The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-13 00:00:00

4IMMIIIM IRE PEOPLE'S CONCERTS, ST. GEORGE'S HALL. h_tceSrts aturday e ven i ng the second of the People ' s Monstre th took place in St. G eorge ' s H a ll , and was crowned " signal a success as that which distinguished the tvlel....guration concert on the Saturday night previous. nuts Part of the spacious Hall, not excepting the . ack 1 1 ,1 511 1 the most distant of the side galleries, whithin which, „nre a ver, the reverberating tones of the mighty organ are ps best heard, was densely packed ; but so lofty is the . thO l cg: and so thorough the ventilation, that even with garitaoltitude of human beings, the inconvenience and up other iitness almost invariably felt on such occasions in Places, from pressure and too great heat, were in no 541 e e xperienced. Th e arrangem ents, 7zili!re also more perfect than on the opening n io . c by the the whole, nothing seemed to have been ov t e b r e oterprising manager that could conduceto wh o 'uce and comfort of his patrons—the people, r lentanlvalmost every class in the community . had itp hpn. l 7, eB Present. There were to he seen r , eliii4`ms of the " true sons of labour," many with their t or ,. ear nearly all with their wives, as " happy as lords"— anA'.contteous and obliging towards each other than lords I: ladies generally are on crush nights," and more the otirtiesy thi s at e t Y and genuine in their applause. Indeed, we regard and polite behaviour, one to another, among ant e p P t ".Pte, as one of the best recommendations of such of tajoments, and more especially when held in a building fit.(7u ma gnificent proportions and gorgeous decoration as Kona e° , r ge's Hall. S uc h con d uc t is e li c ited by the associa -110: \ _,°' th e v place—rud eness wou ld mar its harmony—and we uasered in the c o ndu c t of the people of these coun- Ifiencli the ma ns i on o f a nobleman, a museum, a mag tlitetteu‘ gallery, or other fine building, is thrown open to th e ' a keen and just appreciation of this truly sie tti clothes make men imitate the manners emen, and music—pleasure exciting under sone,;:‘ a lices---is doubly harmonising when hear' 114 — ""room so noble and brilliant as our maf lilina„e4c,rlsideration alone should induce evtn tati t „:'ropists" to promote and encourage such arti l y In the body of the Hall we observed multi tras e i s ' also 'with their wives and families, respecta, icatej a "nrig Women, and innumerable representatives . o, - 88 o f 110k ei young men whom we may justly describ, as 4 41 8 and to whom cheap and rational amusement we - "" u tdaY evening is both a boon and a blessing. t ion noticed several clergymen present ; and the corpora l'. 4 / :,, a _ B r epresented by Mr. Alderman Parker and Mr. W. at7,,reYS, &c: e ,•"/ ( meert, as a whole, was of a far superior character .nciatiguration one, the programme comprising -I°l4o-- GRAND ORGAN —MR. W. T. BEST, aoti v erture—g, Zam pa" .. lot!--":Pensive Warbler"—Miss Farrell Rodwell. k o r,:‘ The M a id s o f M erry E ng l an d" —M r . Wilson-Perring. P01 i c 1 , 44 --" Bonnie Prince Charlie"—Miss Landon. Ai r rt" Eiong— , . I k now a Maiden" J L Hatton. flop.;"41, 0 R YGirihood's Happy Home"—Miss uddier than the Cherty" Mr Scarisbrick-Handel. too, for ingress and this lady, I presume, received the remuneration which my daughter would have had. I cannot, by any possibility, conceive what motive Mr Reynolds could have (if any) of apparently attempting to injure the professiolkal reputation of one praisewortbily attempting to obtain a respectable livelihood, by the exercise of what musical ability she may possess. I was not in the Hall when the observations of Mr. Reynolds was made, although my son was, and I was not aware that they had been, um il I reached home. It is rather singular that I was in the Hall in the second part of the performance, when Mr. Reynolds moved to me, and yet made no word of complaint.—Fours, &c., LACY T. GASKELL OUR MONETARY POSITION TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES The bank return published in last night's Gazette affords unmistakeable indication , ' of an approaching panic. Jr l " Well may the bullionist tremble. Experience, the great and of test of truth, is demonstrating the fallacy of all his its retire- How perilous the po.ition of the bank disclosed - the galleries by this return. and of znificent Hall n team itudes of theories, Its liabilities payable in gold Its gold coin and bullion ... Deficiency L 39,967,511 10,784,257 . £29,183,254 ONE MILLION decrease in the stock of gold. ONE MILLION AND A HALF decrease in the reserve of notes. TWO MILLIONS increase in the amount of bills discounted ! Not long ago the Bank's reserve of bullion amounted to TWENTY-TWO MILLIONS. Now it is reduced to ELEVEN. Say TEN MILLIONS of gold against TWENTY FIVE MILLIONS of promises to pay gold on demand. Nor is this the end. It is only the beginning. The drain of specie continues with unabated severity. The demand for money is as urgent as ever. A minimum rate of 7 per cent. for 3 month's bills is resorted to in vain. The orders from the Bank of France to its agents in London are plain and positive, "Buy gold at any price." It is, therefore, evident, that the Directors of the Bank may raise the rate of discount to 10, and even 12 per cent, without accomplish_ ing their object. Their movements may annihilate the profits of trade, but they cannot stop the drain of gold. They may fau the flame of alarm, but they cannot quench the brand of panic. All ordinary means are unavailing now. Every one is asking, what is to be done ? The crisis is truly alarming, especially in France. There, it may result in a fearful revolution. Here, it may prove fatal to our corn_ mercial prosperity. Our danger is so immediate and so imminent, not a moment should be lost in attempting to remove it. It will be too late to shut the stable door when the steed is gone. Too late to stay the drain of the precious metals when the last sovereign and the last panic have dis- appeared. There is one means—and only one—of instantaneously checking the demand which is absorbing all the gold and silver of England and of France. STOP THE SUP PLIES. Let the National Bank in either country be restrained forthwith from paying in specie. This is the one—the only means—of escaping from the dangers of our present position. Every moment's hesitation increases the evil, and must render the application of the remedy less effectual. Are our bullionist friends afraid that the cure may prove worse than the disease • that the suspension of specie payments by the Banks of England and of France might cause a violent reaction, a great and sudden reduction in the rates of discount, and an unnatural inflation of prices ? Are they afraid that it would give birth to a wild and ungovernable spirit of speculation ? Then, let the application of the remedy be accompanied by this simple antidote, which, being simultaneously administered, would allay the fears of these timorous people who are continually telling us that too much prosperity would drive us mad. Until the removal of the restriction, let the 'minimum rate of discount at the banks of both countries, be fixed by law at 4,4, or, if considered still more advisable, at 5 per Accompanied on k , s s nE GRAND ORGAN BY MR. W. T. BEST. -.0 Utiorus—.4 The Gypsy's Tent"— T Cook‘ Tri,„ l' les L. Gaskell, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Scarisbrick. .:Proteet us through the coming Night" .. Curschman titll k i ali " Landon, Miss L. Gaskell, and Mr. Wilson. la% 'Wapping Old Stairs"—Miss Farrell .... Dermot Astore"—Miss L. Gaskell.. 