Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-24 00:00:00

ON SALE, „ 4 The Ship NABOB, ,W"4 . A. length 144 feet 3-10ths, breadth 30 feet 5-10ths, ifiL, , ,k,;a4. l depth 20 feet 6-10ths ; built in the United States • in 1845 ; has just come out of the graving dock, where she has been tnoroughly overhauled, boottopped, and newly sheathed with yellow inetal, and is now classed A 1 in red for five years ; had a new mainmast put in ; she is a large carrier, and is well suited for the Australian or other trades. Lying in Salthouse Dock.—For further particulars, inventories, Sze., apply to M. S. 'WILSON, 6, York-buildings, Liverpool. tths CURRY, BELLOCK, and CO., BROKERS FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHIPS AND STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS, :*.„ AND APPOINTED BROKERS To TAB HIGH • COURT OF ADMIRALTY, Walmer-buildings, Water-street. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL TUESDAY EVENING In the Cotton Market to-day there was a dull feeling, and prices tend downwards The sale: were about 4,000 bales, including 1,000 on spec u lation and for export The Liverpool Share Market has been very quiet all day, but prices show considerable firm- The market for the Public Funds and Securities was very steady all day, and at one time showed a tendency to advance. At the close, Consols were quoted at 95 to 95a for both money and the account. The New Threes were done at 96 to 96A. The actual business done in the London Rail way Share Marke t to-day was but sma ll, an d prices, although pretty steady, somewhat tended downwards. Lancashire and Yorkshire were quoted at 96 to 961; London and North-Western, 951 to 951 ; Midland, 1052 to 1061; and Dovers, 753 to 76 There was a thin attendance at our Corn Ex- change to-day, and less disposition was shown to do business Wheat could only be sold at a re- duction of ld. to 2d. per cental, and flour was 6d. P" sack lower. Other articles of the trade were also thin, and rather easier in price. The Liverpool Produce markets remain very dull• In Sugar very little is passing, and prices are barely maintained. For Rice there is a pretty good inquiry, but prices remain low tides neglected. Other ar- The Manchester market continues depressed, but little change is observable since Tuesday ; if a ny, it favours buyers. The half-yearly meeting of th e N ewry, Warren point, and Rostrevor Railway Company will be held at the Clarendon-rooms, on Wednesday, the IMPORTS AND EXPORTS From the 16th to the 22nd August, inclu • u; d e I JO (...) 4 a Q 2 INTO pl 0 ( 1 4 0 LIVERPOOL, - - FROM Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sks Sacks. Brls. Ireland 7O 25 2580 14 ... 1977 807 .„ Coastwise Canada & otherßri. 500 1340 • • • Col.out of ' ' " • Europe... 500 Europe,&c. 1 440 . • 680 280 4180 Egypt INTO Runcorn ' 1 • • . • • • • Total l5lO 38 3620 2293 780 5898 1977 857 500 - - - EXPORTS TO For. Parts . 7 75$ ... . • 350 . 810 Ireland l7BO „, .. 830 10 91 0 . 280 Coastwise LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—AUGUST 23. The market remains quiet, the business being confined to 1,650 bags Cossipore of 48s. per , cwt. MOLASSES, Rum, OR COFFEE.—Nothing has taken SUGAT RICE.-- 1 -There is still some enquiry; 5,600 bags old Rangoon are reported at 7s. 3d., 2,800 bags old Necransie at 7s. 6d., and 200 tierces Carolina at 21s. 3d. to 225. 6d. per cwt. JUTE chiefly at 1,870 bales have found buyers £l4 ss. to £l7, being about previous rates. HEMP.-115 bales Bombay at £lBlos. to £l9. lOs per CASSIA LIGNEA.-20 Nixes at 84s. per cwt. for pile No. 2. 1,500 bags Bombay Linseed at 50s. ; 150 bags brown Rape at 415., a!d 580 bags fair Guzerat at 4 8 s. Per quarter. SAGO FLOUR.-50 bags at 15s. 6d. PEARL SAGO. —6O boxes, large, 17s. ; medium, 17s. 6d and small, 18s. 6d. No sales in Dyewoods. DRYSALTERIES.—One ton of Sicilian Argols at 70s. ; small sales of Trebizonde Bees' Wax at £9 ss. ; nothing reported in Brimstone ; Ashes dull, pots 275. ; ten tons Nitrate of Soda at 14s. 6d. for four to seven per cent. OILS, &c.—Palm flat, and unchanged ; P.Y.C. Tallow, 565. to 565. 6d. ; 20 tons fine Lard at 565. ; small sales of Sicilian Olive Oil at V 9 ; 150 barrels (better than common) Rosin at 3s. 10d. to 3s. 11d. ; small sees of Spirits of Turpentine at 345. During the last two or three days about 580 tons Valonea sold at £l3 10s. to £l5 per ton, PIG IRON.—No business done. Sellers at 525. 9d cash, and buyers at 525. 6d. LIVERPOOL METAL MARTIT"' IRON remains .—A . firm-- 0 - rIMUST 23. well supuliPa - _ .or manufactured, makers being with orders. Scotch. Fig.—A good steady ..,..siness - doing at 435. 3d. BLOCK TIN declined £2 on Monday. TIN PLATES less in demand. COPPER.