Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-13 00:00:00

traceable re

any reliable source—has been industriously circulated to
the effect that Mr. Holme intends t) retire; and on the
strength of this assertion., a highly respectable hrentle-

man, Mr. Beloe, comes forward as a candidate.
under such circumstances, it is no more than decent
that a deputation of the electors should wait on Mr.
.Holme, and ascertain from his own lips the unwelcome
fact,—if fact it should be,—thal he will no longer con-
tinue to represent St. Peter's Ward in our local parlia-
ment. I have no personal knowledge on the subject,
but my observation formed on many years' experience,
must have greatly misled me, if private consuterations
woad induce Mr. Ilolme to shrink from the discharge
of a public duty. At all events, let the question be
fairly pat to him before the constituency is requested
to look out for his successor. As. ELECTOR.

REPRESENTATION OF ABERCROMBY

WARD,

TO TICE XDITOR 01' THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES,

Sin,,---The necessity of contesting every ward at the
ensuing municipal election is acknowledged by all Con-
servaiives ; and yet AbercrombV Ward is without a can-
didate! I would su„o.geit that Elias Arnaud, Esq., be
regtiested to become a candidate ;—a gentleman who
4:—„ a nnmmartA is nniversallv respected,

the electors of the ward as a
.siness and of extensive commercial

and would do credit t
tl►orough man of

'knowledge

Yours, &0.,

LYME-STREET WARD

(state,.
" The Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, as lord of the
To THE mtivtoß 'Or THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. manor, will be in attendance at Callander, and Lady
SlR,—The liketpool Albion of Monday says that Willoughby at the commencement of her estate at the
• Trossachs, to escort
_the royal party to the place of

Lz La v., ••• •-- enura-Kittauu (IL
Ward, bat no doubt there will be show of opposition at " A salute from artillery (if obtained), placed on the
the last minute, 10 prevent this gentleman giving his adjoining heights, will announce the embarkation of her
inwtriole setiias to some of his friends in the other Majesty.
+. " The Lord Provost and magistrates,

and three

he nam

... , ~
show of osition to this chairmen of committees of tne tirtasgyw kdorporisuou
opp , gentleman ? Is Con-
Water Commissioners (not exceeding in all fifteen or
ism at se low an ebb in Lime-street Ward that a
sixteen persons), will be on board the steamer to receive
aaan. cannot •be found, or friends to support an opposi-
her Majesty, and to accompany the Royal party to the
bolt to This gentleman, whose best 'recommendation
mouth of the aqueduct, (situate on the south bank, of
leans rto•be this,--that he can talk either by the hour
,or the tart ; or, as the pugilists have it, he will have Vic lake,) where the intended ceremony of opening the
orks is to take place.
a'slap Atoll Irian twice his size and weight (query, I did w
"The steamer will sail close up to a platform eon-
'not tray' of what). Surely, there must be no slacking .
structed •at the mouth of the aqueduct, so as to admit
,etthe wits, on the Ist November next, in this good old
Conservative town of Liverpool. -A dinner to the Earl ,the Royal party stepping on to it from the steamer.
-
"The Duke of Montrose, as lord of the manor, the
'of Deity and the late Administration will not corre-
Lord-Lientenant and Sheriff of Pe.thshire, the mem.
-spond with a defeat of their .supporters who have
bers of Parliament for the city of Glasgow, a deputation.
hitherto held positions in the Town Council.—Yours,
from the Celtic Society of Glasgow (numbering about
Air.itaitor, No SURRENDER.
80), in :heir national Highland costume, and other dis-
tinguished guests, will be in attendance at the place of
ceremony, and several companies of the recently formed
Glasgow Volunteer Rifle Corps will, if permitted, line

OUR RIFLE CORPS

'LIEItN DAILY TIMES,

`l3fit,—l have read 'in "your paper of Saturday the
mart of 'Mons. Me;jerts -speech, and, with your .perniis-

" When the Royal party is arriving at but; piauttn
the band will perform•the National Anthem,
"The Lord Provost will present an address by the
Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Common Col4ncil of..the
city of Glasgow as Water Commissioners.
" Thanksgiving for the accomplish

sign, would wish to mince' few remarks on one paragraph

muck Emperor,

girth er than. to fearnffely ho;

pe that it will not be, lost

prayer

pon the nation. but duce the Government and the
nt ry to make such preparations to receive him as will,
with God's blessing, -secure his overthrow and otter
vain.

Mejersneers utour Rifle Volunteers, numbering,
rrs they do, some 400 :or 50.0 ; and, in such a town as
Liverpool, such a muster .certainly argues either mis-
management on the Tart of the conductors of the rifle
,novement, or want4sfloyalt on the part of the people.

a
[ have, front the first, watched earnestly its everfmcve-
ments ; and my ddliberate o pinion is, that the promoters
. never desired it -to -succee CI. 'What are the facts
'Working men have Timer h td less employment than for
the past year ; fewi-compara ttively, have had more than
half -work, some formonths no work at all; yet these
-men, with large families' are expected to Teat some i 8
in purchasing a rifle gad out fit, to lose aticat half a day
in the week for drilliiand, in tine even-tor war; to become
ipso facto soldirxs, 'to be 0 iraftod to .any iikart of the
kingdom, and to' support t bemseives and iamilies con
ls. ld. per day! Row enc( raging for -wanking men
much a prospect?
If the gentry had'swished the 'mailer 4n prove Rye-
,cessful, would they mot have c one forward-and provided
:arms and outfit free, and said to the working class, Ave
are old and cannot:fqht, yon sire s,tuii.g:and used to
labour ; here are rifles, learn t o use ttuem; chore is your
outfit, wear it as a Wel,re of hi otiour? -Shotilll war break

RACING FIXTURES, :1859.
OCTOBER.
19 Newmailee4
19

Ipswich

out, we wi

ke care*

anti..3pou Wii

nen reaLv 10 defend it

WEDNESDAY.
The TOWN PLATE of £5O.

gainst any foe

°mortised e Itlx€

:Corps is at

Winkfirli

?iesent, it is simply aii.c.musem trAti'or younwgentleinen.,
who, in the event ,of -war, woul 3 the H 1 de to endure
le hardships of .a soldier.—l aIN :Sze.,
A Wromatuaci
10th October, 1859.

Stofienfels

-,..--

The BEDFORD STAKES Of 61

THE GREAT EA STERN

Mr. Mill's Seclusion, (6 the
Baron Rothschild's Jason

TO THE EDITOR Dl' THE NORTH DM DAILY TIMES

Four ran.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES for thrc
upwards.

-year olds, and

-4,Sta,—l hear it is -stated that t lue ,lamer Stork has
:vecrred the exclusive right of goinf,:.alougside the great
.hip at Holyhead. The.following r eyily from Mr. Bold,
managing director, to .a letter sent try me (on behalf of
tle,-eisvners of the City •of Aberdeen) to • Captain Han icon,
condiusively proves that ,atieh a stat anent is incorrect.
I ray add that I was ,en board t he Great Eastern
yestenday ; and Mr. Bold, lin the pr esence of Captain
ilartitwn and another gx.mtleman, infi nmed me that no
change would be made in ;Alio arrangements with the
London and North-western Railway- Company for
ferrying the passengers ,citfffrorn the pier to the big
ship.-4- am, sir, your, &c-, ROBE ET LAMONT.
October 12th, 1859..

HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES

Raspberry
ELFaUor

SELECT STAKES of 50 sots. mei
eat

"The Great Ship Couwaj (Limitei), 11, King
William-street, London, E.C., Oct. 6, 1859,
" WAR Sts.,—Captain ifitnison has forwarded
me your letter of the 14th instant to reply to.
"The day following the date .of yours, you would see
an advertisectent in the Lifer/3°41 papers pointing out
how the arrangements are totbe cenductod at Holyhead.
Tv those we ,shall most rigidlyodhere, and no steamer
or sailing .04 whatever vat allowed alongside, ex-
cepting those .:employed by the .L..and N. W.—Yours,
faithfully,
"Qiigned) -"*TnostAs BOLD.
"aobert Lament, Esq."
Tun TREATIES .4.4 F 1815.—The Invalide .Busse con-
tains an article in which it discusses ,the value of the
treaties of 1815, and the opportuneness of the re-
establishment of the Archdukes. ' It ,coucludes as fol-
lows :—"'The rights conferred by the treaties of
Vienna ceu no longer be invoked, and the right of
the Ilapsburgo-Lorraine, d'Este, and Bouebou dynas-
ties is less invulnerable than Austria would wish
to have it thought. In 1615, Europe considered the
inondtisopnelnsay
übnale
nifonve
usiitys
terzainsteciunicueityo?f
but toe
now they are dynasties
rejected by the Italian poop) but their ref

:estora,:wn
would be a motive for continued agitations and perma-
nent war. We consequently consider such a restoration
as dangerous for general peace and tranquillity, and we
think that Europe has in 1859 the same right to seek
out the political combinations which are best suited to
her security, as she had in 1815 to place Italy under
the domination of Austria. A. striking analogy may be
remarked between this article and the recent memo-
randum of the Sardinian Cabinet. The arguments are
lv are
licat~not only similar, but the expressions made rise of are in

Nortt

Ament of le work,
will be offered up by

" The Queen, if it please her Majesty, may then givg
instructions for opening the sluices—or do SQ herself—
by opening a small tap which will set in motion Inachi,
eery for raising the shutters, thereby admitting the
meter of the loch to the aqueduct.
" The Queen, if it please her Majesty, will then
declare the waterworks open.
" The band will perform Rule Britannia.'

"The discharge of artillery on the adjoining ilelLflll.4
will announce the completion of the ceremony, and this,
it is expected, will be immediately followed by similar
discharges of artillery ftom Stirling and Edinburgh
Castles, and by the ringing of bells in the city of

filasgok.
" After the ceremony the.royal party willbe conducted
to the commissiquers' cottage, Situated about 150 yards
distant from the aqueduct, where luncheon will the prn-,.
sided.
"After luncheon. the royal cortege will return by the
same steamer, caixiages, and route, to the :place at
liolyrood."

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER :MEETING,

HANDICAP SWEEPSTAXES for two-year olds. T.Y.(

stirs. each,. for two-year old

GRAND BAZAAR AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL.

Yesterday, a splendid bazaar in aid of the Lying-in-
Hospital, which is to continue over a period of three
lialTsova.s opened at St. George's-hall. ,The principal
object of the projectors of the bazaar is to raise funds
for the erection of a new-building for the accommoda
tion of those who may become recipients in the institu-
.

Lion.-
•
The St. George's-hall and Town-hall Committee of
the Corporation readily placed that noble building at. the
disposal of the committee. During the whole of Tuesday
the ball was closed to the general public; in consequence
of the arrangements which were being made for the
bazaar.
Shortly after eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon, the
business of the bazaar commenced. Amongst those pre-
sent'were the Mayoress, Mrs. William Preston,. of Rock
flouSe, -West Derby, and a large number of ladies and
gentlemen, whose, names it would be invidious to
mention.
Tile appearance of the various stalls made it evident
thaeevery energy 'had been exerted on the part of the
ladies who had taken an interest in the exhibition, to
ensure it being one which should be attended with the
raost.complete success, , . .
The bazaar opened at eleven o'clock, and shortly after
that hour the spacious hall began to fill. Between :one
and two o'clock in the afternoon, the Mayor, accompa-
nied by the Mayoress and Miss Preston, appeared in the.
room, and were :received with the most enthusiastic
cheers.
The stalls, most artistically arranged, are fifteen in
number. They are placed m the body of the hall, and
at the head of them is the stall of- the Mayoress. The
other stalls are presided over by Mrs. Adam Gladstone,
Mrs. Harke, Mrs.. ,Job, Mrs. Medley, Mrs. Simon Cross-
field, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Grimsdale' Mrs. Kerferd,
Mrs.. Moore, Mrs,' Willis, Mrs. Alfred King, and Mrs.
Wilson..
The various stalls are- studded with articles which

. . .
smut tempt the eye of the curious and the artistic. The
lady
.:IViayoieBs's 'stall, of course, commands our first
attention..„lt is dignified with the borough insignia,
41111 was, of course, during the day,* one of the most
proMiuent objects ".of attraction. The legend in con-
nection With the '"good old town" was maintained by a
.beautifill model, of Prince Rupert's cottage at Everton.
One'ef;the moat interesting attractions during the day
was the.l'.-dOll-lailuSe,''' shown at Mrs. Job's stall. It is
a, most *Tenififs`, construction of workmanship, and
reflects Mreat credit on the skill of the artist
do not: pretend to be judges in detail of the
elaborate specimens Which are exhibited at the various
..,.. 444% and, on thatground,,we leave them to the tender
~ , and 'affectionate sex by whom, we have the Pleasure to
kiwi,, they have been mainly; contributed; but WC
thuik
.we shall tot be doing injustice to the resi
of "the' fair "tradesmen" who had charge of the
atalls„ when we: say,that the " gypsy encampment"
at Mrs. Grimsdale's stall was one of the most attractive
portfolio of the exhibition. This interesting specimen
.was manufaetured by Mrs. Grimsdale herself, and was,
• .during the day,. a prominent and attractive feature of
the exhibition.
The classical taste will.be satisfied by an inspection of
Eastern specimens, including Egyptian vases and other
.o.rientat relics, wlaeli are sliewu by Nrs. Whittemore
and Mrs. Cressfield., • ,
The interesting proceedings of the day, were enlivened
by the performance. of the Cirphair4syluni band, which
had been engqod.fg the occasion, and in the afternoon
Mr. Beat added Co the interest of the occasion by per-
. forming a number-of choice Pieces on the great organ. •
The proceeds of the day, at, the various stalls,
. amounted, to npwardo.,,Af.:S.,l,ooq.
W:e shall to:rnprmvlzestkme -qur,,q.e.eount, of the in-'
teresting prdepedings;4ol=in:the ipoaptime, we advise
all those who have not yet visited
,the bazaar to avail
themselves of the treat which the .neXt: two days holds
gut to them.
.„7

WESLEYAN, METIIODIST MISSIONARY
SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the Mount-pleasant branch of
the above society.was held in the 'soeuity's chapel, last
night. The meeting was large, and respectably attended,
and the chair was taken .by Captain Browse. The
ininisteron the platform were—The Rev. Messrs. Stamp,
Scott, Osborne, Bowden, Griffith, &c.
Captain BaowsE said he felt it to be an honour to
fill the chair on the present occasion. A short time
since, it appeared another missionary meeting would not
be held in this chapel, bUt that appearance had passed
away--the louring cloud had passed off, and the sun
now shone forth. Respecting the mission work, there
was every ground for encouragement. Both here
and in the suburbs the work of God was manifest.'
The Citatamas then called upon the Rev. Mr.
Bowden to read the report for the last year, which was
very satisfactory. It showed a large increase upon the
previous year, the total amount for 1868 being £129,000,
out of which sum Liverpoolhad contributed £1,690 Bs. 6d.
The report was adopted unanimously by the meeting,
amid loud applause.
The first 'resolution was moved by the Rev. Mr.
Bowden in a short scriptural speech.
The Rev. Mr. GRIFFITHS seconded the resolution in

an admirable address, which was characterised all
through by a deep religious strain and practical reason-
ing. The rev. gentleman, after a lengthened speech,
concluded with an earnest appeal on behalf of the
heathen.

