Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-10 00:00:00

COMMITTEE

Mr. Batrapr then moved the formation of this committee
substituting the names of Messrs. Aspinall, Bradley, and
Wilkinson in the place of Messrs. Colborne, Park, and
Willoughby.
This was seconded by Mr. WILLOUGHBY.
Mr. GOLBOBNE then moved that the committee re-
main the same as the last year.
Mr. Buz wished to have his name withdrawn, and that
the name of Mr. Holme be substituted.

This was seconded by Mr. Park.
Mr. Bailiff then replied, and expressed his opinion
that the re-election of the same gentlemen showed a dis-
graceful system of rottenness, and could only be supported
by persons of mistaken views, or having " sinister motives."
The latter expression he, however, subsequently withdrew.
The amendment was then adopted.
The Health Committee was then re-appointed, the name
of Mr. Bell being substituted for that of Mr. Bailiff, who
had resigned.

The Market Committee was also re-appointed, the name
of Mr. Bell being substituted for that of Mr. Bradley,
The Road and Improvement Committee—This committee
was re-appointed, it consisting of the same gentlemen as
the Health Committee.
The Finance Committee.—This committee was re-
constructed, the only difference being the name of
Mr. Holme being substituted for that of Mr. Bryans, who
had ceased to be a member of the board.

The Ferry Committee.—This committee was re-ap-
painted the same as last year.
The Free Public Library Committee.—This committee
was re-appointed, Mr. Verelst being placed in the
room of Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Gilbertson and Mr Bevan
in the place of Mr. Carmichael and Mr. Craven.
The Finance Committee were then appointed, as the
Parliamentary Committee, as on former occasions,
The Cemetery Committee.—This committee was re-
appointed without any discussion.
The Clerk then read the minutes of the last meeting,
which concluded the business of the meeting.
Therefore, the Board for the present year 1837-8, will
consist of the following gentlemen :
John Laird, Esq , Chairman ; George Rae, Esq., Deputy
Chairman ; and the following Commissioners :—Mr.
Stainton Bailiff, Ashfield-terrace ; Mr. Henry Bell, Gros-
venor-road, Claughton ; Mr. Thomas Bradley, Kenyon-
terrace ; Mr. George Meakin, Hamilton- square ; Mr. John
Park, Birkenhead-park ; Mr. Charles Verelst, Devonshire-
road, Claughton ; Mr. Edward Gardner Willoughby, Church-
street ; Mr. Henry Kelsall Agpinall, Birkenhead-park ;
Mr. Holme ; Mr. Henry Gough, Woodside Hotel; Mr.
James Macdonald, Church-street ; Mr. Thos. Wilkinson,
Bridge-street; Dr. Charles Olives Baylis, Hamilton-square;
Mr. Charles Cook, 02[ton-road ; Mr. Thomas Boydell
Golborne, Mersey-street ; Mr. George Harrison, Grange-
field ; Mr. William Hind, Birkenhead-park ; Mr. William
Tristram Keightley, Devonshire-place, Clanghton ; Mr.
James M'Whirter, Argyle-street.
The board is sub-divided into the following committees,
who have the management of each department, and for the
transaction of business, meets on the undermentioned
days and hours :

COAL MITTEES.

LIGHTING AND WATCHING —Day of meeting, Monday, at
7 p.m.—Mr. Colborne, chairman ; Messrs. Bailiff, Rolme,
Macdonald, M'Whirter, Park, and Willoughby.
HEALTH.—Day of meeting, Wednesday, immediately
after the Market Committee.—Mr. Bradley, chairman ;
Mr Ball, Dr. Baylis, Messrs, Gough, M'Whirter, Meakin,
and Wilkinson.

FINANCE.—Day of meeting, Friday, at 9.30 a. m .—Mr .
Keightley, chairman ; Messrs. Holme, Golborne, Gough,
Park, Rae, Willoughby, and the chairmen of the other
committees.

MARKET.—Day of meeting, Wednesday, at 7 p m,—Mr.
M'Whirter, chairman ; Dr. Baylis, Messrs. Bradley, Ball,
Gough, Meakin, and Wilkinson.

ROAD AND IMPROVEMENT. —Day of meeting, Thursday, at
9.30 a.m.—Mr. Hind chairman; Messrs. Bailiff, Bell,
Cook, Park, Meakin, and Verelst.

FERRY.—bay of meeting, Friday, at 6 p.m.—Mr.
Harrison, chairman ; Messrs. Aspinall, Bradley, Keightley,
Macdonald, Rae, and Wilkinson.
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. - Commissioners : Mr. Verelst,
chairman ; Dr. Baylis, Messrs. Bell, Colborne, Laird, and
M'Whirtsr. Ratepayers : Messrs. Gilbertson, Bevan,
Dove, Dutton, and Jones. _

The chairman of the General Board to be a member of
all the committees ex-officio.

DEPARTUriE OF THE EX-QUEEN OF OUDE FOR
Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the Queen of Oude,
with her family and suite, took their departure from Harley
House, New-road, on a temporary visit to Paris. The
female portion of the cortege travelled to the station in
closed carriages.
GERMANY AND DENMADLK.—A Berlin letter of the 4th
inst., in the .11Tureniburg Correspondent, states that the
Copenhagen Cabinet has again addressed a circalar to the
various foreign Powers, declaring that the concessions
called for by Austria and Prussia in their last notes, are
incompatible with the unity of the Danish monarchy.
MARRYING A MOTHER-IN-LAW.---02 Saturday, in the
Atelics Court, was tried the case of Gillingham v. Gilling-
ham. This was a suit for the nullity of the marriage
bstween the parties, instituted by Mr. Gillingham, on the
ground that he had married his mother-in-law. They. had
lived together for eleven years. The factS were not gene
into, as there was no opposition. Sir J. Dodson granted
the prayer of the husband.
FETE CHAMPETItE TO THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF
NORFOLK.—We have the pleasure to state that it has
been proposed to invite the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk
to a fete ehaenpetre. The benevolence and urbanity mani-
fested by their Graces, and their many acts of good-will to
the town of Sheffield, call for a reciprocation of their
kindly sentiments, especially as the duke and duchess are
determined to maintain an establishment at Sheffield for
an occasional residence.—Sheffield Independent.
FRUrT CROPS IN KENT.—. Ile fruit generally, with the
exception of apples and filberts, looks exceedingly pro-
mising. The apples, however, are thin, and in many
orchards much eaten by magget, which is the case also
with filberts. Of the latter there was every appearance of
a large yield but for the insect ravages. Of cherries the
quantity is likely to be large, as they are now well set ; while
plums and pears in some places are thin, and in others
abundant. The gooseberries and currants are looking
well, and promise an average crop, though the latter are
lesS proific this year than in some favourable seasons,
having suffered from the long-continued east winds. The
showers of Saturday and Sunday have done ranch to
freshen vegetation generally.—South Eastern Gazette.
NEW CORN EXCHANGE AT CHELMSFOaD.---Th‘..! Chelnts-
ford Chronicle has a long report of the proceedings at the
opening of the new Corn Exchange in that town. The
numbers at the dinner and the feeling that pervaded the
company were proofs that a great want that hdcl been felt
amongst those frequenting the market had been supplied.
The snec ss which hes been attained in providing satisfoc-
torily for the business conveniences of all concerned was
treated as beyond question ; and there is a proveet, too,
of the undertaking proving fairly rtmunertitive. Twenty-
three of the counting houses with stands have already
been taken, :caving only five vacant ; 19 doable a;1.1 24
single stands have been engaged; -thus te.:tkirz a;tot.q.i of
66 out of the, 87.

