Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-07 00:00:00

WALLASEY BOARD OF HEALTH.

The monthly meeting of the Board of Health, of the dis-
trict of Wallasey, was held at the public offices at Bare-
mont last nigot. The chair was occupied by the Rev. E
Roberts ; and there were also present Messrs. E. W. Col-
bourn, Fishwiek, Pooley, Hill, Singlehurst, Hughes, W. R.
Colbourn, and De. Parr.
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read, as
were also those of the proceedings of the different com-
mit' e as.

Mr W. R. Connovaer, in proposing that the proceedings
of the Works' Committee 11, confirmed, made allusion to the
prop- sal for erecting a weighing machine at the cost of the
board, which had been frequently under consideration.
The CHAIRMAN, interrupting, said he begged to intimate
that a communication on this subject had been received
from Mr. H. K. Aspinal, who offered, at his own expense,
to erect a weighing machine, on certain conditions. These
were, that the weighing machine be laid down at the
corner of the Queen's Hotel ; that the board pay a man to
attend on the machine ; and that on these conditions the
Board might have the use of the machine for fourteen
years. A memorial was next read from a number of the
inhabitants of Central Liscard, complaining of a proposed
intention of erecting stables, and locating the night sail
carts and night sail on the site of the old town's pinfo'd,
and suggesting that another site should be selected
report from Dr. Parr and another gentleman, relative to
the sanitary condition of the " nest," at New Brighton.
The report staed that, with the exception of some pig-
styes and other matters of a somewhat similar nature, the
condition of the locality was in a fair state.
Mr. R. W. COLBOURN, in reference to the offer of Mr.
Aspinall, said it had placed the committee in an anomalous
position. They had bestowed much pains on the subject
with a view to having it carried out in the manner most
advantageous to the public. In its preßent state ho should
move that the subject be remitted back to (he committee.
In respect to the memorial from Liscard, he might assure
the gentlemen who signed it, that the committee never
intended to bring the night soil there at all. They meant
merely to locate the horses of the place indicated; and
many people, among whom he must include himself, were
not in the habit of considering horses a nuisance, or in any
way detrimental to health. This explanation he hoped
would be satisfactory, and in that hope he should move
that the proceedings be confirmed, with the exception of
the part which relate' to the weighing machine.
Mr. Fishwick seconded the motion.

M HiLn said he had been called on by many respectable
inhabitants of Liscard, who entertain a great oljection to
the proposal for erecting stables on the old town pinfold.
It is in the centre of the village, and in such a situation
they considered it could not be other than a nuisance. As
they entertained this opidon, it was desirable to respect it;
and more so, when it was taken into account that other
sites might easily be obtained. In this belief, he thought
it would be well if The committee would reconsider the
matter, He might mention that a site could be easily ob
tained, on a piece of land in Mill-lane, or at Old Liscard.
As a strong feeling existed on the subject, he should con-
dude by moving, as an amendment, that this portion of
the proceedings be also referred back to the committee.
r. Singlehurst seconded the amendment.
Mr. R. Colbourn, in explanation, defended the com-
mittee and the site chosen for the stables. _ .

The amendment was then put f orn the chair, negatived
by a majority of six votes to three.
The original motion wee then carried.
Mr. E. W. Colbourn then intimated that all the sums
due by parties who were bound to pay for the cmstruc-
tion of the road from Seacombe toll to Trafalg Lr-road
had been paid, with some small exceptions, amounting in
all to abJut £lOO. Having made this statement, he
should conclude by moving that the proceedings of the
Finance Committee be confirmed, which was unanimowly

carried.
That) was no other business before the Board, and the
meeting broke up.

THE CASE OF ELIZ A. PENNING.

