Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-03 00:00:00

11 CE LATEST TELEGRAMS. MORE FIGHTING. kta r e TTA, June 1. (via Vienna.)—The enemy has e the vanguard of the 7th corps d'armee, co their f urt h er advance was stopped by the z o t d'armee under the command of General f'• There w ere a grea t num b er o f woun d e d. d I ENNA, Ju ne 2.—Th e f o ll ow i ng i s an o ffi c i a l mes from Milan, 2nd instant: - " Varese was yester eannonaded, and taken by General Urban, who vered up the town again to the legal authorities." SWITZERLAND. 2,&RNE, June 2.—(via France.)—The Duke of * ua has arrived in Switzerland, via the Tyrol, numerous suite. te e Sub-Governor of Sondrio has fled with ~d'arms and the public treasure into the Tyrol 6ardinian officials fill the public offices in Sondrio. lOV EMENTS OF GARIBALDI. h , o ,ENNA, June I.—Garibaldi has been driven back 4 0 ' 4 Sondri o i n t o th e moun t a i ns . G enera l U r b an ' s 4 ai ° Ps are pursuing him. Count Clam's army-c or ps t o r eady at Milan, &c. The only issue now open r d is the Stelvio. The above news is THE PALESTRO AFFAIR. v t t reat RCELLI, Wednesday.—The following are some Votails of the affair at Palermo : th e 4l- no Piedmontese army, after having repulsed win enemy along his whole front, was on its right 1t6 6 for a moment outflanked by the Austrians, th e t hreatened the bridge of boats thrown across tir c , ,Sesia, over which General Canrobert was to tl 3 ,, eb a junction with the King. The Emperor then a h v a tched the 3d regiment of Zouaves, who, un belled by any artillery, rushed upon the enemy's t av ' er Yplanted on the further side of a deep canal, p4oetin— , Bor hurling into the water the companies t 4t e 't on our side of the canal for the defence of the p r i,.., e rY, and taking two pieces of cannon and 500 p r Olers. The 'Zouaves lost one officer and twenty ot in a les, and 200 wounded, among whom were ten 14 1 , June I.—The official Piedmontese Gazette, to ir , tt ulishing the order of the day, says as follows, ,T he the fight of yesterday : o enemy, in greater force than ourselves, jti llo t Pusly attacked our right, in order to hinder our lon with General Canrobert. 14 e , he ,fourth division, under Cialdini, b e h ave d t t iOlParabl y . Th e con d uc t o f th e Zo u av es con it'Ated considerably to the victory. k et i`le Austrian' general, and several other of the it _Y E S officers, were killed. pop he Emperor has visited the battle-field and ofPatulated the army on the advantageous result o day." THE WAR IN ITALY. tottPARIS, Thursday.—The Moniteur of this morning T y , 4l ns the following telegrams : thi a ultlN, Wednesday Evening.—At seven o'clock tl6h lll orning General Niel entered Novara after a ItE oi t encounter with the Austrian outposts. The 'e Valteline is in insurrection.. he r :l t ts, Thursday.—Signor Antonini has arrived Pr e , - „lern Naples, for the purpose of notifying to the th e Government the accession of Francis 11. to '4l7 ,ne ,u of Naples. It is asserted he will also go 11 Q 0 n and Brussels for the purpose of making a T b l tr announcement at the Courts of those cities. ve aroniteur also publishes officially the notifica of the blockade of Venice. ttio r , l/ ; 11 IN, Wednesday. —At seven o'clock this the Austrian General Niel entered Novaro, attacking t q l iustrian outposts, which, after a short encounter, et to flight precipitately. The Emperor arrived o'eloek in the evening, amid the acclamations e people. The Austrians have endeavoured to opZI the Po at Bassigno, but the inhabitants 4Csed thei r p assage, fi ring upon an d d es t roy i ng an ki tr i„ati barque. The Valteline is in insurrection, town of Sandrio has proclaimed Victor t 4t e L AN, May 30th.—An official proclamation has 4 4 11 0 Published against agitators and the dissemi- Ar.. r s of disquieting reports. tt ic i -isT ICE; May 30th.—The Podesta Marcello has red hi s resignation. FRANCE. 1 5 A , Br 4 „' Is, Wednesday Evening.—The London fromtele- Berne, dated Monday (but significantly 1 44' 4 as " coming through Germany "), could have no dupes but willing ones as to a " defeat and kr,,t Of Garibaldi on Sunday." The same date from tte,;te, "through France," gives quite an opposite kt io ti nt, and on Tuesday no such defeat or flight was , lil in Switzerland. His force is now swelled and he holds all the roads converging on t li• Bets made on that telegram have been paid otte gobemouches it took in. 1 10 Perations for an attack on a grand scale are GI 1 " , to have begun at three o'clock in the morning V e sterday, along the centre and right wing iof at allies, the success of King Victor's advance e left on Palestro, being the first instalment o n 4 4. general battle. The King past last night fl ov i 4 e field he won, at the hamlet of Torrione. k e ,, e rnment is known to have got fragmentary ti e jlints, but until the whole can be embodied in a 'iv isi lre announcement, nothing is divulged. I "° that telegrams for London, of fractional news, ht,ve bee n re f use d transm i ss i on f rom P ar i s . The hi:tegie delay, which has been noticed with surprise, ei tv Itrisen not merely from the want of sufficient ttlry, but fro m th e neglect of Marshal Vaillant %jarward, three weeks ago, from Vincennes, a gain convoy of rifled guns, while he had misled to,,,,:iilmperor into b e li e f of their having been V v arded. To mark his sense of this neglect in the 11: 4 4 ; 'Minister, Napol e o n i ns t an tly p u t M ars hal th e A u en in his place, and ordered him off the field vt 4B ` 4 'Y before his own departure from Paris. It Or b ,Young Jerome that discovered the laches 1 / 41 millant, and told the Emperor he ought to SiP„lirt-martialled and,, shot ; but his Majesty there were some working elements of victory 1 7 in face of the foe, though he might not do r . ' °lll e duties of Carnot l'organisateur de la t eteire • ItOGRESS OF THE WAR. Ci sE CORRESPONDENT OP THE " CONSTITUTIONNEL." tw o eat changes have taken place within the last I t lep a „ d ays. Since I informed you of the sudden ~,4 1 4t ; '1 1, re of the Imperial Guard from Alessandria, 4 1: seen to Turin, then to Vercelli, back again to 414 1 ,, and now I am again at Vercelli. There were to prevent my alluding to the movements of YotiPY, but as the telegraph has ere this informed detains the principal facts, I may now give you the APhes4 the Imperial Guard was hastily leaving tki t i n andria, and, according to general opinion, was 