The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-28 00:00:00

WHO STOLE THE MILK?

At the Westminster Police Court, on Thursday, Wm.
Baker, a boy 14 years of age, was charged by Mr. Restell,
the schoolmaster at Miss Burdett, Coutis's school (St
Stephen's), Rochester row, with pur;oining his breakfast
milk. Mr. Restell's milk was deposited at half past six
every morning at his door, and his servant, who should be
up at that time, ought to take it in, but as she makes it
a little later before she comes down, the little boys in
the neighbourhood drink the milk, and she finds the
empty can. Yesterday morning Mr. Restell got up,
when the milk was left at the door, and then
waited inside to detect the offender who first came,
which turned out to be the prisoner. He emptied
the can so adroitly that the sehOalmaster neither heard
it removed nor displaced, but opened the door as the
delinquent was m,:king away. He detected him through
his having buried his face in the can, and the cream
remaining visible on his lips. Tile boy acirnitt,l the
offence, but said it was his first time; Mr. Arnold did not
jnsify the offence, but thought it a very natural conse,
quence that if a can of milk invitingly stood at a door,
some urchin would be tempted 'o drink it. He suggested,
to prevent a reptithn of the offence, one of two courses,
either that the milk should he left later, or the servant
gtt up earlier. The boy's father was sent for, and the
lad given over to-him, upon condition that he appeared
again in a week and puid a fine of ss,

A parliam- ntary return just issued shows the amount
voted for barracks in the united kingdom during the last
three years to be as follows :—ln 1853-4, £171,092 ;
18545, £348,721 ; and in 1855.6, £623,624. The amount
expended for huts in 18,54.5, was £38,690 12s 7d, and in
1855-6, £683,483 8s 16.
Among the incidents of the late fire in Maverick square,
East Boston, the following is worthy of record. When the
fire was discovered, an officer on board the Canard steamer
America offered the services of the sixty men employed in
the boat to aid in stopping the conflugraqon,
TEIE BRITiSH MINISTEA,—The following paragraph from
a distinuished member of the British parliament gives us
an inkling of the character of the new British minister :
" I hops you will like Napier; Ile is clever and weli
disposed—somewhat formal and (if I may make bold to say
so) Bostonian in his manner, but his wife is very pretty and
pleasant.—New York Paper.
At Old *coigns United Mine Company meeting, on
Wednesday (Mr. R. 'fr3dinnick in the chair), the accounts
showed a balance in favour of adventurers of £146 6s 9 I.
A resolution was pass d for creating 88 new shares of £5O
each, payable by instalm,mts; and Mr. R. Duke and Mr. J.
S. Vickers were appointed auditors. Tile proceedings,
which are detailed in another column, terminated with a
vote of thanks to the chairman,

PAIYPERISSI IN IitEIAND.—On the first Saturday of
January, 1857, the total number of paupers receiving
relief in Unions of Ireland amounted to 56,09.1 (55,183
in-door), against 73,083 in January, 1850, equivalent to a
decrease of 16,989, or 23.3 per cent. The population in
1851 was 6,552,053. The total expenditure for poor law
paupers in the year ended September 29J1, 1856,
amounted to the sum of £576,160, against £636,259 in
1855, equivalent to a decrease of £109,099. In the first
Year, £358,500 was expended for in-maintenance and
clothing, £2,198 for out relief, and £4,170 for emigration.
expenses.
THE bum PittmAre —We fear there is reason to
apprehend that in a few days the highest seat on the
Irish Ecclesiastical Bench will be vacant. The Primate,
who has through so long a life (we believe he is 87) been
blessed with such vigorous health, has been ,for some
months yielding to the effects of age, am] it is scarcely
expected that this able and enlightened, this valued and
venerated man, to whom the Church has for so many
years looked with confidence and affection, and who
through all her trials and temptations preserved the
purity of an unblemished walk and an unflinching faith,
will have passed to the world, to which, to so many who
preceded him, it has been his privilege to paint the way.
Who is to take his place, it were premature to ask, and
it is impossible to say ; but if to the primatial throne
there should be raised a man of kindred intelligence,
benevolence, conciliatoriness, and consistency—kindred
zeal for the truth of God, kindred love for its diffusion,
and kindred earnestness for its vindication, great-reason
will we have to be thankful for the impartiality and the
diSerimination that will have led to his selection.—Cork
Constitution.

