The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-05 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.--Lfv-ERPOOL, TUTS LAY

- • .
a rather important piece of informatibn- from
Canada., It is the new 13,11 respecting the Grand
Trunk Railway Company, which had.iter; irttfc,-
arced into the C,
been real a firs; Thu Silt is sad to.
satisftietorv• to canisMan shareholders, arid- night
-
to be to the Engllgh;Seeing that it is so liberal in
its provisions,
We this morning publish full particulars of news
from Australia to the 15th March. being onemonol
later than our previous advises. A political-crisis
had heen experienced in Victoria, The -Raines
ministry had been defeated by:a majoritrof 6 in a
house of 52. The immediate cause of defeat
wls respecting the grant proposed by
the ministry, for r'• the purposes of Egli-
gration. They proposed to spend sot' efi
£150;000 more than had 'been authorised 'l4;the
House, and Mr. O'Shannassy ha 1, introduced a
resolution to the effe'ct' that the House felt bound
to express its disapprobation of-tjie course pursued
by the Ministry. A sharp debate a. eight hours
ensued, and the result 'was as we have . stated
above. The ,-Ministry resigned. Mr. O'Sluim
nassy was summoned thy. the Governor-General;
•

•and was commissioned to iorma-Ministry. He did
so,and 2411 ngst the new cabinet We find Mr. Charles
Gsvan Duffy', "as 'the Commissioner of Public
Works. We give a synopsis of the Imthigiration
SCheme proposed by the Haines Ministry,. and
on which they fell, in our summary of the news
by the European The selethe was, never ap-
proved of by the country. The working classes.
looked upon it as an unfair. expenditure of their
money to import labor m to compete -with:therm.
selves, and they cried out "give the country a
liberal and attractive-land system, and you may
keep this immense sum for expendittire on public
works." - • ; .

The local news to day is not ,3of anyt ihterest or
importance. At', the rnontivV)meeting of the
douneil of the Chamber of .CoMittlerce, yeSterditY, a
resolution, was passed ;recognisingi the desirability
of uniformity:ofweights and measures throughout
the country.-
Orpolitical gossip there is-at present very little
that is to be relied up0n.,,1. The Queen's Speech is
to be read on Thursday, and , is-,-looked for-
ward to . with much interest. is , said
that if there,be not in it a very distitict, pledge,of
a Referm Bill Air. :Roebuck will move. an amend,
ment to the address If so, the amendment will
certainly he carried, unless a majority of hon.
members should beliet their huStings declara-
tions. Earl Granville left town for Manchester
yesterday to inspect the Art Treasures Collection,
and on his return ha will give a banquet:to ,a
number of Peers on the occasion of the openinu
of Parliament. Prince, Albert leaves for-,Man:
chester to-day,, and the Queen will :pass through
the dwelling ceremony -in the course Of the-week,
and, depart for Osborne. The funeral of the late,
Duchess of Gloucester is unckrstOod to be fixed
for Priday,,st, Windsor. -if.
The, Earl,W Elgin, gbiiiittrt6 IChina; has left
France milli journey eastwar4Vallis lordship has
undertaken- an arduous task. 'll'l4

Our foreign news to-day shows that neither party
is quite satisfied with the settlement about Neuf
chute]. Colonel Denzler, who commands the S'iviss
troops in the canton, advises his countrymen to
reject it altogether. and let things remain as they
were ; and the King of Prussia is dissatiefied that
the church property itself should not be restored
as well as the revenues from it, and also because
the constitution is not to be revised. Everybody,
however, feels the question to be getting tiresome.
The Moniteur rebukes the Swiss semi-official
journal the Bund, published at Berne, for having
published the treaty of Mediation, as-settled by
the Paris Conference, and a protocol annexed to
the treaty. The Moniteur observes that this
publicity is an unjustifiable indiscretion, and the
alleged copy of the treaty is, besides,' in several
respects not in accordance wi:h the terms laid
down in the genuine document, the text of which
is not definitively settled, The abuse of the
secrets of a negotiation__ not yet terminated, is so
much the more to be regretted as it may compro-
mise its Sill-WAR

The Paris correspondent of the Daily -IVews.says
that at the dejettner given to the Grand Duke Con-
stantine at the Russian Embassy, his Imperial
Highness, in proposing a toast to the French
Army, congratulated himself on being thenceforth
to return amongst his friends the intrepid con-
querors Of Alma and Sebastopol
A rather remarkable incident has taken place in
. . .

the Levant ; a Turkish vessel with a number of
slaves on board has been seized by direction of a
British consul, and the slaves set at liberty.

