Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-06 00:00:00

LIVEItPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE BEFORE MR. W. DIXON FELONY BY A CAPTAIN.—Robert Finlay, captain of a ship, was charged with having coat from the Clarence Hotel, Regent-street like . thE peaty of Mr. Drew and h( the value of whiff: N also chamed with L 4 10s.. It appeared that in July last, the prisoner was a passenger on board the vessel, and that after he left the glass was missed. Recently he was at the " Clarence," and when he left the coat was missed. He was subsequently arrested and the tickets, both of the glass his and coat, were found in pocket, and it was proved that he pledged the articles in the name of Brown. The prisoner was sent for trial. Robert Gardiner and Richard G. Cam, were remanded for seven days, on a charge of having stolen some timber, belonzing to Messrs. Gregs )n, their, employers. THE EVERTON CRINOLINE ROMANCE EXPLODED. Some time ago, one of our Lord-street diurnals commenced frightening the young ladies of Liverpool out of their wits, by putting forth "cock and b u ll t a l es ," about the cutting of Crinoline in Qreat Homer-street and Everton ; we, at the -time, t oo k th e lib er ty o f ventilating the public by exposing the 'fabrications set forth, as it was clear to all except our matin cotemporary that the whole story emanated from the " heat op pressed brain." Our view was more than confirmed by a case that came before Mr Dixon, one of the presid ing magistrates at the police:court, yesterday. A poorly dressed young man, but of decent appearance, whose name is Thompson, was brought up by detective-officer Williams, under the following circumstances .:—Chief superintendent Ride attended, and stated to his Worship, that in November last, a young woman, (who was now in court) named Audley, who lived at a Mr. Draper's, 28, Northumberland Terrace, Everton, reported to the police, that she had been attacked by two men in Great Homer stroet, who cut her crinoline, &c. [The story told by the girl, was duly chronicled in the lfercacry, with all the pride, pomp, and circumstance of truth, with a little painting of the gentleman, who has since been known 'by the sobriquet of " —upon crinoline !" However, the details of the case that came before the court yesterday will fully explode the entire affeir. We make no comment, but simply place before the public what transpired. When the prisoner was put to the bar, Mr. Ride stated that there were two charges against him one for begging, the other would come out in the course of the investigation. Some time in November last (continued the superintendent) there was a report made to the police, by a young . woman named Audley, now present, that she was seized, in Great Homer-street, by two men, who dragged her into a passage, and cut her crinoline. Mr. Clough sent some of his best men to investigate the case at the time, and, after a thorough inquiry, and most searching scrutiny of the whole affair, grave doubts were entertained of the truth of the story. The girl gave a full description of the two men at the time, and that description was entered in a book. He (Mr. Ride) read the description of the men as entered in the book, and said, " Your Worshp will at once see, by looking at the prisoner, that he cannot, by any possibility, answer the description of either, and therefore cannot be connected with the case." His Worship : There can be no doubt of that. He is, certainly, most unlike the man that you have read from that book. Mr. Ride : Some reports were made after that, that the girl was very much• annoyed by men in the streets. She stated that she was followed in the streets by men, who annoyed and insulted her, threatened and otherwise acted outrageously towards her. She stated, that letters.were put into the key hole of the house (Mr. Draper's) where she lived ; that letters were put under the door, &c. These letters were not only . of an improper character, but were very threatening, immoral, and disgusting. The police got these letters from the house of Mr. Draper, and he had now some of these in Court, and they were most obscene. I then ordered some of my Inspectors and men to look after the case, and inves tigate it. Inspector Morrow, was directed to take charge of the case, and report to ma on the whole case. He did make a report to me, and he stated that he went to the house one night, and he looked into the key hole of the hall door, and clearly saw into the hall. He saw the girl Audley in the hall, and he knocked and was let in. He was speaking to her in the hall about the affair, and had his back turned to the door. She 'passed him quickly towards the door, whilst his back was to it, and then she turned round suddenly, and produced a letter, saying " Oh, here is another of these nasty letters just put in through the key hole," and he turned round and saw her, as it were, taking one from the key hole. Mr - . Draper (who was present) : The servant was in the hall at the time. Mr. Ride : Yes ; but she was beyond the Inspector, who had his back turned to the door at the time. Now the Inspector reported that he was morally convinced that no letter was put from the outside of the door at all, but that whatever letters were shown to the police were done inside. I say the inspector is morally certain that no letter was put in from the outside ; he was only a mo ment or two inside, and he tried if a letter could be put into the key-hole in that time, but it could not, and probably could not be put in at all; so that whatever letters were received there and given to the police as coming from the outside, were certainly from the inside of the house, and not from the outside. (He described the letters as obscene, immoral, and dis gusting.) At the same time, I think Mr. Draper and his brother are impressed with the notion that the stories told them by the young woman, Audley, and the other persons in the house, is suite true. I don't think the men have anything to do in this affair, and if they were aware of the conspiracy, it would not take place. Matters went on this way up to the 13th December (reports and letters being frequently sent to the police in the meantime), when the girl again • reported that on her way from a church in Great Homer -street to Everton, when going across the fields, she was again attacked by two men, who offered her violence, and that she saw a third man standing a piece off: Mr. Garnett : Why should they offer her violence more than any one else ? Mr. Draper They want to run away with her ! [The lady is by no means such a person as would invite any one to run away with her, much less to offer her violence or annoyance.] Mr. Ride : A report was made of this, and a descrip tion given of the men. (He read the description . from the book, as given by the girl Audley, and continued.) Your Worship will very plainly see that the prisoner is not by any means answerable to this description. Mr. Dixon : Most certainly not. . _ Mr. Ride : After that police-officers were employed night and day to watch the house, and one of them will tell you what the result is. Detective officer Williams, 684, said I was sent to watch the house of Mr. Draper, 28, Northumberland terrace, Everton, for any one that might come to put letters into the key-hole or under the door. I was there on Monday evening, and saw Mrs. Draper go into the house about 5 o'clock. I looked into the key-hole, and could see into' the hall; there was nothing in the key-hole then. About twenty minutes to six the milk-man came to the door and knocked. I then drew near, and heard them talking aboat a letter that they said had been found in the key-hole before the milk-man came up. They said the letter had been found in the keyhole about ten