The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-22 00:00:00

THE MINISTRY.
(From our Second Edition of Ye3terday.)
Every effort is being made to persuade Sir
George Grey to accept the Home Office. It is
said the adherence of Mr. Gladstone to the Cabinet
has become more than doubtful. It is well known
that he is opposed to a new reform bill, which
would amount to an extreme scheme of disfran-
chisement.

The object of Sir James Graham's vi sit to Osborne
is twofold—its first design is doubtless to see
how far he can play his game ; and his next
purpose, the ostensible one, is to inform Her
Majesty that there exists considerable difference
of opinion in the cabinet as to the Eastern Ques-
tion, and that he has been deputed to 'state
.and urge the views of that section of the min
istry, who .do not think with Lord Aberdeen
Sir James will return to town to-day. Ere the
close of.the week we shall probably learn whether
the break-up of the government be immediate, or
whether it can be postponed for a few weeks longer.
The Daily News says the rumour a.)out Mr. Glad-
stone came from the Carlton Club, and met a very,
cool reception.

COUNTY COURT.-YESTERI).tY.

The Court sat at ten o'clock

READ V. Mosimitv.—ln this case Mr: JOseph Read,.tailor
and draper, of 120, Bold-street, summoned Mr. Moseley. dentist,
also of Bold-street, for £3 195., for clothing supplied.
Mr. Hughes, solicitor, stated that the real defendant was a
young man named Francis Bickley, an assistant of Mr.
Moseley, and that this person acknowledged the debt and would
pay it on the 15th of January, when his salary fell due.
The plaintiff stated that he had summoned Sir. Moseley
as the party who got the clothes always represented himself as
that gentleman. Under the name of Mr. Moseley he called to
the shop and ordered the goods; and the plaintiff stated that
he had also received a note from him in which he signed him-
self Francis Moseley.
On the part of the defendant it was stated that several young
men who had been in the employment of Mr. Moseley were in
the habit of making use of his name.
His HONOR expressed a strong condemnation of the habit,
and asked the plaintiff whether he had made Mr. Moseley ac-
quainted with the fact that the young man bad obtained clothes
from him under his name.

'rho plaintiff stated that ho always understood the young man
to be Mr. Moseley himself. He had only been informed that
morning who the real defendant was.
His HONOu gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the full
amount, to be paid immediately. He added that it was a very
gross case of fraud, almost amounting to obtaining money under
false pretences, and recommended that Mr. Read should at
once inform Mr. Moseley of the practice which had existed in
his establishment.

No other case of any public importance occurred during the
day.

THE SOUTH AMERICAN STEAMER:" OLINDA.

The Olinda's machinery is being repaired at Queenstown
and she may be looked for here daily. During the progres
of the voyage out and home, several testimonials were
presented to Captain Haram and his officers, among them
the following gratifying one after the vessel arrived at
Queenstown :

On board the S. A. and G. S. N. Co's steam-
. ship Olinda, 15th Dec., 1853.
DEAR SIRS,—It is with the greatest pleasure and Evilest sa-
tisfaction at this, the conclusion of our voyage from the Brazils
to Europe, that we seek to add our testimony to those already
received by you, not, we beg to assure you, as a mere compli-
ment, but as the earnest and innate feeling of every one of us.
Permit us, dear sirs, to remark, that, notwithstanding thedisad•
tvaatniotangse)sthnai at ,
t uitn.adlilvyidautatiei attendant
d aans
wetolni
asa passage
collectively,i a newwe have ste h
a mead
r,
(which, of course, can rarely be expected answer all expec-
the greatest pleasure in making your acquaintance, and delight
in spending our time with you, who have endeavoured (and,
we feel, succeeded) to drive off the ennui and monotony of Bo
long a voyage, lengthened in the present instance by continued
contrary winds, and an accident, which none of you could pos-
sibly have foreseen, We beg you to be assured that we are
mindful of the same—of your extreme urbanity of manner and
gentlemanly deportment—a deportment whi,;ll has endeared
you to many of us by more than the relations of captain and
passenger; and now, - on' the- eve of our taking leave of you,
while with sincerity we say, we should, if occasion required us
to return, give the vessel under your command, with Mr. Blow
as chief officer, and Dr. Wall as surgeon, the preference. We
earnestly pray that He above may vouchsafe to grant you health
and happiness, that no matter which ocean it may be your lot
to traverse, you may ever be atttended by fortune and the
smiles of a 'kind Providence. Requesting you to accept these
honest and truly felt expressions, with reiterated assurances of
profound respect- and esteem.—We have the honour to be dear
sirs, your obedient servants,

[Signed by the Passengers.]
To Captain G. H. HARAM and Officers, commanding the
S. A. and G. S. N, Co's Steam-ship " Olinda."

