Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-31 00:00:00

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Soon 11 ,or t 4 bct. - ter o de „ o , , Esc' bo co, 0 11 re' et .I) , ', , n (i l $' .ef 3rv e fies 16 6 t 1.6 the of itY 14 . ,Pi' joie e. 110 0 r, h of sc , 6 0 th e lot .., t 3 1r 11° P ; _,ht. of act,a 60133 t, 4 9 t d ~ riO SV rt :tta t o rEg 1 lig On l P ° jo o'e I' o Ce ilce o tie 1 0 's ~ 5 a e I left I ': o f of.xthh telex, 11A re t 1/ 0 but - )r c D og h tb e bie 'or in .bi , eye d! At" AMERICA. Th e Fulton has arrived at Southampton, with 4(1,0" 00 I 'rk advices t o th e re a h i ns t. She has B roug ht Th 4°12 . in specie, for London. Weerike 'deices are of a much more satisractory With t e i t l e r. Most of the large banks were liberal It se . eh' dealers. The appearances of relief in Ittettera were gradua'ly on the increase in teaPartments. They were most prominent oh e k "; cook a n d t h e C orn E xc ha nge, an d l east f e l t b y 'te e ts negotiati n g paper outside of the banks. ttese e f or eign exchange:. - - ere moved with more Os ti) eelat but th e fi rs t a d vances i n r ates after the kto e ll eiDD were not retained. There were buyer vs ° 10 21 out London, but drawers were asking 10 410 ' 11 0er rates. The facilities in the way of 13e ie s tie exchange and Eastern and Southern e ne !ee, were gradually increasing. The bus:- hre, " ° fle in gold on the 16th instant was )• The C a lif or ni a pa c ket delivered a 0,,„ 41,110 dole. dols. on San Francisco account, and tre e 2" dela. from 1 - lavatmah. The latter came very 8 114 61 . Y to some of the Spanish firms-, whose hol e payments were fast maturing. Most of the alt re of California drafts presented on the is sta ' l rs took c h eques curren t at bank. In other tels 46eB gold was paid out. The quotations for 2pee'saaboutoe to 1 percent. premium buyers, and th e e c ent- sellers; the market was so unreleavable tattse` °l. the small premium offered, that a good Or i e Parcels Went directly into Bank, on special ltie7 e ueral accounts. There were no important to 4 "8 rep orte d ; b ut t h e N ew Y or k Ti mes regre t s Poe ll a ne lince, that another of the few remaining liee' i s tie Exchange Banking firms, of long estab tf credit, h a d s uspended payment on the drafts 4eN' l ' I Vestern correspondents. We allude to s . Da le; Wi ndsor, Lamei, and Co., until recently a the y ,fleat house in railway negoniatione. Indeed, to ties per among the first of the New Yolk B tinkers floi -e r largely and consistently into the prosecu -10 the sy s t em i n Ohi o , I n diane, and Pennsyl li4' According to the New York Herald, the het La ne has exhausted itsele and the rea ction !le e Il lreenced. It wasrvery perceptible in Wall °.lace," , Stocks advanced, and the Banks were in tl'e l 7; 4 4 e spirits. Flour also advanced; in fact, 4 3 , " "'nig was on the rise. That paper of the 17th s ;es e r ne AVe rt re Was a very buoyant Stock Market this morning. t ,e.,°,tee of weight has been taken off the safety valve, Ila. e .'`'e 9 are going up on the run The Stock Exchange e ke, -8 to hav e h a d q uite an accession of operators from fi. 6e 'llree, and they take hold with great avieity. At t ree Doard to-day 'New York Sixes, 1874, advauced :3 e4te - e t ; Ohio Sixes 1860 3; California Sevens, 3; New eitt ral Sevens , 3 ; Erie Bonds, 1875, 3 ; ce , i1r,,',, °71 , 2 ; Ditto, 1883,1 ; Galena and Chicago e ktr e ""e i 4 ; Illinois Central Bonds, ; Bank of Com- American Exchange Bank, 5 ; Delaware end `laer i t e u i ; Pacific Steamship Company, 2; New York road 4 ailroad, 3 ; Erie Railroad, 1 ; Hudson River Rail g44; ; Pee.ding, ; Michigan Southern Preference, 3; f Etd, a ' 2 ; Illinois Central and Rock Island, 3. Here is r a ' ll uee equal to anything of the kind we have seen to t e 3 °3 months; at th s rate, a few days would suffice !sa e ° $ tie back, as f a r as prices for stock securities are ', l ,ed, to the palmy days of last spring. The mark et,t, hive, beyond all question, full possession of the -baelders of stocks may not, as a general thing, they eettled to ce ll even at the present quotations ; tea t r e all locking for prices beyond those now cur eleeieeesse stock speculators are a very sanguine set hiC iis ns; the higher the stoke go, the h i gher they h e e eeeY must go. Parties who a few days since were 'sh e s ;` 61 : 8 at the lowest prices, are tow free buyers at the tee - 13 °Ints. The actual position of the tanks is not the e ltudersood by these speculators. It is unfortunately 434 4 , e ral impression that under a suspension of specie I ttes ep & the l arges t e x pansion c'n be prictised with toee".l- th a t t h ere i s no res t ra i n t, no check upon lee Lee k n, PLA that the banks have, in fact, the largest el all their operations. There never was a greater the en ,° the world, or one more celculated to entail upon tt'C u te. unity consequences of a most fatal character. It , act a I toeression that the banks are at liberty to do has ~11 they please in the way of discounting w hich nk„'`vEn such an upward impetus to the stock uae t e The socner the public mind is satisfied that the ,° l lte uleve, if possible, even a more difficult and dangerous 4 frel° terform than before the suspension, the better, for 44, e fully a.wnie of the consequences we shall see a very it o ',J e 'taut eed wholesome tharge in the complexion of the orti tt e reare at, s erd cf financial affairs geperally. It must be ?set l e ir et eeLe our banks have to keep . constantly in view the °lest t e e °) ner or later a resumption cf specie payments the elirr ° Place; that this suspension must terminate ; that ' l %is -elle Y of the country must come down to a specie - kt PrtcE sell this paper inflation must explode ; and that 4.11 ) ,,?'"t he again regulated by the true standard of value. lesse - e"lien of loans by the banks is unerly out of the mode "d we are glad to see that no attempt has been le ee4 e raise the lite of discounts. The position of she %tee is no enviable one, and they know it. That have t tlt moment no legal existence. The proceedings of 4 t)t e A e° , a ft, in relation to these institutone, exhibit a et a things that must create in the mind of every, good !Pe h r i the most fearful apprehensions regarding the future ; , 1 4 kl `. t e but seen th e b eg i n ning of this affair ; we are literally The, a te of anarchy, and must look to the consequences. tOti: era other officers of the Sta' e besides there of our °lee: w ho have a part to perform in this drama, and it will till ~°any days before acme of the result sot this suspension Dee ee r ealized in a shape vary different from that *nem -llleet, The banks c f the Ptete of New York have actually te:Ve suspe n d e d specie payments, and they are now 'ase' L ee of the law ; the controller, the banking super- Lari o c, l '„' end toe State authorities, acting under . special ° I l t 4 7111 ) De obliged to take certain steps in the discharge "ciltie, r . d ute th'tt must force every bank in the State into e te n ," l ° ll ; any crder or decision of the Supreme Court stay the proceedings of our State authorit i es. Tae l altt s - i ° 'aid down by special Acts for forcing banks of t hat ' e xit ° liquidation ; is so simple and imperative ei 1. -111 ' courts cannot prevent its operation. merit for the collection Of deb's, foe the enforce fee . e ,,f contracts, mast be suspended in individual 4 t 1 1 , 4 dells so for backing insti:utions. It is very easy ° l 4s l . e e about th e necessity, on account of the great , i' €ll e.le of favouring the banks in their extremity, but W 'll n ot BO easy in the practice, and so our banks ;et l e ° e4 before the lapse of sixty days. In view of titiasn and penalties which mint be inflicted upon ,"' tl e ellend-d banks, and in view of the simple operation :lee - t eaw which 'every court must recognise, we look ' ll4 tO ° Present iniletion in p ices for stock securities, e ha see e idea that fide the public mind regarding the et' the financial pressure, as one of the most w h ati e °lll Movements of the day. The banks understand Zia 3r how; they stand with their creditors, and enter e'ekeeei te e Oct serious apprehensions the-controller may be :Zaire to act is the most summary mantles, and he ',l, l lil e a e e elpelled to foree every bank in the Sate into ' o l 4 eri e ' e , ll . The clearing-hcuse is getting rapidly in h b a 'La ; several of the banks ittic# suspended before , i,94 - u -e ra break-down hare come .into line, and a few s'te O r see all but the two which have not come in borne ; tet e Yeidetion and again in operation. Toe balances .411 41. 