Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-18 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--SATuRDAY BEFORE MR. PRESTON, AssA - uvrs.—John McNamara, a sailor, was charged by Mr. Thomas Carpenter, of Charlotte-place, for having assaulted him. It appeared that, some time ago, the com plainant had acted very kindly towards the prisoner, giving him not only bread bat lending him money. When he got into his debt, he went away. On the previous day he com mitted some depredation on a window, and then ran away, followed by the police. He ran into Mr. Carpenter's, and meeting him inside, at once assaulted him. His Worship censured the conduct of the prisoner, and -sent him to gaol for a month. Edward Fazakerley, a cab-driver, was charged by Police officer 31 with having assaulted him. The officer said he heard loud cries of murder in High-street, Edge-hill, the previous night, and on going to see what it was, he saw the prisoner and two other men beating a fourth man, who was on the ground, roaring " awfully." He interfered and caught hold of the prisoner, who turned on him and nearly kicked the shins off him; the shins are all cut now. The prisoner told some "cock and bull story " about something that no one could understand, and the result was, that a fine of £2, or two months' imprisonment, was recorded. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A BOARDING-HOUSE KEEPER. Archibald McQuorcodale, a boarding-house keeper at — 63, Cornwallis-street, and late a policeman, was brought up by officer 100 (Brown) and Inspector Horn, of the detective I police, on a charge of ha v i ng sto l en X 22 lOs from a Spanish sailor, whose name answers in English to James Gilbert. Mr. Cobb defended. Inspector Horn said that, at nine in the morning, officer 100 brought the prisoner and prosecutor to the station-house, the prisoner wanting to charge the Spaniard for stealing a watch from him. Horn, on in vestigating the case, found the history of it to be as follows : - The prosecutor had lodged some money with a Mrs. Unsworth, in Redcross-street ; but being about to leave for London by the early train, he drew the money from her, and after eleven o'clock at night, he gave £22 lOs to the prisoner, where he lodged, to keep for him . He also gave him his watch and chain along with the money. He desired that he might be called at five in the morning, as he had left his luggage at the station the previous night. When he got up in the morning, the prisoner gave him his watch, but denied having got any money from him. An altercation took place, when the prisoner wanted to charge the prosecutor with stealing a watch. The result, however, was, that the case came before the court in its present shape. The prosecutor was examined through an intepreter, and proved the above facts, that he gave the money to the prisoner to keep; and he was cross-examined by Mr. Cobb, and denied that he hau spoken to women in the street, or that he had been robbed by any one. He went from Mrs. Unsworth's direct to the prisoner's house. Mrs. Erns worth, of Redcross-street, outfitter, stated that tne prosecutor lodged a ten and five pound note with her a short time before, and she had £lB already of his. She gave him £lB in gold and a five-pound note about seven o'clock on Friday evening-, and he tied it -up in a handkerchief. He came back about ten, or so, and left before eleven. He is a very sober and steady man. Officer 100 said he was called by the prosecutor in the morning, who told him the same story as he did now. He went towards the prisoner's house, and in - Upper Pitt-street he met the prisoner and two others, when the prisoner directly charged the Spaniard with stealing a watch. He brought them to the police office, and found eight pounds in gold and a five pound note on him. He said he knew nothing of the man's money. To Mr. Cobb : The prisoner said part of the money belonged to one of his lodgers. The prisoner's wife said she saw the watch in the prosecutor's hand. The prisoner keeps a large boarding-house. Mr. Cobb then ad dressed the bench for the prisoner, and contended that, on the evidence, the charge could not be sustained. He pro posed to call some witnesses, but his Worship said he would not decide the case there, but, if Mr. Cobb wished, he might call witnesses. Mr. Cobb then called two females, hnt, on a short consultation, Mr. Cobb asked for a remand however Main reason. It was, 0 on with the case finally resolved to A servant woman at the seentor at the door before he went in - prisoner's -for ten minnt It was contended by Mr. Cobb that the money was t9ken by the women alluded to. In reply to Mr. Clough, the witness said she heard the man asking for his money in the morning. This witness swore that the pro secutor subsequently went out with a woman, but on being closely pressed she admitted that she did not see him go out or come in again. George Watts, a sailor, who lodges at the prisoner's honse, said he let the prosecutor in after twelve o'clock. John Forbes proved that he was at the Theatre with the prisoner the previous night. The prosecutor was again called, and denied that he left the house after he went in first. His Worship sent the prisoner for trial, but said he would take two sureties in £lOO each for his appearance. "soner was committed. The general elections for the Provincial States of Holland are fixed for the 10th of May. COST OF EMBELLISHING PA.HIS.-According to the Moniteur des Arehitectes, 1,565 houses have been pulled down at Paris from the year 1852 to 1857. Government paid for them an indemnification sum of 126,211,559 francs During the same period 6,552 new houses, at th( 712 million francs, have been built. Re,a 'aloe of 22 million francs were spent in it in 26 millions in 1851, 28 millions iu 1852, and the enormous sum of 250 millions in 1856. THE CHANNEL SQUADRON. —The progress made by the crews of the Channel Squadron in Bantry Bay is very satisfactory. The Royal Albert' and Racoon are generally the smartest in their evolutions, which comprise - shifting topsail-yards, furling sails, shifting topgallant-masts, and jibbooms, getting ont stream anchors and cables, &c. We only hope that these exercises will not be carried too far ; but we rely upon the gallant Rear Admiral's discretion in the matter.