The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-06 00:00:00

THE THE CURRENCY QUESTION THE LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. r Si r ,33 Tin EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. , 41)1)4 Our talented correspondent, "J. W ' has, it 411, re, taken umbrage at my last letter, and has whottitaltly made up his mind that I am an ignorant booby, e to .,_ as not learned the first principles of the doctrines . of ignorcancy, and the alphabet of the science of money , an tha ti k tn k ,lls, upon whom his time is consequently wast9d. ()fit s „`"m for the compliment, but am not yet convinced km ;Nth. lam well acquainted with the principles thottak'Phabet on which his theory is founded ; and, having' belie long and seriously on the " Currency Question," ; W aite as firmly in my principles and alphabet as 1,, does in his. im`hr discussion must not become personal. It is of such Or s ' l ance that it extends beyond the fireside and beyond . 4 eep e P lin trY, and, embracing as if does, .a principle of b 3, the to all mankind, its influence is only bounded 10 the limits of the world. Let me, therefore, hope that, tata" C o ntroversy, which seems inevitable, all the . corn th:lts will preserve their temper, and keep in mind that edrite, not so much for each other, as for the public. d stio e ' i l tit wish, at present, to attack "J. W." He . has alto le cause good service, by clearly and forcibly Me g "I. AN With defects of our present system, and, so far, I c with him. 11 4, 111 opposed also to the extensive use of bullion, as the 1 Medium of exchange. 1 4 ,while I see o ur p resen t d angerous p os i t i on , an d vh4e contracted, insufficient state of our currency— ,Dovatjace that the devotion to gold is the cause, and that d , will, se e in our present course may be our ruin, and fcit,_soBt certainly, be a continual thorn in our side— a , 411 3 7 averse to those theories which, hitherto unsucces. - 4 4 11 ,7 ° c laim to be adopted as an all-sufficient panacea. In Po s , e - am afraid of any note or paper, which does that Po on s a s real, tangible value, wherever used; and on a i t opp ose J . or rather J. W's." p it plans. n eee 8 ne cessary to mend our currency ; but i s no t Und:atY to adopt the almost-untried. and imperfectly oes.st°,l expedient of paper, which has, ir . i . itself, no Whi c h N either is it necessary to resort to bullion alone. adv oe wc nid be committing national suicide at once. I intaci a e te , anothe r plan—a plan which will at once supply to newtmeel' bullion, sufficient paper. and sufficient security, Is havingWhen only appeared very lately ;* but, believe, e" You r reader s k now it s a d van t ages an d it s di mens i ons, one, of them, an d even "J . W . " hi mse lf w ill cry t eatirb e l, ka," and acknowledge it as the best and most u plan yet proposed. 14 3' next I hope to place its. substance before you, point out its superiority.—Your respectfully. A CURREI,CY REFORMER. lier Pool, November, 4, t 856. i • — l cannot help remarking upon one striking . fea. its - O . :J. W.'s" plan, which he may, perhaps, consider Iletßlguest recommendation. It is evident that, if his I,ltrue„ . _ be adopted, whenever the country finds its circu the 7, cramped, it will only be necessary to petition vkizillaticellor of the Exchequer to add ten or twenty N 4 44 to our taxation, and issue notes to correspond, tleh t/ „.it Is evident that the more we have to pay the ts ol ,' , We shall be ! This would be a feat greater and y ot ; W onderful than anything Professor Anderson has ~,"c`c ° 93 l ?li bed. Lveluffon of the Currency Question. By 0. B. G.—E. Howell, erp,01,1856. At the last meeting of this association the sincere arid cordial thanks of the council were voted to Francis Boult, &q., for his services as representative of the association at the Free Trade Congress recently held at Brussels. It is worthy of record that, but for this association, Liverpool would have be , n totally unrepresented at the Congress. Such a circumstance, had it occurred, must have been highly prejudicial to the pro gress of free trade principles on the Continent, because both free traders and protectionists would have inferred from it that Liverpool, the second, if not the first, commercial place in the world, was either disappointed by the result of their partial application in this country, or indifferent to their extension. GERMAN MILITARY COLONISTS AT THE CAPE.--The intended establishment of military colonists at the Cape of Good Hope, at a cost of something like £9O or £lOO per man, was brought under the consideration of the council by the president, who protested against it as a most unjustifiable ex penditure of the public money, and contended that government had no right to colonise any part of the 'vor Id, either with soldiers or civiliaes, without the consent of Parliament. It appeara, from a recent speech of the govt.] nor, Sir George Grey, to the Cape Legislature, that 8,000 men of the German legion were expected to be sent out, the geelter part of them accompanied by wives and f unifies ; that cact i man wa s t o be p ro vided with camp equipage, and an Enfield rifla, and to be paid pars. Now, the c os t o f convey i ng eac h 6d a day fur three soldier to the frontiers of Kiffirland, cannot be less than £l2, and that of his arms, &c, £6 ; rations for a year, at 6,1 a day, £9 2s 6d, and pay for three years, at the same rate, £27 7s 6d. Materials for a hut, furniture, tools, seeds, &c, cannot well cost less than £2O per man. The wives and families of the men, who may fairly be estimated at an equal number, will have to be conveyed, and supplied with rations. Government will also have to incur considerable expense for roads, bridges, churches, schools, gaols, magistrates, &c ; and, in case of sickness, accident, or destruction of property by the Kern's, it will have to support the helpless, or make good the loss. Should everything turn out successfully, this Colonisation experi ment must cost at least £BOO,OOO, as appears from the following estimate in round minibus : —Three years' pay of 8,000 men. at 6d per day, £19,000; conveyance of 8,000 men, at £1.2 each, £96 000; conveyance of families, at £l2 each, £96,000 ; rations for the men, at £9 2s 6d each, £73 000 ; rations for the families at £9 2s 6d each, £73,000 ; arms and accoutrements, at £6 per man, £48,000 ; materials, furniture, tools, &c., £2O per man, £160,000; miscellaneous expenses for roads, &c., £50,000: total, £815,000. Towards this expenditure, the Cape Legislature has been aiked to contribute £40,000 only, or something like a year's interest upon it. The rest is, of course, to be paid by the patient and well plucked people of England. This might be, comparatively, a small sum, and well bestowed, if it were likely to secure the frontier, and prevent the recurrence of a Kaffir war, every five years or so ; but what chance is there of the attainment of such objects ? The advantage anticipated from colonies of this kind, is the placing of bodies of men ttained to arms, and accustomed to military discipline on exposed frontiers ; hut, to secure this advantage, they must obviously be located and remain in the immediate neighbourhood of each other, and must be called out, from time to time, for training purposes. Now, the primary condition of a colonist's success, especially in a new country, is perfect freedom of action and locomotion. He must be at liberty to go where he likes, and to turn his hand to any employment for which he is best adapted ; for if, without capital, he could be fixed to the soil, and have his occupation marked out for him, for any length of time, he must ultimately become a discontented pauper. What are the means by which it is proposed to keep the military colonists in the frontier villages, where alone they can he of any service in the way suggested ? Compulsion is, of course, out of the question ; and, as to inducements, they are limited to a few acres of wild land, worth little or nothing in such hands, sixpence a day for three years, and rations for one. Are such