Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE -YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL. B'FORE MR. MAYSPIELD. TURTA T ENING LlFX.—Policc-o ffi ce,-, 764, brought up a n ab e-'ooking man, named Henry Clancy, described as the keei er ef an improper house in Albior-street, and a returned convict', charged with having threatened to kill him. Mr. Campbell appeared for the prisoner, and said the man was ve-y sorry for what he bad done. He was under the influence of drink at the time, and would now promise never to act so again, and begged the officers pardon, to whom he would offer any apology. The officer said the prisoner run out of the house with a poker in his hand, swearing he w old take the roof of the skull off him, aad that he would suff:r four year.' transportation for the satisfaction of getting a couple of taps at his head. Officer, 91, s the prisoner assaulted him some time ago when he kept an improper house in Pretcct-street. Hie Worship said the course pointed out by Mr. C,mpbell wss a very proper one, but still he would send the prisoner to jail for six months, in default of finding two sureties in £5 each to keep the peace. STILL IT CRIED, SLEEP NO MORE TO ALL THE 1101" SE.— A fire athletic fellow, named John Sullivan, a recruit belonging to the 7th Fusiliers, was charged by Mr Franklin, the keeper of an hotel in Efei )n-street, under the following circumstar ces. The complain ant said the prisoner was billetted at his house, and when he aAne he was drunk, and acted very disorderly. He was shown to his bed, when he refused to accept it, and created much dis'urbance, swearing he should get the best bed in the helm, and all the people in it were prevented from enjoying their " balms- sleep," and he behaved so ill that a police officer was called, and he wan given into c .steely. Mr. Franklin said, the bad was as good as any in the house, and he had slept in it himself. Mr. Mansfield asked the prisoner if he had ever slept in a bed before ? at which 'the "green 'un" stared most wo fally, the moreso when the police officer woo had charge of him said, he did not think he had. Mr. Mansfield said, he was anxious to p•oteet publicars from annoyance and insult by recrui s, many of whom imagined they coal] acl as they pleased, but he would teach them that they must conduct themselves with propriety. He ordered the pri soner to he rut down for the present. AN AUSTRALIAN "DIGGER " James Cole, a poonlookine fellow, was charged with being drunk and disorderly. TILJ-a was not much in that, but there was a good deal in his pocke'—namely, £llO in gold, a gall watch, chain, &c., and a large quantity of gold nuggets. The prisoner said he had ben oat at the Australian diggings, at d had " realised ; " that he had come to transact some business, and that he was about to return. He went to get some drafts for gold, and he also got several dr tughts of v hickey, and that was how it all hap pened. His Worship said it was lucky the man was taken up, and he would fine him ss. The fine was paid, and Mr. C.:le went on his way r. juicing. CAUTION TO SAILORS•—Mathew Shaddoek, a sailor, was charged with deserting his ship, after signing articles The case was fully proved, and his Worship sent the pri soner to gaol for 10 weeks, with hard labour.—The next case was that ef Thomas Parker, a sailor, belonging to the steam-ship Kangaroo, who was charged with deserting that vesse'. Mr. Alexander, from the house of Mr. Inman, said there were many desertions from these ships, and this caused great inconvenience, lots, and delay. There was hardly a voyage that six or seven men did not desert. and, for the sake of example, he wished to have the men punished, so as to warn others. Mr. Mansfield asked how many the crew of the ship consisted of ? and Mr. Alexsnler said ninety, when all told. Ms Worship said, so far as le was concerned, he would prottet , ht int rehants and ship owners from the cinduct of such men. He Dished it to go out amongst the sailots, that in every case of deserti n that would be prose] he would inflict the heaviest punish men,. He ordered the prisoner to gaol for 10 weeks, with bard laboer. PLUNDER BY A CHARWOMAN.—Mary Roberts, a &oar woman, was charged with having stolen two coats from the house of Mrs. Margaret Re binson, 146, Faulkner -street, On Saturd y last the prisoner was ergaged at Mrs. Robinson's house, and she asked leave to go out for soma time, which was granted. She remained away about two hours, but at that time nothing was suspected. On Sunday evening the coats were missed, and subsequently found pledged, and the pawnbrr ker ;nerved that the prisoner pledged them. She was sent for trial, PLUNDER BY A SERVANT,—Sarah Kirkham, who was a servant at the house of Mr. Scoffield, Renshaw-street, was breneht up by detective officer Scott, charged with stealing a quiin i•y of wearing apparel, and other property, belonging to her employer. Mr. Bluck defended. It appeared that, from time to time, the things were taken and pledged, and a pawebreker ideerified the prisoner as the pledger; he hal known her for some time. Mr. Bluck cross-examined the owner of the things, who denied that he ever gave the prisoner liberty to pledge anything; neither aid his bile The prisoner was sent for trial. Buz ICING STOLEN GOODS —Two boys, named Lamb and Richards, were charged wilt having stolen some tobacco and tea from a stic p in Great Howard-scree', and Mary and John McDonough, of Sawney Pope-street, were charged with receiving the same. The case was remarkab'o in this way. On the 28 h September, the shop of Mr. Lee, Grocer, Byron:-street, was robbed of a iatge quantity of tea, and two persons have been since transported for the offence. It appeared that on Tuesday, the two boys, along with another, stole a quantity of tea and tobacco, and sold them to the other prison ere. The third boy t o ld his father, who informed the police, and then officers Scutt and Eaton went to the house of the McDonough:, and on searching the hot se, they fcun'l scveral cannisters fi led with tea, and from its character, there could be little doubt that it was part of what was stolen from Mr. Lee's The officers also got some tobacco, which was alleged to have bean stolen as shave stated. Mr. Biuck, for the p. is , ners, cro - s-examined several witnesses who were produced for the prosecution, and they admitted that they c , uld not swear positively to the property. }Hi Worship sent the case for trial. AN UNORATKFUL SAlL , N.—Joseph Wsll, a sailor, was charged with having stolen over -Elq worth of clothes and either property, from the home of M-. Rooney, 26, Hardy_ street. The prisoner was iu Loudon, and wrote to Mr. Rooney for a couple of pounds to bring him down, which was sent to him. He came down, and went to lodge at complainant's house, and the first night he got up and ran away with the property. He was identified as the pledger of a portion of r it. His Worship said the prigoner was an ungrateful semicirel, and sent him for 'George Yates, a cow-keeper end cart owner, at 64, Stewart-street, was charged with receiving a quantity of Indian corn, and Thomas Jones was chargesl with having stolen it lr .m the docks• Mr. Snowball defended Yates. A policeman wa - ched the prisoner J.