The Rev. GE6RGE Scorr moved the second resolution,
by congratulating them ou the fact that, although last
year it was determined by the society that Mount-
pleasant Chapel should be closed, still the progress of
religion, and a spirit of revival having come over the
minds of the people, he thanked God that they were
.assembled there that evening to speak of missions and
_ missionary work. (Applause.) He then went on at
much length to descant on the progress of religion
among the Swedish Christians, and especially in Scan-.
dinavia, where he spent twelve years as a missionary.
After au able And practical address, he sat down amid
f enthusiastic plauditi of the meeting,
The Rev. Mr, OSBORNE seconded the resolution. He
began by stating that he would Tiot be bounded, as Mr.
Scott was to Sweden, in What be had to say, by giving
a description of missionary work in India, China, and
Japan ; but take the wide, wide world as the theme of
his observations. (Hear and aplilause.) He said there
was one letter in the alphabet from which many ways
were delineated to christianise and civilise the world—
. he meant the letter "P." Some preferred poetry,
philosophy, and politics ; others prayer and perseverance.
• Many said, again, in carrying out your views, to be
pointed and pithy—he intended to be pointed and pithy
in what he said—(applause)—but he knew of no better
way to get at the hearts of sinners, than the good old
way of Preaching ; yes, preaching the good old Gospel
of Christ to a perishing world. (Loud applause.) The
speaker then went on, in a powerful strain, to show
how the Gospel was sweeping the world over ;
the burden of its theme was peace,—peace to all
men, from " the • river -to the ends of the earth."
(Applause.) Yes, and this glorious gospel—this batter-
ing-ram of the Bible must go on until it should smash
to pieces the great stronghold of Paganism—yes, until
it should be proclaimed from high Heaven, " Babylon
the great, the mother of harlots, is fallen to rise no
more for ever." (Deafening plaudits.) After a most
powerful address, the rev. gentlemen resumed his seat
amidsts bursts of applause. The collection was then
taken up ; and thanks having been voted to the Chair-
" man the meeting broke up with singing the hymn,
" Salvation, Oh, the joyful sound."

A MANUFACTORY BLOWN 17P AT ECXINGTON.—On
Tuesday morning, at an early hour, the inhabitants of
the quiet little village of Eckington, twelve miles from
Sheffield, were alarmed by a terrific explosion, followed
by the clattering_ and smashing of the falling debris.
The explosion had taken place in the scythe and sickle
manufactory of Mr. Mark Keeton. On Monday
evening the place was left perfectly safe, and the shutters
to the windows in the lower rooms were all securely
fastened. At half-past four o'clock on Tuesday morn-
' ing a terrific explosion occurred in the manufactory. Im-
mediately after the explosion, it was found that the place
was almost completely shattered, and that some of the
displaced joists and rafters were blazing. As quickly
as could be the fire was extinguished by the neighbours.
After some of the debris had been removed, it was found
that the explosion had occurred in the centre of the
smithy floor, where there were the remains of a 251 b.
powder barrel, and several fusees. From the force of the
explosion, it is supposed that the barrel was filled with
powder, and from footmarks, which have been found in
the garden at the back, it is supposed that some persons
have forced open the shutter at the back of the smithy,
have put the powder in
the place, and then fired it, with
the view to the destructiono theplace. No motive
can be assigned for the cowardly outrage.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.---YEsTERDAy.

.[Before Mr. MAigaTTELD.]
POCKET-PICEING IN CILUROH,STRBET.—EIieII Smith,
a fashionably-dressed,- and rather handsome young
woman, who comes under the.class denominated "unfor-
tunate,' -was charged with picking pockets in Church-,
street. Mr. Benjamin.Mitchell,,waose place of business
is in Brunswick-street.; stated that On the previous,
evening lie was proceeding along Chureh-street, when
he was accosted by 'the prisoner, who told hiru,she
wanted to speak to him, and asked him to cross the
street. He did so, and Alley. went into ()Id •Postoffice-
place. -While in conversation, Mr. Mitchell felt the
prisoner's hand in his trousers, and he immediately'
missed his purse,
.containing about £2 10s. The prisoner
ran away into Basnett-street, and Mitchell followed her.'
She was stopped by a gentleman nained Brereton ; and,
on a policeman coming up, she was given into custody.
When searched, the purse end' the money were not
found. The prosecutor, in answer to Mr. Cobb. said
that he did not see the prisoner pass anything.; but Mr.
Brereton swore that he saw 'the prisoner pass something
(he could not say whether it was a purse or not) to a
man who had a white jacket on, at the tune.—Mr. Cobb
contended that the evidence was not sufficient to con-
vict ; but on Mr.. Mansfield saying he could not decide
the case, the prisOner.pleaded -guilty, and she was sen-
teneed to six months' imprisonment. •
WHO STOLE THE CAPS:—Henry Jones, a yonng, sea-
man, was charged: with stealing a cap, the property of
a negro, who gave the name of Darla* Malone. On
Monday night the negro was in Fulton-street, when he
was attacked from behind, assaulted, and his cap taken
from off his head. Alarm was given, and a'policeman
coming up they gave chase to a young man who,-when
overtaken, was found to have a cap under his slop. He
was given into custody.—An-alibi, however, was proved,
and the prisoner,was discharged,
MAKING A FALSE DEcianaTiox.—Charlotte Jones,
who was remanded on a charge of obtaining. a feather
bed, by means of a false declaration, was brought up.
The details of the case have already appeared. Mr.
Mansfield said that it was perfectly certain that the
prisoner had committed a forgery, and it was indispen-
sible that the property of such a large class as patronised
pawnbrokers, should be protected. He (Mr. Mansfield):
had not the slightest power to deal with the case and.
he must commit the prisoner for trial. •
ROBBERY BY A LODGER.—'John ; Coppleditch was
charged under the following circumstances. The priso-
ner was a lodger at the house of a Mrs. Arthur, Temple- I
court. He was a 'tailor 'by trade, and on the second"'
week of his tenancy of. the room, Mrs. Arthur missed '
several articles of .bedclothing. He was accused of the
theft, and ackrioWledged it ; but said 'he had only left
the clothes at a broker's in Marybone, and would release
them at once. On these conditions 'he was not prose;
tutee],` and all-owed to remain in the house. On Tuesday
evening, however, he stole some feather pillows. The
value of the property lost was £2 10s.—The prisoner
was reniaaaed.
HINT CAsi.—William Robson and Emma Walker,
who were charged with smashing, and remanded from
time to time, were now committed to the sessions for
trial.
-•
[Before Messrs. R. SHELL and HOUGHTON.]
CLAIM FOR SEAMEN'S WAGES.—Two sailors, named
respectively Adolphus Phitzner and Alexander Francis,
summond Andrew Mgaggort, captain'of the ship Mogul,
for the sum of £lB 2s. Bd. each, alleged to be due them'
for services rendered as ableseamen on board that ship, on
her voyage froth Callao to Liverpool, from the 17th. May •
to the 3rd October in the present year, at the rate of £4
tier month. It appnrcd that four mc'n had inen shipped
by a boarding-.llouSe master, named Green, by order of
the captain. Two'of the men that signed articles did
not go in the ship, and the plaintiffs were sent in their
places. About the latter end of August, the captain went
to the men, and asked them to go into the cabin and
sign articles ; and they said, as they had been doing duty.
for three months, they would go on as they had done till
their arrival in Liverpool. When the ship's crew were
paid off at the .Sailor's Home, ;the defendant refused
to pay the plaintiffs on account of their names
not being ,on the ship's articles.—The defence
Was, that the,. captain shipped four men before the
British consal. to perform the voyage from Callao to
England, and 'gave them 'each a month's advance.
After the ship wag at sea-some time, he found out that
two of the crew bore other names than were on the
articles. When the ship.arrived at Liverpool he refused
to pay the amount claimed, because :he was under the
impression that they had received a mouth's wages in
adVance.7—The magistrates decided that, as the captain
had failed to rove that he had paid the Men, they
were to receivelheir wages in full.
• .ASSAUI.T.—WiIIiam J. Ogden, cook of the ship Mar-
- ...
.garet Dean, charged J. H. Pope, who was mate of the
same vessel, with assaulting him on the 29th August
last, while in a foreign port.—Mr. Cobb prosecuted, and
Mr. Black defended.—lt appeared from the evidence of
.the complainant, who answered Mr., Black's questions
very pointedly, that he was at work on board the ship
on the evening of the day in question, when the mate
called him to do something else. -He could not go just
at the time ; and, in a about a minute after, the mate
entered the galley where the complainant was, took held
of him by the collar, and struck , him on ,the
back of the head, and also on the cheek, from
the effects of -which he was unable to eat for sometime.

