The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-16 00:00:00

Nv ANT wit DAILY GOV des.i-ous pci SCVE Norther As' ch TUST PAM Makes TO% ASTER e would acce GAIDUND for Gra ADD El 'small I, .eioo t, Proven] Ch , tmbers Forentx Market Premise, R.' Begs Ti Roberts a a bill would e s and Vau mons show Italy, Austr of the bayonet, Subject, FRANCIS JOS Before Parliament I might have been induced to believe that, if Le did not abandon his usurpation of the POPE'S territories, England would have comp But now the young monarch n Lord J part of lira admi mark ! PREMIE this remains to be s hdraw he troops f will have field t the Etc nce is c need TRN r retention in Rome In ant di. LA N D d WANTED S MR. PRIF,S SES t I LAND THII DAY, Jo The Stock sawn. suit 330 BOLTS at Twelve o', ioc Bruaswick Doc ; yitto.—See cular. Can he b e Sale and Lcttin Ivor from M e a Parr HARLES DEAN amts, or TO TIMBER BIER OTH Hs DA It I D AY DWAR HOU in lame or gHEAD n price t TIMBE aprises HARD and for Machinists, 'ship Account u. s roc e Diseolveri Partnent lid . Fanners, and for ail ott.ei LMI,S & SLATR, O'clock, Lcked LOTTO , ENDING 3,c CO., 18, ( particular. a: A.YNER & CO. TS, BUILDERS, s Clie-bire and Lancashire )st. Cheshire Market-cross et-square) Market-street, Bi even o'clock in the at Homer-street, opposite the Hay AiOODS, bothsiven and Mak,.rs, Joiners, Ruilaers -t purposes in whit T-street, Liverpoo EDALE & CO., Brokers A GGING, ipvl.street. o Gibbs Brokers. Dalt next the 18th July WHITE- 1 Broker and Measurer. NORTHERN IN ADVANC and parties DAILY TIMES 38/ PER ANNUM fully drawn to the above announce living within four miles of the Liverpool Exchange, who desire the latest news from all pa their nani John•stree, for tra rid upori r breakfast tables t disappointment, send Office, 19, Sout can be sent z penny postage stamp c register O. CHURCH-STREET. cinform the Nability and Gentry of Liver- DIN READY LES fur the Season are niiipn VIA DNESDAY, JULY 16 e House of Lords and Com- do nothing to relieve to drive the lominions at the point discussed the interfe their speeches, an RIISSELL'.B motion. 1h all th ELT-41 . we may be su the I may, the true In question is non-int t the declaration wh ed him to do so sion, th 1 to a rence on t Britain ted the truth o Lord JoHN's stat Austrian to unth )uld confine not be under any such apprehension apitulated, with great fold and often told grievance lord was Lord PALMERSTONE candidly and that the ance to and Mr. DISRAELI, to show the amentary Opposition, save ti imation given by the . will make of all ere long me, or the Papal entire expense of Austaia will then hay lv enter 1 to suppor int, King BOMBA, may ament, and will, most from the general tone of letical result of Lord J. ;fives that potentate 9 will take an ell. Be f this country in Ind WE British Parliament and Ca [feet. It will show the opf reated Italians that, if they b from us r arms a hat while their d by France and to combat the power of id to THE lAustria. This Italy is quite equal to, when once united and led by Sardinia The struggle need assume a- character which would admit of its Irecognition by the Western Powers, to ensure the Italians a speedy triumph FRANCIS JOSEPH is next to penniless, and he would find no support from the capitalists of Europe in such a war. France and England need only withhold their moral aid, in fact, to bring the about the downfall of his usurpation o e been to show the Court of given from of a tam( )incut e Tea trade, for Northernridnes cffic Dm 5 to 10 etter, to T. 50, HOUSE 'ear mom< to X. Y., No, therm Tim; DAILY d ^ to rui.ian, i afactory ass Tailoring and Out ry and commission will .—Ad 1 ress by I T (Z. R. d where ix of which bei lent. Has ftrA 0.59 th Pr late in an employ W romotion.—Addre ,s 5 H. H declical Schools of Man GAGEMSNT with Lee, durin, •utumn ri Apply A. North Shore, Sixpence ~ Cabinet SMITEIDOWN-I new wevared t 3rd are e , .ts in th-. abov fn,e of the Registrar, .o . the Board, at the PablicOffic Ell RKE debate may hay Vienna ti 3.t the succour hitherto is and London, in the shape acquiescence, can no long, er be relied upon. The rations hied to the friendly advice of the Allied Governments, may have the desired effect and induce the Austrian Cabinet to withdraw its the Italian soil. cupation save the POPE to leal with his people iberal spirit Which he gave th so ample an earnest, on his acce on to the The reigning PONTIFF is a liberal and ed from Austrian in- humane man, and once -trigue and evil counsel, he will raise his down lay of an Is no abler and a Louis enemies as th '-willed tyrants a to the rank and di idependent nation. Europe ne xiden subj reformer N clo in But what cou' 1 nearer to nands o. g nor re are no dangers ae which Pius IX. cannot overcome is present tramm scussion c Italian affairs POPE'S his people would b€ once more restored. The monster BONDIA. would not be suffered to outrage humanity, and abuse the sacredness of his trust. Bad Ministers make bad rulers, and the Italian Peninsula has had a SUCC move th ssion of nefarious men in powei I Euro' men, and that noble and fair portion leur. Dipl once again to power and gran- know how to accomplish such a task, and why they have not set about it before must be the amazement of every man at all conversant with what has beets going on in Rome and the Papal provinces for the last twenty yaars. The desire of this country, we repeat, is to see Italy united, prosperous and free, and the government who do not participate in this desire, and neglect to act in unison with the popular feeling, will find the Italian question a dangerous rock ahead. No one can