4t hediffarent insti ntions are adjusted by eerti fi ca•es 415 '7 the m e t litaa Bank, and the greatest facilities te a sele red r_opo by 'he admirable system and management of 1 o ' 4 g -house. e r l Ve s t . , t , rade circular of the 17th inst , let tee i ten, Messrs. Pond and Sage, brokers , eiese-street, state : tit tas e° ° lle circular of the let _net, our market has con .. .e, tarl i 'th t - e s t :' l ,.eh depressed,' and the : uncertainty regarding e e 'ea almost caused an entire suppression of s ales, e. t eceeption of a few parcels for export and for !tebare tag et , is very difficult to fix quotations, inasmuch as e. t aset b een no regularity in prices; at the present w a incline to the belief that our market has seen t) e „°lre ' P"lt and that prices must gradually improve, st oc k , a l ltee' Is becoming reduced by exports to European_ both euger and melado, so that at the end of ' 171 .4 4/ al it month Nra anticipate giving more favourable, A 8 . Pa il tOa c i eatastrophe happened on the Central ie On the evening of the 15. h, about six e t tie s 117 L e st of ey raeuse . It seems that the recen t t ;:'teh. l4 weakened an embankment at Nine•mi e i° 'ty' n tu that wh en the train came along it gave a l ter t he cars were precipitated one upon the ems a ce -t ° th e stream.. To add to the horror of aett i-il e the mail car caught fire, and all the mail r) t 4tVe m lk:‘, one were destroyel. It was stated that f'Qe w " p a ssengers who were in the cars two or s te os e te killed outright, and some dozen others 41 , ,h y mutilate d . it o e ettes claim to have triumphed in the re- IP- 1 'I- 1 " I°ll in Kansas. The Chierrgo T i mes of the ~,iBe,vt:lllie,hhoi,,wever, publishes intelligenc l e frem the announcement of the e ec d tir t ri t •2 o u 'rroP, the Free State candidate, for than p wi o. by a m e i trity of not lees lan t :is e 22 t h e , r e4egislature, it is also stated, will fat i s le ` je tneterats and 30 Freesoilers. The con -1411 been so close that the result can THE NORTHERN only be known from official returns. The 'Demo crats are sanguine of victory. _ _ A despatch from Philadelphia says that there turns were coming in from most of the counties, and showed Dem:Angie majorities with few ex ceptions. Alleghany county, which had been counted at recent elections as a Republican strong hold, now shows but a small majority for Wilmott. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, The Cotton market at New York was quiet on the 16th, and no sales of moment reported, Flour again advanced from•s3 to 10e and 151 par barrel, chiefly on common and medium grades of State and Western, with a good demand, chiefly from the local and Eastern trade, with some purchase for export. Wheat was in good demand and with pretty free sales, and closed at an advance of abut 2c to 3e per bushel, Corn wa= scarce, and prices again advanced from 3a to 4c per bushel ; Western mixed sold at 73c, while Southern yellow was sold at 75c, Pork sold at about 22 iols 513 for mess, and closed heavy ; prime was at 17dols 50c. Sugars exhibited more firmness and activity, with sales of about 1,000 hhd.. Cuba Muscovado chiefly within 6c to 7-le Coffee was quiet and steady; sales of Rio at 10ic to 1110. . - Freights were without change of moment, and engage ments to Liverpool and London were to a fair extent. THE LATE BRUT AL MURD FAR IN TIPPERARY. It was stated at Thurles, on Monday, that the unhappy victim of the midnight legislator was shot with a pistol, and from the road where, as is now generally supposed, the awful deed was perpetrated in the following manner. The driver, a youth about 17 years of age, haying got down to remove an obstruction on the road, was engaged in se doing when a shot was 11*(11 from behind the she' ter of . lmo,t the oily bush on the bye-real by which the poor victim was being driven towards home. From the nature of the wounds It must be manifest no pistol could have so effectually done its work, and as there were no less the, seven wounds about the region of the heart, it must have been with a blunderbuss that the ',retched miscreant, the assasein, Ered. Two slugs have been taken from the wounds. Oa hearing the she', the driver at once turned round and cried oat, oh, m aster. a - e yon her: ? whoa p• or Mr. Ellis said he was shot, fell off the car, and almost iastantane expire]. The .driver hastened tow.als the pole.: barrack to inform the inmates of the outrage, and I am informed made a great outcry along the road thereto, which was distant about a mile; but although the place was thickly inhabited, and the inhabitanth of the hoases were many of them roused from their slumhe s, yet no attempt was made to persue the dastardly villain or villaini who pe.petrated so foul a deed. Mr. Ellis had a farm in the neighbourhood of Mountmellick which he w s accustomed to visit almost weekly, and it was well known that he was anx'ons to return to his residence at Eilruvh each Thursday night In order to pay la's workmen. He also generally travelled another road home, but by some fatality the boy &eve this night through the borheen, where there was not even room to turn a car. Whether this change was intended or not on the part of the driver, remains for the an' ho rides to find out, but it appears at present somewhat suspicions. It could not be for the sake of plunder the foal deed was committed, inasmuch as a large sum of money was found on the deceased when brought home, and the mur er can only be Tooke 1 up n in the light of an agrarian outrage. The funeral of Mr. Ells took pia eon Sunday, and was most numerously attended by all the cur rounclaig gentry, bathe fa - ming class were not at all represented. A BOISTEROUS FELLOW. At the London Mansion House, on Tuesday, Maurice White, whose bead was half covered with sticking plaister anal ha'f tv'th clotted hair,was b.-ought heti:tie the Lord Mayor on a warrant, charged with the following amen' t, to answer which he had refused to appear upon a suram - us. Florence Leary, en elderly and decrepid man, raid—l live at 6, Windsor-street, and am a tailor. On the 14th inst. the dean - dant ran up stairs to my room, and after breaking-the look off my door, smashed in the pane', rushed into the roam, struck me in the face, and called me very bid names. I asked him not to hit the boy if ha hit me, when he took up a lump of coke from the floor a•id forced it right and tight into the boy's mouth, and swore he would make him eat it. lie then struck me, and was at last taken out of the home by the police, a ho, however, refused to 1 ck him up at the time. He had also struck my daughter, a y nn= woman of twenty-threeor twenty-four, and yat.heci into every one who went n .ar hlm. Mary Ann Ba-rett deposed that on the day in question the prisoner, after assaulting the corn,' tnaat and his children, also assaulted her, and kad everynight since kicked up a disturbance and threatened them at their door. Lard Mayor—Prisoner, what do you say to this ? Prisoner—Why, my lord, I've as much to say as woul I amaze you for two hours, at least. 