— United Serrice Gazette The CARP Rl' MANUFACTI.7II.. a has just been completed at Wilton, for the mess-room at Woolwich, an Axminster piece,. measuring seventy feet in length, `readth, and weighing nine pounds per rn in which it was woven has been ~nest that has ever existed in Ye in rule 1< id is the 1 Its first u.uy country. production was a carpet iufactured last year for her Majesty, which is now in CHANGING 1119 MIND.---In'Oregon, lately, one Mr. Elijah udson,of Yandhill county, petitioned the legislature for a passed one hou ;sed a memorial to t ings after the following fashion : _ ny best respects, I wish to inform you that my old a stay o t proceed ,or petition has not been taken up, be so good - as not to ake it up. and not proceed any f ur th er w ith ou t m y order." --New York Times. A FRIENDLY Tow Lth tizhtiv naeked it 6. s.."'• ) right, all of a sudden the wind failed—a common and annoying circumstance in these regions. ie same time he saw the bergs in motion, bearing down r. the field of ice on his left. He could not move an inch, td destruction seemed inevitable, when, to his delight, he rdeived a friendly berg rapidly ploughing its way up the tannel. An ice anchor was happily attached, and a stop iwser (how they must have looked to the haws on at full stretch towing them alone. It was a —While sailing up Smith's Sound, s - ft but the v ,e 1 won it, having cic - ared the channel b. the threat with the fi SUICIDE d bod WIFE MURDER AND A e Faubourg St. Martin, who . kept the d fe in his bed for, it appears, nearly four mend's, so, when his room was entered, was attempting to cut throat with a razor, is a little better, but his mind seem ected. . In a lucid moment he stated that he at 'greed to commit and having sold off all th le, and both of laudanum ife, lest with ti- he left the Id haiT walloN'v The woman died' almost im should be accu of havinz r dy in the bed, is considered su to exist in . ti woman's body n was ca THE NOR - TURN TIMES, MONDAY, APRIL 18 1869 ATTACK ON THE MASTER OF THE WATERFORD STEAMER MARS, ON THE HIGH SEAS. On Saturday morning, at the Police-court, before Mr. Pres ton, five men, named John Hutchinson, John Sheehan, David Heron, John Murphy, and NAHA O'Grady, were brought u p by officer 294, for baying violently assaulted Captain Byrnes, of the steamer Mars, plying between this port and Waterford. Mr. Cobb appeared for the prisoners. The ease caused some interest. The Captain said : We left Waterford. en Friday, and about five o'clock we were passing oetween the mainland and Tuskar, a very critical place to navigate, and the ship was in a critical and important position, and I was very anxious about her position and the safety of the ship. The prisoners were in the galley, where they had no right to be, and the boy was eAllinc , them to go out, but they refused, and then the boy _ called me to put them out. r went forward and told them go out. All went except Heron, who would not go out, aid, after some altercation, I took him by the coat to pull him out; the coat tore, when Hutchinson took off his coat to fight me. The five men then attacked me, and I was obliged to call my hands to my assistance. The prisoners struck me on the back of the head, and attacked me right and left on all sides ; they kicked me on the legs, cut my nose, and otherwise ill-used me. Only for my crew, and some Italian passengers, the affair would have been worse, as the ship was in a dangerous position, and if been prevented from attending to my duty, she might en lost, and all alon.; with her. Cross-examined by bb : The stewardess sells drink on board, and there license to do so, but iris not sold in the galley; she was not in the galley at the time. I took the man by the coat, and pulled him out, and tore his coat. Mr. Cobb : Then don't you think that you deserve what you got, for treating the man that way? L e t t h e Magistrate decide that point. Mr. Cobb said his clients were sailors, but were passengers by the ship, and they denied having struck the captain. He asked the captain if the men were not put down amongst the beasts on board. The captain said they were steerage passengers, but were not put amongst cattle, as_ there was a house, for going struck assenT , _ , ,ers, in the ship le Board of Trade The ship was, of coli John Power, a TS rushed into the zalley I complained t red them out. All but Heron went out; and, afte me, the captain, as he would not go out. c coat and pulled him out. The captain then was ft, when the five rushed after him, and Hutchinson vlght him A'l the rest rushed round him, and then I rent into the galley, as the sailors came to the captain's assistance. Mr. Cobb cross-examined the lad, who is a ►ery intelligent little fellow, and he said the men wanted to warm themselves. Heron had had some drink, but he knew what he was doing. He was the only one who would not leave the galley. The captain tore his coat, but it was in consequence of the weakness of the cloth. (Laughter.) The carpenter of the ship proved that he went to the assistance of the captain, who was being attacked by . . the prisoners, when he was knocked down by 'O'Grady. He Saw Hutchinson strike the captain at the cabin door. To Mr. Cobb : He said there were five-and-twenty or thirty of them altogether. The prisoners were the ringleaders. The quartermaster of the .hip was examined. lie said he was called up and informed that a lot of fellows were beating the captain, and going to .take charge of the vessel. Tie saw the whole of the five prisoners striking at the captain, and he was afraid they would use their knives. Mr. Cobb : Did you see any knife ? No. Did you see them all strike the captain ? I did, every one of them ; but he defended timsglf, and had it not been for some Italian passengers the case - wo . ald have been very bad. The eapthin w;is again called, and he said he got a poker to defen I himself, for had he been prevented from attending to the ship, she would one ashore in two minutes - after, so it was ne safety of life and the ship that he should at pro tec who was a pa lger corroborated th statement of the assault, and said he saw all the prisoners strike the captain. One of the crew of the ship proved the attack on the captain by the prisoners, and said he saw Sheehan strike at the captain. They had him between the rail kw and themselves. Mr. Cobb then addressed the Bench, and said that in law the captain had commenced the assault by his own account. He called Charles Cavanagh for the defence, who said : The captain called them a d----- lot, -and struck Hutchinson in the eye first. The captain used more force to Heron than was necessary. Mr. Preston said, the captains of coasting vessels had a very difficult, duty to perform ; and here was a case that, if proper order and acipline were not observed, the vessel might have gone ashore in two minutes. He went through the evidence, and said the captain had acted most properly, and he was resolved to protect captains from violence, as they had an important duty to perform. He thought Hutchinson the worst of' the lot, and he would fine him £5 or two months, and the others XI or one month each. The Critic learns by the Ic;urnal du Far. that M de Toequeville is not yet dead, but i 6 lingering at the Isle d'Hyeres net died in the first wars of the Consulate, and had fixed him - self in France, hospital of Avesnes (Nord), aged 104. CIRCASSIANS.