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1856 , NOVEMBER 20, 1855 .] ING med Ski repaired• LKS• e e Striped ..:,eOl , at 5i gill :reat Oriel' I.‘ ;Rsi, of Hanover• pleas tif epa red , to these otc Roos' e , gdi $ Colle# 6 , IS °I 'ions. atj terrest 4'r. .of j l 3l to th l4 ei V . ASV oager00?;';/ , NE of W AI O VER Y II 0 S4 l ',' 0 • 1011 A so' ;t be en P . O'er tb / lue ,i es T oe j d oP ; 'stria v6 , °13 6 ,0 0. ; any „t iD f it ) ; 0 111 k ) 0. ) ;ry /el ur, 11 , wee eq d o itt lclie rs oo; :be e e ' r il! pece s° 4 0 4 ' (1? a 0 ic tort ftJk' e en ' ' abuf la supP V til ) nt P C Teacl? one of the paradoxes to which Free Trade has given Ilse. Something may be owing to the improved cir enmstances of the f armers, who are no longer dr i ven b y necessity to sell, and can better afford to keep 'wheat in ricks than speculators can afford to pay livaretouse rent. something also may be owing to th e large amount of Greek capital invested in this e " li tedity, by which the holders are enabled to make a Profit out of the demand created by necessity. Itis °lle of the unforeseen consequences of Free Trade, and perhaps it is but a fitting retribution that, as the satifacturers sought to benefit themselves ac th e - t!ptteenprseofiotf, and the agriculturists, the lattu should derive the former experience the loss from change.the ordinary effect of wa r ha s bee n t o r est r ict o ur e t ! li Thaerce, and, b y i mpos i ng on it heavy charges for pro 'etion against the enemy, to enhance prices ; but the I) e tescn t war has had almost a contrary effect, for our ati l lx'rts instead of diminishing have rather increased; s o far from the war having lessened our supplies ik eyen the p ro d uce of Russia, they are brought into s co nntry thro ug h P russ i a, i n open d e fi ance o f th e l i t kB4l e of the Russian ports in the Baltic, which the i t 44is ters told Parliament was rigorously maintained. ease occurred but last week before a London police :strate, in which a man was charged with stealing ° 7 , when th e w h ar fi nger d ec l are d th a t t a ll ow was re ~ al lY bought in Petersburg on English account, PrusfOr with English gold, and forwarded through put a "; so that all the expense of the Baltic fleets to bee aus sto p to Russian commerce is literally wasted, neu rau e 4 7ossia is allowed to preserve a convenient ttel / ,'' and the extra cost has to be borne by con sumers. we h al , e recently also witnessed a monetary crisis, donblell the ordinary rate of discount has been nearly Pre p i o e l, cl ; . and though- such a circumstance has in kola - a s instanc es b een accompanied by a fall in mar ees-mearness of money causing cheapness of other k toodities—we have here another paradox, for as 1, 0 17 1 1 as adv ance d i n va l ue almost every other corn ratty has risen in price in an equal if not greater eo:;;;rass to bid defiance to ordinary calculations. th e may well complain, as well as wonder, at . an d 1'41)4 rise which h as l a t e ly t a k en pl ace i n th e p r ice alollgar, with a d vances also in the value of tea, coffee, ‘i other, articles ; but, we believe, that the extreme t Z bee n passed, and it is not at all improbable but th t the desc en t may b e as rapid as the rise, and that 11 °,. se who hav e b een count i ng on large profits from eal ised stock ma y soon d i scover their anticipated 14 14 only represented upon paper. Sugar is not so tlti ilc h a necessa r y of life as to be indispensable ; high l ati c es Will not only diminish consumption but stimu ktre importations, so that the reaction, which has f_ ead Y commenc e d, ma y no t on ly b e ra pid, but not •gr distant. about twenty years since, the alteration in t t-e raa ' 44 t Indi a C om p an y's charter threw open the -e W ith into p the English merchants rushed e : 11a , rk et, and, competing with one another for sup and a gin actually bought in the -clearest market ; up the same spirit .of competition at the hi g h rate of thee ' 'sold i n th e cheapest market.; thus revers i ng th at 'var a nted policy o f Sir R OBERT PEEL, and proving `roe -tr a d e is not always lad unlesse i n the sugar productive of profit. The result ri market may prod uc e a s i m il ar `43,0 our merchants operate with caution, to 1; ble nt o.nlVforeei interest may act as an induce glinaveUnfnrtunately been too much depend °Wll " I °/lie labo • • supplies, to the neglect and ruin of our s; all and so long as the produce of slave ofln Is five-iab and so enter into competition with that °llr--to accomplish'which such heavy sacri ees were mada su c h , e —we cannot e x p ec t t o b e exem pt f rom sudden fluctuations as that lately experienced. LORD JOHN RUSSELL. IR RRE is a certain kind of restless activity in some • it ' e _ncL, which ren d ers i t impossible for them to endure ol rse; and every opp ortunityis, therefore, gladly seized to 10acquire some degree of notoriety. It is not very 4 since Lord JOHN RUSSELL, after a career in Par ent 4 of nearly forty years, and after having occupied - 44 st every ministerial office, was compelled to retire til the Government, from - the overwhelming convic the public mind of his political treachery in 10 4 4 `gg inglorious conditions of peace when he had Zt ih.:_ts4t to Vienna to maintai n th e na ti ona l h onour. og s Zeilt h ave b een th oug ht th a t , at s i xty-three years N i r , the day for re-constructing a political reputation to 84 14 'st, and that th e w i ses t course wou ld h ave b een N it te nni]) to the storm he had himself provoked, and lo ll : into the private life to which he must have so s t n a stranger. He seems, however, to be lkl3l 'Oak eof rest, preferring 'rather the smallest modi lia: popular notice, of however questionable a tio li t v t er, to being altogether unforgotten. It was, e 8 8 this morbid feeling of restlessness which 4% 4 - ' tCl him to the bitter mortification of being hissed convivial banquet by his own constituents, whose 'ach N I of decorum, so unusual on such an occasion, st N il h ave been excited solely on account of his peace IN t ' l e etions, so f ore i gn to the temper of the people, of, h er the merchants of London or the inhabitants 144), ntry places. But the few remarks which he did • w ere scarcely less absurd than those which pro ✓ his condemnation. He congratulated the citizens 111 4 2 1 d0n upon the election of the Lord Mayor as a t.:1 51 1 of principle, and abruptly resumed his seat, e might perhaps have been informed what princi ho nad thus triumphed. It was an old-fashioned v ox le n, though perhaps an exploded fallacy in the tf . t a i, on of modern philosophers, that the C ons tit u ti on of ,;,ne count r y was b ased upon an especial recognition v e truth s o f Christia nity —the basis of our laws , a foundation of our belief, and, indeed, the only tie 11 1) ri l • Which society is or can b e b oun d . Y e t the only . / a mple invol ve d i n the election (f the Lord Mayor tllO ondon i s a practical denial of Christianity, by the .of a man w h o avowedly i gnores hi s b e li e f i n loctrines. Is indifferentism the great principle lIALord &am RUSSELL was about to laud, had not ee predilections imbittered his audience against ' h& j. It would be difficult to discover in what way 41 4 ; 1 4 1)1e can be involved in the election of such a the chief magistrate of the metropolis, unless ti ko,'eavo to religious principle is a commendable -`qty l e • Be it remembered—for it is important to , ,- s ent--,that the