The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE 1- ' 414 8, Saturday.—Yesterday was the anniversary of the Ernperor Napoleon's birth, in consequence o f which no pu bli c b us i ness was transacte d , and , Bourse was closed. The day was kept as a general holiday, and vast numbers of the people sou ght amusement in various ways according to their own tastes and inclinations. The Emperor, accompanied by the Duke of Malakoff, was to have reviewed some troops from the Crimea upon the oceasion but the ceremony was abandoned owing rthe heat of the weather. This circumstance, created considerable disappointment, Particularly as the atmosphere had become cooler Since the counter-order was issued. Illumi nations and fireworks were to close the festivities of the day. , The Emperor, on the occasion of the St : Napo. l een, yesterday received the ministers, the Marshals, and admirals now in Paris, and some other civil and military functionaries, at the Palace of St Cloud. The Empress and the Prince Imperial were present at the reception. A splendid dinner is to be given at the Grand hotel de Louvre on Wednesday next, by the medi cal body of France, to those of the same profession Who were actively engaged either on sea or land in the late war. The Journal des Debats contains an article in e el:emendation of the services rendered by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe to the Christian subjects of t he Otto man P or t e, an d f or hi s act i ve exert i ons i n laveur of other reforms in. that country. The. Emperor gave audience on Thursday to Baron de Brunnow, who had the honour of Presenting to his Majesty from his Sovereign, the Em peror Alexander, the Collar of the Order of t !. Andrew. The Baron afterwards presented to Imperial is ln Chief of the Russian armies, T he Municipal Commission of Paris gave a glAnd banquet on Thursday evening, at the iotel de Ville, to the Duke of Malakoff. The t e n e B t officers of th e St a t e were p resent u p on e . ee casion, as well as many other distinguished individuals. SPAIN August 14 —M. Coello is named llter at C onstan ti no pl e . Th e res i gna ti on of h ''°ntesinos h as b een acce pt e d. The ministry wi a t a h le t eided on receiving all opinions compatible r e i eet tue monarchical constitutional system. but u lt .. 8 all joint res p ons ibility with former adminis of t rns• The circular addressed by the Minister e Interior, Rios y Rosas, to the governors of NrOVinCeB is good and enlightened SARDINIA Aug, 14.—The .ffieial Gazette announces ofe,,,nomination of the Chevalier Bondi, in quality th:ardinian commissioner for the regulation of tie question relative to the Danubian Principali -008. The Chevalier will leave on Tuesday next for ce_n!tantinople. The Austrian garrison at Pla gtla continues to receive fresh reinforcements DENMARK lilt L A ofl4.—General de Krogh, commandant Holstein Lauenbourg, has had an attack of aPopl e xY, from w hi c h it is feared he will not "over. ITALY „'" eo rding to letters f rom N a pl es , th e arm y was .IZEttIY disaffected to the government. Ih e Ki n g' s I,l' an d only suppor t ers are t h e S w i ss troops, w h o 4;ntaber about 10,000 men, while the national force 140111 a to 80,000. The Swiss consist of four egiinents, bearing the names of their respective 0 0 1 0 .,. t 'i l ea Messrs. Schaub, Surd, Wolff, and Wit , back -et a k• , of the battalion of Chagcourc Vnn t ,lchel ; and a field battery of eight guns. To Ir a° troops has the King exclusively confided th e Oguard of the Royal Palace andiof the Forts del v (~ fiv e °, oantelmo, and Castelletto. It appears posi at that the Ist Regiment of Grenadiers at a te j t red a pronunciamento, that it was re did eki. from Naples to Capua, and thence to the battalionerent taii‘s was forts of the Terra de Lavour. One The 4th bat stationed at Gaeta. . _ ter'n_e,f C.hasseurs, at Pescara. had committed acts "111noidination of a most reprehensible charac. orci i llat spirit of mutiny was caused by the ext.ra h., narY predeliction of the King for the Swiss C --ier ee • naries, by 110,.reporeal the too frequent recurrence to ._l.Vority punishments, and, to the state of to n tne police, which, in which the army is placed with regard 3171:Z Ferdinand barracks any c of at Naples, is authorised to , and arrest. both o ffi cers and Bourbon will never agree to wiii d n i mpro nr i ao With the Constitutionalists. He whi c h (La i s to the ideas of the old regime, of ° w in d ”" la the most energetic representative. If son: se t b t° Yield, he will abdicate in favour of his o .ue Duke of Calabria, who will publish a °nett tutioa. NAVIGATION OF THE DANUBE. F r VIENNA, AUGUST 10. di , e ene,li steamer Lyonnais. which after some 11,12_114 succeeded in forcing the pass . age of the vo t' us et the Iron Gates, on proceeding on her co Yft ge up the Danube, unfortunately ran aground vi eome sunken rocks near the village of Swini bEr_z, and although more than forty yoke of oxen able been put in requisition, they have not been ; 0 7 to bring her off . She still remains on the a 1 " in a very dangerous situation, having sprung eil lt in severil places, indeed she has received .00 r n „ 17 ' C U damage that she will have to undergo -er Y important and expensive repairs. This is a aol3fet:tl7ewhat little real advantages the free navigation Panube is likely to afford, and will show the co "Rity of measures being taken to improve and i'rect the bed of the river, so as to make it really :salable for somet hi ng b etter than floating tubs t at-bottomed barges. STATE OF NAPLES. 4 A correspondent of the ./),tily News writes : Sae reports about the ev ents i n P a l ermo were Pla exaggerated, the differences betwe en the . 10 8 and the Ne a polit an so ldi ers b e i ng re d uce d ",)_ a commo n s t ree t row, without any political ch aracter, though it is said that the people assisted Ins native troops. We are, however, kept in Buell Ignorance of what passes in Sicily that, even at this distance of time, I cannot tell the details. Certain official communications that I have seen do not even allude to it, from which I infer, of course, that it cannot have been of great importance. From the sam e landed so urces I learn that Marshal P e li ss i er on the 2 7th of July, and left on th e at Na les following day , f or Marseilles, without touchi ng andp w , aas the sub , Ject of much conversation. His first act, I understand, was to visit th e viceroy, the Prince Castelcicala. It is added, though I only g ive it as an on dit, that the Marshal, observing a medal on the breast of one of the soldiers, demanded foe what service he had was foe th at of 1848, on received it. The answe which the marshal comr pliment e d him, said it was well merited, and that he had done good service by saving society from disorder. marshalrs who was commissioned to accompa ny The as General Salxano, who was the right hand ' o f Delearletto in some of his greatest ferocities, so that the views and impressions communicated by the general must have been of the right hind. to uring the t wo d ays of t h e arr i va l and d eparture of the marshal from sixty to eighty arrests were made, all of whom, o r th e grea ter portion, had be en liberated whe n t h e letter to which I allu d e h a d b een written. r P Gazette WO sho p s, ( where the Shipping was taken in, ha • During the last week a statu e G , ~ o , been closed. much pomp and car. -- ttilip V. had been raised with though some d ' rn ' . d. - my. Al! passed of quiet, The . de had been expected. 