The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-28 00:00:00

Table spoons, per doz,

Table Forks „ .. 30 at 74 4d.. 11 0 0 -40 at is 0 0
Dessert sroons „ 20 at 7s 4d. 6 8 335 at 7s 8d 97 6
Dessert Forks ~ 20 at 7s 4d.. 7 6 8 25 at 7s 6d 9 7 6
Tea Spoons ••10at 7s 10d.. S 18 4 12 at Ss Od 416 0
Soup ► adles, each .... 10 at 7a 4d.. 3 13 4 11 at 7s 6d 4 2 0
Gravy Spoons .... sat 7s 4d.. I 16 8 6at75 6d 2 5 9
Sauce Ladles
..241 at 7s 10d.. 012 7 3atBa Od 1 4 o
Susar Tongs _ 0 16 0
_

Salt Spoons 9, 0 5 0 I
...... •• •••••••
N.B.—lf for exportation, is 6d per ouncefor drawback is deducted
from the above prices.
An excellent substitute for the above is good ELECTRO-PLATE.
It can be made at any price, according to the material used, and the
th ckne.so of silver put on. In Spoons and Forks three qualities are
kept, all being in size, shape, and appearance the same as Silver.
PLAIN FIDDLE: PATTERN._

No. 1. No. '2. No. 3.
Table Spoons, per D0ten....4:, 10 0..42 10 0..41 10 0
Table Forks, .... 310 0.. 210 0.. 110 A
De sertSpoons, •• •• 2 10 0.. 2 0 0.. 0' 0
Dessert Forks, .... 2 10 0.. 2 0 0.. 1 0 0
Tea Spoons, •••• 1 In 0.. 1 3 9.. 014 2
Gravy spoons, each .• •. 010 0.. 0 g 6.. 03 9
Sauce Ladles. •••• 0 5 9.. 0 4 9.. 0 3 4
Soup Ladles. •••• 1 0 0.. 017 0.. 011 6
Sugar Tongs, •••• 0 5 0.. 0 4 0.. 0 3 0
Salt 5P0c".1.8,... . •• • . 0 2 3.. 0 1 10.. 0 1 e

Tea-pets, Waiters, Dishes, and everylirticle reonfrei for the Table
to either SILVER or ELECTRO-PLATE; likeerlise a large Assort.
meat of JEWELLER?. of the best quality.

Co be 31,et,

C GUTH POR.T. —TO be LET, a we I-fa. nis ed HOUSE,
1.7 delightfully sluated i ih.• best part of Lord-street, abcut
five minutes' walk from the Railway Stations, and may be entered
le House will not be Let for a shorter time
may be had on very liberal terms for one,
T partieu! ars apaly to Mr. Grigg. Bedford-
alticitlarly requested that no one
tors. _

UOon early in June.
.pan four -months, ar

rz more yea
house, Souihpori

will apply wbo intends cah

OLD or LE r, a newly-erected
ble OUTBUILDINGS, aftu-
es from Chester, and about

QWERSYLL'I
DWI.; f.LING-HODS
Ate at Givistad Bridge, about eight
!three Miles from Gresford and Me

_ Stations, on the Chester
'rod Shrewsoury Railway. The Hattie is built of Stone, and 's
situated on an eminence on a bank o the River Alyn, commarding
a beautiful view of the Valley of Gaersyllt. It contains Three
Entertaining Rooms and Nine Bedroom‘, and Dressing Rooms,
with Stables, Coach-house, and proper Offices arid Couvetiences.
There are about Ten Acres of LAND, which would be S Id with
the House.—For further p irticul n s apply to Mr• T. M. Penson,
architect, Chester; or to Messrs. Duncans, Squarey, and Blackmore,
I, Exchange-street West, Liverpool.

On Sate.

ON SALE, a PHAETON and DRAG.—Apply to BP. Middle-
burst, Manchester-street.

ILLUMINATION.-ON SALE, Brill ant CUT GLASS STARS,
with Fittings, complete.—Apply to Wm. DAVENPORT and Co.,
Canning-place.

IIN SALE.—A fine BAY MARE, Isi hands high. 4ix ye'rs old,
warranted sound, quiet in saddle or I;arnesS, and has carried a
lady. Also, a l)R 1G and HARNESS, in excellent order. —Ar ply at
I'Scxart's Stables, Oldham-street, where hey may be seen daily.

