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I c.atts. 0-M 0 R R 0 W, - On account of whom it may concern. To-moaaow, the Bth instant, at Half-past On,o'clock, at Golding and Nash's Saleroom, C mn Exchange, Brunswick-street, 220 Barrels Baltimore Fi.Ou Li 1 slightly ship damaged. Sacks Spanish F ',OUR JOHN TOMLINSON is SON. Brokers. Apply to TM anteli. WAN FED, a Situation as WAITER. A good character can _r 7_ be given from last situation. —Apply by letter, addresstd R Hotel, Southport WANTED, a HOUSE, in the neighbourhood of Everton or Breck:road, containing two sitting-rooms and about four bedrooms, &c. Rent from Je 35 to .4 . 30 per annum. Apply by letter to M., Northern Times office. rt 0 WEAVERS, MAT-MAKERS. &C.—WANTED, a DIAN j qualified to TEACH MAT-MAKING, WEAVING RUGS, LORB: CLOTH, &c., at the School for the Blind, Hardman-street. Liverpool, August 6, 1856. AN TED, a Situation as STEWARD and GARDNER, by a rr Scotchman, first-class in either department, 37 years of aee, Bto - , ant has been seven years in Ireland. 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E4e kortliern (Thin THURSDAY, AUGUST spirit of the present day is thought, in some quarters, to be as threatening as the railway typhus of 1845. The capital required to carry out the numerous projects now before the public is estimated at 23,490,0001., of which sum no less than 11,000,0001. has been " promisee to foreign countries India and the Colonies are to have 5,870,0001, and the United Kingdom is to be left to employ the Now, we see nothing in the figures before us to cause any uneasiness in the Money Market. The foreign bubble merchant certainly has the best of it Of the remaining 12,490,000/ balancE He is a popular trader in and we may be well satisfied -half of our spare cash will satisfy his cravings. But we cannot see the n we find that only or propriety of stultifying our home enterprise, retarding our native industry, and frightening people from embarking in the developement of our own resources, simply to pr vent friends from taking off our money to enrich other countries. Three_ fourths of the Continental schemes before the public are declared by foreigners themsefves to be little han glaring delusions. Most of :hem have been openly denounced at Paris, Berlin, Vienna as utterly worthless. Separate the few fly hold out a prospect of profit from the we need not be at all apprehensive as 't their drafts will have on the money shams mark lions is not so serious an affair after Iditure in the case of Turkey would be likely to flow back freely ; in Russia, it would probably be " hoarded with almost as much tenacity as in " India." A comprehensive plan of railway for Russia is a matter not to be coolly contemplated in the absence of 30,000,0001. or 40,000,000. The latter of these sums would carry her " net work" over an area of about 100 miles round St. Petersburg. It might make the CZAR'S power more feared in Poland, and more dreaded in Galicia. It might serve a puny political object, but it would scarcely be entitled to the name of a commercial undertaking. Russia has to spread her railroads over 1,700,000 square miles before her plans can be considered anything like " comprehensive" in the sense in which our cotemporary wishes it to be received, and whilst she maintains her present antagonism to European progress, she will be compelled to her railways out of her paper roubles, as she has made Sebastopol, Odessa and Cronstadt. The Western Powers will not supply her with the money required to save her from " a repeti tion of her recent failure." The good common sense, if not the patriotism, of England will shrink from the commission of such a wanton act of suicide. Despotism will not be suffered to use our stupidity for its purposes. We have yet to see how the CZAR 15 to pay the interest of his largely augmented debt, before we think of lending him money to construct military roads for our own destruction. When a Russian line of rails has been decided upon, and submitted to British capitalists, there will be no difficulty whatever in estimating its commercial traffic, stratagecal value, and political objects But until we see a plan of a Russian railway scheme on paper, and discover that it is intended to unite the wilds of Nova Zembla with the steril plains of Bessarabia, or to bring the Kremlin within twelve hours of Warsaw, we may-hold our peace. There are other matters of far greater mo ment to be considered in connection with the actual condition of the Money Market. Alarmists are evidently on the qui vive. They are appalled at the thoughts of the drain of gold which 23,490,0001. of capital employed in speculative undertakings will produce. They see that coupled with the spirited and legitimate operations of the Bank of France, it would lead to usurious rates of discount, and a scarcity of the precious metal. They are concerned to see a sixpence taken to improve India or to promote the welfare of our Colonies. They would not have one farthing invested in American debentures. They would sooner see it given to Turkey, and thrown into Russia, where " it would be hoarded with almost "as much tenacity as in Tndia." But what does all this confusion of ideas amount to ? The Directors of the Bank of France have discovered the weak point in our bullion system, and they are taking advantage of it largely. They are buying our cheap gold at a nominal loss, and are employing it at a bona fide profit. They are draining us of a large amount of bullion, and the great problem is —how shall we stop them? The Bank of Eng- land can only compete with them up to 31. 17s. 10-ed. per ounce. The one sixtheenth of a penny above that per ounce, turns the scale in favour of their The low fixed standard men see their singular and dangerous position, and they do not hesitate to declaim against everything in the shape of speculation, and fill the public ear with all sorts of evil forebodings, because they cannot check the Bank of France in a course which they ought to have pursued long since. This is, verily, a subject of incalculable importance, and as the money market must be most injuriously affected by the alarm rivals we shall not fail to return to it before the apprehended crisis takes place MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL, LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING There has been a good general demand for Cotton in Liverpool to-day, and with a good supply offering, prices have been well sustained. The total sales amount to 8,000 bales, of which only 1,000 have been taken for speculation and export. We subjoin a statement of the quantity of cotton now at sea, made up from the latest American advices of clearances : CHARLE STOAT, NEW ORLEANS Cambridge Hartford .. .. . 