801.0 —GRAND ORGAN—MR. W. T. BEST, I thh a• (Fantasia on Scotch Airs.) , Air (by desire)--" I'm not myself at all '. Mr. Scarisbriek. k1 0 1641g e .,.. , '" The Fairy Ring"—Miss Landon .. Pi e 4 `` The low baek'd Car"—Mr. Wi150n..... " P. T he Watchman" - 13 04 • Hold en, jun , M r. Wil son , an d M r . S car isbrick. to b e e on fter son , ' was sung, until we came to those set down k eveg bY Miss L. Gaskell, who was at the last moment It er ated from attending, in consequence of a sore throat. evridently 14 4 Place, however, was well supplied by Miss Wiatt, who labouring under severe indisposition, but tae; s e e th e adlness in coming forward to fill up the breach, no heepti n tin the sweetness of her voice, ensured her a hearty "" ell all sides. teference to th e non -appearance of Miss Gaskell, Mr. tt urat i a ll ' t he manager, made the following statement s, In ; O rgan gallery : eon s and and Gentlemen,—l regret to inform you that, in th e e ggence of the non attendance of one of our local artistes, ehot i g r arame for this evening will necessarily be somewhat l artfe — At a late hour this afternoon I accidentally 'nigh t -- that Miss Gaskell did not intend to appear to- Miss Wiatt, though labouring under severe 'hial t ri"" odl 3, has kindly consented to take her place. Miss Net! attended rehearsal this morning, when nothing was ca her out her being unable to attend, but, upon my waiting a aore.to enquire if the report was true, she complained of !asp eet ` f Mat. Stich behaviour is certainly anything bu 1141 sed: 11 t° the large audience congregated here ; and, 401 4 s far from b e li ev i ng th a t illness is the cause of her ea rrel pe o ara 6 nee, lam inclined to think that an under *hate! at work to prevent me, if possible, obtaining V D ' appear here on the Siturday evenings." taia ati Reynolds was loudly cheered by his friends at the ter- Cad "of his short address many of whom were evidently • ea - 4tv rour. witness his re-appearance' on the stage of public Willnotenter into a detailed criticism of the performance known he arti s t es, with one exception, being already well ltli eat ! o the Li verpool public. The only stranger was Miss Ne.o ' arr a, of the Nobilities' Concerts, London. She has a irapernonsiderable power, clearness, and sweetness, and h bet o k en s her vocalisation all the ease and grace which g' he cultivated artiste. She sang, with exceeding Abi t ' o u,? beautiful, but now seldom heard, song of " WaP- Iftae tie tut Stairs ; 2 8 and, in answer to the general and enthu -4 e k l uere, sang with equally successful effect the pretty Rose:„7, lll ing through the Rye," which is daily becoming *as e - Were popular with the public. But the lady who to th e vidently the " bright particular star" of the evening ki...audience, and " won all hearts and all praise," was Or oil tandon, the established favourite actress and cantatrice ett it t e_o r p e l h a tr e Royal, who, by the kind permission of W. Esq., attended on the present occasion, and Zi4 r " Bonnie Prince Charlie," and " the Merry , a c with a spirit and expression that elicited the No t „ a ea rtY and deserved applause, and was loudly Ink m — ; She in a moment, as it were, estah her herself as favourite with the vast audience, ItillA i o v n a e . ity, combined with excellence in her art, fat we have no doubt, maintain her in *pokes position,;, Of Miss Wiatt we have already ‘4., sin in terms of just praise. Mr. Scarisbrick's fame . rone e i - s e r is so well established in Liverpool, that it is desi oe , superfluous for us to here mention his name. His !en /4,4;2' " 0 ! Ruddier than the Cherry" was a grand piece catio n,heightened by the admirable organ accom aaa Zent.of Mr. Best. This song was rapturously encored, l kaelytuteillhe honour was accorded to him in Lover's . well tole reb iLriah air " I'm not myself at all." Mr. Wilson , was d to effective in " The Maids of Merry Englan , d, and The back'd car," but he wants animation. 1 , 3e , 50 r 1 . ) Vli e h Lrus " The Gipsy's tent," and " The Watchman . , tpa t. " 1 - 7 , l ' k . G. Holden, jun., took part, were also admirably RQas th A 'u„, most attractive feature of the evening, perhaps, "Tantasia on Scotch airs" on the organ, by Mr. W. 1;‘. This was really an exquisite performance, and as tp th.;,,l t was stirred t o th e ver y d e pth by the thunder call 'ead e i;:uarge " Scots wha' bee," and then subdued into *4 ll an by " Auld Robin Gray," which was rendered Kett expression and feeling surpassing almost vocalise inao:s could not but hope that Mr. Best will, by means of N oe ? genius, and the unequalled instrument at his command, 1,14 a ; i f roln oblivion those fine, touching, and expressive _ 44 ltri o ; w t ,hich were the pride and delight of past generations. Pell.:„Te performance the audience were as it were under t a 4 lethZu many left the Hall at its conclusion, preferring to 13 4 1 "„:etnainder of the concert rather than have the charm ' d e i e int and mingled thought into which they had been T he arb e d . t t„,ese of u „neert terminated shortly after ten o'clock, the "'lnfo the multitude being accomplised with the utmost ni ,r4 and facility. bl eb, Ci o llt . l uding oar notice of this, the second " entertain o"'serdet* th e people," we must take an opportunity of tha ‘0 Mr. Reynolds, the manager and originator, a1, 11 111% - i s for his thus bringing before the public a class M l : eli te, and artistes of the highest order, at a sum euit Of - ,nleans of all. To him belongs the honour and at tea l . . Hall have eerlng in a manner that has never before been efi a , a ll fi in this town ; and the committee of St. George's t,; " 00 e well to grant the use of the magnificent g e nies f : a gentleman who evidently has the taste and pOW r "dal •carY out one of the most humanising and I nfluences of our day. , • Percy Crouch S. Lover. . Perring S. Lover cent. A suspension of specie payments would stop at once the drain of gold. A minimum rate of interest, fixed by law, would restrain within due bounds the spirit of speculation. The simultaneous adoption of both these measures would save us from the scylla of our present adversity, as well as from the charybdis of the too great prosperity which our bullionists are so greatly afraid of. France must be saved from the horrors of a revolution. England from the inconvenience of a monetary pan . c. The remedy suggested would prove as effective as it is simple. 1 believe we are on the eve of its application, because the necessity of the case is too urgent and too apparent to allow the government of either country to alumbr at its post. I am, Sir, fours respectfully, Liverpool, Oct. 11, 1856 JouN WILLS. Bir .2, ° T HE EDITOR Ole THE NORTHERN TIMES. f th e thco)nd—uzient i o n f sinuation having been undeservedly ca s t u po n my daughter by Mr. Reynolds, the Manager ltddreeoneerte atSt. George's nail, on Saturday last,wh f e w n oba er . - "eg the audience will you permit me to make a e t ht,ooof ftha ti°alndin Mr. Reynolds is stated to have said tha , : 13 1 : 1 :t and could jiMiss Gaskell had said she had a sore ft,,,,1 not sing, he thought there was some kiri r „, 1 1 1 ,, - ; ; -'4 work in the matter. What the meaning of this *,ati n- t - " 1 is, Mr. Reynolds himself only can explain. It lob 1 ,%,, - "'y e uggesti . on Mr. Reynolds engaged her, for which a nltio — n . to have been adequately remunerated, and most told, .1 - 3 81 'e was to fulfil her engagement, bad not a severe her from ~.,... nut. on by the recent inclement weather, prevented ft le doing. My daughter is only seventeen, and, likely her -.co , Y o uth, it may be inferred that she is neither celebritieso3 plead an excnae, frequently attributed to musical 1,,, nor to be cont.tpd with any underhand work. aivonat object could she have to gain by either course, when ob i t 3er ig before the public is the only chai 1 tarning success in the profession she has h chosen. that il one o'clock on Saturday last, she was still in the ho p e ... ..11er sore throat might be better, but, after using all the `9l.leations resorted to in such cases, it was found impra h intcable that she could sing ; under these circumstances a e to Mr. Holden, the conductor (whose pupil she was), t,',l.,forrn him of the tact, but saw only Mrs. Holden, who the her that, probably, Mr. Reynolds could avail himself of ‘ 1 lerrices of MieS Wiatt, in her place, which he did, and THE NORTHERN TIME S.