Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-23 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1857.

those I have mentioned, from the Santh. Andrew H.
Stephens, of Georgia, is spoken of, and George W. Jones,
of Tennessee, and Houston, of Alabama, are sometimes
mentioned. The chances a7e, however, that either Phelps,
Jones, or Orr will be the man.

Much misapprehension exists in regard to the
views of the Administration on the Tehuantepec
question, but the Administration has nothing to do
with any agreement entered into between Mexico
and the Lousiana Company, nor does it favor any
other private interest. Mexico has offered to extend,
for a large pecuniary consideration, the rights
which the United States acquired under the
Gadsden Treaty, connected with that subject.
The correspondence will be transmitted to Con-
gress. The Government has been officially advised
that Senor Escalante has been selected by Costa
Rica as Special Envoy to the United States. He
is expected to arrive by the next steamer, but will
not interfere with the functions of Molino. His
mission is connected with the freedom of the
Nicaragua Transit Route, under the protection of
the great commercial powers.
Complete returns of, the Maryland State elec-
tion have been received. Hicks has been returned
Governor by a majority of 8,000 votes. The
Senate will be composed of fifteen Americans and
seven Democrats, and the House of forty-four
Americans and twenty-nine Democrats. We
learn that Ward, one of the mob shot at the poll
during the Baltirno're election, has died.
Another slave case had been before the Boston
Courts. It is thus alluded to in a despatch dated
November 9 :

Mr. Lewis Sweet and family, accompanied by a slave
girl named Betty, have been spending several months
travelling North. Their last stopping place was Lawrence
where a writ of habeas corpus was obtained, on the ground
that Betty was restrained of her liberty. The parties were
brought to this city to-day, and a hearing was had before
Chief Justice Shaw. Mr. and Mrs. Sweet, who were
present stated that they would cheerfully abide by Betty's
own choice in the matter. At er the ease had been stated
by the respective counsel, J. A Andrews, Esq., fa. the
petitioners in the writ, and Mr. Watson, of Lawrence. for
the claimants, Judge Shaw retired with the woman to an
Evijoining room for the purpose of ascertaining her wishes,
without bias from the presence of those around her. On
returning, the Judge stated that it was Betty's voluntary
decision to return with her master to Tennessee. and the
Court thereupon passed he folio akg order :—" That Betty
is at liberty to remain in Mazsachu-etts, or to return wi h
her master to Tennessee, as she may see fi ." The case
was then dismissed, Betty retiring with her master and
mistress, apparently contented.
The Kansas Constitutional Convention has
adopted a clause concerning slavery, which leave;
nothing doubtful upoe the subject. It recognises
the ins'itution, as already established in the terri-
tory, and prohibits the Legislature from getting
rid of it. A New York paper, of the last date,
makes the following comment on this announce-
ment :

We are glad to find that the subject has been thus fairly
met. It will bring the issue as directly before Congress
or the people, as any one could desire. There are no open
indications of a purpose on the part of the Convention to
submit the Constitution to the popular vote, although the
President, Dr Calhoun, openly declared his p eference
for such a course. They seem much more lit- ely now, not
only to frame a State constitution. as they are authorised
to do by the law authorizing the Convention, and to pima
such limits upon the right of voting as will effectually
answer their purpose,—and then submit the whole matter to
the action of Congress. Such a course will renew the
agitation of the slavery question. in national politics, upon
a large scale If th,,, leaders of the Democratic party are
wise, they will never allow the subject thus to come up
for national discussion, for it could not, under any con-
ceivable circumstances, give them a particle of strength,
but would be almost certain to rend the party fatally aed
hopelessly asunder.

Adespatch from Cflit'ago,dated 10th November,
says:--

Mr. 'Williamson, c)rrespr,ndent of the St. Paul's Times,
writing from Payutzac on the 36th ult., says that a report
had reached there that 500 United States troops, supposes
to he a detachment of the Utah expedition, had been
attacked and killed by a la,ge Dirty of Toelowan Indians,
near Missouri river. Mr. Williamson believes the report

CU-N.I3IER CIA L INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.
MONETARY AFFAIRS.

The tone of the market in general continues to improve.
The effect of the accumulation of unemployed capital,
which we thought pr0b....1)1e, has .lown itself during the
week in the increased facility with which loans on call are
made, without having much influence, nevertheless on the
discount of paper, which is still regarded with great cir-
cumspection by capitalists. Ths movement of specie, both
from Europe and elsewhere, towards New York is rapidly
strerWhening the position of the banks here, whose metal is
reserve now amounts to 16,402,152 dols ; and although
the present steamer takes out a large sum in coin, the
effect on the stock mz.rket has been an increased activity,
and a gradual but steady advance, ,iuring the past week
The news from England to the 24th October, by the
Canada—which was consi lered less unfavourable than
could have been expected—and the execu ion of some
orders to buy for European account, have contribute' to
this upward movement There i 3 r o great alteration to
notice in the domestic exchanges. State Stocks have been
active with a general rise Money is easier for loans on
call at 7 per cent. Discoun's o't of bank are very limited,
and the rates remain high, and with hardly any change;
say from 18 to 30 per cent. Dn Corrxr & Co.

