The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-28 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, tHURSDAY. OREIGN SPAIN Our Madrid dates are to the 23rd istant. kzes„ The G azette publishes the Royal decree sup sing the N a ti onal Guard. The Ministry vindi ! tes th at measure in a l ong exposition, addressed co the Queen. orcl‘• Ro yal decree h a d b een published, which, in er to diminish the price of food, enacts, that .e s shall, bringing; in wheat, barley, and maize, and $ up to the Ist June, 1857, be exempted from nage, soundage, loading, unloading, lighthouse, faLs 4l , l4 all other general provincial or municipal dues ; ° that the - said articles shall inland be exempted ei_oin toll and town dues The deficits which these treasures are, will cause in provinci?..l and municipal w e h a ahres are, it is enacted, io be made up from er sources. olellEstr : // a , a journal of the ultramontane Lion eal Patt Y , ',.;Cates that the Junta of Desamortisa at l ev, t -arid holds two meetings every week, and meeting 1,500 of the s c h e d u l es fil e d must th ori disposed o f . A t this rate there will be three :sold properties authorised in M a d r id t o b e 1d ' in each week, or t we l ve t h ousand i n the course Month. Orders have been given in the pro -4nes to sell fifty estates every day. ITALY t 'Our Turin adviees inform us that the Piedmon *Le" Minister of War has addre,ssed a circular to ..tie a hem in, l l eu landant s of the military divisions, direc . t. k e y' not to grant furloughs unless in r-cePtional c ases until the 15th o f N ovem b er, i n er th " the soldiers may all take p ar t i n blce mangy .uvres to be held in the course of next enteßeqhe Riser gimento of Turin annou nces th a t, i n o—uence of th e success which has attended the tiPoeration of establishing an electric communica platit.etween Cagliari and Algiers, it is in contemd -I;u:vr_,l.en to establish another between Cagliari . a . n rat.; an enterprise towards which the British (in n , - Meat is willing to contribute a considerable orhe A • editor of the Arrnonia, the ultra-clerical 31 10 I :l,°' 1 urin, was condemned on the 21st to four oarlit-ic:iennPriSOMnellt and 1 000 francs fine, for which appeared in his paper on the . day and :,,-,universary of the Piedmont constitution, itiii nl ""ich Was conceived in a spirit of violent I,_°SitY to free institutions. crtrtiuna Alilan we have advices stating that pla . - Tr a : were affixed to the mansions of the Greppi, .._ensn e ; rB° ' a nd Poldi, in this city, on which were Kin 2 7 llo llB and legible the mottos, " Long live Next let" Emmanuel !" and " Long live Cavou . r. 4 , 1104 .ior a ilig there was a great commotion am they the polic e at the sight of these placards, bo lls 'eY ordered the owners of the respective b _eO to remove them at once. The latter declared, to 7ver, th_ t ~,,, ~ that as they had not affixed the placards Was t e i l a " B of their houses, they did not think it 'wer e tiiir business to take them down. The police NS do neen o bliged to perform the operation, which in a most imposing manner. THE COURT TURKEY, 4tiste.t. , The Russia ns .tl i h oziii have not evacuated Boucoura, ncr 1) and th e environs of that town. 4t4 ne,'‘Aussians completely evacuated Kars on the have-i, ""tignst• The fortifications of that place e be been left intact, except two forts which have Theestroyed „, Russians433ll„l,have blown up Toultcha, on . the coini ng The captain of the English ship Mechinat, g from the Danuhe, speaks of a rumour f t t l h a e t he to l tort, w n of Toultcha had shared the fate o . e se. Fr anke V th e has paid 1 20,000 f towards the restoration .h th e pe Russian embassy at Constantinople, which f neh used as an hozpital during the war. 1101,e`eirs front Constantinople of the 15th an- Ot t , that th e :10h. ,5:1 42 .100 F t attnri :It icie:lnetrce7.3,2 D;r3hiers,saehsscgiesuinhletafesoar,ttn,aantbtlril.3oid,ds,oolepilefinsBsia:eoinnttolitolovetoefelyiatnvhcaelfilurxdy Itilli t i a regular 105 numbers at nha o det f arn i , . ar e to be shortly settled. The Ottoman Navin 11(31V composed of good elements, the late The .R been an excellent school for it. have pritici,so N Greek houses at Constantinople a Tuilcia,BBociated themselves together to form has alp,adso National Bank, and the subscription kill. 3 ' reached 239 million piastres, or about sixty ion francs. antinople letters extend to the 20th --- .-^+-.410,,.-_..._ - RUSSIA amens voyage, sir INTELLIGENCE of these m en an d th e i r f a mili es , an d t h at a system of magis . tr icy should be provided, either from among the officers accompanying them, or from other sources. Means will also be devised for keeping up the military exercises of the emigrants, at all events during the period of their receiving pay from government. Her Majesty's government express a hope that so valuable an addition to the population and defence of the colony will receive temporary encouragement and assistance from the local legislature ; and in the con fident expectation that this hope will be fully realised, the governor invites the co-operation and concurrence of the Legislative Council in any measures which may be found necessary to carry out this object. The message to the assembly concludes with the following sentence:— And in this expectation he proposes to the House of Assembly that they should empower him to appropriate to the settlement of these emigrants a sum not exceeding £40,000, to be raised, if necessary, by debentures upon the security of the revenues of this colony; and that they will concur in the future appropriation to the same object, as 1 -- as it may be required, of any portion of the sums red in Schedule D which may be available for such The following. motions were unanimously adopted by the Legislative Council : That a committee be appointed to draw up an address to the Queen, congratulating her Majesty on the glorious ter mination of the war, and further thanking her Majesty for the boon she bas been pleased to concede to the colony, in the proposed settlement of so large a number of military pensioners on the Border, which the Council hope will effec tive'y secure the peace and prosperity of this settlement, and that the committee consist of the actin°. President, Messrs, llutberfoord, Ebden, Cock, Gadlonton, and the mover; that two respectful addresses be pres nted to his Excellency the Governor in answer to the two messages receiv,d this day, and that the above committee do draw In the House of Assembly on May 80, Mr. Moltene moved, and Mr. Shepperson seconded, the following resolution : The house having taken into consideration his Excel= lency the Governor's message, No. 39, of the 29th of May, whilst expressing their gratitude to her Majesty's govern ment for the anxious solicitude now again, as always, evinced by her Maj, , .sty for the welfare of this colony, view in a most favourable light the proposed plan of locating such officers and privates of the British German Legions who would offer themselves, and be eligible for this service, as a military settlement in this colony, where policy and circumstances should dictate. That in the opinion of this house, a sum necessary for insuring the succ , ss and useful ness of such settlement, would be advantageously employed for the security and general prosperity of this colony, and pledges itself to make good any amount, not exceeding the sum of £40,000, which may he necessary for carrying out the objects of this plan. The house is also of opinion that any portion of the sum reserved in Schedule D, which may be available for such a purpose might be advantageously appropriated to the same object. This resolution was immediately approved, and the house having resumed, it was forthwith for warded to the governor. The Legislative Council had finally passed the estimates for 1856, precisely in the manner in which they have been passed by the assembly. Parliament was to be prorogued in a fey days. Arrangements were about to be made for a general illumination in Cape Town, in honour of the intelligence of peace. OSBORNE, ArousT 26.