Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-02 00:00:00

THE CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR CF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—l think the community at large are much indebted to you for your numerous artic!es on the currency question, and, as you understand the matter, I beg to lay before you the following ideas which have octcurred to my mind. That the Bank Act remain intact as at present framed, so far as the Bank herself is concerned. That Government, at once, enact, that all Gold exported and imported be entered at the Customs. That whenever the Bullion in the Bank falls below ten millions, Government (independent of any action of the Bank) at once issue one pound notes equal in amount to the deficiency in the Bank. Such notes to be receivable in payment of duties, taxes, and, in fact, a legal tender. _ _ _ That such issue of one pound notes should never, in any case, exeeed five millions, without the further authority of Parliament. It appea's to me, some such plan as this would tend to equalize the circulation. Gold may then be exported without disarranging all the monetary affairs of the country as at present, and, as gold was imported, the Government could easily contract the circulation of the one pound notes as they were receiv©d from time to time for taxe!, &c. My belief is, that Government would be rarely called on to exercise their power, the knowledge that such power was latent in the Government, would tend to assure men's minds and effectually prevent hoarding en the part of the public, which has latterly been the case, aggravating all the evils we have been and are suffering from. If these ideas are worth laying before the public, pray do so, and get them ventilated.—Yours, &c. SPES. Liverporl, November 28, 1857. TO. THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. The necessities and wants of mankind are iho patrons and trade and manuticturv, and commerce may be said to step in and carry on the interchanges between nation and nation. Interchanges in their primitiveness consisted in giving one &scrip - ion of production for anther —commonly termed barter—and to this day the commerce of some portions of the world is so carried on in part, if not chiefly so. It may not, therefore, be very far from accurateness of expression to say, both that industry is the mother of eomin,rce, and that commerce is the parent of labour, since each may result from the other. Bring forth the works and products of men's hands, and comm=rca springs no and finds a market for their con. sumption, and by presenting them to other nations, opens to them in tun a new field fur labour, thus giving them an opportunity of p-oducing something wherewith they may obtain the things suited to their newly developed wants and ideas. This is the substance—the moling principle of all business; so that—exclaiing the miser of the most crude order—every plrs - la labours and trades for a return in kin—certainly not for money, strictly so speaking—for although this, Kith the more improved mode of operations amonzst us who have made primitiveness in such things cbsoltt r, be on the fav of it, no one with his faculties in a healiby state strives to obtain, or even to accumulate, money with( ut having s'sme ul'erior object and end in view, for without that it is in its fullest sense utterly nseletP, and either his £lO,OOOO represents £lO,OOO worth of food rind raiment —or, if you will, £lO,OOO worth of luxurifs and comfort, or £lO,OOO worth of pomp and ostentation—or else it is nothing more than the miser's portion—altogether worthless—an insignificant monument of great folly and much senselessness—a gorgeous excres ; ceace and accumulation of the motto' Waste not want not' —a glaring emb!eln of avarice, if net of gross imbecility. Money, therefore, is, as it were, merely an accidental ingredient in trade and commerce, being neither the thing we work for cr bid for, nor yet even the thing we offer in payrnen', if looked at in its true character, which is that of a representative of the thing we want from our neighbour, and of the thing our neighbour wants from us— in short, it is merely a thirg of convenience to facilitate trade, such as we have described, and it should be nothing more ; bey,nd that it justifies some of the ancients who denounced it as ohnoxions to the well-being of nations- Its introduction has grown out of the necessities and requirements of mankind, and its application has become more and more extended, as the capabilities, an treasures, and produce of the various quarters of the globe have been opened up from nation to nation. Yet it is very necessary that, while we acknowledge its great usefulness, we do not assign to it a virtue or a position foreign to its normal character, which is that of a medium between value and value or b;tween property and properly —a thing repre senting a cotain amount of wealth—but so far as its own intrinsic worth is concerned, not necessarily of itself of any value but representatively—that is, as such, exclusively in its mewl condition, and with its money merits simply. Assign to it, or give to it, the value of gold and silver, and you at once place it in the commer cialbalances with all other things, of which—apart from the Mint impress or its currency titles- 7 U is but an item, subject to the same natural laws of supply and demand. Arbitrate to it, as gold and silver, a fixed nominal value, and you at once place it in a false position—onl antagonis tic to all other things, including labour of every description, instead of being in that just and beautiful concord with all, Which should be its esfe , ttial. characteristic. For money bat is a medium of exchange, she it l be as the peace maker between hosts of conflicting belligerents—breaking down the discrepancies between them—assimilating in value the most incongruc,us artic:e3, wad, like the flue balances of t' .e chemist, equipoised to an unerring nicety, carL.ble of adjusting to each its exact relative value. If it be anything st;ort ‘ of that, I believe that it is not the thing required, or, at any rate; adequate to the circumstances of modern tmes; and that until we have it so, vita may be compared to the drivers of a most magnificent vehicle, laden with vast treasurei of incomparable value, trundled about by a gigantic power with the most reckless carelessness, having neither grease to our wheels, nor breaks to check our speed, and yet he , dlessly pursuing our rash course without regard to moor or mountain. No wonder that we should, as such ofetimts be nearly swamped—sadly hindered and unable to make progress, and driven to the mortifying necessity of sacrificing a great portLn of cur hard-earned wealth to avoid an reme , lieble and disgraceful overthrow. I maintain that a medium of exchange need not itself be of any intrinsic worth, and that the more invaluable it is in that sense, the more perfect will it be, and for the aim.. ple reason, that all things being subject to the law of sup ply and demand, it cannot vary in velua with its own changing circumstances; and moreover, that by affixing to it a definite given unchangeable price, to avoid this evident deficiency in its constitution for the work in hand, yon do hut in appearance and superficially provide for the evil, which is thereby aggravated, in a compound degree, by an unnatural organisation, eminently disqualifying it