The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-29 00:00:00

DIE PRESTON STRIKE. ADDRESS FROM THE MASTERS' ASSOCIATION. PRESTON, WEDNESDAY. —The subjoined address from the Associated Masters of Preston, and the neighbourhood, has been placarded on the walls of the town to-day. The closing statement, that " the dispute appears as far off a settlement as ever," may be regarded as a prelude to the proceedings of the adjourned meeting of the association to be held to-mor row. It is reported that that meeting is to be again ad journed ; some say for a month, others for three months. On the other hand, it is rumoured that some of the masters are anxious to try the effect of ringing the factory bells at the prices of March last : " TO THE PUBLIC. " In consequence of the various misrepresentations which have been so unblushingly put forth by men who are the acknowledged leaders of the workpeople in the present struggle with their employers, we feel it to be a duty to our selves and the public, to make a few observations, and to state a few facts in reference thereto ; and we offer these observations more especially to the attention of those who have - only an imperfect acquaintance with the factory sys tem, as well as to the factory operatives in this and other districts, whose sympathies and aid are solicited on behalf of the hands on strike in this town and neighbourhood, and who are liable to be misled by the exparte statements of those whose interests it is indefinitely to prolong the strife. "We will not condescend to notice the various calumnies which are daily applied to the masters, believing that the great majority of the workpeople have no sympathy with such sentiments, and that the general character of the em ployers in Preston needs not fear a comparison with those of other districts. Neither do we thiuk it necessary again to enter at large into the origin of the dispute further than to state our belief that the differences which, in the first instances existed, would have been arranged and would not have resulted in a general stoppage of the mills, had it not been for the improper interference of strangers between the masters and their hands. " It is alleged that the workpeople are " locked out," and 4.1,.....fi1rA,imab1e to work, if disposed, and that the mestere want to' starve them !" but it is not stated that the closing of the mills was only resortea Lip art,. 4.1—, hands in several of them had struck work, or had given notice to that effect, although an advance of ten per cent. had been offered them in August last upon the wages paid in 1852. The cases in which the strike originated were carefully investigated by the committee of the masters' association, and it was found that the differences between the demands of the operatives and the offers of their employ ers were so exceedingly small, that a more important ques tion than that of wages was involved, and that these firms were to be made the victims of an organised combination, whose avowed object was to take the masters in succession, and compel them to accept the terms of the unionists. "We now come to the question of wages, about which so much has been said with a view of misleading the public. The leaders of this agitation affirm that several reductions of wages have taken place from time to time ; but they refer more particularly to that in 1847, and to a promise stated to have been made by the masters to give a corresponding advance when trade revived, as a justification of their demand for an advance of ten per cent. We at once admit that owing to the depressed state of trade in 1847 a general reduction of wages took place in the latter part of that year, or early in 1848. We deny, however, that any such promise was made by the masters generally, although this might have been done by some individual firms. Before proceeding further it is necessary to explain that most of the work done in fac tories is piecework, and that the prices paid are in all cases regulated by the quality of raw material, and the state of the machinery. For instance, where the machinery is old, there may be a high rate of piece -work and the weekly earnings low ; and where the machinery is modern, and embraces all the modern improvements, there may be a lower rate of piecework - and the earnings comparatively high, without any extra exertion on the part of the hands. " Being anxious to ascertain the difference (if any) between the earnings of the various classes of operatives in 1847 before the above-mentioned reduction took place, and those in the summer of 1853, before the 10 per cent. was demanded, we find, from the returns furnished us from the wages hooks of several largo and influential firms, that instead of any decrease there has been an actual increase, 'varying from 3 to 30 per cent., after making due allowance for the difference in the hours of labour from 69 to 60 hours per week. We have not thought it necessary to extend these inquiries, not having the slightest doubt that, if the average of all the mills now closed had been taken, the result would have been the same. We take this opportunity of stating, for the information of those persons whose aid and contributions are solicited for the hands, that in a well regulated spinning and weaving establishment, the weekly earnings of men employed therein vary from 12s. to 355. ; women and young persons from 7s. 6d. to 155.; and children from 4s. 6d., according to the nature of the employ ment and the diligence and ability of the worker ; and that the average of all classes of hands in such an establishment is about 10s. each. " In reference to the statements so frequently made, that the wages paid in Preston aro much lower than in other towns, the fact that this town has hitherto been well supplied with good hands sufficiently refutes these assertions, which are put forth without any proof whatever. " In corroboration of the above, we would refer to the letters of three masters, in the Preston Chronicle of the 24th instant, respecting their own cases, and which, we feel assured, could be supported by many others of a similar kind ; but these prove that wages are not generally lower here than elsewhere. " After the continuance of this struggle for upwards of ten weeks, the operatives still persist in their demands, and evince the same indisposition to return to work, although the masters have declared their willingness to receive applications, and as soon as they were sufficiently numerous to enable them to open , their mills, immediate steps would be taken to that ¢l 'et. No a.plieations of any consequence and the dis „tte appears a 3 far off settle.alafit'as ever.