The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-20 00:00:00

and shrubs in abundance. He inquired whether the island before him were really his own Island of Capiera, for it seemed as if it had been changed by the wand of a magician ; but: hi - s astonishment was still further increased when, in lieu of his own modest little house, he found himself standing in front of an elegant and charming little villa. What enchanter's hand had effected all these changes ? He was at no loss to answer this question as soon as he entered the house, for on the walls of a large handsome (linin g -1.60in, in which he found himself standing, there *as before him a large picture, which he saw ti glance was the portrait of Victor Emmanuel." This is a most interesting story. I only fear that there is too much of the air of romance about it. The Vienna papers publish a. prOCiamation Which tl;'as clandestinely pelted up in Venice, -*lid in. Which the 'Central Venetian committee calls upon ail the Venetian sailors to go and take berViee in the Sardo-Neapolitan fleet. The following extract from the Moniteur of yesterday says all that has been said in the Paris press respecting the voyage of the Empress ,to Scotland, excepting what they have reproduced from the English papers:—" The grievous blow Which Her Majesty the Empress has experienced In her family affections, has rendered 'a change of air necessary to her health. Her Ma- Sesty left three days ago to ma'ke a journey of Some weeks in England and Scotland. Her Majesty set off on Wednesday morning, and the mperor accompanied her to the railway station:" To conjecture and imagination, 'therefore, must be left the office of supplying all the other facts of the ease. There was another Council of Ministers held on Saturday, under the presidency of the Emperor. A short time ago, M. C. M. Guillemin was instructed by the telegraphic department of the Government to investigate a variety of questions relative to the construction of submarine tele- graphic cables; he was recommended especially to ascertain why the condensation, and con sequently the delay in the transmission of the Eignals, varied with the. nature of the thickness of the isolating substance on the one hand, and With the length of the conductor on the other. M. Guillemin has arrived at the following con chisions Caoutchouc isolates better and condenses less than gutty percha ; 2nd, condensa tion diminishes with the thickness of the insulating' covering; 3rd, the electric charge increases with . the diameter of the conducting wire ; 4th, in a cable composed of several insulated conductorS, the effects arising from condensation, compared With-that which takes place in a Leyden jar, are 1 very intense, and the currents of induction analagous to those ,of the " bobines." are very I Weak. LATEST NEWS. (13Y BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) PREPARATION AT THE CASTLE OF BITTERSTEIN FOR FRANCIS 11. The Castle of Bitterstein, near Munich, is being Prepared for the reception of Francis 11., of Naples. PRUSSIA. The Prussian Government are about to construct a railway from Stralsund to Berlin. It will, be iniportant in tonnection with the coast defences. GERMANY. A congress of German Sovereigns is talked of to settle the internal affairs of the German Con federation. The federal fortress of Ulm is to• be armed with rifled cannon. Many artillery regi- Mcnts are being organised on the French footing. THE NEAPOLITAN TROOPS IN THE PAPAL STATES.', ROME, Nov. 17. The number of Bourbon troops who entered the Papal States was only 16,000. A convention has been signed, according to which the troops will oe sent back to their own country. --, - SARDINIA. TURIN, Nov. 19. The Public Funds are firm, although a rise in the Discount is apprehended in Paris, and pro bably here also. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Nov. 19, 3.30 p.m. The Bourse has been very firm and animated. neates closed, at 70f. 25., or 40e. higher than Saturday. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE POPE. The Constitittionnel contains a communicated note on the attempts to attenuate the effect of the official circular respecting contributions for the Pope. The intention of the Government to Prosecute those who form committees for the collection of Peter's pence is reiterated. SEIZURE OF LONDON JOURNALS AT PARIS. The London journals of 'Saturday were confis . rated at Paris on Sunday.. • •,• „ . TURKEY. INVESTITURE OF PRINCE MICHAEL .OF SERVIA. BELGRADE, Nov. 19. The Berat of Investiture has been read in Presence of the Pacha, the foreign consuls, and 'other dignitaries. Prince Michael replied that he should reign according to the double tradition of i his dynasty—viz., fidelity to the suzerain power, but the zealous maintenance intact of the rights of the Servian people. 'MR. ROEBUCK IN AUSTRIA. , A Vienna letter says that Mr. Roebuck has necome Austrianised. He has been feted by the Archdukes, and speaks against:the Italians. THE BOMBAY MAILS. MARSEILLES, Nov. 19. The Vectis, with the aboye mails, put into Toulon at 4 p.m., owing to very bad weather. The niailsare sent forward. tothis place in charge °f the-pureed -for-London at ten this evening. THE NEWCASTLE MURDER. - NEWCASTLE, Nov. 19. The inquest on, the body of the man John Za.ty, murdered near NeWcastle, on the sth inst., 'was resumed at Winlaten. Several 'witnesses Wer e examined, and during the progress of the investigation intelligence was received in the room of the capture of the alleged murderer, ..__Thomas Smith.. The capture was, effected ,near Whitby, and when taken into" custody thepri *loner, who 'is said to be a hativ'e of Lancashire, Wore the.boots and trousers, of the deceased. He Will be brought beide the coroner to-morrow Illorning (Tuesday), for identification by the Witnesses who are able to speak to his appearance. The following appeared in our later editions of Yesterday : lirr THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. , The . Ilfoniteur announces that the Empress Eugenie has left Paris on a short tour in England and Scotland for the' benefit of her Majesty's health, which has lately kffered in consequence of the death of her sister. The Post says that the Empress is not at present on uer way to Hamilton Palace. Her Majesty is simply travelling in England and Scotland, and will not become t he guest of any subject before her Majesty pays a visit. to Windsor. DESPATCHES - PROM CHINA: The Paris correspondent of the Daily News, writing (14 Sunday, says :—A. staff officer of Sir. Hope Grant has' arrived here on his way to England. He is the bearer 0 ? despatches, but keeps them to himself. • - The Paris correspondent of the Post writes as follows °, l l the same day :—Major Howe has arrived in Paris Vora China, on his way to England, bearing despatches. suspect hostilities have ceased, and the treaty is signed. THE MONEY MARKET. ' The Daily News says, it is understood that of the six teen million pounds to which the bullion in the Bank of -rranee has been reduced only four millions is in gold, t he rest consisting of silver. This explains the eager -I:tas to draw in gold, which is wanted for the export demand. . The Herald says that letters from Paris state that the_ drain of bullion is occasioning excitement, and that the 1 30 Pulace are taking alarm, and hoarding has been 1 111 ctised to a considerable extent. The Hera ld adds , t hat although further purchases of gold may be effected 11 1 this market, it is believed that the Bank of France I_ ll l not be able long to delay an additional advance in t he rate of discount. The Times supposes the Bank of France will, not. t° obtain the rate of discount, and will continue its efforts ootain gold from England until it shall have been 4 411 y ascertained that, to borrow gold from us at 6 per for the purpose of lending at 41 per cent., merely t ekilts in the endless circular operation of causing that t Otilmodity to be transmitted hither as fast as W-can obtained, in order that it may, be retransmitted by hs to Paris upon terms so distinctly profitable. The ' 6 nes alluding to the financial position of 'France, tbe conviction is gaining gronn , d, that whether the ank of France shall still hold to the palliative of buying IQ, or resort to the legitimate plan of raising its rate 4° discount, there will be no possibility of permanently 4ertin g a serious catastrophe if the present expenditure the French nation is maintained. The application to the Court of Queen's Bench for a kill to re - o p en th e coro n er ' s ingyest9u t 111 3 ,0 r4 murder, probably be made this week. b Paris correspondent of the 'lived has reaso n t o Qieve th a t th e complete evacuation of Gaeta has been 1, : B ° l ved upon. The garrison is gr adually being sent ihe Papal th at the P States, and that it is not without design iedmoutese a re pushing on the siege so slowly. ' I; •AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. The Asia arrived in the :Mersey yesterday, with ,dates from Nei- York to the ith .instant,and 65 passengers. The' principal feature in the intelligence, the election of Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, as Pre sident, and Hannibal Haiiilin, of Maine, as Vice- President of the United States. was anticipated in the telegram we published yesterday. The successful candidates are.both liepublicans, "and no mistake." The New York Herald remarki, with reference to the result, that the re turns indicate, however, that the hekt Con gress will, be in apposition, to the Repub licans. It describes the result of the con test "a ,great and momentous revolution in onr politiCal affairs," observing that "the Con servatives, who still believe in the strength of the Union, will be comforted with the assurance of an anti-Republican majority in both Houses of Congress. We begin - With this day, a nei epoch in the political history of the United. States. The Republican party have crossed the Rubicon. Are our anxieties at an end, or are our troubles only about to i bc_gin ?" Aye, that is the question. COTTON. From 71 7 :_.P. Wright 4. Co.'s CircularJ NEW, YORK, NOV. 6.--'There has been a moderate demand fOr Cotton in this market during the past 'week ; prices are without change, holders beingfirm, and sell ing only when full prices can be had. The business, which" amounts i to , 8,000 ,bales, has • been chiefly for domestic consumption, With an occasional lot for specu lation and fur export. The clearances for the week have been—for Liverpool, 2,942 bales; Ilamhurg, 574; liavre, 555. Total, 4,071 bales. SOUTHERN MARKETS.—By telegraph, We have a week's later advices from Ne* Orleans and Mobile. The business has been to a fair extent at llc for Mid dling in the one, Ale in the other. Yesterday the market was (idiot in both places; chiefly owing to excite ment on the subject of the Presidential election. ' `There has been some- buying on English and French account . upon discretionary- orders, and based upon crop esti mates. Speculators have been deterred frOm doing ex tensively, Owing to the difficaltrin negotiating foreign and domestic . exchang,2, except at- shed sight. There are very large orders, in all the Southern markets for English adcount; but at limits fully a'cent per lb. below our present currency. We extract the following froth a Charleston circular, dated 3rd Nov.':—" During the past fortnight our market has advanced to ic. per lb., partly in consequence of favourable advices from the other side, partly from accounts respecting damage to the crop, but principally from an apparent determina tion ,amongst the northern 'spinners, speculators, and cotton dealers to..ateairtillate as heavy stocks as poSsible. Grades etbeVe,,Middling are 'in request for Spam. In the Atlantic States there is - little doing for France and scarcely anything for Liverpool." By telegraph the following has been received:— New Orleans, Nov. 3.