The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-24 00:00:00

TI E IVEA'II-IER-THE FOG.

Our readers are well...aware . what the state of the
weather has been for the last few days—rain. rains rain ;
but yesterday morning, instead of having rain, as usual,
we had "a fog"--and such "a fog" as has scarcely ever
before been witnessed in the good old town in the- rse-
niory of its oldest inhabitant.: Daring the early part of
the Morning Wish-leas was altlidst britifely suspended.

These shops *hi& did Open' had to be lighted ifp with
gas; but after that Was ddife there ivas aridthef great
difficalty to efieminter ; Ho* could the customers find
their way into the shops ? From the density of the
atmosphere, it was all but impossible for persons to find
their way to their places of business; much less id go
shopping ; and in the printipal streets Oafs, hoitie+er
cantiens; Were running into lorries, While gentle Men's
carriages; With their being rather. more call:-
tions, Were Eomiielled "to bide their time." dmiii-
hltses for a time Ceased to run "their usual roUtes.4,
Whilst this was the state of affairs on the ",highWaya,"
the poor pedestrians were subjected to equal. annoyance
(through no faUlt of the local anthorities), for at each
corner of a street there was one person jostling against
his neighbour ; hats were knocked off, and , each party
separated with "peg pardon; sir, it is Only the Mg,"
Wit 11nOWing exactly which. was in talk So the silene
in the streets continued Until about eleven o'clock, when
• , • .• ,•
"
the mist suddenly gave way, and Sol" put in an
appearance, and the trade of the town assumed its usual
activity; but this was of short duration, for soon after-
wards the Mist fell, and the streets were in almost total
darkness, in which state they continued Until afternoon,
'hell the fog ga-6 Wai. At the lariclifigstaie all was
confusion and bustle ; the fog bells were ringing, and
some boats ceased running. The Rock-ferry boat which
should have conveyed the Majestic boys on board, after
their night's leave of absence, did not ply, a result of
which was, that more than a usual quantity of those
"gents" were ashore yesterday. The Woodside boats
ran, with one or two exceptions, at the usual time; and
although the crowd of passengers was necessarily very
great, owing to the influx from the other ferries, there
were very few complaints: The fog was of the most
dangerous kind; being of that White shifting kind so
often fatal at sea. Happily; in the present
instance ho serious results haVe followed. Early in the
morning a man walked into the Coburg Dock ; he was
, • ..
me promptly rescued by the police; aid ‘;' ,;uveyeri to
residence, One of the iron guards which form 'the ea•-•
facing of the' South Landing-stage was broken off by
one of the ferry boats, and the iron bar supporting the
guard was wrenched off. In Lime-street and other
large thorotighfatea, the shanclries and light vehicles
drove at a terrine pace; during the height of the fogs
When most caution
.was fietessatt the dtiters seenied
to glory in displaying their own skill in gding a-head.
Vitra policeriieii Wefe Statii-ined Feineis:cit the
streets,. fot. the, purpose of checking these, foolish dis-
plays; and their assistance Was very ~Taltiable; as there
Must otherwise have been many serious accidents.
A very serious, accident occurred yesterday, during
the fog,, on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, near this
town. An old wonian named Dorothy Ocraff, 79 years
of age, a native of Mee, Was steriiik ri boat on the
canal near to *)otle, when another boat 'coming up
caught the rudder, the tiller of Which struck the old
woman on the breast, and knocked her overboard be-
tween the boats. She was immediately rescued ; bUt it
was found that, froth being crushe,d bet Ween the tWo
craft both het tliiglA had beeti broken. She iints coti-
Veyed to the istorthern Hospital, where she now lies in
an almost hopeless condition.

DRINKING FOUNTAINS.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR., C. P. MELLY, THEIR

FOUNDER.

Yesterday, a meeting► of influential local &denten
was held in the MaYorig Paibitii, at bib 'tocfiri•hali, in
order to promote a public testimonial to Mr. C. P.
Melly, the benevolent originator of the public drinking
fountains in this and other towns. S. R. Graves, Esq.,
the Mayor, presided ; and amongst those present were
Mr. William Earl, Mr. 0. leangton, Mr. T: B. Job, MI.
G. Holt, Mr. r. A, Clint, Mr. a. T. Stephens,
Tiie MAYOR, on taking the chair, observed that the
drinking fountain's which Mr. Melly had established had
been one of the greatest possible boons to the poorer
classes. They were now extending, he was happy to
say, throughout the whole of the kingdom, and it was
most appropriate that some public acknowledgment
should be paid to Mr. Melly for his public-spirited
conduct.

Mr. joi3 Moved the first resoltitidni *hiCh Was td the
eked, that it was desirable to testify the public appre-
ciation of the practical philanthropy of Mr. Charles P.
Melly to the town awl the country at large, by his ori-
gination of public drinking fountains, and his erection
of the same in the town of Liverpool at his own expense.
Mr. Job explained that the real driginatcir of the idea of
a testitilonial Was Mr. G. §tephens, who had com-
municated the project in a letter to the Liverpool Courier.
Mr. Charles Langton seconded the resolution, which
was unanimously adopted.

Mr. W. EARLE said that though he did not' think
much of testimonials in
.a general way, he thought if
one Was required at ailj it Would be most appropriately
rendered to Mr. C. 13. Melly,. Who had not only
originated public fountains, but play-grounds and seats
fOr the accommodation of the public. Mr. Earle moved
that a public Subscription be opened forthwith to realise
the object.
Mr.' George bolt seconded the motion, which was
also unanimously adopted,
On the motion of' lir. 'Clint, a committee was
appointed, with the Mayor as president, and Mr. Job as
treasurer, to carry out the undertaking.
Mr. STEPHENS, before the general meeting closed,
explained_ that the Objeot *ilia he bad more particularly
in view was to originate a shilling testimonial, because
by that method, he thought, the sympathy and support
of all classes, particularly the humbler classes, might
be secured.

