The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-04 00:00:00

WHAT COMES OF GOING A-WOOING.

A love-sick swain " moved by some tumult in his breast," and with
" a hundred arts relined to stretch his conquest." paid court on Sun-
day morning last, at the shrine of his fair Desdemona, whose tempo-
rary sojourn at a neighbouring town had the effect of making his
heart grow fonder, and calling "each slu.nbering passion into play,"
Our young gallant rose before the sun—yoked the fleets .t horse in
his father's stall—and as swift vs thoughts of love, arrive I
safely at his destination at blush of dawn. That this, the hap-
piest day of all the seven, was spent in sweet,, communion of
hearts, and in foretaste of those crowning joys fondly im,gined to be
looming in the future, it would be idle to doubt. The hour to part-
-that hateful hoar—at length arrived, and late in the evening our
hero took his departnre for Appleby pensive and sad
musing as he drove along ho "fleet his hours of bliss had
been," when on a sudden his amouras journey had well nigh bean
stopped, never to bs resumed. Arrived almost within sight of home,
his horse became unmanazeable—the gig was upset, and our young
gallant ejected from his seat. With a little patient and dexterous
Management, the animal was pacified, and the vesicle again pit in
moveable order; bat he hal not proceeded much farther on his home-
ward way before the enraged quadruped a second time b seams unruly,
and, at the Bridge End, dashed into the river Eden, and shivered the
Conveyance into pieces ; and somewhat farther down, opposite a
dwelling where our gallant swain and his lady love aforetimes oft did
Congregate, both horse and owner were immersed in an unpleasan•.,
depth of water ; the latter, thus driven out of Paradise into Eden,
narrowly escaped with his life—his ardent love, we need searCe_f say:
effectually cooled pro teen.—Carlisle Journal.

THE GREEK EDITOR AND TEOF, FRENCH
OFFICER.

The editor of the Elpis, an Athenian journal, writes as C.:A° wd
.0n Sunday, about six o'clock in the evening, being .w.ith my family
and some ladies of my acquaintance at the Pilnn° r.romenade, I saw a
captain of the French Imperial Navy, in 4,41,..rm
ribbon in his button-hole, separate hirer'
apd wearing a red
elf from his companions, and
take a direction which showed his intention to approlch me. I was
conversing with the Baron Stri':;t, Consul-General of Belgium. with-
out troubling himself tO. 'salute us, he roughly asked me whether I
was M. Tevidis, the 'editor of the Elpis. I answered him in the
affirmative. "It 'is. you, then," he went on to say, 'I who have
written a sew :Along article against our Admiral, M. Bouet-Villaume,
" This is 'act the place for such explanations," I replied ; "come to
my touse, and we can then enter into that question." But hardly
I!:ere these words uttered by me,. when he raised his handto strike me,
and kicked' at me with his foot. This latter movement, however,
prevented his hand from reaching beyond the brim of my hat ; bat ho
succeeded in hurting me with his foot. This brutal aggression gave
ma the-right of retort. I told the ladies who were with me not to be-,
alarmed, and some blows of my cane (which was happily to slender
to become an instrument of death) on the head of the aggrzssor
sufficed to prove to him that he was very mach mistaken as to my
sentiment of honour, and my grey hairs Rotwithstandiug as to the
strength of my arms. 'After this wholesome lesson, the aggressor re-.
tired, uttering curses ; and I. on my part failed not to apply to his
conduct the name which it deserved. Oat of respect for the French
nation, I will ignore the name of this officer. Having obtained bymy
own hand the satisfaction to which I was entitled, I leave the civilised
world of-E
arePe to appreciate the brutal conduct of the aggressor.
It suffices that I should declare that the Elpis has never mentioned
him in other than the most flattering terms; that the Elpis has never
published anything offensive against the Admiral M. Villaumez
although it has made many observations on the policy which he had
pursued in Greece; that the aggressor wore his official uniform ; and
that he had been mently decorated with the Cross of the Saviour;
I think I am not mistaken in asserting that a French officer ought to
show more respect for ladies, for the public, for the laws, and for grey
hairs, and ought not to envy the laurels of a bravo. I appeal to the
, natio() of the Emperor.

