Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-17 00:00:00

4AVERP43O+, AVINTER- CROWN COURT, YESTERDAY. • • (before Mr. Baron MATIns.) STABBING AT LivEnroot..---Pati . ick Henry Joseph Simpson • (3.5). was charged with having at Liverpool on the sth o' DeCember ilstant, feloniously cut and stabbed. William Viti, with intent to do him some giievous bodily harm. The .prosecutor police,officer 359 of this borough, and on the evening of the sth of this month he was on duty at Bromley- Moore dock-gate. About half-past seven o'clock the prisoner came up to him in an intoxicated state, and wished to pass _ th ro ugh the gate towards the duck. The officer refused to him to pass, upon which the prisoner commenced to use . very abusive language. The prosecutor then took hold of the prisoner by the neck, when a scuffle ensued, during which the prisoner fell, and on the officer attempting to lift him up, the prisoner drew a knife and stalfoed him in the left thigh, inflict ing a a vere wound. Assisance was called upon, and police officer 743 came up. The prisoner by the time the officer arrived had got away to the other side of the street where he stood brandishing the knife, and threatening to drive it into •any one who would. interfere with hiin. He was afterwards arrested on the'eliarge of •having stabbed the Offider. The prisoner in his defence stated that he had been ill-used by the prosecutor, and accounted for his having the knife by stating that he was cutting a, piece of tobacco at the time. The Wound was inflicted by accident during the scuffle, and not with intent to do the officer any bodily harm. Ills lordship, in his address to the jury, said it was quite possible that the officer had used the man roughly, and it was right to say that. officers and constables ought to be careful when taking prisoners into custody, and not use any undue violence; but the law ought to protect them, of all other persons, when no undue violence had been used when doing their duty. The jury. foUnd the yrisoner guilty. His lordship said to the prisoner that he had been found guilty, on tne most satisfactory evidence. A man in the position which the prisoner was ship-keeper,) ought to have known that it was the duty of the police-officer to prevent drunken people going en board ship, and it was highly proper that a drunken man should not be allowed to assume the care of a ship. • The prisoner was aenteneed to four years' penal servitude, and his lordship exprest , cd a hope that the sentence would be a warning to others not to ill-use the officers of the la'vv. • CHARGE. OF PERJURY AGAINST A BANKRUPT.—A respectably- dressed, middle-aged man, named Andrew Frood, against wholi the Grand Jury' found a true bill at the last assizes, was indicted for having committed wilful and corrupt perjury before the Commissioner of Bankruptcy. Mr. Temple and Mr. Deighton were instructed for the prosecution, and Mr. Aspinall defended the prisoner. Mr. Temple, in his opening statemeht, said the prisoner carried on business as a draper in this town, up to the year 1857 ; and in November of that year he Peti- . tioned the Court . of Bankruptcy,-and was adjudicated a bank rupt. The assignees were appointed on the 15th November ; and the bankrapt'eame up for hearing, the petition being adjourned on various grounds, until March, 1858. In March, 1858, the case was adjourned sine die, which was equivalent to -a refusal to entertain the petition ; and on the 15th •of that month he made-a motion in the Bankruptcy Court to pass his final examination ; but the application was refused with costs. In June, 1859, on another motion, he came before the court for :his final examination ; and an order was made by the court that an affidavit should be filed by the bankrupt and his accountant, to show why certain items had not been put into the balance sheet. That having been done, an affidavit was made by the trade assignee, Mr. Boyd, in which he said, " i, this deponent, believe .j.t •to be true, that there was a sequestration in ,the Bankrupt' Court ref. Scotland. and that the. said seques tration has been awarded on the application of the bank rupt, and by the concurrence of twenty-one creditors." The bankrupt commissioner - ordered the bankrupt to make another affidavit, giving him an opportunity of examining and answering that of M - r; Boyd, the trade assignee. 'iiiother. -declaration was filed by the bankrupt, which co tallied the following clause :---" That the application for sequeStration in Scotland was not made by me, nor with my knowledge, con sent, or procurement, but by a creditor, who has become a • ,oreditor of mine since I was made bankrupt." This declarittion .cont ened the' Charge upon which the indictment for perjury was founded, as it had afterwards been found that the bank.- rnPt had himself applied to the Bankrupt Court of Scotland, and that he was eognisant of the mandate applying to that court. The eommissiones having discussed the facts, the ,notion was again dismissed, with.costs, and the present indict ment preferred against the prisoner. Mr. Rolland, usher at the Liverpool Bankruptcy. Court, was called and examined. He produced' the records of ; the court, showing the pro ceedings that -had been taken on the bankrupt's petition, including the affidavit- containing the alleged perjury with which the prisoner stood charged. Mr. Charles. Pemberton, attorney and commissioner . for the administration of oaths, deposed that he had read over the affidavit to the.prisoner be fore the name of the latter was appended to it, and before he affirmed it by oath. The officials of the Supreme Court of Edinburgh described the proceedings taken in the Scottish Court.---Mr. Aspivall, for ,the defence, contended that Mr. Pemberton, under the terms of the 243rd section of the Bank ruptcy Act, was not `• legally" qualified to administer oaths in the Bankruptcy Court.---This was overruled by his Lordship. Mr. Aspinall further contended that there was no evidenee that the clause of the affidavit contained any material allega tion. His Lordship was not sure that materiality was required under the Act; but it appeared to him that the affidavit was most material,, because it was well known that frauds hid been committed by bankrupts going to Scotland and getting dis charged of their debts. For a bankrupt to go to Scotland, for the Pu46se of getting discharged from his debts, was evading the legitimate jurisdiction over him ; and if an English Court found such had been the case he should show no indulgence ..to the bankrupt. Mr. Aspinall, in addressing 'the jury, said the prisoner could 'hive no object in swearing -whit was false,, inasmuch as the Sequestration in the Scottish court could have had 'no, material: effect Upon the merits of his petition here. did not'der - that the prisoner had sworn to what was not He aik not'deny P , ti - tre; bat that did not amount to perjury, as he was unac quainted with what proceedings had been taken in the Scottish court. The jury found the prisoner guilty of wilful and cor rupt perjury. His Lordship, in passing sentence, said the prisoner had been convicted on the clearest possible evidence, as was clear to every one svl4 had attended to the case. It seemed that the prisoner had been made a bankrupt in 187, and it ' was the duty of every person in such a Position to do the :best he could to assist in the ' distri bution of his estate amongst his creditors. The law 'of bankruptcy was generally of