The general business over, the committee immediately
met; and, after some discussion, it was resolved—
" That, it being desirable that the movement shall be-
tome so general as to embrace all classes, subscriptions
of the smallest sums be invited, but that a limit of £1
be not exceeded."--The movement has our warmest
wishes for itt success.

. „
THE CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT
AGAINST THE CASHIER OF-THE MAG-
NETIC. TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

Yesterday, at the Police-court, before Mr. Raffles,
William Mathias Middleton, late cashier at the above
coinpany'_„s office, , Virat breught tip, on remand: Our,
paper Of WeditesdaY dotitairted a full report of the open-
big of this case. Mr. Marshall appeared for the prose-
cution, and Mr. Cobb for the prisoner.
Mr. Marshall said, in addition to the charge of £lO.
gone into on the ,former do r, he would produce two
othe4, and then aik fdi a COMMittal of the prisoner on
the three charges.
Mr. Cobb—Would you, sir (to Mr. Raffles), commit
on that charge of the £lO ?

Mr. Raffles--I will commit on that charge, certainly.
Mr. Cobb—Then I will reserve my defence for another
place.
Mr. Marshall—Then, will you hear any other case
Mr. Raffles—Yes; you had better go on with some
dtl*rS.
Mr. Cobb—Yes ;it is better to go on with any case
you have, so that I may know the charges I have to
answer. I will show in the proper place that there were
very great irregularities going on.
The following witnesses were then produced to sustain
Co.,the case
Mr. Deriipsterj casliio at Laiids; Pietchet and
said- On thb 23rri June last pufehased £lO worth o
stamps from the prisoner, and got his receipt for them.
On the 31st July I paid him £l5 for stamps, and took
his receipt. - On Saturday last I saw the prisoner in our
office settling up accounts, and he asked me to purchase
£5 worth of franks from him, and I did so. He said he
was in a hurry.
Mr. Walsh) Of the Telegraph-dace, said--4 gave out
the stamps to the prisoner for Mr. Morris on the 15th of
October, in an envelope, with a memorandum addressed
to Mr. Morris. These (other stamps) were sold in
September to Mr. Stewart. They were made up by me,
and handed to the .prisoner, who was .to hand them to
the cuAtOmers: , That *tit ah4TE4S tll6 iiiietiCe. The
Witness produced several fortnightly accounts made to
himr in order to show that the returns were falsified by
the prisoner.
Mr. Jackson, who has charge of the office at night,
was examined to prove certain returns also made by the
prisoner. '
Mr. Leland, the treasurer of the company, was ex-
amined, and also Mr. Butler, clerk to Mr. Stewart, to
prove the charge.
Some other witnegga *eie iiiOduced,
.4 And at the con-
elnsion of their eviaence the prisoner Was sent for trial.
Mr: Cobb, in asking his worship to accept of bail for
the prisoner, said he was certain a jury would not con-
vict him. He would show, in the proper plaee, the
irregularity and mistakes in the office, and these should
not be laid to the prisoner's charge.
Mr. Raffles said—l think it is a case where I may
take bail.
Mr. t obb—Hd* nitieli *ill you say
Mr. Raffles—l will consider that.
Mr. Cobb—Will yon send the case to the assizes, as
some nice points may arise for argument ?
Mr. Raffles=—No ; I will send it to the sessions, as
such points can be argued there as well and as ably as
at the assizes.
The prisoner was then fully committed.

THE DEAF AND DUMB.—On the 14th instant, the
interesting- ceremony of christening the infant daughter
of deaf and dumb parent's took place at the Church of
St. John the Baptist, Hoxton. The Rev. A. P. Kelly,
the incumbent, read the service and baptised other
infants, while the Rev. Samuel Smith, Chaplain of the
Association in aid of the Deaf and Dumb, translated the
service into the sign language for the benefit of the
parents as well as of the deaf and dumb friends present,
and baptised the infant in question, which is endued
with all its faculties. The mother of the child is of
Jewish extraction, but, being desirous of openly em-
bracing the Christian religion, was, after due instruct-
tion, baptised by the Rev. S. Smith on the 21st instant,
the finger and sign language being used. It will be
remembered by many of our readers that Mr. Smith has
recently been ordained by the Bishop of London for the
special work of ministering among the deaf and dumb,
and he is now collecting funds with which to build a
",place of worship " for this unfortunate class, as well
as a "home for the Aged:, , ~‘

LIVERPOOL LICE - itT.-=THIJRVYAsit,

(Before :R4.,I•FLEO -
HO W TO GET Oiis'skssi6N OF A 1:t903!*

An old woman named- Rattigaiif •lials•Cliarged by
Margaret Keating, under the following circumstances The complainant had head bandaged up, and had a
child some four or five years old with her,, antljlie. head
of the little thing was also tied up, and both seemed to
have suffered considerably. It appeared that the coin-
ptdinarit tented a tenth from the prisoner in Oriel-street,
and the latter *anted td gat. possession. of the apartment,
butt the dediipier ridt itishing td give it tip, ti dispute
arose betwe,e.n theni about it: On "Wednesday the pd•
soner got Keating out, and then broke in the door of
the room; and commenced flinging the fiirnitiire out
through the WindoW into the street. Mrs. Keating
cane lidiiie Whilst. this -short a-dont an ejectment %vas
gbh* oii, add seeing lief hits Of things nialfreatedin
this way, withoiii seem
dr reason; ienio'iistiated with
her tei.ndjady, ...or rather bar ideinitaqir"4 dii
of her, proceedings; When the prisoner gaVe her " lick"
of a Oooden rolling pld on the front of thehead,.entting
her severely, and then She thieve a I?nife di her; Which
struck the child oil the head, inflicting a SiArt.
The prisoner was
,renianded until the result of the
wounds can be known.

