The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-27 00:00:00

THE TOWN COUNCIL. very wisely brought forward a matter which might, I 1 excellent officer, he think, at an earlier moment, have occupied the conside ration of the council--that is, the propriety of having the cheques countersigned. and then of reducing the A special meeting of the Town Council was held in security which, under other circumstances, it is ne the Town-hall, at eleven o'clock yesterday, to consider cessary that the treasurer should giv?. This step in the following subjects : itself would at once enable us to exercise economy with The appointment of a fit person to be treasurer of the regard to the salary' of -the treasurer, for if the suggestion borough, subject to the statute 6 and 7 Victoria, cap. thrown out be adopted, I certainly think that £5OO a 89, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation year to commence with would be an ample salary. of Mr. John Wybergh, and recommendation of . the (Hear, hear.) If, on the other hand, there is no change finance committee that Mr. Archibald Tweedie be in the security required, then, much against my own appointed to-that office, at the salary of £6OO per annum, inclination, in other respects, 1 - shou'd he prepared to he finding security to the extent of £B,OOO, as bereiofore, contend that £6OO a year was not an extravagant salary, The appointment of a fit person to he treasurer under inasmuch as the individual hol - ding that office, and the Liverpool Sanatory Act, 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 127 ; having occasion to apply to a guarantee society to give and also to be treasurer of the Liverpool water account, the necessary security, would have to pay out of that and cashier of the watch and lighting accounts, to £6OO a year something like £l2O a year ,as a premium. supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of >fr. Capes Now, I think, sir, this is a very material consideration, . Aehlin, and recommendation of the health, watch, f or we a ll know flat. in the present day, when so many lighting, and water committees, that Mr. Thomas White frauds of a very serious character are constautly occurring, be - appointed to supply such vacancy, at the salary of it is only natural that even our best friends should .X6OO per annum, he finding security to the extent of hesitate to come forward, and hind themselves as £5,000, as heretofore. security for a large amount of money, which, in all His worship the maydr, Francis Shand, Es t i , presided. probability, they could very ill afford. Now, sir, Mr. The first business was the appointment of treasurer. Woodruff has thrown out a' suggestion which might very It appeared that the other candidates before the finance well, I think, be entertained, but inasmuch as it is. committee for this office were Mr. S. L. Trotnian and I believe, impracticable at the present moment, there is Mr.. Arnitt. no occasion for me to dwell at any length upon it in Mr. Alderman S. Holme said : Mr. Mayor, in eccorcl- noticing ir, but I would merely say that, if the council ante with the Act of Parliament, which requires that, had a,lopted, at an earlier pert td. the idea which was on the resignation of treasurer, a successor shall be thrown out of placirhe oflicc - a in Dale street instead of appointed within twenty-one days, this council has C ornwa lli s street, you et then might have had one trea been specially summoned to-day to receive the recoil]. surer instead of two (Hear, hear.) Now, sir, as to Mr mendation of the finance committee ; and, in accord- Tweedie's merits, it is, as some gentlemen who addressed ante with the directions which the finance committee the counuil have already said, quite unnecessary for me received, they la.ve unanimously agreed upon making a to offer any remarks. He has been for a very long period recoinmendetion to the council, recognising the princi- in the service of the corporation ; and, I believe, a better plea, sir, that faithful services should meet with their man or a fitter man could not be found. (Hear, hear.) just reward in advancement to better situations as I will not say, as is too often said in the council, that s, evaciticies occur, they find in Mr. Tweedie those peculiar good a man could not be found, because Ido not believe qualifications which are necessary for the satisfactory that. I believe a good man could be fo'snd,but stilt that performance of the duties of the office, and which enable should not detract ft om Mr. Tweedie's merits He is them to recommend him to the council for the appoint- entitled to confidence ; for, I believe, he has discharged ment. Systematic and methodical in all his accounts, his duties faithfully. At the same time we should well versed in the duties and requirements of the office, remember the position in which we stand. The day of they feel that he will step into his new situation, if the trial is not far; and. if we exceed in the case of Mr. .council shall be pleased to oppoint him to it, having Tweedie, or of any other individual, we may rest assured little to learn, and if his future conduct should be as that the day of reckoning will come. I, therefore, think excellent and as exemplary as his past conduct has been, . that Mr. Jeffery's suggestion might he adopted—that the the council, lam sure, will hereafter feel satisfaction in security ought to be recleced from £B,OOO to £5,000, and having made this appointment. (Hear, hear.) He has that a salary of £5OO a year under such eircum been already twenty years in the service of ,the corpora- stances wou ld b e - su ffi c i ent. B ut if , on t h e ot h er tion, fourteen of which have been spent in another hand, there is any practical difficulty, of which Office, the office in Cornwallis street, and about five, I am not at this moment informed, as regards the or between five and six y ears . h ave b een s p e nt in chairman of the finance committee, or the deputy chair. the treasurer's office in this building. Thoroughly man countersigning the cheques. and if it is still regal acpuainted as he is with the whole details of the site that the large security should be provided by the book-keeping, and the estate of the corporation, I am treasurer, then I must confess ihat, under those cir satisfied, sir, that so fir as this appointment is con- cumstances, I shall be in favour of the .i ) 600 a year. cerned, the council will be quite unanimous, in (Hear, hear.) the same way as the finance committee have been Mr. Aiken said the suggestion made by Mr. Jeffery, unanimous in their recommendation. Although, sir, w i t h regar d to t h e counters i gn i ng o f th e c h eques, I can say nothing with reference t o th e filli ng up of any appeared to him an exceedingly good one.. With respect other situations which we are not authorised to deal to the reduction of the guarantee from £B,OOO to £5,000, with, until the council have sanctioned the appointment he did not altogether agree with Mr. Jeffery. Seeing of Mr. Tweedie, I may say that the finance committee that the amount of the guarantee did not rest upon the have it contemplation to make somewhat a different amount of the salary, and that they could get a guarantee arrangement as to the salaries of this office in future. of £B,OOO for a salary of £5OO as readily as for £6OO, he Tee late treasurer had £7OO a year, Mr. Tweedie has thought Mr Jeffery might be disposed to withdraw his now £3OO a year, Mr. Hutton, the chief clerk in the motion. With respect to the reduction of the amount office, has £l2O a year, and Mr. Houghton, who has of salary, be was rather inclined to support it. Mr. been, I believe, now eleven years in the service of the Wybergh commenced with a salary of £5OO a year, and corporation, has £l5O a year, maki ng th e tota l expense he thought Mr. Tweedie might do the same. The of the treasurer's office £1,270 per annum. If the salary of the latter gentleman had hitherto been £3OO a council sanction the appointment of Mr. Tweedie, the year, and, therefore, an advance of £2OO a year would be committee will be prepared on another occasion to a very large addition to what he was previously receiving. recommend that the chief cl e rk h av e £2OO a year, If Mr. Wybergh, commencing with a salary of £5OO, that the junior clerk have £lO5, and that Mr. Houghton, furnished a guarantee for £B,OOO, that was an additional who has been eleven years in the service, and has argument for not lessening the amount of the guarantee faithfully and efficiently performed its duties withou' ever re yet having had an increase, is now deserving of an addi tion of £25 a year, making his salary £175. This, if the council agree to give Mr. Tweedie the sum of £BOO per annum—considering that he has to giro a bond ` corporation for £B,ooo—will make the expense of the treasurer's office £l,OBO a year. In that case, there will be a saving to the corporation fund of £l9O. I merely make this statement in order that the council may see that, in fixing the salary of Mr. Tweedie at .