Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-05 00:00:00

LANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZES. BEFORE MR. JUSTICE WIGHTI.LiN. His Lordship took his seat on the beach yesterday morning 'at nine o'clock precisely, when a number of prisoners, against whom the jell had returned true bills, were ar raigned. The following cases were then disposed of: TDB CHANGE OF R APE AND MURDNR NEAR BORT Amos Greenwood, aged 23, described in the edendar as n weaver, stood indicted with having, on the 23 d of Out. last, relished Mary Jellison, a child wider ten years of age, and ha stood further charged with h:vieg feloniously caused the death of the same child. • The details of this case are tee. lly unfit for the columns of a newspaper, but the facts elicited en the part of the prosecution were as fellows :—Toe child, Mary Johnston, was nine years of age, and lived at Manchester with her parents, who gets a living by travelling about the country with a stall selling fruit at cliff:rent faire. Up to the early part of Oc'ober last she was in the enjoyment of very excellent health, and was described as much larger in statue, and mere fully developed than the generality at children at that age. In that month she went to live with a Mr. and Mrs. Han cock, wire also travel ebeut the country from fair to fair, svith a booth, and was employed to nurse a little baby. At that time the Tinnier was not in the employ of tee Hencocke, but on the 14th of October was engaged to assist in putting np the booth, while they were travelling about. On the 22nd of October, the Ira , : day being Heap fair, Hancock, his wif e . the" deceased, and the prisoner went to Heap, and all four occupied ore small room in a house whe e they stayed. In that room there were only two bets, in the one of which Hancock and his wife and child slept, and in the other the deceased and the prisoner. On that night the deceased went to bed about half-past seven o'clock ; the prisoner followed her in about half au hour after, and some time after that Hancock and his wi'e also went to rest, but had not then their attention directed to anything that had (as it was :suggested by the prosecution) eccurred. The next morning, it being Wigan fair., tilt 'prisoner get up first, and all roar took the train to Wigan, taking with them the bed ea which the prisoner and the deceased had slept, as it was the one that was usually k-pt in the booth. Oa the Sunday following, in the course of the afternoo-, the deceased began to complain of being unwell and suffering from teeing, but no notice was taken of it at that time beyond sending her to bed, to have seme reet. She was crying all that night, and the next morning, Mrs. Hancock, and her neither a Mrs. Batterworth, (who also treqtrnts fairs) examined the deceased, tilt result of which was that they took her to a surgeon, (Mr. Williams) who, after a cursory inter view p-escriind for her, and she was taken home and pet to bed. From what the decmeed sebseqeen ly informed the two females, in whose charge the deeased was placed, they went and made a charge against the prisoner, who denied it, but they insisted upon his going before deceased, which he reluctantly did, and when by her bed side—he • said to her " well Polly, you have brought me into a pretty bobble," her reply was " well then you should not have done it." He then left the roam, and did not say a word, lent upon his returning to the booth, in the fair, Mrs. Hancock asked him what had taken place, when be said " well, Polly sa3 a I did it ; " upon which M-s. Hancock immediately said—" well, if she says so I know you did it, get out of my service," and he was then dismissed. Finding that she did not get Letter,Mrs. Hancock took her home, and Dr. Jame.on was called in to atteld her, and sub sequently, he was assisted by Mr. Pickford a surgeon, but on the 2nd of November, she was then in such a dangerous state that it was deemed advisable to ley the case before the magistrates of the district, who immediately visited the deceased, and took her depositi ens, which was to the effect that on the Thursday night,whilst in bed, the prisoner had indecently assaulted her, and had hurt her very much, but she had not mentioned the fact until she had told Mrs Hancock and Mrs. Butterworth. On Thursday, the sth of November, the child died from mor tifi cat i on , pro d uced by a foul and noxious disease, as was proved by a post vnortem - examination made on the bcdy, on the 7th, by the medical gentleinen. The prisoner weer aoprehenied in a village in Cheshire, when he was told the charga aeainst him, but he denied it. A few doys afterwards, Dr. Jame son visited him in person, when he said, I know what you are come for : you want to knew if I am diseased ;" and, upon examination, it was dicovered that he bad it in its most virulent form, and had been of very long standing A number of- witnesses were callenl to prove the above. facts ' • the details of which w e h ave g i ven , gs cons i stent with decency as possible, on :.count of the importance of the case, and the magnitude of the charge against the prisoner. The several medical men were also called, who expressed no doubt, but that the deceased died from the causes suggested by the prosecution, and that the prisoner by his coaduct, had been the cause of it. The counsel for the prosecution were irressrs. Hopwood and Fearnley, and the prisoner was represented by Mr. Cobbett, at the request of the emir. Tee latter gentleman addressed the jury at consi lerable length, and wide much abi itv, briefly instructed as he was, in the case, and p inted out some few circumstances which he thought might he erimirlereci as inconsistencies on the pa t of the prosecution, and the effect that those inconsistencies might have upon the prisoner, aed also the improbability o f th e s t a t ement o f deceased , as to when the offence was committed. Be concluded by earnestly appealing to the jury to dismiss from their minds all' prejudice in the matter, and sageested that in this, case there might be a doubt raised as to the perpetration.of the offence by the prisoner ; therefore, he trusted, if they could do so, they would give the prisoner the benefit of that doubt: His lordship, in' summing up the evidence to the was understood to say—as well as he eould be beard in the "cock-loft" appropriated for the use of the reporters _in this "magnificent" court of justice, which, for its coot, certainly should equal, if not excel, similar places in .England of much less renown than Liverpool, the capital of the -north —that the prisoner was charged with the crime of murder, which was a case of the most serious nature under any circumdancee, and required the most profound and serious attention; but in the present case thete- were acme peculiar circumstances attending it. The p isonar was charged with the murder of the deceased, a child of very tender years. In the usual cases of murder there is generally evidence to show, that previous to the offence - being committed, there has been malice, either expressed or inflected; but in this case such was not the case, but the malice was inflicted from the act of the pri soner, which the prosecutors say caused her death. It was said, that from the circumstance of the prisoner having had intercourse with the deceased; being then committing a felony—for it was a felony for any person to have inter course with a child of such very tender age—that he had caused her death, and that was the m dica which was shown to prove the act ; in fact, that he had been the cause of the death of the deceased by an act of felony. His Lordship then, with great minuteness, recapitulated the evidence that had been adduced on the trial, upon which he offered some interesting comments. He concluded by saying, that the question the jury would have to decide was that they must be sa'isfied, beyond reasonable doubt, that the prisoner had had intercourse