The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-23 00:00:00

THE GALE ON THE IRISH COAST. (From the Wexford Independent of Wednesday.) From an early hour on Sunday morning we experienced an awful gale from the S.E., which continued unabated until Monday night, when it lulled considerably, but still continued what seamen call a very strong gale, shifted a little more to the E. The gale was accompanied by a dark flying mist, which rendered lights or land invisible at a very short distance, and we regret to state that several casualties; accompanied with loss of lives, have occurred. On Sunday morning a small smack running for the har bour, being unable to take in a pilot; stranded at Rosslare, when the crew were taken off by the exertions of the pilots. She proves to be the William and Mary from Port Gain, laden with slates. Three vessels belonging to this port, the Columbine, Lucinda Jane, and Vulcan entered the bay at the first of the gale, and their only chance of safety de pending on running in, the masters acting on their own experience, ran boldly onwards, and succeeded in gaining port without any injury. As the S.E. gales sweep the whole length of our qua . ys, an unusual heavy sea washed them from end to end, keeping the seamen of the several vessels constantly engaged in fending off, and keeping clear of each other, and we are glad to be able to say that the shipping sustained very, little damage, the Edward Phelan alone carrying away her fore-topmast. We wish we - could say the same of the fish, ing smacks, cots, and small boats of our poor industrious fishermen. Many of them have suffered, and some severely. A Jersey fishing smack and also a Wexford one drovo close on the bridge, but by great exertions and assistance; were passed through the draw-bridge with little dam= age. An oyster smack belonging to J o hn B e ll an d ano th er to Jamos Mulligan, suffered severely by collision with some vessels, and two oyster boats sunk at their moorings near the dockyard. The damage to sma ll er cra ft h as b een very severe. No life has been lost, or personal injury sustained, but the fatigue of numbers has been great. The gale continued with unabated fury the whole of Sun day night, and on Monday morning the schooner Stag, J. Veneer, master, of about 100 tons burthen, of and from Pen zance, for Liverpool, with China clay and block tin, ran ashore at Blackwater. Being of light draft, the vessel got near the beach, and the crew were saved by means of a line skilfully thrown on board by the Curracloe coast guards by means of Dennett's rockets. About noon, same day, a barque of 350 tons was seen from Curracloe, labouring heavily outside the surf, and fast drifting on the shore, under foretop-mast staysail and close reefed maintop-sail. It was evident tho ill-fated ves sel could not haul off in teeth of so furious a gale, and no boat could leave the beach and pass the dreadful surf. At half-past two, p.m , the vessel struck in the su r f near th e spot where the Stag was stranded, but immediately falling over on her beam ends, the furious billows made a clean breach over her, and in less than an hour, the strand w as strewed with fragments of her wreck, and of the entire crew not one was saved, for though there were numbers of able hands and willing hearts on the shore witnesses to the distressing scene, all human aid was unavailing, From papers and letters soon after picked up, it is supposed that the ;doomed barque was the Caravane, of Bordeaux, Pos sonier, master. The cargo was wheat. Several Spanish letters, directed "San Sebastian," were cast on shore, and a trunk containing youth's clothing, with some books having the name "F. Rouz" written in them. The bodies of some of the unfortunate crew have been washed on shore, and properly taken care of. A large ship was seen about 10 o'clock in distress on the south end of the Long Bank, about four miles from the harbour's mouth, but after beating for some time she got off and ran on the beach a little north of Grenoro Point in Ballygeary. She proves to be the United States ship Niagara, Captain Bennett, 800 tons burthen, of and for Ne w York, from Liverpool, with a general cargo, railway iron and 220 passengers. The Pilot boat No. 2 was soon along side rendering valuable assistance, and at 4 o'clock p.m. landed all the passengers on the Paul Quay. The passengers leave on Thursday for Liverpool. The Niagara sailed at 10 o'clock, a.m. on Sunday. On Saturday evening, about six o'clock the weather, which up to then had been remarkable for hard frost, under went a great change ; and in the course of a few hours a violent storm blew from the south-east, which in the course of the night assumed all the terrible appearance of a hurri cane, accompanied by excessive rain. During the entire of Sunday the storm continued, with some severe showers ; and yesterday morning it assumed the same threatening character which distinguished it on Saturday, and in conse quence of which all communication, by means of steamer, between Cork and Queenstown, and Passage and Queens town, was superseded. At one period of the day it was thought a steamer from Passage could make Queenstown, but when off Hawibowline, we . understand, she encountered so rough a sea and severe gale that she was obliged to put back. Many of the streets of the city, and particularly the Lower Glanmire-road, yesterday, presented unmistakable evidences of the severity of the storm on the preceding night —heaps of slates blown from the roofs of the houses, and bricks precipitated from chimney tops, being frequently met with. The trees on the Dyke, as usual, have sustained some injury ; and in Brown-street considerable alarm was caused by the rising of the tide on Sunday evening, when the people began to fear they were about being visited by a second flood. .The river was considerably swollen, .the wind continuing all through from the south-east, and some fears were entertained that Patrick's Bridge would sustain some further injury ; however, the apprehensions were ground less. Our morning contemporary has the following, in describing the violence of the gale :—" Sunday morning one of the carriages of the Cork, Blackrock, and Passage railway was borne along by the hurricane, and driven the entire dis tones from Pasage . to Horsehead before it was stopped, —Southern .Reporter. CANADIAN 'STEAM NAVIG.ATION COMPANY. We extract the following leading articles from the Toronto Leader and Newfoundland _Express, to show how much the Canadians themselves appreciate and desire to encourage the direct line of communication afforded between Canada and this country, by the steamers of the company we have mentioned above, and to which, like our Canadian contemporaries, we wish and prognosticate every success : " This line of ocean steamers, when it gets fairly into opera tion with the class of vessels which it is contemplated to use, will probably do more to bring Canada into notice in England and Europe generally, than anything else that has occurred. On the arrival of the Lady _Eglinton, at Liver pool, on returning from her second trip, there appeared, for the first time in the history of Canada, a budget of British American news in the London morning papers under a separate head. Heretofore when a stray item of Canadian news found a place in the English papers, it had generally been distilled through American channels, and reported second-hand by . American reporters, who naturally gave greatest pre-eminence to their own domestic intelligence. When this line of ocean steamers is fairly established they will regularly supply the English public with direct intelli gence of Canadian affairs. Canada is fast taking its place among the nations of the world ; not necessarily as an inde pendent country, but as one of growing interest and impor tance."