Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-09 00:00:00

PALACE,

The appearance of the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon at the Crystal Palace, on
Wednesday (Fast day), attracted thither a numerous and highly
respectable and ence. From hale-past seven trains were started from
the Londoa-bridge terminus of the Crystal Palace Railway, and CO o•
t'n ed running as. rapidly as they were filled, until the successive
freiehti forme I a congregation, which occupied a considerable portion
of the central transept. The pulpit used by the rev. gentleman in
the Surrey Hal was erected in a commanding position near the north
east corner, at the point of j auction of the transept with the nave.;
,Ther a was much less presoare on the railway than was anticipated
and the consegasace PM, that the visitors to the Palace performed
their j 'army with perfect ease and safety. The service commenced
shortly after twelve o'clock, and on a rough calculation the numbers
present at that time were estimated at 22,000. At a later period it
was c aleneated that 16,0')0 persons had arrived by rail, and 11,00) by
the ordinary road, making a total of 27.000. The service commenced
with a brief ievocatio .1 followed by a hymn. A prayer was wo-
n unced by the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, in which the Almighty was
lev Atel to free the nation from the dreadful scotnrge, whch the
Indian mutineer& have inflicted rpm it, to a's'st the widows
and fatherless children of the sufferers in In lia,"to cheer the
heals of oar soldiers, "to bid then rameenbse they are sot
w _artier& merely, but executioners, and mitre them ees with steady
tram? to b title, be Levin; tint Gei wills it that they:shall utterly
destr y the enemy that has defied. Brit st a, and &fil ad tie osse'ves
among t men." An ,tea r hymn was sang, an 1 the sermon, which
lasted 38 minutes, was begat. The rev. gentleman took fo • his text
the- fo isvhnk words .(eficah.vi., 9) :—'' Hear ye the nod, rand Who
bath appointed " He looeed seam tie events ie India a t a natiocal
punishment inflicted norm this country by melee of the Sepoys, who
hat vol'untarily joine I their s'andard, and had taken the Oath-of
fidelity to her Male.sti and her 011 :ere ; and who hid no cause to
find fee% because they held heel leways petted and dandled on the
knee of favour tism. If the wmple of India revolted, thee might
think th y had patriots in their midst who soneht to relieve their
country, from a t;rannical natlo ; but, it was only men who were,,
a taatel by lust; aid erne:lea that ha 1 risen against them. They
had now rebels to be executed, and he looked upo a everymallows' at
a fearful e7ll, and re; vied every gibbet as a lreelfal vaits Inn np
the len 1. Wheae ear the arm of -the ru'er wis outstretched for the
perai hmeut of death, it must ahv ays be looked up en by the cep, etre
as a serious site ation ; bat these men must be paei-eled—both Heaven,
and earth demand it. Ho di I not b-reve that this was a war at elfin
in the proper sense of the term. They, were not fighting well an
enemy, bat were: going forth again t revolted subje ts, whe
-by- their crimes •ani murders and other unmentienaele sins, had
incurred the punishment of death. It was a horrible and dreadful
thin t s think-of taking away the lives of their fellow ea' jests, and
they bad that day to bemoan, amongst other evils, that the eword
meet be taken from the sheath to cut off their fellow and jeeis be
th wands. lie saw God's hand in this war, and he hoped He had
oa'y ordained this evil iu order that great good might follow from it.
The sins of the Government of India had been black and d ep ; ant
those who had heard the shrieks of the tormented natives, and the
cries of detbronod princes, might well prophesy that it would not be
Ling before God would unsheath his sword to avenge the oppressel.
Had it been the ladianmations that had revolted, he should h ye
prayed to God that they might be brought under Brlish rale again,.
for the se.keof civilisation : but they should not preach a crusade
against them lest they should be smiting patriots who were eneea-
vo ring to succour an oppressed country. He considered that the
Indian Government should never have tolerated the religion of the
Hitidoos:, but they have aiee I and abetted the folly for, which Ged
now visits d them with his punishment It was sa'd that one part of
the cause or the evil was the sin of English people themselves, and
there were certainly eine in the community that should ..never have
been allowed. The horrible nuisance of Holywell street had been
lonerallowed to exit, though it was now pretty well done ear eebut
what did they see in Regen'astreet and the Haymarket ?. If
there was a crime for which GM should punish lingiuta, it
the crime of allowing infamy to work out is desizns In. such
places bef .re theirey s. 'They knew likewise that lords raid
ladies sat 16-play honses and listened to ela s that were far from
decant; and thosesins of' the community hal in part brought the
rod,upon them. He also attributed the evil to the arts of those who
only thought cf their fellows as steppiag-stones to gain. But he
could not enunrrate all the ev la that had led to it. The Christian
dhnreh, in his opinion, had been remiss in its duty; but he hoped
that its revival had began, becatre last year had seen more preach"ng
than any sear since the days of the apostles. ..They prayed that day;
but when victory came to them, they woul le praise God by buying
:fireworks, by firing off rockets, and by illuminations, as they had done
at the clam of the late Wlte.• 'ln conetusionethe rev. gentleman m• de
a forcible eppeatto his audience to contribute for the ,relief of the
,seff rars by the mutiny. , •
'The collectors then passed through the k.sembly with boxes .in
, their hands fur the reception of -donations. Another hymn and
ction .I)E.edthe service, acconteanied by the dee a tones of the
organ. When all was over, a loutrclappine of hands testified the
approved of , the haarers, and a few-minutes :le erwards groups of
p eple were.guaTting battled st'ontWithin a few yards of the pulpit
Eating and drinking on the most extended sca'e were carried on all
over the establishment and many see red, to think that fasting was
not included in the ceremonies of the day.

