The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

SO' ---- for ATIN' ‘do ;BEET. /NESS. f 110 hose 0 10 e will el do they fe el to! „ a ge cleft ! Jou y u p r tbei, ests u s t°o t. klollClaY, e Cut t by 911reflb &Y. barD „, q 18°' ENTS a le tter as, s ()11 /1 " c he mansafill COt on in 7, ° t o rith ti ese Fe na me his f l • lai c " bon, prio , ow - , bees ris i,s an but but sc ; 44 00 d 'este a ope iti ol ly o b ser no ps L i s ts as I I so c t :e the pF ler t 0 : 4 4 I se iD )le a tten ; b anY °"( Iv a t' en 1 0 1 1 0 r table` e a . very 1 ,41 lot to e cv I be as rhether * er to gr a b opera teu the !nisch' It is WI sons by i lasses, wp lave ha d I I Dr the 1 1, ) tong o f i t m the free d e the P rl : e Pri vatioo li com fort° b ga ols Prf e j , in ( 10 0 0 1 j arche s ' „f ~0 0, 3 3 e rewar DECEMBER 18, 1855.] LAW REFORM. ME number of Blackwood's Magazine for the month of December contains a highly valuable article entitled " Our rural population and the war." It enters at some length, and with great ability, into the Causes which have led to the difficulties experienced in recruiting our armies, the discouragements given to a gricultural pursuits, and the consequent crowding of the labouring population into the towns ; so that, in the hour of need, when the national honour requires hardy soldiers to vindicate the supremacy of Great Britain, we look in vain for the stalwart frames which Won the fields of former renown. There is, however, cale point of the argument especially deserving of serious attention, and the neglect of which may be considered in a great degree attributable to that mis chievous ministerial crisis by which the country was (lePrived of the valuable services of the last Conserva tive administration. It must be well remembered that, during the few months of 1852, when the Earl of ihit,By was Prime Minister, his able Chancellor, Lord LEONARDS, notwithstanding a hostile majority 41 the House of Commons, effected some most im- Portant improvements in the law, abolishing an e normous accumulation of abuses in Chancery proceed ;lige, and accomplishing more practical good than had been done in many years before by professing Law Reformers. His successor of the Coalition Cabinet komised great things, and even a commission was PPointed to prepare a codification of the common law, °I order to render it easy, intelligible, and inexpensive. Alasl for the folly of the change from doers to mere talkers ! The Conservatives promised little, and did ° l ch, i n a ver y s h or t ti me , un d er grea t di sa d van t ages. ,2 'the Reformers promised much, and in a long time, W ith many advantages, have done very little. It is however,that mckre serious attention was earnestly 4 evoted to an evil of 'which the war has made us begin t ° feel the ill effects, and which may yet not be too late fo r a remedy. It is notorious that the diffieulty and e lPense attending the transfer of real property ,oper 4tes as a bar to ' , rural employment, by preventing men Of Moderate means from acquiring that interest in the 4 which -could alone act as a stimulus. While every O ther description of property may change :hands with Feat facility, the purchase of land in , small quantities so hampered with legal difficulties anti costs, as to 41 / a iTatit 'to a prohibition on its acquisition, except by 84 ° 1 1 means as Land Societies, wliich;zre necessarily Ic.e.fined in their operations. The necessity of pro )4(ling-for the exigencies of the war may serve as an t icuse to such men as Lord PALitERSTON for post tlting everything else to a time conveniently indefinite, :'the law-officers of the 'Crown , uan have no suck le atieus to influence them. There , ought, indeed, to be 11 4"reat difficulty in dealing with=the important sub- Jett of the transfer of land, even supposing a digest , cif .the statute-book to be beyond ,fhe power of Whig' •:qvfyers, and such a reform of the - law would be mainly i nstrumental in remedying 'those evils to which the triter we have alluded to-so eloouently refers. There are hundreds andAhomsands of individuals, ; 1 . o th in tow ns and -rural dikricts, who would Niii -1) Ingly become possessors of-eraill portions of land, If lvvere not for the dffEmiltiesyviith which the purchase of it is hampered. The highest authorities core agreed t if large farms - were interlaced with small ,ones, soil would loo , orc the Nv,h@e better cultivatekand, ,equently, more ,productive, so as to add to our i supply of feed:: whilerffie prospect of obtaining %all holding moaild-stimulate rural industry by he 4 6 Pe of acquiiing a statecf comparative indepe n d ence . ere appears Ino legitimat3 reason why this .'should t be accompliried 1)y thettransfer of land heingaren tiered as easy and as inexpensive as the transfer , of a t l i e la s eel, or a share in a riii - lway, and the only obstacle ill t has been ,started is,Tthat it would interfereNwith „ s e Profits of lawyers. .' Suzh an objection might be ; t itled to some , weight ill our laws we r e /nude by t orneys, whose interest in costs might be 'supposed L " bias their Judgments:„; but such reforms ' , would 4 °Perly originstre in larr-2ords, who can I . intell l y be 41 P Posed to iteiinfluencedity such considerationras the kfits of the ;profession; while the majoriSy4of our h ,) v- makers areland.owners. who have a <Ere& interest i nereasingihevalue of the iand, which would she the t Ztain consequence ofitslransfer being set free Trom I , L e enormous,eosts.with-iihich it is now accompanied. e Conservative :Land'Society has done good. service Lhis resp ec t,: ands it. is .tome hoped that its .opendions ,t 1 ; 41 have the effect of , opening the eyes of .our 4legis ttol's to the Inseessity,of,making some intogresss in same dialectic:a. TRADE \Wilffli FRANCE.. lo WE shall not :delve: ill the advantage wine" h, tingly t e , be gained from -the present good understanding t e t Ween this country and: France, unless some attempt 1 11 41 a8e to remove -those •rsetrictions which have lio 'herto impededthotommercial relations betweentwo . Dillous nations, ,so .well ifitted, by proxira4 .and 114 ;t4ral and acqUired advantages, to benefit ,each er• Former attempts to . open the mallets of ric e to British produce and manufactures hakle been Ztrated by the exclusive notions of French producers manufacturers, , and. against. such influences fccaner L lv ernments have been powerless to contend, even P.Posilig- they possessedthe desire. Loris NAPOLEON., ver, °e conies a far more favourable position than, 'admmediate predecessors, depending less on popular ur, and posses,„nc.-:- an almost inexhaustible safety pp e unquiet spirts by the war in the Crimea. Zihe,aid of a genins peculiarly : his. own, and fairly bixtkable to a master-mind which nets independent th ti lexe (class interests, he has .placeditimself abo ve e ti, t Petty influences which too often operate to th e t, ii ixtent,of national interests :; :and, no doubt, pos aiiles the ( power, if he has the will, top, cement the t olll l lee between the two eountries.atill closet. by new ,relationships. It would .afford the best o r , of the sincerity of his professions .of ,wnity to : l aud ; and though it might at :first somewhat Were with Jong-cherished monopolies, it would 44 ee, in a very considerable degree, tothe mutual tk _eAt of all parties concerned. England ;has I t °s4 rees, almost ,unlimited, of coal and iron, which, % t he people of France, would contribute great i 4l itages; and many of our manufactures would find; ti tti e ,dY market, notwithstanding the French ,supe in design. France has, on the other hand, 1 4 : 4 : ant natural resources in wines and other pro • to which our markets might be opened on tt 5 444 .Y advantageous- terws. The conviction is 1 4, 4 75: stronger that more is to be gained by The 4 0h ," 1 aalge of commodities than by the restrictions of t duties ; and though national jealousies, of 4 hereditary standing, have hitherto prevented 444 % 4 44 ov : Kati. intercou rs e which would be so desirable, the : kip of war has obliterated old grievances, and to ot