Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-11 00:00:00

ACCIDENT TO A FRENCH STEAMER.

FALSIOUTII, FRIDAY.—The French steamer Countess
Emilie, Captain Rosse, of and from Dunkirk for Glasgow,
burst her boiler off here yesterday evening. The chief
engineer and stoker were sadly burnt.

LORD FBRINGTON'S PRIZE SCHEME has fallen to the
ground for want of competition among the farmers' sous.
For the examination of this year only one candidate pre-
sented himself.—Plynouth Journal.

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HARWICH AND. THE Coy-
TlNlNT.—Another attempt is being made t) establish
communication between the Continent and Harwich, by a
steamer running regularly between that port and Rotter—
dam. A partiou of the Vienna and Trieste railway, from
Liebach to Trieste, is to be open for traffic during the
month, and an effort is to be made to establish a new
route to India via Harwich, Rotterdam, and Trieste.
fjomiclDE AT Kll,TsALE.—Private William Townsend, of
the 99'1i Regiment, died on on 3rd ine., from the effects
of the wound inflicted on him, while on parade, by Private
John Andrews, of the Fame regiment. An invest was
held on Monday, the 611 inst., and a verdict returned to
the effect that " Deceased came by his death from a gun-
shot wound inflicted by John Andrews, but whether said
wound was wilfully inflicted or otherwise, the jury were
unable to determine." Andrews has been committed for
trial at the ensuing assizes.

THE SADLEIR ESTATES.—The estates of James Sadleir
were sold, on Tues lay, in the Irish Encumbered Court, at
the suit of the official manager for winding up• the affairs
of the Tipperary Bank. The sale was most successful, and
is worth special mention as a striking proof of the surpris-
ing increase, within a few brief years, of the value of land.
in Ireland, Thus the first lot, Coolnamuck, which was
purchased in May, 1852, for £8,500, was knocked down
to an English speculator at £13,000. Lot 2, Kilconnel,
purchased as late as March, 1854, for £5,300, was also
bought by an English gentleman, the price paid being
£12,200. Lot 3, Lisowen, purchased in Angast, 1855,
for £BlO, realised £1,400. Gross total, £26,630, on a
nominal rental of something over £1,200 a year, subject,
however, to, deductions, which would probably reduce
the profit rent to £l,OOO. The immense estate; of John
Sadleir are not to be put up for sale until November
next, They are valued at between £250,000 and £300,000.
ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—At the half yearly meeting
of this society, on Wednesday,. Mr.. B. B. Cabbell, in the
chair, honorary silver medals were unanimously awarded
to the following psrsons, who had been recommended as
being very deserving of the prize I—Mr. John Timothy,
who saved Catherine Jones,. aged 60, at Menai-bridge,
Anglesey, 28 h of November, 1856 ; Henry Bonner,
licensed victualler, who saved William W. Gilliatt at
Boston haven, Lincolnshire, 24th of November, 1856
Opossum, who.
Griffin,
seaman o f steward,her her
Majesty's Maj e
shipst.)a
' Hsiiigiphflyer, at sea, 2el
Gs
aevoerdg ca
of November, 1856; Lieutenant Augustus Bullock, R.N.,
her Majesty's ship Centurion, assisted by other seamen,
who saved a seaman of the same vessel off Lisbon, 9;,b Oc-
tober, 1856 ; Mr. Edw. Wm. May, officer, Royal Mail
Steam-packet Company's steamer Conway.
who saved a
seaman of the steamer La Plata, in the Bay of Biscay, sth
of December, 1356 ; Lieut. J. C. Wilson, 11,N., her
Majes y's ship Spiteful, who saved a Greek boatman in tl.e
Pirmiss on the Ist of January, 1857; Francis Bauld,
plater, who saved four women and tried to save another at
Hatherton Lake, Walsall, on the 30th of January, 1857 ;
George Moody, seaman, her Majesty's ship Raleigh, who
saved Private Thomas Beezley, R. M., of her Majesty s
ship Raleigh. at sea, on the 231 of December, 1856 ;
Lieutenant Henry Christian, R.N., her Majesty's ship
Rifleman, who saved Edward May, a boy of the same
vessel, in the River Parana South America, on the 10th.
of February, 1857 ; Mr. Erasmus Wilson, who, Bayed is;
woman, aged 60, in the Regent's Canal, Regent-A.O-
0n the 22nd April, 1857; William Balls, a?- ~ark,,
Majesty's ship Monarch, who saved amen, her
at Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouyeea -id Smith, A. 8.,
September, 1856 ; and a.:nd, on the 3rd of
South America, on the 27,1) Justin, A. 8., at Caldera,
to her Malesty'q alarch, 1857, both belonging
.15
—,narch.

