Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-07 00:00:00

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The following is a copy of the report Collided to in our
report of the proceedings of the c Morday last),
relative to the election of the Mersey Dock and Harbour
Board :
elintinary .Report of the Comini,,Yee on the approaching
Election of the Mersey Dock and Harbour Do ird.
It having been referred to this committee " to obtain
all req i'site information respecting the mode of election
of the provisional board in January next, and to report
to the council thereon at its next meeting; and, also, to
offer such sugges ions with reference thereto as to the com-
mittee shall se: m fi-."
1. The committee beg to report the', in accordance with
the first part of she resolution tinder wh ch they are
appointed, th:,y have confined their attention to the
prov:sions of the "Mersey Docks.and Harbour Act,
1857," affecting the provisional Board to be elected in
January next.
2. That, under the provisions of the above mentioned act,
on the Ist of January, 1858, or as soon thereafter as the
election of its members shall be completed, there will be
called into ex;stence a new body, to be termed " The
Provisional Mersey Docks and Harbour Boar 1."
3. That thereupon all the posers now vetted in the
Corporation of Liverpool, and exercised by the " Liver-
pool Dock Committee," will be transferred to such
Board.

4 That such Board will consist of twenty-one members,
of *horn three are to be termed "nominee members,"
and eightf en "electve members."
5. That-the nominee meniberg are to b© appointed by
the " CouEervancy Commis,ioners." (There commis.ionexs
are appointed under the Mersey onservanly Acs.")
G. That the elective members are to be elected by the
dock rateply.lrs, who stre cr4aliffed to take part in the
election of twelve members of the "Liverpool Deck Com-
mittee ". _ _ .

7. That, as to the manner of election of the eighteei
eleeice members of the provincial beard, in January,
1858:—The conservancy - eammiss.ionars have power to
nominate a returning cfficer,who is to conr'uct the election
in such a manner as the con,e‘v nay exnmissionors may
direct.

8. That, as to the quarfie,ation of the elective members
of the board, to be el4c ed in January, 1853 : —They must
(1) reside in the boton,gh or port cf Liverpool, or within
ten mile+ of its outer b ;unlary ; and (2) they must hsve
paid dock rates, within the year immediately preceding
their election, to an amount not less than fifty pounds.
. 9. That it does not appear that any qualification is re-
Squired for the nominee members of the board.
10 That certain diegnalificat'ons attached to all the
members of the heard : —They canvot be in the service
or pay of the b arc), or partic,ps..e in the profits of any
work done for it, except a; shareholders in a water or
gas company, or as leasing and selling land, or lending
money to the board. And ;:ny member of the board
deriving profit in any of the excepted farms is forbidden to
vote on any matter touching the transaction in qnestion;
and if he doeS so, his cove is not to be counted, and ha
will incur a penalty not exeseling twenty po trade.
11. That casual vac ecies in the bard are to be filled
up, as to nominee members. by the conservancy commis-
sioners, and as to the eLctive members, by the elective
members themselves.

12 That all the members of the provisional baud will
vacate their offices on the Ist of January, 1839, or 9.4 soon
thereafter as the election. of the sub scpent and more per-
manent board sh 11 be completed.

13. Teat the members of the provisional board, nominee
or elective, will be re-el'gible to the subsecinent board.
In conelueion,_though the eammittee do not deem it
expedient to offer, at present, any suggestions of a
derailed ch,tracter with reference to the latter part of the
resolution under which they are acting they cannot present
this preliminary report without exoressiog the opinion that
it is extremely desirable, in order to inspires th%t public
corfilence in the -provisional boa, d without which ite
efficiency must ba more or less itupairel, that the result of
the con Lg election th b 3 a fair repr-sentation of the
numerous and versed intsrees connected with the trade
of Liverpool.
Praiontcd to the Council s'ored, and ordered to be
printe for circulation 214 November, 1857
(Signed) Cnatstt BusnetA, Vice-president.