. .A curious trick has just been played off at Be'tlin, in
order to bring into disrepute ,a new enormons. slouchedriding hat, which.is now in v3,gue among the fair fashion.
ables of the Prussian capital. A few days, si,:to,, at the
usual hour for walking en the[frecrientr(l,',.-rornenacle.of the
T.illeuis,.a rag-gatherer, with hey h
i -01-.,:et at her back, ,was
observed walking up aglq, 'own
o with her head
covered. with - one of those appendages. An
inquiry was entered
into by the police, When:
and furnished her with the hat
ibtaNdvatsoaesuc;:.hrteariti;.d.,oCo:',:hop
two gentlemen, meeting the woman,
,
at the oxpeve of 37fr, and given her a Crown pieee to go
and ueik With it atnonget the fashionablos, which the
woman willingly
consented to do. [This same trick was
tried at Southport last summer, but it failed to effect the '
reform intended—the abolition of ladies' hats.]

ST. CLEMENT'S BAGGED SCHOOLS, WINDSOR.

•
The foundation-stone of the new Ragged Schools, in
connection with St. Clement's Church, Windsor, was laid
yesterday. The schools are to be built in Hardingntreet,
off Falke er-street. A large number of ladies and gentle.
men assembled to witness the ceremonials, although it
unfortunately happened that a heavy fall of rain com-
menced just at the opening. and, lasted throughout the
whole of the proceedings. The bays and girls of the St.
Clement's Church Schools were ranged on either side of
the spot prepared .for the reception of the foundation-stone.
Shortly after two o'clock the Rev. Mr. Wood ward, incum-
bent of St. Clement's, requested the Rev. Mr. Louder to
open the proceedings with prayer. A hymn was then
sung by the children, after which the Rev. Mr. Woodward
handed the silver trowel to Captain H. G. Anderdon,
brother-in-law to the late incumbent, the Rev Mr. Parry,
and by whose munificence a large portion of thenmount re-
quired for the erection of the schools was contributed. In
handing the trowel, the Rev. Mr. Woodward mattes few ob-
servations upon the objects for which the schools were des-
tined; his address, however, being necessarily much cur-
tailed in consequence of the state of the weather. The cere-
mony of laying the foundation stone was then performed by
Captain Anderdcn, amid loud and repeated cheers. Gapt.
Anderdon then addressed a few words of hope and encou-
ragement to the children around, whom he invited to
attend a tea party, to be given at his e'st, on some early
evening, in commemoration of the occasion. A document,
of which the following is a copy, was deposited with the
stone : Memorandum, 9,h June, 1857.
The first movement towards establishing a rigged school
in Windsor, was suggested to the teachers of St. Clement's
Sunday Schools, by Mr. Reginald Radcliffe, on the 13th May,
1849. On the 19th of that month, a deputation from the
Liverpool Ragged School Union attentl:ed a teachers' meeting,
and offered a grant from the union of ,i;10 towards the sil).
port of a ragged school in WlncLor. ft was immediately
resolved to establish one in or adjacent to Harding-street, to
be designated " The Windsor Rigged School." A committee
having been elected from the teachers of St. Clement's
Sunday Schools—the service, of teachers procured—a cottage,
rented in Barton-street—an appeal made by Circular to the
inhabitants of Windsor for pecuniary aid—the principles,
rules, and regulations for the government and management
of the school adopted—and Mr. J. S. Burden (now the Rev.
J. S. Burden, missionary in Chin appointed superin-
tendent—the school was opened two evenings in the
week for boys, on the, sth July, 1849. In Septem-
ber, 1850, through the exertions of Mr. S. Breeze,
the usefulness of the school was extended, by open-
ing it on Sabbath afternoon for the religions instruction
of the neglected boys. The support and encourage-
ment received by the committee, and the groat necessity
existing for some effort being made on behalf of the ragged
girls of the district, prompted the conductors to invite them,
in January, 1852, to participate in the advantages of the
school equally with the boys. During the year 1853, through
the zealous exertions of Miss Parry, a Iditional fun were
obtained, and in January, 1851, a daily school for ief ,nts was
commenced ; and in May of the same year the schools were
placed in a more satisfact,iry and permanent position by being
directly connected with the incumbent and congregation of St.
Clement's, to be thenceforth designated " The St. Clement's
Ragged Schools." The cottage in Batton-street was found to
be inadequate for carying on efficiently the various branches.
of the schools; and in 1850, a munificent offer was made by
Hobart Grant Anderdon, Esq., of £l5O towards the cost of
erecting more commodious and healthy school-rooms. The
committee gratefully accepted the generous and liberal donation.
A site on which to erect the new building was promised, and
early in 1857 the committee made an appeal for the additional
funds required,which, in a few weeks, was so literally resporided
to as to enable them to purchase 185 square yards of land, and
subequently to enter into reontract for the erection of a com-
modious building suitable for ,cliool purposes, and for holding
religious services foradults. The object of these schools is to afford
gratutiousedueation to the child:en of the poorestand most desti-
tute class, whose pat en ts are unable to send them to other schools
in the district. The education imparted is such as may fit
nfoo,,ry
ebtei
gs
dthiffemeretnot
be
branchesuseul oandf secular happy;
k iisne'ltrdueile'vintwhethaeim
of
the conductors of the institution to lead their minds to am
in
familiar and correct acquaintanre with the word of God ; to
direct them to their only Saviour, Jesus Christ ; art(' thus
train them, in dependence on the Spit it of God, for usefulness
and happiness here, and eternal glory hereafter. Such being
.the object of the founders, conductors, and teachers of these
schools, may they not presume 'o hope that very many neglected
little ones shall be able to trace to the instt notions they re-
ceived, under the humble roof of St. CleriLert's Ragged Schools,
the dawn of that blessed light with which they are for ever to
be invested, and the commencement of that song which they
are to continue to chant with higher rapture and sweeter melody
throughout eternity. The foundation stone of the new build-
ing, in a cavity of which this memo andum is deposited, is laid
with feelings of profound gratitude to Almighty Gird for the
prosperity and blessings hitherto vouchsafed, t,,is ninth day
of June, one thousand eight hundred and fir y.'even, by
Hobart Grant Anderdon, Esq. ; and the committee desire to
look upon this stone, in' faith, as a typo and emblem of many
neglected immortal souls becoming, through the divine blessings
accompanying the instruction imparted, lively stones of that
spiritual house, a habitation of God through the Spirit. " Let
thy work appear unto thy servants and thy glory unto their
children, and let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us;
and establish though the work of our hands ; yea, the work of
our hands establish thou it. Then shall our sons ho as plants
grown up in their youth, our daughters as corner stones,
polished after the similitude of a palace." Amen. Amen.

