voted, but he had never been able to-get the £lO. • Scott Perkin,. cabinet maker, gave corroborative testi mony. Mr. Abraham! Grace, carver and gilder, stated that he had nothing whatever to-do , with Holliday's votes, and no money had' ever - passed' through his hands on their account. John Holliday,. shoemaker:--Did not receive a farthing for his vote. The night before the election the "stranger" so often. referred'. to. offered him £l5O, and then £l6O, for . his and his. son's. vote- He received nothing in 18.52. Emanuel Holliday, thesonwf the last witness, corro borated his father's evidence: Benjamin Stocks "watched"' David. Turner at • the last election £25 =were offeredhim to vote for Leatham, but this would not -" pacify"' him, awl -he said he could b cret £lo froin the other side:. Afterwards- Mr. Stephen Seal authorised the witness- to , offer - the increased sum, but - Turner: then.said it was • too late; as. he had made it all right with the -other-side. • David Turner said he received .£3O from a "stranger" to vote for Mr. Charlesworth. Reuben Leighton, of Thornes,_ was, recalled, for the purpose of correcting his- former evidence. He had previously - sworn that he had received nothing for his vote; btit - he now stated that he did. agree with Mr. John Jubb, of Thorne, to• vote fOr - Mr. - Charlesworth. He was to have £25 in money, and a: debt of about £25 cancelled. After Mr. Judd had left his-hOuse, he found the £2o . in an outhouse. It was of his own free will that he now came forward. He. had not been happy since. ______. The Chief Commissioner congratulated Leighton on taking this step before•it was too late. Mrs. Leighton likewise made a full confession: Mr. :Jubb had been at their house tvro- hours, this morning, as if to prevent their making this public reparation, but both she-and her husband, were determined to come— and here they were. (Applause.)? The chief Commissioner—l anvery glad that wicked man has.not made you as wickecLas himself, and that you determined to resist him. (Loudiapplause.) The -Witness--17e had to live in. the same village, and were afraid of him. The Chief Commissioner--Well,. I ant glad that YOU have "told the truth and shamed the. devil." (Loud applause.) And let me tell you, on behalf of this court,. that we were all, satisfied on, the former occasion that your evidence, and that of your husband, was false:. Newt- mind what they say in the village. John Dawson, Flying Horse Inn, got £3O from J. P. Shaw, to vote for Mr . Leathern., Joseph Huscroft oared him 1120, and then: LzIO to vote on the other side. lkfellori. shoemaker,, gave him £1 for drink after the poll. Joseph Tannecliffe, labourer,. who had been in. the servi , ;e of Mr. Alderinaa Harrison 19 years, gave Samuel Fieldhouse £2O to vote for Mr. Leathern. The witness offered Collinson, publican, AO, and then £3O, which was declined. He gave John Blackburn £2O, after the election. He never consulted Mr. Harrison. about these offers, and had never said anything to hits about bribery. Mr. William Tranmer, watchmaker, denied receiving any consideration whatever for his vote, nor did his wife. Joseph Scholey, labourer, one of the Conservative watchers, was examined with reference to the attempted abduction of a. voter, named Lupton, on the polling day, He admitted that he helped to pull Lupton into the cab, and that he (Lupton) was taken to a public house a few mites on the Leeds road, where he was left in charge of same of Mr. Charlesworth's colliers. Daniel Macintosh, saddler, was deputed by Sharpley to offer £3Q to Laing, Bay Horse Inn, to vote for Lea thern. The money was placed in the hands of a third party ; but though Laing acceded to the terms, he did not vote, and therefore did not get the money. After the election, Laing told the witness that he had received more money from Shaw, spirit merchant, to be neutral. The witness had paid £8 or £9 at various public-houses for beer supplied to non-electors. On the polling day George Senior told the witness that he had made £BO out of his vote. £3O he received from the Liberals, and the rest Senior said was paid to him by Archibald Crowther. The Chief Commissioner—We are pretty well satisfied that Senior did receive money from the-Cpnservatives but we have not yet traced who paid him it, though we do not despair of (loins that. Mr. Alderman Harrison, corn factor; re-called—Denied • ever making an offer to Goldthorpe, a sweep, or to any sweep. It was equally untrue that the witness ever offered any inducement to Micklethwaite to vote. He did not say at half-past three o'clock on the polling day, ‘.