Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-16 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

CHRISTMAS CHEER.—Families residing within five
miles of Liverpool can be supplied with Burton mild
and bitter ales of the first brand, as also London stout,
in 41, 9, and 18 gallon casks, by sending their orders,
or calling at T. Bolton's, family ale and porter merchant,
110, Duke-street.
AunrrAL or Tnooirs FROM INDIA. —The Captain
Cook, with about 400 discharged soldieri belonging to
the East India Company, from Calcutta, arrived in the
Mersey yesterday. She is still in the river. Her arrival
excited considerable interest.
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SAIIING OF THE AMERICA.—The British and North
American Royal Mail Steam-ship America, sailed on
Saturday for Halifax and Boston. Besides the usual
mails and a valuable cargo, the America also took out
about fifty passengers.
THE MANAGER OF THE WOODSIDE FERRY.—The
office of manager at the Woods* Ferry became vacant
-on Saturday, Captain Samuel Reed having accepted the
command of the celebrated " White Star ' clipper ship
Red Jacket. Mr. M. Scott, of the Tranmere Foundry,
who closely contested the appointment with Captain
Reed on the occasion of the last vacancy, is talked of as
that gentleman's successor.
THE BIRKENHEAD TELEGRAPH.—It appears the
cable to Birkenhead has been so much injured by vessels
fouling.it that a new telegraphic cable must be provided.
It was
_intended, had ale old cable been saved, to have
re-laid it on Saturday, and all necessary preparations
were made for that purpose, but, on the test being ap-
plied, insulation was found to be imperfect and the cable
was again landed at the George's stage.
LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.— Return for week
ending 14th January, Admitted : In-patients, 46 ;
out-patients, 25 ; surgical casualties, 27. Discharged :
Cured, 12; Relieved, and at own request, 6 ; made
out-patients, 4 ; irregular, 1 ; dead, 1 ; remain in the
house, 194. For the ensuing week.—Visitors Richard
Brook, Esq., Wm. Greo'son, Esq. • ' Physician, Dr.
Vose ,• Surgeon, Mr. Stubbs. House Surgeon,
Mr. T. S. Walker; Junior House Surgeon, Mr. J.
Allen ; Chaplain, Rev. Edward Poole ; Charles
Wilson, treasurer.
BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT, SATURDAY.—(Before
J. S. Jackson and J. Younghusband, Esqrs.)—Ann Craw-
ford, a girl fourteen, years of age, was brought up on
three distinct charges of shoplifting. It appeared that
on Thursday the prisoner was apprehended at a pawn-
shop, where she was offering a pair of boots in pledge.
It appeared that she had pledged one pair there on the
previous day; and on investigation, it was ascertained
that the prisoner had stolen three pairs of hoots—one
from Mr. Williams's shop in Chester-street, 4 second
from Mr. Brown's, Grange-lane, and a third from Mr.
Mayler's, Chester-street.. The prisoner was remanded
until. Thursday, when it is understood she will be sent
to a;reformatory.
THE CUNARD COMPANY VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY
CoßFs.—The following letter has been received by
Charles Maclver, Esq. :

London, Jan. 12, 18C0.
SIR,—I have the honour to inform you that her Majesty has
been graciously pleased to approve and accept the service of a
corps of Artillery Volunteers in the town of Liverpool as raised
by the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-packet

