Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-05 00:00:00

NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.

and not before it had been determined to grant a license was -a
mere matter of practice, bid in an appeal they had the whole
case before them. Sttpposing the}--.pad determined uliou
granting the license, the compliances et' the act relative to the
notices not being fulfilled, di-6i could not have done so. ;
The bench here held' a short consultation, when
Lord Stanley said : We are agreed unanimously that the
Liverpool magistrates did not go into the question of notices,
which is a' preliminary 'condition to granting a license ; and
therefore this court hai not information and 1-nal:aria; before it
on which to decide the case.
Mr. Aspinall asked if he was to understand the bench, by
their decision, to say that they did not give them (the appel-
lant) the liberty to prove the notices now. That the notices
had not befOre been proved was their (the respondents') own
act; and, therefore, it was-to shut all persohs out from an
appeal. The Liverpool magistrates, by their practice in tak-
ing a case first upon its merits, ant! dismissing' it, and then,
. upon appeal, Saying the notices had not been proved, protected
themselves against, any appeal whatever against their deei-
sion..

Air. Bolton said he had given his friend the opportunity to
put in the documents, and to do everything that was necessary
to bring the case fully before the court, and-he declined doing
so; and the courtiaad now said that there was no material be-
fore it on which to decide the case.
Aspinall said he had keen-desirous first to get the opinion
of the court upon the merits of the case, and he was now pre-
, pared to go into the question of the regularity of the notices..
After some further discussion, the bench again deliberated,
after which,
The Noble chairman said—There is no doubt on some of our
minds on this point ; and it being more condUcive to the.ends
of justice, we have decided that the insufficiency of thenotices
be now gone into. .
Mr. Aspinall said he did not know what the court thought,
but he thought nis (the course pursued) was unworthy con-
duct of the borough-magistrates; and there was one of their
number there to hear it.
Mr. Bolton said he was there to conduct the case for the
magistrates, and, therefore, Mr. Aspinall's remark would ap:
ply to him, not them. The learned gentleman then said first,
the appellant had not described himself correctly by the Chris-
tian and surname, V being Used for Von. Then with regard to
his trade or calling, in the notice the appellant had in no way
described himself as a beerseller, although in evidence he had
said he had carried on that business from May to June. i'ur-
.ther, he had not stated that the premises were known as " The
Albany." ~
. Mr. Aspinall, submitted that this was about one of the'
most disingenuous and miserable modes of conducting an
appeal ever brought before that court, and that was the first
time such a course had been resorted to. ,As to the J' being
omitted, if his friend would. examine, he would find
_a•Ntiord•
spelled with a c for an e; and, perhaps, the i's had not been
dotted, nor the is crossed. (Laughter.) Subztantially, and
in compliance with all the. requirements of the act, Mr.
Aspinall contended that the notices were •valid.
The court deliberated, and the Chairman said : It is' the
opinion of the cou.t these notices are informal and insufficient.

FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBEa.

(Frog Le Follet.)

After having been or some time alternating between summer
and winter garb, We think that we - tiONVexpect that the cold
weather has fairly set 111;"711-d-ttferefore we recommend to the
notice Of our readers some new materials which 4111 be in
vogue:

A new-woollen fabric, with patterns of flowers woven in', or
hroch,',-s, will be very fashionable this winter. Reps' antique,
with, black or brown :ground, sprigged all over with small
dcrivirs in hiue, pink, green; lilac, &e.,.ars also in great favour.
This material is very thick, and is also made in st:ipes. One of
-the prettiest of these designs is narrow drap stripes, withsmall
bouquets-of lilav coloured Rowers between. Another is dark
green strives, with pompadour bouquets. There is also a new
will called tita popbix, resembling the woollen poplins,' but
F finer aid much. better made. • The- patterns are copici-'of the
sips of thepres,,,it season. We must also mention a woollen
material used (1-::ssing-gowns, which is both warmer and
, s,?fter than anything that has yet appeared for this purpose.
Leh plain or striped silks, velvet:, reps, moires a-ntique, gene •
grains, and rich silks, in: nil colriurs, with .narrow stripes of
black velvet Woven in, are all mach worn.
For the evening dress or for visits 'of ceremony, silver grey,
maize. salmon, cent mauve arc the favourite colours. Black
velvet velvet is also warn far walking' aid visiting dresses. These
are generally made in the redingote form, and trimmed down
the front with three rows of buttons; surrounded by lace or
black blonde. The trimming is the most fashionable. '
Many silk dresses are made with plain skirts. -They require
a very good material, and that the skirts be long. Flounces
. are decidedly much less worn in walking dress. 'Qxiillen are
no longer worn, but the front breadth is frequently- orna-
- mented' with handsome passPmenterie, buttons, ribbon, or
velvet trimmings. Plaits of gimp; with a tassel 'at each side,
decreasing in size from the bottom to the waist; are very
pretty. Trimmings to match are Made for the body and
sleeves. We have seen- an ornament of this material
.re-
sembling embroidery, mixed with hanging buttons, placed on
one side only of the front of the skirts;
An elegant bonnet of isly green velvet, with u Plaitridlilonde
fichu hanging over a tulle curtain,. is very suitable for a dress
occasion. Green and white feathers mixed trim the out-
side, and a spray of white laurel the, inside. Strings of white
ribbon.
With Leghorn bonnets feathers or wide velvet are used as
trimmings. One we have seen had a very broad piece of black
and pink velvet put across- and plaited in three great plaits;
covering the crOwn, and falling in two very wide- and pointed
ends upon the curtain. The velvet is plain, without any lace.
The same ornaments may be made of violet velvet, on a dark
green taffetas bonnet. The
,strings should always be of the
same colour as the bonnet, and not to match the trimmings.
' The burnous with seams continues to be the- shape of the
comfortable ont-doors costume worn this season, although the
size round, far from diminishing, is-greatly increased in Order
to cover the
,enormous amplitude of the. skirts. The collar
pelerine, pointed behind,'replaCes the hood in heavy material,
but are still worn with the burnous of fancy woollen tissue in
checks, stripes, or pl :id, which are very fashionable in light
COlours---white forming the ground. The newest styles is
made with a deep flounce, with a heading 'of the samematerial
as the brirnous, and edged with velvet ; a small rouleau of
velvethiding the seams.

