The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-26 00:00:00

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lONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

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LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING

We have had a fair general enquiry for Cotton
during the past week, and although holders have
offered their stocks freely, prices have been steadily
maintained for all descriptions. The sales of the
week amount to 45,270 bales, 35,830 of which have
been taken by the trade, 4,860 on speculation, and
4,580 for export. The sales to-day amount to 6,000
bales, 1,000 being for speculation and export. The
committee's quotations to-day for fair Cotton are
as follows, viz :—Bowed 6,11, Mobile 611, and
Orleans 7d. per lb.
We gave a statement of Stocks and Receipts of
Cotton at the United States ports and elsewhere, in
our publication of Wednesday, and we notice a
reply in a cotemporary of to-day, but he does not
attempt to deny our figures, but places on our
shoulders blame for that we never attempted to
state. We gave the actual stocks, &c.—not what
Great Britain was to get out of them ; but even had
me so, it might be made clear that there would
a decrease in the sto.ilis in Liverpool at the end
But we are contented with stating
.ts, leaving the trade to work out their own
nots I calculations.

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stance of the Spaniards to

his ambitious designs a "republican mo
The whole of the diabolical plot will, however

2ment,

unfold itself presently

stand where

Meanwhile, its concoctors

" Forms terrible to view their sentry keep ;

anxious pleasures of a guilty mind,

The Liverpool Share Market has been firm, and
a fair amount of business has been done at full
prices. The closing, quotations were as follows :
Aberdeen, 141 111. 'Chester and Birkenhead, 16-1 17.
Caledonian, 30it 30 7-16. Chester and Holyhead, 178
174. Eastern Counties, 10 5-16 10 7-16. East Lan-
cashire, 214 21i. Great Northern, 231 24. Ditto A,
98 08. Great Western, 62a 621. Lancashire and York-
shire, 07a 97k. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport,
181, 18k. London and North Western, 108 108 k.

Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 341, 34g. Ditto
New 6 per cent. Pref., 13-16 15-16 p. Ditto Pref., 12
11-16 12 13-16. Midland Stock, 831 84. North
British, 939 g North Staffordshire, 41 44d. South
Eastern and Dover, 22-1,- 22 5 16. York, New-
castle, and Berwick, 214 22. York and North
Midland, 31-4 31-Z._ Leeds Capital Stock, 18 181.

Buffalo and Lake Huron, Ip. Dutch Rhenish,
2 11-16 2 13-16 p. Great Western of Canada, 2u 26i.
Ditto New Shares, 38 3 1-16 p. Great Luxembourg,
91 9d.

We quote the following report of the Tallow
Trade from the circular of Mr. F. J. Eaton :
" Only small sales of P. Y. C. at 53s to 51s 6d
per cwt ; but upwards of 1,000 cks South American
are reported at 52s 6d to 535, with a few lots of
North American at 50s for low, and 53s 6d to 54s
per cwt for good quality. The London market has
fluctuated considerably; early in the week 53s per
cwt was paid cal the spot, subsequently it declined
to 51s 6d, but yesterday there was a reaction, and
at the close the value was 51s 6d to 52s per cwt,
and 50s to 50s 6d per cwt for the last three months.
The deliveries still keep good, that for the half
week being 1,034 cks against 1,234 cks in 1855, and
the present stock is 11,870 cks against 45,546 cks
last year."

The Corn Market has been heavy to•day, and
wheat was about 2d per bushel lower, and flour
was 5d per barrel cheaper.
The meeting of the holders of Venezuela Bonds
is to be held to-day, when the terms proposed by
the government of the Republic for the settlement
of the Foreign Debt will be taken into considera-
tion. It is not expected, unless materially modified,
that they will be agreed to.

At the opening of the Stock Market to-day, the
English Funds ruled feebly at the closing prices of
yesterday, with a limited amount of business
doing. There is no doubt that the continued
depression of affairs on the Paris Bourse (which
failed yesterday to maintain the upward movement
of the previous day), is the immediate cause of the
heaviness in the English Funds. Money is still
abundant, and may be had in Lombard-street upon
good security at 3 per cent for short dates- The
latest quotations of Consols was 951 to 954.

p frauds before, and open force behind ;
Fnripa iron hnd. and Strifn that. Ahalceq

issing tresses, and unfolds her snakes."