with the deceased on the night in question, which was a felony of itself, and that through that intercourse that her death was caused, of which the medical testimony offered no doubt. At two o'clock, the jury expressed a desire to retire, wed at a quarter to three o'clock returned into court, when the Foreman said, the jury were agreed upon their verdict— they were agreed that the prisoner had cawed the death of the dece sed—but they were not agreed as to whether the crime was murder or not, as it did not appear that he knew the result. His lordship: You can if you think fit, under these circumstances, bring in a verdict of man slaughter. After a brief eb:ence a verdict of aggravated, manslaughter was returned against the prisoner. His Lordship then proceeded to pass sentence upon the prisoner, and in doing so, said he had been indicted for the wilful murder of a child, only ten years of age, and if the jury bad found him guilty of that, be must have forfeited his life. But the jury had reason to belLve that there was no malace on his part, and they did not wish to imply constructive malice, and bad, therefore, found him guilty of aggravated manslaughter. For the felony he lead committed on that child some years ago if ha had been found guilty, he would have been executed, as it was then a capital punishment. The sentence of the court was, that for that most aggravated case of manslaughter that he had coumitted, he should be confined in penal servitude for the period of his natural life. [Throughont the trial, which occupied upwards of five hours, the prisoner, who is rather above the middle height and thin, appeared to feel his position in which he was placed, most accutely. At times every limb trembled, arid he had to support himself by the rail attached to the dock. He looked deadly pals, and at times had much difficulty in repressing his tears, esp.ei liv derinz the time that Mr. Cobbett was addressing the jury-on his behalf. ] ATTiMPT AT CHILL MURDER.—JIne l(rby, a ste;,m loom weaver, stoed indicted with having attempted to drown Sarah Jane Robinson, in the river Ribble, rear Preston. In this case, the prisoner, a respec table looking female wis eharg.d. with the awful crime of attempting to destroy the lite of her own child, of between six and seven years of age, by drowning. From the evidence adduced it app,:ared that, on the 8 h of October last, some men were employed on a ste.-. , m-tug at the old quay, on the river Ribble, near Prest3n, when their atten tion was attracted to some large object Eating down the centre of the stream. Two men, Fisher and Froliham, went to see whit it was, when they saw that it was the body of a female. Fidler, who had previously bf,cn instrumental in saving the. lives of no less than fourteen of his fellow creatures from a watery grave, at once At LRWIi & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh-street. SOTS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Twenty Year THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1857. plunged into the river, when he observed the body of the prisoner, and also that of a child, bath their heads being under water. By some means the two bodies became disconnected, but Fiber succeeded in getting the body of the woman ashore, and then going for the child, both being apparently in a dying state. They were immediately conveyed to the " Wheatsheat " public-house, where restoratives were administered, and they subsequently recovered. The woman, who had worked at the Sovereign Mills for sense years, and was well known, said, when asked whether she had fallen into the river by accident, that she had not done so, but had intended to drown herself and the child, which was by her first husband, through the brutal treatment of her present husband, who had'etaken away her child, then only fourteen days old, and had deserted her, and since then he had been tried at Preston for an assault upon a msn. Mr. Cobbett addressed the jury for the prisoner, arguing that from the ill treatment she had received from her husband, she was not in a sane state of mind at th time she committed The .offence with which she stood charged. The jury found the prisoner guilty. His Lordship, after suitably addrvsing the prisoner as to the enormity of the offence she had attempted to commit, and the distressing circumstances under which she had laboured at the time, ordered her to be imprisoned for one week, which will expire this day (Saturday.) James Johnson, aged 22, a collier, who was on yesterday acquitted of the charge of having criminally assaulted a little girl, named Miry Doran ; in the village of Parr, in the mon'h of July last, was again placed at the bar, indicted fcr having committed an aggravated assault upon the same child. Tae prisoner was found guilty, and. his Lordship, after a suitab'e admonition, sentenced him to 15 calendar months' imprisonment. STABBING AT SALFORD.—Thomas Millar, aged 25,, a hairdresser, stood indicted for having, on the lath of October last., feloniously wounded James Millar, with intent to muriler him. in this case the pros=ecutor and the prisoner were Le-others, and carried on business as hair. dressers in Silford. Sniae time ago the prisOner gave up business, and transferred it to the prosecutor, but returned again in two months, and then some quarrelling ensued, the result of which was that the prisoner deliberately took a razor from a shelf in the shop and inflicted a severe wound on the prosecutor's head and neck, thereby endangering his life. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawUlly wounding, and he was sentenced to three mouths' impri sonment. THE CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER IN TROWBRIDGE-STREET. —Robert Jones, aged 38, a butcher, stood indicted for having, on the 4th of October last, feloniously killed Wm. Jones, his brother, a butcher in Trowbridge -street. The full details of this melancholy case have been so recently published, when the case was being beard at the,police court, and subsequently before the coroner, that a repeti tion of the evidence would be superfluous. The short facts, however, are as follows. On the night in question the prisoner went to his mother's house, and being at the time in a state of intoxication, began to kick up a row with the poor old woman. She went for another son, the deceased, and upon his going into the place a quarrel ensued, in the course of which blows were excnanged between the two brothers, the result of which was that the prisoner, who had a knife in his hand at the time, inflicted a wound, which was the immediate cause of his death. When taken to the bridewell, he was told the charge that was made against him, when he said, "Yes, I know he is dead—he compelled me to do it, he struck me first. ;" and at that time his mouth was bleeding, and subsequently some of his teeth were found in the cell which had dropped out of his mouth from the blows he had received. Mr. Deighton addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, contending that the knife had been used by him in self defence, and was not therefore guilty of the offence with whiclg ei he then stood charged. Guilty of manslaughter. Thelarisoner was sentenced to 18 calendar months' imprisonment. ABDUCTION IN LIVERPOOL.—Thomas Cummings, aged 24, described as a blacksmith, stood indicted for having, ou the 13. h Jannary last. unlawfully taken out of possession and against the will of Francis Bolan, her father,•one Mary Bolan, she being then unmarried, and under the age of 16 years. Mr. Aspinall called the father, who stated that he was a shoemaker, living in the Park, and, after some difficulty, fixed the age of his daughter. Be then went on to say that, on a certain night, the prisoner called at his house, and, after treating him with half a gallon of ale, took away his daughter and £3 in money, neither of which he had ever seen since. The case was not proved, and the prisoner . was discharged. GAROTTEitOBBERY IN LIVERPOOL.