The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-04 00:00:00

Commercial .(tit4.--inf4 nal?. At one o'clock, at Christopherßushell and Co.'s office, Royal Insurance buildings, North John street, a plan " tity of Wines and Spirits.—Christopher Bushell and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 13, Exchange buildings, 1,721 bags Bengal Rice, 3,093 bags Bengal Rapeseed, 68 bags Bengal Linseed, 220 bags Bengal Ginger, 700 bags Bombay Linseed, and 310 bags Bombay Rapeseed.—T. and H. Littledale and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office. 7, Exchange chambers, 682 bags Rapeseed, and 3,599 double bundles Piassava.—Francis J. Eaton. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office,Virginia buildings, 682 bags Linseed, and 682 bags Rapeseed.—H. R. Whistler and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Ansley buildings, 20 cases and 30 boxes Bicarbonate of Magnesia, 1 case foreign Gum, and 2 casks French Verdigris, in pods.—Rooke, Okell and - Spence. At: twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 16, Exchange buildings, 28 casks Oporto White Argols, 40 casks Oporto Red Argols, and .50 tierces Carolina Rice.— J. H. Rayner and Co. At t welve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 12, Rumford ror , 'e. 2,300 bags Bengal Rice.—Whitaker. Whitehead and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 27, Tithebarn street, 265 tons Cattle Bones, and 40 tons Bone Ash. —lsaac. Hadvv en, jun., and Co. t twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 18, Hackin's hey, 12 tone Scotch and 10 tons Grey Farina, 50 barrels Tapioca, 5 pipes Concentrated and 19 pipes Grey X-2mon Juice, 80 boxes Pyramid Flock Oil, 2 chests Turkey Opium, and 2 bags Blue Galls.—Balmain and At the broker's office, 10, Exchange buildings, 42 bales Surat Cotton, damaged.—Walter Thompson. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' Office. Chapel street, 89 bales Surat Cotton, and a quantity Pickings, B:c. Lea, Waddington and Walthew. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Oldhall street, 36 packages Tapioca.—James Bateson, Sons and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the t rokers' office, York buildings. Dale street, 119 bags White, and 902 bags Black Pepper, 894 boxes Pearl Sago, and 2,088 bags Sago Flour.—Pattinson and Clark. At twelve o'clock, at the commercial saleroom, Temple court, a quantity of Fruit. consisting of Figs, Currants, and Raisins.—George Badenach and Son. Commtraat Sate. THIS DAY. BANKRUPT'S AND OTHER PROPERTY. Tars DAY, the 4th instant, at One o'clock, at Christopher Bnshell and Co.'s Office, Royal Insurance-bnildings, North John stl•?et; Liverpool. The following WINES and SPIRITS, In wood ani bottle, being chiefly the stock of Me-save. Walker and Knight, Wine Mer chants. Chester, sold by order of the Assignees ; and of the late ,firm of Mean's. Unwin and Son, Liverpool, sold to close Partnership accounts, viz. 70 Pipes an 170 Hogsbt , ads of PORT WINES, of various ages, in , liptull shipped by Quarles. Harris and Co., and others. tiVisrtts, 30 ilogaheads, and 10 Quarter-casks of SHERRY, :.tipped by P. Domecq and others. 50 Pipes WHITE CAPE. 20 Hogsheads and 16 Quarter-casks MADEIRA (direct, and West I dia.) In Butt, 5 Hhds-, and 10 Quarter-casks Lisbon, sweet and dry. 10 Hogsheads of MA RSAL t. 1.50 Cases of CHAMPAGNE. in quarts and pints; shipped by Moet," " Perrier Jouet" and Co., and others. 25 Hoesheads and 25 Barrels BRANDY„ shipped by Hennessey and others. 6 Puncheons Tamaica BEV Together with smaller parcels of Clardt, Red Lisbon, Benicarlo, and sundry other Wines. _ . Samples and catalogues will be ready at the Broker's Office, This Day (Tuesday), the 2nd instant. CHRISTOPHER BUSHELL & CO., Brokers. THIS DAY. the 4th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Winker.' Office, 13, Exchange-buildings, En I 721 Bags Bengal RICE, 364 Bags Bengal R APE , IEED, 69 Bags Bengal LINSEED, now landing, ex Corqueror from Calcutta, west side Prince's dock . APIA , ' to T. & H. LITTLEDU.E & CO., Brokers. THIS BAY, the 4th instmt, at Twelve o'cicek, at the Brokers' Office, 7, Exchenve-chambers, ES: Bogs RAPESEED, now landing. ez Matilda Wa tenbach, from Calcutta.—Apnly tO FRANCIS S. EATON, I3roker, TO-MORROW TO-mdaitow, the.sth Inst., at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's :office, 7, Exchange-clia-nbers, 50 Tons LINSEED CAKE (Karles and Carter's make). to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. 3th Init.. at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's ice, 7, Exchange-chambers, 630 Bags SALTPETRE, Conqueror, from Ca , cutta.—A pply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker To-MORROW, the now landi)S3l NEXT WEEK TUESDAY On TUESDAY next, the 9th inst., at half-past One o'clock. at the Commercial .6aleroorn. Temple-court, Abon` 500 Firkins Old Cork PICKLED BUTTER. Apply to John Bristow, Esq., Merchant; or to WM. GARDNER & CO., Brokers. en bat. ON SA LE MADEIRA WINES, Vla the East and West Indies, Ia Pipes, Hogshead., and Quarter-cask , , JOHN D"IVRR, 4, Dohange-alley North Apply to T HIS DAY, R. J. NODDER Will respectfully offer his Selection 'of Parisian' and English RIDING and WALKING HATS, BONNET - 3. and CAPS, with every description of Trimmings, Feathers, Laces, &c., of the mast faShionable and tasteful kind. 81 , CHURCH ST.REET. \ TENT ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT. — r A cheap, durable, and perfectly Waterproof Roofing, One Penny per squire foot. W. W. POI.VELL. Office a , .d Warehouse-8. CABLE STREET. `WANTED, a Person who thoroughly under stands the Receiving and Delivering of Inward t*toes of American Proluce; and none need apply that cannot orptince the most satisfactory testimonials.—Address A 24, Post. °Mee, Liverpool. E(Er THE NORTHERN TIMES WILT, BE A DOUBLE SHEET TO-MORROW. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1856 THE DAY'S NEWS. Old December—the last month of 1856—has entered upon his emu se clothed in garments of snow, and bedecked with frosty icicles. He pursues his relentless sway, compelling those who have the Means to wrap themselves closely up in woolly raiment - , whilst those who trudge along the stage of time pierced on every side by the darts of paverty and destitution, crouch along the streets eltilled to the very heart, and shivering from head to foot.. Except where the traffic is constant and extensive. the streets of Liverpool are almost one great sheet of ice and frozen snow. The youthful and the giddy hail the season as one that gives them an opportunity for physical recreation, and open air exercise. Regardless of the freezing winds, boys—and even girls—are to be met with in the most public thoroughfares, sliding along the side paths, and enjoying themselves most hillari, ously when any of their companions meet with a slight accident, or tumble off their feet head fore most on the street. We are glad to see the youthful portion of the community thus enjoy themselves, but must demur to the side paths being made the field of their sliding exercises. By doing so the aged and demure are liable to meet with numerous and severe accidents. We prohibit nuisances that e ndanger • health, so ought we to strictly guard egainat allowing any congregation of youths forming slides along the side walks of the street. Indeed, numerous accidents have already taken place in consequence of the practice alluded to. The severe weather is felt in London. The frost is represented as being intense in different parts of the T , letropolis, and as usual disasters to life and limb have resulted. Oa Tuesday afternoon two •persons were engaged in collecting ice on the surre y canal, when one of them, named Alfred bigger, by some mischance, fell into the water, and getting under the ice, was drowned. An alarm was raised, and several persons came to his companion's assistance; but owing to the quantiti es o f fl oa ti ng ice it was found impossible to recover the body. At King's College and the other hospit a l s severa l persons were admitted having sustained fractured limbs by slipping on frozen water allowed to re ma i n on the footways. A lady named Liversidge, living in Compton street, Soho, sustained a compound fracture of the right leg, and it is feared will have to undergo amputation. A youth, named Baldey, was drowned in the Thames; near Battersea Park, through getting on ice that would not bear his weight. On looking over our exchanges from all parts of the United Kingdom, we find that the frost is universal. Whilst the needy and afflicted will feel the miserable effects of the cold, one advantage to the entire community will follow this visitation of frost and snow. Disease. will ,be nipped in the bud, and the peStirentiar - vapor' of fever and other - infectiousnotanlaints caused to beharrnless, thereby rendering our " Bills of Mortality" more encour aging and satisfactory in their statistical returns of the public health. The monthly meeting of the Liverpool Town Council was held yesterday, and, as our report of the proceedings, which will be found in other columns of this day's paper, shews, much of them were of an important character. After the Mayor had taken_his seat,.Mr. Alderman Holme, in a speech of much.feeling and eloquence, proposed, and Mr. J. SteiVart, ex-Mayor, seconded, a vote of condolence to Mrs. Yates, on the death of her much respected and ever to be lamented husband, Riehd. Vaughan Yates, Esq. The speeches of both Alderman Holme and Mir. Stewart, pourtray a character which not only Mr. Yates' own family, relatives, and friends, but the community of which he was a - member, have reason to be proud of. He has set a noble example to the highbred, thenoble born, and the merchant princes of theland. His doings proclaim with trumpet4ongue to the classes just enumerated the Scripture adage—" Go...thou and do likewise." The public acts of Mr. Yates are remarkable for their unostentatious character. He delighted to. do good =amongst those by whom he was -surrounded. All classes, high and low, rich and poor, came in for a share of ;his philan-: thopic solicitude. It mattered not what was the religious creed, or the political bias, pro bono publico was his motto. Nobly indeed did he act upon it, and when his remains have become com pletely mingled with the clods of the valley, there will not be wanting in Liverpool thousands upon thousands of his fellow townsmen who, in alluding to his memory, will declare that he was a truly honest' man,' arid, therefore; " one of the noblest works of God." Tdrning from this melancholy theme, Air. Holme opened the day's business in the Council by asking for an increase of 2001. a year to Mr. Mansfield's salary, and, with a deal of plausibility, urged a variety of reasons why that augmentation should be made. He enumerated, with much precision the statistical returns of the criminal business transacted by the stipendaries of Manchester and Salford, of Wolver hampton, Hull- and Stafford, -Worcester and Brighton; and argued that Mr. Mansfield's maxis terial duties were far greater than either of these. He said that last year he had adjudicated on 24,907 cases, but he did not tell the, Council how many out of that number were entered on the police sheet -" drunk, - and booked for safety," or " drunk, and disorderly ; " a dozen of which could be dis posed of in five minutes, and the usual sentence " discharge," or :s‘:Os and costs," duly recorded. Nothing can be more mischieVeds and injurious, to the proper discharge of public duty, than the . niggardly payment of any official, but we object - to the system- which is becoming so prevalent in our Town Conncil, of paying, what Mr. Jeffery, previous to--his -eleetion---fer --Lime-street -Ward, emphatically, but truly designated, the "princely salaries of the Corporation." If Mr. Mansfield is, as Alderman Holme, would have us believe, over worked, :let him have proper assistance. An increase of £2OO a year would not enable him to discharge a daily duty, which would :overtax the physical and mental energies of a much stronger man. Without •further, comment. upou'the . debate which ensued on this topic, we have merely to say that the motion for the - increase was Carried by a vote of 84 against 20. If Mr. Mansfield is enabled to do all that his warm advocate, Mr. Alderman Holme-sets forth, and at the same time does it well, he justly merits a much high3r figure than £1,200 a year. Another discussion ensued upon the proposal to appropriate towards the expense of a choir for the chapel of the new gaol. The argumentS, ! pro et con, ;were remarkable for nothing except contrariety of opinion among our local senators- ) =oar- the doctrine of 're wards and punishments. Mr. Aikin and Mr. Steains argued, and we think rightly, that the Object of punishment should earnestly aim at the reformation of the criminal, whilst Mr. Stitt strongly advocated a princip).2 known only, by the term " revenge," but which he softened down by the words, "Vindication of a broken law."" Not ithstanding a strong opposition, 26 Councillors )ted for the appropriation, and l 7 against it. The abt felt that they had vindicated the ng, "Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." The other matters disposed of by I 1 the Cou:lcil were not of much moment. It will be perceived that Mr. Alderman Parker made his motion with regard to the charges of St. George's Hall for Concerts, Sze., and that in the debate which ensued thereon, Mr. John Stewart, the late Mayor, expressed himself sil'ol3gly in favour of the Saturday Evening Concerts originated and managed by Mr. Reynolds. This gentleman has addressed a communication to the CoUncil on the same subject, which will be found in another column. Its statements, along with the whole matter, have been referred to the St. George"s Hall Committee. Let us hope that they will consider the ends and objects for which the build ing was erected, and so arrange the rent tariff of the Hall that the humblest class., of the community shall have the opportunity of frequenting it for purposes of mental, moral,,and social recreation.. The Gold Dust Robberies have again been before the London Magistrates, and again remanded. The enquiry is a most interminable - one. 'The prisoners, -Kent and Redpath, seem to bear their incar ceration well. The chief object of yesterday's examination was to show how Redpath obtained the means of carrying out the frauds with which he is charged. The affairs of the Royal British Bank-were - before the Enid' J - trstires - of - Appeal - yesterday, when Sir F. Kelly appeared to upset an order of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, to transfer from the official manager of the Court of Chan cery to the assignees of the bankrupts, the books, money, and effects in his hands, formerly belong ing to the Royal British Bank, and to obtain an order from the Court to extend the injunction formerly granted by the Vice-Chancellor against any interference by . the official assignee, with the proceedings and property in ,the hands of the official manager. The questions of law which Sir F. Kelly put forth and: hrgued much .length were :—" Whether an act of bankruptcy-had been committed ; and whether, assuming an act of bankruptcy had taken place, it dispossessed the Court of Chancery its t jurisdiction to wind up and administer the. affairs of the coinpany, the abjudication in bankruptcy having been made after the absolute order for winding up was pro nounced by the Vice-Chancellor. Another trial of some interest and importance took place in the Court of Exchequer, the action for libel, brought by the Earl of Lucan against the Daily News. The grounds of the plaintiff's ease were that the article complained of was dic tated by malice, and calculated to injure him as a gentleman and a soldier._ Sir .Frederick Thesiger conducted the noble plaintiff's case, and Mr. Edwin James, Q - led the defence: From the statement of Sir F. - TheSiger Lord Luean was hardly dealt with, and. the jury. would be bound to award such damages as would compensate for the injury that had been-inflicted upon 'him by the libel in question. The foreign news this morning is not important. We learn that a new demand has been made by Russia and France, addressed to Austria, to fix a time—the Ist of February was proposed—for the evacuation of the Ottoman territory. The propo sal, it seems, has been rejected by Austria, which in this course of policy enjoys the full:support, by deeds as, well as by declarations, of our own Ministers. Respecting the recent insurrection near Paler mo, we are informed that the Government author ities had been driven out. •A deputy of the Parliament of 1848 is at the head of the move ment. The Neapolitan Government had despatched trcops to the disturbed places. Arrests had taken place in Palermo, but nothing is yet known of the importance attaching to the insurrection. From Madrid, our advice's inform us that it is untrue that the government intend calling 50,000 under arm s . M. Mires's proposals for a loan of 300 millions of reals are under consideration. The payment of the interest of the nati.,nal debt for the ;rim NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. coming half-year is assured, as also that for the month of November. La Epoca states that the government have accepted the resignations of M. Rios y Rosas as member of the council, and of General Concha, governor of Cuba. The King of the Belgians, in replying tb the I address of the Chamber of Representatives, says : I --It is most agreeable to me to receive the sincere testimony of the sentiments of affectionate confi dence which you have just expressed to me, in the name of the Chamber of Representatives. The labours of this important session have been worthily inaugurated. Your intelligent patriotism will know how to second the efforts of my govern ment, with the view of assuring • thb regular . development of the moral and material welfare of of the nation. Our usual telegraph despatch from Paris has come to hand. It brings the following news from Copenhagen, dated Dec. 3 :—The King has granted a complete amnesty. Nineteen