The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-11-14 00:00:00

present

.rticnlar

the Worsted bran(

• warranting
T descriptions have been almost neglected, and
irds the close a reduction of Id. per lb
3 to. Our public sales commei

least advan

morrow

low qualities will be offered. In foreign Wool
rather more business has been done this week, and

prices are firm. Alpaca and Mohair are in _
request, the former at 2s. to 2s. 2d. per lb., and
the latter at 2s. 22d. to 2s. 31d. There is now
little of these descriptions in first hands. English
Wool is decidedly dull, with prices tending down-
wards. Imports for the week, 2,711 bales, viz. :
1,600 West Coast America, 506 Buenos Ayres,
14 Mediterranean, 2 United States, 550 Scotch,
19 Irish, and 19 coastwise.

METALS.—The market continues in a quiet state.
Manufactured Iron dull, prices slightly giving way.
In Scotch Pig Iron there was a panic last week,
prices for warrants having fallen from 80s. on
Monday to 70s. on Friday ; they have, however,
since raffled, and to-day may be quoted at 745. to
755. Copper and Tin continue in fair demand,
without any change in price.

THE LOSS OF THE FORERUNNER

TIIE melancholy wreck of the African mail steamer
Forerunner, the particulars of which we have given in
another column, will render interesting the following
description of the place where she was lost, which we
extract from a valnable description of the island of Madeira,
published a short time since. It says :—" Passing Point
San Lorenzo a long, low, and broken line of cliffs,
forming the most eastern point of the island ; the
Desertas a cluster of huge rocks lie on our
left; one of which, standing, apart, on the north-
ern extremity, appears, at a distance, like a ship in
full sail. It is said that a Danish vessel of war, mistaking
it for one, .discharged a gun, as a signal, to hoist colours,
which nOt being done, she fired on the rock for its dis-
obedience. Steering west, the villages of Machico and
Santa (Nl:a come into view, both prettily situate at the
moutlrof ravines ; after which rounding Cape Garajao—
known to the English by the name of Brazen Head—we
have before us the Bay of Funchal, lying like a silvery
lake, if the weather be calm ; with the city, nestling, as it
were, in the furthermost recess." The book from which
the above extract is taken contains a comprehensive ac-
count of the Island of Madeira. The portion relating to
the climate and meteorology of Madeira was contributed
by the late Dr. Mason; the review of the state of agricul-
ture and the tenure of land is the work of the Very Rev.
Dr. Peacock, Dean of Ely ; and the historical and descrip-
tive account of the island is by Mr. John Driver, formerly
consul for Greece at Madeira, and now a resident of this
town. We are further informed by Mr. Driver, that the
Desertas are nine miles to the right of the point, and that
vessels from Funchal bound for England generally keep
nearer to the Deserter than Point Lorenzo as the safest
course. The nearest place for boats or other assistance to
the wreck would be from the town of Machico, about half
way between Point Lorenzo and Funchal, the two last
being distant about eighteen miles.

POLICE COURT.—YESTERDAY
(BEFORE Mu J. B. lawn))

STEALING GOODS FROM AN EMYLOYER.—:Bois Patter-
son, a young man, was charged with stealing a quantity
of brass, The property of Messrs. Higgs and Jones, in
Lord-street. The property was found on the prisoner,
who did not deny the theft. Morris received a good
character from his employers, and as they did not insist
on prosecuting him, the magistrate, in consideration of
his good character, and with a view to enable him to
redeem it, if possible, without being subjected to the
obloquy of imprisonment, gave him the option of paying a
fine of 20s. and costs, or being imprisoned for 14 days.
ASSAULTING A WOMAN.— George Powe, who stated he
was a labourer, was charged with having assaulted a
woman, in a'very savage manner, on Saturday night. The
prosecutrix stated that she was walking along the street,
without interfering with, or speaking to any one, when
the prisoner struck her in the face, knocking her down,
and kicked her severely on the side. Powe was ordered to
pay a fine of 40s. and costs, or to be imprisoned for one
month. _ _ _

