Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-12 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCy•COURT.—YtntriDAr

[Before Mr. Commissioner PERRY.]
In Ile Aunitll, PinToN.—This bankrupt was an iron-
monger it, Great George-street, Liverpool. The last
examination! was appointed for to-day, but Mr. Dodge
appeared ov his, behalf, and stated that thebanirupt
was arranging with his creditors for the purpos of
superseding trie bankruptcy, and therefore, as he had
not filed his bufavce-sheet, he had nowr to apply or
'an adjoarnmentr-111r. Sandys, who Appeared for the'
assignees, offered r.o objection, and his Honour adjourned
the sitting till the TAth instant..
Is. Re WILLIAV EkSTWOOD.—This bankrupt, a
joiner and builder at Fairfield; came up on application
for his ,certificate. Mr. Francis, on behalf of the
assignees, was merely instructed to draw the attention
of the court to the fact of tike bankrupt having made an,
ass

;ignment only t. waive months before the bankruptcy,
and also to intimate that he hadt contracted a ba&debt,
contrary to the at.lvice, Bien him by his principal
creditor. His Honour sa=d; as the assignees did' not
press their objections., he saionidl award a second-cliiss
certificate.. •

In re LEvi COBB.- -This, bankrupt, who kept the
restaurant ur.dar the Angel Hotel, in this town, applied
to pass 'his last .examinat ion., ITT.. Dodge appeared for
the assignees, Mr. Cotton. for a creditor, and Mr. Sandy
for the bankrupt. The bankrupt was' examined by Mr:
Dodge with refereLee to the furniture in his cottage at
Bootle, which bad been seized by- the landlord, and
which was not accounted for in his balance sheet. The
bankrupt stated that it was .an oruissionl which he could
supply.—The court thought the balance sheet should be
amended in that particular, and ordered' an adjournment
to the 24th instant.

In re ROBERT DitLx.—This bankrupt; described as a
plumber, painter, and paper-ll:Luger' in Park-road, came
up on his last examination. Mr. Keating . Taylor
appeared for the assignees, bra the bankrupt was un-
represented. Mr. Cotton submit ted a proof on behalf
of a creditor for the amount of a contract which had
not been cOmpletecl; and as the assignees- opposed it,
the consideration thereof was 4 adjourned to.the dividend
sitting. , Mr. Taylor shortly examined the bankrupt,
but did not oppose his passing.--His Efonour, after
reference to the balance sheet, allowed him to puss, and
the certificate sitting was appointed for the 4th of
November.

COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAV;

(Before J. K. BLAIR, Esq., Judge.)' ,
ALLEGED MALPRACTICE.--,SIIITIT v.. Lioxix—The
plaintiff in this action, Mr. ,George R. Smith., is, a sur-
geon, residing at No.. 31, Peel-street, Park-road; and.
the defendant, Daniel Lloyd, a person residing in the •
neighbourhood. Mr. Hime, solicitor, appeared for, the
plaintiff, anti Mr. Thorneley for the defendant. Mr.
Hime briefly stated the case. The plaintiTiSotTbt to
recover £1 55., for professional services ; and thedefence
set up was, alleged want of skill. Mr. Smith, after
having been twenty-one years an army surgeon, had
recently came to reside in Liverpool. In the.course of
his practice, he attended the defendant, far what he
conceived to be a sprained ankle. The defendant would
tell them that he had a broken leg ; but Mr. Smith
alleged that the fracture, if any, must have taken place
after the time of his attendance. Mr. Smith called—He
produced a medical register to show that he was a duly
qualified practitioner ; aad then' said he had been an
assistant-surgeon and surgeon in the army for twenty-
one years. He was in the , 67th Regiment • for five
years, and served in the West Indies. He then joined
the 65th, and served with them in America.. He after-
wards joined the 99th, and went. to Australia. Receiv-
ing half-pay, he settled in London to privatepractice ;
but when the Russian war broke out, he volunteered
his services to Lord Panmure, and was sent out to the
Crimea. He had subsequently come to reside in Liver-
pool. On the 6th of April he' was called, to see the
defendant, who was suffering from a sprain of the ankle
joint. He treated it with a cooling lotion, and also
gave internal remedies. He paid ten visits in all,
and his charge to poor persons-was 2e., 6d, a visit..
The last time he visited the defendant,. he found him
down in the parlour, and understood that he had walked
down. He said that he was very much better ; and he
left with the instruction that time and rest, with the
application of cold water, was all that he required.
About a month after' he saw defendant's wife, and on
saying, " I suppose your husband is quite well now,"
she said, " Oh, no ; his leg was broken, and he was
obliged to go to Evan Thomas." His reply to that was,
" Did you ever know a man with a broken leg to walk ?"
—Cross-examined by Mr. Thorneley': The plaintiff said
the defendant told him that he had been kicked by a
horse, and his wife frequently complained of her
husband's intense sufferings, asking' if he was
sure there were no , bones broken. He always
replied• that there were not. A person having either
a splintered bone or a dislocation, could not
use his foot at all. When he saw defendant last, which
was on the 28th of April, he stood on both his feet and
walked.—By Mr. Hime : Had made a strict examina-
tion of the .foot when he first came. Understood that
the kick from the horse had taken place a considerable
time before. Mr. Thornely, for the defence, and with
, the view of showing that the leg was broken, offered a
certificate from Mr, Evan Thomas, who was unable

