The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-30 00:00:00

Deficiency

£12,426,965

_ .
" Look here, upon this picture, and on this !"
Shall British merchants, manufacturers, and tradesmen
"feed on this fair mountain," or " batten on this moor?" If,
in my " presentment" of the two,l have clothed the one with
a verdure which does not belong to it, or denuded the other of
the beauty it possesses, let my opponents expose the cheat.
They have my figures before them ; if they can, let them prove
them to be false. But if, instead of doing so, they say that I
" talk in very obscure language of the necessity of resorting to
an extensive issue of inconverti/de legal tender paper,"—that I
am advocating " a more ruinous, revolutionary, fantastic scheme
of currency than has ever been dreamed of since
the leather (iron ?) money of Lycurgus was first invented."—
If, instead of opposing my arguments with facts, they first
misrepresent them, and then say " that few persons will read
them without a smile of derision," I can only say if thi, s be
their mode of procedure, let the public judge between igt, and
by its Verdict lam content that my theories shall stand or
fall.
Ono word to your correspondent of toeday, who calls himself
"A Currency Reformer," and I have done for the present.
Has that 'portion of our currency (Row amounting to
£14,475,000) which rests, not on gold or silver, bat entirely
and exclusively on an unmarketable commodity, namely, a
debt Quo from the Government to the Bank, and which is,
therefore, inoonivrtible in his sense of the word—l ask him
the cm rcncy so circumstanced " been met
has that po!..tion of

by the world with a
whyshou t
sof o reprobationu la
the
e:
z tension contempt
ftth? s
a—mG-leo-
ttow net. Then,
foundation elicit such a burst of world-wide indi o
and learn, " Mr. Currency R.eformer," tbatthicl:efigamentaalfownoirsthnoat
argument, and assertion Is not proof,
thousand of your flimsy plausibilities.
Go and learn the first principles of the doctrine of the
currency? the alphabet of the science of money, and then come
and teach us Low tp reform our monetary system.
• There is no instana.o iceord of national or taxation money
—limited by the annuai incowe cc ti State—failing to per-
form well and truly all the functiono of national money. As
"u affirm the contrary, pray give of inhere,
and the how

National taxation money, such as I have described in tlik
letter, is uo " shadow substitute" for money. It possesses
all the qualities and characteristics which necessarily belong to

First. SIGNIFICANCY. It is a sure and certain sign of
the value marked upon it, whether it be £1 or £l,OOO, and
though intrinsically worthless, it will circulate freely for
either of these, or any of the intermediate sums which it pro-
fesses to represent.

Second, - CONVENIENCY. Being divided into various

amounts from l upwards, to suit the convenience of the tax
payers, it has a considerable advantage over the present paper
currency, which compels us to use costly metallic pieces for all
sums under £5.

Third. SECURITY. The security of the State, which.
pays it away in return for value received, and which at the
time of payment engages to receive it again in payment of
taxes, at the value thn put upon it.

Fourth. CONVERTIBILITY. The fact that the amount
issued never exceeds-the annual amount of taxation, and that
__..,„large in full the whole of that taxation, constitutes
its value as a medium of exchange, gives it, in practice, all the
force of an Act of Parliament making it a legal tender, and
tlA•efor, of necessity insures its convertibility into every com-
modity that can be.purchased within the circumference of that
circle from which the national income is derived.—l am, sir,
J. AV.

it will discharm

yours, &c ,
Liverpool, October 28, 1856,

TO THE EDITOR OP TEE NORTHERN TIMER.

