Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-29 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC.

The steamer Baltic has arrived from New York,
with dates to the 16:h inst. She has brought
841,000 dollars in specie, and 62 passengers.
She sailed on the 16th, and reports as follows :
Aug 16, p.m , passed packet ship Liverpool,
bound inwards : on the 18th passed a British screw
steam ship, hound west : on the 21st, lat 48.29,
long 48.56, passed a large screw steam ship„
bound west : on the 23rd, lat 50.35, long 42 31
passed the British ships lon and Montreal, hound
west : on the 27th, 2.30 p.m., passed the British
ship Valletta, bound (Alt; and at 2.30 p.m., passed
an American ship, with red cross in foretopsail,
bound out at 6p m. passed the British ship
Mitchell, bound out;
_at 11 p.m., arrived at Bell
Buoy, Liverpool.
Advices from WaSrhington state that the govern-
ment is opposed to the treaty said to have been
lately entered into between Costa Itica and
Nitarague, by which part of the territory of the
latter is acquired by the feazner, and that Mr,
Carey Jones had special instructions to present
the views of this government on that subject.
A Washington correspondent, writing on the
'l4th, says :
If it be trap, as stated, they, Cista 11.1na has disposed of
the Nicaragua Transit route, and has acquired part of the
territory of the I tt ter, oar government will unquestionably
object to the arrangement, it being known that William
Carey Janes was especiaity instructed to represent the
views of the administration on -that subject as adverse to
such a cocrse of policy. Vatil the -meeting, of Coni,reress no
diplomatic appointment; will be made excepting sach as
may be demanded by the public exigency, as it is desired
that successors to the present incumbents shall not go
abroad until their appointments shall have been-esnfirmed
by the Senate.
General Denver, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, will
shortly repair to Nebraska for the purvse of making
treaties with the Ponca andlPawnee Indians-
A letter is no-w on the way to Hen. Frederick P.
Stanton, Vecretary of State of Kansas, tendering him the
appointment of Superintendent of Indian Affairs, in piece
Of Governor Cdtaming, but the appointment not to take
tiffect until the meeting-of Congress.
Tee troops and civil officers for Utah cre not expected
'to reach that Territory until about the Ist of November.
Satisfactory accoutts have been received of all the
waggon road expedtiots, excepting that of Colonel
Noble, which has disappointed the expectations of the
government.
A despatch from St. Louis states that the Kansas
correspondent of the Dernocrtt says that Judge
Cane has published an opinion stating that the
payment of taxes is essential to the preliminary
right of voting.
r, The Sheriff of Douglas county has given notice
of his intention to collect the taxes.
Rumour says that Generals Lane and Robinson
and Messrs. Phillips, Conway and Blood, and
others, have been indicted by the Grand Jury of
Lecompton.
In a speech on the sth inst. General Lane
announced the organisation of eleven thousand
men to protect the polls at the election in October,
and stated that the number would be increased to
twenty-five thousand.
Advises 'from Knoxsville, Tennessee, state that
the Business Committee of the Southern Con-
vention reported against free trade and direct
taxation.; against the South receiving goods from

States not upholding the Fugitive- Slave law ;
against any discrimination of the government in
favour of foreign mail lines from Northern ports ;
in favour of the exemption of one slave to each
slaveholder from seizure for debt; in favour of
erecting Arzona into a Territory ; in favour of
recovering certain lands lost by recent treaty with
Mexico; also reported that the time had not yet
arrived for the calling of a Convention in reference
to the African slave trade. •
There is additional news from St. Domingo,
embracing an account of the revolution iu Cibao,
which threatens to divide the republic of Domi-

nica into Northern and Southern-sections.
We have news from Turks Islands dated on the
Ist of August, B. E. Smith was acting as consul
of the United States during Mr. Winter's absence.
54,838 bushels of salt had been shipped from
aro nri noowly o■io million of buolaolo.
Price ten eents.
We have files from British Guiana, dated at
Georgetown on 18th of July. There is no
news of importance. Several gold nuggets from
the Yuruari diggings were exhibited in George-
town.

