The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-13 00:00:00

PENINSULAR NIAI

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPOND-0" of.
SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY
The Peninsular and Oriental naail twenty R-eigilt
Euxine has just arrived, She brings Ote:noscl
passengers, six thousand pounds in spec'e'bot 4;
full cargo. Her dates are—Gibraltar, (:Icitt).,o, Jo'
Cadiz, 5
; Lisbon, 9 ; and Oporto and v
The news to hand is of no importance.

OVERLAND MAI

INDIA AND AUSTRALIA•

The steamer Australia arrived at Trifi,t:;ol,,s
10th, at 11 30 a.m., in 111 hours front Ale:-
which port she left on the sth of Ocitobt'igteP;
India Mail was to leave on that day Wit:tetall;
gence from Calcutta to the Bth of e,,rlie
Bombay the 12th of September, IV/eibtiabet;to
12th of July, and Ceylon the P.lth of SePr,
Preparations for a Persian expeditl°-
vigorously carried on in all departraents'D
''d iteti
The Supreme Government had open
Four and a Half per Cent. Loan for an fyi—olie
amount, which had disturbed the male —pd
Bombay exchnge was 2s lid. ea ti
Two steamers had been suddenly order
Calcutta to the Persian Gulf. 0'
Calcutta,exchange steady at 2s , tenoe'
At Melbourne wet weather had caused -0000'
rary depression in trade, and there Was 440-
in the gold production ; but there wale "
revival, and commerce was sound

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AN UNSOPHISTICATED REPLY,---" Oh, I tntieeoltill,ool
beautiful girl in the street to day, " said a gen,- aot,'„o
lzhteahviadnievnyeneki fnbdrlgiereeeshnsneasd::,n, ,
have never
idwdv,heg,
trolhsamsheneeeelhiinsnewt
agewanssaaewtar
sweeter
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edewpas :
rb‘vt
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:11.,:ti
it
014thoi
crape who
were properly adjusted, " pretty, you say ? 619,4
have been ?' I eves not out."
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LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. ~A 00" ei
of management has been introducedqay the Pre-step
manager, Mr. Carter, at the Waterloo-statioo.lo loreki
which will tend greatly to ,facilitate the
rise
ding
of the town, although it has given rise to ss.,,`"-ps °„00°,
faction amongst the employes; it is that of clealliaalro br;
day's traffic with each day, not to allow an sal 1/1:11tor;
goods carrying on from one day to the nels.' 104 11,rj!
tsi
temporarily involved extra labour on the offics4lo ifs' Al
the arrears were cleared off, it was found that '' OA or'
done, in some instances, earlier than usual. •0 i ,
results. of the working of the goods traffic here is ado fill'
to all interested. be Or 10'
RAILWAY MODESTY AND MONOPOLY.---.-A 1'06,4
logs of the directors of the Holyhead all'4, 0004";
Western Railway lately aimed another blow 9-600,,-01
the shape of a proposal to extract a large 'ls 0' fo,b.
bution to induce them to accelerate the mails -V° tiff id
land and Ireland, via Holyhead, by an hour, °food jfllA°,l
increase of speed. The attempt was insurld.- lote'Vri
usual railway interlude of a dinner, which 11,.-Abl_As lroj
at Bangor by the directors, Mr. Poole,
...t?ewas
..itilv"°o"
diplomatist, and other managers of traffic. " "gees' rtf '
of course, that a further contribution was Fiji to hapit;
account of Britania Bridge outlay. It rerasi,olll/B,oooa
whether the nation is to pay largely for each -to es,Valf,
or rather, under colour of them, to contributedd A' 0'
and inefficient " management." A couleirelaSid of.
openedmabwe
better
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vn e to s enders. Mr. Sparkes, a ea-A:gee° ie.
ow brought an action against the Le2;s-811, 0._.01.44
IMPORTANCE.—At mt
Leigh
A new
Western Railway Company, to recover V ~pr eras 11,d) ti,
sustained from the non-delivery at the proviatf-rlVaer
parcels of periodicals, sent from London hY, 'mg:, cd,
they did not arrive till seven, and by tb;s',l,--ot sir' Arf
lost the sale of the serials. It was proveo niotel'iesit'o
,(1,
delivered at Euston-square twenty-three itittsilbil,,,'Bo
LondonTtwheel vgcehioeacf
occurred
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Monday,
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to l'°:yeapie
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plaintiff a verdict for the full amount clairatediepeYte2
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kinetpottatibeobvoeawt lady t• " -10 14.;
recovered. She had attempted to congc",;„-jd 1i,5,4 teriA'"
preserved in the manner stated. She vf',o- art„'-fotrA
asht eer
wbayshaelrmcorsitnoinlinaes
epnesttele;:aticidet,oloot vr,A.
name, but she acknowledged she was -,,.-0811',La,..,
and she was subsequentl arrested for 0,7 Jea,a'' oar 0°
Madame "Van Hove, of Molenbeck ":. re S 0 .111
attempt at suicide at Ostend is abo°- itior'i 0 p
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bills.asse 11
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arrested Madame Van Hove Made ddenlic '°-t
the deepest despair. She was conveYe '
Monday. . -.-