—In consequence of the advantage by General Wrangel over the Circassian forces, 3 . of 2,000 of the inhabitants have come in and made their submission The Bordeaux journals state that by the recent frosts all shoots of the vines have been destroyed in the cantons of Pezenas, in that of Florensac, in the plains, in most of the vineyards on the mountain, at Frontignan, Poussan, Gigean, and Meze, all in the Herault ; addin;3 that the same is the ease in the Narbonnais and the Roussillon. RIPPERS AND EXPORTERS.—A most profitable f export, to warm climates especially, are the Self ; Charcoal Filters, patented by Messrs. §aunderE of 16, Parker-street, Liv wherever there is iad water >count on export and w )61—in fact they a S. and Co. allow le ordeis THE EXTRADITION TREATY WITH THE UNIT Henry J. David, late of New York, was forward. He had been charged with for )n-appearance of the prosecutor. said the statement, so far, went to was charged with forging kis own r character rnizht bo seriously affeetec STATES The magi A gentleman Artiditionact used to inflict gi'eat hat in the magistrates power to afford him redress. 'mut, PACHA.-Ismail Paella, who has been appoin to the chief command of the Turkish force now being e - at Sophia and Schurnla, has left Constantin( ume his command for ii , relates t following. in connec evant Herat m with this officer zo he became enamoured with of divot t up as Mahomedan ars that the fi 1 Lord Ts employed as tali .ed a snm of 300,000 piastc .ement )ICIAL CAUSES 3 issued to an the b areen January - nth, 1858, and the 28th of It app, 184 presented by t Aution petitions for dissolution of marriage husband and 104 by the wire. In 37 cases d 6 it 1' g AND WIT In no C in 3 it w 1 -; 11 ca lists to hint )elioves that f;i rt mould nee to -Household ;Fords. nted t o ivisl with hi ss, with women, is You ask what r her will. The first t wish, lancholc ntriin A 1: tilt lit Ton to far as common-sen le. His Lordshiji: YoU must tell the whohjti•Uth 7 upo . ny matter you may be asked. WitneSs . : The whol rath ! I believe very few people can tell the whole truth Laughter.) His Lordship: Tell the whole truth as is 13 knOw. Witnes:i : 'That is right, but the oath, I don ' t -think-Counsel: Oh,:my lord, we will not trouble this casuistic avitne, , :s: • His Lordship - (to witness) Were you ever examined before ? 'Witness : Upon the - nature of an oath ? (Laughter.) Counsel: Oh. let him ge down, my lord. Tl,e Witness then retired, amidst considerable laughter. -- Worlhern My answer is 'brief John's m w an ther John 0 Groat Journal. ho tray ne of t 11 di - , 1 I be tin TIDE-IyAITER'S CLOTHING COMMITTEE _?, GROSS YOBBEItir: TO THE EDITOR OP - THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—Allow me, thrcnigh the medium of your widely-circulated journal, to expose an act of in justice, on the part of the above committee, towards myself, leaving it with public opinion to decide whether I am not_ right in characterising it gross jobbery. Th e a b ove committee advertised, in several papers, to thiee 'classes of tradesmen, namely, tailors, drapers, and outfitters, for tenders to supply two hundred and fifty suits of uniform clothes, stating that particulars were to be obtained by applying by letter. In answer to which, I wrote for particulars and obtained by return of post a printed form, setting. forth the terms of contract, to which I assented, and forwarded my samples together with my contract. To my surprise, on Saturday, they were returned unopened, with a Jesuitical apology for having put me to the trouble. I enquired the reason, and the one stated to me was, because I was not a tailor, the truth of which I admit, nevertheless, I am a woollen draper, and, from my position in the trade, I flatter myself that I am able to supply them better than any tailor in Liverpool. But the advertisement distinctly states drapers, and if it was intended they should not be accepted as contractors why did they not inform me when I applied by letter for the parti culars relating to the contract ? And now let me ask a discerning public, does this look like the act of men desirous of obtaining for their fellow officers the best value for their money P Such conduct is not only unjust towards myself, but likewise towards the majority of their comrades, and deserves to be denounced as gross jobbery. Any man with ordinary common sense will at once see that it is only an un derhanded. . trick to get rid of my samples, and to make way for those of interested parties, and feeling strongly, as I do, upon the subject, I d eem it a duty to drag such conduct to light, knowing the dissatisfaction that exists among the officers generally at the manner they are treated respecting their clothes, which they themselves pay for. lam sure of their support in thus exposing that which they know full well exists, but from their position they are unable to grapple with ; and as a matter of justice to myself, and them, I call upon the author ities in this• matter to institute a searching investigation into such conduct. So sure am I of its necessity, that I challenge the committee to compare the samples selected with my samples, and to submit them to the judgment of any competent and independent man. Phis I proposed to the person who brought back my samples, but• who very Jesuitically said, that if I waited until the clothes were completed, I should see to the contrary. Let me ask the question, how he came to know this ? for, according to his own statement, my samples had never been, opened. Of course I do not accept his advice, to wait ; but before any further action is taken, 'I call upon them, if they value public good. opinion, to accept my challenge. If not, it will then be seen whether their conduct is not that of men guilty of violating one of the fundamental laws of justice and as gross an act of jobbery as could well be per petrated, calling at once for the interference of the authorities, either to let the men go where they, in the exercise of their individual judgment think they will obtain the best value for their money, or else to establish a system that will procure the same advan tage to their officers, and not allow them to be exposed to the tender mercies of such a discreditable committee as the one whose actions I have ventured to bring to light, and anly ask the public for their verdict.