The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

ZZAantrb. TO MANAGERS OF CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS. A SCHOOLMISTRESS,.possessing a high Certifi rl cate of Merit, and other excellent testimonials . , desires an APPOINTMENT, In Liverpool or its immediate vicinity. Address, X. Y., 310, Scotland-road, Liverpool. AYOUNG MAN, who has been five years engaged in a respectable M er cantile - House, is desir ous o f ob taining a SITUATION ill•g RII . OKER'S or DRYSALTER'S OFFICE, in which on-introducing a small Capital, he may become a PARTNER. Address, D. I, at the Standard-office. MUSIC AND FRENCH AFRENCH, iftiRRIED, LAI; wishes to be engaged as DAILY GOVERNESS, in one or more Fami lies, to teach the Piano - forte, Singing, a n d th e F rench Lan guage. Terms moderate". Apply by letterrtb A. A. A., No. 16, Mount-pleasant, Liver pool. TO MERCHANTS, SOLICITORS, SURVEYORS &c. A RESPECTABLE YOUN G MAN wishes an EN GAGEMENT in any of the above Offices. Can write a good hand, and transfer maps to leases, or copy plans, if ne cessary. Will take the smallest Salary. Address C. 8., at-WeStandard-office. LIVERPOOL MARINE SOCIETY. THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of the LIVERPOOL MARINE SOCIETY will be held, at the Clarendon rooms, South John-street, THIS DAY, (Tuesday,) the 4th instant - , at One o'clock. Members are particulatif requested to attend. ExchQe-court, - SANIUF,L MOSS, Secretary IT/I(mile-street Ectat. LIVERPOOL NORTHERN HOSPITAL. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES will be holden in the BOARD-116031 of the HOSPITAL, on TUESDAY, the 11th January, 1553, at One o'clock, to transact the usual Business and elect Officers Ccrr . the year. A SPECIAL MEETING .of the TRUSTEES will also he holden at the same timt..to"ELECT an HONORARY PHYSI CIAN ; the Ballot to , ebinmence at One o'clock an d c l ose at Three o'clock. R. B. ANDERSON Chairman. Liverpool, 2711 December, 1832. RSPORT of SIMULTANEOUS COLLECTIONS, in the CHURCHES of LIVERPOOL and NEIGHBOUR HOOD, for the LOCAL CHARITIES : DISBURSEMENTS St. Alban' All Saints e s. d, 5 5 o, l Royal Infirmary 6 1 Blue Coat Hosni 123 14 4 St. Andrew's ..36 10 01Nortliern Hospital St. Anne's, Aigburth.. 55 15 6 Southern Hospital St. Anne's, Stanley ..22 4 21North and South Dis- St. Augustine's - 9 ; e 123 14 4 123 14 4 St. . ...... St. Bartholomew's . .. Christ Church Christ Church, Great Homer -street St.'Catherine's ...! St. Clement's,Windsor: St. James's .......... St. Jude's 1 61 pessaries B2 9 7 12 (St. Anne's Dispensary 41 4 9 6 ;Female Orphan Asy- 61 17 2 a Hospital 61 17 2 14 19 0 101 S 280, St. John the St. Luke's St. Mary's, Edge-bill.. St. Michael's, Toxteth park St. Michael's St. Mark's St. Mary's, Walton St. Martin's St. Nicholas St. Peter's......., St. Philip's St. Paul's St.Paul's,prince's park 66 3 0 St. Saviour's 24 s 6 St. Simon's St. Silas ll 4 3 Trinity Church, Wal ton Breck 20 0 0 Trinity Church, Wa vertree n 13 West Derby Parish Church 18 10 0 2 10 0 '2 9 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 G 2 9 61 &757 5 0' .4757 5 0 C. H. BURTON, 11. A., Hon. Sec. , 29th Dec., 1852. 64, Oxford-street, EGYPT AND THE NILE.—Our readers will be pleased to hear that this attractive and instructive exhibition is still open for a short time longer. Last week it was visited by the mayor of Liverpool, who expressed himself much gratified. THE MERCHANTS' DINING ROOMS, as we have already noticed, are under the management of Mr. hlorrish, who gave on Friday one of the most striking evidences of his ability to cater liberally by placing on the table a mag nificent baron of beef, weighing about 400 lbs. So well was it appreciated that in little more than two hours it was emblematical of the Barebones Parliament. BRUTAL MURDER BY GREEK SAILORS.--A man named Timothy Harrington, residing in John -street, Cardiff, who kept a small shop, and had given some credit for articles to two Greek sailors, was in the act of accompanying them to their ship to gat payment, who. ...a-.~oki . , e tilr east side of Bute Dock, near the ballast crane, they suddenly attacked him with their knives, inflicting such frightful wounds that he almost instantly expired. THE Loss OF SHIPPING.—SO great has been the loss of shipping property on the north coast during the last three months, that some of the marine insurance clubs have lost a quarter of their capital. One shipowner alone in Shields has sustained losses to the extent of something like £15,000. The seamen's benevolent societies have also felt the pressure severely. One of these, the South Shields Loyal Standard, seems to stagger under the demands upon it. It has paid £333 during the last three months for the relief of its members, and during the past eleven months £ l ,loB.—Newcastle Journal. ROYAL CONCERT.—On New Year's Day her Majesty gratified the numerous circle of distinguished visitors, at Windsor Castle, by a grand performance, in St. George's ball, of a selection of music from Mendelssolin. The first part of the concert consisted of the Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), composed for a festival in honour of Gutenberg, the inventor of printing. The second part comprised the published portions of the unfinished Oratorio Christus, and a scena from Lorely, an incomplete opera. The instrumental portion of the:orchestra comprised her Ma jesty's private band, aided by the addition of many of the most eminent per formers of the Philharmonic society and the Royal Italian Opera. EMIGRATION.