4IMMIIIM
IRE PEOPLE'S CONCERTS,
ST. GEORGE'S HALL.

h_tceSrts aturday evening the second
of the People's Monstre
th took place in St. George's Hall, and was crowned
" signal a success as that which distinguished the
tvlel....guration concert on the Saturday night previous.
nuts Part of the spacious Hall, not excepting the
.ack
11,15111 the most distant of the side galleries, whithin which,
„nreaver, the reverberating tones of the mighty organ are
ps best heard, was densely packed ; but so lofty is the.
thOlcg: and so thorough the ventilation, that even with
garitaoltitude of human beings, the inconvenience and up-
other iitness almost invariably felt on such occasions in
Places, from pressure and too great heat, were in no
541 e experienced. The arrangements,
7zili!re also more perfect than on the opening nio.c
by the the whole, nothing seemed to have been ovtebre
oterprising manager that could conduceto
who'uce and comfort of his patrons—the people, r
lentanlvalmost every class in the community
.had itp
hpn.l7,eB Present. There were to he seen r,
eliii4`ms of the " true sons of labour," many with their
tor,. ear nearly all with their wives, as " happy as lords"—
anA'.contteous and obliging towards each other than lords
I: ladies generally are on crush nights," and more
the otirtiesy
thisatetY and genuine in their applause. Indeed, we regard
and polite behaviour, one to another, among
antepPt".Pte, as one of the best recommendations of such
of tajoments, and more especially when held in a building
fit.(7u magnificent proportions and gorgeous decoration as
Konae°,rge's Hall. Such conduct is elicited by the associa-
-110:
\ _,°' th e
v place—rudeness would mar its harmony—and we
uasered in the conduct of the people of these coun-
Ifiencli the mansion of a nobleman, a museum, a mag-
tlitetteu‘ gallery, or other fine building, is thrown open to
the' a keen and just appreciation of this truly
sietti clothes make men imitate the manners
emen, and music—pleasure exciting under
sone,;:‘alices---is doubly harmonising when hear'
114—""room so noble and brilliant as our maf
lilina„e4c,rlsideration alone should induce evtn
tatit„:'ropists" to promote and encourage such
artily In the body of the Hall we observed multi
traseis' also 'with their wives and families, respecta,
icateja"nrig Women, and innumerable representatives. o,
- 88 of
110kei young men whom we may justly describ, as
4418 and to whom cheap and rational amusementwe
-""utdaY evening is both a boon and a blessing.
tion noticed several clergymen present ; and the corpora-
l'. 4/:,,a_B represented by Mr. Alderman Parker and Mr. W.
at7,,reYS, &c:
e ,•"/(meert, as a whole, was of a far superior character
.nciatiguration one, the programme comprising-
-I°l4o-- GRAND ORGAN —MR. W. T. BEST,
aoti verture—g, Zam pa" ..
lot!--":Pensive Warbler"—Miss Farrell Rodwell.
kor,:‘ The Maids of Merry England" —Mr. Wilson-Perring.
P01ic1,44--" Bonnie Prince Charlie"—Miss Landon.
Airrt" Eiong—,. I know a Maiden" J L Hatton.
flop.;"41, 0
RYGirihood's Happy Home"—Miss
uddier than the Cherty" Mr Scarisbrick-Handel.

too, for ingress and

this lady, I presume, received the remuneration which my
daughter would have had. I cannot, by any possibility,
conceive what motive Mr Reynolds could have (if any) of
apparently attempting to injure the professiolkal reputation
of one praisewortbily attempting to obtain a respectable
livelihood, by the exercise of what musical ability she may
possess. I was not in the Hall when the observations of Mr.
Reynolds was made, although my son was, and I was not
aware that they had been, um il I reached home. It is rather
singular that I was in the Hall in the second part of the
performance, when Mr. Reynolds moved to me, and yet
made no word of complaint.—Fours, &c.,

LACY T. GASKELL

OUR MONETARY POSITION

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

The bank return published in last night's Gazette affords
unmistakeable indication,' of an approaching panic.
Jrl" Well may the bullionist tremble. Experience, the great
and of test of truth, is demonstrating the fallacy of all his
its retire- How perilous the po.ition of the bank disclosed
- the galleries by this return.

and of

znificent Hall

n team-
itudes of

theories,

Its liabilities payable in gold
Its gold coin and bullion ...

Deficiency

L 39,967,511
10,784,257

. £29,183,254

ONE MILLION decrease in the stock of gold. ONE
MILLION AND A HALF decrease in the reserve of
notes. TWO MILLIONS increase in the amount of bills
discounted !

