The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-30 00:00:00

THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT FULTON STREET.

On the body of John Turner, who Was killed on the
Itancashire.and Yorkshire Railway, at Fulton-street, on
the 19th, and which was adjourned to yesterday, was
further adjourned for a week.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emi-
grant vessel Montmorency, of 668 tons, Captain D. M.
Bridges, belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Co., of
Liverpool, which sailed from Plymouth on the 7th of
July, arrived at Moreton Bay, Queensland, on the 16th
of October, with 48 married couples, 88 single men, 67
single women, 14 boys between the ages of 1 and 12,
21 girls between the same ages, 3 male and 9 female
infants—making a total of 298 souls, equal to 268*
statute adults, under charge of Surgeon Superintendent
William Donaldson. One birth and three deaths (one
male andrtwo female adults) occurred during the voyage.

LIVERPOOL GOVERNESSES INSTITUTION

The annual meeting, of , the above institution was
held yesterday' at the institute? 76, Canning-street.
There was but a small attendance of subscribers present,
being chiefly ladies.

The honorary secretary, Mr. Archibald Briggs, read
the following report:—
"'rhe committee of the Liverpool Governesses Insti-
tution, in presenting their eleventh annual report, regret
that there has been during the past year a slight falling
off in the receipts, principally owing to death and
removal from Liverpool of several of the subscribers.
,During the past year there has been 41 governesses
admitted into the home, being' three less than in the
year 1859: The .payinents received from the inmates
have amounted to £l4l 165,• 6d. The registrations
have. numbered 105; the. applications 121 ; and 35
governesses have been SnycesSful in obtain-ink situations
throUghlhe institution. Assistante to the amount of
£24 has been granted from the benevolent fund to sit
aged.and infirm governesses. About £l5O is still want-
ing to complete ,the unfinished annuity, and your com-
mittee trust that this amount will be shortly made ur,
as, with the high rates of interest at, present ruling, the,
money might be advantageOusly invested.
,Your com-
mittee ate, however, glad to he able to report that, in
consequence .of, a legacy left by the late Mrs. Wright for
that purpose, the sum of £450 has been invested in
London and North-Western Rail Way -Stock, to form an
annuity, to be entitled Miss Sarah. Ann Clarke's annuity.
Your committee have to acknowledge a liberal donation
of books from Miss GadSby, of Southport; and also to
.tender their sincere thanks to the medical officers for

their kindness and. attention ; as also to Mr. James
Smith, for keeping the piano in tune, One painful cir-
cumstance your committee are ',compelled to report,
namely, the death of one of the governesses, at the time
resident in the home, after a very short illness. They
have, also,'with very great regret, to ask fOr the' sym.
path), of the subscribers in the great loss the institution
has sustained through• the
.death of Mrs. Wainwrightl
who was always one of its most zealous suppotters;
In concluding their report, your committee can only
assure 'you that the institution is, in their opinion, con-
tinning to be of great value and service to 'those for
whose benefit it was originated, and who are but too
often so circumstanced as to be in great need of help,
and of a comfortable and economical home. They
therefore, while offering their sincere thanks for past
support, are emboldened to ask, not for a continuance
merely, but also for an increase in future contributions."
From 'the statement of the treasurer it appeared that
there was at present a sum of £307 2s. 4d. in the hank
to the credit of the Institute.

On the motion of Mrs. Brooks, seconded by Mrs.
Smith, the report read together with the statement of
Accounts was ordered to be printed and 'Circulated
amongst the subscribers.
The resolution was carried unanimously.