for the functions assigned to it; for although the name of its value change not, its relative value must flue'nate much more than it would as a simple element of commerce. Y Gan no more qualify it by such means for its high and ad judicating office, than you can establish a ptr of supply and do rani for it, which would be the only basis justi fying the course pursued. And yet this is the kind of cur rency with which we are carrying on the gigantic com merce of these realms, and, like a sat of idiots, we are amazed when overt ken by these disturbing panics, which are the werk of our own folly, ani seem paralysed with horro-, and then endeavour to aocount for the desolating 'visitation in any way but the right one. Imprudence, over -trading., high speculation, war, and fa mine, are arraigned, in turn, as criminalr-in-chief at our bar whereas they are nothing more than accidental accessories' whose power for evil could, I think, be very much curtailed under a sound system ; for I believe that these 'in excfes may, in a great measure, be said to grow out of our present At LEWIS & OMPANY'S, Ranelagh-street , BOYS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six Twenty Years• ItKill-A system. Let it be kept in mind, that lam not, as yet, advocating any plan or proposing the detail of what we ought to have, but am only showing the impotency of what we now possess and use, as demonstrated to the world in every civilised quarter of the globe, at this moment, in the reiterated sounds of distriss which were so pathetically prognosticated, this time last year, in the columns of this jou-nal. The fact is, that neither war nor faini e have produced the evils which have -overt lea us in our dreamy illusions of commercial prosperity and golden safety—in the which it is pretty evident we had no great faith, or we should net have found it requisite to bolster up our fancied confidence with our unremitting puerile and feverish enquiries, from day to day, as to our stores of bullion at the Bank, and as to the influx and eflux of the precious metals, which, so far as they are held and used as a medium of exchange, might almost as well be at the bottom of the sa, for all the good they do us, and are likely to do us, while the law affecting them continues as it is. Indeed, were we to drive a shaft from the rotunda a! Threadneedle.street, down to an extensive field of virgin gold in its immediate vicinity, to supply the bank co f fers, relief could not possibly be more than temporary, with our present currency fallacies in fall force.— Your obedient s3rvant, CORNELIII3. Liverpool, 27th November, 1857. THE BANK CHARTER Acr OF 1844. TO THOMAS B. HORSFALL, ESQ , Dear Sir,—l am sure that the great majority of your constituents willlagree in the opinions which you expressed yesterday, at the Chamber of Commerce, on the subject of the Bank Charter Act of 1844. Few, I think, can doubt that that act has failed in some of its most important objects ; and every one must approve of your wish to make the act " as perfect as it can be made." Whilst the Bank - Act was under discussion, in the year 1844, the bankers of London clearly pointed out to the late Sir Robert Peel, who was then at the head of the Government, the precise defect in the bill, which com pelled the Government to suspend its operation in the year 1847, which has again compelled the Government to suspend it, in the present year, and which will compel every Government to suspend it, if it remains unaltered, which is not prepared to sacrifice a nation to a theory. On that occasion, Mr. Masterman, who was then one of the members for the city. reminded the right hon. baronet, the First Lord of the Treasury, (Sir Robert Peel), " that a memorial had been presented, on the part of the London bankers, which had in view the object of obtain ing a power of expansion, on certain occasions, when it became requisite; but he feared, from a communi cation which he had had, that the head of the Govern ment would not agree to that power of expansion. He hoped, however, that a little further time would be given to consider the request whick had been made, for it was one of very great importance." The same views are strongly u ged by the late Mr. Alderman Thompson, and by a sensible honest man, whom you will never see again in Parliament, Mr. Archibald Hattie, the late member for Paisley. After stating ,; that he entirely concurred in the principle, that all promissory notes payable to the bearer ought to be instantly convertible," he added that he objected to the compulsory reduction of the issues of the bank, with every decline in the amount of its gold, On that subject he said : "If tilts plan were to come suddenly into operation, after a period of increased prices, the ruin which it would bring upon the whole country would be a thousand times greater than io 1825 or 1839. Let it be supposed that there were fourteen millions in securities and eight millions in bullion, and that there were in this country an occurrence similar to that of 1839 —that, in the course of nine months, there were seven millions of bullion taken out of the country— what, then, wculd be the effect of the proposed law? There would be tuch an utter collapse in so short a period, that it must be plain to every man of experience that no bank in London could stand it : no merchant in London could stand it." The person who undertook to answer these home truths was Mr. Henry Goulburn, the Chancellor of the Exchequer under Sir Robert Peel's Government, and his answer is specially deserving of note. He said : " The lion. gentleman who seconded the amendment said, that if they imposed upon the circulation of the country the restrictions proposed by the present bill, the consequence might be, in a moment of panic, a difficulty, most disastrous, for which it would be difficult to find a remedy. The hon. gentleman suggested a case, and said—Suppose that in the course of nine months seven millions of bullion should be withdrawn from the limited amount lying in th , Bank, what a predicament would the Bank and the commercial interests of the country be placed in, if there be not a power to issue an additional quantity of notes? His ANSWER TO THIS SUPPOSITION WAS, that if the principle of the present measures be a just and sound one, its operation upon the exchanges and prices would be so gradual, THAT THESE SUDDEN DIMINUTIONS OF THE STOCK OF SPECIE, WHICH THE TWO GENTLEMEN CONTEMPLATED, WOULD NOT BE LIKELY TO OCCUR. SPECIE BEING THE BASIS OF THE CIRCULATING MEDIUM OP THE COUNTRY, WOULD ITSELF BE OONTROLLED BY THE DEMANDS OF TILE CURRENCY, IN A WAY WHICH WOULD PREVENT ANY UNDUE EFFLUX OF THE PRECIOUS METALS." Such was the language with which Sir Robert Peel's Ch incellor of the Exchequer answered Mr. Hastie, Mr. Masterman, Mr. Alderman Thompson, and the bankers of London, in 1844. The new Bank Act " would prevent any undue efflux of the precious metal." What is the fact ? It is this, that between the 10th day of October and the 11th of November, in the present year, the efflux of gold from the Bank of England was three millions s erling in four weeks, a rate of eftl ix many times as rapid as that supposed by Mr. Hastie, and derided by Ur Goulburn. What is more, it was a rate of efflux which was increasing in rapidity every day, having reached a rate of nearly a million and a half per week, before it was put a stop to, by the issuing of the