The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-24 00:00:00

GENERAL NEWS.

Gold is about 0 48 per cent. dearer in Paris than
in London, and 0.65 per cent dearer in Hamburgh
than in London.

Exchange at New York is nominally
.0.17 per
cent. in favour of England, leaving a trifling profit
on the import of gold from Ulitce straight. Paris
letters state that it is considered probable that the
Bank of France will shortly raise their rate of dis-
count to 5 per cent., owing to the drain of specie
which is still going on.
The Times city article says it was understood on
Tuesday that Barings are remitting £300,000, in
half imperials, to St. Petersburg, on account, it is
presumed, of the Russian government.
The additional shipments of other firms were to
the amount of about 80,000. Teneriffe letters of
the 17th confirm the statements as to the damage
sustained by the Cochineal crop, and state that
the unfavourable weather still continued.

CABINET COUNCIL.—The Council sat three hours
on Tuesday.

NAVAL NEWS.----PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY MORNING.

The Imperieuse, 50, screw ; Balous, 10, Paddle ;
Desperate, 8, screw, were ordered to-day to prepare
for sea with all despatch. They left at 3, p.m.,
and bore away for the westward.
MALTA, 15th.

The report of the capture of a Russian line of
battle-ship, by Captain Slade, is not confirmed by
later arrivals.

IRELAND.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THE CHOLERA.-Sir John Young, the Irish se-
cretary, in reply to a letter from the mayor of Cork,
suggesting that a hulk 'should be sent to Queens-
town to serve as a floating hospital for such patients
as should be taken with cholera in the harbour,
states that the matter is under consideration —that
it is surrounded with difficulties—and that every
measure the law admits has been taken by the
authorities to prevent the spread of the disease.
No new case has occurred on board the "Prevaleo,"
which, having been cleaned and fumigated, was
expected to sail to day.
A large portion of the property of Mr. Chris-
topher St. George, late M.P. for Galway county, was
ands old
r3e7aelsitzeerd adoyveirn2t2hyeealin.scpuumbrehera-esd Estates
s.The
whole
Court,
of
the day's sales amounted to £31,400.

THE MURDERER KIRWAN.—The leasehold pro-
perty of this individual, which was forfeited by the
Crown, was set up for auction and sold yesterday.
The wretch seems to have been very well to do in
the world, as from this source alone, he had close
on £3OO a year, which at the sale realised £4,505.
Kirwan's personal effects were disposed of some
time ago, and-then public exposition showed that
he possessed the accomplishment of thieving in ad-
dition to his other qualifications. Several gentle-
men who knew him, to their surprise recognised
books, and other matters belonging to them, which
Kirwan had appropriated, by inserting his own
name, or in other ways. A number of borrowed
name of the
a mere dauber, substituted. The wardrobe and
original asilesit'eoaralssoedfo, found
dd
ttohairovfeKtihrlevan, who was
toilet apparatus, Sce., of the convict were purchase'',
it is said, by an emissary of Madame Tussaud.

. MAYOR OF BELFAST.—The office of chief magistrate
for the ensuing year, will be filled by Frederick 11. -Lewis,
Esq.

A. man named William Littlewood, was committed to
Wolvernaulpt..— this week, for robbing his employer,
Mr. F. Walton, of Old Hail.

Mr. Henry Arthur Herbert, M.P., has been appointed to
the lieutenancy of the county of Kerry, vacated by the de-
mise of the Earl of Kenmare.

REPRESENTATION OF EAST GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—The
conservatives talk of putting forward Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, Bart., of Williamship-park.
Sir Thomas John Clavering, the representative of one of
the oldest baronetcies in the north of England, died at Clif-
ton on Friday, in his 82d year.
STEAM TO PORTRUSR. —Mr. Burridge, the agent of the
North Lancashire Steam Navigation Company, was in Cole-
raine and Ballymoney on Wednesday last, with a view to
making arrangements for a regular steam communication
from Portrush to Liverpool and Fleetwood.
_ _ _

THE NEW STAMPS LAW.—The government has published
an exposition of the new law respecting the stamp duty on
receipts and orders for money, which must be a great boon
to the public, as the public mind had been much confused
upon the subject, and required an authorised explanation of
a most important statute. We may mention that a distinct
stamp has been prepared for " postage," " receipt," and
" draft."

