Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-05 00:00:00

Anderson, one o.

malinfacti

reasons best known to himself, to sell I

the medium of Dies
Thomas Coats died, howev

J. and T. Coats, of Cochrane-street
• and although his son had repre-

sented the "J." he was by profession a surgeon, and _- --
warehouse in Cochrane-street was closed, the business ceased,
and to all intents and purposes the firm of J. and T. Coats was
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defunct. But this virtually defunct firm was nominally kept
in existence long after its business had ceased, and seems to
have been considered by Dr. Coats as a sort of legacy from his
father---a marketable property which he could dispose of to
advantage. We will not attempt to unravel the confusion
whiclris made to surround the doctor's subsequent connection
with Anderson. Dr., Coats distinctly repudiates the connec-
tion. He declares that Anderson assumed the firm of J. and
T. Coats without authority, and never had any interest in that
firm; while on the other hand, a person who had subsequently
become a partner in the now bankrupt firm, named Mackenzie,
avers that Anderson represented himself to him as a partner of
the actual firm of J. & T. Coats, and produces a. copy of a
letter, purporting to be from the very John Coats himself,
offering to 'retire from the business' for a consideration of
£26. In fact, the Doctor seems, to have considered the title
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of his father's eminent firm to have been' a sort of diploma,
for he afterwards confesses that he entered into an arrange-
ment with a . Mr. Dawson, of Newcastle-under-Lyre, for
transferring the trade marks of J. & T. Coats,' without,
however, mentioning the nature of his inducement to do so.
Now the truth is that J. & T. Coats never made thread at all;
and yet the spools are printed with their name, and continued,
to be so after the firm and its business had long ceased. How-
ever anxious we may be to exonerate Dr. Coats and, the bank-
rupts from blame in the matter, we can only find it possible to
account for their conduct in keeping id existence the name
and trade marks of J. and T. Coats, and setting a value
upon them, when we recall the fact that the, firm of J.
and P. Coats, of Ferguslie, a'so enjoyed a long and
lusty existence as thread manufacturers, whose spools
were knowa all over the world. Even to go back to

the very begins

g of the matter, it does not seem to have

been a very straightforward proceeding for the mere commis-
sion agents (J. and T. Coats) to have hdd trade marks of any
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kind, or to have put the name of their firm upon goods which
they did aot manufacture. I: is impossible to escape the con-
clusion that there must have been some occult virtue in the
name of Coats, whieh was supposed to be of more value on the
end of a bobbin than that of plain James Anderson, the real
manufacturer."

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THE AMERICANS IN CHINA

In the Canton correspondence of• the Morning Post, the fol-
lowing appears :—" On the arrival of the mission at Shanghai,
the American merchants put themselves in readiness to enjoy
the extended rights which they imagined the new treaty ad-
mitted them, but here they found themselves unexpectedly
at a loss. The Americas treaty contains few specific stipula-
tions—Mr. Reed's intricate diplomacy of last year having
been entirely devoted, it would seem, to the insertion of the
favoured nation' clause, by means of which he hoped to
escape the appearance of pressing too hard on his Chinese
friends, while he secured the fruits of Lord Elgin's and Baron
Gros's exertions. If, however, the private accounts received
from Shanghai are correct, this cute policy has failed of its
expected result. The Chinese are reported as having quietly
informed the Americans that their favoured nation' clause
shall take effect when those favoured nations have their
treaties ratified, but not before; so that the Russells and
Heards are not advanced, after all, in this profound
diplomacy beyond their English competitors the Jardines,
Dents, and others. I do not vouch for the accuracy of this
report, which I derive, however, from various sources, with
the appearance of authenticity ; but should it prove trae,
how striking a comment is afforded upon the underhand
measures which the late United States Envoy thougkt so well
adapted to promote the objects of his mission and enhsuaea
the reputation of his country ! The present Minister
I have reason to believe, is a very different man..
It was by accident only that he was prevented from
adding the small force at his disposal to the British
at Ta-ku. He was proceeding in a small boat to the fri-.
gate to order her marines to land, when a shot ttruck
the craft, and its crew took refuge on the steamer Tai-
wan, on b,oard which the plucky minister actually went under
fire, with his rough and ready suite, who distributed cigars to
all the marines within their reach, and wished their officers
God speed. The captain of the Tai-wan, I learn, actually
threatened the minister with coercion if he insisted on remain-
ing on board while the steamer was under fire, and Mr. Ward
left the vessel, as he energetically exclaimed to a young officer
of marines, under protest."'