Complainant went to the Consul, but n, action was
taken in the matter. Mr. Bluck contended that the
mate, as the responsible party for the cargo of the ship,
had a right to pull the cook out of tyre galley, when he
did Rot come by being called, The ship was taking in
cotton at the time, and by his refusing to assist, there
was a probability that some of it would be lost. He
denied that more force was used than was necessary, to
compel the complainant to do his work.—The magis-
trates thought an assault had been committed, and
ordered the defendant to pay Os, and costs.

COUNTY COURT.--YESTERDAY.

(Before J. K. BLAIR, Esq., Judge.)

INSOLVENTS.—E. Laurence, Berwick-street, West
Derby-road, tea merchant, came up for his final order,
and was supported by Mr. Grocott. No opposition was
offered, but the case was adjourned to the 19th to allow
insolvent to pay a balance into court.—W. D. Rompton,
Moor-place, Liverpool, whitesmith and bell-hanger, had
his final order granted.—William Pescod, late of Myrtle-
street, schoolmaster, had his final order granted.—John
Wynne Pritchard, Kensington, plumber, had his final order
g • ranted H. M. Bickerstaff, Wilton-street, Liverpool,
painter and decorator, was supported by Mr. Thornley
and opposed by Mr. Rymer. The petition was dismissed
on the ground of inaccurate description.—Archibald
Mann, of Smith-street, Kirkdale, professor of music,
was supported by Mr. Husband and opposed by Mr.
lime. The petition was dismissed, not having been
correctly described.--John Edwards, Paddington, grocer
and provision dealer, passed his first examination,
and his final order was fixed for the 9th November. The
insolvent was supported by Mr. Roby, and unopposed.—
James King, Elizabeth-terrace, Salisbury-street, potato
dealer, was directed to have his petition re-advertised, '
and the case was accordingly adjourned.--Thomas
Birkett Gurnell, Sefton-terrace,. Everton, painter,
plumber, and grocer, was supported by Mr. Husband. The
petition was dismissed on account of inaccurate descrip-
tion.—James Flynn, Lower Cable-street, lithographic
engraver, was ordered to have his petition re-advertised,
and the case was adjourned accordingly.—Samuel Henry
Wood, Eldon-terrace, Rock Ferry, cotton-bagging and
sack merchant, applied to be discharged. He was sup-
ported by Mr. Husband, and, being unopposed, was
ordered to be discharged forthwith.

Mr. CLAIM BY A SURGEON.—SMITH V. LLOYD.—
In this case, heard yesterday, it should have been stated
that when the case was resumed, after adjournment at
three o'clock, and after Mr. Evan Thomas, jun., had
given his evidence,—Drs. Steele and Bailey being in
court, his Honour asked them to go with the defendant
into an adjoining room and examine the joint. They
did so, and on their return into court they stated that it
was impossible that the man could have walked if the
bone had been broken.—At Dr. Smith's request, we call
attention to this piece of evidence, which it appears was
omitted from our report.

THE CONSPIRATORS OF 1848.—The Corporation of
Waterford at its last meeting adopted the following
resolution. The exiles alluded to are the persons who
were sentenced to transportation for treason in 1848,
but who violated their paroles :—" That this council
desires to convey to government their earnest desire that
an amnesty should be extended to all persons labouring
under disabilities owing to political causes ; and that
the town-clerk be requested to communicate with the
chief magistrates and chairmen of town commissioners,
inviting them to co-operate for the same purpose."

ASSOCIATION FO THE -PROMOTION4M
SOCIAL SCIENCE.