0 official journal is overfl ow i ng with delight, Indulging in a n hi storical t of Phi Y., and, as usual, comm ents in the ost . accoun _ a. e min fl ted li te p rms on the enthusiastic lo 1 -Why does th ' YR ty of the Palermitans, trouble t e piess of this country take so much C atania . o falsify its o convictions ? In " I nla a greatnumber . of discussion s - of manuscript copies thee, on the Italian question in British • Parliament had been distributed, and THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. I had given general satisfaction. It is melancholy I _ to remark the hope and the expectancy of these people, and their firm reliance on British promises or insinuations, and then to think that all may end P in smoke. This oscillating, bullying, pusillanimous ! policy has been persevered in far too long. ! England, it is evident, is afraid to act upon her • convictions, and the . consequence is, the loss of her influence on the Continent, where in esti mation she has sunk almost to a second-rate power. Were the Italian question settled on the bases of justice and humanity, there can be no doubt but that one consequence would be to de velop the material wealth of this country, and to extend her commerce. Such is the state of popular discontent, that government lives in a continual chronic apprehen sion. This has recently vastly increased. Some days within the last fortnight patrols of gens darmes and policemen might have been seen at every ten steps iu•the Toledo. You jostle against spies and policemen in plain dress, well known to a practised eye, at every corner. It is mentioned as a certain fact, that a regiment of grenadiers was on the point of rising in rebellion, and that it bras sent away froth Naples. Serious acts of insubor dination in a battalion of another regiment are spoken of. This disposition to mutiny is attributed to jealousy of the extraordinary favour shown to the Swiss guards, and also to the severity of punishments inflicted for trivial offences. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.L.SATunDAy CROWN COURT. BEFORE MR. JUSTICE WILLES, His Lordship took his seat on the bench this morning precisely at nine o'clock, when the prisoners, against whom the grand jury had found true bills, were placed at the bar for the purpose of pleading. ALLEG.E CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AT LIVERPOOL. —John M‘Glade, aged 22, sailor, George M‘Glade, 19, carver and gilder, Thomas M`Cadden, and Hugh Camp. bell, were indicted for having , caused the death of a man named Sparks. The grand . jury ignored the bill, but as the prisoners had also been committed on the Coroner's warrant, they were placed at the bar, but, by the direction of his Lordship, no evidence was offered, and the prisoners were consequently dischirged. CHARGE or RAPE.—William Moss and Thomas Ellison, two colliers, but who had been admitted out on bail, were charged with having criminally assaulted Ellen Shuttle worth, at Ince-in- Mackerfield, on the 29th of May last. In this case the pro3ecutrix, a young woman about 20 years of age, was a servant at the publiehouse called the Ring o'Bells, at Wigan. Having left that situation on the day in question, she was seeking anotior place at the Queen's Head, when she met the prisoner Moss, who told her that his people wanted a girl, and kept in her com pany about two hours. in, the course of which time she had some gin and ale, She left there, and was proceeding to the - house of a person named Molyneux, at Ince, when the prisoner Moss overtook her again, and as they were passing over the common, between ten and eleven o'clock at night, he caught hold of hoz 'and ' tl'rew her down. She called out mut der,'and made every resistance, during which the prisoner Elison came up. Instead of rendering the girl assistance, he assisted the other prisoner, each of whom had committed the offence with which they stood charged. The two prisoners then took the girl to their own house, where they kept her for some time, and then all three went out, and she was enabled to effect her escape, and placed herself under the protection of the pointsman of the Ince railway station, who conducted her to the poliCe office, soon after which the prisoners were apprehended. The statement made by the girl in the court, and that given before the magistrate% presented so "many dis crepancies, that his lordship directed the attention of the jury to the fact, upon which, as in these cases the evidence mainly depend upon the truthfulness of the accusing party. the prisoners were at once. discharged. THE LATE COLLISION ON . THE RIVER.-.-The grand jury having presented 'several bills, his lordship directed their attention to the above case, in which a bill would be pre sented before them. His lordship, whose observations, like those made by 'he witnesses, counsel, and prisoners, were almost inaudible to ,the reporters, was and ‘rstond to say that if any gross neglect could be traced to any oerson on board, which led to the accident, such person might be held criminally liable under an indictment for manslaughter, the owners being responsible by civil acti m for the damage done. This he illustrated by referring to a gentleman's coachman who might drive over a child in the street, in which case, if gross careless ness was exhibited, the coachman would be criminally responsible, and the owner civilly• responsible, for the damage done. The jury thanked his lordship, and retired. A " RAEL Intstiß(4 AT ROCHDALE. —Barty Flaherty, wed 26, a navVie, John Daley, aged 31, and Mathew Killoran, aged 30, a beer - ionse keeper, were charged with cutting and wounding Owen Murphy, with intent to to him some bodily harm. This "little affair" came off in the Rochdale market on the, sth of May last, and•arose under the following 'circumstances :—The nroseputor, Owen Murphy, had a brother named Thomas Murphy ; who was a pig dealer, and almost regularly attended the Rochdale market, for the purpose of dispos ing of pigs. On the day in question, Thomas Murphy was at the market with his pigs, when Killoran went up to him and asked the price of his pigs, but as they could not agree, Killoran left, and Murphy sold them to an Englishman. This gave annoyance to Killoran, who returned, and after a few hard words, each proceeded more forcibly to demonstrate their powers by giving harder blows, in which Murphy came off victorious, much - to theehigrin of Killoran, who went away swearing that he'would have his revenue. In the afternoon of the same day, Killoran returned with a number of Irishmen, all of whom were armed with sticks and staves - of every con-. eeivable size, and amongst whom were the other two prisoners. Thomas Murphy was called on one side by Daley, who said, "you are the man we want, you are the man that would not let Killoran have the pigs," and im mediately he and the others commenced attacking him with their sticks, 'beating him very severely, and would have done much more to him had he not.sought refuge under a three-legged stool. Owen seeing his brother thus attacked, went to his assistance, when he was struck with a bludgeon oigr the nose, which he said completely demolished it, and that was followed by a blow in the, eye, from the effects of which he,had lost his sight. He was then knocked down and .kicked until he was insensible, and was afterwards confined in the hospital for some time, from the injuries he had received. Numerous witnesses were called to prove tho connection the prisoners had with the assault upon the prosecutor,' the result of which showed that Killoran had been heard to urge upon the other two prisoners and others to " go it" while their heads were being broken by the other two prilonore. The oauncel for the prinon..re Ach•occarl tho jury at considerable length, contending that each of their clients were perfectly innocent, after which his lordship briefly summed up the case to the jury, who, after a short consultation, found a verdict of guilty, of cutting and wounding with intent, against the prisoner Killoran, and wi"h unlawfully wounding on