POLICE COURT. V - _KSTERDAT.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.

STABBING BT A FESIALB.—Emma Watson, a servant in
a took shop in Park-lane, was charged with having vio-
lently assaulted and stabbed another servant named Mary
McLean. From the evidence it appeared that the pri-
soner imagined that she had been insulted by the com-
plainant ; she was rather the worse for drink at the time,
and she took an earthenware pot, with which she struck
her a violent blow on the head, and ihsn seized a knife
and wounded her in two places on the forearm. She
would have done further injury to the woman, but was
prevented by a man who secured her. She was seat to
jail for two months with hard labour.
STEALING CORN.—William White and Patrick O'Brien,
were brought up on remand, charged with stealing six
sacks of corn from the warehouse of Messrs. W. Deane
and Co., Upper William-street. It appeared that the
prisoners, whd-t the other man were at dinner, took the
torn, and this being clearly proved, they were sent for
trial.

DISCOVERY OF STOLEN MONEY.-officer Astic, 450,
brought up Margaret Doyle and John Gardiner on the
following charge. He said he saw the prisoners gs into a
public-h)use in Dale-street, and hearing that they had
changed a ten pound note, he fiilowed them ; the man
denied baring more than 3s Gd about him, but on searching
he found seven sovereigns and some silver on him. There
was also some money found on the female. He ascertained
that they had changed a ten pound note in the shoe shop
of Mr Dix, Byr,ltn-street, where they had purchased two
pairs of boots. The officer also found a report of a robbery
of a ten puind note and two sovereigns from a man
named Thomas Headley, who lives in Blackburn, and this
took place in the neighbourhood of the Exchange, where
the female prisoner said she found the note. He had no
doubt the note would turn out to be that lost by Headley.
The prisoners were remanded.

THE SORROWS OF BUSY BARLOW !—Betsey Barlow, an
uninteresting female, was charged by Mr. Emmanuel
O'Donnell, of 33, Hatton-garden, under the following
circumstances :—lt appeared that some time the peevius
night the prisoner was seen about the house, and when the
complainant went up to his bedroom he found her under
the bed covered with clothes. She could not give any
account of herself, and he then gave her into eusto-y. She
was sober at the time. Seat to gaol for a month as a
"rogue and vagabetd."
HOUSE ROBBERY.—John Farrell, and Mary his wife,
were charged with robbing furnished lodg'ngs, which they
had at th house of Thomas Stewart, 29, Wolfe stree..
The prisoners completely stripped the apartments which
they occupied, and pledged all the property. Mr. Mansfield
said robberies of this sort were becoming very comm-m,
and he was resolved to put an end to such. The prisoners
were remanded for further evidence

Carnorr TO KEEPERS OF B. D frOCSES —Mary Morri.,
the keeper of an infamous house at 15, Eldon-street, was
charged by the police, under the act of p3xliament. Mr.
Block was far the prisoner, and Mr. Kehoe conducted the
prosecution, and called some witnesses who proved the
ease. Mr Mansfield said he was resolved to put a atop to
such houses, and designated the keepers as bloodsucking
vampires, and he would, so far as he could, punish them,
as he said they were the most abominable nuisances that
could disgrace a Christian country. The prisoLer was
ant for trial

Jeremiah, and Mary Anne Kelly his wife, who keep a
similar house at 11, Fbion-street, were charged with
aTike offence, and proof being given of the fact, the pri-
soners were also committed.

