The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-16 00:00:00

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POLITICAL RUMOURS.

Among the on dits prevalent at the West-end
houses are the following : On dit that there is '
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land campaign in the north • 40,000 English and
French troops are to be employed ; the former to be
drawn from the Crimea, under the command of Sir
Campbell. On dit that Admiral Lushington, NO°
manded the " Naval Brigade"—a dashing cl
only forty-four years old—is to command the
fleet this year. On dit that Mr. Gladstone is i°
the peace party in the House of Commons next Sri
ri
and that Lords Blandford and Granby, Sir "
Graham, Messrs. Cobden, Bright, Milner Gibsost
Laing, have ;enrolled themselves under his bannori
is alleged :that: they:are:to be backed by some 11
connected with the money market, but that Mr. Dis
stands aloof. On dit that a question is to be raised',
House of Commons as to the propriety of giving the
tern Hundreds to a man in the position of the ex-Leeli
for Rochester.

DEATH OF THE HON

MRS. G. VILLO

We regret to announce the death of the Hon. 141r5'
Villiers, who expired on Saturday night, at the Grow'
seat of her son the Earl of Clarendon, near Watford, al
few days' illness. The deceased was in the 81st year f
age. She married the Hon. George Villiers on the l'`
April, 1798, and by him, who died in,March, 1827, shed
a numerous family, of whom survive the Earl of Clazeill
the Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Lady 3i,
Theresa married to the Chancellor of the Exchequer'
the Hon. and Rev. Henry Montague Villiers.

WHAT INTEREST HAVE "BONA FIDA
MERCHANTS IN PEEL'S BILL•

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.
Sir,—That Lord Overstone, the author of the lee,
in the Times, signed "Mercator," defending c
Bill, should uphold the present system, by ANllico
clears hundreds of thousands a-year, is natural CO
but it is not so obvious that our bona fide merc to
here have any interest in " the promise to pay " .5):1
In fact, this Bill admirably subserves the intere'so
monied men in London—men who carefully ab„
from fixing their available assets in sugar, cotoli
indigo, in warehouses, docks, and ships, but ivh°ti
their investments in Exchequer bills and securo
which can be turned into money (that is, gold) atrV
notice, and whose business it is to " bull " the 01;, 0
then sell out, and immediately after turn e, bears It
when things are at the lowest, and PANIC is ail
swing, they buy in again—by this system making"
money than can possibly be done by bone
.fide tra
tions. And yet we have men on 'Change actualliii,
holding this systenl, as if they had some interest 040'
THAT Report of our Chamber of Commerce 09'0,
mises the reputation of Liverpool deeply, and 044
who really penned it, and induced the Council to P,i4
it, ought to be a marked man. That document, bewor
as it does, on a controversy which, by its pressingo
portance, supersedes all other questions of the daPt
become historical, and 1,.i0r one, feel uneasy th3itio
native town has taken up such an equivocal Vso
indicative at once of igEoranze and timidity:, i

BOATMENS' CHARGES,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. ~01
Sir,—Permit me, through the medium of Joe
popular journal, to invite the attention of the atlig
rities in this most important port to an evil of no ster
magnitude, hitherto apparently unnoticed or forgot
and, further, to solicit the aid of your potent pen 1°
same honest cause.

It really seems scarcely to be credited, that 11;
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public vehicles on land are duly licensed, and thd
charges regulated by a systematic scale, that the
men who ply for hire on the river, and who of
seem to be under the especial sanction and proteeti,
the local magnates, by being permitted to a' tO
eo
monopolise the space at the back of the landial
for their boats, and to perambulate the stage in
SoV
calling, should nevertheless be apparently unliceo,i
wear no badge or number, and be allowed to c';e,re'fir
their own discretion (or, might rather say, ind'
tion) respecting their charge for services.
A recent Act of Parliament wisely provides esseiltlll
protection for the intending emigrant, against di
extortions hitherto practised by the self-styled en11,,0
Lion agents, runners, and man-catchers; but slot' 1,01
emigrant have occasion to revisit the shore, and tV
a boat for his return to the ship whilst at anchor ill/00
river, or should friends desire to take their "last
look," they are entirely at the mercy of these boy,
whose charges are solely regulated by the emergen
the occasion, and, the opulence or ignorance °t'
iceb
traveller, who is powerless to command their sett'"
except it be at their own extortionate demand.
Although I am not an intending emigrant, Ye,'
no theorist in this matter, for on the same day and
have I for the the same job, when bargainingP3,6
demanded, by various boatmen, sums varying frolo tc
to 14s, and that too with the coolest impudent &i°"
imaginable.
They manage these things far better in L°ll,llP
Plymouth, Southampton, and indeed almost alite
places : then surely it is high time a system were au"
in Liverpool.
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Believing it to be rather an oversight than negle 11)
indifference, I write in the confident hope that
humble effort will not be fruitless.--Yours, &e.,
y 1 feft
P.S.—The remedy seems simple, and in no re'9l3
novel, except in the latter part :—Every boat , 0
numbered, every man a badge and correspondiug:9;
ber, and the scale of fares to be painted on a boar" 01;
conspicuous part of the boat. Penalty of course Ph
extortion.

