Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-30 00:00:00

CUNARD, WILSON & CO., I, 6. ,YORI-BUILDINGS, LIVERPf)OL IPP.I♦ AN) 59, FENCHURCH-STREET, LONDON, 11WCOHERSPOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHIPS, SHIP VALUERS, &c. en ,alt - FOR SA LE, the well. keown American bFrque MARY AND SUSAN ; 392 tons register, copper fastened jaud yell. w metalled. This vessel was built at Boston, , zrU. S. in 26 ; was opene , l - last year and found tole gonad rn4l in good order, had new upper deck and tousides and 3acs'twec decks laid , she has been employed in the South Sea trale for xpwards of 15 years, and the materials of which era 19 co'aposed has been so saturated with oil as ts render her almost inzperrions to decay. Lylng in the Huskisson Dock,—For farther peticnlara apply to CUNARD, WILSON and CO., Brokers for the gliucts Ase and Sale of Ships, 5, I ork gni Idings, Pale-street. FOPR SALE, the fine new brig PENELOPE ; 4 4 , .‘ 197 tons o.m , 126 tons register. Le ng th, 81 f ee t ; t, ,' - $ -t, breadth 22 feet ; depth, 11i feet. Built at P. E. Island, under the special inspection of Lloyd's Surveyor. under whom she was iron kneed, and clewed 4 years; has soma sailing qualities, easy draft of water, and sails without ballast, sari 113 well worthy of inspection. Lyin4 in the Birkenhead Dock. —Per inventories and further particulars opp'y to Me.srs. Alfr:d EL2 iami Co., Merchants, Cook-street; or to CUNARD, WILSON, es MA, Barokers for the Purchase and Sale of Ships, 5, Ir,rk lkagidiser.raie st•eet, Liverpool. FOR SALE, the well known Paddle-steamer Is.e.:;„ • \ FIRE FLY, 237 tons ox , 207 tons sr M. Lerch 4. ‘ - 141 - O. I OON- . over all, 180 feet; lent,th fir measurement, 167 feet A 9-10ths ; breadth, 25 feet ; dep h, 11 feet 9-10rhs. Matt i,ll Glasgow, of iron, in ;845. En •ines direct acting, 160-horse pryer (nominal) ; darreter o• cylinders, 49 inches; length of stroke, 4 feel 8 inches ; tabular boilers. Carries 200 tons on 10 f. et i•f water. ttviseemption of fuel, 39 tons in 38 hours ; bunko s cont in 65. Average speed, 12i knots. Has cab;n accommodation for 70 first 4133 passengers, and 259 second class. This boat is now plying between Liverpool and Wexford, and may be inspected at either of sibs above, ports at stated times. For further particulars apply to 2 1 4:wars. R. aod R. Allen, Wexford; or to UNARD, WILSON, & CO., Brokers for the Purchase and Sale of Ships, 5, York-buildings, sub-st eet. Liverpool. Cfroinnitrztxt THIS DAY. On account of whom it may concern. ?his DAY, the 30th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 15, Exchange-buildings, 262 Casks PALM OIL, merest from the wreck of the Niger.—Apply to &fessrs. Laird, Fletcher, mad Co; or to J. H. RAYNER & CO., Brokers. NFXT WEEK TirssoAT next, January sth, at Half-past On o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, About 3000 Boxes American CH riESE, ICO Do. Do. BACON (long and short middles: 1(0 Tierce , ' LEAF LARD, 20 Ca•ks American HAMS, morr landlng.—Apply to J. M• Henry and Co.. Merchants ; or to JOHN MARQUIS & CO., Brokers. - - ----- On account of whom it may concern. Oar order of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks.—For the payment and satisLic ion of freight and charges. Est TVESDAY rest, January sth, at 1-1 ilf-past One o'clock. at the Brokers' `•aleroom, 18, Chapel-street, D.P. 38 Bales WOOL, & Co. t Tomme, from Bombay; lying In Wapping Dock Warehouses, her Further particulars apply to DANIEL C. BUCHANAN & CO.. Brokers, 4113 TUESDAY next, Unita . y sth, 1853, at Twelve cAlock, at the Broker's . Office, 7, Exchange- chambers, About 200 Tcns Peruvian GUANO, Way landed, ex Nautilus, from Valraraiin.—Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, , Broker.• _ _ O 8 TRESDA Y next, Janu ry sth. 1859, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brrker's < 1113 e, 7, Exchanoe.chamvere, Wei 324 Rags American RED CLOVERSEED, mew t7op, now landing, ex Thos. H. rerkin , , from;Phi'adelphia. Ar.4Rv. to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. • FANDAI, January Bth, 1558. at Twelve o'clock at nocu,on the Quay, East Side HusMsson Dock, 303 Logs WHITE PETE, 162 Do. ELM, 38 D. BASSWOOD, 3,764 PINE DEALS, 2,800 SPRUCE DIT 1,330 PIPE srAvEs, 7 Cords LIT ETWOOP, - low landing, ex Frem - id, from Quebec, 6,849 : - PitUCE DEALS, 421 DE ‘L ENDS, 12,600 PALINGS, six lisneing, ex Zimanshoop, from Lipreaux, N.A. 83 Logs Q ebec D PINE, 66 Do. Do. OAK, 70 Do. Do. ELM, 2,773 D. Do. PINE DEALS, 804 Do. Do. SPRUCE DITTO, 9,7!8 Do. Dn. PIPE STAVES, 108 East India TE KE PLANKS, 80 I ogs Ametlcan WALNUTWOOD, mtey 'ended, ex sundry vessels. On - account o , the Tm oor ters. DUNC EW ING & CO., Brokers. On . Sat. SODA ASH, BLEACHING POWDER, VITRIOL. BIGLAND, SUNS and JEFFREYS. 20, Exchange-buildings, R. CAMERON, . WATCH AND CHRONOMZTEE MAIR, 54, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE, OR HIRE. =TANTS, QUADRANT'S, TELESCOPES, BAROMETERS, CHARTS. &c. H ENRY MACGROTTY CO., WINE MI4 RCHANTS, Ban L-buildings, 48, Castle !tree:, orer to the Public 4,000 Dozens Old Bottled FORT WINES of most anproved Vintages and Shippers. These first-class Wines awing been purchased on present advantageous terms, buyers will 21sal pec, s c ery much below market value. Gentlemen purchasing kr quantities (f 10 dozens, will be charged trade price. Sherries, Maleira, Clarrt. Burgundy, and Sparkling Wines shipped by "Canteilo & ," " MiQa & C 0.," " Dunn," "Clarke," " Flot," 4 `Beethard," &c., all of quality attractive to the Connoisseur, and at pßzet3 to ensure sales. Dfteiriher 4,1857. FIRRISTMAS PRESENTS, AND NEW YEAR'S GIFTS, IN ENDLESS VARIETY. AT 'JAMES SMITH'S 'ROYAL MUSICAL, CIRCULATING, AND PRESENTATION LIBRARY, • PIANOFORTE, HARMONIUM, AND HARP SALE AND HIRING ROOMS, 6 6 , LORD-STREET, aZ. MUSIC at half the marked price; Soiled Ditto at one third is 3 one fourth ditto, with all the popular Cheap Music. H OW DELIGHTFUL IS THE FRAGRANCE OF FINE TEA ! HOW RESTORING IS JTS INFLUENCE! And HOW MUCH DOES IT CONTRIBUTE ► THE ENJOYMENTS OF THE EVENING ban ♦ery exquisite TEAS are now being Sold, in handsome Chinese Packages, by the LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN TEA COMPANY, OLD PO ST-OFFICE-P LACE, CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL. nYSTERS ! OYSTERS ! ! OYSTERS ! 'Li BEST WHITSTABLE NATIVES, J. WHITTY'S, No. 1, HACKINS-FIE Y, I.DYOININO viz GEORGE HOTEL, DALE-STAEET, LITHETOOL. N B.—Oysterz barrelled on the shortest notice. PIANO-FORTES AND HARMONIUMS. MIRYALLS has just unpacked a ver y fine • Stock selected from Colaids, Broadwood, Hop- Axamon, and Alexandre, at below manufactur,rs' prices, all warranted. TIJNING and REPAIRING by the best London workmen. niINOS and H ARWONIUMS for HIKE, with the option of I nr :114o, and all the best Music at HALF PRICE. MUSIC REPOSITORY, 6. HAMILTON-STREET, BIRKENHEAD, UOLDSMITIPS STOCK OF CIGARS, PIPES, FANCY GO DS. &c. TAMES BRADFORD has purchased the ab o ve Ta 1 ulbl e ST OC K, by Public Tender, for Cash, .onasisting of— All kinds, including many o f the 'CIGARS.