Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-15 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES PRIMA, JULY 15, 1859

TOXTETH P ARIC BOARD of GUARDIANS
This board 'acid its usual weekly meeting at the public
.offices, Park-road, yesterday, Mr. Joseph Harrison presid-
ing. Them: were also present—Messrs: John' Wilson,
Joseph W4:lson, Henry Leyland, William Baynes, J. D.
Carter, Q W. Hunter, John Moss, William Wainwright,
Arthur Grindrod, J. B. Hughes, and J. Brrindritt
Mr. Gough, governor of the West Derby Workhouse,
reported that there were in that establishment, last week,

34E.; this wsek, 552 ; corresponding week last year, 3671
paupers belonging to the Park.
Cheques were drawn to the amount of 196, for 'the rolief
of out-door paupers.
The Clerk read a letter 'from the. Lord Bishop of the
Diocese, approving of the appointmer't of 'the 'Rev. 3'.
D-ankley as chaplain for the new workhouse.

statement was read from the various dispensaries,
stating that they would continue to dispense'reedicines at
'the following considerations annuallf :—Mr. Thighes, £75 ;
Mr. Day, £75 ; Mr. 'Cross, £75 ; and Mr. Rddler, £6O,
being an advance of about £4O a year to the sum usually
paid.

After a lengthened speech in favour of the dispensaries
above-named, Mr. Moss moved that the O'er be accepted,
with the understanding that the sums mentioned include all
appliances, such as leeches, splints, bandages, &c.. excepting
trusses.
Mr. Hunter seconded the motion.

Mr. John Wilson said, he thought 'the four dispensers
had been paid well enough, without seeking for an advance ;
and he would move, as an amendment, that the case be
thrown open for public competition.

Mr. Wainwright seconded the amendment.
Some.farthsr observations were made, when the amend-
ment was put and carried.
Mr. Moss read a letter from Mr. James Smith, of the
overseer's office, Everton, complaining that the ages of the
master and matron were fixed by the guardians at from
thirty to fifty, and from twenty-five to fifty, thereby pre-
eluding himself and his wife from applying.

The Chairman said, if Mr. Moss wished to make a
motion on the matter it would require a week's notice•
This Mr. Moss declined to do.

Mr. Hughes, in moving the proceedings of the building
and visiting committee said, they were not satisfied with
the way the contractors were proceeding, as he thought
they should go on much faster, and knew from a statement
by Mr. Kulshaw that he was not satisfied.

Mr. Baynes seconded the motion for the confirmation of
the committees proceedings.
Mr. John Wilson said, in accordance with the notice
given by him last week, he had to move that the whole
board be put on the building and visiting committee.

Mr. Carter seconded the motion.
Mr. Hughes said, he wished to move an amendment to
Mr. Wilson's motion, as he considered it nothing short of a
vote of censure to the present committee; and he, for one,
would say that they had done their duty, and done it well.
It was a most unusual thing to have a whole board on com-
mittee. They had a good architect, a good clerk of the
works, there had nothing gone wrong in the building, and
he could not see the use of putting the whole board on the
committee, as they would do nothing but put every-
thing wrong by their contentions. They had the
proceedings brought before them for confirmation
every week, and if they did not agree with them
they could refer them back or move an amendment.
There was one gentleman he would like to see on the com-
mittee, and that was Mr. Alexander Miller, who had taken
a great deal of trouble, and from his,practical knowledge,
given them much valuable information. His amendment
was, " that the committee remain as it was with the addition
of Mr. Miller."

Mr. Bundritt seconded Mr. Hughes's amendment.

Mr. Moss said, as far as he was individually con-
cerned, be did not care whether he made one of the
committee or not ; but he could not sit still to hear
Mr. Hughes—a gentleman who seemed to be full of
all confidence, and he was nearly saying self-
satisfaction. He never saw a man that had more libe-
rality on his tongue and lies in his heart. He went on to
refer to the last committee being found in the minority, and
thought it very unjust to displace them without fault of any
kind. He would support Mr. Wilson's motion, and he
might say Mr. Hughes had added insult to injury by picking
out one gentleman in an invidious way, as more qualified
than the others, to be a member of the committee.

The amendment was put, and carried by the casting vote
of the chairman.

The board then separated, Mr. Moss grumbling about
injustice.