PON price 14 Guineas ; a amble-seated one, ample room
11 for four,•hind seat 'small when c'oie I, price 13 Guineas; a
Single -bodied, light its a gig, roomy, but comp ct, suitable for a
small pony of Miry country; both in co❑dition, and warranted.—
MdresS E. 6., 6, Upper Newington, private house.

ADORESS MR. PRIEST, BIRKENHEAD. HOUSES
HOUSES!! LAND! LAND !! —ON SALE, in large or
mall lota, variously situated, and ranging in price from about
£lOO to £6',ooo.—See H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire
Property Circular. Can he had g tubs and free by post. Cheshire
offices, for the Sale and Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross
Chambers (one door from Market-square) Market-street. Birken-
head.

X5OOO (In one or
9
Mortgage.
Lord-street, Liverpool.

wont?.

several sums) TO BE ADVANCED on
Apply to Mr. Houghton, solicitor, 32,

MONE Y.—WANTE D, good MORTGAGE SECURITIES.—
Apply to R. S. EvEnrrr, Accountant, Leicest?r-buildiaga
King-street.

nierrtat Ales.

THIS DAY

This DAY, the 28th instant, at Twelve o'c'ock, at the Brokers'
office, 17, Exchange-buildings,
5 Bales Damaged COTTON, and
A Quantity of Wrt PICKINGS,
ex Sisters, from Moblle.--For particulars, apply to
DUCKWORT H & RATH BONE, Brokers.

tais DAY, the2Btn instant, at One o',lrck, at the Brokers' office,

11, Temple-court
IRAN

347 Barrels Clic, now landing ex Euphrates,
1160 4-Drums Suit na RAP,INS, ex Arcadia.
RouGEITON & Gb VY.

Apply to

Brokers

Tots DAY, the 28th iustant, at the Brokers' office,
11, Temple court.
500 Wags New Brazil NUTS,
now landing ex Princess Royal.—•pply to
HOUGHTON & LEVY, Brokers,

Tnts DAY, the 28th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers'

office, Tower-buildings,
$OO Bags VALONIA, ex Taurus,
A Qusntity Damazed DIVI DIVI, ex Wm. M‘Gowan,
in King's Dock.—Apply to
JOHN' & SAMUEL BECKWITH, Brokers,

SATURDAY

On account of whom it may concern

On SATURDAY next, the 31st instant,'st Twelve o'clock, at
Hugh 23 and Ronald's, Atherton-buildings, 19, Dale-street,
b 7 Bags WOOL,
} all faults,
17 SHEEPSKINS,
rx Lucy Ring, from Monte Video —Apply to Isaac Hadwen, jun
and Co., or to HUGHES & RONALD, Brokers.

NEXT WEEK

TUESDAY

On account of whom it may concern

On TUESDAY neat, the 31 June, at f-llf-past One o'elocle, at
Golding and Nash's saleroom, C rn Exchange, Brunsw ck.street,
700 Packs English ManuraJured (Seconds) FLOUR,
40) Do. Do. D.r. (Thirds) DITTO,
500 Sacks RICE _
140 Do. Damaged WHEAT.
For particulars apply to J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers

Postponed to TUESDAY next, the 3rd June, at Twelve o'clock, at the
Brokers' ffice. Oldhall.street.
1500 Bundles Bombay HEMP.

For particulars apply to
GLADSTONE ttz SERJEANTSON,-Brokers.

R,

NODDER,

HATTER,

81, CHURCH-STREET,

Begs respectfully to inform the Nubility and Gentry of Liver-
pool that his NEW STYLES fur the Season are NOW READY
for Inspection.

