The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-30 00:00:00

TRADE AND COMAtERCE.

Under this head the Melbourne Age remarks :
Throughout the whole of the present month trade bas
been in a somewhat torpid condition. chiefly owing to the
fact of the roads to the interior still remaining in a bad
condition; and in couscquerce a vast quantity of country
orders lying unexecutcal. Meanwhile the imports have
been pouring in, in vast quantities, from Britain and else-
where, to all appearance threatening to create as complete
a glut in some departments as we experienct d eighteen
months ago or more. Happily, however, the general
prosperity of our mercantile houses is such as to prevent
the necessity of forcing sales at unremunerative prices,
while the necessity of replenishing the low stocks on the
gold fidlds v,ill sooner or later relieve our superabundant
supplies.
A glance at our shipping columns will show the immense
shipping arriveli wi' ',am the last thirty days, as well as the
tonnage they represent. Probably at no period of the
colony's existence has Hobson's Bay presented a more
crowded and animated appearance than it does at present.
The respective values of the imports and exports for
the four weeks ending the 20th instant, are displayed
below :

Imports. Export..
Week ending 30th August. £259,092 £386,708
DJ. 6th September 190.141 172,204
Do. 13th September.—
Do. 20th September 665,072 126,381

£1,500,537 £1,030,575

It will thus be seen that (as for several months past) our
imports exceed our exports ; but as the gold entered for
export by no means represents the amount actually raised,
the difference between the inward and outward entries is not
really so great as here appears.
The amount of Customs duties paid within the same
period appears below :
For the week ending 30th Aug, .... £25,740 5 9
Do. do. 6th Sept. 22,742 12 7
Do. do. 13th Sept. .... 28,249 10 3
Do.
do. 20th Sept. ... 25,917 11 0

In commercial maters generally there has been consider-
able activity. Through the conjoint instrumentalility of
the Press and the Chamber of comra?.rce, several very
important regulations have been established calculated
greatly to facilitate public business, and, indeed, to benefit
the whole community. Ono of the principal of these is the
more rapid delivery of the mails from the United Kingdom.
It often happens that contrary winds entirely prevent the
ships beating up the harbour, whereby the merchants and
inhabitants generally have not unfrequently been kept out
of their correspondence f r several days. In order to
obviate this, the government have been induced to station
the Victoria seam war sloop at the Heads (or mouth of the
harbour) so that she may bo in readiness to bring off the
mails us soon as a vessel arrives. The Victoria is also
intended to hold herself in readiness to render assistance to
vessels entering the port, and, in fact, to make herself as
serviceable as possible to the mercantile marine, when
otherwise she would have been lying idle in the upper har-
bour.

The necessity of such an arrangement has of late been
strikingly exemplified. The Lawrence Frost, a fine Liver-
pool vess,l, had j E;t entered the Heads with the pilot on
board, when she drifted on to a shoal, and lodged deeply in
the sand. Being very heavily laden, she gradually sank
deeper and deeper, until the sea made a clean breach over
all her decks. It was feared that the would break up, and
have to be abandoned, but by the aid of pumps and lighters
she was gradually floated, brought up to the harbour, and
her injuries effectually repaired. Had the Victoria then
been stationed at the Heads, there is little doubt but that
the vessel might have been got off at once, without any
damage either to herself or her cargo.
Favoured by nature in the possession of a splendid

land-locked harbour, Melbourne yet suffers the incon-
venience of being situated several miles up a river,
which by reason of bars and shallows, is incapable of
affording a passage for vessels of great burthen. H r
merchants have therefore been obliged to discbar#
the cargoes of such vessels by means of lighters, which at
great cost bring up the goods to the city wharves. To avoid
this inconvenience, it was some years ago proposed to con-
struct a ship canal from the city to the bay, and docks in
connection therewith. The great expense of the under-
taking caused its abandonment at the time. Since that
period the trade of Melbourne has scoired such immense
importat ce that it has become absolutely imperative to adopt
measures for the improvement of the water communication,
and for the discharge of vessels of magnitude at the wharves
of Melbourne, A few days ago there was a large meeting
on the subject held at the hall of commerce. There was
every unanimity as to the necessity ofsometbing being done,
but a difference of opinion as to how it should be done—
whether there should be a canal formed, or the river widened
and deepened ; and whether the works should be constructed
by the government, the corporate body, or by a harbour
trust. In order to settle these points, a committee was
appointed to report upon the matter, whose decision will,
we believe be acted upon with as little delay as possible.
Meanwhile the railway pier,which has for some time been
in progress, and now extends far into the deep water of the
bay, affords accommodation for a limited number of vessels
to d;scharge their cargoes at once into the railway trucks,
whereby a saving of about 2s per ton is effected upon the
old method of carriage by lighters. The Montmorency was
the first vessel of size which discharged at thts pier, and
since that several others have been on the berth, and rid of
their c irgoes with perfect success and safety.
The news of steam postal communication having been de-
finitively resumed by the English government, has given
great satisfaction. There is now a chance of having our mer-
cantile correspondence conducted upon a proper foo ing,
both as regards rapidity and regularity. As if to signalise
the greatness of the benefit about to be conferred on
our commercial interests, our mail ships have of late
been even more irregular and uncertain in their arrival than
usual. The Seidman, with the mails of the sth June, was
over a hundred days on her passage, and did not deliver
her letter bags till the advises by the Golden Era had been
in the bands of our merchants fully eight days ! The ab.
surdity was rendered complete by the arrival a few hours
subsequent of the Morning Light, with the letters of the
sth July !
The important subject of railway communication with
the Interior is attracting much attention. The construction
of the great lines have been taken in hand by the Govern-
ment, and a railway board have been appointed who are
understood to be busily engaged in arranging the prelimina-
ries of these important undertakings. Tenders have been
accepted for a portion of the line between Melbourne and
Williamstown. fr Messrs. De Pass, Brothers and Co.,
have contracted to supply the rolling stock from Eng-
land at a commission of 1 per cent. on , the
English cost. Tenders have been invited for portions cf
the Melbourne and Mount Alexander line, and that between
the Metropolis and St. Kilda is in rapid formation. The
Geelong and Melbourne line is also making way. With
reference to the great lines, there exists a difference of
opinion as to whether they should at first be constructed on
an economical plan, or at once laid with costly lines which
will involve the employment of more capital and labour
than we have at disposal. The communication between
Melbourne and the Murray (which seems to be indispensable
if we are to preserve the trade of the gold fields with the
metropolis) has for some time also been contemplated by tho
South Australian.. It is scarcely probable that two lines
to the same district, though in different colonies,
would be sufficiently remunerative to justify their
formation, but it behoves us to be on the alert,
and immediately open communication with a district
where the adjoining colony is already attempting to
cut us out. Our roads to the interior are in such a
wretched state from the heavy rains that at times
they are scarcely passable, and if they were, the
distance is so great that the land carriage by means of
drays grievously enhances the prices of provisions. In
default of great rivers from south to north, we must have
railways. The Adelaide merchants are still actively prose-
cuting the trade on the Murray, though many dispute that
in the long run they will find it prove remunerative. Time
will show.

