Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-04 00:00:00

It is a well-knows maxim that " time is money "—the terms
are iletatire ; so to save one is to save the other. We save
both time,•and economise patience, and present good tempers,
when we have a good PEN—a bad one upsets patience and
temper. Preserve all, then, by purchasing your steel pens and
other stationery at E. T. Hall's wholesale steel pen warehouse,
23, South John-street. John Gillott's, Thomas Lowe's, G. W.
Hughes, and other maker's, on sale at Is. per erns. Good
Pen Holders, 2d. per dozen.
QUARANTINE NOTICE.—LISBON, January.—By an
order of the Board of Health of 23rd January, in Diarii
of 24th, Bahia is declared to be infected with yellow
fever. from 14th ult. The Board of Health has also
notified that vessels from Para will not be admitted to
Fatigue ; bitt that after discharging their inward car-
goes, and lvine, the regulated number of days, they may
receiv& outward cargoes and resail, under quarantine,
until circumstances admit of an alteration in their deter-
mination, which. ik to be applicable to those vessels now
at Belem. And further, that arrivals from Para, even
from an accredited lazaretto, will not be admitted here
antil afters rigorous. examination.

PLymourir,-Thursday evening.—The Dutch steam-
vessel Comitia, Captain Mnatendam,; from Trieste for
Rotterdam, put into the Sound 'this afternoon, for the
purpose of landing thirty-eight officers ,and men and
three Passengers belonging to the Liverpool steam-
vessel Scamander, which sprang a leak and foundered
in the Bay of Biscay on Tuesday. The troopship Maha
Ranee, Captain John Carr, from Calcutta October 18,
arrived in the Sound this evening, with ;bout 400 dis-
charged soldiers ender the command of Capt. Warner,
2nd Bengal Light Cavalry. She spoke, December the
22nd, the ship Nightingale, from Shanghai, for New
York, and the ,barque Caiphurnia, of and for Liverpool;
and January the 7th. the Eliza, of Bristol, twenty-
eight days from Plymouth,' for Manilla. On the 30th
ult., a heavy gale from the south-west was experienced
off the Lizard. The steamship Demetrius, from Alex-
andria for Liverpool, with rudder broken and stern post
damaged, and exhibiting signals of distress, was fallen
in with on Tuesday, taken in tow, and brought into
Plymouth Sound by the screw-steamer Crimea, Captain
Glover, from Liverpool, January the 28th, for Lisbon
and Trieste,

THE • COTTON' TRADE. ;

(Prom the Cotton, Supply Riporter.)
Upwards of half-a-million-workers are now employed
in our cotton factories; and it has been estimated that
at least four millions of persons in this country are de-.
pendent upon the cotton trade for subsistence.
A century ago Lancashire contained a 'population of
only 300,000 persons; it now numbers 2,300,000. In
the same period of time this enormous increase exceeds
t. that of any other equal surface of the globe, and-is en-
tirely owing to the development of the cotton trade.
'ln 1856, there were in the United •Kingdom 2,210
' factories, running 28,000,000 spindles, and 299;000
looms, by 97,000 horse power. Since that
,period a
considerable umber of new mills, have been erected,
and extensive additions have been made to the spinning
and weaving machinery of those previously in existence.
The amount of actual capital invested in the cotton
s
iatmrnadpdoesretvoedefutrihnito tikhiiiniisohg.,cdsoousm is
tnetrrlyinesignt.imiBairst9ed h,owtgo be between
anasln,tliBtylofmcilol stiixotontnys
pounds weight; the value of which at 6d. ,per lb. is
equatto £30,000,000 sterling.
Out of 2,829,110 bales of cotton imported into Great
Britain, America has supplied-us with 2,086,341, that
is five-sevenths Of -the whole.• In other Verde, out of
every 71bs. imported from all, countries into Great Bri-
tain, America has supplied 51bs. Inglia;has seat us
about' 500,000 bales.; Egypt about 100,000 ; South
America, 124-,000 ; and Other countries between s;000
and 9,000 bales.
- In 1859 the total value of the exports from Great
Britain amounted t6:ooasl3o_,in,.s,lllyarns.
31£35, of whichTbu s m0re47,92 0,7 2
thano
consisted of
one-third, or £1 of every £3 of our entire exports con-
sists of cotton. Add to this the =proportion of cotton
which forms part of twelve millions more exported in
the shape of mixed woollens, haberdashery, millinery,
silks, apparel. and slops.
Great Britain alone consumes annually twenty-four
millions worth of cotton floods.
Two conclusions, therefore, may safely he drawn from
the facts and figures now cited:`
. First, that the interests of,,every. cotton worker are
bound up with a gigantic trades which keeps in motion
an enormous mass of capital, and this capital, machinery,.
and labour, depend for five-sevenths of its employment
upon the slave States of America for prosperity and
continuance. -
Secondly, thatif a war should at any time break out
between England and America—a general insnrrection
take place among the slaves-disease sweep -off thOse
slaves by death—or the cotton crop fall short iuquantity,
whether from severe frosts, disease of the plant, or other
epootstsoiibil,eenicapulsoeyse—rsowur ms
ble would be
nled,ansdtofapmpedo
famine
trfor w
uidan of
stalkt
abroad among the hundreds and thousands of workpeople
who are at present fortunately well employed. Calculate
the consequences for yourself. Imagine a dearth of cotton,
and you may picture the horrors of such a calamity
frern the scenes hitVe witnessed when
the mills have only run on "short time." Count up
all the trades that are kept going out of the wagel of
the working classes, independent of builders, ineaantes;
engineers, _colliers, &c., employed by ,the millowners.
Railways would 'cease to pay, and our ships 'would lie
rotting in their Parts, should a scarcity: of the:, raw
material for manufaCture overtake us

