Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-21 00:00:00

OUTRAGES IN COUNTY DONEGAL.

The investigation held before the grand jury, regarding
the late atrocious destruction of sheep belonging to
English and Scotch settlers in the parishes of Tallagil°'
begley and Itaymunterdoney discloses a state of society
in a portion of Donegal most disgraceful to any civilised
country, much less to one profess- dly Christian. We find
that these English and Scotch graziers remained tlni
moleste I for two winters, and that their speculation 0
turning the mountains of the far west of Donegal into
sheep pastures was becoming profitable. In the month of
December last, however, one of the shepherds receives a
nocturnal deputation from the Ribbon lolges ; they
threaten to take his lila if he refuses to obey their man'
dates; swear him to leave the country, and to warn th,
other settlers to do the same, and by way of proving thesis
cerit.y of their intentions demolish a house which has been
almost completed for his reception. This act. the initiative
of the subsequent outrages, was admitted to be mall'
cious at the inquiry by Mr. Nl`Csossan, the atter•
ney for the opposing cesspayers ; yet the subsequent
proceedings of these midnight legislators are attempted to
be justified. Mark what follows. Numbers of sheeP,
suddenly disappear from the pastures—so many as 125 at
a time—and in a period extending from January to MOP'
of the present year, no less than 800 or 900 sheep were
made away with by the combined natives. A. search, el'
tending for twenty miles round, is made by the constabir
lary, under the supposition that the sheep might have
strayed ; but no trace of them is found. Their suspicions
are awakened, and they conclude that they have bee°
maliciously destroyed. Sub-Inspector Cruise and ffen°
Constable Young tell us the result. The testimony ?'
Sub-Inspector Cruise. himself a Roman Catholic, is
highly significant and deserving of attention. He gave
on oath as his decided conviction that the people of 00
district were badly advised, and that if such were not the
case these outrages would never have occurred. We CO
have no difficulty in determining who the advisers of the
peasantry are. Sub-Inspector Cruise also repudiated the
statements made with respect to the poverty of the peoPles
—a statement fully borne out by the fact that there are
but twenty-five' persons chargeable on the union rate
from the district. The truth is, the people are as com-
fortable as they wish to be, and it is doing them no ill:
justice to say that they are naturally indolent—a fee;
which is generally admitted by all who are acquainted
with the habits of the peasantry bordering on the wester;
coast. The evils under which they suffer are principal,
social, and of their own creation; and hitherto the/.
have thwarted, and are still thwarting, all the endeavours
of the landed proprietors to elevate them in thef
social scale. It has- been urged in palliation
these outrages, that the mountains occupied by the
settlers were formerly in the occupation of the pool
Nothing can be further from the truth. In fact, Lord
George Hill, whose efforts to improve his tenantry one
estate have gained a celebrity co-extensive with bt,
United Kingdom, has had these lands in his own posse';
sion during the last fifteen years. The tenantry had II
right to them whatever. And even if in his case the;,
`was an imaginary claim, there is the case of Mr. Wood'
house, an adjoining proprietor, who fully compensated
the party who had previously been in possession. He ba
no dispute with tenants, nor had any complaints bee;
made to him ; yet we find a gross outrage committed
on the shepherds settled on his estate; thus giving lr,;"/
lie to the unscrupulous statements of parties, whose ct
design seems to be to create strife and ill-will betwo'o
b
parties whose interests are identically inter woven with 0,00,
other. A. similar state of facts exists with respect to the
property of Mr. Hamilton. In short, the alleged griel;
antes thrust into print by the journals are but flimsy
pretexts to cover their specious designs. The rents,
understand, on theseestates are much under the poor
As
valuation ; and Lord- George Hill even offered his ten9llll.
the security of a lease, which they declined to acce!,4".
It is an undoubted fact that on the property in iii
dist rict the tenant-right, at the present rents, sells at free;
twenty to forty years' purchase—a price exceeding tbt
fee simple of the estate. Ia fine, the people of the distrio,
never would have imagined that th-y laboured under ail?,
special grievance but for this " Derrybeg Committete
They got up petitions to the Lord Lieutenant, with
signatures of the people of the district signed to thew'
They were returned to the local authorities for inveslii
gation. Many of the people whose names were attached
were questioned, and totally denied having ever heel.,
of or seen the memorials in question, and one of
parish priests, on being asked by two magistrates if "
had signed his name to the petition, professed his entire
ignorance of its existence, and expressed his disapprobatio©
of its'contents. Not satisfied with their exploits before tilt;
Viceroy, they next fabricate a petition to the House 0'
Commons, which Mr. M'Mahon presents in due form; but
the' committee of public petitions are not the siclAP:e;
minded men the Derrybeg committee suppose. They
cover the fact that the petition contains three
genuine
signatures, and that the remainder, amounting to no less
than 2,076. are palpable forgeries I All honour to Derry-
beg ! It is, at least, progressive in its ideas as to menu'
factoring a parliamentary petition. The oommittee hope
e;
honoured the document with a special notice, and it le
asserted that the principal actors will be brought up
custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms. It is to be regretted
that men who have expended large sums of money el
those estates, which in some instances have not yet Pa!'
one shilling of profit, should thus be held up to publles
odium. The effect must be to keep the people in a state 01
semi-barbarism, and prevent the spread of those industrious
and self-reliant habits so essential to an • agricultural
population, as well as those improved modes of culture
and husbandry observable in contiguous 'districts. yFe
hope for the sake of the county of Donegal that it will be
a long period, indeed, ere we shall have occasion to report
such proceedings, and that the people of the district more
immediately concerned will not be advised or led into
illegal combinations, which can produce nothing save
disastrous consequences to themeelves.—LoadenderrY
Sentinel,

