The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-08 00:00:00

• . JANtARY 8 1856.] , • TII 1 2 LIVERPOOL STANDARD. . . , , . .. ~• , ..• col 4178 TRA.LIA INT E . M 'G. R ATKIN FROM TRAD.E REPORT FOR EM- I =EN HUN - LIT-ERAR,Y _AN.P gIY DRED AND FIFTY-FIVE. - - SOCIETY . -------z - - LIVERPOOL. - - i • MONDAY NIGHT. ae• 40: —St . .40. ---- -- !vet • THE ordinary monthly meeting of this society was held at NOTWITHSTANDING the absence of any exciting causes l'il past year shows a considerable, indeed a great, (Fnom THE ANNUAL CIRCULAR OF MEssRS. T. AND H. otis l u g off in the general trade of emigration. Liverpool has LITTLEDALE AND CO.)r4 x the Royal Institution, last evening; Mr. M'Andrew, the to lead to speculative movements, the Funds . have president, in the chair. - shown a downward tendency, owing to the continued !l red in that decrease, and particularly in the diminished TEE attention of all classes has been so much occupied decrease in the stock of bullion, as shown by the Bank `4IIIX of THE LATE JOSEPH B. YATES, ESQ. the e „.. Passengers from the British islands, and from the throughout the past year with the varying phases of the war, returns, and the uncertainty which prevails as to the Before the general business proceeded, the Chairman, in .'ollent of Europe, to our Australian colonies. For a that its commercial operations have not been watched and negotiations for peace. Existing circumstances are, lian dlsainutio conformity with a resolution of the Council, called the atten- . however, on the whole, very favourable, as it is said the t o add _n in the tide of emigration, many causes may easily discussed with the usual care aud hence probably the differ - . . . bon of the society to the loss sustained in the death of Mr. e h) ._ " e eti; the most conspicuous and telling among which ence of opinions entertained ' as to its results. On this ac- the number of acceptances falling due on the 4th of [ere of - midoubsau_ ssy, Joseph Brooks Yates, and the propriety of their recording the month were generally well met, and the discount been the war. This, by absorbing the surplus count, and still more as being our first entire year of active . ;el' their sense of that less, and of Considering an address of con -4:ll;,,fsale population, has at once lessened the number of warfare, it may not be uninteresting briefly to pass in review houses have not sustained any undue pressure. Money dolence to the bereaved family. In suggesting this course, ieS / b., — ‘ ool lB spirits, who, tired of the monotony of home life, some of our leading articles of import and distinct trades. for commercial purposes has been moderately plenti -44 s o the Chairman said that Mr. Yates would be sensibly regretted ful, and this fact has tended, in some measure, to stay the 4 44. , ruled the bulk of our best emigrants. These, having Our last annual circular dosed with this remark, "we look by many of the charitable institutions in the town, and his the decline in the Funds, which at one time threat - their attention aroused in many ways, have been drafted forward with confidence to 1855 being a more Prosperous year meMory long cherished in the society as one of its most ac. threat- De- a k ened to be very rapid. ' a id Th...! by the allurements of military ambition, which has with the commercial class than the past," and such undoubtedly complished and zealous memibaers,, interests a at p i e l l e i a o r d t. of many The returns of the Bank of England published on 'wed more attractive than a colonial life of mingled industry has been the fact. In 1854 nearly every leading article of im- years, and as_on .. e .. whe had its te. i e n s o ts , cos azia ad,(+Ties then . Ned . the following reso- Friday show another decline in the stock of bullion, • ~. venture. While war has been directly the means of Port lost . money, indeed it was a worse year to the merchant The Rev. H. H. PI lotion :—. That this society having received from the Presi- to the extent of £180,130 ; and as there is also an are r'elic' than it is prudent to admit—loss was the rule and profit the dent the announcement of the . death of Joseph Brooks increase in the actual circulation of £272,545, the re -I,le4mg the number of emigrants, its indirect influence, exception—in the last year the reverse has happily been the Vill busing a scarcity of hands in the labour market at home, case , Yates, Es's , desire that an expression of their profound sorrow , , serve of notes has decreased £5OO 855 leaving a balance be recorded on their minutes, and conveyed to the bereaved o f an tiZ itieti still further to withdraw the ordinary inducements To begin with Cotton, the import into the country has been£5,963,850. The increase in the public deposits is the largest on record (2 247 000 bales) with the single ex- family. As one of its founders . the deceased claimed the ial p - "'Vation With this knowledge before us, we were fully . : ' . respect of the society; and this became the private feeling of about half-a-million, and the private securities have • t ePared ' cephon of 1852—two-thirds of which has probably left a the members, from those . qualities_ which eminently dis- increased £573,737, showing that the demands for ,he 4. 6 to find that emigration, in common with every other profit, in some instances a very large one to the importer, and tin wished him. Tome untiring zeal was added the matured accommodation have been on the advance, and have oft ' .l "eommercial enterprise, had sustained a great falling we close the year with the smallest stock since 1847, giving a - - experience of ripened y e a rs , w hi c h l e d th e society to receive been met by the Bank of England to a fair extent. t° th' e ft 'llt which it would have been absurd to expect that , consumption of over 40 . ,000 . bales per week. . his counsels with attention; while his extensive knowledge of 14 48 . 1 . seliger trade between Britain -and Australia should ^ been a highly satisfactory trade, and during the latter part of belles lettres and the fine arts enabled him frequently to lay ~.._ seined an exception. ' the year has left large profits from whatever quarter imported. . the fruits of his researches before the society. Thus did he entertained for the financial powers of the Bank of "Na th 14 h . 9 returns for the year, we learn that the diminution COFFEE has given . a better result on im than in : doubly earn the devotion of the society, which now mourns England, it cannot be denied that a reserve of about his loss." Mr. Higgins said he was glad to have the oppor- six millions ought to afford sonie grounds for security ii4eat trade has been great at all the emigration ports of the 181 . both from Brazil and Ceylon, indeed must be classed as - tunity of being present on this occasion though the duty he against such a pressure as produced a monetary crisis ° 133 ; yet, it is gratifying to find that the noble Austranian gol lte. forms the only exception amongst our leading imports, lostwa s called h u o p h o a n d to perform chiefw a moerltaong'thhoolya society, a n dn They had Ifveltuisen about eight years since. of the Mersey fully sustains the pretensions of Liverpool on which the loss has been heavy ; and what makes the fact extensive ulv stores of u kno e wledg s ald made themselves' The return from the Bank of England for the week 'ed A k ran ic as the first Australian, as it is admittedly the `first the more annoying is, the enormous amount of bullion sent nearly every discussion at their meetings, and added greatly ending the 20th December gives the following results, out for the purchase of these Teas, to the serious detriment of to their interest. He believed many of them would mourn When compared with the previous week:-- Pe-le ) k , er ican, port in Euro That such is the case will be tip- our money market. ale 46it from the few annexed facts, taken from the emigration SILK has probably done harm rather than good, with-email in him not only one whom they would be delighted to meet as Public Deposits .. £5,813,932 ; Increase ... £499,179 a member of their society, but also us a private friend—as one la - l a i c of the year. The number of vessels despatchedfrom the exceptions. whose hospitality had been remarkable, and whose benevo- Other Deposits ... 12,362,512 ; Increase ... 121,055 I . NDIGO has paid handsome profits to the importer, both to Rest ... ... ..1 3,235,328 ; Increase ... 15,451 ]ence made him the benefactor of many of the charitable insti es kY, for Australian ports, -during the year has beeneels, with this country and to France. le t ak g r egate burthen of 126,452 tons ;while, in 1854, the num- Wool, both from Australia and Bombay, has given a good tutions ofthe town. There had been much centered in Air. On the other side of the •account : 1 , 51 * Of.as., Yates which should make all who knew him deeply feel his • Government Securities.. £10,425,292; Increase ...t496,095 i ,uPs sent out was 194 s and their collective carrying power return -on a large import. al 8 2 ' 0 ,842 tons. This, for the year, shows a falling off of TlMBER.—Probapy in no at•ticle is the contrast elf the .two loss. He (Mr. Higgins) was sure that the resolution would Other Securities ...... 19,777,860; Increase ... 673,737 pass_ with unanimous accord. • hi ell e .. t ek V a i and, in aggregate burthen, to the extent of 44,590 years so marked as in this—the one being as successful (deals Notes unemployed ....,. 5,963,850; Decrease ... 