Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-24 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The North Star arrived on Wednaslay at Cowes,
on her way to Havre. She left. New York on the 11th
instant. She has brought 165 passengers, and specie to
the amount of 181,886 dollars.

At New York, the sales of cotton on the 10th embraced
nearly 800 bales ; Upland Midlands at about 141 c to 141 c.
Flour in moderate demand, and prices lower; wheat heavy,
and lard firm. Coffee firm, but quiet. At New Orleans
cotton market firm, but little business doing.
Ten vessels were in qnarantine at New York.
The New York Herald says that since the death of
Mr. Marcy, Secretary Cass has partially determined to
make public the reply of the late Secretary of State to the
French demand for indemnity for losses sustained by
French citizens at the bombardment at Greytown.
Everything in Kansas is peaceable. Two-thirds of the
peo.slavery and free state men of Kaman, Missouri, and
Mississippi Valley have endorsed Governor Walker's policy
in Kansas.
At New Odeans the cotton market was firm, but little
business doing.
Nine hundred and fifty sieves were landed at Cuba on
the 24th ult. The slavers started for the Brazils as soon
as they had lauded their cargoes. A British frigate from
Jamaica is gone in pursuit of them.
Fifteen persons belonging to the Dead Rabbits party
concerned in the +h of july riots at New York have been
found guilty of manslaugh-er by the coroner's jury Two
more persons have died of their wounds. one of the
rioters have been apprehend d.
Law proceedings have been taken by the owner of the
alleged slave bargee Panehita. against the British officer
who seized her, and an order of arrest was issued, and
bonds fixed at 15,000 dollars.

Parot, eoneemed in the French railroad frauds, escaped
from gaol, but was re-captured.
Bevaral wrecks had taken place in the Bahamaq.

Sou TRAMP roN, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

'lhe European and American Company's steamer
Jason has arrivod at Cowes, on her way to London,
from New York Sae left New York on the Bth inst.,
and her news Ins been ant;cipeed by the Persia. She
has on board 1,300 tons of cargo.

Tfiz HARROW TURN.OUT.—Load Palmerston, in acknow-
ledging his heath, drunk in his original character of " a
Ea, row boy," at the last annual festival of the Harrovians.
declared that no other public school in the kingdom had
bad the good fortune to turn out such men as Lord Aber-
deen, the Etrl of Ripon. and the late Sir Robert Peel.
Lord -Palmerston is modest; he did at least ai much as
his school to tucri oat two of the three statesmen mentioned.
—Punch

POCKET PICKING AT A FAIR.—At St. Beswelrs fair, Mr.
Thornlurn, farmer, Juniper Bank, Innerleithen, who had
just sod a number of sheep, was leaving the Fleece"
tent, when his pocket was picked of six twenty pound
notes, one five pound note, and four one pound notes—in
all £129. The same day, Mrs. Cotsworth, residing at
Cowdenknowes, had her pocket picked of a purse contain-
ing a five pound note and some silver. In neither case has
any trace been found of the thieves.
LAY PREACHING.—Three country gentlemen in the
north have recently entered on the work of preaching the
gospel. They are—Mr. Brownlow North, for many years
a " fast" man about town; Mr. Grant Macdowall, of
Arndilly ; and Captain Macdowall, of Sandsi le. Their
ministrations, especially those of Mr. North, are creating
intense excitement. Mr. North is an Episcopalian, hut he
holds forth in churches of all the denominations, from
pariah kirks to Btatist, chapels. —Scottish Weekly Pulpit.
A DRUM MAJOR'S PRINCELY PUPIL.--Druna Major
Wiliam Loomes, 21. battalion Cokl,tre,arn Guarils, who
has for some time past attended at Buckingham Palace for
the purpose of teaching the young Prince Alfred the art of
military drum heating, receivd from her Majes'y on
Wednesday last a special mark of her approbation for his
attention to the Royal prince. The Queen herself presented
him with a ly,ndsorae gold watch, engraved with an
inscription ; also a portrait of his young pupil, who is
never so happy as when he is perf,rming some military
movement. United Service Gazette.
S ,me limo ago, an arrangement was entered into be-
tween the master bakers of this town and their workmen,
that there should be a total discontinuance of night labour,
and that with the exception of a faw hours early cn Mon-
day morning, the business of the baking trade should be
conducted in the ordinary hours of other trades. Twenty-
seven out of thirty-two master bakers have faithfully
maintained their agreement; but, as it appears, five have
not thought proper to fall in with the movement, we trust
that an arrangement will be made that will satisfy all the
pal Lim., eon Ludt aeweialing will oe none euectuauf to carry
o at this much needed reform.—Belfast paper.
LORD NAPIER.—The Cumberland (Maryland) Civilian
of Taesday has the following paragraph: —Lord Napier,
the British Minister, and family, arrived in our city on
Thursday evening last, en route for Frostburg, eleven mites
from this place, where ha intends spending the summer.
The elegant residence of Mr. Charles Hammil has been
engaged for his lordships accommojation, where, we doubt
not, from the present location, the beauty of the surrounding
scenery, the cool and refreshing air, the pure and sparkling
mountain water, and the warm hearts of many " brither
Scots" beating for him a hearty w:lcome, ha will spend a
happy season of rustication, redounding in health to him-
self and family, and a pleasant episode to be cherished in
the recollections of all.

