Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-01 00:00:00

FLASH FIRMS IN GLASGOW.

(From the Monthly Circular of the Guardian Society.)
We referred in our last circular specially to two firms,
whose places of business are in the same street, intimat-
ing that we had evidence in our possession which proved
that they were in secret correspondence.. In corrobora-
tion-of -our statement, we -may now say that a highly
respectable firm in town, recently received a letter from
a house in Bohemia, inquiring as to the standing of
A. B. & Co. and C. D. & Co. and third party, who had
seat them an order, had given as references the' fore-
going names. This not only pre-supposes a connection
between the two firms, but also proves that they are in
correspondence with others in different parts of the
country. A. B. & Co. confine their operations prirci-
pally to the home trade, whilst C. D. & Co. deal with
foreign houses. In a.street not very far from that in
which these two firms prosecute their calling, are other
two of kindred character.. There is no small degree of
art as well as of philosophy in swindling. The principle
of combination in such hands is adopted with fatal
effect upon those who come under its practical operation.
A. B. & Co., of whom we took prominent notice in
our last, gave a small order to a member of the society,
which was 'duly executed, in anticipation of a much
larger one. On the member's inquiry as to the character
of the firm, we put him right on that point ; and, by a
little honourable adroitness, payment of the amount has
been secured. There has been also an attempt, by these
extensive dealers in home produce and manufactured
articles,. to open an account with a well-known house,
terms abmt two-thirds cash, the other third to be drawn
for at two months from date of invoice ; quantity of
goods required being about £l5O monthly, for continued
delivery ! This firm is not one that concludes a bargain
rashly. The discount for cash, in the first instance, is
objected to—communication with the London house
being, ihdispensable before a bargain can be concluded
—ttie'London house ! We have made inquiry as to its
respectability. The answer was anything but satis-
factory ; and we find the house, for the first time,
flourishing in, one of the London trade protection cir-
culars'for this month. _ _ _

C. D. & Co. are anxious to deal with a respectable
house in a distant region ; and, in payment of goods,
sent the acceptance of a man in town. On inquiry, we
find that •he has a local habitation and a name, but
nothing else. One of the firms in the neighbourhood,
to whom we have referred, and who has carried on busi-
ness successfully in the city for some time, constitute the
chief jugglers behind the curtain, the others being
puppets.. They sell valuable goods by auction, as they
arrive,: at any price they'may bring.
The principals of these firms are, like Jack the Giant
Killer, more powerful than visible—wearing, when
necessary, " coats of darkness and shoes of swiftness."
They are seldom in their offices. They watch the letter-
carriers. No sooner are their letters dropt into the
boxes than they pounce upon them.. With the vigilance
of vultures they watch the arrival of goods, the carriage
being paid with a degree of readiness that astonishes
the aeliverers.
We may mention that a new firm, of even more
dashing pretensions than any of those above specified,
has opened within the last few days. Should its orders
be given long at the same rate of speed which has dis-
tinguished its inauguration, we must look out for an
additional clerk to reply to inquiries ! This firm has
taken up its quarters in very close proximity to another
of kindred standing. We- regret that our space this
month will not admit of more extended remarks.

