The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-06 00:00:00

BIRKENHEAD .COMMISSIONERS. water company, for the purchase of their works; and if such a pur chase cannot be accomplished, then of applying to Pa , liament for powers to construct gas and water works totally independent of the „ Th e us ua l mon thl y meeting of this board was held last evening at the Public Offices, Hamilton-square, Birkenhead. Mr. J. Laird occupied the chair. The following commissioners were also present, Messrs. ar risoll, Holme, Golborne , Gough, Tyrer, M'Donald, Willoughby, Whittingham, Cook, M•Whirter,Keightley. The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. present comenny. Mr. Guugh begged to move the adoption of the report, and in doing so recapitulated the principal topics touched upon in that document, and str ong l y a d V i se d the commissioners to take the matter into their own bands,, for as late as 1854 the Gas Company had admitted that the profits amounted to £lO,OOO, and they might fairly consider that £3OO more might be added to that amour • LIGHTING AND WITCHING COMMITTEE. The proceedi ngs of this committee were read and con d• They merely contained the usual routine busi ess of the board ; as regards the alteration in the police force. therefore it was that it would be a good and profitable investment to the township. Mr. Holme : I believe you manufacture your own gas; will you inform the board what it costs you per 1,000 cubic feet ? Th e orst Proceedings of this committee, which were strictly '''e ordinary character, were read and confirmed. Mr. (laugh : Two shillings, ,The adoption of the report was seconded and unani mously agreed to, it being undentood that negoniations would be entered into with the present company. THE HEALTH COMMITTIE. proceedin g s this conimitte contiined no motion Publlc interest and mere passed without comment. PIJBLIC LITIRAWV ' TRH ROAD AND IMPRIVEMENT COMMITTEE. The proceedings or this committee were also passed 11tiont conunent. The inspector reporting- that all the a °, 4 , 1 6 within the township were in a good state of repair ucisthat the committee had granted - Mr. Laird per t IS ion to make a tunnel under the road, but that it was ° ' a b'olished, if requested at any time by the board. A memorial was read from several inhabitants request ing the commissioners to call a meeting o f t h e inhabi - ie purpose of establishing a library and news tants f Mr. Laird and Mr. Harrison spoke in favour of the establishment of such an institution, and Saturday week was fixed upon for holding the meeting. Mr. Bradley brought forward the subject of establish ing a cemetery, but was recommended to bring the matter before the health committee. The hoard then adjourned, Th . l THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. bar e L S co mittee detailed the various accounts which pa m ssed during the month, and the proceedings Wer ." confirmed TIT E BONDHOLDERS the fc the p roceedings of the above commit ee . ng Prop osa l s for an arrangement between the co. 8'1 " er8 of Birkenhead :I nri the avP IDERS Iv PORTLAND STREET, SOHO teconanaertded :_. PROPOSALS, Ao i h n due• -1) to the 31 t , December, 1857. be canii t--- • ' This appear tt has been stated that Bousflpld wato by- trade a car s not to hare been the case, since at was tah'en by the hand by a solicitor 4...whip/A into his I to bee acquainted v iployer, who made him one of his clerks; but, lecording to a statement made by riousfield himself, to a friend, -dismissed him summarily from his service because he got married without giving him any intimation of his intention. Deprived of his situation as clerk, Bousfield endeavoured to obtain other employment in the same _ t o b e I capacit 2. , ue pa , d in the meantime. Iliat the present bonds be called in, and new honag, etch, e ' l g date the Ist Janu a ry, 1858, he issued in sums of £lOO haring itverest at the rate of £3 103 per centum per t a i nnutn, payable half yearly—the principal yb on f ie Ist J„ uary, 186.5, That in default of t uncoalp payrne a th"Y half-year's ird eres t, tic interest of that half-year' ;ae rate of £5 pc cent., st qtall amount to r £25 or more, a new bond s t h° Mute, 01 _ 3 . That tbc restrictions imposed by the Act of aoy. By good conduct he rose in the favour that when such at rears Being for some time IMO)le to succeed, ho de rmined to 'qualify himself for obtaining a livelihood r manual labour, and paid a premium for the zrpose of being taught the art of French pa ;hirr. Having, as he supposed, become a proficient at which the Commis horized to eell th h y e l !v i e. 4 belongin g to the township bt 2 ,1 1 to sell or lease upon such ten - "Ngeoa s . tIl 4 . That th e commissioners (after providing for the payment l'oTholeir present open liabiliti es , amount i ng to a b out £17,000,) l it allart and m a i n t a i n a f un d o f £lO , O O O , to be raised oa t " 10 present assets, the surplus receipts of the ferry and or by sale of an adequate quantity of land. that 'ally onis arising from fer saea of land be a p `ne same f u nd , and so soon as urth it shall l thereby amountdded to o io3o o, beyond the original fund of £lO,OOO, the same shall a Pplied i n Paying o ff bonds, by ballot. -15°IThat such first -mentioned fund of £lO 000 be applicable eIY to the P a y ment of any casualty arising to -the ferry lonote and the interest of the bonds (if not otherwise paid) ; if the 'efie ' i encY to be fund should b e t h us re d uce d b e l ow £lO , O O , the forthwith made goo ori g i nal fund s h all have been formed in the same way as the . 3 That the bondholders annually e l e ct o n e o f th e i r b o d y ti t_ tienance c°lnilli ssioner, w h o s h a ll b e ex-officio a member of th e committee. 6. Th a t a full statement :.f the township account s b e annuallY transmitted by the commissioners to each bond holder. the 7. Fiat application to Parliament be made this session, for nurpes e of obtaining an act to carry into effect the fore going arrang ement. Mr. that Clin k considered th a t i t was a very severe penalty, they should have to pay five per cent, and thought , gerin ed „t the word ,4 punctual " should b e accura t e l y the Atta r some con versat i on, the Chairman said that after above resolutions had been agreed to, a meeting of Z• dock bondholders had been convened, at which a e tiog he had att en d e d , when it was thought desirable 'a t some s t eps s h ould he taken to limit the time for the invetion of the dock by the Liverpool corporation, and com e _ °tin r matters. Si nce h e had been in the room, he elnsulted with the Law-Clerk on the subject, and h 4, 1 drawn up the following resolution :—" The 1 ) -- ;„ n , t ltes of the special meeting of the finance committee L' l , - "nz been read, it is resolved that the same be con a:l,l"i and that the said sub-committee be continued, a PPointed a committee to conduct the bill through ornament, of which notices have been given, subject to w_suactielhalterations as Parliament may impose; also, to Larlithe Birkenhead docks' bill in progress through at nent, and any other measure affecting Birken vatic interests, and, if necessary, for securing support to oppo se the same in Parliament. Tr• Gough was a b out to put some questions, when ite Chairman said : The bill would be before the ,°2lltaissioners in an extended form, when it would be a or T ° P h er tim e to discuss its details. e 'nlMously ado resolution ptd. was then put to the meeting, and. .enlnved, so as to enable cued ad he sought work in the usual way by going from shop to shop, sometimes getting a job, but much more frequently making his rounds of applications in vain. As his earnings were insufficient for the support of him self and wife in a respectable manner, a tobacconist's shop was fitted up by his father-in-law, so that his wife might be able to add something to their income. Alter this, employment at French polishing