The following are the statistics of the day:—
Admissions on payment....
Seas m ticket.... .. .

Total ... .............24,654
Coll?etiln after rer r,on. . £475 165 115 d
StOscrip'ion of the, Cornpani 2OO 0 0

TILE RECCST •Ese P FR:)111 NEWCATLE GAOL —J tAt
before the micisu rainier assizes,' it wilt be -remembered four
prisoners escaped from the, gaol of Neveael:7no-Tene.
Two of them were reecapJired rear Caxlisle some, diys
after.they e,eane,l, but B. Hind aed Winship have evaded
detection until within the last two or three, days, when
diode:was apprehended at Shc&lel. under -somewhat
seingelar circurnstane;s. A men who knew Hind, and flee
miteurnsianc .s of his escape from Newcastle gaol, met Lim
ii the .streets ctf Shetlield, and went up to him and 'seeeseed
him as Iliad, Hind de lied that. he was the, man. The
mein, ho veeye"n, efogeed hire until' he saw hiin go into. a
house in asmall row at a pl ire celled Stourbridge, in rh-
rl •ighbonhmd of the town ; end heeinkeivel Morena i
weteapprelleu led. liindihes since stwei that for
two or three weeks after his esciee he. and his compan
,Winship, lay ciuceeled in S ;nde lard, 'only (levee miles
,trone Neevastle.—.dfanc:iester Guardian
• PAgrzNpipn. HIGHWAY R qtBeiti.—FXTRAOTWINARY
Pie CEZPING —tin To era fay evenine last, a person named
Jamey Carke, of George-street, Wakefield, teeent for the
13ritiet Industry Assurance C.)inpiny, called u?on the
correspendent of the Manchester Exanziner with a written
aeon of a highway robbery perpetrated upon him as he
was returning from o.4sett on the previous Saturday even-
ing, an,accotiat of which appeared in the impression of last
Saturday. Toe attention of Coief-constable,C)bbe, of the
rural po'ice, end the 'chief-0 mistab'e of the bereugh force,
having been'attrected to the case, Detective Qavanagh
Inspector Frost, were despatched to Oisett to make inqui-
FroM what th-y there rie,pil thir • returned to
Claike's house in Wakefield. and Chemed him with having
made:a false statement. Clarke .for some time perssted
is his statement, but upoe being threatened with proceed-
ings, confess 2d that the who!e story was a fabrication; .The
matter was brought before the magistrates at the petty
sessions, on Monday, when, the following recantations were
handed to the bench :—" T, Junes Cliteke cf George-
street, Wakefield, r f the British Industry Assurance Com-
pany, do lurehy certify that the statement made by me that
T was robbed on th, 26 h of lest month, near the .Lodge
Ftr:D,:Oasett, by three men, of £4 18,, is entirely falie ;
and lam now sorry that-I made such a statem nt abetit the
robbery.- .Witness my hand, JAME 3 CLARKE." The Chief-
censtable of the West Riding sent the following note
in referewe to the:, case :e—c. Caief-Censtables Office,
Wele•fie:(l, Oct. 3, 1857.—Sir,—la ydtee :isstia. of
Saturday (3rd inst.) there ap reared a paragraph headed
'Daring highway Rubbery.' No report of such an occur-
rence having been made to this office, an officir was
immediately sent to make inquiries, and front the state-
ments mace to him by Mr. J..mes Clarke, it appeared thet
the report of the robbery was entirely a fabriea ian of Mc.
Clarke's, and he has admitted such to be the case intimat-
ing his intention of contradictng the report through your
columne YM.I will, I hope,' paiblish his contradiction of
the report (or his ap logy), because the minds of .people
.in the neighbourhood are made uneasy when outrages of
such a nature are committe,d; tied it will be satisfactory to
" those living about' Osset,t to Itsow that nothing whatever
has occurred in their neighbourhood to disturb their
security.---I have the, honour to be, sir, your obedient
setvant, C. A. Comp,, Chief cons'able, West Riding."

