The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-07 00:00:00

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NOVEMBER 7, 1856

THE DAY'S NEWS

• readers are aware, the first meeting of
Council, as newly constituted by the
unicipal elections, takes place on Monday
he first business to be transacted is the

Mayor and Aldermen in the room

) retire

ings, ha

s their term of office has
have

s Prodigal)

; and, with an effrontery
rises all their public movements
ve resolved to throw overboard the

of popular representation, and to disr

g aid the spirit L-if not the letter—of the Municipal
Corporation Act, Fired at the defeat of their pet
candidate in Lime street Ward, and the rejection
of Mr. Longton in Everton and Kirkdale, this un-
principled squad have determined to " pitchfork,"

ala gold sty-le, Mr. Chilton, Mr. Raymond Haugh-
ton, and Mr. J. Buck Lloyd. or Mr. Christopher
Bushell, into the Council Chamber, as Aldermen.
Let them try this most reprehensible line of conduct
—and which we have but little doubt they will—
and sure we are the ratepayers will not fail, at the
proper time, to visit every member of the Town
Council who votes for the introduction of non-
elected gentlemen into the Corporation with that
marked and signal reprobation, which shall send
each and all " into the quietude of private life."
`his system of " pitchforking" outsiders, as the
Yankees term it, is highly objectionable, and fraught
With mischievous consequences to the entire
bommunity. To mend the matter, Mr. Shand is
robe thn new Mayor. Now, it is a notorious fact, that
Mr. Shand holds his seat in the Council by virtue
of the "pitehforliing" principle—for although he has
offered his municipal services to the ratepayers,
they

',Lave been invariably rejected, and one occa
Sion most ignominiously. The Tory party, when
he obtained a seat in the C,)uncil, sent him into
the Dock Committee, where he has been their
shining light, without, however, manifesting, on
any occasion, an aptitude for the discharge of
public business, or the talent to warrant his
elevation to the chief magistracy of Liverpool, over
the beads ofgentlemen who have rendered, for along
series of years, essential and most beneficial
service to the people of Liverpool at large.
_ _

s intimated in yesterday's NORTHERN TIMES,
ton has had a field day of it yester-
Manchester. Numerous ad-

I Palmers

nted to the noble Pr(

emier, all

of which eulogised his conduct as a statesman of
tried and wall proved abilities. These addresses
emanated from the Mayor and Corporation of Sal-
ford, the Mayor and Corporation of Manchester,
and also the Directors of the Mechanics' Institu-
tion. In the proceedings connected with the pre-
sentation of the addresses, we believe Lord Pal-
merston had great reason to feel perfectly proud
of his reception. We give, in another part of this
day's paper, a special report of the entire affair,
and cannot help thinking the Cotton Lords
of Manchester have been endeavouring to turn
over Lord Palmerston to their pet project, the
robbing of Liverpool of its vested rights—the
Town Dues. His lordship comes among us for a few
hours to-day. Let the ai)thorities induce him to go
docks ; visit the spacious ways which the
nmittee and the Town Council have
Dr developing the trade and commerce
and thereby promoting the progress

round
Dock

I un. f

y of the m

tring interests of

generally

ce, more; let him be
Hall, and there see, with his
erected for the ad-
in of justice, in which the people of
e county are concerned. Let this be
and we mistake much if Lord Pal-
..ton will not be disposed to curb the pilfering
c;nernes which have been produced by Mr. Lowe,
but which, certainly, have been hi a great degree
---octed by the grasping monopoly of the great
Manchester, who cannot bear to think of

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the ent
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;Tess of this, the greatest
)rl.l. We hope, therefore,
ill see enough to satisfy him

Paris Congress ?" and repeats the report, that 1
England and Austria are opposed to the renewal of
the .Conferences, or only consent on condition that
Russia is excluded. The Debats concludes by
" supposing" that Austria and England will
not persist in their opposition. The same
journal publishes another article directed
against the Austrian occupation of the Princi-
palities. It points out that, while the English
journals say that the occupation is but temporary,
the Austrian journals assert it to be fur Austria
" a principle," and a means of maintaining Austria's
political preponderance on the Danube. M. Saint
Mark Girardin, who signs the article, protests
against this, and insists that the Danube shall be
free ; and that Austria shall be content with the
natural commercial preponderance given by her
geographical position. In conclusion, M. Girardin,
who writes at great length, and with a display of
emphasis, says that he can well conceive why Tur
key is " anxious " and France " concerned " at

