Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-18 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18,, 1859

WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE. •
At the usual weekly meeting of this- committee, held
yesterday, Mr. Churchwarden Cropper occupied the chair..
The other gentlemen
Williams,resent were—Messrs. Owen,
Critchley, Smith, Peck, W and Bairstow.
The Medical Officer reported that, the number of deaths
in the house during the week was 28 ; of whom 7 were
men, 6 women, 4 children above two years and 11 infants.
The number of sick paupers under treatment, last week
was 653. There were admitted since, 169 new cases ;
133 were cured and discharged ; and there are now
remaining under treatment, 661; including 42 fever, 20
itch, and 64
smallpox cases. .
The Master of the vagrant sheds reported that there
were relieved, in this department, during the week ending
the 12th instant, the following destitute persons :--141
males; 16 females, and 9 children ; total, 226 ; showing
a decrease last week in males, of 35 ; increase in females,
8 ; and children, 4 ; being a nett decrease of 23. When
compared with the corresponding week of last year, there
appeared a decrease of 92.

The Governor's return showed that the number in the
house last week was 2,348; number this week, 2,329;
being a decrease on the week of 19. When coMpared
with the corresponding week of last year, there was
shown a decrease of 336,

The Chairman drew the attention of the committee to
a letter which had been sent to Mr. J. H. Smith, the
homoeopathic poor law officer, spoken of by Mr. Denton
last week.

The following is the letter, as published in the British.
Medical Journal:

" The board desire me to remind you, that in the letter
which they addressed to the guardians on the 24th Nov.
last, they stated that, having regard to the assurance con-
tained in your letter of the 16th October, they were not
prepared to require your, resignation, provided that the
guardians were fully satisfied with the manner in which
you discharged the duties of your office, and the general
treatment of the sick poor under your care. It now ap-
pears, however, that from your having adopted a system
of medical treatment which is not recognised by any of
the constituted medical authorities of the country, the
guardians have no longer confidence in your proceedings
as medical officer. It is to be borne in mind too, that the
guardians are primarily responsible for the medical atten-
dance on the sick poor; and the board, therefore, think
that as you were appointed by them on the understanding
that you would practise in accordance with the system
generally recognised, the guardians are entitled to demand
either that you should adhere to that system or resign
your office of medical officer. Under these circumstances,
the board are not prepared to assume, themielves, the
responsibility of allowing you to retain the office, unless
they are informed that you will relinquish the prac-
tice of homoeopathy in the treatment of the poor under
your care as medical officer; and I am accordingly to
inquire whether you are willing to give such assurance."
Mr. Peck said that settled the matter so far as this,
that the guardians could appoint a homoeopathist if they
choosed.

The Chairman : If they are unanimous.
Mr. Peek : Well, we may be unanimous in what is
right ; but we want Mr. Critchley yet.
Mr. Smith said he would be glad that the point was
settled, so that there would be no more of this quackery.
The subject then dropped, and this concluded the
business.

RATING OF THE DOCKS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.
Sir,—The fable of the goose and the golden egg,
is applicable, I think, to our town at the present
moment, if the feeling of the inhabitants is to be
judged by the proceedings of certain members of
the Town Council, and Select Vestry, now in London,
with the object of pushing forward a bill to rate
the docks, or, in other words, to kill the goose that
lays the golden eggs.
_ _

Much- has been written upon this subject, with
so little effect upon the people of this town,
that it is almost a vain attempt for an un-
known writer, like myself, to gain the attention
of the public, but having a deep interest at stake
in the trade of the port, I cannot refrain from
writing a few words against the suicidal policy
that some of our local magnates wish to carry out.
Let me ask these gentlemen a few questions. Do
not the docks draw the trade to Liverpool ? Is it
not that trade that causes the prosperity of the
town, increases the value of property, and makes
Liverpool the town that it is ? Does not that
trade come to this port because it is cheaper and
more advantageous than other places ?—or does it
come from the good-will of the manufacturing
districts bear to us P Would an increase in
our dock dock charges increase our trade ?
k af.l, ,11.6 ULU. NI LVa.. t.“ 1.-
ers, I have not so far touched upon the
equity of rating the docks, but merely as
one interested in the town, and looking at the
question in a common-sense view. Those arguing
in favour of, rating, say the docks create pauper-
ism. What would they say if the ships discharge d
in the stream, would there not be the same pauper-
ism in proportion to the trade, and yet how would
they tax the river,—and the docks are only the
waters of that river impounded, from which no
profit or emolument is derived ?

