The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-06 00:00:00

THERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL,

" hose "—that momentous work so greatly required in
many of their own districts. I assure you, sir, I am fre-
quently reminded that such a reformation of things ought
to take place, *heti at an advanced hour of the night_
have occasion to pass. thr7,-tik'n some of the crowded
tlaorough..7"; of our. town, in the. neighbourhood
bi the 4' Sailor's Home," for instance, Park Lane, and
localities like these. What sin and misery-, drunkenness
and debauchery of the vilest description is being carried
on, too offensive, indeei, for litinian sight to witness, or pen
describe! Then, I gravely ask, what are the mhaifiter@ of
the Gospel-doing all this while_? How is their time occu-
pied during the six days of the week ? Are they so far
fulfilling the divine oommandiof. their Lord and master ?
Should not this, then, be a most important part of their
duty, to reclaim those who are so far going astray, and
whose crimes and sinful ways come so immediately under
their notice ? And, if such clergymen who cannot; or
will not, by their instrumentality, take the trouble to sup-
press infamous scenes like these, conveying to the mind,
as they naturally do, such an enormous amount of con-
fusion and disorder, they are not fit to be in the church as
the representatives of the Saviour, and it would have been
well for them had they.never entered into holy orders at
all, seeing how the majority of them so far disgrace their
high and sacred calling by the neglect of carrying out
those principles which they have so far wilfully. violated.
Worldly men like these are drones, in the church, nothing
else. It is a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence with
them, so little do they care for the souls that are being
loSt:—a kind of ecclesiastical-easy sort-of-life, which they
cannot well divest themselves of, and whilst they enjoy
their stipends, making, in a manner, a mere trade of
religion. Is this in accordance with their Saviour's
doctrine ? Certainly not. Are such men, who are too
frequently to be seen in the theatre, on the race course, at
the card table, and who, even on "the seventh day,'' after
their administrations are over, are seen wending their way
to the newsroom, fit to be " workers in their masters
vineyards "? Let common sense reasoning answer the
vestion. Then, I will ask again, after reviewing these
abuses, is there not slavery introduced into the Holy
Sanctuary—that slavery which we so far deprecate—by
the conduct and outward bearing of ministers like these,
making themselves, as we so slearly see, the slaves of
mammon ?

It now occurs to me, sir, that I am encroaching too
much upon your valuable time and space, and I must.
therefore, reserve the continuation of this subject for a
future letter.—Yours, &C., VERIT4/1.„:1
Liverpool, Feb. 28, 1857.

THE CORPORATION ACCOUNTS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—The debate in the Council Chamber,
yesterday, upon the subject of a letter addressed
by us to Mr. Tweedie, the treasurer of the borough
fund, is calculated to mislead the burgesses and
inhabitants generally, as to the nature of our
appointment and duties as auditors; and it is to
explain our position that we intrude upon your
space. _

The first point raised was that our communica-
tion should in courtesy have been addressed to the
Finance Committee, and not to the Treasurer.
It would seem however, by their own showing,
that the Finance Committee were not the parties
to be addressed, inasmuch as they referred our
letter to the Parliamentary Committee. In ad-
dressing the Treasurer, we acted upon our own
judgment, leaving it to that gentleman to forward
the same to the proper quarter for consideration.
We shall hereafter, perhaps,
_
be favoured with a
reply. •
_

from the debate, it "might be inferred that
the auditors had been so far lax in their duty as
to have dispensed with the production of vouchers.
This is not the fact

•
Vouchers hav
,o be.6n preauced for each item of
expenditure
rAppearing in the cash book, in-
cludingstilias paid to the Town Clerk,
.sett belonging to his department,- in
tohre ot)-
rikoss ; but what we object to is, that,
while detailed inforination is submitted to Mr.
Dally, the paid auditor of the Corporate Estate, it
is withheld from the auditors elected by the
burgesses.
It is scarcely needful to notice the insinuation
of Mr. Alderman Dover, that the information we
require might be asked for • from sinister motives.
We believe he did not intend to cast any reflection
upon us ; but it may be as .well to remind Mr.
Dover, Mr.Picton, and other gentlemen, who fancy.
we are well paid for the duties we perform, that,
like themselves, we are elected. by the burgesses
—that, like themselves, when elected; we are com-
pelled- to serve under a penalty of £so—and that.
• like their own, our services are gratuitous.