TOXTETH PARK BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

Yesterday the weAlf mtet ng was held at the Public-oMees,
Park-place, Mr. H c'lairman of the Board, presiding. The
following were the other members present, viz., Messrs. Ewing,
Leyland, Ifor:Son, Miller, Wilson, Mercer, Robins&a, Siddeley, W.
Jones, Pickup, Briscoe, Geindro I, and Batten.
The governor of West Derby Wo khons W. Gonzb, reported ,ht.t
the nnnaber of Toateth-park paupers in the Woikhouse was, last
week 3if, this week 367. Adman)] duriag the week 13,. born 2,
discharged 9'.
The Hospital nturas were as as folow- : —Nambsr in last week
40, this wank 4L Admitted during the wa.,k 4, discharged T.
An animated d'scnssion took place upon Mr. Wilson drawing
attention to the very high rate which the West Derby Guardians
charged for paupers against the Toxt,th Guardians, the rate
averaging as 61 per week. He j istly comphined of this, as did
also several other gnardanr.

kir. Cleaver said that the Wes: 13P3rby Guarlans did not make
anything out of an paupers, nor hil boy any in tentim of so doing.
After some conversation, it was agreed to ask the West Derby
board whether they could make any reductioa before applications
were made to oth3r unions.

A cheque for 492, for out-door nlier, was e-nctioned.

Mr. Henry Buck roister was appointed to the office of reg's'er of
Toxte.h rark dist, let, by the casting vo".e of the Chairman, there
being seven votes for Mr. Buckmastor, and aavenfor Mr. Potts.