What is the position of the bondholder, who has
lent his money upon the faith of the whole reve-
nue of the docks being his security, when another
claim, taking precedence of his, is put in for
50,0001. a-year ? Let Liverpool, then, consider
this qtiestion well, as one of vital importance to
her welfare.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

TATTERSALL'S BETTING.-THURSDAY

- -
LINCOLN HANDICAP.-7 to 1 against Orleans (t); 100 to 8
against Stapleton (t); 100 to 7 against Mr. Sykes (tl.
Livaaroot. STEEPLECHASE.-10 to 1 against Brewer (t) ;10 to
1 against Jealousy (t) ; 100 to 7 against Weathercock (t) ; 100 to
6 against Jean Du Quesne (t) ; 20 to 1 against Halfeaste (t and
off) ; 30 to 1 against Glautius
CHESTER CUP.-100 to 8 against Drogheda (off), (t 12 to 1) ;
25 to 1 against Herne (t) ; 30 to 1 against Polestar (off).
2,000 GUINEAS. - 4 to 1 against Promised Land; 10 to 1 against
Marionette (t).
THE DERBY.-10 to 1 against Promised Land; 28 to 1 against
Volcano; 100 to 10 against Fylield (t).

COURSING.
AN EXAMPLE TO GA=KEEPERS.—WiIIiam Haycocks,
the gamekeeper of Sir John Hanmer, of Bettisfield Hall,
.was on the 14th instant presented with a handsome silver
cup, first-class double-barrelled gun, a pair of greyhound
slips, and a purse containing £34. These were presented
by the coursers of Whitchurch and Ellesmere, between
which towns Bettisfield is situate, assisted by liberal
subscriptions from the tenantry and neighbours, for the
civility, attention, and excellent sport afforded them for
some years, without fee or reward.. The gratitude of
the numerous coursers present at the presentation was
strongly expressed for the liberality of Sir John Hanmer
for the many privileges afforded them of enjoying
their healthy and favourite sport over the Bettisfield

THE CHASE. . .
•
THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS WILL MEET ON
Saturday; Feb. 19 Capesthorne
Monday, Feb. 21
Wednesday, Feb. 23 .. Dunham' Massey
Friday, Feb. 25
.Tarporley
Saturday, Feb. 26
Each- day at half-past ten o'clock. SIN wATICIN W. WYNN'S FOXHOUNDS WILL MEET ON
Saturday, Feb. 19
Monday, Feb. 21 .
Macefen
Wednesday, Feb. 23
•••• ..
Friday, Feb. 25
Saturday, Feb., 26
Gerwen Fawr

Each day at half-past ten o'clock.
(Master, Colonel Cotton; huntsman, John Walker.)