SECOND DAY.—LO-TaD BROUGHAM'S ADPEESS
The proceedings were commenced on Tuesdapmorn-
ing, at half-past ten eaeloekein the large room of St.
George's Hall. There were about 2,000 persons'pre-
sent. The Earl of Shaftesbury presided ; and-.amongst
those on the platform were—Lord Brougham, Lord Rad-
stock,,Viscount Raynham, M.P., Vice-Chancellor Page
Wood, Right Hon. W. Cowper,• M.P., Right Hon. J.
Napier, Right Hon- C. Achlerley, M.P., Sir Harry Ver-
ney, M.P., Sir Baldwin Leighton, M.P., Sir Charles.
}lasting, Sir Peter Fairbairn, Sir J. Ih. Shuttleworth,
Mr. Papillon, M.P., Mr. Bernard, M.P. Mr. Titus. Salt,
M.P., Mr. W. Wickham, M.P., Sir John Ramsdell,
M.P., Mr. J. Hadfield, MY., &c., &e.
Lord Brougham, president ,of, the council, was re-
ceived with loud cheers. The noble lord said, in
addressing them upon the 'present occasion, there were
so many subjects that claimed attention, that a selection
most be made of those most pressing for 'consideration.
This affixed one limit to . the choice of topics ; but
another was prescribed by the maxim of always looking
forward, the maxim whieh must guide them and all
practical men :
Thinking• nought done while aught remains to do.
It was, he said, impossible in any institution like
theirs, that disappointment should not arise from
the comparative slowness of the prodprogress made in
giving effect to the proposals offered,' the changes
suggested. But on looking abroad they found reason
to be satisfied, even with the progress begun, at least,
in countries very far from heretofore moving even at the
slow rate complained of here. In the Russian empire,
the proceedings of this association had been watched
with great interest. The accounts of the proceedings
both in 1857 and last year, had been most fully given in
the St. Petersburg journals. The Russian government
had undertaken the great measure of emancipating the
serfs, and a greater freedom of discussion on all subjects
had been allowed to the Press. Who would have
thought a little while ago of the Russian government
being held up to the. French for imitation, and the
people for envy, in anything relating to public liberty ?
(Applause.) Of Austria it might not be possible to
speak in the same terms ; yet in those parts of her,
dominions heretofore most oppressed by ecclesiastical
tyranny, the Protestants were now secured in the full en-
joyment of their rights. (Applause.) Looking homeward
he would begin with the public health department, so
ably superintended last year. by Lord Shaftesbury. He
detailed the result of the labours of the department,
and said the most remarkable papers read at that meet-
ing were unquestionably those of Florence Nightin-
gale. Two ! most valuable papers from Miss Louisa
Twining were read at their meetings in Birmingham
and Liverpool, and an important discussion at Birming-
ham had led to the formation of visiting committees,
which had received the entire approval of the Poor-
law Board. The various subjects connected with the
law required a more detailed consideration than the
Liti of this address per.ui t d, but they would be fully
commented upon by the eminent person who presided
our the department of jurisprudence. A beneficial
effect had been produced by the paper read by Mr.
Leone Levi on " Judicial Statistics," Judicial legisla-
tion could never become an inductive science until a
record was-kept in minute detail of all causes tried,, and
the results of the trial. The working classes, he said,
had much that concerned their comfort and conduced
to their improvement in their own hands, but not a
little depended upon their employers. It was highly
satisfactory to find that the early closing movement
—which began about twenty years ago, when it
was confined to the drapery business—had now
become very general in nearly all branches of trade,
and in the public departments. Of the working
classes -at large, if not the besetting sin, certainly
the most pernicious of failiies were improvidence
and intemperance—improvidence having the wider scope
and more general operation. It had been well said'by
Mr. Erskine Clarke, that "the great problem of social
economy was, how to help the working people to keep
themselves with their own money ;" and the plan which
that gentleman strongly recommended was, the esta-
blishment of penny savings banks. The great step made
fifty years ago, the establishment of savings banks, had
answered well, and by the last return it appeared there
had been deposited above £32,000,000, by 1,340,000
contributors. Eighty-five per cent. of this amount was
for sums of an average not exceeding ,£l2. It thus be-
came manifest that sums below a shilling ought to be
received, and Dr. Chalmers had proposed the penny bank,
Which had completely succeeded. Without the knowledge
of his suggestion and its success, the same thing ha 1
been "tried, and succeeded in 'Birmingham, Halifax,
Derby, Hull, and other places. In Birmingham, in
1556, 84,000 accounts were opened for sums of a penny
and upwards, £11,500 being paid in, of which £10,700
were drawn out, clearly showing that the banks were
used for keeping the money until wanted. His lordship
dwelt at considerable length upon the baneful effects of
intemperance, and said the connection of intoxication
and drunken habits with crime was demonstrated in the
clearest -manner. Temperance societies had effected
Much good, and the service of the United, Kingdom
Alliance, and of its able and learned secretary Mr.
Samuel Pope, Were truly above all praise. (Cheers.)
We had the example of the United States to prove that
repr' s'sion was practicable, and -their experience 'to
guide us toward it. I adverted (continued Lord
Brougham) to the intimate connection of the sciences,
natural, moral, and political, each with the other ; but
the reference was not sufficiently detailed to that topic,
equally fruitful and important, of inexhaustible fertility,
of paramount importance. There is no preater en-
couragement than is thus afforded to the cultivation
of every branch of knowledge, the great teachers of
mankind, the improvers of science and of art, by their
discoveries in.the one, their inventions in the other ; for
they are thus taught to hope that benefits may result
from their labour far superior to any which they had
designed and expected to produce: Let me add that the
same contemplations may afford the greatest encourage-
ment to our labours in this association. After touching
upon the progress made in chemical science, :geology,
and astronomy, he proceeded to remark upon our
free constitution in its administration, the rights and
privileges which we enjoyed under it, our whole social
system as connected with it, and the perils to which it was
exposed ' • and said that-our 'open enemies abroad mad
doubtful friends at home all considered constitutional
government, the scheme of representation, as upon its
trial. After making all deductions for exaggeration,
it was quite evident that there prevailed in very many
tiwn constituencies an inveterate practice cf bribery,
whether direct or by shifts. It was thus manifest that
the franchise was regarded by a great body of persons,
not as a trust to be exercised for public purposes, but as
a private property to be used for individual gain. To
the candidates, if bribery were proved, the loss of their
seats was all the penalty that we denounced to deter the
great malefactors. When he (Lord Brougham) made
the slave trade felony, the pirate, who had cheerfully
run all pecuniary-hazards, would not expose himself to
be transported as a felon, and the execrable traffic ceased.
So it was clear that candidates and their agents, whom
no dread of defeat or expense could restrain, would shrink
from the hazard of an infamous punishment when they
sate the tread-wheel as well as the House of Commons at
the end of the path which led from the hustings.
(Cheers and laughter.) It might be objected that the
severity of the infliction would prevent the execution of
the law, and, no doubt, as long as the enforcement of it
was left to a tribunal like the election committee, this
result was to be apprehended. But how much longer
were we to continue the only nation which left the
execution of its penal laws to private individuals, inflict-
ing upon the party injured by an offence the additional
injury of prosecuting the offender ? It seemed but too
probable that the prevalence of corruption would be
used as a reason against granting elective rights with
the attached duties to those who were not at present
allowed to possess them. A grave doubt arose whether
men deserved the franchise who valued it so little that
they would not deprive themselves of any indulgence
in order to acquire it. If renting a £lO house gave it,
a man occupying a house might have it by saving
20d. a week in beer. (Hear.) It was but too certain that
of those who were loudest in their call for the right of
voting, a great number would refuse to pay this small
price to obtain it. Lord Brougham next proceeded to
allude to the combinations of workmen to raise wages,
accompanied with a resolution not to work either for
more than a certain time or for less than a certain re-
muneration. He considered the expedient resorted to
recently by the' operatives was very unfair to the -em-
ployers, because it deprived them of the ordinary ad-
vantages of competition, placing the whole relations of
sihe inevitable
labour in a false and unnatural posiseling
trned eioeen.
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effect of " strikes" was to level all merit, to benefit the
lazy and incapable at the expense of the industrious
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NORTHER?si DAILY 'TIMES:

the numerous gess, especially of the feMalc'hands, from
the contamination to which they arc exposed, and which
was spreading -the worst kind of dissoluteness over the!
working classes. A -worse disease than ever filled the
wards-of hos?itals—a moral plague desolated the haunts
of our most gainful industry. Let the Spectacle, or re-
port of-it, tall into existence a Sisterhood that might
meet the enormous evil, to prevent which wasifar beer
and fax,es.sier than to cure. The noble lord resumed his
seat amidst great cheering, after having.spoken for more
than two hours.

VICE-CHANCELLOR PAGE WOOD'S ADDRESS

ON, JURISPRUDENCE,

Sir IV. Page Wood then delivered his address on
jurisprudence. He contended that most distinguished
lawyers were not averse to the amendment of the law,
and referied to a celebrated speech of Lord Brougham's,
delivered in the' House of Commons, in corroboration
of what he had stated. He strongly recommended the
association to avoid the discussion of party questions,
and to devote themselves to such subjects as would not
create disunion, and make shipwreck of the association
itself. _ _

After a few remarks from Lord Brougham, the meet-
ing broke up.
Shortly after the address of Sir Wm. Page Wood had
been delivered in 'St. George's•hall, the meeting divided
into sections, when the following papers, among others,
were read :

SECOND DEPAIiTMEXT.---EDUCATION

Horace Mann, Egq.-7-Facts as to the Extent to which the
Principle of Competition is at present applied to Appoint-
ments in the Civil Service. •

T 11111.13 DEPARTMENT.---P UNISTIMENT & REFORMATION.
J. T. Dinson.,---The Criminal Statistics of Liverpool.
John Taylor.---Inc3ntiVes to, and Prevention of, Crime.
James Cropper.---The Licensing. System, with Special
Reference to Beerhouses.

F. R. Lees, Ph.D. --Intemperance regarded in its chief
causes, its relation to Crime, audits Ramedy.
Rev. W. Arnot, Criminality, of Drunkenness, and
the consequent Rights and Duties of Society in regard to
the Criminals.
FOURTH HEr.karmENT.---PUBLIC HEALTH.

W. H. Hudson.---On the State of the,General Health' of the
Borough of Bradford, and on same.of the Causes which have
Influenced its Condition.

F. Beaumont:---Bradford : Its Social and Sanitary Progress. .
W. Macturk, M.D..---On Changes in the Type of Diseases in
Bradford, and on the Increase of Epilepsy in Brit.:lt:ord.

FIFTH 'DEratirmnsv.---SOCAL- ECONOMY.
Stephen Cave, M.P.—The West Indian Labour Question.
Henry Fawcett—Protection of Labour againSt Immigration.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
MEETING IN THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

The gentlemen interested in this object, including the
foreign deputations from Belgium and France, and M.
linger, from St. Petersburg, met the same morning in
the theatre of the illechanics' Institute, at ten o'clock,
hht shortly afterwards adjourned till after.the conclusion_
.of Lord Brougham's address in St. George's Hall.
Chevalier presided.
M. Chevalier's address (in French), as president, was
delivered a little after. two o'clock.—On the-motion of
Dr. Hodgkin, the.following 'resolution was proposed :
That this meeting respectfully request his Imperial Highness
the Grand Duke Constantine to fill the office of Tice-president
for the Russian empire, and that this resolution be communi-
cated to his Imperial Highness by M. Kuppffer, the academician,
through the Imperial Academy of Science at St. Petersburg.