The candid and honourable testimony given by
Mr. Alderman Preston (our 'co-auditor) to the
truthfulness of the facts contained• in our letter,
will be deemed both by the Council
.and the
Burgesses a sufficient justification for the notice
we have given to the TreaSurer of our requirements
in any
.future audit.
If laxity of system has crept into the audit, it is
to be- regretted ; but the, appointment of a new
Treasurer, we thought, afforded a fitting opportu-
to begin de 'novo—and as the. Burgesses have re-
elected us their au iitors,. we- . can promise
them, that we shall exercise due vigilance in ful-
filling the duties imposed upon us.—We are, sir,
your obedient servants,
HENRY C. BELOE, 1 Auditors of the
P. B M'Quts, J • Corporate Estate.
Liverpool, March 6th, 1857.

THE CHINESE QUESTION.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Thursday Evening.
There was no change of any description in the
Cotton Market to day, there being a fair demand,
the sales reaching 7,000 bales, including 1,000 on
speaulatiori and fox export. Prices of all kinds
were firmly maintained.
TM- T!---,-^nl Share Market opened with a Very
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dull feeling to day, and lower prices prevailed. In
the afternoon, however, the Market became firmer,
closing at the highest quotations of the day. The
transactions consisted of Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire, 701; Blackburn, ; Caledonian,
341 .5, 1,1; Chester and Holyhead, 191; Chester
and Birkenhead, 70-4-; Eastern Counties, Ii; Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 1021, 1, ; London and
North Western, 106, 6 ; Do. it Shares, 1-16 d ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire; 381, 8,1;
_Midland, 841, 5,1; North Eastern, 21t, ; North
British, 11 13-16, Dovers, 231, -2, 1, d, 4 ; North
Union A, 227; ,Grand Trunk of Canada, 13, 1.16 ;
Great i nxembourg, 101, 5 16d; Great Western of
Canada 26 ; Do. New, 3 5 16, 1p ; Liverpool and
London Fire and Life, 68p ; Lancashire Insurance,
1.16 p . The following were the closing prices :-
Blackburn, 81-, 9 ; Chester and Birkenhead,
70, 701; Caledonian; 351, 351; Chester and
Holyhead, 14; 19i; Eastern Counties, 11, 111;
East Lancashire, 100, 1001 ; Great Northern,
24, 241 ; ditto A . shares, 104, 101 ; Great
Western, 60, id 691 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire
Stock, 1021 1021; Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport, 191, 194; London and North Western.
Stock, 1061, xd 1061; ditto 1 shares 1-16, xd par ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 381, 38i ; Mid-
land Stock, 851, 851; North British, 111, 11 13-16 ;
North StaffOrdshire, 5, d ; South Eastern and
Dover, 23 11-16, 231'; Scottish-North Eastern, 14,
141 ; North Eastern-Berwink, 21 1316, xd 2115.16 ;
'York and North Midland, 311, xd 32; Leeds capital
Mock, 20 3.16, 20 5..16 ; Buffalo and Lake Huron, 2,
ti p; Dutch Rhenish, Q, 9-16 p; Great 'Western of
Canada, 26k, 26f ; ditto New Shares, 3 5-16, 3 7-16
p; Great Luxembourg, 101, 101 d ; Grand Trunk
of Canada, 13, 131.

• The Manchester Share Market today has been
quiet and steady at 1021 for Leeds, 38 for Sheffields,
and 85 for Midland shares.