—ThOMaS Browne, aged 22, a seaman, was charged with having, on the 9th of October, assaulted and robbed Henry Harding, a labourer, living in Bootle, and stealing from his person 15s. Guilty ; sentence deferred. THE LIVEUPOOL DEPOSITIONS AGAIN AT FAULT.—III the last case, his lordship having remarked that some thing which a witness now stated was not in the deposi tions, although the witness alleged that he said the same thing before. the magistrates, the following conversation ensued:—Mr. Preston said : It may, my lord, well happen in Liverpool that matter may be stated before the magis trate and yet not appear in the deposition. Mr. Justice Wightman : How can that be? Mr. Aspinall: In most cases in Liverpool - the witnesses are examined and the prisoner heard, and the magistrate then makes up his mind whether to commit or not. Up to that time nothing is taken down. If the magistrate then determines to commit, the prisoner and the witnesses are sent into another room, where a clerk takes the depositions: They are then brought back again, and the depositions are read over in the presence of the magistrate and prisoner, who is again told that he may ask any questions he likes. Mr. Justice Wieht man : That is an extremely reprehensi ble practice. The deposition so taken down may bo quite different from the first statement of the witnesses ; and there is another objection to it. The prisoner is not likely t 4 ask his questions again when he has already asked them in order to prevent his committal. He will not see the advantage of having them down on the deposition. j cannot understand bow Mr. Mansfield can allow it. Mr. Aspinall : The practice dates from a time previous to Mr. Mansfield coming to Liverpool. He found it existing ; and with the quantity of work which he he has to get through It is impossible that he could do it in any other way. Mr. Justice Wightman : I am quite convinced that Mr. Mansfield will perform all his duties to perfection as far as in him lies; but if more is placed upon one magistrate than he can perform, more force ought to be provided. Mr. Aspinall : There never was a magistrate, either here or elsewhere, who did his work better than Mr. Mansfield, but he has to get through an amount of work as great as five or six London police magistrates, and your lordship must see that, to take all the depositions in his presence, which -no doubt is the right way, would enormously increase hie work. He does so in all very heavy cases. Mr. Justice Wight an : That is an admission that the other practice is wrong. I know how admirably Mr. Mani field performs his work ; but it is too great for him, he ought to have assistance. UTTERING A FORGRD BILL OF EXCHANGE. —At the Leeds Court House, on Thursday. John Lamb, a waste dealer, of Brarnisy, was charged with forging a bill of exchange, for £27, and also with uttering it, knowing it to be a forgery. The evidence was conclusive as to the uttering, and as to the forgery, the names of the drawer and accep tor were in the same handwri ing. When the facts had been given in E vidence, the prisoner acknowledged his guilt, and was committed for trial at the pending York as' ze'. Tint SMOKE NUISANCE —Mr. A. Pellatt read a paper, on Wednesday evenit g. to the members of the Society of Arts, London, upon the relative heating powers of coal and coke, in regard to economy and the prevention of the smoke nuisance in Manchester and the North of England, and the advantage in that respect which hsd resulted in the metropolis irom the operation of Lord Paltnerston's Smoke Aet. It was admitted that the evil continued in Lambeth, of which great complaints were made by South Western Railway travellers and others, and that the new Fmoke Act, which will come into operation on the let of January next, must be depended upen fora remedy. Ally eion was then made to the report of the commission appointed in 1853, that manufac!orice of glass, and iron, and Tetterieg, should be ex-mp'ed from the operation of the Smoke Act, until discoveries of science would allow of their being placed in the same category with all other factories. He suggested that the time referred to had now arrived, and proceeded to advert to the plan alopt d by Messrs. Doulton, the potters of Lambeth, for the consumption of smoke. It was stated that experiments mace as to the relative heating powers of coke and coal, had led to the result that one chaldron of coke, weighing thirteen or fourteen cwt., performed about the same heating duty as one ton of twenty cwt. of Newcastle small coal, and, in consequence, a mixture of coke and coal had been employed by Mr. F. Pellatt at the Falcon Gas Works, Southwark, with a saving of about 2, 1 , per cent., end .. an almost enti re p revent i on of smoke. In these works le tieweldeu's patent machinery was in use, and this had been aporoved of and purchased by the, municipal authorities of Paris. As the value of tar, ammo nia sulphur, naptha, and bituminous products of coal get commercially mere valuable, it was suggested that a new means of separating coke from coal might be devised, by which the valuable bituminous products might be preserved. For private use gas coke was objected t o , on account of a disagreeable sulphurene smell ; but this at the gas works at Liverpool had been obviate] by putting fourteen pounds of common salt to every cha rge of coals in the retorts, which, when distilled with the coke, was said to purify the coke, and improve the quality of the gas. A plan was suggested Per preventing the destruc tion- of steam boilers by the use of coke ; and, in conclusion, the advantages in regard to cleanliness and comfort, and the appearance of manufacturing towns from the general adoption of smoke consuming apparatus, were pointed out by the lecturer. Exclusivoly for CLOTHING BOYS from Six to Twenty INC & COMPANY Eartellgh-sUl.t. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—YEsusaDAy. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. M 4NSFIELD. GALLANT CONDUCT.—Patrick M'Culloch was charged by Mr. Page, the respectable auctioneer, who said he saw the prisoner in Dickenson-street the previous night, beating a woman in the most furious and savage manner. He seized him, and and called a police officer, and gave him into custody ; the officer said the woman was much abused, and could not attend until next day. His Worship said he might convict the prisoner on the evidence of Mr. Page, but he would remand him until the woman was able to attend ; at the same time, he must say that Mr. Page had behaved with great courage and humanity, and he wished any one who saw ruffianism practiced in the streets, would act as 'courageously at Mr. Page, who had exposed himself to danger in acting humanely. The prisoner was remanded. FORTUNE TELLING.—Thomas Carley, a dirty-looking fellow, about 30 years of age, described as a shoemaker, having no place of rPsidence, was brought up by officer 377, charged with having obtained 31 from one Miss Ann Wilson, and 4d from a Miss Ellen Copeland, both of No. 50, Gill-street, under false pretences, to wit, for telling fortunes, The history of the case was as follows :—Miss Wilson, in her simplicity, was informed that the prisoner Could study the stars, And talk like a rurn'un 'Bout Venus and Mars. Only he never made a lapses linguid, because he could not—at least he let on so, that he could not talk at all, being deaf and dumb—although Inspector liehoe said if he had leisure, he would try a miracle on him, and if he did not speak anything else, he would make him talk " Spanish "—every one knows the ability of the Inspector in that line. The ladies, hearing of the powers of the prisoner in the " black art," longed to meet him, and so they did. They met him the previous day, and took him into the domicile above quoted, and the first lady laid down her cash, and asked how her mother was? (Laugh ter.) He .wrote something on paper, and then the other lady asked him a question, putting down her money also; but thinking he was a cheat and rogue and vagabond, with a variety of etceteras, they called the officer, and handed him over to his safe keeping. Mr. Mansfield (to Miss Copeland) : What did you ask him about? I asked him how was my brother. Mr. Mansfield c and the other lady asked about her mother (laughter) ; and what did he tell you about your brother ? Why, that he was doing very well. (Laughter.) Mr. .Mansfield : That. was as much as you could expect, even for fourpence. It being proved that the prisoner came under the designation of rogue and vagabond, he was sent to gaol for one month with hard labour. PLUNDER OF JOINERS' TOOLS.