The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-31 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

BOMBAY, Oct. 3.—The overland mail frt.m London of the
26th August reached Bombay on the night of the 18th Sep-
tember, per Peninsular and Oriental steamer Cadiz, in the
unprecedentedly short period of twenty-two days and twenty-
_
on(

hoots. Since last report our money'market has become
more settled, and money for legitimate purposes can be obtained
in abundance on easy terms, but as produce may now be
expected to arrive from up country in large. quantities, money
will be more in demand, and we do not therefore anticipate
lower rates of•interest to prevail at the banks, viz. fi ern four
to six per cent. The amount paid into the New Four an'd
a Half per Cent, loan is so trifling, that it may be now con-
sidered a nonentity, and if government are really in want
of funds, there can be very little doubt but that a Five per
Cent, loan must be opened. Government and other securities
aro quoted a shade lower than by last mail. In the course of
the next week, our rainy season will probably be over, and traffic
along the coast and elsewhere will then be fully opened.
Cotton Piece Goods: During the past three weeks the market
has been steady, and business has been done to a considerable
extent, holders freely meeting all demands. Freights have
been steady, and kept firm, owing to frequent reports of
government requiring tonnage for transport to the Persian
Gulf. For present shipment to London and Liverpool we
quote £2 lOs per ton ; to China, dull at 7 rs to 8 rs per candy.
Exchange: A good amount of business has been done for
this steamer, at rates varying from 2s 11,d to 2s Calcutta,
60 clays' sight, 99 rs ; Madras, 30 days' sight, 993 rs ; China,
60 days' sight, 2274 re.

CALCUTTA, Sept22.—The London mails of 10th ult were
delivered on 16th inst, and on the 19th inst the electric tele-
graph from Bombay put us in possession of London advices to
the 26th ult. The commercial intelligence is not of such a
nature as to cause a reaction in our produce market, which
has continued without animation since the despatch of the last
mail, and with perhaps one or two exceptions our staple articles
have attracted little attention. Raw silk has again been dealt
in largely, and we are at present bare of stocks. In silk piece
goods hardly anything has been done worthy of note. Sugar
in but moderate demand, at declining prices. Saltpetre in
general demand. Jute has only been bought by the balers to
fulfil their contracts. Oil seeds in less request, and value
lower. Of rice, table sorts have not undergone any alteration,
but the extensive demand for Ballum and Moonghy has
reduced stocks considerably and enhanced the value All other
articles continue in much the same position as at the date of
our last report. In our import market no alterations of any
consequence have taken place. The operations during the
past fortnight have been satisfactory. Money Market : The
position of this. market has remained as satisfactory as could be
washed. While money is abundant and the market is almost
in a glutted state, so much so that capitalists are at a loss to
find employment for their funds, and are willing to operate on
most moderato terms, the loan subscriptions.attracts no su,criptions,
Exchange : On London. During tho past fortnight our
market has not presented any new feature. The supply of
paper has continued on a moderate scale, and just kept pace
with the demand, quotations remaining unchanged, i.e., for
first class credits 2 to buy, and 2 Ig. per rupee to sell,
and for document paper 2 1 to 2 1- per rupee. For
some choice paper of the latter description 2 IT, was paid, but
this is an extreme quotation. The American houses here
have been and are very much inconvenienced by the non-
arrival of the United States mails by the last two steamers,
and consequently the non-receipt of the letters of credit which
were to supply fends for the purchase of cargoes yet to ho laden.
It is surmised that some alteration in tho regulations as to
payment of postage has caused this irregularity. Frei9hts
With numerous arrivals from different parts of the world and
with little inducement to shippers to Great Britain, the rates
to England have not experienced any material reduction, and
the engagements of tonnage during the fortnight under review
have been on the whole very moderate.

EXCIIANGII AND BULLION—CANTON, Sept. 10: Oriental
Think Corporation on London at six months' sight, 4.10
India, 226 to 225 rs ; gold, 21 dole 65c ; Canton Sycee,
10.6 per cent premium; duty Sycee, 11,1. Other bills on

London at six months' sight, 4.11 k t 0 4.10 t ; on India, 229
to 226 re.

SaANGHAt, Sep'. 6.—On London, 764 ; on Calcutta,
350 rs ; drafts, on Canton and Hong-Kong, 34 per cent
discount.

