The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-04 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIES

The Royal mail steamship Thames arrived at
Southanipton on Sundiiy Morning at seven o'clock,
bringing the usual mails. We should have an-
nounced this arrival in our impression of yester-
day, had it not been that our telegraphic despatch
was delivered by mistake to a contemporary in
Castle-street.

Her dates are Jamaica, Sept. 10; Trinidad,
Sept 10 ; Montserrat, Sept. 9; Antigua, Sept. 13 ;
St Thomas7s, Sept. 15; and Mexico; Sept.: 3. The
freight on -board; includes 2;328,539 dollars from
Mexico and Panama, on account of merchants ;
also 81,000 dollars of Mexican dividends; and 103
Ounces of gold dust. From Jamaica there is very
little news of iinportance. A large and influential
meeting has been held for the purpose of adopting
-measures for the carrying on more effectually the
mining resources of the country. Resolutions
were adopted, and arrangements of the most satis-
factory character entered into.

A valedictory address has been ordered to be
presented to Sir Charles Grey,. on his retirement
from the Governorship of Jamaica. The non-
arrival of Sir Henry Barkly, and the consequent
increased delay which must occur in the settlement
of financial affairs, will have the effect of considerably
limiting business transactions. Yellow fever still
continued its ravages, but its effects were felt more
amongst the newly arrived Europeans thaai the in-
habitants of the island. At Granada, Dominica,
and Montserrat, many fatal cases had also occurred.
The import markets at Jamaica had been over-
stocked, and should the various commodities be
sold, they could only be disposed of at ruinous
prices—the necessary effect of reckless specula-
tion.

GAROTTE ROBBERY.—A man named Key, was
garotted on Sunday night, and robbed of 7s. 6d. whilst pas-
sing the corner of Moon-street and Down-street.
ROBBERY FROM A LAUNDRESS'S CART.—On Sunday
evening, a basket containing a large quantity of clean clothes.
the property of the Rev. J. L. Pain, Falkoner-street, was
stolen from the cart of the rev. gentleman's laimdress, whilst
it was standing for a few moments in'London-road.
DEATH BY DROWNING.—A boy named IHenry
Cooper, of Manchester, aged 18 yeais, and who, on last
Friday, wa:s bound apprentice to the ship "Kent," lying
in the Stanley dock, and now ready for sea, was unfortu-
nately drowned on Sunday night in the canal or cut ad-
joining the dock. The mate, Robert M`Calmont, saw the
boy go ashore about half-past seven o'clock on the evening
of the occurrence ; he also observed him returning, but,
unhappily, mistaking the ship, and not being aware of the
proximity of- the cut, he ran past her, and in a moment was
precipitated into the water. Every effort was made to
save him, but in vain ; the body_wasAaken out alniut half
an hour afterwards, but the vital spark had-fled.
MANCHESTER ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION
OFANCIENT FOOT-PATHS.—Yestorday afternoon, at half-past
3 o'clock, a Meeting of the Committee of the Manchester
Association for the Preservation of Ancient Foot-paths, was
held in one of the Committee Rooms, of the Town Mall,
King Street. There was a very limited attendance. In the
absence of the President of the Association, Mr. R. T.
Walker was unanimously called to the chair. The Secretary,
Mr. Samuel Cottam, of Brazenose Street, amongst other
things stated that he had written to Didsbury respecting the
putting up of some stumps at Northen, which were con-
sidered an obstruction. Since writing he had heard nothing
further about the matter.— The Secretary also stated that he
had received from Sir John Potter, the sum of £ll3 10s. the
balance of the Flixton Appeal account, with interest, which
he had deposited in the Bank of Sir Benjamin Heywood.
Mr." Cottam said he found very much to his amazment, that
there was, at the Bank, in favour of the Association, a balance
which together with the sum he had received from Sir John
Potter, made the amount standing at the credit of the Society?
£248 Os. 3d. The Secretary resolved that in consequence of a
statement having been made that a foot-path at Pendleburgh
had been obstructed by Mr. Hutchinson, he had written to that
gentleman on the subject. Since then, Mr. Hutchinson had
called upon him (Mr. Cottam), and stated that he had not
altered the original foot-path, but that he had made an
additional one. The public were permitted to use, not only
the old, but the new foot-path, and from all that had yet
taken place, they." seemed to. prefer the new path. No
inconvenience was in any way caused to the inhabitants by
the formation of the new road. —The Chairman was requested,
and agreed; to direct his attention to some -alteration pro-
posed-to be made in a foot-path, leading from Newton Heath
to Clayton, and to report progress thereon---The Secretary
stated that he had. sent to the proper quarter a communica-
tion respecting on encroachment- at Heaton and Norris,
caused by the railway authorities, not making an arch-way
in the proper place, so as to allow the path now stopped up,
to pass under the railway. It was stated that the subject
is to be brought under the consideration of the railway
directors.---After a short conversation, the Secretary was
instructed to write to Mr Holt, a farmer at Heaton Norris,
and to request him to put in proper condition' the portion of
a foot-path, which he has ploughed up in one of the fields
he occupies. It haiing been ascertained, that the Local
Board of Health, of Rosholme, had given instructions for
the division of a foot-path in Birch Lane, Rosholme, a de-
putation,- consisting of Messrs. Walker, Megson, and Cottam,
was appointed to watch sthe• proposed' alterations, and to
take such steps thereon as might be by them deemed
expedient.