Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-30 00:00:00

SERIOUS CHARGE AG lINST A JOCKEY.

At Monmouth, on Saturday, Win Bryan was charged
before the borough magistrates by Mr. Evans, the owner of
Van Eyck, " for that he did maliciously set on fire the
box or stall which contained Van Eyck for the purpose of
injuring the horse." Bryan rode Blue Bell for Mr. Evans
at the Chippenham Stakes, and during the race his leg
came in contact with one of the flagstaffs, which dismenntea
him and placed the mare hors de combat. On Bryan applying
for his fee on Friday night, Mr. Evans, thinking that
through the boy's carelessness his mare had lost the race,
refused to give him anything, upon which, it is alleged that
Bryan rema,ked, "Tnen I will do something for you."
Bryan, and another lad named Walley, had had the
charge of Mr. Southby's horses, Leo and Cara Fatima,
for whom each of them had ridden in the course of the
meeting. These horses were located at the Angel, as
were Van Eyck and Blue Bell. All four horses were in
adjoin:ng boxes. Mr. Southby's were sep'rated from Mr
Ev!ans's by a strong partition, with a gangway ►hrough, b it
which was stopped up by an old nailed-up door, at'the top
and bottom, and at the side of which were apertures.
Bryan and Walley got up early on Saturday morning to
prepare their horses fir the journey homewards ; they
used a candle in the stable, as it was dark. As Walley,
according to his statement on oath, was leadicg his mare
Cara Fatima out of the stable, Bryan called his attention
to a fire in the next box, Van Eyck's, and he went and
looked through the crevices and saw the stable in
flames. The boys did not give any alarm, but pro-
ceeded to make their escape, with their horses, from the
impending danger ; immediately afterwards one of the
horsekeepers of the establishment discovered the fire, gave
the alarm, brae open the door (Van Eyck's) and then saw
the poor horse in the midst of the fire, which was raging
fearfully around him, from It's hind heels to his nostrils.*
The horse was rescued as soon as possible. Deacon, the
man who had the charge of Mr. Evans' horses was in ,bed
at the time; he had done them up the night before, and
retired to rest taking the key of the stable with him. The
horse is not expected to survive many days. Bryan was
committed to take his trial at the next assizes, but the
magistrates offered to take bail for his appearance to the
amount of ..E2OO for himself, and two sureties of £lOO tech.

BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITT! GREATITV,TE AT LEWIS and
COMPANY'S, Rane'agh-street.

Sir S. ho Treliwny is on a visit to Plymouth f.r a few
days. Toe hon. baronet will ad ires 3 a meeting of his
con3titunr.s at Tavistock oa Taaslay evaning next, o❑
oliti,-31 topics connected with the recent session of
Parliament.

MARRIACIS LAW IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—The Marriage
B;11 had been read a saccm I time. This measure mikes
legil a marriage with a thcessed wife'a sister. A. clause
is to be introduced providing that c'ergymei shall not be
nnpelled to solemnisa such a nu trriage.—Auseralia and
New Zealand Gazette.
LigulEvariT Titywg.—A Norma Acr.—The Montreal
Pilot says that Lieutenant, Try,m, the officer of the thirty-
ninth regiment, who shot a man named John Dempsey in
self-defence, though haring himself but, a very limited
inc has male arrangements for an annuity for Dernp:
eey's mother, which he pu sus to increase as his pecuniary
means imp.-0 Ye. Th si, a ho'de act, as tie con)ier's jury
exonerz.ted Li. utenant Tryon from ail blame or resdonsi-
bility in tLe matter.

A. .011g4P iiiim ur RAILWAY.—At the Marylebine police
mil, on Friday, Isabella Lincilao, a respeetah'y dressed
young Ir.) nn, was elirze I with attempting to &fiord
the Loudon and North Western Railway Csinpany of 163
9d, the third class fare from Liverpool to London. From
the evidence of Mr. Caldwell, the ticket collector at the
Camden Statioa, it ap?aared that when the prisoner wa,-,
asked for her ticket at that station, she stated that she had
none, having got into the carriage in a hurry and without
p:oviding herself with the ne.oesss, y means. (Laughter.)
It was her firm in'e ttilo to pay the amountof tbe fare.
She would pay them the rnon2ent when she got money.
(Renewed laughter.) Dlr. Long considered that intentions
to pay were not a very tangible liquidation of the debt which
the prisoner had incuried, sentence] her top y the amount
claimed, or in default to be imprisoned for five days in the
Loess of Correction. The money not being forthcoming
the prisoner was removed in custody.
Imstmsta-roax PLA_CARD.—A placard to the following
effect, but without any printer's Darn>, has been nested on
the walls of Manchester :—" Arm yourselves !—ln spite
of the C inee and Outrage Act of Grvernment, the pike is
sherpenitig, and tin sine is p diahin,. RAnember 1848,
and visit the accursed Saxon with retribution,-.-$y order."
SiuANGE Suicioa —A weli• dressed man, thirty years of
rm, went the oth..r day to the top of the Column of .I,ly,
Place d 3 la Bastille, and as it was surrounded by a number
of per ous be, after a while, politely requested some of
them to allow him to approach the railog t, enjoy the
panoramic view le.;:f are him. After gazing about..for came,
little time, ha remarked, How is it possible that people
C.v.] EV r have the c turaga to threw themselves from such
heights ? Even :o look down causes fear." The persons
near him leaked down, and at the same moment he laid
hie hand on the railing, and flung himself over. He fell
on his head, which was so drla crused that death
must have been sirstantauenus. Nothing found on him
showed who he was, and his Indy was sent to the Morgue.
Galignani.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S. Ranelagh•etreet.
BOYS are CLOTHED m the Agee of 8U to Twenty Years.