If we are not progressing very fast with our principal
railway schemes, there is unch doing with the telegraph.
Arrangements have been entered into between the Govern-
ments of Victoria and South Australia for the formation of
a line between the two capitals, and a portion-of it is under
survey and actual formation. It is intended ultimately to
connect Sydney, alai the Tasmanian Government are taking
active measures for the formation of the line between the
northern and southern extremies of that islacd. The Hobart
Town Chamber of Commerce have expressed an earnest
desire that the two islands of Tasmania and Australia
should be connected by a submarine cable, and seem certain
that the Government of the former place would be willing to
bear their proportion of the cost if the propositicn were
acceded to by the Government of Victoria.
In the circular of Messrs. Mackay, Baines, & Co.,
issued for the sailiug of the Red Jacket, we find
the following:—
Since the date of our last report, we have little change to
note in the prices of imports. The long continued rainy
season must now soon terminate, but the occasional heavy
showers still operate in impeding carriage, and prevent the
execution of orders for the interior ; and the markets are
consequently still dul.. The elections for our New Parlia-
ment have excited great attention, and added in some
degree, to the dullness in mercantile affairs ; while the
excessive and continued arrivals of gooods from both British
and foreign ports, cause purchasers to hold back as long as
possible, in the hope of bnying at reductions on present
prices ; and when the enormous arrivals already to hand
(exceeding 14,000 tons in as many days), as well as the
large supplies known to be on the voyage are considered, it is
but natural to look for a decline in the almost nominal rates
now ruling. The stocks in the country and the diggings are,
however, daily decreasing, and reckoning the population to
be supplied (as soon as the opening of the roads renders
damage unlikely, and rates of cartage reasonable) at 200,000
souls, the markets will be relieved of a large portion of its
surplus stock. Holders at present are tolerably firm, and
should they not give way, the decline may not be of
importance; though, as we have already remarked, some
reduction will, we think, occur in many articles of con-
sumption. --
MELBOURNE MARKET.—SErr. 29. •

GROCERIES, &c,—Candles are of moderate sale ; Is 24d
for Price's Belmont is the highest value. Dried fruits are
without alteration, esvpt apples, which. from considerable
imports are not worth more than 63 or 61d per lb. Of hops
a sale is reported at is 31 best Font. Odmen's stare con-
tinue much neglected, and the stocks being considerable,
we see no prospect of amendment for these articles at pre-
sent. In spices we have no change to report. Owing to
arrivals of salt, the article has given way, £4 for coarse
being the top price. English soap is all but unsaleable,
and quotations are quite nominal. Teas cantinue very
steady ; fine green and scented teas, being scarce, bring
rather advanced rates. Coffees are firm ; a cargo is to
hand this afternoon, per Sailor's Friend, but of course is
too late to affect the market. Sagars arc still in good
demand and very firm, and the better sorts are looking up.
The loss of the cargo per Mountain Maid (that vessel having
bean sunk by collision with the Qieen steamer) has rather
strengthened the market by depriving it of this, just now,
required addition to our stock. On other articles we have
no remark to make.

LlQUORS.—Spirits are not quite so firm as when last
quot-.d. A good business has been done in Rum, but the
article is again quiet. Old Tom, although in fair demand,
is a trifle down. Brandy is of rather heavy sale at quota_
tions, or perhaps a shade lower. Whisky has decidedly
fallen in value, and the highest quotation does not exceed
5s Gi per gallon. In Sherries several transactions have
taken place in fair medium qualities, but without alteration
in prices. Ports are steady, but not much doing ; and in
light wines we do not hear of transactions to any amount.
Bulk Ale is in brisk demand at former rates; £lO for Bass
No. 3, and other brands in proportion being the ruling
price. Porter in bulk remains without inquiry. In
Bottled Beers a fair trade has been carried on at quotations.
We hear of considerable sales of Marzettes half porter and
half ale, at Its ; and a quantity of Harper's, porter only,
has changed hands at I Is 3d per dux.