Lord Mayo r i s on ly a J ew by slay a nd, therefore, in impu g ning his election, we t etra' stye in from any remarks whatever upon those ti ket Who conscientiously believe and act up to the to 14 , 8 i n which th e y h ave b een e d uca t e d. It i s a b sur d tt °tut' that the Lord Mayo r o f L on d on is a Jew, ht sense of the word ; for he was presiding u n see t4 a %et on the Sabbath, e ngage d i n a pe cu li ar ly e eoupation, and eating with those with whom not lawful for himto eat, with forbidden vivands wa s e table, a t th e very ti me w h en th e ex -Mi n i ster PPlanding his being there as the vindication of a V is absurdity• number one, of which Lord JOHN fi sk Aop us l_ca. has been guilty in his futile attempt to court Natr ri a tY ; but, as if to leave no doubt of his in -I,leeti„ileY, he appeared, o n W e d nes d a y la s t, b e f ore a '''o4, lo . * of the Young Men's Christian Association in 4 4 4, as a le c t urer on c i v ili za ti on ; an d th ere , a ft er th at co nnected string of historical references, declared sotialr is tianity was the only basis of national and set to If the one argument be true, what of the other? The citizens of London would el l to his laudations at theLordMayor's banquet, t he y ob he ged his ground, and attempted to enlighten h4 s, t men on the blessings of Christianity. He hlrate, shown the versatility of his genius : ' e h as Virtually closed the door of his political 4 t ee ,selt he may, no doubt, come out with icldt fapp:4al lecturer, varied with occasional addresses qr of the beer -sellers, who are just now suffer- ing from a rigid application of the billeting system ; while an advocacy of the right to open places of amuse ment on the Sunday may be diversified with lectures on the sanctity of the Lord's-day. The self-sufficiency that would unclecake the com mand of the Channel fleet, or perform an operation in lithotomy, at five minutes' notice, can find no difficulty as to choice of subjects, nor as to their ap parent incongruity ; and n the reception at the mayor ay banquet is no doubt a notice to quit P .e - d Par as the representation of London is concerned, with perchance no convenient borough to supply the deficiency, it is commendable prudence on the part of Lord JOHN RUSSELL to prepare himself for a new walk of life, in which, though his auditors may not be legislators, nor his theme the rights and interests of nations, he may contrive to keep his name before the public. THE COLONIAL SECRETARYSHIP. THE PREMIER has at length been enabled to fill up the vacant office of Colonial Secretary, after its being refused by Lord STANLEY and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT. It has been offered to Mr. LABOUCHERE, and accepted; so that, having coquetted with Con servatives and Peelites, Lord PALMERSTON has been obliged to fall back on a Wig, and nothing more. Mr. LABOUCHERE was President of the Board of Trade, from July 1847, till March 1852, under Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and since then has been out of office, having refused to join the Coalition. He is favourably known to Liverpool, for the interest he took as Chair man of the Committee in the amalgamation of the Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks. The office of Postmaster-General is still vacant, but it is said to have been offered to the Duke of SOMERSET. LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BOUNDARIES. THE usual notice has been given of the intention of the Corporation of Liverpool to apply to Parlia ment, in the next session, for an Act to carry into effect the proposed enlargement of the boundaries of the borough. The details may, of course, be subject to various modifications before receiving legislative sanction, but the proposal goes to the full extent suggested, and, should it be realised, will render Liverpool one of the most spacious municipal areas in the United Kingdom, comprising both sides of the estuary of the Mersey, and including a population of more than half a million. The Bill proposes to include within the boundaries of Liverpool the whole, or certain portions of the several parishes or townships of Bootle, Bootle-cum-Linacre, Litherland, Sefton, Orre], Orrel-with-Ford, Walton, Walton-on-the-Hill, Fazakerly, West Derby, Child wall, Wavertree, Allerton, Garston, and Toxteth-park, all in the county of Lancaster ; and Birkenhead, Claughton, Claughton-cum-Grange, Oxton, Poulton, Poulton-cum-Seacombe, Liscard, and Wallasey, in the county of Chester ; so that the whole of this vast area, extending from Garston to Bootle Bay, on the right bank of the Mersey, and from Monk's Ferry to New Brighton, on the Cheshire side, will become a portion of the Borough of Liverpool, its public works under the management of the Corporation, and its interests represented in the Council Chamber, by Aldermen and Town Councillors returned from the several wards into which it will be divided. The bill also proposes to empower the Corporation to purchase the works belonging to the Birkenhead and Claughton Gas and Water Company, so as to place the supply of these important necessaries under efficient management. The notice which has been given is of course but a preliminary step, in order to comply with the standing orders of Parliament ; but the details will require much careful consideration not only by the members of the Corporation but by the inhabitants of those places immediately interested, whose consent to the terms must be obtained before the Bill can receive legislative sanction. The most important feature of the measure is that which relates to the amalgamation of Birkenhead with Liverpool ; and this will, most probably, be the least difficult of adjustment, inasmuch as so little difference exists in the present average of local rates. It will be by far the most valuable acqui sition to Liverpool, rendered more important by the purchase of the Birkenhead Docks ; and it is to be hoped that no petty differences on minor details will be allowed to 'interfere with the arrangement. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. -o- Tire Corporation of Liverpool has so far proved the sincerity of its intention to carry out the agreement made last session, by giving notice of a Bill to sanction the proposed alteration, and unite the property at Birkenhead, purchased by the Corporation, with the estate of the Liverpool Dock Trustees. It is un necessary to argue on the necessity of this valuable addition'to the Dock accommodation of the port—for this point has already been admitted, and proof of it is also afforded by the increasing number of large vessels. The Bill proposes to authorise the alterations sug gested in the report of Mr. JOHN HARTLEY, with certain modifications, in order to render the Great Float available for ships of the largest class, and also to take in part of Canning-street and Freeman-street, Birkenhead, for dock purposes. It also proposes to place the Birkenhead Docks, when compl e ted, under the management of the Liver pool Dock Trustees, subject to the existing Acts of Parliammt for the regulation of the Liverpool Docks, so that the whole shall constitute one property, and, at the same time, to equalise the rates and tolls, and apportion them in respect of vessels using the docks on both sides of the Kersey. Another provision is to enable the Corporation of Liverpool to borrow money from time to time for the purpose of effecting the proposed alterations, and to