-- . ...... best brands, in good condition, two years' old. ant., FFS t taeturers. Nle9'sehanm Pipes, Amber Month- PANCY GOODS .• .. pieces,own Boxes, &c., of G o ld sm i th ' s importing. nit above were b , nght, at a Discount of 50 per:cant. oft, from 7ta Trustees, and will be SOLI) at JOB Patel , S, to clear the 'ssitZre in a few days. MES BJRADFO CHURCH-STREET, ES-STREET, LI AND JAM A master is not bound to give a servant a character ; and he is not even bound to give his reason for the refusal. But an employer giving a false character of a servant is exposed to an action if any is consequences occur from such conduct. MURDEROUs ASSAULT AT OVER DARWEN.—OR Sunday afternoon lest, a man, named John Forrest, was assaulted with a poker, by a neighbour, named Abraham Beswick, and rendered insensible. It appears that the two had had some differences, which drink had fomented on Sunday last, and about four o'clock in the afternoon, as Forrest was passing Beswick's door, Beswick ran at him with a poker, and struck him to the ground. Forrest has not spoken since, and h;s li'e is despaired of, rrHE Navy MUTINYMUTINY ACT FOR INDIA.—From Friday next, the Ist of January, the new act will come into operation " for puuishing mutiny and desertion of officers and soldiers in the service of the East India Company, and for regu lating in such service the payment of regimental debts, and the distribution of the effects of officers and soldiers dying in the service." There are 75 sections in the act, with a schedule of forms. The object of the statute is to amend the lilth and 13th Viet., c. 43, and to bring persons who shall mutiny or stir up sedition " to a more exemplary and speedy puuishrnent than the usual forms of the law will allow." After embarkation, all officers and soldiers are to be subject to the provisions of this act. Courts-martial may be convened for the trial of offenders, and trans portation or penal servitude awarded. For mutiny, sedition, or for neglect of duty in abandoning a post, &c., to be punished with death, " or such other punish ment es by a court-martial shall be awarded." No judgment of death by a court_martial is to pass unless two-thirds at least of the officers present concur therein. Judgment of death may be commuted for transportation, or other punishment. Embezzlement is to bo punished by transportation or penal servitude. Corporal punishment may be inflicted, and for certain off:nes enumerated, both pay and pension to be forfeited, Soldiers entitled to be discharged front the service may ela'ro to be sent home free of expense. There are various provisions as to " regi mental debts," which are to have priority of payment and the surplus to be administered. The effects of officers and soldiers dying in the service are to be collected and admi nistered. In a few days the act will take effect in India; and those who have to administer the new law will have enough to do in carrying out its provisions. The act received the Royal Assent in August. PRESENTS TO AN INDIAN ClllEF.—Whilst every mail from Inoia brings accounts of acts of treachery on the part of native princes in India, it is gratifying to know that in some cases the conduct of the native chieftains has been such as to merit the warmest feelings of respect and gratitude on the part of Europeans. One of the parsons who rendered valuable assistance during the earlier part of the outbreak in the Oude district was Sirdar Soorat Sing, and we have great pleasure in stating that a present of a very suitable character is about to be sent to him, Mr. %Vestley Richards having for that purpose just conareted a double barrelled rifle, a double barrelled gu©, and a pair of double barrelled holster pistols. On the silver plate which colors the grease box of the rifle is the following inscription :—" Presented to Sirdar Soarat Sing by some English gentlemen of Benares, Jounpoor, and Oude, in token of their admiration of his loyalty and gall - int conduct during the Rebellion of 1857." The arms are of the most costly description, and are mounted in silver, very richly and tastefu'ly ornamented by chasing, which covers every portion, not only of the silver mountings, but also of the locks and triegers, Part of the mounting of the rifle is in gold. It must not be supposed, however, that the weapons are merely for show ; they are on the contrary fitted for the very hardest work, and probably a finer set of arms, nor one more capable of showing what Birmingham can produce, never left the workshop of any gun maker. We cannot imagine any p rese nt mo r e gratifying or more appropriate under the circumstance of both giver and receiver, but we sincerely hope that Soorat Sing may ne`Yer again be called upon to use his rifle in protecting the lives I of Englishmen from the fury of blood thirsty rebels.— ERPOOL e Gazette. THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1857 CHRISTMAS RENEWAL 4 . ALLIANCE AS-,URANCE COMPANY OF LONDON. COMPLETE SECURITY. CAPITAL £5,000,000. Incorporated Thirty-three Years. Lus Dumas Non granted in every variety of form, at reasonable premiums, specially adapted to merchants going abroad, &c. NM:TRANCES effected on Merchandise, Warehouses, Dwellings, Furrilturo, Ships and Cargoes in dock and graving docks, on the most favourable terms. AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL AND DISTRICT. THOMAS R. A!iNOlsr, Lir& Chambers. AIILLIGAN, EVANS. and CO., North John•streel BOLD ani CO., ( Inp:.l-street. J. RICHARDSON, JUN., Lo er Cas'e-street. THE LIVEHPOOI, AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE CJIAPAIN.Y. GFEICEI-37, CASI LE-STREET, LIVERPOOL ; 20 and 21, Pcu , t y, Lcialop ; GI, King-street, Manchester; 128, Ingram-street, Glasgow. 1855. Business. 1856. £186,271 .. Fire Inslranee P.emiums . 9 8 , 5 59 .. Fire Insurance Losses . 11,137 .. Life Insul al ce new Premiums 12 771 F 3 919 .. Life lasurance total Premiums • •.•• • . 72,782 12,753 • . Receive.: for Annuities .••• • • • • .17,338 1139 ; P.& to Annultat.ts ANNUIIII.9 IMMEDIATE OR DEFERRED. BO` USE 3 GUARANTEED WHEN THE POL'CIEB ARE ISSUED. No STAMP DUTY. Fersons whose F.re with this Company expire on the 25th instant, re reminded that receipts for the r,newal of the same will be found at the Head Offices of the Company in Liverpool, London, Manch.ster, and Glasgow, and in tho h,.nds of the A gents. DAMAGE occasioned by 1 , XPLOSION cf GAS is now allow, d as a loss under the Company's Era Policies, no Endorsement or Extra Premium being required. nWINTON BOULT, Fecretary to the Company. Agent for Bit ken head—Mr. ROBERT HUGHES, Church-street. December, 1857. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 1 ROY IL INURANCE-BUILDINGS. NORTH JOHN-STREET and DALE-STREET,LIVERPOOL, and 29, LOMBARD-STREET, I ONDON, BIRKENHEAD BRANCH: Office.—Hamilton-buildings, Hami:ton-street. Agent.