1 Lou ate .Itl tacit be too great an encroaelment on my time. Come to your defense at Once, Prisoner—Well, then, t diia't like the father, bee lusts he his a bad son, and wouldn't take my advice with respect to him. ( aughter.) I wanted to have a eiv 1 talc to him about the boy's idleness, and as he refused to listen to me, I did just give him a gentle tap on the eye (I aughter.) Lord Mayor—You had no business there at all. What do you say_ about pushing the lump of coke in the by's Faouth? Prisoner—l did that to pacify him, because he was kicking up such ,a , row, and ale-ming the lodgers in the house. (Laughter.) Mt: Goodman 'chief clerk)—All the parties in the case have been here before on several occirions.some•imes as .emplainen's and sometimes as defendants, and some of the ',tigers in prosecut it!a house have also been in custody. Prisoner—The pro-semi:or ought to be kind to me, my lord, for I helped to save his son from transpor ation, and he would have been over the herring pond if it had not been for me. turd Mayor—How did you manage that ? Did you pay for counsel for him? Prisoner—Oh, nn, noy lord, I had a cleverer dodge than that. Lord Mayor—What was it? Prisoner—Whl•, I coleeted snme money, and gave it to theloriocipal witness to keep out of tile way when the trial came 00. (Langhteal If I had given it to a coursellor, most likely he won't' have stuck to it, and not defended the boy at all. (Renewed 'laughter) Lord Mayor— I think the best thing I can do is to bind you over to keep the peace for six months. You must find one surety in £3, and must enter I into your own recognizance in a similar sum. SPIMCH OF VISCOUNT WAX/AT, 31. P., - ON TON INDIAN QUNsTION —Lo d Gal way presided rt he seam , 1 meeting of the Workshop I ahourers' Friend Society, on Tuesday In prop sing the "Army and Navy," he congratulated then re: the fall of Delhi, which ' he trusted, would bs followed up by fu. they successes. Ile would not condemn Lord Canning fir the faults of other governments. He entertained a strong reluctance to say a word ageiest a man who was on a bed of sickness lice Lord Dalhousie; but he . cauld not help seyiug that he thought the annexa tions which had bee) made by that nobleman, and especially the annexation of Oude, were nee of the causes which led to this outbreak. Tae goreming ho lies in India, without b ing aware of it, hal not pregreiseed with civilization in that country. He hoped that our army would never dis grace a victo y - in India by ex.. cuting indiscrin,i'rate slaughter. He had just returned from F .ante, and he was glad to assure them that the feelings of the French—like a brave and generous people as they were—were t xt e emly in our favour. There was only tete organ in Paris against as, fled that was only against us lyclese we are Protestants ; it was the organ of the ultramontane party, and only repre sents a smelt p eelon ev,n, of the Roman C Mu:lies—the violent pettier). He could eatery them, from his pers - nal ire reouese with gentlemen is Cie neighbobrhond of Paris, that the feeling of the nation was decidedly in favour of the English. XrEVSIVE RuDDERY ON Tlld Noarir STAFFOtDSHIRE RAILWAY.—Au imp rtant case has been tried at the Quarter Sessions at Stafford, which has occupied nearly thrte days in its iuvestigation. The camas of the prisoners a e—Wiilianc Lane, a beerhouse keeper, of Crewe, formerly an engine ("river in the employ of tho RJrth Staffordshire RAlway Company; Thomas Bently, a fireman in the compan)'s service; S .meet Parker; alias John Lee, greengrocer, of artreles6eld ; Sam gel Moore ' writing clerk, Mace'rsfield ; and John Bent'ey, a boatman. The prisoners were charted with stealing 600 lbs. of cotton thread, value between £2OO and £3OO. The principal facts, as detailed in evidence, were ss follows :—Oa the 4th of August last a quant3ty of cotton lace thresed,elelost.d in five boxes was con signed by Mr. George Swiredells and Me'srs. Oliver and Sin, at -Bollington, to the c are of the North Staffordshire Com pany, for conveyance to Bristol via Birmingham. The boxes were placed in a luggage van, the door of which fastened with a spring, en i could not be re-opened except with a key usually kept in the goods office. The train 'of which this van formed pert, left the station at Macclesfield at sr y minutes after seven the same evening, and arrived Stoke-upore rrent at half-past nine, where it was run into the goods station, and subsequently broken no and rc-formed, the carriages for Birmingham via Norton Bridge being formed in o a separate train. Of this reformed train, a man named Bell was the driver, and the prisoner Thomas Beady, the fireman ; and at the suggestion of the latter, a conditional permesiint Vvaa given by the fore man to take the vain on to the main line ready to start for Norton Bridge. S oke wakes and re eel were on, and several excursion trains crowded the rail.. The luggage train did not leave until half--pas' two o'clock iu the morn ing.' On its arrival at Bristol the van was examined, and the boxes were missing. The connection of the prisoners with the robbery was proved by two boatmen, James Holland and a man named Gould, who have been in custody as accomplices. and who have Weed approvers by several d sinterested persons. The jery eouNed J , hn Bentley and Themes Rattly, but return a yudict of guilty against the other three. Parker and Bloore .vere senteaced to four years' penal servitude each, and Lane tt, two years' imprisonment, Ilia bard labour. TIMES.=-LIVERPOOL, THE RATEPAYERS OF TOXTETH PARK AND THE PROPOSE() NEW WORKHOUSE v. VIE BOARD OF GUARDIANS. Yesterday morning a large and highly influeEtial meeting of the ratepayers of the Extra Parochial Place of Toxteth Park, was held at the Public Omees, Park Place. Amongst those present we observed Messrs. 1 11. Gregson, Joseph Wit on, H. I.7lland, J. IL Carter, A. Grind rod, John Wilson, John Wood, David Craig, W. and J. Baynes, J•.nathan R,olo:rts, John Briscre, W. Meuntfleld, James Hughes, Thomas Rogers, W. Johnson, J. B. Hugh's, Timothy Ryan, Thomas Urquhart , James J , nes, Joann Hook, Berj.Ba3les, Richard James, R. H. Higginson, A. Berri'!, C. Molyneux, P. Honlgruae, John Lamb M. A. John, W. W. Day, R. Fierer,,Scc , At the unanimous request of the meeting, Mr. M. Gregson was called upon to preside, and on taking the chair, reqeested the Assistant Overseer to read the notice mvening the meeting, which was as follows :-- "Extra Parochial Place of Toxteth Pa-k—New Work house.—We, the undersigned Overseers of the Poor of Toxteth Park, having received an influential arid nume rously-signed requisition to convene an early meeting of the inhabitants in vestry, for the pari»se of considering the expediency of erecting a Workhouse - on the t xten.4ve scale proposed by the B and of Guardians, do hereby give notice that, in compliance with such requisition, a public meeting of the inhabitants of the Extra Parochial Pi ce of Toxteth Park, being ratepayers in vestry, will be held at the pnblic office. 24 Park-place. r,n Friday next, the 30:h day of October, inst., set ten o'cl ck in the forenoon, for the purpose named in the abcve mentioned req nisi ien —Joseph Wilson, Henry Leyland, Joseph ir Carter, Arthur G - indod. Overseers of the Poor of the sail Extra Parochial Place of Toxteth Park ;J. Bowler' AsSistant Overseer. Public Offic?., Toxteth-park, 25.11 October. 