Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-16 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS.

The- dttalls of the Calcutta mail, which left Mar-
eeilles Wednesday -morning, have not yet
reached tte, but th.2y will do so, no doubt, in time
for our ptlblieation of to-morrow. The Bombay
mails will also arrive here to-night. A telegraphic
despatch in the MorniNg • ,Post, of yesterday, con-
-tains.one or two important statements, not men-
tioned in the despatches from Cagliari and
Trieste. '-1.112e Gwalior contingent, which was sup-
posed to be kept in check .by Scindiiih, is now, in
this despatch, positively stated to have deposed
the Maharajah, and to Dave, placed a Prince of the
Delhi farniv on the throne. At Calcutta, on the
feast of the lUohurrurn, the,s.ttitude of the Muz-c
suimans was- each that it was found necessary to
-station the--volunteers, with some guns, in the
- various publ-le places. The enemy was en-
-trenched :before Cawnpore, -an the hanks of the
an,d the march of the reinforcements of
itritish t roops.vzes very difficult on account of the
heavy rai rls. The Indian Relief Fund now reaches
Ithout
,X 2 00;02o The Meer-.A.li-Aloorad has con--
tributed i.N.00, a remarkah;e evidence of go.od will
ma the pa rt of a prince who hat sustained great
vrong•ffor.a. British offiJials, for. it will not be for-
gotten that -.1116. -,territory was .recently confiscated,
under c:rci tmastances almost unparalleled in the

history of . Indian confiscation. many of the
meetings he Id to -obtain conteibutions to the Fund„
it is. observe ble that advantage.is taken to introduce
political and ether considerations very remote from
the simple qt teetion of granting relief to those who
suffer,; and this. hes, the natural tendency to create
division where only unanimity should exist. At
the St.t.Pa.nera ..meeting (London), sentiments were
uttered to which it ewould be impossible for all
politicians to reE-pond, and the chairman ruled
that no parishioner,. rising spoataneo.usly in the
meeting, .had to right to oppose these senti.
112 ents, or to suigot any alloration in the
resolutions subn titt ed. We observe, says a Lon-
don journal, that our Raman Catholic
fellow-euni-_ters are: -very. severely pauncedupon by
some of .our con tetnporaries, who assuer..e that,
because they eempla in .of a• sectarian ad,ministra
tion c f the fPatriotise Fund, they ace necessarily
unpatriotic at this hour of trial, and. unworthy of
the English Pamir.' eCommittees have been
formed in differeut towns in Gernaseey to -collcct
contributions to the ford I..ter alleviating the suffer-
ings infiictedby the reToltin India. At Hamburgh,
in partieuls,r, the leading commercial houses .haye
beaded the list -with 110.w:home subscriptions. At
the same time the ru, your which has spread in
Germany, that the Britt eb Government intend to
form another foreign legien, has drawn numbers of,
adventurous young men to Banaburgh, where they.
in vain sought for British .age:2!..s ready to receive
the offer of their -services.
The weekly meeting of the 'Health ComPaßtee
ewes held yesterday. The deathe last week were.
-e:35, being ten more than the .corrected average.
Scarlatina, Itoor&ig.cough, andterphus, are ve.ry
.4revalent. Indeed, the deaths- ;eon] these causes
have. not been exceeded in eny,tifeek during the
last four years. A tetiern, prepared by Mr. Fresh, ,
under the direction of Mr. Metioware was read
before the committee. It is of ra;the an interesting
description, arid shows at a glrenee vi•hat they are
doing for the health of the town generally. It
appiars that :32.372 cellars were visited during the
year ending the 29th ref Septemb,m Of these only
702ewere found to confoem with t.‘te provisions of
the local sanitary act. ft :was only deemed neees-
sary,however, to take 249 -persons befere the justices.
for their decision, the eihe.rs.having .coneplied with
=the notice issued by the impactor of nuisances.
;Nearly-3,000 notlceabfor the removal of..attikinces
were isued, and all were complied with excepting
it.kos cases. Out of 7,230 erotic ,s to cleanse and
. ptuify. street and court ly;uses in unhealthy dis-
tricts, alt -but 67 were complied with 3 and although
674 ..notices were served to abate the Fn
nuisance,._ only 49 informatioQs .were reqaired to
be 3e.id before the magistrates. Altogether, from