—Richard Turner, joiner living in Ormond-street, was brought up by detectives Scott and Jushkip, on a charge of being con cerned in au extensive plunder of joiners' tools, that has been going on for some time past, in the suburbs, from new buildings and other places, and Elizabeth Halsel, who keeps a broker's shop, in Limekiln-lane, was charged with having received a quantity of the property with a guilty knowledge. Mr. Blnek appeared for the female prisoner. It appeared that for some time past a large quantity of carpenters' tools were stolen from new buildings, and from information received by the police, they weat to the male prhoner's house, where they get a bass mat full of tools, and a quantity of skeleton keys, with which they supposed he had opened the buildings alluded to. The officers then went to the house of the female prisoner, where they found a mat full of tools which the man had sold her on Sunday night for Is. They got altogether about £4 10s. worth of property, the greater part of which was identified by a carpenter named Parry, from whom the articles had been stolen. Officer Scott said there were other persons engaged in the affair, and the police were in full expectation of catching them. Mr. Muck said the male prisoner had confessed his guilt, and that the woman was quite innocent. Under these circumstances, he trusted the court would deal leniently with bis client, as she had acted innocently in the absence of her husband. The prisoners were remanded, but his Worship agreed, on the application of Mr. Bluck, to take bail for the woman.. BEFORE MR GEORGE lIOLT, AN EXTENSIVE GANG OF SWINDLERS.—SOI7IO days ago we gave the particulars of the arrest of four persons, who were connected with an extensive gang of swindlers, and who had been arrested by the police, through the exer tions of Mr. James Reay, of the Guardian Society. It appears that this gang has for a long time past, carried ou most extensive operations throughout the three kingdoms, by ordering goods of every description from manufacturers and dealers, and in many instances they we.-e successful in obtaining goods. A year or so ago, Mr. Reay succeeded in convicting a lot of the black guards connected with this extensive swindle; yet some of the members remained " outside" up to a late date. Yesterday William M'Adam and William H. Chapman were brought up on remand, charged as a couple of members of the extensive swindling firm of " Henry Smith & C 0.," of 43, Beresford-street, Liverpool. The charge against them (as already published in our paper) was for obtaining large quantities of goods from various persons in the three kingdoms. Mr. Aspinall, attorney instructed by Mr. Reay, of the Guardian Society, prose cuted. The prisoners, who were well dressed young scoundrels, appeared to enjoy their position very much. A blackguard named Reynolds, who was (with four of his family) convieted at Chester, by the exertions of Mr- Reay, and who is now under sentence of ponal servitude in Chester Castle, as one of the gang, proved that the prisoners were the parties who constituted the swindling firm of " Henry Smith & Co." It was proved that these fellows got the goads from Messrs. M'Alpine, of Glasgow, and Mr. Wight, of Sunderland, and that the goods were obtained by false pretences. The; prisoners were then committed, and several other charges will be brought against them at their trial, iR LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.-YES YESTERD AY. BEFORE Mlt. COMMISSIONER STEVENSON. in re Joserir GA4DNEIL—The bankrupt carried on the business of an ironmonger, and plumber and painter, in Scotland - road , and filled for some time the office of Select Vestryman for the parish of Liverpool. He this day came upon his adjourned last examination. Mr. Rowe appeared for the assignees, and stated that the bankrupt had settled all his property i;n his wife, for the purpose of defrauding his creditors ; and that up to the time he was made a bankrupt, in last Aeguat, he kept out of the way in ooler the more effectually to accomplish his purpose. The set tlement was prepared in Liverpool, engrossed in Manches ter, an I was sigacd in Landon the day before the marriage took place. It evJuld, therefore, be a question for the assignees what steps they would take in regard to it. Mr. Rowe then proceeded to examine the bankrupt, and, in reply to the qaestions pat to him, the bankrupt said that he was married to Mrs. Maddocks, of St. Martin's Marke', in September, 1856. Tee creditors, whose debts as shown by the balance sheet amoneted to .X11.,359, were all credi tors trt the time the marriage settlement was made. All his property, valued at £lB,OOO, was made over to his wife, and after that there was nothing to pay his creditors except some debts which were owing to him. The bankrupt then enumerated several places, including Chester, Goole, Hull, Ratterdam, &c., at which he had been since his marriage, but denied that he hail concealed himself from his creditors. In reply to alr. John Yates, who appeared on his behalf,' he said, that in the list of creditors above abided to, there were inclu led creditors holding security to the amount of £6 830, aed £l,OOO due to his wife's trustees. Ex3lncling these two amounts, and the amount owing on mnrgag. , , the amount due to his other credit() s was £3,5;32. Before his marriage he received £1,500 from his wife, the greater part of which was applied in satisfying his creditors; and exclusive of that amount, hie wife had other property, at the date of her marriage, to the ex!ent of £2,000 or £3,000. Some of her property was mar ga;ed , at the time for £1,700 or £1.800,, nd all of his property was encumbered. The principal end in , vest were beiag p out of the rents. The ex amination was further I'djaurned for amendment of balance sheet. A LITERARY GARDENER.—M. Alphonse Karr, says the A venir, of Nice, is about to open, at the Jardin Public, a shop for the sale of vegetables, fruit, and flowers grown in his own garden. He has introduced some new mode of culture, and some new varieties. He desires above all things, to beknown as a gardener in the true acceptation of the word, and, as he tills the ground himself, so he intends being his own salesman. A TRADESMAN'S SOLILOQUY —We extract the following from a sermon preached on behalf of the Early Closing Association, by the Rev. J. H. Gurney, M. k. :—Very often a men is conscious, all the while, that there is something better to b 3 had near at hind, and with less effort. He sits in his quiet home, and filch, at some holiday season, or in his scanty resting times, far more of eejoyment in listen ing to his chileran's prattle, or sharing his children's sperte, than in the ceaseless labours whi&e fill up his work jag days. II! will say to himself sometimes, " Why cannot 1 have more of this ? Why must I be a slave alwa3s, a - id go the same round over again for the thousandth time, wilt no larger pr-fit, and with vexation and weari ness, which seem to grow as my years run out ? I seem like a stra-ger sometimes in my own family circle. Even my heme friendships want the intimacy they might have. Business makes me sullen many a time, when all the rest are disposed for mirth. If