pretend to tell how long peace can be main tained in the POPE'S dominions, and once strife is renewed, Piedmont will dash into the whirlpool and who will tl the Continent len preserve the tranquility of EMANUEL, but England must support VICTOR who will guarantee that France 7 Verily, the Bourbonists good reason to be joyful will follow her example and at the cloudy aspects of the political horizon of Europe at this moment, notwithstanding that Orleanists have Great Britain is prepared to prove as true to , as France has proved to us in an hour NAPOLEON reat difficulty UR Manchester cotemporaries are becoming most solicitous about th future of Cotton. They are looking abroad to the valley of the Ganges, and he Banks of the Niger and Gambia rivers for a upply of that material, not to add to the limited tock which the United States can send us, but independent" of the Yankees, them for all they have done All this will be perfectly unintelli. may 1 free to chastis to injure it Bible to our mercantile readers. It sounds very like ditional absurdities with which England to debauch her intellect, and waste her time, half a century ago Nations may the But political independence, and civil liberty whic di, belongs to civilisation who ever dreamt of " independence" in commerce, or any more enlarged liberty in trade, than buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest There is no emancipation from the bondage of commerce. We must toil from sunrise market ? ght to produce what the Americans and s want, and we r re and r lives to realise a profit to We must labour incessantly our taskmaster is intolerant fore, be grappling with ruggle for " independence," ithout should, the the clouds in a that release ce which appears to have aroused . the wrath of our Manchester brethren. In such a contest we would stand no chance of escaping the pillary, or the infliction of cap and bells. We will then from the iron rule of COMM content ourselves in our slavery, and endeavour to induce others to toil on with us to the end of the era of the world's mercantile serfdom But here we must confine ourselves to cotton, and we commence by saying that we shall never be able to - shake off the yoke of this monster. We want more cotton, and all we can get. That product has not been known in this country for quite three-quarters of a century. And what does the home and export demand amount to ? In round numbers it has reached 2,000,000 bales. Let us begin with a consumption of 10,000 bales, as the average of the first ten years, and note the ratio of increase at the end of each succeeding ten years, and then ask ourselves in cool commercial language when we shall be able to declare our " Independence" of cotton ! Why, the Manchester scribes seem to ea of what is going on in cotton. The demand has increased to within a fraction of thirty-fold every ton years since its first introduc tion into England; and hero we should like to have no is to become of our cotemporaries' Independence," if the demand should schemes of go on increasing in the same ratio for another ten We all know that the cotton plant is indigenous to the soil of most parts of Africa. It can be obtained from the mouth of the Niger up to the confines of the great Desert of Sahara, and along the whole course of the Gambia. European labour is admirably adapted or twenty years ? to its cultivation through out that valuable colony— e the United States in the production of the demand keep pace at staPlt liut will not ith the supply If w© dd Africa to the list of our present and hope to obtain a large stock. of ictured goods, this will certainly not make us, " independent" of America. We shall probably receive, this year, from the Statcs the largest quantity ever known, but what will it leave after it, if we should expo- raw cotton in bart for our manu rience a very trifling expansion of trade, as com pared with 1855 ? Spinners are not large holders ,f stock, and when the long promised revival of does come, those who disref going on in the sub -currents o wakened with amazement, cotton us that the v old four in-band pace, is riot t of the ques eve can ion, where to obtain sufficient supply of the staple articles of consump- tion ? Let us fancy, for a moment, the price of NORTHERN TIMES.-- of 1813, when Orleans waA quoted 131 to 23a, and Upland lld to 21d per lb. What a revolution this would bring about in our A cotton famine would be the we are too tightly laced, ,00 nicely trimmed, to stand such convulsive hcavings in our social scheme. by the natural increase i demand, to tim economic syst€ result. Commercial and, economically Cheapness and abundance are the leading objects ; and as their prolonged attainment successful widening of the it is to be I oped the commercial ommunity will not indulge in dreams of wars of with those who can keep millions of our spindles going ; and that our political economists will look in time for succour, rge increased production, for on it, the 1 of their governing principles wholly Independenc( n a lar trium depend FINAL EVACUATION OE THE CRIMEA BY THE ALLIES. —Yesterday, the following telegraphic despatch was received at the Admiralty, from Admiral Grey, at Con- stantinople, 14th July, 1856:—" Banshee has arrived, with Admiral Freemantle. lvery person belonging to the army had embarked, and all the ships had sailed from the Crimea on Saturday evening, except Leander and Gladiator. Gale has been blowing strong from the south-west for the last three days." -^_ IMPORTANT TO THE CORN TRADE.