Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-20 00:00:00

THE BUPPLY OF COTTON.

The scarcity of the raw material of the staple manufac-
ture of this great county, and the circumstance of the
great bulk of the imports in that article being from one
country, have recently drawn such attention to the sub-
ject, that a remedy is being sought by encouraging other
.fields of culture. It may probably be alleged that, like
many other products, the supply of cotton will depend
upon the demand; but it would appear that some
extraordinary efforts are needed before this will arise,
and in. the meantime there may be such a scarcity as
would seriously imperil the commercial interests of the
country-. The magnitude of the trade is now such that a
cotton famine would be scarcely less serious than a
famine in corn ; and although the instinct of self-preser-
vation may have had a powerful influence in the organisa-
tion of the association, in connection with which meetings
were held in Preston on Friday evening, at Wigan on
Thursday, and at Blackburn on Wednesday last, the
object the society has in view is scarcely of greater
moment to spinners of cotton than it is to the rest cf the
community. We were pleased to see so large an assem-
blage that evening to greet the deputation from the Cotton
Supply Association, and to notice the interest with which
the statements made to the meeting were listened to.
Fortified with the approbation of the public generally,
the society may be of vast benefit tc the cause it has taken
in band.—Preston Chronicle of Saturday.

THE EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN WAR.

PROPOSED LOAN.

We have given, in another part of our publication, a
detailed account of the financial condition of the East
India Company's home accounts, from the latest official
returns at our command, which are of importance to
understand, in order to arrive at correct views upon the
consequences that may ensue from the present disturbed
condition of British India. As stated by the Chancellor

Exchequer, but upon the Indian Government ; yet it is
impossible that such an additional burden can be fixed
upon the Indian Treasury without producing very serious
results upon the Home Government ; and the collective
sums now held in the Treasury belonging to the three
presidencies will not go far towards meeting the demands
of an expensive war. But the Indian Government has
other demands upon it for these monies which cannot be
overlooked; the sums held on account of railway com-
panies alone are very large. Only £3,000,000 out of the
last loan of £5,000,000 have been subscribed for, and it is
doubtful, even at a higher rate of interest, whether India
could obtain the sums immediately necessary to prosecute
the war without the assistance of the Home Government.
Lord Ellenborough proposed, on Thursday, that a
guaranteed loan for £5,000,000 should at once be promoted
by parliament; and looking at the state of affairs in India,
this appears to be a very desirable course to pursue.—
Bankers' Circular.

DUBLIN ADMIRALTY COURT.-FRIDAY.

BOTTOMRY.—The Bon Accord, of Liverpool, Nicoils
master.—Messrs. Anderson and Lee, on the part of their
clients, James Scott and Co_, of Queenstown, merchants,
moved in this cause against the barque Bon Accord and
her cargo, on foot of a bottomry bond, which had been
executed by her then and present master, Robert Nicholls,
at Malta, on the 2nd of April, 1857, for the sum of
£1,794 16s Id, with a premium thereon, at the rate of 15
per cent., payable eight days after arrival at her port of
discharge. This sum of money, for the repayment of
which the master had so pledged the barque, her freight
and cargo, had been advanced by James Bell and co., at
Malta, who subsequently endorsed the bond t o the order
of Messrs. John Rankin and Co., of London, by whom it
was now duly endorsed over to the promovents. The
barque arrived in Queenstown on the 27th of June, and is
in her discharging berth there, and the demand for pay-
ment on foot of the bond had been made without any
effect upon the Captain, and also upon Messrs. John
Gould and C 3., of Cork, merchants, the receivers of the
cargo. Anderson and Lee moved for and obtained the
first default against the vessel. Mr. Hamerton appeared
for the owners of the cargo, and moved that they might
be at liberty, pursuant to notice, to give special bail in an
amount to be measured by the court, before John Harris,
Esq., a commissioner of this court at Queenstown. The
court having ascertained that the value of the vessel was
small, and that other demands had intervened against her,
and also that the sum due on foot of the bond exceeded
£2,000, measured the bail to that amount, and made its
order accordingly.

An excursionist from Louth, Lincolnshire, being com
pelted to travel by second class when he bad paid for first
class, sued the Great Northern Company for the whole
amount of his fare; but the judge simply awarded the
difference between first and second class fare.
REPRESENTATION OF MAYO. C ASTLEB AR, JULY 15.—
Great excitement was created on the arrival of the news of
the defeat of Mr. Moore before the committee of the House
of Commons. Lord John Browne immediately commenced
an active canvass, in which he was most successful. Col.
Ili7gins is hourly expected. There will be a bitter
contest.
gEWAGE AND SEWERAG E.—Sewerage s. The aggregate
of sewers, if used as descriptive of the sewers of a city,
town, or district. " The sewerage has been completed,"
that is, a system of sewers has been completed, a number
of sewers has been completed, which form a system. " The
sewerage and drainage of Alnwick have been completPd."
Sewage, s. The refuse flowing through drains and sewers.
Sewage must not be confounded with sewerage They are
not synonymous, nor ever can be. A tank may contain
sewage but not sewerage. This mistake is frequently made.
—?he Builder.
Muenee Coarsezies.—The following table of fees is
proposed in the bill now before parliament :—For registra-
tion when proposed number of members does not exceed
100, £5; every additional 50, Se. ; for registration of a
company, the number of whose members is unlimited, a
fee of £5O ; for registering any document, ss. ; for
making a record of any fact, 55.; documents, per folio, 6d.
Members of mutual companies should look well into the
provisons of this act, which will bring all companies under
the con'rol of the Board of Trade, and in its present form
will necessitate the winding-up of many mutual investment
societies from the trouble and expenses they would be put
te, in carrying out the requirements of the bill.
THE "NEW POLICE."—Tee following letter, found on
the parson of,a professional thief, who robbed one of the
members of the equestrian company at Lutterworth, will
show the wholesome terrors inspired by a good police force.
A new police force has lately been established in the
county of Derby :—" Bakewell, June 15, 1857.—Dear wife,
—You will be surprised at not receiving any money from
me, but I assure you there is not a chance of doing
anything, on account of the new police which is put
on in this county, but I expect to be in Sheffield to-
morrow, and, if all be well, I will send to you from Shef-
field. lam very well, hoping Tom and you are the same
from your most loving and affectionate husband, W.M."—
Leicester Mercury.
A Sn P'S CREW POISONED BY MUSSELS,—A few days
ago. whilst the schooner Olivia was lying in Victoria
Dock, Hartlepool, the craw were suddenly seized with an
illness which at once assumed an apparently dangerous
character, the symptoms being somewhat similar to ,those
produced by the action of an irritant poison. Medical
assistance was procured, and the usual remedies for poison
administered, which happily proved successful ; the crew
being enabled to proceed with their vessel in the course of
three or four days. One man was an exception to this.
His symptoms were from the first of a more violent
character than those of the others, and he was seized with
paralyses of the upper and lower extremities. It appears
that the sudden illness came on shortly after the crew had
eaten heartily of some common mussels, which they had
fished up from the lower part of the dock wall, where they
are in great abundance. Large vessels, almost invarialey
copper-sheathed, lie alongside this part of the wall, end it
is surmised that the proximity of the copper to these sh.tll.-
fish, and its action upon them, renders them unfit for
human food.
Tun CONVICT YEMMISON.—This wretched woman, who