It would only be a gross insult to the common
sense of our readers to ask them to wade through

the mass of wordy rubbish which is to be presented
to the Council on Wednesday morning, by the
Chairman of the Water Committee, as the reply
of that body to the memorial, or rather the retnon-
strance, of the inhabitants against being compelled
to use water which one and all pronounce to be
offensive for all dietetic purposes. We have
already exposed the hollow sophistry and falsehood
of the assumptions of the Water Comtnitt.ee's

"most faithful, servant." True to that system of
legerdemain and juggling trickery which has cha•
racterised every phase of the procee lings connected
with this iniquitous conspiracy against the pockets
and the health of the inhabitants of Liver-

001, he has recourse, as usual, to the most bare-
'aced misrepresentation and distortion of the most
)lain and palpable expression of public opinion
which was ever submitted to the consideration of

any public body. Upwards of 3,000 of the rate-
payers of Liverpool, including the most eminent
men in the medical prOfession, voluntarily signed
a petition praying the Town Council not to deprive

.em of the well water, which was so much ap-
proved of by all, nor to contaminate by any admix-
ture of a water totally different in charaeter—such
admixture not only destroying the purity of the
spring water for drinking and dietetic purposes,
tint likewise neutralizing the only good quality the
Rivingto❑ water was known to possess, namely,
Recent experiments have clearly de-
nonstrated that when the Pike is mixed with the
well water, even this, its only recommendation, is
completely destroyed. Nothing could have I:loan--
more plainly stated, or more intelligibly expressed,
than were the sentiments of the memorialists.
They said, as we have already been compelled
to pay dearly for the Pike, let us try and
do the best we can with the water. It
may be useful —it may be valuable for
some purposes; it may answer for baths, wash-
houses, hydraulic cranes, steam boilers, and for
certain manufacturing purposes; and for such uses.
they said that another set of pipes might be desir-
able. Certainly they never dreamed that they
were memorialising the Council for another set of
mains for the supply of well water. Yet the Water
Committee, through their " most faithful servant,"
have dared to insult—to outrage—the common
sense of the Town Council and public of Liverpool,
by putting that construction on their clearly ex-
pressed wishes; but, perhaps, they will find they
have presumed rather too far, unless, indeed, the
Council and the public are all idiots—for it could
be only on such an assumption that they could
have had the brazen effrontery to submit the docu-
ment we are now dealing with as a serious answer
to the respectful and just prayer of the inhabitants
of Liverpool. Our Water Engineer takes upon
himself to assume that the object sought to be
obtained by the memorialists is merely to secure a
supply of spring water for drinking purposes; and
on this unwarranted assumption he proceeds to
argue that, for such purpose, a very small quantity

softness.

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of water would only be'required; but in oiler that,
,
we tn ay :1 of he" charged ! g '.-.: 73,
:,..; . Shall quotO from 'his own report. He .sayi :
" I may, with.safety, found my observations and
estimates of quantity upon;.-t) memorial itself,
. -- .-- - •
viz,..-,- that the water from theAprings is only des:red
foritable purpoSeS; therefore,' the quantity tnK be
aie-citain,ld suiliziently near to enable me to wive
at- `&ll,ke t conclusions," &3., &3. He continues--
" Front MY own 'experience, coupled with informa-
tion cbtained from . the most reliable sottre3s, I
have computed. the maximum demand for water in
Liverpool, and otherdistricts supplied from the3ams
resources, to be for soma tirne to come ten millions
of gallons per diem, &,., &3. I set 'down the quantity
required for table purposes at not more. than ose per
cent. of the whole. It thus appears that the quantity
of .spring, water 'which `irroAld be., eonsunr d in
Liverpool for table use would not exceed 100,000
giallons per day," And it is on this, impident
fabrication that he proceeds to develope:his precious
plans for distribbling this driblet of water, vihich,
without the cost of domestic attincis, is to involve
an outlay to the town of £loofiOtodd.
We have alreaJsy said. we ;Would not insult our
reaclers,by attempting to deal 'seriatim with a'docu•
ment which only proves hoW. far impudence and
dedePtion go la tni in li:lna. '-'ihis is no question
for the exhibition of private feeling, and in dealing
with it we throw all such overboard. But we are
compelled to claim the indulgence of.Our.readers in
the course which we now take:,iticiotiouneing in the
most'unmeasured terms this lasr. effusion of the
paid agent of the' pike advocates, Who hive been
for the. last: twelve years endeavouring, and but too
successfully, to plunder the unfortunate inhabi
tants of Liverpoolvnot only of their money but of
water; by every speCies of trickery and sophistVy
Wbich.the greatest adepts could devise. , The Water
Committee may take the chOighome to themselves
if' 3F.`, welcome. What follows
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will he our justification, and by that we shall abide
the fiat of the public, We have no faith in cleaning
out an Augean stable with perfumed gloves, nor
shall we use honeyed worts.. •