-nes from one of the docks, and saw him take the corn to Yates's place, aEd subsequently he arrested both. Mr. Snowball made such a case ler his client, as proved h a innocence, and he was discharged, but Jones was sent to gaol for two months. AN IMPUDENT ROBDER.—James Fleming, a rowdy sort of blackguard, was charged with having stolen two very vale Ibie shawls, the proparty of Mrs. Fenn•-lly, of Clement-street. Is appeared that the fellow, who is n loafer about the docks, went into the hf u , e aid managed to get into a room where the shawls lay on a sofa. He decamped with them, and pledged them for Bs. in a pawe shop. Mr. Fennelly made wry , cu11 . ..4y about the shawls, and the piisocer was described to him by the pawnbroker. The next evening, Mr. Fennclly saw the scoundrel vealk into an apartment in his hcusf , , ard be at once kn- w him by the description, lie asked the fellow what he sv;:n!cd arid he replied he was looking for hs hroTher. Fenuelly ye him into em.tody, and ho wfs fully identified by the pawnbroker as the person wha pledged the Fhl wli a short time after they were stolen. The prisoner WAS sent for trial. puBLICANs ° CASES. • Is?.FORR MR, LAWRENCH AND MR. FREIL. A number of licensed vie ushers and b.s..r keepers, were summoned by the poEcs au . hoWies for, in various ways, infringiug upon the tenure of th:l:licznses. Etienne Emily Barenaon, the proprietor of ilia Castle lio7el, in Limo•stteet, apFeartd by Mr. Snowball, :elicitor, to answer a complaint, charging hire with prtnit;n 7 , disorderly conduct in his house. The police e,n staWe, (591), stated that eons quince of the none and distulbanes he beard in the hone, he visi el it, when he found there about 17 men and fcni4les, s-m_ of thorn ere drunk. and two cf the fent les were ti!Jstiog, and were turned in'o the wreet. Mr Snowball addrcFskt the Bench tor the defendant, conte-iding that there wils no blame to be attzuhed to him as h© had ozone all he could to preserve order. He then called the barman, who sta'e I that on the night in question two females were at the bar, when some angry words took place and it c, i n ia t o blows, whoa he removed them out of the house. He most positively t!eni,d that the p licon en Saw any figi tine, or that there hod been any disorder y conAtet. 'llls statement was fuly corroborated by the boots at the Castle, and the Magistrates dismissed the case. William Eaton, of College-lane, was summ - ned rot Sunday tradirg. The police eoustblea on their Sunday duty, stated, that they visited the house, and in a glass they found some whiskey. The magistiates then diruct.d a penalt7 20s. and costs. At a subsequent period of the day, Mr. Goodere, who had been rftained for the defer iant, requesting to have the cage re-heard, as he had been taken by sarpris-, not expecting the case would come on at so early an hour. After some discussion, this was assented to by the Bench, and the police constables repeated their former statement, as to finding whiskey in a glass. Mr. Goodere, who strongly condemned the system of police constables going about in plain clothes as spies, for the p irpose of entrapping publican', denied the facts, as alleged THE N ORTIIERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, SATUR DAY, NOVEMBER 21 1587 by the police, and called su,veral witnesses, ',we of whom cistioctly proved that there was no whiskey in the house, and that after tbe house was opened at one o'clock, some had to be sent for. The Bench then dismissed the case. Mary Ann EVleplizrd, of Atherton.street, was summoned for the like offence. Case diAmisged ;as was al:o that of Mr. licnierson, of the C:t le Mirket Inn, E Ige-bill. George Gore, Was fined ss. and costs, for permitting dro kermess in his house. Mary Ann Cox, eating-house keeper, of Peter-street, was summoned by Inspector Tomlinson, for permitting females of bad repute to assemble in her house. The inspector proved finding Mee females and one man drinking_ porter and tea there at tw en t y m i nutes to four o'c'Ank in the motoring. Filed 2s. end costs. Matthew Gal!agher. eating-house keeper, of Great osahali street, was summoned for. the like offence. In this case, it was prayed th t four women and some men were assembled therein. P*:e was fined 2s. 6d. and costs. There was aka a second charge against the same defen dant for permitting similar characters to assemble there in a state of intoxic,tion. For the defence, it was allezed that the persons had gene into the house drunk, and hat not been supplied with anything while there. This case was dismissed. The other cases cEsposed of, were devoid of public interest. CHARGE OF MITPDER ON THE HIGH SEAS, BY A CAPTAIN AND MATE. There was a sensation created yesterday afternoon, about the S. fur's flume, the Main-Bridewell, and PJlio , :-court, in consequence of a rumour that prevailed, which w nt to say 'that a captain and mate of a ship had been arrested on a charge of having murdered a sailer on the high seas, on a voyage home from Old Calabar. As usual in such cases, the most extravagant reports were circulated, and the affair, whatever it may turn out to b on investigation, was likened to that of the unfortunate Captain Rogers and his mates ; indred, tb,:- statement went further, but at present we are not bound to give c:reu!ation to the rumours the mars so, as the acmsed parties are to be brought befor, the Magistrates at the Police -court this day. We may,. however, state that a Mr. John Anderson Christie, the master of a ship called the Elizabeth, belonging to Messrs. 'Tobin and Sons, of this port, and his chief mate, named James Mallard, are at present in the Main Bridewell, on a charge of having caused the death of a Spanish staler named Rodeiigo, on the voyage home from Old Calabar. The police observe great silence (very unnecessarily of coursf ) in rcf.renel to the case, but from what one of our reptrters could collect, it seems that the man died, and it is :alleged that his death was caused by the prisoners. Two other ren died on the passage, but the allegation on the part of the prisoners is, that all died of scurvy. We have heard, also, that although the prisoners have been in town nearly a fortnight, it was only yesterday that infor mations were sworn against them, and , hat these inforrna t'ons were ledTsd by a person who had failed to extract .E 5 from the captain under a threat. These are the facts that we put forth to-day, but no doubt when the prisoners are examined this day before the Magistrates, the whole of the cave will be thoroughly sifted, is justice to the acet sed, we forbear to state anything else at present. THE ROYAL OAK BURIAL SOCIETY. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT. BEFORE J. R. BLAIR, ESQ., JUDGE. It will be remembered that, in the month of August last, a case was tried in this court, in which the parties were the members of the Royal Oak, or the United Legal Friendly Burial Society, against the executive committee of that body. In the absence of Mr. Pollock, the judge of the court, the case was tried by Mr. J. S T. Greene, Judge of the County Court Circuit, No. 10. Mr. Greene postponed delivering his judgment for some time, in order fully to consider the questions involved. Yesterday, Mr. Greene's judgment was forwarded to the Judge of the Court. It was as follows : In the County Court of Lancashire, holden at Liverpool, in the matter of the Liverpool United Legal Friendly Burial Society. I find that the proposed alterations and alleged amendments in the rules of the said society, whereof complaint is made in, and by the plaint entered in this Court. and having date the 20:h of June, 1857, were not, and have not, been duly and regularly made and passed, and +hat they are and were, from the alleged time of making and passing thereof. altogether null and void ; and I direct that the same shall be no further proceeded with, nor in any way attempted to be acted upon by the said defendants, and I order and direct that the business and affairs of OA said society shall be conducted by the said defendants in this suit, and all and every other the officers and membars of the society, according to the existing rules, certified by by the Registrar of Friendly Societies in England, and in force at the time of the hearing of this suit until such rules shall be lawfully altered or rescinded. And I further order the said defendants to deliver into the office of the Registrar of this Court, within 28 days from the date hereof, a full and true account of all monies which have been paid and disbursed, or obtained or retained by them for that purpose, out of the funds of the society, is, or on account of their costs and expenses incurred in defending this suit ; and I direct the said Registrar to ascertain the amount, and I do order that such monies shall be paid by the said defendants into this court for the benefit of the said society, to be received by the officers thereof, duly authorised in that behalf, and in default of the said defendants eelivering and bringing into the-office of the Registrar such accounts as aforesaid, then I order that the said defendants shall pay the sum of 50 for the benefit of the said society, to be paid over as aforesaid. And I fur her order that the defendants shall pay to the said plaintiff's the costs which have been incurred by them in the prosecution f this suit, to be taxed and ascertained by the Registrar of this court 181 Nov., 1857. J. S. TURNER GREENE. THE DANCING AND SUPPER SALOONS IN LIME-S TREET. Yesterday, Joseph Bendena, the keeper of the coffee shop in Lime -street, known as "The Turkish Divan," was summoned before the magistrate, Mr. Lawrence, on an information laid against him under the provisions of the Local Act, the 251st section of which is as follows : " And whereas, it 'is expedient that provision should be made, by law, for preventing disorderly conduct in houses of public resort, kept by persons not being licensed victuallers, or licensed to sell beer by retail, to be drunk on the premises ; be it enacted : That every person not being a licensed victualler, or a person licensed to sell beer by retail, to be drunk on the pre mises, who shall have or keep any house, shop, room, cellae, or vault, or place cf public resort within the berough, wherein ready-made tea or coffee provisions, liquors, or refreshments of any kind, shall be sold cr consumed (whether the same shall be kept or retailed therein or obtained eLewher .), and who shall eilfully or knowingly permit drunkenness or other disorderly con duct in such house, shop, room, or place ; or knowingly suffer any unlawful games, or any gaining whatsoever therein, or knowingly permit or suffer prostitutes or persons of notoriously bad characters to meet together and remain therein, shall for every such offence b a liable to a penalty of not more than five pounds." Mr. Aspinal, instructed by Mr. Walters, the town prose cutor, appeared to conduct the case for the authorities, and Mr. Snowball appeared for the defendant. Mr. Aspinall, in opening the case, and having explained the tenure of the section under which the information was laid, said, the facts of the case were, that the defendant kept a coffee shop in Lime-street, at a place that was well known as " the hop," against which peoceedings had been taken at the last assizes, and it was ordered to be shut up, but from what would take place in the course of the sitting, there was no doubt but that it was still kept open. The consequence of this " hop" was that a great number of other houses, that might be called as parasites to it, had sprung up around it, and a number of females cf a questionable character assembled in the neighbour hood, and the consequence was that the respectable inha bitants living near, Mr. Radley, at the Adelphi Hotel, and others, were much annoyed. The facts of the case were thus proved by Inspector O'Brien, who stated on the morning of the 13th inst., I visited the defendant's place in Lime-street. It is a coffee shop, in which is sold tea and refreshments. I went into the house about a quarter to one o'clock, wren I found twelve females and several men there, Some of them were stand ng, some siting, and some were drinking, and some were walking about. I saw the defendant there. I pointed out the women to him, and told him what they were, and that if he did not turn them out he should lay an information against him The reply was, you may do as you please; I know what they are. lam obliged to get a living, and I have to pay taxes "to keep you." I again visited the place at ten minutes past one, when I found nineteen females, including the twelve that I had previously seen there. The Inspector was cress-examined, at some length, by Mr. Snowball, for the purpose of ascertaing the instructions the officer had received, and the objects the authorities had in view in prefering such informations. Mr. Snowball then addressed the Bench on behalf of the defendant, contending that the course the authorities were adopting, in those cases, was exceedingly injudicious These poor unfortunate females must eat and drink; but it appeared that the wish of the authorities was to turn them all into the streets, so that they might be exposed to all the respectable inhabitants. They were not allowed a place to hide their heads. In this case it was not pretended that they were disorderly. He asked what would be the result if they were to attempt to put down the houses around the Haymarket, in London. Is was absurd to suppose that such houses could be put down ; but the result would be that these girls would be sent ire° all the streets in the town, and servant girls would be tempted to exclaim, " Oh, how nice those girls are dressed, I will dress like them " He argued that it was perfeely absurd, for the purpose of pleasing some old gentlemen who could not see an inch beyond their noses, that the authorities should take such steps. But it they did intend to carry it out, let them lodge complaint against every such house in the town, which they could early do, as they had a list of all, and see what the result would be, that instead of living in one locality they would be deseminated all over the town, and thus all would become inoculated by such characters. The Bench said the duty he had to perform was plain. The parties who had caused these informations, might be right or they might be wrong, bat he could not, after looking at the clause, doubt but that the offence has been committed. There was no doubt but that the females were there, and that was contrary to the clause, he should therefore inflict a fine of 40s. and costs. ANOTHER LIME-STREET SkIPPER ROOM. Joseph Allen, the proprietor of another supper room in ' Lime -street, was summoned under a similar information by the same officer. In this case the same legal gentleman appeared. - The Inspector stated, that at thirteen minutes past one o'clock, on the same morning, ke visited the defendant's house, in which he found twenty-five females and several men. He directed the defendant's attention to the females, and toll him, that if he allowed such characters to be there, he must inform against him. The defendant said, he knew all about it ; that I was to do my duty, and he would do his, as he di] not agree with the authorities in distributing them about the town. They ware getting their suppers, and none of them were drinking wine. At fifteen minutes past one o'clock he again visited the house, when he found eighteen females there. Mr. Allen said he was the pro prietor of the house. Mr. Snowball considered that the present was a very hard case, for parties were not allowed to give the poor girls their suppers, nor any other refreshments. The Bench fined the defendant 40s and costs, this not beingthe first offence. THE LIME-STREET " HOP" AGAIN, Mr. Edward Tuton, the proprietor of the large rooms in Lime-street, called "The hop," was summoned under similar circumstances. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the town authorities, but the defendant did not appear, nor was he represented by any legal gentleman. Mr. Aspinall said this was a charge against Mr. Edward Tt who formerly carried on an extensive business as a draper in thi4 town, and was the owner of a large quan tity of property in Lime-street, including the County -court, and other buildings, amongst which was a pl. Ice called "The Hop." After what had taken place at she last assizes in reference to that establi,,hment, the authorities thought that it would have been a caution not to open it again. It was true that the then tenant had gono away, but, from the evidence he should adduce, it would be seen that the same SCOIIO3 ~e re being carried on as heretoforo. He really thought that this was a most 59110U9 case, for it was clear that the defendant, after the case had been heard in the highest tribunal in the land, was treating the law with contempt. Inspector O'Brien said : On the 12 h. of November I visited the room where " the hop " was held, in Lime street. I there found a man, who said that he was the servant to Mr Teton, and he said that he had been sent there to watch me and the police, and as soon as I began to find fault, he was to put the gas out, and put the peop!e out. There were 16 females in the room. There was a ball, and dancing was going on He went to the rooms again at five minutes to two, the narttes were all there then, remained th !re till six o'clock in the morning. Mr. Wybe - gh—ls Mr. Tuton the proprietor of the room ? Inspector : There is no doubt of it. Before the infor. mation was laid, he came to the police office in D street, and said he had let the rooms to a Mr. Johnson for a ball, as he thought, for a respectable party, but since then he had understood that it was under the management of Mrs. Collins, a noted charac-er, and he was afraid that improper characters would be there. He also said that he had the key in his possession and could keep the door shut, and he bad another course to adopt. and that was, if the public c implained, he could turn off the gas and have them out. The police decli , ed to give him any a 'vice on the matter. The service of the summons having been proved, the magistrates directed the summons to be dismissed, as there was not evidence to prove that the defendant was the proprietor. The case was dismissed accordingly. THE ARGYLR 1t00313 NEIVENGTON. Edward Smith, the proprietor of these rooms, was summoned for the same offence. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the town authorities. Mr. Smith asked for an adjciun ment, on the grounds that he had only receivei the summons at eight o'clock :ht provioul evening, and had not had time to instruct a legal gentleman for his defence The adjournment was granted, and the case will heard on Friday next. At LRWIS &CO PANT'S, Ranelagh-street. BOYS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Twenty Year Letters from Constantinople, stating that the purchase of revolving firearms by the Mussulman popu?stion have been enormous. There is a superstitious panic as to the future of the empire. F4Tun AMBASSADORS OP TIM KING OF ►SIAM. --At Windsor Castle, on Thursday, Her Majesty received, in royal state, the Ambassadors of the King of Siam. They presented an address, abounding with Eastern compliments, together with costly tresents. Exclus!rely for CLOTHING HOTS front Six to Twenty rerrs LEWIS & COMPANY, Itanelagnmtvs, COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—NovamnER 19. BEPORB THE CHIEF JusrlCE, AND JUSTICES 4.)LERTDGE AND WIGHTMAN. BOOTLE NUISANCES REMOVAL COMMITTEE, AND THE COaPORATION OF LIVEEPOOL.—In this case, Mr. Millward, (who was inst ruc t e d b y t h e C orporat i on ) stated that, in January last, an order was made by the Justices of Lanca shire in Petty Session, requiring 'he Corporation to abate a nuisance caused by the sewerage from Walton Gaol flowing through the Township of Bootle, and that the order was subsequently appealed against by the Corpora tion at the Quarter Sessions, and the appeal dismissed He now moved on behalf of the Corporation for a Writ of Certiorari, to remove the order into the Court of Queen's Bench. Mr. Mellish, on behalf of the Bootle Nuisance Removal Committee, opposed the application, and the Court refused to grant the Writ. BERWICK V. lIORIFALL AND ANOTTIER.—Mr. Brett was counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Edward Jame., Q.C., and Mr. Quain appeared for the defendants. This was an acttion brought by the plaintiff to recover from the defen dants, owners of a vessel called the Cherokee, a sum of £6B 12 s , being the balanee of his claim for wages after the rate of £l4 per month, as captain of that vessel, on a voyage from Liverpool to ;he Benin river, on the coast of Africa, and back again. A sum had been paid to the plaintiff sufficient in amount to cover his wages up to the arrival of the Cherokee off the coast of Africa, and the defendants now pleaded (the declaration being simply for wages during the whole voyage). Ist, never indebted ; 2nd, payment ; and, 3rd, that during the voyage the plaintiff was constantly deunk, and that from drinking he became se violent as to make it necessary fir the safety of the crew, the passengers, and the property of all aboard, to deprive him of his command. The trial of this cause occupied the time of the court during a great portion of the day, and many long arguments took place as to the admissibility of evidence, and as the evidence came out, as to the proper form of action to entitle the plaintiff to recover. These arguments, if fully reported, would be without interest to the general reader, inasmuch as by the verdict of the jury the real point in issue remains unsettled, and there is a probability of another action in another form being brought, we give merely such an outline of the case as will in the event of ulterior proceedings being taken prejudice neither party. In October, 1856, the plaintiff sailed in command of the Cherokee, bound, on the African trade for Benin. She had aboard a crew of 14 men. The chief mate's name was Thomas, and that of the surgeon Campbell. There was also a board aperson named Shape, who was going out to fill the place of trading master for the owners at Benin. The ship sailed on the 18th of October, and on the 4th of