that debt

A COMPLICATED CASE OF ASSAULT.—John Redding-
ton was charged by Catharine Turner with assaulting her
on Sunday afternoon, in Richmond-row, and cutting her
on the forehead with a knife. It turned out that on Fri-
day last, the prisoner in this case had charged the prose-
cutrix with having robbed him of 255. The case in that
instance completely broke down, and Turner was dis-
charged. This result, it would seem, had annoyed Red-
dington, who vowed he would be revenged on her. The
parties live near each other, and, it would appear, enter-
tain a reciprocal ill •feeling. On the prisoner seeing
Turner, on Sunday, he flew at her, called her an oppro-
brious name, and struck her on the forehead with a
knife, which cut her brow. A man came up to her assis-
tance, when the son •of Reddington rushed at him, and
with the blow of a poker felled him to the ground, severely
cutting his head. This view of the case was supported by
the testimony of a respectable-looking woman. For the
prisoner a whole host of witnesses was adduced, who
swore distinctly that Turner and her friend began the
.assault, and severely injured the prisoner and his wife, as
well as some others who were merely looking on. Part
of the latter accusation was satisfactorily disproved, and
Reddington was fined forty shillings and costs, with the
alternative of imprisonment for fourteen days.
Stephen Light, and Light, his brother, were
charged with assaulting a man named Peter Booth, on
Saturday night,, in Berri--street. Booth, it appeared from
the evidence of two witnesses, was passing quietly along
the street, when the prisoner, Stephen Light, in switching
with a cane, struck-the 'leg of one of the witnesses, who
remonstrated with the prisoner for doing so. The pri-
soner, on being spoken to, turned round and instantly
struck Booth with the .head of his cane, :knocking him
down. Booth, it further appeared, had nothing to do
with any of the parties; and knew nothing whatever in
connexion with the matter, except that he was suddenly
knocked down and rendered insensible. The prisoner,
Stephen, was taken into custody, and the cane with which
he had committed the assault was found to be heavily
loaded with lead. The 'magistrate, after remarking on
the heinousness of so dangerous and unprovoked an
assault, sentenced Stephen to pay a fine of £5 and costs,
or to be imprisoned for two months. His 'brother was
discharged.
ROBBERY BY HOUBEBREASING.—A ragged, dirty, and
ill-clad lad, named Thomas Francis Forday, was charged
with having, on the morning of Sunday, broken into the
shop of William Black, saddler, 143, North-street, Park,
about four o'clock, and stolen two over-coats, one the
property. of Mr. Black, the other belonging to Mr. George
O'Hara, his brother-in-law. Police constable 39, met
the prisoner near the premises, with the coats in his
possession, and took him into custody, The coats were
identified by their owners, who likewise proved that the
shop had been broken open. The prisoner was next
charged 'with having, on Sunday the sth instant, broken
into the house of James liaise, in Sun-street, and stolen
a cloak and a pair of shoes. He had pawned the cloak
with Mr. Titherington. This property was also identified,
and Mr. Titherington proved having received the cloak in
pledge from the prisoner, the dad after it had been stolen.
Forday was committed for trial.

THE CANADA, British and North American Royal Mail
steamship, Captain Stone, left the Mersey, on Saturday,
for Halifax and Boston, with the usual mails and a large
number of passengers.
THE RIO= HoN. Da. LUSHINGTON has recently ap-
pointed Mr. Henry Fenwick and Mr. Clarke Aspinall,
solicitors, of this town, to be Commissioners to Administer
Oaths in Admiralty.
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST'S CHURCH, TOXTETII-PARK.--
In consequence of.a, quantity of smoke issuing from a flue
into this church for some time after the fire had been
raked out of the stove connected with it, the incumbent
(the Rev. J. Hassal)) judged it proper, shortly after the
commencement of morning service on Sunday last, to dis-
miss the congregation. It was found, on examining the
flue, that some of the coals, necessary for the feeding of
the stove, had slipped .into a cavity contiguous to the
cockle, which, when red ,hot, had ignited them. These,
on taking up some of the flooring of the vestry, were
found burning; and, being in immediate communication
with the heap close by, would, no doubt, have fired the
:vestry in a very short time. The danger was promptly
.removed by the strenuous exertions of many of the con-
gregation, and thus, what 'night have terminated in a
serious calamity, was prevented. The evening service
was proceeded with as usual.
THE MAYOR AT CM :MM.—lli accordance with an an-
cient custom, the newly-elected Mayor of Liverpool, Mr.
J.A 'obin, attended Divine service at St. Peter's Church,
on Sunday forenoon, accompanied ly the members of the
Corporation and some of the leading merchants of the
port. A procession was formed at the Town-hall, whence
it passed down Castle-street and Lord-street to the parish
church, in the following order :—The ; Corpo-
ration officials, bearing the insignia of the borough ; the
Itfavnr A Tnhin the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks,

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and Mr, J. B. Lloyd, (the ea-mayor;) Mr. Charles Turner,
Mr. T. Littleclale, Mr. Alderman Toulmin, and Mr. Alder-
man Parker ; the Town-clerk, (Mr. Shattleworth,) and the
Clerk of the Peace, (Mr. Wright ;) a number of Aldermen,
including Mr. J. Bramley-Moore, M.P.; members of the
Council and friends of the Mayor ; and last, a large body
of police-officers. Divine service was performed by the
Ven. Archdeacon Brooks, the Rev. H. Brooks, -and Rev,
W. R. r -4stant curates, and by the Rev. A. C

.Duncan,
Craven, B.A. ; and the sermon was preached by the Ven
Archdeacon, from Acts xx.,, 35, in aid of the funds for tlu
Blue-coat School. The sum of £B4 12s. was collected.