PRESENT TO HER: MAJESTY.—The costly present to
her Majesty from,.the Maharajah of Cashmere, of a
Cashmere shawl tent, and solid gold bedstead, of the
value of £150,000 was brought to Windsor Castle on
Wednesday last under the charge of Colonel Wil-
loughby, from the East India House, and was tempo-
rarily placed in the Throne-room, previously to its being
formally presented to the Queen by the gentleman
under whose charge it was brought from Cashmere.
It is' expected that the gold bedstead will be ultimately
placed in the guard-chamber, so that the public may
be favoured with a view of its magnificence. The
State apartments, however, at. the present time are
closed, and will remain so until after'the departure of
the Prince and Princess Frederick Wil,lien2 of,,Prussia.
A WORD OF ADVICE TO - sentencing
a prisoner for pocket-picking, on Wednesday, the Chair-
man of, the Middlesex sessions said the mode in which
lady wore her pocket was one which ought to receive
some attention, as to whether a female who so wore her
pocket, and was, in consequence of her own carelessness,
robbed of her purse, ought to receive.her expenses as a
witness. If a female got into an omnibus with her,
pocket so , exposed ,in ithe' ' front: of a dress as by
excite dishonestly-disposed persons to help them-
selves, if they could, th'iwhaf that pocket contained,
the fault was almost her own. Besides this, the pockets
were so, euosed, that any, person riding in an omni-
bus might be charged with having his hands in impro-
per contract with the pocket of. any lady he might be
sittingnext to, .Taidies he would, take.,the liberty of
observing, if they wished to avoid the inconvenience as
well as the loss-of being-eased of their ptirses in public'
vehicles, would do well to do as their grandmothers; or
great-grandmothers did,
,wear their pockets ,under their
petticoats,' where they would, be all but secure from
these miscineypus depredations. rit was really :a strange
natter that persons would not take ordinary precaution,
to protect themselves from this 'sort of theft.

THE LATE AYREHLRE iS little here
than,lwo years iiince a Whig was returned foriAyrahire,
by i'mhjoritYinf'o4 ; and now that majority has been
overoome, and-the Conservative elected by a. tifitjority Of
46. This shows an, addition 0f,4,5p o pho;ponservative
ranks. A greater proportion of the electrs have exer-
cised their privilege than on any;preVious :occasion.—
Glasgow.Heraq. , -

• .I• BITING A MAN'S NOSE OFF.—Thomas Winter,,
seaman belonging to New York, was kaken:iiitovenstOdy
on Wednesday, . by, the North police, on a
charge of biting off
,the nose, of Thomas Brown, anpther,
seaman: They .had'' been :`drulk, and had 44arrelled
in a public house, and, while ,wreatlilitOn. tine
Winterhad talc'en: Brown's nose into his "Month; and
bit the end of it off. • BreWn is'serionsly disfigured.
.711 P "A.untties.N. RAILWAY CONDTTCTOR.--4hl SUM-
Ores the. word ‘Callabroad,'`, dressed as if. newly out of
sum-
mer's morning, you 'will. find him Miter the oar, a s he
a band-box, in a suit of white, or unbleached liner 4 Tram -
head to ,footi:hat And boots included:- For'a rollickingd
bit of fun he Will enter the earziage;giving some,welf.d
known' passenger a "dig in the rib's,".-t
his morning salutation of ." Hove are j4u,Loldleller,," at
the same time' saying to, the passengerP ".1 call you
didn.'t see the calf we ketched upon the4dow-lietCher.m On
tihrohnen:logpaaet eal;:litmitfnhaeolref us
fisfsi
referredt 'd t
,
the passenger professing hip igitintnee as. such an
event having happened, but, ,heing,' very. desitoue. of
otownstaprtectLierda'y'lasslbiiisainessithwicihth,ittheins
being "posted" on the subject, is_eager for all the infor-
mation he eau getr—the condalctoriain„ ret3upotill bent
describe, :and more particularly regard-
ing Connected, with the catching of
and! the variations, exclama-
tionS? emendations, and Ladditions with which he
garnishes up his wonderful story—suffice it to
say-:timg' the story is well :t01.k.,0F/d ends by the
conductor completely ,",selling7-his,gageg listener, when
he tells him, with;,a rich leer in:the one eye, that the
animal,. is- on board, and.--the (the iiitivapfiger) Is the calf..
:With tht the conductor bolts' to, the other end of the
car, leaving the whole companyli**rear of,laughter at
the unfortunate Wight who is sa eager taboo:something

ready to up'

)1y when he can meet with a proper (
ho will.take it.—The New World, in 1859.