£6OO per annum, which is £lOO less than the late treasurer had received, we think that the duties of the office are fnlly deserving of that sum—looking at its importance, and looking to the lar ge bond thetreasurer has to give, and the responsibility which rests upon his shoulders; and I have, therefore, simply to move —as Mr. Tweedie is well known to every member of the council—the confirma tionof the finance committee's recommendation. Mr. Alderman 3. H. Turner said, he had great pleasure in seconding the motion. It was unnecessary for him were - well known, to entitle him fully to this appoint ment. Mr. Woodruff said, at the last meeting of the council several members expressed a desire that the finance corn• nuittee should consider the pracicability of anialgarnating the offices of the two treasurers into one. He understood that the deputy chairman Of the finance committee then a , tgea promise that the question would be considered, nd t;'qt something would be said upon the subject. He now begge to ask the deputy chairman whether any thing had been done upon that subject ? Mr. Holme : I re.lly do not remember that I made any such promise. Mr. Woodruff : The subject certainly was mentioned. I introduced it myself to the council, and I then under stood that such a promise was made. Mr. Holme : I know it was mentioned in the finance committee, but the general opinion then was that the two offices could not be amalgamated. The present trea surer of the corporation had quite enough to do alre4dy, especially since the Birkenhead estate had been added to the estate of the corporation. Mr. Woodruff said if the committ. e had considered the questiGn, and thought the amalgamation undesirable, that was a sufficient answer. Mr. J. R. Jeffery : I should like to ask the chairman of the finance committee whether the treasurer's cheques are countersigned; or whether a cheque from the treasurer to the bank is sufficient, simply upon his own signature ? Mr. - Holme : Yes, sir. It has always been the custom of this corporation, ever since I came to have any know ledge of it, that the treasurer presents a cheque, and that it is paid at the bank without being countersigned by any one elite. I may say, however, that this subject has been before the committee, and has been considered by thein,but it has been al ways believed, in consequence of the large bond which we require the treasurer to give, and in consequence of the weekly accounts being so rigidly scrutinised, first - by the auditor and then by the committee themselves, and then having, moreover, every confidence in the treasurer, that payment may be safely made on the signature alone, without being countersigned by any one else. Mr. Jeffery : I think, Mr. Mayor, after the recent instances we have had, it becomes our duty to take every necessary precaution to prevent the funds of the corpo ration from being drawn upon the sole signature of a paid officer—(hear, hear)—however high be may stand in the estimation of the council. I would, therefore, liuggest, and, if necessary, I would move a resolution to Ibat effect, that the cheques of the treasurer shall, in future, be countersigned. I am informed that the. cheques of the treasurer to the health committee require to be' countersigned ; and why the treasurer to the corporation should be permitted cheques, and have their. paid without flick being countersigned, it will be for other gentlemen to explain. It appears to me, sir, that the bond for £B,OOO might he reduced if this precaution were taken. (Hear, hear ) It has been stated to me, that the salary of ‘6OO a year was fixed in consequence of the high amount of bond which it had been determined to obtain from the treasurer.. I am told, sir, and I must ask the indulgence of the council for my inexperience, that this gentleman, Mr Tweedie, whom I have n , t,tbe pleasure of kn o wi n g, 's now in the receipt of £3OO a year. lam also i n f or ,;:ted, that Mr. Wybergh, when first installed into his offices reeived, for not less than ten years, only £5OO a year. It d( Mr. Fernihough sail, the treasurer had frequently to receive large sums of money, such as £20,000, and sometimes more, in the course of a single day, and h 9 therefore thought it would he very unwise to reduce the amount of bond required. Under the4e circumstances he thought it only just that they should pay a salary of £GOO a year, Mr, Robertson suggested that Mr. Jeffery should divide his motion into distinct portions, as many gentle men who felt inclined to support one part could not support another. Mr. Jeffery agreed to the suggestion, and accordingly proposed in the first instance that the system of counter signing the cheques be adopted. Mr. 11-lme said, to save time in discussion he might say at once that he had not the slightest objection to the counter signing. (Hear, hear.) It had already been proposed that the conamittea had such confidence in Mr. Case and Mr. Wybergh, that the existing system had not been (HSU. UCU. oe, tinwever, some rilificulty about the chairman or deputy chairman signing the cheque. The chairman, Mr. Hornby, was at present in Nice. The cheques required to be signed every day two or three times. It would he imposing a upon him (Jar. Holm), as deputy chairmon, to render . . . it necessary for him to come 1 day. , great ditiictilty to sign !Jere two or three times a Mr. Jeffery: I may save time by saying that the town clerk has my written amendment, which, if read, will meet the difficulty raised by the deputy chairman of the finance committee. I have provided that the cheques may be countersigned by the chairman, the dennty-chairman, or the mayor. Mr. lIoln”, suggested to add the deputy-mayor, in case of the mayor's absence. The Town Clerk said, it was unnecessary to do so, as by the Act of Parliament, the depury•inayor was em. powered to perform all the official acts of the mayor. Mr. Hall agreed in the principle of having the cheques countersigned, but wished to know whether the counter signing by the chairman, Or any other member would adopt the treasurer's accounts, or in any way whatever relieve the guarantee of any responsibility. The Town Clerk said, as far as he could see, with the consideration he was now able to give the matter, it would not. The bond Would be executed subseqUentiv to the passing of a resolution, and subject to it. The treasurer, in point of fie., gave cheques on the bank now, except for accounts which had passed the finance committee, had been s:gned by three members of the committee, and countersigned by the town-clerk. So far as he could at present see, he did not think the resolu tion would relieve the sureties. Mr. Dover said, according to the rules of the health committee, every member could sign the treasurer's cheques. Mr. Jeffery again proceeded to address the council, hut was met with cries of " Spoke, spoke," and resumed his seat. Mr. Hall sail he would have been glad if the finance committee had recommended the sum of £5OO to begin, irstead of £6OO. He felt, however that it would be almost presumption upon his put if, after the finance commit'tee had fully considered the matter and deter mined upon the sum, he were to vote against their decision Mr. Alderman Parker, Mr. Sheil, Mr. Banner, ani several othe► members having addressed the council, the amendment was, with the consent of Mr. Holme, unanimously adopted. Mr. Jeffery then moved that the security required be reduced from £B,OOO to £5,000. Mr. Beckwith seconded the motion. Mr. A. C. Stewart said he was one of the gentlemen who asked Mr. Jeffery to divide his amendment, because, unless the council agreed to take a bond for £5,000 instead of .