On what authority-does the water engineer assert
that the iolitichitantsof Liverpool desire to be sup-
plied with what he- calls Soft water (i. e. Pike?
water) for every purpose---- except for table
use ? Let him answer that :question We`,
venture to assert that if . the whole
town was eanvassed,there,would ;not be found al
dozen water consumers who would say they would=
prefer the- Pike to the well water—water which is
declared to be unfit for the purpose of washing
sTeens and charity childroni. which is found to be

positively- poisonous, when kept in contact with
lead, which is now preyed to be much harder than
even the spring water, and which teems with
monstrosities of
,every kind—such water is not
likely to meet with much favour from those who
know what pure water really is, and who love it
for its sake. We tell this " most faithful servant
of the Water Committee" that the people of Liver-
pool are resolved on this, as a whole, that they
shall have their old supply of spring water
furnished in its integrity, and if there are certain
persons who would indulge in the. luxury .? of
Rivington water for their own accommodation or
profit, by all means let them do so ; but let those,
and those only, pay for that luxury. The exis ting
pipeage and its ramifilations have been arranged for
the purpose of supplying well water, and we are not
going to permit the water engineer, with all his
sophistry, to make it appear that it would be
desirable in any way to make this pipeage avail-
able for the supply of Rivington water only. The
character of this bog filth is n my pretty well known,
notwithstanding the doctoring and mixing resorted

to, in order to disguise it, by the •` most faithful
servant" of the water committee. We have
employed a special reporter to go and examine the
actual condition of the Rivington works at the
present time ; and in another place our readers
will find his report on that portion of them which
he has been enabled to inspect. It thus_ appears
that this beautiful water (which was to be) is so

foul, even in what is called the clear water tanks
that the inhabitantsof the district have actually corn
plained of the offensive stench arising from it. There
are,it appears, two such tanks for the purpose of stor-
ing tir.! filter° i water: one of those—that next to
Horwich has been emptied; and the residue found
in the bottom was so thorough disgusting, that it
had to be privately carted away to a distance to be
out of sight. The tank is about being coated with
quick lime, in order to kill, if possible, the
organisms—animal and vegetable—with which the
water abounds. We have thus a solution of the
mysterious fact announced by Hr. Edwards at the
Chemists' Association, that trine lime in large
quantities had latterly been found in the Pike
water. We at the time suspected the cause, and
our suspicions are fully verified.
Do the Water Committee kn9tv this important
fact,? We believe they do not. Their" most faithful
servant" holds them in too much contempt, to tell
them anything about it. Yet so it is. We hold our-
selves responsible for the truth of our reporter's
statements. What will the obese aldermen say to
it on Wednesday? We shall return to this subject.
In the meantime we recommend every one to read
the report of our correspondent on the state of the
works and the quality of the water, arid we think
the council and the public will come to the concha..
sion that we have long since arrived at, that a more
rascally piece of jobbery and spoliation was never
--recorded in the world's history than the- Pike
swindle has proved to the people of Liverpool.