officers, who in 1848, had taken service in the Schleswig Holstein army, have been recalled to the interior. The Paris Bourse closed yesterday at 70f for the Three per Cents. The Courier has nothing more to say on the subject of " Honest and Dishonest Assurers." It has no desire to expose the rottenness of the prin ciple of disputability of policies after death. We lad no desire," says our cotemporary, " to call par " titular attention to the case of LAURIE, but " for the mistaken zeal of the parties, which " has brought their conduct more prominently " before the public, than, we think, will be found " advantageous to them." We have quoted this singular piece of composition just as we find it, and we would simply ask. the Courier, once more, what the " mistaken zeal" of the parties to the negociation of an insurance, has to do with the principle at issue in Mr. THOMAS LAURIE'S case ? There are several hundreds of lives in this town insured in the Merchant's and Tradesman's Office. _The office is popular with what is called " The Low " Church or Evangelical party," a fact which may be, in some measure, explained by Dr. FALLOON'S name appearing on the prospectus of the Merchant's Company, as a medical referee. To this large and respectable circle of the Liverpool community, Mr LAURIE'S case is therefore one . of . vital importance It is necessary that: they should knOw the exact grounds on which the Merchant's and •Trad, Srrian's Office resisted the payment of the sum insured on a life which they have never questioned. What ,have those whose fives are insured in office to do with the " mistaken zeal" of its medical men or agents ? If Mr. SHAIN, or Mr. ROBERT WEBSTER, were over zealous in the transaction, surely that is not the ground-on-which an-Assurance-Company is-to shake off their liability to the insured ! Mr. ROBERT WEBSTER was certainly most anxious to get Mr. LAURIE'S life insured in his office. Of this we have abundant proof, in than passage in his letter to Mr. SHAIN— " Make your report a little stronger." But we have - nothing on the face of the : proposals, which are the true bases of the contracts, or on the face of the medical reports, which are all that Mr. SHAIN can be called upon to answer for, to show that the latter gentleman was in any way zealous in . the matter. Mr. SHAIN was, if anything, too apathetic for Mr. WEBSTER, as we sce by his letter. But suppose Mr. SHAIN had proved as pliant as the Company's agent could have desired —suppose he had left the Directors nothing to " boggle" at, and that, after Mr: WEBSTER had gone the " whole hog," Mr. SHAIN bad supplied the apple sauce, what would the million who are insured have to do with the affair? If the insurer can escape his liability to the insured, by proving that one out of two, or more, of his agents are creatures of " mistaken zeal," there is an end at once to nine-tenths of the policies now in existence. If, in fact, the insurer's objections are not limited to the life insured, if he is allowed to go back, after death, into the history of the insured's family rake up tombstones—medical and burial certificates ---years after the members of. the "assured's family have passed away to the grave, there can be no security whatever for any class of the assurance pularc, except for, those who have been so fortunate as to insure in those offices which give them a policy, on the back of which it is agreed, that " this policy " is indisputable after death." Weighing Mr. SHAM'S reputation, as a medical referee,. or Mt'. ROBERT WEBSTER'S honour, as an insurance agent, against the commercial value of the principle for which we contend, is most puerile on the part of our contemporary. Mr. LAURIE'S life was a good one. All he said of himself, in the two proposals published by Mr. SIIAIN, in his . pamphlet, is admitted to be true. He stated, in his proposal to the Merchants' Office, that he " n ever had any sickness"— that he was "decided" sober and temperate. All this is admitted, and still the insurer's representative cannot recover --the--arnount insured-upon—his lzfe,_b ecause_the_di rectors suspect that their medical officer knew something more about the health of Mr. LAURIE'S family than he stated in his report, and because they believe that the words introduced into the proposal in their agent's, Mr. ROBERT WEBSTER'S, own handwriting, was " interlined at the request "of the - insured." It may be all very well for an Assurance Company to assume what they please ; but where is the public's security while such things are? possible? Mr. SiviWs pamphlet gives its readers the documents on which Mr. LAURIE'S 'contract with the Merchant's Office was based ; they were referred, by Mr. LAURIE, tO Mr. PATERSON, the agent of the Industrial and General Office, who had known the proposer for five years, - and who had submitted the life to his own directors. Here Mr. WEBS ER might possibly have obtained every information he required, without interlining Mr. LAURIE'S proposal. And_now that the case has been brought before the world in its true colours, Mr. WEBSTER'S champion, the Courier, is desirous that Mr. LAURIE'S connection with the Industrial Office should not be mentioned, and that that office should be kept neutral. ------- - Our object, however, is to get at the truth, and we prefer taking a different course. And we have again to thank Mr. SITAIN for putting us in possession of the history of Mr. LAnatE's negoeiations with the Industrial Company. Mr. WEBSTER will pardon us for the digression. We only seek to test the truth of the Roman belief— Sunt in animis quasi virtutum envina. It may prove a hopeless task in,the Insurance world. The vir tue of indisputability certainly does not belong to the Merchant's office, and we are, therefore, bound to look most closely into the acts of their agents. Where it is alleged that proposals are interlined in the hand writing of agents, with words which defeat the claims of the representatives of proposers after death, a great deal of close investigation must be expected. It