December, when off " Cape three points," the plaintiff went forward to search the forecastle for some tobacco and other things which he had missed from his cab'n, when, to use his ceen words, "Af, er I had gone down the hatchway, the next thing I heard was Snaps and the mate come forward roaring out I was no longer mastee and I saw two loaded pistols pointed at me by him and the Doctor. I said "Do not shoot me and I will be a 3 quiet as a lamb." They tied my hands with the lead line, put irons on me, and I remained in that state in my cot until we got to the river Benin." The Cherokee arrived at Benin about the 23rd of Decem ber, and on that day or the day after, a Mr. Cheetham, who was shipping agent to the defendants, came aboard, read over an entry in, the log made a few days after the captain had been put in irons, and signed by Snape and some of the crew,to the effect that the plaintiff was, on the 4th of December, so violent from liquor that the course adopted on that day was necessary, and, having ascertained from a general affirmative answer on the part of the crew that the signatures and marks appended to such entry were genuine, discharged the captain. Afterwards an inquiry was instituted, at the request of-Cheetham, by Mr. Campbell, the consul; and took place according to Act of Parliament aboard the Bloodhound; a Queen's ship stationed there, the result of which was, that an opinion or judgment was signed by all the members of the C eitt held on' the occasion, to the effect that Mr. Berwick's dismissal from, the command of the Cherokee was necessary. A new captain, name-1 Tyrrel, was transferral from one of the de'en lant's schooners to the Cherokee, and plaintiff was told to go home with her as a passenger. On the way home nearly all the crew fell sick, the captain (Tyrrel) include', and the plaintiff said that he did all the wo k of the vessel himself, with the assistance now and then of such a crew as were able to help him ; and having left all the hands almost ashore in Ireland brought her into Liverpool with. her cargo. Some examinations in writing, taken by consent, were read, and from these it appeared that, according to the testi mony of several of the craw, Mr. Berwick was never drunk or violent, whilst from the deposition of Thomas the mate, which was the only evidence read for the defendants, the plaintiff was alway drunk, and frequently very violent. The plaintiff denied both before Mr. Cheetham, before the board of inquiry in the Bloodhound, and at this trial that there was any foundation for the imputation cast upon him. All the evidence having been adduced on either side, Mr. Justice Cress well intimated his opinion to Mr. James, who was about to sum up, that the action was wrongly conceived ; that it ought to have been brought for damages for a wrongful dismissal, and not for wages; and after a very lengthy legal argument, at the request of Mr. Brett, who made a most forcible reply on the whole cafe, the learned Judge, having gone carefully through the MO, left to the jury the following questions : —Had Mr. Cheetham, the shipping agent at Benin, authority from the defendants to dismiss Captain Barwick? Did he, in feet dismiss him? Was the conduct of the plaintiff in being intoxicated and violent such as to justify the crew and passengers in put ing him in irons ? The jury, of er having retired for a short time, returned their verdict thus :—" We have no evidence of the authority of Cheetham to dismiss the plaintiff. He did dismiss him. We have no evidence of the captain's intoxication " Mr. Justice Cresswell : I direct a verdict to be entered for the defendants on the first and second issues, and for the plaintiff on the third. At LEWIS & 011 , A NY'S, Ranelagh-street, TOTS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six Twonty Years THE MILITARY. —There are now atmut 800 recruits under training at the Fulwood barracks near this town. They are to be embodied in the second battalions of the 7::11 Fu3ileers and the 6'h Regiment of Foot, now being formed with so much speed and success. The men have been gathered from all parts of the country, and include a large number of the sons of Erin's Isle. On the entry of the various drafts into the town they presented a rather ffrotesque appearance, resembli-g that tattered regiment of Falsti-ff, but the majority are fine powerful lad, awl :hey will ~ery soon be " licked into shape."—The young men of this town, who have been thrown out of employment th ou2h the pressure of the times, are being rapidly incorporated into various regiments of tha line. The various recruiting parties have been very sucomful.— Preeon Guardian of Wednesday. THE SIEGE OF DELMI.—A letter frlrn a wluuded officer of Engineers, dated Sept. 2', erates:—" All the wounded of our corps a e dnin; well, exclpt B.l'kelo, tiho is still in 0, precarious state." Lieutenants Silkeld and Home commanded the explosion part' which so g,llantly nerformzd the desperate duty of blowing in the Cashmere Gate of the city of Delhi in broad daylight, in the , face of the enemy, on the I4'h o';Septembe-. They were rccom panied on thi; " f , irlorn hope" by Sertyeant John Smith, Sergeant A. B. Carmichael, and Corporal F. Bu - gess, aIU of tin Sapp , rs and Miners ; Bugler 4awthorne, her Ma les'y's 621(I Foot ; 14 Sappe,rs and Mioets. natives; and 10 Pu'ituh ditto, rauzbees, covered by +he fire of h-r Mt iestv's 60th Rifhs. Sergeant Carrniebasl was killed, Lieutenant S Id shot thronah the leg and arm, Corporal 13,r;ress mortally wounlerl, and two natives killed and one .und; d. A DISCIPLE OF SOLOMON IN TROUBLE.—On Tu'sdar, a "soft" I , I;ing lubber, nanse, G.:orge Cowan, was char:4ed at the Town-hall, Preston, with assfiultirg his rnothe-, with whom he lived in Heat'ey-street. The campl4inaat sv:id she did rot wish to have the defendant p mishe.!. M... Ainsworth : Wily did yon bring him here? The defendant (in a drawlin4 ton::.t of voice) —I am a Protestant, and she is a Papist, and because I am a Protestant she hates me. When lam upon my stu.lies she lets the children abuse me, awl when I tell them to drop it, all they do is to insult inn ; and vhen I correc' them, my mother flies at Mt! for corretitig th' m. Noe $ domon tells us to correct child en. (Laughter). Evrr since I had a disculs,ion wish Priest Williams, and gave him a chsf,at on the riocri:es of Popery, she has disliked P-30 to this day. Ainsworth : Soloman does no' tell yon to interfere with your rnather's children. Defendant : I am the oldest sot of rue fat!