1000 BUSINESS ADDRESS CARDS'I 12s 6d
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BY CHARLES WILLMER, GENERAL PRINTER,
NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE,
19, SOUTH JOHN STREET,

1000 POSTING BILLS PRINTED FOR 50s.
BY CHARLES WILLMER, GENERAL PRINTER,
NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, 19, SOUTH JOHN STREET,

BOLD BY

THE public mind, after having experienced
twelve days of the most intense anxiety, is at last
set at rest by the verdict pronounced in PALMER'S
case. This trial is without a parallel in the crimi-
nal records of this country, both in the time it has
occupied and the interest which it excited. During
the progress of the proceedings, the opinion
of the community underwent many changes.
One day's evidence seemed to leave no doubt of
the prisoner's guilt, and another promised a hope
of this innocence. In these oscillations of the
public mind there was no expression of acrimony
or exultation. All classes seemed fully impressed
with the gravity of the charge brought against the
accused, and the solemnity of the ordeal through
which he had to pass. The Press—the London
Press alone, broke that silence which well loveis
of justice observed, and drew from the Bench a
reproof of-a licentious disregard of public decorum.
The London Times was the only daily paper, and
the Examiner the only weekly journal, which dared
to compromise the title of the British Press,
to the freedom it enjoys, and uses with such
advantage to the civilised world. The London
Times, in a case where a man was on his trial for his
life, could not control its love of pandering to a mor-
bid taste and the breathless curiosity of those who,
in cases where property is at stake, would set no
limit to their denunciation of any attempt to bias
opinion, or defeat the ends of justice.
The public will, however, know how to reward
the conduct of our London cotemporaries. It
would be better that the Press were silenced, than
that one man should be sent to the scaffold by any
false or unfavourable impression, created by those
whose duty it is to watch diligently the adminis-
tration of justice, and not pronounce opinions
on questions placed before a jury for their cool
and impartial verdict. That PALMER has been
given such a verdict cannot be doubted. The
Crown prosecuted, from first to last, with
a determination and forgetfulness of cost
which the safety of society demands, know-
ing, probably, that no expense would be
spared to secure the acquittal of the prisoner,
The counsel for the defence made a vigorous
stand for the life of their client, and in the heat
of a struggle, on which the blood of a fellow
creature was pending, did all that learning and
genius could suggest. Sergeant SHEE expressed
his conviction of PALMER'S innocence, for which he
was rebuked by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who, after
exhibiting much warmth of feeling against his
able opponent, copied the example he protested
against, and not only asserted that the prisoner was
guilty, but asked for a verdict in accordance with
his opinion ! Nor did Lord CAMPBELL escape
failing into the same mistake..
In alluding to the " moral" evidence adduced,
the JUDGE, in summing up the case of the public
prosecutor, is made to use these words :—" Evi-
" dence has been called, necessarily of a circum-
" stantial character, tending to the conclusion of the
"guilt of the prisoner." This is certainly an
" opinion," and we were glad to find it
coupled with this caution :—" But before
" you return that verdict, you must be
"satisfied that the evidence fully justifies you
"in arriving at that conclusion." After such an
admonition from the bench, the care bestowed on
the investigation, the ability of the prisoner's legal
advisers, the disinterestedness of the jurymen,
and the time spent in the trial, there can be no
doubt that the jury have arrived at a con-
scientious conclusion. On a matter on which

there are so many conflicting statements on the
most vital points of evidence, we should be
sorry, even at this stage, to offer any
opinion. The report of the trial fills two
large and closely printed octavo volumes, and
we cannot, therefore, do more than refer the reader
to the concluding chapter of this appalling tragedy,
and the verdict of the jury, which will be found in
another column.

To MORROW the inhabitants of Liverpool will be
called on to celebrate a notorious peace, after one
of the most memorable wars ever recorded. Those
SHUDr:S, A who, like ourselves, view the world's repose as the
- • ___
primary and paramount objects of human existence,
will treat the political conditions on which we
obtained the blessing of tranquillity as matters of
negative import. In two brief years we have had
a full measure of war—senseless, savage, brutal
bloodshed, and well may we celebrate the
dawn of returning reason and mercy. To
the heroes who fought in the many well-
contested battles, all honour and praise is due.
They fought and conquered, and if the contest had
lasted for a short season longer than it did, Russia
and her- sympathisers would have been made to
hide their Imperial heads and eagles from the gaze
of Christendom. Our army and navy were ready
and equal to the work set before them. Peace is,
therefore, the crowning triumphs of our arms The
statesman's share in the glory of to-morrow is con-
fined to the rescue of the Russian vulture from the
jaws of the lion. The Allies had vanquished the
foe, and the Western Governments saved
the Muscovite the humiliation of defeat, and the
pains of annihilation, It is necessary to bear these
facts in mind when we seek to give vent to
our national pride, or expression to popular
COMMERCIAL STATIONERY, I opinion.