RUSSIA.'._.__
•

The following is an extract from a letter dated St.
Petersburg, Jan. 24.:—".There istno doubt that the
' Serf' question is making steady progress, notwithstand-
ing underhand opposition on the partf of, some of; the
nobility. • A,soniewhat,pointed allusion was lately made
by the Emperor to this ,opposition. His Majesty was
on his road from -Warsaw to St. ,Peter burg. Att Pshoff
he Was received by the nobility of the pro'vinc'e; He
addressed them with thanks for the pains they had thken
in drawing up their report on the serf question; and de-
sired them not_ to place any faith in the false* reports
that were in circulation, but to trust in him, and in his
promise that the measure should becarried through. Next
morning,
,after attending a ball giVen by the nobility, the
previous evening, a deputation came to see him Off, and
on taking leave he desired. them to remember, what ha
had said the. previous day; and to depend "upon 1i;
word. The Governor-GeneralOf Eastern Siberia 'has
reported that the Kirghizes of SilAiria, sympathising
' with the views, of the Emperor for the abolition of Sirf-
dom, had unanimously expressed their' determitratioirto
emancipate their slaves. - The' practibe of fiee disenssiori
is gaining grinind daily. Soon after the conclusion of
the late war a very powerful company was organised
under government patronage, and with a guaranteed
dividend for the steam navigation of , the Black
Sea, ' the rivers running into,7it, and the Mediter-
ranean. This company attractel sonw attention in
England, owing to the size and number of the steamers.
England; however, seems to have benefitted by the build-
.
ing and selling of theSe vessel-, more than Russia has
done by running them. At, least so thought a:Mr.
Perosio, who accordingly attacked the -Managing diree-
tor, Mr. IToyosellskyon the paPetS.'. Mr. Smoinoff
took up the cudgels on behalf of the manager, and after
a correspondence in the papers Mr. Perosio challenged
his antagonist to a public dismission: Mr. Smoinoff
accepted the challenge on condition of his .adversary
making himself master of the four first rules ef arith-
metic. The sneer was unnoticed, and the discussion
took place in a hall containing some 400 or 500 persons.
This. _matter may appear trivial, hut a straw shows
how the wind blows, and certainly under the late
yeign ne,,fach discussion would have been . permitted,
,especially when its subject, w'is 'a company establisUa
under the special patronage Of the Grand Duke Constdn-
tine, and managed by persons; of note,. Our great rail-
way company also is not protected' by close conned-
tier' with Government from daily 'attaelc9 in the public
prints. A requisition, signed 'by 89 parsons, represent-
ing 36,900 shares, was lately presented to the direction,
requiring them to call a: general meeting of the share-
holders to consider the propriety of remodelling the
company. Fortunately,,however,,for the directory, the
charter provides that the council of directory, is
,not
bound to call a general meeting under such circum-
stances unless they think proper to do so. The
eighty-nine subscribers are informed of . this by an
advertisement in .the 81. Petersbiirg Vedomosty,, which
at the same time, however, gives the grounds Of ;the
council's refusal to call a meeting on theprcient Occa-
sion, merely appealing to public opinion through' the
press—a l' Anglaise. I hear a good deal about financial
and tariff reforms, which; are much wanted. The over-
land route to Kiachta, on the Chinese and Siberian
_frontiers, has been rendered useless by the opening of
the Chinese seaboard. It is said that the duty on tea
will be altogether given up, or at least
lowered, for the main object of the prohibitory
duty on this article was to keep up the trade in Rus-
sian manufactures, which' are bartered against tea at.
Kiachta. Now, the tea comes from the seaports of
China to England and the continental entrepeits of the
North Sea. Thence it is brought to bferael, Dantzic,
&c., and smuggled to an immense extent to Russia.
The lowering of the duty would not only bring a large
sum into the Customrhouse, but .would also tend to
itii-
prove the moral and physiCal-conditien of the Europedn
frontier of Russia, by encouraging ..an honed and legiti-
mate trading, instead of a demoralising 'system of sing-
gling, which becoines daily More difficult to check, in
consequence of the extension of railways."