They who placed confidence in the satisfactory nature of the settling,
did not over-estimate the pecun'ary strength of the ring. The supply
money seemed fully equal to the demand, and the complaints which
were now and then heard, were only those which might have been
uttered on an ordinary occasion. Still, it must be confessed that the
doubts which had been entertained in certain quarters had some
foundation in truth and experience. Througheut the winter months,
down to the period of her defeat for the £l,OOO, Blink Bonny had, with
the exception of a brief interval of depression, been the leading
favourite for both the Derby and Oaks ; and in addition to being
backed outright for her Epsom engagements, she had been taken in
many heavy double event bets, whic't have "come off," and which,
owing to the mare's retrogression, the takers had little opportunity of
hedging. The cause of Blink Bonny's losing her pride of place in the
turf market has been traced to the suspicion under which she was
placed at the beginning of the year, and naturally to the disgraceful
defeat which she susta ned at Newmarket. The ingenious explana-
tions, however, which have been furnished respecting both circum-
stances have scarcely satisfied those persons who regniate their
investments in accordance with the publicly tried merit of
horses, and who now shake their heads incredulously when
the " unfitness " of Blink Bonny for the One Thousand is talked
about, and who state, with a good show of reason, that 6 to 4
is not generally laid upon horses that are "dead amiss" for a race
in which they are likely to be opposed by any animal that has the
recommendations of health and soundness. People, however, who
are disappointed, and lose their money, will say hard things, which
may not be justifiable. The absentees this afternoon were nut
numerous. The Sussex gentleman, to whom we referred yesterday,
caused a notice to be posted that he will be ready to settle,pn the
Monday after Ascot Races, but this announcement did not seemingly
lessen the desire to "sell out" on the part of his creditors. An
Italian, who earned much notoriety last year by some peculiarly
sharp practice with respect to Fazzoletto for the Two Thousand, and
who was also distinguished by his inability to write even sufficiently
to book his bets, was amongst the first to show in what Mr. Dickens
calls the "cuter set of betting men." After receiving about £6OO, he
disappeared, and„ if report be true, he is not likely to be heard of again,
Strange stories axe told of this man. ILast year, when Fazzoletto came
suddenly into the betting on the Two_Thousand, the "Italian" went
down by express train to Worthing, where he knew a gentleman had
'• a book," and backed the horse at treble its market price. The bet
was disputed, but was ultimately decided in favour of the taker,
After that occurrence the man betted more heavily, and despite his
ignorance, his word was accepted more freely than many of the
men's bond. Altogether, some kind of romance attaches to the
" distinguished foreigner," as he was called on the turf, for
it is said that he was originally an organ-grinder. and that
a bo rding-school !miss fell in love with`him whilst in that
capacity, and married him, and that ultimately a separation was
effected, and tha friends of the young lady make him an annual
allowance aft sum of money. Such are the canards which are flying
about, and they, " feathers and all," are readily swallowed by these
persons who ought to be well acquainted with the facts. Amongst
the legitimate members of the ring very few are repoeted " wounded,"
and they will recover in time. Mr. H., of Arundel, and Mr. C., of
York, are at present the principal absentees, The " outer set" has
had its number much diminished. Mr. Thorpe, who recently figured
at the Police Court, as proprietor of a betting-house in Jermyn•
street, and against whom a sentence of two months' hard labour
was record-d, has not put in an appearance at all since the Epsom
meeting. It may be remembered that he gave notice of appeal
against his conviction, and that he was liberated on bail. Mr. Thorpe's
creditors—and they are many—seem rather anxlons to know when
the re-hearing of the case will come on, and will doubtless be glad to
meet him on his acquittal. As several persona at present in default have
promised to make speedy arrangements, it would be unjust to refer
particularly to them until the required time be expired. The
approaches to the Subscription Room were of course occupied by a
miscellaneous crowd of persons. Although the police were on the
alert, yet we regret to state that one gentleman had his pocket picked
of above aesoo.

