Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-11 00:00:00

A MISTRESS REPROVED BY A MAGISTRATE.

At the Westminster Police court on Wednesday, Mrs.
Croker, of 13, Denbigh-street, Pimlico, was charged with
assaulting Eliza Cattun, her housemaid. Complainant
said, that at a quarter to seven on the morning of that
day week, her mistress cams into her bedroom and threw
a jog of water upon her as she lay in bed Ehe then
pulled her about the room, tore her things, slapped her
face, and called her a very ofensive epithet. Mr. Arnold
enquired the reason of her mistress's anger ? Complainant
replied that she had been called at -half-past six that
morning, and had not got np, for the family kept such late
hours that the servants did not get enough rest. It was
12 on the previ us night when they went to bed. Witness's
sister, who is under-nursemad in the house, confirmed
her account ; and a woman named Newland proved
seeing the complainant running home crying, her under
clothing at that time being wet. The lady, in reply to the
charge, said she sent her nursemaid down four times that
morning to call complainant ; but, finding she did not get
up, went down herself and threw about a glass of water
over her, in bed. She denied that she struck complainant.,
although she admitted she might have taken her by the
shoulder. There was no getting the servants np in the
morning. Margaret Parkins, nursemaid, didn't th,nk there
was above a glass of water, but admittedit was in a large jug.
Ma. Arnold said that defendant's complaint that the girls
would not get up in the morning was no answer to the
charge. He considered that the defendant's conduct had
been most unbecoming and improper; and he believed the
sta,ement of complainant, corroborated in some respects
as it was by the evidence of the woman Newland. It was
mast reprehensible in defendant to engage in a personal
conflict of this description with her servant. There were
plenty of ways of dealing with servants who misconducted
themselves, without resorting to conduct of this descrip-
tion. He should adjourn the case for a week, in order to
afford defendant an opportunity of making the girl some
compensation.

TA ARMT.—Another colonelcy is vacant, by the Audi
of Lieutenant-General George Augastns Henderson.
colonel of the SPth regiment, who died on Monday.

There was a dockfull of drunkards this morning ; among
them was a woman charged by Constable Armstrong with
being drunk in Sober-lane. (Laughter.") She was fined
Is. -Cork Reporter.
THE Exssourn.-Thomas Ilichens, the poor fisherman
who was the means of saving the Exmouth, 10 gun screw
ship, when embayed among the rocks in a cove near
Kynance, in April last, has been rewardel by the Admir-
alty with the som of £5 for savins an English line-of-
ba'tle shin with a crew of 700 or 800 souls.
THE WRECK OF THE AMERICAN SHIP LTKING-ON.-The
cargo of this vessel, lately wrecked st 'Brandon Bay, Kerry,
consisting of near 1,100 hales of cotton, and 130,000 stave.,
value £23,000, is now being landed on the Cas'legregory
coast, under the superintendence of an agent from the Th-
derwriters' office, Liverpool. and Mr. Henry Brown, agent
for Lloyd's. -Correspondent of Daily Express.
THACKERAY'S NOSE.-TII?Te is a capital bon mot of poor
Douglas Jerrold's, which those who are familiar with
Thackeray's appeararce will appreciate. He was telling
Jerrold he had just come from visiting two ladies who
had become Catholics, as they termed it, and they appeared
so happy and chesrfnl, he thought he should try and be a
" Roman"-. "Do," retorted Jerrold, and begin with
your nose!
Litre Dorrit.-Dickens denies he borrowod his " Falling.
House" scene in "Little Dorrit," from the incident in the
Tottenham Court-road. So much the worse for his fame.
To have invented anything so lame and clumsy is touch
worse than to have merely copied it from life. It is tints
he should. learn that however great a writer's popularity
and distinction, it is possible to mortgage it irretrievably,
and another such production as his last, so dull, vapid, and
meaningless a compound as Litle D trrit, will go far to
efface the recollection even of a Pickwick or a David
Cooperfield -London Corregpondent.
WAGES IN CANADA -Bricklayers, 7s. to Be. 63. ;
masons, 6s. to 75.; stone-cutters. 5.. to 7e. ; joiners, ss.
to 7P.; carpenters, 6s. 31. to 7e. 61.; tinsmiths, 53. to
ss. 6d. ; painters, ss. to Gs. ; grainers, Gs. to 7e. ; hatters,
6s. to 75.; p-inters, (compositors), 63. to 7s ; do. (power-
pressmen), 6s. to 63. 8 1.; tailors (male), 4'. to 55.; do.
(femalt), ls. to 24.; shoemakers, 44. to 5i.; upholsterers,
ss. to 63.; coopers. 3q. to 4'.; farm labourers (with board),
2'. to 3 ; day labourer', 2s. 31. to 34. 91. • boys and girls,
12 to 18 (with board), 91. to Is. 31.; railway labourers,
44. to 5s ; ncedle-women (with board), ls. to 2;.; dress-
makers (with boom), le. 3;1. to 24.; servant moids (per
month), 124. 21. to 245. 441.; servant boys, 12. 6d. to
25q.; servant men, 30s. to 503.-Toronto Times.
Sul Nottsra.sr LESLIE -It may be worth noting in
regard to this cffi3-r, recently killed under cruel circum-
stances by the Indian mutineers, that though a baronet
and a baronet's son, he served his time as apprentice to
Mr. John Henderson, draper, in Kelso. His father, Sir
Charles Leslie, resided more than twelve years ago at
Kirkbank, in this county. He 141'1 his family in poor
circumstances, and they had to betake thorns-Ives to such
means of subsistence as came within their reach, and in
this way Sir Norman was placed as an apprentice in Kelso.
He attracted the attention, after a service of some year',
of the Duke of Roxburgh, who procured him a post in
the Indian army, where he was speedily promoted. Some
members of his family are in Kelso at this time receiving
their education.-North British Daily Mail.
DESTRUCTION OF A CARAVAN.-Private letters from
Aleppo of the 11th of August announce the loss of almost
an entire caravan of 1,300 camels, and 600 irregul Jr troops,
traders, and conductors, which had taken its departure
from Da r ascos on the 29th of June, for Bagdad, in"olving
the ruin of several hundred mershants at the last two-
named places. It would appear that the caravan had
strayed from the direct road, where, finding no water, it
had to come to a halt, and despatoh some of the conductors
in search of some wandering tribe to assist it nut of its diffi-
culty, many lives having b'en already losi; from thirst
and .unprecedented heat. At length a purchase of the
n cessary element was concluded at the price of 200
piastres the camel load ; but on a supply reaching the
place of halt, not more than from 15 to 20 human beings
were found alive to parteke of it. The Arabs had attacked
those dying from thirst, and pillaged all the most valuable
of the goods. _ _ _

