The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-30 00:00:00

THE s'ximr - u - a OF PAIN-AMA. . . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN - DAILY TIMES. • SlR,—T4opgh notii - f4i - of our merchants have crossed. by this route to:- the Pacific, such is the general ignorance, and. popularly received notions . regarding it, that; knowing your desire to spread commercial intelligence through: the medium of your wide-spread circulation, 'I feel confidentin-ask , ing a place for an article or two on a-Matter of such importance to our community ; . for, on taking but a cursory view of the 'map of the north, it must be patent to all, that the value of . the Isthmus - coin- . munication cannot be overrated . by a .commercial and now emigrating nation like Britain; for already there is'a link of steamers from Panama north to Oregon, and south to Conception, and, are, many, months, it will stretch to our own Australian "colonies. In fact,. the Pacific trade is but in its infancy ; and when, we . reflect on the „ponderous and successful enterprise and rapid growth of American interests on that coast, it cannot but be, matter of painful yegret,,.that, i.ll,Steita..of wasting hundreds of valuable lives and hundreds of public money, endeavouring to proye . to science, that there is an ocean way through.the eternal- winter of the .nerth-weat passage, our own government; fostering - die 'commerce that - has Made Britaingreat,,did not pioneer, the way from the A.tlantie to The -Pacific,' when-they had the well-matured plans of ,a patter-, son, and the interest of a Bolivar, so long and often. - before them. ~.The„ thing is essentially American, and a noble and profitable undertaking it is ; and now that Mr. Gishorne,Dr. Cullen, and their staff,, have started to re-survey the Darien. Canal, a little to the south, and the crews of the United, States and French frigate's in PanaMa Bay had orders to co-operate with. them, there is at length every .promise of this, the mightiest scheme of modern times, being carried out. Ere many years . this, must be the highway of the entire Pacific traffic, as well as to China, &e. • Last ' year,,l embarked onboard the' Illinois, one ef - thailarge and.fine fleet of steamers keeping. up a continuous •strea l t otenliktation_ between' New York„andlCalifornia,;, and:after nine days' passage, two of which were spent coaling, &c., at Kingston, Jamaica; . .-we hove in- sight of the mountains •of Porto-Bello at daybreak . ; and after running along in sight 'of the high land for three or four leagues; we'got the first glinipadof the .then eihbryo town of Aspinwall and in an hour more we mewed .along side the ' 'Wharf in Navy Bay- 7 a, Splendid natural harbour, with an entrance of about tvfliniles wide, and. running inland five miles jn. a southerly' direc tion. There is . excellent shelter, being " shut in. 'froth the north and west -by- high land, and abun dant depth -of 'water everywhere: for large ships ; asnithere is only a rise and fall of about two feet iistlfe , tides. It-is much snperior to Cliagres,, - the former port, in every respect ;' and though 'Man =hills, Island, on which the. town of 'Aspinwall stands, is evidently a coral formation—thotigh now coveted with a heavy growth : of iimber—and - the usual, basin-fotna Making it a pe . 4ect swamp during the rainy seasen-4t is, by no means so inthealthy, owing to the constant sea-breeze. And as it is only about four Julies in circumference; now that the railway company are cutting through , the high groand on the Pacific side, they are . gradually levelling off the island' with- the - spare ballast brought over daily by the return waggons.' A light house; several large hotels and stores, have been erected, and goodatreete, laid out ; L and the-ugh it is yet but "a wooden town, it proiniseS to be a very , important point; the 'New Oranadiag, 'government, with much forethought, having, in 'IBA, deelared both it, Panama free- ports. . Having arrived on Sabbath; and no train running, I was detained 24 hours at Aspinwall, and had, therefore, a good oppottinlity of seeing the place, and 'strolled . halrway fonnd, the island, the - beach of which is fringed with Cocoa-nut trees,'and inland" the Manz' anilla tree grows to a large size„ consider ing the depth'of Soil. Hitherto ,no water springs have leen struck of conseciaence, and the.inhabit-, ants are Mainly dependent on the rain tanks.' Navy bay, with three first class 'ocean steamers lying.at anchor; besides -a few'large ships, - discharging coal into the Inlks,;!and several schooners and small craft, impart a liveliness which even Jamaica" did nOt"Show, when 'at. Port Royal, a few days pre, vious 'gilt - in the - gitlf; - `ratter a stiff northern was bloWing, and 'yet the pal& 'and : unruffled: and the pelican arka`flatimAgd,lfizijjr skimming along its boa'cn. Floth ,the NiNi York steam companies Were erecting extensive offices, and wharves ; and: the royal :West India mail steam company is now engaged fitting 'up a very complete aceothmodation and a Wharf,' with depth-of-Water Sufficient. to bring the - largest. new. steamers alon.gside,:nnd' the rail way company ace reallyan excellent depot and wharf; s'o 'that perchandise,, as well as passengers' , baggage area' t, once put, into the train without expense, and ''to save all anxiety to travellers re garging, the latter„ the excellent ticket system, so universal in Americo, is adopted. Immediately - after daybreak-next morning, the locomotive was, looming to and fro, and by seven the. train was attached, and started, earkyiiig mofe than 600 passengeis and-trio vans with goods. Certainly: the scream of the steam-whistie, awaken- ing 'the rulers of the forest, and Startling the mon keys,panthers,and numerous denizens of the jungle, had a most Singillar_ofect, and no . less so on `the, "hombres," 15Itb stood gaping, as we darted The I s anaina:Railway'Conapany was in July, 1819, in . New 'Fork; Mr. J. L. Stephen, who was elected president of the board, being emphati eallrthepionoer in this, undertaking ; and though, when I erossedAhree years had scarcely elapsed— eighteen months of 'whicb..were employed in= sur veying; Vie.,--thirty miles of road were in excellent working order,• notwithstanding the Many and serious . hindrances of 'heat, of chills, and con- tiniinuSlabdur, and the first ten miles of rail: having, to be „raid on piles, through swath') fte.; whe're it 'approaches the right : bank of the i 'chagre* river i ;St . Gatrin. Some, most nreposterOus articles hang stt late gone the round of the newspapers- os to the-fatality-of the climate. Although only eight degrees .north , ,-of the -line, Itellowlever is almost tinktrawn—the :occasions/ deaths from' congestive fever result Mainly froth great-e3tpCisnre• or intein-• perance ; and I say this on the authority:Of Pr. who . whs 'long stationed Isthiniisr" by ,the Ra4way.Pompany. Theligh the elitnate is' eneicvatirig to EUropeans, I. venture to disrithat.the.airerag,e number of deaths .n Tess, tha4i 14414 country . where even . prdinary nrudenee : is'exercised." : Altogether, ,the: road, is .substantial and, creditable to the engineers. It is the:ordinary American wide image, litid with: leng .T rails, -.and the - sleepers and. eras tics inostlr.of lignnarvitre or hic4sl; rind 'the onlirertS , and WiCl*ei'Or the same' with mahog,any beams, , grow-also to a large' 01 81ritherTithintiS.: that' the effeets 'of the . rallif . season has been 'fairly tested,' three is no file l vbsidenee ; and to keep off, the-luxuriant tfiaer-growth, the forest has Ij#en cleared all _along the fine about twenty-eight yards . on :either .side. With our.monster . train, we .reacheci._Tabernilla, the temporary terminus, in less titan three hours, 'from whence began our ascent . of the: Chagre,s river, in large 'covered boats, which ,- the natives pull up alotrgsthe banks, and againatrthepowerful current can only make about a,mile au hour. • It was very deNhtfill, how - eVer, watching- . the ever changing scenery ;as each .turn of.' the streana' opened up a neiv 'Vista'at 'Oneliine of fine 'hills wooded -to. 