MoRA.vrAN Mlssloxs,-A public meeting in behalf o
the Moravian Missions will be held this evening, at tiv
Clayton Hall, in Clay Jon-square. T. B. Horsfall, Esq.

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rrying on business in Liverpool. In
ned Commissioner) allowance of the
nkrupt had been opposed by Mr,

1r the assignee, who is one of the
1 Union Banking Company. The
4hree grounds : First, that

made a coMpOsition with his creditors in that year, about sis
weeks after is in receipt, from his father, of a loan of

,
him from debt, and not with a view to composition, and
dealt unfairly with his present creditors in keeping up
the debt of £1,500 to his father, of which the £l,OOO
before mentioned formed a part ' • next, that he was
not authorised, by the state of his finances, in con-

the payment, for seven years, of interest upon
and thirdly, that by assent to at least
the representation made by Mr. W. Atherton, on dis-
counting a bill drawn by Mr. Atherton upon the
bankrupt for £1,200, to the effect that he (Atherton) had
employed the bankrupt as his broker, and that the bank-
rupt . then had about £2,000 worth of property of Ather-
ton's in his hands, he had led Mr. Lister, on the part of
the Liverpool Union Banking Company, to suppose that
he was broker, and not a principal, and had thus led to
credit being given when it would otherwise have been
withheld. Mr. Evans, on the part of the bankrupt, made
objection to the opposition, as being a solitary one, and
conducted in spite of the opinion of the body of the cre-
ditors being favourable to the bankrupt ; but it is ob-
servable that, of the seven creditors who have at present
proved, the bank, represented by Mr. Lister, is the largest
creditor; and that two other creditors have sums amount-
ing together to less than £2O; and the third is, I believe,
the father of the bankrupt, who, though he has abandoned
all proof for the £1,500 before mentioned, has proved as
representing the Norwich Equitable Insurance Company.
I consider, however, that the assignee has only discharged
his duty in investigating, in this court, the transactions
of which he complained, the circumstances of which Mr.

Cross-examine

Mr. Hary

Lister states to liave been as follows :—That in February
last Mr. Atherton applied to him to discount a bill drawn
by himself, and accepted by the bankrupt, for E 1,200 ; that he
discounted it upon Atherton's statement that the bankrupt
was his broker, and held about £2,000 worth of his property
in his hands ; and that about ten days or a fortnight after
discounting the £1,200 bill, he had a conversation with
the bankrupt, and told him that the bank held his
acceptance for £1,200, drawn by Atherton, who hid made
him the before-mentioned representation as to the fact of
his being Atherton's broker, and having that amount of
Atherton's property in his hands ; and that he (the bank-
rupt) said had," or used words to that effect ; that he
(Mr. Lister) then remarked that the acceptance was pay-
able at Smith, Payne, and Smith's, who were not bankers
of the Liverpool Union Bank, and that bank would retain
the bill, but that when he (the bankrupt) had sold enough
to pay it, would give him his bill, and rebate interest if
the bill should then be due. Mr. Lister further stated,
that he understood Mr. Skipper to assent to this. The
bill was not paid ; but on the 15th of May the bankrupt
paid:to the bank £7OO, a fresh bill being drawn by Ather-
ton, and accepted by the bankrupt for £6O, was given to the
bank upon the retiring of the bill for £1,200. This bill for
£6OO is the one proved upon by Mr. Lister, as repre-
senting the Liverpool Union Banking Company. Now,
the evidence and the argument on behalf of the bank-
rupt are to the effect that the £6OO paid to the bank in
May about covered the amount of Atherton's money, or
property, then in the bankrupt's hands; and that if the
accounts between them had been closed at the time when
the bill for £1,200 was given to Mr. Skipper, he would have
owed Mr. Atherton £2,000. [Having detailed the various
transactions, in course of which this was endeavoured to be
shown, his Honour continued.] On this point I have
thought it right to obtain the assistance of the official
assignee, in the examination of the bankrupt's books, and
three parcels of Indian Corn are found to 'have been pur-
chased on Atherton's account, some time before February
last ; and this is the precise quantity afterwards sold to the
Messrs. •Schroeder, on Atherton's account, upon which
there was a surplus of £507 16s. 3d., subject to deduction
for interest and charges. Havinc, referred and considered
these details, I am of opinion that in February last, when
the bill for £1,200 was given, there existed some ground
for the estimate formed by Mr. Atherton, and afterwards
adopted by the bankrupt, of the then value of the bank-
rupt's liabilities, as broker to Atherton, and as his princi-
pal, assuming sales made and account to be rendered ;
but I am also of opinion that there was a want of candour
on the part of the bankrupt, in his communication with
Mr. Lister, as he stated, in answer to Mr. Lister's
representation of what he had heard from Mr. Atherton,
that as regarded the purchase from Mr. Gardner (of 9,400
bushels of Wheat), £3,900 had to be paid before any pro-
fit could be realised, as that might have been considered
by him an improper disclosure of his principal's affairs ; if
he had said, " I hold, as trustee for a vendor as well as in my
capacity as broker, to Mr. Atherton," Mr. Lister would not
then probably have made the arrangement referred to by him,
and the bank might have received either for the bankrupt
or for Mr. Atherton the £6OO in respect of which they are
now creditors. As to the Indian corn transaction, also,
there was probably, in February last, purchase money to
be paid, amounting nearly to £3,500, before any profit
could be realised.; but of that there is no precise evidence
in the case. I don't, however, consider that the conceal-
ment which has occurred of the actual state of these corn
transactions, looking at the time when the conversation
with Mr. Lister took place, that is, after the discounting
of the bill took place, was with any fraudulent intention
on the part of Mr. Skipper. With respect to the two
heads of objection connected with the debt of £1,500 to
Mr. Skipper's father, I think it unnecessary to say more
as to the first than that the absence of all proof of debt
on the part of the father, and the surrender of the notes
held by him on .that amount to the official assignee, have
relieved the estate from any possible diminution on that
score; but, as to the second objection, which refers to the
payment of interest, I cannot but hold the bankrupt to
have been culpable in making the payment of £lOO to his
father on the 14th June last, for arrears due to the month
of December previous, his failure having occurred on the
24th of June, just ten days after ; and being, as he
says, in part occasioned by the difficulties in which
Mr. Atherton was placed, whose actual •or impending
loss upon transactions in which the bankrupt had
been employed as broker must have been known to the
latter. Having expressed that opinion, andconsideringthat
the petition in this case was not presented until the Ist of
September, I do not think fit, upon this last money
transaction, to suspend the bankrupt's .certificate; but
assenting to what has been said by Mr. Evans with re-
gard to the mode in which Mr. Skipper's books have been
kept, and with regard to the absence of accommodation
bills—that .crying evil of our commercial system—l shall
now award him a certificate of the second class. _

