The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-17 00:00:00

"---.. . , , , ftrir,,.... THE HEALTH COMMITTEE NORTHERN I CHESHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS SHOCKING AND BRUTAL MURDER, NEAR BRADFORD. TIME S.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. THE CURRENCY QUESTION The result might have been easily foreseen. 09 the 18 , h February, 1797, the Governor of the Bank was desired, by his col'eagues, to assure Mr. Pitt that the Irish loan of one million and a half, which he had just a - tiouncerl, " would most pr,bably bring them under the nevssity of shutting up their doors ►„ On the evening► of the following Siturday, their stock of specie, which had been rapidly diminishing, was reduced to £1,272,000, although their notes in circulation, which were promises to pay gold on demand, amounted to nearly £lO 000:000 Great was the anxiety of the Directors—great the con sternation of the mercantile world, and great the perplexity of the G verntnent. On the following day—Sunday as it was— the Cabinet assembled at Whitehall. Snell was the gravity of the crisis, that the King presided in person. And, as Mr. Francis says, in his history of the Rank of England, "the presence of Royalty gave a high sanction to the proceedi ngs ." The result of that meeting, and its influence upon the fortunes of the war in which we were then engaged, must form the subject of my next letter. I said that I would advance step by step in the investi gation of this important question of Money, and your readers must have patience with me if I seem to make but little pro_Tress in clearing away the obstructions which lie in the way, of such a real reformation of our circulating medium, as would establish a system of currency capable of sustaininT, in times of difficulty and danger, the fabric of our commercial credit, and of preventing the recurrence of the laws. panics which a r e th e na t ura l offspring of our Monetary • J. W. Liverpool, Oct. 12, 1856. i [LETTER iv.] A shocking murder was committed about eleven o'clock I on Tuesday night, nea r B ra df ord, the victim being Jere- i s i r, _ T r y last THE letter EDITOR OF w as principally THE No H devoted rEits Te from e s to TIMES. rniali Mines, a fish dealer, res idi ng in Leeds-road, about _Whether our m one t ary di f f icu l t i es " a I diminution of nat i ona l wealth, or from the operat i on of I r t r Eh o S. the enquiry area] 40 years of age. The foll ow i ng are the facts, so far as they have yet transpired I t appears that the murdered some law, or syst em , w hi c h produces a scarc i ty of money i n the midst'of undimini s h e d wealth." I4prosecuting that en man (Milnes), accompani e d b y a young man, named Jowett, had been hawking fish at Stanningley and Pudsey, (miry, I think it was c l ear l y prove d that the source of these and were returning hom e w i t h t h e donkey and cart, or diffle'ulties was to be found "in the law which compels us so long bodied barrow on tw o w h ee l s, containing a hamper, to use ." fugitive a m e t a l as go ld f or the b as i s of our seven fish, and the steelyard s f or we i ghing. When they currency, had reached the junction o f th e old and new turnpike I then proceed e d t o po i nt out the injurious operation of roads to and from Leeds, an d a b out 300 yards from that law du r i ng th e prog r ess of the late war. I hope I Calverley Moor bar, a t a ll man, with a large face, and shall now be Ole to redeem more fu ll y the promise tained in m y secon d letter, that I should con dresseddemon- in a round j a cket, f ust i an waistcoat, and cap, strafe the t or leaped fr o m th e w a ll or h e d ge a dj o i ning the old road, and of satisfacily licy of that l aw , an d the impossibility conducting our mercan til e eff , ins seized the bridle of the donkey, t urn i ng it roand towards Stanningley. On seei n g thi s , Mil nes l eaped from the by means of a currency rest i ng w h olly, or, principally, on a cart, with the st ee ly ar d s i n hi s h an d , and struck the metallic basis. aggressor, to m a ke hi m cease hi s h o ld ; b ut the latter, in In further di s c uss i ng th e b ear i ng of this law, upon oar a moment, brandish e d a weapon resem b ling an oyster commercial prosperity, it is imp or t ant to remember, that the "even tenor" of a merch a nt' s or tradesman's way is knife, and stabbed Mil nes fi rs t i n t h e c h eek, and then plunged it violently in a d ownwar d s l ant i ng direction more apt to be distu r bed by v i o l en t fl uctuations in the rates into his breast, directly b e hi n d t h e co ll ar hone. of intere s t th an b y a un if orm l y h i gh rate. Now, there Milnes instantly fell bleeding t o th e groun d . Hi s companion, never were such violent flu c t ua ti ons prev i ous to the passing o Jowett, at the same mom en t fl e d f or ass i stance, leaving of the Act o f 1844 as we h ave s i nce experienced. Until scores of houses, hundreds of p opu l at i on, an d t h e b arracks after the passi ng o f th a t act t h e B ank minimum rate of behind him—why, no one k nows — and did not stop until interest w as never l ess t h an f our per cent. For the thirty he reached his own em pl oyer ' s h ouse, a mile distant five year s en di ng 17 t h M ar, 1839, it never exceeded 5 per from the scene of the murd er . H e returned with help to cent.ln consequen ce o f th e th en di stur b ed state of monetary the spot, and found th e v i ct i m o f the knife quite dead, but with all his m one y i n hi s poc k et, though the fish and affairs, it, was raised to six pe r cen t, an d stood at that rate some other articles were m i ss i ng from the cart. The for the next few m on th s . E ar l y i n the following deceased still gras se d th stee l yards in one hand and a Year, it w as aga i n re d uce d to 5 per cent., and never exceeded that ra t e unt il t h e bi ll of 1844 "filled vp'the small stick in th e t ' Tr. C onstable Harrison and other persons reach e d t i ts sot the White Betrace ar Inn him has. l a thembodied i n P ee l' s f ormer Act of 1819. Violent fluctua fled, and e, as yet, been meantime found. As it the murd erer had floes in th e va l ue o f money, that is, in the rate of interest, no of w was moonlight,-J awett saw him so distinctly that he says ere th e fi rs t f ru i ts of that fatal bill. Between September he will be able tu identify him, if in the same clothes. 1845, and December 1847—just two years and a quarter—. The knife is su pp ose d to have deeply penetrated the the Bank a lt ere d i ts rate of discount no less than twelve right lung of th e d eceased ; but this, and whatever else times! At one ti me , it was d own to 21 ; at another, up to transpires, will be more fully enquired into at the 9 ' ls Per cent. coroner's inquest. M eanw hil e, an active search is being In the seven y ears , en di ng 18th October, 1855, twenty made for th e mur d erer , three alterations w ere ma d e ; t h e m i nimum in that period being 2, and the maximum 7 per cent. For a period of 135 years, says the Illustrated .Londe News, that is, from the year 1704 to 1839, " the rate of discount never fluctuated more than 1 per cent, and the contrast between that uniformity and the violent oscillations which have taken place since 1844, is too striking to need comment." Yet the late Sir Robert Peel assured the House of Commons, that the law which was passed in that year was to permanently place the currency of the country on a secure and solid basis, to check improvident speculations, to secure the just reward of industry, to prventiluctuations in money, and RENDER PANICS IN THE COMMERCIAL WORLD ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE We know that all these predictions have been falsified, and that the Act of 1844 has neither secured us the benefits which it promised, nor saved us from the evils which it was intended to avert. The late Lord Ashburton declared it to he "a great experiment ivhich had • signally failed." Mr. Gurney—who ought to he a great authority in money mat ters—in giving his evidence b e f ore t h e C ommittee of the House of Lor d s, expressed plainly ic statedreaye many p t a h n a i tc.! other m t had " a t en d ency to ' And eminent t same financiersyi ew s c h r a e v a e te b , e c e o n nfiryn, a often nd in creasy s in words equally emphatic. And here I would just remark, that the suspension of specie payments would prove a far better remedy for a deranged money market than any augmentation in the rate of discount by the bank. Take for example the Order ;n Council which suspended specie payments at the close of the last century. That order was confirmed by an Act of Parliament, in February, 1797, limiting its operation to a period of four months. This limitation was subsequently extended to the conclusion of a general peace, and continued in force until the passing of Peel's Act in 1819. The assertion of the Times, made during the pressure of last year, that a suspension of specie payments was nothin g . less than " a mitigated form of national bankruptcy," is still fresh in my recollection. Bat what is that assertion worth, in the presence of the fact, that it was this very Order in Co mei], of which I am writing, that saved the country, just then tottering on the verge of national bankruptcy, from the destruction that then appeared so imminent, and enabled her to sustain the enormous burdens of the war. So great was the panic preceding this measure of relief that Consols, which were at 98, just before the commence ment of the contest, had fallen to 51, and the great esta• blishment of Threadneedle -street was reduced to the necessity of paying off its notes in sixpences ! By the adoption of this expedient, the Directors were endetvouring to gain. time to replenish their exhausted coffers.. . COUNTY COURT. -YESTERDAY. ESTERDAY DOCK COMMITTEE. Atone e sOal we e kl y meet i ng of this committee took place 4 114 Z the'clock, yesterday—Mr. Franci s Shand presided Chia!" othe r members present were —Messrs. Rankin , lielbn a l e e.t. , Barb er, B rocklebank, Lockett, Anderson, . Th e ,It lthbone, Gregson, an d B o ld . Tlinwsub-committee of works recommended that the Cokerg tend should be accepted :--Messrs. George e rs r,and CO., two cargoes of timber; Richard Gard ,lthoi:`: Sons, the whitewashing of the offices along the lead '", l i ne of docks ; Walker, Parker, and Co., white r. l nt ; ffighton and Co., red lead. or i ll eller was read from Mr. William Hughes, on behalf bap i e nlaster pilots of Liverpool, stating that the pilots, itk n g read in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, of the 10th Nehaureport of the dock committee's proceedings, in 94 k 1, 4 ' r ' Laird's proposal for the closing of George's 4 ,,1 k t h l as i.° Was discussed, they had considered the matter (fi at retin g of thei r body, and come to the conclusion o elos t w oOld be inexpedient, and even dangerous,. 11Pee ° t t h h a - t b . e sin, for several reasons, and therefore urging It 1 ,," e flock committee not to sanction the suggestion. Who as ordered that the letter be considered, when the Al Inee tion came before the committee. , int the Was read from Messrs. Charles M'lver, drass - the e Was of the committee to the inadequacy of the'l,44ere,enliriodation afforded in the Huskisson dock to fiit th "o,Lls steamers under his control, and requesting, ght beelliest convenience of the committee, that he V orded e allotted additional accommodation to that ! e lted , L °ll 0 0e side of the Huskisson dock. He Geldsug '4oa `"atl at the approach of the spring trade, he 4 allowed one or two additional berths at the „...th 1:!°f the dock. -44ftte:"iter was referred to the harbour masters' coin- Th• 1.4 ' w as the Whole of the general business TRANSFER OF PUBLICANS' LICENSES Yesterday, a special sessions was held at the Court House, Chapel-street, before Messrs. Stitt, Bolton, and S. Holmes, for the purpose of transferring of publicans' licenses. There were one or two cases in which some difference of opinion arose as to the propriety of transferring the licenses, the parties applying not having had the precaution to secure the landlord' acceptance of the party as a tenant, in such cases the transfe was postponed. The following licenses were, however, tran ferred without any comment STREET T AE 1 -STREET WARD ELECTION 8 4. 2•2 --- -lig EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. lif)tllseVil poi /I f A /If ~ "al.'s impression of your paper, you . make , -/ " 1 ° . h ° , 1 1 ;4 -, -1 and well-timed remarks on the merits of the he ~eete4p,,,;rets who are now soliciting the suffrages of . t ,legre°Ctl,' Lhne-street ward. Like you, I feel a little t' edgy Mr. Jeffery, in his address, did not more nler ) , r.,47 allude to the opinions he entertained on the . two vevl—,„.P°Ptent questions of gas and water. With me, ell. vt tlalf,,' this regret is qualified by the knowledge I illtat b; Possess of the views entertained by Mr. Jeffery i e t i ii v tiitaBtt the of sa thesemost vital questions. I happen to feelings which aettiated Mr. Jeffery ft% :la'.iwileo hernsepared no effort or cost tosave the tow n ON u-- .fliction of ' the Pike, he still retains, and !si! f - 6 44 4 (4 r 11 ° 1(1 the although it would only be making ietiolti,°.-se et the p m, . nt day, to offer anything likea u'vetibtl:°PPosition to present carrying out of the scheme now. 'ellj t - h — se, Alr. Jeffer knowing that his views were s e plitioslive on this Pestion did not desire to mak ;.° 118,, on this of them in ' his address. " There is s_Nage- korYing o ver shed milk," so says the old ni;„,uut, although the Pike has been but . too be irook I,"..."l'etted about the necks of the people of Liver bg!johjeht.s_. there is much to be . done. The cost . o b," dbl.." to be laid fully and fairly before . the public ; ett i l l : Lim..:4°liillgs connected with this nefarious project heldbc, ght to li ght, and the guilty parties, if they ttZlbe Plinished laehitatront° PUblicnexneyeration. Then the most rigid t ,,, liaust be made into the state of the accounts,. Editionqktsdsbuils..o of the works—the. probable quantity A u '''r ore water —and the time when that water, ih. f eet .g.?04:1 is to be introduced into Liverpool. tibl e a velle` d ne Whole m'ysteries of the scheme have to be NON ' and there is not another man in Liverpool so SO willing to- d.olithis, as Mr. Jeffery himself; and Itl,bjeet" fteturoec h no effort to accomplish this g at hle elect , w n i eecrnroet entertain a doubt; and wall e Will b y en se successful in cutting the gordian knott, is l Pel 'ttain- You will find that on. this point, .at a Iv ith ' kr. j• , . hi, Your e fferY s views will prove equally consistent 111,, , he wi,°,170. With regard to the gas . question, doubt aole oours"s_afford explanatory satisfaction to all parties to be t . 1 , --- 1856 em sir, your obedient servant, ANTE PIKE. FROM TO Arley street David Marshall . Carswell. Arley street....... William Burns .. Andrew Tevendale. Bath street . John Herretson .. Agnes Harrison. Bath- street J. M`Phillimore.. Robert IVPDonald. Bevington hill John Gardner.... J. W. Rose. Black street Ann Baines John Chisnell. Blundell street C Stephenson Lydia Herreyson. Bootle lane .. ..... ..Eliza Warmsley . James B. Parkinson Bridport street J Armstrong , David Evans. Byrom street .. James Clegg ....Maria Tookey. Canning place Paanuel Pugh ....James Dickson. Castle Street George Parsons . :William Beeto. Circus street Charles Pugh ....S. Sharpe. College lane James Mack __William Heaton. College lane M. A. Critchley_William Jones. Collingwood street ..James Clayton__ William Cottram. Crosshall street .....Henry Johnson .. Jane Johnson. eunliffe street ....James Bill .. J B. Cliff. Cypress street , ....Thomas Cook ....W. Warrener. Dance street Denison street H. &vans Jane Taylor. Duke street .. Eliz. Sneokeman „Oswald Speokeman. Eldon street John Hartley .., ..W. Leatherbarrow. Ellenhorough street Anne Jones Thomas Rogers. Fairclough street.... Anne Billings Anne Callery. Great Homer at ... W. Leatherbarrow Thomas Holden. Great Howard street John Dangle Sarah Daigle. Great Newton street Hugh Harvey George Hill. Green sheet Sarah Earle . Thomas Lee. South John street . • James Dickson ..Elizabeth Sim. Islington .. Thomas Lee R. Hargreaves. King street Henry Irwin ....W. G. Parker. Lawton street James Slater ....,Alfred Slater. Leeds street James Rouston .. R. Thompson. Liver street ... Mority Venesbey ...G. H. Hayden. Limekiln lane Robert Cain E. Harrison. London road John Slacker A. C. M‘Phearson. Longviller street ...Alexander Lins-y David Marshall. Maghull street Thomas Fawkes .. Jelin Tomkinson. Mersey street Robert Ward W. Hauwell. Mersey street ... ...Mary A. Fisher J. Cavanah Melton street Sarah Patten Margaret Gifford. Murray street . ....Hall Renshaw Robert Roberts. I Hill street . ..... .. G. W. Corkhill J. Baird. Norfolk street .......John Ilenonought • James Noble. Northumberland st..E. Edmondson John Porter. Pownell square .....John Fisher .John Martindale. Prince Wm st Henry Smith John Clues. Prussia street Henry Quails ....Mary Quaile. Queen street Alex. M‘Phillirnan .. James Jones. Romford gardens Maria Jackey Johanna Fisher. Rathbone street ....Edward P Eastlin W. M. Townson. Regent street Regent street Robert Wales Donald Hale. Regent street James Johnson ....R Chappell. Renshaw street R. Robert. . Thomas Baker. Renshaw street '. ...W. H. Roberts ,William Corbett. St. Andrew's st ....,Harriet Beckett F. Ellis. St, Stephen's st. , , ...Thomas Trivett E. Ball. Scotland road .. .... Mary Parker D. Evans. Scotland road Sea brow Robert Hartley ....Pat. O'Haulon. Shaw's brow Thomas Dixon .... Ann Wells. Silver street John Redmond .... J. Partington. Soho street . . ..... C. Addy John Jay. South street Ellen Foster .......James Findler. Sporting street Thomas Sandford ...James Tarbuck. Summer street John 'Wilson . . , . .. Alice Hallowell. Thomas street J C. Dowell ... ~. Thomas Tutton. Freeman street .. , .Thomas Marslon. „J. Hardy. Waterloo road Phil. Mullen .......11. W. Browne. Waterloo road ..John Wright J S. Whitmore. Waterloo road James Horricks ..G. Flenley. Waterloo road Robt. Patterson ....James Johnson. Walkinson stree t Martha Ibbs . Eliz. Pritchard. Wavertreo lane ....Richard Lee Westmoreland st. .. W. Jones Peter Warring. Wood street ....... W. H. Hinds .Richard Qoirk. l'A ttli, -------,-, °VENTET IN THE " LIVERPOOL BILL OF ENTRY." o w , -- *ril l r.- 1 ob EDITOR OF TETE NO/17'11ERN . TIMES. t‘t• V Z at 'erve the authorities w who compile the Liverpool l'Or l t il ( 1 ) ' bt it -4. t 9 , 115, 0 recently made alterations in that publi hie he aded "e most awkeard for commercial . men is that 1' pat e t,, . " Vessels loading, but not inserted in the s t ta e 8; Thl3 iii entirely new and I am informed the i4, a li i i ta e -e h t14 . 1 ,r! 3 a fee of two shillings ' and . sixpence on entering ttilk for ma ste ry ° " to be Inserted in the paid list.. In the latte r th e ts of theis nrti name, and the consignee, with other p. t tr e Nte e 'nip and voyage are inserted, but in the former uti. h ', ta en- pap and consignee nee are excluded no doubt as a tk 4 vi ior t -to-E°Pel parties to pay this irregular tax. Now, the sob 41' t t l l t lh i t I the - nit/ of Entry is £3 lOs per annum; . and ati , : tli t' i, ° tlti l t ~,g e 'IP under the authority of letters . patent . in aid 'alp • qtlitee-'B' Benevolent Fund, yet I do maintain that this t o I:Nich aadequate for the purpose, and that the . introduc- I N ee ede - tiev eliY, after years of a uniform system, is a course 1 4 t° i n:t u ned ' I look upon it but as the thin end of the tivj.teport. Ilher ploceeding, which would be to tax each sh B ip . t itt lth' Nli le gi as well as clearing ; and the thing is so exc t e h tit c ., 4 f i tia il Z., h ut, at the same time, irritating, that . I . trust the i"eake'tet, do away with it. The subscription is either ,7 t i l eti 4 p ti °t) to a and leave an ample surplus foi the I :ii °4 ste t .,; ° NI • if p ne y t sufficient, the correct course would 'est.,,l t t - , 5 the ' subscription. If a move of something of - ce7 th -re toad° for the poor hard worked clerks in the there Would be a feeling in its favour.—Youl 2, &c., And ONE INCNVENIENCED, a Subscriber to o the Liverpool Bill of Entry. ......._ iv:DDING FESTIVITIES O a w ..... o„ edneNda ,7,„ e of Ashton •in-Maker- Ski i n' s the g „Y rast thd d with being decorate 44111 1 -1 ' 4 - 1 44., --e ne of genet'[ rejoicing and holiday trippers, depi'7,,..°r the houses °ti iisenal arch and evergreens,. . al thoroughfare a f ls s o ir a being . It°1 ;e " -! accaii;ferrnecl across the pr o in_ t c h i e p r _ e net" e After tt,ll grut4ltetrarud , l3oafrtth ew i t t l i l la rj o i ha g ne L f aw t s h o e n, wedding 144f4 st, s ti:` the 11. all had partaken of tl E le sti. deb % RIO.. `ge Wholeof the children (boys and at Olt f 5 tO , _ ‘l ll , Nal four 11 ' R. Gerrard 's schools, also the A troop of Al a task 4f_ s to five hundred and numbering girls) 11.5•iti`tn• lipei.:iis..a!s, headed . t by ' a th . eir magnificent band, lii t re ef the riarl appropriate irs were drawn up in t4151 1t t heir w " . On the bride a ' nd bridegroom leav -1.5 s, lsh t lasti e t he b •kthleatllss ec.liling tour, they were received with the tto e stonri of 4, - all pr A ese h nt - and the old to os o t ;,,_ throwing oe'," that good ‘ite I .sukt attend the m through life, •,,)'s e tter 5 was celebrated Olt' daq,,,,ci 1 the c arri age, drawn by . four splendid e%ct7hildre... ?lettr/ards the railwa e y ir station at Newton. schools, where an L$ (let tt IL it proceeded to their Jam' tea, With Proce eThe ,other goo tiihil,bahl 4 eetnanry assemdbtlielingas, d t the hou!e of Mr, were provided for A rts ed b ;1 ere a sumptuous •Att 4 - Yn wh repast awaited . them, Sir Robert. or ti i; th e _ Y le weit_known liberality. the c onvivial I of • • ,11 , usual loyal and patriotic toasts, Ittlet4ltici Zettligi/sigB,wn as kept h ap s by some excellent glees, wit h 111.&.,............_e liintrentert‘ainClTE, airorddiesdpetrhseedm.much ___ S POLICE INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. W. M. Bpi/TH. POCKET PICKING.—Jane Shannon, a young woman well known as a lady pickpocket, was brought up on a charge with having picked the pocket of Maria Chandler of a purse containing two gold rings and £1 15s GI It appeared that there was a " friendly hop" in Northampton-street, in a beer-house, and amonipt the company the prisoner was found, but how she got there did not appear, as she was a stranger. She managed to pick complainapos pocket. She was remanded. FELONY OP NEWSPAPERS. James Peyton, a non . carrier, in the employment of Mr. Richard Hilton, n ews . agent, of Williamson-street, was charged with baying stolen fourteen dozen of newspapers. It appeared that com plainant was i n the ha bi t of taking the papers from the printi ng o ffi ces to Mr. Hilton's delivery cart, but it seemed that for some time the prisoner was suspected of not acting honestly. His mode of operation seemed to be as follows : Between the printing offices and the cart, he used to steal as many dozen as h e thought would not be missed. These copies he used to give his wife, who met him at an appointed place for that purpose. The papers were then left in some house or other until th e p r i soner had finished his delivery for Mr. Hilton, and then h e would ' join his wife and divide the papers with her, and in this way they supplied several small dealers through town. On Wednesday morning Mr. Hilton watched the movements of the prisone r , and the result was that he fouad the priso ner b ad stolen' fourteen dozen copies. The prisoner was sent t o gao l for one month (This ought to prove a ealtion to di s h o n est deliverers, as . they will be severely punished when discovered, as they ultimately must be.) i t , Itit l' tith il .. ti k / JAFETY INKSTAND, We e 411 bear personal cik4)l clean secures to all classes one which will keep the . in o kiq~ . Lytle 1,,hi!!1 and good, will prevent. that accumu t la o ti s on t _ e t p en; 14 spoils the finest writing, and de• r h atriti t k uy means of this inkstand, too, the atnoutl of l oho e : th l IP, by the pen can be easily regulated. —_ ete. Zmes and Naval Gazette. —sold by all Book ddvt. I 44 Lee 4s, 3s, and ls 6d.--Advt. The marriage of the Count de Cambaceres, auditor to the Council of State, with the Princess Mathilde Bona parte, daughter of Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte, is announced. . - at h e a e l a t aal weekly meeting of this Committee was held BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQUIRE, JUDGE, ~elLi .in the ch a i r. bove 'P a st two o'clock, yesterday, in the Town Hall —Mr- WRIGHT V. BINGHAM.—JUDGUENT.—IIis Honour de- I The general Quarter Sessions for the county was held Other members present—Messrs- livered judgment in this case, which was heard on the 2nd at Knutsford, on Monday last, when 41 magistrates were present. The learned chairman. Tafford Trafford, Esq., etenth, Hodson, Helhead, Crosthwaite, Spiel.. A. C. instant, and which was an action brought by master The Johns who is near 90 years of age, delivered a lengthened and Th e —. on, Haydock, apd Godfrey. porters against the consignees of the vessel Tiber, and in 1 1 I able charge to the grand jury, after which the court oatnutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. (which the question involved was, whether certain work done adjourned to the magistrates' room, and proceeded to the The Medic al GEILTG OF THE TOWN. Iby the plaintiffs was extra work, and entitled to be paid for a • • • despatch of private business. Week eee ! Officer of Health reported that, in the accordingly or not. His Honour said : The plaintiffs claimed The Chairman said he thought many of the magistrates in t er'lng on Saturday last, 185 deaths were registered extra allowance on a quantity of Indian corn, which they iet, t have seen a copy of the last act of Parliament aveta: borough, being 37 Icss than the corrected delivered in bulk upon the quay, and which was allowed to entitled" a County and Borough Police Act " some clauses Nests, the , e the same week of the preceding eight rem a i n there for some time. The bye-law of the Dock of which they would have to discuss ; and, he would Nit. " _ f these 130 were in the parish, and 55 in the Committee said—" All mercandise stowed on the quay o r therefore call upon the clerk to read it. and 1 3 us hiPs- Zymotic diseases were fatal to 49 children, lotted for sale, such as dyewoods, oak, or other bark, rice, The Clerk then road th e clauses referred to, which the to adults —in all 62, a smaller number than in any of barrel flour, lard, &c., to be subject to an additional charge provided for the proper establishment of a police force for each county. The first ‘ motion on the notice paper talit y t ,p r evious weeks. Scarlatina caused a larger mor- of one-fourth of the rates applicable to such goods for such was then read, it was ' To consider the provisions of the havie than in any week of the seven months preceding, extra labour; and all goods (due notice in writing baying de at O Proved fatal to 22 children. From diarrlicee the been given by the master porter to his consignees of the chiefnew County Pol Police two Act,atd whether oonstnbl e t here shall b . e one st all : Were 14 (the age being 18), from typhus 7, landing thereof) which shall not be removed or taken off constablefix the chief t of s appointed in this . county, and to amount his or their salaries, Ilse et , l3 ` ) ,E 3(2 tiny , • a ve r accued), syphilis 2, measles 1, and Eng- the quay . when such goods shall be ready for delivery, with a view to the appointment of such chief constabl e o r • er"aera • lee 18 e. 1. Diseases of the lungs caused 41 deaths, includ- including all such as shall have been stowed back on the constables beingenade at the next Epiphany Sessions. eau" ','?ne c onsumption. Of the 1 85 who died from all quay under the fifth bye-law, shall be subject to an additional Also, to appoint a - committee to consider the number of 4 4(1 611 _ 11 were below five years of age, 11 between five charge of one eighth of the rates applicable to such goods ; superintendents and other constables, and the rates of ears : f eu, 49 between fifteen and sixty, and 14 above sixty and if not removed or taken away on that day, then such pay which it will be expedient to make them, and generally el t ,. a ge• The mean temperature was 531 degrees, goods shall be subject to the charge applicable to goods as to the best mode of carrying out the provisions of the 6 n oari said act in this county.'' Ti le 11 _3 7 half a degree above the average. stowed upon the quay." The words of the bye law, his The Chairman that their tor et . ee'rnugh Engineer, Building Surveyor, and Inspect- Honour said, were express, and provided clearly that all with e observedcumber of first business was the ()hie,. e,ulsances, reported various particulars of the goods not removed on the day on which they were landed . respect to 11 .4 .10n 8 „„ th eir have in the county; and, secondly, what amount of salary 'ro t e nee la several departments during the week, should be liable to a charge of one_fourth more than the they would give. They were limited to -e5OO as the Y b . -ui c h i Yine 4 . t appeared that 103 nuisances complained of ordinary rates of charge. He was clearly of opinion, there- amount of salary, but in addition to that, travelli ng th e 'tants had b ' i n 6,, . be a n inspected, and means taken to remedy fore, that the plain tiffs was entitled to the extra charge expenses mielat be allowed. In the county of Lancast er 2,0 52' a,Li_.ttouses in the unhealthiest districts, containing which they had made. A verdict was accordingly entered the chief constable was paid 1:500, in Stafford he receiv e d e /arni n :; ; Truents, and 257 cellars, had been put under ft r the plaintiffs. Another of the bye-laws, it may be added, £5OO, ad in Essex £4OO It might be thou-2,1a by some to eAdi t i on un, with the view of improving their sanitary provides that the master porter is bound to watch the goods be better to appoint two' chief constables, as the pope_ apart ,:: so left. This point, however, did not arise in the action lation of the county in the extreme east, was very dense, one (4 ihie[chea waited on the committee, to request that above. . but then they must remember that the remaining portion aPart for th rooms in Cornwallis-street daces might be set MANIFOLD V. TAYLOR.—The plaintiff in this case was is agricultural, and perhaps one might do. The first con t 4 letter e Purposes of meter testing. Granted. I a bloekmaker, in Liverpool. and the defendant a shipowner. sideration then was, whether they would have one or two; 45 t o ,r Was received from the Law Clerk of the Waver- Mr. Grocott appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hull for the x ' the ne t what salary t hey would recommend. • J. Franc, Esq., asked whether they intended to fix titil i ,, a a L. ra of Ilealth, calling attention to the state of the defendant. The plaintiff purchased in November, 1851, a the constables' aalary inclusive or exclusive of travelling Pliti t " r idge. The Borough Eagineer was ordered to sixteenth share in a vessel called the Wild Wave, through t .„ in to .. , expenses? "" el a i n , repair, and the Deputy Town Clerk was directed Messrs. Morris, Napier and Co., the agents of ttp:, defers _ 'lacy hairman said that was for their consideration. !re b oll ': the amount from the Railway Company, who dents, to whom the vessel belonged. He paid £193 17s for Harry Mainwaring, Esq., stated that the chief constable ksit 411 to maintain the bridge. This concluded the the sixteenth share, being at the rate of £8 lOs per ton, for the West Riding of the county of York received eit s. The vessel was sold as to be registered for seven years, but £5OO, and was allowed the actual expenses for travelling. it appeared, subsequently, that owing to some quality in the He world propose that there be one chief constable wood of which it was built, the Underwriters here refused to appointed. register her for more than four years. The vessel was Lord de Tabley seconded the proposition, which was built in New Bruns w i c k, an d it was stated, on the part of careied unanimously. sa r at. e . Chairman observ e d th a t t h e next question was the the plaintiff, that Mr. T a yl or i ns ti tu t e d some proceedings against the, builders for the loss occasioned by the vessel not Colonel Tomkinson remarked that th e sa l ary o f the proceedings resulted in a n ar bit rat i on, i n wh i ch Mr.y registering as highly as be h a d b ee n l e d to expect. The chief constable of Sh ro p s hi re was £4OO, and £2OO allowed Taylor was stated to have recovered a sum of £270. The plaintiff claimed a sixteenth of this amount, as holding a share to that extent. The grounds of defence were, that Mr. Taylor became purchaser of the vessel fr. m Messrs. Napier and Morris, who acted as agents for the builders, Messrs. Smith, of Bathurst, New Brunswick ; and that by a subsequent agreement, Messrs. Napier and Morris became owners of two-thirds of the vessel, Mr. Taylor having one-third. The sixteenth share sold to plaintiff, it was alleged, was sold by Messrs. Napier and Morris, acting on their own behalf. Subsequently Messrs. Napier and Morris became involved in some difficulties, and Mr. Taylor was their creditor to the amount of upwards of £5OO. Tt was, therefore, contended that Messrs. Napier and Morris were the persons really responsible to Mr. Manifold, and not Mr. Taylor, the defendant ; inasmuch as the sale made of the sixteenth share to Mr. Manifold, and the guarantee as to the registration of the vessel, accompanying it, was the act of these gentlemen altogether, and for which Mr. Taylor was not answerable. After evidence had been fully heard on both sides, his Honour said be was of opinion that the plaintiff was entitled to recver, and that it would be con trary to law and equity to hold otherwise. A verdict was entered accordingly. LITHE PEACE NEWS AT SYDiiEY.—By advices from Sydney, dated July 8, we learn that on the receipt of the intelligence of a treaty of peace having been concluded by the European powers, a salute of 101 guns was fired from as expenses. her Maj es t y ' s ship Electra, in that port at the time, and the like nmber from F Muarie. BY ordf the Sir E. C as t o b serve d th at a dense population was more Governor-u General, thereort was a acq review of troop er s i o n the easily watched than a scattered one. H e thought the best government domain, a general illumination at night, and plan of fi dug the salary would be by considering what a thanksgiving service in all the Sydney churches. those counties paid whose rates were equal to their own. Though these celebrations have been heartily entered into Essex, which had a ld. rate, paid their constable £4CO3 by the citizens, there is evidently a sort of misgiving in and £l6O expenses ; Gloucester, where the rate was a the public mind that the peace has been too sudden to be little less than their own, gave the elder constable £550, lasting inclusive of all expenses ;in Norfolk, where they had a Aersop's WAXWORK EXHIBITION, TEteroNie-isem. Id. rate, they gave the chief constable e4OO, and had, in T ....diemesTREET. LIVERPOOL.—DOVE, THE MURDERER.—The addition, a very large staff; in Bedford the salary was only correct likeness of this criminal is to he seen at the £ 300, and a g u i nea a wee k allowed for a clerk ; in Berks above exhibition, and is placed by the side of Palmer. Both they paid £3OO, an d a ll owed travelling expenses ; in Cambridge £4OO on l y; i n Hertford £4OO, and £5O for these poisoners are full-length, a n d are ac k now l e d ge d b y a ll to be perfect likenesses. They are surrounded by upwards stationery; in Leicester £350, and £BO for expenses; in ' ' great number of of 100 wax ligures, large as life • together with 500 statues, busts, casts of heads, &c.. Bze. ; also a . and £lOO expenses ; in Wilts £5OO, besides incidental expenses. Stereoscopic and other views. The proprietor begs to state E. Corbett, Esq., proposed that the salary be fixed at that the likeness of Dove and Palmer are most positively .W5OO, to include all expenses. the only true ones taken. Palmer was modelled by Mr. The Marquis of Westminster suggested that they should George Ewing, of London, during his trial at the Old divide it in this manner —say £359 for salary, and £lso I Bailey; and a sketch of Dove was taken by Mr. John for travelling expenses. L. P. Townshend, Esq , seconded Mr. Corbett's pro- Storey, of York, and afterwards modelled expressly for Mr. Allsop, by Mr. William Leland, of Liverpool. Open from position. Colonel Tonikinson suggested that the salary be fixed ten,a m till ten ' p.m. Admission, Sixpence. A quad r ill e at .£4OO, and allo w £lOO f or travelling expenses. work en the two Imp s over t h e entrance.--sside band in attendance. " Observe the name of All s op' s Wax . , Sir R. Brooke thou g ht th ey h ad better fix the salary at r., W RECK £5OO, to include ail ex p enses. TILE OP THE Snip NIEVMR.—Frorn the dal- E. Corbett, Esq., adopted the suggestion of Colonel genus position in whi c h the wreck of t.his vessel lies near Tomkinson. Llchtudy, her hull was advertised to he soil on Monday, Randal Wilbraham, inn., Esq., suggested that th e y and her, cargo of coals has been dischargel. She remain should fix the salary at £4OO, and leave th e cons id erat i on unright on a plateau of rocks, but, should it blow hard,s of the allowance for expenses to be settled by the coin- she will soon b rea k up. A letter from Qiiimper, dated Gth mitten. instant, states that the crew were to leave next day for Lord Stanley was of opinion that they had better fix Havre, and that the c tain his salary and allow ances f or expenses. He would follow. Th e Meteor was the penses. P ,mate, and stew ar d would dismasted in a terrific gale on soon rather the salary was fi xe d at e5OO, to include all ex- 27th ult. off Cape Fi n i s t erre, w h en t h e b oats were stove, The Clerk then read the resolution proposed by E. I and . one of the crew, named Jahe Jones, was kill e d by th e Corbett, Esq. falling spars. O n th e 29 t h s h e p i cked up a boat containing The Marquis of Westminster threw out, the suggestion the master and crew (in all thirteee persons), t,f the Se that the salary be fixed at £350, and £l5O for expenses. renus of Sunderland, from Taganrog to Falmouth with He thought if they only allowed £lOO as expenses, they wheat, which had foundered in a hurricane on the previous would be very likely called on for something extra. He day, about 233 miles from the Lizard. The crew in a would rather that the general sum of £5OO be fixed, and half-naked condition, and without water or provisions, had no division stated. • Randal Wilbraham, 1 betaken th e m se l ves to t h e i r only beat, a leaky skiff, end for travelling expense braham, jun., Es He wo q., uld pro ose t thought £lOO too little were drifting at th e mercy o f the waves when fallen in wi:h be £4OO, and £l5O b e allowed for expenss. pes. hat the salary iby the Meteor. O n t h e n i g h t of the 2nd October, during a ' gale from the S.S.W., the Meteor struck on th e rocks at G. T. Shak er l ey , E sq. , seer - mule:l the Proposition. The amendment p ro p osed b y Mr. R. Wilbraham was Leehtudy, with f or t y -ono persons on board, and n o b oa t s . then carried. The pumps were kept go i ng a ll n i ght and rockets sent up The Chairman then s t a t e d , t h e next matter was the as signals of dist ress , an d a b out 8 A.m. a boat cam e off an d , 2 appointment of the committee. Tie would propose that "landed the c rew o f th e S renus. two magistrates be appointed from each hundred, or petty Farionreur. DEATH sir A Lrox.—.on F r id a y morn i ng, sessional division of h un d re d s . the 13th of June, several waggons, forming part of the R. Wilbraham, jun., Esq., seconded the proposition. second division of the commando, left Moot River Dorp The Finance Committee was appointed that way, and why for the lager at Mariko. They rode for the first evening alter that arrangement ? as far as Riett Spruit, a noted place for lions. Mr. Philip L. P. Townshend, Esq., proposed, as an amendment, Van Celler and his brother wishing to proceed, inspannned that there be only one magistrate from each petty ses-' their waggons about midnight, although they were strong y sional division. This was seconded by some one whose advised by their companions not to ride before morning. name we did not hear, and carried. They had scarcely ridden an hour when the oxen were The Chairman supposed they would leave the division suddenly frightened. Philip Van Colter jumped off his of the county into police districts for the committee to waggon and endeavoured t o turn thorn, but not succ ee d ing arrange. in doing so, sprang upon the waggon trap, from which he Harry Mainwaring, Esq , proposed that three more he must have been immediately dragged by a large lion with appointed for the Macclesfield division. The proposition such force as to break one of the trap riems. He was was seconded by J. B. Gleeee. Esq., but not put to the) heard to cry out twice for help, but in the confusion of meeting, as the chairman considered it out of order. the moment was not missed, his brother Adolphe being R. Wilbraham, Esq , proposed that the first meeting of busy at the time on horseback, endeavouring to stop the the committee be held at Crewe on Wednesday, the 22nd. I oxen, which were go i ng at a fear f ul rate through the Carried. 1 veld. With m uc h diffi culty he succee d e d i n doing so, The Marquis of West m i ns t er suggested that the second and then r e t urne d t o l ook for his missing brother, whose place of meeting sh ou ld be appointed when the first took body he found a b ou t d ay b rea k , an d the lion couching place. about twelve yard s f rom it. Wi t h a f ee li ng o f desperation Harry Mainwaring, Esq., reminded them that the he levelled his gun and fired at the animal. Tice aim was chairman wo u ld b e an ex - ogleio member of the committee. good, and as the ball passed right through its head, it fell It was then d ec id e d t h at the division of the county into down on the spot. On coming nearer to his brother's police districts should be left to the committee. body the poor man was sadly shocked at its mutulated Sir E. Cust asked what course they intended to adopt condition, the lion havi ng carr i e d i t a long distance, an d with referenee t o th e test i monials of candidates ? then devoured the greater Col. Te m ki nson sus portion. The remains were Bested that, the committee should hastily conveyed to town, a n d upwar d s of eighty persons select what number they like out of the list of candidates, attended the funeral. Poor Philip Van Colter leaves a widow and several children to d e pl ore t h e i r loss, and his and those chos en th en appear b efore a general committee ; and that the testimonials be sent in by the Ist of melancholy end. We have si nce l earnt that previous to December. the oxen becoming frightened, th e li on f i rst attacked, The Chairman remarked, that the report of the corn- without any provocation, Adolphe Van Coller, and three mittee would have to be p resen t e d t o t h e adjourned ses- other men, who were riding o n h orse b ack some distance sions, on the Bth of December, in order that they mi g ht in front of the waggon. Having no guns with them they then select the person whom they thought most eligible to jumped on their horses, and s t oo d b etween them and the fill the offic e . lion. The lion, however, appeared to be more anxious to It was then d ec id e d th a t a d vert i sements for a chief attack them than their horses, on which th ey s h ou t e d, an d constable. stating sala r y an d requ i rements, be inserted in threw their hats at him, and a f terwards fired the grass two London, o ne D u bli n, an d the county newspapers, when he left them and w en t to the waggon. The sur requiring testimonials to be sent in on or before the 28th rounding country being all occupied, th e li ons a pp ear t o of November n ex t, an d t h at the committee be requested have concentrated themselves at this spot, where they are to examine the testimonials, and request those whom they extremely bold.—Cape of Good Hope Paper. should select to appear person a lly b e f ore the adjourned FATAL ADMIN sessions on the Bth o f D ecem b er next, the final election to Psyne, Coroner, of C HLOROFORM,'—Mr. Wm. ner, an inquest at St. Thomas's Hospital, take place at the Epiphany Sessions. London, on,Virednesday night, on the body of John Gilling, Captain De Hollyngworthe :seconded the reso l u ti on. w h ose d ea th was occas i oned in that hospital by the adminis- CHAPLAIN'S SALARY. tratien of chloroform, prepardtory to undergoing amputation Egerton Legh, Esq., remarked that there were seventy of a j o int of the finger. It appeared horn the evidence applicants for the situation ; that the committee at th a t the deceased was a seafaring man, residing before his Chester did not recommend the advance; and that the death in Whitechapel. About seven weeks ago he struck present chaplain had only been elected six months. J. France, E sq ., o bj ec t e d to the resolution. He thought his wife in the mouth, an d i e j ured one of his fingers against her teeth. Mr. Ravvle, surgeon, of the Alinories, dressed if they advanced his salary, it should be after a certain the wound several times, but erysipelas came on, followed period had elapsed. ngworthe remembered th a t a mo ti on Captain De Holly by an attack of delirium trmens. On Satu r d a y l ast on this very subject' was propOSed at the time of the chap- deceased went to St. Thomas's Hospital, when as incision lain's election, and the majority were then favourable to was made in the finger, from which, according to Mr. it ; why it dropped he did not know. Mr. France now Rawle, deceased subsequently lost three pints of blood. seemed to object to it on the ground of the number of Deceased, who had been advised by one of the senior applicants for the office; but, nevertheless, it only surgeons at St. Thomas's Hospital to have the showed how many hard worked curates there were who diseased bone removed, went on Tuesday morning to were getting poor salaries, and whi c h w as all the more the hospital for that purpose. Mr. J. T. Fowler, house shame to the country. He thought it very hard that men surgeon to the hospital, said—The deceased came on of education, most of whom had been brought up in the Tuesday morning to undergo the operation, and expressed lap of luxury, should be obliged to take situations which a wish to have chloroform administered. Witness re many of their servants would not have. He cordially quested Mr. George, another surgeon, to administer chin agreed with the proposition of Sir Richard Brooke. roform, which he did, and witness stood by superintending R. Wilbraham, juts, Esq., regretted that there should the operation. Mr. Geor ge had had some experience and he any opposition manifested to the proposition now, as practice. Soon after he began to administer the chloroform there had been a very strong feeling in favour of the witness was called into the next room to see an accident. advance at the time of the chaplain's eleetion. The duties Mr. George gave up the chloroform, and came to witness i if was h s then partially of the chaplain at Chester were much more heavy than discontinue parct it. As the accident was ir e ! etheroom those of the chaplain at Knutsford. All the most serious slight, witness rola i d to cases were sent to Chester for trial, and, if a man was administration of th patient task and ordered the be continued. The sentenced to be hanged, the chaplain would have toli ta lo tt r y ofo se r r m isth t l o e, to attend him to the scaffold, and what must be the state of spit as if aboutandhebeganlsed to vomit. He was violently convulsed his feelings then. He thought they ought to mak throughout his whole frame, and the chloroform was allowance on such considerations. He sincerely hope discontinued. Ile had to be held by three men to prevent the magistrates would cordially support the motion before him from falling on to the floor from the chair on which he them. was sitting. He wasplaced in horizontalposition, a Lord Stanley thought the motion was premature. If, when his ' breathing was laboured, and the pulse almost on advertising the situation at £2OO, they had received ceased. The tongue 'of the mouth b was drawn out seventy applications, " if they had offered .e 250 they would forceps, and artificial respiration resorted to. Ammonia i have had double the number of application s an d been was held to h• a s nostrils, and he appeared to rally able to secure the services of a very superior person. little, so as to be able to breathe without assistance, but E. Corbett, EA., agreed with Lord Stanley. almost immediat e ly h e relapsed into his former condition. The Rev. I. Armitstead reminded them that the ch a p- The galvanic current was passed to the regions, but in lain was a married, man with a family, and had house a minute or minute and a half life appeared to be rent to pay; he thought they ought to give him the £5O extinct. The galvanic action was kept up for half extra. an hour, and he was made to breathe oxygen gas by The motion was then put, when 14 voted for the increase, means of death, artificial • • 1 hut it had no effect. His undoubtedly,respiratio 1, e was occasioned by chloroform. A and 18 against it. good deal of additional evidence was gone into, bearing R. Wilbraham, jun., Esq., in the absence of John principally upon th tte of health in which de e s 9. Hosken Harper, Esq., proposed, " That the following was before andof h d •• t t . of at the time te a minis ra ion the recommendation of the justices of the hundred of North- chloroform. Mr. Whitfield, the secretary of the hospital, wick, in special sessions assembled, be adop'ed by the said s o accide accidents had curred to the first surgeons in court :—That in consequence of the inadequacy of the the land, and ' ll QC prevented occasionally, how,. number of police officers within the Hundred of North- ever cautious couldthey not.htbe be. g He also ridiculed the idea with, both with reference to the protection of property that three Pints y or blood could have been lost from and the maintenance of the peace, as well as to the number deceased's finger o • gto the operation of the previous of officers in the adjoining hundred, an addition be made Saturday. The win- and jury seemed to think that in to the constabulary force of that hundred of four cases where coronerchloroform was administered, questions orolorna . assistant petty constables." The motion was ultimately should be pus of the patient, 1' Ring his to the relatives withdrawn. state of health, and that had such a course been pursued in deceased's case, the attack of delirium tremens, and the loss of blood by which his system had been weakened some days before, would have been discovered, and the operation postponed. Ultimately the enquiry was ad ' journed for the attendance of one of the senior surgeons of the hospital. TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—There are a few simple principles connected with this subject, which should be well defined and understood before going into its more elaborate complexities ; for, so long as that is not the case, we are very like men attempt. ing to build up a most extensive superstructure, without having any definite notions about the neglected founda. tions ; therefore, in the first place, f propose to confine myself to these, and strongly recommend your correspon dents to exert themselves with me, either to establish them, or to show their fallacy, for, as the elucidation of truth is the thing we should aim at, I, for one, am content so to try the question, and to abide thereby. It our first principles are not sound, or if they cannot be established and agreed upon, it is almost useless proceeding further. How much has been said and written on this most important of all commercial subjects, and yet how little has been done to make our currency a Just equipoise of value between wealth and wealth, which it ought to be_ the greatest commercial nation in the world, being in consequence, still the victim of a succession or intermit tent panics which have all the symptoms of ruin and insol vency, without, probably, any of the causes of the disease. It is useless to rail at hullionists, or to sneer at the honest attempts of your currency men. If we would act like men, let us handle the subject free from prejudice, with that candour and intelligence which becomes honesty, which is open to enlightenment, an I yearns for the development oftruth, come qui coiite to themselves or any section of society, so that the general good be promoted. These preliminaries serve to introduce a few questions Which will pave the way when fully solved and adjusted, for the very weighty consideration of how to work out the prirreiples we hope to establish, to the satisfaction of all diapasslonate persons. Sir Robert's Peel's absorbing question was—What is a Pound ? Our questions should be— What is currency ? (in its ligitimate sense). Ist What should be currency? What is its object ? Es it not a medium of barter ? Should it not be a s t andard of value? 2ndly Is not its object simply to facilitate trade and commerce ? If simply a m e di um o f exc h ange , w h a t nee d f or 3rdly the empl oyment of an art i c l e i n t r i ns i ca l ly valuable—being itself an article of barter? swimitphloyut apply to the, at pres ent, great Th leadingese dealing w ith th e manner o f t h e i r ap pli ca ti on ; ahen the se have been fully enqu i re d into, we may then, an d not till / points, features a a t as re I e s h have e t h p e u put subject,th em . then, safely enquire how far present practices agree there_ with, and how tar, and in what manner, it will be practi. cable and desirable to alter them. On this topic Ido not scruple to say that every Englishman, high and low, ld earnestly desire and strive to obt a i n t h e greatest amount of practical talent the nation can bring to bear upon it.— Yours, Ice., CORNELIUS, ANOTHER CLAIMANT FOR THE SHRIMSHURY ESTATES We read in a letter from Rome :—" Prince 131rghese appears dispoT,ed to arivanoe claims to the Shrewsbury to oigil takeo r P thec cnheectet s o s n a i ;y h s a , s e been rs in s o sentfort importantP aarnisaiffma affair.'' .e , d , property in favour of his daughter by his first wife, who was Lady Gwendaline Talbot. The prince's ad voc tie, Experiments have recently been made in Piedmont of a portable kitchen for the army, which appears to present some useful advantages. It will serve for a whole battalion, The and will furnish 1,000 rations of soup a day. apparatus is made in - Such a manner that the cooks can day or night —a fact work while on a mareh either by as the soldier as soon which is of the greatest importance, as he halts, and when exhausted by fatigue, can be imuie diately supplied wi." immediately th food. maretcurns,/saewa k TRADE REPORT. -THURSDAY, COTTO N : Th e estimatedL IVERPOOL. sales to-day are 10,000 bags, of which 3,000 h ave been taken for export and spec ulation, comprising 750 Egyptians Gid to 7:11, 70 Pernams 614 to 7d, 40 Maranhams 614 to 7d, 170 Brazils Gid to 61d, GOO Surats 40 to 5.1. Market steldy. SUGAR: We have again had a steady enquiry, and the market is without alteration ; the sales include 100 hhds Barbadoes at 46s to 495, 20 hhds Jamaica at 45s 61, 450 bags Bengal to arrive, at 523 for grainy, and 47s for Dates, 1,600 bags Siam at. 493, 1,503 bags clayed Manilla to arrive at 453 6d, an d 450 bags Paraiba in bond at 293 per cwt from the qu a y. MOLASSES: Nothing has been done. Runt h J e am sa a l i e c s a, comprise 30 p unc h eons Surinam, 20 puncheons and 25 punch eons Leewards, without change in price. : T RICE: The business is confined to ],500 pockets Bengal at lls to 14s 6d, and 300 bags Moulmein at lls to lls 3,1 per cwt. CASSIA LIGNEA : 200 boxes are reported at loos. SAGO FLOUR : 200 bags at 20s 3d to 20s 9d per cwt. LONDON. SUGAR: The market continues very firm at the late advance, and the public sales are going off steadily. Re fined has shown a further advance, and grocery lumps are quoted from 56s 6d to 60s. COFFEE continues steady. TEA : A portion of the arrivals of the new season's crop has been sold at 2s 2d per lb,.but higher prices are asked for the finest samples. RICE : A cargo of Bengal sold in public sale at from 91 to lOs. RUM : Prices are unaltered, but the demand is limited. SALTPETRE : Holders ask higher prices, which checks business on the spot, but refraction 5 has been sold at 355 91. English refined has advanced to 394 61 to 403. INDIGO: The quarterly sale commenced yesterday morning, containing 17,600 chests. There was a lair attendance of buyers, both for home consumption and for exportation. 1,220 chests passed auction-60 chests with drawn, 500 bought in, and 670 sold. Fine qualities of Bengal showed an advance of 6d to Sd on the previous quarterly sale, and 4d to 6d on ordinary qualities. Kurpah sold at 61 advance, which confirmed the advances paid recently by private contract. TALLOW : The market is firm, with but little tallow offering. Town tallow is quoted 52s 9.1, nett cash; Peters. burg Y.C. on the spot, 53s 3d; last three months, 533. MINES : The home mining stock market remains very dull, with no new feature of interest. The transactions are very limited. National Brazilian shares have met with renewed enquiry to day, and are marked 31. Cobre shares have been dealt in at 541-; Mariquita, at lOs ; and New Granada, at 7s 6d. Subjoined is a list of the busi ness done yesterday in the Mining Exchange:.—Carnforth, ; Great Alfred, 10, 4 ; Great South Tolgus, 11}, 2, 12 Par Consols, 22. ; Sortridge Consols, 3 5-16, 3 7-16 ; South Carado n , 28 5 , 287 i ; South Prances, 350, 352. In the Stock E xc h ange :—Condurrovv, 136 ; P ar C onsols, 2l it ; Great South Tolgus, 11i , ; Great W heal Alfred. 9i, 10 ; Wheal Edward, 4,3; Wheal Grenvill e , 2 ; Lady Bertha, 17s 6d. Bar.Lnvasr.oE, ltiondav IRELAND. .—A very imp and exte sive sale of sto c k an d i mplements took place ortant n this day at the farm of Tycooly, the property of Lord Clonok. His lordship h av i ng i mproved the farm, which consistscof 217 acres, and put it into a high state of cultivation, at the same time erecting suitable farm buildings, has at length let it to an English gentleman, Richard Bowman, Esq , Forest-hill, Penrith, Cumberland. Before giving posses sion to the new occupier, Lord Clonbrock requested Mr. James Ganly to sell the stock and effects on the farm by public auction. The sheep were the first put up, and they brought excellent prices, there bei a ometitin. The next department was the black cattlg ood e; then the far o m horses, pigs, and lastly, the implements. Toe sheep were of a very superior description, being the result of careful crossing for several years from the flocks of Douglas, Carter, Roberts, Wiley, Ellison, and 'Bidding. The lot of fine ewes which gained the prize at Athlone were sold at 4 7s fld eack, and several lots of maiden ewes were dis_ posed of at 575, 555, and Us. Hoggets were sold at from 45s downwards. Two and a half year old heifers brought from to £9 10s, and yearlings from to 10s. None of the horses were very valuable, yet they brought; fair prices, as did also the pigs, which were of the best breeding, being the progeny of Hayneau, the celebrated Cumberland boar. The farming implements, having been made on the most improved principle, were eagerly sought after at excellent prices. The new tenant of Tycooly, Mr. Bowman, exhibited some ploughs. by Stalker of Penrith, and Tallant of the same place, which, for exquisite finish and beauty of design, I have never seen surpassed. The sale had not terminated at a late hour, but his lordship must have been highly pleased with the order and success with which it was conducted. TRADE IN NEW SoUTII WALES, A Sydney correspondent, writing under this head on the Bth July, says :—During the last month the trade has manifested some improvement, but has not yet resumed its usual buoyancy. The increase in our population, in the quantity and value of our produce, and in all branches of colonial industry, is necessarily augmenting the demand for imported goods of every description. Some of our merchants are beginning to be apprehensive that the facilities afforded by the reduced freights will again bring out goods in excess of our requirements. Articles of consumption for which there is a constant demand, such as spirits, wines, beers, oilmen's stores, and leather goods, have generally sustained, except at compul sory rates, their proximate value ; it has been with goods unsuited to this market, or used to a very small extent, that consignees have incurred the heaviest losses, as in the absence of legitimate offers, they have been submitted to auction, and realised prices utterly disproportioued to their cost or value. SPORTING _INTE---LLrGRNCE WMARK E T RACEB.—YEeTninAir SWEEPSTAKES FOR TWO YEAR OLDS. Winner to be sold for £4 1 I Admiral of the White Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOPS. Winner to be sold for £3OO, 1 I Flyaway Five ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF TEN SOUS. 1 Amati 2 I Rotterdam 3 HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKE,, ...1 !Tom Thumb 9 I Secret 3 Cunning Bird, 4. Druid.,. £lOO PLATE. .1 I Glenlee ...............2 I Homily... ..... 3 Eight ran. Won by t hree-quarters of a length. BRETBY STAKES. ••...1 I Miss W Three ran. hip filly ............... 2 Rosa Bonheur LATEST EETTING CAMERIDOEQIIIKR STAKES. 1000 to 30 agst Vengeance (taken) 15 ... 1 ... Polestar (taken) DERRY 1000 to 15 1000 15 Arsenal (taken) Mamas (taken) SHIPPING INTELLIGENC LIVERPOOL, OCTONER HIM! WATRR- eight, 1g ft. 0 in ARRIVED. Oct. 16.--Eliza - Hawes. from Valparaiso—Hen,ich, Cronstadt— Charles Jackson, Islay—Goshawk, G ytheon—Pcrsmerance, Malaga —Queen of the Rx, Mooch— A. Burdett Coutta, Lanoviter—Gen. Mina, Manainilin—Kangaro o 0,4.), Phi lad.l,,bra—Khersonese (R.M.S.), Portland—lnfanta, St. Stephens—F:o4,s., and Vigrunt. Owend Vadecia. Itochfort—Ontario, St. Andrews —Sarah Bate, --Batelle, Christiana. FLRTh. Oct. 16.--Tohn 'Wray, for Rotterdam —Herman, Ri Iceland—Triumphant, N aples—Orlon, Stettin.ca—Johaneas, MARITIME EXTRACT 9. Liverpool. Oct. 16. —The barque Eva, for Pernam, wen" ashore last night chse to the Seacombe wall, but came off on this morning's flood.—The Khersonese (R. 111.8.), from Portland, Sept. 27, Halifax Sept to, and Newfoundland, Oct. 5; frond the currents running unu'ually Wong off the coast of New'oundland. On the sth f st,, in let, 48, 100. 50, pascerl an iceberg 150 feet h vh , and of consider_ able circumference, drifting slowly to the southward. On the 3rd inst„ S.W. of Cape Pines, passed a Ship's boat with Inttom stove, WexYr - rd, Oct. 2. —The of And from Giaszow for and Moulme n, came ashore on Illackwater Bank l ast night, and it is feared will go to pieces. Three of the crew lost. Phila•!elphia, Oct. o,—The Vritanuia. Bartlett, f rom Di Rangoon tpjegraph f ß ro . m Halifax, to haVe been lost on rtymonth to near t Cl he l' 2 b :t. c h j u sp t d t t r . c ,6 i a b pe North, c . FOREIGN FORT: A krah at St. Helena for Cowes, with rudder - • damagred. end • fro, Nfauritius ; !%I otiltain, Lord Harding°, Star of the East, from Colombo— all a" St Helena, Liverpool. LK : s ani ci s i iabPso:kerare:fariol fpm e : s fromoi ll f o c a a so r g to. : li t : et : oeswnta.n for o o v re l e me r n b: board, st Andrews ( s.s.) sailed from Malta for Alexandria, Oct. 9, Eliza Anne, hence at Gelatz Tamaulipas (a s.), hence at Bordeaux. Yo rk, August 19. Attic (surveying steamer), from Qoeenstown ; and Herald, and Mare' tret both hence —all at St. John's, N.F. Queen, haute at Harbor de Grace. from Calcutta; and On the llth J BIRTH. Allan, of a un daughtee, at Pyrmoat, .Sydney. N.S.W.. Mrs. Lewis 11f, r. to Alice, second MARRIAGES. dha, Q e h g t r e o r o o m f , th ß e en n ja e m ,„ l n wi T a r i o a u m e On the 15th inst., at S'. Saviour's, Bamber Bridge, by th e f ather of the brid e, an d the Rev George Tronghton, IA 8., br ot h er of the On the IGth inst. at St. George's Church, E verton T. Moore. Mr. William Wright, to Sarah Ann by the Rev. William Shaw, Egg., of Everton. , only daughter of DEATHSt."to,ign,noafn.Literpooi we n (after a long illness), deeply regretted by a large On ith inst.. at her residence, Ebiall Hall, Shropshire, Miss on the Isth inst., at Caiderston. Alexander Morton. aged 65. w ho for 30 Years had faitfully. zealOusly, and efficiently served J. N. Walker, Esq., as head...gardener. E lr li Cl a e b o e f th re o lltiotis and friends. Births, alarriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when sent to Our Office duly authenticated. CAPITAL PU NISHMENTS.—We understand that a demon stration in favour of the total abolition of capital punish ment will take place in the new nee Trade Hall, Manchester, during the ensuing mouth, when several members of parliament, and other well known friends of the movement, are expected to be present. We believe that Mr. George Wilson has consented to preside, and that the attendance will be worthy of the iMnortanne , of tha Inspiration Old Fashion Stormsail Thames Ditton