greater benefit to the bankrupt than to the &editor, the former being Made entirely free from his debts and made entirely a freeman, while the loss 'always fell upon the latter. The law, however, imposed upon the bankrupt the duty of aiding, as far as heleould, in making his' estate available to his creditors. Certain punishments were provided for those•who did not act in accordance with the law. Instead of doing the best he could the pritioner had done quite . • , petition had been adjourned sipe die. advantage of the enactment, which; it 'W'as' tO 'be hoped, would soon be altered. Nothing could be than that there should exist in gcotland the means man contracting debts' in England to run down and, having remained in Scotland fora feW weeks, to be relieved from his English debts. Nobody, could be more jealous than Scotchmen were ; for when an attempt was made, some time ago, 'to deprive the Scottish courts of the privilege of dealing with English bankrupts, on account of the English courts not y liav~iig the "same" istivrieges witli•relfard to Scotland, the Scotch meinbeie opposed the bill, and succeeded ih_having it thrown out. It was to be hoped that the law would soon , be so, altered as that Englishmen could only be relieved from' their debts : by English 'courts, and Scotchmen from their debts by Scoteth eourts.: The prisoner was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, With hard labour. BraGLARy AT WRIGRTINGToN.-- Andrew Baxendale (43), with having at e Wrightington, on the 29th Nov., b uricia*tiisli*ken and entered the dwelling house of Janies Taylor,i and 7stolen therefrpm; a gun and two pairs of shoes. The case was clearly proved;. and the .prisoner, being found guilty, was senteneed.tO is Months' iriprinonment. UTTERING BASE COlN.—William Thomson (58) was indicted on the charge of havingc.iit Itliekburn, on the sth November last no . hid.possession twenty.-pies of emmterfeit coin, well knowing them to be counterfeit.,' It appeared-that the the sth 4. 7 .rii 'Lb_sem . resembling prisoner had passed' several pieces at, mama ; • . shillings,. in various alehouses, on that night he was taken up for being druni,iii4 - 7Z 9 L n e a dy • ' to those he had uttered ' d *ere when twenty-nine Pieces, founci`inkhis possession. The prisimer was found guilty. 'IR. lordship said from the character pf the prisoner he ,should inflict a much heavier punishment upon him than he was about to do, - hut he did not wish it to be thought that he - 44iiiihedcitreaders unequally. He obser ved that th e prisoner had been . eighttimes convicted of having passed bad money, so that he was a confirmed passer of base coin. The prisoner wilihen sentenced to four years' penal servitude. — William Jones (40) and his wife, Letitia Jones, were indicted on the charge of having in their pOssession, at 3dancliester, on the 2nd instant, certain moulds and other articles for the pur pose o: making counterfeit coins. In conseeLlieope of infor mation which had been given at the police station, some officers 'pro'Oeeded'to tke house of the prisoners in London-road, and on going, in they found the woman in the house, and asked who tl~ed in the 'house, and she replied that :she and her- husband Oniy resided in the house. They went upstairs, where they found the male prisoner busily engaged In electro-plating,base shillings, by means of a galvanic battery. There was scattered around the room a quantity of articles such as are used for casing, : all of Which' were 'taken possession of, and the pri soners were taken into custody. Among the various articles found wt., a , munber of pewter shillings fresh from the mould, as well naMISEE ' electro-plated and' ready for circulation. A gentleman from the Ittint'gave a full explanation of the mode o f c oining and electro-tdaa.,g, e also stated that electro-plated shillings resembled the sterling Money more than any other - counterfeit - Zang he had seen. — The'thale — riffibileFiird - , artis defence, that a person, came to him and asked him if he would do some jobs of electiO-platit4 for which he agreed to do. The man who employed-him-said it was rather a difficult job, and if well done, hp ; ffould par - well for it. He (the prisoner) hr d only been engaged for a short time at the work. The female was acquitted ; but the jury found the male prisoner guilty. His Lordship, in passing sentence, said he was satisfied that the prisoner made the coins, as well as clectro-plated them, it was more than likely that base coin was so manufactured, and sold to parties for circulation. He had now before him a" party, who seemed to have made it a trade to manufacture counterfeit coin, which was the cause of so much mischief ; and he thought he would not be doing his duty if he did not inflict a more severe p3inishruent upon him than he did on per sons convicted of passing bad money. He then sentenced the prisoner to ten y-ars' penal servitude. "MANSLAUGHTER AT LuFatroor,---Nicholas Flynn was in dicted for the manslaughter of his stepmOther, on the 25th of November last, at Liverpool: The particulars of the case caine before the coroner on Thursday, and were published in our columns yesterday. He was found guilty, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. ASSAULT ANT) ROBBERY AT BOLTON.--Patrick Durkin (18), Patrick Murphy.(lB), and Michael Sexton (21), were charged with having; at. Bolton, on the 27th November last, unlawfully assaulted John Hanson, and with violence stolen from his Person the sum of six shilling's. The prosecutor was a railway labourer, and on the evening in question was returning home, when he was met by the prisoners, one of whom knocked him down, and one held his hand on his mouth while the other rifled his pockets •of their contents. The prisoners were all known to the prosecutor, and he gave information to the police and bad them arrested. It was contended for the defence that no robbery had been committed, but that the prisoners had assaulted' the 'prosecutor. The jury found them guilty, and they were sentenced to four years' penal servitude each. SECOND COURT. • (Before Mr. JUSTICE WILLES.) ROBBERY WITH. VIOLENCE AT MANCUESTER.—James Callaghan and Elizabeth Keightley were indicted for a robbery, accom panied• with violence, Which was committed upon the person of James Yates. The prosecutor, Mr. Yates, is a plumber and glazier, and owns 'Some cottage property in Verdon-street, Manchester. On the sth September last he went to collect 'the weekly rents of his cottages, and called at the cottage occupied by a man named O'Neil. _ Upon entering he saw the prisoners and some other people talking together in the kitchen. They told him he would get no rent that day, as they had no money for him. He accordingly left the house, and went into another of his cottages. While in the other house he heard the male prisoner's voice, shouting hlm to come back for his rent. He went back, and, having first shut the door, they dragged him to a bed that stood in the middle and. whilst the female prisoner held .the prosecutor's throat, Callaghan snatched away his : gold watch and ran off with it. Mr. Hopwood, who defended the female prisoner, endeavOured to prove au alibi, and called some witnesses who deposed to seeing her about the time mentioned in the indictment at a place which is a considerable distance from O'Neil's cottage. The jury, howe k ver, found, both prisoners guilty, and Callaghan, who has already been imprisoned eight times, was sentenced to penal servitude for seven years. The other prisoner was ordered to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months. NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr.. Jvs•rrck WILLEs.). The civil h.:sine:is of the Assizes commenced yesterday at noon. • The rirst case ,was that of rILKINGTO{ V. Mounts AND ornnas.