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-SATURDAY (BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY ) IN wa BRINDLEY.—His Honour delivered judgment on the certificate this day. He said—ln this case various grounds have been alleged by Mr. Simon, as counsel for the assignees, in opposition to the allowance of the cer tificate applied for, on behalf of the bankrupt, by his counsel, Mr. Aspinall. The bankruptcy in this case was upon the bankrupt's own petition, which he, Dr. Brindley, had presented in consequence of having faile I to carry out a petition of arrangement previously pre sented to this court on the 29th of June, 1855. Th e adjudication, which was made by my colleague, Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, was upon a trading as a brick maker from the month of March to that of July in the year 1855. Mr. Simon, on behalf of his clients, (who would appear to have been requested to oppose the bankrupt upon this occasion by certain creditors to an amount of something under £1,500, assembled, as repre sented, at a meeting at the office of Mr. Walker, the solicitor for the assignees, and formerly and until some time in September, 1852, the solicitor of the bankrupt,) has objected to the allowance of the cert fieate upon these grounds :-1. That, having taken Tarvin Hall for the purpose of a school, either upon a parole agreement for a lease of ten years from the 24th of December, 1842, or as tenant from year to year (which last is the nature of the tenancy insisted upon by Dr. Brindley), Dr. Brindley had expended, according to his balance sheet, the sum of £9,772 16s 7d upon repairs and improve. ments (including £1,500 of permanent improvements), down to the year 1851, and having quitted Tarvin Hall in 1852, had expended a large sum upon repairs and improvements at Abbott's Grange, and had incurred the debts stated upon that balance sheet, amount ing in all to £13,363 4s 10d, of which amount nearly £ll,OOO is due to unsecured creditors. This large amount of debt, Mr. Simon contended, ought not to have been incurred, looking at the fact that, for the first three years, the receipts from the school had been about £3,000 a-year, and for some years afterwards about £5,000 a-year, making an aggregate of gross receipts of £44,000. 2. That by waste committed upon the premises at Tarvin Hall, in pulling down some of the buildings and fences erected by Dr. Brindley, at his expense, he had occasioned to his creditors (not the landlord) a loss by the costs of a chancery suit, in which the bill was filed in December, 1852, and the order for injunction issued in January following, and by the costs of an action for waste brought in the year 1853. This objection 1 relieved Mr. Aspinall from the necessity of answering, being of opinion that Dr. Brindlev having consulted an architect and surveyor as to the buildings which he might remove as tenant, had used a fair amount of caution, and was not open to the imputation of wantonly incurring costs. He had, besides, abstained from taking down any building after the notice served upon him of the 22nd November, 1852. 3. It was then pressed against him, that having entered into a deed of arrangement in 1850, of which Mr. Ducker and Mr. Roberts, the manager of a bank in Chester, were trustees, he had not consulted them as to his removal from Tarvin Hall, upon which so large a sum had been expended, to Abbott's Grange, which removal took place some time in the year 1852. 4. That he had sustained a loss of £6OO upon a loan transaction. It appeared as to this point that Dr. Brindley, having occasion for about £l,OOO in the year 1846, was told by Mr. Ducker, who is a very large creditor, and has stated that he does not oppose the bankrupt, that he had a sum of £2,000 lying idle in Liverpool. This statement was made some short time before the month of May, 1846. But it is clear that before the Ist of May in that year, on which day a letter was written by Dr. Brindley to Mr. Ducker, that Dr. Brindley knew he was to have tobacco—and not money, for a loan. Further correspondence takes place, and on the 19th of May a promissory note is given by Dr. Brindley for £2,15.5 16s, value received in 90 hogsheads of tobacco. Of this sum it appears to have been intended that a part should have been returned to Mr. Ducker ; but the tobacco having been sold under Dr. Brindley's orders, by Messrs. Parry, of Liverpool, the loss of £6OO, before mentioned, was sustained. 5. That he had given bills to Mr. Ducker in 1852, the non-pay ment of which had occasioned proceedings against him, in which considerable costs were incurred, to the damage of his general creditors, by pleading the deed of arrangement of 1850 as an answer to Mr. Ducker's action. There was also a sixth objection, with respect to a transfer of a mortgage to Mr. Tennant, by which it was alleged that Dr. Brindley's general creditors had sustained loss, as to which objection, however, there does not appear to me to be sufficient evidence to render it necessary for me to do more than to advert to the fact of the objection having been made. There were also some subjects of complaint personal to Mr. Ducker, which, on an intimation from the court that they could not properly be urged by the assignee against the 4ank rupt, whom Mr. Ducker did not oppose at the hearing, were not further pressed by Mr. Simon. After the argu ments had concluded, it became necessary to look care fully at the proceedings on the file ; and it then appeared that this only trading proved on the adjudication was as brick maker fur a Olen r.erißd, from March to July, 1855 and there arose at first a question; whether, the matters complained of having occurred long before that date, they could in point of law be treated as objections to the certificate under the 198th section of the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act, 1849, upon which Mr. Simon founded his case, though under the authority of eat parts Leslie in the matter of Leslie, decided by the Lords Justices in June last, and reported in the twenty-fifth volume of the Law Journal, page 37, they might have been so treated if the 236th section had been applicable to them. The bankrupt, however, in his examination of the 15th of July last, having admitted that during fourteen years he had been a stationer, and so a trader, that question was set at rest. Upon the whole case, then, as it is impossible, looking at the very great expenditure of nearly £lO,OOO upon a ten years' holding as tenant of another person's property, for this court to certify that Dr. Brindley's failure has been occasioned by unavoidable losses and rnisfortones, no other than a second class cer tificate can be granted ; and I think that—after making every allowance for Dr. Brindley's alleged reliance upon any assurance which be may have received from Mr. Walker, while his solicitor as well as solicitor to the lessees, as to his not being disturbed from the possession of 'Tarvin Hall, when the infant came of age, and also for the position in which he found himself in May, 1846, when the loan was effected with Mr. Ducker, and a loss sustained of £6OO upon tobacco taken in lieu of money —the certificate should be suspended for six calendar months, from the 23rd day of September last, the date of original sitting fer the allowance of the certificate, with protection during the whole of that peried. We have been requested to state that the £lO,OOO taken as by the balance—that to have been expended on Tarvin Hall, includes the cost of a house built by the bankrupt on other property. TOXTETH PARK LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH The adjourned monthly meeting of this board was held at the public offices, Toxteth Park, on Saturday last—Mr. Alpass presided. The other persons present were—Messrs. Jeffery, Siddeley, Rogers, Darsie, and Ibbetts. The first business transacted was the electing of three persons as members of the board, in the place of Messrs. Tibben, Browne, and Avison, who had retired or become dis qualified through