Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-21 00:00:00

S i ITHSON lAN HOTEL, Bltoi DWAY, Corner of HOUSTON-BTREET, New Yobs. Named in honour of the SMITHSONIAN INSTIPCTION, Established at WASHINGTON, by the U. S. CoNGZEB9, With Funds bequeathed by JAMES SMITHSON, of ENGLAND, Having the Friendship of the 0 FFICEIB Of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION, Is conducted on the EUZOPEAN PLAN. CHAS. H. SMITH. ea imltrriat Vaits.—Ebft Dap. •t twelve o'clock, at the brokers' Oleo, 30, Exchange-alley North, a quantity of Jute, Cotton, and Cotton Pickings.--bhand, Hipon, and Co. At twelve o'c'ock, at the broker's oTce, Royal Bank-buildings, 5,100 bags Rice.—Thornewill and Broom. ♦t the Pablo Saleroam, 4 tons Camwood.—Alex. S. Macrae. At twe've o'clock, 1,770 bales Jute.—Cox Brothers. ♦t twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, Victoria-buildings, Hackin':- hey, 33 tierces Coffae.—T. W. and J. C. Harrop and C 3. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's offic e 30, Exchange-street Fast, a clan ity of Jute, Palm 0,1, Cam% cod, and Ginger.—Percival, Campbell and Co. I twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, I, Royal Bank-buildings' about lo tons Hemp.—J. A. Banc's& At twelve o'c'oe.k, at the brokers' office, Chapel-street, a q•iantity of C..ffee.—Griffith, Sons, and Palethorpe, Brokers. At eleven o'clock, on the quay, east site of Brunswick Dock, a quantity of timb r; aqd at twelve o'clock, west 3i.* aho a quantify of timber.—Edward Challonar. i pir For particulars see advertisement,. airing in the parks, and frisk and fool in the ball-room, can gratify their desires for a pecu niary consideration; whilst the daring and faithful soldiers, who threw burning shells out of the trenches, and hazarded their lives at the breach, can barely obtain a month's furlough. Truly, the talismanic influence of gold works wonders in the army ; but with these wonders there is the baneful consequence of discouraging the man of sterling merit, and gratifying the ambitious designs and voluptuous desires of the youthful aristocrat and millionaire. To illustrate the baneful effects of the present system of purchasing commissions, and to show that one man possessing money may step over the head of another, who is destined to a perpe tual obscurity, terminating his military career with a half-pay captaincy, we need only take a single example out of an ordinary Regiment. The Colonel wishes to sell out, but is determined to make the most he can of his commission. Accordingly, he quietly hints his intentions to the senior Major, and states that he must have 3,000/. over the regulation price. Numerous cases are cited to prove that this is moderate, as Friend This or Friend That obtained 4,0001. and should obstacles present themselves to his design, he threatens to resign and arrange terms with a more accommodating party. .This has the desired effect. A subscription is entered into; Major This gives 2001., and Cap'ain That 1001., some half-dozen Lieutenants put down their names for 50/., and the beardless junior Ensign sends a pathetic appeal to his ‘, grandma" for a 51., in order that he may not be odd on such an important occasion. These are matters of fact. And how does the Army Commission propose to reform abuses so glaring, extensive and destructive in their effects The Commissioners give it as their opinion that the principle of selection should be applied to the highest rank in the service, and that the purchase of Lieutenant's Commissions. should be abolished. We believe the Commander-in-Chief is opposed to this recommendation. He should he satisfied, for it leaves all the grades up to that of Major untouched, and sanctions the present system, whereby every British officer,. until he has reached his majority, may deal, if he• is possessed of a well-filled purse, in Army Com missions, as he would in railway scrip, and carry on tricks and intrigues, which no one but monied men can afford to play. Is not such a system merely converting the Horse Guards into a kind of military mart, disreputable and dangerous. We are aware that a variety of plausible argu ments are urged for the continuance of the system we are now condemning. Some of these have their weight, but we put the evils of " purchase" against its advantages, as they effect the whole army, and are satisfied that the force of truth and reason lies in favour of the abolition of the syEtem. We shall recur again to this important topic. , THE readers of yesterday's NORTHERN TIMES will have perused our lengthened report of the trial of Captain ROGERS, WILLIAM MILES, first mate, and CHARLES EDWARD SEYMOUR, second mate, for the murder of one ANDREW ROSE, a seaman on board the ship Martha Jane, when on the voyage from Demerara to Liverpool. The details of this horrible case are without a parallel in the annals of crime. They evince, on the part of all the prisoners, a cruelty, dis gusting brutality, and fiendish ferocity, which, thank GOD, heretofore, it has never been our lot to record. In all cases, where the charge pre ferred against a prisoner involves the forfeiture of his life, it is the bounden duty of both judge and jury to exercise extreme caution, and to elicit all the facts of