This was the whole of the business,

THE LA.TE COM!TERCJAL FRAUDS IN BELFAS T

We regret to state that the principal delinquent in this-matter has,
np t r Ike present, escaped the search Instituted. He was, as wa have
already statel,, in Belfast, frequenting, confidently, the principal
places where " merchants most do congregate,'.' up to a late hour f
the sfzernoen of. Thursday. Subseq rently, he accompanied a gentle-
man who was eecor ing a friend to the Liverpod steamer; but there
is a goo 1 cleat of doubt as to whither he went on board. The- feet is,
he dil not go on board ; and t'-e truth is, that the despatch of the
detective consttOle SMelds, to Liveroo3l, was a proceeding that was
en.irely unnecessary. Dfr, Shiel is left Belfast on Friday evening, by
the Semaphore, one of our qnicke.t cross-channel steamers, and
passed into the Mersey on Saturday, jest as the Asia had left the
S'ey e. Both steamers pes-ed each ()thee, and in a few minutes
there we-e miles between them. I: is untrue that Mr. Moore was
seen on board the Asia, and leant over the quart r-deck rail
to look at the BeFast steamer. Ater many eniniries) we usenet
trace the statement Viet he did so to • a re'iable source.
The tug-steamer Wonder, which left Belfast quays; on Saturday
moraine, its the hope—which prn7el vain—of intercepting the Asia
on her ontwsrd passage to America, Was providei with authority (tom
the 'A dmirel•y ; but, by a strange rapsusethe steamer that, it is stated,
Itfc-Queenstown to arrest the fugitive, on his p is.age by the Asia
through the Smith Channel, was not provided with the same s'gn of
authority, and the Asia's cammander, keepingito his orders, which
we hear ere to stop for nJthing after the wheels have once turned
till he reaches port, proneded on his way. The statement gains
credence thee Mr. Moore ii not far removed from Beifa t. We hear
that ha has implicated a good May in dealings with hips, and that
sonee,hietly reepreta's!e merchants will be dragged into the cz.se
rvi.ich is now undergoing d y investigation. • Last evening no small.
amount of comnaet'en sees excited in the Commercial Nees-room,
BAti t, by -the intro ion of two:Oetictives. They made a strange
• a •patition there, and souse cheeks. duslael with indignati in that a
pia e, hithert i sacred to should be invaded by pr
es lanai thief•cateher;, fn 'there to- pounce en their
pref. 'ice_ hunters f.rund their quarry, however. Fo-,
-qnietly seated at one of the wide tab'es, unconcernedly perusing a,
neWspap-r, was p'aced the very young man in Whom
,th,y wet°
'in search at Yesterday inrormations were sworn imp fearing the
youn; man we speak of in the frauds committed by Mr. Moore ; and,
armed with a war-ant issued by Mr. Hunt, the detective CffiC3rB,
lll'liroy aid Sl‘Kittrick, entered the, News-roam about h .If-part six
o'clock, and, whispering to the young man that he was waned
oil special buenes., led him to the door, and then te'ling h'm the
na are of the r basiness, and showing him their authoriza ion, took
him into custody, and lodged him ist the county prison waere he is to
remale until l'hu:seay next, when the case will undergo investigation
at the police court. Rumour, with her hundred tongues, is just now
very active and loquac;ou. Many eve stated to be imp.iat.2d,
eit'aer ia baying' the teas Pandulently taken out of the bon-
ded tome, or in bill transactions with the thief. But many,
if not all, of those with whose names the many-tongued
beldame has male free, will, we hive noadotht, come
Out of tin ordeal,- which they court, scatheless and with unstained
reputations. A seizure of fire or six chests of tealwas made on
aturd ay in the house of a commies'-es agent, who asserts, and it is
sea ed can prove, that he:paid the marketable value for th:m. There
are others in the same position. Mr. Hunt sat y- sterday, in private,
and heard further witnesses, and se learn the nature of the ev dente
was such that-he felt called upon to issue warrants for the apprehen-
sion•of others who are not, up to the time we write, in custody, The
deepest in lignation is felt at the entire transaction. That It casts a
slur on the reputation of Belfast for high commerei3l integrity does
not admit of a ciouot ; and a general (desire La 15,15 LiltlL every ea, (Lieu
should be made in order to bring the offenders, principals and
accessories, to justice. The honour of our entire community cannot
be alowed to be injured by the reckless delinquency of a clever
adventurer. As it is, few occurrences of any kind are so difficult of
disentanglement.—Belfast filer fu-y, Tuesday.