personally
,to attend. His Honoiir said that Mr.
Thomas must attend, if possible. They could not take
a certificate in a case of that kind, where a professional
man's reputation was at stake. The case was then, ad-
journed till three o'clock, when we believe 11(1r, Thomas,
junior, attended, and spoke to the ankle being in a frac-
tured or dislocated condition. The plaintiff re-called,
persisted that it was a sprain and not a fracture. His
Honoiir took time to consider, and announced that his
judgment would be given on the 31st instant.
Thitwas the only can of public interest during the
day. , -

THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS' COMMITTEE

A. meeting of the Committee of the Select Vestry,
charged with the management and control .of these
schools, was held *yesterday, in the Board-room, at
Kirkdale. Mr. Owens, the chairman, presided ; and the
other members present were—,Messrs. Critchley, Syred,
Archer, Whitty, Satchell, Cooke,. and Turner.
A report was read from Mr. T. B. Browne, the
GOvernment Inspector of Schools, stating that he had
examined the children: He thought that the girls
generally were making very fair progress ; and that the
boys in the 'first; second, seventh,' and eighth classes did
great credit to their teachers. But he was sorry to say
that the state of the four intervening classes of boys was
far from satisfactory, and that he found them decidedly
deficient in reading, writing, and arithmetic. He
thought it would be well if the preient head-master
should exercise the same general superintendence
over the whole school as Mr. Hagger used to do.
At present, the boys in the seventh and eighth classes
were likely to fall off when promoted to a higher class.
The masters of the classes complained of, were called in,
and the report read over to them. They were informed
that they were only retained, contingent on improve-
ment, within the next three months.

The usual returns were submitted, showing the num-
ber of children in the schools to be 435
alensr d 40a
girls—total, 837. During the last quarter
been placed in service, twelve boys and nine
the total number of inmates there were sick, twenty-sixOf
boys and thirty-five girls.
Mr. SATCHELL drew attention to the dietary of the
schools, with a view of aseertainin,,,c, what, if any, im-
provement can be made in it. He was prepared to
expect opposition. It might be said the Poor-law Board
fixed the dietary, and all they. had to, do was to carry
out their instructions. It might be said the children
had sufficient food, and the proof was, that they left some on
their plates. It might be said they were generally healthy,

and it was better to let well alone. It might he said
they were better fed inside than outside the walls, and
that a very small increase per head would make a very
large aggregate amount at the end of the year. He
admitted the plausibility of these objections, but denied
their validity. Mr. Satch ell th en called in the Governor to
explain certain apparent discrepancies in returns which had
been Submitted ; then came to, the gist of his complaint,
which was, that a shin of beef was all the flesh meat
which the children have from .Thursday till Sunday.
The soup on Saturdays must be like distilled cabbage, so
no wonder that the children left it. The
.question for
thera was, whether they could not improve the diet; so
as to implant in the children the seeds of a healthy
constitution,

• The CifAntatAN said there was no definite motion
before thecOmmittee. Ifdissatisfied with the diet, Mr. Sat-
chell had better move for a committee. The dietary table
showed that theY had flesh meat three times a week. In
Ireland, they got meat only, once in twelve months.
Were they to. feed pauper children better than working
men's children outside ?

Mr. SATCRELL then moved the appointment of a
sub-committee; to consider the' questiorr, c,onsisting of—
Messrs. Syred, Turner, Whitty, and himself..
The committ•ee. then adjourned.

-4-

THE GREAT EASTERN.