Ours tos BY SAILORS.--Two fellows name] George
Allen, and John M`Kenzy, sailors, belonging to an
American ship, caned the Sot King, were charged with
having stabbed Joseph Martin, an emigrant. The pri-
soners took the prosecutor into the cabin of the ship,
►hen they nearly killed him, and at the same time
robbed him of 15s. The prisoners were sent for trial at
the assizes

DETAINING SAILOR'S CLoTprEs —Mr Tyndall appeared on
behalf of a sailor, named Francis who charged 2fsry
Britton, a lodging-house keeper in Ball's-place, Frederick-
street, for detaining his clothes &c., contrary to the Act
of Parliament. The complainant said ho gave the defen-
dant £2 10s., but subsequently got 30s. out of it, and he
left lls. to his brother-in-law, and he left also a chest of
elothee, value to him Li, but she refused to nive up
the latter, the defendant alleged that the complainant
owed her money, but failing to prove so, an order was
made to have the chest given up, but his Worship did not
inflict any fine.

BEFORE MR. CROSTRWATTE

Tames Scarsbrick, publican, of Castle-street, Kirktlale
was summoned for selling .4pirits on the Sunday. The
ease having been proved, the defendant was fined £5 and
costs, great complaints having been made against the
house

James Handeock, publican, of Standish-street, was
aummonedfor a alike offence. Fined 2a. 6d. and cots.

Amelia Cropper, publican, of St. Andrew's street, was
also summoned for a similar ()fiance, but was acquitted.
Several beer- house keepers were summoned for Sunday
trading, and fined in various penalties.

VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT.-juLy 9,

(BEFORE VICE-CHINCELLOR SIR J. STUART.)

SCOTT THE CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL.-.Thii SUR
was instituted for the purpose of obtaining an account of
works done by the plaintiffs for the defendants, the Cor-
poration of Liverpool, in relation to the construction of
certain water-works authorised by Acts of Parliament,
passed in 1847 and 1850, to be made by the Corporation
for the purpoge cf supplying Liverpool with water, and
for payment to the plaintiffs of the money to them in right
thereof. Shortly after Mr. :Waimea (with :whom were Mr.
Collier, of the common law bar, and Mr. Barslake), fur
the plaintiffs, had c immenced the opening of the case :
The Vice-Mulct:llor said that the case was of that nature
that be should direct it to staA over, in order that he
might have the assistance of a common law judge in hear-
i2g it. He should at once put hims.-If is communication
on the suject with the 1.07 d Chaneellor, in order that
one of the common law judges might hear the case with
him as soon as it was practicable to do so. Mr. Bacon and
Mr. Bawkins were for the defendants.

MAL-APROPOS CA:qTASSINO.—On?SuneIIy afternoon last,
a respectably dressed man occupied one of the pews in
2he parish church, and at the conclusion of the service
made his way towards the vestry, and requested to see
the officiating minister. The clergyman was for the mo-
ment engaged, but on his being at liberty the stranger
accosted him, and a dialogue ensued somewhat after the
following fashion :—Stranger : " You are the clergyman,
I believe?" Clergyman : " I am, sir; may I inquire your
business with me ?" Stranger : "lam a gentleman, sir,
and a master of stag bounds. lam about to hunt the
Cheltenham country, and shall be most happy to put
down your Fame on my list of subscribers !' The aston-
ishment of the clergyman at this extraordinary application
may be easily imagined. Shade of the Dan of Carlisle,
that such a request should be made in the church where
,be had preached against sporting for so many years ! It
is almost unnecessary to say that the rev. gentleman's
name is not to be found on the subscription list to the
Cheltenham Stag Hounds. The author of this strange re-
quest w,,uld certainly appear to have " taken nothing by
his motion."—Cheltenham Eraminer.

