The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-05 00:00:00

THE CURRENCY QUESTION TO THB EDITOR.OF THE NORTHERN 'TIMES Sir,—ln my last letter I exhibited some of the disastrons results of Pitt's ' celebrated Bank Restriction Act, and I also admitted the immediate b.nefits derived from it: ' The evils of the measure were consequent upon the want of that absolute security for the, ultimate payment of the notes, which is as much, rtq•siied by the ruinic - as by the kravArn creditor. The bent fits flowing from it were the uattir. , l tff,ct of such an extension of a paper Currency, as enabled us to dispense with the use of bullion in our domestic transactions, at a time when it was required to etts our foreign relations. , us that those_ of your readers, who desire to obtain such a knowledge of the Currency question, os will enable them to form a s3und judgment upon 'the:merits of thediffers theories advocated by yot respondent may coa intly bear in their remembrance the; TWO GREAT TRUTHS, which all history, confirms, viz., that a papa moa is. the cheapest, the most cfficie ions method by which the resources add energies of ion can be developed. But, if such'paper Chrrency ent in the essential attribute of sound and absolute rtieN it will- be found to he if rep ,os ruinous, in proportion tee attached to it. If these trai❑ of results more or knees of the guar& uuquestiouable truth mind, bet vef re kept prominently before the I very much simplify the questions in debate myself and your other correspondents. _ A multitude , of words have a tendency to obscure argu ment, , and are not necessary to establish great TRUTHS, when plainly and clearly exhibited, Shine brightest in their own light— As I agree with nearly all that your. Other correspondents say, relative to the bad results of the 7 in operation, which are so obvious as to be patent to all the world, I shall n it waste time by repeat-' lug them. The great question of the day is, what is the And it is in the solution of this system no best rem y important question that I d'ff r with your It is true that, indentß 11l doln r.ous con to combat the united elf its of a little legion; but, as th have hitherto been building nroments upon a foundation which I believe will not lust-fin them, I have not felt much difficulty in assailing them ; and if, in doing so, I sometimes touch, unconsciously, rather roughly 'on the bump of self esteem, . lam sorry for it. My (Ali - et is to this great question in such a manner as to throw somil.light upon the difforent theories befcre the public, . _ and promote .in the monied and trading classes such a spirit of enquiry and examination, as will qualify and dispose, them to take the matter into their own hands. This is the more desirable, because,although the number of houses interested in maintaining the present currency system is very limited+ tbev are, nevertheless, very influential. It is doubtful if any Government would be able to stem the itrorie under-current that would set against then', if they dealt fairly and fu ly with the subject, unless they were urged on and supported by the stronLarm of the mercantile interest. With such support, I have but little doubt the ministry of the day would rejoice to be enabled - to iiterOdiiCe a sothider system ; fOr the present state of things_ is freq-ently a source of very great embarrassment tcrthem, an 1 contro'u'i our lore'gn policy to an extent that is little imagined by the public at large. Is it not odious . that a system should be pertinaciously•persisted in, which not only, from time to tint", brings wide spread ruin into the mercantile community, but also gives power to a few individuals to determine the question of peace or war, almost irrespective of the Sovereign or Government ! An A yet, so it is ender the present state of our monetary 1 tws, that a few persons are able so seriously to embarrass, or relieve, the tnoney market, that they sometimes posses almost an arbitrary power. tving made these remarks, I proceed to show that the . lik^" . . - granted ,to the Bank, by Sir Robert Peel's to issue paper upon approved aecurities,to the extent of fourteen millions beyond the amount of bullion actually in posses sienoteither exposes that establishment to a stoppageof cash payments, from an excessive demand for gold, nor does it in any way support the the theoiy of legal tender notes, not redeemable in specie ! . Both of these positions have been asserted by your corre spondents, who advocate the issue of national irredeemable paper! It has been erroneously argued o.7at, because the Bank issues from eleven to fourteen millions in notes, beyond the aqmoant of , bullion kept idle in its ceffirs, that therefore the promise. to pay gold on demsnd - for such notes is illusory ; that they are, , in fact, not bi-ed on any security; and are nitre legal tender notes, falsely professing to be something else. A few remarks will demonstrate the unsoundness of such conclusions. Suppose a common case. A merchant possessed of a capital of thirty thousand pounds, purchases produce to the extent of sixty thousand pounds, for which he gives his acceptances, falling due from day to day ! Will any one presume to doubt his stability and porter of payment, because, forsooth, he only holds half thd "amount in cash ? 'Certainly not. Every one knows that he is daily selling his goods, and that as his notes are not all payable at once, there can' be no reasonable ;doubt presented I We should smile at the idea of an estabdsh ment always holding cash to the full extent of all its liabilities for the next three or four months ! It is sufficient if they hold such a reserve as may rationally be considered adequate to m , et any unforeseen contingency. The case of the Bank of England is very similar. They hold securities for the notes th , y issue in excess of their gal, and these securities are falling due from day to day, and'are thus continually supplying them with fresh funds. In face, these securities, as they fall due,redeem the notes given for them. _ But it is urged that, as these notes aro payable on de mand,they may be all presented before such securities fall due, and that then, no resource would remain, but a repitition of Pitts restriction act ! Such an apprehension is absurd, for this plain reason—lt would be impossible for the daily routine of business to go forward with, even so small a supply of notes as fourteen millions, unless their place were supplied with gold! And, if gold vvls so plen tiful as to do so,all experience shews that there would be no pressure on the bank. It is evident that, in the orclinery course of events, not less than fourteen millions of notes must always be afloat; consequently, it would be folly to keep an idle stock of gold to meet them. There cannot be a reasonable doubt that, to the extent of fourteen millions, the funds will be in hand to meet all demands. It was such considerations as these which induced the late Sir R. Peel to limit the issue in excess of gold *o the amount stated, and it is evident that it gives no countenance whatever to an extended issue of inconver tible paper, It was to demonstrate the latter fact that have made the foregoing remarks ; not from any desire to defend the present system, of which I cannot but highly disapprove. In future correspondence I propose enlarging upon the system I advocate, contrasting it as I proceed with the plan now in operation, and the schemes proposed by your other correspondents. In shOrt, I must endeavour to stay as many of these TIN ARMOUREDTHILISTINES as may come forward, not excepting the mighty champion, with whom I am threatened.