The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-21 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE,

The weekly meeting of this committee was held yesterday,
CHARLES TURNER., Esq., in the chair.
The other members present were, Messrs. Barber Big-
ham, Ldngsdale, Littledale, Rankin, Robinson, Steele,
Tobin, Royden, Gregson, Evans, Brocklebank, Shand, and
Rounthwaite.

The CHAIRMAN informed the committee that he had at-
tended the commissioners who met at St. George's Hall on
Wednesday, with the solicitor, the treasurer, and the secre-
tary, to give any information with respect to the local dues
on shipping. The commissioners stated that they had re.
ceived full information about all matters connected with the
pdrt, and that their principal object to opening the Court
was to hear anything that parties might wish to say. Upon
.q, several gentlemen who attended Prom Birkenhead
complaint-

_ sas tc _le injurious effect which the dock
laws had upon their shipping. He (the chairman) answered
these complaints as far as he Was able ; and he thought his
explanation was satisfactory, and that any proceeding on the
part of the commissioners would not affect the dock estate.
The sub-committee of works recommended that the vacant
land which had been enclosed between the railway station
and Blundel-street, be let to Mr. Stubbs for the purpose of
making spars ; removable at a month's notice at any time—
confirmed. They also recommended that the committee
assent to the application of Richardson, Brothers, for per-
mission to store 2000 tons of coal on the west side of Wel-
lington dock, the coals to be piled under the direction of the
Harbour Master—confirmed. The offer of Mr. Abrahams,
to take up, level, and repair the street at the south end of
George's dock, and to complete the same to the
satisfaction of the surveyor within three weeks after the tender
was declared, was accepted. The offers of Messrs. Jackson
and Smith, to supply a scale and beam complete, for weigh-
ing palm oil, and also one for fine goods; of Messrs.
Jones and Abraham for supplying provender ; and of
Norris and Co., for supplying single and double straps for
driving machinery, were accepted. Permission was granted
to the surveyor to let George's dock dry on the 30th instant.
It is more than five years since it has undergone that opera-
tion. In the warehouse department the sub-committee re-
commended that the salary of Mr. Cowan, Superintendent
of the Albert dock warehouses, be raised £lOO per annum.
The Chairman, at the request of Mr. Bigham, read Mr.
Cowan's application for the increase, in which he stated that
for the eight years he had been in the service of the com-
mittee, he had reduced the expenditure, in labour and sala-
ries, one-third ; and that he saved them £5OO a-year in re-
pairing the warehouses. He also stated that, in addition to
his other duties, which were very onerous, the whole depart-
ment being entirely under his control, he was also in a mea-
sure surveyor of ships and dock-master.
Mr. ROBINSON hoped the committee would agree to the
recommendation, for if they were to search Liverpool they
could not find a man more fitted for the duties of his office than
was Mr. Cowan. The trustees might indeed be very active
and business-like, but yet it would be impossible to prevent
great waste taking place, unless by the supervision of a vigi-
lant officer.

Mr. EVANS said it was with reluctance that he declared he
was one of the sub-committee who had opposed the recom-
mendation. He considered that what Mr. Cowan received
was quite sufficient, and he should ask the surveyor what
had been the repairs done to the warehouses that Mr. Cowan
could have effected so great a saving.
Mr. HARTLEY was not aware of any repairs unless those
which the cranes might require, or work of that kind.
Mr. EVANS continued to say that the evil tendency to im-
mense salaries, now so prevalent, should be checked. They
had been going on day after day increasing the salaries, and
they were every hour in the council discovering such quanti-
ties of merit, that he declared he was now afraid of merit.
(Laughter.) As it was observed upon one occasion, Liver-
pool was one of the most fortunate places in the world, for
not only did they discover in every man whom they em-
ployed the greatest merit, but they also discovered that he
was the only man in creation who could do their work. He
did not know of these situations that if the parties were di-
vested of them to-morrow, they would not use every in-
fluence to get them again, and at the present salaries.
Mr. LANGSDALE observed that whatever Mr. Cowan
might think, he considered neither the place nor the
man worth the money. It was only a few weeks ago, that
Mr. Cowan applied for fifty guineas, merely for shifting from
one house to another, and he was really one of those men
with whom they would never be done.