—Her Majesty and the Prince, accompanied by Prince Arthur and the Princess Louisa, inspected the depot battalion at Parkhurst, under the corn mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Jeffreys, yesterday. The Belgian Minister, M. Van de Weyer, and Madame Van de Weyer, arrived on a visit to the Queen. To-day being the anniversary of Prince Albert's birthday, the band of the Royal Marines played a selection of music on the terrace. It is understood that a resolution has been adopted by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, within the last few weeks, to reduce their rates of passage money, on the Ist of January next, to the scale which was in opera tion previously to the great increase in the cost of coals, &c., in 1853. The recent heavy rains have done considerable damage to the ripening grain throughout the district, great quanaties of it being laid ; but 6e present hard dry weather may help to raise to it; and notwi a:tanding what has oc curred, the crop yet gives promises of being a good one.— Dundpe Courier. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH TO AMERICA.—The Propontis, Captain Goodwin, belonging to the General Screw Steam Company, put into Plymouth on Friday morning, &dm Newfoundland, having successfully laid submarine cables between Cape Breton and Newfoundland, and between New Brunswick and Prince Edward's Island. The steamer will be immediately employed in laying a cable from Ire land across the Atlantic. Nonwicrt MUSICAL FESTIVAL —The arrangements for the next musical festival at N3rwich are' progressing satisfactorily. The committee now includes 3.5 gentlemen of the city and county, and at a recent meeting it was decided that there should be four morning and three even ing performances as usual, and that Mendelssohn's Elijah and Handel's Messiah should be two of the oratorios per formed. The evening performances will be of a miscella neous character. TRIAL TRIP.—The new screw steamship Aden, a fine steamer belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental onpany, was tried at the measured mile, in Stoke'a Bay, on itur day. The Aden is the largest iron steamer ever built in Southampton. Several of the directors of the company, together with the Surveyor of the Board of Trade, attended to witness the trial which was satisfactory, the mean of f , ur runs at the measured mile, being 12,519 knots, equal to a speed of 14.5 statutemiles per hour. In reply to some attacks on the Emigration Com missioners, R. S. Davis writes to The Times :—I have during the last 16 or 17 years applied for passages to Australia for nearly 500 poor people, and in no instance have I ever found the least irregularity in the Emigration Office. The persons I have interested myself about, have been from England, Scotland, and Ireland, have embarked at Glasgow, Dublin, Birkenhead, London, Southampton, and Plymouth, and have proceeded to Adelaide, Melbourne, Geelong, Portland Bay, Sydney, and Moreton Bay ' • and in every case each person has gone to the exact locality he desired. COLONEL TURR'S ARREST.—This gallant gentleman has addressed a letter to a London morning cotemporary, in which the following passage occurs—" It is now the first time since my liberation that I revisit England, the first time that I have the privilege of learning the general interest and sympathy of the British public in my behalf, the timely manifestation of which efficiently strengthend the interposition of the government. Penetrated by a lively sense of obligation for the benefit thus received under the most tryinz circumstances, I beg that you will allow me to fulfil a public duty, by permitting me to pay, through your columns, my humble homage of gratitude for the public protection and private sympathy I have been honoured %vitt). INFAMOUS ACCUSATION.—At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, before Baron Martin, James Williamson, aged 21, described as a labourer, was indicted for feloniously accusing Robert Dye of an infamous crime, with the view of extorting money from him. Mr. Logic prosecuted; the prisoner was undefended. The prosecutor is a clerk in one of the city churches, and was accosted one evening by the prisoner, who (might money, but being repulsed, at once threatened to accuse ttv , prosecutor. lie was at first alarmed, and took the prisoner home with him to give him money. The prisoner was found guilty. Baron Martin said he looked upon the crime committed by the prisoner as equal to that of murder, and he should mark his reprobation of it by sentencing the prisoner to penal servitude for the term of his natural life. EXTRAORDINARY CLOTH 12.1138ERY, AND DISCOVERY OF THE PLUNDER, AT LEEDS.—Between nine o'clock on Mon day night and six o'c ock on Tuesday morning, the mill occupied by Messrs. Hardwick Brothers, and known as Millgarth Mill, in Dyer street, Leeds, was entered by thieves. The robbers had broken into the premises through the roof, and succeeded in taking away between 25 and 30 ends of black union cloth in an unfiniahed state. From certain information, detective officers Bramley d Mus grove proceeded to an unoccupied house in Dyer street, and there they discovered 25 ends of the cloth that had been stolen. The ends had apparently been forced through the lower part of the window, the p , sncs in which had been broken, and the cloth had Blighty suffered from its contact with the glass. A man suspected of complicity in the as Belt, ca bi netmaker, has been robbery, named Thorn apprehended by detective officer Bramley. Belt is known to the police, and had several yards of black cloth in his possession when he was taken into custody. CATHERINE HAVES.—MiSS Hayes Catherine is about to leave London for Paris, and will probably return to Arne. rica this winter. The artistic voyage round the world of this artiste is the most extraordinary one ever undertaken by any singer. Miss Hayes left Liverpool for New York in the Pacific, in 1851. After a tour in the United States citiesr, e s ' i l l she arrived in San Francisco in November, 1852. At the ;', l la se of a brilliant career in California—X23o being paid Australi:n depolnetinstance for the first choice of a seat—Miss Hayes for South America. After visiting the principal embarked for the golden cities of the great f S r y o ( m lne th v e t e: s She gave concerts in the Sandwich Islands, anrarear;ed in Sydney in January, 1854. From Singapore, one ofnt' From Singapore Nl7ssicill navesi went to Melbourne and Adelaide, and giving concerts in Calcutta and hp Capital of was in aid of the Patriotic Fund. Java the travelled to Batavia, and in y. Afterrel3- e sensation. Fromn - " Swan of Erin" created an Batavia Port Phillip Bay was vitsoiting Melbourne andlSd .. xt llealit oey, iNliss Hayes paid a visit —, she gave four concerts. T e Bendigo gold field, __:ging in Hobart T own Tasmania was the next chief cities. From Melbourn e Miss Hayesa fl u e v n me c be years, er ton akr es , a. t f h i() e ri Liverpool, and arrived after an absence WEST DERBY GUARDIANS. IRE LAND The usual weekly meeting of this board was held at the workhouse, Mill-lane, yesterday. The Rev. W. Badnall presided. The other members present were—. Messrs. Abrahams, Edwards, Shaw, Siddeley, C a lli s , C ra i g, Wensley, Johns, Richmond, Watkinson, Baines, Pickup, Mawdesley, Almond, Lunt, Medcalf, Pitts, and Batten. The Marquis of 'Waterford is going to erect a splendid and costly mansion at Curraghmore. This is cheering news for the stonecutters and mechanics of Waterford. Lord Waterford deserves credit for staying amongst his own people, and spending his immense fortune at home, instead of in Paris or London.