Not long ago the Bank's reserve of bullion amounted to
TWENTY-TWO MILLIONS. Now it is reduced to
ELEVEN.
Say TEN MILLIONS of gold against TWENTY-
FIVE MILLIONS of promises to pay gold on demand.
Nor is this the end. It is only the beginning. The drain
of specie continues with unabated severity. The demand
for money is as urgent as ever. A minimum rate of 7 per
cent. for 3 month's bills is resorted to in vain. The orders
from the Bank of France to its agents in London are plain
and positive, "Buy gold at any price." It is, therefore,
evident, that the Directors of the Bank may raise the rate of
discount to 10, and even 12 per cent, without accomplish_
ing their object.
Their movements may annihilate the profits of trade, but
they cannot stop the drain of gold. They may fau the
flame of alarm, but they cannot quench the brand of panic.
All ordinary means are unavailing now. Every one
is asking, what is to be done ? The crisis is truly
alarming, especially in France. There, it may result in a
fearful revolution. Here, it may prove fatal to our corn_
mercial prosperity. Our danger is so immediate and so
imminent, not a moment should be lost in attempting to
remove it. It will be too late to shut the stable door when
the steed is gone. Too late to stay the drain of the precious
metals when the last sovereign and the last panic have dis-

appeared.
There is one means—and only one—of instantaneously
checking the demand which is absorbing all the gold and
silver of England and of France. STOP THE SUP-
PLIES. Let the National Bank in either country be
restrained forthwith from paying in specie.
This is the one—the only means—of escaping from the
dangers of our present position. Every moment's hesitation
increases the evil, and must render the application of the
remedy less effectual. Are our bullionist friends afraid
that the cure may prove worse than the disease • that the
suspension of specie payments by the Banks of England
and of France might cause a violent reaction, a great and
sudden reduction in the rates of discount, and an unnatural
inflation of prices ? Are they afraid that it would give birth
to a wild and ungovernable spirit of speculation ? Then, let
the application of the remedy be accompanied by this simple
antidote, which, being simultaneously administered, would
allay the fears of these timorous people who are continually
telling us that too much prosperity would drive us mad.
Until the removal of the restriction, let the 'minimum rate
of discount at the banks of both countries, be fixed by law
at 4,4, or, if considered still more advisable, at 5 per

Accompanied on
k,ss nE GRAND ORGAN BY MR. W. T. BEST.
-.0 Utiorus—.4 The Gypsy's Tent"— T Cook‘
Tri,„l'les L. Gaskell, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Scarisbrick.
.:Proteet us through the coming Night" .. Curschman
titllkiali" Landon, Miss L. Gaskell, and Mr. Wilson.
la% 'Wapping Old Stairs"—Miss Farrell ....
Dermot Astore"—Miss L. Gaskell..
801.0—GRAND ORGAN—MR. W. T. BEST,
Ithh a• (Fantasia on Scotch Airs.) ,
Air (by desire)--" I'm not myself at all '.
Mr. Scarisbriek.
k101641ge.,..,'" The Fairy Ring"—Miss Landon ..
Pie 4 `` The low baek'd Car"—Mr. Wi150n.....
" P.The Watchman" -
1304 • Holden, jun , Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Scarisbrick.
to be
eon fter son,' was sung, until we came to those set down
keveg bY Miss L. Gaskell, who was at the last moment
Iterated from attending, in consequence of a sore throat.
evridently
144 Place, however, was well supplied by Miss Wiatt, who
labouring under severe indisposition, but
tae;seetheadlness in coming forward to fill up the breach, no
heeptintin the sweetness of her voice, ensured her a hearty
"" ell all sides.
teference to the non-appearance of Miss Gaskell, Mr.
tturatiall' the manager, made the following statement
s, In; O rgan gallery :
eons and and Gentlemen,—l regret to inform you that, in
the eggence of the non attendance of one of our local artistes,
ehotigrarame for this evening will necessarily be somewhat
lartfe— At a late hour this afternoon I accidentally
'night -- that Miss Gaskell did not intend to appear to-
Miss Wiatt, though labouring under severe
'hialtri""odl3, has kindly consented to take her place. Miss
Net! attended rehearsal this morning, when nothing was
ca her out her being unable to attend, but, upon my waiting
a aore.to enquire if the report was true, she complained of
!aspeet`f Mat. Stich behaviour is certainly anything bu
1141sed:11 t° the large audience congregated here ; and,
4014 s far from believing that illness is the cause of her
earrelpeoara
6 nee, lam inclined to think that an under-
*hate! at work to prevent me, if possible, obtaining
VD' appear here on the Siturday evenings."
taiaati Reynolds was loudly cheered by his friends at the ter-
Cad "of his short address many of whom were evidently
• ea-
4tvrour.
witness his re-appearance' on the stage of public
Willnotenter into a detailed criticism of the performance
known he artistes, with one exception, being already wellltlieat!o the Liverpool public. The only stranger was Miss
Ne.o 'arra, of the Nobilities' Concerts, London. She has a
irapernonsiderable power, clearness, and sweetness, andh
betokens her vocalisation all the ease and grace which
g' he cultivated artiste. She sang, with exceeding
Abit'ou,? beautiful, but now seldom heard, song of " WaP-
Iftaetie tut Stairs ;28 and, in answer to the general and enthu-
-4 ekluere, sang with equally successful effect the pretty
Rose:„7,llling through the Rye," which is daily becoming
*as e- Were popular with the public. But the lady who
to the vidently the " bright particular star" of the evening
ki...audience, and " won all hearts and all praise," was
Or oiltandon, the established favourite actress and cantatrice
ettitte_orpelhatre Royal, who, by the kind permission of W.
Esq., attended on the present occasion, and
Zi4r " Bonnie Prince Charlie," and " the Merry
, ac with a spirit and expression that elicited the
Not„a eartY and deserved applause, and was loudly
Inkm—; She in a moment, as it were, estah-
her herself as favourite with the vast audience,
ItillAiovnae.ity, combined with excellence in her art,
fat we have no doubt, maintain her in
*pokes position,;, Of Miss Wiatt we have already
‘4., sin in terms of just praise. Mr. Scarisbrick's fame.
roneei-ser is so well established in Liverpool, that it is
desioe, superfluous for us to here mention his name. His !en-
/4,4;2' " 0 ! Ruddier than the Cherry" was a grand piece
cation,heightened by the admirable organ accom-
aaa Zent.of Mr. Best. This song was rapturously encored,l
kaelytuteillhe honour was accorded to him in Lover's. well
tolerebiLriah air " I'm not myself at all." Mr. Wilson, wasd
to
effective in " The Maids of Merry Englan,d, and
The back'd car," but he wants animation. 1,3e,50r1.)
Vlieh Lrus " The Gipsy's tent," and " The Watchman.,
tpat. "1-7,l'k. G. Holden, jun., took part, were also admirably
RQas thA'u„, most attractive feature of the evening, perhaps,
"Tantasia on Scotch airs" on the organ, by Mr. W.
1;‘. This was really an exquisite performance, and as
tp th.;,,lt was stirred to the very depth by the thunder call
'eadei;:uarge " Scots wha' bee," and then subdued into
*4ll an by " Auld Robin Gray," which was rendered
Kett expression and feeling surpassing almost vocalise-
inao:s could not but hope that Mr. Best will, by means of
Noe? genius, and the unequalled instrument at his command,
1,14 a;ifroln oblivion those fine, touching, and expressive
_44ltrio;wt,hich were the pride and delight of past generations.
Pell.:„Te performance the audience were as it were underta
4lethZu many left the Hall at its conclusion, preferring to
1341 "„:etnainder of the concert rather than have the charm
' deieint and mingled thought into which they had been
The arbed.
tt„,ese of u„neert terminated shortly after ten o'clock, the
"'lnfo the multitude being accomplised with the utmost
ni,r4 and facility.
bleb, Ciollt.luding oar notice of this, the second " entertain-
o"'serdet* the people," we must take an opportunity of
tha ‘0 Mr. Reynolds, the manager and originator,
a1,11111%-is for his thus bringing before the public a class
Ml:elite, and artistes of the highest order, at a sum
euit Of -,nleans of all. To him belongs the honour and
at teal . .
Hall have eerlng in a manner that has never before been
efia,all fiin this town ; and the committee of St. George's
t,; "00e well to grant the use of the magnificent
genies f: a gentleman who evidently has the taste and
pOWr
"dal •carY out one of the most humanising and
Influences of our day.

