Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-25 00:00:00

hat the 'maths of Sopt---en.
r!ri nd e -

)ased upon previous expert
scientific observation, tier

laving, in both hen "nopheres, very
old weather during the next ninety days
Leaving,„ however, the- qpeFition. of werther in abey-
ance, let tarefer to. the position Of supply on demand.
On the 19th instant, the stack of Ameri-
can Cotton in Liverpool was •587,000b15.
Allow that we import from. that date till
31st December, the.samequantity that

tempestuous and

we did last year, and which no one con-
versant with the trade believes at all
probable .

375,000

962,004

Total ..... • • •
This will give a total for c nsumption and
export till the end of the year of ... . .
Let the average weekly consumption and
export of American cotton which we
have bad since January be given till
31st December, and you have 39,600 for
nineteen weeks

9G2,000

752,400

Leaving stock of American on 31st Dec. at 209,600
Against, in 1858

Decrease
It is an undoubted filet that the stocks of cotton on the
continent and in the hands of American manufacturers
never were so light, from which we may safely infer that
the great bulk of the early receipts of the new crop will
be eagerly purchased for those markets; and it is a fact
patent to all who will take the trouble to inquire, that
planters will not be scared this year as they .were last
(as to the effect of a 3,750,000 bale crop upon
prices) and force their cottons to market as they
did then ; and a week or two will prove that
the coming crop will be nearer 3,500,000 than
4,000,000 of bales. Why, therefore, should holders of
cotton be running after spinners as they are now doing,
and begging, "for Goa's sake," for a "bid," when a
moment's rdlection will tell them that the cry of
4,000,000 is mere i" bosh ;" that the stock of American
cotton, on the 31st Docember, will certainly be 50,000
. bales, and may be 150,000 less than last year ; and that
the stocks in the manufacturing, districts are intoriously
not within 80,000 bales of what they were at this period
in 1858. I much fear that the reason of the anxiety to
sell is owing to the desire many brokers have to render
account sales, and to be able to ascertain correctly cva.y
Saturday the exact amount of their commission account.
And I would, therefore, respectfully recommend to those
whose interests are connected with the " staple," to dis-
card the pernicious advice they have been for
months labouring under, aral act like merchants, and
upon the true principles of trade, which is to keep their
stocks, if produced, till they are wanted; and they mny
depend upon it that, in so far as cotton is concerned, that.
will prove to be the case -ere many weeks have elapsed,
and to an extent few at present think possible.

55,210

Yours respec

"ONES WHO 1i ;ow

CRUELT

TO ANIMALS

TO THE EDITOR or THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES

Sin,—We have almost all kinds of societies estab-
lished now-a-days ; but there is one in particular which.
I should like to see established in this town, namely,
a " Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,"
which, I have no doubt, would, to some extent, have a
tendency to prevent tilos:, disgraceful and vulgar cruel-
ties inflicted upon animals, especially the ass, which
treatment is a disgrace to the age in which we live.
The scenes of this description which I so frequently
witness here are disgusting in the extreme ; and llna

surprised that thoso—whose business it is to look after
these matters, so as to bring the perpetrators before
the magistrates, do not exercise that vigilance so neces—

s a riy
t foris athe
lamentable
pre venti prevention c
to f
that those
cowardly wretches
to whose care those animals are confided have scarcely
more understanding than the poor dumb creatures
which they beat, curse, and load so. unmercifully. I
think the law is not sufficiently stringent to punish
those who are guilty of these excesses ; and that being
the case, as well as the indiff renec with which the au-
thorities and people in general regard these matters, r
fear that unless, some great efforts are made by sonic
humane individuals, the evils of which I complain will
keep increasing. The " Social science" movement
would do well to try to stimulate that portion of opera-
tives, which is generally considered the groisest in
society, to more humanizing influences, as their conduct
in many respects is similar to the darkest ages of
barbarism.

- - There is one animal in particular for whic

qi I feel the

ruel treatment

—.Which he receives from man

which I hhve the

greatest Veneration, on

historic associations connected with him
whose body for more than 1,800 `•ears
indelible mark which should always command ou

there i

,incere respect.
The animal to which I alla

the ass

rhich has

peen for a very long time' degenerating in consequence of
the neglect, contempt, and cruelties which are exercised
towards him. Whether he is naturally stupid or not, I
do not know ; but the ill-treatment which he has been
that stupidity.
- is humble animal; is stronger than the
wg-oellthcia,olcutgdialtendlotroe if)raotdiguue:
The ass an
histreatment,
he well
were fed,
notor
ihnortsleie
floi habit of
his size,
sirzeec,eiariiindg
with less care ; and, not like that noble animal, is con-
tent to feed upon very homely - fare—thistles, or any
weed which might come in his path.
cleaned so as to make him look well ; nor indeed would
h e I
himself m-o uld
gnrottrincbollen palatiitihoifs
receiving,
beaten, tortured with nails,. and loaded beyond his
strength. Is it to be wondered at that he sometimes
manifests his displeasure at such usage by refusing to
work ?

I hope that these few simple observations, which r
trust you will insert in your excellent paper, will have
some effect in removing one of our social evils.-L-YOUFF,
VIATOR.

respectfully,

ntelZiçe~tce.