Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-14 00:00:00

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The • Annual '&4lir of this': ilSurio—thn" aka.; Vaktable
society' was lepf•g;:,tl4.e Castle Hotel, rarkiiiittpAd3 on
Thursdity evening:: viands and wines provided for
tlre, waion'w"eTe-Ot ftist-rate diameter, and; sustained

the high character of. the worthy hostess, Mrs: Glover.
Mr. R. `Jackson,„ INtoctorum, presided and' the other
gentlemen present were—ChriatoPher Mallen; ESq.,
dviaid Jones,' 'Mei., Hooton; Hope Jones, -Esq,,,. the
Grange, Hobten ; J. Manifold, Esq., Rock Ferri-,
Messrs. J. • Simpson, ~ Court-house ; Ifoughtozn. Trait,
mere ; Oulton, Ellis, Thompson, .W. Turner;
,jim;,.&c.
The cloth having been- withdrawn,
The7,ciiiirmAn gave imAuceession the healths.of Her
Majesty;" " The PritideTConiort, the Prince of Wales,
and the rest of the Royal Family," and "The Army,
Navy, and the -Volunteer Corps throughout the King-.
don)," coupling with the list,named toast the name of
Captain Jones, of the Hoott,n.Volititeer 'COTS. Each
toast was received with much enthiisiasm.
Captain Hope Jones, in responding; said he was 'only'
made "captain of his' corps the previous evening, and
therefore they would the -more readily believe him when.
• he stated that that was.his.in'aiden spekh as a volunteer.
officer. (A laugh„. and hear, hear) Though the'v.oltinteer-
corpsiould not pretend to the same amount of knowledge
as the regular army and navy, he hoped fhey would:
make
.up : for their deficiency in that respect by their
acwemnat magazine,or of the volun, written by Sir
John skill and'inartial:spirit. (Hear, hear.) An article-lad.
apophenargii'.igonynThe,oni at condemnatory ereawyls new
teer movement, and 'stating that the writer weuld not-
like to• command a volunteer corps;as their want of the•
knowledge of evolutions would reader them of
' use :in:' tiro: field. That. article had; he .beli&dd, had a
very dispiriting influence, and. he wishedit had-not ap-
peared—(hear, hear,)---for ho -thought when men were.
banded
_together through their love of country, they.
generally fought well and spiritedly. Liverpool occupied
a proud'position with reference to the volunteer move-
ment, for-its 'Volunteers numbered 6;000 men, and they
were increasing very rapidly. (Applause:) Many of the.
inhabitants 'of the
_hundred of Wirral had thought it -
very 'desirable that a county like Cheshire, which' had
produced-so niany brave men, should' hot be without its
volunteers (heat, hear) ; and. therefore a corps had been
raised in Mr. Bush ell's district (Heston); "and he, for one,
Wislied.thit corps every success. .(Applause.) In HoOton,
they hadraiSed a corps numbering 120 volunteers—(ap
Plause),----who met the, previous evening to choose their
officers; and he might State that their prospects were
very. good;- andk that -the 'amount of subscribers to the
snpport of the corps had doubled the,expectations origi,
nally entertained. (Applause.) Ile hOped neither that
society nor ..the. county of Chested would have cause to
be aahamed of the Wirral volunteers. (Loud, applause.)
In concbision he heartily-thanked them fot the cordial
manner in which they had-received, thn:toast proposed
by the chairwn. (Applause.)

ROPE JONES, in the absence of the honorary
secretary, Mr. Burnham, who had been summoned, to
Ireland, .read the an'nualt eport4 which set forth that:—