. _
. the .returns, we perceive that out of .1;1',612 notices
whiehhave been issued from the nuisance
has only boon found necessary to prefer 562 infer-
mationsagainet defaulters, and illicit conclusively
shows the effeets of the working of thismystern.
At the yeeetieg of the Dock Committee, a good
deal of routine business was goa.e through, but
very little calla , for special notice. A plan was
• laid beikere the ceennittee for the alteration of the
Brunswkac and-klu-ekisson Docks. The surveyor
explained &het it wag proposed to make three docks
of the Brue.swiek, lying east and west, whea..o4laere
-was only one now, lying north and south!. In
,regard to the Huskissen dock, it was propos:A to
peke one large dock, for,the use of the steam ti ade,
3,yiag east and west. The report was ordered to,a
Neon the table for a fortnight, and a suggestion
that the widening of the Queen's doek quays, and
the continuation of .seiten-Street, .which,
.was
reoealy estimated at a cost ef ..£BO 000, 611bgld also
form a subject of .consideration by the committee,
was aceuieseed in. The Doak Committee seem
. to he in favour of continuing the Liverpool race
in London ; but they have refer red the .question
to their Fiaance Committee.
We give the particulars to-day .ef a post-office
robbery at Chester, also ene at Biekenhead, so far
its they have reeahed us.
At the pollee court yesterday, the only case of
public interest was ohe in connexion with the ez-
elusion trains to the Manchester exhibition. Two
persons were charged with attempting to defraud
the London and NdrthWestern Reilway Company,
by Arevelling with excursion ticßets which were
returneWe the previous day- The prisoners sorely
complained :of the treatment they had teethed,
and said thattbe tickets were supplied to them on
the faith that thEy wcu!cl be available on adY oc-
casion for a week. fir. Clough stated that the
present ex-elision tioaet system was a regular
Viii44W:7-end. Mr. hiensfiela immediately Ois• .

missed the case. But what is to compensate
the poor fellows for their incarceration in a common
gaol for a night ? It will be satisfactory to them
that these excursion trains will shortly be knocked
on the head, as the Exhibition closes on Saturday
—at least the Committee have
.so intimated to the
public.
Mr.-Harrison Wickham, of the American Hotel,
Lime:street, was again' before the police magistrates
I yesterday, charged with having allowed drunken-
ness on his premises, on the night of the 14th of
September last. The magistrates were not quite
-satisfied that drink had been supplied on the de-
fendant's pi emises, •and dismissed the case.; but
Alderman Holme expressed the opinion of the
bench, that Wickham's house was not properly
1 conducted, and that unless SOlll9 alteration for the
better was mad, his license would be taken
1 away. _ _ _.

