Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-17 00:00:00

CAUSE LIST Plaintiffs' Attorneys. I QB.. Cnn ins an 8... Be wer 2 QB ..Slater and Co .. Hampson and ano 8 x Sale and Ca.. •• Hinton_ 9 F ,.. same • • .. hfoorhonse.. 10 QB...Same .• •• ..The Queen 12 QB.. tkinsons and Co. ... Thomas 20 CP L. Sutton .. • - • . Bower .. 21 CPL.Higson and R Woodiw 23 CPL.Blair Moore and ers 24 CPL.: ame •..Chandler 'Kers:law and .. „Massay and ano 25 Ex.. Holden and .. .. --Hamer 27 QB.. W P Ito erts Parkinson 28 CPL.!) ne Leach. .. 29 QB.. Li eit —Robinson 30 QB.. Andrew Mackay and crs.. 31 QB.. Worthington and .. .. 32 QB At ingons and Co .. Temple and crs 33 CPL.Cooper and Song .. —Pinder 34 Ex... Richardson ant Co .. Bold .. .36 Ex... Gould Topper .. .. .. .. (S.T) FIRST LIST.—SALFORD HUNDRED. Plaintiffs, Defendants. Datndante Attorney!, (f4J) V The Mayor of Manchester Chester and Co . (s.l) v Hampton.. (s.r) v Li n and N. West. Railway co . Gswtrt and Co (sJ) v Alcock sinis (ea; v Spence .. Cooper and Sons ..v E T Garbutt Mot ..v Booth .. . ..Bailey ..v Ashw• , rth „Cooper and Sow ..v Featherston sale and Co ..v Same ame . v Twig: and ano v Knowles and o•s . v Neild and era.. .. v wood and ano v Cort v E , tephenson . ..Halms any J r The Mayor, &c of Wigan Lore ant A Hindle and ra ..Cobbett and IV Wood .. France Bridge and ano . . ..Marsh and B • .. ..J Pickop ton . R0,12y and Son SECOND LIST.—WEST DERBY HUNDRED. ...Chambers and W . Young and Co qtone .. Hoary .. .. v Taylor .. .. .. .. v Bernard ... .- .. (8.0 v Pile .. .. .. .. 1 Ex... Unsvin.. Cecil assignee 2 CP.. H Phi ips ..Morgan . 3 QB..Lowndes and Co ... Smith . 4 QB Raze ..1370wn ani ano 5Ex o'y • • • • • * Pee t • • • • • . • • • t CP .:.game Bart'ett and ano ' • • ' 7 QB.. Young and C ) .. BQB ..Binney .. • • .. • • Yeomans .. 9 Ex... Haack.; C 'mks and ano . ..v 10 E.... B. wells L B of Health King upon Hull (sJ) v 11 Ex... Rawson and Co ... Hnht.,n . v 12 W K Ty , er E is 13 CP.. Francis and A .. R.cse 14 QB.. Same .. .. .. .. ..Yeoward 15 C{ ..Grimmer .. -Sims 16 C PL.J Y rtes jun.. Mr Manus .. 17 CP.. Same .. ..Ells 18 Ex.- tamp and J Flartvr .rth a-d ano 19 Ex... rep and S Holmes 20 Q 3.. Statham ani Co .. ..`3,lomon 21 Q ; ..Holden and Son Pe d and ors .. 22 Ex... B irrow Manley admix .. 23 Ex... -ame Hawksey 24 Q , 1.. Holden and San ... Wooliscroft 25 Ex... T Eastham ...Fastham 26 Ex... Flet•.her and H .. Taylor _ 27 Ex... Mayhew Mayhew 28 C'..l P Murruugh .. -Hargreaves . 2g Ex,..Thackerah Fitzpatri:k.. 30 Ex ..B ,rrovr _Simmons 31 CP J Yatei jun .. .. Raven .. 32 17P..Same 33 QB..R Stevenson .......Yd 34 i• x... rowe ..Warinr, jun.. .. 35 Ex...Hoald ..c/Nail .. 36 CPL. 81a, khurst Wright 37 QB ..Ca-son and E ..Brooks and ors exors 58 QB.. Moss and .. • . .. Samuelson and ors ~ • . CP..Gooiwin and A ....Cooke 41 C 7 L.Fenwict _Vase admix ... 48 CP.. ,1 Yates, jun . .. Wright ar.d aro . . 42 Ex.. R Moore ..S •ott and ano 43 QR..Story Hindhati4h es x . 44 CP.. Evans aid Con . . Stevens and ano 45 GB.. C and ii Frost Wads mor:h 46 QB..Emdie .. Ryland and ors .. 47 Ex ... cl. teher and H.. • . H iggin 48 Ex... 8, oker- Halon and ano 45 Ex...Co.,ivsy.. „Nels - n 50 CPL.Turne: and Son.. .. Waddington admOr 51 CPL. - ame . same 52 QB_Liitledale and B Pernbartoa 53 CP . Bog ie Buxton 54 Ex ...T Smith .. .. • . Collins ... Si CPL.Ba-khouve Sazar and ano 56 CPL.S.,me ..Same• 57 CPL.'eme -Sagar 58 CPL.Snowball .. • • .. Woodhead 59 C PL.E rethe. tOn .. .. .. ..Assop E 0 QB S ime. Heatheock jun .. 61 Ex. .Cobb „Giant 62 QR.. I ittledale and Co .. Day es ... 63 Ex ...11: , roer _Weisman 61 Ex .. way.. Fels 65 Ex... T S Smith .. Muirl.ead 65 Ex. .Free man .. ...Taylo r 67 CPL. a and W ; "croft .. „Thaulthurn and ano 68 Ex-. Moss and L.. .. Roberta . ..v ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—LIVERPOOL, August 15. CROWN COURT. BEro-RE MR BARON WATSON His Lordship took his seat at nine o'clock this morning. SSNTENCES.—Patrick Kilroy, who was convicted on Friday of manslaughter, at Liverpool, by s'riking John Kilduff on the head with a stitir which re4ulted in death, was called up for sentence His Lordship in impressive langusge pointed out to him the greatness of his crime, and the result of ungovernable passion, and sentenced him to fifteen years' penal servitude. John Martindale, and John Davies, convicted on Friday of a murderous assault at Heap, on one of the county constabulary, were each sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment with hard labour. James Johnson, convicted on Friday of assaultng Catherine Oakes, in Magnire-street, with intent to rob her, was sentenced co twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. Btnjamin Clegg, late manager of the Oldham Gas Works, who was on Friday convicted of embezzling the monies of the Oldham Corporation, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour. Hagar Vantrey, aged 23, an operative, who pleaded guilty to a charge of nigamy, he having married at War rington one Alice Travis, his former wife being then alive, was called up for sentence. Previous to sentence being passed, his father was examined, and stated that his first wife left him some months after their marriag3, and also that she had an illegitimate child. The second wife, who was also called, expressed her unwillingness to prosecute, and her readine,s again to live with the pri soner. His Lordship observed that it was unmanly to defame the character of the first wife in her absence, and that there was no mitigating circumstance in the case, the prisoner having represented himself to his second wife as an unmarried ma'. The offence of bigamy was a serious one. It appeared to be common in the county, and was on the increase, and the prisoner should therefore be sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labor. r. MURDER BY A TAILOR FROM JEALOUSY.—James Davies, aged 39, tailor, was charged with hseing, at Liverpool, on the 25th May last, of his m lice aforethougha murdered Robert Reesies. The prisoner was also indicted upon a coroner's warrant for the same charge. Mr. Blair pro secuted, and Mr. Aspinall defended. Mr. Blair stated the case, which was one made familiar to the public from its recent cccurrence in this town. The prisoner was a tailor, residing in Bostock street, and the deceased was a sailor, who had married a sister of the pri oner's, When the deceased was ashore he was in the habit of lodging at the prisoner's. Notwith stan di ng the relationship between them, it appeared that the prisoner suspected the deceased of carrying on an improper intimacy with his wife; and it was stated that the deceased, on one occasion, boasted of the existence of such a connection. On the day of the murder, the prisoner came to a pu'elic-house at the corner cf Bostock-strest, being then in an advanced rate of intoxication. He met an acquaintance there, to whom he said, " I have found a man in bed with my wife. Coma with me and I'll show you some fun.'' The man accompanied him, and on arriving at the house, the prisoner found his wle below stairs. He struck her, and called her by an opprobrious name. He asked his friend to come up stairs, which he did. In the middle room they found no one, but going up into the garret they found the deceased lying upon the children's bed, which was upon the floor. The deceased appeared to be asleep. The pri soner leaped upon him, and the deceased rolled on the floor. Tne prisoner then took out a pair of scissors, and stabbed deceased several times. Deceased