The annexed arc the closing quotations of the
Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 17
to 11 18. Do., three months, 11 191 to 12 181.
Rotterdam, do., 11 191 to 12 18i. Antwerp, do.
25 50 to 25 571. Brussels, do., 25 50 to 25 571.
Hamburg, do., 13 8 to 13 81. Paris, short, 25 27!
to 25 32k. Do., three months, 25 57i to 25 65,
Marseilles, do., 25 00 to 25 65 Frankfort, do ,
110-7-, to 120 a. Vienna, do., 10 lei to 10 21. Trieste,
do., 10 19 to 10 22. Petersburg, do., 37i to 371.
Madrid, do., 491 to 49.

As to O'DONNELL, he is not only a disgrace—a
scourge—to Spain, but he is the foe of all Consti-
tutional countries, and he must be treated by

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap.
;,32, for the Week ending July 13, 1856.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Debit. Credit.
Notes issued . • £26,183,930 Government
Debt
Other securities 3,459,900
Gold Coin and
Bullion

Debit.
Proprietors' ca-

£26,183,930 I Total , £26,183,930

BANKING DEPARTMENT.
Credit.
Government Sc-

petal
Rest
Public deposits 3,242,869 Notes 5,321,300
Other „ 11,902,473 Gold and silver

Seven (lay. and
other bills.. 849,451

Total .... £33,895,253

I coin

621,825

Total .... 433,895,253

The foregoing Bank Returns show the following
results when compared with those of the preced-
ing week:—Notes issued, decrease, 89,6751; bullion
in both departments, decrease, 47,5741; rest, in-

crease, 26,928/; public deposits, increase, 695,3691;
other deposits, decrease, 796,3391; seven days' and
other bills, decrease, 27,2391. On the credit side,
government securities have increased 590,000/ ;
other securities, decrease, 619,9621. Notes unem-
ployed, decrease, 113,4201. Actual circulation,
20,862,6301; decrease, 23,7451. _ _

The Railway Share Market has ruled rather
heavy, and the transactions reported are limited;
one or two of the principal lines, however, have
been at firm rates. The subjoined are the closing
quotations :—Caledonian 602 61. Eastern Counties,
tO5 101. East Lancashire, 86 88. Great Northern,
074 08. A, 78 79. Great Western, 62 621. Lanca_
shire and Yorkshire, 97.,?-, 971 London and North
Western, 108 1081. Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 341, Midland Stock, 83,1 834. North
British, 384. South Eastern and Dover, 741, 754.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 87 88. York and
North Midland, 624 63.

SPECIMEN OF LEAD ORE.—There is now to be seen
in the window of Messrs. B. Milner and Co., Lord-street,
some fine specimens of lead ore, that have been discovered
in a mine at Fron, near Mold, only 82 yards below the
surf ice.
BIREENHEAD COITNIY C ourer.—Yesterday, J. C. Harden,
Flcq., held a court for the purpose of disposing of the busi-

esa of the district, There were 70cas,sfor hearing.,
of one of which, however, was of the slightest public

WONDERFUL MOVEMENT OF THE TOWN HALL CLOCK.—
It is a remarkable fact, that during-the last - three days, the
Town Hall clock has actually made strides from three to
hall-rsait'three o'clock. Who can tell what it may do in

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MAN D
named James Ber

.WNED AT DIRKENHEAD.—Yesterday, a man
ry, employed in the docks, by some unfore-
circumstance, fell into the Graving deck, and was
In the afternoon, an inquest was held upon the
bcly, and a, verdict of " accidental death" was returned.
PaOROGATION Of PARLIAMENT.—The Globe of last night
(.1 ministerial authority) announces that the prorogation of
Parliament will take place on Tuesday by Royal Commis•
sion. The Privy Council, at which her Majesty's speech
will be decided upon, will be held at Osborne on Monday.
AMERICAN MAILS —The royal mail steamer Asia, sails
for New York this day. Letters at the General Post
Office up to twelve o'clr,,ck, in the usual course will be in
time, and to one o'clock with late tees. At the stage to
two o'clock with additional late fees, which is is on each
letter.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BIRKENHEAD.—Yesterday morn-
ing, as a plasterer, named William Roberts, living in Dale
street, was engaged in whitewashing the front of a house in
Wheastone lane, Birkenhead, he met with a most serious
accident. When at a considerable height from the ground,
the ladder on which he was standing, slipped, and he fell to
the ground—breaking hia aim, and fracturing his skull.
He was removed to the Infirmary where every attention
was' paid hire. .

