Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-02 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES, WEDNESDAY, VEBRUARY 2, 1859

LiVEIII3Odft6LICE INTEVLIGtNtE

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.
A MISTAKE.—A powerful-looking man, named James
Taylor, was charged with being.drunk and disorderly, in
Whitechapel. The police-officer said he got the prisoner
fighting with- two unfortunate feznalei, Whitechapel,
and when he went to separate them, the prisoner charged
the women with robbing him of over £lB in gold and
silver. He took thent to the station-house,- and on
searching the, prisoner the money was found in his own
pocket. The parties -3-tere then turned out of the station,
but the prisoner became so disorderly that he was
obliged to be locked up. The- prisoner said he came
from St. Helens, and got so much drink that he did not
know what he was doing. He was fined .5s 4nd costs.
Tnu-lisu 6 'ran: CANDLESTICK' Thomas-Marlow was
charged with having. assaulted Anne Connolly. Both
parties bad their heads bandaged up, anchseemed to hale
suffered considerably. :It appeared that the prisoner had
lodged for some years past in the house of the coil-
plainant's family; in Eaton-street, and that on Saturday
night the girl's brother' and Prisoner- had- Some difference,
and in the absence of other parties,' he made an attack
on 'the prosecttfrix, when she hit him a severe blow on the
forehead with a candlestick, which opened the flesh to
the bone. He gave -her into custody, and she was
brought up before Mr; Mansfieldi. bit as, he did not
appear, she was discharged. Soon after she went home,
the prisoner attacked her with the same candlestick, and
inflicted several wounds on her head. He was sent to
gaol for' three months, in default of paying a fine of £5l
" GOING TO SEE MY WIFE."—A respectable-looking
person,...named Jabes Roebuck, a harness tinker and
saddler, was charged by his father-in-law, Mr. William
Long, of Southampton-street, under the followiltiCtir-
cuthstances. Mr. Bluck appeared'-for the complatnant.
The, prisoner has been married to the prosecutot's
daughter for four years ; but he behaved so badly to her,
that, at the end of one year, her father had to take- her
home. Since that time, the .prisoner had frequently
annoyed the house of Ati. Long ; and althQugh , the
present charge was nominally one for being drunk and
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disorderly, yet it was in reality one for the protection of
Mr. Long and his family from the annoyance of the
prisoner. ire called at the house last night, between
twelve and o'clock, and created much disturbance. All
that Mr. Long wanted was, that the prisoner should not
go near his 'house, as the wife was quite' independent' of
him, and did not wee any thing from the prisoner. Mr.
Long stated, that between twelve and one o'clock, the
previous night, the prisoner called at the house and
created a great disturbance. They were very much
annoyed at the house, and always -at unseasonable hours:
The prisoner said he only wont 'to see his wife. His
Worship censured the conduct of - the prisoner, and
ordered him ;to enter into his own recognisance in £5O
to keep the peace.
ASTOUNDING CASE OF KIDNAPPING. - THE lIISTOWY
OF A WOEXHOUSE Bauz. A wizard-looking hid
woman, well-dressed, who gt-ve the name of Mary Anne
Derout, who lives at 71, Ifornby-street, was brought up
on a charge preferred against her by a female, named
Ellen Graham, for stealing her child, and -also ' for
obtaininvit under false pretences. Mr. Bluck appeared
for the prisoner. It will be seen that the case was one of
a strange and extraordinary description. Officer- Stewart,
34, said, at twelve .o'elock, the previous night, the
husband of the prisoner called on him, at the North Dock
Station, and told him 'that his wife (the prisoner) had
obtained a child under-false pretences, and had deceived
him 'by saying it was her own. She had previously
persuaded him that sheaves enciente, but "he found it all
untrue, and he wished the officer to inquire into the
matter. The witness then went to the house 71, Hornby-
street, and found the prisoner in bed, with a child, a
month old, beside her. He asked her whose the child
was. and she said, at first, it was her own, but
subsequently she said she got it from a woman at the
Workhouse. Mr. Mansfield remarked it was rather a
,strange case. Mr. Bluck : The fact -is, she was very
desirous of presenting her husband witli-a baby, and had
previously informed him she would do -so (laughter), and
the laboured under the idea it was so ; and, in order to
carry on the delusion, she procured:the child, but with
-every desire to take the greatest care of it. Inspector
liehoe said the :prisoner went to the Workhouse and
'stated to the Matron that a respectable lady had sent her
for a wet nurse,.'and to procure her a respectable woman
;at the Workhouse, who had had a baby recently. The
• Matron produced a very young woman, named Ellen
Graham, who had a baby about a month old ; and the
prisoner took her out of the house, along with the child.
She told Mrs. Graham the same story, and took her away.
She took her into a public-house, and called for some ale,
and then told • her that she should have better clothes
before going to the lady. She got her a pair of slippers,
and said she .would take the child ;home to her (the
