Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-26 00:00:00

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THE NORTHERN TIMES, THUiSDAI, MAY 26, 1859

case, and you have admitted it. There is no necessity for
the escape of smoke such as is complainedof, and as Messrs.
Macfie, who are in a much larger way of business than you
are, have been fined repeatedly for thesame offence, I do not
see why that you, when the case has been proved, should not
also be fined. Mr. Wainwright :It is utterly impossible
that we can prevent the smoke. In answer to Mr.
M‘Gowan, the Inspector stated that he had instructed
the servants, and he 'could himself shut off the smoke in one
minute and a-half, or less.; and that, if it was permitted
longer to remain, of coarse, he had a right to complain, as
it was gross carelessness on the part of the stoker to allow
it. The magistrates dismissed the case.

Mr. M'Gjewan : As you have dismissed that case, it is
useless for me to plead with the others, as they are all alike.
Mr. Peel: That 'is for us to consider. Mr. Houghton: Ido
not think that such an observation has a right to be made.
Mr. Peel : We have a right to hear each case on its own
merits. Mr. M'Gowan : You have dismissed the last case,
and I tell you that the others are precisely the same. You
have dismissed it, and the next case, that of Mr. Gardner's,
is precisely the same. He allowed, and he is a brewer, the
escape of smoke for seven minutes—a time which I, on
behalf of the health committee, consider a ("Toss negligence
on the part of the employees, when it has been clearly
shown that it could be prevented in a minute and a-half.
I have a duty to perform, and I will do it. The health

committee investigate these proceedings well before they
are brought before the bench, but I have done my duty
when I hear their decision. Mr. Peel : You had no right
to make the observation you did.

The case of Messrs. George Gardner and Co., brewers,
of Comus-street, was then gone into. Inspector Wignall
stated that, on the 14th inst., he saw dense volumes of
Black smoke issuinc, from the defendants' chimney, from
4.39 to 4.46, after having served them with four notices.
Mr. Gardner pleaded that' he had done all he cauld to
prevent the nuisances, and the case was dismissed.
A similar complaint was preferred against Messrs.
Leisman and Welsh, coppersmiths, of Vulcan-street, who,
or , after four notices, had, on the 13th inst., permitted the

Isis case was also dismissed,
the defendant admitting the offence, but said that he could
not prevent the nuisance.
Mr. M'Gowan then expressed it as his opinion, that it
was no use going on with the other cases, as they were all
alike; but, as Mr. James Mellor, brewer and distiller, of
Hunter-street, wished to explain to the public that he had
done all he could to prevent the nuisance, and did not blame
the officers for the part they had taken, his own case was
heard, when Inspector Wignall proved the offence, which
had taken place on the 13th inst. The magistrates dis-
missed the case.

nuisance

The London and North-Western Railway Company were
the next defendants. Mr. Inspector Wignall proved that,
on the 12th inst. he saw dense volumes of black smoke
issuing from the tall shaft at Edge-hill, from 2.3 to 2.11,
and again from 6.16 to 6.23. The representative of the
company was in attendance. He did not deny the offence,
but said, after what had taken place on that day, consider-
ing the extensive works, he did not consider, as others had
been allowed to smoke for ten minutes, that the company
could be complained of for smoking fourteen. Mr.
M'Gowan did not dissent from that proposition, but what
he denied was, that the nuisance had a right to be per-
mitted for more than a minute, or a minnte and a half. As
the defendant had been repeatedly fined in the penalty of
£5, the Magistrates said they could not look over the
offerc3, and inflicted a penalty of 40s.
Messrs. Francis Peck, spice-grinders, of Back Colquitt-
street, was fined 40s. ; Mr. Robert Simpson, rice-miller,
of Burlington-street, 20s. and costs, for precisely the same
offences as above, with this exception, that they had pre-
viously been before the court for similar offences.