1857." The CilittimLx then said, that he wt uld explain to these the olject - of their meeting together on th t occasion. On the 2nd of Octob r Taft there appeared in the newspapers; a report of the Workhouse Camosittee connected with the B •atd of Gaardians for Toxteth Park, which report re- - . commended that a workhouse, capable of accommodating 1,000 paupers shou , d be built for that township. That ' , port was unanimously adaptel. The rstenarer., seeing the resolution sf the guardians, hep:an to consider amorgst themselves, whether a building of such an est nt was really necessary or rrquired for the wants of the township. The cost of such a buildirg would (wail, at the least, an expen , iture of £l2 OfiO, th) intercet on which would be £1,600, which must annually be levied on the ratepayers Of the township. He would just direct their attention to a few otatueical facts in reference to, the subject. It a:peared, f=om the la t can.us, the whole popu- I:Von of the West Derby nil, n, was 153.243, and that the average number oe pani.ers is the workhouse in 1844 was 635. and since the hospital has lyea erected, the average number has been 64. Siuce 1848, the lowest number of paupers in the workouse has been 494, and the highest 735, which was in March, 1855, when there was great eistress throughout the country. He also found that '1 ()Vent P.rk had b.en separated from the West Derby Union, that the average number of paupers belong ing to Toxteth Rirk in the vrorkhouse had been 350—the lowest nu,rnbir hating been 338, and the bigb.st 370. The population of Toxteth Park was about 70,000. From those figures, he thought that all would see that there was no necessity whatey.ar for the gaardians asking to erect a workhouse that would be capable of holding 1.(!00 paupers, when it was clearly to be seen that from 1848 to the pre- .• sent time, there had never been, even before the separation of the union, more than 735 paupers in it at one time (hear, hea-)—and with such an itntnen-se popula•icu as the whole union cantaired. He woull next refer to some statements which had been Troeured from other unions in the kingdom, some of which were almost precisely placed in a s illation to what they wev, and would show what population such unions contained, what the work house accommodation was, and what was the average number of inmates in thoss workhouses, and after lie had alone so, it would be for the ratepayers to say, whether it was desirable that they, in Toxteth Park, should have a workhouse so far beyond in event of accommodation what was really repaired. (Hear, hear) There was North Shields. with a population of 64,248, its workhouse accom modation was for 376, and at the pres - -mt fine there ware 215 paupers in the house. B4rnsley had a population of 63,870, and its workhouse was bult to accommoda'e 20.5. , - Tee next was Neweastle-nnder-Lyne; there they had a population of 0,156, a workhouse that would Recommit.- date 950, and the number of inmates that was in that workhouse was 553. This workheuse, he believed, was hui:t under the impression that Newcastle wet 11 much is er'rise in buildings, end in the commereo of her port; bat it did not appear that there bed been such a large iecrease in the number of paupers. That might be con idered as a eve similar to then - Fel ccs. Then there was Prescot; that place had a population of 55,000, and its workhouse was built t.. uotporrsrnnrlmto RA A mad Son derland ; elect p'ace had a population of 70,000, the same as Toxteth Park, end its workhouse was capable of accomtraelat hog 450 paupers, but was erected so, that if it were necessary, it might be extended so as to give accommodation to 600; the present number of paupers in it were 350. Then there was Ashton-under Lyne, with its population of 119,199, and its workheuse would accommodate 500 paupers. With these statements before the ratepayers, he (be Chair man) thought they would be of epinioa that th y would be right iu metraorialiaiog the Guardians, for the purpose of recommending the B ,ard of Guardians that they should not go to the expense of electing a workhouse capable of eceommodatieg 1,000 paupers. (Hear, hear.) The assi,tant ofersecr had else prepared a return, showing that in twenty werkhouses, connected with diff-went unions, the p ,pulation of which average 77,000, they have only in each _in ion wo khonse accommodation for 552. (Hear, hear.) But to another point, he had heard it stated that the architect hid given it as his opinion that it would be a matter of great difficulty to erect a workhouse for a smaller numb w than to accommodate 1,000 paupers in such a way as to be able to extend it at any future time if it became necessary. He thought that such a etatemeet must be wrong, and he had not such a low opinion of the arebitec's as to believe that they could net make a plan which could, at a future time, he enlarge!, if the requirements of the district thiught it was reeessary—(hear bear)—for he found that that in S and nil they had built a workheu e to accommodate 450 paupers, ei h the distinct ilea that should it. be rreriired, it could be enl rrge 1 so as to accommodate 6)o.(;)ear, hew.) That showed that it w.s practicable. (Hear, hoar.) Hot having made those observatione, and brought before their notice such statis oc al returns in relation to other places, he would leave the matter in the hands of the ratep tyers for them to make what remarks they pleased on the sebjece and make any propositions they thought fit. (Applause ) Mr. Wens sail he had lived in Sunderland, and be knew that there was no town in Beg'ar d where the trade was more [intuiting than'it was there. Sometimes, as the trade was chiefly co fined to the ship-building and the coals, there was great prosperity; et other t'mes there was great diet rest and paup lisle, and then the rates were excessively high ; but be theught that if the people of Sunderland did of leg tire a workhouse to accommodate mere than 450 pauners, that one of the same extent would fully answer the purposes for the Toxteth l Paek. (Hear, hear.) Mr. JOHN WILSON Said he hid much pleasure in rising to propose the, first reecOuti an, en I he di i so because he thought it was the duty of all ratenaee a to cone forward on such an occaci one (Hear, hear ) A few d tys since he had a requisition Placed in his hands, requestirg him to go and get it sig ed fur the purpose of convening the present meeting - . He did ea, and of all the persons, and it was most numer,usly signed, he asked, there was only two in the Toxteth P.rk who refas d to do so. ('Tear, hew.) With one person he had a great deal of c inversa• tion, and he htd pointed out to him the parish of Leeds, which,' with the adj scent out-townships, contained' a population of nearly 200 000, and yet they were only building a workhouse e ipable of accommodating 800 paupers. A RATFPAYER That is only far the town. Mr. JOHN WILSON It is fur the whole parish. The emelt:mete : The town of Leeds cant lies a population of 101,343, and the workheuse accammodates 750 paupers. IFI r. WILSON Sp , ke of the whole district and the work• house was orety for 800. They had been told that in Toxteth Peak the e was to be a workhouse for 1,000. What was the necessity ftr such a building. (Hear, hear.) It hail been s,id that the arch:tact tout t not make a plan for a less number, but he thought the proper plan that the guardians should have pursued would have b ten to have advertised for plans. (Hear, hear.) He ci I not wish to say anything to the disparagement of the guardians. but he did say that instead of going on a visit to Charley-on- Recheck and other places to g in information, it would have been better for them to have advertised for pl me, and gained ieform than, than spending the ratep averts' money in that way. (Hear, hear,) He would move, " That this meeting, having seen by the report of the proceedings of the guardians at