The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-15 00:00:00

JTII LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.-YESTERDAY, CROWN COURT. l i • (REFORM MR, JUSTICE WILLES ) at ni ne 111°Ming his Lordship took hi s s eat bn th e b enc h o'clock. Susr.. Of n ...„,, V LA G WITH INTENT, &e.—Samuel Speed, a youth l atr°t more than thirteen years of age, and very a ge . n n teel o y ied.,,, th e ,•• as placed at the bar, on a charge of h vi ofn t i oin th of March last, feloniously, and with a view the g some grievous bodily harm, shot another lad, about salhe Seal e n c ,_age• On the day in question, the prisoner . and B und "` his Youthful companions were listening to the t, ri sy school scholars singing in the school room, at some t S•ialle• Salford, as was , also the prosecutor and k /)Ifie s 4 1 1 his companions. From something that too th e " t he latter parties began to throw some cinders at ~, ethers, when the prisoner drew a pistol from his A cket anet fired it at the prosecutor, inflicting a slight and 4ll d th on the body. He was immediately apprehended. i t b e pistol was taken from him, when he said, " I fir T 1 aot e ., ° „ 4 ,.ose the other boys threw stones at us, but I did 1,0 - "IA to do any harm." By the direction of his rci shiP th e • Mi es ... . prisoner was acquitted, and, after a suitable an t alon for permittinct his temper to lead him to such i‘stet.. discharged. ' Ankers, tßeci ,s_sr,sainorEn AT MANCHESTER.—Joseph . .On th 4 )• a packing-case maker, was charged with havin7 p;'' e 6 th of April. caused the death of his wife. "" Bturner lived in Martin-street, Manchester. ' l a . t 001( L I' night prior to her death, a female fe ss tk uer home about half- past • - • 1 mu c h wi tness described it, B la se, ' Iri consequence of the ang r y svc, th e returned to her friends sge„tettiained until about half-past one o'cli 4;T went to her own Nome. The prisoner' q te m‘ eight years old. stated that o afteVlo, his . mot Mu sty t he prise With e i stage to him. h e he r Clothes and boots on, and it v. 1 , Use . . neat 1 . 1 11 either kicked, or fell, out of "Ft ti - "oR the child saw, was his father 1 1 04,; 48 , another by the neck, and doubling her . hi, i ll. the •corner of the room, saying "he eot. 1:40' 'ler off " before the morning, and she saying, 22°, You have doubled me up," next day, fr o ''"ale friend called and found her very ill, and elicited vit T the deceased that the prisoner had hurt her neck di e s h is hands, but nothing was to be said about it. She th, : ;••oa the Tuesday following. The surgeon who made IskiPe Inortem examination of _the body said, that death tap,atticsid.: Iv lo e °ceasioned from the vertebra of the neck being a's hich might arise from her having been dotibled tlot e described in the corner of the room, but he could a fap °ll eeile that such an injury could have resulted from that The prisoner, in his address to the jury, admitted he had • geti nt given the deceased a gentle push when she Aft" , ° bed with her clothes on, and she fell directly verdictoernplaining of her neck. The jury returned ,a n i q Q ,, f guilt Y. His Lordship, in passing sentence upon b rut - 1, -- ner said, the offence of men assaulting and b a , dl l ;•.Y ill treating their wives, and wives their husbands, Thi s ee ,fte so familiar, that a check must be put to it. vesa't,Peugh not the worst case of manslaughter, was a het 1 3 , 1 ' °lle, and he was rather surprised that he had laiseneeo indicted for murder. The sentence upon the , Ap oT r IV as that he be transported for fifteen years. sate es ~,a CASE.Or MANSLAUGHTER AT MANCHESTER.— the d " ° Yle, a tailor , aged 44, was indicted for causing the MANCHESTER.— de of his wife, Mary Doyle. On the 16th of July kasP„ii:"ller called'aa friend's house in Blossom's-court. aot , biletster, and asked if his wife was there. She was lace about after came in, and sonsr d angry words took tl* jew oout s ern3 % lie inioi!s Soon after, they young woman ; of whom the deceased ke sentl .' ',eft the house together, he court some quarrelling was heard, and . atm, of of afterwasds a f....a The prisoner then ran, in a Gent andt excae• • dead , fou nd th _ment, and . called a neighbour, who 1,, e r i a b low , ..1 deceased lying on the ground, nearly c ea sed v v ., -4 flowing from a wound on the head._ The kil ed in . ..4 in drink at the, time. The surgeon who was e f• t1e 0".,,,,„' to attend the deceased attributed death to (i .: ' o n c t ,'"i'l or the brain • produced from an external blow : 41 he - ti t°le nee• The ' prisoner, in his defence, admitted , - ,Od t e „,;• 34 1 struck his wife but it was only a gentle rap, the lit -4 . Place two or three minutes before she fell from Min e eP of the door. The jury, alter retiring for a short t 0 mercy'tetur tied a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation lad Twelve months' imprisonment. l a ßea A o' 'FL-KILLING AT MatscugsTEß.—James M'Hugh, path 'ea Piecer, stood indicted with having caused the kiso,, ° L, his Wife In this case it appeared that the .tseati-ne:hn.ad for a * series of years been guilty of brutally ri lld W; * ' ls w ire, who was a person of delicate health, ,lisist-s suffering from a disease of the lungs. About ,Was e „ rt i„as last he severely beat her, so much so that she Iles d a 'no,d at a neighbour's house, where she _sent for k irl i ligut er , by a former husband, and complained 13% orlf.' the side from the kick sof the prisoner. On the. towed ~,A-Pril last the prisoner went to his house, aufl Ns thgte deceased for some money, upon which he was r•heu a , k , , t she had not any•• as she had just paid the rent. He ?llVtas - 7ed for snuck, and upon being told that the - J ea alY, he the deceased a Most violent to the tls - Ja w , which fractured the ~,... 4 1 o„l"eeasea a_-- "a little er went homa in a 'er was in bed, and She after a of hers having had, but not very (is which took house, where son, a child le night In of intoxicat ,n to use v 14 got into bed ould seem that she rhe prosecution urged that Ihe blow Istheiasti°llaeccelerarted the death of the deceased, and :aviee n e k he was guilty of manslaughter. His _Lordship. ~",ltir4Targed th e jury, a verdict of " not . guilty " was Zeen h'• The prisoner was about leaving the dock, t agr,elB !.ordship said—prisoner , you mast not go y a e n . Caught with the verdict ;. there was not evidence . of m Your !', but you must be mow tried for having don , I n Wif e t sonle grievous bodily .harm, which, accord -00, ° ,.,.the _ till 4" .111 e prison er was t etas Period of the este g _ tbg ng dlibYhn plan is ed i the dock, o pfl n n t - The aence of' the child a rem° y, the ou certain I.—At a iiub hts t evidence was again gone tiori oli an, and the prisoner was found gi l lirt7 ' Of - the more labouts offence. Two years' imprisonment, with hard Dc,AlANstiTy CUTER AT LIVERPOOL.- 01 I.`lr, was charged with having three""_ll,pparks, on the Ilth of Ju last , r p;,rsons, John M'Glade, Georg 13. Llotnas 11I'Cadden, committed for the same offent 4,-.lle Coroner, but rto_inst all but the •gr - '-nored the bilis a common assat in the Hugh Campbell ', aged aused the death There were e M.Glade, .oberis had a tn,e.prisn e ,.and jury a, , , .„,_., On the 11th of Jul), _ril A intre e catt Rot intorace-course. the cart, when they pl y fl og r. between Liverpool and the The prisoner, with the others, th_earailst vet and he art, under the wheel, but from which he knocked the carter . o ;7 1. 11 1' _and upon getting up :4 ~ extricater]. The woman was also knocked out of the 4uprwin the cart, lying she saw ' the deceased, who had on the edge of the curb. She hrl 'e .. .