But shawls of all descriptions, produced by the taste and
skill of our different manufacturers, are•mostly in demand at
present. The rich Indian shawl is rivalled by the marvellous
cheap productions. They are certainly thicker, but the Orien-
tal style gives them much seeming value.
After the cachemire, the woollen tissues in the Parisian
style are much in demand. The reversible shawls, with double
pokilts, of drab flannel with black and red stripes, a broad
border, striped the same, and covered with red lozenges en-
circled with black ; the same style in violet and black, ruby
and black, or violet and white upon the drab ground, are ex-
tremely pretty. The ground is sometimes red, and the stripes
have a gold thread running through them.
The Gabrielle robe is established. We have seen several :
among others, a black taffetas, without seams at the waist, as
we have explained already. A double band of black velvet,
commencing at the seams on the shoulders, descends to the
waist, and" then, widening towards the bottom of the skirt,
have a row of velVet buttons between. The sleeves are
gathered into a cuff at the wrist and formed of- seven bouil-
.
tonnes. • _ _ _

The Zouave jackets are very fashionable as iu-doors costume;.
They are made of cloth, silk, or cachemire, braided or em-
broidered in coloured silk, or gold and silk threads. This
Oriental style of embroidery is gaining ground, and is used
for the trimmineof dresses and manteaux, sometimes to too
great an extent for real" elegance.
A Zourtve jacket of fine black cloth, richly embroidered with
black silk and jet, is exceedingly elegant, and offers A useful
employment for young ladies, as well as opportunity for the
display of taste.
Among a crowd of collars artistically embroidered, with
sleeyes and pocket handkerchiefs to match, we have seen an
elegant robe for an infant. It was made of the finest muslin,
the front breadth en tablier, formed of narrow tucks embroi-
dered with raised roses without leaves. A frill of .Valenciennes
is placed down each side of the tablier and round the bottom
of the skirt.
Another fantasie is the little cravat; it has the advantage
of being much cheaper that' ribbon; as it can bemade of pieces
of silk, and forms a pretty finish to a simple toilete.

CAUGHT IN A Szonm.-;--On Tuesday night, last week,
the night of the fearful storm, some gentlemen, number-
iing thirteen or fourteen, returning towards Merthyr
sdruaifwte--df fell I:
before
al
ya r, g we
1.11 an omnibus from the meeting of the Merthyr and
Brecon ,_•,w
it
layin
large
ethe
wientirdeakfrecosamumghetessainntalysnfoowr snowstorm.
hours, Theand
deep. The ~,,n the mountain's side, where
ultivantities, in some places five or six feet
any houses and a nSuemabnie to
gentlemen experienced 7 a standstill some miles from
of the passengers, led by two
public_ilon mountain travelling, set out
in search, of a
On their way thither
they met the driver of theusme'lreoach retur to Bre-
med. They-returned
con, who advised them not teal
, on the ,road side.
again, and came upon a smallP
,The‘occuper stood outside, and in reply
resolutely ,;refused admittance to leto all entreaties
travellers.;;, The housewife, however, °uht
disturbed by e
noise, deserted her bed and opened the door, thui th
venting it being forced in, which the party had uela'q-
determined should be done. A rush was made for thYe
inside, and a few went in search of those left in the
omnibus on the road, who were soon conveyed to the
cottage. A want of coal necessitated the use of green
ferns, and wood for fire, and the party took their turns
at the fire, to obtain warmth. Next morning they
arrived in Merthyr.—Swansea Herald.

THE HAMPER'S FERRY INSURRECTION
IN THE UNITED STATES.

•
This insurrection, although apparently easily sup-
pressed, gives indications of such a wide-spread object,
and has evidently teen so carefully concocted as to lead
to the belief that its objects, although defeated in the
meantime, are not by any means to be looked on as
obliterated from the minds of a large class of- the people
of the United States. Among 'the papers which have
been seized belonging to the conspirators, the following
document was found. It will be read with interest, and shows
that important ulterior proceedings were contemplated
by the originators of the insurrection. It is entitled:—

. PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION AND ORDINANCES FOR
-`' THE PEOPLE OF' THE UNITED STATES.

PREAMBLE.—Wereas, slavery throughout its entire
existence in -the United States, is none other than the
most barbarous, unproioked, and' unjustifiable war of
one portion of its citizens against . another portion ; the
onlpeonditions of which are perpetual ithprisonment and
hopeless servitude, or absolute extermination, in utter
disfegard and violatied of those eternal and selfLevident..
truths set forth in our declaration of independence :
Therefore,' we the citizens' of the United States and
the oppressed people, who _by a recent decision of- the
Supreme, Court are declared to halt uo rights which the
White man is bound to respect, together with all the
Other people degraded by all the laws thereof, do for the.
tithe being. Ordain and establish- for ourselves the fol-
lowing provisional constitution and ordinances, the
better to protect our people, property, lives, and liberties,
and to govern our actions :---