CURIOUS CASE OF ARBITRATION.—On Thursday, a
curious case of arbitration came before Sir John Patteson,
at the Privy Council office. A dispute has arisen between
the representatives of the Queen on the one hand, and those
of the Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, on the other,
in reference to the revenues of the under sea fisheries off
the coast of Cornwall. Some idea of the difficulties which
will attend the solution of this knotty point, may be
formed from the fact that the documents which are to be
submitted extend so far back as 300 years before the
birth of Christ The proceedings in the suit are of a per-
fecly friendly character, and have been referred to Sir
J ihn Petteson, in order that any litiga'ion in Cheneely
nay
ebe s ved. The Attorney General, the Solicitor
General, Mr. W. M. James, and Mr. Writes. appeared for
the crown. The Attorney General for the Duchy of
Cornwall, Mr. Alexander, Q,C., Mr. Garth, and Mr. Hell,
appeared for the Prince of Wales. The arguments,
which are of a technical and abstruse character, will last
some time, after which the whole of the documents con-
nected with the question will be handed to Sir John
Patteson. Ween the right bon. gentleman hes duly con-
si,leted the matter, i.e will make his final award, which it
has been agreed on both sides shall be
• THE LEATHER AND BOOT AND SHOE TRADE OF MAN-
CHESTER AND SALT' )RD.—A meeting of the manufacturers
and makers-up of the boot and shoe trade was convened
by special invitation at the Hop Pole Inn, Hardman street,
on Mond iy evening ; Mr. Miles Walsh in the chair. After
some preliminary observatiens by the chairman, Mr. Long-
more moved the first resolution, which was seconded by
Mr. Dickenson, who gave Rome very startling facts relative
to the price of leather, showing that it had advanced since
1850, in some articles, 200 per cent. Mr. Dickenson also
read an address emanating from the Sheffield committee of
foreign affairs, in which the boot and shoemakers are
blamed for their supineness in not looking after " foreign
affairs," and thus allowing the leather trade to get into its
present state. The next resolution was moved by Mr.
Birch, and seconded by Mr. Maclean. Both speakers re-
marked on the cause of the present unsetisfactory state of
the trade, the conclusion being unanimously come to of
the necessity of a corresponding advance in the price of the
manufactured article, to that of the raw material. The
most prominent reason given by the various speakers fur
the advance was the peculiar position of the makers up,
who, differing from the workmen in other trades, supply
themselves with the raw material, and make up the goods.
They are thus emphatically the manufacturers of the boots
and shoes which fill the shelves, and adorn the windows, of
the shopkeepers in the •trade. Being non.capltalists, they
feel very much the extraordinary advance in price of the
staple of their craft. Honourable mention was made by
several of the speakers, of masters who had voluntarily
conceded the wished for advance, as an example worthy of
imitation. Allusion was made to the rage for the so called
French goads, which were often but inferior English, with
a French mark put upon them, and even when real, were
still inferior to Eeglish production. These facts must be
of essenti service to the master.

EXTRAVAGANT DRESS.—HOW TO CURTAIL EXPENSFS.---
There is a way of bringing ladies to reason, and the belles
of Belgium have found it out or rather the knowledge of
it has been rather unpleasantly forced on them, for they
are bat reluctaut recipieuts of an unpalatable truth. Now,
however, that their eyes have been opened, and that they
have bee❑ led back to the forsaken path, they are walkiag
in it with dutiful alacrity, and their mammas are making
of the discovery a most provident and maternal use. The
latter part of the appended paragraph explains how :.
't EXTRAVAGANCE IN DRFSS.—A council of Bishops has just
assembled at Perigneux, in the south of France, and it
appears that the venerable prelates have fulminated a
decree against expensive habits in dress, which, according
to the Echo, has created quite an excitement among the
belles of the place, who are anxiously enquiring whether
they are to be condemned to renounce their ' mantillas,'
and all the rotundity which the present fashion demands.
'We can comfort them,' adds this journals with assurances
that, as the decree of the council cannot go into operation
until they have received the sanction of Rome, at least
eighteen months must elapse before they will be obliged to
make this painful sacrifice.' In this connexion it may be
useful to recall what has been passing in a city in Belgium,
where extravagance has assumed such alarming proportions
that at length the ladies themselves were obliged to
combine for the purpose of arresting its dangerous progress.
It appears that extravagance has been for some years a
source of constraint in families, and it was noticed no
marriages were contracted since the young men, frightened
at the bills that loomed up in the distance, preferred to
live in celib icy. The mothers recognizing the incon-
venience of such a state of affairs, encouraged by themselves,
have resolved to bring about a salutary return], and with
this view they have formed a committee that, meets once a
week, when the members announce publicly the retrench-
ments which have taken place in their expenditure during
the recess,"

