The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-06 00:00:00

CHARGE OF MURDERING TWO CHILDREN.

Some fortnight ago, the coroner opened an inquest on the
bodies of two sisters, named Cochrane, aged six and four years,
who were supposed to have been suffocated in a house in
Saint Mavin's street, by the bed on which they were asleep
having caught fire. A full report of the case appeared in our
paper at the time, and must be fresh in the memory of our
readers. The beadle (Mr. Blake) on making enquiry, thought
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mother of the children had been su•rpected of foul play, and as
two of her children had died previously, from the effects of
violence, the suspicions in the case were strengthened. Sur-
geon Arnold, of Rose vale, made a post mortem examination
of the body of one of the children, and his evidence led to
important results. In consequence of this an order to exhume
the other bodies was made by the coroner; and, on a full
analysation of the stomachs of the children by Professor
Edwards, he found sufficient traces of oxalic acid to account
for death. When the mother heard of the bodies being about
to be exhumed, she absconded, and has not been found since,
although the detectives have been in search of her at several
places. On these facts being presented before the jury, which
re-assembled yesterday, they found a verdict of Wilful Murder
against the mother, and a warrant was issued for her appre-
hension.

THE, MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF THREE

CHILDREN.

Tin ADJOURNED INQUEST.—The jury in this case assem
bled yesterday at half past one, and proceeded with the evidence-
The evidence in the case was short, and merely corroborative
of the facts as published in our paper of yesterday. The fol-
lowing is the medical evidence given in each case. On the
body of the youngest child, William Wallace. Surgeon
Brown, of the Northern dispensary, said the deceased child
was brought to him in a dying state; he gave him a stimulant
medicine. He made a post mortem examination of the body:
There was about a spoon and a half full of food in the stomach.
There was a blood patch on the left side of the stomach, which
broke at the touch. The rest of tho organs were healthy.
He was of opinion that gastrites was the cause of death. It
might have come from natural causes. He made a rough
analysis of the stomach, but did not find any trace of poison.
In reference to the child Thomas Wallace, ►Surgeon Kemp,
who made the post mortem examination, said tho liver was
healthy, the bowels were healthy, the glands were slightly
enlarged. The cause of death was inflamation of the stomach,
but he could not say if set up by natural causes or not. Ellen
Wallace, the mother of the two children, was examined, but
the amount of her evidence has been giv. n already. Surgeon
Kemp also made a post mortem examination of the body of
the girl, Ellen Davis, and the appearances were almost the
same, and death from the same cause, but be could ❑ot tell
what set up the cause. The coroner said there was much
mystery about the case still, and ho was resolved to sift it to the
bottom. Ho would ask the jury if they did not think a full
analysis of the stomachs necessary by Professor Edwards? and
the jury were decidedly of opinion that the strictest investi-
gation should be made, and the inquest was then further
adjourned to this day week for that 'purpose.

Loss or A SHIP AND SEVEN or ÜBE CREW.--Acconnts
from Minorca speak of several wrecks north of Cindadela.
A vessel, supposed to be English, had been totally lost, and
out of a crew of thirteen, seven were drowned, the master
being amongst the number.

SWITZERLAND THE LIBERTY OF EUROPE.—If the Swiss
desire to obtain the unreserved sympathy of the liberal
populations of Europe, they will recal their mercenary
troops from Naples, and the other states of Italy. They
cannot entitle themselves a nation without fear, and without
reproach, until they cease to furnish the janissaries of
despotism. It is not well for them to be gathering on their
mountains in defence of the principles of national liberty,
while from twelve to fifteen thousand of their race, in
Naples, wear the Bourbon livery and perform the duties of
Mamelukes and abirri.-7 he Leader.
FOUNDERING OF AN AMERICAN SIITP.—The American
ship Kineo, Captain Everett, has arrived in London from
New York, having Captain Lovett and the crew of the
American ship Jane H. Gliddon, from Boston, on board.
The ship encountered a fearful gale and sprang a leak in
the middle of the Atlantic. and for seven days was half full
of water, and was expected to founder every moment. On
the seventh day the Kineo came in sight, and had scarcely
time to rescue Captain Lovett and his crew before the ship
went down in deep water. The vessel is insured for a large
sum in America. The American consul has relieved the
shipwrecked crew.

FORGERY OF DIVIDEND WARRANTS ON THE LEEDS, BRAD..
FORD. aND HALIFAX RAILWAY COMPANY.—On Saturday
morning, at the Leeds court house, Edward Auty, a young
man of respectable appearance, and who had been residing
in Bentinck street, Leeds, was charged with forging the
signature of Mr. T. Thompson Cunliffe Lister, of Beamsley
hall, to three quarterly dividend warrants on the Leeds
Bradford, and Halifax Company. The prisoner was a clerk
in the company's office at Bradford, and it was part of his
business to fill in the dividend warrants. He had availed
himself of his position to obtain possession of the warrants,
and to forge the signature of the party to whom they were
made payable.. He Pleaded :not guilty, and was committed-
for trial at thenrxt York assizes. Auty has recently con-
tracted very dissipated habits, and it is supposed that the
expensive nature of these led him to commit the crime.