MANILLA, Sept. 6.—On London, six months' sight, 4.4.;
30 days' sight, 4.3.1 to 4.1 On Canton and Hung-Kong,
13 per cent premium; Amoy, 16 per cent premium. Silver :
South American and Spanish dollars, unchopped, 13 per cent
premium.

FitFIGHTS AND TONNAGE.—Canton to I ondon, £2 for tea.
Shanghai to London, £1 103 to £2 10s for tea, and £5 to £6
10s for silk ; to NaNew York, 13 dots per 40 fret, Manila to
London,-X2 103 per 20 cwt sugar, £3 lOs per ton of light
freight ; to United States, 8 dols per ton ; to Australia, light
freight, £3 108 per ton,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

LIVERPOOL
nEFORE MR. STITT

ME CHARGE, or Bustemv.--Henry Holland was
brought up on remand, charged with bigamy. There
was a full report of this strange case in our paper of
this day Week. .When the prisoner was put to the bar,
Mr. Clough asked the officer who had him in charge, if
he had been able to find the second wife? and he replied
he had not, as she kept out of the way, in order not to
give evidence. The evidence, therefore, being incom-
plete, the prisoner was discharged. He gave one jump
out of the dock, and was immediately surrounded by a
number of women, who left the court with him,
apparently much pleased.

•
AN " ARTFUL bonnE."—Ed ward Goulding, a sailor,
charged his mother_in-law, and another woman, with
having obtained £l2 7s 6d from the firm of Hatton and
Cookson by means of false representations. It appeared
that, in November, 1855, the complainant went out in
one of the ships belonging to the above firm; he left his
Vvife behind, who was to draw £1 7s 61 a month, half
his wages. She was not, however, to commence drawing
until January of this year. She died in December, and
her mother (one of the prisoners) having got her marriage
certificate and other documents, employed the other
prisoner to personate the deceased at Messrs. Hatton
and Cookson's, which she did successfully up to
the 14th of October in the present year, and got the
above sum altogether, representing herself as the wife of
Goulding. The poor fellow came home on the 15th, and '
found he had been done. The prisoners kept out of the
way until Wednesday night, when detective Horne
arrested them. They admitted the facts, and were
remanded-for further examination.

• (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD
BAD Fisn.—Catherine Siddell, the keeper of a stall in
St. John's Fish Market, was summoned by Inspector
Tyrrell, with having 22 lbs of unwholesome lobsters
exposed for sale. The defendant was fined £2.
CHARGE OF CRIMINAL ASSAULT.—WiIIiam O'Kell,
described as a cowkeeper, living at Rathbone street, was
charged with having attempted to commit a criminal
assault on his servant, a girl named Anne Kirwan. The
hearing of the case was postponed to this day, as Mr.
Bretherton, the defendant's attorney, was absent.
VIOLENT ASSAULT.—John Brenan was charged with
having violently assaulted a Mrs. Ainsworth, who
resides in Chisenhale-street. Mr. Bluck defended. The
prisoner was drunk and went to complainant's house to
obtain some money that she owed him, but she not
having it at the instant, he struck her several vio'ent
blows on the head, and blackened her eyes. Mr. Bluck
spoke in mitigation of punishment, and the prisoner
was fined £2.

rßy one of those unaccountable mistakes that some-
times happen in transcribing notes, it was stated in our
impression of yesterday, that Alexander Hart, mate of
the ship Ferozepore, was fined for an assault on a
female named Jennet Douglas. It should have been
that he was discharged, as the case was not proved.
Curious enough, on looking at our cotemporaries, the
same mistake is observable.]

BIRKENHEAD

BLFORE THE REVS. FIELDBN AND COXON, MR. BARTON, AND

JACKSON

CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.—
A girl, who gave her name as Maria Myers, was charged
with obtaining the sum of Bs. under the following circum-
stances :—On the night of the 18th inst., a sailor boy was
in a stupid state of intoxication at the public-house kept
by Mr. Herdman, in Chester-street, in company with a
female. He there gave Miss Herdman all the motley ho
had iu his possession, for her to take care of, saying that
he would call for it on the morrow. He then left the
house for the purpose of proceeding home to Liverpool ;
but in that be was disappointed, for that vigilant and
efficient officer, No. 12, seeing that he was "too far gone"
to walk, much less cross the water, took him into custody,
and locked him up for safety. This was, no doubt, very
proper. After being locked up until he became sober, he
was taken before the magistrates, and was discharged.
But during this Limo tho defendant, who was in the house
at the time the money was handed ever to Miss lierdman
for safety, called and stated that the sailor boy had been
before the magistrates, and had been fitted si. and the
costs, and unless she gave her the money he would be
imprisoned. In consequence of this representation, Miss
Herdman gave the girl the Bs., which she appropriated to
her own use. It was proved that the sailor boy was not
fined, and that the money had never been paid by the
defendant, and she was, therefore, ordered by the court
to be remanded for the present.