C ,MMITTEE.
Rev. Herbert Woodward, incumbent of Sr. Clements.
Mr. Hobart G. Anderdon. Mr. T. Boyd.
Mr. W. H. Moore. Mr. S. Werrall.
Mr. R. Mitchell. Mr. T. PiHinz.
Mr. S. Breeze. Mr. R. Johnson.
Mr. H. Copeland. Mr. if. Gatr;dgc.
Architect—Mr. George Williams.
Contractor—Mr. J. Nelson.
The meeting was then addressed by Mr. Reginald Rat-
cliffe ' • after which a hymn was sung, and the proceedings
closed. The event was also celebrated by a tea-meeting
in St. Clement's church school-room last evening.

The chestnut which was plant--d in the demesne of
Gola Castle in 1838, to commemorate the coronation of
Queen Victoria, has blossomed this year for the first time.
It is just now in perfect bloom. —Armagh Guardian.
YANKEE TOASTS.--." Tall toasts" are in great fiernand
in America. At a public meting the followint.,, " dry
toast was given (the author of which got " but ttreo" when
he reached home) :—" The Dress, th- pulpit, an I petticoats
—the three ruling powers of the day : the first spreads
knowledge, the second spreads morals, and the last,
spreads very considerably an‘.l indisputably."
A BUTCRER.—" A butcher of Patna," wri'es a Patna
correspondent, on the 19th instant, "has kis', bu'ehered
a young girl of ten years, fu• her orname ,ts lie kept
the body of the decease I concealed for m ,re than three
days in his house, and when he tried to get rid of it, the
police arrested him. Covetousness, indeed, is so prevalent
in Behar, that the rich should be well guarded if they
want safety."—Bengal Paper.
MILK.—The pump is the best cow in the dairy. It
never kicks over the pail, or languishes for trash pasture.
The water companies supply a large prop i•!.ieri of our
daily sky blue. Still, genuine milk is not so scarce as
many persons imagine ; Doetor Hassan found twelve
genuine samples out of twenty-six, Two showed a
deficiency of cream from havi7T been skimmed; &even
were adulterated with water, and this, in some cases,
amounted to fifty per cent. ; and in no case was chalk,
size, gum, sheep's brains, or any of the other sub-
stances said to be used for the adulteration of milk
de'ected.

BIRTH OF A GREAT-GRANDSON OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.—
THe perpetuity of a great name has a natural and universal,
if somewhat sentimental, interest, and we take blame t.,
ourselves for not havirw more promptly noticed the
announcement of the birth of a son to Mr. Hope Scott,
of Abbotsford, which renews the prospect ota continu-
ance of the family and name of our great poet and novelist.
Mrs. Hope Scott is Sir Walter's only-surviving grandchild,
and the infant born on the 2nd instant his sole represen-
tativa in the fourth generation. Should the child who
thus inherits this illustrous name, happily live to bear it,
and so transmit it, it will be, we may withoutexag-
geration say, a gratification to his etintry.—North Briton.
THE COMING COMET.—'s So the world's to be at an end
6nthewelr3et b
immersed,observed"t
tchoes t
elbowse r mea g e fat to
thea womansuds. whosees
arms ,
Bill, and I don't wonder -at- it. I al w.iys said wo was
getting too clever • with otir gases and our steams and
lightning messages; and now a Yankee's jist finished it
with a washing mashing viebil
do a' week's work in 'a day
without rubbing a hand, awl next t, no soap. I'm blessed
'if it don't." This poor creature's reason for the appear-
ance of a comet is as rational Rs those of most of her
betters.; she, at'least, attribtites a whole world's mangling
to the perfect means of a universal wove. ,Mooret of High
Holborn, has get a great deal to answer for.,-Vnited
Service Gazette.;

vuis killed, in owelltl6 of of having been
ACCIDENTAL DEA'illS, yes4.erday a young w,?no
named Mary Gorman; who lived in Hedley-atreet, 0.-u
who
w%s engaged at the saw-mills of 1401.' G7r-don, Great
uolleeting-- some sawdust.
John TYrer,,Wll° WAS engaged fit ,the corn mills of Mr.
Jump, itl N4uxh4P.-toe„ was killed.. by la sack o-f bran
i i
faith!g t,n has 'lead from an elevation. The body of a woman,
cHaouwalairtdinstirieleet,lnachinery
whilst :. :
name at present unknown, was found in the canal by a
man named Joseph Jones, who lives in Marlborough-street.
There was a slip of paper faund in her clothes, and on it
was written " Thomas Siasmiths, No. 2, Vietori7-terrace,
Cobden-street, Everton." Inquests will be held on the
bodies in the above cases this day.

TEE SEPARATION OF TOXTETH PARK FROM
THE WEST DERBY UNION.

PRESENTATION OF £l,OOO TO MR. J. T. TOWSON.

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BO IRD.