A STRoNG GOITEILNAENT.-Fre,h exhibitions of the
weakness of our strong government are daily given in
Parliament. How the Jew Bill will fare in the Lords is
a question of the liveliest speculation ; and whether
every cabinet minister will fulfil his mission, and vote in
its favour, is a point for delicate discrimination. It is
worthy of note than, though moved by Lord Palmerston
as the great government measure, bath Lord Castierosse
and Mr, Monsell absented themselves on the division.
This laxity of Treasury discipline is a singular feature in
Lord I:)%lmerston's administration. What Glargantua said
to the monks of Theleme, Faz que vous voudra—" Do what
thou wilt"—appears to be Lord Palmerston's motto.
-Upon the Ballot division this week. we find some members
of the government voting in the minority, and some in
the majority, and some staying away, while upon the
Medical Profession Bill, the government sustained an
wadeniable defeat, and this not upon a point of opinion in
which a government tray be divided without weakness,
but upon a matter of administrative fact, when the sup-
porters of the government are supposed to act together.
—Press
THE NEW PALACE OF WrantrigsTEß.!—Unfortuca`ely
tor the immediate reputation of the New Parliamentary
palace, the worst parts of the design were executed firs'.
it was difficult to believe that anything beautiful could
tome of a plan of which the river frout and the lower
stages of the clock tower were considerable parts. It was
evident that no development of architectural proportiuu,
no unforeseen contrast of members, could excuse, in a
building destined to endure as long as the British Empire,
a mass of superficial decoration so minute and delicate
that the rains Of a century, at most, must wash it all
away ; no ungrown forest of towers, spires, ana louvres,
could redeem a façade nine hundred feet in length from
the meanness of an elevation no greater than that of the
surrounding houses; two faults which, in the eyes of a
reflecting spectator, magnified each other, shaft it was
impossible that the consideration should fail to occur to
bum that the enormous cost at which the first was being
Perpetrated would have more than sufficel for the preven-
lion of the last. It was at once clear that the building
would have been nobler for the mere absence of the miles
of effeminate mouldings, the Saadi's garden of ill-cut roses,
the "damnable iteration" of the Queen's Arms, &co &C.,
the cost of which would have easily placed the entire
edifice upon a basement from which it could have looked
down upon, instead of being looked down upon by, the
contiguous bridge and neighbouring chimney pots.—
National Review.

LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY C URT.-YKSTERDAY.

OEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER STEVENSON.)

IMPORTANT QMISTION OF PRACTICR.—ht re WvLSll.
The bankrupt, who carried on the business of a baker in
Liverpool, came before the court in June last, on his own
petition, praying to be adjudicated a bankrupt ; but the
court, being of opinion that he had not " available assets
to the amount of £150," as required by the act, refused to
adjudic.te on it. Under these circumstances, Mr. C.
Pemberton appeared before the court yesterday on behalf
of the petitioner. and applied to be allowed to t-ke the
petition off the file. His Honour would remember, he
said, that the petition was presented by the petitioner last
month, but that the court was not satisfied that the peti-
tioner had the " requisites " to support it ; namely, that he
had not available assets to the amount of £l5O. On
behalf of the petitioner he (Mr. Pemberton) had now
to apply to the court-2nd, he believed, it was
the first atplication of the kind that had been
made to his Honour in such a case—for the
return of the petition itself, in order that the
return of the stamp night be obtained from the Commis-
sioners of Stamps and Excise. He did not see that he
had any occasion to address the court further on the

