Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-18 00:00:00

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COMMERCIAL
TRAVELLER.

At the Southwark Police-court, on Tuesday, William Goddard, a
respectable-looking man, was brought before Mr. Combo, charged
with embezzling various sums of money received far, and on account
of, his master Mr. James Phillips, rope and twine manufaztnrer,
Union-street, Southwark. Mr. Neale attended for the prisoner. The
prose Tutor stated that the prisoner had been in his employ as traveller
and collector about two years, and it was his duty to collect orders
and receive money from the customers, which latter he ought to have
paid over to witness daily, after receiving it. A short time ago he had
some suspicion as to his honesty in consequence of the non-payment
of several sums from customers who formerly paid so regularly. He,
in conseAucuce, went round to them, and ascertained that he had
received about 291. in less Chan a month, which he had not accounted
for. Witness then called in a police-constable, and gave the prisoner
into custody. He then admitted having received the money, and
converted it to his own use; and he bagged to be allowed a day or
two to ace his friends, and settle the matter. Witness, however,
refused to-do so, and the constable took him into custody. William
Snoden, of 40, fled Lionstreet,' Holborn, said he was a customer of
the prosecutor, and gave the prisoner orders for him. on the 15th of
last month he paid him 31. Os. 7d. on his account, and the prisoner
receipted the invoice. Two other cases of a similar nature were
proved, when Mr. Combo said they were quite sufficient for the
sessions. Mr. Neale said that if his worship intended to send his
client for trial, he should reserve his defence. The prisoner was
accordingly committed for trial.

Mr. Scott Russell, the other day, stfted that three fourths of the
shares in the Great Eastern ship were held by members and asslciates
of the Institution of civil engineers, a favourable guarantee for the
safety of the structure as well as the success of the company.
A pardamentary committee, of which Mr. Fenwick is chairman, is
now engaged in taking evidence as to .the Tweed salmo fishing. It
appears that the upper river proprietors, have long been at cross
purposes with those near the month of this once famous fishing
stream, and that, in consequence, the saqnon have been almost extir-
pated. Landowners, it may thus be seen, sometimes need," protection"

-from themselves.
AN. ELBCTIONEERING:JOKE.—Some frolicsome joker, not having
the feat of ulterior consequences before his eyes, has been indulging
in practical joking, not even hesitating at forgery, intact, audaciously
sending by post, several documents purporting to be "Speaker's
Warrants." These were evidently copied from a past genuine docu-
ment, and its legal phriseolvy, coupled with the signature of "Deni-
son." speaker, and Mr. Cockerell's name as agent to Colonel Adair,
gave the thing the appearance of genuineness; and it is not to be
supri.ed that for a time the recipients of the precious document
were taken off their guard, although they were perfectly aware that
they had done althing to bring them in contact with a Committee of
the boos of Commons ; they could not " see the reason why" they
sv,ire to be drawn from their wives and families on so disagreeable an
errand; the; could not see "the rea-on why" a stigma should be
sought to be cast up do them, nor was their vanity by any means
tickled by the supaosttion that they were likely to throw auy light
upon eltction mai-practices. The hoax has caused a good deal of fun
in the town; and, perhaps the perpetrator is enjoying the result of
his own keen wit; 'cut he may depend upon it that he had better
maintain his incognito; or he will be made to laugh on the
other side of his mouth, for one of the dopes of his trickery—a warm-
hearted, littlest foreigner and publican, vows that he wit appeal to
English justice to see if it be not superior to English wit ; and he Sven
threatens now to go to London; have a personal interview with
"Denison," and ask " Denison" if. that Is his handwriting ; and if

"Denison" shouldsay that "Denison" or that document' was not
written bi Denison, the Speaker ; then our foreign friend will ask if
any denizen has a right to wrongly write Denison under the excuse of
a heartles joke. But, perhaps, when time shall have softened down
reasonable asperity. and the impudent Zellnquent has admitted the
fell} of his act, our foreign friend will forgive the joke ; but say—
" I Co love thee, my joker.
But sever more be customer of mine."
Cambridge Independent.
Tax Suit Caor.--The general result of the Eu-opean and Asiatic
silk crop can now be approximately estimated, and according tO
alviLes from M. Arles Dufour, of Lyons, dated the 12th inst., it is
likely to prove a bettef than was at one time anticipated. From a
resume which he furnishes the following statements are gathered
respecting es.ch of the producing countries. The news from Turkey
and Greece is as fwronrable as possible. r t Naples, the first crop,
although reduced to one-half is much better than last year. In
Sicily and Ca'abria the prospects were encouraging, but the latest
advicea announce that at their fourth stee the worms have become
severely affecte '. In pan there is only half a normal crop, but it
is still much liotter than the last, both as regards qnant ty and quality.
In Tuscany and the Roman States appea ances are very promising.
From Lombardy it is stated that in the districts of ftrianzia, Brescia,