inducements likely to keep the colonists in remote and un settled districts, without roads or markets, and in the im mediate neighbourhood of hostile tribes, when they know that they can command the highest wages in civilised and populous places, with every convenience at hand ? It will be the inter est, both of the soldiers themselves, and of the employers of labour, that these 8,000 men should be absorbed in the labour market instead of becoming pauper landholders, on the irksome tenure of military service, against hordes of restless savages. When the men see this, as see it they will, how are they to be prevented from following the course pointed out to them, alike by their inclinations and their interest? if coercion be attempted, there is the Dutch Republic, cognate in race, language, and manners, ready to afford them a welcome reception ; and, in ease of hostilities between the British and the Beers, it requires no conjura tion to foretell on which side our German military colonist= will range themselves. It has been alleged by Sir George Grey, as an encouragement to making this silly experiment, that the pensioner colonies in New Zealand have been sue cessful, and that the pensioners have not abandoned their Now, though the settlement of those pensioners has cost upwards of £BO per man, they have turned out, as might have been anticipated, most indifferent colonists, not worth half as much, for any purpose, as an equal number of ()refinery emi grants, who might have been located at half the expense. If they have, generally, remained at their stations, it is, in the first place, because they would have forfeited their life pensions by desertion ; in the second place, because they are, for the most part, man past the prime of life, who cannot command high wages and, in the third place, because they were sta tioned in one of the longest settled and most desirable districts of the country. Not one of these reasons will apply to the cate of the German military colonists at the Cape. In point of fact, they are one and all reversed ; and, under such cir cumstances, it is easy to calculate that the net result of the experiment will just be an addition to the white population of the settlement, valuable or otherwise, as may happen, at a vast B ir To THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. kit, es ) Civ:lis a ti on i s a f avour i te su bj ect w i th a ll men h av i ng ti.q tt letertsion s to philanthropy, and yet, probably, there Itsi f ew minds capable of grasping it in its most liberal tsett ill ation has many phases, and yet there are but few 114 4 c aPable of grappling with the, subject manfully, in more llati 6 , 4° nle one of these—in like manner we find also, that •Isstnia their march of civilisation, usually show a predi. favour of one or other of these pre-eminently— alrre'Probably, from their being peculiarly qualified for the t ati vt ) ement of that one feature. tell us Premise, in the first place, that civilisation has a e lllti th -4 1 81 moral, .a scientific, an artistic, a literary, an agri ' mechanical, and a mercantile phase. Ikti n would not become us to say that England is a-head of all t l ll e 7 i t tis in all these resp ec ts, res p ec ti ve ly, ne ith er i s it our Nt• . to define h e r f u ll s h are i n th e p romo ti on o f th e lion of the world at large, and yet we think we may, ta -l ' t outraging common decorum as between nation 4 4)i: tit) °, say, that if in her modern history there be one thawhich she is more conspicuous than another, it is in tor h!' her com mer ce, and hence we do not hesitate to claim I,; rt he foremost rank in the van of civilisatir —commer est4: All things combine to qualify her for this post, and to 4 aite her t o l ea d f orwar d w ith that boldness and daring, pieta e- ry li a're sus'ained her in all eventful periods of her past 0 s . ! free institutions, under discipline superior to any thing „, 4 111111 , 4 in th e most despotic , countries, are the glory of Eng fop% e ,n but, if we would maintain our character, d put 01 4 t nSt sam e spirit of generous philanthrophy, which made tos t " ,: e ators willing to suffer loss for the general good of their lla i , - b Y. of their descendants, and of the world - universally, we titt i L lS they did, press forward zealously, or we may lose our latit t , - , ae t and t.e left in the rear by some more youthful corn tlist ? I 'note ardent and more diligent, than ourselves even in we are so peculiarly gifted, Rid -r aagland. with all she has attained to, commercially— the all she h as d one f or t h e wor l d i n this respect, and tru l y sfhi ch h at do ne muc h—i i h erse lf th e su bj ect o f convu l s i ons, ilil eo tne and go like an intermittant fever, with which she llt and reels with throes that seem for the time-being, to 111 b•• ; t1 the stabili`y of the nation, though probably that sta tlidtwd;.l in no way whatever effected, and that the torture ttit s „,..''''corefiture to which she is subjected is altegether the liteci t . t tehce of some misarrangement in her social arrange- It t ci and quite irrelevant to her wealth and well being ; au.] t altie st a an° 7 l been visited with these commercial epidemics so 1 64: till at length it has come to pass that we look for the il,eriodical re-appearance as a matter of course, just as fs, : nh abifauts of some localities l o ok for th e yell o w .Ittia° 4 ( l ) like them, we do what best we can to meet the tan' ul tt aCver dream of any bold undertaking to remove the stations. and perfectly unnecessary expense. Even supposing that the legionaries, or any considerable portion of them, remain at the frontiers, the question arises, how obedience and discipline are to be maintained amongst them ? They will not be amenable to military law ; the fear of dismissal cannot be very potent, situated as they will be; and they have no pensions to lose. With such difficulties to contend with, ministers must be much more astute than they have credit for being, if they have devised any effective means either to restrain or punish them, if they refuse to turn out when summoned, or should happen to prefer plan deiing the colonists to defending them. There is, in short, abundant reason to apprehend that these foreign mercenaries may become very troublesome and dangerous colonists. The best course that can be adopted, is just to convey to the Cape such of them as choose to go there, and give them land, if they like it, in conformity with the terms of their enlistment, k i ,"?) let us ask—Have the great gold crops saved us from teal P'le time of war ? Have they warded off these con.ttner 4iert,„Ptic attacks in time of peace ? Have we been in any Al e - ",,, r e More free from them since gold ham been more Let the experience of the nation, yea, of the a nswer this ! But, let England solve the problem, and t he , - „ e , 4 ,cif to the task of unravelling the mystery in which tity—"Joot is shr o uded fro m the a pprehension of the cornmu °lac 4t e l arge, that she may, with the solution, not only reap her I '4 e °' the reward thereof, but still retain her position in the Ifq civilisation in this respect, that is, commercially, als o 1:: bad panics before the great gold discoveries, we have Aa h,: them since ; if we have had panics in time „ of war, m ' v e also suc h i n t i me o f peace ; so we see t h at the increase '111;iP does riot relieve us, and, likewise, that peace does not til kt 49 from t h ee convulsions. Hence we venture to assert th tl ' l °og, as gold is allowed to hold its present false positions lee th coromercial economy of the country, we shall always I rap cl r e , "ne effects follow the same cause, though we should °kit,` mountains of quartz, rich with the precious metal, till h ap 'aY lab ourers s h ou ld earn a gu i nea per di em, an d a T h er n loaf be worth three half crowns. 