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6 THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. .
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE. . EXTENSIVE FRAUD UPON Messrs CROMPTON, A SCOTCHMAN'S ESTIMATE OF LIVERPOOL. HEROIC CONDUCT OF A POLICE CONSTABLE. I MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. 1 Commentai Fittirtignce.
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A ser es of letters are being published in the Edinburgh At the Worship street Police court, London, on Saturday, LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING. LIVERPOOL COTTON 31•ARK7.T.—JAN. 5.
BEFORE MR. CHALLONER. Thomas Crompton was charged at the Manchester Police
Daily _Express, headed, t' Notes on otir Great Cities.?' Harriet Jelks, a dejected looking but very
lcdodmeNlrn'toin:g
bb j d I d with a dot" ' The present position of our cotton market is one We have nein to rep It an animated market for cotter,
Snow ME THE WAY HOME.—An Italian, named Pietro Court, on Saturday, with having, on the 23cil July last, while
In Saturday '• paper the following appears regarding woman,t
towads roug
it uplofn rrenTin, , c largehloKof much interest just now. The fact that our stocks and the transactions to-day have been large, at prices_
in the capacity of clerk, and by virus of his employment,slightly in favour of the seller. The sales—including 200
Vincent, charged a young women, named Mary Ellison, Liverpool : Liverpool is unquestionably and beyond allare much smaller than usual, that the crop in the
with having s•olen £l5 and his passport. The corn- received into his possession £344 19s. GI. on account of Mr.Pernambucos 71d ~
to 81 200 Bahias 7,4-1 to 71d, 70 Maran-
plainant said, he went out to tllce a walk, and walked T. Bonsor Crompton, and with having feloniously embezzled dispute,.. the greatest city (borough, beg pardon) in the ahemnt- tedp
s 'on of Sund
that :distil:yr 'edrushety inh the Keincgosnlasnad toad, on' the. after- Y States is considerably lower than last year,
liras, 811, 800 Egyptians 81 to Q-11, 3,000 &rats 5d to
British islands, except London ; and London I except
into some place called the " Turkish Divan," where he the same. Mr. Samuel Heath, manager for his father, an t, observed the defendant proceeding
and that the consumption both at home and abroad 644—are reported 15,000 bales, of which 5,000 are ea
had some smoke, and then went out, when he could not manufacturer in Church street, paid the prisoner, on account only because the Court and the Parliament are there.
eraxepei;dilmy in th:esydainsreecetioing:
God, I anddis
of the canal,„ wringinghod her hands,
continues to increase cause in the minds of many speculation and for export.
Liverpool isßa ftner anhd a more enhterprisihg city thain r parties, a firm opinion that the hiehest point of
find his way home, and on meeting the prisoner he of Messrs, Crompton, £lB 153., on the 29ili September last. no alon inerg,,,in
Feaeniris
satisfied,one 0
asked her the way home, and she promised to take care On the Ist of November ho paid him the further sum of
~.. London. emove t
the ca
t e parliament, t:ie
that sheg was bent u on some des from
te her
o e agitatedsae,
he
hastenedmannel price has not - yet been attained. A t"
Actin;.; ing under LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.— AN, 5:
aapreme Courts, and the capita! to Liverpool, and in
idesperate
of him, which she did, by taking. his money and book. £2O 63. 61. Mr. Thomas Cawthra, cashier of Messrs.
thirty years Liderpool would eclipse all that London is,after her until she pthese conviction.; tt • i
her she
' feeling in ''
there
is
a strong speculative SUGAR: We have had a good enquiry, particularly fol,
Mr. Bluck defended the prisoner, and contended that Keighley Brothers, of High street, stuff merchants, paid the suddenly reachedi tro conics pthePbrityre,,..whn
stopped, am before he had time to ov ia 13 she the market just now. Consequently there grocery descriptions ; the business consisting of 25 hhds oat
or ever was. Liverpool is a city of giants. Glasgow.
taken on specul
the evidenee was not sufficient, and his Worship agreeing Prisoner £3OB los. on the 2tith of September last. Receipts
in this view, the prisoner was discharged. were given in all cases, produced, and found to be in the
has more population ; but Glasgow in Scotland is bolt
reriambered on to the top of the parapet, and precipitated
.herself were 15,000
ay lf ireight oftwe.
thentv
side
:toil.;
theto the
osno.ldto Pricesd ayv,,,eorfe
fiwhichrmiy
ssu,opopoo were Demerara Demerara at 50s, 1,800 bags Benares at 52s 61 to 53s 6d•
and the market closed with a somewhat advancing with 1,100 bags to arrive at 51s 91, 150 bags Madras st,
DOING THE MILITIA.—Joseph Binns was charged prisoner's handwriting. Mr. William Jackson Rideout, paper Liverpool and Manchester combined, and therefore the
el 1 darted round. • Ibrill-!•aamte 44', 1,600 bags Paraiba at 33s 61 ex quay in bond, ano
numerical population is of no great moment. Glasgow
under the following circumstances :—From the evidence manufacturer and manager at Farnworth, near Bolton, statedl,77o bags Ceres at 49s 3(1 per cwt duty paid.
has not yet had her wealth long enough, to produce a city abouto from the coping stony
.o
s.an a.djoiining wlrf! but
er
her,tie tendency. We have in another column alluded to
of a Sergeant of 'Militia, it appeared that in January, that the prisoner had been in their employ 26 years as cashierlookedtn lcanxious)"l m e Y
MOLASSES or Rom : Nothing occurred.
like Liverpool—though Glasgow is ve7 fast verging out tinctive y plunged the future prospects of the trade, to which those
'53, the prisoner joined the militia as a married man, and townsman. He kept a c :eh account for the firm in 'Va
w reflecting taetl•saetehe wase floundered in
ao COFFEE Es 1,000 bags of Rio has been sold, bat the pried
of the " red herring and bowl of launch' into into the " neer- without s : unable t,ei.sw7, and , interested in the article of cotton are referred,
and when the regiment was going away, he got a pass Manchester, where he transacted business for them. It was towards some bubbles In the water watch indicated the place or has not transpired.
chant prince and merchant pelisse " Liverpool has a far The dealings in Railway Pro • - petty on our Stock
to remain with his family. In January, 1855 -:lre joined his duty to account to the Witne'S for all monies received and her disappearance. The defendant at that moment rose to the COCOA: 100 bags Guayaquil to arrive has brought 6P
finer situation than London —a majestic river, not like
the artillery as an unmarried man, and got 10s, at the Paid by him on account of the firm, and to enter all such sums irf'length of I •and h • Icaught per Exchange to-day were somewhat restricted, per cwt.
the filthy Thames—a noble port—great ranges of docks si ace, withinid arms
d,used
his him e Instant y ,
same ,i(ne concealing the fact that 'he belonged to in the cash book. No entry had been made of eithsr of the Nevertheless the market opened with firi nness, Rice :No sales to notice.
—acres upon acres of customsd warehouses, and a world hold effortstof support her,
the infantry. The prisoner alleged that he was dis- sums above mentioned. On the 2nd December, he told the
ttof
her
erleaststhaien the of sinkingescontinued
f water and continu so throughout. The business done SALTPETRE. : 200 bags are reported at 391 to 40; t per eic ,
of ins and cuts, odds an ends, that declare unquestion- 1 ahoy 7"
._ '
.._ in. ten . feet o , ,
charged from the first regiment, and that he was hard up prisoner he suspected there was something wrong in his cash in the heavy stocks. We report Sales for 101 per cent refraction.
when their perilous positron attracted the attention of several Was
ably the" great city. ' To describe it all would be out mainly . ' '
when he joined the second. He was remanded, account, but he answered, " No, it's all right." On the sth ersons who had collected on the wharf, and with whose assist- of Laricashis'o and Yorkshire at 97.70 ;la. Chester SAGO FLOUR :We have to notice 550 bags at 17s 9d t°
but r must say word or tin Britain
its P
St.
the ques,ion,
SUNDAY EVENING RECRE ATION.—A person named December the book was examined, and it showed a balance of
St. George s hall—the noblest modern building in Britainrescuedand
ance they were ultimately
r, 1
)0,2. Chester and Holyhead 19A. 18s per cwt.
Thomas Carr, well known to the police, was brought' u p £257 7s. 101. due to the firm. In his cash box and purse all Witness ma, so greatly exhausted from his exertions that he London and North. Western Stock 107, 6t, 6a. RAPJ.SEED: 1,000 bags Bengal sold at 59s to 623. 0114
say the world. But even before mentioning St.
by officer 207, on the following charge' •: —He said at the money found was £63 3s. 21. He was then asked if there was scarcely able to stand, but finding that his charge was in an midland Stock 84, 1,- ,t, 3. St. Helen's Canal and 1,500 bogs Bombay at 64s to 641 61 per qr.
George's hall, I must record my experience in arriving
half past six he was on duty in Red C'r'oss street, when were any items of account not credited in his cash book, and
at a comparative judgment. I find that it is necessary to t
acfparenytlyhlifelerstiwate, licit gavehdirections for her removal to Railway A 56- South. Eastern and Dover 22), 11, g myRAB,LAms :23 tons sold at 7s per cwt.
the prisoner rushed past him, followed by a female, who he gave the names of five persons, among which were neither FESTIC: 23 tons Ceara, all faults, at £0 to £6 5s per toll'
see all places atleastt.wiee, with an interval of a year or 1
the ret lt! womee ouse, were
se
inwas prcmptily ahttended byl Dutch Rhenish 11-16 p. Great Western of Canada
sail he had robbed her of her purse. He followed him of the above, which he coil were all. • The account of Keighley
two, and to mark. their, progress—that a definite purpose' officer whoh succeededsatlicie riestoring her
25L do New 2,7 f p. After the regular business
into Crooked lane, where he ran into a passage, tank off Brothers was particularly mentioned to him, and he said thatdaysmedicalelapsed befoAGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET.—JAN. 5
his coat, and came out in his shirt sleeves, enquiring was all right. A further charge against the prisoner was for of "seeing theth
leitly' must be formed and executed—and . :
tion rat she
t(
iz y
Et recovereds ot
i,s .
1 theitt the had cloSed there were some few transactions which Per stone, 201bs. d.
what it was all about ? Two boys saw him fling away having s Olen three sums of money. On the 16. h March that all
withestai is trihden s, ars inuch as possible, must be 1
constable wets deserving' ofeurro' tcredit forrntl`ait and were done at slightly reduced rates. The following s. d. s. d./ Potatoes,Per (elle'4lslin s 14'. od. to 'l.; f,
.amp office seen,i h h se gut ance.o the head or chief director,rho promptitudeiidirected
Hay, 01d...... o7to 0 B}lDitto, Kemps ..g.. 42t0 4 ;
the purse, which contained sixpence in copper. Jane last, he entered a payment 0f..•66 13s. 4d. to the S
This a! been my practice, and I feel satisfied that a he d• 1 d groat
the
courage e . die la o o occasion:., an having irected are the last quotations of the day :—Blackburn, Ditto, new.
Griffiths stated that she was going to church, and in for stamps presumed to have been supplied to the Leeds
correct judgment can be obtained more tin the acting inspector to report his meritorious conduct to the el 4,
8' 83 Chester B. k 1 d r• '. ''.
and Birkenhead en lea , .iea, 601. Cale- Ditto, clover 0 6 to 0 71Ditto Balshaws .. 3 2 to 3
Benn's gardens the prisoner accosted her, but she told Mercury; on the 23th October last, as paying the sum of .
donian, 313 2- Chester ' 00to 0 o,Ditto; Beldrums... 00tn 0
LI 1, and Holyhead, 19 19).o
than. in any other. sp.m.ia . what time you please in a Police commissioners, prisoner.. was
her friends.
.Eastern _ . ,
,_
,_E Vetches 0 0 to 0 0 Ditto, cattle
him to depart; he persisted in following her, but she did £B3 fis. 81, to the same office for stamps, for the same Countits, i . 7,. East Lancashire, 23 7-16 s
city the first time you visit it, and it will still have the for the purpose o conarnunicaung with rer riends. Tre pr.i. Straw, wheat o3to 0 3i' Per ton. 0
not speak to him. When near the church he seid, journal ; and on the 28th November, as paying a further sum toner's mother, a respectable elderly woman, was now in 23 0-16. Great Northern, 22* 23. Ditto A shares, Ditto, oat
atmosphere of novelty ; but go away and see it again,
"well, good night," and in order to get rid of him, she of £B3 63. 81. Those sums weie never psid. The prisoner Ditto, barley .... 02i to 0 oCarrots
after seeing and inspecting other places, and you come attendance, and informed the magistrate that her daughter bad 9-a- 91. Great Western, 681 681-. Lancashire and
said " good night," when he caught her by the hand, was committed for trial on all the charges. Oats, in straw .... 0 0 to 0 Oi Mangle wurzel 17 0 to 10 ,
been in a very desponding state for some time past, in cense- Yorkshire Stock, 97: 97t. Liverpool, Crosby, ands 6 to 7 °I
back with a mature eye to weigh its qualities, and to Manure(
and put another hand into her pocket, and took out her s • pass an unprejudiced judgment. And it is by thus quence of certain false and injurious slanders which had been Southport, 181 181. London and North Western
purse, which only contained sixpence in copper(as she had