Mr. BIGHAM Considered the application a most unfortunate
one, particularly when they had but just had the accounts of
the Albert warehouse before them. That statement of ac-
counts might be satisfactory, but certainly the result was not
satisfactory. In one paragraph Mr. Cowan said that the
whole success of the dock depended on himself; but if the
success were to be judged by the results of the year, Mr.
Cowan had certainly not much to boast of. He was a most
excellent servant, as indeed were all in their employment ;
but he (Mr. Bigham) hoped that their observations would
go forth into the council chamber, and have a due effect there,
where they were most wanted. Mr. Cowan at present had
£6OO a-year.

The OIAIRMAN : Only £5OO, and we propose to give him
£6OO.

Mr. ROBINSON : A promise was made when he accepted
the situation that his salary would be raised.

Mr. EVANS : A promise !—I was no party to any pro-
mise.

Mr. BIGHA.III observed that if Mr. Cowan were to resign
to-morrow, and that they advertised, they would receive a
hundred applications from men quite competent for the situ-
tion, for it did not require any extraordinary talent, who
would be glad to perform the duties for £3OO or £4OO
a-year.

-The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Cowan performed his duties
in a very efficient manner, and the superintendence of a de-
partment of this kind, involved very onerous and very disa-
greeable duties. And look;ng to the way in which Mr. Cowan
performed them, he did nit consider £5OO a-year too muchfor
his services. His (the Chairman's) opinion was, that they
should give him the advance. With respect to the coals,
Mr. Austin, the chief clerk, had coals allowed him, and the
sub-committee only wished to put Mr. Cowan on the same
footing in that, particular.
Mr. BIGHAM said, that less than a fortnight ago, he
applied that the salary of an assistant light-house keeper
might be raised. He only received 12s. a week, and out of
that he had to pay 3s. a-week for the ware and tare of his
shoes, he having to walk several miles every day across a
stoney road, to the place of his employment. His friends
had to supply him with clothes, and yet when he (Mr.
Bigham) applied for an increase to his salary, he was told
that the man's salary could not be raised at all, because he
had his chance of promotion. But here was a man who had
£5OO a-year, a house, and coals, and yet it was proposed to
increase his salary at a time when, from the efficient manner
in which he had performed his duties, the receipts from the
dock had dwindled down to almost nothing.- They could
not afford to give an increase of salary to a man on 12s. a
week, and now they proposed to increase that of a man on
£5OO a-year. It was really too bad.

The CHAIRMAN did not really see what the question of
an assistant light-house keeper had to do with the question
of the duties of a superintendent of a large warehouse of
this kind. The real question was whether they were
properly paid, and if either was not, he should be.
Mr. BARBER said that he was present at the meeting of
the harbour committee,. and he was under the impression that
the motion was for an increase of £5O a year.
Mr. BROCKLEBANK conceived that Mr. Cowan would
not be overpaid if he got an addition of £lOO a year.
His' duties were very onerous, and were daily increasing,
the tonnage received into the dock having, up to the
present time, exceeded that of last year by 45,000 tons.
Mr. ROBINSON remarked that for some time they had
not had a complaint about the management of the dock, and
that the estate was becoming so prosperous, that a reduction
of the rates was about being sought for.
Mr. BARBER had nothing to say against Mr. Cowan;
but he was aware that the parties at the head of those
departments had to go through a certain apprentice-
ship to learn their business, and that while doing
so, much loss had occurred to the estate. It was
not therefore fair that when they had learned
their business at the expense of the estate, they
should turn round at the first moment and seek for an in-
crease of salary. He was of opinion that £5OO a year was
quite sufficient for the ordinary detail work which Mr.
Cowan had to do, for up to the present he was not aware
that there was not a dock master at the Albert dock.
The CHAIRMAN : There is a dock master there.

Mr. BARBER : Then Mr. Cowan's statement as to his
additional duties in that respect, is wrong, and his claim to
thc increase so much the less.
A:vote:was then taken on the proposition, when there
appeared for thelncrease 9, against it 6r. The reconunenda-
tion wax accordingly adopted. The voting stood thus :-21w•

—Messrs.Royden, Littledale, Robinson,
Rounthwag:
Brockelbank, Rankin, Shand, and the Chairian.„,;ll,:
Messrs. • Gregson, Langsdale, Bigham, Tobin, -r'"

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save notice that at the next
e would call on it to put its veto
Te was sure that if an applica!,
next meeting to raise the De'
from 18s. to 205., every member would oppose it.
In the marine department, the sub-committee rec
ded that the proposed new buoy be built of 'o:°°d"
harbour master's department, the sub-committee,
'4 platform at the Iluskisson!
80 feet long be construetedi