—Toronto Leader. "We find it announced by Messrs. McKean, McLarty an: Co., that their Canadian line of five steamers, for a semi monthly . line, consisting of the Cleopatra, Ontario, Erie and Huron, is about being completed, and rill commence run ning betiveen Liverpool and Quebec in April next, and that the Sarah Sands is chartered for the present to complete the line. We presume she will lie up as a reserve steamer, in case of accidents. _ _ "It is not:merely the goods for the consumption of Canada that will come out by the St. Lawrence route, but also the greater part of the British manufactures imported for the Stas as far south as the Ohio river, having now a population of upwarub or o,ooo,Ann_ and increasing at the rate of half a million a year. "It is most desirable that the advantages of calling here (St. - John's) should be pointed out to the - owners of these steamers. Our legislature has offered £2,600 per annum for five years to any company whose steamers may call fort nightly both ways, in running between any British port and any American continental nort, with the privilege of coals duty free. There would also be a considerable sum earned by passengers, especially on the outward voyages in April and August, and on the homeward voyages in January and July; when the buyers for our mercantile establishments visit the British markets and return. But we do not nok upon these items as by any means the' chief advantages to steamers of calling at this port. By the Lady Eglinton's log on her outward voyage in August, she ran 1,910 miles from Liverpool to this port, and 953 miles from this port to Quebec. Now a steamer of 300 horse-power will consume about 200 tons of coals between Liverpool and Quebec, and ought at starting to have 300 tons on board , and by calling at this port, which is two-thirds of the distance, she could take 100 tons less than if she were to - make the whole distance without stopping. She would thus be en abled to take a larger quantity of goods, making about £2UO difference in the freight, and enabling her to leave Liverpool in better trim, bales of goods being much lighter than coal, and the steamer, therefore, drawing less water. The increased speed at the commencement of the voyage would thus - more than compensate for the detention at this port, which need nut exceed four hours ; while at the same time the steamers must pass within twenty miles of the port whether they . call or not. There is not a more accessible port in America than that of St. John's. It is not a mile from the open sea—has .sufficient depth of water for the largest vessel in the royal navy—has the fine light-house of Cape. Spear close to its entrance, with the harbour light of Fort Amherst,—the land is bold, and there are no shoals or sunken rocks on the coast. Now, by making St. John's a port of call, a steamer, from Liverpool, running at the rate of ten miles an hour, would make this port in eight days ; and from the improvements now making in naval architec ture, we cannot doubt that a much higher speed would soon be attained. We may therefore assume that with the com pletion of the telegraphic line between St. John's and the • continent of America, and with St. John's made a port of call for the steamers from the British to the North Ameri can solonial ports, the commander of the forces in British North America would be placed within seven days' commu nication with the commander-in-chief in London. It must be evident that such an advantage would be worth a much larger annual expenditure than ,the sum of £5,000 annually, asked for to -encourage direct steam communication with -Newfoundlanda"—Newfoundland lArpriss.-'•\l MANSION HOUSE.- LONDON. ALLEGED EXTENSIVE BILL FORGERIES. William Andersen, a person of very respectable appear ance, aged about 30 years, who, it was reported, has been extensively engaged in business in the city for some time, was brought before the Lord Mayor in the custody of John Forrester, the officer, upo n th e c h arge o f h av i ng uttere d a forged bill•of exchange for £2,250. Mr. Hobler attended for the defence. The prisoner kept his handkerchief to his face and sobbed aloud frequently during the investigation. Mr. Thomas Scurr Womersley said—l am a bill-broker in Lombard-street chambers, Clement's-lane, and belong to the firm of Womersley and Burt. Yesterday, at about two o'clock, the prisoner brought in the bill of exchange I pro duce for £2,250, and asked me to discount it. I wished him to leave it for a short time. He did so, and left the office ; and I went and made inquiries about the bill at the offices of Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Chapman, where I saw Mr. Chapman, with whom I left the bill. Mr. Chapman sent the bill back to me with intelligence that it was a forgery, and at about three o'clock, or a little before, the prisoner re turned. I then had possession of the bill, and knew that it was a forgery. I told him that it was a forgery, and that I must give him in- charge. He said that he could not understand what we meant, and that he would go on to the acceptors with me. I had the bill in my hand, but did not show it to him after I had received it from Mr. Chapman. I said it was useless to go to the gentleman whose acceptance the bill appeared to be, as they had seen the bill, and said that it was not their acceptance. He made no reply to that. Daniel Forrester, who had been sent for by Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Chapman, came in while the prisoner was waiting in the office, and I said I must give the prisoner in charge to Mr. Forrester, I do not recollect whether he made any observation upon the occasion. He and Forrester then left the office to go to the prisoner's office to see, as I under stood, what property might be there. The witness, upon being asked how he knew there was any property at the prisoner's office, said he imagined that such was the case, but not in consequence of any conversa tion he had had with the prisoner. I retained possession of the