The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-24 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL, LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING. The American steamer Baltic arrived eary early thi s Morning, from New York, with advices from ti g o lt city to the 10th instant. She brought 195,000 tt \T a rs in specie, and her advices report the arrival 6"Nv Orleans of the steamer Daniel Webster from o ; ll Juan, with 400,000 dollars. The steamers Star the West and El Dorado were both hourly ex pected at New York. The former has on board ,T 6,000 dollars, and the latter 1,500,000 dollars in ° l , c4cl dust, the produce of California. Thus in one ,e i ek there would be received in New York 3,356,000 (Aare worth of the precious metal, a considerable tr'rtion of which will find its way to Europe. The tl , s ticy market was every day becoming easier, and 'L .t c rates of interest lowering in consequence. loa ns of the stock houses had declined to receive i „ °Bl is on call, at a higher rate than five per Discounts for good paper were readily . 4 ected at from 9 to 10 per cent., whilst for I t i lferio r f rom 12 t o 15 was paid. In the Stock Market th ere was ver y littl e business doing, but Vices were pretty well sustained. The news from urope taken out by the Niagara, which sailed he nce on the 26th Nov. caused a decline in the Price of flour of 6.1 cents per barrel, whilst the general decline from the quotations previously t i e Ported may be stated to range from that point to i t! cents. The exports from the Ist to the 6th ec. were 99,468 barrels against 26,560 barrels n year. Wheat was in demand, and a consider- Zile business for export was going forward, at previous prices. The demand for exchange for r emittance by the Baltic was only limited, and in 00 Ilsequence the quotations on London were not well sustained at 1091 to 1091. Ye have received the annual report of the secretary the Treasury. It is a most interestinn . and ,NPortant document. By it we learn that b the l' 44 Ports and exports have been as follows Exionzs—YEAß, TO JUNE 30. Foreign Goods. 410 . Free. Dutiable. Domestic. Specie. Total. ....... 2,538,159 9,514,925 154,931,147 42,674,135 209,658,366 1,894,046 11,202,167 189,869,162 27,486,875 230.452,250 Dec rease 644,113 1,687,242 34,938,015 - - - 16,187,260 20,793,884 IMPORTS. bit Specie. Free. Dutiable. Total. 1 -.2 . . 6,503,544 24,181,390 183,252,508 212,945,442 863 . . 4,201,382 263,777,265 267,978,647 The excess of imports over exports was, it appears, 37, 526,397 dollars, which the secretary judges to , ) e under profits and freights. This large business b ag given a surplus revenue, which he proposes to t !auce, by making rre e articles that now pay 58,000,000 Equalling other duties to 25 per cent. reduction 4,500,000 Total reduction .512,500,000 This reduction is equal to 20 per cent. of the r evenue, which it is not proposed further to reduce 114tilthe public debt is paid. The following are some °,_f the l ea ding items which. it is proposed to make tree LEADING ARTICLES PROPOSED TO BE MADE FREE. Amount Amt. duty Name of Articles. Imported. Yielded. e enic . • $30,523 64,500 B arks used for Medicine and Tanning 318 , 00 0 4 7,7 20 Zrunatone .. 186,000 29, 000 ... 723,221 144,700 " l ahogany. and all Ornamental Wood and Firewood .. .. 463.000 B razil Woods, and other Dyewoods r, in Sticks .. 355,3 80 6 0 ehin ea l • • 414,000 ordilla, or Hemp of Tow or .. N . Flax .. cwt. 1,562,000 Cara of Tartar .. • • • • 311,000 _Rravings, Etching, or Plate .. 107,000 ax.seed and Linseed .. 633,000 44.a ar t i ters' Furs 1,627,000 • • • .. .. 358,000 a Rubber .. 681,000 . 1,281 , 000 gory .. 238,000 oDens .. 8 , 897 , 317 11 0 Ragaf Palm, Cocoanut, and Olive .. 455,000 982,837 Iv Hides and Skins, of all kinds salt and in all conditions .. 5,941,678 4 al 'tat 1,059,000 t•• " • • Petre and Potash . . ilacg 't. l v Sil a all kin - ds • - • • .. 802,000 B P es German 9 -gars Cast Shear or "718,000 ia Plates or Sheets .. 4,709,000 'ln, in Pigs .. 724,000 hatches and parts of watches .. 3,217,000 'fines, Spelter or Teuteneque .. 628,000 'lnes, except Champagne and adutlterated Wines 2,114,000 I Pinra 346,000 41 Phate of Quinine .. 223,000 92,600 17,000 41,000 78,000 60,000 10,000 65,000 162,000 35,000 68,000 120,000 12,000 1,760,000 80,000 60,000 297,000 210,000 97,000 106,000 346,000 427,000 705,000 26,000 321,000 62,000 845,000 172,000 44,000 845,000 189,000 Ash 0 01 worth less than 10 c per lb. ..:674,111 201,000 It is proposed to remove the fishing bounties 'A the salt duty. !„lt he Secretary states that the San Francisco t" nit is to be done by contract, February 1, and the, New York Assay Office, March 1. bxhe Cotton Market throughout the week has een tolerably firm, and there has been no material 11,4riation in prices. The total business of the 4,71 z amounts to 45,460 bales, of which 6,170 I,,erican, 170 Bahia, 630 Egyptian, 100 Madras ti vuo Bengal, and 4,460 Surat have been taken on I .,,A!culation. and for export, whilst the purchases "reonsumption have been 32,930 bales. There was a good deal of excitement on our S tock Exchange to-d a y, cause d b y th e var i ous egraphic messages from London. Towards the 't.Q.se however, there was a slight reaction, and the prices, which we annex, are a shade higher ap those current at an earlier period. Caledo nians, 27'- to ; Eastern Counties, 131 t o A. Lan aB and Yorkshire, 671 •to I ; London and ; North b eStern, 1031 to 4; Midland, 63 1 to -a; North it 'lltish, 8 to i t- ; South Eastern; to ; York 1 1 North, 24 to 7 1,; Sheffield Stock, 24 to t. iThe business done at our Corn Exc han g e f 4 only limited, and there was an evident in- ILBPosition on the part of the trade to purchase e,Yond what would supply their immediate wants. iCour may be quoted from 6 d. to 9d. per barrel Wer, and wheat declined about two-pence per b ushel. Oats were rather dearer , but in other tt 'tides there was no change. ~ 1 11 the London Produce Ma rk e t the demand shows t , eady increase throughou t the week. In Sugars 4 4 ere was a large busines s done. Y ellow Havan d'hs were last quoted 355. to 365. duty paid. tree sold. largely at full p rices. N ative Ceylon, 8 . 