is quite a new phase in the Insurance business of the realm, and must be met in the spirit its importance deserves. ; And we are surprised that our enlarged and respectable Conservative cotemporary should triumphs gained at the Corporate hustings will go for nothing, so long as the Coun• cil can elect Aldermen &Om their partizans without , tho Chan:AYer. ThT Bygtera' must be abolished before we can take the Mayoral chair and the one sided bestowal of patronage out ( faction. The Reformers of Lim, do this by getting a bill pr early next session, to rep( hands of nted to Parliam SO mu Municipal Reform Act as relates to the c Aldermen b the'electiori of men to serve in as Aldermen, who have not 1 by a majority of Ratepayer Council There would be no ( the introductiou of such a meant, and t ire into Corporati e no grounds on which it could fully resisted. It ought, in fact, to haye Dl since introduced, as a Ministerial- measure it is not too _1 present Govern for the Pair( stow Cabins the hands of Reform, general election, to find the when A th( once of this other Borough where th pitted against the I pitchforking, system_ prev In conclusion, w - - return of Ministerial members regret that a subject of such vast importance wa not discussed at the Banquet ; yet we have rc to belieie that the suggestion will not be th away upon the Reformers of Lime street Ward and that this and other measures will be carried out, so as to place the -Reform Party in the corn manding position they ought to i•Tovenibei, - or, 'at till events, before a genera ccupy be election takes place ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. —Yesterday, Peter Brown was at work in Queen-street, when an accident happened to him, and he.svas takea to the Northern Hospital, where he died of the injuries he received.—A child, named Mary Ann Mealey, was so severely scalded yesterday that she died shortly afterwards. THE WEATHER—THE STREETS.—In consequence of the slippy-state of the streets yesterday, partieulirly in the early portion of the day, several cab and lorry accidents happened by the horses falling; but we did not hear - of anything serious. A variety of compulsory " - tumbles " took, place amongst our. own species, but nothing dangeroul. COLLEGIATE :CHORAL Thaort.—We perceive by. our advertising columns, that this increasing musical society' gives another performance this evening in the Lecture Hall of the Institution.' when: Haydn's• celebrated oratorio, "The Creation," will , be presented. We are glad to notice that the principal soprano on the occasion is to be Mrs:Sunderland, whose fame is so well known. LECTURE THIS EVENING IN HOPI! HALL.—WE under- stand that the Rev. Jan es Sherman, of London, author of - The-Partcn j- s Wife, is - to lecture - this - evening,' in-this-com modious place of meeting. The subject of his lecture is to be—" The Pre-eminence of Christ." Not only is the theme of 'his disiertatiod one of paramount excellence, but we are informed, by those who have heard it else where delivered, that it is treated,. jtk a very admirable and most-successful manner. - - ' r* -- , A BRUTAL . HUSBAND.—Yesterday, a bricksettet,named John Medcalf, living -in Midgehall-street, was charged before the magistrates with having broken-his wife's jaw, by a terrible blow., It apPeared that, on the - niglit'of the 18th of November, the prisoner struck his wife a violent blow in the jaw, which fractured it. She is still in rather a dangerous state from the effects of. the injury. The prisoner was sent - to - gaol for three-tdonthst, at the expira tion of which he must find bail to keep the peace, or b( further imprisoned. SOUTHERN AND TOITETH HOSPITAL Dec. 2—ln Patients.—Discharg at own request, 0 ; irregular, 0; under treatment, 67. Out —Week .ed : CE 38; under treatment, 36. Treasurer, Esq. Visitors, James Honghton, Eiq. ' Honorary eh aplairr, -- Rev; - Drl l,- Barrvi -- B -- A7 and surgeons for the week, Dr.. Cameron and Dr. P House surgeons, Mr. Edward C. Gre Townsend. INQUEST AT Booms.-Yesterday. an inqu. at the Derby Arms Hotel, Bootle, before C. field,'Esq.,. coroner, on the body of William Kennedy lance corporal in the 89th Reg iment of Foot, lying at th North Fort, Liverpool, whose death occurred Pilysicitue rland, and Mr. William on Tue On Mo morning, undPr th RAO, Der 1 refusing to- 0 =to • the barraol im until about half pi 'Afternoon deceased decreased near t drunk at the time, Nothing further six o'clock on Tuesday morning, wh T. Newton, of Bootle, lying on the banks of the I as heard of Liverpool C l'anal, ne sta - te7 — A'sSißtarrce -- being - obtainetly - h the County Police Office, Bootle, where every exertio was used to restore animation, but, unfortunate effect, and he died about half past seven o'c Ready, surgeon,_of Bootle, was called upon, praise is due to him for the, promptmanner in which he attended.' On examining - the 'body, a large contused wound was found on the right side of the forehead, immediately over the eye. Mr. Ready made a post mortem examination, and gave it , as. his: opinion that deceased-had received the -wound by falling upon some hard substance, and, in consequence of loss of blood, had been unable to proceed_ and had lain down; and death was caused by exposure to the very severe cold of the night. A silver watch and chain and other articles belonging to deceased were found in his pt.ekets. Deceased was a well conducted man and had nearly completed twenty years' service, and had only been married about two months. A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical evidence: fc ARREST Or A MAZZINIAN AGENT.— letter from Gano announces-the arrest of a M. Perego,►one o aries of the great hospital of Milan, a nu relating to Mazziniae plots having been found in possession. He was immediately sent off to Mantua uncle escort ,tuber of Mr. Greeley has been indiEted - itiVirginia for a ‘rifews paper published, written, and printed in the city of New York, and styled and entitled the New York Tribune, with intent in him, the said.Greelv, then and there to advise and incite•negroes in the stateet Virginia aforesaid to rebel and make insurrection, and to inculea'e resistance to the rights of propiety of masters in their slaves." NEW FULD MARSHALS.