A FEW days ago we noticed some of the latest
movements in a portion of the United States with
regard to that foul blot which tarnishes the national
escutcheon of that republic—slavery. Another
social evil has sprung up among the American people,
which promises to be a fruitful source of crime,
immorality, and general disorder—Mormonism.
It, too, has assumed a shape, and exercises such
an influence upon its followers, that the time has
come for determining whether a system so unholy
in its practices, unchristian and anti-patriotic in its
principles, and antagonistic to the general welfare
of a country, can any longer be tolerated. The
question is not confined to America. It interests
the civilised world in general, and for reasons which
will follow, England in particular.
On the lone borders of the Great Salt Lake there
is a, territory belonging to the United States, called
Utah, which is governed by Buronam YOUNG, a
disciples of JOSEPH SMITH, the Mormon Prophet.
The doctrines of SMITH were that he hid a special
t
revelation from the Almighty, that those who
held his religious tenets—if tha which admits
of murder nod polygamy as its leading features
can be termed a religion—should hold all things
in common, and be guided and governed in all
matters, temporal and spiritual, by the great High
Priest and ruling Elders of the order. We have

observed that polygamy is one of the main featurpc-
of Alorrnonism. Hence it is that its followers,
wisliing to carry on their disgu.,,,tjn,.; and immoe,l
practices, they desired to remove as far away as
posSible from the control and. interference not
only of the ordinary law; with iiarray of officers,;
judges, juries, and executionei:Miyihe peremptory
and, extraordinary feats of Judge LYNCH, whese
speedy method of adtninisteffig ",justice'' they
had experienCed at the city orNauvoo. Betaking
themselves to the territory tlf 'Utah they hoped to
.41 ,fif *fC;
be able to practice the ahomi1
nable-and voluptuous
doctrines under the protective sway of 0 Squatter
sovereignty,"although)4ll4g has, oc mrred.in the
actions or -declarations of-the furthest-going Demo-
crat to lead to the idea that the Mormon territory
came within the scope' of the favourite dogma of
JOSEPH Shl,y
o
IMMillipis followers. On the contrary,
the authorAlahu,United States as sovereign of
of the'soil-haSl5l-ififitiiid them to their `‘ lOnb'settle7
; )
Mat14.,,,f, The ludges, juries, and other legal
fiirtetindfiries'; ftiii4ed with powers from the Federal
g•tieeit,Vve at Washington, have appeared among
them to enforce " law and order." But the;.6`o36
has had a futile result. The Mormon Governor;
BRIGHAM YOUNG, despises Unitild''States' law, and
has with tholutimo.st effrontery imaginable- treated it
with studied and systematic
.indignity and
violence. This alarming state of things is fully
narrated in the letter of Judge
plittßW,lo•.l
Chief Justice of the territory ...all:J.4oa';
to • the.iittorney•General
, of the UniteclYStatea
on regi'griln.Cc. %
.: , in questiOn.,
The learned functionary resigns the office because
nulaw:of
_C(p.gress 13y,:
.02 rpaons cons4dei,e(
o'6 •
binding in tiny, Auanaterpinasnitieh as, there
secret-Valitibl,aritrplitli,h,ringfplifiot4itlegirkii4
rnetritTaehlteChnieb, to,o;clinnittledge moo'• law
save tfistawitibli emanates, ftbm -
riqr.4.tr,Q Nu;
gomooff.„s.lrwqi and tile pi oplietio battecedsor of
JosEPEOSisiirit." The eine and' i•tiii4lp, this
" oath4da'nd " j,udge DRId3AN. D tOIS.
us, are the setting apartcd EielPof men; by orders7tit
"the Church," to talTt;d Votilortho and,properwl
ties of persons who may queteodltijiatiegritrity?lll4i7
illustration of this asserticit4wf)liitveWe faettof
the .seizure and destrubtion of the records and

