The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-31 00:00:00

r. Edwards moved as at

report, wbich rt._, of salary, should be taken
into consideration that day sir „months. He felt quite
that £6O per annum was sufficient for the ser--'-
ai he had nothing to do only walk about.
Mr. Roberts seconded the amendment

dated to the inere

performed,

Mr. Shaw denied that the superintendent had but little to
do, as his time was fully occupied with the weighing machine,
which he could not leave.

Mr. Lunt : Did not Mr. Wensley move that the salary-
should remain as it was?

The Chairman : That took place is committee, and cannot

be answered here

Mr. Shaw : I will answer it. Mr. Wensley was for having
the salary £7O, Mr. Kirkus £75, and Mr. Whitby £BO ; audr
as none of those gentlemen would give wayr the subject ;via
referred to the board.

After some further conversation, in the course of which it
was considered that no harm could arise from receiving the
report, Mr. Edwards withdrew his amendment, and the report

NOTICE OF MOTION.

Mr. Harrison then gave notice that,

the next meeting of
ntendent's salary be

the board, he should move th

incr:-ased to £BO. On that (

reason

for submitting thatproposition

THE CORRESPONDENCE

ved bT
k, which chiefly consisted of

[fence r,

the board:durin
letters of intruction and admonitions from the poor law board,
One, relative to some trifling inaccuracies by Mr. Bees, the
poor law auditor, in some books kept by the master of the

past v

workhouse, which, it appeared, had been explained,as arising
from inadvertency on hia part, but the fact was, the blame, if
any, rested with the clerk, Mr. Kennedy.

THE APPOINTMENT OP' AN ASSISTANT SCHOOLMISTRESS.
On the motion of Mr. S:iaw, 'seconded by Mr. Harrison,
Miss Harriet Bishop was elected an assistant schooolunstress,
at n salary of £1.5 per annum.

IMPORTANT TO, LETI

ER CARRIERS.

At the morning sittings before Mr. Mansfield at the
Police-court yesterday, Mr. J. G. Bates, the chief super-
intendent and inspector of letter carriers, appeared to
charge a man, named Thomas Stevenson, late a letter
carrier in the General Post Office, under the Ist Vic.,
chap. 36, section 7, for wilfully detaining letters which
had been entrusted to him for delivery. The penalty for
this offence is 201 or three month's imprisonment, accord-
ing to the discre!ion of the magistrates. Mr. Chilton
.appeared for the defendant. It appeared that the
defendant had been employed in the delivery of letters
in the Monnt Pleasant district, and from time to time
complaints had been made of irregular deliveries there.
Mr. Bates was accordingly on the look out to discover
how the default arose. On the Ist inst., the defendant
absented himself, without leave, from his duty, and Mr.
Bates went in search of him. He found him in the
evening in bed, at his lodging, in a state of intoxication.
He asked him ifi he had delivered all his letters safely?
and he replied he had. Not being satisfied, Mr. Bates
searched the prisoner's coat, and found in the pockets
four letters which ought to have been delivered early that
morning. The man was then suspended, and
subsequently dismissed, and an order Caine from London
to prosecute him under the act. Mr. Chilton, for the
defendant, said he pleaded guilty, and hoped the court
would deal leniently with him. Mr. Mansfield said the
office of letter-carrier was, one of the greatest importance
to the public, and, therefore, the' men should be
,particu-
larly cautious in the discharge of their duties. In this
case the man had been already dismissed, which was
punishment, and he trusted it would prove a warning to
all other persons engaged as letter-carriers. He inflicted
a fine of 2/ and costs, or in defatilt of payment, three
months imprisonment.

TRADE REPORT.-WEDNESDAY.

COTTON There has been an active demand for Cotton
to-day, the trade and exporters having operated liberally,
and holders, although offering in quantity, are firm in their
demands, and prices' again favour the seller, making an
advance of about rld per lb ainee Friday. The sales, includ-
ing 100 Pernambuco, 611; 80 Bahia, 611 ' • 300 Maranham,
511 to 6id ; 500 Egyptian, 52i to 61d : 2,000 Surat, 311
to 4.1-d ; are reported 15,000 bales, of which 5,000 are on
speculation and for export.
Pro InoN : Our markets for warrants closed at 76s 9i to
77s cash; three months, open, buyers 77s 6d, with a better
enquiry, but few sellers.

TALLOW advancing. 52s paid for January and March.
There is also some demand f,r consumption at last. March
to April, 555; April to June, 63s 6d.

The Market continues extremely quiet, the sales
being confined to 50 cases white Bahia at 28s, and 250
boxes white Havana at 31s per cwt, both in bond.
MOLASSES RUM, and COFFEE : No transactions to report.
RICE : There seems no disposition to purchase.
GUM GEDDA : At the auctions this morning, 200 bags,
with all faults, sold at 17s to 19s. .

SUGAR

SAGO FLOUR : 130 bags sold at 25s to 25i 3d per cwt.
CLOVES : 100 bags sold at 4id to 5d per lb.
LOG WOOD: 180 tons Campeachy sold at £8 5s to £8 7s
6d.

FUSTIC : 60 tons Curacoa sold at £.5 7s 61 to £5 lOs per
ton.

CASTOR OIL : 50 eases taken at 6icl per lb.

THE HONOURS OF THE SHRIEVA.LTY. —The present sheriffi
of London, Mr. Alderman Kennedy, and Mr. Alderman
Rose, are in danger of incarceration, like their predecessors
in office (Messrs. Evans and Wheelton), who were kept in
durance yile,,for a breach of the privileges of the House of
Commons, some years since. The present sheriffs, in their
capacity of sheriff of Middlesex, have come, under the
purview of the Court of Ch.ancery, for we see that on
Tuesday Mr. Keene applied for special leave to serve a
notice of motion for Thursday, to commit the sheriff of
Middlesex, the under sheriff, and his officers, for a contempt
he stated, has levied an execution on

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