Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-10 00:00:00

TEE SEPARATION OF TOXTETH PARK FROM THE WEST DERBY UNION. PRESENTATION OF £l,OOO TO MR. J. T. TOWSON. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BO IRD. Yesterday, the munificent gift of £l,OOO, some time since subscribed by the principal ship-owners and captains of the port, was presented to Mr J. T. Towson, scientific examiner and secretary to the Loc .IMarine Board, in con sideration of his valuable services in , he development of the principle of great circle sailing, by which the Austra lian voyages in particular, have been so considerably shortened in point of time. The presentation t )ok place at twelve o'clock, in the presence of a number of the con tributors, in the Secretary's Office, Underwriters' Rooms. The chair was occupied by Mr. James Aikin. The CHAIRMAN said, he need not inform them that the presentation which they were about to make to Mr. Towson, consisted in a subscription from the principal ship owners and captains of the port, chiefl: those connected with the Austalian trade, who had derived great benefit from the information and advice they had obtained from Mr. Towson, :Ind to whom it was suagested that they should seize the opportunity of making some substantial acknowledgment for the great service they ad mitted to have receive] from him. Mr. Meliay readily began the list with a subscription of £5O, and that ex .mple was followed by almost all who were largely in tereste iin the Australian trade. So far, the subscription was entirely confined to the parties interested in the South Australian Colonies, but a number of other gentlemen who knew that theyhad also derived advantages, as shipowners, from the services of Mr. Towson, likewise beized the op portunity, and added their names to the list. The result was that the subscription amounted to about 1,000 guineas, but had they made it more generally known, or had they not limited it in the way he h id mentioned, it would have amounted to a much larger sum. The immediate cause of this acknowledgment on their part of the services of Mr. Towson, was not because ha brought to bear anything which was new in the science of great circle sailing, but because he brought science to bear on the practical results of different voyages, thereby shortening the voyage to Aus tralia, which in his (Mr. Aikaa's) time was considered to be a fair voyage if done is five or six months to two and a-half months. That was an essential service to commerce and humanity, and the way in which the shipowners of Liverpool were Low about to acknowledge it, would show to the won] I that, when science rendered service to the interests of commerce, they were always prepared to acknowledge and reward. Mr. R. RANKIN said, that when the subscription was handed over to him it amounted only to £750. He in vested it in a dock b. nd for £lOOO, bearing interest at 4 per cant., and the accumulation of interest and other subscriptions, brought the original sum up to the amount sunk in the bond, and also left a small balance in his hands. He then read the list of subscribers, which com prised the names of some of the principal ship-owners of the port. The CHAIRMAN, in presenting the bond, said that he was quite sure that the consciousness cf having done good in his day ar d generation would in itself be a sufficient gratification to Mr. Towson, bur at the same time, such an acknowledgment of his services as that contained in the gift of the shipowners of Liverpool should materially add to that gratification. He believed that Mr. Towson wonldbe as muchgratified bythe expresion of their thankful ness as by the substantial acknowledgment with which they now presented him ; but as they said before, it would also serve as a proof to the world, that the commercial interests of Liverpool were always ready and anxious to encourage and reward science when it was brought to bear to their benefit. The Chairman then presented Mr. Towson with the bond. Yesterday, a special meeting of the Guardians connected with the West Derby Union, was convened by the follow ing circular : " 2, Elliot-street, Clayt:n-square, Liverpool, 2nd June, 1.857. SIR —I beg to inform you that a special meeting of the Guardians will be held at the Workhouse, on Tuesday next, the 9th instant, at twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of making arrangements with reference to such of the officers as will be effe , ted by the separation of Toxteth Park from the West Derby Union. (Signed), WILLIAM CLEAVER, Clerk." The following Guardians were present : --Messrs. Stoddazt Clarke, Wensley, Pickup, Muller, A mond, Richmond, Abrahams, Wilson, Mawdsley, Roscoe, Taylor, Pitts, Birch, and I. Edwards. The Rev. Mr. BADNALL, the chairman, not being present, Mr. Ledger was requested to to take the chair. Before the business of the board was commenced, Mr. M.tywaanco, tha inspector from tf e General Poor-Law Board said, he begged to explain the reason why he was present on the occasion, which was that he had seen a notice from Mr Cleaver, announcing that a special meet ing would be held, on he subject of the separation of the Union, and he therefore thought that he might be of some use, in answering any qaestfons put to him by the board, and thereby save any future correspondence on the subject. The CHAIRMAN, on bahalf of the guardians present, ex pressed his obligation to the Inspector for attending. The INsrEcToa said he hoped the board would arrive at their own conclusions, and discuss the matter fairly and freely, Froth the conversation that then ensued, it appeared that the only officers at all affected by the order for the separa tion of the township of Toxteth-park from the Union was Mr. Potts, the paying officer, and Mr. Brember, the removing officer, who,e services, it appeared, were exclusively engaged in performing the duties of the Toxteth-park district—the latter in particular. Mr. SnAw then urged that it would be extremely unfair for the West Derby Union to be saddled with the expense of all the officers of the Union, after the separation of Toxteth-park from it, as most cf them hsd been employed, and had had their salaries increased, in consequence of the ex:ra work imposed on the Union by that township. The INSPECTOR replied that the chief cause for the separation was that there was not sufficient room in the establishment for the poor, and hence they would require all the officers, and that T.)xteth-park would, on the formation of the Union, have to appoint their own officers. After some considerable conversation, in the course of which several guardians took a part, Mr. Ana 4}LtMS exty essed it as his opinion that the West Derby Union, without Toxteth-park, would require all their servants, as they would have a greater opportunity of having paupers in the house, instead of giving out-door relief, as at present. He then moved that Mr. Potts be retained as the pay-cle-k for the union, and that 11r. Brember be appointed as the removing -officer for two districts. Some further converwion, of a most desultory nature, then ensu d, in the course of whilh Mr. Pitts stated it as his opinion that it would be most unjast that the West Derby Union should be saddled with the two buildings— the hospital and the workhouse—and expressed a hope that the inspector would see that the Toxteth-park disttiet paid their share of the expenses, or take one of the esta blishments. The INsPicoron said that he had no doubt but that the Unio't would require both: but that it would be impossible for them to order that the new board, when established, should take either. Mr. WILSON said that they (the Texteth-park people) would neithee take one place or the other. Some further conversation took place, in the course of which it was stated, that as it would be necessary that the poor belonging to Toxteth-park should have accommoda tion, before it was possible that it could be procured, it would be necessary to have the poor farmed out, and, therefore, some arrangements had better be made with the Union for taking :hem ; when it was moved by Mr. Wensley, in order to come to the business, that Mr. Pott's services be retained as the pay-cle k for the two Unions. This was seconded by 