THE THAMES COY4SERVANCY ACT.

The important act on the, Thames Conservancy, which
will C 3219 into op.-,ration this diy (Tuesday. the 29th),
con sins as many as 181
provisions. The preamble states
that the preservaticm and improvement of the river
Thames is of great witional importance." There are to be
twelve "conservators" to carry out the new statute, to be
called " the Conservat ors of the river Thames," in whom
the conservation of the river, with the regulat.on, manage-
ment, and improvernent is vested. The Lord Mayor, two
aldermen, four members of the Common Council, one by
the Trinity House, two others appointed by the Admiralty,
one by the Privy Conncii, and one by the waders of the
Trinity House, are to b 3 the conservators, who are to hold
periodical meetings, and to transact all business connected
with the river Thames. By one of the provisions, the
conservators a-re empowered to dredge, cleanse, and scour
the river; and, by another, a penalty of £2O may be
imposed for throwing any rubbish in the river. A sum of
£lOO,OOO may be raised for the p irposes of the act, by
wty of mortgage and annuities. The conservators are to
pay one-third of the amount they receive to the Commis-
sioners of the Woods and Forests, and the other two-thirds
to be applied for the purposes of the act. There are vari-
ous clauses of an explanatory character to enforce the act,
and in the sched.ile several forms to be used. From this
day, the powers now vested in the City of London, with
additional powers, will be vested in the twelve conservators
t.o be named in the manner described.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Rane'agh•atreet.
BO IS are C-0 EKED from tha Ages of Six bo Twenty Years.