Yesterday, the munificent gift of £l,OOO, some time
since subscribed by the principal ship-owners and captains
of the port, was presented to Mr J. T. Towson, scientific
examiner and secretary to the Loc .IMarine Board, in con-
sideration of his valuable services in ,he development of
the principle of great circle sailing, by which the Austra-
lian voyages in particular, have been so considerably
shortened in point of time. The presentation t )ok place
at twelve o'clock, in the presence of a number of the con-
tributors, in the Secretary's Office, Underwriters' Rooms.
The chair was occupied by Mr. James Aikin.
The CHAIRMAN said, he need not inform them that the
presentation which they were about to make to Mr.
Towson, consisted in a subscription from the principal ship-
owners and captains of the port, chiefl: those connected
with the Austalian trade, who had derived great benefit
from the information and advice they had obtained from
Mr. Towson, :Ind to whom it was suagested that they
should seize the opportunity of making some substantial
acknowledgment for the great service they ad-
mitted to have receive] from him. Mr. Meliay
readily began the list with a subscription of £5O, and that
ex .mple was followed by almost all who were largely in-
tereste iin the Australian trade. So far, the subscription
was entirely confined to the parties interested in the South
Australian Colonies, but a number of other gentlemen who
knew that theyhad also derived advantages, as shipowners,
from the services of Mr. Towson, likewise beized the op-
portunity, and added their names to the list. The result
was that the subscription amounted to about 1,000 guineas,
but had they made it more generally known, or had they
not limited it in the way he h id mentioned, it would have
amounted to a much larger sum. The immediate cause of
this acknowledgment on their part of the services of Mr.
Towson, was not because ha brought to bear anything which
was new in the science of great circle sailing, but because
he brought science to bear on the practical results of
different voyages, thereby shortening the voyage to Aus-
tralia, which in his (Mr. Aikaa's) time was considered to
be a fair voyage if done is five or six months to two and
a-half months. That was an essential service to commerce
and humanity, and the way in which the shipowners of
Liverpool were Low about to acknowledge it, would show
to the won] I that, when science rendered service to the
interests of commerce, they were always prepared to
acknowledge and reward.
Mr. R. RANKIN said, that when the subscription was
handed over to him it amounted only to £750. He in-
vested it in a dock b. nd for £lOOO, bearing interest at
4 per cant., and the accumulation of interest and other
subscriptions, brought the original sum up to the amount
sunk in the bond, and also left a small balance in his
hands. He then read the list of subscribers, which com-
prised the names of some of the principal ship-owners of
the port.
The CHAIRMAN, in presenting the bond, said that he was
quite sure that the consciousness cf having done good in
his day ar d generation would in itself be a sufficient
gratification to Mr. Towson, bur at the same time, such an
acknowledgment of his services as that contained in
the gift of the shipowners of Liverpool should materially
add to that gratification. He believed that Mr. Towson
wonldbe as muchgratified bythe expresion of their thankful-
ness as by the substantial acknowledgment with which they
now presented him ; but as they said before, it would also
serve as a proof to the world, that the commercial interests
of Liverpool were always ready and anxious to encourage
and reward science when it was brought to bear to their
benefit. The Chairman then presented Mr. Towson with
the bond.

Yesterday, a special meeting of the Guardians connected
with the West Derby Union, was convened by the follow-
ing circular :

" 2, Elliot-street, Clayt:n-square,
Liverpool, 2nd June, 1.857.
SIR —I beg to inform you that a special meeting of the
Guardians will be held at the Workhouse, on Tuesday
next, the 9th instant, at twelve o'clock at noon, for the
purpose of making arrangements with reference to such of
the officers as will be effe,ted by the separation of Toxteth
Park from the West Derby Union. (Signed),
WILLIAM CLEAVER, Clerk."
The following Guardians were present : --Messrs.
Stoddazt Clarke, Wensley, Pickup, Muller, A mond,
Richmond, Abrahams, Wilson, Mawdsley, Roscoe, Taylor,
Pitts, Birch, and I. Edwards.
The Rev. Mr. BADNALL, the chairman, not being present,
Mr. Ledger was requested to to take the chair.
Before the business of the board was commenced, Mr.
M.tywaanco, tha inspector from tf e General Poor-Law
Board said, he begged to explain the reason why he was
present on the occasion, which was that he had seen a
notice from Mr Cleaver, announcing that a special meet-
ing would be held, on he subject of the separation of the
Union, and he therefore thought that he might be of some
use, in answering any qaestfons put to him by the board,
and thereby save any future correspondence on the
subject.
The CHAIRMAN, on bahalf of the guardians present, ex-
pressed his obligation to the Inspector for attending.
The INsrEcToa said he hoped the board would arrive at
their own conclusions, and discuss the matter fairly and
freely,

Froth the conversation that then ensued, it appeared that
the only officers at all affected by the order for the separa-
tion of the township of Toxteth-park from the Union was
Mr. Potts, the paying officer, and Mr. Brember, the removing
officer, who,e services, it appeared, were exclusively
engaged in performing the duties of the Toxteth-park
district—the latter in particular.
Mr. SnAw then urged that it would be extremely unfair
for the West Derby Union to be saddled with the expense
of all the officers of the Union, after the separation of
Toxteth-park from it, as most cf them hsd been employed,
and had had their salaries increased, in consequence of the
ex:ra work imposed on the Union by that township.
The INSPECTOR replied that the chief cause for the
separation was that there was not sufficient room in the
establishment for the poor, and hence they would require
all the officers, and that T.)xteth-park would, on the
formation of the Union, have to appoint their own officers.
After some considerable conversation, in the course of
which several guardians took a part,
Mr. Ana 4}LtMS exty essed it as his opinion that the
West Derby Union, without Toxteth-park, would require
all their servants, as they would have a greater opportunity
of having paupers in the house, instead of giving out-door
relief, as at present. He then moved that Mr. Potts be
retained as the pay-cle-k for the union, and that 11r.
Brember be appointed as the removing-officer for two
districts.

Some further converwion, of a most desultory nature,
then ensu d, in the course of whilh Mr. Pitts stated it as
his opinion that it would be most unjast that the West
Derby Union should be saddled with the two buildings—
the hospital and the workhouse—and expressed a hope
that the inspector would see that the Toxteth-park disttiet
paid their share of the expenses, or take one of the esta-
blishments.

