The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-12 00:00:00

RESPONSIBILITY OF AUDITORS.

113 (Ntent ice'' which fraudulent transactions have been
carried on in some of our public institutions has hennas
to be dealt with in a superficial
far too serious a vestiN7
manner : and it is certljn th:.t our national character for
honest dealing and uprightness Rlil material joist/
unless the internal arrangements of bca.:,.
''iess assume a more
rigid form. There can be little'doubt tin% the custom of
placing some important name as Auditor at tLe foot °:
accounts has been long practised as a mere mai,;!,r
form, rather to quiet the public mind than as S
verification of the facts that are given to the partial
interested in the success of public companies ; if ig
were not so, it would be utterly impossible that thd
parties now undergoing the sentence of thu law could
have practised the frauds with which they stand charged',
for so many years,' with perfect impunity. -What Omni
should be doge to 'remedy an evil which- has penetrated st,
widely into our social system? Auditing accounts should
be made ono of the primary departments is all public coal"
panies. There must be no flourishing of names to Watt
the public; but a thorough bona lie examination and'.
check in every stage of the accounts.. And instead or
deputing these matters to some ill paid specnlating clerk,'
they should be under the careful management of men well'
known for their
,solidity of character and station, and let.
their services be properly remunerated. These means maY
be thought very simple, but they lie at the foundation of all
improvement of any system for auditing public accounts. -

A Paris correspondent of Le Nord mentions a rumour
that Count Walewski will shortly be appointed ambassador
at St. Petersburg, and that he will be succeeded in O.
ministry by M. Thouvenel. '

Tim MINISTERS.—Lord Palmerston was absent from the
Cabinet Council held on Friday, being: prevented leaving
Broadlands owing to a slight attack of gout. Lord Pan'
mere was absent, not having reached London front
Scotland, but his lordship is expected to arrive at his tows
residence on Mondaa evening. Lord Harrowbv was absent,
not having returned from the Continent. The Marquior
of Lansdowne was also absent, but after the Council Ears
Granville went to join the noble Marquis at his seat,
Bo wood Perk, Wilts, where Lord Lansdowne has bees
recently receiving a distinguished circle of visitors.
WILL,' AND CHARITABLD BEQUECTs.—The will of the'
Right Hon. Julia Anne Countess Dowager of Roden veal,
proved under £4,000. Rear Admiral Sir Henry Hart,
K.O H., £lB,OOO. The Rev. W. IL Cooper, of Semi'.
Town, £25,000. John Venn, Esq., of Highbury Parke
£25,000. Thomas Worthington, Esq., of Sharston halls;
Cheshire, £45,000, within the province of Canterbury, and
has left some thousands to charitable institutions in Mac"
chester. John Collett, Esq . formerly M.P., £BO,OOO,
leaving £5,000 at the discretion of his executors, to pay Boa
imposed upon- poachers, and legacies to charities. Jobs
Kenyon, Esq., F.R.G.S., F.G.S., of Devonshire place, West,
Cowes, arid Wimbledon, £lBO,OOO, within the province.
The will, though short, contains numerous legacies to hil
literary friends, and one of large amount: Those not
exceeding £5,000 each are free of- legacy sluty. £5,000 to
the University College Hospital, Gower street; to Robert
Hawthorn, EA., one of his executors, £20,000; and td,
James Booth, EA., the other executor, £5,000. Ho het
also left the residue of his property equally,between them.
TUE LATE GALES.—Up to the closing of Lloyd's odSaturday afternoon, losses and casualties during the late
appalling gales and snow storms, were continued to be
posted in the books. Indeed, it is some years since that 0
many disastrous wrecks have 'occurred on the coast. By the,
returns we find that Upwards of. 400 vessels met with
serious damage off the coast of the United Kingdom sines
our last publication, and of that number at least 150 were
driven
-ashore, and about 80 totally wrecked. The sacrifice
of life was also in proportion, but of the exact number no
return has been made. Amongst the additional losseo;
reported is the foundering of the brig John • French, of
Rochester, off the Humber, with all on board. On Friday'
the broadside of a ship of upwards of 400 tons was washed;
ashore in'the vicinity of Receivers, and the coast from the,
Margate beach to Herne 'Bay is strewed with pieces 01.
wreck. The accounts from the northern port 4, and from
those on the
_Welch coast, are equa'ly disastrous, and
yesterday the Empress, royal mail steamer, which arrived
at Dover from Calais, brought in all the crew, but one, 0u
the brig Helvellyn of- London, which was lost on the
previous night.
MURDER IN SUTHERI,ANDSHIRE.—We have ofted
adverted to the gangs of tinkers and hawkers who swans
over the Highlands, and whos3 encampments are to be nos
with on- the roadsides in almost every direction—a perfect
pest to the small farmers and helpless cottagers in remote
localities. On a night, a few weeks ago, we learn that one
of this tribe—a stout powerful man of the name of Joba
Williamson—came to the house of Donald Mackenz e• 11,
respectable farmer at Torbuie, in the parish of Rogart. ant
demanded lodgings for himself,' his fat:dill', and his horse.
He appeared to ba much the worse for drink, and Mackey'
zie at once refused to accommodate him. • Williamson war
not to be put off; he rushed into the house and carried oat,
with him some burning peats, with,which he was resolved'.
to kindle a fire in one of, the outhouses which happened to
be filled with straw. Mackenzie perceiving this, followed
after the tinker, accompanied by William Murray, a neigh.
burning farmer, who had but a few minutes previously cunse
to hear-the news contained in a letter which Mackenzie had
that day received from his son in Australia, and by several
of his family. . By this time Williamson became vet/
outrageous and abusive in his language, and taking off the
sideboard of his cart, he struck Murray a blow on the heed
which felled him to the ground, and then went away. The ;
poor man was carrried back to the house in a state of total
insensibility, and after lingering three weeks he died of till,
injury received. A post mot tem examination was made bl
order of the local authorities on Saturday week, and
Williamson Aso mded the day after committing the fatal
deed, we trust the police will be able to diicover and spore'
head him. Murray has left a widow and large family 0
lament his untimely and melancholy fate.—lnterns
Advertiser.

HANCOCK'S INKSTAND.--" Having two of the inkstands la
use at our publishing office, we can bear testimony to their
utility and superiority over all others."—Derbyshire Actor'
tiser.—Price is 8d 23 6d, 3s, and 33 6 d each.—Advt.
6; HANcocK's IttßsTaND.—We have bad in use in oar
counting house for several months, an, inkstand bearing the
ab which has answered the purposes of preventias
oWation and evaporation; and is simple in its construction.
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Susiex Agricultural Express.--Price 13 Bd, 2s 6d, 331 and
3s 6 i each.—Adrt. - -
WHITE AND SOF? Stmr.—To obtain this desideratum'
Williams'use Almond Tablet, the surest and most pleasant
'remedy for
,chapped hands, sore throats, or any roughne
'or redness' of the skin. This preparation will be faun"
much superior to such noxious compounds as camphor ballt,,
&c. ; and being free from grease, and perfumed with otto
,roses, makes: it an indi:pen,abh toilette requisite.—May I'B
had from all chemists, in boxe3 at is lid, and from Of
proprietor, Terrick Williams (late Rawle), Chemist, 79,
I,ord-street, Liverpool. Wholesale agents—Clay, DA'
Case, Raimes and Co.—Advt.

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