The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-09 00:00:00

of a traffic which makes the public uneasy, and which
Consists in selecting the finest pieces of coin and withdrawing
them from the currency for their surplus value. This
practice, the tendency of which is to destroy the general
equilibrium of our monetary system, was under the old
law regarded as an act of debasement of the coin of the
realm, and punished wieh the severest penalties. Modern
legislation cannot be powerless under such an abuse, which
has nothing in common with the undisputed principle of
commercial liberty. The attention of your Majesty's
government is very properly directed to this evil. But in
looking at the question in its general and permanent aspect,
we see, sire. how unfounded are the fears which some
entertain. When, notwithstanding the exceptional needs
of which I have just spoken, the sum total of our exports
exceeds the sum total of our imports by an enormous
amount, it is impossible that the balance which in our
favour, and which since 1850hasamounted to 1,360,000,000 F,
should not have brought to us against our sales more specie
than has left us for purchases. A very remarkable feet
comes to confirm this conclusion. According to official
customs returns, Fiance has received in gold or silver since
the same epoch 800,000,000 f. more than she has exported;
the first eieht months of the current year figure in this
for a bonus of 72,000,000 f. No doubt the declarations
of exportation have sometimes been incomplete, but the
same is true of entries. What has become of this money ?
It is not lost, sire; it is in the country; it has penetrated
by the thousand channels of circulation which aliment the
numerous establishments of public works, manufactures,
agriculture, and commerce; it has been meeting the new
wants which result from the development of social activity,
and by its fecundity it augments the general stock of public
wealth. The embarrassment now felt does not, there-
fore. arise from any fundamental vice, but from
transient causes. The situation of the treasury, which is
an excellent one, is a new proof of this. The first two
loans have been paid up, and the poyments of the last,
which will suffice to liquidate the war, are met with
exactitude. The public revenues augment, as I have just
said, in a ratio without precedent. The taxes ara paid with
the most rare punctuality, and even in advance. Money
flows into the public exchequer. The payment of the
dividends of the last six months has left us with a reserve of
0,000,000 r. It must be evident to every man of sense
that these are the evidences of a situation which is 00.1 at

bottom. For these reasons, sire, I have thought it, right,
in preparing the budget of 1858, to lay aside the pre-
occupations of the moment, and to take the natural and
normal movement of the public fortune as the basis of my
estimates. At the same time, being desirous of limiting as
for 1857, the chances of supplementary credits, I have
according to your Majesty's orders, appreciated the expen-
diture with the utmost possible exactitude, and the receipts
with the greatest moderation. Thus, notwithstanding some
improvements made in the situation of some of the minor
functionaries, and the allevittian of some flictl hardens, we
may hope that the budget of 1858 will largely suffice for its
expenditure.—l am, &c., "P. MAGNE"

ILL•REGULATED CLOCKS ON THE LAN-
CASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES,

Sir,—Will you allow me, through your piper, to bring
under the noticli of the managers of the Lincishire and
Yorkshire Railway Company, the lie, that the clocks at
each station differ very much io regard to time.
You, no doubt, know how anncying it is to parties to be
too late for a train, but it is much more so when it is not
their fault. I travel on the Southport branch of this line
daily, and am surprised that the station clocks vary so much.
Several times, lately, I have missed the train in consequence
of this, and resiling near a small station, I have been, with
others, much inconvenienced. It would seem a sin di
matter to keep the clocks right; perhaps a_ hint through

you would have the desired effec

servant,
Liverpool, October 8, 1856

—Your obedient

A CONTRACTOR.

