The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-16 00:00:00

POST 0 PielOß _ROBBERY AT BIRICE.NILEAD. James Maule, a post-office clerk and assistant to the i spector-general; received the letter produced, on Monday, the 12th instant, from the inspector, with directions to take it to Chester, and have it checked into the Birkenhead book, and dispatched by the night mail of ithat date. At the time the letter was given by me to Mr. Owen, it was properly sealed and properly fastened. As the letter was net delivered he went to the post-office, and paid to the prisoner, there was a letter directed to Mr. Murray, which he knew had been forwarded, had not been delivered. He said there was a letter of that description, and it was a money letter for the carrier to enter. He took the letter and the book to the inspector. He also went wi 4 ' the police-officer to the prisoner's house, he found the five-pound Bank of England note. Robert Jackson, a letter-carrier in the Birkenhead post , office, was on duty on the morning of the 13th. I was there at twenty-five minutes to six. The prisoner is a clerk em ployed in that post-office, and was also on duty. I received two ba g s, and the m essenger th e ot h ers, from the railway. I opened the Chester ba g . It was proper l y secured by a string and sealed. I put the letters on a table in the post office. The prisoner was there and engaged in sorting the letters. I did not see him leave the °See, as I went away about half-past seven. Tito book produced I know well. I did not see it on the desk when I wag at the office. It was not near me. If it had been near me, in the ugnal place, I must have seen it. The letter should have been delivered on the 13th, and should have had the morning mark upon it. That is an accident that might have occurred in the hurry of business. The prisoner sorted the letters that morning. There weeo acrcial witnesses examined tor the purpose of tracing the letter. The inspector of police said, he went to the post-office at the request of the inspector -general, and received the book from the assistant. He searched the prisoner's house, and found this letter. (The letter was directed to himself, and written by himself, but was not allowed to be put in evi dence). Two five pound notes, and three receipts for regis ters, and a pawnticket for some plate. Mr. Banning, solicitor, applied for a remand, on the ground that there were so many defalcations in the postoffice, that they required time to investigate them. The magistrates wished to have the present case proceeded with, before giving an opinion. Mr. Brotherton addressed the bench for the accused, and called. Henry Worrell, brother to the prisoner, who stated that the relatives of the prisoner's wife were in the shoe trade, at Northampton, and had supplied them with goods and money, as also had the prisoner's friends. John Worrell, a clerk in the post-office, returned to the office at ten minutes past eleven o'clock, where he saw the book produced in the carrier's box. The prisoner was in the office at the time. where The magistrate, considering the importance of the charg e e, and its being one of great suspici on , sa id he should not b doing his duty if he did not commit him for trial. The prisoner was therefore committed for trial, the magistrate accepting bail of two sureties of £lOO, and him self in £2OO. WORKING MEN'S READING AND REFRESHMENT Rooms, PYE-STREET, WESTMINSTER. —This institution, which is situated in one of the pooreflit arid most densely populated districts of Westminster, is now opened. It is a neat and commodious building, consisting of a lecture hail, capable of holding some 400 or 500 persons ; a reading-room, supplied with all the daily and weekly periodicals, the leading maga zines, &c. ; a coffee room, large enough to seat 150; washing rooms,chess rooms, club rooms, &e. Working men bring ing their own refreshments will have them cooked at a reasonable charge. Free admission is granted to purchaser* and one halfpenny a visit, or 2d. a week, charged to those who use the reading-rooms, &c. without calling f or refresh ments. All the lectures will be on popular and scientific subjects. The Rev. G. Malone, of St. Michael's, stands first on the syllabus. LIGHTHOUSF,...—A parliamentary return shows that the corporation of Trinity-house, ,of Deptford Strond, received, as tolls for lighthouses, &c., in the year ended the 31st of December last, the net revenue of £169,781 18s. 6?d. The, charge of maintenance was £88,683 Is. 61d. ; leaving the surplus, £81,098 16 111 d. It appears that the duties collected at the office of buoyage and beaconage were in net £1'8,619 18s. 61d. On that account there was a snrplus of £70,000 6s, lid., which has been applied in part liquida tion of the debt incurred in the purchase of the private lights, pursuant to the act of the 6th and 7th William IV., c. 79, and also to the charitable and other use; purposes, and interests for which the corporation_has_been established and maintained_ DISCOVERY OF ST OLEN WATCHES.—James Rossiter, wa s brought up in the custody of Grisenthwaite, on the fol lowing, charge :—On the previous evening, Grisenthwaite received information that Rossiter had in his possession two watches. He made inquiry and found that he had left them with a young woman, name Walsh, who keeps a beer house in Chisenhall-street. He then took him into custody, on a charge of street robbery. Grisenthwaite afterwards asked the young woman had she received the watches, and she ack now l e d ge d th a t s h e h a d rece i ve d th e watches from Rossiter, and she immediately handed them over to the offi cer. One of the watches was found to bear the following inscription :—" To superior, barrack sergeant Read, on leaving Belfast, by a number of his friends, April 6th, 18 53." It appearing that some time since sergeant Read, who is stationed in Chester, eras robbed in Liverpool of this watch, a telegraphic dispatch was sent to him, and he ar rived in th e course of a day. Having identified the watch, and proved th e c i rcumstances under which the robbery took place, the prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions. HIGHLAND SOCIETY'S WINTER, Snow exhibition of fat s t oc k i n connection with the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, took place on Monday in the" Edinburgh Cattle Market. Similar in principle, and With much the same objects as the Christmas held of the Smithfield Club, the exhibition —the first :ears northr the Tweed—reflected the highest credit on the breee of agricidturists of. Scotland, and more than justified thesananti cipations formed of it. Considerable interests was manifes ted in the success of the experiment, and numerous parties were present from almost every quarter of the country. The exhibition was chiefly confined to fat stock, as distinguished from breeding animals, the number of entries being, for cattle, 91; sheep, 53 ; and pigs, 14. The stock generally was of a high character, so excellent, indeed, that to decide the comparative merits of some of the animals in the differ ent classes must have been extremely difficult. The polled cattle from Angus and Forfar wore generally admired for flesh, look, and condition. The show of West Highland stock was also good, and attracted much :attention. The stow was very successful. Yesterday the bench of magistrates was engaged for seve ral hours in hearing a charge agai ns t one of the post-office officials, vi h) had been apprehended during the preceding week, under !the direction of J. Ramsey, Esq., the inspec tor-general of the post-office, in consequence of the nu merous complaints of the non-delivery of letters passing through that post-office. The prisoner, whose name is John Worrell, was a clerk in :he Birkenhead, post-office, and also occupies a shoe-shop, conducted by his wife, in Market-street. The inspector-general, with whom was Mr. J. Banning, conducted the prosecutio n , and Mr. Brotherton, solicitor, appeared for the prisoner. • The magistrates' clerk said the prisoner was charged with secreting a