The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-06 00:00:00

WEST AFRICAN MAILS

PLYMOUTIT, Thursday Evening.—The African
mail steamer Retriever, Captain Macintosb,
arrived this afternoon with mails, seventeen
passengers, 2,090 ounces of gold dust, and generi"
cargo. She left Fernando Po July 13th ; Cap t
Coast Castle, August 10th ; Sierra Leone, AugusA
13th ; and Madeira, August 27th. She experience'.
head-winds nearly all the way to Sierra Leon
but has arrived two days before her postal til
Amongst the passengers are Dr. Daniells, princi..
of the medical staff at Sierra Leone, and pi11..0.
Wood, late clerk of the Myrmidon ; the eoas.t I
generally healthy ; there is scarcity of shipPlo
Oil is plentiful, but trade not brisk. At Made.lld
the cholera had abated, the mortality be 1.134
reduced to seven a day. Her Majesty's 011%
Firefly and Bloodhound were at Sierra Leone,"
the Myrmidon was at Rio Pongos, and had take;a
prize, and destroyed a .baracoon there. 11 fr
Plumper was at Lagos, and the Prometheus 0
Quittah, August 3 The Retriever spoke the Nige
1.;
outward bound, mail steamer, of 23rd August,
lat. 34.30, lon 15.30 W.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-LONDON, St' 4'

(BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER HOLROYD )
THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.—A petition for adjudic3,4
in bankruptcy was filed to-day, by Mr. Chidley, on beuv't,
of Mr. Walter Morrice, silversmith, of Jewin-cresce4,6
against the Royal British Bank. No further steps s'y
taken to-day beyond filing the petition. The proceedill,9
taken under the first clause of the 7 & S Vic, c. 111, e,llt,i,:ii3t
" An act for facilitating the winding up the affairs or r.
stock companies, unable to meet their pecuniary eng.,,risl
ments," which provides that, it any incorporated con:onetea
or trading company, or any other body of persons assoctildlit
together for commercial or. trading purposes, shall CO
any act which is deemed an act of bankrurpty on the filo-4
of such company, a fiat in bankruptcy may issue agltber
the same, and be prosecuted in like manner as against o
bankrupts, subject to the provisions afterwards made.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-SEPT. 4,

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK —On Wednesday of trjejp
noon two writs of extent against the Royal. British 133001
were executed at this office before Mr.
onesethe n J.,ary,
and Mr. Jacobs, commissioners. In ease
~3De3
after hearing evidence, found that the bank was inuehiell
to the crown in the sum of X 386 13s 4d excise dutv,Wcole
had been deposited at the Holborn branch by -thoboX
lector for safe custody; and, in the other, that the,,, of
was likewise indebted to the crown in the stl":,a
57.0 5s Ild assessed taxes, which had been depositjng t/
the Islington branch—the effect of these findings he'"
give the crown claims priority.