immediately expired. When the body was examined, the surg son gave it as his opinion that sexual intercourse must have recently taken place. Mr. Blair said the question would now have to be considered, whether this was a case of murder or manslaughter. H s Lordship said, if the prisoner found a man in bed with his wife and had killed him, tint would hare been manslaughter of the lowest deg ee. If, how ever, there was time for the wisoaer's auger to cool between the discovery and the slaying, the charge would be murder. The hearing of the evidence would best decide the point. John Thompson exsmin:d :—He said he was a painter living in Queen Anne-scree', and that on the 25th of May, he was in Mr. Irving's public house at the corner of Bus tock-street. The prisoner e - ,as there in a very excit e d state, and at his re q uest aeeemp mied him to his house. They found his wife down stairs ; he struck her andealled her a foul name. They then went up staire, and finding no one in the middle room went up to the garret. They found the deceased lying on a b d on the deer. Tee pri . soner cried out "h ere ' s t h e and pulling out a pair of scissors plungedthem into deceased's gide. The deceased said nothing,. b ut s i mply rolled his eyes. W i tness ~asked if he was going to kill the man, when the prisoner cried out, '- i yon dont stand back I'll serve you the same." On V oss examination by Mr. liapinelf, the witness said the prisoner had three children. '1 he deo ‘si tions of Mr. William Horrocks, t u 'goon, who was unable to attend, were then read They Eet forte that he found the -deceased in the garret in a pool of blood. He WAS unable to speak and was dying. He had two wounds on the upper part of the left breast, And soma contused wounds , on the face. On making a pose inor'eut examination, he' found that that the serta had bean penetrated in two places. There were two other wounds on the cthsr side of Site body. Th e woun d s ware such as m i g h t have been inflicted with a p a i r o f sc i ssors. F rom a furt h er e xamtna• tion of the body, he was of opinion that deceased had recently had sexual i ntercourse w i t h some f ema l e. His Lordship in summieg up the evidence rercaltel, that, although where a man was killed with a deadly weapon, the law presumed the offence to be murder, yet it was recognised by law and common sense that where a man found another in the set of adultery with his wife, and killed either the adulterer or adulteress, the crime was reduced to manslaughter of the lowest iNgroe, because of Leic 'stet' Ha lam . LaytHd Geipl Gray and ors.. Taylor T inity Ho se of Hall.. Beattie Martin .. real and Al Barlow .. Tarrant Schaffer ..Fl , teller and H Brown , neir and R Lan. and York. Railway Co ..Iligham an I C Barber .. Fletcher and H Kidd End ano . .. Evans and Son Rawns ey Brierley Oliver T nwnde 3 and Co St Helens Canal and Rail Co .. Whitley Carter .. Watson .. Wh , I:ey McCalrnan r Cawley Thomas .. .. Chester and Co Lan. and York. Railway Co ..Lewis on Co Dickenson .. v Bell Pember;cn • v Jameson Ward (Si) v Lon. and N. West Rail. Co.. ..Swift and Co ..v Everth ..Woo,leock and Co ▪ ..v Acton Leigh v Bainbridze ..Greory end Co (sa) v H ins a , :d ors.. .. .. Preston (2.1) v Wilson and ano owndes and Co ..v Lan. and Yoric. Railway Co.. ..T Aa•d J G randy • ..v Kirby.. ..Hindi • ..v Hernaman ▪ v Had away .. • v Clementson .. v ...Wells S (si) v Jrnes and ano exors ..T Bolton ..v Robins .. ..Chileott ▪ ..v Royle . Sn a. kle - on and Co (to) v Seddon .. ..11ollen and Sol ..v Lan. and York. Railway Co. ..R and W Aseroft • ..v Same.. .. (dc.v,urrer) Same • ..v Arkle and ano.. . • v Venn and ano.. Fra - ris and 't v Murphie ..Sw.ft and Co • ..v Brennand and ano Sale and Co • v Same.. (demurrer, Same • ..v aline Same. • v t;lacichnrst W Blaelihnrst ..v Yates. .. Ward ▪ ..v Moore and ano J B Lloyd • ..v Denham .. • ..v Critchley _Holden and Son ▪ ..v Taylor .. ~ .. .. .. ..Higharn and C • ..v Brownel and ano —Miller and P . v Moore and ano. ..J B Loyd • ..v Taylor ..J Clay ▪ ..v A , :ams Sale and Co • ..v Rinks.. ..Higharn and C ..1.1 Forepaw . .. Chambers and W . .. E S Wilson and S Coltn and 3 and M all offences, the moat grievous to the feelings of any man was that to which he had alluded. But if, through feelings of revenge, a man subsequently killed the adulterer, this would amount to murder. Tae only point, therefore, for the jury to consider was how far the latter character applied to this case. The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter. Mr Aspinall was about to address the court when his Lordship said : You &le% suppose I am going to punish the man ? The last offence of this kind came, I think, before my bro:hor Earle, and he gave the man one day's imprisonment. The sentence of the court is that the prisoner be imprisoned for four days. This dates from the commencement of the ass 7 zeF, consequently the term has expired now. The prisoner was then dis charged. INFANTICIDE.— Hannah Smith, 44, factory hand, was placed at the bar, charged with having, at Oldham, on the 29th May, 1857, feloniously killed and murdered Jane Ana Smith, her infent child. Mr. Surtees prosecuted, and the prisoner was defended by Mr Tindal Atkinson. There was no question of her guilt, but from the evidence both for the prosecution and the defence, it appeared that the child was the offspring of shame, and that the prisoner was put to great straits to provide for its support. She worked hard and endeavoured to support herself on husks and gruel. devoting the rest of her earnings to the main tenance of her child. In consequence of this want of proper nourishment she frequen ly fainted at work from exhaustion, and at length her mind became somewhat deranged. It was while in this unhappy state that she destroyed her child by suffocating it in a jug of water. The jury acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity. [fn the course of trial of the foregoing case, his lordship telt called upon to make some observations in reference to the common practice of police officers getting admissions from prisonere without warning, and giving afterwards those admissions in evidence age:net them. 11 this case a constable got from the prisoner an admission of her guilt, and now pressed it against her. • His lordship said th.t ha much detested the system of policemen getting statements from prisoners at any time. So jealous wag the law in such cases, that the legislature thiught fit, hit recently, to protect prisoners, by passing an act of parliament which prohibited even magistrates from a-king them any questions, without first warning them that their answers wou'd be given in evidence against them ; and yet they found policemen, in every part of the country, cm tinually getting such statements, and repeating against the prisoner such conversations. The practice was a highly wreng one. He had occasion many times to repre hend it, aad he was almost tired of doing so. In his charge to the jury, his Lordship again referred to the subject, and pointed out to them the danger of the practice, which he felt called upon to reprehend. If it were presisted in, the time might come when too much weight would be given to statements so obtained without warning, and when they would over-ride other considerations in the minds of juries. How easy was it for an anxious policeman, seeking promotion, to make a felse statement. How easy to invent a statement. How easy to make a total misrepresentation, by adding or subtracting a word from the statement made. There was the greatest danger in the practice, and no statement should be taken from a prisoner without first fully warning him that it would be given in evidence against him. His Lordship also condemned the practice of sending needless witnesses to support a trial. In most Cases two policemen were sent, when one would suffice.] CUARG M OF GIIWAY ROBBERY AT WALMEM&Y• CUM SIIUTTLZWORT(I.