45 ,,r i t ,,g the road to Voghera, orders issued on the eve ~eearture prescribed a concentration of our Fr towards towards Casale, Valenza, and Vercelli. The t he"s c4 army combined its movements with those of htrardinian army, and advanced on all the points be 0 : an attack was preparing, which will probably j h before this letter reaches you. kr,4l;.ess than a few hours Casteggio, Montebello, ( 40 °ghera were evacuated by the corps d'armee Baraguay d'Hilliers ; and I am informed (1 14. r ll l e °rning that the Austrians, not understanding A ~,,,8 4° ns for leaving, have re-occupied them. ‘Kti s reat force is now assembled at Vercelli. A ktti' ve battle is imminent. All the men are .0110 expecting the order to advance. All the sick have been sent to Alessandria, and the army actually assembled here consists of healthy, robust men—all eager for battle. I am obliged to close this letter suddenly, as the post here is somewhat irregular. The Emperor was to have left Alessandria to-day, and is expected here to-night. I have taken . up my quartets therefore, at Vercelli, without kunwing where to find shelter. The town is small, the hotels crammed, and I shall deem myself in good luck if-I find a room, without a bed, in-some peasant's dwelling. GARIBALDI'S SUCCESSES. At four o'clock on the morning of the 27th May, Garibaldi was attacked by the Austrians at Varesa. The first shock was terrible, but the combat did not last long, as the volunteers of Garibaldi made use of the bayonet as so many Zoua,ves would have done. At two o'clock, the Austrians, 8,000 in number, returned to the attack; they had cannon, and the barricades in the streets could not long resist their fire. Garibaldi, in consequence, had recourse to the most vigorous measures—he ordered his volunteers to attack, and after three hours' combat, the Austrians beat a retreat, leaving three cannons and some prisoners in the hands of the victors. The next day, at four o'clock in the afternoon, a loud cannonade was heard in the direction of Como ; and it turned out that Garibaldi had met the Austrians at Borgo Vico, and that a sharp combat was taking place there. Whilst it was raging the tocsin was rung everywhere, and the peasants hurried up from all parts. The Austrians, seeing themselves every where menaced, fled precipitately, and only rallied at Camerlata, the head of the railway to Milan, where a new engagement took place. It was after this combat, which was a sanguinary one, that Garibaldi entered the town of Como, which was illuminated in his honour. • THE STATE OF NAPLES. NAPLES, May B.—l cannot urge too strongly the necessity of England's being represented at the Neapolitan Court at this critical moment. The inter nal security of the kingdom, as well as the in- dependence . of Italy, appears to me to require the establishment of British influence in the Two Sicilies, and this cannot,be done except by the pre sence of a Minister with a thorough knowledge of the position, and tact and resolution sufficient to enable him to take advantage of all the favourable points which present themselves. At present a youthful and inexperienced sovereign, without any fixed policy of his own, is in the hands of an Aus trian clique, whose • tendencies are to maintain the status Quo, and with it all the corruptions and abuses which belong to it, and disgrace it. Every effort will be made to bias him, and the impressions of the next few weeks may determine the policy of a reign. Who, then, could be so desirable a coun sellor for the young King, whom the spirit of the age would like to rank among the constitutional Sovereigns of Europe, as a minister from eminently the land of liberty ? You have been made aware by former letters of your correspondent that negotia tions for a renewal of friendly relations between England and Naples have been already entered into, and this week, I have reason to believe, it has been intimated to Signor Commendatore Carafa, at the suggestion and wish of Lord Malmesbury, that if a Constitution were given to the country a British Minister would be sent. This is all well as far as it goes. Still, it is to be desired that a new policy should be urged in person, and the accession of a new Sovereign to the throne appears to me to create the opportunity which is wanted. Whether the condition which has been insisted upon for the per mament renewal of relations be accepted or not, it is impossible to say ; the circumstanies renders it indelicate for any subject of the kind to be entered upon at the present moment, and the reserve of the young King is so great that it would be unfair and premature to pronounce any opinion as to what is likely to take place. Talk we have enough and to spare, and that talk, I am sorry to say, is of a most discouraging character. No one has hope for the future, because no one has confidence in any member of the dynasty, and if the guarantees of England be spoken of, the suggestion is received with scorn. How far we have merited this distrust impartial history must tell ; but, without going further back than 1848, every honest Englishman must blush when he thinks of the hot and cold, the fast and loose, policy of our Government at each epoch in regard to the Two Sicilies. " There is no nation in the world like yours," said a diplomatist to me the other day, " for blowing up a revolution, and then abandoning those whom it has stirred up." The public expecta tion is very intense, and as soon as the funeral of the King is over, every Neapolitan will be on the stretch of curiosity to know what is to be done. Much has been said of the disposition of the Count of Syracuse, but of late I have heard but little of him, and, in fact, if report speaks true, he has, within the last few weeks, passed through the several phases of constitutionalism with an English alliance ; adhesion to Piedmont, with a rejection of the first proposition; and, lastly, a change of minis ters with a partial amnesty. I am unwilling to do his Royal Highness an injustice, for he has always had the reputation of being the most liberal and enlightened of his family. Still, conversations have been repeated to me in the sense which I have stated. Filangieri, Prince Satriani, who has been in retirement at Sorrento, was sent for to the palace on Wednesday, and again yesterday, and was some time with the King. The inference is, that he will be required to form a ministry ; but for a few days I must abstain from the