‘ Friends, go out and get votes at any price." The witness had found out that some of his workmen were mixed up with bribery at the last election, but he had not countenanced them in the slightest degree. Richard Mann, barber, voted for Mr. - Leatham, and got Zl5. • John Crosland, junior, foreman, in the service of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company; denied having anything to - do with Ingham's vote. On the night of the election he was solicited, by his brother, the landlord of the Coopers' Arms, who, had 200 Conserva tive "loughs" about the house, to pay them off. He - did so, and paid away about £lOO. His brother was afterwards reimbursed . by Mr. Thomas' Smith. 'Jeremiah Widdop, landlord of the Griffin Inn, voted for Mr. Charlesworth. His bill amounted to about £2O. lie had said to Joseph Hudson,. Postman Inn, that whatever the Liberals spent at his house the Conserva tives would double it; but he denied ever having offered Hudson anything for his vote. Mm Oldham' denied saying that Mr. Lake offered them any flou r if h e r husband would . vote for Mr. Charlesworth. Mr. Lake did call about the vote, but she told him that if her husband did not vote for Mr. Leatham, he would have no comfort in her house. (Loud laughter.) The Monday after the poll, Mrs. Cousins brought her a parcel of money, saying that she was afraid her husband would, spend it if he:got hold of it. Mrs. Cousins did not say who she got- the money from, and she fetched it back on the following Friday. Mrs. 'William Barratt said that her husband had heard that Lynas, the grocer, had had a large offer from the Liberal side, and she offered him first £3O and then £4O for a pound of tea if he - Weald vote for Mr. Charlesworth. Mr. Lynas said he had been offered double that amount from the other side, but he had not then made up his mind which way to vote, and his conscience would not let him. (A laugh.) John Mills, warehouseman, stated that he heard Mr. Shaw, spirit merchant,. in August last, solicit Sharpley to keep out of the way of the Commission-as he had previously done with the House of Commone:Committee. The Chief Commissioner—This Commission is now adjourned' to the 11th of November, to London, which We do by leave of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. . . . MURDER IN GALWAY.—A terrible crime was per petrated at Kinvara, on Monday week. Theamfortunate deceased had been attending the fair of that town, and, as generally is the case, - commenced drinking in the evening. At Lenane's public-house he was met - by some three or four other men, when, unhappily, - began . the quarrel which termiaata fatally. Whilst the deceased . was returning hcime, in the company of his Vat'ner, he was waylaid by the parties with W:10711 he had thedis; pute, and by one the turforturiate victim was struck witb a stone in so fearful a manner as to cause almost in stantaneous death. An inquest was held on thebody the folloiving day, when the jury returned a; verdict of wilful murder against two persons named Hynes- and' Kilkelly. These persons were accordingly apprehended' and committed to prison. AGRARIAN OUTRAGE.—We regret to announce, says the Sligo Journal, that the tranquillity of this' county has been disturbed by an outrage of a very daring character, and which, if prompt and vigorous measures , of repression be not taken, may be followed up by the commissson of those crimes which have stained other counties, and rendbred life and , property insecure. The outrage to which we refer is the posting of a notice upon the hall-door of Temple Hoase, the seat of R. W. Hair Dare, Esq., threatening him with the fate of Jessop. The magistrates assembled at quarter sessions, on Thursday last, retire& to consider the measures which should be adopted, with a view- to the discovery of the authors of the outrage; when, we understand, a repre sentation to the Government 'was agreed to, stating all that is known respecting the offence; and recommending the offer of a suitable reward. It - is to be hoped that these measures will result in the discovery and con viction of the perpetrators-of the outrage. • .1 THE COMING OP AGE OF 'THE PRTNCE OP WALES. — 'We observe, from some announcements that have been made—proppsals for publiii illumiiratians, &c.—that there is a misconception as to the date when the Prince of Wales will he of age. An net passed in 1842 provided for a Regency until the Prince was Ig3teurs ; after this date-he was to be considered - Of 'age should any unfore seen, event take place, the aversion' of which we all most sincerely and heartily pray.. Otherwise he will not be considered of age till he is 21,. and he will not take his seat in the House of Lords till that period arrives. George Prince of Wales, afterwards King- George 111., was introduced into the House of 'Lords on the 13th of November, 1759, and George (his son) Prince of Wales, afterwards King George IV., is introduced on the 11th November,' 1783 ; George 111. having; beenbeen born June 4,17 W (N.S.), and George IV._ August 12, 1712. • LADFES' TEMPERANCE DEMONSTRATION.