-e-, and while my father is away and she wo - .'t, correct the ehi!dren, it is my duty to do it. (" Hear, lwir," in co :rt.) Police Constabli - 2, said th :the was col ei to the house ; one, of the cm it boys w s bleeding. An eye-^:itnes4 sated that " the disciple of Solom , n" would n ,- )f, alow the children either "to speak or cough," and he bea' one lad named Jerry, and when his mother interFered he threw her down. Deets 'ant denied that he prohibitel coughing or sperling, His brother Jerry made a noise, and was very (h)impudent, and as he k pt going (lon, he en-I-noel him. Mr. Ainsworth : How did you correct hirn ? Defend nt : I just held him, as Solomon tells us Complainant : I cannot live with him, Defendant sai I he was going to get out of his present occupation, and he hin'ed that he was about to b.ing out a volume t f poems ! Its was remanded. BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GET:AT TASTE, atjbEWlS:iulp COMPANY'S, Ranolagh street, SIR ROBERT PEEL AT TAM WORTH. Oa Tuesday evering, Sir Robert Peel and Lord Rayn ham, mernt , ers for Tamworth, were present at a public dinner given to the ex-Mayor of that town, Mr. E. 13. ilimel. The Mayor, Mr. S. Ilans;:n, presiclfd. In re growling to the toast of the " Borough members." Sir Rob rt Peel addreised the company at great length, and reviewed the recent events which have taken place in India, es well as the whole course of policy of the govern ment in the East. He described the war as a most discreditable contest in the way it bad been brought about by those who bad the government of India. Although descritod by Mr. Vernon Smith as nothing more then a periodical emeute, it bad cost the lives of more officers than had fallen during a similar period during the hardest month of the Crimean war ; no fewer than 270 officers had ei , her been massacJid or had died, or bad fall n in , he field within three months. He cimplimentrd Lord Palm rston on the vigour he had displayed in sending troops to supprrss the mutiny, but condemned their being sent by way of the Cape, instead of across Egypt. Sir I . tibert then went on to comment, snausin?,ly, on the spech of Mr. Bernet Osborne at Dover, and on the speech's m7de at the Lo.d Mayor's dinner. Be observed of Lard Can ruing that he had done nothing yet, and had not show‘i the ability for civil government he might have done. After criticising in detail the acts of the Indian govern ment, Sir Robert concluded by saying that it might ha necessary for Lord Palmerston to rally around him his indepenr'ent supporters, to embcdy these who would give a vigirous t x;)ression to his policy, and he for one would be ready and willing to stand true to the sympathies he had long shown him, a:though he had suffered the misfor tune to undergo a temporary separation from the govern ment of the man whom he had esteemed in p - .lilics--a man whc, with al his faults, had bean equal to every situalion in %anis:it I e had been placed ; a man who, el:hough placed on the highest pit aaele in the co.ntry to which a subj ct could aspire, hal not, forgotten the great duties he owed to the public as a statesman and patliot, who, while he had si:ceessful:y carried on tha wars of the cauntry in foteign lands, Icnow wed he w to uphold end vindicate the liberties and tiz,h,ts of his fellow -countrymen in every part of the world. POYS' CLOTHING MM)R wrrr-r G 7 EAT TASTE, at LEWIS and COMPANY'S, Rarelagh-street. SIVRT TiMe TNT Put7AroN.—Tw , r oilier mills have, this w k, been added to thane which are running short time. Our prosp'cts daily b 'come more g!oorn7. There is much distress in the town, as may be ima4ined, when from 20,000 to 25,000 peo;ile arc wen leriog about the streets ociiy partially employed. As a proof tha , . we are living at present in h,rd Titnts, we may mention a fact related to us by a te7:t colleeo-, viz., that on Monday pie day of collection) he only received £2O, whereas his general 'eceints are £47. He also told us that, in the course of his colection, he became acquainted with the distressing fact that no less than three married men had deserted their families and enlisted into the army, on account of the Prhations consequent npon the scarcity of labour and wagea,—Preston Guardian, of Wednesday. Exclusively for CLOTHING. BOYS from Six to Twenty Years LEWIS & courADIY, Raaeiagh-street. REV. JOHN MA.CNAUGHT, IN REPLY TO THE REV. J. K. GLAZEBROOK. TO TII/1 ZDITOR OF THE NORTIIZEN TIMM. Sir, —I am glad to observe that Mr. Glazebrook is beginning to reply to my strictures on his two letters in the last numbers of the Liverpool Courier. He proposes numbering my paragraphs, and going systematically through them. This will be a most satisfactory mode of proceeding ; and I only trust he will not, in his future letters, omit to notice so many important points of my argu ment as he has done in his first letter; because, if he should do so, I shall, when he has finished, ask you to publish for me a string of unanswered queries. For instance, with reference to my second paragraph, Mr. G. has not told us,- 1. How, except by fallible human reason, he proposes to decide what is the Rule of Faith ? and what is the true meaning of each sentence in the Rule of Faith? 2. If the fallible reason of man be a Court of Appeal, to decide what is the Rule of Faith, and what is its meaning, has not God, by making human reason thus the judge over all Rules of Faith, clearly declared the fallible reason of man to be superior to every other Rule of Faith? Instead of answering these questions, Mr. Glaze brook tells us that he "objects" to certain opinions which he calls " Unitarian." If by " Unitarian " he means " Sooinian," let me most respectfully remind him that I am not a follower of Socinus, but am a Clergyman of the English established Church, like himself in position, though not in opinion. Glazebrook gives us a long quotation from the great Dr. Arnold. Unfortunately, this quotation treats of Socianism, which does not happen to be the subject under discussion betwixt Mr. Glazebrook and myself. Our controversy is concerning the Infattilfility of the inspired volume. On this topic Mr. Glazebrook might have given, —and as he has not, I will give —a very important and applicable extract from one of D. Arnold's letters to Mr. Justice Coleridge g . Hay, you seen your uncle's ' Letters on " Inspiration (Coleridge's Confessions of an Enquiring, Spirit) "which, I believe, are to be " published ? They are well fitted to break " ground in the approaches to that momentous " question, which involves in it so great a shock "to existing notions ; the greatest, probably,. that " has ever been given since the discovery of the " falsehood of the doctrine- of the Pope's infalli " Unity. Yet, it must come r and will end, in spite "of the fears and clamours of the weak and "bigoted, in the higher exalting and more sure " establishing of Christian truth." Thus Dr. Arnold foresaw the very course which I have taken in my book, and in my present argu , merit with Mr. Glazebrook. Thus he compared the necessary abandonment of Seriptu ral Infallibi lity, with the Protestant abandonment of Papal Infallibility. Thus he declared the inevitableness, the piety and the safety of the course which I have followed and am following. Thus he con demned—and' 1 entreat Mr. Glazebrook to beware of the exidenanation—the unwisdom, and the illiberality of those who were- likely to " clamour" for the retaining of an effete superstition. lam glad Hr. Glazebrook admires Dr. Arnold. He is, in almost all things, my Patron Saint. Already Mr. G. and I have found out one ground of sympathy; and, if, Mr. a will avoid harsh epithets and stick to the great and interesting argument betwixt us, we shall, doubtless, discover some other matters of pleasantness and profit. This will will be comfortable for us as disputants, and will be advantageous to our readers, both on account of the truths we may establish and tho Christ-like spirit we may dieplay.—Yours truly, sir, Everton, Nov. 20, 1857. JOHN MACNAUGHT. At LEWIS 8, COMPANY'S, Ranelagh-street. BOYS aro CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Twenty Yew's. WHAT NATIONS FOUGHT NOR ABOUT A CENTITRY AGO.