3.fr. Pickup, and carried by the casting vote of the Chairman, after Mr. Sha' had moved a direc-, negative. Another long and almost unintelliga,hle conversation followed, as to h )cv to dispose of the removing officer, the result of which was, that a Select Committee of the guardians was appointed to consider the whole matter, namely : how it could be best to dispose of the work house, the hospital, and the office r s, a f ter t h e separation of the Union, an d report thereon, after conferring with the overseers of the poor for Tox:eth-park, to a future meeting. This point h ,ving been acreeded to, the meeting separated after a long deliberation, without coming to any final result. Mr. Towsos said, he felt he had a very difficult task to perform, in acknowledging in suitable terms th e ki n d ness which he had j u st rece i ve at their hands. He should ever regard the testimonial rather as a testimony of their generosity, than of hi s own serv i ces ; b ut i f he had any object in view beyond all oilers, it was that his life and intellect would be preserved to render other services to the commercial interests of Liverpool, and to remove the imp ession which come, no doubt, would entertain, that they had been too liberal in acknowledging his labours. In speaking, however, of their liberality, it would be affectation in him to state, that he did not believe that his humble exertions had been at tended with benefit to navigation ; but it would have been impossible for him to have devoted the thou- sands of hours which he had done in accomplishing his object unless he had some stimulus such as Mr. Aikin had alluded to—the doing of good to his fellow creatures, the promotion of science, and the benefit of commerce--to support him in these exertions. He felt that he was fully rewarded for those labours, in the first place, in the band some manner in which they were now acknowledged, and also the manner in which they had been acknowledged not only by the Admiralty, bat by the Minister of the United States Navy, and other Atinisters on the Continent. But there was one thing beyond all others which gratified him, and that was the practical and successful manner in which his principle had been carried out. He was perfectly aware, as he had stated on various occasions, that his labours would have been of no value had they not been seconded by the practical knowledge of men of talent ; and it was, therefore, with the grea'est gratification he found that Captain Godfrey, who was the first to endeavour to carry out the principle which he had laid down, had done so sucessfally, and had made the voyage to Australia in seventy-seven days, which was then unprecedented. Bat when it was his g,od fortune to come to Liverpool, he then met with a co-opera tion which he never could have anticipated. Not one shipmaster. but the majority of them co-operated with him, and did him the honour to consult with him upon the manner in which it would be bast suited to carry out his principle. That, he considered, was a sufficient reward for his exertions, but now when he received such a mark of appreciation from the shipowners and certain captains in the Australian service, he felt that his labours were more than sufficiently rewarded, and that had he lived in any other age or any other port than that in which it was his goad fortune to be iccated, he never would have received such kindness atd generosity as were now heaped upon him. He held the testimonial far beyond its money value, although he was not speaking lightly of that, and would so prize it while he lived. (Applause ) Mr. FIELD, of the firm of Field Brothers. observed that he was not aware of the testimonial, otherwi-e he should have before subscribed to it. He now bagged that the firm might be put down for £25. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then alluded to Mr. Towson's services on the Compass Committee, after which the proceedings ter minated. Exclusivaly for CLOTHING BOYS from 6 to 20 Year: LEWIS 3; COMPANY, Ranehigh THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1857 THE (ARE AT EASTERN. During the banquet given by the Institution of Civil Eneigeers, on the occasion of presenting a very handsome testimonial, valued at £2,000, to Charles Manby, Esq., their retiring secretary, Mr. Wynn, having proposed "Success to the Great Eastern steam-ship," coupling with the toast the name of Mr. Scott Russell ; Mr. Scott Rus sell said he was undoubtedly proud of being the builder of the great ship, and should feel still prouder if she achieved the success he ventured to anticipate. The most remarkable feature connected with it was that a body of men should be found who would subscribe £700,000 for an undertaking, the success of which was declared to he very problematical ; that feeling would, however, be diminished, when it was known that three fourths of the shares in the undertaking were held by members and associates of the Institution of Civil Engineers. That fact alone spoke volumes for the safety of the structure. Mr. Brunel, who must be called the father of the project, had desired to have the smallest ship capable of carrying its own fuel to Australia and back, and conveying such a cargo of goods and passengers as should be remunerative. Cal culation showed the actual dimensions to be necessary, and the system of cellular ccnstruction adopted at the Britannia bridge afforded the strength for these vastly increased pro portions which had at first surprised even English engineers, with their habit of regarding everything as possible. The s'ze did not now, however, astonish even the merchants, who contemplated finding careoes for her without trouble. It would be a proud day, both for Mr. Brunel (whose absence he regretted) and for him, when the Great Eastern was committed to her proper element. The ship was a specimen of what the cambieed qualities of men could produce, and it impressed upon all beholders the advantages of such union as 'the iustitution afforded the means of encouraging. United, they could do almost anything, and their efforts must bene fit their country, and be conducive to their own good. Exclusively for CLOTHING BOYS from 6 to 20 Years LEWIS & COMPANY. Ranelagh street. A machine has been invented at Boston for digging p tatoes. About 12,000 people of colour left the United States for Africa during the last year. More than half of them were emancipated for the purpose. A medical man says that those ladies who make it a business to trouble dry goods clerks, and never buy any thing, ought to be called counter irritants. JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT.—We find the following an nouncement in the Limerick Chronicle :—Alfred M'Farlane, Esq., of the north-east bar, author of " The Treatise on Equity," and a gentleman of considerable experience, has been appointed to the office of judge of Western Australia, with a salary of £BOO per annum." UNCOMMON CASE of SUICIDE.—An old pensioner of the name of Wishart, residing in Stanley, Perthshire, com mitted suicide on Tuesday morning last :in a very un common manner. He lost his sight many years ago, and was very rarely out of b d Having laid his hand on a dish he broke it, and with the sharpest fragment he commenced the horrible work of cutting and mangling his throat, His wife came in, and although medical aid was immedia• tely obtained, Wishart s lon breathed his last. EMBEZZLING MONEYS OF AN INSURANCE OFFICE.— Edward Offord was charged, at the petty sessions, Roch dale, on Monday, with embezzling certain moneys belong ing to the " National Weekly Life Assurance Company." A person named Samuel Smith appeared as the prosecutor, and paid that he was the manager. The F oziety was incor porated, and its offices were in Manchester. The prisoner had been appointed agent for Rochdale, and tha insurance fees were collected in small sums weekly, and the duty of the agents was to hand the sums collected over to the contra! management fortnightly. The prisoner had not d one so. In April he received 4s 4d from Hannah Holt, which ho had not accounted for; in like manner he had received 3s, on the 27th of April, from Ellen Isherwood, and also four other small sums, is, is Bd, 2s 3d, and is 6d, from various other persons, for which he had not accounted. The prisoner did not deny the charge, but asked the bench to have mercy upon him, as he would make good the money as soon as he could. He was com mitted to the Salford sessions for trial. BARNSLEY.— THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE COAL TRADE.— The South Yoikshire coal trade is rapidly developing itself. The coal proprietors of this district have lately bean giving their attention to plans which are being matured for ex tending their trade to Liverpool, by sending their coal to that market for exoort. They have held meetings at Liverpool and Manchester, and have decided to hold their meetings quarterly at the latter place. The result is that South Yorkshire cal is already exported from Garston, on the Mersey, and, from the various trials that have been made, it gives great satisfaction. The space taken up in vessels by some kinds of coal which are obtained from North Wales and Lancashire is so considerable as to render them very objectionable for the use of steam-packets as compared with the South Yorkshire steam-coal, the heating properties of which are concentrated in so much less space, and there is eery probability that it will supersede much of the coal hitherto used in that market. The coll o xners have also in contemplation the exportation of the celebrated Silkstone and Flockton coal, which is so much liked. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR BRADFORD.-0Q Monday, an inquest was held at the Quarry Gap Hotel, Tyersall, near Bradford, before C. Jewison, Esq., coroner, on the body of John:Benson, who was killed on Saturday forenoon, on the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction line, above Lanster Dyke, under the following circum stances :—Benson was a plate layer, sixty-two years of age, and. was working on Cde line between the guages when the train from Leeds to Manchester, and one from Bradford to Leeds, approached him, and as the danger for the moment paralysed him, he threw himself too much on the one side. Both trains were also shunted back as much as possible, but the engines could not be stopped, and the Bradford train struck the deceased on the side, and dashed him forward about eighteen yards, and the wheels of the train passed over and shockingly mutilated the body. When taken up the head was bent back between the shoulders, and the whole presented a shocking appear ance, No blame could be attached to either of the engine men on the trains, as both sounded their whistles and endeavoured to stop the trains and prevent the catastrophe. A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned, AN ATTRACTIVE FEATURE OF THE ART TREASURES EXHI BITION.—I must now conclude by saying, that at none of the London shows did it ever happen to me to see so many good looking ladies, and young ladies, as are to be found charming away the attention of the amateur from the mere semblance to the substance of beauty. Nature and art have joined hands at Trafford, and any discreet man may enjoy the advantage of seeing, comparing, and judging between the positive and the fictitious. For myself, I am _ready to back flesh and blood against the thickest coat of oil colour and the smoothest canvas. Theee dames and damsels belong to the old brood of Lancashire witches, and bear in their eyes sparks of that fire that consumed their great grandmothers at the stake. They gaze at you (or perhaps only at the Gainsborough behind you), seated on the central settees, with calm, serene, wide-open eyes, and lips apart; they gaze at you (or at the Murillo just above your head) leisurely, calmly, steadily, like lionnesses taking their rest," as Dante has it; and the glamour of thcse lustrous orbs, the subtle flame they breathe through those rubies, goes through and through you, till pictures, statues and knights in armour, and glass roof and all, swim about ycu, and you drop exhausted and dizzy on the same settee by the side of the dangerous enchanter. Here are subjects for oil and young masters; plenty of nature to quicken the enthusiasm of the future worshipper of art.—r, oily News' Correspondent. THZ MORMON ROBBERY IN NOTTS.— The particulars of of a robbery of more than £2OO, perpetrated by Mormons at Mansfield (Notts), from a sick club in that town, have already been stated. Since then, a man and his wife, named Wright, and two men, named Rallis and Bentley, have been examined before the magistrates, when it ap peared, from the evidence of Superintendent Paletborpe, that Wright and his wife were apprehended at Sheffield. just as they were taking the morning train to Liverpool. They were carefully searched, when £3.5 in gold was found concealed about a child they were carrying. Wright upon being searched, began to swear fearfully, and in reply b Paletborpe, who told him he always understood the Mormons were not allowed to swear, said, " Oh, be , I put religion a s id e ; i n suc h a case as th i s I don ' t mind stretching a point." They were then conveyed to Mans field, where the two other Mormons were apprehended, (Hollis and * B ntley), who were each put into a separate cell. It having been ascertained that some luggage had been sent by Wright from the Mansfield railway station to Liverpool in the name of Ann Jones, a telegraphic message was sent from Nottin g h am to Liverpool, di recting the authorities at that station to stop the luggage. Palethorpe immediately started for Liverpool, and obtained the services of a clever detective. They then engaged a boat, and followed the ship, she having gone out of dock down the river. When they got on boar.; they saw Ann Jones, who was also a Mormon, she having signed the book for the luggage. They proceeded to ex amine it, when Palethorpe found a bag containing £l5O in gold, which he took possession of, as also of the luggage, and returned with the whole to Mansfield. When acting in his capacity as a Mormon preacher, a few days ago, and since he had abstracted the check, Wright said no man could say he had wronged him, he stood there with an un blemished character, although it has since been discovered that, in addition to the above, he has robbed his late em ployer, Colonel coke, to a great extent. 7 MAMMA AND PAPA." MRB: --- THATCHER v. COL. D'AGULLAIL This case came before the public again at the Brighton County Court, before Mr. W. Farner and a Jun when Colonel D'Aguilar was sued by his forsaken inamorata for the sum of 50/., parcel of GOI. (plaintiff abandoning the excess), for money payable by the defendant for the support by her of his illegitimate child from the month of April, 1855, to April, 1857, and for money agreed to be paid by the said defendant to the plaintiff towards the maintenance of the said child, and for money paid by the plaintiff for the use of the defendant, and for money found to be doe upon an account stated between them at Brighton. As on the previous occasion, Mrs. Thatcher denied that she had ever been charged with impropriety of conduct, that she had ever been rolled on the bed by any gentleman, or that she had ever said she was not sure who was the father of the child, but that the colonel was rich enough to pay for it. Mr. Sergeant Parry (for the defendant) submitted that there was no case to go to the jar y, and that there was no contract which could be sustained in point of law. Henry D'Aguilar was then sworn and examined by Mr. Roupell-1 am defendant in this action. It was in 1853, about the middle of Februa ry, that I first met Mrs. Thatcher, I mat her on the parade, nearly op- posite the Bedford, towards dark, I think, about five o'clock. That was the first time I met her. She overtook me on the parade, passed me, and looked back, as a woman does who wishes to attract your attention. I passed on and looked at her, and I then spoke to her. She almost directly asked me to go home with her, to a narrow street behind the Bedford Hotel, where she lived. I saw her the following day, and I saw her from time to time and visited her up till the month of May in that year. I had some conversation with her about a person named Granville. The first night I asked her who and what she was , and she told me that she was the wife of an offic2r. She mentioned Granville's name; but she said that