the part of the' other pri soners. In passing sentence upon th- prisoners, his lordship said there was no doubt but the two prisoners, Daley and . Flaherty, had been guilty ,of an unlawful assault.; but, on the other hand, there was no doubt from the evidence that they had been urged on to do what they had done by the other prisoner Killoran. There must be a stop put to people taking the law into their own hands. It was quite clear that in the early part of the day there had been a quarrel between the prosecutor and the prisoners, -which ended in the prisoner saying that he would be revenged, and , that he afterwards left the place, but returned with the other persons, amongst whom were theiDrisoners, and committed• the assault for yr hich they stool indicted.. In this country such things must be prevented, and he concluded by passing upon the prisoners the following sentences—Killoran, who was the cause of the affray, six years'.pe . nal. servitude, and the other two prisonera, who had aided and abetted in the offence, eighteen months' imprisonment. The Court adjourned about five-o'clock. drawn. This exhausted , the Salford list with the excep tion of one case, specially fixed for. Tuesday, the 19th inst. There being no cases in the second, a West Derby list, his lordship stated he would occupy the remainder of the day in disposing of criminals. CUTTING AND WOUNDING —Martin Garvan was charged with having, at Liverpool, on the 21st March, cut and wounded Michael Cosgrove. The prisoner, who is a very young man, went into the prosecutor's house on the night in question, and struck him on tie head three times with a piece of iron which he carried with him for the purpose. He pleaded in extenuation of his offence that he was drunk at the time, and that the prosecutor had also beaten his sister, a child of twelve years of age. He was con. victed, and sentenced to two years imprisonment, with hard labour. Mr. Raffles prosecuted, and Mr. Brett defended the prisoner. WIFE BEATING.—John Robert Gibson was placed at the bar charged with having, on the 10th April, feloniously cut and wounded his wife, Mary Gibson, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. The prisoner, who is generally employed about fishing boats, returned to his home on the night in question, and, after having a slight dispute with his wife, ordered her to go to bed. He immediately followed her, locked the bedroom door, and then savagely assaulted her with a strap which he usually wore. He cut her fearfully about the head and face, and broke her arm in two places. She was bound over in her own recognisance to appear against him on the trial, but when called she was not forthcoming. The prisoner pleaded in extenuation of his offence his wife's intempe. rate habits. In other respects he said she was a good woman and most industrious. He was convicted, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. His Lordship, in passing sentence; said that he could not express his sense of the prisoner's cOnduct. Had he. so ill-treated even a man of his own size it would have been brutal, but to think that he should's° use the woman whom he had sworn to protect, and should afterwards traduce the character of that very woman who yet would not come forward against him, was so infamous, that he (his lord -1:shio) feared he could not - patiently pass the sentence. . , ANOTHER CASE OF WIFE BEATING.—John Evans, a man well advanced in years was charged- with having committed a like offence on his wife, on the 15th of June. She did not come forward to prosecute. He pleaded, and with much appearance of truth, that he was provoked by the intemperance of his wife, and by her infidelity. He was married to her for 25 years, and they had eight children, and she had always, he said, been a good and kind wife, until two years ago, when two of their sons enlisted. She took the matter so much to heart that she became' addicted to drink, and was scarcely ever sober. He was also in drink at the time, and though greatly aggravated, he had not intended or wished to do her grievous bodily harm. (He was charged with having beaten her with a poker, and also a pike.) Having pro duced evidence in support of his statement, he was sen tenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. His 'lordship stated that had he failed in proving the aggravation, he would have passed on him the same sen tence as in the previous case. The court adjourned at four o'clock to ten o'clock this morning. POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY, (BEFORE MR. DICKSON.) CHARGE AGAINST A SHIP'S STEWARD.—Louis Martin, late the steward of the ship Pioneer, an American vessel, was charged by the captain of the ship, Mr. James Mentgomery, with having stolen certain articles out of the bonded store of the vessel. Mr. Bluck appeared for the prisoner, who seemed to be a re,pectable-parson-in his position. The captain stated that the custom house Officer'had put certain stores on btr.rd under lock and bond, and kept the key of the place. The door that led to this store was locked, and the key in the possession of the prisoner, so that no one could get into the place without the steward's permission. When the custom house officer came again to the ship he found that certain of the property had been removed,' and then witness spoke to the prisoner about it, but he denied all knowledge of it. Witness found two planks removed from the bulkhead, and by this means access was had to the store from which the property was taken. That was on Saturday the 9th, on board the ship at Birkenhead , and the prisoner absconded from the vessel that night. He then told the Consul, and after that he consulted Mr. B rtes, who told him -,Mr. Pluck objected to anythin g sa id by Mr. Bates. The witness went on to state that the prisoner was subsequently found in town in Highfield-street, where he resided with a female, and some tea, sugar, chocolate, and canvass, which the witness said was his property, was _found in the house. On cross examination by Mr. Bluck, the witness said the reason why he knew the property, was that a similar sort was on board the vessel ; the prisoner signed articles to come from New York to Liverpool, but he was not bound to go to Australia. He was indebted to the prisoner, but he did not know how much, until his account was made out. Told the Consul he did not wish to charge the man, if he were not guil y. If the prisoner were paid the same as other men, there woul 1, perhaps, be some £lB or so due to him A who raci•iaa in Niehfield-street. whose house the prisoner and his wife lodged, was produced as a witness, but she said she knew nothing whatever about the affair. The things found in the prisoner's lodging were produced, and the captain said, to the best of his knowledge and belief the property was his, but he would not swear positively. Mr. Bluck contended that there was no case rnatlesout - agaiUst his Client, and said the object of the prosecution was, to get rid of the money due to the steward, for if a convection took place, the money would be forfeited. He contended that the small quantity of things found belonged to the prisoner, who had them for himself. His worship said it was a case of strong suspicion, and he would remand him to this day. Mr. Bleak said that would answer the end of the captain, as he understood he would sail on Sunday, so the prisoner would have no redress. The captain said he would be here until next Thursday at least. The prisoner was then remanded to- this day: • LUCKY. —Robert Hall, who said he resided at Crosby, charged Catherine. Kelly with stealing his gold watch and chain, and £ll from him. He said lie resided at Crosby, and was in town on Friday night. He got (in plain English), very drunk, and then he got into a cab, and told the driver to--take