INSECTS ON TREES, SIIRITBS, AND PLANTS.—lnstantly and
effectually destrbyed, and futurely prevented, by Greer's Patent
Anti-Vermin Lotion, ss. per gallon (sufficiently strong di.uted
with six gallons of water), at the Anti-Vermin. Office, 49,
Brownlbw-hill.

The latest edition. Just published. Sent free peer post for
three stamps, or may be had on application. TEETH : TILEIR
Loss AND RESTORATION. On the best means of restoring teeth,
by the new principle of self-adhesion, with vulcanised gum-
coloured India-rubber in lien of bone or gold, and by means of
a flexible gum, without springs or wires, and without extract-
ing roots, at half the ordinary cost. By Messrs. Gabriel,
Dentists to the Prince D'Ottajana. A multum in parvo bro-
chure, which all requiring the aid of a dentist. will do well to
peruse, as, emanating from such a source, it may be 'confi-
dently relied on.---United Service Gazette. Dental, Establish-
ments : 134, Duke-street, Liverpool ; 33, Ludgate-hill, and
110, Regent-street, London. Note name and number. Estab-
lished 1815 Vide diploma.
EXTRAORDINARY AND IJSRIML INVENTION.—There is nothing
that housewives complain of with greater truthfulness than
the breaking of some favourite piece of glass, valuable china,
or earthenware. In hundreds of cases such thing. caanot be
matched, and of course cannot be menden. The latter want
has been obviated by an extraordinary and effective invertion,
by Mr. Adshead, of Derby Pottery, near Derby. It is a cement
that may be said to heal in a perfect manner, all cracks and
I breaks in the articles spoken of,,and not only in these, hut in
marble, alabaster, &c. The benefit of this article need not be
dwelt on. We have seen some of its effects at Mr. Hall's, our
neighbour's' an.l the glass that has been cemented by it is
stronger in that part than in any other. The article is very
cheap, and no house can be long without it. Mr. Hall is the
agent for its sale in Liverpool, and all interested can judge for
themselves by looking in. at his establishment. Agent for
Liverpool, E. T. Hall, 23, South John-street. Sold in bottles,
Is. each ,or sent free on receipt of sixteen postage stamps.
N.B.—None are genuine except bearing the signature, "E. T.
Hall

VOLUNTRIAL RIFLE MOVEMENT.