— 84rauel Harmer, aged 30, labourer, and Thomas Redfern, 24, cab-owner, were indicted for having. at Walmereley-cum-Seuttleworth, in July last, feloniously assented John Fntwistle, and robbed him of £3 Bs. Mr. Bawler prosecute], and Mr. Wheeler defended. The case for the prosecution was, that the prosecutor had been drinking and playing cards in a public house. in which he won about lOs On leaving the house, the prosecutor state I that he was se: upon by the prisoners, and robbed of the amount stated. No money was found upon the pri soner;, nor did any one witness the occurrence. While the case was proceeding, his Lordship said he saw nothing of the character of a highway robbery in the circumstances. The ease, therefore, abruptly terminated, and the prisoners were discharged. GA - ewers iiODI3 , RY Ar MtNCIIESTER.—Thomas Glennon, aged 25, brickmaker, was in ticted for having on the 12th May, 18,3 U, feloniously and violently assaulted George William Tomlinson, and stolen from hint a gold wa'ch and chain, with 14s in money. Mr. Cross prosecuted. The case, however, broke down, and his Lordship directed the discharge of the prior ner. MANsaAunurea.—Thomas Richardson, aged 41, horse keeper, was indicted for having at Htudley, killed and slain John Rogerson. Mr. Alison prosecuted, and Mr. Fearnlay defended. The prisoner was a man employed as a horsekseper in connection with the Liverpooi Corporation water works. The charge against the prisoner was, that on the night in question he caused the death of the deceased, man IR; years old, by furiously or negligently driving over him. The prisoner was driving a Whiteehapel from St. Helens to Hindley, and the de eased happened to be creasing a part of the road, when the vehicle came up He was knocked down and passed over by the Whitechapel, and received injuries which resulted in his death. On the part of the prosecution, it was stated that the prisoner was drank and driving furiously at the time. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a high character for steadiness and sobriety. The jury found a verdict of not guilty. STABBING.—Owen M‘Cenville, aged 21, seaman, was charg e d w i t h having, on the 30th onlay, in Liverpool, cut, stabbed, and wounded one Wm Ellison, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The case for the prosecution was, that on the night in question prosecutor went into a public house in 14 111-street, with another man, and the Fr sorer with two others came in. The prisoner, whom the prosecutor had previously passed in the street, en deavoured to fasten a quarrel upon him The prisoner then left the house., and prosecutor coming out some time after again met with him in the Street The prisoner attacked him and struck him. Prosecutor endeavoured to defend tit:meg and stnek prisciuer,, upon Which the latter stabbed him with a knife on each side of the neck Mr. Preston Prosecuted, and Mr. Tindal Atkinson defended. The jury found a verdict of guilty of unlawfully wounding. His Lordship deferred sentence until this day (Monday.) MANSLAUGHT EL—James Turner, 3G, greengrocer, and Elizabeth Turner, 32, his wife, were put on their trial on a coroner's warrant, for having, at Mtnchester, killed and and slain Jane Scholafield. It appeared thatt"le prisoners and the deceased and her fimily, lived next door to each other in Pilling-street, M anchester, and that ill-will existed between them. About she end of June last, deceased was sanding one evenieg at the door, and employed herself in abusing the female prisorec. Provoked by her abusive language, Mrs. Turner ran out, and was followed by her husband. The deceased took refuge in her dwelling, and locked the door. The prisoners tried to open it, and, feiling in that, they burst it in. On entering the house, the male prisoner struc)a the deceased a violent blow on the eye, which knocked her down. His wife then attacked her, and, while so engaged, he held the door shut and urged his wife to " pummel" the deceased. In a few days afterwards erysipelis set in on the deceased, and resulted in her death. The evidence as to the blow given by the male prisoner was very ceniEcting, and it was proved that the deceased was of intemperate habits. The jury acquitted the prisoners. Tugs Btnns.—The grand jury, daring the day, found true bills against the following parties :—Against John Godfrey Patrick Bride, surgeon, for murder ; and a true bill, also, for felony. Against j)he Mattock, attorney, for forgery. Against Mr. Doraville, proprietor of the Casino, Lime-street, for misdemeanour. No BILL.—The grarri jury igiored the bill against John Cullen, aged 22 lebourer, charged with having, at Liver pool, killed William Newby. The court adjourned at six o'clock to ten o'clack this (Monday) morning. NISI PRIUS COURT. BEFaLE &IRON CIIANNELL. Lirdship took his seat in this eaurt shortly after nine o'clock. DIE SPECIAL JURY CASES.—Tn answer to Me. Atherton, his L3r&hip stated that he had had a cmsultation with Brother Watson, and, as the business then stood, it was arranged that no special jury cases should be taken before Thursday next. Several undefendei ac'ions were then disposed of. Raixes v Ht - Lmte—This was an action for gods sold and delivered. Mr. Hill, Q C., with whom was Mr. Spinks, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Monck. Q.C., was for the defendant. In this action, Mr. William Raines, engineer and machine maker, of Duckinfield, was the plaintiff; and Mr. Thomas Hul'ne (formerly of the firm of Messrs. Hulme and Ackroyd), machinist of Rochdale, was the defendant. The action was brouelet to recover the price of a eliding lathe. In the year 1849, Mr. Ackroyd retired from the firm, and Mr. George Hulme, the then partner, was soon after joined by his brother Thomas, the defendant, who was then a butler in a gentleman's family, the business being managed by G. Hulme, under the firm of Geo. and Thos. Hulme. In the July of 1849, the two brothers called at the defendant's place of business, and ordered a sliding lathe, and on that occasion the defendant Thomas said there was a great deal cf work on hand, and hope 3 it would be quickly prepared, as it would soon pay itself. As they were leaving, Thomas saw an upright drill, and observed that he supposed when they had settled for the lathe they could have the drill. The lathe was delivered in October, 1849. In 1855 George failed, and the plaintiff accepted a dividend in the pound on other accounts, but took no portion of the £4O for the latheholdine• ' Thomas res ponsible. Sinee then, repeated applicatins had been made to the defendant for payment, but as he was in service, they did not commence an action against him. He give evasive answers until 1854, when he produced the Gazette, of the 7th Jane, 1853, showing that the partnership had been dissolved, and, therefore, he was not liable. For the plaintiff it was contended, that if the partnership did exist, and of that there could not be any doubt, after the production of its dissolution in the Gazette, the defendant, Thomas Hulme, was liable. For the defence it was contended that at the time the la4he was purchased, the defendant Thomas was not a member of the firm, nor for some long time after, and then the partnership existed only for about nine weeks ; there fore he could in no way be liable for the amount claimed, and that the present claim was a fraudulent claim, got up by the piaintiff in consequence of the failure of George Hulme. Witnesses were called to prove that phase of the case, after which the two le trned gentlemen addressed the court for their respective clients; and his lordship having summed up with his usual minuteness, the jury retired for two hours, and then returned a verdict for the de fendant. THOMAS v. GARBUTT.