Anticin I.(litakfirrrtionl far Menzbershi*—All
persons of mature age; whether proscribed, oppressed,
and enslaved citizens, or of proscribed and oppressed
races of the :United States; who shall agree to-sustain
and enforce the provisional constitution and ordinances
of organisation, together -with all minor children of
such persons; shall be held to be fully entitled to pro-
tection under the same.
AReitCLE 2. —Branches of Government —The pro-
visional government of this organisation shall consist of
three- branches—viz., the legislative, executive, and
judicial.
ARTICLE 3.—The Legislative.—The legislative branch-1
shall - be a 'Congresi or House Of Representatives, com-
posed of not less than five' nor more than ten, members,
who shall be elected by all the citizens- of mature age
and of sound mind connected with this organisation,
and who shall remain in -office for three years, unless
sooner removed for misconduct or:inability, or by death.
A majority of such members shall constitute a quorum.
An'rici>n t.—Executive.—The executive branch of
t'Ais organisation. shall consist of President and Vice-
'President, who shall be chosen by the citizens or mem-
bers of this organisation, and each of whom shall hold
his office- for three years, -unless sooner removed- by
death, or for- inability, or misconduct.
ARTICLE 5.--judirial.—The judicial branch shall
consist of one, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and
four. associate Judges of the said court, each of them
constituting a. Circuit Court. They shall each be chosen
in the same manner as the President, and shall continue
in office until their places have been filed in the same
manner by an election of citizens.
ARTICLES 13 To. 25.—Provide for the trial of the
President and other officers and. members of Congress,
the impeachment of judges; the duties of-the President
and Vice-Presid'ent, the punishment , . crimes, •arinv -
appointments, salaries; &c. • These: -articles- a' not of
special interest; and are therefore-omitted:..

Aurrerx, 26.—Treaties of Pelee.---Before any. treaty
,of peace shall. take full effect, it shall be-sigined by the
President, Viet...-President, - Commander-in-Chief, a
majority of . the. HouSe of • Representatives, a majority
of. the Supreme Court, and a majority of- all the gene-
ral officers of the army.
ARTICLE 27.--Duty of the Military. It' shall he the
duty of,the Commander-in-Chief and all the officers and
soldiers of .the .army, to afford special protection, when
needed, to Congress or any member thereof, to the
Supreme Court or arty member, thereof;- to the Presi-
dent, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary-of-War,
and to afford general protection to all eivil officers or
other persons having a right to the ssmc. •
Anner:c 28.—Broperty.-s-All captured or confiscated •
preperty,. anti all property the product of the labour of
those belonging to this organisation and of theirfiunilies,
shall be held as the property of the wholeequally,: with-
out distinction, and may be used for the common bene-
fit or disposed of for the same object. Ancicany person,
officer or otherwise, who ,shall improperly retain,
secrete. use or needlessly destroy such property, or pro-
perty found, captured or confiscated, belonging to the
enemy, or shall wilfully neglect to render a full and fair
statement of such property by. him so taken' or held,
shall-be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and on con-
viction shall be punished accordingly.
ARTICLE. 29.—Safety,or Intelligence Fund:—All money,
plate, watches, or jewellery captured by, honourable
warfare, found, taken, or confiscated, belonging to the
enemy, shall beheld sacred to constitute a lib-era safety
or intelligence fund; and any person who shall impro-
perly retain, dispose of, hide, use, or destroy such money ,
or, other article above-named, contrary to provisions
and spirit of this article shall be deemedguilty of theft,
and on conviction thereof shall be punished accordingly,
The treasurer shall ,furnish the commander-in-chief at
all times with a full statement of the condition of such
fund and its nature. ,
ARTICLE 30.—pf annmander-in-ehief and tire Tree-
. .
sitry.—The, commander-in-chief` shall have power to
draw from the treasury the money and-other property of
.the fund provided -for in article twenty-nine, but his
orders_ shall. be signed also by the secretary-of-war, who ,
shall.keep a strict account of the same, subject to exami-
nation by
.any meMber of Congress or general officer.
ARTICLP 31.—Surplus of the Safety or Intelligence; •
Funcl.-L-It shall be the duty of the commander-in-chief
to advise the-President of any surplus of the safety and,
intellb-ence fund, and he shall have power to draw the
same, his order being also signed by the Secretary of
State, to enable him to carry- out the provisions of
,article 17.
ARTICLE 32.—Prisoners.—NO person, after 'having.
surrendered' himself a prisoner, and who shall properls-
- himself or herself as such to any officer or pri-
vate connected with this organisation, shall afterwards
be put to death or be subjected to any corporeal punish-
ment without first having had-the benefit of a fair. and
impartial trial. Nor shall any prisoners be treated' with
any kind of cruelty, disrespect, insult or needless severity;
but it shall, be the duty of all persons, male aria female,
connected herewith, at all, times and under all circum-
stances to treat all such prisoners with every degree of
respect and kindness that the nature of the circum-
stances will admit of; and insist on a like course of con.-
duct from all others, as in fear of the Almighty God, to
whose care and keeping we Commit our cause.
ARTICLE 33. Voluntaries.—All persons who may come
forward, and shall voluntarily deliver up slaves, and have •
their names registered on the books of this organisation,
shall, so long as they continue at_peace, be entitled to
the fullest protection in person and
,property, though
not connected with this organisation, and shall be
treated as friends, and not merely,as, persons neutral.
ARTICLE 34. Neutrals.—The persons and property
of all non-slaveholders who shall remain absolutely
neutral, shall be respected so far as circumstances can.
allow'of it ; 'but they shall not be entitled to any active
protection.
ARTICLE 35.=—No Needless Waste.—The needless
waste or destruction of any useful property or article
by fire, throwing open of fences, fields, buildings, or
needless killing of animals, or injury of either, shall not
be tolerated at' any time or place, but shall be promptly
and peremptorily punished.
ARTICLE 36.—Property Confiscated.—The entire per-
Banal and real proprty of all persons known to be acting
either directly 'or indirectly with or for the •enemyo or
found in arms with them, or found wilfully holding
slaves, shall be confiscated and taken whenever and
wherever it may be found, in either free or slave states.
ARTICLE 37.—Pesertion.—Persons convicted on im-
partial trial of desertion to the enemy, after becoming
members, .acting as spies or treacherously surrendering
property, arms, ammunition, provisions or supplies of
any kind, roads, bridges, persons, or .fortifications, shall
beut to death and their entire property confiscated.
ARTICLE 38.—Violation of Parole of Honour.—Per-
sons proven to be guilty of taking up arms after having
been set at liberty on parole of honour, or after the
same to have taken any active part with or for the
enemy, direct or indirect, 'shall 'be put to death and ;
their entire property confiscated.
ARTICLES-39, AO, -Astn-41 require
all to labour for the
general good,. and prohibit immoral actions.
ARTICLE 42.—The Marriage Relation—Schools—The
Sabbath.—Marriage relations shall be at all times re-
spected, and families be kept together as far as possible,
and broken families encouraged to .reunite, and intelli-
-oence offices shall be , established for that purpose.
clxoola anti churches shall .be established as soon as
maybe,ons,a for the purposendthefirstdy of
of
fthreelwigieeokusshaaund
boethefinstru acs
-
a day of rest, and
aappropriated to moral and regardedreligious