—There is a rumour that four new field marshals are about to be created, namely the Duk of Cambridge, Lord Seaton, Lord Gough, ,and Earl Cathcart. As for the Duke, his promotion is only a question of time, and the other three officers named have all well earned the highest hotour3 of their profession. The only additional expense would be in the case of the Duke of Cam bridge, who, being on the staff, would gain additional pay to the amount of nearly £3,000 a year by the promotion. The other officers, not being actively employed at present, would merely receive their present emoluments as colonels of regiments. DIABOLICAL REVENGE BY A DISCHARGED ENGINE TErykrn.-1 the West Riding Migistrateir Court, Brad.. ford, on;Monday, George Hainsworth was brought before L. W. Wickham, Esq., and Joshua Pollard, Esq., charged with having been found on some mill premises for some unlawful purpose. The prisoner was formerly in the employ of the trustees of Mrs. Hainsworth, at Farsley, as engine tenter. Soon after he was discharged, a piece of bar iron was found placed- between two cog-wheels, and the prisoner was charged with the offence, but on that occasion escaped a conviction. Subsequently some one placed a piece of cotton waste in the suction pipe of the boiler, the effect of which, had it not been discovered, would have been, the prevention of water entering the boiler, and,in all probability, an explosion. On Sunday night Hainsworth was found in the engine house when the engine tenter went to firo up the boilers. The magis trates sent,the prisoner to the Wakefield House of Cor . rection , with hard labour, for one month. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BRADFORD . — About t welve o 'c l ' on Monday evening the alarm was given at the police by Police Constable Whittaker, that a fire had bre in the vied - warehouse of Mr. Ezra Jennings, Swa: Hall Inns. The fire_bell was rung, and bee •ceased to peal, Superintendent Graham and fire brioade were on the spot at hand, were soon ready. previous day, bad placed quantities of saii. so that the frost might not prevent them from being.... -and • the -water in consequence Eoonvured•fotth in copiou volumes. The gateway into the yard•was the hose inserted, and dams+. -- adjoining buildings, a 1— roofs. The :danger. in which outsideg j s e e t v o e f rarw at a e r r eh t o b u r ;e w s uwe're—p-laced The engir Fortima . tel aultaneo Ril, and a strot was th Mean v the whole hey esc I with verytrifling - daznag , (.L. considerable headway o and - continued to burn until Mr. Graham . the firm were saved by ,5.... ,- warehouse was not large, and we understand, t.., mugs is fully insured in the Unity , the Pliceliixo..._ London and Liverpool Irsurance offices. The origin of ti fire is soareely yet kn own . The freezing pipes had fr equen t] to be melted by hot water. -- - - - MONETARY AND COMMERCIAI LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY The Cotton Market begins to manifest an im roving feeling. Holders supply the market omewhat - sparingly, and have therefore "th e ' ,dvantage in, price, American descriptions being tearly-1-16d per lb. above the quotations of FridaooY ast. -To-day the sales were estimated at 1,5 >ales, of which speculators and exporters tool! .500. The market closed firmly with an upward ur Local. Railway Stock and Share Market has %inewhatstrong and active. Agood b usiness 3ted in the leading stocks at an advance The rise was 2s Gd in Caledonian, 15s1 'ire and YoriOhire, 7s Gd in London an Western; 7s 6d in Midland, and 60, in 4 Eastern and Dover. The transactiouv )rted WereCaledonian, E a stel o reties, 91. East Lancashire, 214. E cll° ` and Dundee. 9. T ,endetcy , ~,,ancashire and ft. Panel l l'l: 351. Midland, 821 ',4 Dovers, 1 4 , f, 6 nutchßhenish, jAp.• Great Western of Cab Liverpool Corporation Bonds, 100 1 ., The market left off at its bes, point, as will be observed from the following notations :—Abeideen, 14/ 141. Blac kbilO q 71, 74; Chester and Birkenhead, 17 17-1 Cal e l - nian, 291 298. Chester and' Holyhead, 1",1 20. Eastern Counties , 9,1_ 91 East Lancashire, " xn 2n. Great Northern, 221 23k. Ditto A Slisregi "' Great Western, 70 70k. Lancashire 971 I Liverpool, Crosby , 18-Z. London and North Westero . Manchester, Sheffield, and tifilh‘ ° Midland Stock, 821 -828 N t : s r a 4: North Staffordshire, • 51. . 7 k . ____„,, t an and Dover, 22 5-16 22 7 7-,. 6 I°l.- c t ,Niewcastle, and Berwick, 214 24. York North .Midland, 30/. Leeds Capital Stall .1. 18! 19. Buffalo and ..:tke Huron, t . P. ite 2l Rhenish, l i lip. Great Western of Cant 9.16 24 11-16. Do. New Sh3res, 2 - 0. G Luxembourg, 101 10d. in _ The demand for monetary IlatOnmo dation tbe London continues, but this is accounted for A b ,Y, for a mount required to. meet the dem n ",...., r get to morrow, the 4th inst., which are usually h- „,.:t than at• other periods. Many parties have applied until the eleventh hour, so that there rent temporarily increased gtringeney. Seven P. T o ( is the current quotation for the best qualitle' io commercial paper, and in very few insta nc e% acconimodation, granted, below, t h at q uotatli Under these circumstances it is scarcely suPP ° I , A lf . that the direct9rs of the. Bank will reduce i '; f • minimum to mOrrowiand many imagine that Trie ris- ea t '' . ll ow be postponed' until early in the new dn,po On the , Stock Exchange, however , ther e is sand difference of opinion on this ,subject, 'ety prices are: partially strengthened by an esPe Os /ion that an alteration will be announced. 