ComPanY•
The corps is numbered as the 11th in tke county of Lanca-
shire, and its maximum establishment will consist of 1 lieut.-
colonel, 1 major,. 1 adjutant, 5 captains, 1 surgeon, 5 first
lieutenants, 5 second lieutenants, 40 , men of all ranks, divided
into 5 companies.—I am, sir, your obedient servant,
To Charles Maclver, Esq., &c. &c. SEPTON.
INQUESTS.—The following inquests were held on
Saturday, before the borough coroner, P. F. Curry, Esq.
On the body of Thomas Doyle, aged 50, who resided an
No. 11 Court, Burlington-street. He was alabourer in the
employ of Messrs. Fawcett and Preston. On Monday the
26th December last, while employed taking up an old
blast pipe a water tank fell down in consequence of the
operations. It alighted upon the back of deceased, whe
was conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where he died
on Thursday. last. Verdict, accidental death.—On the
body of Daniel McStay, aged 63, who resided in 6, Bol-
ton-street, Edge-hill. It appears that he cut his throat
on Wednesday and died in consequence, on Friday, in
the Infirmary. Verdict, suicide under temporary in-
smity.—On the body of David Callaghan, aged 15, who
was drowned by falling out of a small boat into the.
Queen's Basin. Verdict, accidentally drowned.—On the
body of Margaret Jolly, aged 50, who resided in 10,
Greenwood-street, Everton, was burnt to death on Thurs-
day last by her clothes catching fire. Verdict, acci-
dentally burnt.
"Da." BI.7:4IEA'S ADVENTURES AT BIRKENHEAD. --
Raving been discharged from the Liverpool bridewell.
on Friday, Alexander Dignau Bushea, whose eccentri-
cities are so well knoivn throughout Lancashire and
Cheshire, paid a visit to Birkenhead on Saturday
evening ; broke square of glass at Gough's Hotel,
because he was refused refreshment there, and is now
in the Birkenhead bridewell for the offence. Yesterday
the "Doctor". disowned his new title of "Bishop of
Armagh," and claimed for himself the more exalted one
of " Emperor of all religions; and author of several
works on Psychology, Phrenology, &c." He deeply
reo'rets having left Glasgow, where, he says, he had es-
tablished. "a magnificent business that produced as
much as £l5 a day," and gave as his opinion that he
deserved to be sent to a lunatic asylum once more, but
made it a matter for regret that on each of the twenty
four occasions that he has already been in Lancashire
asylums, the managers would not let him stop more
than three weeks. To-day, the magistrates will hear
his case; and as be is so troublesome to Birkenhead,
they may take steps to effectual* rid the town of the
" Doctor's" presence.
EMPLOYERS AND EmrLovED.--On Saturday evening
one of those happy gatherings, which at' this festive
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season occur befsieen- employers and. employed,' 'took
place at the Star and Garter Hotel, Queen's-square,
when about forty of those in the employment of Messrs.
Evans & Sons, wholesale druggisti,.Hanover-street, sat
down to a sumptuous supper, got up in Mr. Chalk's usual
style of plenty and elegance. The chair was occupied
by one of the firm. After, the cloth was removed, the
usual loyal toasts were given and responded to, and the
healths of the different members of the firm were drank,
also of the worthy host. Other _toasts were.also drunk, and
these, intermixed with songs, passed the time merrily,
and concluded a pleasant evening. to the satisfaction of
allresent. Such gatherings do credit to all concerned.
SUSPICIOUS DEATH AT TRANMERE.—About five
o'clock yesterday morning a policeman found the body
of Mr. Richard Gardner, a tailor, residing at the Hill-
side Cottages, Tranmere, lying by the roadside near
the Queen's Arms Hotel. It appeared that the deceased
had been drinking at Brough's Hotel on Saturday'night
until the hour for closing, eleven o'clock, and when he
left there appeared rather intoxicated. He was seen by
several persons after that rolling about the street, or laid
in the gutter, and, as late as one o'clock, was assisted to
his feet by the police, and he went on his way. At five
o'clock, however, he 'was found near the Queen's Arms,
dead, and several. wounds on his head. How .these
came there is at present a matter of mere conjecture.
Mr. Churton, the county coroner, was communicated
with yesterday, and will, probably, hold an inquest
over the body to-day, _

lisoLvEyrs.—lnsolvent debtors heard at Lancaiiter,
on Friday, the .13th of January, .1860, before Robert
Seger, Esq., judge of the said court :—Robert Bailey,
butcher and cattle dealer, Stockport ; Edward Gent,
clogger, Chorleys; James Walklett, labourer, Bury ;
Francis Spink, Mechanic, Manchester ; James Shaw,
brush manufacturer, Warrington ; James Jackson,
farmer, stone and flag dealer, -Whitworth—discharged.
Henry Tomlinson, farmer, grocer, and slater, Height-
end, near Rawsenstall ; John Jackson, licensed victualler,
Manchester—two - months. Adjourned Cases : Thomas
Rigby, butcher, Wigan ; Joseph Howarth, coal dealer
and green grocer, Manchester—dismissed. Application
for re-hearing : John Wilson, joiner and packing case
maker, Manchester—rule granted.
ROYAL PARK THEATRE. -- The Park pantomime
founded on the juvenile and highly popular tragedy of's,
" The Babes in the Wood," of which we had formerly
occasion to speak in' the highest terms of praise, has
proved, by its success, that we were not mistaken in
pronountang it, in many respects, the best of the season.
We observe that. Mr. Campbell is to
.give his youthful
patrons a second opportunity of seeing the matchless
splendour and roaring fun of this production during the
week—on Friday night, we believe—when it will be the
first piece. 'A first-rate, intensely interesting, and well
got up drama—one of those dramas that, while they
keep the audience spell-bound with attention from the
rise to the fall of the curtain, send them away to their
repective abodes, deeply impressed with a great and
gratifying truth, is at present, -running a most success-
ful career in the Park, viz., that of "Never too late to
mend?' In this piece there is nightly some highly creditable
acting ; and we cannot help remarking that Mr. Camp-
bell's enactment of the Jew, Isaac Levi, a money-lender, 1
dealer in gold dust, and a man of great authority, was
such as to confirm the high opinion we have had of this
gentleman's histrionic abilities. His voice is especially
remarkable for its excellent qualities. Mr. Hawkins,
Mr. and Mrs. Macfarren, Mrs. Craston, and Miss Maria
Ribbon, are especially worthy of notice for their re-
spective merits ; but where all are so deserving and
anxious to.do their best, it is almost invidious to make
a selection. Mr. Campbell's efforts to improve this
place of amusement are altogether Worthy ,of encourage-
ment.

