The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-07 00:00:00

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_sperate characters who are still at large there
is hope of escaping death, no matter how diabolical
their crimes may be ? It all depends on the legal
colouring of their defence, and the legal ingenuity
they can call to their aid when before a coroner'
London Times, or any other jury or the judge.

As an example, therefore, the hanging of one
man out of a number found guilty and sentenced

for taking the life of a fellow-creature cannot by
any possibility have a good effe3t. On the contrary,
it inspires the multitude with a belief that the law
of death is only very partially administered ; and
the very opposite result to that sought is all that
is attained. Again, there are some who contend
that all those who commit murder are labouring
under temporary insanity, and they cite the
verdicts returned by coroners' juries in cases of
suicide, and the statistics adduced by high

medical authority in London some few years sinc

which went to show that in almost every case
where persons who attempted self-destruction,
had by proper medical aid been restored
to health, subsequently died mad. And
the man who coolly contemplates the savage and
nliuman butchery of a fellow creature cannot be
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LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY, January 5, 1856.
Admitted—ln-patients, 27 ; out-patients, 3 ; casuals during
the last week, 1;1 Discharged—In-patients : cured, 9 ;
relieved, and at own request, 8 ; made out-patients, 6 ;
irregular, 4 ; dead, 1; remain in the house, 157. House
Visitors—Joseph G. Livingston, and Hugh Perkins,
Esqrs. Physician and Surgeon for ensuing week—Dr.
Dickenson and Mr. Stubbs. House Surgeons, Mt. G. B.
'Raiford and Mr. C. Webster. Chaplain—Rev. H. J.
. Robert Hutchison, Esq., Treasurer.
OUTRAGE IV MASON-STREET, EDGE-lIILL.-011 Friday
a gentleman was knocked down, badly treated, and
robbed of his watch and other property in the above street;
and, although he held out for a considerable time against
his assailants, and called loudly for the police, yet no con-
stable came to his assistance and the ruffians got clear off
with their booty. Our informant (upon whom we can rely),
states that this and some adjoining streets in the locality,
are infested nightly by a set of desperate characters, who
prowl about committing depredations, and that seldom, even
in the day time, is there a policeman to be seen. This
notice, it is hoped will attract the attention of Major Greig,
_.. ..unvictions on the and that he will at once remedy the great evil com-
All we contend for is the administration plained of.
I

The Liverpool Share Market has been inactive
at yesterday's prices : and at the close
they remained unaltered. Closing prices as
follows : Aberdeen, 11 111
Birkenhead, 131 134. Caledonian, 27 271. Ches
ter and Holyhead, 11-1 Ht. Eastern Coun-
ties, 84 £3B. East Lancashire, 171 172. Great
Northern, 22 22/. Ditto A, 91 94. Great Western,
514 52. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 70 76-1
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 131 14. Lon_
don and North Western Stock, 93194. Manches-
ter, Sheffield and Lincoln, 231 238. Ditto Prefer-
ence, 132 131 Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., 7-16 2p.
Midland Stock, 63f 631. North British, 71 71
North Staffordshire, 82 81d. South Eastern,
17 17 1-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 161 16;.
York and North Midland, 221 22k. Dutch Rhenish,
11 16 id. Great Western of Canada, 241 241,
Ditto New Shares, 2* Op. Great Luxembourg,
101 10 d.
The money market during the week has been
more than usually light. In London in the- early
part of the week, the demands on the banks for
discounts were very heavy, and extreme rates were
freely paid. This demand is said to have been
produced by the heavy amount of acceptances
falling due on the 4th, and the payment of ten per
cent instalments of the 5,000,0001. Turkish loan,
(being the last but one), which fell due on Tues.
day. The efflux of gold to France continues, and
the whole of the 416,0001., brought by the Donald
MlCay from Australia, has been purchased by the
Bank of France, which is still paying a premium
to secure supplies as soon as they come in. The
last importation from America, about 62,0001,
has also been taken for the same destination. The
571,0001. in silver, and 60,000/. in gold brought by
the West India steamer has been deposited in the
Bank to-day, but it is the general belief that the
silver will be sent to India and China, the demand
for which continues unabated. About 400,0001. is
now due from Australia; with this exception we
have now received all the specie that we have
reason to expect for some weeks. Insurances have
been effected upon several amounts to be shipped
from the United States on continental account, so
that it appears that a system has been organized
to obtain as much as possible of the Californian
yield from New York, whilst purchases are still
made in this market of the Australian parcels as
they come in. Against this competition we have
nothing to set but the natural operation of the
Exchanges, which, at present, owing to the large
import of corn, do not leave any profit upon the
shipment of gold from America. Under these
circumstances the position of the Bank naturally
invites attention.