minutes or so before the milkman came to the door, but I most distinctly swear there was no human being went to the do or , f rom t h e t i me Mrs. Draper entered the house until the milkman came ap, - and that no letter was in the keyhole after Mrs. Draper went in, and that none could have been put into it from the outside. Mr. Ride : Then it must have been put there from the inside ? Williams : Most certainly it must, for I saw through the keyhole after Mrs. Draper went in, and there was no letter there then, and no human being approached the door, until the milkman knocked, and they said the letter was found in the keyhole between the time Mrs. Draper entered and the milkman coining, up. Mr. Dixon : What is the charge against the prisoner in this case, for I cannot understand wh a t h e h as to do with the case ? whe W illiams : I was watching the house la s t n i g h t, bread.n the prisoner went to th e d oor t o as k f or some and The girl opened the door, and. I went forward took him into custody for b egg i ng . After I had locked hi m up at the station, the girl Audley wen t to the bridew e ll and said he was the man she saw in the field when she was attacked, in December. Mr. him up Ride : Did sh e say anything before you had locked ? Williams : No, sir ; it was after I locked him up she went to the station, and said he was the man. Mr. Garnett: Very slight identity, tn . My mind. pres m ent a r. Di oaixonnst him : I think so too. hen Yes o nly charge at ; that's a ll. T ? Mr. Ride: Did he make any statement lie did ; and to yo u I found it quite correct, and I also find that, although he is poor, he is a hard working honest young man of good character. It appe.red that the story told by the prisoner was s_ge with his father and mother in Erskifie-street,t6., gill and that his father is 60 years Of age; and hro a b ad leg 4nd not able to work. The young man himself is out of employment for some time s and the family have been reduccit to great distress. OA Tuesday evening a little sister of his came in froth school, and she complained of bdiitg very hungrs to rocureT. There was not a bit of bread in the house, nor anything would go out awl look it. The prisoner said he for a bit of bread, aail he took his sister with him for thet urP ()se. *They w en t t o 'the d oor of p Mr. Draper% house, 'and then he AV asarrested•sts described. This story was vouched for as correct, and the poor mother of the prisoner, and his little interesting-looking-lookin "Sister,fully . proved it. Officer Williams said he made every inquiry, and found the tale a true 'one, and he saw the littlelirl standing near the prisoner when he knocked at the door. Mr. Clough said he belied the story, and it was quite clear the prisoner did not go 'there for the purpose of doing any wrong ; if he kl, he would not take his sister with 'him Officer 'Williams said he found the family in great distress ;'the father laid up with .a bad leg, and nothing in the house for food. He heard they were very honest, but poor, industrious people. The prisoner bore a very excellent character. The prisoner's mother appeared in deep affliction and distress, and said the prisoner was her only support, and he expected work this week. Mr. Bluck, who heard the whole affair (not engaged in it, of course), handed Mr. Clough ss. for the poor woman, who burst into a flood of tears, and acknowledged her gratitude in sobs and blessin i gs, as she had not a particle of food for her poor husband and children. Mr. Dixon told the young man not to go into the streets any more to bo,g, and then discharked him. [We give the pOlice ercdit, whenever they deserve it, and in this case they are entitled to praise for exploding it - for what man in society is safe if such charges as the above be tolerated? We knew at the time of the original story that it was a cock and bull one, and we stated so, and now the time gives it proof, and for the honour and character of the men of Liverpool, we are glad that the " green sickness" story has evaporated at last ] COURT OF PASSAGE- - BEFORE E. JAMES YESTERDAY. ESQ., Q.C., ASSESSOR. SMITH v. SIMON AND OTHERS - LIBEL.-At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. Aspinall, counsel for the defendants, the proprietors of the Liverpool Mercury, reviewed the evidence for the defence, contending that the report was not libellous, and that, because the mem bers of the Harrington Club had chosen to act irrationally, the consequences could not be visited upon the defendants. The learned counsel ridiculed the idea of either the reporter or the editors being actuated by malice in inserting the report, and contended that Mr. Maitland's offer to insert any contradiction that might be furnished, was all that could have been expected. Mr. Brett, in replying for the plaintiff, contended that the report was a libel. The learned Assessor summed very concisely at great length, remarking emphatically that the club had not left the house because of the lie that the plaintiff belonged to the club, but because the members considered him beneath them. At the close of the summing, the plaintiff said, in answer to questions put by jurors, that the club, which consisted of 25 or 30 members, had broken up, and had not gone elsewhere, and that the members paid is 2d each for dinner. The jury retired, and after a short absence, returned a verdict for the defendants. CLAIM FOR WORK DONE.—JAFHER V. PICKUP.—In this case Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Aspinall for the defence. The plaintiff is a plumber, carrying on business in Liverpool, and the defendant is a licensed victualler, residing in Great Howard-street. The action was brought to recover the sum of £2O 13s 9d , for work done for the plaintiff in August, 1857, to some houses belonging to the defendant, who held that there was a set off of £lO. There was a dispute as to the quality of the lead used by the plaintiff for the gutter of the house in question. here was a deal of conflicting evidence in this case. Three witnesses who were called on behalf of the plaintiff, who flatly contradicted the evidence of the defendant. The whole of the evidence having baen gone through, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, less £1 9s. The' _ _ learned Judge addressing Mr. Picini), said : Three gentlemen who had been called as witnesses had sworn to just the opposite of what he had don e , and if they had told the truth, and the j ur y, had found that they had, he (the Assessor) was not sure that it was not his duty to commit him for perjury'. However , that he would leave for the jury to decide. It would go very hard with him, if he were tried for that offence at the other end of the court. ASSAULT.—ALLEN v. JOHNSON.