STOLEN TYPE. •
A yoUng man named Andrew Fleming, a printer,
was br.dught up by detective o,fficer Laycock, on the
following: charge :—He .said Marples,. of Lord-
street, printerilnfol€nied in 6 theft ,tlle prisoner was
selling type, and that it was supposed lid lidd itOlcii it;
I watched him in Lord-street, and saw him with a
large quantity of type on his head. Relives in Orange-
street, and I found between two and three hundred
weight of type altogether. It is what is,ealled three
nick brevier, roman and italic. The prisoner had
served his time to Mr. Davis, of Lord-street, and
worked laSt at. Mr: Tlr prisoner told me he
got the type from g Platt in Oil-street, but he did not
know who he was. In rePly to his Norsliipi the pri-
soner said he
.got the type from a young man named
Edmunds, a printer, who gave it to him to sell. That
was all the explanation he could give of it. He was
remanded for the present.

PLUNDER BY A BELL RINGER.
John Brew, a bell-ringer at Christ-church, was
charged by Mr. Caldwell, the clerk of that church, with
having stolen a medal, some money, and a gun. Mr.
Bluck appeared for the prosecution, and in opening the
case said the prosecutor was the clerk of the church and
the priiotibr *as the belt:ringer. The prisoner *as
take#, into thq
.entiltnient mit cif cbarity, .but he had
hdhaved most Ungratefully ; and; worse Nati that; ne.had
induced a little boy, son of Mr. Caldwell, to commit an
offence, for which he was brought before the bench and
punisnea. T hat boy would be now produced, and he
would tell what the prisoner did. The prosecutor missed
75., and at another time 55., out of the collections, but
yet he did not wish to charge the prisoner until he had
some strong proof against him. He found, however,
that the prisoner had not only stolen the money, but
that he had taken the medal and pledged it, that he
stole the gun and pledged it, and that he tried to make
a thief of the.yMing Oaldvrell's sons He (Mr.
Ij.) would eall.Veitriesses to proVe, these facts, and *odd
then ask his 'Worship to deed with the ease on its Merits.
,called the vrOsepdtfor„ il-,i.oli,a,eiatnined; Mid stated
that he .employed the piison6r
week
view of keeping
him oft the , parish. One week he Missed 7.5.; and
another .ss. 9d., and none had access to the place lint
the prisoner. Missed the medal about June.—A youth
named William Caldwell, son of the prosecutor, stated
that he saw the prisoner take the medal, and then go to
a pawnshop on Islington flags, and get 3s. on it. The
prisoner 'threatened to kill him if he said anything
atiodt it, and 116. *Rs afraid of him. Ile saw the pri-
soner take a
,grin and pa*n it also: 'The, prisoner said
he would murder hinid Said d word about It; The
if E
prisoner denied the Charge. It appeared that he had
been convicted of felony before. He *as remanded for
the present.
. . .

VROPERPT NOT ACCOUNTED
Roland \Valley, d stokieliiasOlis tohd is in, the .hniploy-
ment of the Corporation, was brought up-by detectives
Marsden and Redman, on the following charge. The
prisoner lives in Earl-street, Everton, and the officers
went. to his place where they found a quantity of com-
position, brass, copper, and other metals. He said he
purchased it from a marine store dealer. The marine
store dealer was produced, and stated that he sold the
prisoner some metal, but none of that now, produced,
and such as was found by the police. The prisoner
persisted. in saying that he, purchased the property, but
the tithertdtally del-lied the statement, as to the
metal produced. Mr. Raffles said if there was an milder
for the.property, he would send the prisoner for trial.
He fined him 40s. and costs for not being able to account
for how he got the metal.

. CALLIKON—CLAIM POR DAMAGk.
Captain Daniels, 9f the.Maigare4 was suniioned by
Captain Edwards, of the Heatherßell, fei 10 ddinage
done by the former to the latter vessel, on the night of
the 14th instant, off the Crosby Lightship. Mr. Chilton
appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Bluck for the
defence: On the night in question the claimant's vessel
was at anchor, and the defendant's ship was coming up,
and run into the Heather Bell,' as alleged by neglect,
damaging the .vessel in the stanchions, rails, &c., to the
amount of £lO. The complainant was examined and
proved the case, as above. On cross-examination by
Mr. Pluck, the witness said he would not have -brought
the 61Eibii, only the defendaiit sent him a claint for Sl2
damage (lode to the Margaret: &Verdi. witnesses . Were
examined to prove the claim, after Whiali Mr. I luck
addressed his worship, contending dial the fault lay
with the complainant, who would not, according to his
own account, have brought the charge unless the defen-
dant had niade a claim against him. lie called some
witnesses to prOi'e his baAe, bdt hisl;torship tholight
the Weight of etidende iii fe+otit• of the clainlaiit, and
made an order in favour of claimant fOr the atiidutit
sought. Mr. Bluck said his client would bring an
action against Captain Edwards, in another court, for
the amount of damage to his ship.

(Before Messrs. BOOTH, E UtLE, and CHILTON.)
HUSBAND AND WIFE...

A nice looking female named Lucy Pollard summoned
her husband, George Pollard, a master carpenter, living
in Boundary-streets for having assaulted her. Mr.
Cobb appeared for the complainant, dtid Mr., Bluck for
thedefendant. It appeared that the parties de not
live happily together, and that they had lived separate
at several periods, and that at last a deed of separation
was drawn up by Mr. Cobb, but in consequence of the
defendant refusing to pay the legal expenses, the deed
Was not executed, On the 6th of this month the com-
plainant stated that her husband assaulted her on his
coming home drunk, as Was his usual custom, In reply
to Mr. Bluck she adniitted that she Was riot hiirt. The
magistrates tenstired the &induct lit the defendant; and
fined him Is. and costs.
CHARGE OF ASSAULT BY A POLICEMAN.
Mr. Thomas Moore, a currier and leather dealer,
having a shop in Great. Homer-street, summoned police-
officer Sowerby (507) for having assaulted him. Mr.
B:uck opened the'case for the complainant, and said, on
the night of 14th, about eleven o'clock, Mr. Moore was
standing at his shop-door when he heard cries of
"murder" coming from the direction or the Hay-
market; he .saw two women beating a third.
He separated them, and edited for the police,
when the defendant earlio and Mi. ckite told
him that the two women ought to be taken into custody;
when the officer said, "What have you to do with it,''
and at the same time struck him a blow on the face
and knocked him down in the channel. The complainant,
and a Mr. Gibson, a carpenter, with Mr. Moore's servant
girl, fully corroborated this staternent/ and,s7ore posi-
tively there was not the slightest provocation Orett to
the officer for the assault.. The defendant said when he
came up the complainant told him to take the women
intd'euStody, but he said lie could not, as he did not see
the assault, whereon the defendant said he was like all
Other "bobbies;" who.did not know his duty, and then
pulled off his coat, offering to fight him and as he was
going to strike him (the officer) merely.pdstild hlin
away, and as he was drunk he fell. He called ft person
named Simpson whO bore . out this story. Mr. Black
recalled the three first Witnesses; add they swore most
positively that Mr. Moore Was tiiiite dad thdt he
did not take off his coat at all. The officer said he
could bring another policeman, who was at the opposite
side of the street at the time, as a witness, and the
further hearing of the case was adjourned to this day
for that purpose.

