The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-25 00:00:00

SINGULAR RIOT IN IRELAND.

The Pars4nstown correspondent of Saunder's News
Letter, writes on Sunday evening as follows :—For some
mouths past the marke's of this town have been well
attended by purchasers for all descriptions of agricultural
produce, who bought for exportation. On yesterday a new
purchaser appeared, Mr. Joshua Atkinson, of Roscrea,
who succeeded in obtaining between eighty and one hun-
dred barrels of potatoes, and a large quantity of barley.
There was an advance in prices, which was attrib :tell to
Mr. Atkinson's appearance as a competitor with the other
extensive buyers, and this caused much inquietu3e and alarm
iu the minds of the lower classes. Conseqeently, about
seven o'clock in the evening, when Mr. Atkinson was
about to remove the potatoes and barley on c irs, which
ha had brought' with him for that purpose, a mob
of about seven hundred parsons assembled, who com-
menced shouting and hooting, and shortly they
became as wicked as mischeivous. The cars were
stopped, the drivers maltreated, the sacks containing the
potatoes thrown off the cars, cut open with knives, and the
potatoes strewn about the. streets. A few police who
happened tone on town duty on the spot were assaulted
with stones, and during the melee the women, who were
most active., converted their inner garments into bags, and
succeeded in carrying away the contents of between thirty
and forty sacks of potatoes. The work of mischief c
tinned until the arrival of Head Constable Noble, with a
reinforcement of armed policemen from the barracks, who
succeeded in driving On rioters away from the cars, and
capturing five of the principal offenders, all of whom were
lodged in the barracks. The mob was extremely violent,
but vary fortunately no blood was, shed or life sacrificed.
After some time, when quiet was restored, the carts
containing potatoes and barley which had escaped unin-
jured were removed o it of town under the survelli tnc, of
the police., Thomas Breretoa, Heel., the efficient resident
magistrate was in attendance. He took the necessary
informations against the five persons arrested and com-
mitted them for trial at the next petty sessions. Two
others have been recognised by the police, in the streets,
ands were also committed by Mr. Brereton. Many of the
rioters are known to the police, and it is expected that
more arrests will be made before the petty sessions.
According to the provisions of" The Summary Jurisdiction
Act," 14 and 15 Vic., cap. 92, sec. 2, any person assaulting,
beating, or using any ether violence to any other parson
with intent to deter him from buying or selling any corn or
other agricultural or garden produce in any market, or
other place, or to stop the conveyance of the same, is liable
to a fine not exceding the sum or£lo, or to be imprisoned
for a term not exceeding three months; and a subsequent
section of the same act, empowers the Justices, in addition
to the imprisonment, to award hard labour. "

THE LIGHTING OF PARIS.—In 1807, just 50 years ago,
the streets of Paris were lighted with 4,223 lamps; on the
Ist of January, 1857, we find these superseded by 14,330
gas-burners. In 1807, each lamp, all expenses included,
cost 2i-c. per hour, or 27.1 c. per night, tak;ng 11 hours as
the average length of time ; in 1857, the cost, all expenses
included, is 19c. per burner, with an intensity of light
seven times greater than that of the oil-lamp. The total
number of gas burners in Paris, streets and houses included,
is upwards of two millions; the total length of all the pipes
laid down is 195 leagues. Were all the gas burners col-
lected into one globe, situated at an elevation of 2,500
metres above Paris, it has been calculated that it would
afferd light to the whole department of the Seine, equal to
that of a cloudy day.
TERRIBLE PHOTOGRAPHIC COUNTERFEITS.—The Paris cor-
respondent of the Boston Atlas, gives the following alarm-
ing account of recent photographic counterfeits in that
city :—The science of photography has, for some time
past, been the rage among the young men of fashion in
Paris, and has been carried to groat perfection by some
of them ; but none to a greater extent than by M. Aguado,
whose successful studies from nature are well known
among the artists of every country. On Satarday
morning this gentleman sent word to the experts of
the Back of France that he had at length succeeded so
fully in the imitation of one of the thousand franc notes
that he defied them to detect it ; and to show his per-
fect conviction of the impossibility of discovery, he
warned them that the note would be presented at the
bank between the hours of one and three. According
to this intimation, the experts were assembled at the
counter, and each note brought in was submitted to
their examination before it was accepted. The hour
passed by and no false note appeared ; the whole of
those specified lay in a row spread out before the ex-
perts, who already crowed over the idea that M. Ague-
' do had not dared to hazard the experiment, when just as
the clock struck three, in he walked, smiling and tri-
umphant, with a thousand franc note in his hand. "Well,
have you detected my forgery," asked he with the greatest
coolness. "No," replied the head expert, "for the good
reason that you never sent it." " Why, there it lies,
right under your nose—the third to the left ; and here
is the original that I took it from." The
dismay of the experts may be imsgined, when,
even comparing the two, they found it impossible to say
which was the fa7se A:council was held to determine the
course to be adopted, as, according to report, a great
number of these photographic notes were in circulation, and
M. Aguado declared himself able to manufacture any num-
ber of notes in a given time, and that none shall be detected,
either by sight or touch. The consternation created by the
announcement is not to described, and report tells us that the
bank has accepted the offer of a learned English doctor
resident here, to furnish a chemical preparation,
of his
own discovery, which shill immediately decompose
the potograph by the touch of a camsl's hair brush,
dipped in the liquid and passed slightly over the printed
lines. The adventure has served to make us laugh,
although rather grimly, when it is considered that
alreacy the greater portion of the notes in circulation
may not be able to stand the test of the learned doctor's
brush.