—Yours, &c , December I, 1856. A CURRENCY REV:MINER. A CELESTIAL FEAST.—Some Chinese, who had locatod themselves on the Macquarrie river, Australia, having espied a dead pig. floating about in the river, quickly took posses sion of the Oarease, and, after a great deal of jabbering, decided to scald it. The tiny camp fires were at once lit, and tias.and kettles called into requisition, but the scalding water had,as much effect upon the obstinate bristles as if it had beem operating upon the'bide•• of a rhincieeros. Nothing daunted, however, the yellow skins brought' their •knives into requisition, and the pig was forth With subjected to a very primitive , shaving process, cut into the smallest imagi nable pieces, and stewed down into is odiferous a- flicassee RS ever delighted the nostrils of a cat or eapaibal.—Austra . Ilan payer. - • , • DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT RELICS.—There WEL9 found, on Tuesday last,, close to the base cf the hill of Flodden; me morable as the scene of that battle which occupied such a mepicuous place in the history of our country, a sword awl steel helmet, embedded about two feet beneath the s'irfaee of the ground, The weapon is three feet long, the hilt mooted with silver, bearing on each site the figures of a thiale, the lion rampant, and the date 1500—ali quite legible. The head piece is similar in shape to' that worn by our - cavalry at the present day. Although much cor roded, it is apparent they have been rich and 'costly pieces of workmanship, and - no doubt decorated the head and g ace the hand of one of'the heroes composing the flower of Scotland's chivalry, who fell on that fatal day, when " The flowers o' the forest were a' wede awa'." They t.ave been much admired by tho3e who have a taste for objeets of ariti:qtiity, and'it is intended to present them to the m - usemici 6f Edinburgh.—Kelso TIIE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL'S PRATER.—The follow ing account is given .of the piayei which we on Tuesday copied from the Staffordshire Advertiser, and which, it aupears,. was not composed by Sir Robert Peet. In the early part of 1846, Sir Robert, then Premier, was subjected in parliament to a series of most , harrassing party attacks. Under these it seemed to a portion of the public truly wonderful that human endurance could hold out.. 'At this crisis a • Nonconformist minister , residing in one of the Midland towns, under feelings of deed respect for the great statesman—respect not unmixed with sympathy;_ com _ posed, and privately transmitted to him, the praye r in question. Its acceptance was requested as a special favon'r, and at the same time the baronet was entreated not to give himself the trouble of acknowledging its reception. Nw withstaniing this, however, Sir Robert, in a letter, wrote as follows : Whitehall, January 15, 1846. Sir, —I have receivel, and I thank you tor the communication with which you have favoured me.--I am, sir, your cbedient ervant, ,Robert Peel." -The transaction' has remained nder the seal of the strieest privacy up to the present ime, when, with feelings of the deepest interest, the author f the prayer discovered that the deceased baronet had placed a value upon this product of his pen on which he had carcely ventured to calculate. then r. I ,out: for vengeance ;. , %the badness Of holb warp and.wett, which made• her . ill, and by•which she Could earn only 14s in three weeks," Mr. Learoyd, being gallecl,4Y , Mr• i:Pough,„ solicitor for the prosecution, read a roll of names, Faith amongst them, taken when the notice was read to.the factory hands two years before, spice which notice—a written one—had been posted on the wall. Faith said, " she had been turned away, no notice had I to her on her re-engagement, and she couldn't read writing. herself." The last plea was put in by some of the others. The magistrates thought she knew the rules of the place on her first finding employment there, refused to entertain the warp and weft question, and asked the pro secutors what they wished to be donein the matter.' Mr. Clough strongly pressed for co eviction, which would entail imprisonment for some period not exceeding three months. .MI the magistrates present (Messrs. Brooke, Willans, and ilaigb) deprecated.the sending so young a girl t , .) prison. 111 r. Clough thtn.offdred the alternative of an apology—to be pUbli-hed on the factory walls, and a r.turn to work - with a fortnight's notice. After a st-uggle, which would have done honour to one of higher fame or more heroic build, Faith, with a tingling cheek, submitted, the facto hootin I have I spirit aer . hom - Bat Faith :cst residence ds Atercury with dainty. epithets on did wisely to avoid, the stigma that the it} gaol .wonld have clung to her for lite. " CHARIVARI" ON TaE N EIIFCH ITEL QUESTION. The Charivari contains the following hit, under the h3ad of "La Diete GEirmanique et Murk Droit," at the claims of Prussia to the canton of Neufchatel : ("A gentlemanlike man this morning entered the office of Baron de Rothschild t and accosted him thus: " Monsieur le Baroi3, you must be aware that I am a great admirer of the Prussian government,' ' Very good.' 'And that I endea vour on . every Occasion to imitate its conduct.' That is most praiseworthy.' You must also, without doubt, be acquainted - with the following verses, which have become a sort of proverb : , ._ . (Viand cur une personne on pretend,sc regler C'ese par ses beaux cute i qu'il lui foot ressembler. I have sometimes heard them quoted:'.,..` Well, then, I not 'only oniote them,, but I conform pay conduct to the lesson which they give. And it is for that reason that, after the 'ex•imple of Prussia in the Neufchatel question, I have cores here to call on. you to admit my.right.to your hotel' and banking capital. You are surelyjestinz, Mon sieur • Not in the slightest degree. I follow the Prussian plan, and that is all.' 'But I have no intention whatever to give up to you my hotel and,my money. 0, Monsieur le Baron, Ido not intend to deprive you of them. Be so good as to follow my.reasoning. Iu the first place, you will have the goodness to admit my right.'. :Well, suppose • so. After ?' Once that you haVe done so, I negotiate the abandoninent of it; you pay me an indemnity, And we are the best friends in the world." "Go to the. deuce !" " Take care what you do • it is not I whom you dismiss so cavalierly, but Prussia; for I make you precisely the same proposition ,as that Power is making, to the Helvetic Confederation. She says : You Arai that I have no right to Neufchatel, and you refuse to abandon it to me. Well, to tell you the. truth, r have. no great . desire to be,. Prince of Neufchatel, and so .we shall be able, ,to .easily, come_ to an anderstanding,without my abandoning my pretensions. But first, of all you must admit .my claim,, which means that I am quite in the right;' I will then consent, provided I receive an indemnity, to admit that . lam wrong," .But, Monsieur,' your reasoning is contrary to common . s en s e.' ' On - the contrary, I 1031 it as superb, for it is an exact imitation -of what Piuseia does. I said to myself I will imi tate that great power, and. going to „AU. de Itothsehild, I will f ,rce him to admit my right to Lie hotel and capital. He will, of course, resist, and then we shall have to enter into ne;ociations, and something, most probably will come to me." .But you have no right whatever to what you claim.' " Nor has Prussia to Neuf.hatel.' Bat all you say is ridiculous.' No doubt it is ; but then I have great authorities in my favour—namely, the Germanic Diet, which his