6d. to 50s. Plantation , 58s to 70 s. The tea t ide was also very act ive at hi g her prices. tv °l v Congou sold at ls. 2d. to ls. 2-4 d. Tall ow !ts in increased demand. P.Y.C., 58s. 3 d. to ed. 6d. on the spot. The cot ton market con tinues is°4v37. The sales are small , b ut p rices remain "itady. The London Corn Market opened with consi derable buoyancy to-day, but the the sales were :usually small for this season of the year. There Os a small supply of English wheat on offer, an d il s e arrivals of foreign have been only moderate. she top price of town-made flour was. very u n . eady. Country marks and American flour have . • b tamed the late advance. Peas, beans, and 1,,, 4 , 11 ey were steady at former rates. For oats there f,"„s a more active demand, at full prices. The li g ovving are the official returns of the arrivals;_ ,titish wheat, 760 qrs. ; barley 1,890 ; oats, 770 ; ( 7 44 , 3,250 ; flour, 1,920. Irish barley, 2,830 ; p,, k , t s, 15,730. Foreign wheat, 920 ; barley, 1850 ; 19580 ; flour, 10,120 barrels. The Manchester Stock Market was unusually t r 've to-day, and a large amount of business was L 'Usa.eted. Caledonians were in demand at 27 to L 4; Eastern Counties, 13a; East Lancashire, 1 , i t ,ueashire and Yorkshire, 67-1- -1,--; North-Western, 1' 0 1 ; Sheffield, ; Midlands, 63-2.; North Staf tiht,cls, dis. ; Dovers, 18'4 15-16 4,„; Shrewsbury -4 Birmingham pref., 101 ; Leeds, 671- to 677;. The Leeds Stock Market opened briskly, and Ari ci,s were well sustained throughout the day, and B a led firmly, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 601 *idonians, 271; Eastern Counties, 131.; Dovers, I\e,_,; North-Westerns, ; Great Northern 21- k; lands, 64. ~,'u th, 4.11 e London Stock Exchange was much agitated I c4 ighout the business hours of to-day. Every c,,lllaginable disturbing rumour was kept in acti ve ' h i llation and the consequence was a decline of Ittlr cent in the value of stocks. Consols opened 4, 1 and closed 93 6-4 to 932, Three-per-Cents. 65,ueed24 ? i t, Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents 961 Bank stock 219, Exchequer-bills 3s to 6s. p.m d a lhe Foreign Stock Market was more active to I).J , but prices generlly were heavier, Russian ter Per Cent. Bonds 112 to 112; Spanish De red 22 t o • 22 g ; Mexican, 65t ; Peruvian Four -7z14 Half per Cents. 683 " 'Udine in the value of Railway Shares was not as heavy as might have been expected, consi dering the depressed state of ithe funds. Caledo nians, 56 to 55k; Great Westerns, 84 to 831; Lan cashire and Yorkshire. 07-t to 671 ; North Westrens, 104 to 1.031; South Westerns, 782 to 78 ; Midlands, 631, to 638; North British, 10s. lower. Luxem bourgs (151. paid), at 111; Sambre and Meuse, 91-; Namur and Liege, 8-4 ; Bombay and Baroda Rail way Scrip (2s. paid), 2s. 6d. prem.; Bank of India Shares (21. paid), dis.; Union of Australia, 74; London and Westminster, 20 prem. ; Australian Agricultural Company's, 46 ; Crystal Palace, 28 to 21 prem.; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 6 8 ex div. and bonus. The bar silver brought in by the last West India steamer was sold yesterday at 61f,.1. per ounce. A considerable quantity of the 800,0001. of gold from Australia, brought in by the Victoria steamer, has been sent into the bank, and a small portion gold for exportation. On the London 'Change, the price of Tallow (on the spot( advanced again to-day, and twenty five tons of P.Y.C. sold at 58s. 9d. por cwt. ; also, 800 tons of St. Petersburg clean Hemp at 361. 10s. per ton. The advanced quotations indicate a restric tion in the trade with Russia ; in fact, many of the English merchants have left St Petersburg, fearing an interruption in their pursuits. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, December 17* 1853. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Debit. Notes issued .. £28,729,730 £28,729,730 Credit. Government Debt .. .. L I 1,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion . 14,729,730 Total .... £28,729,730 :PA RTMENT. Credit. Government se curities £15,043,730 Other securities 16,237,015 Notes 8,124,105 Gold and silver coin Total .... £40,118,376 13,974 686 4,566 5,353 4,312 730 3,833 4,701 3 832 SHARE MARKET, LONDON iCt PRICES. Friday, December 23rd, 1853. London and N. W .103 a 4 London and S. W..... 78 9 Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire ......23i 4i Midland Stock 62 North British 314 2* Do. Preference Norfolks North Staffordshire .. Shrewsbury and Birm. Do. L. and N. W. guar. South E. and Dovei• ..62 3 York, New., and 8er..63i 44 Do. Extension Do. Preference York and North Mid 47i SI Do. Preference dis par FOREIGN STOCKS. Mexican 23i Spanish New Deferred _ 'Do. Passives 214 2 Do. Threes 41 i Russians ll2 14 Do. 9B 9 LAND SHARES 45 6 Agricultural North 11 . Australian .... ir I II Peel River 39 41 South Australia RUSSIA AND TURKEY. PROGRESS OF EVENTS (From our Second Edition of Yesterday.) Further details are given of the battle of Sinope. Although the Russian admiral knew the Turkish squadron was already inferior in force, he sent a steamer to Sebastopol to fetch three line of battle ships of 120 guns, and did not commence opera tions till they had arrived. Several of the Turkish ships were blown up by shells. The firing com menced between 9 and 10 a.m., and ceased at 2. Three frigates were on flames, and the transports altogether sunk. The Turkish portion of the town was on fire, but, by one of those por tents which only occur in these sacred struggles, the Russian bulletin states that the flames ne glected the quarter inhabited by the Greeks. It does not appear that any portion of the crews or treasure on board had been landed. On the follow ing morning, nothing remained of the 12 vessels comprising the Turkish squadron, except a sloop, and a corvette run ashore, and the Damietta, Egyp tain frigate, all of which were ordered to be burned. In these small vessels were found the admiral Osman Pacha wounded in the leg, a few officers, and about 80 men. These appeared to be the sole sur vivors. It is impossible to have further proof that this catastrophe was not the result of a casual en counter, but a deliberate assault on the vessels of Turkey, and the town of Sinope, supposed to be under the protection of the combined fleets. The Times has a leading article on the Russian bulletins and the religious thanksgiving, for their so-called victories, condemning in the strongest terms, their falsehood and hypocrisy. The dates would show that the bold and sea manlike proposal of Admiral Dundas, to immedi ately pursue the Russians and cut them off from Sebastopol, was feasible. The sharp though ineffectual attack upon Fort Matsehin on the Danube, removes meanwhile all doubt from the character which Russia gives this war. With respect to the entry of the combined fleets into the Black Sea, the article remarks, " that a collision will ensue, when naval forces are placed in such a position, is extremely probable ; and the Emperor of Russia, foreseeing that such a result cannot long be avoided, may anticipate it by the declaration of a rupture. The manner in which .ese attacks have been conducted, and the tone in which these victories have been celebrated, is sufficient proof that the Emperor will not easily desist from the war ; and though we regret none of the protracted efforts which have been made to avert so great an evil, we ars not the less prepared to meet it in the last resort by a vigorous resistance. BANKING D] Debit. Proprietors' ca pital Rest Public deposits 10,492,686 Other „ 10,699,684 Seven day, and other bills 1,183,916 T0ta1.... £40,118,376 The foregoing returns show the following results when compared with those of the preceding week : Notes issued, increase 109,0951. Bullion, increase 102,962/. Rest, increase 7,273/. Public deposits, increase 465,5201. Other securities, decrease 210,3931. Seven day and other bills, decrease 8,8251. On the credit side the government securities aro unchanged since the last return. The other se curities have decreased 288,222/. Notes unem ployed, increase 548,930/. Actual circulation, 28,034,565/„ increase 77,915/. . . The following are the last quotations of the rates of Foreign exchanges :—Amsterdam, 11 15 16; short, 11 13-1 14; Paris, 25 27t 30; short, 24 971 25 22 ; Antwerps, 25 17-1 20; Hamburg, 13 41, 5 ; Frank fort, 1181- - -1-; Vienna, 11 35 40 ; Trieste, 11 38 42 ; 'Leghorn, 30 222 271 The following are the returns of Railway Traffic for the week : ENGLISH LINES. Bristol and Exeter ... ••• Cheshire Junction ... ..