bill. I had given nothing for it. I did not discount it. I am quite sure the bill produced is the same bill the pri soner brought to me, and which I gave to Mr. Chapman. I have not since had any conversation with the prisoner, nor have I seen him since until I saw him in custody at the Mansion-house. I had previously discounted for the pri soner, and have bills still outstanding. I know his writing, and am of opinion that the endorsement of his name on the bill is his. The Lord Mayor : Do you believe that there is something in the outstanding bills ? Witness : I have reason to believe that there is. They are not in our possession. The following is a copy of the bill of exchange : " B 2, 165. " Calcutta, 4th October, 1863. " No. 620, exchange for £2,250. "At 90 days after sight pay this first of exchange, (second and third unpaid) to the order of Mr. J. Du pont, the sum of two thousand two hundred and fifty. pounds sterling value in account L. and S., which place to account as advised. " J. LE BRUN. "To Messrs. J. and C. Van Notten and Co., London. " Accepted loth December, 1853, for two thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, payable when due, at Messrs. Martin and Co. J. and C. Van Notten and Co. 660." The following letter, containing the delivery warrant for currants, copied below, was found in the possession of the prisoner. It was not addressed to any person : _ _ " Dear Sir,—l have but this moment, Tuesday, obtained the enclosed. In course of the afternoon I will, if possible, come down and complete the other matters ; but I cannot promise, as I have so much on hand. If I am not down at four, I shall be obliged to postpone it until to-mor row.—Believe me, yours truly, " W. B. ANDERSON." " Custom House Quay.—Speeial Security, "No. 1.2,968. Warehouses, London, October, 14, 1853. " Warrant for 20 casks of currants, imported in the Countess Lonsdale, Little, master, from Hambro ; entered on the 3d October, 1853, by Iran Notten and Co. deliver able to W. B. Anderson or their assigns, by indorsement thereon, all charges payable. Mark. • G. & B. Twenty Casks Currants. 1 d2O cwt. qr. lbs. 361 0 5 F. Blake, warehouse Keeper. Jno. Silverlock, Superintendent. Custom House Quay Warrant. Endorsed. Deliver the within-mentioned goods. W. B. ANDERSON." Mr. Lambert Van Notten Pole, merchant of Nos. 2 and 3, Lime-street-square, City, said—l have one partner, and we trade under the firm of J. and C. Van Notten and Co. There is not a Mr. Van Notten in the firm. We bank at Messrs. Martin and Co.'s, and make our bills payable there. The acceptance to the bill of exchange produced is not in my writing, nor in that of my partner, nor has it been written by my authority. I have never heard of any other firm of the same name trading in London. The bill of ex change is entirely unknown to me, and so is the supposed drawer. _ _ Daniel Forrester, principal officer of the Mansion-house, said---Yesterday afternoon, at about three o'clock, I was sent for to the house of Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Chapman, and I saw Mr. Chapman. I then went by his direction, with William Clarke, to the office of Messrs. Womersley and Burt, in Lombard-street Chambers, Clement's-lane. When I got there I was ushered into a room where the pri soner *as by Mr: Wornersley, who said, " This is Forrester, and I must give you in'charge." I understood it was upon the subject of some bill which was forged, and the name of Van Totten was mentioned, and whilst I was there a Mr. Fries came in, and asked the prisoner for £1,600, and the prisoner, and Mr. Fries, and Clarke, and I, went in a cab to Bread-street, where the prisoner said he ex pected the money was. The money not having arrived there, we went to Billiter-street, where the prisoner went up the staircase of No. 21, and turned short to the left slammed the door and went in, and through another door down another staircase, No. 22, and into the street. He had muttered a word or two to a gentleman into whose office he had turned, and he then suddenly started, through the other door. I ran after him, and he was stopped at the corner of Mincing-lane. I found in his possesion two Bank of England notes—the one for £5OO, the other for 100, and the letter and warrant for the currants. The Lord Mayor : Do you belies o the warrant relates to some other charge ? _ - Witness : I do. I found a great many papers at his counting-house. Mr. Vallings, (of the firm of Young and Vallings) attended to watch the proceedings on the part of Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Chapman, and stated that there were several other charges of a similar kind against the prisoner, one of them being to the amount of £3,050. Mr. Hobler applied to the Lord Mayor to allow his client, who, he said, had carried on business six or seven years in the city with a high character, to give in bail to appear on the day of the second examination. The strongest oppsition was made to the application to admit bail, and The Lord Mayor said lie could not for a moment think of accepting bail whatever might be the amount proposed, and however high the character of the securities. The prisoner was taken sobbing from the bar, and who never for a moment uncovered any part of his face, was then remanded, and conveyed to prison in a cab. MURDER AT YORK. YORK, WEDNESDAY.—Last evening a shocking murder '••••• r—p.trated in this city. Mr. John Hall, of Swaintain, New. Inn, near &arum, -« York. iattending . the great Christruas horse show. On Tuesday evening, between o ...a 6 o'clock, being in liquor, he fell into the company of two loose girls, who induced him to accompany them to the King's Staith, a dark, lonely place, near the river Ouse. A little be fore 6 o'clock, a man named Sargent saw Mr. Hall with these two girls, 'who were shoving him about, with .a view, it is sup posed, of robbing him, he having about £O in his possession. He endeavoitred to beat the girls off, but he was so much in toxicated as to be unable to do so. Sargent shouted to the girls, " let the poor man go," but they took no notice further than to laugh at him, and they persisted in their attack on Mr. Hall until they forced him gradually dovtim to the water's edge, when one of them gave him a shove, and he fell backwardsway off the Staith into the water. Sargent immediately procured assistance, "and an oar was held out to the drowning man, but, on account of the state he was in, he was quite unable to help himself, and he sunk, and was sucked in under a vessel lying close by the spot where he was knocked into the water. The river was dragged for about two hours' afterwards, when the hody was draWn from the water, and conveyed to a public house in the neighbourhood, where it was found that if the girls had intended robbing the deceased, they had not accom plished their object, as there was taken from pockets six L 5 notes, nineteen sovereigns, ss. 6d. in silver, and some copper, As soon as the girls had pushed the deceased into the water. they ran off; and from a description given of them by Sargent, Isabella Canipbell, of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and Caroline Nicholson, of Middle Water-lane, York, were shortly after !midi apprehended not far from the scene of the catastrophe; they hosing just emerged from a a...