£B,OOO, he should feel bound to vote for the salary of £6OO. He had the very highest opinion of the gentleman in question, and he knew that the instruction to the finance committee, already carried, would be most satisfactory to that gentleman, from the knowledge he had of his high integrity. He thought if Mr. Tweedie was bound to give security to tbe amount of £B,OOO, the council ought to give him a salary of £6OO a year., Bat he should vote for a reduction of the bond to £5,000, and if that were carried, he should vote for £5OO salary, because he thought both much better suited to present circumstances than £B,OOO and £6OO. Mr. Gladstone remarked that it was admitted on all hands that neither £5,000 security - be appear to me, then, since that, that if we countersign the cheques, and ifs we diminish the large amount of bond, W 3 must effect a reduction of £lOO a year in the salary ; and that £5OO a year would be an equivalent salary to a bond of £5.000 ; for, I Presume, £5,000 would cover any amount which would probably be received in the treasurer's office in the conrse of on e d ay . If h e b anks, as he s h ou ld, ever y d a y, the amount received in one day would be all it would be necessary to have covered by the security. Therefore, sir, if necessary, I shall conclude with an .amendment— That the salary be £5OO a year : that the bond be reduced 300 ; and, that ea e l t ,' cheque be countersigned by airman or deputy. c h c • alrlilau of the finance com £B,OOO woui sufficient to cover emergencies which nai4ht happen That point, then, was disposed of. The difference was a was surely more than com pensated by the additional security which the system of countersigning would afford. (dear, hear.) They would then have the assurance of the chairman, the deputy chairman, or the miyhr, that. the account was correct, which was surely quite an equivalent for the difference of £3,000. He should adopt precisely the same course in voting as that just laid down by Mr. Stewart. Mr. Alderman BramleY Moore, M P., urged that with the example of Redpath and Robson, and other cases brought unfortunately forward before them, they should take care not to under pay their servants ; and, if they did err at all, it should be rather to make an error upon the liberal side than the other. He felt confident that mittce. Mr. Beciiia4h seconded the amendment. Mr. Robertson Gladstone: In appointing a su ccess or to Mr. Wybergh, it appears to me that the council should first of all desire to adopt a principle of economy. having direct reference to the duties of the offi ce and the fitness of the individual whom it is proposed to place in ti.e office. Farber, I think, sir, that the appoi ntment should b e m a d e , an d the salary fixed, with reference to two distinct considerations. The first is, that we should bear in mind the position in which the town dues' question stands at this moment, so that if the worst should happen, and the town dues should be taken from us, we should not be placed in the very awkward predicament of having - to call upon one of our officials to submit to a redaction of his salary. The next point I would urge is that, in all human probability, there will be a transfer of the Birkenhead property and dock estate to the present dock cAnmittee ; because it would be absurd to suppose that any lengthened period of time can elapse before the present anomaly ceases to exist, of having, in one town, two distinct managements of dock estates. (Hear, hear.) Now, Mr. Jeffery has it was a false economy to under-pay the servants, and that the public would not go with them in doing so. Pet sons who entEred upon public and heavily responsible situations were worthy not only of their pay, but of being treated with liberaiiiy and respect ; and he was sure the public would back up the council ,in acting upon such a principle. There was .a , vast difference batween paying men liberally and fairly for the duties of responsible officers, and paying them outrageously for doing nothing. Be would go all lengths with any association which would endeavour to prevent such payments :as the latter. But let not the fall council into the error of under-paying their servants, who had a position and station in society mhich they were expected to fill with credit to the corporation. He should therefore support the recomanendation of £6OO a year, and he was not in favour of making any change whatever in the guarantee, because the amount was the same which the former treasurer had been compelled to find. Believing Mr. Tweedie to be a most NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL urged the council to allow the salary, and the guarantee to remain as at present Mr. Holine, in replying,..expreseed his great surprise that Mr. Jeffery , should argue that a reduction in the amount of the bond, would be a greater security, to the corporation: When Mr. •Jeffery . had been longer a member of the council, and understood better the details of the duties of the treasurer's office, he would not come there and say that £5,000 was the whole amount usually received there in one day. It frequently happened that the treasurer received £20,000 at once ; he once knets the treasurer to receive £50,000 together in that building, and although he was not going to object to the countersigning of the cheques, which he believed to be the wish of the council, and which he believed would have been adopted at the next meeting of the committee without any motion from Mr.:Jeffery,at all, yet at the same time he could not help remarking that the best guarantee to the council was in the character of thd individual whom they appointed. (Hear, hear.) It would be perfectly possible for the treasurer to take a counter-signed cheque to the bank for £20,000, and after getting it cashed vanish with the money. (Hear, hear.) He contended, however, that it was their duty not to decrease the bond. Years ago the treasurer had £lOOO a year. Would any gentleman tell him that £6OO a year was, with the enormously increased business accumulating in that building, anything like an equivalent for £lOOO, paid in years gone by? It might be said that the former salary was too much, but at the same time lie should direct the attention of the council to the fact that Mr. Case had £lOOO a year, and that by an arrangement which he was not then about to go into, Mr. Wybergh agreed to receive £5OO a year, and it was the general opinion of every man who knew the duties of the office, that Mr. Wy. ' bergh was for many years under paid, and that the council only did 'an act of common justice when they raised his salary from £5OO to £7OO a year. He did not like telling a man that he would be expected to do the same duties as his predecessor; but that the salary • must he cut down, and that after some years he might apply for an increase of £lOO. This might be acting very fairly in the case of an untried man ; but Mr. Tweedie was not untried in the duties of that office. As he had already stated, Mr. Tweedie had nothing to learn—he stepped into his predecessor's shoes fully com petent, and understanding every iota of what had been done there for years. He objected to reducing the amount of security to fit the man instead of making the security commensurate with the duties of the office. P. was a very extraordinary doctrine that while on the one hand they were to fetter, and very properly fetter, the • treasurer, on the other hand, in the same