— Seeing such accounts of press-gangs in the papers, and such falling of stocks, you will wonder that, in my last, I did not drop a military syllable. Alas !. when I had a civil war all over my own person, you must not wonder, unpatriotic as it was, that I forgot my country. But I ought not to call ignorance forge fulness ; I did not even know with whom we were going to war; and now that I know with whom, I do not know that we are going to war. England that lives in the North of Eutepe. and Spain that dwells in the South, are vehemently angry with one another about a morsel of rock that lies some ahere at the very bottom of America—for modern nations are too neigh bourly to quarrel about anything that lies so near them as in the same quarter of the globe. Ray, mind, we de tht,ned nabobs in the most north-east corner of the Tndies ; the Czarina sends a fleet from the Pole to besiege Constan tinople ; and Spain huffs, and we arm, for one of the extremities of the southern hemisphere. It takes a twelve month for any one to arrive at our object, and almost another twelvemonth before we can learn what we have been about. Your patriarchs, who lived eight or nine hundred years, could afford to wait eighteen or twenty months for the post coming in, but it is too ridiculous in ow postdeluvian circumstances. By next century, I sup- pose, we shall fight for the Dog Star and the Great Bear.— Letters of llorace Walpole. FnAun oN A NEW , PAPER.—WiIIiam Gilborne, 2G, minter, was indi c ' e d at t h e Middl esex sessions, on Wed nesday, for obtaining several sums of money from various tradesmen, by pretending he was employed us an adver:ise ment colector to Mr. Samouelle, the proprietor of the South London News, an old estchlished loteJl paper, pub lished in High -street, Newington Butts, whereas he was not so employed. The prisoner was formerly in Mr: Samouelle's employ, but was discharged two years ago for ma!prpetics, After 011 t he went round to the tradesmen in the district, and obtained various sums of tro.ley, under pretence of inserting their advertisements iu the South London Yen's. His conduct coming to the knordedge of Mr. Sarnouelle, that gentleman caused him to he apprr_ bender), and he was tried and sentenced to six months' hard labour at these snsions. That punishmern; seemee or co's. to have no tffect on him, for as soon t.s he got his liberty AWynil" he corr'ed on the same practices, and was again appre- TICW TO SPEND A HANDSOME INOl uis do, , 00 3 0, 4 herded and committed for trial in the early nart of 'he street Police-coert, L radon, on W r e" dhle , P present month. The jury agt,in found him guilty, and Brouehton was breught before Mr. J : ar r nrlY t , 11 5 (0 ,. , withtly ler to LOO4l Mr. Tilsan sentenced him to twelve months' hard labour, being a prostitute, and behaving d A s i c) ua ederla 'f' l " aa's'" - W6meres 'rEmpEß,—Happy the man on whose marrirrge. and ahS3 ultin; the pelle.. Constable 0 11 4%0 4 heath temper smil e s kind from the eyes of womatr ! N o division, fount the prisoner, at a ,latil7horns...ooslono deity present," saith the lica'h , na proverb, where absent quarrelling vvit'n a cabman if; r e "' 0 1) —prudence"—no joy long a guest where lease is not a sh"tiDga m 2 ki"g' a g reat E°''e ; 1 1) :t 131 , g etil' h s dweller. Peace, so like faith, that tbeY may hi taken for h w_ }ter, and requested her to go sWEJ:_ fnie bo ! ,4.- teach other, and poets have clad them with the sans - veil the mote noise, and a'eesid him Bet ie ebild - nood, in early youth, expect not the channel s; At leng h he wes 01)14, , ,,,t to remove a nd str" ck e t ale green of the cedar. Wouldst thou distinguish fine :clasper borne, when she struggled violently , • a dos , o f o co from spiritless dulness, from cold sinaulari.,n_isn less WAS dru,:k. The prisoner i 3 the g i 0 . her r a ce; what the temper, than what the dispolticn. the nature, who tied abut seven years ago, leav";:, Bean-lece ', t en sweet and trastful, is it free from the morbid self-lore X3OO entear. She almost imtncill",, s t e . :d ev er b ‘ , which c a ll s its e lf o sensitiv e feeling," and frets at ilea. to driuki g and low elnioanr, Pnd " her m one2 y , (.0 1 ;el, ginary effenc,.s; is the ttnderr yto be gran,fal for kindness d - PL)tahlY prolFgate life. St:' (1 - aw: ders it ar, s e ll i tts j —vet take kindness m-eklv, and accept 2.3 a bolt& what and in an credibly aeiort tirn' F l uau se hen i t l b° ° l s the vain cal a due ? Pro:n dispr:sitions thus bleiee 1, her disreputable rissociates. hers ,if sweet temper will come forth to glad len then spontanto she kyles on th!l t t) , e t „ r and free, Quick with some, with some slow, wrd red qu trier te.coMo3 due. She terqarn. r 0 10 4 0 4 k emerge out of the heart. thy fist 4 , I s at saeh woke; groat proint • : bort t i i ire ,lsi : llo,o v , the heart itself generous and the.er ?" It it he so, gel; promi-es are sometieres kept for a as q uarl e i r ( ~ 0 1 1 0 control comes weth deepening aff•ction. Call not that a:c m s out of ison, bun as Fo')'!. ' /OW 5 00 3 c' 4 good heart which, hastenkg to sling if a fibre be ruare, roan', she is sue to ft:l in the n w t- "ke ti ,ris e e 0 4 , cries, "lam no hypocrite." Accept that ()noise, and coerse, are, on watch for q i t„.,„.. The r its sa g o , t) rev. nge becomes virtue. But where the heart, if it give to leave her while she has a till.;` 3 " oc o rae nt. t, 5 the the offence, pines till it win back the pardon ; if offended sentenced to three rnontl.s' ec iere 111 , 3 d tsl' e p e itself, bounds forth to forgive, ever longing to 800 he, ev er being removed, she was heard to ., u she wo o : grieved if it wound ; then be sure that its nobliness will her term of punishment 11 ,!:;eca .. ' t , need but few trials of pain each outbreak, to refine and , from the prisou door to her r i "d ue y fr io ou ts chastise its expression. Fear not than ;be but noble quarter's money w hich would fa, her 01 thyself, thou art cafe !—From Sir E. B. Lytton's new Novel and go away out of town far la' in Blackwood to mptationL P,OYS.' CLOTHING MADE IVIrH GREAT TA-T, C P ANY'S, Raliciagli strea. BOY'S CLOTHING MUM WITH GREAT TASTE AT Llyris aw l COMPANY'S, Ranstagh•street. ae R BOYS -stregt. feYelp,A LEWIS & CONPANY'S, sidth-o progti are t CLOTHED from tLe Ages 01 311 A BLAVEHOLDER'S LEGACY• A somewhat remarkable c l a im for payment ofstip came before the Scotch law-courts last week 135 pOt Henderson, a planter in Louisiana, died in v c :re sessed of property valued at £300,000. He w as o or the parish of Dunblane, Perthshire, and his for t ; RAI appear to have been altogether self-acquired. _op will, which set out by protesting against any °,, 01 4 . 1 1 being taken to its form, writing, or spelling.. 116 , 1 0 - 6 0 1 0 1 for the conversion of his Destrehan plantation in! ct o to be called Dunblane, and gives the following P l o d et his family :--" My whale family may be o nside , c og family of drunkards, and this misfortune must 113 / 0 s'/ upon the side of my father; although that 11 %00, antiquarian, learned and intelligent, yet to get dra .. 1 . 