—l am, sir, your s, &c. WILLIAM EVANS, Brittannia Cloth Hall, 8, Pitt-street. THE "MUSICAL" WORLD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,---In your issue of Saturday last appeared a letter from Mr. William Ryalls, music -seller, Hamil ton-street, Birkenhead, in reply to which a word or two may suffice. The gentleman referred to in said letter, and through whose penchant for tell-taleing the wrath of Mr. R. has been risen, is a publican at New-Ferry, of the credibility of whose fabrication your readers will best estimate, when I mention that the tale he carried to - Mr. Ryalls is altogether a make-up. In fact, I refused him a personal favour at the time in question. When asked professionally to give my opinion as to the value of the piano sold by Mr. Ryalls, I did so, and should not refuse to do sdin any other case when professionally asked. In his letter, Mr. R. modestly says, " I called upon Mr. H. next day, who was behind his counter, and, as I thought, disengaged." I was behind my counter, serving, as quickly as I could, several customers. Mr. Ryalls denies using any threat after leaving the shop. I am ready to name parties who can prove that he ctid not only use threats, but continued the disturbance, reiterating the words, " I'll shut up his shop for him," while in the hands of the police. The unsigned portion of Mr. Rvalls's manifesto says :—" As regards Mr. John Howard's opinion about pianos, I should fancy it is not worth much, knowing, as I do, that the said Mr. John Howard has bought pianos that wore discarded from my ware house, as unfit for sale in any respectable establish ment, and sent by me to the auction room." The opinion I gave as to - - the piano, has been very fully confirmed by no fewer than three first-class professionals in Liverpool. In a word, Mr. Ryalls has been convicted publicly, at the Police-court, of a most morally serious offence, and has been bound over to keep the peace towards me. He should now take care, lest in the concocting of, and giving publicity to, such. productions as has formed the subject of this letter, he may be guilty not only of " breaking the peace," but also of running his neck into the halter of a most expensive libel —I am, yours, &c., J. HOWARD. 0 INO SHIP SHOULD GO TO SEA without one of Saunders find Co 's Patent Self-cleansing Charcoal Filters, cased and atted-up expressly for use on board ship. Note the addres SAUNDERS & CO., 16, Parker-street, Liverpool ENVFOUNDLAND SEAL FISHERY. --Very &ratifying Ac counts of the prospects of this fishery have been received in It is stated that one vessel had arrived at St. 9,000 seals, an unusually large number, and it s expected that the season would prove a very productive Greenock Advertiser. —A number of the smaller farms en lately re-let at a considerable , ranging at a rise of 10 to 25 I. No sooner is a small hold- Are a dozen in pursuit of it.— RAILWAY ACCOIYtMODATION FOR in their report to tii€ assembled general sessions at Afaidstone, on Irew attention to the facilities afforded by the rn Railway Company, to large bodies of persons d on their line, with the avowed object of taking ze fights,.and thus committing a breach of the tioning that on the occasion of the recent.fight declin( ecial train of 34 carriages, con- A for a long time mid- tho safety of thus, thereby greatly M ANU present bore . porsonal acyof the practice complained of, lv on the North Bent line. The committee lat the attention of the government be called ut Mr. Beattie, one of the directors, happen- Is exereisin Australia On T i Consul for near the Home Farm lame is Don Antonio found three letters, of the Bear Hotel, he has been staying since Tuesday last, •essed to tho Duke of Marlborough. The kiddressed.,to him. .The address on'this Don Antonio :from Ayata, Spanish Consul ia, Taristock Hotel, Covent-garden." In his to the landlad letter to the ,Dake of Marlborongh he begs that his grace will pardon him for selecting his park for a place in which to end his life, and he observes that he has a feeling which may be a childish one, that objects that he should die in cultivated fields, where cottages are, and railroads cross, and. signs of life exist, therefore he has selected Blenheim Park for this purpose, and prays that the Duke will cause him to be buried at the spot where he has died, and cause a cross to be put up to note the place, ncc9rding to the Spanish custom, MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL, Saturday Evening. The Liverpool Cotton Market continues quiet, and the business done to-day amounts only to 5,000 bales, the whole of which with the exception of 500 bales have been taken by the trade. Prices remain with out change. _ _ _ _ The Liverpool Share Market has been very quiet to-day, and prices have been rather, lower. The transactions were :—London and North Western, 93Z,. 931, 931 ; Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 381, 384 ; Midland, 1019 ; South Eastern, 20 . 