ATTEMPT TO BRIBE A GOVERNMENT

OFFICIAL.

John Aukman Salmon appeared for further examina-
tion, on Friday, at the Mansion-house, upon a charge
preferred against him about a fortnight ago, at the
instance of the Lords of the Admiralty, that on the 12th
of December he unlawfully attempted to bribe Thomas
W. Miller, one of her Majesty's servants in Portsmouth
Dockyard.
From the evidence previously given, it appeared that
the defendant, having a patent for some smoke-consum-
ing apparatus, was employed in the early part of last
year to fit up two furnaces in Portsmouth Dockyard,
and that it was the duty of Mr. Miller, ..assistant
chief engineer there, to certify the satisfactory
completion of the work, and sign the bills before
payment. The defendant pressed for payment in
December, upon which orders were sent down from the
Admiralty to examine, and, if correct, pass the accounts ;
and simultaneously Mr. Miller had two envelopes. ad-
dressed to him, one containing merely the first half of a
£5 note, but without one word of writing ; and the
other containing a letter from the defendant, accom-
panied by the second half of the £5 note, but without
any reference being made. The letter was addressed
from a hotel in King-street, Cheapside, where the de-
fendant was staying at the time, and this brought it
within the jurisdiction of the court—but the proof of
handwriting was deficient, and it was principally for the
production of further evidence on this point that the
proceedings were adjourned.
Mr. West now appeared of behalf of the Admiralty,
and Mr. Sleigh for the defence.
Mr. Regan, an engineer, knew the defendant, and
believed the letter to be in his handwriting.

Mr. Miller, after some evidence of no great importance,
was cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh. " Defendant's con-
tract was finished_ in 'March, and his bill was not paid
up to the 13th of December, but it had been lying with
me at that date for about a fortnight for certifcation.•
I made a proper examination of the work and the terms
of the contract before I signed the certificate ; and in
signing it I did not act contrary to my duty as her
Majesty's servant."
Mr. Sleigh—Did Mr. Salmon, either by word of
mouth.or letter, ask you to do so ?
Mr. Goodman (chief clerk) said no question could, be
asked as to the intent of a letter seen ; that was a mat-
ter of construction.

Witness replied to the first half of Mr. Sleigh's ques-
tion in the negative.
Mr. West--What became of the £5 note ? Witness
As soon as possible I gave it to the superintendent of the
dock-yard.
Mr. Sleigh then addressed the Court for the defend-
ant. He said there was not a scintilla of evidence to
support the charge made against the defendant of cor-
ruptly attempting to bribe Mr. Miller to neglect or do
some act contrary to his duty as a public servant.
The Lord Mavor—What was the a note for ?
Mr. Sleigh—What was it for ? Your lordship will
forgive me if I reply to that by another question. Is
there a tittle of evidence to show that Mr. Salmon
sought to induce Mr. Miller to do anything at all
" against the known rules of honour and integrity ?"
After an address of some lengths however, and some
remarks from Mr. West,
The Lord Mayor said—" I have given this
case all the attention possible, with the ad-
vantage of tlte advice and assistance of our
able chief clerk, Mr. Goodman, and I have arrived
at the conclusion—which I hope is a correct one—
that, the defendant was actuated by a corrupt motive in
sending £5 to an.officer of her Majesty's Dockyard. I
think the case is one which deserves a more thorough
investigation than we can give it here, and that investi-
gation it will no doubt meet before a jury ; and I
therefore feel it my duty to commit the defendant for
trial."

