Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-18 00:00:00

been at Bingham's Within the last few days.- I-have
often visited him there since I went to Lime-street. I
attend persons for all diseases, even in cases of an im-
pediment of speech. (Laughter, in which Mr. Black
joined.) The stock in the shop •at Park-lane did not
belong to. me. I was a sort of consulter, or anything
you: please! - •
• 'Mr. Black, for the prisoner;urged on his behalf; that
he was justified in using , _ the name of "Graves and C 0.,"
as it; was well understood that Mr.-Graves was a partner
aleng, with the prisoner and Binghain-Lthat Graves was
a constant attendant there, •and that he had been instru-
mental in bringing the present charge into., court,
beeause he had not got a portion of the £5.
• ••Mr. Bingham was, called. to 'prove the partnership
relations between-himself, Graves, and'the prisoner.
Mr. Mansfield said that Dr. Graves seemed to' he
mainly and altogether distinct from Bingham and• the
prisoner, and lie should, therefore, commit the prisoner
, for: rial at,the sessions, but would, take bail, himself in
£2O, and two sureties in £lO each.
• • ' • ' ••, •
(Before Messrs.-S.4onsin and J. IL Trims-Mt.)
~; • A
AGGRAVATED' .aSSAy.tiT ON A middle-
aged man named Peter Brannan was summoned for an
assault on a young woman named Ann Sherry. Mr.
Cobb appeared for the complainant; and Mr. Parker for
the defence. It appeared from the statement•of the
complainant, that she haS the management of a public-
house in Greenland-street, and that, on the reternoan of
the 4th instant, the defendant and two other parties
name to the house, and had one or two glassei of liver.
Some joking went on at the bar between the complatriant
and the defendant and his friends, and at last thedefen-
dant began to use' very abusive language. The
complainant said to the defendant that she would
not permit the use of such language in the house,
on which he told •her to go to h—L, and with--
eat any provocation he got hold of a large tumbler
glass, which he threw at her head; but fortunately she
stooped down at the moment; anc/ it missed
,her. a
however, passed through a window, breaking
.Rane of
glass worth twenty Shilling,s. He immediately after-
wards seized another glass, and a send time aimed it
at.complainant,,striking her a- severe blow on the arm.
He then struck heron the mouth and. itilhe eye witb
hiS clenehed fist, and afterwards-knocked her down. In
the course of thecoMplainanrs,examination she stated,
in answer to the bench, that Mr.- Murdock, who has
also a public-house in Fox-street, was the real pro-
prietor of the house in Greenland-street, and that
although the license. was in her' name, she was
only. a servant, Mr. Murdock :paying her a salary;
and deriving all the profits liiinself.•—Mr. Ilolme
marked that the statement just' made-by the coinplaindiii
Was, of 'course, only incidental, andhad nothing to do
With the merits of the case;. still it was-evidence which,
as magistrates, they must have taken, down.. It was
quite clear that this' was a- fraud upon the licensing
magistrates,.for Mr. Murdock, was the•real owner of the
house, and put in a person, to- whom:he gave a salary,
and then got the license transferred from his own to
that person's name.—Mr. Murdock explained that, in
consequence of some law proceedings,. he had received
notice to 'leave the house in. Fox-street,- and it was on
account of having to give up those premises that he
had taken the house Greenland-stTeet. But Mr.
Godfrey haVing died in ' the meantime,- the : law-
Suit still remained unsettled, and that MIS the reason
why he,had not left Fox-street. Mr. Reline: And now
you-keep both houses ? Mr. Murdock : M the present
time certainly ; ; but I do not intend- to contimie.both.
Some other witnesses having bee examined on 'behalf
'of the complainant, witnesses were called for the defend-
ant, to prove that the complainant knocked the defend-
ant's hat off, and was otherwise very violent- in her con-
duct towards him, and that it was not- until he had
received much provocation, that lie' Made any attack
upon her.—After a lengthened investigation, Mr.
Holme said it appeared evident to. the bench that the
complainant had tapped the defendant- on the head,
which, perhaps, she had no right' to.do but he ought to
have treated it as a joke, instead. of wthelbhe abused her
in the manner described. He must pay a:fine of twenty
shillings and costs.