Chester

- The Bank returns, we published this morning, aro
generally regarded as unfavourable. The Bullion
is 161,6021. less than last week, and the Reserve
has diminished 482,3271., while the Private Secu-
rities have increased 573,737/. These changes
shew the extent of pressure to which the Bank was
subjected last week. The Bullion is now at its
lowest point in 1855, being in both departments
only 10,820,1631. against 13,834,6571. in the corres-
ponding week last year. From these causes the
Stock Market has experienced a continuous decline
during the week, amounting, on some values to 1,
and others to 1/, per cent. Consols closed last
Saturday at 883 to and yesterday at 871 to 1.
The fall was, undoubtedly, accelerated by a belief
that, as the quarter's revenue up to the end of 1855,
shews a deficiency of nearly 4,000,0001. a loan will
shortly be announced, whilst, in order to provide
for the dividends due next week, the Government
has been in the market as a seller of stock.
Foreign securities have been very heavy, and they
aro all lower. The Turkish 6 per cents were done
on Saturday at 83a; to-day they closed at 811 to t,
being a fall of 21. 10s. The New Scrip has fallen
Railway Shares have fluctuated, but the decline
in them has not been equal to that in Consols and
foreign stocks. The continuous good traffics, and
the approaching dividends, keep them on the whole
steady, but there is not much doing. Exchequer
Bills have been at 12s dis, but the average price is
from Os to 4s.

To-day the transactions have been limited, and,
although the quotations were rather weaker in the
morning, the closing prices were the same as
those at the termination of business yesterday.
There is no particular feature to notice in regard
to the operations, but the bank returns are con-
sidered unfavourable. Consols opened at 87 to
871, at which they remained some time, but
the final quotation was 87k. The New Three
per Cents. were steady at 87i to 871, and the
Reduced 871. An improvement of about to 1
per cent. occurred in Bank Stock, which was
marked 207.. Exchequer Bills have recovered Os.
and 4s. discount, and there was a rumour late this
afternoon that the Government contemplate a
funding of these securities to the extent of
between 0,000,00)1. or 7,000,000/.

The settlement of the English Stock Market is
fixed for the 15th of January.
According to a statement compiled by
Messrs. Haggard and Pixley, the exports of
bullion from London during last year
amounted to 14,221,610/, or 3,321,733/ more
than in 1854. The augmentation has been chiefly
of silver, and during the last six months the ship-
ments of this article alone have been to the extent
of 6,933,380/. These totals are irrespective of
what has been forwarded to France by way of
Folkestone and Dover, and which represents an
important aggregate amount.

The moveMents of the precious metals this week
have been important. The arrivals amount to
about 600,0201., which comprise 631,260/. from the
Pacific, &c., by the Tyne steamer; 61,6301. from
New York, per America ; 3,1301. from the Peninsu-
la, per the Sultan. The ascertained exports have
been to the extent of about 727,8501., which in-
cludes 416,0001. per Donald M'lCay, for the Bank
of France ; 277,3071. per Pera, for India and China ;
and about 50,0001., by private hand, to the Conti-
nent, and 100 ounces of Gold, and 600 ounces of
Silver, for the Continent, through the London
Custom House.

Some excitement was stated to exist in Chili, in
consequence of the discovery of a rich gold field
near the old mines where gold washing was suc-
cessfully carried on by the Spaniards during the
rule of old Spain. Naciamento, the place spoken
of, where an American is stated to have extracted
10,000 dollars worth in fourteen days, is at the
head of the estuary of the river Bio Bio, in lati-
tude 35 deg. south, on the frontier of a territory
belonging to a warlike tribe of the American
Indians. A scientific gentleman, who had visited
the country, states that its geological forma-
tion appeared to be of the highest auriferous
character.