its state of things

LORD PALMERSTON'S visit to Liverpool to-day
will be rather a memorable event. The Right
Honourable Viscount will be the guest of a Cor-
poration over-charged with c',reuption, and a
Borough loudly demanding Municipal Reform.
Whether the majority of the few invited to meet
the Premier will be composed of gentlemen who

sit in the Council, and tax the public without
having been elected by the tax-paying Burgesses,
the list of the mayor's carefully selected guests
will best explain. It would be idle, however, to
think of giving Lord PALMERSTON'S visit a political
complexion. The Noble Lord comes he re simply
as the guest of Mr. STEWART the Mayor, or as the
visitor of the Mayor and Corporation. If the
Premier comes in the former capacity, the Mayor
)erfect right to limit his invitations to his

has a

immediate friends ; but if Lord PALMERiTON has
been invited to visit the second Corporate towa in
the Empire, the Mayor would have shown much
better taste if he had consulted the Council
as to the reception which should have
been given to so distinguished a Statesman,
and have thrown the doors of the Town Hall open
to the Corporation. Using the Mayoral Chair, as
Mr. STEWART would his private carriage, is some-
what outre. It makes many right minded men in
the body corporate feel that they have been most
wantonly and grossly insulted.

Lord PALMERSTON, as one of the leaders of the
Municipal Reform Ministry, will, moreover, be
greatly surprised to find himself surrounded by
the most determined political opponents he has
in this Borough. The Premier may not expect to
find " the right men in the right place," in a large
and comprehensive meaning of the phrase ; but
he will probably look forward to meeting a fair
proportion of men who support his Cabinet's
policy. Any other arrangement will necessarily
entail great embarrassment on the noble Lord
and his civic host. Suppose, for example, Mr.
STEWART gave the favourite and almost irresistible
toast of his party, fancy the deep vermilion tint
which would spread itself over my Lord PAL•
3IERSTON'S countenance ! Fancy again the Reform
Premier asking the Town Councilmen and
Burgesses of Liverpool to join him in a
bumper to the success of Municipal and
Parliamentary Reform ! No steel could cut so
deeply, or leave so indelible a mark behind it.
What, then, is the party to be ? There can be no
mutual compliments passed. Our well hawked
docks, the usual reference to the trade of the
modest Mersey, which blushes at the uses made of
her name, and the great prosperity of the country
must be equally divided between those who are
stout hearted enough to venture on a speech.
There must be no joviality for fear a stray cup
should give utterance to awkward sentiments, or a
long-cherished opinion.

The oil of Toryism and the vinegar, or rather

acidious vapour of Reform will never mingle in th

it qtiotat

same tankard. Still there must be some speeches
What opinion would the Premier have of
Liverpool if the Corporation could not address a

Prime Minister ? But what are they to talk about?
It will not do for the Mayor to lay the pruning
hook to the eastern olive branch, or Mr. SAMUEL

HOLME to commence stripping the leaves off a
cauliflower. It is earnestly hoped Mr. SHAND will
not allude to certain lions in Lime street, and that
Mr. J. BUCK LLOID will leave the mermaids just
where they are. Unfortunately our best speakers
will be excluded from the Municipal board by a rude
mistake. Should there be a grievous exhibition of
moonshine, or any serious faux pas occur, it may be
rectified by a memorial to the First Lord of the
Treasury on behalf of offending spokesmen, and
assuring the noble Viscount that the best of our
Municipal orators were not present on the memor-
able occasion. But, apart from the oratorical
portion of the semi-Corporate feast, the public
of this old English Borough will be delighted to
hear that the noble Lord has been treated with
all the respect and attention due to the high office
he fills. He is no friend to abuse at home or
abroad; and, although we may not all agree with
the mean's by which he hopes to relieve nations
of the corruption and evil rule which bears so
heavily upon them, we have the consolation of
knowing that, if human freedom has not been
advanced by his long official labours, he must be
counted among the benefactors of civilisation.
Saying this much does not pledge us to the adop-
tion of the noble viscount's promised Reform Bill,
nor to the advocacy of his present or future foreign