500,855 excepted) as the previous yeer was disastrous. that ho x.eseto second the resolution, observing briefly could truthfully re-echo all that had been said by the • The amount of notes in circulation is £18,700,615, ne eetti The falling o ff in London, however, has been immea - Those articles also, more directly influenced by the war,being an increase of £320,725, and the - stock of bullion mover. of 1) 1 2 greater, amounting, in number of ships, to 286, and, which were noted as paying'well in 1854, have done so again • • The resolution was then carried unanimously, in both departments is £10,820,143, showing a 1855, such as Tallow, Hemp, and Linseed; whilst the , 11' of -6 g r egate burthen, to 111,840 tons. The great falling off in African trade, which was then remarked upon as being pro- MISCL'LLANEOUS. The Rev. M. Fischall was announced to have been elected jug decrease of £161,602 when compared 'with the preced li " l ei in Liverpool, indicated by the preceding numbers bably the most prosperous •of the year, has again retained a ad as tak a member of the Council. Mr. Hess (of the firm'of Yates and th e ea effect chiefly amongst those owners; who went into front rank. return. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. be t . trad e if we refer to particular trades, we find the American, good ; Hess) was introduced as a member of the society, and Mr. Notes issued .., Z 24,664,465 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 ~ was - e ec a member. C. E. Rawlins, jun ' 1 ted Ise_ more as occasional shippers, and hasbeen compare 'e bt • - . . North American or Canadian, the same ; South American,Other Securities 3,459,900 Mr. T. C. ARCHER submitted a drawing of 'the microscopic ere e ttnti a little felt "-by those firms who have directed their , (trazil and West Coast), satisfactory ; Calcutta, a remarkably ' 'Gold coin & bu11'n.10,189,465 appearance of the silicietts spicules of the new specie of sponge la i sten , an exclusively t 0 the business, and have devoted their good year; Bombay. Ceylon, Batavia, and Mauritius, all good :: P Silver hellion ... Ve.:eionging to the genes Geodes) found by the president, Mr. er n si ,gelice, their energies, and their eapitaleto the successful •'taken as a whole—China and Australia forming the excep- ' 'Robert McAndrew, in deep water off the - coast of Norway; - • 'bons.—Mediterranean, more particularly . . the Levant, a trade . (224,664,465' E24,66e,465 le' 01 38 i ng out of this great branch of nautical enterprise. This eta s • . Inch a few years since seemed almost extinct, is now most also an unusually large cluster of the fruit cif the oil palm. e ls hon unghtsbe fully borne out by reviewing individual - flourishing—indeed the gold of the Allies is -creating an open- The Rev. Mr. HIG - G , INs exhibited a specimen of vegetable RANKING DEPARTMENT. si - substance thrown up in a lake near Ellesmere, Shrop in Prop. Capital-... 81.4 553 000'Go Securities £10,425,292 „ 1 v. • • • . le s !' although•it could scarcely be better or less invidiously - lag at Constantinople and the neighbouring districts, im , -' tofar more lasting than the shire (closely resembling a pile of felt, in the shape of an Rest ... ... 3,235,328 Other Securities 10,777,860 ql l tr atecl than by:reference to the experience of one or other' mense in extent al likely to be hussar's cap), and -called in the neighbourhood a ' mere's 1 Public Deposits 5,843,932 Notes ... 5,963,850 11 war out of which it has origmated, ancluven the trade with Other Deposits . 12,362,512 Gold & Silver Coin 630,678 (lake's) egg.' A similar specimen, obtained from one of the e greet AuStmlian shipping houses ampng else, . the Baltic, thongheof course much reduced, has not been7-day &otherenlls 802,908 el t e ' stand those whose superior facilities-of transport have without its profits. Cumberland lakes, was produced from -the museum of the society. "Eel for - throughou ea t o4l r themethe Government contracts for conveying the Amongst our home trades there lias . -been great activ, Mr. BLOXIM drew attention to an alleged important dis- 1 £36,797.680 £36,797,680 )37 kf e ina ilL .Of these, not without due consideration, we feel in t twithstanding war and the high price of food , probably_ most prosperous has been the Iron trade—the make --has r cover fi y ed , by . a Belgian . lady, of a process by means of which Oun SEMRE MARKET has been dull and inactive 4, am „Making - e.hoice, for illustration, of .Messrs. Pilkington far exceeded any former year, and yet -the consumption - and mloed to take the im cession of leas e s and s . p • .largest m reli e f o c r u y l te ls l e e dto di ens* I) ions. Reduced - to a t 'the past week; not much real business. ,vd , Nre • Oe SOn s White Star" line of royal mail packet-ships, export have kept:pace with it ;no doubt - the stimulus given to This evening we close very flat. Caledonian, 261; in qair t iron shipbuilding by the demand for steam transports and the paste, the Iv - orris run into a mould ' , without any pressure, Eastern Counties, . th; that they will bear a favourable comparison with new and when it has returned to a solid state, it renders the model 81 1148 4 ; East Lancashire, M t° .p s , ~large contracts for the munitions of seer have greatly eontri- with S I " 4 the trade. In making this selection, we are also, in buted to Wits result. Its ally the Cealtrade, stimulated by the the most .perfect exactness and detail. Having no know- i 7-16 ; Lancashire and Yo . rkshire, 76* 1* i ; Man : 10 ' e d egree 'nfluenced by the fact that theirs plendid vessel, same causes, has been little inferior in results. The Manclies- Seer ' ' ledge of the -process, Mr. Bloxham -said he felt confounded 1 chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 23-e- f; Midland, 63C it e raian " commanded bv Captain Sheridan is the first ter manufacturers, it is true, have not had a successful-year— at seeing '&cts ,, religfs of a very large size in a single piece ! - I -1 63 5 North British, 7 , 5-16 ; South Eastern, 17 1-16 IV ' '' the price of Cotton, coupled with the high rates of money, pre- of ivory. He noticed that the sculptured sides of the-choir 1 tt , i, mail packet which will, after this day's p ublication leave ' venting them working to a profit, and, had it not been for the at Notre Dame had just been reproduced by this novel and . ' 117 - Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, preference, L ee /tribes - for Australia. beautiful method. Some conversation ensued as to the use £lO shares), 134 ; t unprecedented demand for Turkey, stocks must have . . . - " fated. The Silk trade has also beep eanremuneratin but the made ill this -ceuutry of plates of ivo es;tl the course of last year, the owners of this noble l i !itne . . . g, cal cutting , .... .. . . ry produced by cy • sdrin- , lis ' Coms.--The market during the week has been Dat eh Woollen manufacturers have prospered in nearly all -branches or he originat piece. I rather depressed, parUy on account -of the increased t ko, ed fifteen ships, with an aggregate burthen of 522,403 The papetefor the evening was y Mr. TOWSON, "'On the le —far eso than in 1854. The Shi • ' pping interest has had Instruments :used in their Observations . by the . - Liver Liverpool I value .6f money, yet occasioned quite as much by the N at : ll4l - conveyed 3,173 passenger eof whom, 2,737 were another gooinnsar except perhaps, in cotton freights. Last P . advises received from America intimating very large Compass Committee." Mr. Towson described mutely the i . 11. a s Passengers—that is, parties paying their own passage not least, alte . 'Ag s ' ' riculturis , ts cannot-complain; and (he. labour', difficult scientific obstacles encountered in determining the ! receipts. Prices of American desciiptions have, con d ' od e , • tr al ,,_ . hug their own ships—and 436 government emi- of the natioiras never more ftille• oet7tdarilteettetrztss variations of the compass. He WAG followed by Mr. Mundell, 1 senetediy, been irregular and slightly lower, the decline 15- k s ‘ 6 Inenee, the passengers, el 'heth classes, conveyed by il F l rom the foregoing tthe remarks, it mu e s ars of admitted country, and secretary .ef the Compass Committee, who explained, by 1 reaching from.l-16d.%t0i-d. per lb.,the greater decline si tti r a ePilkington and Wilson, numbered 4,660, showing a will rank amongst the prosperous years of this country, and secretary 'ef the Compass Comnneittee, who explained, by reaching from I'l6cL'to *d. per ' ib., - the greater decline that not co l iTued to on p e ru c s lass o l i n s " ' particular, but widely dis- d i i:gramsea-series of interesting experiments madeiestthe iron I sip Sarah Palmer . , during her :progress of building,being on the better qualities. The sales during the y 04 , 44 ti0n of:about one-fourth of that number on the ,present seminated through the community. What its snecessor may atterwaidsswitile being fitted out at Liverpool. and 1 week,%ap to Friday, had only reached 23,720 bales, of Y oft h 4 ' 4 llthe general emigration from Liverpool lias fallen Prove, it is impossible even to conjecture e —peace er war will e I which 1,200 were taken on speculation, and 1,330 for t mainly determine its character. One thing, however, in its gorily -a -half, and 'from outer.perte in a still greater de- WITSIC AZCD TILE DRAMA. : export, leaving 21,140 for the trade. To-DAY the favour, isthecertainty of a most abundant supply-of Cotton— e,- 'e; s The ;preference thus manifegly conferred on the the best.guftrantee of a large trade and safe prices; though we 40 1 market continued fiat, the supply large and the being li w e i l : 4l e Stasee line is easily accounted for. The chips are confess we do not look forward to the coming year with so THE JENNY LIND CONCERTS AT TIME demand rather limited. Since Friday the sales are much confidence as we did the last, simply because of the I about 13 , 000 bales; •of which 2 , 000 are for speculation be IC HALL. LL ;, 4... 14 10wn , te first class—sound, fast-sailing, well-found PHILHARMONIC 'lleis deranged state of the money market, and the higher range of N. aid export, without change in price. o th eir "nntrasted to the command el captains selected for value attained by many articles. Greatcaution is imperative. AnYnnasprotracted absence from public life, Jenny Lind has tee e minent nautical skill, gentlemanlike bearing; and The money market has presented some singular features yielded .to :111e general wish and reappeared as the arnament i SALES. zetroters. !COCK - L' 4l (l 64.