[nun( ot,it OWN REPORTER.]
As stated in the ..X)•t1ie11 .Pelqy Times of yatterdi4',.
the Great Eastern arrived- off' Holyhead on Monday,
about half-past twelvefeclock. At about: four she.
anchored within the breakwater,- the intervening period'
having been occupied Inicxperinicuts to test her steering
and other .qualities. The trial' trip on this occasion
include 4 a run of fully illebundresrand fifty miles. The
great ship having passed antlide the. Scilly Isles, swlpt'
across the Channel to the 01(14:react of Kinsale, skirtad
. She. Cork coast, and then nmde directibr Holyhead. TY*
voyage was in all.respects smeessful.. The Great Eastern
prov-ed henelf a vessel of extrxlrdinarySnifingpo wers,hav—
ing.,.fori five successive hours, run ,seventeen geographical
mites.perheur, and having maintained throughout the
whollyveyage, an average speed! of fulir fOurteen miles
an hsur: Airing a considerable period.,of the time, she
encomteredu std breeze, but behaved adinirably in all
respectS. Occasionally she rolled a little; but yid not
pitch at: all';; and although exposed id the- fall swell of
the Atruntic'wzre, no one, on board seas sick_

The subjoined notes of the voyage can hardly fail to
prove interesting. As previouslr stated,. the Great
Eastern quitted Weymouth on Saturday( afternoon,'
about three. o'-'cleck. The engines- for working the
'paddles were solely and immediatel'under the direction
of Mr. Scott7Rhssell ; and those fOralrivina.- the screw
were underthe contra' of Messrs. Diftltan and Watt, it
baying been- distinctly understood' that neither Mr..
McLennan, nor any other of the company% engineers
had authority toanterfere or direct in • any way. Mr.
Thiasell and Messrs. Bolton and Watt,:,had each a large
staff employeditr working the vessel.
After a good deal less trouble than might • halm• been
expected, on Saturday, about four o'clock,- the Great
Eastern was got fairly' under-weigh, the engines, being
turned very slowly, at first. Some time-'was spent in
getting several invited guests on boanA.and about twenty
minutes before siX.the voyage may be said to havelfeguii.
The paddles were-then making nearly 10 :.revolutions a
minute, and the screw: about 30, with less than,2otbopres-
sure-of steam in either set of boilers. At half-past six.,'.
the log showed that 13
,knots had been run, andthe ship's
course 'was made-WC:NM: By this time the speed of the
engines had been accelerated ; the computation heirg---
Paddles, 11; screwy 33. With a light wand and smooth
water, everyhodY on board was much dblighted;, asad the
leviathan sped. down Channel, keepirgl: about eight or
ten miles off the coast, the vessel running as steady as a
rock. At a quarter-past ten the ship,,was• abreast of
Start Point ; ands in, another hour, she passed that
triumph of genius the Eddystone Lighthouse; the' gleam,
of the-light- being clearly distinguished lfrecni the• deek,
although the night was a- little hazy, and thelight was ,
passedifite or six ntiles•to the south.
On Simdaymorning-the weather had freshened, and
gave promise of a smart- breeze with .la tumbling sea;
but as; yet there was •no perceptibla -indiention of an
Atlantic." roll," which alone could try.the -steadiness in
the water of an iron. monster 680 few long. aindi 85 feet
wide. Falmouth was passed during :.the nitht-; and
the first laud made out on the morning was
Lands-,. End, of which the ship was just abreast
at six\ o'clock. The run to the Scilly Islands was
made-by eight o'-b'ee', and another-half-hoar brought
the ship•alOng to.the south of the islands and off the
Bishop's:Rock, sane distance to the West. By- this time
the windihad.risemto a brisk breeze, and there Was a
decidedilonglemyrground swell. At a little after half-
past-eight in' the-morning, the shies Collin' waS brought
round;' and. her- bow pointed direct for- Old Kinsale
Head; which laity N. half W„, distant about 140 miles.
The wind nearly N.E., and; the, combined effect
of it, and the, swell, soon made the big ship. more
lively- in her motions than it, had- been anticipated.
Fer-upwardsollan hour she hadan unmistakeable pitch;,
and she rolledi so much as to lead some on board to call:
that: motion "-enormous"—which it- was not. 'Between:.
nine and' ten o'clock, Captains Harrison. decided that he
would for the first time unfurlthe sails of his giant ship;
partly with a view of airing them, partly also to see
what they would do towards-increasing the speed of the
' vessel or easing ~her engines—aut last, but not least,
with, intent to steady, hen;" - which result, as all used to
steamers must know, was.sure to be secured. Opera-
tions were commenced about ten o'clock, and by half-past
ten the Great Eastern was " under all fore-and-aft-sail"
That is to say, on each etthe• six masts there wasone
or abdut as much as would ever be ordinarily Need, ex-
cept those for the setting of which the yards on the two
." square-rigged" masts. would be required. The result
was admirable. Despite the ground swell the ship went-
ahead steadily, the. (cant" or " list" fr® the sails
being scarcely 'perceptible ; and without any special
exertion on the part of the ,engines, thee Great Eastern
tripped along merrily, "doing" more than she had ever
done before—clearing at least fourteen and a half knots,
or nearly sesenteen miles an hour, When sail was
begun to t 0,3 made at ten o'clock, the speed of the
engines was—Paddles, nine revolutions a; minute ; screw,
thirty.