, • Percy
Crouch

S. Lover.

. Perring
S. Lover

cent.
A suspension of specie payments would stop at once the
drain of gold.
A minimum rate of interest, fixed by law, would restrain
within due bounds the spirit of speculation.
The simultaneous adoption of both these measures would
save us from the scylla of our present adversity, as well as
from the charybdis of the too great prosperity which our
bullionists are so greatly afraid of.
France must be saved from the horrors of a revolution.
England from the inconvenience of a monetary pan.c. The
remedy suggested would prove as effective as it is simple.
1 believe we are on the eve of its application, because the
necessity of the case is too urgent and too apparent to allow
the government of either country to alumbr at its post.
I am, Sir, fours respectfully,
Liverpool, Oct. 11, 1856 JouN WILLS.

Bir .2,° THE EDITOR Ole THE NORTHERN TIMES.
f the
thco)nd—uzient ionfsinuation having been undeservedly cast upon
my daughter by Mr. Reynolds, the Manager
ltddreeoneerte atSt. George's nail, on Saturday last,whfewn
obaer.-"eg the audience will you permit me to make a et
ht,ooof ftha ti°alndin Mr. Reynolds is stated to have said tha ,
:131:1:t and
couldjiMiss Gaskell had said she had a sore
ft,,,,1 not sing, he thought there was some
kiri r„,111,,-;;-'4 work in the matter. What the meaning of this
*,atin-t-"1 is, Mr. Reynolds himself only can explain. It
lob 1,%,,- "'y euggesti.on Mr. Reynolds engaged her, for which
anltio—n. to have been adequately remunerated, and most
told, .1-381'e was to fulfil her engagement, bad not a severe
her
from ~.,...
nut. on by the recent inclement weather, prevented
ft le doing. My daughter is only seventeen, and,
likely her
-.co , Youth, it may be inferred that she is neither
celebritieso3 plead an excnae, frequently attributed to musical
1,,, nor to be cont.tpd with any underhand work.
aivonat object could she have to gain by either course, when
obit3erig before the public is the only chai 1
tarning success in the profession she hash chosen.
that il one o'clock on Saturday last, she was still in the hope
... ..11er sore throat might be better, but, after using all the `9l.leations resorted to in such cases, it was found imprah
intcable that she could sing ; under these circumstances a e
to Mr. Holden, the conductor (whose pupil she was),
t,',l.,forrn him of the tact, but saw only Mrs. Holden, who
the
her that, probably, Mr. Reynolds could avail himself of
‘1 lerrices of MieS Wiatt, in her place, which he did, and