The Independanee, of Wednesday nigh', reports that X
de Brouckere,e (Liberal) has undertaken the taflk of form-
ing a m!nistry. It is said this will ba purely a working
ministry, and intended merely to carry on Governnient in
the interval to the elections, which will take place in June,
.1858
ACTS Martcr.—No wonder tiro sick-room and the
1. zaretto have so often been a refuge front the ins ings of
intellectual d.•ubt —a place of repo e fur the warn and
and 'rill philosophies are at one : here, at /cast, the can-
et ience will n. t be doz4ed by daub`—the benign impulse
will net be checked by aalyrse the IT; here pin may
he.„,in to net eithout settl'og one prel minary question..
To moisten the sql'erer's p.r.hed lips through the hog
eight-wa•ches, to bear up the r:ro .ping head, t) lift the
In lot, ss limbs, to divine the wilt that can find no utterance
to-yond the feeble motion of the hand or b.eteechin4 glance
Of the e3e—then,are offices that demand no serf .gees'ime.
ings, no casuis ry, no assent to proposi jure, no wiighing
of consrquenees. Wehin the four sstl!s whcre the stir
aed glare of the world are shut out, and every voi-3e is
subdu d—where a human being lies prostrate, thrown ei
the tender mercies of his 'elow, the moral relati to of man
to man is ranted to its u'ruest clearness and sTmpleity :
hi:lorry' cannot confuse it, theory cannot pervert it, passion,
awed int) quiescence, c n neither nollute nor p2rterb it.
As we tend t. ver she rick-bed. all the forces of our nature '
iush towards the channels of pi y, of p times, a- ..d of love
and sweep down the miserable choking d,i I of our clearrels,
our debates, rr woulr!-he wislom, an.f our clemO.one •
selfish desires. T tis blessi gof serene froedom froni the
inaporunilies of opinion li s in all simple direct acts of
mercy, an] is one source of that sweet calm which is often
felt by the watcher in the sick-roam, even wben the euties
there are of a herd and terrible kind.—Blackwood's
Magazine, for Novemb r.
N Ann Paocessios..—The firemen b long7n; to the
London fire-engine establis'irn.mt, sth'io :ed r t the chief
depot in W.,thvg-street; hit ureic) a rove) means on
T,Hirs3av night of raising a trifle in ail of the lodiau
Reli f F About half-past a' n 'c'ock a grand
proces•i ,n Lit ,he chief erg're.house, and m, a rted upon
the back f one of the engine h,rses wa; a ti eman dressed
ou to represent Nana Sahib, who was hound in cheirs at d
ropes, with a motto snspende I round his ncek, " Slut-Tea
for to-morrow." This figure, which was admirably mide
up, the head alone being about six feet legit, was led by
two other firemen dressed like Beiti Idlers. Preceding
Nena Sahib on h r eh ck were two fi emen, ow carrying
the union jack and the other a red eroi,n. As It was
expected that the firemen's Guy would be somelbirg
ueustral this yr, ar, and wou'd cause no littl excitement in
the ell' six of the min were ere ed up to imitate special
corstabl 1, Vat) were armed with heavy biters and who
ware a white a t, to Wing in front to clear the way.
On the left cf N .ea Sahib was a representation of one of
the 13 h Light Dragoons, wt.() took part in the glorious
charge at B drik.ava. The drecee; were v-ry apprep,iate .
for the eceLion, and in lereedent of the above chary c'ers
were several more, representing S kh', Greeks, Turks, and
S irtn'a,s Tao of thetfi emen were &rased in woman's
appar I, an ! represent d " ladies in b'ack," ,ne we ring an
enorreons nnnnnt of crinoline, aod the other a bonnet
art r.ied with flow.-re and ribbons, which was greatly
admnired by [he whole of the fair s, x who wi nessed the
processi,n. The firemen intend to hand over the receipts
,he evening which they collected to the I oVatt Re lie f

TUE DESI IV OF SISAL—No cArpet of green sr ywhere
spreads i self und,r foot, or elot!.es the rugged s'eeps.
Ere-. io some briaht oasis, where the hid ars coal
gr-umd, a d the air seems 1113 e g i 1, and the birds
are singing, there is n v.-sdure on the ground, end even
the c mmonest weet's are a valuing. The a it will support
no-hi g which cannot strike its 'co sat leas'. some six
inches into it There is nothit g baton h our fret but the
moro•ony of the endle!s san 1, whose colour, unlike tha
univers d gr,cr," fwign s, inst-'td of r s'r..ing e eye.
The of sic .7s 'adorned, but. no clothed. Bat whatever one
misses in the earth beteuth you, you miss no,.kng io the
heavei s above vim. The grFeancsi of earth is awtntiag,
bit tae Yuri of the he Nre 's has b. come bright r cad parer.
The varied twinkle of f105,,0-s, u tier ytnr feet is gone
hut the sparkle of th. oros ovrheld has d tubl d i slustre.
Thu glove s bare Edited up their busolts, and hid them
from the hot. air b-neath the sands ; but the stars have
rnfoldel thws all the to .re freely, as if tha desert sky,
w th its arch of ma`chless Pztre, were the soil it which
they cm best g,ve forth their brilli ince. The north stir
h s come d )IFu low in the heaven', and 3 on feel that another
at:: :g
hundred,n nii!ei to the south v (it'd make it crop out of
;ht, or orly glimm-r on the h u..z ni. ; but other /ra are
in opposi e totiz in, and you ferl that yea
gain as much as you lose by your southern latitude. Yet
the brightness of son, and moon, and star., cannot make
tin for the want of o her things. Y.,,u miss the wreaths of
village stnoi,e, ri i-g from a bun 'red h roes ; for "'eh
the wild Wax. of Bedouin fires, fl raging their gleam
upon the rock, is no eq tirsilmt. You miss the lark's sung,
the streamlees murme-, the whisper of the words ; for
which the cream of the eagl,, and the torrent's rush,
and the s'irill echo of the cliff, are no co:npensetton. You
miss the m'ghty masses of Glowd that give snch splendour
to
an
down like a fiery globe, is no
oAurrw)rilan:s:us for which the red I'll id red i)l2z. of
equivalemt.—North British Review for November.