I grew much faster in wealth, Ido not know that the prize would be worth the cest. As it is, my energies are all spent, and my mind is fevered, and my patience is tax.d hour by hour to little purpose. I want repose, I want congenial friends, I west some occu p.etion for my bin) , thought, apart from this perpetual bargain making and account keeping.; I want above all seine pro-pect beyond this prison-house of toil, into a fairer world, where men shall not be all scheming against each other. Sian I find these some dai, or go on vainly wishing for them all my d At LE WIS Rc COMPANY'S, anelagh-street. BOYS aro OLOTEIED from the Ages of Six to Twsub , Tears. THE CHARGE OF MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS. FIFTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Captain Christie and James Millard, were brought up on remand Yesterday, before Mr. Mansfield, at the police court, on the charge of having murdered Francisco Roderigo, on the high seas. The public interest seems to inorease as the case proceeds, and the Court was crowded at an early hour. There were several well dressed females present, who seemed to take much interest in the case. We do not remember any case for some years past, that seems to arrest more public attention. Captain Christie looked very pale and careworn, and there could be no mistake about his feelings, which, judging from his appearance, were very acute ; however, during the examination of the only witness produced yesterday, he frequently exhibited much more than a smile, when he heard passages mentioned, which he told his learned advocate were quite untrue. The mate was much flushed in appearance, and was very restless; he was much lass cool than Captain Christie. Mr. Tyndall appeared for the Crown, Mr. Black for the Captain, and Mr. Snowball for the mate Millard. The first witness was Jaques Meorrea, - a Frenchman. examined through Mr. Achilles Perosse. lam an able seaman, and was born at Oporto ; I was a sailor in the Elizabeth, and sailed from. Breaker Island for England ; Itoderigo joined at Calabar; he was well, and in good health, and fat ; I was on the first mate's watch, and so was deceased at first, and he remained so for about a a month, and he steered the ship like any one on board. I recollect one night he cacao to me and' said his teeth were broken. - Mr. Mansfield: Did he show them? No sir. I was taken ill after that, in about fire weeks. I recollect sit. Ling on my chest one evening in the forecastle, and heard Roderigo sing out " Mother Mother, they are killing me." I came out when I heard the! cry, and saw the Captain beating Roderigo near the cabin; the deceased was lying down with his face on the deck, Mr. Tyndall: What was the captain doing to him ? Roderigo said, " You want to kill me," and the captain said, " Yes, I will kill you ;" he was kicking and beating him with his fist, on his legs and back, and every place he could. Mr. Tyndall: Did you see him kick him:in the back ? Yes, I saw him put his feet on his back. Mr. Black: The last was quite too leading a question. Witness : The deceased got up and was weeping, and said the captain had killed him. He could not stand upright, and said there was a bone broken . in his back ; I saw his leg some days after, and it was swelled from the knee up—not on the knee itself ; he complained of great pain in his leg and back, and pulled his leg after him the same as if it were broken. I remember the second mate coming to the forecastle one night two or three weeks before Roderigo died, and asked who was on the look out ? and some one said it was Roderigo ; he was at that moment on the watch on deck. I heard Roderigo cry out on the forecastle it is not my turn to the look out, and the mate said if you don't go to the wheel you must to the look out. The first mate said if you are not going to the look out I will make you stop out all night. I heard deceased say, " Don't kill me." When he was beaten he always cried out, " My mother, my mother." He said the mate had kicked him, and I asked was it for the look out, and he said " Yes." I remember de ceased going once for coffee. and he was very ill, and went on his hands and feet and helped himself with the chests along. When he left the forecastle he had nothing to hold, and by the rolling of the ship he fell on his back. The captain was there at the time ; Roderigo said if he were somebody else he would get help, but as he was, no one would help him. I saw the captain come and say, "Stop, I will help you." • Mr. Tyndall : Well, what did he do ? He gave him some knocks of a rope, and he beat him until he got into the forecastle. Mr. Tyndall : How did he get in then ? He crawled in on his hands and feet, and his face looked like the dead. He had nothing to eat for two days. I did not see his body, but he was not the same as when he came on board. He complained of his right leg, back, and stomach; from the knocks he had received from the captain, and his ill treatment, and the way they treated him—they would not treat a dog so. The crew got orders not to give food to Roderigo. Mr. Tyndall : Who told you ? All the sailors. Mr. Black : That, of course, cannot affect the captain here; if this be admitted, anything may be given in evidence against my client. Mr. Mansfield said, of course, such evidence went for nothing. The witness went on to say : I did not see deceased's head shaved, but saw him after at the main hatch, and he was shivering with cold, and complained of his head. Saw him in the forecastle after that, crawling in like a serpent ; he lay down on the first chest, as his bed had been thrown overboard. Mr. Tyndall : Do you remember when he died ? Yee, sir ; previous to his death I saw him spit blood—some three or four days before he died. He was in his bunk. Tha blood was black—not real black, but like that. His breathing was difficult. I was the first person who fonnd him dead. He was on his right side, face to the side of the Ship, with legs a little drawn up. His left hand was catching the side of the bunk, and the other crawled up. His nose and mouth were full of blood, and there was blood on his sinklet—on the right arm. I did not examine his body after death, but he was changed as much as day and night. Mr. )3luck: Of course he could not look the same when dead as when he came on board. He was different when dead. Witness : I know what the scurvy is, as I have it still ; the deceased had not the scurvy. I gave him some biscuit some three or four days before his death. I had salt meat to eat when I had tile scurvy, but they stopped the meat and gave me oatmeal, and sometimes gave me bad lime juice. Roderigo was not treated as if he had the scurvy, but only stopped his meat when he got ill. Cross-examined by Mr. Bluck: I was taken ill with pain in my legs, within twenty days after we left Calabar, and did lay up after fifteen days. I came on deck to take fresh air. I remember the captain beating deceased. I used to go on deck after supper to take fresh air. Mr. Bluck : Can you see the cabin door from the fore castle? Yes, even from the inside we can. Saw the captain beat him. Mr. Bluck : When ? The last time I saw him do so was when he was going for the coffee. Mr. Black : Had you not a quarrel with Roderigo the night before he died ? None, but I had with the first mate. The second mate had charge of the provisions, and it was his duty to give them out by directions of the captain. Never saw George Pollock the steward beat the deceased. I know Alick, but never saw him strike deceased. Never saw anybody strike him except the captain and mate. Mr. Bluck : Did you ever hear deceased tell Henry Renshaw to get justice done when he came to Liverpool ? I heard him say something to that effect to some one, but I don't know wh ,- ,En. Harry told me so. Mr. Mansfield : When was that ? About a week and a half after his head was shaved. Roderigo said to me, " When you arrive in