appeared to become more difficult to obtain, and Bousfield looking about for some other occupation, at length got upon the stage as super numery. at the usual low state of wages, and remained in that capacity at the Princes's Theatre up to Christmas last ; he then applied at Covent-garden, which Professor Anderson was about to open, and, being engaged, figured in the pantomime as what is termed a "young man,'' ranking ono step higher than a mere supernumerary, and increasing his wages some sa. per week. He is described by those who knew him well at the theatre, as having been an exceedingly civil, but at the same time an extremely taciturn man, seldom speaking except when first addressed, and then as briefly as possible. He is also said to have been a man of strictly temperate habits, and even quite unaccustomed to smoking out of his own house. At the same time he appears to have possessed little energy or perseverance, and this fact may possibly account for the charge of laziness brought against him by some who allege that he cared to seek for no employment beyond that at the theatres Mr. JOT .es, the father of the murdered woman, during his examination at the Marlborough -street Police-court, admitted, rather reluctantly, that his deceased daughter and the prisoner had, to his knowledge, occasionally quarrelled since the birth of their third child, but stated he was not aware of any quarrel having taken place between them on Saturday last. It appears, how ever to be a matter of certainty that the ill-fated pair, for some time before the murder had led a life of extreme unhappiness, so that their domestic quarrels formed a subject of almost daily gossip amongst their neighbours. With regard to Saturday itself a theatrical supernumerary, well acquainted both with Bousfield and his wife, and living near the spot, stated that he was in the shop about half-past five on Saturday even ing, and that Bousfield and his wife were then quarrelling, as was almost always the case whenever he entered the house; and he recommended them, as he had often done before, to leave off quarrelling and become good friends, but that he had not the slighest idea that there was any thing more serious than usual in 'their misunderstanding, - , -red to have arisen from jealousy on the part which an On Saturday he left home at the usual time, filled his accustomed part in the pantomime, at Covent Garden 'Theatre, pass.d the evening without anything of an extra- ordinary nature• exhibiting itself in his deportment, re. turned home without delay at the conclusion of the per formance, went out to fetch some milk, and was not again cn until he presented himself on Sunday morning at the treet Station THE FEIVIS COMMITTEE. The •,,, .. i . committee embraced the r eeo r oeeenings of this the tu r r nendati,, n to purchase a life-boat, to be used ii. 111 err y. The following were the receipts for the B ° s l th -or January, 1855, £2,294 10s., and for the year An 6. 042,2 31 6s. lld The receipts from the 21th of April to ,1 • y ear 1 8 - 5 w q . e £22,472 is, anuary 31st, for t h e .). , ... ..ex " and for the year 1356, £21,459 13s. 4d., while the A ill:11/(44" Zahn ' luding• working expewes and rent) from 1455 the , 1855, to January the 31st, 1856, were in The' 7 X. 16.455 Gs 91, and tor this year £17,771 9s 61. er to a question put by Sir. Bryan, Mr. tli:risoannw ello e xplained t h at the sale of tickets in the boats t st lhe ' °Pped, b ut i nstead of being. in the hands of I„aeMrn issi oners, it had been transferred to the Rail teeei M PanY. He went on to say, that from . I the thans it mould appear, the expense; were much fug hig h er I)a;la,t year, but he hoped before the end of the explain le 'aL Year, that all would come right. He cool( th 0 th e two items which had caused that outlay— R5OO a 9 w a* for the repair of boats, which was £4OO or item In of that expense last year, and the other The n s r irl the e xpenditure for coals. ' °eeediogs were then confirmed. SUSPENSION OF MESSRS RUSSELL & CO J. SCOTT Monday afternoon the suspension of payments by John Scott Russell & Company, the eminent shipbuilders at. Millwall, was announced. The liabilities of the firm are stated to amount to £lBO,OOO, and the following circular has been issued by the house : n deep regret that we have to inform you It our inability to fulfil our engagements as they severally become due, and have therefore to solicit the favour of -ttendance at a meeting. to be held on Tuesday. the , ant, at noon punctually, at the Guildhall Coffee house, King-street, Cheapside, to consider of and deter mine upon the most effec'ual and speedy mode of settle ment ; and we trust that the energies which will be exercised during the week will enable us to place before you a project for eff..cting the bnforementioned purposes, which will, under all circumstances, be considered satis factory'. • Mil!wall Works, Feb. 4 t iq wit 12th in.: We are, Sir. yours obediently, J. SCOTT RUSSELL & CO. It is said that measures have been taken to secure the completion of the leviathan ship, in the course of con struction for the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. red. he folloß WATER COMMITTER. rig report from this committee was then tow T nhhe c on , . REPORT. ~h . i mitt ee , ap Pointed to , riq uire into the manner In whi c h the 7 e p h ' , IPP led with gas and water report as follows t— ree,. a , e h a d . wed Many meetings, heard . many . statements, and te the ratio, ge n t 'neions from various parties interest ea, and su , bmi ted and qUi tlitY of R Serie; of questions respecting the supply, price, -.nil wit oth gas and water. co mm . h respect to th p ly, price, and quality of Gas. your e , , Ittee have received e nu 'u m - e ° ro - us com plaints, on which they are e r ,: t Z i d ..ie to l a , before your board the fielowing rerort. nut your ti„.. , , e would remark in 'lie one that since their appointmeet i n `Y o n re observed that the gas company have been re-laying mains a ltere i V i i _ the Principal streets of the township, and since t . hos inad e ti.iite stir committee have not received any complaint ot any inlet'ihe Su PPIY of gas. other c price of gas appears too high as compared with the price 4cattered towns ; but the extension of gas ma ns, owing to the Dopulati_eand detached natu e of ihe houses, and the widespread fo rm ... on throughout the township, your committee are unable to , .4 opinion as to the un reasonaelene.s of the price. si lnd ` .1 he quality of gas is Inferior to what the rate-pavers consid er . ....e...._• f orm .' ,:nditehh:t reasonably expect, and your committee have been in this is owing to the gas committee having used common ceboll_instteead of c annel tor a long time. If this be correct our a,WZI: tiaiink the gas company blameable for not having sec ured g lwaa . s on hand six months' supply of caneel coal for ea! Pu rposes durine the winter season• consumers,f hat to this may be attributed theefisappointmeet felt by gas reduction who have not derived the benefit they expected from a 4th, in the P' i ce of gas from 7s. 6d. to ss. 10(1. per 1000 feet. . That the meter, in the opinion of the ratepayers, Is net, tinder existing eircums,ances, MI I that it a satisfac ory reeister of the gas consumed, and measure:gnhatmtoelbe sulijected to the same •est as that of wcights I' examination by a public officer. sth. That . the prevails of refusing to supply gas to new tenants untilathe arrears that may be du. fn -m the eevious tenant s halt be Paid —a custom 'which yeur comm incoming tenants, ought to be resisted. itee considers unjust to of 6 g t as h. ,IYZcroetnomptrlllilee have been Informed by several consumers been attended to. s made by them agiinst the company had not 7th. Great complaint. roefrit i l . e, and your committee think justly, that the pressure is taken. Inc an inadequate s ep „ y or gain iirtae.srmloaiolesitoocok early, m thereby lease. Taking, therefore, these