The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-26 00:00:00

ONE PENNY STAMPS. PENNY STAMPS. —Numerous applications have been may LETTERS BY THE Posr.—Letters by the post, acknowledg ing the safe arrival of any bills of exchange, bank notes or other promissory notes, or other securities for money, are exempt from receipt duty ; but if the receipt of money be ac knowledged, a stamp is required. The exemption is confined to the mere acknowledgment of the safe arrival of such bills of exchange, bank notes, or other promissory no t es or secur iti es. I t is not intended' to give to the letter the effect of a discharge for money, butsimply to authorise the receiver of the securities to convey the sender the information that they have reached the hands of the person intended. If, therefore, the letter of acknowledge ment contain any intimation relating' to the appropriation of the money represented by the securities, by signifying that credit has been ?given for the amount, or that it has been placed to account, it is no longer covered by the exemption, but becomes a receipt chargeable with stamp duty. Instead, however, of enclosing a se p ara t e f orma l rece i pt in any such case, it ill only be requisite to affix an adhesive stamp to the letter of acknowledgment ; at tote same time cancelling it by writing the initials or a portion of the signature to the letter upon it. The documents, the safe arrival of which may thus be ac knowledged by post without a receipt stamp, are bank post bills, Bank of England and country bank notes, letters of cre dit, postoffice orders, cheques, (stamped or unstamped), bills, drafts, and orders for payment of money of every descrip tion, whether due or not. Where advice is given by letter to a person that money has been paid to his credit, a letter in return, merely acknow ledging thereceipt of the letter containing such advice, is not chargeable as a receipt ; but any intimation that the money has been received is liable. REcuTPT FOR TAXES. —By the recent act, receipts for land tax, assessed taxes, and property and income tax, are exempted from stamp duty ; but there is no exemption in any of the stamp acts of receipts for any other rates or taxes. Special exemptions from receipt duty contained in acts of parliament are not affected by the recent act. Dnerrs on ORDERS. —A bill of exchange, draft or order for the payment to the bearer, or to order on demand, of any sum of money, of whatever amount, whether drawn upon a banker (excepting as herein-aftermentioned), or upon any other person is chargeable with the stamp duty of one penny, and may be written on stamped paper, or an adhesive stamp may be used. Ali other bills of exchange, drafts, or orders at or after Night or after date, for the payment of money amounting tO 40s, or upwards, are chargeable with stamp duty as here tofore, It is right, however, to state that all negotiable or trans ferable drafts for sums under 20s, are illegal ; when there fore a payment is intended to be made by draft of a sum ender 205., the draft should •not be made payable either to bearer or to order, but only to the party in whose favour it is drawn. In any such case, if it be payable on demand it will require the penny stamp ; if otherwise than on demand it will not require a stamp. A draft or order payable . generally, without reference to any stated period after the issuing of it, is payable on de mand ; and any draft or order, though not made payable to bearer or to order, is chargeable with the same amount of duty as if so payable, if it be delivered to the person in whose favour it is drawn, or to any person on his behalf. PROMI9SORY Nun:e.—No alteration has been made in the duties on promissory notes, except that bankers' deposit notes or accountable receipts are not now chargeable with duty, notwithstanding the import that interest is to be paid. The exemption in favour of these notes is not affected by reason of their containing any stipulation that the money is not to be withdrawn for a specified period or without notice. LETTERS OP CREDIT.—AII documents or writings usually termed letters of credit are declared by law to be bills, drafts, or orders for the payment of money, and chargeable with alum y A letter of credit payable on demand must be on a penny stamp; but if the credit be not given until a specified day, or until advised, it is a bill of exchange payable after date, and must be stamped accordingly, CHEQUES ON BANKERS. —A cheque on a banker payable to bearer on demand is not liable to stamp duty, provided that it be issued within fifteen miles of the place where the banker carries on his business': That the place of issuing be truly specified in it : That it be dated on or before the day on which it is issued, and not after : And that it do not direct the payment to be made by a bill or note. The most frequent irregularity in regard to cheques is the issuing of them at at a distance of more than fifteen miles from the banker on whom drawn. A cheque so issued is, if not stamped, illegal ; and the person issuing it, and the banker knowingly paying it, incur the penalty of 1001. each ; and the person k now i ng ly rece i v i ng it in payment or as a security incurs a penalty of 20/, The place at which a cheque is to be considered as issued is that where the drawer parts with the possession of it ; and if it be transmitted by him through the post, the place of issuing is that where it is posted. An unstamped cheque drawn and issued as above may be circulated at any distance from the place of issue without affecting its validity. Thus a cheque drawn in London upon a London banker may be sent by post from London to Glasgow, or elsewhere, and negotiated there for any period. One of the objects in reducing the stamp duty on certain drafts to one penny, and in providing adhesive stamps, was to enable persons residing at a distance from their bankers to conform to the law at little expense and with perfect convenience. Persons residing beyond the distance of fifteen miles from their banker, whether such residence be occasional or permanent, ought to be at all times provided with stamps, as any infraction of the law subjects them to a penalty. A draft irregularly issued cannot be afterward made valid by affixino a stamp to it. The object and effect of crossing a cheque with the name of a banker seem to be much misunderstood, inquiries being frequently made of the board respecting the practice, in re :o4 t f/ w~ ;` ti A POPULAR EXPLANATION OF THE STATUTE REQUIRING A STAMP DUTY OF ONE PENNY ON RECEIPTS AND ORDERS FOR MONEY, AND OF SOME PROVISIONS OF FORMER ACTS REARING THEREUPON. to the commissioners of inland revenue on various questions relating to the stamp duties on receipts and orders for money granted by an act of the last session. The commissioners consider it advisable to print a short statement, referring to the principal points on which their opinion has been sought, hoping thereby to afford genbral and correct information, and to promote the convenience of the public. RECEIPTS.