—By the content of the parties, a verdict was formally en'ered for the plaintiff in this case— damages £l3l 15s. and costs. Men ARD 3011 v. KnIBE at. .—This was a feilned issue, for the purpose of ascertaining to whom certain goods, which had been seized by the sheriff of the county, really did belong at.the time of that seizure. Mr. Atherton, Q.C., with whom was Mr- Fearnley, appeared for the plain tiff, and ➢lr Monek, Q C., for the defendant. In this case the plaintiff was Me. Wm Richardson, an ironmonger and bellhanger, carrying on business at Broughton and Crow field, near Manchester; and the defendant was Mr. James Kimberley, an ironmonger, of the former place. The busi ness was formerly carried on by the father of the plaintiff's father, but subsequently it was transferred to the son. It was alleged, at the time of the execution, that the property seized by the sheriff was his property ; but for the plaintiff it was alleged that they ware the property of she preFent plaintiff, and had no right to be so seized. The (le'ails of this case were perfectly uninteresting to the general reader. The case was not concluded when the court rose. The court aijournel about five o'clock until this morning at ten o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. -SATURDAY. BEI , ORE 31R. ALDERMAN TIOLMS. SOMETHING WRONG.--A vary poorly dressed, bnt hend some-faced girl, apparently about 18 years of age, who gave her name as Elizabeth Waiters, was brought up by officer 317, who said he get her lying on the steps near the Workhouse, and she said she was refused admission, and that she would stop in the street until the carriages would run over and kill her. She had 2i 3d. in her pocket. In reply to his Worship, the girl said she would not go back to Nottingham, from which city she had come. She had two respectable sisters there, but would not go back. The Alderman : Why not g) back ? Prisoner : Because I dare not do se. Where did you get the money ? From a gentleman. Then I will give you the alternative of going to Nottingham, or to jail. Prisoner : I will go to jail —any place before I go back to Nottingham. Alder man : It is &ear that there is something wrong in this case. You must go to j a 4 l fir one month, EXTRA.OILDINARY TE qMINATION TO A FULLER .IL —A very powerful man, about six-and a-half feet high, who gave the name of William Cole, described as .a publican, residing in Waterloo-road, was charged by officer 189 under the following strange circumstances. He said before one o'clock in the morning he was on d ity in South Grenville -stret, when he saw the prisoner leave a public-house. The Alderman : If the nouse wee open at one o'clock, an information ought to be laid against it. One of the bridewell keepers said the owner of the house in question, and the prisoner, had been out at a funeral together, and had come home together, and that was the reason—the house was not open for business, as it was vary well conducted. The Prisoner : Yes, we were at a funeral, and I drove him home in my g'g, The oticer said, at or near the corner of the street, a young woman was passing with an umbrella, when the prisoner seized and tore it, when she called the witness and told him of the circumstance. He said to the prisoner, why did you tear the umbrella ? when the prisoner asked him what he had to do with it? and swore that if he did not be off he would knock his head off. The girl charged him for the damage done to the umbrella, and when witness spoke to him about it, he struck him a blow on the back of the head and knocked him down. He struggled for about twenty minutes with him. The Alderman: I don't wonder at that, from his herculean frame. The officer went on to state that the prisoner tore his coat nearly off his back, and tore the cape so that it was no use at all. The damage to the coat was 12s. 6d , and the cape was worth 7s. 6 1., and i', - ., was destroyed altogether. Mary Brown said she was going to her lodging, when she saw the pHsoner leaving the public-house, and without any provo2ation he struck her and tore the umbrella. The Alderman a-ked her what she was, and she replied that she was an unfortunate girl, but not on the streets; she was going hone at the time, as it was raining, but did not speak to the prisoner, nor had she any intention of speak log to him, as she was getting home as fast as s'ne could out of the rein The Alderman asked if the prisoner had a gig there, and the officer said he had, but was n t capable of taking care of it. The prisoner said the girl came up to him, and he push .d her away, and then she struck him with the umbrella, and he caught hold ef it, and that broko it. The girl most po.4.tively denied trig statement. The Alderman (to the prisoner) : What have you to say to the assault on the police offi.eer, and the damage to his clothes? Prisoner: Well, he interfered with me unnecessarily; I MS rather intexica'ed at the time, and I really cannot say mach as to what took place between us, bat I regret it vary much. The Alderman : I think this a very outrageous assault, and most scandalous conduct on your part. No matter what the character of that young woman may be, you had no right to act towards her as you have done. Here you are, a respectable man, holding a resreetable position in society, out drunk in the streets at one 0 Nock in the morning, with a large Enna of money in your pockets, committing a serious outrage. If the law allowed me, I would certainly send you to jail, without a fine, for three months Bat as lam not allowed by law to do so, I will inflict the heaviest penalty in my power. I fine you iö for the assault, and 19s 61 for the &maga, or in default of payment, to be imprisoned for two months. The fine was at once paid. RIGHTLY PENIS FIED.