FOREIGN PASSENGER TRAFFIC.-No-k-ss than 1,159
passengers were convoyed out in three screw steam ships,,
which sailed from Southampton on Tuesday last—viz.,.
610 by the Bremen, and 329 by the Hammonia, makinm
969 for New York, and 190 by the Ceylon fi)r th
Mediterranean and the East.—Steam.Shipping Cltronielh-
CoNmimr.nom or SPIRITS.-We learn, from a Parlia-
inentary paper, that in the period of four years ending
1854, the total quantity of spirits consumed in Scotland
Was .36,039,712 gallons; while the quantity consumed in
England during the same time. was 70,479,207 galiens.
In the five years from that date• to the present time, the
quantity consumed in Scotland was 29,079,188; and in
England, 78,597,128 gallons,
NOVEL MATCH.—HORSES. V. HOUNDS.—A
-match was made at Newmarket on Tuesday last, which,
from its novelty, has occasioned much dismission in
sporting circles. The Earl of Winchelsea has betted the
Duke of Beaufort £l,OOO oven that he - produces three
horses, carrying Bst. 71b. each, to beat five couple of his
grace's hounds, over the Beacon Course (four miles), tlie
first horse or hound in to be the winner. The horses
are to run wide of the hounds, and the match will take
place during the Newmarket Houghton Meeting of
1860.
'SCHA.MYL.—A letter fram Stanzopol, inserted in the'
Invalide Russe, describes the arrival of Schmyl in that
town. He is a, man of lofty stature, thin and broad-
shouldered; with hollow eyes and a dyed beard. His
walk is-slow and dignified. 'His face bears the trace of
many. wounds, and its paleness and melancholy expres-
sion indicate profound grief and compressed regret. His
song Casi-Mahomet, resembles him only in his height.
His face is pockmarked, and his grey eyes betray rather
cunning than talent.
THE ACCIDENT AT THE SHEFFIELD RAILWAY
.STATION.—Mr. Alderman Maw, one of the sufferers by
. the recent accident at the Sheffield railway station, died
on Friday evening, from prostration Of the nervous
system, brought on by the shock. The Rev. Mr. Moon,
who was taken to the Infirmary, is a little better, and
,hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery, although
his case is serious. One of the most singular effects of
the catastrophe was the case of Mr. Kirton, cheese and
bacon factor, Doncaster. He felt none of the effects of
the collision at the time, and was enabled without the
least assistance to return home, congratulating himself
upon the escape he had had. On arriving at home he
felt himself getting so unwell, that he felt it advisable to
ienj for a surgeon. He was the next morning unable
tO.get out 'of bed, and since then has become so prostrate
that.he has not the slightest power to move any part of
his body. On Friday.he was worse in health.
ALLEGED MURDER IN HULL.—On Saturday, a rumour
was current in IEIII, to the effect that a respectable man
had met with his death by foul means, on the previous
evening. The following appear to be the circumstances
of the ease :—About six o'clock on Friday evening, a
vrcinan named Mary Nangle, residing in Mill-street, in
passing through the passage of the Lord Durham public-
house, Cross-street, found a man laid on the footpath
aßparently dead or dying. The assistance of a police-
con.stable was obtained, and he at once sent for Mr.
Thomas M‘Manus, surgeon ; but upon that gentleman's
arrival, he found lie could render no assistance as life
was already extinct. The body was then taken to the
dead-house. How the unfortunate man came into the
passage, or from what cause he died, is at present a
mystery. It appears that, shortly before the deceased
was found, two men were seen escaping over a back-yard
wall in the neighbourhood. The name of the deceased
has not been ascertained at present. The deceased
appears to be about thirty-five years of age, middle
height, and respectably dressed. Upon the clothes being
searched, a copy of the "Turf, Register," a small comb,
and a pair of gloves were the only articles found.
Thursday an
DEATH BY VIOLENCE AT WIGAN.—On
an inquest was held at Wigan, before the
borough coroner, on ther body of an old man, sixty-two
yearsHw eedvnaoe
sfs Wednesdayr evening,pe r
d rhomas Daniel-, who died on the
tunmdeesr,rtheifollow'ing circumstances
in general, very temperate .in ahlsorh'sabfltsctoryb,natnndnwtashe,
Saturday evening previous he returned to' his lodgings
in Chapel-lane, Wigan, shortly after twelve o'ftasck, par-
tially drunk, and bleeding from the mout
was much swollen, his mouth injured, and he complained
of injury to his side. He stated that he had beene
thrown down in the Hallgate, and kicked violently, and
I when he fell he had a pipe in his mouth, which had
severely injured his tongue by striking against the
around. Mr. Wright, surgeon, was called in and at-
tended him, but an effusion of blood and phlegm oc-
curring internally on the Wednesday appeared, SO said
the persons present at the time, to choke him. The
verdict returned was that " Death was caused by violence
inflicted by some person or persons unknown."

THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION.

LORD BROUGHAM ON TAXATION.—The session of the
Social Science Association was brought to a close on
Saturday. It was stated, at the final general meeting,
that, during the week, 175 papers had been read; and it
was also announced that next year the association would
hold its sittings in Glasgow. Lord Brougham, in moving
the adoption of the 'report, detailed what had transpired
on Wednesday 'respecting the Liverpool financial schene;
carefully guarding, however, against Committing'him-
self to an unqualified approval of this new agitation.
The noble lord , said he _was wholly in favour of direct
taxatiOn,,Which would more equally fall ;upon wealth, and
which he would denominate a "wealth tax," than on the
system at present adopted of indirect taxation, which bore
so heavily on the working classes. • There were 485 arti-
cles which might be named, and on which the amount
raised by taxation was upwards of • £700,000, which
might well be abolished. ,BUt this, amount by. such
abolition would not be lost, because, at .theysametime,
the army of tax-gatherers now employed would also be
reduced, and the amount paid in. salaries to such extin-
guished in proportion. The question was one for the
consideration of all in the public-service, .as well as the
public creditor ; and it should also be considered whether
or not Mr. Gladstone could do without them. The five
articles which prodnced most of the revenue, and of
which the labouring classes were, a. course, from their
numbers, the gl'eatest. Consumers, were Malt, spirits,
sugar, tea,. and tobacco. Hence, at -present, taxation
bore very 'limpidly upon-the public of all classes, and
a wealth taX,, therefore, bearing more equally sad directly
on the. possessors of wealth, he consideredi to have been
the opinion: generally entertained by themeeting alluded
to, because• the persons. present saw ,that.such a scheme
contained within itself essence. of strfgt, justice. He
then read a- letter from the Rev.. Vernon, Ilarcotat,
expressive of. fraternal' sympathy and good Wilt towards
the Social Science Association, from the meeting: of the
British Association. at Aberdeen, and also, stated the
regret of the- Bishopd of. Okford,, who could not possibly
attend the Einar meeting's.