CO. ItONER'S 1 NQC

held the f

wing inquests

consewlenc

—Yesterday, the deputy coroner
3:—On the body of the unfortunate

, who

1 at the Southern Hospital, in
f injuries received by his jumping out of a
which have already appeared

window, under

was terribly c

tared. Verdic

jury found a verdict according to the
oiy of a man named J. Owen, who
At the new docks, Wapping, and died
pital, after having both legs ampa.
idental death."

NORTHERN TIDIES.---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING

Although I have still reason for believing that
the French Emperor does not contemplate in the
least an intervention in Spain—it would indeed be
an act of folly—it is right to state that it is confi-
dently believed here, in well-informed quarters,
that he has sent up orders from Plombieres, that
an army of at least 25,000 men shall be formed on
the frontier. It is not improbable that the events
in Spain will cause his Majesty to return to Paris
sooner than he had originally intended.
There is but little news from Spain to-day, and
the little there is, is of such a vague and confused
character, that the public are not far wrong in
supposing that affairs remain in statu quo. It
seems that general Dulce is not so ambitious of
winning the dubious kind of glory which
O'Donnell had prepared for him in giving him
the command of the SaragoSsa expedition, as
the friends of the Court might wish. " Dulce
est desipere in loco." Dulce accordingly lingers
in Madrid biding his time. Meanwhile, detailed
accounts which reach Paris of the late struggle
show how little dependance is to be placed in tele-
graphic accounts. In Barcelona, where the fighting
had been described to have been une bagatelle, the
Moniteur now states the carnage to have been
frightful, and to have lasted from five o'clock
in the evening of the 18th to the same hour
in the evening of the 21st, when the insurgents
fled across the country, where they were pursued
by the cavalry and sabred—Cosas de Espana.

Saragossa still held out at the latest accounts,
though a report of its surrender prevailed at the
Bourse towards its close. The market was, how-
ever, very heavy, and*.. the Rentes closed at 70 80.

0
BELGIUM.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
BRUSSELS, THURSDAY EVENING.
The fetes ended last night with a grand concert
in the Jardin Zoologique, and a magnificent display
of fireworks. The King was present at both, and
his Majesty was greeted again and again with loud
and enthusiastic cries of " Vive le Roi." The King
also witnessed from the balcony of the Palace the
grand cavalcade described in yesterday's letter,
and there also he was applauded with tremendous
energy by an immense multitude.
The fetes have been very splendid in themselves,
but they have been chiefly remarkable for their
political signification. And that signification is
that the Belgians are heartily, enthusiastically,
devoted to their nationality, that they love and
admire their King, and that they are determined
to maintain his dynasty as the best safeguard of
their independence and their constitutional
liberties.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

TURKEY

Our intelligence received via Trieste, under date
of the 24th instant, mentions that according to
news received from Constantinople to the date of
he 18th, Marshal Pelissier had been feasted and
feted with an extraordinary degree of splendour

and magnificence

The same despatch states-that the evacuation of
Turkey by the allied troops, was being accelerated
day by day, and that the rumours of the occupa-
tion of the Ottoman territory by 20,000 French and
3,000 English forces, was wholly unfounded.

We learn from the same source, that at Constan-
tinople European commerce was in full activity,
and that the Ottoman authorities were determined
to assist mercantile operations by the establish-
ment of a new system of octroi on goods imported .
By a subsequent despatch, we learn that on the
10th instant a fire of a most alarming character
had destroyed two-thirds of the town of Tessa-

I IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANT-SHIP OWNERS

AND CAPTAINS.