the case, so that nothing shall escape which can in any degree tend to demonstrate the innocence of the accused. If ever there was a case which loudly called for the exercise of caution and cool deliberation, it was the one to which we have just referred. What are the undisputed facts brought forward on the part of the prosecution ? The prisoners were the captain, mate, and second mate, and the deceased, RosE, one of the seamen on board the ship Martha Jane. She sailed from Demerara for Liverpool on the 11th of May. Rose shipped on board the Martha Jane on the 29th of April, on which day he, signed articles. It appears that, on going on board, the second mate put him to do some duty or other, and feeling dissatisfied with the manner in which RosE per formed the work, he beat, and otherwise so ill-used him that, on the recommendation of the crew, he left the ship and ran away. Subse quently he was captured, and brought back to the ship by the police, and then placed in irons. When the ship sailed he was released from con finement, but the day after his tortures com menced, and were never ended until his life fell a prey to the unrelenting cruelties practised by the prisoners, On the 11th of May, the captain. mate, and second mate beat him in turns. These beatings were described by the witness FIAYs in the following significant terms They laid it on as hard as they could." The same witness says—" He saw him flogged every day by the three:pris.oners; never a day passed that they did not flog him." But this was only one kind of the brutality exercised upon the unfortunate man. A large mastiff clog was put on him, which tore the flesh. off his legs in mouthfuls, causing the bloo,d to flow in streams, and inflicting wounds upon several parts of his person ! An iron bolt was put across his mouth, and bou.'ad with spun yarn round his head, whilst his hands were chained to THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21. 1857, a ring bolt in the deck behind his back ! ! Another species of torture inflicted was to put him into an empty cask and " head it up." It was then rolled along the deck and lashed in its place ! ! ! He was kept in this novel but murderous prison for twelve hours, without any other means of ventilation than the bunghole. When taken out, at twelve o'clock at night, he was all over sweat and full of sores. After this his own excrement was forced down his throat. He was sent aloft naked to furl sails, and, before ascending, beat with a rope's end by the mate. Failing to put an end to ROSE'S existence by the foregoing cruelties, the captain determined to have an experimental hanging match. He accordingly made a " hitch" on a rope, placed it round the neck of the deceased, and with the assistance of his companions in guilt, hoisted him off the deck to the height of three feet, where he was suspended for nearly three minutes. When lowered, he fell on his back altogether like a dead man. That appears to have been the climax of Captain ROGERS' and Ms mates' cruel ties. What were the results ? In the first place, ROSE died; and, when relieved of all his earthly sufferings, his body was full of sores and corruption. It was marked red all over with the impressions of the whip and rope's-end ; and these sores, we are told, were - full of maggots. literally eating into the vitals of the brutally per secuted man. We omitted to mention that although ROSE, by the articles of agreement which he had signed. was to get a certain allow ance' of provisions, he was fed, for the most part, on bread and water, whilst all the other seamen had meat and tea served out to them. The cap: tain, too, it appears, was in the habit of giving the deceased large quantities of rum, which, to a man in Rose's condition, was nothing less than mad dening poison. Such is a brief recapitulation of the brutaliti-s and cruelties practised upon the unfortunate seaman ROSE. We have heard:and read much of the tortures of the Inquisition ; but nothing ever laid to the charge of that ecclesiastical tribunal, nor the atrocious cruelties of the Austrian and Italian dungeons can surpass, if equal, the doings on , board the-Martha Jane; and when we reflect that all this occurred on board a British ship, and that the perpetrators- were men belonging to a land which , prides itself as being the pioneer of civilisation and Christianity, we cannot help being appalled at the mere mention of such unheard-of cruelties, and ashamed that there belongs to the British Crown three subjects whose principles, dispositions, and every-day practices stamp- them as fiends in human form. Their answer to the charge preferred against them, as given by their able and zealous counsel, only aggravates their crime. The captain contends that what he did was for the sake of discipline,. and to guard against incompetent men undertak ing the duties of able seamen when unfitted to perform the task. As far as ROSE IS concerned', the witnesses proved that thpy — never observed` him disobeying orders, or 'acting in a mannei ..l which manifested incompetency. The counsel for the other prisoners adopted an extraordinary course by attempting to exonerate them on the ground that the part which they had taken in the nefarious transactions arose