'the summit; and another of. cf...,..)eautiftil stretch of parklike country, with oliitrips,of fine tiMber here and there, under whieh. the Ranchers' large Spanish cattle were, ruminating; or endeavouring to keep off the galling insects,' standitig knee-deep on. the 'river brink, 'and the only birds - to be were the übiquitqns, bligzards;andlswn.lkiws,---fai'duririg the' nootidai heat the . woods "ard' Silent; bUt as the day declined, and tip, fire,fly could now ;!nd then be'seen glancing thrbugli'lhe thickets fl - J6 of ~Parrots wheeling', 'round the .-,loft):,Ceclard screamed shrill' in their airy gambol's, and merous tribet of plonke t yrin„ kept up the concert -until !noonnse, which shone out. full and glorious., - • . . 1112ifiglir had the southern .and western States of Ainerieti, arid threUghmiist u dt th9l)kitif.sh, and Spap l is h Vic9st Indies,-Lhad . nowhere seeri.stieh luiurianes as.in the Woodlands on the Isthmus,— the.rainy season had begun abouta month before,' pad the abundant flow, too, was everywhere !nag- \ - ‘ l / 4 ),.1• • • • - I, nificent; the gorgeous wild wood was made up of , th,.._(„t1.,,,--Taktmfrtan' the - palmate tollre7rately palmareal, the cedar, mahogany, manzanilla, and morn, interspersed with...clumps of elegant bamboo and lance. wood, while countless vines and parasite ; plant's clambered up the limbs of the giants ofthe forest, creating such a canopy of green that only here. and there a sunbeam came shining through to entice the gaudy butterfly or humming bird in search of . the opening' flowers.. Morels no happy song in these woodlands, but they are rich in vegetable wealth, waiting the •in-lustry of man i After a , rural ride of five hours from.Cruces, we reached Panama on the evening of the second day; but long ere we got : to the, city gate, we heard.. the surge beating on the strand' of the Pacific Ocean. My next will be devoted to' Panamapresent and. prospective—and. its trade. Meantime I am, yours, • "PROGRE-SS." - Liverpool, 29th Dec„ .1853, THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. (THIRD ARTICLE.) IT is a .fact not •to be discredited, that men of genius, "whose names fill literature and flood with 'a • golden light," have appeared in separatel epochs simultaneously upon the .world's stage' Philesopliars:have investig a t e d th e cause of thi Phenomenon, and bequeathed to mankind the re suit of their researches, the wisdom of which not for .us to question, although it requires n small degree of credulity to receive it. - Re tlectiona of Poetry and Painting,''' by the Abbe dui BOs,. various reasons are assigned why genius is thus influenced,, and the effects which., air eliniate, and other natural'phenoinena produce ar. said •to operate powerfully . in. producing thi singular intellectual development.. Be this as i may,. the fact is palpable. We see the. effeci though:we may, not be able, aposteriori,; to trace its' causation. . . This very circumstance , gave rise to the - Four Ages' marked 'out by the learned, in which the Arts and Sciences remarkably flourished; such as the Grecian Age ; the R om a n A ge ; the Age of Popp Julius IL and .Leo X. ; .and , that of, Louis XV. and Queen. Anne.. :The writers of the two first, ages are termed.-the ancients those of the two last ages, the moderns;;. - Much unprofitable controversy has arisen as to whether the ancients or moderns possessed the higher degree of getiitia. France especially has been agitated 'with,•thiS debate; whilst mankind have not been made -the wiser. - However, whilst we honestly. yield the palm to the genius' of the ancients we nuist, at the same timo'affirm, that the moderns possess not a few superior advantages. In the refinements .] of Art and the' progress of knowledge they cer tainly excel, as WOl as in the perfection of political history., the variety of. their poetry, and the arrangements of dramatic performances. "'Among the ancients, (as has been well observed) we find higher conceptions, greater simplicity; more original fancy. Amongthe moderns, sometimes more ; art and correctness, but feebler exertions of genius." Still; it must be conceded, that among s t the Me derns stand minds in noway inferior to. any that the Grecian 'or Roman ages . ever .Produced. We take ,but ShakaPeare and and 'challenge the World to produce intellects superior in point Of poeti cal fervour and ,brilliant genius ! True, the moderns have had privileges of which the ancients - were de prived. The latter had. to-travel in search o f wis dom to Oriental climes.' They had to become ac quainted with, the principal sages contemporary with themselves, 'who were-renowned for their phi losophical acumen, as Well as the 'splendor _of their erudition. Hefice • innuenise labour—considerable time andmoney hal necessarily to he devoted in order to - attain the desired ends,. Few, ther e f ore , compara lively Speaking. could pursue knowledge, much legs attain to any degree of eminence, in the republic Of letters=-although- rewards, in the shape of public plaudits, were held out as incentives to genius - and as the recompense of literary industry.' Heredotus read his history to enraptured Multitudes asseni . - 1; bled • at the Olympic games,. and was crowned in presence of them all. Alluding to,this fad, as re- I I corded by Lucian, a French Writer observes :—" It 1, was a glorious,day, and the most affecting delight to Rerodolus; "when all Greece, assembled at the Olympic . games, declared Whilst they , heard :him iread his 'history, that they thought the muses spoke by his . mouth ; Which occasioned the nine books of hiS Work being called by. the name of the inure muses. And the case was the same with the orators and poets who spoke their orations and read their poems in-public. How great a spur to glory !must the applauses have been which Were ,received before- the 'eyes, and with the ACCla4iations of I; almost all the nation? Surely, z anvthing was cal ciliated to stimulate genius, and proatice, a laudable emulation in the breasts' of her . children th e ''honours conferred: by. Greece would ,be effectual ;And such