—A very important trial to the corn trade took place in Dublin last week, between a foreign house represented by Messrs. James Pim and Co., and Messrs. Macmullen and Shaw, both extensive houses in the corn trade, and arose upon what has now become an extensive trade—the sale of float at prices covering cost, freight, foreign eargoe, and insurance. In this instance the price was 33s for every quarter delivered in good condition. The cargo having arrived in a heated condition was, nevertheless, it would appear, taken by the defendants, in order, as they allege, to ascertain if, when cool, it would recover —as corn frequently does. A portion which was actually damaged was kept by the sellers when landing. The cargo did, in fact, prove to be out of condition, as appeared to be admitted on both sides, and the only question appeared to be, whether by taking the delivery the purchaser had shut himself out from redress. Messrs. Pim, it appeared, offered to leave this part of the question to arbitration, but refused to arbitrate the mercantile question, as to whether the corn was, in fact, according to contract, The jury found that, according to custom, the purchasers were bound to accept or reject the cargo at the vessel, and had therefore taken a final delivery. - The judge thereupon directed a verdict for the plaintiffs. The decision, if upheld, is a most im portant one as regards this class of transactions both in reference to corn and to any other article similarly circumstanced. It would seem that if the buyer had rejected the corn, and it on being landed, came into con. dition, he would have been compelled to take it, and pay all expenses of storage, &c., while in the present instance he is compelled to pay sound price for what is, in fact, a damaged or deteriorated article. There was no imputation on the defendant that the corn had not been properly treated, and it is, therefore, plain that the equity of the case was with them, but the effect of the decision on futtire contracts will be important. Holders of contracts, with condition guaranteed, must be careful not to accept delivery where the quality is doubtful, without a written undertaking that their doing so is not to preclude them afterwards from rejecting it should it not come into condition, and another result will be that corn in store will have a decided preference over floating cargoes liable to so many contingencies. It seems a pity that a dispute of this kind could not be determined by a committee of the Corn Exchange, especially where both parties are members of the Ex. change, instead of rushing into litigation, where the question must necessarily be decided by parties only imperfectly acquainted with the peculiar features of the trade. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.—Yesterday, James Seddon, chimney-piece and marble manufacturer, of Liverpool, passed his last examination before Mr. Com. missioner Perry, and a day was fixed for his certificate meeting, The Montreal Ocean S t eamship Company's Screw Steamer Indian, Captain Jones, sails this morning with the Canadian mails, a full cargo, and 180 passengers. The Bishop of Montreal, and Sir Wm. Eyre and suite, go out in this vessel. FATAL ACCIDENT -On the day of the cup race at Aintree, a man named James M'Donnell was knocked down and run over on the course, and so seriously injured that he died yesterday in the Northern Hospital from the effects. of ' This day an inquest will be held on the body. EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION.—Forty-one sermons were y -last in places of worship, in and ironnd the metropolis, on the religious an( vantages that would accrue from a general earlier suspension of business, and the adoption of a Saturday half-holiday where practicable. social ad- THE LATE COLLISION IN THE RIVER—ANOTHER DEATH. —Yesterday, a man named Darkin, one of the unfortunate persons who was injured on hoard the steamboat Mail, anti who was in the Northern Hospital, died in that house, although every attention was paid to his case. ath was the result of the injuries he had received. An inquest will be held ou the body this day. SAINT SWITHIN.—That most respectable Saint—S within —who is remarkable for his irrigatory powers, and whose annual, or birth, or death day, was, according to ancient mythology, celebrated on yesterday, conducted himself in the very driest manner, for " from morn to dewy e'en," he never supt a drop, and according to the chronicles, we are not to have any " heavy wet" for the next forty days —a desideratum most devoutly to be wished for by all the farmers in the United Kingdom. At present there is every sppeatance of the prophecy being fulfilled, for the weather is remarkably fine and warm. DEATH FROM TEASING A BULL.—At Little Hulton, on Saturday last, Mr Rutter held an inquest in a case where death had ensued, to a person of weak intellect, named Bate, from injuries received from a bull. Bate had got a fancy for teasing the bull, which was rather quiet than otherwise, by throwing stones at it. On one occasion, abort a week ago, when doing this, in the same field, the bull got at him before he could make his escape over the fence. Getting him upon the ground, he knelt upon him, arid began to gore him with his horns. Bate of course cried out vigorously, and this had the effect of bringing round him a number of cows which were grazing in the field. Whether from some remonstrance on their part, or whether out of respect for the presence of the milder sex, certa'n it is that the bull desisted, and allowed Bate an opportunity of retiring. The poor fellow, however, had received injuries which terminated fatally. The jury returned a verdict of " accidental death." THE LIFI4-130kT AT FISIIGUAHD.