confer upon the Corporation full powers over that portion of the property which will become vested in the said Corporation. It will thus be seen that the necessary preliminary steps are being taken to give full effect to the agree ment which was entered into when Parliamentary sanction was given to the purchase of the Birkenhead- Dock property. MURDER ON BOARD AN AMERICAN SHIP. An adjourned inquest was held yesterday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., the borough coroner, on the body of Andrew Ritchie, a seaman on board the American ship Assyria. From the evi dence it appeared that the deceased shipped on board the Assyria in New Orleans, on or about the Ist of Oct. last, as an able bodied seaman. On the voyage from New Orleans to Liver pool, be was very severely beaten and kicked by William Wil son, the second mate, and the boatswain, John Hanson. Im mediately after the vesssel arrived here, the deceased was taken to the Northern Hospital. This was on the 12th Nov., but, notwithstanding every care bestowed on him, he died on Saturday last. Mr. John Hodgson Waterhouse, surgeon at the Northern Hospital, said the deceased was brought to that Hospital suf fering under very great debility. He was severely bruised all over the body, including two abscesses, one on each side of his head. He had a compound fracture on the bridge of the nose, and had also a fracture of the inner bone of the right fore arm. Besides the injuries referred to, he had also an abscess on the right ankle joint. Mr. Waterhouse had since made a post mor tem examination of the body, and found five ribs broken on the right side: The causes of death were the injuries which he received, and which were proved to have been sustained on board the Assyria. In the course of the inquiry it was shown that the deceased, who bad been shipped as an able seaman, but who was not, had been most barbarously treated on the voyage by the second mate and the boatswain, and that cruel treatment had been inflicted on other members of the ship's crew during the voyage, The Jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Wil liam Wilson, the second mate, and John Hanson, the boat swain. Immediately on the arrival of the vessel in Liverpool, the second mate and boatswain left the ship, and they have not been seen or heard of since, notwithstanding the vigilant search of the police, who have exerted themselves to the ut- most to secure their arrest. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—With reference to a statement in the Northern Daily Times of this morning, that Mr. Sudlow is a relative of mine, I beg to say that I am not in the remotest degree related to or connected with Mr. Sudlow, I would feel obliged by your being good enough to insert this note in your publication to-morrow.—l am, Sir, yours, Liverpool, Xov. 19, 1955. CHARLES TURNER. PRESENTATION TO CAPTAIN DEVEY, OF THE SHIP MERMAID. Acconntiva to previous arrangements, a meeting was held yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, in the Underwriters' Rooms, for the purpose of presenting Captain Devey, of the " White Star" line of Royal Mail clipper ships, between Liverpool and Australia, with a testimonial. The object of the presentation was to signify public approbation of Captain Devey's conduct in respect to his having prosecuted his voyage homeward from Pernambuco, in the ship_ Mermaid, in oppo sition to the injunctions of Mr. H. Augustus Cowper, Her Majesty's Consul at the above-named port. The meeting was numerously attended by the principal merchants and ship-owners of Liverpool ; and among those present we observed the following gentlemen, viz.:— Charles Turner, J. P. Palmer, P. Rawson, James Beasley, H. Halhead, Thomas Robinson, Hun., Thomas Robinson, J. Pilkington, H. T. Wilson, Robert Dirom, B. Darbyshire, T . M. Blythe,—Black, William Moon, Thomas Morris, A. E. Byrne , T. D. Anderson, Martin, Sutton, Kirkby, J. K Rounthwaite, and P. Maxwell, Esqrs. The testimonial, which was a very elegant set of breakfast silver-plate, consisted of two massive salvers, a superb and beautiful tea-kettle and stand, a coffee-pot, a sugar basin, and a cream ewer, of the Watteau pattern, all elaborately chased and engraved. [An elegant silver teapot, of a somewhat similar pattern, had been previously presented to Captain Devey by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishdp of Sidney, and the other cabin passengers, who were conveyed to Melbourne by the Mermaid on her last voyage outward.] Each of these pieces of plate bore the following inscription :—" Presented to Captain Edward Devey, of the ship Mermaid, by the ship owners and merchants of Liverpool, in testimony of their approval of the course he pursued in prosecuting his voyage, under the trying circumstances in which he was placed at Pernambuco. Liverpool, 1855." The plate, which had been manufactured by Mr. Mayer, of Lord-street, in this town, was displayed on a table in the centre of the room, and at a few minutes past eleven Captain Devey was introduced by Charles Turner, Esq., chairman of the Dock Committee. Mr. TURNER then proceeded to address the meeting. He said that, in the absence of Mr. Mann, whoee health, they were all aware, was in too delicate a state to permit him to be present, and whose absence he extremely regretted, he had been requested, as occupying the chair of the Dock Committee to say, on behalf of the ship-owners of this port, a few words to Captain Devey on this occasion. In doing so, (continued he), I must say that I never appeared before the public with more pleasure to myself than now, when about to present, in' the names of the subscribers, to Captain Devey, a memorials accompanied by this handsome present, from the shipowner of Liverpool, as a mark of their high appreciation of the ability, judgment, and firmness displayed by him in prosecu ting his voyage from Pernambuco to this port, under the very trying circumstances in which he was placed. Those circumstances have been lately so fully displayed in the form of a judicial investigation that I need not go into details. It is not for me to make any remark on the conduct of Her Ma .jesty's Consul in the Brazils ; but this much I may be al lowed to observe, that this case affords ample proof that it is most desirable that the question of remuneration to be de- • rived from the misfortunes of shipowners should be in-' quired into, and the custom abolished, in reference to Her Majesty's representative at that port ( Pernambuco). Ido not say that the consul, in this•matter, has been actuated by im proper motives, or that so large a sum as .£lO,OOO, ( and from that to £12,000 or £14,000, which might have devolved upon him,) had any influence upon him on that occasion, (A laugh.) It must, however, have been observed from the investigation that the remarks addressed by the consul to Captain Devey were calculated to have a great effect upon a man of less firm ness and judgment than Captain Devey has proved himself to be. ( Hear, hear.) Had he yielded to those representations, the loss to the shipowners and underwriters would have been extremely heavy.: indeed, there is good reason to fear that if the vessel had once gone into port there, she would never have left it again. ( Hear, hear.) With these few remarks, and heartily concurring, as I do, in the universal testimony borne by every mercantile man and shipowner to the integrity of Captain Devey's conduct, I feel great pleasure in reading a testimonial which has been very numerously signed by ship owners and members of the Underwriters' Association. It is as follows : Liverpool, sth Nov., 1855. To Captain Edward Devey, Master of the Clipper Ship " Mermaid." SIR,—We the undersigned merchants, shipowners, and others, of the port of Liverpool, desire to convey to you our hearty concurrence and congratulations on the decision which has been come to by Captain Robertson, R.N., the Inspector- General of the Board of Trade, and Mr. Mansfield, the stipendiary . magistrate, after the full and lengthy investigati on which has just taken place into your conduct, in consequence of the charges brought against you by Mr. H. Augustus Cowper, Her Majesty's Consul at Pernambuco, and now proved to be unfounded.