.iThe settlement has passed over very satisfac•
torily, very . few bills comparatively having been
contested. The demand for money still continues .
active, but not to such an extent as to justify the
discount houses in raising their rates. The market
for the Public Funds and Securities was very quiet,
closing steadily at 931 to 934 for money, and 941
to 641 for April 8. After official hours Consols
were quoted at 941 There was a moderate
demand for Exchequer Bills at 2 dis to 3 pm.
The London Share Market Was very steady
to day, closing very strongly and at the best
quotations of the day, viz :—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and East Junction, 41, 48; Caledonian, 701,
701; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 564, '571; Eastern
Counties, 10 15,16, 11 1.16: gist Lancashire, 994
1001 ; Great Northern, 971; Ditto A. 85, 87 ;
Great Western, 694, 691 ; Lancashire and York-
shire, 1024, 1021; Leeds Northern, 40, 41; London
and North Western, 1061, 1; London and South
Western, 1054, 1051; Mancahester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 381 Midland Stock, 831, 834;
North • British, 44-, 474; South Eastern and
Dover, 76/, .761; York, Newcastle, and Berwick,
87, 88; York and North Midland, 631, 631.
After official hours, the businesS transacted was at.
the following prices Caledonian, 701, 704;
Eastern Counties, 101, 111; East Lancashire, 994,
1001; Great Northern, 961, 974 ; Ditto, A., 854, 86 k ;
Great Western, 694, 691 ; Lancashire and• Yorkshire,
1024, 1024 ; London and North WeStern, 1064,
1061; Manchester. Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, 38f ;
Midland Stock, 831, 831 ; North British, 461, 471;
York, Newcastle and Berwick, 861, 871; York and
North Midland, 631, 634. _ _ _

There is no alteration to notice in the state of
the general Produce Markets, which remain quiet
at steady prices. The Breadstuff trade is dull, and
at the various markets to day lower prices were
accepted for all articles of the trade, with the
exception of Barley, which being somewhat searce,
was the turn dearer. The Grain trade in the north
of Scotlend, is thus alluded to in a letter from
Banff:—

The somewhat sudden advent of spring will have a
tendency to interrupt operations in grain—the farmers'
attention being occupied with threshing for seed, and In
preparations for sowing. Nevertheless, in most of the
markets during'the past week there was a good atten-
dance, and a fair amount of business has, generally speak•
ing, been done. Dealers are not pressing buyers, but
their stocks not being large, any demand fro n the south
compels purchases at full terms. Prices have still a
tendency upwards, and in oats a slight advance has been
pretty generally established during the past week.
The suspension has been announced of Messrs.
Swayne and Bovill, merchants•, and patentees of
machinery, London. The amount of their liabili-
ties is not ascertained, but it is believed to be

large, probably over 100,0001 The nature of their
assets is doubtful. According to some represen
tations, they are fully equal to meet all claims, but
a very different impression is generally prevalent.
Messrs. Cheape and Leslie, an old established
East India firm, have also stopped payment. The
disaster is understood to have been through some
connection with the transactions of Messrs.

Swayne and Bovill, although the ordinary business
of the two houses was entirely distinct. The
liabilities and assets remain to be ascertained.

Three important documents relating to the
revenue of Upper Canada during the year 1856
have just been issued. The first is a general return
of the imports for the year ending Dec. 5, 1856,
with the amount of duties collected thereon ; the
second is a statement of the value of the goods
entered at all the ports of the province for the year
1856 ; and the third is a comparative statement of
the cash receipts from the customs and public
works for the years 1855.50, distinguishing the

