Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-17 00:00:00

LIST OF PASSENGERS

Mrs. Stokes and son, Mr. J. C. Holland and lady,
Miss Lowe, Messrs. James Burns, Henry Michelmore,
H. F. Hutchins, J. F. Kingston, L. Hanff ; and 30
steerage passengers.

DEFENCE OF THE EAST COAST.

The corporations of Ipswich and Harwich (says the
Ipswich journal), by bringing to the notice of the
Government the very deficient condition of the defences
of the latter town, have taken a step which we trust
will be productive of much security to the Eastern
Counties. Harwich harbour may indeed be said to be
the key to the Eastern Counties. An army once in
possession of either of the shores which are washed*
by the Orwell and Stour could,-, by a' rapid march
upon Ipswich, cut off all communication 'between the
camp at Colchester 'and the comities of Suffolk and
,Norfolk ; or, if insufficient force, could at once
march upon Colchester, and drive its garrison 'of •
recruits' back upon London. It therefore
join
every borough in the East Anglia to with
Ipswich and Harwich in insisting on the Harwich for-
tifications being at once placed in a proper condition.
For in what state are they at present. As regards
Landguard Fort, we believe that it could not withstand
the fire of the ordnance of the present day for five
minutes ; we are, even doubtful, whether the concussion
consequent upon firing from its brick embrasures the
68-pounders now use would not of itself suffice
to render its ramparts a ruin.. So well aware of this
were the authorities that some years ago an earthen
battery was erected outside the fort, but the encroach-
ments of the German Ocean are already beginning to
tell on this, and in a few short years it will have totally
disappeared. Then, again, the important positions at
Walton and Shotley Ferries, from
,which good roads
lead direct to Ipswich, through an exceedingly rich
country, have each but an old Martello tower to defend
them. Except in a country like ours, who ever heard
of a harbour like that at Harwich, with a magnificent
opening into it, with a depth of water available at all
times to vessels of large tonnage, having such points as
those lt Walton and Shotley totally unprotected ? It is
all very well to say that our fleets protect our shores; to
a certain extent they do so, but let us suppose for a moment
that a Continental war had broken out, that the French
had invaded-Belgium and occupied Antwerp,' and that,
while a French fleet from Brest was making a feint to-
wards the coasts of Devon, a real expedition of some 20,000
men from Antwerp. should steer for Harwich, occupy
it, and send its main body to take Ipswich. What
would he the position of the eastern counties Under
such circumstances ? It is true that the troops in camp
at Colchester might easily march to Ipswich, but in the
meantime the French would have reached Bury, perhaps
Norwich, and would have destroyed every wheatrick and
factory on the road. Again, let us suppose, what is
very probable, that the French fleet which had sailed
from Brest had been driven back there, and that the
whole available force of England had been directed
against the expedition which had effected a landing at
Harwich, and that before very long the invaders were
surrounded and captured. In what condition should we
then be? Our prestige would be gone, numbers of people
would have been ruined, and all we should be able
to show as a counterpoise would be some thousands of
prisoners of war, who would be made perfectly happy
till they should be exchanged. There is nothing im-
probable in all this ; we are merely describing, as
applicable to the eastern counties, the French expedition
under Humbert, which landed in Ireland in 1798.
But be asked, if Harwich is- a point of so much
importance, how is it that its defences are such as they
are ? This is a' question which we are not pre-
pared to answer. All we know is, that in the time
of the Spanish Armada, Lord Burleigh laid great stress
on the necessity of fortifying it; that in the days of
Marlborough a great deal of money was expended in
purchasing land there for defences ; that at the begin-
ning, of the present century its fortifications were suffi-
cient to withstand the gunnery of that day, and that
there were large :garrisons at Ipswich, Harwich, and
Woodbridge ; while in the year 1859-60, if "there 'be
a redoubt at Harwich there is no, garrison beyond
a few infantry, and on the other two sides there
are neither. redoubts nor garrisons. It may be
that we, have been as lax in reference to the coast
defences as , until recently we have been with
regard to the volunteer movement; but in 'the coming
session of Parliament we hope that the matter will be
effectually taken in hand by the representatives both of
our counties and boroughs, and that the people of East
Anglia will back them in their efforts, whatever may be
their political creeds. It may, we think, be taken for
granted that volunteer artillery corps cannot successfully
defend our coast if earthworks be not provided, and if
the means of communication between the cliffs of Essex •
and those of Suffolk be not of a description to adroit
of rapid flank movements.

HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Bad legs, bad
breasts, ulcers, abscesses, cancers, wounds, and sores of
all kinds may be thoroughly healed by the application of
this ointment. 'The discharge is not checked, at once,
for sßcb:sudden check must be always dangerous. Nature
is the noblest of physicians, and must not be opposed,
but seconded. All sores are for a time the safety-valves
of the constitution, and should not be closed or healed
until they assume a healthier character, under the action
of this powerful ointment, aided by a course of these
pills; which purify the depraved humours of the body.

BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Leah and Herbe# Leah, Liverpool, merchant.
John Mason, Bentonville, London, furniture dealer. ,
James Bromage Williams, Bristol, wine merchants.
Joshua Lattimore, Sandridge, Hertfordshire-, timber
merchant. '

,3trorting Anttiligturt.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS:. '
THE •CHASE.
.THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS ,
bl,,y Lb ylvii, WILL BIZET ON
Saturday ~Dec. 17 ... Calveley Hall.
~
Monday Dec. 19 Church Miashull.
Wednesday " Dec. 21 Wrenbury.
Friday Dec. 22 Cholmoadeley.
Saturday Dec. 24 Mere.
A 'Half-past Ten o'clock
• - COURSING.
G
COURSIN FIXTURES FOR 1259.—Dscamisaa.
BrYn-T-PYB,Flintshir
e ; Mr, Warwick, 19.
lkTyne Side Clula
L . (Kirkley),•Northumberland ; Mr. A. Dabsell,
Tredegat Park (St. Pierre, Chepstow), Monmouthshire : Mr.
Warwick, 20, 21. •
Chilton., Berkshire : Mr. MiGeorge, 21, 22.
Newhall Gross (Combermere), Cheshire : Mr. A. Bennett, 22.
Barton-uPoi,llumber, Lincolnshire : Mr. Warwick, 22,, 22.
Pembrokeshfre Club (Ilaverfordweet), Pembrokeshire : M.
Warwick, 27., ,
Kenilworth, Warwickshire : Mr. M George, 27, 28.
Seorton,. Catterick (Open), Yorkshire : Mr. Headley, 27, 26.
Caledonian Club (Open), Edinburgh : Mr. A. Dalzell, 27, and
following days. -
Bishop's Castle, Salop :, Mr. Warwick, 28. .
North of England (Greenridge), Northumberla.ack.:. Mr.
Colon, 28.
Great Crosby, Lancashire : 29.
Chißingtbn, Staffordshire : Mr. Warwick, 22,30. •,) ,air iw
• i. of: ssll
STEEPLE 'CHASE FIXTURES FOR 1860. . •- -
JANUARY. '
Manchester
FEBRUARY.
Carmarthenshire.7, 9,t Tenby . 28 Grand Military
Derby Midland ..... 23 [ - • (N'thampton) 29,30
MARCH. •
Tenb7' 1 1 Pembroke Annual 1 Coventry ..........14
laleminghaun ...12, 13 I • . . 131 ..r„ ...t: .4,U litie?
'

STEEPLECHASES.pIechases onbtntbri‘7.l
Entries for the Berkshire ree
• • • miles.
A D
O p
enste
_ . _

Heads or Tails, Huntsman, • Tartar, Corkscrew, Broadway
Swell, Tamworth. Lottery, Fanny, Shyloek, Xanthns, Border
Chief Pyrrhus the. Second, Unprotected Female (late miss
Somerville); physician,-Escape, Brunette,
Goldsmith, Roscommon, Omar Pasha, Maria Agnes, Johnny,
The Curate, Glautias, The• Premier, Hazard (late Chsuce), ,
ic. Topiy, Air. Sykes,

4AVERP43O+, AVINTER-

CROWN COURT, YESTERDAY.