4,cji position of the 'Bank has undoubtedly it it improved, but perhaps the Directors may deeloos advisable to limit their operations until the 0 0 items of the national balance sheet shall ;of assumed a still more favourable appetil s c o" because as soon as a change is made a verY siderable impulse will be given to business ill at departments. The amount of other' securiqe,sgil the date of the last return was still exceen„ie large, and a much greater reduction is desi r " ti ot before increased facilities are given t o dise° o transactions. Whether the position of the ° s of lishmeut has been sufficiently strengthened duo in the last week, however, to render A reductly to the minimum desirable, is a matter knoV,7l °l3i,ioco the authorities, and the public, therefore , much anxiety for the result of the Bank COP and .rs 85/ Yorkshire Stoc Southport, 19-2- Stock, 1064 351 35: British morrow. There was an increased demand for Eng';ll6 Securities to-day , but th e settlement fornaccirio main feature of the business transacted. ; speculative transactions were numerous. 11 ,, 13 :10s of Stock was carried over. G °- ,, - 1 0 jeo pened at 948, then rose to 94a, re - n a, Again regained their former point, ' ec t to they continued steadily, and C l oo / ss at 941 to 94 1 For the Jai l " f opening price was . 958, a declige c ° t o afterwards there was an adv°",iiet i price they closed steadily. Ese'l..,Woo3' and were done at 4s to 8s Pr e ; rhe New Three per Cents were held at 93.1 ' Bank Stock, 2154 to 217. Tn the London Railwo-- at which t with, firms •vay Share Market O bosrle oici -- was of a moderate charaet6% ices in general were well supported; in s° fishe d ' stances an advance of, to was estab aledonian, Great Northern, Great Weste!, ll 'sor l „ lj o shire and Yorkshire, South Western, w -pren t ',l astern 'Berwick are about 5S higher. Th e :, an also shown an increased firnlo e— ,!i t ag e ; tral of France, arid Northern of -u" i nt() `er. The Canadian, East Indi 3 ',„ l ' a tlte l ' s are also fully supported etciaa° tes. The sales reporteJ ' n o 9 9 ' Caledonian, 50a. Chester and Holybetti%theil'i Edinburgh and . Glasgow, 543. Great , N ° te ini g " 91. Great Western, 67L 1, 704. Lanc"'n - - r j i g '' Carlisle, 721. Lancashire and Yoikshir e, " fl e11 139 : London and North Western, 105„ t, 1" - sa ter, Sheffield, and- Lincoln, 351.. Midland' 'e•A Dovers, 731 The foreign Exchanges present no OfaL teri 0te463 alteration. The rate on Hamburgh iS slightly higher, whilst that on Paris rule s a - L i / lower. The current quotations are sub,join:Dortt; Amsterdam, 3 months, 11.17 to 3 ; ditt°', -to 11.14 to 1; Rotterdam, 3 months, 11 , 17 1 , 4 0 3 i, ;; Antwerp and Brussels, 3 months, 25.2 ", 0 0 1 ' 5 q' Hamburg, 3' months, 13.71 to 1 ; Paris, 3 110 t 25.60 to 5 ; ditto, short, 25.20 to 5 ; MareVipe, Months, 25.62 i to 73; Frankfort-on-theW s /1 tf ' B Months, 1194 : to 1; Petersburg, 3 rnont lis i e s l e l l; ; Vienna, 3 months, 10 38- to 42 ; Months, 10.10 to 4'; Naples, 3 months , ' 3 5 0 r3 1 01 ; qenoa ; 3 months, 25.80.t0 5; Leghorn , 29.70 to 5 ; - Palermo, 3 months, 1291,-rort°' Messina, 3: months, 1291 to 13 0 i; months, 511 to I; 'Lisbon, 3.months, 511 t't Itis a very 'common enquiry at prese%trtio;;. may we expect some. more gold frore The Red Jacket was to leave Melbourne '„`"-erel°"t. pool, on the .25th September ; and has , t.', l jou l lf probably been 68 days at sea. This vessel 10,00'0 less bring a large quantity of gold, but CO Will itl o ti be expected yet. Assuming that t10„ 1 0, - to ,Money and True Briton, sailed from l‘lel u t joe% t it the days previously fixed, they are esl l ' e ly , ;, 4 to have been at sea 92 and 86 days respec t° o '- ect e ' k et• the .remittances by these vessels ere f t ) J0 e ,',1 3 be small, compared with - those by the It is expected that the shipments of si a il" v ill bullion by the steamer Ripon, which wi l V r "ia, goathampton tc-morrow, fez .Ale0"-of n s t , reach the heavy sum of about .£790.000? color only about £12,000 is gold, the rerniti l3 , tief or „ si d ing entirely of silver. The amou r " IV: e W e i brought in by the Ravensbourne, whio;:n the river from Antwerp yesterday nier' l „ - ;e ' believe, the largest y e t rece i ve d 1)1 tb 5 "10 0 From the Continent, comprising no le s- „ t nit t9 ;er cases and 119 b a gs. Th e v alue of thie, stes"-;35 Ls probably upwards of £lOO,OOO. Tu e w ittto Telegraph has also arrived from Antwevi&earlftea sacks, 5 barrels, and 1 case of sliver' c ons 'Dis whole of the supply by the Ravensb a o li i i ,i , ai e : 11 rt , i ll ; e t l l s of Ave franc pieces. In face of it is probable that sorno m" of gold will be drawn foal ness transactE ines have Efreat Ce ian lit magnitn rate amoun by way of payment 3 11 ‘ 11 ' lop' , „ro A o • f il re -,4t In foreign and c I r l consequence of the restrl',l i i n for sugar. it tends t° seollfit in that article. 'Sales of wo ws oli o anon- a moderate s cale, notiles d al n f 1: 0°. v ,5• tre!, There. was We do not hear of any riev nes o ' d 5 , I at the auctions of dyes and dYe` v° ils 6 it logwood brought xt i, a ft a fair extent o f bosi and red sand ers woo x - the s9und. morning. Jama St. Domingo o l i nre°i°bostl3 The improved tone of the Grain traor anj , noticed, continues. At Mark lane, t° Gla 5, Wheat and Oats were, if anything, detl re d r at ltn 0, Monday. A fair business wa s transacLed stea gow, and at Cork the market was end its columns to the defence of such a system, under any imaginable mask. If Mr. LAURIE'S life had, or could even now be disputed, then the Courier might be justified in' making it appear that Mr. STAIN was to'blame, and not Mr. WEBSTER or his directors. If either or both of the officers of the Merchant's office acted with " mistaken zeal," what have the public to do with that ? Mr. SHAUN'S backwardness in complying with Mr. WEBSTER'S request, or an agent's desire to over come the " boggling" of a board in London, is surely not to defeat the payment of the hundreds of policies the Merchants' Society have issued in Liverpool. If the officers of the company have done wrong at all, their offence is a serious one, for which the law provides heavy penalties, and it remains for the directors to enforce them ; but we question the propriety of allowing any public company to escape a claim by setting up a charge of " gross