-ahop. at noon, the, prisoners were brought up for examina tion before the magistrates at the Guildhall, when the above facts were given in evidence, and the girls were remanded. The meeting separated, after the usual vote of thanks to he chairman. ! There were 64 patients in the Northern Hospital on the .21st. In the week previous, 35 patients,were entered, and 45 were cured. ARMY RELIEFS —The reserve battalion 12th and the 91st regiment, are to return home from the Cape of Good Hope. —j-The 99th regiment is also to return to England from Van Diemen's Laud.—The Ist battalion 12th regiment, and the 46th regiment will replace the 99th regiment in, Van Die men's Land. —The service companies 21st regiment, will relieve the 91st regiment, .and the 'service, companies,634 regiment will relieve the reserve battalion 12th regiment, at the Cape of Good Hope. —The four, regiments intended for service ,in Witt arc not to b? :,angrnented ; tlnt4tke e ' - usual time Of sending troops to India; THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. LIVBRPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT. -YESTERDAY. (BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER STEVENSON.) IN re H. T. EDWARDS.—This was a certificate meeting. The bankrupt carried on the business of a builder and archi tect, in this town; and his petition was filed a few months ago. Mr. LOWNDES, who appeared for the assignees, said that they had no objection to the certificate being granted. The COMMISSIONER asked if they were satisfied that the bankruptcy was justifiable, or that it arose from unforeseen circumstances ? Mr. LOWNDES replied that they were. The bankruptcy arose from the sudden rise in the price of timber and labour—circumstances which the bankrupt could not have foreseen. The COMMISSIONER said that, under these circumstances, there could be no objection to grant a first-class certificate. Certificate accordingly granted. LIVERPOOL RAGGED SCHOOL SOCIETY. The seventh annual meeting of the above society was held last evening, at the Domestic Mission-house, Bedford street, Toxteth-park. T. B. BLACKBURN, Esq., in the chair. The Rev. FRANCIS Bisnor presented the report of the committee, from which it appeared that the society has, at present, two schools connected with it; one for boys, the average attendance at which during the last three months had been 62;; and one for girls, the attendance at which, during the same period, had been 40. In the boys' school the assistance of workingmen living in the district from which most of the boys came, and some of whom had them selves received instruction in the school, had been found to be very valuable ; and it was hoped that the efficiency of the schools would be still further increased, when the new build ing of the Domestic Mission Society, now nearly completed, is ready for use, rooms having been provided in that build ing for the accommodation of the schools. From the treasurer's statement of accounts, which was presented by P. H. HOLT, Esq., it appeared that there is a balance in hand to the credit of the society, amounting to £39 3s. 3d. SAMUEL BRIGHT, Esq., was appointed president of the socioty for the ensuing year • and various resolutions ap pointing a com m i t t ee , &c., having been passed, the meeting separated. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The London journals furnish us with the following in formation upon railway matters which will be found of in terest:—The extensive railw a y contractor, Mr. George Rennet, canto before the court of bankruptcy yesterday for his last examination. The accounts which have been filed in the court are extremely voluminous, and show an immense amount of transactions. The sum owing to unsecured creditors is stated at £343,342 and to those holding security at £79,392, besides £16,919 of liabilities. The assets are also large, consisting of £80,786 in property, and £66,521 in good debts. Mr. Rennet had a surplus, on the Ist of January, 1849, of £146,342, and his losses are stated at the enormous sum of £301,887, £49,860 of which is from bad debts. The assignees are understood to have expressed their approval of the accounts, and it is expected that the bank rupt will pass his last examination without opposition. This is the largest case that has come before the court for several years.. . _ _ Yesterday was also appointed for the last examination of Mr. Thomas Hutchings, another railway contractor, also in an extensive way of business. His unsecured debts amount to £53,966, and the assets in good debts, property, and amounts receivable on works, are stated at upwards of £60,000. Both the cases will be heard before Mr. Com missioner Fane. We are informed that the accounts received at the Lon don agency of the Great Western railway company of Canada are most satisfactory. It is stated that the local traffic, so far, is double what the managing director calcu lated upon, and when the whole line is opened early next month, the traffic will no doubt be very great. GitEA.T NORTHERN RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for week ending Dec. 11, 1853 :—Passengers mails, £6,627 I ls. 3d. ; merchandise and minerals, £11,277 9s. lid. catt:e, £550 4s. 81—Total, £18,455 ss. 10d. Corres ponding week, 1852, £14,402 53. 11d. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return 01 traffic for . the week ending Dec. 18, 1853 :--Passengers, parcels, carriages, ' horses, and mails, £23,502 ls. 3d. • mer chandise, £ 22,159 Is. Bd. ; cattle, £1,382 Bs. Od. Total, £47,043 10s. 11d. Corresponding week, 1852, £45,791 - 9s. 11d. LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—Amount of traffic for the week ending Dec. 17, 1853:—Passengers, £7,525 12s. 2d., goods, £3,291 s s . 6d. Total, £10,816 178. Bd. CHRISTMAS BENEFACTIONS TO CLERGYMEN WITH SMALL INCOMES. At this season of the year a considerable sum of money is annually distributed amongst poor curates and other clergy men of the establish e d c h urc h b y t h e governors of the ancient corporation of the sons_of the clergy, and on Saturday the 17th inst., they held their usual meeting for the purpose at the corporation house ' No. 2, Bloomsbury-pia c e.