The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-31 00:00:00

THE SMOKE NUISANCE.

Yesterday, the Liverpool Steamtug Company, and Mr.
John Brewer Slater, the proprietor of the steam saw
mills, Seel street, were summoned before Mr. Mansfield,
for an infringement of the Smoke Nuisance Prevention
Act. Mr. MtGowart, the town clerk, and Mr. Wagnall,
the smoke inspector, attended from the Health Committee
to conduct the car) for the prosecution. In the first
case, Mr. Wagnall proved that he had visited the steam
tug Sampson, from which he had found volumes of dense
smoke to issue from the funnel, which he said was
entirely to be attr@uted to the negligence and careless-
ness of the engineers and stokers, as all the engines and
app iratus was in goad repair. A fine for the offence
Navin, been inflicted some months since, Mr. Mansfield
mulcted the defendants in the penalty of twenty shillings
and costs. In the second case, against the saw mills,
Mr. Wagnall clearly proved that the nuisance was
occasioned by the carelessness and negligence of the
engineer, and Mr. Slater having admitted the fact, but
stated that he had done ail he could to prevent the evil,
by discharging three engineers, a penalty of forty
shillings and costs was imposed. Mr. M'dowan, and
Mr. Inspector Wagnall expressed their thanks to the
court and retired.

PARDONS BY THE POPE.—The Univers publishes two
lists of refugees or political prisoners pardoned by the Pope
at different periods since 1849. The first list contains 36
'names of members of the Roman Constituent Assembly of
that year ; the second, 24 names of officers of the Papal
army, who sided at that period with the Constituent
Assembly. In neither of these lists do we find any name
having acquired much political notoriety.

THE SEARCH IN THE NORTH SEA FOR MISSING VESSELS.
—Her Majesty's steamers. Bulldog and Salamander, have
arrived at Cromarty from their expeeition in search of
missing vessels from Archangel. Captain Gregory, the
volunteer pilot on board the- Bulldog, arrived here last
night, having posted from Cromarty, and reports, we regret
to learn, that, a2though the steamers crossed and recrossed
the supposed ships' track to the utmost limit mentioned in
the instructions from the Admiralty, nothing whatever was
seen of the missing ships. —Dundee Advertiser of Friday.
STATE OF AFFAIRS IN NAPLES.—The recent attempt on
his life has but served to confirm the King of Naples in his
resolve tot to make those changes in his system of govern-
ment which the Western Powers have declared to be
necessary to the peace and welfare of the whole of the Italian
peninsula. About a week since the Neapolitan Minister at
this Court received instructions from his Government to
communicate to Count Buol the determination of his
Neapolitan Majesty to govern his subjeets according to his
Lon plaisir--Vienna Letter.
THE WIVELISCOMBE MURDER.—An inquest was held on
Saturday last at the town hall, Viriveliscombe, on the body
of John Aplin, a farm labourer, aged 22, who was robbed
and murdered on the night of Tuesday, the 23rd beet., near
Wivetiscombe, the particulars of which have already
appeared in our columns. The evidence proved that Thomas
Nation, the person accesed of the murder, rode home with
the deceased on the night in question, and was the last
person seen in his company. A blood stained knife was also
found in the prisoner's pockets, and marks of blood on
various parts of his clothes. The jury returned a verdict
of " Wilful murder" against Nation, who was committed
for trial.
DBEP SEA SOJNDING3.—A very interesting map, prepared
by C rptain Berryman, and just finished, showing the sound-
ings of the ocean as taken on the United States steamer
Arctic, by order of the secretary of the navy, will be sus-
pended in the rotunda of the Merchants' Exchange to day.
It is twenty two feet in length, with a breadth of about
eighteen inches, and gives a perfect profile of the earth's
surface, on the route of the proposed ocean telegraph
between Newfoundland and the coast of Ireland, with
soundings at every thirty miles, indicated by figures. The
depth of water is also shown by 'a covering of blue—the sur-
face by a curved line, drawn on a radius of fifty feet.—New
York Journal of Commerce.
A SEA SICKNESS CURE.—Dr. Landerer, a medical man
of Athens, announces that he has discovered a sovereign
specific against sea sickness. His remedy is to give from
10 to 12 drops of chloroform in water. The chloroform
in most cases removes nausea, and persons who have taken
the remedy soon become able to stand up, and get accus-
tomed to the movement of the vessel. Should the sickness
return, a fresh dose is to be taken. It was tried on twenty
passengers on a very rough voyage from Z:a to Athens, and
all, with the exception of two, were cured by one dose. The
minority, two ladies, were able to resist the feeling of illness
on taking a second dose.
AMERICAN ORATORY.—In addressing the House of
Representatives, on the 10th December, on the last message
of the President, the Hon. Mr. Giddings said :—" I never
saw a panting fugitive flying from bondage that I did not
pray God most earnestly to speed him in his flight, and to
enable him to make good his escape. The whole sympathy
of my nature is at once enlisted in his behalf. I always,
feel anxious that he may escape from the crushing power
under which he has been borne down. And yet the.
President assumes to lecture me because 1 choose to obey
God rather than him. Why, sir, gentleman may listen
while 1 tell them that I have seen at one time nine fugitives
dining in my own house—fathers, mothers, husbands, wives,
and children, fleeing for their liberty, and, in spite of the
President's censure, I obeyed the divipe mandate to feed
the hungry and clothe the naked. I fed them. I clothed
them. I gave them money for their journey, and sent
them on their way. Was that treason ? If so, make the
most of it." Mr. Bennett, of Mississippi : " I want to know
if the gentleman would not have gone one step further ?"
Mr. Giddings : " Yes, sir, I would have gone one step
farther. I would have driven the slave catcher who dared
pursue them from my premises. I would have kicked him
from my door yard if he had made his appearance there."
Mr. Bennett, of Mississippi : " Would not the gentleman
have justified the taking of them by force or stealth in
the first instance ?" Mr. Giddings : "I would smite down
the infamous slave catcher if he were to enter my door in
the infamous attempts to arrest and enslave a brother man.
I hope the President will feel no unhappiness at what I
• am saying."