(ards savv his dead body at the hospital. There t was e direeeviyeaneoe_against the prisoner, and he was, by h A d° it _ljcbis Lordsnip, acquitted. .. -I ttEn BY ITS GWN FIiTHER AT MANCHESTER. `-41iehael Whelan, aged 34, stood charged with having tau,,,, h eal ' me death of his own chad by stabbing it on the ten a ; i Iri,,this case it appeared that the prisoner went to h a tlec eas , ll , - 0 ,eiv Smith-str et, where his wife was nursing the Pris a ,, c , child. Some angry words took place between place c l l . and his wife, which resulted- in a sctiffb taking a pair them, during which the prisoner caught hold the l "r of scissors, and immediately afterwards plungel ha.di wound the ail a,,einto the back of the infant's head, from the effect o d died. The prisoner denied that he *as any intention of killing the child, and said that the blow d purelY accidental. The jury found the prisoner guilty, pf_eciwas sentenced to 15 years' transportation, butu s il s i Ett Y Inr A FOREIGNER —Goodman Ad,er,. age a lso a , eh e . a n and a Jew, who had carried on the business of h s poss,,„: , at Aianchester, li f Otej 'i°ll stood indicted with hailing, mile 0 i f a plate, on which was engraved . the ac..! Bin gn note, for the purpose of defrauding the National er,s oho n rtAnstria. The prisoner had called at an engraver's Pelif,'‘Q.nrgraves of Cross street, Manchester) with another a Ilat„-yn l'eb7nary lest, and requested him to engrave a greed -f a note of the National Rink of Austria, which he In fa r ;,,, to do for £7 ; but Hargraves subsequently gave r th e -"Mn to the police, and upon the prisoner going poss Ilate, he his was taken into cuwody with the plate in e 0 neD. °4l°ll . The note thus forged, was proved to that he bad b eva tie Austria. ' 6eiabl I in The prisoner pleaded h the ,1" the dupe of another, man, because he did not know no of 't The jury found the pr!soner guilty, and he Ita / 3 "eo tence l d..t o four years' pen +l servitude. f aged 50, itr)oditoiL_,AlY AT WESTLEIGH.—Thomas llea.on, . nlc ed With d 'v 11' u t ''th having burglariously entered the 0, Mg-house of James Rudd, and stolen therefrom three -,s and some other property, On the 10th of April last, doors and thf' Prosecutor, before going to bed; left all the do „ windows secure • but, upo❑ getting up on the following 1411.11 41 a he mis i sed the property mentioned ha the indict tient. C PI the same night l they were found in the possession of the Pv ' s°ll er by two p o lice, The jary returned a verdict - of guilty. The prisoner had been previously .. "°ll7ieted. Four years' penal servitude. NISI PRIITS COURT. Ilis Lordship, Mr. Baron Brarawell, took his seat on the bench at nine o'clock yesterday. , ACTION FOR ASSAULT ---141, WOOD V. LAW.—The plaintiff tr . ! this action sought to recover damages from Mr. John Al enry Law, an attorney of Aionchester, for an assault corn- Mitted on him on the- 2nd of June last. Mr. Attorney- G eneral Knowles Mr. Watson, and Mr .A.th ton,Q a dMr Q.O , and Mr. Blair, al3Peared for the p laintiff,p • er .., an . Jones for the defendant. The case for the plaintiff, who Was about twenty-three years of age, and a commission agent at Manchester, was, that . on the evening of the 2nd acquaintance of his of June be called upon an aequain the same floOrnoaPVjvcl. son, -who occupied an office on chamber as Mr. Law. He observed that somet persons gone out, a n d were waiting for Mr. Law, who had is Mr. Law's shorts after he perceived a lady going towar ( i , Being aware that Mr. Law was abset t he beingw eot toldou t and e klierf the lady whom she wanted, and on, wanted M. Law he told her that ~f jacksou'd office and askd her if she would wait ill D i r * that gentleman was out, uniil Mr. Law Walked aw a y . c a me back. Th e l a d y ma d e n o answer and Shortly after he saw Mr. Law an reig lady return to the offices and he then went to his own Next morning he received a letter from Mr. Law, contained the following Passage :.-« you must was immediate and satisfactory apology to me for the disgrat— insult offered o the lady who called upon me ; and if Pm do not I will not only ex you, horsewhip you : in point poseey the lady is much hut 1 will publicly Your superior." The defendant's brother brought the letter to plaintiff, and plaintiff told him he had offered no offence, alld, as he was not to be bullied into an apology, he would e same go to defendant and explain all that had occurred. Plaintiff accordingly went to defendant's office, and the moment be got in defendant said, " your apology.;" but before plaintiff 'Could answer the defendant knocked him down, and struck -him several times with a stick over the head and shoulders. The prisoner was cross-examined by Mr. Atherton, with the view of showing that he had made familiar and unwar rantable advances to the lady. He denied that he told her several times be wanted to speak to her in Mr. Jackson's office, but admitted that he looked after her down the street to see where she was going. He denied that he said to Jackson "here comes one of Law's women," and affirmed that he only said "here is a young woman looking for Llw." He admitted that in speaking to Mr. Law's brother he said, " the young woman either was mistaken or was a damned liar "—or words to that effect. Mr. Wainwright, surgeon, of Manchester, deposed that the plaintiff had received considerable injuries which made him an invalid for three weeks. His Lordship suggested that the case should be adjusted between the parties, but after some con versation Mr. Atherton stated that his client did not con ceive he could now refrain from having the whole case gone into. Mr. Atherton then addrrssed the jury for the defendant. He explained that the defendant did not, and could not, conceive that the assault he had committed was justifiable in point of law, but he desired to show that, so far as an assault could possibly be justified, it was justified by impertinent and indecent conduct on the part of the plaintiff. The evidence of the young lady, who was a client of Mr. Law's, and a' friend of his family, was then taken. She deposed that when she knocked at the defendant's t?" She m on his r upon which to hers. and .do you I to go away, but ii she watite Mr: Law, er, put his fa very cl manner" won't I do as welt ? come in here," pointing to Mr. Jaekson's office. Shf said—" what do you mean—go about your business," and left the place. - lie followed her, saying..." won't you come bac' and wer D the street for ome distance. t a shop she knevi, e eaw that plaintiff had turned down another street. immediately after she met Mr. Law, and turned bark with him. When they got to Mr. Law's office she again saw the plaintiff going into Mr. Jackson's office, and she then told Mr. Law of what had happened. Mr. Atherton and Mr. Watson respectively spoke to evidence. His Lordship. in summing up, remarked, that the jury might e went c take the account of the amount of injuries received by the plaintiff as being correctly represented by him, inasmuch as the ovidence of the medical gentlemen bore it out. The plaintiff was unquestionably, when he entered defendant's office, about to make some kind of explanation or disclaimer of intended offence. Under these circum , tances, that a large and powerful man should immediately knock down a man much inferior in size, and apparently not very strong, strike him when down with the thick end of a stick until it broke, then take another stick and beat him with that until he was out of breath, constituted an assault which he did not hesitate to describe as ungentlemanly and ruffianly. A blow struck under the heat of passion, or even a formal horsewhipping, one might, under the circum stances, be somewhat ready to forgive ; but an amount of beating, as the plaintiff had received, was as outrageously unwarrantable, according to any code of gentlemanly honour, as it was according to the law of the country. His Lord ship then proceeded to comment on the evidence, and ob served, that it appeared very probable that the conduct of the young man was impertinent and offensive, and that his manner of addressing the young lady was such as would probably be use by a man who was looking out for what was called a gallant adventure, and had no very definite object in view, further than to see what would come of it. It was possible that the young man might have imagined, seeing the lady'knocking at the door of the defendant's time when the clerks had usually left, that she came to meet Mr. Lai by some appointment ; and her not immediately replying when he asked what she wanted, might have led him to imagine that, not having found Mr. Law, she wanted to get away without being noticed. It was much to be regretted, that the young lady did not at onca—in what she must pardon if he called a more sensible manner—reply at once, that she had come to see Mr. Law on business, instead of making no answer at first, and turn ing to go away. Allowing that his conduct was indiscreet and imp . ertinent, his Lordship observed, that the question for the jury was whether, under the circumstances, he hav ing gone to make some some kind of explanation, it was such as to merit the amount of beating he received. If the jury should think it did, their verdict would undoubtedly go a great way to deter persons fr office at )i those whi) tree, ex, m attempting any gallant og enough and large enough to encounter such an individual as the defendant. The jury then, after a short consideration, found a verdict for the defendant damages THE QUEEN V. THE INHABITANTS OF ROYTON.