—As our reports of last week would antici pate, the market is less firm, and late quotations could not now be realised. - MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—Auctusr 23. Rather more firmness than Tuesday last, but there is a want of animation. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET.-AUGUST 23, The supply of Beef comprised 720 head. A slight improvement took place in the Beef trade, at full rates. The number of Sheep and Lambs amounted to 8,370. The Mutton trade was steady, at full rates. Lambs were in active request, and all sold at extreme rates. Of Pigs 253 were in market, with a good inquiry. Beef, ss. 9d. to 7s. 9d. per cwt.; Sheep, 54d. to 614. per lb. ; Lambs, 6d. to 7d. per lb. HULL CORN MARKET.—AuGusT 23 Thin attendance of farmers, who are busy in the lands ; and the little old wheat offering sells at last Tuesday's prices ; new makes 445. to 465. per 63 lbs. Little doing in foreign, and value iivalterrd. Barley, oats, and beans in retail demand, at late rates. ON SALE, REFINED TABLE SALT, Packed in Hermetically Sealed Earthenware Jars, 'suitable for the Australian, South American, China, India, &c., Markets. W. ROCKLIFF. WORKS, RIGBY-STREET. This l iTa Apply tc nc Apply to ORSLEY, & CO.; Brae 24th instant Apply to On account of S. Bc nay concern. One o'clock, at the this Day, the for whom 24th instant, a. 's Office, 5, Rumford-stree American COTTON, Inhnectia's Yard, A Large Quantity of ... saved from the late fire in Love- opposite to the H. JNO. WEBSTER, Brokers. MORROW To-morrow, the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at Browße, Inter, and Co.'s Office, 2, Dale-street, 2,000 E. I. TANNED KIPS. BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. Apply to e 25th instant, at the Brokers' Office, 13, Exchange-buildings, 1,000 Bags Bold Bengal RICE. s. Thomas and John Brocklebank, Merchants • T. & 11. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. •ow, the 25th a the Brokers 0, Exchange-buildings, 000 Bags Bombay LINSEED, 500 Bags Bombay RAPESEED, T. & H. LITTLEDALE Twilie o'clock, at the Broke ithebarn-1 0 Singapore Buffalo 1 RIDES. i 0 Dry West Coast G. F. MARTIN & CO., Broker iding ex N To-morrow, Apply to liessr or to Apply to To-raprrow Apply to Apply t Postkonfta Office, Lane. To-morrow, the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, 100 Cases CASTOR OIL, ex Dream, 71 Bags ORANGE PEEL, 14 Bags SQUILLS, ix Leda, 2 Bales CARRIAGE SPONGES, 1 Box SCAMMONY, ex Palestine, 20 Barrels BALSAM CAPIVI, ex Tyrer, 6 Bales SARSAPARILLA, ex Edwards, 23 Barrels Cayenne POD PEPPER, I Box Essential OIL OF PIMENTO. to JACKSON & M'CULLOCFI, Brokers, 18, Hackie's-hey. FRIDA On Friday next, the 26th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at Browne, Hunter, and Co.'s Office, 2, Dale-street, 800 Bales JUTE, & BROWNE, HUNTER, CO., Brokers. 31st inst. The following report will be submitted to the shareholders : In submitting the annexed half-yearly balance-sheet and statement of accounts to 3Oth June last,- your directors have to report a small increase in both the goods and passenger traffic ; the former amounting to £lO Os. 10d., and the latter to £6O Os. 10d. The working expenses show an increase of £37, occasioned by the extra expense for engine repairs. The whole of the debenture debt has - bten renewed for five years, on terms which effect a saving to the com pany of £l3O per annum, and part of the surplus land, which Carefully attended fo,' has been sold to Roger Hall, 'Esq., for £BOO. Your directors have much pleasure in stating that all differences with the Newry and Armagh Company have been amicably arranged. That company has paid half of the expenses of the " 1867 act," and a new agreement has been entered into for the junction of the two lines at joint expense— the whole of the requisite funds to be itt. 7 ; a n - ced, in the first instance, U y to Iv arrenpoint Company,— the Armagh Company giving a debenture bearing five per cent. interest for their half, payable in two years. Your directors have further the satisfaction of repotting that, on the faith of this agreement con tracts have been taken for the whole of the junction works, to be promptly executed ;—and they cannot but feel a sense of triumph in having thus advanced the ..neern through so many difficulties to this definite prospect of appro - a - vt.fts sucees s• The amount of Australian gold known to be at sea on board five ships is £560,000, of which £313,000 is due. The Avon, with £2 ,000, has been out 93 days ; the Prince of the Seas, with £105,000, 86 days; the Star of Peace, with £40,000, '79 days ; the Eagle, with £126,000, 74 days ; and the Beechworth, with £BO,OOO, 72 days. iii. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. LONDON, Tuesday Evening The tenders for the Indian Loan, at 5 per cent. for £5,000,000, opened this morning, showed that the investment was favourably entertained. The Government minimum or reserved price was fixed at 97 per cent. The applications at or above this price amount to upwards of £6,000,000. The whole of these are, of course, admitted, but the allotments will be subjected to a pro rata reduc tion. Generally speaking, the Funds were firm, though quiet. Foreign Stocks have not been in demand, and in them only a moderate amount of business was transacted. The demand for Money, on Monday, was only moderate, and the best bills were discounted - readily at 21 per cent. THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES Consols, Money , 95 1 § ,) , 4 Account 951 Exchequer Bills 22'25 RAILWAY SIIARRS Amb. Not. &E. J. 6 Caledonians . . , . 841 5 Dutch Rhenish . . Eastern Counties. 57-4 East Lancashire. -- Edinburgh & Glas 74 5 Great Northern ..101 2 ~ A. 84 . 5 GC Westerns.... 601 G. Wes. of Canada 141 15 Gd. Trnk. of Calt. 81 Bank Stock... .223 4 Three per Cents 96 CLOSING PRICES Gt. S. and West.lo3 5 Lancas. & York.. 96 I L. & N. Western 151 L. and S. West'n 911 2 Leeds Northern.. 441 5 Man. Sheff. &Lin 35 1 6 Midland Stock 1051 6 1 North British .: 601 1 N. Staffordshire.. LIVERPOOL STOCK EX There has been little market closes with a firm S. E. & Dover .. 754 6 York, New. & Ber 89 1 2 York & N. Mid.. 72 .CHANGE. -AUGIJST 23 business to-day CLOSING Ches. & B'head.. 78 784 Caledonian Stock 84 1 - 84 2 E. Counties lll E. L. Stock G. N. Stock ....100 I'o2 Great Westerns 60 xd 601 Lan. and York .. 961 964 Lon. &Nor. West. 95 1 95§- . _ appearance 'RICES „ 1-Shares . . . . 1 d M. S. andMincoln 354 36 Midland Stock ..105,'4 1064 Nor. British Stock 60 604 North Staffordsh. 4''-ad 4 d N. E. Ber. c. Stck 891 xd 90 Yorkcapital Stck 71 3 xd 724 Leeds Stock .. 434 ad 44 S. Eastern .. 221 22 13-16 Dutch Rhenish . . 5§- 5 2 d Gt. Luxem di 6 1 G. T. Canada 4 G.W.Canada .. . // new shares 54 50 Lomb.-Venetian . 24 2 5 p 4 „ new shares 2t, FOREIGN E Amsterdam, short, . Do., three months, Rotterdam, do., . . Antwerp, do., . Brussels, do., . Hamburg, do., . . Paris, short, . . . Do., three mouths, . Marseilles, do., . . Frankfort, do., . . Vienna, do., . . . Trieste, do., . . Petersburg, do. . . Madrid, do., . . . XCIIANGES. . 11 14 to 11 15 . 11 16f to 11 16-1, . 11 164 to 11 161 1 . 25 25 to 25 30 . 25 25 to 25 30 . 13 51 to 13 5i . 25 74 to 25 12i . 25 35 to 25 40 . 25 35 to 25 40 . 1174 to 1171 . 11 95 to 12 5 . 12 to 12 5 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. .-ArGT3ST 23 To-day the Cotton market has been very quiet, and with free offerings prices tend to favour the buyers. The sales, including 30 Bahia at 7Z-d., 200 Egyptian at Bd. to 81d., 500 Stoat at 4-ad. to 5-id., are reported 4,000 bales, of which 1,000 arc on speculation and for export. Apply to On Friday next, the 26th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Offic 800 Bales e, Royal Bank-buildings, JUTE, - - jest landed ex City of Manchester and bream.—For particular apply to THORNEWILL Sr BROOM, Brokers. NEXT MONTH On Thursday, the Bth September next, at Twelve o'clock, at the Public Sale-room, Exchange.' xi !dings, 400 Chests Bengal INDIGO, Consisting of good Consumers' and Shipping.—Apply to Messrs Thomas and John Brocklebank, Merchants; or to T. & H. LITTLEDALE & CO.. Brokers. On 2,afr, ON SALE, MURIATIC ACID. BIGLAND, SONS, & JEFFREYS Apply to ON SALE SO Tons SULPHATE BARYTES, 14 Tons Devon SHINING ORE:of very superior quality. Apply to GEORGE WILLIAMS, 32, Dale-street, ON SALE, 40 PIPES LEMON JUICE, (English pressed). Apply to THOMSON, BAGNAL 30, L, and BUTTERWORTH, Moorfield.s. ON SALE, THZ CELEBRATED SWISS CIGARS ORMOND AND CO., VEVEY, OP MESSRS IN BULK, IN BOND, OR DUTY PAID, In any quantity not less than 500. H. W. BUCKNALL, Importer and Sole Agent, 4, Exchange-alley North. 6226 d Apply to TO EXPORTERS AND TIIE TRADE I§M. SOLOMON, Importers of every description of • TOYS, LEATHER GOODS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, * NCY MERCHANDISE and TOYS of Every Kind, Whole sale and for Export, 73 and 75, DUKE-STREET. The above goods can be had in bond. gzmmtrtiat DAY. TFIIS londay, th , •,ant, at Ti SHIN I LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—AuGusT 23 Since our last the weather has been fine in almost every part of the United Kingdom, and the temperature has again become very hot, so that in the south the harvest is pronounced as nearly concluded, and in the more northern dist r i c t s ra pid progress h as b een ma d e i n cutting and secu r i ng a large portion of the grain crops. The country markets remain steady, and some are even a trifle dearer at the close of the past