The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-09 00:00:00

a tardy assent to Mr. SAMUEL HoLME's motion

and we shall consequently have a resident minister

either in,

or close to, Downing street, whose busi

ness it will be to promote and oppose all local bills
brought into Parliament, and to watch all those

ministerial and other measures which will in at

interfere with the maritime, commercial, and

municipal interests of this great mercantile corn
munity. And we regret to say, that such a public
servant was never more required. We have, in
fact, arrived at a reign expediency—not in a com-
prehensive and national sense—when expedients
directed by personal and party inter•ests are suf-
fered to ride over the fundamental principles of
the Constitution, and pervert the whole current of
legislation. The House of Commons having
abandoned the old and strict path of Constitution-
alism, have imperilled their own privileges, and.
have swept away almost the last guarantee of the
subject's rights and liberties. We are as backward
in the art of Constitutional legislation as we are in
many of those branches of science of which we
talk so largely. Every Session of Parliament
proves this. Our local or general laws are not
made to give a wider scope, a bolder development,
and greater practical effect to the Constitution
under which we live, 13t ,t to cripple the political,
destroy the moral, and subvert the social ameliora-
tion, which is inherent in the noble and all-power-
ful organisation we have been taught to look up to
and revere.

History warns us of the danger of such a course.
It tells us how manfully the municipal bodies of
England stood by the Sovereign and the people,
when the rights of either were threatened by dis-
guised reactionists, impregnable party and family
compacts, popular and professional clap-trapists.
The time has again arrived, when the Corporations
and local bodies of England must take their stand
against innovation—when they must again become
the champions of the civil, religious, and political
liberties of the citizen. They must have their
agents to watch the current of spoliation, to see
that the rights of property are not violated—the
freedom of commerce reduced to a sham—trade
rendered impracticable—and the independence of
capital, labour, and thought prostrated, by " clauses
introduced," as Mr. SAMUEL HOLME candidly
tells us, " suddenly inserted in bills on the third
reading." While such a system of legislating for
a country like this exists, we shall not only require
a vigilant agent constantly in London, but that
officer ought to be one of the most active, well
informed men of the day. The Borough is not
properly dealt with at present in its Parliamentary
uvvy vf every out that is orougnt

before the Legislature ought to be sent to the
Liverpool Corporation. An abstract of every mea-
sure, which would in any way affect the business
of the town or county, could then be pub-
lished, and the public would have an _oppor-
tunity of discussing its merits. At present, no
opportunity of the kind is given to them ; and
bills are suffered to become law before their prac-
tical operation can be considered, except by those

who concocted them, and who are influenced by
as many passions, prejudices, and interests, as
there are days in the year. Let us, then, have a
Corporate Agent in London, and a man of energy
and first-rate attainments as a lawyer, that the
country may be made acquainted, not only with
the spirit—which may be assumed—but the
letter—which cannot be mistaken—of the laws
which they are to be called on to respect and
support.

THE members of the Royal Oak Burial Society
are evidently resolved to earn a most unenviable
notoriety, They have indeed rendered the meet-
ings of their body a perfect nuisance and disgrace
to the town. The. reports of their proceedings
when the members are called together for the pur
pose of transacting the business of the society, in
accordance with the rules recently laid down by
the County Court for its government, are most
disreputable, and cannot fail to bring disgrace
upon the parties concerned. We do not believe,
however, that the masses, whose conduct is so
exemplary on all other occasions, are the real trans-
gressers at the gatherings of the society in ques-
tion. We will not suffer ourselves to be persuaded
that the respectable artisans who constitute the
bulk of the 50,000 members of this once popular
burial club, would be guilty of the egregious folly
of packing a room with noisy women and other
disorderly characters, when the object of their meet-
ings was to ascertain what had been done with
the money they have already paid, and what is to
become of their future subscriptions ? The work-
ing men of Liverpool are not so utterly devoid
of common sense. If the great body of members
do not pack these meetings, and prevent the busi-
ness of their society from being carried on openly

and fairly, who are the guilty parties ?
The misapplication of the funds of the members
have been admitted in the County Court, and a

ted to, to save further

3 and trouble

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ment of the club's affairs,

at no

NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL,

it was stated on Thursday evening, be made to
him for further assistance in the matter, and it
is to be honel that the law will be allowed to
take its course. It is perfectly childish to treat
with consideration those who show themselves to
be wholly unworthy of it. Abundant time has
been allowed for the adjustment of old grievances
and the adoption of the new rules in the man-

and another moment

to be given where the manifest object
of some party or other is to keep every thing
connected with them in disorder. Should Mr•
PoLLocK exercise his power, and take the entire
management out of the hands of its members, it
would be well for him to call in an accountant,
to ascertain the amount of benefit each member
should receive.