BREADSTUFFS, &c.: The flour market is in a state of
almost unprecedented dullness, and at present prices
nothing is doing; the general impression seems to be that
stocks in the ports from whence the market is chiefly
supplied are very much heavier than was calculated on,
and although the opening of the roads will afford great
relief, no one appears to venture on purchases beyond ab-
solute requirements. The heavy imports of Scotch oats
shook the article, but owing to the large demand for
colonial oats, the former have rallied, and are now saleable
at 5s 10d to 6s. Rice. Notwithstanding the amount of
stocks on hand, this article is firm, and when the traffic
to the diggings commences, the great amount of Chinese
population will induce a large demand, and prices are
therefore not expected to decline.

PROVISIONS, &c.: Good English bacon and hams are in
fair demand. The latter are, however, easier in price, in
consequence of very large arrivals. Cheese of good
quality and in prime condition maintains its price. Butter
is quite neglected. It is held at is to is Id, but we hear
of no sales at these rates. The arrivals of this article of
the season's shipment amount to no less than nearly
]3,000 firkins, and as fnrther supplies are expected, a
decline may be looked for. The large stock of old butter
is of course unsaleable, and when the warm weather sets
in will become valueless.

PAINTS, OILS, and COLOURS offer no remark, but will
be more in demand at the close of the rainy season.
METALS : Little is doing. Sales of Staffordshire iron

en
dull, prices bel
linaodmeinatalf 15
Ipnerttoinn.
platesHoo a furtherpiron is. p
reductionartilarly
has occurred, and they are not worth more thad 15 per
cent advance on invoice.
BUILDING MATERIALS : These generally are without
much alteration. Slates have declined slightly. Timber
is steady as quoted, and a fair business doing.
BOOTS AND SHOES of suitable sorts are in lair demand.
and meet ready sale, at prices according to assortments.
Sovx GOOD 3 : No demand for the interior, for soft
goods, having yet been exhibited, we cannot report any
improvement in prices. Shipments coming to hand are
heavy; but holders show no disposition to force sales.
Surnates Hardware. No change has occurred in
prices. Gunpowder is dull of sale. Blasting sorts par-
ticularly, are almost unsaleable even at the low rates
quoted. Bagging has fallen in price, also three bushel
bags, which have been sold at from 15s to 17s. Woolpacks
are heavy at 4s 91 to ss, lirht 4s to 4; Gd each. Coals
are easier; English £2 to £2 103, and Newcastle, Maw.,
333 to 38s per ton, both in the Bay.

GOLD: During the past two or three weeks prices of gold
have remained firm, viz. :—Castlemaine and Bendigo, 764
61 per ounce; Maryborough, Kororg, Avoca, and Danolly,
76s per oz; Ovens, 76s 61 pert z; and Ballarat, 77s per oz.
There has been a good demand for shipment per Red
Jacket, and the supply has been fully up to the average.
The Escorts this week bring the first parcel of gold from
Geelong, the pr..duce of the Steigli+z field, and we are glad
t) perceive that the government has, at last, acceded to the
requirements of that field, wltich ought to have been so
provided some time sine,. .We are constantly receiving
reports of the richness of D _molly, bat must say that the
increase from the neighbouring fields does not bear out the
reports. The amount from Maryborough and Fiery Creek
is 9,642 ources, and the population at Dunolly alone is
said to be over 40,000 persona ; but, no doubt, a large
quantity of gold remains in first hand en the Lid, until our
tardy government puts on an escort from there, instead of
as at present obliging purchasers to carry it a distance of
twenty miles to the nearest escort office.
WooL : Very little offering with a decided disinclination
on the part of shippers to purchase at late rates. The re*
prts of the July and August sales are looked for with con-
siderable isterest.

TALLow : Beef and mixed, £3,5. to £36 ; mutton, £36
to £37.

HIDES There are not any town cured hides in the mar-
ket. Transactions within the past few days have been done
at from 5s Gd to 168. Country hides, 103 to 133, according
to condition and quality,.

LABOUR MARreaT.--The Market keeps well supplied
with labour of every description. Prices firm at the under
quotations : —With rations—Married couples without fami-
lies £7O to £BO, per annum ; do. with families, £6O to
63; gardeners, £65; grooms. £5O to £6O ; stock-keepers.
£5 to 60 de.; shepherds, £3O to £35 do.; hutkeepers, £25
to £4O; ploughmen, 25s per week; farni labourers, 22s to
224 6d; sheep shearers, 16s to 18s per hundred sheep;
cheep washing, 25s per week ; mowers, 8s to 10s per acre;
reapers, 18a to 20s per acre; threshers, 8d to 10d
per bushel ; bullock drivers for the roads, 30e
per week ; bullock drivers for farms and stations,
25s per week ; horse-team drivers for roads, 25s to 30t per
week ; hay cutters and trussers, 35, per week or 7s per
ton; men cooks, 20s to 45s per week; waiters, 20s to 301
per week ; blacksmiths, 50s to 60s per week ; carpenters,
£2 per week; rough carpenters, 30a per week. Without
rations : —Blacksmiths, £4 to £4 lOs per week ; carpenters,
12s to 15s per day ; masons, 14s to 15s do ; plasterers, 141
to 15a do; quarrymen, 10s to 13s do; labourers, 8s to 10s
do; pick and shovel men, 104 per day on the roads, wood,
water, and tent found; stone breakers, 7s per yard, com-
positors, Is 40 per thousand; pressmen, £4 to £5 per
week.