WRECK OF THE ISAAC WEBB

, An investigation of an important description took place
yesterday at the police-office, before Messrs. T. Rathbone
and J. H. Smith, in which Captain Bryar, of the American
ship Isaac Webb, was summoned at the suit of the Emi-
gration Officers of the port, under the 28th section of the
Emigration Act. The case was the first under that sec-
tion, and excited the attention of emigrant-ship owners.
Mr. Simon was engaged for the prosecution, and Mr.
Sqnirey for the defendant. Mr. Simon was, however,
absent at the opening of the case, but Captain Schoenberg,
in his absence, underteok to conduct the case for the pro-
secution. He said the prosecution was at the suit of
Lieut. Prior, one of the government emigration agents of
the port, and bro Light under the 28th section of the recent
act, which enacted that every passenger ship should be
manned with a sufficlott crew, according to the tonnage
of the vessel, to the satis,faction of the emigrant officer,
and that the strength of th at crew should not afterwards
.
be decreased or changed, um.ler a penalty not exceeding
£5O. He said the case at preh-ent was against Captain
i on the night of the
eh on that night,
Bryar, of the ship Isaac Webb, one of the American
" Black Ball " ships, that was wreak,
c*. hat he was
7th instant. She went ashore at Amlw.
and since that time certain of the passenger: who were on
board her had made such statements to him,
induced to institute au enquiry into the affil.". The
second mate, and other persons had also come to L'irn,
and from the evidence he would produce on this occasionf
he was of opinion that he should be able to satisfy the
court that a breach of the law had been committed. Oa
the sth July the ship was duly cleared by Lieut. Prior,
one of the emigration agents, and she had then her full
and competent compliment of men ; but it world appear
that after she was so cleared that twelve of the men, who
mustered as part of the crew, went over the side of the
vessel, and were landed in a boat. She went to sea short
of these twelve hands, and that was contrary to the Act.
That night it came on to blow a heavy gale, and the ship
went on a lee shore going down the channel, as the
number of hands she had on board were not able to.
manage her, and for this reason the vessel was lost.
These, he said, were the simple facts of the case, and for
this the captain had incurred the penalty under the Act.
Lieutenant Prior was then called, and said : I cleared
the ship Isaac Webb on the sth July. She had a crew of
49 men on board. That number was sufficient to satisfy
the clause in the Act. She was a passenger ship. I
mustered and passed all the men. I did not give any
consent or authority to have the crew altered or reduced
after that time.

Edward H. Summers, the second mate of the Isaac
Webb was examined, and said : We left Liverpool on
the 7th July, and the number of the crew then, as I think,
amounted only to 24 able and ordinary seamen, with
boys. That was independent of cooks, stewards, and
others.

Captain Schoenberg : Did you see the crew mustered ?
Witness: Yes, but I did not know how many they con-
sisted of.

Captain Schomberg : You saw Lientenant Prior muster
and pass the crew, and after that, did you see any one
who formed part of that crew, leave the ship ? Witness :
Yes, I did. There were at least twelve of them left it, as
near as I could count them.

Captain Schomberg : Were they ever replaced by men
after that ? Witness : They were not sir.
Captain Schomberg: Do you know any of the men?,
Witness : Yes, I know some of them, and they are now irr
Liverpool, but they will not appear. They are afraid it
would injure them hereafter, if they appeared now. In
continuation, the witness went on to say that the night
was very bad outside, and the ship was in great diffi-
culties for want of hands that night. They reefed topsails
before we went out. The witness then proceeded to give a.
low,' nautical account of what had been &rule with the
sails of the vessel, from the time she sailed. until she
struck, but as this was a purely sailor-like narrative, and
in point of fact, had nothing whatever to do with the
question before the court, viz., the decamping of twelve
men from the vessel, it was quite irrelevant to the ques-
tion, and therefore:of no interest whatever. The follo;c
ing, however, was important, for he said—We had not.'
hands enough to furl the sails, which would take up some
time. The ship was kept away, whilst we were going a.
course before that. She was not wore after that. I am.
clearly of opinion that the crew were not at all sufficient
to manage the ship, in consequence of want of hands.
caused by the men leaving the vessel.
Mr. Wybergh : When did the twelvo men leave the'
ship ? Witness They left whilst we were in the river,
immediately after the Government Agent had mustered
and passed the crew, and cleared her. They went away
in a boat. They came from the shipping agent's office,
and were engaged for the purpose of passing the emigra-
tion officer as part of the crew.

Mr. Wybergh : How do you know that ? Witness: r
know it from their own words, for they told me.
Mr. Wybergh : Was that said in presence of the cap-
tain ? ;Witness : No, it was not, for he was not there
then.

Mr. Wybergh : In whose presence was it saki,. then
Witness : In the presence of one of the clerks belonging
to Mr. John Decosta.