CHARGE OF MURDER AND CONCEALMENT
OF BIRTH.

Anne Payne, a lady-like young woman, 32 years of age'
of Hack-bridge, Wellington, was brought up in custody 00
Saturday, at the Town-hall, Croydon, charged with the
wilful murder of her female child, and also with the cow
cealment of birth. Mr. Inspector Frazer, deposed that,
in company with Sergeant Broadbridge, he went to the
prisoner's house. Witness told the prisoner rumours Well
in circulation respecting her female child, and said to her '
"I suppose you will not object to being examined by se
medical gentleman." The mother answered, "No ;" but
the prisoner appeared pensive, and made no answer'
-Witness then took the prisoner into custody, ant',
searched the house, and in a back room he
found a clothes line, the end of which was jagged, 0
though a portion of it had been cut off. It corres-
ponded with a piece of line which had been previously dig'
covered binding a box in which the body of a child WO
found. He also discovered a piece cf print, which exactly
corresponded with a similar piece found round the bo%
containing the body of a child. Police-constable Harper,
425 P, was next called, and said that he went to Mitcham'
common, and he found a hat-box, around which was 811
old apron. It was tied with a clothes line. On opening
the box he found the dead body of a female child.
Witness then took the box and its contents to the police;
station. Mr. Shorthouse, surgeon, of Carshalton, deposal
that, on the authority of the police, ha had examined the
prisoner,"and discovered that she had recently given birth
to a child. Mr. A. F. Tipple, surgeon, of Mitcham'
deposed to examining tho body of the child. Externally,
he found no marks of violence. Some other evidence
having been taken to connect the prisoner with the birth .
of the child, Mr. Byron, the Chairman, said the medical,
evidence did not go far enough to substantiate a charge of
wilful murder against the prisoner, who would be coal'
mitted for trial at the ensuing assizes for Surrey for the
concealment of birth. The prisoner was then conveyed to
Kingston gaol.

DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT

HALIFAX.

On Saturday, at the Borough Court, Halifax, a middle'
aged, ill-lonking man, named John Akroyd, was charged
with stabbing, cutting, and wounding. with intent to mur-
der an old man named Jonathan Holdsworth. The panic;
are both shoemakers. They formerly lived together at
Moor Side, but some weeks ago Holdsworth tau:Arne occu-
pier of a cottage at Trafalgar. Holdsworth applied for
some articles lent to Akroyd, who abused him, said be
had slandered his wife, and threatened to kill him. At
first he endeavoured to waylay him, and, failing in that,
he want to Holdsworth's house, about half-past nine on
Friday night. with two shoemaker's knives secreted about
his person. He found tte bid man at supper, and, after
exchanging a few words with Ann Thomas, a strong
powerful woman who lodged at the cottage, Le sewed
Holdsworth by the throat, and, pulling out a knife, inflicted
a wound extending almost from ear to ear. The female
theninterfered, bat before she could draw the murderer
fro-nhis victim, the old man had received another gash onthe right side of the face, and, had he been alone, no doubt
Akroyd would have killed him on the spot. In a short
time the neighbours came to Thomas's assistance, and
Akroyd was taken to the police-station. 'Before going to
Holdsworth's house, the prisoner told an acquintanee
that he intended to kill the old man, after taking a glass or
two of spirits to aid him in the commission of the horild
deed ; and at the police-office he told inspector Gaukroger
that he went to the 'dwelling for that purpose. The
injuries of Holdsworth were so serious that five medical
men were called in. There was great heinorrhage from
the wounds, and his recovery is very doubtful. The
magistrate, after hearing the case, proceeded to Trafalgar
to take the depositions of the injured man, and then
remanded the prisoner till Tuesday.

