Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-06 00:00:00

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liidri,-. in. directing the jury, ysaid the' question 'for their .. ._ THE. MERSEY DOCK= BOARD..
consideration was, -whether the•goods were necessary to:the ; L.The weekly meeting .6f-the dock board was held at one
:defendant's wife, because, if they Were not, the defendant !Was o'clock,. yesterday, Charles Turner, Esq. 'presidinz. The
not liable. The husband,' when living apert from hi 4 wife, other members preseat,were—:-Messrs.Brocklebanli,Mondell;
was only liable-for what necessary articles his wife might , Anderson,- Rankin, Smith, Boult, M'lver, FarfiwOrth,
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contract a debt for, for her proper and fair maintenance, Holme, • Htitchison, Moss; ,
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Forwood Arnold Evans and
TS according to her position in life. . It was for them to CO-
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sider whether, taking into consideration- the amount
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received, annually, independent of the defendant, and also ORKS COMMITTM.
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from him, she was justified in purchasing articles of the The comniiitea'recommended that, the following tenderi
; nature ,set forth, and to that extent. The jury,,pna moment's should be accepted .:---Edward Butterworth, cotton waste
consultation, gave a verdict for, the defendant. Adam Ayton,;eheet-lead ; Jackson and Ronalds, ropes of
' • • various kinds; Forde and Burgess, 1,000 telegraph poles.
It was reconimended that the board let„ to the Bridgewater
trustees, two -cranes at IluskisSon dock,' and six cranes at
Canning deck. The committee declined to accede to the
application of Mr. Curtis, to enter into an arrangement for
the exclusive use of .the tramway along the docks, for a
term. of .years. .
Mr Brocklebank moved, that the proceedings be con
firmed, which was agreed to.

HEALTH .COMMITTEE,

The usual weekly meeting of this board was held yester-
ay, Mi. Alilerinan Dev'er it the chair. The other rnem,be'ri
--n—LlTessrs. R. Shell, J. Crellin;- Beckwith;
Avison, Hodson .Stitt.;

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R. Gladitone, Anthony, Barton, ,
Crosthwaite, and ]lowi-ng,

REPORTS

WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE,

The Borough - Engineer, Building Surveyor, and , In-
spector. of Nuisances, reported:, various partied* ,of 'Ode
operations iu their several, departments .during the week;
from -which it appeared that .21..3 nuisanee.,s,.complained of
by inhabitants had been inspected and
,niethis taken to
remedy..them; 7JO ,houses in the unhealthiest diStricts;
containing 2,ol'apariments and 337. cellars, had been put
under .examination with the view of iinprOving their sanitary
condition; and, 219 lodgings 'souses had also been examined
and reportesk upon.

The proceedings of this committee did not contain
anything,of ithportance.
Mfr. Arnold moved their
without digcussion

confirmation, which passed

MARINE COMMITTEE,

Mr. Mondell moved, that the proceedings be confirmed.
Mr. Anderson hoped the committee would agree to -re-
cousid.er the subject of applyingelectricity to the clock upon
the Victoria Tower. lie was told, by persons, aCqUainted
with the subject," that sometimes the electric current failed
in droPping the *ball, owing to some cause which electriciani
had, not yet found out ; and it was th6refore thought de-
sirable that ,electricity should be applied to the clock, so
that in case of 'any failure in the dropping of the ball, the
clock would. still tell flip time to a second.

TIEALTH'OE THE TOWN,

The medical officers reported that, in the last weak of
April. 144 deaths were registered in the parish of Liverpool,
and 69 in the out-townships, making-213, Or 1.5 less than
the corrected average of -the corresponding week of the, pre-
vious ten yearss Of 45 deaths from diseases of the zymotic
class, 11 were caused lv typhus, 10 by scarlatina, 10 by
hooping cough, two inewles, two diarrhoea, two small-pox,
and one diptheria. From diseases of the lungs the deaths
were 72, including 30 from consumption. Of the 212 who
died, 98 were males and 115 females; 93 were below five
Tears,. 19 between five and twenty, 65 between twenty and
and nine The mean tem-