~The next resolution proposed 'by Mr. Briggs, seconded
by Mrs. Smith, was that the thanks of the meeting be
given to the ladies who attended the Institute from thee
commencement. Mr. Briggs hoped that they would
have a large number of lady visitors attending the
institution for the future.
A vote of thanks was also accorded to the honorary
medical officers, and they were requested to continue
their services during the present year.
,This comprised the whole of the business of the meet-
ing, which was of a very formal character.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
STRANGE CASE.
Police-officer 856 brought up q female named Eliza-
beth Williams, whom he said he arrested in consequence
of her threatening to down herself. The prisoner said
she came from Birkenhead on Monday to see some per-
son at the Colosseum. A policeman met her before 856
came up, audinocked her down, putting her elbow out
of joint. She was treated very badly, and the doctor
at the Northern Hospital had to put her arm right (it
was tied up in a sling). She told a long story about
alleged ill-treatment by the police. Police-officer 293
admitied that he pushed the woman, but said it was
not with the intention of injuring her, but it was her
violence that caused him to push her. The woman
complained of another officer, who was not now present,
and Said it was; that man who had treated her badly,
and then handed her over. to 856. The latter officer
said she was handed over to him, but he did not see
Tier ill-treated. The prisoner said she had no ifotion of
drowning herself, and begged to be let go home to her
mother at Birkenhead, His Worship ordered an officer
to go with her to Birkenhead, and told her she might
have a free summons for the policeman for having
assaulted her if she wished.. The woman., said she
would take the summons, and she was then-discharged..
MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE!
A comical-looking honto named Judea Curley, was
brought up. by police-officer 611; .who said,—Twaiealled
into a public-house in Chisenhale-street, when I found
the prisoner drunk, with this open knife in his hand,
and he swearing he would open some one like an oyster.
He refused to leave the house, and became very dis-
orderly, so he was obliged to take him into custody. A
female stated that the prisoner threatened to stab her
and her husband if they did not give him ale, which
they refused to do. The prisoner said, lam a lizew-sis-
chion, and go about from public-house to public-house,
playing a fiddle for the benefit of myself and the grati-
fication of others. Mr. Baffles : That is no reason you
should threaten to stab people. What have you to say
to that charge ? Prisoner : I have to say that when I
went into the public-house, I opened this knife to cut
some tobacco, when one of the people there—they were
all bad characters, and I don't consider that 'wag-lan a
married woman at all—so they said I was too respectable
to be playing a fiddle, and that I must stand half-a-
gallon of ale. I told them not to.come near me, as they
might fall against the knife and cut themselves. I was
not drunk. The bridewell-keeper said the prisoner was
very drunk and disorderly. Prisoner : I tell you, sir, I
was not ; for how could that be, when I didn't taste a
toothful for the last twenty-two months, and besides
that, I belong to the 'Young Men's Society, so I couldn't
be drunk. His worship, however, believed the evidence,
and fined the prisoner ss. for being drunk.
STABBING BY A SAILOR. •
Michael Cain, a sailor, was brought up 'by detective-
officer Graham, who said : I arrested the prisoner on
the Landing-stage yesterday, on a charge of having
cut the throat of a sailor named James M'Dermott, on I
Thursday evening last. From the evidence' of the
officer, and a boy who is engaged in a baker's shop in
Great Howard-street, it appeared that on Thursday
evening last, about dusk, there were some sailors at the
corner of Denison-street, and amongst them the pri-
soner. The wounded man' was passing,when the
prisoner rushed at him and drew a knife right across
his throat, when a great gush of blood followed. Some
women carried the man into the hospital, where he at
present remains in' a very dangerous state,, The prisoner
got away; but after his arrest he was' recognised
amongst seven other persons by the hop alluded to. The
prisOner, who denied the charge, was remanded for the
present.

THEFT BY A DOCK GATEMAN.
John Roberts, a dock gateman, was' charged with
having stolen the wooden cover of a brandy cask, value
3s. 6d., the property of Messrs. M'lver. Police-officer
550 stopped the prisoner at two o'clock in the morning
leaving ,the Canada dock with 'the cask ; he could not
ive any account of how he got it. The prisoner said
the cask was knocking about the quay for a longiime,
and he did not think it anv harm to,. take it. One of
Meksrs. M'lvers' people said they had lost several 'such
casks.—Mr. Raffles censured the conduct of the prisoner
and remanded him for the present.
CHARGE AGAINST THE MATE OF A SHIP.
Robert Ramsay, described as the mate of an American .
ship, called the Washington, was charged for having
stolen a watch,, belonging to William Clark, ,of Bruns-
wick-road, who described himself As of no particular
business at present. Mr. Bluck defended the prisoner.
From the evidence given it appeared that on the night
of the 18th instant, the prosecutor and the prisoner met
in a house of ill repute in Hotham-street, where they
had some wine, and the watch was taken from the pro- .;
secutor, and it was subsequently sent to a pawn-shop by
the prisoner, who got 30s. on it. Mr. Bluck made a
speech for the prisoner, and said he had a first mate's
English certificate, and he was also the mate of the
Washington, and that he (the prisoner) alleged be pur-
chased the watch from another. person.
.The prisoner
was sent for' trial.