breath, they were told they were getting more security than they absolutely wanted. A sub committee of five gentlemen had investigated the whole matter. They were gentle men perfectly conversant with the business of the office and the duties of the treasurer, and they agreed unan iinously that a salary of £6OO a year was only a fair and reasonable remuneration to Mr. Tweedie. In addition to the council business, which was every day in2reasing in a very extraordinary manner, the whole of the busi- ness connected with the Birkenhead docks was nor laid in addition upon the treasurer, and if the council were to pay men in proportion to their increased services an increased salary, the committee would rather have asked the council to give £3OO a year to Mr. Tweedie, than to cat the salary down £lOO below what they recommended. It had been constantly urged upon the council that, as they had no power to give a retiring pension to their servants ' ,it wes the duty of the latter to effect life insurances. Now, if the council kept down men's salary to the lowest possible point, they not only prevented them from maintaining themselves respect ably, according to the situations they filled, but prevented them from effecting life assurances. (Hear, hear.) The case of Redeath had been alluded to, He did not know why such things should be lugged into that discussion ; but what was the fact ? Redpath Ind a salary of only £3OO a year ; Robp,on's also was a small salary. He (Mr. Rohde) would always act upon the same principle in public life as he did in private life—select the best and most honest man, the man most fitted to perform the l wm i b ee l e rli r t a ds l ( l )a y nne ; ~Ig a hi n iv s de steihlriavinti andsamlai duties of the olice, and pay hi m no t ex t ravagant ly, but e cbi n ut s : u pi r no a ne t s e is t wouldtahs t his hbee might et n y e d o e m t p h e m e n e t y best and teuest economy for public bodies, as well as for private individuals. (Hear, hear.) The council then divided, when Mr. Jeffery's motion was lost by '2O to 32. Mr. Jeffery said, as the council had by their vote, fixed the amount of bond at £B,OOO, he should withdraw his motion for a reduction of the salary to £5OO. (Hear, hear.) • Mr. Gladstone said he would move an amendment, to the effect—That, in the event of the Birkenhead docks being transfered to the duck estate, the salary b 3 reduced to £5OO. ..ri, Ar"„...zu, suer' as atuciiiimebt wuuLU be quite out of order Mr. Gladstone offered no further opposition, and the recommendations of the finance committee were con firmel. THURSDAY Mr. Alderman Dover moved the confirmation of the recommendation of the heal.h, watch, lighting., and water committees, appointing Mr. White in the place of Mr. Ashlin, deceased. Mr. Alderman Cooper seconded the motion. The recommendation was confirmed without any opposition. A letter was read from Mrs. Margaret Ashlin, acknow ledging the receipt of, and thanking the council for their letter of condolence, upon the death of her husband. but be maid bring forward the names of gentlemen who did not appear to care one straw for the duties of the AITENDS.NCE OF TAE 130RoUGH MAGIsTRATES. A letter was read from the Secretary of State, to the effect, that an application had been received for the appointment of three additional magistrates for Li ver pool ; and requesting to be informed whether, in the opinion of the town council, such an addition was necessary.. Mr. Woodruff asked from whom had the application come. The Town Clerk said he did not know. Mr. Gladstone thought there could be no hesitation, • whatever about replying to that communication. It was well known that at present the number of magistrates was much too small, and that to the discredit of the town a sort of herald had to go galloping about the street, in the immediate vicinity of the Exchange, to hunt up some one who would come and discharge this duty to the public. (Hear, hear.) There mild be ne doubt what ever that there was very great necessity for an increase in the number of magistrates, and he was only sorry that the government had so long delayed the increase. He did not know whether the council was the best authority to refer to, nor could he see exactly what the council had to do with the matter. It was a matter whi c h ought to come mere properly before the magistrates themselves. The duties were not performed at present by all the magistrates, as they ought to be. There were various circumstances which accounted for that fact. Some were absent from bad health, others were occupied with duties connected with that council, and there were I several other reasons whY magistrates could not, or did not attend. Some, we are afraid, although having no public duties of any other kind to perferm, did not pay attention to thet duty. Mr. S. Hohno had no hesitation in saying that he had suggested to the two members for the borough that they should recommend some persons as additional magistrates. At the same time he was bound to say that there were many magistrates not open to the charge of neglecting their duties —who were there punctually to the moment, and devoted, when necessary, their whole time to the business of the ceurt. (Hear, hear.) Several of them had a great deal ' more than their share, Gear, hear.) The system was this —and it ought to be known to the public. The magistrates met once a year, and appointed the weeks in succession when each magistrate should take his duty. It so happened that gentlemen who had undertaken the duties of the magistracy did not attend when their turn came, round, having business of their etyn, or being otherwise prevented, and failed in appointing a substitute to act for them. Two of the magistrates were members of parliament, and were necessarily absent a great portion of the year. Several gentlemen were old and infirm, and had done magisterial duty many years—it would be hard to call upon these to undergo much labour. s on the list of gentlemen not living, or who had lately left Liver pool altogether, and some. who bad partially left it. There were oth6rs engaged in railway and other business to an enormous extent, who oould not, or did not, attend. It was, therefore, absolutely necessary that some other magistrates should be appointed. (Hear, hear.) He had no hesitation in saying ; that it would very much add to the confidence of the public if, instead of three magistrates, Sir George Grey would appoint six. (Bear, hear.) He hoped some gentleman would be appointed like Mr. Earle, and others, who could afford time, and that the public would hear no more of the complaint which in Many instances he was bound to admit was well founded. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Gladstone disclaimed any charge upon the magis trates generally. He knew that many did more than their share of duty, bat some of them did much less, and that circumstance threw the onus of labour on the shoulders of other gentlemen. (Hear, helr.) Atter some remarks from Mr. Alderman' Parker, .and other gentlemen, it was agreed, on the motion of Mr. Gladstone, seconded by MrAlolme, that the Mayor Should be requested to convey to Sir George Grey that the council considered the appointment of an additional number of, magistrates necessary. A resolution of the Metropolitan. and Provincial Law Association was read, thanking the council for the facilities afforded them for discharging their business on the occasion of their recent visit to Liverpool. Tnis closed the business. Mr. Atlerman Cooper thought there were magistrates enough to inundate the town,lant that improper persons were appointed. (Laughter.) He did not mean persons incapacitated for public duties, but persons who could not devote sufficient time to them. There the evil was. He suggested that the question should be adjourned for a week. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Earle rose not.to object to an addition of magistrates, but to object to the sweeping charge of neglect made against the bench. (Hear, hear.) There were many magistrates who attended most punctually, but the great fault was that there Isere others who did not reflect sufficiently 4 upon the duty they had to perrorm, and left the town without taking any pains to provide a substitute. He thought that a very good suggestion which one of the papers made; that the public journals should announce at the head of every report the .name of the magistrate whose week of duty it was, and then it would be known to the publics' who the individuals were who neglected their duties. (Hear, hear.) That was a very good suggestion, which he should wish to see carried out. He did not like to mention names, WEST DERBY UNION -The usual weekly meeting of the members of this board was held yesterday. at the board-room; Mill-lane, Everton. The Rev. William Bilnall, the chairman, presided. The other guardians present were—Messrs. Edwards, Lunt, Siddeley, Heyes, Morris, Medcalfe, Leyland, Elias, Harri son, Evans, Wilson, Abrahams, Pickup, Shaw, Mawdsley, Dr. Hume, Wensley, and S tgar. The Clerk to the ho IA reported that he had examined all the books kept by the several ()fact tls connected with the union, and found them correctly made up to the present time. OFFICIAL RETURNS The Master of the workhouse 'reported that last week there were 613 plupers in the workhouse, since when 2 had been born, 7 discharged, leaving this week 651 ; for the corresponding week of last year there were 706. The Master of the • hospital reported that there were last week , 96 patients in that establishment, since when 15 had been admitted, 8 discharged, and 2 deaths, leaving this week 101 ' • for the corresponding week of last year there were only 65. Cheques to the amount of £227 were voted for the maintenance of the out-door poor, within the several districts of the uni )n. TAE LATE CHARGE AG %MST MR. STEVENS, After the investigation in this case had been disposed of, and a vote of thanks passed to £lr. Gilmour, the medical officer who had attended the pauper, it was resolved to send a copy of the evidence taken, to the General Board. Yesterday, Mr. Gilmour, in a polite note to the board, returned thanks for the compliment they had paid him, in passing a vote of thanks• at the previous meeting, and expressed a hope that his services would always thus be appreciated by the board. His acknow ledgement of the compliment thus paid him, was ordered to be entered upon the minutes of the proceedings. THE HOSPITAL \VATER CLOSETS A letter was read from Mr Lister, the medical officer to the hospital, directing the attention of the board to the present inefficent state of the water closets and chimneys, in that establishment. The letter was ordered to be referred to the hospital committee for them to report thereon. REFUSING TO GRANT RELIEF TO A PAUPER A report was read from the Liverpool constabulary office, to the effect that, a poor woma❑ with four childrea had sought shelter in the Rosehill police station, and that it appeared from her statement, that her husband had been dead several weeks, and that she and her children had been in a perfectly destitute condition. That she had lived in Kirkdale, and had applied for parochial assistance to the West Derby Union, and also to the Liverpool parish authorities, but had been unable to get any relief from the one or the other, and for several weeks had been backwards and forwards from one place and the other, until she was found in the most destitute state by the police. Before the report was read, the case had been enquired into by the guardians, and the woman with her family had been admitted into the workhouse, but the clerk had subsequently taken the statement of the woman, from which it appeared that she had been living in Liverpool, and that while in a state of great destitution (Nlartin), the relieving officer for the borough had given her some assistance, but refused to give her more, as he stated she belonged to West Derby, and thus the poor woman with her family, were ultimately turned into the streets, not being able to pay any rent. The Clerk stated, that this appeared to be a case of culpable neglect on the part of the Liverpool authorities, as it was quite clear she had lived there, and was living there at the time their officer relieved her. How they could justify refusing to relieve this woman with her children, the oldest of whom was eight years, and the youngest eight months old, he could no conceive. The Clerk was instructed to forward the particulars of the examination to the Liverpool vestry ; and it was also suggested, that the facts of the case should be forwarded to the general board, a doubt being expressed as to whether any redress would be given from Liverpool, if such was not done. A " MERCURY " Easton CORRECTED. Mr. Harrison said he wished to correct a state. ment that had been made in the Mercury of last week, when reporting the proceedings of that board. The motion no mace in relation to the extension of workhouse accommodation, which the special committee had reported on, was for the building of an industrial school, and not for a school and workhouse, as had been stated in the Mercury. Mr. Wensley and Mr. Abrahams confirmed the state ment made by Mr. Harrison. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THE BUSINESS Some short time since, in consequi-nce of some allega tions made by Mr. Shaw, the poor law inspector attended and instituted an enquiry as to the mode of distributing relief, the result of which has been a formal order from the poor law board, authorisimg the guardians of the poor of this union at any ordinary meeting to form committees of themselves, consisting of not less than three guardians to each committee, and may, from time to time, assign to any one of such committee the whole or part of the district of any of the relieving officers of the said union, in order that such committee may hear and determine all applica tions for relief on account of poor persons residing or being in the district. As this order will materially facilitate the transaction of the public business, it was greeted as a great boon by the guardians. CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS AGAINST AN OFFICIAL, At the meeting of the board, last week, a letter was read from the Rev. Mr. Postaince, the incumbent of St. James's, Toxteth Park, in which, in several cases, he charged the relieving officer with neglecting and refusing to afford relief to several parties he named, although they were in great distress and deserving of it. On that occasion the relieving officer was questioned, and directed to supply the clerk with the facts of each case to send to the rev. gentleman, and thus exonerate himself from blame Those facts were not supplied to the board until this day, when another letter was read from the rev. gentleman, corn. plaining that, although he had seen the order made in the newspapers, he had not received any communication on the subject, and further stating, from what he had heard from Mrs. White, of Ashton-street, that when he first called and refused to give her relief, that he was so drunk that he could scarcely walk up the court, and that the state he was in was noticed by the neighbours—that when he called again, on Wednesday last, he gave her 2s 6i, at that time being drunk, and likewise, that when ha had visited another pauper, who was on a bed of sickness, she told him that she had had nothing except what she received from the church minister, that he was drunk, and said all the church clergymen might be, for what he cared about them. The rev. gentleman also alleged that Mr. Pickup had promised to meet him and visit the cases, but had failed to do so. Mr. Lunt said the letter contained such serious charges that he thought the only course that could be pursued, would be to have a special committee appointed to inves— tigate the whole matter thoroughly, and would, therefore, move the appointment of a committee. Mr. Evans thought that the rev. gentleman should have brought witnesses forward to substantiate the charges. Mr. Wensley said there were three