papers of the Supreme ,Court of' Utah by order of
BRIGHAM YOUNG, " the officers insulted, harrassed,
and annoyedand the form of the Anierican
Government traduced by the Mormon community
in the most vulgar, loathsome, and wicked manner
that the evil passions of. man can possibly con-
oei-Ve:" -In theletteiO'fJcidge DRUMMOND there are
a number of eases cited to prove the truth of his
statements, and demonstrate; beYbrid the pOssi-
bility of doubt, that the United States'judiciary
is only treated as a- farce, GrOveroor-)Couso's
dixi t being the only law observed, or in any way
respected. .
lArfl irtfit
The Mormons' appear to consider thaf; being a
body of people inhabiting a sec-luded spot on the
map of the United States,.and holding no commer,
cial, social, or traclingeonanaunie ition with any other
portion of the human race, ..they are beyond the
pale of the authority of the United States, and that
being thus without such law, "they are a law unto
themselves." The fact of BRIGHAM. YOUNG bang
appointed Governor of Utah, by General PIERCE,
as President of the United States, and also of the
Mormons taking part in the Federal elections,
upsets their fallacious protest of being independent
_e Inc resig..
nation of Judge DRUMMOND, and the causes which

has induced that step—the American law defied,
and its sovereign authority violated and insulted—
has nettled the pride of Brother JONATHAN, and
what once had his permission, from a fe3liug of
its absurdity and a hope that it w mid die out, is
now regarded as a scandal to the Union. Citizens
of both Northern and Southern States regard the
system more atrocious than negro slavery, and one
which every principle of mn-ality, and a desire for
the happiness of mankind, should instantly exter-
minate. The feelings of the religious world are
shocked by the scenes of immorality which are
daily practised in the Utah territory, and the con-
stant, .-violation of those -binding precepts which
characterises the crime of polygamy as sensual
and devilish. In a political view its existence is
equally objectionable. Murder and rapine are its
lea ling features towards all who question its pro-
priety. The ignorant and the unwary may peep
into this temple of voluptousness, but to retreat
is death, and a total confiscation of all that belongs
to the unlucky stranger. The High Priest of tile
land requires his other substance. A resistance to
the-Spititual mandate meets the certain and cruel
fate of an instant and ignominious death.
To deal with an evil, so monstrous in character
and serious in extent, is the first thing to be con-
sidered. Judge DRUMMOND tells us that the
appointment of a non-Mormon Governor, and the
presence of a military force are required to bring
the Mormon "territory within the pale of the law.
This, no doubt, would effect much good, as far as
the--laws-of-the United States were concerned.
The adventurous immigrant would have security
to settle down and follow whatever calling he
pleased in the territory. His life would be safe,
and his property secure. But this would not purify
the immoral contagion which hovers around this
benighted region. As long as,the offensive odours
of Polygamy are permitted to taint its social atmos•
phere, so long will crime and disorderprevail. Indeed,
this is the recorded opinion of the United States
-Committee on Territories, who, a few months ago,
reported that it was " necessary to effect a
" radical cure of the moral and political pesti-
" lence that makes. Utah the scandal of the
" American people." The measure which the
committee proposed is " a bill for the prevention
" and punishment of Polgamy." This we con-
sider should be among the first steps taken
to rid the land of the foul immoral pesti-
lence which saps the foundation of all sociality in
the territory of Utah, and causes Christianity
to weep at the existence of a system damnable
in its dotrines, and ursed in its
practices. The .sooner the regeneration of the
Mormon territory is commenced the better, and
the more easily will it be effected. Already its
disciples are said to number 100,000 people. Each
succeeding year must render such t community
more difficult to deal with and manage. Hence
the wisdern of that policy, which would at once
compel their submission to the laws of the
country to which they belong The revelations of
Judge DRUMMOND alone are sufficient to justify the
application of measures of the most extreme
severity. But numerous others could be brought
forth, equally horrifying, brutal, and anti-ehristutd.
It is for these reasons that we venture to hope that,
President BUCHANAN will not neglect the duty he
has to perform. He is sovereign, de facto, of a
great country and a mighty people ; as such he
holds intercourse with the representatives of all the

