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Liverpool Exc Copies of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES can be sent through the post by affixing a penny postage stamp on the envelope, or three copies can he sent in one cover for the s The NOR lERN TIMES is registered for transmission to foreign countries NODDER, HATTER, 81, CHURCH-STREET, to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver- STYLES for the Season are NOW ILEADY E' s e .3 - thirthtru firm SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1856, THE DAY'S NEWS Between the favourable aspect of the weather for the harvest, and the prospect of peace in all quarters of the world, we are certainly without much news that can be called important or exciting. Yesterday morning a memorial was presented to the Chamber of Commerce, soliciting that that body hold a meeting for the purpose of appoint ing a gentleman to represent Liverpool at the forthcoming Free Trade Congress at Brussels. Should this requisition be not complied with, it is the determination of a number of gentlemen of Liverpool engaged in trade, commerce, and finance, to subscribe a sum sufficient to defray the expenses of a party, qualified in every respect, to represent the commercial emporium of the world at the approaching Conference. It will be gratifying to our readers to see how our views of the matter are being carried out. We were the first who broached +he subject in this point of view, and when we state that Mr. Charles Holland is the gentleman t likely to be selected to fill the post, sure we are that our previous efforts in regard to this important subject have not been thrown away. The Queen has been graciously pleased to - i'lahs, as Consul at approve of sty the Emperor of all the Liverpool, for his Ma, Russias This is a queer world. 111ankind is unsettled, and the forms of government which would guide and regulate into happiness is too often despised and condemned. We look abroad, and ask our- selves how and where we are to live ? Yet, after all, when we compare ourselves with America, with Austria, with France, with Spain, Portugal, or any other of the minor States, we must admit ,bout the happiest and best o R. that we are a governed people on the face of Creation. It was only yesterday that we were obliged to announce that the Cantons of Switzerland were in rebel lion—to-day's post tells us that all is right, and that the matter, as it at present stands, is a bagatelle. The news from Spain to-day informs us that THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. the crusade against the Press continues. Several additional journals have been suppressed. A royal decree had been promulgated, forming a junta under the Presidency of M. de la Forente Andres, ex-Minister of Justice, charged to super intend the redemption of charges on Ecclesiastical and other estates. It has been stated that the Sultan of Turkey is to have the highest honour which the Sovereign of these realms can confer upon a foreigner of the highest rank. He is to be made a Knight of the Garter. The statement is, that the order is to. be conveyed to his Highness by Sir Charles Young, Garter King-of-Arms. This statement has appeared in the columns of a cotemporary, who cannot be regarded as organ of the present government, and, therefore, has not been under, the necessity to maintain those reserves which might have been imposed upon others. We will only remark that the statement, at present, has been unauthorised, or unquestionably it would appear in other columns besides those of our cotemporary. It has. no doubt, excited very great interest. Whilst such are the rumours regarding his Highness, we learn, by advices from Constantinople, that there is a likelihood of there being a change in the Turkish ministry, caused by differences of opinion relative to the question of the Isthmus of Suez and the Principalities. With regard to the former, it is anticipated that all difficulties will be removed by the expected visit of the Viceroy to Constantinople. he ret n of Reschid Pacha to office is tal He would, it is thought, advocate the union of the Principalities. The English colonels, Giles and Stewart, late British commissioners with the Turkish army in Asia, having terminated their mission, were about to return to Constantinople by a steamer which had been sent for them to Trebizond. There seems to be no hope for Italy Austrians are busily engaged in fortifying Ancona and do not look as if they intended to evacuate any, or all of the Roman States. Piedmont and Austria are still very surly towards each other, and ere long, it is feared, hostilities will break out. The Piedmontese Press is now agitating the question as to whether France would interfere in case of hostilities breaking out between Austria and Piedmont, and rather despondingly points out that if France did not assist Italy in 1818, while under the Republican regime, when the troops of Sardinia were defeated by Radetzky, it is not likely the pre sent government would go to war on behalf of the cause of liberty in Italy. There is no doubt that this is a right view of the case, and it is very fortunate that it is so. As Lord John Russell judiciously observed during the last session of Parliament—and his views have been endorsed by Massimo d'Azeglio, and other distinguished Piedmontese statesmen—that any violent mea sures would only harm the cause of Italian independence. It is wrong, however, to suppose that the Emperor of the French is lukewarm in the cause of Italy. Like our own Cabinet, he takes a proper view of the question, and while lamenting the evils of an Austrian occupation, is too clear-sighted to compromise the prospect, slight as it is, of its cessation, by any unconsidered course. Naples, it appears, has