The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-29 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
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AccinE*i.-4phri Shipley, an engineer, residing in
Ro?,*bilk, i•eeeiYed a severe injury to. his 'thigh by a
.easting falling on him at Mr. Moore's foundry, in Wit-
liamstreet.

A WALTZ OF BEETHOVEN'S.—Mr. F. West, a pianist
at present residing-in Liverpool, hiss just pribliSh4d.
(through Messrs, Boosey and Son) a \Vali* of Beethoven's
—one of those 'exquisite 6:glee," is Meridelssohu called
them, With Which the 'gloat coMposer' was wont to
Ceetipy lithiself in the interval of more important labours.
As it is spirited and striking in style, as well as easys it
will probably be welcome to many amateur pianoforte
Players.
INQUEsll—Tliel following inquests i.Vfte had; Yte.r-
day,' liefefe the Borough -Qotonef 14',4 the'body of the
, infant child found-in Bt. Pntrick's Chapel church-yard.
Verdict, "tad frern' natural causes."—.)n the body of
a rieW-born male - child, found on' Tuesd4 by George
Whiteman, nightman employed by Mr. Rose, in a mid-
skn attached- tor 2 Court, Mile-end:
,-Mr. Ayrtori stated
that the el-41d died- froni want of proper attention. A
verdict in accordance with the evidence was returned.
.Du the body-of William Flanagan, who died front con-
sumption in Walton •Gaoh on Tuesday:Verdiet atedri-
ingly.--Go the body of dliaries. Anderson, tailor, 27
years of age, residing in. 'l,'Parry'slilace, • Smithfield,
street.. Thedeaeased retired to rest alio& eleven o'clock
off last Sunday thi-ee
.Weeks, iu a stat'a of intalcation,
and; it appears frou his o*ii staterrients perused the
14-ti lteralel whilst in bed, holding the candle in hit •
hand; 'llelell asleep, and fire was communicated' to the
bedclothes. Thomas Williams, landlord of the house,
was attraztal,. about _twelve o'clock, to the bedroom,.
which was full. of smoke. ,The deceased had crept under
the bed : the bed was in flames. He was removed to •
the Northern HOspital, where he expired on Tuesday.
Verdict, " ACcidentally burnt.'-'" . ,
CILAUOIITON ANNUAL, Meutmxo.—The annual nieet-'
ing of the ratepayers of Claughton- for the .purpose of
appointing Overseers and assessors for the ensiling year,
Was held last evening at toe Olatighton Motel, and Was
very respectably attended, The senior Overseer,- Mr.
Janiek-Highton, . vas -called 10- the chair, when the
accounts for the roast, year-were laid On the table, and ,
Rassed unanimously.-- -It was resolVed that the folloWing
Ipt of siihstantial householders strata be laid before the
magistrates at the $c ton Sessions; as At and proper
persons 'to servo the office of Overseers pf the poor for
the ensiling year-=-viz. Messrs. James Hightont John
11. Hind; Benjamin:))arbyshire, . Thortiat .Itobinson,
Percy M. Dcm, James .M‘Bonald, Charles MOOre, and
Saniuel-Horft v;as-also•resolved to nominate Mensrs,
Williarii geott, William Hind, Thos. M. Blythe, Henry K.
Aspinall, Charles C. Johnson, and Stephen Williamson,
to serve the office of assessor trf assessed taxes for the
ensuing year.--A vote of thanks was then moved by the
Rev. ;G. A. Graham. to the retiring overseers, -r: AaS.
Higliton and Mr. John IL Hind, far the Very Vaillable
services.they. had rende%d to the township during their
Period otaq, and which they had so ably filled for
nine -&-leiryears-luSUccession.

;LIVERPOOL POLICE- couRT.—YESTERDAY.
(Before Mr. 11-Akitis.)
.itoUlliii-itot/sE.—Balantine de la
emit, a foitigliert was brought up on a charge of-steal-
ing, till Monday night last, a .quantity- of, clothing, the
property of :Santiano Francisco. The parties lodged
together, at a boarding-house kept,by..a Mr. Reed. 'inc
property stolen comprised' shirts, jackets, tiiilfflers'
trowsers, coats, and vests, valued at 11; the whole
was pawned, at several-shops; for abodt t 3 65., and the
tickets were found upon the prisoner, who was sentenced
to three.months'_ hard labour.