These cases having been thus disposed of, -
Mr. M‘Gowan said : In the case of Wainwright and Co.,
on the part of the health committee, I shall ask the bench
for a case, in order to have the opinion of the Queen's
Bench on the subject, as I am not satisfied with their

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decision.
Mr. Wybergh : You must give us the point of law on
which you ask for a case.
Mr. McGowan : I shall be ready to do that, but I now
say the evidence was against the decision.
Mr. Wybergh : You have no right to say that
is not asking for a case.
Mr. M'Gowan : I shall not ask you what course I shall
pursue. I say I shall ask for a case for the opinion of the
Queen's Bench.
Mr. Wybergh : But you have not put the point.
Mr. M‘Gowan : I do not do so now. Ido not ask for
your opinion. The case is not now for you to advise the
magistrates. I give notice that I shall, within five day
ask -for a case to take before the Court of Queen's Bench
Mr. Wybergh : You may do so.
This concluded the business of the smoke nuisances,

But, that

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

TATTERAALL'S.—YEsTEIipAy

LATEST BETTING.
THE'DERBY.-2 to 1 agst Promised Land (t) ; 7to 1 agst
usjid (off) ; 8 to 1 agst Trumpeter (t) ; 20 to 1 agst
master (off); 25 to 1 agst Electric (off) ; 30 to 1 agst
arionette (off) ; 33 to 1 agst Balnamoon (off).

BATS RACES.--YESTERDAY.
A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sous each, with 20 added; one
mile.

Mushroom
Fernballe.,

Olympias

Seven ran

The WESTON STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for
two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 71b ;
31b and 5113 allowed ; winners of any one stake of 200 sovs
the winner to pay 5 sovs towards expenses;
it half mile) ; 40 subs.

C. (straigla

Seclusion
Emily .......
Rattlebone

Thirteen ran

The SOMERSETSH

HANDICAP of 25 sous each; 15ft,

anti o only iE ucciarea, \VIM lOU Maul; the winner to pay
15 sovs towards expenses, the second to receive 50, and the
third to save his stake ; winners of the Chester Cup or
Newmarket Handicap 71b, if both 141 b, any other handicap of
the value of 200 sovs and upwards after April 28 51h extra ;
two miles and a distance ; 90 subs, 62 of whom declared.

Tunstall Maid ,

Fifteen ran.
The SHORTS of 25 sovs, for all ages ; straight half mile
To close and name on Tuesday night.
Marmalade . 1
Hasock.. ......... . ... 9

Five ran.

The DYILHAM PARK HANDICAP PLATE of 100 sous ;
winners of any handicap after May 12 51b extra ; to start
at the distance post, and go once round.
Charles 11........
Peerless 2
Apollo .

Nine ran,

A. M. executes Commissions on all the principal Races
on receipt of Cash or Post-office order. A. M. will guarantee
all winnings, charging a Commission of five per cent
Address A. M.. NORTHERN Trans office, Liverpool.

'WRON

lAN IN THE WRONG PLACE.— Considerable
amusement has been afforded to the lieges, during the past
week train a case of " wakening up the wrong man." A
worthy teacher of the gospel, and a staunch teetotaller to
boot, was taking his usual morning walk, when he was
accosted by a decent farmer in the vicinity with a cordiality
which somewhat surprised him. After the usual salutations
had passed, the farmer, who seemed at least " half seas

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over," inquired with a knowing wink, " Ho° are ye this
- "Very well, I thank you," replied the preacher.
no a headache ?" queried the other. "No, I never
responded his, reverence. "Eh !
tiff tumbler,! Was it no you that

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MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
LIVEAPOOL, Wednesday tvening