she was living with a man whose name she would not tell me. She also told me this on the second day. She told me that he kept her, in fact. She said also that she disliked him, and had taken a fancy to me in the street, She said that she should get rid of him as soon as she could. I afterwards saw Mr. Turner, the surgeon, on the subject Of an allowance. I said I was not sure that this child was mine, as she said, because I know she had told me that she was visited by other people. She told me she had met this Granville in an omnibus, that he had taken her to an hotel in Charing-cross, and there had connexion with her. As this was the case, I said I was not at all sure the chill was mine ; but as she knew my name, and my family were livin4 in Brighton, I said I was willing to pay 301. a-year as long as she did not in any way annoy or irritate me or my family. I said, from what she had told myself and Dr. Turner, I was very doubtful of the child being mine, and I could only make that allowance oa condition that she did not annoy me or any of my family. I am quite sore Imeutioned it in that way to her, through Dr. Turner. She was to receive the money, because I was doubtful the child was mine, and I was not going to pay the money to anybody but herself. She was to look after this child, but the money was to be paid to herself. The payment of that money was afterwards discon tinued by me because she wrote an anonymous letter. Daring the time you were acquainted with this woman, did you ever make her a promise of marriage ?—Never, so help me God. Marriage was never mentioned except once. She said one day, " I wish yoa would. marry me." I said, "That is quite impossible. I never dreamt of marrying you, and I never could marry you." When you met Mr s. Thatcher , as you describe, what did you say to her ?—Well, I went up to her and asked her what she wanted, and that sort of thing. (Laughter.) She said she was the widow of an officer. I asked her where she lived, and she said in Montpellier-street. She asked me to go home with her, and I went with her to Montpellier street, there and then. Au old woman, called Mrs. Botcher, let us in. I did not see Miss Butcher there. Nothing improper took place between us that night. Will yon tell the jury, then, what yen went there for ?—Well, I considered her a person on the town, and I went home with her for that purpose. Mr. Sergeant Parry (to defendant) — Upon my word I would decline to answer such questions, if I were you. Cross-examination continued : I asked Mrs. Thatcher upon what terms I was to visit her. She said, what do you mean ? Well, I said, I only come here for a certain purpose. She said, what do you mean? I don't understand you. I then placed money on the table. I placed 1/. on the table. She told me that she was an officer's widow and the daughter of an officer. I did not see the portrait produced (that of the deceased Thatcher) when I went there. I think I have seen it in her bedroom. She asked me to call the next day, ant I did• Did anything improper take place then ?—Yes. What time did you call ?—ln the afternoon. Nobody was there. I looked upon Mrs. Tnateher, I won't say as a common prostitute, but I certainly did look upon her as a prostitute. I never gave her my likeness. I took it to show her, and she kept it I suppose. I never saw it hanging up in my life. I never gave her a lock of my hair, I swear I never re member anything about a lock of hair (lock of hair produced). I don't think that is my hair. (Laughter.) I dare say she might cut it off her own hair : she is quite capable of that. I won't swear that I did not give her the paper produced (that in which the lock of hair was preserved.) I never gave her a ruby ring. She had it from myself. It was given to me by a gentleman, and I told her I could not give it to her. I showed her the ring, and she put it on her finger. I really cannot remember how it was; but I think she said she put it on her right hand. I will swear I did not write 100 letters to her, 'nor 50, nor 20, after I left Brighton. I once sent her some flowers. I swear I did not take or send her flowers almost every day while I was in Brighton. I never took her a bouquet at all. The improper con nextion between as ceased about the end of April or beginning of May. When I placed thn money on the table the first evening she said I mistook her. I said, " Very well, then; if you are a virtuous person, give the money to the servant, and I wish you a good eve ' ning." If she swears Viet I called the first evening and saw Mrs. Butcher, and delivered my card to her, it is a falsehood and a lie. I never left a card at her house in my life. She may have one of my cards, but I never left one there. I never asked Mrs. Thatcher to return that ring, but she did so voluntarily. I wrote to ask her for my letters, because she had shown me Granville's letters, and I d;d not choose my letters to be shown to other men, A number of wit nesses were then, as on the previous occasion, examined, for the pur pose of proving that Mrs. Thatcher led a grossly immoral life. The jury retired, and, after an absence of about twenty minutes, retured with a verdict for plaintiff for the full amount claimed. At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh F,treef, BOYS are CLOTHED from the Ages of 6 to 20 Years. STATISTICS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP.—It was stated at the meeting of the Annual Moveable Committee of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows (which closed its sittings in Norwich, on Saturday), that the society had expended during the year in sick pay to members, 4130,000, 430,000 in funeral gifts, and .€40,003 for the relief of widows and orphans. The capital of the society is 41,755,030, and during the last twelve months 50 new lodges had been openod in various parts of the worl 1. In 1852, 10,613 new members were initi ated; in 1853, 16,616 ; in 1854, 18,836 ; in 1855, 21,319 ; and in 1856, 23,546, of whom 18,585 were under 26 years of age. THE SEA SERPENT AT LAST.—The Port Elizabeth Mercury (South Africa) relates that the sea serpent has actually been captures Algoa Bay, by Mr. Capper, the proprietor of the Sunday Island Ferry, assisted by Mr. Newcombe. It was thrown ashore near Cape Padrons, and supposed by the coloured people who foand it to be an immense fish. It proved, however, to be a creature with a long serpent like body, about eighty or ninety feet in length, pith an enormous head, Possessing the properties of the reptile species, and a mouth fur nished with a formidable row of serrated teeth on both jaws, which, when closed, dove-tailed one into another." The animal was dead, and decomposition was already going on. The head was cat off and placed in a waggon, which could scarcely contain it, and taken to a neighbouring house, where it now remains. All this is very circum stantial, but the Argus remarks that a vessel named the Sea Serpent arrived in Algoa Bay on the dly referred to. Perhaps this circum stance gays ri-e to a myth. EARLY AND LATE.—When men of genies are to die young, they complete their masterpieces at once. Mozart rendered up his divine soul at 39 ; Raphael pa'nted the "School of Athens " at 25, and the " Transfiguration " at 37 ; Paul Potter his " Bull " at 22 ; Rossini composed the " Barber of Saville " when he was 23, " William Tell " at 37; and afterwards wrote no more. Great artists, on the other hand, who are destined to have long lives, are slow in pro:a:a wn ; or rather they produce their best thinks in the decline of life. Handel compose i his greatest works—the " Funeral Anthem," '• Israel," the "Messiah," " Samson," the " Dattingen Te Dsum," and " Judas Maccabeus " after he was 52 years of age. Gluck had not composed one of his immortal operas when he was 50. Haydn was aa old man of 65 when he produced the "Creation." Murillo became Murillo only at 40 years of age. Ponssla was 70 years of age when he painted the "Deluge," the most poetically great of all his noble pictures. Michael Angelo counted more than 60 years when he incrusted his incomparable fresco of the " Last Judgment " on the walls of the Sistine Chapel; and he was 87 years of age when he raised the cupola of St. Peter's to the heavens.