posted letter, the property of the post master-general. The inspector general, briefly referred to the 25th and 26th section of the act of parliament, but Mr. Brotherton insisted that the prosecution : should state whether the prisoner was charged with " secreting, opening, delivering, or delay ing a letter." The inspector-general said he should enter into the case as one of embezzlement and secreting. Mr. John Ramsey, inspector -general of the post-office, London, said :—ln consequence of the numerous complaints which had been made on the 12th inst., I wrote a letter in which I enclosed the half of aXI Bank of Ireland note an Irish token, a shilling, and five postage stamps. I put them in an envelope and secured the seal. I placed a stamp upon it and about noon I gave the letter to my assistant, Jones Moule, with certain instructions. The letter I addressed " Mr. Murray, Mrs. Hamilton's,;No. 6, Lord-street, Birken head, near Chester." This letter in the course of post should have reached Birkenhead on the 13th, and been de livered on that morning between nine and ten o'clock. Having received information that the letter had not reached its destination in due course, I proceeded to the police-office at Birkenhead and obtained a warrant to search the prisoner's house. After that I went to the Birkenhead post-office where I saw the prisoner. He was in the upstairs room. I had the warrant with me at the post-office. I told the prisoner whe I was, and informed him that a letter which should have been delivered that morning, addressed to Mr. Murray, &c., had not reached its destination, and that I came to make inquiries about it. He said the letter was all right and would be found in the office, and requested to ex plain why it had not been delivered. I said you had better be careful what you say as it may appear against you here after. He then said, it is the practice in th e o ffi ce w h en letters are discovered t o contain coin to put them into a book that their directions may be entered by the letter car riers, and that the letter I was inquiring after would be found in the office in the proper letter-carriers box, that when sorting the letters on that morning he had discovered that the letter, the subject of the inquiry, had contained coin, and put it into the book for the purpose of having it entered. I gout my assistant into the office for the book, and on opening the book I found the letter, which I now produce, enclosed in the book. I took the letter in my hand, and saw that it had been tampered with. The witness described the appearance of the letter. I put the letter in the book, saying this case is much too serious for me to deal with, and it must go before the magistrates. The prisoner was given into custody. The letter, when I saw it before the magistrates, was not as I had left it in the book, it was opened. The contents of the letter were safe. I could .say that the contents were as I had put them. Cross-examined : I have been connected with the post office for between 30 and 40 years. The letter was posted as a plant, for the, purpose of testing the Birkenhead post office. AusnreALlAN - mLviivd INTELLIGENCE. NEW DIGGINGS.—We have received our Turon corres pondent's letter. lie speaks of a general rush to new diggings at the head of Oakey Creek, at which, up to tale time of the discovery being promulgated, one party had realised £2,880 worth of gold, and of a report that parties were making 6to 10 ounces of gold per day. The Turon he says is in consequence nearly deserted, from 400 to 500 diggers having settled down upon the new ground.—Sydney Advocate. TAMB AROORA.—Tambaroora has Suffered severely from the rush to Burrandong, and is by no means the place it once was ; but a return tide has, set in without, however, benefiting to any material extent the old digging grounds. Many of the return parties have commenced operations upon the Pyramul where there is an immense extent of untried country, over which, upon the various points upwards of a hundred dig gers are scattere d . Amongst these are Bush and Newman's party formerly of Dirt-hole Creek, where they netted 70 and 80 ounces of gold a short time ago, in two consecutive weeks, and a party of Germans, who have com menced sluicing with very fair success, the former being provided with 300 yards of hose for the purpose. A local celebrity, who answers to the cognomen of Frank the poet, has added his physical and poetical strength to the former, where his bones and sinews are likely to be of more service than his brains. Mr. Cole's company are gradually getting together the material of a great quartz crushing establishment, and have now about six tons of machinery on the ground. They shortly expect to have their engine erected. At the British Australian Mining Company's Coronation Vein, matters are progressing steadily. A number of miners have been con tracted with to sink 90 feet, of which 30 are now employed and in the course of their work several auriferous threads have been cut in which the gold shows itself very encou ragingly. At the Bald fills the diggers are doing an average business, so also are th ose at work upon the lower pirt of the Dirt-hole Creek, but at all the diggings much disap pointment is experienced at the manner in which the select committee are dealing with the New Gold Fields' Manage ment Bill. —Bathurst Free Press. BEAIDWOOD, August 30.—The main topic of interest dur ing the past week, has been the discovery of a nugget weighing 5i ozs. on Major's Creek. Nothing larger than a ew penny weights has previously been found in that locality. This has been obtained by the party who have for a long time been exceedingly unfortunate, and whose success it would appear has only just begun. During th e greater part o f las: week they had been work at a new hole, which they bottomed, and obtained in two prospects on Friday about 4 ozs. On Saturday morning this glittering treasure was brought to light, and during the same day they washed out nearly 16 ozs. of superior coarse gold. In this were some small pieces weighing a few iwts. It will be remembered that at Little River, about 18 months ago, a piece of 7 ozs. was found, but with that exception, this is by- far the largest ever brought to light in the district. On Major's Creek too, it was scarcely expected. The gold there has generally been a fine dust, but it is quite evident that in this vein which these luckly fellows have now touched, gold of a coarser deF,ription may be expected. What agencies have been at work here? What mysterious - operation has been going on beyond human ken, and even now beyond all human cognizance ? I was asked on Saturday if I could tell ' where it came from ?" my answer was , " who can i" Other claims adjoining this on the same fiat are turning out very rich, 10 and 12 ozs. being washed out in the day. In another part of the same creek some men are working very steadily, and with their long-tom are washing out, ac cording to their own account, enough to bring them in £1 a day. One apparently elderly man, is quietly at work by himself, and without any great exertion, rocking out the drift soil, and he told me he made about 4 or 5 dwts. a day. At Spring Creek, Mr. Wallis' party of eight men still ave rage from 14 to 20 ozs. a week. Some are still doing ex ceedingly w e ll. At B e ll' s Paddock one man has made about 40 ea. in the last month. At Araluen they are still making; very good wag es . A report h as been circulated relative eo the discovery of a large nugget at the Mongarlow, but it has not yet been confirmed. Gold has been selling at from 725. 6d. to 735. 6d. GREAT YIELD AT BRAlDwooo.—Last night We received information that a party at Major's Creek procured in one day (August 31), 68 ounces out of one cut.—Gotaburn Herald. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.