-YESTERDAY.
fiitE tittrlnt.:4
John Caldwell is a young gentleffian *llB tteffra a
model shirt collar, and in all probability he is himself a
model young man. He wears his hair after the fashion
of no one, except John Caldwell. Talk about "quills.
upon the fretful porcupine," and compare them with Mr.
Caldwoll's hvperion curls, •the comparison would be
"odoriferous," for Sohn's locks appeared redolent of
otto df roses; lot stile pater deadly toilet ingredient.
There were other {Mita in,the editiposition of
this highly respectable juvenile, and it Woilld eCeili that
one of the peculiar failings—if it could be called so,
although it was only an amiable weakness—was a
desperate propensity of gastronomic atttaction towards a
piscatorial fabrication called " natives," vulgarly known
as oysters: So, one could blame him for that, for better
and worse people than .tnhn are addicted to the same
propensity. Medical men have pronotiged ilsterq to, he
nutritious, but Mr. Caldwell had come to that condusiciii
without consulting any M.D., or M.R.C.S. ; nor did he
even take the advice of .an ordinary chemist on the
point; ds lie wii .sdtislied, in his mind, and
that was. quite sufficient. N/4161'6-11111 famous fo'r
many things, for there is a supper room therd -With fLd
poetic name of "The industrious fleas," although the
prefix of "industry" to the "fleas" is perfectly super-
fluous. There are other houses of entertainment on
COpperas-hill, and amongst these is one kept by Mr.
Charles Salspur, where the " natives" are to be had in
all their marble saltibrity. The prisoner was roving
about the locality the pretions night; and in his wander-
ings optids rested .Oti a marble eicatation hi the
window of the aforesaid fdieigri purveyor: The light
of the Rock Irighthonse td d terntiest;to'ned Manner,
was not more grateful than the sliellS of the '1 salnliri-
ous natives." Being a man of impulse, lie at once
entered the house, and whilst one could say Jack Robin-
son, or mouse, ordered a score 'of the best, and no
mistake. The waiter bowed down to the floor, and
commenced a murderous attack on the beautiful flavoured
creatures,, and eAposed each to the admiring gaze of
Mr. Caldwell. 'laded neatly off a snow white dish,
which was laid on a neatly mangled table cloth, Mr.
Caldwell seated himself at the mahogany in a
style that the most ancient epicure might envy.
The waiter bowed again, and ventured to ask if
the customer would please to have some nice bread and
butter—the latter, no doubt, some of Kelly's best " Yell
oh 1" The customer smiled on the waiter, and con-
descended to order a plate of the aforesaid grub to
accompany the oysters. This being supplied, the waiter
in return, and as in duty bound, smiled on the customer,
and in the blandest manner of all the blandest waiters,
insinuated that the bitter beer was in the prinlest pos-
sible order. This was a piece of information that seemed
most agreeable to the gastronomic organs of_u
Mr. Cald-
well, and he accordingly gave an order for a mmer of
real
re of oysters having gone the
way of su's. The first scoch fish, and having given such general satis-
faction another score was ordered, another plate of bread
and butter, and another glass of bitter to follow. The
order was executed with a degree of alacrity truly
wonderful—ronly equalled by the way in which the
recipient despatched the glomeration. Everything—
sic transit glaria muneti—must have an. end, and so had
the oysters, the bread and butter, and eke the bitter
beer. The gormandiser smacked his lips, and also wiped
them, with either a cambric or a real Indian ; and then
the master of the house asked him how he liked the fare.?
The young gentlemen replied, that in all his wanderings
round this world of care he had never met with anything

t - -* - - 7f.
lila: :T. *Of comie. this was Trite- tiinkila!,,ry in -the_i_JA'STRUCTION c'.
Wzrtitre cl'hotel ; and -Mr,-C'ildwelfigteii-`shalOn.7 by -BY
the hand, and vowing, eternal friendship. and el.erfastingi
patronage to him, was about departing. That *rig dll
right "eliotigli';'-.-blit-as he was going out, - the -owner -of
the house vemtured Ago ;hint something about payment,
when the p4iselier said, Oh,. they .wercivery ,tine oysters!
The bill is only
.2s, said tho-Nlitc !i)ir,bat do you
mean asked'prisoner. The comp:ainl':i4, frftfl a rarfAty
of bows, and-scrapes, and apologies, and other stPiall
politenesscs, told him that a florin or four sixpences
would do the thing nicely. Is it payment you want?
asked Mr. Caldwell. The complainant nodded. You
shall have it at once, replied the prisoner, and on the
instant stritclt hint a Now on the face that knocked him
dOWn fin his dtil floor; The complainant, being a
foreigner,_ did not Understand that sort. of liquida-
tion, and therefore gave the prisoner into eristody.
lii reply to his worship, the prisoner said he iteithef
knew or eared, about the matter ; it might have hap-
p'ened; di it might not; and it was all the same to him
W,liethef it Ind of riot 10r,
.Raffles said it was as auda-
cOns d Cdsti ds be eVer h'ea'rd Ofi.difd fined the prisoner
20s. and casts • of paYineriti one inorith's
imprisonment.' The pi'isonet °tidied his efts as *l4 as
he *nod his mouth-thepreiiong as a *as hatded
down stairs to the jailer.

