Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-15 00:00:00

lathe Draws' office, 108 chests Congou.—BusußY & Co. .111. Weise o'clock, at the brokers office, Apsley.bail Angs, Oldhall env* a quantity of Angamos Guano —ROOKE, OKELL, & SPENCE titalve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 27, Titheb.an-street, 180 tons One Bon e ." sh —ISAAC HADWEN, Jun., & Co. Mk ball- past <me o'clocl,, at the Commercial Sale Room, Temple-court, Zati boxes American Cheese, 863 boxes ditto, and 2,000 boxes fine Amer:can itto.—GE •• RGE B ADENACiI & SON. At half-p; et one o'clock, a: the Commercial Sale Room, Temple-court, 1,1500 boxes American Cheese.—Tamaia & GnetwoElt. AI twelve 'clock, at the broker's office, 7, Exchange-chambers, 211.0 barrels common Rosin.—FRANCIS J. FATON. AI twelve o',lock, 240 bags black pepper, and 170 ditto, all faults, OK Aurgette Gabon. irom Singapore.—Wntrattza, WRITEHEAD and Co. At Twelve .'clock, at the Broker's Office, York-building 3, Dale- Areet, 480 bags Pimento, 41 Bags Jamaica Coffee, b 9 Bags do., all etaa.—P-viT,Nsox & CLARK. *Twelve o'eock, at the Broker's Office, 18, Hackin's-hey, 2,613 110g6 Bengal fable Rice —A. & 8. H. Sus .art. At 'I welve o'clock, tine Brokers' Office, 30, Exchange alley, 335 Tierces Caro ina Rice.—SHAND, HiGSON, aid CO. sue o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, 1,500 Boxes American Cheese.—Wm. L4ARDNER and Co. *2 Twelve o'clock, at the Offiees of the Brokers, 700 Barrels Currants, *quantity of Raisi..s, Almonds, Figs, and Prunes.—Houotrro if and tart. o'c'o7k, at the Broker's Office Yard, a quantity of stave. CISAL9N &H. Rat One o'clock, at the Bro . -J(3es Saleroom, several Bags Common Val, and a quantity of Woollen, Cotton, an& Canvass Rags.— ''reKLET PUBLW ar;Ertilkira, o'c. THIS DAY. anAT, AmparrnsAntE—Dratnatil Performance-7 p.m. ItuLA'S HALL, BoLD-sta,ET —Dosco--8 p.m. IgOLHOLliteB CLAQUE VAAIETE, Dale-street•-7 p.m. IarrEILEOOL ACADEMY'S EXHIBITION, Post-Office-place. COV)S3iCllK—Geaeral Entertainment-6.30 p.m. 4Z;" For advertisements see second page. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. lb-sans seeking Employment, parties requiring Servants, Assistants or Clerks, and those in search of Apartments, orrkaving Lodgings to Let, can best bring their wants der the notice of the publi c , by advertising in the NOZ_THEIIN TIMES, and which, from its large circulation, is the most efficient medium of publicity in this &feriot. Br mill. price f4r this special class of advertisements is ism reduced to THREEPENCE FOR TWENTY WORDS, and for every additional" five words one :ay. MALON E RAYMOIN D MISS KATE SAXON "i 1 it Wys e their popular and attractive ENTERTAINMENTS, This Way tTnesday), the 15th instant, at CHESTER; To-morrow (Wednesday) and Thursday, the 16th and 17th, at WIGAN ; F. iday, len inh,again at ST. HELENS, is consequence of the immense destertber on their first visit. Applications for .:I‘gagainents of these accomplished Artistes to be =lda to Mr. T. C. Foster, See.etary, 27, Seymour-street, Liverpool. Cbt artijera timeo __- TUESDAY, DEOEITBER 13, 1837. THE DAY'S NEWS. M1T24111 Full details of news is now to hand from India ley the arrival of the Overland Mail. The dates --Bombay, November 17; and Calcutta, Nov. et Sir Cohn Campbell reached Cawnpore on the Zrd or 4 h of November. It appears certain that the Commander-in-Chief actually crossed the Ganges, and commenced his march on Lueknow Mt the 10th. His force is variously stated at from 1.400 to 5,000 men, but it is probable that Sir Colin has puehed on with the smaller number, and thirt the rest would join him at Alumbagh in a few its after. In such an emergency it cannot be tlonght that the Commander-in-Chief would take Mere than four days on the march, and we may, tlerefore, expect that on the 13th or the 14th he would come upon the enemy, who had, no doubt, made preparations_ to receive him in the plain 'vehicle divides Alumbagh from the city. But the ihnetw, with the Commander-in-Chief, is not the telly one which was advancing to the rescue. Colonel Orcathead's column, after marching about 140 miles, gaining two considerable victories, and - worsting the enemy in four or five smaller en counters, arrived at Cawnpore on the 20th of Oct. On the 18th of November, Brigadier Grant, of the fah Lancers, had taken the command as senior officer, aud five days later the force had inflicted a sirrere defeat on the enemy, capturing five guns. On the 31St it marched on Lucknow, with, as it seetos, reinforcements that made it up to 5,000 moue It occupied Alumbagh, and having taken with it a large supply of provisions, awaited the &nivel of the Commander-en-Chief. It thus ap• pears that, by the middle of November, the force that had reached Lucknow must have amounted to 10,000 men. From the rest of India the accounts are equally satisfactory. The country was settling down, and the cause of the mutineers was evidently telt to be hopeless. The Niagara arrived hero yesterday afternoon. The accounts from the United States are rather nteresting. Another interview had been held zftween Governor Walker, of Kansas, and the )president. It would appear that these two per cottages are still diametrically opposed to each qtr in their views regarding the Government of dot Territory. It was not improbable that a rapture would take place, and as it was not likely tleet General Walker would resign, some trouble is alenost certain to occur, and the next Session of congress will prove a rather exciting one ; as the Democratic party will, to a man, take the side of the Governor, and the