9-16, 202; Dutch Rhenish, 5d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 8 9-16 ; Lombardo Venetian, 15-16 p The - London Stock Market has not been so buoyant to-day, and in the early part of the day ,transactions took place in Consols at a decline of, from a sixteenth to an eighth per cent. from the closing quotations of Friday night, but they subsequently improved, and were quoted at 951 to 951, for Money, at which there were buyers. The closing prices for Public Secu rities were :—Consols Money, 951; Ditto Account, 951 ; Exchequer Bills, 33, 36; Bank Stock, 223, 225 ; Three per Cents., 939, 94. The London Share - Marliet was very inactive all day. Prices in most instances are fairly supported ; but Caledonian and North British stocks. have declined 4 per cent., and Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Western about - 1 - s per cent., compared with the four o'clock prices of yesterday. London and North-Western stock is now quoted 934 to 934; Great Western, 571 to 571 ; Lancashire and York shire, 921 to 93 ; Midland, 1004 to 101 i; Berwick, 89t to 89%; York and North Midland, 74i to 741 ; Caledonian, 791 to 80 ; South Eastern, 204 to 201 per share; North British, 551 to 56 ; and London and South-Western, 901- to 91. The final closing prices were :—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Eastern Junction, 54, 63 ; Caledonians, 79k, 80; Eastern Counties, 574, 58 ; East Lancashire, 91, 92 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 72, 73 ; Great Northern, 1004, 101 ; Ditto A, 85, 87; Great Westerns, 57%, 57Z • Great Western of Canada. 151, 16 ; Grand Trunk Of Canada, 89, 8 ; Great Southern and Western, 105, 106; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 924, 93.; London and North-Western, 931., 93Z ; London and South-Western, 901,91 ; Leeds Northern, 454, 46 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 381 ; Midland Stock, 1001, 101; North British, 551. 564; South Eastern and Dover, 681, 681 i • York, New castle, and Berwick, 899, 90; York and North Midland, 744, 75- The failure of a broker has been announced on the Stock Exchange this morning, through the default of his client, who is reported to have committed suicide. The demand for money continues good, but there is no advance in the terms. At the bank the business is of a steady character, but moderate in amount. Yesterday was the day fixed for payment of 12 per cent. on the Chilian Loan, and a quarter of a million on the Madras Railway capital. An instalment of 125,000/. falls due on Tuesday on the capital of the Bombay and Baroda Railway. The movements of the Precious Metals during the past week have again been important. The imports have amounted to about 581,3141, including 60,0001 from the United States, by the Asia, and 14,7501 by the Arago ; 117.164/ from Australia, by the Royal Bride ; 104,4001 from Mexico and the West Indies, by the . La Plata; 5,0001 from Alexan dria, by the Pera ; and about 280,0001 in silverr from the Continent. The exports have been 791,923/ to Bombay, by the Ripon, chiefly in silver ; and shipments to the Continent, through the London Custom House, estimated at 11,1061; making a total of 803,0291. A parcel of 4,000/. in gold was yesterday with drawn from the Bank for exportation. The official opening of the Paris Bourse is hence forth to take place one h )ur earlier than hitherto, viz., at twelve o'clock instead of one. The official closing. hour remains as before, namely, three o'clock. Business on the Bourse has increased so rapidly during the last year or two, that the two hours hitherto assigned for the official transactions are found quite inadequate. _ _ The annual meeting of the Agra and United Ser- vice Bank was held to-day, Mr. Macgregor in the chair. The report was very brief; and stated that the result of operations for the past year enabled the directors to declare two dividends at the rate of ten der cent. per annum each, and to add to the last a bonus of 1/. per share, the whole free of income cax. There would remain, after these appropriations, a surplus of 22,8911. 4s Bd, of which sum they have placed 10,4641. 7 s to credit of reserve, increasing that fund to 175,0001., and have carried the remainder, viz., 12,4261. 17s 8d to credit of the present year. A branch at Shanghai has been opened. The nett profit for the year was 131,056/. 5s 3d. The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks was passed to the directors of the company. In the American fidvices it is announced that the convention entered into by the several railways to arrest competition has been broken, and that rivalry will again be created among the whole of the under takings. Some fluctuation in prices had taken place in consequence, but New York Central- had suffered most severely from the effect of the change. The accounts of tjie harvest received from the West were satisfactory ; and ifan abundant return at the end of the season were secured, the effect, it is contended, would be most encouraging upon business. Under the influence of the — considerable fall which took place yesterday in the French Rentes, transactions took place in Consols at a fall of fully per cent. This depres sion, however, proved entirely temporary. Buyers came forward, and the hope is still clung to that the pending negotiations will not prove fruitless. The quotations of Consols were-, the best part of the day, H per cent. above those of yesterday. The. demand for money continues good, but no advance in the terms. A parcel of £4,000 in gold was withdrawn from the. Bank to-day for exportation. At Vienna yesterday a recovery of about per cent. took place in the Five per Cent. Metalliques.—Daily News City Article, Friday Evening. The English Funds opened heavily at a further reaction of - 4 1 , per cent., but the impression then seemed to gain ground that the Emperor Napoleon desires further delay, and that consequently the interval required by the English Cabinet before making their promised statement may suffice to enable some new promises of an adjustment to be pre pared and agreed to; hence, before the close, the market assumed a steadier tone. In the Discount Market money continues in good demand at the Bank minimum. In the Foreign Exchanges, this afternoon, there was a slight reaction from the recent unfavourable movement in Austrian rates. Other places were about the same as last post. The accounts from t•t. Petersburgh, to-day, indicate' that the success of the new loan is deemed very problem atical, the quotation of Exchange having experienced a ial Produce Alaikets'durin week have not experienced any important alteration. - The Tea Market has been firmer, a considerable business having been done in the recent arrivals. Common Congon cannot be obtained under is nd per lb.