SCIIAMYL AND HIS SON.—The Russian Gazette, of
the Academy of St. Petersburg, gives an account of a
visit made, at the beginning of last month, by Schamyl
and his son Kazi Mahoma, to Professor Kazem-Bek, an
Orientalist.- After having exchanged a few remarks in
Arabic and Konlyk, Schamyl and the professor entered
into an animated conversation, and it lasted some time.
In the course of it Schamyl expressed his gratitude for
the hospitality he had received in Russia, his admiration
of her wealth and population, and his esteem for the
Emperor. The professor presented him with one of
his works in Turkish, " Mouhammedfyeh," and two in
Arabic, " Moukhtesser" and " Foukhroust," also with
Several other Arab books. He likewise showed him his
Collection of manuscripts. Schamyl examined all with
interest, especially the Arab works; and he said that he
also had possessed a collection of manuscripts, but that,
to his great 'egret, they had been pillaged by his own
people.

ANOTHER AURORA BOREALIS.—Tbe Academy of
Sciences has received detailed accounts of an aurora
which occurred on the 12th ult., being the third re-
markable one this year. It became visible at Nantes
about 7 p.m., and was observed at Moulins in its fullest
glory half an hour later, by M. Laussedat. In the
Vosges, M. P. Laurent perceived it about 8 p.m., and
describes it as resembling 'a vast conflagration; of a
brilliant prismatic red, and extending from the S.W. to
the N.E., that is, over half the horizon nearly. The
clouds, driven by a south-westerly wind, were at first all
luminous, but as the intensity of the phenomenon de-
creased, they gradually assumed a deep brown tint. M.
Laussedat gives furtherparticulars; he remarked from sit
to seven stripes of white light radiating from a centre
situated below the horizon. At about a quarter past
eight two distinct luminous • masses were formed : one
between the tail of Ursa Major and the head of the
Dragon ; the other enveloping the Corona Borealis
and extending at times as far as Lyra. The lumin-
ous intensity of these two masses was very variable,
and seemed to increase in the one as it diminished
in the other. A white ray was suddenly seen to dart
through the mass near Ursa Major. The moon had a
strong halo, and contributed much to dim the light
of the aurora. No falling stars were seen of this time.
At forty minutes past nine, three luminous masses
were formed; one W.N.W. near the horizon between
Hercules and Serpens, another, as before, near Ursa
Major, and the third east of the latter, nearly approach-
ing the Polar Star. Five minutes later, the first-
mentioned mass of light was extinguished, and the
remaining two increased in intensity, forming like a
frame round Ursa Major. Soon after a large pale
orange-coloured ray issued from the mass situated near
the tail or Ursa Major, darting beyond the head of the
Dragon ; it appeared and disappeared several times,
sometimes appearing double. There were traces of
similar rays in the other mass, and about forty-eight
minutes past nine a falling star was perceived. At ten,
the phenomenon had ceased.
SINGULAR OCCURRENCE IN A THUNDERSTORM.—On
Saturday morning last, while Mrs. Jenkins, wife of Mr.
John Jenkins, crofter, Bogie Fern, Blackhills, near
Elgin, was in the act of filling up the tea-pat with water
from the kettle, a vivid flash of lightning came down the
chimney and struck the kettle out of her hand, right over
her shoulder to the further end of the house. It likewise
made a large hole in the gable. The flash passed between
two of the children, sitting by the fire, and pitched them
aside in opposite directions. It is remarkable that nei-
ther mother nor children were hurt, but they were terri-
bly frightened. Mrs. Jenkins felt a numbness in one of
her arms for a time. Her husband was in the byre, and
observed a flash of lightning strike down the Cattle.
The animals lay prostrate for a little, and shortly re-
covered from the shock uninjured. A brass candlestick
on the mantle-shelf of the house was partially melted.-
Forms Gazette.

EXTRAORDINARY STORMS IN BELGIUM.—The weather
has been of late of an unusual character for the time of
year everywhere, a fine summer and fine autumn have
been followed by storms of wind and rain of the most
violent character. In Belgium all the usual order
of phenomena has been reversed, the south wind has
been cold, and the north wind warm all the late
summer and autumn, up to this time. On Saturday
and Sunday the cold was severely felt, and much-
ness prevailed. The thermometer fell to 40 deg., and
in the night to 35 deg.—wind S.S.E. The barometer
kept rising and falling with an unusual rapidity, and
the storms of wind and rain., accompanied by thunder
and lightning, were truly terrific : chimney pots, trees,
and other things being blown down ; and last night it
became still more violent, and has done much damage.
One cannot help observing that the splendid comet of
last autumn occurred between two very hot summers,
and was followed by epidemic cholera and other dis-
orders, and by the present extraordinary weather. In
the Netherlands a bilious epidemic has long prevailed,
and several persons have sunk under it. 'We have just
heard that nearly fifty vessels of different sorts have
been wrecked on the French coast, and above 100 on
the coast of England.

