Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-31 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL.

CALCUTTA, February 22 : English intelligence, Jan. 26,
received by telegraph : On the 20th some articles were
affected by the rumours of war in Europe. Silk was
higher, but not much change in general produce. Lower
freights encouraged exportation. In imports market, piece
goods and yarns very dull and and depressed. Accounts
from up-country markets are unfavourable, and prices are
expected to decline still further. Iron firm ; pig-iron much
wanted. London freights have fallen, but Liverpool re-
main the same as last report.
HONG KONG, Feb. 15. —The London mail of Dec. 25th
jaiid Wee kat," aud. _for i m
the Chinese were making every effort to bring teas to market,
prices being so remunerative. Considerable transactions
have taken place, influenced by home advices and the short
supply at other ports.
At Shanghae transactions were very limited, owing to
short supply, and exorbitant prices at Foo-chow. The com-
parative export shews a deficiency of 4,000,0001b5., while at
Shanghae it is 8,000,0001b5. The export of tea to Great
Britain is on a par with last year at same period, but all the
Canton teas have been exported, while last year at the same
date there were 32:4 chops stored there, and now there are
only nine. The real deficiency of exports will appear in a
month or two.

CHINA.
We have received letters and journals from Hong
Kong, dated. Feb. 15. In the summary of the China
Mail of that date we read :---
Lord Elgin arrived here from Shanghae, in his steam-
yacht the Furious, on the 2nd instant, but departed next
day for Canton. His Excellency was to start from that
place last night or this morning to make an exploration,
NA similar to that he has made of the Yang-tsze, of the Great
Wag IVE WITNESS. Recently at Croston, a witness West River, which, according to the Chinese, can be
41.,,,eat called upon, and, upon enterine• the box, had a Testa- ascended for a long distance in vessels of light draught. A
teinkParsented to him, but he declined to take the oath, number of troops will go on this expedition, andprovisions will
rePlied,sled his reasons for refusinto be sworn, he naively be taken for three weeks. Six or seven gun-boats are to go up,
Awe " l'U tell a lie wi' ony mon i' England, but I'll not towing flat-bottomed junks, but it is doubtful whether any
ar to it.,,
AlieLD E attempt will be made to advance beyond the point where gun-
the jndo, STATES COURT, IRELAND.---The salaries of boats become unserviceable, and the ascent might be con-
the co ~es and officers of the Landed Estates Court, and tinned in junks. Two missionaries once ascended the
the niPensation allotted to the several retired officers of Canton river nearly to the 'borders of Kwang-si, but other-
to an annual
Estates Court, Wear altogether to amount wise it is unknown to Europeans except in the immediate
£8 gee sum of about £150,000. The two principal neighbourhood of the city and from Chinese accounts. It
000 ,_ have a salary of £2,500 a-year each the registrar is supposed that Lord Elgin intends to return to Shanghae ;
£lOO -year, to increase at the rate of £25 a-year up to and that he will accompany his brother, the Hon. Mr.
POO a. The salaries of the assistants range from £4OO to Bruce, to Peking, but nothing certain is known of his
?r the Year ; and there is an examiner for each judge and intentions. Until the British embassy is established at
mere reg
SUlei ° xistrar, whose sar al begins at £6OO a-year and Pekin, it would be inexpedient either for his lordship, or
mes t y
• 800. any part of the force now here, to depart.
Ing,rlE IN THE BANK OF ENGLAND.---Yesterday morn- Some shorter expeditions than that now contemplated
lamcon , .'iderable sensation was created at the Bank of Eng- have continued to be made from Canton. Tai-leuk, Tai-
Lane la consequence of the determined suicide of John fan, and other of the more important of the famous ninety-
dentinatt) aged 59. The deceased was one of the confi- six villages, have been visited, and proclamations have been
Itaek
ofPerters, and had been twenty-three years at the distributed in them, calling on the natives to lay aside all
ofidieilie.dEnfgrloainnd, and had lately been in a desponding state animosity against foreigners, and on the elders and gentry
Kee He was found weltering in a pool of blood, which to see to the proper treatment of foreign visitors and travel-
dia terrific gash in the throat, which had lers. These proclamations were well received; and two
tletoa, the Windpipe and carotid arteries. A medical gen- gentlemen have already paid a private visit to Fat-shan,
Pre se- was sent for, but life was extinct. No cause at and to Shecktsing,.where the braves were routed, without,
NP:t Can be assigned for the suicide. any other protection than that which travellers usually
tract,O-9Til OF TOLL FARMERS.---The great farmer or con- have. Beneath we give an account of an important expedi-
died t for tolls was Mr Levy, and he is reported to have tion to the walled city of Faynen, which was the head-
Worth nearly ..-.
g the a million ofy money. In the year follow- quarters of the patriotic army in Kwang-tung.
anothe Great Exhibition, so large were the profits, that Nothing has yet been published about the settlement of
ear -,r; fortunate farmer built, it is said, a row of houses the site for the factories at Canton; but from the fact that
tire, Kensington, out of the toll profits, and about the same the principal American house has begun to build on the old
was Zither built a street or place at Notting-hill, which site, it is supposed that that will be, or has been, selected by
,Vithijistened after one of the peers on the commission. Lord Elgin, with extension probably to the westward.
laas 'be". the last few years an extensive park and estate Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour leaves this in the
liortii
_e,1,1 Purchased by one of the late Mr. Levy's partners, Calcutta very soon, and will be succeeded by Sir Byam
trig "' Kilburn-gate. Such is the result of the toll-farm- Martin. During the period of Admiral Seymour's cora-
'Yet system,ee, and it must be stated that as no account has ever mand in these waters he has enjoyed a rare exemption from
tolls an,oaYlight of the suv received by these farmers of the just or unjust censure which has been so liberally bestowed
%el; wealth
we are left to imnination as to their profits by upon Gen. Straubenzee, Sir J. Bowring, to a less degree on
of the details
and acquisition, likewise are we in ignoracne Lord Elgin, and generally on those connected with
.the
euiTpitritte of the exenditure of the commissioners. administration and execution of foreign affairs in China.
had bee MURDERER Pauwvis.—After the sentence of death Against Admiral Seymour no word has been uttered, and he
Passed at the late Kent assizes on this unhappy leaves not only in command of universal respect, but with 1
Emma, forc the wilful murder of a young woman named the affection of his own service.
Martin\ aPPills at Queensborough, the judge (Mr. Baron In the colony and at Canton trade has hardly yet recovered
absence) who at' the time commented on the apparent from the lull consequent on the China New Year ; especially
chaplain f motive in the case, communicated with the there has been little demand for imports. The expeditions
and,„_of the Maidstone prison (the Rev. Watson King), ' into the neighbourhood of Canton have had the effect of
in., made several inquiries respecting the prisoner, intimat- assuring the Chinese of the pacific intentions of the Allies,
Isel+nate he should in no way hinder a commutation of the and of showing the power of foreigners to advance into the
fte—cout,cie' and he saw no end to be answered by the man's interior.
'Cisenms,n• In consequence, a statement of the whole of the The appointment of Mr. Green as Acting-Attorney-
tart. ci. ''anees of the case has been forwarded to the Secre- ' General, has been confirmed by the home government, but
r_Jonte State, whose reply has not yet been received. The we have not yet heard whether the suspension of Mr.
LI! !) who of course is kept in iemorance of what is going Anstey has been approved of. After a more than usually
lie Past, ward,
entertains nohope of his lifebeing spared. For some animated debate in the Legislative Council, the Bowring
lie _ lart, through the constant exhortations of the chaplain, ' Praya ordinance was rejected by a majority of six to three.
the agaolbielen deeply penitent. When first admitted into The steamer Five Brothers was wrecked in the Cupchi
sine_ ,e e was unable to spell a single word, but he has passage on the 28th ultimo, the Admiralty Chart and the
time t arnt to read, and now spends a large portion of his China Pilot not having given sufficient information of the
... e! 8 In sins q
gin:he New Testament and other religious danger of the passage.
times . he. is also frequently_ engaged in prayer, and some- The export of tea and silk for the season shows the total
hymns. He is supposed to be a native of quantity gone to date, 38,121,1001bs tea, against
liioetstre.!;shire, but refuses to disclose anything with respect 41,107,3001bs last season, or a decrease of 2,986,8001b5.
tion i.,4.11.d5, as he does not wish them to know the, posi- Of silk, the export amounts to 52,717 bales, against 48,428,
inh, ;which he is placed. Should the sentence b..e carried or an increase of 4,289. To Marseilles the export of silk
7til: prig the execution will take place tm TbArsday, the amounts to 5,998 bales. The total export of tQa to the
United States p4ounts to g41533a3001b5,