We profess, and in full sincerity, to revere the
material prosperity, political independence, and
spiritual welfare of all mankind. We know, as
rational beings, that peace favours almost, to a
supernatural extent, the development of all we
can desire in reason. Much as we may, and are
sure to distant on the political phases of
the Treaty of Paris, let us hail its one
and sole moral result as becomes a people
worthy of a Heavenly gift. We should have made
more by another year of war, we speak emphati-
cally, but it becomes us now to endeavour to
regain our losses, be they what they may, in the
current year of universal tranquillity. A jubilee of
triumph over bloodshed is due to the gallant dead,
who right or wrong, sacrificed their lives for their
country. To the survivors of the war of " routine"
which has thrown such lustre on the rank
and file of the British nation, a tribute
of respect and gratitude is owing. "Do your
" duty" is a favourite motto in this good old
Borough, and nobly the military sons of these
Isles have acted up to that behest. But it is
fervently to be desired that whatever trials and
dangers may overtake other States, we shall not
be again involved in further bloodshed. Deep
as our moral, religious, or political, sympathies
may be, with those who are suffering from the
various abuses known to us, we must studiously
refrain from what can.only end in diplornati,! inter-
ference after millions of treasure and a profusion
of blood have been wasted.

The demonstration of to morrow should not only
convey to the rulers of Europe our un mingled
satisfaction at the restoration of friendly relation
with Russia, but our solemn determination to

to prevent the speedy recurrence of war. The
Italian entanglement is one, of all others, from
which we should keep aloof, for many cogent
reasons, besides those we have already pointed
out. The apprehension of Cossack or Austrian
conquests in the East has disappeared, in the ex-
haustion of the financial and military strength of
both the CZAR and FRANCIS JOSEPH. The
American difficulty can be settled by with-
drawing a public servant from the States, and
leaving the American people to punish their own
filibusters, which they are sure to do, if we do not
interfere. If they should annex Nicaragua, it will
only be the old story of Texas and Oregon
thrice told ; and why we should go to war in 1856
for that which Whigs, Tories, and Conservatives
treated with contempt, in two far more important
cases, would be difficult to explain to the satisfac-
tion of the public—particularly if that explanation
is to come from a Cabinet of which Lord PALMER-
STON is the chief.

The position of affairs in Italy and America'
however, is the only circumstance which should
cause us the slightest uneasiness with
regard to the continuance of peace, and as
we can keep out of the former, and can as readily
secure an amicable adjustment of our trifling
difficulties with the latter, our peace demonstra-
tions shoull be such as to show that we will not
hastily abandon its blessings, for wars brought on
to gratify the whims of other Powers, or our own
empty national pride, and Ministerial love of
intermeddling in the business of other people.
But while every Englishman must wish to see the
utmost enthusiasm displayed, and all becoming
respect paid to the occasion, still it must not be
supposed that an illumination is to take place,
or that other outward displays of loyalty
and patriotism are meant to be general. Such
things are quite impracticable. The means
of thousands, the prejudices of others, the
occupations, and diversified engagements of
hundreds at home and from home, we all
know must render any universal exhibition
of joy quite impossible, and the public may,
therefore, we feel assured, rely on the good
common sense of their townsmen, for the
safety of property from the violence of mobs, and
for manly and becoming conduct from those who
partake of the amusement of a day set apart
from toil for the celebration of one of the greatest
blessings which could be bestowed on the earth.

FEARFUL CASE OF PIRACY AND CONSPI-
RACY TO MURDER.