LIVERPOOL POLICE LVTELLIGENCE —Yesterday,

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.
THE KNlFE.—Martin Cannon, a porter, was charged by
John Furgen with having stabbed him. The parties were
engaged about the market, when some dispute arose between
them about carrying some potatoes, when the prisoner
struck complainant two blows on the forehead with a knife.
A surgeon proved that there were two wounds on the man's
head—one lacerated, the other incised, and the latter was a
dangerous wound, cutting through the eyebrow to the bone.
The prisoner was sent for trial at the assizes.
AN OFFICER WITH AN " EDD."—Police-officer 186 brought
up George Brooks, of 27, Great Homer-street, on the
followinc, charge :—The constable said he saw the prisoner
engaged m a wrangle with a woman, when he interfered,
and then the prisoner struck him two blows under the jaw.
Mr. Cobb appeared for the prisoner, and cross-examined
the witness, who said he was in plain clothes. The officer
got into a passion, and when Mr. Cobb put questions to
him he said ' sir ? " so the questions had to be repeated
several times, and at last Mr. Cobb made a remark which
caused the officer to say, " Oh, I have an edd as well as you.
Mr. Cobb : A what ? An edd ! Mr. Cobb : Oh, a head,
have you ? Yes, I have an edd. Mr, Cobb : So has
a pin ; but I don't think there is as much in
yours as in the head of a corker-pin, and if you have an
edd, you don't appear to have any ears. The explanation
he gave on behalf of the prisoner was as follows :—The
prisoner, on his return, at twelve at night, found the.back
door open, and a woman at it. She ran away, followed by
the prisoner, when the policeman and some one else stopped
him. The officer was in plain clothes, and there was no
doubt it was a mistake on both sides. His Worship, taking
the same view of the case, discharged the prisoner.
Detective-officer Scott brought up two females, one the
cook, the other the kitchenmaid, at Mr. Wilson's dining-
rooms, Union-court, Castle-street, on a charge of having
plundered him to a large extent. It appeared that the
prisoners had great confidence placed in them by Mr.
Wilson, and that they abused it by stealing meat, eggs,
pork, &c. They were sent to jail for seven days.
CHARGE OF MURDER.—John M'lntyre, a sailor on board
one of Messrs. Tobin's ships, called the Faith; was brought,
up on a charge of having killed another sailor, named John
Maxwell, at New Calabar, in Africa. Mr. Black was for
the prisoner. In consequence of the drunkenness of some of
the witnesses who are to be produced, the prisoner was re-
manded to this day.

Mary Derbyslure was sent to jail for three months, for
having stolen £36 from her father, William Gee, a skip-
wrigiri, living in Mason-street, Wapping.
Thomas Ashton was fined £5 for having driven an
omnibus, with three horses, to the races, when he was only
lieensed to drive two horses. Mr. Bluck defended.

LORD BROVGIE AM presided at a meeting held on Wednes-
day night, for the purpose of considering the present state
of the slave trade.

A FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—Gn Sunday last, about three
o'clock in the afternoon, a gentleman was crossing a field
near Cheetham-hill road, occupied by the Cheetham-hill
Cricket Club, he noticed a cow approaching him, apparently
with no good intention, upon which he raised his stick,,-but
the beast, as if more infuriated by the show of resistance,
rushed at him. He struggled to defend himself, but the
animal got him down upon the ground, and in its endeavour
to gore him pressed its horns into the earth, his body, fortu-
nately, being between them. He was held in that position
until two gentlemen came with sticks and compelled it to
retreat. Another person had previously been attacked by
the same sow, and the owner is likely to incur some e.atious
responsibility should an accident happen through his &tyre
nseePt to keep it out of middies —fiftinthpiter Examin#,.

MONETARY. AND COMMERCIAL.
-141vERPooL, ThaTsde Evening.
Theftne of th e Liverpool Cotton Market has been
firm to-day, an• a good business has been done, the
sales reaching 10,000 bales at the full prices of
yesterday.

