Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-04 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES , MONDAY, APRIL 4 18_59

IS ENGLAND RESPONSIBLE FOR- AMERICAN
; 3 . SLAVERY?
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.
sir,--" Young Africa " commits three errors ; he at-
tempts to settle a matter of fact by Scriptural (Flota-
tions ; he does not attempt to meet my statements ; he
mistakes me for an apologist of American slavery. Theo-
logical arguments never settle secular questions.
Slavery has been attacked and defended a thousand
times with these weapons, but ever with the most
unsatisfactory results. Ido not defend slavery: it is
opposed to human' progress,. and, therefore, I
earnestly condemn it. But I. also condemn those by
whom it is kept up ; and, therefore, I must speak in
terms of disapproval of my countrymen.
If I employ my land in producing the Upas poison,.
instead of working that land for the supply of my
daily wants—if I then go and buy my food from a
man whom I know is in the constant habit of stealing
it—am I not a partaker of his guilt—am I not so
far responsible for his crime as well as my own ?—ls
not the receiver, after judged, more guilty than the
thief ?
India could supply us with all the cotton we re-
quire, but we prefer devoting its fruitful soil to
the production of a poison (opium) which is
plunging millions of the people of that and
other countries into bondage, more horrible and
debasing than the hated slavery of Cuba or the
United States. In consequence of this iniquitous
prostitution of the soil, sve are dependent on the
Americans for our supply of cotton, every additional
bale of which requires the labour of an additional
slave !
Our manufacturers say to the slave-owner, "We
must have cotton, or else our artizans starve." The
cotton-planter says to the slave-dealer, "We must
have more slaves to supply the demand for cotton."
The slave-trader sends away his ships to the Coast of
Africa for more victims and to prevent his succeed-
ing in his damnable calling, we send out our ships of
war, spend millions of pounds, and sacrifice hundreds
of lives. Can anything exceed the folly of all this,
except its wickedness ?

We are, I reiterate, greatly responsible for Ame-
rican slavery, and for iniquity exceeding that
involved by slavery, so long as we keep up the
opium traffic, and continue that despicably dishonest
policy in India, of which the opium traffic is only a
part.—Yours, &c., AN ENGLISHMAN.

TO JOHN COBB, ESQ., ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Sir,—Having seen a letter bearing your signature
in the public papers, wherein you disclaim being the
defendant in a certain action pending in the Court
of Passage, I gather, from your proper anxiety to
established the respectability of your character, that
you are an individual of tenacious and sensitive feel.:
mg. I also plead guilty to the same amiable weak-
ness, if it be one ; and, as in a late investigation
before Mr. Mansfield, you gratuitously promulgated
reraarks affecting the Parthenon Concert Hall, of
which I am the proprietor (and have been for the
last twelve years), utterly at variance with truth,
and not only calculated to injure, but which have
already materially affected my business, I now
publicly call upon you to retract the expressions you
made use of, having up to this moment failed to elicit
by personal application the fulfihrient of several faith-
ful promises you made to me, that you would address
a letter of explanation to my attorney, Mr.
Thornley.
First/y. I complain that you have stated, as the
Mercury reports, that wax figures, representing
naked females, are exhibited at the Parthenon Concert

I have no waxfigures.whatever, nor any represen-
tation, equivocal or unequivocal, of naked females.
The entertainments at my establishment consist of
music, singing, dancing, and tableaux vivants, the
latter Leing precisely the • same •(and represented in
frequent cases by the same artists), as those who,
appeared in London before the first clasSes of society
of both sexes. They merely represent scenes from
history. The gas is lowered for about two minutes
at a time,_ while the stage revolves, but. the stage
itself is then refulgent with light. In every drama
performed at theatres, in every pa.ndrama, diorama,
or dissolving views, the same partial lowering of the
gas takes place. .