New Orleans papers of the Bth inst. are to
hand. Lieutenant Hood, of the SJcond Cavalry,
with seventeen men, had a desperate encounter
with a band of 45 Lipans and Comanches on the
20th of July, at the head of Devil river. The
fight was a hand-to-hand one. Nine Indians were
killed, and ten wounded. Lieutenant Hood had
one killed and one missing, and he and three of
of his men were wounded. The Indians enticed
him jute an ambush by a flag of truce. The
death of General Rusk produced a profound
sensation.
There is no political news.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Naw YO&K, ♦ugust 16.

Commercial matters had not undergone any
important change, the stock market contintr_d
dna, and prices on the decline. The latest
market report says : —The sales of cotton yesterday
embraced about 600 bales. The market was timer and
closed at about ie. per lb. advance. We quote middling
uplands at 15i c. Flour was without change of moment,
while sales were t•a fair extent. Wheat was less buoyaat
and active; the sales were confined to new Southern red
at 1 dol 70 c to idol 73 c for crime, and good to prime
white do. at 1 dol 81 c to 1 del 86 c. Corn continued in
good demand, with sales of Western mixed at 85 c to 86 c
There was a speculative movement in prime pork, with
saies of 1.000 brls. which opened at 20 dole, advanced to
20 dole 50 c, and closed at 20 dole 75 c, and was held to
21 dole. without buyers ; and 600 to 800 brie. meat sold
at 21 dole 70c to 24 dole 75u. Tne sales of sugars em-
braced about 703 lohda and 100 Pjrto Rico, at rates given
in another column; for refining goods the market was
fully Ze par lb below the highest point of last week,
while prime and choice goods were only a trifle lower.
The public sale of Rio coffee tc-day comprised about
7.742 bar, 10 /3 to 12 ie average 11-17 c. Though
the prices were somewhat under previous private sales, )et
the sale proved much better than had been expected.
There was also about 500 bags of Rio sold to the trade at
11; c to 111 c. Freights were still inactive and en-
glgetnements soderata, wi hout change of moment.

LIST or PASSIM:IW Pint BiLTlC.—Miss Pennington,
Miss Thomson, Miss Eater, ➢Miss Bouchier, Hon. Henry
C. Murphy, United Stains Minister to Holland, and lady,
Henry C. Murphy, junr., George J. Murphy, Hon. John
P. Kennedy and lady, Bev. W. Patton and daughter, Air.
and Mrs. E. K. Rogers and three children, Mr. and Mrs.
E. T. Gale, three children and servant, Mr. and Mrs. R.
H. Johnson, Capt. B. D. Marrton, C. Durand, Mr. Fiand,
Mr. W. T. Robinson, Mr. Francis Allen, Rev. W. W.
Spicer, Messrs. Henry. A. Young, H. Alfred Young, E.
Fuller, J. J. Griffin, W. J. Gunn. John Boyd, J. M'
Randall, W. A. Thomson, Manuel Dispan, P. A. Boseier,
C. Quetin, Miss Elizabeth Murray, Mrs. Bcrg, Mr. and
Mrs. Bennett, Mr. ant Mrs. Joseph Aarons, Mr. and Mrs.
Levi, Miss Levi, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip, Messrs. Henderson,
Settig, D. Bernard, M. Potier, B. Hamilton, B. Dicken-
son, A. Cartiade, P. Darmin, and Levey.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh street,
BOYS are CLOTHED from the Agee of 6 to 20 Years:

BURIAL OP TILE Ds►D Ix ma CITY OF LONDON.—The
new act, which received the royal assent a few days
back, to amend the Burial Act, so f,tr as relates to the
City of London, has Leen printed. Certain fees set forth
in a schedule annexed are to be taken by incumbents.
The approval of a majority of the vestries of the City
of London will henceforth enable the Commissioners of
Sewers to execute certain works. When the Commission-
ers sit as a burial boars, the approval of a maj qity of
►estries to be sufficien' to zettle the ques'ioa of fees payable
to churchwardens. Further, the chaplains of cemeteries
are to conform to the regulationa of the Commi.sicners
of Sewers. The act will remove a number of difficulties
which have lately arisen.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh•street.
BOYS aro CLOTBED from the Ages of 8 to 20 Years

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE —LlvEspooL, AUGUST 28.

CROWN COURT.