non-attendance. The persons elected were Messrs. Hartford, J. Boult, and Hughes. Mr. Chidson was nominated, but as he did not reside in the district, he was ineligible. The finance committee recommended the payment of several tradesmen's bills, and £l7 4s to the general board for the expenses incurred in making the preliminary enquiry. The payment of that sum might have extendod over a period of five years, but the committee considered that it was so small and so reasonable that thr , y advised that it should be paid at once. The proceedings were adopted and confirmed. The sewerage committee recommended the board to accept Mr. Newlands' plans for sewering Grove Park; and, on the motion of Mr. Jeffery, seconded by Mr. Rogers, the Clerk was instructed to submit the plans to the general board for their approval, and to state the reason the sewers were made so deep, which in effect was that when Lodge Lane was drained, the sewer might be made available, the Borough of Liverpool paying a portion of the expenses. The board did not deem it advisable to give the owners notice until the board above had sanc tioned the plans, but the committee were delegated to advertise for tenders as soon as possible. Some routine business having been disposed of the board adjourned. GREAT LEGAL FRACAS IN THE LIVER POOL POLICE COURT. NOVEL ScErm.—Three persons who were remanded from a former day, wer3 pit forward to tho bar of the Police Court, before Mr. Sin when the following exciting scene took place :—Mr. Goodier, in rather an excited manner, sold : I had been employed for these prisoners when they were brought up before, but they have now employed another gentleman to defend them. Ido not complain of this, but, as an attorney practising in this court, both on my own behalf and on the part of other attornies, I have to com plain of a system followed in this court by the police, in reference to attorneys, Mr. Wybergh : What is the system you complain of in reference to the police ? Mr. Goodier : Touting. Mr. Wybergh : Are you prepared to sustain this charge against the police? Can you name any police officer who has acted so ? Mr. Goodier : lam not prepared to name any one at present, but I will come prepared to do so. There was a charge brought here on Thursday against me, by a publican named Holme, and the newspapers made the most—as they had a right to do—of it; but it was a false charge against me, and I am prepared to say that Mr. Holme was brought up to make that charge by detective officer Kennedy. Kennedy : That is not true. Mr. Wybergh : If you have any charge to prefer for touting against the police, you ought to bring it in a proper way, and it will meet every attention by proper investigation. You should name the officers in such cases. Inspector Kehoe :I am here as an officer of police, and this i 3 a serious charge brought against the force. As an officer, it will be my duty to report this alleged case of touting on the part of the police, and I now call on Mr. Goodier to name any one policeman who has been guilty of touting for any attorney ? If he cannot do so, I call on him to apologise, and with draw this serious accusation. Mr. Sands : If Mr. Goodier can bring any case forward he ought to do so, and it will be properly investigated. Mr. Goodier : I can state that Kennedy brought up Mr. Holme to complain against me, although there was not a word of truth in the statement made by Mr. Holme against me. The newspapers reported the observations, correctly ; but there was no truth in the observations made by Mr. Holme. Inspector Kehoe : But that is another question, and has nothing to do with touting. Mr. Bluek : I am a practi tioner in this court for six years, and I think I am entitled to say a word or two. During my practice here there never has been a shadow of complaint against my conduct in any way. These prisoners sent, for me to defend them. asked them why they had sent for me, as they had employed Mr. G'oodier last 'week ? and the answer they gave me was this, " We will not have him, because he is no good.'' Mr.Wybergh (to the prisoners): Who is now your attorney ? Prisoners : Mr. Bluck is, sir. Mr. Wybergh : And you wish him to defend you ? Prisoners : We do, sir. Mr. Bluck (to the prisoners) : And did you tell me, when I asked you, why you would not have Mr. Goodier again—that you would not have him at any price, as he was no good ? Prisoners : We did, sir. Mr. Goodier : I can state that Kennedy brought up a man to make a false charge against me. Mr. Wybergh: If you baye any charge to make against an officer, you can do so in proper form, and the watch committee or magistrates will properly investigate it. The watch committee, however, is the proper tribunal. Mr. Goodier : I will be able to sustain it before the watch committee. The "scene " then terminated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL. —SATURDAY. BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEGAL AND MORAL CLAIMS.—A nice looking young woman, named Mary Ann Roche, was charged with having annoyed a gentle man, named Robert Scott, who resides in Roscommon street, and who said he was a clerk in the delivery department of the Post-office. It appeared that some three years ago the prisoner was a servant in the house where the complainant resided, and that she became the mother of a child, of which Mr. Scott was the reputed father. This caused some difference, but it would seem that the child had been provided for. The prisoner was, however, in the habit of annoying complainant in the streets and other places, and he was obliged to give her into custody. Mr. Mansfield said, although she may have no legal claim on you, yet she has a moral claim. You, by the indulgence of your bad passions, have reduced her to a state that deprives her of earning her bread honestly, and, therefore, it is that she annoys you. The complainant raid he had given her sufficient money to support her in sums of £2 at regular periods, and, besides this, he frequently gave her half-a-crown, when he met her in the streets, which was frequently, as she followed him for that purpose. She was about to become a mother again, but he knew nothing of that. !qr. Mansfield : Then you are not answerable for that. Let the prisoner stand down for the present ; you ruined her first. BEFORE MR. BANDS. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF COTTON.—John Holborn, and Mary, his wife, who reside in Dryden-street, and James Westhead, who lives in No. 4 Court, Hunter-street, were charged with having stolen five bales of cotton, value from £5O to £6O, the property of sortie person not known at present. From the evidence of Detectives Kennedy, Laycock, and Gristhenwaite, the history of the case appeared to be as follows : —On Wednesday evening eleven bales of cotton were put into the yard of Mr. Cousin's warehouse, Vauxhall-road, by the prisoners It seemed that these eleven bales had been made out of five original bales, which were opened, and re-packed into the eleven bales, so as to prevent discovery. On Thursday morning the cotton was put into the warehouse of Mr. Cousin's. The constables having received certain information, went to the marine store of a person named Holt, in Prescot-row, and there they found the canvas and ropes that covered the original packages, and these articles had been sold to the marine store-dealer, who purchased them from the prisoners When the officers arrested the prisoners, the man and his wife said they had purchased it from Westhead, and in return alleged that he was employed by the others to assist them in taking the c o tt on t o th e wa rehouse. The officers said Westhead had only come ou t of gaol, where he had been confined for ten mon th s f or s t e aling cotton. They h ad not, as yet, been able to find the owner of the cotton, and they asked for a remand in order to make further enquiry as to where it bad been taken from. The prisoners were remanded. Three of the bales were marked F in a triangle, and the letters 0 and X at each corner of the angle. Two