Dlt. LIVINGSTONK IN AFRICA.—We are informed that
Dr. Livingstone finds it impossible to proceed up the
Zambesi river much further than Tete, owing to the
small power and fragile build of his steamer, which he
finds altogether unable to contend with the rapid current
of the river. We understand that he has written to his
friends in England, urging them to send out a more
powerful boat, to enable him to ascend the stream, and
ultitnately to reach the Victoria Falls—a distance of
nearly a thousand miles from the mouth of the river.
The vessel which
_is te be..sent out. will probably cost
three thousand pounds ; and we hope that the friends
of this enterprising traveller, or the Government, or
both united, will not allow the cost of this necessary
expense to fall on the private resources of Dr. Living-
stone himself.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCB.—On Tuesday morning,
between seven and eight o'clock, the dead body of a
woman named Margaret Gilroy, a pauper residing at
Loanhead, near Edinburgh, was found lying in a field
at the road side near Mayshade-gate, in the parish of
Lasswade. It appears that on the previous evening the
deceased -had - been at -Liberton, and in travelling to
Loanhead it is supposed she had fallen over a ,steep
embankment at the part of the road where she was
found, and that her clothes having got entangled in the
hedge she had been unable to rise again, and had lain
there the whole night exposed to the storm.

RUMOURED LEGAL CHANGES. - Rumours as to
changes upon the bench are by no means unfrequent,
and certainly do not always turn out to be correct. The
on dit in Westminster. Hall yesterday was, that it is
probable that ‘befOrelong . there will be changes which
will effect. the three personages who rank highest in the
profession of the law. That Lord Campbell will cease
to be Lord Chancellor, and upon his retirement will be
raised to the dignity of an earl ; that the, Lord Chief
Justice of England will take his seat upon the woolsack,
as Chanceller and that Lord Chief Justice Eile will take
his seat as Chief of the Queen's
Bench. These rumonrod
changes are 'certainly .not against probabilityifOr it is
but natural that, considering Lord Campbell ..is eighty
years_ad, he should think it time that his labours, were
somewhat lessened.: --It is no doubt very desirable that
-the Liberal party should have in • the House of Lords
a debater'ef such. brilliant pltrts as. Sir Alexander Cock-
burn ; in the event of his promotion, there can. be
but ofie.opinion in the profession as to the fitness of
Sir William Erle to succeed hiht.-7-Morning Advertiser.
LIFE aceount was given'in• August
ttairth: ef""ah74 r*:.l',ll73haoaTirtsit,:axi; whnouoThatt"ttdo
-long tgs7pbFreaftliYilte°dl:;f—LrboanAd;
her, but havingno legal pretext, he, by the adVice of
an agent d'affmres, named,Richebraque, whom he con-
Salted, tried to "bribe- his' journeyman, one Durand, to
amart had had an. Aanlterous eonnoxioa-with
the woman ; but Durand refused. Nevertyeless, the
twB ten fOrgeitaiddaaratien in Durand's n. -e to that
effedirind.u4boutp going home, reproaoliecl. his wife
;NM having dislioniiiird'him, and .said
.that: he:had a
written pion! of her Oa in his' pocketthreitening
at the Sa me' Eiine to take' legal
.proceedinkO, against her.
The woman possessed I herself of the paper, and Was ex-
cessively indtgnant, as the charge was altogether false;
her conditcf haiing always been irreproaehable. The
neitday, on seeing Durand in the shop
reproached,
him bittern, with trying 't6'atranp her husband from:
her, and flying. into a violent passion, not, only refused
to listen' to the man, but Snatched' up a knife and stabbed
him- in the side.. The wound was serious, but 4e're-
covered. • On Monday the woman was brought to trial
before the CO4it of Assizes on the charge of attempted
oetb,6
;:, finding from the testimony of
her neiglibiiiirs-tnat she was really ,
well79o4ducted,
andthinking that she had received `gtoSs'
prOiocation;
acqiiitted her. Her husband and Richebtacine were friedc
with her on the
charge of having forged the document
in the name of 'Thirand, and, betwere convicted. The
huSband, for wheM extenuating - circumstances were
found, -ws., •

,enced to a year

;onnient, and

to five years' hard labour