The INsPicoron said that he had no doubt but that the
Unio't would require both: but that it would be impossible
for them to order that the new board, when established,
should take either.
Mr. WILSON said that they (the Texteth-park people)
would neithee take one place or the other.
Some further conversation took place, in the course of
which it was stated, that as it would be necessary that the
poor belonging to Toxteth-park should have accommoda-
tion, before it was possible that it could be procured,
it would be necessary to have the poor farmed out, and,
therefore, some arrangements had better be made with
the Union for taking :hem ; when it was moved by Mr.
Wensley, in order to come to the business, that Mr. Pott's
services be retained as the pay-cle k for the two Unions.
This was seconded by 3.fr. Pickup, and carried by the
casting vote of the Chairman, after Mr. Sha' had moved
a direc-, negative.
Another long and almost unintelliga,hle conversation
followed, as to h )cv to dispose of the removing officer,
the result of which was, that a Select Committee of the
guardians was appointed to consider the whole matter,
namely : how it could be best to dispose of the work-
house, the hospital, and the officers, after the separation
of the Union, and report thereon, after conferring with
the overseers of the poor for Tox:eth-park, to a future
meeting.
This point h ,ving been acreeded to, the meeting
separated after a long deliberation, without coming to any
final result.

Mr. Towsos said, he felt he had a very difficult task to
perform, in acknowledging in suitable terms the kindness
which he had just receive at their hands. He should
ever regard the testimonial rather as a testimony of their
generosity, than of his own services ; but if he had any
object in view beyond all oilers, it was that his life and
intellect would be preserved to render other services to
the commercial interests of Liverpool, and to remove the
imp ession which come, no doubt, would entertain, that
they had been too liberal in acknowledging his labours.
In speaking, however, of their liberality, it would
be affectation in him to state, that he did not
believe that his humble exertions had been at-
tended with benefit to navigation ; but it would
have been impossible for him to have devoted the thou-
sands of hours which he had done in accomplishing his
object unless he had some stimulus such as Mr. Aikin had
alluded to—the doing of good to his fellow creatures, the
promotion of science, and the benefit of commerce--to
support him in these exertions. He felt that he was fully
rewarded for those labours, in the first place, in the band-
some manner in which they were now acknowledged, and
also the manner in which they had been acknowledged not
only by the Admiralty, bat by the Minister of the United
States Navy, and other Atinisters on the Continent. But
there was one thing beyond all others which gratified him,
and that was the practical and successful manner in which
his principle had been carried out. He was perfectly
aware, as he had stated on various occasions, that his
labours would have been of no value had they not been
seconded by the practical knowledge of men of
talent ; and it was, therefore, with the grea'est
gratification he found that Captain Godfrey,
who was the first to endeavour to carry out the principle
which he had laid down, had done so sucessfally, and had
made the voyage to Australia in seventy-seven days, which
was then unprecedented. Bat when it was his g,od
fortune to come to Liverpool, he then met with a co-opera-
tion which he never could have anticipated. Not one
shipmaster. but the majority of them co-operated with
him, and did him the honour to consult with him upon the
manner in which it would be bast suited to carry out his
principle. That, he considered, was a sufficient reward
for his exertions, but now when he received such a mark of
appreciation from the shipowners and certain captains in
the Australian service, he felt that his labours were more
than sufficiently rewarded, and that had he lived in any
other age or any other port than that in which it was his
goad fortune to be iccated, he never would have received
such kindness atd generosity as were now heaped upon
him. He held the testimonial far beyond its money value,
although he was not speaking lightly of that, and would so
prize it while he lived. (Applause )
Mr. FIELD, of the firm of Field Brothers. observed
that he was not aware of the testimonial, otherwi-e he
should have before subscribed to it. He now bagged that
the firm might be put down for £25. (Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN then alluded to Mr. Towson's services on
the Compass Committee, after which the proceedings ter
minated.

Exclusivaly for CLOTHING BOYS from 6 to 20 Year:
LEWIS 3; COMPANY, Ranehigh

THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1857

THE (ARE AT EASTERN.

During the banquet given by the Institution of Civil
Eneigeers, on the occasion of presenting a very handsome
testimonial, valued at £2,000, to Charles Manby, Esq.,
their retiring secretary, Mr. Wynn, having proposed
"Success to the Great Eastern steam-ship," coupling with
the toast the name of Mr. Scott Russell ; Mr. Scott Rus-
sell said he was undoubtedly proud of being the builder
of the great ship, and should feel still prouder if she
achieved the success he ventured to anticipate. The
most remarkable feature connected with it was that a
body of men should be found who would subscribe
£700,000 for an undertaking, the success of which was
declared to he very problematical ; that feeling would,
however, be diminished, when it was known that three-
fourths of the shares in the undertaking were held
by members and associates of the Institution of Civil
Engineers. That fact alone spoke volumes for the
safety of the structure. Mr. Brunel, who must be
called the father of the project, had desired to
have the smallest ship capable of carrying its own fuel
to Australia and back, and conveying such a cargo
of goods and passengers as should be remunerative. Cal-
culation showed the actual dimensions to be necessary, and
the system of cellular ccnstruction adopted at the Britannia
bridge afforded the strength for these vastly increased pro-
portions which had at first surprised even English
engineers, with their habit of regarding everything
as possible. The s'ze did not now, however, astonish
even the merchants, who contemplated finding
careoes for her without trouble. It would be a proud
day, both for Mr. Brunel (whose absence he regretted)
and for him, when the Great Eastern was committed to
her proper element. The ship was a specimen of what the
cambieed qualities of men could produce, and it impressed
upon all beholders the advantages of such union as 'the
iustitution afforded the means of encouraging. United,
they could do almost anything, and their efforts must bene-
fit their country, and be conducive to their own good.

Exclusively for CLOTHING BOYS from 6 to 20 Years

LEWIS & COMPANY. Ranelagh street.