TESTIMONIAL TO LORD CARDIGAI4'

A very handsome silver-gilt sword, richly chased'
the value of about 250 guineas, has been parchase9l,
public subscription in Yorkshire, as a testiroolr
admiration to Lord Cardigan, for the gallantrY4l
which he led on the cavalry in the celebrated char°,o
Balaklava, in October, 1854 ; and a meeting of the ova
scribers was held at the Leeds Court-house, on satortoi.
at noon, to determine as to the best mode of prese,ve
the testimonial. Sir G. Goodman, M.P., was 01;13,4
the chair, and there was a numerous and influential tiff
of the subscribers present. In the course of the
ceedings it was explained that no subscriber was alifsetli
to give more than a guinea, and that among the stw,.s
bers (all Yorkshiremen) there were 4 dukes, 22 peers
England, 18 members of Parliament, and 8 barone,Lsci
strong wish was expressed that the sword shot',
presented to the noble Earl publicly, in Yorkshire ; 00'
it was resolved to consult his Lordship as to his
venience, and a sub-committee was appointed to Pri
settle as to the place and time for the presentation.

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It is asserted that Count Buol having receive flip,
Sunday the reply brought by the Russian courier, ipci'
left St. Petersburg on the sth, has informed r_,rooFi.
Gortschakoff; that the entire Austrian Legation " I
depart from St Petersburg on the 11th inst. brioli
SEBASTOPOL.--AS to anythingof importance to write a
go'
it is out of the question. Health, abundance, andcde!
fort reign throughout the camp. The weather control'
frosty, but not so severe as it was. It is expected
the docks we have mined will be blown up this
weei,tt
FATAL ACClDENT.—Aninquest was held on Monday,4tels
Black Horse public house, Walton, before C. E. Do oeW
Esq., coroner, to enquire into the death of James All° 0
carter to Mr. Charles Ashurst, of Rainford, miller' IS
appeared by the evidence that the deceased had bee lot)
Liverpool market, on Saturday last, and about two °:,°1001
in the afternoon was returning along the turnpike roau f
a two-horse cart, laden with grain, and just before beripl
to Mr. Skirving's nursery, at Walton, he was endeavour )1,
to pass another cart on the road, and, whilst doing s°:l
had hold of the shaft horse, and gave the first horse n
,0
with his whip, which caused t° the horse to swerve a litt'otl
ti'
one side, and there being some broken stones upon the r o
the deceased stumbled over them and fell down, the
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wheel passed over the lower part of his back, injuring
so severely that he died about half-past five o'clock the' 00
day. Deceased was sober at the time of the accident.oo
had been in Mr. Ashurst's employ between two and 1",i,1,
years, and bore an excellent character as a steady, li
conducted servant. Verdict, accidental death. 11/1
We can state with confidence that the Russian rello,
to the Austrian ultimatum has been received at Irien,,'slf
Russia rejects the second clause of the first prof' $lO
namely, rectification of her frontier with TurkeY• re' also rejects the fifth proposal, by which a right oll;01
ducing special conditions is reserved to the bellige, 00
Powers, and in virtue of which they would demanaeptg
engagement not to rebuild Bomarsund. Russia aectioo
the rest of the ultimatum, including the neutraliz3l
of the Black Sea, with some modification. In oteb,:tlo,l,
for the strong places and territories occupied bjrie' Allies, Russia proposes to restore Kars and the territ°4ol
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she has won from Turkey, in Asia, in the last can-01011
We have reason to believe that Austria keeps ber•iog
with us, and will not receive this counter-propot tlO I
Austria, however, gives the cabinet of St. Petersburt re::
benefit of the time she had already allowed, aud,
it-
;tlo' i
fore, Russia has till the 18th instant to notify to vodil
Esterhazy her acceptance or rejection, without CO, et
tions, of the Austrian ultimatum. If Russia reinsetris,
if within that period she do not accept, the Ansi, i
Ambassador will leave St. Petersburg.—Morningos
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