Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-30 00:00:00

themselvc

as well as a nuisance to the public

one would have thought that it was an act of vag-

rancy which any pol

magistrate would deem it his
duty to suppress. We cannot but-think that, .in the
above case, the inspector knew his duty better than
the magistrate. The lads may " display surprising
agility"—they may turn " over and over again like a
wheel ;" ani this may excite even magisterial delight ;
but the pi actice is a disorderly and dangerous one
notwithstanding, and it constitutes a street nuisance

all concerned, whether it lie in London or in Li;;'erpool

TILL•' TIMBER TRADE

We leant from gentlemen engaged in the lumber'fride of
the Ottawa, that all. the lumber which lay over last season
in the mania- streams, and all that has been made this sea-
son, has already been got out of the tributaries with the
exception of about 10,000 pieces, delayed in the Petewawa
by a break and change of course on that river. The season
has been particularly favourable for sending the lumber to
market, tle water having continued high for an unusual
length of time, and there are also dams constructed on
some rivers by large lumber houses, from which a
supply of water is obtained to send forward the Lumber
when the natural stream runs too low. Mist 'et' the
rafts are very early, and it is supposed that every stick that
has been manufactured on the Ottawa and tributaries will
reach Quebec this season.: This largesupply.will of course
affect the market in the meantime, but every thing will be
clear above for fresh operations. Some of the timber this

year is very fine. A raft of red pine from Lake Tamiscaming,
the farthest point from which timber has yetbeen brought to,
Quebec, will average about sixty-four feet, a most unusual
size for that kind of timber. This fine raft- was sent

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down with uncommon despatch, being probably not more
than two months from Tamiseamming to Quebec. There is
also another raft of red pine, about equal in average to

of the Mississippi,: expected to average 90 feet, has just
passed behind the island. The quantity of timber which
had passed the slides of Chaudiere to 30th June, was :

White pine, 110,847 pieces ' • red, 18,431 ; oak, 636 ; cloy
472 ; ash, 483 ; and spars, 162.
The prospects of the timber trade in Britain had
what improved, owing to the low rate pf interest, and it is
to be hoped that our hardy and enterprising lumbermen-woo,
spend their winters beyond the bounds of settlement, will
reap a due reWard. —Montreal Witness.

A POLTCEitiN AND, HIS BULLDOG—A very curious case
was tried at the Stafford assizes, on Wednesday: A young
man, na.iied Frederick Fereday, was charged with attempt-
ing to murder a policeman, named Bullock, at Upper Pen.
Late one evening, the prosecutor found the prisoner with:a.
young woman, and ordered-both of them home, whereupon
the prisoner stabbed him in the small of the back, nearthe
spine, and inflicted a wound nearly three inches in depth,
which penetrated the kidneys: The prisoner then r.ta oft,
but the policeman had with him a powerful bull-mastiff dog,
which he said was muzzled, and which had been-trainmi to
catch thieves and others,- not by biting them, but by running
between their legs and knoCking them•down, and so detain-
ing them till his master secured theni. The policeman set
his dog upon the prisoner, and the animal, true to his
instinct, got him on the ground, and Avorried The

policeman ,again went up to the prisoner, and a struggle
ensued, in the course of which the prisoner stabbed the
policeman near the region-of the heart, but, fortunately, the
knife struck the bone, and did fie injury. The prisoner was
severely bitten on the leg by the dog ;. and the lear4cd-judge
condemned, in the strongest terms, the use of a dog uuder
such circumstances. The jury found a verdict of guiliy, and
he was sentenced 'to six years' penal aervitude.