A LABOUR PARLIAMENT.—The operatives are about to
form a new organisation. This new power in the state is to
be called the Labour Parliament, and is not to interfere in
any way with the present trades unions and combinations of
working men. It is to be composed of delegates to be
elected at public meetings in the different towns, and its
comprehensive duties are stated in the resolutions passed at
a meeting of working men which has been held to inaugu-
rate the new scheme.

THE NEW PALACE AT WESTMINSTER.—Her majesty,
accompanied by the Duchess de Brabant and the Duchess of
Sutherland, paid a visit to the new houses of parliament at
twelve o'clock to day. The royal party entered by the
Victoria tower, and after examining the various portions of
the building, took their departure for Windsor. The royal
party were conducted through the building, in the absence
of Sir Charles Barry, who is confined to his residence by
an attack of influenza, by Mr. Edward Barry, and Mr.
T
homas ---
Quarm, the chief clerk of the works.—Globe of
yesterday.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.—A correspotindent of the
Evening Packet states, that on the evening of Saturday last,
an attempt was made to assassinate Mr. G. Hearne, of
Drumrig-park, county Longfortd. Mr. H. is ecclesiastical
registrar of the diocese, and the owner of considerable
estates. He was struck by several slugs, but will, it is said,
certainly survive. No cause is assigned for the horrible
outrage.
COMPOSING A DIFFERENCE.—In a case tried in the Ex-
chequer, London, on Tuesday, before Mr. Baron Martin, a
man named Turner, a " bumboat" man, brought an
action against a person named Norton, ano-
ther " bumboat" man, for having accused him
with a felony and caused his arrest. The case
having been proved, Mr. Baron Martin said, Mr.
Hawkins had you not better consent to withdraw a juror ?
You see after the supposed assault and false imprisonment
the parties shake hands, the defendant carries out his pro-
mise not to appear against the defendant at the police-court,
and at the time the latter consents not to appear the plain-
tiff stands some gin as a sort of ratification of the treaty,
and they drink together upon it. How can the plaintiff
sustain an action after this settlement ? Mr. Hawkins :
Well, my lord if. the defendant will now stand treat—but
only on those terms —probably I may, after your lordship's
intimation, be able to induce my client to consent (Laughter).
Mr. Parry was quite willing, on the part of the defendant,
to accede to this arrangement ; his client would stand treat.
(Renewed laughter). Mr. Baron Martin : Very well ; you
withdraw a juror, the defendant undertaking to stand treat.
(Increased laughter.) Mr. Hawkins said his client was
willing to adopt the suggestion of the court; he would with-
draw a juror upon his learned friend, Mr. Parry, undertak-
ing that his client, the defendant should stand treat. (Roars
of laughter.) Mr. Parry, of course, assumed that his lord-
ship would have this verdict, as he might call it, recorded as
a " special" verdict. (Much laughter.
THE NEW MOTOR—THE ERICSSON NGINE.—It will be
recollected that the caloric ship Ericsson returned from her
trip to Washington about seven months ago, and that im-
mediately thereafter essential modifications and improve-
ments in the plan of the engine were determined upon.
These have since been in progress, at Williamsburg, near
where the ship was built, and where she has since lain.
The public will be gratified to learn that these alterations
are now nearly completed, and that, so far from the enter-
prise having been abandoned, as has been the general belief,
the fullest confidence is entertained on the part of those im-
mediately interested, of its complete success, on the second
trip of the ship. Mr, Ericsson is devoting his whole time
and undivided energies to the realization of this end. It is
expected that within two weeks one of the engines will be
completed, and the other will be finished soon after. The
several parts are all ready, and now on board. We under-
stand that the power of these engines will far exceed what
was attained under the low pressure system employed on the
first trip—as they are now to be worked under condensed
pressure. It is to be hoped that these anticipations may
not prove unfounded. It would be difficult to predict what
change might ensue in the course of a few years, in steam
navigation, should Mr. Ericsson succeed in the application
of his principle for practical purposes.—N. T. Jour. Com.
The fire in the woods of Michigan was checked by a re-
cent rain ; but it is still burning in many localities. Tens
of thousands of acres of forest have been destroyed, and of
the top-moil, to the depth of nearly a foot in many places,
nothing is left but ashes. It is estimated that more than
fifty barns and houses have been burned, with miles of fences,
and many thousands of dollars' worth of saw-logs, cord
wood, &c.—New York Times.

