The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-16 00:00:00

THE GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR.

DEPUTATION TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.
Yesterday a deputation, consisting of the merchants and
inhabitants of Gibraltar, and a number of gentlemen con-
nected with the Manchester trade, waited upon the Duke
of Newcastle at the Colonial-office, in order to present to his
grace several memorials respecting certain recent acts of the
Governor of Gibraltar, Sir Robert Gardiner. The deputies
from Gibraltar, Mr. William Carver and Mr. John Peacock,
were introduced by Mr. Bright, M.P., and accompanied by
Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., Mr. G. B. Carr, Mr. J. Aspinall
Turner, president of the commercial association, Manchester,
Mr. Henry Ashworth, vice-president of the chamber of
commerce ; Mr. John Slang, director of the chamber of com-
merce ; Mr. Mosley, Mr. Fred. Jackson, Mr. David E.
Power, Mr. John Ingram Travers, and Mr. Charles Blake.

The'grievances complained of mainly resolved themselves
into four articles. First, that the governor unauthoriscdly,
unconstitutionally, and in direct violation of the express
words of the orders in council has ordered duties to be levied
upon wines in the port of Gibraltar, without warrant in law ;
and that he has imposed arbitary res trictions upon
the removal of wines, and spirits afloat, incompatible
with the perfect freedom of the port. Secondly,
that he has imposed arbitrary restrictions upon
the egress from Gibraltar of vessels lawfully engageol in
trade ; and in the pursuit of an impracticable policy, which
he describes as " licit trade, free as air," (which, however,
in reality, is fettered by the Spanish laws with wholly pro-
hibitory duties, as regards British goods) the governor has
issued orders which interpose unnecessary and vexatious im-
pediments in the way of transacting the legitimate commerce
of the port. Thirdly—That the governor, as president of
the board of health, in friendly concurrence with the Spanish
authorities, decided upon a quarantine of eight days obser-
vation, upon all vessels arriving at Gibralter from England,
after the 14th of October. Eight days afterwards he pre-
cipitately, and without any notice, removed all quarantine,
and provoked the Spanish authorities, in pure self-defence,
to place vessels from Gibraltar under a quarantine of eight
days' observation, instead of allowing them free communica-
tion as heretofore. The order of the board of health at Al-
havinS been at one carried into effect, to tho-erowe
prejudice of the trade, and the comfort or tai, I.l.,,bitauts of
the port of Gibraltar, the governor, without any motive which
can be fathomed, crowned these proceedings by cutting off
the land communication with Spain, thereby preventing the
introduction of provisions and supplies into the garrison
and city, through that channel, and reducing the poorer
classes of Gibraltar to the deepest distress. Fourthly,—He
has interfered with the inalienable right of British subjects,
to assemble peaceably to discuss their wants and grievances,
having prohibited the inhabitants from meeting even in their
public Exchange-rooms, to memorialise her Majesty's Secre-
tary of State.
The memorialists therefore prayed for the removal of all
the recent restrictions on the transit trade of the port, equal
commercial freedom with that enjoyed by the people of
England, protection, against the governor's vexatious and
harassing interference with the trade he is bound to protect,
that the operation of the orders in council, relating to
revenue now in force, may be confined, as heretofore, to the
city, garrison, and territory, and not extended unauthorisedly
to the port of Gibraltar ; and that the entire freedom of the
port may be maintained inviolate. They also prayed his grace
to appoint a commission, with ample powers to inquire into
and revise completely the existing laws of Gibraltar ; to in-
quire into the state of the public receipts and expenditure of
the colony, with a view to the immediate and permanent
reduction of the unnecessary expenses of the local govern-
ment ; and to report to his grace upon the necessity of the
appointment of a consultative council, to assist in preparing
all laws and matters connected with the public revenue and
the trade of Gibraltar.

London Cum:ms.—The greatest inconvenience con-
tinues to be experienced from a paucity of landing waiters
in the port of London, and the consequent want of facilities
experienced by importers still occasions great loss and annoy-
ance. It appears that every person whom it is possible to
make available has been pressed into the landing duty, and
that large numbers of inferior officers are thus employed,
the pressure is so great that the customs are obliged to give
up the weighing of some goods altogether, and to obtain the
accounts in the best way they can.
SAVAGE ASSAULT ON THE POLICE. —On Tuesday,
John Irayber, Thomas • Swift, John M'Lennon and
Samuel Frodsman, were charged at the Manchester city
police-court, with having committed an assault upon two
officers of the police, named Harper and Howell.
It was stated that about one o'clock in the morning, tho
officer on duty in Poland-street, Oldham-road, saw a crowd
of twelve or fourteen men standing at the corner of the
street, and apprehensive that they meditated a robbery he
kept his eye upon them. He was joined by another officer,
and as they passed the crowd at the corner of George Leigh-
street, they were set upon by the party, who kicked them,
knocked them down, and severely wounded them about
the head and face. AU the prisoners were identified as
being participators in the assault, and were committed to
the sessions.