A machine has been invented at Boston for digging
p tatoes.
About 12,000 people of colour left the United States for
Africa during the last year. More than half of them were
emancipated for the purpose.
A medical man says that those ladies who make it a
business to trouble dry goods clerks, and never buy any-
thing, ought to be called counter irritants.
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT.—We find the following an-
nouncement in the Limerick Chronicle :—Alfred M'Farlane,
Esq., of the north-east bar, author of " The Treatise on
Equity," and a gentleman of considerable experience, has
been appointed to the office of judge of Western Australia,
with a salary of £BOO per annum."
UNCOMMON CASE of SUICIDE.—An old pensioner of the
name of Wishart, residing in Stanley, Perthshire, com-
mitted suicide on Tuesday morning last :in a very un-
common manner. He lost his sight many years ago, and was
very rarely out of b d Having laid his hand on a dish
he broke it, and with the sharpest fragment he commenced
the horrible work of cutting and mangling his throat,
His wife came in, and although medical aid was immedia•
tely obtained, Wishart s lon breathed his last.
EMBEZZLING MONEYS OF AN INSURANCE OFFICE.—
Edward Offord was charged, at the petty sessions, Roch-
dale, on Monday, with embezzling certain moneys belong-
ing to the " National Weekly Life Assurance Company."
A person named Samuel Smith appeared as the prosecutor,
and paid that he was the manager. The F oziety was incor-
porated, and its offices were in Manchester. The prisoner
had been appointed agent for Rochdale, and tha insurance
fees were collected in small sums weekly, and the duty of
the agents was to hand the sums collected over to the
contra! management fortnightly. The prisoner had not
d one so. In April he received 4s 4d from Hannah Holt,
which ho had not accounted for; in like manner he had
received 3s, on the 27th of April, from Ellen Isherwood,
and also four other small sums, is, is Bd, 2s 3d, and is 6d,
from various other persons, for which he had not
accounted. The prisoner did not deny the charge, but
asked the bench to have mercy upon him, as he would
make good the money as soon as he could. He was com-
mitted to the Salford sessions for trial.
BARNSLEY.— THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE COAL TRADE.—
The South Yoikshire coal trade is rapidly developing itself.
The coal proprietors of this district have lately bean giving
their attention to plans which are being matured for ex-
tending their trade to Liverpool, by sending their coal to
that market for exoort. They have held meetings at
Liverpool and Manchester, and have decided to hold their
meetings quarterly at the latter place. The result is that
South Yorkshire cal is already exported from Garston, on
the Mersey, and, from the various trials that have been
made, it gives great satisfaction. The space taken up in
vessels by some kinds of coal which are obtained from
North Wales and Lancashire is so considerable as to render
them very objectionable for the use of steam-packets as
compared with the South Yorkshire steam-coal, the heating
properties of which are concentrated in so much less space,
and there is eery probability that it will supersede much
of the coal hitherto used in that market. The coll-
o xners have also in contemplation the exportation of the
celebrated Silkstone and Flockton coal, which is so much
liked.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR BRADFORD.-0Q
Monday, an inquest was held at the Quarry Gap Hotel,
Tyersall, near Bradford, before C. Jewison, Esq., coroner,
on the body of John:Benson, who was killed on Saturday
forenoon, on the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction
line, above Lanster Dyke, under the following circum-
stances :—Benson was a plate layer, sixty-two years of age,
and. was working on Cde line between the guages when the
train from Leeds to Manchester, and one from Bradford
to Leeds, approached him, and as the danger for the
moment paralysed him, he threw himself too much on the
one side. Both trains were also shunted back as much as
possible, but the engines could not be stopped, and the
Bradford train struck the deceased on the side, and
dashed him forward about eighteen yards, and the wheels
of the train passed over and shockingly mutilated the
body. When taken up the head was bent back between
the shoulders, and the whole presented a shocking appear-
ance, No blame could be attached to either of the engine
men on the trains, as both sounded their whistles and
endeavoured to stop the trains and prevent the catastrophe.
A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned,
AN ATTRACTIVE FEATURE OF THE ART TREASURES EXHI-
BITION.—I must now conclude by saying, that at none of
the London shows did it ever happen to me to see so many
good looking ladies, and young ladies, as are to be found
charming away the attention of the amateur from the
mere semblance to the substance of beauty. Nature and
art have joined hands at Trafford, and any discreet man
may enjoy the advantage of seeing, comparing, and
judging between the positive and the fictitious. For myself,
I am _ready to back flesh and blood against the thickest
coat of oil colour and the smoothest canvas. Theee dames
and damsels belong to the old brood of Lancashire witches,
and bear in their eyes sparks of that fire that consumed
their great grandmothers at the stake. They gaze at you
(or perhaps only at the Gainsborough behind you), seated
on the central settees, with calm, serene, wide-open eyes,
and lips apart; they gaze at you (or at the Murillo just
above your head) leisurely, calmly, steadily, like
lionnesses taking their rest," as Dante has it; and the
glamour of thcse lustrous orbs, the subtle flame they breathe
through those rubies, goes through and through you, till
pictures, statues and knights in armour, and glass roof and
all, swim about ycu, and you drop exhausted and dizzy on
the same settee by the side of the dangerous enchanter.
Here are subjects for oil and young masters; plenty of
nature to quicken the enthusiasm of the future worshipper
of art.—r, oily News' Correspondent.
THZ MORMON ROBBERY IN NOTTS.— The particulars of
of a robbery of more than £2OO, perpetrated by Mormons
at Mansfield (Notts), from a sick club in that town, have
already been stated. Since then, a man and his wife,
named Wright, and two men, named Rallis and Bentley,
have been examined before the magistrates, when it ap-
peared, from the evidence of Superintendent Paletborpe,
that Wright and his wife were apprehended at Sheffield.
just as they were taking the morning train to Liverpool.
They were carefully searched, when £3.5 in gold was found
concealed about a child they were carrying. Wright
upon being searched, began to swear fearfully, and in reply
b Paletborpe, who told him he always understood the
Mormons were not allowed to swear, said, " Oh, be ,
I put religion aside ; in such a case as this I don't mind
stretching a point." They were then conveyed to Mans-
field, where the two other Mormons were apprehended,
(Hollis and *B ntley), who were each put into a separate
cell. It having been ascertained that some luggage had
been sent by Wright from the Mansfield railway station
to Liverpool in the name of Ann Jones, a telegraphic
message was sent from Nottingham to Liverpool, di-
recting the authorities at that station to stop the
luggage. Palethorpe immediately started for Liverpool,
and obtained the services of a clever detective. They then
engaged a boat, and followed the ship, she having gone
out of dock down the river. When they got on boar.; they
saw Ann Jones, who was also a Mormon, she having
signed the book for the luggage. They proceeded to ex-
amine it, when Palethorpe found a bag containing £l5O
in gold, which he took possession of, as also of the luggage,
and returned with the whole to Mansfield. When acting
in his capacity as a Mormon preacher, a few days ago, and
since he had abstracted the check, Wright said no man
could say he had wronged him, he stood there with an un-
blemished character, although it has since been discovered
that, in addition to the above, he has robbed his late em-
ployer, Colonel coke, to a great extent.