At the Coronel% Court yesterday an inqnst was
held upon the body of a woman who had been
insane for the past twenty years. From the
-evidence of a medical man, it .appears that the
defvh of the deceased was caused -solely by star-
vation ! She had resided with one of her brothers
—how is it that he thus allowed his sister to be
' starved ? Surely there must be blame attached
to some persoa'.? It is really horrible that such
an occurrence should take place in a Christian
country.
From the pressure of other matter, we are unable
to give. the particulars of the conference at present
sitting in Biruaingham. It has, during the last
three days; entertained a great variety of topics in
connection with social science, and suggestions
have been propounded which would, if carried
into practical operation, affect an itamense reform
in our sanitary, educational, legal, and prison
arrangements. The speeches which have and
which continue -to be made by such distinguished
individuals as Lord Brougham, Lord John Russell,
Lord Stanley, and Mr. Hill, are especially im-
portant; and in the sectional discussions the
Conference has the benefit of the assistance
of many of the most philanthrophic and practical
gentlemen in the country. The papers read
are too numerous and varied to be mentioned
here. Speaking, generally, we may say that some
of the papers were. highly suggestive of legislative
change in connectton with such matters as the
transfer of land, prison and workhouse improve-
ment, and the proper treatment of our criminal
population. The question of middle class educa-
tion has entered largely into the proceedings of
the Conference. lii the course of Wednesday
night, a distinguished company dined with the
Mayor at the Royal Hotel, and there was also a
conversatione at the Society of Artists.
We have another serious railway accident to
record to-day, by which two persons lost their
lives and a great :many have been- lamed and
mutilated. It occurred on the South \Vales line,
and seems, so far as the facts are knows', to have
I been not an accident, properly speaking, but the
!-result of negligence.
The two persons charged with being engaged in
the Belfast tea frauds were yesterday sent for trial
at the next assizes, by the magistrates.
Our advicrs from Berlin states that the health of
the King of Prussia continues to improve, but it is
not expected that he will for a long time be able to
apply himself to the cares of government, and the
question of a regency is already talked of at Berlin.
According to the Constitution, the regency in such
a caae devolves on the agnate nearest to the throne.
The Landtag has, however, to be called together to
decide whether a regency be necessary or not. For
a short period, not exceeding a month, the King
himself may appoint a loevon tenens.
Letters from Persia to the sth September state
that the Shah has dismissed the Commander-in-
Chief of the army cf Fars in. extensive pecula-
tion, in consequence of which the troops under his
command suffered great privations. Mr. Greg-
-guile Murray (the nephew of the English minister,
-2 nd one of his atte -.hes) passed through Frzeroum
-on the 25th, on his way to Teheran fiorn England,
. whether he had been on a mission.
The Turkish expedition against the insurgents
in Albania has now actually advanced into the
revolted districts Steps have been 'taken by the
diplomatists at-Constantinople to prevent, if stilt
paseibleean actual conflict, and the Porte has con-
sented to despatch a special messenger with an
ord.er to that effect, but it is feared that he will
arrive too late. The mountaineer tribe in question,
that of Yasogie, on the confines of Montenegro and
Albania, refuses allegiance to the Sultan as well as
to the Montenegrin.,Prince.
The improbable news -lately given with extra-
ordinary circumstantiality by the Trieste Gazette,
that Lord de Redchfre arid the Austrian Ambas-
sador ataConstantinople had protested against the
validity of the last elections in the Principalities,
is now
_eligmatised as a pure invention, both by
the Ost Leat4che Post and the Austrian Gazette.
There is no news from Spain. A Madrid des-
patch, dated Tuesday, dr3th, at midnight, states
that nothing had been decided with respect to the
formation cf a new cabinet.
Accounts ftora Stockholm of tha tith state that
the cholera still -continued to rage in that city. Up
to that day 696. cases had occurred, of which .338
were fatal. Among the victims was M. Svedbour,
chief edit;r of the ,4ftonbladet. •

THE re-perusal .of the Persia's advices con-
vince us that our previous remarks, touching
the monetary crisis in the United States; were
perfectly correct. Indeed, we are now persuaded
that we took too lenient a view of the matter.
According to the' latest •New, York advice's, bank
after bank:was succumbing to.the pressure. -S)
general was the• "run" that it -had ,beceme
imperative to hold a meeting of Bank Directors,
to avert one :universal crash, and devise some
means whereby the wheels of commerce would
be extracted from the threatened period when
there must be a
,general cessation of business.
There must certainly be something wrong in the
banking system of -the United States; for no
commercial " panic" appears but immediately
the banks show SyniptOms of "monetary ague,"
and a few days afterwards most of them announce
suspension of specie payments. This clearly
manifests that such an exteusive paper eurreuey
as prevails in'America, then so recklessly dealt
in, although advantageous in some respects, has
disadvantages of much greater magnitude,- and
when not foreseen and provided for in' ime, never
fail to inflict serious and irreparable injury upon
the entire community. It might not matter so
much to England that Brother JoivAT- HA:x was so
frequently in financial difficulties were it not, as
we haVe already remarked: that we are so
:intimately and directly connected- witL. all his
monetary and commercial operations. What
affeets him must touch us severely. We invest
in his state and national securities, and we are
large,shareholders, in his railways and other
gigantic undertakings. If, then, his stocks and
shares come tumbling down, JOHN BULL must
suffer for not being on the spot. He does not
know' 'of the impending crisis, so as to ." realise"
in time, and thereby aVert a total spoliation of
his capital.

