The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-27 00:00:00

AFFRAY IN NENAGII.

Last Thursday being a holiday in the Roman Catholic church, our
streets were crowded by a stalwart and comfortable-looking peasantry,
who flocked in from the surrounding country. While it is cheering
to behold in their appearance the thriving and prosperous state of the
country, the return they frequently make for the rich bounties of a
unions Providence is a subject of deep regret to all who love the
social well-being of the land, and desire to see the moral status of the
people elevated. When they congregate together, be the object of
their meeting what it may-- whether for the purpose of engaging in
the religious exercises of the faith they profess, or of transacting the
ordinary business and dealings of life—they generally conclude the
proceedings by repairing to the public-house, where they allow their
appetite for strong drink an unbridled license, and when whiskey
enters common sense takes its departure. Hence it is, that out of
those drinking parties bickerings and fightings arise from the most
trivial causes, and many an evil deed has had its origin in the spirit
shop. We regret to say that Thursday last was not an exception to
the general rule, but in every respect it maintained the unenviable
character which unfortunately attaches of late to all such gatherings.
Drunkenness prevailed to a disgraceful extent, and though for the
most part the inebriates, who were chiefly of the farm-servant class,
behaved quietly, at night there was some sharp fighting in the upper
end of Pound-street, the cause of dispute being the right ownership of
a pipe, but such was the serious nature of the combat that the police,
who were promptly on the spot, had to remain three or four hours in
order to preserve the peace and maintain order. In the melee,
Thomas Reidy, of Carrigatober, received a severe cut on the side of
I the head, and had his ear split in two. There was rioting in Silver-
street, but the police coming up quickly, suppressed the emeute. In
the melee some of the combatants received contusions, but they were
not of a serious nature. Same of the party were arrested, and brought
beforethe petty sessions court, when they were dealt with according
as their cases deserved.—Nenagh Guardian.

JUDICIAL CONDEMNATION OF THE LICENSED
SPIRIT TRADE.

Mr. Justice Crampton, who has been an ardent supporter of the
temperance cause, in his charge to the grand jury on the opening of
the term in the Dublin Courts, dwelt at great length on the facilities
for the granting and renewal of spirit licences. Christianity and the
law of the land, he held, were both, violated by a system which made
a revenue by encouraging the use of spirituous liquors. The learned
judge observed : "If spirits are still to be made and so!d, make
stringent laws that tio intoxicating drinks. shall be drank on the
premises where they are sold, save only by travellers and guests in
inns or eating-houses. Abolish your publichuuses, abolish your
beershons, which are only provocations to spirit drinking; and thus,
not entering into details, which are delicate and difficult, a law, I
think, might be framed which, without trenching upon the revenue
of th 3 crown, would largely contribute to the happiness, the morals,
acd the improvement of our people. We are told that a sturdy
Roman concluded his every speech in the Roman senate by these
remarkable words, Delenda est Carthago ;' and so, gentlemen, would
now conclude by saying to you and the British parliament—
,' Publichouses are nuisances, aid should be suppressed."