—Receipts for.th e week, 663400 bales . (net) ;- sante week last year 75,060 bales. Sales for the week, 55;000. Middling, Ilac. per lb. Exports for the week—to Great Britain,A4,ooo bales; to France,. 12,000. Stock .on hand,- 248,000 bales. Freight to , Liverpool, 17-32 st to - 9-16 d. P.M.—Sales to-day 3,700 bales, prices irregrilar. sth.—Market dull and irregular;. 'money 'very tight ;' Liverpool - Stria Lizew; • Middling, 1 lone ; , Middling, lle.•to Alic. • Strict IVliddling, I.lt 1 - 1- 2 e. to 11;le.;. freight, 17-3244.; exChaikge oh London, 107. Mobile, Nov. 3,---Receipts for-the week, 19,000 bales; same week last year, 23,000. Sales for the week, 19,000 , bake .11c ..per lb. ' Export for the week to Great Britain, 9,000. bales. Stock on hand, 120,000' bales. Freight' to Liverpool; 9-16 d. per lb. sth. •Market . quiet; ll ; ,sales to-day, 1,000 bales; 'receipts three days, 10,000 -bales-; export three days, 9,000 ; 'exchange, 107 ; freight, 9-16 d. CROP.—The extent of the incoming crop cannot, even at this late date; .be assumed. with any degree of cer— .tainty, owing to the contradictory nature of the,aeeplints from . ihe"South. The effects of . the frOstS &out . the middle of October are very contradictory ; the weather immediately following' WaS warm and dry, favouring both maturing and gathering. Toward§ the close of last month rain fell over a large portion of the cotton recion, -followed by . - white frost in some sections and .fine warm weather in others. The- Upland .crop froni WhiObLabOut five-qgliths of the whole is obtained, .will be short of .last year- very decidedly, but from the low lands, and more particularly the . river bottom lands of the Mississippi,' the yield premises well. The ten dency of the public mind on - the subject of crop is towards higher 'estirnates than 'Were current tr;ro or three week s ago ." If the fine open Weather continues for a week er,twO longer, and a general killing frost is postponed until late this month, larger estimates will prevail. , • The following is a statement of the movement in cot ton, since the =lst September last as compared with the previous four years:— 1860. 1. 1858. 187. '18.56. Rec. at Ports... 667,009 781 859 ,000 684,030 293, 5 000 539,030 Ex. to G. , 130... 168,000 229,000 133,000. 104,000 62,000 ~ France 40,000 60,000 74,000 . 25,000 , 50,000 „ ,other P. P. 2.5,000 23,000 21,000 16,000 22,000 Total Exports._ 233,000 312,000 228,000 .145,000 131,000 Stock on hand 517,000 518,000 446,000 191,000 350,00) Of which, durinr; the past week, included in the above : Rec. at Ports I 13,000 130,000 124,000 44,000 91,000 Ex to G. B. France . „ oother P. P 5,000 3,000 9,000 -- 7,000 Total Exports._ 51,000 63,000. 59,000 23,000 28,00 Summary.--Receipts: Decrease at the ports compared with last 'year, 117,000 bales. Exports : Decrease to Great Britain, 61,000 bales ; 'decrease to France, .20,000 ; increase to other - foreign ports, 2,000 bales. Total decrease in.exports, 79,000 bales. LIST OF PASSENGERS. _Mr, Robert Sllmmor., Miss. 1n2,. M. & Mrs. Josepht*hied;. D. rFehrman, Master G. Fehrinan,' Mr. John Westlake, Rfnr. Mr. turns, Mr. T. M. Crowell; Mr 4. YOlin limes, Mr. & Mrs. F. Rodswald, two children, and servant, Mr. & Mrs. C. H. Hilman, Messrs. George 'Brown, Thomas B; Marsh; P. Cumin, Henry C. Riley, Rev. D. C. Parker, Meisrs. Henry A. Lyman, Robert Donald,. J. White, . Herring, Andrew Scott, T. P. Froom,.Thomas Drew, .Tames Ayres, J. Bernstein, 'Thonlas G.:Rideout, Charles C. Lord, T. Brittain, Mr. and Mrs,-B. Hawkesworth, Messrs. 11. D. Cochran, W. Hodges, T. B. Chatworthv, C. G. Fitch, CSC. Cole, T. Shaw, _H. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs."J. Biller,''Mbssrs. T. Biller, W. Baker ' Mr. and Mrs. L. Montiron, Messrs. T. Nathan , J. Smith, J. CArr,' Mr. and Mrs. J. Thompson and two children. Messrs. J. Bramhall, E. P. Kelly, R. L. Har per, Mr. and Mrs. I. Outhwaite, Messrs. R. J. Outh waite, H. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. G. Durant. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. ACcording to the Morning Post, the Empress will not visit Hamilton. Palace ;. the Empress is simply travelling in England and Scotland, and will not become the guest of any subject 'before Her - Majesty pays a visit to Windsor. This will take place as soon as the novelty and progress of the journey shall have tempered her franie of mind, which at present would only render such ii an interview trying to both of the august ladies. - The Empress, who - was attired in deep mourning, and had a pale and languid appearance, in passing through. York, on Saturday, visited the Cathedral, proceeding' from the hotel in a cab. She was treated with every reSpect• by, the :authorities, and. loudly, cheered , when recognised by the people: , Her -Majesty -reached Edinburgh at a quarter-past eight o'clock the same evening.. The, crowd gave her Majesty a very cordial cheer, hoth,as she alighted from the train and as her carriage left the platform. Her Ma . jesty mid mite immediately proceeded to Douglas's HOtel, where apartinents had been engaged for'their brief stay. Apart from the popularity of her Majesty's character, her' ancestral connection with Scotland is certain to secure for: her a. very kindly reception north 'of the Tweed. - THE LATE ROBBERY AT WEST At'the County Magistrates' Court, yesterday, before Messrs. Benn and G. H.'llorsfall, George Woolright, dressed in the garb of a mechanic, was charged with being con ceriied iri.the robbery , of the house of Mrs. Newboult on the night of Thursday, the 9th of June, 1859, with:a man named Coppin, who has since been. committed for trial at the approaching winter assizes. Mrs. Newboult' left the house all safe at about half-past six o'clock in the evening, for the purpose of going for a walk with her, hildren ; and, on her return shortly after, she found that her house had been entered and gold rings, Watches, plate, and srOons, had been stolen. Mr. Bluck appeared for the prisoner, and cross-exami n ed th e w it ness es with greatingenuity, The evidence went to this effect, that the prisoner, with the one already committed, were seen together in a bcer-house, near the house, and upon Mrs. Newboult and her fainily leaving, the two prisoners were seen near the house, and Coppin to go in while Woolright kept outside the back door, and was 'seen to leave. Several witnesses spoke to the identity of the two prisoners, and especially to that of Woolrig it ; and, notwithstanding Mr. Muck's address t ) the la n.lll as to the difficulty of identifying a person after so long an interval, he was committed for trial at the assizes. The prisoner was apprehended by Moody, the county!detec tive, at a shop he kept in Tithebarn-street ; and' when told of the charge he said, " I have nothing to do with the robbery, I have something else to do," but, subse quently, he said, " who is coming rap' against me, is it Miss Haden? She is a bad little body, rapping', against Coppen after he had squared with her: 'I have received eight years and a half at Berniuda, and I have had enough of it." The prisoner w as committed for trial at' the assizes with Coppin, the other offender. THE SALT TRADE WITH FRANCE. —The following is the copy of a letter addressed by Mr. Cobden to Mr. W. Hadfield, the secretary of the Liverpool Salt Chamber of Commerce Paris, 22, Rue de l'Universite, N ov . 14, 180.Sir,—In reply to your letter I beg to say, 'for the information of your Chamber of Commerce, that, in consequence of the inquiry respecting the branch of production in which you are interested not having been' brought to a close, it is not possible at present for the French Government to fix-. the import duty on salt. The inquiry may probably last several weeks longer. In the meantime, however, as none of the new duties about to be published on other articles will' be brought into force, no inconvenience or loss Will be experienced by- your particular branch of trade. Nor will the delay affect injuriously the rate of duty, which I ant confident will be framed in the same liberal spirit' which characterises the remainder of the new tariff. I remain, sir, your obedient servant, RicuiLnn ,COBDEN.' W. Hadfield, Esq. If you should wish to make ftirther inquiries, be good enough to apply to the Board of Trade." Two VALUABLE TOPAZES D A valuable topaz was found by a digger some timer ago, in a shaft seventy feet deep, in a gravel drift, at Dunolly. EXter nally it was white in colour, with a. blueish tint in. the centre, of irregular pebble shape, and fully two inches long, or, as the finder described it, like a small , egg. The largest knewn top az i n t h e world is supposed .to be in the possession of one of the native princes of India, and it is recorded as weighing 157 carats. That before ns, in its cut fOrM, weigh s 135 carats. The great I n di an , 1 topaz was valued not many Years ago at something' like £12,000. Unfortunately, in the great Australian topaz which we are describing there is a flaw, which, though it does not mar the brilliancy of the stone when viewed . in a certain light, absolutely nullifies its commercial value.' Another large blue topaz (weighing, in its uncut form, 115 carats) has been brought to Mr. Crisp, of Queen-Street. It has been tested ' and pronounced a fine stone. It was found in Gipps Land, and has . been for fully fourteen years a little regarded chimney-piece ornament in the house of the finder. It may be placed side by side with the great Australian topaz,—Kelooume Argus. ' • • EXECUTION O INI . ULLINS, YESTERDAY. The: kit: act of Alio Sten:icy 'tragedy was concluded yesterday in the, grey coldness of the early moruin,*. Long before the skv, showed any signs of dawn - the irregtilar spac , e in 6out of 'l.lhVgate prtsdri. *as Ailed with a rough crowd; and the streets leading into it con tinued to pour in More spectators till abont half-pa4t seven o'clock... Close to the wall of the prison, a boarded way leading to it., stood' a, gaunt erection that told its own tale., Immediately around it a small sluice was, kept clear by policemen, but from this circle there extended in all directions a dense mob, filling. et ery nook. and corner like water, . . : • The oriniinal, meanwhile, who might almost have . heard the hoarse murmur that went up from the crowd, awaited his fate with extraordinary calmne s s. He made no confession of his guilt even up to the last moment, unless, indeed, he secretly admitted his crime to the priest; and he steadfastly asserted his, innocence of Mrs. Ernsley's death. One admission he'hai made, however, that Emms is innocent of the murder. He has put forward a long rambling statement in his own hand writing, to the same effect as his final address to the judge at the trial, but this he still protests that the evidence e against him w as , false. An interest' will, 'no doubt, be felt in this document, and we therefore print it, leaving its involved.sentences intact. STATEMENT, Nov. 19, 1860. "I, James Mullins, do make this trne statement against the charge,of murder whigh has been committed on the night' of the 13th of August, in Grove-street, Stepney, and for which I was charged and found guilty through the most'false and gross perjury that was ever : giFen in a court of justice. I do solcinnly declare before my .God and the public that I returned home 'from my day's' work on the evening of the lgtk of August between six and seven o'clock as sworn td , by a man named Tyrell, where Ihad been that day at work at No. I„Temple;terrace, dollingWoo&street, Bethnal green: When t returned home to 'My own hoMe, as . atated, remained with my two sons talking to them till supper, and afterwards retired to bed, and I do declare that 'I did not leave, my bed till the morning -after AUgust 13th; "I 'do: also solemnly declare that, the two witnesses from Hoxton, named Reninant, a taildi by trade, and Mitchell;' a dock labotirer, I confess to m3' God that .gyery Word they have:sworn against me :was totally false and untrue. They swore this 'in the hope of obtaining' Money, the produce of my blood, as the Man Mitchell had stated - on the cross-examination by. that- - high; talented counsellor,' Mr. 