AS .111ANT.f,;ES and JACKETS are so
very generally worn this Season,

J. MAC LgNAN'', 36, CHURCH-STREET,
(OPPOSITE PARKER-STREET,
Has male arra^ gemenes to have a Cale of Paris MANTLES
and JACKETS, in Velvets, Reversible Cloths, and all the
other Fashionable Materials, delivered Every Week for the
next Two Months; therefore, those Ladles desirous of
having the Fashions as soon as they make their appearance
in Paris. combined with moderation is prices, are respect-
fully solicited to inspect the
.Stoctc.
JUST RECEIVED, from London, Two Cases contain-
ing about 700 MANTLES, commencing at the extraord,n-
arily Low Price of 4s. Ild. each.

B

SHAWL AND MANTLE WAREHOUSE,
OPPOSITE PARKER STREET. •

A. wedding came off at the Court House, one day last
week, in which the bride was 14, and the bridegroom 70
odd years of age. They were both children, the one in her
first, and the other in his second childhood. There was
present at the nuptial ceremony a daughter of the " old
gentleman" as old as the bride's mother.—lfavana
Herald.

" THE NEW SAFETY INKSTAND, we can bear personal
witness to, secures to all classes one which will keep the ink
always clean and good, will prevent that accumulation of
oxide which spoils the finest writing, and destroys the
best pen ; by means of this inkstand, too, the amount of
ink taken up by the pen can be easily regulated."—
Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette.—Sold by all Book-
sellers. Price 4s, 3s, and is 6d.--Advt.
The Newcastle Journal says it is whispered that the
" more matured and chastened inclinations" of Lord
Ernest Vane Tempest now incline towards the church.
" As the noble family," adds our cotemporary, "to which
he may still: prove an ornament, have more than one
living in their gift, it is not improbable that this may be
his ultimate and not ungraceful destination, however
distressing maypave been the events which led to it.

ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROBBERY, WITH VIOLENCE.—
On Wednesday evening last, at about nine o'clock. as Mr.
Thomas Stanger, eldest*son of Mr. Stanger, grocer, High-
street, Maidstone, was proceeding towards the town,
through Vinter's Park, accompanied by a young female
friend, when near a bridge which crosses a small rivulet,
three men suddenly rushed upon him, and one of them,
striking him a violent blow on the mouth, knocked him
insensible to the ground. They immediately commenced
unbuttoning his greatcoat, with a view, no doubt, of pos-
sessing themselves of his watch, and other property
which he had about him. The young lady, however,
raised an alarm which fortunately attracted attention,
and the robbers, on hearing footsteps approaching, made
off with considerable speed, without having effected their
object. It is believed that these were the same men who
assaulted Mr. Boakes last week, between the college
oast-house and the almshouses. The police are making
active inquiries.—South, Eastern Gazette-
PRIZE FUND FOR THE SOCIETY OF ARTS' EXAMINATIONS.
—Lord Goder;ch, M.P., has sent ten guineas towards the
prize fund for the examinations of the Society of Arts for
the north of England, to be conducted next spring at
Huddersfield. In the letter his lordship says :—" I learn
with much pleasnre that it is the intention of the Society
of Arts to bring their valuable examinations home to our
doors in the north of England, and especially that their
next examination is to be held at Huddersfield, in con-
nection with the annual meeting of the Yorkshire Union.
I shall be most happy to co-operate in any way in my
power in so useful a work. I have written by this post to
Mr. Denison, and sent him a cheque for ten guineas, as
my subscription to the prize fund, and I trust that the
amount raised for this purpose in Yorkshire may be
worthy alike of our county and of the important object to
which the fund is to be dedicated."—Leec/3 Mercury.
These narrow minded Clamourers—Professors who repro-
bate improvement and discovery as innovations—are si!enoed
by the most respectable part of the Faculty, who do not
scruple to recommend such articles as have acquired celebrity
by their intrinsic merit. But it is a subject of regret, with
all classes of the community, that the most valuable Patent
and Public Medicines are often counterfeited. J?iis's
MEDICINE WAREHOUSE is established on the principle
of selling
Genuine Patent Medicines and Drugs only
Captains of ships, officers in the army or navy
ladies and gentlemen, and others, goirg to a distant
Dart of the empire, or into the country, may at all
times have a large or small assortment of these Approved
Medicines, safely packed, with ample directions for use, so
as to go without risk to any distance, furnishing an admir.
ab,.e resource of superior and well-tried remedies alway
at hand. Perfumers, chemists, &c., will, on application
receive a
.wholesale price list, affording them an opportunity
of purchasing on the very lowest terms. English and
Foreign agency carefully conducted. F. G. J. receives
almost daily, parcels from London, whence all articles of a
new kind may be procured free of carriage. Jones's, 5,
Paradise-street, third door from Church-street, and nearly
facing Lord-street.—. Adv.