As in some degree supplementary to the above' we
(Glasgow Herald) give the following statement, which
has been transmitted by a correspondent :
Within the last eight days a firm, to which consider-
able suspicion is attached, has opened an office not far
from a street running from Argyll-street to the Broomie-
law. These gentlemen'have taken lodgings in one of
our most fashionable West-end terraces, and desired to
pass as very respectable. Two young men have been
visiting, a number of our large wholesale warehouses,
selecting and laying aside considerable quantities of
goods, in some cases to the extent of £2OO. They
have in general left their card at leaving, saying
they would return in two or three days for the pur-
pose of making further selections and completing
their orders. These second visits, in several cases,
have not been made, for reasons, we believe, that
they have discovered that Mr. Mitchell, of the rivate
Ttrraacclke,
anPdrohtaedctbiozn Oabffilec,esfr,
omMtihneerk-nstorweelt,edgweahse
poonssethsseeir
d
of their plans, to forewarn some warehouses of their
itnotkendd
eepethviesii.
Warehousemen
rteyesopenjust
now,
w,
tGlasgow e
being
an evident
re uir e
determination on the part of some recent incomers
amongst us to do a considerable amount of business.
The present gang, which is • pretty numerous, is very
dangerous, from the fact that they have going about pur-
chasing for them two young men, one of whom was
previously connected with a very respectable warehouse
in Glasgow. Thesa worthies refer to four different
London firms ; two of them have returned answers to
letters sent them, giving our new friends here a most
excellent character, and expressing their, willingness to
trust _them any amount if they were but honoured with an
opportunity of doing so. We can assure our readers,
however, that it will tend to their advantage if any of
them Should be visited by'those gentlemen to make it a
condition that they receive payment in full before the
goods leave the warehouse.

• ---
Commissiow.—TheOTHE GLOUCESTSR ELECTION
might Election have been expected, a
been published, and,
as
eimmissioners acctuit all the
black business it is.
Therincipals, including Sir William
candidates and otherio patt,
Moffatt, of a guilty knowledge ; but
Hayter and
re-
port of the Gloucester
Mr.
employment of large numbers of attor-
neys censure the
side, with all the messengers and agents
neys on each
- constituencies
arc generally employedin,where the
whonumber of voters Commissioners has just
makes the purchase of a dozen
small
of them a matter of importance..
NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND.--A WO-volume
blue book, published on Saturday, contains a mass of
statistical information on this subject. At the close of
1858 there were 5,408 schools at work, being an increase
of 71 on thl year 1857. The average daily attendance
of children was 266,091, and the average number on
the rolls for the year 519,664, while the total number of
distinct pupils at any time on the rolls for the year was
803,610. Of the school children throughout the four
provinces of Ireland, 29,130 belonged to the Church
481,064 were Romanist Dissenters, 57,018 were Pres-
byterian Dissenters, and 2,216 other (Protestant) Dis-
senters,

EXCITING MURDER TRIAL.

4 of

A wry exciting murder trial has just been disposed
at Wa.yliesbitigiGreene County, Pa. In August last
difficulty oecUrred between tbe coloured. residents of Do''
tysburg, _near Waynesburg, and a portion of the obw:
population, whichresulted in the latter warning the
former to leave the village. The feeling, which Faros
to have had its origin, in a belief, on the part of Or
'whites, that the. presence of the negroes in the neigh'
bourhood tended to lower- the prise of labour, soon es"
tended to Waynesburg, and the Dotysburg men threat'
ening to rid that place of its black population too, the.
latter procured arms, and made preparations for resistil
any attack that might be made upon them. On the 25it"
August a party, of whites visited Waynesburg, and will
there one of them, named Sealey Zimmerman; knoelie
down a negro on the street, while the whole were rather
abusive in their remarks about the coloured people °f
the place. On their return home they were attacked bY
15 or 20 armed negroes, and some 12 or 14 shots di'"
charged upon them. The whites ran away, leavini
Zimmerman dead on the field, while the blacks, satisfe°
with the result of the conflict,, returned to their homes'
Another of the whites named Harrington received' I/.
ball in the arm, but the balance, in the darkness''
escaped. Eight negroes were arrested for the murder:
next day, and tried in Greene County Court last wee'.
The trial lasted several days—the evidence in one of the
local papers extending over 17 columns—and. results'
in a verdict of manslaughter against six of the defC'
dents. The other two were acquitted. The prisonerl
got five years each in the penitentiary.—Hear Fork