SYDNEY, Sept. 22.
GOLD: The amount of gold issued by the Sydney branch
of the royal mint during the week has been 15,000 sovs.
The amount of gold dust imported into the same establish-
ment during the week for the purpose of coinage has been
4,464 ounces. Of this quantity, 1,346 ounces were received
from the Rocky River diggings. The western and southern
escorts arrived on Friday morning at the colonial treasury,
and delivered the following quantities of gold dust : —West-
ern : From Bathurst, 1,050 ozs ; Sofala, 251 ozs 9 dwts 4
grs; Tambaroora, 198 ozs 18 dwts ; Louisa Creek, 685 ozs
16 dwts. Southern : From Braidwood, 333 czs 3 dwts
8 grs. By post during the week, 626
BEEADSTUFFS : here is no alteration to report in the
wheat and flour market. Flour is held at £2B per ton of
2,000 lbs for fine, and £26 for second quality. Wheat
brings 9s to 9s 6d for good samples.
"LA.IINCESTON, September 24.
The flour market still remains depressed, none but small
parcels for home use have changed hands lately. Oats have
considerably advanced in price, and at present there is a
brisk demand for good samples at 7s per bushel. Very
little wheat has been brought in from the country for some
time, and as high as 9s 6d per bushel has been given for
one prime parcel, but 9s to 9s 3d is still the average price.
FLOUR, per ton of 2,000 lba : Flue, £23 to £25 ; seconds,
£2O to £23.

GRAIN : Wheat, per bushel, 8s 93 to 9s 31 ; oats, do,
Gs 93 to 7s ; barley, English, none for sale ; ditto, Cape, 6s
to 6s 63 ; bran, is 93 to 24 ; Pollard, is 63 to is 91.
HOBART TOWN, September 22.
In consequence of large arrivals of breadstuffs at Mel-
bourne and Sydney, coupled with the large quantities (say
11,000 tons) as stated to be still available for export at
Adelaide, and the arrival of the Southern Cross from Talca-
huano, with 12,000 bushels of wheat for this port, our
market is very unsteady, and prices are decidedly tending
downwards: Some samples of good colonial wheat were
placed at the close of the week at 10s Id per bushel, and
some choice parcels realised 10s 4d per bushel, but buyers
are exercising much caution in their purchases.
Flour is also a shade lower, and may now be quoted at
£26 to £27 per ton ; but we think it would be somewhat
difficult to sell even 10 tons at these quotations.

The city of Copenhagen was visited by a very ex'ensive
conflagration on the night of the 20th inst., originating in
the manufactory for the preparation of chicory, situate in
the immediate vicinity of the Exchange.
THE LATE FATHER MATHEW•—We are happy to under-
stand that, at length, a requisition calling on the Mayor to
convene a meeting for the purpose of taking immediate
steps towards getting up a memorial to the good and
lamented " Apostle of Temperance," is in course of signa-
ture. —Coth Reporter.

EXPORTATION or OLlVES.—Cardinal Antonelli has pub_
lished a notice in the Roman Journal of the 20th instant, to
the effect that in consequence of the deficiency of the last
crop of olives, the exportation of olive oil is prohibited, and
the free importation into the Roman States of that article
is permitted until further orders:

DEATH FROM THE EXTRACTION OF A TOOTH.—We are
sorry that we have to record the death of Mr. John Egan,
Farnham Ro'id, near this town. It appears that the de-
ceased, who was a clerk in the office of Mr. Brush, agent to
Lord Farnham, and was respected by all who knew him, for
his mild and unintermeddling disposition, got a tooth ex-
tracted some time ago, from which an abscess of the jaw
resulted, ending in his death, notwithstanding that all
which medical aid could do, was made available for him.—
Anglo-Cat.

A NEW RAILWAY CARBIAGE.—A railway is proposed to
be constructed near Lyons, on steep gradients, with a view
to avoid deep cuttings and embankment, or tunnels, and to
test a new system of carriage, invented by M. Bourget, civil
engineer, for working it. A break placed under the carriage
holds on to a third rail, when the train stops, bat when in
motion, the part which seizes on the rail, opens by the effect
cf the onward movement, and closes with great force the
moment the train ceases to go forward. It is stated that a
number of trials of the plan were made by the Council of the
Pouts et Chaussees, and that they sanctioned the employ-
ment of the system. The Lyons journals state that the
shares issued for raising the necessary capital to execute the
line, were subscribed in three days.
Lola Montes returns to the Atlantic States from Cali-
fornia. A California paper says :—Madame Lola Montes
will leave to-day, in the Orizaba, for New York. Since
her departure from New York, she has been to Australia,
where she met with remarkable success, and has drawn
houses in California, both before her departure and after '
her return, such as few artistes who have visited us have
done. She goes to New Yors, we learn, for the especial
purpose of providing for the education and care of the
children of her former agent, Mr. Folland, who was
drowned on the passage from Australia. It will be re-
membered that her beautiful collection of jewellery was
recently sold at auction, the proceeds of which were to be
devoted:to this purpose.

INCIDENTS OF THE LAST EXECUTION.--OUT Leeds corres-
pondent sa3 a the noose was observed to have slipped from
its proper position under the ear, and was seen up the side
of the face, and appa ently beyond any influence en the
windpipe ; and the struggles of the convict displaced the
lower part of the cap, and rarely exposed his agonised
features to the crowd. Every instant Hannah's head was
thrown back again and again, with a frightful and convul-
sive motion. His bands, which
held the prayer bood, were
alternately contracted and relaxed, and at length the book
fell, its leaves fluttering in the wind as it dropped to the
ground. His agonies were frightful. The whole body
quivered, and the throes of the dying man were so desperate
that his trunk swung to and fro for fully three minutes. The
officials of the gaol, as if the dreadful spectacle possessed a
special fascination over their disciplined nerves, stepped to
the edge of the fall, and peered curiously and shudderingly
upon the struggle for life below. The crowd in the mean
time had become fearfully excited. Expressions of com-
passion for the culprit were intermingled with execrations
on the executioner, who had so disgracefully mismanaged
his task. Cries of " Hang up the executioner !" " Hang
up Jack Ketch !" were the latest which attended the exit
of the guilty spirit from its earthly tenement.