they proved.. : „Even princes did not,:dik dais to aspire after the imperishable laurels whiCh she awarded to merit • The galaxy of Grecian lite rature is studded with stars of the first magnitude. Through the gloom of past ages they radiate the present,, and the dark future -wilt yet be brightened ,withtheir beams.. After )loner, the father Of p oe t ry , who, according 'to the " Parian 'marbleS,'floitriShed 907 years B. d., Greoce prodtieed Tyrtwits, Anacreon, ,Pindar; Socrates, 'Herodottis . , the father of history, !Euripides; Plato, Aristotle, DemostheneS,.Polybiusi Pltitareh, And a host of other worthies. So highly was literature hoponred in-. Greece, that. w h en - t h e Athenian'army had.' been defeated .in Sicily, and the prisoners sentenced- to death, Such of them as ' could recite any.verses Of Euripides; frbm venera) tion for, that post; who belonged to: Athens, had perfect freedom immediately affOrded 'thein. And again ) when Ciinoti,"after a"' triumphant campaign; returned to . Athens: and brought with' him as .a relic, the bbnes of Thesens,the,,people propoSed prize fdr ,the best -tragic poem to commemorate-the event. It was warmly contended Tor. Sophooles ; who was then young, presented his virgin poem, and wrested - the prize from -his • competitor, : 7 Eschylus, who was at this time the " lion " oklie theatre, Judges chosen . bY.lot, decreed' hi m ' the honour; and he. w as triumphantly crowned amid the deafening' plaudits of the vast assembly at the Olyniptts. The' faMe of the Victor' continued with his life, and increased with hiS years ; iziid, it last, when his sons'deSired a judgment against him, as being supeiwinnated,, instead of a defence,. the venerable- old man recited piece .he had just written,in the Presque() of the judges ; an d a t once gained his .object . „ . The growth of a nation has been fitly compared to that of an individual. It eitperlerieeS first,' the weakness of infancy, then the .buoyancy of youth afterwards, 'the maturity of manhood ; and the decrepitude of kge.. The. lights that shone .so powerfully in Greece • became partially obscured. arid the 'favourites 9f . the Muses left the lamp of Science. to decay on their own altars, in :order to_, enkindle it •- on those of a foreign na tion; _by whose arms' they had' finally been subdued into serfdom. 'After the f&atiof 'Perseus, thelast 'King of Maceilon, over a thousand gifted sons 'of Greece, were: driven into Italy by cdnirtiend 'of their: conquerors, . amongst whom was The ci-slebrated Polybius, author of the " Universal History" in .twelve bOoks, four of which VVerilinlycoMplete ; With Demosthenes expired the eloquence and the, liberty of Greece, once the glory Of the world ! His , voice aroused the feelings of the Athenians, and inspired them with a thirst for Liberty, and the echo of that Voice Alas` not yet died. away ! • , .• The Romans at this time were altogether rude, and unskilled in the arts. Martial renown was all they could boast of until the conquest of Greece brought, learning tb their shores. This praise Irat` been honestly conceded to the , Greeks by Horace, Who "says, (we use Francis' Transla tion) : " When conquered Greece brought in her .captive arts, She triumphed o'er her savage conquerors' hearts : Taught, oar rough verse its numbers to 'refine, • And our rude style with . eleganee to shine," • • , Indeed Virgil, in the .iEneid, does 'uot hesitate to speak slightingly' Of the arts; and in the most elevated strain of. language to. show that they do not adorn the majesty of a Ttoinan subject. Just at the dose of 8001i , V.1. he says • . , f Others more soft shall carve the breathing brass ; Nay, living looks, T think,' from Marble draw; Plead causes bther ;, .with , a. wand describe The heavenly roads, iind.traoe the riSing:stars. Roman,- remember thou to'rule the World Be theae'thy: a rts, to ftx the lay's of peace, To spare the 'suppliant, and confoind flits proud." • And Tully in Rlces this Candid acknOwledgrneut in the Jur Book of hiS history:--" It iy true Greece has THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. 'T) fiT • .; k ? fsY always had the renown ,beyond . us, for their attain ments in ever - 37- . part Of learning, and it was an easy matter to conquer when they met with no opposition. Poetry, the most ancient sort of writ• ing, had but a- late reception among'tiS: for Livius Andronicus , pr9sented, his first dramatic piece 500 years after the building. of Rome." After the expatriation of the Greeks, ParnetiuS (the first stoic philosopher according to. Cicero): established' a public school at Rome, w hil s t l earne d men were daily crowding to the city. Soon the Roman youths: manifested .an eagerness for knowledge . " They abandoned," says Plutarch, " every other .pleasure, and, addicted. their mindS solely to the study of:letters." Cato, fearing. lest the love of arms - would become absorbed "in the passion for literature, became greatly alarmed: Not, indeed; without reason; for so ext.,ensively did .this new; contagion spread, that . it entered the senate chain.; ber.---,uor did the Roman patriarchs escape its in fhienee. The — effects which were likely to be pro.: dueed thereby in the : public mifidafforded ground 9 for fear ; ,a,nd,,if .possible, to pluck. up the . evil by the root, Cato endeavoured to procure the dismis. ; sal. Of all :professors,' of 'Oil:04)01y t.l literatitrel from his dominions: Whilst' the literature of Greece triumphed ii Rome, the arms of Rome triutriphed over tho liber ties of Greece. The famous Corinth was stormed byi a powerfUl army, and' finally bur n t by or d er of the Rdman consul. When once Greece lost . her rode' .pendenee, i , genius. weeping, fled from. , her shoves. 'Slavery invariably damps the energies of a nation and destroys:all relish for intellectual Pursuits. I was thus with fallen. Greece. Men of learning for] sook her sacred Panes -- the flame of '"geniiil ' flickered'orr her altars—and her literature declined " Coming events cast their shadOws before," and , Portentious Were the forebodings they gave. Athens however, still shoneJliough with diminished lus tre, and remained, the 'depository of letters, unti sacked and Plundered by Scilla. .This was the last and final star that fell from the Grecian heavens) The.result to, literature is too well known to need any comment. The literary glory of Greece:had Ae.parted with•the fall of Athens—for she stood . fOrth conspicuously— "Like the red morn on some stormy night Among the fugitive clouds that, hurrying by, Leave only her unshaken in the sky," • when the entire land was mantled in gloom, and, when impending ruin was discernible,. And now] the eye of the traveller may behold this : once famous city—but only in ruined great] ress--7wrapped in an imperishal4e Winding-sheet--the powerful though tacit historian of the: former grandeur. and artistic renown ! Around her there reigns— "A dark; cold calm, which nothing now can break, Or warm, or brighten,--like that Tyrian lake Upon whose surface morn and even shed . Theitsmilesin vain—for all beneath is dead l" Lord Byron, whose, latest years were employed in bfruggling to win for luliely Greece that Freedom she bad' long lost, by. taking .up the sword in her defence ; has left us- in his Childs. Harold. some affecting tonches of,his noble genius with'reference to her fall.. Upon reading. them, we can , scarce refrain from dropping a tear for the untoward fate of that "Ancient of Days," where "The Warrior's weapon and the Sophist's state Are sought in vain"-:4 and . where'her "Men of might" and het "grand in soul" are "Gone—glimmering thro' the dream of things that were. (To be continued). CHOI ERA IN SOOTLAND.