Al half-past ten, or as soon after as all was straight
on deck, the visitors and a number of the crew assem-
bled in the dinner saloon, for divine service. The. Rev.
Mr, Nicholson (a very largo shareholder in the com-
pany) officiated. He read the prayers.for morning ser-
vice, and the Litany ; and preached an appropriate
sermon, taking as his text Matthew, c. 24, v. 44. Dur-
ing the service, the 109th Psalm was sung, the capital
band of the ship leading with the air ; and after the
benediction, the " Hallelujah Chorus" was played by
the band.
Just as the service commenced, an accident of a serious
nature to the sufferer, although not as effects the ship.
One of Mr: Russell's engineers, named John M‘Guigan,
while in the act of examining some of the " bearings "
of the paddle-engines, had his hand frightfully crushed.
between the trunnion and the engine-room rail. The
injury was so severe as to nearly tear off the hand,
leaving it attached to the arm by
,only a small piece of
muscle. The poor fellow was speedily attended by Drs.
Slater and Watson, belonging to the ship. On con-
sultation they recommended amputation, but M‘Guigan
would not consent, and the idea was given up. 'The
injured limb was then bound up in the most careful
manner, and 'up to last (Monday) night the sufferer
continua to do well, although the surgeons do not be-
lieve he will ever recover the use of his hand, even
although amputation may be avoided.
Soon after the sails had been set, Captain Harrison,
being so far satisfied as to the combined working of the
screw and the paddles, was desirous of trying the effect
of each separately, requested Mr. Russell to dis Connect
them, in order to allow of the ship's being worked by
the screw alone. This request Mr. Russell refused to
comply with.
At noon, the log showed that 134 knots were being
made. .Sail was still kept on the ship ; the swell had
increased; and the wind had strengthened to a very
brisk breeze, and veered somewhat nearer the beam, and
became therefore less serviceable. The paddle-engines
were making 10 revolutions, and the screw 35 or a

minute.
There was at this time still some roll perceptible in
the ship, and the pitching was more decided than before;
but there was nothing disagreeable, although some
vessels in sight had evidently a very lively compound
motion. Some impromptu endeavours were made to
ascertain the greatest angle of the Great Eastern's deck
under the roll; and the worst calculation was said to
fix it at 10°. The observation taken at noon showel
the ship's position to be—lat. 50.30 N., long. 7.20 W. ;
or about 57 miles from the Scilly Islands as marked on
the chart, and 85 from Kinsale Read.

At two o'clock the paddles were making 114,- revolu-
tions a minute; and the screw, for about a quarter of an
hour, went 44, and then fell to 40. This was the
greatest speed attained with both; the pressure of steam

NORTHERN DAILY

TIMES.

of a dr.ag in the water

Paddles---Screw-loose
Screw fixed
—Paddlds Bose
Paddles fixed

Eddystone

Lizard

Rena of Kinsale

IThlyhead

being never more than 201 b. to the inch in the paddle
boilers, and 211 b. in those of the screw. At a quarter
'after three, the speed of the paddle's was 10 ; that of the
screw, 39. The swell and the breeze were still fresh;
and, the passengers remained conscious that they were. at
sea. Between six and seven o'clock in the evening, the
ship being off Kinsale Head, all hands were "piped"
to take in sail ; and it was then calculated that a good
10 miles had been got over in something more than ten
how's, The course of the ship was laid up Channel for
Holyhead ; and during the evening, the wind and the
swell both diminishing, the ship went steadily ahead,
without check or mishap.
MoNDAy.—At an early hour this morning the "great
ship'? continued steadily OR her courser but was kept out,
towards the Irish coast, and it .*as near noon before the
passengers sighted Holyhead. There was again a
tolerably fresh breeze as the sun got up ; and a fairish
specimen' of an Irish Channel sea "chopped" nastily
about the ship. But the experience of the gale off
Dover, during the fi:st trip, showed that .that kind of