The payments vary very materially, and it
would be well to lay down a thoroughly honest
scale of benefits under each head. The subscribers
now do not receive a fair equivalent for the money
they pay—not such as they would obtain from
many Insurance Offices—and this matter should
be set right before the County Court lets the
society out of its hands. The first desire of the
legislature, and every thinking man in the com-
munity, is to encourage provident institutions
among the working classes, and here is one which

ought to be fostered with the greatest care. Its
numbers show the vast amount of good which it
is capable of bestowing on the poorest of our
fellow townsmen, and the extent to which similar
societies might be carried by honest and judicious
management. The working classes are fully alive
to the benefits which association confers on them,
and if this was a society which was designed to
aid them during life, what incalculable bless-
ings it might bring to the needy. As it is it
can do
.much good, and we trust the County
Court will deal with its recreant members, be
they who they may, as they justly deserve,

ful in future.

SATURDAY.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING

The demand for Cotton has been but moderate
during the past week ; a firm steady feeling has,
however, daily characterised the market, and the
prices of Friday last have been fully supported in
all kinds. The sales of the week amount to 53,330
hales, 40,400 of which have been taken by the trade,
7,780 for export, and 5,090 for speculation. To•
day's business is estimated at 6,000 bales, 1,500
being for speculation and export

The corn-

mittee's quotations to-day for fair cotton are the
same as List week, viz. :—Bowed 68d, Mobile Old,
and Orleans 7d per lb.
The Liverpool Share Market has been dull to-
day, and after opening with prices weak, became
firmer, but again relapsed, and closed flat at
the following quotations :—Aberdeen, 141 141.
Chester and Birkenhead, 16a 161. Caledonian, 291
30. Chester and Holyhead, 17 171. Eastern
Counties; 10 101. East Lancashire, 211 21 13 16.
Great Northern. 241 241. Ditto A, 101 101.
Great Western, 63 631. Lancashire and Yorkshire,
97 98. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 181
181. London and North Western, 1071 107 ti.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 341 341.
Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 11-16 13-I6p. Ditto
Pref, 121 121. Midland Stock, 84 841,.. North British,
91- 91. North Staffordshire, 41 41d. South Eastern
and Dover, 221 221 York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 211 211. York and North Midland, 301
31. Leeds Capital Stock, 181 181. Buffalo and
Lake Huron, ip. Dutch Rhenish, 2 7.16 21p.
Great Western of Canada, 251 251. Ditto New
Shares, 21 21p. Great Luxembourg, 91 91d.
We quote the following report of the Tallow
Market from the circular of Mr. F. J. Eaton :
A large business has been done this week, several hun-
dred casks P.Y.C. selling at 51s fid to 53s per cwt, and
fine quality South and North American at 53s and 54s per
cwt respectively. The London market is also firmer, the
closing quotations last night being 53s per cwt spot, and
51s per cwt for last three months.. The half week deli-
very is 1,040 casks against 1,299 casks in 1855, and the
present stock 12,205 casks against 44,020 casks at the
same time last year.

In Liverpool, the Corn Market to-day has been
rather more firm, and prices for Wheat have been
nearly maintained at Tuesday's quotations. In
Flour, the business done was very small, and
prices quite nominal.
Accounts from the Vienna Bourse report a slight
improvement in the Austrian funds, but money
was still very scarce, which has had the effect of
restricting financial operations, and maintains the
high premium upon the precious metals. The
more sanguine financiers of Vienna were expecting
that the National Bank would have been able by
the commencement of the present month to have
issued nothing but metallic currency.