—Life of Handel, by V. Sehoelchee. THE FRENCH ARMY.—TiIe Annuaire Afilitaire of 1857, just pub lished, sets forth the following facts:-,—' The number of French gene rals of division i 3 84, and of generals of brigade 58. The reserve consists of 80 generals of division and 162 generals of brigade. The staff corps remains what it was in 1856. That of the commissariat (Intendance allitaire), which was modified by a decree of the 12th Of July last, is to consist of 8 inspectors general, but only 6 of them have been nominated. The effective of the Imperial Guard has not been increased, but it, two companies of engine: rs have been firmed into a division, and the regiment of Dragoons has taken the name of Dragoons of the Empress,' The gendarmerie, of which a regiment and a squadron figure in the Imperial Guard, (wastes of 25 legions of the colonial companies, the legion of Algeria, the Garde de Paris, and a battalion of seven companies of firemen (pompiers). The infantry consists of 346 battalions, divided into 2,806 companies :—adding the Imperial Guard, the number is 379 battalions, and 3,614 companies; its officers are 118 colonels, 117 lieutenant-colonels, 505 chefs do bat taillon, and 3,7811 captains. The cavalry consists of 58 regiments and 348 squadrons, and adding the guard, 65 regiments and 336 squadrons. The artillery, including the guards, consists of 19 regiments, 215 bat teries, and 49 depot companies ; it has 8 generals of division, 16 generals of brigade, 52 colonels, the same number of lieutenant- Colonels, 819 captains, 374 lieutenants, 165 subtheutenante, without including the officers of the Ecole de Metz." THE Pezercu GAME LAws.—The Court of Assize of the Oise, has tried a man named Ivernelle for an attempt at murder. The case was one connected with poaching, and it was, in its main featares, similar to most such cases. A gamekeeper named Chevalier, of Boulleaume, on going his rounds in a wood on the P lTt oa or e n hi in n g g. of 1 lth February last, saw four men armed with guns The e moment these men perceived him, they present e d their guns, and declared they would shoot him if he advanced. Seeing that he could not hope alone to arrest the four, he went to the chateau of his employer to get the assistance of his fallow -servants. One of the poachers, whom he recognised as Ivernelle, followed him for some distance, threatening several times to shoot him. After a while he returned with two fellow-servants, and saw the men stili poaching._ The poachers took to flight, b u t t h e three men went in pursuit, one of them, Petit, on horseback, being somewhat in advance of the otter two. Presently, Petit got pretty close np to one of the poachers, who was Ivernelle, and this m an, raising his gun, declared that he would kill him if he advanced. Petit fearing that he would fulfil his threat, turned his horse round. and as ke was doing so, the poacher fired, wounding him dangerously In the back. The poacher was subse quently arrested by the gendarmere. The jury declared him guilty, and the Gout sentenced lam to hard labour for life.—Galignanies ,Messenger. Cates AND DEeD Boxas.—The next important thing to the posses sion of cash is, how (when you have got itj to keep it safely, either in the connting-honie or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds and other valuable documents. We have seen a large an d vaned stock of both these desirable articles, manufacture d expressly for Mr. E. T. Hall, of south John-street that challenge attention. These boxes are made on n ew and admit* , ed pr i nc iples, and posses. patent locks, which defy th e i ngenuity of any " pick- l oc k" in the world to open, except with th e legitimate key. To me rchants, solicitor., and others, these new safes, on a small seals, must prove valuable indeed. —A r Ort/sern Daily Vino, 31$ May, 1867. CORONER'S COURT.--LIvERpooL. THE CHILD POISONING CASE IN SHAW-ST REZT.—The adjourned inquest on the body of the child of Mr. Sillar, of Shaw-street, was resumed yesterday. In addition to the evidence already given, Dr. Bickersteth said : I have made a pole moreem examination of the body in presence of Mr. Edwards, professor of chemistry. The viscera were per fectly healthy. The cause of death was congestion of the brain. That might have been the result of a narcotic, I would consider a quarter of a grain of morphia a very dangerous dose fur so young a child. A. grain would be quite sufficient to cause death. In reply to Mr. Aspinall, he said the m'srake made by the dispenser might be made, but it would be an indication of gross negligence. To the Coroner : Morphia and powdered sugar are ve7 much alike, so far as the appearance goes. Mr. Blake, the beadle of the court, proved that he handed the powders which he got from Mr. Sillar to Mr. Edwards. Mr. John Baker Edwards, an analytical chemist, and professor of chemistry and medical jurisprudence at the Royal Infirmary, said : I received two powders from Mr. Blake and a prescription. I now produce the latter ; marked the powders No. 1 and 2. No. 1 weighed 34 grains. No. 2 weighed 51 grains. I examined No. 1 qualitively for the ingredients named in the prescription, and detected the presence of chalk, mercury, rhubarb, and acetate of morphia. No sugar was present. I examined No. 2 quantitively for acetate of morphia. I treated the powder with chloriform and alcohol, and obtained the morphia in crystals weighing .3 grains and two-tenths. The insoluble ingredients weighed one grain and nine-tenths. He said : I extracted morphia from the stomach. The quantity was more than sufficient to cause death. The coroner then, in his usual lucid manner, summed up the evidence, and the jury, after an absence of nearly an hour, found a verdict of " Chance Medley" against the young mon, Paul Strange. This verdict does not involve any prosecution. Puemovrie, JUNE 6.—Last night another fall occurred at the new Roman Catholic Cathedral, happily without injury to any one. The remainder of the western transverse arch of the transept gave way first, and was followed by the eastern arch, which brought down the roof ef the transept and all the roof of the chancel except the small portion of the apsis, or semi-oetaeen, at the eastern end of the cathedral. The circular pillars which supported the roof cf the chancel, and which retain their position, appear to be firmer than the octagonal pillars in the nave, tour of which gave way at the first accident on Wednesday, when the nave roof fell in. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND CAPTURE.—On WednesdaY, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A YOUNG WOMAN IN MYDDLETON morning last, a respectable farmer from the vicinity o' SQUARE.—On Sunday, about one o'clock in the afternoon, Caher, was riding into Clonmel for the purpose of selling a some alarm was created at the residence of Mr. Nunn, horse at the fair ; when within a few miles of the town be No. 49, Mydaleton-square, Cierkenwell, London, in con was stopped by three ruffian', two of whom were armed sequence of the servant girl being discovered in the kitchen with pistols ; one held :he horse, another kept a pistol on with her throat cut. Me. Nuon returned home from full cock close to his head, whilst the third rifled his l church and let himself in. Shortly after the unfortunate pockets, from which they took 6s. Informations were f young woman was found with a gash in her throat, from sworn against them before ar. Gooid, and Constable which blood was p rofusely flowing and a razor was near Malachi Mu r phy i mme di ately proceeded to a house is the her side. A medical gentleman w as promptly sent for, Irishtown, and arrested two fellows named Neil and who sewed up the wound, after which she was taken in a Scanlan, the third, James Neil (a fellow who was four cab to Grers-IntWane Hospital. She has appeared at months in gaol for threatening to shoot Constable times in a low state of mind. and it is supposed that a love Murphy), escaping through a back door. A portmonia, attachment was the cause of the dreadful act. contaieg £1 84, and a pac rage of powder were found on the COTEMPORARY HISTORY IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES —" The person of Scanlan. They have both been