—GLASbOW CITY PARISH, Tuesday. Reported'te-day, 28 ; admitted to hospital, 4 ; died in hospital, 3 ; died out of hospital, 6. Barony parish. --Reported.to-day, 13 ; deaths, 5 ; diarrhcea, reported 15 ; ditto with cramp, .R. CuotEite.—We regret to state that cholera has broken out at Coatbridge, and within the last two days. there has been eight casts, four of which are unde r t rea t n i ent, an d four deaths. All the cases have occurred in the most filthy parts of this dirty town.—lbid. Dr. Gavin, the medical superintending inspector of the board of health, visited Airdrie on Saturday, and urged the immediate removal of middens and other nuisances, if neces sary at the espence of the owners; the whitewashing and cleansing of dwellings, and the establishment of dispensaries throughout the district, where medieines could at once be had. He did not advocate the removal' of patients to an hospital, but recommended prompt medical attendance in preference. At present there was no water in the town, nor any system of drainage.—Bid. Row irf e'enuncn.—Yesterday, a man named Randall Donovan went into Upper Shandon church, while service was going on, where he became very disorderly, and at tempted to strike the officating clergyman. He was at once secured, but on being taken to the bridewell he was discovered to be insane.— Cork Reporter. CORR, F-LACKROCK, AND PASSAGE RAlLWAY.—Revenue for week ending 24th of December, 1853, £126 12s. 5d ; Number of passengers,' do., 7,054 ; revenue for correspond.. ing week, 1852; £l4O lls. 6d : number of passengers do., , _ _ , Mrs. , Bloomer and The have emigrated to Mount Vernon, Ohio. In the last number of her journal, she saws : Our husband having purchased an interest in, The West, era Home Visitor," published at Vernon, Ohio and dete?- mined upon removing to that plaCe forth with, we, as a true and faithful wife, are bound to - say' in the language of Ruth—' where thou goest I will . go ;° and so before another number of The Lily reaches its subscribers we shall, if all is well, have settled in cur western hothe."=—New York Tribmne. MURDER OP A WIPE' RY lIER HUSBAND:OII Thursday night last, an atrocious murder was committed in Antrim by a publican named William Johnston . . The victim was his .wife, and the circumstances'of the terrible transaction as far as we have been enabled •to learn are' these :- both husband and wife were addicted to drinking, and, as a con sequence, they frequently 'quarrelled with each other. On Thursday night about cleVeri o'clock; he having been absent during the evening,•returned home and,fuund his wife in bed. What oecurred exactly betwedi them, no person can tell % as there was no third person present in . the .room : but it appears, according to Johnston's own statement, that they had some angry 'words with each other, and in his passion, he seized a candlestick and with it murdered his "unhappy victim, Seeing whtstize-had done; and - no' doubt felt remorse, ran. himself for a . doctor, but.it was too late. By the time the dOctOr and he returned the woman had expired.. An inquest. was • held upon the body next day, and a verdict of " .. Manslaughter" was returned by the jury. The prisoner wagafteiwards transmitted to this town to the county goal, Where he will remain until his trial at the ensuing assizes. —Belfast Mercury. • TH:E. NEW AMERICAN REPUBLIC,—The territory which Colonel Walker and his:companions have just wrested from Mexican power (not "American power,".. as was m i spr i n t e d yesterday), is the long Peninsula called sometimes Old, and sometimes. Lower,. California, and extending, between the glilf and:the Pacific Ocean. It is,about 700 miles iniength, with a hreadth varying from 30 to 100 miles, coniprisiTg an area of about 38,000 square miles,,,,with ivseanty,poptila tion 'variously estimated at from 14,000 to 20,000. A.Chain of rocky mountains, not exc e e di ng 5,000 f ee t in height, runs through it from south to north, and the surface of the country ecnsiSts of groups of bare roc k s b ro k en b y rav i nes and hills, interspersed with barren sandy tracts, forming al- , together one of the least attractive regions within the tem perate zone. It is believed, however, to ,be rich in metals. The climate is excessively dry and hot, and violent hurri., canes are frequent; there are more wolves than timber trees, and a greater. part of the country is incapable of producing a single blade of corn. The chief exports have hitherto con sisted of pearls from the gulf, to the extent of an annual value of , from 500 to 1,000 dollars, tortoise shell, hides, dried fruits L itnd cheese and ,soap. These commodities are for .the most part exported to Mazatlan and San Plas in small toasting vessels. What the country may became in the hands of a new government remains to be seen, Mor.DEn. AT BARNSLEY.-L-Rarnsley, which.. has already, unfortunately, obtained an _unenviable notoriety for dis graceful outrages, has again become the scene 'of -another tragedy. The victim of, the present catastrophe is Thomas Husband, a collier's labourer, who had been employed at Mrs. Smith's coal-pits at Silkston for a great' numb er o f years. He is a widower, about forty years of age, and has left three children,. a. boy and two girls. He represented that he had lately come into possession.of some. property, , and. was otherwised noted .for boasting about the amount of,mouey he had in his possession, and for his liberality. to his pot companions. He had made proposals of marriage to ! tieveral:widow landladies; in the town s and when he tie ! quented the houses he used to spend his money liberally. On Sunday last the deceased was at the Dusty Miller and i the Neptune public-houses; drinking at various times] . throughout the day, and in the .eveni ng h e , l e f t th e Nept u n e , , and proceeded on: the turnpike road to a lonely place on the Osborne side of Beever-hall,' about eight o'clock, fol loss ed, as is. supposed; by several of .his:pot companious." Nothing at present appears to have transpired of his.Vhere abouts until his body was discovered lying in a crouped position- by . a man named. John Green, - the driver of an omnibus running. between. the Cudworth station' of the Midland Railway and Barnsley.' As Green. approached the place-where the.bodylay, the horses shied to tie right-hand side of the road (the ; body being more to the left) ; - and, on looking dawn, he perceived, by the light of the omnibus lamps, something white reflected from the man's -.shirt collar. The 'bus was pulled!up, the passengers immediately alighted, and s found the body of. the deceasee covered with mud and dirt, and his pocket turned inside out: The first impression was' s . that . the man was drunk; but,• on I lilting - , him op, they discovered: that his bead hang *say .on his-shoulders, , which led to the belief that his • neck was dislocated—a, fact subsequently confirmed by the : evidence of a surgeon. An inquest will be held on the body on Saturday. SALFORD TO IVN.COgiva.