ON THE WRONG METHOD AND THE RIGHT r
METHOD OF INVESTIGtTING THE MONtiY
QUESTION. --
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.
Sir,—On ono occasion the late Sir Robert Peel defended,
or more properly excused, his policy on the currency question,
by stating that in the course of about thirty-five ttesrs, no less
than five Parliamentary committees nal sat upon that
subject, and that although the blue books of those committees
presented the enormous number of 14,00 J questions, etch, in
Sir Robert's own words, " leading to a long and deliberately
reasoned answer," not ono of those committees was enabled to
submit any definite or reliable suggestion to the Legislature.
Since this statement was made to the House of Commons, two
other committees have sat upon the same subject, but although
they have swelled the 14,00 questions almost to double that
number, they, like the five previous committees, were unable
to submit any practicable views for the guidance of the
Legislature.
The enquiring mind naturally asks, Wherefore this barren.
ness of result from so huge au amount of committee labour ?
This question the writer pat to himself when, nearly ten years
ago, he first entered on the study of the subject, and one result
of the labour he has since devoted to it, is an unqualified
convictio'i that the barrenness in question is wholly due to
the subject having been studied from an erroneous point of
view, not by parliamentary committees on:y, but, so far as the
writer can learn, by all who have hitherto ranked as authorit
ties thereon.
The error of method here alluded to consists in reasoning
on or from the events of the past, instead of from the
requirements of the present. For instance, in formally
treating of monetary science writers almost invariably adopt
some such method as this. They first point out the moon_
veniences of a rude state of barter, and thence deduce the
necessity for some recognised medium of exchange—such as
gold and silver. They next point out the inconvenience that
would be occasioned if each p3rson on receiving gold or silver
as a medium of exchange were obliged to use means for
determining, its purity and weight, and thence deduce the
necessity for au official coinage. Next, from the costliness
aad scarcity of coins they deduce the necessity for some
form of credit to serve as a substitute for coins, and thus intro-
duce the subject of paper currency.
This, which is herein called tlis historical method of treating
the question, has a strong tendency to perpetuate errors by
bringing forward, to each successive stage •f the argument,
part of the errors appertaining to foregoing stages. Toe
prevailing belief that all debts owing in a country are necessarily
debts of the metal which that country has chosen for its
standard of value, is ae example of the many fallacies which
this historical method of treatment has thus perpetuated.
When the precious metals were first used as standards of value,
that is to say some five thousand years ago, the moat obvious
means of so using them was to make all debts payable therein.
Therefore that plan was adopted, and the habit of using it led
people to believe that all debts were morally debts of those
metals, and this belief, fallacious as it really is, has, by the
historical method of treatment, been so fixed on the minds of
the human race, that now, with its fifty centuries of experience,
it cannot boast of having moved one single step in advance
of that rude and primitive means of attaining the desired
end. Nations have, it is true, attempted to throw off the
trammels engendered by this method of using a standard, but,
in so doing, have always thrown off the standard also. This
has been so invariably the rule, that it has now become an
established dogma of social philosophy, that we have no
alternative but, on the one hand to choose a standard of valise
and make all debts payable in that standard ; or, on the minr
hand, to dispense with a standard, and leave the unit of account
to rank only as ideal entity, having no definite signification
and free to fall in value to, or below, any point which the will
or neglect of the government may render possible.
It should be stated, however, that one plan ha; been pro-
posed whereby a standard of vat us may be used without
making debts compulsorily payable in the metal chosen for a
standard. The plan consists in regulating the paper circulation
in accordance with the variations in the price of bullion.
increasing the issues whenever the price of bullion falls, and
withdrawing notes from circulation whenever the price of
bullion rises. It has been justly observed of this proposed
plan, that under its operation the supply and demand for legal
tender would conform in every way to what would be the case
under a currency convertible into bullion on demand. There•
fore, so far as relates to practical utility, the charge above
urged against the world, with its five thousand years of
experience, is correct.
It is worthy of notice that this proposed plan is based on a
fallacious principle which originated in, and has been perpetuated
by, the historical method of treating the subject. This alleged
principle purports that the value of money depetois (env Brie
paribus) ou its quantity, and that, herefore, every increase of
quantity decreases its value, and every decrease •of quantity
increases its value. A natural consequence of the general
credence given to this alleged principle is a very general belief
that, unless arbitrary restrictions are placed ou the issue of
currency notes, the value of such notes most nsee.sarily
depreciate. Arid it must be admitted the: this belief derives
strong apparent confirmation from history ; for it is an
indisputable fact that currency notes have invariably depreciated
in value, when the conditions of their issue have been such
as to cause the retention of an excessive amount in circulation.
But although this fact would, under tee old method of
investigating the subject, almost necessarily lead to the
conclusion that the depreciation was in such cases caused by
the excessive amount of the circulation, still, no person who
studies the subject from the right point of view will over
arrive at that conclusion. Nay more, any person so studying
the subject wottld see that, so far from any such restriction
being necessary, it is absolutely essential to a proper regulation
of the rate of interest, that the issue should be without even a
sleulow of restriction. The depreciation in question results
not from this supposed want of restriction, but from certain
radical defects in the conditions on which the notes are
issued, and whore such defective coalitions exist, an
excessive circulation aid a depreciated value will
always go hand in hand as necessary consequences.
But in such cases the excessive circulation does
not cause the depreciation any more than the depreciation
causes the excessive circulation. Nether of these effects is a
consequence of the other, but the two are a twin consequence
of the notes being issued under false condidons. A very few
words will mako this obvious.
The reader will admit that whatever may he the wording
of currency notes, or by whatever name they may
be called, they are intrinsically nothing more
or less than transferable certificates of debts, 'owing
by the issuers of the notes to the lawful holders of them. This
fact is very obvious with reference to ordinary bank notes,
because every such note openly admits the existence of a deb:,
and contains a promise to pay it on demand. But it it is
not quite so obvious with reference to the inconvertible notes
issued by continental governments, and for this very palpable
reason : the governments which issue those notes do not issue
them as certificates of deb s owing by themselves, but pretend
that tho notes are the actual money whose name they bear.
That is to say, when they pay a debt of a hundred florins in an
inconvertible note of these own issue, such note does not,
in their estimation, represent a debt still owing by them, but
is the actual money called 100 florins, and they assume that
in paying such note, they have. fully and faithfully paid their
debt. This is either an extraordinary delusion of the
'government, or an impudent imposition on public.
credulity. It is palpable that no debt can be
really and truly paid by means of a scrap of paper bear-
ing some particular superscription. All that can be done by
paying such a scrap of paper is to change the manner of recording
the debt for which it is ostensibly paid. Before the payment
or transference of the note the debt would stand recorded in
the books of the respective parties, but after such payment,
these book records would c use, and the note would remain
the only record.
Theonly real advantage that can result from thus ch-anging the
manner of recording a debt, is that of making it convenieu, ly
transferable. If A holds a currency note ho is, by virtue of
such note, a cteditor of the office from which it was issued,
and the debt owing h m, being thus recorded on a transferable
note, would become due to any person to whom he may pay
such note. To have a debt made thus transferable is certainly
a groat convenience, but that convenience results in evil rather
than good, whoa it is assumed that the mere act of converting
a debt into this transferable form constitutes a anal payment of
it,

If the reader will keep the facts here submitted carefully in
view, he will readily satisfy himself that the conditions of
ordinary inconvertible notes are utterly false, for the issuers of
such notes will neither pay the debts they represent, nor pay
interest on them, nor eve❑ admtt that any such debts exist.
Any ordinary debt would be utterly valueless if placed under
such false conditions; and so would these debts, were it nut
that they derive spurious value from the fact that the holders
of the notes ca❑ offer them in payment of their debts, and say
to their creditors, " You shall either take these, or you shall
have nothing." Such being the only foundatio❑ on which the
value of inconvertible notes dep3nds, why should we wonder
that their value should depreciate ? or why seek in mystic
doctrines about the effects of quantity on the value of money
an explanation of such depreciation or a means of prevent-
ing it ?
The remedy far this depreciation would be both obvious and
simple if men would but look for it in the right direction, and
keep their minds free front the confused and confusing dogma
above described. Let the governments who issue such notes
honestly recognise the debts they represent, and hold them-
selves prepared to pay the full current rate of interest to all
who deposit the notes at some specified place or places ; let
them do this, and; if their credit be good, they may issue notes
as profusely as they choose, but will never thereby depreciate
their value, or cause too great an amount to be retained in
circulation. But more of this in a future letter.
As an example of the manner in which the historical method
of treating the currency question may mislead even the ablest
of statesmen, we may advert to Sir Robert Peel's answer to his
own notable question, " What is a pound ?" When he put
this question to his political opponents, and none could give
him an answer, he answered himself in some such words as
the following :—" According to history, according to custom,