RE MYERS AND MYERS.—The bankrupts, Thomas and
William Myers, were coal merchants, carrying on business
at Parkgate and Birkenhead ; and the meeting was on the
question .of .certificate, which was applied for by Mr.
Bretherton, on behalf of the bankrupt, and opposed by
Mr. Dodge, on behalf of Mr. Stock, a principal creditor,
and by Mr. Harvey, on behalf of the Bryn-y-Mally coal
company.
One of the bankrupts (William Myers) was first ex-
amined by Mr. Dodge, as follows :—I commenced my
dealings with Mr. Stock in February or March, 1853, and
they ended. iu June or July the same year. On the 26th
of May, 1853,1 owed Mr. Stock the sum of £l7O odd.
After that date I. contracted a further debt of about £96
with Mr. Stock. In the course of our dealing with him
we paid him no money. The letter produced Is in my
handwriting. [The letter, which was dated May 2dth,
1853, stated, in answer to a pressing demand for the pay-
ment of an account, that the " establishment was a young
one, but that it was in a healthy state ' • that the proprie-
tors gave six months' credit in Birkenhead, and that
therefore their manager. could not press- customers before
the end of the half-year, when a large amount of money
would come in ; and, as they had made a promise, the
creditor in question Might rest assured that his account
should receive their best .attention."] At the time I
wrote that letter (continued the bankrupt) I believed the
business to be in a 'healthy state. I had not then an
account of what we owed, and of what was owing to
us. I left it to Wilkes (the manager). I mean by
the business being in .a healthy state, that if all was
cleared off we could pay 20s. in the pound. I believe
I did look into the state of my affairs towards the end
of June, 1853, at which time the concern was not in
a healthy state. It could not pay 20s. in the pound. I
cannot say how much short ; but I calculated about 10s.
I cannot say whether it was before or after the 24th of
June ; but I should think it would be after that date.
After referring to my books. I find that I received the
' last delivery of goods from Mr. -Stocic about June the 14th,
the amount being £l9 16s. After further reference, I
find that there was a later delivery of a boat-loaclof coals,
to the amount of £25 2s. 6d. ; and on the 24th of June
there was coal shipped by the same vessel, to the amount
of £lO 2s. 6d. The coals for £lO 2s. 6d. would be
shipped at St. Helen's on the 24th, and we should not
receive them at Parkgate until the 20th or 27th. It was
after the arrival of the coals that we looked into our
affairs. The warrant of attorney was given to Mr. Wilkes
on the 30th of March previously, and judgment was
entered in August.
Examined by Mr. Bretherton.—Mr. Stock's solicitor
made his first application for their account, I think, on the
31st of August. In consequence of a letter received then,
we saw the solicitor, and, to the best of our ability, we
zwe him a statement of our affairs, telling him the exact
position we were in. We made an offer to compromise,
the amount we mentioned being equal, I should think, to
10s. in the pound. It was not entertained. No offer was
submitted to us on his behalf. In December, 1853, Mr.
Dodge agreed to take ss. in the pound, and £5 for expen-
ses, but he required us to give them judgment for the
whole amount of the debt, which I refused to do.
Re-examined by Mr. Dodge.—We employed one solicitor
—others were employed, but not by ourselves. My father
employed Mr. Whitley, his own attorney. Our then
solicitor, Mr. Gill, proposed a composition in September.
It was to be cash to equal, or nearly so, to 10s. in the
pound. We did not place any cash in the hands of Mr,
Gill to make payments to Mr. Stock. He had the good