WESTBURY, WILTS.4--TILSMISELbEfird the local rifle
corps, u-ow. numbering 68, met in the Town-hall on
Monday evening hit, foi the purpose of choosing a com-
manding „officer. The mayor of the borough, J. T.
Singer, Esq. presided, and was supported hy a numerous
body of magistrates and gentlemen resident in the town
and neighbourhood. The room was crowded by the
public, but the election. exclusively devolved upon the
effective members of the corps, who on the motion of
Mr. Beckett Turner, seconded by Mr., Alfred ,Hall,
illnaniucously elected IL G. G. Ludlow, Esq., of Hey-
ivood-house, as captain. Mr. Ludlow accepted the
appointment, and having acknowledged the honour of
his selection, the proceedings were terminated by enthu-
siastic Cheers for the mayor, the captain; the corps, and,
the Qiieen.
Ross..sHlßE.—Sir J. J. R. Mackenzie, of Scatwell,,
has subscribed £125 to the fun& of the third company
't)f Ross-shire Rifle Volunteers, and has promised to-
equip all his tenants, or their sons, paying from £2O up
to £lOO of rent, and to give a first-rate rifle range, free
of any charge.
DulisE.—A large field at Wellrig, about a mile from
Dunse, has been-granted ror the use of the rifle corps by
the Marquis of Bfeadalbane. In addition to a donation
of £2O to the volunteer fund, the noble marquis has
'given liberal donations to other corps.

•
THE NORTH-EASTERN IRON TRADE.—The average
'number of furnaces full work in 1859 in the
north-eastern iron district, comprising Northumber-
land, Durham, and Cleveland, was 68, being 10 more
'than the average of 1858. The total make last
year was 620,000 tons, of which 46934 'tons were ship-
ped for exportation abroad, and 524,066 tons used in
rolling mills and foundries in the district, shipped
tfootraldgculiavnetrityctohausstwaibsseo,
absorbed was
wseasnt '57.77,70
ob yto
a surplus make during the year of 40,000 tons over the
-inesi,LleavTinhge
deliveries. The stock December 31, 1858, was 25,000
tons, and the total estimated stock at the close of last
year was consequently 74,000 tons. .Against the
stocks of pig iron in the hands of makers, large sales
have, however, been made for forward delivery. Four
iron furnaces were completed and put into blast in the:
district during 1859 ; five are now building, and nearly
ready for lighting, and a commencement has been made
with six more.

REPORTED MURDER.--:-MYSTERIOUB CASE.—Between-
nine and ten o'clock, on Thursday morning, the neigh-
bourhood of Shepherd's Market, Piccadilly, London,
was thrown into a painful state of excitement, in
consequence of a man named William Prier, living
as waiter at the house of Mr. Johnson, the -*bite
Hart, Curzon-street, May Fair, being discovered at
his lodging, 18, Brick-street, Piccadilly, with his head
nearly severed from his body, under circumstances
which lead to a strong suspicion that the unfortunate
man has been foully murdered. The most striking
feature in the case, and which has occasioned the
doubts of it not being an act of suicide, is, that the door
of the room, on the floor of which the decased lay in a-
p66T- or Vo-oil,--walirlOckg" ind,-nififivitligtan ding the
strictest search, the key has not yet been discovered.
Mr. Fuller, surgeon, of Piccadilly, was called in
upon the dis-covery being made, as were also the police.
Mr. Fiander, plumber and glazier, of 19, Brick-street,
who is also landlord of No. 18, where the deceased
lodged, was the first person acquainted with the tragical.
occurrence. _lease
-_collecting his rents,,
he noticed-some blood flowing und:er the deceaSed's room
door. He called' and knocked without an answer, and
looking through the keyhole could perceive the body of
the deceased on the floor. An alarm was now given and'
the door was burst open. A.,white-handled razor covered
with blood was near the body, but the deceased's hands
were not stained, which, coupled with the absenced the
door.key, has caused the general rumour that the man
has been murdered. The police are actively engaged in
investigating the affair.
DESTRUCTIVE ExitTIIQUAILE IN TIIE STATE OF SALVA-
DOR.-A letter from San Salvador of the 28th. December,
received by the West India mail steamer Tasmanian, re-
ports the occurrence of a fearful earthquake on the night
of the Bth of that month. It commenced about a quar-
ter before nine, and continued for-two minutes and
thirty-five seconds. At Isaloo the parish church was
destroyed, except a portion of the nave and the
sacristy.' About forty of the best houses and a number
of smaller ones were destroyed ; fortunately- no Hies,
were lost. During the night, several other shocks of more
or less severity and duration were •felt. One of them,
more violent than the others, completed the destruction
of some buildings that had escaped the first shock. • The
shock was felt at Guatepeque, Opico, Apopa, Tepecoya,
and other towns. At Tepecoya, the church, cabildo,
and-several houses were destroyed. At Guatepeque
the church and cabildo • partially. laguagne suffered
also; several houses were destroyed, and the church
greatly injured. On the outskirts of the town great
holes were opened, some over 100 yards wide. At Gua-
yaitoco houses were destroyed, and the church much da-
maged. At Panchimalco houses injured, and large holes
opened in the earth. San Martin and Comasagua,
church and cabildo partly destroyed. Nanhuisalco
suffered also, and soon after a destructive fire broke out,
which burnt over 200 houses—thus, in a measure de=
stroying the whole place. On the night of the 10th, at
9,30, there were two more severe shocks. On both
occasions-the-nights were very-clear; but blowing a
heavy norther until a shOrt titne. before the shocks,
when it fell calm,, but again rose soon after the shocks.
The Volcan of Izaloe was, no doubt, the centre of vibra-
'tion, as the shoeks were felt all around, but most
strongly in the N.E. direction, and for a distance of 150
miles,: as far as known.
Dziern OF R. B. TODD, ESQ., M.D., F.R.S.—This
eminent physician and physiologist died suddenly on
Monday evening, the 30th ult., at his residence, in
Brook-street, Grosvenor-square. The deceased gentle-
-man was born and educated in Ireland, and was ad=
mitted, a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in
Dublin, in 1824. On settling in London, he-
became a licentiate, and in 1837 a Fellow of the
Royal College of Physician.. On the opening of 'King's
College Hospital lie was appointed physician to that
institution, which office he resigned only a short tuns
back. In 1836, in conjunction with Dr. Grant, be
became editor
,of the " Cyclopedia of Anatomy and
Physiology," an extensive work, which has. not been
long convicted. Latterly Dr. Todd was the sole editor,
and he has himself contributed several articles, more
especially those on the heart, brain, and nervous system.
He has besides published many works, which has given
'him a wide reputation as a practical physician. The
deceased was a member of ,the council of the "loyal
College of Physicians, and had enjoyed for many years
•a 'very-extensive practice.
~,„ .
ArpRoACIIING MARRIAGE IN Than Ile mar-
riage of the Hon. Adelaide Foley, sister of Lord Foley,
and General the Hon. Thomas Ashburnham, is appointed
to be solemnised on Wednesday next. We understand
the preliminaries are arranged for a marriage between
the Marquis of-Hartington, M.P., eldest son of-the Duke
of Devonshire, and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, daughter of
the Countess of Sefton and Oster of the present'Earl of
Sefton. .