-011. Friday evening - a temperance 'demonstration by females was held in Aldersgate-street Welsh • Chapel, in London. There-was a large audience, and the platform was occu pied exclusively by " the ladies?' Hrs. Fletcher, of Brompton, occupied the chair, detailing- her experience in the-temperance cause, and expressing her faith in the advantages which would ensue were a prohibitoryliquor law enacted and enforced in EngFmcl; iir the protection of the young from yielding to the seductions and tempta tions by:which they were now so-numerously surrounded. Several' ladies addressed the meeting, and in strong terms condemned' the use of strong- drinks,. and with equal temperance cause. energy advocated the _ _ _ _ _ ROZZERT or £soo.—On Wednesday-night an elderly man, named Samuel Littlewood, . who- resides near Old ham, was robbed of upwards of £5OO. It appears that he is an engine broker, and • had , conte with his brother . a few - days previous to attend a sale at Messrs. Phimner's flax millS , „ Ouseburn, Newcastle-alb-Tyne, and had brought. the' money to' maim purchases. He and his brother took tip their residence at the house of Mrs. Lawrence, Wheat Sheaf, High-street,. Gateshead, and aboutthalf-past eight o'clock on letiday night he went out alone,. for the purpose of getting , w short walk before going -to-bed. A woman followed'hiin from High-street. to the post-office, where she asked hiin for "three ha' peak of &ink, and he was tbelisir enough to go with her.-. She took him into a passage-in Wellington-street, where-they had not been-. more • than a minute or two, when' she put her hand into his:waistcoat breast pocket, antPlook out his black leather pocket-book, containing , upwardS of £5OO in notes and 'citoques, and ran off with it.- He followed, and although he• had his eye on her fiir- a considerable distance, he- gave no alarm, and at - last- she contrived to get- oat , of his sight. About twellve o'clock the same night, the police apprehended °a. woman named Ann Matougalt alien Miller. Although she had changed her shawl and bonnet, he immediately identified her. She , had' on the same dress,. and' was seen in the early part of the evening with the- same bonnet and' shawl onithat . she wone - when Littlewood was in her - company. As Usual in-these cases, 'none of the property- was. found in her possession. It appears that the money was the whole of his savinn:;. bat he has some property... Re left Gateshead' on Sati'ir, day morning, bnt-before.going he gave instructions that bills were to be- printed offei ing a reward of'4o for-the recovery of the-propetty i. and he will have. to appear against the woman; who will be brought, before- the Gateshead ipagistrates: on Tuesday. There-were three £lOO, two £5O, and some £5 Bank of England notes, a £lO and some X& notes of a Yorkshire bank. There was a cheque for- £7 - 0 odd on the Rochdale Bank, and another cheque on the Halifax Bank. His brother thinks there was, about £6OO in the pocket book. FORMIDINCt THE BANNS.-011 Monday, a couple who Wended to be married at St. MatthewN, at Chad derton, were unexpectedly surprised by the banns being forbidden and the marriage prevented. Several men, amongst whom were Joseph Trippet, a forgeman, and Joseph Woodcock, were drinking together on Sunday night-, and in the course of the. evening Trippet got hold of a gun, and took it to a neighbour's house. Nothing . particular occured then ; but the next day, ' when Trippet was going to be married to Miss Jane Crompton, Woodcock went to the church, and pre sented to the officiating minister the following no tice :—" I, Joseph Woodcock, of Lansdowne-square, in the parish of St. Matthew's, Chadderton, do hereby forbid the banns of marriage between Joseph. T .T r o iP e P e i t i and Jane Crompton, on the ground that the said t, s Trippet is labouring under temporary. y made an attempt,on his own life last night-11 the clergyman After this notice,• had been gi ven I_, sa l n v l itn a h g a u v n ipi . i ' g ' waitand a dr m ov o e re to `Roston, the Rev T. S Mills could 1110. r the irelression that • .• at once unite them in the bonds of matrimony, but th ey declined to marry the parties, and in a state of great c to ab favourible wore excitement disappointed,tliey e n a t n e d r e d ha a d opportunity.-oWhans Chrmicle, LITERA.TURE. NE FIRST SABBATH AT GERRARD'S CROSS. BY ta k e Rev. W. J. Bramley-Moore, M.A., Trin. Coll., Cara"' London : Seeley and Co., etc. This is a handsom e littl e vo lume, designed as 3 ibute to the pious affection o f two exemplary Christian : :dies, the Misses Reid, who have lately erec ted a church, dedicated to St. James, upon 'the Common at Gerrard's Cross, Bucks, in memory of their b eloved f brother, George Alexander Reid, Esq., late Mem b " Parliament for Windsor. It consists of the two excel lent sermons• preached by the. Rev. 