committed. Imperial Public Library of St. Petersburg," says the They are supposed to be the parties who broke into a Invalide Russe, " publishes every three months a list of farmer's hou se near C aller a s h ort t i me ago, and carried the presents it receives in books, manuscripts, engravings, off £2 in money and a pair of pistols. —Tipperary Free Ste. Among the manascripts mentioned in the Last Press. quarterly list are-1. Full powers signed in Paris, in 1815, CAIMON To Surmises —An accident of a novel, though by Alexander I. 2. A rough copy of a letter written in somewhat serious, character occurred in this locality in pencil by Alexander 1., is 1815, to the Prince Royal of the early part of the present week. A gentleman residing the Netherlands, afterwards William IL 3. An autograph in the city was out a few miles to the West, enjoying letter of Charles X., dated the 16!1). Octob 1829, equestrian exercise, exercise, and i n one of his trousers pockets he ' tulating the late Emperor Nicholas on the er, occasion of the had a box of Vesuvian matches, such as are used for treaty of Adrianople ; and 4. A cabinet letter addressed lighting cigars, together with some copper money. The to the reigning Emperor by the Ern ieror Napoleon 111., horse shying shook up the contents of the pocket, and the ! and dated the 9th January, 1°57. These four letters have coins striking against the matches caused them to ignite. been given to the Library by the Minister of Foreign The pocket was.speed.ly it, a b'aze, and the horse terrified Affairs." started off at his top speed. Toe Ore quickly communicated SUNDAY AxUSRUENTS FOR TRH PaoFLa.—On Whit to the trousers and s hi r t bene a th, which soon became a Sunday last, at the parish church of St. Rriavells, Gime mass of flame. In va i n h e endeavoured to extricate cesterahire, a quantity of bra ad and cheese was thrown from himself, or pull u p hi s unruly steed ; t h e anim a l, more and , th e top of the tower to 200 or 300 people, who had assem more alarmed at the blaze became greater, defied 01l bted, according to annual custom, first to worship, and then atter p's at control. For over a mile and a-half the rider to witness and engage in the hilarious Sabbath proceedings. was thus borne along, the flames, fanned by the win"• • The custom is an ancient on e of the inhabitants, and and , momentarily increasing in intensity an d comp l ete l y enter- originally, a decently ordered distribution of bread cling the whole lower portion of his body, which in some cheese to the poor, as a condition of holding a right of parts began ae:oilly to broil. AL letigth this scene was common ; a right, however, which has long ceLsed, and terminated be ta:s horse being stopped, when the gentle- with it the obligation. In the same place a wake has man was rem red from his perilous position. H e was s in c e been held, at which, among other fooleries, a number then placed in a cart lying on his fac e and hands—the of women run a race for a gown piece, and this entertain- Mk et and peculiar nature of his injuries preventing him merit was attended by most of the well to do of the neigh from sitting up—and conveyed to his residence, He is bourhood, and no wonder, eo long AO the church Sanctions now out of danger.—Cork Constitution. the former eatertajament. At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh street, BOYS are CLOT FIED from the Aces of 6 to 20 Years POLICE I NTELL LIGENCE.—YzaTaIwAy. BEFORE SIR ROBERTSON GLADSTONE CAUTION TO FAInIiZRS' SERVANTS. —The inspector of the Haymarket - charged three men in the employment of Mr. Hitchman, farmer, of Halewood, Mr. Sagare, farmer, of Barton, and Mr. Graves, farmer, of Halewood, with refusing to leave the market when deaired to do so, with their hors=e, &c , contrary to the local law.g. The defendants were fined 2s 6d and costs each. BIRKENHEAD. BEFORE B. BRYAN% ESQ. Dour. THE RESPECTABLE Thomas Porter, a young man of very respectable appeaaranc), with his left arm in a sling, and who described himself as the son of the Rev. John Porter, of Addingly rectory, near Droit wich. Worcestor, was brought up by Sergeant Stanley, of the Cheshire county police, stationed at Tranmere, charged with having obtained money and goods by means of false pretences. The prisoner's ingeeuity has far out done many of the "fake pretenders" who have visited the Cheshire side of the Mersey, as the following will show. It appeared from the statement of Stanley, that a short time since the prisoner, under the pretence that he had come to Cheshire to recruit his health, previous to his hand being amputated, located himself at Fernihough's Hotel, at Tranmere, where he commenced his career by taking up his abode as a genlema,n, and ordering 'he god things necessary to sustain life until he had run up a bill of .E 5 18s. ld., which he was politely zLsked to pay —pay was the word but the funds were inasgivary, for none had he got. Upon inquiry, that turned out to be the fact, whereupon he was told that his room would be better thn his company, and accordingly he made himself scarce by leaving the Hotel. During his stay at the hotel, he hired a car of a poor man, named Williams, desiring to be driven to Sutton, for the purpose of visiting his (the prisoner's) brother. He was accordingly driven the re , an d, a f ter pretend i ng to make various calls, contrived to borrow 2i from the driver; of er which he w s driven back to Tranmere, when the fare, amounting to 14s, was demanded, and an answer received, "no effects." The driver was not, however, to be done, and insisted upon security being given, and the prisoner accordingly gave him his coat, which he said would be quite sufficient to meet the demand ; but it ultimately turned out to be not worth more than 5% Having got rid of the car-driver, his wits were again called into requisition, and he made his way to the Angel Hotel at Birkenhead, the worthy host of which is a most hum ne man, and after telling a pitiful tale of his having, been garrotted and robbed of his coat he was kindly furnished wide one, the same that he now had on. He had also got two valuable books from a bookseller at Birkenhead which he had offered to the landlady upon his being permitted to stay at the hotel, which was refused. He also visited Mr. Williams, junr., of Chester-street, Birkenhead, hatter, and desired to be shown a loose coat, and having selected one was about to take care of it, but as Mr. Williams was not to be so easily " napoed" the prisoner was asked to pay ; not being able to do so, he left the shop, 'saving 14 - And him a ragged dirty pocket haekerchief and a pair of gloves, both of which were produced in court to-clay. It was also given in evidence, that the prisoner had obtained several sums of money from other tradesmen, The prisoner made a long ram bling statement about his respectability, and intention of paying all that he owed, but as no money whatever was found in his possession at the time of his apprehension, he was ordered to be remanded until Friday next, that some inquiry might to be made about him, and in the meantime he was to have every opportunity offorded him of writing to his friends. BiliTS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE At LEWIS & COMPANY'S. Ranelavh street. CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A LIVERPOOL ATTORNEY. Yesterday, at the morning sittings in the Police-court, John Bhatrock, an attorney, having offices at Croft's buildings, Preeson's-row, was brought up before Mr. Mansfield, on charges of having committed forgery on several bills of exchange. Mr. Hughes appeared to pro secute, on the par , of Messrs. Little and Murray, builders and contractors, West Derby ; and the conducting clerk of Mr. Da Medena, of 21, King-street, Finsbury-square, London, appeared for that gentleman. Mr. Muck ap peared for the prisoner, and said he must ask for a remand, as the case was not ready to be proceeded with. H e believed the parties for the prosecution were not ready, and, as all agreed on the point, a remand was necessary, so that no more nee d b e sa id a b ou t th e case at present. Mr. Hughes said he had no objection to a remand, on the part of his clients. Mr. De Medena's clerk said the holder of one of the bills was a Mr. Jaques, at Bristol, and it would be necessary to issue a summons to compel him to attend. Mr. Mansfield said the gentleman must be written to first, and if he did not come, then a summons would be issued to compel his attendance. Mr. Bluck asked Mr. De Medena's clerk if his employer would be present on the next occasion, and he replied he could not tell. Mr. Bluck said : I hope he will, u I have something to say to him. The prisoner was then remanded for NMI days BEFORE MR MANSFIELD. ATTRMFT AT MURDER.