declared in favour of Prussia. Once more," ask AIM; au _Diable , P you, will you Well, then,- I slfall immediately Institut( ecqgmse, rigt a suit agains to you as Prussia has said to the 'Helvetic Confederation: I offered you an excellent method of terminating our difference, you refused to have it—let the consequences fall on your own head !' And so, the Gentlemanlike man went away, telling Miron de Rothschild that he must shortly expect a summons from him t ) appear before the Germanic D:et." GLASSMA KERS IN THE OLDEN TIME.,—The glassmakers of Murano were not classed among the artisans ; they received, as well from the State of Venice as from several foreign sovereigns, many privileges, remarkable for the age in which they .were granted. Thu the ,Venetian patrician might marry the daughters of the, glassma kers without derogating in any manner from their dignity, and the children born from those marriages retained all their quarterings of nobility. And, further still, when Henry HI. went to Venice, in 1273, he granted nobility to all the master . glassmakers of Murano. It having been decided, by a resolution of the Corporation of Murano, " that a golden book, like the " Libro d'oro of the Vene tian nobles, should be established for registering the names of the original families of Murano, the Senate con firmed the: resolution on the 20th August, 1602. This book still exists in the archives of Murano. An ORIENTAL • MuaDEL—We• !have received journals from Batavia to the Ilth of October. The wholesale murderer Oey Tamba, a Chinese, and his Malay accorii_ plice were hanged on the 7th in front of the Stadt Huis. The:Malay employe of the Chinese confessed to the perpe tration of eighteen murders, for. all which he was paid by Oey Tamba at the fixed rate of 20 florins each, whilst his master plundered his victims of many thousands. Oey Tamba was a man of wealth and influence, and although long suspected of atrocious crimes, •he until recently managed.ta elude the vigilance of the Mitch police,,by the well concocted' system of putting suspicion on others ; when last in custody on suspicion, he' tried, but was detected,. tot poison his wretched accomplice ' for fear of the lattergiying evidence against him.—SinOioreStraits Times. • it PETtlx.ous RIDE.—A journeyman hatter; residing about half a mile from. Plainfield, ;while going.' froni that Place to his heme, on, Saturday night, bei ng on the track, at the time an extra coal, train was going upthe Central Railroad, was caught by the•cow catcher, and after several'unsuccessful'attempts to, notify. the ,engineer of his •whereabOuts, he arrived in_ Somervale. He kept his courage up with the 'ideit . -that 'the' train would stop at some intermediate station, but'it being Q nly ;1,6:41 train he Was..ohliged to , go ail thetway thrbugh.'"Hts leg .WAS' broken, and it, is. a wonder that he was not instantly' killed.— Trenton American. „ DETTENING ; THE MOUTH. OF THE MastssiPin.--Con tracts with the United States Government for this purpose have been executed by 'Messrs. W. P. Craig and W. R.. Rightor, Of Newport 'Kentucky. They are to. give a depth of 20 feet below low water, and a width of not less than 300 feet' to the Southwest' Pass and Pass a' Loutre for the sum of 125,000 dols. each; the time limited to ten months from date for . the first named, and 15 months for the second. They, furthermore agree to maintain said depth • and width to said passes for the terni'of four and a half years thereafter for a further sum of 72,000 dots: This contract poSeesses more than ordinary interest, from the fact that 'an entire, new principle in mechanics •is to be applied instead of scraping and dredging out the the channel. The main features of this novel' invention consist -in a peculiar shape and point given to sawed spiles, so that after the --first . - one, - styled "beginner,” is driven to its proper bearings, and secured to a snbstantial and continuous beam, the remaining ones, unlike the first, styled " followersi" are one after another placed to the edge of its predecessor, and, successively driven dawn. Obeying this new mech'anical law, these followers, in their descent, maintai n 'a c lose contact and true line, forming a complete' dam Or breakwater as the work progresses, each being also - fastened to the continu. ous beam. Aside from' the magnificent results promiSed to the commerce of the south by the opening of her rivers to vessels of the largest class, this invention assures a speedy and effectual stopping:of all crevasses and breaks to the levees that line the margin of her great rivers. GOTTA PERCHA HOOPS roa LADIEf3.—The ladies claim so much latitude, or rather circumference, now, in the matter of dre=s, that it is very difficult for fashion to giver spread enough to their garments, without subjecting them to inconveniences not easily overcome on narrow pavements and obstructed passage ways. A new and better article than whalebone for distending the dress has been intro-' duced. It is a c:rd made of gotta perdu, which is not so 'hem'y as whalebone, is more flexible, so that the dress Can be ftdded close to the person when necessary, and preserve elasticity enough to resume its proper position again. Per the ladies' dresses this is just the thing needed, and it can be united by simply putting the ends in hot water. There is, therefore, no springing of the ends - and tearing of the dress. Gutta percha is w_e of the most useful articles known. We hare no doubt that the cord above referred to, would make excellent clothes lines, and for skipping ropes for the young ladies, nothing could be better, or more desirable. —.New York Evening Post. At the Newcastle'assizes, now being - leld, before Mr. Russell Gurney; yoUrtg girl , named' Mary . Glen - dinning; aged 15, was indicted for' 'having Maliciously fired a barn in the ‘decupation of William 'Lee. - 'The, - prosecutor' is a farmer, residing at Oaksted, iri the pirish of Allafidale,and the prisoner with.her father on the premises. Oa th e evening Of 'the sth of August the prisoner was • observiclirtiing on the stairs leading to her father's house, by a son of the prosecutor and another witness named Charlton. The latter witness saw th e ' prisoner rise and go iolhe: 'direetion a person.. would take in order 'to set the barn on fire. brother of the prisoner, who was only eight years of age, deposed .that on, the evening the barn was fired ho was at.home, and his sister locked him in the house. When she went out, she took Something, from th e 'mantelpiece, where they usually kept the matches, but Could t,t.ot,say whether she took. any. When She returned a n d liberated him he saw. the fire. Superintendalit' Stephenson stated that he apprehended the prisoner at Allandalo Town, 'about two - or three miles from Oaksted, and charged her with fi re raising. o:).the way to Hexham, she enquired what would be done with her, and - Stephenson .replied that he, did not, know. She then stated that she had told her father about the fire, and if she had not done so, the'y would never have )known anything about it. The prisoner denied this in court. No reason was assigned for this strange - freak: The: jury, found the prisoner guilty; but recommended her' to mercy on account, of her tea l der age. Sentence was deferred. BREACH 'OF PROMISE OF aVIARRIAGE, DAMAGES, £4OO This was an action of Crippin v. Farebrother in the Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage. By his picas, the defendant denied the promise to marry the plaibtiff, and also asserted that he had 1 of - perfonning that promise, meat of, Mews. Walkety Parker, and Co., who were emin en t