Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-26 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN< TIMES, SATURDAY, PERIMARY 26, 1859

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY.
POOR AND HIGHWAY RATES, AND THE MUNICIPAL

CORPORATIONS ACT

Earl Grey moved for a select committee to inquire
whether the, act 13 and 14 Victoria, c. 99, for the better
assessing and collecting the poor and highway rates in
respact of small tenements, and the act of last session to
amend the Municipal Corporations Act, had produced any
change in the character of the elections of town councils,
and in the mode of conducting the local government of
corporate towns. The effect of these acts had been to
throw the local government in the hands of a particular
class of persons.
The Earl of Derby thought if such a motion was made
at all, it should include the general working of municipal
elections.

After some discussion, the motion for a committee was
agreed to, on the condition that its inquiries should be
limited to the operation of the acts referred to.
The Occasional Form of Prayer Bill was read a second
time.

The Earl of Malmeahury stated that the troops of
France and Austria would evacuate the Rossan States at
the signet of the Pope.
The house then adjourned at a quarter to seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY,
NEW. WRIT.

A new writ was ordered for Midhurst, in place of Mr
S.. Warren, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

CHURCH RATES

Sir J. Trelawney gave notice that, on the motion for
the second reading of the Church-rate Bill introduced. by
the Government, he should move that the Bill be read a
second time that day six months..

in excess of last year, which came 'to £3,851,321. He
stated, in considerable detail, the causes which had led to
the increased expenditure which compelled him to ask for
the largest sum ever yet demanded for the service of the
navy. The increase of expenditure for ship-building
during the present year would amount to £1,009,604,
besides which there would be a further expense of
L 260,000 for machinery and ships now building- by con-
tract, which would be incurred, though not paid, during
the financial year. This large increase arose from the
fact that, on his accession to office, he did not find the
navy in the efficient state in which it ought to have been.
Strong representations had been made last year from
Sir Baldwin Walker and others, calling attention
to the state of the line of battle- ships. When he
succeeded to the Admiralty the number of effective
line of battle ships was but 29. He con-
trasted this with the numbers in former wars, which
amounted to, between 100 and 200 ships: Even
of these twenty-nine were inferior to any in the French
navy. Under suoh circumstances it became necessary to
make exertions to place our navy on a better footing. He
then explained in detail his plans for the purpose-, the
result of which was that fifteen line-of-battle ships, and
nine frigates, would be added to the list. In addition
to this, a few powerfUl iron frigates would be built by
contract, making a total addition of twenty-six effective
men-of-war. Even when these were completed he wourct
not be contented, and hoped that parliament would sanc-
tion further additionsr especially to the number of`
frigates. At present they were constructing as many
vessels as their dockyards. would hold, and though incur-
ring a great expense, were doing no more than was
necessary to assert the na-vai supremacy of the country.
Sir C. Wood generally approved of the plans of the
right hononrable gentleman; noting, at the same time,
some- omissions, and taking credit to himself for having
originated much that had been done by his successor.
Th fate government had done all that was in their power,
as they had employed all thellipwrights they could pro-
cure' at high wages and full time.

Sir G. Napier likewise approved of many of the plans
of the go'vernment, especially. those for manning the
navy; at the same time, he did not think 3,000 addi-
tional Merle sufficient for the service of the country. His
complaint against all admiralties was that they did not
know how to lay out their money to the best advantage.
He maintained that on the actual condition of its navy
England was not in a safe position, as France commanded
both the channel and the Mediterranean. He did pot
say that France would invade this country, but he said
that she could, which was a position which we ought
not to hold. He asserted that the late Government
conld have found a sufficient number of shipwrights if
they had offered liberal wages.

Sir J. Elphinstone was glad to find that the condition
of the British' seamen was to be improved. That class
of men had not hitherto kept pace with the general
improvement ; he complained of the state of the royal
docks, which were inferior to those belonging to private
companies.
Mr. G. Herbert observed that the temper of the House
was very variable upon 'these matters. Some time ago
it was difficult to obtain money for works now con-
demned as far too small. He too approved of the pros-
pects of the Government.
Mr. Whitehead observed on the• risk we incurred
while we were without a sufficient navy.

Admiral Walcott; looking to the number of seamen
belonging to our mercantile navy, and to other branches
of our marine establishments, could not see any cause for
despondency. The great fault of successive administra-
tions was, that they had not treated these men properly.

• .
After some observations from Mr. Henry Berkeley,
Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Lindsay, Sir F. Baring, Admiral Dun-
combe, and Sir G. Pechell, •
Sir J. Pakington exprecsed his satisfaction at the tone
of the debate, and entered into some explanations on
points which had arisen during the course. He denied
warmly the assertion of Sir C. Napier, that France had
the command of the Channel.

Sir C. Napier repeated and defended his assertion.
The votes for 62,400 seamen and boys for the service,
and £2,492,000 for their wages, was then agreed to.
COUNTY PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL.
The County Prisons (Ireland) Bill was read a second
time, after a short discussion.
MANOR COURTS (IRELAND) BILL.
_ _ . _ _

The Manor Conrts (Ireland) Bill, Of which one clause
had been postponed, passed through committee.
Mr. Cox gave notice that, on the bringing up of the
report, he shonld take the sense of the house on the pro-
priety of allowing these Courts to die out rather than give
compensation.
The house adjourned at 1.30 a.m. 14

YOUNG AMERICA ON SLAVERY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,—ln your impression of yesterday, 22nd inst.,
is an article headed " Young America on Slavery,"
in which the author styles himself a cosmopolitan.

As " the NORTHERN-TI lEs invites comment on
any question of importance, and has the reputation
of being impartial," in behalf of our down-trodden
humanity, I beg the favour of a space in your
columns to answer a few, of the many foul asper-
sions, that runs through all of his bare assertions
against the poor slave and the anti-slavery party.
Now, in answer to the broad charge that " the
anti-slavery party do not understand the question
which they discuss,—that they are ignorant of the
workings of the peculiar institution,—that their
pet theme has become threadbare,—that their
emancipation schemes have been failures," I beg
to inform Cosmopolitan, that he altogether ignores
the great historical facts. Did not Granville
Sharpe, Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce,
and the noble army of British abolitionists, from
George 111. down to the present, understand the
question,—the practicability, the justice, and
christian duty as a nation that had sinned, to
abolish the inhuman, soul-destroying, God-defying,
abominable, piratical system, the African slave
trade ? Did the whole civilised world,
together with Young America, understand
the question when they unanimously
declared the slave-trade piracy ? Were the
British anti-slavery party ignorant of the peculiar
institution, when the whole nation rose up as one
man, and demanded its total abolition throughout
the British dominions ? Let the parliamentary
inquiries, exposurei, agitations, and the fifty
years hard fought moral battles answer the ques-
tion, which proclaimed—
...

The glad tidings o'er the sea,
His chains are broke the slave is free,
Britannia's justice, wealth, and might,
Have gained the negroes long lost right

Has their pet theme become tlireadb-are ? Let
Cosmopolitan answer the question in some-
thing more than naked assertions. How
stands the question in Young America ?
Did not Anthony Benezet, Dr. Rush, Dr.
Franklin, John Woolman, George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and the anti-
slavery party in the United States, understand
the question when negro slavery, in 1776, reigned
predominant in the thirteen original States ? Did
the anti-slavery party in America understand the
question when they went on, conquering to con-
quer, till they abolished chattel slavery in seven-
teen out of thirty-two States ? Does Cosmopolitan
believe that the young American anti-slavery
party understood the question when, thirty years
ago, there was not one open avowed anti-slavery
United States senator, nor representative in the
national council ? Naw there are twenty-five
anti-slavery senators, and one hundred representa-
tives, and ere long, by God's blessing, if the anti-
slavery element in the United States will only
remain true to their highest convictions of duty,
they will soon have a clear working majority in
both houses of Congress, with an anti-slavery
President to enforce the law of universal freedom.

Cosmopolitan's arguments, that "slavery is no
new institution," that it is as old as the world;
that all ages have owned slaves, that the Ol& and
New Testament, the patriarchs and prophets,
Christ and his apostles approved of it, gives no
word or sign against it, &c, proves nothing. We
live in age of humanity and progress ' • but even
these subterfuges fail to screen him and his pet
system of negro-slavery from the scorn and con-
tempt of the whole civilised world, to say nothing
of Holy Writ. " Thus saith the Lord :Ye have
not hearkened unto me,in proclaimingliberty,every
one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour;
behold I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord,
to the sword, to the pestilence, and the famine.
Shall I not visit for these things—shall not my
soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? Is not
this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bond's
of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and
to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break
every yoke." That which hath been is now, and
that which is to be hath already been ; and God
requireth that which is past. —I am, &o.
AUDI ALTERAX PARTEN.
Liverpool, rebruary 23, 1859,

' LIVERPOOL BANKRUPITY COURT.
IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. —ln re WILCOX.—This was
an adjourned meeting for the purpose of receiving Mr.
Commissioner Perry's judgment on the certificate appli-
cation of the bankrupt, late a shipchandler, &c., at
Liverpool. Mr. Deighton appeared for the assignees, and
1 Mr. Temple (in the absence of Mr. Aspinall) for the
bankrupt. The judgment was as follows :—This was the
case of an opposed certificate. The assignees, one of
whom was Mr. Hind, a creditor for £236 14s. 2d., and
the other, Mr. Mattison, who was the nominee of the
Borough Bank, were represented by Mr. Deighton, their
counsel, while the case of the bankrupt was supported
by his counsel, Mr. Aspinall. Mr. Deighton urged the
following objections to the allowance of the certificate:

First, that She bankrupt had, with intent to conceal the
true state of his affairs, made false entries in his books
secondly, that he had given undue preference to some
of his creditors within two months of his bankruptcy ;
thirdly, that he had attempted under his bankruptcy to
account for his property by fictitious expenses ; fourthly,
that he had kept his, books improperly, with intent to
conceal the true, state of his affairs ; fifthly, on account
of improper answers. during his examination ; and
sixthly, on account of general misconduct as a trader.
The bankrupt had carried on business as a rope and sail
maker and ship chandler at Liverpool for seven years,
for about five of which he taxi a partner,. James Alexander,
the partnership being dissolved on the 28th of Dec ,
1857, the day before a deed. of covenants was entered
into between the bankrupt of the first part, his father
of the second part, and the borough bank of the third
part,—a deed to which I shall hereafter refer: He was
the owner of a rope-walk in Derby-lane, Bootle, which
had cost him £3,766 9s 4d, and of plant, including
therein certain patents, which had cost him £8,392 2s 10d.
I'n 1854, on the let of January; he had, according to his
balance-sheet, a capital of £1,166 18s 7d. Towards the
end of that year, ire consequence of the stoppage of Mr.
Oliver, the bankrupt states that he had proposedrto, his
partner to stop payment, and that Mr. Smith, the
manager of the Borough Bank, to which the bankrupt
and his partner were considerably indebted, liming
beard of this, sent for him. Mr. Smith told him that he
had been informed that it was his intention to stop pay-
ment in consequence of bad debts made; and it would be
about that time that Mr. Smith suggested the sale of the•
rope-walk in order to carry on the business with the pur-
chase money, and said that any assistance he required
they (meaning the bank) would give him, if he could not
carry out what he wished to do. The bankrupt expressed'
himself unwilling to do what Mr. Smith advised, as the
moneys received for the rope-walk would not be sufficient'
to carry on the business without further assistance, and it
was then arranged that they could go down at any time•
to look at the books for themselves, and they would give-
him any assistance he required. Another part of the-
arrangement with the bank is said by the bankrupt to have
been, that he was not to take orders in his business
without first seeing Mr. Smith on the subject of the sol-
vency of those who might give the orders. About this
time the balance due to the bank was more than £4,000.
This arrangement for affording assistance to the bank-
rupt in his business appears to have been continued until
the month of December, 1857, when the bank had
advanced to the firm in all about £20,000, besides hold-
ing bills upon the customers of the film to an amount of
more than £24,000. This-appears stated in the deed of
covenants before referred to. Front-this time, Mr. W.
Wilcox had nothing to do with.the bank. In consequence
of the conversation above alluded to, the bankrupt, who
had no idea of selling the ropery before, agreed to sell it
to a purchaser suggested by Mr. Smith—Alen Daniel Wil-
cox, the father of the bankrupt, who, after au interview
with Mr. Smith, at which the bankrupt was not present,
but on the same day, or the day after, named £2,000 as the
sum he had offered for the rope-walk as it then stood, to
which the bankrupt assented, after seeing Mr. Smith.
There were then about eleven or twelve years of the lease
unexpired, at a rent of £6O a year. As to this sum of
£2,000, the bankrupt says it was paid by his father to
him as he wanted it; but it is entered' in the cashbook
in one sum paid on the 19th of December, 1854. This •
is one of the entries in the bankrupt's books to which
attention has been called by Mr. Deighton, and it must be
allowed that if the money were correctly entered as re-
ceived, in one sum, and on the 19th December, 1854,
then the bankrupt's account of it, that it was paid by his
father as he wanted it, is inconsistent with the truth.
He has also failed to acoount in his cashbook for that
sum. As to the sum of £3;000 for which the plant,
machinery, and patents were sold to Mr. Daniel Wilcox,
in the mouth of December, 1857, that sale is referred to
in the deed of covenants of the 29th December, 1857,
as having taken place, and the money as having been
paid, in order that that sum might be employed in
the business as the working capital thereof; and
among other covenants for the security of the bank,
William Wilcox covenants that the sum of £3,000,
so paid by the said Daniel Wilcox to the said
William Wilcox, shall, until the whole of the debt
of £20,000 shall be paid off, be employed and
retained in the business, and not withdrawn
therefrom on any account or pretext whatsoever.
Now, when this deed was executed, the bankrupt
states that either Mr. Smith or the liquidators of the
Borough Bank knew from a list furnished to them
by the bankrupt's solicitor, similar to the list marked
(A) upon the file, that this money, which was to be
the working capital of the business, had already been
applied in payment of debts due by the concern.. As
to this and other matters in which. Mr. Smith, on
the part of the Borough Bank, has been concerned,
it was competent, as contended by Mr. Aspinall, to
the parties conducting the opposition to the bank-
rupt's certificate, to have called' Mr. Smith to contra-
dict him, and that has not been done. Another part
of the case consists of entries in the letter book. With
the exception of one instance, there is no receipt for rent
produced, but the rent is credited' to Mr. Daniel 'Wilcox
in a general account. The first rent agreed to be paid to
him is £3OO a year. A letter is referred to of the date of
the 18th December, 1854, offering to pay a rent for the
ropery of £3OO, payable half-yearly in advance. It is
observable that the signature to that letter in the copy
letter book and the direction are in a very different ink,
and appears to be writtenlirthe copy book, and not copied
like the rest of the letter. The bankrupt says, to the
best of his knowledge, he signed the letter, and sent it
to his father on the day it 'bears date. An increase
in. the rent from £3OO to £5OO, took place in the year
1855, in consequence of. the father having erected
certain buildings at the end of 1855 or beginning of
1856. The bankrupt, being requested to point out any
letter proposing this increase of rent, referred to a copy
of a letter contained in his letter-book of the date' of the
19th December, 1855. This copy was found between two
others, one of the date of sth January, 1857, and the
other dated the 9th of February, 1857. The clerk in
whose handwriting it is, a Mr. Horbury, has been
examined, and he states that this letter, professing to
bear date the 19th of December, 1855, was written by
him in 1857, but that he must have been requested by the
bankrupt to affix the date of 1855 to the letter. This
is one of the wilfully-false entries made in the books.
So the letter by which the second increase is made in the
rent is dated the 19th June, 1857, and yet it is foundbe-
tween two letters dated 25th February, 1857. The third
increase in the rent is to £l,OOO. This is evidenced by
no letter, and none probably ever existed. This increase
is said to have taken place on the Ist of February, 1858,
when there had been in the previous year no profit, and
when the bankrupt might be anxious to make his father
as large a creditor as possible. This is evidenced also by
the allowance to his father for superintendence, which,
in the year 1857, was £3OO for the year, and credited
to him on the 31st of December in that year, and. was
increased to £5OO a year, which, contrary to what
had occurred before; is credited to him each month.
This, the bankrupt says, he cannot account for, further
than he gave no authority to his clerk for so crediting it.
It was a very large sum to pay from a losing concern.
This being the alleged state of the father's interest—that
is, £l,OOO a-year-of rent, and £5OO a-year allowance far
superintendence,—he on the 17th of September last sells
his whole interest in the ropery, plant, patents, &c., to
one Joseph Hargor for £2,000, wishing as the bankrupt
represents him, to have stated, to obtain money to pay
the £l,OOO due- on the Ist of October to thebank wider
the deed of covenants, and to provide the. son with
funds to carry on the business. The father shortly
after disappears, and the son becomes tenant to.
Mr. Harger at a rent of £4OQ a year, payable
quarterly in advance, and is verye stooonthecharge
sold'
up
e
for the quarter's rent. This brings
brought against the bankrupt of fraudulent preference.
The bankruptcy took place on the 21st of October. Sante
sails hr.4l been made for Peto, Brassey and Co., in 18'57.
to
They were sold by the bankrupt
i
M'Alister and
Punic- 11, on the 28th September, 1858: Th er value was
£3l They went in part payment of a debt due to
M'Alister and Purnell. Again,. appears_ by the diary
kept by Mr. Williams,, in which the account with
Darnel Wilcox is made up to the latest period, that
on the same 28th of September, he received from
the bankrupt £lBO, arcum mop than sufficient to have
paid the quarter:sSome smaller Bum
were
paid to other parties. Then upon the head of general
misconduct as a trader, there is no doubt that he molt
much eaxiier to have stopped payment. It is also clear
that his personal expenditure was much greater than it
ought to have been under the circumstances. From
4839 in 1854, it had risen to £1,062 in 1856, and to
£1,214 in 1857. Seeing, then, that a case has been
established of an entry in the cash book for 19th Decem-
ber, 1854, of the receipt of £2,000 from Daniel Wilcox,
which, the bankrupt says, was.paid at various times ashe
wanted it, and not as stated in cash book in one

sum ; that he has failed to account for the application
lof that sum ; that the letters to. which reference has
been made are, from the circumstances under which
they appear in the letter book, subject to very-
considerable suspicion ; that there is no letter of
agreement produced in support of the increase of
the rent to Daniel Wilcox to £l,OOO a year, stud there-
fore, so far at least as that extends, the father's debt
would appear to have fraudulently increased ; that there
are also fraudulent preferemes ; that the bankrupt' con-
tinued his business longer than he should have done under
the circumstances—as he ought, in my opinion, to ha've
stopped trading at the end of 167; and that his personal
expenditure was much greater' than it ought to have
been. lam of opinion that the. allowance of his certig
-te should be altogether refused, r- I--

or cannot, where
there appears so much reason for doubt, certify in favour-
of that allowance. On the appliettion of Mr. Temple to
be allowed to appeal, his Honour fixed the amount of
deposit at £4O, and granted the liankrupt protection
fortwentv-one days.

In re ,\V. BUCKLEY JONES AND 6:L.—This was a last
examination meeting of the bankrupts; who were boat-
builders, in Liverpool. The assignee wh? were repre-
sented by Mr. Evans, offered no opposition, and the
bankrupts were allowed to pass. The certificate meeting,
was fixed for the 23rd March.
In re Smrrit AND MiLLs.—These bankrupts, who are
stationers and printers, in Chester, and alo•the'proprie-
tors of the Cheshire Observer newspaper, came up on
their last examination. Mr. Massey, who, appeared for
the assignees, examined the bankrupts witlvicference to
their balance-sheets, which, it appeared, rectuired%mcmi-
ment. His Honour adjourned the case to the. 3i'd'• et
March.

In re W. S. HA.YES.—The bankrupt, ternierly
clothier fir Liverpool, also came up on his last exsuniha.
-tion. After some inquiries from the bankrupts by Mr.
Anderson, who appeared for the assignees, he was-ailowed
to pass, and the certiffcate meeting was appointed:for•the
Bth April.

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCIT

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD,

DISORDER n LIME-STREET.-Two young women (not-
known to the police),. named Eliza Foster, and Ellen
Price, were charged. for creating a riot and fighting ill
Lime-street. The officer said the prisoners came out of
Irendano's coffee shop in Lime-street, and at once com-
menced a furious fight with each other. A lot of men
and' women came out after them, and seemed to enjoy and
encourage the fight, which was of a most disgraceful
au
disgusting description•. His Worship asked if they were
put out of the coffee•shop ? The officer said he did not,
see any one put there out,. as they seemed to come out by
consent and previous arrangement for the purpose of
fighting. His Worship spoke in strong terms of the Lime-
street "cribs," and the disgraceful conduct of the prisoners,
and expressed his determination, as far as he could, to put it
down. He fined the. prisoners £2 each, or two months. .
imprisonment.

DEFORB MESSRS. CHALONER AND HOUGHTON

CAUTION TO lIOUSE-KEEPERS.-A large number of the
humbler classes were summoned for having set fire to
their chimneys. A vulgar notion prevails amongst the
poor, that setting fire to the chimneys will clean them
better and cheaper than a sweep, but this is a great
mistake, not to mention the danger of such a practice.
In all cases fines from is to 5s were inflicted, whereas
they could have got such swept for fourpence or sixpence,
so that the expense would be less, and the serious
danger from such a practice avoided.
A number of boys were fined for throwing stones; and.
acting otherwise improperly in the streets. The bench
cautioned the lads, as well as fining them, and stated
if they were brought up spin, they would be severely
punished. _

- A REAL " SPIRITED " LETTER !—A. rather respectab'e
looking woman, named Catherine Reed, who lives in
Peter-street, was summoned for being drunk. Mr.
Chaloner.: What have you to say? Defendant : I got a
letter from my-hushand that day, and it had a great effect
on me. A gentleman remarked that it must have been
an uncommonly " spirited" letter, indeed, to have the
effect of making her drunk. The defendant was fined ss,
which she paid.

AssAuLis.—James Glanister, a recruiting sergeant,
was charged by Jane Abbott for haring assaulted her_
Mr. Bluck was for the defendant. It appeared that the
defendant lodged in the house of Mrs. Abbott, and on the
16th there was some difference between them, and a
quarrel followed, when the woman was assaulted. The
defendant was fined lOs and costs.—Mary Brannon,
summoned her husband Pat, an " oyster merchant," for
having assaulted her. Mr. Cobb defended. The assault
was proved, but a compromise was effected by Mr. Cobb,
advisinc, his dent to give the wife 5s a week and live
separate. So the summons was postponed.
CoLusum —William Williams, the master of the
schooner Donald, was summoned by Thomas Watkins
Humphries, the master of the brig Nimrod, for £l3 12s,_
for damage done to that vessel on Wednesday last. Mr_
Bluck was for the complainant, and opened the case, from
which it appeared that the complainant's vessel was at
anchor, and the defendant's vessel came up on Tuesday
night, and anchored near, and in the morning, when
raising the anchor, it was alleged that by the misconduct
of the defendant the damage was done. Witnesses were
called to prove the case, and the bench gave a verdict for
£l2.

PUBLICANS' CASES.

Thomas Southern, Kirkdale-road, was charged for
selling a pint of ale at noon on Sunday last. Officer 62
(Ferguson) proved the case. Mr. Rymer appeared for
the defence, and, in reply to him, the officer said the de—
fendant told him the man who got the ale was his ostler.
The barmaid was called to show that
.the man who got
the beer was the ostler, and that it was not paid for, it
being an "allowance." Fined £1 and costs. Mr. Rymer
gave notice of an appeal in the case.
Phantom Firm, Temple-lane, was charged for Sunday
trading.' The excuse was ignorance on the part of de—•
fendant's servant. Fined ss.
Thomas Simpson, Maghull-street, was charged for
selling whisky on last Sunday morning. Fined £1 and.
costs.

BEERHOUSE CASES

Andrew Gibson, Headley-street, was charged for doing
business on Sunday. Fined 55..

Johanna Farrell, Cheapside, was charged for doing
business on Sunday morning last. Fined £2 and costs.
John Watson, Dryden street, was charged for a like
offence. Fined £2 and costs.

William Kelly, Woodstock-street, was chitrged for
doing business at quarter-past one on Sunday morning.
The defence was that the ale was given as a treat, but
this was not proved, and a fine of £5 and costs was
imposed.
Owen Heard, of Penrhyn-street, was charged for
selling three gills of ale, on Sunday morning last. Fined
£2 and costs.

William Saunders, Burlington-street, was charged for
doing business at illegal hours. Fined ss.
john Elston, Finch-street, was charged for doing
business at illegal hours, and for having drunken people
in the house. The excuse was, that the parties had
come . from sea, and were relations of the . owner_

Dismissed.
Edmund Parke, Christian-street, was charged for
selling ale at quarter-past three on Sunday last. This
was a question of time, and the officer was asked had
he a watch ? and he said, yes, I have a very good one..
Mr: Yirybergh : And was it correct on that day ? It.
was quite correct. Mr. Wybergh : Is it correct
now? Yes. Then what is the time now ? The
officer took out his watch, and said it was two o'clock.
Mr. Wybergh : Two o'clock ? Yes, sir; two o'clock.
This caused a shout of laughter, as the hourenhawae:son
ege
minutes to one, by the court clock. Mr. Wybergh :
afraid your watch is not a good one. Mr.
Dismiss the case. It turned out subsequently that the.
officer had made a mistake, -as his watch was at one,
instead of two as he stated. It was, however,• -
with the court clock.

---ighn Fiddler and Shaw's-.broNs. was charged for having
two men drupkfighting 111 the bar, at half-past six
on the 14th inst. The officers visited the house again in.
half-an-hour, and found the same thing. The defendant
said he was not aware of the fact at all. He merely held-
the license, as he is a brewer at St. Helen's, and it was.
his servant who had done so, without his knowledge.
Mr. Wybergh said this ease was' the third against the
house, and the magistrates could inflict a fine of nob less
than £2O, nor more than £5O. The defendant regretted
his position as regarded the house. In November and
December the house was fined before, and the magistrates
thou it that notice sufficient to defendant, although he
did live at St. Helen's. The defendant said the house
was let now to a respectable person. A fine of V2O was
inflicted, and the house, according to the act, was ordered
to be shut up for two years. The defendant asked leaver
to appeal, which was granted.

Mr. Rowland Hill has issued a notice rescinding the
order for the compulsory prepayment of inland letters.
THE REFORM B ILL. —T he Daily News complains
against Lord Palmerston on account of his giving the
Government just the excuse it desires for delaying the
promised measure of reform.
DEA.FNEss.—We understand that the eelebrated aurist,
Madame Gardner, has been successful in the treatment
of this distressing affliction. Several cases of an
inveterate nature having already yielded to the mild and
innocent remedies made use of by this highly talented,
lady.