their weekly meeting, held on the Ist instant, that it is proposed to erect a workhouse for the poor of the township, to accommodate one thousand inmates, and having also seen, in the same report, that the number of inmates in the work house belonging' to Toxteth Park at that time wee 361 only, and the number of patients in the hospital 40, being a total of 4'l, are deeply impressed with the opinion that it is inexpedient and unnecessary to erect a workhouse of the extent ?ropes d." fie would further add,, that it bad been stated that since the separation of that union from that of West Derby, it had been the wish of a twat of the guardians to send a great number of the industrious and deseivi g poor, who bad heratotore been receiving out-door relief, into the workhouse, so as to magnify . he number of paupers, so as to justify t he erection Of this great building. Hear, hear.) He would not say anything hard of the guarlians, but he must say that it was trying at a great pplause). Mr. BENJAMIN &MAE had much pleasure in seconding the resolution. Mr. GRINDRID, as one of the Guarrli ins present, thought he had a li3ht to a, oak. (Hear, hear.) Reference had b'ert made to the Guardians going to Medloek and other place. lie WaS one wt.o went Vivre, and he really thought that much good had been derived from the vi -it, for it had convincA him, that a smaller establishment wets all that was rig .fired, and they had gained much information as to the plan., &c. He denied that it hid been the object of the biard to fill the house for the pLrpese that had been stated, hut that they had thoroughly investigated every case, and had done all in their power t) curtail the number of paupera, and be thought ftoli what he had seen at the boa d, that lee should not he in error when be stated that such was the fact. When he stated that ha spoke from big own extyrience and what he had seen at the board— The CLIAIVIA.N.—There is ro charge against the board, there is no doubt but that they have paid every attention to the cases, and that they have acted for the best. Mr. GiumettoD.—Bat I b g tos ry th at I am in favour of having a smaller house. (Rear, herr ) Tire CiIAIRAAN then read the weekly return of paupers in the West Derby Workhouse since Jcly, when Toxteth Park was separated from the union. In that week there were 342, and it had increased from that time to the present week 34. • Mr. Gatitortop—Twat increase may be owing to the die tress in the town, and to the slackness of work. The CEIAIRAIAN—Th it may have had some eff et. Mr. Jona WILSON requeseed permission to reply to tree obser vett na that had been made, but the appliea ion was refused, on the grounds that it was unneca•stry, as no amendment bad been moved. Mr. BRI , CON said, as one of the Beard of Guardians, he thought that he should be allowed to make a few remarks, althoegh that meting might be soneieered as a meeting of ratepayers only. As he was not present at the meeting of the Board on the previous day, he did riot know what had been done in reference to the sew workhouse, bat as that Wig, strictly speaking, a meeting of the ratepayers, he thietet he saould not be doing his duty if he did not give some explana ion, with a view of setting some remarks right. It had been stated that the rates would be consider ably increased by the erection of a workhouse, c , pable of h +ding 1,000 pattrere. Now he was well assured that the rater would not be increased one penny more by that, thee it' they had one that would only held 500 (Laughter). They were then payirg rotes for West Derby Workhouse; but when they got a workhouse of their own they would not have to pay to that workhouse. He did' not believe, then, if the taw workha use should cost £30,000, that the rates would be increased one penny in the pound. With reference to the sin of the Workhouse, there was an order from the Poor Law Bsard that all Workhouses should have err ingements f'r twelve easees—which meant that there should be twelve separate compartments for each &ass, but the Guerliens had a wish to have 14:which they tbentht would be for the good of the po rr, and for the benefit of the township. As each of these compartments had to be separate aid distinct, each surroundelby a wall, it would he impt.ssible at any future time, after the building • was erected, to eularge those compartsnents—unless they fettled the whole building down, aid erected it again. ' (L tughter end tokens of disapprobation). Besides, they must not suppose that the Geardnns were erecting the present betiding for the day, they ware looking•to the wants of the next generation—(laughter)—for 50 years to come. ( aughta). Something had been staid about an additional number of deserving peepers having been sant into the Workhouse since the separation of Toxteth Park from the West Derby Un;ort. (Bear, hear.) That may have been the case, but might it not have erns , from the fact— hat since then the poor had been he ter looked after; he did cot make any complaints as to what bad previous!, been dace, but still, the B 'aid were brought into closer connection with the poor, and it might have been found de sirable that the Workhouse could be offered to many who hal heretofore received cut-door relief. If they had a large Workhouse they could apply the Workhouse test, which was very desirable, for be could tell the ratepayers, that while he had kat at the board, he bed seen parsons come there for relief, who bad friends capable of supporting them, and whoa the workhouse was offered them, they went back to sueh friends, and did not etme on the rates. This, he contended, was a saving—fad thereore, it was bitter to have a large house, where sueta a test could be applied, than to pay out-door redef. AR 'MAYER : Toat would not be cqu 1 to 83.6'. per week. Mr. Barmen: There were teary persons, who were receiving out-doer re'ief, who ought to be in th e e work house—such as children wile bad no pereocs to look after en—and perso - is above 70 years of age, who would be much better done by, than they coot _ For hle part, hs tt,o.,h t iney ought to have some regard for the poor ac watt as ft r the po .kets of the ratepayem lle should, however, be teeny to ato the rates increased above what they then were, and he though', by having su:h e w trkhouee as bed been seggeeted, that the rates wceald be s ored. (laughter.) He did not know whether he should receive the tanctieu of the board for whet he had said, and in standing u ) t ► apologise for them, but he tyoutd deny that they had ever cerrtemplated any j ,b, and Clad perfectly clean hinds. (Laughter.) .A RATEPAYER What about Baoirmas'er. (Laughter.) Mr. Samoa. The Board have clean handq, aLd are ready to meet any charge that may be brought against them. A RATEPANHa : Yes. What abeet the appeinement of Clearer—( liight-r)—and then givirg him an assistant ? (Laughter.) The Asses CANT OVERSHER begged to co-ree. Mr. Briscoe, and sailkthat the rates must be increased 51 in the pound by the expenses that would be iscarred. Atter a brief conversation, the motion was put, and rine nimeusly adopted. Mr. JOSI:PiI Wits et said it had been asked what amount they had to pay towards the West Derby workhouse Teat was difficult 'o tel', for the accoun s of that uni n were kept in such a wa that it would puzz'e a Philadelphia lawyer to find it out. -The money was paid oat in suites of £ :CO and £3OO, and then a call was made on ths toweships but nobody could tell what it was Ur. ]fen for the last gainer that they Were connected with that union, the cell on that tewnship had been £2,000 more than it was in the preview year, and cobody eon Id tell what it was for. After various exertions, for many years, however, they had suc ceeded in getting separated from that union, and he hoped that it would be for the benefit ef the township. The CitAtuati.N suggested that it would be better to keep to the subject of the workh else, and not go into extraneous ma ter relating to West Derby union. Mr. J iseen WthsoN rail he would do so, but be would first tell the ratepayers for the last three mon•bs that that township had beeu connected with the union, they had been charged £530 for the usain'enance of the poo-, £ll2 for the sick, and £1,074 14s for hotteehold charges. (Shame.) If it was not then time to beee a separation he did not know when it was. (Clear, hear.) In reference to the subject under cenirideration, the new workhouse, he did Lot .hink that :he Tostich Park Board of Guardians had shown that they pot• - sssed the talent essential for such a Board in recommenling a workhouse for 1 000 pit:perm, whoa other .unioes, with three their population. had not one so large. (H-ar, hoar.) It had ben s :id that it would cast no more for a workhouse to contain 1,000 paupers than it would fur one for 590. 