While in Liverpool it would be well for the
PREMIgU to !satisfy himself as to the legality of
our Town Dues, so that he may be able to set Mr.
LowE right when he again attempts to attack the
Corporate revenues of the realm. The subver-
sion of the rights of property is a species of
political brigandage which the lowest order of
demagogues in this country have never thought of
suggesting, and we feel convinced that no sane
Minister of the Crown will ever identify himself

with such a doctrine. Our Dock Estate is too
vast for Lord PALMERSTON to comprehend at a
glance, yet the magnitude of the works the noble
viscount will see before him, and the immense
importance of the trade they accommodate, will,
it is hoped, excite the attention of the noble lord,
and induce him, at a future day, to bestow a little
thought upon the subject, particularly when
4,000,0001. Dock Bills are brought before the
Legislature. It would also be well for the head
of the Government to make a note of the fact,
that many of the aldermen of this Borough,
who vote on public money questions, atid who
decide nearly all the matters put to the vote in the
Council Chamber, are not the representatives, by
election, of those whose interests and substance
they deal with in the Corporation. It is necessary
that our rulers and legislators should know
that there is such a thing in this Con-
stitutional country, as taxation without repre-
sentation, if they do not already know it. For this
palpable grievance some practical remedy is
required, and was never more loudly called for by
the public of this great commercial Municipality
than it is at the present moment. We feel con-
strained to allude to these things, still we heartily
join in the welcome, with which the noble vis-
count will be received, by all classes of the com-

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING.
The Cotton Market to-day has been steady,
prices remaining for the most part as noted in
our remarks of yesterday. The sales are 7,000
bales, of which speculators and exporters took
1,000. The market closed with firmness.
There has not been such a good demand for
Railway Stocks and Shares. The market opened
very weak, but afterwards improved. The tenor
of the accounts from London, however, caused
another reaction, and business left off with flat-
ness, at the lowest point of the day. Among
the latest transactions were the following :-Black-
burn, 8; Caledonian, 281; Eastern Counties, 9k;
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 94, 1, t• 4 ; Lon-
don and North Western Stock, 1031; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, 34, a, 1; Midland Stock,
79, 1, H, 9 ; South Eastern and Dover, 21, 516,1 ;
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 201. As already
observed the closing prices fell. We thus quote
them :-Aberdeen, 12.1 1.21. Blackburn, 91 91.
Chester and Birkenhead, 15 16 Caledonian, 281
28'4. Chester and Holyhead, 18A- IBa. Eastern
Counties, 9 1-16 9 3-16. East Lancashire, 201 21.
Great Northern, 234, 231 Z. Ditto, A shares, 10 '
101. Great Western, 641 65. Lancashire and
Yorkshire Stock, 941 945. Liverpool, Crosby,
and Southport, 18 181. London and North
Western Stock, 10-V2- 1031. Manchester, Sheffi-M,
and Lincoln, 34a 341. Midland Stork, 791 791-.
North British, 91 91. North Staffordshire,
515:;',1. South Eastern and Dover, 21 5-16 214.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 201 20Z York
and North Midland, 291 291. Leeds Capital
Stock, 181 181. Buffalo and Lake Huron, e Bp,
Dutch Rhenish, 11 lip. Great Western of
Canada, 241 241. Ditto, New Shares, 21 2,:p. Great
Luxembourg, 11 1011.
Our accounts from London inform us that the
Money Market is still strinvint. The Bank of
England directors have not made any alteration in
their rate of interest, and there is still some
difficulty in obtaining discount accommodation.
In the Consul Market there was not much business
transacted to-day, still business wore a steady
aspect, although prices were hardly so good as
yesterday. For Money the opening price was 94.
A rise of 4 per cent. then took place, the next
quotation being 921, but afterwards they fell to the
opening rate, 92a.For the Account, sales were
made at 93fr and 931. The New Three per Cents
sold at 921 to 921. We append the closing prices
of the day. Consols for Money 931 931,
transfer, 931 New Three per Cents, 921.02:
Exchequer Bills, 2s to 4s premium. ditto for
The London Share Market was firm throughout
the day, and closed with a steady feeling. Sales
were made in Caledonians at 561. Great
Northern, 931 93. London and North Western
Stock, 1031 I. London and South Western,
105. North British; 38. Doyen, 711 701.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 80i, 81,
1. IYork and North Midland, 59. We append
the closing rates of the day:--Caledonian,
571 1. Eastern Counties, 91 d. East Lancashire,
83 84. Great Northern, 94 1. Do. A, 8-1 85
Great Western, 65 651. Lancashire and York-
shire, 95 1. London and North Western, 1041 1
Leeds Northern, 184 Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln, 35 351. Midland Stock, 801 1.
North British, 38 I. Dover, 721 3 York, Ne
castle, and Berwick, 811 82. York and North
Midland, 60 601.
Our reports from the Corn Markets of Birming-
ham, Manchester, and Cork, held to-any, show
that the trade in nll these places ruled dull, and
holders, in order to effect sales, would willingly
haveoaati
caution,
eaput edd
ral oewr ee
lryp rmi caeds
e, b ut by
purchases
uersacted
to satisfy wh
i t
immediate and pressing wants.