—Si r R o bt. Harry Inglis, Bart., M.P., the senior treasurer, took the chair. The cases of 93 poor clergymen in England and Wales were investigated, and sums from £lO to £2O were given to 80. The benefactions thus seasonably distributed are mainly limited for curates in actual, duty; but as there are always a large number of clergymen applying in po.session of small benefices, the governors have resources to a "special fund," to meet such cases. Thus, on :the present occasion, whilst £Bl7 was given from the appropriate funds to 56 curates in actual duty, £235 was awarded from the "special fund" to 24 other clergymen. The applications came from all parts of England and Wales. Having relieved, as far as the funds would allow the several cases of distress amongst the clergy, the governors Rroceeded to consider applications from the widows, aged single daughters and children of clergymen, and ap proprtated amongst them £3Bl in donations, educational grants, outfits, an apprentice fees. Gounocx.—Sir Michael B. Shaw Stewart, Bart., has subscribed the handsome sum of two hundred pounds to wards the endowment of Gourock chapel. C 'MACH BUILDING IN LONDON. —According to the fol lowing statement from the Daily News, the good people of Paddingbrn pay dearly for their churches, even when they are said to be built by subscription : The old church, St. Mary's, was the first church ever built in Paddington by the parishioners, all previous churches having been built and supported out of the rectorial and other revenues inherited by the bishops of London and their lay lessees. This church was built by the aid of two special acts of parliament, and by a heavy church rate. St. John's was professedly built by subscription, but it has cost the ratepayers upwards of £4OOO raised by church rate. St. James's, now the parish church, was also professedly built by subscription, but it has cost the ratepayers a like sum, also raised by church rate. Trinity was subscribed for by the present incumbent most liberally, it having cost him upwards of £5OOO, but it has cost the ratepayers upwards of £13,000, also raised by church rate. All Saints—the last new church—was almost entirely paid for out of the church rate, and has cost upwards of £BOOO. In faCt the ratepayers of Paddington have paid, and will have to pay, what with principal and interest, upwards of £50,000 for the five churches which now exist. Several counterfeit florins are now in course of circula. ion. The Turkish minister had an interview with the chan of the exchequer yesterday, at his official residence ,n Downing-street. A woman is at present an inmate at Ballymiglish work house who has been married to the seventh husband, and what is still more remarkable, they were all weavers, and worked at the same loom, which is still in operation i 2 her former house. she is m . full possession of her mental faculties.---Munster News. A melancholy occurrence took place at Turin some nights ago. General Raffaele Poerio, a Neapolit an , w h o serve d many years in the French army in Africa, and_io. the Sar dinian army during the last compaigns, was seized at M. de quiche's (the French minister) sotree with an attack of apoplexy, and little hope is entertained of his recovery. It is now said that Major-General Wetherell will re lieve Major-General Rawan in, command of the troops in Canada, and will be succeeded es Deputy Adjutant-General at head-quarters by Colonel Torrens, whose place as Assis tant-Quarter-gaster-General will be filled by Lieutenant- Colonel. Cunynghame. REMARKABLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—An accident of a most extensive . and dangerous character occurred on the Exeter and, Crediton railway on Monday night.,. The heavy rains which fell durine• the whole of Sunday and Monday lensed all the streams in the neighbourhood to rise with a rapidity unknown for many years, and towards the evening of Monday the water. .began to rise over the rails, a short distance from Crediton, and swept forward with so much force that it was found utterly impossible to run over the line between Crediton and Newton, a distance of about four miles. Unaware of the state of things, the (3.35 p.m. train left Exeter for Crediton, .and proceeded as usual with the passengers to the Newton, statio,n, when, finding the line blocked up, the engine was . rev erse d, and proceeded back to wards Exeter. It had not gone far, however before the earth _which supported the r a ilS gave way, and the engine was embedded in the mud. The fright of the passengers weer heightened by the darkneSs of the night grid the rush ing of the waters, e which swept by with.great force. Every exertion was used by the officials 'to extricate the carriages. Horses were procured as quickly as possible, but With . great difficulty, and the passengers were ultimately drawn back to Newton, but not till after midnight. The rain all this time fell in torrents, and the water continued to pour down the valley with increasing force. Fortunately, none of the passengers were seriously injured. • REPRESENTATION OF SOUTII STAFFQ43.DSHIBE.—Lord Paget has. issued his address to the eleetors.,.lie,says :---" If elected, I shall give my cordial support to a liberal policy. olit . government." POLICE COURT .- YESTERDAY. DETECTION OF ANOTHER IMPOSTOR.— Richlrd Parkinson, a man about 60 years of age, was charged by detective • officer Kennedy with obtaining money by false pretences, ; namely, by professing to tell fortunes. Mr. Bluck, solicitor, appeared . for the defendant. Mr. Wybergh, the clerk, informed the magistrates that the defendant was charged with telling the fortune of a person, and obtaining from her th e sum o f s i xpence, f or which offence he wasable to three months' imprisonment. Detective-officer Kennedy said, last night, about six ' o'clock, I was in Horatio -street when I saiv the female, who • told me she had been to have her fortune told. I afterwards went to the house, and saw the prisoner; I told him the charge I had against him, when he said he never intended to tell fortunes; " hut when pe o pl e came t o hi m, an d asked him question s he gave them an answer." In the room where I saw the prisoner I found three books and three glasses. (The officer produced the articles). One of the books produced was the private diary of the accused, in which were many entries, some in black and others in rod. The following is the form of prayer, supposed to be used by the necromancer, at the time he places one of the glass globes in the hands of the poor ignorant wretches ; for it may fairly be presumed that none but the most igno rant and illiterate would attend and pay their money to such impostors : —" In the name of the three persons of the Trinity, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I desire that the mighty angel which rules this planatory orbit, that thou wilt grant the person who calls on thee in these mighty names, Tretrogranimatan, Elvin, Eloie, Zeboth, Eloim, Eseberebier, Adom Jali, Jehovah, Tregrogrammatan, Sahah God Ehei r , io one God the Father, while they take hold of this celestial ball of glass, to let them see th e f ace of all suck thing s w hi c h they should think requisite and proper for the knowledge he is seeking after. In the name of the Father, &c. Amen." Several other articles