Barber.
Mr. LANGSDALI
the Council

commendation

the want of

recommended that on(
The committee ther

THE PRESTON COTTON Si-
GREAT MEETING OF THE OPERA
'

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)

PRESTON, Tio‘

- THIS morning, about 5,000 of the unemPl°,!'l
operatives of this town, assembled in the Orellai;,
they were addressed by Mr. Fallowes, of Prest°
presided,) and by a delegate from Stockport. to
The CHAIRMAN said that some parties had 51thel
them, and declared they would not be able to Pal
outs is. per head this week. Those parties, llowece:d
perhaps be surprised to hears that the committee I
enabled to distribute 6s. per head, as heretofore)
munications had been received from various ,1 115141
country, from which it appeared that an amount "1
their most sanguine anticipations would roll in at
tb
this week ; for instance, Blackburn had prom
£5OO, and Accrington had passed a resolution to
its contributions from 3d. to 6d, per loom.
This afternoon, an aggregate monster meeting
by the committee of tl

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Of d•
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Mr. ales
were present.
roi iikree
Jriefly opened the P 81141 4
York
-.ER,
t" au
About the 13th of July, the operatifeei Ner,
innners, and self-actor minders of Preston iStt t:,23{M,
morial to each manufacturer, soliciting an adcP 11(10
per cent. That memorial was treated with silent c'llth
Subsequently, a second memorial was addressed 04.10 The
ployers, all of whom, with the exception of 1310 day
consented to give the required advance. Thosello. 400•
did not receive the ten per cent., were authorised TO'
legal notice to leave work ; and whilst that notice: kohiJl
served, the associated masters convened a meet'
15th 15th September, when they resolved to close thee
a month from that date, "unless those on strike Ity
pared to resume work." The result was, that 3i
were closed, and from 20,000 to 24,000 hands t: tt
of employment. All their endeavours to settle 3 We
having failed, what were they to do ? (Voice :
—Cheers.) The speaker concluded by recommen' ‘lre'
order, and frugality. Who
Mr. J. TOMLINSON moved the first resolution 0 4414
" That our request for an advance of 0 per cent. is t!eit,
able and just one." 1111
044
lie said the operatives were always willing to 50 t • 1
their masters the loss consequent upon a depression '1(14)e
and, under these circumstances, he thought they "creo
entitled to participate in the general prosperity. j!
Mr. J. MONK briefly seconded the resolution, 511
carried unanimously, as also were those which follo \\/
Mr. J. GREEN proposed the second resolution 'o'
~kICIII
Tint this meeting views with deep regret the dete(it,
have comae to of closing their mills, an am
said meeting is of opinion that such a proceeding, 1., „to.,
judicial to the masters themselves, is attended with 01: ~.13 4) 2
injustice to their workpeople, and to the communite'o 44ieb'
lie observed that many would doubtless feel the egef, 1011
lock-out very severely, but he hoped that rather 10'042i,;
they would be content with one meal a day. t 4 19
Mr. T. BRADLEY seconded the resolution.
Mr. M. JOLLY was intrusted with the third re Akg h
or,
which was as follows :
4,)f
That we, the operative cotton spinners and „" 11,
Ana
ontl'ilnOdepresrofcePnit.e.sattonthoasree
mresolvedlls whteor
es ttahned 1
ofirm
er focreii%-rboa,
~Yi 53
bees given, and to persist in a perfect adhesion
.// 'oar'
by supporting and subscribing to its funds with ''l3 '-
and main."
After urging upon his hearers the importancete~y .166,
the masters in their attempt to crush the union, 10i;
stated that the self-acting minders of Preston reeeesto
third less wages than they did in Oldham. In no ;
class of operatives sometimes received, some as 44 1
and some as high as 16s. or 17s. ; but in
earned on an average 28s. per week. (SurPrise). 1
Mr. LAMBERT seconded the resolution.
now 11 OA
Mr. E. SWINGLBRURST said they were n- 3 bk
ryth vesselegrotoo
dohnaandadgt ehamiounpeeeasstttihmloea:
ins Stehaane,dafanpvduoburwuheaaotuptdiaiheYoop:o, or,
7,11t11,1
was to guard against the rocks and quicksands. Th
in
nuf coetuvh hitherto
ting in every hour against the tyrants who hacl,e'dfi46-t, ;le
mills ; for never was a greater piece of injycos
body of working men than had been consumes a4e Many of them had been working quietly 5,"p ell i.rath„
under their 10 per cent, and no reason had,""iArte'.l titti
why the mills were closed, and the operatives ac pre SO e.
enjoying that peace and happiness which they sc,
Zty
entitled to. Wages were not now the quest!- °,4 to
manufacturers of Preston. They were doternanlsi„ tt
up the combination of operatives—to split the!ef :Otto.
tions, and crush them. That object, however, ti-Itlo eere't
never accomplish if the operatives were only tru„eo
f Xl7
selves. Let them be firmly united, and he hau
the result. In Blackburn, Darwen, Stockport,„g
towns he had visited, they were resolved rather tureif
the 10 per cent. they were now enjoying; to lose tlio.if
Their masters told them they could not continue t°olli LT,
advance unless the Preston masters conceded a 's' ttly `C
vance. The Preston manufacturers must be beatell 41)
was sure they would be beaten; they would ger,,)
thrashing as they never had in their lives. (C11e..,e 'eo tqo
ferring to the project for co-operative self-emple)— titti
speaker stated that such was the countenance it liaLdb 4110 (k,
that they should soon be in a position to set about.
factories of their own. (Loud cheers.) 0 15,
Thanks having been voted to the chairman, ihm° 01 0.
terminated " with three cheers for the Union and P. tf,
cent." aY
ttia