TRESETATION TO THE REV. DR. TAYLOR,
INCUMBENT OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.

Last night, the congregation of Sr. John's Church.
presented their pastor, the Rev. Dr. Taylor, with a
beautiful silver coffee and tea service, and silver salver,
manufactured by Mr. Wordley, and also a purse of
sovereigns, as a mark of good will, and evidence of the
respect in wl►ich they hold hint as a clergyman and
gentleman. The presentation took place in St. John's
School room, Great Crosshall street. The admission was
by ticket, and the room, in consequence, though quite
filled, was not inconveniently ctowded. On the ►notion
of Mr. Owen Williams, seconded by Mr. Jahn Blizard,
the chair was taken by Mr. Thomas Gwatkin.
The Chairman opened the proceedings by stating tha
they were met to present their Paster with a token of their
respect and esteem. In doing so he was sure they were
taking a step in the right direction. (Hear, hear.) In
undertaking it, they had the warm support and colopera-
tio:: ►ll, and as they were all interested in it, it was
but f.:ir that they should know the amount subscribed
towards the testimonial. It amounted to something like
the sum of £l2B —(cheers)—a circumstance on which
ha thought they might well congratulate themselves.—
The Chairman then said that had his own feelings been

consulted, they would have made the presentation
privately at Dr. Taylor's house, and in conclusion calkd
on Mr. Niekson, senior churchwarden of St, John's
church, to present th.lgift, (Hear.)

Mr. Nickson then rose and read the following
To the Rev. TV. P. Taylor, L.L.D. D C.L., Incumbent of St'
John's Church, Liverpool
Rev. and Dear Sir,—The congregation of St. John's
'Church, conscious of the blessings which have attended
your tninisry amongst them, have requested us to pre-
:sent you with a small token of their t:seein and affec-
tionate regard. Your ministerial connection with us for
the period of five years, has been one of unmixed
p!easure, the eminent success which has attended your
lab ,urs, the vigour and ability which has characterized
your pulpit imnistrations, your faithful exposition of
evang,lical doctrine, and your high personal character
have justly endeared you to us all. Begging your
IV:iieptitice, therefore, of the accompanying Silver Tea
dncl Coffee Service, Silver Salver and Purse of Gold.—
We remain, dear Sir, very truly yours, George Nickson,
Thomas P. Gwaikin, Owen Williams, John Wannop,
John Blizard, Henry Swift, Alfred Whittle, Acting
Uummi flee.

Having read the be continued to say that
though he regretter, the duty of presenting it with the
accoinpanv•„4 testimonial had not devolved upon one
more _dpable of doing Justice to their pastor's merits
t.:.an he was ; yet he considered it to be one of the most
pleasurable acts of his life to he the medium of conveying
en liini such a disinterested tribute of respect; and while
he assured him of its spontaneous character, that it was a
voluntary offering, he ventured to hope, on behalf of the
congregation, that Dr. Taylor would receive and prize it
,t4ot according to its intrinsic value, but as an indication
of the feelings and sentiments of those who prized his
worth, who admired his ability and consistency of
character, and who valued him as a pastor and a friend.
(Cheers.) Mr. Nickson then dwelt on the fidelity and
efficiency with which Dr. Taylor discharged the duties
of his incumbency, and concluded by presenting him
With the valuable gift of his congregation.
The Rev. Dr. Taylor, on rising to express his thanks,
'svas enthusiastically applauded. He read the following :
To the Congregation of 61. John's Church, Liverpool.
_ .