—John Roberts, whe stood remanded from the previous day, on a cheoge of abominab!e conduct in Brunswick-road : was bought up, and the case having been clearly proved, his worship said the conduct of the prisoner was most di tbelical and the public should be much in , lebted to the lady, who had come forward to pro secute such a ruffian. Atter addressing the blackguard in strong and appropriate language, he regretted that the law did not allow him to send the prisoner to gaol for four times the period that it did. However, he would make a special order to the gaoler, that for the next three months he would keep the prisoner to the hardest labour at the pump for that period—three months. A SWINDLER —John Linney, who said he was a French man, (but it was doubtful if he belonged to La Belle France) was brought up by officer 711, on a charge of having swindled several boarding house keepers, by representing that he was a steward on board the British Trident. The fellow obtained " eatables and drinkables" from Maria Kitts, of Brook street, Mary Bowen of Rigby street, Thomas Hughes, of Ormond-street, and Ellen Woods, of Dixon-terrace, on the representation. Captain O'Neill, the commander of the ship, proved that the prisoner did no:, belong to the ship. Police officer 711, said there was a charge against the prisoner for getting ill worth of clothes from a sailor, on false representations. The pri soner was remanded. [Two or three days ago, the pri soner charged two persons with robbing him of his watch in the street, and they are at present awaiting their trial.] A "ST r'' LADDER. —DanieI Sheehan was brought up by officers Scaife and Thompson, on a charge of having stolen a ladder belong:ng to Mr. Regan, and another from Mr. Dunne ; and Mr. Walters, of Birkenhead, was charged with receiving the same, with a guilty knowledge. Mr. Pemberton was for Mr. Walters. It appeared that on the 26th of May, Walters gave an order for some ladders to the prisoner, and it seemed that the ladders furnished by Sheehan were stolen from the persons named. Although it was alleged that Mr. Walters re- ceived at least one of the ladders on the 30th May, the stealing was alleged to have taken place one of the ladders on the 10th, the ocher on the 13th, June. In consequence of some misunderstanding, Mr. Walters was brought up on the charge, but he was dis charged, his Worship stating that there was not the slightest charge against him, and he left the court perfectly unimpeacheble. The prisoner Sheehan was sent for trial. STABLE ROBBERY. —John Jaimeson, William 0 Neill, and Michael Carnes, were brought up on remind, charged with robbing the stables of Mr. Adam Hodgson and Mr. Duckworth, as :sported a day or two since. Mr. Camp bell was for O'Neill, and Mr. Bluck defended the other two prisoners. The case was folly proved, and the prisoners were sent for trial. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1857. LITIRATURE. REVISION OF THE ENGLISH BIEr.E, By JOHN BEA an, D.D. London : Whiz&lLl, 178, Strand ; Manchester : Johnson and Rlwson. Many exciting events at home and abroad inter ferred to divert public attention from the demand which sprang up, aed was eagerly discussed, some time since, for a revised edition of the English Bible. The work now before tie, the production of an able writer, and a profound scholar, is designed to awaken the attention again to the question, and to prove that the demand is one urged by the necessity of a great want. The sulject is uncinestion ably one of the highest importance, and one which peculierly calls for the jedgement of students and thinkers, such as Dr. Beard. A demand for the revision of our English Bible, is one sure to be mot at the onset by the strongest objection, and involving many considerations of a serious and important character, besides those which present themselves obviously at the first view. More than mere prejudice clings to the existing version of the English Bible. The form of words which is made venerable by centuries, which is made dear by the most precious mem ories and associations ; which has been familiarised to our minds by all the preachers, writers, and orators of the generations since its introduction, which has become part of our daily lessons and prayers, and our most solemn ceremonials, cannot be laid aside without very urgent reason and grave consideration. It is not enough to observe that this version is open to occasional verbal objections from philologists, and keenly scrutinising critics. No translation could possibly be produced, even of a modern book in a cognate tongue, in which eager critisism could not detect some inadevate renderings, some casual blemishes. It is not even enough for them, that a version, more satisfactory to scholars, in a schoolman's point of view, could be produced. This version which we actually have, has claims which place it beyond the reach of the principle of scholastic competition to d.-cide who shall bring out a better translation. If the existing English Bible, even although shewing some deficiencies in the exact rendering of occasional phrases and technical words, is a faithful interpretation of the whole meaning, and the general language of the Bible, it then becomes indeed an attempt, involving no c .mmon clanger, to disturb a version which has become the universal text-book of every indi vidual who speaks the English language. But if, on the other hand, this version be not justly considered always a faithful translation ? If it be ahewn that much of our familiar Bible was never translated from the great original at all, but is itself a translation of se translation? If it be shown that many serious errors and defects actually do exist, which the historical discoveries, extending scholastic researches of recent days have laid open ? What sufficient reason can then be brought for ward to convince men of ordinary judgement that the translation can suffer in the reverence of the people by having these defects amended ? It is not here proposed hat an entirely new translation, substituting modern English phraseology for the venerable language of the Saxon Bible, shall be undertaken, although many will, no doubt, feel satisfied, that the Book which all Englishmen are to read, cannot lose any of its valise by having it presented in the language which Englishmen actually speak. Mau), of the reasons which are urge", and to which we have just alluded, for retaining the old English of our popular version of the Scriptures, may be held to apply in a diffsrent degree to the Latin services of the Raman Catholic Church. The words of these services are made friendly by long usuare, and endeared by tradition to vast nembers of the worshippers of that faith. They are moreover universal, and the English or Irish Roman Catholic is as familiar with the ceremonial language we hear in Italy or Spain, as with that he listens to every week in his own country. Bat the language of a church service, all Protestants agree, should in !every country be that which is perfectly intelligible to the people of the country, which each hearer can fully understand for himself, not relying on a mere vague sense of the general meaning, or, as in many cases, listening to words whose sound is indeed familiar, but to which that very kind of familiarity brings him to listen without attaching any meaning wheever. Something of the kind may undaubt telly be urged by those who are bold enough to claim a wholly new translation of the Bile. The language of our version is not the language Englishmen now speak. Unnecessary difileulty seems thus to many to be ir.