IMPERIAL

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAT,

Mr. Beamish asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether he had any objection to lay on the table the cor-
respondence which had passed between the presidents of
the Queen's colleges in Ireland and the Irish government,
in reference to the residence of the presidents in their re-
spective colleges. _ _

Lord Naas gave his consent, and the production of the
papers was ordered accordingly.

TRIAL BY JURY (SCOTLAND) BILL.

Mr. Dunlop moved the second reading of the Trial by
Jury (Scotland) Bill. The object was to reduce from six to
three hours the time during which the jury were detained
in consideration of their verdict, before the opinion of three-
fourths were taken as conclusive.

Mr. Moncrieff supported the bill, which had received the
approbation of the faculty of the advocates.
The Lord-Advocate likewise approved of the measure,
which he thought would work satisfactorily.
After some further consideration, the bill was read a
second time.

TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) BILL.

The Tramways (Ireland) Bill passed through committee.

BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL.

On the order of the day for going into committee on
Lord John Russell's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill,

Lord John Russell moved that the bill be referred to a
Select Committee, hoping that the same course would be
pursued by the Government with regard to their own bill.
The Attorney-General intimated that Government were
prepared to take this course after the bill had been read a
second time pro forma.
Mr. Headlam hoped that the committee would not have
the power of examining witnesses.
Mr. Vance concurred in the wish. He trusted that some
bill of the kind would be extended to Ireland. Last year
an excellent measure for Ireland was introduced, many of
which provisions might be applied to England.
Mr. S. Estcourt said that this was a matter for the judg-
ment of the committee.

Mr. Lowe said that it would be impossible for the com-
mittee to come to a satisfactory conclusion without taking
some evidence from those most conversant with the subject.

The Solicitor-General said that the committee should
decide on what points they regard information, and then
ask the House for leave to obtain it.
Lord J. Russell concurred in this view.
The motion was then agreed to.