variostasc.ireunastance into eonsident on, your committee would respectfull ywa inaizitieLt.that, altgh the corn. Amy have, since this inquiry the qeality of their gas, your board should consider improved t g h a e d 3 p.raoiety of appointing bee, with th:ls .o thke meters a public o ffi cer to test the qu ility of the by Which it is measured . ut to the pu view to secure for the future a supply of gas of illuminating power equal to the Liverpo 41 standard. A net with respect to the supply ;and price or Water, whi c h h as Ills° engaged the attention o' yon committee, and upon which they their aye submitted a series of questions to the ratepayers arid received replies, your committee have to report . Want,let. That the supply of water is Lot commensurate with the of the township. lid. That the price charged for water is excessive, averaging Is. 41. In the pound on the rental, beingcharged much hi g h er than the price . That In genera , th e water is on d . veelays in each W ee k , nut there are instances reported where it has only been on three or f our days. 4th. That the company have in some Instances refused t o supply W ater wh e n requ i red for the purposes of trade. Before concluding their report, your committee would respect -1.4111' Call the attention of the boa d to the objects of the Water e, mpanies' act of Parliament, the limits. of which, foaL and relates to the supply of wite', are st, ietly confined to the township I) ,f Hi konheed, es appears by the preamble, the second s ectiOn, a n d the interpretation clause. And your committee think it reasoneble to suppose that the deficient supply of water to the towns of trkenhead m iy be in some measure attributable to the increasing t'w h B hiP of Claughtoa (beyond the limits of their own act of Pa r . liam, tit ,. meince the for mat i on of the present company, notw:thstandine the age of population, th e water mains do not appear to have be: n e nlarged, Your Committee are of oninion that a blter and more resular t i lu Delv of water no 'ht to be obtained for domestic arai manufactio. t e t Purteises, and especi illy for cottage property, and also fur sand ory, purposes and leashing sewer,. i i co neluiiieri, yoer committee w met respectfully suggest to you , beard, e s c ineervators 4 f the intereses of the township, seriously ' 0 1212:o:suier tlxl Fronde y of taking into your even hands the entirii .1 nagenaent of the Supply cf both gas and water for the united ships of 13Irkenhead and Claughton, sad for such purpose to n gociate, if pouible, on reasonable terms , wilh tke present gas and THE LATE SurclDE.—The mother and sister of the unfor. tunate young man, who cut his throat on Saturday, arrived in town yesterday, from Drogheda. They are highly respectable, and appeared in deep affilction. They have ordered the decent interment of the deceased. SAILORS REFUSING TO WonK.—The Cherokee, which sailed hence on Monday for Africa, put back yesterday, as the crew refused to perform their duty, but on what ground is not stated. Probably they will he brought before the magistrates this day to answer the charge. CORONER'S INQUEiTS.—Yesterday the coroner held the following inquests—On the body of John Gray, aged 50 years, who was a watchman on board the steamer Lyra, and who was accidentally drowned in the Sandon dock. Verdict, accidental death.—On the body of Denis Carroll, late a fireman on board the Wexford steamer. Tie was about .50 years of age. The deceased was also accidentally drowned by falling into the dock. Verdict accordingly. MA.N FOUND DEAD.—Yesterday morning, about five 'clock, a poor man, whose •-- whose name is at present unknown, was found dead in a cart in Wellington fields, Park. He is a cripple, and about sixty years of age. The last time he was seen alive was about five o'clock the previous evening, when he purchased a pennyworth of tobicco at a shop in the neighbourhood. He appeared to have been in very humb'e circumstances. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON, RAILWAY ROUTE.—The directors of this line have improved their communications with Liverpool, by adding an early and late train between Worcester, Wolverhampton, and Liverpool, by which also passengers may break their journey at Wolverhampton, and proceed north, via the London anti North Western, or the Great Western, via North Wales and Chester. The contract (to work the line) with private parties has exoircd, and an improvement in the trains, ond cf tt,r r ~r e-s, may he . • ' a line DoFitio pPel;!:•Ir lecA means of accommedat jou to the WIRRALL AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.—The fourth monthly meeting of the present session of this society was held yesterday afternoon, at the Monks Ferry Hotel. Mr. J. T. Danson, of Barnston, the vice-preside n t, occu pied the c h a i r, and amongst those present were Mr. W. B. Burnham, of Spital, the honorary secreta r y, M essrs. J . Bolton Case, sen., W. Lockhart, Richard Jackson. W. T urner , & Mills, IL Nield, W. Barbour, Poulton, H a ll, H ampson, C. The stibiect of discussion was " Farm Leases," and the opinions of the speakers are embodied in the following resolu tions, which were passed unanimously :—Proposed by Mr. J. Dawson, and seconded by Mr. W. Burnham, " That as has already been recorded in the minutes of this society, the landowner who grants a lease for a term of years certain, has a right to ascertain previously that the tenant is possessed of capital, and has skill and integrity such as may warrant the trust reposed in him." Moved by Mr. J. of T. Danson, seconded by Mr. W. Lockhart, " That a lease land for agricultural purposes should be for such a term if years. that the lessee may apply to the soil all the capital r _ e y 'll e i ni red to develope its fertility, according to the best 40i1 oneht, with labour • 7is,ta fair husbandry, and recover the whole of such capital, return for interest of money and for skill and , ion, ore the lease expires." Proposed b Mr. D inson, -eeonded by m r 13 ,lecide the lingth ofe .duolton Case, " That the condition of the deferencel to other circumstances, to that in this district the terra lease and this society is of opinion b astl erta of. twenty:-one years is the one moss generally and j y applicable." The discussion was more prolonged than usual. NORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1850. POLICE COURT i ~~ -YESTERDAY (BEFORE, ME. MANSFIELD..) ObT OF SIGHT otri or Mrtiti..--Margaret Sullivan, a native of Waterford, was brought up by Constable 764, on a chatge of having deserted her two children in Johnston street. The case was a strange one. The prisoner was at one time handsome, but the " sear and yellow leaf" was now visible on her once polished brow. She might possibly have been the heroine of whom the Waterlbrd poet wrote, . " Her ties were as bright as the diamnnds, On the lovely green banks of the Suir !" Be that as it may, it seemed that Margaret qullivan had been wooed And won, many years ago, by a, " b ould soldier boy," named Patrick Ryan. 'there was no war at that time, and Patrick and his Margaret spent pleasant times enongh on the banks of the " queen of Irish rivers." and in the aristocratic locality of Ballybrickan—the " West end of Waterford." However, to use Mr. Ryan's own words.