- terposad between the worshipper and the :teachings which he reverences. Many simple and pious -hearted people are moved to emotion by bearing the sound of well-known words in the mouth of a preacher, who would find, if they were set ho explain ;the passage, that its phraseology of being that of an catinct age, wee wholly beyond their corapreheneion. A vague veneration which does not concern itself about understanding is not the reverence with which Prostestants desire to see the Bible received. There are many arguments therefore to be urged by those who demand a completely sew translation of tha Bible; and probably the refusal : :t) admit of any revision whatever, may furnish them with the strongest they can put forward. In the pr:seat volume, Dr. Beard merely as' or for a revision; and leaving aside thelabstraet questions altogether, undertakes to chew that the present version is not a faithful and adequite translation, such as might be supplied under the revising care of English scholars of the present day. He claims " for this nation the greatest blessing it could receive, namely, a revised English Bible- 7 a Bible so revised as to put within the reach of all the words of eternal life in their native simplicity." The version at 'present in our h inds, Beard declares " is not a rea v translation, but simply a revision—a revision indebted to previous rivisioas, but most of all to Tyndale, of whose text it is, to a great extent, a transcript, as on his part Tyndale's twit is translated from Luther and the Vulgate more than from the Greek." The volume before us is dialled into two parts. The first part is a critical and historic tl revie IT of the circom stanees which led to the authorized translation of the B:ble, and under which it was produce] ; and the second contains suggestions for the c srreci ►n of the errors which the author points out in that version, and which he shews to exist in a greater or less extent is ssaae thoasands of passages. The first por.ion seems to us conclusive of the main part, which it urge,—ghat the translation we now read is but a revised version of a translation, which itself was rendered, not from the G:eek or the Hebrew, bit from the German of L•tther. The second part must be carefully examined by these who feel interested, as every one in these countries ought to feel, in this question. It contains, as we have said, some thousands of passages, in which the author contends there is a necessity for alteration and Practically, it is upon this portion of the question the case pat forward, on behalf of a revised translation, must rest. To enter into a consideration of any of the passages thus suggested, as requiring emenda tion, would be a work beyond the scope of a newspaper ar!icle. We can only call attention to the deep importance which must attach to this portion of the work, maintained as it i., by study, thought, and scholastic acquirement, such as Pr. Beard possesses. One or two passages we desire to extract. In the first portion of the wo►k D. Beard thus speaks of the father of the English Bible, William Tyndale : " Thousands have laboured and endured, in the hope of making the light that is in the Bible clear, manifest, and uni versal,—th usands of the ruost learned, excellent, aid pious disciples of the suffering Messiah-. At the head of those true children of the light stands William Tyndale, ;he first, and it may be added, the best translator of the Bible into English. The reader who gqpves over the guilt of kings, bielops, and priests, in witholdng the bread and water of life from the hungry and the thirsty, will be glad to learn that Tyndale was a priest, and even a friar. But ho was something better than a member of a sacerdotal bogy;—in the wor.ls of the German Emperor's Procurator-Genera', he was a learned, pious, and good man. revision. ".It was a very gloomy period of the world when Tyndale was sent into it. The darkest hour of night is said to be the hour before the dawn. Truly Egyptian was the darkness which preceded the dawn of our English Reformation ;—the dark ness might be fe't. Over the county of Gloucester, in the end of the fifteen , h century, the darkness gathered and settled as if with special preference. Yet there and thin did Gad kindle a brilliant light, by giving existence to Tyndale (1480). There and then the young student breathed in that piety which made him love the Bible, and the truths of the Bible, better than life itself. From rural scenes in Gloucestershire, Tyndale went to the University of Oxford, whore he made himself a proficient in the best learning of the day. From profound and careful study, he became " lade - ay in the Scriptures," at a time when an acquaintance with the Bible was more rare and more perilous than a familiarity with the black arts, Conceiving it to be his euty to communicate the light he had received of " the Father of lights," he opened classes for the expositio❑ of the Scriptures. His reward was obloquy. As the storm grew constantly heavier, he left Oxford for Cambridge, where he appears to have employed himself in the same righteous labour. Dissatisfied with his success, if not alarmed for his safety, he retired into the seclusion of his native county. And now he is tutor in the manor-house of Little Sodhnry. Sir John Walsh, its owner, is right hos pitable, and fond of good company. Equally fond of good cheer are the gr,ndees of the church that live around him. Often, therefore, are they at Sir John's well-covered table. " Abbots, Deans, Archdeacons, with divers other doctors and great-beneficed men,"—high personages all, and no poor vicar or shabby curate among them,—high personages and truly orthodox ; lea❑ of soul it might be, hut in body well fed; and for doctrine irreproachable, believing all the church taught and a good deal the church did not teach ; indeed, ready of belief,—men that would rather believe than not,—men who preferred " things hard to ba understood ;" for to believe str,:h was a nserit,—men who had no word of tolerance for newfangled notions, and would go forth any hour to set the torch to the funeral pim of any one more scrupulous than themselves touching articles of belief or the authority of the church :—such was the society that our University scholar met ever and anon in that hospitable dining-hall. With those luxurious, old-fashioned dignitaries Tyndale had nothing in common. At first we may suppose be listened in silence while, in the midst of their feastings and cups, they spake now and again of church affair: in a split of entire satisfac tion. By degrees, however, his courage arose. At length, like the prophet (Jer. xx. 9), he may have said— . His word is in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones ; I was weary with forbearing, and I could not refrain.' He spoke, at first, perhaps, timidly, but forthwith with words like rushing waters. The consequence may be described in the words of the same authority— I heari the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and wa wi.l report it. All my familiars watched for my halting—saying, Peradventure he wi 1 b 3 enticed, and we shall prevai: against him And on him sha 1 we have our revenge.' Ncvertheles., confidence grew with fidelity. Th en came . . boldness. Tyndale dared to instruct and even reprove those great men. A conflict ensued. The doctorly prelatists ' wen) defeated. Rather than take with their dainties what Faller calls ' the sour sauce' of Tyndale's conversation, they renounced Sir John's good cheer. But in retiring they bore with them a rancorous grudge. 