T 11? ; TYPE CASE.
An;drew Fleming Was brought up Uri remand; charged
by Detective-officer Laycock, on snspicloft of hailng
stolen a quantity of type. The officer pioduced g key
that he fotind on the prisoner, thud said it opened a Morn
in the establisbnient of Messrs. Meade and.CorneY, the
preprietdrs of the Liverpol Tiligraph, • and he belieied
the type had been stoied from that place. Mr. Meade
stated that the.type belonged to estriblishthent: Ile
had some recollection of the prisoner having Veen em=
ployed as a machineman in his office. Laycock said he
wished for another remand, as he, had not time to inake
proper enquiry yet. He expected to have all ready in a
week. The prisoner was then remanded to Friday next.
(Before Messrs. EARLE and BOOTH.)
livilLlCANsg. AND DEERHOUSE CASES.
Lydia Hodson, Bliiiial!-ttfeet; pu,blican, was sum-
moned for Sunday trading. Mr. Cobb fo?tVe clefe,nce,
asked the officer to produce his watch, and the «ticker"
being wrong the case was dismissed.
Thomas Mercer, beerhouse keeper, Harrington-street,
was summoned for doing businesi at hours prohibited
by law. Fined ss. and costs. Defendant : It's ad-
shame.

John Copner, Blanche-street, beerhouse keeper, was
summoned for selling ale at illegal hours. Fined ss.
and dtist,s.
sohii Jail Windsor, beerhouse keeper, vvas charged
a for doing busineis prnllbited
THE CHARGE OF ASSAULT Ad/MST A poLicEMAft.

HARD SWEARING SOME PLACE. -
This case was proceeded with yesterday. Mr.• Bluck
was for the complainant, Thomas Moore, against
Sowerby (officer 507). The defendant called for his
defence officer 198, who was at the other side of the
street, but he swore that he saw Moore, who was drunk
and had his coat off; but he did not see the parties
together at the time of the assault. The defendant also
called 870, who said Mr. Moore was drunk and had his
coat off, Mr. Bluck called a shoemaker, named, John
Bunotts' who, swore that Moore was perfectly sober, and
had on his coat. James *earthy, another shoemaker,
swore he sat Moore, tho was quite sober ; he did not
see the row. Officer Gig was• called, and he swore
Moore vas drunk. Mr. Bluck said he could bring
twenty reSpeetafile S'hopelseepers tp swear that Mr. Moote
was sober. The complaint was disnlisded:

I

in nothing.

.Porcupine.

KILBURN CHURCH
Fmr.

!tatikiaN, Frid;fts irnin:lA serious fire has taken
plea the iieviy-el'c'eted ecclesiastical structure built
'expressly for ttk, -ihatitarit's- of this rapidly extending'
district,' termed Kilburn ife,rt.:Chn'lrell Cdaton4oad,
,Maids-hill, Kilburn. ; The sacred ;ah'fanied. Of
'I
obrentrifallykge;iiii;;;;,:
:sn~l i 0 feet lavnidei iron rout
Lraostit6niihtvt
through
.road, they had their
Some persouS wei„
attention directed to the bC":I3, of. tie church by noticing
an immense and unusual glare of lief stri#i—iris
the western windows. They shouted "fire" -eA afl
their might, which quickly brought .a number of the
neighbours to the spot, some :of whom were sent
foWards London to call the engines. On their way to
town the niedgengers called at the Paddington station,
and forthwith Mr. }'farting started with his powerful
engine, and numerous engines of the London Brigade
attended as quickly as the distance fro'm the respective
stations; would permit. During the interval, tOweVer,
the flames had made fearful progress, and every part of
the sacred edifice presented d Vast sheet of fire. As the
flames shot throligh the different windows they rose to
such an altitude as to illuminate the whole of the sur-
rotiftding district; and the crackling noise made by the
burning finite& had a strange effect. The services of
the firemeri Were not of flinch alialif as the church and
all it contained were sous desttayed, The origin of the
disa.ster is unknown: The Bet. S. )Erring, the rectors it
is iiiidefstood; was insured in the Sun )hire-office.

ST. GEORGEIS-IN‘THELEAST.-=-E.gTRAOR
BINARY VESTRY AlgfiTiNUt

On Thursday evening a meeting of the vestry of St.
George's was held in the board-room of the workhouse,
for the purpose, amongst other business, of receiving a
deethatlon appointed to wait upon the Bishop of London
in reference to tfre ettlesiastii3al condition of the parish.
Mr. Clarke presided.

Mr. Howell, the vestry clerk, at the reqttest of the
chairman, stated the result of an interview which
certain members of the vestry had with the bishop on
that day week.
After some discussion

Mr. Barrett said that he could not help thinking that
tire bishop was acting courteously, but what he might
be doing spiritnall7 was an entirely different thing. He
tried to pleasb the D'eoptle, but so would a mountebank.
(Oh, oh, and uproar.) The chdreli bad been established
a great number of years in their parish, and all the
parishioners required was that there should be a return
to the purity of service which formerly prevailed there.
(Hear, hear.)

Mr. Littlejohn protested against the bishop being
likened to a mountebank, and moved that the statement
of Mr. Howell be entered upon the minutes of the
vestry.
The motion was agreed, to.

The remaining business on the agenda paper having
been dispatched, the vestry, and a large number of
strangers who were anliously awaiting the bishop's
decision, patiently sat eitrecting the return of the depu-
tation.

At a few minutes past seven Mr. Churchwarden
Thompson hurried in and took his seat beside the chair-
man. Not offering to make any remarks, it was inti-,
mated to him that the vestry had been waiting for the
arrival of the deputation.
Mr. Churchwarden Thompson—l have no communi-
cation to make.