from the position in which they were placed as officers bound to carry out the captain's orders ; and although not compelled to do any illegal act in fulfilling these orders, it was difficult to discriminate as to the exact amount of punishment which a disobe dient or negligent seaman should receive. This was paltry pleading. The facts of the case belied the supposition that ROSE was either diso bedient or negligent. The defence put forward by the counsel for the two mates raises a most important question —the right and power of any captain or officers of a ship to inflict corporeal punishment on sail ors for alleged offences at sea. We hold that such a principle is unconstitutional. Every man accused of crime, or any deriliction of duty, is entitled to a fair hearing in defence of his con duct before any punishment is awarded. To allow captains and their mates at sea to become accusers, judge, and the executioners of their own sentences, is fraught with the most danger ous consequences both at sea and on land. No class of society should command from the laws and constituted authorities of the country greater security for life and property than the hardy and weather-beaten mariner, he who ventures forth upon the watere, of the mighty and the trackless deep, encountering many and severe privations, yea, even risking life itself, to brim.; to England the luxuries and the riches of foreign climes. At present, the necessary safeguards are not accorded to seamen, else Mr. ASPINALL would not have talked of the exact amount of punishment which may be legally inflicted upon a disobedient and negligent seaman! Nor would Mr. MONCK, have justified in the eyes of the Court and jury, Captain ROGERS, for treating It)sE as he would "a filthy dog or cat." Cases of a similar character, but devoid of many of the disgusting brutalities, as that which took place on board] the Martha Jane, have come before our criminal courts during the last year. Not long since., the perpetrators of a murder at sea were executed at 'Winchester ; and the criminals connected with the outrages on board the James 1. Bogart, tried at Chester, are now undergoing the punishment due to miscreants of such magnitude. But these cases, bad although they were, when compared with that of Captain ROGIIRS, and his guilty companion, possess some redeeming qualities. When PALMER and Do rs were con victed of their systematic poisonings—when AMUSE aIENTS, PUBLIC MEErINGS, Szc. THIS PAY. ?mural ROYAL —ltalian Op ra —8 p.m. ROYAL am einr.lEATßE—DramAtic: Performance-7 p.m. CIATTON HALL, Clayton-square—Gordon Cumming-8 p.m. E OrAl. CoLlssEum —General Entertainment-6.30 p.m. SkoLcatc.u. GeatnEN3--Grand ..nd Varied Entertainments. A.LiioP'll4 CRYSTAL PALACE, Lime-street —lO a.m. to 10 p.m. I 3 For particulars see advertisements. firaeo FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS. The House of Lords had a short sitting yesterday afternoon, when several bills were forwarded a stage, but the proceedings were devoid of import-I ance, as being, for the mos;. part, of a routine character. The Lard Chancellor stated that, ac cording to the opinions of the law officers of the Crown, the traffic in opium in China was perfectly legal, although it might be desirable to make some change on the subject. The Divorce Bill will be doomed to opposition when it reaches their Lordships. Lord Redesdale gave notice that he would move that the Commons' amendments be considered that day three months. The House of Commons met at twelve o'clock, and was chiefly occupied in renewed discussion on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill, when a number of amendments and alterations were proposed, without leading to any great change. The bill was then reported, and ordered to be read a third time this day, at twelve c'clock, when the sitting was suspended. At the evening sitting, after a number of questions had been asked and answered, the House proceeded with the considera tion of several measures, including the third reading of the Militia Bill. Several officers, in the course of the debate, expressed their opinion that at least 1,000 Sappers and Miners should be sent out to Delhi with as little delay as . possible. The bill was read a third time and passed, and the other orders of the day were disposed of, after which the House adjourned. It is now stated that her Mejesty will not prorogue Parliament in person, and it has become quite uncertain whether the prorogation will take place. as was previously stated, on Tuesday. Ministers are extremely eager to pass their Divorce Bill, but should Lord Redesdale not carry his motion, already noted above, then there may, and no doubt will, be lengthened and keen debates on. the Common's amendments. Although we have several items of local intelli gence this morning, it is devoid of much import ance. We regret to observe that the medical officer's report of the health of the town, as pre sented at the meeting of the Health _Committee yesterday, is much above an average, the number of deaths for the week ending Saturday last being twenty more than the corrected average of the same week of the previous nine years, excluding 1849. The usual weekly meeting of the Dock Com mittee took place yesterday, but