•
•
(before Mr. Baron MATIns.)
STABBING AT LivEnroot..---Pati.ick Henry Joseph Simpson
• (3.5). was charged with having at Liverpool on the sth o'
DeCember ilstant, feloniously cut and stabbed. William Viti,
with intent to do him some giievous bodily harm. The

.prosecutor police,officer 359 of this borough, and on the
evening of the sth of this month he was on duty at Bromley-
Moore dock-gate. About half-past seven o'clock the prisoner
came up to him in an intoxicated state, and wished to pass
_ through the gate towards the duck. The officer refused to
him to pass, upon which the prisoner commenced to use
. very abusive language. The prosecutor then took hold of the
prisoner by the neck, when a scuffle ensued, during which the
prisoner fell, and on the officer attempting to lift him up, the
prisoner drew a knife and stalfoed him in the left thigh, inflict-
ing a a vere wound. Assisance was called upon, and police-
officer 743 came up. The prisoner by the time the officer
arrived had got away to the other side of the street where he
stood brandishing the knife, and threatening to drive it into
•any one who would. interfere with hiin. He was afterwards
arrested on the'eliarge of •having stabbed the Offider. The
prisoner in his defence stated that he had been ill-used by
the prosecutor, and accounted for his having the knife
by stating that he was cutting a, piece of tobacco at the
time. The Wound was inflicted by accident during the scuffle,
and not with intent to do the officer any bodily harm. Ills
lordship, in his address to the jury, said it was quite possible
that the officer had used the man roughly, and it was right to
say that. officers and constables ought to be careful when
taking prisoners into custody, and not use any undue violence;
but the law ought to protect them, of all other persons, when
no undue violence had been used when doing their duty. The
jury. foUnd the yrisoner guilty. His lordship said to the

prisoner that he had been found guilty, on tne most satisfactory
evidence. A man in the position which the prisoner was
ship-keeper,) ought to have known that it was the duty of
the police-officer to prevent drunken people going en board
ship, and it was highly proper that a drunken man should not
be allowed to assume the care of a ship. • The prisoner was

aenteneed to four years' penal servitude, and his lordship
exprest,cd a hope that the sentence would be a warning to
others not to ill-use the officers of the la'vv. •
CHARGE. OF PERJURY AGAINST A BANKRUPT.—A respectably-

dressed, middle-aged man, named Andrew Frood, against
wholi the Grand Jury' found a true bill at the last assizes, was
indicted for having committed wilful and corrupt perjury before
the Commissioner of Bankruptcy. Mr. Temple and Mr.
Deighton were instructed for the prosecution, and Mr. Aspinall
defended the prisoner. Mr. Temple, in his opening statemeht,
said the prisoner carried on business as a draper in this town,
up to the year 1857 ; and in November of that year he Peti-.
tioned the Court . of Bankruptcy,-and was adjudicated a bank-
rupt. The assignees were appointed on the 15th November ;
and the bankrapt'eame up for hearing, the petition being