Liverpool, tell the first policeman you meet on the quay the treatment I received on board. Roderigo spoke half French and half Spanish, and was on board a French ship before he was on board an English vessel. Mr. Bluck said of course Mr. Tyndall might call as many witnesses 53 he phased. but it would be well to close the ease now. Mr. Snowball said it seemed almost useless to call any more witnesses, but let the case go for trial at once, so that the prisoners might be tried at the present assizes. They were sailors, and their time was valuable to them, and it would be an injustice not to let them go for trial at the present assizes. The grand jury would not be discharged until this day (Saturday), and there would be plenty of time to send up the bills against there, as they were anxious to be tried as soon as possible. Mr. Tyndall said 'however anxious he might be to forward the case, it would be quite impossible for him to be ready to have the case tried at the present assizes. In justice to the prisoners he could not be ready. Mr. Snowball said the prisoners were anxious to be tried at once, so that, (as he fully anticipated) after their acquittal they might return to their employment. Mr. Mansfield said, from facts that came within his knowledge, he might say that neither of the prisoners would ever again get any employment at sea, as their certificates in any case would be totally cancelled. Mr. Bluer: Well, at all events, its a great delay of time to have them kept over here till April, when they could be tried at the present assizes. Mr. Mansfield said perhaps, so far as Mr. Snowball's client was coneerned, the charge might merge into a minor offence, and he might be considered entitled to bail. But until he heard the medical evidence in the case he could not say anything. With regard to the expense and delay alluded to, perhaps it might be deemed proper of the crown to have the case tried at the Central Criminal Court, Landon, the same as other cases had been. The case was then adjourned to ten o'clock this morning. A WORD FOR LORD CANNING.—One other thing we know, that in the presence of a popular frenzy, blind to all considerations of policy as well as of mercy, Lord Canning, fortunately for England, retained his prudence a: ,d self possession, and forbore to disgrace and endanger her dominion in the East, by confounding the prompt and decisive repression of revolt and execution of justice with the gratifica' ion of a ferocious and undiscriminating re vengo.—Lord _Robert. As Uricruous MIRACLE.—The Lord Bishop of Brunn has just edified the faithful in the Austrian empire by announcing that "the oil of St. Walburgs." possesses miraculous powers. He certifies that a girl in an institu• tion kept by " the Daughters of Christian Charity" did on a certain day kiss a bottle containing the aforesaid oil, and was immediately cured of an inflamation of the eyes, which was so violent that she was almost blind. The bishop was so much struck by this that he ordered the Daughters of Christian Charity forever to keep holy the 7th of November, that being the day on which "the miracle" was performed. Exclusively for CLOTHING BOYS from Six to Twenty Years LEWIS & COMPANY, Itanelagn-antas THE SEDUCER AND HIS TWO VICTIMS. At the Mansion-house, London, on Wednesday, Wm. Brodie, a well-dressed man, 31 years of ago, was brought up, on remand, charged with stealing a great coat, the property of Mr. J. M. Jones, warehouseraau, from the Nows Rooms, in Cheapside. At the first examination, the prosecutor deposed that the prisoner was walking off with his coat on Saturday afternoon, when he perceived him, and called him back, and the prisoner, in a state of excitement, asserted that he had taken it by mistake for his own, which could nowhere be found, and which must therefore have been previously stolen, as he had left it hanging near the spot from which he had taken prosecutor's. The Lord Mayor said such a tale was Very unlikely, and remanded the prisoner for enquiry. Mr. Hobler now appeared for the prisoner, and urged, on his behalf, that he had really lost a coat at the time, and his wife could prove that he had left home with it on his arm. The Lord Mayor said very little reliance could be placed upon the evidence of a wife in such a case, and it would, therefore, be useless to call her. What was the result of the officer's inquiries ? Sergeant White, 3 City Police, replied that he could learn very little about the prisoner, as he had only been a fortnight at the address which he had given as his lodgings. Mr. Hobler said the prisoner was a very respectable young man, and bore an excellent character, to speak to which a gentleman had been requested to attend, and had promised to do so; bat, unfortunately, he was not present. Lord Mayor: Well, then, as his wife is here, let us hear what she has to say. Where is she ? A respectably-dressed, and very good-looking young woman, here stepped into the witness box,•and, in reply to the Lord Mayor, said she was the prisoner's wife having been married to him in 1853, and lived in Salis bury•street, Strand. She did not, however, live with her husband, as she had formerly held a situation in one of the waiting-roams on the Great Western Railway, while her husband worked wherever he could get employ ment. About thirteen weeks ago she left her situation, and came to London, to her present lodging, believing tvr husband to be living at the Panklebanon Iron Works, 55, Baker-street. For some weeks she had been in the habit of seeing him almost daily, and saw him on Satur day morning, when, to the best of her recollection, he quitted her with his great coat hanging on his arm. Lord Mayor : But the officer says he has been only a fortnight in his present lodging. How comes he to be lodging separate from you ? Wife : I can't account for that, but I am afraid now that he has lost his situation. He took a separate lodging because he did not like to come to me, as he knows that for some weeks I have been unable to maintain myself. I have not bread to eat now. Lord Mayor : I am afraid there is something more than that after this robbery. Wife : Oh, My lord ! it must be a mistake. lam sure he would do nothing of that kind• White, the officer, said the address given him by the prisoner, was 2, Dulc , !-street, and he found there a woman who said she was the prisoner's wife, and who was now in court• The Lord Mayor desired her to stand forward, and immediately a rather girlish looking woman, the supposed wife de facto, took her place by the side of the wife de jure. _ Questioned by the Lord Mayor as to the relation in which she stood to the prisoner, she said that she was not his wife, but had been seduced by him under repeated promises of marriage, which he had not fulfillel, although she had been recently living with him as his wife. Lord Mayor (to prisoner): Oh, this is the reason of your taking a second lodging s I shall make some further inquiry about you. (To the witness) . : Did he promise to marry you ? Witness: Yes, several times, HI told me he was not a married man ; that he had no wife living. (Here the poor creature commenced crying bitterly.) Lord Mayor (to prisoner) : Well, this only shows what a pretty scoundrel you are. You have deceived your poor wife, and seduced this other poor woman. You have ruined her for life, and that is the greatest crime a man can commit. Wife (imploringly): Have you ruined her ? Prisoner (sullenly): No, I have not.; Witness (sobbing): Oh yes, you have, and you know it. Lord Mayor : Yes, and now you have taken to thieving. Wife: Oh no, I don't think he would,do that. Lord Mayor : Not do that ? A man who has acted as he has will do anything; and I shall send him to prison and hard labour for three months. Wife (crying) : Oh no, my lord, don't do that—for my sake don't do that. Lord Mayor : Yes ; lam befriending you in doing so ; you are much better without such a man than witiih,i/n, I pity