1619 Mont Blanc _. . 844 Harkaway.. Alesto ... . ... 1467 iil a s Greenman 1530 Ocean Queen ....... 2793 Gosport Alliance.. .......... 1201 Arabella . • . 2314 General Parkhill .„ . 1561 Baden 1834 -- Patterson sunshine 3941 10,582 Dragon C. S. Pennell NEW YORK. H. von Gagern 1177 Old Hickory 5O New World - Plutarch America.. Ocean Rover .. .... C. Lawrence Confederation J. S. Parsons Emerald Isle . West Point . G. F. Patten Empire Ellen Austen Onego J. Foster, jun Enterprise Light Brigade Thornton Sultana G. W. Horton Wideawake Fanny 8uck......., nil. New York .... 5,647 Scotland Connecticut Conqueror... 2830 2967 3458 3530 :: }25001 12,785 SAVANNAH !Consul Elizabeth 815 292 nil. 3334 816 3070 Falcon =--, 7220 TOTALS, 65,269 The Liverpool Share Market has been quiet, but during the early part of the day prices were pretty well sustained, but became easier towards the close, when the quotations were as follows : Aberdeen, 141 141. Chester and Birkenhead, 16} 161. Caledonian, 301 301. Chester and Holyhead, 171 171. Eastern Counties ; 10 3-16 10 5-16. East Lancashire, 21 13-16 21 15 16. Great Northern. 241 241. Ditto A, 101 10.1. Great Western, 041 641. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 981 981. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 181 182. London and North Western, 1071 1071 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 35 351. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref. , 11-16 13-16 p. Ditto Pref, 12:1 131. Midland Stock, 84184*. North British, 9 9a. North Staffordshire, 4141 d. South Eastern and Dover, 221 221. , York, Newcastle, and Borwiek, 211 211. York and North Midland, 311 311. Leeds Capital Stock, 188 _lBl Buffalo and Lake Huron, Ip. . Dutch Rhenish, 21 28p. Great Western of Canada, 251 26. Ditto New Shares, 31 31p. Great Luxembourg, 91 Oct. The steamer Lebanon has arrived here to-day from New York. and has brought one day's later news, and 150,000 dollars in specie. We have received Taylor and Bright's corn cir cular, dated Hull, August 5, and quote from it the following in reference to the corn trade of that district :- The weather during. the past week has been of the most splendid character—all, in fact, that could possibly be desired ; an uninterrupted hot sun, with strong night dews, and such appears to have been the case all over the island. Everywhere the wheat is looking well, not indicating a heavy crop but a healthy, yielding one, and such as is pre ferred with the prospect of a somewhat later harvest than usual. Under such circtnnstanees, it was not to be expected that the high price of wheat could be maintained, and a regular panic has all at once set in, of which, when about spent, men who understand the trade will take advantage with every prospect of being rewarded, as it will ere long flash upon the public mind that the crop is not yet secured, and that hardly within the memory of man was the con sumption of a new crop entered upon so greedily as from the universal paucity of stocks must be the case this year. Our arrivals are moderate, and chiefly of low quality. There is a total want of sympathy here with the panic stricken holders on Mark Lane ; indeed, we have not heard of a single forced sale ; all goes quietly to granary. The receipts at the Custom House at Havre, in consequence of the new regulations of the tariff on cereals, &c., show an immense falling off. During the month of July last they amounted to 4,226, 141 f only, while in the same month last year the total receipts were 9,494,664 f. The advices from Paris continus to refer to approaching issues of new shares by several rail way companies, including the Northern of France, and Southern of France. It is whispered that fresh issues of bonds are interdicted by authority, the recent wholesale creation of these securities having rendered them so cheap as to induce numerous parties to exchange into them from the Rentes, to the prejudice of the latter. Letters from Constantinople to the 25th July mention that the government are still occupied with the question of establishing a national bank. Although as yet nothing decided has been done in the matter, it is confidently stated that the com mission appointed to enquire into the subject have rejected all the projects brought before them, excepting those of Layard, as representative of the Ottoman Bank in London, and that of Messrs. Rothschild. It appears that the latter house is not inclined to combine with Mr. Layard in a fusion of their interests. Letters from Holland mention that the govern ment are actively pursuing the commercial reforms announced during the last session of the Legisla• ture. They have prepared a measure tending to the reduction of the duties levied upon vessels passing through the Netherlands, up the Rhino. This law will be not only of material benefit to the German cities on the river, but will tend to facili tate trade with the French towns on its left bank, and increase the traffic in merchandise with the interior. The balance sheet of the State Bank of the Netherlands on the 31st July last, was as follows : —Notes in circulation, 96,602,525 florins ; accounts current, 12,294,298 florins ; cash and bills on hand, 72,731,330 florins. The committee of Spanish American bond holders invite a meeting of the holders of Central American bonds for the Bth instant, and a meeting of the Venezuelan bondholders for the same day. The circular issued by the directors of the Riga and Dunaburg railway excited considerable sensa tion yesterday. There is . a strong disposition on the part of many of the shareholders to resist pay ment of the call of 41, on the ground of the serious discrepancy which exists between the explanations now made and those given in the company's pros pectus. The prevailing feeling amongst the share holders now is, that a general meeting shoUld be convened, and a