Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-16 00:00:00

THE (METROPOLITAN POLICE.

The usual annual. return of the accounts. of -re-
ceipts and expenditure in the service of the
metropolitan police was "yesterday presented' to
Parliament: The total s•im paid for this force in
the year .1859, to which the; return refers, was
£472,8281 the total receipts on account of it being
£615,467. Glancing-tapidly at the credit side of
the account, we see .that the rate' warrants—the
chief source. of
.revenue—realised £416,226 ; of
which £312,169 came from parishes, and £104,056
• from her Majesty's .Treasury. About £35,000
were received in paymeht for special service Of
the police, and £20,000 from parliamentary votes
fo defray'the cost of the horse patrols and the
Thames police.

The pages of the return accounting for the ex-
penditure of , the police are more- camplicated,
and -require more attention. The pay, clothing,
and equipment of the force abSorbed a sum of
£360,569, the pay alone amounting to £331,974.
The salaries of superintendents amounted in the
aggregate to £4,726, there being one at a salary
of £440 a year, one at - £325, and sixteen
at £250 ,a year each. - 'Of they remaining
men in the force, numbering in all 5,986,
there were in the year referred to 172 inspectors
at salaries ranging from f.,8l to £2OO a-year, the
great majority, 132 that is, receiving £llB a-year ;
648.serg43ants receiving salaries varying from ;03
to £lO a-year, and 5,148. constables paid at
various rates from £49 Bs. to`-£7B a-year, the
great. majority being in receipt of the smaller sum
named, and all ' but a small number of the
remainder receiving £54 12s. a-year, in addition
to-their allowance of clothing. and coals.

The retired allowances, &e., absorbed £40,238 ;
tine police stations and section houses, £26,066;
fuel and light, ingnding that supplied to the con-
stables., £13,833; and office expenses, including the
salaries of one commissioner at £1,500 a year, of
two assistants at £BOO a, year each, of one receiver
at £1;000 n "year, and of numerous clerks and
other persons at various salaries, £11,809. -Horses,
&c., cost £Bm3; and miscellaneous ex-
penses, including the pursuit and apprehension of
prisoners, amounted 'to' £5,188. In addition to
those mentioned, there, are several smaller items
of expenditure which raise thp total cost of the
force to the sum we gave. aboVe, £172,828.

•
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY .BY FIRE IN
LONnO.I4.—On Tuesday morning an extensive confla-
gration .broke out in a long range of premises in the
joint occupation of Mi. G. Stanbary, manufacturer of
printers' ink, and MessrA. Crow and!-Barwick,. machine
rulers, and Mr. Strong,:stereotypplounder, Great New-
sireet;!letter-lane.. Engines from several stations arrived
shortly.after the first alarm' was given, and with a good
supply of water gotto work under the direction of Mr.
Braidwood. The 'fire was not subdued .however until
the preniises were' 'destroyed, and a voidable pony
belonging to !Mr: Stanbury was burnt to death. • .The
premises of Mr. Mackintosh, printer, were slightly
clan-Mg-4. but the firemen, by mounting the walls and
roofs of the, surrounding, houses were enabled to attack
the flames on either side, and so save the adjoining,pro-
perty, the' • lois must 'have been immense.-Cause
unknown. .the doss will 1 on the ,Leeds and London
fire offices.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

-ADMIRALTY COURT.—FEB. 13.
(Before Dr. Lushington.)
THE ST. NICHOLAS— SALVAGE.

This was an action brought by the master,
owners, and crew of the screw steamship Collier,
of 35-horse power and 130 tons; to obtain-remu-
neration for salvage services rendered to the.
American ship St. Nicholas, of New. York, of 797
tons; on the 4th and sth of November last. The
Collier sailed from. Newcastle on the 24th-of-Oc-
tober last, for Seville; with a cargo of pig-iron ;
Anti, on account-of a succession of very heavy gales,
she was several times compelled to seek for
shelter. On the morning of the 4th of November
she proceeded on her voyage, and about 5 p.m.,
at which time the Start light bore cast by north,
shb—dligerved Hie St. Nicholas in a totally disabled
slate, with :nothing left but her main and mien
masts and two lower Yards. The steamer_ went to
the assistance- of The ship, but the sea was so
heavy- that it was impossible to take the St.
Nicholas in tow. The seccind officer of the Collier
and a seaman volunteered to go off in the steamer's
boat to attach arope to the ship, which, after-great
exertions, they accomplished, and the steamer
proceeded to Plymouth with the St. Nicholas
in tow. It was found impossible to reach
that port, as the wind had increased,_ and was
Bien blowing from the W.N.W., and therefore the
course was altered for Portland Roads. The
hawser connecting the vessels broke several times,
but on the afternoon of the fifth the ship was
towed inside the Portland breakwater. Very
great danger was incurred in performing the ser-
vice. The St. Nicholas was bound from Havre
•to New York, with a general cargo and 140 pas-
sengers.
The Admiralty Advocate. and Dr. Deane, Q.C.,
were heard for the salvors, and the Queen's Advo-
cate and Mr. Pritchard for the St. Nicholas.
The Court decreed for £2,800, and apportioned
£1,500 to the owners, £5OO to the master, and
£BOO to the crew; the two Men who went on
board with the boat to receive a double share.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

HERTFORD.