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.
The Vanderbilt has arrived from New York with
dates to October 24.

Politics uncharged. The financial ezoitement
has subsieled.

New York Cotton Market quiet. Flour firm.
Provisions dull. Coffee steady. Freights without
change.
The Vanderbilt went ashore on the 13-ambles
this morning. She got off with the high tide, and
has proceeded to Havre.

The Atlantic steamer was to leave New York on
the 26th ult.

The Vanderbilt has no specie.
The New Ye)* Herald of the 24th says :—" This
(23rd) has been a very blue day in Wall-street. So
far as the Stock Market is concerned we see nothing
in the immediate future but depreciation and
disappointment ; as for speculation, it is out of the
question."

- A Convention of delegates from New York coun-
try banks had been held at Syracuse. Owing to the
insufficiency of the notice given—the circulars
calling the meeting were destroyed by the burning
of the mail bags on the Central Railroads a few
days ago—there was but a slim attendance, only
thirty six delegates being present, representing a
capital of some six million dollars. Resolutions
were adopted recommending the country banks to
discount to the extent of th'ir ability, and to aid
in bringing produce to the seaboard ; also appoint-
ing a special committee to effect an association for
the mutual protection and interest of the banks.
and to arrange a system of redemption and
exchange. The delegates expressed themselves
very freely with regard to the city banks. The
meeting stands adjourned, subject to the call of
the special committee.
A meeting of the directors and shareholders of
the New York and Erie Railroad had been held,
far the purpose of raising subscriptions to telieve
the road from ite present financial embarrassments.
About four hundred thousand dollars were sub-
scribed, and a committee appointed to collect sub-
scriptions, The committee assembled on the
following day at the office of the company, No. 45,
Wall-street. There were seventeen of the twenty
members present, and arrangements were made
with the view of, raising the necessary amount of
two millions within the eighteen days prescribed
Of this, about one million has been already sub-
scribed, and sanguine expectations are entertained
that the rest will be forthcoming at the appointed
time.

Several large and extensively known houses in
New York city have signified their willingness to
receive consignments of flour and grain from the
West, among whom, besides Messrs. Spofford and
Tileston, we may mention Messrs. Grinnell,
Mint urn and Co., and cotters have been mentioned
as willing to do the same thing, and to pay freight
and charges to New York, with the view of aiding
in the movement of breadstuffs from the interior to
the seaboard, by which the present pressure may
be alleviated and exchanges equalised.
The Liverpool packet ship Jacob A. Westervelt,
at New York, on the 23rd ult., took fire in her cabin,
and before the flames could be subdued she was
damaged to the amount of about 2,000 dollars.
. .

•
The brig Auglo-Saxon hes been despatched from
Boston to Port-au-Prince with documentary evi-
dence which, it is hoped, will fully exonerate Capt
Mayo aad all accused from the charge of any cim
plicity with the introduction of counterfeit paper
money into the Haytien dominions. It is shown
that a Haytien sul-j3ct had a quantity of bills
printed in Thston, and went passenger in Capt.
Mayo's vessel, but escaped from her at Cape Hay-
tien in an open boat, and from this the charge may
have had its origin.