- Secondly-. I complain that, you asserted the pro-
secutor in the case alluded to had been robbed in the.
Parthenon Concert-hall. The trial of the men took
place yesterday before the Deputy Recorder, and the
prosecutor himself stated on oath that he was not
robbed in the Parthenon, but at another house, which
he named, though I, with more regard for the feelings
of others, than you have evinced towards me—will
not publish it. Suffice it to say, no robbery was ever
committed in my establishment, which has been
frequented by persons of higher standing in society,
than I much fear either you or I can attain to.
If, after this public appeal to your impartiality,
you still refuse to ratify your promises, I have no
other alternative than ti) consult my attorney, as I
am seriously prejudiced by your unjust remarks.—l
am, sir, vours, &c., JOHN GEORGE STOLL.
Parthenon Concert-hall, Great Charlotte-street,
Liverpool, 2nd of April, 1859.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL
LIVERPOOL,, Saturday Evening.
The Liverpool Cotton Market has been rather quiet
to-day, and only a small amount of business has been
done, the sales amounting to 6,000 bales, 1,000 of
which have been taken for speculation and for ex-
port. Prices remain without change.
The Liverpool Share Market has been remarkably
quiet to-day, not more than half-a-dozen transactions
having been reforted. Prices were heavy. The
sales were as follows : Lancashire and Yorkshire,
94,;5,-, 941, 944 ;* London and North Western, 94%;
Midland, 1014, 101%; Grand Trunk- of Canada, 7
per cent.,1857, 66%; Great Western of Canada, 164.
The tone of the London Stock Market to-day, has
been steady, and notwithstanding a sale of 50,0001.
worth of - Consols, prices were well supported. At
one time of the day there was a little heaviness, but
it was only momentary. Consols opened at 94% to
954, and continued steady at that point until nearly
the close, when they declined to 95%, at which they
finally left off. .
The London market for railway shares opened with
considerable animation without change, until nearly
1 the close, when the heavier stocks were more freely
offered, and quotations, in consequence, receded
a little. The final closing prices were :-
Ambergate Nottingham, and Eastern Junction, 54,
64-, 64 •, Caledonians, 821 ; -Eastern Counties, 591-, 60 ;
East Lancashire, 92, 93; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
721, 73 ; Great Northern, 1024 ; Ditto A, 86, , 87 ;
Great Westerns, 58%, 584 ; Great Western of Canada,
16% ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 8% 9 ; Great Southern
and Western, 105, 106 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire ;
944 94%; London andNorth-Western, 94;5; ; London
and South-Western, 924, 921 ; Leeds Northern, 46%,
471 ; Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 384 ;
Midland Stock, 1014, 102%; North British,, 581, 58%;
South Eastern and Dover, 701, 701 ; York, Newcas-
tle, and Berwick, 92%, 92%; Lombard Venetian, 1%f14 ;
ditto, new, 4, 1.
The steamer Ceylon` will convey to the East on
Monday no less than' £956,773 in specie, of which
£857,820 is silver for Calcutta, including £390,000 on
account of the government. For China the silver re-
mittances amount to only £22,340.
The demand for money yesterday:was active at the
Bank minimum, and the applications at 'that esta-
blishment were large. To-day is the last day for the
payment of 1,000,0001. on the East Indian Railway
debentures. The amount of the mercantile engage-
ments maturing on the 4th, is likewise large.
The dividends will be payable at the Bank of Eng-
land on Friday next, the Bth instant.
The 76,2851 in gold, by the Teviot, has been pur-
chased for the Continent, and it is believed that the
bulk, if not the whole, of the 146,0001 by the Copen-
hagen and Water Nymph will likewise be, sent
away. The steamer Tyne, from Brazil, is expected
at Southampton 'early next week, with 16,2591 in
specie.
The movements of the precious metals during the
past week have been of an important character, the
imports having been extensive, amounting ;to about
1,059,692/, comprising 36,1541 by the Jura, 114,1971
by the Europa, and 54,0001 by the Bremen, from
the United States ; 13,0001 by the Orissa, and
76,2851. by the Teviot, from Alexandria ; 58,2401. by
the Water Nymph, 87,816 by the Copenhagen,
from Australia ; 20,0001. in gold from Russia ; and
about 600,0001. in Silver from the Continent. The
exports have also been on a very extensive scale,
and comprise 7,1201. to the West:lndies, by the Mag-
dalena ; 936,7731. chiefly in silver, to the East
Indies and China, by the Ceylon ; and shipments to
the Continent through the London Custom House
estimated at 70,3001. - making a total of 1,034,193.
Messrs Grant and Hodgson give the following re-