—The stamp duty payable upon a receipt ,given for any sum of money amounting to 40s. or upwards is id., to be paid by the person giving the receipt. The receipt may either be written upon stamped paper, or an adhesive stamp may be affixed to the paper upon which it is written; but an the latter case the person giving the receipt must himself cancel the stamp by writing his initials, or some por tion of his signature, over it, before he delivers it, under a penalty of £lO. A receipt cannot be made valid afterwards by affixing a stamp. A person giving a receipt for money amounting to 40s. or upwards without a stamp, subjects himself to a penalty of £lO ; and if, when 40s. or upwards is paid, a less sum than 40s. be specified in the receipt with the view to avoid the duty, or any other contrivance or device be used for the like purpose, a penalty of £5O will be incurred. A. party refusing to give a receipt incurs a penalty of £lO. Any note, memorandum, or writing whatsoever given upon the payment of money, signifying that an account has been discharged, or that money has been paid, or credit given, is a receipt liable to stamp duty. If, therefor e , the person receiving money write, or by means of a stamp nu press upon any bill of parcels or invoice the word " paid," "settled," " balanced,' " discharged," or any words of a like import, intended to signify the payment of money, he must at the same time, if the paper be not already stamped, affix thereto an adhesive receipt stamp, and cancel the same by writing his initials or some portion of his signature thereon. If he omit so to do, he will incur a penalty of £lO, and the memorandum will be of no avail to the person to whom it isven. nucrfes made by persons receiving money in pass books kept by the persons paying the money, are receipts ; and for every such entry made without affixing a stamp, and writing over the stamp, as herein-before stated, where the payment amounts to 40s. or upwards, a penalty of £lO is incurred. On every occasion when money amounting to 40s. or up wards is paid, whether it be on a sale by auction or other ready money dealing, or the payment of wages, or on a transaction of any other kind or description, if any receipt be given it must be on a stamp ; and so, likewise, must a receipt for money paid on account. Receipts, discharges, or acknowledgments given upon pay ments made by or with bills, drafts, notes, or other securities are declared by law to be receipts chargeable with stamp duty. Any receipt, therefore, given on such an occasion, or any memorandum signifying that a bill, draft, note, or other security has been given or delivered in satisfaction or on account of any demand, must be stamped. RECEIPTS UPON BILLS OR NOTES. —Receipts written upon promissory notes, bills of exchange, drafts or orders for the payment of money, duly stamped, or upon bills of exchange drawn out of but payable in the United Kingdom, are exempt from duty. The receipts here alluded to are receipts for the money specified in such documents, given on the payment thereof. A special receipt, therefore, written on a bill or note when paid, intended to operate as a discharge of any particular de mand, besides that arising on the bill or note itself, requires a receipt stamp. Except in the case of bills drawn abroad, an unstamped receipt indorsed is valid only where the bill or note is duly stamped. A receipt, therefore, on an unstamped cheque, for the contents, is not valid without a receipt stamp. To make the cheque available as a voucher, it should be d rawn p aya bl e to order, instead of to bearer, and a one penny draft stamp affixed thereto. Where money due upon a bill or note is payable by instalments, the payments may be written off on the back of the bill or note by the holder; but if a receipt be given to :the person making any such payment, it must be stamped. ference to the receipt stamp duties. A cheque is not in any way affected by being thus crossed ; the crossing merely amounts to a request to the banker not to pay the cheque, except through a banker ; but this request he may :alto gether disregard : it does not and is not intended to import a receipt, and neither creates a necessity for a stamp, nor makes a stamped receipt unnecessary. A FEW MOMENTS IN A RAGGED SCHOOL A gentleman who was induced by the appeal of an excel lent clergymen in this town to undertake the instruction of a class in a ragged school, wished me, as I was a stranger, to accompany him, and see how it was conducted. I had never been in a ragged school at the time of in struction, so I consented to go with him merely for curio sity, not intending to remain more than a few minutes, as I always had a repugnance to such society. We were rather early; none of the teachers having ar rived. The room, however, was tolerably filled with a curious assemblage of strange creatures, both male and female. The girls conducted themselves very well, and were sitting in quiet expectancy; but the boys, who were more numerous, amused themselves in a variety of ways. The moment we entered the room, their attention was directed towards us ; we immediately became the object of their criticism, and they expressed themselves in so comical a manner in our very hearing, that I was quite amused. We were scarcely in the room when we were made sensible of our want of manners by the cry " ' ats of !" to which we, of course, gave prompt attention. Several of them then came round me and asked me to teach them, laughing all the while, and evidently caring very little whether I did or not. I asked them would they wish me to teach them. "Yes, to be sure," said they, " cum, teach us." One of them then took from the wall a board, on whicil come short and expressive sentences were printed, and coming tv me with it, read over in an indistinct and rapid manner the ilmt three, which, if my memory serves me, were, " Learn to read," Learn to write," —Teach me to pray," indicatin g th e wor d s , as h e went along, with his finger. But his irregular spirit could no longer submit to such restraint; so he introduced some original sentences about "bread and plums and buttered rolls," pretending all the while that he was reading these, too, off the board. The effect of this was a general laugh among his com panions. I could not help smiling at so strange a scene ;„and I felt an interest for these poor neglected creatures. Though I had only intended to look about a little, I could not resist the impulse to say a few words to them, so I made him replace the board, and bade them to be seated ; but this restless little urchin appeared to think of nothing but how he might amuse himself and excite mirth among his com panions. I was quite at a loss to know how to deal with him. After a little thought I reslved to try what effect an ap peal to his sense of shame would have upon him, so I showed him how he had become the laughing -stock of his com panions by his buffoonery, and that he was mistaken if he considered that room a place for amusement. I was surprised to find how soon this course had effect upon him. He sat down quietly and looked quite abashed. I told him how glad he should be to have such a place provided for his benefit, where he might derive instruction if he wished to receive it, and that he would be acting the part of a very silly, foolish boy, if he did not resolve to profit by the opportunities presented to him 'for becoming a good man. I pointed to the board, and made him read over aloud the sentences it contained, and after making a few observations on the first two, I dwelt more particularly upon the third, " Teach me to pray." I asked him did he understand what prayer meant, and did he pray ? He replied, " I says God's prayer, and more, too," but could not for a long time induce him to repeat it for me. He thought he would be ridiculed by the others, " Think I'll have all them 'eer laughing at me ?" I promised I would not suffer him to be laughed at, and to encourage him made all the other boys repeat it. He then at last began, and I felt so gratified that I thought to encourage him more by helping him on with it ; but I was well nigh losing all by this presumption. •He got quite offended, and would not say any more. " Think I don't know it without your telling me—l ain't no soft. " I was taken quite aback by this unexpected display, and did not well know what to do. I had all along adopted the gentle treatment ; but here was behaviour which called for rebuke, and I was at a loss to apply it to so much combus tible without the certainty of an explosion. My first method of appealing to his sense of s h ame suc ceeded so well that I thought I would adopt it here also. Accordingly, I showed him how unbecoming his exhibition of temper was on such an occasion ; that he surely could not have been thinking that he was