INDIAN RELIEF FVND —MEETING IN LEEDS.—On Satur-
day a pub!ic meeting was held at the Leeds Court House,
convened by the map-, for the purpose of showing prac-
tical sympathy with the sufferers in India. The requisition
of the inhabitants was signed by nearly a hundred of the
principal merchants, solicit° s, and others. J. Botterill,
Eq., the mayor, presi led. The Rev. Dr. Hook proposed
the first resolution, as follows: That this meeting deep),
symoathisss with the sufferings of ous fellow countrymen
aid fellow countrywomen in India, and that for the pur-
pose of giving practical effect to that sympathy, a public
subscription be forthwith raised in Leeds and the neigh-
beuthood fur their relief." E lward Baines Esq , proposed
a list of n tmes to form a committee, remarking that, from
his conscience, he believed th -t nothirg which the Indiaia
government, the E glish government, or the East India
Company had ever done, could justify the atrocities com-
mitted by the mutineers. The resolutions were unani-
mously carried. At the close of the meeting subscriptions
annotating to £854 were announced.
"As You MARE YOUR BED 80 You Must Lto."—
A miller in the vicinity of one of our little towns had
been indulging rather freely one evening lately, in a
public house in town. " When the drink is in the wit's
out," so our hero, when opposite a building, in the
direction of his home, a mile off, fancied he saw his bed on
the wayside, and a clear fire burning opposite. He,
therefore, doffed every article of clothing he had except
his shirt, and lay down at the dyke side, under the
drenching rain! How long lie slept is not known ; but
on the following morning he found himself at home, with
no covering bait his wet linen. Search was made for his
clothing, when it was ascertained that a person going early
to his work had found them near the hospital, and got
I 2s. 6d. in the trousers pccket, as well as his watch, &c
Various painful conjectures were afl tat as to the ownor of
the cast-4 garments, and that he might have drowned
himself, &'., but in a short time the mystery was resolved
into a freak of drink ! —.North Briton.
SUPPOSED DEATH FROM VIOLENCE AT HALILAX —On
Sunday, several officers of the Halifax borongh po'ice
force were engaged all day in investigating a case of
sudden death, which is shrouded in mystery, and supposed
to have resulted from violence. The deceased was a
woman of middle age, the wife of Mr. John Greenwood,
of the firm of J. and J. Greenwood, spindle makers. The
couple resided in Park-strew., and, both being addicted to
drinking, they did not live on very good terms. Mrs.
Greenwood was seen in the street, apparently in a state of
intoxication, about midnight on Saturday, and nothing was
afterwards beard of her till about six o'clock next mornMg,
when her body was found in the low r room of the cottage,
lying near a pool of blood. An alatm was raised, and the
afro. r speedily came to the ears of the police. Tee
woman's husband, on being interrogated, made a state-
ment to the following effect. On Saturday he partook
pretty freely of liquors, and went home about one o'clock
on Sunday morning. The door was locked, and he c died
several times for admittance, but received no answer. He
then went away, supposing his wife had no yet reached
home ; but on retioning in half an hour, his knock at the
door was still unanswered, and h 3 kicked out a panel to
get into the house. Having obtained a light, he fund his
wife lying on the floor behind the door, with her legs on
the lower steps of the chamber at ;irs. SupposMg her to
be in a drunken stupor, as she did net speak, he pulled her
into the middle of the room, and left hor to come round.
In reply to further interrogations, he said he went two or
three street lengths in searnh of a policeman, bit did not meet
with one. He knew where the police-office was, but had
not the presence of mind to go there. He did not know
whore he passed the night after finding his wife ; bat he
believed he wandered about the streets. He has made
other statements, differing materially from the above; and
the case, surrounded as it is by circumstances giving
reasonable grouted for grave suspicion, demands a most
rigid investigation.
DEBUT or CHARLES M —ATHICa'S AT THE BROADWAY
THEATKR—C aarles M ithews, the eminent English come-
dian, whose name and reputation have a world-wide
extent, made his first appearance—after many years' ab-
seuce—on the beards of the Broadway, on the 14th instant.
Time has not very sensibly affec'ed Mr. Mathews's
powers. lie is still the same light, easy, airy gentleman
he used to be when in connany with Vestris, his late wife,
he played it: the old Park Theatre. His utterance, how-
ever, stems slightly impaired ; probably by the loss of his
teeth. In his admirable songs last night, he was very in-
dials-act, and many of the best points were entirely lost on
the audience. A peculiar characteristic in Mr. Mathews's
act.ng is the constancy wi h which ha keeps the attention
of the audience fixed on himself. Net a motion, not a
gesture does he use th it has not a point in it : and this is
true under circumstances when his position in the piece is
subordinate, as well as when it fills a prominent place.
Mr. Mathews's talents were exhibited to great advantage
in his own farce of "Patter versus Clatter," in which he
dre* down the plaudits and evoked the mirth of as large
a house as ever the Broadway could boast of. There was
ant a spot unoccupi,d, from the parqeette to the gallery.
il/opus in the comedy ofltst night (" Married for Money,")
it strikes us, is not Mr. Mathews's best character. In fac ,
there ii only one scene in the piece in which his talents
have play, and if it were not that he was Well supported,
the performance would have been rather tame. Mr.
Mathews was called out after the comedy, and was very
warmly received. At the chase of the farce, Mr. Mathews
responded to the call of the audience, and begged to be
exc iced from the task of making a speech; briefly thank-
in; the audience, at the same time, for the flattering
r oteption ho hal met with at their halide, and announcing
that the Rime bill would be remeatel.—New York Gerald.
THE BELFAST RtoTS.—The Belfast Mercury says :
Howev, r injudicious it was to perm's', in asserting the right
to street-preaching, the fact is now indisputable that the
nu r,ges to which the assertion of Olt. right gave rise are
solely attributable to Roman Catholic aggression. There
can be no mistake oe this point. In Feptember, as in
July, the Roman Catholic mob originated the rioting, and
this is proved incontestibly by their own evidence. The
itquiry, therefore, has so far brought shame upon them.
Instead of being the innocent victims of aggression, they
have b.en the ruffianly assailants of men legally assembled
for legal purposes. The conduot of the Roman Catholic
mob just amounts to thia—they have been pleased to take
offence at street-preaching, to make it a pretext for riot-
ing. They claim unbounded liberty for themselves—they
demand the fullest exercise of civil and religious liberty in
their own persons, bat they will rot permit a like exercise
to others. We say, now, as we have said all along, that
this Roman Catholic rabble must be taught better man-
ners. If not amenable to common sense—if not soscepti-
hla of reason, but obstinately determined to carry out their
Ultramontane doctrines in this free country—why, then,
they mast be dragooned into order, and the liberties of a
free comoinnity must be maintained at atl hazards—even
to the sacrifice of worthle's lives. It would be perfectly
intolerable that WEI should hold our rights and.plivileges
as a matter of grace—as a concession—from such a bestial
rabble. To such an indignity it would be insuffereble to
submit. But, without p irsaing this matter further at
present, we must now draw our conclusion. The Roman
Catholics, while they solicited the Gevernment inquiry.
orounded their case upon their entire ianocence—they had
ir.v.riably acted on the defensive. They alleged that the
magistrates were o,ange—that the police were Oranoe.
We now desire to record, emphatically, as sustained by
the evidence, the one graed.point, that, in Jaly and in
September, the rioting, that has made our town a bye-
word and a'shame, originated solely and entirely with the
Roman Catholic party.

At LEWIR & COMPAY'S, Ramlagh-etreet,
BOYS ere CLO MED from We Ages of Six to Twenty years.