CLAIM FOR LOSS OF AN ANCHOR.
The captain of a small vessel called the Jane, sought
to recover £l9 10s. from the owners of the Owatta, for
the loss of an anchor and chain. Mr. Cobb was for the
claimant, and Mr. Lowndes for the defence. In the
course of the investigation it transpired that the defen-
dant's ship was in command of the pilot, which was
compulsory, and therefore the- complainant was non-
suited, as against the defendants, and the case .was
dismissed.

(Before Messrs. BENN and. SHAND.)
CAU'IION TO voLuNyzzys.
Robert Hopps, who was formerly' a member of the
Ist Lancashire Artillery Volunteers,' was storimeined by
Lieutenant Brown, of that corps, under the. following
circumstances. It appeared that the defendant joined
the corps, but neglected to attend drill. He was warned
several times that if be persisted in this course the law
would be put in force against him. At last a court of
inquiry was called, and the defendant was fined and
dismissed. He refused to pay the fine, and the sum-
mons was now brought against him for the purpose of
enforcing the fine. The defendant said he was not at
the court of inquiry, and had he been he Could have
explained the matter. The complainant said there was
a notice served on the defendant to attend the court of
inquiry. The magistrates said they could not go behind
the proceedings of the court •of inquiry, and therefore
made an order for the payment of £l, and 4s. 6d. costs.
The fine was paid.

SHOOTING CONTEST OF VOLUNTEER OFFICERS.—On
Monday,• the officers of the 55th (Leigh) 'Lancashire
Rifle Volunteers met on the practice ground, in Ather-
ton-park, in order to compete for a silver cup, given by
the proprietor of the _Leigh Chronicle. The shooting-
consisted of five rounds each, at 100, 200, 300, and 400
yards respectively. Surgeon G. A. Evans, formerly of
the Baltic fleet, won the cup with a gross score of 32.
The second prize was awarded to Captain Jee, whose
total- score was 24. A considerable number of /adies
and other spectators were present during the contest."'

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE-3xxiiAny 23.

(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
THOMAS V. THOMAS,

Dr. Spinks and Mr. Prideaus were counsel for the
petitioner.

Mrs. Thomas charged her husband, Charles Frederick
Thomas,. with adultery and _cruelty, and prayed for a
dissolution of her marriage. They were married in
November, 1847, and lived together at Bristol, where
Mr. Thomas was then in business as a ship broker. In
1851 he became bankrupt and went to Havre, and MrS.
'Thomas joined him there in. 1852. Mrs. Thomas stated.
that while they were at Bristol he was in the
,habit of
coming home intoxicated late at night; and that he fre-
quently used bad langUage to her and struck her.
During their stay at Havre his conduct was still more
violent, and, after remaining with him for four months,
she was unable to endure it any lon7er and went to
Paris, taking.her daughter with her. She .obtained a
situation in a private family, and supported herself and
the child. In November, 1853, . her mother, Mrs..
Meredith, went to Havre, paid Mr. Thomas's debts, and
brought him back to Bristol. He then lived at settle-
ale and porter stores, and became intithate with a woman
named Hill. Mrs. Thomas returned to Bristol in 1854,
and he was thsn living in adultery with Hill. He made
several attempts to force his way into Mrs. 'Meredith's
house to sec Mrs. Thomas, and on one oecasion effected.
an entrance, behaved with great 's-ielente, and struck
Mrs. Thomas with a poker.

His
Lordship granted, dvcree nisi, with costs, and
gaga the "custody Of 'the 'child to the petitioner.
NORitTS V. *Otitts AND LAWSON

AND MASON,

SPin)cs ttipipeared for the petitioner. • ,
MartinNeris, a farmer, living in the parish Of Kirk-
((ale, in Yorkshire, was married to Ann Rav in March,
118 lb. 'hey lived tozether until 1851;anci Mr, Norris
• .
then discovered that she was carrying on an nailterons
intercourse with a farm servant, named lohn Lawson.
llte separated from her and dismissed Lawson. Afew!
months 'afterwards he consented to allow her to return
to the house, and they lived together until 1857. In
that year she went to Australia with a labouring map
named Mason, and is still living in that colony.
Ibis Lordship granted a decree nisi, on the ground of
the respondents' adultery ; but thought there was net
sufficient evidence against Mason to justify the Court in
including him in the decree

Dr. Spinks asked for costs against Lawson.
His Lordship said that the petitioner had condoned
Lawson's adultery. The usual course was to grant costs
against the adulterer because he had rendered. the suit
'necessary. As far as Lawson's conduct was concerned,
the husbna. had waived his right to the suit. It was
'the wife's subsequent conduct which had rendered the
suit ttettisary. He therefore refused to condemn Law-
'Ron `ii. costs.