, • Peatsnn, A lahourer, was
brought tip oh sitTiciOn,' charged with stealing 4lbs. of
cotton, fut. which-an owner could not be found. The
• prison& could not- satisfaotorily accOinit fOr lied r in
possession of the Cotton, tend he *a.li sat to-gaol for a
- ' .
hat A STABLE.—Michael Heyland was
thailed: with stealing a coat, the. property of Robert
Dickson: The article Was stolen from Mr. Devasta's
stable, in Bittern-street, on Tuesday last, and pawned at
Little's, Brownlow-hill. Sent to gaol for a month.
THE CASE OF POCKET-PICTUNG. Koirnes,
charged on Monday with, picking the' pu et of Miss
'Jennings, 'was kaiii plated at tiab liar. 11rr. CObb
appeared fin' him. - A third charge Was preferred against
him b}_Mrs,-11.ta.ty.Ashfon, bad thek
ipOcket picked
in the Old SWan sik Weeks *tit Of a piirse
contain iqn l d, note, sortie SOVereiglis and silver. ' Mrs:
Ashton failed to recognise the prisoner in the bridewell,
rig consequenCO of a want of light; but immediately
identified him in the prisoner's dock. Margaret Rose, a
servant of- Mr. CaMpbelPs, the solicitor, swore that the
prisoner sat beside Miss Jennings in the omnibus oh
Saturday last. Mr, Kelm said there was another
charge against the pisitoner, -Who Was committed to take
his trial at the sessions.
Frazer, (Aim, 'Of th .166 e rt nates,
was brmight Ali on a 'Chi* of dealing a coat, the
property of. Olive Afiltphy, a mate 'or a vessel._ The
pittiechtdi'AUilipanied a girl called Ellen Hunter; On
Tiitsclay' evening; to a . brothel in Houghton-street.
Whilst there the
_prisoner stole his coat, and pledged
it at a pawnbrok.er's in Sohostrect. Hunter gave
evidence, and the prisoner was committed 116 - dial t 6
the sessions.
SE.zi TO tali P.U•dniATortY.—A Young woman
named Ann 'Maguire, said to be the daughter of a
poltec--ennstable formerly in the Liverpool force, was
convicted on a charge. of petty larceny, and committed
to the reforrnatErry school.
STEALING.—Esther Pritchard) an itirnate•ot,tlie
house, Was-charged with stealing n thAl and a pair.Of
boots. 'rte uzatrcii ifroved the offence ; and the.
prisonet\ tan shad a child in her arms, was sentenced to
a Month's imprisonment.
A •CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT,—Joseph Heap, a man
of respectable,appearance, and said to be the father of
a young family, was brought up on a charge of
embezzling the moneys of his employers, the Batike'y
Brook Coal" Company.. The prisonerNVas Oplayed at a
collector by the company. Riehatd Atnold,. coal dealer,
Mileststkeet; held receipts, without any date attached
tb thcrfl, For monies:amotinting to' £74 9s. 3'd:; paid to
, the prisoner between the'lst of July and December last.
.£6O Os. sd. had been accounted for to the company, and
£B.Bs; 10d:' had . been .erribezzled.. Charles Rutter paid
during the.same period £75 ss. 60. ; prisoner,* handed
to the company £67 168. dd,) leawng deficiency of
£7 10s. 2d. There Was a third charge which was not
gofle lo.' -The prisoner denied Navin fraudulent inten-
tions. He had filled,respensih-le positions in:Lierpool for
23 years ; and his Situation under the Sankcv Brook Coal
Company for four years. In answer to a questiOn By
Ir. Raffles, Mr. Yates, who represented the prosadtai,
' stated that the prisnilek reeeiVed 1 is. per week wages;
and She prisoner complained that the company had not
fulfilled their engagements with him. When he first
entered their employ they promised to enhance his
salary in three or four months, but they had never done
so.' 'Sent to. the sessions for trial.

WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS

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The weekly meeting of this Board was held yesterday, -
in the Workhouse, West Derby-road.
l‘fi. Pitts presided; 'and the other members present
were Messrs. Smith, Ledger, Whitby, Mcdcalf,
-H6yes, Wareham, Clarke, Davis. Richmond, Wenslev,
Bolshaw, `lend Roberts:.Mr.-,Gough, the • governor., -
reported the number of paupers hi the hthise to be, last
week,. 322 ; admitted strice, 20 ; disclirmed,' lb ; dead,
this week, 130 ;' corresponding Week last 2 Year; 202. Ili
the hospital there 'wet e,' last week, 132 ; admitted since,
; discharged, 11-; dead, this week, 121; corres-
pondirig Week • last year, 191. ' The , following were the
cheqiies , for out;door relief :—Mr. Potts, £llO, Mr.