and according to the established law of this country, whettt:
man contracts to pay the sum of one pound. he eontrarB 0
ply 1231 grains of standard gold." Basing his argtoraitittle
this real or supposed fact of bygone days, ho had
-
difficulty in inducing a House of Commons aecuglo
to that method of treating political problems to herd/
wore
that, because the ower of one pound had
contracted to pay a given weight of gold. all fatuote
towers of one pound should be compelled to pay that '3O
weight of gold. It is strange that ho neve.- recogrjgdat•
fact that debtors liad previously contracted to pay 1231 fr-tena
of gold for every pound of debt owing, for the very sialP'easys
obvious reason, that the legislature had not provided all wking
of fixing the value of debts, but the antedeluvian one of nla.
them payable in some specified commodity. Hal this obli
fact presented itself to his mind, ho would have seen vary clea,r
that to base his argument on the conditions of pas; cetttra-
was only a certain way of arriving at fallacious conclusioa%to
Having devoted so much of this letter to a description of
historical method of treating political questions, and the fa'
cies which that method is calculated to perpetuate, I eaa
briefly describe the method which should bo substitute for l
treating
winch may be denominated (.6 The direct method of not
political questions." It consists in basin', the argurneniLhodt
on the events of the past, as is done under the historical gleto,
but directly on the requirements of the present ; that nt
those wants or wishes which are for the time present exist°
in the minds of the parties interested. d the
In investigating the currency question under this methe,--!do
enquirer should do his beat to forget, for the time being, all in.
and impressions that are based on the events of the pot. b
stead of commencing his enquiry by ascertaining what ha should
the terms of past or existing monetary contracts, he
eats
commence by ascertaining what are the present ITV o
irem
mine
the debtors and creditors ; and having answered this questi
the best of his power, he should then proceed to deters
,
how those requirements may be most effectually reet:d
provided for. It does not follow, however, that ho u
necessarily ignore the events of the past, but, if used 5",:31
they should only be used for the purpose of checking or tee

the conclusions arrived at. briegf
In the ri,.!xt letter the currency question will be 0.
investigated in accordance with this method, J. Blarr

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LIFE IN SPAIN.—A letter from Madrid, of thel
says :—" The gendarmes of the village of Vida
near this capital, were informed three nights ago die
band of brigands, wile had for some time been infestielee
neighbourhood, intended to attack the residence of sr;
farmer, and, in consequence, four of them secreted wode,
selves in the vicinity of the farm. When the loilsoeo
who were also four in number, arrived, the gen' Tlell
fired at them, killing one and wounding another. foto
robbers returned the fire, and killed the corporal °both
gendarmerie. Some other shots were exchanged °lts de.
sides, but withoat effect, and at last the brigand ley'
camped, carrying off their wounded companion,
an
ing the dead man on the ground." g MO'
TAKING HER AT HER WORD.
U.S., a farmer named Clark was—sAitl;titnhge itr allr(%°1:1°-bilebiatig
Miss Shaw, to whom there was a probability of "'„eeced
married. le had a pistol in his hand, and otina- gist
loading it. He tried a ball, and found it too Brael'ito did
Shaw volunteered to procure a " patch" for it. eared
se. The "patch" was not large enough and she pre
id,
another, and then the pistol was loaded.' Wood tben°the
" What shall I shoot ?" Some one said, " Wet jille4
wood box." He replied, " I won't do it." Mooing to
exclaimed, "Dealt fire in the house. If you are 5"; giig
shoot, go out of doors and do it." At this moecen•• and
Shaw cried out, " If you want to shoot, shoot cr','
shoot me so that I won't kick more than once • ite
turned towards her deliberately, and placing the need bet
the pistol against her breast, firA. The ball entere
body just below the hoart, and she fell to the floor itith
Miss
shriek. Clark then shot himself through the head'
Shaw was dangerously wounde 1.
/Sir
LORD PALMERSTON V. THE CLOWN AT ASTLEY'-g 'ffitellig
B. Lytton, at a meeting of county electors at ston in
gave the following admirable simile of Lord Palol,,,er. Ores
the course of a speech which we find 'Th.eetO
Guardian :—" As to the degree of support to be gl ser
Lord Palmerston, he wanted to know, not whom t° oiee
part, but what he was to support. He supporteutha
according as those men supported opinions. l7jjeg
gentlemen had, perhaps, seen at Astley's a mall eta the
on two horses at the same time; every one adnairq, feet
dexterity with which the exhibitor balanced himee,' 00
on one horse, then on the other ; but perhaps if,""eiee'll
foxhueter were asked, What do you think of that 7itie
riding ?' he would say, That is mighty clever, be sy e
not riding. Let him take one horse or the other eel:lee.
stiff country, and then tell you what sort of A Dli,„'
man he really is.' (Cheers.) Gentlemen, Lord raw;,,tdo
stop is now standing upon two horses: let hire "" of
himself upon one, and then tell
(Loud cheers
confidence Pll place in his riding' yo what egree.ed
laughter.)" T., di 0
THE CHURCLI OF SCOTLAND AND WITCHCRAFT. J.,.
Regulationsclpi o us aud
ocfomtihrreehecnhsuirvceh Summero scotlyanodf.,,t hpeublirhisicui
1852, we find the followincr in the Third Book
.0f our
pline, relative to " Witches and Charmers ."--ttetero
Geeeral Assembly, July 29, 1610, ordains all nilall
carefully to take notice of charmers, witches, and,. to
abusers of the people, and urge the Acts of ParliaalC.°: to
be executed against them." A correspondent, reterrt."o
the recent remarks on witchcraft which appeared
.Ingeff
Times, says : —" In Seel Ind the belief in witchcraft Is Who
general. In every parish there is one or more persons are
are known as witch doctors, although their services, the
only called for by stealth; and at all the seaport tcwhnorge,
fiehermea are found to be highly superstitious. The It of
shoe is,very commonly nailed to the stern or s'er°P;eiCh
the boat, and no thherman will use a boat again of the
had been upset and the crew drowned. In some :01
cities there are many fortaur-tellers, and in one ease:, to $
of rank was known to consult a miserable old hag et the
family difficulty while her footman waited for her laps
door." It would be well, we think, if these obsolet?oly
were repealed by the General Assembly, for ce)l, 2,, reh 01
long as they stand as part of her discipline, the 'etitle°
Scotland need not wonder that ignorance and super
should still abound among her parishioners: t eetvii
COMIC BLUNDERINGS OF THE FRENCH.--Th,a t year'
member of the French Academy who, ;050001
uttered a philippic against our myriad minded ors„ an°
who described Shakespeare as an over rated m 3": oral'
seriously alluded to him as the "great our
nently illustrated a kind of comic bin rdering is wutltve late
Gallic neighbours singularly excel. When, in traestorle
n
parliamentary disenssioa on the budget, rtfr• -the P.
spun a mesh of words round the Chaecellor of ed itS
chequer, a Paris journal (Le Constitutionnel) inf°rwdefecil
readers that. a member subsequently rose to these
thes,e
the Lord Chancellor. But blunders such w. seere"4
fall far short of one which recently I'o4
in a series of scientific memoirs now
at Paris (Memorials Historique des Cele rith
des Notabilites). The life of Mr. Broder•itt'repbf,
naturalist, forms the subject of the particular bi°ll7oselit
to which we allude. His elation at findllg faitbfe;
celebrated in Paris is delicately sarmisefie and a flosgb;
and scientific portrait promised to the readerttoid ~
was the son of a medical practitioner is tee), an
honourable career alluded to, and the intrePtrs
zeal displayed by him during the cholera enidernicorits tit
fully recorded. But in mentioning the scieeoei:trs ti.
this accomplished naturalist, his biographer re- o
he contributed to the Quarterly Review an artiejslandt
Traite de la Construction des Ponts du pr. 13",ollsttur
We need ha • rdl,, mention that this essay ou the, `'authors
tion of bridges 'owes its existence to the Fren„el.`t 00'ate(
mode of translating Dr. Buckland's famous t` I°l4 e
Treatisel"—The Lancet o, of
THE BALLOT ADOPTED BY THE MAcirstaA-2„iace f
Sussex —A few weeks since an election too' toti o,
chief constable of the western division of the "'IL '—
Mae
Sussex. The election lay with the niaeistrates. tbe ceel
those present were the Duke of Rich-Ind ogre4a
Lord March, and some thirty or forty others oftbe,„ tire-
unpaid," of this division of the county. When ,i'is'trele,9a
for the election came, it was debated hoar the ra°, wool;
theyhere
were to vote. Now, it could not be supposed
vote by ballot. No, this is "
come little perplexity exhibited as to rihe systole a fib!
the votes were to be taken ; like a man telling i
stammers and looks foolish, and shows that hated ors
which " un-English." It wassuggestesbfatigi
somethin g
we believe by the noble duke, that a system °'i ; thivr
time! (another new word)—should. be adoPte"he got t-A
taking certain candidates, and ignoring those w'a- to b3tho
least nuaaber of votes. Anelt )w, there Ecigheet trote'et
desire to pantie a course of secret voting—u; teltPhi,
ballot ; oh, no, that is " un-Erglish" (a nastynYin
"Ballot.") The matter was finally disposelVnt b 0,41 a
way—an old hat was brought forward (not a b9e"-d, 3IP
a respectable, venerable beaver was
but introdocee.rite
was suggested that each of the maoistlates should "nd risco
a card the name of the candidate the voted for, a 'fig
con_ -of
it in the aforesaid ventilator. The magistrate hiiciteuds
not to sign his name, or in any way to let the Pe,,ese cat,.
for whom he voted. Some thirty or forty of old bet,
were soon thrown into the ballot box—we mean
are, viP
and they were handed over to the Clerk of the re $ll 0
tgalsgeT nritto
found a majority of votes for Captain Mon
Captain Monteornerie was elected without kewnesit Suss
were his friends or who were his opponents.— "
Gazette.