Mumcmu, L&BOURS.—That popular work, " The Sto-
mach and Its Difficulties," gives the most accurate notion of
the exertions which have been made by the Corporation of
London.—Punch.
OVERFLOWING WITH EXTRAVAGANCE.—A good Novem-
ber Fog is the cause of poor authors being extremely extra-
vagant, for it forces them to burn "the midnight oil" at
noonday.—lbid.
PROGRESS OF SCIENCE.—A scientific hair-dresser at the
West-end is about to favour the ladies with the discovery of
a Iv onclorful new pommade, which, he guarantees "will
prevent the bonnet tailing off tho head."—Did.
THE DEARNESS or BREAD.—A political baker attributes
areks
otfh a
e
this to the war in Turkey, for he says "it is all owing to
the rise in the (y)East."—lbid.
THE LAST JOB FOR THE ClTY.—Having tolled every thing
else that they can, the civic. body have now only to toll their
own knell.—lbid.
iwyor
solAfishCaAgLiltCaOtorCsA.aLmErng 013ItG.Mr . Cob
the
operatives
clock out of order ? Mr. Bright : Because they insist
upon striking, without regard to the position of the hands.
Mr. Cobden : You are quite right, my dear Bright.—
den
like :
the

-- TO THE PRESS GENERALLY.---The Emperor Nicholas
wishes an erratum corrected in the next edition of our
dictionaries. He begs to say that he has discovered that an
Ottoman is not a thing upon which
i n
his calculating
hest,
Rather, upon
w esiyou easily and comfort-
ably place your foot. Ibid.
PAS AD HOSTS DOCERI.—A leading journal says that the
reckonedre c k o n e d
withoutCar,i crushingshould l drr Turkey,
y ' he"
upon his host ; but a few more defeats, and Nicholas will be
driven to the solitary reckoning in question, and be unable
to discharge the shot.—lbid.
THE GORTSCHAKOFF JACKET.—The uniform of Prince
Gortschakoff has not been described. We believe the prin-
ciple article of it is a " cut-away."—lbid.
THE PRICE OF COALS ACCOUNTED FOR.—It is usual with
small tradesmen to increase the weight of coals by sprinkling
cold water upon them; but in the city the reason why coals
come so heavy is owing to the city dews falling upon them
for twenty miles round London. When these dews are

collected, it is found that the difference, which, of course,
weighs upon the price, amounts, in the course of the year,
to many hundred thousands of pounds !—lbid.

Com4onlicure.

A NICE HOTEL.

TO THE EDITOR Op THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.

SlR,—Being late at the Philharmonic last night, and
having forgotten my latch-key, I went to the Queen's
Hotel. Had a glass of warm whiskey and water, a
waiter, a candle, and a bed. Arrived at half-past
twelve and left at eight—time, seven hours and a

half. On leaving, was presented by a young lady,
who looked as if she were in the habit of dressing
herself backwards way, with the following in me-
moriam :

Queen's Hotel, 23rd Nov. 1853.

Mr. Snooks—
Bed
Attendance
Whiskey . .

s. d.
.2 6
.1 6
.1 0

5 0
In future, in preference I shall go to the nearest
police station and have myself booked ; and at all
events, I have made a memorandum—Don't do
that again.
Wednesday morning.