At the Thames Police Court on Monday, Killian Lewis,

a seaman, described as a native of Chatham, and aged 26
years, was charged with feloniously conspiring to murder
the captain and officers of the ship Stebonheath, and to
piratically run away with the said ship, on the high seas,
within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England.
The prisoner, a tall, dark, and resolute-looking fellow,
was brought up from Gravesend on Saturday evening by
Inspector Richard White and Inspector Spain, of the
Thames Police, and they produced and laid on the table
of the court the following articles :—A. bottle of laudanum,
a keg containing very strong brandy, two bowie knives,
in sheaths ; two six-barrelled Colt revolvers, loaded with
powder and balls; two single-barrelled pistols, loaded in
a similar manner; a flask of gunpowder, a bag of bullets,
five small boxes containing percussion caps, a life-pre-
server, three shot moulds, one large boullie knife, a watch
in a case, a purse containing a sovereign, two half-sove-
reigns, two half-crowns, a shilling, and two sixpences, a
leather belt, a canvass bag, a piece of wood cut from a
ramrod, and a small bottle of scents. The watch in the
case is a very handsome Geneva silver watch, and not such
a one as a common sailor would be likely to purchase.
Captain John Sergeant said he was the commander of
the ship Stebonheath, of Loadon, which arrived in the
London Dock on Sunday morning. The prisoner was a
seaman, and he shipped him in Melbourne. His crew
consisted of 36, all told, and the passengers were 22 in
number. The Stebonheath had on board, as part of her
cargo, 61,000 ounces of gold, value 244,0001. The prisoner
conducted himself badly the day after he came on board,
and claimed as his own a chest belonging to another man
in his (the captain's) presence. The man came on board
the next day, and the prisoner was compelled to give up
the chest. He left the port of Melbourne on the 17th of
February, and five days afterwards was informed by a
man named Thomas Whittington that the prisoner had
proposed to murder the officers, put the passengers in
confinement, and run away with the ship. He caused
the prisoner to be immediately arrested and put in irons,
and went forward and took the fire-arms, powder. and
shot, the keg of brandy, the bottle of laudanum, and other
things out of the forecastle.
Mr. Yardley : You mean the arms and other things on
the table of the court ?
Captain Sergeant : Yes, sir. The prisoner was kept in
irons all the voyage, but occasionally allowed to walk the
quarterdeck.
Yardely : Are the statements made to you by
Whittington and Belitho inserted in the official log-hook ?
Captain Sergeant : They are, sir. The witness then
read a small portion of the entry, when

Total supply 1,400,000
Of the supply to come to ports .
Stock in ports

GALVESTON

CIIARLE STOW,

Gondar
B. Princess

S. Knapp .
Switzerland
E. Bonsall.

12,7171

Mr. Yardley stopped him, and said he had best have an
account of the transaction from the seamen to whom the
alleged proposal to murder the officers and run away with
the ship was made.
Two seamen, Thomas Whittington and William Belitho,
were then examined ; their evidence fully supported the
statement made by the captain.
Mr. Yardley said the case could not be completed that
say, but ultimately must be sent before a jury. He asked
if the mates of the ship were in attendance. _

Inspector White: No, sir; they are busy getting the
gold out of the ship, and cannot attend this day.
Mr. Yardley: Very well ; I cannot go further into the
case today. The prisoner was remanded.
'1 he prisoner endeavoured to win over a man named

Hugh Dent to his horrible designs, as well as Whittington
and Belitho. The prisoner, who came on board, prepared
to carry out bi 3 nefarious plot, told the three men that after

2,491,574 904,000

. 1,424,719 772,100

Less in 1855-6 than 1853-4, 1,066,855 131,900

the officers were murdered at d the crew " dosed" with
laudanum he should throw all the passengers overboard,
with the exception of the young women, and then sail for
the coast of Peru, where they could talco the gold out of
the ship, scuttle her, and send her to the bottom of the sea,
with all the women on board. Diabolical as this may
appear, there is no doubt the prisoner would have carried
out his intentions if Wittington, Kent and Belitho had not

proved faithful to their officers, and revealed the plot.
The passengers rewarded the three s• amen for their faithful
conduct and integrity, as will appear by the following
interesting document which Captain Sergeant kindly placed
at the disposal of our reporter:—
" Ship Stebonheath, May 20.11—Messrs. Thomas Whit-