repeating a prayer to God ; he could not have understood the meaning of " hal lowed be thy name," "thy will be done," "forgive us our trespasses, " because that he could not suppose, that flying into passion and saying bad things were pleasing to God, that God would not listen to the praye rs o f w i c k e d peop l e, ko 1.10 ilquao ;.1 cervix nliiltit they were addressing him in prayer. He listened to all I said in silence and evident attention ; and when I asked him to repeat the prayer once more, ho did so without hesitation. Whilst I was thus engaged, the regular teacher came, and I retired, not without the reflection, that our poor ragged children are in a deplorable state, and that, withal, their hearts hardened, though they appear quite accessible if ap proached in the right way. Not one of those thoughtless, wild, and wicked little beings but could be made serious, gentle, and pious. I could not help thinking that ragged schools mi g ht b e made the means of thoroughly reforming these children, now sunk so low in ignorance and degradation --unguided in any action by fear of God or regard for man. It is to be regretted that the higher classes know so little of the state of these schools. They are aware of their exist ence, but few have any experience of their internal manage ment. They cannot bring themselves to take a personal interest in, and busy themselves with, such filthy little creatures. But if they reflected for a moment, what a world of good they might do, they would not hesitate to endure a little inconvenience for so praiseworthy an object, and instead of feeling repugnance to, they would, in a little time, feel an interest and a _pleasure in the occupation. They would not only go themselves, but they would strive to enlist others in the work, and endeavour to respond to the calls of the clergy, who invite their needed assistance. All, lay and clergy, should join in making known the claims of these poor children. Nor should they rest, till they know that not a single child in this town was neglected, but had the opportunity of learning his duty towards God and man. Liverpool, Soy. 23rd, 1853. AItMATOS. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SELECT VESTRY. Yesterday, a special meeting of this body was held in the Parish-offices, Brownlow-hill, to elect a registrar in the room of Mr. Parr, lately deceased. The Rev. Rector Campbell presided. The other members present were, Messrs. Came, Gardner, Troughton, Hand, Sava ge , Craw ford, Shakeshaft, Whitby, Luff, Clarke, Mellor, Denton, Blain, Whitty, Moss, Bradley, and Hughes. There were no less, than twenty-three applicants for the situation, but those numbers were reduced by the finance committee, who selected three parties whom they recomm en d e d to theboard for appointment. The parties so recommended were Messrs. John Pilkington, Andrew Rourke, and John Pemberton, sen. Mr. HUGHES proposed Mr. Robert Bryden, whom he described as an old rate-payer ,of Liverpool, and who, in addition to being a man of many virtues, could lay claim to he the founder of the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' Associ ation, an institution which in the course of time would be the means of a very considerable saving to the funds of the parish. Mr. Bryden was a respectable man, and, although advanced in years, his intellect was as clear as ever. He possessed methodical habits, and such a kind of character as admirably adapted him to fill the situation. Mr Moss Ry cpronficse Mr Tirvripn',2 Mr. admitted t e justness of the eulogy pronounced on Mr. Bryden, who no doubt deserved well of the licensed victuallers of Liverpool; but Mr. Hughes had not laid down any sufficient reasons for proposing him as a candidate for the situation. He (Mr, Moss) should support Mr. Pilkington on the principle laid down by the board for some time past, and which he considered a very healthy one, that was of advancing meritorious servants, men who could look back with confidence to their past acts, and who had been faithful to their trust. Mr. Pilkington had been the parish scho o l mas t er , an d su b sequently the clerk of the parish cemetery. They would not be doing justice to them selves if his claims were overlooked. Mr. GARDNER proposed Mr. Smethurst, and after some conversation as to the mode of voting, the board proceeded to the election, and Mr. Pilkington was appointed registrar by a large majority. For Mr. Pilkington ;—The Chairman, Messrs. Carrie, Clarke, Mellor, Whitby, Moss, Savage, Hand, Crawford, Shakeshaft, Denton, an d Troughton. For Mr. Smethurst :—Messrs. Blain, Bradley, Gardner. For Mr, Rourke :—Messrs. Luff and Whitty. For Mr. Braden :—Mr. Hughes. The proceedings then terminated. THE STRANGE ISLANDERS. —The British brig Chatham was lately wrecked on an island of the Pacific hitherto un discovered. The captain gives an account of the adven tures of himself and crew thus :—" We were distributed among the people of the island, where we spent a most wretched night, expecting to be speared every moment. The next morning commenced our naturalisation. We were all drawn together and armed with spears, and marched off to the north end of the island, as we supposed, to be there sacrificed to their gods, for they have many; but the train ing ended well, and we were each taken to respecti ve houses a ga i n . F or several days this training was carried on, differing only as their modes of worship differ, according to which of the gods they worship. We then found out that we were cons id ered supreme beings, and that we had nothing fear as icing as they thought so. The natives worship idols, departed spirits of their own race, and have god-men, or a species of Pagan• priest, among themselves, whom they worship on particular occasions." THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. COUNTY COURT. v The Court sat at ten o'clock yesterday, when several unim portant cases were disposed of. CLANCY v. CLAUS : SPECIAL JURY CASE.—III this case the following jury was sworn :—John Crosthwaite, Robert Crookes, Wm. Christie, Wm. Carr, and Francis P. Colley. Mr. SIMON, with Mr. HIKE, appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. ASPINALL, with Mr. HOLDEN, appeared for the defence. Mr. SIMON stated the case. Mr. James Joseph Clancy was the plaintiff, and Mr. George Claus, defendant, and the action was brought to recover the sum of £5O, for brokerage, for a vessel called the Zuleika, which was freighted by the plaintiff on behalf of the defendant, as broker, in the month of January last. The plaintiff is a broker in this town, and the defendant is, or was, in the month of January, the owner of the Zuleika. In that month defendant instructed the plaintiff to effect a charter for the vessel to Australia. The plaintiff succeeded in meeting with a gentleman named Mr. McDonell, with whom he effected a charter for the vessel to Australia. The charter was effected upon the terms suggested by the defendant, with the exception of an addi tional condition that the charter was to be subjected to the underwriters' approval, before twelve o'clock the next day, the 26th, this being the 25th. The defendant approved of this new condition, and on the following day Mr. McDonell, called, together with the plaintiff, at the defendant's office, and there Mr. McDonell stated that he had seen the vessel, and that she would require considerable repairs. The de fendent expressed some surprise at this, but assented to the vessel undergoing any necessary repairs, and acceeded to the proposal of Mr. McDonell that she should be submitted to the approval of a Mr. Bissett, or a Mr. Alexander, but for some reason or other Mr. McDonnell refused to carry out the contract, although he had gone so far as to give instruc tions to have the vessel entered outwards, and also for ad vertising. The defendant then determined to effect another charter for the vessel, and he gave the plaintiff instructions to that