The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-08 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE POLYPHEMUS

ADMIRALTY, Mulct' 7.—The following is the
1 ghlP
officers and men who were lost when her Majestls,,6:-'
Polyphemus was wrecked on the 29th January, '`;" 0,01-
Mr. Herbert, master; Dunam M‘Stockline, capiailloplst
top ; Henry Forbes, captain forecastle ; John lieLoos•
captain aft guard ; Giles Wilkes, boatswain's rnate ;dinar,'
Maunder, boatswain's mate; James Hardy, °rsoanel
seaman; Stephen Longhurst, boy Ist class;
Pearce, boy Ist class.

The Emancipation of Brussels states that the /ly-
ing caulkers and carpenters of Antwerp struck on Alt)/1
last.
Mdlle. Rachel has received numerous visits froraisiot.
tinguished personages since her return to Paris'caised
withstanding the losses which she is said to have 611's
by her visit to America, she continues the embellish°l9ife
of her hotel in the Rue Trudon, on the most eSPell
scale. I`l°t‘
WELBECK ABBEY.—Welbeck Abbey, near "%Torlolo '4, 0
tinghamshire, the residence of the Duke of Portlo- 0
e
shortly to be pulled down, and a new mansion built °fejt
more elevated site in the immediate vicinity of the r
house, the situation of which is low and unhealthy• a that
RussrArr Srons.—The Semaphore of Marseilles sass that
another batch of Russian cannon have just been h;bich
at the Quai de la Joliette. Some of the gala
'ore
belonged to the Russian vessels, are of unusuaL7 peg
calibre. Most of them bear the double-headeub,,il3-01
of the Czars, and many show the marks of the
the Allies. ,
00- -I

THE RUGELEY POISONINGS .—`Ye
Midland paper) that Mr. Cheshire, the tr° aster
'
Pes of ,rf ,„.
Rugeley, has made a communication to the Seetiiilli.it-
We understand
State, with regard to a proposition made to him by '; e at;
Palmer ; but we refrain from giving the partice'3,'ace
reported to us, until they appear in an authenticate"
official form. boretle
WESTERN CIRCUIT—MURDER BY A Corrvicr."--;rfor t,.
Jones, a transported convict, aged 46, was indiet°% a he;
wilful murder of Charles 'William Hope, on 11-orar.
Majesty's ship Stirling Castle, in Portsmouth hair obi°,ll
the Bth February last. The circumstances uneere„rea•
the murder was committed have very recently ititio°'
The jury. found the prisoner guilty without any Onfuno VP°
and the judge sentenced him to death, holding eu" -
of mercy.
RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS.—.f. letter from St. Petef,isibcill
says : " The superior officers and commanders of rol,l',Tieett
who, durinT the winter, have been on leave of °l' /Cs ol
have now all returned to their posts, and the ensiAl°rjet'S
the telegraph on the coast of the Baltic have reeeiv7,s'de;
to proceed to their different stations. The //,.-011)? ei-f
partment has taken all its measures in order c, the
the alert as soon as the enemy should In I
appearance." a ntr,s,
Criminal Court, Celestin
THE MURDER AT H lat the -e ti,
or
sooNm.—mYere,st2er4u,awyas,
Placed at,lter,
rigilg. •r
bar to take her trial for the wilful murder of her --,risoveii
Celestine Christmas, by cutting her throat. Thej bag
although stated to be 34 years of age in the calenea"diinitle.
the appearance of a girl of fifteen. She is of raeati.,it the
tin' stature, and her countenance does not e%"',"„ iva4
slightest appearance of ferocity. Mr. Ballantine 05::0"rt I°.
retained to defend the prisoner) applied to the ~u,ch 0.16
postpone the trial. The circnnratances under w.,"`he bei
crime was committed were most extraordinary, 00.." oscs
lieved it would be more satisfactory for the Pu.rl3ll. gr'
Bodkin,
if the trial were postponed to the next gesso
orpow
Bodkin, on the part of the prosecution, offered °,1,,, post
tion to the application, and the trial was eonsequnell' '
poned to the April P2Ssine

,The Royal Assent was
,441ohequer Bills Funding Bill An,.
olidated Fund (.e1631,‘ ,s. 5d.) Biti,
toek Banks (Scotland) Bill.
The Mercantile Law Amendment Bill, and the Merca,
file Law
(Scotland) Amendment Bill passed a second
ending,
The" Turnpike Trust Arrangements Bill was re ad a third
,te and passed.
"'heir Lordships rose at 90 minutes before six o'clock.