addressed a fresh note to England and France, explaining the former one, and endeavouring to do away with the view that those governments took of the first document, A letter from Rome in the Bilancia of Milan tten in a friendly spirit towards the P wernmeut, states that the Pope is about t dismiss" the French and Austrian soldiers " at all events (pursues the letter) his Holiness is investigating with great sagacity by what means their presence can be dispensed with." The Correspondance Italienne, quoting the letter, calls attention to the word " dismiss," and suggests that common gratitude ought to make Cardinal Anto nelli and his friends a little more civil. Among the " means" referred to for dispensing with foreign aid, the correspondent mentions that negotiations are pending with the King of Naples for the loan of a couple of Swiss battalions. There is nothing of the least importance from The Emperor intends to be in Paris on the 15th in st, and several of the Ministers now France absent on leave have received notice to return on the 14th. The Emperor, it is said, intends to hold a naval review at Toulon, in the presence of several A. treaty between the Lyons foreign sover€ and Mediterranean Railway Companies has been signed, and the central offices are to be in Paris. THE breaking down of a state party, is an event which denotes retrogression. The Tories and Conservatives have not fallen from the shortness of Their decease must be attributed to the want of a definite policy. The State affairs to which they have given so much of their attention for centuries, have lost none of their charms, nor a vestige of their universal importance. The Constitution has to be sustained, the adjust ment of taxation needs able financiers, our Colonies numbers. are no less extensive and important, our commerce requires the constant vigilance and experience of the statesman, our money laws incessant obser vation and periodical revision, and the growing claims of capital and wants of labour present a wide field for the employment of politicians. If the retiring Tories and their allies declare them selves to have no distinctive views—opinions of State, and Empire—we are justified in saying that their demise denotes retrogression—that a concur rence of events has rendered only one line of policy practicable. When the conflicting parties which compose a deliberative body, arrive at such a conclusion, it is necessary to enquire what that policy really is. Lord PALMERSTON has told us e that every public measure is a compromise. Here, then, we may ask, have the Whigs compromised with State prodigality ? Have the Tories aban doned the Colonies ? Have the Whigs bartered Free Trade? Have the landed interest, who want 100,000,0001. to improve their estates, accepted the Bank Charter Act as a " finality ?' Have the Conservatives admitted that the power of capital and requirements of industry are not in direct antagonism to each other? If the spirit of compromise and good under standing has gone so far, all that remains to be done is, to get the public to place implicit confi dence in the Legislature, and to subscribe to the policy of those in office. But here commences the difficulty of those in place. Some men read the Constitution as a great civil and political con tract between the Crown and the subject, which cannot be disregarded or violated without doing grievous social injury to the communit3 bodily harm to the citizen Attempting taxa tion without representation, and " renewing the " public stocks for the torture of drunken " mechanics, in receipt of good wages," are flagrant breaches of the Constitutional compact. iories and Conservatives may recognise the The " expediency of such measures, but we have yet to learn how the public will view them. Our Colonial possessio are it al portions of our empire They give little short of fabulous magnitude to our dominions, and the essence of power to our rule ! and, in return, we give them governors and armies, and leave them to find, in the desert, all the neces_ saries of life, and all the adjuncts of civilisation. We alienate them in commerce as far as possible, and they lay heavy prohibitions on our trade—they give us gold, and we bestow mints upon them to coin their surplus treasure, but we will not allow their pound sterling, stamped with the QUEEN'S head, to circu late in this country, or any other colony under the British Crown, as legal tender—we will not, in , suffer a Colony to enjoy any one of the rights of Empire. The meaning of the word Empire does not appear to be understood in the political schools of our time. The equality and identity of rights which give strength and consistency to a great Power are not recognised in this sapient age. We merely ask for a blind and empty allegiance, and call that " Im " perial rule." But if we continue to act on this principle, time must make us weaker before we are wiser. British trade, to be free, must be re lieved of Colonial embargoes ; and our Colonial Empire, to be prosperous, must be legislated for as an integral portion of the parent State, and its produce freed from home imposts. Money and financial questions may not be very popular at the Carlton, and no uneasiness may be felt in Downing-street on those subjects; but the public, _ . . nevertheless, do entertain some serious misgivings both as to their justice as far as taxation is con cerned, and their practical effects on trade and abour Many persons who were in favour of bullion as the basis of our currency, have joined the currency reformers, since they have found that the rates of discount are regulated according to the amount of gold held by the Bank of England, while they are not allowed to know the quantity of bullion which the other banks hold in reserve. They find also„ that