The Paris correspondent of the Court Journal, states
that Lablache was about to start to fulfil an engagement
in London, when he was detained by hearing that the
income tax commissioner had a large claim against him.
According to the New York Herald, Dr. Caldwell had
returned to Panama, from an exploration of the Isthmus
of Darian. He followed the track of Lieutenant Strain.
He advanced to within sight of the waters of the Atlantic
ocean, and was within five miles of the spot where he in-
tenthd to half, when his Indian guide deserted him. In
this emergency, and suffering much from want of water,
he determined to retrce his steps. Having reached Pana-
ma, he reported officially to the department at Washington,
speaking most favour-Ably of the inter-oceanic canal, as he
thinks the elevation of the land does not exceed 200 feet
any place.
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On Monday There were no less than 'eighty-ohe fairs
throughput the eruntry—as many in i:tiay as would. occur
in the same e`Atent of country in England or. Scotland In
three weeks . There were eight fairs on time day in
the Oglinry Cork, also, eight in Donegal,' ...In' Limerick
there ':sere six fairs on the same day, viz. :—Ballingarry,
Cl9l:leconnell, Glenogre, Kilteely,- Knocklonge -and Rath.
teale. Where are the cattle at this time or year to supply
these numerous fairs, andewhere the buyers to attend ? A
clause or two in the Market and Fair till to provent this
superfluity of fairs would he of the greatest, advantage
both to the cattle traffic of the 'country and the pu=ce and
good order of the districts in which thq are held:—Cork
Reporter. .
:YIERITED REWARD.—It will ba remembered that, about
three months ago, a constable in the new rural. police force
in the West Riding, named Walker, nearly lest his life ha
a single-handed encounter with a number of sheepstealers
at Wombell, near Barns,ey, and that among other injuries
three of his fingeres were cut off. Toe officer is entitled
to an allowance nut of the superannuation fund of the
force, but in addition to this, his fellow constables got up
a special subscription among themselves, -eta raised £36.
Of this stun £6 was, by Walkee desire, spent in a silver
watch, which bears the following inscription:--." Pre-
sented with £3O to P. C. Walker, by Colonel Cobbe, and
the members of the West Rirtieg Constabulary, r,s a m ,rk
of their appreciation of his courage on the night of the
20th March, 1857, at Wombeg." The farmers in the
neighbourhood of Wombell have also presented Walker
-with the sum of £33, and he has received other sumo,
together with complimentary letters, from maglstrates stud
'getillenien residing near -Dencater, .making' the total
amount presented to him iB4 15s.
PArtLIAMENTARY ON-DlTS.—Mr..Whiteside is said to
hove made.the only brilliant speecheof the session. Lord
,Paltnerston's speeches are made for him -in the gallery
-over the Speaker,by reporters. Mr. Gladstone, it is said,
has left London hi diegust. Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald mono-
polises all the legal "talk" of the Treasury benches. It
' is -quietly whispered now in the lobbies of the house, as
Parliament is adjourned over the Whitsuntide holidays,
that the work of the session is now at an end. :IrelenO,
except in the matter of Maynooth and ministers' money,
(both forced on ministers,) has not cost Government a
single thoUght. The Lord Mayor of London-and. other
public functionaries expect to be. made • baronets on the
marriage of the Princess Royal ; and bird Palmerston, it
is thought, is so completeiy broken
goup
atin cutoonstaiatumteion, by
paralysis and gout, that he will'time
to the Upper House. Lord J. Russell, it is remarked,
in his'summer attire, never looked so young ; while Mr.
Sidney. Herbert, stir J. Pakington; Air. Disraeli, and Mr.
Gladstone never had so much work on them: A Conserva-
tive Government, with Lord Palmerston, is expected.
London Correspondent of Limerick Chronicle,