dangerous habit of speculat ing ; we know positively nothing— we have nothing to guide us, for political antecedents the King has none. Let me now allude to another subject involved in much mystery, which has occupied public attention. I mean the conspiracy alleged to have been formed against the reigning Sovereign. Without taking any notice of the various opinions mentioned here—though the most common , one is, that the conspiracy is undeniable—l shall mention the following facts, some apparently slight, others of greater importance :—ln the Royal family the Here ditary Prince was always spoken of by the Queen- Dowager as " Cieillo," a corruption of Francisco, while her son was styled " Sua Altezza." It is a trifle, you will say, and may raise a smile ; but, if true it is not without some force. For one or two years the Count of Trani, second son of his late Majesty, had been made a member of the Council of State— a fact altogether without precedent. It had been often noted that the Hereditary Prince had never been spoken of as such in the official journal, but simply as the Duke of Calabria, and in his own family the general impression is that he has been kept as much as possible in the background. Some short time before the death of Ferdinand 11. a demonstration was made in Foggia and Leece, in , the neighbourhood of which cities the Royal Family had long lingered. Cries of " Viva it Figlio della Regina Maria Teresa !" were raised. " Viva Luigi Primo !" A demonstration was to have been made in the capital, but it was discovered and prevented. Meantime, arrests were made. Merenda, a com missary of police, notorious in the history of that infamous body, was sent down to Sicily under arrest, papers of importance having been found upon him which compromised him most deeply. Some of those who were arrested were liberated, but who or how many cannot be known in a country like .this, where everything is done in secret. From de spatches which have been received here it appears, too, that a general officer, long stationed in the Calabrias,l went over to Messina, and endeaveured to tamper with the army, but the officer in command ordered him off, and threatened him with exposure. I believe that the above are facts which cannot be disputed, and, if so, they form a pretty strong mass of evidence to prove that a plot existed to place the Count of Trani on the throne of the Two Sicilies. The extent of that plot, or with whom it originated, may be questions more difficult to decide, though a Royal personage has not hesitated to ascribe it to another distinguished per sonage. It is observed, and with great appearance of truth, that such a conspiracy 'would have been a suicidal act; and it is remarked, also, that the Royal Family are all together at the Palace of Capo di Monte ; still, the facts which I have pointed out above remain, and have to be explained. There is one other fact which I have omitted to mention, and that is, that not more than twenty days since a considerable number of Swiss officers have resolved on retiring from the service. The reason was, that they had fears that their fidelity would be tampered with. Whether any further light will be thrown on this dark and mysterious subject remains to be seen, and, meantime, if the conspiracy did exist, every possible method is adopted for hushing it up. I have reason to believe that a British Minister- Plenipotentiary will' arrive here directly to congra tulate the new. King on his accession't4 the throne ; and letters speak of Sir Tames Hildson, though the report requires confirmation. A French Minister, too, it is expecetd will arrive ; and certainly a Sar dinian Commissioner, in the person of Count Glamour, ex-Secretary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In sinuations will then be made as to the line of policy which Naples should adopt, and explanations asked for, which will lead to some decisive results. Nor is it improbable that the public spirit may assume more courage in the presence of the Sardinian Minister, and make some public expression of it. Two vessels laden with sulphur have been over hauled this week ; the one, a Neapolitan vessel, was leaving for Marseilles, and thus sequestrated ; the other, an English vessel, was obliged to give guarantees that it was bound for an English port. I have to notice several arrests this week, and first of all of an English lady, who was walking through the streets of Naples, and conversing freely on Neapolitan affairs with an Italian gentleman. A person in plain clothes addressed her, and begged her to accompany him to the Commissariat; whereupon ensued a volley of questions as to the why and the wherefore, and sundry objections. As the plainly dressed gentleman still persisted, the lady observed, " but what can I, an English lady, have to do with you ?" " Oh, an. English lady," was the, reply, "I was not aware of it—that alters the question ; ' and taking off his hat, he retired. Her gallant escort had decamped at the first moment, and no compromise -of his gallantry either, when the sufferings of a Neapolitan prison are considered. Two advocates also have been arrested—Signori Catucci and Vescia. TUSCANY. The Tuscan Monitore publishes two circulars from Baron Ricasoli, Minister of the Interior at Florence, to the Prefects of the Provinces ; one directing them to request of the authorities to take the necessary measures for providing the French army with every necessary on its line of- march, and the other announcing that whenever the Government shall receive any important piece of intelligence, it will communicate it by telegraph to the Prefects, whose duty it will be to publish it immediately. The same paper also gives the text of the declaration by which Tuscany announces that it has joined Piedmont in the present war against Austria. Lastly, there is a decree issued by the Minister of the Interior, direct ing that Chevalier Buoncompagni, Commissioner Extraordinary to the King of Sardinia in Tuscany, is to receive the military honours due to his official position. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE KANGAROO. • QUEENSTOWN, Thursday.