It will he remembered that in the trial of Miss Madeline
Smith, the Dean of Faculty quoted the case of Eliza
Penning, executed innocently on a charge of poisoning.
A. letter from the Rev. J. 11. Gurney, in the limes, quotes
a sta+ ement made by the Rev. James Upton, a Baptist
minister in London, to the effect that Eliza, Penning had
confessed her guilt. The statement is contained in a
memorandum by the late Mr. William Brodie Gurney,
the short-hand w.iter to the House of Lords, who was in
the habit of noting down remarkable occurences. Mr. W.
B. Gurney had the statement from Mr. Upton
" Doubts having been on several occasions expressed of
the guilt of Eliza Penning, I feel it my duty to record the
the facts with reference to her me which came within
my knowledge
" Shortly after her execution I heard that the Rev.
James Upton, a Baptist ministeta preaching in Church
street, Blackfriar's-road, had visited her while under
sentence of death, having been requested to do so in c mse
(pence of her having, when young, attended at his
chapel, whether with her family. or in the Sunday school
I aqi not aware. I knew him to be a very excellent
man—a man of great kindneess of heart ; I telt sa+isfied
that he would not form a more unfavourable opinion than
circumstances called for, and I took an opportunity of
seeing him. lle informed me that on his entering the cell,
Eliza _Penning, with great earnestness and tears, exclaimed
that she was innocent of the crime imputed to her—that
it wax a cruel charge, and so on. That he replied, Eliza,
I have not come here to talk to you about that. Ido not
mean to ask you whether you were guilty of that crime or
not, but I come to you as a minister of Jesus Christ, hearing
that you are probably very shortly about to appear before
your Judge, to remind you that you are a sinner and that
unless those sins which yon are conscious you have com-
mitted are repented of and pardonod you can have no good
hope for eternity. I come to sat before you Jesus as a
Saviour able and willing to save.' He said, I was some-
what affected, considering the nation of this poor girl
about to suffer, and I talked to her ea-restly, entreating
her to seek mercy, and avoiding altogether the subject of
her conviction. Before I had done she completely melted
down, and then it all came out.' I said, Do yon mean
that she confessed that crime ? Oh, yes,' said he, ' there
was no reserve then. She confessed that it was all true,
and I besought on her behalf the forgiveness of all her
sins, and of that among the rest, and I hoped at the time
that she hal joined in that prayer, but I understand that
after this she still persisted in assuring those who visited
her of her innocence.' "

An reimate has been published of the probable amount
required to defray the charge of the embodied militia up
to the 31st of March next. The sum is .C 200,000.
We understand that James Coppock, Esq , has peen
apriutcd to the' freasurership of the Kent County
Courts, vaciat by the death of the late W. F. A, Dc-
lang• Esq.
We read in a eo!enaj-ra'r :—" It is *stated in political
circics, that Mr. Piaiun, the late Secretary of tha Ad-
miralty, is ahant -proceed to the Co'onics, having
acceptel an appointmert." We believe that no such
statement has been made in the political elicits. We
know that there is not the slightest inssib!e futile lotion
for it.— Globe.

M. Gaiz it has ju-t published, in the last nnmber of the
Reveu des Deux 3foncits ft, article on 4 Belgium and King
Leopold in 1857," in which he expie sses his approbation
of the resolution come to by the mieiver, and eanctionee
by the Keg, relative to the bill on charitable instittrions;
and, whilst recommending prudeace to the various parties,
the writer declares that, in spite of what has taken place,
he does not in the least anticip_tte any evil to Belgium
because, though parties are divided, they are all friends of
the constitution and of Belgium naionality.
M. Kos.trrn.—A meeting was held at Glasgow on
Monday evening, under the presidency of Mr. W. M.Adam,
in Lennox's Hotel, for the purpose of making arrange-
ments with the distinguished exile for the delivery of a
I, cture en the foreign reactions of Great Britain. A letter
was read from M. Kossuth, in which he stated his reluct-
ance to lecture on the subject proposed to him by the
committee, and suggested the propriety of choosing another
topic. The subjec, he proposed was agreed to by the
mee.ing, and a committee appointed to make the necessary
arrangements for the lecture.
A FRENCH RIEDPATIT. —The Court of Assizes of the
Doubs was, on Friday and Saturday, occupied in trying
M. Monnot, cashier of the branch of the Bank of France
at Besancon, for embezzlement and forgery ; and M. Vital
Pavel, banker in that city, as his accomplice. The case
excited great interest. Lionnot, it, appeared, was in 1841
appointed cashier of the branch bank established at Besot-
ofn. Unlimited cot-trance wee placed in him, and he
was charged to receive all the sums paid in, to effect alt
payments, and to keep the accounts. Same time b,.ck i
was discovered that, for ten years, he had been in the
habit of committing embezzlements, and that their total
ameten!ed to the enormous sale of 420,000 f; also that lie
had falsified his acce,unts, and fabricated or suppressed
receipts and otheC itoetiments, so as to disguise his frauds.
The greater part of this sum be had employed in carrying
on a bank in tae name of,his wife, who had b:en a widow,
named Pres! el, and on her death, which took place in 1853,
in that of her son, the other' accused; and it was alleged
that tl'es young man knew perfectly well that the sums
sup' ,lied by his father-in-law were not honestly come by ;
P).so that he (Prevel)4ad spent a not inconsidereble portion
of them in keeping a mistress and horses, and that he had
indulged in extravagant luxury. The jury acquitted
Prevel and convicted Monnot, though with extenuating
circumstances. The court sentenced his to eight years'
hard labour. •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-YESTERDAY.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MIS, J. AIKIN.