LORD Bit OUGIIAM, AT HALIFAX-.•
A goiree'of the members of tlie• Halifax Meehanic"
Institute was held On Saturday evening—Lord Brougham
in: the chair_ The attendance- included Mr. Frank,
Crossley, M.P:, Mr. E.. Baines;_ I,'LP., the ,Earl, of
Shaftesbury, and several local' celebrities- One the•
annual report of the Institute .beiiirread,
Lord Brougham -expressed his-gratifieation at the te-
caption with which he had:met, which was similar to
the- kind feelings which had been •exhibited towards him
byeall his old rerkshire- constituents.: Bo had that day
he& The gratification of seeing the heautilidl manufactures
of 'which he had only previously, heard in the PriVy
Council, in the, case of a patent which lie and Ler&
Lyndhurst decided, and which had:since-been purchased!
by Mi. Frank Crossley. Still more satiethAttory had it
been for him to, see the People's P'ark:. (loud cheering
Anything moreesplendidl and ; beautifril; andl, what was
better, anythirm more useful for- the- relation and.:
amusement of the woridag classe4 it ,-wase . issible toe
conceive. No: one with the opportunity, i enjoying,:
recreation in that splendid park had zoccasioeuto envy the,
noblest in the land. (Cheers.) Ite:hati! derived, how--
ever; a still higher gratification in hearing;•orthe success -
of this institation front the report reaell.by the Vice.--
President. lie was glad to hear of the laere.,. ;number cf!
the• working classes who-profited By the institution; and,
he- found alno that lessons were - given' which were •
adapted to the circumstances of the -people: He par—
ticularly noticed that "-sewing " was, taught. He did'
not-wish, Heaven forlith to exclude othee-teachine, such,
asavading and writing;: history and geography, and even
a. little French; but the great theory was; to teach the -
women .to be good housewives, good mothers of families,
and good wives of working meet,: so that- the working
man's hems might be- made more comfortable than the
alehouse. (Cheers.), This was.. too . much neglected 4
in all ins"itations of this kink He ilad often CODA:-
plained of 'it, and in this -respect Helene; set a bright-
example to other plates. (Cheers.) Though the number;
-of the working elasaeo that attended thit.institution was-
gratifyingly large ; yet he thought thonumber might he•
itcreased'by a .cant ass of their beethrete and by showing;
them thotthey‘ we doing what was immeneely to their-own ad'asntage in Netoming connected! witli this instiltum-
tion, and at the same time cluing a good) for society whillk
classes. (Cheers.) It was, however, more deligh '
than all to hear the acoount: given, of the Penny
Savings. Bank, than which there . could not be a more
useful institution. It tended; to teach and micou4.-we
habits. of providence. He undtrstood that there
,were 3,000 depositors, and this: in proportion, to
405000 inhabitants . was, a large number. Making a
deduction foe those who; had no? occasion to use these
honks, and calculating; five to a family, the 3,oge de-
positors:lll.4-1A be taken; to ,represent one half of the in-
habitants. He hoped the .number would be still further
: increased,. and that, provident habits would he fOstered
and' encouraged in these. who, already pos4essecl,them,
and implanted in those.who were improvident. (Cheers.)
At the bar and in parliament there were, or ought to be,
practiced men, • disliking "speechification," as. it was
called, merely for• speaking sake ; but he had singled
out a few points: which attracted hiin in the report
whiCh had been readi and hoped they would...excuse him,
few having denied them, (Cheers.)
Mr. Edward Baines, M.P.; in alluding .to mechanics'-
institutions in connection with popular education, neged
the Halifax directors not to despair et the siiccess, of
lectures attributing his own zeal in the cause toe, lee-
ture which he had..heard in London from Dr. Bi,rkbeck,
at which "the Demosthenese of modern times,',' Henry
Brougham, was present.
Lord Brougham then distributed the prizes and cer-
tificates granted bythe Society of Arts.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BOLYON.—Abwout four o'clock
on Saturday afternoon, a shocking railway accident
occurred at the Trinity-street station, on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Railway, at Bolton. Robert Ibbetson,
an inspector in the employ of the company, had occa-
sion to cross the line at the time stated, when an engine
with tender was coming slowly up the line, for the pur-
pose of fetching some carriages from a siding. Ibbet-
son attempted to cross in front of them, as he had
frequently done before, no doubt feeling that he could
do so with safety, in consequence of the slowness of
the speed, However, some person shouted to him,
which alarmed him, and, in stepping sideway, he
was caught by the tender, which was in front of
the engine, and thrown down between the line of rails.
The driver, hearing a scream, reversed the engine, but
it was too, late, the poor fellow had been seriously
• injured, and then forced across the metals, when the
wheels passed over the lower part of his body, wholly
severing one leg and mutilating the other. lie was
carried into the waiting-room, where he only breathed
once or twice, when life became extinct. He was after-
, wards removed to his residence, behind the Clarence
Hotel. Deceased was a remarkably steady man and an
attentive officer, having been in the service of the com-*
parry a long time, and it is to be regretted that he has
left a wife and three children to deplore his loss.
INCOMES OF LONDON CHARITIES. There are in
London twelve hospitals for general purposes, forty-six
for special purposes, thirty-four dispensaries ; giving
relief to 365,965 persons every year. Ninety-two
hospitals (income), £300,000; twelve societies for the
preservation- of life and health, benefiting 39,000,
£40,000; seventeen penitentiaries and reformatories,
£2,500; fifteen charities for relief of the destitute,
benefiting 150,000, £25,000 ; fourteen charities for
debtors, widows, strangers, &c., £30,000; four Jewish
charities, exclusive of twenty minor Jewish charities,
£lO,OOO ; nineteen provident societies, £9,000 ; twenty-
seven pension societies, benefiting 1,600, £58,968 ;
thirtr.three trade societies of a purely charitable nature,
exclusive, of self-supporting societies, £113,467; 126
asylums for the aged, benefiting 3,000, £87,630 ; nine
charities for deaf, dumb, and blind, £25,000; twenty-
one educational societies, £72,247 ; thirteen educational
asylums, exclusive of schools supported by government,
1,777 persons, £45,465 ; sixty Home Missions, many of
which extend their operations beyond the metropolis,
£400,000 ; five miscellaneous, not admitting classifica-
tion, £3,252 ' • seven Church of England Foreign Mis-
sions, £248,533; seven Dissenting Foreign 3lissions,
£211,135. The above represent a total yearly income
of £1,678,945. To these may be added five other
societies, not susceptible of classification, making a total
of £1,682,197. If we separate tht societies of a purely
domestic character from those whose operations are
wholly or in part conducted in forei lands; the result
will be as follows :—Honr, charities, £1,222,52D ;
foreign missions, £459,668. The amount spent in ;
!foreign missions, therefore, is just one-third of that,
devoted to the relief, instruction, and reforniation of Pde
oor, the ignorant, the unfortunate, and tiiq *Av., in
i London alone.—lllustrated Times.