committee be appointed, charged to take measures for investigating the company's position. The Funds remain quiet at the decline estab lished yesterday. The last quotations of Consols was 95! to 951 The settlement engages the chief attention. Of the specie brought in by the Africa from New York, about 50,0001 was destined for Havre. The whole of the remainder has been taken for .the Continent. The bar silver brought in by the Magdalena was sold yesterday for India at 5s lid per ounce standard, showing a rise. of id. The dollars by this vessel were taken for China at 5s ld per ounce, being no less than id" above the last quoted price. A fiir business has been done in Railway Shares, and most of the leading lines have improved about per cent. upon late rates. We are informed that the letters of allotment for shares in the European and Indian Junction Telegraphic Company were issued yesterday. Nearly all the scripholders in the Euphrates Valley. Rail Way Company have availed themselves of the privilege of taking one share in the Telegraph Company, for every five in the railway. The apPlications from the public . amounted to four times the number of shares set apart for them. The following were quoted to day as the closing prices for Railway Shares : Caledonian, 607: 61. Eastern Counties, E 0 10k. East Lancashire, 86 88. Great Northern, 98 99. Great Western, 63i 64. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 98Z 98:. London and North Western, 101 108. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 35?. Midland Stock, 841 85 . North British, 361 371. South Eastern and Dover, 731 74! York, Newcastle, and Berwick, $7 88 . York and North Midland, 64; 64i. all the foreign adventure rs aft) en sur to be true. It is troth : " Russia is deliberatin on a comprehensive ng to what is in store for us lye the London Times plan to obtain from the apitalists of England and France the means to by a network of internal communica- a repetition of her recent failure. The first sh railway sha res ] will be recommen d e d commercial and, political characteristics, ter by the existing priceS of Russian and as the guarantees in each case 1, of course, be calculated to meet the condition of the Money Market for the time, there can be little doubt as to their recepti on . Once commenced, with the present facilities for railway cons le lact securities traction, they are sure to proceed with rapidity, and, although owing to the activity If her trading relations with England, the expen- a Term In Wood THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. -- THE BRITISH SQUADRON IN THE EAST From Berlin we learn that on the sth inst., news had reached that city, to the effect that orders had been received by the British squadron, under the command of Lord Lyons, in the Eastern seas, to proceed to the Baltic, and there concentrate itself, with a view to look after the execution and fulfil ment of the 20th article of the Paris Treaty of Peace, which as yet remains unfulfilled as regards the restitution of Kars, and the occupation by Russia of the Isle of Serpents. The same despatch mentions that the Russians had resumed the exercise of their governmental functions throughout the Crimea. SPAIN A despatch, dated Madrid, yesterday, states that the Carlist Chiefs are at the head of the bands of the insurgents, which still traverse the province of Catalonia. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. At the close of business on the Bourse to-day the prices of the Funds were quoted as follows : Four and a Half per Cents., 94f. 30c. ; Three per Cents., 70f. 70c. FRANCE. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING The return of the Emperor from Plombieres, which was expected to-day, has been postponed to the 9th, and the Moniteur says that he will not leave again before the 15th, which is the day of his annual fete. There is not, however, it appears to be any official reception on that day. A telegraphic despatch will have informed you that the official journal announces that " Spain being tranquillised, the Emperor has given orders to suspend the march of troops towards the frontiers." That journal publishes, in the form of a letter from Madrid, another justification of O'Donnell, in which it mentions that he made no coup d'etat. We have, it appears, notwithstanding the absence of the Emperor, been on the brink of having a ministerial crisis. Some of the ministry, I hear, who are favourable to Austria, and hostile to England, formed the project of getting rid of such of their colleagues as are well disposed to the English alliance, and trying to persuade the Emperor to join Austria, heart and soul, even in the Italian question, and to endeavour to place England in an isolated position in Europe. But the Emperor was too prudent to consent to any thing of the kind, and, accordingly, the English alliance will continue to be, as it has hitherto been, the basis of his policy. He even contemplates, I hear it whispered, adopting a line of conduct in Italy, less favourable to Austria than that which he has thus far followed. In consequence of the country• having become calm, it is contemplated, I am told, reducing the division of public safety in the ministry of the interior (that is that which conducts the secret political police, hires spies, and controls the Press) from a division into a simple bureau. Just after the coup d'etat, the division, you may remem ber, was an independent ministry. Marseilles despatches say that no fewer than 10,000 hectolitres of wheat had been disembarked there. They say also that Marshal Pelissier, who had been received there with great pomp, had left sooner than he had intended, in order to wait on the Emperor at PlombiereS, in obedience to a sum mons from his Majesty. _ Accounts from Constantinople, to the 28th ulto., say that the Persian Ambassador was expected there on the 4th, and that the Anglo• Polish Legion had been broken up, and the French Commissioner, Baron Talleyraad, was to go to the Isle of Serpents. Despatches from St. Petersburg say that the coronation of the Emperor Alexander has had to be postponed, and that it possibly cannot take place until the 7th September. P.S.