A BLACKGUtRD.—Mr. Ride, one of the chief superin-
tendents of police, charged .a person named George Byres,
who s id he lived at Broad-Green, under the following
circumstances. The prisoner, in appearance, was what is
commonly called "a gentleman," bat his conduct strangely
contrasted with his appearance. The officer said, on the
afternoon of the previous day ho was called by a respect-
able female in London-road, who informed him that a man
was in Hotham-stree, acting in the most scandalous
manner; and whilst proceeding towards the place, another
respectable female, with a child in her arms, came up and
made a similar complaint. He went along, and before he
came within forty yards of the prisoner, he saw him act in
the most scandalous and indecent manner. Ho was in
drink, but knew very well what he was doing, and it was
quite evident that his conduct was not the result of
accident, but that he designedly acted in the manner
described. The females felt very delicate, and would not
come forward. In reply to Mr. Aikin, the superintendent
said the females were respectable. His Worship censured
the conduct of the prisoner, and fined him £2. The fine
was paid.
"BnEssirtos" ON TUE POPS.--A very free-and-easy sort of
looking young fellow, named Morris Davis, said to be the
second steward of the ship Orient, w charged by police
officer 311, who said, I saw him in flighfield street the
previous evening; he was drunk, and was singing the
"Boyne Water," and cursing the Pope. A crdwd col-
lected, and would have handled the prisoner rather roughly
had he not interfered, and his conduct and singing of p arty
songs was calculated to create a disturbance. He took
him into custody. Fined ss. and costs.
TUE Row IN WATERLOO-ROAD. —Henry Wright, Samuel
Roper, and Thomas Rea, wh3 were remanded on the pre-
vious day, on a charge of having assaulted officer 35G. were
brought up. Mr. Muck, for the defendants, as he promised
the previous day, produced witnesses who fully proved his
sts'ement, and the charge was dismissed, and the officer
suspended.
John Dixon, a person employed by Mr. Rose, the night-
soil contractor, was remanded on a charge of embezzle-
ment of money belonging to his employer.
A person named William Heyton, said to be a
County Court bailiff, was sent to gaol for one month for
having stolen a pipe, a 'gimlet, a cork-screw, and other
things out of a house in Erskine-street, where he was in
charge of a distress. -

BI RKE N HE AD.

BEFORE THE REV. ME. FIREMEN, AND :NI EMS. 8 HAW

AND JACKSON.