A FRENCH VIEW OF INFANTICIDE IN

ENGLAND..
The Parii correspondent of the Morning Post,
writing on Saturday evening, says :—" The
Unirers to-day "resents its yeaderS with a letter
from London, in which the awful condition of
that heretiCal land, Great, Britain, is described
with all that accuracy and strict regard for truth
that characterise M. 7feuillot. and his fellow
scribes. The inquest at Stepney,. which was re-
ported' at full length in all the papers, has sup=
plied the scurrilous and malignant vipers who
do
_the dirty work of
.Cardinal A.ntonelli with
their facts—but they make a genera/ applica-
tion of them; and exclaim, ' See what is. the result
of parliamentary government!' The facts dis-
closed at theinvestigation I ha vem.entioned above,
are sufficiently notorious to make it unnecessary
for me to repeat them. . The Univers, in a letter
Purporting to have been written in London,
roundly asserts, that owing to the frightfid
amount of distress prevailing among the lower
classes, infanticide has become ore of the " insti-
tutions" of the country. Your clerical contem-
porary asserts (on the faith, it says, of Mr.Wakley)
that hun .reds of children decjareci as still-born,
b-ut in reality murdered, fill .the churchyards
of the capital, and; adds,, that the estimate is far
below the mark. Hut the: Papal 'org'an further
tells us, this is the way in which legifi;nate
chilaren are got riif of; fOr illegitimate- offspring
can be diSposed of 13y a mode, of legal murder :
The. unnatural parent gives the Chihli into the
hands' of a dry-nurse;and may rest assured not to
hear any more of it';7 the said dry-nurses know-
ing perfectly well why the children are. sent to
them. M. Veuillot's print also enlightbns his
readers- as to the medeef 'infant bnual, which
is universally r The child' mice
disposed- of, sent rd• the workhousei- and
the wofilienase, to save expense, places, the
body of. the child, together. with a full- sown
corpse, in the same coffin: These absurd calUm-
nies, hoyi-eyer artfully inter ,co-Ven. With a sub-
stance of truth, would be °unworthy of notice' ‘,lkit
for the profound ignorance. touching England
which stilt pervades every class, of French society..
The statements of the liiiiVers. are copied inttea
great many-papers, and the monstrous facts they
allege will be universally believed- In his His-
tory of Civilisation'; Bncrtle. points out
with great fblicity the rermavalof international
prejudices by the greater .facilities for intercom,
munication afforded by railways, This is no doubt
true of Em,,,fand with regard' to' France, but by'
no means correct of France:with regard to Eng--;
land. As an. instance, I may mention that this,
very day at least half-a-dozen! Frenchmen have,
.asked me if the facts mentione& By the Univery
were correct;: note that these ge--
were clever, sag
u.-
and intelligent. .Youanay;tarefore, fancy-
what an impression these Omni caluinnies must
produce upon, the . comparatively uneducated;
classes, prediSposed as they-are ter, believe any-
thing aganast"Eivland, and judge or the anintw,
and the Skill with which the dirty tool of the
clerical party does. its dirty work."'

PUNISHMENT:. e'F AN ITALIAN TRAITOR. - Tha
Trieste Gazattr• annotmees the- cOndenuiation of a civil.
engineer, a natiiPe- of Venetia, to 15; Tzars' imprison-
ment in a fivtress, for having communicated a plan of
the fortifications, of Venice _to .tb2 • enemy, during the
late war.
- NORMAL_ CoralEori FOR N(5ETit WALES. - Thi
Dissenters. of North Wales have -raised several thousand-.
pounds by subscription, for the •purpose of erecting a.
normal colltge iia North Wales... One- gentleman alone,-
we believes gave £5,000, proviclitg the- building shoubl
be erected, in Bax*or ; and it has, therefore, been de-
cided to erect. it in that city.; ; and the Right Hon:.
Lord John, Russ./1, M.P., has consented to lay the,
founclatiou,stome on the 15th of. November next.