week, deliveries of new Wheat so far confirming previous anti cipations of a various quality and condition ; Mark-lane yesterday was quoted lower on this account, while the value was well supported for old and for good dry par cels 9f new; here, since Friday the trade has also ruled firm for this grain, with few parcels of French offering, and those mostly held rather for a slight advance ; sales of moderate quantity reported, and not much done either in Flour or Maize. French as well as American markets have somewhat receded, by our latest accounts, but both are still out of range for transactions profitable to our importers. The week's arrivals into this port are limited, except of Indian Corn, of which about 6,000 quarters have been received. Our market to-day, with a very limited attendance of buyers, and under the influence of continued fine weather, has again lost the firmness lately apparent, and Wheats must be noted ld. to 2d. per cental cheaper than on this day se'nnight ; this decline, however, it is cal culated, will stimulate .a better demand for French and other descriptions for mixing with new of this year's crop, which will shortly be in quantity upon our markets. Flour is in steady request for good fresh parcels at the recent currencies, sour selling slowly at irregular prices. BEANS are offered more plentifully, new Egyptian at 345. 6d. to 355. 6d., and old at 355. 6d. to 365. per 180 lbs. Okrs are ld. per cental, and Oatmeal 6d. per load, cheaper. INDIAN CORN held firmly, with a toledoi6 consuming demand, at our quotations'of Tueaday last. h. MAEIN & SONS. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. NEWCASTLE- CORN MARKET.-AUGUST 23 Farmers' Wheat in moderate supply, chiefly new ; conditions very good; but sales slow at about Saturday's rates. South country and foreign not much in demand, and Saturday's rates barely supported. Flour quiet, and unchanged. Barley in improved demand, and fully as dear as on Saturday. Oats very difficult to quote, and foreign sorts again the turn lower. Beans and Peas not much in demand, and prices easier. DUBLIN CORN MARKET-AUGUST 23, NEW WHEAT.,—Good supply ; in better condition than last day, and WHEAT.,—Go od moves off slowly, at about same rates. OATS.—Better, demand ; old and new in better de mand-; the latter 3d. to 6d. per cental dearer. BARLEY.—,A few samples of new ; prime quality realised full prices. RATESEED.- - Mo.deiate supply, without change in quotations. Strong Foreign Wheats inquired for, but holders would not accept prices offered. INDIAN Coß.N.—The consumptive demand has almost closed. - The following appeared in a part of our impression of yesterday THE MONEY MARKET. (From the Daily Hews City Article) _ I.,vENlNEi.—English Funds opened this morning at a fresh decline of a per cent., but the re duction in Consols amounted to per cent. As usual at this period of the year the attendance of members is thin, and business very limited. In the other Markets prices are firm. British Rail way Stocks continue in good demand, and are steadily MONDAY rising. The best bills were readily discounted to-day at 2.Z. There were no bullion operations at the Bank. The Wheat Market to-day was quiet, and in some cases a decline of ls. per quarter from last Monday's rates was submitted to. The first cargo of Valencia Raisins has arrived, and is selling at 50s. per cwt. A telegram from St. Petersburg announces a decline in the price of tallow to 535. (From the Times City Article.) MONDAY EVENING.—The English funds have shown rather less animation to-day. The Government broker again bought £15,000 stock for the Savings' Banks. There was no foreign news to influence the market. There was a better demand for money to-day, and the rate for the best paper is 2:1 per cent. Short dated bills, however, can be negotiated on slightly lower terms, At the Bank the applications for discount were on an increased scale. The Russian Loan at one time to-day was quoted discount to par, but it closed at par to -I prem. The anticipatory price of the new Indian Loan has fallen to 971 to Tlie Corn Market this morning was heavy, and a reduction of is to 2s was occasionally accepted. Account from Genoa mention the:failure - of L. Rica, an establishment of some magnitude. T 6 Railway Market has7again shown a strong ten deur, and in most English Stocks a further advance has been established. MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET, AUGUST 23. Great Westerns, 60s ; Midlands, 106 ; Leeds, 96,1 ; Dovers, 22 13-16 ; Trunks, 81. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, AUGUST 23 Still a heavy demand for all kinds of Hops, and prices rule nominal unaltered. The duty remains at £260,000. LEEDS CORN MARKET,—AvoysT 23. Wheat trade is dull, and both old and new rather lower. Other articles slow sale. GLASGOW IRON MARKET.