—On Monday morning, the 9.. h instant, in a heavy north-westerly gale, a schooner belonging to Chester parted both her chains in the roadstead of Fishguard, and went ashore on the Goodwin Sands ; her crew got safely' to land in their own boat. Immediately afterwards, a brigantine outside hoisted a signal of distress. She was the Theodore Oakley, of Liverpool, bound for Mar seilles. The life-boat belonging to the Royal National Institution was soon ready, and went out in beautiful style, the men wearing their life belts. They found the brigantine with her windlass capsized, and her crew' determined to abandon her or run her on the beach. The life-boat men. however, persuaded them not to do EO, as the gale was moderating, and then the life-beat returned to the shore; but it was announced directly afterwards that another schooner had got aground. Before the life-boat could proceed to her assistance a messenger came to say that it was no longer required, as the two survivors of thelehooner's - - ethers having unfortu tog and drowned. crew had go uately been land, three o ;he'd off the riz THR SARAH PALM! SHIPS Some timE " METALLIC S. AP " FOR IRON ated that the above fine ce we St vessel had arrived from Calcutta, after a very successful voyage, which was mainly attributable, so far as speed was concerned, to the fact of her bottom having been covered with Mr. Winne? metallic soap, for the preven tion of fouling in bottoms, both of iron and wooden ships, and for the preservation of both. Since that time the vessel has undergone the most rigid and elaborate insoec tion,,and for several days past she has been visited by large numbers of merchants, shipowners, and scientific gentlemen, and all unhesitatingly pronounce the result of the metallic soap, not only to have answered the purpose to perfection, and beyond the most sanguine expectation, but that it is one of the most important and valuable discoveries - of the present age. It has been stated by the ablest practical men in port that the fouling of the bot toms of iron screw ships retard their progress two to three knots, and sailing vessels from three to six, but that the metallic soap, used either in iron or wooden ships, obviates 11:3 difficulty, and is the means of adding to, rather than cting from, the velocity of the vessels. The Sarah Palmer was visited yesterday, previous to her hauling dock from the gridiron, by hundreds, who expressed at her extreme smoot mess ax eanli- ;a1 .-- all say that, so far as ships are concerned. the ial produced by Mr. M'lnnes must prove of para mount importance, and will probably cause a revolution in the present mode of protecting ships' bottoms. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. M02 , 12.J.A I A.ItY AND COMM T il yEApont. TVESDAY EVENING. This has been a re/rim-614 quiet day in the Cotton Market, and a very small business hat been done, the sales amounting to not more than 2,000 bales, of which 200 were taken for speculation and export. Prices remain -without change. The Liverpool Share Market opened this morn ing without much animation, but subsequently improved, and closed steady at the fol• lowing quotations :—Aberdeen, 141 15. Ches ter and Birkenhead, 17 171. Caledonian, 304 304. Chester and Holyhead, 161 17. Eastern Counties, 10 5-16 10 7-16. East Lancashire. 21.1 21k. Great Northern, 231 24. Ditto A, 9-1 08. Great Western, 621 621. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock. 97-a 974. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 181 19. London and North Western Stock, 1072 1071. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 33i 331. Ditto Preference, 12g 121. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., a :4p. Midland Stock, 828 824. North British, 9a 01. North Staffordshire, 48 41d. South Eastern and Dover, 224 .221. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 22 15-16 22 1-16. York and North Midland, 31_ 4 31 2 .. Leeds Capital Stock, 181 18,1. • Buffalo end Lake Huron, 11 lip. Dutch Rhenish, 21 21p. Great Western of Canada, 258 261. Ditto New Shares, 3,1 31p, Great Luxembourg., 81 81d. The following is a statement of traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada by pas senger and goods trains for the week ending 27th June, 1856 :—Week ending 27th June, 1556, total receipts, 10,0061. 3s 4:1; per mile per week, 351. 7s. Week ending 29th June, 1855, total receipts, 7,9.18/. 13s 7d ; per mile per week, 291. 19s. Increase:— Total receipts, 2,7871. Os 9cl;:per mile per week, 51. Bs. Aggregate gross receipts from the com mencement of current half-year to date, 246,742/, 13s 3d ; for the corresponding period last year, 174,4161. 6s 7d—all sterling. Although the amount of business done in the Manchester Goads Market to day has been small, a good feeling has prevailed, and both buyers and sellers seemed alike reluctant to operate to any extent. Prices for both goads and yarns were supported. Accounts from Vienna state that M. de Lesseps, the chief director of the company for cutting a canal through the Isthmus of Suez, had arrived in that city, from Paris, on his way to Constantinople, for the purpose of obtaining from the Sultan a firman necessary to commence the execution of that great undertaking. M. de Lesseps has profited by his sojourn at Vienna to see the Count Buol, Baron Bruck, the Minister of Finance, and Herr von Toggenburg, the Minister of Commerce, and also Prince Metternich, who are favourable to the project for cutting a canal throngh the Isthmus. With regard to the grain crops of France the reports are generally satisfactory It is probable that there will be a deficiency