'The young upstart had committed an unpa•donable offence, and he should suffer fo? hia temerity. Nor were they without means of retribution. Tyndale was clearly a heretic; and heretics of course were punished, and, if needs be, burned. So on all sides th - cry of heretic!' rose around the ear of the daring innovator. Alike in the ale-houses, the noble mansions, the episcopal board-rooms, Tyndale was denounced as a herotie. The noises went on with ever-increasing fut 7 till they had pre pared the way for actioi. Wh'n the public mind was suffi ciently excited, the offender was (1522) brought before the Chancellor of the diocese, and subjected to a severe reproof : He threatened me gtievously, an reviled me, and rated me as though I ha•l been a dog.' The reproof did not silence Tyndale, though it let him see how imminent was the danger in which he stood. Nothing deterred, ho went on teaching and disputing. Armed with the divine word, he was too powerful for his enemies. The divine word, therefore, must be disallowed. It were better for us' seid a learned divine, to ba without God's laws than without the Pope's.' Then came there forth from Tyndale the great utterance—' I defy the Pope and all his laws; an I if God spare my life, ere many years, I will cause a boy that driveth the plough to know More of the Scriptures than you do.' " This word expressed the settled determination of his soul. Having himself become imbued with divine truth, and having largely experienced its salutary power, he re solvei that, with divine aid, he would unseal the fountain, and let out its waters, even for the wayfarers. Straight way he put his hand to the wor r, when a storm burst forth which agitated the whole of sooie'y. Compelled to leave the country, Tyndale went to London, hoping to find some encouragement in his latour of love from the hands of the Church and State. • Church and State took part against him. The opposition become so determined, that he Bad to the Continent. Establishing himself in the city of liamburgli first, and then in the city of Antwerp, Tyndale translated and printed portions of the sacred volume. The honks ho thus prepared abroad were committed to the flames in England. 'rho contest was long; and dreadful. The clergy and the kieg (Henry VIII.) withstood the new light as if they were animated with the thought—' If we do not root up printing, printing will root up us.' Tyndale, inspired and suppor:ed by the Divine Spitit, laboured cease lessly, an-I only drew from failure fresh courage. What manner• of person he was is this juncture, may be learnt from old John Fox:— way a man very frugal. and spare of body, a greet student, and earnest labourer in the setting forth of the Scriptures of God. He reserved or halle xed to himself two days in the weak, which he named his p istime, Monday and Saturday. 0:1 Monday, he visited all such poar men and women as were fled out of England, by reason of persecution, into Antwerp; and thes., once well understanding their good exercises and qualities, he did very lib rally comfort and ; and in like manner provided for sick and diseased persons. Oa , aturday he walked round about the town, seeking every corner and hole where he suspected any paor parson to dwell ; and when he found any to be wall occupied and yet overburdened w:th children, or el 'e were a ;cd and we k, those also he piestifully relieved. And thus he a pent his two days of past'me, as he calted them. And truly his alms were very large, arid so they might well be; far his exht b.tion that he had yearly of the Enzlisli merchants at Antwerp, wh-in living there,was considerable. and that for the most part he bestowed upon the poor. The rest of the days of the weak he cave wholly to his book, wherein he most diligently travaled. Ilrhm the Sanday cams, then watt he to same one merchant's chamber or other, whither came many other merchants, an 3 unto them would he road SOlllO one parcel of Sec ptaire ; the which praceeded so fruitfully, sweaty, and gently from him, much like to the writing of Jahn the Evangelist, that it was a heavenly comfort and joy to the audience to hear him read the Scriptures; lik:wis., after dinner, he spent an hone in the same manner. lie wa; a moo without a spot or blemish of ranco r or malice, full of mercy' and compassion, so that no one Was able to reprove him of any sits or " Were :he world what it ought, such is the man wl - ,o'n kings and priests would delight to honour. But blind kings and bigoted priests persecuted this man to death. Early in 1535, Tyndale, who had been constantly hunted by the emissaries of his English foes, was betrayed by one Phillips, a tool of Stephen Gardiner, the elruel and crafty Bi s h op o f Winchester. After suffering an Inprisonment of more than eighteen menthe in the Castle of Vilverde, near g iuslo i g , be was condemned to die by a decree of the Emperor Char!'" tht t°, i , theFi sfthicfreed s r t he a s i o p l e t r u e r ri e s tn . e translating,oTfh, enemies f G printing,od Christ,an t] p u s b n l d i sh oj prevailed, yet Tyndale ptssed'away in the midst of vicr/j i e ss i for before he expired, no lees th .n fourteen editions 0 ' "f versioa of the New Testament h of bean Welshed, the last o_ which, being the first edition of the English Scripture s es. : printed is his native country, was passing through tha P re o f hero during his incarceration. On Friday, the 6d , October, 1536, this good and great mao, `of whom the vo, r 4 was not worthy,' all who may well be accounted the 1 ,05 A ` e .; benefeetor of the E tgli h people, was brought faith to Being fastened to the stake, he cried out with a feeveet f and a loud voice—' Ism', open the eyes of the England 1' He was then strangled, and burnt to B P ' . In the faith of Christ,' says Foxe, 'he died with constall and now restetb, with the glorious company of Christ's naarld o b f le t s b se e d t i r y no in s t r h y e mi L t o a r n d d . n And ty r thus f m od u , cho f William tho T 1 i y re n d a a t i ' :, :t , ll ; for his notable pins an l tray til, may well be called ' ho . Apostle of England in this our latter age.' Foremost does ever remain in that class of Ged's faithful and iat tc f, ' s servants of whomMil'on said, they have ente r ed that reVi where the, uedoubtedly, that by their labours, cour-e18,1; prayers, have been earnest fur the common good of ce ll ! , and their cenatry, shall receive a'sove the inferior orderief'''', blessed ; and in super-eminence of beatific vision, shall ell7l inseparable hands with joy and bliss in over-measure for el ° , In reference to James's translation, the anther obse ri t el s ; "The great aim of a translation of the Bible into E n g li t o should be to put the English reader as far as possible in to ,41 position occupied by the reader of the original text. ;le being the aim, whatever con laces to that aim shoe il 'id observed. Wherever, then, the original Hebrew or 1 - 1 repeats a word or phrase, there the English represen t :oo once carefully chosen in view of all the instances and a ll fac's, should be repeated, in order that the English reader r i : o ,l in his English Serip'ure, behold, as in a mirror, the is original. Hence the rule is uniformity—the strictest unit° ity ; word for word, Orate for phrase, idiom for idt sentence for sentence, should the English stand over ag si t o and represent the Hebrew or the Greek. This, we say, j A bd rule ;—deviations may be necessary. In a second or a w ts e instance, the English used in the first may be less suitable tj, some other expression ;—proper exceptions must be alto , h We maintain, however, that exceptions are to be regarded 00 jealousy ; and the principle laid down demands O t e ', avoidable departure from uniformity should be adroi tt :o Judged by these considerations, James's translators me' i t ; declared to have failed of their duty to a lamentable elle nor can they be justified, even on their own principles. 