—This VMS an action to decide whether a certain road in the township of Itlyton, near Halifax, in Yorkshire. was a nublie hioh- indictment ag► repir of the r st the inhabitants — of Royton for the non !. Mr, Hugh Q C., and Mr. Owens Mr. Cross, for the defence. The indict- merit was preferred by order of the magistrate of R tyton, to t place to repair the road which apidatinn. The road was known After a considerable number of Mr, Wheeler compe the overseers of that of del had fallen into a sta witnesses had be e case ended in a verdict fur the Ift. STEPHENS V. HARRISON AND OTHERS.—MI 3 was an ,on, upon an over-due bill of exchange for £3OO. Mr. Wat3 , n, Q.C. for defend draper in liar cm, William A until r, The b was dated and W sh and 13 o of i plaintiff was a woillen Henry iqm Adam Slater, Q colliery, worked •amfield Coal Com- ante upon which the action was , and was payable in three The bill was drawn by Manchester, upon Mr. Henry Harrison, of the Standish and Bramfield colliery, near Wigan, and endorsed by him. The defendant, Mr. Harrison, did not dispute that he had endorsed the bill, and allowed judgment to go by default so far as he was concerned ' • hut the question in dispute was, whether he hail any general authority to endorse such bills, so as to make his partners liable in this instance. The amount paid bY plaintiff was £273, for which tie received the bill. Harrison was himself a principal witness for the plaintiff, and was severely commented upon by the judge in summing up, for the want of candour he had displayed in giving his evidence. He deposed that he had an express authority from the partners to endorse this bill, of which statement his LOrd. ship expressed an entire disbelief. Mr. Watson contended thatfthe7general authority of Mr. Harrison, as a partner, only applied to bills in the ordinary seape of a coal mine business, and not to such accommodation bills as that in question. The jury found for the plaintiff, but expressed a hope that Harrison would be made liable for the whole amount. His Lordship suggested that execution should be taken against Harrison ; and that, until all z&ans'had been exhausted of making him pay, execution should not be taken against the other partners. The court rose at half-past six o'clock. n nam, QUARANTINE IN THE RUSSIAN PORTS.—The annexed has been, received at the Baltic Coffeehouse. from the Russian Consul-General :—" Official Notice—The Russian Consul-General is directed by authority to inform the public that. the Crimea being evacuated, the quarantine regulations in the Russian ports of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff are reestablished. AMERICAN LroPLATto-In a review of the last session of Congress, the Hew York Herald says :—" The long ses sion of this Canzress, which commenced on the first Monday in December, and which is to close on the 18th day of August, will be a memorable one in the history of the government—memorable for its extraordinary, loose, and conflicting materials—for its disgracefully protracted contest for a speaker—for its bludgeons, pistols, and bloody ruffian- ism—tor its unblushing come ations for the publil plunder —for its corrupt.and tvastefil sr lands and the public money—' public interest.. u squauclerings of the public .or its cool neglect of the .oten contempt of public opinion—and for its mean, grovelling, and dirty little tricks for combe." I, its st MADEIRA, July 23.—" I am sorry to say the cho!era was introduced here from Lisbon at the beginning of this month, when 400 men were landed from Belem without performing quarantine. Great numberi have been carried off of the when it may be our lower cl • " The governor and authorities are taking every precaution. It was a most iniquitous act of the Lisbqn government. There is great consternation* in the town. The cholera has appeared in Naehico. Provisions are dear, and there is much suffering among the poor ; how they live I do not know.—August 3 : The cholera has been raging here since the beginning of July, and there were a great among the poor people last week. No English vet attacked." many deaths man haa been a Mr. Master Murphy's officer, Mr. the official manager, moved for an _..,.,,....t0g payment by the contributories in the sche dule of the balance due by them in reriect of the call of £4O per share, after giving them, respectively, credit for all proper deductions and credits, as shown by th e i r accounts with th e Ti pperary Bank. r. Lawson said, on behalf of Mr. Vincent Scully, from whom £4,680 was demanded, that the order ought not to be made. His client had been m t ~ client t ivhcearses served with a mire facias, at the suit of several creditors, in the Court of Exchequer. The call upon him of £4O per sharehi. was in answer, in point of law, to these actions, and d ian i ni n: eh r e t . :lml individual-.t the official manager and he w4s at - the same time sued by zentable position of being " held and £4,680 was demanded of him by He (Mr. Lawson) admitted that there 't of law to the order, but he sub- DLEIR S. L s Do answer in V fti , ql _ r the aPAlication of the official manager lies to the pecial liseretionfacts and of the Master, iiv cacurnr-- - h 1 ought to p 7 regard ta_the h partiCulai.case. Mr. and willing to discharge fair th a t he should be harassed at the same time. The Master uzde the order was most finxiou but it was E NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. FRIGHTFUL CASE OF POISONING A CLERGYMAN ON BOARD THE CANADIAN STEAMER. One of the most lamentable cases of death frord pdisOri, by mistake, that we have had to record, took place on board the Canadian steam ship, on her voyage from Que bec to this port, on the 12th inst. There was a rumour at first that the deceased had committed suicide; but, as the following evidence will show, there was not the most remote cause for such an assertion. There was also, it was said, much blame attached to the steward of the vessel, but *this was equally unfounded. The deceased gentleman was a clergyman, 34 years of age, named Thomas William Marsh ; and, as we were informed, 112 is the son of English parents, but was born in France, and educated in Canada, where he was ordained, and officiated for some time past. He was on his way with his wife, a lady about 30 years of age, to this country ; and it was stated that they were about to spend a few months near London, with some relatives of the deceased. There was, a brorler clergyman, the Rev. Mr. David, also in the company; and he, with some other gentlemen, who were passengers in the boat, attended the inquest. There was a lady present with Mrs. Marsh whilst giving her evi dence, and both seemed deeply affected—the latter par- Mr. Statham; the deputy coroner, having sum moned a highly respectable jury, they proceeded to the deadhouse to view the body, as it had been removed from on board the ship Canadian, on her arrival in the river, and having returned to the coroner's court, the inquest was proceeded with. The first witness called was Catherine Marsh, who said she was now the widow of the deceased; his name was Thomas William Marsh; 34 years old, and was coming from America in the steam shin Canadian. We embarked from Quebec on the 2nd of August. He;was not in•very robust health before we em barked, but he was not complaining, as he was in tolerably good health. He appeared to improve during the voyage. On Saturday morning. he became ill about half past eight. He complained of cold perspiration and vomiting. Saw him take some