Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

NORTHERN' 'arm- 'TIMES.

papal force in that quarter does not exeeed.7,ooo
or 8,000 men, while the army of Romagna is said
to amount to 20,000, excellently equipped, and
well provided with artillery. The Pope is in-
disposed with erysipelas in one leg.

[VIA MARSEILLES.]

The Pope has been attacked with fever ; and,
in consequence, has suspended all audiences for
some days ; he is recovering, and will leave in a
few days for Castel Goudolfo.

NAPLES, September 6.
Rumours of a change in the ministry still con-

BAVARIA

The Papal Nuncio Prinee Chigi has been sum-
moned by telegraph to Rome, to be present at
the Council, which has under its consideration

certain important administrative refOrms : his

return is uncertain

AUSTRIA

The statement that the' Russian Ambassador
at this court' had delivered to the Austrian Ca-
binet a note from his Government, recommending

Austria to seek counsel of the great powers, in
the settlement of the affairs of Italy, is erroneous.

The French transport Mayence brought, yes-
terday, 499 Austrian prisoners from Algeria.
The Austrian Lloyd's steamer • has _arrived with
advices from Constantinople to -the 3rd instant.
Reinforcements of troops have been
,sent to Crete.
Several arrests have taken place. A• secref

understanding has been discovered among the
Cretan refugees in Greece. The principal Greek
inhabitants of Crete have forwarded a memorial
to the Porte to justify themselves

News from

Erzeroum state that a large fire had broken out
there, and the town also had been visited again
by repeated earthquake shocks. The telegraph
to Smyrna is opened. The Russian Steam Navi-
gation Company has announced that it is ready
to receive all freights for Kubais, Tiflis, Et Ivan,
and Tabris.

GAZETTE NEWS

Mr... Robert Janion is appointed Consul at
Liverpool, and Mr. W. D. Seymour, Consul at
Dublin, Cork, and Belfast, for the King of the

Hawaiia

FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT ON
THE GREAT NORTHERN. RAILWAY.

The train which left King's-cross at 9.15 last
night, came in collision with an up-train from the
Midland Counties, near Hitchin station. Both
trains were -going at full speed, and the shock

was so great as to cause sonic of the foremost

carriages to mount on top of each. other

second-chiss carriages from— Edinburgh and the

north were one mass of confusion

Several

persons met with severe contusions, and two or
three cases are serious. - Mr. James M. Henderson,
ship-builder on the Clyde, and Mr. John Pile,
ship-builder, West Hartlepool, who were passen-
gers, rendered most energetic assistance. The
details of the accident are still incomplete.

AMERICAN MAILS.—The steamer Arabia will sail for
Boston, viti Halifax, this morning. She will carry out
the weekly mails, the box of the post-office for which
will 'be closed at 8.15, and finally at 8.45, and at about
10 o'clock on the landing-stage. .

CORONERS' COURT
in the following cases

—Yesterday inquests IN
:—On the body of Wm. (

a shipwright, thirty-five years of age, who when he was
working, on the 3rd Auguit •last, had his knee hurt by
a piece of wood striking him on that part. He died on
Thursday. The verdict returned was " Accidental
death;"—On the body of Wm. Coxhead, a carter, forty-
two years of age, who had his leg hurt by the wheel of
his own float passing over him. He died the same day.

Vet diet—" A.Ceidenial death."
DEATH FROM A BLOW ON THE STOMACH.—A man
named James Elliott, a baker, had a quarrel with a
woman named Mary Brown, in Juvenile-street, on

Monday last, when she picked up a piece of wood and
threw it at him, striking him on the stomach. The
man was so seriously injured that he died yesterday.
Deceased was about twenty-two years of age. The
woman has been taken into custody, and the affair may
assume a serious aspect.
DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF A STILL-BORN CHILD.
About a quarter-past two o'clock, on Wednesday after-
noon, Police-officer Thomas Naylor found the dead body
of a child, on the shore near the Potteries, about twelve

yards from the high-water mark. From a post-mortem
examination it appeared that the child was still-born.
An inquest was held yesterday, and a verdict returned in
accordance with the facts:

pimples, and discolourations of skin, which arise from
impure blood, ill-regulated secretions, or some hereditary taint,
often defy science, but ban never long resist the action of
Holloway's Pills.and Ointment. Ladies accustomed to apply
astringent lotions to eruptions on the face, breast, and arms,
should be warned that no practice is more .dangerous. They
throw the disease inward, and put life itself at stake. The
only really safe and effective cosmetic ever vet prepared is
Holloway's Ointment, which, assisted by his Pills, will subdue

the most obstinate cases of skin disease. 13
TELE CASE OF DR. SMETRURST.—DI addition to the vast con-
course of visitors who generally resort to Mr. William Allsop's
magnificent exhibition of wax-work, sculpture galleries,
musical promenade, &c., Teutonic Hall, Lime-street, Liver-
'"• ' '

pool, the numbers have been greatly augmented this week by
.the introduction of Dr. Smethurst to his already world-
'renowned establishment. The figure is a full-length one, in
wax, and is positively a perfect and faihtful likeness, modelled
by that renowned artist D. Bruccian, of London, from careful
drawings taken during his trial, and is certainly the only model
taken. So great has been the excitement caused by the case of
Dr. Smethurst, that upwards of 5,000 persons have paid a visit
to this very gorgeous and interesting exhibition in three days.
Open from ten a.m. to ten p.m. Admission Gd.
MEN LOST OVERBOARD.-Five men were washed
overboard from H.M.S. Gorgon during a gale she
encountered last week while proceeding to the American,
station.. Two of them were recovered with great diffi-
culty, the remaining three perished. The ship put into
Plymouth to repair several damages which she . suffered
on the occasion. •

CURRANT VINE TREES IN FRUIT.—We were yester-
day favoured with the inspection of some currant vine
trees in fr.ll bearing, at the sale rooms of Messrs. W. &
G. Bolderston, Temple-court, which arrived 'in Liver-
pool, from Patras, by the screw steamer Despatch, with
their first cargo of new currants. We can assure our
readers that it is a very interesting sight to see the fruit
growing upon these trees previous to its being dried and
packed, and well worthy of inspection, being an article
of every day consumption, from which so large a revenue
is derived in tin shape of import duties. We believe
we are correct in stating that these are the first currant
vines ever brought to England in full bearing.
BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDA.T.—Before Mr.
Commissioner Perry.—Tße John Menetry.—This bank-
rupt, late of Duke-street, in this' town, fancy. soap ma-
nufacturer, applied in September last for the allowance
of his certificate, when it appeared that his estate did not
realise the required ,sum named by the Act, an adjourn-
ment took place to this day, to enable the bankrupt to
pay into court the amount deficient. Mr. Yates, who
appeared for the assignees, observed that this was a case
which ought to be adjourned sine die, seeing that the
bankrupt has got possession of two-thirds of the estate,
by the allowances made to him by the Court. The
bankrupt not appearing, his Honour adjourned the case
sine die accordingly.—Re J. W. Jones.—This bankrupt,
who lately carried on business in this town, applied to
pass his last examination. Mr. Wynne, who appeared
for the bankrupt, asked permission to have the balance-
sheet, which contained erroneous entries, ameiided. The
Court having granted the request, the bankrupt was
allowed to pass. Certificate appointed for 7th October.
Mr. John Radcliffe appeared for the assignees.
_ _

'"
THE COAST DEFENCES.—On Thursday, the three-gun
'battery, to sweep the entrance of Weymouth harbour,
was completed.; the Royal Engineers have commenced
erecting a fifty-gun battery, which, when complete, will
be mounted with Armstrong's long-range guns. The
works for the protection of this part of the coast are

- A MAD BULL AT 'THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW.—At
the Agricultural Show on Thursday, a half-bred Brahman
bull, taking fright, became wild and unmanagable from
the shaking of the canvass. He stuck one of his horns
into the ground, and broke it off close to the skull.
Great alarm was created lest the animal would break
away from his pens, and kill or injure' some of the
persons who crowded the grounds. After placing the
parties visiting the show in a state of considerable terror,
and rushing recklessly amongst the horses and other
stock then being exhibited; the animal was secured; and
yesterday afternoon (it having been discovered that the
animal was mad) Mr. Allport, who had been sent for,
arrived with one of Teny's patent rifles. The animal was
then placed on a platform, and, at a moment's notice, a
bullet had penetrated the head of the beast, passing
through its body and. entering the ground, and the
bleedinm6 animal dropped dead. Praise is due to Mr.
.Allportfor the dexterity with which he acted in the
face of danger. But this gentleman attributed the
credit of the achievement to the excellent instrument
(the breech-loading rifle) with which he was armed, and
stated that he could fire ten shots a minute from this
improved rifle, which is on the same principle as that
now being supplied to the cavalry, instead of the old
clumsy carrabine. The beast, which had been a very
noble animal, took the first prize. It belonged to the
Earl of Derby, and was purchased at the show for Mr.
Gibbins of Whitechapel.

COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

At Balmoral, on Wednesday, her Majesty and the
Princess Alice accompanied the Prince Consort out
shooting. The royal dinner party included the
Princess Alice, Sir George Grey, and Dr. Robertson.

rogressing rapidly.
FATAL SHlPWREClL—lntelligence has been received
at Lloyd's, under date Tampico, July 25, of the total
loss of the ship Robert, of London, 'Gibson master, on
the bar of Tuspan, during a fearful hurricane. Five of
the crew perished—namely, Lewis Jones, Henry. Dis-
more, W. Brett, S. Lucas, and J. Lawn. Capt. Gibson
and eight others were saved, but lost everything, and
cached Tampico in an utter state of destitution. •
ALARMING ACCIDFNT AT BIRMINGHAM.—FALL OF
A DANCING PAVILION.—On Tuesday, an accident of a
most alarming nature occurred in Birmingham, by
which five persons were seriously injured ; and it is all
but miraculous that these injuries were not fatal. At
the Bowling-green Inn, at Hollyhead, in that town,
there is a dancing pavilion of considerable proportions,
against one side of which a new building is being
erected. On Tuesday, about two tons weight of this
new building fell upon the pavilion, forcing it in an ob-
lique direction, from its elevated position, on to the
lawn, where were two servants and three children of
Mr. Filter, the proprietor of the inn. These were all
buried beneath the debris. The two servants were the
most injured, and they were conveyed to the General
Hospital, where they yet remain, but it is not expected
that their injuries willprove fatal,
MURDEROUS ASSAAJLT UPON A WIFE.--On Tuesday;
Abraham Binney, a toolmaker, living in Garden-street,
Sheffield, committed a most serious and brutal assault on
his wife, which will, in all probability, prove fatal. The'
injured woman states that she and her husband had
been quarrelling almost constantly for about a week ;
and on the previous morning they had a quarrel, during
which, she says, she took up the poker, but did not strike
him. He, however, seized the scissor-hammer, and
struck her twice upon the head with it. She fell down
in a state of insensibility, and remained on the floor
until some neighbours went to her assistance. The man
appears to have thought that he had killed his wife, and
went immediately to the Town-hall, where he sur-
rendered himself. During the day the deposition of the
unfortunate woman was taken at her house, before Mr.
S. Butcher, one of the Sheffield magistrates. She was
afterwards removed to the infirmary, but there seems to
be very little hope of her recovery.
REWARDS FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA.—The French
government has recently made the following awards :
A silver medal of the first class to Daniel Shea, cap-
tain of the life-boat Royal Albert ; and silvzr medals
of- the second-class to Samuel French, William Hill,
Henry Knight, James Jabb, William Dyer, William
Henwood, and William Harding, who volunteered to
man the life-boat, for services rendered to the French
merchant ship Le Gonzalve, wrecked en the Bth of
March last on the coast of Padstow, A gold medal of
the second class to Captain James R. Pali., of the Lord
Warden packet, for saving the crew of a French fishing
boat in distress, on the 14th March last. A gold medal
of the second class to Captain Linnex, of the Bella Vista,
of Sydney, in acknowledgment of services rendered by
him to the crew of the French ship Pauline et Victoire,
wrecked in the Torres Strait. The Board of Trade has
recently awarded the following rewards :—To Anthony
O'Flaherty, chief boatman of the Banta Coastguard
station, £4, and to Stephen Mahoney, Jeremiah Morphy,
Neil O'Donnell, and Henry Colvin, crew of the Coast-
guard boat, £2 each, for saving the crew (six in number)
of the schooner Enterprise, of Dublin, wecked, on Ist
of August last, on the Black Rock in Galway Bay.
RAILWAY LAW.—The Case of " Makinson v. the
Caledonian Railway Company," which involves a ques-
tion of some importance to railway travellers, has just
been decided by the Carlisle County Court. The plain
tiff, a solicitor, of Manchester, and three friends, at
the termination of a Highland tour, were returning
home, and booked third class from Glasgow. to Man-
chester by the 8.12 p.m. mail train. There beino' no
carriages marked third class in the train, they got into
a second class carriage, and the guard, after Inspecting
their tickets at Glasgow, before the departure of the
train, exclaimed, " all right," and locked the door. On
arriving at Carlisle, the guard there said, "You have
been travelling second class with third class tickets,
and you'll have to pay Bs. 9d., the difference of second
and third class fares between Glasgow and Carlisle."
They replied that they should not do so, as there was no
carriage marked third class in the train ; and, moreover,
if they were wrong the Glasgow guard should have put
them right. He then asked to look at the number of
their tickets, and, under this pretence, he snatched them
from them, and said they should neither have their
tickets again nor go on by that train unless they paid
the Bs. 9d. This they refused to do, but went to an
hotel in Carlisle, stayed over night, and took a fresh
ticket to Manchester on the following day, after first
issuing a summons in the Carlisle county court aulynt
the company for damages. His Honour has decided
fpaa..ovsr eot
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favour of
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Earl Granville has left town for Balmoral.
The Right Hon. E. Cardwell arrived in Dublin on
Monday, and entered upon his, duties as Chief Secretary
for Ireland.