44111 g o lden basis on which we suspend our commercialercial t ° it. y is, evide n tl y , unequa l t o th e office which is assigned ° IR 4 ', I :n( 1 yet our prejudices are such in favour of these bits I lle 4 );"Y metal, that I believe it will be a tedious work to open e Yes see th a t t h e ev il s t o w hi c h we a ll u d e , and under iteffii t ' he Y at's made to smart so severely, are owing to its tc, e ;",eY• I am very reluctant to introduce any apologies, h nt ,„,' e PIY to any remar k s i rre l e v an t t o th e subject in hand ; itep re — Y last observations least me to say, that with these to e l ," i ° ll B I am ra th er di spose d t o use t h e hi t t h an t h e s p ur t ltiii i 'iL tn°v ements ; and the subject is one of suet expansive- N ie 'iat th e diffi culty i s not hew to keep it up, but how to for i t ?," it—how t o k ee p s t r i c tly wi thi n it s legitinute limits : l a nd • '. 415 8 thro ug h a ll our soc i a l system, an d so affects all, llie,itilures all, sav i ng a very sma ll c l ass, an d that class the , t l /11 0 live, a n d t h r i ve, and grew rich by the writhings of ) ! 1 1l in times of trouble. If any apology he considered 444' 1 to dire courtesy, to your readers, for my not intruding the 4 %oo ner, I .must freely make that epology, appending to it t ten . - n hi ance that though there is no lack of matter, there is 2 '-at pressure of the routine occupations of life, which tt re ktit ßl lch as these on the midnight hour,—Your obedient Coat NEIT VA. and then leave them to do as they please. If military colonists be wanted, they can be had in abundance from the militia regiments, or disbanded troop; of the line ; but, whether the colonists be foreign or British, Government has no right to enter upon any such enterprise, without the consent of Parliament, first asked and obtained. The project was denounced by the council as a gross job, probably originating with Prince Albert. It is also one of encroachments on the rights of the popular branch of the Legislature which threaten, if not checked in time, to bring the British Constitution much nearer than it is to the German level. TAXES AND TAX-COLLECTORS —A case was mentioned in which a tax-collector (the celebrated Mr. Shimmin) had re fused to call for taxes before putting in a restraint, alleging that all persons are bound to pay their taxes when due, and that the collector is not bound to call for them. It was sug gested that, if this be law, it ought to be altered, or that collectors, being paid for doing nothing, ought to be dispensed with. It was also suggested, that a central office for the receipt of taxes of all kinds, with one set of collectors, would be a great convenience to the public, and greatly reduce the coat of co lection. BOARDS OF CUSTOM AND EXCISE.—The consolidation of these two boards, which discharge analogous functions, was urged both on the ground of economy, and that of efficiency. It was alleged that two establishments, and two sets of officers, for the performance of similar duties, constitute one of those anomalies which ought to be abolished ; and that the real reason for continuing such a system, can on) , be an tin . willingness to diminish government patronage. WHAT IS A You NO LADY.—This much agitated q testion, we presume, will now be finally set at rest, as we find an elderly lady advertising for a companion, expressly stating that " the young lady must be about 49 years of age." THE CROPS IN CONNAUGHT.—Speaking of the harvest in the west, the Galway Mercury says :—" Everything rela tive to the harvest is now safe, so that rain can do but littl,- harm. The harvest is a splendid. a rich, and a beautiful one, thanks be to the Almighty Giver." It is understood that all the differences between the English and Swiss shareholders of the South Eastern Rill. way of Switzerland have been arranged, and that the balance of . £160,000, certified as due to Messrs. E. Pickering and Co., the contractors, is in course of payment. DEATH OE A COMEDIAN. —An inquest has been opened at Great Yarmouth on the body of Thomas Russell, a comedian, who died suddenly in the green-room of the theatre of that town on Wednesday evening. It appeared , hat he had been in embarrased circumstances, and had denied himself, to a great extent, the necessaries of life. ENTERTAINMENT AT THE LONDON TAVERN BY THE LORD MAYOR ELECT.—On Monday the Lord Mayor elect enter tained the Court of Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and officers o the Corporation of London, and a distinguished party of private friends at dinner, at the London Tavern. Among the guests were General Sir W. F. Williams, of Kars, Bart, M.P.; General Sir G. Pollock. DovRR, Nov. 3.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Prince Alfred arrived here this evening at seven o'clock, by South Eastern train , and were conveyed in carriages to Birmingham's Royal Ship Hotel. Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied by Sir Fred. Stovin, Colonel Seymour, and Mr. Gibbs, and dined at the Ship Hotel, evhere his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Colonel Seymour, and Mr. Gibbs will sleep. His Royal Highness the Prince Alfred, with Sir F. Stovin and Lieut. Trr t ., .at Ae m Cowell, will pro cee d to O sten d, in her l‘lajesti,'s p cket in c °l. `? g i rl ; 4Y , GIRL S AND PRESTON S. Bnooxs.—The Vivid, Captain Allen, specially appointed. His Royal 13 4,r,ok l li p t c, hr , irtthe Lowell hav e giv e n expression to theirtomorrow the Prince of Wales will return , to London late Sumner outrage, by sending to P. S. . The travelling public will be pad to learn 1 4 1 c1 ,. a. N ,,i ndi y Pieces of silver (three cent pieces), a rope, that Mr. Birmingham has recently become the proprietor of ' 10 4114 . u g sheet, with a letter freely expressing their the Lord Warden Hotel, the old establishment, however, being still kept up. THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. reply to your correspondent, "Nepos," who writes a~Eir e p to uziptu on gold, in your impression of to-day, I would 11 : tL olo answer his last question—" Thou lov'd one, what Thou most illogical leader of society, with thy l o °p itt a talent s , thy unsound arguments, thy alluring, , 6 4 4 1 4. 1 , 4 " , }l ,etoric, thy baneful doctrines, and thy all-searching Simply, in a word, I will tell him it is, when 4 th the ro o t o f a ll ev il."—Yours, MosEy. 'N'enaber, 1856. THE BEARD MOVEMENT t ' IRE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. t he 2 - i a nt glad to find that you are lending your columns Il l 4 4 B :ll 4 o — irZ or of s the under the Wlitufirst began in Shave," and ,!! re a' . 0: " with pleasure the very sensible remarks of t tir Y t ) In Your paper of this day. 1, myself, can if t b !eat, (I P ° use of the beard as a preventative against sore e eta ulcersuffered as regularly as the damp November can 44° Pt it ed sore throat, when one winter I was induced to 'li ght the beard tiL test 4 1 ,-, movement, and I did not experience the • i 4 e e Ih a "sulrnation that winter, or induced any winter tert • v u been in the habit of wearing that ornament. It , feci, but I wou ld di e before cutting it off ; besides, to on e , isPreferable to a red piece of flannel swathed 4 1.. (1° P h: neek. Principals, "M. D." suggests, ought 4' th a" nie Yement. think so too ; they ought to iir 'Po • P ri ncipa/ study ; and only imagine, for a moment, 1)t RI•d e "1 ! pearance the mon 'Change would have, it rva et d like t h e L iverpo o l Pard." I remain, Sir, your obedient BARBE-ROUGE. NT -oVelllber 4, 1856. TIM ES. -LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. NORTHERN BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. The u.ual monthly meeting of the Birkenhead Commis sioners was held at 7 o'clock, on Tuesday evening, at their offices, Hamilton Square, Birkenhead. Mr. John Laird, chairman, in the chair. 0 her members present—Messrs. Willoughby, Bell, Cook, Bailiff, Baylis, M'Whirter, Harrison, Golbourne, Aspinall, Hind, Verelst, Bradley, and Parker. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, as were also the proceedings of the HealLh, Markets, and Road-Improvement Committees. NEW CEMETERY FOR THE TOWNSHIP. The Chairman called attention to the requisiion, which was posted through the township, calling a vestry meeting, fur the purpose of establishing a cemetery, not only for the township, but for the surrounding districts. He was de cidedly eppoed to such an arrangement, and he, theref-re, brought the question before the Commissioners, in order that they, as ratepayers, might oppose it in vestry. They had already land in their own possession for such a purpose and could easily provide for their own wants. Mr. Reap concurred with the chairman. He though' it would be ur.fortunate and unwise if the township. after having provided land for its own purposes, were now to assist in establishing an opposition cemetery. 1-1! thoUght, also, that the time bad come when they should pat them_ selves into a position to deal with their own property, which was, in a great degree, locked up by the schedule of the Act of 18.50. They could not sell any portion of it at the prices which the present market would con-nand, and he therefore thought they should endeavour to place them selves in a position, either to avail themselves of the burial act, or to treat with other parties who might wish to establish a cemetery on their land. Mr. Bradley observed that he signed the requisition, believing that the Commissioners could do nothing what ever in the matter, from the fact that, even if a joint stock company were to pay the schedule price for the biro', the cost would be sorne'hing like £28,000. lla should rejoice if the land could he brought into operation, but he feared that their present financial posi'ion would not enable them to deal with it. I'Whiiter observed, that an opinion was abroad, that if the ratepayers appointed a beard, they w)uld be best able to deal with the land. _ Mr. Reny replied, that at present it was competent for the Commissioners to set a part of their land for the use of Dissenters and Roman Catholics; and that being the case, he hoped that the present movement would not be perse• vered in. The matter then dropped. The Finance Committee's proceedings, which were con firmed, comprised a resolution of tht, dock bondholdJs, declaring that it was not expedient to apply to parliament for the act of laBt session, to effect an arrangement between them and the commiFsioners. FERRY COMMITTEE, The proceedings of this committee were read. They intimated that the further consideration of opening Monk's Ferry had been deferred, and the Birkenhead Ferry, receipts for the past month and quarter had been as follows : —October, 1856, £2,336 19s 8d ; 1855, £2,567 6s 4d. From the 24th AD•il to 31st October, 1856, £15,992 2s 10d 1855, £15,837 Os Id. Mr. larrison, in moving the confirmation of the pro ceedings, said that there had been an increase of £6OO in the railway receip , s. The proceedings were confirmed. WEST DERBY UNION The usual weekly meeting of this board of guardians was held yesterday at the Board-room, Mill-lane. The Rev. Mr. B idnall presided. The other guardians present were Messrs• W. Medealf, IL Edwards, Lunt, Morris, Seddeley, Wensley, Craig, Leyland, Baynes, Harrison, Abrahams, Elias, Evans, Richmond, Sagar, Maw,l4,y, T. Edwards, E. Walkinson, T . W. Medealf, Callis, and Whitby. LORD MAIDSTONE AND THE MONEY LENDERS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Nov. 4 BEFORE JUSTICES CRESSWELT,, CROWDER, AND Wlti,v,4 - , MnATER V. LORD M4IDSTONE.—ACtiOR moon a Bill given in Consideration of a Forged Bill.—This was an action upon a bill of exchange for £lOOO, drawn by the Honourable Francis Charles Lavvlev and accepted by Lord Maidstone; and there was a plea to the effect that Lord Maidstone had accepted the bill in consideration of amother bill which he believed to have been accepted by himself, but which in fact turned out to be a forgery. The replication stated that the forged bill had been inspected by Lord Maidstone previous to his accepting the renewed bill, and he never on that occasion said that it was a forgery. The case came on for trial at Guildford, before the Chief Baron, and a verdict was found for the defendant. Mr. M. Chambers now moved for anew trial, upon the grounds of misdirection, and that the verdict was against the evidence. He stated that the facts were, that in the moat h of May, 1854, Mr. Clark took to the plaintiff a bill for £l,OOO, which he discounted: That bill was drawn by the Honourable Mr. Villiers. and accepted by Lord Maidstone. The bill when presented at the Union Batik was dishonoured. On the 19th July, Mr. Clark bro u ght another bill purporting to have been accepted by Lord Maidstone, and which the plaintiff took in renewal of the first bill. The bill was also renewed when it became due, and when the third bill was sued upon, Lord Maidstone set up the defence that the second bill was a forgery, and at the trial he gave evidence to that effect. The Chief B iron left it to the jury to con sider whether the plaintiff had, or had not, given consideration for the bill that he gave no when he took the forged bill. This, it was now submitted, was an immaterial issue, and was not the question upon which the cause turned. It was also submitted that there was ample evidence of consideration, and that the verdict was clearly against the weight of evidence. Mr. Justice Cresswell thought that there must have been sornethine* more in the summing up than they had heard. Rule granted. ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE GROWTH' OF FLAX IN IRELAND. The monthly meetino' of committee has been held in Belfast, W. Sharman Crawford, Esq., in the chair. A sample of the meal made by Mr. Pye, of Ipswich, from the wood of part of the s'ems of unsteeped flax, had been re ceived, and sent to Professor Hodges for analysis, in order to ascertain if Professor Way be correct in attributing to it certain nutri'ive constituents, contrary to the generally conceived opinion. A specimen of flax—seed was shown, as grown on Lord Fermoy's estate, in the County Cork, from E ist India seed. It was of very good quality, and bad produced sixteen bushels per acre. The fibre of the plant grown from the seed, however, was extremely short. A letter from John Rowe, Esq., D.L ,of county Wexford, stated that he had the produce of 1,400 acres of flax ready for steeping, and that he had put up an oil• mill to consume the seed. A letter from M. Emile Strive, of Marcy, near Lille, strongly urged the committee to print, in French, M. De Cock's report on foreilm retteries, and to distribute copies among the proprietors of retteries, and other persons, on the Continent, as he conceived much benefit would result from the dissemination of the information collected by M. De Cock, and that it would lead to communications embodying the experience of rate's, thus tending to bring - the system to perfection. The meeting decided upon carrying out Mr. Scrive's suggestions. Mr. M'Bride haviuig invented a new self-acting ecutching machine, at less cost than his first, and being an improvement upon it, it was arranged that this machine should be inspected by a sub: committee, and a report made upon it. The annual meet: ing of the society was fixed for Friday, 28th November, and a sub committee was named to draw up the annual report, and to make other necessary arrangements for the meeting. THE RETURNS, The Clerk reported that he had examined all the books kept by the several officials connected with the Union ► and found them correctly made up. The Master of the Workhouse reported that the number of paupers under his cafe last week was 622, since when 17 had been admitted, 1 born, and 25 discharged ; remaining this week, 614; and for the corre , ponding week of last year, 653 The Master of the Hospital reported that last week there were 69 paupers in that establishment, since when 8 had been admitted, 11 discharged, and 1 death, leaving this week 92 ; and there were for the correspending week of last year 67. C'eques to the amount of £236 were voted for the relief of tire out-door poor within the several districts of the Union THE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED Mr. Harrison : Mt. Chairman, I wish to direct your attention to a subject of some importance, if I am in order ; I refer to these certificates (holding - up a medical . officals weekly certificate). Ido wish that' some steps could he taken with the medical men to get them to write their certificates so as to be read. They are invariably so badly written that it is impossible to decipher them, and we cannot approximate to the meaning of them. The Chairman : I agree wi h you ; they are very badly written, and there is another thing to complain of, and that is, that even if we could read the writing, they are written in a language that it is impossible for us to understand. They are written in a language of their own —(A Voice : Gally.pot Latin.)