___ q -- , gment. These qualities have' been displayed by them during the; vet year. For the - fleet eight menthe the supply kartmost ample, and though loan after loan was announced, and oharnenf musical circles. - .Years have elapsed -and many .K PCR IPTION . I emcee.. Week Previ- Week . • ' Pe r rways-; and are fully evinced in the cheerfulgeod tem- eventsofeloinestic and of nation] moment have occurred since • This - . ' ending oval ending year. Jan. 4. wag appeared to create only a :momentary influence ; and e 'Jan. 4. [Navy. Jan. 4. ' la ' re el/111 feet and happiness maintained among 521 PfEsengers, although it - was the season of our heaviest imports and stocks the peopled Liverpool had last-an opportunity.of• gratifying Y' N.'aPtaineßrown, on board the - "White Star," oe her last of Produce;•the rates of discount steapy j deelinedfrom w five per their taste hy the thrilling straiee, and of acknowledging their ;-• :. 4 . e . a : kiand - th e age to Melbourne, as these are -recorded in the pages of decline? January to 31 per cent. .n . une. t _by this gratitudeler the delight afforded by the performances of this n esse e s lted Simply because the bullion increased from 12 - ne. White 'Star Journal," kept by the passengers, and millions to 18 millions ; not from the want of 'demand for great vocal artist. Considering the fervour of adoration with !T alaite ._ 5 i 4510 ' • ) 16555 16555 4sh I New lerieans 3i -513 7710, .... kee et.. by eehem after their arrival eut; in which hil ar ity money—the d e po s it en th e ip ans ,-,th e large reqyirements of which she was at all times and in all places welcomed on Pereauns, &c se .Zte 1120 .... 4031 403 21940 .441 11. , vernment Ter the outfit of the -oecond campaign, and the oe edi 3-, and.zGod feeling were manifested hi every day's pro- go. . former occasions, it was no matter for wonder that the pros- WAR, &C. 1 daily demailac of commerce led to the constant. -report of " a Alarm - than] akin il ga. Ifetestimony were wanting to • establish nautical poet-of ,her-reappearance in ouriPilharmonic Hall was hailed Deinerarte&c — .... , ..... .... I .... 750 large demand :but an ample supplY"—and yet the circulation Of ti'l even temper, and sound judgment,' in the- commanders of the riankjeePt remarkably steady, and was the same within with-intense and enthusiastic satisfaction by the elite cf Liver- Egyptianikii B , 5l ei 980 .... .... ... 47310 'Ale shi ps, sele h evidence would be furnished in - more than easo,ooo'in January and June, when suddenly the golden pool. Long before Friday, on the evening of which-day she Surat "650 tide began toelsb from us, and the Whole phase Of matters was was to take the leading part in Handel's sublime -oratorio Madras ' I it, t " Abundance, by the able conduct of Captain Devey, of es e ss , Mormaid - ," who, on his homeward voyagneunder the changed. " The .Messiah," all the tickets :for the Hall were eagerly Bengal France had :been overtrading, and the bank-of France, in bought -up; and when the hour for commencing the per ttee:— :se__ .e -, e... ..s._ e a:..........4 -4. c.---_____ ~ __ ____,__a ..t.._ --.- t.....n --. .li-A I— . 1,..:11:...,4- ~..,.1 23720 .... 25104 25104 '431000 Past year shOWs a considerable, indeed a great, i s- ' 13 g off in the general trade of emigration. Liverpool has in that decrease, and particularly in the diminished effilll of Passengers from the British islands, and from the „ etin ent of Eu ro p e , t o our Australian colonies. For a ' t: n ution in the tide of emigration, many causes may easily b a adcke ed ; the most conspicuous and telling among which of telly, y been the war. This, by absorbing the surplus m et a' male population, has at once lessened the number of h a velit tlrous spirits, who, tired of the monotony of home life, e formed th e b u lk o f our b es t emigrants. These, having had avt t heir attention aroused in many ways, have been drafted peo a3 ' 13 Y the allurements of military ambition, which has roo •v ed more attractive than a colonial life of mingled industry adventure. While war has been directly the means of tods e • jalg the number of emigrants, its indirect influence, t e ," llo s a scarcity of hands in the labour market at home, t o 4t ended still further to withdraw the ordinary inducements p e L lai gration. With this knowledge before us, we were fully wed to find that emigration, in common with every other ss il 'Of 'commercial enterprise, had sustained a great falling th e "In which it would have been absurd to expect that b ass Paa , senger trade between Britain and Australia should Wined an exce pti on . "°ea the returns for the year, we learn that the diminution ii;b:adt trade has been great at all the emigration ports of the ° l 3l ; yet, it is gratifying to find that the noble Australian to ' of the Mersey fully sustains the pretensions of Liverpool k te ran ,,, l K as the first Australian, as it is admittedly the `firsttss' u lta, port in Europe. That such is the case will be ap tZilt from the few annexed facts, taken from the emigration 1 - 1: 41 of the year. The number of vessels despatched from the for Australian ports, during the year has been;lls, with t ee ak g r ega, te burthen of 126,452 tons ; while, in 1854,the num ehiPs sent out was 194 s and their collective carrying power 170 8 2 ,842 tons. This, for the year, shows a 'falling off of k t ee sw pa, and, in aggregate burthen, to the extent of 44,590 t t , a ; The falling off in London, however, has been imme a . i fr greater, amounting, in number of ships, to 286, and, of s 7egate burthen, to 111,840 tons. The great falling off e , in Liverpool, indicated by the preceding numbers th e "" ( en effect 'chiefly -amongst those owners - who went into ti,:rtde more as occasional shippers, and has' been compare at sly little felt by those firms who have directed their i st n t ion exclusivelylo the business, and have devoted their w o : s q , i genee, their energies, and their capitalsto the successful oh e ' l ag out of this great branch of nautical enterprise. This de s; inightsbe fully borne out by reviewing individual til os es t ; althoughit could scarcely be better or less invidiously a r ated than by :reference to the experience of one or other* t hs te ll ; great AuStralian shipping houses, conspicuous =pug s ell ' Stand those whose superior facilities- of transport have t e , l. ed for themethe Government contracts for conveying the Of these, not without due consideration, we feel am Making - Choice, for illustration, of .Messrs. Pilkington s tai.. ' tr ilson's -- "-White Star" line of royal mail packet-ships, that they will bear a favourable.comparison with -any li"in the trade. In making this selection, we are also, in me degree, influenced by the fact that their splendid vessel, commanded by Captain Sheridan, is the first this`4mail packet which will, after this day's publication;leave e( aintr- s s- for Australia. ti e , the course of last year, the owners of this noble "line " „ Li to pa shed fifteen ships, with an aggregate burthen of .22,403 iSsva„. azia. ccrnveyed 3,173 passengers s, of whom, 2,737 were s ki 'e Passengers—that is, parties paying their own passage, Nselecting their own ships—and 456 government emi tS. 1n51854, the passengers, of •beta classes, conveyed by it oa re•Pilkington and Wilson, numbered 4 , 660 , showing a h ee ibl tion of:about one-fourth of that number on the, resent of : 47 hilethe general emigration from Liverpool lies fallen b ee ' early •a half, and from other pests in a still greater de "I: The ;preference thus manifestly conferred on the qe`fie Stars" line is easily accounted for. The ships are Nallown to be first class—sound, fast-sailing, well-found alit., -"entrusted to the command of captains selected for 1 0140 eminent nautical skill, gentlemanlike bearing; and t,,.` 1- -itirlgcnent. These qualities have' been displayed by them ks. -- "Twayas and are fully evinced in the cheerful trod tem by'Zltifort, and happiness maintained among 521 passengers, tc' a Ptain:Beown, on board the - "White Star," on her last tb e a g e to Melbourne, as these are -recorded in the pages of 'Star Journal," kept by the passengers, and to ske • ue d by them after their arrival out; in which hilarity ee, 4 , 4, alid.:gGod feeling were manifested in every day's pro tieing% If testimony were wanting to establish nautical Of t , m en temper, and sound judgment; in the commanders t ez e ae ships, such evidence would be furnished in-more than t h.. P' r e Abundance, by the able conduct of Captain Devey, of Mermaid;" who, on his homeward voyage, , ounder the t trying circumstances, maintained the thorough confi ee Of passengers and crew, andoo successfully resisted : t empts at eoercion, on the part of:Her Majesty's Consul th r nanibuoo, , as to elicit the warmest commendation from e e s tu shi Povvnerssand underwriters of London and Liverpool, to % tos t e the th an k s o f his owners, and to maintain the al i t ' dis hed reputation of the " White Star ". line as possessing Of the very, best construction. a ktd e admirablessailing qualities of these noble vessels, for • and safety s as well as comfort, have heen repeatedly ac -"evvlea edged .by all-Olasses of passengers who have made the te oe in them outwards or inwards ; and their character as 2 , 0 °Oats is further manifested by the , established ,and still g sot w i l ;lg estimation, in which they are held by shippers of os e • In regard.tosuch matters as these last referred to st ill er two f ac t s plainly stated are worth a bushel of epielons , Th ' l lgh garnished with all the sophistical powers of eloquence. 