THE MAIL PACKETS.—SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.—
The Calcutta steam-ship, commanded by Captain John
Goodall, and belonging to the General Screw Company, left
this afternoon for the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Cey-
lon, and Madras, touching at Cape de Verds and Ascension,
calling en route at Plymonth for the mails. She takes a
large and valuable cargo of general merchandise, and
£40,670 specie, as follows :—X28,200, gold, Mauritius ;
£5,470, silver, Madras ; £7,000, gold, Ceylon. As a proof
of the facilities that Southampton offers as a port for load-
ing and departure for steamers, this ship's loading may be
quoted. All her cargo for seven different ports, under the
able superintendence of Mr. H. J. Smith, was shipped in
little more than twelve hours ; and the dispatches relating
thereto, consisting of some two or three hundred sets of bills
of lading, were completed and in the hands of the mer-
chants by noon, giving only 60 hours from the time of com-
mencing to the time of finishing the loading of cargo (inde-
pendent of some 150 tons of stores) and making up the ac-
counts of a steamer of 1,800 tons register. She will have
from 80 to 90 first-class cabin passengers, amongst whom
are the Bishops of Natal and Cape Town and their suites.
STEALING HAIR FROM AN EMPLOYER.—A young boy,
named John Carbine, was placed in the dock on a charge of
having stolen from his employer, Mr. Brocklehurst, curled
hair manufacturer, a quantity of foreign and English horse-
hair. The employer in this case obtained information that
a quantity of foreign hair had been offered for sale at a
marine store dealer's, and that it had afterwards been
bought by another party. Upon this he made inquiry, and
soon ascertained that some one was stealing hair from his
premises. A watch was set, and the prisoner was caught
with hair in his possession, and it appeared that he had been
the instrument of employing another boy to sell the hair,
which was a valuable article, some of the qualities being
worth as much as 3s. 6d. per lb. The prisoner, in reply to
questions put from the bench, stated that his father was dead,
that his mother lived in London, that he lived with his sister
in Back Turner-street, and that he had been brought up at
the Swinton schools. He had been put apprentice to a Mr.
Fullalove, a tailor, from whose employment he ran away
twice. Mr. Brocklehurst, his present employer, said he had
recently made inquiry into the boy's character, and had re-
ceived a very unfavourable account of him. The depositions
under the juvenile offenders act, were in the meantime
ordered to be taken, and the case was remanded till this day,

IRELAND.-,
[FROX OUR OWN CORRESPONi4.44.
DUBLI TTIURSDAY. .
Mrs. Latham Blacker died yeiterklay, at the
Rugsbridge Hotel from the effects se 4 L,
received at the fatal Straffan accidetZ
A faction fight took place at Mooi
mon, on Friday, at which some severe
were given and received. Several parties were
taken into custody.
A curious case occupies the Court of Common
Pleas at present. It is an issue from chanCery,
arising [from a suit instituted by a lady claiining
her share of the effects of the late Captain Ivory
Brown King, as his widow. Her marriage is, how-
ever, disputed by the heir-at-law, on the ground that
Captain King was insane when he married the
plaintiff. The case excited additional interest
from the examination of the plaintiff, who was
altogether over six hours in the witness box, where
she evinced the greatest collectedness. In one
instance answering a question put rather sharply
by the attorney-general, in reference to the deceased
she completely turned the tables, by shedding a
few tears and saying—" Can't you leave my poor
husband alone and let his bones rest. The Lord
be praised, he's now in a place where there are no
counsellors."—Her case still proceeds, the amount
of personal property concerned is about .7,000
The Exhibition building is to be opened for a
winter garden and promenade for the first time
to-day. The viceregal party will be present, and
six military bands will attend.
A few very obscure individuals are about to get
up a " banquet " in Dublin, to commemorate John
Mitchell's escape. Monday evening is fixed for
the event, when we may expect plenty of " Talk."
Apropos to this, I may mention that it is well-
known here, that your convenient city of Liverpool
has, within the last twelve months, been favoured
with more than one visit, under the rose, from
banished young s„ Irelander
_ _

RtseoNism -Several additional outrages have
been reported from the north. A shot was some
days ago fired into the residence of the Rev. Mr.
Rossborough, of Rathfriland, fortunately without
doing any damage. A reward has been offered for
the discovery of the offender. Three or four
accounts of waylaying and beating have also come
to hand, and some arms have been seized by the
constabulary in the proclaimed districts.

A SCENE IN COURT.
On Tuesday, in the Court of Exchequer, a scene
occurred which cannot be very pleasing to the
Lord Chief Baron. In the case of 'Tuthill v.
Gabbett, Mr. Whiteside, Q.C., asked a witness,
named Wallace, a question in reference to the
handwriting of one of the parties, whereupon
The Chief Baron ruled, on an objection made by
the counsel for the plaintiff, that the question was
not admissible, but expressed his willingness to
take a note of it.

Mr. Whiteside contended that it was clearly ad-
missible, and said, if his lordship persisted in his
ruling, he could not proceed with the defence of his
clients.