—Michael Parker a resident of Cavendish-street, was charged with having committed a murderous assault on a married woman named Anne Hand, or Lavin. The facts of the case appeared to be as follows : —The wife of the prisoner and Mrs. Hand had soma dispute, when the prisoner entered the house, knocked her down, and kicked her most brutally, although it seemed she was near her confinement. Surgeon Thomas, of the St. Anne's dispensary, sail he was in attendance on the woman, and that she was in a very dangerous state. His Worship -aid if the woman died, the prisoner would he tried for murder. He would remand him for seven days. ANcarTER MURDEROUS AFFAIR.—A powerful black man, named James Cleadon. was charge! with having stabbed a sailor named Joseph Smith, and a girl named Mary Bibby. The complainants' heads were bandaged up, and they seemed to have suffered severely. It appeared that there was a fight between a lot of black sailors who were lodging in Mason-wreet and Shaw's-alley, and that about twenty of the party were engaged in the conflict, armed with knives. They hacked away at each other for a l ong t i me ( an d , of course, no police were present for, to the credit of the efficacy and vigilance of the force, and the excellent arrangemews of the " head constable " one-half the inhabitants of Liverpool might be slain by ruffians before a police-officer could be procured,) and the party to which the prisoner belonged having driven their opp , nents into a house, the prisoner, in the flush of victory, rushed into the street, with a knife in his hand, and commenced stabbing at every one he met. The complainants happening to come in his way, he inflicted serious wounds on their heads and foreheads, anal after all the damage was done, (wonderful some one or more persons did not meet dearh at the hands of the ruffian,) a police man walked leisurely up, and the prisoner was arrested. The statement of the complainants was confirmed by three witnesses, who saw the prisoner stab them, and they d , clared it was awful to see the fellow with the knife in his hand, striking at every one he met ; they also said the complainants did not give the least provocation to him, or any one else. The prisoner was sent for trial. FEROCIOUS STREET RUFFIANS.—TWO desperate-looking rnfti4ns named John Lyons, and Robert Folks, were charged with having knocked down and nearly murde-ed a sailor named William Atkin. The complainant said he was at the Adelphi Theatre, on Monday night, and when leaving, he was accosted by the prisoners. They wanted him to give them ale, but he refused. They followed him through several streets, and at last, when in a very dark place, they seized on him, knocked him down and abused him shockingly. One of them held him by the throat, and knelt on his chest, whilst the other searched his pockets. They did not get any money, as he had taken the precaution to leave all his cash at the Sailors' Home, before he went out. The prisoner, as the complainant could not remain to prosecute at the assizes, were sent to jail for three months each, with hard labour. ROBBERY OF LETTERS BY AN OFFICE BOY.—A dressed, good-looting youth, named Hugh Carney, an office bv, engaged at Mr. Thomas Brough's office, 30, South Castle-street, was brought np by detective officer Cozens, of the post-office department, charged under the following circumstances:—From the evidence of Cozens, the cash-keeper at Mr. Brough's, and a clerk in the money order office, General Post-office, it appeared that the prisoner was in the office of Mr. Brough, as a sort of ccnfidendtial office boy. He used to open the office in the morning. There was a deep letter-box in the office door, and the letters were usually put into it by the carrier in the morning. Several letters, which con ained money, were missed from time to time, alth ,ugh the box was locked and the cash keeper kept the key of it. On the let of April a lever with two five pound notes was abstracted ; on the '2Bth of Mey a letter with .E 5 Os 6d was taken ; and on several other occasions letters with money ere stolen. The supposition was that the prisoner had a key that opened the letter-box. Cozens went to work, and put some letters into the box, and after some efforts he found the prisoner abstracting some letters. When he saw he was discovered he ran to the ashpit, and flung something into it, which the officer discovered to be portion of a let ter that was sent to the house nom Wales, and containing a post office order for £l, a portion of which order he also found in the ashpit. The prisoner was remanded for seven days, his Worship ordering the depositions to be taken in the meantime. MR. HUMPHREY BROWN'S CAREER. FOUNDERING OF THE JOHN CALVIN. The brig Mary Young, arrived at Greenock on Satur day, from Trinidad, had on board seventeen seamen, composing the whole of the officers and crew of the ship John Calvin, who were picked off the sinking vessel early on the morning of Tuesday, the 2nd inst. The particulars of the loss of the ship are briefly as follows ;—The John Calvin, Captain Duncan, sailed from Greenock to Quebec on Friday, the 15th of May last, with a cargo of coals, iron, and iron metal pots. She experienced moderate weather; but the ship was leaky, and required pretty frequent pumping. On the 24th, after being nine days at sea, a breeze of wind springing up, she sprung a leak aft. By dint of great exertion, the leak gut at and stopped. On the morning of Monday, the Ist instant, a second leak sprung aft about the stern post or the after peak, and as the ship worked the leak seemed to be a dangerous one, which it was impossible to get at so as to stop. The pumps were kept continually going, and still the water was gaining and was making at the rate of 5} feet per hour. When the crew left the pumps for ten minutes, during Monday, to take some refreshment. the water had gained on them two feet during that short period. It became inevitable that the ship could not be saved from sinking, with all the efforts of the crew, and two of the boats were got over the side and swung astern, and there kept in tow, and the long beat was also got on the tackles ready to drop, in ship h a si d a k t i o n g e °l e . o t o fatnhde boats, thrownhowaderviefre. Providentially,go t emergency of th a e n s d hs ta° rnlng, about two o clock, the Mary Young was sighted, and lights were exhibited, s wam e d : on Tuesday and other signals made to arrest attention, and the ship bore up on them, an I took the whole crew on board. The vessels were then in latitude 55.33, longitude 10.24. The two boats , of the John Calvin were also taken on board. The snip was abandoned about eight o'clock in the morning by which time she had eight f e et water in the hold, and was fast settling down. Two valuable hounds were on board, and tho w saved, together with th e c l othing of the crew and some other property. All efforts to take off a large favourite cat failed, poor puss being wild, and frightened to venture on deek. The John Calvin was built at Dumbarton about seventeen years ago, and her late connection with the coolie traffic rendered her somewhat notorious. It is said that some Lou ooh r six years a go s h e was freighted by her ownersto proceed to California, with a cargo to ship's account; that arriving there the captain sold and appropriated to his own use a large portion of her cargo; the mate ran off with the be.larice and the ship to Australia, where he disposed of both. The ship was then sent to Hong Kong, where she was sold, and was for some time hi the opium trade, and then in the coolie trade, and she eventually arrived in Greenock in the fall of last year, with a cargo of molasses from Cuba. She was since