The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-01 00:00:00

~~ In•y tc of t In the and; fit tured. Carbon' Cbtce char , bistributior; tin t Teti Vitt, g bee £64,987 £61,660 Stock then paid up 2,210 sharei of £25 each, of which 940 were to be sold to the public, and premium added to the capital Borrowing Powers . fitting tion tc but the 11 of the corn- LIVERPOOL . UNITED GAS-LIGHT COMPANY. BELOE'S REPORT TO THE REcontsEß. —ln reporting to you upon the actual stßte and con of the concerns of the Liverpool Unite, Gas Company, pliance with your order of 25th Octt.. 1 Rss_ T fAM it my . . deviate in me degre( pted, of confining ro.y remarks to the accounts of filed in the court of Quarter Session, because it lecessary to dvaw your attention to the fact that ast year the ratepayers, as represented by the made a series of grave comr mpany, to which the com khed. How far the Qu( )roes within the scope of the Powers deleg to we, it is difficult to ascertain ; but I hay, 'felt that in bringing before your notice t atepayers on the ono hand e: never in the other, so far s of the company, will no' propose, .cqunts as fil ncl, sec •r, , nsumers, and t the acme fear ending 30th June has been inc ► shares, as, a further powers of tt t Lio been et e exten- a head I refer to ich will ant marked A, )w the total capital received guisbing that portion of loans or preMium2,-the s A ccott .)IT. —l. 0 m to exhibit last three Tears a 59,416; 1855,-66,968 se to the tonowi 1-lit. TO the coal, arising from the expiration of con 'rorn the increased price both of iron and 'lv, from the increased quantity of,ga? , lone the increasel ate over s £2,501, and the increased quantity tired may be estimated at a cost of £5,000. The table will silo* the items of this account for 1853, 1854, and 1855 1853. 1854. 1855. £4,591 19s 81 £38,140 Is 3d £43,465 4s 4d 13 013 108 Idd 15,903 15+ 2d 17 658 15; Id 1.051 184 8d 2,152 6s 5d 2,355 4s lid 1,304 118 5d 2 ,001 7s 9d 2,091 Os 9d 151 7s 7d 162 5s bd sgo 04 81 797 141 4d 472 6s Id 627 184 5d 463 163 5d -'5l GB6 63 ld R 59,416 46 11d e 66, 9 -58 35 3d Pe next item , of repairs of buildings, &c., is composed f-)11 : •• • £3,139 15s lid 3,098 $9 7d Ong tninpipes ipe% 3,526 I7s 5d 1,344 195 lld £11,109 18s 10d Pon "(ilia bead it ma well to mention th a t the rinci- Ple - -Pted by P u tue company, w h en i t i s necessary to relay a teaalley by a larger pipe, is to charge the new pipe to eadital, crediting that account with old material, and the labohr to profit and loss. The general expenses I " , ew a considerable increase over last year, being in 1854, tel 4,028 3s. 10d. ; 1855, £17,658 Os. 31. The main increa se n II; _ • • • • ..,lutring notice is in rates and taxes which have risen from . £3,459. 7s. 3d., in 1854, to £6,317 2s. 4d in 1855, and 'which the company explain as follows :—ln previous years those rates, levied in April, were not paid until July or august; but, in the present instance, at the urgent request of the parish authorities, £2,116 6s. sd. was paid in May for the current year, thus, the accounts now filed are charged With the assessments for two years. The increased income lax, which is also applicable to the reserve fund as well as dividend, amounts to about £513. The item of chief rents, £l4O 123, 6d., consists of ground -rent paid to the Marquis of Salisbury for certain lands at Wavertree. Whether an acquisition of land on lease was contemplated by the pet of parihruent or not, I am unab'e to say ; hut , so f ar as t h e tratepaye rs are concerned, it seems to b e a beneficial arrange ent. Th e i nterest aceount, £2,356 Cs. 10d, is the genera' elance of interest paid and received, including interest of bond debt account. The credit side of the account shows— Gra Rents and Meters •... £129,970 is I Is comprised as follows •-- •- ....... £7,112 16s. 10d.• and replacing worn-out ...... £2,167 93. Bd. £125,024 15s, £4,945 6 £129,970 Is. 4d ...itatsea receipts on the y ear, notw i th W the of r eduction of pric e f rom 4s. 6d. to 4s I the Year, and which. 10-12ths of the whole tenantry of tl at £3,85% . but it is needful to show tt this reduction appli ,; company, the supervision over the company prescribed by the act, and Vestei in the auditor, is very insufficient. To this the company reply (page 18) that the appointment is not under the special act of the company, but under the general act passed for the regulation of gas companies. Upon this head I merely remark that I have never been refused any infor- matinn as to the accounts of the company, even to an-in capital myself on rioas items were fairly charged to venne respectively; and, having satisfied point, I have not deemed it needful to report ' ' . 1 of receipt and expenditure. neat to thA Pnin nanv tion in the price of gas manuf cultivation vious to its were no fey Great Britain, tons.. United States Continent of Europe. Including beet root Canada and Provinces Portugal THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. I THE SUGAR CROP OF THE WORLD AND ITS MOVEMENTS Next to the importance and magnitude of the production of cotton, stands the growth and supply of sugar. From bating been little known to the Greeks dnd Romans, except by small I Wl believed were derived f ova th e extract i on of a species of reeds, we find its actual cultivation was first introduced by the Baracens into the Islands of Rhodes, Cyprus; Sicily, and Crete, in the ninth century. In the twelfth century the Venetians derived it cheaper and more abundantly fro m Si c il y t h an f rom .•.. he Crusaders into the East caused them to become better acquainted with sugar, and on their return they sprea 1 a taste for it over the west 'of E uro p e . V en i ce h a d imported it aslearly as 996, anterior to the Crusades. The process of refining it is a modern discovery, made by Venetian about the close of the fifteenth century. When the Saracens obtained a footing in Spain, they soot after introduced the cultivation of sugar into that country which spread over the southern provinces, and was carried into Portugal. From these countries its cultivation was introduced into the Canary and Maderia Islands in the early part of the ',ar cane is a It has been doubted by some whether the su, s native of the American continent. The weight of evidence, however, is in favour of the affirmative, supported by the opinion of Baron de Humboldt. It is also said to be a native of the Sandwich est t oglish settlement made in the West Indies was vs, in 1627 ; and in 1647 t h ey commenced export _ In 1636 she attained her maximum, )toyed 400 vessels in ed from Spain ly three small s de, veraging 150 tons each. oni:sell, in 1656, contained in Itayti in 1506, and than anywhere else. Being the bands of the Spaniards, it for a long time Was luree flora which Europe derived its chief stipplies. Pre -',olation by the tinfidness of abolitionism in 1790 .; than 65,000 tons, or 130,000,000 pounds of sug4 exported from the French potion of the island. With the destruction of that island, its culture was spread to other portions of inter-tropical cotinlries, where labour, could be had on favourable terms. A large number of French refugees from St. Domingo settled in the then colony of