The marriage of Mr. Freemantle, eldest son of the
Right Hon. Sir Thomas Freemantle, Bart., with Lady
Augusta Scott, second daughter of the late, and sister of
the present, Earl of Eldon, took place yesterday, at St.
Peter's Church, Pimlico.

We have intelligence of the death of Lord James
Stuart, M.P. This event, which necessitates a new
election for the county of Ayr, occurred at Dumfreis
House, about half-past eleven o'clock on the night of
Tuesday. The sudden event was the more unexpected,
as the deceased was present at Ayr races last week, and
in good health. lie was 65 years of age.

SHIP ON Finn.—The Ardre Celeste, from Martinique
to Havre, with sugar, coffee, cocoa, molasses, &c., took
fire at sea on the 7th of August, and was abandoned.
The crew were saved.

THE QUEEN AND ETIQUETTE.—When her Majesty
was leaving Edinburgh for the north, says. the Glasgow
Herald, she entered the Royal railway carriage in pre-
sence of, the Duke of Buccleugh and a very small circle
of spectators. rier Majesty immediately commenced to
arrange the interior, and forthwith she re-appeared at
the carriage door, and with her own Royal hands held
out a heavy chair, which she intimated was one too
many. This little trait recalls to mind the anecdote of
the Princess of Prussia,
who, on being very delicately
and sagely apprised that it was not usual for Prussian
Princesses to hand chairs, replied: with great sweetness,
"My mother, the Queen of England, hands chairs for
herself and her children. too."