port of the London Tobacco market for the past
month :-
There was no apparent change in the market during last
month, but a continuance of the same apathy and disinclin-
ation to purchase, except on a limited scale, that has
existed for a considerable period. Sales were 500 hhds.,
consisting of 219 hhds. Kentucky Strips, 00 hhds. of Leaf,
109 Virginia Leaf, 40 hhds. and tierces of Virginia Strips,
and 37 hhds. of Maryland. These constitute the •extent of
sales furnished by importers ; but it has been reported, that
200 hhds. of Strips, part of the purchase made in January
last, have been resold, but we have not been able to obtain
, reliable information. Buyers, in a great measure, have
confined themselves to good and fine qualities ; and choice
descriptions of, Western Strips have constituted a consider-
able portion of the month's sales, at extreme quotations,
although middling and ordinary were obtainable at rather
easier rates. Thre was a slightly improved demand for
exportation, the principal sales consisted of very low
Iqualities of Virginia and Kentucky, at 3%d. to 4d.
Latest advices from New Orleans represent no change ; but
from Richmond, a slight advance has been established, and
prices firm.
The following, respecting the silk trade, is from
the monthly circular of Messrs Waithman and Co :-
There has been a fair business transacted in silk during
the past month, and although the home trade are still the
principal operators, the demand for export has certainly
shown some improvement. The deliveries for the month
are 7,226 bales, about 2,200 in excess of the same month
last year. The China letters recently delivered report
settlements for the month 4,500 bales, making the total to
dates 60,000 bales, of which about 50,000 bales had been
shipped. Uniold stocks on the market 2,500 bales, chiefly
inferior descriptions. Prices had advanced somewhat. The
closing quotation of No. 3 Tsatlee being 350 taels, equal
to 19s- 3d per lb. here. Exchange at Shanghai 6s 2d.
Bengal silk continues very unsaleable. In Italian silk there
is no alteration.
The Paris Presse alleges that the new " General
Society of Commercial and Industrial Credit" will
conduct the negotiation of a considerable amount of
the coming Russian loan.
The sum of £49,000 was on Thursday paid by the
Madras Irrigation Company into the Indian 'Trea-
sury, making with £133,721 pieviously deposited, a
total of £183,121 received as payments in full in
advance of calls. The whole of this amount has
been subscribed within one month, and added to the
£47,000 received as deposits, makes the sum of
£230,121 standing in the Treasury to the credit of
this company.
The new Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Debentnres of
the East Indian Railway Company were quoted this
afternoon 11 to 12 prem. It is understood that the
Stock Exchange Committee will, on Monday next,
consider the appointment of a settling day in these
'securities.
At the meeting of the Western of France Railway
Company, held at Paris on the 29th March, the'
dividend was fixed at 15f. 50c. per share, which,
added to the payment of 171. 50c. made on the Ist
October last, as " interest," makes a total distribution
of 34f. for the year 1858, against 37-If. in 1857,
40f. in 1856, and 501, in 1855-the year of the great
fusion. The continuous decrease in the company's
profits is partly attributed to the heavy charges for
loans.
The meeting of the Orleans Railway Company was
held on the 30th March at Paris. A dividend of 571.
per share was declared.
The Caledonian Railway traffic returns shows this
week an increase of 1741.
An extraordinary meeting of the Caledonian Rail-
way Company is called for the 13th April, at Glasgow,
to approve a bill for making branch lines to the
Wilsontown Mineral Field.
The Funds were flat at the commencement of business
to-day • but in the absence of any disturbing foreign news,
the market closed steadily at an advance of 4 per cent. The
division in the House of Commons, and the consequent
uncertainty with regard to the Cabinet, seemed to exercise
no influence. The applications for discount at the Bank
to-day were numerous. In the Foreign Exchange
this afternoon the rates were generally about the same as
last post. The shipments of silver for India and China, on
the 4th, will amount to nearly one million pounds, of which
about £400,000 is on accouncof the government. The
colonial produce market, although influenced by the existing
political uncertainties, have exhibited rather more steadiness
during the latter part of the week. The aggregate traffic
returns of railways in the United Kingdom, for the week
ending March 26th, exceeded by £19,482 the amount for
the same week last year.-Times City Article, Friday
Evening.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-APRIL 2.