There has been a-slightly improved demand in the
Liverpool Cotton Market to-day, and a fair amount
of business has been the result, the sales reaching
7,000 bales, inclusive of 1,000 bales taken for specu-
lation and export. Prices remain without change.
The Liverpool Share Market has again been quiet
but steady, and a fair amount of business has
been done with prices showing a slight tendency to
improvement. The transactions were :-Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire, 59 ' • Eastern Counties,
101, 10 9-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 841, 85,
85 c, 85, 851 ; Lancaster and Carlisle third-
shares, 91 p ; London and North Western, 861, 8644,
87 ; ditto one-eighth shares 2 d ; Manchester, Shef-
field and Lincoln, 331; Midland, 931, 94 ; York
Capital Stock, 69; South Eastern, 18;,18 9-16 ; Dutch
Rhenish, 71 d. After official hours, sales were made in
Eastern Counties at 104, Manchester', Sheffield, and
Lincolns at 331, and Midlands at 941. The final
closing quotations were :-Blackburn, 114, 114 ;
Chester and Birkenhead, 59, 591 ; Caledonian, 741,
75!. • Eastern Counties, 10 9-16, 104 ; East Lan-
cashire, 84, 85 ' • Great Northern, 951' 96 ; Ditto A.,
79, 81 ; Great Western, 511, 521 ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire Stock, 854, 854 ; London and North-
Western Stock, 861, 871 ; Ditto one-eighth shares,
1 15-16, 1 d; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 33,
331; Midland Stock, 941, 941 ; North British, 511,
52* ; North Staffordshire, 51, 44 d; North Eastern
-Berwick, 841., 814. ; York and North Midland, 69,
691 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 42, 421; South Eastern
and Dover, 18 9-16, 18 11-16 ; Dutch Rhenish, 71,
7?-4 d ; Great Western of Canada, 131, ; Do. New
Shares, 7,64 d; Great Luxembourg, 4 11-16, 4 13-16 ;
Grand Trunk of Canada, 71, %"- ; Lombardo-
Venetian, 3, 21 d; Do. New Shares, 31, 21 d.
The London Stock Market, although not active,
continues to show an improvement. Consols opened
steadily this morning, and throughout the day
showed a tendency to improve in price, finally closing
at 91i to 921 for Money, and 911 to 92 for the
Account. Other securities closed as follows : - Three
per Cents., 904, 91 • Bank Stock, 219, 222 ; Exche-
quer Bills, Large and Small, 18, 23 pm.
The London Share Market has been strong, and
prices improved, but the amount of business actually
transacted was not larmbe. The following were the
closing quotations : -Ambergate, 54, ; Caledonians,
741, 75; Preference, 99, 101 ; Eastern Counties, 52, 53 ;
East Lancashire, 83, 85 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 68,
70 ; Great Northern, 96, 98 ; Ditto A, 78, 80; Ditto
B, 126, 128 ; Great Westerns, 52, 53 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 841, 851 ; Brighton, 108, 109 ;
North Western, 861 871 ; South Western, 861, 871;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 33, 34 ;
Midland, 94, 95 ; North British, 51, 52 ; Pre-
ference, 106, 108; North Eastern-Berwick, 84,85 ;
Leeds Northern, 42, 43 ; York, 69, 70 ; North
Stafford, 54, 5 ; South Eastern 614, 621 ;
Turkish Sixes, 63, 64 ; Ditto Fours, 100, 102 ; Great
Western of Canada, 134, 131; Ditto New shares,
7, 61; Grand Trunk of Canada, 71, 71.
The Traffic Return of the London and North
Western Rail Way for the past week shows the
receipts to have been 65,6651. against 63,1281. last
year, being an increase of 2,5371. The receipts of
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company were 24,6021.,
being an increase, of 496!., and the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, 11,3701., being an increase of
1,023/.