pthee.
ter does not- exceed.7,ooo the difficulty lrbtie Italy must be aware that one power 'l. ,LITERATURE. - • : .. , .
alone makes war for. an idea, and. that is France, and . CORRESPONDENCE. .
[ We do Iwt hold ourselres responsible for the opinions of
army of Romagna is said
France has accomplished her mission. BLAcRwooD'S MAGAZINE FOR SEPTEMBER is one of --
,xcellently equipped, and
-illery. The Pope is in-. THE BUILDERS" STRIKE,. our correspondents.]
The employers are making active preparations for the •
' morehigh than
reputationa v eragoei gtoheisd
oqluda.l
eisttya,
dial Its • e.article;" gorse-dealing in Syria,”
in one leg. , renewal of work. They believe they will have enough no c . openin, 0
b-1 i as
hmePdl Ya
ns du s pt.: ipnui lnagr.
A QUERY.
RSEILLES.] men to begin with, or at all events, to place upon their ins a good deal of information that must be in-
conta. _ •
most pressing. works, and cent
dences the ' will be able teresting and valuable to all who are concerned in horse- TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.
ROME, September C. to fill-their yards With efficient ' ''' 3 . b ' h 'F•• " is the title fshort tale, •of the
artisans who see no o - jles . ' elicita
you, or any of your readers, please to •
answer the followin
ittacked with fever ; and, jection to the declaration. high tone and character of those with which the pages tract with Ro •g question, viz. :—What is the con
thschild for the loan of money during the
•
pended. all audiences for THE GREAT EASTERN. . of Blackwood are so generally graced, and which, in the Crimean war?—By •
so doing you will oblige, yours
present number; is brought to a conclusion. This is truly,
'ring, and will leave in a In going down the river the tugs were cast off off . ' . . G. J. 11'.
Liverpool, Sept. 8 1859
followed by a very philosophical dissertation on " Vo- ,
~
Chapman's Head, g the top of Sea Reach, and in 10
Ldolfo. minutes she set at rest for ever all doubts as to her being lugary and Involuntary Actions," founded on a review
NAPLES, September 6. the fastest vessel beyond comparisonin the world. of a recent work on the subject, entitled, " The Emo-
OUR PRESENT JURY LAW.
in the ministry still con- '. Although not employing twe-third! of her power, and tions and the Will." Another admirable tale, " The
in the worst trim against a strong tide, she .ran from Luck of Ladysmede," is advanced to its seventeenth
the lower Hope Point to the Nore Lightship (a distance TO THE EDITOR OF THE' NORTHERN DAILY TIMES
chapter. Next, we have Part 11. of a most seasonable
_ of fifteen statute miles) in two minutes under the hour. ,, ' -,• •,, • SlR,—Out of evil cometh good. There is one .g.
-ARIA. , When at sea,. the paddles are intended to make fourteen review of Fleets and b4avies. The first part havmg
estion associated with the verdict of "guilty" ' Silth-
revolutions, and the screw fifty-three per minute. Yes- been devoted to those of France, this is occupied with t worthy of comment, and that in e
methurs
:case is the
MUNICH, Sept. 9. terday, the paddles never reached nine, and the screw. those of England. It is an article which ought to be painful position in which
the dissentient juryman must
tin& Chigi has been sum- only twenty-seven revolutions per minute. read, and studied; by, our politicians of all shades, at have found himself in the legal necessity for unanimity
he twelve good men and true •
the present 'conjuncture. The next paper consists of imposed by. the law on t .
, Rome, to be present at The Times cites the administration of the Irish ft' s . udement in
under its consideration Poor, Law as a sample and pattern of good manage- - of a Cruise on the Tano.anyika Lake their decision. If that dissea ien A , . and corm
" Journal . 0, .
t cred by that necessity, his equanimity
ment, which has not been attained in England. Central Africa," by Captain Speke, whose opportunities science were ou re, .
by the vindication
ainistrative reforms : his The Daily News points out the probable result of the ef acquiring a knowledge of that interesting and little- and self-respect will be restored .
b subsequent scientific venti-
general liberation of the Italian Peninsula on 'the distri- known country were such as have enabled him to c which, both have received. by sn seq
royal clemency
tom- 'anon and the ultimate extension of the
bution of the carrying trade of the Mediterranean. The n., •
at some most original and valuableparticulars. the condemnedculprit.'The statement made to the
to
prospect is a very favourable one for Italy, and unfa- "...URIC e
iTRIA. vourable for Austria. ., We now come to the political articles of the month. Titus, by one of the convicting jurors, was as uncalled
(.3 DIDIOII
'Twelve guE-boats, from the steam reserve at Ports- " The Election Petitions—Who does the Bribery?" is a ford as it was
.injudicieus and ungracioui
and
secrecye
in
VIENNA, Friday.
mouth, are ordered to be got ready, with their arma- most severe, yet truthful, exposure of the conduct of ecency would impose the
,same sacrednes_sl.
and one is
the Russian AmbaSsador ments, &c., on board, by the 10th inst. It is intended the Liberals at the last General Election. To those the jury-boxtf ast at thet Privy Counciltt tab
h coulde 'aitate that
vered to the Austrian Ca- to take them outside the harbour for exercising certaia worthies it must, indeed, be gall and wormwood. and gr
at
aataiotossusocaamhmoumnichateiomaof
tolvtehe Times
c'. .
. manoeuvres, firing practice, &C
overnment, recommending The Post, alluding to the report of the Americans But this by the way— My present ob'ect is to show
one cannot expect, therefore, that they should partake . •. , ) .
of it, wholesome though the draft would undoubtedly the absolute necessity for an alteration in our jury law.
lof the great powers, in llhavingls
h taken
Columbia, o s
says;
siolaot fthtehoeceluslaaitldonooff
an island,
As it now stands, unanimity is demanded of the whole
d be. But to the Conservatives it cannot fail to be both ...
twelve. The terms of the oath administered to a jury are
fairs of Italy, is erroneous. the sovereignty of wKich is still sublpfaclice, and which palatable and invigorating—satisfvino• them of the in-
n must form the subject of the negotiations, is an exercise " you shall a true verdict give, according to the evi
TRIESTE, Sept., u.
of power, to which-.the British Government cannot ,
t Mayence brought, yes- tamely submit. and encouraging them by the prospects which are now- absurdity, and perpetrates both ti' legal and a moral
prisoners from Algeria. * ' wrong It involves the -su position that ever cause
presented of the success of their cause. The other pi- IYr p y
and case
.tried must necessarily be so clew:. as. to forbid
litical article is also exceedingly seasonable and valuable
teamer has arrived with LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. —being on our Foreign affairs, with especial reference the conflict of two opposing eptnions. But is the fact
so ? On the contrary, Mr. Editor, I have bad proof
iople to -the 3rd instant. to the disarmament which we are promised by the late anything but gratifyingof the converse in a several hours'
)s have been sent to Crete. AMERICAN MAILS,—The steamer Arabia will sail for belligerents. A graceful little poem varies most agree- lock-up, involving warm discussion during
.the whole
- - Boston, via Halifax, this morning. She will carry out 'ably the more solid contents :it is entitled, "Jersey to term of the imprisonment, in a vain attempt to bring
taken place. A• secret the weekly mails, the box of the ' t ffi for 'which ' •
pos -0 CC ,, recent four refracto7 brother. jurors oyer. to
.the remaining
the. Queen," and has reference to Her Majesty
en discovered among the will'be, ol,osed
,at ‘,1.15, and finally at 8.45, and at about unanimous eight; and, whatever disgrace may attach
i. ....,a;„„._.•1, rya visit to that island. • - • to'the fact, truth compels the admission of the triumph

