The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-02 00:00:00

Vibtrticiot tan rV LTEEDAY 31ORNING, AUGUST 1, 1853. THE WEEK THE react nn after the excitement of an election contest, and the season of the year when the order is reversed and pleasure comrs before business, has rendered the week very barren of incident, and left us but little upon which to comment. The most important topic just now is the weather, as much will depend upon the next few weeks as to the ects of the coming harvest Though not much rain has fallen, the days have been cloudy, and the absence of sun has delayed the ripening of the fruits and rendered them al►rost destitute of flavour. The corn fields are looking well and at present promise abundance, but the sun's rays are re- quisite to ripen the crop The periodical election for members of the Dock Committee in the room of those who go out by rotation will take place to-morrow. An opposition is to be made to the re-election of Mr. BOLD, in order to demonstate a feeling of indignation at his recent attempt to change the name of the Bramley-Moore Dock. We unhesitatingly expressed r objection to this course as unworthy of the Conservative party; but the opponents of Mr BOLD will be acting in a similar spirit to that for which they condemned him, if they oppose his re-election for no other cause. It will be admitted that in every other respect he is well qualified for a guardian of the Dock property, and the notice of motion for which he is condemned can only be considered as the ebullition of angry feeling arising out of the excitement of a political contest, and with drawn upon reflection. The great metropolis has been disturbed from its propriety by a general strikd of the proprietors of hackney carriages, known as "cabs," the sudden and simultaneous withdrawal of which from the d an immense amount of inconvenience to the public, particularly the travellers by railway who were incommoded by luggage. The ostensible t.reets ca cause for this extraordinary movement was the re- nt Act, I which the fares were reduced, and no charge permitted for return within a distance of six miles. The most humiliating part of the affair is fact of a British Minister having condescended to interviews with the insurrectionist? and actu- g a cla Ilv obtair se inserted in a Bill, by which a portion of their demands are conceded Such a is worse than contemptible. The cabmen, as a class, were notorious for vulgar abuse and systematic extortion, when they could practise upon the timidity of their passengers. They were in ection, which should have bee withdrawing their licenses, and transfer] to others, who would have obeyed the lass n met by ig them but by the course pursued, a direct encouragement is given to combination and agitation, and the fruits may be ex ccted in some other class follor example which has proved so successful. Cabmen, like innkieporo, have privileges which involve the performance of dutie but to make coneessionp extorted by intimidation, is virtually to sanction a species of Lynch law, which deserves the severest reprehension, and shows the degradation to which the Government has sunk in the hands of Whig- Radicals. Several months have now elapsed since a corn- ncement was made to raise a monument in Liverpool to the memory of the great Duke of WELLINGTON. A resolution was then come to that it should take the form of a statue on a lofty pillar, which should be a conspicuous object from a gr, - ;,:z . , distance, and several thousand pounds were subscribed in order to carry out the object proposed. For some time past little or nothing has been done with reference to the subject, and enquiry is almost natural as to the probabilities of ultimate success. A re-consideration may, perhaps, induce some alteration of opinion as to the disposal f the fund. It will be remembered that a large I with the intention of found- amount is being ing a military asylum as a national testimonial to the illustrious departed, and it has been suggested that Liverpool might take a prominent part in the praiseworthy scheme of devoting her local fund to the same object. It may be raised to a sufficient sum for the erection of a distinct portion of the intercied edifice, to be called the Liverpool Ward, or °the: appropriated in such a way as perma nently to identify the name of the port with the destination of the donation. The suggestion is worthy of consideration ; but whether adopted or not, those who have not yet subscribed to the fund may be reminded that the contemplated sum has not yet been reached. FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE.—The movements of the Emperor and Em press still form matter for speculation. It is reported that the Empress will shortly repair to Trianon, while the Em peror makes short excursions to the northern departments and the camp, which is to be removed from Helfaut to Boulogne, on the very ground that was occupied by the famous camp of Napoleon. On Monday a note from the Russian Government was presented to M. Drouyn de Lhuys by M. Kisselef. Its terms amount to an intimation that Russia is willing to ne gociate, but upon the condition that all her demands should be complied with. M. Drouyn de Lhuys showed the note to M. de Persigny, who instantly set out alone to St. Cloud, to lay it before the Emperor. The French Go vernment is highly indignant. Monet, ex-Municipal Councillor and Officer of the National Guard has been convicted at Grenoble of the murder of Viscount Dampmartin, the Mayor of Uzes, on the 30th of September last, and is sentenced to death. The circumstance of the murder may be briefly recalled. The Mayor was shot on the threshold of his own house, at an early hour of the morning, as he was about to start for Nismes to meet the (then) President of the Republic. The characteristics of the proceedings at this trial very strongly remind one of the notorious Peytel case, so vigorously fol lowed out and commented upon by the English writer Thackeray. Several witnesses saw the assassin fire the shot and run away, but could not identify his person with that of Monet. The authorities, therefore, caused Monet to dress as he was supposed to have dressed on the pre sumed occasion of his firing the shot, and compelled him to discharge a gun, at the same place at the same hour, and at the same stage of the moon. The hesitating wit nesses were then asked whether the " impression" created by this rehearsal of the scene was that which they felt on the morning of the murder. Some of them answered in the affirmative. Two who could not be got to do so were arrested in Court. Monet has, since his sentence, at tempted suicide in a very singular manner. He broke a bottle of wine, and with the pieces of glass stabbed him self in several dangerous places. ITALY.—Faenza is in a state of siege, in consequence or the late attempts on the lives of the Governor and Gonfalioniere of the town. Collins, a Papal functionary, residing Laetween Faenza and Imola, has been murdered, together with his wife and family. This circumstance has rendered the state of siege at Faenza still more strict than before. A letter from Rome, dated Jul 12, states that the y health of the Pope is becoming more precarious. H e i s suffering from a severe attack of asthma and general debility. The Pope is 61 years of age. Telegraphic advices from Ancona state that the expor tation of grain had been prohibited in the provinces along the Adriatic. PRUSSlA.—Accounts from Coburg state that the reigning Duke has been attacked by the measles, and that the symptoms are violent. The Duchess is conva lescent. 9holera is ad v an c i ng up on the Lower Elbe, through Schleswig. At that place two cases o f mild character have been d ec l are d to t h e police, and a people a re prepared for a sharp visit. AUSTRIA.—For some days the Austrian journals have teemed with accounts of a conspiracy against the life of the Emperor. Some persons of mark were among those arrested at Vienna, namely, a son of a Councillor of the Empire, two sons of M. Trombella, and members of a great Italian family. However, latest accounts say that the plot is reduced, on inquiry, to an illegal Students' Union. _ — 'Troops, consisting for tile most part of light infantry, left Vienna on the 18th, to form part of a corps of otser vation on the frontier of Turkey. DENMARK.—An active exchange of notes is taking place between the Cabinets of London and Copenhagen, relative to the Eastern question, England being, it is said, desirous to persuade Denmark to conclude a treaty with her for all possible eventualities. The cholera con tinues to make alarming ravages at Copenhagen. NORWAY.—Another " free local synod" has been held, this time in Borgesyssel. The - proceedings were most interesting, and drew numerous hearers. A petition to the King was adopted, praying His Majesty to assemble a general Synod of the whole Norwegian Church. state of the greatest bustle and animation, owing to the steps which are in progress to make up the Egyptian contingent for the ser vice of Turkey. The Alexandrian dock resounds day and night with the strokes of hammers and the busy hum of voices. Hundreds of artificers may be seen docking, caulking, repairing, and fitting out men-of-war ; the banks of the Nile are covered with soldiers from Upper - - . . E zv-+ - - EGYPT Alexandria is in a and several thousand labourers have been taken frO - nz. the Egyptian railway to man the fleet of the Pacha for the expected war against Russia. The Egyptian fleet, composed of three three-deckers, four frigates, two corvettes, one brig, and two steam frigates, under the command of Vice-Admiral Hassan Pacha, was in a fur, oi readiness, and would sail for the Golden Hqrn about the middle of July. Fifteen thousand u.lder Selim Pacha, are expected at Constantinople. The Viceroy of Egypt has given the troops three months' pay in advance. WEST INDIES AND PACIFIC.—The Royal Mail steam-ship La Plata, Captain C. G. Weller, arrived on Sunday, at Southampton, with the West India and Gulf of Mexico mails, and also mails from the West Coast of South America, received at Panama by the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's ship Bogota. The La Plata bad on freight specie to the value of $701,576, or say £140,316 sterling, of which S - 613,500 is in silver, and S - 88,076 in gold. This packet brings further accounts of the progress of the insurrectionary movements in Venezuela. The latest ailvices state, that the city of Maturin had been retaken from the insurgents, or rather, that General Sotillo, with 700 cavalry, and Colonel Antonio Thomas Rojas, with a division of infantry, having made their appearance in the neighbourhood of Maturin, the insurgents had no alter native but to retire before so overwhelming a force. Ge neral Monag,as, with 3,000 men, was marching on Cumana, to which point the forces under General Rojas were ultimately destined. Ihe inhabitants of Cumana, who first originated the revolution, Lad so thoroughly com promised themselves that they had no alternative but to fight it out or lose all their property. A sanguinary struggle was therefore immediately inevitable. The West Indies generally were more healthy, and the yellow fever was apparently quitti7g the westward islands. At St. Thomas the fever had assumed a much mildertype._ From British Guiana we have advices to the 10th of July. Since the last packet a continuance of rainy weather had been experienced. The most promising hopes were therefore entertained of the next year's crop. The general trade of the colony was by no means in a healthy state. Country provisions were scarce and dear, and salt fish in limited supply. Captain Hall, commanding the Pacific Steam Naviga tion Company's ship Bogota, reports, under date Panama, 3d of July, the commencement of hostilities between Bolivia and Peru, and when his ship called off Cobija on the 19th of June it was found that the Peruvians had taken possession of the town several days previously. TURKEY. The accounts from the East are so varied and contra. dictory, that to attempt to reconcile them one with another would be altogether a fruitless task. Their general tone, however, seems to be pacific. The armaments at Odessa are proceeding with extraor dinary rapidity. The town has quite the appearance of a camp. It is probable that the Russian Councillor of Le gation, Ozeroff, has arrived at Odessa. Omer Pasha is constructing a fortified camp near Shumla. The mountains, which form a semi-circular amphitheatre around the Bulgarian city, are being crowned with walls of earth Me tsoF..c , rhic7l give so much trouble .o the Russians in 1828. On the 9th, Omer Pasha sum moned the Servian Government to send its contingent, with General Kuicanin, to his head-quarters. The Hos podar demanded three days for consideration. Accounts up to the f.lr.)h have reached Paris from Con stantinople. A protest had been issued by the Sublime Porte against the Russian invasion of the Principalities. The substance of the document, which is of great length, may be gathered from the following abstract :—The Porte states that it is difficult to reconcile the invasion of loyal and tranquil provincw , with the pacific declaration from St. Petersburgli, and the treaty of 1841. It says that Prince Menschikoff's negotiations were at first con ned to the question of the Holy Places, and that not until that rinestion was settled in a manner satisfactory to all partieE, that another demand was put forward. The reasons, already so well known, it was are then given, and the solemn and spontaneous guarantees of the Sultan, for the immunities of the Greek Churches, are referred to. It is incontestably evident, (continues the protest) that the independence of a sovereign state is null if among its Lz this de _ . attributions is not preserved that of refusing, without offence, a demand which is unauthorised by treaties, and whose acceptance would be at the same time superfluous as to the ostensible object, and not less humiliating than injurious to the high r-1- 7 - which declines it. The Porte re-asserts its determination to uphold the privileges and inscaunitl- , of the Greck religion. But, if a Government contractci. on the rights and privileges which from its own movement it has accorded to the churches and priests of a nation of so many millions of souls submitted to its arllicritY, exclusive obligations with another Government, it would be to share its authority with that Government; it would be nothing less than the annihilation of its own independence. The treaties between the Porte and the Czar, do not, says the protest, authorise the sending of troops by Russia into the Principalities, and this aggressive proceeding can only be considered in the light of a declaration of war, giving to the Porte the right of employing armed force in return. It protests, therefore, formally and openly, azainst that act ; and, in the conviction that the Powers that signed the treaty of 1841 would not give their consent to such an aggression, it has given them an explanation of the circumstances, and meantime maintains an armed attitude for its defence. A division of the Turkish fleet, under the command of Rear Admiral Osman Pacha, proceeded to the Black Sea on the 12th ult. He fell in with a Russian frigate at sixty miles distance, but she put up all sail and disappeared in the dircctim of Sebasl,.,, The enthusiasm is not confined to the Turks. On the 12th inst., a deputation Bollaralees was received by the Minister of War. AI., ....,gged and fierce looking men, preceded by a green flag, presented themselves in the name of 3,000 Boharalees, and offered their services as volunteers. They were admitted as irregulars and were to he drilled in the plain of Scutari. The Headman of the Dobrudga Cossacks also offered the services of 8,000 men. A celebrated Derebey of Damascus, Hetet Efendi, wrote to be permitted to proceed with 12,000 Arabs to any part of the empire that might be menanced by Russia. He offerred to defray the whole expense out of his own resources. . _ _ The latest accounts from Constantinople state that a proclamation from the Ottoman Government to all Mus sulmans was soon expected to appear. The armaments continued with the same activity. The contingents of Tunisand Tripoli, calculated at 20,000 men, were expected. Abbas Pasha had placed at the disposal of the Sultan 14 ships of war (four of which are steamers,) 15,000 men, and a sum ammounting to 25,000,000 of piastres. Three Egyptian transports had arrived at Constantinople with a part of the troops. The Porte had decidedly refused the offers of service of the refugees, and had only accepted a small number of foreizners. Advices had reached Vienna on the 28th instant from Constantinople, stating that Baron Bruck's mediation had been accepted. It provides for the evacuation of the Moldo-Wallachian tcreties. THE PRINCIPALITIES.-40,000 troops and 144 pieces of artillery had already passel through Jassy on the 15th, and proceeded by forced marches towards the Danube. A letter dated Galatz, 11th July, of which the following is a translation, is of interest Yesterday morning the first Russian troops, to tl , e number of 1,000 infantry, and 40 cavalry, entered our town. Others are expected, but whether they will remain here or continue their route into Brailoff, is not known. Prince Gortzakof, with many generals, among the nutnbmr General Dannemberg, com manding the 4th corps, has been for the last week at Jassy. On the 3rd instant a Russian war steamer came in. The consul went on board, and remained for an hour, then landed, and the steamer took her departure. A re port was circulated that the Prince Menschikoff was on board, a fact which was subsequently verified. More than 10,000 cavalry have already traversed Fockchain, on march to Bucharest. Fockchain, partly in Moldavia and partly in Wallachia, is the ordinary route for troops from one principality to the other, and is distant seven posts from Galatz." A private letter from Bucharest to an official gentleman in Paris says, there are not less than 75,000 Russians close to the town. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated 29th July, says :—" Advices from Constantinople state that the Porte and the representatives of the Great Powers have accepted the arrangement proposed by Baron Bruck. According to the terms of this arrangement, the fleets of Great Bri tain and France are to withdraw from the Dardanelles, while the Russian troops evacuate the Danubian princi palities. INDIA OVERLAND MAIL. We have intelligence by overland mail from Calcutta to the 16th of June, and Bombay the 20th of June. There is little news from Burmah, although two steamers have arrived thence lately. Nothing has been done, little has been said, and we remain at sullen peace, and not on speaking terms, with the Burmese. It is con jectured, however, that, after all, the Ava plenipos will come back and make another attempt at negotiation—a thing quite as probable as the result, further delay in a satisfactory settlement by arms or otherwise. Sickness is still rife among our troops. The Indian public has been startled by the announcement that, according to official returns, 54 officers, 1,353 European soldiers, and about 2,000 Sepoys, have fallen victims to disease during our occu e .tion of the country. Several officers have died there recently—Lieut.-Col. Coote, 18th Royal Irish ; Lieut. R. Pilmer, 51st ; Lieut. R. H. Montgomerie, 80th ; and Lieut. H. Vaughan, Madras Engineers. The fine ship City of Poonah lies a total wreck on TSahe vesselbea ch.ugorwas ho The cause boseoufnd the loss is yet un k nown . with a full cal-fp. The Governor-General and Sir Henry con ltainnude is at Calcutta poonab, and w Ahrearderaalssroesapreeeivr ' Bell—the latter, the 0 el , . Lord Falk rnmander-in- I chief and junior member of council, too, being severely indisposed. The only member . of government at the Presidency is Mr. Bl ane' v,h suffers from indisposition, and on wh o s e shoulderso also us devolve the whole duties of the administration. The Commander-in-Chief of Bombay has for some time past been in a very alarming state of health, but i s ae tti ng better. The Commander -in-Chief of India, Sir William Gomm, is said to have ordered the discontinuance of th e improved system of drill and discipline recommended by his lordship. The monsoon, which held off nearly ten days longer than usual, and was not preceded by the thunder-storms which usually herald it in, has just come with unusual violence, nearly 20inches of rain having fallen betwixt the Bth and 20th, with every appearance of continuance. CHINA.—We have intelligence to the Ist of June, The state of affairs about Canton, so far as we know, is quiet : Reports are current that, within a day's march of the city, large bodies of rebels are ready for attack at a given signal ; and, considering the suddenness of the de monstration at Amoy, it behoves foreign residents to keep a sharp look-out. It is greatly to be regretted that we have not such a steamer as the Phiegethon or Nemesis THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY moored off the factories. The little sloop Rapid, anchored in the Macao passage, would prove, we fear, but of little service, There are certain points also, commanding the pproacbes to the factories and garden, which, without delay, should be converted into defensible barracks ; to aid in keeping which at least 50 men might be taken from this garrison without our feeling their loss. Our last report from Amoy runs thus : " The rebels entered the town this morning, (the 18th,) and firing is going on in all directions. The Hoppo has fled, and his hong has been plundered and burnt to the ground." _ - Another report goes thus :—" The insurgents landed on each side of the city at day-break, their force being variously reported at from 2,000 to 5,000 men. They at once sacked the Custom-house, house of the collector, and that of the Government banker, dividing the spoil fairly. The mandarins defended the city resolutely, fighting for their lives, and cut off the retreat of the rebels by burning their boats. The citadel, however, was taken at two p.m., and order immediately restored. The shops are expected to be opened to-morrow. The British mer chants went through the city afterwards, and were well received by the insurgent chiefs, who sent a guard to pro tect the foreign factories, and another guard to the British consulate." FATAL AFFRAY WITH PIRATES.—Her Majesty's screw sloop Rattler, Commander MeHersh, has had a desperate engagement with Chusan pirates. The affair was a bril liant and successful one, but the loss to the Rattler was as follows :—Killed : Geo. A. Pidcock, second lieutenant; George Rider, quarter-master ; John Phillips, A.B. Wounded : William Boyce, painter, severely; Ed ward Ward, Ord., dangerously, 15 wounds; Peter Doige, A. 8., severely; George Wright, A. 8., severely; Douglas Col lins, A. 8., severely ; William Capon, first class boy, se verely ; Thomas Kelly, A. 8., slightly, stone bruises. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—We have intelligence from the Cape to the 11th June. A letter from Cape Town of that date says—" Nothing has occurred to dis turb the peace now happily established, not only within the colony, but among the tribes along its borders." General Cathcart's notice, dated the 14th of May, states that rebellion is entirely extinct, and ample precautions have been taken to preserve peace. The Frontier Times of the 7th, however, speaks despondingly of the perma nence of the late treaty. The farmers feel little confidence in returning to their homesteads, and the Hottentots still infest Fish River bush, where they recently fell upon 1 1 some Fingoes, one of whom was shot. Little is known of the condition and feelings of the Kaffir chiefs. Some affirm that they are sulky, and waiting to learn if they may be allowed to return to their distrit ts. The Orange River sovereignty is tranquil. The question of its abandonment is warmly discussed at Natal, but nothing has transpired for some time to throw much light on its future prospects. The principal members of the local Government are at variance with each other. The secretary, Mr. Moodie, has been removed from office, and Mr. Cloete, the recorder, suspended. Mr. Cloete has arrived home, to bring his case more distinctly before her Majesty's Government than could be done by letters. The public at the Cape evince much interest in the decision. There have been great rejoicings on account of the Constitution. AUSTRALIA.—Accounts have been received from Melbourne to the 27th of April, being eleven days later than those by the last arrival. They were brought by the Yarra to Singapore, and by the Anglia to Madras, whence they have come overland, viii Marseilles. Messrs. Wigram's new ship the Kent had reached Melbourne, from England, in 84 days, and the Harbinger steamer, belonging to the General Screw Company, bad made the passage in 70 days, including six days spent in coaling, so that her actual time was only 64 days. Nothing had been heard of the steamer Adelaide, which left Plymouth on the 3rd of January, and was therefore 114 days out. At the date of the present advices the markets were bare, in consequence of the non-arrival of the large fleets, in cluding altogether upwards of 100 vessels, that sailed from this country in November, December, and January last, and which, for a long period, were windbound in the Channel. No details are given of the progress of the gold production, and it is to be inferred that in that respect everything was going on satisfactorily. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA By the British and North American Royal Mail Steam ship America, Captain Shannon, which arrived on Sunday, we have intelligence from New York to the 19th, and from Boston to the 20th ultimo. The America sailed from Boston at 0 15, p.m., on the 20th. She came " north about," and arrived in the river at 0 25, a.m., on the 31st, having made the run in 10 days 7 hours and 15 minutes. On the 23rd she passed the brig Conquest, bound west, and ship Britannia, from Quebec for this port ; on the 28th, at 2 10, a.m. ' in lat. 54 lon. 27, passed the steamer Niagara, hen ce f or Halifax and Boston ; on the 30th. at 9 30, a.m., passed the screw steamer Glasgow, from New York for the Clyde ; and at 8 30, p.m., passed the Royal Mail Steam-ship Africa, hence for New York. The America brought the following PASSENGERS : — From Boston : Mr. J. P. Bayley and lady, Mr. G,ugh and lady, Mr. Low, Miss Low, Miss Levin, Mr. P. E. Ryder, lady, and son, Mr. Rashew and lady. Captain Anderdon and lady, Mr. D. Wheeler and two Miss Wheelers, Captain Ford, lady, and son, Mr. John Stevens, Mr. A. Battersby, Mr. A. de Vivan, Mr. H. Roser, Mr. A. Hibbard, Mr. L. M`Gee, Mr. L. Bon nernan, Mr. Moult, Mr. Hornte, Mr. Armada, Mr. G. E. Farran, Mr. H. Covert, Mr. L. P. Holden, M. E. Taylor, Mr. J. Lloyd, two Master Cartwrights, Mr. M'Kean, Mr. W. A. Matthews, Mr. James Leishman, Mr. Tilton, Mr. W. Blackmer, Mr. P. Deihl and lady, two Miss Cart wrights, Mr. M. Williams, Mr. 11. Page, Mr. M. B. Seymour, Mr. Robert Brown, Mr. C. B. Hastings, Mr. R. Balantine, Mr. Hegan, Mr. Chacon, Mr. J. Howcutt and lady, Mr. Celgado, Mr. W. D. Hennen, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Beard, Mr. Hastings, Mr. J. Bell, Mr. J. W. Waugh, Mr. C. Patten, Mr. John M`Gee, Mr. James Stark, Mr. N. Frankhan, Mr. J. Ogden, Mr. G. E. Balch, Mrs. Vecliary, Mr. C. M. Campbell and son, Mr. Dasseldorf, Mr. J. Jansberg; Mr. flogaret, Mr. Chutterton, Mr. C. R. Humphry, Mr. G. Springer, Mr. E. Ely, Mr. H. Morgan, Mr. Wm. Brown, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Bermudez and son, Mr. Echeveria, Mr. Echibarne, Mr. Ramani, Mr. Maurrice, Mr. Agelvie, Mr. Russell.—From Halifax: Honourable J. H. Peters, Miss Peters, Miss Cunard, Mr. Starr, Dr. Avery, Mr. M'Donald, Mr. Thomas Kenny, Mr. Tupper. Mr. J. B. Dufft,s, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Boyle, the Misses Boyle, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Strong, Mr. Ben nett, Mr. Inches, Miss Docherty, Mr. Hancock, lady, and two children, Mr. Mason, Mr, Leckie, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hazard, Mr. Davis, Mr. Witmore, Mr. Finlay, Mrs. M`Lean, Mr. Finlay, and the Rev. Mr. Roy. The Royal Mail steam-ship Europa arrived at Halifax, from this port, on the 19th ultimo. The U.S. mail steamer Franklin, from Havre and Cowes, arrived at New York, at 5 a.m., on the 19th ult. The opening of the New York exhibition by the Presi dent took place on the 14th ult. At an early hour the Palace was besieged by applicants for admission. Stern officials guarded the entrances, and informed all who came that until ten o'clock none but ex hibitors would be admitted. At. ten, however, the jealous gates unclosed, and red, and yellow, and white, and blue invitations poured in at the different entrances. The throng, even then, was excessive. The omnibuses, the cars, the hackney coaches,all poured forth their live freight at Forty-second-street, and ladies and gentlemen, at every degree of temperature, ascended the stairs that led to the interior. Within the palace was even more imposing. Thorwald sen's noble series of " Christ and his Apostles," in the Danish section, attracted much attention. Bright banners flaunted from the galleries, suits of old armour, from the Tower of London, frowned grimly on the scene, as if the spirit of antiquity was wroth within them at the contrast between our days, bright with intellectual progress, and those good old benighted times in which they saw service. And over all, the great dome stretched its painted canopy, joining together the diverging naves, as the building itself drew together widely differing nations. The palace filled rapidly. At the intersections of the naves, and all beneath the dome, the floor was soon parti coloured as a garden with brilliant bonnets and silks. The platform in the north nave, which was to be the great scene of interest for the day, began about this time to be ani mated. Members of the Senate, guests invited by special request, militia officers, and the president of the Crystal Palace, with his official staff, and a host of other persons too distinguished to be well known, made their appearance on the boards. The Exhibition was attended by men of all parties. Bishop Wainwright, who offered the opening prayer, being supported by the Romanist Archbishop Hughes, Mr. Prescott, the historian, Sir Charles Lyell, and Lady Ellesmere and daughter, occupied positions near the plat form. Lord Ellesmere, who reached the city at an early hour in the morning, having come express from Quebec on purpose to attend the inauguration, was confined to his room by a severe attack of the gout. Professor Wil son, Mr. C. Wentworth Dilke, Mr. Duncan, and the other gentlemen of the Royal Commission, were also upon the platform. After the prayer, a choral, composed for the occasion, was sung to the tune of " Old Hundred," by the New York Sacred Harmonic Society, accompanied by the National Guard Band, and members of other societies and the organ. Mr. Philip T. Heartt, of New York, had been appointed consul to Glasgow, and Mr. James M'Dowell to Leith. Air. Crampton, the British minister, had returned to Washington from Halifax. The Germans of Cincinnatti had burnt an effigy of Dr. Jungham, who, in 1849, betrayed a number of his country men to the Prussian government. Two distinct shocks of an earthquake had been experienced at Boston. During the week ending the 2nd ult. there were twenty-five deaths from yellow !ever at New Orleans. Mr. Franklin C. Grey had committed suicide by placing himself before a railway train. The papers announce the death of Mr. Sprague, a merchant, of Boston. A Mr. John Harrison, of Glasgow, had been drowned, by the upsetting of a boat near Staten Island. It is stated in a Washington letter that the President was greatly embarrassed concerning the conduct of Mr. Marshall, the U. S. commissioner, with regard to the Chinese revolution. What made the matter still worse was that there was no vessel in readiness to convey Mr. Walker, who is to succeed Mr. Marshall, to the scene of operations. New difficulties are reported to have arisen to compli cate the negotiations between the United States and British governments in respect to the fisheries. Letters from Portland, Canada, announce the opening of the railway between that place and Montreal. At Aux Cayes, on the 27th of June, the yellow fever was prevalent, both on shore and among the shipping. Accounts from Port-au-Prince represent business as being very dull. Letters from the Rio . Grande state that the Mexican troops were establishing encampments at many points. From the city of Mexico we have telegraphic advices to the 4th, and Vera Cruz to the Bth ult. The cholera con tinued to rage at Vera Cruz, and was on the increase. The black vomit was also making terrible ravages, and had frightened the physicians, who were unable to save more than ten out of one hundred patients. Cholerawas also very severe at Jalapa. A decree regulating the organiza tion of the government council, composed of twenty-one persons, had been published ; also one regulating the in terior of the national palace. Santa Anna resides at Te cubeya, and boa telegraphic communication with the AUGUST 2, 1853. capital. Gen. Parodi has been promot brigadier-general, in consideration of his services at the battle of Buena Vista. The government has declared the defence of Lotopingo by Col. Auastacio Lenecero against the Americans, on the 20th August, 1847, heroic. A new oath had been established, which all employes were re quired to take. One clause is to sustain the independence of the nation and the integrity of her territory. The Mexican papers are filled with news as to the filibustering expedition from California into Sonora, and manifest considerable anxiety in regard to the matter. ed to the grade of Concerning the difficulties between Mexico and the United States the Trait d'Union says, " If war is immi nent in Europe, we think it may he considered equally so, under certain circumstances, between the United States and Mexico. The violent language of the official journal at Washington bodes nothing good." The American steamer Santa Anna was running on the lakes of Mexico. Senor Salazar maintains the incontestible right of Mexico to the Masilla Valley, and threatens to resign if the least concession is made to Gen. Lane. The Trait d'Union doubts whether Mexico will entertain any proposition for the purchase of the Mesilla. The dis honouring of the Sloo drafts had created great distrust in Mexico, and it is said that Senor Olarte despaired of carrying out the project. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec had been declared a separate territory. Minititian is to be the capital. Very heavy rains have fallen in the Valley of Mexico. Si ylo Die= y Nueve says the publication of the new tariff had caused very little alteration in the prices of :foreign goods, but that the new law of Alcabala had greatly increased the prices of those articles upon which it bore. Senor Diaz de la Vega has been appointed Governor of Yucatan, and General Salas Governor of the State of Mexico. In consequence of the intercession of the generals, chiefs, and officers of the garrison, the Pre sident has granted an amnesty to the officers who sur rendered voluntarily to the invading army in 1843, '47, and '4B, but orders that they shall all serve in the army on the northern frontiers. Governors of States have been prohibited from giving naturalization papers to foreigners, this power being reserved expressly to the President. The Guatemala journals state that, in con sequence, more than 3,000 persons, comprising the entire population of several towns, had crossed the boundary into that country, and that they were in the greatest want and misery. Notwithstanding that the time of the conscription was so near, forced levies still continued. The Spanish squadron are still at sea, but had not been at Vera Cruz when the British steamer left, about the sth instant. Lieutenant Smith and four seamen of the Daring were drowned, about two weeks ago, while at tempting to cross the bar at Tampico, during a norther. Three American sailors were imprisoned in the More, on a charge of being concerned in the slave-trade. They allege that they shipped from New York in the barge Jasper, which recently landed a cargo of nezroes in Cuba, without knowing her destination, and that, upon learning the nature of her voyage, they desired to leave the vessel, but were compelled to remain by the balance of the crew, consisting of Spaniards and Portuguese. Forty or fifty persons were either killed or dangerously wounded by the fall of a portion of the seats occupied by the spectators at the Havanna race.course on the 10th. The cholera was still carrying away hundreds of slaves. Its ravages have been more fierce in the sugar estates of the district of Cardenas, especially in Banaguises, where nearly all of the largest and most flourishing estates are located. The malady is supposed to have been caused by the introduc tion of a lot of Coolies on the Ponina estate. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JULY 19. - - _ MoNEr.—There is a good demand for money at 6 to 7 per cent. on call loans. The funds in the sub-treasury are again accumulating, and amount to upwards of seven millions. The demand for foreign exchanee has been moderate ; the ruling rates are :—London, 105; to 1091; Paris, 5,121 to 5,13.1 ; Amsterdam, 411 to 41'1 , ; Frank fort. 41 to 41 1-6; Bremen, 791 to 79k; Hainburgh, 3G} to 361 ; Antwerp, 5,13,1: to 5,15. COTTON.—(E-orn the Courier and Enquirer, of July the 19M.)::-We have no change to notice in price since business; our last. - Sales on 13th, 1,400 bales; 14th, no - 1 15th, 1,300 bales ; 16th, 400 bales ; and to-day, nothing reported. On the subject of the growing crop we have to advise that rains have generally fallen since our last; thus far they have been beneficial, but we shall not be surprised ere long to hear complaints of too much wet weather, as extremes in this climate usually follow, and the drought had lasted between two and three months. We have infor mation from every section of the South : the substance of which is, that the plant is very small, fully two or three weeks later than last year • the blooming, 4th to sth instant, not yet general ; the yield depending on the many casualities to which it is liable late in the sn7oo. The receipts into the ports during the past week have been bales, against 5,000 in the same we.:l last year. Upon taking stock in Savannah, some 6,000 bales more were found than had been previously estimated, which is now added to the receipts at the ports, and to the stock on hand ; thus swelling the apparent receipts for the week, by the tables, to 13,0l:,0 bales, and increasing the excess to 214,000 bales. The following is a statement of the movement in cotton since the Ist of September last, as compared with the previous three gears:— . .. 1853 1852 1851 1850 Receipts at the ports : .3,191,0C9 2,977,000 2.29-8,F.-17 Exports to Great Britain 1,650,000 1,607,000 1,332,000 932,:;‘,3 France -,, other for. ports 335,000 338,000 250,030 171,000 Total exports 2,398,053 2,363,000 1,874,000 1 , 7 09,030 Stock on hand Of which during the past week, included in the above : 1852 1851 1850 Receipts at the ports 1 1 3 8 , 5 0 30 " 0 5,000 10,300 13,C;;;) Exports to Great Britain 10,000 15,000 . 17,000 Pf France ,•• other for. ports 2,000 4,000 5:000 r;,00 Total exports 12,030 25,000 27,000 20.000 From which it will be seen that the excess in receipts now amounts to 214,000 bales. The increase in exports to Great Britain is 43,000; decrease to France, 5,000; other foreign ports, 3,000. Total increase in exports, 35,000 bales. BREADSTUFFS.-011 the 12th inst—t an advance of 25c. per barrel was quoted on flour, and the adviccs from Liverpool per Arabia, caused a further improvement in prices of 18c. to 25c. per barrel, which has been main tained up to the present time. Even at these en! , .--.•_•:ed rates, the supply i 5 not liberal, the value of wheat in the interior markets being relatively higher than the price of flour here. In Indian corn the advance of 3c. to 4c. per bushel on the arrival of the Arabi , . I. , as not been fully maintained PROVISIONS.—The market is firm, and there is a fair demand, without any trllta.-'7' p - ..!:.•c5. . . NAVAL STORES.—The market is inactive : the last sales of rough turpentine were at £3 871 c. Spirits of turpentine sold at 46c. Rosin is without alteration. FREIGHTS.—The market is firm at the followine rates : —To Liverpool : Cotton, square hales, kd. to 5-32 d. ; flour, per brl., ls. 9,1. to 2s. ; rosin, Is. 714. ; heavy goods, per ton, 17s. Gd. to 225. 61. ; grain, in bulk, per bsl., sd. to 54-d. To London : Tobacco, per hhd., 275. 61 ' • flour, per brl., 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. ; turpentine, per 280 lbs., 2s. 71,d. to 23. 9d. ; measurement goods, per ton, 255. to 30s. ; heavy goods, oil, &c., 225. Gd. to 255. To Havre : Cotton, square bales, per lb., le. to ; ashes, per ton, =B's to SI ; rice, ditto, .B'6 to =B7 ; mea surement goods, S 8 ; whalebone, &c., per lb., ac. to lc. ; flour, per brl., 70c. NEW ORLEANS, JULY 14.—Small sales to-day, about 200 bales. Middlings 101 c. per lb. Arabia's accounts received at noon. Stock in port raduced to 42,000 bales. MOBILE, JULY 10.—Receipts for the week ending July Bth, 121 bales. Exports to Liverpool, 1,981 bales. During the week 1,900 bales have been sold at prices c. higher than our quotations' of the 2nd instant. Holders are very firm, particularly on descriptions above middling; the market, however, closed quietly. No freight up for Liverpool. CHARLESTON, JULY 14.—Receipts for the week ending July 14, 2,350 bales Up. Export to Bremen, 1,505 bales Up. The current week has been unusually quiet, and the transactions amounting to 1,588 bales, indicate some irregularity in prices. The little offering, however, kept rates fully up to the position they occupied last week. Freights to Liverpool, gd. HAVANA, JULY 14.—Great dulness has prevailed in the sugar market since the 28th ult. Dry sugars selling at firm prices, whilst holders of damp lots cannot effect sales, except at reduction in price. Rum in good request, at .8'26 to S'27 for coloured, and 529 to S3O per pipe for white. In coffee no sales of any amount. Cigars in active demand ; in some instances higher prices paid. Exchange : Operations, though not large, at improved rates. Bills on London worth 101 to 11 per cent. prem. ; on Paris 2 to 21 per cent. dis. Freights : Rates for Europe are maintained ; last charters closed at £3 ss. to £3 10s., Cowes and a market between Havre and Hamburg. ARRIVAL OF THE LADY EGLINTOUN The screw-steamer Lady Eglintoun, Captain Paton, arrived on Thursday, after a passage of 11 days from Quebec. The coroner's inquest on the persons killed on the occasion of the Gavazzi riots at Montreal had been brought to a conclusion, but ,the jury were unable to agree upon a verdict. Instead of a verdict, sreP'll re turns were banded in by the divided jurors. The result had caused great excitement at Montreal. The Hon. Sir James Stuart, Bart., Chief Justice of Canada, died at Quebec on the morning of the 16th. Her Majesty's steamer Devastation sailed from Quebec for the fishing grounds on the 16th. Her Majesty's frigate Leander was also to leave Quebec for the Gulf on the 16th. A court-martial had been commenced at Montreal on the 15th on the officers and men engaged in the Gavazzi affair. The Hon. John Ross, Solicitor-General for Upper Canada, had been returned for the town of Niagara without opposition. The woods in the neighbourhood of Bytown had been on fire for several days, and it was feared much property would be destroyed. A severe hailstorm occurred about seven miles west of Toronto on the 15th. Hailstones two inches long and one inch wide were picked up. The steamer Empire, on her trip from Albany to New York, on the 16th, was run into by a sloop, off Pough keepsie, and ono of her boilers thrown overboard. Eight or ten persons were badly scalded and two killed. The weather had been delightful in Western Canada. The wheat was nearly ready for harvesting, and the crop would be a large one. Breadstuffs had considerably advanced in Montreal. Flour was quoted 225. on the spot, and 235. 61 per barrel for August delivery. 'Wheat had also advanced still more in proportion ; and, if tonnage were abundant, the market would be quite active. LAUGHABLE ADVENTURE.—During the past winter, a reverend clergyman in Vermont, being apprehensive that the accumulated weight of the snow upon the roof of the barn might do some damage, resolved to prevent it by seasonably shovelling it off. He therefore ascended it, having first, for fear the snow might all slide off at once, and himself with it, fastened to his waist one end of a rope, and giving the other to his wife, he went to work ; but fearing still for his safety, " My dear," said he, " tie the rope round your waist ;" no sooner had she done this, than off went the snow, poor minister and all, and up went his wife. Thus on one side of the barn, the astounded and confounded clergyman hung, but on the other side hung his wife high and dry, in majesty sublime, dangling at the other end of the rope. At that moment, however, a gentleman luckily passed by, and delivered them from their perilous situation.—. Pennsylvanian Frecmqn, CONSERVATIVE DINNER IN WEST DERBY WARD. On the evening of Friday last, the Conservative Associ ation of West Derby, in celebration of the recent triumph at the Liverpool election, dined together at Marshall's Coffee-house, Edge-hill. The attendance was numerous and respectable. Mr. W. Rowett occupied the chair, Mr. Jas. C. Irving officiating as vice-president. The members for Liverpool, the lion. H. T. Liddell and Mr.Horsfall, had been invited, but were prevented by their parliamen tary duties from attending. Amongst those present were Messrs. G. H. Horsfall, T. Bold, Councillor J. M. Wood, J. Robertson, W. Whatham, J. Bailey, T. Brakell, W. Ellis, G. Ward, J. Wensley, T. Tattersall, J. Whitby, J. Andrews, W. Rawle, S. Lunt, J. Gaskell, jun., &c. The party sat down to dinner about seven o'clock ; and, after the cloth had been removed, the chairman gave the customary loyal toasts, which were duly responded to. "The Queen" was followed by the singing of the National Anthem, which Mr. Leader executed with great taste. Then came " Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family ;" that bulwark of our land, " The Church of England—might it ever live in the hearts of those present, and in the hearts of all her Majesty's subjects ;" and " The Army and Navy." The last-men tioned toast was given by the vice-chairman, who said that the interests included in his toast were at the very foundation of all our strength and greatness. ( Hear, hear.) Withthe toast he begged to couple the name of Mr. Bailey. Mr. BAILEY, who was warmly received, acknowledged the compliment in a hearty and enthusiastic speech, which was loudly applauded. He was sorry to say that late acts of Parliament had reduced the strength of those glorious bulwarks. England had plenty of ships, and good ones too ; but what was the use of ships if they were not manned ? (Hear, hear.) With reference to the maiming of merchant ships with foreign sailors, he asked, what were they to do in a case of - war ? (Hear, hear.) We have nothing to fall back upon. The French have a con scription, by which they can, in a short space of time, call up a body of men, numbering at the least 35,000. For the last seven months we have been trying to get 5,000 men, and we have not got them yet. What, in these cir cumstances, could become of our glorious bulwarks ? Why, it would come to this : that England would not have a ship afloat as big as a cocked-hat. (Laughter, and ap plause.) Formerly a certain number of apprentices had to be obtained and reared ; but, with the present practice, he was afraid that in less than ten years, the sailors would die out. Could England, in the time of danger, utter the cry of Nelson :—" England expects every man to do his duty," if those men were French and Germans ? (Hear, hear.) It was a pity that some gentleman in the House of Commons, or some member of the House of Lords, did not get up and speak what he believed to be the sentiments of the people of England. Mr. WHATRAM then gave in good style, " Hearts of Oak," the company joining in the song with great spirit. The CHAIRMAN said they had arrived now at the toast of the evening, or at least one of the toasts of the even ing, and that the most important one. They were met to celebrate a great victory. (Cheers.) He was sure they would all agree with him that it was indeed a victory; and it was no less a victory because it was sure. (Hear. hear.) They all perfectly well - knew that they were capable of sending Conservative members to parliament. They did so triumphantly. And why did they do so ? To maintain those great and glorious principles which were near anti dear to their hearts. (Applause.) They were in parliament to represent those great principles of the Church and State and to protect. the labour of the poor. There were some gentlemen present who were the victims of improper legislation, which he was sure the members for Liverpool would do their best to remedy whenever they bad an op portunity of doing so. They hoped to remedy much of the mistaken policy that bad been pursued of late ; and their members, he felt assured, would put their shoulders to the wheel in right good earnest to remedy those mistakes. (Cheers.) He would not occupy much of their time, because he knew there were many hearts around that board burning to have their say in this matter. So he would not take their words out of their mouths, but would simply content himself with asking them to drink " Health, life, and prosperity to our Conservative Mem bers," and may they long remain true to their principles. (Hear, hear.) He was perfectly sure of this, if he might judge from what fell from the lips of Mr. Liddell, that lie agreed with the sentiments of Mr. Horsfall, and what the principles of Mr. Horsfall were they all knew perfectly well; they all knew that he was with them. Both would no doubt do all in their power, and work in every shape and form, to render Liverpool good service. He was also sure that the constituency of Liverpool would take them as a whole, without reference to any small points of dif ference, for it were surely a sad thing to see a constituency tie them down to satisfy every freak aucl fancy of each individual elector. (Laughter.) He concluded by calling upon them to drink this toast in a bumper " Health, long life, and prosperity to the Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell and Mr. Horsfall, and may they long remain the members for Liverpool." (Cheers.) Mr. LEADER then sang "Down among the dead men." Mr. GEORGE HENRY HORSFALL, on rising, was re ceived with rapturous cheering, and with several rounds of the Kentish fire. On the applause subsiding, lie said he had hoped, and not unnaturally, that the return of his brother (Mr. T. B. Horsfall) to England would have been the signal for his own disappearance from at least the political surface of affairs ; but it seemed that in con sequence of the detention of their representatives in Lon don on parliamentary duties, it devolved upon him to return thanks in their behalf for the very cordial recep tion which had been given to the toast so forcibly pro- posed to the meeting by the chairman. (Hear, hear.) The success which had attended the members whose health they had drunk was to them individually a source of the highest gratification and pride, and when reflecting upon that success, he could assure the meeting that they (our representatives) did not for a moment lose sight of the great exertions which had been made in their behalf by the chairman and canvassers of the ward of West Derby ; and could they have been present that evening, he knew that they would have been delighted to make the acquaintance of many of those gentlemen whom he saw around him upon this occasion, of whose ~2rvices as a body Mr. Liddell and Mr. Horsfall were well aware, but whom they had not yet had the good fortune to make personal acquaintance with. (Cheers.) He could not, although it might appear a very humble affair, regard with indifference a festive gathering of sonic sixty or eighty gentlemen to celebrate the return to parliament of gentlemen holding the opinions which they themselves advocated ; for he looked upon such meetings as mainly conducive to strengthening that bond of union which was at all times essential to their success, and more especially in electioneering matters. (Cheers.) As a party they had lately had two opportunities of testing their strength ; and on the more recent occasion they had had a test applied to that strength, which he did not hesitate to pronounce most unfair and dishonourable. (Cheers.) They had not only the more straightforward and open attacks of avowed enemies to deal with, but they had to encounter the deceitful and insidious attacks of one who, on former occasions, had professed to be their friend ; he used the word advisedly—professed to be their friend, for he believed that it was quite impossible Mr. Moore could at any time, since he came to Liverpool, have been heart and band with the Conservative electors of this borough, or he never could have allowed himself to be placed in the singularly anomalous position which he at present occupied. (Hear, hear, and great cheering.) Whilst the names of the candidates were being discussed, after the preliminary meeting which took place, Mr. Moore came to him, and thanked him for the honour able part he had taken at that meeting towards him ; and he told Mr. Moore then how strong the feel ing was against him, and that it was of no use whatever his name being brought forward. Mr. Moore appeared perfectly satisfied, and he (Mr Horsfall) thought that the mere mention of Mr. Moore's name at a preliminary meeting was highly compli mentary—(hear, hear) —sufficiently complimentary to a gentleman who, after all, was but a comparative stranger amongst them. (Cheers.) So far as he was personally w o t o h l e came would never concerned, whatever intercourse he had with Mr. Moore had always been of a satisfactory and pleasant nature, and, so far as he (Mr. Horsfall) was concerned, he did no t car e that v t git political,should ever trusted that otherwise; c to m atters he e fur butone when forget the occurrences of the past month, and, whatever Mr. Moore's political professions might be, he could never place confidence in a gentleman who had deceived his party as Mr. Moore had done. (Cheers.) So much for Mr. Moore ; but, in drinking the health of their repre sentatives, they would not, ho was sure, lose sight of the fact that there was a possibility of that connexion being severed. (" No, never," and laughter.) Well, he dare say, they knew a great deal more of the facts than he did, and were more competent to judge of the extreme purity —and he spoke with all due solemnity—with which the election was conducted throughout the town, or at least in West Derby Ward, in which they had exerted them selves with so much zeal and earnestness ; and he was not surprised that they laughed at the idea of that con nexion being severed. But they must bear in mind that the petition could not be gone into this session —(hear) — that the petitioners bad something like six months in which to concoct a case; and that amongst a constituency of some 15,000 it would be odd, indeed, if there could not be found a casual act of indiscretion. (Hear, hear.) He believed, however, that recent events were sufficient to have placed the most zealous on their guard ; and that they would not for one moment forget discretion. He believed that their opponents were deceiving themselves on this occasion, as they did on the last. (Cheers.) No doubt they were flattering themselves that they would still find rosettes with sovereigns in them,—(loud laughter) —or some other matters equally attractive, but which prove equally fallacious when they come to be investi gated. (Hear, hear.) Still they must hear in mind that this petition hung over them ; and although they stood in the proud position of knowine that it would be impos sible to prove anything of the kind imputed to them, it was most unpleasant to be subjected to such annoyance. (Hear, hear.) He thought they would always remember the gentlemen to whom they were indebted for that petition, Mr. Robertson Gladstone—(laughter and hisses) —and Mr. George Holt, with their sureties, Mr. Eyre Evans and Mr. Jeffery. (Laughter.) His friend, Mr. Bold, who was better acquainted with these things than he (Mr. Horsfall) was, informed him that the recognizances were entered into by a London gentleman. •Mr BOLD London stockbroker. (Laughter.) Mr. HORSFALL proceeded to say that his was sure 'they must feel much indebted to the London gentleman for the interest he took in Liverpool. A VOICE :—And for the faith he has in the petitioners ! (Laughter.) Mr. HORSFALL continued :—As to that, he thought the sureties had every reason to be satisfied at the pecuniary resources of the petitioners. They were both, he believed, solvent men, and he had no doubt a very good specu lation could he made of the affair. (Laughter and cheers.) And what could they say to the petitioners avowing they were cognisant of the bribery which had taken place ? (Shame !) Ho had endeavoured, very inadequately, to thank them on behalf of the members ; and, before he tat down, he asked to be allowed to claim on their behalf the kind indulgence and forbearance of the con stituency. No one who had ever been to London and come in contact with members of parliament, but must be aware of the immense amount of labour which was entailed upon those gentlemen ; and on that account he called upon them to exercise a kind forbearance. Mr. HORSFALL again rose, and said that it devolved upon him to propose the next toast. Hisown inclination, and the naodcgty of the gentleman who set his right hand, (Mr. Rowett) beSides his special request, induced him to be exceedingly brief; and he would only propose to them the " Health of our worthy chairman, M r : Rowett." There was, perhaps, no gentleman at tha! , table who was not cognisant of the zealous and ef f icien t service he had rendered in bringing about that gloried! triumphMr.w o wh which they r responded, and expressed in the st r on g est terms his COn ; tempt for the Radical party whose re c ent proceount have brought them into so much di scre dit. Ho felt oa after were r a from t o Mr. celebrate. taa.s ( n C , hbereierils; very essence of contempt for them. He challenged the; to prove that there was at the last election a single ea , if of bribery on the part of the Conse rva ti ves ; a nd askeut to tai L any case, why didn't they at once stn what it was, so that it might b e me t. H e k ne w not lo l spea':ing, more disgustin g th an the COn bg which had been pursued by their opponents, wilt't of could excuse even if they had the s h a d ow o f a clia, i ' tea r, returning one man to represent th e i r o pi n i on s. hear.) He described them as composed one half of retie, wades, professing first one set of opinions and then ad, other. (Hear, hear, and cheer.) Mr. Robertson tot u t stone, he had always understood, was a C onserv ative,. , hea-.ea protect them from such Conservatives! (A /°ce li " And from Mr. Bramley-M o o re .") R e f erence had ',,e Sep, made to Mr. Brarnley-Moore, and he thou g ht that 6 1 i 0. tleman might fairly be put i n th e same b oa t withboble Robertson Gladstone, as they wou ld a ff or d a rerer74.. though painful illustration of politi ca l s hi pwrec k. (. 1 -' s "' ter and cheers). a sill Mr. THOMAS BOLD, who w a s gree t e d w ith 10 11 - the prolonged cheering, said he had the permission chairman to propose the next t oas t, an d i t was with 1 7", ings of the greatest pleasu r e th a t h e f oun d hi m self snore amongst the jolly good f e ll ows c f W es t D er by W 5 It was from the window of the room in which they ,I v assembled that, on a recent oc cas i on , h e ma d e a decTi,, 0 tion, to which he would allude at o nce , b e f ore going u P c i, any oreer subject, with rega r d to a p rocee di ng o f his ' y e lp had given rise to a great deal of di scuss i on i n the 11,u, n0 , prints of Liverpool. (Hear, h ear , an d c h eer s.) ITO that balcony he made a publi c d ec l ara ti on th a t he ivo do so-and-so, and that pledge he carried out (hear, he', / o But after consulting with his f r i en d s , h e s h ou ld not 0 00 gone to the extremity he had done, had he not had 11 1, to believe that he h a d b een b e t raye d—(h ear , bet which roused a sens e o f i n di gna ti on , an d i n d u ced w t t even at the risk of losing some of his most sincere friers to adopt the course he had done. (Hear. hear.) B ilt : o t doing so, he had no intentio n w h a t ever o f comp roawi - 0 the Conservative party in Liverpool, and what he did ", 0 entirety on his own responsibility. After Mr. Godfed he letter,—(hear, hear,)— w hi c h h a d b een pu bli s h e d in Courier and Liverpool Times, it was scarce l y necesse -.„0"" for him to say anything further, that gentleman bats borne him out that what he related, as told him by s 0 Bigharn, was substantially true. (Che er s.) Mr. 1 3 1",41) had taken upon himself to deny that what he (Mr. T o e said in the Dock Committ ee was f oun d e d on t ru th; t u , e el e. fore there was lie No. 1 s omew h ere —h e did no t sa y "11 (Cheers and laughter.) M r . G o df re y h a d s t a t e d that , to he said was correct, and had it not seen so he should hi, been unworthy to sit at that table or anywhere (Loud cheers.) Mr. Bold then proposed "The Conse r „ r at tive Association of West Derby Ward," and in the c°,tt, of his remarks took occasion to compliment Mr. R° 4 o Mr. Wi , atham, and Mr. Brakell, and the other meelit' n o of the West Derby Association, whose energetic exer ll :o , had contributed so much to the success of the Conse: o o tive cause. Alluding to the petition of Messrs. Glad',,V and Holt, he understood that Mr. Capoock was exP e ," 10 here to-day or on Sunday, to endeavour if possibg er ,) make out a case against our present members. (Latigui4 Up time he had good authority for °J Oe that there was no case at all against the Conserfato party, and yet Mr. Robertson Gladstone and Mr. Gr e . ° l o Holt had signed a petition stating that our representailev had been guilty of bribery and treating. Now, that t 11 ,4 gentleman in Liverpool should pen such a docunael l .,,ye, that, was perfectly degradi ng , an d h e did n ot be r , ,l `. o , when they signed it, and s en t it t o th e H ouse of t'1,41 , mons, they really believed that M r . H ors f a ll or Mr. ffi dell had bribed any man living. (Hear, hear.) to ef thought, however, that they should be prepared fo r e st contingency which might arise ; and in case Live should be deprived of her present r epr e sent a tives, e . 401 through the partiality of a Radical com m ittee. ' 1 460 other influence which might be brou g ht t o be a r, let ;e0 again unite heart and hand in re t urn i n g Conser ve members. (Great cheering.) Mr. Ellis having favoured the company with el s is \VHATHAM, in an energetic and able sPece;so the course of which he stimulated the Conservati s ' e s ig - West Derby Ward to renewed and increased and tematic exertion, acknowledged the toast. t1: 1 1 Next followed a song from Mr. Bailey, and the 01,r CHAIRMAN proposed " The Councillors of the A"Thd which was suitably acknowledged by Mr. wow , go other municipal representatives of Wtst DerbYt tee Arthur Henderson and Mr. Beckwith, were, it 17 !„ d grettz, , ,l, unable to attend, the former gentleman being the continent erb ocp proposed " The Canvassers of West D ja g ~ which was acknowledged by Mr. Baalcs.' er ' spirited speech which elicited lo u d b ur sts of lawiht cheers. „, a spat Mi. ADAMS here favoured the company afterwards, 80ld --4 The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of ' and sea e eral toast which was received with l o ud plaudits • sa rounds of the Kentish fire. When he (the cpairman)u.,, gentleman a a si‘r . Bold upholdingdid—dedicatingthe p t o r i i n t c g i p p l r e o s m o o f t gies and his valuable time—sacrificing for its s ike . s 11 and domestic comfort—he could not but propose Nyttb i 4 i c ti Inh o eto r om d u hilt: what to have ras .ovhmeißs some lledlhealthoownhseai co d nsidered os d dn zehaeanacipl quite inn i t n cei e ti i s slre s ei they were thankful for his exertions ; and that, altholl ia d clouY - many of them present thought, too, that be ef — dons quite right. (Cheers.) He knew this, that t t li e t were ail of opinion that Mr. Bramley-Moore i fes more than he deserved ; though some think groeit t c it o t a iao, ll s ,a s h e i w t ho o hfe h eift i o u r, lead a little indiscreet. (Loud cries of " tiohneigsrr.bel3:tsotiies,e,o)il e 7 r , Xs.r. BOLD acknowledged the compliment, a nd in: gr. so, attributed the present pet ition to the course taken by Bert^lov-voore, who, by allowing himself to be P, 11 ,6 0 0* ware, induced the Radical party to co ntest the in the hope that they would benefit by the disunion /f o e it was expected would be created amongst the Cot el tires. He advanced this view of the case as one % g el had made a very strong impression upon him, and lb re; him to adopt the course which he had pursued a'" f ea spect to Mr. Bramley-Moore, a t wh o se conduct- 4 ° ll° o by such a result—he was, of course, most indignant:oo to his services in the cause, Mr. Bold stated that o to last February twelve months—and th a t w a s a long lid r a 0 16 look hack to—he had been al mo st d a ily engageu; i3 ge Conservative cause. First, in assisting to make str i ge ments for the past election but one ; subse q uentlY 1 1 a till, paring for and opposing the petition ; and since Li/ 13 bal connc - v:on with the recent election. And what O ka of done heretofore, he was willing still to do for the s a ) the cause in which they wer e engage d. (Loud clleeo o Mr. Lund having given a song, the next toast„ the Town and Trade of Liverpool," was proposed b ol f' Vic E-CHAIRMAN, and responded to by Mr. JAS. R e g 590 1 SON, which was followed by " The Constitutional .04 ciation, and a better organisation to the Conserv'ecil strength in the sixteen Wards," given in a spirited sPecbt by Mr. WHATHAM, who, in the course of his sP e ..O l repudiated the idea of Mr. Bold being Liverpool, as their opponents had sneeringly rei n° 0 0 He u.,,ationed, in confirmation of this, that be had as good a claim to such a title ; because,. be it was 1 1 96 proposed, at - the aggregate meeting of the Conseil'/0 representatives of the several wards, that Messrs. o.,Or fe r , and Liddell should be nominated as members for . 141 a pa pool—(hear, hear)—which was agreed to with only of disseaLLent voice. The speaker concluded by at'ilea that Mr. Bremner, it was expected, would have cer, to this toast ; but, unfortunately, tie had been alla w ,":l 4 / 1 attend. He, therefore, called upon Mr. Horsfall spend ; which that gentleman did in a brief and P speech. Mr. and, in doing so, apologised to that gentleman for th? tt eer mark he had made before the parliamentary con: 01 ,, relative to him, and which was not intended to bell' e " construction that had been affixed to it. What he n g , t bs to say was, that Mr. Tattersall was not " one 0 ' 401 right sort for their party." The proposition was WO by Mr. WHATHAM in very flattering terms. Mr. TATTERSALL accepted the apology, and his heel was drunk with much cheering. the Dictatniej, W Mr. BOLD then proposed the health of the Vice-c - ha e r man, as a staunch Conservative, and one to whose e" tions they were deeply indebted. This toast having been duly acknowledged in re' amusing speech, containing a variety of electioneeril o ii miniscences, the pleasant proceedings came to a nation. Bcig It is only justi c e to th e worthy host o f t he , 0 a vetl, Coffee-house ( w h o , by the way, is said to E l , lo t striking resemblance to Mr. Coppock), to say sn" utmost satisfaction was expressed at the crie d ' generous supply of the viands and wines. PROMOTION.—Grace, th e d e t ec ti ve , was p r omote u i pee the rank of the first-class detectives to that of art a ir3 ;o 4. tor, on Saturday last, by th e W a t c h C omm ittee- h' ts " promoted on the reco mmen d a ti on o f th e head Coil s for five years' good conduct. g irt' DANGEROUS PRACTICE.-Ort Friday a servan t jol" Jane Conbrie by name, while c leani ng a c h am b e r wino fell from the sill into the garden, a distance of tvvent„'., y 0 fell r ' 11 feet. No bones were broken, but she was taken state of insensibility, having sustained a severe in) the spine, from which there is little hope of recove r '',lo o Mr. MARSHALL, of Soutb Shields, has launc lie 5 13 . 0 iron screw-steamer for Mr. Threlfall, of Presto rl , e ol, is to trade to the Ribble. Her dimensions are :" — dtli of keel, 152 feet ; length over all, 172 feet ; breit o oeff beam, 22 feet ; depth of hold, 12 feet 10 inches• h two 30-horse engines. .„ 0 ,00 0 FURS.—The number of foreign buyers at the D o ri? l , Bay Company's late sale considerably effected th e o r JO% of furs. Skins have not realised, for ma.mvlears , s prices ; some lots of Sables tetcheclAity Mr. John Cripps, of Bold-street,afiticipating the 1 1, 0 5 t fr- telv , zlit a great pqrailn , " f skins prel.est.s fortunately bough. grc, fr filmber of . Arsi o , the sale, and will have , danufactured, ' E by tile - August, nearly one tho4sand boas in Mink sahlfAi ermine, very choiceyMiniver, and Chinchilla , s a , l- 0 11 . he f e e's de. will offer all at onti guinea each. Of these, vincecl, equaLviilue cannot be given in the s esSO" 11 00 1 1 thirty-five,s6illings; also, a variety of dark sables, equally cheap.nawl, Mantl e , an d F ur ware house, --;-” 16, nerd-street, Liverpool. John Cripps, proPri e- l Ar t THE THEATRES.—On Saturday night the ROL t 3 16 phitheatre was crowded, owing to the appearance'; 001 upon him, his performance was chaste, night only, of the veteran Vandenhoff,in his 1 ::13 1 T; play of " Cato." Though Time has laid his ho On the fall of the curtain, he was called to the fo t ,-.0 and greeted with enthusiastic bursts of app en Theatre Royal was re-opened last evening, en Charles Matthews commenced a limited engsge'''A will appear during the week in several plays an' c far lv" P fi r st' 0' and we hope Mr. Copeland's efforts to procure entertainments for the play-going public will reeei:,;biol, ope n the l ie fv ; cient support to justify him in keeping able theatre for a longer period than he II 6 ., 5 .g .s c bean able to do. Mr. 13uclistonc and Mr°, 0 will sliortly appear, and full of Pligbo,o