—The title conferred on Marshal Pelissier is, I am informed, Duke de Sebastopol. MARSHAL PELISSIER AT MARSEILLES At the banquet given at Marseilles to Marshal Pelis sier, the first toast proposed after dinner was by General Carondelet, " To the Emperor, so worthy of governing our fine country." Due honour having been done to the toast, the Mayor rose and proposed in a neat speech, " Marshal Pelissier and the army of the East.' After the cheering which followed the toast had subsided, the Marshal replied in feeling and soldier-like terms. The list of toasts having been exhausted, Marshal Pelissier, finding that no allusion had been made to the Allies who supported France with their bloodshed and treasure during the war, rose and said : " Gentlemen, —I did expect that somebody would have proposed a toast to our brave Allies, but nothing to that effect having been offered, I must say that we have acted like egotists. = Your silence compels me to recall to your recollection the firmness and the valour of the British army, which showed us how to conquer or die, the con stant spirit of concord and confraternity of which it gave us so many proofs, as well as the eagerness with which the Sardinian army, but recently created, joined our ranks, and the noble courage with which it fought. lam confident, gentlemen, that these observations will find an echo in your hearts, and I consequently propose to you the health of the Gracious Queen of Great Britain, and another toast, the King of Sardinia.' " The toasts having been enthusiastically honoured, the Marshal rose, and, having again walked round the tables at which the soldiers and seamen were seated, drove home, escorted by a troop of lancers. SIR CHARLES NAPIER IN RUSSIA A letter in Le Nord, from St. Petersburg, dated the 28th ult., says :—Sir Charles Napier intends leaving St. Peters • burg shortly, but in the meantime he is the object of a curiosity which proves rather annoying to him some times. The other day the old seaman went to Pavlousk to hear Strauss' music and see the company, but he must soon have perceived that in proposing to himself to enjoy the rural scene in tranquility he had reckoned without his host. No sooner had he arrived, than he found him self surrounded with a crowd of gazers who never left him for one instant ; if he began to walk, on walked the crowd; if he sat down in any nook of the garden where he fancied he could be alone, the nook became in a twinkling the most thronged part, and groups gathered thick and dense. Sir Charles tried frequently to escape by changing the locality, but he did not succeed. Dodged from alley to alley by this curiosity so flattering to his vanity, but so annoying to him in his stroll, he fairly fled from the garden, and did not breathe freely , again till he found himself a short time after in the train, which rapidly bore him away to St. Petersburg. Even celebrity has its drawbacks, and Sir Charles Napier has experimentally convinced himself of the fact. THE QUEEN TO THE CRIMEAN ARMY, A General Order, of which the following is a copy, was issued on Tuesday from the Horse Guard Th e Queen, having completed the review of the regiments which served in the army in the East, has commanded his Royal Highness the General Command ing-in-Chief to welcome their return from that arduous service. _ " Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to express her admiration of their good order and discipline. " Victorious when opposed to the brave and enterpris ing enemy with whom it had to contend, the army has earned the gratitude of the country. " The patient endurance of evils inseparable from war, and an instinctive determination to overcome them, are characteristic of the British soldier ; and the events of the war have proved that those national virtues have not degenerated during a long previous peace. " The Queen deplores the loss of many of her best officers and bravest men; but history will consecrate the ground before. Sevastopol as the grave of heroes. "By Order of his Royal Highness, " The General Commanding—in-Chief, " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-general.' ACTS or PARLIAMENT. —In the late session 120 publi c acts were passed, and in the preceding session the number was 134. ASSAVLTS AND STABBING BY WOMEN.—At the police court, y e sterday, there were seven or eight cases of the above description. Some women were charged with stabbing and violently assaulting others, and some men were put forward charged for violently assaulting females. Mr. Bluck and Mr. Chilton were engaged in the different cases, all of which were postponed to future days in consequence of the absence of the injured persons or witnesses. THE COURT OsaoaNE, Tuesday.—Prince Albert, attended by Capt. Du Plat, went yesterday morning to Portland in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Arthur, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and the Duchess of Kent, embarked in the afternoon in the Fairy, and joined the Prince in the Vic toria and Albert, on his return from Portland. The royal party landed at Osborne about half-past seven. Majer-General Sir Hugh Rose arrived yesterday from London on a visit to her Majesty. --.-...- RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN IRELAND.—A despatch from Dublin announces, that yesterday morning, the ballast engine which was out collecting the workmen on the Belfast Junction railway, came in collison with the five a.m. goods train. One boy was killed, and three ballast men severely injured. In consequence of the accident, the road was blocked, and was not expected to be cleared until late in the day. LORD PALMERSTON AT MANCHESTER.—At the earnest solicitation of the President and Directors of the Mechanics• Institut ion, of Manchester, Lord Palmerston has assented to be present at the inauguration of the new edifice which has just been completed. The ceremonial will take place in the first week of the ensuing month of September. The noble lord will, we understand, be the guest of Sir Benjamin Heywood, at Claremont, during his visit to Manchester, as was Lord John Russell, on the occasion of his visit to that city about six years ago. SMITH'S PATENT BUOYANT VEST.