—and such long words are used that we cannot understand what they mean. I think they ought to be written in plain English. Mr. Harrison : Certainly ; I want them to go to school again, and learn to write; or, at least, not to forget that they ever had been there. I think their writing the certificates in the way they do , is treating this board with contempt, and I do not approve f it.: The Cha rman : "The-Board' had better instruct the clerk to write to the medical men, and request them to write plain, and to Englishise the certificates. Mr. Harrison : There is a relieving officer (Lithgo) who says lie cannot make the certificates out ; and should not know what disease the paupers were suffering under, if he did know the cases. Surely this is treating the Board contemptu ously. The suggestion of the Chairman, that the clerk should write to each of the medical officers, stating the complaint, was then unanimously agreed to by the Board, THE SCHOOL CERTIFICATES. Mr. Harrison said, he had another subject to bring before the Board. At the last meeting of the Toxteth Park Burial Board, Mr. Cropper, and Mr. Gregson, called my attention to the use that was made of the certificates for the schools. Cer tain parties get those certificates for the children to go to' the schools, and then they took advantage of them, and used them for the purpose of begging for money, to pay for the schools, or for getting clothes for the. children, and then applied the money so obtained, for other and sometimes, for improper purposes. It was well known that, with a certi ficate, no money was required. Those gentlemen told me, that, in the Infirmary schools, the system they had adopted was, to have the certificates endorsed with red ink, in these words—" Not to be used for the purpose of begging." That plan had been found to prevent such a system, and he thought it might be carried out in the Union. The Chairman thought it was a very good suggestion, and the clerk was directed, in future, to see that all such certificates were so endorsed. THE RESULT OF THE LATE ALLEGATIONS MADE BY MR. SHAW. 'I he Clerk then read the following letter relative to the late special investigation on the above subject : Poor Law Board, 3rd November. Sir,—l am directed by the Poor Law Board to state that they have received the report of their inspector, Mr. Farneli t on the subject of the official enquiry, which he had held at the Board-room of tile guardians of the West Derby Union, ou the 14th ult. The Board, having considered the evidence con. tained in Mr. Farnell's report, are willing to comply with the application made to them by the guardians in their resolution passed on the 15th ult., and they will accordingly issue an order to authorise the guardians to divide themselves into committees for the purpose of hearing and determining applications for relief. (Signed) COI;RTNEY. The letter was ordered to be entered upon the minutes COMPLAINT AGAINST A MEDICAL OFFICER, Mr. Evans said he was one of the three guardians who were deputed to enquire into the charge made against one of the medical officers, Mr. Stevens, relative to his treatment of a poor woman. From what he could learn he thought that Mr. Stevens had been guilty of neglect. ile had treated the woman Eelly as if she had been suffering from fever, when, as she had - toed him; it was- inflammation of the, bowels. Mr. Gilmore had subsequently attended the woman, and had treated her as suffering from inflammation, and she had recovered. lie moved that all the parties be called before the Board at the next meeting, in order that the whole case might be fully investigated. Mr. e Callis seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. After transacting some routine business the Board adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL BEFORE MR, MANSFIELD SANITARY INFORMATIONS.—Messrs. Glendenning and Wilson, soap-boilers, appeared on summons, to answer the complaint of a number of the inhabitants of Copperas bill and adjoining neighbourhood, in regard to an alleged nuisance, caused by their inciting works in that locality. Mr. M'Growan, Deputy Town-clerk, appeared to support the complaint, and Mr. Raffles defended. The complaint was laid under the 27th section of the Nuisances Removal Act of last year, the nuisance having been certified by three properly qualified medical practitioners, as required by th e Act. A number of witnesses, including Mr. Leigh, surgeon, and Mr. Churchwarden Shaw, were examined in support of the complaint. They admitted that Messrs. Glendenning and Wilson had raised their chimney in order to mitigate the nuisance, but declared that it was still as offensive and injurious to health as ever. Mr. Fresh, inspector of nuisances, and Dr. Dun can, medical officer of health, were also examined. They could not speak as to the effect of the raising of the chimney at the Copperas-hill works, but they declared that the same means adopted at Messrs Glendenning and Wilson's works in Mill-street, had removed the nuisance, which was before as offensive and as much complained of as the alleged nuisance in Copperas-hill. For the defence several witnesses were examined, and they de clared that they now felt no inconvenience from the works in Copperas-hill. Under these circumstances, Mr. Mansfield dismissed the complaint. DONATION'S TO THE POLICE OFFICE POOl3-1 3 0X.—Mr. Mansfield requested the reporters to acknowledge through the Press, the receipt of the following donations to the poor-box, and observed that they were very opportune, inasmuch as the poor fund had been exhausted, they having overdrawn their account to the extent of £4 13s : _Et° from J. P. Heywood, Esq., and LI from " A Friend." BEFORE MESSRS. BROWN, Ei'Q., M.P. AND HEYWOOD, AssAurm.—Mr. Greatly appeared on behalf of Mr. George Brazalli, who charged Nicholas Varry, of 27, Mersey-street. with having assaulted him. It appeared that the complainant is an interpreter to the Turkish frigate, now in the river, and the defendant is a lodging house keeper. Some time since, several of the sailors belonging to the frigate absconded, and some of them were harboured by the defendant. The complainant went to look after the men, and found one of them at the defendant's house, where he had changed his uniform for private clothes ; and for the latter the decendant demanded payment of complainant, which he refused, and then the alleged assault took place. The magistrates fined the defendant ss. and costs. ASSAULT AND BATTERY—ON A DOOR !—Mrs. Hughes, of 60, Trueman.street, summoned Mrs. Marion Gonie, a neiThbour, for assault and batteration of a door, and, by way of set off, there was a cross charge against Mrs. Hughes. Mr. Chilton appeared for the Hughesites, and the Gorrie interest was protected by Mr. Black. The contending parties were hale from the principality, and it appeared that an instrument called a " dolly-pin," and a child, caused the scrinimage, in which half the inhabi tants of Trueman-street took, if not an active part, at least an interest. The " generals" on both sides had their backers ; and some half a dozen of witnesses on either side gave versions of the affray, different as chalk is from real Gloucester. At the conclusion of the "testimony,' Mr. Brown said the conduct of both " ladies" was disgraceful in the extreme—one was just as bad as the other, and therefore he would fine each 2s 6d and costs ; and if again they came before the court, a much more severe penalty would be inflicted on them. BIRKENHEAD. (BEFORE J. S. JACKSON, ESQ.) EMBEZZLEMENT or MONEY.