matter, unless his Honour saw some objection to allowing
the application. His Honour expressed a wish to hear Mr.
Pemberton further in the matter. Mr. Pemberton con •
tinned to say that the petition hed not answered the pur-
pose for which it was intended, and was, therefore, use-
less. If there was any difficulty in the mind of the
court as to allowing it to be removed off the file, he rifght
observe that it was aealogous to the petition to an Insolvent
Commissioner, who either did not adjudicate or allowed the
petition to be adjourned sine die, and which petition was
removed when the petitioner chose to go before some other
tribunal. Take for instance the case of a person petition.
log the County Court Judge The judge from some
circumstance did not adjudicate or adjourned the petition
sine die. The petitioner taken into custody went to
Lancaster, and desired to go before the court there ; but
as there was a rule that a petitioner could not have
two petitions upon the file at once, the custom was for the
petitioner to apply to the Judge who had hecbal 11;3 (.734.30
and adjudicated on it in some way, for leave to remove the
petition off the file in order that he might present another
petition at Lancaster. And that leave was always granted.
His Honour observed that that might arise from the ne-
cessity of the case in consequence of the rule, but the
question was whether such a rule applied in the Bank-
ruptcy Court. Mr. Pemberton urged that as his Honour
was of opinion that the petitioner had not the " requsites"
to support the petition—though the petitioner himself
believed that he had —the petition had answered no pur
pose, and that clearly the intention of the legislature was
this—that if a party put on a stamp which either from
non-signature or other circumstance was rendered
useless, the stamp should be remitted. There could
bo nothing in this case to prevent that being
done. It was important that the question should
be decided, because the doubt might prevent many
a man fr.,m petitioning the court when it would be proper
for hint to do so, through !he fear that in so doing he
would be only throwing away £lO. His H meat. observed
that he was aware of cases where the stamp was remitted,
the petition having never been filed. Mr Pemberton : In
other words, it was rendered useless, and served no pur-
pose; and sue 4 is the case here. His Honour said that
he remembered having declined to make the order, in a
case where the petition was presented by a creditor. Mr.
Ems remarked that the case of a petitioning creditor was
very different frem that of a person petitioning himself to
be adjudicated a bankrupt. The creditor petitioned for
himself and all creditors, and, when presented, any creditor
might come and support it; but in the other case, nobody
but the bankrupt could deal with the petition. His
H -mow replied that that certainly made a difference. Mr.
Pemberton reminded his Honour that, in a case which was
before him not long since, he had declined to allow a
petition so presented to be dealt with, " upon the appli-
cation of a creditor." He also reminded his Honour
that, in this case also, the question of what were
" available assets" was involved; a question nYch
there was a hope would soon be determined.
His Honour said that he did not think that it would be
anything extraordinary, or that ho would be violating any
general rule to allow the petition un ler the circumstances
to b 3 taken off the file He would, however, take a few
days to consider the question. Me. Pemberton observed
that it would be for the petitioner afterwards to satisfy the
Comm'ssionera of Excise that he should have the stamp
allowed.

in re J. a SPLATT —The bankrupt was a ship chandler
of Liverpool. Yesterday was fixed for his last examina-
tion, but it was adjourned to the 23rd July. He was
supported by Mr. John Yates, and Mr. Martin appeared
for the assignees.
In re M. NEVILLE —The bankrupt's last examination
Was adjourned to the 7.h of August, for exacninaliou of
accounts. Mr. Evans appeared on behalf of Mr. W Jones,
accountant, to prove for a large amount-, but the full ex-
tent of the claim being disputed, he said he would not
press ]. 't until the examination into the accounts had first
taken place. Mr. Dodge appeared for the assignees, and
Mr. Ewer for the bankrupt.

EIfIGIUTION TO TaZ NORTH AIIZRICA.N

COLONIES.