—TVaterford News. Wlrroz, MURDER.—At an inquest •held by adjourn• ment, on the 18th August, at Castledermott, Ireland, on the body of Catherine Ryin, the jury unanimously delivered as their verdict " that the deceased Catherine Ryan came to her death from the effects of a gun-shot wound, wilfully fired and inflicted by Robert Drought." BURNING or AlVEsszr,.—On Thursday morning, about half-past two o'clock the barque Elizabeth, of Bangor, was run in great haste into Belfast, as she had been set on fire by part of her lime cargo, which had become saturated with water. She left Larne the previous day with a cargo of lime for Holyhead, but the wind blowing very fresh, and the sea running high, she began to leak, and the water thus came into contact with the cargo. The decks have been broken up, and the owners of the cargo have transferred it to the " skeoghs " of the Harbour Commissioners. ATTEMPT TO UPSET A TRAIN.—A large stone, about half a ccvt. weight, was placed by some evil disposed Person on the Cork and Dublin line of railway, at Ki!cotton, between Kilbricken and Ballybrophy. For tunately the obstruction was noticed by the guard of the four o'clock down train, and removed before the up-train arrived. The guard stat s, that when approaching he saw a person running from the spot, which excited his sus picion. Mr. Tydd, inspector over the line, has been making a searching enquiry, but without any success.— Leinster Express. CATASTROPHE AT CAREPCIvEEN—SIX MEN DROWNED. —On the morning of the 911 inst a fishing boat containing a crew of nine men, while endeavouring to get to sea from the river Inns, was upset in Ballinskelligs bay, a very heavy sea running at the time, and six out of the crew were drowned. Of these three were married. and have left their widows with large families to deplore their loss. A sub icription has been commenced by some benevolent persons in the neighbourhood, any additions to which will be received by the Rev. Mr. Lynch, P.P, Dromid, James Butler, Esq, D.L, Waterville, or John F. Fitzgerald, Esq., Can,igh. truth,' FATAL ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held by Mr. Coroner Barry. on Friday, on the bodies of two men named William Barry and William Lynch. On Wednesday morning the deceased, who were fishermen, went out in a small boat from a little place called Barry's Cove, near Youghal Bay, barony of Imokilly, and townland of Knockadown. They had their nets out previously, and went out on Wednesday morning between seven and eight to draw them. At the distance of less than half a mile from land, a strong wind came from the north-east, blowing right upon the land, and with the heavy rolling of the sea the boat upset, and the five men who were on board were drowned in sight of their relatives, who were distant not half a mile, but were unable to render any aid. Three of the unfortunate men were seen struggling for a lorg time, ultimately perished with the others. Their names are William Barry, 45 years of age, leaving five children ; Willi am Ly nc h, 50 y ears o f age , leaving a wife and six children, the eldest of whom is a cripple; William Ahern, 47 years of age, leaving a wife and three children ; two brothers, named Garrett Barry. and Michael Barry, aged 20 and 23, nephews to William Barry, one of the men who were drowned. The bodies of William Barry and William Lynch were washed ashore. one within J tm olin n e half an hour of the occurrence, and the other two . hours Barry,by three an b d o a sub , equently. The three others have not yet been seen. A named galla gallant attemptJeremiah m wasmad r e t h to y, Michael seae, C Sheehan, who put out in a small boat, b e i ng una b le to a rethem get a fourth to assist them. The boat, however, filled with water immedia'ely after being launched and was swamped, so that they could not put to sea. The father of the two boys who were drowned received so great a shock from the calamity that he has ever since been bereft of reason, and continues walking up and down the beach, stating that he is waiting until his two boys return. The families of the deceased have been reduced to the direst distress by this accident, baing completely destitute of Einnort. A sub scription has been set on foot for their relief.—Cork Con stitution. THE REV. JOSIAH 13. LOWE ON " SCIENTIFIC THEOLOGY." TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—With reference to the statements and insinuations contained in Mr. Lowe's letter of the 25th inst., allow me to assure the public of what you, sir, well know to be the truth, viz., that whoever " Yoram" may be, he has written one letter, in reply to the Liverpool Herald, under the soubriquet of " Save me from my friends :" he has written several letters, in connection with Mr. Lowe'e correspondence with the Courier, under the signature of " Verax :" anJ he has not written as " Scientia," or as " W.," or under any of the numerous titles which have been borne by your different correspondents. Mr. Lowe has never answered my questions touching the want of scholarship, or the want of candour, which he showed in charging Mr. Macnaught with heresy for adopting " the instead of "truth," as the translation of certain passages in St. John's Gospel. When he does this, he may perhaps find that there are other portions of his ten letter s which are not quite so unquestionable as he now appears to RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE.—The half-yearly report of this company has been issued, from which it appears that the total amount of share and mortgage capital chargeable on revenue for the half year, ending 30th June, amounted to £12,817,039. Tho total expendi.ure was £73,833 2s 61. The amount of loans during the half year were £323,346, whilst £226,754 had been paid off in the same period. The total mortgage debt of the company reached £3,282,909. The average rate of in terest is put down at £4 4s 9, 7 .1, or an increase of 71 per cent. The nett total amount of the company's receipts for the half-year was 4.550,857 163. 4d. The passenger traffic continues to improve steadily, and the directors have reason, they state, to be satisfied with the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport portion of the line. The report also adds :—The long-pending appeal as to the toll payable by the East Lanca shire Company for the use of the railway from Clifton to Salford, has now been decided by the House of Lords, and. contrary to the expectations of your directors, who believed this company were fully entitled to a six miles' toll on traffic beyond a certain limit, it is now derided that for all traffic, this company were only entitle Ito a mileage proportion as for two miles. To meet such a possible contingency, your directors have made provi , ion, by setting apart a sum of interest on the Liverpool Dock Branch, which will more than cover the amount. NORTH AND SOUTH WESTERN JUNCTION.