'Best. There was a boot produced on the trial 'which was found in a driathole at 12. Odont-street, Chelsea, 'where I had lived, but had left about three weeks before the boot was found. That same hoot belonged to Mr. Melaney, who had lived in the parlours of said. house but had left some time before, and Came forward on Friday, but was too late to giie ovidettoe that the shoe was his, but he cast it away. This might have had great effect on the minds of the jury. I dedlare that I never saw the hbot till it was produced.at the Thames Police Court. "As regards Sergeant Tanner's' evidence, he did not dome justice as to what happened in the I drew attention tO a sOthe Bricks and to ail. old flag that were in a corner. This he never mentioned. The flag was the only thing he mentioned. ['ln the. dof!ntnent, of Which this is a copy; a line was here OrCully erasel 4 and the following important statement added] —Although I believe , Einms to be innocent •of the murder of Hrs. I:deelare I never canto out OF illy room from 6 or 7 on. Monday till I .got up on Tucsi ly morning, my two soh F, sleeping in the same room, having sworn that they slept with me, iu the, same. room. i‘ I ask any Man . of a family if there was a charge made against - them' as there was made against me, who could they apply to to exculpate him :but his family ? ~.My.ohildren proved the truth, but the truth was not believed, but they who swore .my life away were guilty of the blackest and falsest perjury. . "I make this statement in order that the public may .know 7 that my life has been taken away by the most false witnesses for .the sake of money. They have no right to any part of the retaid, 'and I hope they will get none or it: rbeg most sincerely that all, religious and charitable people of England will extend a hand.to my widow and children, in order that they may gain a livelihood. The Rev. Mr. O'Callagh an , of 22, Finsbury-circus, has con- Sented to receive subscriptions. "My best thanks are due to Mr. Hubert Wood, my solicitor, of 4,,C,oleman- street, 'and •to Counsellor Best, and to the two sheriffs, also to the governor, and to Dr. Gibson.. (Signerl) JAMES. MULLINS.,7 In curious contrast to thi s d ocument a l e t ter h as b ee n, received at .Neivgat i e f r o m an O ffi c i a l connecte d' w ith a county prison in whicb Mullins Was' at one time eon- When being removed with another prisoner to Dartmoor, 'he took advantage' oe a menient's liberty to make a furious. bloW with a stone at the official in ques tion. blow did not prove fatal, but seriously in jured the man. attacked. , His conduct during his imprisonment on this occasion was exceedingly bad,and he had to be constantly watched. , At about a quarter to eight o'clock the two sheriffs, the two . under-sheriffs, Mr; Jonas, the governor of Nevigate, and some other gentlemen, entered Mullins's cell. . He was told that, if he wished anything to be stated he could take that opportunity, as he Wolildnot be heard' Ottisidd. , tt Seertis that he had o r i g i na lly de term i ne d to address the crowd from the. gallows, but he• had been induced to' abandon this idea. - He said he had nothing to add to his written. statement, which he gave to Mr. Sheriff Abbiss. He seemed to be quite calm, and but for a, little restlessness about the eye showed no out wardsigns of emotion. The gentlemen present stood round the cell in a half circle, and the! painful silence was broken every now and then by a question from one or other of them. Mr. Sheriff Lusk haS frequently visited the wretched prisoner during the last few days, and Mullins had frequently, asked him t 6 see to the wel fare of his wife and children. . He reminded the sheriff Of his promise to do this, When he had been in the cell a short time, and then took his hand and kissed it. , The minutes were ebbing awaysapidly now, and pre sently there Was a rattle at the .Iyor. It opened, and another visitor entered—that official whose grisly duty it is'to C arry ou t th e pun i s h ment o f d eat h. M u lli ns suf . - fered himself to be pinioned with extraordinary fortitude. He placed his arms exactly as the executioner directed, and Calcraft adjusted the straps With a dexterous rapidity that told ho ;v often he had perforated the horrible task. ,The minutes bad all ebbed awaynow, and the ponderous door was opened again, to let out the prisoner this time, but to what a: delivery from prison ! The,man walked old. unassisted, firm and courageous to the.last, if those noble words can be applied to the stony hardness that brazenly acts a falsehood to the last, to that short sighted foolish audacity flint cares, only for the opinion of, the w or ld, when a dozen more steps - will lead into another. •• Mullins bei ng a Roman Catholic. the burial service' was omitted, and those who were present were spared one ghastly feature which is commonly introduced into the proceedings, It wet but a little way, to the,open_ door in the' pi - ism' wall ; the half ; dozen people present ,were there in alow liniments. As the exccutioner,'the prisoner, .and the priest mounted, the steps leading to the scaffold, the hoarse sound. that filled the air in creased. There was me articulate sound from the crowd ; an unusual degree of quiet, indeed, considering its magnitude, which was. very 'great.. Twenty thousand persons are said to have been there ; and -gazing down upon 'th e h uge white sea of upturned' faces, one conld believe anythi ng ' as to the numbers present. The final arrangements were now quickly made, the noose was .adj fisted, the h orr ibl e cap drawn: over the face, an d t h e miserable prisoner:left to himself. A few moments - he stoodthere on, the treacherous platform, his last resting place in 'this' world, a living man in health and in strength within thirty seconds' of his death. The natural longing for life had not in his case worn away under the influence of a tedious disease; but shrinking, as he must have been, froth feArfal fate with all his sins upon hiS head, he stood,prepared to take the fatal plunge, and learn the awful secrets of futurity. It was , but an instant. There was no struggle, and there could been no pain. Na oohde►nncd sermon was preached on Sunday; as Mullins was a Roman Catholic 'and did not attend the chapel. ALLEGED BRUTALITY ON BOARD AMERICAN VESSELS. We have received the following communications' in reference to a paragraph under this heading which • appeared in our impression of yesterday,—and we insert them with pleasure, regretting at the same time that through the inadvertence of the party who supplied the information the least injustice should have b een , de ne ,• even for a moment, to any one. It' was not the mate, but a seaman on board the Calhoun who is charged with - stabbing the man. Clements. With reference to the case of Cramer, of the ship Normandy, we read with satisfaction the letter kindly forwarded to us by the United States Vice-Consul ; but it is probable that on the man's recovery a more searching investigation will be held: • ." TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES. " United States Consulate, "Tower-buildings South, Water-street, " Liverpool, November 19, 1860. "SIR,---Referring to a paragraph in your paper this morning,' headed °Brutality on Board American Ves sels,' I beg to enclose you a letter ,from the master of the Calhoun, and doubt not you will comply with his request. . • "With reference to the . other statements contained in the paragraph, I have taken the affidavits of a passen ger, the cook, and a number of the seamen of • the Nor- Mandy,. and they give the most positive contradiction to . the statement of the man Cramer.—l am, your obedient servant, " HENRY cVILDINJ, Vice COUS111." • '" "TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES. " NO. 10, Goree Piazzas, Nov. 19, 1860. 4C SIR,—In your. issuer of this morning I observe an article headed 'Brutality on Board American Vessels,' in which it is stated that,an able-bodied seaman, named William Clements, was brought to the Northern Hos pital, suffering from wounds, inflicted with a knife, in his arm, breast; and various other parts of his body, which injuries you state were inflicted ;on him by the mate of the Calhoun, which arrived in the river on Saturday. "Now, Sir, the Calhoun was, on Saturday morning, in the Bramley-Moore Dock. At about eleven o'clock an. able-bodied seaman' rather worse for liquor, was assisted on board the ship by some of the men about the ship.' Seeing his condition; I told him to go to the fore castle, meaning that he should there remain until .he got over the effects of the liquor. About half-past one the ship was towed into the river, soon after which the mate informed that a man in the forecastle had cut another man badly on his wrist ; that one .said the other had attempted to steal from him, which was the reason of his having cut : him. As . I. do not allow any abuse by -my officers of my crew,.and , do not like any difficulty on board my ship, I gave directions to have them both sent on shore, to have the case investigated by the proper authorities. Accordingly th e y were both brought .on shore, and given in charge of the police. "This charge is no less than a libel on the mate, and injurious to the captain and owners' f said ship. I re quest that you will, to-morrow insert such an article as will put such construction on - this case as will relieVe the - mate, captain, and owners and consignees from all blame.—Yours, &c., " D. H. TRUMAN." ' ACCIDENT AT SEA.--Yesterday . afternoon, a s e ama n, named Robert Armstrong, aged 22, was brought to `the Northern Hospital, suffering from a broken thigh. The accident had taken place 0,4 sea•three weeks ago, by 'a cask running against him, and the limb had re ma i ne d uneet-for the whole of the' intervening period. ROYAL AMPHairEATRE. It was pleasant to witness the heartiness of the recep tion accorded last, night to Miss Laura Gray, on the occasion of that accomplished young actress taking her benefit, The part of _ilra;'fiquerite gave additional scope for the develnpment of her great And varied talents, and she, at ailed herself of the opportunity to tie a s addi ... tional hold on the admiration of tile. Liverpool play going public. At the conclusion of the first act, the audience insisted'upon the 4pilearance of their favourite before the cttrtairt, and She - retifed amid must enthusiastic 'demonstrations of applause. . .In the second piece- , - , " The tidies' Club "—Miss dray,make3 a speeeh to the Member s f ro m the chair, Which would have done. credit even to a Liverpool town councillor. " •' Let us not forget -to remind .our. readers that this evening is set apart for the benefit of Mr. and Mrs: , J. Walton,'who will'appear in three favourite pieces. The claims of Mrs. Walton and her husband are deserving of the utmost encouragement,,and we feel satisfied it will not be withheld. MR: ROBISON AT' THE CLAYTON RILL. Mr. Hodson appeared at the Clayton Hall last night •in an entertainment called " Gems 'from the ,Emerald - Isle , anent a full house could be called an element of success, be was triumphant in that. respect. Mr. Hodson has a 'good natural Irish voice; but when be attempts to' go out of the -natural circle, he does 'not - succeed! so well. To award him unqualified praise would be simply .absurd ; but to deny that. he is a clever man, would be equally incorrect. In some parts he IS inimitable as an Irishman ; but he spoils others by endeavouring to make his audience laugh at the expense bf poor_ Pat. 