---The mail steam-packet Victoria brought over the largest number of letters that has been received for a considerable time, amounting to 140 bags. THE POOR LAW BOARD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR,—At a meeting held at Manchester on the 12th inst., to consider the subject of the powers of the poor-law board, the chairman is reported to have stated : " According to a parliamentary return of last session, the cost of the central poor-law establishment at Gwydyr-house, was £260,000 an nually." No parliamentary return of the last or any proceeding session will be found to contain or bear out this state ment. on a. reibrence to the estimates for the current year, laid before parliament last session, it will be seen that the entire cost of the establishment of this board, including the salaries of the president, secretaries, inspectors (with their travelling expenses), clerks, messengers, and servants, together with the law charges, and all incidental expenses, amounts to £34,073. The estimates comprise, besides this sum, the following charges, which, although connected with the administration of the poor-laws, form no part of the expenses of the central establishment, and which, until the year 1846, were defrayed exclusively out of the poor-rates, namely . Salaries of the auditors of the poor-law unions... Salaries of schoolmasters and schoolmistresses in poor-law unions One-half of the expenses of the salaries of medical officers in the several poor-law districts.. . 80,000 • According to the same estimates, the aggregate cost of the poor-law boards for England, Scotland, and Ireland, includ• ing the salaries of auditors, school-teachers, and medical offi. cers, amount to £214,494.—.1 have the honour to be, sir your obedient servant, . £13,500 22,000 C Poor-law Board, Whitehall, Dec. 13 OURTENA; Secretary, COUNTY COURT JUDGMENT. DEPUTATION TO LORD PALMERSTON.—A deputation, con sisting of Messrs. E. 11. Payne, mayor of Wallingford, John Dalzell, magistrate, R. H. Allnatt, M.D., Edward Wells, alderman, T. E. Field, alderman, and J. J. Allnatt, waited on Lord Palmerston yesterday morning, by appointment at tthe home-alike ' and presented to him a memorial, s i gne d b y the high steward, the mayor, the clergy, and other leading inhabitants and tradesmen of the borough, praying for an inquiry into a late decision of Mr. J. B. Parry, Q.C., • the judge of the Berkshire county court. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Richard Malins, Q.C., the member for the borough. It was represented to his lordship that Thomas Turner, a labouring man, with a family of young children, and who is also town-crier, had been convicted of an assault on Miss Blackstone, the sister of the former member for the borough. The offence complained of was of the mildest character, Turner being accused of merely holding up his fists in a threatening manner towards the complainant over the shoulder of a man who stood before her. The lady admitted at the trial that she was not even alarmed by the conduct of the defendant. For this comparatively slight offence the judge sentenced Turner to £5O damages with full costs and i mme di a t e execut i on, and his goods were taken under the legal process shortly afterwards, but were insufficient to pay the costs. At a subsequent court the judge, after inquiring into Turner's means, ordered that the damages and costs should be discharged by monthly instal ments of 65., thus in affect alie na ti ng a cons i derable portion of his weekly earnings for seventeen years prospectively, or subjecting him, in default of payment, to repeated monthly imprisonments during the whole of his future life, a process which, so far from cancelling the debt, would materially in crease its amount by the addition of the heavy fees of the court upon atery fresh imprisonment. The sum now due from this poor man amounts to £6B. The Mayor and the other gentlemen present bespoke his lordship's consideration to the unprecedented severity of the sentence, the discrepancy of the evidence on which the con viction was based, the absence of a jury, and the existence of circumstances calculated to excite the defendant's resent ment on the occasion alluded to ; they moreover expressed their belief that Turner was innocent of the alleged assault, and respectfully urged his lordship to institute further inquiry into the extraordinary case, with a view to such ulterior proceedings on behalf of an h onest and indus trious man as his lordship might think fit. Turner being unable to pay the first instalment of 65., increased by costs to £2 ls. 6d., has been committed to Abingdon gaol for thirty days, and his family aro now dependent for support on the Union funds. . . Lord Palmerston, having listened with great attention to the statement of the various speakers, stated that upon a prima facie view of the case it certainly appeared one of great hardship and cruelty. He was not, however, prepared at the moment to say what ulterior proceedings ought to be taken, but he assured the deputation that the matter should receive his best attention. The 11fAxon thanked his lordship, on behalf of the town, for the courteous manner in which the deputation had been received, and the parties then withdrew. —London Paper. LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY. —Traffic receipts for the week ending Dec. 10, '1853 :—Passengers, £lBO 3s. Od. ; goods and mails, £243 ls. 6d. Total, £423 4s. 6d. (41 miles open.) Corresponding week, 1852, £376 15s. Bd. (34 miles open.) PXUZB MONEY.—The prize money to the Alecto for the capture of a launch or boat, name unknown, on the 6th December, 1851, will be payable on and after the 20th i ns t., at the following rates : --Flag, 171. 12s. aid. • commander, 331. 6d. ; thi r d class, 91. 10s. 72(1. ; fourth class, 51. 14s. 41d. ; fifth class, 3/. 6s. 81d. ; sixth class, 2/. 17s. 24(1. ; seventh clas-, 1/. 18s. lid. ; eighth class, 19s. id. ; nia t class, 11s. 101,(1.; tenth class, 78. lid. COURT 01 7 CHAJVCERY. BEFORE THE LORD CHANCELLOR" AND THE LORD JUSTICE TURNER. Ex parte Nielson in re Edmond —Bankruptcy. This was are hearing of a matter heard before the Vice- Chancellor Knight Bruce, in August, 1850. The petitioners were the Messrs. Nielson, sharebrokers, of Liverpool; and they prayed that the assignee of W. and T. Edmond, bank rupts, might be directed 'to execute a transfer of shares of the Royal Assurance Company, contracted to be sold by them for W. Edmond. In June, 1845, a prospectus was issued for the formation of a joint stock assurance company, at Liverpool, with a capital of two millions in 100,000 shares of £2O each. The company was completely registered pur suant to the 7th and Bth Vic., c. 110, and in July Mr. W. Edmond had an allotment of 200 shares, on which he paid the premium of 15s. a share, together with the first call of 20s. a share. On the 3rd of December, Mr. W. Edmond event to Bombay, leaving his brother Thomas a power of attorney to act for him. On the 9th of December a further call of 20s. per share was made and paid by Thomas, and a receipt given for it by the officers of the company. There had been no execution of the deed of settlement on the part of William when he left England, and it never was executed in consequence of the doubts that were raised on the question of the power of attorney extending to such an act as the execution of the deed. In January, 1846, instructions were given to the Messrs. Nielson to sell the 200 shares, and they accordingly sold three p arce l s o f e i ghty, fifty, and twenty five shares to different parties. Notice of these sales was given to the secretary of the company, and being approved of, transfers of the shares were duly executed by Thomas Edmond and by the purchasers ; but as the solicitor of the company was of opinion that the transfers could not be re gistered until the deed of settlement had been executed by `William Edmond, the registration of the deeds of transfer was postponed. On the 6th of March, 1846, the Edmonds became bankrupts, and their assignees, after some correspon dence and inquiry, refused to concur in the transfer of any of the shares sold for W. Edmond by the Messrs. Nielson, and Mr. Commissioner Skirrow decided that, as William Edmond had not been duly registered as a shareholder (which he could not have