The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-24 00:00:00

F. M. "THE DUKE'S" STATUE AND "MR. CHECKS." - • • (From our Finq-Axt Cononisiioizer,. in Xanche#er.) SECOND • COMMUNICATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SlR,—The duties of our commission led us, yes . - - terday, to the exhibition of modern paintings , at the Royal Institution of this 'city. It is not with the paintings, however, that our preSent communi cation has to deal. You know, sir, the conscientious manner in which we devote ourselved to " art," and 70111' service. You can understand; therefore, that two hours of critical application somewhat wearied us. We Selected a seat whence we could com mand a few ." renderings of nature," abounding iir what an eminent (local) critic calls "greens." . We hoped to . find the greens" refreshing -to our „jaded vision, and were not deceived.: Suddenly our back was smitten by a vigorous hand, and our ear by a brisk .i" Halo f' The double assault =he from. Mr. CheckS. Starting, we beheld hith, look ing seriously lively, holding a newspaper in 'the one hand,.and pocketing-L . --it is his cUstOrn—all be low the thum of the other. Oh ! he has got us at last, has he? He has been looking fo'r us. If we will" cast our eyes over the paper he holds, we shall recognise the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES of Saturday last Who gave us permission to print his (Mr. Checks') opinion on the Wellington statue ? or publicly com mit him to the defence of its selecto. Are we not lords - and his Grace of. the 'ripper house—he begs pare.... -^ ,- nmittee • are ins bad odour just now, not only with many el Lio, liCittse-he means committee—who hold the purse strings, but with the unrepresented" Mob,' who hold ; nothing,, not. even their tongues ?. Such being the case, however private opinion :Might approve, there . is but one public course for a sagacious and respectable. Englishman—and Mr. C. "rather thinks" he is one—to take, hide his opinion, to wait and waver. Pooh ! we need not . look -sarcas tic: greater men than Mr. Checks have - done it. Peel. and 'his pupils did it With - free-trade. So did the-times arid our first-rate, that is, onr very first-. rate . merchants. It is -an English and golden• rule of Life : -Peel found it so': the tirraca and merchants •firid'it 50 stilt. Why shOidd not Mr. Checks? He protests against our premature exposure of his` re gard for hiS - noble neighbours and eXcellent dioce-, sun : ,it .is calculated, to do him an injury. His opinion on F. M. the Duke's statue .again, why had we. blazoned it forth to Liverpool people? It was . from .a :Manchester Lpoint view - -L is -at Manchester • connoisseur that •he apprOved. of a' Manehester statue, and only to a pair of Man chester ears—he began to think long ones---was the' approval spoken, 'Did we -- suppose his peculiarly local reasons for that . approval were intended for general,. application.? ~,Then we neV.:‘l7 Were more mistaken in our Hires. Cheeks . , the commercial, must ,be parochial and, practical; but Cheeks, the esthetic, „has.,themies on.art which areas little satis fied. by any .statues. our " leading men". are likely to erect. in:front of the Infirmary, as - by the architec tural flour-dredger, plus pepperbox, they are putting on the top of it. We have placed -him in a " false position.' We have made hiM appear to offer a rushlight for general illumination, which was simply - Useful in a search for Out;eftlie-way. excuses. We have " violated his confidence." If he were an an M.P., he, would " call us out," or, what is the same thing, get the sergeant at arms, to prevent.him. If a man's words and opinions are to be taken up,,,written.clown and published in this way; Mr. Checks declares there will - be nothing left for private life but " polite conversation," and public life must , be reduced to iviiting• protoeblS'aitd swering, - with marked candour, deputations. ',Mr. Checks, delivery of an inVectiVe some_ to the 'above effect, is glanCing at us,. Over us; and on every Side of us. Talking does him . , good', his irritation evidently expends itself throngli j it. as a " Medium." One or two of his later 'sentences reach us through the back of his. head... He makes funnel.of his hand and quizzes the Prize Painting.. With his.last words hcstrides abruptly down upon it—apparently smells at- the , foreground, and. is . 'backing away froM it in an inipressiVely critical manner, when he suddenly turns upon us and ejaculates; "Well 1" What, sir, could, wo de? We sho - wed hirn that,l'w ottr,capacity,pf," commissioner;" we had undoubted precedent far telling everything, as for Withholding, anything, we might discover. We remindecl_ hip that private interests, unless rich , or...corperatei, oust be. sacrificed to the public. good: .We hinted at a certain "law of nature,7 commonly called first;".. in fact, we told, him . plainly, .that • the main - consideration for any " commissioner" is to keep' himself' in• commission. • To des this, We 'must either • report or invent ; and tho Ugh the fornier' might at times disagreeably expose otherpeePle, the latter, weuld, inevitably at . some tine eXpo4e ourselves.' f We granted 'that the interest ie either case would- be equal to the " reading, public;','hiit not to your commissioner, who, consequently, preferred gaining his bread out of Mr: Cheeks month .to-..a. chance of losing, it. by the injudicious opening of his own. 71, Checke :receives our explanation in very, Food part. He supposes.." - a man must live," it* rather hard at times=ell ?—to Write " all out of , oneifriOlVn 'head." - But he begs 'diitinctly 'to be -- . " set„ript," with the people " not belonging to his parish. 'it '" - is this' way' with him. He has two faces ~under one .'hood..'--7-CheekS,,Mr: con- - veutional, and checks - Mr.: Exeeptienal are Of " on o form," . but different partners in it. Both "do business," and 'do it, he. believes, " to a. profit;" but, each has a separate department. One can tell you what will " take" in the Manchester market, but for the- market of the world; yiiii . mtist consult the " inner office."—Exceptional Cheeks sits there. Manchester-buyerS . who" intend -to " operate in statues, will do well te - Thae - n. to Mr. Conven tional's recommendation of the quiet and corn mereiabio4ing old gentleman, SeleCted by " his respeCted neighbours," the committee but strangers. and citizens of the, world may find_ it more profitable " to lay in . their stock" of opinions through Checks. Mr, Excep We . interrupted our friend at this juncture, and flatter ourselves in a timely manner, by assuring, him, that --if . his lucid exposition of the _peculiar duality of his mind would. set him right with yetir' readers, sir, he should be set right" very soon . indeed. He grasped . 