Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-28 00:00:00

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The following is a s ummary o f the VICTORIA. ?ornament resumed busines:44, after the Christmas d recess, on the 11th January ; rand minister's announced early intention of bringing the session to a close early in the following month. There was no visible alteration in the position of parties in the Assembly, excepting that Mr. William Nicholson had been elected member for the squa tti ng di s t r i c t o f t h e Murray' and had taken his seat on the l' ° P Position b enches. Certain resolutions, af 72112.,rig the exp e di ency o f an immediate and ""..na adjustment o f th e L an d Q uest i on, were M oved on Wed nes d ay l ast b y Mr. Everard, an ultra liberal member. Th e h ouse j us t en t ere d upon the al o f them, and then postponed them till W en te ed nesday n ext. By th i s stratagem the right to r at any length upon the critical consideration of the Ministerial land policy has been gained, and most a mply will honourable members, every one of 41, el, avail themselves of it. But no resignation of -..e cabinet will follow the debate, however pro tract d A bill to , th -s or personal, or bitter it may be. --end the Registration Act, and to provide for an ehtire re construction of the electoral rolls prior to the general election, has been introduced, and nearly Ictarried through. all its stages in the Lower House. p.owes its origin to the loud complaints m a d e by :-''ltain opposition members in both houses of the Incorrect, fal s ifi e d , an d unsafe state of the existing rolls. us 14 T he Assembl has ' t finished voting th e es ti- j a tes for the current year. A good deal of desultory 'us, e ussion, b ut no trial-question for the Ministry, has ,' ~ n raised up on th em. There is, however, to be, Ls alleged, a s h arp conflict of parties over the Pass ing of the Appropriation Bill. i s' t he u great p o i n t just achieved by the government ziee. obtaining f rom th e A ssem b ly full powers to /t a il tiate /tai with the proprietors of the Geelong li n w aY Company for the absolute purchase of their A e by the State. AZ III TIgst the minor measures still before the Chil nie lY, are bills for reducing the imposts on the the m ese and improving the regulations affecting e f e e er o eNrltlecrets lerlaelpirlood record the same causes which have . for a long tins _ to to interfere with the prosperity oflocal d upon'Aav been in active operation, and we are again aa dextrin. toerecord the fact that an inordinate supply of merchandise has been . kept np, without . and th at t 42, the demands of consumers in this direction, v® be.„„4"kshave been replenished so freely that . holders illtapaegre4eko,ent,s-`atsee,...:isrrsl.led either to realise on highly disadvan tuemporarily refrain no f e P o n n t ee 'l f io t i 'ride r ,47 e are, are tromaltoegnetethrienrgptrhee however, ;rdas the cemplaints of dulness . which . by a large - section of the community, y ato Work its own succeeded b do that the evil will finally that we atti e re ure, and that the present depression will be altered state of things. It is true in ane tit a cannot look for a change for the better of so pert eoaruterat fi n uati t o h n a s t . our markets will no more be suhjec ,uct The rise and fall of prices in a nier e ij sit uated at such a distance from the great corn sudden centres of the world, must necessarily be extremely bait ; b a „ Ti f d "narked. No excess even of caution will prevent kinited gin disposed are disposed to think that, as exporters from With th-aogdona gain experience, they will gradually per- With t Ot they cannot hope to maintain profitable relations lan een is colony, if they continue to send forward miscel accord; shi Pments, chosen possibly at random, or m e argu, d -11 4 e,e with ill-judged advice. - in % may te h c a te v d thereseCuat, by adopting this course, t e t y o p h y ro gained (411 one vas a,.;ainst heavy loss, inasmuch a an p e r t o h n e; a i r 7 t : ey sufacient to out-balance as their losses on bene e f r ' but they will now be brought to perceive that cannot absolutely depend upon realising I° ,. e s. : 11 , 11 7 one export intended for our mar e . s , d ow ` l.° ln in t a ' sat elY assume that many of them will with r s which be trade, leaving only the ,regular shippers of goods porting in especial request to co-operate with Australian ou linPrLe—rgthoues. For 'some time this inevitable f a m will: "ve determined to await this result; to G res , tlis object in view have declined to send orders forwarlt Pritain for goods which they believe will come hrthe n in on excess of our demands. The inen i b e - rs of loss will thus be thrown upon foreign firms, the ... de Veu of cl e f v „ w o th- b :ill be taught to act with some greater vnueeidraai,iyit.far_ence for the future. In consequence of the would tak c haracter of the advices received by . the war,sl,th°ug'ht that a marked improvement in prices , 0 441 b e mea~oace, a r e e) and that several speculative purchases khe leadi --e *, Snell, however, has not been the case. tile c o sec 11. g arttcles in the market ' for eastern produce, with at f o il Mon o f sir_ gars, i Ka are being placed without difficulty rice i s quotations Teas command previous rates, and Patna and 42 8 - ' mg wen at prices varying from £27 to £27 10s, me nt of ~,. The sales by auction of sugars, at the commence tedttetio the week, were well attended, but prices suffered a kteritionni 41.imeopnosreteqrusence of apprehensions respecting the 8111)plies with regard to the disposal of their traitsacti aving influenced intending buyers. Scarcely any h p a cket rs Worth recording have been completed int e p ear tour, wines and spirits, and both buyers and holders . Nint i i es " awaiting further advices from the exporting mare 4 ,.:. ,In the market for flour and grain there has been exists t awity, and prices have advanced, while a prospect frok ~,4 a it a further rise will take place if holders refrain Is lorsuing sales. Scotch and Irish oats are worth entt a 6Per bushel; Colonial, 6s ; Californian, 5s 2d ; Cal nd 6 41 . 8 ; and D an i sh, ss. English barley is quoted at ss, 'th e dfornian at 4s. Gram brings from £ll los to £ll 15s. beLi market for wool continues in a healthy' condition. en do" money and share market a steady . business has re adil y Ile. Capital, for the purposes of investment, is Ithielt havailable, but the scarcity of first-class securities, marks 4 Su lonintendedto check transactions in the money b een c. t ' i s still in and a few negotiations have 12.4 'nll3leted. The rates On advance still range from Bto 4 Per c 'lot b ee ent• Although business iu the share market has so k , inn extensive, prices have been well sustained, and in e , st abli s b st , s uces an advance on previous rates has been p'' 6 , a m ileu Colonial Bank shares have changed hands at quoted of Victoria at £34. Colonial Fire Insurance is an x es e ur at 345, and Australasian do, at 25s ; Melbourne t a,n in er . al l.ce, 12s 6d. For National Bank shares there ea tise easing inquiry, and few holders are disposed to Way shat a discount. Melbourne and Hudson's Bay rail eelitt pr a e c rt e . 4 2 . quoted at £75, and Gas Company's at 35 per ic,kuoit !-,.-,,, div. tovvi, • ' at Cry week the report from the labour Offices T ie o ,f eri l s. i ; that .the demand is dull, that many more men e fa r g their services than are immediately required. thro rivers the ".?,h th e ha t supplied with all the extra hands they want l trade e riiw vest. Hundreds of men are idling about all eon the chance of being taken . on. Many co la t i ll v . '4 mechanics have long been seeking employ ' iluf 4.4111. Such is the burden of each week's report, ltnatteeitiagroluthately the statements are too true. Several tIIII,Y } lel(' i ~e une mployedtradesmen and others have at b t e en en_ Pr e , t ° Nvh:l, -,lelbourne to make known and direct of 4 -11 t clifC t ile speakers believed to be the causesthe -ox,n . lilt sea s , . T h Yin obtaining employment. lo g It Of th e gold market has been, as is usual at this ha oast ebb, e Year, dull. Production has b t e h en at its miners j . be et , _and the quantities disposed of by arrious ears as compared with the general averages e of Melbourne bullion brokers there ° e hes., been I nuch d ing The prices quoted by them .1 4 1 4 e 1 110° Ii t lbt c'tirPs.°r Among Melbourne _ ika d e , 4ivocs 6d to - 71 s 6d ; Pleasant Creek /, io Cro w, 75z '74s 6d to 75s ; Castlemaine, Sandhurst, and 1 , 2 1. Y O N k , to 7 6 , ; Ararat, Maryborough, Dunolly, Per 4 aod a, and Amherst, 76s to 77s ; Ovens and n.- '34. 7 .78 to 78s 6d ; Ballarat, 77s . 6d to 78s 6d ` t ,;;` 02. These ' teprices are based on the calculations of 74s 6d 775. standard gold : or, with export duty added, 21 4, 84 las escorts received at the Treasury amounted to sl3,eetoaw*:ra„,:eeeiriontiliaob Of 1 oast a gents • gt gainst 3 6,661 oz. for the corresponding week th e v Year. The fi s iPiate quantities received . L ,a‘ e b 2 ose frorn the older fields of andCastlemainee abuut Hie seine -L he . t etal d those from Ballarat and Ararat yet brought down is in excess of that of IEW SOUTH WALES. 4:. The 1,-Pr,ont. the Sydney Morning Herald. 0404,41 (4artinsrb.email has for once arrived before the of the outward bound packaent. had reach it became known that the Europe th e 007. Ivlelbourne, i t was to d °tlial Governtaent and the Company'sagent, b etai li t have promptly determined by eea afforded he Columbian until time should their to the Sydney merchants to Sydney li'l,Ets aies°ll;esPendents' letters. The City 'edn . ° F .Or this Purpose detained until m o id f nig y ht ß o u n t 4the es- a3r, the mail itself being closed at 9. noon ur°l3e all did not arrive until late in the after ; /' flail a :" the "shades of evening" were at hand . er 4. tea• tor : 4 ' l co shades be - delivered, so that very little time 14i4 (12 41 ib li g arid answering letters was really ob tinles ' l4 We may now - begin to hope for better l '': sll . uiiiriti7t?PlY for an efficient working of the de ntal Colon. ta Suez, by the Peninsular . and , but for a speedy ,opening up °I the Panama route, so long and earnestly maintained here to be the best and most economical, as well as the shortest. MONEY AND SHARE MARKET : Since our last summary a moderate amount of business has been transacted in the share market. Money is pretty plentiful for good invest ments, and prices consequently remain firm. The fluctua tions that have taken place in the different securities have not, however, been to any great extent ; and, as the half yearly dividends of the following companies —Australian Joint Stock Bank, Newcastle Coal and Copper Company, and Australian Steam Navigation Company, are about to be declared at the •end of the month, holders in the mean time are not disposed to sell, except at full rates. Commercial Bank Shares are very firm, and have been sold as high as £52 lOs per share, cum. div. and right to new shares, which is an advance of £2 lOs per share on the highest price ruling last month, General Assurance Company's shares have advanced 5s per share, and Bank of New South Wales lOs per share. Union Bank shares have improved 20s per share. In Australian Steam Navigation shares some large sales were effected in the beginning of the month at from £l4 lOs to £l4 Iss pe r share, but they have since rallied, and are now worth £l5 per share. New South Wales Marine Assurance Company's shares have declined from 5s to 7s 6d per share. Government debentures continue firm, and meet with a ready sale at fall quotations. The Pyrmont Bridge Com pany's debentures are going off pretty steadily at par. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Com mercial Banking Company was held on the 18th of. January. The resolution passed at the last meeting to increase the capital from £240,000 to £320,000 was confirmed. A dividend at the rate of 20 - per cent. per annum was d.clared. The reserved fund was increased to £50,000, and £4,924 is 5d was carried to the credit of next half year's account. The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the Australian General Assurance Company was held on the 22nd of January. A dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum was declared. The amount to the credit of profit and loss account on the 31st December, 1858, was £18,378 is 11d. Messrs. J. L. Montefiore and A. Campbell were elected directors in the room of Messrs. W. Fanning and T. W. Smith, resigned. _ 0 WIRRALL WATER WORKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—A letter under the above heading appeared in the Daily Post a day or two since, signed by a Mr. Richard Lee, honorary secretary to the com mittee for the adoption of the Local Government Act for Tranmere, which calls for a few remarks, and I venture to claim a space in your columns for a reply —not, however, for the purpose of interfering with that gentleman's complacency, both as to his judg ment of the law of Mr. Hope Scott (which may fairly be left to take care of itself, notwithstanding so eminent a decision against it), and as to his avowed determination to oppose the bill, now passed the House of Commons, in its progress through the Lords, but in order to say a word to the ratepayers of Birkenhead, out of whose pockets it is to be feared the opposition will eventually come, for it is well known that, notwithstanding the free use of such names as Mr. Brocklebank's and Major Orred's, and others As large subscribers to the opposition fund. (whom it is quite certain will not contribute one penny, if their own word is to be believed), that there is no one of any means ,in Tranmere who will be likely to find the money requisite (a very large sum) to carry on this opposition through Parliament. Where, then, are the funds to be found ? Perhaps a placard, of whose authorship I am ignorant, which is very numerously posted about Tranmere may exhibit some clue. Those learned in the localities will not be slow to discover who are meant by the names placarded; and if there is any truth in what is there stated, I would ask the ratepayers of Birken head, is it for this that they congratulated themselves a short time back in having at such heavy cost shaken off the alleged incubus of a family clique who. had enriched themselves at the expense of the townships, only to hand themselves over bound hand and foot to another dominant family ? Are all the affairs of that important and rising township to be at the will and dictation of a single individual, and have not the Commissioners the spirit, or the ratepayers the sense to free themselves from such expensive and ruinous thraldom? The sum now spending by the Parlia mentary Committee (consisting of Mr. John Laird and two lawyers) in opposing the Liverpool Dock Bill and the Wirral Water Works Scheme are perfectly frightful to contemplate, when it is known how deeply the township is already in debt, and will tell heavily upon the ratepayers when the rate-in-aid I comes to be discussed. Let me ask them, will they be parties to paying the Tranmere expenses as well as their own in the further opposition to this Bill, and have them smuggled through their accounts by that hocus-pocus sort of management coming under the head of Parliamentary expenses. Will they suffer this ? If they do it shall not be blindfolded, as I will once for all state very shortly the objects of the bill in question, and what they oppose. Several outlying townships, numbering 20,000 and 30,000 inhabitants, have suffered severely with increasing years and population from the want of water, a want that the Birkenhead Commissioners neither would nor could supply. One township, especially—that of Tranmere—containing, amongst a very respectable population, a class of inhabitants and houses redolent of filth and abominations that would disgrace an Irish village, especially needed, from motives of health and cleanliness, this most important necessary of life ; and at last a number of gentlemen determined, if possible, to provide for this demand, and to go to Parliament for water works for this end, well-knowing that, if not success ful, they must lose their money, and have the bless ing deferred to an indefinite period. In doing so they desired to interfere with no rights, and trenched. upon no privileges, and with special reference to dis arming all opposition from Birkenhead, they placed their wells at such a distance (and with the well of Oxton between the works of the Birkenhead Com missioners and their own) as would effectually pre clude opposition from this quarter. They ima gined they had succeeded in this laudable endea vour, and were assured over and over again by various members of the Birkenhead Commissioners that no opposition was intended. At the last moment, however, they were undeceived. A meddling indi vidual in Tranmere, whose antecedents it were well to bury , in oblivion, who thought a good opportunity was slipping by, suddenly influenced a number of the unwashed, who rejoiced in the filth before described, to start another scheme, and, along with the Birkenhead Commissioners, threatened opposi tion in Parliament. Who shall pourtray the schemes then concocted, and the prime movers therein ? Not I. Imagination will do it far better than I can do. Suffice it to say, they took the matter to Parlia ment ; and though the lawyer in question, as can be proved, schemed and wrote for letters of introduction to Mr. Ker Seymour, the chairman of the committee, (supposing in his gross ignorance, and. worse, that the judge in this case would listen to his backstairs representation). Yet the Wirral Water Works scheme passed the House of Commons with flying colours, while the schemer himself sneaked out of the committee room when witnesses were called, a thing he will not be allowed to do when the question comes before the Lords. Perhaps then, ratepayers of Birkenhead, you may hear of more disclosures which may astonish you ; should you again have to question the propriety of leaving your affairs to be arranged by one man, while you pay the piper. This, however, is the truth as regards the Wirral Water Works Company and their bill ; and I trust, having brought the matter thus plainly before you, you will take it into your own hands, and decide for yourselves. Apologising Mr. Editor for the length of this communication,—l am, sir, doing Ordinary Middlink AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE JURA. COMMERCIAL Middling Fair 13 CHARLESTON, March 12 . bales. 12 1 to 12 1 121-- A LOVER OF CLEAN WATER AND PLENTY OF IT. TAE ASSIZE CAUSE LIST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—ln the printed list of causes for the present assizes, there is a case " Towers v. Cobb." The defendant appears in person, and it is generally sup posed I am the defendant. I am not the defendant, nor am I connected with him either professionally or otherwise. By inserting this you will oblige.---I am, sir, yours very obediently, JOHN COBB. 26, Castle-street, Liverpool, 26th March, 1859. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's Emigratio Commissioners have given notice of their intention to receive tenders next. Thursday, the 31st inst., for a ship to proceed to Melbourne, Victoria, to be ready for the reception of passengers on such day as the commissioners may appoint between the 7th and 14th of May. ehayges. The Cunard screw-steamer Jura, Captain Moodie, arrived here yesterday from New York, with dates to the 15th instant. She brought specie valued at $180,573. The Cabinet was to meet on the 15th instant, and consider the expediency of an extra session of Con gress. The President, it was said, was averse to an extra session. In our advices from Washington, we are told that both England and France disclaim any other inten tion in sending naval forces to the coast of Mexico, than to procure due reparation for wrongs to British and French subjects, and that the forces of their governments will not take sides with, or favour either of the contending Mexican governments. The new Postmaster-General entered on his duties on the 14th instant. At New York, on the 14th instant, there was an enthusiastic mass meeting in favour of the acquisi tion of the Island of Cuba. The schooner Wanderer, of slaver notoriety, was sold at Savannah on the 12th inst., for $4,000. , A despatch from New Orleans furnishes us with intelligence from Mexico of a highly important character. There has been still another turn in the wheel of Mexican revolution, and General Miramon, who at the date of the former news was on the top of the wheel, seems according to this latest intelli gence of March 9th, from Vera Cruz, to have had a twirl near the bottom. The left wing of Miramon's army has encountered a complete defeat near Cor dova, and although the . loss of life was inconsidera ble, the Liberals are reported to have captured three cannon, several hundred muskets, and a large quan tity of ammunition. It is also reported that the Liberals had captured Guanajuata and Aguacalientes, and that Degollado was preparing to march upon the City of Mexico at the head of ten thousand men. The - deficiency in the postal revenue of the United States is stated to be $6,g00,000. The bill which was defeated by the factious Senators provided $3,800,000 for the deficit of the current year. It, therefore, appears that vast as was the system of extravagance and recklessness in this department disclosed to Congress, more than one third of the truth was concealed. The. New York papers of the 14th announced the arrival of the Curacoa, having Lord Lyons, the new British Minister, on board, but the papers of the fol lowing day contradicted the report. There had been no important change in commer cial affairs. In the money market call loans were readily obtained, with prime collaterals, at 4 to 5 per cent. Prime business paper, 3to 4 months, was taken at 54 to 6. The Sub-Treasury during the week absorbed about $1,500,000 in gold from the banks, which would be re-instated shortly through the ordinary payments to government creditors. The balance on hand was $8,600,000. - The Stock market was feeble, with very little We have advices from the Sandwich Islands to the 20th January. The Honolulu Advertiser "pre faces the following communication with remarks implying that the course pursued by the Russian cruiser is in violation of treaty stipulations : " Ayan, Ochotsk Sea, October 1, 1858: There has been some difficulty this season between the French whale ships and the Russian brig Constantine. It originated in an attempt on the part of the captain of the brig to force the ship Vile de Rennes from the harbour of Yan, and prevent his whaling there. The captains of the brig Constantine and also of the Graefer Berg, have been very zealous in their endeavours to frighten American and other ships from Ochotsk sea whaling. Whether they have succeeded in intimidating many American shipmasters from going there another season (by mere threats of armed cruisers), yet remains to be seen. The brig took possession of Ayan, and has been here all the season until the difficulty with the French ship. The Russian captain balled upon the Governor to assist, but that worthy individual had the good sense to mind his own business, and let the Emperor of Russia alone ; consequently the captain left the bay in high dudgeon. Captain Enberg took possession of Tavisk Bay, and held it without moles tation ; but thoro iu we nay. It is reported that absolute possession has been taken of Johnson's Island by a force from San Francisco, acting for the Pacific Guano Company, and improve ments were in progress, with a view to the convenience of shipping off guano. NEW YORK, March 15. The Money market remains quiet at previous .rates of discount. There has been a fair business done in Foreign Exchange for the, Jura. COTTON : Since the departure of the City of Baltimore the market has been steady. Yesterday the sales were 1,500 bales, and the sales for the week ending the 12th instant, were 8,500 bales, including 3,300 bales in transit. We quote : Uplands. Fla. & Mobile. N. 0. & Texas 10* 10 1 10 1 4 9 BREADSTUFFS : The market for State and Western flour is ►holly unchanged and quite inactive. Good fresh flour of all grades sells fairly to the trade at full prices, but the large and increasing stock of unsound or inferior flour depressing the market, causes great irregularity and a wide range in prices. Southern flour remains quite steady under arrivals, fully meeting the wants of the market. Wheat was very quiet for prime qualities of Winter, although full prices are understood to have been offered ; in Chicago Spring we notice sales at $1 to $1 10e--at the higher figures for milling—and a small lot of inferior Southern White at $1 30c. Corn is firmer for Western Mixed. PROVISIONS.—The pork market was less active to-day, with an advance in prices. The transactions comprise 800 brls at $lB 31c to $lB 45c for new mess, holders generally asking $lB 50c, $l7 75c to $lB, for old do, $l7 to $l7 121 c for thin do, $l7 25c for soft do, $9 40c for heads, and $l3 25c to $l3 37 1 ,c for prime, closing firmly at the latter rate. Lard was dull and drooping, with a very limited demand. We have to notice sales of 450 brls at 1110 to 12c, for city and prime Western. Cutmeats are firm, and there is less doing. Sales 150 hhds at 61c to 61c for shoulders, and 81c to to 9tc for hams. Bacon is quiet and unchanged. Beef is in very moderate request, and prices are firm, with sales of 375 brls at prices within the range of our quotations. Prime beef is quiet, but very firmly held. Beef hams are steady, with sales of 140 brls at $l4 50c to $l7 50c. Butter and cheese are unchanged. HOPS : New hops are in moderate request, and prices are firm, with sales of 60 bales at 12c to 20c for Ist sorts to prime, and 9c to 11c for second sorts. Old are in steady demand and firm, with sales of 100 bales at 6c. The range of prices is from 4c to 7c, as to quality. FREIGHTS : To Liverpool, 500 bales cotton, 3-16 d ; 50 boxes bacon, 15s ; 600 boxes cheese, 20s. To London, 300 brls. rosin , 2s 3d per 280 lbs • 100 tierces beef and 50 do. pork, 4s 6d ; 150 brls. pork, and 75 bales bacon, P. T. To Glasgow, 50 tierces beef, P. T. A brig of 2,800 brls. to Galveston and back, P. T. ; a Schr of 112 tons, to St. Domingo and back, $l,OOO, pot charges paid. Cotton unchanged ; sales 1,000 SAVANNAH, March 12.—Cotton has advanced s ; sales to-day 2,700 bales, at 11-ac to 12c for middling to good middling. - AUGUSTA, March 11.—There is a better feeling in the cotton market; sales of 3,000 bales. MOBILE, March 12.—Cotton : Sales to-day 2,500 bales, at 11Ic to 11Ic for middling; market firm. NEW ORLEANS, March 12.—Cotton a trifle higher. Sales to-day 3,500 bales. Middling 111,c to 111-c. Sugar quiet. Fair to fully fair 53 to 61,c. Coffee firm at 11ic for prime Rio. Sales of the week 7,750 bags. Imports of the week 8,000 bags. Stock in port 10,500 bags. Freight : Cotton to Liverpool firmer. THE ITALIAN CONFERENCE. —The Star has reason to believe that Lord Malmesbury has been appointed to represent England at the approaching Congress. The screw steamer Omeoiailed from Plymouth on Friday, with the electric cable which is to connect Victoria with Tasmania. The Great Western Railway Company have withdrawn the bill under which they were attempting to gain power to raise all their rates and charges. ,The Times states that the Great Western Railway Com pany have withdrawn the bill under cover which they were attempting to gain power to raise all their rates and THE GREAT EASTERN.-- Active measures are now in pro gress for the completion of this noble vessel, 400 workmen, in various branches, having been en,Faged during the pre sent week, and will commence operations on board in a few days. It is expected that the vessel wilt be ready for a trial trip du: in; the month of July. THE NORTHERN TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH_ 28, 1859 THE REFORM BILL AND THE MINISTRY. It seems to be understood that, on Friday night, the poli tical crisis underwent a change. The Daily News ascribes to Lord Palmerston the working out of the manoeuvres. He avowed his intention of voting both for the amendment and the second reading. On the whole, he thought the measure by no means a bad one ; it might be amended a little, no doubt, in committee, perhaps a good deal, but that could only be a matter of detail. As for the notion that Lord J. Russell's resolution was to be called a vote of censure he had never admitted that. Let them pass the amendment as a direction to the committee. Her Majesty's Ministers were the men to keep until some sort of a bill was passed, whose passing, no matter what it contained, would have the effect of liberating himself and others on his side of the House, from their pledges long since repented of in favour of some sort of Reform, and so put an end to their only remaining difficulty as to their future. Thus the heavy battalion who follow Lord Pal merston's lead have got the order to ground their arms. As a party move the interest of the debate is at an end. The Morning Star says that the Commons- had scarcely begun to assemble on Friday night, when there was an intimation most secret, most whispering, most confidential It was that Lord Palmerston would catch the speak( about ten, and play a part likely to save the government and cheat the country of a liberal measure of reform. Sure enough at ten o'clock he did rise. No, said the noble lord, —speaking as the self-appointed leader of the opposition— ministers must not, they will not resign. Neither must they dissolve. Rather must they abandon their bill. What then ? Why, alter it, to be sure, in accordance with the resolutions of the noble lord the member for London. It is Lord Palmerston's time now; it was Lord John's twelve months ago. Not easy, indeed, is it to forget who it was last year that proposed the house should proceed by reso lution, and not by bill ; who it was that then saved the government, and destroyed the hopes of Lord Palmerston. You proceeded once by resolution ; you proceed by reso lution now : you will now have the resolution of the house to guide you in altering the Reform Bill. The Times admits that, in the present complete confusion of parties, no one can tell the immediate consequences of the almost inevitable ministerial defeat. The Morning Post points out that, after the division expected on Tuesday, there will stand affirmed the two great principles involved in the resolution, and the rest of the measure, with the exception of mere matters of detail and the machinery, will be a piece of blank paper. A gentleman of Exmouth, named Rayne, has recently died, leaving the Devon and Exeter Hospital a legacy of £15,000, and large sums to the Blind and Deaf and Dumb Institutions of Exeter. FURTHER DISCOVERIES OF ROMAN REMAINS AT DOR CHESTER.—In clearing out the foundations for the site of the County Police Barracks, intermediate to the South Western Railway Station, and the Roman Amphitheatre, known as Malmesbury Rings, Mr. Gregory, the builder, came a few days ago upon five human skeletons deposited together in an an upright position in a pit, with three cinerary urns super imposed upon them. The urns, two of which had necks and one was cup-shaped, were broken by the excavation, but have been pieced together again by Mr. Gregory for presentation to the County Museum. The handle which had been attached to one of the urns was broken off and lost. The site is doubtless that of a Roman cemetery. The preservation of the teeth in the heads of the skeletons was remarkable as usual. Probably the skeletons were those of malefactors slain in the cruel sports of the circus, to whom cinerary funeral honours were not accorded WHAT IT COSTS TO BE A MINISTER.—There has been some discussion in the columns of a contemporary as to the necessity of a minister paying the fee of £2OO a second time on appointment as, a minister. We believe the second pay ment has been resisted by all, although invariably claimed by the persevering officials of the Stamp-office. This is rather a heavy tax, and 'once is surely enough. It is not generally known that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has to lay down £lOO for his robe ' • but, to lighten this burden, rt is an understood thi ng th a t the outgoing Chancellor of the Exchequer shall sell the robes for £lO less to the incoming minister, and that the new recipient is to act in like fashion. Mr. Disraeli, on his first exit, however, retained the robes, muchito the mortification of his successor, who had to pay £lOO for new ones. Of course, the clever Chancellor of the Exchequer forsesaw the day was not far distant when he would want them again, and the price he paid for them was only about no.—Court Journal. WHAT CAN A NOR. GIRL Do ? At the Mansion house, London, on Saturday, a poorly clad, but clean and good-looking girl, was charged with obstructing the foot way in Cornhill by offering combs for sale. The Lord Mayor : You must not come into the city to sell your combs, for you are liable to 405., or one month's imprison ment, for so doing. Why do you not try to get an honest living rrisoner :\ V hy, Ido try, and you stop me. often stay about the streets all day to sell my combs, and only gain a few pence. I cannot take a shop, and yet if I sell in the streets you say I am liable to 405., or a month ; if I beg, you will give me three months, perhaps ; and if I steal, I don't know what will become of me ; so tell me, if you can, what a poor girl can do ? I suppose you think I might go upon the streets ; but that I'll never do as long as I live. The Lord Mayor : There is no occasion for that. There are many ways of getting an honest living. At all events, you must keep out of the city. As you have been here before for the same offence, I must send you to prison for fourteen days Committed accordingly. BARON BRAMWELL AND A WELSH JURY.—At the Merionethshire Assizes the following scene took place at the close of a trial :—The clerk of court asked : Do you find the prisoner, David Williams, guilty or not guilty ? Foreman : Not guilty. (Great cheering, which was at once suppressed.) The judge requested the officers of the court to bring any one before him whom they saw joining in the applause, and he would send them to prison. His lordship then addressed the jury as follows : Gentlemen, you have said that you find the prisoner not guilty. Do you understand the case ? Do you understand that it is your duty to say whether or not this man received his employers' moneys, and applied them to his own purposes ? Do you say he is not guilty of so doing ? Foreman : Yes, sir. The Judge (emphatically) : Then I am thankful it is your verdict and not mine. (Sensation.) Addressing Mr. Mathew, hi Lordship said : Are you an Englishman, sir ? Mr. Mathews : I am, my,, lord. Judge : And your firm is English, I suppose ? Mr. Mathew : Yes, my lord. Judge : This should be a warning to Englishmen not to invest their capital in Wales. THs POWER or CONSCIENCE.—WhiIe a trader was in charge of a fort in New Caledonia, which is situated south of the Columbia River, he had a carat of tobacco, or three pounds, stolen from him. It was all he had at the time, and of course it was a serious loss. Supposing it to have been taken by some of the Indians, who were trading in large numbers about the establishment at that time, he re quested the chief to call a council of all the tribe, as he had something to say to them. On this they all assem bled and squatted down, leaving an open space in the centre, into which he walked with his fowling piece. This he loaded with two balls in the presence of the assembly ; after which he related the circumstances of his loss, and stated his belief that some one of the Indians then present had taken it. lie then told them that he wished that that every one present would place his mouth to the muzzle of the gun and blow into it, assuring them that it would injure no one innocent of the theft ; but, on the other hand, if the guilty party should attempt to do so, it would inevitably kill him. He himself set the example of blowing into the piece, standing muzzle up wards on the ground, the chief followed, as well as the whole tribe, with the exception of one man who sat hanging down his head, and when called upon by the chief to follow the example of the rest, refused, saying that he would not tempt the great spirit, for that he had taken the tobacco, and would return it, which he accord ingly did.—Bane's North American Indians. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE. —Au inquest was held at Norwich on Thursday evening, by Mr. Wilde, coroner, on the body of a young woman, named Harriet Hostler, who had committed suicide under very melancholy and extraor dinary circumstances. It appeared from the evidence, that a tender correspondence had passed between the deceased and a man named Nicholas Kaven, her uncle ! A bundle of letters was handed to this person, when he was under examination, and the coroner read the concluding words of one of them as follows :—" So no more at present from your affectionate lover, Nicholas Kaven." The witness said he had got them written for him, and did not know what was in them. The coroner read other passages as follows " You are first in my thoughts in the morning and the last at night. My dearest girl, you must not keep me long waiting ; I think you are very long. You shall not be long before you hear from me again, and if you will favour me with one of your kind letters, you will oblige your affectionate lover," &c. " I hope you will meet me at the station at six o'clock on Monday night. I shall be sure to come then. The greatest pleasure I have now is to hope to see your sweet face, my dearest ; so no more at present from your affectionate lover, Nicholas Kaven." The witness declared that he did not write the letters produced himself, and that he had not pro mised marriage to the girl, although he admitted that he had told her she could come and stop with him a week or two if she thought proper. The medical evidence showed that the death of the deceased had resulted from an over- , dose of laudanum. The Coroner remarked that if Kaven had really promised to marry his niece, and then had re fused to do so, she would naturally have fallen into great mental distress. The Jury returned the following verdict : " That the deceased's death was caused by an overdose of laudanum, which was taken in an unsound state Of mind produced by the villianotu§ conduct of her uncle, Nicholas Kaven." EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY. At the Marylebone police court, on Saturday, John Archer, in the service of Messrs. Tomlinson and hard son, pawnbrokers, George-street, Portman-square, London, was charged, before Mr. Long , w ith stealin g 19 molj watches, brilliant rings, 21 gold rings , &c., the property 6 of his employers, of the value of £420. Frederick Brougham, an assistant to the firm, said that about seven o'clock the previous morning, he went to the room in which the plate chest is placed, when he found the doors of it open, and the room was in confusion, there being scattered about the floor a large quantity of paper which had been wrapped round the watches. He spoke to Mr. Richardson, who came down and made a search, upon which he discovered that a large quantity of gold watches, gold chains and rings, diamond pins, &c., had been stolen. Re also found that a large quantity of money had been taken from the cash-box. Mr. Long d : When' did you see the property safe ? Witness : It was all safe the previous evening. Mr. T. Richardson said that he was the resident partner. (He produced a large quantity of duplicates.) These were picked up in the plate-room. They refer to gold watches which were pledged, which are missing, the value of whicl: exceeds £5OO. He was sorry to say that there was a great quantity of diamond rings missing. (Inspector produced 48 gold watches, 84 gold chains, and a few other articles.) They were worth about £lOO. They were found ;creted by Mr. Y. Tomlinson, jun., in the blanket- Mr. Long : Do you know of any money missi Yes, sir There was a sum of £39 13s 4d in the c Of this sum 3s 6d was found in a bag near where the watches were. Mr. Low; : How do you connect the prisoner with the robbery ? Witness : My servant saw him early yesterday . morning . come out of the shop, not having been there during the night. A youth, named Holmes, said that he slept in the shop where the prisoner also slept. The prisoner was not in the shop the previous night. Witness saw him come out of the shop about six o'clock yesterday morning while he `was in the closet, he having left the shop to go there. The prisoner was remanded. THE TRADE IN VICE AND IMMORALITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—l believe it is a somewhat unusual, and de cidedly dangerous practice, to venture a tilt against a legitimate newspaper article, when it is shielded by the mighty power of the editorial plural, but truth and common sense alike demand my protest against an article which appeared in your paper of Friday, under the above title. As the " Amateur lecturer" in question, whose " unworthy and mis chievous" remarks have excited your contributors inelegant expressions of assumed virtuous indigna tion, will you permit me to state•that the few words introduced on the social evil question in my recent lecture, have been entirely perverted and misapplied. I did not utter a single word in extenuation of what I truly termed the greatest evil in the world, but I deprecated the injudi cious conduct of those " meddling gentlemen," who were driving the " unfortunates" from their own vile haunts, where They had to be sought by those who were depraved enough to associate with them, unto the streets and outskirts of the town, where they plied their infamous vocation in open day, and before those whose virtue and goodness should never be contaminated by such close neigh bourhood to immorality. I also said—earnestly •enough God knows—that the evil these meddlers would scourge was not of to-day alone but of ages past, that it would stain the earth with its foul ness to the great day of judgment, and that the puny opposition of vain and bigotted men would only add fuel to the flames. I further declared that these self-abrogated social evil reformers were not able to sweep the world of its refuse, and that there were thousands of " unfortunates" at this moment hover ing between the struggles of poor Hood's heroine in the " Song of the Shirt" and his wretched suicide in " Bridge of Sighs," who might he reclaimed, but they could not be exterminated. The writer of the article in your paper complains that I illustrated my argument by quoting from scripture the case of the women taken in adultery, quite keeping out of mind the admonition, "Go and sin no more." Let my words speak for themselves. After denouncing the attempts of the self-constituted Society for the Sup pression of Vicious Practices to abolish social evil by exterminating rather than reforming its wretched followers, I said : " Of a different nature was poor, sickly, large-hearted Tom Hood. He, too, had studied the fearful history of vice, but he did not cast its victims from him as loathsome and hideous objects. He remembered that, with all their sin and erium, (Amy outtl rrayaa, Utu,t, Ow forgave the poor fallen adultress, and commanded those amongst the howling throng who were s i n l ess themselves to be the first to cast the stone." If I was wrong in using this scriptural illustra tion, my error did not arise from any " profane ' or "blasphemous" use of holy writ, as I will not yield, even to your writer, in my reverence for the New Testament. Neither was the allusion a palliation of prostitution, but it was a reproof to those vain, stone-hearted, meddling bigots, who appear to think that they, and only they, are destined, by trickery and sham, to effect a revolution which their intellectual and moral superiors are not able to achieve. Sir, I would rather occupy my present position, even as a victim of your wrath, than stand in the shoes of those men who have so unwisely attempted to usurp a power which they 'can only maintain by underhand treachery, straight-laced bigotry, and un-English assassination of character. I am almost inclined to think (and pardon me, if I am wrong), that the article in your paper of Friday, redolent as it was with foul and disgusting language, is the production of a member of th precious society under whose ban I have evidently fallen, for it lacks the manly and independent tone which usually characterises your " leaders," and substituted malicious invective for sound remonstrance. I have sufficient faith in your love of fair play to believe that you will give this hurried letter a corner in your paper of Monday. I would have supplied it yesterday, but, through my absence from home, I did not receive your paper of Friday until this morning -- —Yours, &c CHARLES MILLWAR Hull, 26th March, 1859, GEORGE'S DOCK BASIN NUISANCE-HOW TO PROVIDI TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES A. REMEDY. Sir,—Very many complaints have, from June, been made about this abominable nuisance, and persons visiting the town are often loud in their complaints, and remark that, in a town like Liverpool, where the authorities ought to be making improvements con stantly, it is surprising that this should have lasted so long, when the remedy was so easy and apparent, to any person who would take the trouble to think about the easiest way to accomplish this great and highly important improvement for the health of the inhabitants generally, of town folks, and especially visitors, who are not in the habit of inhaling such plague-like vapours. I should recommend that the present filthy, and I should say the worst in the town, should discharge itself into the river, two or three yards below low water mark at the highest spring tides; this is a very easy matter, for the cutting of such a sewer would cost very little as the stone got out would form the top of the sewer. Then, what a splendid dock this basin would make by placing an iron casson at the entrance it would admit the Great Eastern. The most important object would thus be obtained, a continuous passage to the ferry steamers, which desideratum has puzzled our clever men, no need of filling up this useful basin if this scheme was adopted, no police taking people into custody and entering false cha r g es a g ainst them, which has often been the case, to the eternal disgrace of the managers of the police force, and the annoyance of her Majesty's subjects. The vessels that were ready to w go m. t . o s s . e s a L n A e tr x E t it tide could be passed into the basin during the ni g ht , so that the passage over the bridge need never be interupted.—Yours truly, Parkfield, 2nd March, 1859. THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.—The Paris correspondent of the Lady's Newspaper says :—The Empress followed in an open caleche with the Prince Imperial, who was attired in the uniform of a Grenadier de la Garde Imperiale. His appearance for the first time in this dress excited great ad miration, and when raised in the arms of his august mother, the lovely boy laughed with childish glee at the assembled multitude. The enthusiasm and admiration of the crowd knew no bounds ; and truly it was a pretty sight to see the beauteous child in his mimic uniform -- a coat of dark blue, with white breastplate, red epaulettes, and bearskin cap, seemingly almost too heavy for his little head. TOXTETH BOARD OF GUARDIANS. SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO THE SUBSECT Or THE REPORT MADE BY THE CLERK IN RESPECT TO TEM VOTING PAPERS OF FORMER YEARS. FIRST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The members present were—Mr. J. B. Hughes chair), Mr. Thomas Urquhart, Mr. A. Johns, Mr. Joht grid Mr. A. Grindrod. in the OIL The report from Mr. Cleaver, the clerk, was read, describ ing the breaking open of a cupboard in which the voting papers were deposited. Mary Hunte the office states : I have charge of all the rooms in _.,. Between t wo an d three o'clock on Saturday afternoon last, I was applied to for the keys of the small room opposite the boardroom, by Mr. Henry Lay' Tohn Wilson. I saw them coming out of the I locked the door the night vas under the impression it was locked then - locked when they went up - when they came' and and )orn as i came up stairs land said it w vn. I had been out into NI. long they had been in the room. a . Itsteps in the room while I wa s i n the xl me if there was mor I said there was. If he room Laylatd) then )th of them from en locked the do( Lnd. took both key About h k I was cleaning Joseph W. Joseph Wilson into th alter he ha Wi tairs). lie might have room. He (Mr. Barne of au how eyed a short then let in, and afterwards )or closed after him Layland cam admission, the dc after Mr. J. D. , d, went i person looki room when the door was Mr. Layland or Mr. Car am not c first. About seven o'clock Iwa Joseph Wilson. I gave him or. They gave it me back. The fir together. About half door. Mr. Barnett, in I knew who had the k or if I had one. I toh sion for the last two ye o'clock they locked the f the week, posses- g papers were put in, he i I said I did not knoN it. When the vo Mr. Cleaver came by i Rowland to Hun. I am not aware of being in the room from the time Mr. H. Layland w. John Wilson left at half-past two o'clock, and Mr. Jos..„ Wilson coining at half-past six o'clock. The shutters were closed on Saturday. Mr. Joseph Wilson open e d The middle part only. I saw them fr. nem a Hal( 'rem the out: .eft. I hav e. They closed the shutters v never had the keys of the roc )ickinson was in his own office on Sunday , ernoote, do not think he left his office two o'clock until he left at hal D when I went t heard him if he left his room. lie church. I could have did not light the gas. He is in the habit of coming on Sunday of .s at this e up the rate boas for the LOuse besides on the of Sox day. I cannot say whether there was any one ing room ou Saturday, before I heard footst land and Mr. John Wilson, about kal Ir. Lay William Dickinson, rate-book cler he left home at half-past one o'clock on Sunday, and office a little before two o'clock. I have to time of the year very closely at work, making up the rate books, &c. I stayed at the office until I could not see, which would be about seven o'clock. I did not go into any other room but my own, but went straight to and from it. The waiting-room door was closed when I passed. I know nothing about what took place on Saturday last. else was in the office at work on Sunday but myself Mr. Alfred Bey Barnett, office superintendent and assists overseer of Toxteth Park, said : I came here at half-past five o'clock. Mr. Jos.Wilson and I came into the office together- He went into the waiting room, and I followed him. I sawtbe helf of the .counter ; he pointed ; there was a number of them ; Joseph Wilson untied some of the tend at tidy 0 OW voting papers, on the the bundles out to me the shutters wer es, and looked at the pail his has been a column m a long time with us, that there has election of 1857 vrong,ly put in, and other malpractice know it was intended to or on the morni 1 Henry I land eip e yers, anti the question was, the )est way of doing- it without any person having access to them ; I suggested that the prope r wa y ask Mr. Cleaver for the key of the closet ; they l e ft, aa - ••-;fo to M. Olca-rct not bcforo Monday), TUes3— previous is to 6,s ne might bring the key up with him they deferred writing on Saturday, for fear of c alarm ; I suggested to write on Monday evening, he could receive the letter by post on Tuesday mor then no one could come and take them away; I it to Mr. Johns on the same Saturday morning, " By all means, write to Mr. Cleaver for the k not know who opened the closet door; Mr. John Wilsar, Mr. J. D. Carter, and Mr. H. Layland all took part nu looking at the papers to discover if there was anl - in the type ; they did not find what they expected nothing to confirm their suspicions which had been circulated; they put the pal did not see any key used. On Monday m half-past eleven o'clock, Mr. Cleaver came witu _ Mr. Siddeley, and Mr. Pickup, and enquired for the ti.t, I told them I had not got it. I went it, but ho was not home. I return and then went t o Mr. Joseph Wilson at and told him M ed, r. Johns wanted the key of the room. He said it was at home, and be would not be bothered in fetching it. I told him if he did not send the key, Mr. Johns was determined to open the door, when he said, " he was to do 'it at kis peril." After receiving such answer, ordered a locksmith, who was waiting, to open the door with a picklock. Kr Johns, Mr. Siddeley, Mr. Pickup, Mr. Cleaver, and mfr went into the room. I thought from the way the fl opened when Mr. Cleaver went to it, that the closet not locked. Mr. Richard James states : I am a printer, and I and he said, 0 Y ;" I do differs id foul zits. in, but I 17„ abcat waiting-room to Mr. Lay land's f the votin for the year 1857 by c ,000 voting papers. ' or re They were ueuvereu at once. About 200 was delivered o'clock at night to Mr. Kenyion and Mr. Dicki - • the 7th e rime-on:tee on the following I never received any orders. nor did I pTuu, any or tuese voting papers for any had orders from Mr. It. Holden, solicitor, to print on el June, 60 nomination papers. On the printed 100 nomination papers for the _ were all delivered on that day. The above a papers I printed previous to the return of the . election might have p r i n t e d th e no ti ces o f guardi a ns elected Rich. James produced his trade journal, wherein the entries are recorded. There are no other orders fn with other theperson c t i f o o n r N o - o f tin or on o t i l a i s e t r i m ,u 7 s t d ers co r Thomas Rogers taxed me with printing 200 voting r 15th instant, I was in the Parish . Office, g uardians.g papers, more than I had printed for the overseers, for some else. I told him I had printed something. I think It, him they were voting papers. I did not at that tir, anguish the difference. Since, my attention has rawn to the difference between voting and noiniziatiox ^•onversation took place, I told hire I ay week, the When the would print 200 for him or for any othet peron Mr. Richard James Thwaites : lam a printer f Richard James. I remember the voting pape printed for 1857, for the overseers. About th Jund, or beginning of July, therewere 3,000 of tl 200 were delivered about eleven o'clock at remainder next morning at eight o'clock. N papers were printed for any other person. 'I have been done without my' knowledge •also in s a o tio i n lom p i a i p m er ion be p in a g per p s rin t t e e i d ng f o the elfection of a Ivorivofetor3:: Mr. Richard pRo , aoi s pco o eh l riascorifdft forth Jr : h . e m printed John or James a n yßarrowamtother esr. I The commitPtere : am ... • remember the printing nation papers person.or the overseers. Th ere g P u n a n rd te ia r n i s n fo t r he lB e s m 7 p . h Panted for j t o h ur e noevder.seers. were T also here 100 a( the over; printed for Ri the Celestial has arrived from China, with 464,7 A SHARP SPECULATOR—I do not know if I menti azr A that when we made that ineffectual gallop up to the Re sr Ghaut we found collected th ere on one si d e o f th e ha im yrz mens equantitieso ro of magnificent thegnific upper thpeewr forests, ntimbe timber, w w or il t i h e been floated down £lB,OOO or £20,000. It had been in the hands of the enemy, but our presence made it ours. Our army P 3 g 9241 over, and up came from Allahabad, as I am informed, am active and by no means dull compatriot, who at once bought up the timber from the men who had floated it down, giving them a rupee or two as earnest money for each log. whereon he set his mark. When our barrack builders mai to claim it there was the mark indelible, and there, too, w the proprietor, averring that he had contracted forthe won& ere the mutinies broke out (which may be quite true), and that if the Government wanted the wood they must buyit from him. There is some muttering about the laws of prim and of prize money, but the astute speculator will probalti, gain the day and the rupees.—Letter from Zucknaw. oing int ter him 111. Wi ~ t hold of these votin eduttsty whtained )y Mr g'ated.