THE NORTHERN TIME S.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.-SATURDAY

(BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY )
IN wa BRINDLEY.—His Honour delivered judgment on
the certificate this day. He said—ln this case various
grounds have been alleged by Mr. Simon, as counsel for
the assignees, in opposition to the allowance of the cer-
tificate applied for, on behalf of the bankrupt, by his
counsel, Mr. Aspinall. The bankruptcy in this case
was upon the bankrupt's own petition, which he, Dr.
Brindley, had presented in consequence of having faile I
to carry out a petition of arrangement previously pre-
sented to this court on the 29th of June, 1855. The
adjudication, which was made by my colleague, Mr.
Commissioner Stevenson, was upon a trading as a brick-
maker from the month of March to that of July in the
year 1855. Mr. Simon, on behalf of his clients, (who
would appear to have been requested to oppose the
bankrupt upon this occasion by certain creditors to an
amount of something under £1,500, assembled, as repre-
sented, at a meeting at the office of Mr. Walker, the
solicitor for the assignees, and formerly and until some
time in September, 1852, the solicitor of the bankrupt,)
has objected to the allowance of the cert fieate upon
these grounds :-1. That, having taken Tarvin Hall for
the purpose of a school, either upon a parole agreement
for a lease of ten years from the 24th of December, 1842,
or as tenant from year to year (which last is the nature
of the tenancy insisted upon by Dr. Brindley), Dr.
Brindley had expended, according to his balance sheet,
the sum of £9,772 16s 7d upon repairs and improve.
ments (including £1,500 of permanent improvements),
down to the year 1851, and having quitted Tarvin Hall
in 1852, had expended a large sum upon repairs and
improvements at Abbott's Grange, and had incurred
the debts stated upon that balance sheet, amount-
ing in all to £13,363 4s 10d, of which amount nearly
£ll,OOO is due to unsecured creditors. This large
amount of debt, Mr. Simon contended, ought not to
have been incurred, looking at the fact that, for the first
three years, the receipts from the school had been about
£3,000 a-year, and for some years afterwards about
£5,000 a-year, making an aggregate of gross receipts of
£44,000. 2. That by waste committed upon the
premises at Tarvin Hall, in pulling down some of the
buildings and fences erected by Dr. Brindley, at his
expense, he had occasioned to his creditors (not the
landlord) a loss by the costs of a chancery suit, in which
the bill was filed in December, 1852, and the order for
injunction issued in January following, and by the
costs of an action for waste brought in the year 1853.
This objection 1 relieved Mr. Aspinall from the necessity
of answering, being of opinion that Dr. Brindlev having
consulted an architect and surveyor as to the buildings
which he might remove as tenant, had used a fair
amount of caution, and was not open to the imputation
of wantonly incurring costs. He had, besides, abstained
from taking down any building after the notice served
upon him of the 22nd November, 1852. 3. It was then
pressed against him, that having entered into a deed of
arrangement in 1850, of which Mr. Ducker and Mr.
Roberts, the manager of a bank in Chester, were trustees,
he had not consulted them as to his removal from
Tarvin Hall, upon which so large a sum had been
expended, to Abbott's Grange, which removal took
place some time in the year 1852. 4. That he had
sustained a loss of £6OO upon a loan transaction.
It appeared as to this point that Dr. Brindley,
having occasion for about £l,OOO in the year
1846, was told by Mr. Ducker, who is a very
large creditor, and has stated that he does not oppose the
bankrupt, that he had a sum of £2,000 lying idle in
Liverpool. This statement was made some short time
before the month of May, 1846. But it is clear that
before the Ist of May in that year, on which day a letter
was written by Dr. Brindley to Mr. Ducker, that Dr.
Brindley knew he was to have tobacco—and not money,
for a loan. Further correspondence takes place, and on
the 19th of May a promissory note is given by Dr.
Brindley for £2,15.5 16s, value received in 90 hogsheads
of tobacco. Of this sum it appears to have been
intended that a part should have been returned to Mr.
Ducker ; but the tobacco having been sold under Dr.
Brindley's orders, by Messrs. Parry, of Liverpool, the
loss of £6OO, before mentioned, was sustained. 5. That
he had given bills to Mr. Ducker in 1852, the non-pay
ment of which had occasioned proceedings against him,
in which considerable costs were incurred, to the
damage of his general creditors, by pleading the deed of
arrangement of 1850 as an answer to Mr. Ducker's
action. There was also a sixth objection, with respect
to a transfer of a mortgage to Mr. Tennant, by which it
was alleged that Dr. Brindley's general creditors had
sustained loss, as to which objection, however, there
does not appear to me to be sufficient evidence to render
it necessary for me to do more than to advert to the fact
of the objection having been made. There were also
some subjects of complaint personal to Mr. Ducker,
which, on an intimation from the court that they could
not properly be urged by the assignee against the 4ank-
rupt, whom Mr. Ducker did not oppose at the hearing,
were not further pressed by Mr. Simon. After the argu-
ments had concluded, it became necessary to look care-
fully at the proceedings on the file ; and it then appeared
that this only trading proved on the adjudication was as
brick maker fur a Olen r.erißd, from March to July, 1855
and there arose at first a question; whether, the matters
complained of having occurred long before that date,
they could in point of law be treated as objections to the
certificate under the 198th section of the Bankrupt Law
Consolidation Act, 1849, upon which Mr. Simon founded
his case, though under the authority of eat parts Leslie in
the matter of Leslie, decided by the Lords Justices in
June last, and reported in the twenty-fifth volume of the
Law Journal, page 37, they might have been so treated
if the 236th section had been applicable to them. The
bankrupt, however, in his examination of the 15th of
July last, having admitted that during fourteen years
he had been a stationer, and so a trader, that question
was set at rest. Upon the whole case, then, as it is
impossible, looking at the very great expenditure of
nearly £lO,OOO upon a ten years' holding as tenant of
another person's property, for this court to certify that
Dr. Brindley's failure has been occasioned by unavoidable
losses and rnisfortones, no other than a second class cer-
tificate can be granted ; and I think that—after making
every allowance for Dr. Brindley's alleged reliance upon
any assurance which be may have received from Mr.
Walker, while his solicitor as well as solicitor to the
lessees, as to his not being disturbed from the possession
of 'Tarvin Hall, when the infant came of age, and also
for the position in which he found himself in May, 1846,
when the loan was effected with Mr. Ducker, and a loss
sustained of £6OO upon tobacco taken in lieu of money
—the certificate should be suspended for six calendar
months, from the 23rd day of September last, the date
of original sitting fer the allowance of the certificate,
with protection during the whole of that peried. We
have been requested to state that the £lO,OOO taken as
by the balance—that to have been expended on Tarvin
Hall, includes the cost of a house built by the bankrupt
on other property.