been from the deed of settlement not being ex ecuted), all that had been done was inoperative, and tht assignees entitled to the shares as part of the assets of the estate of Messrs Edmond. The question turns principally on the construction of the 26th section of the statute, which provides, " with regard to subscribers, and every person en titled or claiming to be entitled to any share in any joint stock company, the formation of which shall be commenced after the Ist of November, 1844, that until such joint-stock company shall have obtained a certificate of complete regis tration, and until any such subscriber, or person, shall have been duly registered as a shareholder in the said registry office, it shall not be lawful for such person to dispose by sale or mortgage of such share, or of any interest therein, and that every contract for sale or disposal of such share or interest shall be void, and that every person entering into such contract shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds." The Vice-Chancellor, on appeal from the decision of the commissioner, held that the claim of the Messrs. Nielson was against public policy, and that it- was ,not for the public good that such securities should be put up for sale or treated as negotiable. His Honor, however, gave the parties leave to take the opinion of the Court of Exchequer on the point of law. The matter has not been carried to the Exchequer, the parties preferring a rehearing in this court. Mr. James Russell and Mr. Eddie were for the appellants ; Mr. Bacon, Mr. Tomlinson, and Mr. Smythe in support of the order of the court below. Wilkinson v. the Anglo-Californian Gold Mining Com pany (21 Law Journal) The Gold Minine Company v. Westoby (8 "Exchequer Reports") ; Micklethwaite v. Mae merino (5 Meeson and Welsby) ; Austen v. Craven (4 Taunton) ; Sutton v. Tatham (12 Adol. and Ellis) ; Baylis v. Butterworth (14 "Term Reports"), and several others, were cited in the course of the argument. At its conclusion, the Lord Chancellor directed the case to be in the paper for judgment on Thurday next. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES THE BIRMIAVGHAM CATTLE SHOW BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY.—This show of cattle and poultry was opened for private view this morning., and a very successful exhibition it is pronounced to be, excelling i n many important essentials all its predecessors. The show is already in its fifth year only, yet m most respects it is con sidered to be quite equal to that of Smithfield club. The great object which the promoters have had in view has been to foster and encourage the principle of " early maturity." All the classes for neat cattle were well filled with animals of the highest merit, and so equally matched that in some classes the judges had very great difficulty in awarding the prize. There is not quite so large a show of Hereford oxen as last year, but in point of quality the display is, upon the whole, superior. The show of Hereford steers is emi nently successful, for a finer range of young oxen were never stalled. The Hereford heifers are equally good. In the short-horn classes some very fine specimens are exhibited, heifers chiefly attracting the attention of agriculturists. The breed of pure Doyens is well represented. The cross-breds exhibited are superior to those hitherto sent here, and there was a large number of animals stalled ; the first prize in this class was awarded to the Duke of Beaufort for a cross between a west highland Scotch bull and a pure Devon cow. A few long-horns are shown, quite average samples of their class, but this breed finds less favour with breeders and feeders than some others. There is a capital display of the Scotch and Welsh breeds, in which, as usual, Mr. Robbs, of Thirsk, contributes some of the most meritorious specimens. Altogether the cattle show is deserving of the very highest consideration. The classes for sheep were not so well filled as last year, but such as were shown fully maintained the character of the show, there being very excellent pens of Southdown and Shropshires. There are between two and three thousand pens of poul ry, which have attracted immense notice. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—The annual dinner in con nexion with this show took place last night, at the Royal Hotel, under the patronage of Earl Howe, who was sup ported by Lord Calthorpe ; James Baldwin, Esq, the mayor; Mr. Newdegate, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P. ; and amongst the company of 150 were Mr. Chandos Wren Hosky_ns, of Wroxall Abbey; Mr. Alderman Lacy, Mr. Alderman Hodg son, Mr. Alderman Phillips; Mr. William Mathews, Cor byns Hall, &c Amongst the toasts given was, of-"course, " The Agricultural Interest.," proposed by Mr. Mathews, who observed that if; a few months ago, he had been called on to propose that toast, it would have been in mourning, and with sackcloth and ashes • to bewail th e f a t e o f w h a t was once the embodiment o f all prosperity ; to lament over it as having seen the best of its days. But these short months had passed by; and instead of bewailing agriculture as in the last stages of senility and decripitude, we find it full of lusty life, the silky sides of the fat stock they saw that day being but a feeble type of its strong and healthy condition. He congratulated those around him on this happy combination of circumstances. The pursuit of agri culture found always a warm sympathy from every man whose heart was in the right place. (Cheers.) In the morn ing the public were admitted to the show; the hall had been densely crowded throughout the day.—Tuesday after ternoon the Duchess of Sutherland and a large party from Trentham visited the exhibition. CRUEL TREATMENT OF THE EX-MINISTER POERIO IN PRISON. NAPLES, DEC. 4.—1 am sorry to inform you that Baron Poerio, who has now worn,the chains of a galley-slave for more than four veers, is subject to fresh severities, which, if continued, will ere long remove him from the troubles of this world. Hitherto the police authorities have 'permitted the ex-minister to spend ten ducats (2/.) per month for such necessaries as his state of health demands. Orders have now been issued that henceforth he will be permitted to receive from his family only one carlino (foiirpence) per day. Now the prison in which this victim of the Neapolitan constitu tion is confined, at Montefusco, is so exposed, that without fire the prisoners would perish of cold, and the 4d per day will scarcely 'pay for wood; independent of which M. Poerio is in such a wretched state of health as to require many comforts; such as are accorded to the very worst criminal are refused to the late friend and adviser of his Sicilian Majesty. It may 'be said the' king knows nothing of this new c rue lty pract i se d towards Poerio, but on the other hand it is rather remarkable that so important a person should be thus condemned to death by the inferior police. The time may come when these inhuman acts will weigh with a government and people which may be called upon to support the thrones of the Bourbons. At present we have no influence sufficiently strong to induce the Neapolitan government to renounce a policy, and abstain from acts which are degrading monarchy and offending the laws of God and man. Several more arrests have taken place in Naples, owing to some verses (in everybody's mouth) said to have been posted up in the streets. The rhymes say : Tho' Naples be so fair and good, We've naught but Indian corn for food. Were Masaniel', alas ! not dead. Why we should feel no lack of bread. If things go on till then as now, By Christmas time we'll have a row. The French are coming —God be praised— And pric , . of bread w.ll not be raised. There can be no doubt of the existing poverty and high price of food, with a decrease of commerce, which falls heavily on the poorer classes. The .Neapolitan board of health has this day imposed a quarantine on all vessels coming from Marseilles. Ten days is the period fixed, and several travellers are already in the lazzaretto. M. Maupas, the French minister, has protested against these proceedings, and maintains such acts ought to be promulgated before vessels come into port, and not on their immediate arrival. ELorwsiENT.