Executive may find itself in a zninority. The news from California is not of much mportance. One or two failures had occurred. The :vibes continuo to yield abundantly, and the acrd of crime is not so large as has been the saes for many steamers previous. In Mexico, there is no change for the better. Revolution is the order of the day, and he who conquers commits reatrages which rival, if they do not exceed savage deeds of Indian Sepoyism which we have from time to time been called upon to relate. The Continental news this morning is not of much importance. The list of bankruptcies at Berlin is still very limited. Two firms only belonging to the Exchange have stopped payment. The remainder eonsists of manufacturing houses, whose hills for m:-rchandise, sent for exportation to Ham- Imegh, had not been honoured. As wo briefly iktim ate d in our paper of yesterday would likely be the case, the Senate of Hamburgh 'has been invested by the A.ssombly of Citizens with discretionary power to apply the sum of 2300,000, lent for a year by the National .auk of Austria to the State of Hai-n -gh, to the relief of six to eight of the 01.4 t extensive commercial houses, the bankruptcy otif which was impending. This loan must be eassidered an eminently political measure on the it of Austria. The Hamburgh Senate, in applying to Prussia for help, and thus theeaten 'tag Austria with an increase of Prussian influ ewe in the North, knew what it was about. It is, however, very probable that Austria Ins overreached herself; for it is unlikely Mat Prussia would have 'advanced the money. Iha loan, however, is not considered sufficient eta Ifamburgh, and further measures for pro rating capital are contemplated. The Divan at Bucharest, after resolving to express no other bisihes than those contained in the national pro gramme, has been prorogued for an indefinite period. The Divan at Jassy hopes to have its ktbours finished by the 10th of this month. On Thursday a foreigner, with a female supposed to be his wife, engaged a lodging at a coffee-house, racar Eason-square, London. On Sunday, when 139.ey were about to go out, the landlord asked for roymient of his bill, on which they returned to *heir room, and nothing was heard of them for same hours. About noon the door was forced open, when the man and woman were both found with their throats cut, the man having a razor in is right hand. They were both dead. The trial of Mr. Ouseley, proprietor of the • vrpool Herald, for a libel on Mr. Robertson Gladstone, took place yesterday, before Mr. Justice Wightman. We report the case at very full length. Mr. Gladstone, at a iueeting of the Town Council, a few days after the day of humiliation and prayer, at his seat in the Town Council, took occasion to sitate his views on the subject, and he was of opinion that such an observance was uncalled for. In the first publication of the Herald after this, .r. Ouseley took occasion to call Mr. B. Gladstone., as "English Sepoy," "a brutal specimen of htt• I nasnity," &e, and indulged in several other coarse expressions. Mr. Gladstone commenced a cri minal action against Mr. Ouseley, and accordingly it came before the proper tribunal yesterday. After the jury had considered the case for four hours, they intimated that there was no possibility of their agreeing, and they were accordit gly called into court. After a great deal of conversation between the Judge, the jury, and the counsel engaged in the case, it was agreed that the Judge should draw up au apology from Mr. Ouseley, and ultimately this apology was signed on behalf of the prosecution and the defence, and Mr. Ouseley was discharged. The trial created much excitement. Yesterday, Madame Annie, the noted proeuress and brothel-keeper in this tow n , was sentence d to four months ' imprisonment with hard labour, and to a fine of £25. To be further imprisoned until the fine is paid. THE Government Currency Motion has suc ceeded. Out of a House of 412 members, 295 voted for Panics. Mr. DISRAELI could only find 117 followers. There is no room here for sur prise. Mr. DISRAELI'S object was, to upset the Government lantern, while his own light was wasting away under a bushel. But his opposition provoked a debate. The legislative mind, ever pregnant with speeches, poured fourth a perfect deluge of rubbish. The object of every speaker was to show that he understood the entire opera tion of our money laws. These statutes had no one to defend them. The ten per cent. Whigs dread them, and demand inquiry before they trust them again. The usury Conservatives were for immediate legislation. But they were too bashful to tell us in what spirit they would legislate. The Railway members, blind to their own interest, voted any how. We must, then, submit to the further mockery of inquiry and ten per cent. Now, we are by no means disheartened at all this. Our money-laws swindle the nation. This has been shown to the people at large within the last two moaths. Thousands of men have been made to feel their plundering operation, and now they have wholesome ideas with regard to banking and currency. Yet we look, in very different directions, for relief from base national wrongs. Accumulative forces must be governed by those natural laws which regulate expansion. Air, fire, and water, are the ruling elements of the physical world. These are faithfully represented in our social organisation, by population, indus try, and commerce. With these three the incen tive to motion is an instinctive dread of want, They move forward in obedience to the Divine precept, "go forth, increase, multiply, and re