—The public trial of this important invention is appointed to take place at the Landing stage, on Monday next, at five o'clock. INSPECTOR FIELD AT A LLSOP'S WAX-WORK EXHIBITION. —Every one who had seen Palmer, declared that his like ness at this establishment is the best that is extant, and a day or two since, Mr. Field, the celebrated London officer, on visiting the exhibition, was at once struck with the exact likeness of that notorious person, and declared it to be the most perfect he had ever beheld.—Adv. " BILKING" L BRIDEWELL KEEPEit.—On Tuesday a yonng "gent,' who holds a situation under apublic body of this town, was charged with being' drunk and assaulting a police officer in. the execution of his duty. Mr. Campbell appeared for the accused, and upon making an application to Mr. Mansfield,.that the case might be called on, was interrupted by Mr. Parkinson, the bridewell keeper, who stated that the accused had escaped from the Athol-street bridewell, and had not surrendered himself. He stated that while the other prisoners were being placed in the van, e o'clock in the morning, for the purpose of being taken to the main bridewell, be had secreted himself behind he door. and when an opportunity offered him he bad made ; therefore, he ought to surrender himself into Mr. Campbell admitted the fact, but requested case might be proceeded with, as there was obvious e accused did not wish to make his debut in that department of the Court. The case was then pro ceeded with, and the policeman, who took the defendant into custody, stated that about twelve o'clock on Saturday night he had a female in custody on the Brunswick-road, for iudecently exposing her person, when the accused came up to him and demanded to know what was the matter. He (the policeman) told him to go about his business, and pushed him away, upon which the accused struck him a blow on the chest, when he took him into custody for being drunk and assaulting him. Mr. Campbell cross-examined the policeman, who persisted in stating that the accused was drunk, although he could stand and walk, but could not speak_ because h e h a d an i mpe di men t (not stammering as the advocate put it) in his speech. The policeman,bridewell keeper t was he c d a e l f l e e n d d to a n t confi rm being drunk,th e h of the a first confirmed, but admitt e d th at he had booked him as drunk when the policeman had brought him in, but had afterwards, at his own request, removed him from the cell in which he was-first placed, because there were some other drunken people there. Mr. C amp b e l l contended, an d brought forward a witness to confirm his statement, that the accused.was not drunk, but out of idle' curiosity, with others, had gone up to the police and asked what was the matter, w hen he was rudely pushed aside, and after wards charged with being drunk, and locked up. Mr. Mansfield expressed it, as his opinion, that the accused and the p o li ceman h a d b een guilty of some little imprudence, and dismissed the case, his escap the dock, that the reasons why tt AMERICA. THE COLOURED LADY AND THE CONVICT A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE. ARRIVAL OF THE LEBANON. Some two months ago a coloured lady, of engaging man ners, good address, and considerable intelligence, came over from Halifax, in Nova Scotia, to Liverpool, by one of the mail steamers which ply between those two places; it being understood, both on board the vessel and afterwards, that she was a widow of considerable means. During the voyagP, as we have been informed by one of the passen.zers—the eldest son of Mr. L. Pitkethly, formerly of this town, hit now of Manchester—her presence onboard was the oecasi - n of an exciting episode, which brought out the peculiarities of national character in a manner not anticipated. At fi st the lady took her place at the cabin table like the rest of the saloon passengers ; but a Cockney, who was also on board, and who had been travelling for a few weeks in the SoOthern States of America, went privately to the captain, and protested against the admission of a coloured lady to ONE DAY LATER NEWS By the arrival of the screw steamship Lebanon, which entered the Mersey yesterday afternoon, after an excellent passage from New York, we have received papers from that city to the 24th ult , one day later than those brought by the last mail steamer. The Lebanon brought ten passengers and 150,000 dollars in specie. The following sum mary of news we quote from the New York Herald: The news by the Persia yesterday imparted greater firmness to breadstuffi. Flour advanced from 5c to 10c per brl on common and medium grades of State and Western. ' Wheat was very active, and advanced from 3c to 5c per bushel. Among the sales was new Tennessee red, the first of the season from that quarter, which brought 1 dol 65c to 1 dol 68c. Corn was steady, and without change of moment in prices. Sales of cotton were too limited to afford any test of the market. Holders con tinued firm, while buyers were unwilling to m ee t th em. Pork was dull, with small sales of mess at 20 dols to 20 dols 12e, and prime at 17 dols 37ic to 17 dols 50c. Sugars continued in good demand, with sales of 1,500 hhds and 218 boxes Havana at full prices. The sales of coffee embraced 2,000 bags Rio, at 10c to lie, with small lots of Maracaibo and Laguayra at steady prices. There were large ship ments of grain to Liverpool, which amounted to about 160,000 bushels, chiefly wheat, at 61c1 in bulk, and 7d in bags, with flour at 23. To London, flour was taken at 2s 9d. the saloon table; and the captain thereupon went private to the lady, and informed her that she must in future (dorm the voyage) take her meals in her own berth. In a dm- two after - wards the rest of the passengers, missing table the lady whom all had noticed and whom m regarded for her sociable and lady-like qua enquiry as to the reason of her absence ; and on learn' what had transpired, were very indignant both with tl cockney objector " to colour," and with the captain, fe having so readily given way to the unreasonable demltic made upon him. The lady was forthwith restored to het former place, which she thenceforth kept ; and the Cockney was frequently roasted on his peculiar notions of individual liberty and the freedoM of person. What was also very remarkable in this transaction, a citizen of the United States, and a Southern man, too, was amongst the first and the most vehement to insist on the coloured lady's restoration to the society of the chief cabin, and in denunciation of the spirit of arrogant exclusiveness and arrant pride which had induced the cockney Englishman to object to her presence In course of time the vessel reached Liverpool, and the lady came forward to Huddersfield, and on to Almoiriberv, where she sought out a family of the name of Lodge, residing at a beer-house in that once renowned "city on the hills," but now degenerate village. 