Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-05 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND.—The 27th annual report
on Public Works in Ireland shows that the total amount
issued from time to time to the 31st of December, 1858, was
£9,915,181 ; the amount remitted, £4,940,074 ; the principal
to be repaid, £4,975,107 ; and the total payments of princi-
pal and interest to her Majesty's Exchequer to the 31st of
December, 1858, £3,285,102.

Corros.—A recent official return supplies interesting in-
formatOn with' reference to the quantity of cotton and
wool imported into the United Kingdom in the past
The total receipts of raw cotton in 1858 were

1,034,342,17'

'et reached), and of

this enormous quantity 8a

from the United

States, 18,617,87-
the Mediterranean, ,- •
3V7,8081b. from the West Indi

from' the 'T

243,1121 b. from

132,722,5761

from British India,

British Guiana, and

11,148,0321 b. from other sources. The importations in
1858 from the United States were considerably in excess of
any fprmer year. In 1848 the total receipts from all coun-
tries were 713,020,1011 b., so that the trade has expanded
about 45 per cent. in ten years. The proportions of the
various soirees of. supply in 1848 we're as follow,s :—United
States 841 per cent. ; the Brazils 2•?; per cent. ; the
Mediterranean -1 per cent. ; British India 12-per cent., and
the West Indies, British Guinea, and other countries not
specified above n per cent. In .1858, the United States,
contributed 801 per cent., the Brazils about 11 per cent.,
the Mediterranean 31 per cent., British 'lndia 12 per cent.,
and the West Indies, British Guinea, and other countries
not specified, about 11 per cent:* It thus appears that while
the, demand for cotton has increased in the period under
review 45 per cent., the efforts made by the Manchester
interest to render themselves less dependent on the United
States have succeeded to the extent of about 41 per cent.
The Americans, however, sent us last year 233,009,7121b5.
in excess of the • quantity they exported to' Great Britain in
1848. The receipts from British India fell off 'very seriously
last year., the diminution being 11Q less than 117,615,5631b5.
But for this circumstance the proportion of the American
supplies; would not have been so g•reat. The receipts from
the Mediterranean, in,1853, were larger than in any former ,
year, but the West Indies and _British Guiana retrograded.
From "other countries" the supplies increased considerably.
_ . COAL MIIsTES:—The Inspectors of Coal Mine's: have just
made their official reports.',.That of Mr. C. Morton (to
December, 1858) infornis the pUblic that while the num-
ber of working collieries has, augmented • during the last
eight years from 260 to 38.0; yet theloss of-life Was smaller
last year than in any corresponding period of. time since 1850.
In 1858; forty-two'ffit:al imning:aeCidents happened in Mr.
Morton's district; seven of which Were due .to the explosion
of fire-damp (carbnretted hydrogen gas) •and suffocation by.
choke-damp (carbonic acid gas) The mortal injuries in-
flicted by falls of roof and coal .m the pits are still far too
numerous, and supply more than half of the melancholy
catalogue of .fatal occurrences recorded: 'Lengthened ex-
perience tends: to confirm • Mr. Morton in the Soundness of .
his sentiments relative to the now generally recognised need
of better scholastic teaching, intellectual and moral train-
ing, and scientific culture, combined with practical know-
ledge, as well for the benefit and efficiency of mining
superintendents as of workpcople. The means of promoting
this:object Mr. Morton suggests in detail. The reports of
other inspectors, ten in number (to December, 1858), are
embodied in a blue-book
,of 100 pages, just issued. Mr.
M. Dunn, the inspector of the districts of Northumberland,
Cumberland, and Durham, is glad to observe the absence of
any general explosion or other general calaMity ; a con- .
tinuously improving policy is characteristic of the district;
and the deaths, for the most part, have been the result
of either sheer accident, or the incautious conduct of
individuals. . •