During its last session, under the presidency of Mr.
Eussel, if' ha attained the patriarchal age of lob in
monthly Meetings.. This event gay,e your .chairman an
opportunity of reminding the members of the difficulties.
whiCh your society, encountered in its earlier years, and,
enabled him to congratulate you on .your present-vigor-
,ous-life and intellectual activity-. Your committee feel
confident that still further progress may be anticipated,
and that there- arethOse among your members who-are
determined to carry. out the designs of the founders with
an energy which shill -deserve success—a success which
.shall: not only: be a .benefit, to your own members,-but
which shall fulfil the ambition cf'your society, the gene-
ral
adVantage of the district, . *
But while your,Committeefida occasion. thusto ein-
.gratulate you, they have deep
.cause to moiirn over:. the
Joss,of two honourable men who, as. members of yoUr
society, frequently attended its- monthly meetings,.; and
by their excellent.parts,.their urbanity, and their. high,
, moral worth, added dignity andtisefulness. to "your debates.
In the death of Charles .Stanley, Esq., of "Denhall, we
have lest, one who took the most lively interest-in all
matters connected with agricultnre in this hundred: He
was the esteemed frin.cl,ofour sister society, 'the Wirral
arrners'Clitb ;. and 4"e lately expressed himself as app-
,proving the. objects and working of the Wirral Agricul-
tural Improvement Society.
•Of the death' of Mr. erelst, a gentleman of • con-
spicuous skill in his profession, ' remarkable business
talents, and of unvarying:: courtesy, we must say with
.•.
our Laureate

It is no,oommoh chanCe
That. takes- away a noble mind

In him the communftFOflfirkeihead, of which town he
waia bommissioner, have 'sustained a loss- which will
Tong be remembered;.-and-his memory will: live in the
hearts of the members of • your society, whom he aided
by his professional skill in that department of their work
in which the improved construction of fitrm buildings
came under review,

. _
As to the number of imembers, your society is not
losing ground, a ftw gentlemen having },Dined us during
the year. The monthly debates have been of increased
interest. The papers read upon the subjects enumerated
in the last programme were of elaborate character, and
their merits and, demerits were fully sifted and discussed.
A few ,of the exiiiiments Zso were - uaefu7. and
Interesting - - -

Your committee ,would *acknowledge the goodwill ;
shown to your -society by the "• Wirral Farmers') Club."
They would, in reciproCating'these kindly feelings,,con-
gratulate the club on the success of their new mode of
conducting their proceedings; on their • advancinc, use-
!fulness, yand the stability derived from increaseefundS.
Your committee desire to keep before the view of the
society those, thins and' that policy which you have
hitherto consistently -followed. They would direct atten-
tion'to the advantage of debating agricultural subjects,
by which means the farmer hasobrought beforehis
attention at one time the-different opinions and varying
pfactice:of Meh whose lidtsdits qualify theth_fetiolning
rn the sharpening and- thought-inducing discussions
:fostered by your society. Your committee remind you
that it is- the boast of your society that there is no royal
read to its posts.of• honour—that it is, to the abilities of
your officers as men and farnfers that they owe their
election, and that this policy should continue to be
adopted.
- The CHAIRMAN then proposed the toast of the evening,
"Success to the Wirral Agricultural Improvement—
SOciety." (Loud applause.) The origin of the society had
beep. so Often spoken Ofiroin that chair, that it must be
familiar to all ; and he should content himself by merely
eulogising the praiseworthy motives of its originators.
(Hear; heht.) They would perceive that their society
had not published the subjects of discussion fol the
coming session, and the &ALSO was owing to a ehange .
in the character
.of those subjects; for up to that
time: they had merely commented upon the practice,
pursued in that district with reference to stock-crop- -
ping,' farming, and' general management: Feeling, '
however, that a great cleitinf instruction might be gained
by discussing
.the praCtices of other districts, it was
proposed to take the prize essayS, published in the Royal
Agricultural Society's Journal, on the farming of dif-
ferent districts. An admirable paper on the farming of
Derbyshire was written and road by Mr. Barber, and
the discussion that ensued thereon .was most animated;
each member seeming to glean from it everything
applicable to that district. The number of the society's
members 'continued about the same, although death"had
depriveLthem of two very valuable and respected gen-
tlemen, whose worth every public body ,with which
they were associated had borne its testimony-.-he meant
Mr. Verelat and Mr. Charles Stanley. The objections
taken to the society, and the reluctance to join it, were,
he•wds glad to -say, gradually decreasing on the part of
the owners and occupiers of land ; for the former saw if,
during discuision, the duties of a landlord.were plainly
spoken of, neither his interests nor his privileges were
ever assailed ; that the society dwelt as plainly with the
duties of the occupier ; and that, whilst they guarded
each other against spending money in buildings, &c.,
they always urged that a liberal, but, at the §ame time

