The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-08 00:00:00

THE COURT.

WINDSOR, FEB. 6.—The Queen and Prince drove out
in an open carriage yesterday afternoon. The Duchess
of Wellington, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, and the Hon.
Mary Bulteel, followed in a second carriage. The
Equerries in Waiting attended on horseback. There
was no addition to the Royal dinner party.

A telegraphic despatch announces the death of the
Right Rev. Dr. Hugh Percy, Lord Bishop of Carlisle.

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY EL-EcTioN.—Yesterday, the
election of a Burgess to serve in Parliament for the Uni-
versity et Cambridge, in the room of the late Right Hon.
Henry Goulburn, commenced. The state of the poll at
one o'clock stood as follows :—For the Right Hon. Spencer
Walpole, 147 ; for the Hon. George Denman, 82.

IN consequence of the tempestuous state of the
weather in the Channel, the foreign mails of yesterday
have not reached, and hence we are without our usual
letter of our own Paris correspondent, up to the hour of
going to press. Tn a telegraphic despatch from Deal,
it is stated that the French mail steamer had landed
the mails at that place, not being able to do so at
Dover owing to the stormy weather.

THE ASSASSINATION OF MR. WM:MR.—At the Central Cri.
minal Court yesterday, Charles Westron was tried for the
assassination of Mr. Waugh, the solicitor, of Bedford-row.
The Jury returned a verdict pronouncing the prisoner
" Guilty of Wilful Murder," but recommended him to
mercy on account of predisposition to insanity. Sentence
of death was recorded.

LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT—YESTERDAT—(3efore
Mr. Commissioner Stevenson) : —ln re John Gresty.—The
bankrupt, a tobacconist, of Liverpool, applied this day for
his certificate. He was supported by Mr. Rymer, and Mr.
Evans appeared for the assignees. His Honour granted a
certificate of :the first class.—/n re John Nicholson The
bankrupt, a surgeon, of Liverpool, also applied for his
certificate and and the court granted him one of the first class.
e Was Supported by Mr. John Yates, jun., and Mr.
Wrigley
appeared for the assignees.

The corn averages published to-day are as
follows—Wheat, 75s 10d; Barley, 38s 6d ; Oats,
25s 5d ; Rye, 53s 2d; Beans, 44s 5d ; Peas, 43s ld.
The half-yearly meeting of the London and
County bank took place this day. The report
stated as follows :—" Your directors have the satis-
faction of presenting to the proprietors their re-
port for the half-year ending the 31st December,
1855. It will be found, on reference to the balance
sheet, signed by your auditors, that the net profits
of the bank for the last half year, after making due
provision for bad and doubtful debts, amount to
34,0051 8s 10d, which, with 13,6931 Is 2d brought
forward from the half-year, ending the 30th June,
and 52751 lOs 4d the balance of the reserve fund,
in excess of 100,0001, will leave a disposable sum
of 52,9741 Os 4d. Your directors recommend, that
a dividend of 5 per cent for the half year and a
bonus of 5 per cent (equal to a dividend of 15
per cent on the year), both free from income
tax—upon the paid-up capital of the bank,
he now declared—this, if approved by the
proprietors, will leave the sum of 4,8421
18s 2d, of which the directors recommend that the
sum of 4,2341 18s 9d should be presented to the
officers of the bank, being 10 per cent upon their
salaties ; that the sum of 5001 be placed to the
credit of the " Sadleir Provident Fund ;" and the
balance of 1.07 Z 19s 5d be carried forward to the
next account. After giving the subject the most
mature consideration, your directors are of opinion
that 20 per cent upon the paid-up capital of the
bank is sufficient for the reserve fund. On the
adoption of this principle, the amount will continue
at 100.0001." The balance sheet was as follows :
Dr. £ s. d.
To capital ... ••• ... 487,805 0 0
Reserved Fund ... 105,275 10 4
Customers Balances, &c. ... 4,443,359 8 9
Net profit for the half-year, after payment
of 30,5011. 13s. 3d. for interest to cus-
tomers . •-• ... 34,005 810

Profit and loss: balance brought forward
from last account ... ... ...

13,693 1 2

.£5,084,138 9
.1

Cr.
By Cash in hand and at Call, Government
and other Securities, Discounted Bills,
&c.... ..5,053,392 2 8
Bank Premises, freehold and leasehold,
Trade Fixtures, &c. ... 30,746 6 5

£5,084,138 9 1

The report was adopted
The funds have not well maintained their ad-
vance. At one period of the day, a reduction of
3-Bths per cent. was quoted, but the closing prices
were only 1-Bth per cent. below those of yesterday,
the final quotations being 901 90i. The decline
was chiefly attributed to some speculative and bona
fide realisations. This was settling day in:consols,
circumstance which tended to render the market
sensitive. Considerable discussion is beginning
to arise as regards the probable amount and form
of the next government loan. It is pre
slimed that whatever may be the result of the

Paris conferences, a loan will be required prior
to the payment of the April dividends. Money
continues in active demand in Lombard-street.
The failure of another jobber to day wag announced
in the Stock Exchange in connection with the
settlement in consols. The heavy fluctuations
caused in the Stock and Share Markets by the
recent change in the aspect of politics, have thus
resulted in the failure of five members of the
house. In no instance, however, is any important
amount involved. Considering the suddenness
and violence of the fluctuation, it is greatly to
the credit of the Stock Exchange that the
cases

of embarrassment have not been
more numerous. At Paris to day the 3 per cent
Rentes closed about nth per cent lower than
yesterday. The Railway Share Market to day was
on the whole well supported. The closing
prices were as follows :—Caledonian, 55y 55y.