Roberts, £37; and Mr, Lythgoe, £23. It was stated '
that Mr. Banner had fixed Thursday (this day) Dir.
inquiring into the eha'rges made bY Mr.ttlith against,
Mr. Gough, thegoverniar. •
• Two letter,s *ere read from Mr. Taylor, the work-
bottse tailor 'Which he 'charged :"Mr. Gough with
`having inducediiim to steal a quantity Caleb and
make the same into a• waistcoat iforthat gentleman.
The tailor was brought into the room and gambled;
when he stated that, in addition, to other articles, Mr.
Gough had told him to steal 22 Yards of moleskin.
Mr.-(lough- bid t use the word steal ?
Ta'ylOt—r don't knew ; you told me to take it.
Ms Gough _explained.- -to - the Bbard that it had
alivays
~been the custom to allow. the governor cloth
for aprons. In the present case. he (Mr. Gough)) had
-preferred long waistcoats to aprons, and this was all the
foundation there was for the charge. He would call
-before them a woman with whoni Mf. Taylor had been
conversing about the Matter.
A lady *a here called in, who stated that Mr. Taylor
had told her that, on the morning of last 'Sunday week,
he went to Mr. Shaw and Mr. Smith and asked them
,vliether Mr. Gough•eould suspend him, to which they
replied-in theiiegative hada glass-Of-ale-with them.
The Crimrimax (to 'Mr. Taylor)--7Were you sober.on
that Sunday morning? .
Mr. Taylor--I was. ,
The. Cirarrim,tri—Woiild you have brought. these
.chartes if Mr. Gough had not suspended you for
drunkenness ?
Mr. Taylor—l would not ; but they are true for all
that. • • -
prir. SUNNY emphatically denied having seen Mr.
Taylor on the morning in question. .
—r: Taylor also denied -having told the-woman any-
Thing of the kind. When lie Went to Mr. Shaw's. house
that gentleman was not at home, and he (Mr. Taylor)
sppke to Mr. Smith only on the Sunday 'morning.
Slaw was surprised that the chairman should
• persist in going into .5 matter which affected his (Mr.
Shaw's) word of honour, and for which there was no
foundation.
The ORA I MAN —We will investigate the present case
first. • • '
Several'members of the board then questioned Afri
Taylor and the lady,.after which;
,Mr. Goughiirodueed.reeeipts, which showed that Mr.
Taylor had always been paid for any private work he
had done, for the governor. He also said that, so far
frOm -wishing. •to get his children's things made for
nothing,' be had frequently paid for them in advance.
11r. H k YES. wished' to know for what reason the tailor
- halgone. to Messrs. SMith and Shaw in preference to
7-ariv of the other guardians?
Mr. SHAW considered that a most impertinent question.
The CH 't Mil IN thought Mr. Taylor must have been
drunk or out of his senses when he penned such letters
as those read to the board. It seemed to be admitted
that there was a custom by which the governor was
entitled to aprons, and if this were so, the charges had
been shown to be false.
Mr. Ledger moved, and Mr, Pilling seconded, that the
tailor be discharged for insubordination and intemperance.
Mr. SHAW' thought there was not •-sufficient proof of
his intoxication.
Mr. Gough, and other officers of the house, stated
that • they believed he was drunk on the morning in
question. '
.On a division there were for the motion 11, against it 3.
This was all the public business of any, interest.

VOLTAIRE'S RELICS. - It so happens that to thee
intense amusement ,of, all the people who know of it,
mar, de, Dreux Breze, Bishop of Afeaux; finds himself
suddenly the heir not only.. to all the wealth of the arch
enemy of religion, but to the very heart itself of the
illustrious .misereant preserved in an urn. This, it
must be allowed, is a matter of " what will he do with
it ?" with a, vengeance. 'What is the stern, fanatical
Bishoz. of Meaux to do with the heart of Voltaire ?
