Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-23 00:00:00

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1837.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

The Dock Committee held its regular weekly
meeting yesterday. The business was merely of
a routine character, excepting that several com-
plaints were received concer9ing the want of Dock
accomtnolation. The Committee le solved that the
matter should be looked into. The Chamber of
Commerce are, it appears, also very dissatisfied
with the Deek accommodation, and at their meet-
ing s esterdey, several resolutions were passed,
showing the utter inadequacy of the present Dock
accommodation at Liverpool.
The health oZ Liverpool continues very far from
satisfactory. Last week the deaths were 254,
being l J more than the previous week, and 28 more
than the correcte 1 average.
The meeting of the Toxteth Board of Guardians
was held yesterday, but no business of the least
importance was transacted.
The inquest on the body of the engineer of the
corn mill,.Great Howard street, was held yes •er-
day. After hearing evidence, the jury were satis-
fied that the explosion was caused by the neglect
of the engineer, who was killed on the occasion,
and they returned a verdict to that effect.
The Ward meeting held last night, will be found
e-ne Dike of Cam-bridge has been visiting Shef-
field, on the occastuu or ittylug tae tounatton
stone of a monument in honour of those fellow-
townsmen who fell in the Russian war. The Duke
and the General expressed their convictions con-
cerning the rebellicu in India, the latter being o!
opinion that ne ole coul I have predicted that it
would happen ; the former, that the turning point
had come, and that justice must take € ffd ct. The
Commander-in-Chief app 'aced to guard himself
against the reproach of putting the rebels to death
witleout trial and conviction, but where
guilt was established, he held out no hope
of mercy. Taking the speech altogether,
it will be observed that the Commander-
in-chief declared that recruiting is progressing in
a way which is " perfectly incredible." He also
said that the Incran mu ineers should be brought
before proper tribunals and duly punished ; tied
that thee misfortunes should make us repair
the Indillea errcrs we have committed. Sir Harry
Smith, however, declared that the Bengal army
had no cause for the conduct it had hebn guilty of.
Another profession of belief wor'h reproducing
has been made at a meeting in Scotland, by a
Mr. Colquhoun. This gentleman boldly avows the
opinion that all our annexations in India t. were
forced upon us ;" and that Lord Dalhousie is the
greatest statesman of the age.
A tunnel between Englenl and France would be
a miracle as well as a novelty, but the Emperor of
the French is reported to be convinced that the
thing is possible. One M. Theme de Gamond, says
the Siecle, has made the matter plain to his Imperial
Majesty, and the Minister of Public Works and the
Minister of Marine named a special commission to
consider de Gemond's proposal], who have come to
the conclusion that the man is not mad. Wiser
than ourselves, the Siecle adds that the British
Government has also named a a,mmission to co-
operate with the French engineers respecting the
submarine tunnel. _ _ _

The domestic news this morning is not of the
least moment Mr. Bright, of the firm of Taylor
and Bright, corn merchants, Hull, has been
arrested for forgery. There are two charges, one
an endorsement of a bill of exchange, and another
the transfer of railway stock. Mr. Bright was the
late chairman of the Hull Flax and Cotton Mills
He was remanded, bail being refused.
A communication dated Bristol, sa) a, information
bas been received in that city, on what is con
aiderel to be most reliable authority, that John
William Beale, who is now a prisoner in Taunton
Gail, charged with the murder of Charlotte
Pug,sley, has made a confession of his guilt to the
.governor, Mr. W. Oakley. The precise nature of
the confession has not transpired.
) Of the three remaining persona who were
buried in the debris of the colliery explosion
at Oswaldthis::le on Thursday the 18th instant,
two are in a fair way towards recovery, and
the other, a boy, will, it is hoped, get better.
Application is being made to have the unde:-
looker, William Oldham, bailed, he having been
committed to Kirkdaie gaol to take his trial fur
causing the deaths of the two persons who died
from the burns received in the explosion. We have
not heard whether the application has been suc-
cessful.
At the London Bankruptcy Court, the other day,
the case of Sadgrave and Ragg, cabinet-makers,
Finsbury, came before Mr. Holyrod. The bank-
rupts commenced business in 1851., with a capital
of about £l,OOO each. Since then they had dealt
in accommodation bills to the amount of £39,000.
They were opposed on the ground of trafficking in
these bi'ls ; and in examination. Ragg admitted
that their young clerks used to accept bills for
them One poor man, belonging to Torquay had
Accepted twenty bills at once for them. One of
the acceptors was a Mrs Hirons, an upbolstress,
working for 83 or Os a week. The question of their
Cotificate was adjourned.
Ot Foreign news this morning we have not much
to chronicle. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna
announcing the almost unanimous resolution of