—On Wednesday last, the wife of Mr. Stocker, proprietor of a 'highly respectable academy at Boughton, near Faversham, left her home in company with one of the ushers, named Chatterton, and has not since been heard of; the guilty parties took with, them all the plate, and a considerable sum of money; th faithless woman left three children and a husband in a state border irig on distraction, and the worthless scoundrel, the compa nion of her flight, has succeeded in victimising several tradesmen in Boughton and Faversham, to rather a large —amount. South Eastern Gazette. NORTHERN CIRCUIT-YORK. THE ARMY.—The 62nd ordered at the Mediterranean, will embark at Cork about the Ist of January, HIGH FARMING.—Mr. Alechi has produced his long called for " balance sheet," showing, upon an outlay of £4975 6s. 9d., a profit of £343 16s. 3d. CHRISTMAS.—The Great Western railway has determined upon granting return tickets on the 24th, out of London, available on the 27th. Mr. IL M'Calmont Cairns, M.P. for Belfast, and a depu tation, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen, yester day, at his official residence in Downing -street. HORSE GUARDS AFFAIR. —lt is said that Major-General Wetherall refused the post of Adjutant-General because he agreed upon the grounds his predecessor took, and which caused him to resign. Lord Hardinge it is said is anxious to bring in his relation Colonel Cunningham. A HINT TO FAMILIES.—A correspondent says : " Whilst currants are so dear in price, now ls. per lb. Turkey black raisins are being much use d i n families, mixed with currants. They are wholesome, and can be bought at fourpence to fivepence per lb. They should be stoned. Buy each sepa rately, two-thirds raisins and one-third currants, and it will be a saving." SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.—The submarine cable across the Firth to Forth and Tay is being laid clown, so as to complete the chain of telegraphic communication between the far north of Scotland and the south. CHEVENING.— Woodcocksin considerable numbers are now to be met with in the springy shaws skirting our parish, and from their early arrival, a hard winter is prognosticated.— Maidstone Journql. A singular poaching affray occurred near Dartford some days since. The gamekeeper of Mrs. Minet hearing shots fired, went towards the place, and, seizing one of the poach ers, found his own brother ! A second brother, who accom panied the poacher, attacked the gamekeeper, and " gave it him" with the barrel of the gun, until he was obliged to let go, and both brothers got off. AUSTRALIAN POSTAGE.—The South Australian Postage Reform Bill. with the exception of one clause in it, has passed the legislature of that colony. Its main provisions are an uniform charge of 2d. on all intra-provincial letters and 6d. on all extra-provincial letters. A single letter must not weigh above half an ounce. Newspapers are to pass free through the post• except when they are directed to be left at the post office or to the town where they are posted, when a penny each is to be charged. An Edinburgh correspondent of the _Dumfries Courior says—" It is said that a new edition of Dugald Stew ar t' s works is in the press, em b rac i ng a ser i es of his leotures on political economy not hitlerto published--large portions of which, I believe, are in the handwriting of Lord Palmerston, who was an inmate of the illustrious professor's house when he was engaged in the composition of those lectures, and relieved the sage of a large share of the drudgery of tran scription." . DIOCESE or MANCHESTER.—The Lord Bishop of Man chester has licenced the Rev. Lewis Stanhope Benny, M.A. to the curacy of the parish church of Lancaster. His lord ship has presented the Rev. John Winstanley Hull, 8.A., in cumbent of Grimsargle near Preston to the vicarage o f North IViu s kh am i n th e county o f Nottingham and diocese of Lincoln, vacant by the death of the Rev. Joseph Markham Parry. , . LETTERS AND NEWSPAPERS TO CALCUTTA.—GENERAL POST -OFFICE DEC., 1853.—The postmaster-general has been informed that the government express from Bombay to Calcutta has been discontinued; and that, consequently, letters and newspapers will be addressed to Calcutta, when sent via Bombay, can only be forwarded in future by the ordinary daily mail. It is necessary to make this altera tion known to the public in the United Kingdom, as a notice was issued in May, 1847, announcing the arrange ments under which letters might be conveyed to Calcutta by the government express, if specially so addressed. A deputation, consisting of William Carver and John Peacock, from the merchants and inhabitants of Gibraltar, introduced by Mr. John Bright, M.P., and accompanied by Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P. ; Mr. G. B. Carr ; Mr. J. Aspinall Turner, president of the Commercial Association, Man chester ; Mr. Henry Ashworth, vice-president of the Cham ber of Commerce ; Mr. Mosley ; Mr. Frederick Jackson ; Mr. David E. Power ; Mr. John Ingram Travers, and Mr. Charles Blake, had an interview with the Duke of New castle, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. SIR J OHN FRANKLIN Nor GIVENFUP —We an con tradict the statement which appeared in last Monday's Times, and which furnishes the material of a leading article in the same paper of yesterday's date. The admiralty have not ordered Sir John Franklin's name to be struck off their books. Such a measure could only be taken in the event of death being reported or all search proving fruitless ; for, so long as older captains are retained on the books, his age (67) cannot be considered a disqualification. But no such report has been made ; and even the searches now making by Bel cher to the east and Collinson to the west are not yet con cluded. Indeed the latter, as' we learn from the Amphitrite, had not been heard of by any of the ships sent to deposit provisions, &c., last autumn in his supposed homeward track. It is not the attention to abandon Collinson thus prema turely without further search, and in seeking him we may hope also to discover some survivors of Franklin's com pany.--Daily News. • THE COAL TRADE.—To such an extent has our coal in dustry been developed that at the present time not less than 37,000,000 of tons afe annually raised, the value of which at the pit's mouth is little less than £10,000,000, at the places of consumption, including expenses of transport and other charges, probably not less than £20,000,000.. The capital employed in the trade exceeds ,t 10,000,000. About 400 iron furnaces of Great Britain consume annually 10,000, 000 tons of coals and 7,000,000 tons of ironstone, -in order to produce 2,500,000 tons of pig-iron, of the value of up wards of £8,000,000. For the supply of the metropolis alone 3,600,000 tons of coals are required for manufactur , ing and domestic purposes.; our coa3ting vessels conveyed in 1850 upwards of 9,360,000 tons to various ports in the United Kingdom, and 3,350,000 tons were exported to foreign countries and the B r iti s h possess i ons. Add to this that about 120,000 persons are constantly employed in extracting the coal from the mines, and that in some of the northern counties there are more persons at work under the ground than upon the surface, and some approximate idea will be formed of the importance and extent of this branch of our industry. The extent of the coal areas in the British Islands is 12,000 square miles, and the annual pro duce 37,000,000 tons ; of Belgium, 250 miles, annual pro duce 5,000,000 tons; of France, 2,000 miles, annual produce, 4,150,000 tons ; of the United States, 113,000 miles, annual produce, 4,000,000 tons; of Prussia, 2,200 miles, annual produce, 3,500,000 tons; of Spain, 4,000 miles, annual produce, 550,000 tons of British North America, 180,000 miles, annual prod uce no t k nown. T a ki ng the British Is lands alone, and