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THE ONEIDA.----It is not expected that any 126 :,-irap..ll
missing.. steamer will be received before the Dext-tellii 110
anticipation of the India and China mail. This fail
Sibe
probably br ng advices fr,,m Point de Gallo t° os' '
March. The telegraphic -despatch alluded
expected in London about Monday.

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„,a $
„acts tn° POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-YESTERDAY. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. restricted, and a tend,ncy to lower prices has resulted.
neat °- Owing to the continued large efflux of Bullion in purchase
-
d littlao
LIVERPOOL. of Silver for the East, the necessarily increased demand
uaola LIVERPOOL, Friday Evening.
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. for Money, arising from the expanded trade of the
beLliervte 6111,E CHARGE or FORGERY.-Robert Adam Robertson, who The sales of Cotton to-day were 5,000 bales country, at d the introduction of Foreign schemes for the
bittautet;rs illoesn remanded on two former occasions, on a charge of which 500 were on speculation and for export. further absorption of capital, the Directors of the Bank of
'Foe having uttered a forged bill of exchange for £4O 49., Messrs. Wright, Jun., and Co ,in their circular England, on the 2nd instant, raised their minimum rate of
atis_, the brought up for final examination. Mr. Aspinall, issued for America, per the Europa, make the fol- Interest and Discount from 6 per cent ,at which it had
'",ins lor!or (with Mr. Reay, of the Guardian Society), was lowing remarks upon the movement of the trade stood since 18th December last, to 61 per cent. ;
..-i gr" pa ~„ tile prosecution, and Mr. Snowball defended the pri- during the week :- and as the Bank of France has advanced its premium for
l'Ple:as taa-"". The details of this case have been published' on two We closed our circular report, per Africa, on a dull Gold whereby it is expected the Continental demand will
1131°44 it;uo',!r 9ceasions, and must be fresh in the readers Cotfon market. with limitedsales and somewhat irregular rather increase than diminish, apprehensions have since been
_ uection. In addition to the evidence already given, rates. The week under review is not characterised by any entertained that further restrictions may yet be imposed.
obsi ra! following was produced yesterday. Mr. Aspinall, improving symptom, each day's transactions being marked The stock of bullion has rapidly diminished, being by the
'Y clears*d Z.? stating the facts of the case, called the following by a feeling of depression, and confined in extent to the last return in both departments only 0,004,622/ , against
anitrd oildesses •.-Mr. John Hunt, an accountant in the employ immediate wants of consumersawho, having greater selec- 10,297,665/. at the same period last month, a lower amount
'_i'n:ftso prZiessrs. John Wilks, and Co., of Birmingham, brass tion at their disposal, are enabied to purchase at slightly than has been held at any time since November, 1847,
I°': the
ii-t,olacturers, said, in February last, the firm of easier erices those crudities hitherto held with the greatest when the rate of discount was at 8 per cent., and its reserve
oil indebted
and Arthur," (the swindle) were firmness. The American advices are calculated to inspire of notes is also reduced to 3,044,120. It is to be hoped
en o ag,.
cap it, adated to his house in the sum of £35. confidence at a later period, and to some extent have that that the enquiry which is about to tike place into the
d.rf:arting zfi.ot. this bill from them. [Bill and letter pro- influence ; but for the present their effect is counterpoised operations and basis of the Bank Act of 1844, will lead to
el_,g, not . Oa] The bill is for £4O 4s. ; brass taps were to be by the continued duration of unsatisfactory trade some comprehensive altetations, and
.prevent these great
maietbod, • Ce: for the balance, but the property was not sent. Mr. in the manufacturing districts, in conjunction fluctuations in the value of money, which are so injurious
i„, ott 16,7, of the Guardian Society, examined : I saw this bill with high interest rates, an unsettled monetary to the mercantile community, and that a remedy may be
,t id' itZre, and it came into my hands before it was due ; sent future, and stringent terms for accommodation. devised to protect the interests of the trading community
te:a London for payment, but got it back, as there was no The same causes deter speculators from greater activity, from the depreciation in the value to which property and
th t:unt to pay it. John Phillips, a detective from Glair and under a curtailed trade demand, importers evince a produce are now subjected, and are so sensitively affected
anaides d, said he searched for the drawer (Stewart) of the bill feeling of impatience, the result of such protracted inani- under the principles which govern our present monetary
pa ,a_ lasg ow, but could not find such a man, but he found a matiun-to lighten the burden of accumulating stocks, and system.
st.
„Need' Z.,gellelden, the alleged acceptor of it. George Holden supply the market with both quantity wed quality far in Respecting the article of Wool, from the same
Lad IT...examined, and said he knew the prisoner for thirty excess of the enquiry. Lists to arrive are entirely authority, we learn :-
00
ea 5143, but did not see him for three or neglected, and we close today at a partial decline of Id. There has been less enquiry during the past
Woo
Bijou to 1144 years, nor hal to business with him ; he per lb. on the general run of American descriptions, and month, business having been interrupted by the general
business with "Robertson and Arthur," nor id. on the low grades, which are now plentifully forced on elections. The accounts from the manufacturing districts
tenni° "Ds,"
or Lout
and Kelly" (Handed the bill.) He does not the market, and with a heavy tone to business. The total are not very cheering, arid there is a general impression
'iltond , LP/ any George Holden at Glasgow but himself. Never sales since yesterday week amount to 43,620 bales, of that some concession in prices will take place, and already
'° , all, 7Vted the bill. nor gave any one authority to do so. which 28,970 are American. Speculators have taken 1850, English Wools have slightly declined •in value. The
d as",isg Sr saw the bill before this day. Mr. Snowball: How and exporters 4,030, leaving 37,710 bales of all kinds to London sales of Colonial Wool commenced on the 30th