Mr. Mondell Said, the committee considered that the pro-
posal would involire a certain expense, with an inadequate
return. Of course, whatever the board determined upon
adopting, it Would be the duty of the committee to carry
out; but he submitted, " that if there were one thing more
the duty.of the committee than another, it was to look well
to the cost and expense "Of, everything they undertook. It
icheasier to saddle the estate with expense than to
expenses afterwards." To move that thii subject
)nsider.d, so soon after the 'committee had decided
seemed to him to be a reflection upon the judg-

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the avers;

The atmosphere was damp, with wind from eastward.
There was rain four days to more than six-tenths of an
inch.

otherw

ment of the committee
After some further consideration, the matter was allowed
to drop, without any definite resolution being proposed.
The proceedings of the committee were then confirmed.
PILOTS, DOCKS AND (WAYS, AND MASTER-POSTERS

WIDENING WEST. DER,Isr E.OAD

The Law-clerk said the landliad been purchased for the
widening of the West Derbyroad, at a cost of £1,600; and
Mr. Stitt moved that the engineer be instructed to prepare
plans and receive. tenders forthe carrying out of the works.
Passed.

THE NEW OFFICES IN DALE-STREET

In reference to a resolution passed at the council, on The
14th April, directing the Borough Engineer to make plans,
&c., for the ne w buildings in Pale-street, and to give him
power to employ draftsmen, Dr. Itodson:said there were
many architects in .the town who were capable of the
work, and trusted that, as Mr. Newlands was so much' en-
gaged in other-works- that he-would employ the best talent;
so as to have the workl done in a manner that would reflect
credit on the ""'good old town."

Mr. Newlank trusted that an architect would be em-
ployed at once ; all that he was to do was to employ drafts-
men for the work, but there was nothinm'done yet, ho site
fixed, and three months had passed already.
.Mr. Hodaon thought the building would occupy the
entire time of one person, and Mr. Newlands having other
important duties to perform, could not afford his time for
the sole purpose of the building, and, therefore he suggested
an architect to superintend 'the building, in place of a
public 'officer belonging to the town.
A short conversational discussion took place on the point,
and the matter dropped. •

THE.BONDED DEBT,

Mr. Beckwith'gave notice, thA or. Tuesdav, be would call
attention to the existing' state of the bonded debt.
The routine. business was then transacted, and. he board
adjourned. 1

MONETARY -AND - COMAIBRCIAL,

LIVERPOON Evening

~;;fie position of the LiverPlpil. Cotton Market don-
tinues an the highest degree ungaii'sfaetOri. '7o-day
great depression has prevailed, and prices have Veen
very irregular. The sales
,amount only to `;',OAO
bales, the whole of which,_has been taken by the
trade. • . ' ••

The'Livtrpool Share Market has been very heavy,
and although a - fair amount of business hai been
done' prices have shown a downward movement;
The transactions were :- Caledonian, 70c, 70 ; East-
ern Counties, - 101 10 3-16 Great. Western 491
• 494 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire' 84;1, 847?-, 84 ; ditto
£9 share, 4, d ; London and North Western, 86,
851 ; ditto one-eighthshares, 2 3-16, 2_d ;, Manches-
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 311 311; Midland,
92, 911 91,5„ 911,, 94911,911, 91; Shropshire Union,
41; South Eastern, 17'15-16, 17& ; Buffalo and
Lake Huron, 44; Dutch Rhenish, .74 d ; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 71, ' 71; Great Luxembourg„
Some few sales were reported after Official hqiirs,
and included Eastern Counties, 104 ; London itifd
North-Western Eighth Shares, 2-kd ; and Manchester
and Sheffifeld, 311. The following were ,the final
closing prices :-.Blackburn, 111 ; Chester
and Birkenhead,.. 60, 61 ; Caledonian, .71, 72 ;
Eastern • Counties, 101, 101 ; East Lancashire, 83,
85 ; Great Northern, 94, 96 •, D 0... A., . 79, 81 ;
Great Western, 49, 491; Lancashire and Yorkshire
Stock; 841, 841 ; London and North-WeStern
Stock, 851, 854; Do. one-eighth shares, 2 3-16,
2 1-16 d -• Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, :311;,:k
321; Midland Stock, 911, 911 ; North British; 51,
52 ; North Staffordshire' 4&, 4f2- d; North Eastern
-Berwick, 82, 83; York and. North Midland, 681,
69 ; Leeds Capital ' Stock, 41, 42; South Eastern
and Dover, 18, 18 1-16 ; Dutch Rhenish, 7,
7 d ; ,Great Western of Canada, 134, 131 • ' Do. New
Shares, 7, 61 d ; Great Luxembourg, 4 13-16, 4 15-16 ;
Grand Trunk of Canada, 71 71; Lombardo-Vene-
tian, 24, 21 d; New_Shares, 3, 24 d.