him to the Tithebarn-street railway station. He did not remember anything more until he awoke in the house of the prisoner, in Albion street, and then he found his watch and money gone. A policeman said he was callid in by the complainant, and the prisoner at once handed him the watch and chain, saying she kept it for him, at his request the money, she said, she knew nothing about. The magis trate told the complainant he was lucky to get the watch and chain, and as there was no evidence against the prisoner, she must be discharged. CASE OF POISONING BY STYRCHNINE An inquest was held at the workhouse of the Bailie, borough union, before John M'Fadin, Esq., coroner of the county of Cavan, on view of the body of a little boy aged about eight years, who came by his death suddenly on the preceding Sunday morning, from the effects of strych nine. Nancy Clarke sworn and examined said: Is an inmate of the workhouse. Deceased was her son. He began to complain of being unwell on Thursday last. He fell asleep on the form in the room. He did not take his dinner fully on that day. He did not put his hand on any part of his body to show where his complaint lay. When the doctor came on Saturday, the 16th, she brought deceased with her by the hand. She saw Mrs. Anderson (the hospital nurse) there also behind the counter. The porter asked witness what did she want, and she said she wanted a worm powder for deceased, whom she was then holding by the hand. The porter then told the doctor that there was a woman wanted a worm powder. The doctor gave her two powders after mixing them, and (old her not to give them only on an empty stomach; to give oue on the following morning, and one on the morning of the following Tuesday. She tied a thread round the two powders and kept them in her own possession. She gave deceased one of the powders at six o'clock next morning. He took it all. She went to bed and lay with him afterwards. She gave the powder, as nearly as she can fix the time, about nine or ten minutes before seven in the morning. He worked in fits a very short time after, and shouted out, " Oh, they are coming for me." She started up and cried out " See the colour of my child ; he is done for." She then ran up the street for Dr. Clarke. She also rapped at Do. Wright's. To Mr. Carolan : Deceased had no appearance of lockjaw ; he swallowed everything he got. Witness in continua tion: The paper now shown to her is the remaining powder, and is very like the one deceased got. She does not recollect getting any medicine from Dr. Wright before. Joseph Clarke, EQq., M.D., deposed : Was aware that he was appointed to take charge of the house conjointly wills Dr. Wright, in the absence of Dr. Taylor. Witness con sented to do so from the 28th of July for one month. or until the 24th of August. lie took charge of the surgery, and prescribed for the patients since the 28th of July. He paid his first visit on the 27th, at the request of John Dougherty, the porter, who said there was a little boy very ill from the effects of a powder prescribed by Dr. Wright on the previous day. Witness made no delay; he hastened down to the workhouse as fast as he could run, and found the deceased in a sleeping ward of the nursery in care of his mother, with the matron of the establish ment and other officers. The deceased was sensible, and spoke rationally. He was labouring under very violent tetanic convulsions. He had no vomiting. Those present were striving to make deceased vomit. The extremities, upper and lower, were straightened out at full length, and were perfectly rigid and extended. Deceased was trem bling violently, and was one shaking mass in constant motion. The pupils of his eyes were dilated to their fullest extent. The eyeballs appeared to be protruding out of their sockets. From the symptoms he concluded the deceased was labouring under the effects of nux vomica, and also from reading upon the subject. He saw dogs and other animals under the influence of that medi cine, but never a human subject before. He went imme diately to the surgery for an emetic, and on his return deceased was dead. He examined the deceased again very minutely, as the case was very unusual and very interesting. After some more evidenae, the Coroner charged the jury, who after a lengthened consideration, agreed to the following verdict We find that the deceased came by his death on the morning of Sunday, the 27th of July, in consequence of strychnine pres.cribed by Dr. Wright in mistake for calomel, and administered by dec'ased's mother, and we are perfectly satisfied that he had no evil intention." THE MURDER OF TWO YOUNG FEMALES NEAR DOVER EXAMINATION OF THE MURDERER CANTERBURY, Saturday Night.- This day, shortly after noon, the examinati n of Dedea Redanies, the murderer of Caroline and Maria Back, in the parish of Capel.le- Ferne, on Sunday week last, took place in the Sessions House, hi the lathe of St. Augustine, in this city. The greatest excitement prevailed, and the court house and its various approaches were crowded by persons anxious to obtain a glimpse of the accused. After some little delay, in which the magistrates agreed to shorten the enquiry as much as possible, the prisoner Redanies was carried into court on a chair, supported by pillows, and some of the medical officers connected with the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, to which place Redanies was taken when it was found he had stabbed himself on his being arrested. Redanies, who appeared more dead than alive, is a very spare man, about 5 It 6 in high ; he looked ex. tremely pale, and his beard and moustache having grown since his confinement, his appearance was ghastly in the extreme. He was attired in goal clothes, with the words "Kent Gaol" branded on them. The first witness called w as—Thos. Gorling, a carpenter, of London, who proved finding the bodies in Steady Hole on the morning of Sunday week. Dr. '-oost, of St. Augustine's College, was sworn as interpreter, and translated the evidence to Redanies, whO, on being asked, refused to question the witness. John Back (the father of the deceased girls) was then eartea, wneu tau, FL Latium urtea nut! 15.uueu use a cnnu. The father said that deceased left his house in Dover about three o'clock on the Sunday morning, in company with the prisoner present. He (the prisoner) was to.take them to Shorncliffe Camp. They had breakfast before they started. The girls had on a black visite each. Redanies went to breakfast of his own accord, saying he had a sister at Shorneliffe, to whom he wished to intro duce the girls. Geo. March deposed that he saw the pri soner with two young women on the Sunday morning on the road from Folkestone to Dover. Prisoner asked the time, and he (witness) told him 10 minutes to five o'clock. William Bateman, surgeon, o!' Folkestone, deposed, that on Sunday, August 3rd, between eight and ten he was called to see the bodies of the deceased at Borsch's cot tage. He examined the body of Maria, and found four incised wounds on chest, apparently inflicted by a sharp knife or dagger. Each wound penetrated the chest deeply. There were two wounds on the right side of the chest of Caroline, one of which had divided the cartiledge of the third rib, (The knife was here produced.) Mr. Bateman said that the wounds might have been caused by the knife. The bodies were partly warm when he saw them ; they could not have been dead many hours. He did not know the bodies at the time. There was a third wound on the breast of Caroline, but that was not mortal. There was a wound on the hand of Caroline, just as though the hand had been put up as a protection. It was on the left hand, and had just glanced eff the knuck les. The prisoner refused to ask any question of the surgeon. George Field, constable, of Hannington, deposed