instruction and impravement,_to the relief of the suffer-
ing, the instruction of the young and ignorant, and the
encouragement- of personal cleanliness ; nor shall any
person be required, on that •day to perform ordinary
manual labour, unless in extremely urgent cases,
ARTICLE 43.—T0 carry Arms oponly.—All,persons
known to, bevf,good character, and. of sound mind and
suitable age, who are connected with this organisation,
-whether male or female, shalt be encouraged to carry
arms openly,
ARTICLE 44.—N0 Person' to carry Concealed Weapons.
—No person within • the lithits 4-conquered territory,
except regularly appointed policemen, express officers
of the army, mail carriers, _or other fully accredited
messengers of the 'Congress, the President, Vide-Presi-
dentr members of the Supreme .Court, or:commissioned
Officers of the army, and those-under peculiar,tircuni-
itances,iihallbe allowed at any tiine to carry; Concealed
weapons, and any person not specially authorised so to
do, who shall be found so doing, shall be deemed a
suspicious person, an may at once be arrested by any
officer, soldier, or citizen, without the formality of a
complaint or warrant, and may at once be snbjected to
thorongh search, and, shall have his or her ease
thoroughly investigated, and be dealt with as circum-
stances on proof shall require.
4RTICLE 45.—Persons to be Seizerl.—Persons living
within the liinitS of territory holden by.this organisation,•
and not connected with this_ organisation, having arms
at all, concealed or otherwise, shall be- seized at once, or
'bellaken in' charge by some iimilant•Otltcer, and their
case thoroughly investigated, and shall be the, cloy,of
all citizens and soldiers, as well as officers to arrest such
parties as are named in this and the preceding section :or.
article, without formality of complaint cr warrant, awl -
they shall be placed in charge of some proper officer for
examination or for safe keeping. .
ARTICLE 46.-2Wese a'rti'cles not for the• Overthrow of
Gorernment.—The feregoing articles shall not be con-
- strued so as in any way to encourage the overthrow of
any state government or of the general government of
the United Stales, and look to no dissolution of the
lTnion,'but simply to amenthnent and repeal ;; and our
Pig shall be the same. that our fathers fought-under in
the Revolution.

ARTICLE 47. Pharaity of Offices.---No two, offices
speeially provided for by this instrument. shall be filled
by the same person 'it the same time
ARTICLE 48.7-oaM—Every officer, civil Or militaryi,
connected with this Organisation, shall, before entering
upon the duties of office, make a solemn oath or affir-
mation to abide by and' support the provisional consti-.
tution and these ordinances. Also every citizen. and
soldier; , before being recognised as such, shall, do the
.
same.
SCHEDULE.—The President of the Convention shall
convene, immediately on' the adoption of thisinstriutient,
a convention of all such persons as shall have given theif
adherence, by signature to the ,constitution, who shall
proceed to' fill by election all offices' specially named in
said constitution ; the President of this ConVention pre-,
siding and issuing connnisiions to snch officers elect ; all.
such officers being hereafter elected in the manner pko-
.
videdin the body of this instrument
AL- •