MANCHESTER BUSINESS HABITS. seeing London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and circulated against her, and which had reached the ears of a Stock, 1067,- 107. Manchester, Sheffield, and LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET.—JAN, 5. a
taken out other money frem it before leaving home) n man to whom she waspassionately attached, and he had •
Edinbnrgh, that I unhesitatingl record my ins• yo" g
The two lads who saw the prisoner fling away the purse,been induced, in cousegeonce, to cast her off. The prisoner . . ' s• buyers, caused an advance in prices to be obtained on l,
One thing about Manchester is very curious—there is no PLiverpool, in thegreatness of m • ression that . . its ake, in British, 10 10 1-16. North Staffordshire, 4,8, 4-4 d.
'and who picked it up, proved the fact, and identified thed extreme contritionfor her ' and '' i Iconduct, descriptions of stock, and an early clearance effected. M'e;
appearance abut! ness in it. It is a great mart, no doubt—one the large size of its ships, in the extent of its large expressed
asuahlo admonition
from rasta,,e crina na
South Eastern and Dover, 22 5-16 223 Scottish
prisoner. Mr. Block defended the prisoner, and said, .. magistrate, she was 5d to 7d ; mutton, 6d to 71-4. The supply at to-day
of the greatest in the empire—but there is so little outward foreign
.tohnage not
London,coasters, for the colliers swell and, North Eastern, 131 131. North .Eastern—Berwick,
after the evidence, all he could say was to ask that thedelivered over' to her nds.
show of trade and traffic that one marvels at the quiescence and the statistics of and. all statistics I regardmarket was-1,581 beasts, 6,116 sheep. -
ease might be disposed of in a summary manner. Mr. 21* 21*. York and North Midland, 30t 30).
wonders at the metropolis of the manufacturing districts being as mere humbug and imposture, until they s --
Caambell, the bridewell keeper, said the prisoner bad Leeds Capital Stock, 184 14. Buffalo and
so utterly unlike all the other business towns and cities. In are intelligently understood, which is never LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. —Jae:. 5. ,
been 17 times committed for felonies. He was now sent APPLICATION UNDER THE MURDERER
London there is a constant bustle and stream of people ;in the case by those who deal in them), in theake Huron, 1) 2)p. Dutch Rhenish, 11 16 Ip. The public sales advertised for to-morrow are :—Stigli,sli
for trial. amazing capabilities of its port, in the manly PALMER'S' ACT, Great Western of Canada, 244 ,25. Do. New 250 hinds of West India, 8,000 bags Mauritius, 6,000 NW
Liverpool, much
.the same ;. in Glasgow,. the same ; in
KEEPING UP THE Cneusrate.s.—A respectable looking d refined character of • • -
its high merchants, in its Shares, 21 2ip. Great Luxembourg, 101 100 Bengal, 5,000 Madras, and 3,500 bags Penang. Coffee/
Birmingham there is a busy stir that looks like the energy of tik
young man, named Daniel Higgins, etas charged with anrlooking towards 150 casks Plantation Ceylon, and NO packages Moo
trade ; but in Manchester there is a quiet, simple, rather attitude, the western continent, in its Just as Mr. Justice Coleridge was leaving the chambers on Grand Trunk of Canada, 13a 131.
having stolen a watch from Mary Hogan of Dale Street. • relation to the manufacturing districts of England, • ' We begin to experience a less active demand for Saltpetre 1,300 bags Bengal, and 500 bags Bombof
pled appsarance, that strikes the stranger as a novelty in in its Saturday, Mr. Langford, the barrister, made an application R7ce : 1,900 bags Bengal, and 3,000 bags Madras.
.ssi
The complainant said, on New Year's eve, the prisoner unPe° docks, in its manufac - i • -
a business town. It is easily explained, however. Two . , urea, ant. In its whole moral and under the statute passed for the removal of the trial of Palmer money, and the best descriptions of Commercial The private contract markets have all a l''
very
i.
called and asked to stop all night, which she allowed, physical s ructure, has the making of a great city--that from Stafford to the Central Criminal C It appeared that be negotiatedrather
merchants meet in a room, and pass goods to the extent of Court, paper can now on easier appearance, but the public sales declared for to-morst,
tied on the next day he went off, taking the watch with h., Liverpool- • the first ' •the empire,barringt
thousands of pounds. The goods are very likely made in theis le very rst city in
him. The prisoner said he was acquainted with the ""?'"a circumstance that London has the Courtprivate contract.
ighbourbooil, and never. pass through Manchester at ail, . and capital was made, had been, in May last, committed for trial at There is a remarkably firm Market foe the alit
Hogan family for fifteen years ; he admitted having neannexed to it, and draws the rents of the landlords, who TEA :Afar ge amount of business has been done e
Those made. in the town (city, be pardon) perhaps pass to the , , , w Shrewsbury on a charge of burglary, but was subsequently public securities, prices having a slight tendency
taken the watch, but said he had been keeping up the t live,dissipate,'the)
last two days, and the trade have bought freely, as
railway station at the hours when few people are abroad, and, 11113 meet to or to wherever the capital bailed out. He did not surrender ; but some time afterwards towards improvement. At the same time there isY
Ch istmas by taking a drop, and he did not exactly appear not to be desirous to be bare of stock with
one in reality, it makes less show than
though
.the business is d may be. Glasgow is also a great City, and will grow it was ascertained he was in custody at Chester as a rogue and
know what he was doing, but he knew where he pledgedvery little animation. To-day Consols opened many casualties surrounding the article. tw-
Specula
the business of Leith—far less, in fact. Tlsere is less apparent but Glasgow is situated too high up the • apace ;
big .
in river vagabond. Here the prisoner was recognised as a ticket of
it, and he would show the shop to the officer. He wasat 94 to 94), and remained steady at have bought common Congou in large lines at 114 d, $'
carting of goods in Manchester than in any large town with for the ships now use. Glasgow ought to have leave convict, who had several times been convicted for daring
remanded for that purpose. the latter quotation till the close. For in some instances at 114 d.
. which lam a -quainted ; and as to the Exchange, it has, after been built at Dumbarton ; and there, with docks and burglaries and robberies. The Home Secretary immediately Corriere : 500 bales sold at full prices.
BEFORE MESSRS CIIALLONER AND HAMILTON: February Account, we quote 94i -,s. New
the regular )amble of meeting only few Geeeks and Jews, and the Leven, as the subsidiary river, to clear her port, she revoked the ticket of leave, and a warrant was issued for the Oias: Seal, pale, £4B to 4'49 ; yellow, 45 ; br0042,
STABBING BY A WOMA.N.—Elizabeth Quilliams was 3 per Cents, 91,1 2., and the Reduced, 94)-1 ; Ex-
straggling grs. By the way, the Greeks are pulling Clydemight ornpe
fewe with any p irt in the kingdom. prisoner to be remitted to Portland gaol, to undergo the .£44 ; sperm, body, 89 to .03; head matter, f 93 to AV:
charged with having stabbed Charlotte Bradshaw in the
ahead fast, and are entering into all sorts of business—not The t
he ost (thoughremark the circumstance) is per- remaining three years unexpired of his sentence of ten years' chequer Bills have been steady, at 4s prom ,and cod, .e 49; South Sea pale, £4B; cocoa nut, 493 to 6.4,1'"
arm with a pen knife, at her house in Warren Street.
merely the Levant trade, but all sorts of trade—and are doing baps b port in the kingdom of Great Britain. It transportation ; but when the prisoner was discharged from Bank Stock is held at 216) to 218. palm, 41s to 46s ; linseed, 38s ; rape, pale, 54s ; bra
"-
It appeared that on Saturday afternoon, the prisonersl to 51 s s 61.
the thine. cleverly and prosperously. It used to be— has no sand. It has a free entrance—not like the Thames, Chester gaol, at the termination of his sentence of three The London Share Market has been quiet
to-day,
went to the house of complainant and made an attack , e . cumbered with the terrific Goodwin the Lon Sand,
'• When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war.and months, for the attempted burglary there, he was apprehended at the last rates of Saturday ; Great Western, Lan --
on the servant girl, who ran away screaming to look for the whole cate ory of Queen' Channels, 'g
LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—Jaete 5. ,d
but it is now, When Greek meets Jew. But oh dear ! ohSwim, and im- by the Shrewsbury authorities, before the Portland officers cashire and Yorkshire, Midland, and a few other
a policeman The complainant, who was in bed, ran out, Possible of-cureg difficulties s o The market is firm at the annexed quotations :__Toel
dear ! so many Greeks and Jews and gamblers have we amongn t like the port of Liver- arrived, and was committed to Shrewsbury Castle, to take his descriptions, have met with more inquiry, and
and in a scuffle that followed, the prisoner stabbed her pool which has the se bar,— tallow, 575 6d nett cash; Petersburg Y.C., on the or
our own people, that we need abuse no man for his nation, a. very dangerous, on which trial for the burglary committed by him in May last, which command somewhat improved prices. Canadian
in the arm with a pen knife. She had the wound peril
American 583 61 ; January to March, 583 to 583 3d.
go-ahead skippers lost three big ships trial would come on, on Thursday next, at Shrewsbury. The
he he Jow or Greek. If they would only put their money
dressed at the Infirmary. The prisoner said the corn- aboute two months since—not like the Tyne, • h its shares remain firm. Paris and Lyons shares are more PARTICULARS', OF TALLOW.
into a Royal British Bank, perhaps they might find their with learned counsel then proceeded to show that, in consequence of .n
u. --i
plainant kept an improper house, and had seduced her narrow entrance and frightfulsea in i ired ' for. fhe sales of the day comprised the
match in the sturdy Anglo-Saxon blood, both English and an easterly gale, the extraordinary sensation created at Shrewsbury, it raving
Bristol dE 1855. 1856. 1 1851'
husband from her, and he gave her nothing, but spent the only gale that' an xeter, 93 ; Caledonian, 62) ; Chester;
Scotch, which refuse to be beaten in any department of business
~requires a port thereaway. On the been publicly expressed that the prisoner would be transported....,
all his money on the complainant. She went to contrary, and Holyhead, 38 ; Eastern Counties; 9* ; East ----7---- 1--
life.--Tedinburgh Daily Express. the Clyde has the best, freest, safest, and most for life, he could not have a fair trial, and therefore, under the
the house to look for her husband when she comfortable entrance ; let the wind blow how it pleases f third section of the before mentioned statute he submitted that Lancashire, 94 ; Great Northern, 92 ; Great Stock on hand Cars.. 38 405 1,33 g 15,1
was attacked by the complainant and others, who 0 the Clyde is an excellent and first rate port ; but the his lordship should 'the Western, 68a ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 971 ••
grant the writ to remove case to the Delivery
, Do. from Ist June.
last week
1 49 564 77-957 . 74,;(6,
treated her most barbarously. She denied having HABERDASHERY AND MILLINERY —From January to No- city of Glasgow is too high up the river. Dumbarton 01 •
d Bailey for trial. Mr. Justice Coleridge refused the London, Brighton, and South Coast, 1121 111 12; Arrival last week 2.177 1 688
.40
iised the knife. She was fined .£2, or to be imprisoned ' ' • • • •,d G• e • Do.rm Ist June
vember, the value of haberdashery and millinery exported is the prop,r place, an lasow will find out that fact application, on the ground that Palmer'e case differed materially London and North Western, 107; Manchester, .. ' 49,950 5754 7a .--s 1
Tor two months. was £3 308 339. some day or other. Dumbarton is
.perhaps the finest from that now brought under his notice, remarking at the same Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 311 ; Midland, 83,1 ' • R ice Y.C. per cwt.
7Ti ) Do. Town - - 6ss od 58010
65s 6d 6st 6d " 59s J,
AS3AULT.—James Quinn, a desperate looking ruffian • ,-theH Somerset the station fora great port in the whole island of Great •
It is understoodthat on.: Calthorpe is
with having assaulted his wife. The parties
was charged - year, 3Sa
were going down Lower Castle street, when the prisoner a h circumstances of the present time. London will assuredly
Qaarters, as recently excited so much remark. Y committed in 'all parts of the United Ki .
ngdom, merely because casks, and delivery 1,284 casks. The arrival last no
opened with steadiness. Sugar met a, good
drew out from the woman and gave her a violent blow ofincluding fall off in her big foreign shipping(barring always the • ,
IMPORTATION or Coax,—The quantity of corn, . a prisoner s bad character became known in the locality where ___ __ • comprised 80 casks from Russia ;48 from AustralisU
a stick across the forehead, which cut her severely. The . ••• • ' .I\andthe and full • -
enquiry, veryprices were paid. In
. . . . oats, 8:-...., imparted into this country from January to accident ofthe capita., - the offence might be committed, from South America; and 120 from other places—Tow'
molasses. rum. or rice there have not been any 9504 casks.