in the Midland districts, but that is amply compensated by the large yield expected in the Northern, Western, and Eastern departments. The prices of wheat were fully supported, as the supplies brought forward were limited, but an early decline was anticipated. In accounts from Spain it is stated there had been a side of national property, which realised 300,163,786 reals. The upset price fixed by the Government being 191,124 672 reals only, the sale has produced 318,029,114 more than was anticipated. Letters from Constantinople to the 3rd instant, mention that shortly after the arrival of the Grand Vizier, Aali Pacha, Mr. Layard had an audience of his Excellency, to lay before the Grand Council the project of establishing a bank at Constanti nople. It was generally supposed that Mr. Layard, as the representative of the Ottoman Bank of Lon don, being first in the field, would obtain some special privileges from the Ottoman gevernment ; but anything of this kind it appears that the Grand Vizier is determined not to accede to either English or French capitalists separately. Conse quently, it is supposed that there will be a fusion of the interests of both, which will be more satis factory in its results than if either party were accorded some special privilege which the other did not enjoy. With a view to allay the dissatisfaction generally expressed at the mode in which the allotment of shares in the Ceylon railway has been conducted, the directors have to-day caused the following com munication to be addressed to Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, one of the Stock Exchange firms acting as brokers to the company : Ceylon Railway Company, 8, Austin-friars, July 14. Gentlemen,—Wi.h reference to your representations of the dissatisfaction with which the allotment of shares in the Ceylon Railway Company has been received, I am directed by the board to call your attention to the fact, that there were only about 21,000 to allot; the remainder of the 40,000 being devoted to the original share— holders, those who subscribed between the 2nd of February and the 15th of June last, and the reserve for Ceylon. I am also instructed to acquaint you that the board, in considering the enormous number of applications before them, felt compelled to give a prtference to those from proprietors in Ceylon, who will he called upon to submit to taxation on their produce to meet the guaran teed interest on the undertaking, I am authorised to lay before you the list of allot ments for your satisfaction, from which you will remark that in no case has a larger number been allotted to any individual applicant than 200 shares, and of such allotments there are only two or three. You will also observe that nearly 2,500 shares, about one-eighth of the number divisible among t h e pu bli c , have been distributed to about sixty members of the Stock Exchange. With refrence to the complaint that interest was derived from deposits, I am directed to state that a small amount of interest, applicable to the reduction of preliminary expenses, was derived from the deposits ; but that no interest has been derived from them since the 4th instant, before which day it was clearly impossible that the allot ment could be completed. The directors regret the delay which has since occurred ; but it was unavoidable ; the making of the allotment involved great labour and consi derable expense, numerous ( clerks having been employed, working extra hours to expedite the business.-1 am, &c. (Signed) G. E. COOPER, Secretary. Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, 1, Threadneedle-street. Perhaps the directors intend this letter as a complete justification of the course adopted by them, but to our mind the reply is far from satis factory. At the National Discount Company's meeting, just terminated, a resolution was passed unani• mously to increase the capital by 1,000,000/ (making a total of 2,000,0001), by an issue of 40,000 shares of 25/ each. These shares are to be issued pro rata to the shareholders at par, and not at a premium, as was first contemplated. The Funds continue to exhibit increased firm ness, partly in consequence of the favourable reports from the agricultural districts relative to the growing crops The closing prices of Consols were quoted 95 11-16 95 13-16. _ . _ _ _ _ _ In the Foreign Stock Market business during the morning was extremely languid, and prices have generally declined. At the close of the day the Foreign Exchanges stood thus :—Amsterdam, short, 11 162 to 11 171. Do., three months, 11 191 to 12 171. Rotterdam, do., 11 191, to 12 171. Antwerp, do., 25 50 to 25 55. Brussels, do., 25 50 to 25 55. Hamburg, do., 13 8:1 to 13 9. Paris, short, 25 25 to 25 321. Do., three months, 25 621, to 25 673. Marseilles, do., 25 621 to 25 674 Frankfort, do , 1201 to 120*. Vienna, do., 10 17 to 10 19. Trieste, do , 10 18 to 10 20. Petersburg, do., 371. Madrid, do., 491 to 491. In the Railway Share Market the transactions have been numerous, and in many instances, the quotations have advanced. We subjoin the state ment of Railway Shares at the close of the day : Caledonian, 61 61. Eastern Counties, 101 101.. East Lancashire, 86 88. Great Northern, 95* 901. Ditto A, 77 78. Great Western, 621 621 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 971 98 London and North Western, 1071 108. Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire : 331 331. Midland Stock, 821 83. North British, 38 39. South Eastern and Dover, 734 74. York, New castle, and Berwick, 872 881. York and North Midland, 631 631 LONDON GAZETTE B XNKRUPTS.