Oar last advices were to the 2d inst. Mattrs continue
to improve. Money is steadily g,owing more abundant.
Stocks again show a henry advance, which is. felt by al;
classes of securities, but especially bank stocks. The
domestic and foreign exchanges likewise show a marked
tendency to return to their legitimate level. All that is
now required to res'ore confidence, is to ascertain the full
effect of our crisis in Europe, and to arrive at a conclusion
to the discussions which are now occupying our banks as
to the proper time for resuming specie payments Our
last advires from Liverpool are t, the 2nd ult., perCanala,
which brought out 1,200,000301 s in g.)141. The next news
will announce the effect produced in Europe by the
suspension of our banks and of the three great Railroad
Companies, and is awaited with great anxiety. As to the
resumption of specie payments by the City Banks, the
only thing that complicates the question is the position of
the Country Banks of this State, which had, on the 26th
September last, only 1.022 000dols. in specie, against
19,322 0001015. of circulation and 10 500,0001e1s of
deposits. 'The orders for American Stocks on Foreign
ace-:tint have been considerable fir the past month, and
have been directed more particularly to State and City
Bonds and to the shares of a few leading railroad corn
p 'nies, but particularly those of the Illinois Central. State
Stocks show a groat rise, wi h active purchases for
investment, the sales amounting to 600 0001oIs Money
very abundant Loans on call ito 6 per cent. First-class
paper, 12 to 18 per cent. ; second-class names, 24 to 48
rates being vary unsettled. American gold, to per
cent premium. Exchanges have advanced, but the
business is slight London 107 i. to 109 ; chief business
at 1071 to 108 ; Francs, 5.30 to 5 25. MARIE & Martz.

same week last year 7.000. Stock on lan 1 32,000.
Middling 10ic to llc per lb. Freight to Liverpool
per lb.
SAVANNAH, Nov. 9: Market advancing. Good middling
120 per lb. Weather fine fur erop.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 9.—Sales during Saturday and to day
3,600 bales. Good middling 12ic per lb.
AUGUSTA, Nov. 9.—The market closed buoyantly to day,
with an advancing tendency.
CROP.—Under the favorable weather which ha, pre-
vailed throughout the entire cotton region for the past
three or four weeks, the prospects for the crop have
improved, and the estimates for the aggregate yield are
raised from every point. The frost alluded to in my last
as having passed over Georgia, has only been partial and
not killing. We have no account as yet of the occurrence
of a killing frost at any point in the cotton region. The
quality is materially benefitted by this continued absence
of frost or storm, and the quantity will be increased
particularly in the extreme South and South-western
districts. _ _ _

RECEIPTS —The receipts at the Southern ports continue
on a limited scale ; during the past week only 43,000 bales
have been received against 91 000 bales during the corres-
ponding week of last year. The total defici.t now amounts
to 245,000 bales as compared with same date last season.
This is accounted for to some extent in the Atlantic States,
by an indisposttion on the part of planters to sell at the
prevailing currency; but the chief reason there, and more
particularly in the Southern and Western dstricts, for the
light receipts, is the unusual demand on the field hands for
picking, instead of for packing and preparing for market.
The season has been late—the great bulk of the cotton
opened late, but under the infiueace of the fine weather in
September and October, has matured rapi ly ; planters
have, therefore, had full employment in gathering the
onen cotton, leaving for a future day its preparation and
shipment to market. As the season throughout has been
three weeks later than last year, we should not consider
our present receipts in the light of comparison. or as bear-
ing upon the question of the ultimate extent of the crop.
EXPORT.--The export to Great Britain eon'innes to gain
(elightly this week) on last year, while to France and other
continental ports there is a further diminution. The tables
give the pardiculars.
The following is a statement of the movement in cotton
since the Ist September, as compared witn the pre,ious
four years :

1857. 1856. 1855. 1451. 1853
Receipts at the Ports ',254,000 539010 535,000 I 321,,,00 289,000
Exports to G. Britain 1103,000 62,010 192,000 95/03 85,003
" France. 124 030 50,00 43,000 i 41.000 10,010
" other For. Pts. 18,000 22,0 0 59,003 : 19 003 22,003
T.ital Exports. .....145,000 131,000 274.001 158: 0 I 117;100
Sto kon Itand .... .. 194,000 , 350,000 201,000 , 226.000 211,030
01 which durincs, the past week, included in rne a hove :
Receipts at the Ports 43,3001 '91,0011. 55,000 66001' 06,300
Exports toG Britain 19,0,101 12,0301 30 000 22,0.0 14,03;1
Fra,ce 5,110.;1 9,0001 10,000 6,1100,
" other F. Ports 2 000, 7.090 5,0 0, 6 009, 5 031'
Total Exports 26,00. 28 000 45,000'1 34,0001 19,0 19
I I

SUMMARY—Receipts : Decrease at the ports compared
with last year, 215,000 bales Exports : Increase to (Feat
Britain, 41,000 ; decrease to France, 20,000 ; to of her
foreign ports, 4,000. Total increase in exports, 11,000
bales.

FREIGHTS are firmer to Livrpool for Cotton, at 5-32 I.
Yesterday some 1 500 bales were engaged at this rate,
being the arrivals from Charleston and Savannah per
steamer.—The screw-steamer City of Baltimore, to sail
to-morrow, has about 1,000 bales engaged at per lb.
EXCHANGE : The rate of sterling bills has been gradually
creeping up, until some drawers have obtained 109 per
cent. on London for 60 days' sight bills. Commercial
bills, with bills lading attached, sell at 105 to 105 per
cent. The business for this steamer has been to a smaller
extent than was expected and the rates close tamely with
a tendency to decline. On Paris the demand has been
fair, closing at 5.25 to 5 35. This steamer will carry
back very near, if not quite, as mu .h specie as she
brought. W. P. WRIGIIT.

COT T. STATEMENT.
(From the Yew York Shipping List of Nov. 11.)

Decr.

Receipts.

Fluorts to
:Great Britain

1.9 i,(53 104 202
539,358 62 i

24, 200

Total
Exprts.