The annual copies of despatches relative to emigration
to America supply the following particulars :—During the
season of 1856 (last year) 22,439 emigrants landed at
Quebec, against 21,274 in 1855, of whom 10,353 came from
England, 1,688 from Ireland. 2,794 from Scotland, 4.537
from Germany, 2,806 from Norway, and 261 from New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Of the e nigration from
England, 7,262 sailed from Liverpool—viz , 1,052 cabin,
and 6.210 steerage passengers. The foreign emigration
shows an increase of 3,047, and that from the United
Kingdom a decrease of 1,452 persons. The expenditure of
the Emigration Department, including the quarantine
eatahliehments, &c., amounted to £8,815. and the amount
of emigrant tax, realised in the season, was £4.874 (at
Quebec and Montreal). A review of the emigration of
1856 gives very satisfactory results. The emigrants were
uniformly healthy, and landed free from complaint. A
large propertion of the English and Scotch were farmers
and mechanics, the former generally in comfortable
circumstances. The amount of capital introduced into
the aolony has been large, but the exact amount is un-
known. '['he demand and inqairy for labour in Western
Canada throughout the season have been far in ad-
vance of the supply, and continued applications were
received from almost every section of the province com-
plaining of the scarcity of labour and the difficulty as well
as impossibility of procuring domestic servants, and re-
questing that emigrants might he Pent to them. This it
was found impossible to do. With reference to the pro-
spects of the season of 1857, the reports from all quarters
indicate a general growing prosperity and active business
employment both as regards commerce and agriculture.
The efficient and speedy direct steam communication
between Canada and England. and the completion of the
Grand Trunk Railway from Quebec to Stratford, are ad-
vantages which, combined with a healthful climate, pro-
ductive soil, cheap laud, unsurpassed means of internal
communication, and ample security for life and property,
cannot assuredly fail to exercise a most important
infi ience upon future emigration ; and it is the
opinion of the emigration agent at Quebec, that dur-
ing the current season Canada will receive a large addi•
thin to its population, and with it a share of the wealth,
intelligence, and industry of the mother country. The
prospects for the working classes, especially in West
Canada, are very favourable. Of 8,781 emigrants to Canada
in 1856 65 were bakers, 35 butchers, 18 braziers, s and
p'umbers, 14 printers and bookbinders, 115 bricklayers
and stonemasons, 10 cabinetmakers and turners, 308
carpenters and joiners, 30 cart and wheelwrights, 7 coach-
makers, 27 coopers. 4 curriers and tanners, 10 dyers, 35
eneineers, 49 gardeners, 12 hatters, 83 millers and mill-
wrights, 61 miners, 104 merchants and clerks, 9 moulders
and foundrymen, 20 painters and glaziers, 2 papernaakers,
13 plasterers, 5 ropemakers, 11 saddlers; 2 sailmakers, 9
sawyers, 11 shipbuilders, 227 shoemakers, 216 smiths, 13
stonecutters, 266 tailors, 31 watch and elockmakers, 4
wool an 1 flaxdreseers, 65 weavers, 32 " servants " 2,342
farm labourers, and 4,338 common labourers. 868,908
emigrants havelanded at Quebec since the year 1829. The-
emigration to New Brunswick has fallen off greatly; it
was only 712 last year; but there will be a great demand
for all kinds of labour, skilled and unskilled, this year.
Female servants are greatly in request, and will readily
obtain employment.

Tun SpoNoE.—lt may not be generally known that
the Turnpike Trusts Arrangement Bid, introduced by
Mr. Mersey and Sir G. Grey, proposes to reduce the
interest on the debts owing on some roads. Thus money
advanced at four percent. is to be reduced to two-and-a-half,
and in some instances two per cent. The plan seems a very
extraordinary one.

There was a gentleman on the road a fev days ago ; he
was going to Natchez. He overtook a runnaway, and he
says to him, "Bad company's bettet'n none, boy, and I
reckon I'll keep you along with me into Natchez." The
nigger appeared to be pleased to hove company, and went
along talking with him very well till they came to a
thicket place about six miles from Natchez, and then be
told him he reckofled he would not go any farther with
him. " What ! you black rascal," says be, " you mean
you won't go in with me ; you step out and go straight
ahead, and if you tura your face one side till you get
into Na.tchtst I'll shoot you." " Aha mesas," says the
nigger,
."_upghty good-natured; I reckon you haint got
no ahootia' irons," and he bolted off into the thicket, and
got away from hitn.
through Western--)"""11 of 4 Northern Traver

HERTFORD ABSIZ URSDAY.

Mr. Justice Willes, in his address to the grand jury,
took occasion to make some observations in reference to
the bill at present before Parliament for the abolition of
that body within the metropolitan district. He said it was
his opinion that grand juries were mcst useful, and he
hoped they would not be abolished.
AN OUTRAGE.—David Gibson, 32, was indicted for a
felonious assault upon a girl, fifteen years old, named
Mary Revell. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr.
Justice Willes sentenced him to bs kept in penal servitude
for twenty years.
ALUGZD CHILD MURDER.—Elizabeth Croft, 28, was
indicted for the wilful murder of her illegitimate child.
Mr. Justice Wiles said, at the close of the case for the
prosecution, that it appeared to him that there was not
sufficient evidence to support a charge of wilful murder,
but there was ample evidence to go to the jury upon the
minor charge of &ncealing the birth. The jury conse-
quently returned a verdict of guilty of concealiug the birth,
and the prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept
to hard labour for eighteen calendar months.