—JOHN M'MILLAN, Wolverhampton, publican. SA,N.UEL SKETCHLEY, llorncastle, Lincolnshire, s crivener, and dealer in railway and other shares. JOH N and JAMES BLAKELY , Thornhill, Yorkshire, builders an d stonemasons. Jolts POSTHUMOUS DAVIES, Merthyr, Tyd vil, Glamorganshire, chemist and druggist. ELIZA. HORNER, Manchester, cabinet-maker. GENERAL SIR FENWICK WILLILMS, OF Karts.—This gallant General has determined to give some of his letters to Colonel Lake, to he included in his narrative of the " Blockade of Kars, and the Account of the Captivity of the Defenders of this extraordinary Fortress." Col. Lake's own Di ary w il l, moreover, form part of this volume. GIMIMIIMa LATEST INTELLIGENCE. I -~3 THE EAST Advices from Marseilles, of Monday's date, announces that the Sinai has arrived with advices from Constantinople of the 7th, and from the Crimea of the sth instant. The English steam frigate Valorous, which left Kamiesh on the 2nd, has arrived with General Windham, his staff, and 140 English military passengers. The frigate Canada has also come in from the Crimea. Despatches from Vienna dated yesterday an nounce that advices received from Constantinople via Bucharest bearing the date of the 9th instant, mention that Marshal Pelissier had landed on his way from the Crimea. The same despatch also stated that immediately after the disembarkation of the French and Eng lish troops, the German Legion will form its en campment. We regret to add that the news thus received informs us that the Constantinople Bourse is falling. A grand banquet is to be given at Constantinople to Marshal Pelissier and Gen. Sir W. Codrington, at which the Grand Vizier is to preside. SPAIN. Despatches of Monday's date, from Madrid, state that Espartero has tendered his resignation, and was about to leave for Logrono. Gen. O'Donnell is appointed President of the Council ; Rio Rosas, Minister of the Interior ; Rosde Olano, Marine ; Pastor Diaz,Foreign Affairs ; and Cantero, Finance. It was thought that General O'Donnell would dis arm the National Guard. The Gazette publishes a new law on the doing away with the sinking fund. In several towns of Badajoz and Estrama dura, disorders have broken out and been put down. The cholera still continues to prevail in Seville, but has not appeared at Cadiz, as was reported. THE OVERLAND MAIL MARSEILLES, TUESDAY.—The Vectis arrived here at seven o'clock this morning, with the mails from India, and a mail from China. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OW4,,CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING I have just learned that an important piece of news has reached the government, by telegraph, from Madrid, namely, that Espartero has resigned and that O'Donnell has been appointed first minister in his place. This is, unquestionably, the gravest event that has occurred in Spain since the last revolution, and in the present disturbed state of that country it will have consequences that none can foresee. At the moment at which I write the news is known to very few people, indeed even in circles which are ordinarily well informed ; but the quarter from which I receive it is so high that I entertain no doubt cf its authenticity. The government has, too, I am told, received to day, by telegraph, a piece of news from Con stantinople, which is not without interest. It is, that the Turkish government has caused to be seized a libellous pamphlet on Sir W. Williams, of Ears, published by a Polish officer, who took part with him in the defence of that place, and that it has, besides, caused the name of the officer to be struck from the army list. The Russian Government has, I understand, summoned the secretary of its legation in Athens to St. Petersburg, in order to obtain from him authentic details respecting the state of Greece. It is said that the late Emperor Nicholas has left a manuscript work on the political and other events of his reign, and that, by his direction, it is to be published five years after his death. The Grand Duke Michael of Russia, has just been affianced to the Princess Cecilia of Baden, sister of the Prince Regent. Berlin letters say, that the Queen of England is decidedly expected to visit that city in September next, on the occasion of the marriage of the Princess Louise of Prussia with the Prince Regent of Baden ; but nothing bad been officially settled on the subject The first railway in the Roman States, which goes from Rome to Frascati, was opened on the 7th. WRECK OF THE STEAM TRANSPORT SPARTAN. Yesterday the subjoined despatches were received at the Admiralty, and by the courtesy of the Secretary to the Board we are enabled to give them publicity. The first communication is from Admiral Sir M. Stop ford, who is in command of the Malta Station, and it is thus worded : Hibernia, at Malta, July 8, 1856. Sir,—l beg to enolose herewith, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of a letter I have received from the first officer commanding the troops embarked on board the steam transport Edina, No. 199, reporting the loss, by shipwreck, of the steam trans port Spartan, No. 18, on the south-west end of the Cana Rocks on the coast of Barbary. I immediately despatched her Majesty's steam vessels Triton and Shearwater, and the steam transport City of London, No. 9, to the assistance of the Spartan, with orders to bring all the troops, baggage, &c., to Malta, where conveyance will be provided to forward them to England. The master of the Edina has reported that he does not consider there is the slightest chance of the vessel being saved.—l have, &c., (Signed) M. STOPFORD, Rear Admiral. The enclosure, to which the preceding letter refers, and which gives the short details of the painful and melancholy catastrophe, is couched:— On board Edina transport, July 7, 1856. Sir, —I have the honour to rep ort the return of the Edina transport, Captain Salter , to Malta, in consequence of haling fallen in with the Spartan transport, a complete wreck, on the south-west end of the Cane Rocks. She h a d fortunately succeeded in landing the whole of her troops, consisting of 10 officers, 793 non-commissioned officers and men, one lady and child of the Land Tran sport Corps, besides her crew, without loss, on an adjacent very small island of rock, where they aro well supplied with provisions from the ship, but in imminent danger from want of water, that of the ship being damaged with salt water. The Spartan lies on the rocks with her bottom stove in, and, according to report, with fifteen feet of water in her hold. The state of her troops and ber crew is so very precari ous from their present exposed state, and very short supply of water, as to have compelled our returning with the Edina to Malta, under the conviction of such being the most advisable course to pursue (considering the small size and crowded state of the Edina) to render them with the least delay the most effectual and speedy assistance. In conclusion, sir, I beg to state that Captain Hunt, of the Land Transport Gaps, Captain Salter, of the Edina, Mr. Leee , second mate of the Spartan. as well as myself, are now in attendance to give you any further information on the subject.—l have, &c., (Signed) J. W. GORDON, Bt. Lt. Colonel, 93rd Highlanders, commanding troops on board Edina, TriAmus IMPROVEMENTS.— The new Suspension Bridge, over the 'flumes, which is intended to form the communica tion between Chelsea and BatLrsea, is now in a n . advanced state, the supporting abutments on eac h side of the river being nearly ready to receive the suspensory chains and intervening roadway. THE COURT, The Queen went on Monday to Woolwich, for the purpose of reviewing the Royal Artillery recently returned from the Crimea. Her Majesty was accompanied by the. Prince Consort, the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and the Princess Louise. The illustrious party occupied four of the Queen's carriages and four, and was escorted by a detachment of the 3rd Light Dragoons. Her Majesty quitted Buckingham Palace soon after ten o'clock, and returned at a quarter past two. Her Majesty, with the Princess Royal, took a drive in an , open landau and four. Prince Albert and the Prince of Prussia rode on horse back. Her Majesty had a dinner party. The company included the Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Royal , the Princess Louise of Prussia, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke 3f Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, and the Marquis of Abercorn. The Queen had afterwards an evening party. To-day, the Queen, accompanied by her distin— guished guests, will go to the camp at Aldershott, where her Majesty will remain for the night in the rO . Tal pavilion, proceeding on the following day to Osborne. HER MAJESTY AT WOOLWICH On Monday the Queen reviewed at Woolwich the whole of the Royal Horse and Foot Artillery recently returned from the Crimea, and, owing to the favourable state of the weather and the presence of a brilliant assemblage of visitors, the spectacle was exceedingly picturesque and striking. There were upon the ground 3,500 men, 2.450 horses, and 92 guns, of which la belonged to the horse Artillery and the remainder to the field batteries. The majority of the guns were of 91b. calibre. with 24 lb. howitzers, but there were four batteries of 18-pounders, and a howitzer battery of 32-pounders, which did some service at the battle of the Tchernaya. This fine park of artillery was ranged precisely as on a field of battle, the guns in front, and the tumbrils and ammunition wageon& , in lines three deep in the rear. The men attracted uui versal admiration by their splendid appearance, the pre- . cision and celerity of their movements, and their perfect discipline. In the centre of the ground was stationed the excellent band of Artillery. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Albert, the Prince and Princess of Prussia' Princess Louise of Prussia, and the Duke of Cambridge, and attended by a brilliant retinue, arrived in front of the Artillery Barracks at eleven o'clock. The royal party were received by General Sir W. F. Williams, of Kars,. Commandant of the Garrison, his staff, and a guard of honour of the Royal Marines. Her Majesty wore a• scarlet riding habit trimmed with gold lace, in h"r hat a military plume of white and red feathers, and across her left shoulder the sash of a general officer, and the ribanti of the Garter. Prince Albert wore the uniform of a Field-Marshal, the Duke of Cambridge, that of a general officer. The Prince of Prussia also was in military cos tume. Having alighted from her carriage, her Majesty mounted her favourite charger, and repaired to the review ground, the Prince of Prussia riding on her right, and Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge on her left- Then came a glittering group of officers, splendidly' mounted, among whom we observed the Earl of Cardigan,. The carriages of the Princesses of Prussia and their suite followed. The illustrious party rode leisurely along the front of the line and then down the rear, while the band played the national anthem and the Greenhill Battery fired a Royal salute. The Court then took up their posi' tion beside the flagstaff erected in front of the Royal Military Academy, and the troops marched past them is gay