PONTEFRACT BOROUGH COURT.—On Saturday, Chris-
topher Scatcherd was brought up in custody, charged with
having been drunk and incapable. In his defence he said
he should not have been found in that state had he not
been sent for, just as he was going to bed, by " Mr. Oli-
vera's electioneering party," to the New Elephant Inn,
where he met with a person named Lamb and Mr, George
Moxon, and a lot more, who wanted him to say that he
had been bribed at the last election ; but, as had received
no bribe, he would not say so. They then treated him to
lots of gin. He was fined is and 4s costs.
It is rumoured that the Russian railways will soon be
permitted to be quoted at the Bourse both for cash and
account. This measure is said to be one of the results of
the Grand Duke Constantine's visit. He was very press-
ing on the subject, and it may be well supposed that the
private telegraph placed at his disposition in the Tuileries
was not worked exclusively for domestic intercourse. In
return for the favour granted to the Russian railways, it is
affirmed that the French Three per Cents. will hereafter
be quoted in Russia on the same tetras as the Russian
funds. It is also said that the Emperor Alexander is dis-
posed to purchase three millions of French Rentes.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN A CIIIIRCII.—On Friday last a
very melancholy and serious accident happeeed to Mr.
Jonathan Martin, the organist of St. John's Church,
Lytham, who eras precipitated from the belfry or ringing
gallery to the ground floor of the church. Mr. Martin,
who is very short sighted, was engaged in fixing up an
organ in the school-room connected with the church, and
having occasion to fete!! '; stool from the church belfry,
on returning with it, balding the stool before him, he
seems to have forgotten the existence of a teal door in
the flooring upon which he was Waling, and walked ac-
cidentally right into the opening. The unfortunate
sufferer is now lying is a very precarious state, but it is
expected that he will survive the sad event.
ACQUITTAL OF A. CELEBRATED SWINDLE?.,—On Satur-
day, Edward Stent, a young well-dressed fellow, about 20
years of
the To gee, was brought before Sir Edward Walker, at
aall, Mansfield, having been apprehended by
Mr. Superintendent Palethorpe, on a charge of stealing a
horse and gig, the property of Mr. R. White, of the Swan
Hotel, in that town. After a statement to the bench of the
apprehension of the prisoner, he was discharged for want
of sufficient evidence. The, prisoner, who was dressed in
black, and of a slender frame, is a native of Stokwith,
near Gainsboronela but he married his wife from South-
street, Park, Sheffield, and for the last two years has main-
tained
lodge
a swindling,in
clever
apprehended system
ando and since it
himself by a very
the superintendent of police, Mr.
which has extended to all parts of the country,
was known that he had been
custody at Mansfield,
Palethorpe, has been inundated with letters from hotel
keepers, who leave been victimised by him. The prisoner
has been in the habit of going into the commercial rooms
of hotels, and of getting in cony rsaion with commercial
men, and using the knowledge he could obtain from them
to swindle the public.
T WAITING MAID —This good-hearted
girlilwE SWEDISH
slavElSgeDnuuthe specimen of the Northirn Swedish
female. Of medium height, plump, but not stout, with
a rather slender waist and expansive hips, and a foot
which stepped firmly and nimbly at the same time, she
was as cheerful a bode as One could
wish to see. Her hair
was of that silky blon :e so common in Sweden ; her eyes
a clear pale blue, her nose slraight and well-formed, her
cheeks of the delicete pink of a wild rose leaf, and her
teeth so white, regular, and perfect, that I am sure they
would make her fortune ha America. Always cheerful,
kind, and active, she had, nevertheless, a hard life of it;
she was alike cook, chambermaid, and hostler, and had a
cross mistress to boot. She made our fires in the morning
darkness, and brought us our early coffee while we yet lay
in bed, in accordance with the luxurious habits of the
Arctic zone. Then, until the last drunken guest was
silent, towards midnight, there was no respite from labour.
Although suffering from a distressing cough, she had the
outdoor es well as the in-door duties to discharge, and we
saw her in a sheepskin jacket, harnassing horses, in a
temperature of thirty degeees below zero. The reward of
sun a service was possibly about eight American dollars
a year. When, on leaving, I gave her about as much as
one of our hotel servants would expect for answering a
question, the poor girl was overwhelmed with gratitude,
and even the stern landlady aas so impressed by my
generosity, that she insisted on lending us a sheepskin for
our feet, saying we were "good men,"--31,.. B. Taylor in
Europe.