—By order of the .... - committee, " JOHN HUMBER, Sec. pro. tem. "Preston, Dec. 27, 1853." Dr. Grant, of St. Mary's, Edinburgh, will be named moder ator of the next general assembly of the Established Church Cholera is fast disappearing from the neighbourhood of Airdrie. AMERICAN MAIL STEAMER BALTIC.—The American steamer of Collins' line, which would have sailed yesterday, was neaped in the Huskisson dock, in consequence of the N.B. wind having cut off the tide. She intends sailing this morning. THE BRITISH QUEEN.—This splendid ship, being laden with cotton at Bombay on the 28th ult., and just about to sail, was found to be on fire. The fire was, however, got under, with 20 bales destroyed. The fire was the work of an incendiary. MUTINY IN THE FLAG-SHIP AT CHINA.—WC hear there has been a mutiny on board the flag-ship. It seems that on the men, who had not had liberty for 18 months, sent in a petition on the subject to Admiral Pellew, who immediately ordered the ship to be got ready for sea. In the evening there was a noise below, when the drum was beat to quarters, and some of the men refused to come on deck, upon which the officers were ordered to com pel them at the point of the sword, and in doing so several of the men were severely wounded. CANADIAN RAILWAYS.—The Great Western will be opened through from Windsor to Hamilton on the second of next month. The Grand Trunk between Montreal and Portland, which had been partially closed since the first of October, was to be re-opened on the 15th inscant. The mileage of the Great Western is 220 miles ; that of the Grand Trunk from Montreal to Portland 292. In addition to these lines there are also open in Canada, the Montreal and Moer's Junction Railway, 30 miles in length, the St. Lawrence and Champlain 45 miles, and the Ontario and Simcoe 42 miles. This last is on the national or 5 feet 6- inch gauge, which is the gauge of the Great Western and Grand Trunk. The Montreal and Moer's Junction, and the St. Lawrence and Champlain are 4 feet 81 inches. The great chess match between Harrwitz and Lowenthal, in London, lasted thirteen weeks, and was only concluded at ten o'clock on Wednesday night. The score at the close stood as follows .—Harrwitz 11, Lowenthal 10, (including the 2 given to him, owing to the absence of his opponent from indisposition) ; drawn 12—total number of games played 31. Mr. Harrwitz is now to try his strength with Mr. Staunton. MELANCHOLY DEATH AT SELEY.-It appears that Mr. William Lapish, the brewer, at Mr. Danby's brewery, had, as was usual, entered the brewery about seven o'clock in the morning, to attend to the working of the liquor (about 400 gallons) in a stone vat. About eight o'clock, Mr. Joseph Midgley, who resides. on the premises, had his atten tion called by a noise of persons in the yard. He went ini,o the brewery, and not finding the deceased as he expected, he caused a minute search to be made, and ultimately found the deceased submerged in the vat of liquor, quite dead. It is supposed that the deceased had overbalanced himself and fallen head foremost into the liquor, which was about forty-seven inch es i n d e pth. Th e deceased was thirty years of age, and has left a widow and four children to lament his untimely death.—Yorkshire Gazette. DErnEnAaioNs BY 14 4 'oxzs.—A short time since, the foxes in the extensive preserve of Viscount Beresford, at Goudhurst, made depredations upon the turkeys—out of 138, in one night they destroyed 23 full grown ones. In consequence of the snow the keepers have been able to trace them, and on Friday last orders were given that the wood should be scoured for their destruction. Accordingly, about thirty MCA with guns, and several men as beaters, commenced their per ambulations, but during the day they only succeeded in de stroying one and moving another, It is generally supposed that they are some of the same that were turned down, being (imported from France) in and about Battle. —Dover Chro nicle. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.—A few days ago a brick layer, employed to repair the fire-place of a cottage at Ditchling, a village about a mile and a half from the Hassock's-gate station, on the Brighton railway, discovered the bodies, or rather the skeletons, of five infants. The house had been tenanted for fourteen or fifteen years by a woman who had recently been married to a person named Maitland, and who is the mother of two illegitimate children still living. Th e ne i g hb ors d epose d to a num b er o f very suspicious circumstances, but the bodies being too decomposed to enable the professional witnesses to state with certainty whether the children had been born alive, the coroner's jury, on Saturday, returned an open verdict. The magis trates examined the woman yesterday, and remanded her. coralur coURT.—YESTZEDAY. (BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.) FOWLER V. HERRING.—The plaintiff is a car owner, and the defendant a confectioner, carrying on business at 4, Quadrant-buildings, Elliot-street, and the action was brought to recover £1 10s. damages, for injury done to the plaintiff's car through the negligence of the defendant's servant. It appeared that as the plaintiff's driver was driv ing down Church-street, the defendant's van was being driven up the street at the time, and in consequence, it was alleged of the furious rate at which it was going, it came in collision with the plaintiff's car, and knocked off the hind wheel. The statement on either side being equally positive, his Honor adjourned the case to enable the plaintiff to pro duce further evidence. THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY V. CANNON.