been a bill on my father. We were served in a demand
in bankruptcy early in September, 1853 ; after which, I
don't remember that we made any offer to Mr. Stock.
We were not served with any demand in bankruptcy until
after the offer by Mr. Gill had been gone off. I think
Mr. Gill stated that one (Mr. Dodge) wanted more than

I came per-

Examined by Mr. Bretherton.—Whe
sally to inouire. I found that Mr. Dodge's e<

After some further examination

TANDARD, AND GENERA'

I to obtain coals from
,fter they knew they were insolvent.]
ad by Mr. Bretherton.—ln October, 1853,
wrote to them for the account of his clients
ie Bryn-y-Mally Coal Company), and followed rip that
-pplication by summoning them to that court. When
they appeared before the court, Mr. Harvey took them
aside, and said if they would make a positive offer of ss.
in the pound he could almost guarantee that Mr. Dodge
would agree to take it. The next day they did make such
an offer to be paid down in cash ; and, after some nego-

tiation, he agreed to accept ss. in the pound in cash doWn;
a further 7s. 6d. in the pound to be paid in two years, on
the security of a policy on his (the bankrupt's) own life ;
but in consequence of their having also to pay Mr. Har-
vey's costs, they (the bankrupts) did not fulfil the agree-
to his representation, to ease I ment. _ _

Mr. DODGE called Mr. Cazencoie, who deposed to the
imperfect and loose manner in which the books of the
firm had been kept.
Mr. DODGE then proceeded to address the court, object-
ing to the bankrupts' receiving a first-class certificate, on
these'grounds:—Excessive expenditure in their privateex-
penses ; reckless trading ; proceeding to carry on business
after they knew they were insolvent ; applying the means
of the estate in favour of particular creditors, after having;
ceased trading; and deceiving Mr. Stock in order to ob-
tain further credit. By the balance-sheet they appeared
to have commenced business on something like a fictitious
capital, in the month of June, 1818 ; that they commenced
a concern at Birkenhead, continuing the first and smaller
one at Parkgate at the same time ; that the concern at
Parkgate failed in June, and the other in August last;
that during the whole time they disposed of stock at Park-
gate to the amount of £6lB 13s. 7d., and at Birkenhead
to the amount of £873 2s. Bd, realising profits to the ex-
tent of £143 7s. Bd., and entailing trade expenses to the
value of £650 17s. 2d. The onle bad debts which they
appeared to have was the sum of £6 18s. ld ; doubtful
debts, £2l 6s. Pd. ; good debts, £l2O 17s. 2d. These
were the whole of their assets ; yet in March or April,
1853, they gave to Mr. Wilkes, their manager, a warrant-
of-attorney for £l4O, which, for a secret motive, was exe-
cuted at Chester. The mode in which they carried on
their business, their mode of dealing with Wilkes, and
the mode in which their books were entered, was most
extraordinary in themselves. Although they must have
known in March, 1853, that they were not in a condition
to carry on the business, they continued to get into Mr.
Stock's debt, obtaining goods from him, after they had
sent him that extraordinary letter, to the value of £OO.
Looking at these circumstances, he submitted that his
Honour should mark his sense of their misconduct by
granting a low-class certificate, with suspension.
Mr. HARVEY concurred in everything which Mr.
Dodge had stated, urging further that the whole of the
bankrupts' trading was carried on almost entirely by
fictitious capital, the only actual sum put into the concern
having been £4B, to which he added the sum of £175, which
was claimed as capital, but improperly so, because money
to that amount, and more, was drawn out of the concern
from time to time,and ought, therefore,to be deducted. Then
they had raised money by accommodation bills, which
they had very much misapplied in the payment of Wilkes,
to whom they had given a warrant of attorney, which had
enabled him to sweep everything away. The proceedings be-
fore the court were introduced by a friend of the bankrupts,
which was almost the same thing as if they themselves had
sought the protection and assistance of the court. The
Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act, however, in effect, said
a man should not go to that court to whitewash himself ;
and was this a case in which a man should be allowed to
escape his just liabilities by getting a discharge by a
certificate ? If the court refused its protection, the case
might probably be brought before his Honour in a more
methodical and legitimate manner.
Mr. BRETHERTON replied at considerable length to the
objections, urging that the accommodation-bills had
not damnified the estate ; that what errors had been com-
mitted, if errors there had been, were to be attributed to
the inexperience of the bankrupts, and to the suggestion
of Wilkes, by •whom they had allowed themselves to be
led in everything, under the supposition that, having been
connected with the trade, he could make the concern suc-
cessful ; that, in consequence of his representations, they
believed the business was improving, and that it would
ultimately be a profitable trade, until they were so closely
pressed by the coal companies. All that Wilkes had
" swept away" was the coals, and the right to the yard at
Parkgate.
His HONOUR reserved his judgment until to-morrow
(Wednesday) morning, at eleven o'clock.

COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

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AMERCROMBY WAR'

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of this ward was

Mall, Alderman Gardn

the chair. After reading a c
local committee at the Town
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aid sufferings of

the widows

and orphans of the brave men whose courage was main-
taining the honour of Old England in the Crimea. What
could be a greater comfort to those men than to know that
their wives and children were not left to starve,but would
be provided for ? We had been dragged into the war by
a peculiar train of circumstances, but he felt convinced
that, had we not taken the bull by the horns, we should
soon have had the danger at our own shores, for the Em-
peror of Russia cared no more for the lives of men than
they did for the lives of shrimps.---The Secretary read
letters from several gentlemen, expressing regret at their
absence, but enclosing subscriptions. Amongst these were
Mr. Robertson Gladstone, whose house contributed £lOO,
and Mr. M`Fie, who gave £2O. It was also announced
that Messrs. Earle had given the sum of £lOO, Mr. Alder-
man Gardner £5O, Mr. Tinne £2O, Mr. Maxwell £2O, &c.
Wm. Earle, Esq., moved the first resolution. There were
many who could not afford to give much, but all might
afford to give something ; and the lower orders should re-
member that most of the sufferers came from their class.
He had, however, observed that the lower orders were kind
one to another, and he trusted that the committee, in their
visitation from house to house, would obtain something
from every one, no matter how small the sum might be.
J. A. Tinne, Esq., who was received with loud cheers,
seconded the motion. It was perhaps gratifying that his
first appearance in the ward was on a message of mercy
and charity. He described in feeling terms the wide
contrast between their condition at home and those who
were fighting their battles in the East. The resolution
was carried unanimously.—Elias Arnaud, Esq., said they
should not forget that the enemy was the owner of half
the Continent, unscrupulous in his measures and inor-
dinate in his ambition. It was, therefore, their-duty to
ally themselves with the other powers of Europe to resist
the common enemy, and it was no less their duty to
provide for the widows and orphans of those who fell in
the struggle. He concluded by moving the second reso-
lution for the appointment of a committee. —Frederick
Hall, Esq., seconding the resolution, said, that while in
the Crimea it was a question of bullets and bayonets,
with them it was only a matter of money, and he hoped
that all would cordially join in the movement. The
resolution was carried unanimously. _R. Griffiths, Esq.,