Sir,--As a looker-on, deeply impressed with the vital impor—
tance of the consequences with which this subject is pregnant,
it is with intense interest I contemplate the heavings and
st! uzglings it is making to emancipate itself from the dark iron-
bound recesses of its strong prison-house of antiquity, whose
walls aro prejudice—whose foundations are custom—whose
locks, bolts, and bars are a subtle combination of legislative
enactments, of gross ignorance, and of unsound education. At
the same time, it is not with the least concern for its ultimate
deliverance from the barbarous phalanx which is still arrayed
again

st it in its deceitful and gaudy attractions—for the captive
spirit must sooner or later burst the bonds of its gates of brass,
and come forth clothed in its native garments of grace and
beauty, distributing the like to all around. On the whole, I
have been much gratified with the expositions of your corres-
- —for even the fallacies of the one have a tendency to

poude:it

he meri

At the same time, though highly favourable to prudence and
wisdom, I am free to own that I can see no merit or propriety
in the advocates of a great cause appending their demands to a
of any kind. "Better half a loaf than no bread" say

cc in prornis

y fiit the recipients

of a sinall.bcncrit, not for the promulgators of a great doctrine
to say. For my part, while lam willing with thankfulness
to accept any boon for my country's weal, I most unscrupu-
lously denounce the cringing facVning wisdom that would
lick the duet in any case, and the unmanly beggarly spirit
that dares not ask for aught but your half-and-half measures
of milk and watery consistency.

Take my language as purely figurative, And I say, war
to the death—if it must be so !—Blitons ! Ask for your

and expect your

up a treui

bliug petition, as

though in an over-reaching spirit you were seeking for more
than that, and which would be alike unworthy of an
enlightened people.—l remain, your obedient servant,
Liverpool, October 27, 1856

SPA RTAN

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE NORTII2RN TIMES,

" The proof of the pudding is in the eating of it."
Sir,—As one of the weaker vessels, I make no pretensions
to logic, which is considered the sole privilege of the " lords of
the creation." There is, however, something so simple i❑ this
question, that I feel perfectly qualified to make a few observa-
tions thereon, judging merely from analogy.
How is it, let me ask, that bread has so universally in all ages
been considered as the staff of life, and held in such high
estimation ? Is it not fair to conclude, that it is owing to its
sterling worth ? In juxta position with this question, let me
now ask how it is that gold has, in all ages, likewise been
held as the most costly and useful article for facilitating trade
and commerce? And is It not most logical, and most
fair, to arrive at the same conclusion, as in the other
case? The experience of ages gives a verdict against
your modern innovators—with their abtruse argu-
ments—could this universal opinion have been so
long maintained on 'any other ground than its practical
available usefulness ?

Play excuse the vulgar quotation above—for whit can we
have better than the proof we have, which far exceeds your
untried theories, if it does not at once fully refute them ?—I

remain, yours,
Liverpool, October 27, 1856

MARIA.

THE
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

MR. CROSTHWAITE AND MR. MILLWARD

N ORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.

MUNICIPAL OR: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION WHATEVER, in
any part of the United. Kingdom ; and also shall for EVER
BE DISABLED TO HOLD, TXEHCISE, OR ENJOY ANY OFFICE OR

FR ,INCHIS to which he then shall, or at any time afterwards
may ba cutitled, as a b'irgess of such borough, As IF sum
-- (5 and 6 William IV.,

PERSON WAS NATURALLY DEAD."
C. 76, s. b )

This.:s•stringent enough in all conscience. As I read it,
any person may sue •for the penalty ; the briber may turn
against the. briber, or vice ve!•se, without incurring any legal
rtspotisibility for his own ints(leeds ; and every person cog-
nisant of au c.c. of bribery. may obtain a penalty from each
party to it, with full costs of suit, and, at the same time, for.
evr disfranchise a couple of rogues.--I am, Sir, your obe-

client servant,
Liverpool, October 23,1856
P.S.—I observe that this infamous paper has obtained
admission to the Lyceum. Its 'appearance there is highly
disereditikble to the committee, to the s':lareholders, and to
the room. A -filthier ragnever disgraced the press of Eng-
land.

VINDEX

any person to give, or forbear to give, his vote in any such FEARFUL EXPLOSP'N OF A
election, such person so offending in any of the cases afore.a SHIP
iid, shall, for every such Offence, FORFEIT THE SUM OF
FIFTY POUNi)S of lawful money of Great Britain, to be reco-
vered, with full costs of suit, by any one who shall sue for
the same, by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in
any of his Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster; and
any persons offending in any of the cases aforesaid, being
lawfully convicted thereof, SHALL FOR EVER BE DISABLED
TO VOTE IN ANY ELECTION FOR SUCH BOROUGH, OR IN ANY

PRUSSIAN.