dividing them into districts, we find the supposed workable acres are as follows : —Northumberland and Durham, 5,00,000; Cumberland, Westmoreland, and West Riding, 99,500 ; Lancashire, Flintshire, and North Staffordshire, 550,000 ; Sh ropsh i re and orcestershire, 79,250; South Staffordshire, 65,000:; Warwickshire and Leicestershire, 80,000 ; Sornersetshire and Gloucestershire, 167,500 ; South Wales 600,000; S co tti s h coa l fi e ld s , 1,045,000. Irish coal Wales, 500,000 ; C onnaug h t, ' .200,000; Leinster, 150,000 ; Minister, 1,000,000. Our exports, which in 1840 amounted to 1,606,000 tons, valued at £576,000, had increased in 1850 to 3,631,000 tons, of the value of £1,284,000. In 1841 our exports to France were 451,300 tons ; to Holland, 173,378 tons ; to. Prussia, 116,296 tons; and to Russia, 77,152 tons. In 1860 they were to France 612,545 tons ; to Holland, 159,953 tons ; to Prussia, 186,528 tons; and to Russia, 235,188 tons. Durham Chronicle. SINGULAR CASE OF BIGAMY. _Edward Drane Hannebell, 32, was charged with bigamy. The circumstances of this case were of a peculiar charac ter. The prisoner is a coach-builder, well educated, and a good looking man. At the early part of last year he was working with his father at Ipswich, and a young . woman, named Helen Cufley, belonging to Manchester, being on a visit to the former place, the prisoner became acquainted with her, and eventually they agreed to be married. Shortly after Miss Cutley returned to Manchester, the prisoner followed her, and the marriage was so l emn i se d at the cathedral, on th e 6th of June in last year. The prisoner lived with his wife for some time, and at the early part of this year he obtained work at Hull as a coach builder. In March last he addressed a letter to a Miss Crackles, who was a pious person, and possessed of some property. In this communloatton he declared his affection for Miss Crackles, stating that besides herself he had never soon a young woman whom he could fancy for a wife. As it had been ordained by God that man should make the first advance, he hoped Miss Crackles would pardon him for addressing her and trusted th a t s h e wou ld grant hi m an interview, adding that he belonged, to the same religious denomination as herself. He should, however, leave the matter in the hands of the Lord. Miss Crackles declined to see the prisoner, when he addressed a second letter to her, and eventually she consented to accept his suit. In the same week that he was writing these letters to Miss Crackles, the prisoner wrote to his wife, who was then at Ipswich, informing her, that being unable to obtain em ployment in Hull, he was about to sail for America, where he had no doubt of getting a good living. He advised his wife to remain at Ipswich, and concluded his epistle in terms of the warmest afiection for her. The prisoner mar ried Miss Crackles at Sculcoates church on the third of June last. His marriage was discovered. and he was ap prehended on the charge of bigamy and lodged in Hull gaol. Whilst in prison he wrote two letters, one to his wife and the other to Miss Crackles, and prevailed on a person who was working in the gaol to take charge of these communications. In the letter to his wife he asked her to get some person to write to him stating that she was dead, and to date the letter previous to the second marriage. If any inquiry were subsequently made about it, she could state that the individual who wrote the letter had gone to Australia. He begged his wife to do this, as it would sage him from transportation. In the letter to Miss Crackles he stated that he had every hope of being acquitted of the charge against him, and that they could then lire happily together. The jury found him guilty, expressing their opinion that the offence was aggravated by being committed under the garb of religion. Sentenced to five years' penal servitude. POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. ASSAULT.—Joseph Bartlett, a respectable-looking man, was brought up, charged with having threatened to take the life of Mr. Ashton, his brother-in-law, and with having as saulted police-officer 292, who had been called in to protect Mr. Ashton. The prosecutor said—The prisoner lives with me, and I keep him and his family, and he comes home repeatedly drunk and disorderly, and threatens my life, and drives his wife out into the street in her night-dress, with a little child in her arms. His violence is so unrestrained, and his conduct and language so shocking, I have not words to describe it. In the morning, when perfectly sober, he threatened he would have my blood, and I gave him no cause of offence whatever. In the evening he came home drunk, rushed into the parlour with a poker, and I ran out and sought the protection of the police. - Officer 292 stated that when he entered the house, at the request of Mr. Ashton, the prisoner struck him with the poker, and cut his ear. Mr. Booth : How comes he to live in the house with you ? Mr. Ashton : Unfortunately he married my sister. The prisoner denied that Mr. Ashton kept him and his family. Some 12 months ago he was in a constant situation, which he left to join Mr. Ashton in business ; but Mr. Ash ton had since thrown him out, and of course he was then dependent on him ; and then he turned round and said he ke - at himself and his family. Mr. Booth : What do you say to your violence ? The Prisoner : I am very sorry for it. Mr. Booth : I am afraid you are a very violent fellow. You must enter into your own recognizances in £2O and find two sureties in £lO each to keep the peace; in default to be imprisoned for two months. STEALING A WATCH.—A young German named Kaspar Warner, who had surrendered himself to the police on a charge of stealing a watch, was brought up in custody. It appeared the prisoner stole the watch from the house of Mr. Henry Vesper, Nash-street, in which he had been twice. The watch was not missed, and nothing was known of the robbery. He was remanded for seven days. VIOLENT ASSAULT.—john Hart, a carter, was brought HD on a warrant, charged with violently assaulting George Price, the driver of a timber waggon. It appeared that a few days since Price was conveying a load of timber to the yard of Mr. M'Elroy, shipwright, &c., and the passage thereto was blocked up by the prisoner's cart, which Price and his assistant removed. The prisoner then came up and asked Price why he removed the cart, at tempting at the same time to take his whip out of his hand. Price remarked if he assaulted him he would have to pay for it, and the prisoner then struck him in the mouth and split his lip. Price had to go to the hospital and get it sewed up. The prisoner in his defence, said Price struck at :him first and that the springs of his cart were nearly broken by the way in which it had been removed. A fine of 10s. was imposed, and in default of payment 14 days' imprisonment. STEALING A TOY.