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. MANSFIELD.)
SHOP-LIFTING.—Two young women named Elizabetla,
White and Ann Davis, were, charged with stealing a
piece of cheek, ninety-seven yards long, froin the shop
of Mr. Pritchard,' Segland-road, value £2 15s. It
appeared that the prisoners were seen lurking about the'
shop, and a lad was sent to watch their proceedings,
who shortly afterwarda- saw therm run away with the •
property. .They .were followed, andAho cloth was found
in their possession. They were each sentenced to six.
months' imprisonment.
TIFE CHARGE OF SMUGGLING AGIC:I:ST A CAPTAIN.—
John Bibby, captain of the steam-tug United Kingdom,
was brought up on remand, charged' with having- at-
,tenapted to smuggle 341bs. of cigars. and 10,11bs. of
tobacco. Mr. Snowball, who appeared for the prisoner,
besought his Worship not to indict the full penalty iof
the law (£100), as there were mitigating circumstances
in the case, and his client was not in a position to pay
so'heavy a penalty as.-that awarded -permissively by the
act.. Mr. Tyndall said he had been informed, on good
authority, that the prisoner was able to pay the full
penalty. Mr. Mansfield said he would do as Mr: Snow-
, ball had requested. The £lOO was-then paid, and the
prisoner discharged.
ROBRFAVi F.ItOM Tun PERSON.T--& young woman
named..),laro•aret Kilroy was charged by an old gentle-
man naMeeJames Glover, who resides in Strand-street,
with stealing a pair 'of watches from him. The prose-
cutor'stated that he came in from West Derby with the
seven o'clock omnibus. When he got off he met the
prisoner in Lime-street. At that- time he had two
watches with him, cne in his trousers 'pocket and the
other in his vest pocket, with' the- guard round his.
neck. The prisoncieput her band-into his pocket, took,
the watch, and then ran away. He went about 'the,
street looking for her, and at nine o'clock he met her
again, when she made a dash at his chain, broke it, and
took, out his watch, On this occasion, he held her fast,
but- the watch was.'gone. He, had: given £6 10s. for
them sixty, years ago, and "they never trent until last
night." (Laughter.) The prisoner was remanded in -
order to allow tho police time to, find; the watches.
REMANDED Casss.—Bridget:
_Mooney was again:
brought up' on an accusation of bigamy. The prisoner
was charged by Patrick MoOney,,wbo- said he resideddn
Tint-street. Mr. Cobb aßpeared for the prosecutor,
and Mr. Bluck. for the . pponer. Mr. Cobb called; a
man named Patrick Kam, -from whoie evidende it
appeared that,, some eighteen years ago, the .prisoner
was married to a man named Bernard Lanigan, in
Shrule, County; Mayo, and that they lived together for
about welve months, and then, separated. On the 27th
of April, 185 f, she was married to the prosecutor,. in
Liverpool, she representing herself to him as a widow.
The prisoner,- was committed. for trial at the assizes.--
Rosey Ney„-who -was- remanded- from last week, on a
charge of attempting to obtain goods under false pre-
tences, from Mr. Kean, the well-knoyrn stocking man,
was now discharged.
THE CILA.RGE OF PERJURY AGAINST A SURGEON.
The charge of perjury preferred by Mrs. Weber against
Mr. Peter: William' Leather, was again brought- forward
toaday, when' a large number of medical gentlemen were
present: Mr. Dean appeared for' the- prosecution, and'
Mr. Aspinall, barrister,. for the defendant.
Mr. Dean said he did not intend to proceed with the
evidence of Mrs. Weber, 0 she had been made so
with the cross-examination she went through on the
former investigation, as to unfit her for appearing; but
he intended to prove that :the bill delivered by Dr.
Leather, for visits to. Mrs. Weber„ front the 13th of
September to the lath, was entirely false. .He was in
a position to prove- that no medicine came to her at all
during that time. .
Mr. Mansfield. said no one could possibly prove that
there were ne visits during that time except Mrs. Weber.
Her depositions had been taken; and 'she had never
come forward to sign them. It looked very like as
though the prosecution wanted to withdraw Mrs.
'Weber's evidence, or she would have come and signed
them.
Mr. Aspinall said it would be entirely futile in them
to ask a jury for a conviction when the evidence of the
prosecutrix was not given. If Mr. Dean would under-
take to have Mrs. Weber here, the case might be ad-'
journed, but if he would not, he would ask his worship
to dismiss the summons.,
Mr. Mansfield--I don't see how the case can be pro- ,
ceeded with if Mrs. Weber is not forthcoming.
Mr.-Dean said after what his worship- had said he
would not proceed with: the case.
[Before Messrs. SHELL and CASTELLAIN.]
PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS' Casas.:—The follow-
ing persons were .brought. up by summonses, charged
with infringing on the law which regulates public-
houses, and fined in various sums :—Robert. Thomas
Roberts, Barmouth-street ; Thomas Taylor, Milk-street ;
James Carter, Mason-street; -William Harrison, Hunter-
street ; John Thornton, Newsham-street ; John Jones,
Rose-place ; George Shaw, Clare-street; William
Williams, Earle-street ; James Benton, Stewart-street
John Clegg, Conway-street ; Alice Hart, Dalton-street ;
Charles Johnson, , Wright-street, • Toxteth-park ; Mary
Rhyles, Albert-street ; Denis Costigan, Athol-street.
Mu. DICKENS AND THE ROMANIST PARTIC.—MT.
Dickens has had a controversy with an ultramontane
citizen of Cork. This gentleman, feeling himself, as-11%
Roman Catholic, aggrieved by one or two articles e?c-1.,
posing Papal excesses in Italy, which appeared 'some
time ago in All the Year Round, wrote to Mr. Dickeni:2
on the subject. Mr. ~Dickens, in .reply, denied that the
complaint was a reasonable one, declared that he had-
never " pandered to any'acrimonious or intolerent feel-
ing" against the Roman Catholic Church, and 'added
the following well-merited thrust :•—•" Let me, in all
good humour, recommend you to observe whether its
the Church) accredited organs are as considerate to-
wards Protestants, and to give your judgment of me the
benefit of the comparison."

THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL CHARTER.

DISGRACEFUL CHARGES AGAINST THE
CAPTAIN AT THE INQUEST.

DISCOVERY OF GOLD BY THE DIVERS

[Flom OUR ciwif CORRESPONDENT.]
INIOELPRA: Bar, Friday Night.
•
The inquest was continued. to-day. After the last
:parcels were despatched, the examination of Suiacer, the
boatswain's mate, was continued.
By Mr. Bright—The course • she was steering when
.passing Holyhead was S.E.N.E. Not aware. of the
course from Holyhead to Liverpool. The first signal
off Point Lynas was for the purpose of having a pilot.
After passing that point the wind varied eastward, and
then varied more to the E., and then N.E., and N.N.E.
It was from the latter point that the wind was strongest.
The lead was thrown out before reaching Point Lynas,
and continued until we came 'to the .rocks. 'The cable
was let down in 16 fathOms of water. When near the
rocks, torch lights were put: up there, and we tried to
-fire a -gun,.but it was_ too full of water at the time. The
captain sent me to the chief engineer, after the first at-
tempt, to' try to put on as much steam as possible on
her in making the second attempt. We were sent
ashore With the hawser in order to get the passengers
safe. An attempt was then made to send a_second haw-
ser ashore, but failed. The riggers' were ,taken off
_Bardsei Island, because they asked for a free passage to
go home. We made Signals of diStress after we parted
theport-aachor, and lost sight of Point Lynes. lam
quite certain that Captain Taylor was perfectly sober.
By a Juryman—l cannot say how the first man came
ashore:

By Mr. Mellor—l- did not know my course when at
Holyhead. I did not see the chart. I meant to say
that I did not look upon it to see the course, but, how
the bay stood. Held a conversation about the. Charter
with Captain Martin and Mr. Bright. Did not to my
knowledge say anything about the course she steered to
Ai:L.lone until one o'clock. I can't swear it. I might have.
No one has shown-me-on the chart, what the course of
the vessel Ought to be; from Holyhead to Point Lynes.
-No one, either, pointed out her course from Lynes to
Liverpool. ,Before we anchored we missed stays three
times, in the manner before described. The ship could
not keep her proper course on account of the heavy
wind. .I believe the course to be E.N.E. I cannot say
how the head of the, ship lay, as , I did
,not look upon
the compass. •I don't know that, with the wind E.N.E.,
it would make open'for a channel. When we got into
Moelfra Bay, the wind was N.N.E. When we tried to
"stay her, the wind was from North to North-east.
From a point marked A on the chart produecd,•with
the wind blowing N.N.E: at the time the ship missed
stays, she would, if she had not missed stays, be able to
clear Point Lynes: [The witness here paused, and re-
versed his statement, and' said, not being an English-
man; he did not understand the question, and any fur-
ther questions about the chart were not asked.] I have
sailed. from Liverpool to Holyhead ten or fifteen times;
and about the same number down. I don't know where
the ship missed stays, but' she was in sixteen fathoms of
water. I onlY Saikd the one voyage with the ' Royal
Charter.' Had nothing to do with steering the ship, as
there were four men for that purpose. Saw her come
abOilt. in stays, and never ssw her miss stays before:
Ships will not stay in,strong wind, such as this. There
was no place to wear the ship where this was. Did mat
hear any one apply to the captain to cut the mast away.
I am not aware that I. told anyone that somebody had.
asked the captain to cut the. masts, and that he had re-
fused to do so. I never told any one that I myself had
'been three times asking the captain to cut the masts,
aifay; and he refused.
Mr. Mellor—Did-you not tell me, in the presence of.
Rnisell and Mr. Welsh that you yourself did so -
Witness—You are mistaking the person, sir. -
Mr. Mellor—Now sir, did god not, say to me, that
if the captain had Cut the masts the vessel would have
been safe. •
•_ _

Witness—l really don't believe I did say. so, and:
swear I did not. I:neier told_ any one since the wreck.
that the captain was drank on that evening. Did not
tell you on Thursday. in the presence of Mr. Russell,
and Mr. Welsh that he was so..
By Mr.:Bright—l was running along-the bridge,
when I saw the captain of the "steam telegraph," and
.met the chief' officer (Mr.. Stevens) with ale lead line
in -his-hand. He said to mei " Suiear, I am quite willing.
to take this line .on shore, but I cannot swim..". He
again asked me if I could swim. I said "Ires-;"-and.
"Will you, swim ashore with this?"; . when I
.replied,
"Yes, sir, anythingto)save life." Then he said, " Come
forward ;" and I asked him for a feW moments to put
a life-belt on, which.l did, arid went forward,. and' saw
three of the villagers on the rocks. We. called upon
them to come downas-close to they could, and they
did; • tried tcreach the line eight or nine times, but
failed. The line was- washed out of our hands, and we
Were nearly washed away with it. I did ask the second
officer, after the second anchor parted, • if 'anything
should be done to .the rigging, when he replied. , No.
my lad, not yet." It is. not- true that there was £loo'
on' my person when saved,. and whoever printed it said
a base lie.
Mr. ThOmas Welsh,-sworn, said--I was present with
Mr. Mellor and Mr:Rtissell, on Thursday lag, at Moelfra.
Heard the last witness. state most distinctly that Captain
Taylor was drunk on the night of the Wreck. Ihelieve
he repeated it-. more once. .lleard him also. say,
that he had applied to, the captain three times to, have.
thaniests cut oft% Positive the witness was that person.
By Mr. Martin.—lt was I asked Suiacar if the captain
was sober or• drunk. I do not remember the precise
words that witness made use of. I thought that he• was
sober when ire- made that 'remark. -The wreck was on
Tueiday. think he knew perfectly well what he was
saying. It was. in a private house that this took place,
between half-past- seven and eight o'clock. I know
Foster, the carpenter, addle was present.
Mr. J. 'W Mellor, solicitor, of Oldham, sworn said—
I had relatives a brother and cousinionloard the Royal
Charter, both f whom are lost. I came here on Thurs.,
day-last; to make inquiries as to the wreck, and to see if.
I could find the bodies. • -Tn. the, course of my inquiries,
I met with Mr. Russell, one of the survivors,, and I went-
with him and my eausin to the hatthe where Suiacar and
-Foster lodged. .Whilst there Mr. Welsh inqiiiredfrom
Sidecar• what was the condition of the captain ?. and
he said he was drunk on the. night' of the wreck.
Ile-also said that several persons '.on board' applied
to the captain to have the . masts cut off,. and that
he himself had • asked - him three times •to do the:
same thing, which he refused: I put the question again
to him, and got similar answers. I did not take the
answers in writing. The answers were given in the.
:presence of the carpenter (Foster); )- I don't remember
what Foster said, bet he said .something... I called. in-
the4iffibe of Gibbs, Bright,' and Co., I believe it was the,
, foilavring day, and, teld a geatleman, their office that
there was a rumour at Moeltra that the captain was
'drunk. He said it was a great lie,
_Mid- asked- who dared
tell such a lie,? I told him• I'Would not give the name
i
up then, but that I would do so- at _the
,inquest • The
time-Suiacaimade the statement to me, he 'appeared'.
perfectly: soher:,,
By the Coroner—l don't know the person whom I
saw attlie office,'bUt he was the person who was present
to give answers to inquirers.
By Mr. Martin--1---Ask-ed--for information of other
persons at Moelfra, concerning. the captain, and I was
told by, one of the p_asSengers that he was drunk. That,
person was Mr. James Russell, the gentleman there. I
asked' other passangersi and 'Mr. :Gardiner amongst
others, and. he told me , that., he had never..seea him.
drunk: I was 614111 in My inquiries, my "Object being
to 'ascertain the' condition. of the :shif:tincroffiedis., I
also spoke,,. J believe, to , „Grapperyevd„asked him,
whether the captain was sober ; and he replied that he
was. I have suite. asoertained, gashing the inquiry
with Mr.. Russell,- that he,
,had no knowledge of the
, captain being drunk ; 'bet he spoke from information of
, others. I might hait'vrtentioned•the thing to others.
My Awn:impression' of it is, that the captain was per-
fectly sober.
'Foster; carpenter on board the 44 Royal Charter,":
wrong occurred. to. thtisla
IPlunPolt.o tyheadh-,