crowned heads of the world. To blinks...qu /qor-
rr.i,io~ and the glaring, iniclu,Lies of_; Tf LEW_ •• • tg; 8
is nothing out a semi approval of themArg4o,,
and that alone must-sit& him in the eyes of tbei
best allies of the United-f Antes. He must dis-I
regard them as demQarats„ and the supporters of
that titlketZ.V.:Thi Augean stable has to be
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folloOring ,i.n.riltiatits4,ulOnetitice-obodr of a--,-rStiithits intim/ i
Thomas M`Grath, 22 yOttropf Oro, who wovdounci,deanniii!
board his ship, the Alargareya,acn pat:u ,i From the
medical evidence, it appOrptillii gp t rvis,4 result of
natural cauies, ani the jar &frit!' a riling! ..--On the
holy Of aehild 'that iiipi gliyerlitfi.B'fi4iPtiame I`iffi4'ehild ,
was Ellen Gilligan, and it appilared she wati stiffobat4Ztlij
being acoidffitaily orprlaiit., t.,iVersligtageordingly. • ,_,iiii"
LITER ARYEI Mil) Plir LoS"'. IP. 456‘31', i i§PCIETIY. —.,-,T 4 1-14* "
Meetintt of the. session was newlast, night,; Dr. Inman,
president, in the chair. A communication was-read trOm.
MI% Samuel Thompson, son-in-fisla br the 6:th Tire v. .J. B.
Yates, conveying to the socielreii-the'paiir of the'
executors '-t(nd , tarnily3,of that atitrienteCtgentletllah;-:
a valuable donation ofibooks .frOmobis oollebtion. Thei
gift ponsiste,of nearly 200,volanrs,AtpidAyAing.pkb&W*11494.,
by the society in very cordial terga,V Itwas,,, agree thug;
the society *should have two oFeuralons Qfik'ycfr, opgb ect
the friends of members—the onelo frilbr6ligiattf„attd•tte'
other to the•RivitiktoOLakes, Dr. Retslao-thn read ItiAt
paper, after which the society adjourned to the nest(
and closing meeting of the session. ..,,,-, i-

RATHER UNACCOUNTABLE —At the po'ice court, yesterday,
D. P Afters m, a doc-or, of 91, Canning street, was charged
by officer 54 with having assaulted him. The officer said
about half past nine o'clock on Sunday night he ryas on
duty in Canning street, when the prisoner called to him
from a car and asked him where No. 91 was ? He told
the car, and struck him a blow in the mouth which cut
him, Another officer proved that he came up at the time,
and saw the complainant bleeding profusely. The pH-
saner refused to say anything, and was fined £2 and cos's.
He at once paid the fine ; then coming to the reporter's
table, he made an offer of money to them if they would
suppress a report of the case, but the offer was, as a matter
of course, itnlignantly rejected.
LIST OF PASSPSCIERS PER R.M.S. NIAGARA.—From Bos-
ton : Capt. J. Bertram, lady, two children. and servant,
Miss Bertram, Miss C. Bertram, Mr. J. T. Burr and lady,
Mr. D. P. Ives and lady, Mr. C. Rule, lady, and two
children, Mr. W. Lill and three friends, Mr. Renshaw, Mr.
F. Hodgkinson and lady, Mr. H. Colt and lady, Mrs. Pitt-
man and three children, Mr. C. Role, janr. Mr. H. Tar-
bett, Mr. A. Delins, Mr. J. Mouldswortb, Dr. J. J. Milhan,
Mr. L. de Venoge, Mr. C. A. Schon, Miss E. McNulty,
Mr. G. Seeman, Mr. G. A. Hearn, Mr. B. F. Allen, Mr.
A. Moore, Mr. A. Brown, Mr. E. Edmondv, M. N. A.
Brown, Mr. 0. H. Perry, Mr. R. Lewis and friend, Mrs.
Baldwin, Miss Baldwin, Capt. Silver, Mr. Lafiurcade,
Mr. C. B. Cummings, Mr. W. Chadbourn, Mr. G. R Bald-
win, Mr. J. Chandler, Mr. C. A. Prince and friend,,Mr. A.
Woods, Mr J. M. Knpfer, Mr. W. Eaton, Mr. J.F. Levin,
Hr. Carpenter, Mr. J. E. Gull, Mr. E. Hornby, Xi. J. F.
Brown, Me. Linconnett, Mr. J, Wiley, Mr. A. Heniera,
Mr. M. Lnzalo, Mr. Z. Runehin, M. E. F. Lebrun, Mr. A.
Camille, Mr. L. Camille, Mr. M. Hulbert, Mrs. 0. Ames-
bury, two children, infant and servant ; Mr. J. H. Ewing,
Mr. .j. Faevenhagen, Mr. D. D. Saunders, Mr. R. H.
Wa kins, Mr. R. T. Saunders, Bishop Smith and
lady, Mr. Lockier, Mr. W. A. Mayhew, Mr. F. Lit'le
field and lady, Mc. A. Ferguson, -Mr. F. Marbur
Mr. Lill's friend, Mrs. A. K. Akerbyd, Mr. L. You?'
Mr. C. Reisner, Mr. S. Zilenziger, Mr. J. Hillman, Capt.,
J. Muldoon, Mrs. Dorman and child, Mr. B. Tawa and lady,
Mr W. IL 0. Conrad, Mr. J. R. Brown, Mr. M. N. Allen.
_Firm Halifax : Major Carter, lady, child, and servant,''
Mr. P. Harman.