effect. He offered the vessel out for charter gene rally, and the plaintiff, at his wish, endeavoured to obtain a new charter for him. SO anxious was the defendant to obtain a new charter that he employed several brokers for that purpose. At length the plaintiff succeeded iu effecting a charter for the vessel with Messrs. Deane, Yole, and Co., co Pernambuco. The charter was effected for the sum of £BOO. Mr. Clancy then applied for a settlement, and Mr. Claus settled for the second charter, but asked for a d e l a y o f the settlement with respect to the first until an action, which he had brought against Mr. M'Donell should be deter mined. The action was brought by Mr. M‘Donell to re cover the difference between the second charter, £BOO, and the first, £1,200. Mr. Clancy was called as a witness upon the trial, and the action ended in a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to a reference as to the damage to be assessed. After the trial, having waited for some time, Mr. Clancy again applied for a settlement of the account, but he was put off from time to time upon various excuses, but never, upon any occasion, on the ground that he was entitled to the broker age, or any portion of it. On one occasion he gave an order upon the defendant for £3O to a Mr. Kenwick. Mr. Ken wick called upon the defendant, who told him he was unable to pay the money at that moment, but added that there was a sum of £6O due to Mr. Clancy in respect of his commis sion. Subsequently he paid plaintiff £lO, leaving the sum of £5O due, for which the action was brought. He believed there would be an attempt made to deny that the plaintiff was entitled to the commission because of the result of the arbitration to assess defendant's damages; but he contended that this matter had nothing to do with the question, and that, according to the custom of the trade, the broker having done the work for which he was engaged was fully entitled to recover the amount of his commission. Mr. CLANCY was examined to prove the case, and stated the facts regarding the first charter, the withdrawal of Mr. M'Donell, the charter made with Messrs. Deane, Yole, and Co., his applications to the defendant for payment, and the excuses given regarding the commission upon the first char ter. His evidence merely bore out the statements of counsel. On cross-examination by Mr. Aspinall, the plaintiff stated that he was not himself aware what took place before the arbitrators, or whether they had made any order regarding the commission. Mr. KENWICK deposed to the fact of his handing to Mr. Claus an order for £3O from Mr. Clancy, which he said he could not then pay. Asked Mr. Claus what amount of com mission Mr. Clancy was to receive from him, and he replied £6O. , Mr. JOHN MURPHY, clerk to Mr. Clancy, stated that he was sent by Mr. Clancy, in August, to Mr. Claus, for payment of £5O remaining due of commission upon the Zuleika, and £2 Bs. for demurrage. Mr. Claus said he had"no money, and that he would see Mr. Clancy. Mr. ASPINALL addressed the jury on behalf of the de fendant. He said the case did not involve much contradic tion of fact, except that the defendant would deny the state ments, which must have arisen f r o m some m i sappre h ens i on, that he had ever made excuses of want of money to avoid payment of this demand, nor would the jury think it at all likely that a man in his position, and engaged in so exten sive a business, would have done so. The question involved principally required the custom o f th e t ra d e. M r. Claus had only received altogether £BOO, and £l7O for the use of the ship, and the question was whether the plaintiff was -en titled to receive £lOO as commission out of that amount lie thought it very unlikely that any custom could exist which would warrant such a demand, and un doubtedly the trade of shipbroker ought to be a very flourishing one if, when a ship had been fitted out by its owner with every necessary for a voyage, the owner only got £970, and the ship broker was to get £lOO for merely negotiating the charters. He should be able to call before them a number of gentlemen in the trade, who would tell them that the commission was only payable upon the entire amount received, or upon the two amounts added together, ands that it was not the practice, as suggested by Mr. Clancy, that such an enormous commission should be paid upon a charter party which was never fulfilled. If the arbitrators did not consider Mr. Claus entitled to recover the amount of the two charters, he contended that Mr. Clancy was clearly not entitled to receive the amount of the two commis sions. Mr. CLAUS was examined by Mr. Aspinall, and denied that he stated he had no money when called upon to pay the amount of the first commission, which he only declined doing because the question between Mr. M'Donell and him self was not decided. Mr. ASPINALL put a question to the defendant regarding the decision of the arbitrators, but the court declined to re ceive the answer as evidence. Mr. ANDREW MOORE, ship-broker, deposed that in the case of a charter depending upon conditions, the commis sion only became due when the conditions had been ful filled. Mr. JOHN. STRONG, ship-broker, was also examined, but was unable to say positively what the general custom of the trade was in such a case as the present. He believed the general custom was amongst respectable ship-brokers, that where a ship was put into the hands of a broker to charter her, and he did so, but afterwards that charter was never carried out, and that, at the orders of the owner, he made another charter upon which the vessel proceeded, commis sion was only charged upon that charter on which the vessel made the voyage. Does not think any respec table broker would charge commission upon both char ters. To Mr. Simox : Is aware of instances where disputes of that kind arose, and can speak from his knowledge oi them. Mr. Simorr replied to the evidence brought forward for the defence, contending that no answer whatever had been given to the claim made. His HONOR, in charging the jury, said the defence set up, as he understood it, was twofold, first, that the defendan never made any promise or undertaking whatever to pay the commission,—and secondly, that if he did so, he did it in ignorance of the real state of the law or custom upon the subject, and that he did nothing more th an ma k e a prom i se, under the supposition that he was entitled to do so, when he really was not. That being the nature of the defence which had been set up, it was for the jury to examine the evidence, and to see in the first DI aPP, if —.O evtdeuee rrom wiucu tu6 , could infer that the parties had perfectly under stood the terms upon which they were dealing, or that there really was a direct, express contract regarding what was to be done, and that both pa r ti e s un d ers t oo d the contract in the same way. If they believed that the parties had en tered into a contract which each understood, then any refe rence to a general custom was perfectly absurd. Whatever the, general custom might be, any two men had a right to make any contract they pleased. If the conduct of the parties left a doubt whether an express bargain had been made between them, then the jury would inquire into the general custom of the trade. In order to render that custom binding in such a case, it must be shown to be so general, or, he should rather say, so universal, that it should be taken as entering into the consideration of every bargain, whether expressed in terms or not. Now it was urged upon the part of the defendant that the charter never was performed. He was at a loss to know how the defendant could say as an ex cuse to that action that the condition of the charter was not performed when he himself had founded his claim against Mr. M‘Donell, upon th e very suppos iti on t h at i t had been performed. _ _ Mr. ASPINALL said the question was not upon the charter party. His HONOR : What was the action brought for ? Mr. ASPINALL : It was ruled by the learned judge, that it would not lie upon the charter-party as written, and there was a supposed verbal agreement male, His HONOR said the exact terms were quite unimpor tant. It was quite clear that Mr. Claus brought the action against Mr. M'Donell upon the supposition, that he had entered into a valid charter-party, binding upon both. He did not see how the defendant could have a right to say, at one and the same time, that the condition was not perform ed, and, therefore, he would not pay the broker, and in the next moment, that the condition was performed, and he would, therefore, sue the man who had entered into the charter party. His HONOR then read through all the evi dence, and again pointed out to the party the grounds upon Which they should proceed to consider their verdict. The Jury, after a short consideration, found a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed. His HONOR expressed his entire concurrence in the verdict given. The Court then adjourned. POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. David Marshall was charged with being on board of a Spanish ship now lying in George's dock, under very suspicious circumstances. Police-officer 243 stated, about half-past twelve o'clock the previous night he heard the captain of the vessel calling for assistance, and upon going on board the vessel he found the prisoner in the cabin, an asso ciate having made his escape before he could be apprehended. The captain of the vessel, through an interpreter, stated he found the prisoner in the cabin, but nothing had been re moved therefrom, nor had any of the locks been broken. The prisoner when detected pretended to be drunk, but was in fact, perfectly sober. He having been already seven times before convicted, the magistrate, Mr. Earle, said he was sorry that be had not taken something from the ship that he might be sent out of the country, and committed him to prison for three months. A BROTHEL ROBBERY.—David Hogan was charged with stealing three sovereigns and a coat, the property of a sailor, at a house near Tithebarn-street. It appeared that the sailor had accompanied a girl to the house adjoining that in which the prisoner lived, and upon his waking up he missed the coat and the money from his pocket. Police officer 505, stated he found the coat concealed in the prisoner's house. For the defence it was alleged that a young man, who had accompanied the prosecutor with another girl, and who had been in both.ho uses, had left it there, but this statement was most positively denied by the young man. A witness was called to prove the fact, but he failed in satisfying the bench, and the prisoner was committed for one month. STEALING PROVISIONS.—Fran Thomas was charged with stealing 81bs. of bacon and two loaves of bread, from a shop in Titchfield-street. The prisoner, quite a lad, was detected with the property in his possession, and having been repeat edly before the court, was committed for three months. STEALING A SHAWL.—Catherine Colborne was charged with stealing a shawl, the property of Mrs. Gordon, of Scotland-road. It appeared that the prisoner, in the early part of the preceding day, had borrowed the shawl from the prosecutrix, and upon returning it was asked to have tea. Shortly after Mrs. Gordon left the house, and when she went back again the prisoner was standing, ready to take her departure. About nine o'clock she missed the shawl, which she afterwards discovered had been pledged by the prisoner at a pawn-shop in Scotland-road. Committed for ten days fur illegally pawning the shawl. Several abandoned females, who had been given into the custody of the:police, were discharged, the complaining par ties not appearing against them. Corresponisenre. POLICE ESPIONAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SIR,—If I ask you to permit me to expose what I am sure every honest man will concur in desig nating a grievance and a wrong ; it is not so much to complain of an injustice as to expose, and, I hope, to aid in correcting, a system under which trade suffers, and morality is not improved. On Sunday last, two policemen, in the guise of railway travellers, accompanied by a boy who carried two carpet bags, visitec l my house in William•street. The hour was be,,xeen eleven and twelve o'clock, a.m. Having been admitted, they called for refreshment. I asked them what they I would have—tea with chops or steaks ? After a glance from one to the other, one of them replied that they would have two glasses of ale. To this I replied that I could not serve ale until after one o'clock, p.m. But when those persons found that they could not be served with ale, they declared they would have no other refreshment, and left the house. I did not know these men at the time ; but I have since found they were detectives in disguise. About a month previously, two of the same body came to my house at night, and finding the window of the tap-room open, the one raised and pushed the other through, who entered the house in that fashion, of course to see whether any person was drinking inside. Sir, I am sure you will agree with me that this system of espying after illegality, and tempting into a breach of the law, is opposed to justice as well as to all our habits, and that you will allow me through your columns to say that our borough council owe it to an important body, who pay heavy and peculiar burthens, to relieve them from this grievance.—l am, yours respectfully, WILLIAM ICIAEON. William-street THE POST OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, Liverpool, 25th November, 1853. Sir,—l sent my clerk to the chief Post-office to day to buy either ta shilling stamp or six two penny ones. The answer he received was that. they had neither the one nor the other ! This beautiful specimen of management in a public de partment deserves public notice and censure. Yours, S. G. [The " notice and censure" of which our corres. pondent speaks, and in which everybody will concur the case deserves, will be accomplished by the in sertion of his brief note.—En. N. D. T.] THE GREAT ONSLO IF MINES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SIR,—My attention has been drawn to a paragraph in your publication of yesterday, headed " The Great Onslow 11. tines," and purpo r ti ng t o b e th e s t a t ement o f a b o d y of !..iverpool gentlemen of high standing. This, I presume, is intended as a reply to a series of letters and correspondence extracted from the Carlisle Patriot, and published in yours of the 22d inst. I may therefore infer that these gentlemen, courting inquiry, are desirous of placing before the public, such facts connected with past proceedings, as will best enable them to judge of the present position and future pro 37)ects of these concerns, as well as of those connected - with them. For this purpose it will be well to divest the subject of all extraneous matter, and confine the attention altogether to a few of the allegations of the C trlisle _Patriot, and then let us examine the manner in which they have been disposed of by the Liverpool " gentlemen of standing" as aforesaid. Commencing with the letter of the 15th ult., and assum ing the facts there stated to be true, I find the following very pretty narrative of Onslow--accounts of a false dividend of highly-coloured reports—of large sums charged and re linquished without ceremony—of a water-wheel debited by the purser, which was already the property of the proprie tors—of his refusal to produce vouchers, transfer books, &c. —of the absence of cash and banking accounts—and of a glaring breach of the trust reposed by the adventurers in B. C. & Co. There are also in the subsequent correspondence several other charges, none of which ought to be associated with the friends of " men of high standing," and which, if cha racter or reputation is to be preserved, must at once be removed. In proceeding to examine the reply of the 23rd, we find not a word about the dividend—the reports—the £1,812 given up by B. C. and Co.