moved the third resolution, for the visitation of
every inhabitant of the ward to collect contributions.—
The Rev. W. Pollock seconded the resolution. In looking
at this question, he could not see in it nothing but glory
for the British arms; but he considered the war a dismal
necessity. It presented swords and guns, wounds, and
death, and therefore he could not take pleasure in the
movement, but still he had pleasure in being there, for
the duty before them was to administer comfort and con-
solation to those who were bitter sufferers by this neces-
sary war. We might have differences in politics and in
religion, but in the present case we had nothing to do
with them, for their brave soldiers risked their lives
without reference to creed or politics. The resolution
was carried unanimously. It was announced that the
amount of subscriptions during the meeting was £l7l 4s.
Thanks were voted by acclamation to Mr. Alderman
Gardner for his conduct in the chair, and, having been
duly acknowledged, the meeting separated.
WEST DERBY WARD.—A meeting of the inhabitants
of this Ward was convened, last night, at the Parish
Offices, Harper-street, to testify their sympathy on behalf
of those who have been or may be reduced to a state of
widowhood and orphanage by the present war. Si John.
Bent, alderman, presided. Amongst the gentlemen pre-
sent were the ev. Fielding Ould, Messrs. Arthur Hen-
derson, George Holt, Francis Anderson Clint, Richard
M. Beckwith, John Abrams, W. Newlands, &c. The
chairman stated that the meeting was convened in confor-
mity with a resolution passed in the Council Chamber,
and in obedience to Her Majesty's instructions. He then
proceeded to state the claims of those in whose behalf
they were assembled, based, as they are, on the services
of men who have so nobly fought and died, and who, in
the ardour and excitement caused by contention, could
not, he was sure, forget those ties which nature, love, and
duty inspire. He called upon the Secretary to read
letters from several parties, authorising their names
to be enrolled as subscribers to the fund; amongst them
was £lOO from the men employed in the service of Messrs.
Milner and Co., patent fireproof safe manufacturers. The
Rev. Fielding Ould proposed the first resolution. lie
justified the war on various grounds, and said we could
not regard the Czar as any other than a hypocrite, com-
paring him to a surgeon who watched over the dying
moments of a poor pauper in a parish workhouse, anxious
that he might get his body for dissection. He detailed
the particulars connected with the war, and showed that
intrepidity and daring of the British soldiery and the
French. The rev. gentleman pourtrayed the hardships
which they endured, and drew the attention of his auditors
from the horrors of Alma to Liverpool, where there is a
fine young woman, willing to work, but unable to do so
from the agitation of her mind, apprehensive that proba-
bly the next mail would bring an account of the death of
her husband, who is as dear to her as is the husband of any
lady in this town.—Mr. G. Holt seconded the resolution,
simply stating that the basis of the fund should be as ex-
tensive as the globe itself. He saw comments in the public
press of which he did not approve, and there should not
be, in his opinion, too critical an examination of the claims
of those poor females who have clung with affection to those
men who have so nobly fought. Mr. Mellor moved the se-
cond resolution, which was to appoint a committee, treasurer,
and secretary, and expressed a conviction that the present
claim was a debt upon us, to which we should readily
respond. Mr. Clint seconded the resolution, and expressed
the pleasure which he felt in taking part in the proceed-
ings. Mr. Beckwith moved a vote of thanks to the chair-
man, which was seconded by Mr. A. Henderson. The
meeting then separated.
ST. PETER'S WARD.---Last night a meeting of the
inhabitants of St. Peter's Ward was held in the hall of
the Blue-coat Hospital, for the purpose of adopting
measures to collect subscriptions in aid of the Patriotic
Fund. On account of the unfavourable state of the
weather, the meeting was not very numerously attended.
The chair was occupied by Mr. Ald. Parker, and on the
platform were Messrs. J. Holme, Harmood Banner,
Fernihough, Branch, D. Baugh, &c., &c. The Chairman
explained that the meeting had been called in obedience
to a resolution of the general committee, for the purpose
of aiding in raising subscriptions for the maintenance of
the widows and orphans of those soldiers and sailors who
have fallen, or who may yet fall, in course of the present
war. The object was one of so truly national a character
as fully to recommend itself to the hearts and feelings of
Englishmen. Such being the case, it required no length-
ened observations to ensure for it a cordial response.
Mr. Holme said he hoped the meeeting would, with heart
and soul, unite in carrying out the object for which
they were then assembled. It was one which spoke
loudly to the hearts of all, and among every society of
Englishmen, he was sure, the claims of the widows and
orphans of those brave men who have fallen in fighting
our battles would not be forgotten or neglected. He
urged upon all to exert their best endeavours to afford
succour to those widows and orphans. In conclusion, he
proposed that Mr. Branch be appointed treasurer. The
motion having been seconded, was unanimously agreed
to. Mr. Fernihough, in a speech of considerable length,
moved that Mr. Riekerby be appointed secretary, which
was also seconded and unanimously agreed to. Mr. D.
Baugh moved that a committee, consisting of the clergy
of all denominations connected with the ward, and forty-
eight gentlemen whom he named, be appointed, with
power to add to their number. Mr. Banner, in seconding
the motion, /urged upon the meeting the claims of the
widows and orphans of the soldiers and sailors who are
engaged in fighting the battle of civilisation along with
our noble allies the French, as having a peculiar interest
in the eyes of the British people. In doing this, he alluded
to the place of meeting as one in all respects suitable for
awakening feelings consonant with the objects for which
they had met. The motion was carried. The chairman said,
as alderman of the ward, it afforded him great pleasure
bo put his name down for the sum of £2O, he was also
very happy to announce the noble donation of £lOO from
Mr. J. Holme. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Banner also requested
to put down his name for £2O. Messrs. Baugh, Berring,
and Co., £2l; Mr. Branch, £lO 10s. • Mr. Fernihough,
£10; Mr. D. Baugh, £5 ; Mr. Bostock:Rs ; Mr. Crossley,
£5 ; Mr. Hastings, £5 ; Mr. Pringle, £5 ; Mr. Riley, £5.
Mr. Branch proposed that the thanks of the meeting be
given to Mr. Alderman Parker, for his kindness in pre-
siding, and for the general interest he took in the business
of the ward. The motion was then carried by accla-
mation ; and, after giving three cheers for the Queen, the
meeting separated.
ST. PAUL'S WAED.—A meeting was held, last night, at
Mr. Bunbury's, 80, Oldhall-street, at which Mr. Alderman
Bold presided. There was a large attendance of gentle-
men connected with the ward, including the Rev. J. H.
Stafford, Rev. James Sheridan, Roman Catholic priest,
Councillors Holden, Godfrey, M`Guffie, and Messrs. W.
Newman, Joseph Savage, Owen Williams, John Swift,
Henry Cohan, John Jones, Charles Barker, T. Simpson,
Henry Taylor, J. Tyson, W. Timewell, G. Tittell, and T.
Savage.—Mr. Ald. Bold having detailed the proceedings
'already taken in the town with respect to this question,
and explained the objects of the meeting, called upon the
Rev. J. H. Stafford, who moved a resolution approving
of those objects.—The Rev. J. Sheridan seconded the pro-
position, which was carried nem. die.—Mr. O. F.-illiams
moved, and Mr. Savage seconded, a resolution for the
appointment of a committee to make house-to-house col-
lections, such committee consisting of Mr. Alderman
Bold, the Councillors of the ward, the ministers of-all de-
nominations connected with the ward, and a number of
other gentlemen. This !resolution was also carried, and
Mr. Owen Williams was appointed treasurer. The fol-
lowing subscriptions were received before the meeting se-
parated :—Mr. Alderman Thos. Bold, £5 ; Mr. Councillor
Godfrey, £5 ; Mr. Councillor Holden, £5 ; Mr. Councillor
I)(l`Guffie, £5 ; Mr. Owen Williams, £5 ; Messrs. T. and
S. Savage, £5 ; the Rev. J. H. Stafford, £1 is ; Mr. James
Freme, (of Wreutnall,) ; Mr. H. Hadley, £2 25.; Mr.
H. Cohan, £2 2s. ; Mr. John Swift, £2 2s. ; Mr. D. Kel-
lett, £2 25.; Mr. W. Newman, £1 is.; Mr. W. Osborne, jun.,
1; Mr. NV. Heaton, £1 is. ; Mr. Henry Johns, £1 Is. ;
t, £1 ls. ; making a total of £l7 13s. A vote
ving been accorded to the chairman, for pre-
and to Mr. Bunbury, for the gratuitous use of the
room, the meeting separated. _ _ .