The West Bute Dock, Cardiff, was on Monday. the scene of
a terrible and fatal disaster. At about half-past five o'clock

the lower part of the town was Shaken by a concussion so
violent as to lead to the impression that an earthquake had
occurrec4 but on enquiry it was found to have been occasioned
by the explosion of carbaretted hydrogen gas, escaping from
coal, on board a large Prussian barque, called the Frederic
Itetzlaff, lying at No. 7, coal tip, on the east side of the dock,
which had resulted not only in the destruction of the vessel,
but also in the killing and wounding of nearly the whole of the
crew. It appears that on a coal-trimmer, named Clode, going
on bo. ri to commence his work,, he found the hatches down,
although the crew had on Saturday night. beau desired to
leave them open ; ho made three attempts to strike a light
with a match, without success. He then called for a candle,
which was brought by one of the crew, when the gas took
fire, and a terrific explosion ensued. The bystanders de-
..

sct•ibed the scene
the time, the Eheet of flair

fully gran.],

for being quite dark at

NVO 8 seen

frait s'

ging of the

Turner

TOM HUTCHESON, THE GLASGOW THIEF

Regarding this swell thief, a notice of whose conviction
and sentence to four years' penal servitude at' Liverpool,
appeared in the ifail of Saturday, we have the following
particulars :--Tom was one of the most adriot of his class
in the western metropolis, for though he must have been
practising his "profession" for a long period, be has con-
trived to escape pretty well. Young, about five add twenty,
remarkably genteel and good looking, and with more than
ordinary taste in dress, he was about the last person liable
to suspicion. He once kept a spirit cellar in a small
thoroughfare which passes from Adam's Court lane into St.
Enoch's square, and, while there, 'many robberies were
known to have been committed in the immediate locality.
At last he got into the toils, and passed from convictions at the
Police Courts to the County Court, and, having ripened for the
Supreme Criminal Court, he seemed either to have changed
his mode of life or to have become more watchful. The
- f 18;53 saw Tom the proprietor of a smart looking
in Dike street, and it was his frequent practice
to drive in to the bszaftr of a morning in a neat dog cart,
and p trehase and drive away his stock of fruit for his
shop. In short, he seemed luz.t such a man as would be
apt to be taken for one who must succeed—a kind of
shopkewer, who sported his gold watch, drove

van and his own bargain, and was certain to become
actable by his own industry. It was all deceit !
tapped from a Cowcaddene

rich and rest
One day about this time

artibtis while passing down Buchanan street (omnibuses
were his favmtrite resorts for prosecuting his callinO, and
scarcely hatl he alighted when a cry of " Stop thief 1" was
raised, IT an old lady in the vehicle had missed her purse,
containing a£s bank note and some loose money. Tom
darted through a court leading into Queen street, the re-
treat of Jackson on the. Sunday morning he was caught ia
the jewellery robbery at Itait's. The omnibus guard was
at his heels like an antelope. Tom, finding himself pressed,
contrieed.to pitch the purse and money from him into the
hop of Mr. Kennedy, stationer. He was run down in
Court, and taken into custody. He retained as his
ent a legal gentleman who has since been elevated to a
sheriff's seat, and he managed to get the case disposed of
before the Sheriff and a jury, and Tom got off with nine or
twelve months' imprisonment. On the following year, he
might hare been seen in a light new summer garb, stiff
collar, waterproof coat over his arm, and an umbrella in a
or
andin a
gt en thee
black glazed cover in his right hand, seated in a crowded
Gg a Falkirkhrsmay
Tryst,
Yout9
,orubreoreticßoami nwiahyu s
Station, orelbowing
u• n
rally among crowds of business men, himself looking,
and looking admirably, the h'nest pushing man of
business. Those who knew him, knew better, and in-
stinctively buttoned their pockets and felt if their watches
were safe, for it was evident he was at his old trade still.
The sequel is known, from the projected Olympic masked
ball in Glasgow to the Borough Sessions at Liverpool, and
thence to the convict hulk, there to pull a long face, melt
the hulk chaplain. with his penitenv, and put his tongue
in his cheek all the while, and anon to be seen at the next
Falkirk Tryst looking as young and commercial-like as ever
—for a four or a siy years' penal servitnde would seem to
be a mere pretence,—Glasgow Daily Mad,