—The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of this company has just been held. From the report presented it appears that the total receipts from all sources during the first half.year, are larger by 261 per cent. than these of the corresponding six months in 1855. and the balance, after deducting all out-goings, nearly 48i per cent. more than that of June 30, 1855. The dividend is one per cent. more than that declared in August last year. The report was confirmed, and a dividend of 2 per cent„ or ss. per share for the half-year was confirmed. ALDERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON, AND EASTERN JUNCTION.—On Tuesday the proprietors of this line held their half yearly meeting, at the Exchange-rooms, Notting ham, The Chairman moved the adoption of the report, which expressed the regret of the directors that the traffic was less satisfactory than they had anticipated. The passenger traffic was satisfactory, but the mineral treffic had seriously declined. After the Chairman .had made a few remarks upon the state of the line, and its ultimate prospects, the report was carried, and the meeting adjourned. CORK AND YOTirGRAL.—The shareholders in this company held their half yearly meeting in London on Tuesday, Mr. I. But t t e , d M . • P ' in the chai r . A very satisfactory report was sub itThe statem en t o f t h e accounts represented the m receipts for the half year to amount to £37,305 19s 9d, and the expenditure £34.525 15s sd, being a balance of £2,780 4s 4d on the half year. The report was adopted. A GIRL SHOT AT EGREMONT. of a man wh o hi res out donkeys at Egremont, was playing On Tuesday morning, a g i r l named Margaret Hasler, daughter with some child ren at the house of a labourer, named G Miller, at E gremont. It happened that there was a gun e the house whi c h h ad been loaded with shot and slugs. By what at means the c hild ren got the gun is not known, but y o w r after a short time a discharge was heard. When the girl ran out of the house, it was found that the contents of the gun had entered her breast. !Surgical assistance was promptly obtained, but the girl's breast was so severely shattered that she died almost immediately after. As all the children wore young, great difficulty was necessarily found in ascertaining by what means, and whether accidental or otherwise, this fatal occurrence took place. The witnesses as to the cause of the accident were numerous and conflicting ; but, at the enquiry, hell last evening, it was clearly proved that it was neither a case of murder or suicide, as was industriously circulated by some per sons, who prefer retailing gossip to taking the trouble of aseer• taining facts. At THE INQUEST, Held last evening, at the Black Horse, Wallasey village, before Mr. Churton, the coroner for the district, and a respec table jury, the following facts were adduced :—Eliza Miller, a girl about twelve years of age, stated that she knew deceased, who was about ten years of age. Yesterday (Tuesday) morn ing, about eleven o'clock, the deceased was in our house. My brother, Thomas Miller, as well as three other little chldren, were present. There was a gun in the corner of the room. The deceased got hold of it, and put the muzzle to her ear. I went out, and in about five minutes I heard th e gun go off. At that time there was no person in the house hut the deceased. She came running out and asked me to hold her up, but she fell down, and I perceived that she was shot. I then went for my brother, who was in the stable, and I desired him to go for her father. A surgeon was immediately sent for, but his services were of no avail, she having died in half an hour after the discharge of the gun. This was the only witness that could be examined, the others in the locality being mere infants, but had it been otherwise, no further evidence could have been adduced. The boy, the brother of the deceased, who was in the stable, said, be believed that what his sister had said was true, but all he knew about it was that he was told to go for the girl's father, which he did. The coroner said that it appeared to him that there could be no further evidence brought forward. The jury had, therefore, to decide whether they believed the girl's account of the occurrence—and he saw no reason to doubt it, as she had arrived at years that gave her the power of judging—therefore, if they believed her statement, they could only find a verdict of accidental death ; but, on the other hand, if they were not satisfied with her account, they could return such a verdict that at any other time more evidence, if there were any, might be brought forward. He strongly condemned the practice of persons having loaded guns or pistols in the house, particularly where they were accessiblo to children. Miller the father of the witness, in whose house this lamentable occur. rence took place, said that the gun was his, but that he did not know it was loaded, as it had been done by his son some weeks since. The boy acknowledged that Ile had loaded the gun a few Sundays since, and had left it in the house without discharging it, The jury at once found a verdict of accidental death, and were discharged. In Mr. Lowe's last letter I find the following terms used him with reference to his theological opponents ," Throwing dirt," " assailants," " abase,'". Billingsgate," " fal;e assertion," " unworthy insinuition," " mask, sentation," " false," " challenge," "reckless assertion," " dragging religion through the dirt," " false accusa tions," " actor," "accuser, sticking at nothing to damage the olject of his . hatred, " "part acted," and "pious fraud." These, sir, are a specimen of the expressions, employed by the Rev. Josiah B. Lowe, in one single letter of half a column in length. " misrepre Till Mr. Lowe reforms his vocabulary, he can hardly be surprised that the gentlemen of Liverpool, whether lay or clerical, are not anxious to connect their names, even in con troversy, with such a writer.—Yours, &c., VERAX. August 27, 1856. [We give insertion to the foregoing, but must confine the controversy to " Veins," and the Rev. J. B. Lowe.— ED.N.T.] LANDING-STAGE ACCOMMODATION, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir,—The courtesans of Liverpool, who by some may be regarded as a useful body in their way, but sadly in want of " regulation," having possession of the deck of the landing stage as a promenade, the ladies when det a i ne d t a k e re f uge i n the waiting-rooms. Now, as men are not admitted within the sacred precincts of these rooms, and there being few reformers among the ladies, it has become known to few, as it has to me (confidentially), that these waiting rooms are close, ill-venti lated places; that at present the condition of the floors and seats is one of filthiness ; and, finally, appeals for amendment made to the young females attached to the refreshment rooms are met only by pertness. Mr. Editor, your gallantry is proverbial, publish this, that a " responsible party" may turn up.