Mr. Wybergh : What did he say ? Witness : He said,
" come ashore all hands on our side,"—meaning all the
men who were engaged to pass the emigration officer, and
then go on shore.

Mr'.7Squirey preceeded to cross-examine the witness at
great length, entering into most minute details. The
chief points however elicited, were the facts that the
witness di►d not tell the chief officer nor the captains
because he did not see them. Ho admitted that he was
drunk in the latter part of the day (Saturday), but that
was after five o'clock, and the transactions he spoke of
took place between one and two o'clock. He admitted
that he took a quart bottle of whisky on board, and that
two pint bottles came afterwards, but he denied that he
was drunk on Sunday or Monday. He said the chief
mate, Mr. M'Kenna, talked to him about his being drunk .
on the Sunday. He admitted that he had not the best'
feeling towards the captain for an injury he had received,.
and said perhaps he would be even with him, but he
denied that this made him tell any thing but the truth.
Mr. Simon, about this stage of the proceedings, entered
the court, and having apologised for his unavoidable
absence, took up the conducting of the case.
John Kelly, one of the seamen on board, was examined.
This witness fully bore out the statement of the last
witness, and said, the men who went away had received
2s 6d a piece for coming and passing muster. He named
one of the me❑ as Pat Regan, and said he saw him than
in Denison-street. He said he was offered 5s
from some person named Kershaw, whom he supposed
belonged to Mr. Decosta's office, not to appear.
Francis Langdale gave similar evidence, as regarded
the men who went away.
Mr. Squirey addressed the bench for the defence, and
characterised the whole transaction as a foul conspiracyr
got up against the captain, who knew nothing whatever'.
of the affair.

In support of the defence, the following witnesses were
called:—

Mr. M'llenris, first officer of the Isaac Webb, was
examined, and said the crew were mustered between twe
and three o'clock on Saturday, the sth. Had stevedores
men, and six riggers, on board. There were fifteen or
sixteen stevedores as well. None of the crew mustered 131
the emigration officer went on shore, that I know of. The
riggers and lumpers went on shore in a small boat. I think
I should have known if twelve of the crew had gone 01
shore. Summers was hardly fit, from drink, to pass muster ;
he could " jog along" only. I spoke to him then, and
also on Sunday, as he was laid up drunk. He was "bobbing
along" on Monday, but was not hardly able to do his dial
as a correct man.

In reply to Mr. Simon, the witness said it was not usual-
to muster riggers and stevedores with the crew. The latter
were not mustered. Don't know how many of the ere('
were numbered. Don't know how many were on board.
Won't swear that there were eighteen hands on a watch.
Won't swear that there were more than fifteen hands On
watch. The ship was sixteen hours out before she struck-
There was one watch appointed, and there might be more
than fifteen on it.
To the Court : Every man that I "saw mustered, and
passed by Lieutenant Prior, went in the ship.
Mr. Simon : But did you see him pass them all ?
Witness : I can't say that, as some of them were drunk in the
forecastle. The witness was pressed very strongly I.°
reference to this point, but he could not swear positivel
to anything in reference to it. One of Mr. Decostae
clerks was on board, but I cannot say wha went ashore i°
the boat with him. It is the duty of the chief officer to
see that none of the crew leave the ship. The crew were
mustered next day by Mr. Decosta's clerk. I don't knoll
if the crew consisted of 24 men at that time.
To the Bench : Some of the crew abandoned the shill
when she struck.
In reply to Mr. S quirey, the witness said it was usual to
lie in the river for some time to let the sailors get sober:
There were sufficient ihands to work the ship when eb9
struck.
John Reed, the third officer of the ship, was examined;
and said the second mate Summers was a little in liquor 01'
the time. He did not see any of the men go ashore'
Lieutenant Prior was examined, and he said Summer*
at the time, he passed the men, was perfectly sober.
This closed the case on both sides, and Mr. Simon said b:
would not offer any observation in reference to the ces
made for the defence.
Mr. Rathbone said : This is the first case brought beie,
ferii,
us under the Act of Parliament, and we think it
,`,4
proved. We shall not inflict the full fine in this case, 1-',170
if any case comes before the court again, we will inflict
full penalty. We are resolved to put a stop to this pract,,l's
and protect the public. We do not say, in this case,
the captain of the ship had a knowledge of what took plat
We fine him £25 and costs.