—The Kangaroo, from New York, on the 21st ult., arrived here at four o'clock this morning, with 101 cabin and 196 steerage passengers, and $720,029 in specie ; landed 65 pas sengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 4.45. The steamer City of Baltimore, hence, passed Cape Race on the 19th. The steamer Vigo, hence, arrived at New York on the 20th. The steamer Vanderbilt, from Southampton, ar rived at New York on the 21st. News unimportant. COMMERCIAL. New York money market a little easier. Cotton has been buoyant under the favourable important news, and holders advanced prices pc. per lb. The advance has checked business. Provisions unaltered. Breadstuffs depressed. Coffee has been more active. Flour and meal : The enquiry for Western Canal flour is very limited, with fair arrivals, and with less favourable news from Europe ; speculative holders disposed to realise, and, to do so, have to submit to a decline of 20c. to 40c. per barrel. Grain : The wheat market lower and inactive. Millers hold off ; sales 2,000 bushels. Barley inactive and nominal at 67c. to 75c. Oats lower, and in limited demand. Rye dull. Hemp : Manilla continues in active request ; steady prices. Hides firm, and moderately active. Molasses continues in active demand for immediate consumption ; and there is also more enquiry for export, at very irregular rates. Receipts are fair, but are not sufficient to meet the pressing wants of the trade. Ashes unchanged. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—The Ocean Queen has arrived from New York, May 21. The American fleet in the Mediterranean is to be increased. The California steamer was off New Orleans. Business was dull at San Francisco. Mining was favourable. The first overland express from the Kanzas gold fields had arrived with a quantity of gold. The Ocean Queen has brought upwards of two hundred passengers, and specie to the value of two million dollars, nearly nine hundred thousand of which are for England, the rest for France. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.--The India steamer, Captain Field, has arrived with 147 passen gers, £1,330 in specie, 1,837 bales silk, seven boxes valuables, and general cargo. She left Alexandria May 19 ; Malta, 23rd ; and Gibraltar, 28th. Her Majesty's steam yacht Osborne was to leave Gibraltar on the 28th, with the Prince of Wales, for England, touching at Cadiz and Lisbon. Captain Goodall, Royal Engineers, committed, suicide, by taking poison, on the 23rd, at Gibraltar, under temporary insanity. The Sir William Peel arrived at Gibraltar on the 27th, with troops for Corfu, and left during the night. Exchange on London, 501 to 50Z. The Ripon steamer, hence on the 20th, arrived at Gibraltar on the 25th, and proceeded. The screw-steamer Mauritius, hence for Marseilles, arrived at Gibraltar on the 27th, and proceeded without anchoring. The steam transport Melbourne, with troops for Corfu, arrived at Gibraltar, from Portsmouth, on the night of the 24th, and went on. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY The House met at Two o'clock, and was occupied till Four o'clock in swearing in members. This being Ascension Day, the House of Lords did not meet. THE BATTLE OF MONTEBELLO. -An English eye witness of the battle of Montebello, writing on the 24th ult., says : " The Austrian forces amounted to 18,000 men. Only three brigades were engaged. The French artillery kept up a tremendous fire, but their practice was bad. Nearly all the wounded received their injuries from musket ball or bayonet. Great disgust has been created by the death of Major Piers, an Irish officer in the Austrian service, who, while lying wounded on the ground was bayoneted by the French Chasseurs. These ruffians are said to have performed this act when they recognised his nationality to be British. No excesses have been com mitted, for the Austrian discipline is perfect. Their men are on the best terms with the peasantry, with whom they often share their rations. The Emperor of Austria is daily expected." NORTHERN TIMES OkFICE, FRIDAY, ,9 A.M THE WAR IN ITALY. The Titnes has received the following official intelligence : VERONA, Thursday.--General D'Urban, who ar rived on the Ist, at Varese, without meeting resistance, has levied war _contributions on the city, and reinstated the legal authorities. SECOND EDITION. COMMERCIAL. The Funds to-day were rather weaker, the late rapid rise having naturally led to realisations. The alteration at the Bank, although fully, anticipated, imparted a momentary steadiness in the afternoon, but the final quotations were it to a per cent. below those of yesterday. In the other departments of the Stock Exchange a tendency to re-action was likewise shown, sellers predominated. British Railway Stocks suffered chiefly. The Lom bard-street houses have not yet made any altera tion in their rate fur money at call, but a reduction of* per cent. will probably be notified to-morrow. Two or three of the joint-stock banks have altered their terms for deposits. The whole of those establishments now allow 21 per cent. both for old and new deposits, with the exception of the London and Westminster, which gives only 2 per cent. for sums above £5OO, and 11 per cent. for smaller amounts.— Daily Hstos City Article, Thursday Evening. The English Funds have shown less firmness to-day. They opened without alteration, but subsequently ex perienced a decline, from which there was only a partial recovery. In the railway market there was a general re action, but, towards the close, a partial rally took place. Most of the leading English stocks show a decline, com pared with yesterday, ranging from t to It per cent. Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, York and North Midland, however, led off without alteration. There were no bullion operations at the Bank to-day. The outgoing steamer, on Saturday, will take £224,876 for the East.— Times City Article, Thursday Evening. The Times says that, so far from the present glut of money being an indication of a recovery of confidence, it is the, strongest proof that could be afforded to the contrary. The discount houses and joint-stock banks are flooded with money, simply because the traders of the country distrust future political possibility, and wish to deposit their resources so as to have them within call. The Advertiser says the no-confidence motion will be moved in the House of Commons by the Marquis of Har lington, and seconded by Sir Morton Peto. Some of the morning papers copy the 'paragraph in the Globe, respectin; the rumoured probable resignation of the Duke of Cambridme. The Admiralty has authorised gratuities of 20s. and 16s. to persons bringing a shipwright, caulker, or .seaman, to tie royal dockyards. A cheque has been paid at the Bank of England, from which all but the signature of the drawer was erased by a chemical process, a larger sum being substituted for the orilinal amount. THE CABINET AND THE LIBERAL PARTY.