In the Mincing-lane markets, which re-opened
on Wednesday, after the Christmas recess, the
business transacted has been of an unimportant
character, and the heaviness apparent in the early
part of last month has not diminished. Sales of
sugar at former rates have almost been impracti-
cable, and in one or two instances a reduction of 2s
to 3s per cwt has!been conceded. On the Ist instant,
the stock at the four chief ports of the United
Kingdom was 66,750 against 114,531 tons at the
same time in the previous year, and 84,289 in 1854.
Coffee, both plantation and native, has been in
limited request, but rather higher prices have been
realised by private contract. The stock in London
on the Ist of January, 1855, was 8924 tons against
10,589 in 1854. Cocoa has been dull of sale, and
rum is ld to 2d per gallon cheaper. Rice has been
at almost nominal quotations. Saltpetre, at a
slight decline, has been taken to a small extent
and cotton has been steady.
Messrs. Smith and Charles in their circular,
to-day, make the following remarks in reference to
the Tallow Trade :

Nothing has transpired in relation to the mission of
Count Esterbazy since the date of our last circular ; the
same disbelief in a pacific solution of the question prevails
to which we then alluded. Meanwhile tne position of our,
markets has undergone some little change. The deliveries
on January to March contracts have been far less than was
generally anticipated, and this has strengthened the convic-
tion entertained in some quarters that there is an oversold

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account for that period. The stock on the Ist instant was
18,904 casks against 35,000 in 1855 ; 43,000 in 1854 ; 47,000
in 1853 ; and 64,000 in 1852. There are about 3,000 casks
afloat, and until the recent re-opening of the German ports
(occasioned by the mild weather), this appeared to be all
that we should receive till the end of March. Shipments
are, however, going on at Memel and other ports, and the
doleful political position of Prussia, which was commented
on by one of our leading journals of Monday will, no
doubt, stimulate the efforts of holders of Russian produce
lying in Prussia to increased activity in its dispatch ; and
this will probably be further augmented by the extraordin-
ary difference in the price of tallow for delivery on or before
March, as compared with the price for delivery atter
that date. These two things, then, Ist, the political
position of Prussia, which may lead to a blockade of
her ports later in the season; 2nd, the difference in
market value of from 31. to 5/. per ton in a tallow
delivered on this side of March as compared with a
later period, will, as it seems to us, furnish the holders
of tallow in Prussia with the strongest inducements to
press forward their goods, even at the cost of additional
charge for conveyance; and in the meantime the effect
of these considerations will be to deter manufacturers and
consumers from purchasing more than they can possibly
avoid till the beginning of April. For the first two or
three days of this week our market was extremely inac-
tive ; the demand has since improved, and our concluding
prices are-spot, new, 68s. ; old, 665. 6d. ; January and
March, 68s. ; March and April 675. ; April to June, 635.
6d. ; October and December, 603. ; town tallow 665. net
cash. Delivered to last night, 565 ; arrivals, 1469. The
public sales consisted of 570 casks, 153 of which were
sold. St. Petersburg advices are to the 27th ult. Ex-
change, 35 11-16. Nothing doing in tallow. Memel
prices, 1456 for spot at St. Petersburgh, and 138 spot at
Moscow ; carriage 65 to Koono ; for delivery in St. Peters-
burgh next day, 124 cash, and 133 10i down. We quote
palm oil 48s. 6d. 475. ; cocoa-nut oil, Cochin, 475, Ceylon,
46s ; linseed oil, 445.
In London the English Stock Market continues
flat. The additional decline established to-day,
however, scarcely amounted to an ith per cent.
The prices at tho close of the day boino• 871 871.
An unfavourable impression was produced by the
weekly Bank Returns, which is interpreted as
indicating a probability of continued sales of stock
to meet the financial necessities of the Govern-
ment. The general demand for money to-day was
good, but less active than yesterday. The large
masses of Bills falling due yesterday, the 4th, have
been remarkably well met. At Paris to-day the Three
per Cents experienced a decline of I to •Z per cent.
The imports of the precious metals this week have
been heavy, but consist chiefly of Silver, the value
of the arrival is about 696,0001., but the proportion
of Gold is comparatively limited. The ascertained
exports of the week are about 278,0001., chiefly in
Silver. It is known, however, that the Gold
brought by the America and the Donald M‘Kay,
has been taken for the Continent, in addition to
the sundry amounts withdrawn from the Bank,
Business in Railway Shares to-day was singularly
small, and the market was altogether free from any
important variation in price. The following are
the closing quotations :-Caledonian, ;541 541
Eastern Counties, 81 81. East Lancashire, 691 701
Great Northern, 87 88. Ditto A, 73 74. Great
Western, 511, 52. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 762
701. Leeds Northern, 111. London and
North Western, 93,i 941. Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 231234. Midland Stock, 63k 631
North British, 281 291. South Eastern and Dover,
561 571. York, Newcastle and Berwick, 661 671.
York and North Midland, 441- 45.