adjourned on various grounds, until March, 1858. In March,
1858, the case was adjourned sine die, which was equivalent to
-a refusal to entertain the petition ; and on the 15th •of that
month he made-a motion in the Bankruptcy Court to pass his
final examination ; but the application was refused with costs.
In June, 1859, on another motion, he came before the court for
:his final examination ; and an order was made by the court that
an affidavit should be filed by the bankrupt and his accountant,
to show why certain items had not been put into the balance
sheet. That having been done, an affidavit was made by the
trade assignee, Mr. Boyd, in which he said, " i, this deponent,
believe .j.t •to be true, that there was a sequestration in
,the
Bankrupt' Court ref. Scotland. and that the. said seques-
tration has been awarded on the application of the bank-
rupt, and by the concurrence of twenty-one creditors."
The bankrupt commissioner -ordered the bankrupt to make
another affidavit, giving him an opportunity of examining and
answering that of M-r; Boyd, the trade assignee. 'iiiother.
-declaration was filed by the bankrupt, which co tallied the
following clause :---" That the application for sequeStration in
Scotland was not made by me, nor with my knowledge, con-
sent, or procurement, but by a creditor, who has become a •
,oreditor of mine since I was made bankrupt." This declarittion
.cont ened the' Charge upon which the indictment for perjury
was founded, as it had afterwards been found that the bank.-
rnPt had himself applied to the Bankrupt Court of Scotland,
and that he was eognisant of the mandate applying to that
court. The eommissiones having discussed the facts, the
,notion was again dismissed, with.costs, and the present indict-
ment preferred against the prisoner. Mr. Rolland, usher at
the Liverpool Bankruptcy. Court, was called and examined.
He produced' the records of ; the court, showing the pro-
ceedings that -had been taken on the bankrupt's petition,
including the affidavit- containing the alleged perjury with
which the prisoner stood charged. Mr. Charles. Pemberton,
attorney and commissioner
.for the administration of oaths,
deposed that he had read over the affidavit to the.prisoner be-
fore the name of the latter was appended to it, and before he
affirmed it by oath. The officials of the Supreme Court of

Edinburgh described the proceedings taken in the Scottish
Court.---Mr. Aspivall, for ,the defence, contended that Mr.
Pemberton, under the terms of the 243rd section of the Bank-
ruptcy Act, was not `• legally" qualified to administer oaths in
the Bankruptcy Court.---This was overruled by his Lordship.
Mr. Aspinall further contended that there was no evidenee
that the clause of the affidavit contained any material allega-
tion. His Lordship was not sure that materiality was required
under the Act; but it appeared to him that the affidavit was
most material,, because it was well known that frauds hid been
committed by bankrupts going to Scotland and getting dis-
charged of their debts. For a bankrupt to go to Scotland, for
the Pu46se of getting discharged from his debts, was evading
the legitimate jurisdiction over him ; and if an English Court
found such had been the case he should show no indulgence
..to the bankrupt. Mr. Aspinall, in addressing 'the jury, said
the prisoner could 'hive no object in swearing-whit was false,,
inasmuch as the Sequestration in the Scottish court could have
had 'no, material: effect Upon the merits of his petition here.
did not'der- that the prisoner had sworn to what was not

He aik not'deny P,
ti-tre; bat that did not amount to perjury, as he was unac-
quainted with what proceedings had been taken in the Scottish
court. The jury found the prisoner guilty of wilful and cor-
rupt perjury. His Lordship, in passing sentence, said the
prisoner had been convicted on the clearest possible evidence,
as was clear to every one svl4 had attended to the case. It
seemed that the prisoner had been made a bankrupt in
187, and it ' was the duty of every person in such a
Position to do the :best he could to assist in the ' distri-
bution of his estate amongst his creditors. The law
'of bankruptcy was generally of greater benefit to the
bankrupt than to the &editor, the former being Made entirely
free from his debts and made entirely a freeman, while the loss
'always fell upon the latter. The law, however, imposed upon
the bankrupt the duty of aiding, as far as heleould, in making
his' estate available to his creditors. Certain punishments were
provided for those•who did not act in accordance with the law.
Instead of doing the best he could the pritioner had done quite
. • ,

petition had been adjourned sipe die. advantage
of the enactment, which; it 'W'as' tO 'be hoped, would soon be
altered. Nothing could be than that there should exist
in gcotland the means man contracting debts' in England
to run down and, having remained in Scotland fora feW weeks,
to be relieved from his English debts. Nobody, could be
more jealous than Scotchmen were ; for when an attempt was
made, some time ago, 'to deprive the Scottish courts of the
privilege of dealing with English bankrupts, on account of the
English courts notyliav~iig the "same" istivrieges witli•relfard to
Scotland, the Scotch meinbeie opposed the bill, and succeeded
ih_having it thrown out. It was to be hoped that the law