—The Daily News says—Arrangements are in progress which will, it believes, facilitate the united and vigorous action of the Liberal party as a whole. In the, great home an foreimn questions of neutrality and reform, the present ministry have repeatedly, both in word and deed, avowed convictions at war with those which the nation has unanimously expressed; and the Daily. News says it may safely predict that in a few days the country will have a government which, instead of trying to delude it by the covert gratifica tion of anti-national sympathies and aims, will spon taneously and faithfully reflect the national will. The Times asks the Liberal chiefs, if they are successful in their attempt to upset the Cabinet, whether they can reckon with certainty on a respectable majority in support of a vote of no-cotinclence ? Then, what are they prepared to do with the majority so obtained ? and, also, whether, in the event of their accepting office, with such a government as is likely to be composed under existing circumstances, they will have more vitality and buoyancy than they had a year ago, when they had twenty or thirty more supporters than they nowhave ? The Star announces that a meeting of the entire Liberal party will be held on Monday next, with a view to resolve upon a course of action which shall test the opinion of the new Parliament at the earliest opportunity, and which. shall decide how far the members just returned are willing to support Lord Derby, or are anxious to see the administra tion of public affairs entrusted to other hands. The Star says the independent Liberals have agreed to ask, not, perhaps, who is to be chosen to form the new Government, but what are the materials of which it is to be composed, and what is the policy to which it is to be pledged. The Star fully believes that the Government which will succeed that of Lord Derby will be formed on principles very different from those which have been cherished with so much exclusiveness at the birth of all preceding govern ments framed by Whig hands. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Inquests were held on Wednesday on the bodies of Mr. Richard Burke, land agent to the Hon. Martin Ffrench, and that of Capt. Thomas Ffrencb. From the evidence given Captain Ffrench left Dublin on Monday night, with out communicating his intentions for Ballinasloe, from whence he took a car with two other gentlemen to a village distant six miles, where they arrived about one o'clock in the morning. He then proceeded unaccompanied save by the driver to Ballygar, within two miles from his father's estate. He applied unsuccessfully for admission, and then told the driver to proceed to St. Brandon, one of the residenees of the family in the occupation of Mr. Burke. The car reached it at three in the morning, when Captain Ffrench was informed Mr. Burke had gone to Ballinamore, three miles distant. Captain Ffrench wrote a kind note requesting an interview on business. The meet ing, as described by the cab-driver, was most cordial, and they then proceeded to Ballinamore-park, the seat of the Hon. Mr. Ffrencb, and walked through the ground. After this nothing certain is known. Saunders. THE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT OLDBU.RY. The miserable ,woman who murdered her child and attempted her own life, as already reported in the Northern Times, has somewhat ralied, and has been able to take a little liquid sustenance. She is perfectly sensible, and appears to be impressed with a deep sense of the crime she has committed. The excitement in the town continues to be intense, particularly among the mining population, and great commiseration is felt for the unfortunate husband, William Forster. The inquest on the deceased boy was held on Tuesday. The jury, after being sworn, proceeded to view the body, which lay in the same room where the murder took place. On their return the first witness examined was William Forster, who deposed : I am a miner, and live in Furnace-row, Oldbury. The deceased was my son. On Sunday night we all retired to bed about eleven o'clock. Myself, my wife, and four children occupied the same room. The youngest child slept in the same bed with myself and my wife. The other three children slept in another bed. Their names were, Eliza, aged sixteen ; Susan, aged eight ; and John, aged about twelve. I did not go to sleep till about two o'clock, and was awoke about three by my daughter Eliza screaming. I then saw my wife standing in her chemise close to the bed where the deceased had been sleep ing. I did not see her in the act of cutting his throat, but with my daughter endeavoured to prevent her doing any more mischief. Before we could get to her my wife cut a large wound in her own throat, and was in the act of repeating the cut when I and Eliza took the razor fam her. Blood was flowing from the deceased's throat, and also from my wife's. I threw my wife down on the floor, and she became insensible. I thought she was dead. I then went to look at the boy, and saw he was dead. I then rushed down stairs and broke open the door with a poker, because I could not wait for the key. I alarmed a neigh bour, Mrs. Houghton, and sent her for Mr. Cooper ' surgeon. In March last my eldest daughter, aged nineteen, died, and it preyed very much upon my wife's mind. She was always moaning, and saying, " Oh, my poor wench." My wife became very much depressed. She said the neighbours were Italking about her, and wished to raise a scandal about her. On Sunday she was more depressed than usual, and seemed in a sad way. The razor with which the deed was done was mine, and was kept in a drawer in a chest of drawers in the kitchen. I had used it on the same Sunday morning. The drawer was not kept locked. The key was not usually taken out of the lock. My wife never attempted to destroy herself, nor was her mind affected previous to the death of our eldest daughter. My wife was very fond of the deceased, and was an affectionate mother to all her children. Eliza Forster, an interesting-looking girl, aged about sixteen, deposed : John Forster was my brother. I slept with him on Sunday night My sister Susan slept with us in the same bed. About daylight I was awoke by my sister, who thought my brother was sick. My