--Times City Article, Friday TAR PURPOSE OF PRIZE I Evening. The Railway Traffic Returns of the United Kingdom for the week ceding April 9, show an increase of £34,150 as compared with the same period last year. AC ruaiNG DISTRICT lection. P and foreign hv'e, howev BRADFORD, Thursdai stecl : Our market, to- has been fl ateninz iiirs on Continent nti the n ppr - eaching elect as at ho injurious influene , , is to whe account of the uncertain felt from day to d may not be that Tv Hut( made with Much i non theni for ri at present —ln all kinds o English and Fotel;.7,'n), April 15 Iles N.ve been much diminished in consequence ncertain state of continental affairs, and the enzaz Of business met diverted more or less to the preparations for th rae first-mentioned cir a of war to r which there is no is and piec Dut in 'oth LIVERPOOL COTTON :on Tar ) change. LkPRIL 16 narket for cotton to-day, at prices lightly in favour Of. the buyer. The sales —including 250 Pernambuco, at nd to 81,1; 20 Maranham, nd to Sid; 400 Egyptian, 8P to 811; and 500 Surat, Sad - to 6d---ure reported 5,000-bales, of which 500 are on 'speculation and f export. There has been a dul LONDON PRODUCE MARKET,—APRIL 16. Coffee steady. Sugar witllont animation, b9ing about 6d lower for the week The quantity a dTertised for next week is 800 hhds and 20,000 bags. Tea firm, with rather an tipviar‘:l tendency; 00111111011 con gou quoted 21dfullprompt. Rice continues in good demand, and there is a fair inquiry to-day. Saltpetre steady, - ___ _ ____ BOROUGH lOP MARKET.—APRIL 16. Fine hops of last year's growth sell steadily. Other 1di:.4 3 slowly, at yesterday's rates. LONDON TALLOW MARKET.-APRIL 16, Market steady, at 53s 9d for spot ; 53s 9d April to .Tune ; 64s June ; 54s 6d last three months. MARKET AVERAGES.—Town tallow, 56s 6d ; fat by do., 2s 111 d ; yellow Russian, 65s 3d ; melted stuff, 41s; rough ditto, 24s 6d ; tallow greaves, 15s; good dregs, 7s. LONDON MINING MARKET.-APRIL 16. The mining market to-day is quiet, but prices are gene rally steady at yesterday's quotations. In the Stock Ex change, East Wheal Russell shares are officially marked 92, and South Caradon 247*. There have also been transactions in shares in St Ives Consols, Great South Tolgus, Provi dence Min - es, and St Day United. United Mexican Mining shares are fiat, and have been dealt in at 24 and 2Z-. Those of the North Rhine Copper Mining Company of South Aus tralia are marked lOs prem. Subjoined is our usual weekly report of the metal market : Political uncertainties still prevail to the hindrance of busi ness, which is quite at a stand-still in most branches. Cop per is much neglected, there being but few. buyers in the market, but prices are without change. Iron is yielding somewhat to the slack demand for merchant descriptions, and it has become easier to buy; Scotch pig is weak. Tin : This metal is buoyant from short supplies of Borneo, and English has advanced this week £3 per ton on common, and £4 per ton on refined. Lead is hardly so firm, although the demand is fair. Spelter is again neglected, and declin ing in price. Tin plates are fetching higher prices, and are in fair inquiry. At a meeting of adventurers in Catherine and Jane don sob Mine, held on Thursday, a very favourable statement of accounts was submitted; showing a balance in favour of the mine over all liabilities of £135, the mine having paid cost since the last meeting. The report was also looked upon as satisfactory. From gusewarne Consols, Captain I. Richards reports (April 13): " In driving east of Hollow's shaft, about 6 feet behind the present end,we cut and have opened on a branch, where we broke £l6 worth of tin from 4 feet of ground. We have another branch in the present end, and purpose to drive the end 6 feet further before opening on its course. We have discovered and opened on thirteen very good branebes, besides several others on which we have not yet opened at all. Our last month's sale about paid total costs." TRADE IN THE LEEDS wool ti th moots of t LONDON MONEY MARKET.—A.path 16 Consols opened at 95 to 959, and continued steady ata that price all the morning. Shares quite neglected. French firm, and slightly improved in price. Lombard; 81 ; de., new, I prem. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET.-APRIL 16 Show of farmers wheat not large, and sale brisk, at is to 2s ptr quarter advance on prices of this day week. Foreign held firmly, but no transactions. Flour in better demand, and prices turn dearer. Malting barley a slow sale. Oats in large supply from the growers, and demand slow, at rather lower rates. Beans and peas still in retail at last week's prices. CORK CORN MARKET.-APRIL 16. White wheat, 213 to 235; red, 20s 9d to 235; barley, Ils 6d to 16s 6d; oats, lOs 6d to 14s 10d. GLASGOW IRON MARKET.—APRIL 16. Our msrket dull. and closed with the following quota tions :—No. 1,51 s to 51s 3d ; Warrants, 51s to 51s 1-0; Makers' Iron, 50s 9d to 51s; No. 3,50 s 9d to 51s. CARLISLE CORN MARKET. -AP RIL 16 We had a mlderate supply of wheat at market to-day. Ehmund gold, aid prices in favour of sellers. Oats slow, at about 6d decline on last week's rates, Barley shade dearer. •••••••••••••••••••.•••••....•••••••••••••- SHIPT IN G INT ELLIGENCE Tnis DAY HIGH WATER 11 56 . WIND 12 0 • 19 5 At LIVERPOOL,—N.W.—Fresh breeze Do. HOLYHEAD,-N, Admiral .., • Aglae Barondt Baltic Coriolanas David Evelyn Duen Pedlar Viken Tantje Meir Eva Braganza (ss ARltlttt.D. .. , ....S 3 a ßl v aot a ma n n n bz a aa h ys I Ml . m a a d pr i er. S ia a .l l . e (.7 . )......:. N ... : A 1c ..1 .e O l i a le : ::: : : Venice Meg Merrilies..Per nara l , SF John, NB F Gerslacker ..... Bfrenl,a • Mobile Nceinte ........ Charlesbay St John, NB. Richard Cobden. •• • B.` i f u o bile Drontheint Zoboah . ....... • • • • A ' fo bile .. St .Thomas Sbackamazon •• • • ••• 'dos Norway Sebastian ....... Car Venice Bannockburn (ship) •'' ' „ :.Porto Rico I Salone (ship) • •.'' ' . • Lisbon Africa (s) William McGowan New York !onstantiuople April 1/ The Nceraie, which arrived here LonivSßaßrrdal; sailed th e seio o ac Charleston on the 24th March, and experienced a s of heavy westerly gales, with violent squalls. On,, t4 ,, e o . s isst April, about thre miles SW of Tuskar, she stru ck s to 6 a sunken rock, which caused the ship to- leak fr° l inches water per hour. ra The Sea, which arrived here on Friday, s ailed fr ° , a les Hache on the sth March, and encountered heal 10 during the pas s a ge ; h a d d ec k s swe pt, bulwar o „ Jo di mainmast and foretopmagt sprung, &c. On the 7th ota ill saw a-ship of 800 or 900 tons, with painted ports, fi ss dismasted, and a wrecking schooner astern. Th e sh w iP bad on Hogstie Reef, apparently a wreck. Her e r r e *Os land 4 and lighted fires on the