A letter - from Stanzopol„, inserted! in the Invalid(
Busse, describes the arrival of +1).4. tom
. laty stature, thin. ant broad-shouldered,:
with hollow eyes, and a dyedaheard. His walk is slow=
and dignified:. His face bears the...trace• of many wounds,
and its,paleness and melancholy expression indicate pzo--
founi grief' and ,compressed; regret.. His son, Casi-
3lahornet resembles him or.ly in his. height. HiS fuse
is pockmarked, and his grey, eyes betray rather (Miming.:
there, talent •
triPRESS, JERSEY,- STF:vtifER--The coroner's
jury, which has been sitting: at Southampton touching
the. death of one of the.. passengers by this ill-fated
vessel,, have found "That .the .toss of the Express . was.
the.result of culpable imprudence. and ignorance-on the
part of Captain Robert Charles Mabb, then command-
ing;the said vessel on her voyage towards Guernsey, by
needlessly steering her- through a dangerous, passage, out
of the usual route, amtatot having at the time a. pilot on
•board, and not being.- himself a licensed :
INCREASE or 5M1A4,14.11,0X,---OR Saturday the paro-
chial authorities ot. the metropolis, in. consequence of
the alarming spread! of this fearfUl contagion. in the
metropolitan distribts, (the London Fever Hospital heing
now full of patientsaftlicted with that • malady and in-
capable of receiving more=a fact quite unprecedented)
commenced active steps to enforce the provisions. of the
Compulsory Vaccination Act. In several of the parishes;
special officers. have been appointert to.' see that
the provisions of, the. Compulsory Vaccination Act are'
fully carried out.;.
THE REPRESENTATION or WHITWX;---The seat for
this borough, which has been rendered vacant by the
I death of thelate Robert Stephensoa4. Esq., promises to
be contestedi for in an exceedingly strong manner. There
arc already four- candidates in the field. Mr. H. 'S,,
Thompson (chairman of the North-Eastern Railway
emnPaikr.) ;: Mr. Alfred Seymour of London ; Mr.
George Hudson (late M.P. for Sunderland ; and Mr.
Thomas. Chapman, of London, are the parties who are
offering themselves, and all thesegentlemen have arrived
in Wiuitby. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Seymour are
Liberals; Mr. Hudson 'and Mr: Chapman are both Con.
servatives.

The London correspondent of the Manchester Guar_
dian says :—" Mr.. Anthony Trollope, at once the most
industrious of postoffico officials and the most prolific of
novelists, is about to turn to an account a tour o post-
office duty among the West India Islands, by the publi-
cation of his travels .and observations in the Spanish
Main. Mr. Trollope is, a master in the art of killin.
two birds with one stone. He writes much of the
novels on board the steamer, while engaged, as he has
been for some time past, in visiting our over-sea post-
office establishments. Thus he- works up his experience
of life aboard ship into the novel of the moment, as we
may see in The • Bertrams,' where his Peninsular and
Oriental voyage out to Egypt has supplied him with a
batch of characters and nearly a volume of incident."
DEATH FROM VIOLENCE. OF A NEW-BORN CHILD.—
Considerable excitement has been produced at Bramham,
near Tadcaster, about fourteen miles from York, in con-
sequence of the discovery of the dead body of a new-
born female child, upon which there were marks of
violence. An inquest was held on Friday last, when it
was proved that the mother of the deceased is Agnes
Frazer, who has been for nearly two years in the service
of J. Gregson, Esq., of Bramham House, barrister, as
laundry maid. The jury, returned a verdict of "Died
from congestion of the brain, caused by an injury tathe
head; but whether such injury was occasioned by the
child having accidentally fallen on the floor at the time
of birth, or by some other means, there is not sufficient
evidence to satisfy the jurors."
TERRIFIC BOILER Exri.waN, ,NEAR DUDLEY.—
On Saturday evening, at tho Old Kill Mineral Works,
Rowley Regis, .near Dudley, one (4 two large boilers
lying alongside each other, suddenly exploded from
causes it is difficult as yet to oonjecture. The
boilers being attaohed, the -one tore the other from
its lodgement, causing a complete sundering, of the
whole building. The boiler plates, bricks, &c.,
were scattered to an almost incredible distance, and
the chimney fell at full length like a fallen tree,
The entire place is reduced to ruins, but no one sus-
tained the siightest injury. An extraordinary feature
in this sad affair is, that a man in the employ of Mr.
Tinsley, a nail factor, of the same thee, had been to
fetcb some hot water, from the engine pool, and was
returning with a bucket in either hand when the
'explosion took place. Two detached plates of the
holler struck each bucket, and knooked them out of his
hands, he himself escaping unhurt. The buckets were
shattered into pieces. ThA, tqrrible shock was fejt.
half a mile. round.

FURTUER GOLD DISCOVERIES IN

'AUSTRALIA: '
. It is stated in the ' Launceston paper's just
received, that •in consequence of ' the gold .dis-
coveries two or three quartz-crushing companies
were being organised. Further examination. of
the Fingal distriet, it was alleged, had revealed
other auriferous reefs in 'the locality known as the
Black Bay, and several claims had been taken up
under the regulations issued. Gold it was supposed
existed in the South Esk river, explorations being
vigorously prosecuted to teat the value. of the
resources of the colony in this respect. The
Government, in consideration of. the. number of
persons which it was presumed would .shortly be
permanently located on the Fingal gold=field, had
proclaithed the existence of .a town there „under
the designation of Mangana, and it, was arranged
that a mail should be conveyed there three times
instead of twice a week. The richst specimen
of Tasmanian
,Igold yet discovered, and exhil.Ated,
n was two-ounce nugget contained in 'quartz, It
was• said to have been found by Mr. A. C. Clark,
a farmer, residing on the Meander, who; for the
moment, refused-, 'to point out the particular
locality. That some faith was placed ins the re-
ports of the. discoveries is evidenced by- the fol-
lowing' extract from the speech, of Sir Henry
Voung,onthe opening of the Legislative Comeil:-7-
In' suinmoning you to meet on the. cci present o,sion,
have'tb:congratulate you on -Ole revived liopes`that the
"colony= possesses • the rich element of wealth ivbiblr has
effected, such. marvellous , results in the neighbouring
colonks: The operations of the enterprising company
engag,sdi ipartz crushing at Fingal; and recent
discoveries- in. the. same district, with others re-
ported elsewhere,
,have impresaed My government
with- tl*-- opinion that the time has • now arrived,
in , which' every step dictated • by experience' and
consistent' with prudence should be adopted ,by
the legislature and the executive to promote
.and
assist in the' deielopment of adriferOtts re,
sources. nitherto the government has, not bedn in--
vested by raw with power to deal with auriferous lands
as ,such. , F6r -this reason,,,and , ago, because I consi—
tiered' that premature interference would operate to
' restrain rather ' than to encourage enterprise, I re--
1 trained front, sanctioning the promulgation 'of any
regulations in. reference to such hinds until in the,.
.prrress of
~diScovery,..disputes began to arise ...for the
adjudication afivhich it became neeesssry that Mted rules
should be established.. Piovisional regulations were then
issued, a copy- of "Whieli • will be-laid' before you, and'
which I trust that you will confirm insofar as relates to-,
the interest acquired' under them. BUt the time for
merely provisional arrangement having passed, a bill
will be submitted.to youfor the managemnt ofauriferous
rands and the regulation of mining or Crown- lands,-in
preparing which adiantage has been taken of the large •
and varied . experience of the colonies of New. South
Wales and Victoria... .