The I

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOLI FRIDAY.

MR. JOHN CLARE, JUN., AND TEE ROCK-FERRY

BOATMEN.

Yesterday an unusual amount of' interest was manly
fested at the Police Court, Birkenhead, which *as
attended by a large number of persons anxious to hear
the case in which Mr. John Clare, jun., appeared as the
complainant, and Mr. Robt. Hetherington, John Cropper,
all employees connected with the
wWerheite;l:e defendants. The magistrates on
and Joseph .!reseerpryh;
the bench were—qessrs. Barton and Jackson, and the
Revs. Fielden and Coxon. The defendants were stnntnotted
for having used violent and threatening language towards
Mr. John Clare, jun., on the 25th jest., with intent to
provoke a breach of the peace. The complainant, Mr.
Clare. on being sworn, said : On last Saturday I left the
Landing-stage by the half-past four o'clock boat, for Rock
Ferry. When the boat, the Star, was about two-thirds
across the Mersey, one of the Rock Ferry boatmen
(Cropper), who belongs to the Bee, came aft to me while
I was sitting on the companion way, with my wife on one
&de and my son on the other, and said to me, "Mr.
Clare, you are no gentleman to be writing about poor
men in the newspapers." I said to him, "Go forward,
you are in liquor. He then came and sat himself down
by my side, and was very impudent to me for some time,
I repeatedly told him to go forward. He was very saucy
to me, and made use of some kind of threats to me. The
Bench : Let us know what those threats were. Mr.
Clare : He said he would let me know about it, or some-
thing to that. effect. He then went between the paddle
boxes, and was chewing some apples. When I got along-
side of the ship I called his attention to what he had
done, and said I wished to bring his conduct before Mr.
Hertherington. I wish, gentlemen, you to bear in mind that
this man did not belong to the Star, but to the Bee boat.
The Bench: Who is Mr. Hetherington? Is he the proprietor
or the manager of the ferry. Mr. Clare : It is that man who
sits there (pointing to Mr. Hetheriugton) ; as I was going
up the slip, Cropper made some kind of a remark to the
man White, but I did not hear what it was. White was
standing at the gangway with an ash plant in his hand,
and he held up the stick in a threateninu way, and sung
out " I will give him Home, Sweet Home." (Laughter.) I
walked up th slip, Cropper following me. and when I got to
the 04, which was lying about halt-way up, high and dry,
I went on board, presuming that Mr. Hetherington, who
calls himself a man, was there. Mr. Bretherton: lie is a
man, I suppose. Mr. Clare Ile Calls himself a man.
When I went on board, I said to him, " I have a com-
plaint to make against this man" (Cropper.) When he
called out to me—" Aye, come on board, I want to see
you." Mr. Bretherton : I thOtight You said just now,
that you were-on board the Bee. Mr. Clare : Well, what
matter, I was going on board. Mr. Bretherton: It does
matter, and I wish you would speak plain, and give up
the nautical. (Laughter.) Mr. Clare: He then said to
me, "you are a liar, and I will let you see, if you write
about my business." When those epethets came out of
his mouth, I. said—" Not another word from you—not
another word from you.'' I then walked up the slip,
Hetherington and Cropper followed me, and made use of
.some. threats behind my back. I did• not say another
word. The Bench: What were the threats he used? Mr.
Clare: He said he would kick me off the slip. When those
words came out of his mouth, I turned round and dared
him to do it. fie repeated these threats several times,
and then I went away and left him. When I was going
through the pay-gate, he followed me and again threatened
to kick me off the slip, when I told him I would give him
the opportunity if he liked to do it. The Bench: Is that
all ? Mr. Clare : It is ; and I now ask Mr. Hetherington
what it was all for ? Cross examined by Mr. Bretherton,
who appeared to conduct the case for the defendants—
You regularly use this ferry ? I do, sir. Now, I ask you,
are you the author of this letter? I shall not answer it;
it has nothing to do with the question. It is not to the
point. I will appeal to the bench. Mr. Bretherton :
Will you answer my question, sir? Are you the author of
this letter ? Mr. Clare: What letter, sir ? Read it, and
then I shall know what it is. Mr. Bretherton then read
the following letter :
UNADJUSTED COMPASSES ON BOARD PERRY AND OTHER