J. B. Smith, Esq., M.P.; seconded the motion in a
few remarks advocating the object in the Warniest terms.
The same gentleman then moved the following resolu-
tion :
That, in the opinion of this meeting, the time is arrived when
the government should be requested to invite the nations of
the v,rarld to a congress, to assemble at some convenient place,
to take into consideration the adoption Of an international
system . of weights and measures, and that the other branches
of this society ilddress a similar request to their respective
governments,
J. Pope Hennessey, Esq., M.P., seconded the resolu-
tion, which was unanimously carried,
Lord: Brougham, accompanied by G. W. Hastings,
Esq., here entered the room, and was received with
warm applause. Several matters of business were then
transacted, and, among. others,.. the appointment of
various vice-presidents,. not only for this, but also for
America and continental' countries.
A soiree of members and associates, held in St.
George's, Hall on Tuesday night, terminated the pro-
ceedings of the day.

FATAL STABBING CASE AT SHEFFIELD.—A shocking
outrage occurred in Sheffield on Monday night, about
twelve o'clock, which resulted fatally to a labourer,
named James Nolan, who, along with his wife, was
lodging at the Social Tavern, Bailey-street. A band of"
music was goin„e• up Bailey-street at about twenty mi-
nutes before twelve o'clock, after having played most of
The day at several- of the beerhouses in the neighbour-
hood, and when • opposite the Social -Tavern they were
attacked, without the slightest provocation, by a num-
ber of Irishmen. A general melee ensued, and in the
fight Nolan received a stab in the side, and he died a
few minutes past twelve o'clock. Dating the disturb-
ance, the police succeeded in apprehending a man named
John Reed, a beerhouse keeper ; and according to the
statements made respecting him, there seems little doubt
that he is the guilty party.
SERIOUS RA.TLIVAY COLLISION.—A very serious acci-
dent, by which several persons have been dangerously
injured, happened near the Wicker station, Sheffield;
on Tuesday afternoon, to a Doncaster train. The
occurrence took place in front of the Cyclops Works.
The train consisted of engine and tender, two second-class
carriages, two third-class carriages, and one first-class car-
riage. The facings, from some cause or other, were open,,
and consequentlY the train, instead of proceeding on
the proper line, was diverted on to the siding, and ran
dead against an engine which stood in front of the.
Cyclops Works. In advance of the engine there was a
long train of loaded coal trucks,—this caused a fearful
collision. The cries of the passengers proved that per-
sonal injury had been sustained, principally by those
who occupied a third-class carriage, the body of which'
had been entirely forced off the wheels, and the ends
crushed in by the buffers of the carriages behind and
before it. Five or six people Were found to be most
dangerously injured, exhibiting shocking contused
wounds, as well as signs of internal injury.
CURIOUS RENT-CHARGE AND SERVICE IN YORKSHIRE.
The following curious custom formerly attached to a
Yorkshire manor, at all events in respect of the free-
hold lands of one Edward Cooper :—" And also all
that free rent of eightpence.of lawful money of Great
Britain formerly payable by Edward Cooper for his
freehold lands and tenements in Brereton, held of
the said manor of South Stainley, otherwise Kirk
Stainley, which rent is payable on the feast-day of the
birth of our Lord Christ yearly, and of the service to
be performed on the same day yearly by the said Edward
Cooper, his heirs and assigns, of making the fire in the
hall of the Manor-house of South Stainley, and the
payment of ld. to be paid to him or her that shall make
the ire for him, if he, his heirs or assigns, shall fail to
perform the same service in his or their proper person
or persons,.and of the service also to be performed by
the said dward Cooper, his heirs and assigns, to wit,
of sitting yearly on the same feast-day at the same hall
table at dinner time, with a dish of water before him or
them; and a stone in it.—Notes and Queries.
ANECDOTE OP THE DUKE OP PORTLAND.-Mr. Howitt
gives the following interesting anecdote of the Duke
of Portland :—" The duke found that one of his tenants,
a small farmer, was falling year after year into
arrears of rent. The steward wished to know what
was to be done. The duke rode to the farm, saw
that it was rapidly deteriorating, and the man, who
was really an experienced and industrious farmer,
totally unable to manage it, through poverty. In
fact, all that was on the farm was not enough to
pay the arrears. John,' says the duke, as the farmer
came to meet him as he rode up.to the house, I want
to look over the farm a little.' As they went along,
Really,' said he, ' everything is in a very bad state.
This won't do. I see you are quite under it. All
your stock and crops won't pay the rent in arrear.
I will tell you what I. must do. I must take the
farm into my own hands. You shall look after it
for me, and I will pay your wages.' Of course there
was no saying nay—the poor man bowed assent. Pre-
sently there came a reinforcement of stock, then loads
of manure, at the proper time seed, and wood from
the plantations for repairing gates and buildings. The
duke rode over frequently. The man exerted himself,
and seemed really quite relieved from a load of care by
the change. Crops and stocks flourished, fences and
outbuildings were put in good repair. In two or three
rent-days, it was seen by the steward's books that the
farm was paying its way. The duke, on his next visit,
said, Well, John, I think the farm does very well
now. We will change again. You shall be tenant
again, and as you now have your head fairly above
water, I hope you will be able to keep it there.' The
duke then rode off at his usual rapid rate. The man
stood in astonishment; but a happy fellow he was,
when, on applying to the steward, he found that he was
actually re-entered as tenant to the farm, just as it stood
in its restored condition. I will venture to say, how-
ever, that the duke was the happier man of the two."

.kUSTRIAN PLAN ,FOR THE SETTLEMENT
OF ITALY. . • . •

. .
The Courrier du Dintgnehe publishes- the following as
the Austrian proposition for the settlement of Italy :
Art 1. All the States of Italy; the-Papal States, those
of the King of, Sardinia, the Kingdom :of the Two
Sicilies, Venetia, Tugcany, Modena, and Parma, shall
term a Confederation.

Art 2. The Confederated States propose to themselves
for object to secure the maintenance of the external in-
dependence, and the internal safety of the whole of the
Confederation, and of each of the Confederated States
in particular.

Art. 3. The members of the Confederation are and
.shall.remain, as such, equal in right. As to the advan-
tages and the charges of each of the States, they shall be
fixed according to the re3pective resources of each.
Art. 4..ThAonorary presidency of the Confederation
devolves on the Pope ; the effective presidency shall be
exercised alternately by the King of Naples and the
King of Piedmont. The Did shall sit at Rome.
Art. 5. The Pope. shall have two votes; Naples and
Piedmont three each; . Tuscany and -Austria two each ;
the Duchies of Modena and Parma one each.

Art. 6. A:lllorganic proiisions, and all decisions rela-
tive to the constitutive principles of the Confederation,
must be voted unanimously ;. in_other cases the votes
will take place by a majority of two-thirds, and will be
oblicratory for all the members of the Union.
Art. 7. The. States of the Confederation reserve to
themselves the right to treat individually with foreign
Powers; but they cannot conclude any engagement in-_
compatible with the fundamental conditions of the
Federal compact.
Art. 8. The said States shall submit their mutual
differences to the arbitration of the Council of the Con-

federation.

Art: 9. If the territory of the Confederation be
threatened.from, without, the members of the Union en-
gage collectively and individually. to ca-operate in the
common defence, with all the forces which form their
.respective contingents in the Federal Army'.
Art. 10. The Federal contingents shall be formed ex-
clusively of national troops.
• Art. 11. The fortresses of Mantua, Piacenza, and
Gaeta are declared Federal fortresses. Venetia shall,
furnish half of the garrison of Mantua ; Piedmont half
Of that of Piacenza ; and the Kingdom of • the Twe,
Sicilies half of that of Gaeta. The remainder of the •
garrison shall be furnished by the Confederated States in
the proportions to be determined according to the strength
of their Federal contingent.
Art. 12. Each of the Confederated States shall have
the right, in the event of internal. disturbances, to call
for the assistance of the Confederation.