The London Stock :Market to-day has been charac-
terised by, a good deal of depression. Early in the
day, it was annOuncee that Messrs. Arnstein and
Eskeles, bankera at Vienna, had stopped payment,
and it was subsequently announced that their liabi-
lities exceed 5,000,0001. sterling. AnOther inipoi-tant
feature was, the advance by the Bank of England,
of the minimum rate of interest to 44; per cent, This
event had, however, been in a great degree antici-
pated, and hence failed to produce that impression
upon the market which it otherwise would hive
done. Consols opened at about the closing quotations
of yesterday, 'and were quoted at noon -at 90, SK,
901, 891- ; and finally closed at 89k, to 901:. The
closing priceS for other Securities were-Three per
Cents., 894, 897-, ; Bank Stock, 214, 219; Exchequer
Bills, Large and Small, 27, 23 pm.
The London Share Market continues 'heavy, and
to-day only a limited amount of huSiness has
been done; with. prices generally, depressed.' The
closing prices were : -Ambergate, 51, ; Caledonian,
71, 72 • Preference, 98, 100 ; Eastern Counties,
594, 5U ; East Lancashire, 83, 85 ; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, '
68, 70 ; Great Northern, 93; 95 • ditto: A,
78, 80 ; ditto 8., 124, 128 ; Great Western,
482, 49; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 83, 85 ;
Brighton, 103, .
•105 ; North-Western, : 84;
86 ; South-Western, 84, 86 ; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, 31, 32 ; Midland; 90, 92 ;
North British, 49, :45 ; ditto -preferenCe 103; 106 ;
North-Eastern-Berwick, 82, 83,; ditter'Leeds;74o,
42;: ditto York, 68, 70; North Stafford, 51, 54';
South Eastern, 59, 60 ; Turkish, Sixes, • ,_sB,' 62;
ditto :Fours, 98, 102 ; Great- Western .f Canada;
134-,,:131;:new, 7+, ; ditto Trunks; 7, 74. •

The London Wool sales commenced this afternoon,
and the attendance was it frill average one... Tye
prices realised show a decline in price of from 2d.
to 21d: per pound, and a 6Onsiderable portion of the
Cape Wool offered was withdrawn. Messrs. Jacorabe.
nd_ Son,,were the selling brokers, and they offered.
1,620 balei Port Phillip, 627 Australian, 117 Vatf
Dieman's Land, 108 Adelaide, 27 Cape,- and _lO
Buenos Ayres. The, following prices were realised
Port Phillip clean sheep's, is 7d to 2s 4d;, Second,
2s lid to 2s 3d ; Lambs; is 7d to 2s Old; Pieeek,
is 9d`to.' is 51d ; 'Lochs, is 2d to is ltd. Sydney
clean sheep's, ls 4d to 2s 14d ; Very Superior,
44d to 2s 8d; Scoured, is 5d to 2s sd;' Hand-
waslied, is 2d to- is lid ; Pieces, is 14. d to is 94d ;
Lochs, is 11d to is 6zld 7 • Grease, is 2d. Adelaide
2
Hand-washed, is 2d to is ,6d. Cape Clear sheep's,
is 41d ; Superior, Is 71d ; Hand-washed, is '34d;
Grease, is id. Buenos Ayres LOng "%feline, ls 3.1 d;
Short, is 21d. •
The Brazilian;Mail-steamer Avon is announced as
having arrived at Southampton to-day. The ,mails
Will be delivered hereto-morrow (Friday) morning.
The Weekly Grain Averages have been published
to=day;'' and are as folThws :—Wheat, weekly, 42s 6d ;
c' aggreomte, 41s ld ; Barley, weekly, 32s 8d ; swgre,-
gate. 33s 6d ; Oats; . weekly,- 23s 4d; aggregate,
23i 3d ; Rye, weekly, 30s 3d; aggregate, ' 31s 7d ;
Beans, weekly, 41s ,8(.1 ; aggregate, 40s lld ; Peas,
weekly, 38g. 6d; aggregate, 38s 10d. . Wheat-sold"
last week, 107,200 quarters. , • I
The •Vanderbitt has_arrived from NeW YOrk with'
specie, for England to the value of 10,000/., and for
France to the Amount of 176;000/. - - •
Ye-sterday, being_the 4th of the month, the demand
for money in most quarters was urgent. At the.
Bank the applications were very heavy. The
pressure both in money and stock markets, is pro-
niatea by the `reprehensible conduct-of certain, banks,
which after evincing, during many months, extreme
eagerness to place loans, now turn suddenly round
and throw, their customers overbOard: 'Loans are,
called in in haste, sales, of securities forced, and the
general anxiety materially stimulated. At la period
like 'the present, the resolution of the Bank not to re-
discount bills for the discount establishments Tenders
the latter very. cautious, especially with regard to,
bills having even a• moderate period to run,, The
rush to the Bank of England is thus accelerated.
Only the best and very short-dated paper could be
negociated yesterday at 31 per cent. In many
quarters 4 to 41 per cent. were the terms for bills
having not longer than two months to run.