thing could not affect the big.. ship."
Apparently an arrangement had been come to between
the captain and Mr. Russell ; for, sootr after noon,
preparations were made for trying , separately each
set of engines. The screw was stopped about a
quarter after twelve ; and the paddles were tried,
first with the screw "loose" (that is, disconnected,
so as to revolve as it &used, owing to - the: ship's
motion), and then fixed so an, necessarily to be-somewhat

Afterwards, the screw' ira.4

tried, will the- paddles loose. and fixed ; a suKcient
distance being rim in each instance. to allow' a satisfac-
tory calculation to- be made of the real rate of speed
attained. The following sholothe extremes -of tlawcon-
, eltisions come to :

Recvoittions Knot* an
per minute. hour.

SO soon as these trialhadbeen completed, the slap
was put about direct forrolyhead; andiwith both paddies-
andscrew going, she washandled as ecsily as a boat, until)
the anchor was drOpped iti.the new harbour at a quarter-
to font. The"big ship" ast night lay. steady to a single!:
anchor; there being a freshening breeae and a moderate
tumble in the sea, despite the shelter of the breakwater.-
Asteam‘tendir to one of the line-of-battle ships ran out
tco meet the Great Eastern, as did alio.some other
steamers, and the crews an&passeng,era cheered like true
Britons, prouX of a ship that more truly than any
craft that ever' before floated may be said` to perform
Brikannia'S diity by proxy and to " rule the waves."
TVESDAIC-At earlyv hour to-day the Great
Eastern was thrown open to the inspection of the
visitors conveyedthy the steamship CitrifrAbeideen,
fronnLiferpool. This boon was .granted. to 'the ladies
and7gentlemen so conveyed, at the urger solicitation
of Mr..Rebert Lamont, agent fOr the steamer; and Capt.
W. O. Campbell;. one of the- passengers. Besides the
passengfrs of the City of Aberolgen, several- parties who
bad arrived by the Chester and :Holyhead RaiLway were
also received on, Ward the Great Eastern.. Among'
these., latter;, we • observed • the Marquis of: Chandos
(chairman of the liondon and North-western'. Railway
Company) and a dlitinguished party, Mr. Owen Stanley,
'MT.,. and: several_ others. Admitted on board, every.
attention was paiu to the newly-arrived visitors, who -
were politely allowed to inspect the cabins-and other'
parts of the great ship, with all of which they. appeared
to -be greatly delighted.! The following is an !abstract
of the. official log— of the voyage from We-yinouth to
Holyhead :--

Arrived ofF Bill of Pdrtland at 5:43 p.m. on Saturday,
Start

at 11.27:

Sam.. as

at 2,.:10
at 6.10 p.m,

at 2. 3 a.m. MAiictay.
at,12.30 ~

(From; the EVENIXV HERALDtS Special Citorspondent
of Yestensay.)
. . _ _ .

The variation of the Compasses is probably the smallest
ever known in an iron ship ; and although the
Great Eastern passed Greenhithe without being
" swung;". the easeful observations made 140 Mr. Gray
as she turned with the tide, confirmed 4- further
annotyations iu Portland harbour, proves two degrees
and. two point. to be the extreme deviation of the
least- accurate e£ 'the compasses i a conattaion, which is
highly creditable to the science and care oG: Dir. Gray,
whose unwearied assiduity in making: observations
deserves more than this passing notice. it. has been
-remarked,- witbi very great truth, that it 7:s,peesumed to
be impossible-that an impartial observe should be on
hoard the Great Eastern. With the exception of a very

few persons, the passengers, who sudde4y increased in
number on Sclt-arday front twenty to, fifty-five, are
divided into the partisans:of Mr. Scott Anssell, the par.
tisans of ;Messrs. Watt, the believers in Messrs . Magnus
and Guedella, and ths. supporters of 'the chairman.
Captain Harrison bear& with a firm an, even hand the
balance between the factions, and with notable common:
sense declines to offer us opinion on tie conduct of cer-
tain individuals, which I shall have occasion furthc.r to
refer to:

The 'bearings of ale screw engiges since the• ship
left the. Thames have never been fi®t enough to, melt
the tallow,, notwithstanding the speed at which they
have revolved, equal to 280 feet per minute.. The
consumption of fuel is very smalt in the screw,- stoke-
hole ; 26 tons ill four hours is, the largest amount
burnt, and the entire twenty-four hours concluded at
four- on Menclaiy• morning had the,consumption " logged"
at 125 tons. The quantity used, in the pad engine
room, was not` to.. be ascertained with any exactness, but
is.suppokid to be about 90 ek 100 tons.
Judging- and calculating from. the perfortr.oaces of the
Great Eastern on this trip,, the voyagF to.. Melbourne
would occupy thirty-six days, and this is only one day
more than the original calculation. By the aid of the,
trade winds, it is not doubted that the calmlatiou
exceed the actual result. _ s

We arrived off Holyhead about noons to-day, (Mon,
day,) and as it had been determined there to try the
paddles without the screw, and the latter without the
former,,the experiment was accordingly proceeded with.
The paddlei made 7 1-15, or, according to ilf,r;
Russell, 8 revolutions, producing 71 knots ;, and the
screw, 38 to 39, making 11 knotsor rather nwe•than
12.1 miles per hour. -One of the. powerful Liverpool
tugs ran out to Uolyhead harbour, and, havinro.unded
to accompany as, was very speedily left behind. The
view off the South Stack Lighthouse VMS magnificent
—the fine hold headland rising almost perpendicular
from the water line, intersected by numerous caves,
which appear to be well worthy of exploration. After
cruising about for four hours, we. proceeded to enter the
bay. We anchored half-a-mile inside the breakwater
at 4.15 p.m., much to the delight of the inhabitants
of Anglesea, who from every available standing point
were, watching the prog.ress of the Great Eastern.
Their unsophisticated -minds could not comprehend
the necessity of the oruise off the island, and it waa
evident they formed an opinion that some further
accident bad occurred to disable ns.• When we
came to an anchor, her Majesty's ship Hast-
ings dressed mastheads as a welcome, and her
tender, also presented like colours. The various
vessels in harbour likewise dressed ship, and the
coastguard look-out on the headland presented an
imposing appearance, the only Misfortune being that
we were at too great a distance to distinguish the gay
bunting which floated from flagstaff, guys, and stays, in
fact, from every possible spot. We had not been long at
anchor, when Capt. R. Mends, of the Hastings, and
Capt. Boyd, of the Ajax, now at Kingstown, came along-
side, and requested admission, whichwas at onee granted.
Both these gentlemen expressed themselves highly
delighted with the ship and her appearance, and seemed
much pleased at the very satisfactory progress we
had made. Taking into consideration the defects
which undoubtedly still exist in the ship, and which
must be fully rectified before the Great .Eastern pro-
ceeds
to sea—as an instance, the defective stowage
may be mentioned—beyond all question the trip must
be considered an undoubted success. Messrs. Watt
and Co. and Mr. Russell are too jealous of each other
to consult on the proper degree and proportion of
speed between the paddles and the screw ; wonderful as
is the improvement in the discipline and, regulations,
there is room for much more ; the stokers are compara-
tively " green," and do not keep up the steam at' all
evenly. The remedy is, of course, a few experienced
leading stokers distributed amongst them.
It will be interesting to the public to learn when the
Great Eastern is expected to leave Holyhead for Portland,
United States.. I am enabled, from special information,
to say that the Queen's health will be drunk on
board the ship on Christmas-day at her present
anchorage. Those, therefore, who anticipated paying a
Yule visit to their friends or acquaintances in the At-
lantic States must make up their minds to go by the
Cunard line, or stay at home. Why it has been deter-
mined to put off the departure for so long a time it is
impossible to say.

LIVERPOOL POLICE_COURT,--YEsTERDA.y.

[Before Mr. MAxsrlELp.]