ROUSE OF COMMONS

-FRIDA Y

The
SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour,

PRIVATE BILLS

The Moore and Warrington Railway Bill was read a
lecond time and ordered to be committed.

FOREIGN

Sir ENLISTMENT.
1)a LACY EvANs postponed his motion respecting
-ustrnent in Canada till after Easter.

ST. JAMES'S PAF

The report of the committee on St. James's park, was
uirl)ught up and read at the table. The committee reported
that the best means of communicating between the north
tt11,4 south, and south-west
though the area of the park. b, :(
that no road should be made t, g
Br°llllds of St. James's park, or th x.
The.
h suggested a plan of communi
""ge across the water in the en
1/841t, and by removinr.

of St

James's park, was

committee suggested

the ornamental

the Green park

a by throwing a

sure of St. James's

Duke of Y

's column.

SUNDAY SHAVING.

In reply to Mr. MORROUGH,
8'
Ira a• GREY said he had no power to remit the fine
gollildled upon a barber at Oldham for shaving on a
th, 11—Y* He had received a let r frr n a man of '
—le Business in Oldham, stating at was the practice
not to
tis e
rs shave on a Sunday, and he
u
Lance complained of,
roe fo Oldham.

for from a man of the

3 the pros

had been got up by the

LOCAL MANAGEMENT (METROPOLIS) BILL.
On theNt,‘,... motion that the House on rising do adjourn till
Monday
fir,
UNCOSIBE asked the Government to postpone the
et
r°Polis Local Management Bill for a month, or to
e all assurance that it would be referred to a select
Mrott tee.
o The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the measure was an urgents
to thas its Object was to clear up certain serious doubts as
ahße of the bill of last session, and it was
htiipre intended by the Government to bring it on this

Sir CRIM EIN INTERMENTS.
tok A.
in "'• r ERGRSON drew attention to the necessity of
g steps for obtaining a pledge from the Russian Go;
a to secure that the graves of the British officer
Z-14 soldiers in the Crimea should be respected, in the
411,t °I the position at present occupied by the Allied
ileac being evacuated. He urged that in the event
of
feeliee' "ch a step should be taken for the sake of the
for ng
or those who had relatives buried in the Crimea,
'Circe the peace negociations failed, and the English
that 8 evacuated the Crimea, they might depend upon it
dade" respect would be shown to the remains of the
°facers and soldiers.
the Lord
PALmEasTorr said the subject was one that enlisted
484871°Pathies of all persons in this country, and he
attetired the house that the subject would not escape the
Vphiehti°a of the Government during the negociations
Blightwere now taking place. He did not anticipate the
Call difficulty in getting an assurance from the Rus-
„ '4lr ernment that the monuments recording the death
br
ahohu ave Countrymen who lost their lives in the Crimea,
-Lq be respected, and whatever was said of our enemy,
cae:leodst do the ussians the justice to say, they had
" the war with all the courtesy that became a
ed
nation. Those who had surrendered at Kars
tiler ueen treated with great attention and generosity, and
bade was, therefore,.no reason to suppose that those who
ygo treated the living, would he wanting in respect to
olt lie would, however, take care that the matter
1, Sr bpintroduced in the present negociations.
r 11R LACY EvAris remarked that there was a mixed
waProlation in the Crimea, who had been ruined by the
set the Found
he therefore hoped that steps would be taken to
to ge ground that had been used for burials apart, and
Preserve it from the population.

BOYS FOR THE NAVY.