The defendant was committed accordingly, being
held over on his (Aim recognisances in £4O to appear at
the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court.

SEVERN SALMON.—The fence months of the river
Severn ,terminated on Saturday week, and oir 'Monday
and Tuesday last sev.eral splendid fish were exhibited at
lierefprd, one of which weighed 751 b. . -
A St. Petersburg letter of the 3rd says What
extraordinary weather we hate for this time of the year !
A regular thaw and scarcely any daylight! We put out
our lights at nine in the morning and light them again
at three."

A subscription has been opened at Paris, for the
great-granddaughter of Racine, who lives in great
poverty. The Emperor has contributed 10,000 francs,
the Empress 6,000 francs, and the Imperial Prince
6,000 francs.
The merchant brig Village Girl, of Newhaven, is now
delivering at Portsmouth dockyard, from Demerara, a
cargo of greenheart timber. It is stated that this is the
first timber of the kind that has been delivered at Ports-
mouth yard. Greenheart is very similar in nature to
black teak.

MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM MADAGASCAR.—Three
.young men, natives of Tananarivo, the capital of Mada=
gascar (says the Medical Times and Gazette), have been
sent to study medicine in Paris .by the Prince Bakoton,
a very enlightened man, who is the eldest son of the
present Queen Ranovolo.
The late Mr. Spence, the entomologist, sat at one
time in parliament and became very generally known
(says the Atheneeunz) for his advocacy of plans for
making . Great_Britain independent of foreign nations.
He wrote a pamphlet on this subject, which attracted
great attention at the time.
SUICIDE.—A melancholy case of self-destruction
occurred at Newport on Tuesday morning. A young
lady visiting Mr. William Clements, of Maindee, after
breakfast hung herself from the bed-post. ,We under-
stand that she has been in an asylum, and there is no
doubt she committed the rash act in a fit of temporary
insanity.—Cardif Guardian.
THE MILITIA.—A rumour gains credit in military
circles that it is the intention of 'government to disband
the militia (now, embodied) very early in the spring ; the
cause of this determination being the impossibility of
filling up the new battalions, which are intended to be
thus raised, as- well as the reserve force (requiring
between them some 42,000 men) without some measure
of this kind. By offering high terms' to re-enlist into
these sere ices, they hope to secure the discharged militia-
men as permanent soldiers. This experiment will, if
carried out, be indeed costly, as every officer, non-com-
missioned officer, and private will, on the disembodiment
of his regiment, be entitled to compensation' which,
added to the bounty and allowance which must be given
to tempt the men to re-enter the service, will amount to a
very heavy sum. But, if needs be, we must not grumble.
—United Service Gazette.

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COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Saturday, Jan. 14.—Her Majesty
promenaded in the forenoon within the grounds of the
Castle. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort rent
out shooting this morning with the Prince of Wales, at-
'tended by the Hon. Major-General Bruce, Lieut.-Col.
Ponsonby, and Captain Grey. The Prince and Princess
de Joinville, with their daughter, the Princess Francoise.
d'Orleans, paid a visit this day to the Queen. •
COURT Movintswrs.—lt is expected that her Majesty
will arrive in town on the 23rd instant. On the 24th
the Queen will open Parliament, and on the same after-
noon return to Windsor Castle. The wedding day of
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort (the 10th of Febru-
ary) will be celebrated at Windsor Castle, and therefore
the return of the court to town for the season cannot
fairly be anticipated before the middle or latter end of
that month.—Court Journal.

THE CABINET.-Sir George Grey was sufficiently re-
covered from his recent indisposition to attend the Cabi-
net Council held on Friday last.—The Duke of New-
castle was the only member of the Cabinet absent from
the Council ; his Grace is receiving a circle of friends at
his seat, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, but is ex-
pected to leave Clumber on Monday for London.—Lord
Palmerston left town, after the meeting, to join
Lady Palmerston at Broadlands, Hants. The
.noble viscount is expected to return to Cam-
bridge-house, Piccadilly, to-day.--Mr. Cardwell went
after the Council to Windsor Castle.—Lord Granville
and Mr. Milner Gibson took their departure from the
metropolis after the Council, but are expected fts return
to-day.—The Duke of Somerset, Sir George Lewis, and.
Mr. Gladstone remain in town.