'thete ate some partssalso so"extra vagant and unreal, that it WOUld be judicious to emit them altogether. However, in noticing these defects, there is much also to praise, and his singing covets a multitude of f at ilt s. His Kings are ,excellent, and given With grace end real feeling.; and We forget many things in the admitable manner in which he sings the song incidental to tlie dhardeter of i?acidy CP Retfferty=it : ithieM; " a em.". , Many portions of the Irish part of the entertainment 'are old, brit still they are well dressed, and will pass muster. Other. .portions, are original and good: On - the . whole we think this portion will have a run, particularly as Mr. Hodson is an excellent actor, and changes his voice and : garments rapidly and appropriately. The second part of the per formance is also attractive, and shows the leading stage and concert ch arac t ers of the day' in admirable style. Altogether, we must say that the entertainment is well worth sitting out ; and from the applause bestowed on the performer last evening, be may augur a successful visit. THE WATER COMMITTEE. • The weekly meeting of this committee was held y es terday, at the Town -hall ; Mr, FarnwOrth in the chair. The Other members pres e nt WereMes,srs, C. Ttirner, drelliii, Woodruff, Rae, fleloe, and W. Johnson: Front !the rettitts •sulunitted, it appeared that the quantity of water teceived from Itivington during the 'week ending 'the 17th of istovember was 73,340,939 gallons; the quantity of water pumped from the wells, 22;056,503 gallons; making a total of 95,357,212 gallons,--the proportion of Rivington to well water being. thus as 73 to 22, The engineer's weekly re' ort was also stibutitted., The rainfall dtiring th e week 'bad exceeded an inch, and the, depths of Water under the overflows of the various reservoirs showed a rise in each instance as follows : Rise. Fall. ft. in. ft. in. Rake and Roddlesworth 2 6 0 0 Anelezark Rivineton 0 7A- ... '0 0 Prescot (No. 1.) Present (No. 2.) The proceedings of the Works Committee were read, and comprised a resolution that a special committee be appointed to enquire into the emoluments and duties of the Engineer and his staff in Hotham-street; and also to confer with ,the Ifealth Committee as to the propriety ,amalgi - to.ling the collection-of the sanitary 7 rates and the water-rates; and to report to the committee such alterations and improvements as they might think necessary: Mr. BELOE could not see why thb same man should not collect both rates, and moved the adoption of the recommendation. _ _ _ Mr. WOODRUFF seconded the motion. He thought it indesirable that they should have more collectors going to a person's house than necessary. It was inconvenient to the public, who, from the multiplicity of calls which they received, scarcely knew what they had to pay. As to the ~ :ngineer'i department in Hotham-street, he thought it would be well to have that investigated like wise, to see if the officers were efficient. • • Mr. ORELLIN- asked Mr. White, the treasurer, whether the experiment of uniting the collections had been tried -6.lready. NT. WHITE—It was somo years ago, under Dlr. Ashlin. Mr. ,CRELLIN—What was the reason it did not succeed ? Mr. TIIITE —The loss sustained: there was not the same per tentage collected. Mr. Tut NEn could not see why one man should not crollect £4, as well, as two men v; each. Mr."Wnrrg —The treasurer fat' the time did ,being not like it, and the men also were opposed to it. Mr. TURNER—That will' not do : there ought to be some better reason: BELon—There was a prejudice against it. Mr. CRELLIN—If the collectors did not - like it, that is the vetv reason why we should tryit again. 74r. - WabDRUFF said, when churchwarden he had endeavoured to have the parish and all other rates col lected-at the same time,—the rates to date from the ISt of January, and end the 31st of . December. After some further conVetsation the motion was agreed to, and Mr. Beloe nominated his committee as follows ! •--Messrs: Rae, Woodruff, Crellin, Jeffery, Beloe, and the chairman. ' _ _ Mr. WOODRMET asked if it was to be understood that the enquiry should extend as to' whether the present engineer was to continue superintendent of all the works, or that the Rivington works should be separated from the town works ? He wished gentlemen to understand that was what it was intended to investigate. Mr. TURNER said he did not undrstand it, and thought the sPecial committee . would have enough to do. without opening that question. • ' Mr. Woopntirp appealed to:the Town-clerk es to whether the resolution did not 'imply an ;enquiry as to whether the engineer could manage both the Rivington and home'departMent. The Town-clerk replied. that it 'meant they' should enquire into the whole duties of the engineer every-. where. _ Mr. enniuN—Then, if you are taking the duties of the engineer into consideration, you should not take only the staff in notham-street, but .the whole staff under his supervision. Mr: T;lfr?E li cl. no, objection to _omit.the.words " llot ham-street" from the resolution, but might state that the reason they appeared Was, , that the committee were ashamed and, disgusted to find that the Engineer had not a mari in the establishment there Who could 'supply the place of secretary to the committee, and they had to go all over the world to get one. , The subject then dropped.' The Engineer, pursuant to previous instrue tioni, then submitted some information which he had obtained . from the engineer of the Glasgow.. Water- Works,, as. to the bursting of a 36-inch 'main on the line of pipeage leading to th 4 city. The object of the enquiry appeared to have been to ascertain. if the line of pipes fronvltivington were in danger of any similar casualty. The engineer explained that the eirdumstances were quite different, and expressedhis belief that there was no such danger; but was directed to obtain further information, and present a formal report upon the subject. BIRKENHEAD AND. tiLA.I.JGHTON.—IMPORTANT Da.. CISION.-,-The question which has so long been •i n dispute; as to whether the Birkenhead Commissioners or the county had the right, to 'levy a rate .for the pur pose of watching and lighting the township of Claughton,- was-decided on Friday last, in the Court of Queen's Benth, in a trial " Birkenhead Commissioners v. J.. H. Hind.", The three judges were unanimous in their opinion that the Birkenhead Commissioners had not the right to levy a Tate, and therefore gave their decision i n favour of the defendant. This decisiontives - the county the right tolevy and collect the rate. ELECTION OF A • REPRESENTATIVE OF SCOTLAND.—. On Thursday, pursuant to royal proclamation, th e . Peer* of Sebtland assembled at Holyrood, to' elect a representative peer in the House of Lords, in the "room df the Earl of Leven • and Melville, deceased. Fifteen peers attended, and seven absent pe e i s voted by signed lists. All the votes were for. Lord Rollo, excepting the Earl 'of Buchan, who declined to vote, and the Earl of Haddington, whose vote .the clerks refused to receive, in consequence of a resolution of the House of Lords of the 13 th M a y . 1822-:---" That i no peer, claiming by collateral _succession, shall be per mitted to Vote . for a representative peer till his right to vote shall have been admitted by the House of Lords." The clerks held 'that this a pplied to Lord Had_ ding,ton, as • the Lord Register of Scotland, had received no evidence that his lordship's claim had, been admitted by the House of Lords. — The Earl of • liaddiigtOn said he had, 'at the last election, been returned a representative, peer, and the House of Lords never objected to his sitting and voting therei n . The Duk e o f B uc cleuch said he thoug ht the House of Lords, in raising such a restriction, exceeded its powei. A restriction on a peer's right to vote ought only to b e created by statute. The Earl of Roseberry said the clerks, according to precedent, must refuse to vote. The Earl of Traddington then lodged a protest to the effect that, having sat and voted in the House of Lords, ,the said house acknowledged his title.—The clerks then signed and sealed th e r e urn, and promised to forward Lord Raddington's protest with the return. TRADP, OF LIVERPOOL—The following is a return °fthe number and tonnage of ships rep orted in wards and cleared out war d s a t this port as com p ared with the correspondi n g* c2rresponding periods of last year :— .:.11 1. 0aTED INWARDS, For the Week ending Nov. 17. 1859 ....................... 106 ships ............... 43,351 tons. .................. 69 ships ............ 3309 J t ons. . Increase in 37 Increase in tons ..................... 14,659 .L,sß,E,.pylury:l) 'swarms From Jan. 1 to 17th Nov., 1860. 4,226 ......... 2,384,7a2 tons. 1859 ............. Decrease in . 4,253 ships ..................... 2,103,089 to ns. Increase i n tons .... ..... .............................. 2i , ........ 281,663 pr EAULDon the ......... .... 17th Nov. 1360 ........................ 5 .3 1 43,506 tons. 1850 . 78ships 43,659 tons. Increase in ships ... Increase in tons .............................................. 4,847 . 1860 CLEARED OUTWARDS, From Jan. .I. to . 17th Nov. 1859 4 ,330 ships ............ 2 256,711 tons. Increase in ships . ............... 241 Increase in tons ....................................... 330,887 tons. CONSUMPTION, ~, A C° ----.1 ASTHMA AND iIIiO'NCHITIS CUILARLI4. _..,, I believe that the preparatio'n of Balsam of - and - Aniseed (as prepared by lip. 2trartin,' - of 22; C ° PP efris- Horehound hill, Liverpool,) will prove of more value, in cases of bron chitis and incipient.' Ponumption, than any other remedy extant. It relieves the most irritating cough 'ma few 211 ;flutes ; and, although it contains no preparation of opium, it induces sound ' and refreAiny sleep, soothes the nervous system, and restorrs the healthy action of the lungs." Recommended above all other medicines by Sir Alexander Tralles—see Thomson 's irateria Medico, page 17.5, vol. 2. The following is from Dr. Brett, the eminent chemist :—" I consider the balsam of hore hound and aniseed, as prepared by Mr. Martin, a n elegant an d efficient coagh remedy, an d I fully agrse with Sir Alexan der Tralles and Dr. Anthony Todd Thomson, that, in conjunc tion with cod liver oil, it is an a d m i rable remedy for con sumption and delicate constitutions."—R. 11. Brett, Ph. Dr., m.R.C.S., late Lecturer on Chemistry and Medical Jurispru dence, Liverpool Royal Infirmary. The balsam of horehou nd an d aniseed is prepared only by T. Ma rt i n c hemist, an d increasing c hemist, 22, Cop peras-hill, Liverpool; but, owing to it s re sale, agents have been appointed in all pr i nc ipal towns and , g cities. It can be procured wholesale from Raimes and Co., Edinburgh and York, from Sutton and Co., London, West macott, Manchester, and wholesale and retail from the manu facturer, as above. Price, Is. lid. 2s. 9d., a ad 4s. 6d. each. The lozenges in box at Is. lid,.! 