THE PIKE WATER.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL:

TO ALDERMAN T. COOPER, ESQ., CHAIRMAN

OF THE WATER COMMITTEE,

Dear Sir,—To you, as Chairman of the Water
Committee, I have thought it right to address you
briefly on the subject. I may state, that the water
supplied of late has been, an 1 is at this time, of
such a quality, that it is totally unfit for drinking
and domestic purposes. I have a very large
family, all water drinkers ; their daily complaints
are,', We cannot drink it—when will it be better
You must be aware that no substitute can be found
to supply the place of so essential a life-sustaining
commodity as the pure water of which we have
been so unjustly and improperly deprived by
Yourself and those acting with you. The
complaint on the subject is all but uni-
versal, as regards this town; this I know to
be the case, from my own experience. The reason
/,1°1?y parties do not officially complain is, they say,
aisof no use—it is so much time wasted, as no
notice is taken and no redress expected.''
You may &Tend upon it that this state of things
'III not be permitted to go on much long 3r. As an
individual I do hope that you, and those acting
yWith you, will see the justice of returning to
pure spring supply. Should you not do so,
may be assured that the just indignation of tens
„,.
thousands of the peaceable and respectable
lehabitants of this town will be felt and expressed
nes against you and your coadjutors in this busi-
m4". in such a case, your positions will be by no
eans of an enviable description. Towards you,
had the others, do not suppose that any individual
in cause to do otherwise than to hold, the whole
the greatest respect. I very much wish that as
Ittlich could be said of you and the others in your
Public
, capacity, as regards this business.
I am informed that Mr. Wagstaff and other
teernbers of the Water Committee consider the
vr.oater so bad that they are obliged to have recourse
et filters. This reuires no further comment. I
Could get a filter likewise; but how many thousands
"--nay, tens of thousands—are there who cannot
get them? I do hope that the subject may have
her best consideration, and result in a return to
e spring supply.—l am, dear sir, yours very
GEORGE PIXTON.
July 20th, 1857.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.
Sir,--After waiting patiently, or rather im -
Patiently, for some time, be a movement on the
Part of our Local Committee, in reference to the
Water supply, I am compelled to acknowledge
thyself disgusted. We certainly are informed,
iNugh your columns, that we are at this period
,11Iging in " half-and-half," and that you wait
• Patience for the next move in this foul
utter. I so have waited, held my tongue, and
di,,Yed
moray pen, uttil nature has rebelled, until
as incapacitated me from attending to
-0.1 business, disorganised my system, and rendered
:atence a hmalien instead of a pleasure, and
ar,4l.„Eling me to dread a glass of water as I would
te";_f other infectious draught. Why all this resis-
10e in so simple matter? Is it because our
aquarians are not possessed of moral courage
attat theY cannot bring themselves to acknowledge
to error when committed ? Are they determined
stand between the people of Liver-
i,?o°l, and what is right, or are they.
aailbled with water on the brain ? As fat
18 , their statement, as to having less complaints, it
prstraPly absurd, if they are desirous of having a
itc'af of the disgust of the town at their proceed-
° p, let them go round to the houses and ask the
13„ foe
of the inhabitants, and the will receive
fo Univrsal. answer that it is detestable and unfit
ij human consumption. Let them go to the
ahe,er, and his reply will be that it's d—:l muck,
tg4 only fit for making pig-wash of. Let them go
ll°. the:hotel-keeper—aye, we must stop there—they
~,71-e closed ; they have supplied the hotel-keeper
:411. a filter; they have promised to keep it in
i'lcier for a twelvemonth, and at the end of that
if he chooses to keep it, he is to have it at
bi:34 price. What is the use of the filter,
ut to remove impurity ? By supplying them
f eY acknowledge its existence, and the necessity
°r its removal. Why not remove the first
ease' And why supply the hotel keeper alone—the -
there any reason why he should have pure and
rest of the inhabitants impure water ? Again,
frinY resort to artificial means to procure an unsul-
It" raught, whe n nature has bee so bounful
iSd because our council chamber is filledti with
men
who, having committed error, have not suffi-
terlt courage to retract—who forget their duty to
this ,P"Ple• It, therefore, behoves the people of
thunder be be up, :,.nd to speak with a voice of
_eunder, that
unbelieving conviction may be brought to their
minds —I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
July 20th, 1g57. GOMEN.