direct charges of drunkenness against the officer, and he thought for the benefit of all parties that an investigation should be made into the matter. He concluded by seconding the motion. Mr. Harrison thought that the rev. gentleman should have been cautious in taking the statements of such characters, for, although they were his nearest, they were anything but his dearest neighbours. Mr. Cunt: What course would you have adopted, if he had not applied to this hoard? Mr. Harrison no.") Mr. lleyes hoped,the Park guardians would not endea your to prevent a full investigation. Rave let it alone. (Loud cries of " no, A. committee was then appointed to investigate the whole of the charges, and to invite the rev. gentleman to attend with the witnessess. ' THE INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS. The visiting committee reported that Mr. J. B. Browne, the inspector of schools, had made his periodical visits, and he was happy to say that the children had gone through with a satisfactory examination, and had made satisfactory prooTess. He suggested some improvement in the desks in the school rooo.s, and expressed his regret that, in consequence of the want of room, some of the girls had to go and sleep with the women, which he ' thought was very detrimental, and might •be subversive of the good they had received. He hoped it would not. be long before they had an industrial school, unconnected with the workhouse, in which the boys might be brought up in industrial occupations, and the girls as domestic servants. This, he conceived, would only be a question of time, as many unions, not more populous, had already carried that idea out, The report was ordered to be entered on the minutes. THE LUNATICS. Mr. Nevins was appointed, at a salary of -per annum, to visit the lunatics in the asylum four times in the year, with a view of having them sent to , the work house, if lit to be remove d. - After some routine business the board adjourned The population of Cincinnati, within the corporate limits, is stated to he 470, 000 . The exports f rom t h at city for the year 1855-6 am( anted to 50,744,786 dollars ; in 1851-2' only 33,234,896 dollars. This gives an id ea o f t h e great increase of b us inEss within fou r y ears. T he imports into the city of the last, year amounted to 75,295,901 dollars. A poor hawker entered an inn, in the Staffordshire Potteries, to show his wares. The persons present, about seventy in number, began first to !oak at his wares, then to pocket them piecemeal. lie ran to the door for a pJlice man, but, by the time he returned, his whole stock, amounting to nearly 41 in value, was stolen, and it was impossible to charge any one present with the robbery. POLICE INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL. BEFORE W. RATHBONE, EF.Q. GAROTTINO IN BASNETT 7 +STREET.—A well dressed young fellow, named Charles Challoner, was charged with having garrotted Mr. George Moxton, and with assisting a woman to get off with a gold watch, value 50 guineas, the property of that gentleman. . Mr. Muck defended the prisoner. The complainant, who was stated to be a gentleman of high standing, said—On the night of the 18th inst., about a quarter past nine, he was passing along Basnett-street, and, when turning into Leigh-street, he stopped for a moment at a passage where there was an iron gate. A woman came up and spoke to him, when he told her to go away, and at the instant she seized on his watch, and made off with it. He turned round, and would have caught her, when she cried out " come along," or words to that effect as near as possible. At that instant the prisoner rushed on and seized hold of him, putting his body right across the passage, and supporting himself by the iron gate, so that the woman escaped with the watch. He caught hold of the prisoner, who, when the woman got off, endeavoured to get away, and kicked witness furiously, but it was uo use, he was resolved to hold him, and hold him he did, until the police came up. The watch was a duplex movement, and made by M'Cabe, and cost him 50 guineas. Cross-examined by Mr. Biuck : It was a dark night—at least it was dark in the passage when he was robb:d. Were yoa in a publichouse before that ? Witness : Yes, I was in Mr. Hunt's Star Hotel for a short time. Mr. Bluck: Was tile woman with you when you wens into the passage ? Witness: No, she came up, and I told her to go away. I did not speak to her first; she spoke to one. Mr. Block: Did you see the prisoner in company of the woman, or did you hear them speak together ? Witness : No, I did not. Mr. Bleck said he was instructed t 3 state that his client knew nothing of the matter, so far as the robbery was con cerned. He merely went into the passage without any intent to do wrong. The prisoner was remanded, as it was stated the watch would most likely be found. CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY 17NpEn. FaLsn PltE• TENCES.—Charles H. C. Smith, a young man of decent appearance, was charged with having obtained 12s by means of false representation from Mr. John Marsden, of 23, Duke-street, Edge Hill. Mr. Black defended. The facts were these :—The complainant is an agent for a large publishing house, and he employed the prisoner to • solicit ✓ orders on commission for him. The prisoner returned orders from certain parties for books, and corn. plainant paid him 12s commission on the orders, but when the books were sent, it was alleged that no such persons were to be found, and that the orders were given by the p"isoner for the purpose of obtaining the commission. Mr. Block said he was at a loss to know what the charge really was, as he had instructions to state that the orders were correct, but there was an error in the address of the parties. The prisoner was remanded in order to ascertain whether such was the case or not. " How Tair.oils' GEESE FLY. 7—The "wild" goose that belonged to King O'Toole, at the_ seven churches in fhe county of Wicklow, and which the legends say, was cured (after it died) by Saint Kevin—who, if report speak true, did " quarer things than reviving dead geese—was nothing "at all, at all' to the geese, or to the goose, that flew away—without wings, too—from the premises of Mr. Littler, of Lord-street. It appeared that for some time past, the " geese " belonging to the establishment alluded to had taken strange flights—geese do gambol as well as gabble about sometimes. Every one —that is every one that can read—must have read the story of the " fink" that saved the " capitol,' and such as cannot read must have heard of that wonderful cir cumstance. There were six fine " birds," it is not stated if they were of." Polish breed," belonging to Mr. Littler's place, but by some freak (of course unaccounted for), these hanirnals were not satisfied to remain in the •• quiet of private life ;" no, they must " get out of that," by " hook or by crook." Now "Hook''—not Th odors—and " Crook'—not Toni Crook—were not half so scientifia as a young gentleman who delights in the patronomic of Ennis—William Ennis. This decimal (if a ninth propor tion can be called a decimal) fraction of humanity, not content wilh the "quiet tenor of his way," came to the conclusion that, if a " wing and a piece of the breast" of goose conatitu,ed "a good thing," that, ergo (Mr. Ennis knows the meaning of ergo), the legs, head, shoulders—in fact the whole corpus of the aforesaid biped—for a goose is biped—would be very much superior to an octagonal por.i:o t of, the winged felicity, and, therefore, he took the " boly and bones" of a la7ge "goose" not having the fear of the going before the judge of asiz before his eyes. In point of fact, as the "geese" belonging to the house had taken such a bad habit of flying, Inspector Horne was put on to watch, and the tesuit of his " look out" was, the capture of Mr. William Ennis, with one of the finest birds belonging to the " house" in his posses sion, and what " was more," it was "screeching roaring hot," so hot, that when the inspector took hold of it, a lasting impression " was left on his digits, and probably " lime water and oil ' will form a portion of the inspector's toilet ingredients for a fortnight or three weeks to come, Mr. Ennis declared he was taking home the " goose " to "press " (he did not mean the newspaper press) a "navvy's" jacket, but this assumption being repudiated, he was sent to live on " bread and water "—cold water, too, at this season—" for and during the space of seven days," in default of paying a fine of lOs for taking the goose without liberty." BEFORE MR. AIKEN. TIIII SAILORS' HOME.