Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-05 00:00:00

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MO,VDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

We continue to receive news from India. A
short telegraphic &snatch received by the Bombay
Government from Poonah on the 31st August,
adds a few particulars to the intelligence received
by way of Calcutta, respecting the latest operations
of General Havelock at Cawnpore• The despatch
confirms the news of Havelock having engaged
the rebels on the 16th of August, and captured two
guns, without any loss on his side. Cholera,
however, was making ravages among the troops,
who were exhausted by hard work Lieutenant
Campbell and many men of the 7Sth Highlanders
had died of it. The latest accounts from Luck-
now are to the 14th August, and report " all well."
In addition to this, we are now informed that a
sortie was made by the garrison of H.lvelock'.6
operations, anti at a moment when the whole
attention of the mutineers was occupied with the
means of opposing the movements of the advancing
forces. This sortie, it is said, enabled our coun-
trymen to secure supplies, and thus to place them
in a position to hold out fora longer period
A. very peculiar communication, from Captain
J. R. Brandon, appears in a London cotemporary.
It mentions the murder of his relatives at Cawn
pore, and the great loss of property to which he has
been suljeeted. The captain appealed to the East
India House to grant him relief of some kind, and
it is important to state that the answer which he
received to his appeal was, that the Directors,
while " commisserating the distressing circum-
stances he hal brought to their notice, are unable
to grant any remuneration for the losses which he
states he has suffered, or to confer upon him any
appointment in India."

As the fast-day approaches, several of the
London papers begin to exhort the clergy to make
it the occasion for aiding the work of the recruiting
sergeant. The name of Latimer is mentioned, as
one whose sermon, on an occasion like this, would
"have raised more recruits for the heathen than all
the Sergeant Kites from the Luid's End to John
O'Groa's." The clergy are also informed, that
those who implore GA's aid for their country, but
withhold their own, will not be an instance of the
success with which their spiritual teaching has
improved the occasion.

One result of the Cabinet Councils during the
week now appears. The Treasury organs are
instructed to say that recruiting has been pro-
ceeding " most satisfactorily ;" but as at the same
time it is aenotniced that the standard height of
recruits is to be immediately re:treed by one inch,
and the age is to be extended from twenty-five to
thirty, while a further force of ten thousand militia
are to be called out, we must conclude that, under
this system of " most satisfactory" recruiting, the
gentleman of the many colourel ribbons was not
getting as many men as was thought desirable.
From the last accounts it appe trs that the
liabilities of the bank of Messrs. Harrison, Watson,
and Co., of Hull, which suspended on the 24th
ult., amount to about £400,000, and that the assets
are estimated at £225,000. The joint sum owing
from Messrs. Taylor and Bright, and Mr. Hassell,
chairman of the Cotton Mills Company, verges on
a quarter of a million. Among the sufferers by
the failure are the various benefit societies at Hull,
which had opened deposit accounts at the bank.
It is beieved that sufficient to pay a dividend of
10s.- in the pound will be realised.
We supply our readers with an account of a
mercantile frau! on an ex ensiva scale in Belfast.
It appears that a young man named Moore, arrived
at Belfast four or five years ago. He had pre-
♦iously been connected with, and had travelled for,
the moat eminent houses in the tea trade in
London, liverpoo`, any Glasgow; and his mercan-
tile abilities were of that specious character which
looked like being of a superior order. He
ingratiated himself with the head of an eminent
firm in the the tea trade in Belfast; and after some
time he was promoted. Losses were incurred, and
the head of the firm left it. Mr. Moore continued
to carry on the business. There were bonded
stores in the rear of his premises, in Skipper-street,
and into those stores, some of the tea merchants
in Belfast placed their bonded teas. A defal-
cation was noticed a few days ago, and the
Customs' authorities instituted an investi-
gation, which only became apparent on Thursday
iast On that day, Mr. Moore was seen frequent-
ing the usual places of mercantile resort, and he
talked with his acquaintances quite coolly; yet.
during the whole day, the Cuirom House officials.
were looking over and examining the contents of
the chests in the bonded store and in connection
with the premises; and it was, early in the day,
known that there was a very large deficit. The
teas interfered with, amount to about 960 pack
ages, or about 800 chests. The amount of duty is
about £5,000, and the Crown is recured to the
amount of £3,000 ; but it is questionable whether
the Crown is not answerable to the merchants who
had teas in the stores, for the value of their pro-
perty deposited in its custody. Mr. Moore dis-
appeared from town on Friday, and it is stated
that he has so :e liabilities, which, in connect on
with the deli ;it to the Crown, may amount to
something under ten thousand pounds.
Respecting election m ttters, we learn that Sir
Edwat d Dering has resigned his seat for East Kent,
and Mr. Deedes has again become a candidate.
After all, there will be no vacancy for Greenwich.
Mr. Townsend's creditors, with few exceptions,
have petitioned to supersede dais bankruptcy, and
a subscription has been raised large enough to
meet pressing claims. Mr. Montague Chambers's
committee may, therefore, adjourn sine die.
The charge against Mr. Rose, the Deputy-Bridge
Master, for attempting to extort money from Sir
R. W. Carder, by threatening to publish, or to
abstain from publishing, a libel affecting him, was
again gone into on Saturday. The case is interest.
ing, because it illustrates the corrupt practices
which exiat in the city in connection with Lord
Mayor elections of London. It appeared from
Friday's evidence that Mr. Kebbill, the deplity of
Sir R Carden's ward, entered into negociations
with Mr. Rose to pack the hall with "long shore
men" in Sir Robert's interest, but the latter gentle.