tington, Walter Belitho, Hugh Kent,--We, the passengers
of the ship Stebonheath, from Melbourne for London, have
very great pleasure in expressing to you our best fee'ings
of respect and gratitude for the noble spirit you evinced in
coming forward so boldly, and unravelling a plot of mutiny.
under the following circumstances :—On the 22nd of
February last you voluntarily came forward and gave
information that one of the sailors, tempted by the great
quantity of gold on board, had b n trying to in-
duce you to mutiny, take the ship, and murder all
the passengers, and for a certain porti.,n of is, in
addition, a fate worse than death was contemplated.
We feel the more pleasure in so doing as it occurred when
the circumstances attending the plot were of such a nature
as to afford considerable hopes of its being carried out, and
we congratulate you on the honest English independence
which marked your behaviour, and on the principles that
prompted the course you pursued. The subscribed sum we
have handed to the captaic, at your disposal, and we beg
your acceptance of it, hoping that your conduct may always
he characterised by the same degree of fidelity and disin-
terestedness which has called firth this mark of our good-
will and esteem, so as to entitle you to the distinguished
appellation of true-hearted, faithful British sailors; that
this our spontaneous and willing testimony to your merit
may prove beneficial to your future prospects in life, is
the present prayer and sincere wish of us, the undersigned :
J. A. Hay, £2O ; Mr. and Mrs. M'lntosh and family, £3O ;
Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald, £2O ; John Hart, £2O; John F.
G. Sykes, £5; John B. Sherring, £10; William John
£lO. Total, £ll5.
" It was resolved unanimously by the subscribers that the
above sum should be divided in the following manner, viz.
—Thomas Whittington, £5O ; William Belitho, £5O ;
Hugh Kent, £ls.—William John Greig, Hon, Secretary.

1,535,000
305,000
430,000

735,000

Great Britain will get one-half, say
Now at sea
Stock in Liverpool .. 523,000

Total supply for Great Britain till Ist Nov. next 1,035,000
The consumption from now to that date, at 32,000
per week, and export, 3,000 per week, will
take off
Leaving a stock, Ist November, of 230,000

Against last year 2.5,000
So that it is clear that the enormous crop 3,550,000
will be all consumed, leaving the trade of this
country in no better position, as regards stock, than
last year. Spinners are now receiving a good deal
of cotton direct from the quay, and, con-
sequently, the demand in this market is cur-
tailed; but as soon as this supply is disposed
of, a better demand is looked for. The following
is a list of the ships at sea, and the estimated
quantity by which they are laden :

NEW ORLEANS. NEW YORK.
Prince of Wales 1929 Manhattan .. ...... .....1327
Envelope
Achilles
Acadia
Esmeralda..
Will Wirt 2813 Harvest Queen 7BO
Lady Westmoreland._ 2514 Planter ..2389
Harvey Birch ....L. 3377 Roscius
Oliver Jordan
Chesterholme .... .. 1861 E. Z. l9l
Pocahontas
Trimountain
Pegnot
Helios . 3068
Queen of the West . 3287 MOBILE.
Caspian
I .1906
Sam. Adams ... .... 2443,China
Harmony
Sarah G. Hyde 2802 Birmingham .2190

Aquila
Lorenzg
Cinoinnatus
Perthshire 2sBs:Advance 4663
Mary Hammond 2284'Ottawa
Highland Chief .... 1303
Will Witherlee 1919
Jane
Concordia
Charles Crooker 3342 Charter Oak
Agamemnon .. 2358 APALACRICOLA.
Kingston 35'10 Crown
New Orleans ....... 2111
- Nebraska
81,024
- New Orleans
Charleston .
2034;New York .
1402; Mobile
2535 Savannah ...
2508 Apalachicola
4238 Galveston

25,497

81,024
12,717
9,125
25,497
3,426
3 807
1,500

137,096

The Share Market is steady, and prices to-day
closed firmly as follow :—Aberdeen, 13,t 138. Ches-
ter and Birkenhead, 15/ 16. Caledonian, 30 301.
Chester and Holyhead, 151 16. Eastern Counties.
108 101. East Lancashire, 191 198. Great North-
ern, 231 241. Ditto A, 98 10*. Great Western, 60161.
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 924-94. Liverpool,
Crosby and Southport, 171. 171. London and North
Western Stock, 102* 1024. Manchester Sheffield,
and Lincoln, 291 i 29a. Ditto Pref., 11,4 111 Ditto
New 6 per cent. Pref., * Bp. Midland Stock,
78i 781 North British, 84- 81-. North Staffordshire,
6 50. South Eastern and Dover, 21 9-16 214
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 204 20a. York
and North Midland, 20* 298. Leeds Capital Stock,
161- 17. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 1716 1 9-161.
Dutch Rhenish, 1 9-16 Lap. Great Western of
Canada, 26* 264. Ditto New Shares, 313 p. Ditto
2nd issue, 3* 34p. Great Luxembourg, 8,1 7,1 d.
The Corn Market to-day shows a downward ten-
dency, and the amount of business clone has been
small. By the Persia we have New York dates to
the 14th current, and we resume our tables of the
exports of Cerrials from all the parts of the
United States to latest dates, from which it will be
seen that there is still a large deficiency in the
exports, compared with the season 1853, 1854 to
same date, and this deficit has increased since our
last publication of similar tables (April 14),
85,200 brls. flour and 39,000 qrs. wheat; the total
deficiency being 1,066,855 brls. flour, and 132,000
qrs. wheat. The reported exports are :