---The plaintiff in this case was Jane Pilkington, who sought to recover compensation for a distress. that had been served upon .her house by the authority of ilia-defendants. Mr. E. Jame§ appeared for the plaintiff, and the bailiffs.were represented by Mr. Monk, Q.C., Mr. Aspinali appearing for Mr. Morris. The defendant (Mr. Morris) is a wine merchant, residing hi Wigan, aid he is the owner of a considerable amount of prOpeity in St. Helens. In order. to increase the value of this property, he had been selling it in lots 'to different persons, and one- of the lots was sold to the plaintiff's father. He built upon the land, and let one of the houses to his daughter, the plaintiff in this case. He let the house to the plaintiff for one year, and she immediately entered the house, and, purchased furniture to the value of abOut £2B. About two months after she had entered the house, she received a notice from Mr. Morris, and an execution for-rent was subsequently served, which was als., under the authority of Mr. Morris. Most of the furniture was removed on the-7th of September,- and the goods of a lodger who was living with the plaintiff at this time. The value of the lodger's goods was, however, refunded, but the defendant liad refused to return any of the plaintiff's goods. 'On, behalf ofthe bailiffs, it was urged by Mr. Monk that, as they were acting under the direction of Mr. Morris, they' would naturally suppose he had a legal right to the property he authorised them to distrain. Aspinall, on the part of his client, con tended that he had a perfect right to seize the property in question, as there could be no doubt that the transfer of this house from Mr. ,Pilkington ; tO his daughter was merely a scheme to defeat his creditors. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with £4O damages. BURROWS v. Ilsrussinorox.---In this action the plaintiff, Josepia Burrows, ik the owner of a flat which was destroyed by one of the Rock-ferry steamers, of which the defendant is the owner. It appears that the plaintiff's flat was lying along side the Rock-ferry slip, near one of Mr. Hetherington 's steamers. It was a very stormy day, and the two ships'were scarcely able to continue fastened safely to the slip. The ferry boat was outside the flat, and, the wind and tide coming up the river, dashed the steamer against the flat, and thus occasioned .her ultimate sinking. Mr, E. James, who appeared for the defendant, argued that the weather was so extremely boister ous that the defendant could not, without danger to his own boat, have altered his position. , He contended that there was no neglect on the part of the defendant, and, if that were so, the jury M 113; return a verdict for the defendant. To prove this he called a number of witnesses, who stated that the sinking of the flat was more owing to the .negligence of her own captain in not moving her to another part of the slip, than to the Rock-ferry, boat. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff : the amount of damages to be decided hereafter. ' The court then adjourned till 9 o'clock this morning. NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. : [The general claims upon public sympathy and support pos sessed ,by the National Life-boat Institution are well known, and deservedly recognis'ed, The amount of good effected by the institution is incalculable, and its value in a national sense is so fully pointed out in the Subjoined letter, addressed to the 'editor of the Examiner and Times, that we cheerfully giVe it a place in our solumns) Sin,---You recently made an eloquent appeal On behalf of the shipwrecked sailor and of the National Life-boat Institu tion. Subsequently you inserted in your columns a valuable commun'eation called forth • by your remarks, from T. B. Fetter, Esq., of Manchester, giving the. result of his own experience on the south coast of the services of .some of the society's life-boats, and urging its claims for support on the people of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. Although, happily, removed from the soenes of ocean casualties, 'the peeplo 'of Manchester-and other. places cannot but sympa thise with - the shipwrecked crews, and desire success to the • means '.ertiployed hi their' rescue. Mr. Potter concluded by • munificently offering to contribute £5O to the funds of the National ,Life-boat Institution, or 4100, if twenty others would contribute the like amount. ' My object at present its td show how very advantageous to the Life-boat Institution. would the proposed munificent sum . be, to aid it in perpetuating its philanthropic and 'humane operations oh the coast. In addition to voting money and honorary rewards for sav ing life from shipwreck inits own boats, shore boats, or other means, there is at the present time a permanent expense'of maintaining ninety-two life-boat stations, thoroughly equipped, charged on its funds. ' The average cost of supporting a life boat station is 230. a year. This amount' is expended as fol lows :...--Payment of Eft a year to the leastswain or master of each boat ;.E-10 to :fil2 to the - crew for exercising her every narter, the reniainder being appropriated to. meet the inci dental charges for repairs; painting, &c., of lifeboat, carriage, and boat houses. • - For services performed during the recent terrific storms, the _society has granted rewards amounting to •nearly £2OO to its lifeboat crews for rescuing the lives of eighty-five persons from .different shipwrecks. Some of - its boats have also been instru mental in saving from destruction several ships and their valuable, cargoes., I will only name one—the ship Troy, cotton laden, • from America (the particulars of which appealed in hour paper at the time ) ; Believing that she was above Holy ead, she was found by the Barmouth life-boat aground on -Siam in-Cardigan Bay,— The value :of this ship and cargo alone was £16,000. On Thursday Wit the society paid a debt of £174. on its Fleetwood life-boat establishment, on the Lancashire coast. • The followbag is a list of the life-boats belonging to this in stitution, in which, from their position, the people of Lanca shire and Yorkslaire r cannot fail to take an interest :—SN, boats on the Anglesea coast; one boat at Ithyl, ene at Lytham, and one at Fleetwood. -A life-boat and carriage are also building for silloth, near . Carlisle. The • coat of this lastsnamed boat will be muniticently,clefrayedby Miss Burdett. Coutts. At, the present time there arc two applications at the Institution for a life-boat to be stationed at Llandudno, near the'Great Ormes Head; and a second 'is much needed at .Portdynllaen at the western peninsula of carnarvonshire ; and two of the Anglesea life-boats alse:require replacing. The average cost of a life boat station, including boat, stores, transporting carriage; and house is £350. -.SinCe the formation of the :National Life-boat Institution it has' expended £34,000 on life-boat establishments, and it has gra nted rewards amounting to upwa r d s of £14,600; besides en old medals' and 720 silver meda s , fo distingmished er o ,s -frnmr shiPwrecks. , Wh L' vice g s in reselling nearly - 11,400 lives l ',ems tell the number of those who , would otherwj this day have been widows and fatherless . but for the services 'thus . performed in reaching so many from a - Watery 'grav e e might reasonably enlarge' on some , other interesting facts connected with 'the operations of this truly philanthropic and national institution, in the success of which the highest, as well asrthe lowest amongst us, might be expected to feel an interegt, were I not afraid to trespass totriuuclion your valuabl e space ;' but I feel assured that I 'Lave said enough - _ an to c in a dace many a one in Manchester and the , great town!! .e.1,-L f Z r la t lre ,, and Yorkshire, who has it in his power to .help '-benevolent cause, in whieb _ the interests' of hum a nity and the welfare of our country sir e - as-much concerned, to respond to your own eloquent appeal; and to follow the noble example of Mr. Potter.