i' t uted confidence for distrust. It is this mutual th r eeling which ought not to be allowed to pass 5 1) 4 ' 514 some substantial fruits. While the soldiers ki h .A nations are mutually enduring hardships, and , t lt4 g renown, in the Crimea, the population of ce, who hold military glory in such high estima ttit would not allow the complaints of a few manufac / t t t to interfere with any scheme for the promotion ho d cherished alliance with England ; while the !kit Anse of the French EmrEnoß will teach him : 41 Y extension of commercial relations, however it I , lll ti b l 3 Parently affect a few particular interests, must 4 4,4 41 Y . tend to the permanent advantage of all. ktk:ht it Is difficult to over-estimate the benefits that , ,ecrue to both nations from a comparatively ()km lict ed interchange of their products, as each Nlul tug influence o f th e n ew markets whi c h wou ld 1 e °Pened, each would become greater producers, I eons e quently, have more employment for native AUDACIOUS BURGLARY- ON Sunday, a daring burglary was committed on the Port sea premises of Messrs. Emanuel, goldsmiths, situate on the Hard, facing the harbour, and within one door of the dock yard gate, where a strong force of police, under Lieut. Hall, R.N., is constantly on duty. On the left hand side is the provision establishment of Messrs. Chambers, and on the right the army outfitting establishment of Mr. Woods- Mr. Ezekiel Emanuel's family retired to rest between 11 and 12 o'clock on Saturday night, at which time the premises were safe. Between 1 and 2 o'clock, he was disturbed by some noise, which caused him to get out of bed, but as he saw from his chamber window lights moving about the neighbours' houses, he attributed the noise to their lodgers or other inmates, and went to bed again. He was again dis turbed in about half-an-hour afterwards, and again got out of bed and looked down upon a glass cupola which lights the sitting-room communicating with the shop, but seeing no light there, and still hearing, as he fancied, his neighbours moving about, again retired to bed. It would appear that this must have been the time the robbery was in progress. On one of the servants going down at half-past seven o'clock, and entering the sitting-room which leads into the shop, she found the doors of the latter partly open, and implements of housebreaking lying upon the floor. She hastened to call her master, who found that a burglary had been committed. The thieves had evidently been disturbed, and most probably by his looking through the glass cupola, under which it is sup posed some person was set to watch, who, of course, could see Mr. Emanuel, while the latter could not see any one below. On examining the shop Mr. Emanuel found the window cleared of gold rings, chains, pins, brooches, and other portable small , jewellery, the value of which cannot at present be accurate's- estimated, but may be stated at one if not more thousands of pounds, however. All the chests of plate, chronometers, job watches, bracelets, and other jewellery, left for custody or repair, being locked up in the strong room, escaped depreda tion. It was discovered that the thieves had effected an entrance in the first place by the bottle store of Messrs. Antill -and Peters, which is in Wickham-street, immediately in the rear of Messrs. Emanuel's house. This they accomplished by forcing the staple of the padlock ; they then climbed the lad der, and reached the - store, in the gable or slopingtoof of which they made a passage large enough for a boy Or a slight man by removing the battens and tiles. This admitted them on to the gutter of the roof of Mr. Emanuel's workshop, which is detached from the dwelling and separated by a yard. They took off the tiles of this roof so as to adniit-a man's body, and thence broke:through the ceiling of the-workshop, and, with out stealing'Jany of the valuable plate or chronometers strewn about thatbroom, descended the stairs, crossed the yard, and wrenched•open the kitchen window shutimrs, by which means they entered the house, and got into the sitting-room and shop. fThe fanlight over the - shop door the burglars covered with it'sheet of brown paper to - prevent reflection into the street - from the interior while they were at work. Vault renders the boldness of the robbery - and its success more than usually remarkable are the extreme publicity of the establiah mett, the security and respectability of the adjoining houses, and - the fact that there are -20 persons living in the :house - so •cleringly plundered, some of 'whom were directly >o - ver - the rractnis where the thieves were t,t work. MAN MISSING.—A yotrig , toan, named WiWarn:Rider, veid who had taken a berth as passenger on board the Albert bound for New Voik, has been missing.since Friday . THE CARGO OF nit COTTETITITTION.—One 'thousand four hundred and fifty barrels of flour have been 'saved out of the cargo of the ship Constitution, Capt. Sharman, lately burned and sunk in the river. CHILD SCALDED 71'0 ' , DEATH.— On Saturday . last, Charles Albert Frost, aged four-and-a-half years, SO7l of Charles "Frost, painter, Birkett-street, ' , Soho, was so severely- scalded that died from the effects bfthe accident on Sunday ferenoon. FATAL FALL PR=. HOUSE.—On Saturday, about mild day, a man named Richard Hirst, who lived• in Crown-dciarrt, Eaton-street, Windsor, accidentally fell%from the roof of a house on which be was employed, and received such ikittries as caused his death; in the Royal Inflrinp.ty, to which he !had been taken in the - course of the same afternoon. SUDDEN Deav - 2, - .—On Sunday, a -.child eight years of age died suddenly in London-terrace, in thebouse and presence of her father. She had from Friday complained of illness, and had been attacked -with vomiting- and purging, but no sequences were . apprehended till S un d ay morn i ng, wlresi an accession of violence in the symptoms created an alarm, and. shortly afterniid-day she expired. PROGREfiII , aI.,DRUNICENNESS AITeVIOLENCE.- 1 -Yetterday morning, the number of parties brought before the police magistrate, on' charges of being drunk and disorderly, was unusually great,, even for a Monday . morning. -Besides the ordinary cases , for.drunken uproar which came on fori investi gation, there =.wore also many for attempts at•-stabbing, although none-of-the latter were.ef a-very seriouscharacter. FATAL ACCSILIENT. —On Saturday last, as a -painter, named Samuel Williams, aged 40, was going on board a -ship in the Brunswick-dock, he accidentally fell from a ladder; and in falling 4 , btrack against tlie!quay wall and rolled into - the water. Ike ARC immediately . get out and carried homt-Where he was attended by Mr. P. KeEpeurgeon, Great George-street. The injuries - he had received, however, were so severe, as' to baffle medical skill, and Williams died from concussion of the brain, in the course of the afternoon. Annivam -or ;"THE COMMODORE PERRY.—Yesterday, the large and splendid new ship Commcdore Perry, belonging to Messrs. .James" 3aines and Co.,.:arrived in the Mersey, from Bombay, ?bringing with.•here the. largest cargo ever shipped from Bombay for Liverpool. Among the items embraced in the cargo, are+B;32o bales cotton .1,074 bales w0ci1,196 bales hemp, and 34 0 !bales madder-roues; 3,771 bags seeds, 1,198 bags myrabolams,-4199 bags saltpetre, 321 bags cocnluaindieus, 7 cases beeswaxjard 101 packages :green and white etones. THE Cstuaresix PHOTOGRiPME. Desirous of affording every facility .to 411 • classes . for 4iewing Fenton's' lbeautiftil Photographs of ',interesting SOODES and celebrated dharacters connected a/Mit-the Crimean war,. Messrs. Agnew havelowered the charge for admission to sixpence for adults andlo three pence for children.. At.,night the galleries are !brilliantly illuminated with .gas.. As a means.Of interesting and anstruc-. tive armament tinning the holidays, this exhibition presents numeronsfattracticuus. • INSTEMTEIVE AaIq'SRMENTS: FOE CrIIE CIIRISTMAL HoLI DAYS.