sister screamed, and I then saw my mother standing by the side of the bed, and leanir% over John. At this stage of the proceedings the inquiry was adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Before Lord Chief Justices Cockburn, and Justices Williams, Willes,.and Byles. f THE EARL or SHREWSBURY V. SCOTT AND OTHERS The Attorney*-General, Mr. Rolt, Q.C., Mr. Manistv, Q.C., Mr. - Ellis, and Mr. Harmen (instructed by Mr. Richard Nicholson, of Spring-gardens), appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shee, Sir R. Bethell, Mr. Badeley, Mr. R. Hall, and Mr. Archibald (instructed by MeSSrs. Currie and Williams,'Of Lincoln's-inn-field , ;), were for the defendants. • • On Wednesday, the. Attorr._ said he would call their lordsli of the law as affecting eral, in continuation • ttiou to the state his family in the year 1720, when the 6 Goorge 1., cap:'29, was pu r sed. Mr. Justice Williams said when this rule was moved I • took the liberty to ask Mr. Sorg this act passed, there was any papists from aliening their lands tho plaintiff's counsel azree with that ;cant Shee whether, when statute which prevented 4 and he said "No." Did ' The Attorney-General. said it was pat that they could alien the inheritanp , could part with their estate for life might be another matter The act (Geo. 1.) imposed this absolute alienation affecting papists ''and protestants nobody could alien except on th e con diti o n o f takin t of his • argument though. whether they restraint o oaths_in a certain manner, though no dou object ova d.become d in 1846. protestants at au early age. Earl John,- who obtained the passing of the 6th and 7th Vic., cap. 28, which repealed the proviso in the 6th Geo. 1., which enacted that the oaths must be taken. before any earl could and no doubt his obj for fature earls to become protestants alienat was to take away the indneemen It was argued on et the whole clause as against alienation, and so gave power to any earl to alien. b lf that were so, it entirely defeated tt objeet•of the 6th Geo. I the earl lat the Emancipation Act of 18 ), repealed in eff( As in 1720 so in 1813, everq male membet of the family appeared before th ad it a latter data His learned friend aid that earl could alien the estates, conveying them away absolutely ; and yet Earl John petitioned the legislature to enable him to do that which it was said he had already power to do. The Lord Chief Justice said it might be considered safer to obtain a special act of parliament; but that could not b , considered as an admission that the 9th George IV. had no the effect now contended for The Attorney-Gener further than this lid not wish to pi hat Earl John and his leg the matter sidered it necessa was this fact and '7th Vic held these esta .t in tail and subject to the if his learned frie as right, the itrtrA itself h in effect declare iat the stated what the law was. Was there saying that a court of law could do such a thing . as there any instance in our history where a clear, plain recital in an act of parliament of what the law was had ever been controverted in a court of law ? Could any court of law say to the Queen, Lords, and Commons, "You do not know what the law is ?" The Lord Chief Justice : There was no declaration of 'hat ^C but only a recital in a private act of the law was, liament, and could it be con,. course of a legal argument became convince did not correctly state the law, they recital contrary to their own convict tended that if the court in the recital were still to follow the The Attorney-General submitted that no court could act contrary to a statement of what the law was made by the legislature, - The Lord Chief Justice did not expnt to hear the Attorney-General of England say that such was the law. The Attorney-General simply submitted what his view was without presuming to do more. He thought it was not competent for any court of law to go to war with the legis lature as to what the law was. The act of 1813 recited the clause in the act of 1720, and afterwards expressly stated the effect of that clause in these terms :—" Whereas it is expedient that the proviso contained in the said act of: the Geo. 1., whereby an exception from the clause restrictive of alienation is made in favour of any taker of the settled estates who should within six months after he should attain the age of eighteen years take the oaths and subscribe the' declaration therein respectively referred to, and who should continue a Protestant, should be repealed." This had been stated by the legislature, and it has been so stated after the bill had, accordinc , to custom, been submitted to the opinion of two of the purges. After this, what argument could be found to convince the court that the law had been incor rectly stated ? Even if the whole clause and proviso were repealed by the 9 Geo. IV., still he submitted that as the 6 and 7 Victoria repealed in terms the proviso, it in effect revived the clause against alienation, minus the proviso. The Lord Chief Justice asked what was the object in applying for the 6th and 7th Vic., cap. 28 ? The Attorney-General : Earl John, in 1843, had no male children ; and the next in succession to the earldom was John, his first cousin, a boy whose father was dead, and whose mother afterwards married a Protestant Greek. Over her and the bay Earl John had no control. The next in succession to the boy John was Bertram Arthur. lie had lost his father also, and over him and his mother Earl John had no control. Earl John was exceedingly unwilling that the parents of these two children should be subject to a very strong inducement to bring up these children Protestants, and therefore the act was applied for. If they were Protes tants, they could alien the estates. Now, as to the effect of the Emancipation Act, that act was intended to remove disabilities and incapacities imposed on Catholics, and had no operation in reference to Protestants. It had no appli cation at all to private acts of parliament, or to this clause restrictive of alienation which applied to Protestants as well as Catholics. Even if the Emancipation Act dis pensed with taking the oaths referred to in the proviso about alienation yet there was not one syllable which touched the second condition, that to enable any earl to alien he must continue a Protestant from 181 years of a g e until he was 21. In addition to the 6 and 7 Viet., c. 2 8, there were other private acts passed in connection with