141,6')9
131,473

193,362
370.063

176,696

Banansrurrs : As the season of canal receipts is now
within two or three weeks of its cloe, and grea•er facilities
have bean given to the millers and forwarders to manufsc
ture and send to the sea-board, the Flour and Wheat from
this and the Western States, there is a natural increas3 of
business, still the delay this fail owing to the deranged
state of financial matters, has been extremely detrimental
to the trade, and the receipts by the Erie Canal to the
31st of October show a falling off from last year's to the
same period of 221 085 barrels Flour, 5,348,732 buf,hels
Wheat, and 4 156,189 bushels IndiatrCarn. By railroad
to Albany the receipts of Flour have been in excess of that
of last ys ar, and for the balance of the season will not be
larg) There is a steady but not active demand from the
city dealers, prices fluctuating 5 to 10 cents per barrel
according to the supply, closing with an advance of about
10 cents since my last circular. The Export t• ade to
England has taken 54 723 barrels of Flour and 282 025
bustles of wheat. and to Spain 5,879 barrels of Flour in the
fortnight past Whe tis in request, and the best samples
are readily taken by city millers and exporters at fall
rates, particularly White which is scarce and high. There
is considerable Chicago Spring now on the canal, b it the
demand is suffisient to take the daily receipts, rand the
Whiter stock will be very small. Of Milwaukee, Indiana
and Ohio Red, there is but little on the way. Rye is in
light stock, and sells only for home use. Indian corn has
advance about 8 cents Der 13 ishel, and is in moderate
request for the eastern and local trade. E. BILL.
hors are very dull and heavy at 6c to 9c, with but small
Fates. The attention of operators is new directed to old
Hops, which they purchase freely as high as Sic. Exports
for past week, 21 brig ; since Oct. lst, 697 brig.
MMTALS remain very dull. and iransactions are confiaed
to small lots as wanted, or forced sales to raise money.
Ines/ is selling in a small way for both Refined an I Pig
American Pig No. 1 is held at 25 dole, time, and scotch
28 dols to 29 dole, six months. We note sales of 30 tone
in Brooklyn at 22 dole 50c, cash. Bar iron is unchanged
in price, and it is working off qui e bri!kly : Refined 62
dole 50c, Common at 52 dols to 54 dols per ton 180
packs Russia Sheet brought lie cash.
LEAD.—We note sales of 50 tons soft Spanish at 4 dole
75c cash, and 70 tons superior 70 at 5 dole 25c, four
months adding interest.
COPPER.—We note an export movement to Liverpool
and Havre.

TIN.—A sale of 500 pigs Btnca was male at 25;e, and
600 Straits' slabs are being shipped to London, as a
remittance. Plate —lOO boxes A, x- sold at 11 dole 50e
Pn ,vlsloNs : Pork has been comparatively very active
th:oughout the past week, but at easier rates than quoted
in our list review, and at tht close the prices noted below
were current. The market is cleared of nearly all prime
in first hands and a good demand which sprang up to-day,
has stiffened prices of both Me.ze and Prime. Bacon is
more inquired after for smoking, and 100 boxes short
ribbed Middles sold to a smoking firm at 10_t Bee!--
Common qualities are selling but sparingly at the annexed
rates, while Prime Mess was very active at $2l to $23 per
tierce Lard is in short supply and firm. though quiet, at
11c. to 13c. Butter is plenty, and under a lig►at inquiry,
little is done Cheese is active.

Wool, : The market continues extremely dull ; there is
no demand whatever for any description. At present the
manufacture of the a-ticle is almost en irely suspended,
and until the mills resume work no trade can be looked far.
Some shipments to Europe have mostly been made by
holders who wanted to realise It is not expected, how-
ever, that high prices will be obtained abroad, as the
foreign markets have declined. The shipments have been
chiefly of American fleece and South American Mestizo.
We notice a sale of 6,000 lbs. super at 18s. cash.
Fanotns : There was but little gone to Liverpool to-
day; some 20.000 bush grain were shipped in bags. 9d ;
400 brie fl ur, 2d to 3d; Cotton at 3-32 d to 3-16 d, the
latter an ex reme rate ; 500 bxs cheese, 27s 63. The
Persia takes 120 bales wool on private terms. The City
of Baltimore takes cotton at 3d ; grain in bags 101, flour
3s 6d, beef at 6s 6d To London, 750 brls turpentine,
3s 6d per 280 lbs ; 1,500 bxs cheese 35s to 37s 6d ; 690
pigs tin, 27s 6d To Glocester, aba que with grain in bags
at 10d. To Bristol Channel, a vessel with grain in bags at
11d. To Glasgow, 6,000 bush grain at 10d, in bag•. To
Bremen, 1,000 brie oil, 3e per gallon ; 400 bales cotton,
fi-e ; 200 hhds sugar, 25s ; 150 brls spirits turpentine, 3d ;-
300 bales tobacco, 75c. To Guadaloupe, from Norfolk, a
barque, 450 tons, wi h 11 doll 59e.

CHINA AND AUSTRALIAN
MAILS.

ALEXANDRIA, NOVEMBER 16.
The Norma arrived at Sucz on the 12th inst ,
with a cargo of silk, and an extra mail from
China.

Her dates are :—Shanghai, &pt. 27; Hong-
kong, Oct. 5 ; Galle, 23; and Aden, Nov. 4.
The steam transports Australia and United
Kingdom, had reached Galle with troops.

Lord Elgin was at Hong Kong, on board the
Ava.

A violent typhoon at Macao, on Oct. l, has
caused severe damage, chiefly to native shipping.
Exchange at Hong Kong, 4s. HI to 4s. Hid
at Shanghai, 6s. 74d. to 6s Bd.
Operations in tea are limited.
per piece.
The Emeu left Suez for Bombay on the 11th
inst-

Silk 20 reals

The outward Australian mails and passengers
were still in Egypt. No further intelligence has
been received of the mail agent with the Marseilles
portion of the Australian mails.
MALTA, Nov. 20.
The steamer with the outward Australian mails
has not vet arrived.