A NEW. BRAZILIAN- TARIFF.

Considerable changes in the Brazilian tariff of customs dutiei

have for two or three months past been anticipated : the cham-
bers having in their last session passed a law conferring power
on the imperial government to alter those duties; and, though
the commercial policy of the empire has from its first existence.
as an independent state been that of free trade, some appre-
hensions existed in our manufacturing districts that the altera-
tions thus authorised might, to some extent, be of a restrictive
or proteCtive character. The last wail Shows. the groundless-
ness of such fears. A draught of the new tariff has been pub-
lished, and so far from raising, it materially redtaces, the duties
on the principle articles of importation from -England, in many
cases as much as from 25 to 30 per cent. The
.Proposed alter:-
ations were indeed of so satisfactory a character that one of the
last acts of the English charge d'affaires, Mr. Jerningham, be-
fore leavino. Rio de Janeiro, was to press the Brazilian cabinet
at Once to legaliseb the draught it had prepared, *and which pub:
Inc opinion had fully sanctioned. This abi:tity to:reduce duties
arises from the flourishing.state of the imperial finances and the
continued existence of a considerable surplus beyond the ex-
penditure.

A VORACIOUS BOA CONSTRICTOR.—O;I Friday week,
Wombell's magnificent collection of wild beasts arrived in this
city from Stockton. A few days previous to its arrival in this
City a singular circumstance occurred, throwing Charles
Dickens' story Of the blanket completely into the shade: Dur-
ing the cold weather at the beginning of last week the boa eon-
sttictor, to protect it from the cold, was' carefully wrapped in
flannel, and two young crocodiles put beside it, with the object
of imparting heat; on the keeper, however, opening out the
flannel to look after his charge, to his utter astonishment he
discovered that one of the crocodiles had been swallowed by the
boa ! This is' considered to be a feat unparalleled in natural his-
tory.--Durham

• " LAmoun. PARLIAMENT."—A public meeting of the
operatives of London was held last night, at the Literary
Institution, John-street, Tottenham-court-road, to consider
the subject of the strikes in Lancashire, and, in -tonnection
therewith, "the labour Parliament." Mr. J. Finlen having
been called to the chair, said that the object of the present
meeting was to afford substantial and impartial assistance to
the men now on strike at Lancashire, where there were
70,000 men out of employment, and on the brink of starva-
tion. In Preston alone there were 25,000 out of employ,
some of whom had struck for an advance of 10 per cent., but
he wished to call the attention of the meeting to the fact
that out of this 25,000 men, 15,000 only had been assisted
by the parties making what they call ya
national appeal,
whilst the remaining 10,000 received nothing whatever out
of the national fund. (Shame.) Those who were sitting
at the Old Baihy intended mainly to assist the men at Pres-
ton, but this wls not in accordance with the requirements or
the wishes of the people. If the men at Wigan turned out
to the extent of 5,000, they would require similar assistance,
as would also de men of Bury ; and for these reasons the
amalgamated committee of the Lancashire operatives had
determined to afford 'equal assistance to all engaged in the
struggle for the rights of labor. He considered that, in
order to give eficacy to strikes, it would be necessary
to have a "Labour Parliament," and a national re-
presentation of all trades and from every town, which
would obviate the necessity and expense of sending delegates
from one part of th 3 country to another, appealing for sup-
port. (Cheers). By this means assistance would be fairly and
equitably afforded 6,0 all engaged in the common cause.
(hear, hear), capital would soon have less power than it
possesses at present, -and labour would meet with its just
reward. (Cheers). XL Ellis moved, " That, for the pur-
pose of pr )vidiug a power to guard' and advance the rights
of labour, we hereby sledge .ourselves to render our assis-
tance to establish as spedily as possible the projected labour
parliament." Carried unanimously. Resolutions of sym-
pathy with the operatives on strike having been agreed, to,
the meeting separated,

due care. The monetary position of -the
United States is-Such ato leave no doubt-as to
their power of carrying out all the great works they
have in hand, as well as those recommended by the
President for the consideration of Congress. A
railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean has
long been a most popular idea in America,,and now
that the government of the States has taken it up,
we may look with confidence to its speedy accom
plishment. And here again we find another field
for the employment of English materials, which
must add another very-large item to the increase of
trade, at present before us; and, in fact, with six
Free Trade countries in existence, and' moved by
honorable rivalry, it is impossible to' form the re
motest idea of what the greatness of the results
may prove