THE LATE COLLIERY EXPLOSION-PUBLIC
MEETING AT BARNSLEY-

On Thursday, in compliance with a numerously signed
requisition, a large and influential meeting of the inhabitants
of Barnsley and the district was held in the Court House, for
the put pose of organising a subscription for the relief of the
widows and children of the men killed by the late explosion at
the Lund Hill Colliery. In the uuexpected absence of Lord
Fitzwiiliam, the chair was taken by T. Taylor, Esq., J. P.
The Chairman, in opening the business of the meeting,
expressed his deep regret at having to meet them on so lament-
able an occasion. The recent eXplosion was the most serious
that has ever occurred in this country. By it no less than 180
men had been killed ; leaving 87 widows and 188 orphan chil-
dren. Joseph Locke, Esq., M.P., who was warmly received by
his fellow-townsmen, said he would not apologise for obtruding
upon their attention, as the subject which bad called thorn
together was one that would come home to everyone. He had
no doubt that the proceedings would find a warm response in
every part of the country. It had been his good fortune as a
member of parliament to sit on a committee for the prevention
of accidents in coal mines They had reported on the subject,
and the result of their labours had been embodied in the bill
recently come into operation. Still, with all and every care,
accidents of that description would occur ; and if any measure
could ba introduced by which they could in the least be prevented
h,.) could assure thorn of evory azsistanco on his part. (Cheers.)
As they could not expect in tide great mineral district, which
he cmsidered was at yet in its infancy, that they Would be free
from accidents, ho hopal the sar;gstions ho had thrown out
would meet with their considcmtion ; and trusted that
he would sea carried out :rch a permanent fund as he had
sketched. Tim hon. gcutif:Ln::,n concluded by moving the
following resolution :—" That this meeting reepals its sympathy
with all the sufferers by the flighiful explosion at the Lund li
Hill colliery." The Rev. K. R. Alder, in seconding the
motion, feelingly alluded to the awful explosion, the fearful
harbinger of death to so many, picturing in vivid colours the
home scenes of ,these who were left to mourn the loss of
husbands and fathers. The Rev. R. E. Roberts, M.A.,
moved the SVCOLd resolution :—" That a subscription be set on
foot to raise a fund for the relief of the widows, orphans, and
sufferers by this terrible calamity." He had no doubt
but that the subscription set on foot would become
general throughout the country, he having himself re-
ceived letters from Holinfirth, Shropshire, and Stafford.
J. Tyas. Esq., seconded the resolution. S. Plunsoll, Esq.,
supported the resolution. The Rev. H. Cooke then moved
tha'. a committee be appointed for the collection and distribu-
tion of the funds to be sula,cribed. T. Cope, Esq , seconded
the motion. Votes of thanks-were awarded to the men who
so courageously descended the pit and brought out 19 men,
18 of whom were now living. With these was includ, d the
name of Thomas Harnerton. This man, when the explosion
took place, was at the bottom of the pit, and rushed into one
of the workings where hie son and another lad were, and rescued
them both. He was also the means of saving the lives of
two of the men rescued. A vote of thanks having been passed
to the chairman the meeting separated. The amount sub-
scribed up to the present exceeds £l,OOO.
MEETING AT WAKEFIELD.—A meeting is to be held
to-day, to raise a subscription for the widows and orphans.
CARRYING WATER INTO THE BunNusra Pa.---On Thurs.•
day, by an early hour, a number of men were engaged making
a channel for carrying water from an adjoining wood. Tv
twelve o'clock everything was complOte, and all that remained
to be done was to make an opening in the down shaft to admit
the water. This was done, very little steam escaping from
the aperture. As soon as the " box" was fixed the opening
was stopped with clay, and the water turned in at the rate of
about 100 gallons per minute ; which, added to the quantity
turned 'in by the non-working of the pumping engine, makes
not less than about 700 gallons flowing in per minute. A
large ventilating fan, sent from Earl Fitzwilliam's collieries at
Elsecar, has just been got into working order within six yards
of the eupula ready for use,