beyond business of a routine character, including the reading of the minutes of the late meetings of the committee, which were held for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken with the Mersey Con servancy Bill, No. 2, there was no matter of importance brought forward. A vote of thanks to Mr. Turner, for his great exertions in sustaining the interest of the dock estate at the late Parlia mentary contest, was passed unanimously. The proceedings at the Assize Courts, yesterday, were devoid of importance. The chief case tried in the Crown Court was that of Surgeon Bride, who was indicted with having killed and murdered one Margaret Mtheal, by endeavouring to procure an abortion. The facts of the case as detailed by the counsel for the prosecution and the defence are given in ano•her column. Mr. Bride was acquitted and discharged. Three men, named Williams, Margonson, and Price, were indi .ted for the murder of one William Yates, at Manchester. The case for the prosecution broke down, and the prisoners were acquitted. Elsewhere will be found a report of Spellen's narrative of nis trial, delivered in one of the Dublin theatres, as well as the feeling evinced against the unfortunate man. A perusal of the matter will repay the time spent upon it. The painful spectacle of a double execution was witnessed yesterday, at Maidstone, by many thou sand people. The victims were both exceedingly young men—Edwards, only 18, whose crime was a very atrocious fratricide ; and Fox, 24, who suf fered for having shot his sweetheart. The continental news is of some interest. Some of the papers quote a private letter from St. Peters burgh, which says it is rumoured the Russian Government does not intend to remain an idle spectator of the events in China, but to take an active part in them when opportunity should offer. It is proposed to send a flotilla to the Chinese waters. Count Puutjaline, who did ser vice at the time of the expedition to Japan, has been selected to represent Russia, but only for the purpose of the present difference. The diploma matist will embark fur China almost immediately, the flotilla, which is being organising at Cronstadt, being nearly ready to sail. Telegraphic news from Tunis says that very serious religious disturbances have broken out. A dervise having in the publii streets denounced an Israelite as a blasphemer, the populace fell upon the unfortunate Jew, who was, however, rescued from their hands, and taken for safety to the Bourse. But the populace broke into the building, and knocked to nieces everything they could lay their hands upon. They then went to the offices of the Messager ies, crying " Death to the Jews r' " Death to the Franks!" The French Consul went in all haste to the Bey at Mersa, and demanded troops for the protection of European life and pro perty. The greatest exciteme n t preva il s i n t h e town. Another dispalca says : — The Christians themselves hal been threatened. Severel persons were killed. The British Con sulate was insulted. Military measures for repressing the outrage were taken very tardily. Telegraphic news from Constantinople later than the B'h, when the mail left, but without exact date, shows that the consent of the Porte to the concession made in her name by England and Austria must already have been given or promised, for the four Ambassadors had stopped their pre parations for departure. A letter from Vienna says that the Austrian government is actually in possession of the news of the Porte having given its consent The Austrian j )urncils of Lombardy continue to point to the state of Piedmont as affording ground for apprehension that a new revolutionary outbreak is at hand. At the same time it is asserted at Paris that M. d e Rayneval, the French Ambassador at Rome, has a 'ecently been again instr uc t e d t o urge on the Pc. pe, on his return to R ome , th e - tressive reforms. As it i s we ll necessity for pr© t known from the state papers written by M. d e k Rayneval which fol. tn(' their way to publi c ity t h at he thinks the popula. Lion of the Pap a l St a t es un fi t for constitutional govt miment, the reforms he i s t o recommend are probat ly not of the most sweeping kind. The news concerning the health of Ki n g Oscar of Sweden is still unhap oily not of a natu re t o remove apprehension. P. cotestant bigotry has again won the day in Swedt Even the limited proposals for a reform of lea vs referring to creed, in particular thot obnoxious 1, tw which enact s t hat whoever abjures the establishe Lutheran creed is \ to be expelled the country, have all been rejected by the Diet. The Pope was to leave Bologna on the 17th for ' Florence, where great preparations are making to give him a brilliant reception. He will enter the Papal States on the 29th, and reit ch ROM , " on the sth of September. The municipai i ity of Rome instead of spending the money voted h v the coun cil in triumphal arches and illuminatioos, intend to distribute it amongst the poor to red eem their beddings from the Mont de Piete. The Lnembers of the Chamber of Commorce, and some of the principal merchants have subscribed to erect a magnificent triumphal arch. The Pope's min.isters have been lately doing all that possibly could be done