judicious' expenciftwe -of. capital.' ort itho,llolll9 was
for the-tenant's- best intereita.. It was seen that, while
the society recommeod€4art economical application of
suitable -machinery as
..substiiute• in. part of a manual
Tabour,' they.. ivere! a
'no to the *elfars of the
tabouteri" fbr the, `more 'scientifically' the' work was
done ,the more -scientific must be- the labourer,; who,
of-, course, would then
,get greater- remuneration
' fOr his services. (Hear.) But, atter- ail, the society
had only acted - for its 6frti Intel:esti::: 'The people v rho.
were:the' means-of the- Tithe- Commutation Act being
passed -had a- right to expecct that the land shmild
be made the
.mast
Aet, he might raelition that the Rev. Mr.' Fielding., at'a
public meeting,tbadltated that he-.worrldmow willingly
accept the. tithe, in
.3-Inds fromione to waship,-in exchange
for the sum he received' as commutation for the whole
parish. • (Hear, hear.) • i After expressing!. hope -that,
as the society became ~more numerous,. the •subjects
touched upon would be:of a • more varied 4 character,
the eliairman -concluded by proposing the toast amid
loud applause.
Mr. W. Turner, jan., having responded, the company
separated;*after spending:a most agreeable, iistrUctive;
and social evening. -

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GREAT;
,mEgr.rpiG.„QF TYNE
,S
WqsiERS.

..On Thursday, a•largembeting of Tyne shipowners was
held in. the Tempereace-hall, North Shields, theldayor
isf Tynemouth in' the chair to take into consideration
the' present depressecrstate of t the shipping interest,
and to Adopt a petition-to Parliampnt on the ,subject.
There were deputations from Neweastle;•Sonth'Shields,
and., other shipping places; ' andt'tlio Hon. 'FL
Liddell, Mr. Hugh,Tayor, g.P.,, and other gentlemen
spike. The Hon. H. S. Liddell, .M.11.;' could give
the meeting- no hope that the legislature would 'ever
allow Government to enforce reciprocity in any ferm;
and Mr. litigh Taylor expressed an opinion 'that
, steam vessels would
.beat sailing vessels out of-the leatl
yig European markets. He therefore advised a prudent
investment by shipowners, in steam shipping property:
Resolutions were passed expressing " dismay " at the
manner in which the shipping of other.nations is 4! dis-
Placing" that of Great Bri:nin, and 'condemning the
existing law as' establishing ',ln injurious protective
bounty in favour of aliens:- A petition to Parliament was
also agreed to, praying for the appointment of a cm:-
mittee to,investigate .the.-cause of this depreseion iu
-
British shipping," and, suggesting that- f‘ if foud, y)
originate in unfair competition with foreign vessels, then
the. Queen in Council shall pr.tin force the power vested
in her by clauses: l 0 and 11., in. A.Ctt 12 and 13 Victoria,
to 'tax foreign vessels, iii a similar manner to *ltch our
• ships are, taxed in' their ports."