fraud," when the words which constitute that fraud appears in the handwriting of their own agent ; and when the evidence of the agent cannot be rebutted, after the death of the person, at whose request the agent says he introduced those very words. Mr. LAURIE is not forthcoming to answer Mr. WEESTER'S allegation, and his representative, consequently; loies the premiums paid during his life, and the 5001• insured, while the life itself is never once questioned. Finally, we can scarcely find words to express our astonishment at the *extraordinary avidity with which the " Conservative Press" has taken up this case ; but unless our cotemporary can prove that the documents pub lished by Mr. SIIAIN are little short of forgeries, its readers will not fail to appreciate the moving influences to which it yields. THE Municipal Reform Banquet is an event which must have its effect in Ministerial_ quarters. When local demonstrations assume the magnitude of national movements, and show the eager aspi rants to political fame, where a constituency of earnest men may be found, they cannot be over looked ,by those in office with safety to themselves or their party. The corporate grivances of this Borough have excited the popular mind to the highest pitch, and the anomalies and injustice to which the Municipal Reform Act has left them exposed, has been sent forth on the broad sheets of the Press to stimulate other localities, where similar abuses exist. The Liverpool Reform Ban quet was a monster middle-class movement. It was minly, - if not wholly; eornposed - of shop keepers and men of business—those men who find that while they are entrusted with the franchise, and can command a large majority, are cheated ,out of the representation which their majority ought to give them, both in the Council Chamber and , the Imperial Legislature, by the operation of the Municipal Act.. Had a Borough or Town's Banquet been given, the exhibition of the , Liberal strength would have shown the full magnitude of the imposture of which the Reform electors complain. But let those who would make light of Tuesday night's display, remember that that was only the demonstration of one out of sixteen wards. The Corporate Reformers of Lime street Ward were them - but — MU Reformers Of Liverpool were not. The gathering was purely local. It was con fined to Mr. J. R. JEFFERY'S _ friends and sup porters. There was a mighty hOst within the limits of the Corporate and Parliamentary boundaries who were not invited to the feast, to confirm by their plaudits their approval of the sentiments ex pressed by the several speakers. There is no disputing the Liberalism and Reform powers of Still this Borough Liverpool. anked amongst the most rotten of Corporate towns. This shows the glaring fraud which is practised by the minority on an overwhelming majority. These things are ascribed to " compromise." It must have been a strange " compromise" which virtually disfran chised the great mejority of Electors. It was a foul plot, which led to the Town Council's being placed beyond the control of its constituency. We are not over-anxious to go into the history of the specious diplomatic compact which has worked such wonders- It has, ended as all gross political impositions must 'terminate. Mr. JEFFERY evidently did not know the depth of the enemy's design when he became a member of the joint committee. He was duped into playing the cards of the minority, with a legion -of other earnest Reformers. The illusion is dispelled now, however, and we hope to see the Reform cause skilfully handled, and . steadily advanced. By pursuing a perfectly inde pendent and consistent course, the Reformers can do as they please with the Municipal and Parlia mentary representation. We have the men in Liverpool-mho can-fill-our highest offices of trust, with credit to themselves and the constituency. We know that we have a majority of votes to return them, and it will be the fault of the Electors individually, if we are much longer exposed to the abuses, of which the Ratepayers, and Inhabit ants of the town generally, complain so loudly. Of the speeches delivered at the Banquet we cannot speak too highly. They were all equally moderate and to the point. Mr. JEFFERY'S and rir. A.,C. STEwAafs were the Corporate speeches of the evening. Mr. GEORGE MAXWELL'S, the stern voice of commerce, and Mr. GEORGE MELLY'S, the Reform oration of the night. Mr. JEFFERY asks the Electors to look closely after the acts of their representatives. This request might be complied with to the great benefit of both sides. In the meantime it shows that Mr. JEFFERY is not afraid of having his public conduct most closely scruti" nised. Mr. A. C. STEWART called on the Electors to do their duty towards themselves—to be vigi lant, and ready to make a proper use of their suffrages year after year. Mr. GEORGE MAXWELL, while gently placing his heel on a popular bugbear; asked the authorities to look closely after the requirements of commerce and rapid growth of the trade of our port ; and Mr, MELLY gave us the short cut to, true Reform: "It was to " send the'right man to Parliament, to represent " them there; and, if this was done, they_Fould not " want Reform." This is certainly a specific for. all our political ills ; but how can, it be accomplished ? Those who can vote will not, and the classes who would look closely after their own rightaand the real interests of the nation are not qualified to vote. The middle classes are not true to themselves. They cannot be made to recognise the sacredness of the trust reposed in them, or to believe that their apathy is the cause of the - poli tical depravity of their time. Hence wo are unable to return men who would render Reform agitations unnecessary. Still, we have a strong body of staunch men in Lime Street Ward, and the spirited example they have just set to `their brother Electors in the other Wards, will, it is to be hoped, have. a beneficial effect ,next,,NO K ember. _ But the intervening period must not be thrown ere 155,1 Bel improved keeps prices