4 ' tee s by post, Is. 6d. SEAMEN AND EMIGRANTS' The thirty.4iinth annual - meeting' of the Liverpoel Seamen and Emigrants' Friend Society and Bethel Union was held last' night, in Great George-street Chapel. In the absence, through indisposition, of.the Rev., Dr. Raffles, the chair was taken .by Mr, John Cropper. On the platform we observed the 11,;.)v. W. Gfaham, the Rev.'W. Ffolliot, 8.A., the Rev. W. Shaw, Capt, D. Brotchie, ilfr. H. T. Miller, and several cap tains, seamen, and other friendseof the society. The. body of the chapel was filled to overflowing by ail atten tive audienee, amongtt whom were Many sailors and others connected with a seafaring .life. The proceed ings were aliened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Smith,; after which the Chairman addressed the meeting, and said he felt no little difficulty in taking the ch a ir on that occasion, and sympathised most sincerely in every word that had been uttered, regarding the absence of their valued ,president, .Dr. Raffles, who had been in the habit of Occupying the chair on , these occasions, wit's very few exceptions, (hiring the last thirty-nine years that the institution had been in existence. (Hear, hear;) He regretted now to find that the declining health if the rev. gentleman had deprived them of that pleasure, . and himself of that satisfaction. After a few other remarks approbatory of the work which the.societi had in view, he concluded by calling on the secretary to read the report for the past year, which gave a satisfactory account of the operations of the institution. The amount of subscriptions received realised .ne less a sum than £787 Ss. Bd. The exertions made by the agents of the society to Spread gospel truth amengst sailors and emi grants had been productive of, much benefit', and so great was the desire of those persons to be evangelised, that it was found necessary to increase' the number of . iiiisdonary preachers. TIM Rev. WILLTAM GRAHAM moved the following resolution :—" That the report 'now read be adopted, printed, 'and circulated, 'under-the directions of ,the committee," in an excellent and feeling speech. He thought that the society .which held its meeting' , that night deserved to be called . the Liverpool Society, because Liverpool would not be the Liverpool it Was that day but 'for its sailors ; and 'there fore the society that took into consideration the Christian state of the sailors coming to this great port, vas emphatically the Liverpool Christian .Society. He believed that the moving of the resolution could, scarcely require a lengthened speech, as there was not. another class of men in whose conversion a Christian person should feel a more lively interest than in sailors., He pointed out how, in the early ages of the Christian church, their Divine Master selected men "who went down to the sea in ships" as thoie who should extend his kingdom all over the world. He said that Liver pool owed a great deal to its seafaring population, and he hoped that adequate support would be extended to the spreading of the Gospel amongst mariners. The Rev. W. From,rov, 8.A., who ministers in the Floating Chapel, set apart for the use of sailors, seconded the resolution, and said that, though a minister of the Church of England, still he felt great pleasure in taking an active part in the promotion of every move ment that had for its object the extension of spiritual enlightenment amongst sailors and emigrants. No class of persons should claim a greater interest at the hands of Christians than sailors, to whom the world at large was greatly indebted England espedially, and Liver pool was entirely indebted to its seafaring population for its large and increasing prosperity, her large mansions, and many splendid buildings. Im fact, everything great and noble amongst them in this magnificent town of. Liverpool had been reared by the dilutions of the sailors, _ . . _ Mr. Joint PATTEIiSON proposed the resolution-- " That this meeting receives with great pleasure the communication that the Liverpool Seamen and Emigrants' Friend Society and Bethel Union' has had an increase of agency, and enlarged its operations in preaching the gospel and tract distributing ; and that it shall meet with that support from the merchants and shipowners which it deserves ;" which was seconded by .the Rev. Mr. Welsh in a neat speech. _ . .• Mr. MILLAR who had been formerly a sailor, but is now ,engaged in p re aching the gospel, proposed.a reso lution to the e ff ec t—" that the great awakening which, throllgh the power of ,the Holy Spirit, was being realised in so many portions of the Church, we reco g nise with grateful joy the tokens of the,Divine favour which had ben received by this and kindred institutions, as the attendance on means of grace, and in the conversion unto the Lord of many of our sailors, their relations, and* friends ; and we sincerely pray that, in m,easures still , more abundant, the same gracious power may be found, turning the hearts of all men, but especially of our sailors, 'unto God." Captain BROTCHIE, in seconding the resoliition, said it delighted him very much to see Christian men of every Christian denomination collected together, upon one great platform, like the,present. It showed this truly, that though men might be many and differ as the waves of the sea, still they could be one as the ocean. It delighted him to see so many united in the cause of sea men and of God. lie had been a sailor from his earliest days, and-went to sea -when he was-so little r -that- he could get no wages. (Laughter.) He enforced on the meeting the necessity of supporting the cause of the society. The meeting was subsequently addressed by the Rev. James Buck and others. The, collections were then made, by which a hand some sum was realised. The meeting closed With the ittonatien of the doxology. COUNTY COURT,-YESTERDAY. (Before W. 11 - OrroN. ,Esq.) CITALONER V. WRIGHT.—Mr. Whitley appeared for the plaintiff in this - case, and Mr. Payne for the. de fendant. Prom the opening statement of Mr. Whitley, it appeared that the plaintiff was an extensive and well known timber broker in Liverpool; the defendant buys. timber, and also carries on business 'in Liverpoo l. • Although the amount in dispute was small, the question involved was one. of importance to the timber trade.. Tke . .plairitif f , in his capacity as a timber broker, sells timber uncier certain conditions, called the " conditions of sale." These conditions are read by Mr. Chaloner at every sale. - By the second condition of sale the wood is to be ' taken with all faults as it "now lies at th e measurement of the broker; ' by the fourth condition all a ccoun t s - . a r e to be closed in one week ; by the fifth condition five days are allowed for buyers and sellers to exarnine the timber, and if any errors in measurement are discovered in that time they are to be rectified. It is usual, in case uf any error, that the timber should be re-m easure d, a nd that the broker should adjust the dispute. This, according to the plaintiff's . case, has, been the custom in Liverpool for many years past;- 'but Mr. Wright has for some time been making claims for what he contends to have been errors in measurement.. In these' cases Mr. Chaloner has gene rally readjusted the ,measurement. Mr. Chaloner has further. to pay the seller within seven (or ten) days of ; the sale, but Mr. Wright has , very often postponed Payment for several months,' thus entailing upon Mr. Chaloner the hardship of having very often to pay a Acinsiderable sum out of his own - pocket; for wheat - Mr.• Wright was applied - to he insisted upon making deduc tions on ac,count of errors in measurement. in the. first place the plaintiff contended that his measurement was right; and, in the second place, that Mr. Chaloner,- the broker, was the proper person to adjust the measure meat, and that his decision was final. • On one occasion the plaintiff had said to the defendant. "You can 4 ° as you like ;" and the consequence had been that Mr. Chaloner had been a. sufferer, as he was unable to obtain the full amounts.. The matter had gone so flr that the plaintiff had now brought it before the court for decision. The sum now due arose from the following transactions.. On the 18thof December, 1856,timber was sold to ' th e' amount of £23 18s. 4d. On the 15th of May, 1857, Mr. Wright paid un this account £22 65., leaving tin unpaid balance:of 41 123. 4d. On the 4th of April, wO, a log, Paft of (he cargo of the Mary Miller, was sol d to the defendant far £25 '2s.' 3d. On the 4th of May, 1860, this tiniber was re-sold at the defendant's request, and realised 422 Bs. 7d., upon which a claim arises for 42. 13s. Bd. Mr. Owen was the first witness called. He was chief clerk and , .measurer for the plaintiff.. He deposed to selling the various amounts of timber to the defendant,. who, seine time afterwards, found fault with the measurements, and claimed 'deductions. In some eases Mr. Chaloner reineasured the timber, and made *hat he considered a fair allowance ; his decision, how ever, was always final. This was the custom of the port, and expressed in the conditions of sale which were pub licly read at every sale. One of the logs which was sold. to Mr. Wright was ."plugged," because the heart was decayed. After the log had been sold Mr. Wright claimed a further allowance because both ends were plugged. The timber was re-measured by Mr.,Chaloner, and a further deduction made. Mr. Wright rejected this as insufficient, 'and ordered the limber to he re-sold. The timber was re-sold, at Mr. Chaloner's amended measurement, at one halfpe nn y per foot less than the defendant had paid. In the catalogue given - tc purchasers before the sale, this Piece of flasher was specified as being decayed. Mr. Chaloner was also called, and he corroborated the last witness. His (Plaintiff's) decision was always - final. the buyer might suggest to have the timbe r re-mea sured, which might be done subject to Mr. Chaloner's jaidgment. .The log in q uestion was placed in the best light in the yard ; one end was near a post, but it could be examined. Mr. Payne, on behalf of the defendant, stated that there had (unint entionall y on the part of the plaintiff) been fraud, as this log was in such a position that one end of it could not be examined. The defen darit supposed that Only one end was plugged when lie bought it, and paid per.foot. On finding that both ends were plugged, he demanded a deduction ; but, an ; insufficient one being made, ordered that thete timber should be re-sold. It was re-sold, and rh only per 'foot.' In support of this the' defendant and Mr. Hill were called, and they deposedlhat in their judgment 'aUinsufficient deduction had been made. Mr.-, Hill had measured the log for the defendant, and allowed less than the plaintiff allowed.—llis Honour, in giving judgment, said he , had not felt any difficulty with respect to the law of the case. He had great satisfaction in seeing both sides. agree as to' the facts; this was what he had expected, from the posi tion of the parties. He took it that Mr. Chaloner had brought this case before the court chiefly to ascertain what construction it would- put upon these conditions Of sale. Men differed very much in their construction of written documents. As far as this case was concerned, he had none. The 'second condition was that the wood should be taken as it lies, with all errors and faults of. description, at the broker's measurement. There Was a clear and distinct statement that it was the measurement of the broker that was to be the guide; and he thought that the fifth condition did not at all do away with this ; the two ware to be read together. The fifth condition merely said that an error, if discovered within a certain time, would be rectified. But it did not say that it was to be rectified by any other person than the broker, who, from condition the third, was evidently the person to decide. Still he did not think that Mr. Chamfer, being the broker, could delegate his authority to any person. This being so in the first amount claimed, Mr. Owen's decision could not be regarded as final ; and when the defendant offered to refer the matter to Mr. Chaloner ' he did what was quite right. Co n sidering that Mr. Chaloner had refused to remeasure in the case referred to, 'and considering further the length of time which had elapsed since the transaction took place, he was of, opinion that the claim could not be sustained. But the case wa s different with regard to the log which came by the Mary Miller. In that case Mr. Wright did not claim to have a,deduction made, but claimed to set aside the contract on the ground of fraud. Now, in order to prove . fraud, he must show that there had been deceit, intentional or otherwise. If there had not been a refe rence to the defect in the log in the public catalogue, Mr. Wright might have been quite correct in setting aside the contract, , But, there was an express reference to .this particulat:defect, of which Mr. Wright now sought to take advantage. His Honour thought that it was the defendant's own fault in bidding for" a ink which -he- brew to be defective, without having ascer-t tained' thii extent' or the &feet. - Itonequentlf, defewlent'slo,,; eliargo.ahle to his ova negligence; conduct s , thatndduetlt e r'ep vset After he knew of the'defettit,ttand its extent, he merely diihiori in V • • - itrge . a , to ppec i i ap d a re-measurement; -tt not ,re . tadiatiim tfie'contint on the tzround of fraud. Therefore, 'upon both these point:; Mr. 