'our 'hand with an impetuous cordiality, at'oace painful and pleasurable. " That was a good fellew.' Thank us! - 1 -w.nds. said ,he, in doing or saying a. thing, to. whom you an ., Diff ore nt markets —.different styles. , , (John -Tell, " you know,". modeller of. NO. 3,) should • have thought of this.. If 'to the, _genius of a sculptor, he had- only added the discrimination of a trader,' and -known-the ''",Manchester lake," he might have " pushed the ;trade' farnetnily,l espe cially on an f 4 assorted variety " St‘MPies — suCh as house 7 aqist l mews, . sent in. whg, - , , ,18eU" did, it. is, clear as the, nose on his (Mr,,Che4s') or .the 'statues face, the, he was equal-to any. amount of ad. gentlemen with more or leas Alressi ng-gown and inclination of head; - and, considering the high position - and " able efforts" to-gaimour - approbtition, it is a pity, Mr. Cheek§ thinksii'that-he " lost the order." • These:-sculptors, -Mr: Cheeks says. "five . " rell6ll-3." afraid Joh' reads toO•much notions about " merchant princes", in. relation:to 'art, too • highly, appyeciatiye, ko, be -pkofi tabler„ Inemorieu of the energetic and refined__men of Florence and 13olognaha,ve .throvkatitti mind. into _lv. temporary " obfuscation" on the realities. of Manchester and Stittybridge: He , has foigottem 'that-the ' Shuffle bottoms are' the. first of their race, whilSt the Medici were "-fined" iindrefined - Ihrough several genciations of wealth 'and'ethicatien. Our " mer chant . priliees" have only lived- long enough to P a second i;en;eiation,' devoted to " " ggiatjeneu's Ekud.clubs. Theirs a:q11 - i:oy,9,4_, : i a ,Lorenzo the MagUificent-4rsigner of . .palaces.., ' friend, of .artists,guvernor 'of men. • Our. merchant pr i nces have as yet but the taste of a merchant with the wealth of a prince, and e*en .more of the former:than of. the latter. = Of course theyfknow this, .acid, rightly, Fire •not ashamed to acknowledge it. They make no beast and-deserve rio'blame. When heroism appealecr:l6lheni!l'or a tatife, and', coUld'not be . " put af,"lit6ir " good eon-n(loff sense"' strove hard to escape the penalty ,of:avt mexperi,' ence and ancestral destitution. They chose qql . 4e. lords"-to in Choose fer.the, and "thre,w in" ..µa : ex-. eellent, bishop. to , pg.° " fair . play." Grantingi,thatc the :light.. ileverend , gentleman .saw 'with tlie) eyes of Mr. (Conventional) Cheeks, he deseg fair play; and Manchester' was as fairly played. with as could be expected. Mr. Checks reiterates that, under all the circumstances of the case, the sub :scribers - .are . only regret being, that, Mr.,.John Bell, through ignorance of the peopfeiOr_whom he was modelling, wasted energy- and genius.on wmerely fine work of art, instead of "knocking-off" a - saleable and " ap proptiate"piece of stone work. • Such was the main purport of Mr. Checks' observations, •delivered with -much versatility of countenance - and intonation. Suddenly remember ing:he has beei - i " chattering quite lOng - enough," he bids us bye, bye," by the somewhat too fami har;title---for a'" commissioner"—of' old .fellow.''. di returns from the door to remind us. that "Bell's model" is to be. on view shortly, and " by jingo !" it would be a good : idea for , the.dissentients to open another subscription list;•buy it ; sand put it up " cheek by jowl . " with " Noble's." • ." For .the film, of ''the thing,. Mr. .:Checks would stand , a " fi'pun.-note," though quite as satisfied with - Mhe present gtate . Ofrthings "as " his neighbours" the committee no doubt are theixiselreS.l : am, Sir, you obedient servant and FINE-ART COMMISSIONER. Manchester, Dec..l4, 1853. MAGISTERIAL' WANT OF PUNCTUALITY AT' THE DAILY COURT. - TO THE EDITOR Or THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. _ SlR—Seeing that you have, much to the satifac tion of, the --public in general, brought to light some of the irregularities connected - with , the public bodies in this town in a fearless, but truthful and prerninentmanneri I am induced to call attention, through your medium, to the above subject. • -1 beli6Ve all summonses are- issued requesting .att,ri.itance at the court at 10 o'clock, a.m. It is a 'very-frequent c'oiyirdhint thattliereis no Magistrate to commence the businesz of the colt - It at the time appOinted. .A casein paint : 1- \vas a short time since,` summoned' to attend- at. 10 o'clock, P.xn_ was there at the ;time with my witnesses ; it was after 11 o'clock: before the. Stipendiary entered the. •court..' My'case was -adjourned until the next day, 'at 10-o'clock. and . thil , cat.nrici.ykoo. of' th. 3 stipanctic, 3 7 was. the smile as the' former. There lwere all the officials, Officers, and scores of Parties kept 'waiting Idoirigruething,, and their time wasted. It - is net, right that' the time of merchants,. brekers, clerks, iand'others, should be thus taken up; when,; by a !punctual attendanee of those chose duty it is to set lihe. best of examples,it might :be avoided.. This !laxity of attendanceoughtnot to exist., ` lam no -lawyer; but Ithink that any party being 'stuninenothfora stated time, and .being at-the ap pointed place in due time, if there werenolnagis trEtt6 he would'-be= justified leaving the ebtirt, 'giving- notice of llis 'having been there.' I- hope these , remarks may "be tile means of leading to' 'greater 'promptness. for the future ; if so; 'Weald , willebo7V,fiSwered of . • ONE WHO HAS SUFFERED. December, 23rd., 1823. EXTRAORDINARY YIELD. OF GOLD AT BALLARAT. The recent information, which justified us in anticipating .from Old,Ballarat news of great discoveries, was not unex pected. A thorough knowledge of the locality, has led us :always to point to the Buinyong range -as the place where gold. would be found in the greatest profusion. From the commencement of the. Ballarat diggings in September, 1851, the heaviest gold was found:nearer the diggings appximat ed.to Buinyong. .At Poverty Point one piede- , weighing 13" oz.. was found in clay about four feet deep ; another piece weighing 8 oz. was found at the same depth, andin the-same stratum. - Subsequent discoveries at the.: Canadian Gully developed masses unheard of in. the annals of diggings masses of the precious metal that were:weighed by the hun dred, and whose Value was calculated by' thOusands. The discoveries of to-day are worthy. of their' predecessors. The amount . produced is doubled in. one weekr and upWards of 12,000 ounces show as the product of 8,000 diggers' labour! Ballarat stands out in bold relief from the other. gold fields. es being pre-eminently the best and most enduring. The first discovered, it is the most lasting. It has gradually im proved during the last seven mouths, and the yield for August is greater,. than during any month' since December. last.. — Geelong Advertiser, Sept. I. " Ballarat, August 26.; • • . " A hole is stmk not.far frem my tent 90 feet througirthe slate, and the parties have come upon gold in very great abundance. They took , out.af the hole last Taesday,lo2.lbs. weight. They are now paying two men one ounce of. gold each per night to watch the hole, so that it must , be rich to p!iable theit to do that. The parties wre three *months in sinli.ing the hole which has turned , out ,so!_fortunately." 4drkty _Empire, Sept. 9. " Ballarat, Sept. 5. Thd quantity of gold found is perfectly incredible. This week's escort is 15,227 oz. Besides this, there are 9,000 oz. on deposit, - which will be 'left behind. - I saw eleven men CFarrett's • party) start for Geelong- on Saturday with two parts, taking with them 1,0231b5. weight of gold, obtained iu Seven weeks. " ONE HUNDREDIVE/GET IN A LIMIP.- 4 I, John hong; of Geelong, gold-digger, working in Prince .Regears' -, Gully, pallarat, where I have a claim nearly - bottoined, and , expect to drop upeu,the.stufr in the Jeweller's Shop, do .deelare to my own knowledge, that I saw 1001bs. weight of gold - taken from a ten-gallon keg, half filled with stuff, taken from one Claim in.:Prince Regent's, gully. • Esaw the: gold weighed, and the weight was 100113 s. avoirdupoiso. The diggtr to whom it belongs I know: also; MS name ii Wilson . , and he was. lately servant to Mr.-Harrison; formerly; landlord of the Shearer's Arms, New Town. Ido not care who believes it. I saw it, andihandled it, and Gothbresa the:diggera !' "A 4 BASIN' OF GOLD.