STREET BANDS AT NIGHT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—At a time when drunkenness is the crying sin of
the day, and good people are discussing the Maine Liquor
Law, and the propriety of establishing a similar regulation
here, a number of harmless young men amuse themselves
in learning to play on musical instruments and practising
in the open air in the country and so avoiding the tempta-
tion of sotting in public houses—a rational amusement
calculated to effect great good and far less objectionable
than the Maine Liquor Law.
" Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast" of all,
save that of a policeman. Be "is most anxious to stop
this sort of thing" Be "does not know anything more
likely to lead to a riot than a bard of music going through
the streets at this hour." Poor sensitive fellow ! And
will it be credited that a magistrate could be found to sanc-
tion such a proceeding on the part of the police, and to
inflict a fine upon the unoffending amateur musicians ?
Even so, and yet these young men are Englishmen ! Is
the policeman most anxious to put a stop to tippling and
that sort of thing? Not he. Does he ever take a peep
into the grog shops and caution the publican ? Not he.
Is he anxious to stop the commission of the various
breaches of the law, hourly practised on the footwalks of
this town ? No. Does he put a stop to the winding of
many a vile barrel organ ? No; these men ars Italians !
A good member of society holds forth a few words in,se a-
son, under the gas lamp, ten yards from any footwalk,
and out of the way of carts, carriages, and horses ; and
because he has numerous hearers is hauled up before the
magistrate, who is foolish enough to back the policeman
in his " anxiety to put down this sort of thing." Verily
we have more than one of Shaltspere's justices among us.
Pray is the Sunday assemblage drawn together in Clayton-
square, by Mr. Hugh Stowell Brown, beneath the notice of
these most anxious policemen ?
I presume these men find no fault with this reverend
gentleman because they are rather amused to hear him tell
them the mode of " dancing on a jig to Heaven." No
doubt they are amused by hearing moral lectures on
" Begone dull care," " Turn the ready penny," " Give me a
glass of rosy wine," " Tap me a cask of ancient date,"
" Tom a.id Jerry," and " that sort of thing," and so the
lecturer goes free. There decisions are wrong and savour
moreover of partiality.—Yours, &c., J. C. G.

FATAL OCCURRENCE AT THE KILLARNEY FAlR.—About
the hoar of ten o'clock on yes,erony, some trifling dis-
pute a-ose between a former named Keane, and same men
of J. C. O'Ra trdon's Esq., coacernin4 same sheep of the
former, who placed them near the Custom Gap, at
azid to which loca' e the latter considered they had the best
claim, at their master is entitled to the tolls of the fair.
" From words they c one to blows ;" in the melee John
Kane, son of the farmer, a young, able, handsome, quiet
man, who has been but a few moktba married, received a
blew from nee of the opposite p..iry, named John Moriarty,
behind the ear. The police having taken them both into
custody, tooi; them before a magistrate, who ord, red mu-
tual summonses. While getting these at Mr. O'Halloran's
offies,, Keane got a retching and was abliv.d to go to his
house in High-street, where he became speechle.s3, and,
melancholy to relate, died in about an hour after:—Cor-
respondent of Tralee Chronicle.

THE PAUL VIIRONBiE.—Mr. Ruskin writes :—Duriag
long residence in Venice I have carefully exaltined the
Paul Veronese lately purchased by the government. When
I last saw it it was simply the best Veronese in Itlly, if
not in Europe (the Marriage in Cana," of the Louvre, is
larger and more magnificent, but not so perfect in finish),
anti, fur nay own part, I should think no price too large
for it ; but, putting my own deep reverence for the painter
wholly out of the question, and considering the matter as
it will appear to most persons at all acquainted with the
real character and range of Venetian work, I believe the
market value of the picture ought to be estimated at per-
hap one-third more than the government have paid for it.
Without doubt the price of the Murillo, lately purchased
at Paris, was much enhanced by accidental competition ;
airier ordinary circumstances, and putting both the
pictures to a fair trial of market value, I believe the
Veronese to be at least worth double the Murillo ; in an
artistical point of view the latter picture could not be
put is any kind of comparison whatever with the
Veronese.