LORD CLYDE AND THE MEDICAL MEN.--Lord Clyder
in an order of. the day, gives a severe rebuke to thet
medical men in India for neglecting their duty in n°,,
protesting against carelessness as to the proper supPu
of medical materiel. . •
DEAFNESS.—It will be seen by our advertising
columns that Mr. Rackhain, of Norwich, one of 01.
most eminent aurists of the day, and whose treatment of
the various forms of deafness has been so successful,

about to visit Liverpool for a week.
THE EMPEROR AND THE POPE.—About three months
ago, says the ..Yeto York Herald, Senator Seward, will
was makipg a tour of Europe, called on the Empert
who happened to be at Compiegne. The senator Nl's',
shown into an antechamber, and Napoleon soon mad;
his appearance. After the usual salutation, and takinfi
his position, standing with his back to the fire, he offered
the senator a cigar, and commenced smoking another
himself. Ile asked him all about New York and Colonel
Webb, and then asked him about his visit to Euroncf
and whom and what he saw. Mr. Seward, among other
yymo
opinion,be
eosj rr,e
kect thossefe
nopaaaf
net
edpprerinterest,isheeswertseai
sttarphd
tesaeansndai
responded
edaad,hmN,es
toalamhtpecaeaosdulmnet
moment,
statesman."
se.
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thnt
,eo,
tpnlPwkmroi
.eptehe
alls, t
a lie'
io;htlt
him. What do you think of the Pope ?" The New
his characteristic caution, the Emperor wormed out "Z.
rejoined the Emperor, " you have , just bit tlichiiesmenlyniailsti:ol;
the head. That, too, is my opinion." This anecdote?
which we have on excellent authority, shows that the-
manifesto (Le Pape et le Cbtagrs,) which is now given
to the public, was then working in his brain.
APPREHENSION OF AN IRISHMAN FOR MAN:
SLAIIGHTER.—The Leeds .Jfercury says :—At the Leeds
Town-hall, on Friday, James M'Annally was brought,
before the Mayor (W. Kelsall,
.Esq.,) and the sitting'
magistrates, charged with' the manslaughter of his"
brother, Patrick M'Annally, in August, 1855. Ml'
D'Arcy S. Blackburn stated that the inquest on the
body of the deceased was held before Mr. J. M. Barret,
on the Bth and 10th of August, 1855, when a verdict
of manslaughter was returned against the prisoner,
who then absconded; and had not 'been heard of since'
until within the last few days. The depositions, 110,',
ever, -were now in York, and he must therefore as"
for a remand until Monday. The . prisoner Ay°
remanded accordingly. The facts of the case are
briefly as follow :—The deceased, Patrick M,AnnellYl
lived with his wife in Madras-street ; and on Sunday
night, the sth August, 1850, the prisoner went to leisr
house in a- state of intoxication, and asked Patrick to•
lend him half a sovereign. The deceased replied that
he had only 2s. or 35., to which the prisoner was wel-
come. This, however, was not sufficient, and James
replied that it was a mere excuse on the part of the
brother to avoid lending the money. The prisoner
became excited, and walked to the door, followed by his'
brother, when he turned suddenly round and kicked
Patrick violently in the abdomen. The deceased fell
down, exclaiming, " I'm dead ; he's killed me." The
e re
wouldsai d he
like ow t
e make owed Patrickehim
a dive,
wasand seenif he
towarn
kick
his pderisoad,n h
his brother several times, upon which he was seized by t-w°
men and kept back. An hour later he was heard to say
that he would kill Patrick's wife and her mother, if be
could get to them: Patrick was removed into his house,
and Mr. Foster, surgeon, was called in, but he died on
the following Tuesday morning from rupture of the
intestines. As we -have previously stated, the prisoner
absconded_ as soon as. the jury returned their verdict"
and we understand that he went to Ireland, where be
remained up to a few months ago, when he returned tcr
Leeds, and obtained employment at Messrs. Striven
Foundry, Cawood Yard, under the name of Janie'
M'Nolan. Having been seen by one of the neighbours?
information was given to the police, and on Thursday