4:White Star" carried, out the largest, and the " 4, " at her last departure, took the most valuable cargo ever 1 11, 1)1/e d in a single vessel, from Great Britain for Australia. b ot :Rennaid" made: the passage from Liverpool to Mel ts:4e in 74 days 14 hours, and in that voyage completed a k i r 3 ,200 nautical miles in 13 successive days. The ".Red e i L et " made thecquickeat ,voyage on record from Liverpoolto kC ittr ne, performing the eutire distance in 69 days 10 hours, e , 44 r eturned to Liverpoolafter an absence of only five months Th e t ea , days, including the time she was detained abroad rti*. Shalimar" raise home from Melbourne in 75 ,days, iselg the voyage out and back in 6 mouths and 14 days, eot e ti4 , ag the time she lay at Melbourne. The " Arabian' to o 4t e ted a voyage to Melbourne and back to Liverpool in 6 foe 4 ' 8 and 17 days, althanglashe was detained 35 days at the e l' , Port. The "Sardinian,"-which is new to the Lustre ltse t 'ade of Liverpool, and is likewise a new vessel, is well kr et wil. as :a fast and easy Railing ship, having performed her k et °° Yane from Halifax to Liverpool in 10 days ; from this tt she r e t urne d t o A m erica, snakingthe voyage to New York 1 Of N. d al% (irate of sailing not easily paralleled in the records Ol ko 'lne Achievement ; and on the voyage from San Fran- Icew-Yerk she made the run in such a style as to 1) 41 1) , ae the marvellous sailing of the "Sovereign of the Seas," th e eo n the same ports. It cannot be necessary, except for ts to liti rPose of avoiding confusion, to say that all the vessels N t ( in , except the "Sovereign of the Seas," belong t ) Messrs. AI N- gton and Wilson's " White Star" line of Australian ka l i Were it desirable to appeal to further facts in illustra ef the greateaceilence of the establishedlines of clipper e as t Piling between Liverpool and Australia, these might stse be furnished. : In such a case it might he deemed "seat to point to •the marvellous double voyage o f t h e )CO Polo," twice from Liverpool to Melbourne, and twice 14.4 4 ,' Within the brief period of one year ; to make general ot ti l ° ll to the beautiful proportions and vast carrying capacity lit' ge h... 4 Donald Mackay ;" the " Champion of the Seas , " also , 1 41, 4 7 . symmetrical lines and luxurious accommodation , wo uld Rl4 ll another evidence of the high pitch of excellence to h t ,,,,, n the combination of skill and,enterprise has brought the *osi: of 'the first-class Australian passenger trade. Nor lef such an enumeration, if gone into, be complete without e P li ee to the ships of Mr. Walthew's an~Aroverb asseres us that "one swallow does not make a in eo ! l er," and it is probably right that the public should tos s to in conferring a decided preference on isolated per helices ; but in the face of so numerous an array of well 44teaticated nautical facts as belong to the Australian itis °f Liverpool, of which the preceding are merely samples, Lbe rt n ot wonderful that the public confidence should be so for tb all y accorded to that noble fleet, nor is it unreasonable h e s es e l eading commercial and other authorities of the port io %41 - , : ticl of such achievements. The pride thus naturally ex- Wh i h 's the best- guarantee for a continuance of the efforts by shede such advantages and such a character have been estab. ' 4 fts e :, 13 Y maintaining a justifiable emulation the pub lic tels.,-'ra" are served, while individual enterprise is fostered an d sed. 11 4 °1711 t t h b. AVA.I. TRANSPORT SERVICE.--Whatever regret may 04 , PI felt by the country on account of the shortcomings " 1 4(1 1. " l eoutive our generals, or our admirals, such feelings ei l lot be applied to the services performed by the vessels 1144 i 6 + ed thetransport service, more especially the steam 41 41, 111 them. Judging from the number of sailing vessels Ire been towed by this fleet, the number of troops h of Tres comeed without accident, and the amount o C tlb horses carried without delay or loss, the services of e t , of be ode our marine have been prodigious, and . may t 6 -4 ee as a gratifying symbol of the ability and in elli qe.4lle v r as s e s,essed thecom.manders and officers employed. 4 naer, to alone, the Niagara, of the Canard line of t i 5 . 4 3,„ ' O , America, under the command of Captain . .Neil au, during a period of thirteen months, besides ott,' a rgo sailing transports, conveyed to the Black Sea leetatiwedlq9loll, 11,963 men, 3,000 tons of stores, and 762 horses, to this immense traffic, Capt. Shannon conveyed i, e loC„ - r‘ngland and Ireland, during less than andonths, ' ll4 -s ' 14) ge3 974 men 1180 Cllildre lB,ooo of st ores. ; men, wo If we refer to particular trades, we find the American, good ; worth American or Canadian, the same ; South American, ;(trazil and West Coast), satisfactory; Calcutta, a remarkably good year; Bombay, Ceylon, Batavia, and Mauritius, all good taken as a whole—China and Australia forming the excep lions.—Mediterranean, more particularly the Levant, a trade "which a few years since seemed almost extinct, is now most 'flourishing—indeed the gold of the Allies is-creating an open ing at Constantinople and the neighbouring districts, im mense in extent arid likely to be far more lasting than the war out of which it has originated, and even the trade with the Baltic, thongh , of course much reduced, has not been without its profits. Amongst our home trades there has been great activity, notwithstanding the war and the high price of food ; probably the most prosperous has been the Iron trade—the make--has far exceeded any former year, and yet -the consumption .and export have kept:pace with it ; no doubt - the stimulus given to iron shipbuilding by the demand for steam transports and the large contracts for the munitions of fiver have greatly contri buted to this result. Its ally the Coaltrade, stimulated by the same causes, has been little inferior in results. The Manches ter manufacturers, it is true, have not had a successful'year— the price of Cotton, coupled with the high rates of money, pre venting them working to a profit, and, had it not been for the unprecedented demand for Turkey, stocks must have-necumu lated. The Silk trade has also been , unremunerating, but the Woollen manufacturers have prospered in nearly all branches —far more so than in 1854. The Shipping interest has had another goottrar, except, perhaps, in cotton freights. Last, not least, - the Agriculturists cannot-complain; and -the labour of the nation-was never more fully occupied, or better paid. From the foregoing remarks, it must be admitted that 1855 will rank amongst the prosperous years of this country, and that not confined to one class in particular, but widely dis seminated through the community. What its soccessor may prove, it is impossible even to conjecture,—peace or war will mainly determine its character. One thing, however, in its favour, is.the certainty of a most abundant supply of Cotton— the bestguermitee of a large trade and safe prices; though we confess we do not look forward to the coming year with so much .confidence as we did the last, simply because of the deranged state of the money market, and the higher range of value attained by many articles. Greatcaution is imperative. The money market has presented some singular features during the ; past year. For the first eight monthe the supply was most ample, and though loan after loan was announced, they appeared to create only a :momentary infinence ; and although it-was the season of sur heaviest imports and stocks of produce the rates of discount steadily declinedlrom five per cent. in January to 31 per cent. in June. Bat why this decline.? Simply because the -million increased from 12 millions to 18 millions ; not from the want of demand for money—the deposit on the loans, the large requirements of government for the outfit of the-second campaign, and the daily demarlck of commerce led to the constant: report of " a large demand:hut an ample supply'"—and yet the circulation of the Banklept remarkably steady, and was the same within £lso,ooo'in January and June, when suddenly the golden tide began toitlib from us, and the Whole phase Of matters was changed. France had been overtrading, anti the bank , of France, in the vain endeavour to keep her rate of discount.at four per cent., alloivedher coffers to be so drained of Million that she must get a supply at any cost, anti made a-contract with Messrs. Rothschilds for £4,000,000, which was supplied from this country. sTo stop this and other drains the Bank began in September to put on the screw—compelled to do so, of course, by the-act of 1844 to check their. circulation of notes in proportion totheir declining stock of bullion. In six weeks (from 6th September to 18th October) they raised their rates from 31 per cent. to seven, and what did they effect by it ? The circulation of notes actually increased £510,000, from £20,104,000 to -220,648,000, whilst the bullion, on the con trary, continued to decrease at a more,rapid rate than before. But how fareclthe commercial public? Everyhanker armed himself with a reserve, and parted with his notes so grudgingly, as to create a famine in the midst of plenty. The _average circulation of the bank for the first six months of the year was £19,672,000, with abundance of money, at rates steadily de clining from 5 to 3f per cent.; for the last six months the average circulation has been £19,985,000, with money appa rently scarce and difficult to get, at advancing rates, from 3f to 7 per cent., and the stocks of produce diminished to their lowest point. But-this is only half the picture, for not only has the actual circulation of bank notes been £310,000 greater, but, from the moment the rate of .interest•exceeded five per cent., bankers' bills have circulated in payments of every kind, to a much greater extent than hank °notes, and to their substitation. There have been -few-years recently whenthecommerce of the country has gone on with greater uniformity as to supply and demand. Imports and exports are alike steady and mo derate, undertrading rather than overtrading, no heavy stocks and no lengthened speculations : if, then, with such a sound state of things, commerce is to be taxed with a double , rate of interest, what may we expect, in the course of the next few months, when our unusually large imports of cotton, corn, sugar, &c., will be :load by epic& large loans and government demands or a campaign dOuble in extent of what we have yet keen both in this country and France ? and how far will the bank be allowed to raise the rate of discount, should the drain of gold continue, before an expedient be resorted to, to relax :the metallic law ? The bullion has again 'decreased, and the year closes .at £10,820,143 ; reserve of notes, £5,963,850 ; notes in circula tion, £18,1700,015. D,nuNNENNEss AND DanosEsTy.