—the water-wheel—or the missing books and vouchers. No reason is given why 25,000 shares have been quietly relinquished by certain gentlemen in Cornwall, in Liverpool, and in Carlisle ; no explanation is offered why in the latter place £4,000 is proposed to be dis tributed as hush money to certain troublesome proprietors, or why, in the former, Penquean shares have been dealt out wholesale to unfortunates, who are given to understand thoy are so, and have no remedy. No, these minutie are beneath the notice, or beyond the reach of, Liverpool gentlemen, and instead of which they give us statements of a new constitution--(or in other words "a new way to pay old debts"); then accounts of ths mauthe and copper now on hand—and Qontinue by alleging that it is usual in such mints not to calculate on returns for double the time this has been working. A prospectus is then pro mised, and an intimation that no shares are for sale. Now, my dear sir, did you ever in all your literary experience, publish such an attempt at refutation, or justiication as this? Or can you call it more than an attempt to explain away the charges of our northern friends ? Does the new constitution prove or improve anything—or does the copper ore replace the missing vouchers— ' and what are we to think of the allegation about the re turns, when we know that returns have already been made, and so far back as June, 1852 ? And how does this corres pond with the statements of certain gentlemen, who, for certain objects, assured not only men who could bear a loss, but even clerks, warehousemen, ay, sir, and also w id ows and orphans, that dividends would be paid frequently and regularly—commencing in May last ? This, sir, is not a statement without a basis ; it is known to many of as " high standing" as your correspondents, and will be proved upon oath, and in open court ere many months elapse. And fur ther, sir, it is untrue that there are at present no shares for sale ; there has, on the contrary, been many shares sold lately at a discount, and still there arp sellers if there can be found purchasers. Such, then, are the respective positions of the correspon dent of the Carlisle Patriot and the Liverpool "gentle man of standing," And such are a few of the facts now ready for the public. If this correspondence is provoked many more may be elicited, which will entail a disgrace upon the deserving lasting as their hopes of dividends. Yours, truly, NON-CONFORMIST. Liverpool, 24th November, 1853. [Our correspondent seems to forget that the matters of which he complains are of a date anterior to the appoint ment of the present management. Does he mean to say that the affairs are not now properly administered ?—En. N. D. T.] GOLD TO RUSSIA.—It is understood that a large sum in Russian half-imperials was on Thursday withdrawn from the Bank of England for shipment to St. Petersburgh and Odessa. PUBLIC WORKS IN AUSTRALIA. A deputation of gentlemen interested in railway commu nication between Sydney and Melbourne, waited upon the Duke of Newcastle, secretary of state for the colonies, at his official residence Downing-street, on Thursday. The deputation consisted of Mr. John Macgregor, M.P., Mr. Pigott, M.P. ; Mr. P. Grant, member of the legislative council of New South Wales ; George F. Young, &c., &c. The deputation having been indroduced to the noble duke, _ _ Mr. Macgregor said that the deputation had waited upon him as chief secretary for the colonies to submit for the con sideration of her majesty's government the outline of a pro ject for constructing a great trunk line of railway from Syd ney to Melbourne. The deputation thought it advisable that the colonial department of the government should be put in possession of the general:outlines of the undertaking before it had been introduced to the colony ; but they had every reason to believe that it would be favourably received by the inhabitants of Australia and the colonial legislature. The towns of Sydney and Melbourne might be regarded as the London and Liverpool of Australia. They were its two most important cities and ports, and the want of rapid, safe, and cheap land communication between them was se verely felt._ _ Mi. Dredged and Mr. Bull, the engineers, explained to the noble duke the route of the propose railway, which they stated would pass through the great gold fields of the south ern district, and near to that of Mount Alexander. It would also pass through or near all the principal towns and stations of importance between Sydney and Melbourne, and in a geographical point of view would give a seaboard to the valleys of the Lachlan Yass, Murrumbidger, and Murray. The total distance would be 500 miles, and of this about 250 miles would be on a dead level. The line would make a slight circuit in order to accommodate the wants of a rapidly increasing district ; but, notwithstanding, it would he 500 miles shorter than the high road. The distance between Melbourne and Sydney was 1,000 miles, but by means of the proposed railway passing at the back back of the Eastern Australian range it would be reduced to 500 miles. Owing to the favourable nature of the country and the abundance of materials at hand, the line could be constructed for £3,000 per mile, which was not more than the average cost of the railways in the United States, on the principle of which it was to be constructed. The greatest gradient is 42 feet per mile, and the prevailing gradients are from 15 to 20 per mile. The Duke of Newcastle inquired what was the estimated expense of the line ? The Engineer said that the capital proposed to be raised was £1,000,000. There was a line from Sydney to Goulburn in course of formation, of which a few miles had been made. The Sydney and Melbourne Company intended to take powers to buy that line or work over it, but their line would not oppose it. Mr. Plowright and other gentlemen having addressed the noble duke, The Duke of Newcastle said that he need not explain to Mr. Macgregor, with whom he had had repeated interviews on colonial subjects, that on a subject of this description the secretary of state for the colonies must really suspend any thing more than a general opinion of its importance, of which, however, in this case, there seemed to be no doubt. A line might look admirable upon paper, but he could not tell whether there might not be others which might not be better for the colony. On some occasions it was also known that there were jealousies between rival towns, and any overture for putting them in direct communication with each other might not be at first as much appreciated as it would be certain to be in the course of time. Under these circumstances he could not be expected to express any official opinion upon the undertaking, until it was fairly introduced to the proper authorities at Sydney and Mel bourne. Mr. Macgregor said that the deputation did not expect the noble duke to say more onthe subject at present; and in quired if the noble duke would forward the plans to the colonial authorities at Sydney and Melbourne ? The Duke of Newcastle said he would do so with pleasure, and that he would also forward any statement the deputation might like to make in writing. The deputation then thanked the noble duke for his cour tesy, and withdrew.—London Paper of yesterday. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. —YESTERDAY. (Written expressly for the Northern Daily Times) SUGAR has been taken rather more freely to-day, the sales consisting of 100 hhds Barbadoes, at 33s to 375; 670 bags Bengal, at 38s 6d to 39s for sound ; 240 hhds Porto Rico, at 32s to 35s 6d, with 40 brls at 378 6d V cwt. No sales have transpired in Molasses, Rum, or Coffee, but 500 bags Guayaquil Cocoa are reported at 34s V cwt. RICE.