The Discount Market becomes more easy from day
to day. First-class bills are freely taken at 31 to
31 per cent., and a vast mass of money is lying idle.
The apnlications at the Bank of England to-day
were very limited. The principal difficulty attaches
to the position of those joint-stock banks which are
now oppressed under the weight of the money called
hastily in, at the cost of a panic in the Stock Ex-
change, upon the fabricated rumour of 6. Russo-
French coalition.
_The next instalment of 25 per cent. falls due on
the Indian Loan on the 14th of June, and will require
about 1,250,0001., minus such proportions as may
have been paid in advance. The balance then re-
maining to be paid will be about 50 per cent.
Of the 329,800/. in gold by the steamer Africa,
from New York, about 250,0001. yesterday reached
London, of which the larger portion was taken by"
continental buyers. The inquiry for the Continent,
however, was less active, and it is not improbable
that some portion of the late supplies may be de-
tained here. No bullion was withdrawn yesterday
from the Bank, but 36,000 sovereigns from Constan-
tinople were, sent into the establishment, and another
parcel of 17,000 will be sent in to-day. In addition,
90,000 are expected shortly to arrive.
The shipments of Silver to India on ordinary
mercantile account have- now dwindled to a small
amount, but government continue their remittances,
having engaged about 150,0001. by the Bombay
steamer of the 27th inst. If a similar sum be sent
by the following Calcutta vessel, the 3,000,0001.
promised will.have been completed. .
The Calcutta and China mails reached Suez on the
17th inst., and the light portion, via Marseilles, is
expected to be distributed in London about Friday
next.
It is understood that the steamer Argo, of 2,315
tons register and 500 horse-power, -has been
chartered by Mr. Lever, for the line between Galway
and New York.

The Stock Market remains as inanimate as ever, but
business, though of small amount, is of 'a favourable
character. The glut of money contributes much to the
prevailing firmness. The Funds were decidedly strong
to-day, and closed at a fresh advance of 4..t0 a.per cent.
The—Discount Market becomes more easy from day to
day. First . class bills are freely taken at 3-4- to
31; per cent., and a vast mass of money is lying
idle. No bullion was taken froni the Bank. About
£250,000 of gold from New York reaehed London to-day,
of which the larger portion was taken by the Continental
buyers. The inquiry for the Continent is, however,
becoming less active. The shipments of silver to India, on
ordinary mercantile account, have now dwindled to a small
amount, but Government continue their remittances, having
engaged about £150,000 by the next Bombay steamer.—
Daily News City Article, Tuesday Evening.
The English funds opened this morning at a fractional
improvement, -.and subsequently exnerieripna = -
advance; but the highest prices
tained. The steadiness of the market is owing almos
entirely to the support afforded by a number of small
investments on the part of the public: In the discount
market, to-day, several transactions took place at a
fraction below 3 per cent. In the foreign exchanges, this
afternoon, the rates upon the principal places we-- -
the same as last post.—Tiines City Article, Tuesday Evening.
FRENCH CORN TRADE.—Wheat is being dispatched as
rapidly as possible from Odessa to France, owing to the fact
that all quantities shipped to that country after the Ist of
June next will be liable to the old sliding scale of duties.
The London tanners have resolved to resist a combination
of timber merchants to enhance the price of bark from 20
to 25 per cent. above that of last season.

-of. the day were not main-

SHIP MAILS
_FOIL JAMAICA.—The Santa Martha and
Aspinwall mails will be sent by the steamer Plautaganet,
which is appointed to leave on the 6th proximo.
MAIL NEWS.—The Calcutta and China mails reached
Suez on the 17th instant, and the light portion, via Mar-
seilles, is expected to be distributed iu.London about Friday
next.
THE ATLANTIC

TELEGRAPII.--A/1 extraordinary general
meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph Company' is called to ap-
prove the heads of a provisional arrangement made with].
Government. Authority will be asked for the creation of
new capital to the extent of £600,000, in preference shares
of £5 each.

The report read at the meeting of the National Bank of
Ireland, on Tuesday, states that the condition of Ireland,
during the past year, showed uninterrupted progress in the
prosperity of all classes of the people. The dividend will be
again at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum. A long and
rather personal discussion took place upon the conduct of
the chief inspector at the election for New Ross.

BEEF, BREAD,
.BACON, AND PORK, Up.
Several interested parties haye been saying that such being th,
case, the Butterman ought to advance the price of the yello w butter
No, no," said the Butterman,
"No advance,—not a Kolly cue;'"— that is, the nineteenth part o
a farthing, which is well known.

KELLY, THE I3UTTERMAN

TOP OF WILLLVNISO-SQUARI

Sells Butter twelve hours daily, from Seven to Seven