STABBING BY A WOMAN.—Elizabeth Quilliams was
charged with having stabbed Charlotte Bradshaw in the
arm with a pen knife, at her house in Warren S•reet.
It appeared that on Saturday afternoon, the prisoner
went to the house of complainant and made an attack
on the servant girl, who ran away screaming to look for
a policeman The complainant, who was in bed, ran ont,
and in a scuffle that followed, the prisoner stabbed her
in the arm with a pen knife. She had the wound
dressed at the Infirmary. The prisoner said the com-
plainant kept an improper house, and had seduced her
husband from her, and he gave her nothing, but spent
all his money on the complainant. She went to
the house to look for her husband when she
was attacked by the complainant and others, who
trolted her most barbarously. She denied having
heed the knife. She was fined £2, or to be imprisoned
Tor two months.
AS3AULT.—James Quinn, a desperate looking ruffian,
was charged with having assaulted his wife. The parties
were going down Lower Caste street, when the prisoner
drew out from the woman and gave her a violent blow of
a stick across the forehead, which cut her severely. The
woman did not press the charge, but the magistrates
would not suffer such ruffianism to pass, and fined him
£2, or in default of payment, two months imprisonment.
PLUNDER BY A BAILIFF.—Robert Russell. (a bliliff)
Anne, his wife, and Emma, his daughter, were brought
tip on remand, charged with having stolen a quantity of
boots and shoes from a shop in Elliott street. Mr.
Aspinall (barrister) appeared for the prosecution. The
details of this case were fully published in our paper of
this day week. Russell had been put into a shoe shop in
Elliott street, as a bailiff, to take care of the goods, and
I tailors nr thorn that hp
quantity. The daughter was discharged, but the husband
and wife were sent for trial.