lead rnrchants, and the defendant was the son of kr. Alder- • . ~ • had commenced between the parties when "the plaintiff was only fiftben years of age, and_ the defendant asked the Permis sion of-the 'plaintiff's father ,to pay his attentions to his (laughter, which request was granted. The defendant had written a great number of letters` the plaintiff, in some of which•he had said, '"'My own darling, most dearly and truly ,best beloved . Lucy ;" and he had also signed himself, "Believe mo your affectionate and sincerely attabh - ed and loving Frank." In a letter of the 29th June, 1855, he had 'said, " I 'only long for the day when I can make you my - own dear little wife.' The parties continued on very .good terms until May; last, shortl*!preiious to * which' some letters were written by the defendant, asking for the presents which he had made the plaintiff to be given hack to him, and several others in the same tone. The plaintiff's father and two brothers were then • called to make out her case, and also the surgeon who had at tended her in consequence of in illness, from which it was said she was suffering at the present time,; through the defendant's condtict in breaking off the engagement ; and it was also said,. that the plaintiff had not been able to leave her: room since the 7th of May last, which was the day on which the engage ment was broken off. Mr. Leigh then addressed the jury for the defendant, and said he thought the loun g lady had dealt rather too hastily with - the defendant and also called evidence to show that the firm, of which the defendant was a ,partner, was in a very embarrassed state. His Inrdship having sum med up, the jury returned a verdict .for the plaintiff. Damages, £4OO. ACTION FOR LIBEL AGAIN•ir THE MITS. TRATED NEWS On Wednesday last an action for libel was brought, in the Court of Common Pleas, by Mr. Smith, an agent of the Messrs. Buckinaster, the well-known military tailors, against Mr. Little, the publisher of the Illustrated Loudon News, for the publication of a libel reflecting on the character of the plaint►ff, and which had seriously injured him: The case is similar to the action against the Times, wherein the plaintiff obtained damages to the extent of £4OO. It will be recollected that the plaintiff went to the Crimea in the capacity'of agent and traveller to his employers, to take orders from the officers in the Crimea. In a letter sent by the Times' correspondent, and published in that journal. it was stated that the Provost Marshal's men had " flogged the representative of a well-known military tailoring firm in London." The Illustrated News republished the statement in a part of the paper under the title of. •'. Notes of the Week." After some little conversation between counsel, it was arranged that a nominal verdict should be entered for the plaintiff, so as to carry costs, and that an apology should also appear in the _lllustrated News, expressing the regret of the proprietors at the insertion of the paragraph in question. kOTION OF LIBEL AGNIN'ST THE "DAILY NE WS ~, In yesterday's publication, we briefly alluded to the above case ; and now supply a condensed report of the trial, Baron which pollock too a k nd p a la s c p e ac o ia n l N j V u e r d y n , es at a th y e , C b o e n fo rt re of Cl E oi x ef: chrqu.r. Mr. Lush opened the case, stating the grounds of the libel, and the pleas, viz., the general issue, the article complained of, not excee di ng t h e li m i ts of fair criticism, and not being dictated by malice. Mr. F. Thesiger then addressed the jury for the plaintiff. His client, as they were aware, was a nobleman of high military position, and who, feeling that he bad been un. justly assailed, came forward to vindicate his character. On the other hand they had a newspaper, conducted with great talent, and having an extensive circulation, and the plaintiff was placed in a most disadvantageous position. He (Lord Lucan) stood before the world, and an opportunity was afforded of canvassing every circumstance of his life, and he could not conceal him. self from any shafts of malice that might be directed against him. Opposed to him was a person unknown and invisible, and who might be actuated by personal motives and most malicious feelings, and whose opinion ; if be were known, would be very insignificant, but who spoke with the authority that belonged to a powerful organ of public opinion. Perhaps in adopting the preSent proceedings, the noble lord would not be consult ing his future ease, and would have to suffer the penalty of having assailed one portion of the press ; but the •noble lord, satisfi d as to the rectitude .of his con duct, was determined' to appeal to the justice of a jury, and he believed that that appeal would not be in vain. The cry might be raised, that the liberty of the press was in _ . danger, but there never was a time when such a cry should less be raised, because there was no time when that liberty was less endangered. That, liberty could only be endangered by the licentiousness of the press and its unjustly as. sailing individuals. . The danger would be further increased if a jury were appealed to in vain. The learned counsel, having referred to the report of the commissioners sent to the Crimea, as well as the subse; quant - proceedings, which gave rise to the,comments complained of, tlien read the libel. The learned counsel also stated that when a demand for an' apology was made, it was' refused except Under certain conditions. .Lard'' Lucan, examined by Sir Federick Thesiger. proved the'position in the array which he occupied; and that be was in the East in April and left in February, 1855. Cross-examined by Mr. James: He had been recalled from the service, the reason assigned being, that it was fell., that a letter which he had written, on the dispatch of Lord . Raglan, stating that he had acted under the mis conception of it was calculated to be injurious to the public service, anti the discipline of the army. That letter he was never called on. to retract. Did not know what other motives the government in recalling him might have, he could only speak as to the motive assigned. The matter was brought before the House of Lords. Lord Cardigan was in command of the light brigade of the cavalry division, and was under his personal command. No correspondence passed between them, but he was aware that Lord Cardigan complained of the manner in which he exercised his COM. mind. He admitted that he comPlai nea o f Paving been detained too long at Devna, but' be n ever found fault with Lord Cardigan exc e p t ou the question of a divisional order, and his havin g refused to recognise him (Lord Lucan) as his divisional ()Meer, and applying indirectly to Lord Raglan. Lord Car digan had complained of .his interfering, but could not swear whether or. no the words used were not " un- . necessary interference." After some further examina tion to•thesame effect, the correspondence between the solicitors of Lord Lucan and the party representing the Daily News and the alleged libel were read and put in as evidence. This closed the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Edwin James then addressed the jury for the defend.. ants. The learned counsel contended, that so far from there being any undue license taken by the defendants, they were only acZing the part of correct historians in com - menting boldly on the conduct of the plaintiff. It could . not, be denied that there had been mismanagement in the conduct of the affairs in the Crimea, and it was proved that this mismanagement was traceable . to the favouritism which placed in command such men