—He ry Cole, Esq. The ship Agamemnon arrived at Calcutta, from Dartmouth, on the 16:h of November, thus making the passage in 93 days. The Champion of the Seas arrived at the same port, from Portsmouth, on the 17th idena, in 101 days, and the James Baines two days afterwards, in 103 days. The dividend of the Bank of France for the year 1857 is officially announced at 87f. per share. The Ottoman Bank have received a further remittance of 10,5001. in gold from the Levant. The exchange at Bombay on London is less favourable, being reported at 2s. 21i. to 2FI. The last quotation previously received was 2s. 2d. to 21d. At St. Petersburg, !wording to telegraph received this day, the exchange on London has advanced to 341 to 35d. The tallow market there is reported flat. During the week ending Dec. 11, the receipts on the Great Western Railway of Canada were 10,9071 against 13,0751 in the corresponding week of 1856, the falling off being 2,1681. It is stated on the Stock Exchange that the Bank of France have made a further reduction in , the rate of discount, viz., to 5 per cent., but this requires confirmation. LIVERPOOL OOTTON MARKET.—Deo. 29. The demand for cotton continwes active, and prices become gra dually stiffer. The sales—inc'uding 100 Pernambuco at 61a. to 710, 70 Maranham qd, 120 Egyptian 7(d to 9d. 1,200 Surat, 3id to 4i4i —are reportel 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 are on speculation and for export. LIVERPOOL (SCOTCH) PIG IRON MARKET.- Dm. 29 Oar market for warrants closes firm, but without animation, at 51s 9d, to 52s cash ; 55s three months open. No business reported Shipments from Glasgow, last week Do. Do., corresponding week, 1856 Do. Do., corresponding week, 1855 Total shipments from Glasgow from Jan. 1, 1857, to date 537,311 Same period, 1856 601,388 Increase 35,473 Price this time last year, 749 Gd. --- AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MAREEF.—Dg e 29. Per stone, 20Ibs. Per goibs. o. d. s. d . s. d. s. d. Potatoes, Seedlings 4 Ito 4 3 Hay,old to, Kemps .... 4 5 to 4 8 Ditto, Hew.. , 0 6 to 0 73; Ditto, Whiterocks. 3 0 to 3 2 Ditto, clover o6to 0 Mitt°, Balshaw3 .. 210 to 3 0 Green Clover ooto 0 01 Ditto, B. Farmers 00to 0 0 Grass 0 0 to U 0i Ditto, cattle....., 0 0 to o 0 Straw, wheat.. 0 3 to 0 3i Per ton. Ditto, oat Ditto, barley .... 0 Ili to 0 2}lCarrots 0 0 r. 0 0 Oats, in straw ~. . U V to 0 Oi Mangle wursel ;, 21 0 1.6 22 0 ,Manure 5 0 to 0 6 LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET,—DEc. 29. We had a fair attendance at our maTket this morning, rine qualities of Wheat were scarce, and in good demand at an imprave trent of 2d per bushel, and though middling and inferior samples are not so much sought for, they are held firmly, rather over the cur rencies of this day weak. Crime Flours alone are in request at full pr.ces, the sale of much of the American being still difficult; we do not, however, make any reduction in pries. Egyptian Beans it-e slow of sale, with a re uc:ion of 61 to Is per quarter; other sorts unchanged in value. Oats medntain late prices, but Oatmeal is rather easier to purchase. Mixed anti vt l'ow American Indian Corn nearly supports the rates of this day week; kied:terranian sells at 61 per qr. less money; white American is is loser, some new being sold from the quay at 37s per 480 lbs ; the general demand is retail.— Arriva s and Exports from the 22nd to the 28th Dccembe-, 1857. inclusive. Into Liverpool from Ireland—Wheat, 525 qrs ; barley, 53 qrs.; malt, [lO qrr.; oats, 145 qrs.; beans, 287 qrs.; Indian cora, 450 qrs.; oatmeal, 7.266 saca a ; flour, 303 sacks. Coastwise—Oats, 133 qrs.; oatmeal, 1,057 sacks; flour, 31 sacks. Canada and other Brititk Colonies out of Europe—Oats 982 qrs. United States—Wheat, 17 836 qrs.; pease, 45 qrs ; Indian corn, 1,735 qrs.; flour, 25,729 barrels. Europe, Ala.—Brans, 52 qrs ; Indian coin, 7,686 qrs.; lour, 1,631 sacks. Egypt—Beans, 12,431 qrs. Total—Who t, 18 3al qro.; bar• ley, 53 qrs.; malt, 10 qrs.; oats, 1,274 qrs.; beans, 12,770 qrs.; pease. 45 qrs.; indian cora, 9.871 qrs.; oatmeal, 8,323 socks ; flour, 2,162 sacks, 25,729 barre's.—Exports. Foreign Parts—cats. 300 qrs. Ire land—Wheat, 1,323 qrs; Indian corn, 1,238 qrs.; oatmeal, 12 sacks; flour, 1,119 sacks, 2,024 barrels. Coastwise—Wheat, 199 qrs.; beans, • 37 qrs.; Indian corn, 232 qrs ; oatmeal, 24 sacks ; fl our, 4eo sacks, 665 barrels. R. MAKIN a SONS. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—DEc. 29. A much better Cemand has sprang up, and better prices are current for manu'acturers and spinners, as comparison with the low offers which were made there on Tuesday last. MANCHESTER CORN MARKET—DEC. 29. There was a small supply of fa-mer's wheat, which brought fully Saturday's rates, and a better enquiry for fine foreign parcels, caused prices to turn in the seller's futon-. Flour was a dolt sale. Barley and oats were steady, but there was not much doing in either. Beans and peas were unaltered. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—Disc. 29. Although :here is no public market to-day, and but a thin attend ance in the Lane, Tet there appears to be buyers of sugar at fully last week's prices, but with very few eel ors. COFFIIE remains reelected. TEA —The news from China yesterday by telegraph can ed some inquiry for cimmon c)agon at 12d, but no business of importance done. /firm—Holders ire rather more firm. 010.—Linseed, 29e. Nom—Scotch Pig, sls 6d. LONDON TALLOW MARKET—DEC. 29. The market is firm at the annexed prices :—Town tallow 53a, nett cant' ; Petersburgh Y.C. on the spot, 533 9d; January and )(arch, 53i ; March, 53s 9d to 543. LONDON MINING MARKET.—DEC. 29. Owing to the continued absence of buyers, the market for home mining stocks remains perfectly stagnant. In the Stock Exchange to-day no transactions whatever are officially reported. Prices are merely nominal. In Greign and colonial mining securities there is no alteration of anylmportance, Alfred Consols, 121, 13, 13i; East Alfred, £2 Is. £2 Is 6d, 21, ; North Frances, 4, f ; South Cam Brea, 4f, 4 ; West Grenville, 3 5 9d, 4s, 41 3d; Wheal Diary Ann, 441, 45, 4 8 4, 443 ; Wheal Tehidy, 335 61., 35s 61. Foreign mining shares were quiet. At Bottalack, a dividend of £3 per share (.8600) was declared on the 15th instant, • At Wheal Exmouth a dividend of 2S 61 per share (X 712) was declared on the 23rd instant. At Great Wheal Busy, a call of 10a pzr share was made on the 21st instant. At Wheal Damsel, a call of £5 per shire was made oa the 22nd instant. East Wheal Falmouth sold on the 19th instant 40 tons of lead ore at £26 lOs 6d per ton. The Foxdale Mines sold on the 23rd instant 100 tons of lead ore at .€l4 7s 6d pa ton. HULL CORN MARKET—DEc. 29. Tha attendance at Monday's m irked was limited, an•t there being a good ripply of wheat, it sold slowly at about the r .tes of last market day. Beans and peas were dull. Linseed cake had a slow sale, at £p 12s to X 9 15s per ton. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET.—DE.c. 29. The supply of beef compri•ed 727 head. There was a good demand for the better qual ties. Trade was slow for the middling sorts. The number of sheep in the market was 4,350. The mutton trade was in a languid state, and prices were lower. Pork, in good demand, at ull rates. We quote—beef, 5s to 7s 9d, and pork, 5s 6d to 7s 9d per stone ; mutton, sjdto 6 jd per lb. LEEDS CORN MARKET. bEc. 29. There wa3 but a limited supply at our market to-day, and there being a fair demand for the best qualities of new wheat, that article maintained its price. Other descriotions were also rather more steady. Barley, beans, end peas remain unchanged. DUBLIN CORN MARKET.