—The ' Jeweller's Shop,'• as the ewly-cliseovered,strata - of_ gold at Ballaratare.ealle4 are of I. urpassing richness:: A-Geelong correspondent "Statess‘that eople were arriving. after a mouth'S work, with .41.eina '2OO to-400 ounces of gold. The rich new discovery isdeseribed as being a' basin' of gold.: , The gold is found in au immense circular.,patch, or monster packet, and already about:a :dozen holes have been sunk into - it, every on&of 'which has hit. §q uniform is this rich stratum, that its value, wherever tested, has been found to range from 1,200/. to 2;000/. per superficial foot.. 'From other parts of Ballarat, the accounts are, little, less successful. It is said that the , miners earn, on 411... average :from 2/. to 3/. a day. : Grains .of gold were found in sinking a well at Emerald Hilliteside Melbourne." --kelbourne: -Wraith , • ',_ . ( , , - VTR MIST AN•D CHEAPEST 'STOCK OF WINTER' COATS in LIVERPOOL,- at Win; EARL' and CO.'S, 59' and , 61, LORD STREET. How AAR' mAnx IN 'RUSSIA. -Letters front St: Petersburg state that, on . a recent 'occasion; the Czar,. haiing remarked that the number-of men raised 'among the seifit'in the neighbourhood or St: Petersham. was smaller than iii any "Part of - his 'dominions, asked the reason. ',die' was ~ inforMettl"-that,"'ilio laiidOWneri 'round St. Petersburg were in the habit of permitting their serfs to .take:service -in the capital, On 'paying- a PortiOnof . their wages to their Masters ; so that, in point of fact, the majority of those" registered in' the n;eighbourlicrod were actually in the "caPital. Two days after, the- •gateS 'of 'the' citylvere 'closed, and a regular . rizzio, was made, on all the coachmen, footmen,' 4e., o f St.' Petersburg, • , . al Nage proportion_ or whom Were'forthwith remavedfroM their g'oo'd places, .and kiltor to the. army •te fight the Turks. • • rfulii'As; its/ 'Ait - EiticA.--z-Slexander Dumas has written a 'NPw. York,- which he says :—" Find t:n 'foreon the - border's of the se.LawiTit,.., -rx,„ s ; n „, s u m , pr the Ohio, a corner where, surrouptird, .hy my' ch„ . „.. . .„ . osen friends, - I may spend my last days, and die in tran , 7 9jailti s triiinler the sun oeliberty." It is stated that M. Dumas -hits already confided several manuscript works to the hands of 'ills agents, wheltAye' established a.pntbl shitig hpuse in New eicik; ? foi- the 'plirPo'se "or bringin them. •outrig . inally and CitisivelY in this 'city. 'Tit& manuscript of his comedy, the `t Yotith of Louis XIV. I " - Which.Was prohibited a t th e Theatre Ifralieals, -- is in the hand's of `his 'agents. SoVeral of our 2 man . agers are in negotiation for" its p re d uc tien.- 7 .lVew • rork idune. . , FRACAS ON TIM NEWRY FRTTY SESSION'S BENCH.---7 • Daring the bearing of i complaint preferred by the street in -sPector..f the Newry. town. commissioners, against Mr, Dennis •Adar,ren, on - Friday, for having• committed 4.!nnisauec in -Wil :',li:am-strect, by conveying manure -along the. footway, a misun dprStanding on the bench, which arose in the iollowing mann er, took place • :—Mr. Corry Wa3 conversing, in a very low ,tons, with Irvine, expressing an .qpinion;that - .),l`Corafaek, the street inspector, was . ViridictiVe 'in pressing ,tite_ease!so faryiu cimaevence of n,previous difference Which occurred between Mdrron. .131 r Kidd -(conceiving, doubtless., that, tfte filkes4 6- 'Was . Mt.teridedjer himself )•stated: that Mr. C 01.,. ry's -- dlitot4ation was most uncalled for; and improper as well as unfounded. Mr. Corry :" I did !not apply it to you. Mr. kiqd made some observation, which was inaudible to the to porter, but:Wllich apPeared to, betoken a doubt as to-the assu...,' rance conveyed in the lait observation of : -Mr. Corry.- ..Mr. Corry : I, pledge von ,n;}- henour,,as a gentlop. F ....!, #i-tat 1.-did. ' i,dtni4e use 'of any such language to. you. Mr.-Kidd (in an alijiOst inaudible tone) still continued to reiterate his first asser iion, Mr. Corry (warmly.):' When„You can't appreciate the feelings of a gentleman, such a fellow•is not tit to sit" , on the. bench. . Mr. .ICid4:: I have to call the protection of the bone!). Is ends language to .be permitted ? Mr. Corry :'I told you in. - the beginning that I did not apply the language to you. You • had no right to 'Make sitch,,a ; charge against Jne ;' and you Shpuld learn to conduct yourself as a gentleman. 'You , ought - tot to ac6.lse.nno of 414 a tiling . ; but now you will know lne a little better in future...l .tipped to Mr., Irvine, whether , I used t r beiPre'ssion to him. Mr. Irvine : I think Mr, Kidd has, taken:tip the: word in a wrong sense;. Corry.did not was alClllateci tO„ the, feelings:;of .the-other magistrates, allude to. *r. Kidd.. But. I. also think, that the Pxpression of, Mr,fl I COrry towards Nlr.'kidtlW•as such as,chould- not - have! bcou marle:!il ,Mr. Kinn I feel very strongly og,the.niltter;-and !Mr. Corry: Upon that point, your feelings•are entirely itrima- Aerial to me; 1 am of opinion that I was, justified :from: the charge brought against me. The matter was then. dropped, j. ' 1.010;1;1 : . • dMF~R,.ICA I? SA IRS. We gave yesterday a•full summary of American news re• ceived by the Baltic, but hadiaot - space for the following : APPOINTMENTS BY TEE PRESIDENT. John Y. Mason, of Virginia, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at the 'court of his imperial majesty the Emperor of the French. , Thomas 31. Seymour, of Connecticut, to be' envoy, extra traordinary awl minister plenipotentiary at the court of his imperial majesty the Emperor of all the Russias. Robert M. McLane, of Maryland, to be commissioner to the Empire of China. REPORT OP THE POSTMASTER-OBNERAL. Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 6 The whole number of Post-offices in the United States at the close of the last official year, ending June 30, 1853, was 23,320. Of this number 255 are of •the highest class, the Postmasters of which are appointed by the President. Atthe present date, December 1, 1853, the total number of post-offices-is 22,688. During the pastyear commencing July 1, '52 1,898 post-offices were established ; 479 were dis continued ; and there were appointed to office during the said year, besides the .1,898. postmasters to the newly established offices aforesaid, 3,000 ; 850 upon resignation; 225 on death, 182 by change of site, 91 where the post-: master had moved: way, and 2,321 on the removal of prior incumbent ;, being 8;567 postmasters -appointed during the year ending June 30, 1853. At the close of the fiscal year, ending on the 30th June last, there were in operation within the United States, 6,692 mail routes. The aggregate length was 217,743 miles, and 5,583 contractors employed thereon. The annual transportation of the mails, on those routes was 61,892;542 miles, and the annual cost thereof 4,49,5,968 dollars; being about seven cents two mills per mile. Of these 61,892,542 miles of annual transportation, 12,986,705 miles are required to be performed on railroads, at a cost of 1,60-1,321 dollars; being - about -twelve cents three mills per mile; 6,685,065 miles in steam boats, at a cost. of 632;368 dollars, being about nine cents four mills per mile ; 21,330;326 miles in coaches, at a cost of 1,206,958 dollars; being about five cents-six•mills per mile; and 20,890,446 miles in modes not specified, at a cost of 1,055,313 dollars, being about five cents per Mile. The expenditures of the departmeut during the last fiscal year were 37,982,758. The gi —53 rOVerallo source all sourc -r,-.0 eg,ote,7ei. It appears from the foregoing statement that the gross revenue of the year, ending June 30, 1853, fall short of the expenditures by the sum 0f12,042,031. $1,571,000 of this deficiency is supplied by the balance on the auditor's books on July 'l, 1852, and by, the appropria tions to supply deficiencies, amounting to upwards of $1,000; 000, leaving t 4546,000 to be provided by congress for the service of the year ending June - 30, 1853. The following is a summary statement of the fiscal opera tions of the post-office departm6nt for the year ending 30th June, 1853= Balance to credit of' department Ist July, 1852. • 11843, 394 3 2 Total receipts in fiscal, year, including the sum of $2,255,000 drawn from the treasury under acts of congress in aid of the post office revenue 7,495,724 70 Total apparent revenue for the year 68,339,119 02 Expenditures for the year. Leaving apparent balances to credit of De - partmetit; Ist July; 1853 From this should be deducted the unavailable balances` from late postmasters, brought forward from report of 1851-2 '6113,242 63 Deduct also amount paid British Government on account of post ages 'of previous year, properly chargeable to expenditures for last fiscal year . . 