• A I4viEw mita Diii.uums.—The Emperor ,on
Tueeday held a review in the 'Court of the Tuileries in
'llormarr-of 'the Prince of Orange.';' -At half-past eleven
the troops, cpnsisting of a. regiment of Oonfiarmerie, the
Zouaves, the Ist Genadiers, the 2nd Voltigeurs,. and the
foot chasseurs of the Guam-I,' and -the 74th of the line;
were drawn up in several lines, the whole.
,iinder the
command of Marshal Itegnault de Sint lean
• d'Angely. At neon precisely the Emperor; accompanied
by-, the Prince of Orange., . Prince, Napoleon, . and. a
numerous staff, among whom Were- the. Minister of War
and several of the Marshals, • passed 'in front' of ithe
differpnt lines. His Majesty. was ,hailed 'by repeated
• cries of " Vivo l'Emperenr " Five l'lmperatnee ;"
" Vivo le Prince' Imperial!" The enthusiasm 'of the
troops redpuhled when the Prince Imperial, in mili—
tary uniform and mounted on a beautiful little
poney, appeared in • front- of the first, line. All' the
_troops inamediately .turned . their, eyes,, towards, ;the
young Prince, and hailed his. presence with loud ac-
elaniationi. Dining: this tine- the' EinPreSsi who, IC-
tompanied,by.her ladies of hononrihad descended into
the court of the Tuileries, stood near the Pavillon
d'Hoilege; Whence she Watched the Movements eller
son.. The filing off commenced at .one ,o'clock, and,
passed over with the greatest order, the Prince of Orange.
being during the lime- on the:Einperor's right, aiid the
Prince Imperial,on hie-Majesty's left.. • 7 '
JOHN. BARLEYCORN,AND jtrs DOG.—The police frees'of Hampshire-and Sussex are 'altogether well organised.
At, all times;of the night, when, we are quietly:sleeping
on our pillows, the county police are prowling
,about ;
Gird so effiCiently 'are the'beatilitid.out by' the'saperin-
tendents' thati the: .men cannot shirk their duty. A
certain direction is- given to one man, and. he has
to meet at a certain time • another man at the
extremity of-his beat ;:;and to intimate to his superinten-
dent ihat he has seen his man. At any given time a
superintendent- -knows 'where 't& 'find-114 men, SoMe
time since, a farmer, residing on the borders of East
Hampshire, mentioned to the superintendent of one of
the districts that• he- neter saw any of the force-about.
He litid lost nothing, certainly; but still,.ai he paid his
share ef; the' pollee rate, he should like to see some
return for, his money. The superintendent assured 'him
that Men passed the prep-Uses regidarly at sonic time
in the night. The farmer looked dubious; and at length
the superintendent said, "We'll, if You doubt it, I will
it:retract the man to throw a''stone at your dog, which
sleeps under - your' window in the court, as he passes."
The 'thing was agreed upon. In the first morning, at
about three, the farmer was awakened bye most hideous
howl of the dbg. He jumped out of bed, and shouted
out, and saw. a man there. .‘ All right, sir," said the
P.C., " I was told by the superintendent --to throw at the
dog as I passed." "Thaph!". rePliathe farmer,_ns he
again-seught'his bed, after :reebvtring from- his' fright.
There was-no more sleep for him that night ;as Pincher
•shOwed a Sign of reailessneSS, and kept Barleycorn on
vise. -ITviwevei, it passed-Off, 'Three O'clock the next
morning.,,camer and ,PinChf.r. received his second salute.
IT,P jumped Barleycorn again, to face a P.C. of another
'visage. • Both 'dog' and master left Another