A telegram received in Manchester•, announces tire
dbath of a local poet, ,Mr. John Boltondtwerson, which
took place at Douglas, isle of Man. Ms remains will
be.int.rred to-day (Tuesday.)
WAGI*i MOVEIYINST. AT DAnsvis —The weavers,
winders, warpers, &c:; of this thriving town, last week
presentedsa memorial to their employers for an advance
pf wages, and deputations of workmen have been-formed
to wait upon the employers, to elk*. frOm them their
dbeision.

WRECK or Two S't.EASlEßS.—lnfoimation •has been
received at Lloyd's,. announcing the- stranding of two
powerfid screw steamers, which havt.been trading from
this• country to the Baltic. One was, the General CM-
ringtee, Captain J. Craig-' bound to,Landon. She was
from St. Petersburgh and Cronstadt, with a valuable
cargo',of hemp, tallow, and rape: She had also
some specie •on . hoard.. It appears, that, in-A-Aass- '
jag through the Squad, in .thc, course of
she• got ashore' on what is known as 'the Little
'Ground, at Skenver,. and all attempts failed to get
;leer Off; and her fore- cornpartincnt• filed with 'water.
Assistance was sent: to her fromt Copenhagen' and, a
quantity of her.earge got, and an agreement made to
get her off, if possible, for £6oo,,but the last aGeaunts
ibfE i,oa wahoro. • Rho erns z finolzon. vessel, of 604),t0n;
with four bulkheaa,or water-tight compartments, and
.was built under 'special survey; The other unfortu-
nate ship was • thaTharence Nightingale,. iron screw-
-Steamer, Captain Lee, which• was from Ceortstadt. •
:According to the' brief notice. of her mishap, that
has been sent, it appears than on the 12th instant she .
struck off Porckala, near Helsingfors, in the. Gulf of
Finland. She was-lightened ofa portion of her fuel, but
btest accounts from her-state that she had, not been got
off: Sht was bailtat Hartlepool, in 1855, tutelar speeial
survey, .and was' 600 tons burden, and 00-bOrse poWer.
The number of iron screw steamers that liaxe been 'lost
during the -last few-years-, in navigating the Baltic is
incredible, and the •Russiangovernment haite encouraged
a private undertaking for the purpose of raising the
wrecks. The company demand of Lloyd's, Underwriters,
a rate of 50 per cent. salva.ge upon all English vessels
so raised. -
,THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF Dirnm4i.--,--The meeting
of the Queen's. University was held at Dublin. Castle. on
Friday, for the •p urposcot conferring degrees and honours.
The addresses delivered by the Lord. hieutenant aed the
Lord Chancellor of Treland• are important, disclosing,
as they: cle, the intention of 'the GOVernment to
uphold the united system of education in the- Queen's
Colleges, notwithstanding the confederacy of the
Roman Catholic prelacy and priesthood for a oontrary
object. These. addresses were delivered in the• pre-
sence of. the Irish Chief Secretary (Mr. Cardwell),
whose Reply to the resolutions, of the Roman Oatholic
prelates is to be taken into eonsideration, by " their
lordships" at their intended meeting on Wednesday
next. It may be fairly assumed that the• right hon.
gentleman has intimated that at present the govern-
ment has no notion' of handing over the national
schools to their exclusive. control, neither will .it dis-
continue what Dr. Cullen designates "the persecution
of the- sign of the cross," •by refusing to allow the
emblem to be mounted 'in every school-room. It may
also be observed that Mr. Fitzgerald, the Irish Attorney
Geniial, and a member of Dr. • Cullen's flock, was
'-- present " assisting" at the proceedings, which were
opened by the Vice Chancellor of the University (Lord,
Chancellor Brady).
,r.„ 4-
A ,FaliaiEn OUTWITTED. --- A correspondent
Manchester GuarNansuppliesthefollowing :—On Friday
last, 'fl-farmer, named Slack, residing at-Thulston,,"iVe
miles from Derby, went to the latter town for the• pur-'
' pose of buying a cow, and took with him anold-fashioned
purse; containing twelve sovereigns. Whilst be- stood
in the market examining the cattle, lie was accosted by
two men, . one of whom appeared to •be 'a farmer,
and the Other a tradesman. They, commenced talking
to Slack, saying that they wanted to purchase some
cows, but that they were asking too high a price
for them, and they thought that they should wait
until afternoon, when they, would probably be cheaper,
They then asked Slack if he- would. have a glass
of ale. He replied that he had no objection; and they
all three repaired to the Castle and Falcon Spirit Vaults,
close by. The strangers treated, the farmer and 'the
farmer consented to have a walk with them thraugh the
town, and then to return to the market to see if 'cows
had depreciated in value.' They rambled through
the town until they arrived in front of Mr. Tetley's
County Hotel, St. Mary's Gate, when the two strangers
again Invited the farmer to have a glass. - He again
consented, the two strangers paying the shot. Whilst
they remained at the County Hotel, the strangers
began talking about parties being robbed, _and one
of them produced two purses, which he said he had
just bought in order that his money might be placed' in
safer keeping. They then asked' the farmer what sort
of a' purse lie carried, and he "showed them one of
the old-fashioned leather bags. They said that was
a very rubbishy thing to carry money in, and if he
would accept one of the purses they had got, they
would make him a present of it. .He thanked them,
and handed over his purse to them, in order that the
money might be transferred to the new purse. They
then made a pretence of transferring the gold, and handed
it-back in the new purse to
,the farmer, who, they
returneda ft after e
said, appeared to be a very nic man, and begged his
acceptance of a sovereign. The farmer thanked them,
took the coin, and directly afterwards the trio separated,a
that it contained his
fifteen
pay for something, he discovered.
Hanoverian medals ; and :he
dwheree rse°-
kina as to give him at the County Hotel was of the same
stamp, He harried to the police-station,, and told his
the stgerasn
xchtano
tginhegmamikuotzalancodnoTtputillatilis.ut
purse
to
story ; but the two " gent flown,
tamed to Thulston a sadder,
but we trust a wiser man,
though minus his money and cow,