A.'HEAVV SENTENCE{ FOR POACIIINO.—On Monday, at
the Wakefield petty sessions, a countryman named John
Taylor, was charged with setting snares for catching game.
Mr. Bramley, a farmer, at Snydale, near Wakefield, proved
that at about half past four o'clock on Sunday morning, he
caught the man setting a snare in one of his fields. He
seized him, and conveyed him to the house of Mr. Linley,
a brother farmer. While there the prisoner made an
endeavour to escape, hut was recaptured. Taylor now
said that when he was taken the second time Mr. Bromley
had pointed his gun at him. He was foeni guilty, and
sentenced to be imprisoned in the [louse of Correctian for
ten months, with hard labour; and at the expiration of
that term to find sureties, himself in £lO, and two sure-
ties in £5 each, or one surety in £lO, not to offend again
for twelve calendar months ; and, in default of finding
such sureties to be farther imprisoned for six calendar
months, or until such sureties are found.
THE SLIGO RIOTS.—The presentmAit sessions for the
barony of Carbery commenced on Monday, during the
whole of which the magistrates and ceSSpayoi3 were occu-
pied hearing claims for compensation for malicious injuries.
With a few exceptions, the injuries were committed by the
mob during the election, and the total sum allowed ex-
ceeds £BOO. This is an alarming state of fL
is cts, and gives
rise to the serious inquiry whether the privilege of re-
turning members to Parliament about to pass into the
hands of the mob. The narratives of the witnesses in
support of the clains3 for damages show the mob to have
been an organised ferocity. One svitoess, a delicate
looking woman, the wife of a ceoper named Mulligan, who
voted for Mr. Wynne, told a fearful tale. She said the
mob rushed through the house, yelling and breaking in
p'eces every
imprecations
article of fernitare which they met, and
calling with for her husband, hearing which
she hid, and as the children were nut ho the house, they
also escaped being made corpses. When the mob had
cleared out the front house, they got into the workshop at
the rear, by breaking throue'la the roof, and there finished
their, work of &struclion, leaving Mulligan without any
goons or chattels in the world, except the Cottle:3 he wore.
An application has been made to the Lord Lieutenant for
aninquiry into the proceedings at the borough election—
especially with a view to &sewer how it has happened,
that notwithstanding the presence of a largo military and
police force, amply suffi.ieat to preser;c the peace of a
to we twice as large as Sligo, outrages were permitted to
occur, which hare se greatly increased the public ceases of
the district. We have no doubt this inquiry, if granted,
will lead to bonefielei results, and ensure a more efficient
discharge of magisterial duty at all future elections,
.Sligo Chronfole,

That, inasmuch, as palaces and gardens in great
profusion, with all the costsof living, service, state,
locomotion by land or sea, and all other possible
expenses are most liberally provided for, in addi-
tion, Bach an income, accumulating for many
years, must have furnished abundant means for
portioning the royal children.
That, during the last year the taxes levied from
the people amounted to upwards of £70,000,000,
of which enormous sum no less than £41,486,842
consisted of customs and excise duties—that is, of
imposts on articles of general consumption, and
materials of manufacture, the direct effects of
which are to cripple commerce, restrict employ.
ment, and militate most seriously against the
general welfare.
That any addition to the national burdens, on
account of the Royal Family, already so abundantly
provided for, at a time when thousands and tens of
thousands of the tax-paying population are strug-
gling for the bare means of existence, must create
serious dissatisfaction in the minds of large classes
of the people.
That there is no reason whatever why Her
Majesty and Prince Albert should not, like all other
parents, provide for their own children, especially
when they have themselves been siik bountifully
endowed at the national expense.
Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray,
That your honourable House will be pleased not
to grant any sum for the purpose specified, unless
it should ascertain, on inquiry, that her Majesty
and Prince Albert are themselves unable, from
their united means and accumulations to furnish
a suitable marriage settlement for their eldest
child.

And your petitioners, Sze.

Dear Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of yesterday, and which I accept in the
spirit of Mr. Pollock's decision.—l remain, yours,&o.
GILBERT GREENALL.
To W. C. Fosbery, Esq.

