The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-27 00:00:00

BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.

Yesterday the Board of Trade Returns for the month,
and the four mouths ending the 30th of April. 1857, were
issued. We subjoin a statement of the total declared
value of the exports of the British and Irish produce and
manufactures during the month and four months, includ-
ing only the " enumerated articles " :
For the mouth. For four months.
1835 ............... ..£7,418 283 £24,729,475
18.=:6 ............. ... 8,692,013 31,850,916
1857 .............. ... 9,255,616 ..... 35,889,352
Including the " unenumerated" articles, the aggregate
exports stand thus :
For the month. For four months.
18561855 .................. £8,085,964 26,894,491
...... ......... 9,424,926. 34,574,029 1857 .................. 9,935,844 38,813,337

THE CORONER ANID THE MAGISTRATES.—Tho difference
or dispute, or elatever it may be called, that has for
some time past existed bet ween the authorities in Chapel-
street and the Barough Coroner will probably soon come
to a crisis. In the case of the murder in Bostock-street
' the following transpired yesterday. It appeared that the
accused man, Davies, was taken before the magistrates
at the police court, where the charge was to be heard,
and that a jury had been summoned for half-past eleven
o'clock, to investigate the case at the coroner's court.
The jury accordingly assembled, and were kept waiting
up to half-past two for two witnesses—one, policeman
No. 42; and the other named Hodson, who saw the fatal
blows given. These witnesses were detained at the police
court until the investigation finished there, when Mr. Blake ,
the beadle, at once brought them to the coroner's court
The coroner then sent for Mr. Clough, in order to give
some explanation as to the detention of the witnesses ;
and when that officer arrived, the coroner, addressing
him, said he had sent for him, in order to explain the rea-
sons why the witnesses were kept so lone from attendance
on the court, as he was informed that it was Mr. Clough
who had detained them. The jury had been summoned
for half past eleven o'clock, and were kept waiting until
half-past two. With regard to the legality of the two
courts, he must say that his was a legitimate court, and
he would maintain its dignity. It was a court of record
—the other was a mere police office. He did not say this
disrespectfully of the magistrates or their jurisdiction;
but until reasons were given for the detention of the wit-
nesses at the Police-office in Chapel street, he would hold
it to be a trifling with the time of the jury in his court,
and with the dignity of tee court. The foreman of the
jury said the time of the jury, which was most valuable
to them, as they were all men of business, and this time,
so precious, was wasted, and blame, of couNe, was to be
laid in some quarter. They were punctual in their
attendance in court. They were not paid for the loss of
their valuable time ; the police were paid, and ought to
be in attendance, as it was their duty to be there.
Mr. Clough said, lie was very sorry indeed, that
the court should have been kept waiting, and the
time of the jury should be wasted, or that any interrup-
tion to the proceedings of the court should have resulted
from the non-attendance of' witnesses. The fact was, that
the police did not know in stiele cases well what to do.
They had positive orders from the magistrates to have
the witnesses in such eases before the police court. In
the present ease he did not receive any orders from the
coroner's court until Mr. Blake, the beadle, came to the
police court, just as the case had ended there, and he
gave orders that the witnesses should be sent down at
once. The pollee were in duty bound to obey both the
magistrates and the coroner, when they receive orders
from either, but when they get positive orders from both
at the same time, they really did not kno..c what to do,
or who to obey first. Tne Coroner: May I ask you, Mr.
Clough, how long this wonderful inquiry lasted at th e
Police Office, where the magistrates preside, and is called
a court ? Mr. Clough : From half to three quarters of an
hour. The Coroner remarked that whatever was the cause
of the delay, there was blame somewhere, but, where that
was he would not say; yet he was still of opinion that it
was trifling with the time of the public. Had the same
courtesy been shown by the magistrates to him that he
would have shown to them—if they had informed him that
they were about to take the case that day, he would have
sum moned the jury for the next day, and thus their time
would not have been trifled with. He did not care, so far
as he himself was concerned, but although the jury had
been kept waiting for three hours, it appeared that
the great and wonderful inquiry at the Police-office,
before the magistrates lasted half or three quarters
of an hour. Hr asked Mr. Blake, if one of the
children of the prisoner, that had been brought to
the court to give evidence had been taken to the " pollee
office "1 in Chapel-street? and Mr. Blake replied in the
negative; and the coroner said had such taken place he
would have committed the policeman who should have
dared to take a witness from his court. Ho said his
observations would find their way into the press, and into
the pages of the TIMES, and ho would take care to bring
the whole case before the Coroner's Association, now
sitting in London, and before the legislature. After some
further remarks, the subject dropped ; but Mr. Clough,
before leaving the court, said none would be more pleased
than the police if they could find which party—the magis.
trates or the coroner—was to be obeyed first.