---I am, sir, your veey obedient servant, RICHARD LRWIA, Secretary. Royal National Life-boat Institution, - - John-stref,t, Adelphi, I,4ondQn, :11P OOL POLICE TOITICE--YisiERDTLy. • . (Before Mr. J. S. MANSFIELD.) DISHONESTY IN A SERVANT. John :McCabe, an elderly man, employed as a porter in Hyam's Clothing Establishment, Lord-street, was brought up on the 'charge of stealing.several artiples of new clothing. Mr. Bluck appeared for the prosecution. In his statement of the case he said, that the prisoner had been several months in Mr. Hyam's service, and had, moreover, a pension for serving in the army. Articles had been mys teriously disappearing from the shop for some time back, and no account could be got of them till Mr. Spencer, pawn broker, enabled Mr. Hyam's manager to trace the robberies to the prisoner. Detective Scaife stated that Mr. Spencer called at the Police-office, and gave information that a person had:called at his shop, and offered a vest in pledge. He refused to take it, as he was suspicious of the manner in which he had come by it, having on several occasions offered him similar articles, under dif ferent names. Scaife accordingly took him into custody, when he denied the charge. Mr. Henry Myers, ma nager for Mr. .J‘lyam, identified a coat and two vest s which Mr. Spencer had in his posse-lion, hut which he gave up. The prisoner was remanded, as there was a probability that several other articles might be discovered. DESERTION FROM A SHlP.—William Stevens and Joseph Scoble, seamen, were brought up. on the charge of deserting from the ship Loftus, which sailed on Fri day last, - bound for the - Cape of Good Hope. - When asked what they had to say to this charge, they stated that the captain was drunk from the time the ship left Liverpool, and incapable of managing her properly. She came in collision with the• Welsh . brig. Wil helmina, and sustained so serious injuries that she would neither steer nor stay. They stated to the captain that they did not care about risking.their lives in such a ship, and he told them they could go and get a ship elsewhere. They desired to be put on shore, which the captain complied with, leaving them on the beach at Holyhead. He refused to give the money, and they had travelled thence to Liveipool.—Mr. Mansfield said that though the captain was a party to the desertion, it did not lessen the criminalty ; he therefore ordered them to be imprisoned for twelve weeks.. (Before Messrs. W. EARLE and R. GLAD&TONE.) NORTITERN DAILY, ,TIMEg. PUBLICANS' CASES. Fenton Finn, publican, Temple-lane, was summoned on one information for Sunday trading, and on a second infonnation for having permitted drunkenness. Mr. Muck appeared for "the defence.—An officer said that at half-past three o'clock on Sunday morning.. he saw the defendant's house open, and, on: entering found a man and woman there. At first the defendant said they were lodgers, but afterwards he-said that the woman had quarrelled with a man, and had come' there for protec tion, and offered the, officer a shilling 'not to, say any thing about it. The officer further said that the land lord and the man were drunk.—Mr. Black, for the defence, admitted that his client had done wrong -in attempting to -bribe the ; officer, but he was-instructed that no liquor had been sold, and produced a witness who gave evidence to this effect.—A fine of 10s. and costs was inflicted for permitting drunkenness ; but the evidence not being satisfactory as to the selling, that summons was dismissed.' John Gill, publican, Frederick-street, was summoned for Sunday selling, and was' defended by Mr. Cobb. •. The officer's having given evidence in support of the case, Mr. Cobb said his client kept a boarding-house, and. a seaman who was going away on the Saturday night had a friend or two to take a parting glass, and they remained till half-past twelve, when the officers entered. The case was dismissed. Charles Smith, publican, Frederick-street, was sum moned for selling on Sunday morning. An officer said that : on the previous Saturday night, after twelve o'clock, he found the defendant's house open. In reply to Mr. Cobb, he said he did not see anyone inside, and the case was therefore dismissed. A number' of beerhouse-keeperswere summoned for breaches of the regulations ; but as the cases were of the ordinary class, none of them possessed the slightest public interest except the 'following : Jane Sheila, beerseller, ChiSenhale-street, was sum moned for having sold ale on Sunday.. An officer, nained Steadman, said on Sunday last he stopped a woman wfth'a jug 'dale, which she said she had Obtained from the defendant's beerhouse.—Mr. Cobb—What right had you to stop-her; do you know that you committed a trespass ? —Mr. Virybergh said 'that was not so.—Mr..Cabb—l have Mr. Mansfield's authority for saying that a police man has no right to stop a person whom he sees coming out of a public-house. It is not Mr. Mansfield's law ; it is the law of the land.-Mr. Wybergh----Do you mean to say that if an officer whose duty it is to see that no pub lican violates the - law, has not a right—l do not say to take into custody—but to detain any person whom he may see with a jug of ale coining out of a public-house? —Mr. Cobb—By touching her he committed a trespass, and if she had knocked him down or - blackened his eye wi!,k the jug, he would have. been the aggressor.—Mr. -Wybergh—l don't think so : I think the officers go too far sometimes; and if they take the jug from them and -taste it, no doubt they would be guilty of 'a trespass.— Mr. Earle—The officers saw her coming out of the house. Mr. Cobb—That doei not prove the "offence • the summons is • for unlawfully permitting beer to be -sold. Will you swear, officer, that she paid for the beer ?-officer : I will swear she said she paid for it. —Mr. Cobb : That is not evidence. What did the defendant say ?-officer He said she had not paid for it. A fine of 20s. and' costs. - DETAINING A WATCH.—Sidney Smith, publican, 'Waterloo-road, was summoned by Patrick Kelly, passenger-agent, for having refused to give up possession of a watch. Mr. Cobb appeared for the plaintiff, and `Mr. Black for the defence. It appeared that a seaman, `for whom the plaintiff had obtained a berth on board the ship Ohio, had left a gold watch with the defendant, Who gave him an undertaking to deliver up the watch on his return from America, upon payment of thirty-five shillings. -Before the seaman left the port, he gave the Plaintiff a written authority to obtain the watch from the defendant, on payment of thirty-five shillings, but when the authority was produced, and the money was tendered; the defendant refused to hind over the watch. Mr. Muck contended that the magmas was informal, as the Local Police-act, under which it was issued, specified claims of detention from the owner' only.