advertised for sale, butt it is said that her whereabouts becoming known to her former owners in London, steps were taken to reclaim her, and in the meantime, while the subject was under con sideration in the law courts, arrangements had been come to by all concerned to send the ship on a voyage to sea. This may all seem incredible enough, but we believe it to be nevertheless not altogether without foundation. When the John Calvin came to Greenock last, she was s a id t o be infested with v erm i n, and as she lay in the harbour inside of where the Liverpool steamers are berthed, rats of a very large and peculiarly ugly description were often seen in the dark making their way on shore by the warps and other means of communication with the quay, to feed on the oatmeal, grain, and other produce, which is always lying at the quay, where it is landed from Irish steamers. Sailors are superstitious to a proverb; and in conversing with one of the crew of the foundered ship he protested that although the usual practice of smoking the ship with brimstone had not been resorted to to destroy the vermin, before she left to go on her last voyage the rats had cont_ pletely deserted her, and that he ought to have profited by the circumstance and not gone to sea in an unlucky ship—for when rats desert a vessel the circumstance is taken as an omen that a disaster is to happen her. If the story of the desertion of the rats at the quay be true, we are disposed to attribute the desertion more to the natural and intuitive love of good feeding which the Irish produce was apt to excite than to that instinctive and mysterious prescience which is so credulously believed among " those w h o go down to the sea in ships., Ex:lusively for CLOTHING BOYS from 6 to 20 Years. LEWIS & COMPANY streeL, INCENDIARISM AT BRADFJUD.—We soma time ago noticed that an extensive and disastrous fire had occurred On the premises of Mr. Thomas Mill, cabinet mAter and upholsterer, Market-street, B:adrord. Since then, there is every reason to believe that some person or PersAns h ave attempted to damage or destroy the portion of the premi ses left by the fire. One night last weA the engine -house door had been opened, and a square of glass broken in the window, and when the engine-ter:ter examined the fly. wheel, before turning it on, he discovered a thick bar of i ron placed across the eccentric, which, had it not been seen, mast have damaged the engine ma chinery. Again, on Saturday, engine-tenterth:a fire from under the boiler, put it n(irni f d the rew the out with a plentiful sup. ply of cold water, and cleaned all up about half-past three o'clock. Abow; half-p as t d r e elevensse r, adjoining,elr the evening, Mr.:Blackburn, hai in the engine house, that a fire had broken out ' ' and a few other which discovered hic s h aal h e e persons succeeded in subduing before much damage w9—.,3 -one Mr. Graha m , su p er i n tendent of the fire bri ga d e, . made a thorough examination of the premises, but found, and neclue . to the origin o f th e fire could b e grave suspicions are enter t a i ne d that it was the work of incendiaries. The Mr. Humphrey Brown, against whom a warrant has at length been issued, is in many respects as remark able an adventurer as the present century has produced. His father was a large barge-owner-on the river Severn, carrying on an extensive trade, and was esteemed a pions, industrious, and respectable man. His residence was at Tewkesbury, where his eldest son Humphrey was born. • He had also another son and a large family of daughters, who are all comfortably married. From early youth nal Humphrey evinced a taste for speculation, which grew with his growth and strengthened with his strength until eriT he has now become the victim of this accursed Moloch. z At On his father's death he was left in possession of a large ;em and lucrative trade as carrier, which, however, in his Issess hands was so unduly extended as speedily to collapse, and „ u ie,. / in a few years he became a bankrupt. Then we find him going into business as a cement manufacturer in Birming ham, and supplying the country far and wide with a patent article in this way which was to supersede all other dee scriptions by its low price and good quality. Here again his ' l2 ' 3 - views were too extensive for his pocket, and the cement •sateull manufactory was soon closed. Afterwards he embarked •"vs hli in a variety of speculations, was clerk in a merchant's office, turning to other temporary shifts, living in the 'if- sfi most precarious manner until the railway mania of 1846, -crt of which formed the foundation of his fleeting fortunes. At this time, the traffic of the Birmingham and Gloucester i f t Railway was at a low ebb, and Humphrey Brown, who was then at Tewkesbury, waiting, like Mr. Micawber, for 4olg something "to turn up, was recommended by somebody as a shrewd sort of fellow, who would find some means of diverting traffic to the line. He knew the localities, was a man of shifts and resources, and just the official for the e.(ime place. Well, he was to attend a meeting of the board at Birmingham, and it is a well authenticated fact that he had not the means of paying his fare there, no one would lend it to him, and ho walked the whole distance, and was appointed traffic manager of the line. It is quite certain that he did vastly froimprove the prospects of th e railway, ja tag bring on traffic m far and near ; and, taking advane ;:, of his position, b e i ng , as it were, behind the scenes, he dabbled in shares, wa s one o f t h e lucky men of the mania, so„. and returned to Tewkesbury in two years with £70,000, 9 ' l l while he had left it with a solitary half-a-crown. Now ' et T n he might have settled d own comfortably, but his old err demon of speculation still lurked within his breast. He bought a handsome residence in the borough, turned the theatre into a silk factory, purchased landed property in the vicinity, and was returned member to the House of . see Commons by an enormous majority. Those who would not lend him the means to pay his fare but a short time back, were now the most vehement in his praise. Brown and Tewkesbury were henceforth identified with each other. His portrait was lithographed, and hung in every body's parlour; his name was blazoned in handbills as chairman of every meeting, whether for religious, local, or political purposes. He was looked upon as the most "independent" member of the House of Commons, of fabulous wealth, enterprising spirit, and unbounded liberality. It was true he was no orator, made fearful orthographical blunders in composition, and aspirated with astounding energy on the hustings. He had plenty of money and spent it profusely, which was an ample passport to the sweet voices of the multitude. His parlia mentary duties called him to London, and here, falling in with kindred spirits, he embarked on that sea of specula tion on which he has so often buffeted with its billows, or sailed into the harbour of fortune with a favouring breeze. A mere catalogue of the schemes with which he was mixed up world fill an ample volume, but they embrace such enterprising undertakings as opening up new slate quarries in Merionethshire, working prolific gold mines in California, extending railway communication throughout Ireland, with a host of: other gigantic proposals, any one of which should suffice to absorb the energies of any man; and all this time he was freighting vessels to Calcutta, Melbourne, merica, and other parts of the world. He built a splendid pile of warehouses at Gloucester, was importing alike into Liverpool, London, and Cardiff; and with all this accumulation of private and parliamentary duties, he must, forsooth, be a director of the Royal British Bank, and manager of their Glamorganshire works into the bargain. Hercules himself could not have satisfactorily disposed of the multifarious labours taken in hand by this man, who, now a fugitive from justice, is spoken of with scorn even in his native town of Tewkesbury, where but yesterday he was presented with a piece of plate, and if not brought to the bar of the Old Bailey, will end his career as an outlawed exile, and a melancholy example of the sin of inirdin its speculation.