WI;
FATAL LEAP BY A CLERGYMAN.—OR Tuesday op-;
gloom was cast over the society of St. Peter's College' eife,'
bridge, by a telegraphic message which had been reelele
from Paris, to the effect, that the Rev. William 31
M.A., senior fellow of the college, had met with allA
dent which resulted in his death. Mr. Nind WWI;
spending a part of the long vacation in Paris, and °Lye
day night, the Hotel du Monde, where he was sewcl
caught fire ; an alarm was immediately given, °",,0 Pis
Nind, fearing that he could not escape by the pass°l,ro,al
s'aircase, which were in flames, threw open his he.,,"eiltr,
window and jumped into the street below. Before lbeto
aid could be procured life was extinct. We hear st
subscription has already been set on foot googols
fellows of the college, for the purpose of erecting a ta..
the college chapel to his memory.
olde eV
CAUTION TO PUBLICANS.— An emaciated
named Ann Ryan, alias Riley, w; 8, brought up be'. 44:rot
Birkenhead magistrates, charged with obtaining be,rful
ple" under false pretences. Her " dodge" is an ar
ge. 5,
withal simple one. She goes into the public-h"
dtt
calls for two-penny worth of whiskey, or some otheri,
leaning her arm on the counter the while, and tigliti;
sing her thumb and forefinger, as if she held betwelii be'some small coin. The drink' is served, and Vice #l,
appears down the capacious throat of Mrs. RY,,,el
smacking her lips with the delight of one vvh° Fae
" tipple" for nothing, then fumbles in her P°c ?' At/
gravely asks the publican if she has not paid blor
sequel is soon told. Mrs. Ryan did not pay him, pet?
she intend it—not she. She has not ac, ghost of NO?.
in her pocket. He may sue her in one of her. by 019
county courts for the debt, but wisely prefers baa„.sscit,
It seems that Mrs. Ryan has frequently praciretelitell
"dodge" in and around Birkenhead; but when les' oic
yesterday, the magistrates, not having power to
the case, she was warned that she might yet ‘`
once too often, Mrs. Ryan protested that she "ut
wronged in this case. She had only got one'"'"' °
glasses, as deposed to by the prosecutrix. teru.ifiefeg
A DRUNKEN WIFE RIGHTLY PUNISHED.-"'ej 14
most forlorn and dejected looking female, deo" ut irete
and of a most disrepnted appearance was brottgeol,
Mr. Mansfield under the following distressing ci,rogiid
ces. Her name was Charlotte Finchette, and tb°
ant was her husband, a respectable-looking persoltio
on the business of a blacksmith. It appearedet eib°,(l4
time since, from the conduct of the defendarm„ele I,sr,
always drunk, that the case had been before the be: etlstef.a`v
it was agreed that the parties should separate, tlfroute,iri
allowing her a maintenance. This continued for st,",js
when the defendant promised to reform, and e.rol;sll,S
back to her home. She, however, soon afterea t
again, and had taken to drink, id her 000'-cso"
eitsd
violent that the husband's life was in danger" cc- P.te
insulted all her husband's customers—on 1311,,,r'ellesrof
turning Mr. Robertson Gladstone out of the 811°,1'010;V)
sold and pawned every article of furniture and cei'"sri
could get hold of, and had actually stripped the,
their clothes, and all for drink. A great mati've.iolge
were called to prove the above facts, most of ollefsflo
that the conduct of the wife was so diegracefral 1:00 ":,066,0
that persons lives were in danger from her.
she imputed all the blame to her husband, "-`,.s.pfe'cialV
in addressing the defendant, said, her scare-ern"
if it were nett for the superabundant eyideeljivife 0°040f1';
would have been sufficient to prove to him tb ,ifo bg
led. It was quite clear that the plaintiff'sh'o,lo
ofpl
safe. He regretted that a respectable man 8;00°50
tied to such a character, and there was n° It fciol,
getting away from it. But such was the law' ,Ole it ,
to be regretted that a wife, whets she 'but flat/'
could not be punished as another felothpouqot Aid
one of the fictions in the law that she "be Peers!'
punished for taking what was considered toiroo egfe,
The law did not allow a man to be separated 'gee°, isltli
for only one offence, but he could not Ct,°°e° wifect:e°l4
punishment to a man than having a drano-big •
as bad as a man carrying a dead corpse on Oree Soil!
until it rotted away from him piece by Pie.c„,°.es
had been discussed in high quarters, and " Viet' a's Cs,
hoped that the legislature would take the 11°'
consideration, for the benefit of the million. ,tiopeaociooo
to see a respectable man thus placed, and bec., ettinstnell
time was not far distant when the legi''•atue-ure,-
a benefit on such men, by enacting a tomea:oo t"Arerj
relieve them from such wives. vile only 01,1;0° OcOopt
allowed him to do was to bino...her over to Itibert°
to Uee
a long period. Mr. -Mansfield then ordere" Ptb
sureties in 451) each, and herself in £lOO,
lP° fot
for twelve months. The sureties not be
00 was committed for that period.

NSIJRRECTION IN
SWITZERLAND.

the little insurrection at Neufchatel, in the
beeaesit c't. the King of Prussia, appears to have
deeparkt4l2°St immediately suppressed. Our latest
the tots says :—" The federal troops have retaken
lie. 0711, arid the insurgent leader, Count Pourta-
Ar:er been arrested."
A despatch
10 a despatch from Paris, of yesterday :
whieh'esPatch has just arrived from Neufchatel,
The 843'8 the canton is again tranquil."
reifY e"t°n of Neufchatel was under the sove-
the^;ll',3' of the King of Prussia until 1848, when
Pra'sn;°abitants rose in insurrection against the
t° ,an rule, and declared themselves attached
liettie:"'w'se Confederation. Since then Prussian
taiy 011ty has
never been re established, nor has
the patAtel4t, with that object, been made. At
Gre ;,:r's Conferences, when the questions of
took and Italy were discussed, Baron Manteuffel
the °Pportunity of saying that "an affair of
had-1;111°st interest for his Court and for Europe
the ;een passed over in silence ; he refers to
raati,-,re,s,ent situation of Neufchatel. He re-
PoiniT,Lnat this Principality is, perhaps, the only
an -1411 Europe where in contradiction to treaties
l
tho What has been formally recognised by a
disc great Powers, a revolutionary Power which
11a-lards the right of the Sovereign holds sway.
411-,,°111, Ivlanteuffel demands that this question
ehq°4l4l)„,e included in the number of those to he
fliZuNot the least notice was taken
e remarks by any of the Plenipotentiaries.

SPAIN.