The Bank of England, foreseeing the nature,
and extent of the '• crisis," made sure of an

export of specie to America. They were not
wrong; The steam-ship Baltic, which sailed for

Nev 'York, on Wednesday, !took out, as a first
instalment we suppose, 76,0001. This will be
continued weekly„aye, and perhaps semi-weekly,
as long as the monetary and commercial affairs
of the United States continue as they are, and
the rate of exchange remains at 105. It
would pay speculators in gold coin to ship specie
to New York, if there is the prospect of realising
as much as 35 per cent. on first-class paper ;
and this, we are told, was deemed by the meeting
of Bank Directors, already mentioned, as a fair
rate, under the circumstances. Well, added to
the demand from America, the East India Com-
have borrowed one million sterling, and, to crown
the whole, there is a continued drain to the
Continent. Truly England just now is in a
ticklish position. Placed as the Bank of Eng-
land is, it behoves its directors to be prudent in
time, and the exercise of that caution which the
responsibilities of their position impose upon
them, to take care that the drain of gold from
their vaults be neither too heavy nor rapid.
This they effect by " turning the screw," i.e ,
raising their rate of di-count. A " turn" was.
given on Thursday, and another on Monday,
and we shall be gratified to learn that another
will not be ordered by the " Court" in a few
days more, As things at present shape, it looks
very like it. It is all very well for certain
journalists to distant upon the healthy state of
trade and commerce in this country. to declaim
upon the demand for all descriptions of our
manufactures, and the general and prDfitable
employment of the operative and labouring
classes, but we ask such writers what prospect
is there that this will continue, if the Bank of
England continues sending away the gold in
its vaults, and raising its rates of discount upon
the commercial paper of the country.

We have been told over and over again to
look at our disasters in India broadly and man-
fully in the face. It becomes us, too, to face the
present financial difficulties, which threaten us,
with true courage ; to examine the danger, in
all its bearings, and to adopt timely means to
avert anything approaching a monetary crisis.
GOD knows a war in India, and with that a dis-
turbance of our trade to and from that vast
empire, together with a rupture with China, is
enough for any nation at once. But to be
saddled with the pecuniary.consequences of these
hostilities at the same time, loose millions ofcapital
invested in National undertakings in America,
and to have our merchants and manufacturers
plundered through the incautious and reckfess
speculations of designing Americans, is too much.
Without monetary accommodation, and a
demand for their productions, our manufacturers
cannot keep their mills going. Each of these
" monetary accommodations," and a " demand
for manufactures," are essential to healthy trade.

Now, we cannot go to war with a country,
and expect its people to buy our productions,
except those essential to their very existence, nor
can we expect td be doing any extent of trade
with a country whose banks are closing one
after the other, and whose merchants, brokers,
and traders cannot obtain a discount for their
bills under 35 per cent. It is true, we are not
the first to feel the effects of all these unfavour-
able operations, but as we are told, on high
authority, that " the sins of the father visit the.
children," so, also, do the failures of.- the

" customers" visit, aye, and punish most
severely, all with whom they have had, any

dealings.

IWe have already endeavoured to trace the
causes of the present financial crisis in , the
United States, so that upon that point nothing
more need be said. As to the. origin of the
Indian Mutiny, it would perhaps be.premature
to say: nything. We have, therefore, only to
add :that it is our deliberate opinion that' if
Lord PALMERSTON has the interest of the country
'at heart Parliament shOuld he -assembled at once.
Should we be visited with anything approaching
a -monetary crisis, the consequences would be
feaful to the lower classes. Increased taxation,
either direct .or indirect, must follow our struggle
in India; employment would fall off; trade
- would be paralysed in every branch; commercial
confidence entirely obliterated ; and, worse
than all, provisiOns comparatively high, with the
rigour of Winter setting in. No minister,
having his country's good at heart, would treat
such ,a visitation with lightness, and prefer
concocting schemes, whereby he can defeat
the objeets and intentions of the Chinese
CoMmissioners at Canton, and inflicting a signal
vengeance upon the Bengal Sepoys and their
abetters,, than asking Parliament to deliberate
how the welfare, the happiness, and the social
advantages of' the p`eople at home can be, not
°ill? advanced, bat perininentlyi.secured. lf
anything more than another could substantiate
tbe--gloomy view which we have taken of
matters, it is the announcement made in the
City articles of our, metropolitan cotemporaries
on Tuesday. The following is a sample of many
before us :--•4 Seldom has there been a more
gloomy day in the financial history of the City,
either in the way of actual experiences or
fOrhoding, than the present {Monday):"- Why
was this ? Simply because the Bank of Eng-
land has , raised its rate of interest to 7 per
cent, with every prospect of a further rise.
Truly, our Indian troubles have broUght
nnforeseen results. The Bank of Bengal refuses
to discount the Company's paper: The Funds are
. . .
coming tumbling down, and already are shown
commercial signs of weakness. Another turn or
two of the Bank 'Screw and nothing can avert
a panic much more severe and general than