he was apprehended by policeman Hargreaves, whilst
leaving work. He at first denied knowing anything
about the affair, but afterwards admitted it, stating that
it was a drunken row. The prisoner was on Monday
committed for trial at the York assizes.
IMPERIAL LIBRARY.—The lifoniteur publishes 1111
account of the principal presents made during 1859cr
the different departments of this establishment. '5
that of antiquities are several vases, small figures, an,
medals brought from Greece by M. Francois Lenormaa.rr
to which that gentleman has added a marble bust of 111,'„
father, now placed in the Cabinet of Medals by the sicivr
of that of M. de Barthelemy. Two very rare coins
Bonosus, a ruler under Probus, have been given by 31
de Witte; a quarter-statere, very rare, of Philip of
s"
cedon, by M. Desfosses ; and 15 ancient Georgian
'
and 21 modern ones, the former by M. Victorlanglois,
and the latter by Madame Leonce de Lavergne"
Among, the &Mors to the department of printed works"
Prince Lucien Bonaparte' who has sent translatie
of portions of the New Testament and other seer`„
books in the different languages and dialects of Euroll.
forming together seventeen volumes. The Bish.,S,,nP
Nancandyficohaulaie. swenemrtkscmop. iwesEitehourf thedi reformed Liturgy eff and
'Walch have enriched the section of maps an- 'ets°.
Among the curious numerousdocumenints departmes;
of manuscripts is a lease on parchment signed bythe
Abbe of Santa Maria in Organis at Verona on
15th of March, 1323. This document was. found 11
; during:
sergeant of the 73rd Regiment of thee
2iin-nclo.The
the late campaign on the banks ofhth
'dors; addressed
Abbe Barbier has sent 32 aut9.grap
oc
uard, the Com-
between ,1731 and 1747 to M. q
d
ry Of War, by different personages of note ; an
Belly,
iet valuablet3olathlteeß rll
A"
2.
-
manu-
script containing the lives of St. Elzear and Sainte:,
Delphine. The department of prints hns received fro:in--
the Minister of Public Instruction a Provencaleseni
M. Ingres. more Oan thirty of his own sketches and.
dhrya.pwriesn
Kens
Fleury, and E. Galichon. The Minister of State, among.,
other works of great importance in an historical an 1.
r Algeria,
eriauxa,dhe
as
veGar
Isanoelz.
given
many
isainrdomthpericotielleectiaobriaonfapffo,rtrailtsmlimas.bcearden
eernerra,ichsea.
artistical point of view, has presented the library with
_V.-Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs et Architectures,
.31-oderne dc la Sicile, by M. Hittorff; Les Catacombes,
de Rome, by M. Perrett ; Les Travaux d'Hercale;
of Poussin by M. Gatteaux ; Jerusalem, by Salz-
a-Df
presentsn ectskes,
ez interesting."sa
finnd°o o f different kinds. The Brit's f.
engraved by M. Leroy. The Ministers of War, Marne,
Wwoorrksk
oofnLelnd.ia andm
Government and the 'English Admiralt have see."
nclsv
ooeuamur nayetelni avlieuoar
yunaFble d
jects; other sigh`
Russia.,
,a collection of the laws of the Russian'
Empire, forming 21 octavo volumes ; Prussia, the con-
tinuation of the works of Frederick the Great, and the
Egypt and Ethiopia ; and Persia, a collection of work
psms,
Swiss, Canadian, and Dutch
of different kinds, printed at Teheran. The Belgian)'
Governments have also been
cieties which have sent donations may be m
liberal contributors. Among the learned and literal" 'lf_;-
entioneu
the Geographical Society of London, the Roxburgh°
Club, 'the Academies of Munich and Leyden, the
Academy of Sciences of Amsterdam, the Royal 'Culver-
sity of Christiana, the Smithsonian Society, the Society'
of Massachusetts, &c. The director of the Armenian.
College of Paris has also given, in the name of the,.
Congregation of the Mekhitharists a complete series. ot
the works which, since 1811, have been produced by ale:,
presses of their Armenian printing-o Pee at Venice. Fi°e
Imperial Library of administrative documents
some time past there has been a great want felt at the
Imperial
by the Government in the French colonies, That void
has rasilv been 14
.gro4 zostasue supplied.