All .Frallfe—ii§k's -itself, "What is the Bishop of Meaux
t
it?il'As to' *hat he will do with the four
oor thousand pounds sterling a year to which he
sgeeedds, no on,e,
seenls
to be much disgusted about dfiovlo vi tli
that; he will enjoy it,-Literary Gazette.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE
ASSIZES.

• •
CROWN COUitT.---YESiERDAY:
f_hefore: .1114 'fzisti‘ot RIP) •
The court sat 4;0 .o'Ciricli.
CHARGE tot' PER,IIORY AT MANCHESTER. John
Milnes (57) was indicted' for Perjury in the Court bf
Bankruptcy at Manchester.' The allegation of perjury
was that he had made a false affidavit. The prosecution
was conducted by 3fr. Leresehe and Mr. Iloptvoili ati,l
the &roue by Mr, Overeq,Q.P., The qiise was a vet;v
voluminotti- site, ;111CI. oetaipted the attrt ft
appeared tlikt the prisoner 'carried on Inisineiss as a wool-
stapler at Rochdale, and that in the course of ,his trade
he had dealings-with another lir n of Wool-itapleri, Con-
sisting of Messrs:Richard and William James Pothwell,
who also traded at Iteclidale. This firm became
indebted to the prisoner, 'and, gave him three .bills 'for
the amounts.resucctively of .qo, £7Q, and £33, each at
three months date. In December; .1868, tlto firm *ere
involved, and Were adjudicated bankriipts in the Man-
chester Distriet Court of barikrilntey, where the aisnal
Meeting§ et the ttibditofs ,took plate. '• At theineeting
fOr proof of debts the ,prisoner attended, and made a
declaration that the bankrupts were indebted to him in
the suni of-tl2B, the' original amounts of the three bills
liaiiig, been by nititual7arraii,,enient redUced to that
airiount. Subseduently it .tae supersede the
bankriiptoy by a composition, ut at the Meet*, for
that purpose the proposal was strenuously; opposed by
the prisoner. A few days afterwards the lEtothwells met
the prisoner in the street, and after sonic conversation'
.had passed it was agreed that the latter should accede to
the arrangement, with this;proviso, it was averred, that.
he should have a preference over the :other, creditors
"in the payment of the composition. In the course
of the proceedings. the prisntier made 'v.:affidavit, in
the usual form that • lie , held no security for the
debts, and it, tots this lath that was made the basis 'for
the ,eriniinal proseetition now instituted against. hirn.,•
It Was contended 'for the PrOseeritor, that the bills or
excharioe were security! in la*, ari in Pact for the
amounts represented thereiti. Itl the interval bet Ween
the liking of tlie affidavit and this pro.-4eCtition the
.affiddVit had been abstracted. or lost from the file of the
Court, and the prOseetitor surmised that the Prisoner was
the Person Who removed it, becarise he, bail acefss td ,the
Tn ill the prosecution an office copy of the
affidavit was produced, and havin.,a. been proved, was, by
the direction of his lordship, admitted as evidence.- Mr:
Overend for the defence, contended that 'although the.
bills in question were security in law, they were in
reality no security at *all, becausen -the-Rahwells had
become banknipts- and the bills' all but worthless, and
that in. making the affidavitOlie prisoner •I,4his not
actuated 17,cOrrtipt.rnotives; hit hvits 8f- the lsarns
d `triton that the bills. Were riot of ally substantial value.
The learned judge in summing up observed that although
the bills were security in point of law, yet -in point of
fact they were not:so,•and ho left it to the jury to say
Whether the prisoner in making the affidavit was
actuated by corrupt Attotio,i; The litrealter d tery.
brig!' consilltittdri-retdiiiM a verdict of not guilty. His
ladship ordered that the prisoner should be immediately.
discharged.
UTTERING BASE • COW AT MANCHESTER, -7-7 Nary .Ann
Young was indieted for uttering base sitter coin at
three shops in . Manchester, in December last,- When
apprehended she had 110 base coin in her possesslint ;
but in a passage *brie she kis seen Alba tinie preti-
inlay a bad shilling titan Nitta. At tlic .time • When she
passed the coins the *itneeses stated that he *as_ not
-sober. Mr'. Scott, foi the det'ence, Urged that tl4
iiiiodbf did ildt- line* that the nidriek tiadiand
that She had.. been unposed • upon by some person Who.
had giVen hei,base money in egeharige for good. There
was a precious Conviction
.against the prisoner, and that
fact included iii the uldretinent, tendnig to Show.