reminder followed the next, night—andruiother---until -
poor Barleycorn was well nigh mad. He hastened to
the superintendent to' Say that he'.wai satisfitkrthat
his premises were properly-guarded, .end that he needn't -
take the trouble to have Pincher disturbed any more,
as le:had seen Quite enough" for his money. lie now ;
pap his, police rate. without a murmur.—Ti7syt Sussex
Gazette.
TUB IRO; AND Cesi."Taitytt.—ln this district 'trade
,has recommenced under aslavourable auspices as it haS
elsewhere. Stock-taking is, pretty well over, with satis-
lhetory results ;' and the manufacturers- in all the great
!Staple trades of the diStriet have recommenced operations '
!upon orders distributed prior to the end of' the quarter.
These will be sufficient to, sustain a 'moderate amount '+
Of ' activity until such-t.time,- as orders again flow
in from country shopkeepers, ±eihich; will be after
the middle of the month.___ The metal market is-
firm. An advance of £5 , per ton in the price of
copper on Thursday week; antrof -onelarthing per lb.
on-the same day in the price of rolled metal had beetle:.
-anticipated ; indeed,:eopper hadbeen sold at the advance
before it was declared. The fact.is that consumers have
been . anxious to inaike ;purchases for a two or throe
months' consumption, and it is to counteract this that'
the smelters have made the advance, which will, in all
probability, be followed bynnother,, on no distant day,
unless the arri'vals of foreign copper' are sufficient to
check it. The price of tin is firer. 'TOT tin plates the_
demand is good, and at a 'meeting of 'the trade held at.:
Gloucester on Thursday week,' the price was ; fixed-
itt :325. per box. ' The quarterly 'meetings Of the iroa-
-masters . commenced in this town on . Wednesday
'at 1 Walsall ;it is • now simply . manufacturers' quarter
day. The business transacted, here -is not likely, to
be large ;but we do anticipate a steady and average
-demand for alldeseriptions of finished iron, such as will
:be auiply sliffieient. to sustain prices; and should -the
anticipated demand spring up .for the East Indies and
other quarters, we shall not be surprised to see an ad-
:Vance of -£l' per 'ton at -April quarter day. In other
respects the trade of the 'district remains in much the
same condition it was at' the time we wrote last
week. The various 'mills and forges of the district
have not been doing much work during- the. last fort7'
night, owing to the holidays, but now they are nearly
over, things will begin, to assume a mole settled aspect.
There is a great-demand for coal. which cannot be very
easily supplied, many of the collienes westef Dddley being
nearly worked out. It is true new and extensive col-
lieries are being opened in various places inthe district,
but it will be some time before their pro4uce will find
its way into the market ; and if it were not that the
railways bring a large quantity of coal, coke, and, iron
ore into South Staffordshire and East 'Worcestershire,
the various works could not be kept going as they ought
to be ; it being a notorious, fact :that the ten-yard coal,
gubbin, and white ironstone 'of these districts are
becoming scarce, and, as a natural consequence, works
are getting farther frOm Dudley daily. The labour
market is rather buoyant, and. ,with few exceptions the
working population are, generally speaking, a state
Qf contentment,—Wolverhampton Chrmicle, ,