The Elba, accompanied by the Desperate and
Blazer, reached Malta on the night of the 17-h
and the telegraphic cable was safely landed at St
George's Bay at 5 a.m. on the 18:h.
The Elba leaves for Corfu on the 22nd to pay
out the cable thence to Malta.

THE INDIAN MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Indus has arrived in the river with the Calcutta
and China mails, and the passengers from India.
She also brings 22,500 dollars in specie, and
£ll 600 in gold coin, ani a full cargo.
She left Alexandria on the 7th, Malta 11th, and
Gibraltar 16-. h.

Gibraltar exchanges on the 14th were :—Llndon
50# ; Paris, 535 ; Marseilles, 536 ; Genoa, 537,
The Tagus steamer, from Southampton, arrived
at Gibraltar on the 17th.

FRANCE AND THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALI PIES

PA.-RIS, Nov. 21.

M. Fould's visit to London is supposed to
have reference to other objects besides the
financial crisis and the situation of the Bmk,
The Minister of Slate may confer with the Governor
of the Bank of England on the best mean ,L; of
reducing the rate of discount in both elpitals, but
public rumour gives him another mission, and this
mission relates to the Danubian Principaliti,-s.
is understood that be is to confer with Lord Pal-
merston, and, if possible. come to au understanding
on this troublesome subject.

(TER~i~NY.

THE EXPLOSION AT MAYENCE.

The powder magPzine of the federal forress of
Mayence, on the 111,ine, blew up at three o'clock
on the afternoon of the 18. h instant. The maga-
zine was situate near the Cr.tuthor Groe. Pie
number of pc:l.9°ns killed and' woun:led is vcey
considerable, but no off' list has as yet bc en
published. Three churches have been seriously
damaged. The shock was felt at Wiesbaden, at
the other side of the Inine.

A supplement to the Mayenee Gazette says :
The G uthor plwder m g zine has just expioled with a
terrible detonation. The uppsr cart of the togn, the
Koe;trich, and the Giustrasse ars in ruins, The church
of St. Stephen has h:en destrlyed. Tais terrible disaster
ha.; caused the d-ath of many persons, and deprived
numerous families of home and shelter. The whole town
is in a state of consternation.

Travellers (says the Cologne Gazette), who have
just arrived from the scene of the catastrophe,
state that the magazine contained 75,000 kilo-
grammes of gunpowder. Not only have the
windows in every part of the town been broken,
but even in the surrounding villages. Enormous
blocks of stone from the ramparts have been
carried to an incredible distance. It is dangerous
to walk in the streets on account of falling houses.
The explosion was di3tinctly heard at Bingen.
The Independence Beige has the following. :
A terrible explosion has just taken place at Mavence.
The damage is estimated at more tlpin a million of florins.
According to credible information, two Austrian and nine
Prussian soldiers and fourteen civilians were killed ;
seventy-four Prussian and ninety-four Austrian soldiers
and 300 civilians more or less dangerously wounded.

ARRIVAL OF THE 1ND153.

SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 21.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam_
ship Indus, Captain Evans, arrived this morning
with the heavy portion of the Calcutta and China
mails, 104 passengers, £11,600 and 22,500 dollars
in specie, and on freight 2,130 bales of sik, 51
eases of shawls, and a quantity of merchandise
She left Alexandria November 7; Malta, 11 ;
Gibraltar, 16; and on the voyage experienced fine
weather to Gibraltar: from thence to Lisbon thick
weather and heavy rain, with much thunder and
lightning, and a heavy see.
At Alexandria were the usual Egyptian squadron,
her Majesty's ship Tartarus, the Russian screw
frigate Balkan, and the Russian brig of war
Pheloktiss. At Malta Lord Lyons' flf.et, consisting
of the Royal Albert (flag-ship) Hibernia, C >r qu?ror,
Centurion, Princess Royal, Vulture, Wanderer,
Vigilant, Boxer, and H2.,rpy. At Gibral!ar her
Majesty's ship Curlew.
The following are the passengers by this arrival :
From Hong Kong: Mr Heywar ', RN., Mr Summer-
ville, R N., Mr Jones, RN., Mr St. John, RN., Mr
Barratt., E.S., Mr Rolland, E.S , Mr Sleney, R N., and
Mr Collett.—From Penang : Captain Millbank.—From
Calcut'a: Mrs Bollandi, Miss Graham, Mrs Br.)6c s, Mrs
St. Aubyns and two chil Inn, Lieut. Cookson, RN , Mrs
R binsoon and three children, Mrs. Paske, Rev. Mr and
Mrs Millne, Mrs Garratt and two children, Major and
Mrs X'Carthy, Mrs Crosier and two children, Captain
Richards, Mr R. Spry , Mrs Sherrer and three children,
Lieut. Powell, Mr Holmes, Mra Cooks, Mr T. Limber,
Mr R Brown.— From Madras: Mrs Broome and child.—
From Bombay : Mrs Scott and infant, Mrs Hume and three
children, Mrs Woodcock and infant, Miss Woodcock, Mrs
Neale and three children, Mrs Walker, Lieut. Phillips, Mrs.
Louth, Mrs Hunter, Captain Holland, Mr Marquester,
Mrs Tegsrt, Mr Blackstone, Mr Mille. There were al-o
eighteen passengers from Alexandria, eleven from Malta,
and two from Gibraltar.