MURDER OF A CHrLD BY ITS MOTHER
AT DOVER.

On Sunday morning last, about seven o'clock, informs.
tion was given to the Dover police, that a dreadful murder
had been committed by a young woman named Frances
Wallace, the victim being her own illegitimate child, a little
girl about five years of age. The accused is described as
an honest and industrious woman, who obtained her living
as a laundress. and the father of the child was the husband.
of the accused's sister. It is believed that the latter was
not aware of the intimacy yvhich had subsisted between her
husband and her sister, and that the fear of the fact being
divulged to her has operated in no small degree upon the
mh
aisn (wl
iotfh
thief,
he ist unfortunateew c rine aotnutrhes.
formed
Ir t is
med
an rumoured that
acquaintanceah
with
the withsec whoaret of
her dishonour, and at the s•sine time disclosed tQ hi,
she a youngman m
was on very intimate terms. So fully did she
confide in him, that
the name of her child's father—a revelation which
she declared had never before passed her lips. Prom some
na
shee dßi ig
entrustedi a carpenter,
to him
cause or other it appears that she has recently been im,
pressed with the idea that Bligh intended to reveal the
secret to her sister, who with her husband resides in Loos.
don, and the dread of this exposure, it is supposed, has so
weighed upon her spirits as to induce her to commit the
appalling crime of which she stands accused. She had had.
some conversation with Bligh on the Saturday night, as
they were seen together; the nature of it, however, is not
known, although from her exclamations immediately after
she bad committed the murder it would seem that some—
thing in connection with the dreaded disclosure must have
pissed, and she was labouring under the impression that
Tilizh had gone to London yesterday by the Sunday excur-
sion train for the purpose of tering the sister. Nothing
further is known as to the motive and very little as to the
dreadful fact, beyond the discovery of the child's body, upon
the mother herself raising an ala-m, with the head nearly
severed from the trunk. The woman was Seen the same
morning at five o'clock by a lodger, into whose room she
entered tor the purpose of making some friendly en,,
quiry; and nothing of an extraordinary nature was thew
noticed in her manner or appearance. From that time
until shortly after seven she was not seen by any one ;
but at the latter hour the neighbourhood was alarmed by
her screams. She had run ou', of the house, and upon
some of the neighbours c-miing towards her, they discovered
Tethhhaieltd, hera nh
neighboursn d
thats were e rt
on
nwc
aoe
svn covered with blood. Upon being asked
what was the matter, she cried out tehfarhotnosnthserehooaudmpmurdered her
oaced,refaodufnudnythecucthailsd
Ityeriningg'inththe
Owciethupiietds bthYroWatalsl
head only just hanging to the body. A case-knife covered
with blood was lying close by, and the body was still warm.
The nearest surgeon, Mr. J. G. Ottawav, was quickly in
attendance, but of course he was unable to render any
assistance, as a wound not a quarter so extensive, would have
been sufficient to deprive the poor little thing of life: The
child was in her night clothes only, and appeared as though,
she had let her bed but a short time. The unhappy.
woman, as soon as she was in the hands of the police
admitted her guilt, but assigned no reason for the crime.
From the first moment of her being taken into custody,
n literally ap:onotflotthahlfeeeablvhileoeciiitti:
however, she has appeared to be in the greatest mental
distress, and her ejaculatiops have been expressive of affee
tion for the murdered child, and abhorrence of her own
guilt.. She has made no statement as to her intimaay with
Bligh, or to what has ever passed between them witj.
reference to the child. It is said that, previous to this
dreadful occurrence, she always manifested the liveliest
regird for her little one. It has been assumed that she
contemplated committing suicide after destroying the child,
and that when she had exeuted the first portion of her
plan her nerve failed her; but nothing has tratterelred
justify such a supposition. The prisoner belongs to thav tiol
er,
where she is well known. She was exam'magistrates,ned before the
magistrates, and fully committed for trial. She was Eisiisted into the court by Miss Coram, the daughter of
the superin-;
tendent of police ; and before a chair could be brought for
her she had fainted. None could look upon her without
-experiencing a sensation of pity, so utterly did the sense of
her awful position appear to prostrate her. As soon as she
was partially restored to consciousness, the depositions were
proceeded with ' t hut the prisoner did not entirely rally
during the whole of the proceedings. She fainted away
more than once, and reclined during the whole of the time
against the daughter of the superintendent, apparently more
dead than alive. She did not ask any questions of the
witnesses, nor did she utter a sentence during the time she
was under examination, except some 'ejaculations expressive
of her guilt.