CUELEY V. CUBLEY AND SMITH.

The petitioner charged his wife with adultery, and
prayed for a dissolution of his marriage. -Both the
respondent and the co-respondent 'bad filed answers,
charging the petitioner with cruelty.
Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and Dr. Tristram appeared for
the petitioner; Mr. Best and Mr. Pater for the respon-
dent; Mr. Lloyd for the co-respondent.
The petitioner was the landlord of the Tankard
Tavern, in Walcot-place, Lambeth, and he married the
respondent Susannah Cubley, in Septeinber, ,1816.
They lived together until September, 1859, and had
four 'children- In December, 1857, the co-respondent,
Christopher Smith, went to live at the Tankard as
barman. In September, 1859, Mrs. Cubley left her
husband's house, and, as the petitioner alleged, had
vinez, been living in adultery with Smith, at Sutton-
stroet, Lambeth.

Several witnesses were called who had visited Mr.
and Mrs. Gubley while they were living together, and
who said that they seemed on very good terms, and that
he behaved kindly to her.

There was a defect in the evidence as to adultery and
identity, and

Hit Lordship illowed the case to stand over in order
that It might be supplied.

ROSE V. ROSE AND COKELEY,

Dr. Tristram appeared for the petitioner.
The marriage in this case took place in December,
1855, at a village in Staffordshire. The petitioner was
described as a widower, aged 36, and the respondent,
then Jane Hughes, was aged 27. It was proved that a
few months after the marriage the .respondent was
living with the correspondent. •
His Lordship said he should like some further infor-
mation about the parties, and adjourned the hearing.

BOYNTON V. BOYNTON.
The petitioner in this case, Mrs. Boynton, had
obtained a verdict that her husband, the respondent,
lad been guilty of adultery and cruelty, and, the Court
had thereupon decreed a dissolution of the marriage. A
petition had since been presented for an order respect.
ing the settlement of the property, and another for the
custody of the child.

•
Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., appeared in support of Mrs.
Boynton, to petition for an order as to the property.
Dr. Spinks, for Mr. Boynton, suggested that it would
be expedient to postpone the hearing of this petition
until the other petition as to the custody of the child
was ready for hearing.
Mr. Macaulay said that if the hearing were postponed
the Court might make an interim order as to the property.
Before the marriage the wife had property, which pro-
duced an income of £575 a-year. By a post-nuptial
settlement, two-thirds of the sum was settled to the
separate use of the respondent, and one-third was settled
capon Captain Boynton • for life. Upon the death of
either the survivor was to have the whole for life. If,
therefore, the lady died before an order was made,
Captain Boynton would take the whole for life. The
trustees of the •fund had, since the suit was instituted,
transferred it to the Accountant-General of the Court of
Chancery.

The Judge Ordinary.—The Court of Chancery has
much greater facilities than I have for dealing with
questions of this kind. Hawever, as the jurisdiction is'
given to me, I must exercise it. If the Legislature find
out that it is badly executed, they must transfer it. His
lordship asked what the petitioner had called herself:,
since the decree ?
Mr. Macaulay said he did not know what nail? e she
ought to take.
The Judge OrclitiaryL-There is a difficulty about her
resuming her maiden name ; for if a lady named "Miss"
were to be seen walking about with a son, it !wild be
rather awkward.
the petition
case was ultimately ordered to stand over until
petition aa-to-the custody of the child -was-ready for
hearin g.
ELLIOTT V. MLLIOTT.
Mr. Collier, Q.C., and Mr. Hume Williams 'app
for the petitioner. red
Marian Elliott, the petitioner, was married 'to th
respondent, Thomas William Elliott, in 1829. She the
respondent,
a teacher of music, and he was a chyrnist and druggist at Bristol. He was unsuccessful in business, and about
removed to
a year and a half after the marriage they
London. They both went .on the st,agte,elafansdt, wore
engaged at the theatres of Edinburgh
other places. They afterwards occupied a tavern at
Bristol, called the Hole-in-the-Wall, and stayed there
for five or six years. About 1840 they again came to
London, and took a cigar-shop in Drury-lane. 111 rs.
Elliott was also engaged as an actress at various minor
theatres. Mrs. Elliott said that he,had lived a very pro-
Iligata life during the whole period of
`their cohabitation,
and had Veen in' the hallit pf,,treating_.her with great
unkindness, and had sometimes used violence. He
had shaken her with such force that bruises were left
upon 'her arms; he had threatened to cut her throat
with a razor, and on one occasion he had pulled all the
clothes off her bed just after her confinement. In the,
early part of 1845, when she was acting at the Albert
Saloon, he stood up by the orchestra, called out, " Ladies
and gentlemen, look at that beauty; she is clever, isn't
she ?" and called her a foul name. She fainted, the
curtain was lowered, and she was , carried to her dress-
ing-room. Soon afterwards they agreed to separate,
and have not since lived together. She has supported
herself and her three children by managing the business
of a hatter. He has been engaged at Astley's and at
other theatres, and has for several years cohabited with
a woman named Reed, by whom he has had children.
The Judge Ordinary said the husband was no doubt
a drunken profligate man, but he should take time to
consider whether there was sufficient proof of cruelty to
to justify him in granting a decree.
RUMPIIRAT V. ILIYMPTIRAIr AND ABRAHAM.