were marked JJin a circle. These marks may lead to the identity of the property. THE LATE MR. CHARLES ROWCROFT, EX-CONSUL AT CINCINNATI. The mysterious circumstances connected with the sudden death of this gentleman on his homeward voyage on board the ship Cherubim deserve particular mention. As he was a man of considerable literary mark, as well as an official servant of the Crown, we briefly note the chief points of his career which seem worthy of notice. Charles Rowcroft was sou of the late Alderman Rowcroft, au eminent merchant in London, who, having been appointed her Britannic Majesty's Consul General at Lima, was uufortuuately shot in the execution of his duty, in 1824. Charles Rowcroft, the son, who was born on the 12th day of July, 1798, was educated at Eton. He was subsequently a well-known political writer, and for some time conducted the Courier. He is, however, best known to the public as a writer of fiction, and his Tales of the Colonies must remain a valuable and standard ad,ition to the literature of Eng— land. In the year 1852 he was appointed her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Cincinnati, in Oh o. Hardly had he arrived at his post when the Russian war broke out, and it will be readily recollected how soon the British Consul in Cincinnati became the object of the most deadly enmity to a political party there. He was most unjustly accused (as the result of a subsequent judicial enquiry proved) of a breach of the neutrality laws of the United States, by raising and levying soldiers for her Majesty's service in the Crimea, and as soon as the falsehood of the accusation had been fully and legally proved, the Consul was again involved in an embarrassing question which arose in the course of his labours in the enlistment trials. He discovered, through some of the witnesses examined, that a conspiracy existed for the invasion of Ireland by neutralised Irish men resident in America, who were to be aided by an armed force and munitions of war from the United States. For the full particulars see blue-book, re Recruiting, No• 28, page 22 ; No, 29, and Nos. 31, 32; Enclosure No. 78, it passim The perpetual anxieties and persecutions which Mr. Rowcroft underwent after the month of July, 1855, undermined a strong constitution. He lived in perpetual fear of his life, from the threats of the lower class of the Irish emigrants who surrounded him, and who carried out their native antipathy against everything British. To this was added a strong suspicion that the American executive Government were privy to the medi. tated attempt on Ireland, and the whole of Mr. Row croft's career in America was one of unmitigated lab our and vexation. Having had his exequatur withdrawn by the Ameri can Ministry at the same time with the withdrawal of Mr. Crampton's, and those of the other two Con-uls, Mr. Rowcroft left New York on the 15th of August, 1856, having been in office about four years. So short a period, of course, (lid not give Mr. Rowcroft an opportunity of accumulating property, but, on the contrary, from the expense of taking up his appoint ment, establishing the consulate, the high price of house rent, provisions, servants, &c., he would have landed with a wife and five children as poor a man as when he left. The mysterious circumstances attending his death are set forth in the annexed report of the captain of the ship in which he sailed. His family and the officers on board who witnessed his decease were deeply impressed with a feeling that some foul play had taken place, but were unable to discover any positive evidence. (Co.) " Some particulars of the last illness and death of Mr. Charles Rowcroft, late her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Cincinatti. fly Nelson Smith, Master of the Ameri• can ship Cherubim. " Aug. 9, 1856.—Mr. Rowcroft engaged passage for himself, lady, two daughters, and three sons, on the ship Cherubim, for London, occupying the whole of the main cabin. " Aug. 15.—They all came on board preparatory to sailing, and the ship was transported to the river. Aug. 16.-At 1 p.m. got under way, and at 4 p.m. were safely at sea. Mr. Rowcroft had been for some time complaining of a bad cold with hoarseness, which continued without much notice till Wednesda,y, Aug. 20, when he took his breakfast, and at dinner tine took his seat at the table, but, being unable to eat, returned to his bed. " Thursday, Aug. 21.—There being a severe gale, 1 making my attendance on deck necessary, 1 saw very little of him till the evening, whan in passing my room he requested me to give him five grains of blue pill and and 20 drops of laudanum. I told him a little opium with the blue mass would be batter, which he concurred in, and five grains of blue pill with twq grains of opium were administered, and he remarked the next morning that it had helped very much. " Friday, Aug. 22.—1 n the morning he seemed much better, and upon the appearance of his tongue I thought more mercury necessary, and gave two grains blue mass, and at 4 p.m. another two grains. During the night he rested tolerably well, had no pain, and remarked to me that all his functions worked well. He complained to Mrs. Rowcroft about ten o'clock at night that he had had a severe spasm which none of us noticed. " Saturday, Aug 23.—We all considered him much better, the coating of the tongue commenced breaking at the edges, and the flesh was moist, with a gentle perspi ration. From the symptoms I judged a little quinine necessary, and gave two grains, with one of Dover pow der. During the forenoon he appeared very drowsy, but would occasionally start up, and, at times a little delirious. At 2 p.m. a very marked change took place, and the hreathiug became difficult till 5 p.m., when convulsions continued, thou g h s li g htly a b a t e d, till 10 p.m., when he breathed his last. " During the whole illness his pulse was not above 70, nor ; upon frequent enquiries, did he express the slightest pain ; 34 hours previous to his death the skin and eyes were extremely yellow, and a few hours before the tongue became black, and a black mucous substance issued from the mouth. "Having no means at hand of preserving the body, which was becoming exceedingly putrid and offensive, he was this day, August 25, in latitude 42 degrees north, and longitude 54 degrees west, buried with the usual ceremonies. His death was certainly mysterious and sudden, and I cannot easily persuade myself that it was natural." SIX THOUSAND JEWELS STOLEN At Clerkenwell, on Friday, Charles Benjamin Faulk ener, a respectably-dressed man, described on the police sheet as a working jeweller, residing at 52A, Mortimer street, Cavendish-square, was brought up in the custody of Inspector Checkley and Sergeant Chown, of the C division, charged with being concerned with others not in custody with burglariously breaking into the work shop of Mr. Richard Willis, a manufacturing goldsmith, and stealing therefrom the following parcels of precious stones, viz , three parcels containing 500 aquamarines, 5,000 purple amethysts, and 500 yellow amethysts, a lot of coral cut tops and drops to ear-rings, large size, a lot of pebbles, a pair of ferrule ear-rings, one pair of drops to ear rings, and one silver teaspoon and other property. Inspector Checkley, of the C division, said that on Thursday, about half-past five, he went to No. 52A, Mortimer-street, and saw the prisoner. He handed the prisoner his card, and told him that he should like to see him in private. He showed him a bill containing the particulars of a robbery at Mr. Willis's of No. 21, Red Lion-yard, Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, committed on the morning of I he2nd inst, and asked him whetherhe knew anything about it, when he replied, " I really know nothing about it, and have no property of that description." He (Inspecter Checkley) said he had the best of information, and must have the property. The prisoner then said he had no propery, began to tremble very much, and then said, " I have got it," and then produced a paper