The business done in the Liverpool Share Market
to-day was
,not so firm. The following were the
day's sales :-Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1004,
5-,„ 1 ; London and North Western, 1044, 6 ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 421,
1 ; Midland, 834, Z, ; North Eastern, 221 ;
York Capital Stock, 34k, 344 ; Dovers, 22k,
221 ; Demerara, 1/d ; Great Western of Canada,
231; Do. New, lip. The following were the
closing prices :-Blackburn, 8.13-16, SZ ; Chester
and Birkenhead, 681, 691 ; Caledonian, 36/,
364 ; Chester and Holyhead, • 18, • 181 ; Eaatern
Counties, 11 11-16;.11**; East, Lancashire, 97,.971.;
ditto 9/. shares, 11-16, a ; Great Northern, 241, 241 ;.
Great Western, 644, 641; Lancashire and Yorkshire
Stock, 1004, 100 k; ditto 9/. shares, 1, 1 1.1.6 p ;
Liverpool, Crosby, and Soirthport, 19, 19/ ; London
and North Western Stock, 104 1041 ; ditto -1 shares,
3-16 A d ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
424, 42i ; .Midland Stock, 831, 834 ; North British,
101 104 ; North Staffordshire, 5,4 g d;. North
Eastern-Berwick, 221, 221 ; York and North
Midland 34./, 341 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 214, 21/ ;
South Eastern and Dover, 22 3-16, 221 ; Scottish
North Eastern, 121, 13 ; Buffalo and Lake Huron,
1, 4 d ; Ditto New Shares, 4, 1 p ; Dutch Rhenish,
16, 11 d ; Great . Western of Canada, 231, 231;
Ditto New Shares, 11, 1/ p ; Great Luxembourg,
111, 114 d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 16, 16 1-16.
Notwithstanding the large arrivals of the pre-
cious metals, thy; funds have to-day declined it
per cent., being prejudiced by the state of the
speculative account. The suspension of Mr. Wm.
Macintosh, of Manchester has been announced,
the losses chiefly falling on London houses.
Consols for money closed at 934 to 9370 and for
the July account at 948 to 955-. Exchequer Bills
are quoted at 2 to 6 pm, and thes New Three per
Cents at 921 to 921.
In the he London Railway Share Market to-day
there was but little business done, and prices
were with difficulty maintained. The fol-
lowing were the closing prices :-Ambergate
Nottingham, and East Junction, 54, sa; Caledonian,
724, 724; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 59,- 61 ; Eastern
Counties, 114, 111 ; East Lancashire, 974, 984;
Great orthern, 964, 971 ; Ditto A, 871, 881 ;
Great Western, 64'641 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1004, 1008 ; Leeds Northern, 421, 43 ; London and
North Western, 1041 ; London and South
Western, 991 ; Manchester, Sheffield. and
Lincolnshire, 421. 42/; Midland Stock, 831, 831;
North British, 43, 44 ; Smith Eastern and Dover,
731 744 ; York, Newcastle, and. Bel*ick, 88,
89 ; York and. North Midland, 681, -694 ; Holy-
heads, 36 37 ; Great Southern and Western, 103,
105 ; Mexicans, 224, 231; Northern of France, 371,
38 ; Paris and Strasurg, 284, 29 ; Paris and Lyons,
574, 58 ; Riissians, 107, 109 ; Paris and Orleans,
56, 58 ; Central of France, 24/, 24/ ; Sarabre and
Meuse, 84 ; Namur and Liege,' 84; Great
Luxembourg, 64, 64; Dutch Rhenish, 114 ;
Lombardo-Venetian, 44, 44. After official
hours the business transacted was at the
following quotations :-Caledonian, 72*, 73;
Eastern Counties, 11:1, .111; East Lanca-
shire, 971, 98 ; Great Northern, 974 ; ditto A
874 ; Great Western, 641; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1004. 1001; London and North
Western, 1044 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 424, 42.4 ; Midland Stock, 831. 831 ;
North British, 431 ; South Eastern and Dover,
734, 741; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 88, 89 ;
York and North Midland, 681, 69.