—" them fellows called the Sikh's, began to be rather troublesome infutrin parts, and Scone twelve years ago, he went out to ittota, and to fight for his Queen and country. He left his darling May.; and two fine children behind. They vowed to each other eternal love, and so they parted. There was a "stump of a boy" in Water ford named Johnny islowlan, and, however, it happened, it did so fall out that Margaret and John mutually agreed to reside with each other as long as they could. ' Such conduct, however, would make them the "talk of all Waterford," and so they decamped from their native Place, and took up their habitation in Button-Street, Whiteehapel, in this town, where they remained forsome beat hint most severely. They then seized on his pocket, y in which the Money was, but he " stuck to it like sticks a breaking:" (Laughter.) "Get a knife and Jemmy him," Cried one Of the prisoners, at the same time draws ing a knife across the back of his hand. He held on, however, and called out for assistance, and who should come to hiM did they think ? Magistrate : Who ? Witness :• 'Why, who but my wife. (Laughter.) From the statement of the prosecutor's wife, it appeared that she was on the look out for him, as she had seVeral pay ments to make when he should have arrived home with his wages. He did not come, and she went out to look after him. At the corner of a street she met a woman singing ballads, who said to her, "good woman, run down there and resole a than, as several women arti murdering him." She went, and cried out " don't mur. der the man in that way," and one of the prisoners told her to begone, as the man lived with her (the prisoner's) sister and had treated her badly, and she was resolved to " pay him off" for his conduct to her sister. The witness looked, and to her horror, found that it was her husband whom the prisoners were beating, and she screamed out the fact, wheel The prisoner Jones, called out to her comrade " come off, I've got the chinks," meaning the money, and then all the prisoners scampered away off. They were subsequently arrested and fully identified, brit the money was gone. The prisoners denied the charge, but the evidence was too strong against them, and they were senten.:ed to one month's hard labour each. seed': d tim e irs, and then went to johnston-stieet. Bohn followed labouring work wherever he could get it, and Margaret sold vegetables, sugar-sticks, and other small wares. Time ambled with some of the parties, and Patrick Ryan, after conquering "them Sikhs," came home to spend the even ing of his life in the bosom of his family ; but, alas, for all human hopes—Margaret had proved false. It appears that Ryan arrived in Liverpool a day or two since, on his way to his native city, and having an hour or two of leisure, he strolled about the streets of the " modern Tyre," wondering very much at the big horses and the large ships. In one of his rambles about the docks, who should he meet but his own darling Atarfraret. An explanation took place, and although, while he was absent, be was out of Margaret's mind, yet when she once more beheld him, all her young feelings gushed upori her, and she confessed all. Pat was of a forgiving nature, and he did forgive her on one condition, namely, that she should abandon Johnny Nowlan, and two young children of which she was the mother. This she agreed to do, and forthwith made preparation to depart. Hav ing packed up her traps, she proceeded along with Mr. Patrick Bryan, to the Dublin steamboat, in order to pro ceed to Ireland. She was, however, soon missed, for as she left, the cries of the children (one a mere infant), alarmed the neighbours, and the result was her arrest as described. These were the facts proved, and the pris oner was remanded for a week. ASSAVLT.—A powerful looking f e ll ow , name d O wen Grennan, was charged with having committed a violent assault on police-constable, Daniel Radford, 682. The prisoner and another man were fighting in Great How ard-street, when the officer and his comrade interfered, the other man went away, but the prisoner struck officer 260, upon which he was taken into custody. On the way to the station, a crowd of about 4Q persons sur rounded the officers and rescued the prisoner. Constable 682 then drew his staff and retook the man, who wrenched the staff out of the officer's hands, and struck him a violent blow on the head, and inflicted a serious wound, reached the bone: The prisoner was committed for trial. (BEFORE MR. SANDS.) SHOP LIFTING.—James Kenny, a well-known thief, was charged with stealing a piece of check from the shop of Mrs. Gressier, draper, Whitechapel. Police constable 554 observed the prisoner, the previous even ing, lurking about the shop, at the corner of Great Charlotte-street, and after some time be saw him walk off with the piece of check, which tkir . : • .oi,k from inside the door. He seized hiin, and on hiS'Uljt to the station the prisoner threw down a purse and a knife, which on subsequent inquiry turned out to be a portion of pro perty stolen from a shop in Paradise-street, which had been entered through the roof on Saturday night and plundered. The prisoner was sent to gaol for two months. Catherine Mulroon and Judy Gibbons were sent to gaol for three months each for having broken a lock off a warehouse door in Regent-road, and for having thirty pounds weight of meal in their possession, for which they could not account. (BEFORE MR. W. EATIIBONE.) OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE REPRESENTATIONS.—A decent-looking female, named Mary Pritchard, de scribed as the wife of a respectable engineer, residing at Birkenhead, was charged with having obtained, and conspired to obtain goods, to the amount of X 33 17s 6d from Mr. Peter Feren, a draper residing in Rathbone- Place, Great Georhe's•square. The prisoner was brought from Birkenhead by detective Hodson of the Birkenhead force. From the evidence given, it appeared that the sister of the prisoner, named Mice Heytnan, was known to the prosecutor, arid the prisoner went to him, and in her name obtained goods to the amount of £2 4s The balance of £33 19s 6d, she had conspired with others to obtain from him, but he would only at present press the case of fraud practised in the name of the prisoner's sister. The sister of the prisoner stated that she did not authorise her to get any goods in her name. The prosecutor said the prisoner paid him 7s 9d on account, as she said, of her sister. The only observation wade by the prisoner, was that her husband was at sea for the last six months. The prosecutor said, it seemed that the moment she ob tained the goods she went and pledged them. She was committed for trial at sessions. CONCEALING A BlRTH.—Elisabeth Evans, described as a dress-maker, and a native of Wales, was brought up on a charge of having concealed the birth of her child at 9, Lambert-street, on the 19th Jannary. The prisoner some weeks previous to her confinement, lodged at the house of a Mrs. Roberts, and on the day in question the child was born ; the prisoner concealing the birth. It appeared that Mrs. Roberts made certain promises to the prisoner, but afterwards broke them and deceived her. His worship, in very strong language, censured the conduct of Mrs. Roberts, but at the same time said he had no alternative but to commit the prisoner for trial. She was committed accordingly. MONDAY. (BEFORE Mit. B. CROPPER.) Suspicious CAsE.—A young man of gentlemanly appearance, whose name appeared on the sheet as Wil liam Brown, was brought up in custody of Mr. Joseph B nes, late Inspector of police, on the following charge. Mr. Bates said that he was on board the royal mail steamer Canada, just as she was going out to America; lie saw the prisoner on board, and after a glance or two he was satisfied that the prisoner had no legitimate business there. He accordingly handed him over to the police, and on searching him, a ticket for a passage to America, in one of the mail boats, together with a pawn ticket for a coat, which was pledged on the 24th Nov., were found, On inquiry, it was found that the American ticket belonged to Mr. Perry, who was the United States agent at the Paris Exhibition, and who sailed by one of the mail boats from this port for America on the 9th of January. How Mr. Perry lost the ticket is at present unknown. The prisoner made several contra dictory statements. He said he came from St. Helens ; that he was in Denbighshire where, on the top of a coach, he picked up the ticket ! He then varied his statement. and said he fund the ticket in Water-street. Mr. Cropper said he had no doubt that the prisoner had done wrong some way, and he would remand him for further examination. The police, on further search, found a small m e morand u m book, in which was an entry, " Royal Charter, £2," and some other ship, the name of which could not be made out, but an entry of £1 was opposite it. There was also a small box, which contained what the police called "drugging powder " that is some mixture for putting into drink to stupify persons ! The prisoner was remanded. EFFECTS OF DRlNK.