-ARREST OF AN ALLEGED ACCOMFLICE.-011 Monday n'ght,a yourg
man, named Richsrd Henley, was 'arrested and lodged In the ebtin y
gaol, on a charge of having assisted Moore In the actual,petPetration
of theirands. Au information having baen sworn to before Chas. Htint,
Esq , R.M , a warrant was issued ter Henley's appretension on the.
abo.e charge, and given to Inspectors M'llroy and M‘Kitirick, of the
Belfast, detective farce, for execution. These officers being well
acqua,nted with Henley's appearance, proceeded to the Commercial
News-rooxa, where they iohnd him leisurely reading a neWspacer.
iWey informed hiat atat the/ wiahed tospeak with him, and he imme-
diately arose and came out with 'thorn to the door, where he learned
the object of their visit. Ho did not appear to be so much surprised
as was ucpected at so serious a charge being preferred agenst 4ini. A
'wtrrant far his committal was made out, and hs was taken in a car,
"'and safely to :god, es we have a del, in the county gaol. Healey is a
yenng man about 28 years of age. About 14 months ago la, carried
-on, to Waring-street, the business rf a
.comnoissioU and Insure. te
agent; but at thy time of his arrest he PM ingagsd ai a clerk. in a
renectab'e Merchant's (Mee in this town. There are some com
paints made in town that, though a great portion of the frauds were
discov,red by the Custom-house officers on Thursisy, no steps were
taken to have Meora arrested cn'that day, nor until lie had escaped
it m tho town on Friday morning. —Belfa 5t ,V,zos Le'ter.

By British and Irish 3fagnetic, Telegraph.

FROM OUR OWN C ,RRESPONDENT.

DUBLIY, TOURsiktY EVENING.

Mr. R. Henley, who was arrested on Dianday evening, on
sinspicion of being implicated with Mr. Moore, in the, enormous
tea frauds, was this day brought be7ora the 'magistrates, to be m ide
acquainted with the nature of tha chirge for whic's he hsd been
apprehends:!, and which would b 3 brought against him on Saturdsy
net, whoa the revelations likely to
,be made by Mr. Henley, is
ex Na.ted to, implicate mizral parties of high standing in the tea
trade w th Mooi.s's fr.xdr.

ORINGE. DISTURB %Ne 2 IV MANCIIESTER.—At the Man-
,chester Polic,) Court, on Tuesdav, four ta.,n were charged
hr the' police with creating a ,isturbance in the streets at
mi night, with c rrain.g fire-anus, and wi h asSaulting
the pol ce in the execution of their duty. One of the pri-
a ners, named Hutton, is th 3 chairman of an Orange
lodge which meets at the Highlander, in a street off
O'dhano Road. Two other pris-mers, named Whiteley,
and the fourth prisoner, named M'Culloch, are members
uf thes,:me club. Mr, Bnlnett appealed for the defence.
It appeared from the Statement of the police that, at half-.
..
past 12 o'clOck on Sunday morning they saw a man named Peter German running' after Hutton, end asking him to
to give `up a pistol which he bad in his possession. . The
prisoner, Hutton* immediately turned round and struck
Gorman with a pistol he held in his hand. Gorman, who
is an engine driver, is a member of the Hibernia club, the
members .of 'ehich have recently ciused much troabie to
the police by the disturbances they have created in the
street. Tae police apprehended Hutton, and as they were
conveying him to the s a'ion house, 14‘Cull ,ek came Up
and attempted to rescue the pri,oner, knocking the Police
down, kicking them, and taking a staff from one of them.
Soon afterwards the two WI iy.eleys joined in the affray.
When Button had b2en taken to the station house, the,
'police W,..lat to a lionse where ihe other three mm had
taken refuge, to apprebtnd fliem.` One cape to the.
wirdo e, and pointed a p'stol at tho po'icernan, tolling him
that if he was ant off quickly he wou`d blow his brains
~ut. Several witnesses were called for the defence, and it
was alleged that the I is!ol which Hutton had in his pos.
cession was one whi?h had been enttuated to him, by a
. man'tiamed Nixon, to clear. It was also urged that nu
resistance was cffared to the police until they wed un-
necessary violence.—Mr. Mande commented severely upon
the con hut of Dl'Culinek, who, he said, hadsbrought on
the disgraceful 63-.llrbacce by his violent interference.
He declared that it was the deterrninati-n of the ma-
gistrates to prevent the carrying of dangerous weapons,
or the creating of disturbances in the streets, by ei,her
Alla Oraogemen or -their opponents, ar:d recommended
,the prisoners, if they wee threatened with violence from
the other party, not to arm themselves, but to trust to
the protection of the police. Hutton was bound over
to keep the peace for three inonllis, in two sureties of
£lO each, M'Culloch was fined 505., and 'the two
Whiteleys were fillet! 20e. tack. .