The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-07 00:00:00

MINING INTELLIGLNCE.

(From the Mining Journal of Saturday.)
A larger amount of business than usual has been transacted
in mining shares this week. Money is more abundant, and
the high price of metals has its effect in bringing speculators
into the market for dividend stocks, and for speculative shares,
at the present low rates. Rumours are afloat as to the failure
of another foreign mining company, which, owing to the extra-
vagant reports received a few months since, stood at a pre-
mium in the market of £300,000., on a small amount paid up.
If what we hear be true, large losses will be sustained by the
public.
The feature of the gold mining share market has been an in-
creased demand for shares in the Australian adventures, conse-
quent upon the advices of the continued extraordinary yield
of.the precious metal in those colonies, as reported by the
Argo. Most of these shares have improved in price, and are
steadily maintained at the advance. The Californian descrip-
tions have also been well supported. The arrivals of gold
have been, the Eagle, 22,000 oz., value £88,000.; Phomi-
clan, 29,650 oz., value £118,600.
In Iron and Coal Companies, during the week, busines§ has
been done at the following prices :—Rhymney Iron, 28, 27k,
2771, at which rates the transactions have been numerous ;
New South Wales Coal, to s dis.; Mount Carbon Coal,
to 4dis- ; Australasian Coal, to dis.
In miscellaneous Shares, considerable improvement has
taken place; with a very fair
amount of business doing.

A CHILD BURNED TO DEATH —OH Saturday
afternoon, an inquest was held at the Royal Infirmary, (by
Edward Rutter, Esq., coroner for the city of Manchester,)
touching the death of Ann Walters, of 12, Back Newberry-
street, aged 3 years. It appeared from the evidence adduced
that the deceased came to her death by her clothes accidentally
taking fire. Verdict accordingly.

CAUTION TO CARTERS AND OTHERS.—On Saturday,
at the city police court, Manchester, a respectable looking man
named James Sumner, was charged by Mr. Superintendant
Taylor with having been drunk the previous day, while in
charge of a lorry, which he drove against another vehicle.
Fined 10s. and ss. costs.

DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION.—At the Dog and Part-
ridge public house, Oldham-road, Manchester, on Friday
evening, an inquest was held by Edward Herford, Esq.,
coroner for the city, touching the death of Sarah Whitfield,
daughter of John Whitfield, 12, Back Clock Alley, aged two
wee-9.21. .z.ue ututater ur uecettseu, imiry wnitnela, statea,
that early on the previous morning, before it was daylight,
she got out of bed and lighted a candle, and then she noticed
that the deceased looked curious, upon which she took it up
in her arms, and found that it was dead. They had not
gone to bed until two o'clock in the morning. The child
was well enough before going to bed, except that she
screamed a good deal. Mr. Ralph Worthington Ledward,
surgeon, stated that he had made a post-mortem examina-
tion of the body. The child was a healthy one. There was
a discoloured swelling on the left groin, and the surface
generally was discoloured. The lungs were gorged with
dark blood, and the membranes of the brain were exceed-
ingly vascular. The bowels and stomach were both healthy.
The body appeared to have been pressed upon, and the ap-
pearances on the lungs were very much those of suffocation,
but death might have arisen from convulsions from natural
causes. Verdict, " Accidental suffocation."
DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.—An inquest
was held on Friday evening, at the British Rolla public house,
Collier street, Salford, by Mr. W. S. Rutter, coroner, touching
the death of William Eastham, aged 38, a coach driver, who
lived in Dickson-street, Salford. It appeared that the deceased,
who was in the employ of Mr. Statham, was a married man,
and has left behind him a widow and six children. The
deceased was 'taken ill on Sunday morning, from which time
he gradually grew worse. On Thursday night he went into
the street with nothing on him but his shirt ; the police then
saw him and interfered, and finding that it was not safe from
the condition in which he then was to let him remain in the
house, they removed him to the workhouse between 10 and 11
o'clock at night, and he died in the workhouse on Friday mor-
ning, at 7 o'clock. It appeared that the deceased had been
drinking freely for some time . previous to his death, and that
he was an habitual drunkard. The verdict come to by the
jury was that he died from delirium tremens.
DROWNING THROUGH INTOXICATION.—On Friday
evening, at the Moulders' Arms Inn, Great Ancoats.street,
Manchester, an inquest was held by Edward Herford, Esq.,
coroner for the city of Manchester, touching the death of
Christopher Mc.Ginty, late of 27, Bennett-street, hawker,
aged 38, leaving a widow. James Hurst, a lock-keeper of the
Rochdale canal, stated that on Wednesday morning between
6 and half-past 6 o'clock he saw that a boat did not get into
the lock, (ho meant the Ancoats lane lock.) He went to see
what was the matter, and found that there was something
between the boat and the lock-side, which the boatman was
jamming down with his boat-hook, thinking that it was a dead
dog. He ordered the man to draw the boat-hook, and then
the body of a man was found at the_front of the vessel. John
Donnelly, of Tippett street, Rochdale-road, stated, that on
Saturday night about 11 o'clock he saw the deceased at a beer-
houee, corner of Chapel-street, tipsy. He left the deceased
there, and had never seen him since. Mrs. Martha Mc.Ginty,
widow of the deceased, stated that he left her house last Fri-
day about 10 o'clock, and that she never saw him afterwards
°Ai v.. ne would have returned to herr ehu was sure, if he
had not been drowned on Saturday, as she believes. She could
not tell what amount of money he would have upon him. She
did not believe but that he had fallen in by accident, as he did
not appear anyways injured, except having a small cut under
his chin. The jury requested the coroner to draw the atten-
tion of the authorities to the necessity of fencing the Rochdale
canal, so as to prevent the accidents at present continually
occurring in it.