that he captured the prisoner about four o'clock, on the 4th instant, on the Ashford-road. Redanies had the knife now produced in his hand. He had just taken the knife from his breast and thrown it on the ground. Witness took possession of the knife. Redanies had on the two capes produced. Took a bundle from his waist. He fell down, and witness then saw he was stabbed. The Chairman : How was he dressed ? Witness : He had on the two capes over his shirt. He had a pair of soldier's trowsers on, but no coat. Mrs. Atwood, the wife of a tradesman at Lower Hardres, said she could not recognise the prisoner, as he was much altered. He purchased two sheets of paper and two envelopes, and Borne ink, and asked permission to write two letters. He wrote two letters on bill paper, and those produced she said appeared like those he wrote. The prisoner asked for another, and put in a pawnbroker's ticket for a watch. The prisoner had on two capes (pro duced), the one fastened by a belt round the waist, and the other was turned inside out over his shoulders. When he left the shop he went towards Mr. Barwood's, the post master. It was about nine o'clock on the Monday morn ing when he came, and about half-past ten he left. He spoke some words in plain English. He was evidently a foreigner. After some further evidence of a confirmatory character, the prisoner was 'fully committed to take his trial at the assizes. The prisoner, on being committed, cried bitterly, and the Witnesses having been bound over to appear at the trial, Redanies was earried out of court, and the proceedings terminated. LORD GRA.NVILLE AT ST. PETERSBURG The arrival of the British Embassay at St. Petersburg is thus noted in a letter, dated August 8:—" Earl and Countess Granville, Sir Robert Peel, and a number of Englis,h 10;0 and gentlem t en, have just landed on the English quay in the midst of a staring mass of Russians. Lord Ward was late in getting into the boat at Cronstadt. Over the heads of the general crowd on the . quay have been towering for twenty-f o u r h ours some livened Anakim, in the shape of English footmen, who must have slept there, I think. about thirty yards below the little steamer which had brought the English Ambassador over the bar of the river lay an Imperial steam-yacht, all dressed in flags in his honour. Several carriages, amongst which was one with four horses, the leaders, half a length in the traces beyond the wheelers, and altogether comparisoned in the national style, were in attendance. When Earl and Countess Granville, having got into the carriage with four horses had been whirled off to Demauth's, a carriage and pair drew up b e f ore th e littl e l an di n g pavilion or hut, and some of the others mounted this vehicle ; while a third carriage, and then some droskies, conveyed away the rest. A Yankee in the crowd remarked through his nose, That second best chap, I reckon, is Peel ; the rest is fuss and feathers," The same letter says :---" The British kin, bassador has won beforehand the goodwill of the Russian commercial world by a very simple measure. Ins carriages and horses, though English, are to appear in Russian style, harness, and equipment, All th ese accessories, therefore, were or dered in Russia. B ot h the compliment and the profit are acceptable." FRENCH CORRESPINDENCE..—" An affair, which is at this moment creating a deep sensation at Nantes, is the accusation against an ancient mayor of this city of having assassinated a banker and his female r,l Pr vant. journals ar e fill e d with accounts reapeotiog this strange and terrible ev en t " The local 1.31..4.5T.—0n Wednesday evening. about five o'clock, a monster blast took place at the Trow Rocks, South Shields. The contractors for the piers had made a large chamber, into which they had put seven cwt. of powde , and the train being laid, it was fired by James Mather, Esc., one of the commissioners, 'The explosion, which was witnessed by a groat number of persons, was magnificent, and it was estimated about 6,000 tans of rocks were dislodged. It will be immediately removed for the core of the south vier.—Newcastle •Chronick MACNAUGHT AND THE REV. J. B. LOWE. THE RIFF PIRATES The Prussian frigate Dan tzig, bearing the flag of Prince Adalbert, high admiral of Prussia, has had a collision with Riff pirates. Prince Adalbert. being desirous to see the spot where a Prussian vessel had been plundered some years before, attempted to land in one of the ship's boato, but on reaching the beach was fired upon and pre vented from so doing. The prince then returned to the frigate, manned and armed the boats, landed and charged the Ruffians gallantly up a hill ; but they were completely surrounded by the pirates: and compelled to retreat to their boats under the frigate's guns. The prince received a ball in his thigh, his aide-de camp (flag lieutenant) was mortally wounded, and died soon after getting on hoard the frigate; a mate of the Dantzig was shot through the elbow joint, seven men were killed, and seventeen wounded; three of the men were left on the field, and could not be got • off. The remainder of the killed were buried at Gibraltar with military honours, and the wounded removed ashore to the military hospital. The prince' wound was going on favourably. Her. Majesty's steam sloop Vesuvius had been despatched from Gibraltar with an account of the outrage, to be presented to the proper authorities on the opposite coast. INCIDENTS IN M RqIIAL PELI`3SIER'S LIFE Pelissier, who was originally a private dragoon, subse quently held several important commissions in the French army, and was, in 1839, nominated lieutenant colonel and chief of the staff of the 3rd Division of the army in Algiers. In 1840 he filled the same position in the division of the line, and was promoted to the rank of colonel and assistant-chief-general of the staff in the Algerian army ; and in 1845 he obtained a wide, though a very unenviable, celebrity. The Arab, Buu-Maza. who styled himself "The invulnerable," after inspiring the Kabvles with a blind confidence, proclaimed the holy vvar in the Darah, and raised the tribes in insurrection The importance of crushing a movement so formidable was felt by the French, and the most cruel means were unscrupulously resorted to. In this war, while carrying on combined operations in the west with the late St. Arnaud, Pelissier was occupied with the pursuit of the ()tiled Riahs. The latter finding them selves hard pressed, took refuge in immense caverns, which served them for houses, and where it would have been madness for the French troops to follow. Pelissier, however, not to be baffled, surrounded the caverns with his soldiers, and caused faggots to be lighted and thrown before the entrance, to suffocate them if he chose. HI then threw in letters, offering them life and liberty if they would surrender. At first they refused ; but afterwards consented to yield, on poorlition of the French troops being meantime with drawn. These conditions were not agreeu to, so more faggots were thrown, and presently a violent dispute arose among the besieged as to the course they should pursue. The majority, however, decided on enduring the worst ; and a few of those who differed from them contrived to escape. Pelissier then employed some Arabs to induce them to surrender, but so determined were these Ogled Riahs to resist to the last, that they unhesitatingly fired on some of their women who attempted to escape from self sacrifice. Pelissier there upon suspended the throwing of faggots, and sent a ' French officer to hold a parley with the enemy ; but he was, it is said, received with a discharge of fire arms At length, on the second night of this extraordinary siege—it was on the 19th of June—Pelissier scrupled .no longer as to the means of victory. The fire was renewed, and