to lower the price of bread. A baker of Rome, who was the first to lower his prices, has been rewarded with a medal of gold. The screw steamer Kangaroo arrived here frota New York yesterday forenoon, with 51,000 dollars specie, and advices to the 6th inst. inclusive. The difficnity between the States Government and New Granada was said to have been settled, and hopes were entertained that Lord Napier and General Cass would speedily come to friendly agreement about the Central America question. We publish our usual summary, political, miscel laneous, and commercial, in another column. ON Tuesday we published an abstract of the Report of the Commissioners on Purchase in the Army. Since that we have had an opportunity of perusing the document in extenso, as well as reflecting upon the evidence on which the report is based. Generally speaking, the Report is in favour of the existing system. Sir DE LACY EVANS, however, dissents from his colleagues, and in a supplementary statement impugns in emphatic terms, the expediency or justice of traf ficking in military commissions, and promises to prove his position, as well as draft out a scheme which will put an end to a system that has worked perniciously in the public service, and is not only unbecoming hut discreditable to a great country like England. The other Commissioners base their opinions, or rather judgment, in the matter, and in support of the existing state of things, on the fact that the vast majority of officers, of all grades, are opposed to any change. This, no doubt, is all very well in its own place ; but as the reform of either the Army or the Navy are questions of national concern, the individual opinions of interested parties have not—or, at least, should not possess—controlling influence. Besides, the fact of collecting the votes or opinions of officers who have purchased their commissions, and expect to purchase promotion, is nothing but a farce. A 9 well might we ask the opinion of the freemen of a rotten borough whether a new Reform Bill was requisite, as to expect that military officers would desire to throw the service open to men of talent and military g enius without payment for their commissions. The Licensed Victuallers of the United King dom have raised a hue and cry throughout the length and breadth of the land, against the im policy and injustice of throwing open the trade, on the ground that it would be nothing but national robbery to interfere with their vested rights and interests. No doubt the army officers on whose evidence the Duke of SOMERSET and the other Commissioners rely for a justifica tion of the plan now in operation, would contend, in support of their ideas, upon grounds similar to the Licensed Victuallers in arguing against the proposal of throwing oven their trade. It is not to the opinions, of military men we have to look for a solution of the question=' . Shall army commissions and promotions continue to be purchased ?" The best guide and authority to which we can refer is actual experience ; and here we are met by the inquiry—Has the present system answered the purpose, and pro moted the well-being and effective administration of the military affairs of the country ? We say not. Everything considered, the entire system of purchase is an abuse and a scandal. Let us examine this assertion. We know full well, that from the moment a young mut pur chases the rank of ensign or lieutenant, the race before him is one of money competition. Take, for instance, the case of a rich but ambitious junior officer, who yearns for the day when he is to get the command of a regiment. His resources are boundless. He associates with the most elevated of our nobility ; has abundance of direct and indirect influence at the Horse Guards, and senior officers ready to give up their turn, and make way for him. The wealthy stripling hies off to his ar.oy agent, and deposits the price of a colonelcy some 2,5001., and any further amount which may be necessary to bribe off the senior officers, so that he may become a mounted officer prancing to and fro on a mettled charger, with u. cocked hat and gold lace. Cases of this kind are by no means unusual, true the Horse Guards have posted at Whitehall a denunciatory notice against selling commissions above the " regulation value." Nevertheless, the regulation is disregarded, as every officer in the service knows. Nay, mo re , it is a well-known fact that there is a certain plan whereby an officer can be brought from the unhealthy climate of Sierra Leone, and put to do duty at WindSor or the Metropolitan Parks. Many can do, and does it all. Any fond doting father, or anxiou s mother, who has the meanF, and desirous that his or her sprig of a wealthy family shall pull off his marching boots, lounge about in the clubs, taking daily exercise and JACKSON was doomed to die kir the murder of his children, the country were loud in their demands for the infliction of the extreme penalty of the law. What are each and all these atro cious crimes, with tens and twenties of the same kind, compared with that heard before Baron WATSON on Wednesday ? Nothing. The slow but treacherous death by poison, or the frenzied butchery of mad or despairing culprits, are acts of mercy to their