were also found which were doubt lessly employed in developing to his poor dupes that which they believed, while he was reaping a rich harvest out of their pockets. The officer, in answer to Mr. Bluck said : I met the female in the street. She was talking to another person. It was in consequence of what she told me, that I went to the prisoner's house. I was in plain clothes. The woman told me she had been fool enough to go and have her fortune told, and that he had charged her 6d., which she gave him. I did not see anything done in the house. There were per sons waiting in the room when I went. Catherine Downes, the wife of Willi am Downes, a labourer at the docks, of St. M ar ti n ' s - court, w h o had a child in her arms, said : Last night I went to the prisoner's house. I went because I had heard the people say that he told fortunes, and that h e t o ld a great deal of truth. When I went int o the room he asked me what 'my name was, I told him, and also that I was a married woman, and that my husband worked at the docks. He gave me one of the glass balls to put in my hand, and after I had held it there for a short time he held it up to the candle, and said, " your husband intends to go to foreign parts, but he cannot go at present. It may be in 1854 or 1855, but he won't go at present." He also said, your husband do( s not go much with other women. He said when my husband did go to foreign parts, it would be much better for him to go to Melbourne than to Sydney. He told me other things which I do not recollect. The Magistrate : Did he charge you anything ? Witness : I asked him what he charged me, and he said 6d. and I paid him that amount. The police-officer, in answer to Mr. Block, said : The prisoner lived in a private house. It is not a register-office for servants, Mrs. Downes : It is not a register.officr. Mr. Bluck : I think there is no case against my client. He gave the woman very good advice, for which sixpence was not too much to charge. He merely told her that it would be better if her husband went to Melbourne than to Sydney, which from what we see of the amount of gold daily being found there, was good advice. The Clerk : But it is a penal offence. The Magistrate : Did there appear to be any secresy in the matter ? Mrs. Downes : No ; I knocked at the door, and the son said " Come in." Th ere were four or five persons waiting when I went, and two came in afterwards. The Clerk (pointing to the book and glasses :) But how do you get over them ? Mr. Bluck : They are merely ornaments. The Clerk : It is against the law. The Magistrate : I can see through it ; I know all about it. I have had my fortune told. (Laughter). Mrs. Downes : After I got in the room he carefully shut the door. He also told me I should soon be better off than I am at present. The Magistrate thought the case was clearly proved, and committed the prisoner for three months. It was clearly 'extorting money, and such a system ought to be suppressed. The prisoner was then conveyed to the bridewell in the custody of the officer. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLERK.—Sanzuel Gray, a clerk in the Electric Telegraph Company's office, was charged with embezzlin g th e sum o f three pounds, the property of that office. It appeared that the clerk, a most respectable looking man, had been entrusted with an order for some goods at the rail way station, and three guineas to pay the carriage of them. He returned the order signed, indicating that the money had been paid, but did not appear himself until afterwards, when he was in a state of intoxication. The prisoner admitted the offence with which he was charged; and, in order to make further inquiries, the pri soner was remanded for a week. ONE OF THE SWELL MOB IN TROUBLE.—Benry Heal was charged with attempting to pick the pockets of several ladies, as they were leaving the Theatre Royal the previous evening. Detective-officer Bates, said as the company were leaving the Theatre Royal, last night, he saw the prisoner attempt ing to pick the pockets of several ladies, one of whom stated she felt him touch her pocket. The officer followed him and took him into custody. The prisoner said, " I am the traveller for a London house, and I will make it answer your purpo se ." Th e officer told him he had known him in London, and in his pocket he found a memorandum book, in which was inscribed the various places he intended to visit. The officer proceeded to read the times at which the theatre was occupied by some popular actor, from the book. The Magistrate : But he does not say he intends visiting these places for vicious purposes. He may have other motives. The Officer : He does not say so. The Magistrate : Then you have no, right to prejudge the man. Did you see him do anything. Officer : I knew him in Londou. Magistrate : Did you ever see him , doing anything there ? Officdr : I have seen him in the company of pick pockets. Magistrate : What did you see him doing last night ? Officer : I saw him by the side of the ladies, attempting to pick their pockets. The Magistrate : Have you any witnesses. Officer : No. But one lady said she would be here. It was her who said she felt the prisoner at her pocket. The Prisoner : Then there is a case at once if your can produce the lady. The case was remanded for the female to be produced. ROBBING AN EMPLOYER. —Edward Dumphy, a smith, in the employ of Messrs. Bathgate and Wilson, was charged wth stealing 2 cwt. of copper. It appeared that the detective officer, whilst engaged in searching for the property, found it at a marine store dealer's, named Cash in Water-street. This copper had been pur chased by the store keeper's wife, during his a b sence i n Ireland, at the rate of 6d. per lb., it being worth about ls. 2d. It was clearly proved that the prisoaer had sold the copper, and as he could not give a satisfactory account of how he became possessed of the copper, he was committed for two months' imprisonment, the magistrate considering the conduct of the marine., store dealer very r e p re h ens ibl e in .purchasing it. FELONY.—Sinton _Lynn, who has been befui so appre hended with another person, on a charge of stealing some iron piping, but who were discharged because the officer could not' appear at the time, having been again appre hended, was remanded until his accomplice was found. The property stolen belongs to the 'Woods and Forests. ExT.Narvis ROBBERY OF TooLs.—George Robberds, a journeyman joiner, was charged with s t ea li ng a l arge number of joiners' tools, the property of various persons. The tools stolen consisted of almost every variety used in the trade. It appeared that, in the early part of the, present month several joiners' shops were broken open on the Saturday night, and from each place a large quantity were taken away. These tools live since been traced into several pawn shops, where in most instances they had heen pledged by the prisoner soon after the robberies were effected.. The charge being duly s'ubstatitiated—the tools being identified—the prisoner was committed for trial on two charges,, the pawnbrokers being ordered to give up the tools to the owners, as they had no right to take such things in pledge as workmen's tools- A w MARINE STORE DEALER UNLICENSED.