thMlss MADELEINE Smith.—The Glasgow Courier states
at Mrs. Smith is in a yery critical condition,
and is
4aPidly sinking under the calamity which has been brought
1114)n that family by the unfortunate daughter.
We understand says the United Serviee Gazette, that the
fieverat corps of Lancers, the 9th, 12th, 16th and lith
Lancers, are to be Heavies, and that a new system of
exercise is to be introduced into that branch of the
service.

Owing to the scarcity of horses in India, the departure
Of the 3rd Dragoon Guards has been postponed for the
Present to Kirkee, and the ships taken up for this corps
Will take out an extra battalion of Infantry to Bengal ; the
14 Light Dragoons have left Kirkee for Meerut, and will
not return to England for two years. The 9z,la Lancers
Will also remain for that period on service.
On an early day next session, Sir Erskine Perry will
%eve " That the facts disclosed by recent events in India,
the embarrac-sel state of its finances, the maladministra-
tion of justice in its provinci 1 courts, and the innumerable
ties which make our Indian possessions an integral portion
Of the British empire, render it expedient that the Govern-
%eat of that country should be transferred, in name as
Wellas in fact, from the East India Company to the respon-
sible Ministers of the Crown."
A Parliamentary paper shows that in the year ending
31st March, 1857, the total charge under the head of civil
contingencies (including £124,000 receipts in repayment of
advances) was £334,000. The amount expended included
494,000 accounted for to Parliament, £158,000 advanced
by way of loan; £60,001) was paid into the Exchequer as
litr
ings on the vote of 1856; and the balance at the termina-
ma,
of the year was £21,000. The outstanding advances
41°1)0le fro
0m civil contingencies during the year were
0,

11:4.1tmiA.m (says one of the local papers) has been
11;ittee, and n
:tttlY emptied by the proceedings of the election corn-
eb„,._, o y
Qunda morning the congregation at
11,``"%a could not raise a tune, as the organist was among
,e •
been itnesses. For some moments after the psalm had
tiigiven out the congregation sat iu the most perplexing
°feu", which was at lengt.'a broken by the sonorous voice
bat a gallant cap`ain, who said, " I wish I knew the tune,
ttl,l'ra sorry Ido not." Some adventurous voice gave
'eY-L'ote, and the tune was taken and sung.
Int GoveuNmENT OF INDIA.-01 an early day next
liession„ Sir Frekine Perry will move " That the facts dis-
-I°Bed by recent events in India, the embarrassed state of
Its finances, the mal-administration of justice in its provin-
§l courts, and the innumerable ties which make our
Indian possessions an integral portion of the British
empire, render it expedient that the Government of that
COuntry
should be transferredin
, the name as well as in
fact, from the
East India Company to the responsible ministers of the Crown.
811 R
As
IN THE ROUSE OF Go:ktmoNs.—At the early
ng on Friday a rat trotted with perfect nonchalenco
itaross the fhor of the House of Commons, from the oppo-
thou to the Ministerial side, apparently unnoticed even
the
by- • vigilant eye of the Sergeant-at-Arms. The super-
-IZgacity attributed to the race might suggest some reflec-
t:los. Was this feat intended by way of encouragment to
members, to show that ratting might be accomplished
with ease and impunity ? Or was it merely an assertion
of the rights of the mus genus to look at a Speaker, as a
cat may look at a king ?—{Our townsman, Mr. Greer,
Whose .Anti-Vermin preparations are becoming so popular,
should lose no time in writing to the Home Secretary,
offering to rid hon. members of such unwelcome visitors.
To keep so magnificent a building as the new Houses of
Parliament, that have cost so vast a sum, clear of rats, a
few pounds annually, we think, for such a purpose, would
seem but a trifle.]—See Advt.

From the remarks of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer in the House of Commons on Friday
night, and from other explanatory statements, it
would appear that the increase in the revenue has
been so largely in excess of all the official esti.
mates that there will be a positive surplus of
650,0001. in the Treasury even after paying the
unexpectedly heavy sum forming the• British
government's share of the expenses of the Persian
war, together with 400,0001. for the expedition to
China, 100,0001. for the supplementary naval esti-
mate, 1,135,0001 for the redemption of the Sound
Dues, and 40.000/ for the Princess Royal'S dowry.
If this be the case, all idea of a government loan
must be abandoned, at least for a considerable
time to come. Mr. Mangles estimates the sum
of which the Indian government has been plun-
dered by the mutineers in Delhi and elsewhere is
computed at less than 200,0001.
With reference to the ravages of the yellow fever
at St. Thomas's, and the impression that it is
generated by the peculiar situation of the coaling
depot, it is understood that the Royal Mail Steam
Company, on the 2nd of the present month, sent
out orders for other premises to be taken.
The half-yearly meeting of the Union Bank of
Australia was held to-day, Mr. Campbell in the
chair. The report was satisfactory, and stated that
the profits for the half-year were 92,6031. A divi-
dend of 91 per cent was declared, or 19 per cent.
per annum, and the report was adopted.
Paris advices of to-day state that the Funds, as
well as the Credit shares and Railways, have again
tended upward. The Three Per Cau:s closed at
67 to 70.