as Lord Lucan and Lord Cardigan, both of whom had shown that they were • exempt from the position- which' they occupied. The learned council concluded an eloquent address by appealing to the jury to protect the press in the discharge of its duty. The Lord Chief Baron having fully explained the law bearing on the case, the jury retired, and, after a short absence, returned a verdict for the defendants, THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY FA,CTOM GIRLS AND THEIR EMPLOYERS On _Saturday last; the Huddersfield Guildhall was crowded by factory girls, anxiously .awaiting :he decision of the magistrates, ow the conduct •of certain of their female frjends ' , who had been summoned by Messrs. Charles 'W.. Learoyd and Ca., for leasing work without notice, Several cases bad been leniently. disposed of, when' a young lady, hensoured• by the name of the " Ringleader," stepped for ward, with a sharp and confident step. Faith Holden appeared, to ,feel. the responsibility of her position. Her questions to the witness: were.curt, and to the point; h4r statement clear,-coneise,,and Her slight figure appeared to expand, and .her small face• lighted up as she advanced plea after plea—" the want of a notico , gagemtnt by Messrs. Learoyd ; her STRANGE CHARGE OF ARSON AGAINST A GIRL. CHESHIRE WINTER ASSIZES. FROM OUR OWN REP:III4'ER.) CHESTER, THIIRSDAY The winter assizes for this county 'commenced to-day before Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Sergeant Channel. 29 prisoners for trial, including two charges of murde one being the case of William Jackson, who stands a cutting the throats of, his two children -at Che Stet., a wards burying them. The other is a charge agait :persons of having poisoned a female child at Rundot grand jury (of which Earl Grosvenor was chairman) having tigaan awnri, narnn A ...... a— .1-1:---- 'usod of 1 after t three His Lordship commenced by a reference to the peculiar circumstance of a winter assize, and to tha assize commission now sitting. He said they were attending at an unusual period of the year—that was t o s ay, it was unusual , b u t now it had become more usual; and probability, in a short time these winter assizs'would regularly be held and classed amongst the ordinary assizes of the country, and it would be arranged that there should be a general gaol delivery throughout the country at this ti alto of the year. Indeed it seethed to him that if it was to take place at all, it ought to be extended to every part of the country, because he did not see •any common sense in the principle that prisoners who formed nart of a ;mini' hoilv who formed part of a large county. The administration of justice ought, undoubtedly, to be uniform in every county, and the only reason for hOlding the winter assizes idcertain districts seemed to be that it had'becoine a matter of expediency, when the pressure on the county was heavy in consequence of the great number of prisoners in the gaols,to have an extraordinary gaol delivery in those counties at this time of the year. Now in the event of its being decided to establish these assizes generally, as a permanent arrangement, it would,: probably, be necessary to divide the country into districts, because, no doubt, it would be inconvenient and unnecessarily expensive to hold them in Tie into county. The question, ther e f ore , of dividing the count r y Ti! into districts, so that the whole of the prisoners might be tried lity, be ra d. Ono of the great inconveniences at present existing was the necessity Of going from place to place, and having so many ceremonies, which ceremonies, if shortened and rendered less frequent. would admit of justice being less expensively administered, and, perhaps. in two or three places instead of so many. They (the grand jury) might, therefore, wish to take into their consideration the propriety, or other wise, of "dividing the country into districts. Some of the large counties.in England—Lancashire and Yorkshire, for instance —would form districts in themselves, but others like Rutland, and some of th e small counties close to them in ? Wales, might: very probably, be united and formed into districts for the more convenient administration of justice. All that would have to be- arranged, and if the grand jury had any opinions on the sulject, he (Baron Alderson) invited them to intrust him with the expression of those opinions. If they did so, he should be glad to take charge of them, as there was a commission, of which he was a member, appointed, and if he was charged with their advice and opinions, he should be glad to lay them before.the commission. With respect to the cases that would come before them, there were very few that would require their . particular attention. The great bulk of the cases were such as did and would come before them, and with which they viero conversant, as members of the different benches of magistrates throughout the county. There were one or two cases, however, to which he wished to call their attention. One was a very serious case of murder, but still one that would not be a case of difficulty in their hands, and with which they would be able easily to deal, Although it was a case of serious interest to the parties concerned, the jury would not require any assistance from him in reference to it. There was another case in which three persons were charged with killing a child at Runcorn. There was some difficulty in that case. With respect to one of the parties charged, on reading the depositions, he could not see any grounds for putting him on his trial at all. With resnect to the others there was no difficulty, and they must not 'find a bill unless they could say the two did it, or they could point their fingers to the one who did it. If they were satisfied it was done by one of the two, and, they did not know which, he did not know how they could find a bill against either. They might find a bill against both, and if they_were satisfied about one, and Could tell which of the two committed the offence, they could find a bill against that party. His Lordship next alluded to a case of condealment of birth, in which no body' had been found, and telling the grand jury that if they could not make out there even was a dead body in a state to be concealed, they could not find a bill. Ile then discharged them to their duties. ALLEGED BURGLARY AT HIGHER BEBBINGTOL—John Spurgeon was charged with breaking into the dwelling house of William Turner, at Higher Bebbingtorioind stealing a gun, four pairs of boots, and other articles, on the 17th of September. The only evidence on the part of the prose cution was, that ho was seen in the yard of the house in which the alleged burglary was committed, on the following morning at ton o'clock, and that a key was found in the yard, which a witness named Townshend, with whom the prisoner lodged, said he believed belonized to him. Tn his this witne cross examination, court by the ludicrous character of his answers. In answer to interrogations from the learned counsel for the prisoner, he said they kept keys at their house, but did not use them. (Laughter.) They used padlocks. 