The only passengers by this arrival who have
suffered from the Indian mutinies are Mrs. Gar
ratt, Mrs. Scott, and Mrs. Cooke. The husband of
Mrs. Garratt was killed by the mutineers. Mrs.
Scott narrowly escaped with her life from near
Cawnpors ; and Mrs. Cooke, the wife of an indigo
planter in the north-west provinces, lost her pos-
sessions, their factories having been burned down,

and themselves being compelled to escape to
Calcutta:

As soon as the Indus arrived alongside the dock
quay, a number of ladies and gentlemen went on
'boald to greet their friends and relations. Among
the first onboard we noticed Mr. Alderman Ftnnis
(the"ei,Lord Mayor of London) and lady-;-' Captain
'Engledue, the Mayor of Southampton, and the
sub-committee of the relief fund. There were,
however, no cases which required relief.
Calcutta was filled with refugees and others
from the various presidencies. So crowded, indeed,
was the town that passengers arriving, there from
England had been compelled to reside for a time
otk board the various ships lying in the harbour,
no lodgings of any kind being obtaininable.
The steam-ship Nemesis, Captain Black, which
left Southampton on the 20th with the East India
and China Mails, was compelled to bring up a few
miles down the river, owing to the dense fog which
prevailed preventing her from making,the Neriiles,
She remained at anchor until seven o'clock on the
morning of the 21st, when,- the weather having
somewhat cleared, she proceeled on her passage.

PRESENTA.TION OF MEDALS AT THE SAILORS'

HOME.

On Saturday afternoon, two Board•of--Trade Silver
Medals were presenttd at the Sailors' Home, to Mr. 14'!w is
Whiteway and Mr. John Carvell Beer, master awl firs
mate of the barque Denis Brandritt. of Liverpool, far
their gallantry on the occasion of the wreck of the barque
Walton Muncaster, of Whitehaven, on the 27th of June.
1857, on a reef, near the port of Chaneral. The presen-
tation was made by Mr. S. R. Graves, Chairman of the
Local Marine Board, in the presence of several of the
membere.

Mr. Graves said—ln accordance wi h the request of
the Board of Trade, we have met here to-day to convey to
you (the recepients of the Medals), the high sense which
their lordships' entertain of your gallantry and humanity.
You will find on the Medals, which we are about to
present to you, their opinions recorded, and when you
have passed away, those medals, I have no doubt, will
remind your children that their fathers possessed the
high attributes of British seartion. Considering the close
relationship which exists between the Board of Trade
and the shipping of this country, it is scarcely to .be
wondered that their lordships reserve to themselves the
privilege of selecting those persons who particularly.
distinguish themselves in the preservation of their fellow-
men from shipwrecks for bestowing upon them marks of
their approbation ; for . though it is the province of her
Majesty's Consuls all over the world to transmit to the
Foreign Office every.nase of .hurnanity or distinguished
gallantry, it is the proyince of the Beard of Trade to deal
with those cases upon their merit; when they come before
them. This Board has often, I may say too often, had
the painful duty of sitting in condemnation upon masters
and mates of British ships, (although I must state that
these have always been exceptional cases) for indulgence
in that vice which above all others tends to disqualify them
for corn mend. It robs them of their means of livelihood
and deprives them of their:owner's contilenee, who natu-
rally look to them to guard. their interests, in place of
aggravating by this indulgence.the serious responsibi!ity to
which the British shipowner is alone subject ; and lastly,
it tends to bring discredit in the eyes of foreign nations
upon the high standing of the British sailor. But happily
there seems to be a change in this; andthose few excep-
tioteS which I speak of are becoming still more excep-
tional, for according to the proceedings of this Board
during the last six anonths, we have not had one single
instance of drutikainess investigated by the Beard
while during .those six mouths we shave ~been Made
the medium of presenting decorations to six British
officers. . Taking the previous six mouths I nod that we
had only two presentationS, while during the same time
we had ten iaveetigatione for drunkenness. - I therefore
think I am correct in hoping, and that this Beard augurs
truly that in a short time the exceptions will' be rare
indeed. It is not the duty of this Beard to draw coma
parisous between the merits of cases which come before
them for presentation. In conveying the medals, how.
ever, they may indulge in stronger oulnions in one
case than in another, and I certainly think that
if any • case which,. comes before it calls for the
expression of the highest approb ition of 'the Board,
it is the case we are now considering. It appears
that the Walton Muncaster left the harb.ur of Chaneral
on the 27th June last. 'Your vessel, the Denis Brundritt,
and the llamburgh barque Helene were both loading in
the same harbour, and witnessed the departure of the
Walton Mundaster. In the afternoon you were able to
see from your mast-heads that the Walton Muncaster
was on the rocks, and dowering your boats,: Captain
-Whiteway in command of one, and you, the chief officer,
in command of the other, proceeded to the wreck—
Captain Rostock, of the .Helene, sending out his boat at
the same time When you arrived at the scene of the
wreck, you found'her on the rocks, and that peculiar roll
of the Pacific, so well known to those acquainted with
I that ocean, breaking fearfully high over ' the vessel.
Yin, Mr. Beer, approached the vessel, but, fiedleg
it' ie.:Possible to keep yotir boat alongside, you
were compelled to draw out of the roll of the surf.
Tire crew of the Wal:oa Muacaster, left to their own
resources, launched their long beat and twelve of the
crew, with the captain's wife, ernbaeke 1 in her and sought
to reach the boats,of the Helene and Denis Bruodrlt.
the effort the boat .was capsized, but the boats of the
Helene dashed in and sncceede I in rescuing four from a
watery grave, leaving the rernainie,g seven unfortunately to
peri-h' it being impossible to save them. Night came on, .
and itbecame perfectly impossible, without risking .the
'ives'ofailldn the boats, to remain longer by the wreck, or
to attempt anirthing more. Informing the captain, Who
remained oil the deck, of their intention to return in the
morning, the boats retired. - Next morning you and the
second. mate, with three other men. went in the
penance to rescue those who had been left on the wreck.
You found the surf as high as before, but, notwithstand-
ing that, you resolved t 9 run.the risk. No sooner however
did your boat reach the ship, than unfortunatelyh the boat
capsized. The second officer and the three men were
unfortunately drowned, hut you remained for two hours
and three quarters in the water, and were picked up
sense'ess by the boats of a Spanish vessel. The captain
of the Walton Muncaster then launched a raft, and with
four other survivors, allowed themselves to fiat from the
vessel. The captain of the Denis .Brundritt, who had
been anxiously watching the proceedings from his ship,
.seeing the raft launched, went and succeeded in rescuing
all -who were on it. He was at the time ignorant of the
fate of his own boats' crew. Such conduct as that I have
detailed. de-erves very properly the strongest approbation
of this Board, and I am quite sure, that in that op!aion,
the nation at large will heartily concur, and will approVe
of what we are doing. I regret very much that Captain
Whiteway has unavoidably been prevented from being
present to day, but I have received a letter from him,
expressing his acknowledgment for the, Presentation. I
have now to hind you the Medal, and to 'beg that you will
convey the other to Captain Whiteway, with the best
wishes of this Board.
• Mr. Baer, on behalf of himself and aptain Whiteway,
expressed his thanks for the Med ils which were presented
to them, and declared that so long as •he• followed the
_profession of the Sea, he would ever think it his duty to
.I'es-cue-a-brother sailor from a watery grave.