Art. 13. In order to secure the harmony of views and.
efforts, the allied governments engage to take for. their
rule of conduct, in their internal administration, the
principles most in conformity with the objects of their
alliance, and to devote all their care to the improvement
of the legal institutions.
Art 14. There shall be municipal and provincial in-
stitutions founded on the principle-of election, in each
State of the Confederation, and councils Shall be estab-
lished, invested with the mission; of voting taxes and
regulating the management of the finances.
Art 15. In case of any difference with the Sovereign,
relative to the 'rights above stipulated, the parties in-
terested. in each State may .refer the question to the
.Council of the Confederation, which shall advise on the
means to be adopted. •
Art 16. The Council of the Confederation shall
occupy. itself at its first meeting with the military and
customs' organisation..

PonTsmovrn.—The Russian Corvette, Possadniek,•
Captain Boririff, sailed from Spithead for Plymouth on
Tuesday evening.

THE " DIAL " NUISANCE.—A shareholder in the Dial
newspaper, writing to the Manchester Examiner, com-
plains that; oat .of £31,000. -subiciibed, £16,000 has
already been spent i.c. preliminary expenses connected
with the establishment of the Dial, without a single
Pound having been laid out on premises or machhicry.
This has been in a general and loose manner denied,
but the shareholders should ask how much, if not
£16,000, has been spent in preliminaries, and the tra-
velling expenses of the Rev. David Thomas.—Skeeborne
Journal, Oct. 6.
THE DUKE OF YORK 6.:i• THE DUTY OF A SOLDIER.
—At the table of the Commander-in-Chief, not many
years since, a young officer entered Upon the point to
which miltary obedience ought to be carried. "If the
Commander-in-Chief," said the young officer, like a
second Seid, " should command me to do a thing which
I knew to be civily illegal, I should not scruple to obey
him, and consider myself as relieved' from all respon-
sibility, by the commands of my military supe-
rior." "So would not I;" returned the gallant
and intelligent officer, who maintained the opposite
side of the question, " I should rather prefer the risk of
being shot for disobedience by my commanding officer,
than hanged for transgressing the laws, and violating the
liberties of my country." "You have answered like
yourself," said his Royal Highness, whose attention had
been attracted by the vivacity- of the debate ; " and the
officer would deserve both to .be shot and hanged that
should act otherwise. I trust all English officers would
be as unwilling to execute an illegal command, as I trust
the Commander-in-Chief would be incapable of issuing
one."—Sir Walter Scott's .Memoirs of the Duke of York.
FRIGHTFUL CALAMITY AT ST. PETERSBURG.—AccortI-•
ing to the St. Petersburg journals, fifteen or sixteen per-
sons were drowned on the occasion of the illuminations
in honour of the majority of the Hereditary Grand
Duke, by the falling down of- a parapet of what is called
the Police-bridge, over the Canal de la Molka, in that
city. As many as eighty persons—men., women, and
children—were precipitated into the' canal, and a large
number of them would, it is said, have perished, had •
not three Frenchmen made extraordinary efforts to save
them. The scene of confusion on the bridge when the
parapet gave way was frightful, everybody of the large
crowd on it straggling to escape: In the course of the
same evening, another incident occurred !—A large
cornice stone of granite fell from one of the angles of
the Stogonoff Palace at the moment a crowd was
collected in front of the edifice, and, several persons
were crushed to death; others grievously injured.
THE LORD CHANCELLOR AT BEDFORD RACES.—The
sporting correspondent of a contemporary remarks that
the late Bedford race meeting " was honoured by the
presence of the Lord Chancellor, who was the guest of
Lord Wensleydale, a resident in the neighbourhood.
With the addition of Judge Clark, who alone presided,
there were three judges in the stand. The Lord Chan-
cellor was 'the observed of all observers ; ' and his
healthy appearance and activity at such an- age were .
the theme of general conversation. Of course no mem-
ber of the ring asked his lordship if he would have
' one or the field for a pony,' and even George Taylor
himself hesitated about inquiring whether he wanted to
back anything for the Cesarewitch or Cambridgeshire.
But so far from looking glum or reserved, Lord Camp-
bell chatted as lively and indulged as willingly in a
little silver wagering with the ladies of his own party
as any junior barrister out for the Derby day, and
infinitely more so than Mr. Dickens did at Doncaster
two years back."
DEATH FROM EATING A FUNGUS.—..Mr. Newton,
coroner, held an inquest-a few days ago at Collingham,
Notts, on the body of Thomas Batter, a boy- eight years
of age. The father of the deceased said his son Thomas
had accompanied his brother into the fields to look for
mushrooms. They found a quantity, and returned home
with them. At dinner time the boy complained of a
pain in his head, and could not eat anything. At seven
o'clock the same evening, upon his parents undressing
him, he screamed every time he was touched, and appeared
in great agony, shrinking from every one. His mind
become affected, and at midnight he expired. The
surgeon made a post mortem examination of the body of
the deceased, and arrived at 'the conclusion that the
deceased met with his death from partaking of a
poisonous fungus which he mistook for mushroom.
Loss OF A SHIELDS SHIP AND ALL HANDS.—There
appears now no doubt that the South Shields collier brig
Edgar, which left the Tyne, exactly a month ago, for
Hamburg with a fleet of other vessels, has perished with
all hands. Shortly after leaving the Tyne, the fleet en-
countered a heavy gale, and three or four of them were
lost on the Dutch coast ; among them the William, of
South Shields, with all her crew. Some hope was en-
tertained that the crew of the Edgar might have
beena n
dpn
ni
sixty miles of the Elbe. When the vessel sailed from
the Tyne, she had ten hands on board. Her master was
y s
ter
n another
has vessel,w ash
washed
but
eup thatwi t h hasiwithin
about been
Mr. Edward Mackay; and his brother, William Mackay,
was the mate of the vessel. The usual compliment of
hands (officers, crew, and apprentices) was nine ; but it
seems that, as the vessel was proceeding to sea, a little
lad, brother of the cabin-boy, stowed himself below to
get a run-away voyage to sea, and the poor little fellow
has perished with the vessel and her crew,

OQTOBER. 18,- 1859,

ALLEGED ATTEMPT •AT ASSASSINATION
BY A PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN.