spinners and self-actor 10
held on the Marsh, under the presidency of Mr. /'

gent. Upwards of 10,000 persons were present.

The CHAIRMAN having

briefly opened the Pr°ll

introduced

who gave a history of the Pre'

the mute

pit
THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE AND
.L.,EsED) ,
MONKS.--A case of considerable interest came ').„°
T. J. Hogg, the revising barrister for Northulnved
Morpeth, on Monday last, in which the question 31; d
ther a monk of the order of St. Benedict, who had ;j0
ordinary religious vows of poverty and chastity, e°01:
property which could entitle him to vote foram
Parliament. The Rev. Thomas Almond, of .174°'0
Paul's-square, Liverpool, and sixteen other Roma,
120,
priests, monks of the order of St. Benedict, C' ,
vote in respect of each having a share of all, ,
house and garden, situate in Oldgate, Morpe'se
other claimants named in the deed could disP°ot
property as they thought proper. Mr. Brumell,
ing the claim, said he apprehended it was nutbiett;
for him to take up the time of the Court on this su
appeared that, under the vow of poverty, taken I):ri.jo
persons, such persons could not possess any proportl
Any property which was conveyed to them vce°og,
benefit of the order to which they belonged, all'ocr
it in evidence that this particular property was e°
the claimants as trustees for the benefit of tione
Mission. Mr. Lowe had stated that it would g.,;sifit
mission at the death of the parties ; and snap 1
were so, the present claimants had clearly only a Po. Il'
in the property; and instead of an interest of 4,3,,l
each being requisite to give them a qualificatio,
necessary that the property should be of the annwoV
£l7O at the least, which was not the case. Ilot:y
the vow of poverty was something consonant lc 117'
of chastity. They knew that the vow of chastity, it,
fectly binding on the consciences of those who to,eurt,i
precluded all possibility of marriage ; and the t),°,
therefore adopt that as a rule in considering t'irtP:
poverty. Independently of that, it does not aPPe4 e
claimants had been in the receipt of the rents of t' fact
for six months previous to the present time, 3
erit
was of itself an insurmountable bar to the Pres be
The barrister said the question was as to tbco
interest. The claimants had never received allYttbal,
the property. The evidence entirely failed npou a"
and he should strike the names of the claimants °