—Yours, &c. A SCRUBBER. August 27th. LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND ITS REPORT ON PEEL'S BILL. TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN I'INIES. Sir,—The committee appointed to consider these questions have come to certain resolutions, but, as the subject is of such a wide and important character, they are not yet prepared to submit a report. If this weather continues, and gold goes out for corn, the committee will have to speak a little more to the purpose than this. I will give them a principle to work upon--a principle which, if lost sight of, will vindicate itself by means of the disasters incident to any attempt to play false with it. That money is of its nature representative and symbolical, and that the present system which bases money on gold, and main tains, with Mr. Huskisson, " that money must kave intrinsic value," has worked ill, works ill now, and will work ill till merchants become wiser, and study the science of exchange more philosophically, and, by means of their legitimate organs— the Chamber of Commerce, Press, and the Legislature —some well-devised plan for issuing paper money for internal trade. J. H. PERIODICALS BY POST RATBS or PorrAmt —By a Treasury warrant dated August 14th Inst., it Is ordered that a Treasury warrant, dated J un- •he 4th, 1855, regulating rates of postage of packets or books, or works of literature or art, within the United Kingdom, shall be repealed, and that such packets shall, from and after the Ist of September next, be subject to the following !Ives : —For every packet of 4 oz. weight, Id ; not exceeding 8 es. weight, 2d : not exceeding . 1 lb 4d; not exceeding la lb, 6d; not exceeding 2 lb, 8d; and for every additional a lb beyond 2 ►b, an additional rate of 2d; any fractional part of such last mentioned half-pound to he charged as one half-pound. No packet which in length, width, or depth, shall exceod two feet, shall be fo warded by post under these provisions; and by another Treasury warrant, dated August the 15th inst., it is ordered that from and after the Ist of November next, all packets, consisting of books, or works of literature or art, whether British, colonial, or foreign, votes of Parliament or of colonial legislatures, may be transmitted by post between ; ny part of the United Kingdom and any part of the colony f Turk's Island at a rate of postage, if not exceeding half-a-pound, of 6d, and on every package exceeding half. a-pound in weight, such addit onal rate as is provided in the Treasury warrant dated February 22, last past. It is further directed that all packets to he transmitted under the provisions of the present warrant of the 15th of Aug., ins ~ shall be subject to the regul it'ons of the warrant of February last, except such as relate to packets addressed to the East Indies or New South Wales, or pos ed in those countries and addressed to the United Kingdom. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE ♦ EGHAM RACES. -- YESTERDAY. TOWN PLATE. 1 I Garnet .. 2I British Remedy,,,, 3 Eighteen ran. BARNS STAKES. 1 I Barbarity Six ran. M tONA CHARM. PLATE. Slater to Spindle .. 1 I Eloquence...—. 2 I Fanfaronade Fright .. Six ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. . • 1 I Goldhill .. Seven ran. Won easily, EGRAM STAKES. 1 I Fashion .. Four ran. Winkfield... Questionable . RATCLIFFE RACES.-YESTERDAY. TWO YEAR OLD HANDICAP. 1 1 Norton... . Seven ran. WHITFIELD HANDICAP PLATS. . . 1 1 Alfred Mongrel Cora Linne. MARRIAGES On the 23rd inst., at Holywood Church, by the Rev. J. C. Flood, M.A., Robert Callwell, Esq., of Belvedere, County Down, to Bessie, eldest daughter of John Harrison, Esq., of Mertoun Hall, Holywood. On the 26th fret., at Hope-street Church, - by the Rev. James Martineau, John B. Charlesworth, Esq., to Isabella, daughter of David Smith, Esq., of this town. betc DEATHS. On the 24 h inst., at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. C. W. Townshend, Birkenhead, Mr. John Killey, late of this town aged Bi. On the 27th inst., Harriet Ann, eldest daug'iter of Mr. Jas. Cooper surgeon. ht. Anne-street. (1. Births. Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when sent to our Office duly authenticated. Owing to the heavy rains of the past few days, the rivers Derwent and Trent, in Derbyshire, have over flowed their banks and done considerable damage to the corn crops, many fields of wheat being under water. Ths Emperor Napoleon 111. has just sent, as a gift to the Emperor Alexander, a splendid copy of the well known religious work of Thomas a Kempis, entitled "De Imitatione Christi," printed and bound in the Imperial workshops. BAZAAR IN THE VICTORIA SCHOOL-ROOMS ' BIRKENHEAD. —We understand that th e arrangements for the bazaar, which is to be held in the first week of October, for the benefit of this school, are., progressing satisfactorily, and that the promoters have secured the Town Hall for the occasion, The school has been erected by the friends of the Hamilton-square Independent Chapel, with the view of carrying the blessings of religion and education into the midst of the large population, chiefly composed of the working classes, at the north of Birkenhead. The situation is admirably fitted for this object, and the room itself is dry, airy, well lighted, and capable of seating about 400 persons. A Sunday school has been held in it since it was opened, and latterly a day school has been in operation, There is still, however, a debt of some £3OO on the building and to clear this off the bazaar sc h eme has been organised.' Several very handsome contributiors, both in money and kind, have been already received, and doubtless, wh en th e object is fairly before the p u bli c, others will pour in. mISS 111 AR I A N, AMERICAN ENCHANTRESS, AT THB QUEEN'S HALL, BOLD STREET, ON MONDAY NEXT SEPTEMBER 18T, POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY , (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD, ASSAULTS.—James Price, and Alexander Price, his father, chair-makers, residing in Spencer's-buildings, Christian-street, charged Mr. William Wilding, chemist, St. Anne-street, and Mr. George Baker, superintendent of Huskisson Dock, for having assaulted them, and the defendants had charged the Prices with au assault also, Mr. Snowball was for Messrs. Wilding and Baker. It appeared , that young Price and his father, who is nearly blind, were passing down Islington at about twelve on Tuesday night, when the other two persons were passing in an opposite direction. By some means they all jostled a Vinst each other, when old Price fell, and the son, thinking be was knocked down on purpose, struck one of the other p2rties, and then a general fight between them followed, the result of which was, that the police arrived, and took the '; gentlemen" into charge, as the officer saw them striking young Price. When a t t h e station, the cross-charge of assault was preferred. These were the facts, and on hearing the details, h int Worship said, it w as no wonder that young Pri ce s h ou ld defend his father, as he iniaginet: lie l! , ad been knocked down on purpose. H owever , suc h 171 not appear to b e the case, and he would therefore di and „ n o both charge cross-charge. MR. DICKSON.) CAUTION TO PAWNDROKERS.