7 MAMMA AND PAPA."

MRB:---THATCHER v. COL. D'AGULLAIL

This case came before the public again at the Brighton County
Court, before Mr. W. Farner and a Jun when Colonel D'Aguilar was
sued by his forsaken inamorata for the sum of 50/., parcel of GOI.
(plaintiff abandoning the excess), for money payable by the defendant
for the support by her of his illegitimate child from the month of
April, 1855, to April, 1857, and for money agreed to be paid by the
said defendant to the plaintiff towards the maintenance of the said
child, and for money paid by the plaintiff for the use of the defendant,
and for money found to be doe upon an account stated between them
at Brighton. As on the previous occasion, Mrs. Thatcher denied that
she had ever been charged with impropriety of conduct, that she had
ever been rolled on the bed by any gentleman, or that she had ever
said she was not sure who was the father of the child, but that the
colonel was rich enough to pay for it. Mr. Sergeant Parry (for the
defendant) submitted that there was no case to go to the jar y, and
that there was no contract which could be sustained in point of law.
Henry D'Aguilar was then sworn and examined by Mr. Roupell-1 am
defendant in this action. It was in 1853, about the middle of February,
that I first met Mrs. Thatcher, I mat her on the parade, nearly op-
posite the Bedford, towards dark, I think, about five o'clock. That
was the first time I met her. She overtook me on the parade, passed
me, and looked back, as a woman does who wishes to attract your
attention. I passed on and looked at her, and I then spoke to her.
She almost directly asked me to go home with her, to a narrow street
behind the Bedford Hotel, where she lived. I saw her the following
day, and I saw her from time to time and visited her up till the month
of May in that year. I had some conversation with her about a person
named Granville. The first night I asked her who and what she was,
and she told me that she was the wife of an offic2r. She mentioned
Granville's name; but she said that she was living with a man whose
name she would not tell me. She also told me this on the second day.
She told me that he kept her, in fact. She said also that she disliked
him, and had taken a fancy to me in the street, She said that she
should get rid of him as soon as she could. I afterwards saw Mr.
Turner, the surgeon, on the subject Of an allowance. I said I was
not sure that this child was mine, as she said, because I know she had
told me that she was visited by other people. She told me she had
met this Granville in an omnibus, that he had taken her to an hotel in
Charing-cross, and there had connexion with her. As this was the
case, I said I was not at all sure the chill was mine ; but as she knew
my name, and my family were livin4 in Brighton, I said I was willing
to pay 301. a-year as long as she did not in any way annoy or irritate
me or my family. I said, from what she had told myself and Dr.
Turner, I was very doubtful of the child being mine, and I could only
make that allowance oa condition that she did not annoy me or any of
my family. I am quite sore Imeutioned it in that way to her, through
Dr. Turner. She was to receive the money, because I was doubtful
the child was mine, and I was not going to pay the money to anybody
but herself. She was to look after this child, but the money was to be
paid to herself. The payment of that money was afterwards discon-
tinued by me because she wrote an anonymous letter. Daring the
time you were acquainted with this woman, did you ever make her a
promise of marriage ?—Never, so help me God. Marriage was never
mentioned except once. She said one day, " I wish yoa would. marry
me." I said, "That is quite impossible. I never dreamt of marrying
you, and I never could marry you." When you met Mr s. Thatcher ,
as you describe, what did you say to her ?—Well, I went up to her and
asked her what she wanted, and that sort of thing. (Laughter.)
She said she was the widow of an officer. I asked her where
she lived, and she said in Montpellier-street. She asked
me to go home with her, and I went with her to Montpellier-
street, there and then. Au old woman, called Mrs. Botcher, let us
in. I did not see Miss Butcher there. Nothing improper took place
between us that night. Will yon tell the jury, then, what yen went
there for ?—Well, I considered her a person on the town, and I went
home with her for that purpose. Mr. Sergeant Parry (to defendant)—
Upon my word I would decline to answer such questions, if I were
you. Cross-examination continued : I asked Mrs. Thatcher upon
what terms I was to visit her. She said, what do you mean ? Well,
I said, I only come here for a certain purpose. She said, what do you
mean? I don't understand you. I then placed money on the table.
I placed 1/. on the table. She told me that she was an officer's widow
and the daughter of an officer. I did not see the portrait produced
(that of the deceased Thatcher) when I went there. I think I have
seen it in her bedroom. She asked me to call the next day, ant I did•
Did anything improper take place then ?—Yes. What time did you
call ?—ln the afternoon. Nobody was there. I looked upon Mrs.
Tnateher, I won't say as a common prostitute, but I certainly did
look upon her as a prostitute. I never gave her my likeness. I took

it to show her, and she kept it I suppose. I never saw it hanging up
in my life. I never gave her a lock of my hair, I swear I never re-
member anything about a lock of hair (lock of hair produced). I don't
think that is my hair. (Laughter.) I dare say she might cut it off
her own hair : she is quite capable of that. I won't swear that I did
not give her the paper produced (that in which the lock of hair was
preserved.) I never gave her a ruby ring. She had it from myself.
It was given to me by a gentleman, and I told her I could not give it
to her. I showed her the ring, and she put it on her finger. I really
cannot remember how it was; but I think she said she put it on her
right hand. I will swear I did not write 100 letters to her, 'nor 50,
nor 20, after I left Brighton. I once sent her some flowers. I swear
I did not take or send her flowers almost every day while I was in
Brighton. I never took her a bouquet at all. The improper con-
nextion between as ceased about the end of April or beginning of
May. When I placed thn money on the table the first evening she
said I mistook her. I said, " Very well, then; if you are a virtuous
person, give the money to the servant, and I wish you a good eve-
' ning." If she swears Viet I called the first evening and saw Mrs.
Butcher, and delivered my card to her, it is a falsehood and a lie. I
never left a card at her house in my life. She may have one of my
cards, but I never left one there. I never asked Mrs. Thatcher to
return that ring, but she did so voluntarily. I wrote to ask her for
my letters, because she had shown me Granville's letters, and I d;d
not choose my letters to be shown to other men, A number of wit-
nesses were then, as on the previous occasion, examined, for the pur-
pose of proving that Mrs. Thatcher led a grossly immoral life. The
jury retired, and, after an absence of about twenty minutes, retured
with a verdict for plaintiff for the full amount claimed.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh F,treef,
BOYS are CLOTHED from the Ages of 6 to 20 Years.