prisoner's) sister's, and return with the clothes for her,
and then they would go in a cab to .the lady. The
woman gave her the child, and she went away, but
instead of returning with the clothes to the woman, she
went home with the child, purchased a couple of bottles
of rum and other christening ingredients—(laughter)—
called in several of her friends, got into bed, sent for her
husband, and said she had a young baby—(laughter)—
and then they had a regular jolnmtion. One said,
" Oh ! what.a beautiful baby it is !" .:Another congratu-
lated the happy father upon the fine ready-reared little
darling. A third protested it was the-very image of its
daddy, and then took a pull at the rune bottle. A fourth
blessed the new-comer, and prophesied it might get to
marry one of the princes of the Napoleon family as
they will be in :want of helpmates about the time this
girl comes to be seventeen years' old. The prophet in
:this instance, as a matter of course, got :a double allow-
Ann of ruin. Ar_ old matron who was present all the
ltime, but who up to this period was silent, made a better
hit than the prophet. She foretold thatthere,would' be
•no necessity to go to France, as there was hardly any
aklubt that a son oriaueen Victoria would form an alliance
with the house of Derout, in the year 16,75. This old
lady did not get a double allowance of rum—no, she got
a whole bottle at once, poured down her thirsty throat.
A
Air. Mansfield : What is this woman's husband ? In-
spector Kehoe : A tailor, working at Mr. Williams's,
in Castle-street. When the jollification was
going on, the husband asked the prisoner •who had
attended her ? and she said Dr. Lucas. That
gentleman was applied to, and he declared, that to his
knowledge (andhe was sure he could not have done so with-
out knowing) he had not aseisted at the interesting-event,
that had given the world ,an embryo Princess. Dr.
Campion was then sent for, and he pledged his
professional reputation that Mrs. Derout had not
added to the superabundance of the population, and that
she never would do so, as she was a regular Mathugati,
Of course this set the poor husband on the fidgets, an&
thinking something was wrong --,he was right there—he
went and informed the police, and hence the appearance
of the " wizard " old gentlewoman at the bar. Mr.
Mansfield : Although at first sight this seems to be a
serious charge, it appears to —be now more a
practical joke than anything else. Mr. Black
So it appears to me also,, sir. It seems to me,
sir, that there was a great desire on the part of the
husband and wife to have a child by .some means or
other. (Loud laughter.) Oh, its no laughing matter at
all (this of course considerably renewed the laughter),
but at all events the child did not receive any hurt or
harm whatever. [Here a well dressed motherly looking
woman of about 30 years of age, with rosy cheeks, and
piercing black eyes, came forward, and cried with a loud
voice—" The child received harm indeed! No, not at
all—its a great deal better—i fed it well, and the
prisoner at the bar done ten times more than the mother
could have chine for it. I made beautiful flannel clothes for
it, and made it as snug as a bug in a rug.] (Great laughter.)
The mother of the child was then called, and stated
that the prisoner came to the Workhouse, as already
stated, and took her out of the place to a public-house
where she gave her some ale, and purchased a air'p of
slippers for her. She said she would take the child to
her (the prisoner's) sister, and come back with some
clothes which she (witness), the prisoner said, would
want before they went to the lady. She went away
with the child, but of course never came back. She (the
mother) cried, and roared, and bawled, and stopped in
the public-house, and went out of the public-house to the
poor-house, and then went back to the public-house again,
but the baby was still missing. Mr. Mansfield : When
the baby was found, did they give it back to you ? Oh,
yes, sir, I got my darling, and here it is (hugging it
in her arms, and kissing it as if she would
have annihilated it altogether.) Mr. Bluck : No
doubt the prisoner made an attempt to deceive her hus-
band, but there is no harm done. [The rosy-checked
woman before alluded to : Harm done, indeed ! Not a
bit of harm. I fed it with butter and sugar, and gruel
and broth, and every thing nice—more than it could get
in the poor-house.] Mr. Mansfield : It is a very strange
freak, certainly, on the part of the prisoner. Mr.
Black : Well, so it is, sir ; but, as I am instructed to say,
they felt very anxious for a child—naturally they did.
(Roars of laughter.) Oh, it was a very natural feeling
on their part. Mr. Mansfield : If they wanted to procure
children in this way, there are scores of children to be had
in Liverpool, and probably there are plenty of parents
who would be glad to part with them. But
in this instance, the prisoner has hit upon a woman who
does not wish to part with her child after that fashion.
[The rosy-faced woman : So much the worse for the baby,
for it would have been well done for.] Mr. Bluck : I
hope my client will not take it very much to heart, for it
is very miserable that she can't have children. (Great
laughter.) It was clear there was no conspiracy to steal
the child. His Worship agreed to this, and ordered the
child to 'n given up to its mother, and the prisoner
discharged. The Wizard old lady loft the dock, casting

