The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-16 00:00:00

mmarily punished. in 1833, that 9,028 were

ink, disorderly, arid incapable of taki

g care of

emselves,

and that in this frightful mass of

tiering there wen no less than 3,314 women !

said to have been appre

hended in the

ent year, 659 only co

uld read

incl. write well
1 1,688 Ns

while there were 12,020 who could

could read only, and 11,322

With such an

ay of figures before us, who

can be s

prised at the intemperance and crime
vhich fill our gaols every month and year ? To
rid us of such a scourge, give us voluntary edu-
r compulsory education at any

ation at any

better for our neglected youth
o be under the worst rigour of moral discipline,
than to be the prey of policemen, and the victims
of criminal persecution. In 1855 there were 756
boys under eighteen, and 12 girls under fifteen
years of age, taken into custody for being drunk
and disorderly; whilst there were 642 between the
ages of fifteen and eighteen years charged with
the same offences. This shows the temptation to
which the youth of both sexes are exposed, and
the means by which they are led into the commis-
sion of crime. The moment they are thrown upon
the world the tempter besets them, and never
leaves them until their total destruction has been
effected. The law, unfortunately, only reaches the
drunken child, and not the inhuman monster who
places the poison in the hands of infancy. If
those who made children of the tender age of
twelve or fifteen drunk could be found, they ought
to be punished, and not those irresponsible crea-
tures they may have draw❑ into a life of torture
and disgrace.

But to revert to the Borough statistics. Are the
public given to understand that they will have
them correctly compiled henceforth ? Major GREIG
will scarcely venture to say that the entries made
in the Coroner's books are wrong. The simplest
error in an official report is sufficient to render it
'ntirely useless Besides, in this case, it exposes

the Coroner and his officers to very serious conse-
quences. If the Police Returns of the Borough
I—, taken up by the Home Secretary and
he Coroner's Court, the
lose who have charge of its

compared tai

h thos

3 of li

probabili

3 very harshly dealt with, on the

police authorities must be

Lie mistakes in the present

crimes which ought to be

istered than any others. It

for M:

r GREIG, on reading the

lother place,

Ind Watch Committee. To
the Press sueh documents are of great value at
this particular moment, and we shall be glad to

to set himself

ht with a

THE COURT,

to sta

ig the fig

that the Queen's ball,

unced for Friday, the 6th of June, is to take place on
Her Majesty and the
on Monday morning,
Princess Alice, and attended by the
Prince Albert afterwards rode

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAiT,VE N I NG.
The Liverpool .Cotton Market maintains the
firm tone which' prevailed yesterday, and with an
active demand and only moderate supply, the
advanced rates of yesterday have been fully
maintained. The sales - reach 15,000 bales, of which
5,000 have "been` taken for speculation and export.
The Liverpool Share Market opened this morn-
ing rather less buoyantly, and throughout the day
showed very little change. The closing quotations
were—Aberdeen, 13z -131. CheSter and Birken-
head„ 151, 16. t Caledonian, 30 309. Chester
and Holyhead, 10 - Eastern Counties, 108
101.. East Lancashire, 'l9l l 9 f. ; Great Northern
23k 231 Ditto A, 91 10,'.T. Great Western
64! 643, Lanea

[lire Stool

Southr

88f, 89. Liverpool, urosuy,
17 1.71. London- and N-orth- We-stern
Stock, 101-7, 1014. Manchestev,'"Shiiirield and
Lincoln, 29 298. Ditto Pref., 111 -11 i.
New 6 per cent. Pref , 7-16 9-16 p. Midland Stock
741: 75; North -British, 8,1 n. North Stafford.
shire, 651 d. South Eastern and Dover, 21 13-16
21 15-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 191 198.
York and North Midland, 281 28a: Leeds Capital
Stock, 158 16. Bnffalo and `Lake 1-1111'90, 18 2p.
Dutch Rhenish, 1 11-1-6 1 18-16 p. Great Western
of Canada, 25 13-16.25.15.16: Di"-
3 1-16 3-1-p.
8

LuxesnabO'urg

?nd i

The, Corn.

t- con tinu

Ditto

the attendance at L..
tolerably good, the prix.
3d to 4d per bushel, whilst,
is 6d per sack arid barrel lower.
The Manchester Goods Markets has been very
firm to-day, but the amount of business done has
not been very large, in consequence of the increased,
rates demanded fer both goods and yarns. Where
business was done, from lid to 3d per piece, on,
goods, and a farthing per pound on yarns had to'
be submitted to.

The following is a statement of traffic receipts
of the Great Western Railway of Canada by pas-
senger and goods trains for the week ending 28th
March, 1856, and for the corresponding period
last year :---28th March, 1856—total receipts,
13,1341. Bs. ; 30th- March, 1855—d0., 8 5291. 19s.
Bd. ; Increase, 4,6041 Bs. 4d. Aggregate gross re-
ceipts from the commencement of the current
half-year. to the above date, 79,6241. 155.; ditto
for the corresponding period last year, 53,23516 s 2d.
—all sterling.

The weekly commercial reports from France
state that traie has begun to show a little more
activity, from the favourable effect of the reduction
of the rate of discount by the Bank of France.
There is not much disposition,. however, to enter
eagerly into commercial operations. The high prices
of law materials for manufactures is again a slrious
obstacle to the vigorous return of business. In Paris
there continues to arrive numerous buyers from
the provinces and foreign countries; but they are
reserved in their purchases, or they ask from the
manufacUirers reductions in prices which they are
not disposed to concede. The best customers are
those who buy on Russian account; and the Pari-
sian manufacturers have received important corne
missions during the week for that destination. It is
expected also that this trade will increase if the
Czar is induced to lower the present protective
duties on manufactures, which amount to a COM-
, plete prohibition on some articles. Letters from
St. Petersburg state that the old Muscovite party,
who have been agitating for the adoption of the.
national costume to the detriment of French
fashions, have not succeeded in their efforts. The
retail traders in Paris complain of a sensible dimi-
nution in the amount of sales during March this
year, compared with last season ; but this was not
to be expected, on account of the Exhibition in
1855 having giving an unusual impetus to bush
ness.

Among the expected arrivals from Australia are
the Anglesea, with 51,319 ounces ofgold on freight,
and the Statesman, with 14,198- ounces—of the
total value' of 262,0681. Both of these vessels
sailed from the Port 'of Melbourne on the 26th
December. The departures for the Australian
Colonies during the past week comprised—three to
Port Philip, one to Sydney, and one to Hobart
Town, measuring a total of 3,622 tons.
The favonrible reception given by M. Muslims,
the Turkish Minister, on Saturday last to the de-
putation which waited upon him for-the purpose or
obtaining the registration of the Guaranteed 4 per
Cent. Bonds, has i

of those seeuriti

ward his mo

Commons

the Chanc

mated that the matter

L 'TEST INTELLIGENCE.

VENING

3k this morning,
3atehes leave at