—Elizabeth Hughes, described as the wife of a respectable pilot, residing at 30, Russell street, and Catherine Gordon, as old woman residing in Finch-street, were charged with stealing four glass tum blers from the house of Mr. William Hudson, Browulow hill. The prisoners went inio the complainant's house ,nd had a glass of whiskey each. They then asked for made public SWEETS.—Joseph M'Court, a carter, who was em ployed in carting sugar from the Princes-dock, was charged .by Constable Burns, 04, with having twenty pounds weight of sugar concealed in his cart. The con stable met the prisoner in Old Hall -street, on his way home after his work, and asked him if he had got any sugar in his cart ? He replied he had not, but the officer se►rched the cart, and amongst some hay he found the sugar, which corresponded with the descrip tion of sugar that he had been carting during the day. The prisoner was committed for one month. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD) SMUGGLING.—John Caton, the cook of the ship, 'sale Webb, was charged with having attempted to smuggle 47 lbs. of foreign manufactured tobacco. The tobacco was found in the locker belonging to the prisoner, but he attempted to deny that he knew it was there. It was proved, however, that no other person could have put it in the place. A fine of £lOO (according to the Act of Parliament) was inflicted, or in default of payment, six months' imprisonment. ASSAULTING A A paireer, named William 1 31‘Fadden, residing in Adlington -street, was charged by his wife with having assaulted her. On Saturday night the prisoner was drunk, and had some angry words with his wife, who is near her confinement. He beat her in a savage manner, and kicked her in the limbs, so that she was much it - lured and in some danger, in conse quence of her situation. The prisoner was sent to jail for six months with hard labour. some gin in the bottle, anil whilst being supplied, they took the glasses, which were found in their possession. The policeman who had the prisoners in custody, said the house of the female prisoner Mrs. Hughes, was elegantly furnished, and her children well-dressed; there appeared not only comfort, but affluence about the place. The women cried bitterly, and said it was all the fault of drink. It appeared that the prisoners were not quite sober. They were fined 5s each for not being able to account for tne possession of the glasses. The fines were paid. TETE FORCE OF CUSTOM. —A young man, of respectable appearance, named Frederick Saunderson, whow , as an i d trimmings. in the employment of Mr. Schwersensky, outfitter, White c White chapel, ape was was n foundg a leaving quantity of clo th the shop with the property. The defence was, that the prisoner had asked the employer for a quantity of cloth, as it was the custom in such houses to give cloth to the young men, on payment. The request of the prisoner was refused, and then he took the cloth, saying he would pay for it. This state of facts being admitted, the prisoner was discharged. STREET ROBBERY —FIRTIINATE INTERFERENCE.—A young man, named Patrick Loftus, with an indescribable head, charged four young women, named Sarah Delany, Maria Jones, Anne Jane Stephens, and Judy Kinlan, with having beaten and robbed him of 33s in Bevington bn,h. The story was rather a curious one. The com plainant was going home with his wages in his pocket. He had partaken of some drink, but knew what he was about. When within a short distance from his home, the four prisoners attacked and knocked him down and IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. would then have an opportunity of chosing between the twe HOUSE OF LORDS.-TIIESDAY, measures The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock, The Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill was read a Mr. E. BALL offered som araents up3ll the proposed Leave was then given to bring in the bill. Mr. LLOYD Devils withdrew the bill that stood in his name to relieve Dissenters from the payment of church rates. OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE The LORD CHANCELLOR brought in a bill to remove doubts which existed as to the authority of tho Court of Queen's Bench to order the removal of trials under criminal Mr. WILSON moved for leave to bring in a bill to regulate certain offices of the House of Commons. The objects of the bill were to place the appointment of the assistant clerk, and second assistant, under the Crown, and to remove the salary of the third clerk from the consolidated fund to the annual provincial assizes to the Central Criminal I votes. indictments from the The motion was agreed to, and the bill was brought in. On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland, _ were introduced :—A bill to consolidate s relating to juries in Ireland; and a bill Their lordships rose at six oielocli HOUSE OF COMMONS The SPEAKER took tho chair at four o'cloc MORTALITY IN THE EAS' In answer to Sir DE LACY EVATI3, 'rend the procedure, and to enlarge the jurisdic tion, of the Superior Courts of Common Law in Ireland. Lord PALMERSTON said a statistical account of the extra- SUPPLY ordinary mortality in the East, referred to in the report of the commissioners, had been reserved for the benefit of the medical rile House went into committee to agree, and a vote of nvreed to. supply v e Hon adjourned of half, DREADFUL COLLISION Izr THE CHANNEL, service; but he did not think it advisable that it should be LIFE RAILWAY REFORM TO. THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—The gigantic proportions of railway competition are now - become of such national importan :e, as is indi cated by the virulent contest at this time waged by some of, the largest trunk lines in the kingdom, as to call for se rious animadversion. Th ese unprincipled contests are most destructive of the property of tens of thousands of our fellow-subjects, including widows and orphans, and are disgraceful to the characters and management of the various b.)ards of directors who are engaged in them, and who ought to act in unison for the general benefit of the railway public, and be the enlightened protectors and faithful trustees of the individual, and, so far as may be, general interest of railway proprietors. Urged by these weighty considerations I am induced to answer, the anonymous letter, alluding to myself, which was inserted in your last Saturday's publication. At the recent meeting in Liverpool, called for the pur pose of forming a Railway Reform Association, to which that letter refers, I made no allusion whatever to legisla tive action on railways, for or against them. Yet the anonymous writer, " Quasimodo," assumes to say. that I blame the legislature tor permitting the construction of competing lines of railway. On this assumption, and because I attempted to expose the futile folly of railway companies who punish and ruin themselves by unprincipled competition, he accases me of sophism and glaring commercial inconsistency. The observations which I made at the meeting, and which the writer criticises were, that " I deprecated the folly of the railway companies who worried each other with ruinous competition, and who, like the Kilkenny cats, literally devoured each other, 'till almost nothing remained but the tiil ends of preferential-share and rail way-bond holders to absorb the profits which the original shareholders