'With this family she took up her abode ; and soon rumour was rife as to the reason why a rich but coloured widow bad crossed the Atlantic, and made her way to the Lodges of Almondbury. It w s known that some fourteen years ago, a member of this family, with another man of the name of Wood, were transported for 20 years each, for a burglary committed in the house of Samuel Stringer, at Castle Hill. It was also known that the con vict, Lodge, wss entitled to a ticket-of-leave, and that he had heen transferred from the Bermudas, whither he had been transported, to this country, for the purpose of being conditionally set at liberty. With the rest of the story, and with the conclusion deduced from the foregoing premises, rumour had no difficulty : the ladv----the widow—and the convict had become acquainted in the far_off land ; and she with her " gear and grace" h a d f o ll owed him to his native home for the purpose of being indissolubly united, when liberty enabled him to " take unto himself a wife." Of coarse, on this hypothesis, she was but awaiting his return to Almondbnry from London, where he was known to be ; and in the meantime was spending her money tolerably freely amongst and upon the family with whom she contem plated a close relationship. During her residence at Almondbury, she was a constant attendant at the Methodist Chapel, and her life appearing to be an exemplification of religious sanctity, she received various invitations to visit the houses of the principal members of that persuasion in the locality—and her fame of romantic attachment and wealth spiead so rapidly, that crowds assembled round the chapel doors only to see her ingress and egress. This week, however, was destined to pot a new face on the affair; for on Wednesday two persons cam e d own f rom London to Huddersfield ; one a gentleman having connection with the; Bermudas, and the other a London detective. This party having put themselves in connection with the heads of police in this town, repaired to Almondbury in' search of the rich widow—the coloured lady.; and finding that she had gone with the convict's brother to Bradford, thither they repaired, and speedily came in contact with the object of their search, to whom they explained the, reason . of their visit. She immediately cam e awa y with them, and then the mystery of the romance became a little cleared up. It transpired that the widow was no widow at all—nniess of the kind known by the term "---" widow- bewitched ;" but that she has a husband of her ,own Colour and kind, rejoicing in the world-renowned name of Romeo ! and that she has also three youthful scions of the tree Romeo,.vvhora she has deserted, an'd left to mourn for the absconding wife and mother. IMPS, 1719dE The stock market was not at all buoyant. There was was little more activity than we have noticed for some days. The variations in prices were not of importance. At the first board Nicaragua Transit fell off half per milt ; Pennsylvania Coal, 1; Chicago and Rock Island, Illinois Central bonds advanced per cent ; Galena and Chicago, i; Cleveland and Toledo was active and steady. In State stocks and railroad bonds the transactions were very moderate, but full prices were sustained. At the second board there was no change, on a very small busi ness. In the Senate yesterday but little business was trans acted. Bills providing for the improvement of the Savanna river an'l Sheboygan harbour, and a resolution authorising certain naval officers to accept medals from foreign governments in acknowledgment of important services rendered to science and humanity, were agreed to. A long and frivolous debate then took place as to the priority of business, Mr. Weller stating that the day had been assigned by the caucus of democratic members for the consideration of the Pacific Railroad Bill. Several of the minority members expressed much indignation at the majority meeting in secret to decide upon the order of business. In the course of the discussion, Mr.• Clayton announced that for the remainder of his public life he should always vote as he pleased, without being the, slave of any party. In the house, the New Mexico contested election case was debated by the contestants, and a reso lution ousting Padre Gallegos, and declaring Mr. Otero entitled to represent the Territory was adopted. A reso lution from the committee on printing was adopted, authorising the / publication for the use of members of 20,000 copies of the reports of the Kansas Investigating Committee, together with 100,000 copies without the journal and evidence. These documents, which are in tended solely for electioneering purposes, will cost the government 11,120 dols. The house then went into com mittee of the whole, and, as previously agreed upon, took a recess till seven o'clock, when the presidential question, slaVeri7, Kuow Nothingism, and other topics, were dis cussed. The latest intimations regarding the Brooks and Bur lingame affair state that Mr. Burlingame has received a challenge from M. Bocock, of Virginia ; also, that he has been advised by his friends to proceed to Niagara, to await the expiration of the reriod assigned for the meet ing with Mr. Brooks ; but in all probability neither has any foundation in fact. It is stated' that the ex-President of Santo Domingo, General Baez, sailed from Havana on the 12th inst. for St. Thomas, from whence he intends to make a descent upon Santo Domingo. The Commissioners of Emigration met yesterday, and adopted precautionary measures to prevent the spread of contagious disease beyond the Quarantine grounds. During the past week 2,266 emigrants arrived at this port, making 68,522 for the year. The debt of the com mission has been reduced to 34,385 dols. 81c. --♦-- DIRECT TRADE WITH LIVERPOOL AND MILWAUKIE. CLEARANCE OF THE SCHOONER DEAN RICHMOND.