containing a quan tity of coral cut drops. Mr. Willis, the owner, was present, and said, " That is not half the property." He and his wife then went up stairs, followed by the inspector, and he said to his wife, " give me the parcel I gave you last night," and he then handed me a parcel containing coral. The and told that his shop had been shut up, he sa id, ie I prisoner was then locked up, and when he wag i n th cc* tell you all about it. My brother in law wa s in prison. "w H ill . t. II teih saide m veryd.ni.ovti nothing i o onn r g r y now got acquainted with a man named Pike. he has been at my house every day. the robbery. I was not in the mess, but I should k not like hem a all about it before it this to appear in the has The prisoner ieid s cn i om. n im c i mus ieotrmt then eed e l correct. The jewels found at the prisoner's acknowledged questions wbn what and the spwtaaerlttlitneans:inuarate einr a etse s td i e l dw v ' sr cream-lug, marked W. wh in en sp _ e l acto w r a kesl s el had stated told th at him. I did I notga v e tellt h e m the o s for policet was was perfectly u y M e o r r . Amongst p .E .A . t ; hae silver other h T o h n e s e prisonerw ere identified form ietrohlnyt a h s awep h opp a rlr v : eciemnaagtiisofebelongedpremises. the prosecutor, to the pr os and eeu wastor . defence, and was remanded for a week, property seized by the police, and which can be seen by the silver embossed pincushion ; the outer , portion of ground, and a mansion on it • a oli his c e - teaspoon, marked G.M.R; a salt spoon, marked A.R.A ; a gold brooch, very handsome ; a gold mosaic brooch, with black diamond ; a gentleman's ' bright - gold • - black and bright gold mallet ring, . white stone ; a silver plated ring, Chinese • letters on it, and initials erase from half inside;a guineas with a hole in, it; ,1 t a pearl and silver portemonnaie, e ngrave— • • , wo two children, and cameos, one representing a wolf suckling the othq representing three children 090 a womalhwith one TRADE REPORT.-SATURDAY LIVERPOOL COTTON : There has been an active demand for cotton to-day, and, with a moderate supply, yesterday's rates are firmly maintained. The sales —including 150 Maran• hams bid, 200 Egyptians 61-1 to 734, 3,000 Surats 4M to s.ld—are reported 10,000 bales, of which 4,000 are on speculation and for export. MEETING OF COAL-WHIPPERS A very large meeting of the coal-whippers of the port of London was held on Wednesday evening, in the St. Mary's schoolroom, Johnson's street, Shadwell, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of alleviating the great distress which prevailed amongst the body of coal whippers, and the adoption of some more decided and energetic mea sures for its immediate relief. The proceedings having been opened by Mr. Barthorpe, the chairman, John Foley, a coal whipper, moved the following resolution.—" That in the year 1843 an act of parliament was passed to release the coal-whippers of the port of London from the public house cgeney system. That the term for which the act was last renewed expired during the last session of parliament, and was not again re newed in consequence of a pledge being given to the Board of Trade by 350 of the coal owners, factors, and masters of vessels. to carry out its previsions under private arrange ment. That notwithstanding the pledge given by and in the name of the coal owners, factors, and wasters of the port of London, the old system of public-house truck has been again revived, and now about one third of the whole number are employed by publicans and other tradesmen, and the remaining two-thirds through the office established by the owners and factors ; that this meeting sees in this stale of things the commencement of that system from which the coal whipper suffered so much in time past, and feels morally certain that if the practice is allowed to progress unrestrained by law, the numbers employed by agents will go on increasing until nearly the whole of the coal. whipping trade is again per formed through a system of agency from which the late act of Parliament was passed to protect the coal-whippers. That this meeting, composed almost entirely of coal-whippers, sees with the utmost alarm that they are being gradually taken back to work under the old system of public-house truck agency. That a large number already are, and nearly all bid fair to be again compelled to accept the greater part of their earnings in intoxicating drinks, and that drunken ness is, and will be, the only medium through which they can insure employment. That the abomination of this system imperatively demands the interference of the public, and the united exertions of the coal-whippers and this meeting hereby determines to use every exertion to represent the facts of the case to the governtnent and the legislature, and pot to rest satisfied until they again obtain the power of the law to put down those evil practices which reduce the coal-whipper to a stag of vice and misery." John Cronin seconded the resolution, which was itnaniwouely agreed to, as were other resolutions for the adoption ea memorial to the Board of Trade, and for petitions to both Houses ;, , f Parliament. THE BRITISH BANK The following letter from Mr. (Harding, the interim manager of the Royal British Bank has been published, explaining the exact nature of the suggestions which had been made to the committee of depositors, and which have been incorrectly reported :- 4, Lothbury, October 11, 1856. Efir,-1 have torequest that you will allow me, through the medium of your columns, to correct publicly an erroneous statement which appeared in some of the pub lished reports of the proceedings at the meeting of deposi tors held last Monday, which 1 did not intend to notice, but now find it necessary to do so. Mr. Wyld is there represented to have said " that I stated that, if the depositors would accept a composition of 15s in the pound, I would pay a dividend of 5s in the pound in the month of December, 1856, and issue pro missory notes, under the authorty of the Court of Chan cery, for the payment of 5s in the pound at the end of six months, and 5s in the pound at the end of twelve months." I called upon him after the appearance of the reports, and reminded him that I had distinctly stated at our inter view that it was not within my province, as interim manager, to make any proposal of compromise, but that there could be no objection to my receiving, through him, the vies s of the depositors as to some arrangement, and that, in reply to his enquiries, I expressed an opinion that 5s in the pound could probably be paid this year ; and that, if the creditors required so much as 15s in the pound (that amount having been suggested by himself), it. could Rot be paid within twelve months. lat the same time called his attention to the Bth section of the Winding-up Amended Act, which provides "that, for better getting in the estate of any company in respect of which an order absolute has been or shall be made under the said act, and discharging the debts thereof, and winding up the affairs thereof, it shall be lawful for the official manager of such company under the direction of the master for the time being acting in the winding-up thereof, and op behalf of the company, to draw, accept, make, and endorse any bill of exchange or promissory note, and also to raise upon the security of the assets of the compauy,rfrom time to time such sum or sums of money, and in such manner as the master shall from time to time direct." Mr. Wyld thereupon admitted at once that the facts were as I had stated them, and not as given in the reports, and observed that the error was not his, but that of some of the reporters ; and several persons who were present at the meeting afterwards informed me that the accounts of our interview which he Wyld) gave in his address to the meeting, as they u p n a d p. f e r r s s to i o s d n i i t i:i. 7: in e g d with mine, and not with the reports. I re n qu a est h y ow ou ev t er o tita creditors, and I must therefore n t s h e a r t t versionus anre t g i i o v a, e . n in some of the news -1 understand that Mr. Wyld is not at present in town, or I should apply to him to give publicity to his admission, instead of myself asking the favour o f your inserting this letter.