—Mary Cannolly,was charged with having stolen a wooden horse, from the shop of ;Madame Le 800, a French lady, w h o keeps a toy est a bli s h ment i n Lime street. The prisoner went into the shop, and asked the price of the toy. She was told it was sixpence - she offered fourpence, but p a id no money, and quietly walked off with the horse. She was pursued, and given into custody. The prisoner alleged she paid a boy in the shop ; but this was negatived, and she was sent to gaol for 14 days. DEFRAUDING BY A SUOPMAN. —Owen Williams, a respectable young man, about 24 years of age, was brought up in custody of officer Cooper, charged with defrauding his master. Mr. Wm. Henderson, draper, Church-street, o f several sums of money , b y ma ki ng out false accounts. From the statement of Mr. Henderson, it appeared the prisoner brought a check bill to his desk, together with 2s. 6d. The bill was for 7-Id, and this was placed on the file on the desk, in the usual manner. He then went to the boy who was there, and looked at the parcel, and he found instead of a quarter of a yard of the article as the prisoner had stated there was half a yard of a more, expensive article, • and which came to ls. 7d., so that the prisoner had put ls. in his pocket. He then charged him with being dis honest, and the prisoner confessed he had taken the shilling. A similar case had taken place a few hours before. Mrs. Mudge stated she was a customer at Mr. Hender son's, and that on the previous day she purchased stockings and other articles to the amount of 16s. She paid a sove reign and the prisoner handed her as;change 4s. back. Mr. Henderson stated that the bill which came to his desk in this instance from the prisoner was for 13s. 6d. only, so that he had pocketed 2s. 6d. by that transaction. Mr. Booth : Has he been long in your employ ? Mr. Henderson : About three years. Mr. Booth : This is a very clear case. Mr. Henderson suspected there were a great many more cases, but he could not prove them. Mr. Booth : This is a very serious offence indeed. There is no protection for shopkeepers unless in the honesty of their assistants. What wages had he ? Mr. Henderson : He had £4O per year, and there were perquisites which made it up to £5O, and he lodged in the house in addition. Mr. Booth : You must go `for trial at the sessions. - str S ee e t ver a a u l d parties g l r i o v v i n e g wehe u n m e m g h o b n O e 1 I d lt t o o o - d d a o y f G beforer oves ntohr the magistr a t es by the officer of health, for keeping pigs in their yards, and o th er nu i sances. The partie s wifh one two exceptions, were convi c t e d and fined in eaclaor 2s. 6d. to ss. case fr om SEAMAN'S CLAIM.—A seaman named Hugh Armstrong, summoned the captain of the Nugget for one month's wages. He stated that he shipped en board the Nugget at Quebec, on the 9th of last November, having been first previous to that wrecked in the Arcadia within 120 miles of that port. He signed the articles for £l5 a month, but when they reached Liverpool the captain alleged that he had received £7 10s. in advance. He had received no advance, and he therefore refused to take the amonnt that was ten dered him. Captain Gimber was examined. He said that he had shipped the complainant at Quebec for £l5 a month, but that there was every reason to believe that he had received an advance of £7 10s., his name being marked off in the articles as having received that amount. The articles were then produced. The name of the com plainant was scratched, implying that he had received an advance, but there was nothing to show that the mark had been either subsequent to, or on the occasion of, the signing of the articles. The complainant positively :denied that he had received the advance, and called one of his shipmates, William Jones, who swore that he heard the complainant state to the clerk in the office of the owner at Quebec that he required no advance. Mr. Tibbett, the owner, was then examined. He stated that several advance notes had been given to the crew, and that he felt positive, though he could not swear to it, that one had been given to the complainant and subsequently cashed at the office. If the case were adjourned for six weeks or two months, he would communicate with his clerk at Quebec on the matter. The case was accordingly adjourned for six weeks, to enable the owner either to produce the advance note, or to otherwise prove that the advance had been paid. A man named Robert Brooks, a ship carpenter, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, at one o'clock, on Wednesday, in the office of Mr. James Jack. A gentleman from Mr. Jack's establishment said, that they were so annoyed from their men coming into the office at mid-day drunk, and demanding their wages, that they were resolved to put a stop to the nuisance, and so had the defendant taken into custody. The defendant said that he had merely called at the office for "a settlement of his which were three weeks' due, but the truth of the ota,ement was denied. He was fined ss. or, in default, to be committed for three days. James Smith, cha: c ;od with passing a bad shilling in a public-house in Union-street, was remanded for seven days. ROBBERY.—,Tohn Hughes, who stated he was a striker, was charged by officer 86, with stealing 551bs. weight of horse shoes. The officer said that he stopped the prisoner in Banatre-street, with 551bs. of horse shoes before men tioned, and for which he could not satisfactorily account. He subsequently made inquiries, and found they belonged to one Mr. Lennon, in whose employ the prisoner had been at the time the ro bb ery was committed. He was sent to gaol for two months. PASSING BASE COIN.—A lad named John Drake, was charged with attempting to pass a base shilling. •It ap peared that the prisoner went into Mr. Bell's public-house, William-street, and called for a glass of whiskey, he laid a shillino , down on the bar; the barmaid instantly detected it, and went out the back way, brought in a police-officer, and gave the prisoner in charge. The prisoner who has been committed several times before for the same offence, was committed for trial. REMANDS.—MichaeI Brennan, charged by John Murphy, with'stealing a bundle, was remanded for seven d ays. A nn Trignall, suspected of stealing a mantle, remanded for seven days. Mary Cosgrove , keeper of a stall in St. James's market, charged by Thomas Porter, No. 100, St. James's street, with stealing a monkey jacket from the shop' door, remanded till to-morrow. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—A youth named John Price, an apprentice to Messrs Neil and Martin , merchants in this town, was charged with stealing five notes. It appeared that the prisoner was sent to Heywood's bank, with five £5 notes, £29 in gold, 255. and 4s. Bd. The prisoner laid the money down on the counter of the bank, and Mr. Hen dcrton the cashier marked the notes and laid them aside, the prisoner in the meanwhile received a credit note and abrupt ly left the bank. Shortly afterwards the cashier missed the notes, and information was given at the police-office. The prisoner was apprehended that day, with the notes and some silver in his possession. The prisoner made a statement to a young lad who had accompanied him, that he forgot to leave the notes. Mr. Martin stated that the lad was in their employ for six years, and they always found him to be a very talented and intelligent boy, they placed the utmost confidence in him, and did not wish to prosecute. Remanded till to morrow. ASSAULT.--)fary Harris, whose husband is a lodging house keeper, was charged by Patrick Lyons, lodging-house keeper also with assaulting him on the 9th of December. Mr. Owen appeared for the defendant. --- -- ti a him, struck kickedand The prosecutor stated that on the day in ° e standing in Denison-street, when the defendant ca ln 1 otherwise mused c was fined ss. and him, costs. nesses were called in support of the charge•—o`'. S u l? Robert Renee, charged with assaultinmr'r rederici LIVERPOOL MARKETS.—YEsTE IOO t (Written expre ss ly f or t h e N ort h ern Da-4 fig ,betl "' SIIOAR.—There is no c h ange to remark to - day , ness being confined t o 700 bags yellow Cossipore, s' cwt. ivrt' I ' n MOLASSES or Rum we have nothing to re , s t4l Of COFFEE a resale of 1,800 bags Rio is repo to for a near continental port. Two hundred and ,fifty bags Para COCOA have been at 27s cwt. RICE.-1,000 pockets and 600 bags brought los.; and 600 bags, with all lis 9d to 12s 9d for first-class damaged. Five hundred bags SALTPETRE are rep 28s, 8/ to 72 per cent. refraction ; 100 1 ip lb ; 500 pockets Bengal RAPESEED, 551 bay LINSEED , all faults, 36s to 52 s tei qr ; WOOD, at £l2 lOs ti ton. In TEA. therd is nothing of moment repo) At auction to-day the whole of the INDY (nearly 40 tons) sold with spirited com irregular rates • sheets and fin e t u b es 3s lid ; middling bottles, 2s 6d to 2s negro heads, 2s to 2s 51,d, being an advs.) prices of sto 6d for the lower qualities, for the better kinds. COTTON.—A steady market was closed sales. The quantity changed hands was of which 1,000 was on speculation and fo: LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.