—William Houghton, a baker, was charged by detective officer Hodgson, with embezzling the sums of L 2 4s and Ifis, the monies of Mr. William Maddocks, his master, lately carrying on the business of a flour and corn dealer, in Lord-street , Birkenhead. The officer stated that he had only found the two cases above mentioned, but he had no doubt, from a list he had found in the prisoner's handwriting, that he sh ou ld fi n d many more, and prayed for a rem and until Friday next, which was granted accordingly. Permission was a lso given to the prisoner to put in bail for his appearance. LIBRARY COMMITTEE The proceedings of this committee were read. They recommended that the books in the library be insured in the Liverpool Royal Insurance Comnany for £3OO, and that the rooms over the new post-office be taken for the nurpos.s of the library, at a rent of £BO a year, for a term of fourteen years. Mr. ailbourne, in 'moving the confirmation of the nroceedings, wished to have the opinion of the Law Clerk, as to whether or not the committee were bound to submit the general board the whole of their proCledingg. The committee were divided on the question, but he, for his part, thought that they were bound to submit their proceedings in their entirety. The Law Clerk replied, - that there were some minor points on which the committee were independent of the general board, hut th it it was advisable that all theit proceedings should he submitted for confirmation. Mr. B tilitf questioned tie prudence of taking the rooms in question for the long term recommended by the com mittee. It was a very large rent, lookinm at the means at the disposal of the c.)mnoittee, and he:considered that, before many years, the whole building would not suffice for the requirements of the library. Harrison explained that there was an omission in the proceedings, as the agreement reserved to them the right of determining the tenancy in seven veirs. The omission having been supplied, the proceedings were confirmed. A numerously signed memorial was read, nraying the commissioners to induce the proper authorities in Liverpool, or to obtain power from Parliament, if necessary, to main tain an uninterrupted course for the ferry boats in crossing the river, and pointing out the danger of. c9llisions, from the manner in which vessels are at prehent anchored the; r. The: Chairman said that the subject of the memorial was a most important one—the collision between the Manz Fairy and one of• the ferry steamers having been caused b 7 the vrry circumstance therein complained of. It was advi sable, therefore, that they' should communicate with the pilots' committee and corporation, to see how the evil could be remedied, and if the corporation would not introduce it into their bill for the improvement of the Birkenhead (locks, to go themselves to Parliament for a bill for the Purpose It was referred to the Ferry Committee. A memorial from the Birkenhead Co-operative Music h all, pr7irig for the co-operation of the commissioners in the estahli , hment of a music hall for the township, was referral to the finance committee. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS The Chairman wished, before separating, to state briefly what had been done in regard to obtaining better approaches to the Landi•ig-sta?e. He need not detail to them, seeing that the discussions had been so fully reported in the papers, how they had been referred by the corooration to the dock committee, and then by the dock committee to the council. (Laughter.) The decision had been against them, but there was still time for the council to give notice in the matter, and he would, therecore, take care that it were again brought before that body at their next meeting. It had been urged that it was chiefly a Birkenhead affair, but that was not the fact. (Hear, hear.) Two Liverpool people to one inhabitant of Birkenhead made use of the stage— (hear. hear)—and though the project might not be carried out this session (but he hoped it would), yet he had no doubt that it would be ultimately effected. (Hear, hear.) As to the excavations, the contractors were determined to proceed rapidly, and he hoped that before long they would have a deck capable of accommodating such vessels as the Adriatic. He did not think, however, that the Liverpool Dock Committee was at present constituted in a manner to advance the interests of Birkenhead. He considered that the time had arrived when there should be on that committee some mem bers to represent the Birkenhead docks, and that it should he at once referred to the parliamentary committee, with instrnctions to give notice to have four members repre senting Birkenhead added to that body. (Hear, hear.) The Dock Committee complained that they had too much business p'aced on them by the Birkenhead Docks being entrusted to their care, and wire of opinion that trade would never come to Birkenhead until its docks were finished. If that were so, was it not important that the docks should he managed by parties interested in Birken head, who would endeavour to attract trade there? (Hear, hear). That was a question which should, also, he referred to the parliamentary committee, and he hoped they would take prompt action on it. As to the Gas and Water question, he might say that he was now a shareholder in the company, but he believed the best way to promote the interest of the shareholders was by acting in co-operation with the people of Birkenhead and Claughton. He was informed that the company was about to extend its f orks so as to supply the whole of Wirrall with gas and water. He did not object to that, either as a commissioner or a ratepayer, provided they bad some understanding that the people of Birkenhead would not stiffer by that extension ; but if the extension took place without such an under standing, they would never get a reduction in the price in their life time. Ile thought they should be secured a maximum rate, and that a separate account should be kept for Birkenhead, in order that when an increased consumption took place they might get a reduction. (Hear, hear.) Seeing, however, that they were going to have an extension, he thought they should be represented also in that board. If they had, they would give the company every fair support, but if Iloylake and other places required gas and water, they should be made to pay for them. The chairman then stated that the railway company were desir ous to bring in a bill to arrange the Canning street dispute, and concluded by moving that the subjects to which he had alluded might be referred to the parliamentary committee, with irs'ructions to take immediats steps in them, if necessary. The mltion was adopted, after which the commissioners separated. QIURANTINE NOTICE.--MADEIRA, 20th Oct.—The port of Funchal is considered free from epidemic cholera, and clean bills are granted. DINNER TO THE HO sZOIJRABLE F. HINCK9.—The reputa lion for administrative capacity which this gentleman has acquired in Canada, as Prime Minister under the gover norship of Lard Elgin. and which led to his present appointment as Governor General of the Windward Islands. does not appear to have diminished by the change of sphere, if we may judge from the sentiments expressed at a zrand dejeun rr , recently given to his Excelle nc y b y a dis • trict agricultu ra l society in Barbadoes. The eulogium pronounced by the Hon. D. Thomas, who presided, upon his exertions' to promote the prosperity of the island, (rinencortirntslgiti‘gviataltie wereadm administrationelicited as° of it h s is ab p u r room to doubt. abuses, leaves and n o PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TI ES. Sir,—Ts it just th.►t, when certain seats at concerts are advertised to be "not reserved," those who are in power on such occasions, should, by back door, or other private means of ingress. admit their own particu!ar friends to the front rows, and thus steal a march on the patiently waiting public outside ? ire thought not last night, when, although first, up in the gallery at St, George's Hall, we found the best front seats occupied, and were forced to take up a position which, considering our priority of arrival, we thought rather below our deserts. _ . Trusting that this will meet the eye of those whom it may concern, I am, &c., FAIR PLAY. DOWNING STREET, Nov. 4.