medicine from the doc•or on board ; he appeared to improve in the afternoon, but became worse in the evening, and continued to fail in strength until he died on the 12th. He was in the berth all the time. At first he said he was in danger, and hea-d him say that he did not think be would get over it. He said he had been poi soned. He did not say at any time what he had taken, nor did he know himself. He told me ha went to the bedroom steward, and asked for some plantaganet water, but the steward did not seem to know if the.e was any on board. He then asked if there was mineral water on board, and the steward said he thought there was, and brought him some-. thing in a basin, which he gave him. He drank a mouth ful of it, but finding it so hot, he took no more, and went on deck, when he began to feel very ill. He repeated the same circumstances to m. three times, and he said to the steward, " You have half killed: me." I know that the deceased was familiar with the chloride of lime, and was in the habit of using it as a disinfecting fluid, in a fluid state. In the last conversation'] had with the deceased, he said he did not believe the steward knew what he was giving him. —George Harrison ' the steward, examined: I was a bed room steward on board the Canadian, and came from Qeebee, which we left on the 2nd of August. The deceased was a passenger on board. I noticed that he was very weak during the voyage. On Saturday morning last he asked me for Planta genet water. I told him I was not aware there was any on board, and I did not know what it was. He said it was a kind of mineral water, and he asked me what kind of water there was on board, and I told him I did not know of any prepared water, except chloride of lime or zinc. He asked me to bring him some, but did not specify which. I took the socond bed-room steward with me, and went down to the Lazzaretto, and filled a slop basin full of water out of a jar that was put on board as chloride of zinc or chloride of lime—it came on board under the name of ticularly, he was disinfecting fluid. There was no label that I am awere of on the jar. I took it to him, and told him that was the water under 'the name of " disinfecting fluid." He said nothing, but thanked me for it, and, as he was going away, I told him to keep the basin and put it in the wash .hand stand, and I then left him: - I saw him in about twenty minutes agaib, and he said 'the water had not agreed with him. He had the basin in .his hand, and I asked him had he drunk any ? and he said he had. I told him I had not given it to him to - drink, but to sprinkle it on the floor. I took the basin from him, and told him, to sit. down, and. I threw the contents of the basin into the water-closet. I then went to the doctor, and, at his request, I took deceased to him (the doctor). The water had the apnearance of a dirty barley water colour. There were small pieces of burnt cork floating on the surface of it, but it gave out very little smell. , There was about a quart in the basin that I took him, but he could not have taken more than a Wine-glass full out of it. I have not lived in Canada, but. I have been at sea for sixteen years. I did net understand from the deceased, when he asked for plantaganet water, that he wanted it to drink. I was the proper person on board, at that time in the morning, to ask for anything to drink—l do not mean medicine. I thoueht, when he asked for the water, it was to sprinkle the floor. Often saw deceased during the voyage, and talked to him almost every hoar in the day, and he appeared to be a person of good under standing and judgment. The room which he and his wife slept in' was very small, and from the commencement of the voyage was very hot, but not for the last six days or so. Had not been asked during the voyage for any disinfecting fluid. To the jury : I understand that soda water is pre pa-ed water and is to be drank; the deceased never Com plained of any noxious smell on board. There is a quantity of the water left in the jar on board. The closeness of the ship induced me to think he wanted the disinfecting fluid to sprinkle about his room. Mr. Edwin Collier Whittenbury, said : I arr a surgeon on board the Canadian stew mer, and was on the late voyage, and knew deceased as a passenger on board. I had seen a good deal of him during the voyage, but he did not consult me professionally before the morning of the 911. The last witness told me Mr. Marsh had taken some disinfecting fluid in mistake, and was suffering much from the effects of it. I sent for him, as he was on deck, at once. He said Harrison had given him some disinfecting fluid in mistake, and he appeared to be suffering a great deal at, the time. When I understood it was fully half an hour after he bad t iken it, I gave him a large dose of castor oil, intending it to act as an emetic, and as a sheath to the inflamed passages and ordered him forth with into his room. I applied the usual remedies and antidotes for poisoning by the chlorides. Af er a great deal of suffering for four or five hours he appeared to be relieved. The next day he was not suffering so much pain, hut had great flatulent distention of the abdomen, and the character of the pain seemed to be altered. At intervals he had great relief during next day. On Tuesday morning he remained much in the same state, and seemed better in the afternoon. At nine the same night he died. About an hour before that he bad a sudden cessation of pain. So far as I mid c mend, every attention was paid to him, and a'so by the stewards, but particularly by George Harrison ' who sat up with him. I got from him the fact that he was suffering from some year' from dyspepsia, and on putting my ear to his breast., there was a slight murmur there, indicating disease of the heart. I had not a stomach pump on board. The deceased told me, when I first saw him, in Harrison's presence, that ho had been constantly vomitting since he took the poison. I scarcely think, un ler the circumstances, that I should ave used the pump, if I had had it —from these and the fact that fully half an . 'hour had elapsed bef ire I saw him, I think it questionable whether I should have used the pump in pr. ference to a large dose of castor oil, and the use of demulcent fluids, which I administered c piously in con junction with other antidotes. The ultimato cause of his death (I consider) was inflammation in the course of the alimentary canal, with ulceration and perforation, and these would be the effects of such a poison. The Nit witness brought me the bottle now produced, and intimated to me that what it oontains is the same as the deceased took, which r judge to be a concentrated solution of the chloride of lime. Is is not so strong in taste or smell as yesterday, hut still is excessively powerful. It is a corrosive poison, and wouli be absorbed into the System 'most readily. I believe ' that plantaganet water is a common drink in Canada, and I believe it to be a saline draught. Previous to the illness of deceased I bad several conversations with him, and I consider him to have been a person of remarkably zood sense. There was nothing in his manner or conversa tion to lead me to suppose he took the poison wilfully. The jury at once found a verdict of " Accidental death, from poison taken by the deceased in mistake," and at the same time they said there was not the slightest blame attachable to the steward. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, I MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT HAMPTON COURT. On Wednesday, Mr. Wakley proceeded with the adjourned enquiry at the Mitre Hotel, Hampton Court, touching the death of a man who, since the previous sitting of the jury, had been identified as LewiS (:)lonlotts; lately returned from Australia, aged 34. Mr. Jos. Arnold, residing at No. 2, Henry.street, Blandford-square, an upholsterer, identified the deceased, whom he last saw alive on the evening of Thursday, the 24th ultimo. Deceased had been boarding and lodging • with him since his return from Australia. Deceased married witness's niece. The deceased, since his return, appeared in a distressed and excited state of mind, and was continually drinking brandy. However, on no occasion did he hear deceased threaten to destroy himself. On one occasion deceased wished himself out of the world: Mrs. Anne Arnold, wife of the last witness, corroborated his evidence, and added that when the deceased went out after lunch she asked him where he was going, and how long be would be gone. He replied, as he usually did, that he did not know ; but he expressed his intention of being in, if not to dinner, before tea. Witness had never seen any dagger, pistol, or poison, in the deceased's pos session, and she never heard, him threaten to commit Mr. Robert Jefferies, frUlterer, &c., of 32, Sher barne.strect, Blandford-square, proved speaking to the deceased after his quitting home on the day in question. He called at witness's shop, and on deceased's invitation they went out and had some brandy. On taking leave the deceased said most positively that he would return early in the evening and have a smoke with witness. He did not say where he was going, and he appeared in an exceedingly composed state of mind. A felt wide-awake cap was here produced, which Inspector Rapsey stated was found near the river, but it was proved not to be the deceased's, which was still missing. Louisa Solomons gave similar evidence. Mr. Abraham Davis deposed that the deceased was his brother-in-law. The last time he saw him alive was on the 10th of June, ,1 1853, when he went out to Australia with his (witness's) son from Gravesend. He said the deceased acted as his agent and his boll's guardian, the latter being then seven teen years of age. Witness paid £176 for their passage money, and at the same time sent over stocks to the value of .el,OOO for them to trade with. Before leaving, witness •had arranged to allow the deceased's wife, for the support of herself and family, 25s a week until his return. However, no sooner had deceased left than a man named Grey visited his wife at the place of business witness had left her to superintend in Union-street, Bishopsgate.-street. He received a letter from the deceased, in which, with the most dreadful oaths, he threatened to take immediate vengeance on him for the false statements made against his " dear Louisa." (The letter was read, and created the utmost horror in the court, the language used being of the most terrible cha racter). In conclusion, the witness said, fortunately the deceased did not call upon first landing iR England. Hannah Solomons, a widow, and deceased's sister-in-law, residing at 16, Red Lion-street, Holborn, said that the deceased called upon her shortly after his arrival in England, in company with Mrs. Grey, wife of the man who was living with his wife. He appeared much affected on hearing_of the death of his brother, and wept bitterly on account of his wife. Mrs. Grey gave her the dagger produced (a kind of bowie knife), which she had taken from deceased, observing that he had brought it to England for an ornament. Mrs. Grey also said he had a pistol in his possession which she should get from him. The dagger had remained in witness's possession ever since. Sarah Grey, residing at 10, Victoria-road, Borough, gave similar evidence. The witness added that her husband had been all through and was at present living with the deceased's wife. For the last two weeks he had refused to allow witness any maintenance for herself and five children, her husband's earnings being 25s a week. In cross examination the witness said she had no suspicion against any one on account of the deceased's death, but before that event her husband told several persons that Mrs. Solomons might consider herself a widow, as he intended to marry her. The deceased allowed her to take the pistol and dagger produced from him, as he said she was as much the injured person as himself. She heard her husband say that the deceased should never take Mrs. Solomons to Australia as long as he had an arm on his body. A neighbour replied that he should go and live with his wife again, and deceased could take his own away, when he said, " He never shall take her away." Frances Tyler having deposed to deceased's desponding, and at times excited, state after his return from Australia, and to his admission that he had fully intended to kill witness and her husband, had his (deceased's) wife be en innocent, said that Grey called on witness, and in his Age's presence said. " Louisa (meaning the deceased's fe) may consider herself a widow, as no other man shall have her in this world but me." (Sensation.) Mr. Davis also called at witness's house with two pistols in his pos session, to see the deceased. The pistols were not loaded, and he said he only brought them to frighten the deceased, for although he had ruined him, he did not care if he would tell him what became of his , son in Australia. The deceased was not at home at the time, so that Mr. Davis did not see him. Several other witnesses gave similar evidence, and the court was now cleared of strangers, and the man Grey was questioned by the jury. After a few minutes' deliberation with closed chore, the enquiry was further adjourned to enable the police to make more searching enquiries respecting the whole transaction. Tho supposi tion appeared to be that the deeeased, if murdered, was assassinated in London, and then conveyed up the river to the spot where his body was discovered. As IT OUGHT TO ne.—Lately, Earl Annesley entertained nearly 800 children in his beautiful demesne, ill the schools in the estate were invited. SYMP,VrHy WITH FRANCE.---The Catholic diocese of C oyne has contributed the sum of £331 towards the relief of the soffarers from the late destructive inundations. People are prone to condemn in others what they prac tice in themselves without scruple. Plutarch tells of a wolf, who peeping into a hut where a company of shepherds were regaling themselves with a joint of mutton, exclaimed, " What a clamour would they have raised if they had caught me at such r. banquet. INSPECTOR FIELD AT ALLSOP'S WAX-WORK EXHIBITION. —Every one who had seen Palmer, declare that his like ness at this establishment is the best that is extant, and a day or two since, Mr. Field, the celebrated London officer, on visiting the exhibition, was at once struck with the exact likeness of that notorious person, and declared it to be the most perfect he had ever beheld.—Adv. The Scotsman confirms the statement that the accounts from the moors a-e very unfavourable, generally speak ing. The rain and east winds of the spring destroyed the coveys in many instances. The demand for moors. we hear, has selloff' been greater than this season. On the 7th lust, only two small moors, those from Inver ness to Sutherland, remained unlet. It is stated on the authority of Sir S. M. Peto, that the price of harvest 1ab0u . .7 has risen so high that the farmers outbid railway contractors, who find themselves compelled to suspend for the present, the execution of all but very pressing public works. " Navvies," who were earning from 4s. 3d. to 4s. 6(.1, a-day, have left them because they can make more by harvesting. A. circular of Messrs. Matthew Clark & Sons furnishes the statistics of the wine trade during the past half-year. The general result shows a decrease of 5,560 pipes in the importation, 3,880 pipes of which deficiency is in red wines, and about 1,680 in white. The deliveries, on the other hand, have largely augmented—namely, 3,040 pipes in the home consumption, and 1,680 pipes in the export trade. A letter in Le Nord says The bridge over the Vistula is being constructed with prodigious activity, and it is hoped the works will be completed by the autumn of 1857. The expense of construction, estimated in the first instance at seven millions of dollars, will probably reach nine millions, but the Chambers will not refuse tc, sanction this excess. The bridge once finished will raise to its full importance the Berlin railway to Konigs.. berg, which will shortly be extended, and join the line from St. Petersburg to Warsaw. THE CORONATION AT Moscow.