you from my heart, and wish I could do something for you. Wife : Oh, I wish you could, my lord. If you could only give me a few shillings to get food for my poor little child, for we have nothing to eat. Or, if you could get me a situation, I should indeed - be grateful, and I have good testimonials in my pocket. The other poor woman, who had been sobbing vehe. mently ever since sentence was pronounced upon her seducer, here burst into a fit of hysteric weeping, and by direction of the Lord Mayor was led into a private room, where smote time elapsed before she became in any way composed. Meanwhile the Lord Mayor, having inspected the testi monials handed up to him by the prisoner's wife, expressed his full confidence in her respectability, and told her to rest herself while he considered what he could do for her—again endeavouring to impress upon her mind the fact that she was better without, such a husband than with him. She replied meekly that it might be so, but said she hid loved him well, and would not have believed such a thing of him, even though an angel had told her. Ultimately the Lord Mayor gave her a few shillings from the noor box, and Mr. Hobler returned to her his retaining fee, which she had, no doubt, found - great diffi culty in raising. Simnel Lover, author of " Rory O'More," &c., has a new work in the press upon the Lyrics at Ireland. His time of late years has been almost exclusively devoted to its compilation and annotation. • THE ;.'OIII3IERCIAL CRISIS AND THE BANKS, AND TRADE OF LEED F.—The Leeds Times says :—We may fairly point will some pride to the position which Leeds has thus far maintained. The good old town bears the brunt well. Oar local banks are regarded with a confidence: the most implicit, and which is fully justified by the caution and judgment with which their affairs have beea pu:onagecl for many years past. Of coerce we feel, and mast continue to feel for same time, the effects of the , : crisis in the contrac tion of trade and employment ; but it is at all events satis factory to know, that those etT,cts have not ben aggravated by recklessness or improvidence on the part of our own commercial classes. We see more clearly than ever, even in this time of depressions, how firm and broad is the basis on which the general prosperity of this town rests. HOARDING.—A countryman who drew from one of the banks, during the foolish run for gold, 500 sovereigns, placed them in an iron skillet to avoid ob:ervation, and for fear of theft. Going home he felt himself getting the " worse of liquor," and whilst lie had his senses ho thought it best to conceal his skillet, and return for it next day, for fear of being entire'y drunk by the time he got home. At no great distance from Athlunkard Bridge he got off his car, and proceeded into a field at the roadside, where he concealed his skillet containing the 500 sovereigns. When he returned next day to look for his treasure he failed to recollect where he had deposited it, and to this day he remains without his money. What a lesson I—Liinerick Chronicle. At St. Gilles, France, a young woman, who had coha bited with a young man, and become enceinte, married him. the afterwards gave birth to a child during her husband's absence at church. On his return she presented the little creature to hies. He took the girl in his arms, and said, " What shall we do with her ?" " First of all baptise her ! ' answered the woman. On which he sprinkled the child's face with water, and made on it the sign of the cross. "And now," he asked again, "what shall we do with her ? ' "Kill her—in a moment she will be dead !" was the mother's answer. They then seized the child, and twisted her neck until she was dead. Some time later they buried the body beneath a heats of leaves in a field. TRADE IN THE POTTERIES.—The commercial state of the pottery district is, we are happy to find, no worse than three or four weeks ago, but if anything a shade better. At the manufactories chiefly or altogether employed in the American trade, there is, of course, the greatest dulness, but at all of them there is something doing; and taking an average of the district it may be fairly zeckoned that the operatives at such works have three day's employment in the week. At those manufactories engaged in the home and continental trade there is a degree of briskness, and at some few—chiefly at Stoke and Longton—there is at present full work. Much improvement is not looked for till after Christmas, when it is hoped and expected there will be a gradual return to the same fair share of pros perity that was experienced prior to the monetary con vulsion in America. The coal trade in North Staffordshire, as a matter of course, is depressed when the demand for pottery ware is slack ; and the iron trade is suffering in common with south Staffordshire ; whilst the quantity of " mine" taken from the district to the former is to a much less extent than heretofore. At some collieries and works the men have been put on short time, and it is expected this example will be followed at ethers. A. reduction of wages is spoken of likewise as inevrable, if the proprie tors are to carry on their concerns to any profit. and in some instances notices have been given to that effect. This unpleasant alternative was, at a meeting of the Coal and Ironmasters' Association lately held, fully recognised, ; as was also giving shorter credit on sales of ironstone ; and resolutions in accordance with these views wae, unanimously passed.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE AT LEWIS and COMPANY'S, Ranelaah*-atzeet NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILWAY• On Wednesday, the adjourned meeting of the Eye. bondholders and shareholders in this company w as ?, ° _`,„, f 4 the London Tavern, Bishopsgate.street. 3lr. a pd Campbell, the chairman of the committee, presided, called on the secretary to read the report they had dre" up since the last meeting: detai l e d The Secretary then read the report, which data_ 1,4 length the particulars of the line. It stated that 311.2,700 who held the mortgage en the rolling stock for URN". dollars, with full power of sale, would not put it ic ' l— „ of unless compelled by some unforseen circumstance To which he had no control. After making every inclu if f„gef the subject, the committe were satisfied that the pity of the company was so good that it afforded ample ,700 to the bondholders f.)r the money they had inves ted it ' sva a line was not cm4-ucted at an extravagant price, i s , or 498 miles long, and the total cost was 38,000,000 a ° had £l5 120 per mile, and the gross reveal s. in been gradually increasing from 2,359,87 0 a/ DI ate 1850 51, when it was opened, to 6,349,050 dole. of the year 1855-59; while the expenditure, after paym e e nt e d and cost of working the line, interest on the boa: 4 0 001 floating debts, rent of the Union Railways', &e., bone ft surplus of 1,246,000 doll. on the year's operations, ot.ca was equal to a dividend at the rate of eleven per ce the share capital. The report then entered lute o ther parative statement of the cost and returns of that, a n e w the neighbouring railways, from which it appeared 000 Erie railway was the cheapest and intrineicallY„rb e ar 0 valuable line in North America, and even o' l ' t otiff favourable comparison with the railways of this N o t y many of which were named. It then pointed it' increasing traffic on the line, and staked that *tool Long Dock was finished, it would yield an i d n e rel o gross revenue of 1,000,000 dollars a year. no be of the company in the Long Dock terminus O roe ore comprised exclusively in the mortgage issued to P boi k the new loan, and the committee recommended th e . of holders to do all they could to take up a LOT 0 the loan corresponding with their respective bon tool making this recommendatio n th e c omm itt ee felt tar os would not be discharging their duty if they did not, t erte° same time direct attention to, and com men t in sever' on, the reprehensible practice which permitted '- railway managers to issue acceptances and execute tor gages without consulting their shareholders. With e li t tef suring"the past management of the company, the corm" expressed their entire confi. 