'Wright tad acted wrongly, and his dormice could no t b e a ll owe d. He bad no doubt it was not a matter of pounds, shil lings, and.,pcnce with either of the gentlemen:; but, from the circumstancesuttending, these cases, he thought the conditions of sale had not much to do with either of them. Upon those conditions he had already given his Opinion ; and with resped to the preSent cases, thought that in the latter instance of the timber:by the Mary Miller, the defencecould not be sustained, but that the defendant was right with respect to the first sum. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST THE CASHIER OF THE ,BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COM PANY, • • ' Yesterday,- at the Police-court, before Mr. Raffles, iVilliam Mathias Middleton, a person well known in the British and Irish Magnetic .Telegraph office, was brought up by Detective-officer Wilson on ucharge of having embezzled certain sums of money belonging to that company: Mr. Mar Shall appeared for the prosecu tion, and Mr. Cobb for the prisoner. The case attracted considerable attention, and a number of respectable persons were present. Mr. Marshall said it became his duty to open a charge that was preferred against the prisoner, who held a, position of trust in the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph office. The charge was that •of embezzlenient'; but all he intended to do was to lay 'one ease before his,Worship, and then ask for a remand with the view of instituting further investigation. Mr. Cobb—l, on the part of the prisoner, am not prepared to go on with his defence to-day ; but I will take Mr. Marshall's word that he has a prima facie case for a remand; and then it becomes a question of bail. Mr. Raffies—What is the amount charged against the prisoner ?. . Mr. Marshall—We are quite unprepared to say at present ; it may, be several hundred pounds. Mr. Raffles—l will not take bail at present, as lam not in a position to do so. In reply to his worship, the bridevrell , keeper said that in January, 1852, the prisoner was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment at Kirkdale Sessions. Mr. Cobb—He was sufficiently punished for his offence on that occasion. He has conducted himself irreproachably for eight years, and the company have presented him with a snuff-box as a testimonial of their esteem for his conducts Mr. Marshall—Oh, no ; not the company, certainly. Mr. Cobb—Suppose the amount charged be £5 . 00, what sureties would you require ?* Mr. Raffles—What do you say, Mr. Marshall ? Mr. Marshall—l think, sir, under the circumstances, that we cannot consent to bail. Mr. Cobb—Then let them go on with a case. Mr. Marshall then proceeded to open the case at some length, the substance of which was that the prisoner was the cashier in the office of the company. The com pany were in the habit of issuing adhesive stamps, called franks, to customers, for the purpose of conve nience to gentlemen on the Stock Exchange. The stamps were issued in sheets ; and these were in the possession of Mr. Blackburn, who kept them in a safe. Mr. Walsh was the superintendent of the Liverpool district ; and it was the duty of the prisoner, - when 'he wanted stamps for customers, to send a written requisition to Mr. Walsh for them, who procured them from Mr. Blackburn, to whom he gave a receipt for ,the amount. The stamps were given, not in less sheets than five pounds worth, and the prisoner was to receive cash from the parties for whom he, got the stamps, and to account to the treasurer for the amount. He then explained that £ll ss. worth of stamps were issued for £lO, the company allowing the ss. discount on £lO worth of stamps ; and he also explained the manner in which the books were kept in regard to the issue of stamps, and their checking off when they came in on messages. The prisoner accounted at the end of each week for his cash and stamps. The specific charge that he (Mr. Marshall) would at present prefer against the prisoner was for embezzling £lO on the 2nd November, which he had ,received from Messrs. Colchester and Woolner for stamps. Mr. Raffles—Does he keep a book of the stamps himself ? :Air. Marsha think not. It was recently observed by scydral clerks in the office that a large number of old Stamps, that were issued so long ago as 1857, *lade their appearance from particular firms—Messrs. Morris and Mr. Stewart ; and it was observed that some of these stamps had been obliterated with 'blue ink—a colour which the company had long since ceased to use for that purpose. It was observed that latterly black ink was ,used to obliterate the stamps, and in some cases the black was put over the old blue obliterations. Mr. Marshall went on to state that the prisoner used the old' stamps from former messages, getting out' new stamps in their place, as for a certain firm, but selling these to another firm and keeping the money, and in this way he bad been guilty of the embezzlement. Mr. Marshall admitted that it was a very complicated and difficult case to get on with, and that he m us t b e par doned if he were not able to open it as clearly as lie could wish ; but from.the shortness of the time he had to enter on the case, and its great complication, he would only lay' one charge before his worship, so as to ask for a remand. It was true (he said) the prisoner did receive a present of a snuff-box, and something else, froth seine stock brokers and gentlemen on the Exchange, but thathad nothing, to do with the company. He then said the way that the prisoner managed the fraud was, that he took the'ti/d used stamps issued to Morris and Stewart in 1857 and used them as new ones, drawing £lO worth of now stamps as for Colchester and Woollier, which stamps he sold to some one else, and kept the money. Mr. 'Raffles—Where did he get the old stamps ? - Mr. Marshall—We are not able to say. Mr. R.affieS—What becomes. of the old stamps ? Mr. Marshall—Every six months they are collected, as they accumulate very much, and are then destroyed. Mr. Rattles—How destroyed? • 'Mr. Marshall—Sent to the stationer's and pulped up again. Mr. Cobb—But he could not take them off. Mr. Marshall—Oh, yes, very easily with hot water. The following witnesses were then called and examined to support the charge : Mr. Brown, a clerk in the office of Colchester and ViroOlner, said—l 'Purchased £lO worth of stamps on the 2nd November from the prisoner, and paid a cheque on the Bank of England. Mr. Cobb objected to this, as the charge was for embezzling money Or'stamps, but not a cheque. Mr. Rattles: To -whom did you pay the cheque ? Witness : nannot swear to whom. Mr. Cobb said that would not do. How did they know that the cheque was paid at all. Mr. Raffles—The cheque can be had. What does the counterpart say,? . Mr. Cobb—That will not do, sir. ‘, 311 . Marshall—No doubt it is a difficult case; it was only dis Covered on Saturday. Mr. Cobb. was proceeding to argue on the case, when Mr Raffles said Mr. Walsh had better be called. . . Mr. Walsh was.thenepmined, and said the prisone r was cashier to the company ; and his' duty was to receive all money paid for messages, and stamps sold to the public. When he wanted' he should send me a written requisition. Mr. Cobb—Then produce the written requisition. Mr. Raffles—When it comes to a particular case you can have it, but this is only as to the general course of business in the office. -, The - witness then went on to say—lt was, the duty of the prisoner, at the end of every week, to return me all he received, which. I checked with this book, The witness, after examining. several books and accounts, said hedid not find any stamps issued to Colchester and Woolner, on the day in question. Mr. Cobb asked. the witness one or two questiona,kut the answers were not material to the case.: . Mr. John Leland; the treasurer of the company, was examined, and said it was the duty of the prisoner to . hand him hulk cash every day, and settle up every fortnight. Witness generally refuSed to take cheques. Both this witness and Mr. Walsh were examined as to the last fortnightly account settled up by the prisoner, but this was a matter of detail, and not exactly con nected with the charge,*whon . • , Mr. Marshall said—l submit there is a ease for remand. Mr. Cobb—And I submit there is not. They have not shown that he did pass the'cliegae for £lO into their accounts at all.--To the Treasurer : Now,' suppose stamps were issued for one party, and that another came in in a hurry before the stamps were sent out, might the prisoner not issue them to the person in the shurrv, instead Of - the parties..to whom they. were issued ? It was not the custom to , 'do so.—The witness, however, admitted that such a thing did happen once, but it was not in' his department.—Mr. Cobb then asked his worship to admit the prisoner to bail. Mr. Raffles (to Mr. Maishall)—What do you say to that? Mr. Marshall—l cannot shut my eyes to the fermcr conviction. Mr. Cobb—Then I must explain that eight years ago he went into a gentleman's house where there was a Young lady, in whose bed he was found. He made all `the -reparation lie by Marrying that lady, NA Vis now his wife. But there was some confusion on the occasion,; and A shirt and a p a i r o f hoots belon g ing to flat gentlenian'who owned th e hO use . were found on the prisoner; and although he took them by mistake, he suffered eighteen months' imprisonmenffor it. Mr. B,ailles—Well, I don't *want to know anything about. that. Mr. Cohb—l only want to explain the matter, as they mentioned a former conviction; and they would not s h t a. ol y ri e .t kn oßo a w . f police so a Ll 3 (1, ' n t v l wil t l not , h lo i n in t se h l r e . d the whole 1. take hail for him at present. Mr. Cobb—Will you make an order to g i ve up his watch; the testimonial that was presented to him, and other things th a t are i n the hands of the police? The .company have behaved very kind to him, and I am sure 'yOu vill'ifot refuse this. Mr. Raffles declined to interfere in this matter. The prisOner was then remanded till Friday next. Tins fll CENT ROBBERY OF SPECIE IS :MEXICO. I -The council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, at their meeting yesterday, resolved to forward a memorial to the- Forcign-office, calling the attention of GoVernnient to this matter, and praying that such steps may be taken as will insure a restitution of the money, and prevent the recurrence of such robberies. TIIE AlAuxors ConmirrEE.