LIVERPOOL, Monday Evening
The tone of the Cotton market is very steady
Sales to a fair extent are going forward, and full
prices paid. To-day 10,000 bales changed hands,
of which speculators and exporters took 2',000.
The prices paid ranged as follows :-Surats, 4-1 .1
to 624 ; Egyptians, 91 L to 110 ; and Bsngals, Bkd
to 10,1. per lb.
There has been a better feeling in the Liverpool
Railway Stock and Share Market. A moderate
business was transacted,. and prices favoured the
seller. The transactions included Blackburn, 8 ;
Eastern Counties, ii ; Great Western, 64;
Lancashire end Yorkshire 91. shares, 1 pm. ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 1018 ; London and
North Western, 1031, 1031-, 104, 103 k, 104 c; Do.
1 Shares, 7-16 d ; Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 431; Midland Stock, 844. 84, 841,
84k, 841; North Eastern, Bet wick, Capital Stock,
23; South Eastern,_ 222 e 22*, 223, 228; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 14 1-16, 141, 141; Great Western
of Canada, 22. Some transactions were effected
in local shires, namely-Borough Bank of Liver-
pool, Eti ; Royal Insurance, 3s p ; Atlantic Tele-
graph, 105 d. The market at the close was tolerably
steady, at the best prices of the day. The closing
prices are thus quoted :-Blackburn, 8, 88; Chester
and Birkenhead, 70, 701 ; Caledonian, 378, 38-1-;
Chester and Holyhead, 18-k. 181; Eastern Counties,
11 13-16, 11 15 16 ; East Lancashire, 97, 971; Do. 91.
shares, 3, 9-16 p; Great Northern, 241, 25; Great
Western, 638, 64k; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock
101, 1011 ; Do. 9/. shares, 1, 1 1.16 p ; Liverpool,
Crosby, and Southport, 191, 198 ; London and
North Western Stock, 103*. 1048 ; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 431 431; Midland Stock,
841, 843-; North British, 11, 115: North Stafford- _
shire, 4a, 4 d; North Eastern-Berwick, 221, 23;
York and North Midland, 36k, 362; Leeds FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE LUNDIIILL COLLIERY.-On
Capital Stock, 221. 22-F, ; South Eastern and Dover, Friday afternoon last, two accidents occurred at the Lund-
-22 9-16, 22*; Scottish]. North Eastern, 12a, 121; hid Colliery, one of which terminated fatally. While a
Buffalo and Lake Huron, 41, xd 41 rl ; Ditto New young man, named Thomas Parker, aged 22, of Dudley,
Shares 41, xd 4d ; Dutch Rhenish, 31. xd3 d ; Staffordshire, was engaged in wheeling a barrow containing
Great Western of Canada, 21k, 22 ; Ditto New a quantityr of slack,tld he sil rnbled over something which
was. in as way, a fell with great violence with. hisi. , heal
sharp's, '4, 1 p ; Great Luxembourg, 81 8(2- •
' 8 aear st the front of the barrow. He was mime( to ely
Grand Trunk of Canada, 14k xii 14 3 16. a
, taken op and medical aid obtained, but from the serious
We cannot report any mau.rial alteration in the internal it juries he had received he expired almost im-
state of the Money Market. Discounts are easy. if mediately. Deceased, who was a strong, active young
the bills presented are endorsed with prices and man, was much respected. On the sante. day, another
quotations. Various rumours were afloat respect- workman, named Joseph Clegg, was seriously injuosd.
ing late and serious news from India ; and in the While at. work about three tons of coals fell upon him. Ha
latter part of the day there was a slight reaction was extric tted from beneath the superincumbent mass as
in the Public Funds. In the eorly part of the day soon as possible, and medical assistance procured, when it
the demand was moderate, and sales were made was found that one of his legs was broken.
in Consols. at 91k to 911 for Money, 927,- for Account, I Naw CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL AT CLECKLIEATON,-
and the New Three per Cents. at 921. Sub- On Friday, the corner stone of a new Congregational
sequently the nominal rates were marked at Chapel, at Moor Enl, Cleckheaton, was laid by Frank
918 to 92 for Money, 921 92-1 for Account, and the Crossley, Eeq., M.P. for Halifax, in the presence of a
new Three per Cents, and Cxchequer Bills'ils. dis. large cencoursa of peop'e. The chapel which will cost
to par. The last quotations of Consols for about £6,000, exclusive of the ground, is approached by a
account were 921. handsome flight of steps, leading to a colonnade of
enriched Corinthian columns, with arches over the sue-
Alluding to the state of the Money Market, one porting pediment. From the colonnade access is had to
of our London 'cotemporaties of last evening, an inner vestibule, from which the galleries and the ground
says.-" The improvement which has taken place floor of the chapel are approached. The building is 100
in the general situation of the Money Market, and feet by 60 feet, with galleries on three sides, and a
the favourable symptoms still exhibited, induce a spacious organ recess and orchestra; and it will afford
belief that the rate of discount in the course of a accommodationso il o
oi foroo 1,600 w Ft eho p
lea. s s
-Ur
onodoei
sr
andtl) e
och,haePrelcoonre
few weeks will be further reduced. Judging from svPnaiTinuces ate-ch.-ed. mThe architects roe Messrs. Lockwood
present indications there is really some cause for Bdfd F-correspondent.
this sanguine expectation, especially as the bullion f ~,
so rapidly, but the
-j)nnET
and Mawcon, of Bradford.-From or .- rom our
at the bank is accumulating IC: tad ANDth
eSuHsluPal3ll7 Ii
half-yearlym I: H
no FoTflclßoaWls BaAnnd.
experience of the past two 'years has taught us not coke shipped in the river Wear aridocks at Sunderland
to place too much reliance upon the tendency of wore made up, from which it appears that the total
affairs, while there are yet so many adverse influ- number of cheldrons shipped from the Ist of January last