ARREST OF A SWINDLER IN LIVERPOOL,

YESTERDAY,

For some time past a number of grocers, through town,
have been the victims of a swindler, whose operations
appear to have been rrtther extensive. His general mode
of proceeding was as follows : wou.d go to a shop,
and, after stating the very high character which he had
received, both of the proprietor and his goo-l=, ho would
order a quantity of tea to be sent to his ho.el, or 1 id4ing,
as the case might be. The parcel, of course, was f,rwar led,
and, on arrival, the fellow would ask the messenger, "Why
he did not bring the coffee that he ordered ?" lie would
then tell the messenger to go for the coffee, and in this
way he managed to get possession of the tea ; and, it is
almost needless to say, that he was not to be found
afterwards. The police have been on the look out for some
days past, and, on Tuesday, officers Carlyle and Horne, of
the detective force, succeeded in arresting a person named
William Taylor, on a charge of having stolen 10 lbs of tea
from Mr. Henry Kirkman, grocer, of St. James street.
The prisoner was brought before Mr. Alderman Turner,
yesterday morning, at the Police court. He appears to be
respectable, so far as appearances g 3. It was stated that he
is a native of Scarborough. On Tuesday the prisoner went
to Mr. Kirkman's, and obtained 101bs of tea, after the usual
dodge ; he had it sent to an eating house in Park lane, and
he managed to send the messenger back to the shop for
some coffee, and then left the eating house, with the tea
under his arm. Seeing Carlyle, perhaps, " looking out"
for him, he asked him "is this Park lane ?'' Yes, said
Carlyle, and I want you. He then arrested him. He told
the officer not to give him into custody, as he was a respect-
able man, bat was reduced in circumstances. Mr. Kirkman,
who is chief manager of Mr. Hendley's wholesale and retail
trade, was examined, and corroborated what Carlyle said.
A youth, in the shop in St. James' street, proved that the
prisoner ordered the tea to be sent to 106, Park lane, and
Mr. Kirkman said he had given instructions to the boy
(the porter) to deliver the tea if the prisoner asked for it, as
plans were laid for the prisoner's arrest, and the tea was
accordingly delivered. A young man from Mr. Jennings, in
Park-lane, proved that the prisoner ordered ten pounds of
tea, which was not to be delivered without money, and
another young man proved a similar case, and the boy who
went with it said his instructions were not to leave it with.
out payment. When he gave the tea to the prisoner, he
told him to go back and fetch seven pounds of coffee, and be
did so, but when he returned the prisoner was gone. He
obtained over £4 worth of tea from Mr. Mullen, grocer;
and it was stated that he had been successful in obtaining
goods and other things from Dublin, by means of false
e s pretences.titute. He w
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forthe trcharge,ial. the prisoner said he was
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EXTRAORDINARY FIGHT WITH A BEA.B.

Captain Hall, of the schooner Adriatic, sends to the Mcago
Tribune, an account of an encounter he and five of his crew
had had with a black bear, while in a small boat in the Bay de
Notue. On Monday the 2.5 th August, while lying at anchor
within the head of the bay, the captain says, " My attention
was called by one of the crew to a large black animal on White
Fish Point. which, on examination with a glass, proved to be a
very large black bear just taking to the water, with the inten
tion, apparently, of swimming to the opposite shore of the bay,
which at this point is over a mile wide, the distance being divi-
ded by two or three small islands." He ordered the boat to be
made ready. It was manned by four oars and a clumsy paddle.
The wind was blowing strongly at the time. They teok no
weapons except an old dull axe and a bread knife. The bear
swam from them as the boat approached it, " and Wetmore,
who had the axe, aimed a blow at his head, intending, to cleave
his skull, but struck a little too soon, inflicting a deep wound
in the neck, at the same time cutting off the tip of his ear,
but did not touch the spine or any important blood vessel, and
the wound bad no other immediate effect than to enrage him.
He turned toward the boat in a moment, showed a set of tusks
that would have done honour to a wild hoar, and gave a deep
growl, more like that of a lion than anything else I ever heard.
He did not attack the boat at this time, but struck out with all
his might for the nearest island. He was a powerful swimmer,
and the two oarsmen had no light task to head him off.
As we came up with him again he eluded the second
blow aimed at him with the axe, and it was lost over-
board, which left us with no weapon but the knife. As
we came up with him the third time I gave him two thrusts
in the neck wth the knife, ono on r ash side of the spine,
sending the blade in up to the hilt. lle note turned upon us
and attacked the boat, growling with terrific fierceness. As
ho came up, I gave him several tin usts with the knife,
j
avoiding the passes he made with his powerful iris, one con-
cussion of which would, no doubt, have broken or taken off
My arm. Striking the bow, the blade of the knife bent nearly
double, rendering it useless for the time. I then seized the
pine paddle and gave him a blow upon the skull that shivered
the paddle in pieces, but which seemed to have no effect
whatever upon the bear. He now got one paw upon the
gunwale of the boat, and seized it with his teeth: At this
critical moment the oars were brought into requisition by the
mate and crew, and several well directed. blows from them
the
coming down upon him at once, forced him to relinquish his
hold upon the boat. He now sought safety again in flight
toward the island, which he had considerably neared during
the fight. We immediately pursu,eiceliocalgtyaino,f improvedtabnedbloatbroought
the time to strengthen my knife blade, and as we up
hold him in this position
gave him another thrust in the neck, at.id then seized him by
the long hair upon his rump. Tire
hboisathefoardwuanrdd,erlitcaosulldwvaesryinetalsrielybow, and. the. men urging
a chip out of the
notwithstanding his powerful struggles, he having no footing'
arid liauled Inn, into the boat'
upon the bottom. While struggling he. struck the side of the
boat with his open paw, each nail taking
plank. His struggles grew weaker and .fi ri
when we supposed bina dead, -oaey ceased
°ale 350 toc
and pulled for the schooner. As he still showed s;gris of life
he was killed outright by a blow over the head,. and by coffins'
jthe jugular artery. He was estimated to weigh F
600 pounds. He was pronounced the largest bear ever wet
with in that region."