WAR PREPARATIONS.—A letter in the Banking and
Commercial Gazette at -Wurtemberg says -----" We learn
from a very good source that for some weeks pasi, the
men on furlough in Wurtemberg have received orders to
join their regiments, and that the same is done in
Bavaria. It is surprising that the local journals have
not mentioned the fact, but it is certain " The Trieste
Gazette', observes :—" It has been reported that the
precious ohjects of the Imperial Palace of Milan have
been transferred here. We can positively assert, that
,nothing has been carried away belonging to the Palace,
except it be the luggage of the Archduchess Charlotte,
. who, however, is about, to return."
EXTRAORDINARY CALAMITY.—A letter from Taganrog,
in the Sea of Azoff, of the 24th ult., states•that thre days
before a terrible calamity befel that town. The weather
being beautifully fine, many of the inhabitants of all
classes were on the ice to some distance from land. All
at once a violent tempest came on, and the sea breaking
up the ice, rolled in on the land with extraordinary vio-
lence. It even broke over the cliffs near the town, and
filled an extensive valley with water, transforming it
literally into a marsh. The women, whoi had been, left at
home,
.assembled on the heights and, the tops of houses,
offering up prayers to Providence to spare the lives of the
persons on the ice or out at sea.. Soon after dead bodies,
frightfully mutilated, began to roll iu, and persons were
seen on large fragments of the broken ice running to and
fro in terror, or apparently deliberating as to what could
be done. It is • impossible- to tell how many people
perished, but the number was considerable. In addition,
many fishermen were out at sea, and it is feared that
they have perished.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Thursday Evening.
A large business has again been done in the
Liverpool Cotton Market, and, with the activity,
great firmness has prevailed in prices. The total
sales reach
.12,000 bales, and include 2,500 taken
for speculation and export.
The amount of business done in the Liverpool
Share Market to-day has been moderate in extent,
and prices generally have been tolerably steady,
although in some instances they had a tendency to
recede. The actual transactions were as follows :-
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 661;
Caledonian, 841, 841 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
951, 951, '951 ; London and. North Western 951,
951, 951, 951; North Eastern-Berwick Stock, 931;
North Staffordshire, 41d; South Eastern, 221 ;
Dutch Rhenish, s+d ; Grand Trunk of anada,
7 7-16 ; Great Western of Canada, 15+ ; Manches-
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, redeemed £lO
pref. 3-16 p ; London and North Western, Chester
and Holyhead, 5 per cent. No. 2. 118.
After official hours, Caledonians were done at 851,
851 ; Eastern Counties, 121„ 12 5-16, 121 • Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 951 ; London and.
Westerns, 95Z ; and South Easterns 221, 22.3-16.
The quotationsafter official hours were as follows :-
Blackburn, 11/, 111 ; Chester and Birkenhead,
66, 661 ; Caledoman, 851, 86 ; Chester
and Holyhead, 481, 481; Eastern Counties,
121, 12 5-16 ; East Lancashire, 951, 96 ; Do.
£9 shares, 1, p ; Great Northern, 105, 106 ;
Do. A, 88, 89 ; Great Western, ' 561, 57 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 951, 96 ; Ditto
£9 shares, 1, 1 p ; London and North Western
Stock, 951, 96; Do. one-eighth shares, 1, a d ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 381, 381 ;
Midland Stock, 101+, 102 ; North British, 601,
601 ; North Western, 131, 131 ; North Staf-
fordshire, 5 xd, 41 d ; North Eastern-Berwick,
93;',2, 931 ; York and North Midland, 781, .79;
Leeds Capital Stock, 481, 481 ; South Eastern,
and Dover, 22 3-16, 221 ; Dutch Rhenish, 51,
5 d ; Great Western of Canada, .151, 16;
Ditto New Shares, 41., 4M d; Great Luxlembourg,
6 9-16, 6 11-16 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 7Z, 71.
The Caledonian dividend will be at the rate of
four per cent. per annum, and leave a surplus of
about £4,500, after charging about £7,000 for
parliamentary expenses.
The amount of business done in the General
Produce Markets has been moderate, but no feature
of importance occurred during the day.
The accounts received from Paris this afternoon
report that great firmness had characterised the
Bourse to-day, in consequence of the warning
given to the French Press for its tendency to war-
like demonstrations. In the early part of the day
the Rentes were nearly a half per cent. higher
than they were at the close yesterday, but this im-
provement was barely maintained till the close of
the day. The final closing prices for Rentes were,
for Money, 68 ; for the Account, 67, 70.
The Corn Averages in England and Wales for
the week ending February 12, were as follows :-
Wheat, 40s. 11d. ; barley, 335. 6d. ; oats, 225. 4d. ;
rye, 31s. 2d. ; beans, 41s. 2d. ; peas, 41s. sd.
The London Stock Market opened this morning
with a heavy tendency, but, consequent upon the
tenor of the telegraphs from Paris, soon became
firmer, and at two o'clock prices of Consols were
quoted a shade better than at the close of yester-
day. At the hour named, Consols were quoted
951 to 951, both for Money and the 9th of March.
The Three per Cents Reduced were dealt in at 951
.t 096 ; the New Three per Cents., at 951 to 961;
the New Two-and-a-Half per Cents., at 79 ; India
Stock, at 219 ; Indian Four per Cent. Debentures,
at 98+ to 981; -India Bonds, at 18s prem. ; Exche-
quer Bills, March, at 37s to 38s prem. ; ditto, June,
at 34s to 36s prem.
After official hours the quotations were Consols
Money, 95/, 951 ; ditto Account, 951, 951; Ex-
chequer Bills, 33, 36; Bank Stock, 227, 229 ;
Three per Cents, 96+, 96.
The London Railway Share Market to-day was
firm.. The chief movement was in Caledonian
• Stock, which has risen 1- per cent., being quoted
851 to 86. London and South Western and
Great Western were likewise in demand. Other
descriptions were quoted much the same as at four
-J.. aay, •-zuution alga :Tsui ili
Western, 951- to 95+ ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
95: to 95+ ; Midland, 1011 to 101+; South
Eastern, 221 to 221 per share ; Great Western,
561 to 57 ; York and North Midland, 781 to 79;
and Berwick, 931 to 94. French Railway Shares
were better. Northern were quoted 37 to 371 ;
and Lyons, 33, to 331. Lombardo Venetian Old
Shares advanced toy to 1 prem..; and the new to
prem., " buyers." East Indian railway Stock
was likewise be tter. The final closing
prices were : - Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Eastern Junction, 61, ; Caledonians, 851, 86 ;
EaStern Counties, 621 ; East Lancashire,
954, 961 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 711,
721 ; Great Northern, 1041, 10541; Ditto
A, 88, 90; Great Westerns, 5611 579; Great
Western of Canada, 151, 161; Grand Trunk of
Canada, 291, 301 ; Great Southern and Western,
105, 106 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 95/, 96 ;
London and North Western, 951, 96; London
and South Western, 921, 921; Leeds Northern,
481, 481; Manchester, Sheffield; and Lincolnshire,
381 ; Midland Stock, 1011, 102 ; North British,
601, 61; South Eastern and Dover, 741; York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, 93/, 931 ; York and North
Midland, 781, 79.
Advices have been received of the loss of the
ship Sutlej, Captain James, belonging to Messrs.
Green, of Blackwall. She was bound from Calcutta
for London, and took fire and sunk in the river
Hooghly.
The demand for money continues languid. The
terms for grst-class bills yesterday, were 2 to 2+
per cent. There were very few applications at
the 'bank