We have the following report respecting the
Market for American Securities :—During the
week the Market for American Securities has been
somewhat firmer, owing to a slight demand for
investment. Transactions, however, have been
limited; and were chiefly confined in Illinois
Construction and Freeland Bonds at previous
rates. The shares have been 9, 10, 12 premium.
A few Michigan Central Bonds have changed
hands.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

---•,--
FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING
A rather violent article, against England, in the
semi official Constitutionnel, has created much sen-
sation to-day. It is printed in the largest type, and is
signed by the " Political Director" of the paper ; that
is to say, in other terms, it is nothing less than a
manifesto of the Government. It says that Turkey
cannot, without degradation, consent to the pro.
longed occupation of her territory by English and
Austrian forces. It says that France and all
Europe have condemned the pretensions which
England and Austria arrogate to themselves. It
declares that, by the Treaty of Paris, the town of
Bolgrad undoubtedly belongs to Russia. It says
that Russia has offered to submit the papers
respecting it, and all others in dispute, to the
decision of a Congress, and that the conduct of
England and Austria is a violent and arbi-
trary means of preventing a solution. It asks if it
be desired to recommence the war? if the "English
Ministry desires to enter the lists anew, not to
oppose the execution of the Treaty of Paris, but
imprudently to tear it to pieces in the face of the
world, with the view of satisfying ambitions for a
moment disguise ?' It solemnly asks the English
people if they will ratify such a line of policy ; and
it reminds them that the Emperor Napoleon has
proved a faithful ally to them, and says, that it is
not he who repudiates the alliance. Stating that
certain of the English papers are wrong in repre-
senting that the Ministers of the Empire do not
really represent its true policy, it concludes by
saying that England and Austria. in order to put
an end to the existing crisis in Europe, ought to
consent to the assembly of a new Congress.
As a set off to this article, the republican Siecle
publishes one in which, with much energy, it
defends England for resisting the pretensions of
Russia.
The aspect which this affair has assumed has
really became very serious. A few such more arti-
cles as that of the Constitutiomel, with the retorts
which they cannot fail to draw from the English
press—a few more disputes such as that which
has just taken place at Constantinople—and the
Anglo-French alliance may be considered as defi-
nitively at an end.
Whether or not the French Government be really
desirous of- a dissolution of the alliance, I know
not, but it is impossible not to see that its conduct
in the Turkish questions, and its manifest leaning
to Russia, look very like as though it did. About
an hour ago I met a gentleman who knows a
good deal of what takes place behind the Imperial
scenes, and when I asked him what he thought of
the situation of things at this moment (by the way,
he had just left an important political personage) he
said "We are on the brink of war ! The present
complications of Europe are so frightful that war
is inevitable ! Besides, he added, war is indispen-
sably necessary to the present government. As
it imposes silence at home, it must give the people
grand spectacles abroad." These • words are cer-
tainly significant.
A council of ministers hell today, at Compiegne,
lasted for the unusually long period of three hours.
What took place in it, of course, I have not
the pretention to know; but I hear it said that
important resolutions were come to.
M. Brenier, the Minister at Naples, has not,
it turns out, yet been to Compiegne, though
it was said he had gone there immediately after
his arrival in Paris. He has had a long conference
with Count Walewski, the Minister of Foreign
Affairs.
The Marquis d'Antonini, the Neapolitan Minister
in this city, is about to leave for Brussels. As he is
accredited to the Belgian Court as well as that of
France, his departure, in a diplbmatic point of
view, does not, it appears, amount to a rupture of
diplomatic relations.
Count de Persigny, the French Ambassador at
London, has arrived here.
Paul Delaroehe, the celebrated painter, has just
died.
Political events for some time past have had no
influence on the Bourse, but the turn things have
taken with regard to England, has to-day caused
alarm, and led to a rather heavy fall in all
securities.
A letter from Frankfort says, that as the Ger-
manic Confederation has declared in favour of the
pretensions of the King of Prussia to Neufchatel,
it will place on foot a corps d' armee to menace
Switzerland, if she does not do what is required of
her.