- The Liv'arpool Share Market has been rather
active, and -prices have been well sustained.
In the. 'London Stock Market, Consols opened
weaker, but improved after reduction of Bank Rate;
prices, however, closed flatter. Railways sym-
pathised with Consols. Great Westerns very
strong but easier at the finish. Lombardo lower.
Foreign Stocks began and finished much the
same. Banks, Mines, and Miscellaneous, steady.
The closing prices for Shares were as follow :
Ambergate, ; Caledonian, 841. 85; Prefer-
ence, 102, 104 ; Eastern Counties, 591, 601; East
Lancashire, 94, 96 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
72, 74; Great Northern, 105, 106 ; Do. A, 86, 88 ;
Do. B, 130, 132 ; Great Western, 591, 601 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 961, 971 ; Brighton, 112,
114; North Western, 961, 971 ; South Western, 951,
961; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 37,
371 ; Midland, 1041, 1051 ; North British, 58, 59 ;
Preference, 109, '111; North Eastern Berwick,
941, 051 ; Leeds, 48, 49'; York, 76, 77 ; North
Stafford, 33-, 31; South Eastern 74, 75; Turkish
Sixes, 82, 84 ; Do. Fours, 103, 105 ; Great Western
of 'Canada, 151, 153- ; Ditto New, 54, 44; Grand
Trank of Canada, 84, 94.
An instalment of 25 per cent., leaving 25 per cent.
still to be paid, falls due on the Indian Loan on
Friday next; but the payments in advance have
been very large.
The holders of the Austrian Loan, the issue of
which in February last was but very partially
successful, having appealed some weeks ago to the
Austrian government to relieve them from the
obligation of paying the remaining 40 per cent., an
answer has, it is stated, been received from Vienna
that their request shall be complied with, provided
the Loan be admitted into the London Stock
Exchange. An application in this sense from the
parties interested came before the committee of the
establishment yesterday, and was rejected, the com-
mittee apparently seeing no valid reason for the
revocation of their original decision, and prObablv
requiring additional information as to the amount of
the Loan issued here, and other points. It is
understood that the subscribers, under these circum-
stances, now remit their appeal back to Vienna. An
instalment of 20 per cent., leaving two of 10 per
cent. each still to be met, falls due on Friday next.
The increase of 489,6591. in the government
seaurities in the last Bank return has attracted a
good deal of attention, and is presumed to have been
occasioned by an advance to government on
Deficiency Bills, in anticipation of the payment of
the dividends,

Nothing of importance occurred in Bullion at the
Bank yesterday. The steamer Yarborough has
reached the Thames from St. Petersburgh with
40,0001. in gold, which has been purchased for expor-
tation, in addition to the residue of Tuesday's supply.
The Lucien: is expected in two or three days with a
further sum of 40,0001. in Russian half imperials.
_ _ _ .

The fortnightly settlement in British Railway
Stocks commenced. yesterday (" making-up day"),
and indicates that the rapid rise in prices has not
yet occasioned any material addition to the floating
supply of stock. The rates of " continuation" in all
instances were light.

The Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Com-
pany have instructed Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co.
to manufacture a strong submarine cable of sixty
miles in length, with one wire, at a cost of 12,0001.,
for the service between Malta and Sicily. It will
probably be laid in the first week of September.
The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of 4,4751., the
London and South Western an increase of 1,2251.,
the Great Northern a decrease of 7381., and the
Great Western an increase of 3,5341.

An auction of the foreign redeemable debt of Spain
is to take place at Madrid on the 29th instant. the
sum assigned by the government being 375,000 reals.
The government of the Cape of Good Hope invite
tenders for six per cent. debentures to the extent of
80,000, redeemable at six months' notice.

The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company in-
vite tenders for the completion of the works of the
Bhore Ghaut incline, situate 60 miles from Bombay,
at the end of the portion of the section of the South
Eastern line in the Concan, which is open for public
traffic.

Another petition—whether a serious one remains
to be seen—for the winding-up of the Metropolitan
Saloon Omnibus Company (limited) is expected to be
heard in the Court of Bankruptcy on the 21st inst.
Vice-Chancellor Wood, who is charged with the
winding-up of the Sheerness Well or Waterworks
Company, proposes, on the 22nd instant, to make a
call of 161. per share on the contributors.
An extraordinary meeting of the European Gas
Company is called for the 27th inst., to confirm the
resolution adopted on the 29th ult , altering the deed
of settlement, and to authorise the registration of
the company with limited liability.
The position of the market for American railway
securities is thus noticed by Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite :
"We have had a good market for American securities in
London during the past week. The various States' Bonds
usually dealt in have been freely taken at late rates. In
railroad securities, the chief demand has been for Illinois
Central shares and bonds ; the former have advanced 6 per
cent.: the latter 2 per cent."