—Levi Lazarus, describect by the police as a pawnbroker, carrying on business irt Paradise -street, was summoned by a sailor under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that, on Sun clay night week, the complainant lost his clothes in a house in Peter-street, and on the following day, he stated that he saw his jacket and boots in the shop of the defendant. He went into the shop, took the boots and jacket, put them on the counter, told the defendant the things were his, and to keep th e m u n til h e came b ac k to re deem them. When he came back, the defendant produced an old jacket and pair of hoots, and alleged they were the articles. This the complainant denied, and went to the police office and made a complaint there.. Laycock said be went to the defendant's shop, wild denied that he had the clothes at all. The officer said he had to complain of the conduct of the defendant ott two or three occasions. The defendant said the clothee spoken of by the complainant he had purchased on the previous Saturday, and had sold them between the time the complainant a.Ad called and his return. The com plainant said that couid not be the case, as he only inst. the articles on Sunday night. The defendant said, if the articles were pledged he wou ld ;:ut exhibit them for sale. The complainant said that could n 6! be the case ; ; for it appeared that a pair of trowsers, which naa l been stolen from him and pledged with the defendant, he bact sold to a man who now had them on him in conrt. Dickson said, after hearing the whole case, that he had every reason to think that the defendant had taken id the goods knowing them to have been stolen; and, had the case been brought in another shape, the prosecution would be of a more severe and different character. He was sorry that the case was not brought in another shape, for he would have dealt differently with him. Ile ordered the clothes to be given up to the complainant without any payment, as that was all he could do. If he could, he would do more ; but if the defendant was brought up again, he would be most severely dealt with. He told Mr. Clough to keep a sharp eye on the defend ant for the future. He then told the latter to give up the cloth es . The defenda n t o ff ere d to make some observations, but his Worship, in a peremptory manner; ordered bun to quit the court. (BEFORE (BEFORE MESSRS. DICKSON AND it. EARLE ) ASSAULTS BY HUSBANDS AND WIVES.--A very pretty looking and lady-like attired person, named Mary Godfrey, summoned her husband, James Godfrey, a master cart owner, of considerable property, residing in Hatton Garden, for having assaulted her. Mr. Campbell was for the complainant, and Mr. Bluck for the defen dant. Mr. Campbell, before opening the case, addressed the bench, and said he had advised the parties to settle the difference, which was a painful one, out of court. Mr. Bluck said he would strongly advise his client to' adopt the pendent crown suggested. The defendant, int a dogged and savage manner, shouted out that he would not give a half-penny to compromise it. Mr. Campbell then stated the case, and called the complainant to prove it, which she did by recounting a series of the vilest assaults committed on her, by her husband. She said all she wanted, was quietness and protection. In the course of the enquiry, the magistrates suggested that the parties should arrange the difference out of court; and the learned gentlemen on both sides agreed to do tO but the defendant jumped up, and, in a ferocious manner, cried out "no ; I bed—d if I do. If it cost me £5O, I aill not settle it—that's the style." A. murmur ran through the court at the observations. After calling witnesses at both sides, and after an address from each of the learned advocates, the magis trates said the conduct of the defendant was brutal, and they would require him to enter into sureties—two in £2O each, and himself in £4O, to keep the peace towards his wife. Not having the sureties, he was transferred to the dock, where bridewell keeper Campbell took charge of him for the present.—The next case was that of hus band against wife, and was a charge preferred by Virrd. Clay, a highly respectable looking young man, against a very pretty young lady—Harriet Clay, his wife—witli havingassaulted him. Mr. Bluck was for thecomplainant, and, as in the last case, he suggested that an arrangement should be made out of court. In the former case it was the husband who objected to an amicable treaty ; in the present instance the lady refused to hear of anything, but war to the knife ' - and sh e stated that she had a charge against her husband for next Friday, and she would like to have the present case pos•poned to that day, when both cases could he heard together and decided on. In reply to Mr. Wyhergh, she said shd could not go on at present with her case, as she had not brought her witnesses, and would not have them until Friday. Mr. Black then went on to state the complaint on behalf of the husband. He said, on the 16 . 11 instant, the defendant presented herself at home after three nights' absence ; it was half-past eleven when she came in, and when the complainant asked where she had been ? she refused to tell him, and used very abusive language to him. He put his hand, in the most gentle manner, about her waist, in order to remove her, but she not appreci- ating his kind politeness—(loud laughter)—took up a razor, and promised to separate—oh, it was a razor strop, with which she threatened to break his skull. (Renewed laughter). The mistake about the razor and strop (said the able advocate) was in my brief. His client was most willing to give his wife an ample allowance and let her live away from him, and not come to annoy his shop and place of business. The lady would hear of nothing, until her case against the husband could be heard on Friday. She said he would not allow her enough to keep her like a lady ! Both. cases were then referred to Friday (tomorrow.) Julius Sohansen, a Dutch sailor boy, charged the captain of a vessel (not named), who gave his name as Edward Mockenford, with having assaulted him. Mr. Grimmer was for the boy, and Mr. Bluck defended. The boy was beaten by the captain, for taking some sugar for his coffee, and surgeon Martin proved that the boy's back was much bruised. The defendant was fined l and costs for the assault. CURIOUS CHARGE OFIA;;;ULT AND ROBBERY.--A de cent looking person, named James Reed 111•Dermott, was brought up by officer 752, who said he arrested the prisoner at twelve o'clock the previous night, in Lord street, on a charge of having assaulted and robbed Henry 11I'Quig (a native of the Island of Rathlin), of' his gold watch and chain. The complainant, who spoke with a strong Scotch accent, said he was a stran ger in Liverpool, and had been down at the King's dock with his friend, Captain Dixon, of the Fairy. They were going home to his lodging, in Hope-place, and when they came to the corner of Lord -street, not know• ing the town, he asked the prisoner the way to Bold street. The prisoner said he would show them the way, but that he was a stranger—a Sunderland man. He asked if witness was a native of Scotland ? and he replied he was not. The prisoner then said he (the witness) was a d--d Irishman, and spoke most disrespectfully of the Irish (albeit the said prisoner M'Dermott is a real son of the "sod"), when he told the prisoner he did not want to have anything to do with him. They went on to the corner of a lane in Lord-street, when the prisoner knocked him down and grappled with him, and in the scuffle he lost his gold watch and chain. He could not swear positively that the prisoner took them, but he lost them at that time, as he had all five minutes before be was knocked 4 down. H e could not tell if any one came up or ran off. whilst he w as d own. The evidence was corroborated by Captain Dixon who was seeing his friend home, and he add e d , that whi l st the prosecutor was down a fourth person passed rapidly to and from him. The prisoner made a long and earnest statement, the amount of which was, that for the last twenty years he was well known to the superintendents of police and the bench of magis trates at Sunderl a nd—not as a pickpocket, a thief, or a drunkard— an d in the course of his experience, he never heard such a concocted piece of perjury. He was a compositor, and the present was his third week in Liverpool ; he was at work at th e A l b ion office for a and had got a f ew shillings, and he also es of drink , and so had the parties who g eo o u t p a le re o w f dgalya glasses s , vilely perjured themselves. He could refer to the chief of police in Sunderland