south quay. P legi 'dol ol l the 24th January, the brig St Vincent, hence to, te a oP, grounded on a bank off Rio de la Hache, was 9 - 5513 d, 90 4 by the Sea, and proceeded, having been surveY e ae ntil found not to have received any injury. She sub se ' arrived at her destination.] ; tow ej The Telegraph, for Sydney (NSW), while beTz' aue ed ! out on the 11th instant, struck on the Bar °; Channel, and put back. She is m a ki ng barely ha" -,. a. an if! water, and will proceed afte r ca u lki ng covering-b° 9l of f C 108 bales cotton out-of 125 Shipped on deck 0 n oti/ from Manchester, arrived here Charleston, we re , LE D . Isabel ...... E A Soullard MARITIME P B l ' lB4 Qu'bee EXTRACTS washed and partly thrown , overboard. of The Orion, for Callao at back h 01 stress p, t rou t , weather. at fi le Acconnts from New York of Ist • April, state O w 0 Agamemnon, stranded below Currituck Inlet, wa s g ° o. pieces. Cargo expected to be sa v ed i n a damaged sfs The Elizabeth (barque), has been lost at Felize . i , ;fer pool AYR, April 15.—The Elizabeth, B en n e tt, from Li tbs to this port, reported on s h ore on th e B r est 800 , - to onr 9th April, has been got off and b roug ht in here tbis tbo ing, with a hole in he r p or t s id e , an d o ther darelg;te.,. greater part of cargo has been saved in a damag ed c a pti l ; SUNDERLAND, April 14.—Yesterday evening , his • poPi Stockdale and crew of the late brig Eden, of I se; arrived here, the brig having foandered on the 'O rr ' a'' the 12th inst. She was in ballast from Amster d•. 11 ,' it was overtaken with a strong gale from N and by by: . the night of the Ilth, about 9 p.m. t she was s tr3e c hor: heavy sea. The pumps were got towork, but 50°3 ; 2 5.'",,; and the ship was driven on her bea m en d s . Abo ll " p(I l on the 12th the crew took to the b oa t, an d coutiau-othr the ship till she sunk, which was ab ou t 5 a .m. til he e 3 1414 and about 60 miles from the land, Sunderland ,1.401 • west. About two hours afterwa r d s the Norwegian b Sundene's Minde, Captain Bolt, of Sandefjord, ca o'er: and the boat got under her quarter. While the er e s o) attempting, to get on board the barqne, heavy 5 ,, e3 It ° the boat and brbke the rope by which she was r boY t boat was sent adrift with the mas t er , ma te, and too -Av gr efi. on hoard, and one man was th rown over board. I f er li e ri ci a exertions of the barque's crew the man was soon , res a , Nearly two hours afterwards the b oa t got along ° - the rest of the crew got on board of the barque. A letter received on Saturday at the Board af tro aio% from the Vice-Consul at Cherbou rg , re l a ti v e to th e , s tts a f ; of the ship Rose of Sh aron , M ax t on , f ro m C!„t t ag, London, near that place, s t a t es th a t s h e lies au ° 10( 1 ',- north of Cape Roza. The wind was blowinr.'. th raja", shore whe n the accident took lace thick, w'" and the lights a t C ar t ere t appearl to have bl e n n m ili t for the Caskets. A t e l egram was received 11. " - that Carte Russell, who was sent over by Lloyd's s tating l s .betar' ship broke up ye s t er d a y, an d t h at the cargo (b lue lea and rope) is being washed up along the sands., tha t MARYPORT, Aprill4.—Amono. other vessels - I, O I A from here for Dublin on the 31st were the A rm an d and the Dove, Thompson; and as the following dal to here were very stormy, there was great anxiety beiT iced of their safe arrival in Irelanii; all of litcl ast li r e accounted for in proper time, except the ab_ ° ; e cl i l , e i f vessels, and yesterday morning a vessel lc 11- to and reported seeing a mast and quantity of .7—ent opt the Scotch shore, when one of our steam-tugs „ t „, see what it was, and a boat went on shore And g„'" n the'l is t and boat-hook with the mark " Ann T L' ' I P' it, t 'd also a bulkhead board, with several marks nrille 7- , 1 1 ,‘ leaves no doubt that they bel onge d to the a ced " i t that.she went down with all he r crew, and it ig '„ e t he V I ; Dove and crew have shared th e same f a te. Wil e ; oO c was on shore from the _steamboat they saw t ‘ c c v le ttet* headboards, one carved and pai n t e d bl ue , with Ye ii° '• David Carr" David Johnston," the othe r " Mary 'l°lll' OUTPORTS ret GRAVESEND, April 17.—Arrived : The V , e d e • Ar l o ! Jamaica; Concordia, Danzig ; Eli za C arr y. Ad ela— Ta ' r , l a, Mauritius ' • Marco Bozzares, Odessa ; British,hbort°,, Grecian, Jamaica; Mary Soanes, St John's; New York ; Campbell, Bombay ; Mary, Aarh',l n n s ' e - • tiana, Gothenburg; NiPpe, W orcum ; terdam. Sailed : The Si r Ch ar l es N a pier, for • . Zetland; Quebec; P DE&L, April 17 Aaien, Tr( 1, Rio Janeiro. rig . ;„ (j 4h ' de .d: The Juliane, from Pell Dantzic ; Rebecca, ,fl"fogsre - -•.• • • .•.. .6, 1 FFFFFF iIbJC , A • , t „e 4 Campbell, to London ; Florence, from St. Vin e p e 'i o nc o o; don; Grecian Barque, Jamaica to London ; - ,„1,01 1 - to Demerara to London; Maria Soanes, St. John's ' T " 00 (1 011 t o T 1 a- - _r 13,411. -A oiti _ neaver, London to iv ew York ; City of rei i" , Lo nuy iet y Glasgow. Anchored: The Sp ir it o f theiD Liverpool. 16. Bank, Odessa to London ; r 3 AO' to t, drika, Antwe r p t o Li ver p oo l ; S. J anv ina 90 . 9 ' sr ecto to Liverpool ; Sardi n i a , L o nd on t o Trieste , London to Greenock. QUEENSTOWN, April 16 April 16.—Sailed : Glenbienliraf for Alen Cardenas. rri s v a e i d led : T T l h le e e tb r fro: 011 1 ' a istol ; Lucia Haba, Oclessi" Dublin ; Titania Opriech, London. April 16.—Arrived.: ..a. p tla- /f ops Gipsey, from i .Aplris, l i - o ff April 16.—Arrived: city oi ) 013 r ... :Malta; John J. Knox, Bandon ; , o ble2 .. .Sailed: Mars (s), for Liverpool ; &i t erir, Llanelly ; Shamrock (a), Bristol • 0 ^""'"' ''.- Cardiff; Irene, Cardiff ; Shannon, Cardig, ; , 310 6/r ' Malvina (s), London. BELFAST, April 16. water ; Broedechirp, I DUBLIN, • , WATIMFORD, Milford-; Vesta St. for 131 1 6- Lfe r P °° t rpool; Terwissilink. • ou -Arrived : Frissa, from Gauntlet, Palermo. Sailed : The Li!ely GREENOCK. April „. i nn 87 4 IC O 4. , , - c ion ' i h n ie le f, t 48s, i n let i vir '' . il l , -.flee, in lat 4 N, lon 2 1 ~ ion 11 April 5, Athlone, ”. . ~, - —, in let 46 N, lon 44 vir April 5, Antilla. ' - 1-f- 51 N ' April 11, Rar Arnil 12, C - both in , April 13, Ethel steering loSnlV:,iin let 44 London, i 27 -. W..„ go" .rque), in 1 mee to Bor lat N, lon 6IN so, in 1 FOREIGN PO Eskdale, Stewart, from Mad Much 22nd on her ? return Kerelaw, Cool; Couriga. ..kdelzu Tn e at St. Guayra. 