—Winifred Ferguson, a wretched looking girl, stole a shawl from the shop door of Messrs. Robertson and Mason, drapers, &c., Old Haymarket, on Saturday night. She was brought up at the Police-court yesterday, when she pleaded that she was so drunk that she did not know what she was doing. It appearing that she was affected by drink at the time of the robbery, she was sen tenced to, II week's imprisonment only. Arruutarprotracted absence from public life, Jenny Lind has yielded to.the general wish and reappeared as the ornament and oharm-of musical circles. :Years have elapsed and many events ofidetnestic and of nationfd moment have occurred since the peopled Liverpool had last an opportunity ef gratifying their taste icy the thrilling strains, and of acknowledging their gratitudeler the delight afforded by the performances of this great vocal artist. Considering the fervour of adoeation with which she was at all times and in all places welcomed on former occasions, it was no matter for wonder that the pros pect of .herreappearance in our 3Pilharmonic Hall was hailed withintense. and enthusiastic satisfaction by the elite cf Liver pooL Long before Friday, on the evening of which-day she was to take the leading part in Handel's sublime oratorio " The Messiah," all the tickets- for the Hall were eagerly bought , up; and when the hour for commencing the per formances arrived, the noble hall. was filled by a brilliant and fashionable audience. As the leading artists made , their appearance on the plat form they were severally greeted,with plaudits of appropriate welcome, and when Madame Jenny Goldschmidt Lind entered she was received with the warmest applause, not unmingled, it might be, .with feelings of regret .at witnessing an appear ance of illhealth, or, at all events, a.,seeming carewornuess of aspect, and, as some in their anxiety believed, a degree of physical debility in her general demeanour. The noble and expressive overtuse, was played in beautiful style, and the.recitatives and choruses, together with the won derful Pastoral Symphony, were all given in a graceful.and highly satisfactory manner ; but expeetation was obviously fixed on the performance of Madame Ooldschmidt, and when she rose to give the recitative " There were shepherds abidieg in the field," all was breathless attention. The first few notes of this gave indication of a huskiness „of intonation, which marred to someextent the flowing melody of her rich, clear voice ; but as ahe went on, and the careful and expressive read ing of her authenhecame more developed,, the wonderful power of the vocalist and the surpassing clanuof the accomplished artist triumphed over every disadvantage, and completely van quished every obstacle to entire snex„ess. In the air "Rejoice greatly, 0 daughter of Zion," her execution was not quite so felicitous. It appeared more of an effort, andassumed in some degree the character of a performance. Coming from an ordinary singer, it would have been wonderful, but from Jenny Lind it did not realize expectation. Whatever disappoint ment may have been experienced in the case referred to, was more than compensated for by her delightfnl rendering of the difficult yet enchantingly expressive air, "Come unto him, all ye that labour and areheavy laden," and in the .words "and he will give you rest." In the execution of this air, the comforting and deeply -felt assurance of promised " rest" was conveyed in a manner which thrilled the innermost recesses of the heart, : impressing the listeuer with tranquil hope and joy. In the recitative He was cut eff," , and the air "But thou didst not .leave," the art of the accomplished musician and the inspiration of genius were both charmingly displayed. All of the pieces alamed were sung with the ,most touching simplicity of feeling and devotional earnestness.; but the great feature of the ,evening was the marvellous singing of Madame Goldschmidt in the sublime air which opens the third part of the oratorio, "I kpow that my Redeemer liveth." It is difficult, if not impossible, .to conceive anything more in dicative of purity of thought —mere nobly elevating in senti ment—or more truly devotional in feeling than were the .emotions called forth and embodied in her rendering of this piece. She imparted a depth of meaning to the words and music of this divine composition ,such as no other artist, of whom we have any knowledge, can approach. The audience remained spellbound while listening to the strains which seemed more celestial than sublunary_; and at its conclusion., as if awaking from a delightful dream, .they gave expression to their feelings in an irrepressible outburst of applause. The concluding air If God be for us," was .another wonderful and triumphant combination of art and genius. It was a finished study ,of xousical art, rendered with:a depth of expres sion which art elene can never give. The charms (for they are numerous) of Madame Goldschmidt's singing consist chiefly in her fidelity and her fine perception in the reading of her author—her delicacy of feeling—and the earnestness of her expression. To Miss Heywood, who made her first appearance in Li verpool on Friday evening, it is doing but scant justice to say that she is a contralto singer of great excellence and much promise. She is careful and pleasing in her style, and, on the whole, made a highly favourable impression. Her rendering of the splendid air "He was despised and rejected of men" was a success of which any singer might well be proud, It was full of expressive pathos. She was also very effective in her recitative, Then shall the eyes of the blind," and in the air "He shall feed his flock." In addition to her vocal qualities, which are excellent, Miss Heywood has a pre possessing manner, which, from its unobtrusiveness, wins upon the audience, and secures the approbation which her first appearance is calculated to excite. Of Mr. Lockey and Mr. Weiss, whose vocal talents are well known and appreciated here, it is not necessary to say more than that they fully sustained the reputation they have established for themselves. The performances of the orchestra and chorus were in the highest degree commendable —they were steady, efficient, and powerful, without being obtrusive—and the style in which the oratorio was conducted by M. Jules Benedict was the theme of just and general commendation. THE MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT, LAST NlGHT. — Madame Jenny Goldschmidt Lind and the choral and instru mental performers, who took part in the "Messiah," together with Mr. Joseph Robinson, of Dublin, and with Mr. Goldschmidt as solo piano-forte player, gave a miscel laneous concert in the Philharmonic-hall last night, on which occasion the hall was even more crowded, and the audience, if possible, more enthusiastic than on Fri d ay ni ght. The late hour, bordering so closely as it does on the time of our publication, prevents the possibility of offering any re marks upon it in detail. NOTWINCi, THAT TURNED OUT TO BE SOMETHING.—Hugh J. Wallace, a man in the garb of a mechanic, was brought up at the Police-court yesterday, by Police-officer 761, on suspi cion of having stolen a shawl. At an early hour in the morn ing the officer met him in Richmond-row, and observing something rather bulky under his coat, asked " What have you there ?" " Oh, nothing !" replied the fellow. "Do you call this nothing?" said the officer, pulling a fine -shawl out. The man could give no satisfactory account as to how he came in possession of the property, and he was therefore remanded for inquiry. THOMAS'S SHILLING CONCERTS. — The —The fourth season of these interesting and delightful concerts commences, 'in the Philharmonic-hall, this .evening. As hi the former instances, they are to extend over four weeks, and, during their .con tinuance, extraordinary novelties and attractions will be pro duced. These will include a succession of eminent vocalists, and solo instrumental performers of great excellence, among whom are Madame Amedei,and Miss P. Horton, who will give her personation of Puck, in the " Midsummer Night's Dream, " which will be produced with all the music composed for it by Mendelssohn. In short, the selection of the music, and the celebrity of the artistes engaged, while indicating the good taste and enterprise of Mr. Thomas, establish his claim to public patronage. CITAMBES or COMMERCE.—The monthly meeting of the council was held yesterday. The President announced that two vacancies had occurred at the board. One by the decease of Mr. A. W. Powles; and the other by the resignation of Mr. Cross. To supply these vacancies Mr. Joshua Dixon and Mr. Thomas Sellar wen, unanimously elected. The proceed ings of the committee on the Monte Videan Loan of 1845 were read and adopted. They comprised a recommendation that a further letter should be sent to the Foreign-office, in reply to the proposal submitted for the settlement of the claims under that loan. A letter was read from the Earl of Claren- don, stating that the subject of abolishing the Danish Sound dues was occupying the attention of Government : also, one from the Steam-ship Association, appointing Mr. Robert La mont the deputy to the council for the current year. It was referred to the committee on communications to make the necessary arrangements for the annual general meeting at the commencement of the next month. A LAMB THRICE LED TO THE SLAZGHTER.