—Jas. J. Bibby, Chas. Turner, Cunard, Brett' and Austin, P. Magee, John M. Walthew, G. H. Fletcher and Co. John S. De Wolf, John Lockett, Thomas C. Wilson, N. Waterhouse and Sons, W. P. Fernie, Samuel Bright, Thos. Sands, James Aiken, James Beazley, J. R. Groves, W. J. Lamport, T. M. Blythe, Thomas Harrison, Benj. Chisholm, Henry Ferule, John Jardine, James Alexander, James John son, J. Longton and Co., Joseph Robinson, Holderness and Chilton, Rankin, Gilmour, and Co., David Jardine, Hilton Ha!head, Owen Jones, Henry-Sharpies, W. H. Anthony, Thos. Robinson, jun., John Farnwortb, Miller, Houghton, and Co., L. H. Macintyre and Co., Benjamin Darbyshire, Brice, Friend, and Co., W. Sinclair and Co., Charles Moore and Co., Willis and Co., David Cannon, Sons, and Co., Andrew Byrne and Co., Geo. P. Oxley and Co., Charles Wigg, Edw. Higgin and Co., Edw. Thompson, Dirom, Davidson and Co. Having presented the elegant and valuable coffee service to Capt. Devey, Mr. TURNER continued trust, sir, you will long enjoy the approbation of your fellow-townsmen, as it has been thus expressed, and that you will long continue in command of the vessel in the navigation of which you have proved that you are capable of attending to the interests of the mercantile community. (Cheers.) Captain DEVET, in acknowledging this handsome recogni tion of his services, said he humbly thanked the merchants and shipowners for their kindness, and the owners of the Mermaid for their approbation of his conduct, which in them selves would have been ample reward for the anxiety and misery he had endured on the passage from Pernambuco to this port. He did not, he confessed, anticipate so valuable a testimonial in addition to their approval. It was quite un looked for. In the course he had adopted, he had nothing more in view than the proper discharge of his duty, and be cause it was incumbent upon him to pursue that course. The knowledge that he was discharging a duty had been the means of carrying him through. (Hear, hear.) As the case had already had so much publicity, he need not refer to the facts as they had transpired ; but he would point to them as proof that it was the duty of shipmasters generally to use their own discretion and judgment, and to do all in their power to attend to the interests of the shipowner. (Cheers.) Mr. TURNER requested to read the annexed letter which had been received that morning from the manager of the Western Insurance Clubs : Topsham Nov 17th, 1855. SlRC ,— ap A t l a t i h n o E ug . l e v v e ey h , a S ve hi n p: l li s e u i ra ma n i e d e ,' o s n of y L ou iv r e s r h p it a duty to acknowledge your praiseworthy conduct in oppos i7l. ,we feel oppos ing the authority of the British Consul at Pernambuco (a place known to all underwriters notorioult for impositions) b a 3 nd bringing ,sahgala y rg o e ur ship su to sum which the port must o f her destination, otherwise have b e t e h n er eex pended. As a testimony of the estimation in Which we hold your conduct, I enclose a cheque for £lO, which please accept. I am, sir, yours, very respectfully, Joint HOLMAN, Manager, Western Clubs. Mr. TURNER, in conclusion, stated that the underwriters with whom the ship was insured had determined to present Captain Devey with £l,OOO. This might seem a very large sum, but when they reflected that the Underwriters had been saved ten, perhaps more than twenty times that sum, by his conduct on this occasion, he was sure they would feel that it was not undeserved by Captain Devey.— (Cheers). This terminated the interesting proceedings here; but we learn that the Society of Underwriters in Glasgow, to mark their approbation of Captain Devey's conduct, have voted a gold medal to him. VARIATION OF THE COMPASS. TILE following letters from the Board of Trade and Trinity house have been received by the Secretary of the Liverpool Compass Committee, in reply to one from the Committee to each of the above boards, enclosing copy of a letter addressed by him to Mr. Court, Secretary of the Liverpool Underwriters Association, which we published last week respecting the variation of the compass in the Irish Channel : " Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, " Marine Department, 16th N0v.,1855. " SIR,—I am directed by the Lords of the ommittee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your I letter of the Bth inst., enclosing copy of a communication addressed, by the Liverpool Compass Committee, to the Un derwriters of that port, on the subject of the variation of the compass in the St. George's Channel and Irish Sea; and I am to resquest that you will acquaint the Compass Committee that my Lords entirely concur in their suggestion, and that measures will be taken for giving further publicity to this information, so important to mariners.—l am, sir, your obe dient servant, T. H. FARRER. " W. W, Rundell, Esq., 40, Tower-buildings East, Liverpool." " Trinity-house, London, 15th November, 1855. Sru,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth inst., enclosing a copy of one which has been addressed, by direction of the ' Liverpool Compass Committee,' to the Liverpool Underwriters' Association; respecting the proper correction for variation to be allowed in navigating the Irish Channel, and having laid the same before the Board, am directed to return the thanks of the Elder Brethren to the Committee, for that communication. " I am further directed to observe that the Elder Brethren regard the subject adverted to as being both interesting and important, and they request that the Committee will obligingly inform them in what manner the observations were made, both in Dublin and Liverpool, and whether the result arrived at was consequent upon many observations. " I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, J, HERBERT. "W. W. Rundell, Esq." CO3LIIERCIAL and MONETARY NEWS. 4. MONDAY NIGHT. Iv the value of the Public Funds be taken as a test of the state of public feeling on monetary affairs, the week has been characterised by quietude, for the fluctuations have been but slight, and prices have, on the whole, been fairly maintained. This quietude may be partly attributed to the uncertainty which continues to prevail as to the turn which affairs are likely to take, so that most persons are deterred from speculating, either for a rise or for a fall in prices, and something may also be attributed to the contradictory influences which prevail. On the one hand, the speech of the Premier at the Lord Mayor's banquet led to the inference of a continuance of the war ; and the present high prices of foreign and colonial produce will, no doubt, stimulate increased importation, and thereby lead to a demand for money. On the other