—Mr. Wybergh, however, overruled this 'objection, saying that some of the sections of the Act authorised the granting olia- summons to any person claiming to be entitled to detained progerty.—Mr. Black then said thathe was willing to-hand over the watch on payment of the 355., as the order of the Court would be an indemnity, and that his client's only object was to secure himself from being sued by other parties claiming the watch.—The magistrates then made the order, which on payment of 355. was complied with. ' DEATH OF THE AGED.—The _Ferree Gazette says : Last week has been rather remarkable for the deaths of aged people both at Forres and Elgin. The. disease was in almost 'every case bronchitis. ,The 'united as of six old people is 570 years. LORD. SHAFTESBURY ON POPULAR PROGR,ESS.— LoFd Shaftesbury, in, the course of a speech at Bethnal Green, on Wednesday evening, bore testimony. to the great improvement ' that was, going on amongst the people. He had recently travelled in the north of England amongst the operatives with whom he had long been so familiar, and he had s been perfectly astonished at the advance they.,had made during the last ten years. (Hear.), .He attributed the gratifyinct results mainly to the great strides that had been made in the' matter of education. .(Hear.) He did not mean rnere.secular or departmental education, but to that moral and religious training which was calculated sto fit our young people for the ,great battle of life, and for the „struggle to obtain the blessings. 'of the world to come. (Cheers.) The importance of women in. the community was becoming more and mere recognised every day. . Many ingenious plans were being ventilated for find ing them employment, and he had no doubt but that there were many from which they were now excluded, in which they could successfully compete with man, but, above all things, .he thought they were peen fitted for the training of children, and, invalu able in ragged and Sunday schools. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) . Their assistance had been invaluable in bring ing the formerto their present state of efficiency. But all could helP, and it was the duty of all to lend their hands to this great cause. Eye►a those who had neither money nor. time to give could assist the moral teaching ,of the people by their example and bearing in their own walk in life. The greater:A man and the brightest light either in politics, rank war, or fiterature, could never do more to ,distinguish himself than the humblest man who acquitted hiraself honourably and creditably in the sphere of l'.fe to which God had called him. He did. not mean to depress the laudable ambition of the young, 'out it was not given to everyone to be great, and the services of the lowly would be as valuable as those of tyre most distinguished. CONFLAGRATIONS IN COTTON LADEN SHIPS. ,Thefollowing valuable report has been presented to the committee of the Liverpool Underwriters' Associa tion by their secretary : LIVERPOOL, 6th Dec., 1859. UNDERWRITERS' ROOMS. GENTLEMEN, — In conformity with the wish expressed at your meeting on the 3rd November, I have to report, that the origin of the conflagrations on board cotton laden ships is attributable to various causes, all more or less of a conjectural character, no means having yet been found -of tracing any serious fire to its origin. Fires of minor importance have generally been found to be the result of carelessness. It is worthy of observation, that in regard to those vessels which have had to put into Milled States' ports on their way to Liverpool, with cotton, the subsequent loss from their taking fire has lately been very serious, as evidenced in the cases of the Sultan, Fanny Fosdick, and Helios, all of which must be fresh in the recollection of committee. The causes to which these fires are attri butable may be stated as follows, namely:— I.—Spontaneous Combustion. 1. Arising from the presence of oil_ or grnse. 2. Arising from moisture , after exposure to heavy , rains in the streets of New Orleans. . IL—Smoking of Labourers., . lll.—Sparks from Steamers on the Mississippi. IV.— Wilful Ignition o f the Cargo by the, Crew. V.—Lightning. Vl.—Fires in Cotton .Presses. Oi each of these a few obsezrations. may be considered necessary. , - I. SPONTAEOUS COMBUSTION,-1.. From the pre sence of Oil or Grease.:—lnNew Otleans• the jack-screws used in the stowage' of cotton are oiled in the ships' holds, and the- drippings may frequently fall on the cargo ; the strong affinity of oily substances. for' oxygen, and the constantly increasing surface on• which this action can take place; as the' oil spreads from: fibre to fibre, on so inflammable w material as cotton, make it probable that this is one of the chief causes of fire in. cotton-laden ships. Grease. was formerly used in stowing these car goes, but it is understood to be now superseded by soap. ' 2. From Moisture, after- _Exposure to heavykri"ns.— The heat evolved from damp vegetable fibre, when closely packed together; is also known to be the effeet'of ar slow kind of combustion which may possibly. at times become so active as to cause the destruction of these cargoes by fire.. .The progress of fire from this-cause is much retarded- by the large quantity of heat: carried away in the stead: which is given off. In consequence of the' large accumulation of cotton last season at New. Orleans, the covered places for 'storing it were insuffi cient, and several thousand bales were exposed . to the heavy rains of the- winter of 1858-59. Unless farther Spaces have since been.covered for the storage of cotton in New Orleans, it is to' be feared that injury from..the rains will Increase, as the cotton is-arriving at that.port in. larger quantities this year than during the last. 11. SMOKING OF LAnotinEns.—So far as I can learn, it is the universal practice for labourers among cotton bales to smoke. Some parties affect to deny that there .is•any danger from this habit. Where its , danger is admitted, it must excite surprise that, with so prevalent a custom, conflagrations .at sea are not more numerous. In a bale of cotton recently imported into Liverpool, a box of lucifer matches was found underneath the wrapper of: the bale. 111. SPARKS FROM STEAMERS.—The use of wood as fuel on board the Mississippi steamers causes numerous sparks to be blown from their funnels, endanm o ering cotton lying on the' banks, and wharves, as well as that stowed on the decks of steamers and flat boats. • • IV. WILFUL IGNITION BY THE CRBW.—No such case .having, been proved, fhe assertion is, as yet, Without corroborative evidence. , V. Licurnallo.—When a ship takes fire from this• MISS it is immediately known ; the most recent case is. that of the Oakland, from Charleston' to Liverpool, which was struck by.lightning on the 19th December, 1858, on the edge of soundings, and. entirely destroyed. VI. FIRES IN Corms PRESSES.—Last season there was a serious conflagration in the New Orleans presses, and fire is supposed to have•broken out in some of the cotton subsequently shipped from those presses,—l remain, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, Tuos. CoURT, ,Secretary. To the Committee of the Underwriters' Association, Liverpool. y • • , II4SH NATIONAL EDUCATION.