te . kYou spell your name? Witness: I spell it " Heiden." the trade. The import for same time is 58,737 bales, of instant, the quantity arrived is about 56,000 bales. Our
brie° f,Enowball: Then your name is not "Holden," but which 43,539 are American. The quantity known to be next Public Sales of East India Wool are fixed to cam-
o. , bAlden ?" Witness: lam called " Holden," but lat sea from American ports is about 145,000 balea. menus on the 29th instant. The quantity now het e
aIP 1,1 it e llalden." William JAMAS Reynolds, a convicted PRICES TO-DAY. exceeds 13,000 bales-4 is doubtful whether former
tlouer from Chester Castles, examined, and said he New Orleans Fair.. 810 Mi,dling-7 11-16 d Ordinary 5/d to 7d. prices will be maintained; but the favorable alteration in
„ -Sid ~ ..7 o-46 I „ .. cid to aid. the American' tariff of admitting, free of duty, Wools
etb, ' t !la the prisoner very well, and met him on the 12th of site
Atlantic ~ - 7id ~ • • 7id ~ 41 to 6-Id.
16_,4,11 ! bu_ktuary at Mrs. M‘Naird's vaults, Rose Place.. The .
total talen for Cor,repi,n, 1857.. 605 250 bales. 1830-777.990 bales under the value of 10d, per lb„ will cause more compe-
OP:i ileess identified the bill, and said the prisoner „ Export t.:ctual) ~ • • 57,C83 ~ ~ 53,493 , tition for this class, and be likely to support prices by a
).th_vtbe I'7,d . witness to put Holden's name on the bill. Ameticao Brazil Egypii,n E Indies Wln des l'otal demand for the United States,
Stock this day .420 420 45,780 15 340 89 340 610 574,59)
tilla
tlre ' 4141 -)
witness asked the prisoner who Heiden was? and he Same time 18..,6.368,C3) 60,79 v 31,730 42490 1,920 514,800 The following are the closing rates of
Lena . old o matter, put his name on the bill;. but h.e (witness). The Liverpool Share Market was rather flat to- Foreign Exchanges:-Amsterdam, short, 11 16 to
arta', dot taw done so if he kr ew it wast the
to Wdks day, and with very little business doing. Prices 11 17; Do. 3 months, 11 191 to 11 191 ; Rotter-
Toros 11irmidg am. Afte it was accepted, h _ prisoner said were not so firm. The transactions consisted of- dam, do ,11 194 to 11 191; Antwerp, do , 25 421 to
3"'"5110 , b.." going to Wilke, and that he expected a favourable
Caledonian, 341 Eastern Counties, 11a; Lancashire 23 50 ; Brussels, do , 25 421 to 25 50 ; Hambuag
r. bs ia'wer. He knew James Kelly, the partner of the pri-
and Yorkshire, 1011; London and North Western, do., 13 81 to 13 81; Paris, short, 25 221 to 25 30 ;
1 eliditit iliZea Kelly had several other names, he was called Arthur
on lee "171 he is dead. Witness saw a good deal of Kelly from 104a5„1, -la; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Do., 3 months, 25 65 to 25 70; Marseilles do.
ede,,,d, 'br"."ded of January to the 13th of February, when 39A •; Midland, 821 ; North Western,• 7 11-16; 25 61- to 25 721 ; Frankfort, do., 1.191 to 1191 ;
od •`°- rims was arrested. he slept with Kelly. In reply to Mr. Dovers, 221 ; East Lancashire, sth Shares, fd ; Vienna, do., 10 32 to 10 36 ; Trieste, do;, 10 33 to
yis, Ewball, the witness said his father, mother, and Grand Trunk of Canada, 151-; Do. 6 per Cents, 10 37 ; Petersburg, do., 36f to 37 ; Madrid, do., 49
[(gtb $ Ober are all in gaol at hester under 90 ; Great Western of Canada, 211 ; Do. New, to 491.
svrileitis 4nrtence, and he has four years to serve. Inspector 2 11-16 p ; Liverpool United Gas, 195. The BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.
is v eed ~4112.11 y who arrested the prisoner, was examined, and following were the closing prices :-Black- An2Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap.
Olio " 's• the same evidence as that we have already pub- burn, 8 13-16, 81- ; Chester and Birkenhead, 32, for the Week ending April 24, 1857.
did 'ld. Mr. snowball addressed the Court for the pri- 661, 67 ; Caledonian, 341-, 34a; Chester and Hoi ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
She ' der,y- Debit. Credit.
red k, and contended that no credit could be given to the head,.l"' 181; Eastern Counties, 11 9-16, 11 11-16;
soollaid, IT, °nee of the thief Reynolds, and suggested that the `,
pEa. East Lancashire, 981 99 ; Do. 9/. shares, f, 13-16 Notes issued .. £23,383,965 Government
_ent:tbe . 611,ess might have forged the bill for the dead man,
, Great Northern, 94 1-16, 24 5-16; Ditto A Debt
clot 0,7 or Arthur, and not for the prisoner. Mansfield
shares. I,oa, 10i; Great Western, 67,671- • Lancashire Other securities 3,459,900
• , 0 .Z a good deal did depend on the evidence of the con- Gold Coin and
ore, • sea Yorkshire Stock, Olg, 101 e; ditto 91. Shares, 1, Bullion
, mos ' bat he would send the prisoner for trial, and let a andi . 1 1 3 4 '
ri 6 sd a., decide. la p ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 191, 191;
• se , b '''''''.
13 'PI ..' CIIIL OPROGIENITMINESS-KnaarsPrlNG.-An old Warlock London and North Western Stock, 1041-, 1041 ; £23,383,965 Total
ro .1 n
~ of ~_a woman, as ugly a hag as could well be imagined, do. -1 Shares, 3-16, il d; Manchester, Sheffield, arid -- --
isai tor wed Eliza Shaw, was charged with having stolen Lincoln, 39, 391 ; Midland Stock, 82k 89S_ • BANKING DEPARTMENT.
' ". 8 ,
red'
th A - %Ile made away with a child, named Thomas North British, 10 16-16, 11 ; North Staffordshire, Debit. Credit.
wilgiso I,lFlhourne, aged five years, the son of Anne Melbourne, 5, 41-(1 ; North Eastern-Berwick 211, 215 ; Proprietors' ca- Government se-
' I,r lives in a cellar in Ford street. The facts of the case York and North Midland, 32i, 321 ; Leeds petal
ir ;te a•s follows :-The prisoner called at the cellar of Mrs. Capital Stock, 191, 201 ; South Eastern and Rest
Public deposits 4,851,404 Notes 3,649,220
chig rd on Monday, and expressed great affsction for the
_ri,„ io idal d, and after some time, Dover, 228, 22 7-16 ; Scottish North Eastern,
Other „ 10,663,410 Gold and silver
la, 131 ; Buffalo and Lake Huron, i, xn ap ; Dutch Seven days, and coin
nerd tle fellow to a cake shop under pretence of taking the
to ,get him some sweets, she
en ;
Rhenish, 1, ii 3 d Great Western of Canada, 241- xd other bills..
Lee to ea" the mother (who did not know much of her) to let the 761,986
25 ; do. New Shares, 2a xd. 2 15-16 p ; Great Lux
;`'.-- - bee,
out with her. From that time the boy has not been
to 4r embourg, 101, 108 d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, Total .... £31,083,487 -
Total ... £34,083,487
eri '°ll- About two in the morning the prisoner was got very
