The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-15 00:00:00

-Boxes LAYERS, ex Calpe,
Is Val. ALMONDS, ex Iris,
ALMONDS,

and 15 B

LMONDS.
THOMAS PARRY, Broker,

13, North John-stret

h instant, at Twelve o'clock,

T ARD SEED,
1 SEED,

3ornbay.—Apply to

MOLYNEUX, TAYLOR & CO.:l3—r4ers

On account of

R 0 W

TO-MORROW, the 16th inst
at Golding and N.:sh's sa
wick-street,

m it may concern

t. at 8.i.1f-past One o'clock,
-nom, Corn Exchange, Bruns-

About 400 Barrels Western Canal FLOUR,
par particulars apply to _ _

J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers

NEXT WEEK

MONDAY

Postponed from This Day (Thursday), the 15:,h instant, to
MONDAY next, the 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at
the Brokers' office, Exchange-buildings,
70 Tons MOTHER OF PEARL SHELLS,
landing ex Tickler, from Mazatlan, in George's Dock.—
Apply to : S. DUTTON & NEPHEW, Brokers.

TUESDAY

On account of whom it may concern

On TUESDAY next, the 20th inst., at Half-past One o'clock,
at Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchange, Bruns-
wick-street, -
About 1000 Sacks Coarse English Manufactuied FLOUR.
100 Sacks Damaged WHEAT.
For particulars apply to

J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers,

TO CORRESPONDENTS

SMOKB ?REV EXTION.-We have received a letter from Mr.
Williams on this subject, but the pressure cn our columns
to-day compels tt!e postponement of its publication.

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THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1856

THE Borough Gaol land job was warmly and
fully debated in the Council Chamber yesterday,
and the result shows what may be done by timely
and well directed opposition. There is yet, in
fact, sufficient morality left in the public mind to
render the administration of local affairs honest, if
nothing more. The popular voice has its weight in
Liverpool, and it would be well for the Council to
make a special note of the fact. Had no notice
been taken of the summonses issued for the

ordinary quarterly meeting, the great imposture
would, in all probability, have been carried without
even an enquiry. The Finance Committee's recom-
mendation has, however, been indefinitely with-
drawn, and although we can well understand the
extreme mortification its supporters must feel at

- -
their first signal defeat, we can scarcely venture to

estimate the importance of such a triumph.
This Borough has been long abanloned to the

Therq of Finance Cominitte men, who seem to
'think they have a right to do as they please with
'the property of the Burgesses, so long as they
can intimidate, or persuade, the Council to
Breaking this spell

designs

adopt their
is a matter of no trifling signification. It will
open the eyes of those who will not see, to the
change for which they have to prepare. We feel
assured that we only express the firm resolve of the
Ratepayers, when we state that, apart from all
party and political considerations, the property of
the Borough must be economised, and the Cor-

porate income administered, so as to hold out
some hope of a reduction in the municipal
rates, which bear so heavily on all classes

of the community. For ourselves, we can have no
personal interest in such matters, beyond what the
public generally must feel. The little we have to
say on subjects of the kind are frequently re-
echoed by our leading men, and in this way Mr.
SAMUEL HOLME may have been led to believe that
our humble honours are due to the intelligence of

our neighbours; but iu order to prevent the

possibility of mistake, we beg to assure our readers
that the worthy Alderman is not a contributor
to the editorial columns of the NORTHERN
TIMES, and that he is the last man in the
Council, whose literary services we should think of

accepting, even supposing we required assistance.
There are a variety of transactions in which we
have had reason to admire his public spirit and
liberal conduct, and it may be that he will find us,
ere long, as strongly supporting his cause as wo
have condemned it on this occasion.

Among the leaders in the debate, we would
direct attention to Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE,
whose expose of the whole scheme will amply repay
those who read it attentively. When men of such
an unquestionable stamp take a prominent part
in opposition to- the proposal of any recognised
body, we need hardly seek a more perfect justifi-
cation for the course pursued by a public journal.
We do not say this to give any force to
Mr. SAMUEL HOLME'S insinuation that Mr.
ROBERTSON GLADSTONE was the author of the

appeared in this paper
before us, as we claim
credit of being quite capable of conducting
an independent newspaper without the aid of any
Town Councillor. With the rey)rt of the meeting
we shall deal in detail at the earliest opportunity,
but in the mean time we would have all parties
rejoice over the fall of jobbery, and the dawn of a

articles which have

on the

subject

new era in municipal government ! The facts
brought forward to decorate the funeral pile of
corruption are really startling, and we shall not
fail to make use of them for the amusement of
those who delight in gorgeous imbellishments.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING

. .
The demand for Cotton to-day has been rather
more briBk, and the business done amounts to 8,000
bales, 2,000 a which have been taken for specula-
tion and export. Prices continue steady
The Liverpool Share Market has been quie
and prices closed as under :—Aberdeen, 121 13,-}.
Chester and Birkenhead, 151 15k. Caledonian,
298 30k. Chester and Holyhead, 15 16. Eastern
Counties, 915-1010; East Lancashire, 194- 191 Great
Northern, 231 231,-. Ditto A, 04 98. Great Western,

Lancashire

and Yori-shire S

Liverpool, Oro
and North Western Steel

and Soutt

Mort; 16 17k. London
100 k. Manchester,
Ditto Pref., 114 12.

mu; NORTig

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THE

T;HES,-LIV

RUGELLY POISONINGS.

TRIAL OF PALMER AT THE CENTRAL

CRIMINAL COURT

(FROM OUR' OWN REPORTER.)

LONDON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT,

One of the most extraordinary and remarkable trials in

the criminal annals of, this country commenced this morning
in• the Central Criminal Court, before the Lord 'Chief
Justice of gngland, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice
Cresswell, the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and a host of the
city magistrates.

. Notwithstanding that the authorities had rigidly preven-
ted the indiscriminate adm;ssion of the public, in conse-