ences at work, which at any time may increase and te the lst of July inst., was 427,803, being an increase of
check the amelioration which has commenced. It 59,485 chaldrons on the shipments for the corresponding
was about this period last year when the rate of six months last year. Shipbuilding, the staple trade of
discount was 41 per cent., hut towards the autumn the Wear, does nst present so favourable an aspect as the
the drain of specie to the East and to the Conti- coal trade. About 500 carpenters are idle at present, but
rent, caused a serious diminution to the Bank's even this is a great improvement on the state of affairs two
bullion, and the minimum gradually arose to 6 and months age, when fully 1,100 hands were discharged from
7 per cent. This efflux has since continued, but theh variouslhoro
r
transports yards alon p;
being
the rive
taken in
upT for
India h
The prospect oafs l
aa
causedrg e
fortunately it is now going on at a reduced number
a little briskness of late, and the fact of the workmen
scale, and our imports of gold and silver are in having submitted to a reduction of their wages from 6s. to
excess of the exports. Thus the bullion is increas- ss. per day may also have helped to thin the ranks of the
ing, and the consequently improved situation -of unemployed. The number of vessds at present on the
the establishment is enabling its administration stocks is 71 (50 of which are sold), representing an aggre-
to extend their discount operations. If no revival gate tonnage of 29,810. On the lot of July last year
of the Eastern and Continental demand takes place, there were 98 vessels building, with an aggregate of
then a lower range for money may be justly antici- 42,920 tons.
pated, and the encouraging harvest prospects here BURNING COAL INSTEAD or Cora IN LoCOMOTIVE
and on the Continent strengthen the impression ENGINES.-Great annoyance is caused to passengers by the
that 5 per cent., or even a lower point, may be at- Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railways,
tained ere long. Besides the favourable turn in the in this district, as well as to residents along the lines, by
specie movement, the demands upon the Money the company burning coal in their locomotive engines,
Market are less numerous, and it is' satisfactory to which, it may not be generally known, is illegal, unless
notice the little encouragement that is given to there is provision in the engines for the consumption of the
new speculative adventure. No sooner has an smoke. At the Birkenhead Petty Sessions, on Thursday
intimation of a new Turkish Loan been given than week, the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Railway
a general condemnation is passed upon the scheme, Comp any appeared to answer to a summons, issued at the
instance of Mr. Inman, of Spittall-hall, for allowing smoke
and while this resistance is given to foreign enter- to issue from the funnels of their engines. The case was
prise, the amendment in monetary concerns is proved, and the company was fined £5 and costs. There
likely to be accelerated." were other inrormations against the company; bat, on a
There was no business transacted in the London promise of amendment, and paying costs, they were with-
Share Market, still ' prices were firm, although drawn -Last Thursday, at.
Yorkshire Company
Todtnorden sessions, the
l
' fortlt e
aLancashire
similar
towards the close of the day the quotations of allpwaansy
ntovte were
nsouTnmtoo,nas,,
the leading lines rather sunk. We note the
theie casea
on the technical objection to the summons on the parr. of
following transactions :-Caledonian. 761, 762, 77 ; the comp tny's advocate, it was pronounced to be informal.
Great Northern, 100 to 991; Great 'Western, 64, -Preston Chronicle.
031 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 101, 1008; London MEDICAL DEFORM,-The bill on Medical R=form, intro-
and North Western, 1031, 1032; Manchester, Shef- duced to the House of Commons by Mr. Median), which
field, and Lincolnshire, 43, 431 ; Midland Stock: passed a second reading, and was down for commitment on
84, 881 ; South Eastern and Dover, 74'1- ; York and Wednesday, has for this session been abandoned iu conse-
North Midland, 73, 72ie i, The following are quence of there not being sufficient time to carry it
the last prices of the day :-Caledonian, 761; through before the recess. The principks of the bill have
Eastern Counties, 11 13-16, 11 15-16 ; East been afTh med by so overwhelming a majori'y on its second
Lancashire, 97, 98; Great Northern, 993, 100, 991; reading, that there can scarcely be a doubt of its passing
Ditto A, 95, 96 ; Great Western, 632, 631; into law next year. The opponents of the measure now
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1018, 1013; Leeds seek to defeat it by efforts to obtain the appointment of a
Northern, 44/ ; London and North Western, 103 k, royal commission to inquire into the existing laws affecting
103,1, ; London and South Western, 1001, 101; Man- -the med Tel profession, but it is scarcely possible to sup-
cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 43*, 431 ; Mid- pose that such a proposition will for a moment be enter-
tamed All the information that can be obtained is
land Stock, 84* 83+; North British, 41 45 ; South alreao;:be to found in the reorts of the various corn-
Eastern and Dover, 74 d 2 ; York, Newcastle, an
Berwick, 91*, 923; York and North Midland, 7 1 mittens'of the House of Commons since 1834; but especially
73i ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton,• 3e, the committee over which Mr. Cowper, the Vice-President
35, of the Council, presided last year. The time has passed
36 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 14; 141.