CARMRS It( TUOUBLE.—Michael Dobbs and Aidrew
Berry were charged with attempting to steal a sack of
flour, the property of Messrs. A. F. and R. Maxwell,
corn brokers. The prisoners were carters, and had been
engaged to take thirty sacks of oatmeal from the ship's
side, in Collingwood Dock, to the goods station of the,
London and North-we4tern Railway. The thirty, sacks
of oatmeal had been put on the cart, and the overlooker
(Mr. Madrill) had occasion to go away for a few
minutes ; when he returned, he found that a sack of
flour had been put on the top of the oatmeal. The pri-
soners were asked why they had interfered with the
flour, and.they replied that They did so for the purpose
of balancing the weight of the cart. —The prisoner&
were put down' until another witness• was in attendance,
and on his arrival and his evidence being given, they
were committed for trial. •

Ii:YDTAINING A FBAIDIER BED ON FALSE PRETENCES.
-MiSS, Elizabeth Jones, a young: and; ,good looking
woman, had been a lolger of a Mr-A
-Browns Sumner-
strec4 Pitt-street; at a weekly rent of ss. Mios Jones
becalne• indebted to her landlady some An 11s. 6d., but
by-several payments the amount was 'reduced to some
£5. Ur's.- Brown pressed' for payment of the balance,
and Miss-Jones gave her the ticket of al feather bed,
pledged for' £1 10s., and twiyboxes of clot'h'es; as security
for the dblit. Some time• ago a. woinnn. came to.
the pawn-cffieej saying that she had lost the
ticket of a.. 1 feather bed, and' wished to, • have an
affidavit for the purpose. of obtaining the bed.
She obtained Ole. affidavit.—The pawnbroker swore that
the woman ima the dock was • the person who- made the
declaration, an& it. was proved that the declarztion•was
'sold to a Mrs. Nicol, 105, Grove-street, whoreleased
the Black, who appeared for the prisoner,
contended that there was no positive prod to .show that
theprisoner was the person who had trade the declarations '
and he urged foram acquittal.—ln: the absence of Mrs.
Nical, who purchased. the declaration, the prisoner-was .
remanded. -

IitaTING AND 'WOLINDING.—Mary; Clerk, alias Gan,
Irity, was- charged with cutting and wounding Ellen
!O'Donnell: Both prOsecutrix and prisoner reside 'in
:Adlington-Street.; aid) as Mr. Clough said, "They are
never at peace but when they are at war." On Mon-
day evening Mrs. Clerk: took a. chair out of the house of
Mrs: O'Donnell, carriett it into the street, and smashed
it.. The prisoner was-giien into custody, and on pass-
ing the prosecutrix, she struck her on, the head with
some sharp instrument.. The prosecutrixx was taken to
the Dispensary, and it was found that there was a
-wound, b. incites long;.over the ,left eye: There was,
however,. no danger to 4 life.—:-Mr. Mansfield said that
this --staLifing by womeni was increasing to a fearful
extent,- and he, must dal severely' with every one
brought. 13efare ' him- charged with the Offence. The
prisoner 'would h ave to pay a- fine Of or be irepri-
toned for three mi mths.

(Before 315e§srs,

R. W. MUGHTON and S: lioLmE.)

ILL-TRZAMYIELNT OF DONKEYS. - Several parties,
owners of dtinkey:e arts, were summoned fornbusrng the
animals inflate. stre( As. Amongst the parties.was a man
named, James Tart(m, who'was charged with; ill-treating
a. donkey in Great I Tomef4treet, the donkey at the time
being without shoes.. The. defence was, that the donkey
was too young to l rave shoes on.-Mr.. :''Then
if it is .too young t(') have-shoes on, it is-too young to
work. Thetdefeuda nt was:fthed ss. and. costs.'