—The emigration trade of this port is about to lose the services of Capt. Patey, R.N., who has just been appointed to H.M. steam-frigate Amphion, 33 guns. Capt. Patey succeeded Lieut. Hodder as the Government Emigration -agent at this port ; and the duties and responsibilities of his office have immensely increased, owing to the extensive emigration to Australia, and to the necessity of his having to put in force the provisions of the new Passenger Act, passed in the last session of Parliament. We believe the manner in which Capt. Patey has carried out these arduous duties has given general satisfaction, and that the appreciation of his straightfor ward and gentlemanly conduct will be placed on record by the presentation of a service of plate, for which an ample fund has been subscribed by a number of ship owners in the Australian trade, who have formed them selves into a committee for that purpose.—Albion. THE CHEMICAL WORKS AT NEWTON JUNCTION.-- These works, which have not been in operation during the past eight rnohths, are about to be removed, in accordance with the arrangements made by the Messrs. Muspratt. It will be remembered that an action was brought against the proprietors, on account of certain damage alleged to have been done to the plantations, crops, and herbage in the vicinity of the works, by the smoke and deleterious vapours engendered by the chemical operations ; and that the case was withdrawn from the assize list on Messrs. Muspratt's undertaking to pay a certain sum, and to re move the works from the locality. On Thursday prepara tions were made, under the superintendence of Mr. S. Court, engineer, to blow up the monster chimney, as the first practical step towards the entire removal of the works. 150 lbs of gunpowder were placed round one-halt the circumference of the base of the huge fabric. On being fired, it brought away the brickwork of about half the thickness of the wall, the fracture extending about six feet high. Nothing more was done on that occasion ; the final work of demolition being reserved for yesterday, at half.past one o'clock. The chimney is 135 feet high ; contains 3,500,000 bricks ; and cost £7,000 erecting. PROPOSED TELEGRAPH BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES:--A project has been formed for constructing a submarine telegraph between Great Britain and the United States. It is proposed to com mence at the most northwardly point of Scotland, run thence to the Orkney Islands, and thence by short water lines to the Shetland and Faeroe. Thence, a water line of 200 to 300 miles conducts the telegraph from Iceland; from the: western coast of Iceland another submarine line f^ Kinor Bay, on the eastern coast of Green - t to Juliana's s lire. tne western coast of that and is conducted thence bi, Hope, on . 42 min., mtinent, ..f ao 5 deg. miles, across D a vi s ' s S tra i ts to . ler Byro li n n ' e s o ßay bon ut the o coast of Labrador. From this point the line is to be extended to Quebec. The entire length of the line is approximately estimated at 2,500 miles, and the submarine portions of it . at from 1,400 to 1 ,600 miles. The peculiar advantage of the line being divided into several submarine portions is, that, if a fracture should at any time occur, the defective Part could be very readily discovered, and repaired tonnitly and at a c o mparat i ve l y trifling expense. From e Shetland Islands it is proposed to carry a branch to Berge9, in Norway, connecting it there with a line to Cbristi!ina. Stockholm, Gottenburg, and Copenhagen ; from tockholra a line may easily cross the Gulf of Bothnia to St. Petersburg. The whole expense of this great international work is estimated considerably below £500,000. AWFUL ab out SHIPWRECIL half-past seven o'clock on Wednesday morning oti brig was seen running through Bannow Bay right before the wind, which was blowing a hurricane at the time from about S. by W. She 'fused outside the ICewe Islauds, which lie shout a mile at-el a-lialf from the Bannow shore, when she put about and fetched up close under the shelter of the islands, and cast anchor, hoping to ride out the gale there ; but she dragged her anchors, and very soon grounded on a shoal called the Bridge, and about a q uarter of a mile in shore fron. the larger of the islands. An attempt was then made, about nine o'clock, to land th e crew, two of whom made hr the shore in the small boat, and were upset and drowned about half way between the ship and the main l an d. Ab aft halt past ten o'clock, th e fury of the sea appeared to abate a little, and we could see the long-boat lowered with two men in her, and for some time efforts appeared making to get the remainder of the crew into the boat ; but we could only see three in her at every time, and for more than an hour they seemed to contend with fearful chances against the fury of the sea, till, at nearly twelve o'clock, the boat swamped, and three more human beings lost their lives. We could then descry five men more standing on the weather quarter of the brie ; it was then within half an hour of low water, and no hope appeared but the strength of the ship. The men a Ppeared to l eave t h e quarter deck, and go below, perhaps, for refreshment. At three o'clock a.m„ the wind abated. At ten minutes to four o'clock p.m., the mainmast fell over. In five minutes more, the foremast fell over, and all were gone ! Ten had perished, and the ship sank from our view. Some few articles of clothing found show her to have been a Greek vessel.