Government order, on the 12th of November. Never, or, certainly, not since the actual suspensions of cash pay ments in 1797, was the Bank of England exposed to so terrible a drain, or in such imminent danger of being again compelled to suspend cash pay ments. A delay of a few days more would probably have realised the hopes of the enemies of British credit, and have again reduced the Batik of England note to the level of the assignat and the shin-plaster. And yet we are assured that the act of 1844 has not failed in any essential respect, and are threatened, by those wh) will move heaven and earth to fulfil their threats, that the next time, the screw shall be kept on, whatever the consequences may be. I hope, sir, that you and your colleagues, and the other representatives of the great interests of the nation, will have influence enough to save the country from a third infliction of this ruinous theory. But not only was Sir Robert Peel's Chancellor of the Exchequer mistaken in supposing that there would be no sudden drains of gold under the Bank Act of 1844 ; he was equally mistaken in suppesing that a gradual drain must be put an end to, by a steady reduction in the issues of the Bank The drain of 1847, which preceded and caused the suspension of the Bank Charter Act in 1847, was a very gradual one It continued from January, in that year, to the 25th of October In the course of that term of nearly ten months it drew four millions of gold from the Bank, and of course, caused a diminution of four miiiions in the Bank's issue of notes. By that time the pressure had became intolerable, and the act was suspended with the concurrence of all reasonable men. What, however, is still more remarkable, and ought by no means to b 3 lost sight of, is the fact, that though the gal of the bank steadily diminished in 1847, during the whole time' the restrictive clawe of the B.nk Act con tinued in operation, it began to increase as soon as the Government give the Bank freedom in it 3 issues ; and it continued to increase so steadily, that in the October following the gold of the Bank was considerably higher in amount than before the commencement of the drain. In the first week of January, 1847, the bullion and coin in the Bank amounted to £12,480,000 ; on the 23rd of October, when the panic was at its worst, the gold had sunk to £8,300,000; and in the first week of October, 1818, when the removal cf restriction had done its full work, it had risen to £13,400,000. Thus, in direct defiance of the theory of the act of 1844, restriction of the issues was found to diminish, and the removal of restriction was found to increase the supp:y of gold in the coffees of the Bank. Precisely the same course of things is taking place now. During the panic of October and November last, the bank lost more than three millions of g)1 1 ; since the suspension of the act of 1844, it has regained nearly a million, and seems likely to recover much more than that, if not all that it had lost. Viewing this question, therefore, purely as a question of currency, and granting that the maintaining of a broad metallic basis for tke issues of the bank is a very important object, it is clear, from the working of the act, both in 1847 and 1857, that you will reader a greatjervice to the country, even as relates to that object, in assisting to modify and improve the Bank Act of 1844. That, however, is only one of many important considers done, all urging to the same course of policy.—With much respect, I remain, dear sir, your obedient servant, Athenaeum, Dec. 1, 1857. T. B. At LEWIS & COHPANY'S, Ranelagh-street. BOYS era CLOTHED from t'ae Ages of Six to Twenty Tenni. ' MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Evening. The Cotton Market keeps very steady. The sales to-day were about 7,000 bales, including one third on speculation and for export. The Liverpool Share Market has been dull, and lower to-day, by to per cent., than yesterday, closing tolerably steady. The following were the transactions :-Caledonian, 39, 381, 381- ; Eastern Counties, 11, 11 1-16 ; East Lancashire, 88i; Great Western, 52/ ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 911, 911, 911; Lancaster and Carlisle, 75 ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 103 ; London and North Western, 951, 951, 951, 951, 951; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 36, 351, 356, 351, 35f ; Midland, 831, 831 ; Dovers, 19, 18 15 16, 19, 181, 18 15-16 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 9f, 9 13-16 ; Great Western of Canada, 1 . 84; Great Luxembourg, 6 1-16 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire £lO Shares, 111; Chester Preference 8 per Cent., 16 ; London Fire and Life, 8. The follow ing were the closing prices :-Blackburn, 9, 91; Chester and Birkenhead, 63i, 64; Caledonian, 381, 38 ; Chester and Holyhead, 151, 16 ; Eastern Counties, 11, 11i ; East Lancashire, 88, 89 ; Do. 9/. Shares, par, ; Great Northern, 23/, 23f ; Do. A, 91, 10 ; Great Western, 511, 521 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 911, 911; Do. 9/. shares, par / p ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 181, 181 ; London and North Western Stock, 951, 95/ ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 351 351; Midland Stock, 831, 831; North British, 111, 12 ; North Staffordshire, 44, 41 d; North Eastern - Berwick, 23 3-16 23 5-16; York and North Midland, 401, 41; Leeds Capital Stock, 241, 25 4 ; South Eastern and Dover, 181, 18 15-16 ; Dutch Rhenish, 51, 51 d ; Great Western of Canada, 184, 184 ; Do. new shares, 24 21 d ; Great Luxembourg, 6, 64 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 92, 9 13-16. The Funds, to day, have fallen. The continua tion on Consols is heavy. The market is also pre judiced by the failures at Hamburg, and by the reports that a large amount of specie has been sent to that city from this country. The engagements due on the 4th are heavy, and the demand for money will increase. To-day, Consols for Money and the Account closed at 91!. In the London Railway Share Market there was not much done, and we mutt quote prices rather lower. The following. were the closing prices:— Caledonians, 764, 761; Eastern Counties, 541, 551 ; East Lancashire, 88,90 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 59, 60; Great Northern, -923; ditto A, 76, 78 ; Great Westerns, 511, 511 ; . Great Western of Canada, 181, 18k; Grand Trunk of Canada, 91; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 912 ; London and North Western, 951 ; London and South Western, 88i; Leeds Northern, 51; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 351; Midland Stock, 831 ; North British, 48, 49 ; South Eastern and Dover, 62i, 634; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 92, 93 ; York and North Midland, 81, 82. After official hours the following were the nominal prices :—Caledonians, 76*, 761; Eastern Counties, 10Z-, 11 ; East Lancashire, 83, 90; Great Northern, 92, 93 ; Do. A, 76, 78 ; Great Westerns, 511, 511; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 911, 91/ ; London and North Western, 051, 951; North British, 48i ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 92, 93 ; York and No7th Midland, 81, 82. From the circular of Messrs. Peel and Co., of Alexandria, dated the 20th November, we learn the following interesting particulars : Cotton : Prices have fallen considerably. " Fair" to " good fair" has