DR. DAVIDSON AND THE LANCASHIRE INDEPENDENT
COLLEGE.—The lliancheseer Examiner publishes the
following letter, addressed by Dr. Davidson to the com-
mittee of the Lancashire Independent College:—" Gentle-
nin,—Llaving patiently waited to witness your exempli-
fieition of that Christian truth and liberty which I once
thought you advocated and allowed ; having been refused
in curia, g the definite grounds on which a vague resolu-
tion of want of confidence in me may be supposed to have
been based; and having long ago resolved to remain in no
situation where I could not fatly express, without annoy-
ance from such as have a little brief authority over me in
this world, opinions at variance neither with expressed
formularies of Independents nor with the recognised
doctrinal formularies of the Established Church ; I now
respectfully resign into your hands the office- which I have
held for the last fourteen years in the Lancashire Inde-
pendent College. Samuel Davidson. Manchester, June
29th, 1857." In a previous letter Dr. Davidson made the
following aemand, which was refused:—" I have been
informed that one of the committee made an assertion in
my absence, to the effat that my influence over the students
was such as to make them reluctant to take a text from
the Old Testament for the basis of a sermon ; and, also,
;hat my teaching generally has been of an injurious
character for some time past. As I believe that these
statements are incorrect. and that they must have had a
prejudicial afect on the mind of the committee, I request
pia, in ,fairness to me, to examine frilly into their truth.
The evidence is at hand—for the students are still here ;
and the most searching examination will be to me the most
satisfactory."

RuNistrici A-IlucK.—An Englishman (st Batavia) asked
ms, abruptly, it' I had ever seen native ander the ioflu-
ence of the muck." "The what ?" I asked. "The
muck ! the running muck." I replied in the negative,
adding that I had never before heard the expression. He
expressed great surprise at this, and proceeded to tell us
that the running muck was often productive of many
deaths. I lhought this a rather singular piece of informa-
tion to come by itself, but consented himself with observ-
ing, " You don't say so 1" The Englishman cleared his
throat, swelled very large, called for a glass of " 'arf-and-
'arf," and continued as follows Some few of the
natives here consume quantities of opium in various forms ;
arid the result is, that, in due course of time, their features
become sharp, the skin is drawn over them like parch-
ment, and, losing their minds, the become more ferocious
and bloodthirsty than the tigers themselves. Armed with
the long and flexible kreiss (a sharp dirk knife, whose
edges ti!e wavy and of heaptiful temper), they rush franti-
cally' from their houses, and run as swiftly as their limbs
will carry them—sometimes naked, sometimes clothed,
always mad. Rushing through the crowded streets in this
-way, their only aim seems to be to destroy life—stabbing,
biting, cursing, kicking every one whom chance throws
across their path. As seem as ho is seen in this state, terror
proclaims the news far and wide. ' Amoak ! amoak is
screamed by the whole population, just as fire ! !' is
in our own cities. Every man grasps the first weapon that
comes to hand, and follows the flying path of the common
enemy. Very long spears are, however, preferred to the
shorter kreiss; and with these they pen him up in a
corner, and lance him to death with as much or more gusto
than they would a tiger. As many as forty persons were
once killed by one of these maniacs before he could be
cornered ;' and yet there is no law against, the use of
opium." The word " muck" is a corruption of the Java-
nese " amosk," to kill ; and this latter is seldom heard,
except when some poor wretch is ranging the frightened
town with strained muscles and starting eyes, and with
death closing around his path at every stride.—Gleanings
from a Yankee Diary.

CASII AND DEED Boxits.—The next Important thing to the posses-
sion of sash is, bow (when you have got it) to keep it safely, either in
the counting-house or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds
and other valuable documents. We have seen a large and varied
stock of both these dreirable articles, manufactured expressly for Mr.
E. T. Hall, of South John•etreet, that challenge attention. These
boxes are made on new and admired principles, and possess patent
loess, which deny the ingenuity of any "pick-lock" in the world to
open, except with the legitimate key. To merchants, solicitors, and
these new safes, on a small scale, must prove valubte qdecA
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