would soon, be so, altered as that Englishmen could only be
relieved from' their debts: by English 'courts, and Scotchmen
from their debts by Scoteth eourts.: The prisoner was sentenced
to 18 months' imprisonment, With hard labour.
BraGLARy AT WRIGRTINGToN.-- Andrew Baxendale (43),
with having ateWrightington, on the 29th Nov.,
buricia*tiisli*ken and entered the dwelling house of Janies
Taylor,i and 7stolen therefrpm; a gun and two pairs of shoes.
The case was clearly proved;. and the .prisoner, being found
guilty, was senteneed.tO is Months' iriprinonment.
UTTERING BASE COlN.—William Thomson (58) was indicted
on the charge of havingc.iit Itliekburn, on the sth November
last no. hid.possession twenty.-pies of emmterfeit coin,
well knowing them to be counterfeit.,' It appeared-that the
the sth
4.7.rii'Lb_sem. resembling
prisoner had passed' several pieces at, mama ; •
. shillings,. in various alehouses, on
that night he was taken up for being druni,iii4-7Z9Lneady
• ' to those he had uttered '
d *ere
when twenty-nine Pieces,
founci`inkhis possession. The prisimer was found guilty. 'IR.
lordship said from the character pf the prisoner he ,should
inflict a much heavier punishment upon him than he was
about to do, -hut he did not wish it to be thought that he
-44iiiihedcitreaders unequally. He observed that the prisoner
had been. eighttimes convicted of having passed bad money,
so that he was a confirmed passer of base coin. The
prisoner wilihen sentenced to four years' penal servitude.—
William Jones (40) and his wife, Letitia Jones, were indicted
on the charge of having in their pOssession, at 3dancliester, on
the 2nd instant, certain moulds and other articles for the pur-
pose o: making counterfeit coins. In conseeLlieope of infor-
mation which had been given at the police station, some officers
'pro'Oeeded'to tke house of the prisoners in London-road, and on
going, in they found the woman in the house, and asked who
tl~ed in the 'house, and she replied that :she and her- husband
Oniy resided in the house. They went upstairs, where they
found the male prisoner busily engaged In electro-plating,base
shillings, by means of a galvanic battery. There was scattered
around the room a quantity of articles such as are used for
casing, :all of Which' were 'taken possession of, and the pri-
soners were taken into custody. Among the various articles
found wt., a, munber
of pewter shillings fresh from the mould,
as well naMISEE 'electro-plated and' ready for circulation.
A gentleman from the Ittint'gave a full explanation of the mode
of coining and electro-tdaa.,g, e also stated that electro-plated
shillings resembled the sterling Money more than any other

-counterfeit-Zang he had seen. —The'thale—riffibileFiird-, artis
defence, that a person, came to him and asked him if he would
do some jobs of electiO-platit4 for which he agreed to do.
The man who employed-him-said it was rather a difficult job,
and if well done, hp; ffould par-well for it. He (the prisoner)
hr d only been engaged for a short time at the work. The female
was acquitted ; but the jury found the male prisoner guilty.
His Lordship, in passing sentence, said he was satisfied that
the prisoner made the coins, as well as clectro-plated them,
it was more than likely that base coin was so manufactured,
and sold to parties for circulation. He had now before him a"
party, who seemed to have made it a trade to manufacture
counterfeit coin, which was the cause of so much mischief ;
and he thought he would not be doing his duty if he did not
inflict a more severe p3inishruent upon him than he did on per-
sons convicted of passing bad money. He then sentenced the
prisoner to ten y-ars' penal servitude.

"MANSLAUGHTER AT LuFatroor,---Nicholas Flynn was in-
dicted for the manslaughter of his stepmOther, on the 25th of
November last, at Liverpool: The particulars of the case caine
before the coroner on Thursday, and were published in our
columns yesterday. He was found guilty, and sentenced to
one month's imprisonment with hard labour.
ASSAULT ANT) ROBBERY AT BOLTON.--Patrick Durkin (18),
Patrick Murphy.(lB), and Michael Sexton (21), were charged
with having; at. Bolton, on the 27th November last, unlawfully
assaulted John Hanson, and with violence stolen from his
Person the sum of six shilling's. The prosecutor was a railway
labourer, and on the evening in question was returning home,
when he was met by the prisoners, one of whom knocked him
down, and one held his hand on his mouth while the other
rifled his pockets •of their contents. The prisoners were all
known to the prosecutor, and he gave information to the police
and bad them arrested. It was contended for the defence that
no robbery had been committed, but that the prisoners had
assaulted' the 'prosecutor. The jury found them guilty, and
they were sentenced to four years' penal servitude each.
SECOND COURT.
•
(Before Mr. JUSTICE WILLES.)
ROBBERY WITH. VIOLENCE AT MANCUESTER.—James Callaghan
and Elizabeth Keightley were indicted for a robbery, accom-
panied• with violence, Which was committed upon the person
of James Yates. The prosecutor, Mr. Yates, is a plumber and
glazier, and owns 'Some cottage property in Verdon-street,
Manchester. On the sth September last he went to collect
'the weekly rents of his cottages, and called at the cottage
occupied by a man named O'Neil. _ Upon entering he saw the
prisoners and some other people talking together in the
kitchen. They told him he would get no rent that day, as
they had no money for him. He accordingly left the house,
and went into another of his cottages. While in the other
house he heard the male prisoner's voice, shouting hlm to
come back for his rent. He went back, and, having first shut
the door, they dragged him to a bed that stood in the middle
and. whilst the female prisoner held .the prosecutor's throat,
Callaghan snatched away his:gold watch and ran off with it.
Mr. Hopwood, who defended the female prisoner, endeavOured
to prove au alibi, and called some witnesses who deposed to
seeing her about the time mentioned in the indictment at a
place which is a considerable distance from O'Neil's cottage.
The jury, howekver, found, both prisoners guilty, and Callaghan,
who has already been imprisoned eight times, was sentenced
to penal servitude for seven years. The other prisoner was
ordered to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve
months.
NISI PRIUS COURT.

(Before Mr.. Jvs•rrck WILLEs.).
The civil h.:sine:is of the Assizes commenced yesterday at
noon. • The rirst case
,was that of
rILKINGTO{ V. Mounts AND ornnas.---The plaintiff in this
case was Jane Pilkington, who sought to recover compensation
for a distress. that had been served upon .her house by the
authority of ilia-defendants. Mr. E. Jame§ appeared for the
plaintiff, and the bailiffs.were represented by Mr. Monk, Q.C.,
Mr. Aspinali appearing for Mr. Morris. The defendant (Mr.
Morris) is a wine merchant, residing hi Wigan, aid he is the
owner of a considerable amount of prOpeity in St. Helens.
In order. to increase the value of this property, he had been
selling it in lots 'to different persons, and one- of the
lots was sold to the plaintiff's father. He built upon the land,
and let one of the houses to his daughter, the plaintiff in
this case. He let the house to the plaintiff for one year, and
she immediately entered the house, and, purchased furniture
to the value of abOut £2B. About two months after she had
entered the house, she received a notice from Mr. Morris, and
an execution for-rent was subsequently served, which was als.,
under the authority of Mr. Morris. Most of the furniture was
removed on the-7th of September,- and the goods of a lodger
who was living with the plaintiff at this time. The value of
the lodger's goods was, however, refunded, but the defendant
liad refused to return any of the plaintiff's goods. 'On, behalf
ofthe bailiffs, it was urged by Mr. Monk that, as they were
acting under the direction of Mr. Morris, they' would naturally
suppose he had a legal right to the property he authorised
them to distrain. Aspinall, on the part of his client, con-
tended that he had a perfect right to seize the property in
question, as there could be no doubt that the transfer of this
house from Mr. ,Pilkington;tO his daughter was merely a
scheme to defeat his creditors. The jury returned a verdict
for the plaintiff, with £4O damages.

BURROWS v. Ilsrussinorox.---In this action the plaintiff,
Josepia Burrows, ik the owner of a flat which was destroyed
by one of the Rock-ferry steamers, of which the defendant is
the owner. It appears that the plaintiff's flat was lying along-
side the Rock-ferry slip, near one of Mr. Hetherington 's
steamers. It was a very stormy day, and the two ships'were
scarcely able to continue fastened safely to the slip. The ferry-
boat was outside the flat, and, the wind and tide coming up the
river, dashed the steamer against the flat, and thus occasioned
.her ultimate sinking. Mr, E. James, who appeared for the
defendant, argued that the weather was so extremely boister-
ous that the defendant could not, without danger to his own
boat, have altered his position. ,He contended that there was
no neglect on the part of the defendant, and, if that were so,
the jury M 113; return a verdict for the defendant. To prove
this he called a number of witnesses, who stated that the
sinking of the flat was more owing to the .negligence of her
own captain in not moving her to another part of the slip, than
to the Rock-ferry, boat. The jury found a verdict for the
plaintiff : the amount of damages to be decided hereafter. '
The court then adjourned till 9 o'clock this morning.

NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.

: [The general claims upon public sympathy and support pos-
sessed
,by the National Life-boat Institution are well known,
and deservedly recognis'ed, The amount of good effected by
the institution is incalculable, and its value in a national sense is
so fully pointed out in the Subjoined letter, addressed to the
'editor of the Examiner and Times, that we cheerfully giVe it
a place in our solumns)
Sin,---You recently made an eloquent appeal On behalf of
the shipwrecked sailor and of the National Life-boat Institu-
tion. Subsequently you inserted in your columns a valuable
commun'eation called forth • by your remarks, from T. B.
Fetter, Esq., of Manchester, giving the. result of his own
experience on the south coast of the services of .some of the
society's life-boats, and urging its claims for support on the
people of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Although, happily, removed from the soenes of ocean casualties,
'the peeplo 'of Manchester-and other. places cannot but sympa-
thise with-the shipwrecked crews, and desire success to the
• means '.ertiployed hi their' rescue. Mr. Potter concluded by
• munificently offering to contribute £5O to the funds of the
National ,Life-boat Institution, or 4100, if twenty others would
contribute the like amount.
' My object at present its td show how very advantageous to
the Life-boat Institution. would the proposed munificent sum
. be, to aid it in perpetuating its philanthropic and 'humane
operations oh the coast.
In addition to voting money and honorary rewards for sav-
ing life from shipwreck inits own boats, shore boats, or other
means, there is at the present time a permanent expense'of
maintaining ninety-two life-boat stations, thoroughly equipped,
charged on its funds. ' The average cost of supporting a life-
boat station is 230. a year. This amount' is expended as fol-
lows :...--Payment of Eft a year to the leastswain or master of
each boat ;.E-10 to :fil2 to the- crew for exercising her every
narter, the reniainder being appropriated to. meet the inci-
dental charges for repairs; painting, &c., of lifeboat, carriage,
and boat houses. •
- For services performed during the recent terrific storms, the
_society has granted rewards amounting to •nearly £2OO to its
lifeboat crews for rescuing the lives of eighty-five persons from
.different shipwrecks. Some of -its boats have also been instru-
mental in saving from destruction several ships and their
valuable, cargoes., I will only name one—the ship Troy, cotton
laden, • from America (the particulars of which appealed in
hour paper at the time); Believing that she was above Holy-
ead, she was found by the Barmouth life-boat aground on
-Siam in-Cardigan Bay,— The value :of this ship and
cargo alone was £16,000.
On Thursday Wit the society paid a debt of £174. on its
Fleetwood life-boat establishment, on the Lancashire coast.
• The followbag is a list of the life-boats belonging to this in-
stitution, in which, from their position, the people of Lanca-
shire and Yorkslairercannot fail to take an interest :—SN, boats
on the Anglesea coast; one boat at Ithyl, ene at Lytham, and
one at Fleetwood. -A life-boat and carriage are also building
for silloth, near. Carlisle. The • coat of this lastsnamed boat
will be muniticently,clefrayedby Miss Burdett. Coutts. At, the
present time there arc two applications at the Institution for a
life-boat to be stationed at Llandudno, near the'Great Ormes
Head; and a second 'is much needed at .Portdynllaen at the
western peninsula of carnarvonshire ; and two of the Anglesea
life-boats alse:require replacing. The average cost of a life-
boat station, including boat, stores, transporting carriage; and
house is £350.
-.SinCe the formation of the :National Life-boat Institution it
has' expended £34,000 on life-boat establishments, and it has
granted rewards amounting to upwards of £14,600; besides
en old medals' and 720 silver medas, fo distingmished ero ,s-
-frnmr shiPwrecks. , Wh
L' vicegs in reselling nearly- 11,400 livesl
',ems tell the number of those who, would otherwj this day
have been widows and fatherless .but for the services 'thus
. performed in reaching so many from a -Watery 'grave e
might reasonably enlarge' on some, other interesting facts
connected with 'the operations of this truly philanthropic and
national institution, in the success of which the highest, as
well asrthe lowest amongst us, might be expected to feel an
interegt, were I not afraid to trespass totriuuclion your valuable
space ;'but I feel assured that I 'Lave said enough-_
antocina dace
many a one in Manchester and the, great town!! .e.1,-Lf Zrlatlre,,
and Yorkshire, who has it in his power to .help
'-benevolent cause, in whieb_ the interests' of humanity and the
welfare of our country sir e - as-much concerned, to respond to
your own eloquent appeal; and to follow the noble example of
Mr. Potter.---I am, sir, your veey obedient servant,
RICHARD LRWIA, Secretary.
Royal National Life-boat Institution,
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John-stref,t, Adelphi, I,4ondQn,

:11P OOL POLICE TOITICE--YisiERDTLy.

• . (Before Mr. J. S. MANSFIELD.)
DISHONESTY IN A SERVANT. John :McCabe, an
elderly man, employed as a porter in Hyam's Clothing
Establishment, Lord-street, was brought up on the
'charge of stealing.several artiples of new clothing. Mr.
Bluck appeared for the prosecution. In his statement
of the case he said, that the prisoner had been several
months in Mr. Hyam's service, and had, moreover, a
pension for serving in the army. Articles had been mys-
teriously disappearing from the shop for some time back,
and no account could be got of them till Mr. Spencer, pawn-
broker, enabled Mr. Hyam's manager to trace the robberies
to the prisoner. Detective Scaife stated that Mr. Spencer
called at the Police-office, and gave information that a
person had:called at his shop, and offered a vest in
pledge. He refused to take it, as he was suspicious of
the manner in which he had come by it, having on
several occasions offered him similar articles, under dif-
ferent names. Scaife accordingly took him into custody,
when he denied the charge. Mr. Henry Myers, ma-
nager for Mr. .J‘lyam, identified a coat and two vests
which Mr. Spencer had in his posse-lion, hut which he
gave up. The prisoner was remanded, as there was a
probability that several other articles might be discovered.
DESERTION FROM A SHlP.—William Stevens and
Joseph Scoble, seamen, were brought up. on the charge
of deserting from the ship Loftus, which sailed on Fri-
day last,- bound for the -Cape of Good Hope. - When
asked what they had to say to this charge, they stated
that the captain was drunk from the time the ship left
Liverpool, and incapable of managing her properly.
She came in collision with the• Welsh . brig. Wil-
helmina, and sustained so serious injuries that she
would neither steer nor stay. They stated to the captain
that they did not care about risking.their lives in such a
ship, and he told them they could go and get a ship
elsewhere. They desired to be put on shore, which the
captain complied with, leaving them on the beach at
Holyhead. He refused to give the money, and they had
travelled thence to Liveipool.—Mr. Mansfield said that
though the captain was a party to the desertion, it did
not lessen the criminalty ; he therefore ordered them to
be imprisoned for twelve weeks..
(Before Messrs. W. EARLE and R. GLAD&TONE.)