—The Q teen has been pleased to appoint the Reverend Henry Cotterill, M.A., to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of Graham's Town, in the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, in the room of the Right Reverend John Armstrong, deceased. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine, Esq.. to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and orer her Majesty's forts and settlements, and their depen dencies, on the Gold Coas+.—Gazette. THE BISHOP OF NORWIOH.--The Record, noticing a paragraph to the effect that " nothing has recently occurred which cm have given rise to the rumours of the resignation of the Bishop of Norwich. It is quite true that the right rev. prelate's health has, for some time past, been so indif_ ferent, that he has been unable to appear at public meetings, &,e , but no change in his lordship's position is anticipated for some time to come," says, " It is quite correct to state that nothing has recently' occurred, but we believe it is.a fact, that in the month of July last—that more than three months ago—the bi' hop's resignation was placed in the hands of his Metropolitan. P is probable, however, that it will not be acted upon before the meeting of Parlia ment. The violence with which the Bishops' Retirement Act was opposed by the Bishop of Oxford and Lord Redes dale, and extreme Churchmen, is probably the cause of nothing having been done in order to enable the Bishop of Norwich to retire." MR. COBDEN AND THE WEST RIDING,—It has been well understood for some time that Mr. Cobden would not avail come forward as a candidate for the representation of West Yorkshire. The heavy duties connected with the local affairs of such a constituency require more attention than his health and other claims will allow him to devote to these subjects. He also believes that he can be fully as useful to the country as the representative of a smaller constituency, where local matters would not press so constantly on his time and attention. In view of this fact we believe that several meetings of persons connected with the liberal party from different districts in the Riding, have been held for the purpose of considering what course the liberals should pursue at the next election. At these meetings several noblemen and gentlemen have been men tioned as suitable parties to succeed Mr. Cobden. Among these Lord Goderich has been named, and the propriety of inviting him to stand for the Riding considered ; and we understand th-t he is regarded by many as the most likely man to become Mr. Cobden'e successor. No decision has, however, been come ta. The leading active men of the liberal party have not then yet definitely agreed upon the persoa they will invite. Ilerdolerefield Eraminer. ANOTHER BRUTAL ATTACK 13T ROBBERS NEAR ROTHER HAM,—Two young men, named George Tutill, and John Coward, were robbed and brutally ill-treated on Monday night. They were on their way, between twelve and one o'clock, from Nlasbrough, near Rotherham, to Kimberwonh, where they lived, when, in a lonely part of the road, three or four men jumped over the hedge and began beating them with some heavy instruments. When they had overpowered the young men in this way, they stripped them of all the money they had, amounting to 21s. They then seized Tutill. and threw him over a wall into the adjoining field, with the exclamation, " We may venture to leave him now; we have done for the —." Coward they left in the road, probably thinking he was dead ; but it happened that he was perfectly sensible, and the least hurt of the two, though he had received some severe cuts on the bead. He made \his way to Tutill's father's to whom he gave information of the affair. The elder Tutill immediately went in search of his son, and found him lying helpless in the road, where he had managed to crawl out of the field. He is seriously hurt in several parts of the body, and is lying in a dangerous state. Two men from Masbrough have been apprehended on a charge of being concerned in the robbery. They were taken before the magistrates at Rotherham, on Monday, and remanded. A WHALE ATTACKING A SHIP. —The ship Cuban, Capt. Galloway, which arrived at Greenock from Demerara. on Wednesday, met with a most extraordinary adventure on her homeward voyage. About 920 p.m. on the 16th inst. (nautical time), when in lat. 43 49 N., long. 29 50 W , the ship, which was running before the wind at the rate of 93 knots per hour, received such a severe shock that she heeled over several strakes and her way was completely stopped, while the men who were sleeping on the starboard berths of the topgallant forecastle were thrown out upon their chests. Shortly after the shock an immense whale rose at a short distance from the ship's quarter, and after lying motionless for a short time, as if stunned by the blow, swam towards the vessel as if with the intention of repeating the attack. It was a moment of intense anxiety on board, but, fortu. neely, when close to the stern, the monster wheeled round in the opposite direction and dived, throwing, with his tail, a quantity of blood and water on board. It was a moon lizht night, and the bulk of the huge animal could be seen distinctly towering to a considerable height above the sur face. When he dived his tail appeared to those on board to be from thirty to forty feet out of the water. The pumps were sounded, but the ship was f oun d to b e making no water. From the force of the blow and the fact that the second mate thought he heard a whale blowing a short time before the shock occurred, it is supposed that the fish mace a regular attack upon the ship, and was not come in contact with while asleep. An estimate of its imminse size and power may be formed from the fact of its bringing to a stannd-still a deeply laden ship of 500 tons, sailing at the rate of nearly ten knots per hour,: SUFFERINGS OF THE CREW TAY, ON LOBOS ISLAND THA . The following is a letter written at St. Thomas's by one of the wrecked, and gives some particulars of the sufferings of the crew on Lobos Island—" The Tay struck on Cape Roam, in the Golf of Mexico, at 5 a.m. on Saturday, 29th Aug. The scene on board was most awful. The monster steamer rolled about as if in its last agony—the captain cool and col— lected. Hideous sharks surrounded us, and seemed to mark us for their prey. Between the raging seas there was a sort of lull, by which the boats could communicate with the ship. The surf was dreadful 'o look at. If it hail been rough weather not a soul would have been alive half an hour after the ship struck. As soon as possible, one of the life boats was despatched to Tampico, in charge of the mail agent, with the mails and passengers, to obtain assistance. The only things that could he got from the ship for the officers and crew were some biscuit, salt port, a few live fowls and turkeys, and some five or six gallons of water. The captain's gig was loaded with some hams, candles, j tms,•jellies, the captain's private goods and clothes, some of the officers' private rlothes, some valuables, and three men. The gig drifted, round to the stern of the Tay, and after being knocked about: like a shuttlecock she was thrown bottom upwards. Tw o o f the men were dragged below by sharks, and never appeared afterwards. The other wade his appearance, resting on three oars, which he grasped. He truly represented a strong man in agony. He battled with the raging surf, and got ashore safely, although sharks were all around him. At eleven a.m.