hand, advices have been received of more than a million sterling in gold being daily expected from Australia, which, in the absence of further , demands from the continent, may tend to lighten the pressure upon the Bank of England resources, and relieve the Money-market. The accounts from Australia are also favourable as to the further supplies of gold, and, as in a short time we may anticipate a return through the ordinary trade channels of the large quantities of specie which have been lately sent abroad for the pur poses of the war, it is not surprising that considerable doubt should exist as to the state of monetary resources for a little time to come. We have recently commented at some length on the injurious influence upon mercantile interests of the Bank Charter Act, which has been not inaptly compared to a man being compelled to wear a suit of clothes which were made for him when a boy. Were it not for this, there would be nothing in the state of commercial affairs, or even in the requirements for the purposes of the war, to excite any feeling of appre hension ; but so long as the operations of the mercan tile community are fettered by restrictions which were only meant to apply to a very different state of affairs, there exists a grievance which demands the serious attention of the legislature. On Wednesday last, the Governors of the Bank of England had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street, and it is rumoured that the object of the conference was to authorise the Bank of England to increase their issue on securities beyond the present limit of fourteen millions. By the act of 1844, the government is empowered to authorise the extension of the issue to two-thirds of the amount of the issue of other banks, which may have been withdrawn from circulation either by failure or the substitution of Bank ot England notes. This amounts to about £700,000, so that the increase will come to something under half-a-million, a sum far too little to have any sensible effect. The Bank returns, published on Friday last, present but few changes of importance. There is a decrease in the stock of bullion to the amount of £65,196, but as there is also a decrease in the circulation to the extent of £333,765, the reserve of notes unemployed has increased £238,740, so that the total is £4,883,205; a margin which, in the face of expected receipts of gold, might be considered ample for purposes of ac commodation, without imposing such heavy rates of discount. The Bank directors may, however, have over-reached themselves, for the returns show a de crease in private deposits and private securities of upwards of a million, from which the evident inference may be drawn that discounts are found easier else where than at the Bank of England. In the considera tion of this subject it must always be rememberedthat the stock of bullion in the Bank is by no means a safe criterion of the position of monetary affairs. An excess is sometimes caused by a dulness of trade, and a de ficiency by increased activity, as well as by demands for exportation.; while the latter may be influenced by a fluctuation in the state of exchanges, which may be merely of a temporary character ; and, at the same time, it must not be forgotten that steam navigation offers facilities for the transmission of specie which were not possessed during the last war, and which must materially influence the fluctuations in bullion, as far as our foreign trade is concerned, as the cost of transmission constitutes an important element in the question. The arrivals of specie during the week are estimated to amount to about £300,000, and it is computed that the exports are fully equal to that amount. Business at Manchester has been tolerably active during the week, the demands for export being to a fair extent ; and prices have experienced little altera tion, notwithstanding the commencement of a strike of the operatives, which, it is hoped, may be averted by t Woollen doing,e eoo t i m m l e ed l na y na tdrf concessi on latec s prices ss o e f an n the are tahfive rei partm mastersef theo what men. Inmay b thee aver amt n a m i n o t u a n i n t e o d f b . In t e h s e s Hosiery and Lace trades, though no improvement can be noticed, there is a fair extent of business done, at previous rates. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 17th November gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public Deposits ... £3,605,358; Increase ... £235,374 Other Deposits ... 11,166,069; Decrease ... 628,131 Rest ... 3,208,587; Increase ... 30,414 On the other side of the account : Government Securities.. £10,124,848; Decrease... £76,428 Other Securities ...... 17,879,564; Decrease... 475,984 Notes unemployed ~.... 4,883,205; Increase ... 238,740 ,The amount of notes in circulation is £19,763,090, being a decrease of £333,765, and the stock of bullion in both departments is £11,234,438, showing a decrease of £65,196 when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ... £24,640,296a0174;nmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bu11'n.10,646,205 ,Silver bullion ... £24,646,295j £24,646,295 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000 Gov. Securities £10,124,848 Rest ... ... 3,208,583 Other Securities 17,879,664 Public Deposits 3,605,358 Notes ... 4,883,205 Other Deposits 11,166,069 Gold & Silver Coin 508,143 7-day &other bills 942,750 £33,475,7601 £33,475,760 Our SHARE-MARKET is again in a state of depres sion, and very inactive. The public buy but little and sell less, and the consequence is that prices are left to the dealers to alter at their pleasure. Local stocks are very steady and in demand for investment. Dutch Rhenish are very heavy and declining. This day's prices are—Caledonians, 28 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 24/ ; Great Western, 498 9; Lancashire and York shire, 74 1 8 - ; London Stock, 93 4 ; Sheffield Stock, 211 ; Midland Stock, 62 1 1 ill ; South Eastern, 16 15-16 s 17 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln £lO pref. shares, 121 ; Dutch Rhenish, 1.1 1 3-9 dis. COTTON.—The market has not been so buoyant during the week, owing to the continued pressure on the Money-market, and the threatened strike at Man chester, which has already commenced, although it is Tet believed that some a rrange men t ma y b e come t o . here is, however, no alteration in prices, which have Been firmly maintained, the falling off being chiefly in purchases by the trade. The sales for the week, up to Friday, amounted to 48,730 bales; of which 9,110 were taken on speculation, and 6,600 for export, leaving 33,020 for the trade. TO-DAY the advices by the Africa were to hand, but they had but little effect. The sales were 6,000 bales, including 1,500 for specula tion and export, and the market, though, quiet, was firm. The following is a comparison of present rates with those of the corresponding period last year : 5 t 1 1854 1855 f 5 6f Si 5t 6 6} New Orleans, middling ' fair .. Upland, middling .. I,KSCRIPTION. Sea Island Stained Boweds . Mobile New Orleans Pernams, &c Bahia, &c. Maran ham Detnerara,Bze Egyptian Cotn.W.l.Bzc Surat Madras Bengal 715 32 41 8 41 61 5 61 4 7/ 61 7# 5 i 6 17 6 71 51 91 5 8 3 4/ 3f 4f SA LES. PRICES. Week Week I Prey'. ending ously Nov. 16 thia yr, 560 25690 100 1556 10280 693210 6910 307 . 230 12150 1030620 520 43160 1250 35810 770 44960 30 660 1890 110820 80 6660 13990 426070 150 5000 50 2840 AI PORTS. STOCK Week ending 11.