victims, in comparison with the treatment which ROSE met from HENRY ROGERS, WILLIAM MILES, and CHARLES EDWARD SEYMOUR. To the verdict—" Wilful Murder," —which the jury awarded, no one can object. • We hope it will teach captains and officers of ships to take heed how they act. An avenging GOD will not allow such deeds of inhuman atrocity to pass unpunished. The culprits now in Kirkdale richly merit the inflic tion of the death penalty. Would that some redeeming feature could possibly be brought to light, to warrant the authorities in attending to the recommendation of the jury, and thus save us from the melancholy spectacle of witnessing three apparently respectable young men snuffed out of existence on the scaffold, by the hands of the common hangman. MIR MAJESTY'S CRTIISE. SOITTR4MPTON, WEDNFsDAT EVENING.—The Royal Mail steamer Despatch, Gigot B tb)t, arrived this evening from Jersey. She reports having seem, at a quarte'r-past seven this morning, the Royal Yacht entering Alderney, with her Majesty, the Prince Consort, ac., on board, all well. In the provision that her Majesty's excursion might extend as far' as Havre, orders were given to have measures taken to salute her Majesty, and two detachments of Artillerymen were pDste3, one on the Place de Provence and the other on the southern battery, where they re mained the greater part of the afro/lion without their services being called into requisition. Pilots were also directed to proceed out into the roadstead, in case the royal yacht might require any assistance. PREZ PUBLIC MUSEUM.—The number of visitors to the Museum during the present month is considerably in advance of the last three years—'he numbers presenting a total of 11,092, and a daily average of 926. A very large propor tioa of these are• Excursionists, to whom the Museum evidently appears to be one of the leading attractions of the town.. THE TUG , STEAKUR RE3OLUIS. —We hare before mode favourable mention of the new tug-steamer Resolute. We may now remark that she towed the clipper ship L'ghtning from Liverpool to the D)wns in 90 hours. Her average speed in towing tho Lightning has thus been about eiArknots per hour—a most wonderful performance, and proves the Resolute to be getting better as she grows older. LAY AN-SOCIATION IN Eternal' OF THE MISSIONARY aortas's OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—A deputation from the above Association, consisting of the Very Rev. Principal Tutloch, and the Re►. ➢r. Park, of St. Andrews, (forsaerly of this town) are to preach on Sabbath first, in St. Andrew's Scotch Church, Rodney-street, morning and evening, and in the Scotch Church, Oldham-street, morning and afternoon, when aollec - ions are to be made in support of the society. DIIATU 0 , 2 ARTHUR HEN DERSOM ESQ.—It is. our painful duty this morning to announce the demise of Arthur Hen derson, Esq,., merchant. Mr. Henderson has been long and favourably known among the mercantile community of Liverpool. He was for some years member of the Town Council for West Derby Ward, and enj3yed the reputation of being a painstaking and laborious councillor. He was strongly conservative in politics. In social life he was a most cheerful and agreeable companion. A large circle of friends and acquaintances are left to mourn the demise of one they esteemed, in every sense of the word, ERRATUM, —A typograpLical , rror occurred in our reilprl of the trial of Henry Rogers, William Miles, and Charles Edward Seymour, convicted of murder on the high seas, which in justice to the unhappy men we hasten to correct. At the conclusion of the report it was. sated, that "the prisoners left the dock wi eh a light and firm step as. if 'in bravado•;" it should be " with a light and firm step, but without bravado" Indeed at no part of their pro tracted trial did any of the miser-able men exhibit the least iusensibili y to. their painful and ignominious position. We may here state, that not only was the verdict and sentence received with savage exaltation by the large crowd of men and women who were congregated in St. George's 1-1 ill, but when Mr. Baron Watson left the court, the crowd followed his carriage for some dis tance loudly cheering. LADIES our or COURT.—The appearance of the Crown Court yesterday was, as usual, enliven , d by the presence of a large number of fashionably dressed ladies in the Grand Jury seats and :other parts of the Court. When the case in which the surgeon Bride was charg:d cams on, none of the ladies showed the slightest intention of wiehdrawin. The case was - stated, and although the statement and reading of the depositions involved details of a character one might have thought no woman would willingly hear in the presence of a court crowded with men, the ladies sat them out with undisturbed composure. At last Mr. Tindal Atkin son, the prisoner's counsel, appealed to the Judge, declaring that the questians he had to put were such as he was most reluctant to utter in the presence of females. His Lordship ordered that all women should leave the exert, and the ladies had to quit their seats and withdraw, wondering, no doubt, at Sr ungracious a mandate. This is the second time wi hie two or three days that females had to be thes reminded that details have sumo