The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-11 00:00:00

HOAX ON SERVANTS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.
on Thursda
Sir.—An advertiSement appearing in your paper
Y, and twice before last week, purport-
ing to be for a kitchen maid, application to he
made to Mr. Matheson, Secrr4ary of the Temper-
ance League, was a heartless hoax, evidently for the
purpose of annoying the secretary of the league;
hit the effect was to cause unsuspecting women
to suffer deep distress, as a number came from a
distance only to be disappointed, and discover that
some one who should be, a
hut that—had shamefully map brit anything
Played off one of the
worst of tricks on them. One girl had
come from West Derby, and was completely
exhausted, and had it not been for some
friends, would not have been able to return. On
application at your office to-day, your clerk
gave me a description of the man who paid ls. ed
for the insertions Now, sir, the man is known, and
unless he makes some apology for thus treating
unoffending girls with such cruelty, I shall deem it
my duty to make his name public, so that the
people of Liverpool may, with righteous indigna
tion, treat such a man as he deserves to b', who
could in such a heartless and vindictive manner
so shamefully treat unoffending woman.—l
am, &e., briN GOUGH BROWN.
10, Dundee street, Everton.

Exclusively for CLOTHING BOYS from 6 to 20 Yeare.
LEWIS & COMPANY, Pianelagh street,

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MON DAY.

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atirreatnitprieei. There has beènvery little business
transacted in the Manchester markets, and last
week's rates were barely maintained. Printing
Cloths and Shirtings were inactivc,and the dealing's
iu Yarns have been confined to immediate wants
In Birmingham, during the week, trade has
undergone very little change. In some instances
the factors- are busier, but as a rule in the par-
ticular districts in which the ham° trade has
been de ; the last: six or eight weeks, no
material improvement has taken place At pre-
sent the reduction in the price of copper has not
had much effect upon trade generally, although
the great majority of the manufacturers engaged
in the various brass foundry trades have increased
their discounts 21 par cent in the gross.
- The prospectus has been issued of the West of
Ireland Mining Company, with a capital of 50,0001,
in 11 shares, for developing a mineral district in the
county Mayo. Lead, marble, and slate are the
products 'principally relied upon. The terms of
the lease are not stated.
A definitive prospectus has at length been issued
of the Riga Railway Company. The concession is
for 75 years, and the capital is to be reduced to
1.636,250/, with a guarantee of 4a per cent for
int.'rest and sinking fund. The total cost of the
line is estimated not to exceed 1,343,000/, and a
contract has been entered into with an English
contractor upon those terms, with ample security
A sum of 293,2501 will thus be saved, and the
guarantee will therefore be equal to 51, per. cent.
updn the total expended. The shares are to be

reduced from their original amount of 1001 to 201,
and in cowsequence of the reduction of the guarar►
teed capital only four shares of 201 will be issued
in Dlace.of each 100/.

The shares in the Russian Railways were enquired
for yesterday, and, after touching 1 prem ,
"buyers," closed at to 1 prem. The transactions
seem to be almost exclusively upon continental
orders, and most observers are of opinion that the
demand is not bona fide Supposing that only a
limited allotment is made, and this chiefly amongst
the connexions of the contractors, it may not be
difficult for tho promoters to temporarily maintain
the shares at a fair premium Any mere market
mapoitivres, however, are quite distinct from the
question of the value of the investment. Whether
the adverse views conscientiously expressed by
nearly the whole of the independent press are well.
or ill founded, these securities will doubtless ulti-
mately assume their proper level in .the market..
At present, it is sufficient to remark that the
general public have held altogether aloof from the
project, and that ❑early ali the respectable dealers
in the stock Exchange refuse to transact business
in the shares:

Relative to the market for American Railroad
Securities, Mr. Satterthwaite, of London.
reports as follows There has' riot been much
demand for American Sectuities in London during'
the past week: We note, however, more enquiry
for the shares of the Illinois Central Railroad, in
order to secure the new issue of shares at par.
Pennsylvania Central ,shares are also in demand,
and wenote small transactions in Illinois Central
Six-per Cent. Bonds, in Michigan Central Eight
per Cent. Bonds, and in Detroit and Milwaukee
-Bonds at previous rates." •
Trade in the North of Ireland during the week
haS been healthy, without activity, and prices are
without much change either way. Farmers are
universally taking advantage of the fine weather,
which, for some days past, has been quite of a
summer character. To this may be attributed a
falling off in the amount of retail sales, and a
declension also in the amount of traffic in other
departments, which are generally not considered
to depend much upon thermal, or, indeed, the
atmospheric influences of any kind. The linen
trade is firm and healthy ; the cotton trade,
too, is up to average ; and in the market
for breudstuffs there is a good brisk enquiry
with no lack of supplies. Employment also,
is general, and there are no idle people except
thosibwho do not wish to be employed. We regret
liJwever, to observe that reports of distress among
the working population reach us from other parts
of the kingdom ; and that in some of the Midland
and Western districts of Ireland the poorer class: s
have risen in masses to prevent the purchase and
exportation of the potatoes, on which they rely as
their principal food in the months that intervene
between this and the coming harvest, which it is
admitted, on all hands, will he much later than
usual. The alarm that has been excited would
seem to be premature, as the supply of Indian
c,irn and the cheaper breadstuffs can be had in quan-
tities large enough to meet the requirements and at
a price which will suffice to keep the rates of other
materials for food at a proper average. With respect
to the Linen Trade we learn that white linens are
in moderate stock and fair demand. Mexican and
Spanish colonial buyers have been in the market,
and have bought largely cif cloths suited to their
consumption. The markets which are usually
supplied with brown linens exhibited but compa-
ratively few lots during the week. The supplies of
medium qualities have been 'plentiful during the
whole season up to within the last fortnight, and
brought good prices, but within that period they
have fallen off in quantity, without, however, any
reduction in price. There is no change in the price
of yarns Stocks of coarser numbers of lines are
small. Tows have been in brisk demand the whole
season, and still continue to be inquired after.
The power looms consume large quantities of tow
yarns : and from this and other causes it would
seem that the demand is not likely to diminish for
this description of goods. For flax the market has
been varying. The supplies are small, owing to
the occupation of farmers at agricultural opera-
tions; but the better kinds of home growth are
nearly run cut, and there is nothing now offering
except of an inferior kind. The home produce
appears to have been almost exhausted, and before
July or August we cannot expect to have a Riga
supply to cheek the price for the home,grown
material. Only coarse qualities dome into the
market, and for them the prices are —hand-
seutehed, 5s 6cl to 7s 6d; and coarse milled, 7s to
Os 6d. Fancy qualities realise higher prices, and
we have heard of some top qualities which have
gone as high as 12s 6d.
The following are the Gazette average prices of
Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending April 28,
1837, exclusive of. Custom's duties payable thereon,
on tile importation thereof into ,great Britain:--
From the West Indies, 40s 41 per cwt; from the
Mauritius, 40s 34d per cwt. Average price of the
foregoing descriptions, 40s 414 per cwt.