that thtj pitictilef lidshabittial titterer or hat ninhey.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty. His Lordship
said that at 18. years of age the prisoner was convicted;
of felony ; at 19 years of age she was convicted of
uttering base coin; for five. years she appeared to have
refrained from crime, and then was convicted of uttering
,base coin again. lie felt bound to punish her severely
rio*,.as eh elample. to others, gild for theptoteCtiou of
the mall trader, and sentenced het to sin yearn' penal
„ . • •
Afkg,,LIUGHTER AT LIVERPOOL. JaMC3Wilson
6) *.it indicted tot having feloniously ikilled and
slayr cite Gedrge Spbult. w lie as also clirgecl
wi niaiislEitiihter on the tdrotier's tA n
Mr. Hoggins prosecuted, and Mr. Scott defended the
prisoner.—About on 3 o'clock on the' Ist of Deeember
last, there was a ,great crowd about the door of a sale
room in Whitechapel. The prisoner and the deceased
were within the door=way; 'and whilst the;Peolile were
issuing fronl the roam; the prisatier knOOked the
deceaied Oti the thonider, Causing him to fall
street where his hart Cline Wahl* *Nil of
cart, was thiglig fit the riffle. The unfortu-
nate man was picked up by a policeman, and taken. to
the Northern Hospital, . where he died some days after-
wards. The prisoner' was taken before Mr:Mansfield,
the then stipendiary magistrate, who discharged the
prisoner on the ground that the case was one of pare
accident, but the ,coroiter:s jury .fettirned verdict of
mansliattgliteri arid the priioner All 4 Coln-
initteu upon the coroner's warrant.—The jury returned
a verdict of mat guilty. ' • ) .
I.lldli WAN RoEBERY AT LIVERPOOL.—WiIIiain Sheen
(22), William Williams (32), and John Jones (28),
were indicted for hating' assitfited 'John `anion, at
Liverpool, and stolen frotn his persen.R.l:
M t: 4r.4
tiO
ton *as for the' picritio.4; ail Mr: Scott; . Ceti-
aid Mr. for the defence. (hi the Bth of
March the' prosecutor arrived at this port in the screw
steamship Kangaroo from Xew York, and intending to
proceed to Manchester that evening. lie asked the
prisoners whom he met ill the street, which was the
way to the railway station. They walked to Lime-
street with him, but finding that the last train for the
night had departed, accompanied iiini to a priblif,'-hotise:
After having left ,there they led hini Market-:strnt,
near St: lohn't Market--ta narrow, tinfreqrielited steed
there the prisoner Shean; having slipped behind,
seized the prosecutor by the throat, put his knee to his
back, forc'ed him upon:the:ground, and then the other
two prisoners rifled his pockets. All the prisoners were
found guilty, and ,Williams and Jones, against whom,
revions convictions were proved, were segt4.oo,
Phial sex*itilti ioi eiglit &id teii respectively; iii
Shean to three years' penal servitude.
The court then rose

NISI PR lUS CO URT—Yr.sTgRD..ty.

("Afore Nr. justice Blacibrir;t7-.
BEc* V. DEN/4100 Art,n 'Al.tOtitnu.---,This case Veas
resiiriled at the, ripening Of the codrt. 2'he evidence of
the witnesses who were examined in support of the
plaintiff's claim, went to show that the goods seized and
cold were greatly in excess of the debt and probable
costs incurred. It was contended for the defence that
all the steps taken by the: defendants were perfectly
regular' that the s"trt of'/A5 Was due for rent, and had
indeed been overdue for .seterai Months that Whatthey
theyeiteeted the ibliure they made an iiiVeiliciry of the
Bonds
so seized according to the quantities stated b y the
shopman of the plaintiff, ; 'and that the sum soinven-
toried were valued, in due form, by a sworn appraiser.,
Cornelius -Denbigh, one of the defendants, stated that.
when the distress was put 'in, he'` ascertained that the
plaintiff had 'been removing a great proportiop, ."of his
furniture;. that there was so little stock In the shop
that parties Who btilllo ii to iiidkd pittclinfet
riot be ; thlit iri.nbiasetinetice of this, the shopman
tfrdered the.premises to be closed; that the goods,which
were sold under the. distraint realised a good price.