had reasonably hoped to have liberally par taken of: I (Minot say, nor am I reported to have said, that the East3lEancashire CoMpany ought not to have been allowed Ito construct their branch from Ormskirk to Southport. But, in condemnation of the impolitic com petition, so generally and extensively waged by railway companies to the destruction of shareholders' dividends, I Said that I doubted the wisdom of making that branch, if it were made with the object of competing by that circuit— ous route, with an existing direct line from Liverpool to Southport. The traffic, on which circuitous route, must, and could only be obtained, at fares so reduced, as would wilfully cause a certain loss to the shareholders in the East Lancashire Railway Company, and inflict an unde served injury on the shareholders of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and a double injury on those who hold shares in both companies. Regardless of being reproached as an inconsistent free trader, and stigmatised as a monopolist by " Quasimodo,” I must take up his attempted illustration of free trade, as exhibited in the competition of two rival drapers, and. thanking him for it, I beg leave to make of it a parallel case, explanatory of the true working of unrestricted free trade applied to the general management of railways; If Jones, the draper, having one shop in any street, be a partner in another shop in any other street, were to compete with himself by underselling himself in each of these shops, however the public might for a time profit by his insane conduct, they would not fail to think that the madness of his folly could go no further. And yet the shareholders, who have shares in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and also in the East Lancashire Railway Company, are placed in this absurd position. I have not yet done with the apt illustration " Quasi modo " has helped me to; if Robinson, Jones' rival draper, seeing Jones become a sensible man of business, thriving on fair charges, were to establish himself in a shop over the way with the intention of obtaining, part of Jones' custom by nefariously underselling him, at the cost of probable ruin to himself, and perhaps Jones too; although the public might benefit by the contest, so long, as it lasted, all right minded men would lament the existence of such lax morals, and certainly condemn the fool-hardy and un principled conduct of Robinson. There may be those who rejoice in the use of railways at fares made so low as to be ruinous to the proprietors, in consequence of unprincipled competition between com panies, and ignorantly think such cheap travelling is the legitimate fruit of free trade, as there may be men who would on no account pick a pocket, who might not hesi tate to pocket a purse, unwittingly dropped by enraged parties during the confused strife of a rival contest, and even chuckle over that infirmity of th e i r f ellow creatures, w hi c h occasioned th e i r good luck; but sober-minded h on est men would be distr esse d b y the humiliating scene, and loathe the thought of pr o fiti ng b y i t. The misfortune is, th a t men l i ke " Quasimodo " un happily do not know the difference between unprincipled free trade and unrestricted free trade. N ow , I ama consistent a d vocate of unrestr i cte d f ree trade, but , in common with l arge c l asses o f men in all d briefly endeavoured t o rescue f ree trade from the ra h I ill conceived notions an d a b surd handl i ng o f " Quasi mode,"l shall take my l eave of him, and all other anony mous writers. except to ma k e a few remar k s on hi s incon gruoustae I abhor unprin c i p l ed free trade. g concluding paragraph, where he says, " What our railways require are, competition in all cases, even by direct and parallel lines," &c. Does he mean to say that this is reform which proprietors of railways are eager to embrace and anxious to adot t !! ! ' Can he really imagine that a body of railway proprie tors collected together to consider the best way for man aging their affairs would, or could, be persuaded to think that it would be for their advantage to multiply com petitors for a traffic which, as yet, falls far shot of exhausting the power they know they l have to conduct it ! !! and does he really think, two gigantic capitals should be withdrawn from public means, to be wasted and expended uselesslyin constructingtwo such powerful machinesto con ductone and the same traffic, whilst one was more than com petent to do the work required, and with more conveni ence too, to the public, and cheaper than two parallel lines could afford ? And, if so, why does he select as a type for our administration of a perfect railway company, above all others, the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company, which has never made an extension, nor con structed a branch, and is almost without competition ?—I am, &C, LAWRENCE HEYAORTH• THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURT-LANE.—On Friday evening Mr. E. T. Smith was agreeably surprised by a visit from Mr. W. Beverley, at the head of a deputation from the carpenters and gas-fitters employed iu the theatre, who presented him, on their behalf, with an elegant chased silver tankard, bearing the following inscription :—" Pre sented to E. T. Smith, Esq., of the Theatre-Royal, Drury lane, as a slight testimonial of the sincere respect and esteem:entertained for him by the artisans of that estab lishment, Jan. 7, 1856." Such actions are creditable to all parties. AN AMERICAN BREAKFAST.—(Present . A gentleman and two young ladies.)—" Miss, it's feeding time, I guess ; what will you eat? " You're very po-lite ; what's the ticket ?" " Chicken and corn fixings, and pork with onion fixings." " Well, I'm hungry some; I'll have some pig and fixings." The swain retired, and brought a pro fusion of viands, which elicited the remark, " Well, I guess that's substantial anyhow." The young ladies' appe tites seemed to be very good, for I heard the observation, " Well you eat considerable ; you're in full blast I guess." " Guess I am ; it's all fired cold, and I have been an ever lastin' long time off my feed." A long undertoned conver sation followed this interchange of civilities, when I heard the lady say in . rather elevated tones , " You're trying to rile me some; you're piling: it on a trifle too hi g h . , , " Well I did want to put up your dand e r. Do tell, now wherewas you raised ?" " In Kentucky." " I could have guessed that ; whenever I sees a splendiferous gal, a kinder gentle goer, and high stepper, I says to myself, that gal's from old Kentuck, and no mistake." THE AMERICAN CCIRRESPONDENCE In reply to a question from Mr. CortDEN, Lord PALMERSTON said some of the corres pondence that had taken place with the United States Government, might be laid before the House. MINIS A3RS ' MONEY (IRELAND) Mr. HADFIELD gave notice for Mr. F Lgan, that, on the 19th instant, the latter would move for leave to bring in a bill for the abolition of ministers' money in Ireland. TENANT RIGHT (IRELAND), Mr. Moont gvio notice of a bill on the subject of tenant right in Irelacd REFORM OF ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS, In reply to Mr. R. PLIILLIMORE, Lord PALMERSTON said it eras the intention of her Majesty's government to introduce in the present session a bill for the reform of the ecclesiastical courts COMMUNICATIONS WITH IRELAND. In reply to Mr. SCULLY, Mr. IVILsoN explained, in reference to the communications between:England and Ireland, under the act c that there would be one day mail and one night mail, each of which would take eleven hours on tha passage, and the government u.as not, inspecting tenders for vessels for this service. THE BANK CHARTER, Mr. Gt.vti asked whether any steps had been taken for giving the statute notice under the provisions of the Act 7 and 8 Vic., c. 32. to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng land, preparatory to the revision of their Charter, and whether it was the intention of tho government to institute any inquiry before a committee of that house, or otherwise, into the working and effect of the act? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, in answer to the first question, that•the Government Lad no intention of taking lily steps for the purpose referred to. As to the second question, in s time of war the Bank of England were paying extraordinary sums away, and this was not, therefore, a fit time to make enquiries into the working of the act. THE ARMISTICE. Colonel DiTistriß asked whether it was true, as stated in a Prench paper, that. an armistice had been agreed upon between the Allied Powers and Russia ? Lord PALMEnstoN replied, that one of the arrangements agreed upon at Vienna was, that after the preliminaries of the treaty had been signed, an armistice should take place between the contending parties. The preliminaries would not- be signed till the plenipotentiaries had met at. Paris, and an armistice could not be signed till after that event. Sir DE LACY EVANS asked whether, during the armistice, the Russian government would be allowed to use the sea for the transport of stores ? Lord - PALMERSTON' said, that until the preliminaries of peace had been agreed on, it would be premature for him to say anything on the subject. as, until then, the armistice could not be discussed. THE RETIREMENT OF MR. W. LEY, On the motion of Lord PALMERSTON, seconded by Mr. DISRAELI, a vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. William Ley, who has just retired from his duties as assistant.. clerk to the House of Commons, which office he has held for a period of forty. two years. PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE Mr. WILLIAM 3 moved for a❑ account of the gross public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom, in each quarter of the year 1855, stating the cost of the collection in each of the revenue departments, including the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the Crown, made out in the same form as the account of the net income and expenditure in the quarterly returns represented to the House. lie com plained of neglect in the management of the Crown lands, and declared that there had been a squandering of £lll,OOO, which ought never to have been permitted. After some explanations, the motion was withdrawn. BOROUGH AND COUNTY POLICE Sir GEORGE GREY moved for leave to being in a bill to render more efficient the police in counties and boroughs in England and Wales. The bill would provide that, in the place of the option that was left to justices to provide an effi cient rural police force, under the present Constabulary Act, it should, for the future, be a compulsory obligation, and when it was found that in any county or borough the police force was particularly effective, the Treasury should be authorised to allow a sum of money, ❑ot exceed one-fourth of the expense of the police of such county or bcrough. In the course of his address the right honourable baronet stated, as showing the inefficient working of the present system, that in Stockaort, with a population of 50,000, there were only fiftee❑ constables. In Wigan, with a population of 32,000, there were only eleven ; and in A•hton.under-Lyne, with a population of 30.000, these were only seventeen constables. Facilities were afforded by the bill for the consolidation of counties and boroughs, for police purposes. With regard to the expense of the measure, he was convinced that it would not be more than £220,000 or £230.000 a year. Sir . J. PAKINGToN expressed his satisfaction that the Government had taken up this important question, but he did not think that the assistance promised was sufficient to induce counties to establish an efficient police force. He highly ap proved of the proposition to compel counties to provide an adequate rural police ; but he thought that the bill might have been improved, by a provision, making it compulsory on small boroughs to amalgamate their police with the county force, and by fixing a minimum proportion of police to population. Mr. DEED:;, Mr. RICE, and ,Lord LOUVAINE, generally approved of the measure. Mr. B. PALMER thought that a portion of the expense of the increased police forces in counties and boroughs, ought to be paid out of the consolidated fund. After some further discussion, leave was given to bring in the bill. EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT. Mr. BROTHERTON moved a resolution to the effect that the debate on any business under discussion at twelve o'clock, should stand over to next day of the sitting of the House, after which no opposed business should be proceeded with, and that whenever the House should be in committee, on any evening at midnight, the chairman should report progress and resume. He was convinced that such an arrangement would facilitate rather than retard public business, and would give satisfaction to the public. Mr. EWART seconded the motion, creating some amuse ment by observing, that the effect of the present late hoer system was to render the habits of members irregular, and to drive ministers prematurely from their seats. Lord PALMERSTON said they were sent to that House for the transaction of public business, and it was their duty to attend to that business, notwithstanding the numbers of hours, or days, it occupied. Giving full credit t:) Mr. Brothcrton for the motives which induced him to make this motion, be did not think that such a principle could bo adopted, consistent with the advantage of the public service. Mr. IV. IVILLIAms supported the motion, and expressed his conviction that as much time was wasted in the discussion of bills, which it was never intended to pass, as was spent in sittings after twelve o'clock. Mr. BASS remarked that the business after twelve o'clock was transacted in a most slovenly manner, and, for that reason, he should support the resolutions moved by Mr. Brotherton. The House then divided, when the numbers were—for the motion, 50; against it, 111. Majority against the motion, 61. CHURCH RATES. Mr. PACKE moved for leave to bring in a bill to abolish church rates for other than the purposes the re i n ment i oned, and to make provision for the maintenance of the fabric and necessary fittings of parish churches, in certain cases, and to enable certain persons to redeem their liability to church rates, and otherwise to amend the law r es p ect i ng t h e making, pos sessing, collecting, and liability to church rates in England and Wales. After stating his belief that if the only support of churches arose from pew rents, nothing could prevent their falling into decay, the honourable member proceeded to exp!ain theprovisions of the bill, which he then asked leave to in troduce. He proposed to relieve all occupiers of rateable properties from church rates, the same to be paid by all occupiers in the same way as the income tax in schedule A, and deducted by the landlord from the rent. To relieve any persons from church rates, on pay ment o f a reasona bl e sum, and the bill also pro vided that the making and levying of church rates should f,l - the poor rates. Sir W. CLAY did not think that any great advantage would accrue by the adoption of the bill of the hon. member, but as he (Si r W. Cl a y), was ext reme l y anx i ous f or a reso l u tion on the important question of c h urc h ra t es , h e cou ld n ot bring himself to oppose any measure that was brought f the subject. It was his intenti o n t o b r in g forward, in aew orwardfo n days, the bill which he had endeavoured to carry forwar d last session for the total abolition of church rates, and the House GREAT LOSS 01 It is our melancholy to ,sk to announce that a most fear- ion took place in the Channel, off Folkstone, on Sunday evening, between the Josephine Willis, Captain Ganney, one of the London and New Zealand line of