Mr. Littlejohn said he had hoped the churchwarden
would tell the vestry what he had been doing. He did
net think it would be infra dig. if the churchwarden
would tell the vestry whether he had seen the bishop, or
whetter, like the rector, his lordship had gone to Bruges.
Mr. Thompson-4 have seen the bishop, and he has
not gone to Bruges.

Mr. Littlejohn—Perhaps the churchwarden will have
the condescension to inform us whether we are to have
any alteration in the services next Sunday.

Mr. Thompson—l cannot say. All I can state is,
that I have seen the bishop this evening, and that I am
quite satisfied with the interview. (Cries of "Oh, oh.")
1 have yet to learn that this vestry has any power to
interrogate the churchwarden on this subject.
Mr. Parfit—The vestry passed a resolution on the sub-
ject of the church services, and forwarded it to the bishop,-
who, in consequence, requested that a deputation might
wait upon him, As the matter originated with the
vestry, I think the churchwarden ought to satisfy us as
to the result of his interview, although, of course, we
cannot compel him to do so.,

The Churchwarden persisting in silence, the vestry
broke up in disorder, and the great pains which were
taken to memorialise the bishop, to pass resolutions, and
to form an unobjectionable vestry, have thus far ended

It has been ascertained from another quarter, quite
independent of the parish authorities, that Mr. King
has courteously surrendered his peculiar views, and that
henceforth there are not likely to be any more disscn-
dans in this unfortunate parish.

THE BURIAL OF THE ENGLISH LEGIONARY.

I was the first who saw him fall—
We buried him just where we found him,
Wrapped in his tattered crimson shirt,
His suordbelt buckled still around him.
" Vive Garibaldi," as he fell,
He cried; and made a faint endeavour
To' breathe, I thought, another name—
/km/ then his lips were mute for ever.

Poor Charley Gray I—the heavy tears
Fell from my eyes-, I must acknowledge—
We met at school in boyish years—
And we were steady friends at college,
We parted. When I found him here..
He had grown yellow, thin, despondent.
He was an English Volunteer,
And I a Special Correspondent.

Some girls at home will grieve for him,.
Aye, and I think I know another
Will weep to hear of Charley's death,
Though now she's married and a mother.
lie told me all the story once,—
lie never could be brought to blame her ;
I knew his very latest breath
Was spent in an attempt to name her.
They said that he was wild and bad—
" They told her. nothing gaod could win him—
Perhaps he was a little wild,
But nothing bad was everin him.. .
There was no trace in Chatley's heart
Of aught unmanly, base, or common :
He never yet deceived a man,
He never would have wronged a woman.

Fame might have found him, had he lived,
Although he neither prized nor sought it,
For' Cbtartey was a hero born,
And yet I know he never thought it.
Not even 'newly the scarlet shirt
Of Italy's own chieftain yonder,
Beats there a braver heart than

And Ifftama
segleandepaoos
trhCishtaorldeiyel'.flie
lsiiiite,b,N,nansd:t
A camp like this affords a grave
Meet for a heart like hie to lie in.
Even as this camp, this heart poured out
Such hero hopes, such victor gladness--
Like yonder rocket, fiery gleams,
Like yonder bugle, strains of raduess.
His old cigar case I have kept
o
y
-of
foulUe6lnaecotraf
tinil
netei
dlihdinionocelnldidttseasplibehine
or gallant,
thtiitni
nd nmn.
his
itaph
His noblest epitesph will be—
He fought ant fell by the Volturno'

MISS SIIEDDEN AND MISS BURDETT COUTTS.—The
well-known philanthropy of Miss Burdett Coutts in
aiding the cause of right has .been shown in a very
important way, by the pecuniary aid she has given to
Miss Shedden, to enable her •to carry out her noble
attempt to establish the legitimacy -of her father. In
addition to the sum of £2OO, before stated, Miss Burdett
Coutts has advanced many hundreds, and Messrs.
Overend and Gurney have done the same, and at their
instance Miss Shedden has retired from the case, and left
it in the hands of Mr. R. P. Collier and Mr. Couch.
[The kindly feelings which have prompted the pecuniary
assistance thus given to Miss Shedden, cannot :but be
sympathised with; but it is only. fair towards the res-
pondents in the proceedings, .to put the public on its
guard against coming to the conclusion that the case of
the petitioner is well founded. _We have no doubt
whatever that the contrary will turn out to be the fact.]
MARRIAGES IN THE UNITED. STATES.—CiTCUMSNO.CeS
sometimes unite to give an extraordinary aspect to cer-
tain unions. Thus,: it is related that, hi the State of
Maine, the driver of a railway train—too busy, no
doubt, to be able to devote a whole day to his wig
--made his bride and a minister start in one of the
carriages, and had the ceremony performed while the
train was running. A still more original occurrence is
the marriage of a young Virginian couple, in 1855, who
had to cross a river to reach the minister who was to
unite them. But a flood had converted the. river intoane
a torrent; it was neither fordable nor ferrya.blo; 1
the
they could not expect that, to crown their happiness,
minister would brave Leander's fate. They,
shouted to the people on .the opposite hank,teh-tIP'
folded
what they wanted. The actor appeared ;.
authorisation, tied
the paper containing the necessary ho, after
it to a stone, and threw it to the }minister, who,
and
reading it and exchanging the usual Wiling-
Church. These
river according to the rites of the
form, are not the
answers, married the adventurous couplegue across the
marriages, singular as they appear
less in earnest for that,
eccentric weddings, not
consequence required. Other cctcoen
the respect (Inc to
in earnest, are a serious blow
which sanctions it.
matrimony, and to the law
young Americans have
felilloiwed by every civil
-, mock marriages, or
inPentnh
Among other follies, cearntdainatr.e
amused the.thselves by contlra.c)kne.,
If two persons with
rather by getting married in
.3,
way of pastime, they are
all the formalities thereof,
marriedby
by aemal bond. A case of
no serious intention of marrying,n
well and effectuallyevertheless go through
the kind occurred
c exchanged pleasantries
J. met Mr. B. at a party; .
yMr, B. asked Miss , J.'s
lvania in 1857. Miss
on the subject of marriage
,en . ,..
To continue the joke they
After the young lady had
ighbouring minister, where the
recovered her lataNielnidte.tle, she did not chose to carry
hand,)c voerit gt to which
thek n1(1, ets'u'oe'
the simulation Twlsasfesa'ensosgt:itrimony further. But the bride-
groom took V
obliged petition for a divorce; as the only means
the matter in a serious light. The girl
was
escaping the legal consequences of her thoughtless
0f k Another' similar fact is quoted ; and in
engagellie—
d- Was ro u '- *
both cases the divorce . p 4o 4ed.