INQUEST ON A YOUNG GIRL.-011 Saturday after-
noon, at the Rob Roy public house, Arlington-street, Salford,
Mr. George Rutter, deputy coroner, held an inquest, touch-
ing the death of Susannah Gaskell, of 54, Upper George-street,
Salford, aged 8 years. It appeared that the deceased went to
a neighbour's. house, who was removing from one place to
another, for the purpose of carrying some things. When the
child got to the house to which the neighbour had removed,
the mistress of th• houce had gone up stairs for the purpose of
cleaning the windows. The child cried out, whether she might
put the kettle on the firc, and she was told that she might do
so. While attempting to put the kettle on the fire, the kettle
being a heavy one, she stood on the fender to reach the fire,
and in so doing her clothes caught fire. The child screamed
out, and ran up stairs to the woman -Am was in the room.
Assistance was immediately obtained, and the fire extinguished,
but not before the child was very severely burned about the
lower part of her person. It was forthwith removed to the
Dispensary, and thence home, but the medical men who
examined it gave no hope of its recovery, it was so severely
injured. Verdict was returned in accordance with the cir-
cumstances.

MISS CATHERINE HAYES gave her parting concert
at Valparaiso. on the 12th September. At Santiago she gave
several concerts which netted her 10,000 dollars.
THE EXPEDITION organized by Lady Franklin, in
search of her husband, has been given up for this season,
owing to a disagreement among the officers.
The following comparative view of the salubrity
of the different countries in Europe is given in the sixth
annual report of the Registrar-Generar:—England, 22
deaths annually to 1000 living; France, 24 ; Prussia, 27 ;
Austria, 30; and Russia, 36.
IMPORTANT ON STRIKES.-It is said, that tne
Russian army on the Danube is deeimated by disease ; so is
the Wigan police—one of them is on tlae sick list.—
The Press. • • -- - -

