Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-26 00:00:00

all the answer he got. Afterwards seemed Out some of the
drovers signed the ticket and some did not ; rand the plaintiff
at that moment did not recollect whether he put his mark
to it or not. After that he again asked -what it meant,
and he was told by one of the company's servants that
it meant that he was to run all the risks, and that if
any accident happened to the cattle the company would
not be responsible. He said that was no time to tell him,
when his cattle were in and his money was paid, and that
if they injured his cattle lie would make them pay, as he
had done before. It was therefore pretty clear that he
did not hold himself bound by any contract of that
description. Tae train went on until it came to a place
a little short of Leeds, where there was a junction and a
siding. The guard here said the drovers could not sit any
longer in the van along with hint, and that they must go
into the different trucks along with the cattle. They did
get into the different trucks, and the plaintiff went into
the waggon next to that in which the twelve head of cattle
spoken of before were placed. About two o'clock in the
morning the waggons went right off the rail, in consequence,
it was alleged, of the absence of the pointsman. It
was then quite dark. The truck in which the twelve
head of cattle were was turned right over, and the
cattle received some serious injuries, so that some of them
wore rendered unfit for sale The plaintiff himself received
some injuries which, although at first he diehot pay much
attention to them, turned out subsequently to be of a very
serious nature. He received an injury to his 'spine, and
when he got back to his own country, although he under-
went a course of medical treatment and tried sea-bathing,
he did not recover, but got worse. From being a strong
and active man, he could not now walk a mile, and he was
compelled to employ another person to perform his
business. Under these circumstances, the plaintiff sought
to recover compensation for the loss and personal injuries
he had sustained. When the plaintiff had been examined
to prove the facts stated, the court adjourned.

BOYS' CLOTRING MADE WITII GREAT TASTE
At LEWIioSE COMPANY'S. Ranelw.Th stmet.

Tun SHOOTING EDITORS CDTDONS.—The disgraceful
street example of certain Louisville editors is contagious.
We learn by the Journal that two Irishwomen. after
indulging in personalities, a la Journal and Courier,
resorted to pistols. One shot the other in the neck,
hittiag the first fire, thus beating the chivalry, who missed
nine shots in succession. besides practising all sorts of
dodges.—Cleveland Herald.
Cu..IOSITIEM OF THE RIITURNS OF MARRIAGE.—A girl
of 15 was married to a boy of 15 ; six girls of 16 were
married to youths of 16; a lad of 16 was married to a gill
of 18. A widow of 17 laid aside lest- weeds for a second
husband steed 17 ; while no less than 207 widows of 20
were wedded to bachelors of the same age. Two widowers
of 25 forgot their griefs in a second union, one with a lass
of 15. and the other with a girl of 16. A venerable widow
of 80 was induced to re-enter the matrimonial state by a
widower of the mature age of 60 ; and a spinster, who
owns to 70 years, accepted the hand of a widower of 65.
An old bachelor of 75 was converted to matrinonial views
by the charms of a spinster of 60. An immense msjority
of marriages takes pl ice at the age in both sexes of 20.
Registrar-General.
WET:up3.-0i the 14 h inst. there was a public auction,
conducted by Mr. John Leslie, auctioneer and appraiser,
of forty-one whales, which had been s'randed the day
previous at Minn, in Burrs Isle. The blubbers sold at
from £l6 to nearly 16 guineas per ton. The heads went
et from 30s. to 405., in lots of fire each, varying in size.
The crangs or carcases sold at nearly 40s. for the whole.
A goodly number of spectators were on the ground, but
perchavrs were few. This is the first occas'oa, to our
knowledge, on which the crangs were sold so publicly,
and at such high rates, for agricultural purpo-es in this
quarter. Although this is the first capture in the present
summer, report says that the sea surrounding the islands
is teeming with these monsters, so that we may expect
another of these stirring chases. We hope it may be so,
as it will give good returns t) the captors, and contribute
largely to the comforts of many who have been unsuc-
cassfel at the other tiihines.—John O'Groat Journal.
Fresno.° A Fox, —On Monday last a man working in
the Old Castle plan'ation, in Chevelry Park, had the
cariosity to explore the large mound upon which the castle
once stool, and, on examining the mouth of the well, was
of opinion that something had fallen into it. He apprised
Mr. Bell the head gamekeeper at the Park, who, with some
more servants, ultimately aseert:ined that a fox, some
short time before seen in the Park, must have fallen in.
Ladders and ropes were procured, and Mr. Bell and his
man were lowered to the bottom, a depth of upwards of
forty feet, and having secured poor Reynard placed him
in a sack and brought him safely oat. From the beaten
condition of the b Atom of the well, and the fact of seven
holes, six feet from the bottom, having been scratched
round the walls, evideirly done by the poor animal en-
deavouring to climb up, it appeared tnat the fox must
have been in the well upwards of a fortnigh`. Thera were
some frogs and toads at the bottom of the well. but it is
doubtful whether the fox had eaten anything, as he was
in a dreadfully emaciated state. When sufficiently re-
covered from his present starved condition, Mr. Bell will
turn him leose into the Park covers —4tamford Mercury.
BEiOLIITIC CONDUCT OF A MAGISTRATE.—Upon Saturday
Mr. J. Besnard, J. P., was proceeding down Market-street,
towards the Brideweq, when he observed a notorious thief
thrust his hand into a lady's pocket. The lady ineffectually
endeavoured to seize him, but he escaped ; Mr. &sand
immediately pursued him, and after a run through four
streest, he being bard pressed, turned into Hirpurs-lane,
and d sappearel. Calculating from the distance between
them that he could nut have reached the second house,
Mr. Besnard searched the first, and there found the
exhausted delinquent hid behind a door. Having arrested
him, he proceeded to bring the prisoner to the police office,
and whilst upon his way an immense crowd collected
manifesting, of coarse, the warmest sympathy for the thief
and every disposition to prevent hts being taken. En-
couraged by such a manifestation, Lynch, a determined
housebreaker, and who was only one week out of gaol,
after an imprisonment of twelve months for a violent
highway robbery, interfered to rescue the prisoner. In
this effort however he counted without his host, for Mr.
Bernard also arrested him, tied, in spite of the most
violent struggles, succeeded in bringing his two captives the
entire length of Castle-street, where at length a policeman
was found, and they were placed in the dock; whilst there,
the office being empty after the morning sitting, they
assaulted the constable, and had very nearly overpowered
him; but assistancehaving been procured, they were finally
handcuffed. It is very discreditable to the lower classes of
our community that not a single person was found at two
o'clock in the day to second the magistrate in his
courageous endeavour to capture there scoundrels. We
take it forgranted that no gentleman witnessed the trail'.
action or he would have acted upon the impulse of Field-
ingse saying " No one need blush to do that which will save
an honest man, or bring a rogue to the gallows."—Cork
Reporter.

BOY'S CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE,
A►t LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Banelagh street.