THE FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY IN SOUTH
' STAFFORDSHIRE.

On Thursday afternoon, Mary Lewis, the unhappy
Woman whose attempted murder and' the suicide of her
would-be murderer -we -noticed a few-days-since,- still
remained alive. Iler ultimate recovery, however, is
scarcely within the Winds of possibility. She is
unable to artiealate, and continues to make known
her wants modons. and other proceedings which
drediffiCiently.iiitelligibl. She remains sensible, and
i able in the. way noticed to repl te• the interroga-
ttothrdnut to; her. The room in which' she. lying
is -saki' id ?it very small; leading only a' little spec
` between the hied' mil' one of the walls. In this- space
she has replied that she was'when‘ Stephenson came lip
stairs and made his overturA amts' was resided. The
i wall here is bespattered with blood. Stephenson had
16dred with the family a twelvemonth. Having ob-
tained Wefk some distance away, he came to their* house
on Wednescfq. to' fetch some of his clothes, and took
dinner with theiii. Lewis, on going to work, left him
in the kitchen with bile wife's sister, a young woman of
imbecile mind. It was after" this that Stephenson would
seem to have gone upstairs. The liter woman says that
he never before made such an attempt& that which she
resisted so heroically. It is feared iliat he must have
it/tended the taking of the woman's life, from' the fact
that: h
e had the razor in his pocket when he Went up-
stairs. rtevertheiess' he has always been on the most
friendly terms with her, and has never displayed un-
soundness of mind.

,BANKIWPTS%
Charles Christopher Renshaw, Stoney-lane, Tooley-
street, mast and block maker.
George Russell, Leamington Priors, hotel keeper.
John Charles Partridge, Langley-Place, Commercial-
road, boot and shoe maker.
Benjamin Silvester, Manchester, draper.
Abner -Mafiall, Barns Cray, Kent, felt manufacturer.
James Wells, Liverpool, toy dealer.
Joseph North, Brighton, carrier.
Ifenry Whitfield, Tottenham Court-road, draper.
Gustave Laurent, Leicester-square, coffee-house keeper.
David Bassett, tixbridgef corn merchant.
Thomas Barton, Wellington.street, Strand, advertising

agent.
John•Hawkes, Hornsey Rise, builder.
James Pritchard, Newnham,Gloucestershire, saddler.
William Binks, Kingston-upon-Hull, painter.
Thmnas Rees, gv, ansea, ironmonger.
Joyce Smith, Newcastle-on-Tyne, commission
agent.

ANNVLLED.
Joseph Povey, Warwick, itmkeepev.
Thomas Powles, Milk-street, Cheapslde,
Isaac Guthmann, Sheffield, jeweller':
Ralph Errington Ridley, Great St. Helens, ancl }Asters-
gate-street, merchant.

The French press is beginning seriously to discuss the
pamphlet on the Emperor separatin.; from Rome, and
making himself head of the church in France.
DIVING OPERATION EXTRAORDINARY.—One of the
most difberilt operations ever performed by a diver has
recently been accomplished in recovering the remainder
of the treasures sunk imi the Malabar at Galle. This
consisted in cutting away the large iron plates from the
mail room, half an inch thick, and working through
nine feet of sand. Heinke's diving apparatus was
employed, as on the previous occasion, and £16,000 was
thus got out in one day. The whole of the specie on
board this vessel, upwards of £300,000, has now been
saved. _ _ _