Louisiana, where they established sugar plantations, and greatly extended its cultivation. Tho culture was also rapidly increased after its purchase by the United States, aided by American skill and enterprise. o succeed bolter it By the fall of St. Domingo Jamaica was gre&tly enriched, and reached a high stage of prosperity ; but by the abolition of the only labour suited to its culture, it, too, is following St. Domingo in its relapse and decay. The Venetians, in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, imported small parcels of sugar into England and France. Prior to that period, and for some time after, honey, as with the Greeks and Ttomans, formed the chief reliance with the people in the north of Europe for sweetening their food. Early in the seventeenth century it was only the rich who could afford to use sugar. In 1700 England only imported 10,000 tons, or 22,000,0001b5. The taste for it gradually spread, and with the increase of the consumption its production was augmented by the large accession of African labour carried from the continent of Africa to the British, Spanish, and French West India Islands, and into Brazil and other localities. The production and consumption mutually grew together, until all parts of the civilised world have measurably ceased to view it as a luxury, but consider it to be a necessary aliment for food, as cotton is a material for clothing. With the overthrow of St. Domingo, its cultivation was transferred to those inter-tropical countries where slave labour was either perpetuated or fresh supplies were allowed to be introduced from abroad. Some of the largest fortunes in England, in which New England participated, were made by the same trade, and by the sugar culture and rum distilling in Jamaica, of whom their descendants are to be found in Massachusetts, and in the west of old England, including the great Gladstone family. We have since seen the culture of sugar extend from small beginnings in the West India Islands to the Mauritius, the Brazils, Bengal, Isle of Bourbon, Java, Siam, Philippines, &c., which, with the French, Dutch, Danish and English West India Islands, including Demerara ,and Berbice, pro duced in 1833 500,000 tons, of which 203,060 tons were imported into England ; while France, in 1830, with about 31,000,000 population, consumed 67,250,000 kilo grammes, equal to 12 126 kilogrammes per head, or about 41 . - to 51bs each. This consumption, however, was exclusive of that derived from the indigenous production from beet root sugar, and that which was smuggled into the country to avoid heavy duties, which in 1832 was from 16,000,000 to 18,000,0001b5. Thus, allowing for the quantity fraudulently introduced, with all other supplies, the total consumption of France at this period was about 193,000,0001bs; and the population being about 32,000,000, gave a consumption of about 61bs per head; while in England the estimated consumption, at the same period, was put down at about 241bs per head. In the United States, for the same year, the esti mated consumption was 70,000 to 80,000 tons, or 140,000,000 to 160,000,000 lbs, thus giving from 10 10-13 to 121 lbs per hPad. Of •the 80,000 tons consumed, 12,000 tons, or 34,500,000 lbs were produced in the United States. The total production of the world in 1833, exclusive of the United States, &c., was about 1,120,000,000 lbs, or 560,000 tons ; and the consumption at the same period, in Europe, including beet root sugar, amounted to 1,108,0(10,000 lbs. Since 1833 to 1856 we shall find by the following tabl-s that notwithstanding the production of sugar in the twenty three years has enorru 'sly increased, the consumption has gained upon it. The -ation of the London Exeter Hall principles, or the war of upon African labour; first in St. Domingo, then in West Indies, and then on labour in the Spanish large increase in the consumption of sugar in twenty-three years t— 103. 1856. Production of the world, torts 1,500,000 2,869,000 Consuro i n, inc'g beet root, lbs. 1,248.000,000 2,762,000,000 The apparent prodriction in 1856, gives only a slight excesti over consumption, but it is bei;eved that the actual edosumption in 1856 will be in excess of production. In other words, with the improved means on tho part of the people, by the greater diffusion of wealth, from the influx of gold from the mineral regions of California and Australia, the consumption must rapidly increase over the civilised world. This increase of wealth also enhan . des the Value of labour devoted to its culture, an ;0 a corresponding adval productions, which will tend to divert labour from its pro duction. Bence, the consumption of the world must soon, if and i❑ Brazil, has had the effect to cause consum ilts the labour of produc•ion, and the white population motuate climates must, for the future, expect to pay :.klianct.,l prices for th-..) tropical products of cotton, ad coffee, so necessary to their comfort and well The miserable attempt to revive the slave trade under the disguise of the coolie trade, must prove a failure. It is a trade which possesses all the horror of the slave trade without its benefits, If the former was condemned as piracy, the latter should be doubly condemned. The feeble Mongolian coolies, occupying a position between the Africans and the Europeans, or whites, are neither calculated to perform the tropical labour of the blacks nor to rise to the civilisation of the whites. t has not already done so, outstrip production For tweniy- three years the production and consumption have struggled on together, and been pretty regularly balanced. When labour was destroyed in St. Domingo and Jamaica, it was augmented in Cuba ari , Brazil by the African s l ave t ra d e , an d the balance of supply and demand kept tip. But now African labour has b As far as sugar and coffee are concerned, England can look on the decline of production its the Western world with perfect indifference, because in India, where half the produce of the natives is exacted as a land tax by the Honorable East India Company, the sugar of Hindostan and the coffee of Ceylon can be made to repair the exhausted resources of wealth hitherto poured out by those countries to Britain. But in regard to cotton the question is entirely different. This we have shown in a for mer article. We have shown that she must annually have large supplies, and that she cannot obtain them in sufficient quan tities from any part of the world other than the United States. Hence, she cannot consistently with her own preservation, des troy slavery in the United States, or suffer others to do it. Not only England, but all Europe, is interested in the preser vation of the cotton culture of the South. In British India the culture of sugar and coffee is increasing. The writer saw sugar machinery building in London some years since for Mr. Gladstone's sugar estate in British India, which was to cost about £150,000. Yet Brazil and Spain aro persuaded into the adoption of the belief that the English crusade against African labour in the Now World is for their interest. We come now to the tables giving the production and consumption of sugars of the world, brought up to the year 1856 PRODUCTION OF SUGAR IN THE WORLD. 