—D?c 29. . There is little cr no charge to notice in the state of the market The supply of all articles was small, and the demand inactive. CORK BUTTER 111 ARKET.—DEc. 29. There were about 800 kegs and firkins offered for asle to-day, which sold as fo lows : —Firsts, 107 s ; Seconds, 1011 ; Thir,s, a3s, and Fourths, 74s per cwt. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—DEC. 29. The shipments this week were 7,073 t Ads, against 7,031 tons cor responding week last year. To-day the market was firm at the following prices :—No. 1 523 to 52s 6d ; mixed Nos., warrants, 528 to 52 c 6d ; Mixed maker's iron, 503 6d to 513 ; No, 3,49 s to 50s per ton. and the inquiry for Illinois Central, has advanced to 12 dig. The European and American Steam Company's ship Jason, has been chartered for the conveyance of troops to India. This company has now but one other ♦essel available for this service—the Indiana. The steamer United Service, and the ship York, have als3 been taken up by the East India Company for the conveyance of troops to THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held in London yesterday, for the purpose of considering the propriety of applyirg to Parliament for abandoning the undertaking, or for an extension of the time for the execution of the whole or such portion of it as might be deemed advisable. Mr. Parsons, deputy.. chairman of the board of directors, presided. '► he Chairman explained that in consequence of the whole capital of the company not having been subscribed, they were unable to complete the line. The time for completing the north end of the line would expire in August next, and there being no prospect of raising the money this autumn, the directors gave the necessary notices for two bills—one for abandoning the undertaking, and the other for extending the time for its completion. At first the directors were disposed to recom mend the shareholders to adopt the first of these bills, but since the notices were given the state of the money market ha I materially alterel, and it was possible that hereafter the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company might be induced to undertake the working of the Severn Valley Line, and also to guarantee its debentures. Perhaps the Oxford and Worcester Company might do even more than that, but wi h the prospect of their doing ever so much the directors advice to the shareholders was to authorise them to continue the prosecu ion of both bills until the next halflearly meeting. He moved a reso lution to that effect. Mr. Jackson, M P., seconded the resolution, which was put and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks t) the chairman closed the proceedings. The Times commences a long notice of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe's career, by stating that his departure from Con stantinople, on leave of absence, may possibly follow by his total relinquishment of diplomatic of f ice. An action for breach of promise may be maintained, although the party gu lty thereof remain single, provided the breach can be otherwise proved, either by actual, re fusel, or implied by the conduct of the party. A promise of marriage, in order to sustain an action for the breach. must be repeated after the party promising has attained his majority. HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAa BARNSLEY: -On Monday afternoon, Henry Wrigley, miner, and Joseph Senior, wire drawer, both living in the neighbourhood of Thurgoland; were brought up at the Barnsley Courthouse on a charge of highway robbery. George Hall, slater, stated that he was going home from the Moorcock Inn, one evening, about eleven o'clock, when the two prisone-s pounced upon him, in a lonely part of the road, and demanded his money. Wrigley seized him round the waist and held him while Senior robbed him of some copper, the only money he had in his possession, and a two foot rule, after which they kicked him and threatened to throw him over a bridge c!ose by. The prosecutor having sworn positively to the identity of the prisoners and other evidence having been adduced, they were committed for trial at the assizes. GR tTITUDE TO Loan CANNING. —The Calcutta En glislaman, of November 3rd, contains the following significant statement : —We hear that the native gentlemen of Calcutta are preparing an address to the Governor General, cemplimentine him on his public conduct during these difficult times. The next thing will be an address of thanks frtm the Sepoys, If Lord Canning does nut personally deserve it, he is certainly surrounded by men who do. We should rather see our local government in India, at a crisis like the present, in favour with the independent portion of our own countrymen, than with either mutineers or " native gentlemen." But what is the fact ? Lord Canning is thanked and supported by the Indians of Calcutta, while the English inhabitants (all but the members of the civil service) have unanimously petitioned for his reenll.—Exarniner. THE CABINET A D THE COU TRY. - Into whatever society a man may go, we cannot avoid perceiving that the present government is connection %Hi Reform is usually a subject of derision, and in connection with Jodie of grave end anxious distrust. , The one, in fact, is the result of the other. Government feels itself in a false position, as the 'representative of Liberalism; and the little masculine energy it might otherwise have displayed is par lysed by this fatal consciousness. Literals believe Lord Palmer stun to be a Tory. Tories suspect him. to be nothing. All his colleagues are of the Same nondeac ipt character. The ministry is now beginning to excite in the nation at large that unenviable sentiment which people are apt to display towards those by whOm their generosity has been abused. The tale of distress with whic Lord Palmerston imposed upon the nation ten months ago has now been thorough'y exposed, and the indignation of his dupes is commensurate. By his conduct both on Chica and the Reform Bill he has been convicted of political insincerity„ and, has forfeited the coAdence of every class which .does rot believe that political virtue is a fable.—Press. Tint GOYS RNMENT or I NDIA. - -ReSPORS ible Govern. meat ! The Indian Reformers know as 'well as we do thatethey have had it ever sines they have had a Board of Control. There it sits, in the hour of danger, throwing the reins on the neck of the. Directors "--shifting its blunders on their shoulders, too, if it can manage to do so without being detected. If it has been practically irresponsible hitherto, the reason is that, in and out of Parliament, India has been a bore which the enlightened ten pounders and their incorruptible Roebuck's were contemn° leave to a service admirable i,u the eyes of candid fort igners for its integrity and ability, though, in the eyes of candid Englishmen, the vilest of the vile. So little attention has been ,wasted on the suhj. et, that it can safely be asserted, in a resolution passed at a public meeting that the Company, not the Parliamentary Ministers and Governor General, is the great author of the aggressions on native States and Princes—of the conquest of Scinde, the invasion of Affghanistan, and the annexation of Oude. Apathetic for half a century, and mad for an hour—such, judging from the past and present, would be a direct ParliamenTary government of India.