THE FINAL FRANKLIN SEARCH EXPIDIrIO'N.—Two Or
three weeks only have elapsed since the tiaal Arctic expe-
dition in search of the rmains of the missing naviga'ors
of the Erebus and Terror &parted on its errand of
humanity and benevolence, with the heartfelt blessings of
thousands who have taken so deep an interest in this last
of a series of noble enterprises. Such an expedition, it
may be imagined, could not be prepared without great
immediate cost, and still greater liabilities. The Lady
Franklin's Final Search Fund now reaches £2677, and the
cost of the yacht Fox, with provisions, and the pay of the
officers and men for two years is £10,431; leaving £7,767
as the amount of Lady Franklin's liabilities with respect
to the expedition. It is earnestly to be hoped that when
this fact becomes generally known, the appeal made for
assistance in lessening these large liabilities will be liberally
responded to, and that long before the expedition returns
from the icy region whither it is now bound, an energetic
effort will be made to discharge the whole of the claims
that will have accrued.

HOUSES IN FLATS.—The Victoria-street experiment inns"
be repeated, and finally become the rule of the metro-
politan abodes for all hut the upper ranks of society, unless,
which does not seem likely, London should suffer a sudden
check in its growth. At its present rate of expansion, it
is doubling every ten years; so that the inconvenience of
transit must ere long of itself compel the abdonment of f:
system, which now extends the city's superficies at four or
Eve times more than the necessary rate. The railway has
brought Brighton within an hour and a half of London ;
but no system of locommotion is conceivable which would
bring the extreme points of London itself within that time
of each other. The evil is becoming insupportable ; and
here and there a house and a row of houses, eight or nice
stories high, shows clearly that the metropolis sees the
necessity of henceforward affecting the perpendicular
instead of the horizontal direction of expansion. In this
necessity lies the great hope for the domestic architecture
of London, which has hitherto been wholly below =
tempt. A house, eight or nine stories high, must he
much more solidly built than one of three or four; and,
as obvious solidity and permanence are the very first con-
ditions of architectural character, we fled that the new
houses, recently raised in the city and the great central
thoroebhfares, where the value of land is enormous, and
constitutes an additional reason for lofty buildings, have
often an architectural air which reminds us rather of
Fl erence or Venice than of London.—National Review.
Tuz PROPLeS PARK AND THE CORPORATION. -- On
Wednesday, at a special meeting of the Halifax Town
C eincil, the Town-clerk read a communication from Frank
Crossley, Esq., M.P. for the borough, offering to give to
the Cs.rperation the park at Belle Vise, for the use of the
inhabitants for ever, on the following conditions :-Ist.
That it be open to the public during the whole year,
Sundays included, from morning until evening. 2nd.
That the hours of opening and closing vary with the
season, but no, , to he open before six in the morning,
nor after dark in the evening.,, 3rd. That it be used only
as a promenade. 4th. That no games, such as cricket,
bowls, or hockey be allowed, and that bathing be pro-
hibited. sth. That bands of music be allow6d, except on
Sundays (under certain regulations), but net dancing.
6th. That refreshments be not sold within the pack. 7th.
That the Corporation spend annually not less than £315
in maintaining the buildings, bridges, statues, trees,
shrubs, walks, Ste. Bth. If the Corporation fail to main-
tain the park in rule 7th, it shall revert to Frank Crossley
or his heirs. 9th. No buildings shall be erected, except
summer-houses, lodges, and sach like structures as may
from time to time be found necessary. 100. The part(
shall not be used for any political or other meeting, nor
for the celebration of anniversaries of societies. 11th,
No charge shall ba made for admission nor any use made
of it for private or municipal pecuniary advantage. 12:b.
Teat the Corporation make and enforce such regulations
as shall protect the trees, walks, &c. from injury. The
council accepted the munificent offer with perfect unani-
mity, and passed a resolution referring the arrangements
for a public demonstration at the opening of the park
on tt e 14th proximo to the General Purposes Committee.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.-STAFFORD, JULY 21.