—AuousT 23 ---- - All 525. 104 d. to 535. Market drooping. Shipped this week 12,041 tons. Corresponding week last year 12,393 tons. TO CORRESPONDENTS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST THE DAY'S NEWS The South Lancashire drag their " slow length" along Assizes vesuga lth courts were engaged yesterday in the cases which involved considerable public interest In the Civil Court, damages to the extent of £3OO were awarded by tha hi a aaA.,„4.:— very marked criminalty, engaged during the greater part of the day in an endeavour to unravel the intricacies of a most mysterious case of murder. The victim was a child about four Sears of age, who was drowned in the Canal close by Sandhills, and the accused . Jii case of The Crown - Court was " Della's" case, we presume, will be one for the Revising. Barrister. If the change of residence has already occurred, he must take care that it is properly placed in the revised list. was a girl about fourteen years old, servant to the child's mother and father. The evidence was not considered conclusive against the prisoner, and she was disehargcd, The Bombay mail brings intelligence that. of that place the Money Market was easy, and that . -nd other British u.emana for piece goons imports was steady; but freights were 167' European ports. The discharge of the European troops was still a matter of consideration with the authorities there. It appears from the correspondence of the London journals that the French Government is shipping large quantities of Barley at Marseilles, out of the stores returned from Genoa. The Government of Russia has suppressed the duty hitherto levied on the purchase-money of foreign vessels bought from foreigners by Russian subjects, or by foreigners naturalised in Russia. Intelligence from Tangiers communicates that the Emperor of Morocco is seriously ill. Fears, it is said, are entertained of disturbances taking place in the event of his death. The Conference at Zurich appears to be mak ing little progress. Yesterday no conference took place. But from Paris we learn that public feeling is quiet, and that the assurance of safety is implied in the general tone of the Bourse. Commissions have been issued under the Royal Warrant, to inquire into the alleged corrupt practices at the last election for the boroughs of Wakefield and Gloucester. The Indian Loan seems to be held greatly in favour. A proposal for taking up £5,000,000 at five per cent., was answered by applications for £6,000,000 worth of the stock, and at the close of business the scrip was still going up. The Parisian advices show us that love of country prevails over every, or, at all events, most other sentiments. According to the best authorities we have, it seems that the French exiles in Belgium, Switzerland, and the Channel Islands are hastening to avail themselves of the amnesty proclaimed by the Emperor of the French. The Italian difficulties seem to assume propor tions and importance which it is found will hardly be arranged at the Zurich Conference in such a manner as to be satisfactory. In confir mation of this opinion, it is stated that the fur loughs granted to the Austrian troops returning from Italy have been suspended. It is further stated that seven out of twelve Austrian corps d'armee are to be retained on a war footing. A feeling is manifested among the inhabitants of Canada to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the capture of Quebec, which was effected by General Wolfe, in September, 1759. The event and its celebration cannot fail to be inte resting in this country as well as in the colony. By decree of its National Assembly, Modena has been formally annexed to Piedmont, after having declared the forfeiture of the Due Francis V. IT has always struck us as but a poor recom mendation of a large extension of the suffrage, that the Ballot is always put forward as a rieCCS- sary concomitant. It may well be a question whether the class who need a safeguard against their own cupidity, or their own want of princi ple, are fit to be entrusted with the franchise, which it must be recollected they are not merely to exercise on their own behalf, but hold in trust for others. What it really amounts to is this : that the franchise is demanded for a set of men who are expected to be peculiarly open to corrupt inducements ; that is, who will set no value upon it, or at least only the value of the few shillings or the few pounds which a venal vote .may bring, We are asked to endow the labouring man with a new species of property or source of occasional revenue, to open to him a lucrative traffic, to the negotiation of which we find