STEAMERS

To the Editor of the Northern Time

Sir,—This morning being very foggy on the Mersey, in
crossing, my: attention was called to the compass; to
quote the captain's reply, it was of "no use." Now sir,
as security-to life is a point the marine department of the
Board of Trade profess to protect, may I ask the
question, for the good of the public, if ferry and other
steamers are entitlechto a passenger certificate with
defective compasses, and inefficient water-tight bulk
Your insertion of this communication will only
Je a confirmation that your disiaterested untrammeled
journal is open to expose public abuses, and protect
thereby public interest, and, by that rule, you only carry
out your duty to that part of her Britannic Majesty's
subjects you derive support from.—Yours, &c.,

JOHN CLARE, Jun.,
23, Exchange-buildings, by the Underwriters' Rooms.
Llverpool, Oct. 22, 1856.
Mr. Clare : It is my writing. -
not that letter refer to Mr. Hetheringtnn':.
Clare: No more than to other boats on the river. _
on board the boat on the foggy morning. I did address
some observations to one of the men about the compasses.
I went to look at the compasses, to see if they were out,
and the mau(Sparks) .said to me, If we had trusted to
those compasses, we should never have got to Liverpool."'
I never interfered with the boats, except when they are
in bad time. I have rung the bell for the passengers when
the boat has been five minutes after the time. I called
out " Ship a-head" on that day. I did not call out "Stop
her." I called out " Ship a-head" two or three times,
because there was one exactly in her track. I did not say.
that the rudder was wrong, and then laugh at her passen-
gers. When I told the man to go away, he was in liquor
—I know he was so, because I could both see it and smell.
it. I did not say to Hetherington, "If you do not turn
that man Cropper off, I will mark you for it." He; did
not tell me to mind my own business. [Here the witness.
assumed a very rough voice, which caused Mr. Rretherton
to request him not to play the nautical in a court of jus-
tice, but to speak plain.] Mr. Bretherton : You have
said that Mr. Hetherington told you that he would kick
you off the slip ; Now, I ask . you, did he not
say that if it was.not for the law he would kick you off
the slip ? Mr. Clare Perhaps he did. Mr. Bretherton :
Were not those his words ? Mr. Clare : Yes, they were.
retherton: Why did you not state that fact on your
first examination ? Mr. Clare : Fact, sir, fact ; why,
d---- it, didn't I state the fact. (Laughter.) Mr. Brether-
ten : I am surprised to hear you swear while in the
witness box. How come you to forget that fact? 'Mr.
Clare': It is as broad as .it is long—l admit that he did

quarrel.

Mr. Bretherton : Did
3 boats ? Mr.