THE ROMANCE ABOUT MARTIN MAGUIRE,
THE "TICIrET OF LEAVE" MAN.

Mary .Moore, who was remanded, was again pnt for-
ward before Mr. Holt, at the police court yesterday, on
the charge preferred 'against her by Martin Maguire, a
detailed account of which appeared in our publication
ofyestetday. Mr. Dodd was for the prosecution, and
Mr. Pemberton for the defence. Mr. Pemberton called
Maguire, and handed him several letters; all of which,
with the exception of one, he denied to be in his hand-
writing, nor were they written by his authority. The
witness said he did not authorise Moore to take Mr.
Simon, the barrister, to Halifax, but he did authorise
the late Mr. Wheeler to do so. The witness wrote
his name, and Mr. Pemberton put it in, and asked his
worship to compare the writing. His worship said there
was a great difference between the letter admitted by
Maguire and those which he repudiated. Mr. Dodd,
on looking at the admitted letter, said it ap-
peared that its date was the 3rd of January,
1861, and Mr. Dodd contended that this could not give
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the prisoner authority to draw money, which she had
already done on the 2 lst December, 1850. The witness
then in reply to Mr. Pemberton, said Mr. Simon Ras at
Halifax only once. Mr. Pemberton then addressed the
court on behalf of the prisoner, and called Maguire some
very hard names. lie contended that Moore had
expended a large sum of money on the defence of
Maguire, whom he called a bold and audacious ruffian
to make such a charge. He spoke very strongly in
reference to the letters, which he said would prove his
case, if the complainant had not the hardihood to deny
his own writing. He then contended that the prisoner
was acting under the control of her husband, and after
an able address he maintained that the prisoner ought to
be discharged. His worship reviewed the whole
of the evidence, and said he would not decide the case but
let it go before another tribunal. She was then committed
for trial.