it necessary to in terpose a special legal obstacle. In fact, we are to give a power and a privilege which only the honest and the virtuous should enjoy, to men whom we think not honest and virtuous enough to exercise them in an open and unreserved man- Now this is a trivial and grossly inconsistent way in which to treat the important question of the Electoral Franchise. Most men would sup pose, that just in the proportion as you established the necessity for the Ballot, in the very same proportion you proved the inexpediency of lower ing the franchise. Even if it were to be admit ted—what however we most strenuously deny — that the Ballot would prove effectual in protect ing a man against his own venality and want of conscience, still the inducement would be ques tionable to give a vote to those whom it is neces sary to qualify for its use by making them liars and cowards. Nothing can be plainer, than that if the Ballot is available to protect any man against the power of influence or the power of money, the only way in which it can so avail is by giving an opportunity of making a false statement, or a false promise, at a smaller risk of detection. But to show how vain would " A Conservative," who writes from Toxteth-park, complain ing of the difficulty of buying the Northern Times in his neighbourhood, is informed that we have already se vera l newsmen in that district, who are supplied every morning at the usual hour, and that we shall be glad to have as many more as the increasing demand there, as everywhere else, mlist in due time produce, Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real same and address, not iecessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Short letters are encouraged on matters of public interest. They should be legibly written onoae side of the paper only, and contain (in confidence) the writer's name_,and address. be the notion of such security, the question ante. The case to which we refer is that of arises, whether promises would not al ways be as SMETHURST, now condemned to pay the capital marketable a commodity as votes are now ? We penalty of his grievous crime. We abstained from cannot suppose that a man who sells his vote I any reflections upon his case before his conviction in order that we might not contribute towards influence now: coerces I producing, through the Press, any prejudices for —a course which it is, in all other would be more scrupulous as io his promise ; Or that he whom a tyrannic into giving his vote would not be fluenced in or c precisely the same - way to give his promise we are told that it would be option 1, whether or no he should keep the latter. But contradiction to suppose, that a man is it not who has not moral principle enough to deter him from a coward lie, has sufficient strength or choice of political principle to deserve or to need the repre sentation of an unfettered vote ? In recording a vote there are only two courses to choose ; and we are disposed to think, that there is more chance of such a man's adopting the best of two alternatives when subject to guidance and influ ence, than when left to the weak and stammering dictates of his own pliable conscience the utmost importance to the stability am . ; fm-: Is it of Ittrity of the State, that those should have an influence upon its fortunes, who, if they had the opportunity, would be willing to barter it for the smallest material advantage ? Would England the loss of those votes, which any wealthy pretenciet can buy for a shilling or two apiece ? We take the value which these men themselves, for whom the LL.llot is recommended, against him. cased, Our illtetltioll to adopt; so that justice may have a full and free course. He has been tried, however, by twelve of his peers, —men, we be lieve, of unprejudiced and impartial minds, — by them he has been found guilty, upon evidence to them, and which Iwhich was satisfactory Chief Baron POLLOCK considered most conclusive. A corroboration emanating from the Judge is always acceptable to the Jury, who have in their hands the solemn and most highly responsible trust of life and death, balanced upon their de- cision. In this instance it must have been a great satisfaction indeed, that the Lord Chief Baron. approved of the , verdict which they delivered,— satisfactory, not alone from his great experience, but also from the fact, that all his antece dents are of a highly intellectual, and also religious character. The Lord CHIEF BARON put upon their votes, and we tell Iltem they are worthless to the State. England rejects the:2 l . It is impossible that you who are supposed capable G:f selling a promise, or protecting your interests by a mean falsehood, can exercise a vote with the was Senior Wrangler