Dr. Tristram appeired for the petitioner, and Dr.
Spinks for the respondents.
The petitioner was a publican in the Vauxhall-bridge-
road. He became acquainted with the respondent in
1850, and cohabited with her until 185 G. They were
then married, and continued to live together until
March, 1858. They then separated, in cohsequence.of
her intemperate habits, but he made her an allowance.
About a year and a half after the separation he received
information that she had been misconducting herself, he
had her watched, and discovered the co-respdndent in
her bedroom.
The respondent pleaded .a denial of the adultery, aad
recriminated, but no evidence was called on her behalf.
Decree nisi granted, dissolving the marriage.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Sittings in Banco, before liesticc Wightman, Crompton,
Rill, and Blackburn.)
r`c PARTE THE REV. MR. IlacniAw.
Mr. Coleridge (with whom was Mr. Charles Russell)
moved, on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Bagshaw, Roman
Catholic clergyman, for a rule nisi directed to the guar-
dians of St. Luke's, Chelsea, calling upon. them to show
cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue, com-
manding them, after due request once made, from time
to time, and at reasonable times in the day,-tO allow
the applicant to afford instruction to the Roman Catholic
inmates ofthe•workhouse, and to preach On one Or more
days in the week, their assembling at some conveneient
time and place within the workhouse, where the rev.
i
gentleman might be able to impart to them due religious
nstruction. The applicant contended that the frequency

of imparting religious instruction was a matter within
the reasonable discretion of the minister, and what the
applicant claimed was, that when a regular and formal
_ _

request had been made to him in accordance with the

la; by any inmate of the workhouse' for his spiritual
instruction, that he (the applicant) might do so at any
time under the reasonable restrictions fixed by the guar-
.dians, subject to the discipline of the workhouse, and
not be required to wait for a Written request from the
inmate to be sent through the master of the workhouse.
Mr. Justice Wightman—A.s I understand, there has
never been any refusal when a request .has been so
made ? •

Mr. Coleridge--Na. But on a specific occasion the
applicant was refused.

Mr. Justice Wightman--Then what he contends is,
that at all reasonable times after the request has been
made, he' may go to the workhouse and give religious
instruction generally ?
. Mr. Coleridge said the number of Roman Catholic
inmates in Chelsea Workhouse varies from thirteen in
the summer to sixty in the winter, and it Was found
impossible to deal with them separately. The applicant
therefore wished to deaf with. them together, abd he
-requested that the hall, *bleb Was used by the clergy-
Man of the Church 'of England, might be placed at his
disposal, at least one night a week, where he might
collect those belonging to the Roman Catholic com-
munion, and give them religious instruction and
assistance.

Mr. Justice Crompton: I think we have no right to
say what shall be done, or what had better be done.
The words of the statute apply to a partienlar and in-
dividual inmate. Is it to be said that every member of
a religions denomination has a right-to .go to it Week_
house and hold a meeting of the hictlthetg of his per-
sAasion

Mr. Coleridge Said toter was given to the guardians
to adMit to the Workhouse the ministers of the religious
persuastoOf the inmates.

Mr.-Justice Wightman: What authority have we to
grant a miaiedamus for the use of a particular room in
the workhouse' on a partidular night, and thereby inter-
fere with the:regulation's for the control and ifianage-
ment of the workhoase?

Mr. Coleridge said A long Correspondence had passed
with the hoot-law neard, and that all parties had been
informed of this application.
Mr. Justice Crompton asked if the old Conventicle
Act had been repealed, and what would be its effect, if
'not repealed, in this case ?