'led R nd 01 Albeidina; Peterina Calliope, and Charte Aghja both beuce Snowden, Rol Newfoundhind and Fairy, Ferri Gloria, Laasch, hence atTrieste. Amynta, MTearon, hence at G Sterling (ss), Clark, from Malta pool, short of fuel. Dart, Evans, hence at Charente. Balbec (ss), hence at Havre. Heinrich, hence at Hamburgh. Pelican (ss), hence at Ilelvoet. Industrie, Jansens, hence at, Ostend. 0 „na for l'" 'Cartha, FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE DECLARATION OF DIVIDEND.—Robert Edwards, Ist divi dend of 3s 1- 1 ), April 20, and any subsequent Wednesday, at Morgan's, Livcrpool. DIVIDENDS.—May 2, R Barker, Manchester, druggist. April 6, P. Orellin, Liverpool, sailmaker. May 6, J. Eccles and A. Eccles, Liverpool, cotton brokers. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of meeting. —May 6, J. H. Skeeles, Liverpool, boot dealer. May 9, J. Bennett, West Brom wich, Staffordshire, ironfounder. May 9, H. Spence, Bir mingham, currier. May 12, R. Williams, Dudley, Worces tershire, shoe manufacturer. PARTNERSHIPS DI.SOLVED. L. Whittaker, sen., and G. Whittaker, Bolton, Lancashire, cotton spinners. Elizabeth Duckworth, Maria Duckworth, and C. Duckworth, Man chester, eating-house keepers, so far as regards C. Duck worth. J. Milne and S. Brierley, Chadderton, Lancashire, cotton spinners. Our " detectives " have been doing good service to the Picture Gallery at Amsterdam, by recovering for it, in Lon don, from the hands of thieves, a picture by Vanderwerff, lately stolen thence, and valued at the figure of £2,000. THE LATE MADAME Bosio.—On Thursday last, came bad news for the Italian Opera, in the tidings of the death of Madame Bosio. This took place on Tuesday last, at St. Petersburg. Tier heath had long been delicate, and the Russian climate proved fatal to her. As a singer her loss is indeed great. We recollect no young artist improving so rapidly. We know of no one coming forward so deserving of public favour. Madame Bosio's executive powers were, year by year, refined and perfected. From being lifelesily . elegant on the stage, she warmed up part by part into something more and more of grace and pathos ; and though she could never have aspired to the heights of tragedy, that was sentimental, gentle, and sad, she was beginningto command the sympathies of her audience to a degree which no one could have anticipated from her first efforts Though Madame Bosio's features were curiously irregular, there was an attraction about her, passing for and superseding beauty—th a t w hi c h our neigbours term " distinction.' How the void which her premature disease will cause on the Italian stage is to be filled we cannot dream. - Atheneum. PLEASANT PRACTICE. BRAN-TEA. M. L—, the famous ;cane painter, had a fancy that he could cure all diseases, willing to fall under his hands. - A person of great faith applied to him for a cure of a very bad cold, and Mr. L-'s advice was : " Do you see, sare, can you like to drink bran- Ca ? " " Brandy," replied the patient, nothing loath to find so palatable a medicine hinted, as he imagined. " Certainly, I have no objections to it, whatever." "Vy, den," said L—, " bran-tea is the very thing for you. Take three, four---yes, foui---cnps of it, as hot as you can soop---good big tea-cup, just after breakfast. " What, sir ?" asked the patient' rather amazed. "Without water?" "Vidout water," said L—, " vat do you mean ? No more eater dan is in the bran-tea ven made. Take it as you got it. Take four large, very large coops, between breakfast and dinner ; and ven you find a change for better or worse, come to me." The faith of the patient was great, and so was his swallow. For five days he stuck to what he thought was the prescription of the painter—was, of course, drunk all ' ?,*. the conclusion of his exertions in this way, he came to L-, full of gratitude for his advice. "I am quite cured, Mr. L-," said he, "I never imagined brandy was so complete a cure ; I feel quite obliged." " Oh, yes," said Mr. L----, " I was sure it would cure you—you felt quite cool all the time you was taking it ?" " Cool," said the patient, " no, not exactly cool. I was rather hot. Zounds, no man can drink a quart of spirits in a forenoon and keep cool." " Spirits !" said Mr. L----, rather astonished. "Vy, dere is no spirits in tea made of bran, sare," Tea made of bran ?" said his amazed friend. "it '—and randy I drank ! " An explanation of coure followed the gentleman, however, was cured. was hot FOREIGN SHIPPING.— ' Some statistics have been pub lished which will be interesting to shipowners, and all engaged in the Navigation Law dispute. It is an ac count of the sums under an Act of Geo. 111., in _ _ the year 1858, for the difference of rates and charges due to corporations or individuals for foreign vessels, which, under treaties of reciprocity or otherwise, are admitted into the ports of the United Kindom at the same rates . . B.l3ritish vessels. Each of the several rates he reason for sueh payment being distinctly i; 'also, whether the payment was for light dues, s, dues on ships or merchandise, pilotage, or other- The total amount (under the reciprocity treaties) Jaid to such corporations, rations, companies, or individuals up to the 31st day of December, 1858, is also stated in continua tion of a former parliamentary paper, The largest sums appear to have been paid to Hull, £11,747 to the. Trinity House for harbour dues and pilotage, £3,355 to the corps_ ration for the same service, and £6,337, to the Hull Dock Company, as composition in lieu of dues. Iu Newcastle £B,BlB have been paid to the Trinity House for pilotage, £5,222 to the corporation for town dues, and smaller sums below a thousand to the • House and free hostmen for lights, local and anchorage, £8,510 have been paid to the _ aat Liverpool, and about £2,550 to the balla s t cor poration of Dublin for tonnage dues and various other claims. The sums received by the other ports on the list, about 20 in number, in no case exceeds a thousand pounds; and the aggregate of the sum pail, including those we have mentioned, is £49,393. The total amount pp aid under the reciprocity troties, up to the end of NM, has been 125 097 --• of charge w nd. tt Tri ni dues, Princess Royal, Na Feb 25 Mar 6, Mar 10, Windermez Mar 18, Scottish C' Mar 28, Mathil& , Gnlnare, from Moulmein, in Sylvia, St Helena to Marseill