My Dear riiends,-1 "have much pleasure in thankfully
'accepting your kind and handsome present, which is not
pnly intrinsically valuable, but relatively much more so,
*hen viewed as the spontaneous offering of a congregation,
'pwo thirds of which at least belong to the working classes.
shall highly prize it, both as an evident token of your
good will towards myself personally, and of your steadfast
attachment to those Protestant and Evangelical truths
which it hes been my privilege to enuncia,te. It effords me
sincere gratification te !earn from your kind address that our
paAtoral connection fttr the last five years has been one
Of pleasure to you; I can sincerely respond to that feeling,
for although I hare had many difficulties to contend with
during that period, they have arisen cut of the peculiar
'circumstance of the Incumbency of St. John's, and not in
any case from the congregation, who have rather warmly
sympathised with me, and at all times rendered their
,willing co-operation. I would add further, that whatever
'saccess has been vouchsafed to my labours cr public
ministrations in the Gospel, must be attributed in great
measure, under God, to your efficient support and prayers
on my behalf. Assuring von cf my sincere prayers, that
the continual dew of the .avine Blessing may rest upon
-)trita.— Believe me, my dear friend,. your LLhful friend and
pastor, W. F. TAYLOR.
Having thus formally replied to the address, he con-
tinued to say that if but one hundreth part of what Mr;
Nickson had said of him were true, he should have great
'eause to be thankful to Almighty God. Whatever he
had been enabled to do—whatever of success had
`accompanied his labours he desired to attribute
to that great and glorious God, from whom all
good descended, who alone was the author and
source of every perfect good and perfect gift.
lc was at all times flattering to receive the kind
expression of good will from one's fellow men, and more
particularly when that kind expression came from those
who were justly held in repute for their estimable
charm ter -and soundness of principle—(cheers)—and,
therefore, whilst he thankfully accepted the substantial
testimonial of their good will towards him, and whilst
he considered it to be iutrinsically most valuable, yet
still he looked upon it as relatively of much greater
importance, when he considered that it came as a free
will offering of a congregation not blessed with that
'material wealth wherewith other congregations were
blessed. (Cheers ) He believed it was a testimonial of
which he might justly feel proud, and when he
was laid low in the grave his children's
children, to whom it would he an heirloom, would
recognise that it had been presented to him because he
had firmly held to those principles of sound Protestant
evangelical truth, which was the soul of the land, which
'was the glorious inscription on the standard of their
national church, and which formed the palladium and
the bulwark, the stay and the stronghold of England's
greatness and England's glory. (Applause.) The rev.
gentleman then referred to the difficulties which pre-
sented themselves to him on entering on the Incum-
bency of St. John's Church, after so esteemed a
pastor as the Rev. Mr Falloon, his predecessor. In
meeting those difficulties, the congregation most
generously aided him. They relieved the schools of all
debt, and besides their annual subscription, they
contributed, by weekly offerings, £llO a year: (Cheers )
When the church rates were refused, and the church-
wardens of the church got £lOO into debt, the
congregation presented him with no less a sum than
£B5, and so in like manner had assisted him in all his
difficulties. There was one other difficulty which now
p essed on the church of St. John's by the diminution
of the income of the clergyman. That was a
difficulty which did not press on him individually,
because by the blessing of God, he was not absolutely
dependant on the income of St. John's church. (Cheers.)
It might press, however, on his successors, and it was
ne that account, that he alluded to it. By the operation
of an Act of Parliament, now in force, the income of
the church would he reduced £lOO a-year, leaving
nothing for the incumbent but the mere endowment,
£l7O per annum. That sum for the future, could neither
be increased from the funds of tha church, nor dimin-
ished, and, therefore, any clergyman who came after him
would take the incumbency, being merely as a stepping
stone to some other preferment. That would inevitably
occasion frequent changes in the incumbent, and change
in such cases. was the destruction of the church.
(Cheers.) He would therefore suggest, that as St. John's
church was almost entirely frequented by the poorer class
the community—the wealthy public of Liverpool should
raise £2,000 in subscriptions of £lO, £2O, and £5O (he
himself contributing £so)—(cheers)—and apply it to
increasing the endowment. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
That would prevent those changes which otherwise
would be likely to take place, and it was a course which
he hoped would be adopted by all who wished to preserve
the efficiency of St. John's Church. (Hear, hear,) The
rev. gentleman again expressed his thanks for the gift
which was presented to him, and resumed his seat amid
the enthusiastic applause of the audience.
On the motion of Mr. Nickson, seconded by Mr.
Virannop, thanks were voted to the chairman.
Thanks were also voted by acclamation to Miss
Williams, by whom the purse (a beautiful silk net one)
was mace ; and the blessing having been given by the
Rev. Dr. Taylor, the assembly separated.

GRAND TRUNK RA'LWAY OF CANADA —MILEAGE COST
OF TUE VARIOUS SEcrioNs.—The mileage cost of the
various secticns of this important communication has
been as follows !—From Montreal to Portland, a distance