for twenty years, for his character. He had been drinking in Cable-street, with some others, and was going home when he met the complainant and his friend, and then the row followed. Mr. Dickson (magistrate): You said you were connected in some way with the press ? Prisoner : Yes, as a com positor. Mr. Dickson : I will remand you, and have some enquiry made about you. THE WEATHER has again, we are happy to say, become fine and mild, and such as is most desired by the husband man. There is every appearance now of a continuance of fine weather, and we believe another ten or twelve days will see the most ardent hopes of the fanner realised. Th Is. e --- tbTon,- ...Lest advices from the city of St. P . eter o s ,. - Inform us that the complete evacuation the same °f Serpents had been effected. At t treat time it trans ' pires that the three parties to the at thr,_ ° f APril 15, have expressed their satisfaction e .,_ e .result to the Russian cabinet, but at . the fe " r [ D, tun e have implied the necessity that exists of tirsia's expressly renouncing any claim to any . Rho ipanubian Islands, and that this renunciation the - il t o r icl eat b ; I° "ked on as though it formed part of of Paris, signed March 30. . L ., kj unt de Morny had resented to the Czar the -,rench Legion of is lots.between the eide Honour.PThis interchange of °iced on as Emperors of Russia and France an unmistakeable evidence of the entrtilni faYlDPethies Which the two Monarchs ber ' c ' r each Other Our Emperor is known 0 " ad mirer ss reiar roufle! and Re e, of Napoleon the First's greatness general, and he transfers to the ..acllnti.ratiojanisb:faeMeies f end throne a portion of the vainies h avep or him. How generally the sym ehissee ofth enetrated from above among the lower the-c people portrait of the first may 'visible quently rm . emperor was never so fre the Pict , s now in all. the public places, in the E ure st kqe, and in lia tnperor's study contains a private dwellings, even Deleo n half-length of Fo r 41, 1., the size of life, by Horace Vernet. zilitary at Al°Bc("7' - the acco mmodatio n to be extended to the the Emperor has set aside p,,(400 silver roubles. For all the employes of the 'lNsian Ostbahn (Berlin to Konigsberg), who were c'ti duty t hat ii en occasion of the Emperor's travelling on be • ne last June, he has caused 1,000 thalers to distributed. "le e the , ent intelligence from St. Petersburg denies ctruth of the project attributed to the Russian i' 3ve rl 1 r n e a t of establishing a third military port for h - ` a fleets in the Baltic at Halbinsel Kaska, in t o Gulf of Finland not far from the coast of Sweden. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Dat es from Cape Town to May 31 have been l'eeeived, vvhicli contain some items of interest. The following message had been received by the egi3ative Counel the 29th of May:— i n g T t h o e theGi ov h e o r n n° r t h fe e e 'Lai great o . n gratification in comrnunicat- Council that a tre tty of peace was concluded a 9 and Russia, upon the 30th C a e t M reh. He does not T'Va l ir t •l: re between the Allied Powers doubt that the hon. the Ol s sympathise with her LegislativeMajesiv,tlais occasion, when the a Council will entirtqy glorious successes of her Majesty's arms, and the courage and devotion of her Maesty's forces, have ' at length been crowned with a peace at once honourable to the Allies, and advantageous to the whole of Europe. The Governor takes the same oppor tunity of informi ng the h on. the Legislative Council that he h as b een directed t o expres s t o th e i n h a bi tants of this Colony the thanks of her Majesty's government for the magnificent sum which, tinder such peculiar circumstances. f local distress, they so benevolently raised in aid of the widows and orphan s of her Wlajesty's troops and seamen who had fallen in the late Var. (Signed) Governme n t H ouse, May 29. G. GREY. _ The Governor had also issued a message res. Peeting the employment of the British. Gee Legion in that colony, in which the following remarks are put forth— Arrangements would be made for locating them per. tanently, as speedily as possible, and her Majesty's govern. in tent is prepared to send out, for temporary employment, the erection of the villages, a party needful. arti6CerS if it be considered that such assistance be of engineer officers and Ie the meantime the officers and men will be in possession ef their tents. It is .proposed to commute the gratuity to Whi ch the non-commissioned officers and privates will be entitle d , after their term , j ofice ,c 1 pay of sixpenPe a darer for has expired, into a 111411 he three , aid them i n their subsistence untilyears, which theirand brought into cultivation ; and for the first pear her Majesty's government would further supply mon ey with rations in kind or an equivalent in andilc3'. It will be necessary that a church, a blockhouse, 4 sehool should be erected in each village for the use THE OFFICIAL RETURNS The Clerk reported that he had examined all the books kept by the several officers connected with the union, and found that they were ali correctly made up. He also reported that there was £1604 in the hands of the treasurer. Cheques to the amount of £2OO were voted for the relief of the out-door poor. The Governor of the Workhouse reported that the num ber of paupers in the workhouse last week were 612, since when 25 had been admitted, 28 discharged, and 3 deaths. This week, 606 ; corresponding week of last year, 608 ; decrease, 2. The Master of the Workhouse"reported that the num her of sick paupers in that establishment last week was 90, since when 13 had been admitted, and 5 discharged. This week there were 98, and for the corresponding week of last year 60. TILE WAY THE BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED. A letter was read from the Poor Law Board, relative to the method adopted by this local board in hearing the relief cases in sections. This system was against the general order of the board, but still, if it was for the con venience o , the board that the cases should be so heard, the general board requested to have any observations the local board might wish to make on the subject, and also to forward the number of cases weekly disposed of by the guardians, and also as to the time occupied. Mr. Batten thought that the best course to be adopted, —the clerk having written to the general board, and received the above answer —was, that the clerk should reply to it, by saying that it would be impossible for the business to be transacted unless there were two boards. The Chairman stated that if one board had to dispose of the business, it would occupy each guardian at least six hours, which could not be devoted to relief cases, when other important business had to be disposed of. At the unanimous request of the board the chairman consented to reply to the letter, stating that it would be impossible to dispose of the business , unless it was done in sections. THE GOVERNOR V. THE DOCTOR. It will be in the recollection of our readers - that some few weeks since there was a letter fraca between the governor of the workhouse and Mr. Lister, the medical officer, relative to the transfer of some children from the workhouse to the hospital—thence to the workhouse again, and then to the hospital. It was then decided by the board that the children should be admitted to the work house, with a certificate that they were cured. This appears to have been done, but since then, something has transpired which has led to the following letter being addressed to the board : West Derby