a longing, ' lingering look at thd darling baby—the
bies'sed baby, that might in the course of the revolution
of time have been, married to one of the Napoleon princes,
or the son of Queen Victoria.

PRESENTATION TO CAPTAIN JOHNSTONE,
LATE OF THE, EASTERN CITY.
Yesterday a large number of the subscribers, including
sonic of the principal merchants of the town, assembled
in the . extensive show-rooms, belonging to Messrs.
Elkington and Co., Church-street, for tie purpose of
presenting Captain Johnstone with a:suitable testimonial,
for his cool and intrepid' conduct in saving the lives of
227'0f the passengers of the Eastern City, which was
totally destroyed by fire, at sea, during the later part of last
year. The" pre:sehtatibii, which tookplace in the upper show-
reom, consisted of a breakfast service of plate, the articles
being of the Elizabethan style, and on each article
was tastefully and beautifully engraved the following
insci ipti on :
" EASTERN CITY,
' - - Rurnt at sea, " •
On the 24th of August,
Upon which occasion the PaSsengers and Crew,
227 in number, were,- under Providence, mercifully
rescued, •
By the calm and -intrepid' 'conduct of
Captain D. H. JOHSTONE.
To whom this Service, with a
Purse of One Hundred Guineas,
Is presented by
The Merchants of Liverpool."

Shortly after two o'clock, Mr. James Baines, of the
firm of Baines and Co., in presenting the testimonial, said
_
—I have no doubt but you all know for what
we are assembled together On thiS occasion, as
it is well known that a subscription has: been
entered into amongst the merchants of Liverpool, ,to
make Captain, Johnstone an acknowledgment, and to
mark our sense of his conduct while commander
of the Eastern. City, who, under_Providence, by his calm
and intrepid conduct, was the cause of saving the lives
of 227 persons. (Cheers.) The feelings which he must
have had on the occasion it. would be quite impassible
for sic to describe. But it had pleased 'the merchants of
Liverpool to mark-their sense of his conduct, under such
circumstances;. and I now beg leave to present, in their
Paine, Captain Johnstone with this' purse of 100 guineas,
and likewise this silver service, of plate. (Cheers;)

.
Captain Johnstone, upon receiving this very hand-
some testimonial, said : I beg cave to return ton
my best thanks for the' festnitoitial" you havi pre•-
sented to me, which I can 'do but inadequately.
I oil assure you, I am extremelrgrateful for it, but more
so, for the gratification I have felt at receiving- the thanks
of.. the merchants for my conduct It is mere that lam
deserving of, but I beg to return you all my grateful
thanks for it. (Applause.)
Captain Schoenberg beggedto be allowed to express the
pleasure he felt at being present on' such an interesting
occasion. In his past career, Captain Johnstone had
prevel himself a man well worthy of the position he held,
and he hoped, in his future careerin -the Marco Polo, as
he was about to take the command of tnat ship, a ship that
had traveller the world. as often as any ship afloat
(cheers) —tlvit his future career would be as prosperous.
He had proved himself worthy of all the respect which
had been thown him. (Applause.) He concluded; by
saying that he was proud to state that there was the
most friendly feeling existing on the part of her Majesty's
navy and the mercantile marincoand hoped that it would
long continue.

E having been proposed, and most heartily responds
to, that three cheers should be given for Captain
Joc ii-
stone and the Marco Polo, the company separated.
The silver breakfast service was executed on Messrs.
Elkington's premise 3, and were most splendid specimens
of art and design, in the manufacturing of such articles.