no explanation has been given with regard to the Bank of England's bullion opera tions between the Ist of January, 1848, and the Ist of May, 1854. Within this period the Bank purchased 44,631,960/. of gold, and they sold within the same dates 10,556,328 i., leaving a balance of 34,075,6321. to the general credit of the country, which we have never been able to trace in their weekly returns. We come now to capital and labour, and what a field opens itself to those who take a really impar- tial and comprehensive view of the rights and interests of both these springs of commercial and political life. Conventionally capital is called "money." Politically money is called " capital." And we can forgive both Tories and Conservatives for compromising that which they have never been able to understand. But let money be termed what it may, few will pretend to tell us that, commercial accommodation is worth 8 and 10 per cent. under any circumstances, much less in the height of a panic, when trade is depressed to the lowest degree, and when merchants are compelled to sacrifice their stocks to meet their current or daily And yet, while capital may exact any amount of . usury, the moneyocracy claim the right to limit the quantity of legal tender put into circulation by curtailing the issue of notes—a power hvhich should be vested in the Crown and Legisla- The exercise of this high prerogative by bankers makes money or " capital " scarce,and dear, and its first practical effect is to cause employers to dismiss their hands and leave our productive industry to seek refuge in the work house. This is the antagonism which exists between capital and labour ; and we will not charge the defunct party with having thought engagements ture only a compromise 'on matters on which have remained wholly silent, and are most likely perfectly ignorant. But they are, one and all, subjects which will force themselves on public attention ; and if they are left to the popular voice to discuss and decide, it will be because the Opposition could not ;find a PITT or aBENTINCK to protect the commercial and landed interests against the long-cherised and ably disguised machinations of hereditary Whig Lords, and their shallow-headed and time-serving underlings. THE COURT BALMORAL, SEPT. 3. —The Queen and the Prince Consort walked out yesterday morning, accompanied by the Princess Royal. In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness again walked in the woods in the neighbourhood of Balmoral. Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Cowell, went out fishing. The younger branches of the royal family took walking and riding exercise. The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Amalie of Hohenlohe- Scbillingfurst, and Lady Augusta Bruce, dined with her Majesty. yesterday. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town on Thurs day for St. Leonards. THE NEW SHERIFFS OF LONDON AND MIDDLESEX, MT . J. J. Mechi, and Mr. F. Keats, will enter upon their duties on Monday, the 20th inst, on which day, also, the election of Lord Mayor will take place. VIOLENT ASSAULT BY AN OLD MAN.—Y es terday, before Mr. Mansfield, an old man, named James M.'Loughlan, was charged with having violently assaulted , a young woman, named Catherine Mornin, in Garden lane. He was sent to gaol for one month. KIRKWALL, Sept. 2.—His Netherland Majesty's steam ship Merapi, with William Prince of Orange and suite on board, arrived here from Lerwick, on the 27th ult. His Royal Highness landed on the 28th, when the freedom of this ancient town was conferred upon him. They pro ceeded to the southward on the 29th. SUDDEN AND AMID RNTA.L DEATHS.—Edward Dillon, prisoner confined in the Borough gaol, died rather suddenly yesterday.—WVilliatn Connolly, who resided in a court off Leece-street, died yesterday, in consequence of injuries received by a fall into a cellar.—James Keene, a sailor, was carried from an American ship to the Northern Hospital yesterday, where he died soon after. It was stated that he had received ill usage. —Mary Freeman, a child 17 months old, fell into a well in Hill-street park yesterday, and was killed. CHILD DESERTION. PRAISEWORTHY CONDO —On Thursday night, a female child, apparently about three month's old, was found exposed in a passage leading by Mr. Walter's house, corner of Mulberry and Walnut streets. The gentleman named hearing of the circumstance, had the infant taken into his house, washed, and clothed. This, and other humane attention' revived the poor little thing, and yesterday it was carried to the workhouse, where it was attended to. But for the humane conduct of Mr. Walters, the child would have perished. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION. The noble ship Acadia, despatched by Mr. Edward Thompson, cleared yesterday for Melbourne, having the very large cargo of 2,100 tons on board, also• 280 steerage, and a full compliment of cabin passengers. This is the largest ship, we believe, that has ever been despatched by any other than the Mail Lines to Australia. The ventilation and accommodation are of the most unexceptionable description, and we hope to hear of her making a quick passage out, and delivering her valuable freight and passengers in a manner creditable both to the owners, Messrs. David Grainger and Sons, and to the " Mersey Line." Wiro is RIGHT ?