Bergamo and :lie lower Tyrol the seed has not succeeded, and the pro-
duce will be very poor ; but that in the Frloul and the high Tyroi all
is going on most as isfactorily. In Pitdmont there are general corn
Plaints, but the results are much better than those of last season. In
France also, whic'i next to China and Lombardy is the richest silk
producing country in the world, it is now believed the yie'd n.stwith-
standingall drawbacks, will ba superior to that of 1856. M. Dafour
aids that, assisted by the generally favourable temperature, the crop
but for the disease in the ued, would have been ma. yellow. This
persevering malady he considers had its orig;n in the bad food whieh
the warms have received during six or seven years of moist and warm
winters, followed by harsh springs, .and, as s h e season has now returned
to a natural character, the pe is entertained of gradual improve-
ment. _ .

'1 CALtFORmer: Pinr.—The evert sting quest'on f" is th'

good pro" has been answered ty Mr. . all, of South John
arc t, who hes suceeedel in crothieing a metallic pen, which he
desiguides, not I,:antly, as above. There is hardly anything mow
annoying tIOn a had i,en —every one knows the mi,ery. The pen
made by Alr. Hall, Is lit for any land to use light Gr hcavv,
what is of the areotest value. it does net corrode, but will work wilt:
equal facility in any ink. From experience of ni etoll-e Dens, we can
say. that this Gne, which in polished as gold, and will last nearly as
leng, is the hest ore we have everused,—Northern Times. One
box, containing six dozen pens, sent tree on receipt o= tts 6d iu
postare stamps. Agents wanted en' VA-t country.—Ady.
Emigrants to the "UNITED STATE? and C.,NADA, by to in; the
Through 1 iceets of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, are conveyed
from their port of landing to their destination in less than ONE
QEASTEtt CF TUE TIM taken ey S:ctins Boat:, and et about the same
rates of fares. Thus a passenger can reach Chicago from QnebeC, a
distance of 1,007 miles, in lass than 24 days, whereas by water it is
nearly dottble the distance, and requires from 12 to 15 days, with flee
or six changes of Steam Boats, during all of which they are exposed
to the arts and machinations of designing persons, whose sole means
of livin;t Is by the:r plunder. The Steam Boats, especially when
crowded, scarcely afford protection from the weather. Passengers
with Through Tickets are allowed the same amount of luggage, free,
ason board the ship, and it is conveyed from the Ship to the Railway
Station without any charge whatever. The Agents of the Grand
give Mechanics, Artisans, and Labourers, on
Trunktheirplaces
a ,r Company
va
whichl it is to be had,
tlie willb best information in respect to employ, ent, the
and the rates of wages. Intending
Emigrants :tan have sent to them, free, a Tariff of passengetates ;
and all their enquiries with regard to the sailing of both steamers and
sailing ships, Scale of Dietary, &c., will ba immediately answered on
application, either personally or by letter, at the offices of the gratni
'frank company, 21, Old Broad-street, London,