—ln connection with this great e , ent, it may be interesting to state that the Duke of Devonshire has had his fine collection of cameos and intaglios fitted up as a set of superb jewels to be worn on the occasion by Lady Granville. They have been arranged to form a diadem, stomacher, and necklace by Mr. Hancock. of Bruton-street, who has done himself great credit by the artistic manner in which the work has been executed. The mountings are of massive gold, richly enamelled in the Holbein style. and great skill and taste have been exercishd in the setting of the ornaments so as to securea pleasing harmony of colour. Many more showy objects of personal decoration may be exhibited at the coronation of the Czar, but we believe that few will possess greater historical interest. As all connoisseurs are aware, the collection which has been thus appropriated is exceedingly rare and valuable, comprising some of the most remarkable gems of the cinque cento epoch. AortictiLyc aAr. IMPROVEMENTS.—At the great cattle show now holding at Athlone, Messrs. R•chrnond and Chandler, of Salford, Manchester, and Liverpool, are repre sented by a lot of no less than 46 implements of the most varied description. Amongst these are "an improved registered gorse-cutting machine," which, by a change of wheels,. may be converted into a chaff-cutter, and which took the prize at the recen t R o y a l Sh o w ; a " pa ra ll e l l ever subsoil pulverizer," which can be ath pted to the breadth of the furrow, and works as effectively as a fork ; a" patent iron double breast or ridging plough," adapted for earthing up "MPS, but which may be convert d into a horse hoe ; a " patent iron plough with two wheels," which took the first prize at the recent meeting of the Royal Society at Chelmsford ; sets of patent borrows, including an improved hamn or web harrow," formed of iron discs, linked to gether, and extending over a surface of 2.5 superficial feet, and constructed with a revolving motion so as . not to eon , ct the co uc h or d r i v e the cl o d s b e fore it into the furrows, and capable of following . all the inequalities of the ground so as t o ren d er a sec ond harrowing unnecessary. DOCK COMMITTEE.-YESTERDAY, The usual weekly meeting of the committee was held at one o'clock yesterday. Mr. Charles Turner presided, and the other members present were—Messrs. Robinson, Palmer, Evans, Gregson, Chaloner, Gladstone, Lockett, Mondell, Longsdale, Anderson, Rathbone, Bold, and James Holme. The following tenders were accepted :—Messrs. G. Y. Chantery and Co., earthenware drain pipes; Messrs. Mather, Edwin, and Co., sheet iron, and Messrs. Richard Ashton and Co., lead piping. It was reported that the total cost of painting the compass be ,rings on the dock walls was £174 8s 6d. _ In the Marine Department, the offer of Mr. S. S. Taylor was accepted, for the painting of the inside of the light§hip Albert, and of Mr. R S. Newell, to supply and fix five wire shrotids for the same vessel. In the Harbour Master's department, the following changes were recommended and agreed upon :—Thomas King, pier master of the Toxteth and Harrington docks, to be piermaster of the Queen's-dock and hatin, at a salary of £l5O per annum. John Curry, piermaster of the south end and Prince's dock, to be removed to be piermaster of the Toxteth and Hwrington docks, at a-salary of £lOO per annum, and £3O for the rent of a houae; and Richard Got6t, piermaster of the C'arance-dock, to he removed to the south-end of Prince's dock, in place of Curry, at the former salary of the latter. _ _ _ A letter was read from Mr John A Tinne, stating that Mr. George Grout and himself had been deputed by the London and North Western Railway Company to endeavour to arrange with the dock committee for permission to make a gateway through the Waterloo dock wall, and to form a line with the dock tine of rails, and to be allowed to work their waggons on the lino ov6r the whole length. They proposed to make a communication between the dock line and their own goods station on the Waterloo road by a tramway on the level, regarding which they would make application to the health committee. The request was made at the instance of par ties connected with the timber trade. The Surveyor stated that a similar application was made about two years ago, ant at that time the dock committee proposed to have the communicatio❑ made. Since that time nothing had occurred. Tho rails were all laid down. Mr. - Gladstone : Then are you prepared to accede to the request? The Sur veyor sai l he saw no objection to it at all. The ]Etter was referred to the works' committee A letter was.read from Mr, Carter, of the London and North Western Railway Company, complaining that the timber traffic was suddenly interupted on Wednesday by the alterations in progress on the dock lino of rails at Wapping, and stating that it would be considered an accommodation if, while the work was in baud, the dock committee would allow timber to be placed on the north side of the Toxteth dock The Chairman said Mr. Hartley reported that, on the day referred to, ho found almost the whole line upon the east side blocked up by railway waggons standing loaded. He found this was not caused by the works upon the dock line, as it had been so arranged •that no stoppage should take place, but the hindrance all came from the railway company's yard. Ho wrote to the head• constable calling his attention to the fact, and at that moment he had a letter from Inspector Quick, stating that informations had been laid. The chairman obs.rved that this was the best answer to the letter of Mr. Carter, and showed that the inconvenience arose not from any stoppage on the part of the committee, but from negligence on the part of the railway company. The Surveyor said the railway company's yard was so full of waggons that they could not take in those on the line. The subject then dropped. An application was read from William Saidlan, computer of tonnage ; W. A. Marrow, computor of goods inwards ; and R. G. Cambridge, computor ot goods outwards, for increase of salary, in consequence of extended duties. Mr. Evans : I think, sir, we may remind them that they are at liberty to give the situations up, if they please. The applications were referred to the tinaaco committee. The Chairman reminded the committe that that was the day for the annual formation of the sub-committees. He said, if no gentleman desired to move an alteration, he would move that the committees be continued as at present constituted. Mr. Rathbone said he should wish to be allowed to give up the works' committee, of the business of nhich he knew absolutely nothing, and to take a scat instead on the harbour masters' committee. He was requested to become a member of the dock committee because it was thought desirable that some one should be there who was concerned in the loading and discharging of American vessels, The works sub•committes, of which he was appointed a member, had nothing whatever to do with that interest, which was only involved in the harbour masters com mittee. The Chairman said the harbour masters' committee wss already very full, and he did not think it would be at all advisable to make that committee too full by starving others. There were but seven members on the works' committee, while there were nine upon the harbour master's committee. Mr. Rathbone said it was felt as rather strange that that class of shipping which paid the largest proportion of the whole dues should have no representative upon that committee. There was a strong opinion out of doors that the American trade bad not a fair representation upon the dock committee. Tho Chairman said Mr. Barber was appointed on the harbour masters' committee with that very object. Mr. llathbone said Mr. Barber was only an owner of English ships, and had nothing to do with the loading and discharging of American vessels. The Chairman felt it his duty to object to any further increase in the number of the harbour masters' committee. If any gentleman would resign his seat in the favour of Mr. Rathbone ho would, of course, have not the slightest objection. Mr. Evans :Mr. Rathbone must only wait until he gets promotion. Mr. Gladstone asked if Mr. Rathbone would undertake to attend the two committees. Mr. itathbone said he could not attend both the corn mivees. Ho believed that members were placed on the different committees, with some reference to their fitness for the duty, and their knowledge of the business. Now, he felt that he could not be of the slightest use upon the work's committee, but he might be of some service in connection with the harbour master's committee. Mr. G'adstone said he was afraid Mr. Bathhone must wait and trust to the generosity of some member of the harbour master's committee to resign in his favour. The sub_committees were then re-constituted without any alteration. This concluded the general business. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,— I observe in your paper of this day a paragraph, signed "Justice," stating that the retributive jaßtice executed upon the miscreants, " Murdoch and Brown," to be " cruel and foul murders." It is well that, in this country, we have upright jurymen, who, fearless, do their duty, in defiance of the maudlin sympathy of hypocritical humanity-mongers, expressed for such brutal murderers as " Palmer, Dove," &e., which compassion, however, they do not extend to the assassin's victim. He who attempts to subvert a wise law to screen a mur derer, like your correspondent, would himself become ono, if the fear of a just death by the hangman did not operare as a warning to his polluted mind. Whoeoever sheds man's blood, by shed," J URE D I VINO. man shall h's blond be • _ _ Liverpool, 14 t h A ugus t, 1856 . [lure - .Divino surely shews a singular forgetfulness of the Jus _Christianum in the bold testimony he so vehemently bears to the pollut,d mind and murderous character of those who differ with him in their opinions about a great and, it must be admitted, dubious public polity. Might it not be just as reasonably•retorted that the eager partizan of public execu tions is blessed with no very overpowering disposition to respect life ? '‘‘ Judge not, and ye shall not be [judged." ED.N.T.J HEALTH COMMITTEE. The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held yes• terday, in the Town-hall, Mr. Alderman Langsdale in the chair. Other members present—Messrs. WGuffie, Beckwith, Sheil, Stewart, Crosthwaite, R. Gladstone, Hodson, and Haydock. Mr. M'Gowan read the minntes of the last meeting, and also the medical officers report, from which it appeared that the number of deaths registered during the week ending the 9th of August amounted to 231 (68 below the corrected average of the corresponding week of the last eight years). There were 5 cases of measles, and 7 of scarlet fever ; small pox 2, simple fever 6, 'looping cough 6, croup 2, convulsions and brain diseases 44, and disease of the lungs 45. The temperature was highest on 4th August, in the shade, 85-9. Mean reading of the barometer during the.week, 30 inches. The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and Inspetor of Nuisances, repotted various particulars of the operations in their several departments during the week, from which it appeared that 162 delapidated privies and ashpits were altered and repaired. 1,153 cesspools had been discharged, 127 nui sances complained of by inhabitants had been inspected, and means taken to remedy them ; 1,302 houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 4,134 apartments and 461 cellars, had been put under examination, with a view of improving their sanitary condition. OCCIIPATVN OP CELLARS Mr, Shell remarked, that there appeared to be an increase in occupied cellars, a❑d called the attention of Mr. Fresh to to the circumstance. That gentleman said he was doing all he could to put an end to the nuisance, hut there was more difficulty with Liverpool, in that respect, than with any other town in the empire. Some premises in Pellew-street were reported as dangerous to health. One of the medical officers said there were some cases of English cholera, but nothing more than the usual summer cases. The premises in Pellew street were ordered to be remedied by the borough engineer and Mr. Fresh. Several memorials were presented from various localities, complaining of nuisances, which were ordered to be abated. A question arose in reference to a former resolution of the committee, directing the engineer to ascertain from other cities and towns, information in reference to slaughter-houses, and it was suggested that the engineer should proceed to Paris for that subject, when Mr. Sheil objected, and it was the opinion of the committee that the meaning of the resolution was, that the information should be obtained by correspondence and not by a deputation. The usual business of the committee was then transacted, and the board adjourned. THE NEW MARRIAGE ACT, passed at the end of the late session, will come into operation on the Ist of January next. No notice of a marriage is to be read or published before the poor law guardians, or to be transmitt e d to t h e clerk of the guardians. Every notice of marriag e i s t o b e accom panied by a solemn declaration by one of the parties, that there is no lawful hindrance to such marriage. All persons ma ki ng wilfully false declarations are to suffer the pen illy of perjury. A notice of marriage without license is to be affixed to the superintendent's office, but notice of marriage by license is not to be suspended. After several provisions on the same subject, there is one to the effect that after a marriage at a registry office the parties may have per formed the service of the church or persuasion to which they belong, but no ceremony is to take place at the registry office. Further, the act provides that Quakers or Jews may have licenses for the solemnization of ma rriages. A Superintendent R eg i s t rar may grant a li cense f or marriage to be sol emn i ze d i n reg i stered b uildings out o f the distr ic t wherein the parties reside. POLICE COURT.-YESTERrAY (BEFORE MESSRS. DICKSON AND (I. HOLT.) ASSAULTS DY WOMEN.—The time of these gentlemen was taken up for a considerable period in disposing of the differences that for the last fortnight appears to have arisen between a number of women through town, upon whom the heat of the weather seems to have had . a maddening effect ; for, in the memory of the " oldest inhabitant" of the police court, there never was such a " monomania" for pugnacity amongst the " gentle sex " as has been exhibited for th'd last five weeks. Amongst the candidates for publid notoriety who presented themselves before the bench yesterday, were Margaret Cunningham and Catherine H o wley, the former being supported by Mr. Bluck, and the latter by Mr. Chilton. It was a charge and cross ebarge of assault, and from the evidence of both sides it smite ,' t h a t the organs of destructiveness in both ladies got excited to a fearful degree on Sunday night week, when the neighbettrhood of Crosby : street, where they lived, was kept in a State of uproar and alarai hoed " dewy e'en" to "bleak o' day ;" and after hearing details, the magistrates said one party was jju t, as bad as, the other, and as even-handed justice prevailed, a fine 9t 5s and costs was imposed on es.:lh, with a strong etpres sion that if th e y came aga i n th e y w ould be more severer dealt with.—The next case decided was between two SLoteh women, who had a fierce conflict wish each other about, a baby, This and several other cases were decided according to the merits, : and the imprisonment infl;:!ted on some will, no doubt, have a cooling effect on th " heat oppressed brain" of the antagonistic persons. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) THE WAY TESTIMONIALS ARE GOT ITP.