COMMERCIAL.
Nicw Yost, Oct. 24th.
There is little to be said this week, in the uaset lad state of
financial affairs, regarding the dry goods trade, which has been
m,asurably for the time being brought to a stand. Country
merchants purchase with much carrion, except in undoubted
cases, for cash and at lower prices. The season for the Bouth-
ern trade is over. Those who bought latest came off best ;
the stocks of goods could now be obtained for cash at rates
. , • . • • • • • .
son. The Western trades which has paid up so badly, has
been light, and the purchases making are chiefly for cash, or in
undoubted cases on short paper. It is supposed that the trade
from th's quarter will continue to a later period in the season,
as arrangements are peifec'ed for bringing forward breadstuffs
and provisions—stocks of which are light in all our seaboard
cities. '1 he increased circulation of paper currency, it is sup
posed, will tend to improve exchange with the interior, and
aid more or leas in increasing the remittances. The feature of
the week has been the large Lumber of houses which have
opened their dome to the retail trade at wholesale prices, or
under. This course has brought a large number of buyers into
the city from the adjacent country towns, in every direction,
who crowd these stores for the purpose of laying
in supplies for the win'er at low • prices. These
houses display impaling advertisements in the papers offering
to sell all their stocks off at " prices reduced to correspond
with the present value of money, for cash, in current funds."
Among those who have entered the list we notice firms of
wholesale jobbers in Broadway, Warren, Murray and other
cross streets, west of Broadway. A large stock in Verse),
street is offered for sale by the assignee, at private sales for
cash, at " less than auction prices." This movement on the
part of the houses engaged in it, has contributed to unsettle
the regular course of business, to the confusion and dismay of
retailers in both the city and country. Under such circum-
stances it is difficult to give a range (potations which would
afford any correct criterion or standard of prices. The impor-
ters were doing but little, and sales if made were generally on
a limi ed scale end for " current funds " All seemed to be
looking for a trywarable turn (by and by) whe❑ trade would
become settled, and go on in the old and usual form.
The total number of fai'urea, officially reported since the Ist
of August, is about nine hundred. It is estimated that the
total liabili•ies of these suspensions will amount to full ninety
million dollars. It will be seen by this that there is plenty
of food for a general bankrupt law. During the whole of the
:evolution in 1837 the number of failures reported in the eit-,
was about five hundred; but the returns under the hankinpt
law, in 1841, showed that five thousand took the benefit of the
act, showing liabilities amounting to about fifty million of
dollars.

BRIM:MUFFS : Flour : There was a good domestic and
Eas•crn demand, with some purchases for export, while the
market was firm, and closed ;t an advance of about be per ha
Canadian was firmer. Svuthern was in better supply, and
prices closed heavy for common, while extra was unchanged.
W heat : There continued to be a good demand, while prices
were wiihout change of moment for primo to choice lots.
Common and medium grades were easier.
COTTON was quiet, the stock very light, ard no sales of
moment weto repotted. Sales were made, reported yesterday
by telegraph, in New Oilcans at 91c to 10c for middling to
good middling, with sales of 3,500 bales.

FREIGHTS : To Lir -rpool, about 15,000 bushels of corn,
in bags, were engaged at 61C, 10 tons of oil at 22s 6d ; flour
was quiet at 28 3d, and cotton at ad ; 400 boxes cheese were
taken at 256 ; 400 barrels lard at 20c, and 300 brls rosin at
2s 33. To London, 11 Ws ashes were taken at 27s 6d, and
300 brls rosin at 2, 8,1, To Glasgow, 5,000 bushels of wheat
were engaged yesterday, in bags, at. 83. A vessel was ta'ten
for deals to load at Bt. George'a for Liverpool at 775. Rates
to Havre were unchanged.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh-itreet.
lOM'S are CLOTHED frum the. Ages of Six to Twenty Year

Forty workmen destined for the works on the Roman
railway have Lit Marseilles far Civita Vecchia. These men
bad been previously employed on the Southern line.
Au extensive joint-stock company has just been forme
at Moscow, to explore and work the coal, sulphur and other
mineral products which are said to abound in the province;
of Moscow, Saintly, and Trer. The company proposev
also to establish smelting furnaces and forges, and to curry
cn a trade in iron and other metals.
At the Woodbury Plodghing Match a few days ago Mr.
J,din Daw told the fo'lowing anecdote:—Once having
drained a field where nothing ever had grown before,
was standing near it looking at a crop I bad there, when a
neighbouring farmer came up. We have one or two loose
farmers in our neighbourhood; one of them, in tact, came
from Woodbury—(laugh!er)—but that is not the man I am
soealeing of—who cam up and said to me, " That is a hoc-
final err p, how did ec g et it, so' ?" I replied, " Brains."
(Laughter) " Wet, manure the field wi brains ? " (More
laughter.) Ttee fact was I had drained the field, so I said,
"Yes," (Renewed laughter) He replied, " Lord, yer
h'nonr, where did ee get um ?" (R:ars of laughter.)
Merborne Journal.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelath-6Meet•
BOYS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Twenty Years.