There has been a moderate demand for cotton to-day, and
with liberal supplies prices are unchanged, The sales—
including 80 Pernambuco, 8,-td ; and 150 Surat, 54d to 51-id
—are reported 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 ai e on speculation
and for export.

LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—APRIL 2.
A firm tone prevails in all the leading markets and most
of the primary articles meet a steady inquiry, actuated
evidently by actual requirements. With one or two excep-
tions only, speculation remains a dead letter, nor is it likely
to be otherwise until both home and foreign politics asssume s
more settled aspect. SeTeral transactions are reported in

SECOND EDITION.

N ORTIIERN TIMES OFFICE, MONDAY, 9 A.M.

MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

The Daily News says, it seems to be generally understood
that Lord Derby has for the last two days been engaged in
an attempt to strengthen his administration, with a view to
his resumption of power. The names of Mr. Gladstone and
the Duke of Newcastle have been freely mentioned in con-
nection with the negotiations presumed to be going on.
The grand reason to be given by Ministers for ignoring
defeat in the. House of Commons and retaining office, is the
complicated state of our Foreign relations, and the danger
of disturbing. the efforts of 'diplomacy by a change in its
guiding spirit. The Daily News remarks that the first
question to be asked will be, is there or is there not to be
any real and substantial measure of Reform to be laid forth-
with upon the table ? As to the retention in office of Lord
Malmesbury being made the pretence for setting at nought
the verdict of the House of Commons, it is an impertinence
not to be. endured. Lord Derby has, by his tender of resig-
nation, admitted that his confidence acconnt with the House
of Commons was closed 'upon the 31st of March ; if he seeks
to re-open it on the 4th of April, he must be ready to offer
unexceptionable bills to be placed to his credit.
The Times announces that the ministry will neither resign
nor dissolve, but simply retain their offices. There is no
occasion to characterise conduct whica ministers have
themselves commented upon with so much unction. We
apprehend that the excuse for their remaining in office will
will be threatening state of foreign affairs. The only terms
on which their ministerial existence can be protected are,
that they should prepare a reform bill on principles to be
gathered from the resolution of the House of Com:dons and
the speeches of its principal supporters.
The Herald predicts that the manner in which the crisis
is to be met will, when announced, give general satisfaction.
The Post says it is now decided the ministry will retain.
Lord Derby intends to appeal to the country as soon as the
state of public businese will allow him. A dissolution of
parliament may, therefore, be expected in about six weeks
timc. The Post says the country will fully understand that
Lord Derby's object is simply that of burking the question
of reform for another year.
The Advertiser asserts that although the Derby Cabinet
will remain in office as a body, Lord Stanley has sent in his
resignation, and General Peel is anxious to retire.
The Post contradicts the statement of Lord Lansdowne
having been consulted by her Majesty. •
The Stur says the Cabinet have kept their secret so well
that it is impossible to do more than surmise, but it is its
opiniim that there ara only two courses open to the Govern-
ment on constitutional principles, either a resignation or a
dissolution. The third course cannot be supposed pos-
sible, after the recent declaration of the Government.
There are no signs of ministers going out, and
therefore the conclusion is that a dissolution must
be. their alternative; but, as in 1852, it may be a postponed
dissol ,tion, put aside until the House has disposed of some
of the most necessary business now before it. The. Star
highly approves of a dissolution, as calculated in the end to
Esin a more efficient Reform. The Chancellor of the
xchequer has issued a notice to the supporters of the
Government in the House of Commons, requesting them to
be early in their places this (Monday) evening, to hear
his statement on the present aspect of affairs.

Lord John Russell was engaged during several hours on
Saturday in making investigations in the library of the
British Museum.
The death of General Frederick White, one of the oldest
generals in the service is announced.