HABRIIDASEIERY AND MILLINDRY.—From January to No-
vember, the value of haberdashery and millinery exported
was £3,308,339.
It is understood that the Hon. Somerset Calthorpe is the
" Staff Officer," whose work, entitled " Letters from Head
Quarters," has recently excited so much remark.
IMPORTATION or Coax.—The quantity of corn, including
oats, &.c., imported into this country from January to
November, numbered as many as 10,939,008 quarters
and cwts.

The Board of the East India Railway, have appointed
INlPsrs. M. and G. Rendel, sons of the late Mr. Rendel,
C.E., to fill the office vacant by the death of the eminent
engineer, their father.
A collision of a fearful character took place on Thursday
night in the Shugborough tunnel between Stafford and
Rageley, between a goods train and coal train. causing
considerable damage to property, and severely injuring the
driver and stoker of the coal train.
manna or tne UUth.nit., announces that the government
exempts from the payment of customs' duties, during the
existing food crisis, every article imported from a foreign
country of the nature of alimentary substance.
LARGE SEIZURE OF CONTRABAND TOBACCO.—A young
man, named Thomas Stokes, was charged at Shields with
having in his possession three and a half lons of contraband
tobacco and snuff. The articles were packed up in 129
bales like bolts of canvas. The duty on the tobacco and
snuff would be about £lOOO. The unfortunate prisoner, it
is admitted, is a victim and dupe of some other scamps, who
had brought the tobacco in from sea in a steamboat.
THE BALLOT AT NORTHAMPTON.—Mr. Verno❑ Smith,
M.P., president of the Board of Control, in a conversation
with one of his most influential supporters at Northampton,
is reported to have declared himself for the ballot. A public
meeting in favour of the ballot is convened by the Mayor,
on the requisition of a numerous body of the inhabitant of
Northampton, of all shades of political opinion, including
Conservatives.

MR. LAURENCE OLIPHANT ON HIS WAY TO NICARAGUA.
—ln the last number of the New Orleans Delta, just to
hand, we find the following paragraph :—'' We observe that
Mr. Oliphant, an English gentleman of high literary as
well as social position, the author of a work which has had
quite a run in England, under the title of the " Shores of
the Elaek Sea," is in this country on his way to Nicaragua.
Mr. Oliphant is supposed (is known) to be the writer of
the articles on " Circaasia," now appearing in Blackwood;
and we have no doubt, that his visit io General Walker
will result in a graphic sketch of the resources of Central
America, and the surprising events of which General
Walker, the man of destiny, is the centre,

Mons WAR SHIPS.-I'wo now men of war have just
been commenced at Pembroke. They are the Gannet, 8
guns, screw, of 689 tons ; and the Greyhound, 17 guns,
screw, of 880 tons. The following is a list of the ships now
building, which show a squadron of great size and weight
of armament :—Howe, 121 guns, 1,000 horse power;
Windsor Castle, 1:6, sailing ship; Revenge, 91, 800 horse
power; Aurora, 61, 400 horse power: Immortalite, 51
guns, 600 horse power ; Melpomene, 51, 600 horse power ;
Orlando, 36, 800 horse power; Doris, 32, 800 horse
power; Greyhound, 17, 200 horse power; Gannet, 8, 150
horse power. This reserve squadrott will carry 674 guns.
The Orlando will be the longest frigate in the service, being
300 feet in extent. The Thris is the second of the new
class 32's, and sister ship to the Diadem.