—The weekly meeting of this body Wa.s held yesterday, at the Town-hall. Mr. Ridley, the deputy chairman, presided ; and the other inemberS present were—Messrs. Shimmin, Crellin, Haydock, Holden, Aspivall, Nickson, Johnson, Barton, and Rogers.. From the cash-book submitted, it appears that from the Ist of September last down to the 15th inst., the receipt. from all the markets have been £3,498 expenditure on wages, £476. In the corresponding , period of 1859 the receipts were, 13,192 ; wages, L 4 ,15-7 the return showing, on the simple receipts, an increase of £306. The bad provisions seized and destroyed during the past week were reported as follows :—ln the central district, 1,32 S ths.-of meat; north district, 1,954 lbs. of meat; in the town, 456 lbs. of fish. Some con versation. took place in reference to the li gh ting of the w h o lesale vegetable market at. the Shaw's brow, but involving matters of finance, the reporters were requested to retire. , BIRKENIfEAD M-AiiMIBgIONERS. OPItiSfTIO. TO MR:. TRAIN'S SYS'II2.III OF STREET - RAILWAYS.- • . A special meeting of the Birk.enhead Commissioners was held yesterday morning in the board=room, Hamilton-square. Mr. Laird occupied the chair. The otlei eorathissioners present were—Messrs. w Hind, Keightley, Harrison, Rae, Barnett, M‘Gill, alker, Whittle, Menaieg . EYans, Cook, Milnes, Peck, Baylis, and Willoughby. The CLEnK read the minutet of the last meeting of the Street. Railways Committee. The foll Owing is an extract of the proceedings : -- "Deputations in support of the memorials for and against street railways were received. Mr. Stitt, Mr. Ledward, Mr. Bevan, and Mr. Cross explained the views of the memorialists who objected to an extension of the street railways as at present constructed.—Mr. Williams, Mr. Craven, Mr. M‘White, and Mr. Moore attended as the deputation in support of the memorial advocating an extension of the street railway, and presented an additional memorial having the same d-__ject. Th e d eputat i on having withdrawn, the exten sion proposed by the minute of the committee of the 20th ult., and the adjournment thereof having been further considered, it . was resolved that the extension be limited for the present to park entrance along Park-road E s t ingle line from the junction of the latter with Palm-grove; South, to the e ; that one of the tracks in Conway-street, a n d the ' curved track between Chester-street and the shore road be 'removed; that the • connectine. line along, Bridge-street, from Hamilton street to Argyle-street, and the sidine. into Church street be approved." The CHAIRMAN read another memorial favourable to the street railway scheme, bearing 346' signatures, of it would appear he said, respectable ratepayers. The following is the meviorial : "Your memorialists, ratepayers and owners of pro perty in the township of Birkenhead and Claughton, are favourable to the principle of street railways where these can be introduced without obstructing the ordi nary traffic of the highways, or endangering the safety of the public. Such railways, your memorialists submit, should be constructed so as to be available for general traffic, and to be crossed and recrossed without danger or inconvenience—by conveyances not using the rails— that nairow streets and ,roads should be avoided—that such tramways should be laid down by the authorities as part of the system of public pavement, and be subject to their regulations and control; and they further suggest that a reasonable toll might fairly be required from the omnibuses using the rails. The present street railway your memorialists consider objectionable in principle, construction, and operation, the flange rail and high .curves seriously obstructing the general traffic, and proving dangerous to the public. They therefore earnestly request that you will require that that the evils complained of be remedied; and until this is done, and the full term of trial originally agreed upon has expired, that you will not sanction any extension of the line." The CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. HARRISON, who moved the confirmation of the proceedings of the committee, entering upon a long argument upon the whole question of street railways. He referrea at length to the meeting of the committee, at which the deputations explained the objects of the memorials. There were not, he said, two opinions as to the desirability of a system of street railways. Mr. Knox was in favour of laying the rails upon narrow streets. Mr. Stitt was not against the scheme, if the rails were laid in the manner which he considered 'desirable and convenient, and came there not so much to oppose the scheme as to show that American experience in the matter was too limited. The speaker went on to say that the memorial against 'Train's scheme was signed by 170 ratepayers, representing property assessed to the sum of £5,000, whilst the memorial for street railwayS bore the signatures -of 610 ratepayers, having property assessed at £27,000. The line which Mr. Stitt would adopt had been recommended for trial in Liverpool. Until that experiment had been tried, they could not take any further measures. Mr. Ledward thought that the present railway might be improved. Mr. Bevan honestly confessed that until his name appeared in print he remained unconscious of the fact that lie had signed any memorial, and he wished to see a single line constructed on the middle of the street, in order to allow carriages to ran on each side. In favour of street rail ways, Mr. Williams declared that the deputation could see not the slightest objection to the railway, nor so far, as they had ascertained, had they been attended with the slightest injury. Their horses crossed and recrossed the rails without meeting the slightest accident, and lie considered that there was no difficulty whatever in the matter. Personally, the speaker was one of. those who bad signed the petition bearing 610 signatures. He had driven all over the roads, and lie could not detect the difficulties represented by Mr. Train's opponents. The curve was not all that he might wish it, and other improvements might be advan tageously made ; but it was enough, he considered, that they had the directors promise to make any improve ments introduced into any town •in the kingdom. He thought that nothing could be more honourable than the manner in which the directors had treated the com missioners in the matter. They were not dealing with Mr. Train, but with their neighbours, who were honest men, and proprietors of property in the township. No one could have been more cautious before giving his countenance to the railway system. He had gone' to many places specially in order to see and make inquiries,and his advice to the commissioners was, that -they , should adopt all improvements, and give the railway and its directors a fair trial. He disclaimed personal motives in the matter; but considered it their duty to the rate payers to adopt the measure that benefited them. He did not agree with Mr. Stitt that the majority should rule : the ratepayers were the proper judges of matters relating to the township; and if his views, as a com missioner, did not agree with those of the ratepayers, he should think it his duty to resign his position. He should oppose two lines in Conway-street, and asked them to confirm the proceedings. Dr. BAXLIS would not, after the able expos 6 of the subject made by Mr. Harrison, detain them at any length with remarks of his own. He had taken some trouble to ascertain, if possible, the feelings of the majority, of the ratepayers, and—knowing that he was only surprised that the committee had not gone further in the matter. He would propose an amendment, not, however, from any feeling of hostility. Having wit nessed the success of the undertaking finding the majority of the ratepayers decidedly in its favour, and so few constituting an opposition, whose employes, stationed sit the Ferry, obtained 'signatures to their Memorial by representing it to be in favour of the extension of the railway, he could not do less than give it his countenance. The history of the street railway in Birkenhead proved, without any doubt, that the people were perfectly satisfied. In two months after its inauguration, 90,000 persons travelled upon it, and no one could remain unconvinced of its superiority over former means of transit. However, he thought that the track to Claughton should displace the one to the park, the :latter being in his opinion a complete mistake. Via Clatighton the park was easily accessible, and the track would have the advantage of traversing the centre of the township and the densely populated outlying districts on the side of Claughton, and it would do away also with the necessity of having a second line. Re thought it was a pity ; that both lines had not been raised in Con way-street.. If they meant to have the . railway let it be worked Vi - the advantage - of the township and the safety of the public. Double rails were required in various places for shunting purposes. This should be inevitably done at once. After some further remarks he proposed an amendment to the effect that permission be granted for the extension of the railway to Palm-mrove, Charles vine, and Orange-street, joining the railway in Hamil ton-street. Mr. BAR NETT seconded the amendment. Mr. Coos objected to any extension of the street railway at present, although he was favourable to the principle.. Any one possessing a carriage could see the objection to Mr. Train's system, and until Mr. Train obviated these objections, he should vote . against the confirmation of the proceedings of the committee. He proceeded to read a letter from Mr. Sanderson to the board, when • Mr. Itatnisox 'interra _ _p , g knew by personal communication with Mr. Sanderson, that that gentleman did not desire, but objected, to have the letter read. The CHAIRMAN explained that it rested with the meeting whether Mr. Cook should read the letter at all. Mr. Coox considered that he should not be doing his duty did he not read the letter. After some further conversation, Mr. Coox read the letter, which stated that the writer (Mr. Sanderson) thought the rails, as at present constructed, dangerous. If, however, that and other minor objections were removed, the system might prove a great public convenience. (Hear, hear.) Mr. TlAnursox askhd Mr. Cook to read his (Mr. Harrison's) answer' to Mr. Sanderson's letter. Mr. Coon explained that he objected to the railway as at preeent 'constructed. It was exceedingly danger ous, and the board were not justified in consenting to schemes fraught with public danger: It was all very well for persons who came from Liverpool and rode from the Ferry to the Park to exclaim admiration ; but when they' considered that' Mr. Train had stated confidently, when he sought. to introduce the railway to the town ship, that not only would it not be attended with incon venience, but might be used by other vehicles, if desir able—when it was discovered that it caused general inconvenience, and could not possibly be used by any vehicles save those of Mr. Train, it became a question whether they would grant the road for the private use of one person. (H ear, h ear. ) Th ere appeare d t o ex i s t , a difference of opinion about the memorial against fur ther- extension of the railway, but he sincerely believed that no names were attached to it without consent. Dr. 13Axus repeated that he had been assured that names were attached to the memorial in the manner he had already described. Mr. COox—Well, I don't believe it. The CHAIRMAN remarked that neither of the memo rials Was-aliSelutely against the system of street railways. Mr. ,Coox :felt certain that no gentleman would sanction the railway.as it