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Evening
The Cotton Market keeps very quiet, but prices
are well maintained. The sales to-day were 5,000
bales, of. which 500'were on speculation and for
export.
The Liverpool Share Market remains very quiet,
and with very little business doing, prices exhibit a
downward tendency. The transactions to-day
were :-Birkenhead, Lancaahire and Cht shire,"7o ;
Biaekburn, 91 ; Caledonian, 374; Great Western,
641; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1001 1004; London
and North Western, 1041; Manchester, Sheffield.
zind Lincolnshire. 434, 431-, 441 ; Midland.
831, a ; York Capital • Stock, 354; 35 ;
Grand Trunk of Canada, 141, 14 9-16, 144.
144, 151 ; Lancashire Insurance, 4p The
following were the closing prices :-Black-
burn, -9, 94 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 70, 704 ;
Caledonian, 371. 371 ; Chester and Holyhead, 18,
181 ; Eastern Counties, 11 9-16, 11 11-16 ; East
Lancashire, 964, 97; Ditto £9 shares, 4, 13.16 p ;
Great Northern, 244. 25 ; Great Western, 644, 641 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire. Stook, 1004. 1004 ;
ditto £9 shares, 1, 1 1-16 p ; Liverpool, Crosby,
and Southport, 194, 194; London and North
Western Stock, 1044.1044; ditto R shares, 3-16, * d ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 441 -441 ;
Midland Stock, 831 834; North British, 10 13-16,
10 15-16; North Staffardshire, 5, 44 d; North
Eastern-Berwick, 221, 23 ; York and North Mia-
land, 351, 351; Leeds Capital Stock, 224. 221 ;
South Eafitern and Dover, 22 3-16, 22 5-16
Scottish North Eastern, 124, 13; Buffalo and Lake
Huron, 1, y d ; Ditto New Shares, 4. z d ;
Dutch Rhenish, 1 13-16, 1 11-16 d ; Great
WeStern of Canada, 224, 224 ; Ditto. New Shares,
14, 14. p; Great Luxembourg, 11* 114 d; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 151, 154.
There was another dull day in the Market for
the Public Funds and Securities, and Consols de-
clined t 0•93 with settlers, but afterwards rallied to
93 with buyers. Toe quotations cement_ after
official hours were 93 to 934. txehequei
closed at 5 dis. to 1 pm., and the New Three Per
Cents. at 921 to 921.
An active inquiry prevails for Money, and the
demand for discount accommodation has rather
increased to-day, and the opinion now generally
prevails that the minimum quotation will not un-
dergo an immediate reduction. The applications
for loans, and for the negotiation of mercantile
paper, during the last two or three days, have been
so active that it is feared that the stock of private
securities held by the Establishment; and which, on
the 6th inst., stood at 19,066,7401, has been swelled
to a considerable extent. There can be no doubt
that the settlements at the Stock Exchange have
assisted in increasing the general inquiry, sad it is
believed that the facilities afforded by the authori-
ties to the holders of stock in.obtaining loans during
the shutting of the transfer books have augmented
the pressure upon the resources. During the last
two or -three days, some large loans by private
individuals to the Stock Exchange have been called
in, and the Honourable East India Company is
believed to have withdrawn a large amount
advanced to dealers in securities. These facts
explain -the slight return of pressure now com-
plained of, and in a few days it is very probable
that some abatement will be recorded. The various
channels open for the employment of capital are
so numerous that the least extra inquiry is imme-
diately felt, but the tendency of the market must
not be determined by these occasional vatiations.
The material improvement noticed in the position
of the Bank of England, and which has enabled
the directors to resume their loan operations, is a
proof that the pressure which has been felt for many
months past is gradually being lightened. It may
frequently happen, however, that a little reaction
will take place, but this should not occasion appre-
hension.
Little business was done in the London
Railway Share Market to-day, but prices were very
steady. The following were the closing quotations :
-Ambergate, Nottingham and East Junction, 54, ;
Caledonian, 741, 75 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 60,
62; Eastern Comities, -114, 111 ; East Lancashire,
97, 98 • Great Northern, 994, 100; Do. A., 90, 92 ;
Great Western, 634, 641; Lancashire and.Yorkslaire,
1004, 1001 Leeds Northern, 431, 431; London
and North Western, 1.031, 1044; London and SOuth
Western, 1001 1011; Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire 444 ; Midland, 834, 834 ; North
British, 434 ; South Eastern and Dover, 731; 741 ;
York, Newcastle and Berwick, 91, 92 ; York and
North Midland, 704, 701; Holyheads, 36, 37;
Grand Trunks, 144, 15 ; Great Western of Canada,
224, 224; Do. (New), 14, 14; Great Southern and
Western, 104, 106; Mexicans, 224, 23; Northern
of France, 381, 39 ; Paris and Strasburg, 294; Paris
and Lyons, 581, 59 ; Russian, 108, 110 ; Paris and
Orleans, 57, 59 ; Central France, 241, 25; Sambre
and Meuse. 81 ; Nanaur and Liege, 84; Great Lux-
embourg, 64, 61 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam, 64. 7 ;
Dutch Rhenish, 11t, 114; Lombardo-Venetian, 41, 5.
After official hours the following were the prices
'paid :-Caledonian, 731; Eastern Counties, 11.9-16,
11 11-16 ; East Lancashire, 97, 98 ; Great
Northern, 991, 100 ; Ditto A, 90,91 ; Great Western,
634, 644;
_Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1004, 1004;
London and North Western, 1041 ; Manehea-
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 444, 441
Midland Stock, 831, 831 ; North British, 431 ;
South Eastern and Dover, 744, 741; York, New-
pastle, and Berwick, 91, 92 ; York and North
Midland, 704, 704.
There is no change to notice in the state of our
Produce. Markets. Sugar is very dull of sale, and
prices are with difficulty maintained.
The quarterly meeting of the,proprietors of the
East India Company was held this day, when thd
report of the committee of by-laws was presented,
and the committee's names were submitted for
re-election. R. D, Mangles, Esq , M.P., presided.
In answer to some complaints on the part of Mr.
Jones and Mr. Lewin, the Chairman said it had
never been the custom to publish intended mo-
tions, except notices of the same were given in
the open court. It was not compulsory for the
directors to notice every proceeding in Parliament
at the next general court, except it be likely to
affect the interest of
.the proprietors. In conse-
quence of the decease of Thomas Weeding, Esq.,
his place was filled by H. Strachan, Esq. The
remainder of the committee were re-elected for the
ensuing year. Mr. Lewin gave notice of a motion.
for inducing the Honourable Court to remedy the
breach of faith committed towards the Sepoys by
the.69th Regiment of Madras Cavalry. Mr. Jones
seconded the motion. The Chairman said this
case had beea disposed of a dozen times before.
The motion was negatived,and the court adjourned.
Of the 244,0001. in specie brought by the Niagara
from New York, about 144,0001. reached London
yesterday, the rest being on continental account.
Of this sum, about 40,0001 in bar gold was pur-
chased for exportation to Cadiz by the steamer
Sultan, which will leave Southampton to-day, and
which may perhaps take out some additional re-
mittannes. The remainder of the 144,0001., con-
sisting chiefly of American eagles, was taken for
transmission to the Continent, principally in pay-
ment for silver.
We believe that the shipments of specie and
bullion for the East by the Pere on the 20th inst.
will reach the unprecedented total of about a mil-
lion and a quarter sterling, notwithstanding the
check imposed bylthe rise in therates of insurance.
The magnitude of the amount is in great measure
attributable to the receipt, per the steamer Parana,
in the first week of this month, of an enormous
supply of silver from Mexico. To-morrow will be
last day for effecting shipments by the Pera.
Large amounts of Silver continue to be received
from the Continent. Since Saturday.morning, the
steamers Rhine and Albion have arrived from
Boulogne, the former with 32, and the latter with
93 cases; and the Clarence, from Antwerp, with
29 cases and.ll casks. The value of these remit.
tances is probably not less than 140,0001.
The steamer Parana, for the West Indies, will
take out 24,0001. in specie, of which 12,8001. -is
gold and the rest silver.
A special meeting of the North , and South
Western Junction Railway Company is called for
the 29th instant, to consider alai which authorises
the construction of the proposed Richmond and
Kew Extension Railway.
Viee-ChapcQll9r Kindersley has made a call of 4l
•