'I he key found in the yard of the prosecutor's house fitted one side of a lock at witness's house, but not the other. (Renewed laughter.) The Judge : Are you a fool, or are yen not ? Witness :I am not. (Roars of laughter.) Inspector Ilodson, of the Birkenhead detective force, was called, and stated that lie apprehended the prisoner on the 23rd of April, in Liverpool. He saw him in the street, and as soon as the prisoner saw witness the former ran down Redeross street, into a house called the " Naval Rendezvouz," in which witness took him. The Judge : suppose people are in the habit of committing robberies in Liverpool ? Witness : No doubt. The Judge : And run away from detectives ? Witness : I dare say. (Laughtei.) At the close of the case for the prosecution, his lordship said there was no evidence whatever on which to find the prisoner guilty. The only evidence was that of that very intelligent and respec table gentleman, Mr. Towushend. (Laughter.) If they found the prisoner guilty on such evidence, they would abdicate their functions altcgather. There was no case, and they must acquit the prisoner. His Lordship, in discharging the prisoner. said : I advise you, as you are so shy of detectives, to take care of them in futgre. (Laughter.) . . MURDER. OF A CIIILD'AT RUNCORN BY ITS FATHER AND MOTHER.—XTRAOUDINARY CHARGE.—Thomas Brennan and Elizabeth Brennan were charged with having murdered their infant child, Mary Brennan, at Runcorn, on the 26th of September last, by administration of oil of vitriol. The case excited much interest, and the court was much crowded. Mr. Brandt and 14Tr. Horatio Lloyd conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Macintyre and Mr. Morgan Lloyd defended the prisoners. Mr. Brandt, in stating the case on behalf of the prosecution, said that the charge against the prisoners was one of the most fearful nature. The death of the child, which the prisoners were accused of murdering, was of the most painful description. The prisoners were charged with having poisOned the child, and that the deceased did die from the effects of poison there was very little doubt. It appeared that, on the 26th of September last, the female prisoner gave birth to a child.' The child was never baptised, and on. the 2nd of October, it was bUried in a sort. of 'box, which was constructed by the male Prisoner. Now, it was this child that the prisoners were accused of murdeying.' As be had already stated, on the 2nd of October, the day on which the child died, the male prisoner' and a man, named Patrick Frain, were seen in the back kitchen of the house, making a coffin_ out of a tea ches', and it would be proved that, on , the, same evening, the t wo pr i soners and Frai n were seen:takiig away the child to bury. it, Some few days afterwards, .Mr. Blake, an officer - of poliCe, heard -that there had been some foul play, - and the consequence , was that the body QI the child was exhuthed, and a post mortem examination was made, when it was found that h all the way from the throat to _the. stomach, the entire of the surface was burnt away, and the bowels were altogether consumed: The sufferings of the child . Must have been most horrid. It would be proved to the jury that shortly before the ,child, died, it was seen kicking and in great agony on the mother's knee. The jury would also be told by the medical men that the child had had oil of vitro!, or sulphtiric' acid administered to it, and mast have suffered the most dreadful agony. The interior of the body was dissolved'and liquified by the oil of vitrol which had been• thus administered. A girl of the name of Rees would tell the jury, that on the night of the 30th of Septem ber she was nursing the child, and that up to the time that she ceased to nurse it, it was, perfectly well. Between nine and ten o'clock the same night, this girl saw the child on its mother's knee, struggling and blowing from the. mouth, white foam proceeding from its mouth, and apparently making a convulsive effort to leap from its mother's knee. After the death of) the child, and subsequently to the exhumation of the body, Mr. Blake, the policeman, went to the house of the prisoner; and asked'for the dress which the child had on when it died, but ho was -Unable to get hold of it, and up to the present time the authorities had not been able to get possession of it. The reason of thi s was to him (the learned counsel) obviously clear, that the prisoners were anxious to get rid of the dress, because, had it been examined. the effe'ets of the corrosive nature of the oil of vitriol would have been apparent, and have been strong' evidened oftlie prisoners h av i ng a d m i n i stered i t. A no th er chess was risen to the policeman, and it was endeavoured to palm that off as the dress which the child had on when it died, but, it would be proved that the dress which it had on-when it was on; it mother's knee; was altogether of a different colour to that which was handed to the policeman. 44" some further details, the evidende of witnesses Was proceeded" with. Elza.- both Reece, stated that she nursed 'the' child tip. to seven o'clock on the night, when _she• a ft er wards —a* . it struggling on its mother's knee. At the time the witness gave the child to its mother, the child was quite well. When witness saw the child on th e mother's knee, white stuff was coming from its mouth. The baby had then on a light frock, with a brown spot on it. [rhe frock produced was a purely white frock.] Before wit ness knew that the child was dead, she saw the prisoners and Patrick Frain in a back room making a box, and at night the prisoners and Frain went out together, the prisoner Brennan having a box under his arm. John Wai at Runcorn, stated that the two prison )p on the 2ud of October, and pun for a rabbit cote. John _Ward. the 'corn, proved that o the two riri Ron Ara of the to the churchyard ? Remembered the coffin that i October, and it was taken to Mr. Wilson's Surgery. wards at his (witness's) blouse, and taken into custody by Mr. Blake. E the hearse 1; in saw than ha Col bou )rn, proved Blat and Patrick Frain 2nd - of thin buried obtained on her second e ' sa id yi li. H ., AR . DWOOr St. John of larg2 average has been &I lAA to l'", i it prices in small lots; 14 to 15 inch is worth ..-- in k per ar foot. Of Lower-port there has been several silo P eels sold at various prices; as in quality and Siz e ' j 141 to 18.1 per foot. ,:„,,,; gig 'N.B. A 'at AND .....S. PINE AND SPRUCE DEALS: ow-ies, Ist of February, the import stuns up to 4,001, 4 „, 97 ,„ P it0c 1 ‘ against 4;243,318 pieces at same date in 1855. the does not equal that of last year at same date; the clu" - bee.o broughtforward during thelot month h;ss,s2s 9 end reprsents 1,219,40 pieces, agale st .00 NTov.eriaber 1835. Such unusual hem"' 46.1 ,4 ; rs ta t t e e pee lo s x e.,,?.s4letlrl:lPaiuntirychhcaaaysereg 0 es . areaes re ..er:e accOunt. The PP,.. 9 pill And our tabular quotatop ower p. be ta luncorn, proved findin prisoner said the' child had on 'when it die Wilson, surgeon, of Runcorn, deposed to the value report ; thel foot :. 7 ) , - "" Pe' sold 11/(1 . fre ;0 1 have been at appearanc The gullet w 5 t° . 15 4_ •. 1 •.0.1.1.by • Ca r e CH INE : There are no sales of entire quality, the low 14d per was also the be produced most probably' t TEAKwoon : No sales to report ; the stock is at i, Since our annual circular, dated Ist F i !! ) .. r e l vessels, 270,255 tons register, wood-laden , e we , khe from British North America, viz 99 from from St. John, N. 8., and 120 from other Pa rl i : ecl• same date last year, 345 vessels, 267,293 ha d ar- there was intense inflamnia would resu .om th same causo. He- saw abu to Mr. Edwards, of Liverpool, a I Mr. John Baker Edwards, professor of - pool, examined : On the Bth of October he received - from Runcorn—he detected sulphuric acid in the intestines submitted to him. He did not detect it in la for dea the stomach, y, at Liver- TABLE OF IMPORTS, From Ist February, 1856, to this date, ge quantities, ;: tii: , .s r bil., is 14 1 ' i ! 5l 4d ' ° - ;:i 3, r 4 ; a __, J , , - ----- --- I.' I..