1855. 1856. Partly Estimated. 380,000 400,000 40,000 50,000 95,000 100,000 173,000 125,000 85,000 85,000 18,000 18,000 170,000 175,000 37,000 39,000 63,000 80,000 85,000 80,000 30,000 35,000 and gold introduced to of labour employed in production, we must expect, in the I of ten or ►wenty years, to see the production fall h - ort of the demand, and which can only be met at hiah ex t perk Cuba, tons Porto Rico Brazils Louisiana .... .... 221,000 French colonies Dutch & Danish W. Indies 18,000 British West Indies 172,200 British East Indies Mauritius Java Manilla, Siam, and China 30,000 Beet root--France, Belgium Zollverein, Russia and Austria 148,000 Our figures arc derived from the mo 170,000 reliable sources, respectable and Total. 1 414,900 1,324,000 1,357,600 The crop of Cuba for 1855 was 1,900,000 boxes, and, cal culating five boxes to the ton, 380,000 tons. For 1856 it was estimated that it would exceed tho last by ten per cent ; it is now found that it will hardly exceed that, and by some it is computed at ten per cent less, but we may put it at 400,000 tons. 1533 are chiefl DISTRIBUTION OF SUGAR, OR CONSUMPTION OF THE WORLD, FOR 1855. • 380,000 .... 265,000 148,000 -- 413,000 20,000 • • • • •• • 10,000 9,000 . • • ...... 16.000 • ••• ••• 70,000 15,000 Sweden and Denmark Mexico and South America Spain Russia Cuba and all sugar producing countries not men tioned Total Estimated production of 1856 taken from .a by French 1,331,000 English statistics, which differ from tiro: 1;357,000 writers ; hence NI Thus requiring from the stock at the commence ment of 1856, to make up the quantity for its clusumntion, supposing it to equal that of 1855, 24,000 We thus see that the production of sugar has not increased lie ratio as its consumption—the latter stimulated by es ruling for several years past, Now that prices a year, been remunerative, production will ululated. By the table of production above, production in 1854 exceeds that of 1866 by we see that th 57,000 tons. By the above tables we find that the following has been the eived during the half year e hen the e was 4s sa, and that tte?tUaili cue will elucidate th 114 f year, endin; y the reductio ler 31st, 1853. Increase £3,327 lalf year, ending Oth, 1854- £60,037 £59,461 Increase, £3,903 year ending June 30th, 185.5 £4,989 £4.944 Decrease, Total increase on the year, £3,858 ei, "'ay, ' J ere remark th a t I t hi nk the charge for repairing teters should appear on the Debit side of the account, and riotree„i r as at p resent, b e deducted from the gross e P'• Tb 9 receipts for coke, &c., also show an increase, I' cl t h° ft` - ` l llie cempe:ed as follows : —Coke, £11,608 9s ld ; ~l'l r , £2,926 19, ld ; Ammonia, £BOO —£15,335 8s 21. ' i3 ano,,tut turther exhibits a profit on fittings of 41 ,700 63 4;1. The fitting account is first debited with the St ock on 'eland at the commencement of the year, as also 1/ itht all goods pm chased, wag es , & c., and credited with all k ales and charge& fur labour, as also with stock on hand, the brelance hein...; profit. The item of house rents, 438 1 e 6s 21, I s f or sundry cottages adjoining the works of the co:nple , y, and let off to tenants. For general informa -1 !neer here state that the unclaimed deposits which are red to protect the Company are carried from time to ) the credit. of the bad debt account, the total amount, -, is very trifling. That the capital invested in by, the two companies, to June, 1848, was .325 12s 93, which has subsequently beoa increased to 8 .412 Os 93, and that the nett receipts of meter rents Jr the year ending June 30th, 1855, would pay 8,1 per ceet, on the capital invested. The amount paid to the careered )n for paving and re-paving was, for the last year, 1,620 IBi 6d. The company have not incurred or paid !ley penalties, and finally the number of customers have Increased from 23,486, in 1849, to about 30,000, in 1854 5. The result of the account is that the Shareholders have received the full dividend of 10 per cent. The reserve tend 'has been completed by a paytnent of £3,328 is 6d, I led there remains a surplus balance of £l5l 8s 10d. . Tien REeßavn FUND. —This fund is now complete, and is Invested as follows :—£2,046 Os. 9d. invested in consols at September 10th, 1852 ; £3,441 11s. Id. invested in consol s at 92, September 18th, 1 855,—the balance being Cash in the hands of the company. 1 may be permitted 't, gain to express my regret that this fund has not been Invested in dock or corporation bonds rather than in con- Sole, b y which t h e ratepayers would d er i ve not on l y a larger re'dividend, but the company would be protected from losses on sale of st ock which on nrevions occasions have amounted the large item of £1,168. Having thus noticed in detail the various items of account, I proceed to lay before you the CoMplaint4 of the consumers and the reply of the gas cam- Nal-% Appended hereto, and severally marked B, C, and 11 , you have the following doc unaents.Repert of the Select. committee appoirted by the town council of the b orough of Liverpool on the s tion, dated 30th Oct., 1855. c . : Reply of the Liver oo q l ues United Gas-Light Corn- P%nv . to the report above mentioned, dated 4th December, 1 855. D. : Letter from the toresbolerk, dated 21st January, from the secretary of the gas company, 1856 ; end the reply dated 29th January. In these three documents the grieve an comolained of seem to be thoroughly discussed, and I :11tVe felt it to be my d u ty to lay them before you ; but, inas m!ch as the several questions thaLbave sen can scercely be " The actual 5i3 to some within the scope of a report upon I do not Ile and condition of the concerns of the comp any, . 'nose following in detail the arguments used by either -‘ra,ether the meters. of the company have or have ''este,i, or whether Ware or impure gas :ter, are scarcely ectered p e rtinent to my enquiry. .o notice the illuminating power of supily of suburban districts, I have J arse have the com p an y exceeded the 'dory ; but, cn t h e other hand, I pre: doubted that the supply of these districts :et e vents, a temp orary b urthen upon t h e in Liverpool ; bat, if I recollect rightly, %en rued that the inhabitants of the nut • ,pfried in the act are entitled to the benefits of . quelly with th e inhabitants of Liverpo 1 'o,r'pm, o ,1i,,,,,:1:.ris that the charges for management e n -, L. c ~A .lr. L. Kaye, after' 4d. , ;t :.: companies were separate, as preferred Liverpool. iier.tiomii in their report (page 9), seems to be 6 t 6 be w 2o i ihiatlit J.,aactksuoisn,szsiqd.e,netz,, aK O ed n orily explained by the company in their reply (page Wiliam Jackson and James Ronald. Lite consumers, in their report (page 12), state that James's-street and Edge-lane. BIWT On the 2Gthtul W. C. Woodward, ,t;Brune 26th ul Consul at this port, of a dat On the 27th ult., :It Mont, the wife of R. D. Rusden, Esq., o On the On the 7th ult., a gth ult.. I roadbridgt, of a son On the 25t: Rromby, T. daughter of the lat On the 26th ult 'nzton. Esq., 'he late the same m daughter a Leyland. Serdkj;, tCO n BUin " t Sou hay the 15th ult., in his utiq• Esq., 11 .13. Dui e.b Lazy there, 6 alt., at Rensin •rnn- That, in May, 1852, a committee of the