MR. M'DONALD AND THE BIRKT4NIIAD
POLICE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

London and North Western, 1041, .1-; Manchester
Sheffield,. and Lincoln; 42, s ; Midland, 831 ;
Dutch Rhenish, ; Great W,:atern of Canada,
The closing prices were as. follows :
Blackburn, st Cheater and Birkenhead, 68f 69 ;
Caledonian, 36, 39k.; Chesterand Holyhead, 18,181;
Eastern Counties, 11 11.16, 11i ; East Lancashire,
9"

.f 7, 971 ; Do. 91. shares, 11 ; Great Northern,
241-, 241 ; Great Western, 661, 67 ; Lanes.-
shire and Yorkshil-e Stock, 1001, 1001 ; Do

9/. Shares, 1, 1 1-16 p ; Liverpool, Ciroshy, and
Southport, 19, 19i; London and North Western,
Stock, 104, 104 i ; Do. s Shares, 3-16, *1; Man-
chester, Sheffield,. and Lificolc, 421, 42i ; Midland
Stock, 84, 83k; North British, 10 9-16, 10 11-16 ;
North Staffordshire, 5, 4-1,1 ; North Eastern—Bar-

wiek, 21;5,-, 211; York and North Midland, 33, 331, ;
Leeds Capital Stock, 201 20,i; South Eastern and
Dover, 221, 222 Scottish North Eastern, 121,
13; Buffalo and Lake Huron, 2.. p; Do. New

Shares, kd, fp; Dutch Rhenish:lf:lll; Great.
Western of Canada, 221, 221 ; Ditto New

Shares,. 11, „ Great Lusernboura, 118rl ;
Gand Trunk of Canada, 16k, 16k. The following
were the continuations paid :--Caleclonian, 3-16;

Eastern Counties, 1 16, is 6i ; Lancashire and

Yorkshire Stock, 11.46. ; London and North
Western Stock, I; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-

coin 4s, ; Midland Stock, 5-16; South Eastern,
2s. 23 91; Dutch Rhenish, 1-16; Great Western of
Canada 2s,
The Market for the Public Funds and Securities
to-day has been very quiet, and closed at the quo-
tations of yesterday, via to 931, for Consols

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—MAY 26.
STIGAE.--.1 he market continues quie,, the sales being confined to
500 bags ..nmmah dates at 56s 63 er cwt.
MorAssEs,-150 puncheons Antigua have,been sold from the quay
at 303 per cwt, also 30 puncheons emerara
k tonsil parcel of Jana ;lea vld at previous rates.
COFFEE --Ws have to report 14 tierces sill 15 barrels Jamaica, from
753 to 803; and 90 fres' s snort berry Mocha, 'a 80s per cwt.
Rocs --Nathing was done at the public sales attempted, and no
busies s has been reported by private,
SAtapvraz.—There was no business done.
JUTS. —That which wa, advertised for auction was not offered.
I.ltissEn.-300 bags fine Bengal real-sad 67s per quarter.
DI UST AU .EE 0.-1,500 bags brought 653 per quarter from the quay.

AGIZICULTURA.L PRODUCE MARKET.--Alay 2G.
. Per stone, 201bs. : . - Per WM.!. s. d. s. d.
s. d. s. d. i'otatoes, P.Eyes.• 0 0 to 0 0
Hay, 01d...... 0 6 to 0. 8 Ditto, Kemps ....- 0 0 to 0 0
Ditto, new..
Ditto, clover
Green Clover
Vetches 0 0 to 0 0' Ditto, cattle o' 0 to 0 0
Straw, wheat 0 2i to 0 3i Per ton,
Ditto, Oat .. . , 0 2t to 0 3!Turnlps
Ditto, barley .... 0 0 to 0 0 Carrots
Oats, in straw.... 0 0 to 0 013.1anglr.. mute! 2l .1 Ic. 23 0
'Manure i"; 0 to 7 0

LIVERPOOL CORN MSRKET.-MAY 26,