TOXTETH PARK LOCAL BOARD OF

HEALTH

The adjourned monthly meeting of this board was held
at the public offices, Toxteth Park, on Saturday last—Mr.
Alpass presided. The other persons present were—Messrs.
Jeffery, Siddeley, Rogers, Darsie, and Ibbetts. The first
business transacted was the electing of three persons as
members of the board, in the place of Messrs. Tibben,
Browne, and Avison, who had retired or become dis-
qualified through non-attendance. The persons elected
were Messrs. Hartford, J. Boult, and Hughes. Mr.
Chidson was nominated, but as he did not reside in the
district, he was ineligible.
The finance committee recommended the payment of
several tradesmen's bills, and £l7 4s to the general board
for the expenses incurred in making the preliminary
enquiry. The payment of that sum might have extendod
over a period of five years, but the committee considered
that it was so small and so reasonable that thr,y advised
that it should be paid at once. The proceedings were
adopted and confirmed.
The sewerage committee recommended the board to
accept Mr. Newlands' plans for sewering Grove Park; and,
on the motion of Mr. Jeffery, seconded by Mr. Rogers,
the Clerk was instructed to submit the plans to the general
board for their approval, and to state the reason the
sewers were made so deep, which in effect was that when
Lodge Lane was drained, the sewer might be made
available, the Borough of Liverpool paying a portion of
the expenses. The board did not deem it advisable to
give the owners notice until the board above had sanc-
tioned the plans, but the committee were delegated to
advertise for tenders as soon as possible.
Some routine business having been disposed of the
board adjourned.

GREAT LEGAL FRACAS IN THE LIVER-
POOL POLICE COURT.