SUNDAY Tneense.—Yesterday, William Copestick, a
publican living in Birkenhead, was summoned before the
magistrates on a charge of keeping his house open for
the sale of drinks, during the prescribed hours on Sunday
last, namely, between the hours of three and five o'clock.
Mr. Bretherton appeared for the defendant. Inspector
Gunning was called, and he proved that on the afternoon
of Sunday list, he was on daty:near to the der'endant's
house, abent half past four o'clock, and from what he
observed he entered the house with police constable
Kehoe. When he went there he saw a Birkenhead man
coining through a glass door of the lobby, and he (witness)
then went into the bar, where he saw the defendant and a
female behind the bar. In the bar there was a Birken-
head man, (Murphy) and two strangers. There
was a glass c _ ntaining some drink on the
counter, the witness spoke to the defendant, and
went into the front room, where he saw twelve men and
some women ; two of the former belonged to Birkenhead,
all of whom had drink before them. He (witness) next
went into the back room, where he also found two men
and two women, all of whom, also, had drink before them.
He then told the deendant that he should summon him,
when he expressed a hope that he (witness) would not say
anything about it, but let it pass over. When the witness
visited the place the door of it was open, but all the other
houses in the neighbourhood were closed, and the defendant
told him that he hoped he woulda look over it. The
witness was cross-examined by Mr. Bretherton, but the
only additional evidence elicited was the identification of
two of the persons out of the twelve as belonging to Bir-
kenhead, and to his most positively denying that the man
(Murphy) had told him that he had asked for drink, but that
tie defendant had refused to supply him with any. because
he was a Birkenhead men. Police constable Kehoe fully
corroborated the statement made by the inspector, and
identified a third party, and one of the company as be'ong-
ing to Birkenhead. Mr. Bretherton addressed the Bench,
on behalf of the defendant, in a most able and eloquent
speech, contending that his client had used all the care he
possibly could, by refusing to supply the people of the
township, but out of the population of 27 000, and all the
strangers who visited the township in the course of the
Sunday from Liverpool, he might have made a mistake,
and therefore he hoped that the magistrates would not
inflict a penalty, perticularly as he should be able to prove
that eight of the persons out of the twelve in the one
room were there to inquire after beds, and had slept in the
house. He then called the servant, Bridget Boyce, who
stated that the man Murphy had not had any drink in the
house, nor yet any other person whom either she or her
master knew to be Birkenhead people. The lad opened
the door for all the parties, and had asked them where
they came from, and then, as they were travellers, they
walked in and sat down. In answer to the Inspector, she
said that Mr. James M Donald was in the holm, and that
he went in for his stick, but had not an thing to drink in
the house. He would swear that he had not one drop of
ale. He would swear that th re was no distnrbance in the
house after the Inspector had left, nor was M'Donald's hat
torn to pieces, although the lad had not seen him have the
same hat on since. The Bench were decidedly of the
opinion that the house was open for the sale of drink,
which was contrary to the act of Pall ament. Mr.
Bretherton contended that they had proved that the house
was only open for a legitimate purpose—the letting of the
beds ; but, to clear up all dispute, he would call
M'Donald to prove that the house was not open.
Mr. James M‘Donald was then called, and he stated that
he was at the defendant's house on the Sunday afternoon
When he went up the door was not open, and he had to
ring the bell. He went for his hat and his stick, but cer-
tainly did not get anything to drink—oh, no, decidedly
not. He saw the officers enter the room. They appeared
to be in a great hurry; but he would not, because he
could not, swear that the door was shut at the time they
went in. The witness was questioned by the bench as to
how he came to leave his hat and stick at the house, and,
after some hesitation, stated that he had been a lodger
there, and had a great many things in the house, but that
he did not go without a covering on his head, because he
carried a cap in his pocket. The Bench was decidedly of
opinion that the house bad been improperly kept open, and
ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 20s and costs.

A SORRY THIEF.