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STEAMERS.

le St"; f Halifax d Boston axe intended to call at
ers
an
to
teco iftpr both Outward and Homeward passages,
e dan ,donhi
reipt by the Mail Steamers to Halifax and Boston and to New
pe York direct, £3 per ton and 5 per cent. primage.
a.er're'lli!pu Parcels ss. each and upwards, according to size.
-er.' different Conggnees, collected and made up in single
tb;Zages, addressed to one party for delivery in America, for
eautrpionose of evadin the payment of freight, will, upon
Per freight. freilaghtAm. America by the Castoms, be charged with the

:he 150
STVRITIBII AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL
ana'2"4-„M.-PACK ET COM r ANT draw the attention of Shippers
gh„r,UBsengers to the 329th section of the New Merchant
‘, :Plug Act, which is as follows :
•trequ'ir° Person shall be entitled to carry in any ship, or
.to
2u_aster„or. owner of any ship to carry, therein,
"Di tif Vitrol ,Gunpowder, or .any other Goods
a eh, in th • -
us e Judgment of such master or owner, are of a dan-
"LLY go.--,u„reany person carries or sends by any ship
their-„- of a dangerous nature, without distinctly marking
"ur oth-ea„_"lre un the outside of the package containing the same,
at or ),.",:_4le giving notice in writing to the master or owner,
ehioPeTtre the time of carrying or sending the same to be
"zeeedui• ',„-e,,thall for every such offence incur a penalty not
-"fuse t .LOO ; and the master or owner of any ship may
•,030,18
of 1: take oa board any parcel that he suspects to contain
ope,e„, a dangerous nature, and may require them to be
t 0 aacertain the fact." '
NI"
AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM
SHIPS. -- -
APPOINTED BY THE ADMIRALTY
To sail between
• 401X1rt‘,.._ • LIVERPOOL AND NEW YORK DIRECT
--And -between-
LIVER!' ,40L AND BOSTON,
The
_loston. Ships only CALLING at lIALIFAK,•to land and,
receive Passengers and her Majesty's Mails.

SCOTIA (new
PERSIA Captain Captain
. .....C. 11. Judkins. AFRICA Neil Shannon
ARABIA James Stone. AMERICA W. F. Millar
ASIA.,
uANADA ..... W. J. C. Lang. EUROPA John Leitch
CAMBRIA ; Captain Small. •
The under-noted or other Vessels are appointed to Sail
From LIVERPOOL.
IR6O
-ARABIA ....T....F0r New York . .... : ... Saturday .. . Feb' 4
I.TROPA For Halifax and Bosion....Saturday: ..... Feb. 11
""1 AFRICA For, New York. Saturday Feb. 18
"-AMERICA For Halifax and Reston, Saturday Feb. 25
**Taking passengers and goods for Nasaau and Havannah, to
be
.transferred at New York on board the R.M. S.S.

;hip, building)

From AMERICA. 1860
IQT )PA ' ..... .From Boston Wednesday... Jan. 2.5'
AFRICA From, New-York Wednesday...Feb. 1
AkElticA
..... From Boston
Wednesday... Feb. 8
te4BIA .... .. -. ........ Flom New fork Wednesday... Feb. 15.:_
4„,114-DA. ..From Boston Wednesday:..Feb. 22
I. Ihe Passengers and Goods for New York are intended to be
nded at Jers2y City, within the jurisdiction Of the Custom-
'4°,4o of New York.
tAsa.
—OF MONEY FItOM LITEEPOOL TO HALIFAX AND BOSTON.
t' Chef Cabin - Twenty-two. Pounds. , -
Second Cabin .. .Sizteen Pounds.

'Wednesday, February 1, 1860