rendered intense in heat ; and, for a time, dreadful cries and agonising shrieks were heard from the wretched inmates of the caverns. Then succeeded a silence, unbroken save by the crackling of the faggots, and terribly significant in its import. The French troops on entering found 500 dead bodies—men, women, and children ; and 150 persons so near death by suffocation, that though instantly brought to the open air, most of them expired. When intelligence of this military transaction was conveyed to Paris it created a profound sensation, and excited at once regret and indig• nation, thought it was justified by the brutal Marshal Bugeaurl, as "al military neeessil," rendered impera tive on Pelissier by the order of his commander-in chief. DEATH OF DR. BUCKLAND Dr. William Buckland, Dean of Westminster, died on Thursday last, at his residence at Clapham. This gen tleman was better known in the scientific than in the religions works, and his determined pursuit of geological researches, especiilly in the details of that somewhat abstruse science, made his opinions of the highest autho rity. In 1845 Sir Robert Peel appointed him to the Deanery of Westminster, which became vacant at that time by th, elevation of the then dean (Dr. Samuel Wilberforce), to the Bishopric of Oxford. Within a few weeks after his appointment to the Deanery oft West minster, Dr. Buckland became subjeUted to " the last infirmi y of noble minds"--his intellect gave way. and from that time until the hour of his death his life was one of seclusion from the world. The Deanery of Westminster is worth £2.000 a year, and is the gift of the First Minister of the Crown. Dr. Buckland was horn in South Devonshire. in 1781. He was educated at Winch ster School and Corpus College, Oxford, which he entered in 1801, ana of which he became successively scholar and fellow. About the year 1812 he was appinted university reader in geology and mineralogy. His lectures delivered at Oxford gave the first impetus to physical science in that seat of learning. In 1818 be was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, and obtained the Copley medal in 1822. In 1825 he was appointed to a college living in Hampshire, and also the more wealthy post of a canonry at Christchprch. This latter preferment he retained until 1845, when he succeeded Bishop Wilberforce in the D anery of Westminster. He had not been long in possession of his deanery. when his active and untiring mind began to show symptoms of tailing, and he Teti! , d into private life ; not, however, until lie had successfully exerted himself in arranging the geological depatment of the Briish Museum, in assisting the late Sir Henry de la Beeche in founding the Museum of Practical Geology, of Jermyn-street, and had shown himself a reformer of our social system of facili tating the admission of the poorer classes to the interior of Westminster Abbey, and by advocating a supply of pure water to their dwellings in the metropolis. The chief works by which the name of Dr. Buckland will be known hereafter, are his " Descriptive Notes of the Irish Coast," published b y hi m in 1813, after a tour which be took in Ireland in conjunction with Dr. Conybeare ; his Vindicm Qeologicm, or Connection of Science with Religion Explained,'? published in 1820, and reproduced in a modified (though more extended and elaborate) form in 1836, as one of the Bridgwater Treatises, under the title of " Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology." Besides the above pub lications, he was the aeihnr of "ReliquM Dituri ame or, Remarks on Organic Remains, attestjng the action of an Universal Deluge," and a variety of papers in the transactions of the Royal and Geological Sobietiei. A contribution of Dr. Buckland to the " Annals of Philo -B°PbY," unfolding the character of the coal districts of the Leeswa er Treatise south-west of England, is also spoken of with great espect by the scientific world, as a standard geological It btic,l.l joins*: Flrid g t should be added that Dr. Buckland's has proved by far the most popular work in that able series of scientific works, aid that in fi be is lon e g " in tr g i his health andsto the stores of scientific research study, but paid especial strengthime lie did not content himself, while permitted, with mere theoretic geolegl to the practicaal s attentiou to the application of and useful purposes connected with mining and building.p r a r lecturer producing an B u akl ana was pre-eminent in the o , e impres sive effect. No one whoever witm2sl;eiscl lectures on td' would be an inadequate eXoresalCin) o p i r e t z a n t a a t u i:o t e e n s d o i f o it ~s y r i h a a n t megatherium can for get leis hmoist;o4lisc he assumed to bare been the monster. NISI PRIUS COURT Mr. Baron Bramwell took his seat on the bench at nine o'clock on Sltnrday, and proceeded with the hearing of the civil business. _ _ _ BROADBENT AND ANOTHER V. BASTLIADAS.—In this action the Messrs. Broadbent, cotton spinners and manu facturers, Greenacre Moor, near Oldham, traling under the firm of Mary Broadbent and Sons, were the plain tiffs; and Messrs. Basiliadas, Greek merchant, of Manches ter, the defendants. Mr. Tomlinson opened the pleadings, and Mr. Attorney General Knowles stated the ease. The action was brought to recover 4'475, for which it was alleged the defendants had agreed to give a bill at three mon he, of which bill they subsequently refused the acceptance. From the statement of the plaintiffs case, it appeared that Messrs. Brdadbent did business to a considerable extent. in Manchester, through a commission agent named Mr. George Hodgin. One of the defendants, Mr. George Basiliadas, resided in Manchester. and -the other lived somewhere abroad. Mr. George Basiliadas was in the habit of buying goods in Manchester, and sending them to his brother. En carrying on his agency, it was the habit of Mr. Hodgin, who had since died, to sell the goods in his own name, although it was well known in Manchester that he was only an agent, and probably it was known that he was agent for Messrs. Broadbent, vet he always adopted that manner of selling the goods. The usual terms were l per cent off, cash in one month from the date of the invoice, which were the usual terms throughout Manchester. It would appear, however, that Mr. Hodgin was sometimes in the habit of taking an acceptance for three months.. On the 25th of March, a person named Hughes, the manager of Messrs. Basiliadas' firm, called upon Mr. Hodgin to enquire about a description of cloth called 27-inch T. Mr. Hodgin said the price was 4s. 91 per yard, and Mr. Hughes offered 4s. Bd. Mr. Flodgin stated that the cloth belonged to the Messrs. Broadbent, and he would send to see whether they would take the offer. While the messenger was out, Mr. George Basiliadas himself came in, and asked if the price offered would be accepted. Mr. Hodgin again stated that he should communicate with Mr. Broadbent. Mr. Broadbent declined taking 4s. ed., and accordingly Mr. Hodgin wrote the following note to the defendant:— "Manchester, 25th March, 1856.—Messrs. Basiliadas' Brothers—Gentlemen,—l have seen the manufacturers respecting the 2,000 pieces 27-T at 4s. 9d. to be invoiced by them. Messrs. Broadbent and Sons terms, 1 one month.—Tours truly, George Hodgin." Subsequently defendant agreed to take the goods, but asked, through Mr.' Hughes, that payment might be taken by a bill at three months. Mr. Hodgin communicated with the plain- tiffs, who said that that was not their usual mode of doing business, but nevertheless they would not in that case refuse to take the bill. The goods were delivered, and the delivery note stated, " you will receive the invoice direct from Mary Broadbent and Sons," and also the words, "on account of Mary Broadbent and Sons." These passages George Basiliadas struck out himself from the delivery note when it was handed to him. On the 3rd of April the bill was drawn. IP Was taken to the counting house of the defendant, who, to the surprise of the plain tiff, refused to accept it. He declared that he knew nothing about the Messrs. Broadbent, and never had heard of them before. After several applications had been made he would neither accept the bill nor return the goods. Under these eircumstancep the action was brought to recover the amount of the bill. Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Spinks appeared for the defence. A verdict was given for the plaintiffs . for the amount claimed. HOWARTH V. RIDING.-,This was an undefended action for goods sold. Mr. Wheeler appeared Enr plaintiff, for whom a verdict was given. HoLpaorT V. BIDEBOTTOM.—In this case, which was an action for the services of an engineer. A verdict was taken for plaintiff by consent, Woot,raLL V. TURNER AND OTHERS.—A verdict was taken in this case for 4'50 by consent. HAYWARD AND ANOTHER, EXECUTORS, V. WRIGHT.. This was an action brought by the executors of the late John Hayward, propriet o r of an hotel in Bridge street, Manchester, to recover £2OO, alleged to have been lent by deceased in his lifetime to the defendant, who carried on business as a salesman in Manchester, and was connected by Marriage with the decea#o, Mr. Atherton, Q.C I and Mr. Monk'appeared"for ' the plaintiffs. The dellince was, that the testator had retained in discharge of the debt some tin-mine shares which he had originally received as security. Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., • appeared for the defenCe. The jury nonsuited the plaintiffs. Several Cases following in the list were settled or with- THE ORLEANS FAMILY. A letter from Hamburg contains an account of the Orlean ist movement in that place. When the late Duke of Orleans lost his life by a fatal accident in the Bois de Bologne, sort of political last will and t es t ament was f oun d among h is papers. In this he gave minute directions to his children for their future guidance, and especially with reference to their conduct towards the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty. Among other things, he implored them to stick to the tricolour, and never to exchange it under any considera tion for the white flag and flours de lys. Since then the re• volution of 1848 altered the position of all parties. The alive dates of a " fusion" of the rival branches of the Bourbons persuaded the Count de Chambord, who is childless, to adopt the Count de Paris as his sun and heir. It is un. derstood that the Duke de Nemou , s, and his brother the Prince de Joinville, agreed to this arrangement; but the Duchess of Orleans, out of regard to the memory of her late husband and his fervent wishes, could never be prevailed on to give her consent to the measure, and thus the affair was left for a long time. On the 24th of this mouth the young Comte de Paris, who, during his minority, has been under the tutelage of his mother, the Duchess of Orleans, will have completed his eighteenth year, and consequently attained his majority, and become his own master. I believe I am in a position to inform you, on excellent authority, that it has been resolved to issue to the public a manifesto of the 24th instant (the Prince's birthday), in . which he will openly repudiate the idea of a fusion with the Comte de Chambord, and take his ground on the claims of himself and his fatherto the French throne, without any pretensions to be looked upon as the adopted son and successor of the Comte de Chambord. The rough draft of the proolamation his been already written by M. Thiers. A letter of later date from the same correspondent says—'• The fa m ily congress w ill now b e held at Claremont, but. it will not be attend e d by th e D uc h ess o f O r l eans , w h o is going to the well known bathing place of Pfeffers, in Switzerland. The exact reason for this change of plans has not transpired. It is said that the French envoy in this city, w e ll aware o f w h a t was go i ng on , informed the senate that if the manifesto were permitted to be published here, the French goverment could not bUt consider it as an act of hostility, or at least a demonstration against the Emperor, on the part of Hamburg, and that it - would be better for all parties if the venue of the coming proclamation were to be changed to some other country. A hint to this effect I believe to have been given the prince by the police, and hence their sudden departure. It did not fail to cause some remarks, that when the C )mte de Paris entered the carriage, the second to enter was M. Thiers, who took his seat beside the prince, whilst his brother, the Duke de Chartres, and the C ou nt de Montguyon took their places opposite, and with-their backs to the horses."' Letters from Dublin state that Mr. John O'Connell has been offered by the Lord Lieutenant the office of clerk of the Hamper, vacant by the death of Christopher Fitzsimon, Esq., and that the offer has been accepted. BOARD OP TRADE, WHITEHALL, Auousr 14.—The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for. Trade and Plantations have received through the Sects.: tary of State for Foreign Affairs a dopy of a despatch from her Majesty's minister at Lisbon, enclosing a copy and translation of a law by which vessels entering Portuguese ports with cargoes of grain are placed upon the same foot ing with regard to the payment of tonnage duties when departing in ballast as vessels leaving with cargoes of national goods. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Dear Sir,—Will you do me the favour of inserting in your paper a few lines with reference to several letters which have lately appeared before the public ? I was pleased to see in your columns of last Saturday week, a letter from some Mr. W., who wishes to see peace once more established between Mr. Macnaught on the one side, and Mr. Lowe and the Irish party on the other; and in his attempt at reconciliation, he has endeavoured to reconcile the views of men who are as diametrically opposed to each other as common sense and absurdity can be. Now, no one more deeply regrets the fracas which has taken place among the Liverpool clergy;than I do, and I shall be pleased when the storm of opposition has blown over. So far, then, I look on Mr. W.'s letter as a step in the right direction. But, feeling convinced that truth will ultimately prevail, and wishing, moreover, that justice be done to my injured and much slandered friend, Mr. Macnaught, I would sly that, had Mr. W., when speaking of passing through the alembic of the mind, said that the Rev. J. B. Lowe appears to have passed through the alembic of reason, and to have come out again a minus quantity, the statement would have met with a responsive echo in the breasts of all liberal minded and thoughtful men of the day. Or if, when illus. his definition of objective and subjective truth by an instance taken from the astronomical world, he had said that the earth, during one of her rapid approaches towards Perihelion, appears to have left Mr. Lowe behind her, and trating then sportively to have made a few revolutions before cal ling fur him again, here, too, he would have been in sym pathy with thoughtful men ; for I must say, that Mr. Lowe appears to me to be hardly up to the mark of the nineteenth century. Or if, again, in the instance which Mr. Vir. has borrowed from the science of optics, he had said that pur hero, like a true "son of the green isle," seems to have been looking at one part of Newton's spectrum only, and there fore to have seen but his own native colour instead of the seven combined—here, too, he would have been happier in his illustration ; for Mr. L. appears to me to be so com pletely