A confirmation service will be held in St. Paul's church,
Liverpool, this morning (Wednesday) at 11 o'clock.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On the 6th May, a man named Wm.
Dougan, who was employed at Mr. Lucas's stables, Great
Charlotte-street, was kicked by a horde in the face, and
died on Monday evening, although Mr. Lucas had acted in
the kindest manner towards him, by sending his own doctor,
who attended him to his death. An inquest will be held
on the body this day.
THE QUEEN'S BIRTH DA Y.—The birthday of her Majesty
was celebrated yesterday, but w as not, strictly speaking, a
holiday. Flags were hoisted at the Town Ball, the public
buildings, churches, &c., and the bells pealed forth their
joyous sounds at intervals during the day, in honour of
the event. All the ships in dock had their bunting, in
abundance, fleeting out on the occasion.
The clipper ship Dragoon, of the Mersey line, sailed
yesterday (26th) for Melbourne, having on board a full
complement of passengers, 348 in the 'tween decks, and
twelve in the chief cabin. She had also a very large and
valuable cargo,
consisting of 1,400 tons of general mer-
chandise.
SYNIPTOIAS or SuasME a.—YeQtrrclay evening there was
exhibited at the Castle Hotel, Birkenhead, a handful of
rye in ear, one of which was left at our office, being nearly
in full bloom, and we are informed that the whole field
from which it was gathered presented an appearance
similar to the specimen we had an opportunity of seeing.
It was gathred in the neighbourhood of New Brighton,
near the present encampment of the soldiers. The same
party informed us that during the lest few days he has
had the opportunity of traversing nearly the whole of the
Hundred of Wirral, and he has no doubt that within a
fortnight, if the present favourable weather continues,
there will be several fields of wheat "shot." Harold Little.
dale, has already out a considerable quantity of rye
grass.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.

M. Walewski returned with the Emperor yester-
day from Fontainebleau. He presided at the
Conference held to-day on the Neaufchatel ques-
tion. No new objections of any importance were
started on either side. The draught of a protocol
was, I am informed, agreed to without any diffi-
culty, and the instrument which is to put an end
to the quarrel will be signed on an early day.
The question of the Danubian Principalities re-
mains pretty much the same as before—England
acting with Austria, and Austria opposed to the
union ; France and Sardinia in favour, and Russia
" impenetrable." It is said that a commission,
formal in Paris, will be sent to these provinces,
with thenbject of examining all that relates to their
agriculture, commerce, industry, topography, and
military capabilities. A report will be addressed
on these points to the French government, who
desire to be accurately informed by means of per-
sonal observation on the spot. The Commission
will not, I believe, be exclusively composed of mi-
litary men, although it is instituted .by the War
office. Apropos of military matters, I may add
that the Persian Government is said to have
ordered a number of rifles on the most approved
plan, to be made in France, for the purpose of arm-
ing the private guard of the Shah.
The Jmperor, the Empress, the Prince Imperial,
and the King of Bavaria arrived yesterday after-
noon at half-past three in Paris from Fontainebleau.
The King of Bavaria dined yesterday in the
apartments prepared for him in the Pavilion
Marsan, at the Tuileries. He afterwards visited
the Theatre of the Vaudeville.

A thunderstorm, even more violent than that of
Thursday last, burst over Paris to:day. The
morning was fine, thouah clouded, without much
sultriness. At three o'clock the sky became com-
pletely overcast and lowering, and the lightning
began to dart from the heavy mass of clouds. The
wind rapidly rose, and grew to almost the fury of a
hurricane, and the thunder-peals were loud and fre-
quent. The rain rushed down in a deluge, and in
a few minutes torrents swept along the streets.
This storm of thunder, wind, and rain was, indeed,
most violent, though it did not last more than half
an hour, but the thoroughfares were completely
flooded. After a short interval the rain again came
down in abundance, and continued for some time.
We trust it is not confined to Paris, as it was most
wanted in the country.
The following private telegraphic despatch has
been received :
MARSEILLES, MAY 24, EVENING.
Letters from Algiers of the 20th state that Marshal
Randon hits made known in a proclamation the object of the
expedition which he is about to undertake. He threatens
the Beni Raten only, and promises indulgence to the re-
volted tribes if they will engage to maintain the elective
institutions of the Kabyles, which, says the proclamation,
are similar to those of France.

M. de Parieu, Vice-President of the Senate, is
spoken of as the most likely person to succeed
Count d'Argout as Governor of the Bank of
France. The situation, independently of the con-
sideration attendant on being at the head of so
great an establishment, is an excellent one in a
pecuniary point of view, as the salary is 60,000 f,
With payment besides, for attendance at the sit
tinge of the Board, and a splendid residence ; on
the whole, the value may be set down at Ioo,ooof.
a year. The Governor, moreover, has the prospect
of obtaining, after his retirement from office, a seat
in the Senate, which is worth 30,000 f. Count
d'Argout has been at the head of the Bank of
France since 1834.

The Moniteur publishes the official return of the
Customs' receipts for the month of April, which
amounted to 16,104,211 f, being 2,065,0391 more
than in the corresponding month of last year. The
comparison of the receipts for the first four months
of 1857 with those of 1856 shows an augmentation
of 5,253,392 f in favour of the former, the amounts
being respectively 57,840,664 f and 52,587,2721.
The articles which have shown the greatest im-
provement during the last four months are ;
Foreign sugar, 2,244,086 f; French colonial sugar,
805,786 f; coffee, 4,819,345 f; wine and spirits,
2,397,162 f; cocoa, 106,7411: linen and hempen
Cloths, 122,397 f; linen and hempen thread, 24,880 f ;
mahogany, 36,507 f; corn, 31,0091; oleaginous
seeds, 70,7091; sundries, 607,709 f. The items
which give the greatest falling off are ; raw
cotton, 1,335,048 f; raw wool, 1,652,3131; bar iron
and steel, 1,461,980 f; rough castings, 84,557 f;
cochineal. 28,965 f ; pepper, 24,0841, &c.