The election for the berough of Hertford took
place on Monday morning. The vacancy, it will
.beremembered,, was created by the appointment
of the Right Hon. W. F. ,Cowperto the office • of
First Commissioner of Public Works and Build-
ings, and that gentleman offered himself for re-
election.
eleven o'clock the proceedings commenced
in the Town=hall. Mr. H. Gilbertson, the mayor
Of the borough, presided; and after the writ had
been read, and the usual formalities gone through,
he briefly addressed' the electdrs in reference to
the duty they had assembled to perform. •
Mr. J. Gripper then stood.forward and pro-
.posed the re-election of the late member, who, he.
said, had served the borough faithfully for
-twenty-five years.
Mr. Young Crawley seconded the nomination.
He hoped that Mr. Cowper would not sanction
any more jobs in reference " Big Ben "
(laughter),—and that if it was necessary to have
a new bell, that it might be justly called "Big
(Laughter.)
The Mayor then inquired in the •usual form
whether any other candidate was to be proposed,
and, no answer being given, he declared the
Right Hon. William frauds Cowper duly elected
to rePreSent the borough- of Hertford'in the' pre-
sent Parliament. •
Mr. Cowper then stood forward to address the
electors. After expressing his thanks to them
for- again placing him in what he said he consi-
dered the proud position of being their repre-
sentative in Parliament, the hon. member went
on to say that by the fact that all the nations of
Europe were arming themselves and providing
armies and fleets, and it therefore became abso-
lutely necessary, if the peopl of this country
were to sleep at peace in' their beds, that we
should adopt extensive means of defence.- (One
of the persons in the Town-hall here exclaimed;
"Yes, it costs us thirteen Millions to watch our faith-
- fill ally.) (A laugh.) There might be some truth in
the observation that had just been made, but still
there could be no doubt that the effect of such a
treaty as the one now propoSed with .France
• would be to -make a larger number of persons in-
terested in peace than there were before. (Hear,
hear.) They must be equal in all the prepara-
- teens for war as well as for peace. He was one
•of those who believed that the Emperor of the
French was willing to be friendly with this coun-
try, and in all his acts he evinced a friendly dis-
position, and it was only natural that this should
be the case from his knowledge of the people and
the institutions of this country, and his being
aware- of the great importance of being on
friendly terms with such a power as England.
He (Mr. Cowper) knew very well, however, that
this was not the feeling entertained by all
Frenchmen, and that among the soldiery in par-
ticular, a very general idea prevailed that England
. was, very rich, and at the same _tiine Very weak,
and that it would take them very little trouble to
March to London, and help themselves to as many
• bank-notes and sovereigns as they might choose
to carry away. There could be no doubt that we
were not sufficiently prepared to oppose a hostile
attack, and the Government had merely carried
out the wishes of ,the country in placing our fleet
. and army in its present position. The hon. mem-
ber concluded by thanking the electors for the
honour they had conferred upon him in re-elect-
ing him as their representative.•
A vote of thanks to the mayor terminated the
proceedings.

GATESHEAD.
The election, consequent upon Mr. Hutt having
accepted the office of Vice-President of the
Board of Trade, took place on hustings erected.
in front of the Town-hall, Gateshead, on Mon-
day morning. The Mayor, Mr. George Craws-
hay, 'presided. It was not thought necessary
to bring Mr. Hutt down front London, and
he was represented by Mr. Gorge Hawks, of
the iron firm of Hawks and Crawshay. Mr.
Alderman Smith nominated Mr: Hutt ; Mr: Wm.
Brown; of the firm "of Abbot and Co. seconded the
nomination, and there (being no other candidate
to 'prepose, Mr. Hutt was declared duly elected.
Mr. Hawks returned thanks, and the proceed-
ings concluded with the usual compliment .to the
mayor. The day. was very cold and inclement.

LORD BROUGHAIJ AND MR. UrLADSTONE.—A very
significant compliment to Mr. Gladstone's oratory, and
a, very striking incident in itself (says the Scotsman),
appears not to have been marked by our London con-
temporaries. We mean the presence of Lord Brougham
within the walls of the House of Commons for the
first time during very . nearly thirty years --- that
is, 'since he left it in 1830 to becoMe Lord
Chancellor. It is pretty well known that Lord
Brougham left the House ef Commons to preside
over the House of Lords, with the utmost pain and reluo-
*We— that his own most earnest desire was not to
any office which necessitated the abdication of his position
as member for Yorkshire, and that he took a position
nominally and titularly_higher onlynt the most urgent
entreaty and virtual command of his party. Since his
removal he has never once been known to enter as auditor
Within those walli which had so often echoed with-his elo-
quence. Ou Friday night, for the, first time, he over-
came this remarkable reluctance ; and then, too, fer the
first time, it is understood, he heard the man who now
occupies the position he himself so long held unrivalled
and undisputed—the greatest'orator in the British House
p 1 Commons. Lord Brougham was seen to listen in-
tently during the whole four hours during Vhich ;Mr.
Gladstone spoke; and is known to have expressed the
highest admiration of the speech, as a masterpiece of
clear and skilful statement and persuasive rhetoric.