THE FREE NEGROES.—M. Dubois, one of the ministers
of Hayti, has issued an appeal to the free negroes of
the United States to settle under the protection of the
Ilaytian Republic. A grant out of the public treasury
will be made to those who have not the means to pay for
their passage. On arriving the emigrants will ha free
lodgings, where food.will be provided for them for the
first several days. Government have already taken steps
to procure to every new corner a sufficiently remunerative
occupation, either on private estates, or on the lands
.belonging to the state. -
SHIPS CARRYING LETTERS TO SAIL THIS MONTH.—
The Wagoola, from Gravesend, for Japan, on the 13th ;
Warrior (screw steamer), from Gravesend, for Lisbon,
Cadiz, Mogadore, Lanzarota, Grand Canary, and. Tene-
rife, on the Ist; Amazon (screw steamer), from Graves-
end, for ditto, on the Ist March ; Centurion, from
Gravesend,
for for
ssyydyannney:
oo n n
ho the 204tt h h ;
Norfolk, ; Atalanta,orl i fromfr o m
Gravesend,
Gravesend, for Melbourne, on the 20th ; Orwell, from
Plymouth, for Melbourne, on the Bth ; Swiftsure, from
Plymouth, for Melbourne, on the 7th ; Gipsy Bride,
from Liverpool, for Melbourne, on the sth; Elizabeth.
Kimball, from Liverpaol, for Melbourne, on the 15th ;
Edward Thornhill, from Gravesend, for Adelaide;on the
14th ' • Nugget, from Gravesend, for Auckland, N.Z.,
and Sydney, on the 10th ; Bornssia (steamer), from
Southampton, for New Yorl"n the 4th ; Jura (stea-
mer), from Liverpool, for New York, on the llth;
Australasian, from •Liverpool, for New York, on the
sth ; Portugal (steamer), from Milford Haven, for
Lisbon and Brazils, on the 24tH; Post Office Monthly
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