a,
14,

account. Claim disallowed accordingly.—Globe'
DID You EVER ? —Did you ever kucor,.o 014
which did not hit the workman harder than
Did you ever know an hotel-keeper whose cllOl
would bear the test of a tallow-chandler ? 9141
know a Continental tourist who, if he unfor.tellfer
pened to speak English, didn't everywhere dis,°„°d. 1104
charged at least double for it ? Did you ever.
fessional" win a game of billiards of you with
ing your defeat entirely to his " flukes ?" 3-',"•og 9
know a cockney take to boating without dreP,ilieg!
up aIdT. P. Cooke ? Did you ever meet a I.`;
sufficient strength of mind to ask for cabbage •90
ever hear a 100-player confess to having w°llq
"just a shilling or two?" Did you ever know;,,
off without the awful apparition of a " w°Pcs *it
ever find a penny-a-liner who, in speaking el cot"'
abstain from calling it " the devouring clew„
you ever know a Continental shopkeeper whlicl t°o,i
might not be proved a Lucas-a-nonentity ?. tbelple'
start upon a railway journey without hearing or 4
observation "Now wer'e off ?" Did yen ~et plod
alarming sacrifice" which, in practice, did 11;er ;ilBll
completely one of principle ? Did you, ,coiog,,et/
life hail a city-bound omnibus that wasn'lPilio;c4o
directly" back to Bayswater ? And as a finalew tic,
you ever know a cabman who, since the 11;.e 11)-
force, could by any eloquence be induced to
for a shilling?—Punch.

211°-ETARY AND COMMERCIAL

„Illt c, LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING.
~,liolit uurt of the Bank of England rose to-day,
~dise,„lll,aking any visible alteration in the rate
re disc
So far the Bank may be said to be
that th b. Last week it was generally understood
uee4,,,,,e rate of discount was positively to have
fortao"'ised at the meeting of to-day. The demand
eettisneY still continues, and as much as 54 per
Tile rreadlly obtained.
rbritisfa ,ceipts of the bullion market are progressing
it,olvii e‘°4l3”. The John Sombay, from Hobart
440,4' and the Undine, reported yesterday in the
!old, :41%; DAILY TIMES, bring 1,344 ounces of
Itlia,":°1111 about 5,376/. While the steamer for
lateanrnich leaves Southampton for the Mediter-
24403P1t°1aY, takes out specie to the amount of
Lille :1-) of Which only 10,0001. is gold.
41'elv London Stock Market has experienced
Ilit'eatY change since yesterday. Consols closed
40,/c,9111, for money and time. Reduced 901 to
lklk ih'v,3, per Cents., 921 924. Bank Stock, 216
454 1-,Ta Bonds, ss, dis. to par. South Sea
lo
The ft 4. Exchequer Bills, 3s. to 7s. prem. .
'9
(10 .Cireign stock market was depressed again
Stittild Buenos Ayres Bonds declined 11 per
algtie .Iq,exican flat. Russia Stocks higher. Por-
kt 37 4 -blonds 4 cents. at 415, and the Threes,
per
b Theatid"3B.
i4ight -.are market continues to improve.
, lieg°,ls advanced to 94. North Westerns to 102 g,
Vtrii,juire and Yorkshire, 611. Lancaster and
• Ne',..3os. lower. South Easterns 571. Great
,INt vellinsuiar Railway 4 prem. Luxemburgs,