THE BANK ACTS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,—Your former kindness in inserting a:letter
or two of mine, on the impolicy of these Acts
attempting to limit the issues of bank notes, and
to fix the price of the standard gold on which they
are founded, induces me, as Parliament will meet
this week, to lay down-the following incontrover-
tible proposition—that a phalanx of our gold coins,
consisting of 44 rows of whole sovereigns, and one
row of half sovereigns, 42 deep,
,will yield in
number 1,890 coins, in value £1,869 sterling, and
in weight • 401bs. troy—and that when their in-
trinsic value, as standard gold bullion, is on a par
with their current value as legal tender coins.
Tho par price of this bullion is 1,869 halfpence, or
£3 17s 101-d per ounce.
This par price is not, 'however, the market or
world-Wide price of standard gold bullion, notwith-
standing that the Legislature has endeavoured to
mako, it so, by enacting -that all persons having
standard gold bullion to Eel, shall obtain this par
price for it at the Royal Mint.
Hence, when standard gold bullion is cheap and
plentiful, the Bank of England, as the agent of the
Royal Mint, is inundated.with it, by reason of its
market, or world-wide price, being less than its
home, or par price, and tiee :versa" when it is dear
and.scarce. The par price of it is less than its
market price ; and the Bank of England is deployed
of its gold bullion, and of its legal tender notes,
which are founded thereon.

Hence,:the delusive expansions of our currency
are sure to be followed by the most ruinous con-
tractions of it ; and the price of cotton is ruled,
not so mush by the quantity of cotton in the
market .for sale, as by •the quantity of gold
which the bullion-dealers and hard calculators
have had 'the modesty to leave in the banks.
Thus also is it that the House of Commons
votes seven hundred pounds a-:week for the
support of• the Royal Mint, because the Legislature
will not allow the Mint to support itself by
purchasing standard gold, say at -,g3 ;Ws per ounce,
when it is plentiful, and issuing the same, in
payment of the Public Expenditure, at £3 17s 101-d
per mince, either in the shape of pounds sterling
or in Mint notes promising to pay the same to the
bearer on demand. No one dreams -of altering or
lessening the -weight or fineness of the pounds
sterling as coined at the Royal Mint. But it is
plain, that if the Mint, as the Agent of the Public
Exchequer, had permission, when gold was dear
and scarce, to issue Exchequer notes payable in
pounds sterling, to the Exchequer on demand,
the pounds sterling could be purchased with these
notes at £3 18s or £4 per ounce. Hence, let the
Royal Mint purchase the standard gold, which .our
currency requires, with Bearer notes whenever it
can, and with Ezekequer notes whenever it cannot
—these Exchequer notes being legal tender in
payment of the Public Revenue, but not legal tender
in Payment of the Public Expenditure. In short, the
Monopoly. granted by Peel's Art to the Bank of
England and the other privileged Banks, must in
these days of free trade, in banking and corn, be
broken up, and their bank notes declared to be
non-legal tender. This privilege being solely
confined to the Royal Mint notes, and the pounds
sterling which they purport to represent. And all
Banks, present and prospective, should be raised
to a level with the Bank of England, so far as
respects their right to issue non-legal tender notes
payable in sums of £5 and upwards to the bearer
on demand.—Yours, &c., THOS. FURNIVALL.
17, Victoria Park-square, London, N.E.

OPENING OF THE ROYAL WELLINGTON COLLEGE.—
On Saturday the above noble institution was opened by
her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort for re-
ceiving students. A special express train left London-
bridge shortly after nine o'clock, for the accommodation
of residents in the metropolis desirous of being present
at the ceremony. The royal family have taken a great
interest in the building throughout, having repeatedly
visited the place during its progress. A few days since
Prince Albert went to the college for the purpose of
inspecting the whole of the arrangements.
EXTRAORDINARY AND USEFUL INVENTION.—There is
nothing that housewives complain of with greater truth-
fulness, than the breaking of some favourite piece of
glass, valuable china, or earthenware. In hundreds of
cases such things cannot be matched, and of course cannot
be mended. The latter want has been obviated by an
extraordidary and effective invention, by Mr. Adshead, 01
Derby Pottery, near Derby .It is a cement that may be
said to heal, in a perfect manner, all cracks and breaks in
the articles spoken of ; and not only in these, but in mar-
ble, alabaster, &c. The benefit of this article need not
be dwelt on. We have seen some of its effects at Mr.
Hall's, our neighbours, and the glass that has been
cemented by it is stronger in that part than in any other.
The article is very cheap, and no house can be long without
it. Mr. Hall is the agent for its sale in Liveryool, and
all interested can judge for themselves, by looking in at
his establishment. Agent for Liverpool, F.. T.
each Hall,
tr ,23,
South John-street. Sold in bottles, s, ,or sent ee
n receipt of tesien postage stamps.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Evening,