Lime sb:reaebecl Quienstown. The wind
was: •liheadrind. we • had a stitrbreeze opposite,
PAint 4311.N3;-;where; were obliged to give signals; for
pilots. Cannot say from what quarter the Wind
.11ew.
after we passed Point Lynas. We-were aboitetliree or
four miles off outside—Point Lynas. An attempt was
made to take the' ressol to sea, to brace the afteryards.
Next tried to brace the foreyards, and we found that
would not do. L, lent a hand afterwards to set the low
main-topsail ; however, we were unable to get ber
around. The port anchor was let down about eleven

NOVEMBER 5, 18 9.

ec: )'.7:. There were about 90 fathoms of cable out, and
we !obliged to
put the other anchor out ;but she still
dra:: though steaming all this time. Duriek all
this.. 3 the captain was on deck, giving order's. She
at 3 parted the first chain between three and four
o'cl. on" Wednesday morning, and very soon parted
the :,..:er. After this, we cut off the mainmast, and
n four and five she struck. She was on the sand
about an hour before she struck on the rocks.

At this point the inquiry was adjourned to this morn-
ing, when the witness .Foster was recalled, and, exa-
mined as to the position of the ship at the time of the ac-
cident and after she struck. He gave it as his opinion
that the captain did all that could be done upder, the
circumstances to save the lives of the passengers. Ile
never heard that Suiacar, or any one else,
tain to cut away the masts before the captain hialseu
gave orders for them to be cut away. After the ship.struck, a. sea swept the starboard bow, and carried on
about sixty persons, who were at the time on the fore-
castle. asked the cap:,

At the close of this witness's examination,
Mr. J. B. Marsh, reporter, of Chester, was next called,
and stated that on Thursday week, the day after the
wreck, he had an interview with Suiacar and Foster. at
their lodgings at Moelfra, and after taking down their
narrative, he asked them if they had any more to sal;
Suiacar 'replied that some people on the beach II
stated that the captain was drunk, but that, it was n 1
true. He added that during the night of the icre
he was continually carrying messages' from the call
to the officers, and:from the officers to the men, and P,
every ?pportunity of seeing the state the captain was in'
He said he was as sober as he (Suiacar) was at this
moment. He further remarked that hewished hekio
who it was' that had' said the captain was drunk.
The- Coroner put it to. the jury whether or not they
were satisfied as to the, captain being pober on th:
night of the wreck. ff they were satisfied, he didl°t
think it necessary to call any- further evidence one
point. He (the Coroner)'-was perfectly convinced F'
the captain was sober.

_ The jury immediately stated that they were tI3-
nimously of opinion that' the captain at the time w'r,
quite sober.
At this, stage of the proceedings,. Mr. Mellor stated
that he was obliged to leave, in consequence of a me"
sage which he had received, requiring his attendance 3t
home on urgent business. . • •
The Coroner said he regretted the necessity which'
Mr. Mellor was' under or retiring, as he could We.
wished him to hear the remarks which he intended t°
make in summing up the evidence. He now proposed
to call Mr. Russell, and afterwards Captain Fell, the
agent at Lloyd's, and also Captain Martin, after which
he would sum up the evidence.
Our reporter was obliged to leave in order to catch
the train at the moment when Captain Fell began t°
give his evidence.
It was generally understood that the inquiry well--
close last night, and that a verdict to the effect that the
deceased persons were accidentally drowned, would be
returned. Several of the jury openly expressed an 01"."
nion to that effect.

THE DIVING OPERATIONS.-RECOVERY OF GOLD.
Last night the divers descended, and succeeded ill
bringing up a bar of gold, weighing about 4 lbs. ; also
a cash box, arch crushed, containing a photograph/
bearing the following. address : "James
kips, Esquire, Well Stet, High-street, Wells,
Somersetshire. No bodies were washed ashore
either last night or this morning, except a portion
_A°
the mutilated body of an infant,. which was conveyed
this morning to the church.
Parties having had friends one board still continue t°
arrive, and seek admission into the church. to view the
bodies, which remain there (five in number) to be Wen"
tifieci. Every facility and attention is' shown to the
by the Rev. Mr. Hughes, the rector.