----Philip .3.P Car mick, marine store dealer, Parliament-street, was charged by an officer of the detective force, with having in his posession a quantity of iron, supposed to be stolen, and which he had not entered any account of in his books, contrary to the act of parliament. The officer spoke to finding the iron in the cellar, and upon asking how it came into the defendant's possession, a woman stated she had purchased it while the defendant was in Ireland. The defendant denied all knowledge of the iron being in his possession. The woman stated she could not tell from whom she had purchased the iron. Mr. Snow ball, who appeared for the defence ' argued that the defen dant was not liable for the act s of his servant, but, The magistrates taking a different view of the matter, and censuring the store dealer for receiving such property, which they must know had not been come honestly by, ordered his license to be suspended, and inflicted the mitigated penalty of 44 ) 5. and in d e f au lt o f p a yment, two months' imprison ment ; observing " if there were no receivers there could be no thieves." EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BUTCHER'S Boy.—Patrick Phillips, was charged with embezzling, 40s. from Mr. Charles Eley, of St. JOlitn , rnarket. On-thd 7th of November last, the was left in oharge of the shop, from which he The prosecutrix could not tell how much money she had. All she knew was, that she changed a sovereign. The Magistrate : D o y ou thi n k t h e prisoner meant to take your money ? The prosecutrix : No, I am sure she did not; for we are old friends. The parties left the court together, evidently determined to have another friendly glass. SMUGGLING. —Margaret Sharp, who stated that her hus band was at sea, was charged with smuggling a quart of whiskey. Officer 603 said he stopped the prisoner at the Clarence dock gate, with a quart of whiskey in a bag under her arm, value 4s. She was ordered to pay double the value, 'br be imprisoned for 3 days. John 3PDowall, charged with smuggling the same quan tity, was fined Bs. or be imprisoned 3 days. SMUGGLING CIGARS. —Andrew lietianito, chief mate on board the ship Giamatto, lying in the Queen's dock, was charged with smuggling two boxes of cigars. A custom-house officer stated that whilst overhauling• the ship, he found two boxes of cigars, foreign manufacture, secreted in the transipt locker. The mate denied having any. Fined 225. or to go to goal for seven days. CAUTION TO CAR -DRIVERS. —James .71PGee, a car-driver, summoned by 'officer Pearson, (317) for smoking a cig ar whilst plying for hire, .was fined 2s. The defendant in answer to the charge said he was "in a fog." CLALM'FOR SEAMEN'S WAGES.—Peter Burns, who shipped as second mate on board the ship Saldanah, summoned Captain Skane for £l6 wages. Mr. Chilton appeared for the prosecutor. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, that he signed articles as second-mate, on the Bth November, at Quebec, at £l3 a month, and received an advance of £3 10. Subsequently, the sailors were shipped at £l4 a month, and he claimed £2 more. The defendant itated 'that he found the prosecutor in eompetent to perform the duties which he undertook, and also for neglecting his duty. He sent him forehead, and disrated him to £ll. Witnesses were called to prove that the prosecutor was competent to fulfil the duties of second-mate. Judgment was given for £6 25., and costs. Frederick Parker, a seaman, summoned Captain Bence, of the Douro, who did not appear, for £5, balance of wages. In this case, a verdict for the full amount claimed, and 20s. costs, was returned. James Walker, a marine store-dealer, was brought up in the custody of detective officer Murphy4char,ged with having a quantity of lead in his possession, which he could not satisfactorily account for. Detective officer Murphy stated that he visited the pri soner's store, No. 148, Lime-kiln-lane yesterday, about 12 o'clock, and asked him, had h e any metal, which he at first denied. He afterwards brought Murphy to the back part of the store, where he discovered a quantity of lead, and then referred to his book, and found no entry made. The prisoner said he bought it from a man named Tomlinson, which subsequently turned out to be untrue. Prisoner asked Murphy to forgive him this time, and not take, any notice of it. Mr. Black appeared for the prisoner, and urged that he was a very respectable man ; has been in business for the last five years, and that no complaint had ever been pre ferred against him previous to this. A fine of ss. and costs was imposed ; in default, to be imprisoned for three days, and his license to be suspended. BILLS OF EXCHANGE. A movement is said to have originated in the city, says the Globe, for the purpose of obtaining an alteration of the present law in regard to stamps upon receipts, bills, and similar documents ; and th ere can b e no doubt if any inconvenience be established, government will be prepared to make any requisite alteration in the recent statute. It would, however, require much better grounds than those which seem to have satisfied Mr. Commissioner Fane, in the court of bankruptcy, on Monday. A bill for £3OO, payable at ninety days' sight, is held by the London and 'Westminster bank. The last endorser was unable to satisfy the claim, and the acceptor, Mr. Simon L. Oppenheim, is the bank rupt, whose case was before the court. There was no question as to the acceptance by Mr. Oppenheim. It was admitted, and proof of the debt was received; but it was then observed that the bill did not bear the legal stamp, and on this ground the proof was disallowed, and the amount was struck out of the schedule. Indignation at the irre gularity turned the Judge's wrath against the stamp act. "It was most unjust," said Mr. Commissioner Fane, "that innocent holders of bills of exchange should be made to suffer from the guilt or negligence of other parties. The London and Westminster bank, as well as the parties in the other case, having advanced moneys on the bills honestly and bone fide in the ordinary way of their trade, were, when they attempted to prov e on th ose bill s against estate of the acceptor, met by the stamp laws, which said, You shall not prove your debt, however just it may be, because the bill upon which you seek to prove, has not the legal stamp.' Such a state of things ought not to exist ; and I am very willing that this matter should be publicly discussed here, that the evil may be published in the newspapers. " LIVERPOOL MARKETS. —YESTERDAY. (Written expressly for the Northern Daily Times.) SUGAR has been in rather brisk demand to-day, and the grocers have purchased 3,500 white Benares, at 37s to 898; 1,000 bags Cossipore, at 425; and 1,100 bags Dates, at 33s 6d to 36s for yellow. The sales of refining descriptions being scarce, are restricted to 200 bags low Dates, at 30s ; and 400 boxes Havana, at 23s tg cwt. No business of moment has transpired in any other article. At auction to-day about 4 tons of IVORY were disposed of with less spirit than usual, and at irregular and rather lower prices. TEA.