Mr. Baron Watson entered the court at nine o'clock this
morning, and resumed the hearing of
Feels v BARBER —ln this case. which was an action to
recover damages against Mr. Barber, for the expulsion of
his sons from his school, at Grassendale, the defence set
up was that the boy Thomas was not dismissed at all, and
that Peter was guilty of disobedience and insubordination.
His Lordship, in summing up, remarked that the conduct
of the defendant appeared to have cause either out of some
prejudice conceived daring the last six months at the
school against the boy Peter, or else out of uncontrollably
bad temper. As for turning a bey away from school for
stoning a dog, any schoolmaster who intended to pursue
that course in every instance must make up his mind to
have no scholars at all. A boy was not, however, sent to
school to learn merely Latin, Greek, and arithmetic,. He
was sent to school to learn, among other things, a proper
control of his temper ; and it was, undoubtedly, the duty
of the schoolmaster to enforce it by proper correction, if
necessary. Al'hough many persons felt an objection at
present to the use of the birch rod, yet his Lordship believ-
ed that in after life many felt that they had derived
much benefit from having received proper correction by
that means. If the Rev. Mr. Barber had taken a rod and
corrected these boys, it probably would have been a much
wiser course than that which he had pursued A school-
master had no right to turn boys out of his school for such
offences as throwing stones at a dog or making faces—for
it was a very serious thing to expel a boy from a school
without good reason. A boy should only be expelled who
was guilty of some incorrigible bad habit, and was likely
to spread contagion through the school by continuous bad
example. Remarking on the fact that one of the boys had
received as a prize Milton's " Paradise Lost," his Lordship
added, that the Rey. Mr. Barber might himself derive
much benefit from the perusal of Milton's prose treatise
on education. The jury found for the plaintiff with £l5
damages.
MADSWORTII v. WELLS.—In this cane Mr.
Atherton, Q.C., and Mr. Blackburn, appeared for the
plaintiff; Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.O , with _Sr. Nutbank,
conducted the defence. The action was brought to
recover damages for the publication of a libel. Mr.
Atherton stated that the plaintiff was a commission
agent, at present residing in Hull, who was engaged in the
sale of a new kind of tube-brushes, used for the clearing
of the 'ettimries of steamers and similar purposes. In
1855 the plaintiff became involved in some difficulties,
but only one of his creditors pressed him with any severity.
The others were quite willing to give him time, bat as the
one creditor was not satisfied with this course, and an
execution was taken out against the plaintiff who was
consequently for some weeks in gaol. In September
1855, all matters were arranged, and the plaintiff from
that time up to the publication of the libel complained of
having been carrying on his business in Hull profitably,
and hid been employing portions of his profits in liqui-
dating the liabilities he had incurred. The defendant was
a solicitor of great respectability practising in Hill, and
was only a nominal deendent in that case as the secretary
of a society in whose name the alleged libel was issued.
The defendant was the secretary of a society called the
Hull, East Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire Bankers', and
Trader's Association, being a guardian society, similer to
those existing in several other parts of the country, for the
protection of traders against fraud—a body whose opera-
tions, the learned counsel submitted, required to be con-
ducted with very great caution. The publication of the libel
complained of took place in one of the circulars issued by
the defendant as secretary of the society, bearing date
April 25th, 1857. The circular which was printed, com-
menced by informing the members of the body to whom
it was addressed, that the next quarterly meeting of the
association, would be held on Thursday, the 7th day of
May next. It then contained the following statement :
" I am also instructed to inform you, that Mr. W. F. Wads-
worth, dating from 28, Windsor-street, Hull, and styling
himself patent tube brush manufacturer, has been giving
orders for goods to a very large amount." The circular
also contained further information about certain individuals
having absconded without paying their debts, others having
been convicted and transported &c., &c. T'ne learned
counsel contended that the introduction of the plaintiff'i
name in the circular with the statement which followed,
clearly amounted to an imputation that plaintiff was
giving orders for goods beyond his capacity to pay.
and was meant as a caution to traders not to trust
him, or to have dealings with him. With regard to the
words "styling himself patent tubebrush manufac•urer," the
learned counsel said that the plaintiff had determined to
take out a patent for his invention, but circumstances pre-
vented him from carrying out his intention at the time.
The plaintiff had suffered materially in his business by
the publication of the circular, which the learned counsel
contenotee amountea to a libel, for which the plaintiff was
entitled to recover damages. Evidence was given to prove
the facts of the case, and to show that in consequence of
the publication of the circular, several parties had refused
to have dealings with the plaintiff. On cross-examination
of the plaintiff it appeared that he had followed a variety
of calling?, amen which was that of a local preacher, in
connection with a Methodist body, and that he owed sums of
money in different places. The defence was, that the
publication of the circular was justifiable, on the ground that
the plaintiff had been giving large orders to tradesmen for
sailcloth, and other articles, which it was beyond his
means to pay for. Mr. Hugh Bill addressed the jury on
the part of the defendant, contending that the character
of the plaintiff, and the manner in which he had endea-
voured to obtain credit, justified the issuing of the cir-
cular ; and that if the plaintiff was entitled to recover
any damages, the smallest possible sum which the jury
could award was all he was in a position to claim.
Mr. Atherton replied on the part of the plaintiff, contend-
ing that the transactions he had sought to open were not
upon his own account, but in his capacity as commission
agent for other parties. His Lordship having summed up,
the jury retired to c insider their verdict, and, after having
deliberated for about an hour, found for the plaintiff,
damages ,10s._ _ _