118,061 56 251,303 19 Leaving 'as the ultimately available bal ance ~104,726 46 Excess of Expenditures of all kinds over the Revenues of the year, exclusive of the balances on hand July 1, 1851, and the amount drawn from Treasury, to supply de fici-ency of Revenue.. . . ..... $2,742,364 67 y rs~z~rin. ' Governor Johnson, of Virginia, transmitted. his i n e ssage to the legislature of that state on the sth. The new consti tution, he says, has worked well, and,bids, fair to fulfil.the expectation of the people. The amount of, the state debt is $ ..The aggregate estimated va l ue o f t h e property 0 six, hum/ re d m illi on o f d o l. The subject of education is conimended to attention. 1 . 8 t6 ,04 p l , e 0 77 1) 5. 1 ethe state is over The governor concludes :—Finally,. I congratulated you upon the condition of our. federal and foreign relations—no thing ,haVing occurred since your adjournment calculated to weaken the. hope that the south may be permitted to enjoy, n season of repose from the .irritating. interference by nor iliern- fanaticism with the subject of slavery. Every friend of this. union has .cause of congratulation at the overthroW and signal rebuke the aboli4o4 party-has received within the last two years. The friends of constitutional mid state tights, even in: the north, have generally been triuniphantly,sus tained., Our northern brabern, among whom. there have always been a few Who were true to -the constitution, have indicated* a disposition to respect our rights,, and evinced a sense of justice which should ever characterise the relations between citizens of sister states. Madness for a while seemed to run riot, and when fanaticism had brought the republic to the verge of ruin, patriotism was aroused,. reason andjus tiee gained the ascend.ant, and the traitor and the demagogue,. Whether sailing under the name of abolition or free-soilism, have been put down—peace and q u i e t have been: restored — confidence has taken the place of .dist rus t, . an d w ith ra pid Strides we-are marching to fulfil th a t d est i ny wh i ch h as 'as signed us' the position 'of the 'greatest nation upon .earth. May . thiS ever be our condition. With becoming gratitude for the past favors we have re-.. ceived, both as a people and a nation, let us as suc h- so dis charge Our :duty to 'ourselves and to others, as not only to, receive the approval of our own consciences, brit to secure the continued blessing of that Providence which has, so ma nifestly watched over our footsteps from the infancy of the republic, and in'WhOse hands are the - destinies of all nations. Jos. Jomrsox. December 5, 1853. A Mr. Black, who had Teccivs3d an injury in Scotland, upon one of CreelPs coaches, was awarded -X2OO dainages, and has just liad.an applioation,granted to have a rehearing on the ground of inadequate damages. - * _TUB I:43v!s DELAY.—A.eurious and instructive instance of the laws delay is given in a proceeding reported in the North ijritish Hail, and has occurred in the court of session, second division: .The case arose in this. Way.: —An action was hrought before the court, at the instance of a domeiitic servant (since married) ; against her late feaster and mistress, Concluding for two things.. Ist. For damages on account of defamation of character, in being accused of theft : and, 2d. For wages ; and board wages, up to the term of Whitsunday, 'she having ; been unjustifiably dismissed a few days after the term of Martinmas. Sheriff Alison, on the'.evidenee given below, held that .the action,was proved, and then there was !an appeal. The judges were of opinion that the pursuer, not having been given, into custody the = accusation of theft, if made, was privileged, and that the dismissal was warranted because she had wilfully disobeyed orders in leasing the house, when told not to go, out. Loid Cockburn remarked that, to the disgrace of the law, this case had been five years before the courts. r , IM,POILTANT TO EMIGRANTS. —The. many fatal cases of cholera which we noticed yesterday as having taken- place' on board emigrant vessels, will impress upon: all - who con-. template emigrating the propriety of adepting the salutary precautions-set down by order of her , Atajesty's Land. and Emigration Commissioners, and widely circulated by placard: Ihese precautions . fh.Qaq_qiekness conseauent on . the rough-weather which ships moist encounter at this , season; joined to the cold and damp •of,a, sea voyage, will render persons who are not strong mow susceptible to, the : attacks of this disease. ,To ,those whelnay emigrate at this season -the commissioners strongly recommend that - they should provide -themselves With as much warm clothing as 'they Can, and especially with flannel,, to be worn, next the skin; that they should have bOth their clothes and their persons quite clean before embarkiug, and Should ,be e.rocal to keep them so during the voyage,—aLtd. thp.t, they 'should provide themsetVes with as muellooliCancl, wholesome ,food as they can procure, in addition to the ship',s allowance to be used on the voyage; and that it would' of - will's°, be desira, ble, if they can arrange it, that they should not go in a ship that is much crowded, or that is not provided with a medical man. COLONIAL. POSTAGE.-4 ,letter in a Landon journal cow. tainS .some directions and information—on fins important subject necessary to be known. We give an abstract The postage of a letter from Australia, via Marseilles, is Is. 1() . d. if it weighs'under a - quarter of an ounce. If it weighs a, quarter of an ounce, the postage i. 2s. 3d. ; and if it ex ceeds half an ounce, the postage is 4s. Id. The postage.on a letter from Australia, via Southampton, is it weighs half an ounce. It is therefore ; possible,-for a, person to pay 2s, 3d. on a letter froM.A,ustralia, jt*'Marseilles,for which he'would'only, Is. if he had roeeived it via" Southampton. All letterS for;Australia from England must be prepaid. If Ale ls. 10d rate is paid ori,4 letter it is sent via:XarseilWs, and if the is, rate is paid'; it is sent Via Southampton. A person may know therefore for a certainty. what route his hatter has been sent to Australia by the .pqtage, that hedias paid on ' Letters for England canna he prepaid . in Australia, The Australian postmaiters give notice that all letters for England not directe,d, to„go , any particular iota() Will be:sent via Marseilles; bift these postmasters do not separate the Marseilles from the Southampton portion, because they believe it is done at Ceylon. .At Ceyloo,,how ever, the Aiistralian official notice• is, evidently not attended to, and hence a variety of complaints : , and much inconyeni nce. The prineipal portion of the correspondence mailed' in for Australia for England direct should be sent r via . outhampton; because it is - the cheapest route. The,44s 7 tralian , postmasters should give notice, therefore that cor ; - fesponaerice.iiould - 136 sent via , Son Warn/A.6n . directed to-go via Marseilles, and they should separate the correspondence themselves, placing the Marseilles portionin iron boaesi and the Southampton portion' in wooden boxers. - --RACitGBD - SCHOOLS. BOLTON, Dsc. 22ND, 1853. project has been started' at liolton for establishing a ragged and industrial school - in that town ; and the mayor, Mr. P. R. Arrowsmith, has headed a subscription set on foot for the purpose;-with a donation of £2OO. At a meet ing of the Town Council on Wednesday last, the mayor expressed his full confidence in the success of efforts which he had for a l ong ti me ma d e for thebenefit of the poor and neglected portion of the juvenile population. On the same occasion Mr. Alderman Cannon announced that a friend of his, Mr. George Barnes, of Birkenhead, died last month, and bequeathed £3OO for the support of an industrial school in Bolton. Mr. Barnes, he said, left the town many years ago, and, having been born and trained -in the neighbour hood, he was always deeply attached to it. He had much sympathy with vagrant children, and it was as an incentive to the formation of an industrial school in Bolton for their benefit, that he made the bequest. The, money, in the event of a school not being immediately provided, was to be in vested on security for a time, in order that it might if pos- Sible be ultimately applied to the purpose designed. Mr. Barnes had at various times since he left the town, contri buted to the support of the local public institutions, and lie left to the dispensary a legacy of £loo.' lie had also be queathed £3OO for a ragged school at Birkenhead, and £lOO fora dispensary at the same place. Mr. Cannon's state ment was received with much satisfaction by the council. There were 152 children i n th e M anc h ester i n f ant infir mary on the 21st instant. THE POOR RATE IN WALES.—In the year ended Lady-day, 1852, the gross amount of the poor-rate in Wales was £125,565 19s. 10d. COUNTRY BANE. NOTES.—It appears that in August the aggregate monthly circulation of country issues of bank notes in England and Wales was £6,706,431. . • • After an interval of three hundred years; a Roman Catholic . priest has been established in Haddington. • He officiates in a granary loft : the use of the 'Assembly Room was flatly refused.—North British A fire accurred at Greenock on Wednesday morning, which destroyed one wing of the Shaws-water Cotten Mill. A poor woman who worked in the mill was suffocated dur ing the burning. THE. FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. —Be tween January and November last, as appears from a recently printed parliamentary paper, 29,866 ships, of 6,546,320 tonnage, employed in the foreign trade of the United King dom,,entered inwards, and 29,699 ships, of 6,462,035 ton nage, cleared outwards. . VOLUNTARY EDUCATION IN WALES. —The friends of voluntary education in the Principality are actively stirring to promote and secure the 'revival of the normal college, in order to obtain the strict moral and religious training of teachers for the Principality.- For this purpose meetings are to be held in all the principal towns. Madame Matilda Donniquez; formerly a favorite actress at the Tacyn theatre, Havannah, was' murdered by her husband, Valdez, en the 23d ult. The wretch had driven her to a life of profligacy to support his extravagance, and then killed her on some pretence of jealousy. He attempted his own . life but failed. THE STEAM SHIP STAG.—This fine vessel is one of the three magnificent new steam vessels, respectively named - the Stag, Elk, and Lynx, now fitting out for the Glasgow and Belfast Royal Mail Steam Packet service. ' The mails between Scotland and. Ireland have been conveyed by this route since July, 1849, with a regularity and convenience unknown before, when the mails between-the two countries were carried in Government steam vessels between Port Partick and Donagbadee.---North British. Mail. ETIQUETTE IN THE PIT.— A letter from Vienna, of the , 13th, says :—For - Borne time past th e ' public has been strangely abusing in the theatres of this city; its right to encore, not only calling for a repetition of songs and cava tinas, but even of long concerted pieces. The police hasat Ilast interfered by publishing an` order interdicting the repe tition of any piece of music or portion of a ballet. - For the future, also, no performer can be r ecall e d un til th e curta i n has fallen between the acts ; then, an actor can be called to appear once, and after the piece has finished an actor can be called for three times at most. A 'WHOLE FAMILY POISONED.--On Thursday, Mr. Payne held an inquest 'on the body of James George Trump, aged 6 years, the son of a plasterer living at No. 9, Prince's-road, , Bermondsey. The mother of the child stated that on Mon day last the family, consisting of herself, her husband, the deceased, and a child aged 17 months, dined off some hashed mutton, over which a paste, made of flour and water, had been poured. Soon after partaking of. the meal, the whole of the family, except the youngest child who had none of the paste, became very sick. In the night tie illness of the child increased so much that her husband wen t t o f e t c h a doctor, but before inediCal aid could arrive the child died. Witness had used flour out of the same lot without expe riencing any ill effects. The coroner said it was a very mysterious case, and adjourned the inquiry for further evidence. NOT TO BE TWICE CAUGHT.--The canvasser of a Glasgow newspaper, remarkable for his strait:aced abhorrence of all public - amusements, concerts, &c., lately 'called upon a respectable firm here, and obtained an order to insert the advertisement of the Italian Opera, soon to be performed in this city ; but when it appeared next day the editor was very wrath with his canvasser for having polluted - the columns of bibto f p e o w lo da fo y r s his after journal th r e n a with canvasser an as s su er c h called ap,r ofa uponne announcement.an extensive home advertisements which appeared in a contemporary. Amongst the notices was one of Horace's works—Opera Horatii. The word Opera caught the eye of the astute solicitor, who at once objected 'to receiving it; saying that he had recently got an angry rebuke for inserting'" one of thae sinfu' fiddling, skirling adverteesements." It W as i n va i n that the worthy' publisher assured him it wah' the 'title of book, and not a musical performance. He-`had not forgotten the scolding he had got, 'and went away, respectfully declin ing to have the columns of the paper he was connected with defiled in future by any " sic sinfu' skirling adverteesements." —iVorth B. Hail. JUVENILE DELIN4UENCY.—Upon this subject, Mr. Ar.‘ H. Pielde, of Edgbaston, who says he was prevented from offering his opinions at the late conference in Birmingham, writes as follows, in support of cbmpulsory educati on . It lefts. rather a rarige idea 'at a conference, to discuss a question in its various bearings, that the expression of Opinion sh ou ld b e checked: Sir 'John Pakington th oug ht therwise :—" I hold that if the state is bound to repress crime —often the result .of dense ignorance and parental neslect. 7 -it is - no less, bound to supply education. -I main tain that by compulsory education, or training alone, can We successfully battle with these savage hordes of young criminals . We should have a compulsory rate for the Support of the school as- wens for the maintenance of the gaol. I admit that the ,hangman's' dread office is of service to society, and that it is a miserable fallacy to say that the worst use you can put a man to is to hang him.' But if the finisher of the law is a useful member of society, the schoolmaster is much more so ; and it is a species of bar barism, a sort'of scandal to our civilisation, 'to exercise this awful punishment without also providing a scheme of national instruction. " -PUBLIC SPIRITED. INCENDLIR/ES—A strange affair, says the Cologne Gazette, has: just :been' submitted to the - Criminal Tribunal of Gleiwitz, in Silesia, in Prussia :—The little town , o)f . lfernn possessed a tile kiln: and. dependencies which produced , alinost nothing. Its municipal council wishing to get rid of: them on the most advaniageous terms possible, held a secret meeting to deliberate what should be done with them. In that meeting, it was resolired, that as the buildings were in sured, they should be burned down; and one of th e mem b ers of the counc il was c h arge d to set them on fire. He executed his commission, and the bifildings were entirely destroyed. the municipal - council then demanded an in r deMnity frOm the assurance company; it was paid,' and every fartlling df it was' placed in the municipal treasury. The matt,-, ho cie r, though kept secret, became known, and the law authorities caused all the councillors to be prosecuted for 'arson. The tribunal con 4emned them, to periods .of imprisonment varying from six months to a year, and to reimburse the insurance money with Interest. ; also to pay all the costs: MARIE ANTOINETTE.---11.0r rtpt u Yt c.,cnnoo c10..7.100 • court and all France. She Was then but sixteen years old. 9er preinoni beauty 'eclipsed that of Madame' . du Barry; the favourite of•Gottis . XV., and the modern" Phryne. But the beauty of Madame Barry was that of of a courtesan; the beauty of Marie Antoinette was that of a princess. • Nature had adorned her with all the gifts which made her as a woman an abject for admiration, and as is queen :an object for adoration ; in shape tall, her movements. were swanlike In . carriage and leportnient an'elegahce such as to lose nothing of •her -ma jesty ; her hair Was blond and silky, and its warm tints remindecithe beholder of the wavy tresses 'or . Titian ; a lofty • oval 'forehead "like to thos&Of the fair daughters of the Danube ; eyes of liquid azure in which the calni and the tempest of the shut' made the. look by turns ( aileeP or undulate ; 'the *nose slightly: aquiline; the mouth Austrian, hei—farnily, that is—L. a mingling of pride and of a smile ; the 'chin. -turned up ; het epleor heightened by the chill 'climate' of the nortlt; fin' sistible graceshed f like a youthful vapour over her features, and' which did not allow her to be viewed but. through an' attric4liere of fire or of inebriation.--Lamartine. V*Tba'rp, THE EIVIPBROR.-4; young :woman between 25 and '3O years of age, wearing •the costume of the peasants Of Th:ittaily, but who, from the delicacy of her features, evidently belonged to a' fe'spectable eltiss of secietf, - rent recently to the Tuileries, and 'requested 'to speak "to the Emperor, saying that she had an important ebniiiimiatiOn to 'make to him. The domestics wanted to send her rtWay; hilt she insisted so earnestly, on being allowed to See his 'Majesty, that she was taken before M. Barlet, 'commissary of the intperiar residences. lie questioned her, and from her answers considered her out of lier ; ,inind. I-to wont her to M. , Bertoglio,•cikomissary of poliee of the section of the Palais Royal. In answer to his inquiries she said that her name was Marie It—; that she liad.been brought up in a convent,, the rules of which wsre very austere ; and 'that in the pre ce di ng week •she had had i n the night a vision, in which her patron saint had appeared to her,- had communicated a 'secret important to the welfare Of 'France, and ordered her to comb to Paris in humble costume to nialce it kno'wn to the Emperor. The 'commissary 'pressed her to . tell him What 'the secret was, hut she peremptorily refused.. lle•rPretbnded •to • take notes of what she said, a'l placed her in a cab s ' to lake , her; as he' represented, to the irtinistry : of , state, through which she might obtain an au dience of- his Majesty. • But the poor young woman was con veyed prefecture, of police, whence she was sent to a tsekipol .de , 1.1: Cr: THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. BANKRUPTS. Robed Mooney, tea dealer, • liolywell-road, and Cropley syeetr,Tioxton, New Town, Middlesex. John Smith, stationer, King's-road, Brighton, and King street, Snow-hill, London. William Harknett, builder, Barking, Essex. Richard William Spendelon, chemist and druggist, Salop, Joseph Watson, broker, Liverpool. Robert Alfred Dorrington, woollen cloth merchant, Man chester. THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN TOWN OF BOYS' and YOUTHS' CLOTHING, beautifully made, At Wm. EARP and CO.'S, 59 and 61, LO RD STREET. At Portadown, in the North of Ireland, potatoes sell at from 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. per cwt. Mr. John O'Connell was returned on Wednesday for Clonmel. There has been a fatal accident on the South Western railway tbis week, by which one man lost his life. There has been a great rise in the French and Italian silk markets. It is said the cargo of the Humboldt was worth 400,000. Not less th a n £2,972,000 was remitted from Irish emi. r grants in America to their friends and relatives at home in 1848, '49,,'50, and '5l. • PRESBYTERIAN CRUkteß.—The , Rev. James Breaky; Carraduff, Ireland, who has just received an unanimous. call to the Presbyterian church of Sheffield, has had a handsome complement paid him.. by. his late congr ega ti on . 2 Engineers are engaged in making the surTeys for a line of railway round Paris, but at a distance of 100 kilometres (60) from the capital, so as to form a communication with all the great lines which start from it. Orleans Chartrea, Evereux, Amiens, Epernay, M on t ereau , S ens, and Auxerre, will come into this new line. Government is quite deter mined that this line, shall be made. The new Bonapartist club the "Globe," was inaugurated by a grand dinner, General Bar, the president in the chair. Mr. ,Belmontet, the eminent ex-member of the 10th of December society, proposed as as a toast the " Imperial dynasty," which he characterised as "the buckler of the present. and the lever of the future." Frederick Wittneyer, a foreigner, has been brought up by the London police 'for ha ving v i c ti m i se d several hotel keepers, of whom he affected to engage apartments for a German Count. He is described as " of respectable appearance." We have every reason to believe that beyond the ap pointment of -Sir George Cathcart as Sir G: Brown's suc cessor; no change has been made in the - administration of tho horse guards. The rumours, of new appointments in that, department are therefore, to say the least,' premature. —Globe. TILE , POOR-RATE.—In the year ended Lady-day, 1852, the parishes in th e coun t y of Lancaster paid in poor -rate 47,5 ; 266h- 17s 11d—the largest amount paid by any county ; and of that sum the railway property in the county contri buted as much as 26,1661. 103 61,t1. — ACCIDENT IN THE RIVER.—On Tuesday last, whilst the. ship Stornaway, outward.bound for Calcutta, was weighing anchor in the river, she was run into dy.a number of flats employed in conveying mud from the docks; and her cutwater was carried away, and the vessel.otherwise damaged. The Stornaway was' obliged to be docked for repairs; but will we learn be ready for sea to-day. • ROBBERY PROM A SILK WAREHODSE.—Yester:clay, at the. Manchester city police court, a young man, bookkeeper to' Mr. Smith, silk merchant, Church-street, was committed to take his trial at the sessions on a charge of having stolen from his employer two pieces of satin. Bum ow FlRE—About one o' c l oc k on Monday morning a brig, which had left Loith harbour on Sunday afternoon, laden with the well known Torbanehill mineral, .was covered while in the roads.to be on fire. Notwithstanding the exertions of the crew, the flames soon enveloped the entire hull, and to save 'the vessel from destruction, it was considered expedient to tow her into Granton harbour, 'where she was scuttled, as the only means of extinguishing the fire. We have not learned whether the fire arose from accident ' or from the spantaneous combustion of the coal.—.Y. B. Mail. • • MURDER. —Last week, the wife of Alexander Smith potato merchant, Dundee, was found barbarously murdered in her own house. Her husband is supposed to have been the murderer. Both parties are said to have been much given to the bottle, and for some time past the husband has been in a state akin•to delirium tremens. He is in custody. Smith is from the Carse of Gowrie, and was at one time con s id ere d a very respecta b le character.—N. B. Mail. • ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—One evening in the early part of last week as two of the burgh police were going their rounds in,the High-street they heard stifled cries , proceed ing evidently f rom a place considerably north of,the'town. They proceeded to ` the spot, and caught two men, the one dtle l a other esp Henry oetable Cmazapibeedll woman, f T nar h omm e e el FM e as n il t ke o islie of the 'assaulting h till e en'an assault has led them to be fully committed to trial for a capital offence. The Offence is a very aggra vated one.—N: B. 'Mail. • • • RARE FlSR.—Naturalists . will rejoice to learn that that most rare of British fishes, the gymnetius of Ilawkins, the conch of Jenyns, the coil conin in. Conwall, and now known as the regalecus glesno, from the specimen found at Culler coats in 1849, was driven ashore in Keiss Bay on Thursday last, and is now in the possession of Dr. Sinclair. The specimen now found is 15 feet long, 14 inches broad, and about three inches thick---Lthe largest yet described. Only four other specimens have' been captured in British waters during the last hundred 'years, and this is the longest, Some mayhave naturalists given ar rise vfo to pin theion thatacco largeaccounts w ehave species received or this genus of the. sea serpent, its beautiful crest-crowded head bein,,o• mistaken for a mane, whilst it s wriggling motion deceived as to, its real length. —N. B.llfail. • TILE Fisn TRADE.—Fish are a t p resen t b e i ng caught in large quantities on all.parts of the coasts oflngland, Ireland, and Scotland, causing the transmission to the English mar kets of white fish to be stopped for the-present, and our own markets to be consequently well supplied, and the prices moderate. The forwarding of lobsters, however, continues brisk. They are brought here in large numbers from the western islands, chiefly from Skye, in boxes containing from four to five dozen, and are here transferred for facility and economy of carriage by rail, to tea chests; into each of Which from 50 to 100 fish, according to size, ,are carefully packed, and forwarded regularly, and i n large quantities, in this way, to Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, in each of which• towns is located a branch of a great firM, ori ginally of Aberdeen,. to whom are continually consigned enormous, quantities of fish from all parts of the coast. White and shell-fish that leave, Skye on Tuesday, are landed here on Wednesday morning, are immediately repacked, and on Thursday morning at the earliest hour are exposed for sale on the stalls of the leading English markets. Lobsters ar rive in vigorous life.—Greenock Advertiser. • • • TDB RUSSIAN SQUADRON IN THE CHIN:i . Ha&tirg Newi, under date of St. Petershurg, 9th, says ---" Accounts from the Russian squadron in the China Seas state that on the 6th of August all the vessels of which it is ,co reposed (the Pallas frigate, Oliwaza corvette, %Vo s t o k schooner, ,and ,the Prince de Menschikoff, belonging •to the Russo-America Company) assembled in the port of Laid, and sailed on the , 16th of August for Nangazaki. Qn the 22nd they anchored there, and the crews were received by the Japa nese with cordiality. 1 01 - 1- the let, the - commanding officer of the squadron . sent the Prince de Al enschikoff to Shanghai, to obtain information as to the state of affairs in China: She arrived there on the Bth September, the day'after the place had been taken by therehels. On the 15th, the Menschikoft sailed to rejoin the squadron at Nangazaki." LIVERPOOL MARKETS.—YESTERDAT. • (Writteit expressly for the Northern Daily Times.) SUGAR.—The business to-day is confined to 100 Hhds. Antigua far Refining at 335. 6d to 355. per cwt, 50 Hhds. Cossipore Treacle have been disposed of at 18s. 6di per cwt. No sales have transpired in Rum, Coffee, or Rice. 450 bags Saltpetre are - reported at 275. 6d. per cwt. for 8.4- . per cent refraction. bales Bombay - Hemp went at auction to-day at £2.0 15s. per ton. • • - , TEA.—Tee Market is reported to be inun improving con dition to-day; with •no sellers of common Congou under Is. 3d: per lb. ' • • ' Ooi-The.—The cotton marlEet was quiet to-day, nothing in the Baltic's ad.vices, which.wc published in the whole of our issue, tending to *vary the aspect of it... The sales of the day were • 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 were on speculation and for export. , REVIEW OF THE WEEK. SUGAR.7 .--- Tiere,has been a. considerable improvement in the demand, both from grocers and 'refiners, which has enabled ..helders to obtain full prices foi all kinds. The sides : amennt to .450, hlls., 13:P.; 13,000 bags - Bengal, of whiCla :5,500 '')ags are Khaur at 29s :.. also 2,400 bags Madras, chiefly at.29s; and 4,600 bags Mauritius ; at 33s 6d 'to 34s 9d per en. Foreign There has been -ratherriliore 'inquiry, but tie market being barely: supplied, sales are 'limited to 20 hLuis. Porta itica_and -Cuba,---at 35s to 36s ; ;400 boxes yellov H avana (No. 'l3) at 235; an d +l5O ca i e4, 4200 bags Baia, at 19s to 20s for brown, with a few 2ssordinary white it 21s t o s; a cargo of 13,000 bags un clayed Manilla las also been sold afloat, but the price and destination are lot reported. The sales of loLAssEs are confined to a few small lots o f Antigua, (indirec) at 16i 6d pei . owt.; the whole not exceed ing 100 - puns; . tie market is in a very unsatisfaCtory state, and the quotatiols are reduced 6d to Is from the highest point., • . • COFFEE. —Thor: is a strong demand for all ordinary descriptions, but tie absence of stock has prevented business, and our dealers.art dratving their supplies from the London maAcet, where Naive Ceylons lave reached 50s per cwt. 500 bags Para CncoA sold at 27s per cwt. 41 small lot of Bengal Itlcz taken . at 14s to 15s 6d; 500 bags Arracan, on th, spot, at , l3s 9d; 8,500. bags Madras,' to arrive, at 13s 6d o 13s 101 d per cwt., the market closing With a firm appearance. The Rum market is steady ; the sales about 60 puns: Demerara. . , TEA.—The transa Eons were limited until yesterday, when a speculative dtruand sprang up, and some consider able parcels of wanton Congous were sold at is 21-,d to Is .2id per lb, and themarket- closes with a very firma aspeo t ,for all descriptions, , „,.,s,_ a • to Yesterday. about 3 tons of IVORY were brought t° hammer, and sold at rather low rates. eit o , In East India D r y sa lt ery ar ti c l es th e sa l es are conga 614 60 chests livery to good orange SHELL LAc at 44s 0 and a small lot of SAGO FLOUR at 23s per cwt. $ l4 SALTPETRE and NITRATE Of SODA without chang e, very little done in. either. br GITANO.-100 tons mixed Peruvian and Bolivian p ot the auction at 110 12s 6d to 110 15s p er t on ; 800 tons e' lower kinds realised advanced rates. ralP i DYEWOODS.-30 tons SAPAN WOOD have been £l2 10s to £l2 15s, 130 tons Tobasco LooVnt f) £7 7s 6d, and 150 tons FUSTIC, at £6 12s 6d to £7 for Ceara, and £7 per ton for Tampico. No sales reported in TURMNTINE, but of StockholialrA* 3000 brls. have been sold at 17s 6d per brl. obr Of American RosiN, 350 brls. of common quality broov 6s 6d per cwt. About 500 brls. Pot ASHES, on the spot and to arfl sold at 31s 6d per cwt. Pearl have been neglected. to ! • HIDES.—About 1,400 dry salted Ceara are rer r o at 51,d, and 1,200 salted Buenos Ayres Ox, at per lb. „„ l e BRIMSTONE' has been in moderate demand this - weak, being about 200 tons, without change in prices. ARGOLS have been neglected. q A few casks of inferior CREAM of TARTAR, sold at 1. 43 150 s 'ts? cwt. There has been a fair demand for Sum.A.c, and fully 1 f 4 bags have found buyers, at 16s 6d for old, and 17s for' Palermo. The sales of MADDER ROOTS are 300 bales Naples al l Bombay, at the quotations. 1 0 OLIvE haS continued to move off steadily; about bf tuns have found buyers, and higher rates ar e demanded many holders than those current last week. Simi' sales of pale SEAL OIL are reported at £4O, 90 tuns COD, On the spot and to arrive, at £34 tun. One hundred tuns LINSEED Oar. have been sold at 300, 25 tons pale RAPE at 47s to 46s 30 cwt. SPIRITS of TURPENTINE continue without change. PALM OIL has been in better dema n d thi s wee k, part' larly for arrival ; the sales amount to about 200 tons on spot at £4O to £4l, and nearly 1,500 to arrive, also at to £4l ton. For TALLOW the demand has much i m p rove d . ; Pet to burg Y.C. has been sold rather more freely of late, at 57s e 58s; BOO pipes. South Ame r i can , o n t h e sp o t an d t o a rriv ' at 53s to 56s 6d, but chiefly at 56s V cwt. •In I,Aan-there has been nothing done. ' Three hundred bales JUTE are reported at £22.100 V ton for Middling .quality. PROVISION MA.RRET.—Several large sales of 13$ . .$ f have - been made this wee k by holders' anxious to Cli e r, out, at prices con s id era bly un d er f ormer rates. The mand fromthe trade is only moderately a cti ve .' Ponx:cl; duties lifeless, the dealers seeming determined to keep lig", stocks. The demand for BACON rather improves, but tb prospect of large suppliei from America makes buyers e_„ 3tl ' Eons. *We quote a fa r the r d ec li ne o f I s. per cwt. ui LAS ; without leading to an improved deand. Cazzsi is a (1 1 '" sale, and we cannot quote 'any change in value. TALLOW, again influenced by the warlike n ews , has • vanced is. to is: 6d, •per cwt. - LINSEEC CARE is flat. - - Corra:c —Our report upon the co tt on mar k e t i s pret t y similar to what-we gave on-F r id a y l as t. The demand fr its el , the trade continues tolerably f a i r , an d muc h upon a par If" 6 the estimated rate of consumpti on ; an d b es id es this we 11 ,,,A f n , ' had more or less d o i ng daily on speculation, the w h o le bel" quite sufficient to sustain the market, whilst there is all sence of import, and consequently a reduction in xt° c going forward. -Of_ American descriptions there- is still ~ good supply of the inferior descriptions more particular and, prices of all kinds - are well supported, there being fact no change to notice, .the quotations indeed having 'be e stationary for some weeks past, Brazils are in fair request? and prices are well supported.. .Egyptians remain with out alterltion. There continues to be a good demand for Surfi ts i [ and full prices are paid for th e common descriptions;' r 7 the better sorts remain without improvement. 6,170 Di' o l; 'American, 170 Bahia, 630 Egyptian, 100 Madras,' 1, 0 Bengal, and 4,460 Surat have been taken on speculation an for export, with 32,930 bales by the. trade... The act us a . export consists of 3,420. Americans, 770 Brasil, &c., an 2,500. East India—in all 6,690 .bales. The sales to-day are ir estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 2 000 are t a k en o n- s pec lation, &c. , . . . LIVERPOOL CORN. EXCHANGE..—YESTERDAY. • As is usual about Christmas, .we had. a slender . a ttendatie ° 'of buyers at our market. thi s morning ; who purchased eta r- • ingly of: Wheat, and Only ex t ra . qua liti es o f :White, iclu. ° , b „ , a a n re yt s h c i a z be scarce, brought within de hi witsheiripnitin anddoof the pricesal t s of l so of r. Tuesday, redral. l l; noted 2d per bushel cheaper; the demand was chiefly; for tho country. Scardely a. sample of farmers' - Wheat alV ae4 to-day; the quality and conditi on i n thi s di strict are e tter than.m most others. Flour i s . .i n very li m ited request at 6d to 9d per barrel reducti on , an d a number of par eef offered - 10 arrive. Barley and Beans remain .without. alteration. C a ts in' steady request, and Id to Id. per bushel dearer. There id still a demand for old Oatmeal to keep over; it 10044 - . 6d xaore,money, and a good.quaitirty delivery ... 5 , 3a to d 36 ; . the value on the spot is 3 35 ficl , posed - of these few days for forw , argv t 3 o 3s 33 6 s d a p d e . r loadrrime F lLltn l. Corn is in good demand ; a c, t o h f e M in az g ag uir a y n f s o o l l . d fe e e x d s n h g i s fo b r u l t r m is o h d o e r r d a e te rs . at 45s per 480 1 °' • i3ONDOINT. CORN ?iptßlttT.---VESTERDAS. The arrivals of grain either English or foreign, s ilic S Monday has been moderate.. 'Attendance pretty good, ' 6l° a fair business has been done in both - English and foreigl WHEAT, at the full prices of Monday.. Some sales of float ing cargoes from the south. The value of all spring C°' unaltered. FLOUR firm at the extreme prices of Mond* LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—YESTERDA"i• SUGAR.—West India sales 623 hhd s an d ti erce s a t 6d io advance: Refi ne d a c ti ve , brown lumps 44 5 . Formes' extensive, yellow Havana, ditty paid, 35i . to 375. CbF l ' still advancing, native Ceylon, 50$. TEA firmer, -oidinl o Congou, is 21d to id. R ICE ac ti ve , w hi te B enga l, 14s 4.0 16s; TALLOW brisk, and advan c i ng , P.Y . C .. 68 s 3d 685.6 d on spot. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. ...Esinnnkir,; o; Cows, 80; BEASTS, 481 ; SHEEP and Limns, 2 , 31 CALVES, 56 • ' PIGS, 140. ' BEEF 2s 6d to 4s 6d ; Mxrrrox, 3s to 5s 2d ; Vs- 45 ' 3s 44 to 5s ; Ponit 2 .3s 8d to 58. ARRIVALS.—Beasts, 145; Sheep . , 910 ; Calves, 17. Supplies small. Trade dull at reduced prices. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—YEsTERDAir: gupplies of WHEAT limited. Trade not so actin e as 1 0 1 week, but holders extrem e ly fir m , an d an i mprovemen t ?.; 2s qr on lasi Friday's rates were obtained. BAXLEY, I qr. OATS and SHELLING meet improved deniand. Wit h higher prices. BEANS quite as dear. MALT has gonO uP is to 2s t 9 load. Other articles steady. ARRIVALS.—=Wheat, 5,803. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES; Is Published every Morning in lavEzroo L andltAreclueill' simultaneously, andthe following are the -rates and TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. rOn Credit In advance. .e 1 0 0 £3 19 0 OUT OF LIVERPOOL. On Credit• 4 10 0 .41 18 0 £Ol9 6 .e 2 r 6 41 f 0 Single Papers 3d. IN LIVERPOOL, Term for Iln qdvuncel .e 2 2 0 .3?0 . ;19 6 5 0 4"Year 0 0 Halfye , zr.. I ill 6 Quarter . Single Papers 3d. ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertisers are given the full benefit of the Repeal of the Doti' Their announcements are inserted at the following Scale of Charf; if pre-payment i s ma d e. 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