NOVEL ScErm.—Three persons who were remanded from
a former day, wer3 pit forward to tho bar of the Police
Court, before Mr. Sin when the following exciting scene
took place :—Mr. Goodier, in rather an excited manner,
sold : I had been employed for these prisoners when they were
brought up before, but they have now employed another
gentleman to defend them. Ido not complain of this, but,
as an attorney practising in this court, both on my own
behalf and on the part of other attornies, I have to com-
plain of a system followed in this court by the police, in
reference to attorneys, Mr. Wybergh : What is the system
you complain of in reference to the police ? Mr. Goodier :
Touting. Mr. Wybergh : Are you prepared to sustain this
charge against the police? Can you name any police officer
who has acted so ? Mr. Goodier : lam not prepared to
name any one at present, but I will come prepared to do so.
There was a charge brought here on Thursday against me,
by a publican named Holme, and the newspapers made the
most—as they had a right to do—of it; but it was a false
charge against me, and I am prepared to say that Mr. Holme
was brought up to make that charge by detective officer
Kennedy. Kennedy : That is not true. Mr. Wybergh :
If you have any charge to prefer for touting against the
police, you ought to bring it in a proper way, and it will
meet every attention by proper investigation. You should
name the officers in such cases. Inspector Kehoe :I am
here as an officer of police, and this i 3 a serious charge
brought against the force. As an officer, it will be my
duty to report this alleged case of touting on the part of the
police, and I now call on Mr. Goodier to name any one
policeman who has been guilty of touting for any attorney ?
If he cannot do so, I call on him to apologise, and with-
draw this serious accusation. Mr. Sands : If Mr. Goodier
can bring any case forward he ought to do so, and it will
be properly investigated. Mr. Goodier : I can state that
Kennedy brought up Mr. Holme to complain against me,
although there was not a word of truth in the statement
made by Mr. Holme against me. The newspapers
reported the observations, correctly ; but there was
no truth in the observations made by Mr. Holme.
Inspector Kehoe : But that is another question, and has
nothing to do with touting. Mr. Bluek : I am a practi-
tioner in this court for six years, and I think I am entitled
to say a word or two. During my practice here there
never has been a shadow of complaint against my conduct
in any way. These prisoners sent, for me to defend them.
asked them why they had sent for me, as they had
employed Mr. G'oodier last 'week ? and the answer they
gave me was this, " We will not have him, because he is
no good.'' Mr.Wybergh (to the prisoners): Who is now
your attorney ? Prisoners : Mr. Bluck is, sir. Mr.
Wybergh : And you wish him to defend you ? Prisoners :
We do, sir. Mr. Bluck (to the prisoners) : And did
you tell me, when I asked you, why you would not have
Mr. Goodier again—that you would not have him at any
price, as he was no good ? Prisoners : We did, sir. Mr.
Goodier : I can state that Kennedy brought up a man to
make a false charge against me. Mr. Wybergh: If you
baye any charge to make against an officer, you can do so
in proper form, and the watch committee or magistrates
will properly investigate it. The watch committee,
however, is the proper tribunal. Mr. Goodier : I will
be able to sustain it before the watch committee. The
"scene " then terminated.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

LIVERPOOL. —SATURDAY.
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEGAL AND MORAL
CLAIMS.—A nice looking young woman, named Mary
Ann Roche, was charged with having annoyed a gentle-
man, named Robert Scott, who resides in Roscommon-
street, and who said he was a clerk in the delivery
department of the Post-office. It appeared that some
three years ago the prisoner was a servant in the house
where the complainant resided, and that she became the
mother of a child, of which Mr. Scott was the reputed
father. This caused some difference, but it would seem
that the child had been provided for. The prisoner was,
however, in the habit of annoying complainant in the
streets and other places, and he was obliged to give her
into custody. Mr. Mansfield said, although she may
have no legal claim on you, yet she has a moral claim.
You, by the indulgence of your bad passions, have reduced
her to a state that deprives her of earning her bread
honestly, and, therefore, it is that she annoys you. The
complainant raid he had given her sufficient money to
support her in sums of £2 at regular periods, and,
besides this, he frequently gave her half-a-crown, when
he met her in the streets, which was frequently, as she
followed him for that purpose. She was about to
become a mother again, but he knew nothing of that.
!qr. Mansfield : Then you are not answerable for that.
Let the prisoner stand down for the present ; you ruined
her first. BEFORE MR. BANDS.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF COTTON.—John Holborn, and
Mary, his wife, who reside in Dryden-street, and James
Westhead, who lives in No. 4 Court, Hunter-street, were
charged with having stolen five bales of cotton, value
from £5O to £6O, the property of sortie person not known
at present. From the evidence of Detectives Kennedy,
Laycock, and Gristhenwaite, the history of the case
appeared to be as follows : —On Wednesday evening
eleven bales of cotton were put into the yard of Mr.
Cousin's warehouse, Vauxhall-road, by the prisoners
It seemed that these eleven bales had been made out of
five original bales, which were opened, and re-packed
into the eleven bales, so as to prevent discovery. On
Thursday morning the cotton was put into the warehouse
of Mr. Cousin's. The constables having received certain
information, went to the marine store of a person named
Holt, in Prescot-row, and there they found the canvas
and ropes that covered the original packages, and these
articles had been sold to the marine store-dealer, who
purchased them from the prisoners When the officers
arrested the prisoners, the man and his wife said they
had purchased it from Westhead, and in return alleged
that he was employed by the others to assist them in
taking the cotton to the warehouse. The officers said
Westhead had only come out of gaol,
where he had been
confined for ten months for stealing cotton. They had
not, as yet, been able to find the owner of the cotton,
and they asked for a remand in order to make further
enquiry as to where it bad been taken from. The
prisoners were remanded. Three of the bales were
marked F in a triangle, and the letters 0 and X at each
corner of the angle. Two were marked JJin a circle.
These marks may lead to the identity of the property.

THE LATE MR. CHARLES ROWCROFT,
EX-CONSUL AT CINCINNATI.