At the Guildhall, on Wednesday, Chis. Alder, was
placed at the bar before Alderman Sir Henry Muggeridge,
charged with the following fraud. William Tabernacle, a
youth about 12 years of age, said : I live at home with
my father, who is an auctioneer and surveyor, at 36,
Farringdon-street. I went to the Morning Advertiser
office this morning to pay for some advertisements, which
came to .E 1 4s. I paid the amount with two sovereigns,
having received £3 from my father for that purpose, and
to pay for some advertisements at the Times. I received
16e change, and was on my way to the Times office, when
the prisoner overtook me in Union street, New Bridge •
street, and said, " Oh, they have charged you 4s too
much. I have got a sovereign, if you give me the
165." I said, L thought I had better go back to the office,
and have the ticket altered, but he said, " Oh, no, that
will do at any time." I gave him the 16s, and he gave
me a coin, which I thought was the sovereign, wrapped
up in paper. I was rather suspicious, and looked after him,
and when I saw him running away, I opened the paper,
and found only a brass medal. I immediately follo4ed
the prisoner, calling " Stop thief," and overtook him in a
court near the Times office, when he gave me the 16s
back, and said, " all right, my lad," and was
going away, but I ran after him again, calling
" Stop thief," when he was stopped in New Bridge-
street by my uncle, who happened to be passing
that way at the time, and held the prisoner until a police-
man ara ived. I gave the p isomer into custody. Sir
Henry Muggeridge : Do you wish to ask the witness any
question, prisoner? Prisoner No, sir ; only he is mis-
taken. I am not the person that he complains of. Sir
Henry Muggeridge : Are you quite sure witness this is the
man ? Witness : lam quite certain he is. Prisoner : It's
all a mistake, sir, and if you will inquire into my character
you will find it so. I never had anvth ng against me in
my life, Sir Henry Mrggeridge : You shall have every
opportunity, and I shall therefore remand you till Saturday,
in order that some enquiry may be made about you.

AN AVOWED A:Tuersr.—Thomas Briant was charged at
Marlborough. street Police-office, London, on Tuesday, with
stealing a gold watch, the property of Baron Ernest de
Gleichen, of Tetteubourn, and 32, Harrington-street North,
flampstead-road. When the GospAs were tendered to the
prosecutor for the purpose of being sworn, he declined
to take the oath, from coaselentious ecruplee. Mr, Beado:,
asked him what were his religious tenets ? The prosecutor
said he was nei.her Protestant nor Roman Catholic, Mr.
Beadon : What is your religion ? Prosecutor : lam an
Atheist—a perfect Atheist. Mr. Beadon Then there is
an end of the ease. Charge dismissed,

AN ALLEGED THREAT 'TO TAKE THE LIFE OF
THE BMPEROR NAPOLEON; AT ROCK-FEAEY.