• Chester and Holyhead East Lancashire Great Northern ••• Great Western Kendal and Windermere ... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... London and Brighton ••• London and North-Western... London and South-Western... Manchester, Sheffield, &c. ... Midland ••• ••• Newcastle-upon-Tyne ••• Oxford and Worcester South-Eastern _ South Yorkshire ••• Shrewsbury and Chester ... Shropshire Union ... ••• West Hartlepool ... York, Berwick, and North Midland 4.0 IRISH LINES. Belfast and Ballymena ••• Belfast and County Down ... Cork and Bandon ... Ulster ... ••• SCOTCH LINES. Corresponding 1853. week last year. X 4,630 1,696 1,527 '3,862 3,074 4,563 4,059 18,455 14,402 20,823 153 17,041 17,527 141 17,478 10,019 47,044 10,817 7,435 25,790 2,780 2,274 12,820 1,616 1,654 693 1,911 25,281 Aberdeen ... ... Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow ... Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Glasgow and South-Western Great Southern and Western. North British ... ... THE FUNDS, STOCK AND CLOSI. ENGLISH MARKET. Consols Account } 93i I Do. Money Bank Stock Exchequer Bills, 1 i : 1 3 G pm Do S Three and a Quarter per cent. RAILWAY SHARES. Ambergatc, Nottingham, and Eastern Junction .. 5 Caledonian ss} Do. Preference Bristol and Exeter East Anglian lastern Counties 131 East Lancashire 64 6 Eastern Union, A ...• Do B. do Edinbro' & Glasgow Great,Northeru B4 5 A. 13. Great Western f Lancashire & Yorkshire 67 Do. Fifths Leeds Northern London Brighton and South Coast 09 100 701 184 196 1,209 1,821 24,414 142 1,088 1,520 12,535 SHARE MARKETS.—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL.—The market yesterday was in a condition of excitation most unprecedented, arising from the state of political affairs, and was in this but a reflex of that of Lon don. Notwithstanding, towards the close, a more settled state of things prevailed, and there was a slight tendency upwards. The following were the rates prevailing Caledonian, 28 21 27 T 7- Eastern Counties, ; East Lancashire, 161 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 671 7,1 67 74 7 ; Liverpool, Chester, and Southport, 15 y ; London and North Western, 104 / 1031 1; Ditto, Fifths, pl ; AinnellestAr, Shoffield, and Lincoln Stock, 24/ 24 ; Midland, 634 12- 63 1 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 16 1-16 ; York and North Midland, 24/. MANCHESTER.—To-day the following were the sales : —Caledonian, 27 , a ; Cork, Blackrock, and Passage, x.d. ; Eastern Counties, 132-, East Lancashire, 16'4; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 67:1 ; London and North Western, 104 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 24,-1; Midland, 64 3,1-; North Staffordshire, 50; Shrewsbury and Bir mingham, pref. 8 per cent. till I NOT., '59, dterwards 6 per cent, 101; South Eastern, 19 18 15-16 -, 7 4 a. - DITBLIN.—Three-and-a-Quarter per cent. Stock, 25- 1 - 96 954 a y; Ditto, for account, 95:4; Hibernian, £25 paid, 31 x.d. ; City of Dublin Steam, £5O paid, 34; Grand Canal Company, £lOO paid, 41i; Knockatrellane Copper Mines, £1 paid, 9s 6d; Lackamore Copper Mining Company, £1 paid, lis ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, £45 paid, 46:4; Dublin and Drogheda, new thirds, £25 paid, 21 ; Dublin an d Ki ngs t on half shares . £l5 paid, 27 • Dublin a n d Wicklow £6 paid, 34; Ditto, for account, - 34 ; Dundalk and E nn i s killen, £3O paid, 12; Grail Southern and Western, £5O paid, 521; Killarney Junction £8 paid, for accou n t, 6t, ; Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, half shares, £2O paid, 191. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—YISTEIWAY. Market very firm, at 79s nett, cash down ; buyers numerous and steady, at 78s 6d and 78s 9d. The markets in general are up to 82s 6d to 85s, in consquenee of the stocks being reduced since February last. CLOAKS, PONCHOS, SACS, AND lALETOTS, of superior Cut and Workmanship, at Wm. EARP and CO.'S, 59 an d 61, LOID STREET. Mr. Sorton, of Byrom-street, h a d an exe ll en t s h ow o f pork, most of it was country fed. Mr. Nation, of Shaw's-brow, ex hibit e d some fi ne b ee f, amongst which was a splendid animal fo. Mr. Morrish's Dining-rooms, and a very fine heifer. THE OLINDA. —We learn from our Oak correspondent that this vessel left Cork for Liverpool, bit had been com pelled to return. The tombstone and grave of the daighter of Thomas Moore, the poet, in Hornsey Churciyard, have been recently done up, by the direction of he rector, the Rev. Richard Harvey. . . GILL-STREET MARKET.—No display of Christmas meat has been made by any of the occupants of his market, with the exception of the first stall as you enter. This hOlder has de corated some fine meats with a few erergreens. The rest of the market presents its usual appeaance. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. FURTHER PARICULARS The rPetrie of Monday evening contradicts, on the authority of letters from Constantinople of the 9th, several parts of the account given of the battle Sinope in the St Petersburg journals. It states that the Turkish frigates were much weaker in number of cannon than the Russian report states ; that the Russians fired upon the transports and the town after the battle ; and that the Russians behaved in the most barbarous manner to the Turk ish admiral when they made him prisoner. A telegraphic dispatch, received this morning, informed us that an insurrection had taken place in the Crimea, in favour of Turkey, and that that was the cause of a portion of the eorps of General Lu ders being sent there. Subsequent accounts, how ever, state that the report was unfounded. The rupture between the courts of Turkey and Persia is confirmed, and we have also positive in formation of the departure of our Charge d'Affaires from the Court of the Shah. It is stated that the Russians have promised Persia support to raise the Affghans against British rule. The debt of 50 millions due from Persia to the Russian govern ment will no longer be claimed ; but Persia must side in the coming struggle against her fellow in faith, the Ottoman. The Times having intimated that the backward policy or action of England was caused by an anxiety Ito concede to the policy or wishes of France, the French government felt annoyance at a charge they declared the reverse, if fact. It is stated in the ministerial circles that M. Drouyn de Lhuys received yesterday a letter from the French ambassador in London, informing the French go vernment that Lord Clarendon had assured him that the Times had made these charges without au thority, and that the British government greatly regretted to see such an article publised. The correspondent of a London journal respect ing the object of the fleets in entering the Black Sea says :—" The instructions given to the admirals are to the effect that