—The market for common Congou has been more active to-day, and sales are reported at id to id tri lb advance. CoTroN. —The Cotton market was unchanged in character extent of bnsiness from that of the previous day. The quantities sold were 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for export and on speculation. MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. (From the circular of Messrs. John Fletcher, and Co.) Not the slightest change has occurred in the state of our BUTTER market since our last report. Dealers continue to act on the plan of buying merely for immediatci'consump tion ; it may therefore be said that only a moderate busin ess has been transacted w ith ou t alteration in prices. The arri vals are as follow : at Liverpool, 3,075 firkins, 646 crocks, 60 butts, and 523 boxes and brls ; at Fleetwood, 253 firkins, 791 crocks, 81 butts, and 398 boxes and brls ; at Holyhead, 107 firkins, and 7 boxes and brls. Influended by the accounts from Mark-lane and other leading markets, the CORN trade here during the week has been very animated, and a large business done in WHEAT and FLOUR at a further rise in prices. At our market to-day WHEAT sold slowly at an advance of 3d 0 bushel. FLOUR was likewise dull of sale at an im provement of 14 to 2s 0 sack and is brl respectively. OATMEAL was ni good demand, and is load higher. OATS also were in good request and 2d ? bushel dearer. Little done in other articles and not much alteration was made in prices. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. SuGA.n.—West India sales 613 casks, prices supported. Foreign sales large, at rather higher terms. Refined brisk, brown lumps, 445. COFFEE much in request, native Ceylon, 4gs 6d to 50s. ZzA firm, ordinary Congou, is 2d to is RICE brisk, white Bengal, 14s to 15s 6d. CorroN.—Few sales, rates unaltered. TALLOW active, P.Y.C., 67s 3d to 57s 6d. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. At this day's market there was a fair supply of WHEAT, and the trade ruled very dull at about 2s V qr above the currency of this day VeOk. BARLEY a slow sale at a similar advance. OATS diault to sell at an increase in price. BEANS and PEAS nominally unaltered. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The price of warrants, nominally 79s te ton. Nothing doing in the market. sold meat to the amount of 405., and instead of rendering an account of his stewardship, he left and went to Ireland. The prisoner in his defence, alleged that he lent the money, and was remand e d un til h e could produce evidence to that effect. INTERESTING TO OMNIBUS PROPRIETORS.— William and Daniel Busby were summoned by police officer, No. 641, for having suffered an omnibus of theirs to be driven on the 13th of this month, between Liverpool and Kirkdale with out a number. The summons was laid under the sth and 6th Vic. Mr. D. Busby appeared in answer to the summons, and contended that no other than an authorised officer of stamp duties had any right to issue such a summons. He based his objection on the 11th section of the act, which, after setting forth the penalty (in the case of a driver or conducter, £lO, and of an owner, £2O), in which the party guilty of the offence should be mulct, directed that it should be law ful for any stamp officer, or officer of excise, to lay the in formation. Mr. Mansfield held the objection to be good. It seemed to be the intention of the legislature that when the safety or convenience of ;the public was involved, any police or other officer might lay the information, but when the interests of the excise were merely affected, then it was the duty of an officer of excise to do so. The summons was accordingly dismissed. Ellen Slawrey was committed for twenty-one days, on a charge of stealing some wearing apparel, the property of her foreman, and pledging it. THE FRIENDLY GLASS.—lfary Ann Tones was charged by police-officer 98, with stealing some money from a Mrs. Watson. The officer said he had beentinformed of the robbery, when he went to a public-house, and found the prosecutrix in an insensible state of drunkenness, lying on the floor. He took the prisoner into custody, as he had heard she had taken the money, but he had been compelled to lock the prosecutrix up to take care of her. He found Bs. 9d. on the prisoner. The two parties had been drinking together. The prisoner denied all knowledge of taking the money. She said she called upon the prosecutrix, and they went out together to have a friendly glass, when they both got " overtaken." CHRISTMAS DAY. THE INCE HALL COAL & CANNEL - 11 0 PANY'S Yards and Offices for th e su pply_ o f , 40 hold COAL ord ers , will be closed on MONDAY the eld Instant. Orde rs rece i ve d on th a t d ay will be exe cute (Tuesday) the 27th Instant. (Signed) WILLIAM LAIRD, General Manse) TO CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. b e ti rllO BE DISPOSED OF . —A n o ld- es t a blis 1 DRUG BUSINESS of 22 years, in the iraPo c io Village of WAVERTREE, surroun d e d by resPe. c .,,, ts 4 Inhabitants, an d a popu l at i on of nearly 5,000 Inhabni, situated in a great thoroughfare. To on:: wishful toL t , mence the business thi s i s a most d es i ra b le concern. (11 moderate. 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Printed and Published by CHARLES WILLMER , ? to e' Oxford-stre e t, a t hi s G eneral Printing and .sta ti Establishment, 19, South John-street, Liverpool. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 184 .• Fo REs. qw kiz/o~Gr. Fc L or f A —kr A 44 0,,,Tda (I k ,, °n `la T ' Tueslt' ed a F . pd; ~aturcla G] \, O ntez 14 E111 panic qlu g 1141] fta/ GI ° 4 8z, lte a, , s e~'illi .1; " : 4 ! 52 P pct,t, 4 ' ll Ito, Oft l ot Cu. Cu. Gray SI 4 an.s SHIPS WANTED TO CARRY o °lo To the Medit erranean , African, Brazilia% s , ),/ and W es t I n di an, an d Pacific, Coal Stati r ° o4 Apply to LAURE.NCE BUTLER Old Hall, 35, Oldhall:s!_yeiii XOR SALE, a few H a lf B arre l s sugar - P ref i CANADIAN OX TONGUES, containing' ` 4 2f each. Samples can be seen . A pp l y to FORBES , South John-street. (AN SALE, SITES for MANUFACTOIM ki the London and North-Western Railway, threelo half miles from Liverp oo l, w ith a command of coa l fig. cartage. Cottages for workmen can be had in the 10' 1 Apply to " E. 8.," NORTHERN DAILY Timm Office/ . " 7 'll, A ~uKhE ~ougl qtro r der Pe o f k % till Pe a t deed a CI I f r i, the i Zit% 18 e 4 ante] k ey „ l er t Tit