—This action was brought to recover £2 for the carriage of eight barrels of fish. The defendant con tended that she should not be liable inasmuch as she did not receive the fish at the proper time, and when she did receive them they were so injured through the delay that they wore seized by the inspector and she fined. His HoNoR told her that if she had suffered through. any delay on the part of the company she could recover compen sation from them, but having taken the fish she could not set up any neglect of theirs as a defence against the present claim. Verdict for the plaintiffs. EVANS V. NOBLE--This action was brought to recover the value of a basket lost off the defendant's omnibus. It appeared that the wife of the plaintiff went by the defend ant's omnibus to the Old Swan, on the night of the 21st of November. The night was very dark, and the omnibus coming in collision with a post, several of the outside pas sengers were nearly thrown off. Mrs. Evans got down, and went into the " cabin," as she termed the inside, and while there lost her basket. Considerable amusement was created in court, by the manner in which Mrs. Evans, who was dressed in the " old Mother Hubbard" style, gave her evi dence. She was accompanied by her husband and niece, and being all Welsh people, they weighed and measured every answer as if their very lives depended on the issue. To make certainty doubly sure, Mrs. Evans was examined in her own language, the niece acting as interpreter ; but the result was that the three of them had to be separated and nlaced on different seats, as the only means of stopping the running commentary ID.which thny inilnlera in oaob others' testimony—it not being very clear that Mrs. Evans had at all given the basket to the cad, the plaintiff was non suited without costs. Mr. IlimE appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. HUGHES for the defendant. A MERMAID.—Our readers will judge what credence to give tol the following statement, copied from the Halifax Morning Chronicle :—A most extraordinary fish was caught in the salmon net of Mr. Aazet Hamilton, of Bundoran, in the Donegal Bay, last week. It is a beautiful creature; the head, shoulder, and waist resemble a woman ; the lower part that of a salmon. When we saw it, it was alive in a vessel of salt water, and Mr. Hamilton hoped to preserve it alive in that way. The eyes were beautiful ; and its arms, when touched, became stiff, and the whole body appeared sensitive to the touch. Many persons considered it a young mer maid. HEARTLESS ROBBERIES BY RAILWAY EMPLOYEES. —Tho scoundrels who infest the - rail Way termini for the purpose of plundering the passengers of their luggage are bold and audacious thieves, who abide " the hazard of the die ; " but the railway servants and carriers who avail themselves of the confidence reposed in them to.pilfer at leisure the goods entrusted to their care add treachery and deceit to their other villanies. We have just been informed of a most heartless and cruel dobery, perpetrated by one or more of those miscreants on a poor sick woman at Bath, who was forwarded by a friend in London, via the Great Western Railway, from the Bull and Mouth, where the package was booked and paid for, a box containing a small quantity of port wine, teas, coffee, sugar, raisins, currants, oranges, alid a flannel petticoat. During transit the box was robbed of all its contents, save the empty bottles and two oranges, and on its delivery in that state it was charged a shilling, al though its carriage had been previously - paid for. We make no comment on the conduct of the sacrilegious scoundrel who committed the robbery, but when we remember the revelations made recently in the case of a railway official at the Bricklayers' Arms station, we think it is dine something should be done to arrest such wholesale iniquities.—Sunday Times. FIRE IN LONDON.—The London journals contain accounts of a destructive fire in Upper Thames-street, No, 200, near St. Michael's Church, which was very much injured. The loss of property amounted to several thousands. As soon as the Watling-street, firemen had got their hose ready for action, a fearful scream was heard from one of the houses in Huggin-lane, which induced Tozer, one of the brigademen, to enter the house, in order to ascertain whether or not any persons were in danger. He then found that the flames had penetrated through the attics and all the windows on the staircase,'setting on fire the ballusters and rooms. A person named Arthur Walkden at that period was carrying his mother, an old woman of 75, down stairs. The poor woman, in being carried through the fire, had her face severely burnt. When Tozer entered the attic on the fourth floor, he found a lad named George Dimmock, and a woman named Eliza beth Dimmock, just in the act of jumping out of the window. He, however, seized him by his shonlder, and having thrown the woman over his back, he carried the two down stairs in safety, and thereby prevented two persons from being killed. The police-officer (Sykes) was also instrumental in saving two lives in the adjoining house, but connected with the ware house. The persons wanted to dress themselves before they left, but the constable forced them to depart immediately, and it was well he did, for they had barely gained the street wl-m the flames broke through one of the doors and set the greater part of the private dwelling on fire. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS.—A few private persons resident in the county of Gloucester, magistrates and country gentle men, established upon a small scale, some eighteen months ago, an industrial school for the reformation of juvenile delinquents, and the first annual report of their proceedings was drawn up on St. Thomas's-day. As to the cost of this experiment, the whole of the buildings cost about 2501., and they are of such a const ruc ti on th a t, s h ou ld the school be given up, they would at any time be convertible into labourers' cottages, which would bring as good interest as labourers' cottages usually command. The other expences, including furniture, masters' salaries, maintenance, clothing, and in fact every cost for eighteen months, amounts to about 4001. ; the value of the stock in hand is about 1711., thus reducing the cost to 2301. for the eighte en mon th s , or little more than 11/. per head total expense for the twelve months. Twenty three boys have been received in all. Of these, they consider four are failures, two are provided for abroad, one has been for some months in service in the country, and his conduct hitherto has been highly satisfactory. The other sixteen are still in the school. Of these, few could be safely recom mended to service ; but the other sixteen have not been in the school long enough to show a material improvement. AN EXECUTION IN FRANCE.—The trial and condemnation to death about a month ago of a man named Bony, by the Court of Assizes of the Seine-et-Marne, for the murder of a banker and his wife at Provins, will not be forgotten. The case, it will be remembered, was one of peculiar atrocity. The man murdered the banker as he sat at his office desk by striking him furiously on the head with a hatchet ; then he murdered his wife, who went to his assistance, by assail ing her in the same way ; he afterwards collected all the money he could find ; then he attempted to commit a criminal assault on the servant girl, and he afterwards drank rum and other liquors until he became partially intoxicated and fell fast asleep. The servant girl, on seeing him in that state, slipped out of the house, and gave information to the Gendarmerie. He was immediately arrested. After his condemnation he paid great attention to the exhor tations of the chaplain, and expressed repentance. He appealed to the Court of Cassation against his condemna tion, but when his appeal was rejected he refused to pray for pardon, saying that afte r suc h cr i mes as h e h a d com mitted his life would not be a sufficiently great sacrifice to expiate them. On the sth of this month he addressed the following letter to his mother from the gaol at Melun : "My dear Mother,—My greatest sorrow is to see that I cause so much to you. The chaplain has communicated your letter to me. Poor mother ! How happy 1 should be if all my afflictions only concerned my self ; and with what courage I should support the weight of my chains if the greatest part of my sufferings were not to fall on my dear mother ! Alas ! the band of God weighs terribly ou us; but let His holy will be done ! Let us pray to Him to accord us the patience and resigna tion necessary to support the great trial. Let us place our confidence in the Holy Virgin Mary, the consoling mother of repentant sinners, and let us abandon ourselves to her. She will open to us the holy path in which I have had the happiness to enter, and which alone can give us the hope of meeting in a no th er wor ld . H ow much I feel at present all the affection which my heart contains for you, dear mother ; and with what bitterness, what sorrow, and what regret I feel the privation of being able to confide it to your maternal bosom ! It is one of the greatest sacrifices which I offer to God before, making that of my life ; and I hope that He will be merciful enough to accept it in expia tion of my faults, and to grant to me my portion of eternal happiness, where I can await my dear mother. Let us place ourselves in His holy keeping. Adieu! Adieu ! dear mother,—worthy of a better recompense for your old days. Oh ! pardon your unfortunate and guilty son the torments which he has caused you, and let that be his last consola tion on earth. Once again, adieu, dear mother, and adieu to my brothers and sisters. Pray for me, as I pray for you. I embrace you all with a sorrowful embrace, and for the last time." He likewise addressed a letter, expressing the most fervent piety, to the sister superior of the hospital of Provins. On Wednesday the order arrived for his removal to Provins to be executed. He received it with resignation. He was asked if he would not make an appeal to the government for a commutation of his sentence, but he again refused, saying that his strongest desire was to expiate his crimes by his death. On Thursday morning the scaffold was erected in the Place Saint Ayoul, at Provins. Although the cold was very great an immense crowd assembled. At 8 o'clock the condemned ap - eare.l •' he was listening with great humility to th e ex h ortat i ons of the priest. The crowd, which had been rather noise, became silent the Moment he was seen, and when he ascended the scaffold, a great number fell on their knees and prayed. The scone at this moment was peculiarly solemn. A few seconds after the knife fell. —Galignani's Messener THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The guardians of this board held their weekly meeting at the board-room yesterday, Mr. J. HARRISON in the chair. The guardians present were Messra. Heyes, Roskel, Brown, Lunt, Mountfield, Craig, Carter, Smith, Kirkus, Mac Gee, Horsfall, Roberts, G. Harrison, Abrahams, Medcalf, and Jeffreys. The governor of the house reported that there were 669 paupers in the house, and that for the corresponding week last year, there were 731. There had been one death in the house. Cheques to the amount of £l9B were drawn by the four re lieving officers for out-door relief. The CLERK laid before the board several letters received from the unions, instructing that board not to relieve paupers belonging to these districts ; and the clerk was instructed to request such unions to receive their paupers without the regular removal order. The new board-room was ordered to be in sured in the Royal Insurance office for £5OO. There being no other business the board separated. A fire took place on yesterday, in the warehouse of a cabinet maker, Hill-street, Finsbury, London. The whole premises and stock were consumed. A disastrous fire occurred at Wolverhampton, on Thursday last, on the premises of Perry and Son, tin and Japan ware manufacturers. The damage done will reach £2OOO. IT IS WELL TO MEND.—The Christmas show of meat at the butchers' shops in Burton-on-Trent, has been unusually good, and free from the prevailing fault of former years, of more fat than meat.— Wolverhampton paper. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. —Mr. Broughton, a gentleman formerly connected with the Grand Junction Canal Com pany, has been appointed traffic Manage: in Birmingham for the London and North-Western railway, in the room of the late Lieutenant Eborall, R.N. DINNER TO SAMUEL Low, ESQ., MAYOR OF WALSALL. —A complimentary dinner to the mayor of Walsall, who in November last was unanimously re-elected to that office, was given at the George Hotel, Walsall, on Thursday evening last. John Walters, said to be an Irishman, has been com mitted from Wolverhampton, for the murder of Thomas Price, a butcher, in June, 1852. He had since absconded. The cause of the attack was, that the deceased inter rifled to ea-re a - woman, whom Walters and another were a busing. GOING TO THE RIGHT SHOP.—The London police re ports publish rather a grave joke upon the hon. Mr. Norton. Upon Monday last, it appears a man appeared in his court and presented him with a letter requesting his advice res pecting the steps he should adopt towards his wife whom he accused of entering a " coffee shop" with a middle aged gentleman. The worthy magistrate received the petition with great calmness, but does not appear to have given any satisfactory advice to the applicant. EVRRTON CHURCH MISSIONARY SOClETY.—Yesterday a sale of fancy and useful articles commenced at the school room, Mill-lane, the proceeds of which are to be appropriated to the funds of the Church Missionary Society. Three of the upper rooms were most tastefully fitted up as sale-rooms, with most beautiful specimens of needlework, and fancy articles of every description. The ladies taking . an interest in the missionary cause, residing in the distrnt officiated as saleswomen, and from the zeal manifested they doubtlessly obtained high prices and numerous customers. The sale will continue this day and to-morrow. SCOTTISH AGRICULTURE.—The exhibition of agricultural produce at the corn exchange, Edinburgh, is a sig ht calcu lated to fill with pleasure and pride the heart of every lover of his country. The noble building is lightly and gracefully decorated with a profusion of evergreens, most tastefully disposed, and a great variety of ornate inscriptions, shields, convolved ribbons, with mottoes, arranged, designed, and executed by Mr. George Potts, with marvellous celerity and effect. The exchange was this day crowded with the elite of the proprietary of the land, as well as the actual producers, who were not one whit more excitedly interested that their associates.—North British Mail. GARROTTE ROBBERIES IN BIRMINGHAM.—At about half past twelve o'clock on Thursday night, as a man named William Malone, of Newhall-street, in that town, was pro ceeding along Bath-street, he was stopped by two men and a woman. One of the villains held him by the throat, while the others rifled his pockets of £6 10s. in gold and silver, leaving him insensible in the street. On Tuesday evening, about six o'clock, as a boat-owner, named John Dance, of Gloucestershire, was in the neighbourhood of New Canal-street, in a state of intoxication, he was met by three men, one of whom held him by the throat, whilst the others took from his pocket a purse containing fifteen sovereigns. INDICATIONS OF A SEVERE WINTER.—If there be any truth in what old people say respecting large flocks of birds being an indication of a severe winter, we have never seen stronger symptoms of one than in the present season. Large and numerous flocks of wild geese, wild ducks, widgeons, teal, and wild fowl, have, within the last few days, been observed to pass over the city ; and we h ave observed that they are very numerous in the vicinities of the Wye and Lugg. Fieldfares, redwings, starlings, &c., were never known to be more numerous, or in larger flocks ; and, within the last few days, we have known an extraordinary number of the latter kind of bird killed at a single shot. The season appears to promise :plentiful sport for minor sportsmen.- Hereford Journal. EXTENSIVE FRAUD BY A WOLVERHAMPTON CLERK.— A respectable-looking young man, named James Smalley, late in the employ of Messrs. Morton and Langley, merchants, of Wolverhampton, was brought up yesterday (Tuesd l y,) a t the Public-office, Birmingham, charged with obtaining an immense quantii,y of goods from various manufacturers in Birmingham, under the false pretence that they were for Messrs. Morton and Langley, of Wolverhampton. —Mr. Powell appeared for the prosecution, from which it appeared that about £2OO worth of goods had thus been obt aine d b y the - prisoner. The young man admitted h's crime, and has been seat for trial.— Wolverhampton Herald, Wednesday. THE COAL AND IRON TRADE.—The coal trade maintains unexampled activity, and in the districts west of Dudley colliers remain quiet, but east of Dudley some of them are very restless, and threaten to strike for an advance of wages. The iron trade retains its active character, and the demand still continues very great. Some of the ironmasters are not satisfied with existing rates, and at the preliminary meeting which will be shortly held, the present state of the trade will be fully canvassed, with a view of further regulating the price, so as to meet the exorbitantly high charges upon coal and mine. Hot blast mine pigs are realising £5 per ton, and cold blast from £5 10s. to £5 15s. Good ironstone is fetching Vs. per ton, and is in great request. The state of the district is good, and labour in high request.— Waiver han2pton Herald. MAN KILLED. —On Thursday evening shortly after the passing of a down train along the Caledonian railway near to the farm of Gain, in the parish of New Mon kland, Airdrie, the cries of a person evidently in great distress, were heard by a man at the farm house. He went to die spot from whence the sounds proceeded, and found there a man writhing in the last throes of death, from having been frightfully mutilated by the train passing over him. In answer to inquiry he was only able to say that his name was West, when he expired. The body was carried to the Coatbridge police station-house, where it lies for identification previous to interment. It is thought that the deceased had been the worse of liquor at the time the train came in contact with him, as the body had a strong smell of drink. INQUESTS.—Yesterday, the coroner was occupied in hold ing inquests upon the bodies of the following persons, whose deaths were occasioned under the circumstances detailed be low :—Elizabeth Slater, a child who died in the course of the preceding evening, from being suffocated while in bed with its parents. On the body of a seaman, name unknown, whose body was found in the river, near the south bridge of St. George's dock. Edith Parker, an illegitimate child, who died from convulsions, brought on by purely natural causes. John Richards, while in a state of intoxication fell down stairs, and recei-ed such injuries on the head that he never recovered. James Gratly, who died on Christmas day, while getting his dinner. His death was occasioned from a small portion of goose which stuck in his throat, and caused suffocation. David Rutherford, from a disease in the lungs. Amelia Dwyer, an inmate in the workhouse, who who died from an extravasation of blood on the brain, from a fall. Thomas Quaile, who expired suddenly ; it h as since been ascertained that he was suffering from a disease of the heart. Morton Dimond.—The deceased was the son of the man who was unfortunately killed on the 18th at the Wapping dock. He was at work with his father at the time the wall fell, and received such injuries that ho died on Monday night, at the Southern Hospital. And also on the body of Dominick Barrett, who expired at the Northern Hospital, yesterday morning. It appeared that on the 9th of November, the deceased, with several other persons, were quarrelling in the spirit vaults occupied by Mr. Berry, in Vauxhall-road, when a scuffle ensued and the deceased fell, by which he broke his leg. He was con veyed to the Northern Hospital, where he has lingered ever since, refusing, as did also his family, to have the limb am • putated, which, the surgeon was of opinion, would have spared his life. The • jury in each case returned a ver diet in accordance with the facts detailed in the evi dence. THE IRON TRADR.—The total produce of pig iron for the year 1850, was estimated at 2,330,000 tons. In order to produce this quantity there were consumed 9,500,000 tons of coal, 2.500,000 tons of ironstone, and the ores oper ated upon could not have been less than 7,000,000 tons. But the most remarkable fact in connection with the iron trade is the immense weight of atmospheric air required in the various blast furnaces, and which, although generally considered as so light in its nature, has yet considerably ex ceeded in weight that of all other materials consumed. One of the large furnaces of South Wales consumes 12,503 cubic feet of air each minute in supplying the oxygen necessary to the combustion of the fuel. To supply the air consumed on an average in each furnace requires an engine of 25 horse power. Engines of nearly 12,000 lorse power are con stantly employed to drive the " breath of life " into the glowing masses within furnaces of the United Kingdom. Each furnace on an average sucks in 17,000 gallons of air per minute, or five tons weight per hour. The number of furnaces in blast in 1850 was 459 ; the aggregate weight of air, therefore, required during that period to keep life in these fiery monsters was not less than 55,080 tons daily, or 20,049,000 tons during the year—a quantity exceeding in weight the totals of the coals, ore, and limestone consumed in the process of smelting. . AMERICAN BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS IMPORTED, in large or small quantities, by CHARLES WILLMER. Orders addressed to 19, SOUTH JOHN STREET, LIVERPOOL, will have attention, if only for s Single Book. NORTH LANCASHIRE.—ADVERTISEMENTS intended to be read by the Gentry and other Inhabitants of North Lancashire should appear in the PRESTON CHRONICLE. 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CAPITAL, £135,000, in 5,400 SHARES of £25 Each, Deposit, £2 10s. per Share. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. —YESTERDAY. (Written expressly for the Northern Daily Times.) As our produce markets continue closed, no business has consequently transpired. Several hundred bags Palermo SUMAC were brought to auction to-day, but no sales were effected. Corrow.—The market was very firm, with a good inquiry for home consumption. Sales were 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for speculation and export. PRICES OF PROVISIONS IN ST. JOHN'S MARKEi'...-- WEDNESDAY, 28th DEC., 1853. a. d s. d. s. d . e. d . Beef ....from o 6 to o 8 per lb. Geese s 6 to 6 o each. Mutton o6to o 8 .. Turkeys .... a6to 12 0 .. Veal Lamb ooto 0 o .. Strawberries, 00to 0 0 quart. ~ forequarter 43 oto 0 0 each. Asparagus .. 40 oto 0 0 per 100. ~ hind „ 10 oto 0 0 .. Cucumbers oto o o each. Fresh P..rk Lobsters Haddock o4to 0 o per lb. Currants Bret Turbot oto 1 6 .. Cherries .... ooto o o per lb. Soles o6to o 9 .. Grouse soto 6 o brace. Cod Fish .... 0 a to o 4 Hares Fresh Butter, isto o 0 . . Apricots .. ••o0 to o 0 per dos. Salt Ditto.... o9to i 0.. Ploo2, Foreign ooto o 0 each Eggs Boto 8 4 per 11 . 0. „ English 60to o o per lb. Pota.oes 0 to i 6 pe.. peck Pigeons 4 10 to s 0 couple. Filberts a4to 0 0 per lb. Partridge s9to 3 0 brace. Grapes, foreign 16to 0 0 it Pheasants .. 76 to 6 .. English 6 o to 7 o Black Game.. 6 6 to 0 0 Fowls Ducks Chickens .... o o to 0 o each. Snipes LONDON CORN M ARKET .--.YESTERDAY., Scanty show of English WHEAT ; fair supplies of foreign. Trade opened very firmly, but at present prices of English and foreign WHEAT unaltered. BARLEY, BEANS, and PEAS fully as dear. Few OATS fresh up, but previons receipts plentiful. Trade steady, and fine Coats quite as dear. SALFORD CATTLE v MARKET.—.., ESTERDA.T. BEASTS, 1,522 ; SHEEP, 3,872. Beef, 40 to 7d; Mut ton, 61d to 7-id ; Veal, 6d to 71d. GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. A fair extent of business occurred during the week, prices were obtained for all articles. At this day's market a very firm feeling pervaded the trade, but as usual at the close of the year transactions were circumserai.A_ wunAT and Fr-Min eola iu ',cum at the extreme prices of last week. OA.Ts were held for 6d to is boll advance. BARLEY and BEANS quite as dear. 131111)4, Offarriagts, antr illeatbei. BIRTHS. On the 18th instant, the wife of Mr. Ambrose B. Vaty;han, of a daughter. On the 19th instant, at 19, Houghton-place, Hal.inston-zqua-e, the wife of Samuel Heath, jun., Esq., of a daughter. On the 22d instant, at Nantwich, Cheshire, the wife of the Rev. W. A. Stevenson, of a son. On the 22d instant, the wife of Mr. James Glynne Bateson, of a daughter. On the 23d instant, in Bridge-street, Birkenhead, Mrs. Geo. Taylor, of aeon. On the 24th instant, at Butt-street, Everton, Mrs. J. F. Rolstone, of a son. On the 25th instant, the wife of John Bald, Esq.. of a daughter. On the 27th instant, the wife of Mr. Francis Stavel, chemist, 11. Price-street, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 20th instant, at Reverley, T. Brodick, of this town, son of the late J. Brodick, Esq., of Hull, to Mary Anne, daughter of R. Potts, Esq , of Beverley. On the 20th instant, at the Parish Church, Walton•on.the-Hill. Mr. David Bell, tea merchant, of Glasgow, to Miss E. M. Binh', daughter of Mr. Thomas Dinka. tea merchant, of this town. On the 2 .th instant, at Stephen Church, Will;ain Henry. son of Christopher H. Jones, Esq.. of this town. to Margaret, third daughter of John Grindrod, Esq., M.D., of Seaforth. On the 20th instant, Mr. Charles Wilcozon to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Mr. John Oswin. of this town. On the 20th instant, at St. Peter's Church. Everton, Mr. William Hodgson to Miss Hannah Lewis, both of Earl-street, Everton. On the 21st instant, at the Old Priory. Birkenhead Mr. Edward Warbrick, of this town, to Miss Frances Anderton of Preston. 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THIS Company is formed for the purpose of constructing a Floating Dock and Harbour at Silloth Bay, in the SolwayFrith, on the Coast of Cumberland, and connecting the same, by a Railway twelve miles and three quarters in length, with the Port Carlisle Railway, and so with the Junction of the Caledonian, Lancaster and Carlisle, and Newcastle and Carlisle Railways, at Carlisle, twenty-one miles distant. A safe Port on the North-W est coast of England, where Vessels may enter and load and discharge at all times of the tide, has long been required—the other Ports on that Coast, as Whitehaven, Workington, Maryport, and Port Carlisle, being dry harbours, and only accessible at tide time. Silloth Bay, in the Solway Frith, and distant about twenty-one miles from Carlisle, is peculiarly well situated for the construction of Floating Docks, and a Harbour ac cessible to Vessels at all times of the tide, night as well as day, being a safe anchorage, with deep water close to the shore, in which large vessels may ride the whole of the twenty-four hours --the depth of water at low water of the highest spring tides being from three-and-a-half to five and-a-half fathoms. A Railway is , now i n course o f cons truction from c „, ar to Port Carlisle, which will b e com pl e t e d ear l y nex t and which at Drumburgh, eight miles and a-half dints; from Carlisle, will be withi n thi rteen m il es d i stance fr° i Silloth Bay. It is proposed, with the concurrence ° under the sanction of the Port C ar li s l e R a il way Compae,c1 10 take advantage of this, and to construct a Floating v ° and Harbour at Silloth Bay, and connect the same with Port Carlisle Railway, by a line of Railway twelve-O . ; three-quarter-miles in length, j o i n i ng t h e Port Carl› . , Railway at Drumburgh, thus making the whole distee from Silloth Bay to Carlisle twenty-one miles. A large and increasing trade is carried on by Newcastl and the other Ports on the East Coast of England, with tilt West coast of England and Ireland, which the existing PI on the West coasts are quite inadequat e t o accommo d a te. „ great part of the tra ffi c is now conducted i n sa ili ng vesseP round the South of England or N or th o f Scotland, tile former being a distance of about 1,000 miles, whilst if goo' carried across from Newcastle to Silloth Bay by railway wer e , shipped there, the distance to Ireland would be under 20 miles. The important and increasing City of Carlisle is nos' one of the greatest railway centres of the kingdom,—th e Lancaster and Carlisle, the Caled on i an the Glasgow and South-Western, the Newcastle and Carlisle, and the Mail' port and Carlisle lines all meeting there, and another line from Hawick to Carlisle, in continuation of the North British is also in contemplation. The projected Harbour at Silloth Bay would be the nearest deep-sea harbour to this great centre of railways, and as the Solway Frith in which it is situated runs up so far into the land, as a glance at the MaP of England will show, the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Reilly* with the Port Carlisle and Newcastle and Carlisle Railways would form a direct Railway connection between the Ger° man Ocean and the Irish Sea at the narrowest part of the Island. The Harbour at Silloth Bay would thus afford the readiest and best Port for the coal, coke, and manufactures of Newcastle and the surrounding:distriCt sent to the Irish market. Steamers would also be enabled to ply between Silloth Bay and the ports of Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast, and other ports, by which short and easy passages would be afforded at regular hours, quite independent of the tides. It is proposed, in the first instance, to make a Floating Dock, at Silloth Bay, of about four acres area, which would serve as an Entrance Basin to Docks of a larger area, to be constructed when the increase of trade should require them. The Line from Silloth Bay to Drumburgh, on the Port Carlise Railway, would pass through a fine agricultural country, and a considerable income from local traffic and passengers may safely be anticipated. A single line only will be laid down in the first instance, but sufficient land will be taken and works constructed for a double line when the same may be found necessary. The landowners are in general strongly in favour of the line, and some of them are upon the Provisional Committee, and promoters of the under taking. The country through which the line passes is per fectly flat and level—there will be no heavy earthwork or expensive works of any kind—and it is estimated that, allowing liberally for all contingencies, the total costs of the Railway, including the purchase of land, will not exceed £65,000, being at the rate of £5,000 per mile. Contrac tors of undoubted respectability are ready to undertake the construction of the line for this sum. The Estimates for the Dock and Harbour have been pre pared by Mr. J. B. Hartley, of Liverpool, who has had great experience in the planning and carrying out of such wo rks. They amount to £60,500. The total estimated cost of the works will thus stand as follows : .565,000 . 60,600 Cost of Railway Cost of Dock and Harbour Parliamentary and Preliminary Expenses and Contingencies £135,000 The sources of traffic have been carefully inquired :into, and fully tested by persons:extensively engaged in shipping and manufactures, and in every way c om p e t en t t o ma ke a correct estimate of the various kinds of merchandise that will enter the harbour and pass over the line. Taking into account thepresent actual traffic from Newcastle to Ireland, now carried by a long sea voyage round the island/ and which would be diverted into the new line, together with the local traffic, a minimum return of £2O per mile per week may be safely calculated upon for the Railway, which, with the receipts from the Dock Dues, would yield a divi dend of upwards of si x p er cen t., a ft er allowing 50 per cent. for working expenses. The undertaking has the cordial support of the Port Carlisle Railway Company. Arrangements will be made with this Company, und er the sanction of Pa r li amen t, f or f ac ili tat i ng the carr i age °f goods over their line. Applications fur Shares in the form annexed, and 1115° ,,, for Maps and Prospectuses, m a y b e ma d e t o M r . . 1 7, CARRTJTHERS, the Secretary, or Messrs. W. &J. Nl' S ' , Solicitors, at Carlisle; and the following Broke rs :—/ife s %., F. W. Flint and Co., Hull ; Messrs. Redsdale and gl e `; Leeds ; Mr. James Watson, Glasgow ; Mr. Oliver How . de,„' Edinburgh ; Messrs. F. and W. Gillow, Liv If. ones, Hoyland, Son, and Ball, Manchester . D wr , and Preston ; Bra gg , and Stockdale, f re j Richardson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of twenty-five pounds each, in this undertaking ; and I agree to accept the same, or such less number you may a t lot me ; and I undertake to pay the deposit of two pounds ten shillings per share thereon, and to execute the par' liamentary contract and subscribers' agreement, when re quired so to do. Dated this Name Residence day of Description MEDICAL ADVICE. DR. LEWIS, Author of several Medical Works, may be consulted for the speedy and effectual cure of Nervous Debility, Depression of Spirits, Indigestion, Illusions of the Mind, Scorbutic, Skin, and other disease, &c., &c. Attendance from ten till two, and from four to nine. Sundays till two. Address 44, Nelson-street, Great George's-square. Private entrance to surgery, 1, Bailey-street. SPLENDID CARPETS. 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Monthly credit is only given to regular advertisers, and an addition of ten per cent. is charged if payment is not made on or before the 10th of each month. The following is the scale of Charges for Single Insertions- 1,2,0 r 3 lines 1 0 10 or 11 lines 3 0 18 or 19 lines,so 4or 5 „ 16 12 or 13 „ 36 20 or 21 „ 56 6or 7 „ 20 14 or 15 „40 22, 23, or 24, 6 0 Bor 9 „ 26 16 or 17 „ 46 25, 26, or 27, 6 6 And Sixpence for every Additional two lin 28, 29, or 30, 7 31, 32, or 33, 7 34, 35, or 36, 8 37, 38, or 39, 0 Scale of Prices for Contract Advertisements, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. One Month 3 Months 6 Months 12 Month ol 26 or 78 or 156 or 313 Insertions. Insertions. Insertions. Insertions. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. to 3 lines .. 1 2 0 2 15 0 4 15 0 8 8 0 4or 5 lines .. 1 13 0 4 2 6 7 2 6 12 12 0 6or 7 lines .. 2 5 0 6 0 0 11 0 0 19 0 0 8, 9, or 10 lines 3 7 0 8 15 0 15 15 0 27 8 0 1,12, or 13lines 4 9 0 11 10 0 20 10 0 35 16 0 14, 15. or 161ines 5 11 0 14 5 0 25 5 0 44 4 0 For every additi onal 3 lines or 1 2 0 215 0 4 15 0 8 g 0 less. AGENTS IN T A5ht0n........ Mr. Kerrigan. Birmingham Mr. Cooper. E. & C. Mansell. Burnley Mr. Lutcliffe. Bolton. .... 800t1e... Mr. Ewan. ...... Barnsley...... Richard Pybus. Chorley... .... Horatio Lawson. Crewe.—. .... Mary Cotton. Chester Mr. Horrop. R. & H. Taylor. Of Douglas.. Mrs. Quiggins. Holyhead .H. G. Hughes. Huddersfield,.. Edward Clayton. Hyde.. George Booth. Macclesfield.... Mr. Shuttleworth' Ormskirk.. ..... William Garside. Prescot... Thomas Traverse Preston James Lambert. HE COUNTRY. Preston.. .. Messrs. Wort lOgton& Co. William Walk, Runcorn. W. Rowe. Rochdale... .• .. S. Ashworth. St. ` Wili a m l a Isaac arr i S m h g a l3e r p lYi Thomas Butler . Southport....... R. Johnson. Mockport.. ..... Samuel Ballet' R. Riley. Wigan . .. James Isyrer• W00tt0n....... Mrs. Smith. a , Wigan. StricklalL k , P Messrs. H O 7 O logs & Mrs. Raing a.' 9/ PUBLISHING OFFICES, 1 CHARLES WlLL...ia g LIVERPOOL, 19, SOUTH JOHN Sr. PUBLISHER. MANCHESTER, 91, MARKET Sr. I Printed and Published by CHARLES WILLMER, Oxford-street, at his General Printing and Stato ll Establishment, 19, South John-street, Liverpool. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1853. L No Tip I liID. da t d, 'atuicia E trolrl Liver chibal 4 , !Va. P 1 'a uk i nelle. , ita, I ?tenant !zele. • , fr ilet,Szt 1 1 ;,m7) , 1 • ( conda 'ikon on M 8 Del ( 01. flat 'Vow !ifrews qty r t s W ill 'el, 141 I:l44enri, *•! ro k 67 , N