,_
sir-me.alver to Colonel HARCO unT,
by
W°ol3 said that there was no regulation by which
°174 Won workhouses were excluded from the

111.,,,1131 DNIVEIISITY AND TOWN OF CAMRIDGE.
bring -urvEltla gave notice that on an early day he would
(just a bill founded upon the report of the committee
betwep,,tthene ested) appointed to consider the 'University and town of Cambridge. relations

SCOTCH UNIVERSIT

111 re 1
P Y to Mr. Layard,
8f lIL°II-AnvocaTe stated that when the universities
14t had agreed upon terms of union, he should be
etance 'end his assistance to bring about such a oircum-
The
a,_ rElotion for adjournment to Monday next was then
-6reed to.

,ESOLUTIONS

°II the T. 4. THE EDUCATION
oa -,0(1011 of Lord PALMERSTON it was agreed that
eLle Lle lOth of April orders of the day should have preced-
-1,1: of notices of motion, to enable Lord John Russell to
g forward his resolutions on education.

MILITARY EDUCATION

Mr. G
tier, LeD STONE gave notice on the part of Mr. S.
jert, that on the War Estimates being brought in he
444 'lO draw attention to the vote for military education'
r r the superintendence of regimental schools.
z nAIIbRLLATE JURISDICTION OP 7HE HOUSE OF LORDS.
qr.ttileorllOtion for going into Committee of Supply,
the "zu moved the following resolutions That
toueresaent state of the Appellate jurisdiction in the last
peal unsatisfactory. That a Supreme Court of.
heat °tight to be constituted, and presided over by per
714 judges of appeal." In showing the unsatisfactory
ruktion of the House of Lords with regard to its Appel-
theyadiction, the hon. member remarked, though
ss were present during the trial of appeal cases,
in no power to speak, or to examine witnesses, and
isa ee" appeals cases could not be properly conducted,
, no Scotch lawyer had ever been raised to the peerage.
Aleri'ring to the different propositions for placing the
de"latu Jurisdiction of the House of Peers, .;.he con.
elned the creation of life peerages as likely to destroy
branch that branch of the constitution. and suggested that
PPeil should still go to the House, of Lords, but that
h"ges should be appointed to hear such cases, and should
4te Power to speak and examine witnesses.
A 4 he The motion not being seconded, the resolutions were not

SUPPLY.
f The House then went into Committee :of Supply. The
the
votes were agreed to :—R4SO, on account for
'lle civil establishments at home and abroad ; .4'450,000 for
ages to labourers and artizans ; -e4,000,000 for clothing,
tOllliitiollS, barrack furniture, forage, fuel, lights, &c.;
1411.1 42,500,000 to defray the expense of stores for the land,
-ftt, service.
(34 the vote of £1,794,069 for works, buildings, and
repairs at home and abroad,
me°lonel Durum moved to postpone the item for a foundry
4t;:na oolveich, in order to refer the subject of forming
l establishments for casting cannon to a select
committee.
Al.
%rtt --lig conversation ensued, and ultimately the original
41 WWI agreed to.
sit'ithe Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to
on. Monday after the police bills had been
Posed of.
mTh Out Pensioners (Greenwich and Chelsea) bill, the "
owe
dated bill, the Military bill, and the Consoli-
ti, e
and pa 'und (4'26,000,000) bill, were eventually read a third
*.ssed.
The Rouse adjourned at half-past one o'clock.

______ _
/4148G0W AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—The
,eiparly meeting of this company was held in Glasgow, on
itte4l:leeday, Mr. Andrew Orr (the lord provost of Glazgow)
half-
th: e chair. After some discussion, it was resolved that
upoc°lllPanY should declare a dividend of five per cent.
4 the guaranteed and preference Stock, and of four per
butmtitPt on the consolidated stock, to be paid on the 24th

ADMIRALTY COURT.—DITBLIN, WEDNESDAY
(Before Dr. Kelly.)

The Ship Cordelia, of Liverpool, Mackenzie, Master
Master and Mariners' Wages.

The impugnant vessel, the Cordelia, of Liverpool, being
in this court at the suit of several English and
en mercantile houses, holders of bottomry bonds on her
,f over £2,600, the master and crew of the ship
ough their proctor, Mr. J. T. Flamerton, for
)1 recovering the wages due to them since
The cause had been assigned for hearing to

implea

joining hc
this day.