—A young woman, named Martha Hamill, was charged with being drunk and disorderly at the Sailors' Home ; and it appeared, from a statement made by Mr. Parkinson, the governor of the bridewell, that the prisoner had been forty-nine times before the court. Mr. Aiken said the scenes about the Sailors' Home, caused by unfortunate females, were disgraceful and disgusting, and had grown to such excess that they must be put down. He was resolved to punish females and others who were brought before him from the Home, and he trusted the police would attend to this place. He sent the girl to gaol for one month. [W e can bear evidence to the troth of the observations made by the worthy magistrate. The scenes are frightful, and it is really astonishing that the police are so utterly careless. We trust, after this notice, that the officers will attend to their duty in this respect.—En. N. T.] DISGRACEFUL CASE OF WIFE DESERTION William Ducker, a watch and chronometer maker, appeared before Mr. Selfe, at the Thames P o li ce eaurt on Tuesday, on a summons, charged with refusing to maintain his wife, Susan Ducker, and leaving her chargeable to the hamlet •of Mile-end Old Town. The prisoner, who had been arraigned about a month back upon a charge of bigamy, in answer to the present charge, said that his wife had been cohabiting with another man, and called several witnesses to prove his statement. The following. is a sample of the evidence :—John Docker, the prisoner's brother, who said he was a watch finisher, was called. It was soon apparent he was partially intoxicated, and he nodded his head and repeatd the words of the oath when it was administered to him. He said that the prisoner left his wife two and a half years ago, and (hiccup) she was the most disreputable (hiccup) that is in the word e Mr. Selfe ; Now tell me what she did ? The witness, who could scarcely keep an upright position in the witness box, said that Mrs. Daeker was residing with a sister of his in Salmon's lane, Lime house, after her separation from her husband, Ile went to see her there—yea, it's all ri g ht—h e wen t t o see h er t h ere —one Fairlop Sunday; yes, he recollected it well; Fairlop Sunday ; all right. Mr. Selfe ; Attend, sir ; was it after your brother parted with his wife or before ? Witness : After, sir, after ; well, sir, I slept with her, she wanted me to do so. Mrs. Ducker : Villain, scoundrel ! it's false. Witness : Yes, I slept with her on the hearth rug all night. She wanted me to commit adultery with her. Mrs. Ducker : Infamous liar l it's false. Wit ness : Duty bound to tell the truth; all right; I know what I am about. Mr. Selfe indignantly ordered the witness to leave the box, and said his conduct was most disgraceful, and he ought to he ashamed of himself to come into court drunk, and swear he committed adultery with his own brother's wife, lie asked the prisoner if he had any further evidence to produce. The prisoner: No, nothing further than that. Mr. Selfe said the prisoner had left his wife and married another woman; and, supposing the evidence of the last witness to be true, it would not absolve the prisoner from the obligation of main taining his wife. A more disgraceful case he had never heard of. The prisoner must pay 7s. per week for the maintenance of his first and only wife. The pr'soner said he would rather go to prison than ply her a farthing. Mr. Belfe repeatedly urged on the prisoner to come to an arrangement for an alto mance, but he obsti nately refu-ed. Mr. Selfe then said : The prisoner is sentenced to ten days' imprisonment, and hard labour ; and if he does not maintain his first wife when he comes out of prison, lie will be sent to prison as a rogue and vagabond fora much longer period. Tim NEW MARITIME LAW.—The Government of Holland has given in its assent to the principles" of maritime law which were laid down by the Congress of Paris, THE GREAT NORTHERN RATI.WAY FRAUDS.—Leopold Redpath 'and Charles J. C. Kent.will be again placed at the bar of Clerkenwell Police Court to -mot - row, when Mr. Giffard, who is at present conducting the prosecution, will lay hare a series of frauds of a different character to those whioh have already undergone investigation. It will be remembered that ou the last occasion one witness, who had been engaged in examining. the e -mpany's hooks, found £IO,OOO deficiency in a few transactions, and it is understood that there are a large number of similar cases which could be established against the prisoner, Mit which will not be gone into, as 'it is only desired to take as many as will justify the magistrate in committing the prisoners for trial. Up to the present time the only cases proved (with one exception) have been those in which Red path has placed the figure one before the original figures in the book, a proceeding by which he netted £l,OOO on each transa action. He did not operate exclusively, but resorted to more ingenious artifices which yielded far larger returns, and which will be found fully to bear out the extraordinary statements with regard to his defalcations when the case first came before the public. It will also be the object of the prosecution to show that in more of the frauds than those which have been mentioned the younger. prisoner, Kent, has been implicated. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine has been retained to conduct the prosecution when the two prisoners are placed at the bar of the Old Bailey ; to which place they will be committed for trial as soon as the depositions at the Clerkenwell Police Court are completed. Coininerrtal Entrltignice, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. —Nov hpeu The market continues quiet to-day, the demand hag moderate, the supply plentiful, and prices are about 010, ained. The sales—including 300 Maranharas 70 to 100 Bahias t 60, 20 Pernambncos lid to Sid, 100 EVP tia ,: o s , o Eqd, 500 Surats 4id to al—are reported 6,000 b ale of which 500 are on speculation and for export. • LIVERPOOL PRODIJOE AI A.RKET. - -l-T °Y •„7 . et, - &roan : There has been more demand to -day , 11 7 ( 1 50 0 full rates have been realised ; the business coraPr e . - tis a t bags syrup Cossipore at b2s 6d, 2,900 mats lgaur',2tlibia• 495, 4,000 mats clayed Manilla at 48s, and 2,800 bags m to arrive, at 33s per cwt in bond. ranSaCt WO MOLASS4E, RUM, AND COFFEE: We have no t to ne. RIC ot E ic : 1,360 bags Bengal are reported at Vs 9 d P er cwt. A t 39 3 p er SALTPETRE: 120 tons; to arrive, are report I cwt for 5 per cent refraction. .. 99 W e l SHELL LAC: At the auctions this mornin& qs 6- orange realised 60s 6d to 61s, and 65 cases blocky to 53s per cwt. r evi t 'A myeAeoLAme: 100 hags, all faults, sold at s 7 , 6. FusTic : 45 tons, indirect, realised .15 5 3 to a."' per ton. pe , Part r O n * a ll JUTE : 450 bales (diamond B, No. 3 ) at 42l lirmp: We have also to notice 200 bales SOO faults, at £l7 per ton all round. _ _ 06. AGRICULTURA.L PRODUOE MA RKET. 41 4 ° a 2 Per stone, 01bg. ! Per 90110. go' 6 0 . 10 4) , ft a. d. s. d. Po!atoes, Seedling s 3 to 9 0 Hay, 01d...... oBto 0 9 Ditto, Kemp& •••• 2 10 to a 10 Ditto, new.. 0 6 to 0 8 Ditto. White rocks•• a 5 to ; 6 Ditto, clover 0 6 To 0 7 Ditto, Balshavrs • • :, 4 to ', $ Green Clover Vetches 0 0 to 0 0, Ditto, cattle • ..... 0 Strax, wheat . o2ito 0 3}! Per ton. wo • Ditto, oat Ditto, barley Oats, in strati 0 2 i to 0 3i - Purnips ............ 17,.. 0 to 0 0 0 IManure . ......... 26. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. at The sugar market has a very firm appearaP s g t; terday's prices, and it is rather difficult to bill 0 00 to day and there is not a public sale, but a jargetract of general business has been done by private con oeS .00st• all descriptions, both on the spot and in car g Refined firm, low to fine lumps 59s to 623. di At 529. COFFEE : Common native Ceylon has been 6° No public sale today. oo' .„ 1 yes - SALTPETRE : The advance of Is 6d, Vat"' when refraction 3 sold at 48s, and refraction B ,i s se not only fully supported, but a further advancrical• for parcels on the spot, and has been paid for r a . 012 0 " DRUGS : The large public sales are going c' m showing any material alteration in prices. COTTON : 100 bales sold. RICE continues to wear a firm appearance . . proof RUM: 200 hhds of East India sold at 2s 3 .l°' ' In other articles no material alteration. 26. „ o . s LONDON TALLOW MARKCT.--o°%',.rentl3- The market is firm. The following are the °"'; ,t, Cations:—Town tallow, 57s nett cash; PetersberDjoulm, the spot, 58i 6d; November to December, 58s a c t ; to March, 58s 3d. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—No/. 26 ' bste c is till gg The demand for fine new and yearling hop s and prices are fully maintained. LONDON CORN MARKET.—N OI * ..49 et "e The supplies of foreign wheat and oats this vve ... 3 , been liberal, but of other articles only wheat trade showed a little more firmness, en o f ge l tbe cases a trine improvement was obtained upon of Monday last. Barley firm, at the decline of last market. moderetcrin Botee; Oats were in some instances 6d per qr dearer. Beans and pease unchanged. 1 . ~,, 2 6 ' ARRIVALS INTO LONDON FROSI NOV. 2 4 To ._=------------' pro r ro o s io Soo Wheat Barley Oats Malt. English and Scotch 127 0 1669 50 630 650 0 I 1590 Flour, 100 sacks, 1,670 barrels. 26. but LONDON MINING MARKET.—il°'' cafe' Business in British mining stocks i s rather 1011 . ut i the market remains firm - in character. ~,, 0 0°° °b - c a In the Stock Exchange . to-day the only tem , — 0 30 h a re of some transactions in Cobre shares, whi c t he 561 and 56. Cons I° o o ' -^ Subjoined is a list of yesterday's transac-ldy Der 91 ,. Mining Exchange :—Great Alfred, 10 9- 16 ; CodeLlll4 iP 20s 6d, 21s 6,1 ; Par Consols, 211; Sortridge n ol, '-- i ; I nUntiht the Stock Bank, stoek 11-16, i ; Wheal Edward, 23, I ; Wheal Trelall- ~t. 0 0 `,, t 3 E B i Exchange LAlfred C 15i; pt Consols, 10! ridge Consols, 21; Great Wheal Alfred , 1v " Frances, 91; East Alfred, =l,Bs 6d, 193 6a. SHIPPING IN I'Er ,LIGENCF' LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 27. s(t , than R WATa—Xforn. 11 9 — Even , 11 24 -kie,ght, • 1 111$ 1 6# Cora O. ;0 4 St. 000 ARRIVED. Nov. 26 - ... Rangoon !Meat PhilatlelphialUnion Pictou ;Sirius Nonpareil Pacific Aiol . r ors ; 0 0 0 , lliary Lloyd • • • ••; se ' th .,10 .0 01 0 . , .New York !I-I a: tiara and Eliza" C AB 6 o .. Santander Mar 5...... •• •": . . Dutufne, laven ...... ••••".......' osn o g Cardiff Hugh Luens• ••" .• • ',:t fil i st . Plymouth 'Cloedn .. .... •.• ... :.., Po• 00 . Whitehaven iohn and Willta .. . ...! ...• _ .. Carnarvor: Marys ....... be srld: ENTERED FOR LOADING. .00;„plow,g '' V' ... • • IZiska. • • ......... ~ . .„/e v i „JO , Sverige . A fricalVesta ................ .„ e 'iladrp , Hortense ... Antwerp Irene ....... .....„ L od• s ie Sirius ' City of Manchester .. Charles ton,North American' • ~ 11. f sa ef Douro (s.s.) Coru nn a, Algol \` ea unlicoat •• ' ...• • .9i cell Earl Powis .......... Havannah'Conquest ...... ;....• • . 'irerl -00 Parana Lima; Martin Friedric...... Trio Emilia Julia Lisbon Mexicana .. Sea Lark S Melbourne. Nile ...... •• • Nov. 26 Atlantic (s.) Rita (s.s.) Enterprise , Iron Age (s s ) Mariner Red Rover. Unicorn Montreal Nov. 25 Toronto .. ell e° ---' , ..c_ fro le OUTPORTS. uerbe." AO ~ , andt oT.llceoponlizkni Queenstown,. onei.cadeN, :AoNi o.y. , N av2.b6. 0 2. 2— v_ 2s . . 4_7- 2 1 m 4 eop . „. — f ti .:_t A eDlT, r na r Alh i h v en_ o e d Eduri — sierae C :s a , r i ll f tt tar. di li : n:0 7 :iiv:::„., ,,,,. : 0 1 fg o xr t t ho E n tf - r 00 C o s , I 0 4 1 : 1 1 1 . 0 isv , . : 0 ; 0 0 Liverpoo', leaky. Commerce , „,c,., for Liverpoo.. , . ) SO P ' Plymouth, Nov. 24.—Arrived—The Ethiope 0.- ' ' . Ca r Afrim for Liverpool. flordeS°lffOta. . Dublin, Nov. 25.—Arrived—The Emily. fro m ,„,,eoelt , ~; 14.°' Falmouth, Nov. 2C—Arrived—The Felicity, " stantinople. , ot St. J ''' '''' Greenock, Nov. 25.—Arrived—Wapel'a, t re Margaret, and Mary Leonard, Quebec. . , cO ,, t ir. MARITIIIE EXTRA. 6I.B * t the cIoOLV Liverpool, Nov. 26.—A schooaer got athtga r a r ifteo e r el° - , tlie Rangoon, yes' . erday afternoon, and both ves sels 00 0°1 W. b )e r river. The United States steam tug h,s got th w ,. 65,,„, eh t li . e A boat seas picked no, Nov., 8, in lat. 41 N", we re t; be Neptune, arrived here yesterday. In the w be e g i w i ch, I .. .l r set i co olf meters, a spyalass, and several papers in ' r was '" pd. ' u sri, rating of the chronometers. One chronometer 84, sil o ns 0 0 4 Jne Barris, 576, and the other Arno!cl and Ve n ,, t ,' caf_ ta .de 2 0 01 No. 998. In a mem. book was writ: en Mar''' e nt 1 . - is a l ' 001 and amongst other entries was one of a Per n i pe , l 4l° 010:0 4 . Plata, Aug. 4, 1856, of £lB sterling.— rget a '„!, pat i P t :t tbt r rit s l : railed from Porto Piata for llamhuuh, Aug. ''"'„d so"' lies ' el l Sept. 3, under jury masts, and was condenn .ed a t he . ..the io rl —The flat Enterprise arrived here y,•sterdar frog go.Kl: to 0 6 E %, with rigging, and a f,w cases and one hal e ~ blot' d asoL l e Bee, for Rangoon, in hi ting from the Citiel n fl,,t 0,,,,c1 ._„310 int° a or. .1. w i docks, In the fog yesterday morning, ran ',-- d yhich ",,i eV' 0 01 0 Queenstown, Nov. 24.—The Osprey 0- ) ; - but e" lea h er day, was in con tect, last night, with a OW' ; n o ,0 - doing any material danove. . h pat '. 3 " - r ece The Sea Lion, from Magagnadavie. 0 1)1 ,5,010 1 ' Bay, 24th inst., was waterlogged. A stearm,'ool• this morning (Thursday), to tow her to Lver') SPOKEN. Jo S$ if• • 5: ool' Nov. 20.. Sarah Helen, from Gangin for Llve r r • • kP C • id* Sept. 21.. Nazarine, for San Francisco—. ••• • • • •• • _. a wl '- FOREIGN FORTS• calopic.4 A fric in (g.s.). Richardson, from Syra at Constantinople. „ie WO Fernandes, Contente hence at Lisbon. . 4 1pOr 0 0), Pi , cenix, Wendt. henna at Cqxhaven• Cco ft" Li verP Joigon, and African (s.s.)—both hence at , e for , Se l°. Northumberland sailed from ConstantinoP fri , 10. at S• Faro, hence at Billion. b he or- 00 0. Isabel, Cargill) •and Malr Anne, Lats—b°l.,o st ° Phoebe (s.s.), Kenneth, fr om Constantllwr i lt‘ IC Ile °f BIRTH' ton. g be Ever ugh tet• On the 22nd inst at 3. Albert-street. lif Charles Carlisle, detective. f u„, r ofa 4 0 police o •-e . _AO' t 0 4..... t or MARRIAGES' yalltne r kW 0 0 ' On the 24th inst., at St. Saviour's Cbureh...sasodos er''. the Rev. G. W. Warr, 51. A., incunabent. '" ~ b t t dila Charlotte Hazel]. ~. j 0510... On the 25th inst., at St Luke's Churcb. , 74, to fessor of music, eldest son of Nir. Peter St L'" of W. Blaster, Esq., of Nottingham. 00 1 r 7.2. Births, AN" 1 Ai arz iages. and Deaths, are only te't" to our ()ince duly authentica SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. PO POSTPONEMENT OF IPSVirlu Aorl ) The he snow h t eSteer falling e e h l as ng heavily. e s'ar YeB . E postponedl tAir Until bee, the n W I NDSOR RACE fO S'• •rig 11 seS 0 CIO OWI ANDICAP STEEPLECHASE.-- T he paid forfeit :—Little Charley, Wiliam, and Empress. ARRIVED.—Cervus, Spinste r, anl PielcPc'elcet' 00 1 ' BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.---S1 T WO THOUSAND GU INSATSTAKO• 6 to 1 agst Loyola—taken 6 ••• 1 Lambourne.—taken•ken I Lord of the Hills--ta • 7 1 ... 1 Drummer—taken Itet3;ll 1... Mr. Howard' s lot---ta A :12 to 1 agst BlinnEkBl.3llonny--taken: 14 ... 1 ... Loyola—tak en. 16 "- 1 ••• Tournament —taken 25 ... 1 M.D.—taken 25 -•• 1 ••• Saunterer—taken k_ 25 1 L a dy fiavythorn—taeu 25 1 Zuyder Zee—take..o 30 •-• 1 ••• Saun terer—taken,