1 .,011; month was tohim a jubilee. My mother was a Drqebo ti descendant of the M'Gregors, good-natured , bei . , • much capacity. They were honourable and h i g f eilie as respects their interco u r se w ith o thers, bat P ro and indolent as respects the management of th7 sti eti concerns ; being poor they ware always in hi,ltt Ore He then proceeds to direct that hie slaves silail,w; with humanity, and that the adults shall reeeiv° to good beef or pork per we e k H e says :—" I °Lee 4 11 treated my blacks with much i n d u l gen ce, an d - sonal kindness. I have always been opposed but as it is properly recognised by the co nstitutl a e deol United States, to take that away you would at co t e; oie, the greatest and best regulated Government in Tfees.° New World. Therefore all attempts made by tu t "! or misguided people that is going about an,d_ AA ,P like evil spirits, against slavery, turns the se°"i s elv ta unfortunate negroes, and prepares them for the 0 0 0, 0 of every kind of crime, which compels their la fs tds% limit the very liberty which they formerly 6 . 03 of d r them." He gives directions for the emanciPslool slaves by lot at intervals of five years, and the A eil i of them with a free pa s s age t o " our sett l em ent ei la a bee but "it m u st b e c l ear l y un d erstood t h a t w ot ed io l now granted to my sla ves i s not to exten d to o ff er o f or a thief, or a confirmed runaway, or for any ; got°, oil crime that can b e l ega ll y prove d . " Among 'Lt legacies, he leav es th e t wo w hi c h f orm t h e ca n present action in the following terms :—" 2 troel per annum to be paid t o th e poor o f t h e tow n et Ai-tedo in Perthshire, No r th B r it a i n ( t hi s sum to be ,7-erell)eei the resident ministe r o f th e P res b yter i a n e'' be„r et s to the two highest ci v il o ffi cers i n t h e tow ," ' t w oo p upon due proof of th e i r acceptance of their truelen"leoo dollars ; 2 000 d o ll ars f or t h e erect i on o f a seat: t o i ll the town of Dunblan e f or t en years on l y, an d fe," oo et ( I pose of educating of the poor, this being the P', o 0 0 ,1 birth I feel no obli ga ti on , h owever, for W.fJ charity ; it is only done to help the poor who . 1 1 074 may be thrown on the wor ld w i t h out a pennY,,l of r I My greatest object is t o d o the greatest einse.";'neoett and to the greatest num b er , an d to t h e pores' e one shall leave the world without regret, believing tbe,: o tiej to a better and happier one." The pursuers in Oro !r e el the Rev. James Boe, minister of the parish, s eu ele eee r t e# Substitute and Sheriff Clerk Depute of the ir, e 'L t stiteri of Perthshire, Dunblano having no burghs.' `"" 0 - Old The defenders are the heirs-at-law, the brother s P'io. of the testator. domiciled, we believe, in SNOW; toP t y 1838 proceedings have been going on in res,P e e , c lo„ o di derson's will in the courts of Louisiana, &O A P - e el:0 legacies were there declared of none effect, on l' - t esrd that there are three "Presbyterian" ministers to oinji of Dunblane (that is the parish minister and t w , ° 0 4 04, of Dissenting Presbyt er i ans ) an d no 4 chtilebelW officere" in the town of Dunblane It 11 , 11 . $ ",, IeCIP represented to th e C ourt t h at t h e e ff ect o f paid, would n o t b e to benefit Dunblane, but W ono heritors of th e coun t y , see i ng t h at the tow n I.y o f porated. The p ursuers aver t h at t h e invall l el ref bequest was declared in their absence and el l bi da evidence. The defenders meet the claim eo preliminary pleas, first, that the pursuers hal l gaL i J that the question is res judicafa by the Antal, The , i 0 and that this is not a competent Court- . rf Ordinary (Benholm) repelled these prelinli ll7 ,,ioso and the defenders re c l a i me d t o t h e fi rs t divie l " o olL l , has now found that the case is not res judicac a ' be uqy the Court of Session is forum. cow:pet ere.. 0 00 however, reserves the questi on o f titl e as enter" merits. WITCHCRAFT' IN. STOCKPaRZ Orr h s P ti e rsi A shlrt time ago two glass bottles, filled wit - discs d v fluid, and also containing a hard substance, wane d 0 Pot by some workmen who were lowering the Ir d tber e iO 4 wood, Stockport. That they had been ' depetei' e , ths /. o oli some time was evident from the eircumste ac i e Wes 0 1 ' grass was grow i ng over the srot, although ibe a depth of sip ir.ches of analysili firive , the t iol discovered to consi s t o f d ragon ' s blood slo: o peall substance being a number of brass pins. 4 - 14 mixtures of this description are - furnia ae- ife O " , tellers to their dupes for the purpose of" unfaithful lovers. Some distance from the P ri - Pith rot. these battles were found a canvass bags fi li A ' - t pe ct of t tins,tin, was also dug up. The pins are presurn„ e ': fi ef 64 5 1, eart of tha person bewiched: These a' s d l the, caused considerable excitement in Eagle'' , an saea tio L 'os l port Advertiser, from whose report we hav e s i l c e pe rs ,b - 05 particulars,. gives various instances of the "„hbow - h ir belief in witchcraft which prevails in the o e ls c hed One man imagines himself to have been bew'llibesP,,e, ttl mother, and fancies that the bottle might b e . a seti' which he was bound, and that he would be rele,"e discovery. On b e i ng as k e d how he knew th It stitched, he re pli e d t h at h i s mother ha d told b ira s o, l o l 0014 he constantly felt in a state of nervous P r°s r a f 0 1 or depr . es?ioo of spirits, together with a sensstle a rer4rss respiration and approachi g death. Be had, i , cl „ it P ho il stilted a fortuce-'eller and obtained from o o,isthj whereby he could at any time break the sp e ll ' ~tistle " „tirc pressed as to the nature of this charm, a nd cre'.4olo - had not adopted it, he stated that he had with it, but had not persevered, and hence ea s pri° O' was as roll :ws :—He must stand over the fir!' thf salt upon it, and say, "Silt, salt, I put thee dri firf ot rl i May the person who bewitched me neither 6 1"dat' J oS sleep until this spell is broken." This must for t if f,it l 4 °- and be re peated erofese-cyr mornings in successien, each occasion. Another instance is that of eP a p a 1 0 1 „, e4 fortune-teller, and planet-ruler. This w 0 the s itv e that could the parties be detected who deP" te tbe be e e ii; in the earth, the evil influences devolving up o n o , 10 "jet ed parties, would recoil upot themselves. the b°. o 4 ji protested against the immediate destruction ° f ‘e g rol l oic thro sing away the liquid in the cesspool, OP 'd opt it the injury that wou ld be stis'aitied by the 141 : iri" e l ; the manure might ultimately be spread shed in the garden, or vege'ation would De 1- i l iserst e o the only way was t break the phial over a tl i t e d;%i whereby the pernicious fluid would 12113 g le i - is . w a 't e gO ce tl current, and be imperceptibly, but irreveea,, a .,:'d ' ° D e bottle being also cast into the water. AV . tom the existing belief in witchcraft, is th 01 n tti asserts that her sister was once bewitched . we ave' u ttu e o f asserts : co::Id not be broken by ordine r %r t rsePice s .ii ageecy eves buried in the btd of the river Ir ? o il c all,;, gton-brPge arch. neath the a'' wise woman," however, the • it; upon to stand in a paiticular spot, at a g spl r f o r 5 i it an incintation was pronounced. Se of f be r 0 0 ' y u r y g n ,dveorn;ft;eit, ce,bo,le3, before her, one of which remaiced in front A c' hes el , l ;oo l " tim To this the planet-ruler addressed the ar dia n. se•4l clisFpeared, together with ailmen:s and forebotling..—Mancheseer toi , ' l ll ' ,Atteek. WI York rv,ibott r 40 'f.`"' \N' 4 eti .et oo4 a " 04 14, , 1 ;< 1 ,; ( ' dln 1t 44 4 4,4,dn Ik t !, 4 § 'rt t a s 4 1111 A . Y Isb t