—George Lamb, a jolly tar, in his way quite a nautical swell, was brought up at the Police-court yesterday, by Inspector Horn, charged with having three wives living. The inspector said he appre hended the tender-hearted Lamb immediately on his stepping ashore from America, on Saturday night, the women having previously instructed him to do so. Mr. Bluck here stated that he appeared for the prisoner, and it would be better to adjourn the case for a day or two. Inspector Horn.: " All the three wives are here, sir," pointing to a group of good-looking women near him. Mr. Bluck : " Well, bless their dear little hearts, let them stop there !" (Laughter.) The case was accordingly adjourned to complete the evidence. It is stated that the prisoner, who was mate of a vessel, and pretty well off, married his first wife, Bridget Macdonald, at St. John's Church, in this town, on the 11th of August, 1845, and his third wife, Jane Harris, at St. Peter's Church, in this town, on the 23rd February, 1855, his second wife having " fixed" him in America, in the interval between the first and third marriage, about the year 1848. A BROKEN HEART.—BREAKING WINDOWS.—Mary Ann Higginson, a haggard-looking young woman, with sad traces of sorrow in her whole appearance, was charged at the Police court yesterday with breaking- five panes of glass and damaging a venetian blind at the house of Mr. Richard Ross, No. 8, St. Mary's-place. The complainant stated that the prisoner came to his house on Saturday evening and demanded money. On his refusing to give her any, she became very violent, and inflicted the injury on his property already men tioned. The prisoner, in her defence, said that she lived with the complainant a few years ago as his servant and had a child by him. Being very destitute, she had gone to his house on Saturday to ask for a little support, and on his peremptorily refusing to give her anything, and threatening to drive her away from the house, she certainly committed what had been charged against her. Mr. Mansfield said that what she had stated was no excuse for her conduct, and she must pay 255., the amount of damage done, or go to gaol for two months. She went to gaol. •PaonucE.—The •-Sugar market opened with a dull aspeet, and the trade have shown little disposition to purchase, and few sales have been effected. In Coffee, a steady trade has been done, without leading to a change in prices. For Molasses lower rates have been accepted, and but little has been done in Cocoa,or Spices. Tea has met with only a slight demand, although some of the scented kinds met purchasers. TO-DAY the inquiry for Sugar continued very limited, the sales being confined to 65 hhds. Demerara at 425, 20 hhds. Antigua of 448, and 20 hhds. 35 brls. Porto ,Rico at 45s to 47s fid per cwt. Nothing has occurred in Molasses, Rum, or Coffee, The business concluded in Tea has been small, and prices are with out change. 700 bags broken Bengal Rice are re ported at 13s 9d, and 60 tierces Carolina at 30s per cwt. Of Saltpetre, 100 bags have been disposed of at :36s per cwt. for 5 per cent. refraction. , Of the Rape seed offered by auction, 700 ba g s with all faults found buyers, at about previous rates. WooL.—We have no new feature to notice in the wool market this week ; the demand for low foreign wools.of most descriptions is pretty brisk, and prices firm, with very limited stocks of most sorts. Our public sales are fixed to commence on the 15th instant, when about 10,000 bales of sundry descriptions will be brought forward, consisting of about 7,000 bales East India, and 3,000 low foreign wools ; and, in the inte rim, we do not expect any large amount of business will be done, Imports for the week :-2,5 - 75 ballots Peruvian, 424 bales East India, 776 Australian, 267 Mediterranean, 115 Portugal, 22 Irish, and 2 Coast wise. Total, 1,881. MARKETS FOR MANUFACTURES. MANCITESTEIL—Throughout the week the market has been rather quiet, even somewhat more so than last week. This is accounted for, to some extent, by the interference of the holiday time ; but there can be no doubt that to the unfavourable .state the money market is again assuming, a good deal of the ;circumspection now being exercised is also due. At the same time, the accounts from India are hardly so favourable as they were expected to be ; and, to some extent, buyers have also been influenced to look for lower prices by a partial decline in the Liverpool cotton market. As regards producers, they -commence the year in a most favourable position as respects stocks, neither spinners nor manufacturers having accumula tions of goods or yarns of any extent : but, on the contrary, in many instances, orders are held which will take some time to complete. This being the case, prices are particularly firm, and offers at reduced rates do not meet with much favour. — Yarns continue in fair demand for the Mediterranean market; but for India there is only a very moderate Inquiry ; never theless, offers -at a slight reduction in price do not meet with general acceptance. The same is the case also as regards China. The German markets continue almost entirely quiet. The demand for home manufactures is steady, but not ex tensive. Prices are slightly in favour of the buyers. Although there is still some inquiry for goods for the India and China markets, the actual operations have been anything but ex tensive, the accounts by the India mail not being of a very encouraging nature; at the same time manufacturers hold some considerable contracts, and no weakness is manifested. The accounts received by the Greek houses are more satis factory, and there has been a revival of inquiries from them ; the rate of exchange, and the difficulty of obtaining discounts, continues, however, to interfere with their operations. Other descriptions of goods remain without variation.—Manchester Courier. LBEDS.—In the Cloth-halls there is, on the whole, quite as much business doing as is usual at this season ; the stocks are light in the clothiers' hands, prices are steady, and the mills better employed than usual at this period of the year. At this season of stock-taking, both the buyers and the merchants are engaged in this operation, and in consequence the business done in the warehouses has been light during the past week. Bamproan.—Wool: The supply arriving, and at market, is under an average, and the prices sought are very firm. — Yarns : The prices for wool are such that spinners cannot accept orders at the price current in December.—Pieces : There is more inquiry, with an unusully low stock, and the prices are tending upward. NOTTINGIIA3I.—Lace : Comparing the present state of feel ing in our branch of trade with last year, we must report favourably, though this feeling is, in a great measure, based upon the future, and may be doomed to disappointment. Our advice to all parties is, that they should exercise caution and prudence ; these are not times for speculation ; we cannot from week to week foresee what may transpire, and the sober est calculations may be overthrown by changes taking place which no amount of forethought could have anticipated. De mand is at present dull : this is not usual at this period of the year. Yarns and silk are firm in price.—Hosiery : Many of the manufacturers are engaged in stock-taking, and the tran sition from the old year to the new has interfered in some measure with business transactions, which have, consequently, not been extensive during the past week. A good feeling, on the whole, prevails in the trade, and improvement is expected as spring approaches. —Nottingham Journal. LEICESTER.—At present very little business is doing, though as soon as the holidays and stock-taking are over an improvement is expected. The wool markets are firm, and worsteds are generally on the rise. lIIIDDERSFIBLD.—The first market. of the new year has not been a great deal better than any we have had lately. But few buyers have been about, and they have not been doing a great deal. No doubt, as the season advances, we shall have a change for the better ; and from the increased importations of grain from America, it is probable that we shall have an improving trade to that market for some time to come. ROCIMALE.—WOOI : Considering the season, a fair business has been done at the advance gained last week. A good feeling exists ; but operations, on the whole, give us the idea of a holiday market.—Flannels We have no change in the value of homemade goods, and little doing. The feeling is, that when we have a change there will be an advance. In Yorkshire goods not much doing. Some manufacturers, how ever, are active with orders. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL MOURAVIEFF. THE Invalide Russe publishes a proclamation by General Mouravieff, calling the entire population of Imiritia, Guriel, and Mingrelia to wage a war of extermination against the enemies of the Cross. This measure is supposed to have induced Omer Pacha's retreat. Letters from Berlin state that the old Muscovite party have a decided ascendancy in the Russian Cabinet. The rumour that General • Mouravieff would replace Prince Gortschakoff in the command of the Crimea is confirmed. Prince Gortschakoff, it was reported, would return to his old command in Bessarabia. The continued direction of large bodies of troops towards Besarabia by Russia is regarded with uneasiness at Vienna. THE EAST. MARSEILLES, STJNDAY, Jan., 6. The Loucisor has arrived, with advises from Constantinople of the 27th, and from the Crimea of the 26th of December. Despatches left at 9 a.m. The steamer France, which left Kamiesch on the 15th of December, has arrived. She brought 18,000 cannon-balls. The steamer New York has arrived. Marshal Pelissier does not leave the Crimea. General Martimprey will hold his place in Paris. There had been a thaw at Sebastopol. The Russians have increased their fortifications over Inker man, and have unmasked new batteries on the left of the Tchernaya. No ship of war was lost in the late storm. Omer Pasha had arrived at Batoum. His replacement was discussed, but decided to be impossible. The army, when near Kutais, was for two days without supplies, on account of the overflow of the rivers. Seventy ships are loading in Constan tinople, with supplies and munition for Souchoum-Kaleh. Erzeroum is said to be in a bad state of defence, the forti fications having only 28 pieces of cannon. RUSSIA. The members of the Grand Council of War, assembled at 'St. Petersburg, are principally engaged on the question relating to the fortification of the strategic points of the empire. The fortification of the Kieuw will be finished between this time and the end of the winter. (PROM THE MORNING POST.) TURIN, 6th.—General Marmora leaves to-morrow for Paris. HAMBURG'S, 6th.—The Sound Dues Conference is inde finitely postponed. BERLIN, 6th.—lt is confidently stated that Austria seriously intends to submit to the Germanic Diet the propositions for peace which she has forwarded to St. Petersburg. (BY ELECTRIC & INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPHS.] LONDON, Monday Night. A Cabinet Council will be held at the Foreign-office on Friday. THE MILITARY COUNCIL IN PARIS. The representatives of England at the Military Council to be held at Paris, namely, the Duke of Cambridge, Sir E. Lyons, Sir R. Airey, Sir H. Jones, arid Admiral Dundas, leave town tomorrow for the French metropolis. THE WAR. The Globe contradicts the report of an atttack by a number of men of the Crimean army on the quarters of the correspon dent of the leading morning journal, in consequence of his statement as to the prevalence of drunkenness amongst the soldiers. Mr. Russell, the Times' correspondent, is now in London, on short leave of absence. The Morning Post's Paris correspondent writes,—" The intelligence from Russia is as warlike as ever. We hear by telegraph that Prince Bodisco had passed through Berlin, bearing important despatches from the Government of Washington to that of St. Petersburg, concerning negotia tions. There may be some meaning in these negotiations interesting to the Allies. It is well known that the Ameri cans have been employed by the Czar for some time past, to build steam-machinery and forward war materials, whilst it is said that the two Governments are on very friendly terms. The Times' correspondent says :—" No accounts have as yet (Sunday evening) been received in Paris, as to the impres sion produced on the Russian government by the communica tion of the Austrian propositions, of which Count Esterhazy was the bearer, and I do not believe that we can have any before Wednesday next. I only know, as yet, that Esterhazy had an interview with Nesselrode. The priucipl topic dis cussed was the conduct of Austria, and the Russian minister expressed himself in plaintive terms on it. He was replied to by Esterhazy, and his language in defence of his master was precise and decided." The same correspondent states, that, " It was said that the Government of the United States of America had made a treaty with the Shah of Persia, and that they proposed to guarantee his territory on the side of the Persian Gulf. I believe that no such treaty has been entered into ; but it is certain that advances of the most friendly description have been made. Russia is also intriguing very hard with the Shah; and it is unfortunate that at such a moment, when his favour is eagerly sought by these two Powers, a suspension of diplo matic relations with England should have taken place." DEPLORABLE STATE OF FINLAND. The accounts from Finland give a deplorable state of affairs, owing to the high prices of provisions and the blockade. In many places bread had risen 60 per cent., and other kinds of food 100 per cent. Fuel was also an enormous price. THE FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. The English Funds showed increased heaviness, and re ceded z per cent. in later hours. The decline of all confidence in the acceptance of the Vienna propositions, and the pros pects of a fresh loan, chiefly influenced the fall. Railways inactive, and, though heavy in tone, are little altered. In Land, Bank, and Foreign Stocks, few transactions. Turkish heavy.. CLOSING PRICES Consols, Account 864 ft iSank Stock 205 7 Do. Money — Exqr. Bills, L.S., Three per Cents. FOREIGN STOCKS. Mexicans l9i 20 Russian Turkish I__ Do. (new). 804 3 4* 4 Do. ... 88 8 Canada Land .. 122 5 (Great West. Canada 24j # Do. (new) RAILWAY Ambergate,Nottingliam, I I and E. J unction 3- Caledonian Do. Preference Eastern Counties East Lancashire 69i 70i Edinburgh & Glasgow 5O 2 Great Northern 8741 8# Do. A. 72 4 Do. B. ll9 21 Great Western Lanc.and Y orkshire 7 63 g _ _ SHARES. London, Brighton, and South Coast 93 4 London &N. Western 93g 4i London &S. Western B4 5i Manchester, Sheff., and Lincolnshire 23i Midland Stock North British 3Bi 9i Do. Preference 9B 100 North Staffordshire Bi S. Eastern and Dover 56 7 York, Newcastle, and Do. Fifths Leeds Northern l2 Beiwick_, York and N. Midland — Australian Agricultural 26 S.Australian Invest Crystal Palace Peel River N. B. Australasian IVan Diemen's very dull. Coffee, Sugar, and enquiry for Saltpetre. Tallow td Oil, 445. On 'Change, business was Metals, quite nominal. More flat at 675. 9d. to 68s. Linsee( LONDON CORN MARKET.— (From Kingsford and Lay's Circular.)—The supply of English Wheat is very small, and nearly the whole in very damp condition. Dry samples com manded the extreme rates of last week, but others met a slow sale at former prices. Foreign in more general demand than of late, and in some instances sold at prices not recently obtainable, but the business is retail. For Barley more in quiry at last week's rates. Beans and Grey Peas, ls., and White, 2s. cheaper. Oats, a fair retail .trade at full prices. Flour steady at the extreme rates of last week. ARRIVALS. English. Irish. Scotch. Forelrt. Wheat 6203 Barley 6OlB 11652 16 275 Malt 12450 8371 25 Oats 3896 6182 5527 ' Beans - Peas — Flour _ 1 7 7 9 9 39 Ibkrsli..Bz. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—Beasts and Sheep sold slowly at last Monday's prices. The Calf trade brisk, sup plies being small. Beef, 3s to ss; Mutton, 3s 6d to ss; Veal, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Pork, 4s 2d to ss. Beasts, 3,714 ; Sheep and Lambs, 23,020; Calves, 43; Pigs, 300. Arrivals :—Holland Beasts, 495 ; Ditto Sheep, 700; Ditto Calves, 5 ; Scotch Beasts, 100 ; Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and Northamp ton Beasts, 600 ; Spanish Beasts, 200. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. —Sugar dull and rather cheaper. Coffee firm, but little done—Native Ceylon, 51s. to 635. Tea, not lower, although slow of sale. Rice, flat and declini;lg. Tallow dull; new fine P. Y. C., 87s. 6d. to 68s. on_ the spot. GLASGOW PIG Inos MARKET. — An average demand for Pig Iron to-day, with sales of Warrants at 745., and 745. 3d. cash. The market left off without much animation, at 745. Od., sellers, and 745. buyers ; Number 1, G. M. 8., 755. 6d.; Number 3, 735. 3.IINCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.--Eastern Counties, 81 1 ; East Lancashire, 17 9-16; Ditto, Fifths, 4 pm.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 761 1; North Western, Eighths, 11 dis. ; Midland, 631 ; Dover, 17 ; Rochdale Canal, 78. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 761; North Eastern Leeds Quarters, 121. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Alexander, from Mauritius ; Magra, from Callao ; Earl of Derby, from Calcutta—at Deal, 6th inst. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—This Day. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS.-100 to 4,0 agst taken. CHESTER CUT.-1,000 to 20 each agst Imogene, Rifleman, Quince, and Flatterer ; 1,000 to 10 each agst Vandyke and Aleppo—all taken. DERBY.-8 to 1 agst Wentworth, tk ;10to 1 agst Fly-by- Night, off to tk; 20 to 1 agst Artillery, tk; 20 to 1 agst Pol moodie, tk ; 33 to 1 agst Peter Wilkins, tk ; 40 to 1 agst The Prince,. tk ; 50 to 1 agst Aleppo, tk ; GO to 1 agst Ring Dropper, tk. BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY.— In Commissioner Perry's court, yesterday, John Ogden, late a tailor and draper, in Richmond-row, obtained an immediate third-class certifi cate. There was no other business of public interest. SERVE HIM RlGHT.—Henry Lloyd, a labourer, who lives in Watkinson-street, was brought up at the Police-court yes terday, by Police-officer 215, and charged with beating his wife. The case having been fully proved, the Bluebeard was sent to prison for three months. THE 4th Royal Lancashire Militia was inspected on Tuesday last, at Newry, by Major-General Brough, C. 8., accompanied by Colonel Gough, Assistant Adjutant-General. The gallant General was highly pleased with the appearance and discipline of the corps, and expressed himself to that effect to the com manding officer, Colonel Blackburne. The regiment was very strong, having nearly 1,000 men on parade. THE PERSIA.—The engines and machinery of the magnifi cent steam-ship Persia, built as one of the Cunard line, to run between Liveroool and Boston, are now complete, and the internal fittings are all but finished. The trial trip from Glas gow is to take place to-morrow (Wednesday). Her length is 392 feet—at the water line, 300 ; breadth of hull, 45 feet-- over all 71 feet ; depth, 32 feet ; and 3000 tons burthen. The power of the engines is about 1000 horses. THE ORGAN PERFORMANCES AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL.— These admirable performances, by Mr. Best, the able and ac comlished organist, create an increasing interest, more especi ally among the industrial classes of the community. Each Saturday and Monday there is a large attendance, and, judg ing from the manner in which Mr. Best's efforts are appreci ated, the audience retire much gratified. Many persons, in addition to the musical treat which they enjoy, avail themselves of the opportunity of inspecting the noble hall and its mag nificent decorations. STEALING "FOR A LARK."—Fanny Anderson, a decently dressed young woman ' was brought up at the Police-court yesterday, and charged by Mr. Peter Senar, of No. 8, Brown low-hill, with stealing a basket of potatoes from his shop on Saturday night. The prisoner took the " murphys" away very quietly, and when stopped by the complainant, she said she " only took them for a lark, not meaning to steal them !" She was remanded until to-day, in order that inquiries might be made about her character. A - PEARL AMONGST TRH PUBLICANS.—A young woman of improper character was brought up at the Police-court yester day, charged with breaking the windows of Mr. Beedlestone's public-house, Whiteehapel. It appeared that she went in there at a late hour on Saturday night very much intoxicated, but the landlord refused to serve her with drink, upon which she revenged herself by smashing his windows. She was ordered to pay 75., the amount of damage, or go to gaol for a fortnight, Mr. Mansfield highly commending Mr. Beedlestone for his conduct. GOMPERTZ 8 PANORAMA OF TUE WAR 15 now exhibiting at the Queen's-hall, in Bold-street. It is illustrative of various incidents connected with the war in the East, from the land ing of the allied troops at Gallipoli to the capture of Sevas topol. The various events in the Danubian provinces and the battles of the Crimea are painted with clearness and fidelity, which, combined with the viva voce explanations of the exhi bitor, give the spectator a clear and instructive idea, of the progress of the gigantic struggle now waging against the Czar of the Russians by the Western Powers. ROBBERIES BY GROCERS' ASSISTANTS.-At the Police court, yesterday, John Hughes, a young Welshman, was charged with robbing his master, Mr. Wm. Morris, grocer, Oldhall-street. His dishonesty had been suspected for some time, and, on Friday, Mr. Morris marked some money and put it into the till. On Saturday three of the marked sovereigns were found upon the prisoner. He was sent to gaol for two months.—Henry Kevan, a young man employed as a porter by Messrs. Henry Tate and Co., grocers, James-street, was charged with plundering them. On Saturday his box was searched, and in it were found a quantity of sugar, fruit, bottles of pickles, and sundry parcels of "nutmeg and spice, and everything nice." He was also sent to gaol for two months. Cunrous CEIARGE OF FORGER.Y.—Mr. John Hutchins, a joiner and builder, of this town, was brought up at the Police-court, yesterday, by Detective-officer Eaton, charged with forging a bill of exchange. From a brief statement made, it appeared that in June last the prisoner, had had some transactions with Mr. William Jones, timber-dealer, Boundary-street, (a member of the Liverpool Select Vestry,) and gave him a bill of exchange for £33, signing the name of Shadrack Payne. Mr. Payne is the prisoner's step-father, and lives in the service of Viscount Hill, at Hawkstone, near Shrewsbury. The case was adjourned until to-day, for the attendance of Mr. Payne, to whom Superintendent Clough said he had written. A CANDID CONFESSION.—James Matthews, a man with hands and face begrimed with smoke and dirt, as if he were a blacksmith, was charged, at the Police-court yesterday, with picking pockets. Mrs. Pie, a lady dressed in a "wedding garment; from Netherton, near Sephton, said that she was going along Byrom-street, on Saturday evening, when she felt a hand in her pocket, and, turning round suddenly, found it was the prisoner. She felt rather alarmed, as she had rather a large sum of money in her pocket at the time. The prisoner, when asked what he had to say, made a very candid confes sion. " Well, I admit," said he, " that I did get my hand into her pocket, but I didn't take nothing." Be was sent to gaol for two months. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.—Re JOSEPII FEENY. —On Friday there was a meeting for dividend, arising under the deed of inspection given by the bankrupt before his bankruptcy. Mr. John Yates appeared for the assignees, Mr. Etty for Sir C. Fairlie. Mr. James Feeny, the bankrupt's brother, and Mr. Collie, the petitioning creditor. Mr. Pem berton represented a Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Stone appeared for Carmichael and Co. The object was to prove against the separate estate, and not against the joint estate, as in the lat ter there are no assets for the creditors. Eventually a dividend of ten shillings in the pound was declared. Mr. John Smith's claim against the estate for £75 was allowed by the court ; and he stated his dividend should be paid to Mrs. Feeny, the bankrupt's widow, for the benefit of herself and young family. A VERY UNPLEASANT FINISII TO A PLEASANT PARTY.— William Blackburn, a ragged carter, was charged at the Police-court, yesterday, by Mrs. Mary Raleigh, an elderly woman, with a merry face and a twinkling eye, with assisting to rob her of a watch. She stated that on Thursday night she was at a public-house in Great Howard-street, enjoying herself with two or three friends. In the course of the evening she drew out her son's watch, and exhibited it to the company, among whom were the prisoner and another young man. Some time afterwards she left, and at the corner of Earle-street the prisoner and his companion stopped her, and one held her while the other took away the watch. The prisoner denied the theft. He said the complainant was drinking at a public-house, and singing " The Red, White, and Blue," in which he helped her. She took out the watch when she began " to get on a bit;" she exhibited the watch, and asked him if he did not know it to be her son's ? He said he didn't know the watch at all, and he never saw it after that. The old lady, he added, got drunk, and asked him and his companion to accompany her part of the way. They did so; but she never complained to them about losing the watch. The magistrate asked if the watch had been found. It appeared that it had not ; and the case was accordingly remanded to allow the officers time to trace the lost property if possible. PENITENCE AND POCKET PICKING.—John Welsh, a lad 'of 17, and William Johnson, a man in shabby genteel attire, about 26 years of age, were charged at the Police-court, yesterday, with attempting to pick pockets at the Teutonic hall, Lime-street, on Sunday evening. Mr. Bluck appeared for Johnson. Inspector Murphy, of the detective force, said that on Sunday evening a person came to the Central Police office and gave information that there were persons attempt ing to pick pockets amongst the congregation at the religious services at the Teutonic-hall. He and officer Lay cock re turned to that place, with the person, and the prisoners were pointed out to them and apprehended. The witness alluded to stated that he saw Welsh with his hand in a female's pocket while she was standing up to sing, but as she sud denly sat down, he had to withdraw it Witness then went to the police-office and gave information. Mr. Bluck (to the bench): There's nothing against my client, sir P-311% Wybergh (the clerk): Now what were you doing in this place of worship, being a suspicious character P—Mr. Bluck : I really contend, sir, it is too bad to take up my client when found in a place of worship, trying to amend his character —showing repentance—going, in fact, from sin to righteous ness—it is too bad to take him up in that way. If he had been found in a public-house or any place of that sort, they might have taken him then, more rightfully. Mr. Wybergh : Have you any evidence that your repentance is sincere P (laughter). He has been previously four times discharged on similar charges. Mr. Bluck : But four times discharged is as good as never having been charged at all ! (Renewed laughter). Murphy said he had had continual complaints of persons having been robbed at places of worship lately. The bench : One (Welsh) is committed to gaol for a month ; the other is remanded until to-morrow. Mr. Bluck : Are you going to remand William Johnson for going to church ? (Laughter.) The bench : Yes, he has a bad character, and the pious dodge wont do. has s n e is v o e n r wr il it E er to E t B h E r DA=StOePr C Tu hr E on W ic E le s , T d ß en r y p i i n ic g a t . ha —M t h r e . expressed a desire to retire from the representation of the West Riding. DEATH OF MARQUIS TOWNSREND.—lntelligence has been received of the death of Marquis Townshend, which event took place a few days since at his lordship's villa, near Gen oa , where the marquis had lived for many years past in the strictest retirement. DEATH OF THE MASTER OF CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE.— The Mastership of Clare-ball has become vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Webb, D.D., who held it for the lengthened period of forty years (having been elected in 1815), and, at the time of his decease, was the Senior Master in the University. The rev. gentleman graduated in 1797, and soon afterwards was elected to a Fellowship. In 1815, having then accepted the living of Littlington from the hands of the society, but being in his year of grace, lie was elected to the Mastership on the demise of the Rev. John Tookington' who had held office for the previo us 34 y ears . The Maste r died at his vicarage at Littlington, Cambs., on Friday last, after a protracted illness, at the ripe age of 81. 4 ■ i : 7'l i,,,