when :rich a proposition as the appointment of a royal
There has been a considerable fall in the London commission could be entertained ; the only object in
Corn Market to day. En, lish Wheat declined ssmust be that of mekinn• ~
,
another "physicians' holiday" for doubtful medical
view now by its promoters
per quarter, and Foreign 3s. Oats and Barley
reformers.
were quiet, but not lower, and the value of Norfolk ,„1 HBPRACTICAL CoURSE FOR THE COMMONS ON THE
Flour quoted at 39s to 40s per sack.
OATHS QUESTION.-But then, as to the practical course of
The Produce Ma)kets here and in London are plocee.3ing. He bad invariably voted in four parliaments
steady. Sugar meets a steady inquiry, and the for the removal of Jewish disabilities in every possible
value of Coffee has been well sustained. The Tea shape and form calculated to reconcile the House of Lords ;
Market is somewhat active, common congous but in every shape there had been an unbending refusal cn
bring 14d per lb. in London. Owing to the pros- their part to entertain it (Hear, hear.) At the same
pects of good crops Rice continues in dull time,. he thought there were circumstances.. in the last
demand, whilst Saltpetre realises very full prices• dEivvoisoloinioof m
t the
il He
episcopalos bench
e of o dasNeVvene h
voteswer were encouraging.
recorded
As intimated in yesterday's publication, the
in favour of the motion, and more especially the metro.
Liverpool Wool Sales terminated on Saturday politer, bishop had voted for it, a gentleman entitled to the
last. In reviewing the proceedings, Messrs. greatest confidence aed respect. (Hear, hear.) Then,
Perkins, Robinson and Company report :- again, the leader of the tery party in the House of
The Wool Sales, which terminated here on the 18th Commons was in favour of the measure; while Sir John
instant, and brought together a large attendance of buyers, Pakington had changed his opinions, and was more than
although the quantity offered was under 14,000 bales, half willing to give his support to the hill which was sent up
of which was East India, and the remainder various. For to the House of Lords. He did not think it was possible,
all current descriptions there was a brisk competition, and with prudence, to wait for another session, and that some-
an advance on the average of our last May series of sto thing must he done before parliament rose. (Hear, hear.)
10 per cent. was established. The question was, whether they should try the House of
Lords again-(cries of" No, no'?)-or should they, putting
Messrs. Hughes and Ronald say :- sside legislation, by a resolution of the House of Comneans
Oar public sales, which coornanced on the 1 Ithisstant, itself, place Baron Rothschild in his seat ? (Cshees.)
and closed this evening, comprised the following dcscrip- When this question was formerly under considesetion, the
tions. There was a good atteniance of the trs de, and late eir Robert Peel communicated with him, on the subject
stocks of East India, being nearly worked up, there had of proc-,eding by resolution, and he saw "ethat course wererave objections to
been a good comeetition for this description ; on the that course. He was afraid that 'if
average we quote the advance fully -11 per lb. on the pre- earnestly pressed, two effects re;.glit follow detrimental
vious public sales in April.and May, (seine kinds, which to the object they had is view. He feared that parliament
engaged particular attention, sold even at a meet) greater would be brought into colli,sisn with the House of Lords,
advance.) and a much larger quantity might have been and would confirm the -douse of Lords in their resistance
disposed of without any unfavourable influence on prices. to any charge. P "...I feared too that it might provoke public
,
Egyptian was in great demand ; good descriptions were epinion out or. doors. He
(Sir James Grahani) fully
particularly sought after, and brought very extreme rates. admitted tb`...c it would be unwise to adopt such a course
Douskoi Wools engaged more .attention, and brought very except i"ai a case of the last resort, but the question was
satisfactory prices, although at the earlier sales they found I whet
no buyers. The miscellaneous descriptions, although on a IT, did
'ner that ease of last resort had not cecurred. (Cheers.)
much smaller scale than usual, Owing to the diminished ' nest think that there was any instance of the House
I or ,Lords in four successive parliaments rejecting bills sent
were not much in favour, and the greater l' v. such large majorities from the House of Commons. If
suppliespart
withdrawn. Tice general tone of the market ies the' House of Lords continued to resist the measure they
very firm, which is likely to be strengthened by t}
;o
r late,
vourable reports of the London public sales of s'
Wools, which are admitted to he going Id tq
higher than the lest sales. This advance
means nelooked for, arid has been in 4 '
ticipated in the sales that have beea.
few weeks, and a much larger 3' .n' would do so with great dangsr to their legislative indepen-
-1 tn-1 deuce, and he thought that that warning reaching them, as
Ived 'p° °lab it would ld through the public press, would not be thrown
nas'u%t byer
any. avn upon their lordships. (Cheers.) If the resolution of
great measure an- Mr, YD
iilw v n were affirmed by that meeting, he could not
made during the last, ledge himself to be bound by it, because he thought it
Business might have been pwould be much better in the first instance to try the effect
done if holders had been is illirne to make a little concession, of Lord John Russell's measure.- Speech of Sir James
Ftne River Plate Wools, "<nich for some lime had been Graham at the meeting of members of the House of
comparatively neglect:ad have lately been more sought Commons.