Mr. Coleridge said that both Lord Cranworth and
Lord Campbell, when Attorney and Solicitor-General,
were of opinion that ministers of religious deiromina-
lions"dould'give ceilettiVe religious instrnetiotr in
hottses, •

Mr. Justice Crompten---1 won't soWse we should
hear of convictions under the t nnventicle Act. I have
heard of them in my ti., h, but I hope I shall never hear
of them again.

Mr. Celsridge said it could not be said, on the part of
the authorities, that this would be an interference with
the internal arrangements of the workhouse. It was,
permitted to the members of the Church tof ngland,
and it was allowed to the Thernaa ei'...tholies two years
ago—the use of the hall for orrt flight a week. In this
workhouse the Ron ran Catholics were not permitted to
have the use of 'a single religious book belonging to
their:• faith;. They were all stopped at the gate.
Yustice Wightman : Was any reason given for
its discontinuance ?

Mr. Coleridge----No.
Mr. Justice Crompton: What authority have they.
for withholding these religious books? Surely the Poor
laW Board ha's made no such order? .
Mr. Coleridge said he did not knot. 'tie Poor-law
Board had /decided in . the applicant's favour; but the
guardians contended that the roor-law Board had no
right to interfere with their discretion, They. said that
when a.m(nister was requested by any of the inmates he
was sent for, and that was. in -compliance with -the Act.
The
.applicant Was attached to the Roman Catholic
'chapel outside the parish,•and that there was one within
the parish. • The Roman Catholic bishop bad allocated
this work to the applicant, and the guardians, 1.4 if to
personally exclude this gentleman, had passed O. Itsoltt-
tion, in August, 1860, that no minister' of h
congregation
without the parish
.shOuld he Arratted. • .
Justice Wightman. said that was no ground for
the interference of the court:

Mr. Coleridge said the applicant asked for two things
—first, to be allowed to attend the children in instructing
them in the catechism,, &c., of the Church of Rome,
and, secondly, to give religious assistance to the adults
the same as was 'permitted to the Church of t nglatid
clergymen.
After some further dimeusinn,
Mr. JusticeWig,hinnn said the learned cognsel might
take a rule calling upon the guardians to show cause
why they should not admit him, but not upon the points
of their setting apart a room for him and for collective
instruction of.the inmates.

Rule granted accordingly.
M.Y PARTS ST. AUBYN V. Tit BISHOr Or METER.
Mr. Bullar moved for a rale, nisi, .calling upon the
Bishop of Exeter to render: au account of his receipts of
the applicant's living, which was '.under seluestrati6n,
rendered necessary in consequence of Certain Wiens hu
this c'ourt.'
Rule granted.

EQUITY COURT.—YESTERDAY.
Before Vice-ChancellOr Wood.
. ,
'THAYER V. LISTER.--,--TILE JUDGMENT.
. This suit, our readers will recollect, was instituted fot
the purpose of obtaining a decree of the court that the
defendatzt'Liiter, as public officer _of tire: Union Bank of
Liverpool, might make good to the plaintiffs the amount:
received nit respect of" taro bills of exchange ;of £5,000
and a,OOO, in order that the same minlit be aiinhed
r, • t
repayment to the plaintiffs of the amount 15aid by them
n taking up'acceptances of Train and. Co., of Liverpool.
The Tice-Chancellor, in giving judgment; 'said he
considered that the bills gi'ven by plaintiffs were specifi-
cally appropriated to Meet the .£7,9.79 acceptances of
Trairpand Co., and that they were taken' by the Union
Rank with the knowledge that s,uch r-wasrthn fact.
There win& conseutiently be a declaration in the terms
now
.asked for. The question of costs must &pond
iiPon the question whether anything upon the ulti-
mate taking of accounts and imoiries, would be
found due to.theAilaintilfs.; 3.t hag been said thAt tihe
:arrangement •operated to.the disadvantage pt. trediterS.
That, however; was a questien' which 'could only be con-
sidered in a suit by the assignees:et the two firms of
Train & Co.' .and. L. Train Co.; and, inasmuch as the
assignees had shown no ir.tt,ntion of setting up that
claim.;.there was no 'riht on the part of any particular
creditor to. avail_ himself ...Of it._ - - , .