—Undcr the title of " Sunday Queries," Mr. Henry Greenwood, tot .Canning-place, in thisitesvn, has just published a second terse of brief , Scriptural tees, conveying in a clear and succinct rforra, :numerous facts' in connection litrithisaonid history Ind teaching. He has alsojust issued a series ,t what he denominates "Historical Quartetts," to be used as:a game for young people. By means of these, companies .or small parties may be both inatructed and entertained. The literary -y ortions of these lueries and instructions ore contained i two portable and tastefully got-up boxes,, th-5 whole being . orna .rLental as well .14E usefal. ALLEGED MITI o.FrPaii3l-OIL.--A r ogif.rday, a Malt maimed tiames Cooperoloeidingiin,Gascoyne,street,was brought before he Police-court, tliarged with having .a i quantity of iniscel i laneous property in his ,possession; a -.considerable portion, if 1 notthe whole, of Itrilich mite- suspected to. have been stolen. Onc , lf the detective.officer.s,aud .a police-constable, i n cense quence of informatka they ?lad received,,; to the, pri sonees house in sear la of ,a , ,.'earrel of palm-Oil which had beam stolen. On searching Lis premises, they fourA a quantity of gas-piiing, a number c( brass taps, some lead, and a barrel of oiipwllich the constabSe said '.lie took to be:-tmin oil. The prisoner ; a somewhat respectable-looking man, said he came honestly by all the things in ibis. possession, awl could prove i this. 11€ was remanded till this morning. ANQVIXR STABBING CAsE.--I.esterday, ,young man , emmed John Grimes, was brought before lkir. Mansfield, the stipendiary magistrate, charged with stabbing, avian named Joim .Canimbell, a painter. From i tise evidence it appeared that the,prisemer and another man-were fighting, en:Saturday Meat, one,of the streeta off Whiteehapel. Campbell was a speetator alopg with others, and while he , was tlius,engaged, the prisoner -ran at him and struck him rover the ear and on the head, with a knife. He was also wounded on the hand. A surgeon ,who: dressed Campbell's wounds .sated they,wexe in cised wounds,s,uein as would be initiated:with a knife. For tunately sone -of them were deep. Mr. Mansfield-said the attempts atassassivation by means of stabbing•were becoming so frequent in Liverpool, that something must be done.to,put a stop to them. So far as he was concerned, he should, do:his utmost to pat a stop,to so dangerous a practice. For - thisnnr-- pose, he was resolved:to send every case of the sert•whieh came before him, for trial. The prisoner was committed for trial. TUE Royal, CILUWE. — This beautiful steam-ghip made a trial-trip on Wednesday.and Thursday. She steamed out of the river on Wednesday ' morning, and on getting over the bar the engines were put eel fall speed, and she went at the •rate ,of nine knots au hour, en ,a pressure of 131 lbs., the engines making seventy-five revolutions per minute. It had been the :intention to proceed the sari day under canvas alone, but, owiug to the prevalence of heavy fog it was impossible to do so, WA she lay off the Bell-buoy during the night. Morning brongitt with it a clear day, and a light breeze springing sep no time was lost in hoisting the screw and makin g a ll sail, when she went at the rate of 14:knots. She answered to her helm : in :beautiful style, and, when doff Puffin Island, was put about with,every stitch of canvas set. Her dimensions are : Length over all, 336 feet ; breadth ofteam, 42 feet; depth of hold, 26 feet inches; length of poop, 109 feet; length of saloon,loo feet; 22 state rooms in saloon, and 10 ditto below ; length of house, 90 feet; length of forecastle, 67 feet 4 inches. This beautiful vessel is now on the berth at the south-east corner of the Wellington-dock, where she may be inspected by the public. A STALE TRICK DRlPEA.TED.—Yesterday, a tall burly and bold-faced fellow named James Gannon, was brought before the police magistrate, charged with attempting to defraud Mrs. Fanny R. Fowler, a boarding-house keeper in Pitt-street. From the evidence of Mrs. Fowler, it appeared that the pri soner, and two other men not in custody, came to her house on Saturday night in a spring cart, bringing with them a seaman's chest, which they deposited, while at the same time the prisoner's companions intimated that they were sailors belonging to a ship just arrived in the river. The prisoner demanded a sovereign from her, as commission for bringing two boarders to the house. This she refused to give, on the ground that she did not know how long they might remain. He then said she must give him twelve shillings as the least and cart hire for bringing the men and the chest ashore, and to her house, as the men had not got their wages yet. To this she made no objection, and the two seeming seamen went away on some pretext or other, the prisoner remaining to get the money. While she was passing the chest, something in duced Mrs. Fowler to open the lid, when she discovered that it was filled with old straw, stones, and other rubbish. On making this discovery, she gave the prisoner into custody. In answer to the charge, Gannon said he knew nothing what ever about the other two men, and has he had not got any money, he consequently had not committed any crime. He further said he had been in the employment of Mr. Thomas, in Water-street, but was at present out of a situation. He was remanded for a week, that his companions might be traced, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. GRAND CONCERT AT THE THEATRE ROYAL.-011 Friday evening a grand miscellaneous concert of vocal and instru mental music was given in this theatre, by Madame Clara Novello, Miss Messent, Herr Reichardt, and Signors Sivori and Piatti, and Arthur Napoleon. The theatre was well filled by a fashionable and applauding audience, and the various pieces, constituting a very inviting programme, were given in a style worthy of the reputation of the different artists. ORATORIO AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The oratorio of the " Messiah" was given in this theatre, on Saturday even ' ning. The principal vocalists were Madame Clara Novell()) Miss Messent, Mrs. Scarisbrick, Herr Reichardt, and Mr. Winn. The orchestra and chorus were complete and efficient and, under the able conduct of Mr. Land, the oratorio was skilfully and beautifully performed. The house was well filled, and the audience gave testimony of enthusiastic de light during various portions of the performance, AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, active preparations are on foot for the presentation of the new Christmas Pantomime, which will be produced on Wednesday, the 26th inst. The subject is local, and the title " Harlequin Steam, or the Old Swan and Knotty Ash," promises lots of fun, and plenty of local squibs. During the present week, the chief attraction is found in the surprising feats of Madame Labarere, the Lion Queen. This lady goes thiough an extraordinary array of performances with a troup of lions, lionesses, tigers, bears, and dogs. SOIREE ORCHESTRAL—Mr. Henry Lawson gave his annual soiree musicale at his residence, in Duke street, on Thursday evening last. The pieces selected for performance were of a highly popular character, and they were performed in such a manner as to command warm applause from a numerous and intelligent audience. GRAND EVENING CONCERT.—ThiS evening a grand mis cellaneous concert will be given in St. George's Hall, by Madlle. Eloise D'Herbil, the celebrated Spanish pianiite, assisted by the most celebrated resident musical professional artists. The programme is an attractive one, and, from the sensation produced by the youthful pianiste on her previous appearance, a high treat may be anticipated, THE Hon. Mr. Justice Wightman and Lady Wightman attended divine service, on Sunday morning, at the 'Church for the Blind. MR. THOUS TaiLINSON has purchased from the 'trustees of Mr, Myers, of Liverpool, 100 acres of the Moor Hall estate, at a cost, we learn, of £24,ooo.—Preston Chronicle. LOCki. W a ZTEMS.