The, amount-of gold withdrawn -fromihe Bank
yesterday for exportation was 88,000/. The 92,000/
in gold by the Champion of the Seas, from Mel-
bourne and the 57,400/ by the Atrato, from the
West Indies, have also been taken .for transmission
abroad.

We have'to announce that Messrs. Lloyd, Beilby,
and Co., a highly respectable house in the 'Austra-
lian trade; have been compelled to suspend' payment
under pressure of the times, as:explained in a letter
to the creditors. The career of the head partner
in 'Australia was marked a few years since„ by a
,voluntary act of commercial ,integrity, which
will enlist for him at ,this juncture a large amount
of personal sympathy.. The. uncovered. liabilities are
estimated at about £lOO,OOO. The result- of the
liquidation, though dependent upon the realisation
of stock, and of the private estate of the head partner
in New South Wales, will, it is hoped, not be
satilifactory.

The new French loan of £2O 000 000 is to be 'con-
tracted by national subscription, and the option will
be offered of a three per cent. Rente at 60f. 50c.,
with interest from December last, or a 41
per cent. Rente, at 90f. with interest payable
from March last. The instalments are to be, paid as
follows : •one-tenth at the the time of subscription,
and the remainder in eighteen monthly calls.
The minimum subscription 'to be taken is 10f.,
which is the only amount that will be allotted in full.
Whatever may be the condition of the public treasury
of France, this draft on the resources of the country
will occasion some disquietude. During the Crimean.
war 60,000,0001 were raised by three separate opera-
tions of 10,000,000/, 20,000,000/, and 30,000,0001.
For the. first loan the biddings were at 92f 50c in 41.
per cent Rentes, and 65f 25c in 3 per cent Rentes '
for the second, the biddings were at 92f in the 41
per cent Rentes, and at 65f 25c in the 3 per cent
Rentes ; for the third loan, the biddings were at
92f, 25c in the 41 per cent Rentes, and at. 65f 25c in
the 3 per cent Rentes.
It is regarded as certain that the Bauk of England rate