The correspondent of the Dublin Dahl y Ex.prest says
- " But for the exagcrerated statements which have
already_ appeared in- the Radical Papers, I had deter-
mined.te wait till the trial to send:you the full particulars.
of the alleged attack on Priest Lavelle. On Wednes-
day last, the Rev: Richard Goodisson, of Aaslearb, had
arranged to .cross the mountains to TourmakeadYi•
where he was anxiously expected by Mr., Townsend/
the elergymari of that place. The road from ..kasieagh-
to Tonrmakeady lies .through a part of the county
of Galway, a district long notorious for crime
even in late years it has been the scene of several
murders, and- the last execution in Galway was for a"
Murder committed here. Priest Lavelle has taken the'
inhabitants of this lawless district' under his especial=
care. It is from them he collects the mob; with wbich4
as a body-guard, he marches through the country. I\r°6
to the unfortunate • convert or Scripture-reader with
whom they may happen to meet! Sr ea is the character
of the Galway mob that its name is a terror to Abe-
peaceable inhabitants around. Latterly, Priest.Lavelle,
by his harangues and denunciations, has. goaded:
them on to a state_ of __fury against every one con-
nected with converts or Protestants. Mr. Goodisson'S
friends naturally felt - anxious on his - account'
and forced him to carry a brace of pistols, that if
an attack were made on him he might be able to
defend himself. Whether wisely or otherwise, h°
consented, and proceeded on his journey. He had got
some ten miles from Aasleagh, and within five of Tour-
•makeady,when he overtook a person on horseback,whonl
he recognised as a priest. The priest saluted him, and
he returned the salute. The priest remarked the road
was a bad one. He replied, Well, that it is. Priest
What's that you say, sir ? Do you mean to, contra-
diet use ?' Mr. Goodisson—' Oh, no ! You say that
the road is a bad one, and I say that it is.' The priest
then asked, Do you go far ?' or ;some such question,
to which Mr. GOodisson replied. The priest furthEr
asked his name, which he told him, and he, in
return, asked the priest's name, to which he
replied, am Father Lavelle.' As the pried
seemed in such conversational mood, Mr. Goodis-
soa thought he would ask him why he called himself
Father. But no sooner had he put the question, than the
effect was as if he had applied a match to a' bomb-shell,
and it had immediately burst—for instantly the priest
became furious, and he shouted, What, sir ! Do you
challenge me to controversy ?' and, not waiting for all
answer, he gave a sort of shout, like the-war-whoop 0'
a wild Indian, and immediately rode at Mr. Goodisson,
attempting to ride'him down—a common trick of Father
Lavelle's. Mr. Goodisson pulled out of his way, calling
on the priest to desist; but .when. he repeated the
attempt, and Mr. G. found nothing else would
.do, he said to the, priest in. a. determined tone,
not do that again, or if you doit.will be 'at your peril
and, putting his hand in this pocket, he added, I On'
armed,' or words to that effect. However, he never
took out the pistol at all; it was so entangled with
other things in his pocket, he could not have done se
had he wished. His reverence, seeing Mr, Goodissou's
determined attitude, desisted, and permitted him to ride
away; but, whilst this was going on, the war-whoop
of the priest had aroused the country, and Mr.
saw people running in on all sides, and preparing
to attack him the priest callinc, on -them. to d°
so. One man rushed at, him with a "spade, and iv"s
about to strike him, when he told him if he did I
would shoot him. OtherS thre* stones at him, some
-of which struck and cut him ;' however, by spurrirg
his poney he managed to get through them, and leave
them behind, to the great. disgust of the priest, who
afterwards collected a number of these Galway men, era
paraded through the. country; and, to be beforehand'
went to the barracks and gave information of the attack'
which, he alleged, had been made upon him, and that
Mr. Goodisson had threatened to take away his ibis
After visiting the barracks, the priest marched 13,1,
retainers to the chapel, where he got candles lighted,
and harangued them in this , usual inflammatory stl'`:'s.
Next day, Thursday, he went into Ballinrobe, anurd
the report of this alleged attack had preceded him, 1,7,
went through the town that Father Lavelle was nroin,
and hundreds, or rather thousands, of persons
town and country, assembled• at the chapel to mat a b.
When the hero drew nigh, there was a rush of the 1110.„
The horse was taken out of his tax-car, and he
drawn in triumph through- the- town. He atterwarw'
harangued the mob, and exhibited a pistol, which they
believe he took from Mr. Goodisson."

UNITED STATES NATIONALITY.—It may be reme'll;
bered that some time ago, a young. Hanoverian, nanictl`
Ernst, who had been naturalised a citizen of the' Unite,'..,
States, to which he went some years ago with IT
parents, was, on his paying a visit to Hanover, arrestet
and ordered to perform the military service in the aril %;
to which he had been called. But he.claimed exelnP°i.
as an American citizen, and the United States Goverl,,-
ment having supported his pretension, the Hanover
Cabinet has just set him at liberty.
FIRES IN BEDFORDSHIRE.—On Sunday nler.l,lLe
about one o'clock, a fire broke out at Broom (a of
near Biggleswade), upon a farm in the oecupati°,,illen
Mr. Taylor ; but owing to the exertions of the fire ere
belonging to the neighbouring engines, the flames "so
got under, but not until a great quantity of call
filer
consumed. At eight o'clock the same morning, all°- t
fire broke out at Stanford, one mile from Broom,. 3,;ea
farm in the occupation of Mr. Peacock, and contlrsi
to rage furiously throughout the day. The whole of
the farm buildings, with several hundred quarters
barley, were consumed. Some very valuable machine'',
which Mr. Peacock had lately erected at a cost of Ile`r,:,a
£l,OOO, is entirely destroyed. Part of the loss is covert.),
by insurance. The fires are both, it is feared, the w°
of an incendiary.
ber
THE COAL TRADE.—During the month of Septenl of
the exports of coal and coke from the various pert,s,vs•
Great Britain were 612,481 tons of coal, and 21,43 ""of
of coke. Of this 185,845 tons of coal and 12,827 tons
ti
coke were exported from Newcastle. From Sundern
86,947 tons of coal and 1,568 tons of coke were exporte f
from Hartlepool and West Hartlepool, 60,679 t°All53OO
coal and 3,301 tons of coke ; and from Hull, ~
sre
tons of coal and 55 tons of 'coke. These four,ero
the great shipping ports for the north-o.s'oer
coal-beds, and, compared with September, 1858,•tiss
returns show a large fallinv off in the
col exported. Liverpool exported' 51,214 tens of co, 50
1,083 tons of coke ; Cardiff, 76,419 tons of coal an“ 0,15
tons of coke ; Newport, 24,930 tons of coal and 6.".1,0d,
of coke; Swansea, 18,447 tons of coal. In Se°',os,
Alloa exported 10,294; Troon, 7,692; and St. D3',01
. 6,512 toils of coal. The total quantity of eo3:.doar,
coke shipped to various ports in the United Nino As
was 783,847 tons of veal, and 8,437 tons of coke',.,- of
usual, Newcastle heads the list with 192,737 t,°',;ped
coal, and 2,997 tons of coke. Sunderland sui`rpsol
143,250 tons of coal, and 83 tons of coke; 112-rtocton°
and West Hartlepool, 113,929 tons of coal, and 2,09
of coke ; ,Seaham, 59,710 tons of coal ; Cardiff, °l.uport,
tons (Welsh) coal, and 1,033 tons of coke ; Sc,f
46,826 tons of coal ; and Maryport, 34,547 tons 1s en'
and 70 tons of coke. The total number ofptveenleer icgt
gaged in the oversea coal trade during, se
2,668, of which number 1,221 were British.tion
Eg
EXTENSIVE INCEND 'ARY FIRE NEAR' DONCAg.
On Monday night, at half-past ten o'clock, a 11;e'd on°
afterwards raged most fearfully, was discovere
the farm premises of Miss Mary Cartledge, at could
holme, near Doncaster. Before the fire-enginespre3lfr
arrive from the latter place the conflagra
f rif
with great rapidity, and, in .the space 0
,tyc g
it was manifest that no exertion could s'ic.
Th
portion of the property except the house itse'i'vbicll7.
fire was first discovered in a large barn, y
inieositeu,
large quantity of unthreshed wheat was 'lOO%
Notwithstanding the efforts of the Pers°ll-solit
including many of the neiglibmuing farmers, el by t
rd
were destroyed, and a quantity rendered usele'se sll
action of the flames. The barn and a c.,w-h°lltb7e flam
attached thereto, was burnt down; and thence, „ws
• boa°ary
spread to the homestead, where five wheat and
stacks stacks were successively and rapidly destroyelc)leaw,ton*
any hope of saving any portion thereof. ilia beefy,
s wliasghtwl;thin dainffioctuhletry
ds
iarveeedti;o n ntdh,e hhadousteh e ei
itsedestro co-
' is close to the yard, would have been also..
Mr. Superintendent Astwood, of the West Rinug sp
and several of his officers were speedily (11)(%ainesbil
and rendered all assistance ; but the hold the_ flames a
got before any aid was at hand, preventedtaorrepo
others from ben)... successful. There is too n. c'!„diary'
who has caused so great a loss as
could be seen
„Id°tl6`
tTohfeeaurtmthaastttheffeocrotbnfls
waflrlabteiomnaidsethtoe wfinodrlkl
surrounding country. The flames
nt
miles rol-,.e at
distance of eightmiles, and for twenty
country was lighted up•
roduc je but not
buildings are insured in the r
least £BOO, to which exteTuhte,otlies outoafs atanhl ael miscreant't
r rile
Fire
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