—The steam-ship Niagara arrived at this port early•on Friday, from Kingstown, with the Galway militia, who are to be despatched to the camp a% Aldershott. To-day•the same steamer will leave here for Dublin with the 4th Lancashire militia. A batch of naval 'volunteers were forwardedlo London on Friday, by Captain Bevis. An officer from the Admiralty arrived here a few days ago, for the pur pose of examining a large number of applicants as engineers in the royal navy. He has been assisted by Captain Bevis, 'and his' chief clerk, Mr. &nest. Mn. , loHN COWLING, off' the 'Northern Circuit, died about midnight on Wednesday, at his house it Albermarle-street. His death was utterly rmeipected, and is attributed to some spasmodic affection of 'the heart. He was in his 54th year, and born in Lancashire , ; the only son "we believe, of a physi cian. He became Senior Wrangler inibe year 1824, and was 'till - his marriage a Mellow of St. John's College. He was a 'member of the Middle Temple, and , called to the bar on the -9th.of November, is a, and went the northern circuit, where `he 'was universally 'respected. 'On the last vacancy in the re presentation of the University of Cambridge, Mr. Cowling, Who was a Conse..vative; announced himself as a candidate, and would have received powertid support, but he withdrew in favour of Mr. Wigram. Mr. Cowling enjoyed a very large 'and lucrative pretctice. He was distinguished for hiswientific : . and profound knowledge of law ' and the accuracy and l og i ca l ability with which he brought it to bear on every case in which he was engaged. He was of a remarkably shy and diffident temper, and characterised uniformly by simplicity of character and 'honour in both private and professional life. For the last'ftw years he has been spoken of ri - likely to be raised to the bench. HocusSiVG AND VioLENTSTREET ROBBESC l Y. — Yesterday, two men /Tithe garb of boatmen, named Williati Henderson and John Parry, were charged before the police magistrate, with hocasiing, assaulting, and robbing a young man who gave his 'mane as Henry on Sellingor. From the evidence it appeared that the prosettitor, who is steward of the ship Empire, i hich arrived at Liverpool last week, from New York, had just Mine on shore cm Thursday, and had immediately hied himself off to a public-house, where Ile..=got drunk. He then adjeurned to another drinking establishment, where he fell in with the prisonas, whom he did net know, and could not even now identify. With them he had-some more drink, and they further proceeded to the house of 'Mrs. Rossbottom. Here lthe prisoner' asked for a glass of whisky-punch, into whichqle put some miff and gave it to the prosecutor'to drink, who was too oblivious to know what was going to ; but 'the landlady having observed the transaction, interfered and prevented the prosecutor from drinking it. In return for this friendly act, the c)rosecutor became , very indignant,: and leftaiie house. Hewes shortly after followed by the prisoners, andin a brief space •of time was knocked down and severely injured. His assailants robbed him of a gold watch, of the value of-Z3O. He veald give no account of who the fatties were who robbed him, but said he felt satisfied that ire was robbed by the menaeho left the publie-house with him. The prisoners were remanded till this day. • ILECTURE ON ZII3 NEWSPAPER Pxcuss.—Last night, a lee ' tare was delivered in the Tuckerman Institute, Lower. Bed feed-street, by M. P. W. Rathhone, on the subject of the Newspaper Press. The attendance was good, though not very numerous, and the audience indicated their appreciation of the subject hydiscriminate applause. The lecturer traced •tke origin of the newspaper, almost as far back as the art of • printing, gradually eliminating the alevelopment of the actual newspaper; from its appearance as the Gazette to the present time, when it embraces so •wide mannge of sub** and so ;able a corps conductors. He -stated the origin of news paper writing to have sprung oat of the combined talents of , 'Defoe,--Sir Richard Steele, and'Addison, opposed to the united -abilities of Swift, Atterbury, anclaGay; . recounting illustm "-tive anecdotes 'of all-of those eminent men. He -- then pro r-ceeded to narrate the influence exercised upon the public -mind through the Newspaper Press, the writings of Dr. • ~,Tohnson, and,above all, of Junius. The art of newapaper re -porting, and its peculiar value to-society, was next pointed • out ; -and heneracludedbydeelaring conviction - that the press of this •country is above the-reach of venality—that it `has exercised; and continues to.ezere_se, a power irre?ressible for good, and -co admirably self-poised as to be incapable of , deliberate esial. One, and only one. check, appeared to him , likely •to impede its utility. That was the danger of the artist in oves.lnishing his piebure—of the advocate super -sediug the calm deliberation •and maawerving impartiality of , the judge. He declared his 'firm belief in the incorruptibility and indispensable value of the press as the palladium of our civil and religious liberty, which-to these is liketie air we litreathe, and 'knout which we die. CAPTURE 07 AN ABSCOND DEBTOR.—On :€aturday :Inspector Bates-fffected a clever capture. On the 4th:instant, , George Foster, provision dealer, .absccaded from Nottingham, :leaving various debts to the amount of about £5OO, having also 'deserted his , wife and four thildroa, preferring the attend- ance of a young, woman, of considerable personal attattions, who it was ascertained had accompanied him As his mtife. On t.bis papers being.eearched a letter was dis covered. from. Messrs, TapicOtt,and Col., of this port, containing particulars iv. refer rence to the American ship Tapscott,:a.dvertised to leave. Live rpool for New.Yerk, on Sunday. Itlr.John Willey, of Notting hare, a creditor to the amount of £82;156., came • to .Liverpool and placed thecasein the hand of Inspector Bates, giving rim, also, for his guidance,.a daguerreotype likeness of Foster. Bates, armed , with anabscoaing debtor's warrant, proceded in search °flint. On Friday afternoon he was crossing the canal Midge, in•Oldhall-street when he met a man, evidently the original of the photograph , in! his ; pocket, accompanied by a well-dressed, good4zoking young woman. Sure of his .nnarry, he followed in their wake, and trace them to the office of Messrs. Tapscott and eo.,,in 'Waterloo-n:4a, where the man •two berths, en board the Tapseott, booked in the name of George Brown., anti Mrs. Brown, He a office f tern r w ar ß ;s tlee f ys o: o l wn os h v ho e o d arer t dt h u e tr tn hnee f dT rl L tl oi l vt e zpwo ohl where their lodgings,.when , he:proceeded to the Telegraph-office, atai c S ° a in tu lta rry i , ca o t wi ed vi we it n h t with they found iheabscondingdWotor and his pseudo. vile. Brown, or rather, Foster, was taken Into custody, and yeeterday nwas forwarded to Nottingham. ;It:appears that he and Us mistress had travelled framlthat town to Liverpool in a awing cart, selling provisions by the way, and that, on arriving in Liverpool, they had sold the horse and ,cart for £7. Not the least singular part of the affair is the fact that the woman iis Fosters own cousin, and was travelling under her name. It au said that , tradesmen in Manchester:are creditors of Foster to the extent of-several hundred pounds. VOLUNTARY RATB.COMMIZTRg.--4rhe committee appointed to collect and apply the voluntary rate of 1853 met at the parish office on Saturday, present—Messrs. Luff, H. Molyneng, B. Jackson, Bradley, M . liJaightsand B.Johnson. Mr. John son being called to the chair, the minnter of the last meeting were read and confirmed. AD themotiou.of Mr. Luff, who had at the request of the committee investigated the case, £3O was voted to the widow of the late Mr, Lawrence, relieving officer, who w.fia severely injured in the bread riots of February last, .and who died soon after, to enable her to maintain herself and five young children, by the business of ,confeetioner.—Th e clerk reported from the select vestry that, in accordance with the recommendation of the voluntary rate committee, the vestry had, for the sum of £42 per annum., to be paid out of the poor rate, insured the lives of its six relieving officers for £2OO each. dki the event of their leaving neither widow nor children the sun; to revert to the parish funds.