THE BELFAST 1t )Tl.—" BLACK ItIA:L" LEVIED.—At
the Polio-court, yesterday, a case was heard which fully
proved how illusory is the hope of deterring rioters by a
mere fine. We were long ago convince? that the fines

were immediately mal.e up for the parties by their
admiring co-religionists ; but yesterday the system was
brought very prominently under tha notice of the magis-
trates. A man, named IPLarnon, was convicted of
having abused and threatened a respectable Roman
Catholic inhabitant of West-street, because the latter
refused, to subscribe towards paying the fine of 40a each,
imp,sed on eight Roman Catholics on Monday, for having
tatsen part in the riot of the pievioas day. The offence
was much more serious than that of rioting ; and if so, was
a fine of 20s and cos s an adequate punishment ? We
think not. The tipsy " collector" should have been sent
to jail, if only to deter otters from similar activil in
future.—Belfast News Letter.

Films rx LONDON.—On Wednesday morning, shortly
before tw o'clock, an alarming fire touk place in the
premises belonging to Mr. J. Owen, a cheesemooger, 129.
High-street, Poplar. The fire commenced in the lower
part of the premises, under the stairs, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that the inmates were enabled to eseare,
owing to the dense masses of tested smoke that ascended
the stairs. The engines of the parish and London brigade
were soon in attendance, and a good supp'y of water
having been procured, the fire was subdued, but not ufltil
considerable damage was done, not only to the stock-in-
trade, but also to the building. Insured in the Sun fire
office. Another fie also took place in the premises of
Mr. H. C. Mush, cora dealer, No. 8, Gray's-place,
Mile-end-gate. It began from some urknown cause in the
hay and straw stores in the basement, and before discovered
had obtained a strong hold. The engines of the brigade
were soon in attendance, an I succeedel in confining the
fire to the lower part of the building. Insured in the
Phm is fire-office.

PRESENTATION OF A SWORD, &C, TO COLONEL WILDRAIIAIf,
o.B.—The tenantry of the patern d estate of C,l met
Wilbraham, 0.13., with their wives and families, assembled
in force on Tuesday afternoon, at Rode Hall, Cheshire, for
the purpose of presenting to that gallant officer (who now
bolds the staff appointment of adjutant-general of VII
northern and midland districts of England, and who
resides at 110, Plymouth Grove, Manchester) a mark of
the r :esiect for his earacter and conduct. The com-
mittee, after purchasing a handsme sword, at a cost of
5u guineas, finding that the whole of the funds placed
at their disposal had not been expended, resolved up >n
adding to the sword a espy of " Wellington's Despatches."
A copy, handsomely bound in Russia, and gilt, was accord-
ingly procured, at a cost of twelve guineas. The sword
was presented to Colonel Wilb-ahar, by Mr. Samuel
Yates, one of the oldest tenant farmers on the estate, and
the despatebes, with the cabinet enclosing them, by the
Rev. James Losh, of Rode: In acknowledging the kind-
ness of his friends, the gallant colonel said:—" With
regard to this sword, whether it will ever be used for
other than peaceful purposes it is impossible for us to
forsee. At the present moment England is engaged in
an arduous contest with' her revolted army in the East
Indies, and every available regiment is being shipped off
to that part of the world as fast as vessels can be obtained
to carry them- It will be a painful warfare, very different
from the fair fiqi;t in the open field which we had with the
Russians. It will be the hunting down of a set of murderers,
who have disgraced ht.man nature by the atrocities which
they have committed." Tee gallant eoknel was frequently
and londli applauded.