Eastern Counties 10. East Lancashire, 72 74,
Great Northern, 911 911 Do. A, MI 771. Great
Western, 56 561. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 81
811. London and North Western, 100,4 1001.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 241
25. Midland Stock, 60 69i. North British, 29
30. South Eastern and Dover, 621 62.1 York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, 73/ 741 York and North
Midland, 49 491.

The following are the Railway Traffic Returns for
the past week, as compared with those of the same
period last year :

1856. Corresponding
week last year.
. £4,605
. 1 691
. 4,093
▪ 136
. 4,483
. 21,156
▪ 17,223
130
16,934

ENGLISH LINES.
Bristol and Exeter
Cheshire Junction
Chester and Holyhead
Deeside
East Lancashire ,
Great Western
Great Northern
Kendal and Windermere
Lancashire and Yorkshire 19,349
London and Brighton 10,702
London and South Western
London and North Western..
Manchester, Sheffield, &c.
Manchester and S. Junction .... ... 665
Midland
Oxford, Worcester, &c
Shrewsbury and Chester - 339
Shrewsbury and Birmingham ... 1,248
Shrewsbury and Hereford 1,066
South Eastern .. .
South Yorkshire .......
Shropshire Union .. ....... .... 729
Taff Vale
Wes- Cornwall
West Hartlepool
IRISH LINES.
Belfast and Ballymena
Cork and Blackrock ...
Dublin and Wicklow...
Newry and Enniskillen .
Waterford and Limerick
SCOTCH LINES.

::::
97
8:66363
▪ 45,179
7,751
.... 620
..... 24,721
▪ 2,523
• . 1,944
• 1,057
.... 936
.... 11.925
.... 1,519
.... 699

. 442
2,016

845
170
319
34
1,179

.... ill
.... 137
.... 37
813

Aberdeen
Caledonian
Dundee and Arbroath
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee
Glasgow and South Western.....
Great North of Scotland
Scottish Central
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Dutch Rhenish
Great Luxembourg „• • .....
Sambre and Meuse

3,133
11,089
• 451
• 4,546
, 2,617
. 5,270
740
2,566

.... 2,695
.... 11,020
• • • • 363
.... 4,430
.... 2,501
• • ••• 4,768
.... 686
2,665

1,693
276
1,142

PERRY ACCOMMODATION.-Of late much has been said
and written on the management, or rather the mismanage-
ment of the Seacombe and Egremont ferries. Last evening,
another instance to be added to the many already onlrecord,
occurred. The passengers leaving Liverpool by the half-
past six o'clock boat for Egremont, (and of these there
was a goodly number) again suffered much inconvenience
from the neglect, or gross carelessness of some parties hav-
ing the management of that ferry. The boat had arrived
nearly opposite the terry, when a voice was heard shouting,
"Go back to Seacombe ; ' consequently, the engines were
reversed, and the passengers were landed on that slip, having
to get to Egremont as best they could. Comment on this,
as an accommodation to the public, is unnecessary. When
the nine o'clock boat left, the ferry slip had given way, and
it was with the utmost difficulty that the passengers could
reach the boat.

We learn from Paris that yesterday the French
Government had just forwarded passports to the
two Russian Plenipotentiaries. Count Orloff must
have already left St. Petersburg. Baron Brunow
had left Frankfort for Paris, and M. de Bourqueney
left Vienna the same day.
It is stated that at Berlin, great anxiety begins
to be felt as to the way in which the Frankfort
Diet will receive the Austrian propositions. It is
feared that the secondary and minor German
States will endeavour to avoid a definite resolution,
but will seek to obtain the admission of a repre•
sentative from the Diet at the Paris Conferences.
It is felt that this may throw an impediment in the
way of Prussia, on the plea that she will be suffi-
ciently represented in that manner. Prussia
wants to be invited on her own account, and also as
the protector of the general interests of Germany.
The statements now continually repeated, that the
Cabinet of Berlin is indifferent about the Con-
ferences, may be taken for mere talk.

DOUBLE MURDER

IN KENT

Yesterday morning intelligence reached London that
between one and two o'clock that morning a double mur-
der was committed at a gentleman's mansion at Pens-
hurst, that a servant in the establishment is in custody,
and that of two burglars who entered the house, one was
shot dead on the spot, and the other mortally wounded.
The tale as it has reached is this :—A family at Pens-
burst (name not ascertained), left Kent last week, for the
purpose of making a tour on the Continent, leaving the
house to the care of a confidential person, who had
for some years past acted in the capacity of butler.
Yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock,
the game-keeper having been out for the pur-
pose of looking after poachers, who had infested
the preserves of late, passed his master's house, when his
attention was attracted by a light in the dining-room
windows, an unusual circumstance at that hour in the
morning. On looking through a chink in the shutters he
saw two men busily engaged in rifling his master's plate
chest, and packing up its contents. He went round to
the back part of the premises, and having forced an
entrance soon confronted the thieves. A scuffle ensued,
and having a double-barrelled gun loaded in his hands, he
shot one of the burglars dead, and so wounded the
other, that he was unable to move. He then proceeded
up stairs, when he met the butler with a 'can-
dle in one hand, and a knife in the other.
The gamekeeper at once collared him, and drew him up
stairs, where to his dismay he found the housemaid and
cook dead, their throats having been cut. The butler was
given into custody, as was also the wounded burglar, who
is not likely to survive very long the injuries he received.
Mr. Pilgrim, the superintendent of the South Eastern
railway at London-bridge, states that intelligence of the
murder had reached him, but that he was doubtful about
the truth of it.