The Chief Baron : I will not allow the question
to be put.
Mr. Fitzgibbon. As many years as I hare had
the honor of pleading in these courts, I have never
known such a question to be objected to. It is
clearly admissible according to law ; and it will be
quite useless for me to hold my brief in this case
any longer, if the court is of opinion that such a
question cannot be put.
The Chief Baron : I have taken a note of your
objection, and I will do no more.

Mr. Whiteside : Then, my lord, we cannot carry
on our defence, and must throw up our briefs.
Mr. Whiteside, Q.C. ; Mr. Fitzgibbon, Q.C. ; and
Mr. Richard Armstrong, counsel for the defendants,
then retired from the bar, and were on the point of
leaving the court, when
Mr. O'Hagan, Q.C., withdrew his objection, and
these gentlemen accordingly returned.
In the assault case, in which a priest, named
Foy, was plaintiff, and a Presbyterian clergyman,
defendant, the jury returned a verdict for the
former, £5O damages.

In the Incumbered Estates Court, a small por-
tion of Sir John Carden's property in the county
Tipperary, was sold, and brought 27 years' pur-
chase.

A house fell in Bride's-alley, in Dublin, yes-
terday, and killed a woman, who was sleeping
in it.

A man was waylaid a few nights ago near Lough-
rea, county Galway, and beaten so that he died.
A party has been arrested charged with the
murder.

The Tenant League has had a meeting, at which
Messrs. Cantwell, Gray, Lucas, Duffy, and O'Bren-
nan (of un-tract-able memory) spoke. There was
nothing beyond the usual hacknied topics, John
O'Connell coming in for copious abuse be-
sides.

The bridge at Dunkitt, near Waterford, on the
line of the Waterford and Kilkenny railway, is
nearly completed.
THE BELFAST AND BALLYMENA AND PORTReSH Ex-
TENSION LINE.—At present, a large number of men
are busily at work upon various portions of the new
line between Ballymena and Portrush—about 1,500,
we believe, in all. Mr. Edwards, the able engineer
who ,has the direction of the works, under Mr.
Dargan, has just made a full inspection of
them, and reports satisfactorily; and as speedily
as hands can be put on the works will be pressed
forward without delay. We may consequently
reckon that in the course of next autumn the line
will be opened to the sea.—Belfast Mercury.
There has been an extensive seizure of distilling
materials, and illicit spirits, in Belfast, immediately
adjoining the terminus of the Belfast and County
Down Railway.

THE FUNDS, STOCK AND
CLOSI

SHARE MARKET, LONDON
i 42- PRICES.
"huraday, December 15th, 1853.
London and N. W 10.11 4
London and S. W7B 9
Manchester, Sheffield, 1k
Lincolnshire 24# 51
Midland Stock 631 4
North British 34 5
Do. Preference
Norfolks sf 1
North Staffordshire
Shrewsbury and Birm.
Do. L. and N. W. guar.
South E. and Dover 63 4
York. New., and Ber 64 5
Do. Extension
Do. Preference
York and North Mid 481 91
Do. Preference ..
FOREIGN STOCKS.
Mexican 24i
Spanish New Deferred 46# g
Do. Passives 22/
Do. Threes 4i 5
Russians
Do. • 98a
LAND SHARES.
Agricultural 45 7
North B. Australian
Peel River
South Australia

ENGLISH MARKET.
Consols Account 1 941
Do. Money J
Bank Stock ... 220 2
Exchequer Bills, L. • • } 4 7 pm
Do S.
Three and a Quarter per
cent. 96 4

RAILWAY SHARES.
Ambergate, Nottingham, and

Eastein Juncti-on .. 5/
Caledonian s6i

Do. Preference.. ... 100 4
Bristol and Exeter ..

East Anglian
Eastern Counties.. ln
East Lancashire 1.... 65
Eastern Union, A

Do B. h C
Edinbro' & Glasgow

Great Northern -84 i 53

Great Western 834 4
Lancashire & Yorkshire 671 8

Do. Fifths
Leeds Northern l3}
London Brighton and
South Coast 99& 100

SHARE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY.

LIVERPOOL.—The market was flat all day, and closed
heavily, the same spirit prevailing all day. Caledonian,
281; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 681 c k; Leeds Northern,
14 ; London and North Western, 104 c; Midland, 64k 1;
North British, 8.13.9; South Eastern Stock, 19.3.9 Ic-
-3-9 1. The closing prices were :—Caledonians, 28 18;
Eastern Counties, 131 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 68 ;
London and North Western, 103/ 4; Midland, 64 1; North
British, 81 A„ ; South Eastern, 19 k ; York and North,
24-k ; Sheffied Stock, 251 •
MANCHESTER.—The following was the business
done:—Caledonian, 281 • Cork, Blackrock, and Passage,
x.d. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 681 + 1; London and
North Western, 1031; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,
251 1 ; Midland Railway Consols, 641 .1; South Eastern,
19- 3-16.
DUBLlN.—Consols for account 9th Jan., 941; 31 per
cent. Stock, 961 ; Belfast Junction Railway, 45 paid, 46+ ;
Dublin and Bray, 15 paid, 91; Dublin and Drogheda new
Thirds, 25 paid, 21 d.