this family, and under those acts large estates have been purchased, and in terms settled upon the trusts named in the 6 Geo. 1., inclu ding, of course, the restrictive clause in reference to alienation. On what conditions, then, did Earl Bertram hold those estates? Why clearly subject to the restrictive clause. The only remaining point raised by the defendant's counsel was that Earl Gilbert was, at the time of the death of the Duke of Shrewsbury in 1717, incapable of taking, or if capable of taking, was at the date of the settlement in 1718, and of the passing of the 6 Geo. 1. cap. 29, incapable of settling the reversion ; and therefore that such reversion was not by the 6 Geo. 1 cap. 29 effectually limited to the persons to whom the earldom should descend, and come as mentioned in the said act. The answer to this was twofold. It was submitted that under the penal laws in force at the time, Earl Gilbert was not disqualified from alienating the reversion or any other estate to dome into effect after his own death ; but the second and principal point was that, whether he had or had not capacity to alien his reversionary interest in the estates ; the act of the 6 Geo. 1., cap. 29, had done so, and the legislature was omnipotent. The two penal laws in force at time were the 1 James 1., cap. 4, and 11 and 12 William 111., cap. 4, and those acts only deprived papists of the right to enjoy estates for life, but placed no restriction upon their dealing was deal the ingw case of ~ iththereve T rs h io o n rn . by v. In supportFleetw Fleetwood, view there Browne, which had been decided in the House of Lords, the case of the Earl of Derwentwater, and that of " Mallom v. Bringlow "in Willes. It was submitted that if this had been a mere settlement not sanctioned by act of parliament, it would have been valid ; but when, on the petition of all the members of the family, the legislature sanctioned that settlement, it was contended that the legality of the settle ment could not be in any way questioned. The argument in this case was continued yesterday morning. Mr. Holt, in resuming his argument, drew attention to the state of the law affecting Papists at the time when the 6th George 1., cap. 29, was passed. At that time there was in force the Ist Jas., cap. 4, the 6th section of which said that any person who should go abroad and reside at any papist seminary or college of Jesuits, should, in respect of him or herself only, "and not in respect of his or her heirs or posterity," be incapable of holding or enjoying any lands. The 3 Jas. 1., cap. 5, Acts 16, said that no person sent abroad to be educated as a papist should enjoy any lands until he should take the oaths and receive the sacra ment of the Lord's Supper. The 3 Car. 1., cap. 2, was an act to restrain any person being sent "to be popishly brought up beyond the seas," and enacted that no such person should enjoy lands during his natural life ;" and the act 11 and 12 Win. 111. said that a papist who should not take the oaths should, in respect of him or herself only, i e n b t u s t subject ofan e s t a to te. that and not in respect of the heirs or p osterit y , "be incapable of taking lands ;" that the protes tant next of kin should enjoy the profits ; but in cas e h e committed any waste, the party disabled should recover treble dama g es. The ob j ect therefore, of all these statutes, was t o p revent p a p ists enjoy ing disabilitytheir i d n g a lthe their lives, incidents this were so, then Earl Gilbert, the jesuit, was possessed the reversionary interest in the Sh re w s bury property, aof advise was entitled by law, to execute the settlement of 1718, annexing that reversionary interest to the title ; and, of course, Earl Betram Arthur could not cut off the entail and devise the estates, and the present Earl of Shrewsbury was entitled to them. [The case was proceeding when om report left.] • VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. BEFORE VICE •CIIANCELLOR WOOD. ECCLES V. THE LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK. — This bill Was filed for the purpose of cancelling or rectifying a certain deed, whereby the plaintiff had become security for the liabilities of the firm of Joseph Eccles and Co., of Liverpool, and also for restraining proceedings at law, which had been instituted against the plaintiff by the parties representing the :Liverpool Borough. Bank. It appeared that in 1857 Joseph Eccles was considerably indebted to the bank, and on being pressed for some security he executed the deed which it was now sought to set aside. By this instrument the plaintiffs, Thomas and Richard Eccles, agreed to pay all moneys due to the bank from Joseph Eccles, provided the amount should not exceed £35,000. They stipulated that they should be allowed seven years in which to pay off that sum. They also agreed to forego a debt of £65,000 due to them selves from Joseph until he had defrayed all his liabilities, and in the mean time to hold that debt as trustees for the bank. Shortly after this date the bank suspended payment, and is now in course of winding-up. When the first instal ment of the £35,000 became due, the plaintiffs declined to pay it, upon the ground of fr law, w lulent misrepresentation The bank, t bill was f now set up in equity the case of they made it law. The Solicitor and Mr. Bardswell, were for the ph Blackburne. and Mr. Kay, were on Vice-Chancellor, without hearing t ver, recovered at srepresentation, which neral, Mr. Mellish, ,iffs ; Mr. Rolt, Mr. e other side. The ' counsel, dismissed the bill with costs. His H both the grounds of fraud and of mis forward were insufficient to support the endants' ;red that I were put contention THE MERSEY DOCK BOARD. The weekly meeting of the Dock Board was held at one ther members present, were —3l dell, Moss, APrver, Fonvood, Anderson, Segar, Ilubbac Farnworth, Arnold, Inman, Graves, Lockett, and Tobin. WORKS COMMITTEE. The proceedin g s of this committee contained recommen dations to accept the following tenders : —Messrs. J. and a Thompson, for tallow; Thomas Small,, crucibles; George Foster and Co., to supply and erect two five-ton cranes, for the Huskisson-doci , 'Bathgate and Wilson, padlocks; G F. Chantrell, fir- .s for ft k, in connection with the isidered, it was recommen k, as fixed by the plan, 250 feet, be adhered to. Mr. Ik.Plver moved that that part of the proceedings which related to the width of the new steam-dock be referred back