,
wisdom of our. kiry law as it. now exists. Perjury is
coerced upon dissenting, jurors-Who, in tontradiction
_of
judgment and conscience and sworn fidelity, return a
verdict in opposition to all oblig:atimis which the three
impose. Ought sueli a state of fhe law to exist? Are
not ninety-nine in every hundred causes that are taken

uity sli

balanced either in law, in equity, Or iii circumstances,
possibly in all these, as to justify an appeal to the 14W
and a jury for decision ? If the litioantS thetaselves,
aided by their respective advisers, cannot agree upon the

justice or equity Of the case, can a counsel-bothered jury
of twelve be expected to be of one mind on it ? . Why
should dissentients be constrained to violate the sanctity
of their oaths by the obligation of unanimity in the ver-
dict ? It is a cruel anomaly to strain the conscience
of any man, and calls loudly -for, an alteration and assi-
milation with the jury law of Scotland. An odd num-
ber, say 11, 13, 15, or any other greater or lesser num-
ber of jurors, and a majority far a verdict would meet
the whole case, save conscientious dissentients the painful
reflection of a violated oath, and ensure a verdict where
prosecutions have failed with only one white boy on a
jury tryinc, his brother white boy, to the disgrace of
the law and the frustration of justice. •

An appeal to the legislature for the alteration, emana-
ting from the legal profession, and well supported as it
would be by every one scrupulous of the integrity of
an oath, would meet with attention and acquiescence ;
and a short bill of a hundred words after the usual
long, unmeaning preamble of thrice the number, would
suffice to correct an objection felt by every one entering
a jurybox, at the false position in which he is placed by
the inexorable tenor of the administered oath, which, in
fact, splits into two duties—that which morally is but
one—the fidelity of his oath to the Creator, and the
" fidelity of a truthful verdict on the case.
Acquiescing as all must with your remarks on, and
approbation of, the Scotch negative verdict of " not
proven," and hoping to see that also embodied in any
change of our present jury law,—l am, sir, yours faith-
fully,
Sreston, Btb Sept., 1859. BROOKVALE.

