Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-18 00:00:00

REPORTED INWARDS.

, From

iS'pk

ended
t. 15,
359.
Tons. Ships,
25,423 3,5112
42,800 3,605
... 307;
17,372 .

Ist Jan.

Oct. 1859.

TORS.

1,935,418
1,900,150

CLEARED OUTWARDS.

W'k ended From. Ist Jan.
Oct. 15,.. to
1859. 15th Oct. 1859.
S'ps TOGS. Ships. Tons.
--- -----
111 59;065 1,167 2,050,584
72 38,71 ' 3,816 4998,0571
39 24;311 ; 351 52,533
... ... ... , ...
I ,

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CURIOUS LAW CASE.—A rather singular case will
occupy the attention of the Court of Session (civil)
during its sitting,s,.shortly to be held in Edinburgh. A.
clergyman of the Scotch Free Church of Cardross, N. 8.,
was some time ago accused' before one of the union
church courts of certain immoralities, the commission
of which wad& have necessitated: his suspension, if not
his dismissal from the church. Of these charges he
was found entirely innocent. The clergyman, after his
acquittal, deeming that a slur had been cast upon his
reputation, took,steps towards arming himself with the
powers of the civil, law, in order to punish his traducers,
and for so doin.g, the Free Church decrees that he
.can
no longer remain in connexion with it. The virtually
deposed clergyman will not give up his manse and other
clerical rights, until he has a decision- from the civil
Court. The Free Church holds that any engagement
between it and its clergymen is a spiritual engagement,
that no temporal power can meddle with. The sup,
porters of the Catdross clergyman, and they are a.
numerous body, though, of course, not Free Church•
men, maintd.n that to the making or breaking of an:
engagement there must be three parties, and one of
these must be neutral ; that, therefore, the Free Church,
being one of the contracting parties, cannot sit iu
judgment on its own case' and that the proper weak
consequently is to the civil court.
ELEcTroag ERPRNSES.—Mr. Robinson, of Lancaster,
the election auditor for the southern division of the
county of Lancaster, has published " a full and: true
account of all the expenses incurred by the Hon. .Alger-
non Egerton and Mr. William John Leigh, to serve in
Parliament for the said division," at the last general
election. This account is a very explicit one, though a
few of the items are given in a summary form. The
first item is-3xpenses paid by agents previously- to the
day of nomination, £B2O 1 ls. 3d. Next comes adverti-
sing, printing, and stationery, £636165. 10d., and tisissum
is divided among 70 firms, the names of all of whicb.and the
amount of each account are given. Next, there is the item
of £720 3s. 4d., for the use of rooms ; and to make this
item the summary of 77 different accounts- are stated.
The same plan is followed with most of the. other items,
which are as follows :—Bill posting, £43 16a. 6d. ; hire
of coaches and railway fares, £1,624 17s. 5d..; profes-
sional charges, £1,124 lls. 3d. ; expenses paid to clerks,
messengers, &c., including check and poll clerks,
£749 3s. sd. ; general expenses, including telegrams,
bell-ringers; refreshments for cabmen, horses, &c., &c.,
£142 Os. 2d. ; proportien of sheriff's expenses, £377 Bs. ;
, election auditor's statutory fee and commission, £4O ;
• propoitisn of reasonable 'expenses, advertising, &c.,
£l2 15s. 8d; retained for disputed accounts, £lB 10s. 6d.
—total, £6,310 14s:4d.
THE WATER COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting
of this committee; held yesterday in the Town-hall, Mr.
• Hodson, the chairman, presided ; and the other members
present were—Messrs.' Crellin, 'Wagstaff, Rae, Farn-
worth, Stitt, Turner, Woodruff, Vernon, and Earle.—
ft was reported that the quantity of water which had
been received from Rivington in the week ending the
16th of October, was 69,295,236 gallons; and there had
been pumped from the wells, 20,525,438 gallons—making
the total supply of the week, 89,820,674 gallons.—Mr.
Duncan, the engineer, submitted his usual report as to
the state of the works. The filters had been cleansed,
and were in good working condition. lie expected in a
few days to, have the bottom of the goit ready
for the asphalte. When that was put m they
should be prepared for any 'flood that might •
come upon them. The rainfall for the week
ending. the 15th instant, was stated, to have been
0.95 inches, and the depth Of water ✓under the
overflows of the undermentioned reservoirs, on- the
15th instant, was stated to be :—Riddlesworth, 9 ft.
3 in. ; (same as last week ;.) Rake, 13 ft. 8- in.; showing
a fall since last week of 2 ft. 5 in. ; Anglezark, 11 ft.
1 in. ; fall 2 ft. 1 in. ; and Rivington, 12 It. 83
showing a rise, as compared with the Bth instant, of 24
inches.—Tho ousiness of the committee was nearly all,
purely routine.—An application from the Markets'
Committee was read for a better supply' of water to the.
Fish Market. It was agreed that a copious supply.
Should be furnished, but that, in future, the supply, to.
all the markets should be charged for by meter.