Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-12 00:00:00

L Dankellin, John 0. Lever,
lteddington, Thos. Howard,

y Gore is again in the

PonTAnuxoToN.---Captain Dawson Daler has issued his
address.

SLIG9 BOROUGH.---Charles Kelly, Q.C., has addressed the

electors of this borough

Dublin Evening Mail.) •
---Dr. Boyd and Alderman Humphrey will

C OLERAIN

contes

ENNISKILLEN Bonouon.---No contest anticipated

THE QUESTION OF THE DISSOLUTION.
The Star says Lord Palmerston and his friends will make
an effort to get the dissolution put aside.
Ths Post repeats its statement that ministers intend to
postpone the writs for a new Parliament, it may be for a
fortnight after prorogation.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ABDUCTION.
At the Clerkenwell Police Court on Saturday, a tall,
well-grown girl, of prepossessing appearance, who gave the
name of Emma Jane Doherty, aged 15, residing at 58,
Church-street, Birmingham, described on the charge-sheet
as a milliner, and Thomas Mason, aged 28, a violinist, of
Albert-street, King's-cross, were placed at the bar before
Mr. Burcham, who sat for Mr. Corrie, charged with stealing
a shawl and a bonnet, the property of Mr. John Doherty.
The prosecutor, who is the father of the female prisoner,
said he was a milliner, carrying on business in Bir-
mingham. He wished to withdraw the present charge,
and prefer a charge of abduction against the man. The man
whom he had never seen before, although he had heard of
him, had resided in Birmingham, and the female prisoner
had 'worked for his wife. He (witness) learning that an
intimacy had sprung up between the prisoners, took
his daughter away, and she had gone on well until last
week. The male prisoner, who has a wife and two children,
with the speedy prospect of a third, left Birmingham three
weeks ago, and came up to London. On Monday last the
female prisoner left her home, and although she had been
advertised for, nothing was heard of her until Friday
morning, when she wrote to a friend, and stated that she
was living at the house of Mason, and was going by the
assumed name of Smith. lie had also ascertained that the
prisoner Mason had written to his (witness's) daughter
several letters, containing very loving expressions, and that
on Saturday last he had sent her a letter containing a
post-office order, to enable her to pay her expenses up to
town Witness at once came to London, and having pro-
cured the services of police-constable Kitchen, 423 N,
they went to the house of the male prisoner and asked for
1 the female prisoner. Both Mason and his wife denied
any knowledge of his daughter, or of having seen her
y since they left Birmingham, but, upon searching the room

a
sonnet and shawl- belonging topuu. his (prosecutor's) wife
were found. They still denied any knowledge of his
daughter, but, upon making a further search, his (wit-
ness's) daughter was found at the bottom of the house,
concealed in a box. Under the circumstances he gave both
prisoners into custody. The female prisoner, who treated
the matter very lightly, and who continually smiled at the
man, said she did not want to go home with her father; all
she wanted was a situation. Sbe had not slept with the
prisoner, but had been at ivork for his wife. The male
prisoner, who looked very sheepish, said nothing in answer
to the charge. Mr. Burcham said it was a sad case, but he
was of opinion that the evidence would not make out a case
of abduction. The man, who was married, and had a
family, was a very bad fellow, and would lure the girl to her
ruin. Why did a fellow, twenty-eight years of age, want to
write love letters to a girl of fifteen, without it was to
bring her to destruction. The girl, who was discharged,
had better go home with her father, and be careful of such
men as the other prisoner. Having expressed his disgust
at the conduct of the male prisoner, Mr. Burcham con-
cluded by saying, " There, fellow, go away, and do not let
me see your face again." The fellow slunk away, amidst
hisses, and the girl, who did not express any willingness to
go home, left the court with her father.

" GUBBINS is very close," it was observed; "he will
squabble about a single farthing. " " Well " replied
Sharp, "I have always thought the less one squabbles
the better. " _ _ _

lomatire, a very able Paris journal,
which
lftalian question with a decided leaning
The
dAfisccumssoerdia/thDe
towards a pacific solution, has received an intimation,
though not so an official form, that its publication must be
suspended for the present—that is, so long as the crisis
lasted.

Seven new pictures have just been added to the National
Gallery. Of these, six were purchased ; " St. Dominic, as
is the
the Institutor of the Rosary," a picture in tempera,
ascribed to Marco Zoppo ; " St. Francis contemplating a
Crucifix," by Filippino Lippi ; a " Dead Christ," by
Marco Palmazzano ; a "Madonna and Child," by Mare
Basaiti; " Madonna and Child," by Giambattista Chua de
Missm Moradsrtitficau
Conegliano ; "Portrait of a Lady," by Battista Zelotti. The
contribute
ptrriibnuctiep
altoe
ohin
to:it
bs euhtoo/rd ; ,
seventh picture, n " Blind Beggar," by Dyck
bequest of the late Miss Jane Clarke.
In a letter to the editor of the Critic,
the advantage of more than the s I never
cl
writesthe first— ;" II ndeivde rnot
a s
lightest personal acquaint-
ance with Mr. Dickens, who was never therefore m ' old
reed with Mr. Dickens;' friend ;' I have never ' guar 11 , I
withdrew from Household
Words a ear and a half before
y the disgraceful attack •on the millowners appeared in it ;
and my withdrawal was for a reason which bore no relation
to any views of
social
subjects." • • 1 • 1
. r. Dickens's on economical or soc
subjects."

iN FINE ART
walls".l‘ia r ri
ina ge
May;of AirGossip,—No one picture of commanding in-
terest,crronFirwith'! "Derby Day," or Mr. Maelise's
....i. . s
likely to grace the Academy
and the young men will this year have a
chance, not often permitted them, of carryin,, off
the prizes of public favour. Yet the known carrying
pros-
pects of the Academy Exhibition are not discou-
raging. Mr. Augustus Egg has a large picture, " The
Night before Naseby ;" Mr. E. M. Ward another scene
illustrative of the sentimental side of the French
David Roberts,
Millaisoberts,
Revolution, "Marie Antoinette in the Concierge;" Mr.
Philip one of those Seville pictures, of which the public
never tire ; Mr. Faed, an ambitious Canadian cottage scene,
called " Sunday in the Backwoods," and a lesser picture
.typl ea.
from Scottish life ; Mr. Clarkson Stanfield, two or three of
well-establishedthwisotroarntshreriepetswofrroksmitinpieact
has some good gardenpainting•ooand spring blossoms of pre-
Raphaelite finish ; Air. E. t., ke has his accustomed sea
; an d r
rs
pieces; Mr. Rankley has a domestic subject —a clergyman
and his wife on the eve of parting from their parish ; and
Mr. O'Neil the companion picture to his " Eastward Ho !"
of last year. Mr. Frith has only one picture—a portrait of
Mr. Charles Dickens.—Athanaum.