Liverpool Archi tectural and Archaeological Society, which consisted in a great measure of architects, builders, and gentlemen . practi cally conversant with the requirements of the town, also recommended the construction of a street, to commence on the site of the Borough Gaol and run thence southwardly. That, in April, 1854, the committee appointed at the town's meeting in the preeeeding Jane, suggested that a street should be made, also commencing on the site of the Borough Gaol, and to run thence south wardly ; and so much importance was attached to their report, that the Town-council voted £lOO to defray the cost of printing it, that it might be more generally available for the use of the members of the Council, and of others who were interested in the subject of town improvements. That, it appears to your memorialists extremely desirable that the subject of constructing the street proposed to be made from Great Howard-street thiough the site of the old Borough Gaol should now be maturely considered, and a definite decision pronounced; and that the time, on the whole, is favourable for such construction, since, though the Council are indisposed to sanction any immediate appro priation of the land in question, the circumstances which render such appropriation undesirable may, at any time be changed, whilst the difficulties occasioned by the canal and railway may be probably modified by negociation with the respective proprietors ; Ist, The land now occupied, by the canal 'basin and its branches is every day aug menting in value, and is becoming, if it be not already, too costly for such an occupation ; and 2nd, The damages aris ing from the quick double curve on th e ra il way i n such close proximity to the terminus, must necessarily entail considerable expense and inconvenience upon the proprietors, from which they can be 'relieved by the substitution of a single and gradual curve, even if it were not notorious that they require, and desire to obtain, a greater extent of station accommodation. Your Memorialists, therefore, pray that you will be pleased to take the subject of this, their respectful memorial, into your serious consideration; and they venture to antici pate that, if it be considered dispas s i onate l y upon i ts merits, and with a due regard to the interests of all the parties concerned, the result must prove to be beneficial to each and all of those parties. If desired, a deputation of the memorialists will be happy to wait upon any committee to whom the subject of this memorial may be referred. street, Bred -road, the wife of:hfr. Otto Borchardt, Esq., Prussian Greenheys, near Manchzster, e- street, Mrs. R -ben Gillles, of a son shaw.street, West Derby-road, Mrs , MARRIAGES h ult., at Holy Trini•y Church, Hull, by the Rev. Dr. N. Dean, Esq., of Nfanchester, to Mary Beatson, • ' t. of Hull. s's Church, Leyland, William of Chorley, surgeon, to Mary Ann, eldest James Fletcher, Esq., of Lostock-grove, T. On the 26th nit., at the American Embassy, Paris, by the Rev• Rata , chaplain to the British Embassy in Paris, in the presence - 0 "; `,; m ' e .itleht Hon. John T. Ma s o n , A mer i can Mi n i s t e r, a t th e cour t shia,.ll.. C. Willi e ma. E . q., commander of the Amer i can packet A lbion, to Mademoiselle Teresa B. Almansic, of St. Remo, On t 1;; 29th ult., at St. Nicholas's Church, Mr. Henry Harrison, to isa Jane Jo.ies, of Roger. and Morris's, Church-street. at Conatanti 1 of forty years pl► , Titoinas M•duti , Samu ,per Parliament-stre, Hamilton square, Birkenhead i senior partner in the firm e , cordage manufacturers, &c., o dam how fa o yon every minute detai 1. To make an immediate • r m► present made C year ending j in a previous p than cour ate furt xcely - b, 2nd at I caono r the present year, to be filed in August next, further reduction in the The result of the 5, as shown s report t and notwithstanding an hat period of 39,006:000 ticipated. 'icture of lave enquired it h_the fitting e company should abandon it is not corn 3 purchase either their 'rom t ay be questions ieters is too honour to b ACCOUNT, ta car lotal Capital Capital ►pital paid up still un orised. June 30, called. 1855. £423,750 423,750 55,250 30,375 15,875 X 479,000 463,125 15;875 100,000 65,100 34 900 £579,000 528,225 50,775 Capital raised by sales of shares to the public, expen ded in extensions and not entitled to dividend 100,783 100,782 £679,783 629,008 50,775 rnrther capital may be raised hereafter, should circum stances require the same, but only by the sale of shares to the public, and the total amount, including premiums to be derived from the sale, is not to exceed £159,837. The total capital expended to June 30, 1854, was . ? 4609,845 15 5 The expenditure for the year ending June 30th, 1855, has been as follows : Pipes for distribution...X7,BBB 9 4 Meters ........• • • ••... 3,262 12 8 Premises in Eccles -street 352 11 2 Works, Houlgrave-street 7,974 8 10 £19,478 2 0 Total expenditure £6 9 323 17 5 From this sum, h owever , must b e de- , ducted the amount credited in last year's account for sale of land in Dale-street L'610,334 11 9 gross amount received, leaves _dicable to new works, of The company are also in possession when - sold, will be credited to ount. The cost price of these lands exceed 10,000, and, with some trifling exception, is wholly un- Dial expenditure 18,989 5 8 which, deducted from th a balance in hand £18,673 85 3d. Df lands which, harge for met - ers-13,262 12s Bd—is the result of the cost of Manufacture by the company, who can produce a meter at less than the market price. Capital account is debited with the uett cost only. The item of £352 11s 2cl is the c)st of a small tenement adjoining the Eccles-street premises. The item of £7,974 8s 10d is on ount of the extension of premises in Houlgrave-street, BOROUGH GAOL The following• Memorial is in course of signature, with a view to its presentation at the Council meeting on Wed nesday (to-morrow) : ► the Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Councillors of Liverpool in Council assembled, this Ratepayers of the Borough pi- with much satisfaction, have vronriation of the site of the Flat you rved ld Borough Gaol has been ab,ilidonec That, in the op the value of ire appropriation should be aptitude consistent with a due re f the corporate property and the con of the ratepayers of the borough. , from time to time, various proposals have been made for converting a portion of the site to the public use, norialistß, t, that 1(8 f so soon as its occuiatiOn for the purposes o f a d etermine ; that, of these proposals, three c emanated from quarters acter and posit , ations t grave, ly slight! best mode of attaining the That, in October, 1851, the Improvement Committee of the Town-Council recommended the construction of a street, commence in Great Howard -street, on the site of the cl to run t ice southwardly—a recom mendation which was affirmed by the Council, but subse quently abandoned, for reasons irrespective of the project itself. have given them in rroximately correct, from ich may not prove absolutely exact, idea of the result lo conflicting statena but affird a aoc d general Previous _tV the revolution in liavti, or At. Domingo, the French had 793 suglr estat , 3,117 coffee plantations, laneous plantations. In volution, she exported lbs of coffee, 6,000;000 Aton, and aboitt 1,000,000 of indigo—of the total mual value of about 25,000,000 dollars. In 1836-37 the exports of Hayti had dwindled , down to of coffee, 1,000,000 lbs none. These reduced exports, with some mahogany and tobacco, are the results of abolitionism on that island, in about forty or fifty-four years after the massacre and ruin of the whites of that once flourishing and beautiful island. We have not space, dr we could show from official 3,160 co 1/4.9, the 145,192,04: Ar before th 6,199 lbs of suer, 30,845,000 Of cotton, and - 6 f documents that aliolitionism has, in the same manner, worked the ruin and desolation of the British West India Islands: But fanaticism hearkens to no reason. It ignores the commerce, the comm'm sense, and the life, liberty, happiness, and comfort of the whites, for the one black idea of sinking all for the less than doubtful benefit, or we might say for the ultimate ruin, of the negroes themselves, and with them the common ruin of the whites, to accom plish the work of their insane crusades From small beginnings of the culture of sugar in Louisiana by refugees from Hayti, Are find by the census of 1850, the whole prodnction of sugar in the trnited States, including 34,253,436 lbs of maple sugar, to have been 155,100,800 lbs. The value of cane sugar was 12,878,186 dols., and of maple sugar 1,752,671 dols., and the value of molasses was 2,540,179 dols. There were 2,681 sugar plantations, embracing 400,000 acres devoted to its culture. Since the late census. the supply of maple sugar has greatly diminished, while the culture of the cane in Louisiana and Texas, has been greatly extended. Although the crop grown last year, or in 1855, was only 379,197 tons against 385,298 tons in 1854, showing a decrease of 6,107 tons. The present season has been backward for planting, with some scarcity of seed cane, and hence fears are entertained that the present year's yield may again be short. Texas last year supplied 8,977 hhds. From the annual statement of Mr. P. A. Champomier, of New Orleans, we learn that the number of hhds pro duced in Louisiana last year, were 231,427 ; number of horse power sugar mills, 361; number of steam mills, 938; number of sugar houses, 1,299. THE EAGLE LINE OF AUSTRALIAN PACKETS THE SHIP EAGLE.—Amongst the celebrated clipper ships beloning to our port, there is one which it is a pleasure to notice, and for this reason—we have had the satisfaction of doing so heretofore, and now we can pronounce her one of the most fortunate and favourite vessels belonging to the well known house of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright & Co., the owners of the above celebrated line of Australian packets. The Eagle was the precursor of the Antipodean vessels, and her uniformly rapid and successful voyages to the gold colony have not only rendered her a deserved favourite, but prove what science, ship building, and practical knowledge in navigation are capable of accomplishing. On her three former voyages the Eagle made steady and rapid passages, and her last outward voyage, from land to land, was made in seventy-three days, and home in eighty-one. So much for her sailing qualities.* As the experience of her com mander (Captain Murphy) enables him to sug Best improve- meats from time to time, as regards the alterations necessary for the comforts of passengers, we have now to notice considerable changes for the better, even when we compare these with her former superior fitting up. We have a peculiar wish to see second and third class passengers well and comfortably provided for on board emigrant ships; and, as we have previous to this remarked, Messrs. Gibbs, Bright & Co. pay unremi tiny attention to this point in all their favourite ships. The third cabin of the Eagle has been overhauled and constructed so as to afford the largest amount of air and light into the sleeping apartments —two essentials, the value of which is at once understood. The height between the decks, saloon is comfortable and convenient too, is ample, and In this, as 3 the dicing in the other cabins, we observe a considerable improve ment, all the apartments are beautifully painted, the same y repels any- thing like damp, but much more wholesome, and capable of being cleaned sooner and with more certainty than the usual modes now in use. The second saloon, on deck, in a line with the grand cabin, is, without exception, one of the most superior apartments to b e f oun d on board any ship ; it is well furnished—has its sleeping apartments and all • • ... conveniences appropriated to itself, and nothing, even in a private house, could surpass the domestic arrangements of this cabin, as regards all accommodation required by the people who will inhabit it. This, on a voyage, is of the deepest importance. There is another thing we remarked on board, and that is the amount of space given to every sleeping berth, and the ample room in the dining saloons. The chief cabin possesses every requisite that can afford mental and social gratification—a piano, a library, a picture gallery, &c., bath and retiring rooms, for ladies and gentle men, smoking and lounging rooms—in fact nothing is wanted. We may remark, also, that the other cabins possess retiring rooms—a very great improvement, and that there are baths for the use of every class—a luxury at sea, well known, but not often found on board emigrant vessels. To complete all. so as to leave nothing wanting, there is a clear promenade from one end of the noble ship to the other, so that every class of pas sengers will have ample opportunity to enjoy the sea a i r and bracing breeze, whenever they think fit. The Eagle, we are told, and we credit our informants, as they have travelled by her, is one of the easiest and most comfortable sea-boats afloat, and as to her performance, we have only to refer to what we have already stated. As to Captain Murphy, we have only one word to say. The splendid and well-deserved testimonials with which he has been presented from time to time, by the most respectable passengers, amply proves his ability as a seaman, and his polished and urbane manners, which proclaim him the true gentleman on sea or shore. For their own sake, Australian emigrants will do well to look over the Eagle, as such a vessel seldom presents so many advantages for a trip to our colonies. THE ASSAULT ON THE YOUNG FEMALE TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir,—Having seen my name mentioned in your paper of this day, in the report of an indecent assault which took place on Friday last, I request of you to contradict it in your next number, and to state that being the only per son in Liverpool of the name of Maguieres, I was thunder struck to find myself mixed in this disgusting affair, to which lam a perfect stranger. Please also to observe that I am a Frenchman, established in Liverpool for the last eighteen months. My Private address is No. 125, Spencer-street, Everton, and my office is at No. 9, Dale-street, under the name of Maguieres and Co. BY inserting the above, you will oblige yours, respect fully, CHARLES DR MAGIIIERES. Liverpool, 30th June, 1856. [ln reference to this communication, which we publish in justice to the writer, we can only say we know nothing of the case beyond what transpired at the police court.— ED. N. T LIVERPOOL COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.- YESTERDAY (BEFORE MR. O. MMISSIONER PERRY IN RE W. SIIERRATT.—Ttte bankrupt, a grocer of Crewe, applied this day for his certificate. His Honor granted an immediate certificate of the third class. ALLOWANCE TO OFFICIAL ASSIGNEES,--„By an order, signed by the Lord Cha n c e ll or , tha Lords Justice Knight Bruce and Turner, and by Mr. Commissioner Holroyd and Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, and just cir culated among the District Courts of Bankruptcy, it is provided that the per tentage payable to official assig nees "on all debts collected beyond £5,000, and on all property realised beyond £5,000, shall be at the rate of one eighth per cent, instead of one-half per cent." as allowed by a previous scale. SOMETHING COMlNG.—Colonel Lake, the engineer officer who served and suffered with Sir Fenwiek Williams in Kars, has placed in the hands of Mr. Bentley, a full•' history of the siege and fall of the Turkish fortress. It is to be published in a few days. The Botanical Society of France will this year hold an extraordinary session, which will be devoted to exploring a part of the mount tins of Auvergne. This session, which will last about a week, will open at Clermont-Ferrand on the 21st July, Persons not mem bers of the society will be admitted to take part in the proceedings, THE PACIFIC By the West Indian mail we have dates from Valparaiso to May 15th ; Callao, 25th ; Paita, 30th. The following sum mary of news we compile from the Mercurio:— Cnins.—During the first two weeks of May, this republic has continued enjoying the advantages of the tranqu4l►ty in which it maintains itself, and of its constant efforts to rest its increasing prosperity on the most solid foundations. The important treaty of friendship and commerce, which estab lishes the most ample mercantile liberty between Chile and the Argentine Confederation, has been duly exchanged in pital. and is t henceforth considered as a law in both countries. The treaty fixing the Consular relations between this republic and New Granada was also exchanged on the 9th. The commissioners for this importer act were Sr. D. aras, minister of state, and D. Andres Laiseca, general consul of New Granada. Both represen- Antonio desirous of adding a new tie to the friendly inter which binds the two countries, availed themselves of this opportunity fur entreating the rdoii . to Juan Avendano, a native of / had been condemned to death on account of taking part in the horrible mutiny of Juan Fernandez, ar" ally expiating his crime in the penitentiar fon him having 11 n commuted. is to material progress, we can announce with of the Val the pu blie - en the 18th of S rs must remem Vir,a del Mar, about four miles d laid open to the public on the Igi on the same date this year we wil of the National Independence, t 'stant fro s or the railroad, -tt streets of th the several comps e to pr y of San 1 dista by means of )etween fain -the- proposals to be n from cOngress also fa nd machinery requisite for the Underial extending the privilege to a great number of years ; if those which the present law allows should not be considered e nas taxon place in our mining industry. Corn and other articles of first necessity and national produce, continue at high prices in the market. The session of congress will be opened on the Ist of June, and several. important measures tending to promote the welfare of the country will be presented for its consideration. g remrkabl Bouvte..—Peaca has been completely established in this republic. General CJrdoba's adminietration proves, up to the present moment, worthy of the support of the nation. Thp committee for compiling the codes of law were installed at Sucre on the ist of April, and several projects for inter-; nal improvements are mentioned as engrossing the attention of government and the various towns. The yellow fever was making some ravages in the provinces of Onsasuyos and Munecas. The citizens who stood by government dur ing the late revolutionary attempt have been rewarded with a medal of honour. PERV.—The trade with Bolivia is still active, notwith standing the extensive importations effected in la Paz and Cochabamba. Importations in Arica have been made by the following vessels z Belld Oubatia, from Bordeaux ; Mary Goodell, from Boston, and Horn, from Callao. The Rdpido, from San Antonio, imported a cargo of wheat. The Jitana had been dispatched from Hamburg with produce of the country, and the Favorite was to sail in a few d a y s . There was an incessant arrival of produce from the interior; particularly of copper ba rr ill a , an d t h e whole stock of this article in Arica amounted to 50,000 qq. The ftiver had disappeared from Iquique. The national conven ion continued its sessions, and, on account of the fever prevalent in Lima, it had removed to the bathing place of Chorrillos together with the govern ment, but not belore increasing the members daily allowance from eight to twelve dollars each. A law of complete amnesty has been issued, ordering the ranks of such persons as served under General Echenique's administration to be recognised, granting them pensions, and also awarding such military pensions as the law allows to the widows and children of those who perished in defence of the government during the late campaign. All the stupid degrees of the provisory government are therefore annulled. But, at the same time, fresh extraordinary powers for six months have been accorded to General Castilla, strengthening his dictatorship with authorisation to imprison persons, search private dwellings, suspend the functions of judges, &c. Some military disturbances had taken place in Chincha and Chiclayo, but they had been put down. However,.revolu tionary attempts continued to burst forth, and no confidence ed in the stability of the present state of things. INDIA AND CHINA Was repo, We have received our despatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The dates are—Calcutta, May 17th ; Bombay, 27th; Hong Kong, 10th ; Shanghai, 2ad. The Bombay Times, of May 27th, says : The most important topic at this season of the year is the state of the weather. Long before this reaches England, we shall have as much rain as would be deemed an ample supply in the North of Europe for a year. Several slight disturbances, such as are unusual in the hot weather, have within the past fortnight occurred inthe Bengal and Madras presidencies. The Santhalsare once more occasioning trouble, No reason is given for this fresh appearance of disaffection There have been some commotions Malabar. when .. nongst the Moplahs in _, to avoid the risk of the prison containing Faders being broken into with a view to their POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. (BEFORE MR. MANSF/BLD.) A STREET BRAwL.—Three persons, Thomas Berry, a dumb man, whose name did not transpire, and a lad, named William Roache, were charged with disorderly conduct in the street, and with assaulting the police officers in the execution of their duty. From the officer's statement it appeared that Berry lived in Walkinson street, , and about twelve o'clock on Satnrlay he wag his wift great disturbance, and threatening to ill-use He rime- upon the officers, who, to ndow. rto. or in ( comuti the ring rescue, the them quietly on board and carry thein down to Madras Her nresenee at t nt from Born bay to Oalicut to to haviig occurred to the non' nay was fortunate, distur hward of Vizigapatam, p lara of which have not as yet transpired. With these excep tions, none of which seem important, India generally is tranquil. There seems a feverish excitement at pre: amongst the chiefs all over India, on the subject of annexe_ tion, occasioned by the late cases of Nagporo and Conde, and this might be salutary if it did no more than frighten bad governments out of their misconducts. In Oude all is quiet. The ex-King has arrived at Calcutta, but it remains to be seen whether he will proceed further on his way to England. The King of Ava is said to have deputed Messrs. Kincaid and Dawson, American missionaries, on an embassy to the President of the United States, with a view of establishing a friendly feeling between the two courts. it has just been intimated that the greatest jealousy has been expressed by the supreme government, of the construction of great public works in India through the intervention of private enter•. prise and capital. At the very time the chairman of the Board of Control is showing the incapacity of government for carrying out with sufficient speed the works all allow to be most desirable, the supreme government steps in to prevent private parties from undertaking that which they themselves cannot accomplish, and which others are willing to attempt. Colonel Jacob, acting commissioner in Scinde, has just intimated by proclamation that forced labour was from henceforth to be discontinued in the province, every man to work or not as it best pleased him . , and on such terms alone as he deemed desirable. In the Madras Atheneum, of May, we read : The Governor-general appears rapidly to be securing the respect and goOd opinion of those aroucd him, and though wisely for a time declining to make himself unduly promi nent with so much to learn, the conviction seems general that his administration is destined to be a distinguished one —this certainly not having been the impression at the time of his nomination. Lords Harris and Elphinstone are at the seats of their respective governments. Death has of late been busy amongst some of tha oldest of our residents. Within the last fortnight Mr. C. A. West, second judge of the Court of Small Causes, and for thirty-six years a legal practitioner in Bombay, has been removed. On Saturday, the 24th of May, Major Cruickshank, garrison engineer and civil architect, died from cholera and congestion of the brain. Our MONEY market is easy. Government paper , and other securities Irivo improved, and EXCHANGE has declined. In the IMPORT market only a limited business has been done, but prices have improved, and the prospects of the approaching season are encouraging. The COTTON market has been active, and prices have advanced. FREIGHTS have risen considerably. CHINA We extract, from the summary of Overland Friend of China of May 10, the following :—His Excellency Rear Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, the newly appointed naval commander in the East Indies, arrived in the Encounter from Singapore on the 6th instant, and made the Winchester his flagship until the arrival of the Calcutta, 84, Captain Hall. The Encounter was to proceed to Shangahae, with directions to the Hon. Captain Elliott to haul down his pennant as commodore of the so-called ream naisance of De Castros bay. The sloop Bittern, on docking, had been found to be so much injured that it is supposed she will be sold out of the service. The same journal says that the only other items requiring mention are the epidemic among th e Chi nese Population, and the satisfactory progress of the revolution. In a recent edict, that remarkable doctrine for China is declared that government must emanate from the people themselves. The Times is dissatisfied at the House of Commons being muzzled, and asks—What is the obvious and self evident advantage of keeping the House for ever dumb on the American question, and who knows where things may be drifting to ? In the possible case of a war with America, is Parliament to be hurried up to an autumnal session, to discuss then and there, for the very first time, the American question ? PERAMBULATORS.—At the Hull police court, on Thurs day, E. Johnson, nursemaid to Mr. Peck, and Jane W e lls, also a nursemaid, was fined 2s 6d each and costs, for wheeling perambulators with children in them on the footpath. Mr. Cook, for the defence, said his client would bow to the decision of the court, but would seek through the Town Council to have the bye-law amended, so as to permit infants and invalids to use perambulators on the footpaths in the suburbs of the borough. —Eastern Counties Herald. him, had to effect an entrance by the The two other prisoners were their -e01:11rad :ern/ was fined lOs and co isonment. The other tv were fined for being drunk and disorderly. ment one m A BRUTAL ASSAULT mith, was charged The corn' itt-street on Saturd the prisoner and at Michael's church I there, and I will la after the two attac xis for hi I at the G BY A I cl female, was It appeared that tt the prisoner, who attacked him, and stabbed hi neck with a knife with attempting The case w y proved fault of pay- lersons —A young man, named Richard with a most brutal assantt on Mr. a he was pro, along acted by len he v near St. ther io rnediately I him furiously u Lail manner, The about too —Elizabeth Renshaw, art sailor, vocation nes in the isoner was committed for WIFE Beemo.—Patrick M'Cauley, a respectable looking mechanic, was bound over to keel towards his wife, whom he had, while in intoxication, struck with a poker. The defence was that he had been dritAking, and did not know what he was about.—Francis Farrell was committed for two months for knocking a female down, and then kicking her in various parts of the body. The woman, who cohabited with the prisoner, refused to appear against him; but as the policeman had witnessed the assault, he was committed. peace state of OBTAINING NEWSPAPERS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.--• Two lads, who gave their names regpectively as John Welsh and Samuel Ogden, were charged with obtaining several dozens of newspapers, from the Mercury o ffi ce, under false pretences. The p oliceman who apprehended the lads stated, that he had received information from some of the street vendors of newspapers that the two lads were in the habit of getting dozens of the Mercury newspapers at that office, stating that they were for Miss Brooks, of Seacombe, and selling them at 2s per dozen to other boys, to sell about the streets. Miss Brooks said the boys were in her employ, and she had been in the habit of sending the lad Welsh to the Mercury office, occasionally, for papers Several lads came forward and said they had purchased papers of the lads, who had' told them that his mistress was short of money, and had ordered him to sell them at 2s per dozen. Mr. Cochrane, of the Mercury office, stated that Miss Brooks had an account with the firm. She had a regular number sent on publication days, but when short, she had sent the prisoner Welsh for a fresh supply, and during the last month, he had been for as many as six dozen at a time. The total number he had had from the office was forty. seven dozen and six copies, the cost of which was £g 14s 10d. Miss Brooks denied having sent the lads for them. Welsh had nothing to say in answer to the charge, but Ogden said he had not been more than three times, and had only received about 2s of the money. Mr. Mansfield ordered the lads to be imprisoned for Otte days, and to be privately whipped. BEFORE MR. F. A. HAMILTON. Pocxrr PICRENG.—A young lady, named Priscells Picksgill, an excursionist from Huddersfield, charged a well dressed young " swell," named John Gallagan, with having picked her pocket. The complainant and some friends, were coming from the Birkenhead boat, when the prisoner managed to get the purse out of her pocket, but he was seized with it in his possession. The prisoner was well known to the police, but as the young lady Wai obliged to go home, he was dealt with summarily, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. STREET ROBBERT.—henry Brown, a duffer, was charged with attempting to rob a sailor, named Vincent niah, of .£5 14s Id. -time other The prisoner anl of .11 persons were at the corn iblin-street on Saturday night. The prosecutor was passing, and the prisoner ran at, and with a knife, cut the string pf his purse from his neck, and pulled out the purse which contained the but it was recovered, and the prisoner was arrested. He was remanded. money A Vicious Gum. —A girl, named Mary Lyons, apparently about fifteen years of age, was charged with stealing two shawls from Maria A. Brown, of the fish market. The shawls were left by the owner at the stall, from which the prisoner sto!e them. She had, although so young, been twice committed for trial, and five times in custody for felonies. The prosecutrix begged the magistrate to let oft the prisoner, but his Worship said he could not do so, in co quence having been so often before the court. He sent her to gaol for two months Do YoU WANT A DOCTOR I—A well-dressed, and genteel-looking young Scotchman, named John M'Donald (as given on the sheet), was put forward on a charge of having obtained 5s 6d from Sarah Bennett, who resides at 19, Garden -court, Mann• street, by falsely representing that he was " Dr. M Donald, of No. 60, Great George's-street." Mr. Pemberton appeared for the prisoner. The case excited some attention, and the details created much amusement. Mrs. Bennett, who who seemed a sm ar t i n t e lligent person, said her husband belonged to the light ship, and on Saturday, between one and two o'clock, the prisoner called at her house, and asked if she was quite well ? She replied, that she was quite well. He asked if they were all well in the house ? She repli e d, th a t h er h us b an d was no t quite well, and then the prisoner said, " I am Dr. M'Donald, of No. 60, Great George's-street, and I am come to cure him." He then went into another room with her husband, and they remained there for some time. He then came out with her husband, and both looked very mysteriously at each other. (Laughter.) "I will cure him as sound as a tront," said Dr. M'Donald. (Laughter.) " You will, doctor, dear ? " asked Mrs. Bennett. "My head for a halfpenny if I don't," responded Dr. M'Donald. (Renewed Laughter.) Give me two bottles, said the man of medicine, and I will settle it all. But, added the doctor, did I not leave a medical bill here a day or two since ? " " I have got no medical bill what ever," replied Mrs. Bennett "No matter," said the doctor, "I will make it all square." " Providence bless and reward you," said the simple Mrs. Bennett. " With the assistance of Providence, I will cure your husband, and then I will take the reward from you," meekly responded the doctor. (A. burst of laughter followed this announcement.) " Give me the two bottles," " I have only one bottle in the house," said Mrs. Bennett. " Well," said Dr. M'Donald, " I only want one, as it so happens that my servant is in the street, and he has one bottle of the very thing I want for your husband, so I will go home and bring the other bottle." The doctor then went off, and returned in about a quarter of an hour with two bottles of "stuff." "The bottles didn't look exactly handsome," said Mrs. Bennett, " but as I was sure they had the real cockshin in them, I didn't particularly mind that. (Roars4sof laughter.) I asked him the price? and he said 2s 9d each, so I paid him 5s 61 for the two bottles." Mr. Hamilton : Where are the bottles . / Policeman No. 411 said—l took them to the South Hospital, but the doctor there said it would take some time to examine and test them. Mr. Pemberton : Then the bottles are not here ? Policeman: No, sir; they are undergoing anny-lize a-shin ! (Screeches of laughter.) They are very wicked looking bottles. Mr. Pemberton (to Mrs. Bennett) : Did you not think,, madam, it was the celebrated' Dr. O'Donnell who called on you ? Mrs. Bennett : Upon my soul, sir, I didn't think anything of the sort? Mr. Pemberton . Why not ) Mrs. Bennet : Because he said he was Dr. M'Douald, of No. 60, Great George's-street, and not Dr. O'Donnell. Mr. Pemberton : Very well, ma'am, you may go down. Mrs. Bennett : And so may you. (Laughter.) Mrs. Bennett's husband was exam ined, and the amount of his evidence was this :—" Are you ill ? " says the doctor. I have been very ill for several years. I'll cure you as sound as a trout, said the doctor. You will ? Yes, I will, and I won't charge you much either. ! I'll gi ve you any amount of money if you do it. 111 take the money, said the doctor, but it's more the honour of curing you I want. He then brought me the bottles, but after they were paid for, and I found out there was no Dr. M'Donald at 60, Great George's-street, I didn't take the par-a-gho-ricks. Mr. Pemberton: I suppose you thought you were poisoned ? Witness : Well, I thought it might have been so a m u eo t. f er P ) alm ß e i cs poison, on ly I did not ta k e i t. (Laughter.) Hamilton : Well, I think you all must have been exceed ingly green indeed, to be imposed on in this way. I cannot deal with the case, and the prisoner must be discharged. He was set at liberty. ALLEGED STEALING or W00D... WilliaM Hughes, Fardy Callaghan, and Samuel Audley, were charged with stealing some lathwood from the Brunswick dock, the property of Mr. Challoner. Mr. Pemberton defended the prisoners. It appeared f rom t h e ev id ence of Mr. P. Owen, who is in the employment of Mr. Ch 4 lloner, that there was a sale of the wood in question, and that it was purchased by Mr. James Eli a s. H ug h es . i s th e f oreman of Mr. Elias, and on Saturday be went with the other men to remove the wood, and the allegation was, that they took more than they had a right to. Mr. Pemberton contended th a t th ere was no felony in the case, and Mr. Hamilton agreeing with that view, discharged the prisoner.