plenish the earth," They expand as enlighten ment swells the current of our wants, and in flames the ardour of our desires. Men question the wisdom of this progressional order of things. Legislation may forbid the winds to blow, Mount Etna to pour forth its flames, and the tide to flow. Popular prejudice and igno rance,may conspire to hurry on Whigs and Tories in the, execution of their supernatural designs. We need not now be told of the large amount of insanity there is in human nature. The darkest of the day passing over our head, would, if truth fully written, be Mau mum illau a reprint of "Paradise Lost." Men's minds are so deeply en gaged in carrying out the great work expansion it . self, that they have not time to think of what their labour is producing. Expansion of numbers,expan sion of education, expansion of consumption, and the expansion of wants go on increasing day by day. Mortality has ceased to interrupt the geo• metrical ratio of increase in the number of our species and requirements of population. Men may pass barbarous laws. The science of legis lation may be abandoned for an open outrage on the law of numbers. Political, religious, and secular education be all wrapped to suit the nonce of the times ; but the inevitable order of things, "as it was in the beginning," must pre vail. In another ten years, there will be 2,000,000 more people in England to share our money panics. Another twenty-five years will have called a new public into existence. Another half century will see Great Britain in the hands of 40,000,000 of strangers, aliens to our present laws, and to be governed only by those wants which their numbers will bring with them, We may, then, safely leave the ten per cent. Whig Ministry to use the power popular ignor ance gives them, as they think proper. The utmost amount of social injustice political folly can inflict on society goes for nought. We require false lights to lead us to shipwreck, in order to make us acquainted with danger. If there were no rocks in smooth water, we could dispense with beacons. The existence of a ten per cent. Cabinet, and a panic-loving House of Commons, must, therefore, be looked on as national calamities, which contribute to the universal good. If th e y s hi pwrec k t h e State and commerce, what then ? We may console ourselves with the thought that posterity will be warned by our disasters. Lord PALMERSTON is to be a beacon to all ages to come. Mr.,DisnAELI will take his place among the revolving lights of "all nations." The former will be used to mark quicksands. The other, a hidden rock. Fame belongs only to the originality of great and good deeds. Notoriety is the sole portion of the verbose spouter and retailer of second-hand notions. The vanity_ of the day leads our aspirants to immortal distinction to think other wise. The social catastrophies which have over taken England in 18.57, must, however, brand the memory of our professional statesmen with gross incompetency or insincerity. There never were a people so cruelly punished for being industrious, or so glaringly fleeced of their substance to fill the pockets of a clique of notorious SIFYLOCKS . . To get an accommodation of 2,000,0 V. of credit paper from a Whig Cabinet, the commerce of the country is made to pay TEN per cent, on ' 200,000,0001. of bills of exchange, to usurers ! To double the Fundholder's income, labour is thrown out of employment. To give gentlemen with fixed incomes an opportunity of making " profitable investments," the prices of all com modities, according to the London Times, must be depreciated 50 per cent. But it is useless to repeat these grievances. Let us have a committee to inquire about what every man knows. Accept all the twaddle of Ministers, party, and Parlia ment. There is a law transcendent to which they must all bow. And when it asserts its power we shall have a Reformed Legislature, and a speedy repeal of our iniquitous money statutes —but, we fear, not until then. THE Pike scheme is now before the public in its true light. We have repeatedly pronounced it a flagrant imposition. Time has stamped our assertion as true. But where is the responsibility of its authors and promoters ? The nefarious job will cost Liverpool close on 1,500,000/. before we are done with its poison. That it should be possible for any set of public men to take such a sum from a comparatively small community, and scatter it before the winds, is perfectly monstrous. That a Corporation should be suffered to bring engineers down from London to undertake works, without having bona fide security for their competency and the efficient ful filment of their contracts, is equally outrageous. The Ratepayers have no money to lavish on jobbing Councilmen and their incompetent hirelings. It is positive robbery to exact money, even by force of law, from the inhabitants of a town for experiments in hydraulics and the accumulation of poisons. The rudest nations upon earth know enough about water and water works to supply themselves with this necessary. Our Town Council are, in fact, the only body of men in existence who could be duped as to the quality and quantity of water required for any specific purpose. Their ignorance on these common-place matters is a monopoly, and, like most high privileges of the kind, is associated with consummate vanity and impertinence —a profound love of self and impenetrable secrecy. They take the public's money under the pre tence of giving them wholesome water, and they produce us poisonous filth. They ask their constituents indulgence, and then exclude the public Press from their conclaves ! The Rate payers are left to collect some idea of what is going on behind the black curtain of the Water Committee from wretched reports supplied by misery toadies—men who have not nerve enough to keep a public secret, nor the manliness to give impartial and universal publicity to what they only know through their official capacity. The first incubation of unclean birds took place in a Star Chamber. Where there are men who are ready for desperate or foul deeds, there are sure to be gentlemen waiting to give the alarm and betray the plot. To this species of Corporate fidelity we are indebted for a deplorably garbled account of what took place at the Water Committee's meeting of Saturday last. The majority of the members present - appear to have been anxious to have a full Supply of the Rivington ditch-water brought into the town, but for what purpose is diffi cult to discover. It was not as an experiment to test the works, because this was repudiated on * behalf of the Committee. The majority then were merely desiratts of having 1 6,000,000 gallons of this precious filth brought into the town in one day. They, therefore, caused the engineer, Mr. HAWKSLEY, to be applied to for some information on the subject of the contem plated deluge of bog-water. The Committee simply wished to know if the pipes and water works at Rivington would permit a flow of 16,000,000 gallons of water into Liverpool. On the 2nd instant Mr. HAWKSLEY wrote to to his generous . and confiding employers in return, informing the Committee that he was not responsible for the pipes since January last, but that the pipes and works were perfectly compe tent to carry 16,000,000 gallons of water in the day: into Liverpool. This assurance must have been highly satisfactory to the Committee. But, unfortunately, it was of a very transitory character; for in a few se conds after the first letter had been read, a second was produced of a subsequent date, in which Mr. HAWKSLEY urged delay in " trying to bring 16,000,000 gallons per day into Liverpool from Rivington, first, because of the expense, and, secondly, because it was unne cessary. Any one having the diameter of the pipes could calculate the quantity of water they would convey, and, as the valves are adjusted for a much smaller quantity, the alteration would be expensive. He, therefore, asked was it absolutely necessary to make the experiment ? Mr. DOCKWRAY had contracted to keep the pipes in order, and pay for all damage, in the year 1857, for 1,6001. but, as his contract would not expire before the Ist of January next, his respon sibility might be effected in the event of any damage to the pipes or the property through which they passed." The business public of Liverpool will be at a loss to know what all this means. Does Mr. HAWKSLEY pretend to say that he adjusted the valves in question to supply only 10,000,000 gallons of water, when the pipes were required to convey 16,000,000 ? Does he, or Mr. DOCKWRAY, pretend that he was not bound to keep the pipes in working order, to the full extent of the duty they were meant to perform ? Will the Ratepayers never see through all his, and take some steps to put an end to the THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 , 1857. 'vile job ? The whole of this detestable ocSme is now declared by its concoctors to be an " experiment!" and one which the Mayor of Liverpool—who is responsible for any injury wantonly done to life or property, in mat ters of which he has a share in the direction—thought it necessary to warn the Committee not to attempt to try. He said he had come "to warn them against the danger of making the experiment. He admitted that the works were constructed for the purpose of conveying 16,000,000 gallons of water per day from Rivington to Liverpool, but that that quantity as yet had never been conveyed. Ther e was great risk in making the attempt at present for, in point of fact, it was very doubtful if such a quantity of wafer could be drawn from the reservoirs without endangering the subsequent supply in the event of fires." Here we have the bursting of the odious Pike bubble. It is quite certain that the reservoirs cannot supply even one day's water without leaving the whole town at the mercy of fire. We have this from the highest of the Pikeist authorities ; and it is time now for the Ratepayers to step in and take some decisive steps to put a stop to any further waste of their money in this most barefaced imposition. Mr. HAWKSLEY has failed, as we always said he would, to supply the quality and quantity of water the Borough requires, aid if he has given security for the performance of his contracts, it would be well to see what his surities are worth, that all may not be lost. THE FINE ARTS IN LIVERPOOL. We are indebted to the Liverpool Journal for a quota tion from the Atheneum, a London weekly periodical which professes to deal expressly with "literature, science, and the fine arts." This extract has a reference to •the controversy respecting the award of the prize by the Liverpool Academy, in Post-office-place, and manifests such an titter ignorance of what has been done and is dieing in this remote village," that we might have been residing in Greenland or Kamschatka ; and if the amount of knowledge on other subjects on which it treats be no greater than on this, we shall have a doubt thrown on every thing we ever read in or see quoted from this weekly periodical. In the extract referred to, which, by the bye, was partially given in the Albion of Monday last, but with a qualifying remark that the statements were erroneous, we are told that the Liverpool Academy " For some years past have gone over strongly to the pre-Raphaelite heresy in art—crowning year after Sear the works of pre-Raphaelite painters—and buying year after year pre-Raphaelite pictures. The fact has been patent— the reason unknown. But the consequence has been that artists of the natural school have refused to send their ve crks for exhibition in Liverpool, and that cmsevently the Liverpool public has been denied the great advantage of inspecting the bast works of our best painters. The annual exhibition has dwindled into a fiftieth-rate cnllection. Of course such a predilection in any public body is absurd. A private purchaser may hay the pictures that please him best—he may prefer Greuze to Guido, or Rubens to Raphael; but such a man has no light to dictate tast e t o hi s fellow-citizens. Com plaints have often reached us from artists in London on thii subject; but while Liverpool acquiesced in the deci sions of its Academy, we treated it as we might have done a cuss of individual hallucination—a thing to be regretted as detrimental to the best interests of art and the good name of the town, but not as a sin calling for our rebuke. So long as Liverpool was quiet, we thought the artists had no more right of com plaint than they would have had against any purchaser of .areeea Vv ea aerie or buy their works. Bit the case alters the moment public opinion pro r-runces against the narrow views and sectarian imagina tion of their Academy. At last public indignation has broken out. The purchase of one of bin. Millais's in ferior works, for a very large sum, on behalf of the town, has disquieted the Liverpool connoisseurs, and some of the members of the Academy have had the coura g e to separate their own r es p ons ibiliti es f rom t h ose of their fellows. The Academy, of course, pretends to feel offended at the free criticism of the public. But the public stands here in the right —on their own right—both as to the general principle and the particular purchase. A country gallery might very reasonably possess itself of a single specimen of pre-Raphaelite art—for, however false and sectarian may be the practice of that school of art as a whole, it has seen useful as a protest, and some of its dis ciples are men of great ability and thorough conviction. But a country gallery composed wholly or chiefly of such works would be neither arousing nor instructive. Those who pronounce egeinst making Liverpool a refuge for the pre-Raphaelite sectaries are so clearly right in their pre mises, that we cannot imagine the public that would allow them to be over-ruled by a section of the Liverpool Academy." It is difficult to conceive that so much ignorance of what is going . on in Liverpool cou'd exist in London. Sad less, that such an erroneous s'atement of facts could have been republished, without comment, in Liverpool. It is scarcely necessary to say that the Academy have never bought any pictures;—that Mr. Millais's picture of " the Blind Girl" was bought by Mr. Miller for his own collec tion, and that the award of the prize is not by a section of the Academy, but by a majority of votes ; and that Mr. Eleedmai23 expulsion was on account of his charge against the majority of " sycophancy" to the " connoisseur" who had purchased the picture. The public have taken no notice beyond a little private criticism, or the bad taste displayed in the selection. The connoisseurs have not been disquieted, and we may say, that there is scarcely a word of truth in the ankle, except the statements that the Liverpool Academy had exhibited strong pre-Raphaelite predilections. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. QUEEN'S HALL-BOSCO. Boscoe opened at the Queen's Hall last night, to one of the most crowded and brilliant—and, we they add, one of the most delighted audiences—we have ever seen in that hall. This, so far as these points are concerned, speak quite enough, and we might almost stop here without saying another word. From the remembrance of the performance of the Signor, when he paid us a visit, some eighteen months ago, many went last night, no doubt, under the impression of enjoying the same, or a similar treat. Those who went with that notion or feeling were agreeably disappointed, for this reason—the Signor did not give us one of his former beautiful tricks or delusions, but an entirely new and brilliant series of the most golden deceits ever offered to an admiring ience, The word "deceit" is not of our coining —we copy it from the Signor, who tells us the truth, when he tells u=, "I come to deceive you by slight-of hand, so be not deceived on that point." He keeps his word, and yet every one feels delighted at the capital deceit practised before his eyes. So soon after the Wizard of the North, and a few other stars, less brilliant only to that genius, having departed from amongst us, we hardly imagined that another constellation would be able to afford any light to our hemisphere. We were agreeably disappointed. The Signor brought us a new world, and the rapture with which he was received and greeted all through the perform_ ance, proved the fact. Had we time and space to enter into details on the performance, we could say a great deal bat it may be remarked, that for classic beauty of sleight of-hand, quickness in the most difficult parts, and grace ful conclusions, Bosco is unrivalled, and probably will ever remain the emperor of all legerdemain men. Every thing went off last night with eclat, and his own perform ance on the large and brilliant-toned accordian, inde• pendent of the fine brass band and the pianoforte, was worth the entrance fee. We shall, in the course of the week, refer more in detail to his attractive performance, MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, Monday Evening. We had a very dull Cotton Market to-day, and prices were not maintained. Indeed they may be quoted at a decline of Id. per lb. on Friday. The The sales were only 2,500 bales. The Liverpool Share Market has been steady to day, without much businese, but the speculators for a rise show their confidence by paying very high " contangos" to the end of the month. The following were the day's transactions. Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire 651 ; Blackburn, ; Caledonian 39, 391 ; Eastern Counties 11 3-16 ; East Lancashire 881 e ; Great Western 50, 511; Lancashire and Yorkshire 911 ; London and North Western, 941. 94 941; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 36, 361, 361, 361, 361, 361, 361, 361, 36c, 361 ; Midland 854; North Eastern 231, 23ic ; Yorkshire Capital Stock 401; Leeds Capital Stock 25 ; Dovers 19 5-16, 19Z, 19 9 16, 191, 191 c ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 5-16; Geeat Luxem bourg, 01. The following were the closing prices : -Blackburn, 91, 91 ; Chester and Birken head, 651, 651 ; Caledonian, 39, 391; Chester and Holyhead, 16, 161; Eastern Counties, 111, 111 ; East Lancashire, 88*, 89; Do. 9/. Shares, Id, par; Great Northern, 231, 24 ; Do., A., 9a, .91; Great Western, 501, 51 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 911, 92 ; Do. 9/. shares, par 1p ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 171, 18 ; London and North Western Stock, 942, 95; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 361, 361; Midland Stock, 861, 861; North British, 12, 121; North Staffordshire, 41, 41 d; North Eastern-Berwick, 231, 231 ; York and North Midland, 401, 401 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 251, 251 ; South Eastern, 19 7-16, 19 9-16 ; Dutch Rhenish, 5 8 , 51d ; Great Western of Canada, 181 181 ; Do. new shares, 21;21 d ; Great Luxembourg, 61, 61; Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 5-16, 91. The following were the continuations paid :---Caledonian, 3-16 ; Great Western, 4 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 1, London and North Western Stock, 1146, 1,1, 9-16 ; iManchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, 4s 6d, 4s 3d, 43 9d 1; Midland Stock, 9-16, 1, ; South Eastern, 3s, 2s 9d, 1,3 s, 2s 9d; Dutch Rhenish, is ; Great Luxembourg, 8d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, is 9d. There is no abatement in the demand for Money but the supply being equal to the demand, rates of Discount remain unchanged. The market for the Public Funds and Securities opened with steadiness this morning, but after wards gave way owing to some speculative sales. Prices closed at about 1 lower than those of Saturday. Consols opened at 912 to 911 ex-div. for the Bth January, and at two o'clock were quoted at only 911 to 911 ; afterwards there was a slight rally and the closing prices were 911 to 911. The new Three-per -cents were also rather lower, and Exchequer Bills closed at 3 dis. to par. In the London Railway Share Market to-day there was a fair business done, and prices were well maintained. The following were the closing quotation :-Caledonians, 78, 781; Eastern Coun ties, 111 e 111; East Lancashire, 88, 90 • Great Northern, 93, 94; Do. A, 77, 79 ; Great Westerns, 501, 51; Great Western of Canada, 181, 181; grand Trunk of Canada, 91, 91; Great Southern and Western, 97, 99 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 911, 92 ; London and North Western, 94, 941; London and South Western, 88, 881; Leeds Nor thern, 501, 511; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, 361, 361; Midland Stock, 80, 861; North British, 471, 481; South Eastern a©d Dover, 04 641; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 92*, 93* ; York and North Midlat“., 81, 82 After official hours the following were the nomin a prices :-Caledonians, 781, 79; Dutch Rhenish, 641, 041 ; Eastern Counties, 111, 111; East Lanca shire, 88, 90 ; Great Northern, 931, 94 ; ditto A, 78, 79 ; Great Western, 501; Lancashire and Yorkshire. 921; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, 361, 37 ; Midland Stock, 86,8, 861 ; North British, 48, 49; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 93, 94 ; York and North Midland, 811, 821. The directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland announce a half-yearly dividend at the rate of 4 per cent., and also a second bonus for the present year of 1(. 103, per 1001. share, and 12s. per 101. share. Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co. transmitted to the Stock Exchange a translation of a law which has just received the definitive sanction of the General Assembly of Buenos Ayres. The terms asked by the bondholders are now conceded. The agent of the firm in Buenos Ayres writes that " the government were about to remit 10,1711. 17s. 6d. for account of the dividends" The suspension is announced of Messrs. Tooth and Co., of Mincing-lane, London, with moderate liabilities. The connections of the firm in Australia are said to be wealthy. Messrs. H. and M. Toldorph and Co:, merchants, of Seething-lane, London, have also stopped. The amount involved is believed to be small. Advices from Marseilles mention the failure of two more houses, Greeks, one being that of Mr. Constantine Belli, with considerable liabilities. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs Hore, Buxton, and .of London, was held at the offices, Gresham House, to receive a statement of their affairs. The chair was taken by Mr. W. B. Hawkins, a partner of the Ebbw Vale Company. Mr. Cole man, the accountant, presented the balance-sheet, and the result of his statement was that the liabi lities would ultimately amount to 257,0001., and the assets to 110,500/. In the discussion which ensued, a hope was held out by Mr. Coleman that if the estate were wound up under inspection a dividend of 3s. 3d. in the pound might be realised by about February, and that promissory notes wculd then be given for the remaining dividend, with the assistance of the connections of the firm. A resolution in favour of liquidating the estate under inspectors was ultimately agreed to, and the follow ing gentlemen were appointed inspectors, viz., Mr. Oswald Smith (of Smith, Payne, and Co.), Mr. Stuart Hodgson (Finlay, Hodgson, and Co.), and Mr. W. Hawkins, the chairman. This afternoon, a meeting of the Land Enclosure Company was held at the London Tavern, Thomas Moxon, Esq., in the chair, for the purpose of authorising a modification of the statutes of the company. The Secretary (Mr. George Fassol) having read the advertisement convening the meeting, resolutions embodying the scheme submitted to the shareholders at the meeting held on the 6th ult., were unanimously carried, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. _ - The usual half-yearly meeting of the Bank of Australasia was held to-day. The report includes the following statement : The directors have to express their satisfaction with the continued prosperity of the bank. A careful review of the advances, enables them to state that they are of a safe character, and represent sound commercial transac tions; an opinion which is confirmed by the reports of their officers. The bills under discount were met with great regularity, affording evidence of the stability of credit, and no bad debts of any importance had occurred during the half year. At the same time, the directors must remind the proprietors, that the fluctuations in trade to which the Australian markets are peculiarly liable, and the high price of bullion, rendering exchange operations of little profit, considerably augmented the difficulties of banking. The general progress and increasing prosperity of the Australian colonies, are subjects for sincere corgratulation. The production of gold had in creased. Fresh discoveries had been made, and the newly found gold field at Mount Arrat, in the Colony of Victoria, bids fair to rival, in the permanency and richness of its yield, the old diggings at Balla rat. The directors have pleasure in expressing their unabated confidence in the judgment and ability of the superintendent, Mr. Falconer, and the assistant-superin tendent, Mr. McArthur, and their approbation of the general good conduct of the other officers on the colonial establishment. The directors are enabled to intimate their intention to continue the present rate of dividend and bonus of 20 per cent. per annum, at April next, payable as usual, free of income tax. The report was unanimously adopted, and the meeting separated. The advices received by the Niagara are, on the whole, as satisfactory as could be expected, The rates of foreign exchange were much more firm, and at New York, although the Banks had slightly contracted their loans, capital was for the moment abundant. The City Banks showed an increase in specie of upwarde of 1,300,000 dole. from the week quite strongi previous. The C o tt on Market was w, to and middling upl an d s were 86I"DN at Sengthero 11fc., but they were scarce. no - the markets were comparatively firm. I n re ;'," Breadstuffa there had b een some fl uc t ua tion, P, the closing rather lower th an a t th e d e p ar ture ' ) . 1 ; i0e0 Ariel. The Provision t ra d e was d u ll, a nd P. sift had a downward tend ency . F re i g h ts w ere ul• and lower. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. By British and Irish 3fagnetio Telegraph. LONDON AND EASTERN BANIalsiG COMPANY. • EDINBURGH, MoSP AIr. .., John Edward Stephens was not forthe o this morning. The Sheriff has granted a watt; for his apprehensi on . It i s ramourei that be'" for London on Sunday night. SARDINIA. TURIN, MoNDO .A The session of the N ew P ar li ament was open' to-day. PORTUGAL. LISBON, SuNDO to The number of new fever cases have fallen 30 a day. THE HAGUE: The law restricting the rate of Interest has be e° abrogated. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, DSC l' u t Nearly all the ves se l s d eta i ned at Sulina, A b° 250 sail, have put to sea. STEAM-BOAT DISASTER. YARMOUTH, MoralAr'd The Rapid (s.), belonging to the London $ 5 Edinburgh Shipping Company, is on the Of ° Sands, full of water. Passengers landed. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, Dzam i on The Divan of W a ll ac hi a proposes a separate frem the Greek Church of Constantinople. VARNA.pEcEm ~";#l, The Porte, with th e assent of the great P" has closed the Moldo-Wallachian Divans. PRUSSIA. BRUSSELS, M° l33 ' l lo' The Legislative Chambers will assembl e .„. morrow (Tuesday.) A royal message will be oli o municated, announcing the pregnancy ° f Duchess of Brabant. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY N1C 1111. 48 The Montpelier Ch am b er o f Commer ce ' ; ' d o petitioned against red uc i ng t h e d uty on Fore' Spirits. The Three per C en t. R en t es h ave close d at 6 61. 70e. A very handsome monument has lat e ly b een erec te d the mausoleum chancel of Long Newton Church, or y Frances Anne, Marchioness of Lond on d erry , t o thetas° of the late Marquis of Londonderry. tabl e LOY G Toss COFFIN.—The readers of Cooper's initn a story " The Pilot," must have a recollection of tb• c et a d brated charact er , Long Torn Coffin. T o m's im %atter namesake, J. I. Coffin, the chief officer of the &P e p d .e 3 Oak, was brou g ht up to t h e P olice-office, and un'l./ 2s. 6d. yeste r d a y, f ar t ry i ng to smuggle a Tian" tobacco. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.—A correspondent S il l ach re " I wonder wh a t th e H ea l h Committee and their obe are doing that they a ll ow suc h a stench to prod's' be ets the foul rubbish which, for several weeks past, 1185 0 cast into the large quarry in Spencer-str3et, Evertors- Prize Ox, bred by M r. Ri chard Evans, Tal by 13 1010 Carnarvon, fed by Hon. Col. E. G. D. P enna nt, ?s e ll s ' et Castle, Bango r , w i nner o f first prize and silver ma o va Smithfield Club Show, London, 1857. --Three South 30 Sheep, bred a n d f e d b y Lord Walsingham, Mertollelf Norfolk, winner of first prize at Bi rm i ng h am , and u.i" mg commended at the Smithfield Club Show, London. ....or ROCKITE NOTICE —Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald, of as;ieg fana, within a few m il es o f t hi s town, receivee a t h r eal d for notice a few days ago, warning him to be prepare fogs death if he perzistea in hs determination to keep L I v ery he now occupies, and from which defaulting tenanl' o ftlts some time ago ejected. This is the second missive erfe d, some character with w hi c h M r. Fi tzgerald has b ee n° —Nenagh Guardian. 11 11 _... SUDDEN AND ACCIDENTAL DICATHS.-011 AaT Non n Ellen Fleming, 40 y ears o f age, who lives at 17 o wed street, got drunk i n company of a blind woma n Pf A Clapham, who lives opp os i te to h er. The serv ant e's3frO the latter went to take her mistress home, wb er t i o ,eb e Fleming accompanied her, an d i n cross i ng t h e streooll was so tipsy that she fell, and her head coining "died kerb stone, she received such injuries, that ebs eo fes t " concussion of the br a i n y ester d ay. John Potte r, te aD ee'' of age, who was empl o y e d i n a rosin works in pa rl , ft. g e street, went into a va t f or t h e purpose of clean/14; o eon' was overpowered with f ou l a i r, an d was smothers" died quence. Thomas Reddington, a child 5 years old/ t vo ter 14 Simpson-street, i n consequence of a pot of 11,,1,0 body' having fallen by accident; on the lower part of::erits: Charles Spring, a l a b ourer , 40 years of age, 71 " 0 b e o .' work at the Queen's dock, was hurt a few days e 1.0 Tel stone accidentally f a lli ng on hi m, and he diet', 4,e, IS; effects of the inj ur i es . J ennette Williams, ag ed se resided at 42 Norto n - s t reet , di e d on Sunday niPiocieSs was going to bed. The disease was apoplexy will be held in the above cases this day. PASSENGERS per The R.M.S. Niagara ; John erP , oos' man, Commander ; f rom B oston to Halifax and e,-"lceeriles" 2nd December, 1857.—F 0r Li verpool : Mr. L. Mr. H. W. Taylor, Mr. N. Carte r , Viscount ow - Mr. John Robertson, Mr. S c h me idt, Mr. fessPdee Agarmendi, Mr. J. C. Hope. Mr. Richard 10 , I.°A, Mr. Pelham N, J arv i s , M r. an d Mrs Ogilvie poPSII-. Wakefield, Mr. George David, Mr. B. - 7,ett rjee Mr. James Joh ns t on , M rs. Ogilvie's maik,se so , Lyon, Mr. F. K rause , M r. Louis o'ra-,,,efr. Lochlan Cameron, Mr L F. Kiernan, Ate dis Scott, Mr. Fresher. Captain William j'obs o Mrs. B. Crou c h and child, Mr. Ednin flu veetl4o Mrs. Breary, Mrs. Paul Thover, Mrs. Willi! ill esteltegiliP Mrs. J. Hogan, Miss Mary Ann Gawin, Mr J• servant, Mr. J. W. Evans, Mr. E Shiplolt ar lead; Renoy, Mr. D. Lebastiom, Mr. V. Klaisont j . 0' ' - e olen and son, Miss Butler, Lieut, J. Stanes, Lieu t. fir , 9 3 . 0 10 Capt. Hand, Mrs. Palmer, Mr. C. Morris, 5k,. j ot, Roberts, Mr. J. B. Young, Miss Mowatt"*.leell" Daniel, Mr. Millidge, Mr. Morrisy, and ladyv ini es gr. Mr. Seely, Mr. Baum, Mr. J. Merralls, Afr_ u • Rev leder, lady and daughter, Mr. James PA W 0 thil -- Dum. o si woe; WAVERTREE BO ARD OF HEALTH.—The u . ' yea 0 bels meeting of this boerd was held last night / at !f ig ingrlts' Mr. Thomas Jeffreys in the chair. The 0' b " 0 ,. 0 , 0 03; present were :—Messrs.:Picton, Perkin, Bra d , l e st 41,,e the Rushton, and Dr. Swindon. The minutes °` nose' The having been read over, and the account4re. 0 1 chairman read several letters addressed to th e 0: to first was an application, signed by th e , s chtir% t g t o F'enton and sveral of the members of 11 ' d Raul p t edt the erection of additional lamps on a °e t be g rit ' s . en. the church. The application could hou se ia iel as there were no main or any dwelling ' epi., 0° 0 0; the road. :A letter, written by Mr. Sarn"" a ' n o dds of an obnoxious tftleivia arising from to ed voode drain runaitg past his door, and r " Ig oe board to have it covered over.—A 'letter fron_ lo i e g _ a t ee asked the board to consider the prepriety.n.t_ pipe t a nd e,.. 5 r use. in Bagot-street. An order was made to O il r egdf 1 ;00 board resolved to order a stack of lamps / j ail :Leos ! The treasurer of the Manchester, Shefaep to enoW le te a s e l ; Railway Company, wrote to the boar.l they ran a t 1/1 the they were willing to regain neuter while e ointed W el ls in the direction of the township, as e l e ) ere pose,„. r i g er Qt plan. It was found, however, that tu ant l thire 07 Tow / would not touch on their property eus ordered to reply to the treasurer to concluded the business of the board, - - A ki t t 44 1111 to t ton ea t th e ke s , arr,