CURIOUS GEOLOGICAL FACT.—In a field, the property
of Mr. Renton, situate a short distance from the point
where the Leeds and Liverpool canal is crossed by the
Midland Company's railway, at Idle, near Bradford, is a
considerable hill, or piece of rising ground, which has
been noticed to be gradually attaining greater elevation
during a period extending over the last thirty years.
There are even young men who remember the field
being quite level, whereas now there is a high mound
near the middle of it. The cause of this singular eleva-
tion has given rise to much speculation. Some persons
suppose that it is owing to the upward pressure of
water in the bowels of the earth.
ANOTHER MILL BURNT 'DOWN AT ROCIIDALE.—On
Thursday evening the cotton mill of Mr. Duncan, at
Rochdale, was completely consumed by fire. The hands
left at the usual time, and then everything appeared
safe. Notwithstanding the presence of the engines, the
flames appeared at one after another of the windows,
till the whole of the interior became a mass of flame.
Before half-past eight, roof and flooring had fallen, and
the walls stood bare, with the exception of small particles
of still adhering yet burning wood. The mill has been
about twelve months in the possession of Mr. Duncan.
In the basement storey he had placed twenty-one new
carding engines, and in the rooms over were six pair of
mules, some of which had only recently been fitted up.
Mr. Duncan has added to his insurances from time to
time, and the total in the Northern and Imperial Offices
amount to between £B,OOO nad £9,000 ; the damage
will probably reach have the latter amount.
STORM AT SCARBOROUGH, AND Loss OF THREE
LIVES.—On Wednesday afternoon the weather at Scar-
borough was exceedingly wet, and towards evening a
strong wind arose, chiefly from the south-west, causing
a heavy surf. Several vessels came into the harbour during
the evening. Shortly after dusk a collision occurred
between a vessel belonging to Mr. H. Wyrill, of Scar-
borough. and another seeking the shelter of the harbour.
The shock was so violent as to cause Mr. Wyrill's ship
to fill rapidly, and almost immediately after the hands
were got out of her she sank ; but, driving up to the
beach with the surf, she in a very short time parted,
and became a complete wreck. All hands were saved.
A boat containing three pilots put off to render assist-
ance to vessels seeking the harbour. The men, whose
names were Barker, Trott, and Nightingale, were warned
of the danger they incurred before setting out, but they
heeded no remonstrances, and set aside their own know-
ledge of the danger, and the melancholy result was that
before long they found return impracticable ; a huge
bonfire having been made on the piers, to caution them
not to make the attempt of returning to the harbour
through the surf. In a very short time their frail boat
after being frequently threatened, was engulphed in the:
raging and boisterous sea that was running near the har-
bour mouth, and they all perished. One of them has
eft. a widow and six children.
THE•CASE Of J.W. Moony.—lt will be remembered
that on two or three occasions we alluded to the case of
the abovenamed young American, who is under sentence
of penal servitude, on a charge of manslaughter, and the
interest taken in his case by the merchants of Liverpool,
who, through one of our representatives, presented a
memorial to the Home .Secretary on his behalf. We
now present an extract of a letter received from the
friends of the unfortunate convict, who are influential
citizens of Portland, Maine, and who took advantage of
the Prince's visit to that city to present a petition in the
young man's favour, praying for the Prince's interest to
procure a mitigation of his sentence :—" The Prince of
WaleS and hid suite arrived in our good city on Saturday
last, and embarked for home after a short stay of two
hours. He was well received here, not only by our own
eitizens,,but by Crowds of people from all parts Of tho State.
It was the largest assembly ever seen- in our state, and
everything passed off well. We had a petition already
prepared, and signed by the , municipal authorities of
Portland, addressed to the prince, and briefly stating
the case, and requesting him, on his return, to bring the
matter to the notice of his royal mother, and request her
to grant a . pardon. After this petition was, signed, I
called upon the British consul, Captain Murray, who
resides here, to consult with him about the presentation,
&c. He expressed his willingness to forward the cause
and wished me to give him a copy •of the
petition, for the purpose of forwarding it to Lord Lyons,
or the Duke of Newcastle, in Boston, in order that they
might be advised of the matter before they arrived here.
I did so, and he wrote to Lord Lyons, enclosing. a copy.
The 'consul then went up to Boston, and had an inter-
view with them. The duke requested the consul
to say to our mayor that he did not wish him to
traerttthepstition, as they could not consistently
be considered as an interference of one branch of the Go-
vernment with another, so the petition was not officially
presented ; but, on the arrival of the party here, the case
was brought directly to their notice by the Mayor, at
just the right time and place. As the carriage containing
the Prince, Duke of Newcastle, Lord Lyons, and the
Mayor, was passion. Portland Observatory, which was
finely decorated with flags, the Duke enquired of the
Mayor what building it was. The Mayor informed him,
and then told them it was where the young man was born
in whose behalf the petition was to have been presented,
and that his father was the proprietor. It seemed to
strike them very forcibly, and made a decided impression.
The duke again assured the mayor that it was from no
disrespect to him or to the citizens of Portland that they
declined receiving the petition. Although we felt some
disappointment that it was not received, still we feel that
oar great object has been accomplished by bringing the
case to their personal notice, and also by their having a
copy of the petition. We probably shall forward the
document to the Home Secretary at London, but shall
not decide until we hear from Lord Lyons. I have thus
given you the whole details, presuming that you would
feel interested in it.
Cniain IN FRANCE.—It may be remembered that in
the morning of the 18th of last month M. Rolland, a
retired notary, and his wife, of Remilly, in the Moselle,
were found murdered in their chamber, which had been
entered from the garden, and that a sum of 200 f. was
stolen. Suspicion pointed to a strange man about 40
years of age, who had been seen in the village on the
morning of the crime, just before it had been com-
mitted, and who had afterwards been perceived leaving
the place in great haste. This man was traced from
village to village to Mailly, and there he disappeared.
A description of his person was sent off in all direc-
tions, and, the police of Paris on receiving it came
to the 'conclusion that the man must be a certain
Didier, who had just been released from the gaol
at Poissy, after undergoing five years' imprisonment
for robbery, and who, being a German, had been ordered
to leave „France. Their opinion was confirmed by the
discovery that the same Didier and his wife had in 1852
been in the service of M. and Madame Roland, he as
coachman, she as lady's maid. After many enquiries,
the police ascertained where his wife was living in
Paris ; and a circumstance was then brought to light
which left no moral doubt that Didier was really the
murderer ; in a field at some distance from the resi-
dence of M. 'and 'Madame Rolland were found a shirt
and pocket-handkerchief stained. with blood, which
had evidently been abandoned by the criminal; those
%rticles were marked "S. V. " and it turned out
that it was with those initials that the woman Didier
had always marked 'her._ own and her husband's
linen. The police;- however, having no direct charge
'to make against the woman, and having no clue what-
ever to the husband, thought it best
not to arrest her;
but they placed her under constant surveillance. Three
days hack she left, home early in the morning with a
bundle,, and took it to( the station of the Orleans Rail-
way. The bundle was, addressed to Pierre David,
labourer, Mery_es_Bbis to be left at the station of La
Chapelle d'Angillon dher, until called for. It was
opened by t(he order of the Prefect of Police, and was
found to contain a letter, which, though bearing neither
address nor fr
'
si,,nature was evidently intended for Didier.
Some detectives were accordingly ordered to convey the
bundle to its destination ; there it was claimed by a
man, who turned out to be Didier. He had, it appeared,
been some days in the
name, got work. in a anufactoryplace and had, under an assumed
in ,
Pierre David, who he together with one
said m Ile
was, of course, arrested, ands his brother-in-law.
brought
wife vas also taken into
custody,
ynnto
a in larher
lis.
lodgingslis
I
were seized, among other things pockethandkerchiefs
precisely resembling. the one stained with blood which
Was found in the field, and h
,eveiyaegdi tlnikemietizt,laiondintintiealles
S.V." The couple were con
the man, on being interrogated, confessed that he was
the murderer.