THE OVERLAND MAIL.'
LATER FROIII INDIA AND CHINA.
The Indian and China mails live arrived. CaLonde
~(vices to September sth; Madras, 16th ; .Hong Kongo
_‘Agust 24th ; Shanghai, 16th.
INDIA.
The mail news las for the most part been anticipated
We learn from Calcatta that the Income-tax haa
passed through a second reading. The discharge&
troops were arriving at Calcutta, and shipped off as fast'
as supplies could be obtained. A battery of nine gals;
hid been erected to command the river entrance 07

Rangoon. • • •
-There had been a disturbance in Central India, at
Mundleseer, which' is said to have been caused.„br
the rebel ,chief, the Delhi Prince Feroze Shah. 11-e,'
is reported to have made are attack on the statieal
releasing no less than 700 men confined in the gaol
at that 'station.' Captain :Hawes, the recently
appeinted political agent, was killed. A force has been-
ordered froni Bembay. "It is not imPoisibler Sa'Ys
local Viper, " but that .se few raids -of the same kintf may
occur an the. frontier. of Oude, where .the Nana, Bala.
Rao-, acid the Bogum, continue to flini a refuge. etr"
numerous followers. Thilvis the'only vitality remainru6
in the rebellion, and which would have' been ended ere
now but far the duPlicitf or Jung Balradoor. iceiw
angry at the treatment he has received; likeall Asia"l,
he ,exaggerates enormously the aid, he has rendered/ an
. seems to have proposed to himself the most preposterous
rewards." '
The shareholders of the. North-Western Beak have
intrusted the --,eindieg--up -Of Cieir affair's to Mr. G. IL.
Fergusson, controlled by a committee of two shoeholderso
Mr. Gubbins and Colonel Davidson.
JAPAN..
There are lateie'date.s from. lodate but Mr. Aicock had
made no progress. in respect to. the currency qeestiouP
aud trade consequently was in abeyance.
• CHINA.
The China neil amnounces that Mr. `Para,' the
American Minister; hai been courteously receivca
Pekin. 'An -officer '-who :acoompnrtied him sas-1116
Chinese provincial authorities on the route wereerY.
polite and cOndesccreling,. "The Friend of China saP
the American treaty gives the 'United States liherti
to tender their goof offices in any difficulty with e
Western Powers. As Mr.; Ward 'v:S exPected to be
W
'able-,ter'Send home Abe ratified treaty by the followia,g
mail; he would soon hare an opportenty of testing tue'
virtues of this claim.
- The correspondent of the Times,' at Mug Kong, sellr
that the news of the 'American Minister's artivaL
Pekin was brought to Shanghai by a Russian gun-be°e-e'
btit' no letters `had been received from- Mee. ,''ef
reported that. he would be at Shanghai about the cal:,
August, General Mouraeieff, governor of the Ras,shc?
territories of the river Amur, had arrived at the re" 10-
special messengers were sent to Pekin, to acquaint
Russian Minister. The Russians appear to have a Pe'.
feet understanding with the Chinese:
Ordbr had been re-established at Shanghai, and con-
fidence among the respectable portiOn of the Chluese
community. The. French:Minister had deemed it Chloe
pedient torelease all the Coolies on board the Gertrai to
and the Taoutae had proceeded on boaid that vessel, ee
carry out such determination. A curionsecircumst,7o
was, that there was not a single Shanghai maenonce
board; -and hence the question naturally arises, we" The
the kidhapping ? 'We do ,hope, however, that the ue°_
trade, if. ter be continued, will be conductedimore one"„ ;
There was no jestification on the Part of the Chiateel.
rabble:- to commit the wanton murders that roll' c.
and we. hardly think that the foreign authorities her,
been firm enough on this- point. There seems, hev'ev
to be no further apprehension of.danger., was
Her-Majesty's steamer Sanipson hadarrived, and
to remain at Shanghai. - Her Majesty's fr
steamer igle,
flyer had proceeded to Nagasaki to take Mr. liodgafLli
Hakodatti, and would then return to Jeddo A Fr,,
gunboat has just ,arrivedafrom ,Turon, and reports 117;e;
,
"
tiatious- proceeding favourably ; it is reported, how thin,.
that there is is great opposition on the part of the C 00...
Chinese Governmentin. reference to religious freed:foil,
We write advisedly, as-the facts may never transpir
ppublic information. 'Peom what we learn we hardly%
eet-any resumption of', hostilities ; indeed; the Freau„
Adrairal has sent reinforcements of troopsend
ith gehoal
to canton. ..At Canton all remains, quiet,
prospect of its continuance.
COMMERCIAL. f talc
received KONG, AugAst 24.—Lendon: mail 0
received on 22nd inst.: Orderre-established at ShaliegThiei
and confidence among,among,the respectable- portion 01 •et,
ra Chinese community. Market at Shanghai chases