I was

Isay, that if it was not for the law he would kick me off
the slip. Ido not think that the man White ever spoke,
to me. I did not hear what he said to Cropper, as I was
a few yards from them. I presume that the observations
were addressed to me. I think he alluded to me. I have
interferred and spoke to the men. I have conversed with
the cockle women on the boat, and have given them
money. The conversation has never been so indecent that
respectable females have had to leave that part of the
boat. I have never told the men that I was going to make
a claim of £50,000 on the Canard Company, because they
had adopted my plans, and that I was only waiting until
they had made another trip or two, that they might have
the money by them. I never told them that I had a claim
on the goverment for my gun-boats. All that is fudge—
stuff—nonsense. I will not swear that that letter does not
refer to the Rock Ferry boats in particular. The Bench :
Have you any witnesses ? ➢lr. Clare : Yes, Captain
Richardson 's son was standing by my side, and I will call
him. Mr. Charles Richardson was then examined. He
said: I was on board the boat, but I did not hear what
question it was that Cropper put to Mr. Clare. I heard
Mr. Clare tell him to go forward, as he was in drink. He
certainly had had Rome drink, but was fit to perform his
duty. I heard Cropper say that he had as much right
there as he had, and after some conversation, Mr. Clare
said he would knock him overboard, or do some personal
injury. Cropper said that he felt grateful to think that
he could not do so, and then left him. I did not
hear any further conversation. By the Bench : I
think Cropper behaved very civil. When Mr. Clare
went to Mr. Hetherington to complain of Cropper, I
heard Mr. Hetherington say to him, "I want you, and I will
prove tat you are a liar." I did not hear any angry words
pass between them. I did not see White do anything
whatever. If there had been any such conversation as
Mr. Clare has stated, I think I must have heard it, as I
heard all except the first question. I did not see Cropper
behave with impudence—he was not saucy. I have seen
Mr. Clare ring the bell. The boat waiting for a minute
or two for persons who have passed the pay-gate is a
great accommodation. This concluded the complainant's
case. Mr. Bretherton then addressed the bench on behalf
of the defendants. He contended that there was not a
tittle of evidence against White or Cropper, and with
regard to the other defendant, it was impossible they
could reconcile the evidence of Mr. Clare with the evi-.
dence of Mr. Richardson, and he thought that, as the
latter was a perfectly independent witness, that his version
of the affair was more to be relied on than that given by
Mr. Clare. He then, at. considersble" length and with
much ingenuity, pointed out the discrepancies in the two
statements, and concluded by earnestly calling on the
bench to dismiss the case. In the course of the address,
Mr. Bretherton was repeatedly cheered, and at the con-
clusion received the applause of the whole court. The
magistrates consulted for about a minute, when the
Chairman said--" Oh, the bench dismiss the case.' The
parties who had assembled then left the court.

ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-

WESTERN RAILWAY.

TION OF' THE MAIL.

,ordon mail train, due here at four o'clock, diil not

, _ ...
arrive until past six yesterday morning, and much anxiety
urevailt.d as to the cause, it being feared that samething
serious had taken place. We have since ascertained the cause
of t?el,ty, and are happy to state that nothing of an alarmingcharacter had happened. It appears that, near Overton, some
coal waggons
got off the lice, but there was no one hurt.
Proper precautions were at once adopted to stop the mail
train that was coming down, and, fortunately, the efforts
were successful. The detention of the train, until the line
was cleared, of course, became necessary, and this accounts
for the delay in the arrival.

Lord Ernest Vane Tempest has, says the Brighton
Gazette, behaved in a very liberal manner towards the
poor woman who was accideetally knocked down by his
drag on the Lewes Road, some time since. It is said that
ever since the accident his lordship has allowed her £1 a
week, besides securing to her good medical attendance.
A fact of this nature deserves publicity.

I MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS•

LIME-STREET WARD.

TO THE EDITOR OF TELE

NORTFIERN TIMES,

Sir,.---At no season of the year are the local papers more
amusing than in the fortnight immediately preceding the
.municipal election. Each contested ward contributes to the
general fund of amusement, nor has Lime-street ward been
wanting on the present occasion.
Mr. Jefferyseeks the rejection of Mr. Lloyd, and therefore
the election of himself, on the ground of a quarrel between
Mr. Lloyd and himself (not, he says, personally, but as
chairman of an amalgamated committee) in respect of a
pledge said to have been given and broken by Mr. Lloyd.
But, good Mr. Chairman; where is the vote of the committee
'authorising you, and where is .the vote of the burgesses of
.the ward authorising the committee to empower you, to
exact the pledge ? How did Mr. Jeffery know that the
pledge he required would be agreeable to the burgesses?
We have heard of three tailors in Tooley-street claiming to
represent the nation. As much and no more did Mr.
jeffdry on this occasion represent the burgesses. But Mr.
Lloyd seems, in some measures to have yielded to the requi-
sition. Thep, let me ask him, did he think it consistent
with his honour to go into the Council Chamber trammelled
by a pledge to vote against, or to abstain from voting for,
the man whom he thought best fitted to fill the office of
alderman ? Is that the way the burgesses are to be
treated ? Are they to be sacrificed at the shrine of a noisy
chairman of an amalgamated committee ?
Mr. Lloyd then invites his committee to dinner
other members, either thinking that no pledge had been
given, or, if given, it had not been broken, or
dead to a nice sense of honour, accept the invita-
tion. But not so the high-minded Mr. Jeffery. He
spurns the intended honour, and sacrifices turtle and venison
to patriotism. But the m m whose high-mindedness kept
him from Mr. Lbyd's table did not hesitate to stoop to the
meanness of extracting from one-of the guests the cenrersa_
Con that passed there about himself, and publishing it to the
world

Mr. Lloyd is then elected Mayor, and Mr. Lloyd, as
Mayor, invites Mr. Jeffery to dinner, at the Town Hall,
on the. first open day. The invitation is declined ! It
is repeated, and again_ declined ! ! Mr. Jeffery urges the
necessity. of revising the rent roll of the Corporation.
Will it not be as well to revise the dinner list of the Town
Hall.

" Last scene of all that ends this strange eventful history
Is second childishness,"
personated by Mr. Robertson Gladstone. Mr. Gladstone
professes his desire to rescue Mr. Jeffery from the crush of
his affluent and aristocratic opponent ; and what but child-
ishness could suggest such an idea, or induce Mr. Gladstone
to think that Mr. Jeffery needed the shelter of his protect-
ing arm. Is Mr. Jeffery the diffident, modest, and humble
person, who, like a worm, would submit to be crushed ? Let
Mr. Jeffery speak for himself, and we have it, on his own
authority, that he is a man of sense.
Bat, to give Mr. Gladstone his due, he administered to
Mr. Jeffery one piece of good advice, when he recommended
him not to rest his cause on the narrow ground of a pets 'nal

Liverpool, October 29, 1836

LOOKER. ON.

TO THE LIBERAL ELECTORS,

Gentlemen,—l need not say that the eyes of Liverpool
are now fixed on you, and that to-morrow will afford you
the opportunity of proving your worth, or worthlessness, as
men. Your opponents reckon on finding you subservient
to their purpose ; and a good many of you know that they
scruple not at the means to make you so. They have openly
avowed that they hold you to be nothing better than the
canaille of Liverpool—that is their own term, not mine—
and that a trifle of money will get over any scruples you
may have. Then, again, some of you can speak to the fact,
that they have insidiously approached you, on the plea of
their being your customers, and they left you in no doubt
of what they meant on the point, should you happen to
forget the fact. This is the old game, by which free-born
men are expected to bo lured into conduct and acts worthy
only of the most degraded slave. Yet they fear your
firmness, and tremble accordingly. Your fellow liberals
throughout the town will anxiously watch your progress,
assured that you will not disgrace either yonrsalves or them,
and that the cause of justice and good government will
receive that support at your hands which is naturally to be
expected from men who profess an abiding conviction of the
soundness of their principles, and of what is due to their
own consistency and honour. You will, therefore, give
yours

Ices a triumph by the result of the eleciion,
which will be a fitting homage to public virtue.
And no doubt, as every liberal elector will feel that the
battle rests on his own shoulders, he will go to work with
that zeal and earnestness which are-neeessary to success.
Poll early, and cease not your labours until you have found
the fiald to be yours—yours by a large majority. Mr. Lloyd
will find gonenlation in his dofeat, by having thn h,ok door of
the Council Chamber open for him. His friends will not
forget what he has done for them at least, and they will
accordingly invest him with the aldermanie gown ; and thus,
while you will have Mr. Jeffery in the Council, supporting
your interests in gas, water, public improvements, matters
of dock extension, rateing and all other subjects which come
home to your pockets, you will hare Mr. Lloyd in his
new capicity of alderman, doing as much as he can in the
other way, as he uniformly did titOng, the fifteen years he
RESPICB FINENI.

was your representative.

Gentlemen,—Strength of purpose is evidenced by promp-
titude of action. Let us show our zeal in the good c rase
by being up and stirring to-morrow. morning ; let us be at
the polling both by 9 o'clock ; let us record our votes for
Jeffery, as fast as pen and ink can register them ; and let
the first hour be presage of the victory that will be pro•
claimed at four,—l am, gentlemen, yours respectfully,

AN &Earn.

Coinintrttal Intittivutc

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET

There has been a quiet steady market for cotton to-
day, and, with fair offerings, and a moderate demand,
prices are about maintained The sales including 90
Pernambucos 74d to 80, 150 Bahias Gld:to 7d, 240 Maran-
hams 71d to Sid, 200 Egyptians 68d to 84d, 2,000 Surats
4LI to aid—are reported 8,000 bales, of which 2,500 are
on speculation and for export. 6