___ s ol o 00 5172F . 3 5755 3478 48371862 431 20 4 .• .. • !. 85e4 i i 93457 •• ! 4.: .. ! .. ..,,...00 I— -----1 4.308484!, -‘" 1 86.', 16626 r„ , 5 I r, don't see any Ldt • Ouly must hav'e been dying he was in th Alderson : Ile• said he was p r esent w Mr. Baron I. I Quebec 1, the child c jury against Thom St. John, I+ how the cas Other Ports. Brennan There may ba a - mnation a3' to tt 922621 5755 . 3473 but • the diffculty is to show any administratior Macintyre then addressed the jury fOr the prisoner E '"" Brenuan, contending that there' wa had aclPiinistered the sulphuricyacid to the deceased. Alderson, in Biter - lining up, said it was abundantly no proof whatever r.) , 4 .°7l .i; - -,;' 039 1 $ 5900 926 ll° 9 566 , 6373 Same time last year. IMPORTED FROM I .917* It waspr the jury 3ether it had been. conc Quebec proved that the prisoner had admit a short deliberation, acquitted the Johr„ N.B ury, after Other PO:ts THE MURDER. AT CHM indicted for the wilful murder of Jot second. indictment further charged him with the mu Elizabeth Jackson. The prisoner plea firm tone. The learned Judge said the ceeded with to-morrow morning V illiar, jacksort was X 32 6 Ll° i ' 21gs 351 Jack6on, a '1 -- ---- • • le t pIO BiLTIC TIMBER. The imports from the North of Europe ",„ 0 8. ; .., 21,013 tons register this season, against 9 A - "'" year. The stock is sufficient for the dereallno 0 38 _ SPAR S are dull of sale, unless of good quail, ase should be pro , able sizes. - • de o ',4 ,14 the ra DEALS AND BATTENS: The supply excee d s 31- and prices are lower . . Several' parcels 110 e", by the importers. , 0 i 146 LATHWOOD is worth 35s to 40s per fix:). ' id a- STAVES • Riff STAVES Riga ~a Crown Pipe have been ea. per M. haeS t# Since Ist February 66 'vessels, 21,013 WS, "....- ~ against 33 vessels, 9,395 tons, to date last 10140‘11:. A. F. 85 1) '• ,;:v- _c id Cotninerttal fttiettigence. LIVERPOOL COTTON M4RKET.—Dsc. 4. With an active deniand and a moderately fair supply, the cotton market his ruled firm, at yesterday's extreme rates. The sales—including' 200 Pernambucos 'lid to Bd, 800 Bahias 60 to 6id, 200 Maranhams fild to 71d, 200 EgTptians 7id to 7 Id, 2,000 Surats .W to sid—are reported 12,000 bales, of which 3,000 are on speculation and for export. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.--DEc 4. SUGAR : The market continues to have an upward tendency; 65 hhds Antigua have realised 525, and 3,400 mats clayed Manilla 493 per cwt. MoLAssEs : Nothing further has taken place. Rum : 45 puncheons Jamaica are reported at previous rates. SHIPPING INTELLIGENC E ' • LIVERPOO, Mnafoss 5 ut Ilion W WATER—Mon, 4 29 L Even, in 4 59 —Rejig.'" 130, t..!.te.,;0.,1, „Oh°. Malta, &c. beai si oof C ikon ens b ti a t y ut p lo a n ck .. e S t • Annette Gi bert ...... •1f00.,;,, . Favre Joseph Rowan .... ~ . • .attee , `aratba in tan . .. •••"'..,:* *"..1•1100 ARRIVED, Teneriffe (Ls.) COFFEE : 40 bags Santos have been taken at 50s 6d per cwt. Itallan'"(e.s Linda .... Rlcs : The business done is confined to 1,000 bags Bengal at 9s 93 to lls 63 per cwt. Charles Horsfall Harold PEPPER : We have also to report L. to 71d, and 125 bags black at 41d per lb PEARL SAGO : 890 boxes sold at 26s to 26s 6d for small, and 283 6d to 30s for medium to large. ) bags white at nd Bonny [lope .•••••. Calcutta Washington ,Calcutta Agaphia .• • ..Callaoßeagle , .• •• Princes% Royal St. Helena.. Niagaia vp o J ed GAMBLER : 10 tons sold at 18s pe - r cwt from the quay LINSEED: 700 bags Bombay sold at dts, and a small lot of Calcutta at 63s per quarter. Admiral Baxer, Russia ....... .... Geelong - Norfolk, Va. Fidelia Shanghae, rvplioan.... Nic- Malakoff... • Mericius AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET.—DEc. 4 Per stone, 201bs. Per goit4s. s. (1. s. d. s. d. s. d.i Potatoer, Seedlings 0 0 to 0 0 o 8 to 0 8)' Ditto, Kemps .... 4 0 to 4 3 0 6i to 0 Si Ditto, Whiteroeks.. 210 to 3 0 r 0 6 to 0 7 Ditto. Balahaws 2 S to 2 10 ENTERED FOR LOADING. • o °l ,S 10 Dec. 3. J L u o l u la is A a u Breda (s.) ..Constantinople. Rte. Fox ...... Nnrmnn B g r u a s g ta in . **** ''''''''''''''''''' Carl Pete flay, old.. Ditto, new Green Clover Vetches 0 0 to 0 01 Ditto, Beldrum 0 0 to 0 0 Ditto, cattle .. OUTPORTS. Catherine, from Lorl°°' Dublin, Dec. 4.—Arrived— wheat, ice, from Aliramich l. gunde. Cardiff. 0 „joie , ' —re m...1a0 1 0 ' ats, in s illloway, Dec. 3. —Jenny Jonei, from MARITIME EXTRAS. - 0 por. )001, Dec. 4.—A flat, laden with al er t, was run ` - t,„ be off the entrance to the Birkenhead Ma,the ) Crew saved. .er dan. a . —g a on ti C rhci o em r Cormorant a w; n p t sohr ( e s , ) so , ov f o.cra2r Liverpool. r.p132.., . : r 0: 3 01 , 0 1 : pri o:_c o l l f e l l cutwater of the Eliza, from Newport, both vessel 3 ue , ". lot the same tug., M ?W all Westport. Dec. 2.—The ship Clarendon, from - I .:ft tills day in tow of steam tug Fury. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET, SUGAR: The market continues very firm, and a large amount of business was done late yesterday by private contract. COFFEE : The public sales are going off steadily. TEA : The market is inactive. SALTPETRE : 700 bags were offered in public sale (seconds); two lots, refraction 21, fine, sold at the high price of 555; the remainder bought in. Orleans (brigantine), I doing Hid 29 4, 4 '' Report of the Linda, arrived here from Para iba, s e ll? The Panic was loading for Liverpo,l, and would sa" d os , The Boomerang, loaded, and won d sail in about 0 0 iifoe Li Report of the Joseph Rowan, Harrison, arrived a - o els ...m i for treat, and sailed in company with the folloWinJ o L 61 0 7 e itrl i Florence, and Albert Home, for Glasgow; ,anddfl - v - i 'OWL London. On the 16th Nov, off the eastern ell„r„,',01 fls Bank, saw a ship of about 1:000 tons, with loss of e ' e masts, and sails all adrift ; tried to get near bero. b O h ip too heavy ; wind N.W., heavy gale.' A schooner or windward of her. Rice : A Small portion of the "public sale of Bengal sold from 9s gd to lOs 6d. RUM : The market is very firm. COTTON remains firm. A small part of the Surats offered in public sale sold at 41d. In other articles no material alteration, but most articles have a steady appearance. Liverpool, LONDON TALLOW MARKET.--DEC. 4. The market is quiet at the annexed quotations :—Town tallow, 58s 3d, nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C., on the spot, 58s to 58s 6d; December, 58s; January to March, 583. Nov. 20 . Persia, hence to New York LONDON MINING MARKET. —DEc. 4 Report of the Princess Royal, arrived here from Cal The market for home mining stocks is rather quiet, but steady in price• Spoken. Oct. 24...Effingham, Bombay to Amsterdam Vov. 2.. Belle Virginee, boithd south In the Stock Exchange to day there have been tr tions in Matiquita shares at 133 6d and 10 Imperial Brazilian at 1' sac ; and in Nov. 4.. Agnes. bpand south..• •• • Nov. f.. Belle Asie, Marseilles to Bombay.. • • Nov. 14 . Richard Cobden. bound to Havannah Nov. IG.. Allies; Alva. Bay to L0nd0n.....'. • • Nov. 19...Martibau. Maxilla to Cowes..... ... . . Subjoined is a list of yesterday's transactions in the Mining Exchange :—Ding Dong, 33, ; Great Alfred, 104, ; Par Consols, 211; West Frances, 211, 204; Wheal Grenville, 30s, 31s 6d, 345; Wheal Wrey, 6, it, f. In the Stock Exchange :—Alfred Consols, 17 (ex div.); North Basset, 35* ; Vale of Towy, 14s 6d, 15s 6d ; Sort ridge Consols, 21, ; Cobre, 56 ; Great South Tolgus, 13i ; Port Philip, 3s, 3s 6d; Chaucellorsville. 6s. Report of the Harold, arrived here from C a l e utta — ‘ . 23 15,..t 13:f. • Spoken. .