ful col packet ships, and a powerful iron screw steam ship, called from Limerick, the Mange on, bound to the Tham which resu d in the foundering of the former ship, and, it is feared, a lamentable sacrifice of life. The receipt of telegraphic messages from Ramsgate and Folkestone announcing the catastrophe occasioned a 'deep feeling of regret throughout the shipping interest in the City erday The Josephine Willis was a first-class ship of 1,000 tons burthen. She belonged to Messrs. Fletcher, of Limehouse, and was chartered by Messrs. Willis and Co., who run a line of packets to New Zealand. for a voyage to Auckland. She cleared out. from St. Katherine Docks on Friday, laden with a valuable and miscellane ous cargo, ten first class passengers, amongst them Mr • and Mrs. Ray and a brc,ther, relatives of the owners, about sixty steerage passengerS, and a crew, officers and 3e 35 in number, upwards df 100 on board, all regular monti men, of told. She was towed down the river ffom Gravesend out to sea, and the pilot left her oft Deal at 6 ;?'clock on Sunday evening. The weather was fine and clear, N cith a moderate fair wind E.N.E., favourable for her run dowri Channel. She had passed the South Foreland, and was proceeding as satisfactorily as could be wished, when about half-past seven o'clock, Sandgate bearing S.S.W. nine miles distant, a cry was raised by the look-out for ward of a light a-head. Whether the steamer saw the Josephine Willis, or m'scalculated the distance she was off, are facts yet to be ascertained. However, she came on, and struck the ship amidships with such tremendous force as to cut her down to the water's edge. A scene of the most painful description immediately ensued amongst the passengers on board the Josephine Willis, and a rush was made to get on board the steamer, which was then ascertained to be the Mangerton, Captain Boucher,Trom Limerick. Unhappily, from some unexplained cause, Capt. Boucher almost directly backed his ve ssel out from the wreck! He may have had some good reason for doinz so, but it is alleged that had he re% mained or stood by, the larger portion of those on board the ship might have been rescued. Only a few managed W scramble on board the steamer; others, as will be seen, were accidentally picked up some time afterwards. Capt. Canney, who througl - tout the whole of the trying scene, exhibited the most noble and seamanlike conduct, endeavoured to pacify the terrified creatures, by assuring them that, if they only attended to his orders, they would be saved. He called to them to come aft; where the bulk of the passengers were last seen. The ship then heeled over with the end of her yards in the water, and what became of her living freight, is at present a matter of con. jecture. It is known that she has gone down, as her top• masts were to be seen just above water, not far from the spot where the collision occurred. The Mangerton steamer appears not to have made any attempt to go in search of the ship she had run into! Her bows and stern were completely driven in by the force of the collision, and on sounding the pumps it was ascer tained that she was making water. Her fore compart ment was partly full ; still, however, no serious conse quences were entertained of her condition. In addition to those who got on board her from the wreck, she p icked up a boat containing several persons, and at six o ' clock yesterday morning she anchored off Deal, where several of the rescued passengers were put ashore. As it was consi dered somewhat unsafe, in her damaged condition, to con tinue the voyage to London, it was proposed to send her into Ramsgate to undergo some temporary repair. She accordingly went into that harbour and landed the re m tinder of those she had on board belonging to the Josephine Willis, in all about twenty-nine. Amongst them were the first and second officers, the surgeon, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray. It was then ascertained that at midnight a boat had reached Folkstone from the wreck with several of the crew, and from their statements Lloyd's agents concluded that, as they reported they had left the wreck on her beam-ends, with the passengers and crew shifting cargo and pumping', there was a chance of saving her, and a number of fishing boats and huggers put to sea in the direction of the wreck, in the hope of ren dering her aid. Some of them returned without having seen anything of the ill-fated ship. Several bodies, how ever, were observed floating about, and three were washed ashore, one evidently a passenger (name unknown) with a lire prese rver f astened round 'his body. These survivors add that Captain Hunt, a passenger on board the steamer, was most instrumental in rendering assistance to them, and to those who succeeded in reaching that vessel. As yet but an imperfect list has been obtained of those known to have been brought on shore. The following are the only names sent up :—Mr. Henry G. Ray and Mrs. Ray, of Milton, near Sittingbourne; Walter Wright, George Horner, W. W. Willis, Mr. Ford, S. Scott, C. Fleming, steward, passengers' cook, boatswain's mate, one midshipman, one apprentice, three boys, two sailors, and ship's butcher. The Josephine Willis was a new ship, and had only been one voyage. ller cargo is largely insured. Yesterday morning, four bodies of female passengers and one child, lo , t in the Josephine Willis, were picked up at Walmer, Kent. LOSS OF H.M.S. POLYPHEMUS The folowing telegraphic message has been received at the Admiralty, from her Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen, dated Jan. 4 : "The Polyphemus was totally lost on the 29th ultimo, south of Ilanstholm Light, north-west coast of Jutland. The master and fourteen hands were drowned. The stores. &c., will be saved. It will be useless and dangerous to send assistance from the seaward. A part of the cutter's and ship's crews having reached a vessel in the offing, makes the number of lost doubtful. A strong current and fog were the cause of the accident. Land not seen though within 400 yards. I will forward Captain Warren's despatch to-morrow, by Kiel steamer. QUARTER SESSIONS.-YESTERDAY, (BEFORE GILBERT HENDERSON, ESQ.. RECORDER At the sitting of the court yesterday, the following persons were tried : Emma Richardson, 21 years of age, was convicted of felony, and sentenced to four years penal servitude. William Hadfield, 18 years of age, and John Flood, 23 years of age, labourers, were convicted of robbery, and sentenced each to two years imprisonment with hard labour. William Irvin►, 20 years of age, and John Armstrong, 20 years of age, labourers, were convicted of robbery from the person, and sentenced the one to four months' and the other to twelve months' imprisonment. TRADE REPORT ,-TUESDAY. COTTON ! There has been a quiet market for Cotton to day, with a rather smaller demand, and an equal supply, prices are about maintained. The sales, including 40 Pernambuco, 67,d ; 400 Bahia, 5Z -fl to 6,0; 200 Egyptian, 61d to lid ; and 500 Surat, 3H l to 411 —are reported 7,000 bales, of which 3,000 are on speculation and for export. PIG IRON : The shipments last week were 5,600 tons, and for the corresponding period of last year 11,300. The market to-day was not active, and prices closed for warrants at 755, cash. TALLOW : The Loudon market has been rather better with few sellers. Nominal prices, 57s 6d Feb. and March; 52s Oct. to Dec LONDON GAZETTI BANKRUP TS ' — SOPHIA 11 T IGHTWICK, Town Mailing, Kent, carpenter and_ build er . J OHN W HITE, Xortharnp . on, 1\ draper. JOHN ETTERVILL E BLAKE, Egremont, Cheshire, co mmission agent. JOHN Your.% Sheffield, Yorkshire, wine and spirit merchant. REuurN COOPER, Oldham, Lancashire, wholesale grocer. HENRY HUNTING, Shilton, Staffordshire, veneer cutter. GEORGE BARKER, Burslem, Staffordshire, veneer cutter. GEORGE THomks CASWELL, Wolverhampton, pumpmaker. THOMAS WATSON, Carlisle, currier and leather cutter.