The activity which prevailed in the Liverpool
Cotton Market 'yesterday, . was resumed this
morning, and a large business has been the result.
The sales amounting to 10,000 bales, of which
about 3,000 bales have been taken for speculation
and for export. Prices have been very steady all
day.
The Liverpool Stock Market, although not very
animated has been tolerably active throughout
the day. The fluctuations in prices have not been
material. The transactions 'were as follows :--
Caledonian, 851 ; Eastern Counties, 12 7-16 ; Lam;
eashire and Yorkshire, 951, 951 c. 951, 96 ; London
and North Western, 951, 951 • Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire,. 371 ; Midland, 1021, 102 ;
South Eastern, 22 1-16; 221 ; Dutch Rhenish,
5 1-16, 5d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 81 ; St. Helen's
Railway and Canal, 41 per Cent., D, 1001.;
Liverpool and London Fire and Life, 97 p.
The following were the closing prices :
Blackburn, 111, 11 ; Chester and', Birk-
enhead, 671, 671 ,• Caledonian . 851, 861, ;
Chester and Holyhead, 48, 481 ; Caledonian,
Coun-
ties; : 12t; 12' 7-16'; East Lancashire, 95, 951 ;
•L 9 .shares, 1, 2 p ; Great NOrthern, 104,
106;.. Do. 89, 90; Great • Western, .55, 55k;
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 951, 96 ; Do. £9
shares, 1, H p ; London and North Western,
951, 95'1 ; Do. one-eighth shares; 15-Is, 13-16 d ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 371, 371 ;
Midland Stock, 1021, 103 ; North British,
621 621 ; North WeStern,
,131; 131 ;
,North
Staffordshire, 4g.41, 4't d ; North Eastern—Berwick,
93, 931 ; York and North Midland, 771, 771 ;
Leeds Capital Stock, 48,481 ; South Eastern and
Dover, :22 1-16, 221; Dutch Rhenish, 59, 5d ;
Great Western. of Canada, 16, 161 ; Do. New
Shares, 4i' d; Great Luxembourg, 6 15-16,
'7 - Grand Trunk of Canada,_ Bf,
The Liverpool General Produce Market has
been steady, and, and with a moderate business in
most articles, prices have been steady 3,000 bags
of Rice have been sold, and the transactions in
Sugar comprise 1,200 bags Bengal at 41s. for
Date, 465. 3d. for Beneres, and 465. 6d. for
grainy.
There was a. very 'fair attendance of millers and
dealers at the Liverpool Corn Exchange this
morning ; nevertheless, business was very slow,
an& the prices Tor wheat were generally in favour
'of the buyer. Flour was dull, and prices tended
downward. Other articles were also dull, and the
transactions in genend were very limited in
extent.

The reports of the. Manchester Goods Market
to-day, partake much of the same character as
those last published. Buyers continue to purchase
,only just sufficient to supply pressing orders, thus
operating to produce some contraction on the
part of matufacturecs, but really giving little or no
relief to prices, and thus the rates of last week have
been very fully maintained to-day for both Goods
and Yarns.

The London Market for Public Securities opened
this morning with some feeling of depression; but
soon rallied, and Consols, which were first quoted
_ _ .

at 951, were done at an early hour at 954-, and at
neon were steady and firm at 95;-1 to 954, with
buyers at 95 7-16. From noon until closing there
was no material change in the tone of the market,
and the closing quotations for Consols were 954 to
951. After,Olicial hours they stood at the same
%7:- London Market for Railway Shares, in-
fluenced by •1 he depression in Consols, opened
tamely, but-rdlied as the day advanced, and about
noon were generally firm. From that time until
the dose them was considerable heaviness, but after
official hours an improved feeling prevailed, and
the final .elosino. prices were as follows :
—Anibergate, 61; Caledonian 854 861
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, ;
4
F

,astern Ocunties, 621 ; East Lancashire, 95,
96 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 69, 70 ; Great
Northern :1041, 105 ; Ditto, A. 86, 88 ;
Great Westerns, 551, 5E4; Great Western
of Canada, 161 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 81, 81;
Great Southern and Western, 105, 106 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 951, 954 ; London and North
Western. t 05}; London and South Western,
95, 96-; Leeds Northern, 481 ' • Manchester,
Sheffield, =and Lincolnshire, 374 374 ; Midland
Stock, I'x'4, 1024; North British, 624 ; South
Eastern -and Dovcrs, 73f, 731 ; York, Newcastle,
and Bernick, 93,4; York and North Midland,
774, 78.