According to advices from Lyons, the financial
crisis has had less effect upon the Silk Market of
that city than might have been anticipated, and the

business remains quiet, yet prices are again looking

up. Stocks are generally so reduced, that a very
slight clemann in nufliciont to givo an impetus to

An extensive London firm furnishes the following
monthly report of the markets for hides and
leather:—

The aspect of the leather market continues satisfactory.
Although the supply throughout the past month has been
considerable, the demand for most articles has been still
greater, and unusually small stocks are left in the hands of
the tanners and factors. We cannot, however, quote any
great alteration in prices; on some articles higher rates
have been obtained, while there is scarcely any instance in
which our last month's quotations are reduced. When it is
considered that this position of the market is attained at a
time when the increasad value of money most be supposed
in some degree to restrict the operations of buyers, and at a
season when the supplies usually become limited, the firm
character of the market is clearly shown, and but litVe
doubt can be entertained, prospectively, of higher prices.
In raw goods a considerable amount of business has been
done, with a general tendency to advanced rates.
More disasters are disturbing the district of
South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire. The
partial stoppage of Messrs. Fox, Henderson and
Co., of the London Works, near Birmingham, and
consequent upon it a foundry near Wordaley, has
created considerable anxiety, as no one knows
what such suspensions may lead to. Several
ironmasters who can do so have agreed to blow
out some of their furnaces and reduce their make,
as they find it impossible to sell pig iron at present
rates to realise anything like a fair margin of
profit, and to stock pigs would be unwise at the
present high price of material.
At the present moment the importations of all
descriptions of foreign produce into Leith are
beyond precedent. The quays are literally
covered. The steamers from Hamburg have
recently brought very large cargoes of butter, seeds,
grain, flour, &c., and for the reception of which
there does not appear sufficient shed accommoda-
tion. The desire to forward goods to Adelaide,
South Australia, appears to be so great that the
Stag—a fine vessel recently launched at Granton—
has been filled up before she is out of the hands of
the carpenters.
There continues to be an absenre of gold with-
drawals, but the arrival of the James Baines, now
89 days out, is anxiously looked for, since, if she
should not come in in time for her gold to be
available before the publication of the B ink of
France next monthly accounts it is assumed some
amounts may be taken from the Bank of England
in order to improve their appearance. The latest ad-
vices from Paris repeat that the bank maintains its
position, but there is evidently still an uneasy feeling.
Accounts from Paris state that, by a ministerial
decision regarding the coinage of new money, the
following regulations will be observed at the Mint :
—For each million of francs value coined into 5
franc pieces there shall be 50,000 struck off in
smaller coins as follows-10,000f in 2f pieces,
25,0001 of lf, 12,500 f in pieces of 50 centimes, and
2,500 f in pieces of 20c In gold coin one million
francs value will be struck into 850,000 f of 20f
pieces, 100,000 f of 10f pieces, and 50,000 E in pieces
of 51.
The Maitland, from Sydney, has arrived in the
Channel, but her dates have been anticipated. She
brings no gold, but there are about 1,100 casks of
tallow on board ; and it is stated that the Austra-
lian shipments have recommenced vigorously.
The gross pecuniary loss by the wreck of the
Tay, steamer, in the Mexican Gulf, including the
value of the ship, and the plate and furniture
belonging to her, of the cargo, and the property of
the officers, crew, and passengers, which were sunk
in the Gulf, is estimated at 100,0001.

AMERICAN lliams.—The Royal Mail steamer Niagara
sails tomorrow for Halifax and B `stop. Lettere, &c., will
be received at the General Post Office up to 12 in the ordi-
nary course, and with fees to one o'clock. At the Landing
Stage box, letters will be received:up till two, by the addi-
tion of Is. late fee on letters.
FIRE IN HOPE PLACE, LAST NIGHT —About a quarter
past ten last night a fire broke out in the dwelling house
of Mr. Bateman, Hope Place, which caused considerable
damage. The West of England engine was early on the
spot, and the first to commence playing upon the flames.
It was followed by the reel from Seel street. It was
nearly a quarter of an hour before any water could be
obtained. After some little exertion the flames were got
under, and ultimately put out. We understand that Mr.
Bateman is insured in the Lancashire for £2OO. The
damage he has sustained is about £l2O to furniture, and
£lOO to the building.