—Saturday Review. SHORTCOMINGS OP THE CIVILISING RA CZ. —The more prominently the Anglo Saxons on both sides of the Atlantic prove themselves the dominant and civilising race —the pattern after which all other races are aiming to shape themselves—th more lamentable it is that a spirit of reckless rambling should mote and more prevail in the higher branches of trade, and that too many of the merchant princes, that were the pride of Old England and the boast of the New, should be made and unmade by transactions incompatible with either honour or honesty. Without a'tributing any exaggerated morality to previous genera tions, we cannot avoid the coecnsion, that the mere changesin the mpdes of doing business, unaccompanied by proportionate safeguards in legislation and watchfulness of public opinion, have a tendency to generate an ever increasing 1 xness of commercial morality and deadness of commercial honour. This generation is growing sadly in need of a new chivalry to uplift and purify our freebooters of the counting house and the banker's parlour—plunderers sometimes not less daring, dexterous, and unscrupulous than the Barons of old. Here, likewise, our imperial responsibilities ought to stand us in good stead, if once we could be brought to keep them present to use—Spectator. THE EDUCATIONAL FRANCHISE.—The Reforms of Par liament and the Executive have been, of popular, not of learned origin ; for all that the bishops, the army, the universities, and the illuminati have done, we might still hare been the subjects of a Georgian rule. Not eo, they argue. They have spread knowledge ; to them is attribut able the explosion of vulgar fallacies; they, the educated, have shown the people the way out of Egyptian darkness. Then they did all this without the educational suffrage, let them continue to do it, for i is their office, and their influence will not be the less because we refuse to render their importance a monstrosity. The principle of speeial suffrages could not stop, if once introduced into the con standee, circle within circle, class within class we should be the Chinese of the West within a century, unless, as is probable, we repealed our fanciful new law within five years from its enactment, and resolved, in future, to remember what self-government means, and the true nature of 'a suffrage. The difficulty is to treat the proposal with seriousness. It is a sickly conceit of dilettantism. It is scarcely an expression of opinion, but a hesitating hint, that certain people would be willing to make an experiment upon the constitution. The constitution, however, is not a dog, or a dead body, for emperical or anatomical treatment.. The .reform to come must be a concession of solid power to the nation nationally.— Leader. nix Ivan SFPOYB.—Tha Irish Sepoy gazettes are reduced to the lowest depths of despair by t'ie harrowing intelligence of the safety of the garrison of Lucknow. There is, h,wever, come "halm in Gilead," and one of those f, ithful exponents of public feeling (the Kilkenny Journal) consoles itself with the reflection that though ‘• the white plumes are now dancing over many a home stead in England and Ireland," yet " but a little while, and we shall see the hearse and the corpse, and hear the groans of bfilen hearts." "As for the atuggle itself," devoutly adds the sympathetic organ, " may God defend the right!" In connexion with the affairs (f India, the Bev. De. Cahill, in one of his weekly epistles to the Premier, states that he (Dr. Cahill) has been favoured with the correspondence of a nobleman, Lord Palmersten's "equal in station and talent," who has assured the doctor that the Cabinet will immediately redress the grievances of the Catholics in tha East, and that the Queen's Government meant to put an end to the sectarianism which in that country maligns the faith, insults the soldiery, punishes the children, persecutes the ?fiesta, and robs the aspirant to military promotion of his just msrit of his hard-earned rewards." I. is but only fair to mention t';at Dr. Cahill, whatever pray be his politics and religious failings, has at all times fearlessly denounced the atrocities of the Sepoys as placing them beyond the pale of human sympathy. CAPITAL, £2,CC0,000, in 100,000 SHARES of £2O EACH. FIRE. Only one out of 72 London at d country offices, included in the Government &port of Duties for 1856, exceeds the "Royal " in its increase of duty for the year 1E56, (and that one office solely by the all but nominal sum of .2), being more than the total increase of all the Scotch offices, and greater than aoy two of the 14 Engli-h offices established north of Birmingham. No country office established in London equals this company in its revenue derived from the metro polis. _ Fire Premiums. for the year 1848.......... £34,346 1 9 11 /1 1850.......... 44,027 10 0 er 1/ 1852.......... 76,925 4 2 . 11 1854.. IP 11 LIFE. 1856 .... 151,733 9 6 LARGE BONUS. DECLARED 1855, Amounting to £2 per Cent per Annum on the Sum Assured, or 80 per Cent on the average of Premiums paid. REVxNUE. Total Revenue for the year 1857 about Being an increase over the preceding year of I unds in band, upwards of PERIODS OF DIVISION—EVERY FIVE YEARS. Policies falling due at t hristraks should be renewed on or before the 9tbtof January, 1858. PE RCY M. DOVE, Actuary and Manager. ._, LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, used in tht Ur Royal Laundry, The ladies are respectully informer: that this Starch is exclusively used in the Royal Laundry, and He: Majesty's Laundress says, thatalthough she has tried wheaten,ries, and other rovreler Starches, she has found none of them equal the Glenneld, which is the Finest Starch she ever used. - Whet: you ask for Glenneld Patent Starch, see that you get it, as Inferto; kinds are oftdn substituted. Wothersnoon and Co., Glasgow are Landon. G ENERAL APOTHECARIES' COMPANY (LIMITED.) 49, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON, AND 4, COLQUITT-STREET, II ERPOOL, APOTHECARIES' HALL. The Directors of ti is Company respectfully announce to the no bility, gentry, and inhabitants of I iverpool and the surrounding neighbourhcod, that all Chemicals and Phartnacetrical pre;arations kept at their estsb ishments are manufactured in their own Laboratories, tinder the Inspection of scientific chemists, and ara guaranteed perfectly pure, so that prescriptions dispensed at their establisements may ba implicitly relied upon as being in exact ae cord.nce with the intention of the prescribers thu; avoiding the constant uncertainty in the strength of drugs and chemicals as pre pared by different pharmaceutists. so fraught with danger to the lives and heal h of the sick, end which so often frustrates the efforts and disappoints e just expectations of the physician and surgeon. The COi LIVER (-IL of the General Apothecaries' Company may be iml licitly relied upon as genuine. Considering the induce. me, is to substi ute wholly or in part other oils which are cheaner, and that no test at present known will detect the admixture, it is no surprise that it is only rarely to be obtained pure. The good, faith o' the seller alone is the guarantee of the purcha.er. An extensive Assortment of MEDICINE CHES l'S for Families, for Sea, and the Colonies, r ea d y f or i mmed i ate use, with suitable directions. Old Chests refitted, and filled with Pure Drugs. The Prices charged to the public by the General Apothecaries' Company are always moderate, and as low as possible compat ble with the parity and fine gnality of the drugs. The Hall is open at all hours for the Dispensing of Medicines, and no exertions spared, either in carefulness or p omptitude, to meet the requirements and merit the confidence of the practitioner and the atient. Merchants requiring Drags for Exportation can be supplied at Wholesale Prices. AGENTS FOR THE VICHY WATERS COMPANY. SPORTING IN.TELLIGENCE By British and Irish'Magnetic Telegraph. READING RACES.—YESTERDAY. THE CALCOT PLATE. Metis Eleven ram: READING STEEPLE CHASE. The Min0r....1 I Old Dog Tray.... 2 Back Bess ...3 Ten ran. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL LIVEItPOOL, Tuesday Evening. The demand for Cotton continues steady, and prices are atiffa.dag. To-day the sales wero about 7,000 bales, including 2,000 on speculation and for Export. There was a good general demand in the Manchester Market to-day, but the advance asked cheeks business The Liverpool Brokers make up the Tables cf Stocks, &3 , of Cotton to-morrow (Wednesday), and the annual circulars will be published on Thursday, the 31st Daeember, on which evening business will be closed in the Cotton Market till Monday, the 4th January. The Cotton at sea from the United States for Liverpool, cleared, per New York List of 16th Dec., is as follows : NEW ORLEANS. Enoch Train . 5458 Kate Hunter S. G. Glover Kearsage Arno Evening 5tar........ 2114 Oswego W. Lord, Jun .... 4631 Perthshire Leueothea Mary Hammond .. Old England Lancaster Leander .. 2973 Olbers W. Stetson.. 3937, Stranger 550 507271 MOBILE. City of Mobile Annie Sise, 3374 Kennebec 11643 j THE SHANGHAI SHEEP WOOL. The monthly meeting of the council of the Chamber of Commerce for the worsted din riot was held on Monday afternoon, at i - radford ; the mayor, (H. Brown, Esq.) in the chair. It was reported in the Guardian, two or three months ago, that the fl:ece of a .shanghai sheep had been rec ived from the Zoological Garc ens, London, in order to the wool being examined by the chamber. At that time tor. Alderman Wand took charge of the fleece, in order to test the qua ity of the wool by combing. Yesterday, he produced the wool in the top nod mil. He reported very favourably of it. He said that tie wool produced from the fleece weighed 24F. He had produced from it 12i oz. in top, 152 oz in noil, and 2} oz. in shorts ; the waste thus being 5 oz. 'I he wool in lustre was something like alpaca It had a geed lustre, and was very soft. There was a great deal of kemp about it. He thought it might be rendered a substitute for the bright haired wool of the Leicester sheep, and if the Shanghai sheep (of which there were two flocks in this country), were so prolific as reported—dropping thrice a year, and one having given birth to no fewer than lie sheep in one year —he thought the manufacturers would active great advantage in rcceiv ng a new supply cf the raw material. At the time the fleece was received such wool as that produced was worth 13d per lb, and at the present time it was worth 10d per lb. Several gentlemen examined the wool in the top and in the noil.-slr. William Foster said that the capabilties of the wool would be best ascertained by its being spun and woven into cloth; for he 'bought it seemed more like Kent wool. Mr. Alderman Wand offered to take the wool and weave it into c'oth, and he was requested to do so. The fleece of a Shanghai lamb, recently arrived from London, was also taken by Mr. Wm. Foster (Queen's Head), fur the purpose of testing the wool.— Manchester Guardian. The copper coin is not a legal tender to a greater amount than one shilling, nor the silver coin to greater amount than 40a, ; but the gold coin is a legal tender to any amount. The 6 bareholders of the Northumberland and Durham District Bank I.( solved on Saturday to register tho company as other than a limited company, 'under the " Joint-stock Baukieg Corapan}b' Act, 1857." SAVANNAH. John Pallen ..... 3543 Rome .. . 23601 The Liverpool Share Market opened with much excitement this morning, and higher prices. To wards the afternoon it became calm, and closed about per cent. below the highest point of the day. The following were the transactions :- Caledonians 421, 414, 42 ; East Lancashire 92 ; Blackburn 9 9-16 ; Eastern Counties 114, 11 15 16, la. ; Great Western 55}; Lancashire and Yorkshire 944, 944 ; London and North Western 973, 98, 974, 981. 984, 984 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 404, 401 Midland, 90, 904; 904 ; North Eastern, 24f ; Dovers, 213; Dutch Rhenish, 4, 44- d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 114, 121, 124. 12 5-16, 124, 12 5.16 ; Great Western of Canada, 20 ; Do. New, 1 d ; Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lineolnshire, 34 per cent. pref , 63 ; Liverpool and London Fire and Life, 8 p. ; Royal Insurance. 34 p. The following, were the closing quotations :-Blackburn, 94, 94; Chester and Birkenhead, 684, 69 ; Caledonian, 424, 43; Chester and Holyhead, 173, 174 ; Eastern Counties, 114, 15-16; East Laneashire, 92, 93; Do. 9l Shares, par 1 p ; Great Northern, 24, 244 ; Do., A., 10, 104 ; Great Western, 55, 56; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 941, 941 ; Do. 91. shares, g, 4 P ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 183, 184 ; London and North Western Stock, 984, 984; Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire. 41, 414 ; Midland Stock, 91 914; North British, 124, 124 ; North Staffordshire, 34, 31 d ; North Eastern -Borwiek. 24 9-16, 2411-16; York and North Midland, 424. 