of 292 miles, the cost was 9,500/ per mile, making the
aggregate expenditure on that portion of the line 2,775,5071;
335 miles, the cost was
from Montreal to Toronto,
3,131,300/, or 9,3471 per mile; from Toronto to Stratford,
88 miles, the cost, Including the purchase of land and
surveys throughout to Sarnia, and the rolling stock,
amounted to 1,119,335/, or 12,7201 per mile ; from Quebec
to Richmond, and extension, 96 miles, the expenditure
was 774,8831, or 8,0711 per mile ; and from Quebec to St.
Thomas, 40 miles, 317,100/, or 8,6771 per mile. The total
expenditure upon the various sections is thus shown to
be. 8,148,1251, which, upon 851 miles,,,gives an average
cost 01 9,575/ per mile.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE ABOUT A LIVERPOOL
" TICKET OF LEAVE" MAN—A .FELON'S
MONEY.
Yesterday, an unusually interesting case came before
Messrs. George Holt, end Bonn, at the Police email, and
attracted much attention—the court being crowded. It
was a charge preferred by a person named Martin Ma-
guire, against a Mary Moore, the wife of a publican re-
siding in School Lane, with having forged the name of his
la'e wife, Mary Anne Maguire, and thereby obtaining a
sum of £64 5s sd, out of the Savings' Bank, Bold street,
so long ago as Dec., 1850. Mr. Dodd, appeared for the
prosecution, and Mr. Pemberton was for the prisoner.
Mr. Dodd, in opening the case, said the following were
the facts of the case, which were extraordinary and
romantic. Mr. Dodd continued to say that lie appeared
on behalf of Martin Maguire, who proceeded against
Mary Moore, the wife of John Moore, who we; charged
with forgery and for obniining money under false pre-
tences. The transaction took place so long ago as Dec.,
l 850, and at that time John Moore kept a public house
in Wood street, and Martin Maguire lodged with
him, .Although only a lodger, he had possession of con-
siderable property in the house, and amongst other
things there was a savings' bank book, of the Bold
Street bank. In November of 1850, Martin Maguire
was apprehended by the police, oe a charge of having
received certain stolen goods, and at the winter assizes
at York, ho was convicted and sentenced to fourteen
years transportation. This being the case, the bank
book and other property remained in possession of
Moore and his wife. The conviction of Maguire took
place about the 10th or 12th December, and on the 21st
f the same month, Mrs. Moore took the book, and call-
ing a waiter that was in her employment—his name is
John Davidson—asked him to accompany her to the
savings' bank in Bold Street. On the way, however, the
prisoner thought fit to alter her mind, and told the
young man not to go any further with her, but to remain
in a certain place until she returned. This circumstance
might appear trifling, but as the bench would see
hereafter, it was a material fact in the case. She
went to the bank, and whether oat of curiosity
or from some other motive, the young man
did not remain, but followed the prisoner to the bank.
She went up stairs, and he followed for the purpose of
seeing what she was about. He saw her take out a
bank book, and heard her asked by the clerk, if she
could write ? She replied in the negative ; the clerk
then asked if her name was Mary Anne Maguire I She
said it was, when the clerk wrote her name, and she put
her mark to it, and £65 6n. sd. was handed over to her.
Now, it would be asked by the learned advocate for the
prisoner, had she not authority from Mary Anne
Maguire to draw the money? but in reply he (Mr.
Dodd) would say that she could not have had any such
authority, for Mary Anne Maguire had died on the 20th
July, 1349, so that the money belonged to Martin
Maguire, and to no other perion. It would be asked
had she any authority frim Martin Maguire to draw the
money ? He would produce him as a witness, and he
would answer the question himself. Mr. Dodd then called
Martin Maguire, who was examined, and said : In Sep-
tember 1850 I lodged at Moores in Wood street, and
had property there, and there was a bank book there
belonging to my late wife. I was apprehended on a
charge of receiving stolen property. I was sent to York,
and convicted on the 10th or 12th of December, 1850.
My wife died on the 20th July, the year before that.
She had money in the saving's bank. I gave it to her.
Mr. Peinberton : Did you see her deposit it? Nov To
Mr. Dodd : I gave Mr. Moore the bank book in Sep.
tember 1850. I did not give her authority to draw it.
It was in my wife's name, Mary Anne Maguire. Cross
examined by Mr. Pemberton : The money was given
by me to my wife to deposit. I was taken into custody
in November, but I don't know if I had been in custody
before. Was tried for receiving a watch that was
stolen at Halifax. I was sentenced to fourteen years'
transportation. lam out on a ticket of leave. I had
£3OO at Moore's in a cash box, and I gave him direc-
tions to manage my trial and other affairs. I did not
give authority to him in writing to dispose of my pro-
perty, tier did I give any one authority to tell him to do
so. (A paper produced.) I never wrote nor authorised
any one to write this. (Mr. Pemberton read a letter,
but the witness totally denied that he had written or
authorised any one to write such a letter to Moore, from
York Castle.) Have you administered to your wife's pro-
perty ? She had none except the money, and that was mine.
I had two ten ortwo five pound noteson me when arrested.
Mr. Wheeler (now dead) was my solicitor. Moore had
no authority to raise money to defend me. Mr. Over_
end and Mr. Simon defended me. Who paid them ;
Moore. Where did he get the money ? Out of my cash
box,which contained £3oo,and was in his house. Never got
any one to write to Moore, except once from Ireland, on
my return from Bermuda, because I was ill at Queens-
town. I never got any one to write from York to him.
Did you get any one to write to him from Portsmouth ?
Yes ; I made a mistake, it was from Portsmouth and
not from Ireland. The letter was dated in October,
18.56. The witness was cross-examined at length in
reference to his memory, and he persisted in stating that
he never caused a letter to be written to Moore, except
that from Portsmouth. This (a document) is in my
handwriting. Sent a note from Queenstown, by hand,
to Moore. To Mr. Dodd : Had only one counsel at the
trial. Mr. Dodd: Would £3OO cover the trial? Wit-
ness : I seouln say it would cover a great deal more, if
it did not get into lawyers hands. John Davidson, the
waiter alluded to in the opening statement of Sir. Dodd,
was examined, and fully corroborated that statement:
Cross-examined by Mr. Pemberton : Saw her (the
prisoner) receive the money in the same room where the
book was signed. Mr. Wm. Cattrell, clerk in the Savings'
Bank, was examined, and said : He did not, of his
own knowledge, know how much money was deposited
by Mary Anne Maguire in 1850. He has a receipt for
the money, signed Mary A. Maguire, for £64 5s sd,
dated 21st Dec , 1850. Can't say, at this length of time,
if there is any -one now in court, to whom he paid the
money. To Mr. Pemberton : Ido not know if there was
a Mary Moore a depositor atithe Bank at that time. I
have no other knowledge of the payment of the money
except the receipt now produced. Anne Ford, the
sister of Martin Maguire, examined : I was at Millbank,
London, in 1850, and went to see my brother. He gave
me directions about the bank book. Mr. Pemberton : I
object to this. The witness went on to say, I called on
James Moore for the bank book. I spoke to Mrs. Moore
about it, and she told me she had drawn the money and
wished it was more. I asked her for Bold street bank
bosk. Cross. examined by Mr. Pemberton : I do not
know if Mr. Moore had gone to considerable expense at
York to defend my brother. I do not read or write.
Inspector H. Murphy said : I arrested Mrs. Moore, and
told her the charge, when she said she
never had received any money. Mr. Pemberton
contended that there was no case, as the law had divested
Magui;e of all his property. He was convicted on the
10th, and the money was then vested in the crown, and
if the crown had been aware that there was money in
the bank, it would take posSession. He argued that even
to-day, Maguire could not claim in court. He was only
a returned convict on a ticket of leave, the least infringe-
ment of which would withdraw his ticket, and, there-
fore, the crown was the only authorised party to claim
the money. He would take the opinion of the bench on
that point first, although he was prepared to show that
all the money was expended in the defence of Maguire
at York. Mr. Dodd replied on the part of the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Pemberton having rejoined, after some dis-
cussion the magistrates ruled against Mr. Pemberton,
and the latter then argued that Moore had authority
to act for Maguire, and this he urged on the ground of
letters alluded to, and he asked for an adjournment, in
order to produce witnesses. After some discussion, it
was agreed to remand the woman to this day. There
was a charge against her husband for obtaining money
(Z5O) from a woman who held it for Maguire, and after
further discussion, it was agreed to let this charge stand
over also. Mr. Holt, stating that he would take the
advice of Mr. Mansfield on the whole question, which
was one of grave importance. Mr. Pemberton then
applied to have the parties admitted to bail, but the
application was refused, and the prisoners were remanded
to this day.