13 the fl tst ptac it would ees'. £1,200 more—it would require more line, additloaal Want, an additional staff, and additional furni ture—the list of which items must be paid fir out of the rate., us they could not birrdw m)ney for that purpose, and where .Cl,OOO was to corns from (-inept out of the rates, he could nor tell. (1-1-!ar,hea , .) A;ain, he th tight they had been wrong in their c eleula'ioris as to the it:larvae, in pauperism—they had calculated that it would increase in a ratio of en--half of the population, but he could not see how that could be the case, for if they looked either to the east or to the' west, they would find that the land that was unoccupied would be used fur erecting houses for tra les men, and thereby would increase the trade, and diminish the rates instead of increasing the number of p inners—(hea . ) —and again, 'eceordiog to the 'statistic's of F 'teen, the Poor Law Inspector, who was the greatest authority that could be quoted cn such matters, he found th it it would reepire a popeleti3n of 160,000 before they required a workhouse to accommodate 500 paupers, (Hear, hear ) He cone uled by movieg the following resolution :-- " That, in the opinion of this meeting, a workhouse fer the tccommodalon of 500 inmates, and an hospital for the accommodation of 100 patients, will be a nely sufficient, and meet all the r q tiremen s of the township fur meuy years to come Mr. J. H. Theanis seconded the resolution, which was una iimeusly adopted. Mr. URQUHART, in m ring the next resolution, said it had not been his intention to take any part its the present u.eeting, although he felt impresssed with the ilea that it was unnecessary to have a workhouse for 1,000; but he did expect that the Gu irdians would have furnish td some de:a far such as undertaking. lie thought that they had calculated that th , y were to gob ckwar is, for they had e ti mated that, in a few years, 1-70 of the population would he paupers. (Laughter.) After briefly reierring to some of the arguments, which he said had ben so ably answered by Mr. 'Joseph Wilson, he moved the adoption of the following resolutio' :—" That a resp . - e:ful memorial be p-epared ueder the direction of the chairman, to be pre,ented to the Guardians of Toxteth Park, embodying the opinions of this meeting, as cxpressd id the foregoing resolutions, at .d ,that tie chairmen be requested to sign tch mem rial on .behalf of the meeting, and such rate p tyers who may desire to express their opinion thereon." fir. J*UN w =QM 000911ded the ros9lution,, and in doing 'SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1857. so, said, that much bid been :id about providing for the wants of a future generation. For his part, he thought that they had shown great sympathy for the next generation as they had provided them with a ceme ery a hich bad cost £40,000, and were going to giro them a work house worth £33,000, both of which would be paid for in 20 years. Hs thought they hid great compassion for the next generation.- It being understood that the Board of Guardians bad not yet decided upon the plans, it was agreel that the resolutions should be sent to that board before going to the General Poor Law Board. Mr. Batscom then attempted, amidst much laughter, to prove that no additional staff or plant would be required for a workhouse for 1,1,00 more than for 403 or 600. Mr. URQUKAUT : I suppose those resairks have made no im,iress'on on your minds. (C:iee of " No,") Then I will not occupy your time by answering them. (Laughter.) A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the business. THE WATEO.LOO-BRIpOE MYSTERY. APPRELIENSION OF TWO SUSPECTED PARTIES. Sows little Excitement was caused in the city of Chiches ter, on Tuesday and Wednesday, in conseqeenee of a man sal iceman being detained by the police, who were said to be in some way connected with this horrible affair. It appears that Mr. Superintendent Green received a .letter from the Superintendent of Police ut Lewes, stein that a young woman bad been at Tunleidge who had stated that she knew the woman wh, threw the cirpet bag ever Waterlog - bridge, ant that he appeared to be very un bappy in ceesequence. She was supposed to be proceeding iu th;s direstien. Mr. Green gave instructions acaerdingly, and on Monday morning, at an early hour, a woman ausweing the description entered the city from Ets'gate, who had been making inquiries for a way through the town by a hick road. Her dress, which was black, ail of the full fashionable length, had the appearance of teing drawn through rand for many mites ; her shoes were also com pletely went through the soles. The woman was at once eondueted to the Su peristo:dentesoYjce, f. 'leered by a man, whom she stated to be her husband ; but the statements of the man and woman being , contradictor!, they weye taken before the Mayor and M r. Adames, when it appeared that all the money they had in their possession was 3d. Their accounts of themselves were totetly different, and, as they were detained by order of the Mayor, and a telegraphic message sent to Scotlan d-yard, to ertOch a reply was received " to detain the parties, and an officer would c ime down." On Tuesday, Superintendent Mackenzie, from B m-street, and the toll-keeper at Waterloo- bi Lige arrived. Tae parties were again b.ought before the Mayor and Mr. Ademev, but it was soon a pp.rent that there wasne reason to sepewee they were the parties wanted. The woman who is said to be on'y eighteen or nineteen years:of age, bat appease several years older, is rather geed looking, and it the daughter of a very respectable man at Maidstone, and bss been induced by a scoundrel to leave her home. The min, who has several aliases, and has given various accounts of his antecedents and intentions, was conducted out of the town by the police, and the young woman, who appe rs heartily tired of the li'e shy is leading, is detained, and her friees cemmeeicated with. The whole of the surrounding neighbourhood of Chiches er was in a rate of great eotnetotioa when the rumour had spread that a man and a woman had been taken up on suspicion of being the parties concerued in the Weeerloo-linidge trek' dy. The news was carried into most of the towns and villages in Western Sussex, an.l it gathered ette-igth as it flow from one to the other Ore, report was that the ternstile-esan at Waterloo-bridge had been telegraphed for aed had itereified the woman; another, that she had made a " coefeesior.". The i ttelligence was first carried air ugh the different di.t.icts by the mail-men in the morning ; and the excitement occasioned thereby predominated over that whicla was evinced in the capture of Dellei.Sussex , Gazette. DEMERARA RAILWAY COMPANY. The h tlf yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this railway was held yesterday, in the hoard-room of the West India Association, Liverpool. Mr. J. Crosthwaite was called to the chair. The eecretary, Mr. P. Garnett, read the half yearly report, which included a long cor respondence with Mr. Manifold, who had the manage ment of the line. Mr. Manifold had, as reported at the last meeting, repudiated his engagement with the corn pary ; bat a letter was read ye-terday, in which he, on further consideration, thought it advisable, to continue the former arrangement, and take the exclusive manage ment of the line uitil 811113 determination was come to by the company. The board did not hesitate to accept this proposition, but erressly stipulated that all revenue arising from traffic, &c., should be under the control of the ro, anal trti'sregrentti Iniftl.rgqt4PSYVCAlitt b The real of jest of Mr Mlnifold having become eppa-ent, the board upg d and sent out a new superinten dent. Tryst offilid give a very gloomy acceuet of the position of the line, and reported that the locomotives w re in a very lamentable condition, and the whole line was in a very bad state. Notwithetandin e this eta' eof affairs, the total revenue of the board for the past half year had been £10,116, being an increase over the carresp coding period of :he former yes- of L 2,043 64. Bd., and there was every prospect of the line becemming re munerative. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, alluded to the present helplessness of the board in England who had not a penny at their disposal They had rec ived 1 trge orders from Dsmeraes fo: enghoes and other articles necessary for the working of the line, but the board could not execu a them for the want of funds ; the directors having individually subscribed several hnndred pounds for the exeetrion of the more pressing orders. Et!, n eupposing that the revenue should b 3 £20,000 per annum, it would only just keep the line aft tat, they having among other things between £6,000 and 17,000 for bonds on preferential stock to pay. The Chairman severely commented upon the conduct of Mr. Manifold. The report was unanimately adopte 1. A resolution, that a draft ordinance, entitled " au ordinance to empower the Demerara Railway Company, to raise a sum of matey not exceeding £200,000, to guarantee the payment of interest thereon, and :o extend, alter, and amend certain previsions in an'onirance relating to the sa:dCompany," be approved, that the common seat of the Company be affixed to it, and that it be transmitted to the Lace' Committee to be laid before the G overnor and Court of Policy, was passed. Some formal resolutions wve passed, and the meetir•g separated. The propsals of Penni , ' in the matter of the Holstein diffinlry will ba tubraitted to the diet on Tuesday next, at Ptarikfort. A great storm has taken place in the Black Sea. Seven merchant vessels are reported to be lost in the ne:ghbour hood of the Suaua, mouth of the Dar u'ae. . The' Greek ministry have invited the employers of pvernmant to join in a suescriptiln to the Relief Fund. King oth t has put bye his 1111219 fir up yards of £4OO. Tne negociations of France and Ru sia with the Porte, for resin ling tha regulaiou whereby the passage, by night, of vassals through the Parlanells is prevented, has ------- The Scotch papers announce the suspension of Mr. Jas. Condiewriter, which took pilots at Perth, on Friday last. The liabilities are estimated at .0180,600, and it is feared the erects will only realise 24. 61 in the pound. At the Coart of Bleikrtiptev, on Thursday, evidence was given in support of the serious charge egainit Mr. Semuel Adams, the bankrupt banker of Ware and Hereford, of tasvine fabricated untrue accoults and concealed a sun of £3 500 from his creditors.. A summons was issued for nis appearance at tho court to meet the complaint. Thnse hop gr ours *hes: gardens have suffered lions blight intend mern trialisir g Treasury for a remission, or at least a postpaned ptjmeut, of the du!) , falling due in November. Thtir case rosy ba a laird ore, but to concede, their wishes w, , uld supply aft awkward precedent. Wou'd not all persons who have p aid duty on damaged goods be . 'entitled to .a drawback cn the smile groun4 ? DFATIf. (F PitorEi.ott. RANLISsoN.— We regret to an nou .ce the death of the Rev. Ge irge Riwlir.s in, Processor of Applied Sciene.ei in the Elphinstore I s itu'ior, which took plau.early on the 24th instant, from abscess of the. liver. Mr. Rawlinsoo has ntt been long in India, baying only= arr:v .d i t 13..mbay about ten ineutt,s ago, but dulicg his short sojourn t mons his ex.:eilent cr.alit;es endeared him to all those who made h's acquaintance. Tie remains of M-. 'Rawlinson ices enterred on Thursday evening and a e -e fello wed to the grave by a nuitier.;uscirce of his friends and adnirery. —Bombay Times. INnußktioN OF PLASTIR OF rAIIIS CASTE.—A Neapol itan b Si nor Abate, has *submitted to the Academie Sciences: nomerous specimens of plaster casts, as hard as merbl , and as scsesprible of receiving a file polish. Instead of saturating the plaster, as is o:dinari,y the mode with eight times its volume of water , Signor Abate combine.s it with the mUlimarn quantity of water, whereby porosity is av rickd and the clessquent liabili y to disin reglad:in of The mai after exposure fur a catkin time to the illl ience of the asmosphere. Fur this p irpose the plaster is reduc d to a state of powder in a hJr a utal cyl'n !er, to which rotary motion is communicated, and s,eini is admitted into the interior. By this meaus the quantity of water absorbed by the plaster slay be regulated as dos rerl. Toe pl.:s!er th is prepared still re - nains in a powder, and in rh .t state is filled into moulds, [mei submated to hydraulic pressure for a short time. The articles are removed from the moulds, and faun I to posqfss great eJnipactness, and to take a Ellie poiish.— Mining Journal. COURT OP. PASSAGE.-YESTERDAY. BEFORE E. JAMES, ES4 , @ C ASSESSOR. GREER V. HUTCIIINSON.—In this case the plaintiff, a bug destroyer, sought to recover of the defendant, Mr. Hut chinson, of the Royal Infirmary, the aim of £26, for clearing that establishment of those noxious vermin. The defendant had paid the sum of £ll into court, in satis faction of all demands. The hearirg of the case occupied j a considerable time, but eventually the ury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £1 12s. 31 above the amount paid into court. CLAIM FOR LOSS OF A LENT HORSE USHER V. TRWSITT.--In this case the plaintiff, Henry Usher, sought to recover the sum of £2O, as the value of a horse lent by him to William Thwaite, in September last.—Mr. Aspinall appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Bret for the defen dant.—lt appeared from the evidence that, on the sth of September last, the defendant obtained the loan of a horse and cart to bring home some grass While so employed, another horse in the defendant's employment kicked him, broke his leg, and otherwise so injured him that it was ne cessary to kill him. The fac:s were not dispued, and the only question for the jury was the amount of value After hearing the evidence, which was conflicting on this print, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. — Damages, £6 10g. QUESTION OF TENANCY.—IIINDLE V. FRASER —ln this case the plaintiff,— Hindle, sought to recover the sum of £ll lOs , the amount of rent for three months, due by the defendant, James Fraser, in licit of three m mths' notice previous to giving up apartments held by him of the plaintiff, the allegation being that six months' nodes was required.