—III this case the plaintiff sought to recover damages for injuries done to her by thl defendant, in October last. Mr. Fenwick appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Aspinall for the defence. Mr. Fenwick, in opening the case, said this was one of the most outrageous assaults that could be committed on any person. His client was a w id ow , an d carried on business as a beerhouse keeper, in Norfolk-street, and the defendant, with his wife and • daughter, carried on a spirit vaults, in Park lane. It appeared that the plaintiff had allowed a person of the name of Balsam to get into her debt to the extent of £3 or £4, and one night, towards the end of October . last, she saw the man Balsam go into the defendant's house, and being desirous of applying for her money, she followed him in to ask for it. When she got there, she was immediately assaulted by . Johnson's daughter and others, who addressed very bad language to her. The plaintiff replied that she had come then on her own business, to ask Balsam for the money he owed her, and therefore she had a perfect right to go in there. The reply, however, not being satisfactory, the female defendant struck her several severe blows upon the arms and head. She was thrown down, and very badly maltreated. Another woman, hearing the noise, went in, and threatened to go for a policeman. She left with that object, and they then desisted, and the plaintiff managed to get away from the house with her dress torn off her back, and in a great state of agitation. Ho (Mr. Fenwick) thought it right to ask for some reparation for the henious outrage inflicted on the plaintiff. The plaintiff was then examined. She corroborated the facts given above, adding, that since she had been assaulted she had been unable to follow her work and had been obliged to get some one to do it for her. She had seven hair-pins stuck inte her head, the effects of which she felt at the precent time. Mrs. Tomlinson also proved that the plaintiff had been ill-treated. Mr. Aspinall, for the defenee, urged that if credence was given to this case,. the Court of Passage would be flooded with similar cases. In fact, it was not for a Court of Passage to decide. He would call witnesses who would give quite a different account to the witnesses for the plaintiff. Sarah Sampkins, servant to the defendant, was then examined. She stated that the plaintiff went into her master's house, and commenced a row, using very foul language to the defendant. In cross-examination, witness said it all occurred through jealousy. The Assessor : Is Balsam a handsome man, then ? Witness : He is in the Court now, and you can look at him if von like. (Laughter.) Other witnesses were examined, and the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. WENSLEY AND TILSTON V. LADD.—This was an action brought to recover the sum of £2O .65., alleged to be the balance of an account due from the defendant to the plaintiffs, for the plastering, lathing, &e., of eight houses in Priory-road. Mr. Brett ap peared for the plaintiff. and kr. ,Temple for-the defence. It appeared that the pl a i n tiff s are p l asterers, carry i ng on business in Liverpool, and the defendant is a builder, also carrying on business in Liverpool. During last summer an agree men t was ma d e b etween the plaintiffs and defendant that the former should do all the first-coat , work of eight houses, then build ing in Priory -road for £26. The mode in which they should be paid was w ee kl y . Th ey commenced the work, and finished the first contract ; but it was said by the defendants that the contract was not finished. If it was not finished, they were entitled to measure and value. There was another contract made in July to finish the plastering of the houses, and do all the cement ing, scratching, and other matters for which the plaintiffs were to receive £2l. They did the work, and there arose a circumstance which sometimes does in business. The plasterers, afterwards had to put the ceilings on the lower rooms, before the upper rooms were made up. The plantiffs were examined, and corroborated the above frets, adding that Mr. Ladd was to find materials for all the work they did. In case they were not paid every week, or material not found, they were to be paid up for what they had done ' according to measure and value. All the work had been done, except a small bit under the stairs. Mr. Mercer, foreman to Mr. Wiley, surveyor, said he had examined the work done by the plaintiff, at the house in question. He took down the measurements and value in a book. The total amount was £44 2s 71d. Mr. Templeton briefly addressed the jury for the defence, stating that he would call witnesses to prove that the work was not done in the way it ought to have been. - It was very badly done, and the jury would, no doubt, find that th e plaintiff had already been overpaid by a considerable sum. Mr. Ladd stated that not more than two-thirds of the first contract was finished, through the plaintiffs' own idleness He had asked them. to finish it a many times. He was to supply the whole, of the materials, and had done so all along. They were to do all the work connected with the inside of the buildings, according to the first contract, preTotriirtiieei w fo a I wasr £ nl 2 eof l tt , ;eu if y the wonoer w i h o t work hoefyw were s well the e r eworko nl y d d o to n but on e e r. ; cv he i f any y. at half-past four, and were locked up until a late hour last night without coming to any decision. _ _ - PAnDo v. H.t.mrsox'.'— In this case, Mr. Temple appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Fenwick for the defence. This was an interpleader summons, to try whether certain goods which had been sued for by Mr. Hampson against a Mr. Harrison, were the property of Jane Pardo or not. The plaintiff said she resided at number eleven, Hothani-street, and carried on business as a stationer. She had been there since May last. She always paid the rent of her house herself, and recollected an execution being put in on the 6th of Nov. last. The furniture in the house was her own, and there were a great number of articles seized which had belonged to her for fourteen 'eaas. She had kept a sailors' board inc, house at that itme, and had most of the furniture them. On cross-examination by -Mr. Fenwick, it was elicited that she cohabited with a man named Harrison at the time of the execution. She further stated that she had never passed in the name of Harrison, although she had lived with him a long time. Other evidence was given in support of the case, after which Thomas Smith, a witness ?or the defence, said he had never known the plaintiff go by any other name than that of Mrs. Harrison. The house she now lived at was a stationer's shop, but it was formerly a brothel. Plaintiff formerly kept a brothel in Pall Mall, and once, when witness went to her house to look after a robbery, she said there was no one in but her husband, Mr. Harrison, and their family. The jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. LIVERPOOL MERCANTILE MARINE SERVICE ASSOCIATION The monthly meeting of the Mercantile Marine Service 'Association was held yesterday, at their rooms, Water-street, Captain Ward in' the chair. There were also present Captains James Anderson, G. H. Corbett, George Roche, E. Byrne, H. Ponsonby, W. Widdicomb, H; Oakley, E. WNevin, J. Olive, Morton, - "Pinson, Gales, Baker, Kemp, B. Sproul, B. Scarpe, J. Cornforth, S. Reed, J. Holmes, W. A. Flenley, F. 11. Halpin, Esq., and Mackelvie, Esq:.. The secretary, Mr. 'Thompson, read the following ,REPORT "The council has now to state its proceedings during the months of November and December of the past year. " It regrets still to have to report that no approach or overture Teas been made by the council of the association in London to put an end to the differences of opinion which have for so long a time existed between it and the associations in Southampton and Liverpool, with refer ence to the proposed charter of incorporation for the service. This council has, however, appointed a com mittee to ascertain what can be done to bring the various associations into harmonious working, and par ticularly to endeavour to put an end to any disagreements with the association in London. The committee has already taken some steps for these objects, and the council trusts that its exertions will receive the active support of the service. Unless thoroughly united with and represent ing the opinion of the service as a body, it will be im possible for any individnal association, however large and influential. to carry out effectually the objects for which it is associated. " Finding that considerable misunderstanding existed with reference to the recent regulation of , the Admiralty fair ligbts and fog siwnals, the Council solicited infor mation from the Lords Commissioners upon the following points " 1. Whether steam-tugs are subject to the order to have a steam whistle. "2. Whether all flats and barges, sailing or being towed in the river Mersey, ought to have the coloured lights ; it being at present customary in this port for flats and barges to carry only a bright light, similar to that ordered by the regulations for vessels at anchor. " 3. Whether vessels at anchor in the Mersey are to use the lights ordered by the pilotage bye-laws, or by the Admiralty regulations; it being at present the practice for pilots in charge of vessels at anchor at night in the river, or channel, to order white lights to be hoisted where they can best be seen; for instance, one on the forestay not less than eight feet above the top rail of the bulwarks, and another on the gaff-end, or some other conspicuous place aft, not less than eight feet above the top rail of the bulwarks. " Their hirdships have replied that it appears to them that no doubt can exist that the steam-tugs referred to must be bound to adhere to the regulations in question ; and, also, that these regulations being applicable to all sea-going vessels, there can be no exemption in favour of particular navigable rivers, or other such localities. Their lordships are also of opinion that flats or barges in tow of other vessels not under sail or steam cannot come under the denomination of sea-going vessels. " The Conway, a 26-gun frigate ' . now lying at Devon por_t, has been substit u t e d by th e Lords of the Admiralty for the Vestal, which was at first intended to be appro priated by them for the purpose of the, school-ship in uumiecioiun witn tne association ; and the council has great pleasure in reporting to the membera that comniu mcations have been received through the members for the borough, and also through Mr. S. R. Graves, to whose kindness in this matter the association is much indebted, that the Conway will be fitted up by the Admiralty in the necessary details, and moored in the Mersey. Steps will now be taken, at an early day, to bring this important subject under the attention of the public, and to arrange for the management of an institution which the council hopes will do much to keep up and improve the charac ter and efficiency of British sailors. " A committee has been appointed by the Council to take measures for obtaining more intimately the co operation of sailors themselves in the objects of the charter of incorporation, a matter in which they are equally interested with, if not more than the members of the higher grades in the service ; and the Council trusts speedily to be able, in conjunction with the other associations, to present a memorial for the charter. " Immediately on the meeting of parliament, measures will be taken to have the alterations which the association has thought ought to be made in the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, and particularly in the portions relating to the inquiries into the causes of wrecks and casualties, brought under the attention of the House of commons, and from the expressed opinion of -the President of the Board of Trade, that the law in this respect was certainly anomalous, the Council does not expect to encounter any great difficulty in procuring a proper inquiry into the working of the act, and a revision of the more obnoxious portion of it. " The number of new members enrolled during the last two months is 23, and the financial position of the asso ciation is still highly satisfactory. "In concluding this report, and in wishing to all the members a very happy new year, the Council must ask them at the same time to remember that, with another year, another struggle to att a i n th e g r ea t o bj ects f or which they formed themselves into an associated body, commences. It would impress upon members that it is both their duty and their interest to assist the Council, not only by their individual exertions, but also by increasing their number, and adding to the moral weight which such an increase would give. They must also remember that all the objects sought cannot be obtained at once, and may take years ; but much has been already done to bring the service into one body. By resolute application, persevering industry, and unity of action, one after another all these objects will be reached; and the service will be raised by each success in position and efficiency. a 29; Water-street, Jan. 5, 1859." Captain Ward (the chairman) moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Capt. Pousonby. After a few remarks from Capt Sproule, in approval of the statements in the report. Captain Anderson lefeired to the importance of the school system, and suggested that, as some of the children of captains, mates, and others entitled to the benefits, would not go to sea, it would be well also to provide a school on shore. Captain Reid spoke in warm terms of the advantages of the proposed schooL After -a - short conversation of a desultory character, the report was unanimously adopted. Thanks were voted and passed to the president and officers of the association for their zealous services during the past year. A special vote of thanks was also passed to the Press of Liverpool for their services to, and advocacy of, the objects of the association. The proceedings then terminated. ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. The Annual General Meeting of this association was held yesterday, in the Underwriters' Committee-room ; W. T. Jacob, Esq., in the chair, The committee pre sented the following , REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS FOR THE YEAR 1858 : Your committee have the pleasure to submit a report of their operations during the past year. The cases of wreck or casualty which remained over from 1857 have been closed, with one exception, and in this case, as will be seen by the subjoined statement, the most valuable part of the cargo has been saved. Arrangements are b e i ng made to sell the remainder on the spot. The following statement contains a brief outline of the prin cipal cases which have been put under the charge of your during the present yea r : Liverpool-to the River Pl a te, sun k i n Cardigan ;:a mA y, lnibiet M rtte :st of the cargo and some of the ma t er i a l s were recovered from seven fathoms water by divers. g tbe investigati o n into stranding Alciope Shields to the _Black Sea, put into ilarwick after the having suspiciousb e n on circumstances Long. 9f this vessel. Represeutstions Pado Qffernment Se a n tt d e t attendin g An n THE NORTHERN TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1859 respecting this ease will probably lead to the appoint ment of a public prosecutor. . .Angleseit : Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, sunk by collision with the Hoang Ho. An admiralty suit instituted, and bail accepted for the Hoang Ho.• Atalanta : Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, sunk off 'Holy head by collision with the Times steamer. The admiralty suit instituted against the steamer was success ful. The case has been closed by the distribution of the proceeds of her sale. Ellcrslie : Liverpool to Barbadoes, stranded near Wexford. Cargo discharged, more or less damaged, and returned to Liverpool for re-shipment or sale. Ship floated under direction of our agent and the captain, and towed to Wexford for repair. Eugenie (s) : Stettin to Hull, stranded near Ystad. The consignee of 100 puncheons of spirits had endea voured for eight months to get information from Lloyd's agent respecting his property, when the case was placed in the hands of your committee. After some correspon dence the agent rendered accounts, showing the salvage charges to exceed the original value. An arrangement was made to pay the salvors their claim of 33 per cent. in kind. The remainder of the property was recovered, and is now in possession of the parties interested. Fusilier : Valparaiso to Liverpool, wrecked under the lofty cliffs near Pembroke. Shin a total loss ; a large portion of .the cargo has been recovered, namely, 1,199 blocks copper out of 1,326 shipped at Valparaiso, and rather more than one-fifth of the copper ores and regulus. Arrangements making for sale of residue. John Duncan: Savannah to Liverpool; towed, with damage, from Dundrum Bay to Liverpool. Inquiries respecting average statement referred for the considera tion of the committee. Steam Dredge : Liverpool to Wexford ; sunk in Church Bay, near Holyhead. The Dredge was raised from nine fathoms water, and placed in Holyhead Harbour. Sub sequently it was brought to Liverpool for repair. Murray : Cronstadt to Liverpool; sunk by collision with the American ship Kate Swanton, Dr.ar Cop.iiliagen. The cargo was saved in a da waged. state by divers, and .01d at Copenhagen. Wreck of ship sold by auction. The Kate Swanton, on her arrival in England, was attached by order of your committee, and was afterwards sold by decree of Admiralty Court. The proceeds are now in course of distribution. Science : Buenos Ayres to Liverpool ; on shore near Pembroke, after being abandoned at sea. Portion of materials and cargo now being saved. This statement sufficiently indicates the general charac ter of the duties of your committee. It will be observed that three of the cases have involved admiralty suits. Two of these have already been brought to a successful termination, and the third now awaits the decision of the court. In these, as in all the other cases placed in their charge, your committee believe they have satisfactorily carried out the objects for which this association was formed. During the last year the nett proceeds from wrecked property, salved under the direction of your committee, amounts to about £23,000. A considerable portion of this has arisen from property that appeared hopelessly lost. Your committee have pleasure in stating that the friendly exchange of information with the corresponding committees in London and Glasgow con tinues, and is believed to be of mutual benefit. During the past year inquiries have been made or answered referring to the following ships. (Here follows a list of more than 100 ships.) Your committee have also to state, as a result of their communications to the Board of Trade on the subject of salvage claims by pilots, that a clause has been inserted in a recent Act of Parliament, by which no legal claim can be made by the pilots or life-boatmen of this port for salvage services, without the sanction of the Mersey Conservancy Board. It will be seen by the balance-sheet that the financial position of the association is very satisfactory, the present balance to credit being £620 15s Id. The charges for services during the past year amount to £250 16s, while the receipts under this head, in 1857, were £67 16s. Your committee, however, recommend that the present annual subscription of one guinea be continued for another year, as it is desirable that a reserve fund should be formed before any reduction is attempted. The experience of your committee has confirmed them in the conclusion, that in most cases of wreck or casualty the prompt and united action secured by this association, and the practical ability of the agents whom it employs, tend very materially to reduce the ultimate loss ; and they believe that, as the association and its objects become better known, a similar conviction will become general among the ship owners and merchants of Liverpool. The financial statement showed a balance from 1857 of £373 lOs 7d; subscriptions and services, £531, 13s 6d; deposits on wreck account, £2,918 8s id. The credit balance at the bank, after payment of £1,895 16s 9d and other smaller expenses, being £1,633 6s 8d; and the nett balance in favour of the association, £620 15s ld, The report having been unanimously adopted, the following gentlemen were named as members of the committee for 1859 : —Messrs.W. T. Jacob. Thos. Gair T. M. Blythe, P. H. Rathbonc, W. M. Moss, J. Campbell, Alfred Holt, J. Palmer Palmer, Geo. Kendall, H. G. Sutton, P. G. Heyworth, W. H. Jones ; also the following as members ex-officio, viz., the Chairmen of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, the Liverpool Underwriters' Association, the Liverpool Brokers' Association, and the agent in Liverpool for the New York Underwriters. Votes of thanks were then passed to the committee for their attention to the business of the Association during the past year, and to the secretary, Mr.W.W. Rundell. STANLEY DOCK IRREGULARITIES TO THE EDITOR, OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—ln answer to a statement inserted in your respectable journal, dated 27th December, 1858, by a person stylino. himself " W. H. Parkinson, Foreman Stanley Dock, South Side," calling me a slanderer, and accusing us of " sly malicious prac tices." Sir, my statement put forth was, " extort ing money from unskilled men, by the up-stairs foreman, ,at the sampling desk." I met the superintendent on the sth December. I asked him if he had looked or enquired into the substance of my letter. He said, was he going to look over four or five hundred men ? I said no; only inquire of the day-men up stairs. If the gentleman had only inquired of ten or twenty of the men, he would have found the facts to be correct, only for fear of losing their employ ment ; it is well known what the result would be if they did tell the truth. Now, Mr. Parkinson, did you not raffle a pair of razor s o f y our own , and also denied before the snperintendant that you did ? If you would be so kind as to give the mens' names—l dare say you can produce a list of them— for watches and albert chains and other trumpery that was raffled, and no working man in dock could ever win any of these articles. It was some fictitious name that always won. If the clerk's that attended at these raffles will produce the list, it will sale a deal of trouble, as I don't wish to injure working men. If I would mention their names they would get no more employment. Sir, with respect of my non-attendance, I wrote on the Bth of December to the chairman of the Dock Trust, and I received no answer from them when to attend. I took it out of the superintendant's hands altogether. When Mr. George Lloyd and W. H. Parkinson came to me on the Exchange, I was employed at the time. They said Mr. Turner wanted me. I asked what Mr. Turner, and they would not tell me. I told them that I had left it in the Dock Trust's hands, and that I would attend any time they thought proper. I have lost nine weeks in vindicating any charges against me. I am only a working man, and I cannot afford to lose all my time. If their time is paid to them, mine is not, unless I am working. In conclusion, in addition to what I mentioned about a bale of cotton, I further state that I was at the making of three more, and I can produce the two men that assisted me. And, sir, lam prepared to meet the Dock Trust to substantiate what I have stated.—Yours, &c., EDWARD CORLESS, Operative Porter N.B.—lf the gentleman wishes to give an an swer, my address is No. 5, Whittley-street, Liverpool. PARKHILL ROAD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir,—l am glad to see from your editions of yesterday and to-day's date, that the inhabitants of the above neighbourhood are at last giving publicity to the shameful state of this road. Although not a resident, I have occasionlly to go along it, and it is with fear and dread that I do so, for not only is the road cut up in puddles and pools of water, but it is inefficiently lighted. I trust that, if the authorities do not take some measures to repair the evil complained of, the ratepayers may take mere stringent measures, so that in future I hope my shoerbfaek will not have to complain so bitterly of my Liverpool, January 5,1859. DIRTY BOOTS. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Evening. There was a moderate business done in the Cotton Market to-day, the sales consisting of 8,000 bales, including 1,000 on speculation and for export, at full prices. The Liverpool Share Market was dull to-day, and at the close, prices were rather lower. In the London Railway Share Market to-day there was a considerable degree of weak ness, and prices drooped ; but rallied somewhat towards the close. Foreign Stocks left off weak, and closed dull. Turkish were heavy. Banks, Mines, and miscellaneous Shares were steady. The following are the closing prices : —Ambergate, 6,6 N ; Caledonian, 88 1 ,88 1 ; Do. Pref., 103, 105 ; Eastern Counties, 64-- 631 ; East Lancashire, 96, 97 ; Edinburgh and Glas gow, 691, 701 ; Great Northern; 1061 ; Do. A. 90 ; Do. B. 133, 135 ; Great Western, 561, 57 ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 981, 99; Brighton, 111, 113 ; London and North Western, 961, 97 ; London and South Western, 94, 95 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 391, 40 ; Midland, 1021, 1031; North British, 61, 611 ; ditto Pref., 111, 113 ; North Eastern—Berwick, 94, 941 Leeds, 481, 491; York, 78, 781 ; North Staffords, 41, 4 ; Dovers, 741, 751 ; Turkish Sixes, 901, 914 ; ditto Fours, 1051, 106 ' • Great Western of Canada, 16a, 164; ditto New, 3 1 . 7 - 4 , 3?,-d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 91 91; Bank Stock, 2244, 226. With the exception of a few unimportant fea tures, the commercial engagements of the 4th of the month were met in a very satisfactory manner. A large quantity of mercantile paper had to be provided for, as usual, at this early period of the year, and hence the recent activity in the Money Market. A g ood inquiry for accommodation is still experienced, but the applications are less nume rous than they were last week, when the rates charged in private discount circles were rather in advance of the minimum. During the next two months several heavy payments have to be made, including £450,000 to complete the first por tion of the Turkish Loan, and at a later period the delayed subscriptions to the second, which, together with the one million sterling required for the Australian Debentures, will tend to sustain the demand for money, although its effect may be partly neutralised by the release of the dividends on Consols and other securities. At the Stock Exchange, the supply of money is abundant, and the demand limited, loans being still negotiable at 11 to 2 per cent. The market for the Public Funds and Securities opened weak, on the unfavourable aspect of continental political affairs, and receded, until they were offered at 961. Prices, however, closed rather firm. The traffic returns o£ the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway this week, were £24,140, and of the Manchester and Sheffield, £10,274, being an increase of £5,212 in the former, and £1,238 in the latter. The London Corn Market was very firm to-day, and a moderate business was done. A fair demand exists for the leading articles of consumption in the Produce Markets, and prices are well maintained. Respecting the general trade of the country throughout the past year, we find the following remarks in Messrs. Littledale and Co.'s circular, a proof sheet of which we have been kindly fur nished : The tone of the Annual Circulars in their review of the past year will vary so much, that unless taken toge ther .as representing different branches of trade and commerce, a totally wrong impression may be arrived at as to the character and result of that year. y To the cotton spinners of Lancashire, for instance, it stands out in bold relief, as a period of prosperous activity unequalled since the panic of 1847, beginning with a paying margin of 3id per pound between the price of the raw Cotton and Yarn, and closing with a margin of 6d ! and with more orders on hand than can be executed for two months to come--well may it be said that the trade of Manchester are " dazzled by the splendour" of such a state of things, and already forget the very existence of the panic of the previous autumn. The. writer on finance may make use of lan guage equally eulogistic of our position, and of the power of our monetary laws, which, in the brief space of three months, so turned the olden current, as to change that position from one of abject despair, with discounts at 12 to 15 per cent., and a stock of Bullion in the Bank reduced to £6 millions against £3O millions of bills dis counted ;—to discounts at 3 per cent., a stock of Bullion of £l6f, millions, and Bills in the hands of the Bank reduced toXIBI millions—with a reserve of notes increased from £950,000 to £9,370,000 !—but at what cost was this accomplished ? The political review is also most flatter ing - the troubles in India have been wonderfully sub dued, and to the restoration of our trade 'with that vast country Manchester alone owes her sudden revival, whilst the opening of China and Japan, by enlarged and enlightened treaties, must ever mark the year 1858 as an epoch of commercial progress. If we add to these our abundant harvest,—the full employment of the great mass of our industrial classes, and the satisfactory trade and revenue returns —we have pretty well exhausted the favourable features of the past twelve months, and must turn to the other side of the picture, which we regret to say comes nearer home. 1858 has not been a good year for Liverpool, or for the import merchant generally. The £28,000,000, the approximate value of our chief import—Cotton—has been turned over without profit, in many instances with heavy loss, East India excepted, and if we take a similar sum as the aggregate value of our other Imports, we fear the result will be even less favourable ; some articles of course have paid fairly, but they are few in number, whilst others of greater magnitude have lost con siderably. The Corn trade, next in importance to Cotton, has been a continuous down hill incline, and the loss on imports heavy. The Timber T r ad e , though not so fluctuating, has done no good to the importer. The Eastern trades have no doubt been the best, the exports being enormous beyond precedent, and having left large profits—some part of these have been can celled by the losses on returns, yet Bombay carries the palm, as by far the most prosperous trade of the year. But the interest that most deeply affects Liverpool is her shipping, and this we fear has been the worst business of the year. It is not the shipowner only that is affected, but the tradesman, store dealers, .and artizans, all suffer alike ; and hence the depression so widely complained of in this town. On the whole, the year 1858 has closely resembled the year 1848, and if its successor is to prove the antitype of 1849, which is suite probable, we may look for a return of general prosperity. Certainly, the fundamental elements were never more favourable food and money cheap and abundant—the operative classes fully employed, and what is the best guarantee of a great and good trade, the largest supply of cotton ever grown in America. YESTERDAY'S MARKETS. Livarool. PRODUCE. Colonial, &c.—With the exception of the sale of 160 hogsheads Demerara Sugar, at 38s Gd to 408 3d for Muscavado, and 45s 3d to 45s 6d per cwt. forgrainy, nothing has occurred in colonial produ , .e. Rice also continues neglected. At the public sales, this morning, 670 bags Bombay Saltpetre brought 19s to 20s, for 40i per cent. refraction; 200 bags Myra bolams, at Gs 9d ; 140 lbs. Gambier, all faults, at 13s 9d for heated ; 66 serons Gum Gedda, all faults, at 16s 6d to 18s; 520 bags Malabar Turmeric, at 13s 3d per ewt. ; and 70 barrels Senna, at lid to 31 per lb. In Dgeicoods, also by auction, 12 tons Siam Sapanwou I, at £lO ss; 70 tons Guatamala Fustic, at £7 2s 6d to £7 7s Gd ; 15 tons Cuba, at £9 12s 6d to £9lss ; 40 tons Honduras Logwood, at £5 ; and 25 tons Lima-wood, at £1315s to £l3 17s 6d per ton. Ashes are without change, at 29s for Pot, and at 32s for Pearl. Of Nitrate of Soda, 140 tons have been placed at 15s 6d to 16s Gd for 5i per cent. In Brimstone, 30 tons are reported at £7 les per ton, for best thirds ; 100 bags fine Tyrol Sumac at 6s ; 200 bags Catania at 6s 3d ; and GO bags Palermo at lOs 9d; 3 casks Greyish Brown Tartar at 88s; 20 casks Oporto Red Argols at 40s to 40s 6d, ex-quay ; 10 bags Blue' Galli at 87s Gd; and 180 bags Bengal Turmeric at 18s 6d per cwt. Oils : Palm remains steady, at £39 per tun. Ten tuns Olive has been sold at full rates, and some retail sales of Cocoa Nut Oil at 44s per cwt. Tallow quoted at 52s 6d for P.Y.C. 70 barrels Spirits of Turpentine have changed hands at 38s 6d, and 80 barrels common Rosin at 5s 4d per cwt. We have also to notice about 300 bags Bombay Rapeseed at 51s Gd per quarter. TAVERPOOL Corrox.—There has been a fair demand for Cotton to-day, but with an ample supply, the market is dull. The sales—including 100 Pernambuco, at 7id to 8d ; 130 Maranham, at 8d to 80; 150 Egyptian, at lid to 8d ; 700 Surat, at 5.1 d to 6 3-10—are reported 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 are on specula tion and for export. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE,—Hay, old, 8d to 9d; ditto, new, co. to Bid; ditto; clover, 7d to lid ; straw, wheat, 3d to 30 ; ditto, oat, 31d to 4d ; ditto, barley, 2d to 20 ; ditto, Ramps, 2s 10d to 3s ; ditto, Whiterocks, 2s to 2s 2d ; ditto,- Balshaws, Is Ild to 2s ld; ditto, flakes, 3s to 3s 2d ; turnips, 18s to 19s ; Manglewurzel, 17s to 18s ; manure, 5s to 7s. LONDON PannrcE. —Sugar : The public sales are progressing without showing any material alteration in prices. Barbadoes, 40s to 45s 6d; Demerara, 39s to 42s 6d. Benares sold at is de cline 45s to 47s 6d; Date, 37s 6d to 38s; Madras, 44s to 46 s 6d . Refined quiet, 52s 6d to 515. Coffee ; The public sales do not show any alteration in prices. Low middling to middling plan tation Ceylon, 66s to 73s ' • good t o fine ordinary native; 49s 6d to 525. Tea : The market is firm ; public sales are declared for Friday. Rice : Pinkey Madras sold at 8s ; Necranzie, at 7s 2d‘to 7s 6d. Ruin: Demerara proof sold at 2s. Pepper : Singapore black sold at 3ld per lb. Cotton: No sales reported. In other articles no material alteration. LONDON Coal'.—ln Mark-lane, to-dap, th e atte n dance of the trade was about as usual as on Wed nes d ays, the tone Ve rY firm —prices of most articles tending u p wards. The supP l Y of home grown grain was very small, an d t h e arrivals o f f o reign grai l ; into London since last Monday were moderate. Wheat fetched 10-day fully last Monday's prices; lour quite as OW as on that day. The sale of barley continues to proceed slowly on account of the large stocks now in granary. Oats firm, but quiet. Beans and peas, slow sale. BOROUGH Hop.—The market is very firm, and holders are standing out for much higher prices than late , quotations, in con sequence of a report, relied on by many, that some of the large Burton brewers peremptorily decline to buy or use hops of foreign growth, as the ales brewed from such do not stand. Large quantities of English hops are still being exported. LoNnox TALLOW.—The market is firm to-day at the follow ing prices : Town tallow, 51s nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 51s 9d to 52s ; January to March, 51s 9d ; March only, 52s ; April to June, 51s; October to December, 51s. LoNnox MINES.—In the mining market to-day transactions have been principally confined to shares in East Bassett, Trefusis, North Basset, Sortridge Consols, Rosewarne United, Lady Bertha, and South Basset. P r i ces exhibit little alteration. The transactions officially reported in the Stock Exchange comprise Sortridge Consols at 12s sd, and North Basset at 7i. Bon Accord Copper shares have been dealt in at par, and United Mexican at 2i.. GLASGOW CORN.—There was a decidedly firmer feeling in the market to-day, and an advance on wheat of fully is per quarter has been established. Barley was a slow sale, at about 6d advance. Beans unaltered. Peas fully as dear as on last market day. Oats were without change. GLASOW IRON.—The market was steady in the forenoon, but flat at the close; 54s cash was asked for warrants, and 53s 9d per ton bid. THE LONDON GAZETTE. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.—GUStaViIS Christian Schwabe, c Moritz Herrman, Frederick Tillson, and Edward Parr, Manilla at i Gustavus Christian Schwabe and Frederick Bower, Liverpool and Shanghai ; Jonas Craven and Unice Bentham, Bradford, Yorkshire, coalminers ; Mary Gowland and George Gowland, --- Liverpool, chronometer and nautical instrument makers; William Powell and Robert Beal, Pocklington, Yorkshire, grocers ; Benja min Nicholls and Richard Ashton, Manchester, cotton spinners; Joze Luis Fernandes, jun., and William Sidebottom, Sandal Magna, Yorkshire, coal proprietors ; John Hawleigh Smith and James Moore, Liverpool, commission merchants ; Thomas Cook, Percival Wormald, Frank Wormald, Thomas Hague Cook, and John Wormald, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, clothiers, so far as regards the said PereiVal Wormald and Frank Wormald ; Robert Gill, sen., William Titherington, Robert Gill, jun., and Chapple Gill, Liverpool, cotton brokers, so far as regards Robert Gill, senior ; William Moon and Pakenham William Beatty, Brazils, general merchants ; Henry Romilly, Charles Isaac Forget, Charles Pierre Melly, and George Melly, Liverpool, merchants, so far as regards the said Henry Romilly; John Bapty and Samuel Lee, Huddersfield, dyers; Richard Taylor, of Singleton, Yorkshire, and Francis Johnsbn, of Skirlaugn , Yorkshire, cattle dealers; Adam Glendinning and John Wilson, Liverpool, soap manufacturers ; Francis Henry Thode and Charles Henry Edward Trumpler, Manchester, merchants; IT Samuel Cunliffe Lister, Bradford, Yorkshire, and Isaac Holden, St. Denis, Empire of France, wool comber,. ; John Warr and James Bellingham, Tipton, Staffordshire, butty colliers ; Robert Kaye, John Beaumont, and James Johnson, Yorkshire, timber dealers ; William Hobbs and George Blundstone, Manchester, commission agents ; Charles William Gray and Benjamin Gerrish Gray, Liverpool ; J. Knight, jun., and Thomas Moreton S Davies, Liverpool, painters ; Samuel utherford, jun., and William Tindall, Liverpool, wholesale tea and coffee dealers; John Perry Jackson and Alberttes Hayward, Liverpool, ship chandlers ; Worsley Battersby and Edward Battersby, London and Liverpool, coal merchants • John Smith and John Schofield, -- Royton, Lancaster, manufacturers ; William Bowman and I Robert M. Grinnell, Liverpool, merchants ; David Taylor, John B. Molyneux, Henry Roy ds, and J. J. Myers, Liverpool, brokers, so far as regards John Blayds Molyneux ; James Blake and Francis Maxwell, Liverpool, soap manufacturers ; Vre Paula, Edward Babet, and C. E. Muller, Middleborough, York shire, merchants, so far as regards Charles Emilie Muller; John Beckwith and Samuel Beckwith, Liverpool, hide brokers ; John p Stephenson, Thomas Blake, Wm. Thompson, H. B. Smith, and Henry Stephenson, Sheffield, type founders ; John Douglas , John Muir, Hugh Carswell, and William Hirst, Manchester , merchants, so far as regards Hugh Carswell ; George Firth, Frederick Firth, and William Firth, Leeds, iron merchants' , Charles William Everett, John Pinckney, and William Nock' ney, Salisbury, bankers, so far as regards Charles William Everett/ C John Jones, and David Jones, Liverpool; J ame s H a ddon ae° James,Searle, Manchester, commission merchants. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDEND. Joshua Fletcher Lace and Leonard Addison—fourth div. of Is Id, any Wednesday, at .31r. G. Morgan's, 10, Cook-street, Liverpool; Joshua Fletcher Lace (separate estate of)—fourth div. of Is 10d., any Wednesday, 14 Mr. G. Morgan's, 10, Cook-street, Liverpool ; James Fell' div. of.9id, du new proofs (on account of former div. of Is 9cl), on Wednesday, Jan 12, and any subsequent Wednesday, at 31r G. Morgan's, 10, Cook-street, Liverpool ; Robert Cooke—second div. of lid., any Wednesday, at Mr. G. Morgan's, 10, Cook' street, Liverpool. BIRTH. On the sth inst., at Woodland, Mount Maghull, Mrs. Robert Girvan, of a daughter. DEATHS. On the 26th ult., at Spezzia, Piedmont, Mr. Maurice Telo, of Liverpool, in the 58th year of his age. On the Ist inst., at her residence, 4, Great Mersey-streett Kirkdale, in her eightieth year, Betty Coleborne. On the 2nd inst., at Windermere House, Princ( pool, Cora, the wife of Mr. Diedrich Fehrma Richmond, Vii - On the 4th in of the late John Grieison at Wavertree, a 's -park, Liver , formerly of ged 81, Grace Grierson, widol SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE HIGH WATEI Morn. Mrs DAY WIND At LxvEnpooL,—South, light, cloud ~ HOLYHEAD, —South, light. ARRIVALS A .ro Flown, Bate ........ Deni a M erse y, M'N e il Gi a sgolf is en Progress, McMillan.St. Nazaire Elizab e th, H o ll an d vn iu Mogadore Packet, Freen . Gioga Azoni an , D oug h ton Pro m Madras Rill i d p a Bordcau> ad, SAILIM Calcutta I Sourisuois .. Delphm Elise Anne Longton City of Washington (s.s.i, Paragon Hindoo Intrinsic Malakoff Medallion Nictaux.. Caroline LIVERPOOL, Jany. 5. , RAMBEY, Dec. 28. - The smack Alley and N anc y, M oore , o f anu for Douglas, was towed in here by the Manx Fairy (s), with ao her sails gone. The steamer fell in with her at half channel, on her voyage from Liverpool for Ramsey •, the crew were ahno t benumbed, having been knocked about in the channel for two days. WELLINGTON, N.Z., Oct. G.—The Oliver Lang, :Handle, which arrived here September 18, from London, parted one of ha' anchors on the 25th, a n d d ragge d on shore, where she remaine d till ' October 1, when she dropped back to her former position 111 the harbou-. She still continues very leaky, and twelve extra hands are employed day and night at the pumps. Up to th e present time all her cargo has been landed in good order, and the anchor and cable parted from have been recovered. PORTMADOC, Jan. 3.—A vessel's man-bust figurehead ha' been picked up on the beach a few miles to the south o f this place. The bust is 2 feet 3 inches in height, being painted 84 follows : -Black hair and whiskers, blue coat, yellow waistcoat , white shirt with two red buttons on the front, necktie skyhlBe; face rather red, Scotch plaid scarf, black scrawl. It is in god condition. HavaE, Jan. 2. —The Don Juah, Gallet, from Havannah, arrivej here, reports having passed, on 29th Nov., a s hip, N.N.E. . Havannah, with loss of bowsprit and the crew engaged ?, strengthening the rigging. When off Newfoundland, a quan titY of fresh timber, as well as pieces of wreck, were passed by the same vessel. OsrEND, Jan. 2.—The French schooner Energie, Nicolles, of St. Maio, from Seaham for Dunkirk, on shore near Ostend, wit h her cargo and sto BREST, Dec Buenos Awe has been sold for 3,000 f. at in : The Marie, Juel, from Li WILMIXGTO, N.'C.—Arrived : The Lucy Atwood, Paddockr from Cape de Verd Islands ; was hove to off Bermuda 16 days, i'' heavy westerly gales, damaging sa il s and rigging, and causini; her to leak, STETTIN, Dec. 29.—The Tilsit (s.s.), which got on shore on the Schwantewitzer Haken, Dec. 19, has been assisted off, after charging the greater part of her cargo, and has been cut through the ice as far as the Hohen Oderkrug. PiLLAr, Dec. 28.—The Ronne, Tief, and Seegat, are clear of iee• AARKUUS, Dec. 28.—The schooner brig Jenny, Nielsen, of Draol , from Korsoer for England (barley), put in to-day leaky, and with pumps choked ; she must be discharged to repat AMSTERDAM, Dec. 29.—The crew of tl Frederika, Lohman, from Hambu Annette ich WO cut through by the ice and sank near Taganrag, have been saved to her deck pi:eviZ to Dcc.i9, ANTWERP, Jan. 3. - The schooner Olaf Key, Mowinekel, trots Bergen for the Baltic; and the Brig Ingeborg Anna, Nielsdof from London for Arendal (ballast), were totally lost at or near Krageroe, Dec. 19; crews saved. The Austrian brig padove , from Odessa for Antwerp (barley), was reported at Constanti nople, Dec. 24, to have been compelled to *anchor at Vrilu, on the Asiatic coast of the Black Sea, and to cut away her masts. steamboat has been sent to her assistance. The ship was expected to be saved, the weather having moderated. PANAMA, Pee. 9.—Two vessels have been lost durir month at the mouth of the Goatzacoalcos River, or g7e dish from St• brig, on December 15, and the other an English 15,, Thomas's for Minatitlan ; names unknown, no lives los— BOMBAY, Dec. 9.—The rates of freights, after a slight advance which had taken place, have again gone down to their former level, and we quote 12s 6d to 17s 6d for Liverpool, and 17s to 4 1 for London. For China we quote rs 3, to rs 4 per candy. - - FALMOUTH, Jan: s.—Arrived : The Mohawk, from Trieste, Off: The Mignon, from London for St. Michael's, with bowsprit and jibboom carried away, h av i ng b een i n contact with a brig, a l the Ist instant. Sailed, Jan. 2 : The Pioneer, Tiverton, Traffic, Harlington, and Nameless, all for Liverpool. QuEnwsrowN, Jan. s.—Arrived : The Luther, from Mauritius ; John Edward, Callao ; Irt, Demerara. Sailed : The Maggi e Walker, for Liverpool. GREENOCK, Jan. s.—Arrived : The Vasco de Gama, from Lisba• Sailed : The Walter Baine, for Newfoundland. FORION PORTS. Aunt Mary, hence at Alicante. Lithuania, Reckles, hence at Memel. Konigen Elizabeth, hence at Danzic. Galilee Voss, hence at Narnemunde. Eliza Morrison, Carey, hence at Gibraltar in 35 days, havinf; encountered violent gales. St. Yves, from Port-au-Prince at Havre. Chimtera, hence at Calcutta. Braganza, Nelson, from Iquique at Queenstown. - Dyson, Gray, hence at Aspinwall. Courier, Shaw, from Aden ; Beloochee, Miller, from Algol' Bay; and Hilton, Thomas, from Hong Kon7—all at Bombay. Success, Stewart, from Mauritius ; Marion, Jones, f rom the Clyde; and Anglesea,.Gilt, from London; all at Melbourne. Benjamin Heape, from Melbourne at Adelaide. Grand Trianon, Hayes, from Kepple Bay at Sydney, after; striking several times on Brcaksea Spit, and being towed out (" a dangerous position. Invincible, Johnson, from Melbourne at Sydney, and sailed' Oct. 23, on her return. .- Leichardt, Burnett,2-and Quito, Hawkins, from Calcutta at Sydney. Withycombe, from. C o l om b o at Cochin. • IDUeless of Lancaster, Johnson, hence a t C o l om b o. Columbian EndYm; (R.M.S.S.), from Suez off Melbourne Nov. 16, with mails from England of Sept. 16. Damascus (s.s.), Bell, hence at Venice. Vixen, Christian, hence at Messina. African (s.s.), Richardson, from Alexandria at Malta, and left for Liverpool. Audis (s.s.), Martyn, from Smyrna at Malta, for Liverpool. Richard Cobden, Josephson, sailed from Bombay for Liverpool Dec. 4. PRINTED and PUBLISHED by CHARLES WILLMER, late of Oxford-street, Liverpool, and now of Holly Bank, Church-lane, Aigburth-road, in the Extra-parochial place of Toxteth-parli, at his General Printing and Stationery Establishment, 19, BoutbJohn-street : Liverpool. Thursday, January 6, 1859. New York I C. S. Permel _ . _ .. Rio Bento Chicago .... .... 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