—The business is confined to 1,500 pockets good white Bengal, by public sale to-day, at 15s 6d to 15s 9d 1;9 cwt, ex quay. A small lot of fine Jute has realised £24 10s V ton. In other articles we have to notice 100 ba g s Saltpetre, at 29s 3d, 61 per cent. refraction; 60 barrels American red Cloverseed, all faults, at 52s 6d to 53s cwt ; a few serous of Cochineal, at 4s 5d to 4s 7d V lb ; and 10 tons Sapan Wood, all faults , at £l2 5s 19 ton. TEA.-The market has been rather quieter to-say, but keeps firm. Common Congon is offering freely at is aid V lb, without finding buyers ; about 5,000 packages, all faults, sold at auction to-day with spirit at full rates. REVIEW FOR THE WEEK. SUGAR.—The refiners have been free buyers this week, and have taken 800 hhds. B. P., with 3000 bags of Bengal, • includin g Khaur at 28s 6d, and to th e g rocers 1500 b ags o f coloury date, chiefly at 365, and 500 bags Madras at 29s 3d to 31s 3d per ewt.—Foreign.—There has been again a fair business in these descriptions, amounting in all to 60 cases and 2500 bags brown Brazil at 18s 9d to 20s 6d, 250 boxes Havana at 34s 6d to 35s 3d, and 100 hhds. Cuba Muscovado and Porto Rico at 34s 6d to 355 6d, besides a cargo of 500 cases brown Bahia at 21s per cwt., deliverable •at a near port on the continent. The only transaction reported in Molasses is 85 puns. St. Lucia, of ordinary qua lity, at 16s per cwt. to a distiller. Coffee.—The public sales of Jamaica went off with a fair spirit, and for the ordinary qualities full prices were realised ; 150 tees. have been dis posed of ; a few bags Bahia are reported at 465, and 700 bags St. Domingo at extreme rates ; also a c argo o f 2 . 800 bags Rio, afloat, at 45s per cwt. for a continental port. 700 bags black Pepper sold at 41d for Sumatra, and 414 to 444 per lb for Malabar. Rice.—A good business has been again done, at fully former rates; the sales are 10,000 bags Ben gal, to arrive and on the spot, at 15s 3d to 16s lid for good to fine table, and 14,000 bags Arracan, on th e spot, at 13s 72d to 13s 9d ; 50 tierces Carolina are also reported at 22s to 23s per cwt. Rum is quiet, the sales of all kinds not exceeding 100 puns., without change in price. The Tea market has been very animated during the week, both the trade and speculators having continued to operate freely, prices of all kinds show a further improvement; com mon Congous have moved from is 12d to is 30, but blackish leaf descriptions, although decidedly dearer, do not show a proportionate advance. Taasham and good arry Teas, out of the late arrivals, have brought ls 7dto is 10d, andallfirst-class Congous are held for full rates. Greens, of all descriptions, have also advanced in sympathy with other kinds. No sales reported in Indigo or Lac Dye ; 120 bags low Plate Lac sold at 345, 400 bags Bengal Turmeric, all faults, at lOs to lls 6d, 10 tons Myrabolams at 9s, 1000 bags of Sago Flour, to arrive, brought 21s, also 1400 bags of Pearl Sago, chiefly 17s 6d to 18s 6d, and fine 21s to 24s per ewt. ; 1400 cases Castor Oil offered, and 250 sold, at 3i-d for yel low, and 4d to 4 3 1 p per lb for good to fine, a few tons Ameri can Bees' Wax at £7 17s 6d per cwt. In Saltpetre, 500 bags sold at 29s 6d per cwt., for 5 per cent, refrac tion. Nitrate of Soda steady, but sales trifling. The sales of Dyewoods this week consist of 50 tons Cam peachy Logwood at £8 ss, small lots Jamaica a t £5 7 s 6d, 5 tons Cuba Fustic at £9 6s, 190 tons Savanilla at £6 15s to £6 17s 6d, 12 tons Sanders Wood at £7 10s, and 10 tons Bengal Sapan Wood at £l2 5s per ton. The demand for American Rosin continues brisk and extensive ; 2900 brls. have been sold at 6s 8d to 7s 3d per cwt, for common qua lity. No sales in Turpentine or Tar. A.shoo have been in active demand, and zeuo brls. have been sold at 28s for Pearl, and at 31s to 31s 6d per cwt. for Pot. Cloverseed has been more inquired for, but the sales made are only to a limited extent, at former rates. Linseed sells readily, 3000 bags Bombay bringing 55s to 55s 6d per quarter, ex ship Hides—About 4000 salted River Plate are reported, at 544 to 5-",4 for heavy Ox, and hild to 5d per lb. for light Ox and Cow. Brimstone has been in good demand this week ; sales are about 500 tons, including a cargo to arrive, at £6 7s 6d to .£6 17s 6d per ton.—ln Argols no sales are reported.-60 casks Tartar are returned, at 158 s to 160 s for Cream, 138 s to 140 s for yellow, 136 s for good grey, 128 s for fine brown, and 124 s per cwt. for inferior brown.—ln Sumac the busi ness has been limited, and at rather easier rates, owing to the large- arrivals. —About 300 bales Bombay and Naples Madder roots nave been sold at the quotations.—Olive Oil continues depressed ; about 30 tuns sold, prices being in fa vour of buyers.—Seal Oil continues without change ; 60 tuns Cod are reported, on the spot and to arrive, at £34 to £34 lOs, and 50 tuns Sperm at £B5 to £B7 10 3 per t un .— Linseed Oil is dull at 90s per cwt; 100 tuns pale Rape have been sold at 41s 6d to 425. American and British Spirits of Turpentine are in moderate request at 58s pos. cwt. The sales of Palm Oil amount to about 460 tons on the spot at £4O to £4l 10s, and 550 tons to arrive at £4O las. to £4l per ton. There is a limited demand for Tallow; Petersburg Y.C. has been sold at irregular prices, ranging from 58s down to 56s 6d. Taganrog at 56s 6d to 56s ; 150 pipes South American brought 54s to 56s per cwt. The sales of Lard are on a limited scale at 57s to 58s per cwt. Jute: No transactions of consequence have transpired during the week, the only sale reported being a small lot of fine quality at £24 10s. per ton. PRovisioNs.—There has not been much done in Beef this week ; holders, in consequence of the high advices from America, are very firm, but the dealers are incredulous as to short packing, and continue to buy only for present wants. Pork is steady, but the demand is not active, In Bacon there is no new feature, the stock slowly reduces. The sales of Lard are reported at 50 tons, at prices a little in favour of buyers. Fine Cheese sells at the quotations ; ordinary qualities are lower 2s to 3s per cwt. Tallow is quiet, at barely last week's prices. Linseed Cake has been more sought after. The Corn market has remained exceedingly quiet since our last report, and, though holders are generally very firm, buyers have in some instances been able to ope. rate on more favourable terms. At to-day's m arket . business was very limited, but without quotable cnaur prices. COTTON. —This week, although trade and politi es - b eet continue in a very unsatisfactory state 0 , o ur Cotton ra has manifested a very firm aspect. Considerable sp ecula the purchases of ordinary American have been made sinc e , arrival of the Arctic st eamer on Wednesday, rep orteu ; American account—which i s n ot to be wondered at lit, sidering that these particular qualities are nearly Id ?elm lower than at the corresponding date last year, IfT r i, middling is id per lb dearer. The low qualities of Alp fo ti can consequently, with the inc r e as ed demand have ~t 4 more ready sale, and have advanced fully -4-el per lb, the better qualities, alth o u g h no t qu otably dearer, conol_ls ' very extreme prices, and c on ti nue ver y scarce, es pecially L ie staple. Other kinds an d qua liti es , f or w hich there has 7, but a moderate inquiry, continue without change in P; e 4 The sales to-day are 6,000 bales, 1,000 on specni a „ A ti°ll o les export ; the market closing very steady. The total ed this week are 41,180 bales, of which speculators ban, t; 4,160 American, 360 Egyptian, 360 Bahia, and 860 10 exporters, 1,700 American, 1 Egptian, 30 Pernsn% 69 o Surat, 100 Madras, and 60 Bengal; thus leavinc" 3 `', to the trade. The authorised quotations to-day are 6-1,4 for Boweds ; 6di for Mobile; and 61d for'OrleualL &mons' PAY NOTES. —Two seamen, one of tb eni e llil tbs of colour, were sentenced to imprisonment this wee k 104 magistrates of Glasgow, for having discounted paY - delivered to them by ti e masters o f vesse l s with vih° m ,ol. had agreed, but with whom they aft erwar d s refused; t,"„ Me Henry Bowden, the white m an , h a d agreed to saiitwttbe vessels, and "lifted" the first note with th e s econd, , li ch sti seaman declined to go in the second ship also. The t.dirtsi of the sun" passed three sever a l no t es , w hich be n ceived from separate masters, with wh om h e had coceroli to sail, and raised £6 on them. He would not We the either, and to the entreaty of th e d ame w ho ess li o ,l lo ., , notes, that he would sail in the last ship, at all ev es ungallantly replied "he would see h er e Bowden was sentenced to 60 days' imprisonuiell,,%, " darkey" was advised to arrange th e ma tt er with accuser. 