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, HARPINO. ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN LIVERPOOL On Saturday night. a fearful attempt at murder of two persons was made in Tarleton-street. From what we could collect, in the pres'nt confused state of the affair, it appears that a man, named Thomas Willetts, a barber, made a desperate attempt to murder his wife, and a man named William Fletcher. How the quarrel originated is not stated, but it would seem that the man Willett's had, for some time past, entertained notions that his wife was not conducting herself properly, and it is stated that he considered the man guilty of impropriety with his wife. This feeling, of course, caused great uneasiness, and it appeared that, on Saturday night, the unfortunate man got almost delirious with drink, and whilst in this state (although not booked for being drunk,) he made the attempt on the Hies of the individuals, by cutting their throats with a razor. He cut his wife fearfully about the chest, and the man about the neck. An alarm was at once raised, and, after a struggle, the prisoner was secured and lodged in the main bridewell. He will be brought up before the magistrates this day at the Police Court. The wounded persons were attended to, and are, we have heard, going on favourably. The whole details will transpire at the examination of the prisoner , this morning. BIRKENHEAD COUNTY COURT,-.-SATURDAY (BEFORE J. W. HARDEN, ESQ., JUDGE.) THE WAPENTAKE COURT.—In a case of Norman V Bushell, Mr. Bretherton applied for a rule nisi to set aside the judgment of the Wapentake Court of the Hundred of Wirral', with costs, on the ground of irregularity. Mr. Blackhurst opposed the application. After considerable legal disoussion had taken place, his Honour said he would take time to consider his judgment. DETENTION BY A RAILWAY. WILLIAMS V BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.—In this case the plaintiff, William Williams, sought to recover damages from the above named company, caused by detention beyond the time issued for the arrival o f a t ra i n. Mr. Bretherton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Neville far the company. The plaintiff's case was, that, on the 14th July, he took tickets for himself and his wife, at the Monks' Ferry station, for Chester, by the one o'clock train. He stated, that he went by that train in consequence of having seen a bill posted at the station, which announced that it would arrive in Chester in time to meet the Crewe and Holy head train, which arrived at the Chester station at ten minutes past two. The train, however, did not arrive at Chester until twenty minutes past two, after the Crewe and Holyhead train had left. The plaintiff was going to the Calveley station, on the Crewe line, and as he had lost the Crewe train, and his wife was in such delicate health that he feared to keep her waiting at the Chester station until late in the evening, when the next train went, he took a convey- ante and went on to Calveley, sixteen miles distant. He was not able to get back that night, as the place to which he was going was two or three miles beyond Calveley. He, therefore, claimed his expenses for the night, &c., as well as the hire of the conveyance—in all, £2 7s. On the part of the defence, the plaintiff was cross-examined with a view to show that he was mistaken as to the time-bill he alleged he had seen, but he remained firm to his original statement. He was asked if he would swear that he had not gone across from the landing stage by the Monks' ferry-boat ; but he stated that he went by the Woodside boat, and was at the station some time before the train started. Mr. Neville said this statement took him by surprise, as his defence principally rested upon the allegation that the plaintiff crossed by the Monks , ferry-boat. He would have been prepared to show that that boat was ten minutes late, and that the train was detained for it in order to accommodate the public. The company, therefore, would not be account able for the delay to those who came by that boat. His Honour asked if the boat was not part of the railway accommodation ? Mr. Neville said the railway company had nothing to do with the boat, which belonged to the Birkenhead Commissioners. The company only booked from Birkenhead, not from the Lancashire side of the river. His Honour : But they sometimes take ticketsop board the boat ? Mr. Neville said that was merely an arrangement for the accommodation of the public ; and if the question had arisen in that case, he could have shown that tickets were not taken on board that boat. Mr. Neville then applied himself to the amount of damage, contending that there was no occasion for plaintiff to have hired another conveyance, as there was a train leaving for Calveley shortly after six o'clock, and also, that plain tiff could have got back the same night by a train leav• ing Crewe at twenty minutes past seven, and stopping at Calveley. His Honour gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £2. NORTHUMBERLAND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Thursday Night.—We have had two charming autumnal days, with a prospect of continued fine weather. Farmers are busy in every part of this county where wheat is out, drying and carting what is in stocks, and cutting the standing corn. Six or eight days more of fine weather would complete the harvest. There is no question but what is now being gathered is a good deal damaged by the late storms, but there is every prospect that it will be gat into the stack yard in a better condition than might have been contem plated some iour or five days ago. If many of the farmers had not adopted that system of economy known as " saving at the tap, and losing at th e b ung h o l e ," many ve been secured in the stackyard before It must be very mortifying to them, and it is hoped will be a warning in future, as they are leading their damaged crop 3 home, to see the rickyards of their neighbours, who have pursued a sounder and more liberal policy, well stored with the well-harvested fruits of their industry and forethought. 800 crops might thr storm c - - i3e.il D l4 :t ea r d i n n ab g y t s h toh e me l e a v r t et of the p t hT a e r h t e of late ertohpeo ofamt s o c ri l ao t n h v de a r b g se r ca e en a d seed ww e i le alf l r i:mvreuarci very indifferent, and the quality must be bail, as there has not been sufficient sun to ripen it. Some of the fallows intended for wheat are in a very unsatisfactory state, and there is now no chance of cleaning them, and there has been but little opportunity for the autumn cleaning of the stubbles. The potato disease has much increased, and the crop is quite a failure throughout the county. All green crops have wonderfully improved. The mangold wurtzel is as good as we ever remember to have seen it, and Swede turnips are very fine in many places, but in some instances the plant was destroyed by the black caterpillar. The wheat market has been gradually creeping up, and we think, in all probability, it will yet be higher. We hear from all quarters great complaints of the yield, and we believe that, notwithstanding the increased number of acres sown last year, the whole quantity grown will be less than of an average breadth and yield. Good malting barley commands high prices, and is likely to do so, as good qualities are rather scarce, and a oonsiderable portion of the crop is much damaged by the weather.—Brighton Gazette. IRELAND. The Cork distillers have advanced the price of whisky from lOs 9d to Ils 2d the gallon 25 over proof. The Dublin distillers have also increased their price. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 13. Hon WATER—Morn. 10 39—Even. 11 0 ""'rtelght, 18 it. S n 1 ARRIVED, Oct.ll.