Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-29 00:00:00

THE SPRING ASSIZES CROWN COURT Y- _ ESTERDAY. BEFORE MR. JUSTICE WILLES The Court opened yesterday morning at 10 o'clock jury having been sworn the CASE OF ARCHIBALD MANN was Proceeded with. The prisoner was plaeed at the bar, and the charge of having, at Liverpool, on the cember, committed an abominable crime, and repeattti. the 28th De- same on the Gth, and also on the 9fil of January last, was read over to him, to which he pleaded not guilty. Mr lispinall appeared for the prosecutien, and,Mr. Li r for the defence. It that the prisoner, who was a professional Singer, was employed by Mr, D. C. Browne., -of Liverpool, and for tiled sl he he-ad gameke idetl in his house. lie two ri ppy elli was s' of a cu, was on to him y cutting, where h He v had lived kesidencc Den car, the 13th to bE himsd adf harm Min. Or consider was, that As the peAtelters had gene out, seven in number, with a gun, stick.. s, and 'nets, what was their pur pose ? They would not lie likely to leave their property and run away, withont first seeing the .strength of the game keepers. Again, what ws thefr purpose ? Did they intend to resist the keepers, if they should come upon them, or stand still.? It was very likely, in their going out in such numbers, they did not think of running away, but to stand, and if they did . stand, 'what result would follow but a conflict ? Then, with ;respect to the law, manslaughter was the causing of the death of another by an unlawful act, and every man that was concerned in the act was answerable for the acts of his companions. He then went through the evidence us given by the witnesses, at the eon cluiton of which the :jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter ag-ainstthe prisoner. He was sentenced to ten years' penal setwitpde. The court then aajonrned till nine o'clock, this (Tuesday) NISI PRIUS COURT.-YESTERDAY Mr. Justice Byles entered court at nine o'clock yesterday morning, and proceeded with the Common Jury Cases. LA.WILENCE V. `GAWTHORPE.—This was -an action brought by John Lawrence, a cloth manufactur er , o f O sse tt, in Yorkshire, against John GaWthorpe, the proprietor of Aubrey Bridge Mill, in the same county. The action was brought to recover £22 lls 8d damages, alleged to have been caused to some cloth while undergoiner the process of milling in the defendant's mills. Mr. Wheeler appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Atherton, Q.C. with Mr. Millward for the defence. The case for the plaintiff was, that in October,- 1857, he sent to the defendant's -mill 40 pieces of blue cloth, which were so damaged in the process that a loss of £9 was incurred upon the sale of them. On the 25th' of November, he sent some black beaver, which was likewise damaged in the milling process, so that a loss of £3 took place ; and in March, 1858, a quantity of gray union cloth, sent for the _ same' purpose, underwent damage - which resulted in a loss of £5 ss. The plaintiff communicated the fact of the damage done to the defendant, who told him to employ a person to " draw up the holes," which he did, and paid - ....to lit; oacuwa 01 tut the other sums, made up the Phe plaintiff refused to pay amount of the w the, charges of defendant for milling the cloth unlesssthe amount of the injury was deducted, and the defendant took proceedings in the local county court. The plaintiff paid the amount of the claim, upon the understanding that the money should remain in court to abide the result of a cross-action which he was about to bring to recover damages for . the injury dime to the cloth. When the trial came on the defendant pleaded that he was not the party who had milled the cloth, but 'that his sons were the parties. The plaintiff not expecting such a line of defence was unprepared with evidence to meet it, and the consequence was that he was nonsuitcd. Under these circumstances the present action was brought, and the plaintiff gave evidence to show that although the defendant's sons were engaged in the management of his business, the defendant himself was the party with whom he had always transacted any dealings which passed between them. The case for the defence was that defendant had ceased to have any personal connexion with the milling business from July, 1857 that that busi— ness then passed into the hands of his son John, and that he had communicated this fact to the plaintiff. This case in volved a very considerable amount of strongly conflicting testimony. The defendant denied that any such conver sation had taken place between plaintiff and him as plaintiff had alleged, and denied that he had ever authorized the plaintiff to get the holes " drawn up." He stated that he owned the mill, but did not carry on the operations of the business, and it was contended that it is cowmen to have such a distinction made in that trade, and the proprietor ship of the mill kept entirely as a separate account from the carrying on of the actual process of the business. The jury found for the plaintiff for the full amount now claimed. LIDDELL V. YOUDAN. - This was an action brought by Mr. Edward Liddell, public officer of the Sheffield Union Banking Company, against Air. Thomas Youdan, the pro prietor of a public casino in Sheffield. Mr. Atherton, Q.C., with Mr. Jones, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Manesty, Q.C., with Mr. Meihuish, for defendant. The action was brought to recover £157 alleged to be due by defendant to the Banking Company. The defendant had paid into, court £96, which left the actual sum in dispute £69 16s. It appeared that the defendant had been in the habit of banking with the plaintiffs, and upon the 28th of September, 1854, he paid into the bank £6O, which was entered into his passbook. Under the date )th of September, the following day, there !r entry of £6O to the defendant's credit in of the 2' was anotl the passbook, lint • over the entry there had been written the words " entered before." The plaintiffs claimed from' defendant the amount of the balance due as already mentioned. He refused to pay more than the amount paid into court, contending that on the 29th of , t• n,n rf, U -book, and which, with'th l e in t erc have amounted to £69 16s. T itry was made in mistake, 60, which defendant The question, then, on which ,the case turned, 60, or two such sums had been paid into the bank by the defendant. The plaintiff positively de posed that the second £6O was not received, and that although the cash was balanced that night, as was the custom every night, no such sum was found . to have been paid in. There .was no entry whatever of it in the cash books or journals of the bank Five balances had since been struck with the defendant, and it was stated that on none of these eras entered in his TI accruing, would n plaintiffs alleged that the second the first sum entered was oat as whethet'c occasions had he made any complaint that the missing. £6O was not placed to his credit. The plaintiff, who made the entry of the second £6O, was examined, and deposed that he made that entry from the ledger, and made it in mistake, believing. that the entry in the ledger referred to the £6O paid on the 28th, and that that sum had not been entered before. The defendant on the other hand positively deposed, that on the 29th of September he paid £6O into the bank, he believed to the plaintiff, but was not quite certain upon that point, and that he saw it entered. The jury found for the t claimed The Court then rosE LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT, i -YEATERDAY J. K. BLAIR, ESQ., JUDC IMPORTANT TO THE SHIPPING INTEREST —This Is -CUNARD AND OTHERS V ROBERTS. al action by Mess]: Cunard, Wilson and Co., the well known brokers for the kinst Mr. Roberts, for £l2 11s---Xl2 for the xle of the barque Catherine, and 11s Ur. J. B. Asninall, instructed by nd Mr. Hime for ro, n on tr ,peared for the plaintiff was heard on the 9th inst some time had 17th Janne'ry, and doxir there up to u with whiche was charged was alleged to en committed With John Charles Browne, a little vn of Daniel 'Charles Browne, the there the eri boy ben ye prosecutor. The little boy was called, and proceeded to de scribe 'the committing of the crime. Daniel Charles Browne was called, - and said he - was a- professor of music residing in tiverpool. Thu prisoner 'had re sided at his house up to the 17th ' January last. Mr. Mann had beentengagecl by him on an understanding . that he . was to get E. greater por tion of his earnings for whatever he weadqlo for him. , On his •hearing of the offence, he went to Mr. Mann the next day and charged him with corruption • one of his children, and ordered him to leave the house instanter. Mrs. Browne said, better to give - him his things, but the piisoner made answer that he -wanted nothing, as he had a razor. The prisoner sent the prosecutor a letter ' asking to be forgiven, and when he , would see him again he would End him to be an altered man. He asked in the letter to nis tnings that might go on with his engage _ . its, though'he knew Mr. BrOwne could stop them. not call on Mr. Browne, but requested a meeting at the Landing-stage, or to leave a note at the Victoria Hotel. The letter went on,—" What shall I do ? I shall be ruined. I will always think of you, and never forget you,—!but do see me." The greater part of the earnings of the prisoner was put into the hands of Mrs. Browne, and when he wanted money he had to get it from her. Mr. Browne made most of the engageMents for the prisoner. The week before the prisoner had been suffering from rielerium tremens. The learned counsel for the defence ad- Be lic dressed the jury in ari able speech, remarking that it•was a charge of the most serious consequence to the prisoner. It was a very. hard thing for the prisone to collect his senses so as to offer a proper defe , - - crowded court, and if he did address them he was not alloived to give one word of his statement of the case, while they were obliged to listen to the story of the prosecution. — Under these circumstances, it would be their duty to examine, most carefully, the whole of the evidence, and when they had examined it, if they saw the slightee to doubt as 'to whether the charge was true, it would be their duty —and he was sure in such a case it would be a pleasing duty—to discharge the prisoner. He contended that they could not put much confidence in the evidence. He held that the letter, or that portion of it in which the prisoner admitted to be in the power of the prosecutor, was not on account of his criminality, but his being thrown - upon the world without a penny, or even his things, to allow him to go on with his engagements. His Lordship summed up, and the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." ;e in a t reason SECOND COUNT. The jury were resworn, to try the prisoner on a secon charge of having committed a like offence on Robert S. Brown( seven years of age,. and son of Daniel Charles Browne. The child was examined, and gave similar evidence to that of his brother. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty in this case also. The third count was not gone into, and the prisoner was discharged. RAPE.—Thomas Tomlinson, aged 56, was placed at the bar, charged with having, on the 26th February las milted a ra Cross prosecuted A Oldham, on Eliza Tomlinson Mr. K. A. was undefended. In this The prison case . the prisoner was the father of the prosecutrix. Thu girl had been for some time suffering from a pain in tlu chest, and was subject to fits. On the day in q _ ,tion, th prosecut the pris The prosecutrix became fright one of the fits. In the fits she is perfe _ id on that occasion she retained her senses, in such a state as not to be able to mak( nor conip?..t,.°!ltit(A):2l,Pasgis?,(n(q )t on the bell ler wen and went into ly con- scious, She w t day she told a it During the tim that the pr much agit rix was iving her eviden le became so was carried the learned jud to th that she v when in a rrespondinz with the offence all I to have out of c gentleman some time previou her state to be such been comm returned a verdict of guilty. The judge - addressed the prisoner and said, there was no doubt on the mind of the court as to his guilt, and no reason why sentence should not be passed upon him equal to his crime. reason why sentence should be deferred was, that anyttnn The only at that time might be of There could be no nce, however, additional coming on his daught the most serious consequences to her doubt a would b, was to be MURDER John Parker, a f n labour for the murder of Thomas 55 years of age, wa at Whall tion, and Mr Ls _ Campbell with the tr for which the p: It was riven in evidence, that on-the December last he deceas'ed Thomas I other gamekeer lnd watchers we over into Wlialley. Th -which was ree " Blaze into t 1 was see keepers e out watehi Ir. )110~9111, u. the Bridewell in. tt abdomen, b Le said, with re f c was chart,,_,.. had the ;d by the keepers," all Ake, They had no ( of th Rd as that of the prisoner's, called oti into tt the cap and did not go - of and wa! prisoner Set 111:1011 th, the ma d withot Lt the blow—ha Ind 110 me d agree to an:v LI counsel and Id n the dele Aspinall, in opening the case, stated that the plaintiffs we brokers for the sale of ships, and that in August, 1858, th sold the barque Catherine to Mr. Roberts. At the time was short of funds, arid they advanced him £lOO for ti payment of the deposit, on the c on diti on th a t the vesse l w . _ for sale. The plaintiffs found and it was agreed that he shoe sum of £1,206 £450 was to On the margin plaintiff was The'agreemc Cunard, Wils , viz., one per cent luently Messrs: ard, Wi M. J. -V of paying the d >TS. Ull .d, Wilson ar Captain Lyons a tud 12th Aug. price w Cohnty Cour to remain in their h buyer in one Mr. Dr who said that on the 1 the 1 c Cath plaintiffs lent £100; for the p the express understanding 4- 't - - Co 1 the v n the . 14th J 1 that t be naid.on i witr. 100 from Mr. Cunar was m 0 contract was cancelled in consequence of t approved of. Mr. Cunard said he was r commission contract Was no ca! The words in the ir ontract were either part of the contract or not I then it felt with the cancellin,-, It was qu. It was c in a commission - for auy contrac a "" 1 Mr. It cid he I given THE NORTHERN TIMES TUESDAI, MARCH 29, 1859 the Catherine and the Spartan. He did so, and bought in both vessels. Mr. Copping advised him to take the Cathe rine, and as be said his hands were quite full, Copping said he could obtain £lOO of Mr. Cunard for the purpose of paying the deposit. He listened to the offer, and Mr. Cunard did advance him the money, but there was no express stipulation that they should sell the vessel for him. He allowed them to advertise the Catherine in their list, but they had tot the excliisiVe riglif"Or selling her. One Captain Lyons was introduced to him, and they came to an agreement about the Catherine. he was to be gold for £1,200, £450 of which was to be in cash, andthe remainder £750 in approved bills. When the bills where presented to him he refused them, and the contract fell to the ground. Afterwards, Messrs. Curry, Kellock and Co. introduced a purchaser to him, and he paid them their commission. The £lOO was paid. He further stated that payment of commission, when contracts fell to the ground, was not usual in their business. Mr. diellock, who is a partner in the 'firm of Curry, Kellock and Co., gave evidence to the fact, that he had seen many contracts similar to those in dispute, and when the bills was not approved of and the eontract was cancelled, the broker's commission was not paid. Mr. Aspinall replied on behalf of the plaintiffs. He contended that his clients had done their work, gone to a great deal of trouble, introduced a purchaser, and placed Mr. Roberts in a better position than he previously was, as he (Mr. Roberts) could, if he had thought fit, have made the party to whom he sold his vessel carry out the contract in all its integrity. He, therefore, was clearly of opinion that Messrs. Cunard, Wilson, and Co. were entitled to a verdict. His Honour said he, would take time to consider his decision, and would ael4er judgment on Monday, the 28th of March Yesterday his Honour delivered the following judgment :—ln this case there will be judgment for the plaintiffs. A sale of the defendant's ship was effected by the plaintiffs, as his brokers, to a particular individual, who would have been bound to take the' ship, and pay for her in the mode agreed on —by bills—the parties to which were specified. The defendant signs the contract, with the memorandum on the margin, brokerage of 1 per cent. to be paid by the seller, and is due to the broker on this agreement being signed. This con tract between the seller and his broker is explicit, and I do not see how it can be affected by the circumstance of there being introduced into the contract between the seller and the purchaser a stipulation which would enable the former, but not the latter, to cancel the agreement on a certain contingency, namely, the sellers non-approval of the bills by which the vessel was to - be paid for. This is a matter not depending on the brokers, and the subsequent cancelling of the contract, on this ground, would not affect their right to the remuneration for their services which they had stipulated for, and which the seller had actually agreed to pay. It was agreed that the agreement for the sale depending on a contingency stated in the face of it— the memorandum in the margin —must, as well as the re mainder of the document, be read with reference to that contingency, and on its occurrence preventing ,the contract being carried out, the brokers commission would fall with the contract on which it was founded. But this is fallacious. The contract between the buyer and seller is made, it is true, to depend on a contingency, but that between the seller and his broker is absolute. The latter has performed a complete service for the seller, and obtained a contract by which the purchaser is bound to take the ship on certain specified terms. The defendant by his signature bas recog nised the broker's title as complete, instead of, as he might have done, introducing stipulations making the right to broker age contingent on the ultimate carrying outof the principal contract. Under these circumstances the evidence of the practice of brokers in such cases—however strong —would only show that in circumstances such as these, brokers often find it polite not to insist on their strict rights. I have no effect in modifyin,,,,_ ,, a contract so express in its terms as that before me. The words of the defendant's engage meat to the plaintiffs are clear and unambiguous, and I am bound to give effect to them. Verdict for the plaintiffs, £l2 lls. THE WIRRALL WATER WORKS - BILL. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—Allow me to make a few remarks on a letter which appears in this day's NORTHERN TIMES, on the subject of water for Tranmere and the Wirrall Water Works Bill, and signed " A Lover of Clean Water, and Plenty of it.", The writer appears to be lamentably ignorant, not only of what the inhabitants of Tranmere really want, but also of who the parties are that are . opposing the Wirrall Company's bill ; and that he may not so far commit himself again, I purpose enlightening his more than Egyptian darkness. First, then, as to who Mr. Richard Lee,' and what the writer presumes to call the "unwashed," are, et: nri n that they compose nine-tenths of the ratepayers inif - OWiiers of property in Tranmere, and that, at two several public meetings of ratepayers and others, the Wirrall scheme was most , emphatically condemned, and resolutions in favour of adopting the local act carried each time by large majoritim • The rate payers believe, and are well advised, that the local act gives power to a township to supply itself with water notwithstanding the late opinion given by the learned Hope Scott. They are also wider awake than "A Lover of plenty of Water" gives them credit for. They also love clean water and would rejoice if they could have plenty of it to-morrow, but they object to pay more for it than they can get it for under their own feet, and they have a most particular objection to pay " A Lover of Water " and his friends at the rate of ten per cent. as their share of the profit, in addition to some thing like one-third more pro rata for each house than the proposed local company can supply it for. " A Lover of Water " likens Tranmere to an Irish village, and would deluge us with water for a con sideration ; but where has he been during the last ten years, when water has been so very much wanted ? He cannot surely have been waiting until the rapidly increasing population would justify himself and his friends in making the supplying, of water to Tranmere a paying speculation ; if so, it says much for his prudence. But what about his philanthropy ? In conclusion, let me advise " A Lover of Water " to be a little more choice in his expressions, or his friends will be apt to imagine that he has taken something stronger than aqua pura, or that he has graduated at that most respectable locality yclept Billingsgate.—Yours, &c., A LOVER OF FAIR PLAY. ^ l . March 28th, 1859. --. , .1)m...-__- BRIGHT I AND THE " BUTTERMAN ! ! (Air—" Fillikins and his Dinah.") Oh 'tis of a famed merchant who in Liverpool does dwell, Who supply folks with Butter who want it to sell ; I be told, -Oilll all your Butter-1 -Butt ,r-ii Butter-' MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, Monday Evening) . , There has been no change in the tone of .0; e Liverpool Cotton Market to-day, and a large busiiii ( ss has again been done, the sales reaching 10,000 bales, 3,000 of which have been taken on speculation and export. ~Prices continue very firm at the highest point. Only a moderate amount of business has ,been done in the Liverpool Share Market, but there' has been I greater steadiness in prices. The transactions were as follows :-Great Western, 581 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 95, 951, 95, 944 ; 'London and North Western, 95, 951, 951, 95 •, Manchester, Sheffield, . and Lincoln, ,381,; Midland, 1011, 1011, 101, 1011 ; South Eastern, 211. After official hours only two transactions were reported, and these were London and North Weiterns at 951, and South Eastern and Davers at 211. The final closing, quotations were :- Blackburn, 111, 111 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 631, 641 ; Caledonian, 841; 841; Chester and Holyhead, 48, 481 • Eastern Counties, 1 2, 121 ; East Lancashire, 93, 931; , Too. £9 shares, e 7 y p ; Great Northern, 103, 104 ; Do. A, 88, 89 ; Great Western _ 'Lancashire and '•Yorkshire Stock , 95 ; Do. £9 shares, 4, 1 ; London and North Western Stock, 95, 951; Do. one eighth shares, 15-16 . 1, d ; Manchester, Sheffield, and • Lincolnshire, 381, 381; Midland Stock, 101, 1011; North British, 601, 601 ; North Western, 132, 13/ ; North Staffordshire, 41, 41 d ; North Eastern -Berwick, 921, 93 ; York - and North Midland, 76, 761 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 47, 471 ; South Eastern and Dover, 21 1-16, 21a •, Dutch Rhenish, 44, d ; Great Western of Canada, 15;1, 151 ; Do. New Shares, 51, d ; Great Luxembourg, 6i, 7 ; Cirand Trunk of Canada, 8 13-16, 8y ; Lombardo-Venetian, 11, 11 p; Ditto New Shares, 4, 1 p. ' With no very extensive amount of business, the London Stock Market has been tolerably steady all day. Consols first opened at about the closing ,quotations, and subsequently advanced a fraction, but again receded and left off at about_ the same point as on Saturday. The final closing price was 951 to 951. The business done in the London Share Market has been very limited, but prices have not undergone any important fluctuations. The closing quotations were as follows : -Ambergate, 6, 61; Caledonian, 811, 85; Do. pref., 103, 105 ; Eastern Counties, 591, 601 ; East Lancashire, 92, 93 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 721, 731' ; Great Northern, 103 ; Ditto A, 87, 89 ; Ditto 8., 132, 134 ; Great 'Western, 581, 581 ; Brighton, 112, 113 ; North-Western, 95, 951 ; South-Western, 921, 93 ; Manchester,: Sheffield, and Lincoln, 38, 381- ; Midland 101, 1011 ; North British, 60, 601 ; Ditto pref., 111, 113 ; North Eastern Berwick, 921, 93 ' • Leeds, 47, 471 ; York, 761, 77 ; North Stafford, 43, ; South Eastern, 701, 701 ; Turkish Sixes 921, 93 ; Do. Fours, 1024, 1031; Great Western of Canada, 154, 151; Ditto New, 54, 43 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 81 13-16, 81 15-16, . _ A report of the directors of the Great Western Railway of Canada has been issued. It appears that the balance of revenue account is equal to a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, but a deduction has to be made arising from the " accident account." The directors express a belief that " the worst has passed, and that a gradual improvement will take place in general trade, and therefore in the traffic of this railway." The report of the directors of the Smyrna and Aidin Railway elipresses their "unabated confidence in the eventual success of the undertaking," states that the contractor is prosecuting the work with "vigour and despatch," and remarks that " tl4 necessary arrangements will be made for the com pany being replaced on the Stock Exchange list as soon as possible.' The meeting of the Belgian Eastern Junction Railway Company, recently advertised, have been adjourned for one month. Nothing fresh has transpired ,respecting the Russian Loan negociation, just concluded. The rf , pnint, of for renii it e aneuments.frorn St. Peters burg is awaited. Numerous applications from the Continent have already been made to Messrs. Thompson, Boner, and Co., the London agents for the loan. Seventy-five millions of Silver roubles are equal to 11,250,0001., taking the exchange at its present rate of 36 d., or to 11,875,0001., taking the exchange at 38 d. The amount of the proceeds in cash will, of course, depend upon the price at which the loan may be issued. About £30,000 in gold was on Saturday withdrawn from the Bank for remittance to the Continent, in payment for silver. The rate for the best bills.is 21 per cent., and from the impending demands for Russia and India, coupled with the drain of silver, an easier state of the market is scarcely probable. A very' unfavourable inipressiOn was created in the Stock Exchange by Lord Derby's confession that the seven million pounds for, India, to be raised in England during. the ensuing year, will be inadequate, and that an additional three million pounds, or not improbably five million pounds, will be required. This announcement has strengthened the impression that the time is drawing near when the Imperial guarantee will have to be interposed, at least as regards new loans. The English Funds declined about 1 per - cent. In the Discount Market there was a good but not a pressing demand for money to-day, In all quarters, including the Bank, the rate for the best bills, is 21 .per cent ; and from the "impending demands for Russia and India, coupled with the drain of silver, an easier state of the market is scarcely probable. About £30,000 in gold was this d from the Bank for remittance to the Continent in payment for silver.—Daily News City Article, Saturday Evening. The Government intimation that an additional sum for India of certainly not less than three million pounds, and probably of five million pounds, will be required. in the present year, following immediately upon the announcement •of a Russian loan for eleven million pounds, produced a serious effect upon the Funds to-day, and they have now almost entirely lost the improvement occasioned by the prospect of a settlement of the Italian question. The new demand for India might possibly have created a less adverse impression but for the want of confidence on the part of the financial public in the ability of this branch of our administration.—Times City Article, Saturday Erening withthanii - LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.- 3.1.inc1l 28 Colonial, The Sugar market white Benar I to 445, 11 faults, by s, and 140 cases low' old white Babia A cargo (400 puncheons) Cuba es, off the coast, has been placed at 16s 3a per cwt. The sales in Rum are 125 puncheons Demerara and 40 puncheons Surinam, at about recent rates. 670 bags fine Bengal Rice have realised lls 9d per cwt. Dyewoods : 135 tons Jamaica Logwood at £3 12s 6d to £3 15s per ton. Ashes are dull. Nitrate of Soda : 70 tons sold at 14s 9d to 16s per cwt for sto 3 per cent refraction. Nothing has vt in bond transpired in Brimstone. 11 casks Tartar reportdd at 97s &d for brown, 102 s 6d for diScoloured, and 125 s for Cream. 50 bags Sumac, at 12s 6d for SDP ; 350 bags Sago Flour, at MI bales Berries, Orehella Weed. at £3B )ut . chiefly at the formei• rat( at 43s per per ton. of Palm, at £45 per Sperm Head-matter ton; notl taken at Ot Rosin, Is per cwt for PY( )n secret terms; and of Sj ir•its of Turpentine, 100 barrels at 1,250 bags Calcutta Rapeseed at and 400 b cwt. Jut 600 bales `ls to 53s per quarter, d at 54s to 56s per A:119 per ton. but the price Bombay Linseed at o. American red Cloversee 200 bales are reported at £l6 to J have changed hand- illa H We have li Ind 250 ba 40 tons of 150 tons 3fanffCtZ ma privat LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-MNum 28 good busiu The sales ihia, 74-d to 73-,d yptian, 8d to 9d ; and 600 • Surat, There has been day, at firm ra 84 - -d ; 1508 transacted in cotton to -including 110 Pernambuco, 1; 20 Maranham, 9d; 1.100 )orted 10,000 bales,' of which 3,000 ate'on - specillation and TOOL CATTLE MARKET.—MAncn 23. to-day was larger than that of last ales wer Liverpoot tits name I Whose Bu As Kelly was NV In .hing out Butter one day, ilks REFORM BRIGHT, and to him did sa that won 1(1 plae" I do iy I will gladly That's a good noble Kelly—then John Bright replied, _ Singin'—Butter-li—Butt You're a - - - So never don't by no means be persuaded to "shy" it And as all want full value for their "tin," and quite right, Think of Kelly the Butterman, and Reformer John Bright T THE MysT JOHNSON.' JASE OF THE STOI Whitechapel County Court, b ierant violiii player, of Edward kinst . Mr. William Johnson, the prop: U lILn.- ~ Limed msemeni facing Limehot .cial-road East, to recover the sum of 14s, for wort It will be recollected that the defendant engage( ince at a fair in Ashford, Kent, o name was James Brotherton. Th t the art of tumbling, &v., for th He progressed very well, and becam rm of seven year clever child:u r. 11 wit() never lit 1 or saw anything of the mother after herhitt xn Trish roman named Walker, liv ime forward and claimed the child as and with Hibernian accents and " Och, och, Jerry, my boy, hay( I you after all ! " The defendant, however, ter some persuasion, gave up the child to her, and he waF. )1y being exhibited at a penny gaff in Ratcliff-high-wa) Al upraise( I foun I hand ,randmother came from stone and claimed the child, and made an a to Mr. Yard Police-court, to whor boywas dead, b L LIIC time of the bo i The boy was then living in a wi being taken from pla I plaintiff, who h lant in various nt stated that he had continually annoyed def ess. The dofen? Min money, also been a friend to him. The Judge said, he had no witnesses, and .smore particularly, after suet vile letter 'which had been . sentlo the defendant, he st ... . nonsuit him. Nonsuited accordingly. The F tend the sale of , the court quite chapfallen, amidst the deri4og el adept of :t fell w Bingin'—Butter-: MORAL the Butter-li—Butter-li-day Eastern Church, auction at 26s 6d NI Muscovado Mott The supnl prices, Cannot be quoted lower freely at full rates, 9d per lb quality, and 8d to 81-el for fair mutton beasts, 3,808 sheep LONDON * CORN MARKEL—II Weather continue and of y white of buyers; but up to the present hour sc wheat Jias been sold, although last Month attained for first-rate Supply : 1,568 nglish, fresh up ins EnnlisY rates - wird b taken. Foreign very slow and rather firmer, Barley and oats dull. Norfolk flour held at 27s 6d to 28s. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-Mmtc - fr 28 We continue — to have a steady demand for all kinds of new hops at the late improvement in value. Yearlings are steady in price, but all other kinds rule heavy. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—MARCH 28. The following public sales are advertised for to-morrow : Sugar : 100 bhds West India, 300 bags Mauritius, 2,000 bags Bengal, 1,500 bags Madras, and 300 bags Penang. Coffee : 350 casks and 2,000 Porto Rico. Saltpetre : 2,000 bags. Rice : 10,000 bags. 'The markets have been drill since Friday, yet prices have been supported. SUGAR : Floating cargoes have been in demand, but we are withont transactions to report. COFFEE : Plantation and native Caylon have a very firm appearance. TEA : The market is dull. Large public sales are adver tised for Thursday next. RICE has a dull appearance. METROPOLITAN CATTLE •MARKET.—MutcH 28. The supplies of fat stock were on the inrease, and the trade generally ruled . heavy. Beasts, sheep, lambs, calves, and pigs were fully 2d per 81bs. lower than on Monday last. Beef, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s lOd to 5s 10d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; veal, 3s 10d to 5s 6d; pork, 3s to 4s 4d, per 81bs, &e. • Total supply : Beasts, British 3620, foreign 70 ; sheep and lambs, British 21,410, foreign 1,330 ; calves, British 83, foreign 37 ; pigs, British 390. LONDON TALLOW MARKET.-11ARcH_28 The tallow market is firm to-day. Annexed are the prices :—Town tallow, 523 6d net cash ; Petersburgh Y C on the spot, 535; April alone, 53s • April to June, 52s 9d ; October to December, 53s 3d to g3s 6d. LONDON MINING MARKET, -MARCH 28 In the minin,o market to-day, the late recovery in shares in East Wheal Russell is not fully sustained, the present price being 16 to 17. Shares in Wheal Margaret, South Basset, Stray Park, Hingston Downs, and Rosewarne are in request. Great Wheal Alfred Shares axe marked in the Stock Exchange 21. Kassunda mining shares are quoted 11 to Port Phillip mining have been dealt in at 12s 6d, and United Mexican at 2. At a meeting of adventUrers in Wheal Wrey Consols, held on the 22nd inst., the accounts showed a debit balance of £509 Gs Bd. A call of 2s 64 per share was made. A dividend of 20s per share was declared, on the 24th inst, by the Foxdal Mines, Isle of Man. At a meeting of adventurers in Cardigan Consols Mine, held 23rd inst, the accounts showed a balance of £231 8s lid of liabilities over assets. The Aberdovey Silver Lead Mining Company declared, on the 16th inst, a dividend of lOs per share. LONDON MONEY MARKET MARCU 28. Consols very quiet all the morning. They opened at 951 to 95-4, and have continued without the least alteration. Shares inactive, and prices without change. Canadian dull. French steady. CORK CORN MARKET Oats, 12s to 13s. ASGOW •IRON MARKET, -11ARCI1 .-31Ancu 28 The market has been steady to-day, and a large business done at 53s cash in Glasgow, 14 days ; closing buyers, 53s ; sellers, 53s 14d; Nos. 1 and 3, Giciß, 535. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY LATEST BETTING. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.— 8 to 1 agst King-at-Arms (off) ; 100 to 12 agst Acteon (t) ; 10 to 1 agst Zitella (t) ; 20 to 1 agst New Stead (t) ; 25 to 1 agst Beatrice (t). 2,000 GUINEAS.--4 to 1 agst Promised Land (t). THE DERBY.-12 to 1 agst Promised Land (t) • 15 to 1 agst Gamester (t) ; 15 to 1 agst Volcano (t) ; 3 0 to 1 agst Ticket-of-leave (t) ; 1,000 to 10 agst Gladiolus (t). NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.-7 to 1 agst Little Agnes (t) ; 7 to 1 agst Newcastle (off) ; 8 to 1 agst Gladiolus (off) ; 10 to 1 agst Beacon (t and off) ; 11 to 1 agst Bevis (t) ; 15 to I agst Mutineer (t) ; 100 to 6 agst Blue Jacket (t) ; 100 to 6 agst Stapleton (t) ; 25 to 1 agst Precious Stone (t) ; 25 to 1 agst Pan (t) ; 25 to 1 agst Faced Stag (t) ; 40 to 1 agst Rio (t) ; - 40 to 1 agst Skirmisher (t) ; 5 to 1 a„nt Gladiolus and Beacon (t) ; 6 to I agst Mutineer and Bevis (t). THE , STEAMERS ROYAL CHARTER AND GREAT BRITAIN. The Australian mail has brought news of the arrival at Melbourne of both the Royal Charter and Great Britain, the former having made the passage in 64 days, and the latter, including:a detention of 5 days _ in the Bay of Biscay and St. Vincent, in 65 days. This is another instance, and we think most conclusive that, such ships of large tonnage and perfect sailing powers, combined with the use of moderate steam, are those best suited for the trade and prosperity of England's most distant colony, Australia. Again and again have these ships made the passage in nearly the same number of days, and in comparison with the following list of sailing vessels their present performance shows clearly the advantages they place before both passengers and shippers of goods. Sailed. PROM LIVERPOOL. Arrived. Oct. 9: Greyhound Oct. 16 : Anne Wilson January 10 Oct. 22 : Shalimar Oct: 23: Royal Charter Dec. 27 Oct. 28 : Black Eagle January 27 Oct. 30 : Ben-Nevis January 29 Nov. 21: Great Britain January 26 VESSELS NOT OUT Oct. 9 : Geelong. Oct. 29 Priocess Royal Nov. 7: Mindoro. Nov. 8 : Jessie Munn. PROM LONDON Oct. 1 : Planet . Plymouth 95 . . January 19 Oct. 2 : Rob Roy Oct. 3: Monarch Oct. 16: Golconda 'anuary 1 January 18 January 12 96 64 91 90 Plymouth 79 . . . . J, Oct. 16: Chil Oct. 22: Owen Glendo;ver Inuary 11 January 17 On looking over the log of the Great 13ritain from St. Vincent, we find that from the 9th December to the 31st, she ran 4,697 knots ; and from the Ist January to the 24th, 6,127 knots—the average per day being 255 miles ; the gAatest day's run, 358 lnd the least day's run, 186 miles. The Royal Charter's - log has not but when to hand, we shall have pleasure in giving similar details. yet reached u The owners of these ships claim the support of the emigrant and shipper of goods, being the first to pioneer the way to the land of golden promise ; they • have disrP— _......egaraecl all obstacles, pressed on in their enterprise, sparing nothing that could promote the comfort of their passengers, and. shorten their tedious passage by the ordinary sailing ship.. Captain Gray has earned the high appreciation of his passengers—he so well merits—and received a handsome testimonial, together with the following gratifying farewell letter : Great Britain Steam-Ship, Jan., 1859. To John Gray, Esq., Commander. Dear sir,—Before separating at the close of our voyage, we are desirous of expressing our respect and esteem, and collectively thanking you for your attention, courtesy, and the invariable kindness which has made our passage so pleasant. We have ever found you ready and anxious to oblige and even to anticipate our wants, and to contribute to our inform )n and anx panying testi- We trust you Zvi: II appreciate tl much for the intrinsic valm s for being evidence of the good feeling which all classe f our regard, rt of your paisengers bear towar i'Ve tale leave of you with grateful feelings of regard, . ,nd sincere wishes for your future success and prosperity— aid remain, dear sir, yours truly THE PASSENGERS. The Royal Charter will leave again for Melbourne on the 15th of May, and will, no doubt, be that favourite which her successful voyages so fairly entitles her to claim. No SHIP SHOULD GO TO SEA without one of and Co.'s Patent Self-cleansing Charcoal Filters, c fitted-up expressly for use on board ship. Note the address SAUNDERS & Co., 16, Parker-street, Liverpool. _ _ rnd the Shadow" is the title of the t in CASSELL'S commenced in "The Substanc tale now exciting such universal inte ILLUSTRATED FAMILY PAPER. The tal No. 53. London : Cassell, Potter, and Gilpin The electors of Taunton have addressed a requisition to Mr. Labouchere, asking him to support the principle of the ballot in parliamentary elections. Mr, Labouchere has declined to comply with their wishes. To SHIPPERS AND EXPORTERS -A most profitable article of export, to warm climates especially, are the Self cleansing Charcoal Filters, patented by Messrs. Saunder and Co., of 16, Parker-street, Liverpool—in fact they invaluable wherever ther a liberal d 's bad wafer ,nd Co, allow )rt and wliolesalc orders. SHIPPING INTELLIGENC HIGH WATER. - Morn. Even. Height THIS DAY .... 8 2 .... 837 .... 10 .1 WIND At LIVERPOOL,—S.W.—Fresh breeze. 6 ' HOLYIIEAD,—W.S.W.—Strong breeze. ARRIVED. Europa New York I Swift ........ • -ffu nicirk • • Compass Dunkirk Rita (ss) .......... Corunua Florine Caen Jane Pringle . ......... • Elizabeth Hill Rouen Onward .......... Palermo. Hedessa Rouen Wignacourt .... Tongol Marianne Nantes T I Sutton ......... Seville Mentor Demerara Wave ............. Dahonet Prophete Ostend Constant .. St Nazaire Progress ....... Venice Britannia ............ —1101;03 Rosalie Rüby Abbeville Libra Norfolk Tar . .• • ~„, Glen Honour .......... ..311 Susan Success Antwerp i SAILED Eliza Pierre Halifax I Giaour Rockingham Boston Pallas, Eliza McKenzie ....Halifax Witch of the Wave 0 Vigilant Halifax Buono AYr t Ellen Maria .... Galveston Valentia Nor Yor ts Belle Marina ....-Bordeaux• Athlone ......... -Mktg. Sarah Jane Trinidad Planter B arbad Gratitude Delphin La Guayra Lizzy .... ....... • a o St TIO n/ Active Rotterdam Helene Euroclydon ....Rio Janeiro Flor de Caminha .. GI $ Gratitude Rotterdam Cambrian Belle ..Bare ci i °l es Messenger Genoa British Queen, ...3 1 ,a rse io ta Fanny Nicholson ....Corful Hendrika Gezina . • -LiegLp r p Bon Pasteur ....Marseilles Lizzie Grace ..... .Al l ,t"," os R H Tucker ..Philadelphia Immacolata .... • • ue ... • to ''bral Ursula Halifax Margaret Jam.. • • (11 „ a itar Mary Hammond N York Sunbeam GI" Valparais o pord: MARITIME EXTRACTS. „ LIVERPOOL, Marc h .. 9 S' st A brigantine was aground in the Horse Channe l 12.30 p.m. to-day, but had no signals of distress flying . , e 3 The bales of cotton passed by the Thornhill are 6110°4 11 ' to have been American, and probably Mobile, frail size ; about 12 or 14 bales were seen. he ad The Marsden, loading machinery in the Birk et is Dock for Garrucha, whilst taking on board a cylind er , de r afternoon, the chain of the crane broke, and the 0 4 ' 11 burst through the deck into the vessel's hold. I d A • MEMEL, March 28.—A severe frost ; much ice; - east. Ships obliged to seek shelter. A , fOt LAMLASII. March 24.—The Ringdove, from the Clyuwod New York, in putting in on March 22, missed stlirgerr went on shore on li - in.'s Cross Point, about high ,: tor is but was got off yesterday after putting out about 30 of pig iron, and towed into harbour. CAMPBELTOWN, March 25.—The vessel before re it, as sunk on the Paterson Rock is the brigantine 11() ; M'Keigg, of Carrickfergus, from Ayr for that port„,,; 1 - f r as t. taken off by the Sally, of Irvine, and taken for o ,'", of The vessel is completely under water, and no ella .ll— anything belonging to her. fro o 00 ' ROSS, • -,t SciAesZEit, March 23.—The Fairy Queen !Au- Loch Laxford, took on board 260 bolls of ostmes, sei Thurso river yesterday, and at two this morning the Ito listed off, owing to the bank of the river having" washed away by the previous tide, falling right' ec e ,;,y, her beam-ends, splitting the keel from the garboard areo bilging side, and sunk, thus damaging both ship an d c tie very considerably. There is no quay or breastwork a -, t i l is north side of Thurso river, otherwise such disasters as could not occur. WEXFORD, March 24.—The remains of the lith o ilet materials Of the barque Fleetwood, wrecked at Tacu lus were sold by auction on Tuesday last for about X2B o u • o of ANTWERP, March 25. The Norwegian sc-°,ople Henriette, Storck, from Newcastle for Constants 1, , - 3 0 an` (coals), was caught in a gale at Andros Feb 21, an d " cut away masts. A steamer went to her assistance/ 0 0e took her in tow for Syra, but a second storm having Teo on they were obliged, to take shelter at ranornla, t ne t Island, where the Henriette was driven on shore, b u t roof off after two day's labour. The Dutch koff Schuur, which had loaded at Requejadi fur this pl 3c , e ' c i been wrecked upon the bar of Requejatia ; crew 531 ', two vessels lately arrived here. The French sh V il ) ,„„iii4 Carmel, Hubert, from Ismail, which put into f tr with damage, has discharged her cargo (barley)/ r",,t! which is damaged. Fel• 9 Trke", cimbD 6YDNEIL eb z The St.,' Paul, Pennard, fr Kong for this. port, with 327 Chinese, was wr island of Rossel Sept. 30. The master and left the island in one of the boats to make b oon` ; obtain assistance, and were picked up by the E e ", Oc t ' h Prince of Denmark inside Sir Everard Home's Gr °ll -perel e ; 15, and conveyed to New Caledonia, whence the ; - 011 1) :: steamer Styx was despatched 'to ascertain the fate f `,, 1 1 left upon the island. The Styx arrived here tO" having left Rossel on the Bth, and brings intelligeae Coo' the whole of the passengers and the remainder of the f ilo had been killed by the natives, excepting one Chin ee ' fro 131 has been brought hither. The Caroline, G a seoyn e i s a (), Melbourne for Newcastle (billast), was totally wr:., e ,; cre" Point Perpendicular, north of Jervis Bay, Jan : 41 ;!,,, saved. The schooner Gipsy, Shepherd, arrived 11 ; 13$P f ports that, on the 28th Jan, when going into Pi ll " t saw part of a vessel broken up lying on the rocks gre 3 Point Perpendicular, and masts, rigging, and f ile baY l ' a quantity of timber floating about the entrance of '„ Supposed her to be a ship of about 400 or 50 0 t (). ",clie" lately gone on shore there. The Lloyds, Harrison, Ale' arrived here Jan 6 from London reports havill rienced a heavy gale from NNW to , SW, in let 4 " lle`i 140 E. The Glen Isla, from London, which a rrive lo t e,, Nov 25, has discharged her cargo, the greater:lP, 00,1" which is damaged by sea water, the vessel bay. much water during her voyag OUTPORTS. DEAL, March 28.—Arrived : The Syria, from 1-4° " nao/1 4:4 ,- ""to Cardiff ; Glenburn, for Kurrachee. Anchored an d s:rth„, - Robert and Mary, from Shields to Rouen ; Mora , 11 " Cor' Bordeaux; Lydia Brew. Stockholm to New . 0 1,0 d t mercial Code, north to Westward ; Governor, Salni, e as :t Bordeaux ; Pleedes, Sunderland to Syria; Larstro o .Cot ward to Gibraltar; Governor M'Lean, London to ,„, 11. 10 11 ' Castle ; Susannah, London to Havre; Brothers, 1 - 1° " - fr° lll nople to London. c o, GRAVESEND, March 28.—Arrived : The 11ea ° ,`,411 0 ..: Mersyne ; Parisian, Callao ; Earl of Leicester, - 1- 710 1.1 1 , 1 ; Ann, Palermo ; Christiana, Browbrak ; Ida, Gre e , af :l'd , St Malo ; Active, Alexandria ; Maria, Ibrail. frop Phelia, for San Francisco. EN 0 11 QuEmsxowN, March 28.—Arrived : The Ao r " Fal c i; St Michael's, windbound ; Bittern (ss), London' Frist°,, (ss), Liverpool ; Osprey (ss), Cardiff ; Nimrod (s)1 sad Old Akbar, Mauritius, and sailed for Greenock. The Mary Sparks, for Leith ; Chieftain. London . j o hns e n t DUBLIN, Marc ' ll. 28.—Arrived : The ''a lter Bedford, ane Roberts, and Eagle, from Rouen ; 0, - ; (ss), London; Fleur de Marie, and Elizabeth AusT3lo.`"' kirk; Jasper, and Weser, Havre; Jules Mari e ' Sailed : The Ceres (s), for London. gll• T ice, opt BELFAST, March 28.—Arrived: The is Dieppe; Malvina (ss), London. Sailed : The J eL " . • ° fit for Ardrossan ; Merwestroon, Dordt. l er GREENOCK.—ArrivedW frci ni c ` Familien ena , Archangel ; Polly, Paraiba ; Und ulinte la cia ; Jane Esther, Nantes ; Alide, Alexan d r ia. sir Estcourt, for Adelaide; Mary Hamilton, Africa; Campbell, Newfoundland. V -1 1 41 ; 1°11 W 1 lir SPOKEN. Feb 13, Astarte, from London to Rangoon, in 164 30 W Mar 14, Bertha, Pernambuco to Havre, in 131 39 W Mar 20, Isabella Scott, hence to Para, in in t des Mar 24, Princeton, hence f or N e w York, 30 ol off Cork Mar 24, Tigress, hence to Boston, off Tuskar Mar 24, Western Empire, hence to Boston, off Mar 24, Success, in lat 51 N, lon 7 TV Flora, hence, out 59 days, in lat 35 S, lon 20 FOREIGN POUTS. „, ress in Dom Pedro (ss-), Dow, from Leghorn at -a , 14, and left. for Palermo. Young Turk, Harding, from Malaga at Afar' na, ' liessi° March M:). ,..„ Magellan, Blacke, sailed from Malta for aue"- 1/ March 12. a , I‘l o/1 Sultana, Jones, sailed from Malta for SraYr il i Susan, Dally, from Syra at Smyrna 1 . ail Mar 11 ' v a lnlo ti Amelia, Morgan, sailed from Sill ' Yr ll3 for ' ' 4 ' March 14. for faliao. Kyanite, Anderson, sailed from Smyrna.l. March Ellen, Crispin, hence at St. Michael's.for Li` ii er K ay Emma, Bouin, sailed from Paimbceuf nal . „ O w-- March 22. M it ar o e s h e ..„ o c. VOLK , 22. Nichols, sailed from raimbceuff f: o r r Dil / 4 ' ' 1 Confidence, Davies, sailed from Paimbcol .Ai O'oT 31. N ar e c m h e 2 s 2 is . (ss), p Armand Louise, Corinthian Tordenskjiold s ? Ma Ly.rai Abraham, o wo w re n ns es, hence atfßraordsealsan;:u..;r3ol, rch 20. h 1 0. Gsuaeirlea,drd,frheeinneaFaeteßaniorpdcafiesr, Siverro • - Ai re • M ina, Cobbledick, sailed from 0 pool, 9 Wardell, hence at Venice, .--3 for Virel erl, sailed from arch 14. Volta'y n i c e for iliccrr°' Nltirch 21, •