SHOCKING CHILD MURDER IN BITCKS.—On Thursday,
an inquest was held on the body of Jane Bowden,
a little girl, aged eleven months, who was murdered in the
most cold blooded and deliberate manner by hergrandmother
on Tuesday evening. Ruth Bowden, daughter of prisoner
and mother of the murdered child, stated that she was up
stairs, and she heard her. child cry out mother, she ran
down, and when she got into the room the prisoner had got
her baby across her knees, and was with one hand cutting
its throat. She snatched both the child and knife from
her- mother, and in about- thr-et- -minutes the child died.
The wretched culprit, soon after the deed was done, stated
that she was aware what she had done, and that the devi!
prompted her to kill the child that it might go to Heaven.
She afterwards said that she was truly sorry for what she
4ad done. A verdict of wilful murder was returned against
Maria Isabella Beckett. She was forthwith committed to
take her trial at the next March assiz:s for the county of
Bucks.

circumstances of the present time. London will assuredly
fall off in her big foreign shipping.(barring always the
accident of the capital) and the western ports—Liver-
pool and Glasgow (or rather the Clyde)—will clip the
wings of London ; and then the Times will begin in truth
to boast of "my big brother'' of Lancashire, and not
as now, attempt to patronise. Lancashire, which needs
not patronage from the Times, as the Times and London
may find out some day soon, to their amazement. Good
Master Times, you think that you can afford at present
to praise Lancashire, and thrust Lancashire down the
throat of Scotland, as if Scotland were afraid of you, or
of Lancashire,. or Yorkshire, or of all of you put
together. The centre of England, the moral and social
LondOn----the centre of tlie energy andlife of Britain is
no longer found on the banks of the Thames, but is
drawing in masses of millions into the thick districts
that produce the actual and real wealth of the island
called Britain. The centre is very fast forsaking Lon_
don, and when the next great strike comes—spending
not half a million, but, perhaps, five millions—the nation
and the Times may, perhaps, begin to awake to the fact
that London is only the nominal, and not the real
capital, and that the Northern men, Who have made the
densest population, and the most prosperous industry,
mean to have some real say in the matter of government.
The Times may not have thought of this curious fact—
nor heed it, as most likely things will last our day ; but
that the capital of the British Islands is going westward
—down towards the Mersey outlet—is a plain fact,
visible to all who can see anything at all. The
mere fact that the Parliament is in London, and
that the non-working landlords go there to
spend the rents of lands for which they never have
worked, will not make London the permanent capital of
the empire—which is a working empire, and must have
a working capital ; hut changes of this kind take time.
In the reign of Charles I. Bristol (the Dumbarton of the
Severn) was the first or second seaport of Britain ; and
London may find itself in our own day going the same
road as Bristol, and vanishing from the mind's eye of
the new nation of Great Britain, which is now the
commercial kingdom, in opposition to the constitutional
kingdom that commenced with William 111., and is
going on quietly to a close. And, perhaps, we northern
men may some day or other find it necessary to combine
together to put down the centralisation of London, with
its infamous mal-administration of public affairs. I use
the term infamous advisedly because I can adduce the
facts; but administrative reform is too long a story to
go into at present, and therefore, as my letter is also
too long, I
must leave St. George's Hall for a separate
notice, of which it is abundantly worthy. I regard it
not merely as a building, but as an index of the direction
in which the society of Great Britain is developing
itself. It tells a story quite as muck as it exhibits a
structure, and the same story is beginning to be told in
all the great towns of the empire.

STOE3I IN TILE METrtorous.—The high winds that pro.
veiled in the metropolis during Saturday, increased in
violence towards evening, and at midnight blew a complete
gale, which continued until an early hour on Sunday morn-
ing. Such was the force of the wind, that in most of the
principal thoroughfares chimney pots and tiles were flying
in all directions, to the great terror of the passers by, and
several persons were admitted into the different hospitals
with severe cats and contusions, occasioned by the filling
materials. The gale has done much damage to the trees
in the different parks, Kensington Gardens especially, and
on Sunday morning the ground was strewed with the
branches and limbs of trees, a great many saplings and aged_
trees being also uprooted. ThR force of the wind lashild
the waters of the Tham?s till that usually quiet stream
hccame more like an arm of the sea than an inland river.
Above bridge numerous casualties occurred ; several barges
were sunk, and the lightermen found it quite impossible to
navigate their craft. Below bridge, several of the tiers of
shipping broke loos., and the vessels got into collision with
each other, carrying away spars and rigging, and below
Blackwell many were driven on shore, and were not got
afloat until Sunday afternoon.

STRANGE OCCURRENCE.—A respectable lad named Wa-
terston is in custody in Edinburgh on a charge of stabbing
four Irishmen, one of whom is dead from the wound
inflicted. Waterston says that on New Year's morning, on
returning from a party between two and three o'clock, he
was assaulted near the Free Church College, by a party
of labourers, who wanted money from him to get whiskey
to keep New Year's Day ; that on his refusal they knocked
him down, and grasped him by the throat; and that in
self defence he took oat a clasp knife, and struck about him
on all sides, when, his assailants retreating, he made his
escape. He immediately communicated the circumstance
to some friends, and to one of the night police, and the
labourers also gave information that one of their number,
named John Christie, was lying on the ground stabbed.
The dead body of the latter was shortly afterwards brought
in, the wound having been fatal. Waterston was immediately
apprehended and brought to the police office, where he
first learned that one of his assailants had been murdered
by him. He then made the statement above related, and
seemed much dismayed at the fatal result. His statement
is corroborated by almost every circumstance but personal
evidence. He had no companion with him to witness the
circumstances, while the testimony of the labourers is
confused and contradictory, and they are unable distinctly
to identify him. The labourers have all been detained.
pending an investigation into the case.

THE VALUE Of COALS EXPORTED.-In eleven months,
the value of coals exported was £2,652,143.
WRECK OF A STEAMER.—lnformation has been received
of the wreck of the Duneekin screw steamer, Captain Mac-
farlane, laden with fruits from Lisbon to Bristol, near Run-
dlestone, on Friday night, and it is feared that the captain,
mate, and one of the hands have perished. Nine of the
crew, who have reached Penzance, state that the sea threw
lileAkiliPeMetk rak.feeavneda(Ket,te9Veßtudg?etiberDPie
the wreck to rescue the captain, mate, and a seaman, who
were on board, and have not since been heard of.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A MAN IN CUSTODY AT BOLTON.—
On Friday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, a man
named John Hurley, aged 66, a dealer in old goods, and
residing in a cellar in Acresfield, was apprehended in the
Market Place, Bolton, by police constables Seddon and
Lawton, of the county constabulary, on a charge of
being in possession of stolen property, in connection with
a notorious thief named John IToyle, the proceeds of
several robberies committed at Wors'ey. Deceased, on
being taken into custody, was taken to the police station at
the Town Hall, where he almost instantly expired. Mr.
John Wolatenholme, surgeon, was immediately called in ;
but after his arrival the deceased had only one pulsation of
the heart, all respiration having ceased. An inquest was
held on the body before Mr. Taylor, coroner, on Saturday
evening, when it appeared, from the evidence of the wife
and medical gentleman, that the deceased died from an
affection of the heart, which had no doubt been hastened
through fear. The man Hoyle was committed for trial at
Salford on Saturday last.
ATROCIHIS CONDUCT OP A FRENCH SENTINEL.--The
Patrie of Wednesday records tbe following act of atrocity
on the part of a French sentinel :—A person confined for
debt in the prison of the Rue do Clichy was yesterday
morning fired at and killed by one of the sentinels for putting
his head oat of the window. The soldier is said to have
called to him five or six times to retire, but the injunction
not being attended to the man fired. The sentinel, in his
defence, says that when on duty in another prison, he had
received orders to act as he had now done, but it appears
that such rigorous measures are only applicable to criminal
prisons. It is said that the deceased was an American
merchant, who was to have been released in the course of
the day. Another account states :—lt appears that the
name of the victim was Charles Morey, that he was a citizen
of the United States, and extensively mixed up with matters
relating to the contributions from that republic to the
Universal Exhibition of 18,55. It would seem that Mr.
Morey was standing at a window on the second storey of
the prison, which is contrary to the regulations of the
establishment. The position of the building proves that
no attempt at escape was meditated. Some sixteen years
ago a similar event took place.
SUPPOSED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A painful sensation
has been caused in the village of Attercliffe, near Sheffield,
by what is supposed to be a determined act of suicide on
the part of Mr. William Marriott, a respectable maltster,
by discharging the contents of a loaded gun at his head.
The general rumour is, that Mr. Marriott was labouring
under delirium tremens, consequent on excessive drinking.
About nine o'clock on Thursday morning, he loaded a
double barrelled gun, stating that he intended to shoot
sparrows in the barn yard. About ten o'clock he went out
of the house, and in a few moments the report of one of the
barrels of the gun was heard. No one was with him at the
time, but shortly afterwards one of the domestics went out
into the yard, and was horrified to see her master lying on
the ground, apparently lifeless ' • and with his free
shattered. Mr. Shaw, surgeon, of Attercliffe, was imme-
diately sent for; and on examining the patient, found the
lower part of his face and mouth to be dreadfully mutilated,
the teeth having been blown out, the jaws shattered, and
the flesh of the chin blown off. He rendered every assist-
ance in his:oower to alleviate the suffering of the gentleman,
who was unable, though conscious, to articulate, or to
swallow. Whether tbe fearful agonies under which Mr.
Marriott is now labouring, are the result of an accident, or
an attempt to commit suicide, we are not, of course, able at
present to state. He is now in a very precarious condition.
THREE SERIOUS FIRES.—On Saturday morning, abut
three o'clock, an alarming fire broke out on the premises,
No. 1, Dawson street, Deptford, and soon caught the three
adjoining houses. A stable at the rear of the premises also
caught fire, and this, together with the houserewere entirely
consumed. On the alarm being given, the captain superin-
tendent of Deptford dockyard immediately gave orders for
the two dockyard engines to he manned by the police, and
proceed at once to the fire. They suceeeded in a great mea-
sure in extinguishing the fire before the arrival of the
engines of the brigade. The house; were old fashioned and
wooden fronted, and were the property of Mr. Peach, omni-
bas proprietor. The occnpiere, as well as Mr. Peach, were
uninsured. The damage is estimated at £5OO. The cause
of the fire is unknown.—About'the same hour on Saturday
morning a fire took place on the premises of Messrs. Gatti
and Co., chocolate makers, &c., of 13, Aldgate High street.
The fire occurred in the basement of the premises, and
great damage was done before it was extinguished. The
origin of the fire is not known, nor are the parties insured.
—Another fire occurred about the same time, in High street,
Poplar ; the damage done, however, in this instance, does
not exceed £2OO.