at Cambridge, in what is called a very good year ; and it appears that the study of the pure and demonstrative Science of Mathematics is best adapted to the study and distribution of the Law. The testimony against SMETHURST has been entirely circumstantial and. professional ; it has been a conviction dependent upon a logical and inductive reasoning. It may have bon conlating,—there has certainly been a variety of opinions among the members of the Medical Profession, whether an irritant poison, had been minutely administered or not. The impression induced by Dr. JuLiug was from the prescriptions which he administered, that some active poison was being given to his patient : he gave Hydrocyanic Acid (Prussic Acid), Bismuth, and such other remedies as are usually given in similar symptoms to those which the disease in this case presented ; and doubtless the use of these slightest discrimination, or for a good, rather than a bad cause. Questions of public policy require the votes of free and honest men. And though we cannot ' expect to secure by legislation the exclusive alliance of probity and patriotism, it does not follow that we should employ legislation for the express purpose of laying open the Con stitution to the influence of the man who slave to his own interest, or the disbeliever in a political conscience. Moral and political qualifi cations are closely and necessarily allied medicines did counteract the effects of a poison minutely administered, and that by a professional Men so judicially blind themselves; and although SMETHURST might have had before his eyes the experience in a like evil intent, of the fearful example of PALMER, he may yet have calculated his probability of escape, upon the idea that PALMER had not cautiously employed his Pharmaceutical skill, whilst he himself could with cunning precaution deceive even the members of his own profession. But the result has shown how grossly he deceived himself. Nemo turpissismus fit. No one becomes the• basest at once. And the fact of his bigamy with Miss BANKES shews plainly, whatever may have been his intellectual attainments, that his moral faculties were debased. The des cent in crime is gradual. As he had, to his benumbed and seared conscience at least, with impunity committed an act of moral and felonious crime, he was emboldened to attempt a greater. But his sin found him out when, tical power and moral worthlessness combined are the sure harbingers of destruction to a In a vote, as in an alms, there is a subtle influence, beyond the material value, derived from the willing mind. Perhaps the vote of a man open to corrupt inducements is as likely to be on the one side as the other. But the power of voting, residing among such a class of men, must be more than useless—more than a matter of chance—more than shameful ; it must be pernicious. You that demand the elective franchise, show that you appreciate its true value ; and are resolved to execute it as a trust from God and your fellow-men. Until you do so, the best expedient that can be devised as a substitute for moral firmness and political honesty, will be only a disgrace to yourselves, and a dangerous delusion to your country. Mr. COBDEN, as we said the other day, was unexpectedly reserved in his reference to Ameri-: can precedent. But this general reserve only made us the more surprised at his allusion to what we believe is one of the weakest points in American politics—the operation of the Ballot. It was doubtless a pretty picture which he drew for the entertainment of the Rochdale audience, of the manners of his transatlantic Arcadia. There was one touching scene of almost primeval virtue, and even of a Sabbatarian religiousness, which the sympathies of American attachment compelled him to repaint. The highest interest of his auditory must have been excited when Mr. COBDEN represented in life-like colours his attrac tive tableau of that peaceful band of Pensylvanian voters marching with solemn step to the hus tings, and, with the smile of conscious duty, de pOsiting their ticket, as though they were on the Sabbath-morning journey to the favoured Taber nacle, and were giving in their periodical com munion cards Those who are in the habit of reading the accounts of the American election con tests would receive all this with the needful quali fication. A qualification which, we are afraid, would assume the character of positive incredulity. But it does so happen, that at the very time these words were being spoken, they were receiving a curious sort of corroboration by the published ac count of the most recent American election, and its delicate preliminaries. We shall not add a word to the instructive detail. " Look on this picture, and on this" :—" The elections in Balti " more took place on the 2nd instant. The follow ing description of the modus operandi will " doubtless be satisfactory to the advocate of the " ballot There is a great deal of rowdyism. " The ballot-boxes in the Twentieth Ward have " been smashed to pieces, and it is reported that "in the Sixth Ward two men have been shot. " The struggle is between the rowdies and the " respectable portion of the party, and the indi " cations now are that the former will be successful. " 9 p.m.