-----
The following list of steerage passengers lost in the
Royal Charter has been supplied to the Freenaa
Journal by Mr-Lynch, of Cashel, who was one of the
fortunate passengers who landed at Queenstown ill th:
pilot boat. The list is from :memory :—Mr.
wife and three children, had been in India, and was,f
the Tohinteer- corps. Two brothers named • 110,Far,;,,'
from Scotland, one. was married' and had a little
abott eight years old. Mr. and Mrs. Lyons, froni'Lf7.o'
t.
uc:ahanfmxrdd9oarmikaisate.
ntri
Wi,dßet
little
ugh];
Willis.
ggaiitbrarw6llonoot
iduailbssi
yoiowrnuoysty,teecaiied about
ai 1„:0:00 vt
dßarret,biyearst
• dachndointhe other about 12. Mrs. Atltey, somewhere ors.
Kennedy,e
ol
nuikner
boy London,awbna
man,
belong
neadtitvoethufe D
umedicalDublin;
. a about profession;
ont 26, acid
namedwas e
take care of Mr. Henry, a. lunatic, English. it /7dililark
:hbmafouisxtkywifrinhusgaei.hrg,dan.wiA,nograknigteeuusdaisacehtie6aunPbt:rarhan, near Melbourac,tiibmrlau,
sn2bari
tefhdueiyrtHarris,a Lo
whiskersdana; and tkeat at
low size, but stout and smart looking. 11r. and
' another musician, about '3O, dark coraplesion
dark hair. George Taylor, ago about 45, was °A
ng
to Belfast, and went. out to Melbourne as doctor
in the - Ben Nevis, and was only, after recovering
from colonial fever- was only some months in Australia'
Henry Laughton, 'from some part of Lincolnshire,
ef_
going home to his wife and children, and was him
in the colony ;he hada son ten yea Wined who _
a letter to come home, and it
• Laughton. - William Green,. London ; had been some,
htiamire, inanSdo uathhaAatustthrairliray.
yeEarsd7oairdd;Algawbfii:enousmt,
atj-LLdioehggrinaclleor;ll;.i.u:ds,;r::;
Charter,Me
ym.an.mnra; mxehdo
fine-looking
tilliaoEngo
respectableki .:nigihs_ha yi.
ro}3. uunkpgmelewmat
nee a.
uaarinm
named
think-he
adag
ejwpdmoew:.:Eas,nabiSd,
ehum;to
40. about
A t
1,0
vild
fimaovvaeeknsyee, aprsigoftistnadg_Efrhortm4gililr,s.i,io,annddon.was.Twsoomo.'.rtbeatroi:n
,:iviikvecerursoers_sailtrecaoo:lbit_ile..;
and was
mgTepthstOionginn,psaaogned;
situation,w en t
,aboutioasuoAt
was coming home _for the purposeof b • D'incr ;too
famila stoll.t(oily
mg man, and was an engineer ;left' hiS wife 3t2Vhati,4
in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's -Land. James'" do'
a fine , stout-looking young .man; age about ...!h; $
coMplexion, and dark hair, about six feet 114
_native of _England, and had been at sea befog Sint;
:Irishman
and
nilighteiihe
ecai: b aaajtminoadermidh7nCuatfvoar abouten Cavanagh,
e;ol.bo
twai sized,d
bi e thinken idubut
eon
c7o:6f
tpnr
steamer that sailed betwaen Melbourne and Launec„.4lB/1
VanDiemen's Land. An 'Englishman named._
.Agea
age. about 35. A stout-looking man named Grww'naghl
about 4.i. An old man and his son, fromabout Se from
I think their name•was Fahy: Charles Cerlwal'orking
some part of England, age about 28,,and was
Iht hair'
jeweller; 'was low size, and slight make, 'with LIO jar*
Ford,Wiliam age about 25, dark cOthplexion
hair, low. ize and slight make, and las a smart art 01
fellow; I think he was from "London, or sonilroe
England, and was working afthe.Oveni:Diggillrh waif°
time. A young man named Purdy,,a black
snilt
'of England; low size, age about 25, dark own; itur
JosePh Moss, London; a Jew,•ag.e about 45; was ia jet?
tralia before, and sailed in the Kent. Mr. Davis, goief
I
low size, dark hair, age about 43. Mr. Rea 1Se;10,104
to London, and had been. some time in New ~,,atigeo•
.spoke French and tuglish, age about 40, thili:,.7ol
A low size thin-faced man, named Jones, age 10
very: much pockmarked. An 'Old. maia,'' overt 0,0100
ienlbotterne,tVias
size,- stout 'make, worked in a foundry al: Ca6ectioag•
was going home for his family. I wrote a dir,e, Ab
'two car& for him, one was Dowles and the otri„e;fo
gavenny ; these were to put on his boxes or 111*3440-,
think he worked for Mr. Varian,
.Castlemaillekk9,oo
an Englishman: john Tyrell, age about 23glish 30,
was a native of some part of England. 'An age Tool
named Jacob. George Sieter, a germo"l"ol9'„ed
Francis Weber, German, age 26. A young'', ack`,-.0
Yowler, a • German, age 21. A. young
Hughes. Mr. James P. O'Dowd, of Dublin'
made several voyages in the ill-fated vessel.
esterr
4 gaileP
IfgreraoaßtusgpLhoohsnwt:tthh:riecohr,;ro4:ToeffihAacMed:i3furToHre.h—in4aseApdegoewtnihottilieiemaaantsoo;_aco;ov.eo;oso
just returned from, the United States) of sWile
four representiAg;
had net seen Blond* perform, anY • d `'•th
mill
ctato ,
• his face, second with his back, to the sPe streteß3o
third he was.standing on his head, tho113„.0
across the rope ; and
iu the fourth he is ca")din°appe'e
On his 'shoulders. From these view's, Blon
The
is
• bekl`
_a fine athletic man, of dark, cow& .ca
.8 sta) fa all
about the thickness of a man's wrist,.
banks'
BbiaatLaima ocnrgost tghe
tohtetterrope, orsai3 irlie4ll
-sides' by lateral. cords. stretched to „re oicll„ing-
with
these view, the details of one steep Ea.ll.l:,.'nf heir
caonnminteurtfeeliitess:
that precludes all possibility