amounts received in the several months for those

periods. The revenue collected from customs last
year was 1,069,0141 lis 41, against 830,4741 5s 21 ;
being an increase of 238,540/ Os 2d. It will thus be
seen that the increase in the revenue has more than
kept pace with the increased rates of duty. The
value of the goods imported in 18;56 was 10,941,7851
against 857,340/ lls ld. There is no complaint of
over-importation, and the increase may therefore
be tftken as indicating the increasing capacity of
consumption in the community. The harvest of
last year was abundant, and up to a certain date
the prices obtained for produce were unusually
high. And even now that the price of the great
staple of Upper Canada (wheat) has undergone a
very considerable decline, no check to the general
prosperity is experienced or even anticipated. Real
estate more than maintains its value, in spite of all
the gloomy predictions of a coming decline, in spite
of free grants, and in spite of the prospective annexa-
tion of the northwest territory to Canada. The
amount of increase in customs' revenue last year over
1855 was 238,54013 s 2(1. The revenue of the public
works for 1856 amounted to 106,080/ 89 2d, against
99,7821 7s 3d in the previous year—an increase of
about 6 per cent. The statement is satisfactory
in no far as it shows an increase in the productive-
ness of the public works, though it is desirable
that the increase should be greater- Time, how-
ever, and the development of the resources of the
country, can alone render these works profitable
in adh ect pecuniary point of view. Indirectly,
they have conferred untold advantages upon the
country—advantages which may be best appre-
ciated by considering what the country would now
be if they had never been constructed.

ARREST OF MURDERERS THIRTY FOUR YEARS AFTER THE
FACT.—Owing to private iaformntion which Sergeant
Linden, Coleraine Constabulary, received, he proceeded to
Mov, in the County Tyrone, on the 26th ult., and arrested
a man, named William Rainey, for aiding at the murder of
Patrick Conery, which was the result of a party fight, in
which the deceased had been engaged. On the same day
he els() arrested James Dunn, at his residence, near
Moneymore, for complicity in the transaction. The most
remarkable part of the whole is, the man who originally
swore the informations is alive, and fully identified the
parties, before Major Miller, and they arc now returned for
trial at the Derry Assizes ; the horrid crime being com-
mitted in 1823—50 long ago, it wculd have tested the best
memory to recollect their persons ; but the man believes he
could make no mistake. Too much credit cannot be given
to the constable for his promptness and attention to the
furtherance of the ends of iustice.—Belfast Mercury.

Coninierrtal Intelltartut.

LIVERPOOL COTTON I,IARKET.-31Ancti 5

There has been a good general demand for cotton to-
day, but buyers limiting operations to immediate require—
ments, the total bnsiness is only moderate ; prices continue
firm. The sales—including 350 Pernambucos 71d to
83d, 70 Bahias Bd, 110 Maranhams 8.11 to 811, 300
Egyptians 81-d to Hid, 500 Surats 5d to 63d are
reported 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 are on speculation and
for export.

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—MARcn 5.
SUGAR : We have had a very quiet market, and the
business is confined to 400 bags East India, chiefly white
Benares, at 5.3 s 3,1 per cwt.
MOLASSES, RUM, OR COFFEE : There are no sales to
notice.
Bien OR SALTPETRE : No transactions are reported.
Gum COPAL: At auction a few cases brought lOs to 12s
per cwt.
NIGER SEED: 420 bags, chiefly damaged, brought 48s
per quarter for sound.
FUSTIG : 55 tons Spanish reported at £6 to R 6 23 6d
per t( u.
LINSEED: 1,300 quarters Bombay, for distant arrival,
reported at 703 per quarter.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARICET.—MARcu 5.
Per stone, 20ibs. Per golbs. 9. d. s. d.
s. d. s. d.'Po'atoes, Seedlings 3 11 to 4 2
Ray, old
Ditto, new.. ..... 0 0 to 0 0 Ditto, Whiterocks. 3 7 to 3 g
Ditto, clover .... 0 63 073 Ditto, Balshaws .. 3 6to 3 7
Green Clover .... 0 0 to 0 0 Ditto, Doldrums.. 0 0 to 0 0
Vetches 0 0 to 0 0 Ditto, cattle .
Straw, wheat 0 3 to 0 33 Per ton.
Ditto, oat
Ditto, barley .... 0 23 to 0 25 Carrots
Oats, in strata , ... 0 0 to 0 0 Mangle wurtel 22 oto 25 0
Manure 5 6 to 7 6