was, and until improvements had been carried into effect; and he proposed an amend ment to that effect. • Mr. M`Gill seconded Mr. Cook's amendment without making any continent. .Mr. MENZIES said that -there appeared to be ucon fusion of 'opinions upon the subject. He thought that it would be inadvisable and difficult to make great altera tions in the lilies already laid ; and anything they might say or resolve he imagined could have reference only to what shoilldTh"6- delie in other localities. - ivy wanted light on the matter. No two gentlemen in or outside the Board-room appeared to agree. Mr. EVANS thought that he was in a position to offer an opinion on the question, and he had a firm convic tion that in. the present state of affairs the railway would not answer. He would advocate lines to 'Rock . Ferry. or Easth am, but not through narrow streets He wished to see the'system having a fair trial ; but hp should certainly.oppose any ex t ens i on of the lines already existing until improvements had been effected. Mr. HARRISON, in replying, remarked that of the 610 signatures on the .memorial fer extending the lines to Palm-grove, 60 were those of ratepayers possessing private vehicles. One of those was Mr: Charter ,who owned several vehicles, and he saw no objection what ever to the railway. He agreed with Dr. Baylis— but at the last meeti ng the chairman pointed to a diffi culty which would make it impossible to carry into effect the doctor's amendment : therefore, lie hoped it woeld be withdrawn. With regard to Mr. Sander son's letter, lie (Mr. Harrison) thought that Mr. Cook's conduct confirmed him in his opinion that the oppo sition sprung, from .parties entirely opposed to street _railways. . Mr. Sanderson, it appeared, was in favour of improvement—so was he. . But he would take ted him. remarkin that he his own opinion long before that' of Mr. Sanderson, who , knew no more than himself, if so much, about the matter. He repeated that if Dr. Baylis knew the objection to which the chairman at the last meeting referred, he would immediately withdraw his amend ment. In conclusion, he hoped that this subject would not be converted into an election cry, and that no ha& feeling would be endangered, Whatever opinion each held, he hoped it would be expressed in good feeling,, and that they should go on amicably outside at least. Mr. RAE premised that they all agree about the• desirability of the principle in the abstract. They only differed about the mode in which the railway had been and should be constructed. With reference to the exten sion of the line to the park entrance, the company, he believed, would undertake to lay 1 instead of 4-inch flange, and it - would be for them to test the improved experiment. On these grounds he should vote for the extmsion of the street railway. Mr. WILLououBY had found the railway objection able, and he thought the commissioners ought not to. sanction schemes dangerous to the public. He had had opportunities of speaking to a great many ratepayers,,, whose opinion was that one rail only should be granted_ He questioned whether they had legally power to sanction any powers to the directors without appealing to Parlia ment, and doubted that Parliament would sanction such a proceeding at all. Agreeing with Mr. Cook as to the danger to vehicles rising from the rails at present con structed, he instanced a cart which' broke down in Conway-street, detaining the train for nearly half an hour, thus proving that the carriage could not easily be turned off the rail to the road. .------ Mr. HIND had an eye to the public good. He confessed that when he returned home after a consider able absence, he was disappointed as to the form of the line. However, it would be unfair to Mr. Train to raise these rails rashly ; but he considered the committee had been hasty in coming to the conclusion of extending the railway to Palm-grove. A line along Devonshire ' road to Oki o n would be far more serviceable, and they would obviate the necessity of running through narrow roads. He thought it would be well to allow Mr. Train an opportunity of laying better rails, and then they might come to a definite conclusion. He moved an amendment to the effect that it is inexpedient to make any further extension of the railway until the company provide better rail s , su bj ect to the approval of the board. This amendment was seconded by Mr. Peck. The CHAIRMAN remarked that there appeared but one opinion about the street railways, every one admitted that the principle was good. Individually he was, he might say, against it; but he sunk his objections in the general good. The proposition to have the lines laid in narrow streets would certainly meet with his strongest opposition. He would also object to the railway passing u through private property, unless such p ro p er t y was , henceforward, dedicated to the use of the public uncon ditionally. Mr. Newlands, of Liverpool, had, it ap peared, prepared an improved plan, which was proposed by some should be adopted in Birkenhead. Instead of taking up the rails, he certainly thought every opportu nity should be presented to Mr. Train for carrying out any improvement he might think applicable ; at an events, after Mr. Train had expended such a large• amount of money, he would be sorry to see the Commis sioners turning round upon him and not allowing him a fair trial. For these reasons he should support the confirmation of the proceedings. A good deal of conversational discussion ensued be tween the Chairman, Dr. Baylis, and others, as to which amendment should be put to the meeting first. Dr. Baylis contended that the last amendment should take the precedence. After a good deal of conversation, wiiich, at one time, appeared to be angrily continued, Dr. Baylis withdrew his amendment; and the Chair man put Mr. Cook's to the vote, when there appeared seven for and ten against. Mr. Hind's motion was then put to the meeting and, lost, Mr. Hind being the only person who voted in its favour. The original motion for the confirmation of the pro ceedings was then carried by a majority of one only. A NEW TOWN-HALL FOR BIRKENHEAD. The CHAIRMAN announced that on Wednesday last, during a conversation between himself and Mr. Jackson, the latter offered to give to the township the land form ing the square in front of the market-place, on condition that a town-hall should be erected thereon. He (the chairman), feeling the importance of the offer, imme diately sent parliamentary notice to London, and to Friday's Gazette. He did so because Wednesday was the last day on which it could be done. He now apologised for his conduct in the matter. If they dis approved of the steps taken, he would have the satisfac tion of knowing that he had done his duty to the town ship, and he would bear the whole of the expense. He would not invite discussion at present, and only required to know whether they were content. Mr. Gough made some remarks. The chairman was understood to have the approbation of the board. There being no other business, the board adjourned. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. RAFFLES.) NEGLECTING A CHILD. Inspector Valentine brought up John Lebee (a Ger man) and his wife Mary, who reside in Davies-street, off Dale-street, charged with having neglected their child. It was stated that the man worked at Messrs. McFie's sugar house. The inspector said, I was in formed that the prisoners used to lock up their child in a' room for several hours together, and that it was starving. I went to the place with an officer, and found the door fastened. I forced it open and found the child all but naked, lying on a little straw in the corner of the room in a most filthy condition. It was much emaciated, and had the appearance of being starved. I sent it to the workhouse and watched the place, and in the evening the prisoners came to the place in a state of drunkenness, and then I took them into custody. Mr. Raffles : How old is the child ? It appears about Bor g months, but I understand it is 14 months. A surgeon from the workhouse stated that the child was in a state of the greatest emaciation, and appeared to be starved. A crust of bread was given it, and it began to devour it in the most ravenous manner, and he then saw it was hungry and sent it to the nursery, where every attention was paid to it. M r . R a ffl es : H ow i s i t now ? Go i ng on well, sir,, and will soon recover. Mr. Raffles : Then it was hunger that caused the emaciation ? Yes, it must be starvation, for it was otherwise healthy. Mr, Raffle s Let the prisoners be remanded, and enquiry made about them. They were then remanded. THEFT BY A PORTER. Edward O'Boyle, a porter in Mess's. 3PCorquodales', Castle-street, was brought up by detective-officer Patrick, charged with having stolen a copy of " Houghton's Mercantile Tables," value one guinea. It appeared that the prisoner had access to the place where the book was, and that on Saturday he was stopped offering it for sale at a stall on Shaw's-brow. The prisoner said he found the book in some rubbish, and was tempted to sell it. He was sent to gaol for two months, with hard labour. (Before Messrs. BOOTH and CiuLTos.) THREATENING TO TAKE LIFE. • Mr. James Thompson, brewer, summoned a foreigner, named Henry Cruce, for having threatened to take his life in the street. Mr. Bremner was for the complainant, and Mr. Cobb for the defence. It appeared that the defendant was a tenant of Mr. Thompson, in a public house called the " Rock of Gibraltar," in Great Howard stfeet, and that be left on Friday last. He met Mr. Thompson in the street, and presenting him some paper or other, purporting to be a bill, demanded payment, and swore if it were not paid in an instant, he would take Mr. Thompson's life on the spot. Mr. Cobb said his client greatly regretted what had happened. He was a foreigner, and perhaps did not rightly express himself. Mr. Bremner said, the fact of the defendant being a foreigner, would be sufficient to call on him to find sureties to keep the peace towards Mr. Thompson. Mr. Cobb said the defendant - would enter into his own recognizance to keep the. peace. He was very sorry for what he had done. Mr. Booth said the bench would call on the defendant to find sureties if Mr. Thompson required such. Mr. Thompson said, if the defendant meant honestly and fairly what he said, and intended to keep his promise, he had no wish to press the charge. Mr. Cobb : That is extremely kind of you. and I ant sure he ought to thank you very much. Mr. Thompson : But, for a man to come up to me in the street, and pre sent a paper, saying if I don't pay this on the spot, that my life will be taken, is rather too much. Yet, as I said before, if he means to keep his promise, I will not preis the 'charge. Mr. Cobb : He is very sorry, and deeply regrets what. he did, and he now solemnly promises that he will never go near nor threaten Mr. Thompson again, and ht is willing to be bound in his own reeognizances to keep the peace. Mr. Thompson said he was satisfied with this. Mr. Cobb, on the part of the defendant, thanked Mr. Thompson for his kindness. Mr. Booth said, the defendant being the proprietor of a public house, he would be looked after if he attempted to do anything wrong, or threaten Mr. Thompson again. The defendant was then bound over in his own recogni zance in £5O, to keep the peace to Mr. Thompson. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND l'ltt.s.—Hcrpe for all. What ever.their ailments, none need despond of being cured till they have tried these inestimable remedies. 'Whether the disease be internal or external, spontaneous or the result of violence, if a cure . , be possible, Holloway's medicainents will effect it. 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