— I t i s rumoured that Mr. Cardivell has transmitted to Dr. Cullen and his colleagues the decision of government upon their dethand of a grant for separate educational purposes. The Chief Secretary, it is diced, states that government will not depart from the national system of education, but, that it will entertainany suggestions for its •more efficient application to, the circumstances of the • country. Expriss. TAB' COLLIES OF THE WEST Itintivo. —The' colliers of the Gildersome, Adwalton, and Drighlingtom dis-: triets, between Bradford and Leeds; numbering perhaps 1,000 employed at the various pits, have made another, demand upon the colliery masters- for an advance of wages to the extent of 10 per cent. Notice was given to the .masters'by the men themselves about a fortnight ago and on Wednesday evening last; each colliery , master received an " official" notice, . duly signed and sealed, from the "Board" of the Gildersome and Drigh lington Miner's' Association, to- the' effect that if this demand be not yielded,' the men will close working 'at the piti after • Friday evening. The masters, who are not combined; feel that • they : have, it is. stated, no alternative but to yield the advance demanded. A similar advance was sonfiht and given some time ; ago, and, the present advance, if yielded, Will make the: total adiance 'made in the district at various. times since 18'50, not less than from 35 to 40 per cent. ' THE. EFFECTS OF SPECUL4ITION • IN PARl§.—The. effects of the change had also teen- rendered !painfully apparent by the sacrifice of'wealthy individuals, who, connected with the " Credit Mobilier," had operated upon the Bourse, and who, when unable to complete their 'engagements, sought- a refige in Anierica, 'to avoid 'the responsibility of liibihties not reekoned by thousands, or tens. of thousands, but by hundreds' of thousands of 'pounds. High and respected: finan, cial names were : sallied: by these transactions, arid' though at the Instant endeavoars were made to con coal the masnitude. of the transactions, and the as-' creditable circumstances by Wrhieh they were attended,, revelations speeiNly follolted which established most .conclusively, the- nature •anol character, of the. several defalcations. • The , special features of the Thurnoyssen delinquency, the abstraetion and appropriation, of he Great Northern, of - France shares, and the irregularit t ies indicated in the organisation of the scheme for-the con struction of the Napoleon Docks, all. more (glees Illus trated the evils resulting from excessive adventure, encouraged, stimulated, and fostered as it,had beeikbY the most , exalted Government authorities, who were even alleged to hare participated large?). in the first. fruits, which, in the shape' of profits, the 'various enter. prises presented.—History of Ow . Cosnmeracil fix. esis, 1851r-58. Tfi i .E DECLINE OF PAUPERISM lii IRELAN/X7--The marked decrease in the amount of Irish paiiperiair c which has been recorded from time to time for several .years past . hai at. length attraeted the attentio' a of! Government, and it now seenia that the whole viestion of the roor4aw• will be submitted as 800 E as- prtieable to the • consideration of Parliament, with a view of effecting such retrenchments in the wo , :iting of the system as may suit the altered ofr.cumstances of the country. The ,following min ouraceraent appears in Saunders' s Newsletter :—" The, office rendered :Vatitint , by the death of Mt: G: Waddell r'*ill slot be filled up. This course vitas determined upon at a' meeting of the Commisaionr rs 'Of Poor_ Laws, at - the, Castle, on Thursday. MP, c ourse_ i yalitk,,haklnen adopted in this case , has been- eansect.byi the gieat decrease which has taken 'owe in 'the number of paupers in-receipt' T•w of relief in eland, and the.' Conseknent clti 'nution which has °w arr ed i n the duti e s of 'almost every ,offieer in :the u ctga "etnient: The abolition of; this o ffi ce i s , it is rill " 1 but the commencement of a general system of retror.ichinent in the. expenditure, of the whole department, - which will take place on th 9 Pasciiii"&,Of new Poor Law Act early in the 'forthcoming session of Parlianw ct , and which measure is at present under the ougid'aation of the Chief Secretary for Ireland." LADY - LONDONDERRY AT SEAHAM HARBOUR: ' • The ceremony of laying the first stone of a series of extensive iron blast furnaces, about to be erected by Lady Londonderry in the neighbourhood of Sealiam Harbour, took place on Monday last. The works will consist of four large blast furnaces, capable of smelting 200 tons each per week, 120 coke ovens, calcining kilns, and all the necessary adjuncts of works of this nature. Two lines of railway—one to bring in the materials at a high level, the other to take out the manufactured produce at a lower level—will join the Bradyll line on the south side of the harbour, and traversing it join the Seaham and Londonderry Railway to Sunderland. The whole of the works are expected to be completed in about ten months. - - Her , ladyship, accompanied by a large number of friends, including the Mayor of Sunderland, and the leading gentlemen connected with the district, was present on the occasion, and took a Prominent part in the ceremonial. J. Vandeleur Stewart, Esq.,' in the absence of Lord Vane, who was prevented by illness from being present, opened the business of the day by some appropriate re marks on the enormous productive capabilities of the district in -iron-stone and coal, and which were capable of such admirable- development. Mr. Wight, in offering to her ladyship, in the name of his father, an elegant silver trowel, also remarked in terms of the highest eulogy on the spirit of enterprise evinced by Lady Londonderry in carrying- out the project. Her Ladyship, on receiving the trowel, spoke•in the Mowing terms receive with pleasure and gratitude your father's beautiful gift,. and I beg you will express to him my thanks, and at" the same time my deep regret that he, who first so largely embarked his capital in great iron works at Seaham,-should have been prevented by illness from witnessing what I. well know Would have given him such unfeigned satlifaction.' In commencing. this great work, which I have not done without deep reflection, and most anxious consultation, my first object has been. the advancement of this place, and although I naturally hope it will succeed as a spedulation, bars. had higher and better motives• _ than_ mere-,commercial gain. Memory recalled a dark November day, 31 years ago, when the first stone of that harbour was laid on a rude, wild shore, by one whose indomitable courage and energy succeeded in proportion to the difficulties that were to le met. I thought of that example, and I contemplate the reward of that gigantic -undertaking, when I see a large and prosperous town daily increasing in wealth, trade, and importance. I:felt it was my duty to do all in mypower to aid that progress, and with that view I continued and finished the railway that now links ,this place to Sunderland. I anticipate most satisfactory results from the union of the two towns, but I also felt the necessity ferric:me great exertion being made further to develop the resources and advance the trade of Sea ham ; and I conscientiously believe that the establish ment of these blast furnaces will be of incalculable ad vantage to a place that is endeared to .me . by