to the committee for re-consideration. Mr. Rounthwaite seconded the motion. In consequence, however, of the fact that most of the members of the works' committee were absent, it was agreed that the confirmation of the portion of the proceedings referred to by Mr. M'lver should be postponed until next day, when the subject will be fully discussed. The remainder of the proceedings were confirmed. The proceedings of the warehouse, marine, and pilots' wereconfirnied without any discussion DOCKS' AND QUAYS COMMITTEE The proceedlnis of thi; committee contained a recom mendation that the two coal berths in the Egerton-dock be appropriated to the use of 'the Birkenhead Railway mpany uring the time that the great float is run dry. Mr. Lockett moved that the proceedings be confirmed. Mr. Graves demurred to the ;.bstractini two berths in the Huskisson-dock from the already contracted space for load ing at Birkenhead. He hoped that Mr. Hartley would be instructed not to take advantage of the permission until the last moment, in order that the berths might be used as long as possible. He was aware that vessels had been waiting there for weeks together ; and he thought the abstraction of these berths would cause very serious inconvenience. The Chairman said, Mr. Hartley would no doubt give every facility possible, consistent with not stopping his own works, which it was imperative should be proceeded with. The proceedings were then confirmed. An application from Messrs. Allan, Brothers, for permis sion to embark cabin passengers for Quebec, every Wednes-. day, at the south corner of the old Landing-stage, along with the mails, was referred to the marine committee. A letter was read from Mr. Boult, postponing until the ensuing Thursday, or the next convenient day, the motion of which he had given notice, " that it be an instruction to the works committee not to proceed in the purchase of land upon the south side of Morpeth-dock until the necessity for widening the quay be particularly ascertained." The motion was postponed accordingly. - - Mr. M'lver gave notice that, at the next meeting, he would move the following resolution :—" That the committee of works be required, for the information of the board, to submit a report of the specific reasons on which they base their present recommendation to adhere to the plan of the steam dock proposed to be made in connection with the Truskisson-dock, and by which they limit the width to 250 feet." This concluded the general business. HEALTH COMMITTEE. The usual weekly meeting of this board was held yester day, R. Shiel, Esq., in the chair. The other members present, were—Messrs. R. Beckwith, Anthony, Haydock, Hodson, Crellin, Bowring, Barton, and Gladstone. Alderman The chair was subsequently taken by Mr Dover. The borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector of nuisances, reported various particulars of the operations in their several departments during the week, from which it appeared that 113 nuisances complained of by inhabitants, had been inspected, and means taken to remedy them. 1,141 houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 3,681 apartments, and 731 cellars, had been put under examina tion, with the view of improving their sanitary condition, and 206 lodging-houses, had also been examined and reported upon. The medical officers reported that in the week ending 28th May, the deaths registered in the borough were 201, being 14 less than in the previous week, and 32 less than the corrected average of the same week of the previous 10 years. In the parish the deaths were 129, and 72 in the out-townships. From zymotic diseases the deaths were 45, the same as in the previous week; 16 were from fever ; 10 from hooping-cough ; 3 from diarrhoea ; 3 elysentary ; 3 scarlatina (less than in any week of the 4 previous years) ; 2 thrush, and 1 each from small-pox and measles. Diseases of the lungs caused 66 deaths, being 4 less than in the previous week ; 38 were from consumption. Infantile mortality much less than in previous years. Dr. Hodson congratulated the town on its healthy con dition—a condition not observable for many years past. A letter was read from the Secretary of State approving of the bye-laws, as already submitted for the arrangement of sanitary purposes of the town, which had been sanctioned by the council, MR. HOPE'S BUILDINGS, WHITECHABEL. The following report was read "STRENGTH OF IliON COLUMNS, "The engineer and building surveyor beg to report that they have calculated the weight which will have to be sus tained by the new columns in these buildings, and find the maximum load 225 tons, which, distributed over seven col umns, gives the load on each column equal to 32 1-7th tons, " The columns are 14 feet long, 7 inches diameter at the bottom, and 6 inches diameter at the top, and . the metal throughout is a quarter of an inch thick. This gives a mean external diameter of 6.5 inches, and a mean internal diameter of 4 inches. "The application of Mr. liodgkinson's formula to these data is shown in the subjoined sheet, and the result may be thus stated. "In the most favourable condition, which is when the b eo e lu 2 m 9 n is firmly 9.9 tons; fixedx an e d d a i tb n o t h t he most ends, i t ti s locating .nfaio unfavourable hle weightcondition, would o ll n, which is when the column is loose at both ends, the break ing weight would be 88.8 tons. "The columns are practically fixed at both ends in the case in question, and if we take a quarter of the breaking weight as the safe load, we shall obtain 77.7 tons. The actual load is less than half of this. But it must be borne in mind that it is only the resistance to vertical pressure, or crushing force, which has been considered. The res i stance of the column to a trans verse strain applied at the middle of its length is only about one-fifth of its resistance to a crushing force applied in the direction of its axis, and a much less weight applied, with, impulse as a stroke or blow would be destructive. " JAMES NEWLANDS, B.E. " WILLIAM RISIITON. " Borough Ennineer's Office, Cornwallis-street; 31st May, 1859." The general routine business was then transacted, and the board adjourned. • - LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISAMENT rot Boys' Omni/No.—Number of boys clothed correspond the eek ending Saturday; May 28th. 928 : ili d week last year, 895.—Increase, 33 boys. THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAY, JUNE 3 1859