Yesterday, twe respectably dreeserl young men, named
Pond and Crofton, appeared before the Birkenhead' Beath
of magistrates—Mr. Jackson ancrthe- Bev. Mr. Fielding—.
to answer a charge preferred against them by Mr. John
Clare, jun , for having used threatezing language, and
stopped him on the Queen's highway. Mr. Bretherton
appeared for the defendants. Mr Clara, upen-being sworn.,
stated : r was on board the Bock-Ferry boat. at half-past
four o'clock, and just before I was ab ut to get on the
slip with my wife ant little ch:ld, the fellow Reund jumped
from the paddle-box and lurched up against me, and
pushed me against my wife. I asked him who he was
pushing against ?' when he made use of some abusive
language, when that other fellow came up, and'offe-ed to
fight me. The Magistrates • Who do you mean by that
fellow ? Mr. John Clare : Why, him there, t be sure
The Magistrate : You had better call him by his right
name. Mr. Clare : That person or that fellow came up—
The father of the defendant : He is not a fellow —he is
my son, and I expect you will address him respectfully.
The Msgistrate : His name is Crofton, and I expect you
will address him as tueh Mr. Clare: Well, all right
I walked up the slip, and when I got to the pay gate I
asked the man there-ifhe knew fellow's names. He said he
did not. The fellows then followed me along the esplanade,
and when I get to the new ferry, Csc ft on came up to me
and put himself into a fighting attitude and said he would
'' have at me." I told him I would not have anything to-do
with it, and turned into a stable and I took no the half
of a spade and I struck at Pond. The Bench : You struck
at Pond with the spade then ? Mr. Clare : Indeed I did
do so. I was then pulled down by the pair of them I
0,911 it being regularly stopped on the highway.
I said sorne•hing about persons -wearing hats and
trousers, and calling themselves men, but I never
saw such treatment for a man to receive.
By Mr. Bretherton : I did not take Pond by the throat
at the gate, and say, " Come no to the New Ferry, and you
shall have what you want." Mr. Bretherton: Did you see
this gentleman there (Mr. Ibbitson) ? Mr. Clare : I saw
that person there. Mr. Bretherton : I asked you whether
you saw that gentleman there, and you -say that you saw
that person there ; now, that is not a
.proper way to an-
swer. Mr. Clare: Come, Bretherton, just define to me
what the meaning of the word "gentleman" is 7 Mr B CEI •
therton : I could in a very short time define to you the very
antipodes of what,a gentleman is, but I decline to do so.
Mr. Clare: Well, I saw the man there. He did not
intetfere with me, nor did he threaten me. Mr Brether-
ten : Well, did you see Crofton's father there? Mr
Clare : The man called on me, and wished me not to pro-'
teed in the matter. Mr. B etherton : Did you not say
that you wished to kill the pair of them ? Mr Clare : I
will not swear that. Mr. Bretherton: Did not the father
tell you that if you had done so, you would be hung ?
Mr. Clare :I do not recollect it Mt.. Bretherton : Well,
did you not tell him that you would have the life of the
Emperor Napoleon in the coure of the same conversation ?
Mr. Clare : Now, Bretherton if you do not proceed with
this case properly, and ask me questions in a gentlemanly
manner, I shall shut up and speak no more Mr. Brether-
ton : I only wish to refresh your recollection. Do you
recollect making use of such an observation about the '
Emperor in the course of the conversation ? Mr: Clare :
Perhaps I might, but I do not recollect it I shae't
answer any more. Mr. Bretherton : Did you say so, or
did you not? Mr. Clare : I can't say whether I said so
or not. I don't know that I became angry and was
much excited, but I will say this, that fighting is not my
trade. Joseph Dalton, a witness, was then called, and
he spoke to seeing the defendant with the plaintiff,
and to the latter going into the stable yard,
and
.getting a shovel-handle, and threatening to
" brain the pair of them " That was at New
Ferry, and from the annoyance he had rec"ived, he
really thought that Mr. Clare had acted with a great deal
of forbearance, ccnsider'ng the way he had been treated
by the defendants. Mr. Bretherton then addressed the
bench on behalf of the defendants, contending that the
plaintiff had been the first aggressor, by making what was
really and truly an accident into an assault ; and then, by
using the most abusive language, for the purp ee
of irritating the two respectable young men, who
were procee ling home. He called Mr. Ibbotson, a traveller,
who said he hear d the defendant say to the plaintiff, when
at New Ferry, " Now, come on, you took me by the
throat down there, and if you want anything, come on."
The plaintiff did not deny it He then went for the shovel
handle, and made several attempts to strike the defendants,
but they got him down, and took it from him. His wife
entrea'ed him to go home, when he threatened to give her a
" bank" over the mouth if she spoke again Mr. Clare :
You are a liar. The policeman was called, and he said he
heard the witness say the same thing to Mr. Clare, and it
was not then denied. The Bench then consulted, and
after a short time expressed it as their opinion that all
parties had been to blame—Mr. Clare, in taking it up as
he had done, and the others by trying to annoy such an
exciteable man as he was—and ordered the two defendants
to enter into their own rerognisances to keep the peace.

FICTITIOUS CHEQUES-ALLEGED EXTENSIVE

FRAUDS.