been sold at from 17i dols to 183 dols, or 101 d to 101 d per lb, f. o. b., and we look for lower prices. Flax : The only sales are 250 canters dressed at piastres 145, or £3B per ton, f. o. b., and 50 cantars ord, rough at piastres 72, or £2O 103 per ton, f. o. b The article is now dull, and 1,000 canters arrived of Pasha's dressed not yet offered for sale. Wheat : Contracts for November and December are now obtainable at piastres 72. On the spot Saidi has been sold at piastres 74& to 78, or 28s 3d to 29s 6d per qr., f.o.b. ; Behereh at piastres 67 to 72, or 25s 6cl to 27s 3d per qr ,f.o. b. Beans : There have been no sales for several days. The last price was piastres 741, or about 27s per qr., f. o. b., but we expect a fall of is to is 6d per qr. Indian Corn: Contracts for delivery in February were done at piastres 70 to 76, but they are now worth only piastres 67, Linseed without demand, but little in the place. Freights Os 6d to 7s 4d according to size, has been paid for Beans for orders, 5s to direct ports ; an active demand for vessels to load Wheat on the Coast of Syria at lOs to 11s for orders, with few seeking ships. Exchange on London piastres at 104 per X. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1857 EXPORTS Cotton. Flax. Whear. Beans. Barley. Lined. To all parts Fls. 4,454 320' Ardebi 73,496 48,194 39,658 5 335 Of which to ILK.,, 3,629 241 39,163 36 935 15,085 5,395 The Weekly Traffic Return of the:Great Western Railway Company of Canada, ,just received, shows a decrease of no less than 6,0621., compared with that for the corresponding period of last year. In explanation of this, the advices remark that the " connection with the Eastern railways has been completely interrupted by freshets, which have caused much damage to the railways east of the suspension bridge." During the fifteen weeks of the current half-year, the aggregate decrease is 47,3131. The adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the British Bank is to be held to-morrow. At Hamburgh, notwithstanding the measures which have been adopted with a view to the restoration of confidence, great disorganisation continues to prevail in commercial affairs. The adviees published yesterday announce the sus pension of no less than six important firms. . The names are given as follows :—Messrs, Ullberg and Kramer, who received assistance some days ago ; C. F. Johns and Sons, who were the contractors for the recent Swedish railway loan ; Messrs. Aran Lcesen, a very old and highly respectable house in the colonial and tea trade, also shipowners ; Mr. F. C. Gross, shipowner; Messrs. Lomer and Uhde, and Mr. Reimarus. The following exhibits the latest quotations of exchange on London in the Indian and Chinese ports. At Calcutta the movement is decidedly favourable to this country, but at Bombay, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, the tendency is rather calculated to encourage shipments of silver thither. By present mail. By previous mail. At Calcutta 2s. 3ad. . 23. to 3d. 80mbay...........25. 1 15-16 d .. 2s. lid. Hong Kong ss. .. 4s lid. to Hid. Shanghai .6s 83d to 9d .. 63. id. to Bd. Yesterday there was rather more demand for silver for exportation to the East, but it is still thought that, owing to the obstacles interposed by the state of the money market, the remittances by the Indus on the 4th insi, will be below 400,0001., inclusive of those on account of the East India Ccmpany. The next intelligence from India is expected to reach London by telegraph about the Bth of December. The failure is announced of IVlcssrs. Henry Hoffman and Co., merchants, chiefly in the Con tinental and Australian trades. The house has never stood high, but it is thought the liabilities will reach about £lOO,OOO. The following are tho latest quotations of Foreign Exchanges:—Amsterdam short, 11 181, to 12 19; Ditto three months, 12 21, to 12 31; Rotterdsm ditto, 12 21, to 12 31; Antwerp ditto, 25 80, to 25 90.; Brussels ditto, 25 80, to 25 90 ; Hamburg ditto, 13 13i to 13 141; Paris short, 25 40, to 25 50 ; Ditto three months, 26, to 26 10 ; Marseilles ditto, 26 5, to 26 15; Frankfort ditto, 1211 to 122 ; Vienna ditto. 11 6, to .11 15 ; Trieste. ditto, ,11 10, to 11 1.5 ; Petersburg ditto, 321, to 33 ; Madrid ditto, 471, to 471. THE CASE OF MRS. WILLS, THE VICTIM OF THE DOUBLE MARRIAGE,-Tt will be recollected that this un fortunate lady was placed in the infirmary of Lambeth parish to await the capture of her husband, John Blair Wills, or James Fenton Wills, his broth Lr. This, it is now feared, is hopeless, and Mrs. Wills is left in a state of destitution, being solely dependent un her mother, who is merely hou.sAeeper t) a gentleman at Bath. Last week Lord Raynham called at the Lambeth infirmary, and, after an iffterView with Dirs. Wills, and subsequently with her mother, his lordship has agreed to allow the former 103. a week from the funds of a society with which he is connect ed. The Marchioness of Townshend- has since called and seen Mrs. Wills.—Observer. EXclUgvely fer CLOTHING BOYS f rom Six .to Tv. A3n b y LEWIS 44 COMrANT. ltanolaga-mtV Year. .2 usr.:2-T.lO 6 Ursts4 ,V 1 ;ZitilOC Exclusively for CLOTHING BOYS from Six to Twenty Years LEWIS 44 CODIPANY Raßelagb,-50xt, ~:. 4 .0 AN ATLAS GRATIS WITH THE "DISPATCH."—On and after Sunday, October 4th, 1857, each copy of the Dispatch will be accompanied with a map, a chart, or the plan of a principal town, so as to furnish to each subscriber, gratis, the most comprehensive, complete and generally useful Atlas hitherto published in Great Britain. 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Corrections and discoveries will be given from the best authorities. The engravings will be in the highest style of art, many thousands of pounds being devoted to their cost, and they will be taken from original drawings expressly prepared for the series. Directors of mechanics' institutes, the conductors of all educational establish ments, the proprietors of hotels, reading rooms, and coffee houses, will, in possessing the Dispat , h Atlas, be supplied with a daily want. Tho money value of the completed work may be best ascertained by inquiring the selling price of any large and trustworthy collection of maps. The Dispatch Atlas will be forwarded with the numbers of the paper at the usual price, 5d per copy, or Gd stamped. On the first issue some hints will be given for preserving, indexing, and binding the Atlas. Orders received by every news tweet and bookseller in the kingdom, and at the Dispatch office, 139, Fleet-street. The Friday evening edition may be received in the most distant parts of the kingdom on Saturday morning. The transport Ballarat, which sailed on the 15th of . August, reached Gale on the 4th November. The states of Mecklenburg have, for the second time, rejected the proposition to establish civil equality between Jews and Christians. A FATAL DELUSION.—An inquest was held on Saturday, before Mr. Busby, coroner, on the body of Mary Anne, the wife of Mr. William Slack, fellmonger ' Chesterfield, who committed suicide on .Thursday last, by drowning herself in the river Hipper. Mr. and Mrs. Slack were in easy circumstances, and for the last few months she had been labouring under the delusion that her soul was lost, and that nothing could save her. Mr. Slack consulted three physicians, who were unable to remedy her affliction, and they refused to send her to an asylum, as they did not think her a fit subject. All they recommended was that she should be narrowly watched. Precautions were taken, but on Thursday morning Mrs. Slack procured the key of the bedroom in which her husband was asleep. She left the room, locked the door on the outside, went down into the drawing-room, and got through the window, passing through the plea are grounds to the river, which skirts the field in whicb.Mr. Slack's residence is situated, and jumped into the river. Mr. Slack awoke about a quarter past six o'clock, and finding his wife gone, he gave an alarm, and she was found in the river drowned. The jury returAul A verdict of ‘c Temporary insanity." : , LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—DEo. 1. The Cotton Market continues firm, and a fair business is doing, at prices favouring sellers. The sales—including 10 Pernambuco at 713, 220 Bahia at 6id, 20 hifaranham at Bid, 40 Egyptian at Sid to 91, and 1,000 Surat at 4d to 61d—are 7,000 bales, of which 2,500 are on speculation and for export. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET-DEC. 1. SUGAR.—We continue to have a fair inquiry at the current rates of the market; a small parcel of Damerara has been sold at 425, 450 bags Dammair Dates at 31s 3d, 8,000 bags clayed Manilla at 35s 9i, and 1,300 bags Yernams In bond at 203 per cwt. MoLassEs AND ROM.—Nothing to notice. COFFEE.-200 bags Ceara are reported at 443 to 465, and 30 bags Manilla at 58; per cwt. Itrcc. —7OO bags Arracan, at auction, all faults, brought is 9d per cwt. for Ist class damaged. PEPPER.-130 bags Singapore at 41d, and 150 bags, with all faults, at 3&dpor lb f.:,r first class. LIVERPOOL (SCOTCH) PIG IRON MARKET.—DEc. 1. Our market for warrants closes at 53s 6d, cash. Shipments from Glasgow, last week Do. Do., corresponding week, 18561 7,668 Do. Do., corresponding week, 1855 Total shipments from Glasgow from Jan. 1, 1857, to date 503,201 Same period, 1856 Increase 37,259 Price this time last year, 72s 6d. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET.—DEc. 1. Per stone, 201bs. Per 901145. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Potatoes, Seedlings 3 10 to 4 0 Hay, old.. Ditto, new 0 6 to 0 8 Ditto, Whiterocks. 2 11 to 3 3 Ditto, clover Green Clover Grass 0 0 to 0 0 Ditto, cattle 0 0 to 0 0 Straw, wheat. 0 24 to 0 3} Per ton. Ditto, oat ........ 0 2, , , , to 0 3s Turnips lB 0 to 25 0 Ditto, barley .... 0 0 to 0 0 1 Carrots Oats, in straw .... 0 0 to 0 0' Mangle wursel Manure 5 0 to 6 6 LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—DEc. 1. Onr market th's morning opened with considerable firmness, holders of wheat demanding a further advance ; there was a tolerable attendance of both local and country millers, brit purchases were materially, checked, any improvement upon Friday's rates being only partially complied with; on the whole a fair business has been done, the trade, however, closes dull, with quotations 2d to 3d per bushel above those of this 'lay week. In flour, sales are to a fair extent at an amendment of 6d to is per barrel and Is per sack. Barley dull with no apparent change in value. Beans GI per quarter cheape - . Oats in moderate request at Previous rates. Oatmeal in fair demand, at rather mora money. We have only a home demand for Indi ,n corn at present; American has improved 61 and Mediterranean Is per quarter on the week. Arrivals and Exports from the 24th to the 30th November, inclusive.—lnto Liverpool from Ireland.—Wheat, 692 qrs ; barley, 32 qrs ; malt, 65 qrs ; oats, 1,696 qrs ; beans, 150 qrs; pease, 23 qrs; oatmeal, 4,714 sacks; flour, 1,858 sacks. Coast wire. —Wheat, 70 qrs . barley, 435 qrs ; malt, 830 qrs ; oats, 23 q' s ; flour, 200 sacks. Canada and other British Colonies out of Europe.— Wheat, 2,067 qrs ; peas; 263 qrs; flour, 101 sacks 5,442 brls. United States.—Wheat, 24 016 qrs ; Indian corn, 5,910 qrs ; flour, 17,435 brie. Europe, csc.—Barley, 250 qrs; Indian corn, 1,300 qrs; flour, 889 sacks. Egypt.—Wheat, 1,008 qrs; barley. 630 qrs; beans, 1.869 qrs. In o Runcorn.—Oats, 600 qrs. Total.—Wheat, 28,453 qrs; barley,"l,3l qrs; malt, 895 qrs ; oats, 2,319 qrs ; beans, 2,019 qrs; pease, 286 qrs; Indian corn, 7,270 qrs; oatmeal, 4,714 sacks; flour, 3,048 sacks 22.877 brls. Exports to Foreign Pars.—Oa s, 30 qrs; oatmeal, 200 sacks; flour, 10 brls. Ireland.—Wheat, 2,994 qrs; malt, 16 qrs; Indian corn, 1,013 qrs; flour, 1,462 sacks 1,502 brls. Coastwise.—Wheat, 144 qrs; beans, 40 (Fs; Ind!an corn, 181 qrs ; flour, 274 sacks 420 brls. B. MAKIN AND SoNs. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—DEC. 1. TEA.—The market is rather firmer. Good common Congou sells for 111 d, an , l superior qualities at Is per lb c tsh. &MAR.—There is very little activity in the market, and but few transactions have been reported, and prices generally have a down ward tendency. In the refined market rather mora activity prevails, but the stocks being light, prices have improved about is to is 6d per cwt; old to good grocery realise 16s to 5Ss ; and wet lumps, 51s to 53s per cwt. • COFFEE.—The market is quiet, but prices remain steady a few parcels of Plantation Ceylon cave been disposed of at about previous quotations, in other qualities the quotations are almost nominal. RicE.—Bather more enquiry has been experienced for the low and middling qualities, and a alight improvement may be noted. Mid white Bengal realised 89, per cwt. Buns.—The market is steady. Good Demerara realised 25s per proof gallon. FBUlT.—There is littlealteration to report, the grocers generally acting with great caution, and confining their purchases to extremely small quantities. SALTPETRE.—There has been a fair enquiry, and prices have remained firm. LONDON TALLOW MARKET—DEc. 1. The market is steady at the annexed quotations :—Town tallow, 49s net cash ; Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 513 to 513 6d; Dezember, 51s; January to March, 525. LONDON MINING MARKET.—DEc 1 Bas:ness in home mining stocks this morning continues upon a limited scale. The only transactions officially reported in the Stock Exchange, are in Great Wheal Vor shares at 11, and Wheal Edward at 71. The inquiries tor the stocks latey enumerated, however, are somewhat on the increase. The shares of the General Mining Association (Nova Scotia) have been dealt in at 141, United Mexi can at 31, and English and Australian copper at 11. Alfred Consols, 14, 141 ; East Basset, 93, 94 ; East Russell, £2 8s 9d, 21, a ; Great South Tolgus, 14/, t Lady Eertha, 20s 61, 215 6d, 21s, 22s • Par Consol+,lB/, ; Rosewarne United, 231, 241; West Fowey, , West Grenville, 4s Gd ; Wheal Trelawney, 23, 231. a. THE WOOL TRADE. From Messrs. Perkins and Robinson's Circakir. The Wool market lies been without any animaton throughout the past month, and with the xception of very limited transactions in a few current descriptions, business has been nearly suspended. In the manufacturing districts short time has been very generally resorted to ; orders, in numerous instances, have been counter xnandtd, and the anticipations as regards tl e futare are gloomy ; but there is this favourable feature, that considering the very severe pressure that has been expulenced, very few failures have so far occurred. _ _ The sales in this market have comprised small parcels of the better classes of Egyptian, Oporto lambs and cotta, at a decline of id to lid per lb. on late auction rates, and some small lots of East India woo at a slight reduction. One or two parcels of washed Cordova have been placed, and a few bales of the best class of washed Lisbon and Frontier wools have also found i3nyers, 'and are stlil wanted. Italian Skin has moved slowly at a consideratie reduction in value. Italian Fleece is very dull of sale. Holders of fine Greasy Lima are not disposed to meet the decline. Our stocks of Australian are not large, and but little business is passing ; but recent arrivals of native grown wool from tne United States have been sold at from is 10d to 2s Id per lb. First-class Mogadoro would cozna.and a free sale, inferior and Sfax are not wanted. Buenos Ayres very quiet. Good washed Entre Bios are wanting, and would sell. - No sales have transpired in Alpacca, which continues scarce, and is very firmly held. In Mohair a fair business is reported. The I ondon Colonial Wool Sales, which will shortly close, have gone off at a considerable reduction in prices, aad a quantity of the lower descriptions have been withdrawn. SooT,.u.—our quotations are altered to correspond with the fall In the value of other wools, es the transactions in Chariots, and White and Laid Highland, are quite nominal. Holders are not yet prepared to sell at such a decline, anticipating that in consequence of the smallness of stocks, consumers will be compelled to give the high prices asked ; but it seems probable that the depressed state of trade generally will cause cheaper wools to be substituted. I , NGLISII AND laisu.—Nothing of moment has occurred In Trish Fleeces. in English there ha, e been some large sales at a reduction of about 5d per lb. Middle Wethers have been offered at 14d per lb , and in one instance 13c1 per lb. is reported to have been accepted. Northumberland half-bred Iloggets, which sold lately at 21d per lb., have been bought at 16d per lb., and Parcel Fleeces i n proporti on . In Skin Wools a like de,..line may be noted. From Messrs. W. Greame and Ca.'s Circular. There is little or no improvement to notice in the wool market since our last monthly report ; the past two months have witnessed a series of di3asters unprecedented in the mercantile world, and the only wonder is that so far (he wool trade has suffered but little in comparison with o':her branches, it is true that in some few eases where forced sales have been made, the reduction has been very considers :le, (particularly in English wools,) but these are excep tional cases ; stocks of moot tit scriptlons aro far from being heavy, and holders eeince no desire to press unduly on the market. The ac counts from the manufacturing districts show that great Caution is being exercised both by manufacturers and spinners who are mostly working to order, and only running their machinery three or four days a week, which will have the effect of preventing any great accumulation of stocks of manufactured goods, and COntiieJ the demand for the raw material to the limited requlremerits of con.. snmers ; th s combined with the large public sales proceeding in London, ss high still occupy the chief attention of the trade, has tended to make the past month an hum ually dull one in this market, the transactions are consequently quite unimportant, and aithough in the absence of bu , iness we quote but little reduction in foreign wools generally, holders are nevertheless prepared to meet the market fairly when aey demand arises, and the general impres. Man seems to be that the worst point is passed, apd that we may shortly see some improvement in this bratieh 'of trade. The public sales in London which commenced on 12th ultimo have progressed heavily at a reduction of 3d to 4d per lb. on the current rates of the last sales, this reduction tieing more marked on low ill-cond,tioned New Zealand and Cape woos a large portion of which has been withdrawn ; the series for the fine wools will terminate towards the end of the present week and the low wools will probably be brought forward early in the week following, but particulars are not yet advertised. BANKRUPTS. (By British and Irish Magnetic-Telegraph.) William Day Martin, watchmaker, Sheffield. William liteke, tailor, Banbury. Charles Edward Handy, apothecary, Darlaston. Henry Elias Moss, merchant, Liverpool. Joseph Harris, chemical manufacturer, Bolton. John Pickering, brushmaker, Bury. John•Rothery Hubbard, wool merchant, Leeds. John Williams, plumber, King -street, Harley. John Kit g Westrop, glove manufacturer, Staining-lane, City. George Whitwell, shipowner, Bristol. James Low, carpenter, Rayleigh, John Abram, cabinet-nr ker, Oldam-street, Manchester. John Mapp, jun., victualler, Gray's Inn-lane. Samuel Stocks, woollen cloth merchant. Huddersfield. William Lord, cotton manufacturer, Habergham Eaves, Lancashire. Philip Andrew August Jacksen, merchant and salt proprie tor, Liverpool, and Winsford, Cheshire. Thomas Gorrery, steel merchant, Sheffield. Joseph Dunkerley, silk manufacturer, Macclesfield. Leon Lempert, general merchant, Brunswick-place, City Road Louis Morice Bachrach, merchant, Clement's-lane. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 2. WIND YESTERDAY, s.E.—Moderate. HIGH WATEa—Morn. 11 35—Even. 11 59—Height, 19 ft. 3 in. ARRIVED. Nov. 30. 'Spirit of the Age....F00-chow-foo Yamasse 2 Charleston Constantine New York Dec. I. Cephalon a New York, lfil Pe 4 tr ia o d nella City of New York Callao J. H. Chadburn Wilmington SA' Nov. 30. LID. !Maria Teresa _ Gibraltar S. R. Mallory, New Orleans Pelicano Genoa Agatha and Maria Batavia, Jessie . Sierra Leone Princess Royal Calcutta Culloden Bombsy Mary Spirks Arica John Pardaw. Monte Video Calphurnia Singapore Ipswich St. Vincent Dec. 1. Aurora New York' Tempest New Orleansl CLEARED )lITWARDS. 'Only Son Rio Janeiro Rio Nunez Rio Nunez Thom. . Smyrna IR LOADING. Persia (s.) New York Providential Palermo, &c Chrse.... ...... St John's, N.F. Ad ra Trieste Elena C Venice Nov. 30. Joseph Tarratt. Bombay' Magrico Lisbon Wm. Wirt New Orleans, ENTERED Nov. 30. Alebymist Bombay Canada (R.111.S ). .Boston, &c America (s.s.) ......Coruna, &c Ebro (sof.) Corunna, &c Aetna Demerara OUTP 0 RTS. Queenstown, Nov. 29.—Arrived—The Evergreen, Pearson; Devon, Gray • Olive, Facey, all from Quebeck —Kathleen, Green, from P. E. Island —Othello, Mattson, from Alexandria and Falmouth. Put back —The Nelson, for Liverpool. Arrived—The William, from Taganrog and Falmouth, wind bound—lntegrity, from Marseilles for Liverpoo', wind bound—Robert Pescerie, Marseilles—Lady Young, Exeter, for Greenock, wind bound. Pat back.—The British Lion, for Liverpool— Harmony, Belfast—Pero, Liverpool Ellen, Llanelly—Labomerke, Liverpool. Falmouth, Nov. 29.—Arrived—The Jesus, Omar, from Porto Rico —Conte Herdig, Taganrog—Obrad, Odessa—William. Ibrail— Sailor, Mediterranean—Surpass, Sherries, Cepha'onia for London — Santiago, Cook, Alexandria for Firth of Forth—Victoria, Donkin, Odessa for Antwerp. Pot back.—The Elizabeth, Ness, for London. Off Beachy Head—The Geliah, Muir, from Quebec for Sunderland. Off Dartmouth.—The Victorine, from Liverpool for Ostend. Crookhaven off.—The On ario, Wood, from Liverpool for New York. Waterford off.—The Edward Stanley, frog Liverpool for Mobile. East Hartlepool, Nov. 29. 7 5a11ed 7 - the Man.nne,for Plymouth, Nov. 30.—Arrived—Th3 Heather Bell, from London, and sailed for Hobart Town—Scotia, from Miramichi for Hull. Mount's Bay, Nov. 28.—Arrived off.—The Hannah Bevan, from Huelva; and Rosalie, from Oster d, both for Liverpool. Nov. 29. The Stadt Aldenburg, from Mexico for Bremen—lon, from Qaebec for Chatham, short of provisions. Dublin, Dec. I.—Sailed—The Ranger, for London. Kingstown, Dec. I.—Arrived-1 he Laura, from Copenhagen— Lydia, from Ardrossan for Havre. Belfast, Nov. so.—Arrived—The Victory. from Rica—Anna 0., Alexandria. bailed—"l he Charles, for Ardrossan—Mayarets, New castle. Gravesend. Dec. I.—Sailed—The Omar Pasha, for Sydney—Pear less, Hong Kong—Electric Flash, Jersey. Deal, Des. I.—Passed—The Catherine Elizabeth, from St. Kitt's for London. Sailed—The Von, for Shields. MARITIME EXTRACTS. The Yemassee, arrived here from Charleston, on the 29th Oct., in lat. 36 N., lon 68 W., fell in with the American barque Bruce, of Warren. for Cuba, and took the crew from her. Queenstown. Dec. I.—The Calcutta, of London (previously reported ab,ndoned), was passed in lat. 50 N., lon. 11 W., by the Roaan?, arrived here. _ _ _ Shanghae, Oct. 7.—TheXina, from Foo-chow-foo, and 2Erolite, from London, are still on s‘lore on the South Bank of Yang-tche-Kiang. St. John's, N.F., Nov. 5.—A ship was on shore about a mile west of Port•au-Basgne, Nov. 2. Calcutta, Oct. 22.—The J. P. Morse (American ship). Weeks, from Liverpool, which sank in the Western Channel, Oct. 8, has been sold. The Joseph Sanderson sailed from the Sand Heads, April 12, 1857, for Liverpool, was spoken, 30th May, in lat. 27 S., lon. 46 E., and has not sines been heard of. SPOKEN. In lat. Lon. Sept. 28 .. Aladdin, Ca'cutta to Liverpoal FOREIGN PORTS. Ballarat, from England at Galle. Bachante sailed from Singapore for Akyab, Oct. 22. Sidon, Holstein, hence at Cuxhaven. Pyreole (s.s.). Viand, hence at Nantes. 7 amaulipas (s.s.), hence at Bordeaux. CGrnubia, Tyack, hence at Ronen. Shand sailed from Manilla for Queenstown, Sept. 15. Melita sailed from Manilla for Siam, Sept. 9. Arrow sailed fr, m Singapore for Liverpool, Oct. 4. Niel Rafael sailed from Nantes for Liverpool, Nov, 4. North sailed from Calcutta for Galle, Oct. 21. Dorisanna cleared at Akyab for Falmouth, Sept. 30. Margaret, Cummins ; and Margaret Jane, Way—both hence at New'oundland. Balkan, from Bombay at Lisbon. Persia, Petterken, from Colombo at Cochin. Captain Cook sailed from Colombo for Bombay, Oct. 22. Blackburn sailed from Woo,ung for London, Oct. 11. Historia sailed from Aden for Kooria Mooria, Nov. 3. Anglesea, Gilberry, from Caba at Hamburgh. America, tiruze, hence at Aden. Prince Arthur (s.s. tot.), M'Gowan, from Madras at Galle, and sailed for Ca'cutta, Oct. 24. Cleopatra (s,s.), Corry, from Calcutta at Galle. Blanch Moore, Evans, from Melbourne at Galle, and sailed for Madras. Sardinian, Bowes; and Euchanga, Gray—both from Melbourne at Gallo. Sussex. from Kingstown at Galle, Oct. 29, and sailed again for ---. Nerbodda, Miller, hence at Anjer for Manilla. Spirit of the North, Matter, from England at Anjer for China. Mirage, Roberts ; and Lord of the Isles—both from Shanghae at Anjer for London. Swilhamley, from Calcutta at Singapore, and sailed for Hong Kong, Oct. 17. Regina, Thornton. from Madras at Colombo. Hairy Gardner sailed from Galle for Moulmein, Oct. 22. Florence Nightingale sailed from Calcutta for Liverpool, Oct. 20. BIRTH. On the Ist inst., at Laurel-road, Fairfield, Mrs. Alexander M. Dawson, of a daughter. DEATHS. On the 25'h ult., at the residence of his aunt, Mrs William Desilva, Regent-road, in this town, Mr. Joseph T. Kinney, chief officer of the American ship St. Patrick, of Thomaston, Maine, aged 24 years. On the 27th ttlt., aged one year, Elspeth Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Ge 'rgs H. Brown, 84, Windsor-street. On the 29th ult., aged. 14, Ann Jane, youngest daughter of Mr. Henry Kelly, of Olive-street. On the 29th tilt., at Rhyl. aged 3 years and 3 months, John James, youngest son of the Rev. Thomas Nolan, vicar of Acton, Cheshire. Ir'' Births, Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when gent to our Office duly authenticated. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. CAPTAIN Boonws, Vice-President of North Dispensary. Mr. CHARLES BOOTH, Vice-President of South Dispensary. Mr. FRANCIS MILL, Treasurer. I Mr. J. W. \VILLIASIS, Secret ary OFFICE —2l, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET. Number of Patients during the past week. New Cases Received Advice and Medi cine at the Institution New Cases Visited at their own houses and supplied with Medicine ...... I NORTH. SOUTH. TOTAL. 204 498 53 I 144 1 642 To-swallow, the 3rd instant, at One o ; Brokers' Office, 9, Temple-court, ' 500 Boxes . J,le i 500 4.D0. LAYER MUSCATELLES, ea 1410' - 500 4-D o . T R. CAMERON, WATCH AND CHRONOMETER Lu• sirA T I VE". A U • 54, SOUTH CASTLE.STREET , , 7 - - rottS f sr MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE, 1 17,s0As" SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, TELESCOPES, '— CHARTS. &c. h de er a . th, T th h o e u 3 g u la ry gr r o e s t s ur i n m e m d o a r v a er lit d y ic h t a o d f il g e s n a P tu r a rw c „rd_oo' t t o 'lll' the proceedings terminated. ~ „„,., sf',„it d i COMMITTAL OF AN OVERSEER FOR X 0.-,rl l o , e a , Court House, Barnsley, on Thursday, before ,-,billor!i t i lor, Esq., and Vincent Corbett, Esq , a reSre c rett A i r 1 1 ,5 man, named Robert Broadhead, farmer, - e :barric,, t " and late overseer for that township, We e j r - Ot e ;eter'e t. having forged an account with the name of xitlble — A ; o arr, district auditor. The case excited consideTo sulcoiB4'' It appeared that in May last Mr. Brewin be ll 'o,sar i iiB l l l ed audit of the accounts of the overseers, vr ll ,, g e - gtle ° , of s t ie ed that some frauds and forgeries of a lllo''. l l ' , p ege",ol"o description had been perpretrated. Seer' 'O O l,O t i overseers' rs' receipts and payments book vier e „vd bi i ellg e ,'' ' gether, and the pages with the accounts P Bs „ s iber B h - tle,r o l the September audit had been cut out, and :i t he h " ° eo , ol tuted in their place, having his name forged Igerie""bA the effect of which was. that the townsblP:e - e0 81 , 3 ► 7,0 out of a sum of £2O. The amount of tbe ', - ,tellr i -f ro.,r4 passed and signed by Mr. Brewin, ins e ,,r e atlYlooV ci by yo the unwt balancehoifeh bothther e accountswea receipts ts cor rt r d e v : ;f a to ci t: f at — l : Pr: : ;exhtuthloinfitheaerb,scoakusdibte, eant3Pjfgobtritiplaie were 7 , o ° l e tj £2OB ss. 7-0., instead of £ 228 ss. ''' be . „ ~ol' also other frauds discovered at the same tir ee c 'etiolci: o n ib w eoc a ot s ekds bb ya selected dthbee enfo entirelyr prisoner,t lie p u k reppots although e c, s r td o h f te hr the wr aa P lt ' es : 5 00 e on i o d e re e le ::: ai f t ot Dot to,et and no person could have committed the .e atel eite 11/ the prisoner's cognizance, although it ° t sod : e at e ,,e .. o l he had not the ability to forge the aceetilL g ne s wyerr h tol of the auditor in the way in which it bed u — botll °, O' f i' Mr. Barratt, for the prisoner, urged that se e j e intioe Col in case of any mistake of the books, vrool d b eee.i t itelto f no exception ought to be made in this ine t : r i s i at' e llu a l itil eoaer was at once committed to take hi s + we 01 , 11 0 ; ill York assizes. We may state that, at the ' ° foci:Wog the ice! a to Di discovered the frauds, he surcharged items to the amount of £ll2 8 8 . . t i e vu d'as P i le ' fi t o o ,ol that amount was £6B, which was credl o por el e l - Union treasurer ; a receipt, was produced P rece ipt v oill it ot urii.g such half car, the for this payment, but it 'turned cut to be a w iler e sli ii ‘s ti at the previous half .years audit, for mades' b i rth 8 I'cool • 0 0 3 A mrkby 8 0 canceling the recei h 3' . A the ov 0: 4 O A instrumen'. Had the receipt passe"' - T he I Prier have appropriated the £6B to their own Ile n e : . 60. 4 01 1 0 r had also debited themselves with £l6 s. ' er. 0' o leo the'arnount of tbe rate made in Septerou ore .• ft including £1" 1 4 Os, ld. and £l3 13 5 . 09t. oovered and disallowed. of ~,A Oft' 17 11 ' ----....... wil•l' lw/ VP ________ Printed aid Published by CIiARL ES ationori pt aving bee nutrased e rsee 00 str , :et, at his General Printing and St silt 19, Sonth John-street. Livera ool .,,,,Eß 2, 1- .... WEDNESDAY, DEO" dit iauttyluo:stnssfete:dera, tlaled n. in May, ~c a~~~ -.____ 0 0u 10 01 erommtrtial SaltfS__,,,„..." -...., THIS DAY. --- -1 Atli. Tnrs DAY, the 2nd instant, it Twelve o'clock. Brokers' Office. 16, Exchange-building* 150 Cases East Indian 1 TALLOW. 100 Hhds. Australian . CO J 320 Apply to J. H. RAYN ER & •• On account of whom it may concerti. , t he THIS DAY, the 2nd instant, at Twelve o'clock, 0' Brokers' Office, Liver-chambers , 20 Bales COTTON, ....in P l* • partially damaged by sea water, ex Baron Renfrew,-- lying in B; wicker's, Harrington.street.—Ap ply W „ , for ROGERS & CALDED so Tars DAY, the 2nd instant, at Twelve o'clock, 14 Brokers, Office, 58 Calls N. A. TALLOW, 5 Casks Australian TALLOW, 400 B Barrels Medium ROSIN. ~ Oro lo Apply to IGLAND, SONS, tit JEFFR EY', - --_____-_---__•_—.—.- T 0-M 0 R It 0 W r •_______-- lON To-moituow, the 3rd instant, at Twelve o' clock, Brokers' Office, 16, E xc h an g e -buildings', ,' 25 'runs Fine American SPE R A I 0.1 . 1 . , 200 Barrels American SPIRITS TURI'ENT C lf•._,..' 0.; Apply to J. H. RAYNER and . to To-atoitaow, the 3rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, a ' Maria a T n o d .m C o o ß ., R l:l w erch th an e ts 3 ; rd or u t e o jc.., Brokers's Office, 16, Exchange Buildings , cAl&O 1370 Sacks Thin Oblong American LINSEED 011, landing ex Cultivator, from New York.---Apply to ko' - oto & Brokers' Office, 132 Casks Russian LARD, ; 100 Barrels Unbranded ASHES, 110 . 256 Bags Baltimorq BARK, all fatal. 0, fro• Apply to J. H. RAYNER °, C . ,N i To close an account. n og 14 14 • 16, E ll x a c t . hTßanwAgeeYl.Nvbegtic:cdlinockkgs,, a t 1 To-mosatow, the 3rd instant, at Twelve o'cl— ' Brokers' ' Office, 7, Exchange-chamber* , 1 Cask FISH OIL, 1 Do. SEED OIL SAMPLES, 1 Do. 11. 0. P. SHELLS, ~ 1 Do. ARGOLS, 1 Bale Mexican i , LORE, 5 Bags SALTPETRE. Apply to FRANCIS J. Ej a l4l l --'" 1 0 t ..,.. 500 4.100. J. LAYER MUSCATELLES, ex LW ° —r:. 500 4-Do. 200 Barrels Buuch DITTO, ex Tor; 101; .........._ 800 Half and Quarter Drums Sultana RAISINS , 156 Boxes Denia RAISINS, ex Duero ; ite 100 Skeleton Cases, Eoxes and Cartoons yi n / 1000 Boxes FIGS , a , 1000 Drums • 500 Boxes Malaga Figs, ex Ter; . 141 6 aR 1 500 Do. Do. PRUNES, ex Lizzie Lee; ' l „ l 'e No; 300 Do. Sicily DITTO, ex Rhone ; .., thi s 20 Casks German DITTO, ex Union; • 4 redo 151 Boxes Jordan ALMONDS, ex Lizzie Lee; 182 15 67 B cß a asa r g r es s el S s icily Duro, • ex Albanian; -.....___ 1 Smyrna CURRANTS, ex Phoebe lA .. ry' # 'MST Apply t o LEA' HOUGHTON & IS ,----- -- --- - ----- - NEXT WEEK; 1 On account of,;whom it may concern. _,, s till° • „ h 7tIIII On lilormax next, the 7th instant, at One o'claa" i Broker's Office, 11, Exchange-building s, ' 1,..; ''' 444 i b s i About 500 Bales COT lON, all faults , _„, 5 .., 40,,,."' 0 0 vey saved from the wreck of the Lexington, from New Orlet i, „._ J. & M. JoYss uP tt,74 3 . e...._ On account of whom it may concern.., 5 10 0 On WEDNESDAY, the 9th instant, z t One o'clociit __. ".......____ Public Saleroom, Exchange-building' s : aj,' About 250 P. ckages very valuable DAMAGED Allk7iteo o 24 GOODS, consisting of Woollens, Plain and Printed ts de af, Thread, Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, Saddlery, lice.. , Il t i ellT,l John Bagshaw, from Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, Puu t. ,.s ion Also, 10 bales WOOLLEN:), and I Eale GUNNY BA - 4eIcIP; the Ellen Radford, from Liverpool to Valparaiso, lA' irrinC e ,,;o . lying at the Sheds for Wrecked Goods, northeast side °' or, P And about 40 Boy.es Stilton CHEESE, ex Royal Chiv,, of 4 . bonnie; lying at Me4srs. Gibbs, Bright and C ch ; 3 3/I'' 11, Atherton-buildings, Dale-street.--For farther partici:lll;lm 0, IL__ ' PERCIVAL, CAMPBELL & t ' l ,oo o r - 43,7 to Brokers to the Liverpool Underwriter s' - — .l' ha _ 7 • _ 1, kl.)n salt. ----- 'rues RA WINE. ' • Old London particularand 5 06 . E) fine Old Dry Sou th In hogheads, quarter casks, and octaves. For farther particulars, apply to 0 ,0 - . UNWIN & CO., Brokers, 11, It tl -........._. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS 0 :1) PERSONS seeking Employment, or e g o% • A dd oi . Assistants, Clerks, Apartments, or Lodglnv bring their wants under the Notice of the Pablic, by Of , i„„,, the NORTHERN TIMES, which is the most efficient meditir • "qadl in this di)tric:,. The cash price for this special class of It. a is reduced to THREEPENCE for TWENTY WORDS' A. . _ G niiso .C , , S On Friday night, at eight o'clock, Mr. 117 7_ faelllg,, 13 resumed at Mr. Price's, the Wellington ArT n :„ t he South Western Railway, the inquest respeell'„, 3 9 ,,obet stances attending the death of Mary Ann - D ,_* -- o fter_.ii' nineteen, the unfortunate housemaid Who' Cr'. seduced, died' at a lodging house, No. 29 " t oe; - ' 2, street, Waterloo-road. The inquiry, as O. Tilli. '''. occasion, excited a painful degree of interes t ', A P" ; having answered to their names, the folio/ 113 V e l c i • evidence was adduced:—Dr. Menzies said 11 „ 0 „def. 2 n i -,. the body, in conjunction with Mr. Cs" e- s on , . 17' Bartholometv's Hospital, and his son. Be '" e e. . , Got t body externally, and found no marks of violeo 0 ` tie t , Si fra u l4 opening the chest he found all the organs free &g ot. 4 .8. The stomach emitted no unnatural colour vi11,, 5 `" ce. ,IS ----- internal lining presented a blackish appee; o od , , ti b moibid disease in that part of the body 1 ,,c ) 0 4. 10 -.014 death. Upon opening the head he found we. o trir and the pramater perfectly healthy, but the ' 6 ,000. the brain were charged with blood. There ivas ij ot beej! f , to show that the effusion was caused from al ilt (i, 7,0 11 pli. natural causes. Further evidence was ad 11 og - witness named Jane Forehead deposed to Ils! o olt O a become acquainted with the deceased. and w a l l r so 6 o 6B ;# l ,; on one occasion when she went to meet a r'. j 0 , she called her husband. This person called %he I 0 1. lodging, and stayed with her for three nights., '70.., 1 8 0 A And had no apprehension of her death when she il li t o e c e 7 o oo 6l hey t The deceased never told her under what cirenl e d came to London. Mr. Balcombe, the father of 14 ' o f for said ho never heard her complain of illness 01 : 4 ,0 01 1 : 01 1 il l° \...... the head. The coroner, in summing up the tau. A that the evidence of Mr. Menzies disposed el f or° r as to the deceased having met her death by,, ti t trl.,, sf ij o i and it was clear that no one was to blame 0 °, ; ," to k,_ 1 A .... el. 41. -- —l. -- ——— : 1.. , _1 1 ... voqiC , ":.al. 'AR I ` 4 .4