times to be discussed in courts of justice whieh modest women are not supposed to take pleasure in hearinee Surely the time of any oF our Liverpool ladies c innot be so utte.ly barren of useful obj.Tts and occupations that no better means can be devised far spending th s day than in listening to the details of abortion and violation caeca. Ateconnts from Vienna state that G-ineral Gustavus Yon Dengenteld, one of the mJst distinguished officers in the Aestrian service, has blown out his brains from a disap rintment in love. The deceased was 59 years old. The Paris Pays says that despatches have ben received in England torn the Governor of the Cape of Gaud Ft l'aerg that in consequence of an expected outbreak of the Koricirs, he cannot spare the two regiments for India which have been asked for. THE ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.—NO'ATithStriIIiDg the popularly of Mr. Spurgeon and the attractive entertain ments which have been provided, the Royal surrey Ger- dens Company are in difficulties, and a petition for wind ing-un has been presented to the Court of Birokraptoy. Mr. Commissioner Fane has fixed Saturday next for hear ing the petition. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL IMPROVRMENIT SJCICTY OF IRE LAND —The annual exhibition and meetings of this society commenced at Waterford oa Monday. There are between six and seven hundred exhibitors, besides those who send machines and implements. Tire trial of ploughs and other imp!oraeuls has excited much interest. The Lord Lien. tenant, 'Who will be the zuest of the Marquis af Waterford, is expected to be present at the latter part of the pro ceedings. DREADFUL °cougars :c Tuesday morning a most painful sensation was created in the nerghtr;nirle.oird of Plloa tead, in consevenee of a ma'; named Harper, aged 47, .being nearly torn to pieces by a horse. It appears that the unfortunate in in went into the stab's for the purp As of feeding the animal, when it seized him by the hair of the head, and comneni.eij to bite him over the head and face in a most frightful m.anner, shaking him like a dog. With difficulty ho was extricate'!" and en veved to St. Thomas's liospitA. Nu hopes are eater taim:d of his recovery. THE CONDEMNED CONVICTS IN MAIDSTONE GAOL.— Tilese unfortunate culprits remain in precisely the same state as at oar last notice—Fox penitent and rent&ssive. Edwards stilt obstinately persisting in his innocence. A petition in favour of the latter has during the past week been got up, and presented to the secretary of State, trrgng that the evidence was of a circumstantial character, and in solne points inconsistent with the prisoner's guilt; but we believe it was by no mean; numerously signed, and there is not the least hope it will succeed. No l triends 'of either of the prisoners have as yet visited them. The condemned sermon was preached by the chaplain, the Rev. Watson King, on Sunday last, from Job xiv. 10. The execution is fixed for Taursday next, the 20th inst aa t , and though the warrant hid not yesterday Cdonday) 3 5 , eu received, no alteration in the original order 441ir!,,p a t e d, —South .Eastern at :zeta. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, AUGUST 19. The Emperor and Empress and the Prince Im perial arrived at Bayonne yesterday morning, ab half-past 10 o'clock, and were received with the most enthusiastic acclamations. Although the Im perial party had expressed a desire to travel in cognito, several triumphal arches had been erected in the town, and an immense crowd was assembled in the streets to welcome their Majesties, who, after short pause, proceeded to Biarritz, where they arrived a little before eleven o'clock, in excellent health. A special train had arrived some hours before at Bayonne, with six carriages and twenty horses for the service of their Majesties. Prince Napoleon is to go to the Sardinian frontier, to compliment King Victor Emmanuel on the occasion of the junction of the French and Piedmonteser lines of railway, at which his Majesty will be pre sent. It is said that the Prince will afterwards make a tour in Italy. An unlicensed broker, named Joseph Collon, doing business on the Paris Bourse, was sentenced yesterday by the police court of Paris, to imprison ment for two months and a fine of 100 f. for having publicly asserted that the conspirators to asses , . sinate the Emperor, for which the conspirators were lately convicted before the Court of Assize, was a plot got up by the police to influence the elections. A newspaper relates that a curious cause is about Ito be tried before the Civil Tribunal of the Seine. Tiquet, a rich carpet manufacturer, died a short time ago in consequence of a fall he had had amidst a contusio'i of vehicles, at the entrance of the Rue du Faubourg Montmartre. By his will he left to the city of Paris a legacy of 500,000 f., to be applied' to the construction of a bridge for foot pas 6engers over the boulevard, and connecting the' streets Montmartre and Faubourg Montmartre, that being the spot where he met with his accident. His heirs dispute the validity of this legacy, which the city of Paris defends, subject to the fulfilment of tho condition anivxed to it. The vacation over, the Tribunal will decide