t, ere ,1, Pa French Shares, no transactions Mines
;0101,;',Lower. Aqua Fria, Anglo-California, and
~/. 41 Gold were* lower Bank of Australasian,
b 4. C lower. Oriental and Chartered of Australia,
`414,1d0n Dock Stock was 11. lower. Crystal
_ 4: shares were heavy at 10s. prem.
9,.,ere-,„llsnal weekly returns show the following
Naea-"„' in the railway traffic, as compared with the.
oris l'l, eriod •last year :—Great Northern, 4,0731.,
411 ah.",,e_rvick, and combined lines, 4,111/. ; Lon-
S-1,7 North Western, 1,650/. ; Oxford and Wor-
.oo r -1',1251 • Midland, 1,4451. ; Great Western,
k'ot, hg d,',l Caledonia an combined lines, 1,2521. ,•
l'°llth-111,and Brighton, 997/.; South Western, 8911.;
I'6 ern, 481/.
to de; Liverpool cotton market was quiet, but firm
4°ooc The sales amounted to 6000 bales, of which
The taken for export.
11°111'' share market remains inactive, and prices
lllllisail.
1, tia•-s'atest quotations in the markets alluded. to
mtklie-i„artiele, will be found under their respective
tt another column.
Ike LLION MARKET AND FOREIGN EXCHANGES, t
bkill4t
~i;e-the current prices of Gold, as follows, of
kta,e, Lile
gh , merchant in calculating the rates of
14114, l'h- Exchange, by the actual current rates o
,Li.oli°,f' aS last reported :
"ihrdat°ll., 778. oil ; Paris, —; Hamburgh,— ; Am-
-I,l' ' ---- j Vienna Petersburg, ; I3r-
-8 -",....''' h; aillan, ,;
Constantinople, ; Alexandria,
1,11;-°,,tabay, " Calcutta, ; Hong liong,— ;
I,,,'')' ;',!s• 9d. to ;s. ; Port Phillip, 775. 3d; Adelaide,
„,`lrt i':yoria, 775. 6d. ; Ovens, 765. 6d. ; Montreal, —;
-.At° ; Boston, £3 17s. 9d.; San Francisco,
lye -ke'xico ; Brazils, ----•
Nklktlll%Lll3iolil a return of the Foreign Exchanges,
-,11'1%"1 according to the London Mint price of
to 'ksterbd. the ounce :
1,,, "I,lkl short 11 164 to —l7 ; do, 3 months, 11 183
.2 1 9;tco'tt d 'iii, 3 m. 11 181 to 191 ; Antwerp,
441511,6`:0 to er
a4O'; Brussels, 3 m. 25 35 to —540t0;
LlO -g, 3in 13 61 to 74; Paris, short, 25
37 .
17 424; do 3 '
_ln 25 35 to 40 ; Marseilles, 3 m. 25 1 3,
' 64; Pr, ankfo.rt, 3 m 1201 to 1201; Vienna, 3m. 1
3711
,10 af, ; Triestell. 18 to 11 22; Petersburgh,
it
44g,, hn‘ ; IN.Fid-' 3 111.49: to 50 ; Cadiz, 3m. 50 to 50g ,
taPle'stil,3' nirl. (3%310% 30 20 ; Genoa, 3m. 25 45 to 25 50;
Zetisit 3 in. 413 to 42; Palermo, 3 m. 1243 to 1241;
A,,, 3 ni. 1241 to 125 ; Lisbon, 3 m. to 544; Oporto,
York 14.'')Ii to 531 R. Janeiro, 60 days, 28 to 294; New
'iystlitte, 109-1 'to 110 ;. Boston, ditto, to ; Foreign
z 413, 4 bars, £3 17s. 9d. , Mexican Dollars, Os. Od. ; Silver
ties Stand, Os. Od.; East India Company'sßills.dolr
mo.
60 ds ; Calcutta Co's Rupee,
42z i 4. 4 1 , Bombay
,6-16ths ; Madras do. 2s. Hong Kong, ss. 9d. to
,Oid ; gydney, 30 ds. 3 dis., 1 pr. ; Adelaide, 30 ds. 1 dis.,
" t; Launceston, 30 ds., 1 dis. 1 pr. ; Hobart Town, 30 ds.
i pr. ; Wellington, &c., 15 ds., 1 dis., 2pr. ; Geelong
4 , I dis., S pr.; Alexandria, 999; Shanghae, 7s. Od. to
k;Canton, klk to .