—Pistols are being freely used in some "localities. A man named SULLIVAN has just been " arrested in the Sixth Ward for firing a large "horse-pistol loaded with slugs. THOMAS ROWE "has been wounded in the knee, and WILLIAM THomPsoN in the leg. There are reports of " violent proceedings in other parts of the town." perhaps, he least expected it. Next to the crime for which he is condemned to suffer, socially, religiously, and morally his connexion with his victim was one of the most criminal and profane which a man could be capable of. Such an in stance, therefore, we maintain, clearly proves, that high intellectual attainments do not com mand moral rectitude ; and that knowledge, which we admit is power, is a power for evil, unless regulated by the "fear of the LORD," as " the beginning of wisdom." If we look back to the Augustine period of literature, as repre sented to us by the satirists of that age, JUVE NAL, PERSIUS, and others, we shall see to what a height intellectual refinement may attain, and yet how debased and low may be the moral sense. Poetry, oratory, statuary, painting, and all those concomitants of a highly polished age, may be co existent with a very immoral social condition ; and one, a description of which would not become our pages, but to which we can only refer the classical student. What we contend for is, that education, without religion, as proved by our criminal calendars, is not only unprofitable but baneful. The intellectual structure must be raised upon the sound and strong foundation of reli- gion. Let the superstructure be as elegant and as refined as possible ; but, if not built upon the true basis of wisdom, it will be unable to with stand the temptations, the suggestions, and the incitements of an evil nature and an erring dis position. --♦- NOTES OF THE DAY, The indirect results of great events are often of more importance than those which are direct. The effects of war are frequently so . Hi s t ory a b oun d s w ith i ns t ance s of the kind. And we are now having an illustration of it in the political changes taking place at Vienna, which may be traced, no doubt, indirectly to the late Italian war. One effect of that war has evidently been to con vince the Emperor of Austria of the necessity of pur suing a different policy than he has hitherto done. He found that his country is behind the age, —that although his is a military empire, it is yet most back ward, even in the art of war, and unable therefore to compete with a country which, in some respects, has not anything like the same advantages as a military power. Various ministerial and administrative changes, we learn, are now taking place at the Austrian capital ; and it is said by the Vienna Gazette that these changes indicate important projects of reform, which the newly organised imperial council is preparing to enter upon the consideration of. Considering the official character of this journal, its remarks on the impolicy of too great caution in pursuing such reforms are characterised by a most extra ordinary boldness,—yet, at the same time, one cannot but infer from them, that the Imperial Govern ment is really in earnest in its determination to carry them out as fully and as vigorously as the oircumsta nces of the country will safely permit. If Louis Napoleon has the credit of having, by the Italian war, of which he was most certainly the author, incited Austria to pursue a more liberal policy, and t° enter upon a more decided career of progress than she has ever yet done, he has also the credit of having at length struck out a course for his own government much IT has been our painful duty to have to record, in our columns of late, many instances of crime, and that of a grave and serious character, committed by persons in the humbler classes of life. The advocates of secular education would attribute its existence to the absence of intellec tual culture,—they will tell you that the low moral sense indicated by such acts, arises from a want of knowledge. But one of the cases, at least, which recently have been brought before the Courts of Justice has contravened this theory, advanced generally Joy the. great Liberal party. Their axiom is, that all crime results from ignor- AUGUST 24, 1859.