Messrs. Alfred Brett, and Co., of London, in
their stenta-ship circular for the present month,
remarks

The .first•lnonth. of 1859 has terminated with improved
enquiries for steam ship property, both for purchase and
litre ; supporting the opinion expressed in our late
reports, that, in the last year, the lowest point of
depression had been reached by the shipping interest of
this country. During a protracted period the coasting
trade, alone, offered the most obtainable employment for
steam vessels ; and now, whilst that demand is increasing,
it also begins to extend to foreign stations. Of the
largest class of screw steamers, however, many are being
laid up for want of remunerative freights, in addition to
those already on the look out for charters. A few ship
builders have entered into contracts for new steamers ; but
the majority of the building establishments arc desirous of
immediate engagements. Several sales of moderate-sized
screw steamers were effected in January; and although
we cannot announce any advance in money value, the
tone of the market for this description of property is
more hopeful than it has been. With the happy con-
tinuance of peaee, as an indispensable condition, trading
interests may be assumed to have entered upon a sound
And expanding course ; still, so long as uncertainty pre-
wails in the political aspect of the times, great cireum-
cpection will be exercised, and all mercantile engagements
will be made on a prudently limited scale.
?he circular of Messrs. Perkins and Robinson,
ptblished to-day, after alluding to the late Wool
sales here, states :

The business transacted by private contract during the
month has been considerable, and includes large sales of
Cordova and Peruvian unwashed and skin, Egyptian, &c:,
at full prices. The demand for export is gradually im-
proving for most kinds of low Wools, and with any
favourale ehange in the aspect of political affairs, we
look for a further advance in prices. In Alpaca some
considerable sales have been made, chiefly at 2s. 3d. per
lb., but lately 2s. 31d. to 2s. 4d. have been obtained for
parcels afloat. English and Irish : The Yorkshire
markets for English Wools have ruled flat throughout
the month. Bright haired Wools have receded in value
from id. to ld. per lb., and could now be bought at 13d.
for wethers and 20d for hogs. The English Wools
offered here by auction, consisting chiefly of skin, were
mostly sold at about id. per lb. decline. Scotch : The
demand for Scotch 'Wools is very much restricted, but
holders are not pressing sales, which indeed could only
be effected at present on lower terms than the position of
the market would warrant.

We quote the following from the corn circular,
of Messrs. Samuel Radford & Sons, of Manchester
issued this day :
This day, we commence the " Centel," as the one,
simple, and only standard of weight for all descriptions
of grain, floiir, meal, &c., on this market, and that by
which in future all our quotations will regulated. In the
list of prices [given in circular], we have, for the sake of
present convenience, equalised the "Centel" quotations
with the old standards of the several articles, and this we
propose to continue until the "Centel" become more
familiar to our friends. But we shall be happy to supply
any of our friends with our own card of comparative
values (now in type, and will be ready in a few days,)
which we have endeavoured to make as comprehensive
and complete as possible. Some little opposition will no
doubt be given in the onset to so radical a change as that
:
which the ' Centel" proposes, but no one can deny that
good reason exists for some improvement on the varied
and numerous weights and measures at present current
in the corn trade. Every one knows that while vaeasu ,e
is still retained in name, in the forms of
"bushel'
proper
by common con-
sent, standard for com-
" quarter," &c., yet in practice, the sale of grain by
become
now has long outgrown this old custom, and has
sen, t almostand
not u
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Of mercial transactions, the question remains—What
best given weight that can be employed ?
point much diversity of opinion will exist, but the Liver-
being the simplest,
easiest,s so c i a t
mostiou
convenient, adopted
alnodo lb s.
most a s
towns, generally serviceable ;
and in this view they have been supported by Hull, Glas-
tgboew,maonvdemsoenmte
commencedot h other leading
who will join us in
in
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thew e
trade,
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we cannot but wish success,believing to-day. For our own part;
that one weight
general, uniform weight
to simplify universally adopted would tend mate-
riallyerrors lss liable, andcalculations, economise labour, render
business,
...„.so promote the general interests of
thatindeed,lea
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