4:t.uI6SOLUTION or THE CORTES.
he Madrid Gazette, of Sept
oeyee dissolving the Constituent Cortes.
3, publishes a
1,-,..._°other royal decree accepts the resignation of
oirrtiiorrtardi, N.
tcytiaTn iviadridlinister of Spain
contains
at Lisbon.
papers of the 31st nit. .
itn— g.lroPertant. The Espana announces thasteit.s
tollPtalreskon of the day before was seized because
onit
Oen,,Zel a paragraph in answer to an attack
(another
Na paragraph
The seizure of the Leon Espanol
beri:, organ of Narvaez', the Nevedades,
also
anno;' Inc 4ssoci,ition, and the Discussion is
lie -need• The Espana announces that the
spPaillblie of st.
Domingo has given satisfaction to
A 11,,fr certain grievances.
corn
handdate Pcndent, writing from Madrid on the
4iied th, says :—The Narvaez faction lickt the
the
Dublicajtt beats them. Narvaez replies.
Nvitii I°n of the report against Queen Cariostatiin ra
4ecla , I°llg letter, signed by his own secre
der
Of the that he does not assume to be the leata. tiot, eYlederado party, and, with a modest aft
abilit°l "If-denial, only professing that what fl'icttle
laec, 03:113illhinl. lies at the serviceof the throne. This
that
e -Pa aPPeal to O'Donnell is a falsehood
?tnea too )
has
I),aioi ,- ,ae to serve the turn. O'Donnell
1)4 the aged
qeolared that, at the very first provocationa
110-4"; Part of the Polaces, he will strike them
140;11arder than the previous one. Those who
°Tlee fthe man will believe that he has said this
tpe
et Oral'
(,) ; and so We are deprived of the amusingdi
4(10 ~11—e of these internal discords of the Mo ode
r-
for some time to come.

NAPLES.

11 'Lilt Ost 7) VIENNA, SEPT. 3.
eteh, , —eutsche Post announces that a fresh
meat ;8 been addressed by the Neapolitan govern-
to do ,;(11 th°Be of France and England, in order.
vjueedlaY with the unfavourable impression pro
Je41.4 l°3' the former one, Accordin to the same
Naples' M. Brenier the French ambassadorsi at
of 4_,,eublealmhaossitsatisfied,with it, and the mis • on
it is said, been postponed.

PIEDMONT

g(lcirefiaZien,°Ps of Piedmont, several months
Rome,ago
cliterr,---1 'livers questions to the See of regarci-ling the course they were to pursue,o with
f
rdini„.•o the new ecclesiastical legislation '3l Rort-; b The answers of the Sacred Penitentiarynnd
ere ear the date of the sth of July last, a
d,"c'ever
11 1-I°t intended for publication ; a circumstance,
- .etiti ; Which has not deterred the Gittandino
tlilesti,,lroln giving them verbatim.
deed:un, Whether those who, by either word The
ii i;)srt-
of th co-operated in the framing or executionun-
preetiia law of May 29, 1855, for the s
_.
13, ereoh?, cd. monastic establishments, are not,.
tapti;' 10 act as sponsors in the
Ilitl.;44,„arld confirmation, is solved as follows _ ,
ceremonies
:2-
the i.e. -c,.xtravagant ad evitenda of PGpe Martinonyl.
untestedaithl
are not bound to avoid an exc
or
ter
sentence
~_ individual, unless the
.exe,,,,re nave been officially published ; the
IX 11,314,11nicated person incurs further beeuntst.tree_
'To the the faithful in any religious exerc
IR Pi Ma ' 8, eeond question, as to whether , the
tic al Priest can marry persons under ece
they
-
thee at censure, unless they prove that
obtained absolution, it is replied, thatl.
iakalt3l,inst ought first to insist upon the excommet . bqt teb'i Persons seeking absolution for his offentche,
Nrti;at should his efforts prove vain, andif
the 'eere -e runtheirisk of scandalous exposure
The jc,°,ll3' be deferred, he may, with the consent oeif.
1171,t‘s
~ isops, celebrate the marrtiaogbeltrFiaolrsaonf eaxricsnwm.lo-
- third
'relating
oicatecl persons in consecrated ground,. tsl...
Etsticar, are referred to the best writers on eccile 1 Wheth JilllsPrudence. tohsurhest h
may
gthraent
bou,,,,be‘r absolution °nave
fourth it-
as
men t
or i,°eZeeticelesittstical property from the government
real
rePeotanna it is replied, that in case 0
absolution
„nil condition-."-' auch Persons- receive
may
'lncreove of their performing aproper penance.
r, the faith _
.ndui.
Christ may obtain i
Relic° tos
h
ful in
the havechase church property, or
retain uc
first, they
keep Y already bought, provided :
;
ateconBfill?,_ll Property at the disposal of the
church
it
Well; -,',..‘,Lic3" improve the land and administer
or of
linell ,„'"`",rd, they come in aid of the churchd
the e,eeteiastical persons as have suffere from
14forAecntion of the law of 1855 ; fourth, they
stence
of thez4 their heirs and successors of the exibserve
the Eleici conditions, and enjoin them to o
earne.

ROMAN STATES

Fla Ctr" from Ancona, of the 25th August, states
having
last );€l,Anstrians are fortifying that place,
4°llsee—elM a new covered battery below the lighte-
tew bi oi the harbour, and having brought somt
ing 1-3 e" °f artillery to be placed on the exis -
Auatrlrtifi°ations• This does not look as if the
:t; ahorat/ii?ccupation were intended to cease within
sit", f ':1,111e. The popular subscription, mean-
sa"snn° '"e cannon to be mounted at Alessandria
- very Well at Ancona in spite of the police.