A MAN DECAPITATED ON MR SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY•
:-011 Friday last an accident of an appalling nature
happened to a man of the name of Watson, residing
near Kingston. It appears that the unfortunate man,
by some means unexplained, got upon that part of the
line between Kingston and Malden, and a train coming
up at the time he was thrown down, the wheels of
several of the carriages passing over his neck, and com-
pletely severing his head from his body. He was other-
wise severely mutilated, a7.cl when picked up presented a
shocking spectacle.

SUDDEN DEATH or A GENTLEMAN IN A COFFEE-lIOUSE.
On Saturday Mr. William Payne held an inqurst at the
North and South American coffee-house, Threadneedle
street London, on the body of Mr. Edward Freeman, who
suddenly expired in the coffee-room of that establishment
on Saturday morning. Joseph Cod&ld, a waiter on the
premises, said between eleven and twelve o'clock that
morning the deceased gentleman entered the ooffec-room,
and ordered a basin of broth. In about ten minutes after-
wards he heard groans, and saw the deceased in an
insensible state, lying' under the table. He got assistance,
and the deceased was raised upon a seat, and his temples
bathed with water. A doctor was sent for, who came
immediately, but on his arrival the deceased was quite
dead. He appeared quite well when he came in. The jury
returned a verdict of •' Natural Death."

POLICE .INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD,

A New MODE OF GIVING A RECEIPT.—Mr. Joseph
'Winstanley, who it was said is a dealer in fruit, was
charged with assaulting and using abusive language to
Mr. Basnett, a shopkeeper in the Waterloo road. The
facts of the case were simply these :—Mr. Basnett was
indebted to Mr. Wanstanley in a small amount. Mr.
Wanstanley repeatedly sent for the amount due, and on
Saturday night, not having received the sum, he waited
upon Mr. Basnett himself, and being rather the worse
for drink he cominenced using s Inc very disgusting
language to Miss B.,snett, intimating that she was only
an orange girl. This being very ofFensive to Mr. Basnett,
he attempted to expostulate with Winstanley for
using such language to his sis er, when Mr. Winstanley
ventured to express a doubt as to the relationship, ob-
serving there were no witnesses to the fact. Upon this,
Mr. Basnett handed over the money due, and demanded
a receipt, when Mr. Winstanley did give him a receipt,
and accompanied it with a severe blow on the head. Mr.
Basnett then endeavoured to turn Mr. Winstanley out of
the house, but the former, being the smaller of the two,
came off second best, and the latter was then
given hto custody. To prove that the defendant
was drunk, he priduced the written receipt,
upon the inspection of which there could not be
the slightest doubt of the facts, for it would have
been impossible for the most eminent of caligraphists to
decipher what was assumed to be the signature of
" Joseph Wanstanley." Mr. Mansfield strongly con
demned the conduct of the defendant in using disgusting
and abusive language to females, and ordered him to pay
40s and costs for the assault.

BEGGING lirIrOSTERS.—A female, who gave her
name as Bridget Banbury, was charged by po
lice constable 645, with begging in Church
street. This officer stated that he saw the female
with four children standing at the corner of
Church street begging. He took the woman into
custody, and then visited her house, which he found
comfortably furnished, and her husband at home in the
bed in a state of intoxication, One of the children was
not her own. They were c►ying with cold: A girl
named Sarah Donnelly was charged with a similar
oEuee. They were each of them committed for one
month, with hard lab)ur.
IF THERE WERE NO BREWERS THERE WOULD BE NO
DRUNKARDS,—A female, who had been booked for being
drunk and disorderly, upon being asked what she had
to say in answer to the charge, r3plied, " All I have to
say is, that if there were no brewers there would be no
drunkards." She was fined ss. and costs.

THE LIME-STREET BRIGA.DE.—Several " young ladies,"
most of whom were gaudily dressed, were charged with
being drunk and disorderly in Lime street, after leaving
the ‘, hops" that abound in that locality, and which are
such a great nuisance, and ha• e been so repeatedly
complained of. They were each sent to gaol for a month.
MORE STABBING.—John Murphy, a stevedore, was
charged with having stabbed Martin Murphy, of the
weighing machine in Kitchen street. On Saturday
afternoon the prisoner went to the injured man, and
began to quarrel as to which was the bast man of the
two, but was removed by the son ; he, however,
afterwar3s returned and stabbed the man in the
abdomen. In consequence of the injured man being
confined in the Southern Hospital fronl the blow, the
case was remanded for a week.