-.SOLDIERS 4 WIVES IN DISTRESS—TWO women, named Kelly and Davis, whose husban is were in the 90th Regiment, now at Aldershott, came before his worship, and applied for assistance to enable them to go, with their children, to' join their husbands at the camp. The applicants pro'.: duced certificates of good character, and his worship' considered these as satisfactory. Each also produced an account of the relief they had received from the associa tion for the relief of soldiers wives. They however stated that about three months before the allowance was stopped, the Rev. Mr. Conner asked them what they would contribute to a service of plate, which was to be presented to the Major? and they agreed to give six- , pence, but it was afterwards increased, and they gave two shilling;, a sum which they could not afford to with. draw from the support of their children. On one occa slim one of them offered Is. 6d. Mr. Connor said, " Oh, for shame, Mrs. Kelly, wont you give more than that ? look at the amount of money you have received." Mr. Mansfield remarked that that was the way in wbicif testimonials were got up. Major Powis was an excellent man, and one to whom he would be glad to contribute his individual support in a public testithtinial, for the kindness he had shown and the ability manifested by him in dispensing the fund, but he thought there e(ml.l, be nothing more deplorable than the course which see th ed to have been adopted, to wring from the poor creatures the sum of two shillings, which they could so ill spare, as they were so destitute. At the same time he would take this opportunity of publicly expressing his thanks to the gentlemen connected with the management of the London and North Western Railway Company, who had come forward with the greatest liberality and tendered him their assistance, when he had occagjon to forwarai such persons to their destination: Markes, art otlicefi said the company had offered to take the women and thei: families to their destination for £2 12s. &i., and Mr. Mansfield said that was another proof of their liberality, and he felt very grateful for it. He then handed the Reporters the followng letter from the Rev. Mr. Connor " 119, Islington, August 14, 1856. Dear under . .; stand from the parish authorities that you have been applied to by some soldiers' wives for assistance, to enable them to join their husbands, who have returned from the Crimea, and that you wish for an explanation of the position of these women. I have the honour to state, that the Central Association has relieved at Liver. pool about 200 soldiers' wives. It has paid them, hi weekly allowances, sums which, when added together, very to each woman from £4O upwards. It spent upod them large sums in blankets, bedding and clothes, and on discharging the women, furnished each of them wit 4 a written statement of the amount paid to them. I believe that the soldiers' wives received much more at Liverpool than elsewhere ; on account of this liberality, many came from a distance to the town—some brought their relatives here, and latterly, many, at my reqnest, have become depositors in the Provident Society. On the 7th July the association ceased its weekly payments, and presented each woman with two months' pay in advance, as a bonus, to take them to their husbands, if in England, and if on a foreign station, to take theni home. The provident portion of the women immedi• ately left Liverpool, but I regret to find that many others, in a few days, squandered their bonus, and are now throwing themselves on the parish, complaining bitterly of the Centr.►l Association, and of its honarary board, who, for the last two years, have, to the utmost of their power, laboured to befriend those women.--I remain, dear sir, yours, &c., Jolts R. CoNrcoß, Honorary Secretary to the Central Association." In reference to certain allusions made in the letter, Mr. Mansfield observed that they might apply to other cases, but from the testimonials produced from the regiment to which the womens/ husbands belonged, these women were respectable, and possessed good characters. A RUFFIAN.—John Baker, a rigger, residing id Wright-street, Park, was summoned by Mrs. Anne Styles, the wife of a joiner, for very brutal conduct, and for which he was fined XI and costs. THE SMOKE NuisArrcg.—Mr. Thomas Berstow, the owner of rice mills, in Fleet-street, was summoned by Inspector Wignall, for having an improper fur.. nace, and for allowing the smoke from his furnac e to become a nuisance. Mr. M'Gowan appeared for the prosecution, and called the inspector, who proved the case. The defendant said he was most anxious to remedy the evil, if any practical man pointed out to him how it could be done. Mr. Alderman Holme, who happened to be on the bench, said the premises in questio❑ belonged to him, and he referred the defendant to his (Mr. Alderman Holme's) son's engineer, who would show him a furnace and chimney, working for fourteen years, that did not make any smoke. The defendant said he would adopt the suggestion. A fine of £5 and costs was indicted on the defendant. IRISH IMPROvEMENTd.—Upwards of £2,000,000 has, within ten years, says the _Dublin Ex? ress, been spent its the draining , of land, under the Land Improvement Act. But for one land-owner who drained under that act, there were five who drained with their own money; so that it is calculated that the sum of £12,000 000 sterling has thus been spent in the improvement of laud, by draining and subsoiling, within the last ten years. The consequence is an immense increase of produce. The finest green Crops now flourish on lands which formerly could scarcely feed a goat. In 1841 there were only 1,863,116 horned cattle; in 1854, they had been multiplied to 3,722,219, having increased nearly threefold ; while in the same time the number of sheen has nearly doubled, and their prices in. creased one-third—from £2 to £3 far the first class. CHARGE OF MURDER.—A charge of murder has been brought against a family occupying a respectable positba among the farming class, and living in the parish of Aglisb. about sixteen miles to the west of this city, on the road to Macroom. From the statements that have been already given in evidence, it appears that the body of a farmer named Lehane, about sixty years old, was found, about fifteen months since, in a river that runs at some distant* from his own farm, and, on the bady being taken out of tbs water, a mark was found upon the neck, which the medical witnesses eximiced on the inquest said might have resulted either from the deceased falling from his horse, or, if violence had been used, from the imprissiln of a man's fingers. A coroner's it 'pest was held, and after the evi. deuce produced on that occasion had been duly considered, an open verdict was returned. A servant of one of the family now swears that it was a case of murder, and the magistrates are investigating the charge. THE AIRDRIE HORSE-STEALER'S ESCAPE FROM PRISON.-... Some weeks ago wo had occasion to narrate an extraordi. nary case of horse-stealing, which took place at one of the stables of the Messrs. Baird of Gartsherrie—the cool thief having at that time taken a valuable horse in broad daylight, and in the presence of a number of the working man in connction with the stables, This paragraph having gone the round of the newspapers throucyhout the country, and notices having been posted t o a ll t h e different police s tations for his apprehension, it will be remembered that thereafter he was caught in the nick of time in Edinburgh, for blanket stealing, and committed to prison, where he was recognised by that active detective officer, M'Levy, as the veritable hors -stealer from Gartsberrie. As & matter of course, he was handed over to the authorities at Airdrie, where he has remained ever since, up till Tues day last, awaiting his trial, everything having been pre• pared by the Lord Advocate and his Bouts in order to give " the devil his due." It so hal:welled that on Tues day last, the day referred to, while meditating, like Napoleon of France, while in the Citadel of Ham, he bethought himself that liberty was an object worthy at being attained, and, in consequence, he bristled up his brains and bestired himself for the task. Being in the courtyard, he found a ladder " whaur nae ladder should has been," and at about half-past three o'clock, while the Governor was at dinner, he deemed that the lucky moment had arrived ; so having placed the ladder at a convenient part of the wall which surrounds the prison, and which avin g i s gained fifteen the feet su'nmit, u•n high, h e ascended like a squirrel, and h mit, he dropped down upon a bed of sand and lime which happened to be there for the use of the new County Buildings, now in progress of erection. The hue and cry was got up about this cool and dexterous thief in less than no time, and every available means of communication was set in operation in order to detect the fellow who calls himself by the names of William Whits, alias Black, alias Brown, alias anything. He has, in the meantime, escaped all the means and extensions that have been used for his apprehension.