Flour. Wheat. Corn.
brls. qrs. qrs.
To British ports, 1853-54... 1,704,007 664,000 555.000
Continental do., 787,567 240,000

To British ports, 1855-56 792,260 500,100 481,000
Continental 632,459 272,000

Continental letters mention that the represen-
tatives of the States of the Zollverein hold their
meetings this year at Eisenach, and some curiosity
is manifested to ascertain the result of their delib-
erations. Prussia, it is stated, will submit to the
assembly certain propositions tending to the sup-
pression of the duties upon iron and grain ; and
Bavaria will ask for a new tax upon tobacco, and
that the present duties on wine be raised. On the
other hand Austria will claim to be represented in
the Zollverein. On this point it appears that
negociations are pending, but Prussia has pro-
nounced against her admission.
The Hogue has arrived from Sydney after a
good passage of 86 days. with dates to the 4th
March, gold to the value of 100,000/. on freight,
and 2,800 bales of wool. The amount of gold by
the Roxburgh Castle has not yet been ascertained,
and the sum stated yesterday has since been found
incorrect.

The trade and navigation returns for the month
ending the 30th April have just been issued,
which exhibit a satisfactory increase in the
amount of exports as compared with the cer
responding period last year, and also a great
augmentation in the tonnage of vessels employed
in the foreign trade. The items are as follows :
Declared value of exports in the month of
April, 1856, 9,424 9261; ditto for 1855, 8,085,9641;
tonnage of vessels entered April, 1856, 688,226
tons ; ditto in 1855, 465,451 tons ; vessels cleared,
854,292 tons ; and ditto in 1855, 715,725 tons.
The closing prices of Consols were 94;1 95.
The final quotations of Foreign Exchanges
stood as follows :—Amsterdam, short, 11 181
to 11 19. Do., three months, 12 1 to 12 12
Rotterdam, do , 12 1 to 12 11. Antwerp, do.
25 621 to 25 672. Brussels, do., 25 624 to 25 671:
Hamburg, do., 13 104 to 13 11t. Paris, short.
25 374 to 25 45. Do , three months, 25 722
to 25 80. Alarseilles, do., 25 721 to 25 80.
Frankfort, do , 1204 to 1214. Vienna, do., 10
20 to 10 23. Trieste, do., 10 21 to 10 25.
Petersburg, do., 364 to 36'4-. Madrid, do., 491 to 492.

At the Chantilly races yesterday, the Derby was
won by a horse named Lion, belonging to Prince
de Beauvan, but not until after a dead heat
between him and a horse named Dearnant belong-
ing to Count de Morny. The amount of the
stakes and entries was about £2,000.

THE BIRKENHEAD
DOCKS' BILL.

FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY

The select committee on the Birkenhead Dock Bill promoted
by the Liverpool corporation, sat this day at twelve o'clock, Sir
William Clay, in the chair. The other members of the com-
mittee present were—Sir Joseph Paxton, Sir E. Dering, and
Mr. Esmonde.

The Chairman having announced that the case on the part of
the promoters had closed,
Mr. Denison said that he appeared on behalf of the Birken-
head and Cheshire Railway Company, who had a case of their
own in opposition to the bill, and on which they intended to
call witnesses.

Mr. Calvert said he applied on behalf of the Great Western
Raihsay Company against the bill. They had also a separate
ease.

A discussion took place between the Chairman and the learned
counsel as to two separate opening speeches. The Chairman
remarked that it was quite clear that the grounds of
opposition must be common to both, and therefore the com-
mittee were not disposed to hear two speeches. The respective
learned counsel having each claimed a right to address the com-
mittee, on the plea that the grounds of opposition were distinct,
the room was cleared for the committee to deliberate.