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

O'
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY E•----tur*lS Al?
The Braziliera screw steamship arrived' L'ati
Mersey on Saturday afternoon. Her daters.
from Buenos Ayres, September 30; Monte 10.
the Ist, Rio Janeiro, 10th, Bahia, 14th, Perliber.
buco, 16th, and St. Vincent, the 23rd of Oet°,..et
The average speed of this splendid vessel oa ulof
homeward passage was 240 miles a day,4lld
highest run was 286 miles in the 24 hours
At Rio • Janiero. monetary and • 0111111;i'
affairs generally, were in a prosperous coed'the
The demand for money was not whilstt
,ej
supply was plentiful. The rate of interest rals
from 7to 8 per cent, Exchange on Lond°ll!i
90 days' Bills, was quoted at 27id. to 28d.
flat market, and about 40,000 pounds havim'i ty
passed at the former rate. Consequent, 111)°'ty
tenor of advices taken out by the. Severn'
holders of Coffee were demanding higher pia
Sugar maintained its value, but the business to,
was not considerable. Freights' had been /00
but had received some considerable impulse ffee,
the increased business going forward in CL)efif
The new National Bank Shares were being e"'5611;
sought after. The amount left for distribn t.
was only $6,000,000, whilst the 'applications rtpo
ed $50,000,000. There was a good deal of
vassing going.on for the Directory.
From Pernambuco, we learn that the neee'
capital had been subscribed to the formation.; dcompany. to run steam boats, from. the VP' id
Ceara, and intermediate ports, to the Nortb`o
and to Maceio, to the South. Government Ad
promised material aid to the undertaking' Ad
sufficient freight was anticipated to
speculation a very profitable one for the sh.
holders. gtgt
The steamship Humboldt also arrived on -.0.0
day afternoon at Southampton. She. sailed{(
New York on the 22nd ult., and brings 670,001

on freight, 267,000. of which were for Londof
the 'remainder for the Continent. She 111

board the extraordinary number of 181 passel%
The Royal mail steam ship Canada arrived
this evening. Her dates are from New Yori>l!
25th, Boston to the 26th, and Halifax to the_

ult., all inclusive. She brings 57 passengeol;ll
275,110 dollars in freight. This makes the itoi3ool
brought by the Humboldt and Canada 5101
108,4251. The latter ship reports the arrival 0?
Asia, which sailed hence on the Bth, at,ifii
York on the 19th ult. The advices now ree,V,
are eight days later than those previously ac'y
ledged, The advices taken out by the A 5111.4
caused just what we anticipated, a further (11711'
for breudstuffs in the American markets, and Ilitli
duded a desire on the part of holders-to sell. itt
quotations fOr,flour show a decline of 18 eelltEi
barren. The supplies of .wheat were large) .:
prices could not be maintained. The Cotton Oki
was steadier, but holders were disposed to s`e
the current rates. The weather had been I'l
able for picking operations and an improved f
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prevailed as to the prospects of the crop ger-
The money market continued in the same al',
lous condition we have before noticed. The ri
and the public treasury were filled' to rerd
with both gold coin and bullion, while t11°,,-ao!
for money range 'from . 12 to 18 per cent., av 9
call the quotation is no less than 7 per cent o'
effect this extraordinary monetary conditioad
to render the market for all kinds of. stockl,lf
and it was with difficulty that the Wall-street vi ,a o
were induced to discount paper to the paltry end,
of 200,000 dols. for the Western Bank. In Inn tie°,
ing such stringency we fancy the bullion u"ty
are losing the best market they will find flot4
large surplus stocks for many years to donie• t iki.e.t
cannot long command the price current a ovl
York for the last few months, and we do uetf gov
that they will be able to keep up the value Og 0:
Eprungdlaenndeecei:tkaeinly will not much longer be sik'!'o
tomer for American gold, at the prices she litiiol9
Paying of late years. The United States bulls • A
oil better look to this in time. There 0 Aey
re t 0
uncertainty
there can be no mai „„ye4l,
Is in the bullion ni,iii'e pre'd
I,zing down their. credits sve v.4
'e was a nrol- at
English mint prie;.t'LlTian realisinig. at. vi derrogi
for bills on London, and Exeh ed
'`..lge elos
to
1091. . De
• ,
n speaking of the contraction of the etltle tioll,
the New York. papers .sayl:—" Large contoLetor,
Bank accommodations haye been mane i". 01- of
weeks, averaging over a million per xv-eel', otOttit
the, season of the year when the largest 9111,itle
liquidations of indebtedneSS is going 011' 'fe9tit
more disasters in the mercantile world, PO 0 t
general soundness of the trading commullitiA
is also a subject of frequent remark that ifee°
the heavy decline in stocks of the last 51!t et e,
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there should have been so few failures to 111