—FESTI VITIES ON BOARD. —THE FXPERIMENT, ETC., ETC. (From the Milwaukie American, July 21.) What has for several years past been an idea among the more enterprising of our lake commercial men, is now developed into a fact. The experiment of direct trade with Europe, by the way of the lakes and St. Lawrence. has been instituted by the clearance of the beautiful schooner Dean Richmond with a cargo of wheat, direct for Liverpool. If, as we confidently anticipate, it shall proVe the beginning of a great and important commercial intercommunication, the departure of that brave little craft will be an event in the history of commerca equal to any that has transpired for many years. Men have never before dreamed of sending a vessel from Lake Michigan to the Atlantic, but until Young America in the persons of C. Y. Richmond, C. J. Kershaw and D. C. ' Pierce, put their hands in their pockets to fulfil the prophecy of dreamers, the matter has only been one of speculation. These young gentlemen, owners of the ship and cargo, and captain, neither of them upwards of thirty years of age, have invested $40,000 in the experiment which older and richer merchants have quailed from undertaking, Too much cannot be said for their energy and perseverance in pushing this commerial idea into practical operation. Milwaukie owes them her lasting obligations, and we are confident she will never forget her indebtedness. We have already given the dimensions of the Dean Rich mond, and her carrying capacity. She was loaded at the warehouse of the enterprising firm of H. & J. F. Hill,with one of the finest samples of club wheat ever made up in this market. She draws nine and a half feet with 14,000 bushels of wheat. The vessel and cargo are valued at 40,000 dols, and are insured in Chicago and this city for the whole amount, the Commercial and the Uaited States taking liberal risks for the entire voyage. The vessel is owned by C. Y. Richmond, of Chicago ; the, cargo belongs to C. J. Kershaw, of Montreal ; and she is sailed by Capt. D. C. Pierce, 'one of the best navigators on the lakes. About three o'clock on Saturday afternoon the Dean Richmond dropped down the river from the dock to the dock just below Elmore's warehouse, where about one hundred merchants, prominent citizens and members of the Press went on board, accompanied by a band of music. Captain Merrill, of the G. W. Tiff't, volunteered to take the vessel to sea, and we were soon off for the lake, with the band playing " A life on the ocean wave." The beautiful little tug Decatur soon came up on the other side, and both accompanied the vessel about three miles into the lake. Dr. Weeks, the oldest resident of Milwaukie present, called upon the company to join iu toasting the health of the proprietors of the vessel and cargo, which was done in bumpers Df champagne, and amid lotidshouts of. applause. He prefaced his sentiment with a few pertinent remarks, in which he gave due credit to th e enterprise of Messrs. Richmond and Kershaw, and spoke of the undertaking as one of the greatest importance, and which should enlist for its success our warmest good wishes. Both Mr. Richmond and Mr. Kershaw returned their warmest thanks for the compliment. The captain and crew of the Dean Richmond were also toasted,• as were :also H. and J. F. Hill. W e have never seen more spirit and enthusiasm upon a like occasion in this city than was manifested by the party upon the deck of the Dean Richmond. Every one seemed to enter into the full spirit of the occasion. As the tugs were about to turn back, all hands took hold under command of Captain Pierce, and hoisted sail. The broad white canvass was spread in a twinkling, and as the breeze struck her she stood off like a bird with silver pinions. We never saw a more beautiful nautical sight than she presented just as the tugs turned to the right and left from her bulwarks, leaving her with rounds of applause, to the mercy of the God of wind and storms. She curled her canvass like the plumage of a graceful swan, and bore down the lake with the speed and beauty of a new England privateeraman. The British flag floated from the foremast, and the union jack from the mainmast. We can only add our best wishes fora speedy and safe return from - her venturesome voyage. A t the suggestion of some of our , citizens, a nuraber of presents were sent out to Liverpool by the Dean Richmond, as a ' token of the friendship which the trade feels towards the merchants of that great emporium. The Corn Exchange sent a man of the city and a lithograph of the city. Mr. Aikens, secretary of the Board of Trade, sent fifty copies of the annual report of that body. Mr. Cramer, of the 'Wisconsin, sent a beautiful map of the city. Bosley Watkins, and Co., and J. Burnham sent specimens of our incomparable brick. Files of all the English and German papers of the city were sent. Mr. Chapman sent a map of the State. Mr. H. S. Brown sent a picture of the river in winter; Naxro's building and portrait of the Mayor. Mr. Newhall sent a beauti fully framed photograph of the Ne w h a ll R ouse. Speci mens of the wheat, both of Chicago and Milwaukee be forwarded to Liverpool by e x p ress. Captain IPiewrcilel informed us that he had no fears of the entire safety of the vessel for navigating the ocean, and that he confi— dently expects t 6 be in Liverpool in fifty days. Mr. C. Y. Richmond, the owner, w ill join_ the vessel at • Montr . eal, and proceed in her to Liverpool. A few days will be spent in making'all ready for the sea voyage at Montreal, whence she expect s t o c l ear in about two weeks. art r t it h o u u d o i n h t e e o convict I L t o further ' h t ß o r a o i n in s s e a p o ir fi e n d Romeo, th s a t t ra w n w h p h e i rei n l g ef , oar w et ell-pronortioned fellow, had been employed in a surgery; and that there be had come in contact with the family of the Rotheo's, the male head of that family being a sail maker under government, and Mrs. Romeo a store or shop-keeper, in which capacity she had materially aidad in getting together the worldly means with which the family were blessed—o r cursed. This acquaintanceship with Mrs. Romeo must have been somewhat ardent, and of some years duration ; for letters have been seen, sent both by the cow ict himself, speaking of his lady acquaintance in the most glowing terms, as one " who let him want for nothing"--and from the lady also, with considerable