The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-07 00:00:00

3 average one, we expect it will maintain its price,
scarce, especially for good, and if low waters con-

3y other, feel its effects, as

tinue this article will, more than
much of it is got out on small streams

Ash and Birch ate scarce. The manufacture of both has
caused such loss to parties during the preceding three years,
that very little has been made during the past winter.

Tamarac is still dull for flatted, of which the stock continues
large, but square is in moderato demand at from 9d to is.
Staves have opened at £65 for pipe, and 16 for W. 0.
puncheon. Although they may decline) a little in summer,
we do not expect to see them low, as the supply of both will
be moderate.

In deals we have not as yet had any large sales during the
last few weeks, but holders seem to expect £l2 M. to £l3
for floated, and £l3 10s to £l4 for Bright for first quality, and
2-3rds for 2nds, and for spruce, which aro likely to be less
abundant, £7 for lsts, £6 2nds, and £4 108. for 3rds, is

Freights opened pretty well, 375. to 37a. 6d. having beer
paid for Liverpool and the Clyde, but have gradually declined

and we 'now quote them dull at 355. for Liverpool, and 365. for
the Clyde. . FORSYTEI, BELL 6c, CO.

ANOTHER CHARD

OP MURDER ON THE
HIGH SEAS.

CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday the Borough Coroner
held an inquest on the body of a sailor named John Ti owner,
lately belonging to the ship Lincluden Castle, the property of
Messrs. Moore and Co., of this town and port. The deceased
came by his death by violence, as will be collected from the
following evidence : Mr. David Rees, the master of the ship,
stated that the deceased shipped with him about the 3rd of
March last at Mobile, and that he appeared in good health
when the ship sailed on tho 6th. On the 31st March he saw
a sailor named James Power, strike the deceased a violent
blow on the head which knocked him down, and then Power
kicked him twice about the head. The witness called out to
Power to -‘ drop such cowardly work," and ordered him aft,
but he went into the forecastle. The deceased was then
brought aft to the captain, covered with blood, and having a
deep cut in one of his cheeks. The deceased complained of
great pain in his jaw, and said it was out of joint. The jaw
was very much swollen next day, and the captain did all ho
possibly could for him, but the deceased could hardly swallow
any thing, and was not able to work. The ship arrived here
on the 7th April, and the deceased was sent to the Southern
Hospital, where ho died on Tuesday the 3rd inst. Power had
been, in the meantime, committed for trial by Mr. Mansfield
for the assault.

John Gray, the carpenter of the ship, was examined, and
ho stated that the deceased was an Austrian, and could not
speak much English. This witness also stated that he saw
Power beat the deceased, and kick him in the face. The
deceased's teeth were all loosened, and he could not eat.
An Austrian, named Mitchells, who keeps a boarding-house
in Mersey-street, stated that the deceased came to his house
on the Bth April, and complained that his jaw was broken.
The witness sent him to get his jaw set, but it got worse, and
he went to the hospital.
Mr. Garland, surgeon of the Southern Hospital, stated that
an abscess had formed in the jaw of the deceased, and it burst,
and the discharge from it was so great that it endangered the
man's life. Everything was done for him that medical skill
could suggest, but he died on the 3rd. He (the witness)
had made a post mortem examination of the body, and found
appearances indicative of consumption. Undoubtedly death
was accelerated by the injuries which the deceased had
received. The deceased had symptoms of consumption when
admitted; the discharge was so great from the abscess, as to
render consumption a necessary consequence, in addition to
which he could not eat any solid food, from the fact of his jaw

being broken.

Mr. Brown, one of the magistrate's clerks, was examined,
and proved that the depositions taken from the deceased before
he died, were read over to him in the presence of the accused,
whe refused to ask the deceased any questions.
The Coroner then read the depositions of the deceased.
The facts were not altered from these already given. The
only reason for the attack on the deceased by Power, was an
alleged dispute about some tobacco, which the deceased
charged Power with having taken from him. The coroner
then summed up, and the jury found a verdict, that the
deceased came by his death in consequence of the injuries
inflicted by Power, and that the latter was guilty of man-
slauf.,,hter.

Orders have arrived at Sheerness by telegraph, for the
Cressy, eighty gun screw steamer, to be got ready. for
foreign service with all possible despatch. She will sail
under sealed orders.
EX-MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—Lord J:ltn Russell is
about to travel abroad. He is ving to treat himself to a
long holiday, and he is quite right. "Ali work and no play
makes .Tack a dull boy."—Punch.
We regret to announce the sudden demise of Mr
Richard Gardner, M.P. for Leicester, which melancholy'
event took place at his residence in Eaton-square.
Disease of the heart proved to be the malady under
which the hon. member suffered, and which ended
fatally on Wednesday morning. A vacancy in the
representation of Leicester is thus created.
THE CANADIAN GRAND TRUNK AND THE NORTH
SHORE RAILWAYS.—The latest rumour with reference to
the Grand Trunk matter is, that the contractors, Brassey
and Co., engage to build the North Shore railway to
Lake Huron, if they get the grant of the four millions
acres of land, and to ask no change of their present
relations with the government with respect to the Grand
Trunk proper, which latter is to be completed also.
This is a fair enough proposition, if we were sure of it
tin carried out faithfully.—Qffebto