— SUGAR. —West India sales 600 hhds an( full prices. Refined brisker ; brown lump lumps, 44s to 475. COFFEE active; nadir( 48s 6d. TEA very little doing ; ordinary RICE brisk, and advancing; white Benga.. CorroN quiet, rates unaltered. TALLOW &rap g o P.Y.C., 56s on spot, MAN-- MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE. The market is very firm and steady, bi doing is not extensive. WHEAT has advan bushel, and FLOUR is to is 6d V sack, anl Fair qualities of barrel FLOUR may still be l 395, delivered in Manchester. OATS and changed, and in limited demand. BEANS support late prices. PEAS are is to 2s There is no change in MALT or other article: From the circular of Mr. Thomas Swalloi change, we take the followi ng ex t racts : " The firmer tone in the trade, reported circular, was followed by an active speculF FLOUR, and an extensive sale ensued at sli rates ; within the last few days the dealers I been free buyers, at an advance of fully is 19 on some qualities the decline, since prices att est point about a month ago, has been ro demand for other articles, meanwhile, was ii material change from the currency of this da "This day's market is well attended. sparingly, and high-mixed American is in exi for the interior, at an advance of 6d V 70 1.. are not so much better. FLOUR is held fully 2s brl higher; the sale is checked, and the business taut. OAT S , M EAL , B EANS, and PEAS, merely '' l, " week's value. P r i me M ALT i s i n more request than at the above quotations." o. 4 1" BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKEL-101-I\W At this day's ma r k e t th ere was a fa i r supp ly f ° AO . 0 and all descriptio ns so ld rea dil y at au advance of 100 qr. BARLEY is tfi.qr dearer. OATS the turn il l the seller. BEANS and PEAS unchanged. GREAT LUXEMEOI7RG RAILWAY.-011 iv .` hl c iijaar,l usual meeting in London, preparatory to the or , t i4 eo neral meeting of this company at Brussels, which e , place on the 17th instant, was held at the Le,ed b u e ireet a ° o Sir Wm. Magnay, the president, in the chair. - 1 -u nc iade rs in their report, stated that they had receutlY:Lival' io c important treaty with the Paris and Strasbourt, V oni I to which their own line was to be extended 7 mill I , v0q,, ( 51, to Aubange, on the French frontier, and wh' c pa be accompanied by a prolongation of the Strasbourg thu s from Thionville to Aubange. Their line Would come an integral part of the great European ra il the North S ea t o th e M e di terranean. Gal 5 A MENDING A. FACE.—It ha s b een s t a t ed , to o that a person n ame d P onso l es, the proprietor ° f t a to keti g no menagerie, was, th ree wee k s ago, at Toulouse, bitten tiger, on entering its cage, and had his rl i e p and t i h d 3t a OJ that it only hung by the skin of the uPlr„ the b e aace J had received besides several severe woail"„, s a l, he w35 1 ,1, a ` z t elsewhere. When rescued from the 01— by wa 5 ",, - c in the wounds;nds of medical men. They begall Ten' then they replaced the skin of the s t ., bones , n the ear; refitted the nose, afteVen=en'cricatrised;,sfellt cartilages, which could not 13 . y ,• n otle • e l es for five days. Their mode of treatment e that PoIISOICT is now going on well. The neshut the tirely ; th e skin of the skull has also adhered; still not quite solid. 0 61 ".• tptaP h idP e AMERICAN COMMUNICATION WITH CHLNA.-- - -;, "a" „D i 5 1 ' kderepstsebdlatdhdeerosthflieriewdowunitahs. iceTorounpredvetnh 'L e h in ea n d am ef ul acc e6sl :. has been submitted to the American government " 6 " ;i1 v - t be a private steam-packet company, to establish a Cia lit munication between New York and Shang ll3 ' p Pacific Ocean, whi c h it i s b e li eved would 41; Ore trade between the United States and China, and J~ parts of India, Japan, the Eastern Archipelago , h oe P tralia, and enable c orres p on d ence to and from t ill; of and Europe, to be conveyed in a month's less tim e 3 present. The sub s idy name d i s two m i llions and o r nt dollars per annum. Th e c l ause prohibiting t w , ° eo s l ' newspapers being placed under one cover, has out. The object of this clause was to prevent proprietors from sending parcels of newspapers post. The clause which was left for decisi' colonial newspapers, posted for parts out of should be charged:a penny each. " Colonel an Adelaide journal, " who requires that his sob' be adopted in its integrity, has included this condithns. At the same time such a tax is jig' by our legislature unjust and impolitic, and will, hope, never be consented to. As the whole loss charging this penny would fall upon the colonial we can see no reason why the home goverlir force us to tax ourselves against our will. doubt that if the measure is passed without this and the reason of the omission explained, it found to militate against the sanction of the majesty. Such a x would be a ' heavy blow discouragement' to colonial newspapers, and greatly in the way of the diffusion in the mother. correct information concerning the country" THE NORTHERN DAILY TIO S O / Is Published every Morning in LIVERPOOL and gly simultaneously, and the following are the rates and TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION IN LIVERPOOL. OUT OF LIVe.II , Perm for. In advance On Credit In advance. ($. e A Year .. 0044 • 0 0 43 10 0 14 I° 6 Halfyear £1 11 6£2 2 0 .e 1 18 0 2 Quarter .. 40 19 641 5 0 40 19 6 _ l 2 _ Single Paper___!l,r.,i. ADVERTISEMENTS. the ; r e; Advertisers are given th e full benefit of the Repeal Asgo Their announcements are inserted at the following Scale to if pre-p yment is m a d e . M onthly credit is only give' s ., ~ if gl r advertisers, and an additi on o f ten per cent. is charge d not made on or bef ore th e 10th of each month. The fol i o' ./. scale of harges for S. 1,2,0/.3 linesl; 4 or 5 „ 16 6or 7 „ 20 80r9 ~ 26 And S s d 10 or 11 lines ' 3 0 12 or 13 „ 36 14 or 15 „ .40 16 or 17 „ 4 6 tgle Insertions 5 9 ' 1, sdi ,s„or 5 18 or 19Iines 5 0126, 20 or 21 , 5 6 31, ars;'B 22, 23, or 24, 6 0 34, 2 , 5 ' of s ' ' 25, 26, or 27, 6 6 37,:1..."/ Additional two lines. 2 * .rpence for every Scale 0: Prices for Contract Advertisenie rits, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. _,-,10 , " PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. ____---0 .. , ..`;l5, One Month 3 Months 6 Months -or I . o' 0? 26 or 78 _____-___ ..........._...—.. —.-- Insertions. Insertions. Ins ° e r rt__Zal . .... .....-- 1 ::" '' :.4. £s. d. .4' s. d. t. , s. d. gV 0 100 3 lines .. 12 0 215 0 415 0 15 I : 0 4or 5 lines .. 11 3 0 42 6 72 6 ig s - i 6or 7 lines . . 2 5 0 60 0 11 0 0 27 A 0 8 1:1 9 2 , , or o 7. 1 1 0 3 1 i i i n n z e s s 4 3 9 7 0 0 1 8 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 5 0 0 4 5 4 1 6 4 0 14, 15,0r16/ine s 511 0 14 5 0 25 5 0 0 For every additi- 0 8 8 onal 3 lines or }1 2 0 215 0 415 less. AGENTS IN T Ashton Mr. Kerrigan. Birmingham Mr. Cooper. Of E. & C. Mansell. Burnley.-- Mr. Lutcliffe. Bolton. ... • Samuel Gardner. 800t1e... Mr. Ewan. Barnsley Richard Pybus. Chorley... Horatio Lawson. Crewe Mary Cotton. Chester Mr. Horrop. R. & H. Taylor. Douglas.. Mrs. Quiggins. Holyhead. H. G. Hughes. Huddersfield, Edward Clayton. I George Booth. 1 Macclesfield Mr. Shuttleworth Ormskirk.. William Garside. Prescot... Thomas Traverse! Preston James Lambert. 'HE COUNTRI' O , c, Preston..... •• • • ingt 3fe'l o 14110' • Runcorn... .. . • u ,. Ti si o e r o, Rochdale... • •• • 1. , ; ff liilbarre,t, St. • • • , I r s ii a o a ra r 111'1 ; J° le Wootton... ••• • ' stricoor t o Wigan. ........ .rs• ges- Ito 71 iugs` - v o Mrs, or Ila PUBLISHING OFFICES, CHARL ES LIVERPOOL, Ig, SO UTH JOHN ST. Post' s MANCHESTER,I9, PRINCESS ST. 1 o f 4, ---__------.--- - ------•.„Tz • 4 1 Printed and Publi s h e d by CHARLES WILLM•'I,iOO`, Oxford-street, a t hi s General Printirr. a nd Si Establishment, 19, South John-street, Liverpoo • . 'FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1853. Ti Ni...:::: ts, - s middling a cc faults , at ported at 2 789" bags Poto J o, 3, , is ; - 3 00 bags, ?:,./ ; and 5 tons Ported to-d,OOl tNv, )1A 14100 c', 4 „1,. 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