-ear N0v.16 Nov. 16 * 15438! 584221! 209210 23790 847165 1 1245! 551141 23650 343421 17970 1828 31939, 18750 130! B3ll 390 40791 98952, 52250 139 1 6146' 2930 ) 11275 249603 f 116080 1908513 442160 48730 27342801 57924 PRODUCE.—The excitement prgvailing in the Sugar market during the last fortnight continued unabated up to the early part of the week ; since then the mar ket has become quiet, and purchases can now be made on lower terms. The transactions are large, and com prise 500 hhds. 8.P., 8500 bags Bengal, 9550 mats Mauritius, 1500 bags Brazil, 80 cases Havana, all on the spot; besides 1,100 bags Bengal, 2,000 bags Per nams, to arrive, and 100 casks, 7,240 bags from France. For Coffee a brisk demand, and prices have advanced 2s. per cwt. ' In Rice an extensive business has been done at 9d. to ls. per cwt. higher prices. Rum in great demand, at a further advance of 2d. to 3d. per gallon. In Palm Oil large transactions continue to take place; the sales during the week amount to 1,300 tons on the spot at £4B to £5l, and 3,500 tons to arrive at £47 to £5O 10s. per ton. Tallow has further advanced, Petersburg Y.C. having been sold as high as 755., but on Friday there were sellers at 745.; some small lots of South American brought 745. 6d. to 755. per cwt. 25 tons Cocoa-Nut Oil are reported at 525. to 545., ' and MO tons Lard at 665. to 675. per cwt. There is a dearer market for Jute, closing prices establishing an advance of 20s. per ton. TO -DAY, we are still without any transactions to notice in Sugar or Molasses, and the market remains in the same un settled state. There is a fair inquiry for Rum, but not much disposition to purchase at the late extreme rates ; 400 pipes Havana, in dock, have however been sold, but the price has not transpired. The sales in Coffee are confined to 50 bags Rio at 50s. per cwt. The Tea-market continues steady ; in prices of com mon Congou there is no alteration.- 8,000 bags Arra can Rice were taken on Saturday, at 13s. 6d. per cwt., but nothing has been done to-day. 400 tons Bengal Rapeseed, to arrive, have been sold at 68s. 6d. to 695. per qr. delivered. We have also to notice 150 cases Castor Oil at 7d. per lb. for low seconds, and 30 tons Ceara Fustic at £6los. per ton. WooL.---During the past week the Wool market has been almost inactive, manufacturers and staplers thinking that the pride of Wool must be lower, hold back as long as possible from purchasing more than will satisfy immediate wants. On Friday about 600 bales East India, damaged by sea water, were sold, and brought fair prices. Stocks remain very light. The imports for the week are, 1,687 bales East India, 187 Mediterranean, 116 Portugal, 10 Irish, and 3 coastwise, total, 2,003 bales. MARKETS FOR MANUFACTURES. MANCHESTER.—As at the close of last week, so during the present, has this market experienced a more limited inquiry. The stocks of the descriptions of goods and yarns most in de mand having been cleared off, producers, countenanced by a rising cotton market, have been disposed to hold for gradually advancing prices, but the demand being for the moment pretty fully satisfied, there is less disposition to give out orders, and more especially at the quotations now asked. On Tuesday there was a fair amount of business transacted, but with less buoyancy and a greater degree of hesitation. Since then there has been no improvement; but, on the contrary, the cautious proceedings of buyers seem to be confirmed. Prices, which at the opening part of the week were very firm, are gradually becoming easier, and though no decline can be quoted, buyers have the turn in their favour; and only for small transactions, which will not bear delay, are the full prices asked obtained. In yarns, on Tuesday, great firmness was manifested, and in many instances advanced rates were asked, which the aspect of the Liverpool cotton market seemed to justify. Since then cotton has been easier, and though spinners have not accepted any decline from the prices actually realised, they have somewhat moderated their preten sions as regards the rates they ask. Water yarns continue very firm, and though the demand for China and Germany is more moderate, there is still business doing. India yarns continue steady, though not so much inquired for. Warps and cop yarns are firm, at full prices. Goods are not so much in de mand as last week, the advance in price having materially affected the inquiry. Shirtings (4A inch) are scarce; and manufacturers, having orders on hand, are very firm ; the news from India being but indifferent, has checked any urgent inquiries. The Greek houses continue inactive, and the in quiries, which at the beginning of the week led to expecta tions of renewed purchases, have not so resulted. T cloths and domestics are only in moderate inquiry. Manchester Courier. HUDDERSFIELD.—This market continues without altera tion, the few buyers about having been buying for their im mediate wants only ; and as these are not likely to increase for the next two months, it is not likely we shall have any improvement before that time. But, with wheat at an average of 30s. per quarter, after a rather lengthened range of what may be called very high prices, the wonder still is, how even our present degree of prospe r ity i s ma i n t a i n ed. ools at the sales are going higher than at the commencement—another of the anomalies that everbody is wondering at. LEEDS.—There has been quite as much business transacted as can be expected so late in the season. Prices about the same. The stocks are low for the season, and the mills con tinue well employed. Business has been dull in the ware houses for the home trade ; but there is a little more doing than of late for the American Spring trade. . BRADFORD.—WOOI : The spirited buying of colonial wools has given a tone of confidence to the holders of English, and has tended still further to lessen the sales, for the spinners buy with great caution. Noils and brokes are not so ready sale, and the prices are in favour of the buyer.—Yarns : This department of the trade rules very unsatisfactory; the price of wool is quite incommensurate with the current prices for yarns ; this causes a continual stoppage of machinery, and the production is materially curtailed.—Pieces : There is no im proved demand for goods, all seem to bay on a very limited scale, and the business of the week is contracted. NOTTING3IIII.