'W. J. Brander: Moore, the incumbent of the new church, —Lines aa St. James's Church,—an Architectural Notice of the interesting edifice,—and an Address to the Founded' The sermons are full of evangelical truth, very eloclue u tli expressed, and most impressively applied, with sPeci.al reference to the memorable' occasion. A 3fenteri Church is a noble gift, to God, to whom it is consed crated, and to the people among whom it is placed, a n d for whose use it is intended.--as well as its being' , siered token of love and esteein—a holy and an edifY llll ' monument tr, the beloYed object of its erection and con' serration. In this instance, it. is likely to answer tfia two-fold purpose with admirable effect; while honourl and perpetuating the memory of the dead, edifying one blessing the souls of the living. And the people wut - , privilege it is to frequent this sanctuary of God,. VPr i . warmly to estimate it. "We desire," they say in th,etol address to the pious and - affeCtionate founaers, express our gratitude for the spiritual advantages whi et you have placed within our reach ; our children as' 14 know not their obligation ; but on their behalf, as . as our own, We owe you a deeper debt of gratitude tn we can at first duly appreciate : you have confer r t v; upon us a lasting, a public, an ennobling beneat*. t Such an acknowledgment as this must at once be to; grateful to those piou s l a di es , an d mos t encouraging t ~e the devoted pastor to whose s pi r it ua l c'aarge they, ha committed them, and whose prayer for the chnrca an its congregation is thus piously and feelingly uttered , ' - "May Faith, may bright-eyed Hope, and melting Lov e ' Transparent Truth, be found in sweet aceord Enthroned within this Sacrlsd area, And prove us intimate with Heaven. 'fay all Our sister Churches, like the - morning stars, Illuminate the moral gloom around. Pause, stranger! - consecrate the place with prayer: Breathe thou a heartfelt wish, that grace and truth, Christ and. Him crucified, be preached with powers By true Evangelists of faith and to-ye, When, in this new-born-temple, week by week,- The scattered flock together blending; list The solemn echoes of. the world unseen. Spirit of God! make this memorial pile' The second birth-place of a multitude' Of ransomed souls, the living ornaments Of Christ's imperial blood-bought diadem; When He is crowned, amid the acclaim of worlds; Salvation's King, the new creation's Head , — The creature's Representative to God, God's Representative to Earth and Maven ; To whom be glory, now, and evermore " " TUE GOOD PLACE " for those in " GOODLY:. ArrAl tglj' duri r n eo f fs t u h the e he n ir r s e i s sni e gs n h t u : si le d a ioun r By the Rev. Cecil Wray, M.A. Manchester: Harris °l3 o This is one of a " coarse of sermons on our natiolli, sins ; " preached at St. Martin's Church, LiverP°2 o l b : Gt a edo n dl d is i i ts us to object ebfriysa means d o eialasi sla i g o ve e , off t t l tte , 'The evils of that system are very strik i , li fb il e p o p n o ew o e system, set forth.. Christianity, it is shown, came to level - ail ' te s• distinctions which the mere possession of money. cr e ,,, a al in the world; and to lead us to estimate such eater, advantages at their: true value. But it is also shoi„' s . that white-Christianity is thus a leveller, it yet -031° ,: u e 'that honour and respect be paid to all to wheat hoT" be and :respect are due --and that in society, there m all ,gradations of rank which it is a duty to maintain. in the more immediate presence of God, it is conten 4i; we are all upon a: level ; while the poor man, in P a- ,„e cular, is on nonceount - to be excluded from the sa . privilege which is• enjoyed by his wealthier neigllha te til a TO exclude the-poor, therefore; by means of high - r en o, pews, or even= by placing• them under an invidious , dilation in the cong:reption, must be a great evil; sm.., its practical' effect is to deter' the great body of thew &Zan -going-, church at all. "It has beensuggestedi ky the 'General Comm itte r :: en- the Pew System,' - ' it is observe(Lal,w:' which the-common three ways by which this. evil may be corrected " By declaring the•COmmon the-common right and, property of all then-pnrishio ° to and -in their Parish Church; and by affording t ° dividuals the means of putting. an end to the approprik tion'of pews in any part thereof.' • " By prohibit hid i the assignment hereafter, of : parochial District to any church, until it is secured h, perpetuity' to the fiee•onti coonnzorr me of all the Pal l ' ioners e withoat pew' rents or- appropriation.' 