money-presents to the family of her white " friend." It further transpired that Mrs. Romeo, on learning that Lodge was to be transferred to this country, and being bitterly conscious that she had no' -lived on the best of terms with her husband, ps up various dresses and about £BOO or £9OO in goli3 took her departure to Halifax, in Nova Scotia, taking her her eldest son, a boy about eleven years of age. Th lad, finding that his mother intended to proceed to Eng land, made his escape from her, and by some means found his way back to Bermuda, and informed the elder Romeo of the voyage his wife had taken. Thereupon, with much of worldly policy in the action,The husband wrote to an agent in London, desiring him to watch the proceedings of his spouse, and obtain for him again, if possible, the worldlyigear with which she had " abscoatulated." In con sequence of communications made to the Inspector of Prisons, the convict, Lodge was detained in Pentonville prison longer than he would have been ; in fact, detained to prevent the fondly anticipated meeting between him and the run-away Mrs. Romeo. When other arrangements were completed, the parties before described came down from London, and visited the quoandam " widow" at. Bradford. On finding that they knew all about her, she at once expressed her willingness to return to Bermuda, to her husband and.three children, whom she had deserted. She came with the parties to Huddersfield, and remained at Mr. Heaton's on the Wednesday night, where the gold in her possession was counted over in the presence of witnesses. It consisted of doubloons and other foreign coins, and amounted to £5OO ; the remainder of the money she is sup posed to have spent on her journey and in this country. On Thursday morning she took her departure for Liverpool., accompanied by the agent, who engaged to see her safely on her way for Bermuda ere he returns to London ; and thus for the present ends this chapter of real-life romance, to the great disappointment • and loss of the Lodge family. SUICIDE OF A YOUNG LADY IN A BATHING MACHINE. On Tuesday last, the visitors and inhabitants of Walton on-the-Naze were greatly distressed by the circumstance of a young woman, about 22 years of age, having committed suicida on Tuesday last, in one of the b a thi ng mach i nes . Our correspond ent states that the deceased, whose reputed name was Snell, about three months since arrived at Walton from London, and, up to the time of her death, occupied apartments at Mr. Sherman's, North-street. She had with her an infant six months old, whose guardian she repre, sented herself to be, and for some time past it had been observed that her spirits were greatly depressed, neglect and the scanty means at her command evidently preying heavily on her mind. It had been also noticed that. since the arrival of visitors, she bad sought the utmost seclusion, eve n , to absenting herself from public worship, and, on Saturday last, it appears, she went to Colchester, where she raised funds by pled g i ng h er watch, &c. On her return, after morning ng of intimatedthe London i epre ssin g o n claims,th the m her catastrophe.inten- ( t l i i o s n ch t a o rg l n a g v es som e She, however, instead of doing so, repaired to the sands at high tide and engaged a machine for the avowed purpose of bathing. The attendant suggested that, ns she was a s t ranger and alone, hi s d aughter should accompany her, but the offer was politely declined, and the machine was at her request placed out in deer) water. After a lapse of about twenty minutes, some ladies bathing from the adjoining machine, observed some clothes floating under the curtains of that of the deceased, and, their attendant failing to obtain a reply from that quarter, search was made, when the lifeless body of the young lady above alluded to was discovered, her head being firmly fixed downwards under the bathing steps of the machine. Her shawl and bonnet only had been removed. Instant attendance was afforded by Mr. Manthorp, surgeon, who was accidentally passing at the time, but unhappily, although every means was resorted to to restore vitality, life proved to be entirely extinct. From letters, &c., found in her luggage, it appears that an attachment had been formed with an officer in Her Majesty's service, resulting it. the birth of the infant above named, and oa his return from. the seat of war she learnt he was on the eve of marriage. This, added to her abandonment by most of her family, no doubt led to this distressing event, which has cast a iloona over the entire district. Several documents have also been. discovered, which were to be produced at the inquest, snd which may tend to explain the cause of so direful a catas trophe. The orphan excites the warmest sympathy among the visitors, more particularly as it has been observed that both mother and infant were totally without friends. The child remains under the care of Mrs. Sherman. ACCIDENTAL DEATH. —On Tuesday, a boy, named Holme, aged five years, fell into a privy in Great Howard-street, and, before assistance could be pro tired, lie was smothered. An inquest will be held on the body this day. THE ARRIVAL OF THE " LIONS." —Those who are in the habit of passing St. George's Hall will have observed the colossal lions in stone which are intended to be piacqd on the pedestals in front of the hall. From the present aspect of affairs, it would appear that two will be placed fronting ___ the Lime-street station, on each side of the two pillars, THE POWER-LOOM:WEAVERS.—A placard, purporting t° which, on all bands, have been so much ridiculed. How have been issued on behalf of the " Central Society of much those animals will add to the appearance of the build- Power-loom Weavers of North Lancashire," convenes a intoconsideration Lancashire, propriety Bporlietotyn of on presenting Sunday next, a ing remains to be seen, but a passer-by last night o b served, meeting o f d eput i es from the power-loom weavers of North that for the credit of the building itself, he h ope d that the and o first day they were placed in their int e nd e d positions th ‘ey I would swallow the tall pillars, and th en the place might, . memorial to the employ ers o f f actory labour, praying for perhaps, look decent, an advance in our present rate of wages," .t Staokneth