ART DISC3VgRY.—A. discovery of great interest to the
artistic world, says the Prcse, was lately made by M.
Edmond About, the writer, while going through the shop
of a collector of curiosities in the Rue de Btc. After
examining different articles, the master of the place in
fo med his visitor that he had in his possession twelve
pictures by Titian and taking him into an inner room,
showed them as they hung against the wall. These
pictures are four feet long by nine inches high and repre-
sent the history of Joseph, according to biblical tradition
In support of this assertion that the pictures were genuine,
the dealer produced letters from M. Fisudrin and laf.,
Delacroix, stating that the pictures were very 'valuable
In a short time, M. About and the owner came to terms,
and the pictures were placed in the hands of a cleaner,
who, after a first operation, remarked that in all the
pictures Joseph bore a resemblance to Charles V., which
was considered in favour of their authenticity Tae
cleaner, following up his operations. soon afterwards
discovered in a corner the signature of Titian thus worded
Tizianus Vercilius da Gadore pinxit.
SLAVE HUNTING IN ANIERICA.—A stout, hearty, nee.ro,
'twho mads his escape from slavery some s'x ye irs age, was
not satisfied with letting " well enough alone," but must
needs engage in running off the " prop)rty," of his late
master at every opportunity. The gentleman who lived
in the vicinity of 14,--xirg!on, had long suspected " Ben,"
of interfering wi'h his goods and chattels, and last week,
discovering certain suspicious movements in a house
servant, concluded he was about to take passage on the
"Underground Railroad." He, therefore, watched him
closely, and found his suspicioes were c)rrect, and, calling
in the aid of two or three friends, followed the negro in his
flight, without arres ing him, his object being to get hold
of his old slave, who was casing him s much trouble.
He was satisfied Ben would meet the fugitive on the
Kentucky side of the river ; and, sure enough, on Friday
evening lost, by keeping a elosi watch upon the fl Ting
n-gre, they were carried directly to where Ben lay in
waiting for his passenir r. Those in pursuit immediately
pounced upon the o'd fugitive, leavi' g the new ranawa; to
take eare of himself. Bet fought with the desperation of a
man who had once tasted the sweets of liberty, aft I. hiving
spent half a life in slavery, and it was not until he had been
brought to the ground with a stick, and his head severely
cut and b,nised, that he yielded to his captors and allowed
himself to be hound and conveyed to the Covington gaol.
A. physician was called and the wounds on his head dressed,
and on Saturday he was handed over to his former master
and carried back into slavery. Ben is not the only man
who has got himself into trouble by trying to aid a friend.
_Cincinnati Gazette]

H 3 CHARGE OF DIU3D3I Oi THE HEGIT
SEAS.

On Saturday we gave an account of the arrest of
Captain John Anderson Castle, and James Mallard,

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c'aief mate of the Liverpool ship Elisabeth, belonging to
Messrs. Tobin and Sons, on a charge of murder. Our
readers will therefore be prepared for the following
details, which we were in possession of, but refrained

from publishing until they came legally before the proper
tribunal—our aim being not to prejudice the prisoners in
the public mind. The affair, of course, became known to
the public, and the Police court was literally erowded'at
an early hour, by respectable working persons, who
seemed to take a deep interest in the cas The prose-
cution was conducted by Inspector Kehoe, who certainly
showed much ability and tact in opening it. Mr.
Tyndall was present to watch the case on the part of the
Board of Trade. The captain was defended by Mr.

Bluck, and the mate by Mr. Snowball•
• At twelve o'clock the prisoners were put to the bar of
the Police-court, when all eyes were turned on them.
The captain is what may be called a big man. thin-faced,
and sallow complexion, about 40 years of age. The
mate is a small man, very dark complexion. having a
peculiar expression of countenance, and parrot-like nose.

He is 36 years old.
The charge, as entered against them, was for unlawfully
killing and slaying one Francisco Roderigo, a Spaniard,
who was a sailor on board the shin, on the voyage
from Old Calabar to Liverpool. The deceased was
described as a handsome young man of twenty-one years
of age. Mr. Kohoe, in opening the case said :—The
Elizabeth sailed from Liverpool on the 20th January last.
for New Calabar, under Captain Pickering. After the