THE AMERICAN Cuuncu uv PAnu3.—A congregation of
the American Church has been formed in Paris. It is to be
known as " The American Protestant Episcopal Church of
the Holy Trinity in Paris," and it is for ever to profess Dad
maintain the faith, and doctrines, and worship of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. The
Rev. W. O. Lamson,has been appointed the minister.
ANOTHER TRAIN ON FlRE.—About one p.m., on Wed-
nesday, a south train from Preston, on the London and
North-western Railway, was brought to a stand-still near
the Wigan Station, either the cries of the passengers or the
warning shouts of persons near the line having called the
attention of the driver to the fact of the train being appa-
rently on fire. It was then found that a quantity of luggage,
placed on the top of a third-class carriage in the centre of
the train, was in flames, that a portion of the top of the
carriage had been consumed, and that smoke in large
volumes filled the carriage, finding egress at the windows.
The persons in the compartment from which the smoke
was issuing were quickly released, the burning mass was
removed from the top of the carriage, and after a delay of
about half an hour the journey was resumed. It is sup-
posed that a spark from the engine caused the conflagration.'
CONSECRATION OF A FIFTH NEW ZEALAND BISHOP.—
The Wellington (New Zealand) papers announce the con-
secration of the Yen. Archdeacon Williams to the bishopric
of the Waori district of Waiapu, making five New Zealand
bishoprics in connection with the Church of England. The
ceremony was performed on Sunday, April 3, at Wellington,
by l)r. Selwin, Bishop of New Zealand, who was assisted by
Dr. ilobhouse, Bishop of Nelson ; Dr. Abraham, Bishop of
Wellington ; and Dr. Harper, Bishop of Christ Church.
Her Majesty's commission authorising the consecration was
read by his Honour, Mr. Justice Johnson, after which the
Bishop of New Zealand preached from the Ist and 2nd
verses of • the 2nd chapter of St. Paul's 2nd Epistle to
Timothy—" Thou, therefore, my son, be strong in the
grace that is in Christ Jesus, and the things that thou halt
heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit them
unto faithful men who shall be able to teach them also."
It consisted of an elaborate defence of the doctrine of
apo4tolic succession.

. ,
- A MAN MARRYING RIB MOTIIER.—Mr. George Cole,
secretary to the 1‘ Ancient Order of Foresters' Friendly
Society," held at the Red Bull, High-Street, Peckham, at-
tended at one of . the policdeourts, to a summons calling on
him -to show cause why he refused to pay to Mrs. Sarah
Begsby the sum of £l2, which she was entitled to as the
next of kin of William Stout, late a member of the society;.
and Mr. Edward May, the secretary of the " Queen en Eliza-
beth Society of the Ancient Order of ShepherdsedFornteanndlol
Society,'' also held at the Red Bull, also_ pc
to pay
From the state-
mentm
who appeared on the part of
ttohetrhesuemommpolnasincahnatrgiSngarahhipwlegtshbyu,n.Ea4w,feutillairtoefarusheinrg, as the
next
Lewis,
B Bet by), and the
ooff kiiiliz,.. from the said society.
the complainant (Mrs. et, y , witnesses examined,
it
appeared that William Stout had been for some years
amember of the above society, and that, after his death, on
the 15th day of February, 1858, the. complainant, as one of
the sisters of and next akin to the deceased, had applied
for the sums of £l2 and £4, which were allowed as
burial-money from the secretary ; but the defendants re-
fused payment to Mr. Cole, on the ground that he had
paid. the amount to a William Brown, who had repre-
sented himself to be the next of kin to the deceased,
and Mr. May refused to pay
~the £4, from not being
satisfied as to ,the .partios best entitled to it Mr. Cole
said that, after the death of Stout, 'William Brown,
a person then present, had called on the officers of the
society, filled up the usual printed form, presented the
necessary certificate of death, burial, and one from the
doctor who attended thd deceased as to the cause- Of deatli,)
and representing himself to be the stepson -of. Stout; the
£l2 was paid over to him, and he held his receipt for it.
In proof of. these facts he wished to- call-. Brown. himself,
who would not .deny what he . had_ stated.; Brown, the
person alluded' o; was sworn, and- adniitted haiing had thii
X' 2, but said-it cost-him-tit Os. 6dfor-the funeral expenses.
In the cross-examination of this 'witness it, was elicited that
the deceased, Stdirt, had been' married to the widow of
his father,' otherwise his step-mother, and that he,
before her
was the illegitimate son of Mrs. Stout, and bornorbaepipearneed
marriage to the deceased or his father: ' It further
progeny
of
that the complainant, Sarah Begsby; that she Stood in
and to the deceased
-MiS.-Stout by the father of the deceased,r
Norton observed that in
the relationship to Brown of step-r.i
as-sister anti step- K •
tiasa7a-hteargiatrate he had not recollected
all his experien e
schnmixture of family re:ationship, and
Mr. Cole might-have-paid-the
such an
deceased'sp.xtriordisarl marriage with the 'widow of- his
as far as lie d it was perfectly ill; gal. Mr,
Lorwisfaathrgeruewd
used t necessary
he had not ie caution to ascertain
money,was or was not the next of kin, and that if
Bwmowasunl tclhhca:nvtecleirodnuiegschOve.red. the fact that, he, Brown,
he
of 'act, was no relation whatever of
funeral-money
in point -
could, if
- the deceased.
whhadetherhe
Mr.' Cole said he
had frequently head the deceased declare he intended
Brown should have his
Norton said this evidence would not aaftel'vail hhisim,d,easathth. e INAlcrt.
specifically directed that such delegation must be in writing.
It appeared, however, that the funeral expenses paid by
Brown amounted to within a tw shillings of the £l2, and
In Altar° cases, however,
therefore he (Mr. -Norton)should make no order in the case.
£4 that he had to pay
society to be more careful. Maysaid,that in far 88 the
washeewon°cellirdnaeddv, isle
Mr.
thoeni-oyffi
officers of
theto
know who was the proper claimant, and he should paY it at
once. ''.l.. Norton said that this wai all the law rem. ~.e..1
an.: :. • .ssed b:,th stunmonses