per, share on the 'contributories of the Justico
Assurance Society, payable by the 24th inst.
The half-yearly dividend is advertised- on the
Portuguese Three per Cent. Bonds of 1853 and
1856, and on South Carolina Bonds (negotiated by
Messrs Palmer, Mackillop, Dent, and Co.).
Messrs. C. J. Hambro and Son advertise the
guaranteed interest on Zealand Railway shares.

Wheat
Barley ~
Oats
Malt

Flour. - barrels. - 3 3Cks.

LONDON MINING MARKET.-JUNE 17.
The market for home mining stocks remains quiet, with little
demand. The only transactions recorded in the Stock Exchange are
in Alfred Consols at 171, and North Wheal Basset at 161 and 16.
In foreign descriptions there is no movement of importance.

SALFORD CATTLE MARKET.—JUNE 17.
The sup. ly at market to-day consisted of 878 beasts, and 6,207
sheep and lambs. There was a fair demand at the following prices :
Best beef, 7d to 7id ; middling do., 6d to 64d; cows, 5d to 6d ; best
wedders, 7,id to 8d; ewes, 6d to 61d ; lambs, 8d to 93 ; calves, 6d to
7d per lb,

CORK BUTTER MARKET.--JUNE 17.
The supply at market consisted of 2,000 kegs and firkins, which sold
off at steady prices. Firsts, 993 ; Seconds, 988 ; Thirds, 89s ; Fourths,
79s ; Fifths 688 ; and Sixths 58s per cwt.