ACTION FOR DRBAT:CRING A IVIYE.—WEBB v. FISHRII.—
Mr. Skinner, Q.C., and Mr. Clayton were counsel for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Pigott and Mr. Kenoaly for the
defendant in this action, by which Joseph Webb, of Wol-
verhampton, dockmaker, seught to recover from Josiah
Fisher, the owner of a small house property, and residing
in the same town, £l,OOO damages for having debauched
his wife. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and that
the woman was not plaintiff's wife. In the opening, ?qr.
Skinner said that the wife of the plaintiff was the daughter
of a respectable tradesman at Birmingham. She had the
misfortune to be seduced when about 20 by a young man
who she expected would have married her, and the conse-
quence of the liaison 'was the birth of a girl now nearly
14 years of age, and upon whose evidence the result of
the present action would mainly detentd. The lady's
parents did not, however, cut her off, and by the year
1842. when the plaintiff first cultivated her aeqaaintance,
she had so far retrieved her position and character that
she was able to earn a subsistence by keeping a school
for the education of young girls. In May, 1841, they
were married, and in 1851 removed to Wolverhernton,
where, in December, 1852, they took from the defendant a
house in Church-lane. Defendant used to call for his
rent on the Monday morning. Plaintiff regularly left home
for his place of business about seven in the morning, and
remained there until nine or ten at night; and in the
early part of 18;2, taking advantage of his knowledge of
plaintiff's habits, and perhaps encouraged by the previous
lapse's of his wife, the defendant increased ;he frequency
of his visits, and from this date a criminal intimacy
appeared to have been carried on between them up to the
month of April last, when circumstances which came under
the notice of the plaintiff caused him to institute an inquiry
the result of which was first the discovery in her box of
two letters from the defendant to her, then the confirmation
of his suspicions and the bringing of this action. The
fear ned counsel recd the letters, which were very silly.
About the same time as the plaintiff discovered the guilt
of his wife, the defendant, who wadi a married man. would
seem either to have become satisfied, or to have had his
affections cooled by the fading charms of his paramour,
who had become afflicted with an abcess in her face ;
for in April last, just before the commencement
of the present action, he gave them notice to quit a
house of his in Ablow-street, to which they had removed
from Church-lane. At the close of his speech the learned
counsel called a witness to prove the marriage, and then
Cecilia Webb, the illegitimate daughter of the plaintiff's
wife, who gave her evidence in a very collected and intelli-
gent manner, deposed to frequent visits to her mother by
the defendant —on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays,
mostly at the eve of dusk—in the years 1852, 1853, 1854,
and 1855. He several times had tea with her, and brought
with him on these occasions biscuits, plum-cake, and other
things. At one of these visits it was a plum-cake and four
lobsters. He always used to kiss her mamma when he
came in and went out, and during his visits. She was
generally sent away for awhile. She frequently heard the
door locked after her, and found it locked on her return ;
and also obserred a light in the bed-room when he was
with mamma. "On one occasion on coming back," said
the witness, " I knocked at the door, and after waiting a
few minutes mamma asked, Who is there ?' She opened
the door, and on going into the house I saw Mr. Fisher
coming down stairs. He said mamma had been showing
him the bed-rooms, which she wanted papea,d. I several
times saw my mother sitting on the knee of the defendant,
who was on the sfa in the parlour. When we went to
Aglow-street he still visited mamma on Mondays, Tuesdays,
and Fridays, up to a few months ago, when she bad art
abcsss on the Ace. He also met hor at Mrs. Lloyd's,
new.; door. I carried both of these letters to mamma. I
saw Mr. Fizher write one, and the other I believe is in his
handwriting. Several other witnesses spoke to seeing
undue familiarities pass between the plaintiff's wife and
defendant, such as his kissing her, and her sitting on his
knee. Mr. Serjeant Pigott charac'erised the action as one
brought to deprive the defendant of his little property.
The woman was quite capable of concocting such a scheme,
as she appeared to have been successful in tutoring her
daughter for that trial. Several witnesses spoke to the
loose and improper conduct cf the plaintiff's wife, both
before and after her acquaintance with the defendant. One
female swore that the woman in her hearing invited a
Scotchman, to whom she owed a bill, to go up stairs wi'h
her, and so settle the account, which he declined to do.
Two men deposed to having witnessed a scene, showing an
improper connection between her and Bridgewater, a
married man, and the junior deck of plaintiff's attorney.
His lordship, in summing np the case, said that it weeta
be a very serious question for the jury to consider whether
this was not a proceeding on the part of the plaintiff and
his wife to obtain money from the defendant. On this
point he directed attention to the fset Of two witnesses
coming direct from the wife ; and even supposing that
luterevurn*lnVl taKeu vlsce IJOtworm the defendant and the
wife of the plaintiff, it would be for the jury to say what
damages the plaintiff had sa'tained by the loss of the
society of such a woman as his wife had been proved to be.
The jury, after a long consultation, returned a verdict for
the defendant.