- the ship was deserted, the captain being the last to leave. Ninety-nine persons were now cast adrift, with scarcely provi— sions enough for a single meal. At intervals a low small island could be discerned, at several miles distant, and this Wag our only hope of safety. The captain declared that it was the Island of Lobos, and probably water would be found there. He recommended that all the boats should go for that island, and on being importuned, he recommended all to trust in God, and take care of their lives. At one p.m., the chief officer led the way in his boat to the island, the captain, in the dingy, bringing up the rear. We reacted the island soon after four p.m , but found the surf rolling mountains high, forming apparently an impregnable watt around us. We waited for the . captain to know what should be done. Captain Strutt examined various parts of the island, and at length he saw what he considered an opening, and ho entered it, the dingy being light, and landed. He was so Wave. a handkerchief close by a hut seen on the island, if we, were to .follow. No handkerchief waved. At length tP captain came off again. He said tli a the loaded boats( could not get in ; the dingy must take in a few at a time. By this means we all landed, after great difileultiee. It was a sandy beach, studded wi Ir rocks. A man with a boat hook stood on the how of the dingy, and guided her in through an avenue of rocks. All were pale, haggard, and tired. Captain Strutt, with a voice choked with emotion, offered. thanks to Almighty God for our great deliverance. Every one was in tears. Nothing could be more solemn or affecting than this scene. We wandered about, and found, beneath two fine trees, that, iron funnels bed been driven into two wells,. to prevent the sand from getting into the water. The wells did not seem to promise a very liberal supply of water, There were other signs of visitors having been on the island. After a small piece of biscuit, a little grog, and a scrap of pork, had been given to everyone, we prepared to rest, A lighted lamp was hung tip in a tree. Many a strong, iron looking man was subdued that night, and went secretly on his knees, imploring succour from heaven. We all rested on the ground, with nothing over us but our day clothes. The island was brilliant with fire flies, and snakes and lizards crawled over us. The rolling sea, beating and expending itself in angry surges on the tiny spot on which we were resting, was thune. Bering all night in our ears. Sunday morning arrived. All hands were piped' again, and prayers were read. A slight breakfast of biscuit and pork, or cheese, was served out. The captain asked for volunteers to visit the wreck, to see what could 'be saved from her. Numbers of men volunteered to go, and they started for the wreck, but could not approach it, the sea had so increased in violence.. Men wore occupied on our solitary island in shooting sea gulls and.pelicans,- which abound. there, and we fed on the birds. After orayers,' we lay down again with heavy hearts. Tormented with hideous land. crabs, which caused horrible disgust as they crawled over us, Monday morning rose to no better prospects. The captain and volunteers again visited the wreck. No better luck this time. There was no approaching the wreck. Hunted for turtle eggs, and found quantitio=. Although plenty of turtle were there, they could not be caught. Pa.sed another miserable day ; half starved, and no good prosF7cts. The captain real prayers, and all laid down to try to find rest for both body and mind, for the third night. Tuesday morning, after prayers and breakfast, a party went again to tho wreck, and this time succeeded in g.,tting on board, and took away from her several sheep and fowls that were nearly dead. On hearing of this success, two more boats went off directly, and. cot stew pans, lamps, blankets, and a few beds, pillows, &r,. Found the poor cow alive, but much exhausted, Could nor. get her out then, for the weather was threatening, and the cap, tain made us all leave far our solitary home. In the course of the day our mourning was turned into joy—a steamer was, seen bearing down upon us. This was a Mexican war steamer sent from Tampico to our relief. We got all on hoard of her that day, and went and saved the poor cow. The captain of the Mexican war steamer would not delay any time r for if bad weather had come on, it would not have boom safe there." THE LONDON FREIGHT MARKET, Relative to the freight market, Messrs. Offer and Grammar furnish us with the subjoined report :—The freight market generally continues very dull and inanimate, and homeward freights especially are depressed in almost every trade. The only exception is in the Australian trade, in which we note a marked and steady improvement, tonnage being in demand upon more favourable terms than have been offered for a loog period. For ships to load on the berth to £3 lOs is readily offered, and goods by vessels on the point of sailing realise a freight of 50s. to 60s. per ton. Exports to Australia are very active, to meet the spring trade in the colony, and. the tonnage on the berth has materially declined. The emi gration commissioners have paid much higher rates for the vessels recently taken up. The last ships chartered were the Mountstuart Elphinstone at £l4 19s. for Melbourne, and a Liverpool ship for Sydney at about 30s. below this rate. The tonnage taken up for conveyance of the Foreign Legion to the Cape of Good Hope realised 35s to 40s per ton, and the with-. drawal of these vessels exercised a salutary influence upon, freights for large vessels. The vessels entered out and cleared for Australia last week comprised the following : Entered ont Cleartd. Ships. Tonnaze • 3 1,695 Ships. Toßnace. Adelaide ... Launceston Portland Bay Port Philip Swan River Sydney .... 1 578 1 437 1 723 3 1,666 1 582 I 1,675 1 376 ..••••• 1 804 5 2,918 A good deal of tonnage has been taken up for coals to Australia, and the rates for King George's Sound have, in con sequence, fallen to £32 from the Tyne, or 31s per ton from Wales; for Sydney, £ i 7 10s from the North, and 37s Gd from Wales is still current. East India chartering continues very dull; the only enquiry of any importancebeing for continental account. The rates offered for handed sized vessels are as follows : Akvab or neighbouring rice ports to the United Kingdom or Continent, £4 10s; Bombay to United Kingdom, Continent, or Mediterranean, ; Calcutta, 775 GI; Batavia to the United Kingdom or Continent, 80s. Ceylon to Hamburgh or Bremen, 90s; C&umbo and—or Tuticorin to United Kingdom or Continent, 90s: Ou'warde the rates continue low, present quotation. being from the Tyne to Aden, £34 a Bombay or Madras, £2O; Calcutta, £23; Ceylon, ,E,.. ; and Suez, £6O, &c. There is rather more doing West India freights, but rates do not improve, Thivana, out and home, 70s, taking coals out frcb , or 50s to 52s Gd home only ; Aux Cayes, out and home, 90s ; Berbice, out and home, 75s (taking outward cargo from London) ; St. Domingo, 655, coffee, home only ; Demerara, 70s, out and home; Maozanilla, 70s, timber; Minatitlau, 77s 6I ; Belize, G2s 61, &c, Coal freights in this direction are without much alteration : say, Wales to St. Thomas, 18s. ; Jamaica, 18=.; Cape de `'girds, 225. ; Teneriffe, 21e. &c. In the South American trade, the nominal rates are-401., coffee, from Rio Janeiro, with 275. out front Wales for coals; Rio Grande, 525, Gd River Plate, 425. 61, hides, with 30s. out from Cadiz for salt, or 60s. per register ton with general cargo from H am _ burg, or 295. coals from Wales ; Maroim, 705., sugar in cases (ships under 11 feet draught), Bahia or Pernambuco, out and home, taking coals from Wales, 67 5 . Gd . for the round.. Guano freights from the Chinchas continue without variation at 85s. to United Kingdom for vessels und er 700 tons, or 805.., London or Liverpool, for ships above that size. In the Medi terranean trade there is great depression, and homeward char ters are obtained with great difficuPv. lOs, is the nominal rate from the Danube ; G s . , b eans, Alexandria; 355., valonia„ from Smyrna; 303., timber, from Ancona; IGs., oil cake, from Marseilles,—a re the highest freights current; and out, wards there is also a very limited demand—say, Wales to Constantinople, 26.. ; Alexandria, 255. ; Malta, 245. ; CorNs. 235. 6d., &c. 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