On Friday last, we drew attention to the approaching
departure of :Dr. Scoresby by the Royal Charter to
Australia. We are glad to be able to add to our former
statement, that the experiments referred to, have now
been made to Dr. Scoresby's entire satisfaction, and that
in addition to the service he is about to render to nauti-
cal science, he has most kindly promised to give his most
valuable aid in the religious exercises of the Sunday dur-
ing the voyage.
CORONER'S INQUESTS.---On Saturday the deputy coroner
Mr. Statham, held the following inquests :--On the body
of a respectable female, named Mary Havdock, aged 77
years, who resided in Field-street. The deceased was very
deaf, and a few evenings ago, she was passing through
Great Homer-street, when she was knocked down and ran
over by a shandry, and received such injuries in her head

that slie died from the effects. There was a man in custody
on suspicion of being the driver of the vehicle, but, as there
was no proof of the fact, he was discharged. The jury
found that death was accidental.—The details of the follow-
ing cases appeared in our paper of Saturday, and the
following are the verdicts :—William Jones, a fireman on
board a steamer, accidentally drowned. Jane Willis, falling
down stairs ; verdict, accidentally killed. Elizabeth Rath,
died from the effects of burns, by her clothes catching fire,
accidental death. A boy, named Dewhurst, choked by a
bean ; verdict, accidental death. John Moore, accidentally
killed on board a ship, by a piece of iron falling on him ;
verdict same as on the preceding case. William Jones,
accidentally drowned, verdict same. Archibald Roston, a
watchman, accidentally drowned in one of the docks, verdict
same.

There is a man down east, rather a facetious chap, whose
name is New. He named his first child Something ; it
was Something New. His next child was called Nothing,
it being Nothing New.—American Paper.

A handsome young bride was observed to be in deep
reflection on her wedding-day. One of her bridesmaids
' I was think-

eaux I should marry

A fresh departure of pilgrims for" Jerusalem 'and the
Holy Land will take 'place at Marseilles towards the end
of February. About the same period another caravan,
formed in Germany, will sail from Trieste for the same
destination.

WAKLEY AND WINE.—A. commissioner of the Insolvent
Debtors' Court, one of the wittiest men of the day (Mr.
Sergeant Murphy), was dining lately in company with
Mr. Wakley, the well-known coroner. "Do you like that
wine, Wakley ?" asked the commissioner. " Very good,
indeed," said Wakley. "Al," said his friend, "being a
coroner, I thought you'd There's a body in it."
The Emperor Alexander 11. has ordered a special court
to be formed at Kieff for trying captured Poles and Hun-
garians. The former are to be punished with death, the
latter delivered to the Austrians for execution. So many
Polish and Hungarian prisoners are taken, in irons, to
Kieff, that no fewer than four judges, ten secretaries, and
executioners innumerable, are continually employed in
their condemnation.

Rossini had accepted an invitation to dine with a
certain lady, whose dinners were known to be arranged
on a most economical scale. The dinner offered to the
maestro formed no exception to the general rule, and he
left the table rather hungry. "I hope you will soon do
me the honour to dine again with me," said the lady to
him, as he was taking leave. " This minute, if you like,"
replied he.