CLIFTON PARK, BIRKENHEAD.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Books, Glass, House Linen, and
other--genuine Effects of a lady declining housekeeping.
MESSRS. F. and J. HODGSON will SELL by AUC-
TION, on Thursday.neTt, the 11th .instant, punctually at
Eleven o'clock, on the Premises, No. 9, Woodland-terrace Clifton-
park, Birkenhead, the genuine HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, in-
cluding mahogany oblong dining table, ditto chiffonnier, with
guarduvin, easy chair, large Pembroke table, pair of imitation wal-
nut-wood card tables on pillars, and eight chairs, with loose seats
to match,' four white and gilt elbow chairs, useful glass, plated'
articles, fenders, fire-irons, window draperies, carpets, rugs, a few
books. -
Iron, Tudor, and French bedsteads and hangings, feath,r beds,
mattresses, chests of drawers, toilet tables, washstands,' dressing-
glasses, chamber ware, towel rails, commode, chairs, blankets,'
quilts, house linen, carpets, druggets. •
Oil-cloth, stair carpets and covering, rods, lamp, umbrella stand,

The useful kitchen requisites and miscellanies.
To be publicly viewed on the morning of sale, when catalogues
may be had on:the premises ; or, previously, of Messrs. F. and J.
Hodgson, at their offices and rooms, Argyle-street, Birkenhead.

MR. `III,,CLELLAND, of No. 16, Basnett-street, hay-
ing been the trustworthy. Assistant of the.late Firm of Thos.
Winstanley and sous, for a period of eighteen years, is enabled;
from practical experience, to conduct, Sales by Auction, of Furni-
ture, Wines, Land, and other Property, an the same honourable
terms as his late employers. Valuations for Probate and Transfer
of Propeity punctually attended to. Address—Mr. Welelland,
Auctioneer. and General Appraiser, 16, Basnett-street, Liverpool.

TO BE LET, a FURNISHED HOUSE, in a healthy and pleasant
part of Cheshire with convenient access to town, to be Let
for a Month or Six Weeks, containing three entertaining rooms,
four bedrooms, kitchen, and outhouses, yard; and garden.---Apply
by letter, A. 3., Northern Daily Times Office.