424; Leeds Capital Stock, 263, 264 ; South Eastern, 21 13-16, 214 ; Buffalo and Lake Huron, 15, 151 ; Do. New Shares, 6, 54 d ; Dutch Rhenish, 34, 34 d; Great Western of Canada, 20/, 204; Do. new shares d ; Great Luxembourg, 74, 74 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 124, 12 7-16. .The following were the continuations paid :-Caledonian 9-16 ; Eastern Counties, 2s ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 1; London and North Western Stock, 4; Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 7-16 ; Midland Stock, 4, 9-16 ; South Eastern, 3s. 3d. ; Dutch Rh en i s h, i s Id , , ex coll.; Great Western of Canada, 4,3 s, a ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 4. A. number of Promissory Notes of the Borough Bank, for 1001. each, bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, were disposed of at the Stock Exchange to-day. The prices obtained were, 6 months' notes, 97 ; 12 months' do., 92; 18 do. do., 87; and 24 do. do., 83. There was a good demand for Money today in discount channels, but no pressure, and the appli cations are not greater than can be fully accounted for by the usual arrangements at the termination of the year. The terms charged in Lombard-street are at least 4 per cent. below the minimum, and as the supply is abundant, a further reduction of the official rate is soon expected. A metropolitan cotemporary of this evening says that the arrival of 650,0001. in gold, the whole of which will probably be sent into the Bank of England, coupled with the announcement that the stock of coin and bullion in the Bank of France amounts to 10,800,0001 (being an increase of 1,380,0001 sinew the last returns, have strengthened the impression that the rate of discount at the Bank of England will speedily fall to 6 per cent , and probably lower still. This will involve a corresponding reduction in the rates offered for loans by the joint-stock banks and discount establishments, and will stimulate the appetite of the public for eligible investments. Already a demand of this bona fide description is arising, numerous investments being effected in preference and guaranteed British railway stacks, guaranteed Indian railway shares, &e., and the movement is expected to continue. There has been a very firm demand for Public Funds and Seeurities to day, and if it had not been that a very large failure occurred on the London Stock Exchange yesterday, a- material advance would have taken place. As it is, Consols are quoted 1 to 4 per cent. higher than at the close of the Market yesterday, viz., 931 to 934. The LonclOn Railway Share Market has been rather animated to day, and prices close at a slight advance. The closing prices were Caledonians, 84, 85 ; Eastern Counties, 11$, East Lancashire, 91, 93 ; Edinburgh an d G lasgow, 614, 621 ; Great Northern, 97 4 , 9 84 ; Do. A, 84, 86 ; Great Westerns, 541, 544 ; Great Western of Canada, 204, 204 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 121, 123 ; Great Southern and Western, 97, 99 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 944; London and North Western 971, 98 ; Leeds Northern, 53, 54 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Liucolnshire, 41 ; Midland Stock, 904, 91 ; North British, 51, 52 ; South Eastern and Dover, 711, 724; York, Newcas tle, and Berwick, 961, 97; York and North Midland, 84, 85. After official hours, the following were the quotations :-Caledonians, 814; Eastern Connties, 11 13-16 11 15-16 ; East Lancashire, 91, 93 ; Great Northern, 9.74, 984; ditto A. 84, 86 ; Great Westerns, 544; London ana North Western, 974 ; London and South Western, 934, 934; Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire, 401, 41; Midland Stock, 904, 904 ; North British, 504, 51; South Eastern and Dover, 711, 72 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 961, 97; York and North Midland, 841, 85. The following are the latest quotations of Foreign Exchanges :-Amsterdam short, 11 154 to 11 161 ; Ditto three months, 121 to 124 ; Rotterdam ditto, 124 to 12 4 ; Antwerp ditto, 25 55 to 25 624; Brussels ditto, 25 55 to 25 624; Hamburgh ditto, 13 71 to 13 81 ; Paris short, 25 20 to 25 30; Ditto three months, 25 65 to 25 70 ; Marseilles ditto, 25 674 to 25 75 ; Frankfort ditto, 1204 to 1204; Vienna ditto, 10 44 to 10 48 ; Trieste ditto, 10 45 to 10 50; Petersburg ditto, 33 to 34; Madrid ditto, 474 to 471 The Bank of England bought yesterday about 70,0001. in newly imported gold, including a quan tity of Russian (Join. The total amount held by the Bank must now be about eleven millions. This is exclusive of the large eum now off the coast. A despatch from Paris, dated this afternoon, announces that the Bank of France have this day reduced the rate of discount from 6 to 5 per cent. On the Bourse, this morning, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at 68fr. 10c. ex div. for the account, showing a rise of per cent. since yesterday afternoon. The advice from America have had the effect of causing a demand for American Railroad Bonds, I NNW Tonic. Commodore GALVESTON. Robert Mills ..... .... 1230 CHARLESTON. 'Gondar Lticonia ; Royal Victoria Heloi• 1153 Moonlight TOTAL TO LIVERPJOL. New Orleans 50727 mobile Savannah .. 5903 New York ... 550 Galveston Charleston 7062't I SAVANNAH TO FLEETWOOD. I Motocks 2178 NEW ORLEANS TO CORK. Callendar Total to England . .. 83G09 Dec. 28. ....Copenhagen .... .. _ I Trenton ...... ... ..... Geri°, J. P. Whitney ...... Ne; A/ ai in o Faliero... .. .... .. . . Genoa C harter Oak .. .. .•• • • ; ra i Sunbeam .. .. .. ... . .... Gibraltar ;lorenee Nighti nga le . • ' ' Francialta 0. .... ....... ....Malta EXTERED FOB LOIDING. 6 Dec. 28. America (a.) .........Boston, Rc. nt. Mazaire ......• cO, Victorine.. . .. Boston, Ste. Protector A mazone . John O'Gannt Calcutta'Jnniata . ' Fp. liduscongus . Charleston Rhine Europa (5.5.)...... OUTPORTS. HOLYP RAS, Dee. 29. Wind, W.—moderate Breeze. Off, outward bound.—The Juan (schooner), at II 11. 1 D'jd Sovereign of the Seas (ship), at 10.30 a.m. The Maid of (schooner) at ;2.30 p.m. Toe Bess Grant, (ship), at 2.30 Pill Off point Lynam, outward bound.—The Express (ship). PO Deal, Dec. 29.—Anchored—The Rose, from London for ill „ Star of the East, London to Colo m b o —D orot h ea (barque), °Li Alicante, in dropping in from the so u th war d , f oaled the Sr fjr East, and carried away jibboom, &c. Passed—The Paris and (s.s.), Paris for London—Flora (s.s.). Waterford for Londlo Cory, Dondan for St. Paul de Loaoclo•—Atta Janetto, 14 ° Portsmouth—California, London fur Bombay. Gravesend, Dec. 28.—Arrived—The Henrietta Sophia, fre°, o , —Regent, Elsinore. 29th.—The S wan l ey , from Jams! la Zust-rs, and Howe (s.), both from Bremen Erzabeth Adria': Cr —Nova Kim, Ibrall —Speedwell, Seville—Alph a ; and 01°011" —Burmah, New Zealand. 28th.—Sailed—The Nonpareir,iti, Michael's—Ferdinand, Rochford, U.S. 29th.— the Pre en o l l Bombay—Salamanca Knrrachee—California, Bombay-431 1 Maras. L . Queenstown, Dec. 29.—Arrived—The Pacific, from AMC"agg paraiso—Palfrey, St. John, N.B.—Meussa, Galatz —Gangs" Liver, 001. Cowes, Dec. 28.—Arrived--The Mirago, from London Michael's—Amalia Maria, Sunderland f_r Calcutta. Southampton, Dee. 29.—Arrived—The Dorothy, from NeW ts4l ,o4, William (packet), Sund e rland—A nn , Shields—Dispatch (o.), ,', O P Flora (s.). Dublin—Havre ( a .), H avre —J . and S. Martin, "'Ad Sailed—The Wonder (s.), fur Jersey—Alliance (s ), Havre' (s.), arenton—Alham bra (s ), Gibraltar. Falmouth, Dec. 27.—Arrived—Th e Egyptian Witch, an d both from Alexandria —Cef er i na , H avanna b . A Dublin, Dec. 28.—Arrived—the Myth, from Lisboa" Charente—British Lion, Pa'ethorpe, Liverpaol. Kingstown, Dtc. 2 8.—Arrived—The Hope, from Quebec— Scala Nova Belfast Lough, Dec. ?B.