says that
TheßnalAnht,l°lainl
Tlic INVENTOR or POSTAGE
generallySTANEB.--
opeOrSttaaißnelySttahMeypSwlesrefirst b ascribedroght into -
, use In England, in
O-ffinecelr',7ll.tuteel'ant Treken-
ber, of artillery, peti.
bbauctkaaSstolBe2k3h,oalmszam
1... toned the Chamber of Nobles to
tlioB39fai.
propose to the r
-.averment to issue stamped papers.'
specially desitnecl to serve for envelopes for prepaid
letteM "The fact," it adds "is duly recorded In the
' talnutes of the Chamber, under date
of the 23rd March,
° 1823. The proposition was warmly supported by Count
de Schwerin, on the ground that the invention, if thus
used, would be both convenient to the public and the
oost-office, but it was rejected by a large majority,"
Hanes (New York) Merchant's Magazine.
INADEQ ACY OF FORBES MACKRNZIE's A.or.—The pro.
ceedings at the Scotch police courts are almost daily •• us proofs of the inalequacy of Forbes 1 illacken ; - giving
7.. a a bill to
suppress drunkenness. A few days ago, iD ;ess than fifteen
'minutes, parties were amerced at tb,z, c
Glasgow, to the amount of £52 1;',; entral-office, in
spirits without a license. The oia
1 because of selling
racter
who presented themselves as inf • , male and female*
apparently respectable as well ringers
of the law, were
amusing feature in one of the as the reverse ; and an
Irishman, who had been Lases was a request by an old
few days to gather the previously fined, to be allowed
sum of £l5, in which he was found
liable. As a matta.r of course, the means by which the
amount of the tine was to be raised' were the profits of tkb
illicit Lilt profitable traffic. We have a fall appreaiatlon of
the motives by Which the supporters of Forbes ititb.ckenzien
bill are actuated, bat it is impossible for an 7 person who
attends the police courts to fail to observe t'nat drunkenness
under then operation of the act, to say the least of it, hag
esed; and no one will be bold enough to
deny that it is only since the passing of the act
referved to that caul; of illicit traffic have mul ig
also true, that whilst the police are vigilant, atiplied. Itnd properly
so, in their dete ti
con of this 2pecies of crime, there are very
many instances in whieli a deterniination to make a case
exhibits an amount of dross-swearing which, as a matter of
coure, must be perjury either for the prosecution or the
defence. This is truly a lamentable state of matters, and
perhaps affords the best argument that could be adduced
far a parliamentary enquiry into the effects of the operation
of the act, We have no desire to afford facilities for
drunkenness ; on the contrary, we are anxious that proper
means should be adopted to suppress it, but we are very much afraid that since the passing of Mr. Mackenzie's act
more injury to the morals of the community has b een
effected than existed under the act of Rome Dr,i„,,m,nd,