foreigners show little .disposition to continue pure of
at opening rates. At Foochow, in consevenee °of
slight reduction' ire prices of tea, a fair aineuno
business done. At Clinton, business latterly had eeee
wun
suspended in teas, fureigners being unwilling to eeal—, to
`purchases
at opening. rates, and the tea men
refas
accept a reduction. -
CALcuTTA., Snier. 9.—Exchange:—Since the he
parture of • the last mail, exchange on London has ° uoy,
steady, at from 2i.e07, to 2-01 for bank. bills.. sod
however, two local banks came, in as sellers at 2.o,beee
about two lees- of Chiea-drawn bank, bills chances 1.0
sold at the same- rate. Credits have brought • n.. 0
„e't of.
2-01. , and documentary, 2-01 to 24. The ata°"-- On:
business transacted tar the mail has been moderatei;srat
China, Vex rate has been nominally-22a ;on B°rnefooeY
sight, 1. per pent. ?remium --Money Market: the
continues very abiun... ant ; the Bank of Bengal he rate
local banks have large amounts.unemp.loyed. 5 per
of interest on Government security is from 4 0 very
cent.—The .Peodlice -Market : The. market has bee!iiave it
quiet during the fortnight under review, and we " doles
will continue so until fhe value of almost all the aril the
of export, down;- goes dow The• iedieo accounts from at only
e
growing districts are Mer uniaveurable. Sagaa,atilif•
in demand for Bimbay alai other ports. SaltPetfi
and little doing. Raw. silk in less 'demand, all 01
drooping. Corahs in Paie demand at full Prie,es,-. Jar*
seeds in small inquiry. Hides tend downwar"D'of the
port Market : After the last report the positioavieeeol
market became geadually more stagnant, 04 off o°,l
every description of goods have,' again fallen °lioitet"
siderably. Sales i ^ the bazaar have been, pert added
addedcompared with the . very..heavy arrivals, whin 10e
more to the very large stock already existilik °wing
twist was sold more freely. a few days, ago, ba.`:atahers
to the anxiety of sellera to realise, pieces. of all ;1. The
and qualities have: sustained a rather heavy fa'e doubt-
prospects of thefuttire position of'the market a.remeat in
ful, and there itelittle hopeof a speedy iraPre's
demand or prices, •
, eeebaY a revii
-+ i
A „
/I,RTWAIr AT BOMBAY --:-SOMetlllll4l.x- an
130 , are
val movement seems- to be springing up n 01'n
Poeta. At these two places, daily prayer Plf
held. The Bombay Gn4rdfan says :—" Vire a,,e,erit
to state• that we hear of a greatly increasedfcetiega
prayer in Poona. Some four or. five or more, tuiaeiliati!'
for prayer are held weekly among soldiers and held
• net Q,D,
We know of four daily praer-meetings f the 2' •
Bombay, namely :-Le•-One among the soldiers 0 _000:
one of native Christians in Marathi (Free ChnArvssoaihlY;:
tution, at 5 p.m.), ; . the one at the General 'Arelfew
Institution, at Z ; and the- one at St. Dr. Oar:
Church, at 1 p.m.", The. Bishop of BombaY", issued
ding, has taken the movement in hind, and has
circular on the subject.
„ 0f"...„F'5,;
REPORTED SECESSIONS FROM THE CH.-11_.,,n04..;11„
LAND M.—We are enabled to make an ann,°%aptia.
to-day which will create a deep and generain lit en
in the religious world. It is that of :he Char:r,
ing, large secession of clergymen from however'
of England. Most of our readers will,
stogie!:
he gratified to learn that the forthcomiOg_woh
will be of a very different kind from that. yea
n
have so often had to record during the last ,Asvea to ILL;
namely, a secession from the Church of Engle'lergyneee,
Church of Rome. The direction which those wig
who are about to 'leave the establishniente,s the ttOba'
will be quite different. It will be towards ty
mation of a new Church of England, to to sevecliis-
then' her
tingtushed -for. _their evangelical views, an a 0 cFlereregymChenttreohf °ilif.CEl:sgtlaabilldis.hmeFnrt°, . a nula .„
in
of them popular preachers, met some da)s pose °c't
don from all parte ef the country, for theetest etfely
concerting such measures as may give the -gvre the estaef
to the intended secession. They all le„aase-solPeef
lishment on purely conscientious groue
.„
them because of their objections to the Prtuer.,:eico?'
religious establishment.; others because of th the re
rest
of Popery under the guise of Puseyism land the iS
with the connivance of the bishops ; overlent le
because of both reasons combined. The in.ome of 1,
birfeer.houi
this evening to take a practical shape
promoters holding a meeting.. at thet
reSidel or-heat
Hackney, at which the Lord Mayor -a ;1!)ce ch.-071e
a view to the immediate erection of
deveted e'slll^
gehcal clergyman, who has j Awe(
ment on etlneeieutious groun4,—•lzoee the estabr
England in that district, for ayeungtatel