and glittering array. The Royal Horse Artillery , headed by Colonel Henry, who lost an arm in the Crimea• took the lead, advancing in columns of troops. Ilex' followed the field batteries, marching in columns of bat' teries six guns abreast, each battery having in its train its respective lines of attendant ammunition waggons' most of them drawn by horses, but some few of them by Austrian mules. The batteries moved at quarter dis' tance, and the scene occasionally acquired a ludicrous interest from the grotesque apparition in the intervening spaces of a ragged dog, a black sheep, a shaggy goats or some other fond familiar creature, which the men had brought with them from the Cri nea. A Russials donkey, which an inordinate zeal for gunnery, a truan t disposition, or the pursuit of thistles under difacultie # had lured into one of the redoubts of Inkermann, wher e he was captured by our soldiers, was an object of par' titular attention. Around his neck was knotted a costlf sabretash, and, thus accoutred, his appearance evoked cordial acclamations ; but it is due to him to say 010 he bore his honours meekly, and that there was siottliag in his demeanour to warrant the supposition that he g' 3 ' the first animal of his species who had worn such a P ornament. Among the pets of the Artillery there is a` 6° l a camel, but this " ship of the desert" was at anchor all e " did not make its appearance. After marching past til e. flagstaff in slow time, the field batteries wheeled round' made a circuit of the Common, and passed a second tim e at a swinging trot, with the gunners mounted on the luJ ers. The field batteries having drawn off fronting the Queen, the Horse Artillery then dashed past at full This manoeuvre has always a fine effect, and would be sti ll more impressive were it not for the cloud of dust thrO' up by the horses' hoofs, which obstructs the atmosphere/ and dims the glory of the scene. A driver was thrown fro° his horse yesterday, but fortunately sustained no Wad; After the march past, the troops advanced in line ar e : saluted, the band playing " Cheer, boys, cheer." TV ) , then retired, and the gunners and d r i ve rs dis m ounting formed in line in front of the batteries. In this order the Queen again inspected the troops, paying particul ar attention to such of the men as wore the four-clasp meda l ' This ceremany concluded, the troops gave three roll of hearty cheers for Her Majesty, who, with the rai party, then quitted the review ground, and returned town in her carriage. There were no manoeuvres, a ° , the whole proceedings were over in an hour and quarter. MACNAUGHT ON INSPIRATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, - ------- ------ SlR,—What a knowing gentleman is he who wrote t l/6 article in the Herald of Saturday, on Mr. Macnaught the Herald. Would it not be as well, sir, for this person!, look up his Greek a little befcra he attempts to wr it , leaders on theology ? You will o b serve a b ou t h a lf down this article, a quotation from 2 Tim. iii. 16, the author thinks will hav e t remen d ous we i g ht a gai° Macnaught on Inspiration. " All S cr ipt ure i s g i ven by 1; spiration of God." if he had read up the original he we ll ' have seen that the word is entirely misplaced in our 0 , r 1 lish translation ; the passage being more correctly renderi " All Scripture given by inspiration of God is profitable , reproof," &c, which, of course, materially alters the 11 0t$ 0 ing. I might point out several other foolish paragralibi but it is not worth troubling you with these as they or 4P e come from the Herald. Fancy them branding Mr. : 06 naught as an infidel—Yours truly, C. 11 ' Liverpool, July 15, 1836. ASSURANCE COMPANIES.—A large blue-book, just P lished, gives a return of the names, places of busivelis and objects of all assurance companies completely reg ri p tered from the passing of the act 7th and Bth V i eta i o cap. 110, to this day, together with their accounts. „c,i list includes 195 companies, and their accounts, °' extends over a space of 300 pages. ll° 4l HARTLEPOOL, 817NDAY. .1 thunder storm of unequy violence broke over this place yesterday eveLitig. w it! peals cf thunder and flashes o f lightning continued wit P ol intermission for twenty minutes, with a deluge of rain 0 4 hail. In the lower parts of the town, the cellars . ;,01 flooded a foot deep, an d muc h damage w as done. .0 small fire engines were em ployed in North zate stree'S pump the water out of the Cleveland Hotel. The e t e li seems to have been pretty well confined to thin town, did not extend two miles from it. e l METROPOLITAN AMUSEMENTS.—A prospectus nag herd issued of a company for the construction of an adeci.llerd , s Hall Company ; and the building pie'' occupy room at the west-end of London. It is to be between the Regent's Quadrant and reel :ample entrances in both. It has , c the ad n S ) y t : a with aiptiahnce designed by Mr. Owen Jones, and will exceed nearif e tei, the large music rooms in the kingdom, including V 4 , 0 , 4, in length and height, altough not in width, iis shuarilement being 134 feet by 60, and 60 feet in There will also be tvio minor halls, together with a 5 ,, 4 11 0j ous restaurant, the whale of which will be availal ) ,' - wg,l public meetings or festivals. The capital, incluniP, margin of £5,000, is fixed at £40,000, in £lO shares,c,lol the annual outgoings for rents acid management ;fir A g es mated at 2„522. Lord Granville and Mr. H. Birkjpr e Baring are the trustees, and the provisional inanagewili, is vested in experienced persons—namely, Messrs. diet, Beale, Chappell, Ella, Leader, G. Smith, and k"