-SZECIAL MEET.= A special meeting of the Salford town council was held hi the council chamber, town-hall, Belford, on Wednesday, when his worship the mayor, (William Ross, Esq.,) presided. The TOWN CLznx read a report from the general pur poses committee, in which they propose to introduce to parliament a bill to authorise the' appointment andl•emu nerate a stipendiary magistrate for Manchester district and for clerks to the magistrates of Manchester and Salford. The Manchester clerk to have £5OO a year, 'and 1 guinea a day while attending sessions. Report received and en tered on the minutes. STIPENDIARY JUSTICE FOR THE DIVISION OF MANCHESTER. The council proceeded to consider the draft of a bill "for making provision for the appointment and remu neration of a stipendiary justice for the division of Man chester, and of c l er k s t o such justice, and the justices for the borough of Salford, and for other purposes. In answer to a question put to him, the town clerk stated that the quota of the stipendiary magistrates' salary payable by the borough of Salford would be £420. Mr. Councillor GENDALL . moved a resolution to the effect that the copy of the bill read be, approved of, ate' adopted by the council. Mr. Councillor SANKEY seconded the resolution, an i after a short conversation it was agreed to. On' the motion of Mr. WRIGLEY , seconded by Mr. PFaxarr, the council Unanimously adopted a' petition to the House of Commons for leave to bring in the said bill, and the common seal of the corporation was ordend to be affixed thereto. APPOINTMENT OP INSPECTOR OP LODGING-HOUSES. - • Mr. Edward Longbottori; police-constable, wavappointed inspector of common',lodging-houses, in the - room of Mr. Tattersall, - appOintell police' inspector of the borough. ESTIMATES FOR BOROUGH RATE. The financ.a.cammittee-made -the follewing report, in reference to the catimutea for the,borough rate : The several committee& having the expenditure of the borough fund .4Fs. privaqd.an,,estimate of their probable expenditure' from - November _9th, 1853, to August 31(35 1854, a summary of, which is appended hereto. The esti mates are inade.Tor" ten months ; .and the ordinary expendi ture amounts to £7,906118. 10d., tO which is added the total cost of obtaining the borough extension act,. 1853, amount ing to 4,919 25.,. Making together X12,825'135: 10d.: from - which is deducted 100,' the estimat e d b a l ance of assets in debts of Noiember 9th, leaving the balance X 12,725 13s. 10d.. .th'be:made up by a boiough - rate. -Your committee have, therefore, to recommend the council to order a borough rate to be laid to raise that amount. The borough rate this' year will extend for. the first time over the whole of the dis tricts inclUded in the Salford borough extension act, 1853 ; and it is satisfactory to your committee to observe that the total estimated ordinary expenditure for, the ten months is only equal to about 51d. in the pound on the gross annual value of property in the borough (say £322,000,) or 6.96"inl the pbundlor the year. • Summary of the borough estim a t e , f or t en months ending, August 31st, 1854. Estimated 'nett expenditure. ' £2,040 6 8 4,348 10 0 712 4 0 805 11 2 The finance committee Watch committee Park committee . . . Museum and library committee . ~ £7,906, 11 10 Expenses of obtaining:the Salford borough extension act, 1853 £12,825 13 10 Less estimated balance of assets in debts at November 9th, .1853 100 0 0 £12,725 13 10 On the motion of Mr. Councillor AINSWORTH, seconded by Mr:Councillor. LOFTHOUSE, the report was ordered to be entered in the minutes of the council's prOceedinas. . Mr. Alderman MAIFD EN moved that . the sum of £12,825 13s. 10d. be raised by.borough•rate for the period between the 9th of November, 1863, to the 3lst of August, 1854. The worthy alderman went into a financial statement which was founded ,upon the report of the committee. The gross amount of the rate was £12,825 1113. 10d. of which £7906 lls. 10d. was for the ordinary bo roug h- ra t e , b e i ng 5 9-10 per pound, and the expense consequent upon obtain ing the Incorporation Bill was £4919 2e.'':The rate would be .9 5-10 per .pound. • The assessment of the entire borough was £322,000. The assessment for Salford alone was £195,000, and its proportion would , be, therefore, £7767 2s. 2d. ; , the assessment of Pendleton was £68,000, and its proportion would •be £2708 14, - ;9d.-; the assess ment of Broughton was £57,000, and its .proportion would be £2270 78. Bd. ; the assessment of Pendlebtkry was £2OOO, and its proportion would be £79 13s. 2s: — The rate virtu ally was 9 5-10 per pound, but the oveiseers of Salford would have to lay a rate of 13d. in the.'pountl, but there generally was in Salford a deficiency of - 25 per cent., in consequence.of there being so large a quantity of cottage prOperty. In Broughton, where the depreciation of pro perty was not so great as in Salford, the rate would be 100. in the pound. Mr. Councillor Lorrnousu seconded the motion. Mr. Councillor PELL= expressed regret that in the dim' , charge of his duty he should do anything that was calculated to create disunion in the council, but he objected to the payment by Salford of the cost of the opposition to the Incorporation Bill. The proportion of the cost of that opposition set down to Salford was o,oo', 'against payMent of which he strongly protested, nainitig as in amendinent that that amount be expunged from the estimate. • . Mr. Councillor GBNDALL seconded the amendinent. A discussion followed in which' Messrs.• Cawley, Myers and others .took.part, and the • - opinion generally en tertained was, that the motion be withdrawn,:; and thus unanimity maintained in the council. Eventually the amendment was withdrawn, and the original motion carried. • Mr: Alderman WANXLYN congratulated the council on. coming to the decision they had done in a harmonious spirit. PAVING AND SOUGHLNG. The Salford district paving and - soughing committee, presented a report of the ordinary character, which. was ap proved of and adopted. MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRE BRIGADE. It was resolved and unanimously agreed to, that the Sal ford district and t own h a ll comm ;tt ee , should undeitake the the entire control and management of the fire engines and fire department. The council then broke up.: POLICE COURTS.