Two houses in connection with the American
trade have stopped payment ; the one is Messrs.
Courtenay, Kingsford, and Co., with liabilities to
the amount of 95,0001; and the other is Messrs.
Pickford and Keen, the amount of whose liabilities
has not transpired.
Money continues in demand on the Stock Ex-
change, and previous rates of discount are fully
maintained. There is some talk of the probability
of a new Turkish Loan being announced, which,
added to the pressure in the Money Market, has
created a further decline in the English Funds.
They were quoted at the commencement of busi-
ness at an eighth lower than the closing prices
last night, and have not since recovered. Consols
closed at the following quotations :-951 95k.
In the Foreign Stock Market business has
been very limited, and prices remain steady,
The following are the final quotations of the
Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 16
to 11 17. Do., three months, 11 19 to 11 19k
Antwerp, do., 25 50 to 25 55. Brussels, do., 25
50 to 25 55. Hamburg, do., 13 7 to 13 71. Paris,
short, 25 25 to 25 30. Do., three months, 25
571 to 25 621, Marseilles, do., 25 571 to 25 05
Frankfort, Rio , 1191 to 120. Vienna, do., 10 19 to
10 22. Trieste, do., 10 20 to 10 23. Petersburg,
do., 377, to 371. Madrid, do., 497, to 491. Rotter-
dam, do., 11 19 to 11 le
The Railway Share Market is disposed to be
firm and buoyant, but the heavy state of
the Fund,, dcpi C3dC3 the market. We annex
the final quotations of the day :—Cale-
donian, 591 60. Eastern Counties, 9-'4 104 East
Lancashire, 86 88. Great Northern, 974 983.
Ditto A., 82 83. Great Western, 63/ 631. Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 98 98/. London and North
Western, 107 1071. Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 341 35. Midland Stock, 831 84.
North British, 37 38. South Eastern and
Dover, 731 73f. York, Newcastle, and Berwick,
86 87. York and North Midland, 61 62.
The Bank Returns in to-night's Gazette show
that the bullion amounted to 12,432,8701 for the
week ending August 2nd, being an increase of
44,0061 as compared with the previous week.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On the 6th instant, a man named
Garrett, who was at work on board the ship Devon, at the
Queen's dock, fell from the vessel and fractured the base of
his skull. He was taken to the Southern Hospital, where
every attention was paid to his case, but he died yesterday
from the injuries received.
THE MAIL AND EXCELSIOR.—Mr. Mansfield and Captain
Schomberg again sat in the Sheriff's-court, St. George's-
hail, yesterday, and resumed the enquiry into the circum-
stances of the recent collision between the Mail and
Excelsior. They will again sit this day, but the enquiry
will probably extend over a few more sittings.
THUNDERSTORM IN CHESTER.—In the early part of
yesterday a violent thunderstorm accompanied by heavy
rain broke out over Chester, and lasted unintermittingly
for several hours. Heavier rain was scarcely ever seen
there. The storm was merely local, being confined to
Chester and a few miles of the neighbourhood around.
Persons who travelled up from Chester, and had got
thoroughly drenched there, were very much astonished at
arriving at the station near Birkenhead, to find no sign
whatever of rain, storm, or even cloud, up to that time in
our neighbourhood.
MANCHESTER AND SALFORD REGATTA.—The annual
three days' boat races on the river Irwell, at Manchester,
terminated on Wednesday evening. The principal race was
on Wednesday, for the Pomona Champion Prize of £5O,
given by the proprietor of the Pomona Gardens. It was
won by the Perseverance crew, H. Kelly and John
Mackinney, from the Thames; T. Bruce and E. Winship,
from the Tyne ; these four defeating the Shakespeare crew
of Manchester, who last year won the champion prize on
the Thames. A race for the Ordeal prize of £lO, on
Monday, was won by H. Kelly (Thames) ; Richard Clasper,
of Newcastle, coming in second. There was a very close
contest in the deciding heat for the Victoria prize of £l5,
between the two Manchester crews, the Five Friends
defeating the Shakespeare by a long distance. The most
valuable of the other prizes were the Ellesmere cup (£25).
won by the Minerva Club's Olympia ; the Trafford Park
Stakes of £lO, won by Kelly and Mackinney; the Brackley
Cup (£10); and the Heywood Stakes (£10).
COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY.— (Before J. Pollock, Esq.)
—Doran v. Barnes.—This was an action to recover the sum
of £6 10s for money lent. The plaintiff stated that he had
lent the money in two separate sums to the defendant's wife,
who had been in the habit of visiting a lady staying at his
house. She had told him it was to pay some debts ; and,
as she appeared so excee, ingly respectable, he had no
hesitation of lending it to her. His Honour : Did you
ever ask her to repay it ? Plaintiff : Wben I found she did
not call, I went to her house and asked her for the money,
when she promised to pay me. His Honour : Have you
any evidence to show that her husband knew that you had
lent her the money ? Plaintiff : No ; I never saw him but
once, and then he said he would not pay me. His Honour :
Nor do I see why he should. There are some things for
which a wife does the husband is responsible, but he is not
bound to pay money borrowed by her. Mr. Hime, who
appeared for the defendant, was not called upon to ques'ion
the plaintiff, and his honour gave a verdict for the defend-
ant, but, at the same time, declined to give his opinion as
to whether the amount could be recovered from the wife,
who, it appears, was living separate from her husband.
CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday, the Coroner held the
following inqu sts :—On the body of a fine-looking man,
about 24 years of age, that was found in the river. There
was no clothes on the body, and it is supposed that the
deceased was drowned whilst bathing. He was about six
feet high, and had fine black hair, very long behind. Ver-
dict, " found drowned."—On the body of a child, named
Thomas Price,'4 years of age, who was killed in Carlton-
street, on Thursday, by a bale of cotton falling on him. A
man, named Thomas Worthington, who had charge of the ,
lorry on which the cotton was, had been in custody et the
police court, but evidence was given which completely re-
leased him front blame, and he was discharged. It would
appear that the unfortunate affair was accidental ; but the
jury, iu finding a verdict to that effect, were of opinion thct
great c,krelessnesa was shown by the persona about the lorry
at the time the cotton was thrown from it.—On the body of
William Ward, a labourer, who was killed yesterday, shortly
before twelve, at the Stanley dock warehouse, by the break•
ing of a chain that was employed in raising a cage, capable
of lit ing 20 barrels of flour. The cage was worked by
hydraulic power, and it appeared that, by some unaccount-
able means the chain broke, and the deceased fell amongst

the 00 barrels of floor and was smashed to pieces. The jory
found a verdict of accidental death, with a recommendation
to the persona in authority about the dock to be more care-