'erre in the present ch, a i defl ter. Charles Moran, and recommended the bons o accept the terms of the loan in their 11 2;0 lowing it to the committee to seek to obtain fr o the directors such assurances as they may think requisite wit) future protection of the interests of the bondholders. 0 00 this view, and to give weight to any representation s 0 0 , by the committee, it was desirable th a t the boci'„ , 1 4 10' should not remit their subscriptions to New I c ' s abl that in lieu they be paid to some bank, to be sele c t iorg the meeting ; and that the committee should have at a „,o to direct their payment to the E r i e R a il w ay C° r° 9o, or New York, upon receipt of such a s s ura nce frotn„ . see rectors as they might, in their discretion, consid e ro o l factory. The chairman then said the report had 6 °.,,,t/1° rately proved that this was a geed and paying p . roP e A r l o he would not say a word about it ; b u t h e wlehe'„itedP press upon them that the -old proverb bis dat qu , was never more applicable than on the present ° t ielu He therefore moved "That th e re p or t now read bet bee and adopted, and printed for circulation among th e „ot, holders of the New Yo r k a n d E r i e R a il w ay C° l73 Wel A Bondholder secondel the motion, and it wag o' unanimously. Other resolution,, appointing the Bess England to receive subscriptions in the names of oril Campb,ll, Da Salis, and G owan , on b e half of . t ,, l ne,P , Railway, and regulating details f or th e f u ture gclu i ti vao 7 the committee, wore th e n ag ree d t o , an d a vote Pi , 1 to the chairman terminated the proceedings. The decrease in the weekly traffic returns of the cashire and Yorkshire Railway i 3 £3,669. • °r Messrs. Messrs. Hodgkinson and Burnside, w h o lesale sta tl of Upper Thames-street, have suspended payment. ti ot The only other failure notified in London has been of Messrs. Hairsch, Strother and Co., a German I.°3 ' t , A s The suspension has been announced of Messrs. r 3 tfrO Rosenour and Co., German merchants. The e i t tii attributed to the decline i n p ro d uce , an d losses ft ° '" suspertsfbn of other firms. THE QUEEN'S S PERCH.— The _Daily Hews sar;;OP Queen's speech created disappointment in the 61'4 VI to the extreme vagueness of the passages rela t m• commercial and financial matters. • 111 A il) COPENHAGEN, Thursday. The commercial e r , i9 r - Stockholm has made a serious impression in this The government has lent five millions of fre ° } 7 a ve Directors of the Bank t o sus t a i n cre dit. Thef to ILtroburgh to honour their bills. i neandi MARSEILLES, Dec. 3.—We ha ve l e tt ers fpm CO via nople to the 25th Nov. Th e A ssem bli es o f 301dsv t: 416/1 por o 7 o d Wallachia have formally communicated is the vote relating to the Union, declaring that they w ill eo it in the event the Congress of Paris refusing Foreign Prince. of MAO In the Times city article it is st a t e d that the lc tv• the Northua , berland and Durham District B ien 011 1 ! reported to amount between two and three toilliougfor, the assets consist almost exclusively of claims nP ° .l to ; 1 "1 and iron works. One establi s h men t a l on e is i S m al 000 v indebted to the bank in a total e x ce e di n g by entire paid-up capital, of £652,891. 0 1 ; DESTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY STATION By F° 13. 1 08 , Wednesday morning, the B es c ar L ane Station , °SI° Lancashire and Yorkshi r e R a il wa y, th e last station °OOO new lice between Wigan and Southport, about 4i ps ii 4 o from Southport, was totally destroyed by fire. itier tin booking office and waiting,-place, there was are! Rte for the station master, Alfred Maule, who, with 11 1 ,7 and three children, hod a very narrow escape, th i , e ;bBr . being in considerable, danger. Not a vestige of 0 1 oz the fornitura was saved. o°l' A DINNER ESS OPPOSITION.—It wi Ibe within tll j d . leetion of our readers, that up to a recent P O , l ll l O l distinguished political personages, the Carl of 1 : :/ ,', 1 00, 6 1. the Right lion. B. Disraeli, headed a number of g'„ s tit°,'p who, be the favour of the public, were duly c ° , l " o lte,,J l l her Mojest3's Opposition. They accepted, er n .,'l je forp fashion discharged, the duties of their position. I n oet i , functions of leadership were assumed at the conlri l ' er [lf of each session, with the pr o p er e ti que tt e o f a dis c o foo„,0 by fie two distinguished statesmen, who we I I : 1 0 01 ' hoped would hav e b een s p are d po li t i ca l h ea lth ag to 401 toni aigurate the Opp ,iti on f or many session g d oe t oe after the same time-honoured f as hi on . Our Tea t hst participate in the regret with which we announ ce c ir i d ; 10 Earl of Derby and Mr. Disraeli have andicat2d tions in the most formal Planner. There wo re - et/.04 festivity at Cambridge House and in Bratorl' bt di rk ;g be§ St. James's-square and Grosvenor-gate were„ ogo` g - tli funereal. With the courtesy which'always chivalrous foes, copies of tne Royal Speech sc e ,',, a . 0',. 0 0 , folded, carefully sealed, and despatched for the u 'ole ' t i f e Opposition dinner parties. Great, therefore, 5v 35 5 0 4 ;111 sternation when it became k now n th a t the u ° ' o o6 6 " statesmen, though "g rea tly d ar i ng ," wer e net 6 .4 so to "dine."—Globe, 110 EXTRAORDINARY AND PAINFUL OCCURON C ' I B OO 0 0 4 painful occurrence has lately happened at St. P it t o 00, son of a senator residing there, married, aboil t o: since, the daughter of a rich chemist in the t°4' end of two months they separated. The dough dell deli / 011 to her father's house. where in due time she W ss fraci r : t of a child, now thirteen months old. Sh e n art;ori walked about St. Etienne with the child and Lr t elf 0 0 " appears than. her father-in-law, the senator, ' s oli' c lie. the design of getting this child into his own c a 003 . a 11 0.1 with that object caused her to be f o ll o wed 46 80 r during her walks. He had succeeded in Per' 10 '10" chief commissioner of police in the town to el nour Oet l project. One day last wee k th e l a dy in _ de walking through the galleries of the museum W est ; de Ville, accompanied by her servant with the it a police agent came up to tell her that a Pers ° oll to4 ing to speak to her down stairs. She went 0 6 0 building, and during her absence the chl b ee e l lsie.. away. When she found the trick that bed 0 00, 6 r upon her, she uttered piercing cries, anv i l / 111;ir a was thrust into a room in the Hotel de is heLltt was for some time kept a prisoner. Ultimate li r on tper t. into a garden, separated from the street by an through the bars of which she told her stall t ° 0 fewifo by. An immense crowd assembled, and it /78 0 tilt tls one moment that an attack would be made iiP ioe d de Ville. The people were, however, 0 0, 1; 0 f e , release of the lady, who has appealed to the c t s i l a for the restoration of her child. 11feanwiloice , c o meat has dismissed the Commissary 0' the 00 1) conduct had so nearly led to an attack by t. Prefect's residence. tO' NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS' t nprellotyliTeuirEN:NanitssimuEns:werhitche is Noticet the SO ' be l PERSONS seeking Emplo naent, or 4 0 0 5 0 Assistants, Clerks, AnartnientYs, or Loci,g il ki; o !„ ls ,:l ic :l o n this district. ' The cash price for this special class° ;• 8 reduced to TIIREE I'ENCE fur TWENTYI"39 e of most the efficient eudfs'l,ol,4,' to ot. ye hrl , At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelegh',lo/41 BOYS are CLOTHED from the Ages 0 Six 0 D lB ' 1113 kth, AB coLt k Aei lit , , 14 1‘ e 1) tit lvr 40 . 4, C kl4.4th 4.4 p, 1 00, At'