There is a remarkably firm Market for the
public securities, prices having a slight tendency
towards improvement. At the same time there is
very little animation. To-day Consols opened
at 94 to 94k, and remained steady at
the latter quotation till the close. For
February Account, we quote 941 New
3 per Cents, 94,1 2., and the Reduced, 948 y ; Ex-
chequer Bills have been steady, at 4s prem , and
Bank Stock is held at 2161 to 218.
The London Share Market has been quiet to-day,
at the last rates of Saturday ; Great Western, Lan
cashire and Yorkshire, Midland, and a few other
descriptions, have met with more inquiry, and
command somewhat improved prices. Canadian
shares remain firm. Paris and Lyons shares are more
inquired for. The sales of the day comprised the
Bristol and Exeter, 93 ; Caledonian, 621 ; Chester;
and Holyhead, 38 ; Eastern Counties; 9-Z ; East
Lancashire, 94 ; Great Northern, 92 ; Great
Western, 6841 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 971 ;
London, Brighton, and South Coast, 1124, 11, 12;
London and North Western, 107; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 341; Midland, 83,1,1;
Dovers, 74Z, a.
The Liverpool Produce Market, to-day,
opened with steadiness. Sugar met a good
enquiry, and very full priceS were paid. In
molasses, rum, or rice there have not been any
sales reported. 'Some sales of red coffee were
made at prices unknown. Other articles met a
fair enquiry, at fully former terms.
The condition of the corn trade does not call for
any special remark. At Mark Lane, to-day, there
was a healthy tone, and holders were enabled to
dispose of their supplies at fully former terms.
By acivices from Jamaica, we learn that the rates
of Bills on London, having 90 days to run, were
qnf;)g :ter( cent.nt., tapmp.
iiBvnatrie'Bills"Prarin3fi'rnO
. The
wholesale price of sugar was quoted at 225. to 255.
per 100 lbs.
We have satisfaction in stating that the arrange.
ments for the transfer of the fine fleet of the
General Screw Steam Shipping Company, to a
new company, have been brought to a satisfactory
conclusion. It is anticipated that the vessels will
be actively 'employed between this country and
the American and Brazilian coasts within a few
weeks.

DESTRUCTION or A BRIG BY FIRE —As the Norwegian
brig Seagull, Ciptain Westbye, of Dram, which arrived at
Venice on the Ilth ult., with a general cargo from London,
was lying in the Custom house basin, having about one-
third of inward cargo still on board, at ten p.m. on the 24th
it was discovered she was on fire, arising from the hold;
the conflagration was awful, the fire communicating rapidly
to the very top of the masts. The Emperor, with a
numerous staff, repaired to the spot, accompanied by Colonel
de Lewartowski, the arsenal commander-in-chief. Three
shots having proved ineffectual, the master and crew
succeeded at last in making two or three bores into thoship,
thus causing her sinking, which took place at four a.m. on
the following morning, Thursday, the 25th. Two sailors
are missing, and are supposed to have perished in the
flames. The conduct cf Captain Westbye and of his crew
was admirable and praiseworthy in trying to save all that
was possible to save from the unfortunate vessel. Colonel
de Lewartowski and a band of seamen and firemen from the
dockyard, who were all acting under the presence of the
Emperor, deserve the highest eulogium, for it was
through their ac•ivity that this tremendous catastrophe has
been limited to the partial destruction of the Seagull. The
naval authorities are busy in attempting to raise the vessel,
and pontoons are already moored on the spot.

The " Association for Promoting the Interests
of the Traders of the Port of London," give notice
that a public meeting of merchants, bankers and
traders, will be held at the London Tavern, on
Wednesday next, with reference to the decision of
the Court of Error in the recent case of " Kings-
ford and Swinford v. Merry," a decision which has
excited considerable sensation amongst the mer-
cantile community. The chair is to be taken by
Baron Lionel Rothschild, M.P.
The exact amount of specie and bullion shipped
on board the Colombo, which was to leave South-
ampton for Alexandria yesterday, is 430,196/, being
much below recent remittances. The proportion
of gold is only 2,0911, the remaining 428,105/ con-
sisting entirely of silver. The sum destined for
China is 119,4951. The particulars are as follows,
viz. :—for Bombay, silver, 249,4451; for Ceylon,
gold, 711; for Madras, silver, 2,0251; for Calcutta,
silver, 40,1701; for Singapore, silver, 16,9701, and
gold, 2,0201; for Hong Kong, silver, 62,6371; for
Canton, silver, 9,4941; and for Shangbae, silver,
47,364/.
Telegraphic advices have been received from
Constantinople announcing that the long-expected
adjudication of the proposed State Bank and Loan
has at length been made. We understand that a
charter for a new banking company, to be called
the National Bank of Turkey, has bee❑ granted by
the Sultan, to the representatives of certain English
capitalists, but not to the Ottoman Bank, the
shares of which to-day consequently experienced a
fall. The charter is understood to accord great
privileges for a term of years, but upon condition
that the present depreciated papercurroncy shall be
redeemed. This involves the necessity of a state
loan, reported to amount to 10 orl2 millions sterling.
Eight millions of this, according to one account,
is to be applied to reforming the currency ; whilst
four millions, or thereabouts, will go to relieve the
financial necessities of the government. The tele-
graph further reports that the loan is to consist of
a six per cent stock, to be issued at par. It is
believed that special revenues of a valuable charac-
ter are assigned for- the security of the new loan ;
but, considering that the existing 6 per cent stock,
with the undisputed right to the Egyptian tribute,
commands only about 95 per cent in the market, it
is assumed that the contractors for the new loan
must have made some special arrangements, the
nature•of which has yet to be explained. As an
independent financial operation, the loan would
inevitably fail of success it offered at the rate of 100
per cent. It is presumed that the government
means to devote a portion of the funds to pay off
the other loans recently contracted upon onerous
terms. Further advices are awaited with much
interest. A loan of this magnitude would exercise
an important influence upon the money market,
since Turkey would doubtless require the money
in gold.