11 5 ACCIDENT TO MR. FRESH, SUPERINTENDENT SANCES.—Wo regret to learn that Mr. Fresh, the scle, intelligent superintendent of nu i sances , un d er the 9 Committee, sustaineda serious injury on Thursday. passing down Duke-street, on his way t o a tt en d the of the committee, he slipped on an orange peel, and sls9 much violence on the footpath, disloc a ti ng hi s shoill,u°;',F we believe, seriously injuring, if not fracturing, hi bone. Sir C. P. Rooney is now in Liv er p oo l, f or th e pu,loo. affording information re l a ti ve t o th e Canadian Granu.a Railway. He is the g ues t o f M r . H. C. Chapman, %fib, attend that gentleman's office to-day to meet the subs in the undertaking. Afi SOUTHERN HOSPITAL—By the weekly report of s - t bse of this hospital we find that during the past week, o 4 was no death therein. Twelv e p a ti en t s were disc d cured ; three at their own request, and one " irregul as a 0 casual patient. The number " entered" was 16, 911 beis remain under treatment. Forty out-patients hav°4 discharged cured ; 57 were entered, an d 67 r emain '- treatment. st" SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, Nov. 24.—The United , fo i mail steamship Humboldt, Captain J. D. Li n es, saile u l ii Cowes-roads yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, for ;4 York, with the usual semi-weekly A mer i can mails, a P O number of passengers, and a full cargo. The Peninsulsro Oriental Steam Company's new screw steamship 0 21 °,0 Captain George Brooks, of 1,800 t ons , an d 400-horse r i di arrived here on Monday, and, after a trial trip, i s to th e dispatched as soon as practicable to India. Owing„si 27th instant falling on Sunday, the n ex t ou tward inlwis! , Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibralt ar w ill be dierd on Monday, the 28th instant. The City of London, Of for Cargill, is to leave on Tuesday next, th e 29th insta l " Gibraltar, Malta, and Constantinople. %, - 1 1 ,11 DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT PLYMOUTH.—On Thu gs' 10 p.m., two houses in Southside-street, Plymouth, ~~e diately opposite Harvey's Navy Tavern, fell down, Tb ° regret to state, caused the death of several pers° ns i 'bi premises, which were very old, had b een p ur chased the improvement commissioners, for the p ur p ose of wide,F i t lf ° street. They comprised a frontage of about 7 0 le e lbs depth of 20, having thick stone walls at the Sidg i osr front and rear consisted chiefly of p ar titi on wo rk. . 1. pi ofr, chaser of the materials sold the doors, windows, an d tile r able portions in lots to various persons, who remov e b oss forthwith. The place was thus thrown open, anc, l A ple,r the resort of a number of lads, who w ere j u mping 2".ils, 11 ' ing about, when, with the exception of the two w - b - ro lse* whole suddenly fell in. Many escaped with slight b 019? but the following were dug out lifeless :—Willianl 7„. 4 1 " tseejj aged 12, whose father is a baker in Southsi'sde'i_, Richard Stibbs, 9, son of a pilot in New-street ; 090 f it ! Johns, 12, son of a fisherman; John Foley, I , o ° pilot ; John Stoyles, 18, mason, Cambridge-tfrn,, is William Williams, 11, son of a fisherman in J P, pli ti n t 6 Among the wounded are—John Byer, 14, soy a ' son 4'o New-street—foot broken ; Ralph illman let; tailoress—external injury, not expected to ;s 3 c:' .. ' M im y: t r , an a is po d wi G b eo ie rg ro e r E t h ymn; n,d ° o r a t : wos. AND abmacmclNG INciDE An OffiCia l ' t s Saints' Day, array e d htni :_? ). if his best apparel, a request of his wife, called a o eto visit the cour t 1. The husband be it premised, knew that his beloved, 10 married her, was a widow. A s soon a s they ente rN gate of the said City of Silence,. a shade of melancholy 134 over the lady's face, and, clinging to her husband's nrT o o., went to a tomb, at which she knelt and prayed for the !‘lOO of her " dear, dead husband's soul." Tears &ignite' plentifully; but the living husband, though he felt s .A fot mortified at the strong affection which his wife shol7gos her first love, now sleeping his eternal sleep, still o the outburst, and hurried her from the spot. Soon, ~,t! ever, she knelt before another tomb, and again tit b s iStj touching orision for the soul of " her dear, dead lin2,„be whose holy dust there found a re s tin g pl ace . The, Pf ; thought :this was a little more than h e h a d bargan le 4 but he said nothing, though g rave were hi s reflee" c h , he again led his wife from a s p o t w hi c h awa k e ned su remembrances. He had not gone far when his Wif e , f turned aside, knelt, and then pray e d as b e fore 0 . , 0 2 repose of "her dear, dead husband's soul !" The 1 1 , 39 could stand it no longer, and utteri ng an i ne xeuss ,l % unhusbandly oath, said, "D—n it madam ! how in% tt° bands in the Lord's name have you buried ?" 002, accusing spirit had flown to heaven's chancery with to f of.; the thoughts of the wife were called to the things °V I earth, earthy," and she answered a s on ly an exlr . ,', or, and provoked woman could answer : " th ree , s ir, only' that, it would seem by your outrageous conduct is ° few !" zatot il . e A rule nisi has been obtained a ga i zs t th e Te-- Dublin journal, before Mr. Justice Crompton, for fi. d ir tion of a letter reflecting on a Doctor O'C onnor of bone, London. 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' --- -- - --- --- ----- i s. d. £a. d. .e s. d• g l3 0 Ito 3 lines .. 12 0 214 9 415 0 1 2 1 7 4Or 5 lines .. 113 0 42 6 72 6 1 9 ° 0 6or 7 lines .. 2 A 0 6 0 0 11 0 0 2 7 : 0 8, 9, or 10 lines 3 7 0 8 15 0 15 15 0 35 1 4 P 1,12, or 'alines 4 9 0 11 10 0 20 10 0 ,4 14, 15, orl6 li nes 511 0 14 5 0 25 5 0 ' 0 0 lor every additi -413 0 , 5 0 Fonal 3 lines or 1 2 0 215 0 less. JJ —.-.....____ AGENTS IN THE cOTTNTRY - _.. vi,*°`4 --- -- .7z . r :. 4 4 'NTS IN THE COUNTIt I Vce• A5ht0n........ Mr. Kerrigan. Pre5t0n............ •.. )00 A I . )0 g o o x o : a . I S vs 0 1 ' Birmingham.. Mr. Cooper. Wie• 11 E. &C. Mansell. Runcorn... • • .., Ito° r tb , Burnley.-- Mr. Lutcliffe. W• wo s Asicjel.,,,.• Bolton. ...• .. Samu,el Gardner. Rocildale•• • •••' ' WO. IP' E. I. [tootle.— .... , Mr. Ewan. it Willialli.re., Barnsley...... Richard Pybus, ! " Chorley... .... Horatio LawsiM. St. Helens. ..... It aa ro c as )3 :, LIP Crewe......... Mary Cotton, T“-_ ..00 0 0- Chester"... .. Mr, Horrop. Douglas., R. &H. Taylor. Stockport..... SoulAport..... ..: it S ßarn : f i j i : e l l 4 e. r.• Airs. Quiggins. ~ jay' o itli o ,i , Holyhead...—. H. G. Hughes. Wigan ..... ..•• „ qrs ,S .o‘l „leo Huddersfield,— Edward Clayton. Wootton... •• • • ":____. Sl' Or,. Hyde George Booth. Wigan. ........ g e orsi t ltoP,sp Macclesfield.... Mr. Shuttleworth ~ inir g oos ° a' ormskirk.. ..... William Garside. MO. l'rescot... Thomas Traverse .. 0 ° Preston James Lambert. .. ,c 4 Wis PUBLISHING OFFICES, 1 CHARLE S 0 1.SS' LIVERPOOL, 19, Sown' Jour S'r. Pool" ~ Of- MANCHESTER.Q. Pitmcsso Sr. ... ~,- i t fßitf . (” ser ir ...rri a j. j .i... - —OO Printed and Published by CHARLES Nl' . d blt , an Oxford-street, at his General Printing. , 00 1. Eata. s b A lis i te ß n D t, Al9i.SolstrohvJoEhmn-ttrEeeßt, L;61:41863. ~I tA k 4l , 4 . N t _ \ tl , 4 4 1%, ~~