surrounded by green, that I cannot see him in any other light. However, I hear that he (Mr. L.) has lately been residing in Wales ; I hope, therefore, that the healthy breezes of that district have had a beneficial effect upon him, and since he appeared to have left behind him the wholesome effect of exercising his reason (shall I say common sense and Christian charity also??) I hope be found them again on his return to Liverpool. I am sorry to be thus severe upon nay friend, Mr. Lowe, but the truth must I have been differentiating him by the rules of reason and common sense, and find that he turns out a minimum ; or, in case he never read the higher branches of mathematics, and is, therefore, unacquainted with their terms; or, as " Verax " would say, if he be as ignorant of mathematics as he appears to be of classics, I will cloths my meaning in plainer language, and say that he has miserably failed in his attempts at popularity, and has become, instead, the centre of attraction for the drifting of weak minds. Before dismissing our friend I would offer a little advice, which is—the next time he wishes to ride another hobby, to be more careful in his choice, and also to remember the words of Locke, that " those who are for laying aside the use of reason in matters pertaining to revelation, resemble one who should put out his eyes in order to make use of a tele scope." Again, in the columns of the Courier for last Wed nesday week, appeared a letter from one of St. Chrysostom's congregation, to the effect that, during the last twelve months. he had been made most uncomfortable by Mr. Macnaught's preaching; and then, from his own feelings, he draws the illogical conclusion that doubtless many others are similarly circumstanced. Now, I would ask your readers to consider, for one moment, the fact—that within a very short distance from St. Chrysostom's church are no less than four others, at any one of which our friend could doubtless have obtained a sitting ; and then I would ask them their opinion of the man who, for twelve months, could sit and listen to what be considered erroneous teaching, when he had every opportu nity of attending a place where, perhaps, he would have heard doctrines set forth more in sympathy with his own views, or, I should rather say, where he would have heard sermons more adapted to his own comprehension. But perhaps my friend will plead the force of attachment, and say that past events attach him to the place; this is a very reasonable excuse, and one which I could ....any hay , . %Omitted, had St. ahrygniatont's bpen an old parish church, in which his forefathers had worshipped before him—td which he had bo-n carried for baptism in the days of his infancy —from which he had led forth his bride in the time of manhood - and beneath whose walls he hoped to rest when the journey of life was, at an end. But, since that church has recently been built, I think he can plead no such excuse; and since, also, be has expressed an opinion, that many of the attendants at that place feel very uncomfortable, perhaps I, too, may be allowed to exeress mine, which i s — t h at I th i nk he is a Judas, and, ther e f ore, to ' St. Jude's he shoull go. come out. THE CASE OF POISONING TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN - TIME S•. Sir.—The matter in your to-day's paper, under head of " Frightful case of poisoning a clergyman," &c., draws from me a remark. Both men and women require pump ing at times of emergency, as well as ships. The latter, of lesser consequence are, by law, (and strenuous law, too) pro vided with necessary instruments for preservation when thus situated ; why, then, should not doctors to the humin body be also compelled to be thus provided ? Nature in this case (by efforts to vomit, through administrations of medicine, and not succeding, through weakness) dio'ated what was re quired for assistance, and that assistance, so vitally nem. sary—where was it ? This, though bad, is too of 4 en the case, and ought not to be. Your observations on this hint in your paper may do good. J. 0. Liverpool, 13th August, 1856. TO THE PROTESTANT DISSMITERS AND THE ROMAN CATHOLICS G - 1 LIVERPOOL. Gentlemen.—l make no ailutogy for the introduction of my subject as your interests are mainly concerned in its issue. Yon are, no doubt, aware the Secretary of State has ordered the parish cemetries to be closed against fur►her interments, and to provide for this contingency the church wardens have called a General Vestry Meeting, for Tuesday, the 26th instant. Now, it is to this meeting I desire your attendance, and if you do not obtain a little insight into the management of your affairs, on me rest your disappointment for exciting your attentim to them. It appears, in 1847, the Select Vestry, without any noti fication to the inhabitants, or any pressing receipts at that period for its requirements, applie d for powers—und er th e Church Building A c t, o f July, 18.22—t0 obtain a new cemetry, Twenty-seven acres of land was purchased at Walton, and £15,000 was paid for it, by rates imposed upon the inhabitants at large. The illegality of this proceeding must be obvious to all who will take the trouble to read the powers the Seled Vestry are intrusted with. In April, 1848, at a general vesiry meeting, it was moved and seconded, and recorded in the parish books—" That the Churchwardens, with the Select Vestry, be empowered to obtain an act of parliament to make this cemetery applicable for general purposes, under the provisions co ntemplated by the legislature" —and the majority of th e non- conformists of Liverpool believe the tenure of this land to be held under such provisions. Strange to say, no act wu ever obtained, and after a period of six years, viz , 1 S ,4 , this ground was conse. crated exclusively under the act first recorded, and thereby becomes the Freehold of the Rector of Liverpool, and who, by virtue of his office, is the chairman of the Select Vestry,. I have end eavoured to lay b e f ore you this simple narra tivewill of facts ;no do u b t t h e meeting will supply others. It be for you to say whether you will be deprived of those privileges you have paid for, and are entitled to participate in. It is intended, if the meeting think proper, t o elect a Bath' Bo a r d — constituted under a recent Act of Parliament —which limits the nutnber to nine. The duties of this board will be of a ve ry comprehensi% character ; and I think the first should he an enquiry into this very questionable transaction relating to the \Valtoa cemetery. I believe th e S e l ec t Vestry have beenadvised o f t h e illegality of this act by their pre3ecessors In r) (Ref', and if it finds any defenders in the present b )I'y, the y will have an opportunity of stating their views t, the meeting. So far as T can learn, the only title depended upon is its recent consecration; rind however legal this claim may be, it will remain for the Rector of Liverpool to say what moral claim he has upon it ; fur it must not he forgot he is the only , individual who h as a pro%p-ctive benefit in it, and as the chairman of the hoard, who has perpetrated this wrong upon others, (I say, not designedly), he should have been better advised. I think the ratepayers have a strong moral right if not it •n• legal one, th at i t should be restored o their hands, for, as yet, I understand no interment has taken place in it. I hope it is unnecessary to speak of myself in this matter. My motives are single if in error. lam a churchman, but, I hope, of that class who wish to do to others as they would be dealt with themselves.--I am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, ROBT. SIDNEY, Edge hill N.B.—When I speak of Rectors, Churchwardens, or Select Vestry, I must be understood as speaking of the office, and not of individuals