On the re-admission of strangers, the Chairman said that the
committee had come to the conclusion to hear only one counsel
against the preamble of the merits generally, who would state
the case against the preamble common to both opposing patties,
who appeared now. That comprehended, of course, that
witnesses were to be called. The counsel so stating the general
case, would also be at liberty to state any peculiar grounds of
opposition. If, after the case was concluded, there should be
any grounds peculiar to the other opponents of the bill, then
the committee would be glad to hear counsel on be/half of those
opponents ; but it must be distinctly understood that the
second counsel would be confined to those peculiar grounds,
and which could not be stated in the general opening
against the bill. If now, the opponents of the
bill, having heard the decision of the committee,
would agree as to the counsel who should address the com-
mittee, generally, against the preamble of the bill, the com-
mittee were prepared to hear him, and also to hear witnesses
in support of his statements.

After some conversation between the learned counsel' in
opposition, Mr. Calvert said, in complying with the decision
of the committee, they proposed to call witnesses before ad-
dressing the committee against the preamble.
Mr. J. M. Rendell, C.E., was then called and examined
by Mr. Webster : He said he was engaged in the Holyhead
harbour works, the London docks, and many other similar
undertakings. Since the year 1843 his attention had been
directed to the Mersey and its docks. In that year, he was
engaged to inspect Wallasey-pool, with a view to making
docks. The peculiarity of the plan he recommended was to
have two basins, entering from the river. There were two
entrances, and a half-tide basin. Wallasey-pool struck him
as a spot peculiarly adapted for the wants of the Mersey. The
original plan presented to him he rejected, because he
thought it was necessary there should be a deep sill for
the wants of the Mersey. The local patties plan first
submitted to him was similar to the Liverpool docks, which
were six feet below the old duck sill. The witness pointed
out on the wall the plan he recommended, and which was sanc-
tioned by parliament in 1841; and having, at some length,
shewn in detail the advantages comprised in his plan, he gave
a lengthy history of the different acts of parliament obtained
for the completion of the Birkenhead docks up to the year
1851, all of which provided for the cons.ruction of the low
water basin, and involved the plan sanctioned by parliament in
1844. Upon the faith of these plans being carried out, and
the rights of the public preserved in the north reserve, the
crown made certain grants, and agreed to pay the expense of
making the north wall of the south reserve. Under these acts
and engagements with government, a great amount of sluicing
and other works load been proceeded laith and con-
cluded. Ho retained the opinion that the great low
water basin was not only necessary for fully carrying out the
trade likely to come to the Birkenhead docks, but also for
affording safe shelter to vessels. The Birkenhead and Cheshire
Junctio❑ Railway Company had expended between £200,000
and £300,000 in making the extension railway to the docks,
on the faith of the plan of 1844, fticluding the great low water
basin, being carried out. He did not suppose that they ever
would have made that extension had they thought that the low
water basin would not have been constructed, because without
it there would not be sufficient accommodation for vessels nor
dock space. The witness was proceeding with a further
narrative, respecting the proceedings in carrying out the
Birkenhead Dock Act subsequent to 1851, when
The Chairman said it was quite clear that the object of the
legislature in giving its sanction to the act of 1844 was, that it
would open a new communication by railway between the
docks and the inland country, by which merchandise might lac
conveniently shipped at Birkenhead. He, therefore, did not
think it necassary to go further into the history of the Dock
acts. Let them proceed to the merits of the case.
Mr. Sergeant Wrangham : I was going to say that on this
part of the case I think that both sides agree.
Mr. Webster : What I wish to show from Mr. Rendell's
evidence is, that the retention of the low water basin, and the
interests of the Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction Railway
Company are essentially identical.
The examination of the witness having been proceeded with
for some time longer, _

The Chairmrn said, addressing the witness : I suppose it is
to be considered that your plans give the best accommodation
for the railway traffic ? Mr. Rendell : I presume that is the
reason why they have called me here.
The witness, in further examination, said he did net think
it possible to carry on the trade, which the area of the great
float, viz, 150 acres, was calculated to accommodate, unless
the great low water basin was retained. He considered Mr.
Hartley's plan better than the one proposed by Mr. Abernethy,
in 1851.
The committee then adjourned.