4 .1 simple truth seems to be that they were aware of t"0 translation being a kind of literary mosaic, in which dif elli ie had its perfect work,—a piece of ecclesiastical patclaw° 4 ',,4 shape and colours very various ; here a reading, and thero reading ; taken, this from Luther, this from the Vulgate , , t h et from the Geneva, and this from the Bishop's Bible ; and e'', o ( by their own or other's hands, sewed on the old gave leil l is' Tyndale's text, They were, we say, aware that their C O %O of many colours ; and so, in their prefice, put forth an e s " tvi s for diversity in wording and phrasing their translation. l 3 f or would it have been to allow tile fact to pass unnoticed i cet though in time the true character of the translation cool' , 1 - 0 fail to become known, "tiny would not then have Ikn o ss answer for a made-up defence as well as patchwork transla b- r y Our concern, however, is with the work rather than the v c ci. ti men. Is the work such as it ought to be ? Can the lO r 'o4 improved? Most faulty is the work in regtrd to the po i to which we now speak ; mere faulty is it than can aPY - .JO except on a careful and critical comparison of part with r b y and of the whole with originals. A grea t an d mas t va l : i n s o lf improvement would be gained by the E ng li s h rea ders, - the necessary uniformity were introduced into the Bible. ° Upon the arguments ani facts which he has broug, forward, Dr. Beard maintains his demand for a revisi °l3. o "We call for a commission of enquiry. We say than English people have a r i g h t to k now w h et h er t h e i r Bib' isol fixed and unchanging unit, or a perpetually varyieg, t 44 indefisable so:nething. We say that they have a rig ii h - e se know, on unquestionable evidence, what changes have ", g ei introduced, and by what hand. We say, that the e 11 ,, a 601 which have been made, are so many calls for a grand 13 1 -1 ii assize, which shall take the matter out of the h an „"i individuals, whether learned clerks or un'earned Pn r e ete And as in this mutable everld the Bible cannot be free meet change any more then other earthern vessels,' so we fa tf soy, that our law-makers ought to appoint a standing o °l- tee, whose business it shall be to supurin:end the print the English Bible, and wa:ch for the conservation ° Lee purity and integrity of the revised text. It might, in aa u 7ise be desirable to take measures for securing a periodical r ed Xl o { of the text, if only t o k ee p th e t ex t s id e b y s id e w i t h a dv3 gei re scholarship, and preclude the pessibili'v of there being, a' : n d ° o a great divergence betw e e n th e Bibl e as i t i s an d t h e 13ib' ° ' ought to be." The question is still an open one, a nd should be de s ..4 lf studied. The decision must rest upon the nature 0 7 0 inaportanct of the deficiances which we stated to exist l .l our present version. Oa the one h an d, th e hypercri ti ; cavillings of the pedantry cannot justify experini sii ,t legislation in reference to such a subject. On the tie heed, the need of a full and faithf u l t r anslation of t o i Bible must transcend erery other consideration. It is tbv better to risk disturbing for a season men's minds b/ the revision of some long-familiar passage, than to ill w o t error to grow by usuage into fixedness, which 1411 0 admit of removal. It is a far more serious irrevreti ce o • allots. an imperfect translation of th e Bibl e to bear t o f stamp of authority, than to question the correctness of version, no matter of what human scholarship authori6:b If the arguments of Dr. Board be left unalls` ler an revision must be allowed to be needful ; and reci e; to conducted, as it is sure to be, by learning and patient es • and guided, as we hope it is equally certain to be, bi reverent spirit, eannot be tco soon undertaken. nd ° Tan BOMBAY MAIL.—The Bombay po r ti on o f the I co y , mail has not reached London. This has occasione d , siderab!e anxiety. °) DISPATCH OF TROOPS TO INDlA.—Between the 10111 1/0 June and the present time the East India Company despatched, or have chartered, 27,462 men, in 72 vel, - ,ele of which 20 are steamers, several of large size, and altogether, have embarked 10,111 men. e! MR CARDWELL AT OX PORD .— O n F r id ay Mr. C .4- well was entertained to a g and di nner , i n a me n o el attached to Magdalen College. The com p an y evas ia elt large and enthusiastic. In his add ress h e chide' (4 ' . . 0 0 upon the crisis in India. He also alluded to the Vele) of Reform, but said nothing beyond pled g i n g hini se take a liberal and comprehensive view of the subject; 0 00 STORMS AND FLOODS.—The Times contains many " 8- 00 of the remarkable thunder storms which passed over metropolis on Friday evening, and of damage dal: o . d similar storms, and the floods which ensued in diffe'i r i% parts of the county. The traffic on the railways 1 0 .01# through Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire has been l A O poled, and two accidents to t ra i ns h ave occu rred on Great Northern line owing to the floods. s atti DEAD BODY FOUND, WITH £528 ON IT.—OD tie et' afternoon last, the dead bcdy of a man was observed to is ihe number, and on being got out it appear e o f• have been in the water for several days, and to be tbst ho lf men appar( ntly about forty years of age. On the w a s' being seached, £528, in American money, was 1 °;; 0 1( concealed in a belt under the shirt, and the pollee il l / charge of it. On Wednesday an inquest was held On e to body, at the Town Hall, before Mr. Thorney, c°r°etieri William Johnson, landlord of the Golden C u p, Ile l4- e4 street, deposed that Le had se, - :n the body of the deee s- dol and recognised it as that of a man he had seen every hid since the Ist instant, until Thursday last ; he went t° t' ' (witness's) house many times a day, and was nev er 6 % be lV deceased told witness that he was an American, but, s p a ness told him that he was a "N orweg i an Y an kee: i i s deceased said he was; witness meant a Norwegian valf,,eso been in America ; dec e a se d s p o k e E ng li s h we ll ; had seen him with four or five sovertiges, and he (w"ler, believed he was spending money freely. Thomas lA7; ington, clerk to Messrs. Wilson, Sons, and Co., ager l ' e ch the Courier, which runs between Hull and Christians s- o e deposed that the Courier sailed on her last voyag e he Saturday, the Ist of August. about two o'clock, o f recollected a man coming to the office on the evenie,cet Friday, the 31st July, about eigh', p.m., and got a ti e nc ef for Cinistiensend, in the forecabin by the Courier; i t Aiff paid for is English money ; witness had seen the 13 '01 and he thought it was that of the same parser]; 10 0 '' passage was paid for be gave the name of. , Thomas floe!eti they supposed Ross bad gone with the steamer until 0 0 heard from the police. John Dalton, lodgingah ° :d, keeper, Humber-street, recognael the body of the dee es ,'„Ge He was generaly drunk, b u t h e had no t seen him 01 , - 01 last rheas lay. He never gave any name, but said he been to Ca'ffornia, and that he had not been in Ne ri ol 'or thirty years ; he took to drinking after the Courier left him. Po!ic e C onsta bl e S wa b ) , rave evidence o e respect to the finding of the body. Witness had W ri t he board the Courier, and had found in a bag among st t ee luggage which was under s tood t o h ave b e l o nged t° 00 deceased, a nngget of gold and ston e n e ar ly as large a h 'i c le egg. Witness also found an address ticket, upon I tiSif was the following—" London to Hull, Mr. Thomas a passenger to Hull, Yorkshire." The jury then returned verdict to the Effect that the deceased had been fc )ti c e drowned, and that there were no marks of violence I c a the body. Mr. Alderman Abbey, chairman of the w 4 t ee committee, informed the coroner and jury tbst p ad money found upon the body had been counted, and ee Ppai into the bask , to stand at interest in case any one Su' appear to claim it.—Eastern Counties Herald.