arrival at New Calabar, some misunderstandiaag took place
between the trading master and Captain Pickering.
which ended in Captain Pickering leaving the ship and
returning home. When the Edz th ‘th was nearly loaded,
Captain Christie arrived at New Calabar in the ship
Filth, and he was shortly afterwards transferred from
the Faith to the Elizabeth. He brought with him three
of his old crew, amongst whom was Francisco `Roderigo,
the unhappy subject of the outrages. When he came on
board the. Elizabeth, it is said he was robust and healthy,
and so continued , until ha was brutally treated. One
evening, about the latter end of September, after they \
had been filly or s;xty days out, RAerigo was trimming
the binnacle lamp at the cabin door. He accidentally
broke one of the glasses, and the captain, hearing the
smashing glass, came up from his cabin ani inquired
what v..at the matter. - Tne steward explained that the
SJan'a d ha I broke I the binnacle lamp. The captain
seizsd Rederiza be the back ,of the head, threw him down,
end began to kick him allover the ibo ly. It is said he
kicked him for five minutes or more with all his might. at
the same time using abusive epithets, and saving, " You
worthless scoandrel, I'll murder you; you shall never live
to See:- Liverponl." Alter he Irld hickel him all over his
body Path a 1, the captain lifted his foot several times, and
stampel his h-el with all his force on the lower part of
the unfortunate man's back. Roderig,o cried out for
mercy, and crawled forward to the forecastle. He there

said to soma of Liv.) tree that the captain had killed him.
lie.exhibited his body and back, and it is said they were

black and blue, and that something like aj)int prOjected

at the lower part of his hick where the captain had
stamped upon him. The poor fellow was unab!e to turn
out next morninz. Towards the afternoon the captain
came one, and, shouting to him, sill, " You Russian, if
y don't turn out, clap a tackle on you, and drag you
out." Roderiga strugg,ed to come out of the forecastle
as best he could, but he-was in a very feeble state, and he
walked with a limp ; indeed, he could scarcely move at
all. There was alutnp visible on the side of his head,
where the captain had kicked him ; and his face was

disfigured with bruises. He'also began to spit blood soon
after the ill-usuage, and this continued some time. The
second mate gave htin some sennott to make rope.' At his
proper turn; he 'took the wheel as WWI% hut he com-
plained that he was unable to manage it, Nearly every
day from this, the captain used a rope's end' to him, often
-very severely, and all over his bogy. About a week after
this, the chief mate one night came forward and asked
whose look-out it was. Some one replied " H elerigo's."
The mate called to him, ‘.t You worthless scoundrel,
why have you not relieved the look—out?" The
mate seized him by the throat with both hands,
throttling him, threw him on his back. violently,
and kicked him, it is said, as hard as he could,
this een times. The poor follow exclaimed, "If you
want to kill me, take a hatchet and cut my head off" The
mate then compelled him to go up to the Icok.out.
Oa this, occasi m it appeared that the second mate saw
the unfortunete men, and that he was not able to go. The
second mate being a man of humanity, s kid the deceased
was not able to go, and that he (the second mate) would`
keep' the look•oat himself. 'Roderigo crawled on his
hands and knees 'to the fop of the 100k-out, but he said he
could not see, as Vat) blood was eushing to his eyes every
mement. He sat down, but eyed then he fell down twice.
He often exclaimed that he was dying. Some of the crew
had to help him down the ladder into the forecastle, and
next morning he was not able to turn out. Tim captain
came as before, saving, Yen (1-1 laze scoualrel, if
von don't come up I'd clap a tackle upon you and drag you
up." It )derizo crawled out, assisting him:ell be whatever
he could lay his hernia ou, and he.sat oa some. spars on
the deck. II never took ties wheel after tl is, but he
tried some plaitin.t. A Tew days' after this the captain
kicked him aealn oa the face. The last scene of violence
i 3 represen6d as'haiiug occurred about seven days after
the mate's attack. Roderigo was on the quarter deck, for
the purpose of heaving the lead. As he could not walk
without assistance,. he. I..ant on the poop .for support,
The captain ad tressed him, saying, Y.):1 lazy dog, do
you come upan the quarter-deck to net the sick nap?
Move quicker, or I'll flurry you along." The poor fellow
was not able to move quicker. Upon this the captain
seized him by the h sir of the head, and threw him violently
on the deck, and kicked him all over the body. Roderigo
ceawled forward on his hurls and knees, and belly, to the
forecastle. lie• told the crew that his insi.le was broken,
end that-he was a dying man. He never got on his feet
afterwards. He showed his body again, and it was a
mass of bruises, particularly on his breast and right
side.

Shortly before the deceased died, he called the steward
an l some of the crew, and showed his body to them,
which-was one entire miss of corrupt and putrid bruises.
His legs and feet were dreadfully swolen, and just on the
sin ill of the back,. where the captain was said to have
stamped his heel-into de ceased, there was a piece of bone
sticking oat, about the size of a deux j )int, suppoaed to
be one of his ribs, that was broken by the kicks. The
deceased died that night in a sal state, and at 8 o'clock
next morning ho was sown up in canvass and thrown over-
board. At this time they were making fast for Cape
Clear, and

Mr. Snow!)All here interposed, and said: I presume, sir
(to hie Warship), you will commit th,,sse men for trial, on
some char) no matter what it may be, and. before you
go any fu,ther into it, T would ask you to have the
evidence taken dovvn from the mouths of the witnesses ;
arid, as this will take some time, I would sugvst an
adjournment to.Tueeday.
Mr, Muck : At present, this looks a case of very grave
importance, and it certainly will require more time to
look into it then I have at present. I wish the case, on
the part of the captain, to be adjourned, for it, will take
me some time to be properly prepared ; and if I think
it requisite to instruct c)uns.l, it will require time.
Mr. Kehoe : Let the remand be for seven days, for
there are some of the crew at Cork, and we will require
their attendance here.

Mr. Mansfield asked the leirnel gentlemen for the
prisoners, if they objected to a remind for seven days?
Mr. Black If the case for the prosecution is ready
before that time, irrhlp3 you will proceed with it.
Mr. Clough: If we are ready before that time, we wilt
let you know by givin_7 due notice.