between the litigants. Shoulci the legacy he confirmed by its decision, the construction of the aerial bridge will show whether .such erections are convenient and desira ble, a quek3tion that has of late been not unfrc queutly ciivcussed. ITALY. TURIN, AUGUST 17. Between this government and that of Naplea' there has lately broken a very serious difference, which threatens at no distant peried to lead to an interruption of diplomatic relations. The quarrel is, of course, ascribable more or less to the recent Mazzinian attempt and the capture of the Cagliari, but, although the real views , of the Neapolitan Go vernment on that matter were well known to all Europe, its official language in communicating with the Government here always gave promise that the laws of nations and of - humanity would be respected in dealing with the persons and property of Sardinian subjects taken in that ill-fated vessel. The Sardinian government expresses its willing ness to aid the Neapolitan in the most searching. inquiry as to the culpability or innocence of all concerned; but it naturally insists that those who have' been unfortunate enough to fall into the : power of the Neapolitan government should be treated with.the decency due to civilised beings, whether they be guilty or not., The appointment of the Due de Gramont as French ambassador at Rome, is believed by people in authority here to be a fact of great significance. Taking into con sideration all the circumstances of the case—that the Count de Rayneval's subservience to the views of Rome were well known from the first year - of his residence at that Court, and had become undeniable. since. the publication of his celebrated despatch—that the Duo' de Grarnont was one-of the most active agents in bringing' about the Sardinian alliance with. the Western. Powers, and has greatly contributed to the consolidation of the same since by his ow-n• personal good qualities—and that the Court of' Rome has- just again given a touch of its quality,. by showing its old disposition to continue irrecon cilable to this country, notwithstanding the recent advances made by King Victor Emmanuel, in, sending a special mission to compliment the Pope at Bologna ;—taking these things into considera tion, it- is not unnatural that the Government here should attach great importance to the removal of the Count de Raynevat and the nomination of the Due de Gramont in his stead. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, AUG. 17. The diocesan of Augsburg in Bavaria has fol lowed the example given by his right reverend brother of Pavia, and pronounnod sentence. of excommunication against M. Spindler, a canon; I. Fernsemer, a rector ; M. Fischer, a rector; M. Lutz, a dean;. and M. Egger, a chaplain. The offence committed by the , reverend gentlemen was, that they openly saret their religion was based on divine revelation. alone. The Augsburg chapter received instrue , tione to examine into the religious opinion of the five priests, and its report was, that there. was no trace of heresy in their doctrines. Tha Church of Rome, however, abhors innovators„ and the offenders were ordered publicly and in writing to. declare their belief " that there ws no salvation to be found out of the pale of the Roman Catholic Church, and. that ihe Pope and the Bishops of his nomiaa,tion were organs appointed by God to govern and ale over his Church." The reply given by the priests was, that they firmly believed that salvation was to be found within the pale to the Roman Catholic Church, hui. they declined. to express their conviotion that no salvation was: possible for the many millions of Christians be-- longing to these oriental and occidental Churches whieChad not the word " Roman " prefixed to. them. This answer gave such offence to the Bishop that he publicly denounatd the five priests as heretics, deprived them of their livings, and ex eommneicated them. Two of them, M. Ferosemer and M. Fischer, have been expelled by the Bava rian police from the kingdom, and the other three are confine.l to their native places, and will be treated as common malefactors if they should at tempt to leave them, Koiessional potitieians in this country do not Ev.free with their French colleagues, in thinking that tho British Government will find it excessively t7i ii .-salt to put cicmn the military insurrection in Bengal Pfcsidency. The energy &splayed by the head of the Cabinet, and the equanimity of the British no,tiov. inspire respect and confidence, PRUSSIA. At a gener;.l meeting of the shareholders of the Royal Bark, held un the 18th instant, it was pro posed to ntise the discount from 5 to 5 per cent., leaving 0)1 rate of interest on advances as befo,V. at 6 per coot• TUEK6Y. The Ottoman Government has addressecla circu lar to its representatives at the Courts of the Great Powers to cornmunicate - to the respective Govern ments all the incidents connected with the recent Ministerial crisis at Constantinople, a-id an explana tion of everything. connected with the elections is Moldwria. 'WHAT is COMING to LIVERPOOL on the y 31st instant ?—Wby, THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN THE WORLD WHERE IS IT TO BE SEEN ? THAT'S THE QUESTION. SALE Of OBSCENE BOORS PREVENTION BILL,