EXTRAORDINARY PAREER AND CAPTURE OF, AN
ALLEGED SWINDLER.—On Saturday last there was safely
lodged in the lockup at Preston, a young man named
Frederick William Wright, who has for several months
past been victimising the tradesmen of that__tawn, —H-is
career has been an extraordinary one, as appears from
letters which have been found in boxes of goods sent by
him from Preston to London and Worcester. and seized
by the police. Having visited many parts of the country.
he took lodgings in Preston, and took a house in Regent
street, and had it fitted up in sumptuous style. Goods of
different kinds, to the amount-of about £3OO, Were ob
tained by him. Some of these had been sent by him to
Worcester and London in botes; those at Worcester were
given up by the police to the county court bailiff in that
city. and those in London were taken back to Preston.
Wright was apprehended in Winningham by detective
officer Becket on Friday night last, after the goods brought
hick from Lond an, and found in the house in Regent
street, had been identified in Preston. Becket arrived in
Preston with his prisoner on Saturday afternoon. _ _

CONVOCATION AT YORIC..-011 Friday, the convocation of
York as.,einbled in the chapter-house at York cathedral,
in accordance with the writ of summons which had been
received
,from Her Majesty; Before the clergy met, the
Rev. Canon Trevor preached a sermon in favour of synodi-
cal' action, observing that the majority are net always in
the right, and that it is neither Christian int. English to
disdain the arguments of the few. The Rev. Canon
Harcourt presided at the convocation, which 'eras attended
by twenty of the proctors, and. among the clerical borly
were the Archdeacons of York, Cleveland, and Durham
and the Dean of Ripon, The puctors for the arclidea-
edie'neir: an 1,
who °ffici4ted Liverpool were not
as the C,i-m-
-pio.s
tonnes of CleVeland,' the !ast Riding, Chester, Richmond,
S
v.i4. I)"rechsj
missioner for the Archbishop of' York, called upon the
edcr
nt. and Me a
R6n,
registrar to read the Queen's writ of 'summons, which
having been done, and other preliminaries gone through,
Archdeacon Thorpe, of Durham, the Hon. and Rev. F.
R. Grey, and other proctors, preserved protests, which
were rejected by the commissioner, and treated as frivolous
and trifling,
and
in no way pertinent to the present busi-
ness. It was stated that there was a double return from
the diocese of Manchester. The commissioner raid the
matter would be considered by the registrar hereafter.
Archdeacon Thorpe, on the part of the lower house, ex
pressed their wish to adjourn to consider certain,matters
for presentation to the Arehhish,43. application was
refused, whereupon the Rev. W. .todd, proctor from the
Archdeaconry of Lindisfarne, presented a petition, praying
that the Arehhishoo would grout the same privilege and
power of de'iberation to the Synod of York as are already
enjoyed by the Synod of Canterbury. The commissioner
said the petition would be handed in to the registrar. Tb,
H)n. and Ray F. R. Grey next applied that the lower house'
might be allowed to proced to the elecion of a prolocutor,
and put it in the nature of a demand.—TheCommis3ioner :
That demand will not be complied with.—Tae convocation
was then prorogued to the 30th of September,

SEE GRATITTO-IN EIVS.
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By Biitish anti-l-rieviitag;tetic Telegraph,

MEXICQAND SPAIN.

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expire. ReKA4tirat Reyaddii, on being pro.
noted to 4ks flag, veaA appointed Commander-in-
Chief of the Cape of ClllO awe; whence the gallant
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A'prica. ,ill rAturpedii.ta4.l3nniand: in January,
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for la
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demilft
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