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LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

•
THE WAR

PARIS, SATURDAY MORNING.—A telegraph from Mar-
seilles brit* news from Sebastopol of the 28th. The
trenches had been carried to 250 yards from the wall.
The rifle firing had been kept up as well as the fire of
the artillery by moonlight. The new Lancaster guns are
flring on the Russian fleet, which, however, is almost
hidden.
VIENNA, FRIDAY MORNlNG.—According to authentic
advices of the 28th ultimo from Balaklava, a council of
war was held on the preceding day, when it was resolved
not to attempt to storm Sebastopol until the effect of the
siege guns had been fairly tried. It is considered highly
probable that a battle will be fought with the Russians,
under General 'Liprandi, before Sebastopol is stormed.
The Russian reinforcements are estimated at 30,000 men.
VIENNA, FRIDAY EVENlNG.—Advices, dated Czerno-
witz, Nov. 9, state that an energetic attack on Sebastopol
has taken place, and that the garrison was unable to
extinguish the conflagration in the town ; that Prince
Menschikoff had demanded a truce of twelve hours to bury
his dead, which had been refused. The allies were advanc-
ing on the city. Advices from Bucharest state that
Omar Paella had received orders to march, with all his
troops in Wallachia, to Moldavia.
VIENNA, SUNDAY EVENING.—The following, said to
be perfectly authentic, intelligence from a Russian source,
has been received in Vienna :—" The allies are only 150
toises (146 English yards) from the walls of Sebastopol.
Their artillery had made a tremendous breach, which
they were preparing to enter." No date is affixed to this
communication. . .

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PARIS, SUNDAY EvaNlNa.—The Moniteur contains
the following, dated Bucharest, Nov. Bth :—" The steam-
frigate Christophe Colombe, which left the Crimea on the
4th, brought the following news to the senior French
officer at 'Varna The French breaching battery
is not more than 150 meters from the point of attack, and
has opened a sufficient breach. It is expected that the
assault may be made on the 4th. The English breaching
battery is about the same distance from the place. All is
going on well.' "
JAssy, Nov, 10.—The movement of Ottoman troops
towards Moldavia and the Prtith continues with great ac-
tivity, and produces great sensation in the Principalities.
It is not doubted that the Turkish army is in a condition
to resume the offensive with vigour. Omar Pasha is
expected in person on the Pruth.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

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THE BRAZILS