—A few days since; we recorded a fact — that police constable, 7 0 7,was foun d iu a public-house at an early hour in the morning, contrary to the rules and regu lations of the police force, (evidently formed by the watch committee), which states that no constable is to enter a public-house, when on duty, by himself. This constable 707, was clearly proved to have been in the public house; and that, when a dispute arose between the lan d la ceman and a female customer about three -halfpence, the po left the house, took part in the dispute, and then—what ? took the female into custody, had her locked up all night, and charged her with being drank and disorderly. Mr. Mans. field, who heard the case, ordered the woman to be instantly discharged, observing that the woman had no right to have been locked up. Ile did more than that ; he said it was one of the most tyrannical and abominable procedures on the part of the police, and instantly suspended police con stable 707. Since then, the watch committee have had the case brought under their consideration, the result of which is, that police constable, 707, for his the worthy magis trate stated—" abominable and tyrannical conduct"—has been re-ineated, as we are informed. Who is right—the worthy magistrate, who hears evidence on oath, or the watch committee, who only hears exparte statements ? We pause for a reply. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING There has been a somewhat subdued tone in business matters during the week. Foreign and colonial produce has been taken to a moderate extent, but, in some instances, buyers have had the advantage in price. The dull flat feeling by which the market has for so long a period been characterised gave place at the close of last week, under the influence of the fine weather then indicated, and which has since been happily realised, to an animated demand and a general manifestation of confidence. Still, though the sales have since been daily large, no material ad vance in prices has yet been effected, the large stock on hand—at least as compared with that of last year—pre-disposing holders to meet the enquiry freely. The only change which can be noticed in prices consequently is an advance of about 1-16 d per lb, in American descriptions at and below 61-,d per lb. Surats also must be considered rather dearer, but not quotably so. Other descriptions are in all respects without change from Friday last. The sales of the week amount to 84,410 bales, 60,560 of which have been taken by the trade, 14,650 for speculation, and 9,200 for export, The sales to-day are estimated at 8,000 bales, 2,000 being for speculation and export. The Committee's quotations to-day for far Cotton are as follows, viz :—Bowed Cld, Mobile 68d, and Orleans 71 ,1 per lb. Printed advises fi oin Nev, Orleans, dated August 16, contain the following remarks. We should, however, state, that the ideas broached are those of the writer, and that we do not feel disposed to endorse all his conclusions therein : I have now only to say that all my expectations regarding cotton are realised. Notwithstanding it is over one month since the first bale of new crop was received, we have only received up to this morning, in all, thirty-two bales—the crop is very backward, and up to this moment there is no prospect of four thousand bales being received for the next thirty days. In fact, on Sunday last, one of the most serious storms of wind and rain commenced that ever perhaps passed over I ouisianna. Its ravages over the south-western part of the State have resulted in the loss of cane, beating down the cotton, with the greatest loss of life ever known in this section of the country. For full particulars I refer you to the public prints which you will receive with this. The accounts from the coast, from Bayon Sarah to Vicks burg, are, that the cotton is seriously and irretrievably injured. Some estimates are made of a loss of one fourth. From the countries back of the river, or rather the interior countries, no intelligence has been received. The most injury has been done to the belt of land lying between the Mississippi and Red Rivers, of which we shall not have full details for some days. The storm commenced on the night of Saturday, the 9th, continued on Sunday, the 10th, Monday, the 11th, and Tuesday, the 12th. The 13th and 14th it partially suspended, but attended with heavy showers of rain at intervals, until yesterday, the 15th. At this time it does not indicate that the weather is settled—clouds look murky and watery. In fact, we have not had such a time since August, 1812, and July, 1819. Ten bales of the new crop, classing good middling, consigned to J. C. Reeds, was sold yesterday, at 121 c, for a northern factory. I think there will be but few bales shipped for Liverpool before the end of next month. There has only been one vessel cleared with cotton for Liverpool—the Emigrant, British barque—since the Ist inst. She had 1,678 bales. The only vessel now loading with cotton for Liverpool is the Olseinthe ; so I think, by the time this reaches you, there will be but little cotton at sea for European ports ; and parties in Liverpool can, with the greatest safety, hold for the present. You will perceive, by the papers sent you, how the receipts stand ; and we cannot, as before remarked, expect any increase before the middle of next month ; and if the weather does not hold up before long, estimates will be further reduced. Another letter from the same city, says : " Since my last, per Asia, we have had several flooding rains in the city, and have received accounts of most disastrous damage in all our sugar and cotton region as high as Vicksburg. Some persons estimate that the crop of cotton will be shortened, by these recent storms alone, fully 500,000 bales. Mr. Hay told me, last evening, that previously the crop in the Red River country was already looked upon as going to be a poor one." The Liverpool Share Market wore an improved aspect to-day, and although the business done was trifling, yet on the whole it has been rather more buoyant than for some days back. The day's transactions were :—Blackburn, 8 ; Eastern Coun ties, 9 5-16 91 ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 04; Great Western, 6-11-, ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 971, 4, A.3„4; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 18 ; London and North Western, 1031 ; Midland, 801- 1 , 0, 7- 3 ,1; North British, 10 ; North Eastern, 201; Dovers, 22k, ; Dutch Rhenish, 2 3-16 p. ; Great Western of Canada, new, 2 3.16 p.; Liverpool and London Fire and Life, 61p ; Exchange Buildings, 251. The closing prices were as follows :—Aberdeen, 132 131. Chester and Birkenhead, 151 16. Caledonian, 25Z- 261. Chester and Holyhead, 16 2 , 17. Eastern Counties, 91 9 5-16. East Lancashire, 204 20a. Great Northern, 24xd 241. Do. A, 101 104. Great Western, 64.2_ xd 644. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 971 971. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 18 181. Lon don and North Western Stock, 1037,- xd Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 33t, 334. Midland Stock, 807, xd 801. North British, 10 10 1-16. North Staffordshire, 5 41d. South Eastern and Dover, 22i 221. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 201 xd 20?-. York and North Midland, 28a xd 287, 1 . Leeds Capital Stock, 171- 171. Buffalo, and Lake Huron, 2 id. Dutch Rhenish, 21 21p. Great Western of Canada, 24a 241. Ditto New Shares, 2 3-16 2 5-16 p. Great Luxembourg, 10 9-7-,d. Mr. F. J. Eaton's circular contains the following respecting the Tallow trade : The sales here are about 500 casks P. Y. C., at 52s 6d to 54s per cwt, chiefly at the lower rate ; in sorts nothing worth reporting. 120 pipes South American horse grease sold at 39s to 40s per cwt. Owing to the accounts from St. Petersburg of large shipments being in progress, the London market has been very heavy, and lower prices have been accepted, both for immediate and forward delivery; on Wednesday the market opened flatly with free sellers at 49s for the last three months, and 503 6d per cwt spot, since which a reaction has taken place and the closing prices last night were 52s 6d per cwt spot, and 49s 61 per ' cwt buyers, for October, December. The supply of Russian Tallow for this season, is now estimated at 104,000 casks, against 106,000 in 1853, and 82,700 in 1852. The half week delivery is 1,500 casks, against 1,596 casks last year, and the stock on the Ist instant was 8,450 casks, against 35,568 casks in 1855. There was rather more doing in the Manchester Stock Exchange. The rieslings reported comprised Midlands, 801; Sheffields, 331; Dovers, 228. There is not any material change in the state of the Money Market. It is said that the state of the Royal British Bank is extremely dis couraging. The amount sunk in the Cefn Iron and Coal Works exceeds 100,0001; the original loss having been 25,0001., advances having been made by former directors, and to the late manager, which will probably involve deficiencies of more than 50,0001; and bills of Mr. Edw. Oliver, of Liverpool, and bonds of the Westminster Improvement Commission, are still among the assets. If this be the case already, more than the whole of the paid-up capital will be seen to have been swept away without reckoning future law expenses, or such ordinary losses as invariably occur in the winding up of an estate. The cash credits are stated to be limited to about 150,0001, instead of 250,0001. The best assets are, doubtless, disposed of to meet the recent, as it is believed, that more than 200,0001 was paid away during its continuance, thus reducing the liabilities of the Bank from 810,000/ to about 600,000/. There was a better feeling in the Public Securi ties to-day. Consols were dealt in at 941 to 95 for the Account, and 947 ; 95 941 95 for Money. The New Three per Cents. were sold at 95,1 The closing prices were 944 to 951f0r Money and Account, and 951 to 951 for the New Three per Cents. The London Share Market was rather better, the closing prices were as follows :—Caledonian, 52 523. Eastern Counties, 9 91. East Lancashire, 81 82. Great Northern, 953 90. Ditto A., 85 86. Great Western, 643 641. Lancashire and York shire, 973 on. London and North Western, 1031 1031 Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 324 34. Midland Stock, 804 80,1. North British, 401 41i. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 80 81. York and North Midland, 57 58. We are glad to observe th a t th e weat h er con tinues " fine," and that our telegraphic reports state that this is general throughout the country. This has produced a very decided reaction in the Corn Markets throughout the United Kingdom during the past week. Here the decline in Wheats amount to about 3d per 70Ibs. on the finer deserip tions, and 6d on inferior qualities ; the latter, however, have been almost unsaleable. Vlour has experienced a fair enquiry, and has not given way more than is per barrel and sack. Indian Corn has also gone back a little, and, with only a very small demand, all descriptions must be noted is per quarter lower than on Friday last. Oats and Oatmeal are each the turn lower. Egyptian Beans have improved 6d to is per quarter, with a fair enquiry thereat. According to a letter which we have had from the United States, we glean the following par ticulars respecting the prospects of the Tobacco Crop in the United States : The prospe3t for th , :, growing crop is indeed a gloomy one. There has been a very general scarcity of plants, the spring remarkably late, and the seasons very light and partial to neighbourhoods. We did not set a plant here until the 17th of June, and but one or two light seasons since, and it is almost impossible to make the replants stand, owing to the hot, dry sun. I have con versed with persons from Robertson, Logan, and Chris tian counties, all giving the same accounts, that the stand is late and bad. Although much allowance should be made for exaggeration by the planters, I can but agree with them that the crop will be short. I have made pretty general enquiry from different sections, and find that it is making but little or no show on the ground. They will necessarily have to 1 top very low to make it come in in time. I think the market will open very high here next fall, and to give you an idea of the way the planters talk, and of their expectations, I heard a very intelligent gentlemen from Christian county, remark a few days ago seriously,ithat he thought tobacco would bring twenty-five cents per pound next fall. Others say there cannot be more than half a crop, &c. But there is one thing I'm pretty certain of, that their vic .vs and expectations will he so high next fall, and a little goaded by being caught, as they say, last far, ri.h low prices, that it will be difficult for the stemmers to make purchases at anything like safe figures, and I think they will have to lay back on their oars awhile. The following are the Gazetted Returns of the Bank of England issued,last night:— ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Debit. Credit. Notes issued ...26,188,315 Government Debt Other securities 3,459,930 Gold Coin and Bullion 11,713,315 £26,188,315 Total .. .. £26,188,315 FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING• The only important piece of news to-day is the following, of which the telegraph will have already informed you:— " On the night of the 2nd a regular revolution broke out in the Canton of Neufchatel. The royalists possessed themselves at two o'clock at night of the fort. The members of the Council of State have been arrested. The royalists have displayed the Prussian flag—they have cut off tho telegraph communication with Neuenbury. f -t Chaux de Fonds and in the mountain everybody is under arms." The above is published in the Nouvelliste of Bale. Rumours of risings, both in the city and king dom of Naples, have again been current ; but, If they were well founded, we should have assuredly had telegraphic despatches about them, and none have arrived. On the contrary, we learn by tele graph, from Vienna, that one of the principa l papers of that city announces that the Neapolitan Government has addressed a new note to En g land and France, calculated to deprecate the bad effect produced by its first one, and that the French Minister at Naples has, for his part, expressed himself satisfied with it. St. Petersburg despatches announce the ib a new series of paper money, to the amount of about 29,000,000 silver roubles. A Madrid despatch announces the long expected dissolution of the Cortes. Agents of the Danubian Principalities are her ° now. with the professed object of trying to induce the French Government to consent to their being declared an independent state, and to their choosing one of the Buonapate family for their king. The French Government, if I am correctly informedr does not lend a reluctant ear to their application, but it is certain that Austria, and probably Eng' land, will not be favourable to them, at least to the latter part of them. sue °I BANKING DEPARTMENT, Debit. Proprietors' ca pital Rest Public deposits Other „ Seven day, and other bills Credit. Government se curities ..... £12,114,078 Other securities 15,645,152 Notes 6,063,720 Gold and silver coin £14,553,000 3,688,406 5,590,339 9,734,553 930,444 £34,496,742 673,792 Total ..., £34,496,742 Compared with the last week's returns, the fol lowing results are shown :—lncrease of notes issued, 38,4801.; decrease of bullion in both departments, 48,6491. In the rest, there is an increase of 272,0831. In public deposits, the increase is 768,4931.; and in seven day and other bills, 751,3881. The following are the latest state of the Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 161 to 11 17. Do. three months, 11 19 to 11 191. Rotterdam, do., 11 19-1, to 11 19k. Antwerp, do., 25 45 to 25 50. Brussels, do., 25 45 to 25 50. Hamburg, do., 13 7 to 13 81. Paris short, 25 271 to 25 35. Do., three months, 25 62.1 to 25 671. Marseilles, do., 25 65 to 25 70 Frankfort, do , 119 1 1 to 120. Vienna, do., 10 21 to 10 23. Trieste, do., 10 22 to 10 25. Petersburg, do., 371 37-a. Madrid, do., 491 to 40-4. OPENING OF THE ST. GEORGE'S CONCERT HALL, LAST NIGHT This beautiful room was thrown open to the public for the first time, last night, although the intended inaugura. tion was announced for an earlier date, but was post . poned from causes on which we need not now dwell. The house was three-parts:,filled with well dressed persons, who appeared to admire the chaste and elegant design of this exquisite apartment. They were, in short, satisfied with everything, but the arrangements for " inagurating," which, it is natural to suppose, would have been of a distinctive charactet, either by giving an entire great work of some composer, or by introducing something novel and excellent, to mark the occasion ; but no, the "novelties" were these (for this was the programme), which has been in our advertising columns for weeks ; but we here re-produce it, to put on record what London speculators may foist on a corporate body. Great it may be in senatorial qualities, but small in the capacity required in the art of concert-giving. _ _ PIIOGItAIIIME FART I Trio—" Huai se ti sfugge"—(Lucrezia Borgia).. Donizetti. Madame Novello, Herr Formes, and Mr. Sims Reeves. Song—" Revenge"—(Der Freischutz) .. Weber, herr Formes. Duet—Piano-forte Mr. Best and Mr. Hatton. Cavatina—" Di Piacer"—(ra Gazza Ladra) Madame Alboni. Duet—" Sarar it morir"—(Af asaniello) Mr. Sims Reeves and Herr Formes. Aria—" The Captive of Agincourt"—(new song) composed expressly for her t y . Madame Novello. Song—" Adelaide" Mr. Sims Reeves, Brindisi—"ll Segreto" '—(Lucrezia Borgia) Madame Alboni. ...Beethoven Donizetti. Solo—" Souvenirs de Donizetti, fantasie pour Violoncello".... Paque M. Paque. Song—" The Linden Tree" Mr. J. L. Hatton. FART 11 Sonata—Piano-forte and Violoncello (Sonata in A).. Mr. Best and M. Paque. Hatton. "Come e bello"—(Lucretia Borgia) Madame Novella ,B ee thoven. Donizetti Song—" Good bye, Sweetheart" Mr. Sims Reeves VariaziAi—“Carina sent! un poco" Madame Alboni. ." Oh! ruddier than the Cherry"—Acts and Galatea... Handel Herr Formes. Lasciami non t' ascolto" Madame Alboni and Madame Novello Prayer and 1" Dal too Stellato Soglio" (Hose).... Grand Finale Madame Alboni, Madame Novello, Mr. Sims Reeves, Herr Formes, and Mr. J. L. Hatton Hatton. Song— Hummel Duet—' Tancredi, Rossini. There is hardly a piece here that has not been before the public "ad nauseam" for many years, and this was what we were treated to, with one exception, where Herr Formes substituted the celebrated air from " Zauberflote'' instead of " Revenge;" and the only novelty in the books of the words were, the refreshing advertisements of Messrs. Cramer, Beale and Co., who furnish harmoniums at from £lO to £55. Such was the scheme of entertain ment offered to the amateurs of Liverpool at ten shillings per seat. The singers, it will be seen, were some of the first of our day, but it seemed as if they all partook of the coldness which characterised the audience, and sang, in accordance therewith—for they all failed to make any great impression. Alboni was not herself at all, but, of course, her delicious voice must somewhere strike, and the only approach to excellence during the evening was in her treatment of Hummel's air with variations—yet it was a listless performance. "II Segreto," so new, so admirable for the mouth of a lady in a concert room, received the intelligent approbation of a distinguished audience, who did " applaud again" when what is called a Trillo!was kept in existence for an incredible period. Mr. Sims Reeves made one effort, and distinguished him. self by excellent expression in Mr. Hatton's " Good bye, Sweetheart." Could not the composer give us a companion to this song, where the lover might return? for this con• tinual repetition of adieu is painful ; and Mr. Hatton is worthy of better things than saying " Still for ever, fare thee well." Herr Formes and Madame Novello were equally unimpressive in their " novelties ;" and, alto gether, we better close the ungrateful task, which makes us put on record the opening of the prettiest music hall in England with a concert, regarding which the prover bial " faint praise" would be the greatest partiality. In justice to Mr. Hatton, it should be said that the accom paniments, arduous and continuous as they were, were most carefully and admirably played, although the piano was a poor substitute for what might have existed at the " inauguration." LONDON GAZETTE BANKRUPTS.—Jos. MILLER, Southampton, brewer and publican. JAMES ADAMS SHAD, Thames, Surre y , b ean splitter and millright. WM. BRITTAIN JONES, Birmingham, grocer and paper dealer. 3 AMES THOMAS, Eblew-vale, Monmouthshire, grocer and gentral shf,pkeeper. D ONALD WLARTY, JOHN 11.1.`KEAN, and ROBERT LAMONT, Liver pool, merchants. WILLIAM SMITH HEMEL, Hempstead, Herefordshire, banker. GODFREY GREGORX PIKE, Bir mingham, grocer, EDWARD WILLIAM PERSY, Fenchurch Buildirgs, merchant. HENRY JAMES BROWN, Q , ieen's Buildings, Numb tsbridge, eheesemonger. PETER SCATTER GOOD, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, machine builder. SAMUEL DAVIS, Bristol, grocer and fixture dealer. . N ATHANIEL ELLIOTT, Manchester, grocer and dealer lit cigara. SAMUEL SMITH, Northampton, machine rallter, WEST AFRICAN MAILS PLYMOUTIT, Thursday Evening.—The Africa n mail steamer Retriever, Captain Macintos b, arrived this afternoon with mails, seventeen passengers, 2,090 ounces of gold dust, and generi" cargo. She left Fernando Po July 13th ; Cap t Coast Castle, August 10th ; Sierra Leone, Augu s A 13th ; and Madeira, August 27th. She experi ence'. head-winds nearly all the way to Sierra Leo n but has arrived two days before her postal til Amongst the passengers are Dr. Daniells, princi.. of the medical staff at Sierra Leone, and pi11..0. Wood, late clerk of the Myrmidon ; the eoas . t I generally healthy ; there is scarcity of shipPl o Oil is plentiful, but trade not brisk. At Made.lld the cholera had abated, the mortality be 1 .1 34 reduced to seven a day. Her Majesty's 011 % Firefly and Bloodhound were at Sierra Leone," the Myrmidon was at Rio Pongos, and had take;a prize, and destroyed a .baracoon there. 11 fr Plumper was at Lagos, and the Prometheus 0 Quittah, August 3 The Retriever spoke the Nig e 1 .; ou tward bound, mail steamer, of 23rd Augu st, lat. 34.30, lon 15.30 W. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-LONDON, St' 4' (BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER HOLROYD ) THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.—A petition for adjudic 3 ,4 in bankruptcy was filed to-day, by Mr. Chidley , on beuv't, of Mr. Walter Morrice, silversmith, of Jewin-cre sce 4 ,6 against the Royal British Bank. No further steps s'y taken to-day beyond filing the petition. The p ro ceedi ll ,9 taken under the first clause of the 7 & S Vic, c. 111, e,llt,i,:ii3t " An act for facilitating the winding up the affairs or r. stock companies, unable to meet their pecuniary eng.,,risl ments," which provides that, it any incorporated c on:one te a or trading company, or any other body of persons assoct il dl it together for commercial or. trading purposes, shall CO any act which is deemed an act of bankrurpty on the filo-4 of such company, a fiat in bankruptcy may issue agltber the same, and be prosecuted in like manner as ag ainst o bankrupts, subject to the provisions afterwards made. SHERIFFS' COURT.-SEPT. 4, THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK —On Wednesday of t rj e jp noon two writs of extent against the Royal. British 133001 were executed at this office before Mr. onesethe n J., ar y, and Mr. Jacobs, commissioners. In ease ~3 D e 3 after hearing evidence, found that the bank was inuehiell to the crown in the sum of X 386 13s 4d excise dutv, W c ole had been deposited at the Holborn branch by - tho b oX lector for safe custody; and, in the other, that the,,, of was likewise indebted to the crown in the st l ":,a 57 . 0 5s Ild assessed taxes, which had been depos it j n g t / the Islington branch—the effect of these findings he'" give the crown claims priority. W I ; F A TAL LEAP BY A CLERGYMAN.—OR Tuesday op-; gloom was cast over the society of St. Peter's College' e ife,' bridge, by a telegraphic message which had been r ee l ele from Paris, to the effect, that the Rev. William 31 M.A., senior fellow of the college, had met with a ll A dent which resulted in his death. Mr. Nind WWI; spending a part of the long vacation in Paris, and °Lye day night, the Hotel du Monde, where he was s e w c l caught fire ; an alarm was immediately given, °",, 0 Pis Nind, fearing that he could not escape by the pass ° l,r o , a l s'aircase, which were in flames, threw open his he.,," e iltr, window and jumped into the street below. Before lbet o aid could be procured life was extinct. We hear st subscription has already been set on foot googols fellows of the college, for the purpose of erecting a ta.. the college chapel to his memory. olde eV CAUTION TO PUBLICANS.— An emaciated named Ann Ryan, alias Riley, w; 8, brought up b e ' . 44 :r o t Birkenhead magistrates, charged with obtaining b e , r fu l ple" under false pretences. Her " dodge" is an ar g e. 5, withal simple one. She goes into the public-h" d t t calls for two-penny worth of whiskey, or some otheri, leaning her arm on the counter the while, and tigliti; sing her thumb and forefinger, as if she held betwelii be' some small coin. The drink ' is served, and V ic e # l , appears down the capacious throat of Mrs. RY,,,el smacking her lips with the delight of one vvh° F a e " tipple" for nothing, then fumbles in her P °c ?' At / gravely asks the publican if she has not paid bl o r sequel is soon told. Mrs. Ryan did not pay him, pet? she intend it—not she. She has not a c, ghos t of NO?. in her pocket. He may sue her in one of her. by 0 1 9 county courts for the debt, but wisely prefers baa„. s sci t , It seems that Mrs. Ryan has frequently prac i r e tel it ell "dodge" in and around Birkenhead; but when l es ' oi c yesterday, the magistrates, not having power to the case, she was warned that she might yet ‘` once too often, Mrs. Ryan protested that she "ut wronged in this case. She had only got one'"'"' ° glasses, as deposed to by the prosecutrix. ter u. ifie f eg A DRUNKEN WIFE RIGHTLY PUNISHED.-"' e j 1 4 most forlorn and dejected looking female, deo" ut iret e and of a most disrepnted appearance was brottg e ol, Mr. Mansfield under the following distressing c i , r o g i id ces. Her name was Charlotte Finchette, and tb ° ant was her husband, a respectable-looking persoltio on the business of a blacksmith. It appeared e t eib ° , ( l4 time since, from the conduct of the defendarm„ele I,sr, always drunk, that the case had been before the be: et ls t ef .a ` v it was agreed that the parties should separate , t lfr o ute,iri allowing her a maintenance. This continued for s t ,", j s when the defendant promised to reform, an d e . ro l ;s ll ,S back to her home. She, however, soon after ea t again, and had taken to drink, id her 00 0 ' -c s o " e it s d violent that the husband's life was in dange r " cc - P .t e insulted all her husband's customers—on 1311 ,,,r' e ll e sr o f turning Mr. Robertson Gladstone out of the 8 11° , 1 ' 0 10;V) sold and pawned every article of furniture and c ei'"sri could get hold of, and had actually stripped th e , their clothes, and all for drink. A great ma ti ' v e . iol g e were called to prove the above facts, most of oll e fsflo that the conduct of the wife was so diegracef r al 1: 0 0 ":, 0 6 6 ,0 that persons lives were in danger from her. she imputed all the blame to her husband, " - `,. s . pf e ' c ialV in addressing the defendant, said, her scare-ern" if it were nett for the superabundant ey ide e lj i v ife 0 ° 0 4 0 f1 '; would have been sufficient to prove to him tb , ifo bg led. It was quite clear that the plaintiff'sh'o,lo of p l safe. He regretted that a respectable man 8 ;00° 5 0 tied to such a c h arac t er , an d th ere was n° It f c iol, getting away from it. But such was the law' ,Ole it , to be regretted that a wife, whets she 'but fl at/' could not be punished as another feloth po uq o t A id one of the fictions in the law that she "be Peer s !' punished for taking what was considered to iroo e g fe, The law did not allow a man to be separated 'gee ° , is l t l i for only one offence, but he could not C t ,° ° e ° wif e c t:e°l 4 punishment to a man than having a drano - big • as bad as a man carrying a dead corpse on O re e S o il ! until it rotted away from him piece by Pi e . c „, °. es had been discussed in high quarters, and " Viet' a 's Cs, hoped that the legislature would take the 11° ' consideration, for the benefit of the million. ,tiopeaociooo to see a respectable man thus placed, and be c., e t ti n st n ell time was not far distant when the legi' ' • atu e - ure, - a benefit on such men, by enacting a tom e a : o o t" A rerj relieve them from such wives. v ile only 01 , 1 ;0 ° O c O o pt allowed him to do was to bin o ...her over to I tiber t° to U ee a long period. Mr. -Mansfield then o rdere" P tb sureties in 451) each, and herself in £lOO, lP° fot for twelve mont h s . Th e suret i es not b e 00 was committed for that period.