STATE OF TRADE

Th e 1/4. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.
Sularket
has continued in firmness since our
We 38'1:8 report; and in some descriptions of
t76PL'Ils a considerable business has been done.
-:"s, however, have been very low, and. some.
tti°n!. erilare again on contract. Water twist, in
6:14, ettriut 16 to 24, are more enquired after an
'Tearer. The home trade buyers are doing
44 cloth, there has been rather more ac-
. 4
Bhirtings and goods adapted for India.
i
atiaannouncement of the suspension of the
-" respectable house of Mr. John Pooley,
egret spinner, here, has been heard with much
h.7,00/1 The liabilities, which amount to about
''ereh") fall chiefly, we understand, on the cotton
allts and brokers.

SHARE MAI?KETS.-YESTERDAY.

Ll
) RPOOOL.—We have had another dull market to-
closes at its worst. The sales are :—Caledonian,
Eastern Counties, 113 ; London and North West-
qlo%l7h; kidlaud, do 9 ; Lancashjre Insurance, pt. The
(; 't are the closing prices :—Caledonians, 241 3.; East-
kq;Rae
/toe_ 13, 1111 12; East Lancashire, 15t t ; Lancashiire.
414asshire, 618 2; London and North Western, 10214,
2(0 68/ 9 ; South Eastern, 171 1; Sheffield Stock,
ttlaVkki\lovr,,
---LeSTER.—We have had. a very dull market_
b't„,•alld prices had a dwindling tendency Very
111,', of had been done. The present unsettled appear-
Vtikita grain and money markets, together with the
tr,kop„e‘ory aspect of the Eastern question, deter investers.
Ili'Lllket„4,atino_,'_at present. *The following was the business
:---East Lancashire, 153; Lancashire and York-
-4
2; London and North Western, 1021 c
L",• New iths, 7-18 d ; Do. Qrs C., tp ; Midland,
tl'.ol%,Tß,tti Eastern, 17 7-16 1 7-16.
SRO Eastern,
and Exeter, 94 ; Caledonian, 49 ;
taAh`Lnd llolyhead, 151 ; Eastern Counties, 111; East
e 1; IV, 62; Great Northern, 74 Great Western, 80
l`ll4,,ettai,•aeaster and Carlisle, 85 • Ditto Thirds, 111 pm ;
ttq amiri and Yorkshire, 611; Leeds Northern, 121; Lon-
-2a11i04 11,,ghton, 94 ; London and North Western,. 1021;
CI% South Western, 75 • Ditto 501., 291; Ditto 401,
Z;ni,atichester and Lincolnshire, 191 • Midland, 581;
LNorth Staffordshire, 11?-, ; Shropshire -Union,
V 44 f`dut Eastern, 581 71 ; York and North Mid., 45 48.
r 4,
tern
at a fixed rental. Clydesdale Junction, 99 ,
,wv,ver4 (Z 25 paid), 29i. Preference Shares.—
'ounties, New 6 per cent. Stock, 13 ; Great
Irredeemaitle 4 per cent., 97 61; Lancashire and
ptc,bres6 per cent. Stock, 1391 ; Oxford and Wolver-
biiki 100 Ditto (Ll 5 paid), 151. Foreign :—Great.
h.t54!--eninsula, 51 ; Luxembourg, (Xl5 paid), 68 ,
ik7ilwaY (XlO paid). 44 a ; Sambre and Meuse (L2O
ka;' 114,1,1\ OCT. 10.—Consols 901; 31 per cent Stock,
Stock, 218 ; Ballast debentures, 95; National
ItZkloNv",,,, paid 23 Min. Co. of Ireland, 7 paid, 158 ;
1, •*4 "PPer Mine, £5 paid, 54; Cork and Bandon
41(1) 61e0 -paid, 52 ; Great Southern and Western, £5O

rly,..ivEßpooL MARKETS—THURSDAY,
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expressly for the Northern Daily Times.)
to 3 ties as been in fair demand to-day from the Refiners
Itcte. egnsisting of 130 hds. Jamaica and St. Lucia at 335.
Itt'34 84)16,1t f Demarara. at 335. 6d. ; 220 hds. Port
• 11
; andso baskets Java in bond at 235. 6d. per
410 x,
4°l sEs and Rum there is not anything to report-
-1,k°??1," articles 'e latter are inclined to dro3p.
12% at, D--The
transactions reported to-day, comprise 300
,kti°4linge at 455. 6d. ; with 350 bags " all faults" at
vi „.7,2 bags Ceara, at 445. to 475. per cent.
The sales arc confined to 700 Lags Bengal, at I4s.
‘lll,t,;` oft, °t of white PEPPER is reported at 91 per lb. The
tt,\ti'nttoed to-day were bought in, there being little or no
IN NT, Purchae.
'Nf‘t'll(!,"ere has been more activity in the market, and
lif':•:.,)fillg°lls are in demand at 111 per lb.; but there are
V41,4'4 at this price.
,51,11‘41,0CC. The sale to-day are 6,000 bales, 1000 having
t °l' export. The sales include 250 Pernams and
i°s(' Cid. to 71d ; 150 Bahias, 6id. ; 100 Egyptians,
j 44 0,111'1;; 1000 Surats, 3d. to 41d. The market closes
to4rnincss. Compared with Friday's rates, Amer--
%1. are id. dearer. Brazils are Ad. and ;lid.

)rt to4pretB Tia` OF THE COAST.— f
The people of
Ems' •SO apprehension the de enceless state of
1' 111 the eme vent of a warbettyeen this country and
titth
at
IN4 or "trtiEs CORNWALL.—Some good
glikit9wlyrinla,elcerel have been secured during the past week
,44tIchltY .qf 'Yost. At Meagissey, last Friday, a large
1)1,r-it Bein•ePilchards were discovered to the westward,
N18tuB) w'tBl,N4tre Put to sea. The ash, however, passed
" g near the shore, and nothing was