—The list of paupers eligible for emigration, moved for in September last, was ordered to stand over until March next. —An application for £6los. Irons thefinaneecommittee,to enablel3disabled German emigrants to return to that country, having been sent back by the authorities of the United States, was unanimously granted. —The chairman and vice-,chairman of the committee having been threatened with legal proceedings by Messrs. Atkins, Hobbs, Liversidge, and Dr. Collins, if the funds at the disposal of the committee were applied to any other purposes than the payment of their further claims as members of the parish parliamentary water committee, it was resolved "that a sum of £l5O be reserved to indemnify the chairman and vice-chairman for any legal expenses to which those par ties might subject them in any attempts to exact a fur ther sum from the ratepayers than the very large amounts they have received, in full satisfaction of all de mands, as testified by their several receipts."—A renewed application from the finance committee of the select vestry for £lOO for the services of Mr. Wainwright was met by Mr. Jackson with a request that the committee might be informed as to the nature and extent of those services. These being stated by the vestry clerk and members of the committee who had acted on deputations to London, and derived very great advantage from the assistance of Mr. Wainwright and the conveniences of his office, it was resolved unanimously that £lOO be paid Mr. Wainwright. It was at the same time observed that as this was not voted at Easter last, according to custom, the usual allowance had been actually reduced by one-half, and that unless a new rate were agreed to at Easter next the committee would not feel justified in voting a further sum from the limited funds as its disposal. —An application from the widow of the late Mr. Sim . pson, relieving-officer, who died in the early part of the year, from disease contracted in the (liseharge of his duties, was left over for further inquiry. COMMERCIAL and MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. THE Money-market during the week has presented little worthy of note, the general tendency being favourable rather than otherwise, notwithstanding the adverse influences of rumours respecting the war, and the diminished stock of bullion in the Bank of England. Some little depression was also created by the payment of an instalment of 15 per cent. on the Turkish loan, and the preparation for the payment of the final 10 per cent. on the English loan, which will fall due to morrow. This led to a somewhat increased demand for money towards the close of the week, but other wise money for commercial purposes was tolerably easy. _ _ A notice has been published in the London Gazette by which the government authorise the directors of the Bank of England to increase their securities in the issue department by the sum Of £475,000. This is in accordance with the provisions of the Bank Charter Act, by which the government was empowered to authorise the extension of the limit of fourteen millions to the extent of two-thirds the amount discontinued to be issued by other banks ; and as this exceeds £712,000, the permission referred to has been granted. It will have the effect of increasing the reserve of notes unemployed by that amount, without a corresponding increase of bullion. The returns of the Bank of England, published on Friday, show a decrease in the stock of bullion of £147,529; but as the returns of the Bank of France for the past month, which have just been published, show an increase in bullion of £295,000, with a dimi nution in the note circulation of £856,000, it is believed that the drain of bullion has been checked for the present. The Bank of England circulation has diminished, arising probably from the payments for acceptances falling due, as shown by the decrease in " other securities" of £727,488, and in private deposits of £515,608. This large diminution is owing to the week including the 4th of the month, when the greater number of bills fall due ; so that the changes observed are no more than might have been anticipated. The decrease in the circulation has caused an increase of £253,700 in the reserve of notes unemployed, which now amounts to £5,759,185, and will be further in creased by the authorised £475,000 to be added to the issue department ; so that the available surplus may be considered ample for all probable contingencies. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the Bth December gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public Deposits ... £4,416,231; Decrease... £23,358 Other Deposits ... 11,719,180; Decrease... 515,608 Rest ... 3,193,028 ; Increase... 7,440 On the other side of the account : Government Securities.. £10,264,376; Decrease... £11,104 Other Securities ...... 18,141,269; Decrease... 727,488 Notes unemployed ...... 5,759,185; Increase ... 253,700 The amomit .of notes in circulation is £18,680,340, being a decrease of £394,745, and the stock of bullion in both departments is £11,079,578, showin g a decrease of £147,529 when compared with the preced ing return. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ... £24,439,525 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bu11'n.10,489,525 Silver bullion ... £24,439,525 i BANKING DEPARTMENT. £24,439,525 Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000 Gov. Securities £10,264,376 Rest ... 3,193,028 Other Securities 18,141,269 Pulite Deposits 4,416;231 Notes v v .. 5;759,185 Other Deposits 11,719,180 Gold & Silver Coin 640,053 - 7-day & other bills 923,444 £34,804;8831 £34,804,883 fOur SHARE MARRET has been 'remarkably quiet 'during the past week, with little variation in price. There is not much zeal business doing. To-day we I have- improved on Saturday's quotations, on another 'rumour of peace. We•close at the best, 52 offered for Great Westerns. Caledonians, 27i :; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 251 ; Lancashire•and Yorkshire, 771 7 1- ; Liverpool, Crosby,:and'Southport, ; Sheffield Stock, l 231- ; Midland Stock, 644 I- -I.; South Eastern, 17 3-16 ; Dutch Rhenish, 1d; Great Western of Canada, 24-4 ; Liverpool and London Tire and Life Insurance, 6p. Corrort—There'has been a considerable amount of business dome dming-the week at fully previous prices, the trade being free buyers, owing to the very short stock of really - marketable qualities and the short arrivals of fresh-s unifies, owing to adverse winds. The sales for tile week, sup to Friday, :amount to 56,200 bales,of 9;510 were taken on speculation and 5,490 for export, leaving 41,200 for - the - trade. To -DAY, the advices brthe , Canada were received with accounts of drooping markets and large receipts.; notwithstanding which the•raies reached 0,000 bales, all to the trade, and prices remain without change. The quantities at sea are estimated at 145,000 bales American. The followingis a compaiison of present rates with those of the correspon'ding period last' yew._ . _ New (Orleans, middling „ fair Upland, middling 1864 1856 .. 5 5 11-16 61- .. 4 13-16 5i 51 SALES. IMPORTS. (STOCK iirSCRITTION. 'PRICES.[ Week Previl rending I ously Wee. 14;thisyr. Dec. 14 Year. Week -- This ending Decil4 /819; 1 61143.3 Sea island Stained Boweda 7it 28 150 ;1 27540 1 - - l7OO 4i 01 13500 0;'741100 Mobik 14 6 9990 334270; New ()rlewl.— j 44 7i] 1 ;4160 10779501 PernanGsAc 154 74; 1160 462001 86c. Afaranliam DernerargAtc — . 700' ESYPtiam Cotri.W.Witc 54 40 7390 Surat Madras . 44 41, :50 5300 Bengal — ..... 3020 135620 t V 409, 870460 :233, 56271 21370 /15 35057, 15710 31939, 15980 831. 