of discount, _w_ill,_to-_morrow, be raised to 4 per cent.,
.if not
te,a higheryoint. The English funds opened this morning,
wit'liont'altetatibh, and scion experienced an improvement,',
which ,was, great-degrees maintained until late ;in !the
day,.. when a. Eiddeß. Tall occurred.. Consols are now- at a
lower price than that atWhich they elosett;cn the'day of-
the of ,ithe agreement between France and
Russiaic, The- accounts from. the various continental bourses
continne,,to describe great distress, but state that, up to. the
present time, the payinfrit of balances have been effected
'with mtch thore'punctuality than could have been hoped.
cify Article, Wednesday Evening.
The markets have kgairi-,:taken an unfavotrable' turn,
influenced nrincipally by the'ailverse prospect 'of the Money
Market.- The final quotations,of Consols were I per Cent.
below,those of yesterday; and after . the close of the Stock
Exchange, a fresh reduction-of --1-; per cent. was quoted
aniengst the dealers.. There' was one 'failure to a trifling
amount. In the other-departments of the Stock Exchange
a gloomy feeling 'prevailed. Today, being the 4th of the
month, the demand for Money in most quarters was urgent.
At-thellitlik the applieations we're very heavy, and combined
with the! continued drain 'of gold, the fall•ih some
of the Exchanges,
.and the rise .in. the value of money
on the Continent; render an' advance' in the Bank
rate' to-morrow to at least 4 per cent. highly. probable.
.Only the best ,and: very short .dated paper. .could be
nepciated to-day at 34 per cent. ;in many quarters, 4to 41
per cent. were the terms for bills having-not longer !than
two months to run. The amount of - gold; Withdraivn from
the, Bank ,to-clay: for exportation.Avas.£BB..ooq. :440,0001
in gold from Australia and the West Indies was, taken for
transmission 'abroad: At 'Ainsterclam,' 'yesterday, the
Austrian' Funds sustained:a fresh:fall of about 2 per cent--;
Daily News City Article;
.Wedneiday._Evening.

The war ha; oecasioned extraordinary activity in .the
leather trade. - ' - • ' '
The Daily News says that a rather considerable reduction
took place.on.Wednesday in tallow.
The first direct cargo of vegetable wax from pan,'
consistinto of 3,060 cases, "was offered in pane sale on
Wednesday, and was bouLrht in at 70s.per cwt. -A few lots
were subsequently sold at that price.
The Times announces the suspension of Messrs. Lloyd,
Bailey and Co., a firm largely-engaged in the Australian
trade. The' uncovered liabilities are said to amount to
£100,000.,

BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT.
LONDON, Thursday.—The Bank has this morning
'raised the rate of disconntto 44 per cent.

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.-MAr'

&c The demands for Sugar has rather
improved, and the following business has been done at steady,
prices : viz., 5,500 bags clayed Manilla at, 3.7 s 6d, 200. cases
3,000 bags Bahia at, 23s 3d to 23s 9d,
.4;100 hams Ceara at
235, and 1;400 bags-Pernatni at 22s 9d to' 23s' per cwt.
Nothing -has taken place in, Molasses, Rum, Or Cope. The
market for. Bice is quieter, and of 1400, bags Bengal offered'
at auction This morning, -only 1;800' bagS common quality'
found buyers at 9s 6d to lOs 3d, and by private, 6,800 bags
Necrandie•arereported at 10s.• to -10s-Z3d ; 20 tierces:Caro-
lina have also been sold at 22s per cwt. In Dyewoods, we
have nothing to notiCe. Ashes : Pots quoted at 32s for old,
and at '33s 'for new. Only retail sales of Nitrate of Soda at
168-6 d for 5 percent refraction: 7 N 9 business has transpired
in Brimstone. „ casks Cream of _Tartar are, reported at
120 s to 1255; 35 casks grey and discoloured-ditto, at 97s 6d
to-105s; 300 bags' Sumac at 111 6d to 13s ; 180 bales: Gam?
bier, at 16s.to'17s •for heated, up to 17s 6d for sound; 130
boxes Gum Dummae,. at 355; 880 bags Baltimore Bark; at
7s per cwt ; and 20 tons Prench Farina, at £l5 10s per•ton.
Oils, &c.: Palm quoted at - £47 per tun ;: of Olive, little
offering, with;a very firm market:; 250 casks Gingelly 'Oil
sold.at734s ex quay,
,Tallow at 58s 6d to 59s for PYC ; and
Of Lard, 63s per cwt for fine.: 120 barrels common
Rosin placed at 4-s 4d ; and isoine retail sales of Spirits of;
Turpentine at 44s 6d-to 45s per cwt.: Of Jute, 1,200 bales
found buyers at £l5, 109 per ton, • IVO have likewiie to
notice 200 bags Bombay _Rapeseed at 435, with 100 bags of
Guierat at 555-'perqUarter, 20 tons:_Linieed Cake (English
'make); at. X-8 10s, and 40 tons Yalonia at £l6 per. ton.