SPIRITUAL. DESTITUTION IN THE
DIOCESE -OF DURHAM.

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One of the most influential meetings ever held
in Newcastle took place -at the Town-hall on
Wednesday, at half-past one o'clock,,for the pur-
pose of considering the subject of the spiritual
destitution of the diocese of Durham;and to estab-
lish a society to be called " The Durham Diocesan
Society for the EmployMent of Additional
Clergy,' whose object shall be to provide clergy
who - shall minister among that portion of
the population of the diocese which cannot
be fully reached by the existing parochial ma-
chinery, more especially among corers and iron-
workers in the outlying districts. Earl Greyj
lord-lientenanr of the county, occupied the chair ;
and among those present were the BishOp of Dur-
ham; the Mayor of Newcastle, Earl Tankerville,
Lord RavensWerth, Lord Adolphus Vane Teri;-
pest, Earl Vane, Sir Edward Blackett, Mr. Head-
ram,velyan, and the lion. H. G. Liddell.
m Mr. R
.P. Mowbray,dley, (Durham); Mr.
Farrer, M.P.p ,
Sir Walter Tre-
velyan,
The Bishop of Durham said that; in the manu-
facraring districts; generally speaking, the in-
crease of population gathered round an existivig
centre of labour. 'That.form of increase of popu_
lation was comparatively easy to deal with, as
they had simply to build a new church and school,
and appoint a clergyman over thein ;
in all hu-
man probability the population would continue
to remain there. But what was the state of things
in a mining district ? He found it was more like
colonisation, for great masses' of peotle congre-
gated in- some remote parts where there had been
scarcely a habitation before. Perhaps Berry Edge
might present the type of what he :wished to
describe. There they had a. population of about
8,000 souls assembled together on what "was a
desolate moor not long ago, so far distant from the
church that there was no hope of any one there
attending Divine worship. The place was built,
with the streets at-right angles, just as if they had
been erected. at a moment's notice ; and there were
8;000 souls in it absolutely destitute ofthe pastoral
ministrations of. -the church. There were many
instances of the same kind, perhaps not upon,
so extensive a scale ; but, nevertheless that was
the peculiar characteristics of. mining districts "
and the mining population. Now, if the wOrki
which maintained that population were to be
broken up the whole of the people would be dis-
persed in a few weeks. Everyone, therefore,
dealing with that population would, see that it
could not be dealt with as with the population
in the Manufacturing districts ; it was impciSible
to build permanent churches and to found a last-
.
ing eitabliShment. but they should rather provide
temporarily for these wants by appointing some
'clergyman to minister amongst those people,. and
some temporary building or school-room licensed,
where Divine' worship could be performed. That
n
then, to the best 'of his judgment, seemed the
special remedy for the: wants of the diocese,- and
upon that view had been founded a scheme which
aqtnadt
he ventured to propose before' them.
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But
atu the
re,
objections which he hadmet with froth very many
t hieniasst
theuee
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et,
sti
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be
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calledno inei mssioners, in the
firstti upon
to. state
whether it was their intention to co-operate
in the scheme. He. hoped that no one
would venture to suppose that he was in-
sensible to the great wrongs and injustice
Which this diocese had suffered. (Loud applause.)
The 'Bishop then explained the reasons why
,assistance could not be obtained from the eccle-
siastical commissioners, and concluded by moving
"the following resolution :—" That the result-of the
recent inquiries exhibits a vast amount of spiritual
destitution in the .diocese of Durham, caused by
the rapid extension of collieries, mines, and iron-
works, and proVeS that the population has out-
grown the existing parochial machinery."
Mr.. Orde seconded the resolution, which was
unanimously adopted.
Lord Raveneworth-moved, and Lord. Adolphus
Vane Tempest seconded'fbe 'following resolution:
—"That this meeting desires to record its entire
sympathy with, the views expressed by the Lord
Bishop of the diocese, and to thank his lordship
for bringing the subject before the notice of a pub-
lic meeting. . That while we view with pain and
alarm the deficiency of ecclesiastical and spiritual
ministrations among large masses of the population
of this diocese who are engaged in• manufacturing,
commercial, and mining operations; and. while wc
admit the necessity of increased exertion, in order
to provide a remedy for these great and growing
evils, we desire to express in the strongest terms
our sense of the wrong and injustice inflicted upon
the diocese by the action of the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners. This body; in the exercise of
an authority entrusted to it by certain sta-
tutes, has abstracted, and continues to abstract,
from the property of the Church within
the diocese --large revenues, of --which -a due
portion ought, in common justice, to be ap-
plied in mitigation of those evils to which al-
luSion ha.s been made. That, in spite- of most
earnest remonstrances, little or no assistance has
been extended bV the said Commissioners to the
grievous wants *of those populous districts from
which the said revenues arc mainly derived, and
of which the wealth is constantly augmented by
the laborious industry of 'the population which
has been gathered around those seats ofsommerce
and manufactures."
This resolution was adopted.
The Right Hon. T. E: treadlattitiiid
'the Right Hon. J. R. Mowbray, MX., seconded,
the following resolution :—" That an address
embodying these views and ppiniOns be 'drawn
_up, with _ the_ sanction _of this meeting, _by the
right rev. prelate, and the, noble earl in the chair,
and that it be 'presented by them'to her Majesty's
-Government, accompanied by a- deputatftritfrom
the diocese, and that it is also desirable phiitthe
subject should- be brought under the consf,ion
of 'Parliament."