Charles Mickleburg, a respectably dressed-man, des-
cribed
as a cattle dealer, was placed on Wednesday at the
bar of the Worship street Police-court, London, before
"Mr. Currie, charged with having conspired with others to
obtain,by false and fraudulent representations, a quantity of
timber and other articles, under the following peculiar
circumstances :—Mr. James Brooks, an auctioneer in
Piccadilly, stated that on Wednesday last, he con-
ducted a public sale of the effects of Mr. William
Booth, formerly proprietor of the City Saw-Mills, in
Whitecross-street, on behalf of the assignees appointed
under the bankruptcy of th t person. The
prisoner, who gave the name of Wilcox, was an
extensive bidder on the occasion. And several lots were
knocked down to him, to the aggregate amount of £4l 3s
On the following day witness attended in Whitecross-
street, accompanied by his clerk, for the purpose of hand-
ing over the lots to the respective purchasers ; and the
prisoner's account was delivered to him but he left
without paying it. After a short interval, however,
in the course of which an unsuccessful attempt was
made by some men, who were apparently acting in con-
cert with him, to remove the goods from the pre-
mises, the prisoner returned, and having presented a
cheque for the money drawn in the name of "T. Wilcox,"
upon the Unity Bank in Canon-street West, he was far- -
nished with a delivery order for the goods, which were
carried off "unt'er his directions. The cheque in question
was subsequently tendered at the Unity Bank, but having
been returned unpaid, with the endorsement " no account,"
the matter was placed in the hatds of the police, which
resulted in the speedy apprehension of the prisoner. In
answer. to the charge the prisoner earnestly disclaimed all
complicity in the transaction, and said that be had received
the cheque from a man on whose aecortnt he had merely
acted as an agent at the sale. It h-aving been intimated
that a series of extensive frauds was believed to have been
practised by similar moans, as other counterfeit cheques
of the same character had been offered at the Bank, the
prisoner was ordered to be remanded for a week.

THE GREAT YARMOUTH ELECTION.—Sir Ed nnitlii
Lacon has again offered hims3lf as a Con3-rva!ive c4rtdi-
date to the electors of Great Yarn)()nth. Sir James H'gg
has retired, and Mr. Adolphus 'William Young and Mr.
John Miller, Q.C., of the Midland circuit, are the Liberal
candidates.

THE. FRENCH EMPEROR AND THE SPANISH N4TION.—
The Moniteur peblisbes an account of the r2ception of
the Duke of Rivas, the Spanish ambassador,' by the Em-
peror. The Duke of Rivas eneends Marshal Serrano me
Spanish ambassador to the conrt of the Tuilleries. The
Emperor's speech was highly complimentary to the duke
personally, and to the Spanish nation generally.
GREENWICH ELECTION EXPENSES.—FrGITI the official
statement of Mr. James, the election auditor of the
borough of Greenwich, which has just been published, it
appears that at the last election the expenses of Sir
William Codringten, were £1,096 las. 6d; and the ex-
penses of Mr. Mantagu Chambers, who was unseated,
£1,039 Os. ld. ThYe extroees of Mr. Townsend, who was
returned in the place of Mr. Chambers, have sat yet been
published.
DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER COACET.—Mr. Carrington, of
Redhill Observatory, writes to announce the discovery of
another comet by M. Then, at the Imperial Observatory at
Paris. Itspasition at 14 hours mean Hesse, on the 39th of
July, was found to be—tight ascension, 4 hours, 23
seconds; north polar distance, 35 deg. 30 sec. Bo'h
elements were on the increase, the tight ascension et the
rate of 12 minutes, end the north Polar distance at the
rate of ratber mora than a degree dai'v. The comet was
detected by M. Dien on the 28th of Jnly, and on the 30th
independently fond by Professor liabieht, of Goths.
Wool, SALES.—Oa the 3021 ult. Mes-irs. Thomson and
Scott otlared by public sal©, within their Sample Rooms,
No, 69, Great Clyde-street, upwards of 300 bales of home
and foreign wools. Tb e attendance both of English and
local buyers was moe.'respectable. The blddings forborne
wools were very Isr",sk, and the following prices were
realised :—Laid ii;.ghlands 14s 3d to 15s 61 ; white do ,
18s to 20s ; laid Chevio', 18s to 203 ; laid washed do.,
225; laid creep unwashed, 17s to 18s ; white cross washed,
29s to 30s ISou'hdown, 38s to 40s. Foreign wools were
I flat, but at the close of the sale several lots found buyers.
Skins brought from 2s Gil to 3!.—Glasgow Mail.