The mysterious circumstances connected with the
sudden death of this gentleman on his homeward voyage
on board the ship Cherubim deserve particular mention.
As he was a man of considerable literary mark, as well as
an official servant of the Crown, we briefly note the chief
points of his career which seem worthy of notice.
Charles Rowcroft was sou of the late Alderman

Rowcroft, au eminent merchant in London, who, having
been appointed her Britannic Majesty's Consul General
at Lima, was uufortuuately shot in the execution of his
duty, in 1824. Charles Rowcroft, the son, who was
born on the 12th day of July, 1798, was educated at
Eton. He was subsequently a well-known political
writer, and for some time conducted the Courier. He
is, however, best known to the public as a writer of
fiction, and his Tales of the Colonies must remain a
valuable and standard ad,ition to the literature of Eng—
land. In the year 1852 he was appointed her Britannic
Majesty's Consul at Cincinnati, in Oh o. Hardly
had he arrived at his post when the Russian war
broke out, and it will be readily recollected how soon
the British Consul in Cincinnati became the object of
the most deadly enmity to a political party there. He
was most unjustly accused (as the result of a subsequent
judicial enquiry proved) of a breach of the neutrality
laws of the United States, by raising and levying soldiers
for her Majesty's service in the Crimea, and as soon as
the falsehood of the accusation had been fully and
legally proved, the Consul was again involved in an

embarrassing question which arose in the course of his
labours in the enlistment trials. He discovered, through
some of the witnesses examined, that a conspiracy
existed for the invasion of Ireland by neutralised Irish-
men resident in America, who were to be aided by an
armed force and munitions of war from the United
States.

For the full particulars see blue-book, re Recruiting,
No• 28, page 22 ; No, 29, and Nos. 31, 32; Enclosure

No. 78, it passim

The perpetual anxieties and persecutions which Mr.
Rowcroft underwent after the month of July, 1855,
undermined a strong constitution. He lived in perpetual
fear of his life, from the threats of the lower class of
the Irish emigrants who surrounded him, and who
carried out their native antipathy against everything
British. To this was added a strong suspicion that the
American executive Government were privy to the medi.
tated attempt on Ireland, and the whole of Mr. Row-
croft's career in America was one of unmitigated lab our
and vexation.

Having had his exequatur withdrawn by the Ameri-
can Ministry at the same time with the withdrawal of
Mr. Crampton's, and those of the other two Con-uls,
Mr. Rowcroft left New York on the 15th of August,
1856, having been in office about four years.
So short a period, of course, (lid not give Mr. Rowcroft
an opportunity of accumulating property, but, on the
contrary, from the expense of taking up his appoint-
ment, establishing the consulate, the high price of house
rent, provisions, servants, &c., he would have landed
with a wife and five children as poor a man as when he
left.

The mysterious circumstances attending his death are
set forth in the annexed report of the captain of the ship
in which he sailed. His family and the officers on board
who witnessed his decease were deeply impressed with
a feeling that some foul play had taken place, but were
unable to discover any positive evidence.

(Co.)
" Some particulars of the last illness and death of Mr.
Charles Rowcroft, late her Britannic Majesty's Consul
at Cincinatti. fly Nelson Smith, Master of the Ameri•
can ship Cherubim.

" Aug. 9, 1856.—Mr. Rowcroft engaged passage for
himself, lady, two daughters, and three sons, on the ship
Cherubim, for London, occupying the whole of the main
cabin.

" Aug. 15.—They all came on board preparatory
to sailing, and the ship was transported to the river.

Aug. 16.-At 1 p.m. got under way, and at 4 p.m.
were safely at sea. Mr. Rowcroft had been for some
time complaining of a bad cold with hoarseness, which
continued without much notice till Wednesda,y, Aug. 20,
when he took his breakfast, and at dinner tine took his
seat at the table, but, being unable to eat, returned to his
bed.

" Thursday, Aug. 21.—There being a severe gale, 1
making my attendance on deck necessary, 1 saw very
little of him till the evening, whan in passing my room
he requested me to give him five grains of blue pill and
and 20 drops of laudanum. I told him a little opium
with the blue mass would be batter, which he concurred
in, and five grains of blue pill with twq grains of opium
were administered, and he remarked the next morning
that it had helped very much.
" Friday, Aug. 22.—1 n the morning he seemed much
better, and upon the appearance of his tongue I thought
more mercury necessary, and gave two grains blue mass,
and at 4 p.m. another two grains. During the night he
rested tolerably well, had no pain, and remarked to me
that all his functions worked well. He complained to
Mrs. Rowcroft about ten o'clock at night that he had
had a severe spasm which none of us noticed.
" Saturday, Aug 23.—We all considered him much
better, the coating of the tongue commenced breaking at
the edges, and the flesh was moist, with a gentle perspi-
ration. From the symptoms I judged a little quinine
necessary, and gave two grains, with one of Dover pow-
der. During the forenoon he appeared very drowsy, but
would occasionally start up, and, at times a little delirious.
At 2 p.m. a very marked change took place, and the
hreathiug became difficult till 5 p.m., when convulsions
continued, though slightly abated, till 10 p.m., when he
breathed his last.

" During the whole illness his pulse was not above
70, nor; upon frequent enquiries, did he express the
slightest pain ; 34 hours previous to his death the skin
and eyes were extremely yellow, and a few hours before
the tongue became black, and a black mucous substance
issued from the mouth.

"Having no means at hand of preserving the body,
which was becoming exceedingly putrid and offensive,
he was this day, August 25, in latitude 42 degrees north,
and longitude 54 degrees west, buried with the usual
ceremonies. His death was certainly mysterious and
sudden, and I cannot easily persuade myself that it was
natural."