-YE STE RDAY. MANCHESTER. DESERTION' Or A. WIFE BY"IIEk Iltith3AND. —Yesterday, al the city police court, an eld, - 3rly man, named James Hig gine, was charged with deserting hi s w if e and' family,' Who, had beconie chargeable to the palish. The wife was called and stated that she had seen her husband, Who is a painter, only once for four or five months, and that daring that time she had received nothing from him. The prisoner said that .he was unfit for work. It was stated in reply, bower er, ' that he was quite able to work, that he had been workinc , at Oldham, and that he had apent his earnings in drink. He was commited to prison for a month. 'ROBBERY of Toor.s.---tA slater "named Joltn Wall was placed in the dock charged with having stolen a box con ; taining a quantity of joiners tools, the property of Lavvrence Wood, joiner. The prosecutor stated that he went into the Volunteer vaults, on Saturday fortnight: Ile had not been long there 'When he missed his bass containing tools. Last Monday he Met a bricklayer who pointed ,out the prisoner to him as the party who took the bass. The prisoner ad mitted to him that he had stolen the tools.---The occupier of a beer-house in' Henry-street;, William Andrews, stated that on Monday fortnight the prisoner came into his house, stated that he' had just arrived from Patricroft, and asked him if would advance half-a-crown upon the tools. He stated that'lie 'had no objection, and advanced the, money.' The next morning he came to his house with another man, who looked. at the tools and said they were the worst he had seen. The prisoner then asked witness if he would give him another half-crown for the tools out and out. To This he assented. Mr. Maude cautioned the beer-house-keeper against buying tools' again under such circumstances. The tools, which were. taken from the beer-house, were produced in court, and identified by the prosecutor as his property. The prisoner was .fully committed, to take his trial at the next sessions. AN UN-ENOLISU Assltuvr.--Christopher .Brody, a hawker, was -charged with attempting to stop. Michael Ken nedy, a warehouse Man, 'on the previous afternoon, AS he and his wife were on tfteir way.home• to Clieetham. The prosecutor stated that as they were going home the prisoner with two other men, followed them, abused them in the most violent manner, and that eventually . Brady drew a dagger 'from' au umbrella, with which he attempted to stab - A witness, named Dwerryhouse, stated that he heard the complainant call the defendant a swindler, uPon which the latter drew a dagger from an; umbrella, and said, " I will let you know whether I am a swindler or not," and at tempted to stab him. It appeared •that there had been bad blood between the' parties for some considerable length of time, and that legal proceedings had. taken place ,between them._: Mr.. Maude severely reprinemded• the un-English' conduct he had indulged in, 'of drawing the weapon referred to, and told him that h a d h e d one a li tt l e M ore; ' he would I have sent him to take his trial at the assizes. To find two sureties in £l5 eachto keep the peace. CARELESS Ditivt..vo. - --:-At the Manchester city police court, yesterday, two persons,' named William Nicholl and James Houghton, were each fined in ten shillings, and costs; for being in a. state of intoxication 'white in•charge of a van, in consequence of which they ran over a lady in Brook street, who was seriously injured. The defendants were in formed that an action at law could be ' raised against them to recover compensation in damages fo- the injuries the lady had sustained through their gross negligence. femild, named Ellen Amblett, was charged at the city police-court, yesterday, with assaulting Mrs. Allen, broker, Great Ancolits-street. -The assauit„which was a'savage one,' was wholly unprovoked, and it having been clearly made out, the'iritistratei finecr the defendant, and costs, or in default to be imprisoned for one month. TIMBER-STEALING. —,Joseph - Goodnum and Joseph Woodier who Were brought up at the 'police-court, yesterday, on a re mand, were committed to take their trial at the sessions, on a charge of having stolen from a wharf at Castlefield, three logs of wood, the property of Mr. Tristram. AND DOCK. COMPANY, PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. PETER JAMES DIXON, Esq., Mayor of Carlisle, Chairman. Joseph Ferguson, Esq., M. P., Carlisle. Jahn Dixon, Esq , Knells, Carlisle. William Halton, Esq , Carlisle. John Howson, Esq., Carlisle. Thomas Nelson, Esq. Murrell Hill House, Carlisle, Builder. G. A. Thompson, Esq.,' Kirkhouse, Brampton. Joseph Rome, Esq., Carlisle. Robert Ferguson, Esq., Shadweli Lodge, Carlisle. George Relph, Esq., Castle View, Carlisle. Robert Elliot. Esq., M.D.,. Carlisle. Mr. John Irvine, Carlisle, Merchant. Mr. George Robinson, Carlisle. Corn Merchant. Mr. Wm. Robinson Martindale, Carlisle, Druggist. Mr. Richard Jackson, Moss.Sida,•Wieten, Yeoman. - Mr. Hugh McAlpin, Cummersdale, Calico Printer, Mr. John Steel, Southerfield, Wigton, Yeoman. Mr Joseph Forster, Carlisle, Ma , ufacturer. Mr. Robert Pattinson, Whittrigg, Bowness, Yeoman. Mr. Jonathan Dodgson Carr, Carlisle, Biscuit Manufacturer. Mr. John Clarke Ferguson. Stanwix, Carlisle, Manufacturer. Mr. William Parker, Carlisle, Manufacturer. Mr. Isaac Drape, Green.rosv Academy, WietQn, Mr. Thomas Chambers, Peluthp,.Wigton, Yeoman. Mr. Joseph Elope Carlisle, Wine Merchant. . btr. John Wise, Whinclese, Wigton, Yeoman. Mr. John Bushby. Carlisle ' • Merchant. Mr. Robert Creighton, Carllale, Timber Merchant. Mr. Richard Pattinvon.Carlisle, Merchant. Mr. William Carrick, Carlisle, Hat Manufacturer. MY, Edward - McGibbon, Carlisle, Manufacturer. Mr. Isaac James, Carlisle, Iron Merchant. Mi. Ellivood Brockhank, Carlisle, Timber Merchant. Mr, Thommi./31fteklock, Carlisle, Merchant. Mr. Thomas Wright, Cards* Solicitor. Mr. John Sowerby. Carlisle, Druggist, Mr. Henry Tweddle, Carlisle,. Painter. Mr. Robert Whitfield, Carlisle. Druggist. Mr, James Sihsori; Carlisle, Timber Merchant. Mr. William Teppia, Cartisie, Alerchant. Mr. Richard Graham,'Carlisle.Timber Merchant. Mr. Hudson Scott, Carlisle, Stationer. Mr. Isaac Brown, Carlisle, Merchant. With power to add to their number. ENGINEER. DOCK ENGLYEER. B. H. l3lyth, Esq , Edinburgh. I J. B. Hartley, Esq., Liverpool . MARINE SURVEYOR. Captain Chas. G. Holmium], R.N., F.G.S. BANKERS. The Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle. Messrs. Hankey and Co., Londun. SOLICITOR. SECRETARY. John Nanson, Esq., Carlisle. I Mr. John Carruthers, Carlisle. PROSPECTUS. rim-Hs. Company is f orme d f o r the purpose of constructin g 1 2 a Floating Dock an d H ar b our at Sill ot h B ay, i n th e SolwayFrith, on the Coast of Cumberland, and connecting the same, by a Railway twelve miles and three quarters in length,, with the Port Carlisle Railway, and 'so with the Junction of the Caledonian, Lancaster and Carlisle, and - Newcastle and Carlisle Railways, at Carlisle, twenty-one miles distant. • A safe Port on the North-NV est coast of England, where Vessels may enter and load and discharge at all times of the tide, has long been required—the other Ports on that Coast, as Whitehaven, Workington, Maryport, and Port Carlisle, being dry harbours, and only accessible at tide time. Silloth Bay, in the Solway Frith, and distant about twenty-one miles from Carlisle, is peculiarly well