—The lace trade remains much in the same state as last reported. Several American buyers have con tinued giving out orders, and the trade generally may be considered in a . healthy state. The hosiery trade still con tinues in a healthy state, several American buyers having given out orders during the week. The home trade is dull. LEICESTER. — There is less doing in the departments for our home trade, and evident indications of a still further falling off of employment for the working classes. This arises from the determination of manufacturers not to accu mulate stock, even to the usual amount, there being less occa sion to do so through the improved machinery now in opera tion. Price of wool is generally firm, and yarns remain as last quoted. MEETING OF GROCERS, LAST NIGHT. A MEETING of the Liverpool grocers was held last night, in the large room of the York Hotel. The meeting was well attended ; and Mr. Tate was called on to preside. On taking the chair, he remarked that the first business which would come before the meeting was relative to the question of weights, by which the public were to be supplied ; and as he saw reporters present, it would be for the meeting to consider how far it was desirable to have those gentlemen present. Several members expressed themselves in favour of having the meeting private, but the majority ruled that its proceed. • ings should be public. Mr. TA:mon then in a discursive speech alluded to the opinion which, he said, was abroad, to the effect that the pro . ceedings of the Grocers' meeting, on a former occasion, had not been reported with fidelity ; he, however, expressed his conviction that the press meant to be fair and impartial. He then proceeded to say that, in his opinion, the public had every reason to be satisfied with the terms and with the manner in which they had been served by the grocers gene rally. He said an idea had gone abroad that the price of sugar was now lower than it had been, and that in conse quence of this its price ought to be reduced. He, for his own part, was not an advocate for either the advance or the reduc tion of prices. The CHAIRMAN reminded Mr. Taylor that the first business before the meeting was to consider the propriety of forming an association of the grocers for their mutual protection, and for the protection of the public. This, he said, would proba bly be, most effectually done by taking care to establish a uniformity in the weights by which goods were to be sold to the public. Mr. TAYLOR proceeded to state that, certain averments had appeared in the newspapers, to the effect that here sugar was cheaper than in London, and that, consequently, it should be sold here cheaper by retail. This was partly true ; but as the ready transit from Liverpool to London was well known, that presented the inequality of price from continuing. Indeed, he understood that a quantity of loaf sugar had been sent from this Own tO I•ondon within a day or two, a thing pre viously, in all likelihood, unknown. The CRAIRMAN said, the business oh which we have met this evening, is to consider the propriety of forming an as sociation of grocers, for the purpose of mutual protection, as well against underselling, as to insure the use of due and legal weights. By the formation of such a society great ad vantages would be gained by the public, as well as by the fair-dealer. Through the watchful influence of such an as sociation, the obnoxious practice pursued by some individuals of selling 15, or it might be 15i ozs. to the lb. would be got rid of. He felt himself warranted and called on to say that in most, indeed in all of the respectable shops in Liverpool, 16 ots. to the lb. were invariably given (hear, hear). The unfair dealer, it would be seen, had thus an advantage over the fair trader, which was mainly to be attributed to laxness on the part of the authorities, who left the law, to all ap pearance, entirely in their own hands. The business, he re peated, was in the first instance to form an association, and then to appoint a committee to frame rules for its guidance. Several gentlemen present expressed their reprehension of the practice which they knew to exist of individuals selling only 15s ozs. to the lb., some of them adding that even paper was included in this diminished weight, and one said he knew a gentleman who pointed out to him an individual who gave only 14 ozs. to the lb. Ultimately a resolution declaring the propriety of forming an association was passed. A committee was then named to frame laws for its government; and, after the discussion of some desultory matters, the meeting adjourned. ROBBERY BY ',DRAPER'S PORTER.—Yesterd a y, a man magistrate,drapers , in named Edward Maddock, who had been a porter in the em ployment Rogerson n ef a o n re d t W he nn tl a tt 'a in rd g: charged with having robbed his employers. to a very con- I l e C pl h o nr yin ch el - i s t tree d vasss rs. brought Ro con siderable extent. It appeared that for some time back Messrs. Rogerson and Woodward had missed some property out of the shop, and which circumstances led them to suspect had been stolen by their porters. Consequent . on this suspicion an investigation took place, and on the prisoner being ques tioned he unhesitatingly gave up the key of his box. On opening the box, a large quantity of goods, consisting of a shawl, a quantity of silk, some flannel, half-a-dozen pairs of stockings, and other articles, the property of Messrs. Rogerson and Woodward were found in it. When this dicovery was made, the prisoner was given into custody ; this was on Saturday last. The goods, which were stated to be worth between £8 and £9, were identified by Mr. Potter, one of the shopmen em ployed by Messrs Rogerson and Woodward, who stated that they had not been sold, nor had the prisoner any right to have them in his possession. Maddock, who made no defence, was committed for trial. SEAMEN'S AND EMIGRANTS' FRIEND SOCIETY.—A meet ing of the friends of this society was held last night, at the Independent Chapel, Great George-street ; the Rev. Dr. Raffles in the chair. The secretary read the report, which entered at great length into the operations of the society, stating the number of tracts distributed and visitations made during the past year. From the financial report, it appeared that there was a balance due to the treasurer of £ll9 16s. 10d. The usual resolutions were proposed and agreed to ; and, a collec tion having been made in aid of the funds of the society, the meeting separated. LATEST NEWS. T H E v AV A R. MARSEILLES, Nov. 17. The Lonciser, which left Constantinople on the Sth of No vember, has arrived. She brings advices from the Crimea to the 6th of November. Despatches leave at 1 p.m. The frigate Algerie, with 157 invalids on board, has arrived from Kamiesch. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 18, 9 p.rn, A fire broke out this evening at the bakery and bread and flour stores for the military at Chaillot, opposite the Champ de Mars. At eight o'clock the flames were got under. It is impossible, as yet, to estimate the damage. (BY ELECTRIC & INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPHS.) LONDON, Monday Night. A mob of three or four thousand vagabonds met in Hyde park yesterday, but the police arrangements again prevented * any disturbance, and the nuisance will now probably abate. THE WAR. Letters from the Crimea to the 6th inclusive have arrived The Times' correspondent's letter of the 3rd is chiefly filled with speculations on the advisability of a bombardment of Odessa. It appears that, owing to the construction of the houses, and the width of the streets, the bombardment would produce very little effect. DISASTROUS EXPLOSIONS 'OF FRENCH MAGAZINES AT SEBASTOPOL. A despatch from Sebastopol of the 16th inst. states that the French park of artillery at Inkerman has been partly destroyed, by the explosion of three magazines, containing 30,000 kilogrammes of powder, 600,000 cartouches, and 300 shells, the fire even gaining the English park of artillery. The French loss consisted of 30 killed, including two officers ; 100 wounded; including ten officers. The English losses were nearly as much. The cause of the explosion is unknown. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. Lord Panmure has received the following telegraphic dis patch from General Sir William Codrington, dated Nov. 16 : "A very heavy explosion of a store of powder at the French siege train took place about three, p.m., yesterday. It com municated fire to our siege train close to it, where there was no powder, but some naval live shells, mot of which were removed; and the loss of life and the damage done is consider. able. The great explosion threw shells over the camp of our siege train, the huts of the Ist Brigade being entirely damaged, but not by fire. All officers and men were on the spot at once, and worked with good will and energy, and I saw all safe when I quitted at seven, p.m. " KILLED. — Deputy-Assistant Commissary Yellow, R.A., and twenty-one non-commissioned officers and men. " WOUNDED.—Lieut. Dawson, R.A., lost his leg below the knee ; Lieut. Roberts, dangerously wounded in the arm Lieut. Eccles, and Assistant-Surgeon Reale, Second Battalion Rifle Brigade, slightly; 116 non-commissioned officers and men, of whom 47 were slightly. "MISSING.—Four rank and file." The Paris Moniteur of to-day contains Gen. Pelissier's des patch, dated the 16th, at 6 p.m., announcing the partial destruc tion of the park of artillery. The Marshal adds, that the cause of the first explosion is not known; and that the stores are so inconsiderable, that the resources of the army are not in the slightest degree affected. THE SEA OF AZOFF. The following telegraphic dispatch from Sir E. Lyons, dated Nov. 18th, has been received at the Admiralty : " VARNA, 7, 15, P.M.—Capt. Sherrard Osborne reports that on the sth and Bth instant a flotilla, under his orders, in the Sea of Azoff, destroyed enormous quantities Of grain and forage, of this year's harvest, which was compactly packed in six tiers, extending two miles along the coast, near Gueisk liman, ready to be conveyed partly to the Crimean army, after the formation of the ice iu the Sea of Azoff, and partly to the army of the Caucasus, and which the enemy thought secure from any naval attack. By the skilfulness of the arrange ments and the manner in which they were executed by Capt Osborne, in which he was ably seconded by Conimander John P. Kennedy, the enterprise was effected in the most brilliant manner, by landing on three points, under cover of the gun. boats of the Allies, in the face of not less than 4,000 cavalry and infantry. Our loss amounted to only six Wounded." Letters from the camp state that it had been decided at a Council of War, that the Allies should abandon all further operations against the enemy for the present winter. The weather was very fine, and the health of the men excellent. The cavalry were embarking for their winter quarters. Sir Cohn Campbell's departure caused much comment. THE FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. The English Funds have been inanimate throughout the day at the closing prices of Saturday. Railways moderately active, but quotations bend downwards. Caledonians show a further decline. In Land, Bank, and Foreign Stocks, less stability, but business is limited. • , CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account B7l i, Bank Stock 2OB 9 Do. Money B7 i Exqr. Bills, L.S., Three &Quar. per Cents 87k J Omnium FOREIGN STOCKS. Mexicans 194 / Turkish Russian Do. Canada Land l2B 32 Do. (new) . i I RAILWAY SHARES. Ambergate,Nottingham, London, Brighton, and and E. Junction 3- 4 South Coast 93 5 Caledonian i"" 7 "...... Do. Preference . E En a s i t te L rn an C c o a t s i h n i t r i e es 67 8 8 in 4 4 M L anch co e l s n te s r h , ir S e heff., and 214 Edinburgh & Glasgow 49 51 Midland Stock Great Northern B4 5 North British 26 7 Do. A. 6B 70 Do. Preference 96 8 Do. B. IIB 20 North Staffordshire B4 8 Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire 744 York, Newcastle, and Do. Fifths — Berwick Leeds Northern ll4 12 York and N. Midland.. 444 54 LAND SHARES. Australian Agricultural Peel River S. Australian Invest.... South Australian Crystal Palace After official hours, owing to the news of the large destruc tion of grain in the Sea of Azoff, Consols finally close 88f for Account. Railways proportionately firmer. On 'Change, two cargoes Rio Coffee reported at 445. 6d. for one, and 465. the other. About 4,000 tons Rice sold at full prices. 300 bags Saltpetre, at 38s. Gd. for 8 per cent. Sugar dull. Tallow, 725. M., sOlers. Linseed Oil, 445. to 441. 3d. Pig Iron, 765. Ocl. Loiibox CoRN MARKET.--(From Kingsford and Lay's Circular.)—The supply of Wheat from Essex and Kent is moderate, and the condition of a great deal poor ; best samples were taken at about last week's rates, but factors, not being inclined to submit to any reduction upon the remainder, it was unsold at a late hour. In Foreign very little business, and value unaltered. Barley brings an advance of is to with a good demand for the finest qualities. Peas unaltered in value. Oats dull, but fine is Gd. dearer. For Flour but little demand, and prices are as last quoted. ARRIVALS. English. I rish. Scotch. Foret,:n. Wheat 9353 5 5135 Barley 3353 20 Malt 10755 60 45 Oats 1555 3930 5 14577; Beans Peas — Flour 5852 brls. & sacks. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.--Beasts sold readily At Friday's prices; Sheep and Calves 2d dearer. Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 104 ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 6s 10d; Pork, 4s 2d to 5s 2d. Beasts, 4,750 ; Sheep and Lambs, 23,850; Calves, 249 ; Pigs, '730. Arrivals : —Holland Beasts, 1,918 ; Ditto Sheep, 4,110; Ditto Calves, 201; Ditto Pigs, 30; Spanish Beasts, 143 ; Scotch Beasts, 50 ; Cambridge, Leices ter, Lincoln, and Northampton Beasts, 1,800. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. -- Little done in ColOnial pro duce, but Coffee, Tea, Rice, and Spirits brought full rates. Some decline in Sugar. Cotton : Sales small, but no reduc tion. Tallow firm but quiet. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—FIat market; sellers 77s 6d. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.-I.olldoll and North, Western, 92i ; Midland, 621 WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. London, Gloucester, Brighton, Lowestoft, N.E., Dublin, Portsmouth, Ipswich, E., Yarmouth, E.S.E., Amsterdam, N.W., rain ; Stoke, N.E., Dundee, S.E., Cambridge, Aberdeen, S., Exeter, N.W., very cloudy ; Lancaster, N.E., cold, Windy ; Poole, N.E., Boston, E., fog; Bristol, Derby, Scarborough, Whitby, N.E., Glasgow, E.N.E., Manchester, E., cloudy ; Swansea, Plymouth, Notting ham, N.E., Whitehaven, Cowes, E., Berwick, Gainsborough, S., Haverfordwest, N.W., fine; Carlisle, E., cloudy, co ld ; Maryport, E., cold ; Southampton, E., unsettled.. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—Tins DAY. DERBY.-8 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night; 9to 1 agst Wentworth ; 11 to 1 agst Ellington; 15 to 1 agst Coroner; 28 to 1 agst Bird-in-hand ; 30 to 1 agst West Langton; 30 10 1 agst Milton—all taken. Two TROUBANE GIIINEAs.-4 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night, tk, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.—At a meeting of deputies from the Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Hull, St a ff ordshire • Potteries, and W orces ter Chambers of Commerce, held at Bir mingham on Monday, the 12th inst., for the appointment of a London agent to act on behalf of such chambers in Parliamen. mwasut a no r as y nt a ioi n nf d ot u sh o e t l of y h c e h r aap m mp a bo t ie t nr e ts r e s dof t the etbhl united a i c t i c it e c r e e k. s i t n , g dI M t o r im . Lwee expected e e ce L e toena v e rt hat in such an appointment, as the best means of promoting the interest and extending the usefulness of the local Chambers of Commerce,