• . ' Sept. 10.. Isaac Walton, to New Y or k ...... •• 7vit, Oct. 25.. Phtenix, Bombay to Li v erp oo l. .. . .... Nov. 13.. Selina, Newtounilland to Pernambueo .... •' 6 Nov. 14.. Lady Prudho Nov. 23.. Sylph, Madras to London .......• ....... , FOaEIGN POUTS. tai uk, Eliza, and Aaron Queen—both sailed from Se ll 2 0 ' pool, Nov. 2g. 4 , Oetbo Eclipse. Hughes, hence at Rio Janeiro. r 4 Humphry Nelson sailed from Rio Janeiro for Itll d e orefe Juvernia, Rees, sailed from Bahia for Maceio "„g, ~a, 2G; and Dorisana, for ila c eio a nd Liverpool, Jo e, - Bessie Seawright, Douglas, from St. Helena , at a Queen, Amos, hence at Havre. ' De lores, hence at Bilboa. Otto, Sodekende, here! at Odessa. .fo Vie 4 0 Albanian (s.a ), hence at Gibraltar. and cleared , go , . 4. Jessie Miller, Taylor, hence at Lisbon. • i c or el Wilmoet OldenSurg, sailed from Lisbon for t, William Henry. Boyd, eleared at Gibraltar for LI" Wl!d Wave, Galleene, henee at Aspinwali. Queensberry. from Whoa:wort at Fon Choo Poo' CORK . BUTTER MAREET.—DEc 4. The supply at to-day's market consisted of 3,000 firkins and kegs. The demand was very general, and all were cleared off;at the following prices :—Firsts, 119 s ; Seconds, 116 s ; Thirds, 106 s ; Fourths, 102 s ; and Fifths, 100 s, per cwt. LIVERPOOL TIMBER TRADE AMERICAN TIMBER, At the date 'of our last circular we intimated a slight decline in the market value of most descriptions of wood, Occasioned in some degree,as we then stated by a check in the consumption, which many causes induced us, and still induce us, to believe will prove only temporary : since that period the check has not been to any material extent relieved, on the contrary for about ten days past we have been visited by frost of such severity, as greatly to impede building operations; while the causes alluded to have necessarily affected sales, the • unusually large imports have added most seriously to the adverse con dition of the market; so great indeed has been the extent of arrivals within the last few weeks, that prices have given way and have become quite irregular, caused no doubt by the-vast numbeer of cargoes which have been diverted from other ports, and concentrated here by ill grounded expectations. This will be• better understood when we state that, within the period which has elapsed since our last issue, the 21st of No vember, there have arrived 27,843 tons against 2,848 tons for Vie corresponding period of last year; it will also be seen from the subjoined figures that, up to last month, - frohl the the Ist of February, the total amount of tonnage arrivals was much under that of the previous__year. viz., 202,689 tons in 1836, against 239,400 tons in 1855, whereas within the last month the difference has not only been made up, but actually exceeded ; the tonnage for the ten months of 1856 surpassing,that.of the same period of 1855 by 2,962 tons. The result of these large arrivals within so limited a time has been a glut in the market, and this has -pro duced a state of matters in no small degree anomalous. Its first effect was to lower prices, which gave rise to an increased consumption, but without improving the value, . as holders alarmed at the magnitude o f th e i mport, in ' several instances pressed sales. To meet the exigencies of the time, it is therefore necessary to act with caution, and cargoes are in not a few casea in process of being yarded, t-L----__ _____------ ,_„ 00" - ..,,tt , While others have been already stored on importers' _ar e teravu : ', O . P:, i t 'account. The advices by recent mails are on the whole GAROTTE ROBBERIES IN LINDON. -6 d art gt:idi,v more encouraging, and as the number of cargoes to arrivetwitbstreftst the robberies received by - of lads who, " to ill- lade can now be estimated with tolerable correctness. a better committed by gangs . m i n a thr ee te bi feeling has been manifested among the dealers. the increased vigilance of the police, co tion was by the pol.ce of several ti wire, ' .OP -I PINE TIMBER : From Quebec 51 728 logs have been public thoroughfares. In We A llc e lo d s h e ira scl of a s u il:' o vr , . imported, against 38,489 logs at th e s ame date last year, attacked a gentleman, and plundered Norwithstanding the large increase of import- cargoes on with a .guard aid keys attached , % il l - on the Is r eut leni el arrival,'with few exceptions, have been sold with but constables of the II division were pro ' 7 little variation. It i s now fully ascer tained that for the lids got clear away with their booty. A remaind er of t h e season the supp ly will be moderate, and was similarly attacked and plundered of 8 g - -ist l' 00 0 and, 111 i ci l rentl e 0 with this view, prices are not likely to alter. 60 to 70 appendages, in the Harrow road; house, - - vre- , feet average is worth 193 to 20d per foot, as in quality. lodging From St. John, N. 8., the import is 33,893 logs ; athad been inveig re 0° of he 08 came in and stated that he 0 , , ~,, pia _ same date last year, 27,943 ; the demand has been fair, Pi . : 0 1 ttilohle7g. orate:b t' w a: ing he hi ß s with but little change in price. 18 inches average is worth as in quality from 5d to 6d per foot over the average girth a c n o e na l a p g l h ain b t ti a d t ge t , h the a s r t r a o ti w o n r , ledaa bys a ,r. 0 , foreign string measure. Of Lower port the supply is money. a ° t ri tec o lie t d and robbed of he; gold watchi u" , %g o BIRTHS.' :f ofs• ° ' On the 30th ult., at Clifton vile, B'righten the sc' e Esq ,of a daughter. etr f Of , on the 30:h ult. at Pozdown, W e llington, o ire 0 Elworth, lst nat ty . ri d ' the of a.so.• On the y at 16, Albany-plaee, York Gaston Murray, of a daughter. On the Ist inst., the wife of Henry Eilvingt° e ' Ann's-terrace, Brixton-road, of a son. • • or) i v, .MARRIAGES. h t o_ n s. f r o n. On the 29th ult., at St. Pancras Church, John to P c . .i Of Mr. J uhn Winsl•r, of Newton Abb o tt, Devon' —0 :c1P". o f youngest, daughter of Mr. John C roy d on ; l a te 0f1e.,;.-0. ve nter• Op the. 2nd inst., at St J ames ' s Ch urc h, Padding,o o •oo; it s Jennings Bramly, lat e C apta i n Cape Mounte d the Rev. Thos. Jennings Bramly, to Eliza irkeogla G '7,' , ol . ! redeter s• of Captain E. M. Daniell, HE.I.C.S., of 3 9 , A Hyde P.irk. m e 'VO A ' dste On the 2nd inst., at St. Alphage's, Greenwicb. th e col Robinson, D.D., Master of the Temple;to MaTY' of Lieut. Bedford, R.N.. of Greenwich Hospital. • v/03' DEATHS. 2 , the o bee On the Ist inst., at the Parsonage, Hale, aged 7 d in° pee if' Stewart, for 46 years the respected and much WOO hbory -P l , the a,e. e, Sig • Or • O pi n the Ist it at., at his residence, 2, RodneY•t i l d . park, Nathaniel Greaves, Esq , formerly of Sh e , w c f r C. ) 1 ' On the let in-L. Chas. Atticus lionck, son oi o bei , of Belsay, Northumberland. curie Cr° j On l odge Ist 'inst., of a diseased heart. JoseP- 01 3 . Holly , Bridge-road, Hammersmith, a ged s due y, On the Ist inst., in the Grange-road, Berm" Sterry, Esq., in the 86th year of his age. 5 1 0 1 1' , fe4,o Births. Alarriages, an d D ea ths, arc only inserte d wilc o • to our Office duly authenticate and. ho would rather have given Henr the body taken up ‘, births and deaths, at nu__ October, the . 'prieoner, Thom of the death of the deceased, elem. He said the -child man, and had no medicinc 6,641 logs, against 3 945 at same date la st year; --- Agra e t° no sales P to report of seath latter. RED NE : There full supply, and 40 feet a'O is worth 21d per foot. '9 ge OAK AND Elm : The stock is ample; the fern ler f o o l t selling at,23 2d to 2s 4d; the latter at 21d to 22d P er , with the cargo, very larg, one month h king a wholes , 0, 11. In D i a t " .99w.