11 the By building nevr churches, wherein t .„, parishioners may - worship in entire freedom and equal'o. the , expenses aat such worship' being defrayed Dta Weekly Offertory; and'. such other benefactions an a dowments as individual piety may contribute.' to ' t ' h l e t l is ew t e h r us e c as . s c e o s n t t h in e ue ir s t , e th lig e in pre ns, racirlaherts, and d by p r ri e v s i t i o e i gs i fi ll i g : that we may hope •to regain thoseaections of the Pel l y which , in our town pepute.tions we have so gen et : L Al lost. Nor let any one be• apprehensive that such e s' o f rights-will be abused to the•discomfort or disturbsoe€ is • the higher classes; If no pride , and exc l us iverlf o 4 • exhibited on one•side, no rude intrusion need he e on .the other. On the• contrary, among the rellg tb o poor,- there generally the accompaniment of. i tog' poverty of spirit - and: humility,, which teaches hi gl order • himself lowly and reverently to all his bett e ii ' andthat charity 'which will not behave itself unse eni A a. Let-the higher classes remember that there is ' l ', "j i ve thing as over-refinement and effeminacy, which ls o r compatible with the hardness: becoming the sold ier o r Christ; and very much out of pl ace where all are P l ;iler trate together as miserable sinners,' whether ill to r' raiment "or gay clothing,' before the eommou Fa, u e of all. Away with such unworthy fancies, a nd le' r • do our duty to God's. p oor a sdkl our f a thers of old; - (3 ° o as those; in.earlier days still, who made it their busi l t .' ee e to 'wait upon the poor, and to wash the saints' f ires Let us.db our diatyns I servants, who for our s 3 cio r was . poor on earth; remembering' the inevitable •_lO when rich and' poor must lie down side by side'/,;s, when the shroud, • whether of "goodly,' or. `vil e- , terials, will' envelope the same MISS of corruption. sloe It will be , seen by this- extract, that the Le s t a gai contains a very powerful remonstrance a", s uele system which there is only too much reason to e°l/- frola has.been one great cause of alienating the masse s „, to the Established. Church,' and the growing & s * - Ta ost abolish which may be regarded as one of th e 'satisfactory-signs of the times. eke . 'PRE Itnrar..Vmrr.—AmosiNo tai,• of an amusing kind occurred on Friday week, ill • c " The' tion with her Majesty's return from Lock Bat - rill% dot'• royal train was due at 4.47 at Stirling, but arrive. tilt 5 - .5 - 0. The limited mail arrived: at d 01 0 ' at the usual hour—a few, minutes past five , a ll „ f the . train, having been mistaken by the authorities of castle, received the royal salute of the castle gull, s i c , pas s- the. train conveying her Majesty was alleivea without the customary honours. BAS EXTENSIVE PLUNDER OF A RUSSIAN lle" Information has been received by . that Herr Julius Todi, one of the new mana gers _ 4 ., 1 0 Russian bank at St. Petersburgh, has. abscondeg_acio')l, that capital, plundering the bank of a large sli n ',... l o eerry notes;. and numerous obligations on the Russian ‘-', e 104 ment, one being for 9,000 roubles. Altogether/ ' be es taken with him nearly £25,000, which - he has, ist. traced tohave arrived with in London, on the t,nataal, A warrant has been placed in the hands of "',70 0° the officer, for his apprehension, and a reward o' is offered for his capture. INCENDIARY FIRE NEAR WthLVERHANIPTON• m orn NFORTII OF PRODUCE DESTROYED.—On Mends,' F a int, ing, a fire broke out in the stack yard of Ortoll" m iles occupied by Mrs. Jones, and situated ,abOut g , all • from Wolverhanyton. About three in the Illm - ';ines sn in 'Wolverhampton, and three engines were de r 0 0 express aroused the keepers of the different fire e mbed with all haste to the scene of the conflagration., hay, their arrival, they found 14 ricks of barley; oats, an: a nd in a blaze. The supply of water i n th a e n ni e e ig tr h ° h P o r ° o u l n i r tiatill : F i l i i tb e t h h ° th had to fetch the quenchin,g element after,r ci the exhausei, and the distance from w_ ar ds, water in the pipes, and the height to which had risen before the arrival of the engines, combined was speedily w ti 'd e e - l ed a ll th the intense* frost, which cong!alt4:o6.o endeavours to save the contents of 'the rick Ya,r`' . ...` ef er, one exception) unavailing. The flames were, on o ta °" ine d A prevented from reaching the barn, which ertiallY good deal of produce. Mrs. Jones is only slued, and her loss is estimated at tl,OOO anil 0 ?":., in . There is little doubt that the fir e is the work b l ; to ' jo g eendiary, especially as a detached rick on a n I ri farm was burnt the same night. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. 0.(7013ER .26, 1E59. 14 11 th:t, 'fir,