380 104057 51700 ?1 , 87, 6433 2610 ) .. ; 253609 90580 '1970114 334900 56200 201S21O! 18443 1 PILOYUCL—Although the business ,in-Eugar is still very limited, and prices tgain lower, -there has been rather more .disposition on •:the part of trade to operate at. the reduced rates:; the sales comprise 25 hhds. $,P„ ; =4OO boxes indirect, Havana at 494 s to 51s 6d, duty paid,,,ane 200 cases, 7960 bags Brazil to arrive at 28s 6d qo 28s 102 d per ewt. in bond. In Coffee little doing akprevious rates. :In Tea the transactions have been verytlimited, and prices without .alteration. Rice dull, .but Imo change in -prices. Rum rather lower. For Wes full prices shave been obtained. Palm Oil in limited demand, at £5O to £5l - 10 s per ton. Tallow doh and small sales, at 695-to' 70s per cwt. To -DAY, :the transactions in Sugar continued limited, thersaleabeing confined to 30 hhds. Demerara at 435, and a cargo (3800 bags) of I'rnams , to arrive, at 28s 6d if landain the United Kingdom, or at- 9 8s per cwt., t p.a., floating for the continent. GO Tali cheons Demerara Rum have been taken at 4s Id :to 4s 4d per gallon. • The Coffee market 'keeps steady, 1000 bags Rio being reported at 43s perewt ; 100 bags "Bahia Cocoa, to arrive,lave realised 51s Ter ,cwt. The 'Tea market is firm, with rather more disposition .shown Ao purchase common Corlgou. Nothing has taken Place in Rice or •Saltpetre, but of other articles we bare to report 50 bags Annaica Ginger at 47s 6d per :mt., 300 bales of Jate.at 41;8, a small parcel of Sapan Wood at £l6 2s Gd per ton, And 900 bags Calcutta Linseed at 79s per quarter. WooL.—The improved feeling noticed in our last has continued throughout -the past week, all sorts of good Glean useful Wool, ouch as fthe finer qualities of Turkey,3Serbia, Sfax, &c., are much sought after, but there are Go stocks of these descriptions. In Donskoi fleece., ,of which the market is very ,bare, there is also rather :more doing ; but, as notieedie our last, for the lower qualities of Smyrna, Barbary, tte.., there is no inquiry, and prices merely nominal. Xmports for the week-228 •bales Portagal, 86 Mediterranean, 64 South American, 15 Irish, 9 Scotch, and coastwise ; total, 410 bales. MARKETS FOR MANUFACTURES. MANCIIESTER.—The hardening tendency of prices has, in a measure, interfered with the activity of the market this week. At the same time the operations have been far from inconsiderable ; and, as regards the home trade, there has been decidedly more doing—no doubt attributable, in some slight degree, to the fall in the price of grain now for two weeks in succession. As regards stocks; :neither of goods nor yarns do any of consequence exist, and it is not very frequently that so general an absence of quantities of goods can be marked; and therefore it is that so much steadiness and firm adherence to the prices asked prevails.—Manchester Courier. HUDDERIFIELD.—The market has been very quiet, and until the turn of the year there is no chance of any alteration for the better. Stocks being low, however, and the manufac turers very cautious, there is no great fluctuation in the price of anything. The wool trade is tolerably firm, with about the usual quantity doing. LEICESTEII.—The near approach to Christmas and the usual stock-takings add a further check to business, but the season able weather will bring customers to the retail dealers for winter clothing, and will create a greater demand from the manufacturers. Wools and yarns are firm. LEEDS.—Nothing new to report of the state of the cloth markets this week. Prices continue steady, and a hopeful anticipation is generally entertained that trade will improve early in the new year; in consequence, the mills continue in pretty full employment. Business has been dull in the ware houses this week, though not more so than is usual so near Christmas. BRADFORD.—WooI : The transactions during the week have been limited, and there are great complainings of the difficulty attending getting wool from the farmers to meet the prices current here. Short wools and noils are not ready sale, and the prices are lower than for some time past. Yarns : The spinners complain of the high price of wool compared with yarns, and are acting on the defensive by limiting the pro duction. Pieces : The near approach to Christmas is a reason why the usual purchases are not made, as the merchants are working down for stock taking. NonnicznAm.—Lace trade : We should say that in com parison with December, 1854, the feeling is better than it was then, though we have had, on the whole, but a limited de mand during the year. Silk laces and edgings have been much worn, and those manufacturers whose business lies in this part of the trade have had great reason to be thankful, for they have done much better than they could possibly have expected, taking into account the war and the high price of provisions. Yarns remain stationary in price, and we have been informed that, although the Manchester manufacturers have been complaining all the year, stocks are very low in all descriptions of goods in that market.—Hosiery : There is an improved demand for goods suitable for the home spring trade. American orders are closing up, and we shall soon have them all despatched, by which time we anticipate that the home houses will have placed sufficient orders to sustain the demand. Considering we are at war and the very high prices of pro visions, we regard the present state and future prospects of our trade as satisfactory. The glove branch is most depressed, owing to their having been superseded by more suitable fabrics. Prices of yarns remain firm, at last week's rates. — Nottingham Journal. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. FALL OF KARS. HAMBI7EG, DEC. 16. Advices from St. Petersburg, dated yesterday, the 15th inst., state that Kars surrendered to General Mouravieff on the 28th of November. Vasif Pasha, eight other Pashas, General Williams, and the whole of the garrison, are prisoners of war. News received at Constantinople from the Turkish Division, under Selim Pasha, which had been sent off to the relief of Kars, states that the division had not been able to advance. The table lands of Armenia were covered with snow. Despatches brought by a courier from Omar Pasha's army announce that the Generalissimo had not yet attacked Kutais, and that the head-quarters of the army had been removed to Redoubt Kale. The troops now under Omar Pasha's command number 40,000 men, but the transport service was found to be very difficult on account of the season. THE CRIMEA. MARSEILLES, Dee. 16. The Thabor has arrived with advices from Constantinople of the 6th and from the Crimea of the 4th inst. She has brought 92 invalids. Despatches left yesterday evening at 8 o'clock. The steamer Europe has left with munitions of war for Kamiesch. KINBURN, A letter from Kinburn, of the 27th ult., in the Presse d'Orient, says—"We are busily occupied in putting our quarters into comfortable condition for the winter, as the cold begins to be pretty sharp. The sea is covered with float ing ice, and the vessels at anchor off Otchakoff have their lower rigging and sides covered with icicles. When the five or six buildings within the fort shall have undergone the most ardent repairs, we shall be pretty well quartered. I speak of the officers and employes of the administration ; as to the soldiers, enumber of them are lodged in the casemates ; one battalion occupies the village, about ten minutes' distance from the fort, and the remainder are under canvas. As, how ever, all are well supplied with warm clothing and camp equi pages of all kinds, those even who are the worst off will be able to brave the rigours of the season. We are expecting twenty wooden huts from Kamiesch, which will each contain thirty men. Gulls, duck, and other water fowl are abundant and are easily shot, but unfortunately many of them when killed are lost for want of dogs to fetch them out of the water. The gulls which are good for nothing in the Mediterranean are very delicate eating here. I have them several times a week. A good dog would be worth its weight in gold to us. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. THE Morning Post of yesterday says :—We have received the following from Vienna, Its accuracy may be relied on : " VIENNA, Dec. 16. " Count Esterhazy leaves to-day for St. Petersburg. It is understood that he is the bearer of most important des patches, containing the propasals for a pacification, as finally resolved on." The Post says that the tenor of the contents of the Aus trian ultimatum is no secret. Annihilation of Russia's maritime supremacy in the Black Sea by the exclusion of all ships of war, by the dismantling of her fortresses on its coast, and by the residence of consuls who certify that no purposes but those of legitimate commerce are ever attempted to be compassed, would free Turkey from all danger by sea, whilst the utter renunciation of all rights of interference with the Sultan's dominions or his subjects, together with the cession of a portion of Bessarabia, comprising the mouth of the Danube, would secure to the Porte the undoubted possession of its European territorial rights. These conditions, when confirmed by material guarantee, as well as by treaty, would solve the Eastern question. Other important terms, it is sure, are demanded, such as that Bomarsund should not be rebuilt, but of these the Post does not wish to say more than that all is exactly and finally laid down. There are but two answers possible, namely, a positive re fusal or a positive acceptance. No evasive answer, no condi tional acceptance, and no counter propositions will be received. It will probably take Count Esterhazy about five or six days to reach St. Petersburg, and, if we mayjudge by precedent, some 14 days will be allowed the Emperor to consider his resolution and give his answer. If Russia can humble her pride, she may say " Yes;" then immediately follows an armistice and a settlement. If, however, she cannot entirely and at once ac cept the bitter consequences of her own ambition and fool ishness, then she must face the extraordinary force which will be brought to bear against her in the next campaign, and which, under Heaven, will certainly reduce her to a state of which the terrible necessities will make her yield to our terms. The cabinet of St. Petersburg may not, however, see matters in this light. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received files of papers from the Cape of Good Hope to the Ist of October Everything at the colony was going on satisfactorily. [BY ELECTRIC & INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPHS, LONDON, Monday Night. A meeting of the Cabinet and War Department will be held to-morrow. THE WAR. Letters to December 4th inclusive have arrived. The Russians fired more than usual upon the town. There was no change in their attitude. There had been some rain, and mud was deep all over the camp. Another letter, dated the Bth, says that a dreaeful gale passed over the camp on the night of the 7th ; many huts And tents were blown down. THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS. 'Me Times Paris correspondent states that the present moment for Count Esterhazy's opening his negotiations with the •Cabinet of St. Petersburg is considered very good. It is -the.opinion of well-informed men that, in the event of Russia Tejectiag every proposition, that Austria will present an ultimatum, and it would not be surprising if the general terms ,of that eventual communication were already agreed upon between the Cabinets of Vienna, Paris, and London. CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE RUSSIAN GOVERN. MENT. The Paris pair Patrie says, that to the external difficul ties she has at present to contend with, Russia is about to become a prey to internal dissensions of a most serious character. Private information enables the Patrie to state that a pest has broken out in the heart of the Empire to overthrow the government of the Czar. Members of the first families are, as usual, to be found among the conspira tors. The Patrie, not indicating the source from whence this intelligence extraordinary is derived, says it should be re ceived with the greatest caution. WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING.—The steamer Para bas arrived with the West India and Pacific mails. Bringing dates from Jamaica to Nov. 27th; Demerara, 25th; Trinidad, 26th ; Barbadoes, 27th ; and St. Thomas, December Ist. She brings $640,000 in specie. St. Vincent : The forthcoming crop of sugar has commenced, but is expected to be short. Shipping scarce : 4s. to 4s. 3d. for sugar, sd. to 6d. for rum. Jamaica : Trade dull. Weather intensely hot. Fever very prevalent. Ships scarce, only four or five in the harbour. The advance of sugar in England had a cheering effect, high prices were expected. No sales since the arrival of the packet. Corn unsaleable. Flour market cleared of specula• tion. Demerara : Two arrivals of emigrants from Madeira. A Chamber of Commerce was about to be established. Weather dry. Few ships. Freights high. Business improved. Provisions greatly advanced. Grenada : Healthy. Rain wanted. Barbadoes : Weather seasonable. A few cases of yellow fever. At Martinique and Porto Rico cholera prevailed• Valparaiso : Business improved. The three Peruvian war steamers from England arrived safe. No political news. The Phantom, of Glasgow, wrecked off Caldera, crew saved. THE FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET, The English Funds have improved per cent., the rumours again rife of Austrian mediation having induced purchases. Railways generally a shade firmer, but rather inactive. Land, Bank, and Foreign Stocks showed an upward tendency. Portuguese and Turkish Stocks were better. CLOSING PRICES 8 89 9 Consols, Account — 4 4 Do. Money Three per Cents. FOREIGN Mexicans 194 20 Russian Do. Canada Land 145 50 RAILWAY Ambergate,Nottingham, and E. Junction Caledonian Do. Preference Eastern Counties East Lancashire 684 94 Edinburgh & Gl;sgow 504 94 Great Northern BB 9 Do. A. 74 7 Do. B. l2O 2 Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire 774 Do. Fifths Leeds Northern ll4 12 LAND Australian Agricultural 28 301 S. Australian Invest Crystal Palace On 'Change, business dull. £43 ; Scotch Pig Iron, 775. ed. Linseed Oil, 425. Sales of Col Bank Stock 209 10 Exqr. Bills, L.S., lOmnium STOCKS. Turkish Do. (new) Great West. Canada, Do. (new) SHARES. London, Brighton, and South Coast Loudon & N. Western. London & S. Western.. Manchester, Shelf., and Lincolnshire 221 3i Midland Stock North British 24 94 Do. Preference 97 9 North Staffordshire 8 I I S. Eastern and Dover 561 73 York, Newcastle, and Berwick .. 67 York and N. Midland 44i 53 SHARES. Peel River N. B. Australasian .... Van Diemen's. .. 153 163 P. Y. C. Tallow, 685.; Hemp, ; Spelter, £23 10s. to £23 15s. ; ton, 200 bales. .. 8.4 a ...3 21 dis. ••• 2 4i i ... 21 1 .. 94 6 941 851 61 2! f LONDON CORN ILULKET.—(From Kingsford and Lay's Circular.)—The supply of Wheat from Essex and Kent is moderate, and the finest samples, which were very scarce, were taken at the prices of this day week; but inferior and out of condition proved unsaleable, and could only be disposed of at ls. to 2s. decline. Business in Foreign is limited, and in sales effected late extreme rates are barely supported. AU spring Corn is very slow of tale, at a reduction of Is. upon Blrley, 2s. upon Beans, and 6d. upon Oats. In Flour very little doing, and prices are nominally as last week. AER/VALS. English. Irish. Scotch._ Yo re ir. n 8107 10010 98S8 21 1550 10965 66 . . Wheat . Barley . Malt ... Oats ... Beans . Peas Flour . 19958 15248 1060 sks. 229 brls. The continental Grain markets are generally quiet, with a tendency to decline. The supplies keep pace with the demand. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.--The supply of Beasts is large, but trade not so good. Sheep sold better. Choice Calves make ss. Bd. per stone readily. Beef, 3s 4d to 5s 4d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 8d; Pork, 4.s 2d to ss. Beasts, 6,667; Sheep and Lambs, 22,870;, Calves,lo3 ; Pigs, 480. Arrivals :—Holland Beasts, 551; Ditto Sheep, 3,500 ; Ditto Calves, 5 ; Scotch Beasts, 800 ; Cambridge, Leicester Lincoln, and Northampton Beasts, 3,500; Irish Beasts, 300. LONDON PRODUCE 3fARKET.—No change in value. Very little doing; few public sales are declared. Tallow dull, 68s on the spot. Cotton is less wanted, but not lower.. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.—Caledonians, 2711-16; Great Western, 511 52 ; Great Western Canada, 24f ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 77i ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 23f. LEEDS STocI EXCIIANGE.—North Western , Gas, 6 per cent., 25 paid, par. i t GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.— Business to-day was limited, 775. and 775. 6d. per cwt. accepted, and Iron offered at the close at later quotations. Buyers shy. No. 1, G.M.B. 78s. No. 3, 755. 6d. Gartaherrie, 80s. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. London, wind N.E., fine, fog; Bristol, Maryporrt, Greenock, N.E., Boston, N., Carlisle, E., fog; Southampton, Shrewsbury, Whitby, N.E., Portsmouth, E., Haverfordwest, S.E., Cowes, S.W., Glouces. ter, Great Grimsby, N.W., Hull, W.N.W., cloudy; Stoke, Lancaster, N.E., Scarborough, N., Leicester, E., Darlington, Lowestoft, N.W., frost; Glasgow, N.E., slight fog; Gains borough, N., Dundee, S.E., Berwick, Sunderland, S.W., Swansea, E., Brighton, York, N.W.. fine; Poole, E., rain, fog; Edinburgh, fog, frost; Exeter, S.W., very cloudy; Cam bridge, N.W., very cloudy, frost; Amsterdam, N.W., fine. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Columbus, from Callao ; Three Bells, from Calcutta Christiana, from Miramichi ; North American, from New York—arrived at Deal on the 17th inst. CALCUTTA, Nov. 7.—The Free Trade put back ; cargo on fire, and a good deal of seed destroyed. The ship is not much damaged. TRIESTE, 14.—Maria, three-quarter loaded for London— cargo heated, and must discharge. Phantom (iron ship), of Glas gow, totally wrecked at Caldera, Oct. 19 : crew saved. Dan vergne, from Belize to London, leaky : must discharge. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES. Maiden Plate California, Ist. Selling Stakes Little Tom, Ist. Shorts' Handicap—Prince's Mixture, Ist.—An nual Steeple Chase—Hopeless Star, Ist. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—Tuis DAY. DERBY.-8 to lon the field offered ;10to 1 agt Ellington, tk; 14 to 1 agt Yellow Jack, tk; 17 to 1 agt Rogerthorpe, tk; 20 to 1 agt Artillery, offered. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS.-7 to 2 agt Fly-by-Night, tk. CHESTER CUP.-1000 to 30 agt Coroner, taken. THE United States mail steamship Pacific, Captain Asa Eldridge, sailed for New York, about one o'clock, on Saturday afternoon, with sixty-seven passengers and a full cargo. The Cunard steamers will resume their weekly sailings with the new year. SUSPECTED BURGLARS.—SamueI Perry, Dennis Fannigan, and James Hanelan, were brought before the police magistrate yesterday, on remand from last Monday, charged with being concerned in a burglary committed on the night of Friday se'nnight, in Lord-street. Two office coats which had been stolen from the premises in question, were traced to the pos session of the prisoners, but how they obtained them did not cleirly appear. They were remanded for another week. ASSAULT ON SIIIP-BOARD.—John French, who had been mate on board the ship Glencairn, from North America, charged Robert Crawford, the captain of that ship, with hav ing assaulted him on the 14th of Nov. last, while the vessel was at sea. The defendant, it appeared, after a quarrel with. the plaintiff, relative to some alleged delay in the performance of his duty, struck him (the plaintiff) and knocked his head. against the gunwale of the vessel. The charge was proved, and the defendant was ordered to pay a fine of 40s. and costs. UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE. PERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGHS IN TEN MINUTES AFTER USE. INSTANT RELIEF AND A RAPID CURE OF ASTHMA, CON. SUMPTION, COUGHS, COLDS, AND ALL DISORDERS OF THE BREATH AND LUNGS ARE INSURED BY 11R. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. .1 The most wonderful CURES of ASTHMA and CON SUMPTION, COUGHS, COLDS, and all Disorders of the BREATH and LUNGS, are everywhere performed by this ex traordinary remedy. RAPID CURE OF COUGH & DIFFICULTY OF BREATHING. Hale, near Liverpool. Sir,—l write to inform you of the great benefit I have received from taking Locock's Wafers, which you recommended to me. I was so much oppressed at my chest that when I lay down a coughing fit came on with such violence that I have often thought I should not live to see the morning; but now I can sleep a whole night without coughing, after having taken only two boxes of wafers. J. HAYNES. Witness, P. Roberts. 4, Ranelagh-street. ANOTHER CURE OF CONSUMPTIVE COUGH. Extract of a letter from Mr. Thomas Dean, 150, Scotland-road, Liverpool. Gentlemen.—l have great pleisure in communicating to you a case (among many) which came under my own observation. A lady, who 1 can refer to, in her assidious attendance upon her husband during a long and fatal illness, caught cold, and not having taken care of herself, it settled upon her lungs. She was troubled with a dreadful cough, and every symptom of consumption. She applied to her medical man, but did not obtain any relief; when, upon the recommendation of a friend, she tried Dr. Locock's Wafers, w hi c h , . f rom the commencement, eased her cough, and by continuing them she is perfectly cured. ( Signed) THOMAS DEA N. ANOTHER CURE OF COUGH AND HOARSENESS. Parliament-street, Liverpool. Sir,—lt is with much pleasure I bear testimony to the extraor dinary powers of Locock's Wafers. I had been troubled with a cough and hoarseness for nearly two years, without relief, when I was induced to try Locock's Wafers, the effects of which were soon visible, for one large box (2s. 9d.) has quite cured me. I have since recommended them to several of my friends, and they have also experienced the greatest relief from them. I remain yours, ever grateful, J. WILLIAMS. IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO SING. From Mr. Edward Page, Director of the Choir and Organist of St. Peter's Catholic Church, Leamington. Gentlemen,—Having frequently suffered much from relaxation of the throat, I have often been obliged to resort to various pre parations; but since I have had the good fortune to try Dr. Locock's Pulmonic Wafers, I am now but seldom obliged to re sort to them, for the extrordinary good effects they have produced are most surprising:. Even when the throat appears to be com pletely exhausted, and the voice to be nearly gone, two or three (at most four) will, in the short space of half an hour or so, com- - pletely restore its flexibility and power, and they do not act as a mere temporary exciting remedy, nor do they leave any lassitude after. Having felt the great value of the remedy, I feel it a duty to generally recommend it, as I am convinced that all persons will find immense benefit from the general and persevering use of it. EDWARD PAGE. To SINGERS and PcBLIC SPEAKERS they are t reinaysae the pole, asw power a a few hours they remo ve a ll hoarseness, and nc and flexibility of the voi ce . Th ey h ave pleas& ta s te. n Price d veors. ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and I I s . p er box. Sold t byall Medicine NOTE.—FuII directions are given with every box in the English, German, and French Languages. * soft, and tr na preparation, for improving and beautify ing delightfully fragrant pre Also may be bad, C a O k S in M c E l T ea l r C , freckles, sunburn, • 11.16- - rent, removing an eruptions , . t. ta n, . pimbles, —curing gnat bites, ing the complexico p n ß ;re L nZr O iri C r and roughness, the and the a Inge of insects. In the PROCESS of SHAVIN G , and renders the akin soft and smoot •in b ottles, at Is. lid 2 9(1 it ALLAYS all SM AR TING ,SoId .) S. ~ and 4s. 6d. each. Beware of counterfeits. Observe the name on the govez nment stamp outside the wrapper. Sold by all respec table chemists. WHOLESALE AGENTS : — Raimes and Co., Evans, Son, and Co. , Lord-street. Sold in Liverpool, b y Roberts, Ratielagh-street; Carter and Clay, 80ld -street ; Aspinall and Wagstaff, St. James's street; J. Britten, Old Haymarket; Howell, Dale-street; T. D. Walker, Upper Parliament -street. 1