COO-KE V. WILSIN AND ANOTHER. —This was an action

brought by Mr. Joseph Cooke, London agent of the
Melbourne and Geelong Railway Company, to recover
damages for injuries done to a locomotive engine while in
the care of Messrs. J. and R. Wilson, shipowners, of
Liverpool. The plaintiff had entered into a charter.
party with the defendants to convey from Liverpool to
Melbourne foar locomotive engines, male by Messrs.
Hawthorne, of Newcastle. The charterparty contained a
provision to the effect that the engines should be taken on
board at Liverpool at the ship's expense Three of
the locomotives were brought safe from the Tithcbarn-
street railway station to the quay by the carters
employed by the plaintiff, Messrs Wilton and Greene, and
were put 0.2 board the defendants vessel the Jessica. The
fourth was brought down to the quay late on the afternoon
of Friday, the 23r3 of December, and in consequence of
the lateness it was left on the truck until the next morn-
ing. Next morning while it was being hoisted from the
truck to the quay, the foe motive fell to the ground in
consequence of the tackle giving way, and received consider-
able damage. The action was therefore brought to
recover compensation for the injury done to the engine.
The defence was that the engine was not in the care of the
defendants until delivered on the quay side. The jury
found for the defendants.

TAYLOR v. M'ainmarr. —Mr. James QC , and Mr
Millward, appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Brett for the
defendant. It was an action to recover damages for libel.
The plaintiff was a merchant and commission agent in
Liverpool, and the defendant was one of the firm of
Wilson, Brown and Co., ship-owners, also of Liverpool.
The plaintiff was also agent for Messes. Cawser and Son,
of Arbroath, Scotland, sail-cloth manufacturers, wi la whom
the firm of which the defendant was a member
had frequent business transactions. In August, 1855, a
transaction took place between the plaintiff and defendant,
which had nothing to do with his age icy to Messrs.
Cawser. This was a negotiation for the purchase of a
vessel named the Shooting Star. of which the defendant's
firm had the disposal. There were two other parties en-
gaged with the plaintiff in the purchase of the vessel, and
in the course of the transaction which followed some dis-
agreement arose between the plaintiff and defendant as to
the payment of some disbursements on the vessel. The
defendant, it was alleged, threatened to ruin the plaintiff
with his principals ; and on the 7th of May, 1857, he wrote
a letter to Messrs. Cawser, in which the following passage
occurred :—" We have given intimation to your agent, Mr.
Taylor, to close our account with ycur firm. His conduct
has been styli that we must decline any further dealings
with him. It has been base in the extreme, and is a poor
return for all the consideration we gave his interests." This
WAS the libel complained of by the plaintiff. The evidence
involved a lengthened detail of several questions of ac-
count between the parties, arising out of the payment
of some of the acceptance ► which formed part of the terms
of purchase, and the payment of some disbursements upon
the vessel at Marseilles. Some dispute also took place
about the el, ssification of the vessel ; and all these questions
of dispute were pointed to on the part of the plaintiff as
showing the animus with which the letter alleged to con-
tain a libel was written. Mr. Brett addressed the jury for
the defence, contending that the letter was not libellous,
and that no injury had occurred to the plaintiff on which
to found a claim for damages. His Lord-hip in summing
up characterised the details of the proceedings which led
to the writing of the letter as exceedingly misty, which,
however, he flattered himself he had at last succeeded in
comprehending. He then briefly wont over the evidence