A sum of £90,000 in gold, viz , £60,000 Russian
and £30,000 American, was yesterday sent into the
Bank.
The bar silver by the West India packet was
sold yesterday for the East ss. lid. per ounce
standard, being the same price as that obtained
for the remittance by the previous vessel. The
Mexican dollars remain on sale.

A telegram from St. Petersburg reports the ex-
change again lower, at 35:4d, showing a total fall
of 31 to 4 per cent. froth the highest pOint touched
at the end of December, when large drafts Were
passed in anticipation of a Russian Loan.
The firman for the establishment of the National
Bank of Turkey, negociated by Messrs. Wilkins,
has been delivered by the Ottoman Ambassador
to the concessionaires,• and from the arrangements
already made to organise the undertaking, there
is every prospect of success. The privileges af-
forded include the issue, the redemption, and
the regulation of the paper, currency of the
country, so that the Turkish Government
seen to be animated by a desire to keep
.faith
with their creditors ; and the combination of
interests—English, Greek, and native—who have
pledged themselves to support the bank, leads to
the conclusion that it will command a large and
Most remunerative connection: The shares to
provide the capital of £1,000,000 have already
been subscribed, and active endeavours will now
forthwith be made to bring the bank into opera-
tion. Judging from the satisfactory business
transacted by the Ottoman Bank, which, although ,
in a favourable position, .does not represent the
Government, the progress of the establishment, if
it be prudently manac,ed, can scarcely fail to be
encouraging. The difficulties attending the com-
pletion of this business, which have been
numerous, may now be considered to have been
surmounted, and the jealousy which distinguished
the late active competition 'for the concession
should be allowed to subside.

The English Funds opened his morning at a decline
of 1, in consequence of the renewed fall at Paris, and
subsequently there was an increase of heaviness, partly
attributable to a report that a French loan of £20,000,000
is' in contemplation. This rumour, however, can scarcely
have' had any foundation, beyond the inferences Conse-
quent upon the enormous outlay in progTess for Military
and naval armaments. Supposing any such announce-
ment to have been Made in Paris, 'd fall in rentes, not of
I per cent., but of 5 or 10 per cent., might have been
looked for. A-sudden resolve, therefore, to raise a large
loan, would necessarily be tantamount to a declaration of
war.—Times City Article, Wednesday Evening.
The Funds opened this morning with a firm appear

ance. At one period a rise of it to 3-16th per cent. was
attained, but at this point a vague and entirelf
founded rumour that a large French loan is about W
launched caused a relapse and the English Funds, 11P
to the close of business, did not recover from-the ahead
finally closing k per cent. worse than yesterday, all
about 4-per cent, below the best point of the morning'
The demand for money continues languid. A stlin„„°o
£90,000 in gold—viz., £60,000 in Russian, and 00,uv
American—was this day sent into the Bank. The scrip:
of the new Austrian loan has fallen from to I cho.vg.
A telegram from St. Petersburg reports the Exchange
again lower—at 35Z-d ; showing a total fall of 3-4- 0 ,
per cent. from the higkest point touched at the end
December, when large drafts were passed in anticipat'
of a Russian Loan. —Daily News City Article, Iredrosa",
Evening.
The Stock Exchange Committee have removed the
Ottoman Railway from their official list.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The London and North l'iresterf
Railway traffic return shows this week an increase
£3,886 ; the Great Northern an increase of £2,405; 311
the Great Western an increase of £2,336.
NATIONAL BANE OF TURKEY.—The firman for the
establishment of the National Bank of Turkey was
vered by the Ottoman Ambassador to the concessionarivi,
on Tuesday. The stipulated capital is one million.