4to .R. 441, . Compared with the return of the previous week, we
001 ,b, in the streets, and was locked up by the police. The _ lrn, 16.
dillg fttr °net' said she knew nothing 'whatever of the child. Mr. '1 The weekly traffic returns received up to this have the. follo.vvin,g results :-
Active circulation
tll_,l tllO ,ototlgh said no doubt the child was stolen for the purpose afternoon were as follows :-Bedale and Leyburri 1).-3crease
red firs ti ,tea.giving to professional beggars, as there was a 751; Belfast and Ballymena 1,5431; Birkenhead, Bullion , 9 603,749
~„., 014 • t deal of such work going on at present in Lancashire and, Cheshire 2,3451; Blackburn 1,0101; Increase
...•
0 per
0 1,, Pool. Mr. Mansfield had no doubt about it, and Bristol and Exeter 5,1841; Caledonian 12.7171 ; Rest ....
lit i$ ii/ Pad it would be a caution to persons not to give imoney Chester and Holyhead 5,5251; Cork and Bandon Increase
bob
° ve'z'oeggars in the street. He had no doubt that children 257/ ; Cork, Blackrock, and Passage 1.571; Deeside Seven day and other bills .
boo' v_ hired and stolen from their parents for the purpose 2141 , Dublin and Belfast Junction 1,3901; Dundee, Increase
p„Daer' b,nciting sympathy in the streets. He remanded the Public deposits
Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 1,03 a/ ; Dundalk Decrease
a,-setile, "4„..oner for seven days. and iduniskillen 4741; Dublin and Drogheda 1,495/; Other deposits
~re or " °NDERFUL 1-Catherine Ford was brought up by an
and Wicklow and Dublin and Kingston Increase
'6.- dia user from Cork, on a charge of hosing robbed a Drogheda
.Dublin,.
erS - pig; deth ler of.£Bl, in Great Howard-street, on the night of 1.6111 , East Anglian 938/ ; Eastern Counties and Government securities 11,333 126
No change.
In " . the
24th March last. Mr. Black defended the prisoner. East Union 23.3541 ; East Lancashire 6,3301 ; Other securities
.4., sad Ape: ease caused a great deal'of laughter, and the facts Edinburgh and Glasgow and South Dunfermline Decrease 580,283
',,_ e these. On the 24th March the prosecutor, 5,6501; Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee. and Scottish Notes unemployed - 3,649,220
lied ill
- ,tillotie name is Michael Devlin, was in Great Howard- Central 6,0921; Glasgow and South 'Western 6.361/ ; Decrease 605,109
Drat ', eet, with his purse in his pocket. He met the prisoner, Great North of Scotland 1,1721; Great Northern, la
inject; hlsle managed in the neatest manner to abstract, not only 22 6821 ; Great .Southern and Western 6,4951; Conunerrtaa Intelligence. ,
~ii 911 se ~Purse, but its contents, and her next whereabouts was Great Western 28,943 ; Kendal and Windermere
luerit to .uurk's own City," where she found herself in jail, and in 136; Lancaster and Carlisle 5,427 : Lancashire -
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-APaIL 24.
ato the latter place Devlin recognised her, amongst a great
and Yorkshire 22,706 ; Llanelly Railway and Dock The late heavy import, together with the stringency.
11;"tie 141'llber of other persons. In reply to Mr. Block, it ap-
London and Blackwell 1,4961; London, both present and prospective, in monetary affairs, have
caused holders, regardless of the favourable advices from
is ~ _moddhat the prisonerwas remanded not less than three. 4'26 ;
Brighton, and South Coast 1:5,008/ ; London and
are
bout
in Cork, in consequence of some "official routine" the States, to supply the cotton market during the present
North Western 59,281/; London and South Western;
tradewe withbei
ngersetdr extreme liberality. a
rTherow transactionslimit,
aiids
poefe
utlhae.
sre 'Katt 103.6 d. to pay her passage over hare. Mr. Block
es the :.kode a speech, which was full of geniuno humour and 11930/ ; London, Tilbury, and Southend 1,2721
ad .t
horg; I,red . much laughter; and, to use the words of the Manehester. Sheffield, and Lincoln.shire 9,457/ ; tors and exporters continuing almost idle, the market has
t°` n`aernian peneeraaa, it was better than a play to listen to Manchester, South Junction and Altringliarn 9231; ruled very dull throughout, and American has declined
/I° h tile 1-I6d per lb on the middling and better grades, and fully
weir I, learned gentleman: The prisoner was remanded for a Maryport and Carlisle 908/ ; Midland 29,853/ ;
of tbe learned
Midland Great Western 8 8561; Newcastle and id per 113 on the lower classes.
Brazil in moderat demand at Id per lb decline.
, lady 1 -ea - Carlisle 3,2331; North British, 4,7731; North
Egyptian quiet, and id per lb lower.
ie tO "1 BIRTH. Eastern 32.6401; Newport Abergevenny and Here Surat irregular, and id per lb down.
. ' s
at - ei the
47,.,- the 22nd inst., at Lime-grove, near Prescot, Mra. Walter Wren ford 1,0071; North Staffordshire Railway and Canal The weekly sales are 43,620 bales, of which 1,850 are
, law maid, of a daughter. 7,345/ ; North 'Western 8131; Oxford, 'Worcester, on speculation, and 4,060 for export.
,0111 - and Wolverhampton 3,9281 ;St Helen's Canal and This week. -
fell ° ~, MARRIAGES. ,Paees paid Currt. Prices.
Railway 1,702/ ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham Import. Sales. Description. this week• Mid. Fair. Stocks.
stitiOo ': vill the 13th inst., at St. John's Liscard, by the Rev. J. Tobin,
tht,: James Jones, hootmaker. of Seacombe, to Elizabeth, eldest 1,868/ ; Shrewsbury and Chester 3,0641 ; Shrews- -d, d. d. a
13_0y ~Rhter of Mr. Robert Edwards, late of Childer Thornton, Cheshire. bury and Hereford 1,2861; Scottish North Eastern, •
590 Sea Island - 124 to 22 15i 1
.4(
6 ~.. tov.3..the 16th inst., at Gresford Church, Mr. Musgrave, of Chester,
late Aberdeen, 3,533/ ; South Devon 2,601/ ; South 16432 1 6320 Upland --,61t0 84 7i 7 ' 4203,10
OP" R2l, Miss Griffiths, late housekeeper to the late Joseph Musgrave, 0 Mobile --61 to 8 7 9-16 7
'rig, 7t-q4er merchant, Cheater. Eastern 18,287/ ; South Yorkshire and River Dun
is A 27107 1'14660 New Orleans si to 91 7 11-16 81
SIP - 2 3061; South Wales, 6.802/ ; Ulster, 1,6471 ; Vale 1830 3110 Brazil ---71 to 9 8 54 43970
.
01' DEATHS. of Neath 1,7131; 'Warrington and Stockport, 1611; 761 1480 Egyptian --9 to 191 81 9.i 17790
r '34 t
b 011 It_ be 20th inst., at his residence, FleetwOod-le-Fylde, aged 84,
Waterford and Kilkenny 364/ ; Waterford and 12543ei4 9,14‘3300
Indiayaesstn dia-2 to '7 8 81 310
Bert Benton, Esq. -41 to 61 5 54 89150
lite
_.ti Of Zlll 'llO 20th inst., at St. Oswald, Old Swan, Mary Banbury, relict Limerick, 1,0821 ; West Hartlepool Harbour end ----. ---
- 53737 43620 Total 571130

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k2hthe 20th inst., at his resilence,Fleetivood-le-Fylde, aged 84,
Bert Benton, Esq.
tr?!3. the 20th inst., at St. Oswald, Old Swan, Mary Banbury, relict
he late Mr. John Bunbury.
.I,:nt the 22nd inst., at Slatey-lane, Claughten, aged 2 years, Harold,
Z of Mr. Percival Tonge.
t0,,4 the 23rd inst., at her residence, 4, Great Crosshall-street, in her
C" Year, Mrs. Bose Carmichael, wavr of the late Mr. John
Michael, after a severe and protract ided illness,which she bore
wl the utmost patience and resignation. She was most charitable
Ole poor. Much beloved and deeply lamented kby all who knew
(Pa the 23rd inst., at Chorley, aged 66, Richard Smethurst, Esq.,
nUxbury Park, a magiitrate and deputy lieutenant for this

b' Births, Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when sent
to our Office duly aufhenticltel.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

M ALTON RACES.—YESTERDAY.
LANOTON STAKES.
thXOny 1 Esperarza 2 I Captain Powlet..3
Five ran.
CONVIVIAL HANDICAP.
kartlett
Seven rae.
WELHAM CUP.
tacrosthorpe ~1 I Fairy 2 I Villikins .. 3
Seven rail.
TALLT-HO HANDICAP.
Liverpool ,l I Fairy, ~........ .2 I Mischief 3
Seven ran.

The weekly traffic returns received up to this
afternoon were as follows :-Bedale and Leyburn
751; Belfast and Ballymena 1,5431; Birkenhead,
Lancashire and Cheshire 2,345/ ; Blackburn 1,0101;
Bristol and Exeter 5,1841; Caledonian 12.717/ ;
Chester and Holyhead 5,5251; Cork and Bandon
257/ ; Cork, Blackrock, and Passage 1.571; Deeside
au/ , Dublin and Belfast Junction 1,3901; Dundee,
Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 1,032/ ; Dundalk
and Enniskillen 4747; Dublin and Drogheda 1,4957;
Dublin and Wicklow and Dublin and Kingston
1.6111 ; East Anglian 938/ ; Eastern Counties and
East Union 23,3541 ; East Lancashire 6,3301 ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow and South Dunfermline
5,6507; Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee, and Scottish
Central 6,0927; Glasgow and South Western 6.361/ ;
Great North of Scotland 1,1721; Great Northern,
22 682/ ; Great .Southern and Western 6,4951 ;
Great. Western 28,913 ; Kendal and Windermere
136; Lancaster and Carlisle 5,427: Lancashire
and Yorkshire 22,706 ; Llanelly Railway and Dock
426 ; London and Blackwell 1,4961; London,
Brighton, and South Coast 15,008/ ; Landon and
North Western 59,2811; London and South Western
14,9301; London, Tilbury, and Southend 1,2727;
Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 9,4571 ;
Manchester, South Junction and Altringham 9251;
Maryport and Carlisle 908/ ; Midland 29,853/ ;
Midland Great Western 3 8561; Newcastle and
Carlisle 3,233/ ; North British, 4,7731; North
Eastern 32.6407; Newport Abergevenny and Here
ford 1,0077; North Staffordshire Railway and Canal
7,3451 ; North Western 8131; Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton 3,928/ ; St. Helen's Canal and
Railway 1,7021; Shrewsbury and Birmingham
1,8681; Shrewsbury and Chester 3,064/ ; Shrews-
bury and Hereford 1,2861; Scottish North Eastern,
late Aberdeen, 3,5331; South Devon 2,6011; South
Eastern 18,287/ ; South Yorkshire and River Dun
2 3067; South Wales, 6,8021; Ulster, 1,6477 ; Vale
of Neath 1,7137; Warrington and Stockport, 1611;
Waterford and Kilkenny 364/ ; Waterford and
Limerick, 1,082/ ; West Hartlepool Harbour and
Railway 3,0247; Whitehaven and Furness 311/ ;
Whitehaven Junction 4761; Dutch Rhenish 2 6921;
Eastern of France (late P and S) 31 7801 ; Grand
Trunk of Canada 11,079/ ; Great Luxembourg
9421; Great Western of Canada 14,5251; Northern
of France 37,0151; Orleans, Bourdeux, and
Branches 48,0207; Paris and Lyons 39,2911;
Sambre and Meuse 1,0787 ; Western and North
Western 29.042,7.
The Money Market is not so easy as in the
earlier part of the week, yet we have little or no
alteration to notice in rates of discount. The Funds
to day were rather heavy, and we have to notice a
decline of about half per cent. Consols for money
.at noon were quoted at 931 to 93, and closed at
921 For the account the prices were 031 to 93%.
Tao Nevi Three per Cents. closed at 911 to 92.
In the London Railway Share Market to day
the transactions were of a very limited cha-
racter, and prices showed a downward ten-
dency. The closing prices were as follows :-
Ambergate, Nottingham, and East Junction, 5%,
; Caledonian, 69, 691; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
56, 57 ; Eastern Counties, 11 9-16, 11 11 16 East
Lancashire, 981 991 ; Great Northern, 96, 97 ; Do. A,
861, 871; Great Western, 661, 67 ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1011, 101 k; Leeds Northern. 391, at;
London and North Western, 104 1041; London
and South Western, 100%, 1011 ; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 391 ; Midland Stock,
82%, 82%; North British, 431, 441 ; South Eastern
and Dover, 741, 75 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick.
86, 87; York and North Midland, 65 ; Bank
Stock, 213, 215; Chester and Holyhead, 34, 36;
Great Southern and Westerh, 103, 105 ; Grand
Trunk 151, 16; Great Western of Canada, 24%, 251 ;
de. New; 21, 21; Mexicans, 231, 231; Northern of
France, 32%, 32%; Paris and Strasbourg, 331; Paris
and Lyons, 61, 621; Russian, 104, 106; Paris and
Orleans, 58, 60 ; Central of France, 231, 241 ;
Sambre and 11I'euse, ; Numur and Leige, 81, 8%;
Great Luxembourg, al, ; Antwerp and Rotterdam,
7-r;-:; Dutch henish, 121,121 : LembardeVenetian
51. After official hours the business done was at
the following quotations :-Caledonian, 681, 691 ;
Eastern Counties, I. 9J6, 11 11-16 ; East Lanca-
shire 99% ; Great Northern, 96, 97 ; Do. A,
Encii ; Great Western, 66%, 661; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1011, 1011; London and North Western,
1041,104%; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
381 391 ; Midland Stock, 821, 82d ; North British,
43%, 41; South Eastern and Dover, 741, 75 ; York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, 861; York and North
Midland, 631.
Messrs. Browne, Hunter, and Co's. Circular
issued this forenoon says :-
At the commencement of the month there was more
activity observable in our Produce Markets, after the
partial suspension occasioned by the Parliamentary
elections had subsided ; but since additional stringency in
the position of Monetary affairs has taken place, general
dulness has prevailed, business has been somewhat

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.-APRIL 24.

CURRAGII RASES.—THURSDAY.
FL SWEEPSTAKES OF 45 EACH, WITH £5O ADDED.
'r Dr.rerite I Sirocco 2 I Spinster .........3
Won in a canter.
HER lAJESTY'S PLATE.
Lancel Prizefighter.... .2 I Ribbnman ~3
CURRAGH STAKPS.
Agitator walked over.
8 The weather being very unfavourable, the attendance and
weather
were ve)y For.

SUGAR: There is still an active demand, and extreme
prices continue to be realised ; 500 bags Bengal ore
reported at 54s 9d (to arrive), 560 mats Mauritius at 545,
2,100 bags Pernams at 36s 3d per ew:, in bond from the
quay, and a cargo (250 tons) of Paraiba afloat for an
ontport, the price of which has not transpired.
MOLASSES, Rum, AND COFFEE : We have no sales to
notice.
COCOA : At auction 680 bags Guayaquil realised 78s 6d
per cwt.
RICE The sales consist of 5,000 bags old Bengal at
9s 6d to 12s per cwt.
SALTPETRE : 750 bags have changed hands at 34s 6d
per cwt for 8 to 9 per cent refraction.
JUTE : There was scarcely any disposition shown to
purchase that offered by auction to—day, and nothing of
moment was done.
HEMP : 250 bales Manilla brought £3B per ton.
FUSTIC : We have also to report 150 tons Savanilla at
£5 15s to £6 per ton.
SAGO FLoun : 250 bags sold at 18s per cwt.
RAPESEED : 400 bags Bombay sold at 61s per qr.

REVIEW OF THE WEEK.

TrufPonrc-u of PAurs.---In 1813 the imperial gendar-
Lelia, or police force of Paris, was fixed at 853 men,
"geluditg 398 cavalry. On the lst of January last it
Z/luPrised 2,423 men, including 612 horse. In 1807, the
t:.lruber of firemen was 293, including 7 officers ; at present,
,40, force consists of 917 men, inclusive of 28 officers. The
73°Iice force costs 5,335,295 fr. annually ; the firemen, or
far,
who are under the control of the Minister of
a„r, cost the state 575,392 fr.
united or ART.—There are sixty schools of art in the
‘,irtited Kingdom receiving aid from the public puree, in
t,/.l_3'lnent towards master's salaries, scholarships, and to
VPil teachers. In the year 1855.6, these payments were
(41s distributed :—Aid by means of examples, 0E4,500 ;
Va„rantee fund for salaries, £2,000 ; salaries to masters,
Wz:000 • prizes, £2,400; travelling expenses, £2,000 ;
°,l/m1 lace school (Ireland), £5OO ; inspection, £2,100 ;
total £25,000. The head school at Marlborough House
."t last year, £1,920 for salaries • £3,731 for training
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ofaaBLers ; and £145 for guarantee. In 1851, in the schools
per stu"igtl wre 3,296 students, costing the State an average,
dent,e of £3 9s 4d. In 1852, being the commence-
nt of the schools of art, 5,506 students cost 28s 2d
Ile,h• In 1853, 17,209 students cost £1 4s 4d each. In
22,154 students cost £1 35 4d each ; and in 1855,
'055 students cost 16s 2id each.

There has been a strong market for Sugar this week, with
a good demand, partly on speculation, for parcels to arrive, and
holders have obtained extreme prices, and in some instances
an advance of 61 per cwt; the sales are largo, and comprise
160 hhds Demerara, from 503 to 565, 110 bags Pengal, con,
sisting of Cossipore at Ws, and Benarcs from 56e to k7s 6d,
with 4,000 bags to arrive, the prices not reported, 6,500 mats
Mauritius from 51s 6d to 563, 400 hhds Cuba, to arrive, at
393, and 100 ewes, and 15,000 bags Brazil, on the spot, from
35s 6d to 36s 6d, with four cargoes, 1,300 tons, to arrive, at
358. 63 per cwt. Molasses : Owing to the short supply, sales
on the spot are limited to 250 puncheons cloyed Cuba, just
arrived, at 24s 61 per cwt, duty paid from the quay ; consider•
able transactions have occurred in Cuba, for arrival, of which,
however, no particulars are reported. Coffee : There is a very
good home trade demand, but the business is still much
restricted in consequence of the limited supply ; 50 bales and
150 bags Mocha are reported at 75s to 82s, 200 cases, 260
bags Plantation Malabar, price not reported, and 150 bags fine
ordinary Rio at 51s 6d to 56s per cwt. 720 boxes Pearl
Sago brought 23s 3d to 24s for small, and 24s 6d to 25s per
cwt. for large grain. 50 bags Singapore Black Pepper are
likewise reported at s,fid per lb. Rice : The market continues
dull, and prices of old descriptions of Bengal have declined
fully 6d per cwt. ; in floating cargoes, however, a considerable
business has been concluded at full rates; the sales on the spot
are 10,700 bags Bengal, at 984 ii to 9s Gd for ordinary Ballatn,
9s 9d to 108 3d for low to middling old, up to 14i to 143 Gd
for new fine table; 1,400 bags Necransio Arracan at lls, and
afloat, 6,000 tons Arracan and Rangoon at Its 4i to Ils 6d
for the continent, floating conditions, and 11s to lls Gd
per cwt for this port, landing terms. Rum : The sales
are only sixty puncheons Demerara, at last week's prices.
Tea : Some few common .Congous have been sold at lltd to
13 for cash and short prompts ; there is a little more doing i❑
blackish leaf kind from Is 4d to Is 7d per 11), but the finest
grades aro neglected; medium to fine scented aro in fair
request ; transactions in gree❑ limited. Of Indigo, 16 chests
Bengal sold at steady prices, a few cases Gum Arabic, also
some African red Copal at 955, 600 bales Gambier, chiefly
heated, at 16s 61 to 16s 91, 650 packages of Borax at 52s 63,
80 baskets Tincal at 455, 200 bags Sago Flour at 18s to 18s
3d, 45 bags Turmeric at 53s 6d to 545, 15 cases fine white

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