—Mr. Temple appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Aspinall for the defendant. After hear ng the evidence on bath sides, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant BI Kites' C.MMISSI3N kNN AND ANOTIIIR V PARIC.NR. —ln this action the pleintiffs, Messrs. A. Mann and H. Sinclair, commiseion corn merchants, Fenwiek-street, in this town, aught to recover the sun of £66 from the defendant, Mr. James Parker, flour-dealer, in Textethe park, as commission and charges on 500 begs of fl .nr, pur chased by them for him.—Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Aspinall for the defendant.—From the evidence of Mr, Sinclair, one of the plaintiffs, it appeared that, in January last..the defendant came to him, and requested that they (the plaiutiff4) should peocure hr him about 500 sacks of Norfolk flour, at a price not exceeding 403 per seek of 280 lbs. In pursuance of those instructions, the plaintiffs wrote to Messrs. Barling ham aid Sons, To eer.street, London, for samples of their stock, which, along with a list of price?, they received. After some correspondence, a ba-gain was male for 650 sacks, at 40s per sack. free on board at Yarmouth, the freight not to exceed 12e 61 per ton to Liverpool. Of this lot the defendant agreed to take 500 sacks, the plaintiffs agreeing to take the remaining 150 sacks on their own account. At this juncture of the arrangement, the witness explained to the de fendant that. in consequence of the price agreed on being less than Messrs. Barling`tatu originally asked he plaintiffs would not receive from the sellers their full commissir n of two per cent., as brokers; and that be (the defendant) would be chaeged with the difference of per centage. This was assented to, and on the arrival of the vessel with the the de'endant proceeded to the vessel, took samples, and in a few days afterwards received delivery. In about a week after this he complainol of the flour, as not opal to the original sample; and inducei the plaintiffs to write, in order to obtain some reduction in the price. After a good deal of conflicting evidence, the learned assessor addressed the jury, explaining the facts and evidence ; after which they returred a verdict for the plaintiffs for £6l 13s 6d. B RK _?..N HEAD COMMISSIONERS. Y,sterd ip mlrning a sp cial meeting of the ni,k.r . neart C.rnatissio,lera wat held a' th3ir4ln-square; r. John Laird, the chairman, in the chair. Thera were Al a.° oressnt Messrs. R•l., Bsy'i,, V ulst, ley, Macdonald, Cook, M'Whirte-, Golb3rne, Bell, Wil loughby, Hiud, and Brad!e7. The circular exivAliug the meeting stated that it was called " To take into consideration,ani if appr3ved, to confirm the proceedings of the PArliana nttry Cominitt!e in refe rence to the full,)wiog• matters:-- "The compie'ion of the Birkenhead Doke. " Aa applicati,n to Parlinmeht for an act to enable the Commisslonets to c,inatruct works for supplying Birken head and the neigtA ,urhoocl with gas and water, and to purchase the works of the Birkenhead Gl3 and Water Comp cp. _ _ - • - " Also, for an at to make arras g manta with the bond- s Pairtiinent ta - the ses - ion ct fg45." The CHAIRMAN exp'ailed Ili no!witcatandinz that the Deck II ta-zittee had been de'eved Caret) years in their attetop's to force the completion of the North 130 scherd! , , and that they had been b , orri do vo ta complete the Birkenhead D eats by Septarner next, toe L'verpo3l Corpo-ation had saactiotel certain chanezcs i i the Birken head D- cks, which would postone their opening to an indefinite period, notwEbstatuling the present groat on-cry of the wa-it of doe: accornico lei en, which cmili be more easili an I more economical) , faraished by. the completion of tht eirkenh ad dock., than by Vie proposed dock ex tEnsiln on thcLiv, , rpo.el Bile. In corclusion,the chairman, called on the vc7etary to read lie fol'owing com:nuaiJa tiona which were rec ived on this slbj,,ct RIRXII'HEtD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTI3N RAILWAY. B►rkenhead, Oct. 17, 1857. J O'i N LAIRD, EFQ. -Dear Sir,—.l.tani - xed I hetr to hand a cow of a resolatiin pl.sed a. onr Board, on Tntirsiay I,e. We also appointed a sub-committee to confer with )oir commi sionerp.— W.Litin.; your further appointment, I remair, yours, very sincerely, W. TITHERINGTON. Extract from proceedings of B and Meetilig of 16th Oct., "Bess)lve3,—That this Boari has learned with deep re gret ihat the Corpora . inn of Liv. , rpool have deeiled not to proceed with the Bitk - nheid D as author . fel and required by the Men ey C)nservancy Ace. That this corn. piny is deen'y interested in thtir eir'y emnpletion ; end that wi'h the view of bringng the subject b , ,lme the Co aimerei d p iblie, and, if fs)ar d need fol, !)-f re the Board f a commion;cation be opere l with the Birkenhead ConarnissiLners and the (Treat Western Rstt wvay CumpAny." GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, London Terminus, Paddington, 23d Oct., 1857. My dear Sir,—l Wri eto acquaint you that my Beard, in reply. to a communicalon nol3 the Bilk eead Rai'w Corepiny, have agrees to name a sub-corami tee for a conferone wi h Ihe Birkenhead Commissio evs and the Birkenhead Ita;lway Company in relation to thy B rkenhea4 D cks and the Mers'.l Conv.tvancy Ac'. I may add that cirectors think it will be vary desirable to get the Mani h3s.er Chamber of Cornme c , .; and other public atithe ! rite=, to take prt in i'.—Youts vt.ry truly, ' Join Laird, E q. CHIELZ3 SAUNDERS. After some conveys ition, the following, resol !don was a!opted : —‘• That the uestion he teterrAt) a slb-com miite,, corsisting of the chairman, the depusy-chairman, tnd th,, Chairman of tho Finance Committte to take each sups in conjunction with the railway companies. es they in y co isider most likely to secure the early completion of .he work-,." GAN AND WATER. The folloni ig• regulation was a!opted in rere.euce to thin gul)jce' :—" Rug°lv-d, that !h- clerk be authorised to give th?, rt qui;ite notice to Pir'isinent to purchase the present gai and water works, and alai Co. cmstrucing new wo ks for the snpply of the district ; and that Mr. Btteman, C.E., he errip l o7,o to survey, ni t.lte ,plans, and report on the wilier supply, and Mr. Barlow to prep if. the requisite plans fir gas."— BOND DIRT. 01 this q lestion the foil swing res &Viol was a7opfed " Res that the law-eferk give ti e rcq notice t) Psrliam nt for an act in principle .o that of 1856, aid aff , et an arrinlement the bonl debt." This Occluded the business. The Greek Chambers are c3nvoked for the 12th of November. The Porte is onleav ).trirg to effs A a loan of 200,000,000 francs from the Ottoman I:l4nk —lO per cent. interest is offered. s a i , letter of the 25th, from Vienna, ear :—" Three days a o, M. 13 alz , a wholesale deal r i,r drugs, fa,ed fsr the sum of £ 50,009, and several a nailer houses ' tu,)enri.ed pay: went yesterday... The money ma-let is less agi`ated, and it is believed thrit'ae worst of the crisis is Over." We (Cheltenham Examiner) hear th it Lieut. Col. Newman will succeed to the colunelcy of the Bout Gina c•!sterslii-e in succk lion to the late Earl Fi shar ding,, in pursue ce of the de•ermination of thegovirnrneas not to appoint any honorary officers to this na'ioaal force. Am ANSWEtt TO Itieens.—C ,nsp D, hi, Sept. 2. —The drama is drawing to a close, and the boo 'yr rebels are well aw a re of such being the a tse, as on Ui 31st ult., th y e sent in a white nig to rok for terms , off_ ring to give up all )ctual murderers. The a - s ver was as follows : "The B i ieh Give nrnent will h Id no terms with murderers, r bAs and mutineers. Surren ier mu t be unc , nditi .sal, Any other rebel cowing t,) propose oth..r tetras will be hang. All frvirre negociati ns will be ea ried on at the muzzle of oar gum.