they shall stop all Russian ships found cruising in the Black Sea, and force them to return to Sebastopol, which port they will not be allowed to leave till the conclusion of a treaty of peace I need hardly say that this is a serious and formidable step towards actual war, but one of which I am convinced all England will approve ; and, if we are to believe the Russians re• siding in Paris, it is more than the Czar will sub mit to. We shall see I haVe reason to believe that an announcement to this effect, coming from the highest authority, will appear in the Belgian papers within the next twenty-four hours. The announcement will add that "France ought to have confidence in the wisdom, and, at the same time, in the energetic decision, of that man to whom sh e has entrusted the sacred deposit of her honour." j understand that, for some unexplained reason, the wish is that this announcement should, in the first instance, appear in the foreign papers. The French Government is making quiet but efficient preparations for war. At the Ministers de la Guerre, plans are being prepared for the organi zation of 42 divisions, which will give an effective force of 600,000 men. One of the great difficulties is to find the money necessary to carry the measure into execution. " It is rumoured that the Sublime Porte, after having received the note of the sth December, re peated its declaration that it was determined not to enter into into negociations for the re-establish meat of peace until after the evacuation of the principalities. It is also rumoured that a very vio lent scene has occured between M. de Kisseleff and Lord Cowley, on the subject of the affair at Sinope. FRANCE. A projected rising at Lyons mentioned some days ago, has been prevented by a military demons tration. On the 20th, the day fixed for the revolt; all the troops were out, and the revolutionists see ing the hopelessness of success, abandoned their intention. Several arrests have been made, and the government has obtained possession of a roe• resdondence, sheaving that the plan. was concerted by one of Llie refugee committees in London. The journals announce the death, at Tulle, of General Hugo, the uncle of Victor Hugo and Count Abel Hugo, the well-known statistician and historian. The General was advanced in years. THE MANCHESTER TRADE. The following extracts from the monthly circular of oue of the most eminent mercantile houses in Manchester will be read with interest : Our market had relapsed into a dull and inanimate staje when we issued our last circular from the somewhat im- proved tone which a week previously it had exhibited, and during the interval which has since elapsed the same features have shown, but with partial indications of improvement from time to time, which, after making their appearance, have in a few days been again dissipated ; still they have, on the whole, tended to the strength of prices in our market, and in some cases even to a higher point being established for some articles the most in demand, or of which the con- tinuance of strikes, or otherwise diminished production, has kept our market ill supplied. Thus, whilst 7-Bth printers, 9-Bths madapollams of middle qualities, T cloths, and ordinary to medium qualities of 9-Bths shirtings have remained either stationary in price or tending to a lower point, and whilst longcloths, low mada pollams, and 34in. to 36in. 60 reed printers and shirtings have rather receded in value, there has been a decided improvement in the price, and a con siderably increased facility in the sale of most descrip tions of yarns and goods suitable for shipment to India, and at length this week China shirtings have found ready buyers, and many of the stocks which had weighed as an incubus on the market have changed hands. We quote, consequently, 39-40iu. 8 to 11 pick shirtings lid to 2d per piece dearer ; China shirtings 3d per piece advanced ; figured shirtings 3d per piece higher; and jacconets also id to lid per piece above last month's rates. There has been more animation also in the demand for domestics, in anticipation of the wants of the home trade, taking advantage of which, and of their sales, some manufacturers have raised their prices 1-16 d to per yard. In these goods, however, consider able irregularity exists. There are no newfeatures of moment which have developed themselves since our last which require notice, as bearing on the future course of business in our market. The weather has continued fine and seasonable ' • and it is understood that the breadth of ground sown with wheat is now gre.*.. ; than it has been for many years past, which is a fact of great importance, in relation to the prospects of our next harvest. lint of lime influence, as affecting the aetn.l state of the grain markets at present. They gave way a little further some weeks ago, but of late they have begun to advance decidedly again, and the present price of wheat is nearly the double of what it was a twelvemonth ago. Should this high state of prices be maintained, as most probably it will be for several months to come, the increased cost of living must be sensibly felt by the general operative body throughout the kingdom, and of other classes above them in the social scale. And as a result it cannot be an ticipated that so large a production of manufactures can find consumption, so that the employers' " short time" move ment, in these districts, is most prudential. To the same end, namely, of curtailed demand for manu factures, do the present disagreements betwixt the work people and the employers of labour greatly contribute. At the present time the amount of wages paid by spinners and manufacturers cannotbe withinls per cent. of what is custom ary when the factories are all at work, and on full time. The Preston strike continues with unabated vigour, and probably may do for months to come, unless trade improves more rapidly than can reasonably be looked for, or the weekly support which the Preston operatives receive from sympa thisers throughout the kingdom be withdrawn. At Burnley and Bacup the operatives have accepted the reduced wages offered by the masters, and work has been resumed four days per week. Ashton, Hyde, Stalybridge, Glossop, and the contiguous districts, have gone also to four days per week : and Stockport has followed the same course. Then again, the prospects of a general European war are more than ever imminent, and the impression is very strong in well-informed quartets, that unless some unforeseen and unexpected turn of a favorable nature takes place, peace can not much longer be preserved. It is now known that the English and Franch fleets have left Beicos bay, for the Black Sea, and Sebastopol is surmised to be their destination. A few weeks more will probably end the first great ant in this eventful drama. With such influences as these, coupled as they are with some ministerial changes of no small importance,•which have unexpectedly added another element of complication, it would scarcely be looked for that confidence should be firmly re-established. Hence the immediate relapse of feeling after each manifestation of improvement which has shown itself. Still, on the whole, our market has rather gained than lost ground during the month. The diminished supply of goods has begun to be sensibly felt in some departments "of our market, and the probability of their manufacture continuing to be interfered with, has caused buyers to act with spirit, and for India fabrics many contracts have been given out, extending over the next three or four months' production of certain articles. No doubt the improved accounts from India by the later mails have been auxiliary to this, and latterly a brighter expectation seems to have become general of the prospects of even the China markets. From Australia accounts have been far more satisfactory than previously looked for, and as largo remittances of gold continue to pour in weekly, it is naturally to be expected that increased shipments will again be made outwards. The firm position of the cotton market has also exerted no inconsiderable influence in sustaining our market. Des pite the diminishing consumption, cotton maintains its price, or rather tends upwards for middle and good qualities. It is only low grades that show any weakness, and:they not to any important extent. The prospects for the next year are for an ample supply, though, it is said, of inferior quality. It is, however, late in coming to the ports, which delay is favourable to the maintenance of prices on this side, and also in the transatlantic markets. ITALY. ROME, Drc 14.—0 n Sunday evening, a brigadier of gendarmes was struck dead by a blow in the throat, evidently from the dagger of a powerful and practised assassin. He was dressed in plain clothes at the time, and had been supping in company with two women, well known to artists as the veteran model Menica and her daughter, at an csteria in the Vicolo Cacciabove. He got up from the table about seven o'clock, and had hardly gone a few steps, to wards the church of Santa Maria in Via Lata, when he was overtaken by an individual, who tapped him on the shoulder. He at once turned his head, and received his mortal blow on the other side, the position of his neck affording a secure aim to the assassin, who passed on at once and dis appeared from the eyes of the terrrified fe males. A picket of soldiers, from the French corps de garde, on the Piazza Colonna, took its station round the corpse, until a party of Roman sbirri made their appearance, anxious to see which of their companions it was who had fallen—a cry of " Morelli, Morelli," soon informed the bystanders that the murdered man was a noted sub-officer, a great favourite with Colonel Nardoni, and an equal object of detestation with the people. Everybody connected with the wine-shop, and several persons belonging to the neighbourhood who were there at the time, to the number of seventeen, were imme diately taken off to prison, but it is the general opinion that the real delinquent is at liberty, as the skill with which the stab was inflicted, dividing the carotid artery, and the preparatory tap on the shoulder given to insure the proper position, call to mind the similar circumstances accompanying the assassination of Count Rossi, and reveal the practised hand of a professional sicario.—Daily News. THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF WINTER GARMENTS in LIVERPOOL, of Superior Cut and Workmanship, At Wm. EARP and CO.'S, 59 and 61, LORD STREET. Sir W. NAPIER writes that no documents " unforged," can be produced relating to his brother the late Sir C. Napier which could give pain to his surviving friends. What can the term suggest ? THE SCREW STEAM-PACKET BRILLIANT left South ampton yesterday, with passengers, ship mails, and cargo, for Madeira, Bahia, Pernambuco, and Rio de Janeiro. This is the first extra steam-packet that has been sent to the Brazils from Southampton. The Brilliant has hitherto been confined to the Madeira passage. She is expected in England in March next. TESTIMONIAL TO THE PRINCIPAL OF THE CHESTER TRAINING COLLEGE.—On Wednesday December 21st, a deputation from a body of masters trained at this Institu tion, presented to the Rev. Arthur Rigg, M. A., the Principal, a Silver Tea and Coffee service, together with an address expressive of their kind feelings towards himself and Mrs. Rigg. LONDON POLICE—INCREASE OF PAY.—The police com mittee of of the City of London has agreed to augment the pay of the police, which from the first of January next will rate as follows :—Pay from the Ist of January, 1854, £2 15s. • £2 10s. ; £1 Bs. ; £1 10s. ' • £1 35.: £1 2s. ; £1 Os. ; 11 Os. ;£1 Os. After the same date parties cannot be ap pointed to the police unless they be sft. Bin. in height and under 32 years of age. The South American and general steam navigation com pany's steam-ship Brazilian, Capt Cox, sails to-day, at One p.m., for Lisbon, Brazils, and the River Plate. She takes out a full and most valuable cargo of English and French manufactured goods, specia, va ' ue £lOOO, and thirty pas sengers. The hom ewar d-b o und vessel, the Lady Eglington, may be expected to arrive from the 7th to the 10th of January. SIR JOSEPH TELACRWELL.—The corporation of Cork, with the ultra mayor, Mr. Maguire, M.P., at its head, has presented a congratulatory address to Sir Joseph Thackwell, G.C.8., whom, together with Lady Thackwell t they el.. as children had 01, thet be g g i o c o to d r iie. fortune airo v JsOesrepe hish,in his sovereign re pl yand says, he has country in the fields of the Peninsula, Waterloo, Affghan istan, and Judea ; " a tolerably extensive sphere of exploits. The Cork Constitution furnishes us with a gratifying indication of the progress national of that country. Would that the same evidences were universal to that country. A magnificent vessel, the Mary Hardy, built for Messrs. Hardy, Cork, merchants, says that journal, was launched on Friday last. She is intended for the East India trade, being 500 tons burthen, and having accommodation for at least 20 passengers. This vessel was about eighteen months building, and cost nearly £lO,OOO. She has been registered A 1, for 13 years, 12 years being the maximum period heretofore obtained for Cork built vessels. She is built without a particle of iron, being constructed entirely of timber and copper. WHOLESALE ROBBERIES BY A DOMESTlC.—Yesterday, at the Manchester city police-court, a female named Mary Hill was charged with having robbed two or three persons in whose houses she had obtained a temporary shelter. llrs. Pyburn, of Upper Medl2ck-street, stated—That on the Ist of July, the prisoner, whom she had previously known, came to her in the appearance of a beggar. Mrs. Pyburn asked how it was that the prisoner come to be so reduced, and she answered that it was in consequence of the death of her husband some time previously. Mrs. Pyburn then agreed to let her stop with her, which she did, from the Ist to the 13th July. On the 13th of July the prisoner told the prosecutrix that there was a mall of the name of Kemp who owed her some money, and that if she would go to see Kemp about the money she (the prisoner) would watch the house until she came back. Accordingly Mrs. Pyburn wont out in search of Kemp, and on her return found that the woman had decamped, taking with her a quantity of wearing apparel, of the value of 131. A little boy, son of the prosecutrix, saw the woman leave the house with a large bundle in her possession. Some of the goods were afterwards found pawned in a shop in the neigh 3ourhood. Another respectable married woman got up and said that the prisoner, after being a few weeks in her service, left her employment, taking with her a large quantity of wearing apparel.—Committed to take her trial at the sessions. THE KENT DIGGINGS.—One day last week, as Mr. Delevau formerly in the coast guard service, was walking near Crots• gate, near Mr. Bigg's farm, Minster, Sheppy, he saw some• thing glittering on the ground; he picked it up, and found i to be a nugget of gold attached to a stone, which ho sold for 31 —sogie Eastern Gazette. POLICE COURT. -Y ESTERDAY. --ESTERDAY. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY EY Doom EMPLOTEES.—Jatriet M'Calleston, John Gibson, the latter a smith and the former his assistant', employed in a smithy in a yard belonging to the dock trustees, and John Lamport, a carter, were charged with stealing two anvils, the property of the dock trustees. Detective-officer Carlisle, had the conducting of the case. A man employed in the dock stated—On the morning of the 16th September, I was getting my breakfast about eight o'clock by the fireplace, in the shed in the Coburg dock, when I saw the prisoner's cart came into the yard. After it had been unloaded, the cart was placed against the door of the shed in which the anvil was, and the other prisoners put it upon the cart. After the cart was gone the other two prisoners also left their work. The Clerk : When did you mention this? Witness : Not until last Friday, when the other anvil was gone. The Clerk : Why did you not mention it before ? Witness : The reason why I did not, was because I was afraid of my life, the prisoners are such desperate characters. The Magistrate : Has the anvil been found. Mr. Clough : No it has not. The prisoners had been ap prehended before, and were let go, but upon hearing of the evidence the witness had given, they were re-apprehended. The Magistrate : Is there any further evidence as to the second anvil that was stolen ? The Witness : I know it was in the shed between three and four o'clock on Friday last. I was there when the pri soner came in with the cart, and I saw him place it as he did on the previous occasion, when the prisoner Gibson asked me if I would cut his hair for him, and he came into the shed, and when I looked out againt the cart and anvil were gone. The evidence of the witness having been corroborated by the dock time-keepers, the prisoners were remanded tar a week to enable the detective-officer, if possible. the two anv ils. mn. Chafer, who :9 described in the address card as " Dr. Charcc, Professor of Astrology, Seer, &c., of Mo. 7, Dalrymple-street," and who also professes to cast nativities, read planets , and answer all law ful questions that ladies and gentlemen may feel desirous of consulting him, in relation to man's destiny, or individual evpnf., mstbamatiaally projected, as relates to the probable duration of life disposition, temper, mind, &c., of marriage, its time and when, description of the husband and wife, will the widow or widower ever marry again tra velling and going abroad; for honor; the most suitable trade or employment for a child or other individual to follow; if the ship is at sea and safe—its situation—lost money — wills, legacies—letters expected—and on all the various events of life. Terms moderate. Questions by letter en- closing a fee, punctually attented to." The Clerk ? This is another fortune-telling . case,—we have already hod two others, and the offender is liable to three months' imprisonment. Detective officer Kennedy said, last night he obtained in formation that the girl then in the room had had her for tune told, and ho subsequently found her in a shop, after which he took the prisoner into custody, and upon searching him at the bridewell, the card produced was found upon him, as was also onefound upon the witness. The officer pro duced a great number of books, glass, globes, diagrams, in which were represented every conceivable form of marks and forms, with various untranslatable signs, and several hares' feet, which had as the doctor stated been used as a charm against various complaints. Ann Watson said, yesterday, I went to the prisoner's house. The prisoner asked me if I wanted to have my fortune told. I said I did. He asked me to sit down while he lighted a candle. He then wrote on the slate for about ten minutes. (The slate was produced, and showed such a complexity of marks as to defy the most ingenious mathe matician to decypher.) He then asked me if " I had a friend? " I said " I had." He said, "No, he is not a friend, he is betraying you." I said, " I know I have friends." He then said, " I had no parents," but I told him " I had," when he said, "You may think people your friends, but they are not, they will betray you." I then asked him what he charged. He replied I leave it to you, I put down 6d., which he took up. The Clerk : Did he say anything more ? Witness ; He said I had a friend who would betray me. The Clerk : Anthing else ? Witness : Yes. He said I should be in the family way in four months, and that I should then be on the parish. The prisoner : She put the sixpence down. She asked me to make a charge, but I did not. I never did make a charge. The Magistrate : I can't think how persons can be so weak as to go. The prisoner : I have been in the business for 30 years, and I was never here before. I profess to cure dines' from those books. The Clerk : Pray, how do you account fir pursuing those cunning means, and using subtle devices ? The prisoner : I was never here before. The Magistrate : I think you are a most mischievous character, and will send you to bridewell for three months. The prisoner : This is the first time I have been before the magistrates, and it shall be the last. The prisoner was then committed for three months' im prisonment. ALLEGED FELONY.—lane Ward, was charged by one of the police-officers, with being suspected of stealing a purse. The officer said last night I was informed by a little boy that the prisoner had asked him to go into a pawn-shop in Scotland-road, and pledge a purse for her. When appre hended the ticket of a watch was found upon her person. The watch was pledged for 30s. The Magistrate : Have you found an owner for any of the property ? Officer : No. The Magistrate : Prisoner, what do you say to this charge ? Prisoner : All I can say is that the watch belongs to a gentleman who gave it to me to pawn, because he had no silver with him. The Magistrate : I shall remand you and see if an owner can be found. ANOTHER EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY EMPLOYEES. James Dillon a lad in the employ of Mr. Williams, Alex ander Rankin, a carter in the employ of Messrs. Leftwich, and Co., and John Fanshaw, a marine store dealer, Liver street, were charged by detective-officer Eaton, the former with stealing some bags and canvass, and the latter with receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen. From the evidences of the several witnesses it appeared that the detective-officer was on the watch, near the prisoner Fanshaw's premises where he saw Rankin with a sack on his back, in which there appeared to be a bundle. He ap prehended him, when he said the bags were only old pro vender bags, and he was selling them for " his 'lowaace," which he was permitted to do. This statement the master denied, and upon searching Fanshaw's premises, no fewer than 28 bags were found, all of which were identified as the property of Mr. ;Leftwich. In the marine store dealer's premises was also found a quantity of canvass, which he said he had purchased of the lad Dillon, which turned out to be the fact, but Dillon had no authority to dispose of it. The property was all identified by the owners, each of whom gave the prisoners, who had been in their employ, excellent characters, and believed that they had been led from the path of honesty by some more designing than themselves. Mr. Owen, solicitor, attempted to give Fanshaw a charac ter, but Mr. Clough said he had been there before. The magistrates committed the prisoner Dillon for two months, for robbing his employer ; and the others were sent to take their trial at the sessions. THE SWELL Mon.—James Healing, who was remanded yesterday on a charge of picking pockets at the Theatre Royal, after the performance by Miss Cushman, was com mitted for three months imprisonment; thA 10 , 1 7 , TLuAU watch he attempted to gl-001, Lai iug appeared and identified PICKING PomFs.—Tatnes Hanlon, was remanded on a charge of stealing a pocket handkerchief from James Burns, in the Clarence-dock. .Margaret Evans was committed for three months for having stolen a coat from the shop of Mr. Howins, Brown low-hill. The boy in the shop saw her take the coat from the door, and when he followed her she threatened to "stick him." The police-officer (586) saw her throw the coat down, when he "put in an appearance." JUVENILE OFFENDERS.—A little urchin who gave his name Wttitay, Paity, was charged with stealing some pipes, tobacco, &c., from the shop a Is* John Depor, 18, Mount pleasant. Police-officer (449) : About six o'clock last night the pi sonar was given into my custody for stealing " these 'ere." (We believe that the police-officer exhibited two small pipes, but from the loose and slovenly manner in which the police-officers invariably give their evidence before the bench, it is with the utmost difficulty that the reporters can comprehend their meaning.) An assistant in the shop spoke to seeing the prisoner in the shop two or three times in the course of the evening ; but could not identify the property produced. She could only say it was like them in the shop. The prisoner was remanded. ROBBING A PARCEL.—The two boys Johnson and Turner, charged with stealing some tobacco from Mr. M'Millan, and who had been remanded for a week, were committed to prison—the former for three, and the 'att.' for tcrn months. T-avvn TONS OF IRON STOLEN.—Patrick Dunn and Simon Lynn were charged by police-officer Moneypenny with stealing four tons of pipe iron, the property of the' Commissioners of Woods and Forests. The property was taken in a cart from the south front of the custom-house. It was clearly traced to the custody of the prisoners, who had taken it away, saying they' were authorised to do so by Mr. Holme. The prisoners were both committed for trial at the sessions. SusricioN OF STEALING TOOLS.—Robert Parker a joiner, was charged by a police-officer on suspicion of stealing some tools. The officer said he was on duty last night in Park-lane, when he received information that the prisoner was pledging same saws, and he went to the shop and apprehended him. He had other tools upon him. The Magistrate : Have you got an owner. Police-officer : No. Prisoner : They are my own tools except one, and I told the officer so. Magistrate : You are known here, therefore I shall remand you. NOTITII ERN T I \11:4:3 _ ~ i. iNTmnst TAKING IN ONE OF THE "EIGHTY-SECONI).7.rakO Jr/ Sweene/ y, who is generally believed to be one 4-,512, , t)1" . %-o 3 g called "the Dale-street duffers," was brought ••0. by police-officer 56, with obtaining money u t e - r - I . f kwa is qr,fr,:r .eari pretences, Michael Vaughan, a soldier belonging to the 82nd, stated that he arrived from the city of Glasgow, and having to wait for the packet to Wales, where he was about to visit his family, he fell in with the defendant, who invited him to go to a public-house to look at some smuggled tobacco. When they got there no tobacco was produced, but a China shawl, valued at £l5, was offered him, but he did not pur chase it; but he did purchase a chain, which was represented as gold, and some jewellery which was not worth a half penny. The defendant denied that he had said the articles were gold. The magistrate thought the plaintiff ought to have known better than to be thus taken in, as he could not get a gold chain for ss. Plaintiff : I bought three lots at ss. each lot. Magistrate : You ought to know better. The case is dis missed. Mr. Clough : Soldier—here, take away your jewellery. (Laughter.) The soldier made a quick exit, ROBBERY BY A PUBLIC OFFICER.—A man named Cornish, who was placed in the premises lately on fire in Mill-street, the property of Mr. Evans, was charged by Inspector Tom linson with stealing :everal pieces of cloth from the premises he was watching. The prisoner acknowledged the offence, and as his employer did not wish to press the charge he was only committed for two months. Mary Burke was committed for 14 days _for sts.l;-, goose from Mr. James Quin. St t. uz.LICANS CASES. ,:atherine Browne, keeper of a public-house in Denison street, was summoned for a violation of the act on last Sunday. Police-officer 165 stated, that at a quarter before eleven o'clock on last Sunday morning he observed a cab standing opposite the defendant's door. In a few minutes he saw the cabman come out of the front door, and a woman come out of the back door with a jug of ale in her hand. He then went into the shop and saw four parties there drinking. Mr. Owen appeared for the defendant. He admitted that, as the officer stated, four persons were drinking at the coun ter, but they were a wedding party, and it would be mon strous, indeed, if in the 19th century a wedding party were not to bo allnwpd a little refreshment. (Laughter.) As to the woman, who was aliegeo, cu La.o ...Tno nut of the back door, that must have been a mistake. The woman came from the adjoining house, where she had been to borrow some ale for her mistress. The officer here stated that on the woman seeing him she threw away the ale. A man of the name of Sutton was examined, and he bore out Mr. Owen's statement. He it was who was married on that morning, and having called at the house to see a friend who was lodging there, he conceived that he might without risk treat them. The defendant was fined £1 4s. 6d. ; but a note was made by the magistrate that it should not mitigate against her. Thomas Petrie , keeper of an eating-house in Maguire street, was charged by information with harbouring prosti tutes at unseasonable hours. Mr. Owen, who appeared for the defendant, admitted that the parties whom the officer saw in the house, at the hour stated in the information, were women of the town, but he contended that they were as well entitled to the privilege of obtaining refreshment even at a late hour as any other of her Majesty's subjects. Their misfortunes having reduced them to such a state that their only means of subsistence was the pursuit of an abandoned life ; it would be monstrous to say that even though they behaved themselves quietly or orderly, they should be debarred the right of obtaining even necessary nourishment, or that those who supplied them with it, 'should be deemed guilty of the offence laid in the information. Mr. Mansfield observed that the legislature certainly au thorised those houses to be kept open to a late hour in the night, with the object that those whose avocations prevented them from obtaining at any other time in the twenty-four hours necessary refreshments, might then procure them. The legislature undoubtedly contemplated the cases of travellers and workmen employed at unseasonable hours, but here the case was altogether different. And if if such hours were permitted to afford refreshment to prostitutes or pickpockets at unseasonable hours of the night, it would be merely fut. nishing them with assistance to pursue their abandoned courses—to prowl about the:streets at all hours, and to plun der wherever they could. He was always of opinion that the prostitutes who were about the town at late hours of the night, were out more for the purpose of plunder than any thing else. The defendant was fined 40s. and costs. Mary Parry, keeper of a public-house in Grafton-street, was summoned for a violation of the act. on last Sunday. This case was adjourned for a week. BEERSELLERS' CASES. Jessy Clarke, keeper of a beer-house in Eldon-street, was fined bs. for Sunday trading. James. Gregson, keeper of a beer-house in Beckett-street, was summoned for Sunday trading. Police-officer 165, stated that he visited the house early on Sunday morning, and that he found four men in the kitchen with jugs which recently contained ale before them. The defendant's wife, admitted that the four men, who were lodgers, were in the kitchen, but she positively denied that they had been supplied with ale. The defendant was fined 40s. Peter Delany, keeper of a beer-house in Watkinson street, was fined ss. for Sunday trading. Elisabeth Garrett, keeper of a beer-house in Norfolk street, was fined Sc. for Sunday trading. George Fletcher, keeper of a beer-house in Watkinson street, was fined 10s. and costs for Sunday trading. Mr. Bremner defended. James Biddy, keeper of a beer-house in Knight-street, was fined 9s. 6d. for Sunday trading. Andrew Daly, table-beerseller, Henderson-street, was fined 1 ls. 6d. for Sunday trading, and for having parties drunk in the house. HenryiSpencer, keeper of a beer-house in Frederick-street, was fined 2s. for Sunday trading. David Richards, keeper of a beer-house in Ormond-street, was fined 48. for having some sixty people in his house at half past three o'clock on Sunday morning. It appeared that it was an assembly of dilletanti Welshmen, who had met for the purpose of deciding on the merits of two rival harpers. Owen Mathews, keeper of a beer-house in Prussia-street, was fined in a like sum for a like offence. COUNTY COURT. -YESTERDAY. The court sat at ten o'clock yesterday. GUEST V. HUDSON.—This was a case which had been before the court on a former day, and was adjourned for the production of fuller evidence. The plaintiffs were Messrs. Guest, brewers ; and the defendant a Liverpool pilot. The plaintiffs claimed £9 Bs. for ale supplied to a public house, in Plum-street, in which it was alleged that the de fendant lived, along with a woman who was reported to be his wife, and who was generally known as Mrs. Hudson. The point upon which the case rested was whether the de fendant by living in the house and allowing the woman to be known as his wife, had not led parties to give her credit in such a manner as to render him responsible. Several witnesses were examined upon the part of the plaintiffs who stated that they had called and delivered goods at the house, ' and that they had frequently seen the defendant there and always understood that the woman mbo uv ea In tile house w, the part of the defence it was admitted that the defendant had lived with the woman for twelve years and had several children by her, but it was stated that • he had been for some time separated from her, and that he - had no connection whatever with the house beyond the fact that he had given her £5OO for the purpose of taking it and carrying on business there. He admitted that he had been at the house occasionally, but denied that he ever lived there, or had any interest in it. His HoNoiCsaid that the main question to be considered was whether the defendant having lived with the woman as was described, and having led persons to give her credit upon the supposition that she was his wife, he had countermanded any authority of that kind when ho coased to live with her. His Honor did not think there was evidence to that effect, and therefore held that defendant was liable. Having corn- • mented strongly upon the general character of the defence, Tr , mor said that he had not the slighest hesitation in giving a verdict 'or thu for the amount claimed. The other cases which came before the court possessed no public importance. BIRKENHEAD COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY. (BEFORE JOHN WILLIAM HARDEN, ESQ., JUDGE.) JURY CASE.—ARCHER v. HOUGHTON.—The plaintiff, Mr. Thomas Croxton Archer, is an officer of customs at this port; and the defendant, Mr. Thomas Houghton, is a farmer, both residing at Town-lane, Higher Tranmere. The action was brought by the plaintiff nominally to recover damages for, but in reality, to suppress a nuisance, which he alleged, was created near his dwelling-house by the aeftudc..4. Tt Appeared that the defendant, who is also the contractor for removing night soil from Birkenhead, has for many years past, kept a large threshing machine, about midway between his barn and the plaintiff's dwelling, which is quite adjacent. The machine is worked by five horses, and the vibration from it causes serious annoyance to the plaintiff's househould—particularly his lady, who, it seems, has been suffering from a nervous complaint for some time back. Minor annoyances were also set forth, but the above was the substantial nuisance complained of. On the part of the defendant it was shown that the machine had been on the premises for many years, and that this was the first allegation of its being a nuisance ; but as he could not prove that it had been there for 21 years, he could not plead a prescriptive right. Several witnesses were examined on either side, and the hearing of the case occupied the court for several hours. Sir George Stephen appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Aspinall for the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, but merely for ls. nominal damages, the defendant undertaking to name the nuisance. nth_ d , 10P:t/ te" te rrife r o s bo . to !j ibe: °l O distr ic t ell -01•11 of [ih op . lat er Earl ° I be lit of mi d