every tie, and was bequeathed to me as a sacred charge to foster and watch over. With these feelings-I commence the work, and I thank you for the kind interest shown on the occasion. , On concluding,. her ladyship stepped off the raised dais and proceeded to lay the stone,. assisted by her ladyship's agent, Mr. Ravenshaw, and Mr. Thorman, the contractor for the works. The Rev. A. Bethune having offered up a prayer, Mr. Hugh Tayter made some observations on the importance`of the work about to be undertaken. The luncheon given—in -honour of the occasion took place in the splendid ball-rooms at Seaham, where Lady Londonderry has 'lately expended upwards of £15,000 in additions and improvenients. The usual loyal toasts having been proposed and responded to, the health of the. n,ohle hostess was given, by Mr. Hedworth William son, in terms of the warmest praise, on account of- the energy she had displayed in devoting her wealth and resources to securing the happiness and comfort of those around. her. Prolonged cheeering followed the toast. Lady Londonderry,. in • acknowledging the compli ' ment, rose and said—Gentlemen;—l feel myself quite unable to thank you ae - r - ought for the. cordial reception you have given my health. It is, encouraging and pleasing to meet with so muoh kindness; -and-I am very grateful for'all the courtesy and friendly :attention that has been extended to me this day. I cannot attribute it to any merit of my own, but I fancy that perhaps the unusual circumstance of a lady being so largely em barked in trade has inspired - an interest, and has pro _cured ~from me, on. this particular occasion,: the honour and pleasure of being so numerously. lux- - rounded by gentlemen,—representing great own- - mercial interests in this rich and mercantile county: 'regret the abSence of the Lord Bishop of Durham, who I know: fully' intended to haYe been here, but especially to-dey, when I myself am hardly recovered from a severe illness, and when, =for tunately, I am unexpectedly deprived of the hitherto Unfailing. Siiiport of my dean and excellent my eldeSt haiing been prevented by sudden indisposition from arriving in time, and my second being gayriiid for 'his health -before 'resuming : his • parliamentary, duties. Their unavoidable absence to-daY his bebn a groit'soirow: to me,.and the:kind feeling.shoirnnie tlidgreziest solace I canhave. Our respeotWthairman of the coal trade,. Mr. Tingh Taylor, has eipiekied hiniielf in most flattering -and:gratifying terine, for. which. -I-am .deeply gratiful, anl beg to. offer him, my congratulations onAheireatire suceess of his great winning, of which I hear such won derfuraceduntS have td Morrisoii for his :good Wishes, which, seem to go, far ,to :prove :that two of trade may agree.,: (Laughter and, applause.) For as I explained this morning (arid I will not weary you with. a. repetition), my great object in this work, commenced: to-day; - is - the weal and advancement of Seahami. where I am 'gratified. to' find s 6 much right - feelitig exists 4; and it is, but just-to the inhabitants to , say that ithey: have-yielded-to none of-thn large towns in zealously and eagerly coming forward for, the defence:of their country; and I have no doubt a very efficient Yolunteen . artillery dempany:VillsObn be formed. .*lt is !pleasing to see that this military movement, so Inerito rielwini does not in any war interfere with the _great; mining : . and commercial enterprises, which :never were _more: nuMetows, and satisfactory. than at .present. lier ladyakuip concluded . -by proposing—" Prosperity to the coal trade,.and i sliccess to the mining and commercial • il4erer.its of ,the- county of _Durham." 116;r. Ilugh. Taylor responded to the toast, and Mr. .A.%dersonand-Mr s §tewaq replied to, the toasts which 'were subsequently proposed. A Goon - • = -A 'story. is :told by": the Chicago ~ - Times about thivappointment - of , postmasters .in that One unlucky appointee was compelled to-decline for the reason set forth-below : "Dear Sir,—Although . , • I acknowledge the honour:of my, appointment, I regret to say. that I have yet an., waexpged term "of five years-1 to serve in the Penitentiary, which compels me to de -1 cline your flattering, offer." ' S4cimprtp Sti i icuirn .ON T,li 5-1 - ,kiliA.T,, iSto4T . }lßN'll RAI,NiTAY.—A distressing suicide took plaee cni Wediies-.. ,day night,, the 14th inst., ott,4o;Great 'Northern line, near l3inghant,Station,betw.eCii Orantliani and •gbaing ham. The deceased was named tleakey, and •was observed on the line by the Bingham•lithtien.indster for mone y about four. o'clock, die down train being expected im mediately..'..Thelstation;lnaiter.ordiiiinim off the line, and_ the expected train soon afterwards arFiveo, and passed over-the deceased, who hid contrived to ;emain, on the line when the etationrina.ster's back was t4t'ned. Oloakey was a n His remains preseii t e a A shocking ,spectacle, • Il i a t re h as at o-n th as e raj' l'i.elderly' actin; si d g ee ne e d ase fo d r ' ha th d e h p ad erpe a tra w ti r r t s o e f r t)l ed is . , . which inan,w h e e ll w k as now un n ab i 0. 1 e Nottingham.t . t o p ay. Saturday, December 17, 185.9. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP NILE IN A STOO . The Cork Constitution} has the following accoun t of the ,return of her Majesty's. ship Nile to that port, - after encountering the dreadful gale ° Wednesday last : A rumour was circulated in this on Friday th at her Majesty's ship Nile, 90, which left this port for 1 31 1' mouth on Wednesday for the purpose of underpin!, repairs, rendered necessary by the injuries received by her recently while on her voyage to Halifax, bl l(1 been last in the gale of Wednesday night. A s the N'sns e ' , was, in some measure, crippled and not, too well able to bear such a gale, some anxiety was created by th e rumour, rumoar, but it was set at rest by a vesse l hich arrived here and reported having passed the Nile on Thy' day. The rumour, however, was not entirely wit h ' out foundation. The Nile had received such bad asg, e that she was compelled to bear up f or thi s p or t, wilie j she entered on Sunday morning, and is now at aaell ° ! in the roads. It will be remembered that when she put in here the, week before last, it was mentioned tha t ; her rudder was so damaged as to be all but useless, an ° was - the immediate cause of her coming back from the BO of Newfoundland, which she had reached on her voyage t° , Halifax. While here strong bands of i r on were f a stened around it, and it was made apparently secure enough t° admit of the vessel's being taken over to Plymouth forte' pairs. 