kILITARY IMPROVEMENTS IN FRANCE.—The.Minis-
ter' of War, among other improvements in the baggage
train attached to an army on cempaign, proposes to add
a company of muleteers, such as have •beea employed in
Algeria since the conquest of that colony. Mules are
remarkable for being sure-footed. They will conse-
quently render great' service in following the artily
through footpaths •impracticable for carts. The mule-
teers, although wearing the uniform ,of the waggon
'train, are to be armed as infantry wieners, and not, as is
generally the .custom, like cavalry. The militag.com-
rnissioners appointedlo assist at the trial which is being
made at Vincennes with several newly-invented rifled
cannon are constant in their attendance. A report is
to be made to the Emperor on the subject.. It is said
that the commissioners find some difficulty in deciding
on the relative merits of cannon loaded at the mouth
and those loaded at the breech. The last' system is
preferable in theory, but the French engineers find that in. practice it presents serious difficulties.
.FRIGHTrUL SUICIDE ON TRH SOISTIt-WtSTERN
RAILWAY.—On Monday evening Mn 3*. H. Todd,
county coroner for Hampshire, and a respectable jury,
assembled at the hoUse of Air D ett the Red
Lion Inn, at Totten, near Southampton Yto investigate '
the circumstances. atte. riding the death of Wm. Bound,,
whose remains had been found on Setu day fearfully
mangled by the wheels of a train,on thei line of the
Bentham ptop. and Dorchester
deuce of the 'London and
-Western Railway. E showed that 'deceased
had thrown himself on the rails Bound was 64 or 65
years of age. Ile was formerly .a.farmer at Dibden, in
be
wife,a rt._
vi n g . t
pi nrioble:r. utnanttieerltyile had obtained the New Forest •
much upon his 'il'ibetmalitarerleda alitvhiniA.
noticed that he a
This hladuopreyeded a drunken and dissipated woman.
mind. His family bad.
Saturday moreinple.ored
iquite brokenhearted ; and on
drink, and to request 'his
one of his sons not to
He was erring when he brother to be temperate also.
coroner, having summed left his son ploughing. • The'
melancholy case, the
_till') the evidence adduced in this
deceased hmi destroy 3d ry returned a• verdict that the
. e himself • •
state of mind. while in an unsound
RAILWAY TRAVELLING,
Th tent condition, in order tat e first and most impor-
rendered as approximately safe travelling may be
nearest possible approach toperfection
as sible, is that the
and preserved in the permanent
Wahould be attained
necessary since the speed of train. This is essential
and since the development of co s became hassledineae
to the employment of heavier rniomeercial traffic
motives, and the
more frequent passage of trains 04
of railway. It is a condition difficuloturoprions lines
not only from the necessity of adapting the form and
weight of the rails to • tha very corm lea andf varying
services which they may be called on to
also because; from the very nature of the caPseeraorm, but
cannot be constructed, with equally good CurvreasilwaY
gradients throughout its entire length. Therefore,and
I even supposing the mere joints and rails to be equally
trustworthy
.at every place, the roadway may, and
necessarily_does,,admit of various degrees :if excellence
according to the physical, character of the country
through whichit passes. Hence it arises. tbata velocity
of travelling which would be perfectly safe over one
portion of a line may be very dangerous over another.
But it may generally be assumed ,that time-tables are
arranged with due reference to the demands of public
safety; and it may be taken for granted that, except
when engine-drivers disobey orders, or attempt to make
up for lost time at unsuitable and unsafe places, the
permanent way is everywhere sufficient for local maxima
of speeds, and perfect within those maxima for all prac-
tical purposes. Very few railway accidents arise
now-
adays from defects in the roadway. Some years ago,
Captain Iluish, a railway manager of long experience,
stated his belief that "fewer accidents to, life and pro-
perty arise from the road than from any other. cause:;
and were casualties confined to those attributable to the
;way, the annals of railway accidents would be scanty in
,the extreme." But the freedom from accidents of this
class should be taken rather as evidence of the safe
support afforded to locomotives and carriages in rapid
motion by twO,parallel lines of iron, than as proof that
the best possible form and weight of rails for the services
-required have been ascertained, or that the best possible
modes of supporting them and of rendering them con-
tinuous have been'. arrived at. And without referring
here to the increased dangers of collision introduced by
. • passenger and commercrnl traffic over the
carrying on.
same roadway, •it - may, 'I , think, ' be "Stated • that the
reqiiirements of the two services are different, and
might.be advantageously met, whenpier practicable? by
the establishment of separate roadWays,fos the convey-
ance of. goods and passengeks.:=-FrOm "Temple Bar".
for February. .

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IMPORTANT -MEE! ING OF TiiE- CITY OF
LONDON CLERGY.