situated for the construction of Floating Docks, and a Harbour ac cessible to Vessels at all times of the tide, night as well as day, being a safe anchorage, with deep water .close to the shore, in which large vessels may ride the whole of the twenty-four hours -the depth of water at low water of the highest spring tides being from three-and-a-half to eve and-a-half fathoms. ' A Railway is now in course of construction from Carlisle to Port Carlisle, which will be :completed early next year, and which at Drumbargh, eight miles and a-half distant from Carlisle, will be within thirteen miles. distance from Silloth Bay. It is proposed,. with the concurrence and under the sanction of the Port Carlisle Railway Compay, to take advantage of this, and to construct a Floatin g D oc k and Harbour at Silloth Bay, and connect the same with the Port Carlisle Railway, by a line of Railway twelve-and three-quarter-miles in length; joining the Port Carlisle Railway at Druinburgh, thus making the whole distance frOm Silloth Bay to Carlisle twenty-one miles. A large and increasing trade is carried on by Newcastle and the other Ports on the East Coast of England, with the West coast of England and Ireland, which the existing Ports on the 'West coasts are quite inadequate to accommodate. A great part of the traffic is now conducted in sailing resseLs round the South of England or North of Scotland, the former being a distance of about 1,000 miles, Whilst if goods carried across frOni ewcastle to Silloth Bay by railway were shipped there, the distance to Ireland would be under 200 miles. The important and increasing City of C ar lisle is now one of the greatest railway centres of the kingdom, --the Lancaster and Carlisle, the Caledonian, the Glasgow and South-Western, -the Newcastle and Carlisle, and, the Mary port and Carlisle lines all meeting there, and another line tram Hawick to Carlisle, in continuation of the North British is also in contemplation. The projected Harbour at Silloth Bay would be the nearest deep-sea harbour to this great centre of railways, and as the Solway flrith in which it is situated runs up so far into the land, as a glance at the Map of England will show, the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway, with the Port Carlisle and Newcastle and Carlisle Railways would form a direct Railway connection between the Ger man Ocean and the Irish Sea at the narrowest part of the Island. The Harbour at Silloth Bay would thus afford the readiest and best Port for the coal, coke, and manufactnres of Newcastle and the surrounding , district sent to the Irish market. Steamers would also be enabled to ply between Silloth Bay, and the ports of Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast, and other ports, by which short and easy passages would be afforded at regular hours, quite indedendent of the, tides. • It is proposed, in the first instance, to make a Floating Dock, at Silloth Bay, of about four acres area, which would serve as in Entrance Basin to Docks of a larger area, to be constructed when the increase of trade should require them. The Line from Silloth Bay to Drumburgh, on the Port Carlise Railway, would pass through a fine agricultural country, and a . considerable income from local traffic and passengers may safely be anticipated. A single line only will be laid down in the first instance, but sufficient land will bp taken and works constructed for a double line when the same may be found necessary. The landowners are in general strongly in favour of the line, and some of them are upon the Provisional Committee, and promoters of the under taking. The country through which the line passes is per fectly flat and level—there will be no heavy. earthwork. or expensive works of any kind—and it is estimated that, allowing liberally - for all contingencies, the total costs of the Railway, including the purchase of land, will not exceed £65,000, being at the rate of £5,000 per mile. Contrae tors of undoubted respectability are ready to undertake the construction of the line for this sum. The Estimates for the 'Dock and Harbour have been pre pared by Mr. J. B. Hartley, of Liverpool, who has had great experience in the planning and carrying out of such works. They aniount to £60,500. The total estimated cost of the works will thus stand as follows : Cost of Railway • Cost of• Dock and Harbour Parliamentary and Preliminary Expenses and Contingencies £65,000 60,500 Total The sources of traffic have been carefully inquired :into, and fully tested by persons extensively engaged in•shipping and panufactures i and in every way comp e t en t t o ma k e a Correct estimate of the various kinds of merchandise that will enter the harbour and pass over , the line. • Taking into account thepresent actualtraffic from Newcastle to Ireland, now carried by a long sea voyage round the island, and which would be diverted into the new. line, together with the local traffic, a minimum return of £2O per mile per week may he safely calculated upon for the Railway, which, with the receipts from the Dock Dues ' would yichi a divi dend of upwards of six per cent., a ft e r ;allowing 50 per cent. for working expenses. £135,000 The. undertaking has the cordial support of the Port Carlisle Railway Company. Arrangemeats will he made with this Company, under the sanction of Parliament, for facilitating the carriage of goods over th,ir line. Application! fur Shares in the form annexed, and also for Maps' and Prospectuses, may he made to Mr. JOHN CARRUTHERS ' the Secretary, or Messrs. W. & J. N ANSON , Solicitors, at Carlisle; and the following-B ro k ers : —M esers. F. W. ilint.ald Co., hull; Messrs. Redsdale and Myers, Leeds; M. Jarnes•Watson, Glasgow; Mr. Oliver Howden ? Edinburgh; MEssrs. F. and W. Gillow, Liverpool: Messrs. Hoyland, Son, and Ball, Manchester ; Mr. H. 8., Jones, Preston ; Bragg, and Stockdalc, London; Drewry and Richardson, Ne mastic-upon-Tyne. FORM OP APPLICATION. FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of twenty-five pounds each, in this undertaking; and I agree to aecippt to same, or such less number you may al lot me ; and I undertake to pay the deposit of, two pounds ten shillings per ehare thereon ' and to execute the par liamentary contract and subscribers' agreement, when re quired so to do. Dated this Name day of Residence Description . , lb MEDICAL -ADVI-GE.