Mr. Nicholas Wood; Sir John Fife, Mr. Farrer,
M.P,_tho Mayor
_of
_Ne.w4aitle, and Earl_ Vane,
took part in the subsequent proceedings.,;i-__
•
It is a well-known maxim that "time is mouse'--t el ns
are relative; so to save one is to save the other. We save
both time, and econOMise patience, and present good temp*rs,
when we have a good PEN—a bad one upsets patience and
temper. Preserve all, then, by purchasing your steel pens and
other stationery at E.T. Hall's wholesale steel pen warehouse,
25,'South John-street. John Gillott's, Thomas Lowe's, G. W.
Hughes, and other maker's, on sale at Is. per erns. 'Hood
`Pen Holders, 2d. per dozen.
,
HEAVY BEREAVEMENT.—The Aberdeen donrnal says:
—" Rarely does .a succession of family afflictions so
' close and so severe fall to be recorded as that v—Thich
will bo found below, and which has occurred Within the
domestic circle of Mr. Robt. Tough, crofter, Macterrie,
parish of Fyvie. Some weeks ago, the prevalence of
diphtheria •was noticed in this district ; and Jean, aged
20, daughter of the above;-was among the first who.fell
a victim; She died the 2nd of December. Then fol-
lowed Ann Law, wife of Robert Tough, who diefrthe
9th of December, aged 41; Mary, his eldest daughter,
who died the 26th of December, aged 34 ; Christian
who died the 2nd of January, aged 7 ; and James, who
died the 4th of January, aged 2 years. The two last
were both tarried to the mart= house in-:company."
REPRESENTATION OF FORFARSIIIRE.—Mr. G. Kinloeb,
.of Kinloch, has issued an address to the electors of For-
, farshire, in which he says that the state of his health
renders it impossible for him at present to enter upon a
contest. At the next general election, however, he will
not hesitate to oome forward, should such a course then
be the wish of the electors.—The Hon. Charles Carnegie
has issued his address. Ho will support, generally, the
policy of the present Government. He will vote for the
reduction of the franchise to •£lO in comities and £6 in
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tiVEßi'ooL, Friday. Evening.
The Cotton Market to-day was marked by -a
fair extent. 91 inquiry,- and a-moderate amount of
business The: transactions were sales to the
nuniber of B,ooo' hales; of which 2,000 Were for
expOrt. or taken en' speculation. The market, as
whole, was heavy, and closed at a decline of about
per lb. on American, and a similar reduction in
the values of Brazil and Egyptian. Concerning the
week's business, Mesirs; George liolt and CY. in
their weekly circular, say—The quantity of Cotton
offering for sale is gradually increasing in the mar-
ket more rapidly than there is a demand -to take.
it off, while the desire to realise continues,
so general that buyers, besides having,an ad-
vantage n an abundant clic4e from which to
make selection, have also, as the week advanced,
met with a concession in price, -especially in the
middling and lower qualities of Anierieart,' the
bulk of the business transacted both yesterday and
this morning , being at a decline of yd. ups the
quotations 'of
.1-ast Friday. Upland Cotten. is
very freely offered, and is difficult to sell at the
above decline. ' The "fair" qualities of Orleans
are not so abundant as the... lower grades,
and a steady daily demand from the trade and
has kept such- Cotton from declining
in value. The same qualities in Mobile and
Uplands are more plentiful,- and in common with
the loWer 'grades show. a decline of -10:17 per lb;,
We now quote " middling " Uplands, bad. ;
Mobile, Qd."; Orleans, 61a, The committee
of brokers quote " fair" Uplands, 60.1 IVfohile,
7-1-d.; Orleans, 71d., being a redUction of id.
per lb. on the two first-named descriptions,
but we' consider these quotations rather too low.
Surats are freely offered at prices rather to the
advantage of the buyer, without being: quotably
lower. Brazils and Egyptians are steady at last
week's rates. T-he total business of the week is cen-
sideribly in excess of the aggregate of fhe reported
daily sales, but this arises from much Cotton having
been for Warded to spinners, 'whialy: has not been
taken into account until the close, of the week.
The American advises point to a large Crop, the
excess in- receipts over the corresponding period
last year now amounting to 306,613 bales. 4,770
American, 150. Surat, and. 90 Egyptian are re-
ported to have been taken on speculation ; 5,490
American, 4,830 Surat, 120 Egyptian, and 110
Bahia for export ; so' that the deliveries to. the
trade for the week have been about 60,500 balei.

In the Liverpool Share Market the tone was
steady, except for Canadian stocks, most of Which
were languid with a dwindling tendency. During
the week the market has been considerably vacil-
lating, and prices have fluctuated apparently in
obedienee to the whim or the fears of speculators.
The transactions to-day include Birkenheads at
761 a ; Eastern Counties, 111-,-; Great-Western,
69i; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1011 4 ; Lan-
caster and Carlisle, con. stock, 2104 ; London and
North-Western, 981; do. a shares id.; Midland,
110 91 10 9i; North Eastern, Great North
Eastern purchase, 1 5-16 d. ; South Eastern,
25 7-16 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 13-16 i;
do'. six per cent. deben. 741..