—Arrived—The Constitution from f‘r for. Savannah. ma ttITIME EXTRACTS. LIVERPOOL, DEc. 29. A schooner aground near No. per Chart 47, at 12 noon; V A signals of aistress flying. Virginia Paxton, Oredenda, and Ocean s ail e d from ..•,.- i c) 11 Moor.a Islands, laden with guano, previous to Nov. 16, at s"" 21 other vessels were loading. Mau: itius, Nov. 15.—The passage through Torres Straits g f° up very fast with coral i s l an d s an d reefs, which make it 4 gerous. Very f..w ships attempt the passage now, and the , '" to India go round Cape Lenevin. bet ir clotta, Nov. 23.—The Willi am Libb y has been ashore, over some cargo, and is since afloat. 1/ 0° 1441, 1/ec. 29.—The ship Glenmana, f r om S un d er l an d to , has been assis te d c l ear o f t h e Breake Sand, and anChere 4 slipped an anchor and chain, which will be rest .red to her. o , seaworthy, and will proceed_ soon as the survey i s h e ld, sad are settled by arbitration. - VESSEL'S REPORTS. 1 60 Report of the Marengo, C or khil l, arrived here from C her i. 'sailed Dec, 3rd. The Marengo has had most terrirfle.weatil4 the N.W , was 2) days to C a p e Cl ear, s i nce which, Wel 14' and ca ms, thus making the passage in 20 days. Report by. the Alias Nightingale, arrived here from St. st led Dee. 19th. Experience' str. ng southerly winds until L"to Cape Clear, having made the run to there in 5 days and a few r , Left there— th e Plospero, f or L on d on ; and a screw steso" Hull. The Ariel, of Falmouth, arrives there on the lath Dec. 14 1 Report by the Aleona (brig), Ri c h ar d son, arrived here free* 0 sa led July 19 July 20, saw a l arge f u ll. r i gged ship ashore Pratas Shoal, nearly on her broadsiiie, topsails lowered down , hauled up, anu topgallant sails furled. Ran in as close to 08 11 as was prudent, to see if any assistance could ba rendered. appeared to be no person on board, her quarter posts were g° ll / 1 she did not appear to have been there more than a day or So' were tAO Chinese junks close to, plundering her. Hoisted but receired no auiswer. Spoke. Aug. 31 .. Charles Ferdi nan d, Sh ang h ae for London, 27 days oat.— ..... OO 44 s• • .56 g Oct. 8.• Cant:oa (s.s.) bo un d north . ...... 25 35 S• • 4 Oct. 22.. Chinsusa , Bengal for Loudon, 57 days ont 35 18 S. . ilvi Oct. 24 .. Foam, Capetown f or Pl etten b erg Bay 34 15 S•••' I I Nov. 22 Garland, Bonny for Liverpool OO 48 N • . 4 1 ft Dec. 18 . Fide, standin g N W Dec. 18.. biome, Porto Rco fur Havre.... ..... 37 50 11. .3 FOREIGN PORTS. Polmaise, and Bee—both sailed from Bombay for D igl" Nov. 18. John Fielden sailed from Bombay for Liverpool, Nov. 2 5 . 0 Hurkarn sailed from Bombay fur Calcutta, Nov. 18. fo r Carmenta, and British Queen—b ot h sa i led from Bom b aY Nov 19. Melbourne sailed from Bombay for Akyab, Nov. 24. Ca•pentaria sailed from Bombay for Akyab, Nov. 25. Flying Clonl, sailed from Bombay for Mauritius, Nov. 27• Ocean Child sailed from Bombay for Kooria alooria. De . Pakmham sat ed from Bombay for Kooria Mooria, Dec. S• Jasper sailed f•om Bombay for Da bowie, Dec. 3. Carthaire (s.s ), from Madras at alcutta. Forest Queen, Grisdale, hence at Mauritius. Minho (a s.), Amlot, horn Cephalonia at Corfu, and W I return, Dec. 16. Tajo (s s.), hence at Malaga. America (Ls ), carbounel, hence at.Corunna. LaMertille, Larby, he.ace at Christiana. Loochristy, Nyfors, hence at Terneuse. Douro (s.s.), Bain, hence at Lisbon. ree f° Barrick, C. Li. Hope, at M aur i t i us, a f ter touching on tits Grand River, but sustaining ye, y little damage. Madge Wi dfire, from Bombay at Akyab. (C I Prince of Orange, from Bombay at Ko nits Mooria. 0 00 John Bibby, and British Banner —Loth sailed from Dl° Queenstown, Nov. 19. 0 00 Coronello, Davies; and All otar, Pell—both hence at 14$ Lancaster, Allen, from Calcutta at Mauritius. ft° Ida, Jones, from Lilo Janeiro at Mauritius. Benjamin Heape, Harrison ; and Lucy, Calloway -1 MeHamarne at Mauritius. Eurocly on, from Sunderland at Mauritius. Gladiator, Jeffreys ; Cohota, Day; Typhoon, Faulkner; - s of Cordes, Sopviith—all he, ce at Bombay. Mo ab General Wyndham, and L a d y F ranklin—both from Bombay. Cordelia, from Kooria Mooria at Bombay. Balbe2, (s.s.) hence at Havre. Araxes, (s.s ) hence at Bey rout for Alexandria. Phenix, hence at Gibraltar, and cleared for Alexandria. Deolinda, hence at Oporto. Recorder sailed from Mauritius for London, Oct. 10, •••• c ol° Balmoral, condemned. Cassiopea sailed from Mauritius for Falmouth, Oct. 17, of the Josephine, abandoned. • Toftcombs sailed from Mauritius for Ceylon, Oct. 20. Pinceza sailed from Mauritius for Liverpool, Oct. 20. Nith sailed from Mauritius for Calcutta, Oct. 27. Liacluden saile;i from Mauritius for Queenstown, Oct. 21. , Liverpool sailed from Mauritius for Queensto wn , O c t. 2;• Investigato t on: Arracan at Ascension for Falmoutb. William Wilson, from Batavia at Ascension. Coronation, from H ong H ong at Ascension for Queenst oA t p 5 leak. Sir Allan M Nabb, S teward, from Akyab at ABCAscension,4 00° Coeur de Lion. Lod a i k, f rom Bussadore; Medina, S„' A B r---I :B l, ! 'ij't#l ... Colombo:; and Windsor Castle, Pa rr , f rom Portsmouth—au sar'" Golden Era, Brown; and Alarla a Gray, Dixon—both MO 00 0 , at Bombay. Whir.wind, Edgett ; and Typhoon, Si ter—both fr u ' . we ); Bombay. Eagle, Campbell, from Moulm e i n ; J as. Yea, Scott, Iry-- Syr and Canada, Robinson, from Bushire—all at Bombay. DEATH. ott ,° D'i On the 18th July, aged 25, Captain Francis Marl S C A 1 2 ,, D 0 barque France', of Singapore, wh ic h vesse l was l o st 1° nee between Ningp o a n d Sh ang h aa. The deceived W,,as - of the late Seacome Ellison, Esq., of Walton on-the-Hiu* Sir Births, Marriages, and Deaths, - are only inserts& to our Office dn'y anthenticated. . BANKRUPTS. By British and Irish Magnetic Teregra.i John Barber and Frederick Rosenaver, merche nts ' mond-court, Mincing.lana. Arthur Jackson, corn merchant, Peterborough' Peter McLachlan, Birchin lane, baker. William Henry Watki ns , i nn k eeper , Porton. fretn rB John Green a n d Willi am B a k er, c h a ir man Newgate, City. Jame am s Waies Well,stead hotel and keepHeer, Grsend. nry Welletead, cab inet inal''° Molyneux-street. Silas Tallow, cotton Waste dealer, Oldham- hre. .40 Thomas Rolling, cattle dealer, Palterton, Derby er chw' Robert Blow a nd . John Blow, corn and coal m gr Great Grimsby. William Cullsmore, draper, Seymour-street. George Livermore, Shorland ironmonger, Hulint o cd J onathan Hills and Robert Hills, bakers, (}rates Dartford. Benjamin Haigh, engine maker, Dnkinfield. Printed and Published by CHARLES WILL M—It i,taIO IP street, at his General Printing and 9tationel7 19, South John-street, Liverpool. rNif sit 30 16$7‘ LMI WEDNES‘ D1:•--11 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• LIVERPOOL, WIND YEITIRDAY, RICH WATER—Mera, 10 31— Dec. 18. Abeona AThenol Dec. 29. Queely Shi.l St. M:ehaeps Miss tilgtitlrgale St. BDcbaers City of the Sultan Mareio Rat. ger Antigua Marengo Charleston Pactolus (s.s.) Alexandria Royal Victoria Charleston Herald of the Morning ....Callan Helios Charleston Gonciar Charleston Mary Dienes= 30. W.—Moderate Breese. Eves. 11 o—Helglat, 17 ft' .1 01 GoodITID. 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