The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-03 00:00:00

any questions which would criminate themselves.-
It further appears that JELLICOR'S defalcations
were detected some years before those of the
paymaster, the notorious Alexander TROTTER ;
and when he was hard pressed for money to
make them good, he deposited with the Navy
Office as security the patents and agreements
with the iron masters belonging to his partner'
Henry CORT. There they remained until they
were committed to the flames, in the general
bonfire of the public ccou n ts, which these
unprincipled swindling officials made to conceal
their guilt. But this was not the climax of this
nefarious affair. Before matters had reached
the culminating point, JELLICOE died—some say
he committed suicide--and the Navy Office,
finding him a defaulter, and making no account
of the securities which they had in their hands,
obtained, by the false affidavits of their Pay-
master, a summary process against the effects of
his ' surviving partner, Mr. Henry Cony, and
under this base guise they made a destructive
sale of Mr. CORT'S premises and stock and com-
pleted his ruin.
Such is the sad and singular history of
this base transaction. Shall the people of
England any longer delay in demanding
that ample justice shall be awarded to the
sufferers ? Can it be that a nation's ingratitude
will tolerate the children of Henry CORT, a na-
tional benefactor, to pine away their existence in
poverty and destitution, and that whilst others
have been, upon the strength of his discoveries,
raised to the position of millionaires, those child-
ren shall be in a state of absolute starvation?
We cannot, we dare not think so of our country
or our species—and as we have called upon Mr•
ROEBUCK to take up the case of the Crimean
Crmmisssioners, so also do we ask him as the
head of the Administrative Reform Association
to renew his motion on the subject of CoaT's
claims in the House of Commons. It is a duty
of pressing necessity, and blessed shall he be who
compels the Government of the day to award
justice to this long neglected, but cruelly per-
secuted family.

THE LICENSING SYSTEM.—In yesterday's NORTHERN
TIMES webric fly alluded to the important questions
which are a very prominent topic among politicians
and statesmen. Reference was also made to the
movement now in agitation among the licensed
victuallers. Yesterday we intimated that the depu-
tation which hadl, waited upon Messrs. Brown,Ewart,
and Bramley-Moore, on Saturday, had received a
satisfactory reply, and that the gentlemen repre-
senting the interests of the licensed victuallers
should feel satisfied that no opportunity would be
lost in advocating the courso which they had
brought before them. Yesteiday the gentlemen
of the deputation completed their interviews with
the members of Parliament resident in Liverpool.
Mr. T. B. Horsfall having listened to the state-
ment of the deputation from the Licensed Vietu
allers' Association, in reference to the two great
questions which formed the object of their visit,
expressed himself, as he ever has done, in the most
candid and manly manner. He condemned any
interference with the present system of minting
licenses, a system, by the way, which has stood the
test of nearly two centuries, and only requires
proper care and judgment on the part of; the magis-
trates to answer tue purposes ut buciety with-
out risking the fearfully dangerous experiment
aimed at by the committee of the House of Com-
Upon the billeting system, Mr. Horsfall
appeared to consider there could be but one opinion
as to its being a gross injustice upon one class of
the community for the benefit of all. As senior
member, the petition upon this subject (with about
1,700 bona fide signatures) will be placed in the
hands of Mr. Horsfall. Lawrence Heyworth, Esq,
M.P. for Derby, was seen at two o'clock. From
the prominent position Mr. Heyworth has taken
in the total abstinence cause, the deputation gave
him to understand that_ although they could not
expect his sympathies with the interests of the
trade, yet putting' aside any considerations but
those of society generally, and particu-
larly with reference to Mr. Heyworth's
views as to the sale of intoxicating drinks—the
question in his case, was narrowed to the choice of
two evils—the present restricted system, or, (as
contemplated by the committee), much increased
facilities for intoxication, and those in the hands
of less resposible men. Mr. Heyworth's choice,
undoubtedly was at once given, to- what he con-
sidered the lesser evil, namely, restricting licenses
as much as possible. On the billeting system,
Mr. Heyworth would decidedly advocate any
measure for relieving any class from partial and
unjust burdens, which he considered the one
complaind of to be.

mons.

PENINSULAR- MAIL.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

SOUTHAMPTON, MON DAY.

The steamship Alhambra, of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Captain J.
K. Joy, with the usual Peninsular Mail, in charge
of Lieutenant Barrow, R.N., Admiralty Agent,
arrived this day. The Alhambra during the
voyage experienced very heavy weather and head
winds, both on the outward and homeward passages.
Her dates of sailing were :—Gibraltar, January
17th ; Cadiz, Jan. 18th ; Lisbon, Jan. 20th ;
Oporto, no communication ; Vigo, Jan. 23rd.
Passengers : 4 first class, 7 second class, 19 deck.
On the 27th ult., when the Alhambra was 240
miles from Falmouth, HO from Brest, and 190 from
Corunna, she ran short of coal, and was obliged to
bear up for the latter place, which she reached on
the 28t-h, and left on the following day for this port.
This will in some degree account for her delay.
The Alhambra brings 30 passengers, and specie
value at 38,635/. ; also the following cargo :-100
cases eggs, 4 casks wine, 154 bags chesnuts, 20
boxes tangeriens, 1.6 boxes dates, 257 half chests
oranges, 2 casks tallow, and 11 packages of sundries.
She exchanged signals on the 19th with the
steamer Sultan, 44 miles south of Cape Spichel,
and on the 22d with the steamer Euxine, off Viana
Lisbon exchange for three months were quoted:
—London, 528 to 53 ; Paris, 538 to 540 ; Amster-
dam, 411 ; Hamburg, 461; and Genoa, 532. A
general scarcity of bills.
Mr. Olivera, M.P., returns to England by the
Alhambra.

The Chamber of Deputies, at Lisbon, had dis-
cussed the electoral process much earlier than was
expected, and the deputies, with two or three ex-
ceptions, had been declared duly elected.
Gibraltar Exchanges on the 17th :—London, 90
32c. sf. ~ , Paris do
days, 50,1 ;Marseilles, do.,
sf. 33e ; Genoa, sf, 35e. ; Spanish pillared dollars
in demand.