STATISTICS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP.—It was stated at the meeting of
the Annual Moveable Committee of the Manchester Unity of Odd
Fellows (which closed its sittings in Norwich, on Saturday), that the
society had expended during the year in sick pay to members,
4130,000, 430,000 in funeral gifts, and .€40,003 for the relief of
widows and orphans. The capital of the society is 41,755,030, and
during the last twelve months 50 new lodges had been openod in
various parts of the worl 1. In 1852, 10,613 new members were initi-
ated; in 1853, 16,616 ; in 1854, 18,836 ; in 1855, 21,319 ; and in 1856,
23,546, of whom 18,585 were under 26 years of age.
THE SEA SERPENT AT LAST.—The Port Elizabeth Mercury (South
Africa) relates that the sea serpent has actually been captures
Algoa Bay, by Mr. Capper, the proprietor of the Sunday Island Ferry,
assisted by Mr. Newcombe. It was thrown ashore near Cape Padrons,
and supposed by the coloured people who foand it to be an immense
fish. It proved, however, to be a creature with a long serpent like
body, about eighty or ninety feet in length, pith an enormous head,
Possessing the properties of the reptile species, and a mouth fur-
nished with a formidable row of serrated teeth on both jaws, which,
when closed, dove-tailed one into another." The animal was dead,
and decomposition was already going on. The head was cat off and
placed in a waggon, which could scarcely contain it, and taken to a
neighbouring house, where it now remains. All this is very circum-
stantial, but the Argus remarks that a vessel named the Sea Serpent
arrived in Algoa Bay on the dly referred to. Perhaps this circum-
stance gays ri-e to a myth.
EARLY AND LATE.—When men of genies are to die young, they
complete their masterpieces at once. Mozart rendered up his divine
soul at 39 ; Raphael pa'nted the "School of Athens " at 25, and the
" Transfiguration " at 37 ; Paul Potter his " Bull " at 22 ; Rossini
composed the " Barber of Saville " when he was 23, " William Tell "
at 37; and afterwards wrote no more. Great artists, on the other
hand, who are destined to have long lives, are slow in pro:a:awn
; or
rather they produce their best thinks in the decline of life. Handel
compose i his greatest works—the " Funeral Anthem," '• Israel," the
"Messiah," " Samson," the " Dattingen Te Dsum," and " Judas
Maccabeus " after he was 52 years of age. Gluck had not composed
one of his immortal operas when he was 50. Haydn was aa old man
of 65 when he produced the "Creation." Murillo became Murillo
only at 40 years of age. Ponssla was 70 years of age when he painted
the "Deluge," the most poetically great of all his noble pictures.
Michael Angelo counted more than 60 years when he incrusted his
incomparable fresco of the " Last Judgment " on the walls of the
Sistine Chapel; and he was 87 years of age when he raised the cupola
of St. Peter's to the heavens.—Life of Handel, by V. Sehoelchee.
THE FRENCH ARMY.—TiIe Annuaire Afilitaire of 1857, just pub-
lished, sets forth the following facts:-,—' The number of French gene-
rals of division i 3 84, and of generals of brigade 58. The reserve
consists of 80 generals of division and 162 generals of brigade. The
staff corps remains what it was in 1856. That of the commissariat
(Intendance allitaire), which was modified by a decree of the 12th
Of July last, is to consist of 8 inspectors general, but only 6 of them
have been nominated. The effective of the Imperial Guard has not
been increased, but it, two companies of engine: rs have been firmed
into a division, and the regiment of Dragoons has taken the name of
Dragoons of the Empress,' The gendarmerie, of which a regiment
and a squadron figure in the Imperial Guard, (wastes of 25 legions of
the colonial companies, the legion of Algeria, the Garde de Paris, and
a battalion of seven companies of firemen (pompiers). The infantry
consists of 346 battalions, divided into 2,806 companies :—adding the
Imperial Guard, the number is 379 battalions, and 3,614 companies;
its officers are 118 colonels, 117 lieutenant-colonels, 505 chefs do bat-
taillon, and 3,7811 captains. The cavalry consists of 58 regiments and
348 squadrons, and adding the guard, 65 regiments and 336 squadrons.
The artillery, including the guards, consists of 19 regiments, 215 bat-
teries, and 49 depot companies ; it has 8 generals of division, 16
generals of brigade, 52 colonels, the same number of lieutenant-
Colonels, 819 captains, 374 lieutenants, 165 subtheutenante, without
including the officers of the Ecole de Metz."
THE Pezercu GAME LAws.—The Court of Assize of the Oise, has
tried a man named Ivernelle for an attempt at murder. The case
was one connected with poaching, and it was, in its main featares,
similar to most such cases. A gamekeeper named Chevalier, of
Boulleaume, on going his rounds in a wood on the
PlTtoaorenhiinngg.
of
1 lth February last, saw four men armed with
guns The
e
moment these men perceived him, they presented their guns, and
declared they would shoot him if he advanced. Seeing that he could
not hope alone to arrest the four, he went to the chateau of his
employer to get the assistance of his fallow-servants. One of the
poachers, whom he recognised as Ivernelle, followed him for some
distance, threatening several times to shoot him. After a while he
returned with two fellow-servants, and saw the men stili poaching._ The poachers took to flight, but the three men went in pursuit, one of
them, Petit, on horseback, being somewhat in advance of the otter
two. Presently, Petit got pretty close np to one of the poachers, who
was Ivernelle, and this man, raising his gun, declared
that he would
kill him if he advanced. Petit fearing that he would fulfil his threat,
turned his horse round. and as ke was doing so, the poacher fired,
wounding him dangerously In the back. The poacher was subse-
quently arrested by the gendarmere. The jury declared him guilty,
and the Gout sentenced lam to hard labour for life.—Galignanies
,Messenger.

Cates AND DEeD Boxas.—The next important thing to the posses-
sion of cash is, how (when you have got itj to keep it safely, either in
the connting-honie or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds
and other valuable documents. We have seen a large and vaned
stock of both these desirable articles, manufactured expressly for Mr.
E. T. Hall, of south John-street that challenge attention. These
boxes are made on new and admit*, ed
principles, and posses. patent
locks, which defy the ingenuity of any " pick-lock" in the world to
open, except with the legitimate key. To merchants, solicitor., and
others, these new safes, on a small seals, must prove valuable indeed.
—ArOrt/sern Daily Vino, 31$ May, 1867.