A general meeting 'of the beneficed elt!rg's or the City
and Archdeatottry of London, was held on Friday last
in the great hall of Sion College, London-wall, in con-
sequence of the following requisition addressed to the
president :—"Dear Mr. President,—We, the undet-
signed-felloiVs of Sion College; alarmed At the public
profession of infidel ministers of the Church
of England, request a meeting of the fellows to.consider
the best course to be adopted by the clergy in reference
to this matter. (Signed) Aletander M'Caul, tech* of
St. Magnus ;" and by most of the principal "clergy. The
meeting, Whith Was Very ntlineroWly attended, was
presided oVer'hy the Rev. J. V. Pevah, M.A., rector of
St. Anne's, Aldersgate. Before . the commencement
of the day'S business, the Rev. T. J. Rowse%
who has recently been nominated by the Bishop of
London to the rectory of St. Margaret's, Lothbury, pro-
tested against the word "infidel" being applied to a
body of ministers Of the Chiiroh Of Etiglaiid, and
shortly after Wards left thb Vribetiiig, in botiipaliy with
one or two other clergymen holding similar views. The
Rev. Dr.-MiCaul, after pointing out the dangerous ten-
dency of the "Essays and Reviews," of which certain
clergymen-of Oxford are the .principal authors, moved
an address to the Bishop of London, calling his atten-
tion to the, subject, and to the necessity of some steps
being adopted by the rulers' of the Church of England
to stem the tide of infidelity setting in,
.and which Was
all the
.more dangetotis trdeeeditig tioni
enemies front 'ge'ntlemen helding high spiritual and
edneatiokl odices in connection with the E=tablishal
dhilrch of the country. The motion having been se-
conded, an amendment was moved which differed only.
in unimportant matters from the triginal resolution.: It
was carried ; the result being an address to the Bishop
of London unanimously. condemning the "Essays and
Reviews." It was agreed that his lordship should be
requested to fix a day for receiving the clergy, With a
view to the presentation of the midterm'.

RECORDER OF LONDON ON

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.

In addressing the grand jury on Monday last, the
Recorder of London said he could not help remarking
that it was a most gratifying fact that there should be
so .few prisoners committed for trial at the present
session. Ile thought there,mas ith doubt that this dtate
f things was chiefly attribkitahle fti the pi-ekviiae
measures that had ita6t4 been adoOtedy gild that these
measures Were ii'ok 'beginning to have their effect, and
that tills "More particularly applied to the cases of
juvenile offenders, the number of which class of crimi-
nals had. most materially decreased. It appeared by
returns that had recently been made from the city of
London that down to recent period the number of pri-
sonerS brought to the Mansion tiouse, tinder Sitteen
years of age, NVIIO YVtrd Ch7k,ro 'Nfitit felony, had been
steadily and three years back, during a
'Period of one year no fewer than ISO prisoners of that
class were taken into custody upon charges of felony.
Since that period the number of prisoners of this descrip-
tion had gone on regularly decreasing, and, during the
last year, they only amounted to between siktY and
seventy; and this fatty it appeared to him; 'contd onl4r
be accounted for 1)-,7 the remedial infitience of the
refortiiatol•ies and industrial wheel's thitt hlitt recently
been brought into

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN THE

HUNTING .PIELD.

Hii Royal Highness the Prince of Wales joined the
field of the Cambridgeshire hunt on Mondays attended
by his equerry, Captain Grey, The 'tlicet . Was at
Childerley; in the Viemity of i‘tad,ingleV, Mid it boiige-
tinence of a iiimotir tot abroad that tbe Prince
*as littelY o be Vesent, the held was a very numerous
tme. The Lord-Lieutenant (the Earl of Hardwicke)
and his son were present, and the University
supplied a goodly. quota .of attendants. A find
was made at .Honey-hill. Reynard made straight
for Madingley, but turned .at the pleastire
ground, - and went batk throigh tira,-ton. to
Knapwelb.gtove• 'hint tlieike to liok worth. Itere the
htiifcd fbi as left in some firm buildings, the hounds
getting on the line of a fresh one, which, however, bad
been gone some time, and went in a circuitous course
towards Childerley, in the neighbourhood of which they
were called off without a kill. In the fore patt of .thb
day the pace was tremoid6s, Coiisidering the heaviness
of "o entry ;of both some idea play be formed from
the fact that two horses were.killed. Altogether it was
a very fair day. His Royal Highness rode *ell ap, and
took his.fencea gallattlY And Well: