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We learn from the Lucknow Herald that a batch of
railway engineers was almost immediately expected to
arrive from England, and that the first obligatory line
of the Oude railway, that between Lucknow and Cawn-
pore, may be expected to- be commenced about
of the rains. The line has been already su

estimated for, and determined
Lucknow and Fyzabad is the next determined upon, an
may possibly be commenced simultaneously with th

The Elie betty;

Uawnpa

EASTERN AS A WAR-SHIP,

-Without ir.

the least degree detracting from her commercial Qua

ies, or increasing her coSt, Mr. Scott R
onstructed her that no less

than 360 ten-inch

into a ship of war, either temporarily or otherwise.
This is no small matter. She is already, it should be
understood, proof to ordinary round shells, and her
speed at least will be fifteen knots an hour, in all proba-
bility. Moreover, her bow is both fine and strong
enough to secure her against material injury, should
she encounter a foe after the fashion of a "ram." She
is likewise divided into numerous water-tight compart-
ments. We need take no pains to express what the
value of such a ship, armed as we have
to us as a weapon of either offence

or defence

Iledianice

COLLIERY ACCIDENT

On Tuesday morning,
iTed at the No. 2
Hall Coal and

accident °cc
rkl(

Aspull, near Wigs
George Knight, w

by which one fireman, nan
killed, and another, named William Viiientine;'s

POLICE COURT.—YES3IERDAY.
[Before Mr. PRESTOiq
THE COAL-HEAVERS' STRIKE.—Thomas Foggerty,
a coal-heaver, was brought up by warrant, charged
with assaulting and threatening the life of Matthew
M‘Nally, another coal-heaver, m the employment of
Mr. Johns, agent for Messrs. Powell and Sons. Mr.
Bluck prosecuted. The complainant stated that he was
employed by Mr. Keating, head porter to Mr. Johns,
and had been there for nine years. Some time ago
there was a strike among the coal-heavers, but complainant
did not join them. On Sunday last he met the pri-
soner at Thornton's public-house, New Boundary-street,
in company with another man named Sweeney. They
asked complainant to join them in the strike, but he re-
fused to do so, as he was satisfied with what he was
getting. Upon that the prisoner struck him three
times, knocked him down, and kicked hint The other
man kicked him when he was down. • Complainant was
afraid of his life. Mr. Cobb was engaged for the de-
fence of the prisoner, and subjected the witness to a
severe cross-examination. The complainant admitted
that the prisoners never used any threats towards him,
except at the time of the assault. A young man named
William Robinson, barman at the public-house, was exa-
mined, and said the complainant was sober. He saw
the prisoner strike him and knock him down. Mr.
Cobb contended that it was an ordinary case of assault,
and had no connexion with the " strike" whatever,
and it should he dealt with accordingly. Mr. 'Muck held
an opposite opinion. Mr. Preston said he was sorry to
see a man like the prisoner, who had borne a good cha-
racter up to the present, placed in such a position. It was
a very serious offence to interfere with workmen, and
inti-
midate them, with a view of forcing them not to work except
they adopted certain opinions. Every man had a right to
dispose of his own labour at his own price. The pri-
soner did not appear to have acted as bad as the other
person, who is stillat large ; had he done so he would
have been punished to the utmost extent that the law
permitted. He trusted that the present case would be
a warning to others. The prisoner was to be sent to
gaol for one month, with hard labour.
SERIOUS ASSAULT.—A man with a bandage round his
head, named Alexander Eyre, charged a respectable-
'looking female, named ElEn Smith, with assaniting
him. Mr. Cobb defended the prisoner. The com-
plainant stated that, on the 16th instant, he met a
friend, and had some ale with him. He afterwards
went to the prisoner's house with his friend, who lodged
there, and when he attempted to go up stairs the pri-
soner pulled him down, and lie was scut to the street.
The door was closed on him, but in a short time it was
opened by the prisoner's daughter. He went to ask
her why he had been put out, and she gave him a shove,
and they both fell. While he was in the act of getting
up the prisoner struck him on the head with a poker.
Two witnesses corroborated the statement of the com-
plainant. Mr. Cobb contended that the complainant
had no right to go to the house of the prisoner, as it
was private, and much less to attempt to go up
stairs. The surgeon who dressed the prisoner's wounds
was called upon, and gave it as his opinion that the
injuries he had received .might- be caused by a blow
with a poker. The principal wound was a severe con-
tusion, which he thought could not be occasioned by a
fall. The prisoner was sent for trial to the sessions.
THEFT.—TWO stout-looking men, with a strong Irish
accent, were brought up charged with stealing a tarpau-
lin from Mr. James Rees, cartowner, Bevington-bush,
which was found at Mr. Godfrey's, Mill-lane. The
complainant said the prisoners' names were William
Erwin and James Vallily, and both had been in his
employment as carters, and on Wednesday last he
lost the tarpaulin in question. Mr. Godfrey was called,
and said the prisoners came to his place and asked to be
allowed to leave the tarpaulin at his yard, and they
would call for it nett day. That was on Friday night,
and as he knew them to be carters in the employment of
Mr. Rees, he did not object. That.was all he knew
about the matter. The owner said it was value for about
£6. The prisoners were sent for trial.
ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—A youg fellow, deaf and
dumb, was brought up by officer 114, charged with
being drunk and disorderly, and also with commit-
ting an assault upon him. A gentleman present
interpreted to the prisoner by signs the evidence against
him, which was to the following effect :—The prisoner
was drunk and disorderly, about a quarter-past twelve
yesterday morning. The officer desired him to go away,
but instead of doing so he struck him (the officer) on
the breast, and otherwise assaulted him. Officer 500
said he saw the prisoner in a disorderly state, after being
turned out of a public-house in Dale-street, and also
witnessed the assault upon his brother officer. The
prisoner was ordered to pay a fine of 40s. and costs.

[Before

Mr. ATKIN.]

HOMICIDE ON BOARD AN AMERICAN SHlP.—Charles
Boatelle, mate of the American ship Conqueror, was
brought up on remand, charged with having wilfully
caused the death of a coloured seaman, named Peter
Antonio, on the high seas. Detective-officer Eaton said
he arrested the prisoner by warrant, which he read over
to him, on Friday Afternoon last. The prisoner
stated that he thought the matter was all over
after the inquiry at the coroner's court. He
also stated that he never did any injury to the deceased.
The officer then brought the witnesses, and had their
depositions taken down. Mr. Garnett was about to
read the depositions, as evidence against the prisoner ;
but Mr. Aspinall, instructed by Mr. Snowball, who ap-
peared for the prisoner, objected to the depositions being
read as evidence upon which the prisoner ceuld bee

committed, without the witnesses bei]
then made several remarks on the sta.
tween this country and America.
as to the correct moaning of it

adjourned till Monday next at noon

E. He
ng be-

Alter some discussion

[Before Mr. J. R. JETTERY.]

was further

CONVEYING BUNDLES ON THE FOOTPATH.—A porter,
named Robert Treaves, in the employ of the City of
Dublin Steam Packet Company, was summoned by Mr.
A. T. Jacob, of Cook-street, under the following circum-
stances :—A police-officer stated that the defendant was
summoned for carrying a large .bundle of wood, and
walking on the footpath from the north end of the
George's Dock to the South Landing-stage ; and the
complainant was standing on the footpath, mid the
wood struck him on the head. Mr. Jacob sa

that on

WAIF W fuer,
ze bundle of
nt

was stanoing on me ioutputo speaii.u% L
when the defendant came along carrying a h
wood on his shoulders, one end of which struck him a v
blow on the side of the head, and caused
flow from one of his ears. lie remonsti

man on the impropriety of carry bundles on ti
and the man not apologising, he spoke to
officer. Great annoyance was felt by perso
packages and parcels on the footpaths
handcarts being drawn upon them. Al
the officer what he would have done if h
this himself, and if it was the duty of
the footpath clear of such load
The officer said he would haN
tion against the defendant, and

keep the footpath clear

case there preparatory to makiia
Dock Board or Watch Committee,

was increasing every da.

lat two cabs were coming ur

Ike the footpath ; and the. porn'

;entleman were standing talkin,

of the footpath, -a-,nd in

nst the complainant

sewer traffic across the river w

accommodation si

belonged to cartesl
2s. 6d., and 2s. 6d. c

COLLISION ON THE R
Ithyl steamer Sea King,
owner of the opposition s
pose of recovering £7
sustained from a collision
two steamers on the 10th of August

,arrister-at-law, appeared for
Voodburn for the defendant.
sea King

.estion, t

and wt.

Le blood to

with the

e footpath,
the polies

.tuber of wit

carrying
even by

ffery

witnesse

e ()Meer to keep
and handcarts.

cne Lion. It me 1.41011
nave avoided the collision by going
AC way, even at the risk of losing her berth,
in point of law her duty for to do so ;
nasmueh as she did not do so, she

uty to

at that

to the

for the pur-

Raffles

!pant, and Mr,
d that, on the

m were both

the Nortt

of the Se
i• ful

on the Lio:

that a great deal of blame NI

able to the captain

by any•me

ccident which he
uded further that

caused the accident in question. Witnesses were called
to prove that, so far as the Sea King was concerned,
she was not to blame, aid that the speed was not much
more than half. The bench decided in favour of the
complainant, £6 and costs.

MR. LINDSAY AND HIS CONSTITUENTS

(Abridged from the Newcastle Chronicle.)

Mr. Lindsay met the electors of Sunderland on Monday
night, and was received with enthusiastic cheers. He
said there had been a misunderstanding, he thought, in
regard to a vote of his, and in regard to a speech which
he considered it his duty to make in the House of
Commons. They sent him to the House of Commons,
as he understood, as their representative, not as their
delegate. Why is it that the House of Commons
stands so high as a deliberative assembly in com-
parison with the rest of the deliberative assemblies
of the world ? Why is it that the House of Commons
stands so much higher than the Senate of France, sr
the Congress of America, or the Senate of the United
States ? It is because the members of the House
of Commons are, or are presumed to be, the representa-
tives of the people. In these other places they are de-
legates—paid delegates. He declined to sit in the
House of Commons as the delegate of any political
party. (Enthusiastic cheering.) He trusted they
would allow him to think for them when he went to
the Senate of the people, and he trusted they would
allow him to, exercise his judgment to the best of
his humble abilities, as long as he did not deviate
from those principles upon which he received
their suffrages. The vote to which he had alluded
was a party vote. There had been two great divi-
sions; one brought a dissolution, and the other
a change of Ministry. There had been two great
questions before the house ; first, the question of
reform at home, and next the war abroad. Then there
had been two great parties struggling for power ; the one
represented by Lord Derby, anxious to retain power, the
other represented by Lord Palmerston, anxious to regain
power. They must be well aware that he had been opposed
to Lord Palmerston's foreign policy, and if it was a
question of overthrowing Lord Derby, merely to re-in-
state Lord Palmerston, it then became a question of very
grave consideration with him as to whether he should
assist in overthrowing Lord Derby's Government or not,
for he himself believed that Lord Palmerston was no more'
a Reformer than Lord Derby. He believed that neither
were Reformers except through necessity. (Loud cheers.)
When he sought their suffrage, if he pledged himself to any
question there were two great questions to which he
pledged himself ; these were the questions of reform
and the question of peace. In respect to this question
of reform, he said, at a semi-public meeting, that if
Lord Derby attempted to bring forward such a mockery
. of a Reform Bill as that which he brought forward
before the dissolution, and if no other moved a vote of
no confidence against Lord Derby, he would do so.
This had been misconstrued. The first part of the
sentence was left ,out by those who did not wish him
well, and by those who doubted him, and the last part
only was noticed. When they returned him to Parlia-
ment the war was raging in Europe. He pledged himself
to support any Government that would maintain a strict
and an honourable neutrality. He pledged himself fur-
ther to do everything that could lay in his power to
have this great question of reform settled. He had no
faith in Lord Palmerston settling this question ; there-
fore he made a condition with the Government, and he
had that condition in writing before he would give his
support to maintaining in office the Administration of
Lord Derby. The conditions were these : first, in
regard to reform—that the late Government should
declare that they were prepared to bring in a bill, and
to use all their power to pass it, which should provide
for boroughs a £6 rental franchise, and for counties a £lO
rental franchise ' • and that at least thirty of the smaller
boroughs should be disfranchised. (Loud applause.)
The next was this : that the Government should
pledge themselves to take all necessary steps to main-
tain an honest and honourable neutrality, showing also
that they were determined to take part with neither of
the belligerents, and that they were prepared to defend
to the utmost the honour and the interests of England,
if either should be attacked. (Applause.) On the
first night of the debate, immediately after the seconder
of the amendment sat down, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer gave distinctly his pledges to those condi-
tions which he (Mr. Lindsay) had named. Then there
was another consideration with him (Mr. Lindsay).
He felt that if Lord Derby could give a bill which would
satisfy him (Mr. Lindsay) and other sound Reformers,
his lordship had a power which the Whigs had not—a

power to pass the bill through the Lo-rds, and thus
settle in our day and generation this truly important
question. The next question to which he would refer
was the shipping question. Early in the late Parlia-
ment he moved for a committee to inquire into the
special burdens affecting the merchant shipping, with
a view to their removal. The House of Commons
was pleased with due accord to grant this com-
mittee. The committee had merely commenced
its sittings when the dissolution took place. He
put the motion on the paper for it again ; when
the time came to move it there was a change of
Government. As they knew, some considerable time
intervened and no business was done ; and by the time
he got in turn again, the House of Commons was weary
of party fights, and was not in the mood to go into any
of those questions which are considered in the House of
Commons, though very important, still very dry ques-
tions. Therefore, he had not had an opportunity of doing
more in the House of Commons since he had been their
representative than merely, in a few words, getting
from the President of the Board of Trade a distinct
understanding that if he (Mr. Lindsay) moved early
next session for a committee to inquire into those
burdens, the Government would be willing to grant
that committee : and he got a still further pledge that
the Government would introduce early next session a bill
to deal with passing tolls and local charges upon shipping.
Early next session he would move for the committee of
which he had given notice, and no • doubt it would be
granted. The Shipowners' Society of London and
various intelligent and influential gentlemen considered
that the cause of the present great depression was the
change of our policy, and they naturally asked for a
reversal of the tree-trade policy as applied to shipping.
He had always held that even if a reversal of that policy
was for the interests of the shir owners, there wou'd be
no chance of obtaining it. The Shipowners' Society of
London, and various other delegates from seaports, memo-
rialised her Majesty in regard to the present depressed
state of shipping, and prayed for reciprocity. This memo-
rial had been printed by the House of Commons, and
reported upon by the Board of Trade—the Board of
Trade of the Protectionist Government—and this report
showed, first, that the entries inwards and outwards of
British shipping had increased much more since therepeal
of the Navigation Laws than before; it showed, next, that
the number of ships built since the repeal of the Naviga-
tion Laws was greater than before ; and it also showed,
that the number of ships owned was greater since the
repeal of the Navigation Laws than before. The report
also showed that foreign shipping entering inwards in
our ports had increased in a much greater ratio than
British shipping. Mr. Lindsay proeeeded to point out
the great advantages of free trade thoroughly carried
out, and how, by enforciug reciprocity upon other
nations adverse to free trade, the artisans and ship-
owners of this country would materially suffer. In
conclusion, the hon. member said, "Continue to me
your confidence, and I will never swerve from those
independent principles which I have always professed."
A vote of confidence in Mr. Lindsay was carried with
acclamation.

IMPROVEMENT IN GENTLEMEN'S HATS.—
Many letters from time to time have, on this subject,
appeared in the "Post" and " Journal," the originals
of which are to be seen at our shops, 9, DALE-
STREET, and 6, CRESCENT. MR. JOHN A.
SIMPSON, the active partner of the firm of
KINNEAR and SIMPSON, begs to state that this
improvement in Gentlemen's Hats is his own inven-
in his own name, and is
In bringing this invention
he public, he has avoided say-
himself. All that has been
print, in the " Daily Post "
Journal," some three or four
The principle upon which the
1 is the one so well expressed in

vu private property
fly before

so promin
ine one T

advertis,
Proverb

_t another man praise thee, and not
thmo own month ; a stranger, and not thine own lips."
The whole of those letters are written by persons
altogether uninfluenced by any other motive than this
—that they really felt the beneEt of Mr. SLXPSON'S
invention, and in such a degree, that they thought it
only just to him to state their opinions, not in words
aunty, but also in writing.

INQUIRY BY THE BOARD OF TRADE

Yesterday, an inquiry was held in the Grand Jury—
room, St. George's Hall, before C. J. Preston, Esq., and
Captain Harris, the nautical assessor under the Board of
Trade, into the circumstances of the stranding of the
vessel Clymeuc on the Kish bank, on the 3rd August
last,. Mr. Tyndall appeared on behalf of the Board of
Trade, and Mr. Clarke Aspivall on behalf of the master
cf the vessel.

Mr. Tyndall said this inquiry was instituted by the
Board of Trade, at the instance of the underwriters.
Before they went into the inquiry', he applied for the-
master's certificate to be given up, which the act of par-
liament empowered the authorities to enforce.
Mr. Preston said the certificate could be given up, and
it would be without prejudice.
The certificate was accordingly sent for and given up.
The ship was wooden, and of about 745 tons burthen.
She belonged to Messrs. Bushby & Edwards, and sailed
from Liverpool, about noon of the 2nd instant, on a
voyage to Calcutta. She was freighted with a general
cargo, and had a crew of twenty-six hands, all told. She
was towed out to the Orme's Head, and the steam-
boat left her about eight p.m. the same day. The,
weather was fine. They sighted Point Lyuas soon
after, then the Skerries, then the South Stack. They
steered on a wind, and continued until near seven a.m.,
when the tack of the jib parted. All hands Were then
called up, and in trying to get the jib in the " down
haul" broke. At this time it was raining and thick,
and blowing strong from S.S.W. When it cleared up
from the westward, and they saw land about fifteen_
miles off, there was nothing to indicate their position,
but the captain at once hove the courses up to take the
soundings, when the jib tack parted, and they were de-
layed by that. When hauling the foresail up, they saw
the Kish Buoy on the weather bow, about one or one
and a half miles distance. The captain ordered the first
mate to his station forward, with two or three hands,.
and ordered the helmsman to put up the helm, and
instantly wore ship to the eastward. She answered her-
helm, went round, and when steading the braces tight,
she touched the Kish bank several times. She was
swayed by the trough of the sea. • She did not remain
more than half an hour on the bank. The carpenter-
was ordered to sound the pumps, and he reported seven-
teen, then nineteen, and up to twenty-seven inches.
They made signal for a pilot, and one came on board at
Kingstown, and they towed thence to Liverpool ;.
and the ship is now in the Sandon Graving Dock.
In addition to these facts, the captain, Lister Harrison,
stated that the lead was hove at two, three, four, and
six o'clock. He took these precautions because the
vessel was strange to him and the crew. The vessel
was going at the rate of eight knots. When she struck
he ordered three or four hinds into the boats, when the
whole crew, with the exception of eight, including him-
self, rushed into the boats, being alarmed. When the.
vessel left Liverpool, the men were all drunk • and when
the steam-tug left•them about eight o'clock, the hands
were all called up for the purpose of
the . watches. A great portion of the men at
that time were tipsy. When the men were taking
in the courses, he observed that the men were very
slovenly, as if suffering from the effects of drink. Under
any circumstances, he would have had all hands up when
the ship struck. He sounded when he came off the bank,
and he found seventeen fathoms of water. He thought
if the men had not been slow they would not have got
on to the bank. He could only account for the ship
getting on the bank by the tide, or else the lead had not
been properly hove. The mate, and the boatswain, who
acted as second mate, kept the log in their respective
watches.

By Mr. Aspinall.—The currents in the Channel were
deceptive and irregular. He told the mate, when heaving
the lead at six o'clock, to be sure to give him a correct
distance, as he intended to sound about seven o'clock..
He would have sounded at seven o'clock had not the jib
given way. He believed that after he saw the danger,
had not the jib given way, the ship would have gone
clear. The vessel suffered material damage ; the keel
had to be taken off her.
John Owen was then examined. He was chief mate
of the vessel. His evidence did not differ in any material
point from that of the captain, but was a general corro-
boration of the foregoing facts.
Testimonials were produced speaking highly of the
captain, and the proprictom of the ship volunteered to take
the captain back into their service if the court ws uld offer
no obstruction. After a short consultation, Mr. Prestm
said, with the assistance of Captain Harris, they. bad
come to the conclusion that Captain Harrison was
guilty of a grave error of judgment in not taking a
sounding when he found himself opposite the Kish bank._
But looking into the character which he bore, and
which had served him in good stead, they had come to
the determination that the best thing they could do,
was to return him his certificate, in order to enable him
to go to sea with the vessel, which was now nearly
ready, and to recommend the Board of Trade to severely
reprimand him, which they thought would satisfy the-
justice of the case.

The captain was handed his certificate, and the inquir

then closed

HOUSEKEEPERS.—The Coffee sold by Thompson
Brothers, 5, Elliott-street, at Is. 4d., is better than you
pay is. Bd. for at any other establishment.
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and require no restraint from business or pleasure.
They act mildly on the bowels, without pains or
griping, strengthen the stomach, promote a healthy
action of the liver, purify the blood, cleanse the skin,
brace the .nerves, and invigorate the whole system.
They prove an admirable restorative of a debilitated.
constitution, creating appetite, correcting indigestion,
removing bile, giddiness, and nervous or sick head=aches. It is impossible to speak too highly of these-
pills.

AMUSEMENTS IN LIVERPOOL.—Open from ten in
the morning until ten at night. Allsop's Wax-Work
exhibition. All the kings and queens, from and in-
cludinm William the Conqueror down to Queen
Victoria ; also princes and princesses, dukes, duchesses,
lords, eminent statesmen, warriors, poets, divines ;
also all the most noted personages of the past. and
present ages, &c. Allsop's sculpture galleries, containing
upwards of 3,000 statues, selected from all parts of the
world, varying from five to twenty feet in height.
Allsop's dioramic, panoramic, cosmoramic, and stereo-
scopic views, of intense interest. Allsop's musical pro-
menade. The above attractions are now combined,
forming one large establishment, in the immense and:
magnificent building known as the Teutonic-hall,.
next door but one to the County Court, Lime-street,.
Liverpool, and nearly opposite the Adelphi Hotel, and:
is open to the public at 6d. each ; children nnder ten
years of age, 3d. each. Mr. Allsop's exhibition has.
been pronounced by the press of Liverpool, London,
and elsewhere, to be the most perfect, superbly-
magnificent, and largest establishment in the world—a
fact that cannot possibly be contradicted. Be sure to
observe the name, "Allsop," at the entrance. Sole
proprietor, Mr. Wm. Allsop.
J. Gorsuch No. 7,

Hair-C and Per
Parker-street, , begs
_mostutterrespectfully
friends and the public for the liberal patrol
stowed upon him during the fourteen years ire has
been iu business in Liverpool, and, furthermore
solicits a continuance of their favour, which it shall
ever be his study to deserve. He takes the present
opportunity to announce that the late partnership ex-
isting between himself and James Wynes is dissolved
and fiir the future the business will be carried on,
at No. 7, Parker-street, under J. Gorsuch's sole
superintendence. Boarding Schools attended by the
month. Private families waited on 'as usual at
their residences. An experienced assistant will
be sent round once a 'month to the following
places :—Bootle, Seaforth, Waterloo, Crosby Huyton,
Bainhill, Runcorn, St. Helen's, Seacombe, Egre-
moat, New Brighton, Birkenhead Park, Claugh-
ton, Oxton, and Rock Ferry. J. G. may be consulted
personally in all cases of disease in the hair. He calls
especial attention to the stimulative properties of his
,4 Circassian Balm," (where the hair is falling off,) of
which, and the Milk of Almonds, he is the sole in-
ventor ; and no other is genuine unless made by J.
Gorsuch.

to thank his

CIRCULAR.--ExchanoT Hair-cutting and Sham -
pooing-rooms, (over the shop of Mr. Turmeau, cigar
merchant.) No. 11, Castle-street, Liverpool, August 5,
1859.—Sir,—In handing you. the inclosed card, permit
me to inform you that the partnership hitherto sub-
sisting between myself and Mr. Gorsuch has terminated
by mutual consent. I shall for the future carry on the
rooms situate as above, where I trust I may be -favoured
with your patronage. Nothing shall be wanting on
my part to deserve yoar confidence.—l have the honour
to be, sir, your obedient servant, Jamey Wyncs.