The witness also stated that' when he went to demand.
the rent he saw a great lot of " dtimmies " in the shop ;
there were about a dozen tea chests displayed, without
a single ounce of tea in thepi, and paper parceld;- nicely
tied; thb*n oft iti the i'indo‘V, Nvhich- were entaly
innocent of contents of any kind. The whole of the .
furniture was just like sweepings off; and; including the
fittings, the total value would not execed-'4800r7490:
The sum realised over and above the amountof-debt,
-and the- expenses incurred was only £3 Os 2d, which was--
handed over to the chfendants, , The jury returned a
verdict feritlie dcfeddttnts, hii Lordslitp,staying eiecutioil -
forcosts, but wishing it to be understood that he ex:pressed no opinion as to the verdict.'
ALLEGED BREACH. or LEASE CONDITIONS.—GORTON
.v. HALL.—The plaintiff in this case, . Thomas 'Gorton,
''bleacher and calico printer,,Kirklus, near Buiy, and at
Manchester, sought to recover' compensation, from
Richard Hall, a gentleman now out of businesSureeidino.--
at Bury, for damages sitstained in consequence of the-
deftidant
.dot ptittink and khepitig- iii: -fdpdir premises
leased to the plaintiff by the defendant. Mr. Monk.
(Lc, tvith Mr. Ovens, appeared for the plaintiff, :and
Mr. "Wilde, Q.O , for the defendant. The case involved
no facts possessing public interest; and ,as ,it,. was, sur-
rounded with a mass of details whiCh would occupy the
court a considerable time, his lordship, suggested that it
was a very proper case to settle out of court, or by arbi-
tration. The parties on each side Clarfsitlted together
accordingly, and a formal tract/44as takeni stiliject.to a
'spdciat Else to be tried by arbitrators.
TAYLOR 'v. TAYLOR AND Orunris.—The declaration
in this case stated that the defendants had interfered
with and altered the value of the plaintiff's engine, in
consequence of 'which the engine broke down, and the
plaintiff had been put to considerable expense in making
the necessary repairs. Mr. Wilde, Q.C., and Mr. Spinks
appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Monk, Q.C., and Mr.
Millward appeared, for the defendants: It appeared
front :the. opening statement that, the, plaintiff was
a cotton spinner at- a place called
Oldham., In 1856 the plaintiff applied to the defend-
'ants, Messrs. TaYlor, who were engine makers, to put
up for him an engine .to drive his mill;
,and
the defendants supplied him with .an engine, upon
a principle combining high pressure 'with low
pressure. The engine worked satieactorily, and at
the close of 1857 the plaintiff paid for it. But
on the 20th of January, 1858, an occurrence took
place which had been the' cadse of the present
proceedings. On that day the steam was got up as
usual at the mill, and when the engine had been working
something like an hour, it suddenly broke down, the
large fly wheel coming in contact with the spur wheel,
and tearing the cogs off each. On making inquiry in
the mill, the plaintiff found that the hands both in the
carding-rooms and those working at the roving machines
had experienced a peculiar'action in the engine on', the
previous day, the 19th. The engine jerked and jumped,
and the threads were continually broken. Further
iequirron the part of the plaintiff led to the discovery
that one of the defendants' men, named Buckley, had
been sent to the works on the 18th by the defendants,
and that he had made certain alterations in the
valves of the engine. It was contended by the
plaintiff's counsel that these alterations in the valves
caused the engine to break down. The' defendants, it
appeared, were in negotiation with another firm, also
named the Messrs. Taylor, for the sale of some similar
engines, and the plaintiff had consented •to permit the
Messrs. Taylor to inspect his engine on the 19th. On
the evening of the 18th, however, Buckley.was sent to
the mill by the 'defendants, in order to see that the
engine was in good working ; and in the course of his
inspection he took upon himself to alter
,certain valves,
which, it was alleged, occasioned an irregular supply of
steam to the cylinders in which the pistons worked, and
thus caused 'the jerking in the fly-wheel which resulted
in the break-down. The plaintiff estimated his damages
£554, the items being composed of £lB9 for repair-
ing the engines, £l9 for wages, and £346 as represent-
ing the loss of profits sustained by reason of the works
being brought to a stand-still for about • three weeks.—
The case was not concluded at the rising or the court.

A young lady, on being asked by a feminine acquaint-
ance whether she had any original poetry in her album,
replied, "No; but some of my friends lave favoured
me with ail original spelling 1'