Dr. Townsend appeared for the intervenients, and stated,
on their behalf, that the impugnant ship Cordelia, 378 tons
register, was bound, on the 21st April, 1854, on a voyage
from London to the ports of Wellington and Auckland, in
New Zealand, from thence to Madras and Akyab, in the
East Indies, thence to Calcutta, and home to Cork or Fal-
mouth ; that she sailed accordingly. having at the time a
full crew of 16 men, ten of whom deserted on the vessel's
arrival at "Wellington ; substitutes were employed for the
run to Madras, where they were paid off, and new hands
shipped in their stead, some of whom deserted, or were
paid off at Calcutta, where again more men were shipped;
also, that the captain had taken on board, as apprentices,
three boys at Madras ; that Mr. Mackenzie, the captain,
had been necessitated, when at Akvab, to contract a
debt to the extent of £l6B 145., for the purpose of
supplying the ship with stores and necessaries which she
then required for the homeward voyage, and which sum
was independent of the bottomry bonds, the subject of
the original suit yet to be disposed off; that having
discharged the original cargo of merchandize shipped at
London at the ports it was consigned to, a valuable
Jaded for the English or Continental

Tao of ri3e

,ge of very near two years,

the sth ult,
re made to

tentage to he allowed him on the outward and homeward
freight, or for the maintenance and clothing of apprentices.
He (Dr. Townsend) now claimed a decree for payment to
the captain on these grounds. He also claimed payment
of the wages of the crew, fourteen in number, the amount
of the balance of which appeared in the schedule to the
court

nould prono

ueard for the owners of the cargo,
ots residing in London, and he stated that his
re the real defendants in this suit, the owners
of the ship being bankrupt. and the claims put forward
being very heavy, over £5OOO, would ultimately fall on the
cargo, the ship being worth only £1,500. His clients
therefore, as a mercantile firm, had no objection to the
claims of the mariners being paid on their being fairly
ascertained. He therefore, on behalf of his clients, would
offer no technical objections, but would help the court, as
far as was in his-power, to a satisfactory decision.
Dr. Kelly : The Cordelia being under the arrest of this
court, these seamen had no choice but to follow her here,
and claim at my hands wages which, under ordinary
circumstances, should have been adjudicated upon else-
where, being a more domestic tribunal. The master avails
himself of the new rights extended to officers of his rank,
under the merchant shipping act, 1854, which confers on
the Court of Admiralty a jurisdiction in !all matters of
account between owners and masters, where any wages
are due to the latter, and comes here also, seeking redress
for his claims. Both parties are, therefore, properly in
Court. The owners of the ship, who are stated to be bank-
rupt, not appearing, the case has proceeded against them by
default, but the consignees or owners of the cargo appear;
and it would seem to me, as stated by Dr. Radcliffe, that
they are the real, if not the only substantial defendants ;
for when the relative value of ship and cargo, as proved
by the evidence, is taken into consideration, and then the
large amount of debts overriding one in failure of the other,
or both, it is undeniable that the only fund available for
at least two-thirds of those debts must be the cargo. The
case of the intervening mariners treated, I am bound to
observe, by these impugnants, with much generosity, has
been fully and satisfactorily proved. The master has
established his demands on foot of his wages—on foot of
his per centage—on foot of his expenses for the vessel at
Akyab—and for clothing the three apprentices, to the
amount of 514/ 13s 3d. The seamen (fourteen in number)
have proved that no less a sum than 5981 7s Bd, allowing
for all advances, is still due and owing to them, the total,
as proved, being a sum of 1,1131 Os 11d7 This, in a suit for
seamen's wages, seems a startling sum, but it is to be
recollected that it covers a period of twenty-one
months and eighteen days, passed in various seasons
and in tropical climates, far from families and home

Dr. Radcliffe was

clients'w

—that freight was earned, and but extremely
small advances made on account. Of these fourteen
seamen, two having died on the homeward passage,
I trust that the master need not be reminded that it will
be his duty to pay the amounts due to them into the hands
of the shipping master at Cork, where the vessel now is. I
therefore decree for the wages and disbursements proved
—namely, 1,113/ Os Ild, with costs, and kettle money,
according to the law of this court, for the maintenance 01
these seamen up to the day of their payment under thi:
decree.