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gagements. • s
The market was dull for Freights and rate 13 ;
scarcely sustained. To ..LiverpoOl.,
Flour, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. ; 300 bales Cotton,
London, 100,000 Or 12;000 bushels Wheat, lut
Plymouth and Gloucester, full cargoes 150.0
Some engagements to Havre were made at

Flour ; 23 to 24e. for Wheat. eO,l
The Imports at New York for the three sve,rvi
October are $7,538,856, indicating a total fv,,op
month of about $10,000,000 against $17,000,u„,01
September. Here is a diminution of $70,00
while the Exports, including -

specie, excel

eptember,

those of the whole month of
promised to be about 5,000,000 in excess o.'or
close. Taking together the reduction of
and the increase of Exports, the balance %Ott
trade of New York will be about $12,000,000 tol
for this month than the last. This is partlY.
attributed to the natural and ordinary Ott 0
business from the summer to the fall months,' DI
partly to the unusual demand for. Breadstil
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the rapidity and extent of the change indicate
great resources and strength of the country 0
From Mexico, our dates are to the 3rd u1t..,t1)
mail steamer Avon had left Vera Cruz witlWatY,
freight-list of specie and cochineal, the cf,,pe
being so severe as to prevent its being st
The cholera is said to have broken out in tov,e
vince Oagaca. The commercial intelligen'
ceived is unimportant. Wed'
We have advices from Barbadoes, Per,her,i
Indian, to Sept. 29th. They report the wo')Aft,-
highly favourable to the Sugar crop, and
yield was consequently expected. The 10,e0
were busy in preparing the laud for nest

e prices of Stocks were well supporteatictiov;f
London market on Saturday, but the V° for°g
for time do not show a prevailing opinion in to
of a fUrther advance. Consols opened at 94g, 41%.
for money, and 94l to 95 for_ account, b1.111,3'3",
closed at 941- to 944 for transfer, and. time- lieej
ced, 931 to 94; Three-and-a-Quarter per 9';r
953/4-, 96 ; Bank Stock, 217 ; India StQck, .
Exchequer Bills, 2s. to 45.. premium.
lday
Foreign Stocks had not changed from r'
quotations, the market being very -inactive. actif
The Railway share market was also
with scarcely any change in prices: - ,11
The Liverpool Cotton market: closed - ji
Saturday, and without change in prices. or
amounted to 4000 bales, 500 of which Were
for export and speculation.-
.

Our Sbare market was steady, and closed 'se
quc)tationa differing but little from t'

Friday

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BULLION MARKET AND FOREIGN EXCEIAA`OII°W 0;
IVe._give the current priceS of Gold, as ~,t0
to assist the merchant in calculating the
Foreign Exchange, by the actual current vat

bullion, as last reported :
London, 775. 9d. ; Paris, —; e
sterdam, —; Vienna, —,• St. 'Petersburg, vo:(80/'
lin, —; —; Constantinople,. ---
; Bombay, ; Calcutta • 'Tong, -0-"AtleY
'T
Sydney, 745. 9d. to —s.,; Port Philip, 778. Gd
—; Victoria, 765. 9d. 775; Ovens, 765. 6d.• 31°11Fralle04.7
New York, —; Boston, £3 17s. 9d. ; S3ll 775•/,
• Mexico, ; Brazils, --- ; GeelonglthlB
Fingal, 725. ; Melbourne, 775. 6d. New S°ll
average, 765. 2-Id.
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FlRE.—This morning- about fbur o'clock, til,ceti •510'1
of Mr. Norris, chain manufacturer, Suffolk-0706"
discovered to be on fire. It was got under ancl,,elsf
before the arrival of the engines by the
Little or no damage was done- • tie,A" fl„
Sir Charles Wood at Halifax said, " '1,(1(,1.;1"4
we have muchtO get through 'this evening." --/id
say whether is was in the wood or the bottle,
sequent observations on the Porte afford no clue. •oe•f,
A NEW. PRINTING PRESS iS deSCribedbi)ocuqct
rican contemporaries which will print froyil.,h p0r,14;
rolling from a cylinder, cutting and folding, tor %oil'
gularity, 30,000 copies each hour. Thet'iull loco
his ability to print one mile of paper 'as fast 48
can run on a railway. •

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