Respecting the comparative value of the raw
material and manufactured goods, the Circular of
Messrs. Du Fay and Co. of Manchester, says :
ci the whole, the manufacturing interest has so far
stood the severe test remarkably well which is imposed
upon it by the disproportion of the value of the raw
material and textile fabrics. Let any one consider that
the difference in the cost of Cotton consumed in this coun-
try per annum between this year and the preceding one,
if the existing value of the article is maintained up to the
end of the year would amount to more than £5,000;000,
and that the mill-owners have to pay higher wages,
higher interest for money, and higher prices for every
other article, except Flour, used in the working up of
Cotton ; and it must be clear, even to the uninitiated, that
with the small margin now existing between the cost of
Cotton and textile fabrics the manufacturers as a body
are far from doing well.
From Messrs. Peel and Co's. circular dated
Alexandria, 22nd May, we learn that the business
doing in produce on the spot for the past month
had been limited. Cotton had suffered a decline
in the early part of the month, but on the arrival
of the 9th May, it had fully regained its former
position. " Fair average" was worth 9,1 d, and
" fair" to " good fair" .90 to 100 per lb., f. o. b.
Hand dressed flax sold at 39/. to 411, per ton,
f. o. b. Sales of wheat to a fair extent had
been made, and the few Ardebs of the new crop
that arrived were taken by Government at an
arbitrary price for consumption. Contracts both
bona fide, and with faculty of cancelling on pay-
ment of a penalty, had been made to the extent of
261,000 Ardebs at 32s ; 14 to 37s ; 6d per qr. f.o.b.
Beans were arriving. scantily, and were selling
for export at 34s 6d to 34s 8d for Saidi. The crop
of Indian Corn was nearly exhausted. Freights
were merely nominal, at 2S per qr for orders.
Vessels were leaving in ballast. Exchange on
London quoted at 1021.
A meeting of railway proprietors was held yes-
terday, at the London Tavern, W. Vance, Esq., in
the chair, for agreeing to a petition to the Hou.
Robert Lowe, M.P., praying the Government to
consider the position of railway proprietors, to
sanction no further branches, and to aitord them
all the relief required, so that they might be placed
in the condition of other trading undertakings as
to dividends. The amount subscribed by them
(the railway proprietors) was a third of the national
debt,by which a saving to the public of 40,000,0001.
had been effected. The memorial was universally
adopted
We understand that the shipments of specie and,
bullion by the Indus, which will leave Southamp-
ton to-morrow, will reach 756,0001., of which only
about 5,300/ is in gold, and the rest in silver.
The remittances . to China on this occasion are
unusually large.
The amount of specie and bullion brought by the
Parana, from the West Indies and Mexico, is no less
than 3,161,863 dollars. or say 632,3001., of which
547,80 e/, is stated to be in silver, and only 84,5001.
in gold. This supply will not be delivered for
about a week.
The arrival of two more vessels from Australia
is announced, viz , the Morning Star, from Mel-
bourne, and the Wave of Life, from Sydney. The
former has on freight 48,380 oz. of gold, and the
latter 3,000 oz., the total value of -the two remit-
tances being about 205,5001.
The 48,4001. in gold ex the Donald M`Kay, from
Melbourne, readied London yesterday. Its desti-
nation remains to be determined.
The 98,000/. in specie ex the Europa, from New
York, destined for London, was delivered yesterday,
consisted of American eagles and bar gold.
The whale of the eagles were purchased for expor-
tation to the continent.. Of the bar gold, about
12,0001. was sent into the Bank, and the rest remains
on sale.

The Avery has arrived from Shanghae, with
331,6001bs of tea and 691 bales of silk on freight.
The tinnual meeting of 'the African Steamship
Company is called for the 24th of -June. •
The second instalment of 21. 108. is to be paid
on the 12/. lOs shares of the London and North
Western Railway-Company by the Ist of July.
The Llynvi Valley Railway Company are invit-
ing tenders for 5 per cent. preference shares of 101.
each, to the amount. of 130.;920/:'
The ?'Plater of the Rolls, who is charged with
.the. Whoing-np of the Crsmopolitan Life Assurance
Company." proposes, On...the Bth
.lnst., to make a
call of 1/. per share on the contributories.

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