STREET VENDOR NUISANCE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES

ISlit,—Please to allow me, through the medium of
your journal, to return my sincere thanks to our worthy
head constable, Major Greig, for the able manner in
which he has taken up this matter. About fourteen
days ago I sent a letter to him, complaining of the above
nuisance in the neighbourhood of the TithebarnOreet
railway station. He immediately sent one of the in,
spectors there to see if it was so, and he found 4to bQ
much worse than described, He ordered them to move
ea. The whole of them did so with oue exception

. ._.trout yowl woman, a native of ErinErin'swhich was a
- -
move on when asked to do
selling nuts, who refuse..,,,
so by the inspector, for which he summoned her ; and
the case was heard on Wednesday, when some respect-
able shopkeepers from Tithebarn-street and Moorfields
came forward, and proved that their neighbourhood•was
infested with vendors of almost all sorts of merchandise,
and that they were a great nuisance in that locality, by
obstructing the footpaths and sides of the streets by
offering their goods for sale, annoying passer-by follow..
inc, them and presenting their goods in a Tipperary
style, viz., shoving the article into a person's face, which
was very annoying and mortifying to the public, more
especially to those of them arriving per train at that
station from the inland towns, commonly termed excur-
sionists' or cheep trippers; in addition to which, they
showed that those complained of were very injurious to
shops in that neighbourhood, as some low blackguards
often stand right before the doors of shops, offering their
goods for sale to the shopkeepers' customers as well as
strangers, and those of the same description as was sold
inside, which they could well afford to do at a lower
figure than the shopkeeper who has high rent, taxes,
&c., to pay, whereas they have neither, barring about 9d.
or ls. per week for lodgings.
Mr. Mullin, the inspector, then, in a very able speech,
described the nuisance, corroborating every particular
detailed by the previous witnesses, and proved the case
against the young woman, who was fined 2s. 6d. I feel
thankful to the magistrate for his decision, as well as to
the inspector for his trouble. I had intended to memo-
rialise the authorities, praying they would put a stop to
the nuisance ; but now, I have reason to believe that the
police will be able to keep them clear, being supported.
by the magistrates. In conclusion, sir, I beg to thank
you for so large a space in your valuable and widely-
circulated journal.—l remain your obedient servant,

Y. D.

IMPROVEMENT IN GENTLEMEN'S HATS

Liverpool, April 15, 1859.
Messrs. KINNE.6I. and SIMPSON, St. George's-crescent.
GENTLEMEN,—The Hat you sold me three days since I pro-
nounce the most easy and comfortable Hat I have ever pre-
viously worn—in fact, it is a luxury to put on and take off the
head.—l am, Gentlemen, yours truly,

Bootle, April 20, 1859

Messrs. KINNEAR and SIMPSON, Hatters

St. George's-crescent,
GENTLEMEN,—The Hat you made for me fits me better, and
is more comfortable, than any new Hat I have ever had or
worn prior to this, and I wish you success with your new
invention.---Yours truly, { Signed,
Commander Ship
andT ifhbiesaluettteurl otwatser kin.asccom panted with a present of a very rich

Meseta. KINNEAR AND SIMPSON,
DEAR Sias,—l have great pleasure gmy testimony
in bearin
to the comfort afforded me by your improved Hat, and in
windy weather it holds comfortably and firmly to the head.
Yours truly,
Liverpool, April 28, 1859.
Goree Piaszas,

Lancaster, June 30, 1859.
paLta AND Smersox Liverpool.
have much pleasure in informing you that
theG Hat
respect. Theimprovement in the head-lining
r
gehrel,p.
received
from you through Mr. - satisfies
me in
nders it, in my opinion, one of the most comfortable and con-
venient Hats ever yet produced; and I beg to assure you that
I can confidently recommend it to the public.---Yours

The above letters, with numerous others, in reference to
Stursom's EASY-FITTING HATS, have been received by Messrs.
Kinnear and Simpson, and may be seen at their shops,
6, ST. GEORGE'S-CRESENT, and 9, DALE-STREET,
LIVERPOOL