51/
Arrival for the week ending Jan.' 14, last year, 3,A
casks, and delivery 1,284 casks. The arrival last no
comprised 80 casks from Russia ; 48 from AustralioU
from South America; and 120 from other places—To
288 casks.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—Jeri. 5.
The demand for fine hops is extensive, and prices
gradually advancing.

LONDON CORN MARKET.—JArr. 5. 00
Although the quantity of English wheat on sale 6ty
morning was only moderate, it experienced but hvo,
demand. and the trade ruled dull at last Mmiday's
tions. Of foreign wheat the supplies during the A
week have been liberal. and business this morning rd
inactive at former prices. Flour rather easier to r
chase. .a

English malting barley was is to 2s dearer; 0,1
qualities Is. Foreign was also, in some instances, 50
Is more money,__

Oats were dull sale, but cannot be quoted lower. oil
Good dry beans and peas command full prices, but °,
samples are not easily placed at last Monday's quotatito
ARRIVALS INTO LOND')N FROM DEC. 29 TO JAN. 3.

Coastwise.

English
S 'otch
Irish .
Foreign

E. C. Rail .
Gt. N. Rai!.

Wheat.
qrs.
2183
160

Barley. I Malt. Oats.l
qrs. q*s. qrs.
2431 16951 377'
580 .... I 147 ....
2221 - -
5257 207 I ....- 22503'
1054

Brans Peas. ----;11° crO.
qrs. qrs. brls. 6091
801 257 ..••

Exported

23228

58135 1 ..

2493 I 7790 461 210 I 68
273 1 434 789 ....1

1541 I 3633

LONDON CATTLE MARKET.—.JAN. 5.
et
The supply of beasts is small, and the weather b4l
good, trade is active, at fully late rates. Although IP ft
are a few more sheep, yet the number is not nearl9,4ol
large as was expected ; consequently they are revorl
disposed of ; and in some instances our quotation.%
exceeded. Good calves are scarce and dear. P1;11,
Germany and Holland there are 65 beasts, 1,100 511`;'0,
and 50 calves. Spain, 100 beasts. Scotland, 300 1090;1,
Norfolk and Suffolk, 900. Northern and Midland Cone
900; and 300 from Ireland.

Per stone of Sibs. s. d. s.
Best Se°ls. Herefords 5 0 5
Best Short-born 9, 4 8 5
Second .quality beasts 3 10 4
Calves 4 4 5

d Per stone of Bibs. s.' d. °/
2 Beat Dne Rzrlf-lare.d..B.h
0 Best Long-wools 410 /
4 Do. do. Short
4 Ewes and 2nd quality 4 S

,I cp. _ - /
Pigs . - /
Best I)ns lk Hf.breds 5 2 5 4 Lambs — ,0'
newts at market, 3,506; sheep and lambs, 18,350 ; calv.-
pigs, 220.

LONDON MINING M.'iRICET.—.T&N. 5. of
The market for home mining stocks remains very stem
in character, with a fair amount of business. Price
generally well supported.
e
In the Stock Exchange to-day the shares of the Co 1
pany of Copper Miners of England have been dealt id
30, and Santiago de Cuba at H.
eta
Mining is a list of Saturday's transactions in et,
Mining Exchange.:—Alfred Consols. 19k. I ;East B15:41
75 ; Great Alfred, 14k, 15, 141, 15 ; Great 50,'5;
Tolgtri, 14i. ; North Laxv, 50 ; Providence, 71,
Porkellis, 101, 3; Rosewarne and Berland, 7,
Tamar Consols, 17s 61, Hs 6d, 19s; Tincroft,
4 ; Trewetha, r 3 11s 3d, .£3 133 9d ; Wheal Mat
Anne, 42, 3 ; Wheal Trelawney, 25 ; Wheal Zion.
~41
In the Stock Exchange :—South Frances, 355 ; Sool;
Basset, 270.; West Caradon, 140 ; Alfred Consols, 11;
Par Consols, 22, 1; Great Wheal Alfred, 141, i, it A
10l
Vale of Towey, 16s ; Dyfngwm, 10/, 11. The half-yea
meeting of the Wicklow Copper Mine Company is cyi
for the Bth January. A general meeting of the TrelBl
Consolidated Mining Company is called for the :Po
January: a quarterly meeting of the adventurer°
Wheal Erny will be held on the 13th inst.

GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—JAN. 5. to
There is rather more firmness in this market, but tej,
sales are not large. We quote as follows :—No. 1, ali,L;
73i 9d to 74s 31; No. 2, mixed, one month, 74s 6d to
other sorts, 72s to 72s 6cl, per ton.

DEATHS
On the 20th ult.. at Alexandria. of fever, aged 27, Wililaro
younaest son of William Francis, Esq., of Brynderwen, near BOW
North Wales.
On the 4 h inst., aced 8 years. Emma Sarah, second daugh,e'f
alr. Caleb Walker, of 48, Ecerton terrace.

Commercial advices from Valparaiso state that
during the fortnight ending Nov. 15, a general
stagnation had been felt in the market. The trans-
actions verified offered little interest,
sales having
taken place principally for local consumption, arpt
but very little for abroad. The sales for Bolivia
had been very poor. and those for the Argentine
Republic were hardly perceptible. This slackness
was to be explained by the fact that the purchases
for the spring were already made in August and
September last, and those for the summer season
only begin in December next. In home produc.-
nothing worthy of note transpired. The high prices
in the leading export articles still continued. The
market was pretty well supplied.

MARRIAGE.
On the 4AI inst., at St. Paul's, by the Rev. I. H. Stafford. Itef
John Brett of this town) to Miss Eliza Robinson, youngest dat'S
of Mr. John Robinson, Farmer, Holt, Denbigh.

AO i
0.1- Births, tilarriazes, and Deaths, are only inserted when 5-
to our Office duly authenticated.

ich
Tor FXPENSE or MitDALI.—In the year ended 31°"•01
31 la.t. the expense of medals for army and navy eery
was £37,379. In the preceding year it was £1253.
dnil
THE NEW COUNTY CuURT RULES.—The new rules %-
orlFis in the County Courts have come into operatir
Thry are number 198. The rules of practice of tti
l
Insolvent Debtors' Court are to be adopted in insolva"i
andC A p s,srole, tion ca in est
SUALTY AT SrA,— th
heCountT Laughing. y
Water arrived
113ng Kong on the 11th November from Swansea, etil
rerienced heavy weather on her voyage, and on the 10
September shipped a sea, which washed the chief oto'o
and steward overboard. On the Bth November, durialf,t,
heavy gale, the Laughing Water • lost her foretopul'
pars, &e.