0 nWednesday agcotdingly she steamed out, but d u ' ring the night was exposed to the fury of the gale, which i „ amounting almost to a hurricane,then raged. Theiron which were put to secure the rudder, burst, amithe ve could not by any means be got to wear.. The storm We right against her, and she was driven within nine mile s of the shore at Bantry, so. close that the b rea k ers be plainly heard: lashing the reeks, and - at one time, e ll a cast of the lead being taken, there were only seven feet of water under her keel. Sixteen fires were lighte 4 all steam was got tip, andevery effort was made tyfor oB the ship against the wind. This was so far successful, tbs t she was kept from running ashore, but on account of th e disabled state of the rudder, she could not be worksinr to her destination, but drifted away ,into the Atlnat i° Ocean. After running in this hopeless way until noon en Friday it was resolved to put the vessel about and nut for this harbour. This was accordingly carts" into effect, but so far had the ship been driven disk notwithstanding steam being used and all sail set, With a fine breeze aft, it' was , Sunday morning before sb e made this harbour, and she went into Ballycotton 1 30 before she could be got to, wear. From the time th e vessel left until her return, she • did not make thirq Miles on her proper course, and for some time on We d ,' nesday night, so fearfully -did she roll, and so muck water went down. ,- her hatches. that it' was nearly fi s4 feethigh on the lower deck. Nothing bat the unflinching gallantry of the captain and steadfast devotion of the. crew could have saved the vessel during the night °( Wednesday, which was really dreadful. During the wb°l of this period Captain Wilmot never left the poop, an this .may be said of the two former. • gales the vessel en" countered, when he exhibited the same watchfulness over hischarge. On these occasions - his humanity to the Liter was as much remarked - as his cool, calm 'courage. At one time , some of the crew were ordered by one of the office° .to go aloft and cut away a torn sail which was ,flap Ping about, but the captain forbade their doing so, it being e t most -perilous act in that fearful weather, declaring 0! / , not a man should be endangered if he could prevent I ' . Many acts of- the same thoughtful kind have been Lia r rated by the men, with whom he is evidently -a grtl s favourite. It is understood that Captain Wilmot ~ been: appointed t 6 the Command .of the serew:steamal Sanspareil, 70, now being fitted out at Devonport, that the crew of the Nile will be turned over to be r r i The SanspareiL will then, it is Stated, be sent to this to replace the. Amphion as guard-ship. After reP l . l .; the Nile will be despatched to her original destiaatio , ' North. America and the West Indies.' • . . . - It. is. understood that an agreement has been ee pleted between the four great railway companies nee and. south - of London—namely, the Great-: Westeit e Louden and North-Western, the Brighton,.. and t h ", South-Western, to make the' requisite links across t•'' Thames and elsewhere, , to establish communicat i° between the whole. 21. , 11incribru- PARTY FROM .THE NORTH-WEST. —,4: Francis Sykes and Mr.- Henry. Peters, two Eng''''' gentlemen .returned to this city the day.befOre yesterdl after' an al;SenCe since June lad, on a hunting expedit l i, to, the country adjacent and beyond the Red River Sett t l y. meyits. They have met wale :abundant success:in - e o pursuit of game, having killed _fiftp:tWO bt Mil o , ele! te ' :elk, five , black 7 tailed deer (a ', very• rate' speeies)i .. _,1%.0 white-tailed deer, two antelopes,. one lynx,, two • lal y black hears, several white wolves, besides- small 40 'such as ducks, geese;- &c., _in . large' numbers.. D... 01 of the trophies of their.' skill as hunters reac tr, this. city yesterday, . consisting of a large watt road. of ;elk horns, 'deer antlers, buffalo . robes, To ,sjcins, the, hex a of a ,large buffalo bull, ths. head antelope;the head of a black bear, also numerous 9 o yt ispbeimens of the game they met With. • The ,noticeable feature ef.the , -4, f ,spoils, however, is_ the moth. size of the elk horns,. which have attracted::: 0 deal of attention, and • Will no doubt. Be rega be rdsol t , great curiosities in England,. whither all these are 0 0 , sent. ' We had the curiosity to measure some of Oleo (six in'all,) - aria fbuna that from the base,. or top , ° f ie skull,. to the .extreme tip, they, averaged four feet oto inches in, length, while crosswise,. from horn t o :-horn - (tips), they , Measured . - foie- feet three i lle b ef; apart, Bristling with several'Aharp. pointed, bran e f iti which Vary prom a loot , to ,a foot and . a ,h 3 : l, bio length, these iiiittiense: horns piiiiiit'ii most form %V 4pßeganoe.... ( Th•ikgentlquer!, extress : themselves Sgt of pleased with their-trip, . and design spending, a i * e. / the winter in Texas prior to their departure holy St. Paul Times, - 2Vaii. -- 21T -4 " -- - l° • GE,V!RAL .I . ,,aestsoNytfqxf-,7:wpri" , ,TjTarr..!."----- A e l , the many charges: brought by_the opponents of Gelitile' [Jackson against him to , preyvhat he was not a t the firesideney,- was thatrhe was illiterate; and this i' .1 ; ihnnest belief of a great itianpeitrywhere. Defil l . s .o fidministration,l a vessel arrived; at Norfolki , froi n 4o. West Indiekund .on :its dock iwere several sea-V4 4 Among them was a:giant. of ; a... reptile, - which. attc,ooo thel'attenfibn Of ,everybokly; who Went aboard:, oil captain had' them all u taken .' on the 'whe-r%id e exposed for sale. ' Among those 'Whtc - admired the;,...iilt fellow above Mentioned. were several_ :leaders •(:,. 14 1 ",unterrified," : i-.eir . or: - five- ! , of ,-„,lebom ~ ma de , a purse.,)?ol4 - .04. tae: menscer, and 1 1 . t4 i next l l, ingtoti boat sent it.tpa. pas 'resent to Old BricW r i f t e t - was much gratified 'at' such a' present`l4oll e , e tiO t and the visitors at the White'llouSe enjoyed a m r ., , • '.-. • , . (4 .. , . ," . . • ... , :" - D etts, deser_iption ? ,..A‘he - Generg wrote a verj.p9li te .elli c ". acknekledgint the '., roceilit ior the presePt+ in. a } was duly received by Di. A., who tad sent it 00.4. name - of hiiifseir and hi other-democratic t r ; ot,', Shortly after the , roceipt of the General's Ansi ;Of, A. was hobbling along on Main-street, and i n ' s ued I nearly in front of Mr. p.',!s bookstore, he was ha.. , ply, five anti-Jacksonians arsrfoltows :L.:- ,, 'Well, doctt l'ea/,.• you heard from the general about your turtle ?" .. „,keti, answered Dr,,. .".and ."and,Lhave, his reply in my rireor, " Let's seeit ! 'let's' see if!"' they all .reply in a lle 0°_;; , ‘SHere_ittis,"•,Dr. A. replied. He produced ~ ,,,cO,l , and they read—" Gentlemen ? l i . thank you for ~ 1 4 b er e1 0 'fine tnitolgn'Y6u. lig liliidlyant me; '&e:, &K" tor d 0 0 said one of the gentlemen, .‘.' We had. alwaYsl ,p aif , your, great man , could not, write EA,glish an :. .oe. t Iteitoige ' ow 'it. "'ho Wet heard Of a" turtle 'being s c o , ifq - will," • te-ns7 e lili t1FT,,,,,`,5A1d we 1 : 1 ' , so . 1.1 4 ' tn'e - - point by go g Int 6 Triend — B.'S. _ h a. fps " .ff Will .your take , a bet omit ?!' said -?:?-; deq , l; they we nn,: ;'and both . parties agreid to'. p.. 5 . yie, definition. of , a certain dictionary , t aoi'e r •oo ' ''staiihard of the lan guage. 'Cihe`or'theni tmurnh.edegf ij i t i i v e, leaves till he reached.lheelford=tuttih:' ' .-"- the n "ios was " a bird of the dove kind ;" and in tort g r ~ this word is somitiftilitiferto designate rhea cor ril o , found 0n1,b9 enarg ato uth e West kridilij-I,t i s " Are le tion used by iiiiiroisvira. ilfitehti-ipbdplb: , I 1010 11 ' ilk satisfied, gentlemen?" -exclaimed Dr. A. ; ' •` o4{ fite r tf •.grO uotrsaileiwrz,-so, T by, your, own- authqviONC-T, ii - ever • !,' ter ate.„ Be leased to pay, year, bets,„ an? , i og. si' iiiie 'sat ' that General tadleinn ;Can't • wa s ; tarp!' They, aid as requested, , giving each an P f JO , 11 ,1 1 ° bottles of Madeira ; and as they went out o r ,ces , 'gander oliieried -that thire *as in the' 0. v very large flea—Boston Courier, . . " PEi t , .„.. i ~k \ ~ ~! .~~ p ` ;~ ~ lli t R 'N?it'cl 1 4) N 1 , C 4) at t o • tl 'III; ‘14i714 4 .4r 31 11 , AL N i Pi! , .4,„e 'A 'Attkl , k , i k 1\