—Sir John Beresford, from Bombay—Sumroo, Havre — M aria Catharina, Rotterdam Constantine, New York Anne Pitcairn, London—Hope, Quebe2. BAILIE D, Oct. 11.—Iris, for Trieste—Resolution, Bremen—Regalus, Santos —Providence, Gibraltar—Sulina, and Colonist, Savana—Mystery, I)eodata, and Irica, Rio Janeiro—Anne Porter, Lima—Belooehle, and Gyrn Castle, Calcutta—Jessie, Africa—Princess Alice, Sydney, N.S.W.—Clarita. Vera Cruz—Carlotta, Messina—Ocean, Cape of Good Hope—Crusader, Bahia—Hampden, Hamburg—Zodiac, and Borland, Buenos Ayres—Amy, Harlingen—Senator, and Evelynn, New York—Geo. Green, Philadelphia—Boilden, H-yti—Rita (5.a. , , Santander—Alliance, Adelaide—Ann and Mary, Calcutta—Mary, New Orleans. MARITIME EXTRACTS Liverpool, Oct. 11.—The Africa, for Melbourne, was left bathe Fairy, steam tug, about 40 miles S.W. of Bardsley, at g p.m. yester day morning. Sailed on the 7th inst.—A pine log, 46 feet long and 11 inches broad, marked on the ends with white paint "309 N IL" was picked up on the 9th inst., between Point Lyneas and the Sker ries, by the steam tug Independence.—A quantity of wreck. consist ing of beams and loose timber, supposed to belong to a vessel breaking up, was passed on the 7th in t., off Wicklow, by the Sir J. Beresforc, arrived here. Oct. 12.—The Arabia(R.M.S.), in proeee 4 - ing down the river yesterday afternoin touched the bank of Clarence Dock, but came off immediately without apparent injury, and pro ceeded as far as the Bell Buoy, where she aneholed in consequence of fog, and salted for Boston this morning C'rrk, Oct. 7.—The Morinecon, Smith, from Liverpool for Syria. wh ch put into Queenstown on the 3rd ult., and the Duke, Gough, from Malta at Queenstown, on the sth inst., both leaky, have been ordered to discharge. Trieste, 0 wrecked. lo.:—The despatch, from Llangfoirs fos Mautitus, is Foul Point, August 27.—The Colombo, the Sand H?ads. •anklia, is totally lost at Cape Town, August 7.—lt blew a heavy gale from N.W. Yester lay In Table. Bay, during which tha Kent, from• Madras for London. parted her chains, and was wrecked near the mouth of the Salt River. Crew saved.—The Usk, Leader. of Liverpool, from Akyab to Falmouth, was abandoned. July 29, off Cape Recite, and is supposed to have gone down soon after. Falmouth, Oct. 11.—The S. NV. Collingwood, of Sunderland, from Quebec for Carmar hm, was aba-don-d, Oct. 5. Captain and crew rescued by the Vu'ga, from INew Bruaswick for [Nil, arrived off here this morning. FOREIGN PORTS. th, Float r, Juliet, Komeet, and Spirit of Ithe —all he. amond, a Basilicia, both hence ; and Zisk, f:om Newfound.. 11 at Ba nambuco for Liverpool, Sept. 9. Gem, hence at Archon el Arab, and J. W. Johnson—both hence at Narva. Neptune, Margaret and Elizabeth. Astarte, and Bertha—all hence at Buenos A yrea. Beaty. Marys, and Gertrude—all hene eat Monte Video. Texien. from Antwerp at Monte Video. Linda sailed from Monte Video, August 2k and Conquest, August 25 —both for Liverpool. Wide.rt- wake, hence at Madeira, Gambia (s.s.), from Plymouth at Madeira. Meridian sailed from Ma(aga, Sept. 25 ;;and Mirage, Oct. I—'ooth for Liverpool. Rattler (a.s.), hence at Lisbon. SuffAk Hero, hence at Santander, Abotril, hence at Kiel. Pelican 01.5.), hence at Rotterdam. On the 27th Esq., of a daughte BIRTH. , at New York, the wife of Thomas Rogers, jul., DEATHS On the 10th Inst., at Church-street, Egrernont, prematurely, the wife of Captain R. Leitch, of a son, who sur v i ve d h ut a short time. On the 10th inst., Robert Sixsmith, Esq.. a ge d 28 years. On the 11th Inst., at her residence, 18, Lord-street. Dirs. James Corkhilt, aged 73 years. Births, linrriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when sent to oar Office duly authenticated. NEW SAFETY INKSTAND, we can bear personal witness to, secures to all classes one which will keep the ink always clean and good. will prevent that accumulation of oxide which spoils the finest writing, and destroys the best pen ; by means of this inkstand, too, the amount of ink taken up by the pen can he easily regulated." Portsmouth Tines and Naval Gazette.—Said by all Book sellers. Price 4s, 3s, and is 6d.—Adise. " THE CORNS.—Of all the minor evils which beset humanity and in one of its most tender parts, perhaps these small but exquisitely painful callosities, from which the feet of but few are free, are the worst. The daintiest foot, if encum bered with them, must, perforce, be thrust into an ugly, because loosely-fitting shoe or boot, thus incurring the risk of easing one part, and causing a precisely similar incon venience in another, while the change from the net shoe or boot to its lax substitute is productive of an awkward and inelegant gait. We fancy that any one effectually relieving the corn-encumbered foot at a moderate charge is deserving of, and likely to obtain, both popularity and emolument. Mr. Sims, from Berlin, it will be seen by reference to our uccess, we hope, he will meet with in our good borough 536, Slater-street) of Liverpool.—Adv. ALI.SOP'S WAX WORK EXHIBITION, TEUTONIC-HALL LIME-sTREZT, LIVERPCOL.—DOVE, THE MURDERER.—The only correct likeness of this criminal is to be seen at the above exhibition, and is placed by the side of Palmer. Both these poisoners are fall-length, and are acknowledged by all to be perfect likenesses. They are surrounded by upwards of 100 wax figures, large as life; together with 600 statues, busts, casts of heads, tie.; also a great number of Stereoscopic and other views. The proprietor begs to state that the likeness of Dove and Palmer are most positively the only true ones taker. Palmer was modelled by Mr. George Ewing, of London, during his trial at the Old Bailey; and a sketch of Dove was taken by Mr. John Storey, of York, and afterwards modelled expressly for Mr. Alisop, by Mr. William Leland, of Liverpool. Open from ten, a.m., till ten, p.m. Admission, Sixp ence. A quadrille band in attendance. Observe the name of Allsop's Wax work on the two lamps over the entrance.--Adv. DzATH OF Ma. JOHN WOOD, CHAIRMAN OF THE INLAND REVENUE Boaan.—We regret to hear of the death of Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue. Mr. Wood was an old and most Valued public servant. He was e l ec ted member for Kendal in the first session of the Reformed Parliament. H e soon established for himself 11, h ig h character in the Hous e of Commons amongst men of busieess, and was s bythe Government Boardovernment to till the important post of Chairmn of theof Stamps and Taxes. Upon the oarenlidatikai of that board with the Commissioners of E xc i se, Mr. Wood was appointed chairman of the united board, which post he filled to the complete satisfaction o f every successive Administration, until his death on Friday last at Bath, after much suffering, but full of years and honours. His value was well known to every one employed in his department, and to all the leading members of the Government. SUICIDE OF MR. HARVEY, THE PANTOMIMIST AND BAL. LET-MASTER.—Mr. William Harvey, the pantomimist and ballet -master, well-known at many of the London and pro vincial theatres, committed suicide by jumping into the sea from the Helen moregor steam - ship, on her last voyage from Hamburg to Hull. The unfortunate man had been f u lfili ng an en ga gement at the Tivoli G ar d ens, C open h age n, and while there a misunderstanding arose between him and anot h er party. Harvey had th e o ff en di ng party ta k en before the head of the police at Copenhagen, who reprimanded him. After this it is said that he swore he would be revenged upon Harvey, and the latter seems to have entertained a strong belief that he would carry his threat into execution. His engagement terminated on the 30th of September, and he was on his way to Dublin to fulfil an engagement at tho Queen's Theatre. The deceased left several papers which he had written on board the ship, and which showed a most determined intention of committing self-destruction, at the same time it is evident that his mind was in a disturbed state. He was in his 45th year, and has left a wife and two children.