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Mr. Saawhall Very well, bat I may'remark that they
tell me there is wit a word of truth is the whole story.
Mr. Black : So I am instructed also.
Mr. Mansfield: It would be desirable, in a case of this
magnitude and importance, that the accused should have
every facility given them, and I shall take care to have
all the witnesses out of hearing.
The prisoners were then remanded generally for seven
days.
The crowd then left the court. -1

HOW TUE WIG ['OWN BURGHS WERE REPRESENTED A
QUARTER OF A CENRURY AGO.-0 t Ftid ty last, the friends
and political admirers of Sir John 3l•Taggart, late M.P.
for the Wigton Burghs, enter a'ned him at dinner at
tranraer, and also presented him with a piece of plate.
Visconnt Dtlrymple was in the ch lir. In returning thanks,
Sir J. A,l'aggart said: —Perhaps yon will allow me to
say one word i i reg trd to :he state of this country when
I came forward in 1832. Stanraar had nit seen its
member. for half a ce:itury, aud doot believe the member
fir the county had boen seta in this district for the same
period of time. As a proof of the state of things then
existing in the c tuntry, wr were ben el in the contest in
1832. •On looking a,onnd me I see, alas t very few of
those who then supported me, but still I observe several
who signed the requisition to me in that year. It was in
1834-5, that I wis 6 st returned for those burghs, and toshow
you how they were represented before Oat time I will tell
y to what took place between myself and an Irish gentleman
—a Mr.. Lyndon Evelyn—who met me in L .ndon a few
days after my return. He said he was very glad to see
that I had been returned for the Stranraer Burghs, and
then asked, " Pray, in what part of Scotland are
they? (Roars of laughter.) "In the south-west," I said.
" 011 yol," he returns 1," i.a the south-west of Scotland ;
the fact it, I represented th so burghs once myself,
bnt I never knew in what part of Scotland they were.
(Renewed laughter.) I paid £2,300 to be elected, but I
never knew in what part of Scotland my teat lay." (Great
laughter) I mayalso observe (proceeded Sir John) that at
that time I was the only Liberal landlord in Wigtownshire.
Wigtownshire was then the hotbed of Toryism—not the
Toryism of the present day, but the Toryism of the old
Eldon school—and you may suppose how non-plussed my
brother 1 tndlords were at seeing such a rara avis as me
coming forward, and a very had avis, no doubt, they thought
me. (Laughter.)—Scotch Papa',

THE LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL REFORM
ASSOCIATION.

The weekly meeting of the Council WM held on Monday;
one of the Vice-Presidents in the chair.

INDIAN MISGOVERNMENT AND THE LONDON PRESS.
Extracts were read from the memorial to the Queen
from the Christian inhabitants of Calcutta, expressing a
deliberate conviction that all the calamities which have
occurred "are di ectly attributable to the bli .dness, weak-
ness, and incapaci y of the local Government of India, cf
which the Governor-General is the responsible head ; "
giving a most circumstantial array of facts in support of
this conviction, and petitioning for the recall of Lo: d
Canning. This remarkable document appeared in the
Morning Star of that day, r of in the Times, which journal,
though it boasted lately of giving a hearing to everybody
in its columns, denies any such privilege to the British
inhabitants of India. On their former memorial it made
a sneering commentary, but did not insert the memorial
itself. The same course for ab2olute silence was antici-
pated on the present occasion, notwithstanding the mani-
fest absurdity of the supposition, that the exposure of
Indian miTovt.rnment can be prevented, or the pestilent
monopoly of the East India Company upheld, by any such
MAIM

THE CRISIS.
There was a long discussion on th;s subject, and the
measures necessary to prevent a periodical recurrence of
convulsions so disastrous to commerce, manufactures, and
industry. Amongst the remedies suggested were the al)).
lition of the monopoly of
,the Bank of England, and the
issue of a State paper currency, based on Government
securities, and receivable in payment of taxes. It was
eeemel highly desirable that there should be an aggregate
meeting of members of the Chambers of Commerce through-
out the country, to discuss and agree up n some definite
course of action ; and with reference to the existing want
of concord on the subject, it was observed, that thirty years
'ago there were precisely the same sort of disagreements on
the question of fees trade in corn, many of the most
thorough-going Free-traders of the present day being ad-
vocates of a comparatively high fixed duty at the time
when Mr. Cobden and the Anti-Corn-Law League boldly
p-oposed total abolkion. The absurdity c f paying large
sums annually to the Bank of England for the lean of
Bank paper, in exchange for Exchequer Bills, was specially
commented upon.

GOVERNMENT BOOK KEEPING L'PNARDS OF FIVE MILLIONS

ASTRAY.
A series of communit ations from Mr. Henry Lloyd
Morgan of London, contrasting the statement of expendi-
ture on the Army, Navy, and Ordnance, for the year ended
March 31, 1856, contained in the Ile`urn, No. 300, Session
2nd, 1857, with those g ven in the calial finance accounts
for the same year; and also in the Return, No. 382, fur-
nished on the motion of Mr. W. Williams, were laid before
the Council. The fist-named document has only just
been issued, so that it has taken up gia.ds of eighieen
months to concoct a statement, which, if the accounts were
properly kept, might have been made up in two. But tke
results of the comparison are the most extraordinary part
of the affair, as tending to show that theee accounts are
pure fictions, or, at all events, that not the slightest
reliance is to be placed upon them. This will appear from
the following analysis. Both the finance accounts, and
Mr. Williams's return, g:ve the expenditure for the
year ended March 31, 1856, thus :

s. d.
Navy
Army
Ordnance

Total
The Return, No 30'►, for the same period, gives—
NAVY (PAGE 3)
s. d.
Effective cervices 11.000,609 6 8
Non-effbctive do.
Transports and pri-
soners of war
Post-office packet
service
Lcss by accountants