The Menam has arrived from China with 534,0001bs
of tea.

The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 15th
inst. for the conveyance of 162 tons of naval stores
from the Thames to Ascension, and 143 tons of army
salt meat to Malta ; also stores to Algoa Bay, East
London, Gibraltar, Trincomalee, Cape Town, and
Quebec.

At the public sales of Indigo yesterday, rather
higher rates_ have been current, and considerable
animation took place in the biddings for some partic-
ular qualities. Messrs. Layton, Hulbert, and Co.,
state :

" The announcement of the termination of the war has had
a marked influence upon the sale. Holders have withdrawn
some considerable parcels, and• the buyers have contested
with great spirit for those marks which were sold, and more
especially for those to which no support was given by buying
in. 1,441 chests passed this morning, of which 579 are
sold, 180 bought in, and 682 withdrawn. In two days
1,226 chests are sold, 316 bought in, 1,286 withdrawn,
2,827 passed, 8,873 remain ; total, 11,700 declared."
The transparent compromise by which the Italian
difficulty has been settled, is regarded with almost a
general feeling of distrust. The conclusion of peace,
however, and the cessation of bloodshed, have caused
a further important rise in most classes of public
securities. The upward movement of the English
Funds, nevertheless, received a check to-day, having
at length attracted a moderate supply of stock. After
several variations, Consols closed -I- percent. below yes-
terday. The partial reaction in the Funds did not ex-
tend to other securities. Great animation continued
to prevail up to the close of the Stock Exchange, all
the markets leaving off very firm. Extreme ease con-
tinues to prevail in the Discount Market. The best
bills are readily taken in Lombard-street at 21 per
cent. It is believed that at the weekly court
to-morrow (Thursday) the Directors will reduce
their minimum to 21 per cent. Extreme buoyancy
prevails in all the Continental markets. Austrian
securities have risen to 4 per cent. at Amsterdam
since Monday. Nothing of importance occurred in
bullion at the Bank to-day. Underwriters still
require the insertion of the free-of-capture clause in
policies of insurance. Some anxiety is felt for the
safety of the steamer Adelaide, which had not reached
Newfoundland at the date of the last advices,
although seventeen days out from Galway. At
Lloyds, to-day, insurances were effected at
_four
guineas per cent., the usual rate being abou. t las.—
Daily News City Article, Wednesday 4'ventng.
In proportion as the terms of the treaty of the two
Emperors comes to be considered, there is a disposi-
tion on the part of the public to take advantage of
its first effect, and numerous realisations were
consequently pressed to-day. Consols hay, to-eay
touched the price wbteli i)py stood bagye the

wet commenced, but the settlement just concluded
dots not furnish a single new guarantee
fair the - progress of commerce, ctvilisation,
or constitutional government on the /continent of
Europe, and operates with the force or checking the
extraordinary buoyancy with which business com-
menced. The unlimited supply of money, however.
makes itself felt, the moment there is any tendency
to reaction from other causes.. Little doubt appears
to be entertained that at the weekly court, to-
morrow, the Bank rate of discount will be lowered
to 21 per cent. The Share Markets have again
improved. English Railway Stocks closed Ito 21
per cent. higher, Great Northern, Caledonian,
South Eastern, and Berwicks showing the principal
advance.—Times City Article, Wednesday Evening.
The Silk market yesterday was very active, and
rather excited. In China descriptions a rise of
is per lb took place. The market for other descrip-
tions of produce retains the firmer appearance lately
noticed. In the wheat market yesterday sales were
effected with difficulty at the reduction of 3s to 5s
per quarter established on Monday. The effect of
the peace news upon the Indigo Sales has been to
raise prices 3d to 4d per lb. The price of tin
yesterday further, advanced £4 per ton.
At the ironmasters' quarterly meeting, on Wednes-
Iday, at Wolverhampton, the termination of the war
was considered as likely to give new life to business.
According to a circular of Mr. Samuel Mendel, the
cessation of hostilities produced excitement in the
1 Manchester markets.