Jun vssEx.—At the commencement of the inquest on the
body of Mr. Sterling, who was so barbarously murdered
near Burnopfield, one of the jury (Mr. Burnett, of Beda-
lodge), who had been summoned, failed to attend, upon
which the coroner, J. M. Favell, Esq., inflicted a fine of
401. A few days ago a writ was received from the
treasury by the Sheriff of Durham, to enforce payment of
the fine. The writ has since been executed, and the money
pal l —Durham Advertiser.
COLLISION ON THE NORTII WESTERN RAILWAY.—A
collision took place on the line of the London and North
Western Railway, at Watford, on Friday evening. It ap-
pears that shortly before nine o'clock, the up express train
being due, a coal train was ordered by the station master to
be shunted into a sliding, to let the express pass, The
engine of the former had not quite cleared the main up line,
when the express, which had been signalled at the tunnel,
and had considerably slackened speed, ran into the engine
of the coal train, and threw it as well as some of the trucks,
off the line. Some of the passengers in the express train
are stated to be " considerably shaken ;" but no serious
injury was the result, except the stoppage of the line, which
was not cleared for some hours after the occurrence.
DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP.—Anne Powell and
Mary Howell, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, teachers.
J. Logan and H. H. Nicholson, Liverpool, general produce
brokers. G. Glen arid T. D. Anderson, Liverpool. E.
Lodge. G. Marshall, and T. Blenkhorn, jun., Paddock,
Huddersfield, and elsewhere, manufacturing chemists. M.
Kennedy, J. S. Scholes, and IV. Hirst, Manchester, com-
mission agents, so far as regards M. Kennedy. A. Sleigh
and S. H. Sleigh, Liverpool, brokers. F. Boldemann, T.
Berries, and J. B. Alexander, Newcastle-upon Tyne, corn
factors, so far as regards F. Bolderman. R. Booth and J.
Ashworth, Salford, Lancashire, manufacturers of British
gums. R. Brennard and W. T. Rimmer, Liverpool,
merchants. T. B. Hayward and A. B. Hayward, Liverpool,
tailors. F. Shearburn and T. Haller, Kingston-upou-Hull,
tea dealers. W. Nichols, R. Gaunt, and I Gaunt, Wilsden,
West Riding of Yorkshire, worsted spinners. IV. Dunlop
and C. Hastings, Bradford, Yorkshire, commission agents.
W. Harwood and A. J . Ashforth, Sheffield, omnibus pro-
prietors. J. Millar, R. Barbour, and J. Stevenson, Bradford,
Yorkshire, or elsewhere, as far as regards J. Millar. W.
Foulis and A. Grierson, Blackburn, Lancashire, travelling
drapers. H. J. Street and R. Balshaw, Liverpool, brokers.
E. Reuss, G. Kling, and F. A. Tafel, Manchester and
Bradford, commission merchants, so far as regards F. A.
Tafel. J. Demount and E. Middlehnrst, Liverpool,
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grant agent. A. Ralli, T. Ralli, S. Mavrogani, C. T.
Ralli, P. L. Vlasto, P. T. !Rain, D. T. Raih, J. T. Ralli,
and A. V. Ralli, London, Manchester, Calcutta, Corfu, and
Constantinople. Emma Calvert and J. E. Calvert, Leeds,
dyers. R. M. Whitlow, R. Radford, and T. Whitlow,
Manchester, attorneys. A. Sparrow and B. B. Peake,
Liverpool, general commission agents. N. Armstrong, jun.,
and W. Wise, jun., South Stockton, Yorkshire, and
Stockton-on-Trees and West Hartlepool, timber merchants.
G. Hayter, J. Wrenn, and S. W. Silver, Liverpool,
merchants. F. Ellam and L. Sheard, Lindley, Yorkshire,
cloth dressers. T. R. Gee and J. Pennington, Liverpool,
wholesale tea dealers. T. A6son and K. Powles, Liverpool,
attornies. A. Crooke and 11. It. Whistler, Liverpool,
brokers.

SECOND EDITION.

FRANCE

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

The Moniteur of yesterday notifies that, by a

decision of the Finance Minister, the interest

attached to the Treasury bonds is fixed as follows,

to commence on the 7th instant :—At 4f per cent

per annum, on bonds having from three to five