Workhouse, August 26, 1856. Gentlemen,—lt will be in the recollection of the guard ians that, a few weeks ago, the medical officer of the workhouse for the sick poor, made a complaint to the board, relative to the removal of three children sent to that establishment from the workhouse. It has subse quently teen reported to me, upon good authority, that Mr. Lister has given utterance to statem-nts, with refer ence to this subject, which, if true, would not only render me unworthy of your confidence, nod the trust which is now reposed in me, but would also subject me to the con sequences of a criminal prosecution ; and I feel it to be a duty I owe no less to the maintenance of my own charac ter than to the position I hold as your servant, that a formal investigation should be made into the aspersions which have been cast upon me, in order that the impres sion they are calculated to produce may be confirmed by reasonable proof; or, on the other hand, the slanderer of my reputation may be convicted of the wickedness of his attempts to injure me by his unfounded implications. —I am, gentleinen, your obedient servant, EDWARD Gouow, Master. The Chairman : The letter had better be referred to the Hospital Committee. _ _ _ Mr. Lunt: The subject had better be dropped alto. gether. Mr. Wensley suggested that it should be referred to a special committee. Mr• Edwards and ;Ir. Batten moved and seconded a motion, to the effect that a special committee be appointed, which was adopted. INCREASE OF SALARIES, Mr. Batten, in compliance with a notice he had given on the 13th inst., then proposed that the salaries of the relieving officers of the Union—Messrs Potts, Barnett. Lithgoe, and Allen Latham—be increased. Having referred to what has already taken place on this much urged subject, which has been so frequently before the board, he said he wished to do to others as he would wish to be done by, and, therefore, he did contend that £l3O was quite insufficient to keep the relieving officers in the respectable position they should move in—indeed. it was not sufficient to keep body and soul together. He then adverted to the answer that would be made to his motion, that if they were to advertise for other officers, there would be plenty of applicants. Such Was a fact; but that was no reason why they should get rid of good officers. lie contended that Toxteth-park had assisted to the increase, and, therefore, would move that the salary of Mr. Barnett be increased from .el3O to .el5O per annum. Mr. Ab7ahams seconded the motion. Mr. Callis moved, and Mr. Pitts seconded, an amend ment, to the effect that the subject be deferred for six months. After some conversation the board divided, when the amendment was carried by 15 to 6, The guardians voting for the original motion being—Messrs. Batten, Abrahams, Johns, Pickup, Siddeley, and Evans. . This vote decided the fate of the motion as to the other relieving officers, and the board adjourned. MELANCHOLY CASE OF DROWNING. CULLERCOATS, TUESDAY .AFTERNOON.—An inquest has been held at this place by the coroner for South North umberland upon the body of Mr. William Reid, of London, nephew to Mr. Reid, silversmith, Grey-street, Newcastle. This fine young man, 31 years of age, went to bathe on Sunday afternoon upon the sands, about a mile north of this village. He was accompanied by his brother and nephew. but the two latter did not go into the water with him. During the past week a heavy east sea had broken upon the coast, altering the sands, and in some parts the eddies had scooped out holes. Mr. Reid was scarcely up to his loins when he fell into one of those holes. He was unable to swim, and of course perfectly incapable of helping himself in the water, and the tide having a strong outset from the hole, he gradually drifted to sea ; his nephew made an effort to save him but failed, and as no one else on the shore could swim, the poor young fellow was drowned within less than a stone's throw of shore. Boats and grapnels were sent for from this village, but help of this sort was futile, fur the young man must have been dead an hour before the boats arrived. His body was recovered two hours afterwards close in upon the shore, and the two men who recovered it were also nearly drowned, being unable to scrim. The jury returned a verdict of " Ac cidentally drowned." Letters for Natal, when not addressed to be sent direct by some vessel proceeding direct to that colony, will in future be forwarded by way of the Cape of Good Hope, and will be subject in this country to the same charge as letters addressed to the Cape of Good Hope, which charge must be paid in advance. For their conveyance from the Cape to Natal they will be liable to an extra charge on delivery, but letters forwarded from England by direct ship, will be subject to the ordinary charge of ship letter, and no more. Upon these letters, the ship letter rate must be paid in advance. RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT RILTON.-011 Tuesday fore noon, a little before eleven o'clock, a man named John Tong, aged thirty, residing at ¶lalshaw Moor, and employed as a pointsoaan at Bullfield, on the Lancashire and York shire railway, met with a serious accident. He was in the act of getting into a waggon when it was in motion, his foot slipped, and he fell between an iron stay and the wheel, part of his foot being nearly torn off by the occur rence. He was removed to the infirmary, where he was attended by Messrs. Mallet, Garstang, and Woolstenholme, surgeons, and it was found necessary to amputate the foot a little above the ancle, which was performed by Mr. Mallett. This unfortunate fellow had the misfortune to lose his right hand on the same line of railway about two years ago. He is progressing as favourably as can be expected. 'TIE ASSOCIATION FOR TIE PREVENTION OF S [TAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS. —The usual monthly meeting of the c ,aanattea of management of this association was held on Tuesday, at the office of the secretary, Mr. Henry Whit worth, 13, Corporation Street, Manchester, wh n the chief inspector, Mr. K. B. Longridge presented his monthly report, from which we have been furnished with the following extracts :—During the present month, 167 firms have been visited, 467 boilers inspected, and 78 engines indicated. The following are the principal defects which have been observed :—One boiler dangerous, from def,cts in plates and angle iron; one boiler dangerous from injury sustained in consequence of deficiency of water; six boilers injured from the same cause, but not considered dangerous. In two cases, the safety-valves have been found inoperative, and in three others the water-gauges in lik condition. SPECULATION UNDER THE LIMITED LIABILITY ACT.— There have been incorporated under the new act within the last tw o wee k s th e f o ll ow i ng pro p ose d undertakings : Costa Rica Railway Company, European and Indian Junc tion Telegraph Company, General Pawnbrokerage Com pany, London Printing and Publishing Company, Company of the Royal Consolidated Copper Mines of San Fernando in Cuba, British Empire Shipping Company, Steam Engine Thrashing-Machine Company, Flax Mills Com pany, Llwynmalles Mining Company, Esgair Lee Mining Company, Huntingdon and Godmanchester Gas and Coke Company, Haltwistle Gas Company, General Cooperage Company, Newnham Gas Light Company, Banbury Water Company, Stockton Gas Company, and Old Park Iron Company. Since the New Limited Liability Act came into operation, about forty new joint-stock companies have been registered under its provisions, including the above: