The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-30 00:00:00

. TAMES ADLEIsi, pit,, iaegie3B4#l-ItkeliN tj to his Unrivalled Stock of FREI CH MODERATOR LAMPS, which for Price and Beauty of Design, are not equalled in Town. Prices varying from Bs. to £lO 10s. A liberal discount to the Trade and Shipping Merchants. WRITING, BOOKKEEPING, &c. MESSRS THOMPSON, No. 8, Clayton-square, Head Teachers in Liverpool a quarter of a century, guarantee to every pupil a good HANDWRITING in a few Lessons. BOOKKEEPING by Double Entry thoroughly and practically taught in a few days. MRS. and MISS THOMPSON give PRIVATE LES SONS to LADIES, or attend out, if required. T4UMP BUTTER.—There is a House in Town which gives all its attention to" this one article, of which they sell weekly about Five Tons, principally to Shopkeepers. Present prices :-9d., 9id., 91d., 9/d., 10d., lOid., 10ad., 104 d. per lb., and choice of twenty packages. Retailers of Butter should see that this is the proper place to get supplied. EDWARD KELLY and CO., Butter Warehouse, No. 1, Upper Dawson-street, Liverpool. Empty Packages given gratis to country customers. RICHARD J. NODDER HATTER AND CAP MAKER, Begs to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liverpool and its Environs, that his NEW AND FASHIONABLE LADIES' BONNETS, IN WHITE BEAVER AND FELT, PARISIAN MATERIALS, &c., YOUTHS' AND CHILDREN'S FANCY HATS, VELVET CAPS, PARISIAN HATS, &c., ARE NOW READY FOR INSPECTION. ALTERATIONS, &c., IN THE NEWEST STYLES, 81, CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL. KING'S EFFERVESCENT CITRATE of MAGNESIA is the most agreeable, efficacious, and gentle aperient extant. "No house should be without it" is the often-expressed opinion of an eminent medical man. It is recommended by the faculty, and extensively used as a Family Medicine, and needs only a trial to be fully appre ciated. Prepared only and sold wholesale by Wm. W. KING and Co., Manufacturing and Practical Chemists, London and Liverpool ; and sold retail by Mr. MCGUFFIE, Castle-street ; STRAWSON and Co., Islington ; CLAY and ABRAHAM, Bold street ; PEARSON, Park-road, and the principal Chemists throughout the kingdom, in Bottles at is. 6d. and 3s. each. COALS. —BEST HOUSE COALS. First Quality, 16s. Second, 145., Third, l3s. per Ton. Discount, FIVE PER CENT. for READY MONEY. BY S. B. JACKSON , 41, DALE -STREET, and 21, Moss-STREET. Commercial Oaitss. THIS DAY. Tias DAY (Wednesday), the 30th instant, at One o'clock, at the Cotton Salesroom, 50 Tons Rio Hache FIJSTIC, Landing ex "Mary Bibby," West Side of Princes' Dock. Apply to WHITTAKER, WHITEHEAD, & CO., Brokers, TO-MORROW. On account of whom it may concern, TO-MORROW (Thursday), the Ist December, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 13, Exchange-buildings, 1800 Bags Dry Brown East.lndia SUGAR, Ex Henry Winch, from Calcutta.—Apply to T. & H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. To close Sales. To-monnow (Thursday), the Ist December, at One o'clock at the Commercial Salesroom, Temple-court, 2 Butts CURRANTS, 'sl's, 5 Butts DITTO, 's2's, 6 Caroteels 1 CURRANTS, 'sl's, 12 Barrels 3 Barrels } DITTO, 's2's 8 Boxes / 116 Boxes old Valencia RAISINS, NO Boxes 1 Bunch Muscatel RAISINS, 100 4-Boxes f - in layers, 80 Drums } Malaga FIGS, 100 Tappets 700 Boxes 230 Drums j Eleme Turkey FIGS, 40 Bags Black Turkey RAISINS, Apply to GEORGE BADEN. all faults. .CH, Broker. TO-MORROW (Thursday), the Ist December, at One o'clock, in the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 2600 I and k-Drums Eleme Turkey FIGS, 27 Skeleton Cases, containing t. Drums Eleme Turkey FIGS, Landing ex " Arabian " steamer, from Smyrna ; 1205 -t d , and 1- - -Drums Eleme Turkey FIGS, 14 Skeleton Cases, mataining Boxes, Eleme Turkey FIGS, 107 Barrels Black Turkey RAISINS, Just landed ex " Teneriffe" steamer, from Smyrna; 4 90 00 0 1 B „- o Box s es Bunch Muscatel RAISINS, in layers, 30 Boxes Jordan ALMONDS, 900 Barrels Lexia RAISINS, 400 Baskets 130 Baskets Malaga FIGS, 200 Barrels Malaga Sultana RAISINS, Landing ex " Jane and Mary," from Malaya.—Apply to GEORGE BADEN ACH, Broker. TO-MORROW (Thursday), the Ist of December, at One o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 5 Half-Pipes fine Old CURRANTS 100 Boxes Bunch Muscatel RAISINS, 30 Barrels small Ditto DITTO, 276 Barrels new Sexia DITTO, 460 Frails Malaga FIGS, 311 Barrels Black Smyrna RAISINS, 790 Boxes Ditto Ditto DITTO, 100 Quarter-Drums Old Sultana RAISINS, 330 Boxes 220 Half-Boxes Old Valencia RAISINS, 13 Cases French PLUMS, in Cartons. Apply to FLETCHER & FIRTH, Brokers, 4, Temple-court. v On THURSDAY, the Bth December next, at One, at j 44, the Brokers' Saleroom,4l4erby-buildings, Fen- KU wick street, The beautiful Clipper-barque CHARLES EDWARD, 300 tons per register ; built at Boston, U. S., and is now in excellent repair ; has recently had new decks, caulked, and re-sheathed with yellow metal; she is copper-fastened, has excellent height between the beams, and full poop, well arranged for passengers. She is a very fast ship, and can be sent to sea immediately. Lying in King's Dock.—Apply to Mews. TELO and PRANGE ; or to TONGE, CURRY, 8 c CO., Brokers. HOUSE AGENTS HAVING PREMISES TO LET OR SELL SHOULD NORTHERN ADVER T I S E IN THE DAILY TIMES AT A CHARGE OF SIXPENCE. Offices-19, SOUTH JOHN STREET, LIVERPOOL; 9, PRINCESS STREET, MANCHESTER. SERVANTS WANTING SITUATIONS PERSONS WANTING SERVANTS, should Advertise in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, CHARGE SIXPE N C E. Published every morning, at 19, South Sohn-street, Liverpool, and 9. Princess-street, Manchester. NOTICE. The Proprietors of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES have now completed their arrangements for securing the delivery of the paper at the following places every morning, at, or before eight o'clock. BIRKENHEAD BOOTLE WOODSIDE WALTON TRANMERE EVERTON ROCK FERRY WATERLOO FAIRFIELD S EAFORTH AIGBITRTIL TO CORRESPONDENTS We are always ready to insert in the columns of this paper letters written in a gentleman-like and commercial spirit. But we cannot think of bestowing our valuable space on the publication of the crude ideas of any person who may think he has a right to address a letter to the Editor of a public journal. Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated . - by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of his good faith. We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. All communications, Books for Review, etc., to be for warded to the Editor must be addressed to the Publisher, CHARLES WILMER, and those from London may be sent to the care of Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, arid Co. THURSDAY NEXT. BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS. On account of whom it may concern, On THURSDAY, the Bth December next, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' Saleroom, 18, Chapel-street, 6 Bales COTTON, 106 Bags COTTON PICKINGS. 35 Casks SUGAR SCRAPINGS, 57 Bags RICE SWEEPINGS, 1 Cask COFFEE SWEEPINGS, 20 Bags NITRATE OF SODA SWEEPINGS, With smaller lots of Gambier, Indian Corn, Linseed, Myra bolams, Pearl Sago, Sago Flour, Valonia, Wheat, and Flour Sweepings, Wool Picking, Ropes, Rags, Iron Hoops, Old Bags, &c., &c., lying in the Albert Dock Warehouses, paid culars of which will be shortly readv.—Apply to DANIEL BUCHANAN, SONS, & CO., Brokers. TO TIMBER MERCHANTS, JOINERS, AND BUILDERS, CABINET-MAKERS, &c. On THURSDAY, the Bth December next, at Eleven o'clock, a.m., on the Quay, Victoria Wharf, Birkenhead, and previous to the sale of Mahogany, Rosewood, &c., 6878 Bright Yellow PINE DEALS, 1498 Bright SPRUCE DEALS, 1590 Standard STAVES, 1760 W.O. Puncheon STAVES, Just landed ex screw-steamer " Sarah Sands," from Quebec. —Apply to Messrs. CARR and ROBINSON, Merchants. About 11,000 St. Stephen's SPRUCE DEALS, of superior quality and lengths, 572 Yellow PINE DEALS, Now landing_ex "Lord Stanley," from Quebec.—On account of the IMPORTERS. Also, if in time, 4 Feet HEMLOCK, LATHWOOD, PIPE STAVES, SPRUCE DEALS. &c. HOLME, SLATER, & CROOK, Timber Merchants and Brokers. 3, Canning-st., Birkenhead ; and 7, Water-st., Liverpool. TO TIMBER MERCHANTS, RAILWAY CARRIAGE BUILDERS, MACHI N E-MAK ERS, CABINET . ,MAKERS, SHIP-BUILDERS, JOINERS, &c., &c. On THURSDAY, the Bth December next, at Twelve o'clock, in the Honduras Sheds, Birkenhead, 230 Logs Honduras MAHOGANY, Being the cargo just landed ex " Luna," from Belize direct. —Apply to Messrs. HYDE, HODGE, & Co., Merchants. 140 Logs and Curls Honduras MAHOGANY, Being the cargo just landed ex " Crusader , " from Belize direct. —Apply-to JOHN CARMICHAEL, Esq., Merchant, These cargoes contain every variety that is required in Honduras Mahogany, say from soft plain to exceedingly richly-figured Cabinet and Veneer Wood ; also a good assort ment of Counter-top, Table, and Panel Logs ; the cargo ex " Luna" is remarkable for its general soundness and great lengths, most of it being in logs from 2 7 to 43 feet long. 106 Planks Bahia ROSEWOOD, Ex " Fairy Queen."—Apply t o Messrs. Jos. TopLIS and Co. 299 Planks Bahia ROSEWOOD Ex " Fairy Queen."—Apply t o Messrs. ARMSTRONG and BERET, Merchants. • 46 Planks Rio ROSEWOOD, Ex " Thomas Mellor."—Apply to Messrs. MELLOR and EASON, Merchants. 39 Planks Rio ROSEWOOD, Ex " Thomas Mellor."—Apply to Messrs. J. R. llrTrox and Co., Merchants. 2 Cases Bird-eyed MAPLE VENEERS, Ex " Golden Age."—Apply to FRAN CIS FOSTER, Esq., Mer chant. 215 Curls United States WALNUT WOOD, Ex " William Nelson."—On account of the IMPORTERS, HOLME, SLATER,. & CROOK, Timber Merchants and Brokers. 3, Canning-st., Birkenhead; and 7, Water-st., Liverpool. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1863, Is our jurisprudence again to sanction the adop tion of the cat-o' nine-tails ? Is the cart-tail to be employed, and public decorum and morality out raged by practices long since abandoned ? Is one of the most barbarous of our penal statutes again to be put in force ? In fine, are we to retrograde instead of advance ; and from the height of modern refinement go back to the most antiquated cruel ties, which even yet cast a slur and shade upon our national progress and renown ? The Morning Chronicle of Monday, in a leading article again advocates the employment of the lash upon such husbands as beat or otherwise ill-treat their wives. This article was called forth in con sequence of a letter addressed to our contemporary by " A Country Magistrate," who, most justly, as we conceive, denounced that dernier ressort of a few mistaken, although well-intentioned people, in whom the almost extinct spirit of chivalry seems to be predominant. Our contemporary in its present advocacy of the laws of retaliation, goes rather too far. It ob serves As the Executive, in awarding punish ment, aims at satisfying justice as well as prevent ing crime in others, it must aportion its penalties to the moral state of the crime." Really this " satisfying" of "justice" is a novel thing in moral therapeutics ! We always thought with PALEY, that " the proper end of human punishment is not the satisfaction of justice, but the prevention of crimes;" and yet we now hear of justice being out raged, and demanding the utmost satisfaction. " In what sense," says our author, " or whether with truth in any sense, justice may be said to de mand the punishment of offenders, I do not now inquire; but I assert, that this demand is not the motive or occasion of human punishment. . . . The fear lest the escape of the criminal should encourage him, or others by his example, to repeat the same crime, or to commit different crimes, is the sole consideration which authorises the inflic tion of punishment by human hands." Whilst we admit and deprecate the prevalence of the modern iniquity of wife-beating, we can by no means sanction the employment of the knout as either a proper chastisement for the offenders, or in the least calculated to retard the perpetra tion of this brutal and unmanly crime. That such a sanguinary infliction would tend to benefit the community is highly improbable ; and as to its being calculated to check the mischief by the salutary terror it would create, is all moon shine ! The past week, at all events, has afforded demonstrative evidence of this. The felon MOBBS has been executed for the murder of a woman whose course of life was anything but blameless. And what is the result? Why, that so far from cases of cruelty to wives having lessened, they have increased both in number and in barbarity. Perhaps no one week can be remembered wherein so many and such flagrant offences of this character have been committed since the horrible mania began to exhibit itself. Now, if strangulation has proved so totally ineffectual, surely flagellation must prove more so. Both practices are digusting —brutalising—inefficacious and immoral. And even had we substantial grounds for admitting the employment of such revolting penalties in indivi dual cases—did they, in truth, tend to lessen either the nature or degree of crime—the injury inflicted thereby upon seciety would bear no comparison to the benefits otherwise obtained. But, says the Morning Chronicle, " A wife-beater cannot be punished in any other way than through his animal nature, because, in point of fact, he is dead to any other retributory infliction. We flog him, therefore, or propose to flog him, because, looking at the man in his compound nature, there is literally no portion of it which can yield satisfac tion to the claims of justice, except his physical organisation. If we could make him suffer in any other way, we could spare the cat-o'-nine-tails, but he is only susceptible in this one par ticular. We are, therefore, driven to the whip because we cannot reach him in any other way." It astonishes us much to find such a plea put forward by any portion of the public Press, at a time when corporeal punishment has been dismissed frem all well-regulated schools and respectable families—when even naval and mili tary discipline scarcely allows of it —and when all generous minds must fear its recurrence with horror and alarm. If men are so brutalised, that moral suasion can work no good to them—we feel assured that bloody scourging would but degrade them the more, and render their hearts more blunt and callous than ever. 'Tis the nature of such punishment to harden. In no one instance can it work good. "We are driven to the whip, because we cannot reach the culprit in any other way." Indeed ! This was the very principle upon which the over-piotmchaplain,of one of our _gaols-acted, when he placed the poor woman's finger to the blaze of a candle, just as she was about to be exe cuted, in order to convey to her obtuse intellect an idea of the eternal torments of the damned ! His plea was, that he could not reach her in any other way ; and yet, humanity was shocked, as well it might ! and denunciations, earnest and ter rible, sat upon every lip, to see a minister of reli gion burn the body in order to save the soul of a poor wretch about to " satisfy justice" on the scaffold the following morning ! Horrible ! The common sympathies of humanity, as well as legal enactments, forbid cruelties to woman. The Hindoo law says : " Strike not, even with a blossom, thy wife, though she be guilty of a thou sand faults." Nothing is so degrading and debas ing to a man, as to raise his hand against the weaker sex; and none will deny but that such an act merits an award of punishment commensurate with the character of the offence. But to justify public flagellation on this ground is erroneous. However it may be medicinally, we do not approve legally of the principle : Similia similibus curantur. •We think it shortsighted and criminal policy, to chastise one crime by perpetrating a similat. 'Tis absolute folly to say that the punishment of imprisonment is useless. At all events, it gives time for reflection and penitence—benefits not likely,,to be promoted by the newly-proposed mea sure. Let us first of all try lenient retributive justice, ere we seek to increase it unnecessarily. " Punishment," says PALEY, " ought not to be employed, much less rendered severe, when crime can be prevented by any other means. . . . . Punishment is an evil to which the magistrate resorts only from its being necessary to the pre vention of a greater." If mild and moral measures do not bring a criminal to a right mind, we much fear no sanguinary code will effect such a result. Experience, we believe, is in our favor. We hope, however, that those horrible barbarities now so generally inflicted upon women, will soon cease to be heard of; and that our country may not con tinue to be disgraced by acts unknown to the uncivilised savage. THE " corn and currency " question of America is' one of paramount importance to England at the present moment. The policy of the United States government in dealing with bullion is precisely similar to that which they have pursued with the State's capital in land. A landed aristocracy and a bullionocracy form the ne plus ultra of republican antagonistics. The letter and spirit of American legislation has therefore, been, from the days of WASHINGTON down to the present hour directed against the creation and possible existence of either or both. In dealing with bullion the Legislature has, as far as it was practicable, rendered its accumulation, both unprofitable and impolitic. And the views of the American people and their parliament we find practically carried out by the State's bank which has laid down a rule not to receive the gold coin of the States at more than 3/. 16s 2d. per ounce, which is Is. Sid. per ounce below the English standard price. • Leaving this startling inducement in favour of the export of gold to this and other countries, was no mere oversight on the part of the American statesmen or Legislature. They had long bestowed their attention on the subject of money, and their decision shows that they never looked on gold as anything but a commodity which was of less valuefto them than it was to our own and other Euro pean countries. As a commodity, however, gold does vary in value in America totally irrespective of the value it bears or the demand that exists for it in other countries. In order to illustrate this fact we need only take the rates of exchange betwe enEn gland and the States for the last and present year. In the month of September, 1852, the exchange at New York ruled at 10i to 104 per cent. when money was only worth 11 to 2 per cent. in London. And. in September last, when money was worth from 5 to 6 per cent, in England, bills on London sold as low as 91 to 98, and at this low rate the amount exported to this country is con siderably more than the amount forwarded in 1852. The gold exported from the States in the month of October last year was 1,465,254 dollars; while in the same period this year it amounts to 5,164,555 dollars. This shows that the demand for money in this country has had a tendency to lower the rates of exchange in New York, and that, despite this reduction in the exchange, the quantity shipped is more than three-fold greater than when the rates were higher. In addition to this, the banks and bullion holders refuse to discount bills drawn against produce shipped to Europe, as they apprehend that such a course would lead to further imports of gold previous to those bills arriving at maturity, in which case gold might become depreciated in value, and thereby the holders of produce bills would lose the difference between the present and the reduced value of bullion. This being the monetary position of the States, all efforts at speculation in corn have thus far been ,attended with considerable risk and diffi culty. And seeing the rapid influx of bullion into the Union, we do not think that bills drawn upon this country, which has always paid bullion for breadstuffs, will be likely to meet with more favour for some time to come. Already the pressure for money in the American corn markets has led to forced shipments considerably in advance of those, in the famine year of 1846. In October of the latter year the exports of flour were 163,967 barrels, and of wheat 222,380 bushels. For the same month of this year the shipments of flour are 180,733 barrels, and of wheat 1,147,679 bushels. Now we are not aware of the existence of auy imme_ diate want having existed in any part of Europe, which could have called for the hurried dispatch of such a vast quantity of flour and grain as we find recorded in the official returns of the States. On the contrary, we think it will be found that it was the pressure for money in America alone that led to those excessive shipments. And what must have been the intensity of that pressure when we find the freights in October, 1846, were 5 dols. 94 cents per barrel for flour, and 3s. 6d, per bushel for wheat; whereas at the same period this year they were paying 6 dols. 50 cents per barrel for flour, and 3s. 9d. per bushel for wheat. And freights have advanced very considerably since the first of this month. Having looked carefully into the currency diffi culties in America, we can well understand how the corn movements of that country have been produced; but we really can see no reason for this country's following the steps of the American specu lators by paying more for the corn we require and its carriage than grain is actually worth. The figures show that we have already received a large stock from the States, and when the fleet of corn laden vessels arrive from the Black Sea and the Baltic, we question very much if speculators in this country will not be forced to realise at a very heavy loss. In 1846.7 England only imported 8,919,419 quarters of wheat, of which she exp.orted to the Continent 483,689 quarters, while Ireland took off nearly one-half of the remainder. But where is the analogy between the present year and those of '46 and '47 ? In Ireland there has been -a 'full THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. average harvest, which means, if it goes for any- I thing, that she has grown two-thirds-amore than she can • consume: We may therefore look for large supplies of food from the Irish ports ; and instead of having the whole circle of Foreign exchanges against us, we have shown that it is the policy of the States to send us gold, irrespec tive of the rates of exchange. And to this we may also add the fact that England has become nearly the sole bullion market of the world ; and so long as we can afford from our productions to pay 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for gold, so long will England remain the leading market for all bullion producing countries. America will not pay it ; other countries may attempt it ; but it will end in an attempt, as time has proved, by a speedy re-action in the exchanges, and a rapid return of the precious metals to our coffers. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—Parliament was pro rogued on yesterday, formally, to the 3rd January next. NEW ROYAL YACHT.—Preparations are being made for constructing a new royal yacht 340 feet over all. The American clipper "Nightingale" has arrived, having made the passage from Shanghai in 112 days. Christopher M'Loughlin, one of the crew of the Sarah Sands, was drowned on Monday night at Birkenhead. The London journals say-, that a spurious gold coinage is in circulation-655. gold. No less than 500 men have deserted from the army within the last three months. The United States mail steam ship Aretic sails to-day from the Mersey, for New York, with the usual mails and passengers. At a special petty sessions, held in the Court House, Crown-street, Manchester, yesterday, several transfers of spirit licenses were allowed by the magistrates. A fire occurred in a room adjoining the methodist church of Chester, on Monday, but fortunately, except to the room, no harm was done. The mechanics' institution has received 10/., a sum re maining from the funds of the late Brougham Insti tute. Last night a meeting was held in the Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Oldham-street, Manchester, in furtherance of the object of the British Society for the Propagation of Chris tianity among the Jews. UNWHOLESOME MEAT.-At the Manchester police-court, yesterday, a' number of 'butchers and cattle dealers were fined for having in their possession, ready dressed for sale, various quantities of meat unfit for human food. THE GOLDEN AGE.—This fine steam-ship is now in the Huskisson dock, andaportion of her cargo is being discharged. She will be got into the graving dock to-day for the purpose of being overhauled. She is expected to be got ready for sea by the end of the week. AN INCREASING RATIO.—Mr. Wilkes, a miner, sub scribed one guinea a day to the Wesleyan fund in 1852 ; for this year he subscribes seven guineas a day, and a promise of seven times seven guineas a day has been promised for 1854. FARMING OPERATIONS.—Towards the close of last week the hills in the neighbourhood of Barnard-castle were "snow-capped," and the weather being dry and the ground crisp, in that portion of the north the season is deemed most favorable for farming operations. BASE COIN,— Several parties have been recently taken up by the police in London for forging and passing base coin, of all descriptions —copper, silver and gold ; and there seems no doubt that a considerable quantity has gone into circulation. A HARDENED FELON.—At the Central Criminal Court, London, on Monday, Charles Clark, aged 22 years, pleaded guilty to stealing a watch from a party while both were present at the recent execution of Mobbs, the murderer. He was, strange to say, for the perpetrator of so hardened an act, entirely unknown to the police. Sentence, imprison ment for six months. DEATH FROM COLD.—An inquest was held on Monday, before Edward Herford, Esq., coroner for the City of Man chester, on view of the body of John Shawcross, pensioner, aged 41 years, leaving a widow. Th e d ecease d was f oun d lying dead in Spear-street, early on Sunday mornine ' and the medical man gave it as his opinion that he died from cold and exposure. FIRES LAST NIGHT IN LIVERPOOL.—Two fires occurred last night, or rather this morning, for they were in full blaze at three o'clock a.m. The one a shop in Byrom-street; the other a house in Renelagh-street, corner of Houghton street, where Mr. Howe lately carried on the bakery business, and which is yet used for that purpose. They had not been extinguished when we went to press. POLICE.—We are concerned to find that it was stated in our police reports on Monday, that in a case in which John Evans, a custom house officer, was, with another, charged with stealing grain, had been committed for a month. We are anxious to do this man the justice of stating that Evans has not been at all in duresse, and we have great satisfaction in stating this at his request. DEATH BY DROWNING.-About two o'clock this morning, a man, apparently a mechanic, fell off the landing stage. It seemed as if the man had been drinking, awl walked to the edge of the stage from which he slipped and fell into the water. A boat from the North Prince's Pier, the crew of which were only half dressed, and two of the landing stage men from the George's Pier, as well as the hands of the Woodside boat, made every effort to save him, but the tide ran so strong that all attempts were in vain, and the unfortunate man was carrried out to sea. APPOINTMENT OF POLICE-CONSTABLES FOR BROUGHTON AND PENDLETON.—At a meeting of the general watch com mittee for the borough of Salford, held on Monday last, at the town-hall, twelve police constables were appointed for the district of Pendleton, and nine for the borough of Broughton. The charge of these districts will be abandoned by the county police on the 12th of December, when the newly-appointed officers will enter upon their duties. There will be police-stations at Broughton and Pendleton, and the police will be superintended by Mr. Taylor, chief con stable of the present force. THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY MEETING.—Last night, a public meeting of the above society was held in the Presbyterian chapel, Mount Pleasant. Previous to the meeting, however, sermons had been preached in aid of the funds of the society, by the Rev. Andrew Thompson, D.D., of Edinburgh, and the Rev. Hope M. Waddell, a missionary from Old Calabar, - Africa, at which collections were made, amounting to upwards of 531. At the public meeting, the chair was occupied by the Rev. Dr. Critchon, and amongst the gentle men present were, the Rev Dr. Thompson, home missionary, the Rev. Mr. Waddell, and the Rev. Mr. Graham, The chairman, having, in an appropriate introduction, pointed out the objects of the society, the meeting was addressed by the Rev. Dr. Thompson and Waddell at considerable length, the former chiefly alluding to the effects of the society at home, and the latter its operations in Africa, requiring the necessity of increased support, to fully carry . out the objects of the mission. In the course of the evening a collection was made which was liberally responded to. There was but a small attendance in the church. PROTESTANT MEETING.—Last evening a meeting of Pro testants was held in the Toxteth Hall, Mill-street, for the purpose of proving " that Dr. Cahill has surrendered, and also that the Rev. Fathers Noble and Power were brought to the test, and found wanting. Mr. Winkup oc cupied the chair. On the platform were Messrs. Eaton, Pickering, Saltee, Ashcroft, and Page. The hall was crowded to excess. The chairman opened the proceedings with a few remarks, and then called upon Mr. Eaton. Mr. Eaton said it was an old saying, and a true one, that those who live in glass houses should not throw stones ; that the pot should not call the kettle black. They had been told that their champions had proved to be unfaithful ; that in fact they have been tried, and the parsons, as they called them, had been tested and found wanting ; that, in fact, Dr. M‘Neile, the honourable champion of Protestantism, had surrendered. Who was it that had made those charges ? What cause had they themselves to boast of ? He next re ferred to the various challenges which the Romish priests, from Dr. Cahill downwards, had refused in Liverpool, and said that the recent meeting held in the Concert Hall, at which it was stated that Dr. M'Neile had refused a challenge given to him, was a dodge to raise money. Several other speakers addressed the meeting in a similar strain, and the proceedings were concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. COURT OF BANKRUPTCE-YESTERDAY. BEFORE MR. CONMISSIONER PERRY. In Re Peverelle. The meeting was for audit and examination of witnesses. Mr. Louis Peverelle, uncle of the bankrupt, was again examined touching the period at which he had increased his claim from 1001. to 4121.. He persevered in his former statements, namely, that he had increased the claim on the receipt of Mr. ,Cazenove's (the official assignee) communi cation. Reference was also made to the witness's dealings with the bankrupt, in regard to the latter's shop in Bristol. Mr. MARTIN, who appeared for the bankrupt, said that he occupied the shop in Bristol only two months, when he sent for his uncle, the witness, who had invoiced to him goods to the , amount of 1501. These and the goods which had been received from other parties, were nearly all unpacked, and the uncle finding that the bankrupt was on the whole only about 451. short, it was agreed between them that the witness should take all the goods and pay the cre ditors in full. Mr. KNIGHT, who appeared for Mr. Louis Peverelle, observed that he did not quite agree with the statement. All the goods were certainly sent to Mr. L. Peverelle ; but it was on the undertaking that he would pay the creditors 12s. in the pound, he himself having, at the time, advanced goods to the amount of 150/. However, this matter would be fully made clear when that part of the case was enter tained. • _ _ Air. J. YATES ? jun., appeared for the assignees; and the case was further adjourned. TAL ACCIDENT ON THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAIL WAY. THE INQUEST YESTERDAY. Yesterday we were only enabled to announce the fact that a fatal accident had occured on the above line of railway, by which two persons had been killed, within the immediate precincts of this borough. The accident occurred about eleven o'clock, on the arrival of the luggage train at the goods station in Great Howard street. The parties killed were, William Parker, the guard to that train, and a female named Mary Hurst, wife of Mr. John Hurst, veterinary surgeon, Juvenal-street. It appears that the latter left her home in the morning on business to Ormskirk, and being ton late for the last passenger train from that place, she, in company with another person, re quested the favour of being permitted to come home by the luggage train, and took second class tickets at the station for that purpose. Upon the arrival of the train they entered the guard's van, and arrived safe at the Liverpool station, where they alighted, and were crossing the rails, when the engine attached to the train, having been disunited from the carriages, knocked them down and most frightfully mangled their bodies. The guard's head was so much lace rated that his features were not in the least discernable, and he was killed on the spot. Mrs. Hurst had one leg com pletely severed from her ,body, and the 'other partially so ; she lived but for a few minutes. Their bodies were imme diately conveyed to the Northern Hospital. Yesterday evening, at five o'clock, p.m., an inquest was held at the coroner's office, upon the bodies of the two unfortunate deceased, William Parker, the guard, and Mary Hurst, killed at the goods terminus of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Great Howard-street, on Monday night. The jury having been impanelled, proceeded to the Northern Hospital to view the bodies, which present a most awful sight, both being dreadfully mutilated, after which the evidence was proceeded with. The following gentlemen were present, from the Railway Company :—Mr. James Callen, goods manager, Mr. John Penme, joint superintendent, and Mr. Shaw, passenger superintendent. Mr. Yates, solicitor, attended to watch the inquiry on behalf of the relatives of Mrs. Hurst George Glaister stated : I am a stone-mason in the employ of Messrs. Holme. Last night about a quarter-past ten o'clock, I left Ormskirk by the luggage train of the East Lancashire Railway for Liverpool. The train was a long one, consisting of about twenty-four wagons. The deceased female was in the same train with me. Near eleven o'clock we arrived at Liverpool station. The train was stopped nearly opposite the stairs which lead from the line to the yard in Great Howard street. It was very dark. The deceased man, who was a guard got out, having first put out his own lamps. I was well acquainted with the locality of the place where the train stopped, having frequently had work to do there. I asked the guard to take us down by the stairs, and he said he would. I then got out of the van, and the guard and I then helped two females out. There was only light from the lamps on each side of the railway. Before I got out I could see the engine, which had been attached to the train, go a-head, and return past us on another side—on the side next the docks. After we had walked about 18 or 20 yards, as I supposed, for the purpose of getting to the steps, the engine came alongside the line on which we happened to be; walking and struck against me and shoved me sideways and then struck against the guard. I saw the engine strike him and drive him before it. I did not see whether it struck the • female, for she was just in advance of him. The first intimation I had of the approach of the engine was the striking against me ; but I think it must have been coming at a slow pace. I walked up the line to see what had become of the parties. I found the portion of a limb on the off side of the rail. I was going towards the wall when a person called out, —what are you doing there ? I said there has been a sad accident to the guard and a female. Two men came up with lights. I saw the female lying on the line ; the engine had passed down ; part of one leg being cut off. About 70 yards further I found the guard. He was quite dead. Ido not consider there was any blame to any person, as I had asked the guard to take us down by the stairs. It is not usual to take pas sengers by the luggage trains. There was no other person connected with the train but ourselves, the driver and stoker. By Mr. YATES—I paid the fare at Ormskirk, and asked the station-master, as a favour, if he would let me come by the luggage train, as I was too late for the passenger train. I paid second class fare. I have travelled on other lines by the luggage train, but not on this. I never asked the favour before. I asked to come by the train. The station-master said, " The guard is responsible, I don't know if he will take you, but you can come and see." When we arrived at the station, the carriages were shunted on the west side of the line at the goods station. We came in the one with the guard. When the train stopped we got out on the east side of the line, m here all the rails are bad ones. It is the usual side for t' - ie passengers to get out. I asked the guard to take us down the wooden stairs. They are on the west side. I saw the engine go forward, but I did not know it was coming back. It was the buffer of the engine struck me. I did not hear any whistle directly before the accident occurred. There• was no other warning given that the engine was approaching. I heard a whistle about three minutes before, but I thought I was quite safe, being with the guard, as he had told me he ran that station regularly. The guard pat 011 th. vat before we got out of the van. When I asked the guard to take us out at the station he said he would. I have no doubt but that he intended to take us by the stairs into Great Howard-street. There are a number of lamps near. Just before the engine came up I saw that we were on the line, and called out. The guard was per fectly sober at the time. Re-examined : The guard put out the lights connected with the carriages. By a Juror : There were lights on the engine, but our backs were towards it, and it was running slowly. The engine had not been turned, it was merely backed. Peter Whelp, a night-inspector on the railway, spoke to going up and finding the bodies as described by the witness. He said after the arrival of the goods train it is the duty of the engine driver to go-a-head a little, and then return by the outer siding, so as to go up the departure line and put the engine up for the night. I detached the engine from the train but did not see the porters, and went away to my work. The deceased persona and the last witness must have been walking on or near the departure line, along which the engine had to go. Henry Bulfield was the engineer and Wright Wetherton, was the stoker attached to the train. By Mr. Yates : The engine belongs to the East Lanca shire company. It is very seldom that passengers come by the goods train. ••John Mitchel was examine], but his :evidence was :not material. The engine driver, after being cautioned by the coroner, said he did not know there was any person in the van. I saw the guard, as I thought, but I could not swear that it was him put the lights out. The engine was going on very slow—merely walking, at the time of the accident. I had sounded the whistle. I did not feel the engine pass over either of the bodies; if it had I think I must have felt it. The Coroner summed up the evidence, and left it for the jury to say whether it was' by any gross neglect on the part of the company, or their servants, that the two deceased had met with their death. _ _ The jury, after consulting together for about half an hour, returned a verdict that the deceased, William Parker and Mary Hurst, were accidentally killed, but at the same time deprecated the practice of allowing passengers to travel by luggage trains. COUNTY CO URT.-YESTERDAY. The court sat at ten o'clock yesterday, and was engaged for the greater part of t'.2. day in disposing of trifling claims for debt, most of wlll,ll were undefended, and did not pos sess the slightest public interest. THE ExPENsEs OF DEATH.—An elderly lady named Sarah Clegg, of 14, Temple-buildings, Dale-street, appeared to claim 12s. 7-id. from Moses Cullen, Rose-hill, Rose-place, grocer. The evidence of the plaintiff' stated that defendant had given her an order to pay the funeral expenses of a man named Thomas Grogan, who had been a lodger in her house, and died there. She alleged that defendant had received 61. from a burial society to pay for the funeral, which he now refused to do: She then handed in the following amus ing bill of particulars : Mr. Cullen to Sarah Clegg, Dr. s. d. Attending the funeral, and loss of time on Thomas Grogan .. ... .. 10 0 Buns .. ... .. 1 3 Butter, Is. ; sugar, 6d. ; tea, 6d... .. 2 0 4 lb. loaf of bread, Bd. ; cheese, Bd. .. 1 4 Lent to the coffin-maker .. 0 6 .. 24 lbs. of crackers .. .. .. 1 0 1 Cream .. ... .. .. 0 2 9 Candles .. .. .. 0 4 Amount .. Received on account 16 7-1 4 0 Amount due • .. .. 12 71- His HONOR asked if plaintiff claimed to be paid for at tending the funeral ? Plaintiff said she had to go before the coroner to certify as to the death of Grogan, and therefore lost a great deal of time. His HONOR—Were the buns, butter, sugar, tea, bread, and cheese necessary for a funeral ? Plaintiff said defendant had ordered these things, and he had a right to pay for them out of the money he received. The plaintiff gave her evidence with a most amusing gra vity, which frequently elicited loud laughter in the court. She explained the item of candles by saying that the de ceased had died in the Roman Catholic faith, and it was necessary that candles should be burned at his wake. The defendant stated that he was president of the Royal Oak Burial Society, and that the necessary expenses of a funeral were allowed, but that it was customary to hand over the remainder of the sum allowed by the society to the nearest relatives of the deceased. He denied that the ex penses attendant upon a wake were such as the society allowed. His HONOR was aware that in most cases such expenses as those of what was called a wake were allowed. He, therefore, gave a verdict for 6s. above the 4s. which plaintiff admitted had been paid. The court rose at an early hour, MONETARY AND COMMEBCIA ~. The Liverpool Corn market prese .. , htti ve state to-day. The total absence of all_ OF . 10 transactions was the most prominent feat trade are acting with all the caution el:, wa g a stances of the moment require. The . raw' . _, to thinly attended by buyers from the de prey there were only a few of the local traae d Y inte gs The business transacted in English t u , l , Alurneas LIVERPOOL, TUESVedDY5eitt. wheat was only limited ; some parcelso!;iosin were taken, ex ship, at ld. per bushel_ e," sto re from the rates of Tuesday, but hold IL,OI remained generally firm. Flour, upe . a n s ,7 or scale, scarcely supported the quotatio 9 011 7 4 t he last. In barley, beans, and Indian e tulf• transactions were strictly in retail, With out __,,, n t o . apparent difference in value. oats . , e_ .. l' . 7 n r or ted prime quality, as wall as oatmeal, barely 'T a vel the previous currency, the demand beingllu mete d ier barrel' trifling character. Flour continues demand, at a decline of 6d, W is. P O stlPP °l.t il Nvi epsrtemlnsmion'i. Barley and beaus remain dull. Yrin le" and s e ' former rates, whilst inferior are' cheaper, P er jog cl at irregular values. -New oatmeal i 8 3d a f. priu le lower, with much difficulty in its c lispos n o. W ell a! te fresh old takes the demand equally a' s Indian corn is saleable in small pare - e ir ls f ° , 3l4' clear quantity, ls. to 2s. less must be to - e Our foreign and Colonial produce 1 2 ,,,a" A/4'l in most, cases, greater activity today ° „ ro , an` there was an increased demand by reit'. P o rto large parcels Demerara sold at 31s. 6d. to ino cer 3 , Rico and Cuba Muscovado sold freely t° b" ces oi l at 335, 9d. to 345. per cwt. Coffee-1 5 tier bon s ' Jamaica were taken at our former cl°, °t3 ,,iised Rice was dull, a small parcel of Bengal r :d , but 13s. 6d. per cwt. Teas have not impre v ' ne ita previous rates have been well maintained f°r o , ftr all descriptions. There are no transacti° ported in Tallow. A VI; The Liverpool Cotton Market was stea-Y,O -, but the business done was not as extea°"6,o o ' that of yesterday, the sales amounting 0 c" bales only, of which 2,000 were ta-„,,, de speculation and for export. The specula'''. , mand was confined chiefly to low Cotton- A c lOr Our Share Market was quiet and firm, an without any remarkable feature. the I°l' The Traffic returns for the week s hovr o .cor lowing results :—This week, £14,347 14s. " 31 "" ~, responding week last year, £13,026 9s. *' d A r t The London Stock Market was depress! 8 ,1 5 ° to-day, notwithstanding the large are a rtig; specie which have taken place since Da A " 09.: The shipment of gold to Russia is assign e ," 111 1 ' cause of the loss of confidence to the pub,,, °e ; vii is not to be wondered at, looking at l 7, i iiii 4 „ nitude of the shipments, and the purpose ';951.1 they are to be applied. Consols opened 9 ', a cei'il 951, but in the course of the afternoon they ',",, ill', to 95k, at which they closed heavily for rn° ll b s r„i for the account 95-k to 95*. Reduced 3 pe',„ l o _ k ," range from 941 to 948; New 31 per Cents.rstor . , i to 96f-, ; Bank Stock from 218 to 2181' inu ill k, 253; ditto Bonds, 4 preen ; New South Se"' r eal,,' ties, 1001; Exchequer Bills from ss. to 8 0 . r o cti," In the foreign house business was nu° re el jtw,; to-day and nearly all kinds of stock were d 0 9' 1 Russian 111 to 113; Ditto 4 per cents , 97 / 30 e .. 0 Brazilian bonds new 5 per cents., 9 7 4; cou r t , Ayres 6 per cents., 65 66 for the account ; ~,,s CO 3 per cents., 76; Grenada one-and-a-half P: o, er deferred, 7* ; Mexican three per cents. sr% I) flatter, being now at 24* ; Peruvian t re , l o o lo cents. have been dealt in, 501; and Port 700 0 per cents. at 44; ditto 4 per cents. have iin tell A 411; Sardinian 5 per cents. are at 92; D er coy per cents. range from 63( to 64; ditto 4 P y Ft certificates, from 951 to 954. jet J The Railway Share Market was more cl if l i or i ; ol i o with little or no alteration in prices. ' 0 0 4 North Midlands were t per cent low''e r 7 ' , Col i Northerns were dealt in at from 861 to 6 ~ lot/ donians, 561 and 561. Great Westerns w , o t, g i v g, for money at 83*, and for the next aoe ° tr aol o rgi b u s i t t o h eW ßi r i: A e3 y s u t B ah t. s le t Lancashire and Yorkshire rose to 67 1 O r os 1 f o r! and 671 for next settling. North Nire ster - 6 31 to for money, and 104 for time. Midlant4;o 6 1 to money, and 63 for time. South .Eas t f l ,l'ebie 611 for money. Sambre and Meuse, (4. 7'._;:dib and Liege, B*. Luxembourg RailwaPo P'j i sd Copper Mine 451. Linares, 111. NonL e o dtt io anl o s ri Sight, I , l7reiiii?, 17 ri .w. l itr e e A l‘ rma l lu a laasi r tiat i el rnpsasotltsi Steam., , aanini I,A-1 Land, :63 d ii27 ; 37: ra l it_ 1 ti a I C I :\ote re 4. I .a . Steam, 131 _ inns o f the col; i 1. b., 30 571. . 5 , Pa S, 275 ; Short 25 25 5; ggnkfort, 119 1 ; Vi A e , i i i ti" 38 ; Trieste, 11 40 ; Leghorn, 30 15 2 0 ; ''' .1 0 1 ' 25 20. Rates higher. o 1 0 The Manchester Market has been or/ o e 0 to-day, and little business done. Pri ces A dJ favour of the buyer in all Nos. of gillya tewsi some instances, no reduction in price i d, d buyers. Spinners find the present dr a t tl5 limited, and the prices offered so low, If. ,d„,. working full time, talk of going on shr' o piOif, fact, the Ashton, Staley Bridge, and liYa e , e ice";l , have already resolved upon four days 11- I, v ; e o't.i and at a reduction of five per cent. on ' pre') In Cloth the market is very depressed,,nodel xcha“ges. :—A.mbi.teir. ~ 0 ., production—although so considerably reu. i s 0 still too great for the demand, and yell 1 1 040 prices are current. Some descriptions ~rn o l i o i t i g sold at any price. The production vo-' .. ,' ( IV increased, from the fact of the Burnie)" v•",.,„e,„et manufacturers having resumed work, for ',07" rim a-week, at a reduction of wages; and the having consented not to subscribe one i; towards the present strike at Preston. f troi An eminent firm in their circular %to" say :—" The market has been dull ill ..,," l e 0 limited as to the extent of businesS tbPol° There is not, however, any quotable cAle ,, 4 i 0„ prices." or," The Manchester Share Market was re'llies' active again to day, and closed buoyallt;v o o' burn, 51-; Caledonian, 281 28 ; Eastern ... „ I 'i'd , t6l l 131; East Lancashire, 161; Fifths, .II S LirIP, ditto, £3 paid, par ; Lancashire and YOrNePty 1 67 661 1 ,-; North Western, 1038 103; Pj o rtil o' 231 i *III 24 231 -1, -,1-; Midlands, C3l, 63; e s t er tish 7 7-16; Dovers, 181 1 7-16 ; Mane ll '" Salford Bank, lk preen. • ( ! s SHARE MARKETS.—YEsTsRDA I ' t Al e " i LIVERPOOL.—The market was fiat throuf le l r I and closed with the same tone. The f01101 011 . ...t 00,0;1 quotations:—Caledonian, 284 1 e j,-; Lancashu e , o'ol shire, 674 7 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, new share„, Leeds Northern, 14 ; London and North ve s t e d,, 6 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 244 ; North British, 7.13.9.; South Eastern W e '', tl l6 iS).; and North Midland, 244. The following we r ii e i, prices :—Caledonian, 28 1-16; Eastern Cowl Lancashire and Yorkshire, 664 4 ; Londan v ote ° Western, 1024 ; Midland, 621 ; South P O3 / 4 ",, 8-9 ; York and north, 24t 4; Sheffield Stock, i bes; MANCHESTER.—To-day prices have hau. sale. tendency, and no great pressure of stock for ,1•Co , lowing was the business transacted : —Belfast all" ot el,O,r, x.d.w. Blackburn, 54; Caledonian, 28-4 8; ties, 134 n ; East Lancashire, 167 i; Ditto, s i io Ditto, ditto, par ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, P Tola o, ) London and North Western, 1034 3; Ditto, o) opy` C, 5-16 p ; Manchester, Shefield, and Lincoln, 3: ti 434 4 4 ; Midland Railway Consols, 8 3 ! 7 4 ,1 6. 94;) British, 'r 7-16 ; South Eastern, 182- -1 6 ! Au sed; ; ,:s,,ti DUBLlN.—Consols, 944; 3 per cent. "7910'4 t4i per cents. 954 96 ; Bank Stock, 2214; City ° 4 Ca il e; Packet Company, 100 paid, 71 ex. dry. ; G ad, p0„, 4 pany, 100 paid, 41 ; National Insurance, 20Pogioitir Company of Ireland, 7 paid, 171 ; 2 / 1 010 Newry, and Belfast Railway, 2 paid, 2 ; 6 1 16 paid, 9 ; Gt. Southern and Western, 50 pa c oti e s HARE fi qa- PRICE s. ~,tdr;• I°^6 7'aesday, 5e5"W...'•10 London and riv, • 1 •? i, London and 1: bd Oelo' 05 0! M anc hester , ; lire , ••• ;67 11 Macao . „ • fll Midland Stock ....„; North Brill ° ~:• Do Pre feren , ..;•':. Norfolka • • t r a d hire. r o, North Sta g° ol d /1: 0 0• 6 4 shrew.b.7s. 'Do. 1.•• ao_„(` d PoY d er et ,• South E .• I York. N ew " s ion. •• • 4 4 pd. Exte n ro ce Do. ri, efe th Dl 3 b York ana N e : c ive• • . I ,OCP Do , Fref fa :4 P • • L. ff F mexicau• Di g„ , • 04 ;4 . ;;;# 1 • ef Spa nish i yes ••" . •• Do. Pa ss • .• Rtosign 6 •• 4 As —4a aCti ' tarsi.. • _ io , North 1 3 . • • .„., Peel River Sout h Austro..- THE FUNDS, STOCK AND CLOSI ENGLISH MARKET. Consols Account } 95 Do. Money Bank Stock Exchequer Bills, L. •• 1 5 pm. Do S. .. J Three and a Quarter per cent. 9si 61 RAILWAY SHARES. Ambergate, Nottingham, and Eastern Junction 54 Caledonian 551 64 Do. Preference 99-101 Bristol and Exeter _ East Anglian Eastern Counties East Lancashire ...... Eastern Union, A .... Do B. &C Edinbro' & Glasgow 6l 3 Great Northern B5 6i A. B. Great Western 82} 3 Lancashire & Yorkshire so 7 Do. Fifths Leeds Northern London Brighton and South Coast 97 6 ~Rt '{i y~ 1• ,gy p ~, . a ,‘,-,,,„: ~ ,„, ~