OItARGIC oa ASSA: ULT. —S ,REVELATJOWS.-=A mar-
ried woinatinamed 1 farg,aret-Bray, was summoned for an
assault on Fatima Fa irhurst. Mr. Bluek appeared for the
complainant-;and Mr . Cobbfor the defendant. It appeared
that the complainant :fives with the, defendant's husband, in
Albert-Street, P'addin,gton, by Whom she has three children;
one of whom. is a child in the -arms and' which-the com-
plainant had in court.- 'Thodefendant is-separated from
her husband; .and it appeared from the-evidenee.of the
complainant; that on the Bisit iof last month slie.went to
her husband's heuse, where ,she created, a disturbance,
struck the-complainant in the face, and knocked her
.dewn, and in other respects.behaved: in, a very violent.
:manner. She also broke se,veral articles of furniture in
the house. Complainant binl the child:llu her arms at
ithe time the defendant knocked her down,• bat the chili
'was not hurt. Cross-examirtedby Mr Cobb This is the•
'third child: I was formerly”,servant tothe defendant. I
do not know,that she is starving. I &twat know that she-
came to the house, on the., advice an attorney, to,
take possession of the furnitare,-in . order to keep her,
from staying. It was-; Mr. Btayis- firniture that
she broke. 'Mr. Bray keers!nie and my chuldren. Ido
not know,.-that he allows his',wife to starve.: Mr. Holrae
said theywere not tryingthe morality of the case. It:
was a charge pf assault which was before' the -court. In
answer- to a further question from, Mr.. Cobb, the corn,
plainant said that- Mr. Btay was: a: joiner and builder,
and had been a"beerhouse-keePer.. A woman, -named
Catherine Jones, and a; boy, named William Tuder.,..
.corroborated the statement of-the complainant as to. the
assault, Mr. Cobb, on the •part-of:the defendant, said
he hoped the bench would mark; their sense of the
immorality of the complainant; and that, if an assault:
was...considered 13roved,i they would: be of opinion that
the IttWest poisible a.inotant of fine-was sufficient to meet
the ends of justice. Belies-offices-656 was then ailed,
andisaid be was'in the street.-at-the time; and Wi'aaessed
e. part of the proceedings in 'the-house ; but he did not-
eeczany assault committed. Ann Jane Bray, daughter
.of Mr. Bray, and. stepdaught4- to the defendant, who
visas present at the time, swore:positively that no ,assault
was committed by thodefendant..—Mr.:lfolmej., in,
frig the decision of the benelat commented on the pain.-
dui nature of the-case, but remarked that it was. quite-
;clear an assault. had been, oommitted.. It was, evident
ithat the defendant had, lnstt her temper, (but he .wmild
not say a word against the•painful eircumstances,of.the•
case) ; she went. to. the. house, and beconsing,exeacd,
broke the furniture, an 4 seeing the complainant with
a child in her-arms, and two others there, she struck the
complainant,. which she had neither a legal ner a moral
right to do. The bench could not enter ruto.the.unfor-
tunate case..ef separation between: the defautlant and her
husband ; *re might, or might not becneasons, for it.
She must pay; a. fine of twenty shillings and; costs.

ANORITiER ACCOUNT OF THE: FEHIO

DISASTER

At Bishop Auckland, last week a,' gratifying demon-
stration took place, in offering a eongratqlatory welcome
ta Cnptain Langley, son of the Bishop. of Durham, who
was. severely, indeed dangerously. wounded, in the fatal
attack on the forts on the Pehioxiver. The gallant officer
was received with every mark of respect and affection ;
' and, in answer to an address, of'con,gratidation, which was.
presented to him on the occasion by the leading gentlemen:
and tradesmen of the neighbourhood, Captain Long-ley
replied as follows :--" It; is with feelings of sincere.
,gratification that I return you my thanks for the
address which you have, presented to me. I have, as: you
say, been -a long distance from home.lt was in October,
1857, that I was ordered to India with my company,
but on our arrival overland at Point de Galle, our do-
stination was changed to China. I arrived therein time
to take part in the action at Canton under Gen. Strau-
benzie, after which I had the . honour ta he named
aide-de-camp to the general. ..I was present at the affair
at the White Cloud Mountains, and captureof Namtoin,
and remained at Canton till the arrival of his Excellency
the Hon. F. Bruce, her Majesty's plenipotentiary, and
Admiral Hope. In June we left Canton for the Peiho,
under Admiral -Hope, who, 'we expected, would go
direct to Pekiu to ratify the treaty which had been
made. We found, as. you know, that the passage up
the river was stopped by a strong barrier, and-the forts
which had been taken last year, rebuilt. Of course,' we
were not able to ascend the river. Mr. Bruce and Mons.
Boarbonnel, the French ambassador, then placed the
matter in the admiral's hands, and an attempt was made
to pass the barrier, the result of which is already known
to you. My company was distributed among the gunboats,
and I with ten men was on board the 'Plover, where we
acted as sharpshooters. On the order being given, I went
ashore with the landing party, and was in the act of
carrying the scaling ladders through the mud, when I
was unfortunately wounded. I remained two hours with
my men, and then returned on board to get my wound'
dressed. It is not for me to criticise the acts of my
superior officer ; there is an oriental proverb which says
Speech is as silver, but silence is as gold,' and the.
is so much my senior that it would not become,
me, and I am sure you will excuse me going any further
into the matter. There is one expression, however, in
your address which I would like to correct, if you will
allow me, and that is as to the ' treacherous Chinese.' I
don't thinkwe have any right to accuse them of treachery,
because, when Mr. Bruce made his appearance, they told
I him to go up by another way which was open ;,but for cer-