- TAR. LEWIS, Auth or of. several. Medical Works, may be consulted for the 'speedy and effectual cure of Nervous Debility, Depression of Spirits, Indigestion, Illusions of the Mind, Scorbutic, Skin, and other diseases, &c., &c. Attendance from ten till two, and from four to nine. Sundays till two. Address 44, Nelson-street, Great George's-square. Private entrance to surgery, 1, Bailey-street. CARLISLE: AND SILLOTH BAY RAILWAY CAPITAL, £135,000, in 5,400 SHARES of £25 Each. Deposit, £2 10s. per Share. VORWICH EQUITABLE — — FIRE' AS 11 ANCE SOCIETY, &O -STREET, NOR 1c TRUSTEES-. - The Right lion. Lord Sondes. H. N. Burroughes Y , Sir Edmund Bacon, B ar t. Si r John P. Boileau, it Sir Hanson Berney, Bart. John Graham, Esq., 11 -"" John Longe, Esq. . . re Holders of Policies expiring on. the 25th instant sil o spectfully informed that unl ess renewe d w i thin 15 days fr that date, they will cease to protect them from loss. AGENT, WM. WARBURTON, Spekeland-buildings, Canning-strj,„l,t BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT • THE PATENTEE Bogs to give Notice 1 Manufacturers in general, that he has now con 1 ,,, his arrangements for Licensing his PATENT BEAM, .t e the Weaving by Power, of Linen and oth er y arns o f a silnil texture. This Beam is calculated to remove the hitherto ink mountable difficulty of taking away the. Cloth from Reed with the regularity required, and to enable tb' yarns to be Woven with the Positive Taking-up 3fotiell4 which effectually coils up the ch . :4h es each shot of 11 j 'is thrown in • is positive and p er f ec tl y un if orm ; ca n readily varied to suit any number of shots or picks ; these are obtained with the greatest possible regulol' in " count, " without being . subject to the slightest varisdoll, through the negligence or inattention of the weaver. .„ Terms : —Ten shillings per Loom. Nett cash, Wl' set to work. Parties contractin g for the Patent-right of Looms, paying in advance, previous to their being set to work, be allowed a discount of 21 p er C en t. f or 5 0 l ooms, increaswe 2,-; per cent, for each extra 60, up to 1,000. Manufacturers will be held responsible for the payment of the Patent-right, and arc cautioned not to use the improve' ment, without an immediate settlement with the Patentee; and all persons are cautioned against in any way infring' on this patent,..which i s t a k en f or t h e protect i on of `f .611 or carved 'beam (for adapting the Positive Taking-up Motio n to the weaving, by power, of linen, and other yarns of similar texture,) made, either solid. Or hollow, of any motif metallic or other substance, and the principle of the brie' tion, and method of apply-lag it ;" otherwise the Patent will be compelled to resort to measures which will en able e him to maintain his rights, and which he w ou ld regr being obliged to adopt. He will consider further caut l ° l/ unnecessary. For farther 'information and Licenses, apply to the Di •tentee, EDWARD THOMAS, at Bedford-street Facto* Belfast. LIVERPOOL MARKETS.—YESTERILLT. (Written expressly for the Northern Daily Times.) Some little business has taken place to-day, eomprisit4 1,500 bags Arracan Rica, at 13s 9d; and 100 tons SAG' FLOUR, to arrive, at 21s cwt. : • COTTON.—There was no change either in tone or price tA 3 report.. Sales 7,000 bales ; 2,000 being for export and oi l speculation. . , MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE.--YrsTnnwor• We Messrs. Joh n , Fl e t c h er a nd Co. ' s circular.) "We have had a sharp frost, thn.last day or two and copious fall of snow, with which the ground is now covered several inches deep. Since our last, the. Run - nu trade has exhibited no new feature. The business done has Win been on a rather limited scale without change in prices. On the wholelhere seems to be a better feeling in the trade and holders insist on full prices. The imports for the wok ending yesteiday are as follow :—At LiverpOol, 7, 621 firkins, 344 crocks, and 571 b oxes an d b rls ; at Fleetwoo d, 316 firkins, 766 crocks, 94 butts, and 374 boxes and brig; at Holyhead, 4 boxes. " Since this day week the Corn trade has been inactive but very firm for all articles. A slow retail demand -was c%; penenced for FLOUR, which in all cases commanded full prices. " Our COrn market to-day opened with much firmness, and in the leading articles a very fair amount of busincei was transacted. We note an advance of 3d e bushel. f:o WitEAT; is sack and brl on FLoiin; Is . , load on OAT MEAL ; 2d IP bushel on OATS, and is If qr on INDIAN Cola/. Foreign BEANS w(ra fully as dear, but no change occurred in the value of English." BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET.---YESTERDAY. At this day's market there was a short supply of Wur..4.l') and most descriptions realised •an advance' of 2s to 3s qr. Malting BARLEY 28 qr dearer. Grinding unaltered. OATS held for is qr more money. BEANS no higher. PEA 2 advanced is to 2s IP qr. The number of tigers killed in Java dining ti course of 852, amounted to 717; Lord John Russell left his residence in Richmond-park on Wednesday, for Windsor Castle. 33irtbg, inarriagtsi, anti Otatt. BIRTHS. On the I7th instant;`aefullygoney, near Killymarron Glebe, countY Monaghan, the wife of Terence Higgins, of three fine daughters. On the 22d instant at Hatton-hill, near this town, the lady of tl o bt. Blackie, Esq., of a sou. On the 29d instant,: lifrs.`a. Taylor, Bridge-street, Birkenhead, of son. • . On the 25th Instant, the wife of John Bald, Esq., of a daughter. _ - MARRIAGES. On the 26th August, at the residence,of James W. Dlsher, Esq. Rundle street, Adelaide, S. B. S. Walsh, Esq., sheep-farnW. River Murray, to , I"argaret., only daughter. of Mr. Win. Barnet, late of Kinross, Scotland. On the 24th instant, at St. Philip's, Sir. E. Clamp, trunkmaker, to Margaret. daughter of Mr. J. Edwards, bookbinder, stanley-street. On the 25th instant, at St. John's, Mr. W. J. Stamp to Miss M. Bright. On the 25th instant, at St. Michael's, Mr. W. Ryan to Elizabeth , daughter of the late Mr. T. Gibson, pawnbroker, of this town, former], of Workington. On the '.:sth instant, at Luke's, Mr. J. Fleming, farrier, to Miss A. Todd. On the 28th instant, at St. Michael's, Torteth-park, the Rev. E. NV Lomax, SI.A., of Ely, to Caroline, eldest daughter of Mr. E. Cos Toxteth-park. DEATHS. On the 24th instant. the Roy. R. D. Backhouse, rural dean , and vicar of Eastrywith Worth, Kent. Ofi the 25th instant, the Rev. W. A. Mill, D.D., Regius Prsfessa of Hebrew in the Univer s ity o f C am b r id ge, canon of Ely, and rector o f Brasted, Kent On the 25th instant, hfr. G. rfolden, ember-merchant, Bedford' street, aged N, On the 25th instant, in St. Ann-street, Sarah, relict of the late Mr• James Harvey. azed 59. On the 26th instant, Mr. N. Lawson, rather of Mr. J. Lawson , Castle-street aged 82. • • On the 26th instant, at his mother's residence, Botuidary..streot , Kir. dale, Peter, eldest son of the late Mr. James Swift, of this town , aged 36. On the 27th instant, at Mount-pleasant, Linacre, Wm, Efenrf , eldest son of Mr. H. Theasstone. aged years and 2 months. On the 27th instant, Mr. L. Whiteside. Soho-street aged 30. On the 27th instant, Mrs C. K. Vorr..ll Crown-itreet, aged 21. On the 2hth. instant, at Woolton-hill. Catherine, eldest surviving • daughter of John Crosthwaite, Eaq., aged 17, ,THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, .~• Is Published, every Morning' in LIVSRPOOL and M,►xcraaslS simultaneously, and the following are, the rates and IS OF SUBSCRIPTION. .IVE.RP_OOL. A Year .. Half year . Quarter OUT OF LIVERPOOL. On Credit ,e 4 0 0 "41e91• 0 .e 2 2 6 41 18 0 .e 0 19 6AI 5 0 4eoqo .4 I - fn adoatic In advance. On Credit. ..e3 0 0 • 11 6 Art 10 0- X 2 7 6 41 ' I' I Single Papers 3d. Single Papers Id. . ADVERTI§EN . IENTS. 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