— Waterford Nerve. TO CORRESPONDENTS. P. S.,Wavertree, has no grounds for the remarks which he has made. There was quite sufficient reason for the address not appearing in our columns in the fact that it extended to a pamphlet of twelve pages, copies of which may be obtained at the office of the National Club, in Whitehall. We have always given publicity to the statements to which he refers when it has been in our power. W., Birkenhead.--It was 5 months and 21 days, from the time the Marco Polo left the Mersey untilher arrival off Holyhead; but the actual extent of her absence from the Mersey would be 5 months, 22 days, and 2 hours. Mr. James Gillespie complains that, in the local Sanatory Bill, which has been drawn up and is in the hands of the Health Committee, no provision has been made for the closing of burying grounds. He strongly inveighs against the practice of bolding schools in close proximity to graveyards, and sug gests that the new bill should contain some provisions on the subject. We have no room this week to publish his letter. t* , We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communication on subjects of local or general interest ; and if ourfriends will be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. mier may not be questioned ? And yet this is the reason, publicly stated in his place in Parliament, by which Lord ABERDEEN attempts to justify that heterogeneous combination of political opposites which is being palmed upon the country as a Ministry, which shall cement all differences, and perform good been so imminent, and the enormity so flagrant. It may operate as a spur to the legislature to correct an abuse so grievous, and we entertain no doubt that, next session, some means will be devised of protecting the honest candidate who may be success ful against the slanderous and vexatious proceedings of defeated electioneering tacticians. Apart from the• question in its generality, we feel a more than ordinary interest in it, arising from local circumstances, inasmuch as a petition has been presented against the return of Messrs. TURNER and NfACKENZIE for the Borough of LIVERPOOL, upon the allegation of bribery and treating, and it is said that the recognizances entered into to prose cute the petition have been found to be unexcep tionable. This we can easily believe, because, in a Parliamentary sense, it is the mere signatures of men of ordinary credit to a printed form, by which they declare themselves liable for a certain amount for expenses. But is there a man in Liverpool possessing the commonest ideas of honesty, and only a moderate share of what the world calls sense, who has the faintest shadow of a belief that either Mr. TURNER or Mr. MACKENZIE owe their seats to corrupt means of any kind ? It is too prepos terous for argument, too large a draught upon the wildest credulity to be listened to with patience. It may have soothed the wounded pride of Mr. CARDWELL to tell the meeting at Oxiord that he owed his defeat at Liverpool to bribery; but he must have formed a miserable estimate of the intel ligence of his auditory if he expected them to believe him. We do not deny that•bribery and corruption have been practised at elections where party feeling ran high, and numbers were pretty equally divided, but who ever heard of a majority which topped a thousand, and left plenty to spare, being gained by such means ? It would be a political suicide of which the most rabid Radical would not be guilty, nay, even Mr. DYCE SOMBRE, who bought Sudbury, and so helped to disfranchise it, would not have dreamed of such a folly; and yet, because the abuse of an imperfect law allows it, such an unscrupulous and unfounded charge is made, and months may yet elapse before the slander can be officially refuted. We have, however, still the proud consolation of knowing that not a man even of those who make the charge have the slightest belief in its truth. service to the Crown and the people —a Ministry whose measures are to be Conservative as well as Liberal, because he considers both to be essentially neces- He next proceeds to decry the alarm of the Earl of DERBY on the encroachment of democratic principles, for the reason—which is unique in its simplicity—that he never recollected thecountry more tranquil, more contented, and less abounding in subjects of danger and alarm than at the present moment. Upon this narrow ground he hinted at WHOLESALE PLUNDER OF A LIVERPOOL TRADESMAN BY HIS FOREMAN. Yesterday, at the Police-court, a young man, named William Henry Brook, was brought before the magis trates, charged with being concerned in an extensive em bezzlement by his father—which seems to have been for some time systematically carried on—of the goods of his employer, Mr. Eastee, wholesale fancy merchant, carrying on business in St. George's Crescent and Church street, in this town. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1853. tibtrpoot tatibettb, TUESDAY MORNING, JAN: 4, 1833 CONSERVATIVE PROSPECTS. THE beginning of a New Year—if it suggests serious reflections, also inspires cheerful hopes. The year 1852 will be a memorable one in the history of party: The annihilation of "The Whigs" will be referred to that date ; while the national Conserva tives will be able to look hack to the same period with honest pride, for proofs of their own consis tency and independence, their courage and patriot ism. The accession of Lord DERBY and his col leagues to office in 1852, an ,l their withdrawal from it in the same year, have been alike honourable to themselves and disgraceful to their opponents. The Whig Cabinet, with all its family sympathies and widely x amified interests, finding they were no longer able for the discharge of their duties, "shuffled off their ministerial coil" at a moment, and under cir cumstances, which rendered the task of their suc- cessors as difficult and embarrassing as might be. The Conservative Government were no sooner installed in unsolicited office, than their ingenuous and straightforward predecessors addressed them selves to the congenial undertaking of making things as unpleasant as possible in every depart ment of public affairs. But, to accomplish their patriotic ends, Lord JOHN and his colleagues deemed it necessary to invoke the aid of all the guerilla chiefs, free-lances, and other skirmishers of the House of Commons. And thence arose his famous CHESHAM-PLACE CONSPIRACY, destined to give the coup-de-grace to the " Liberal" party and to Whiggery. Lord DERBY and his Govern ment, regardless of the onslaughts of this monstrous Opposition, proceeded calmly and courageously in the discharge of their responsible duties, looking neither to the right nor the left, and, as we may with all safety affirm, utterly careless whether in the course of duty they retained or lost the offices to which they had been called. One great subject of controversy—not yet conclusively settled—they determined to set at rest; undertaking to accept the verdict of the country upon it as final. The general election afforded that verdict. HER MA JESTY'S Government, at the opening of the new Parliament, declared that they would no longer op pose the commercial policy adopted by the country —whatever their theoretical belief with respect to it—hut would use their most earnest endeavours to carry out its principles in the fullest and most bene ficialnractical step in manner. v. tai;.,, kuo 4r.f. this direction, they are met by the old cabal Oppo sition ; and, being outvoted by a narrow majority of all colours, they resigned into the hands of their Sovereign the trust which, against such opposition, they could not honestly and honourably discharge. And how, and why, were they beaten ? They were beaten by disappointed and jealous rivals, aided by Democrats, and Papists, and conspirators, who have made a vow against every Government which will not concede their demands; they were beaten upon a proposal which they submitted as a necessary means for enabling them to carry out the policy dictated to them by the country. In sober truth, they were beater., because their opponents wanted a raffle for place, and were afraid of supporting any fair and just measure of taxation, which was obnoxious to the lowest and most troublesome classes possess ing the electoral franchise. So much for the year that is gone. The year 1853 opens upon a British Government unequalled for the discordant inconsistency of its component parts, even by the pretentious and despised Go vernment of "ALL THE TALENTS ;" a Government so manifestly absurd on the face of it, that it can not be expected, with all its resources, to continue in power for any length of time. Indeed, next to the actual existence of a strong Conservative Govern ment, nothing can be more suggestive of hope and cheerful anticipation to the great Conservative party, than the formation of such a Cabinet as Lord ABERDEEN'S. We believe, therefore, as we wish, that 1853 will a happy year for the Conservative cause. MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS THE NEW PREMIER. WE were only enabled to give in a SECOND EDITION, last Tuesday, the speeches of the Earl of ABERDEEN and the Earl of DERBY, in which the former professed to explain his position and policy, and the latter commented on the unfair hostility to which lie had been exposed. If the speech of the Earl of ABERDEEN is to be taken as an exposition of his sentiments, it neither does credit to his pre vious character, nor justifies his fitness for the office which he has assumed. His assertion that the foreign policy of this country for the last thirty years had been marked by a respect for all inde pendent states, a desire to abstain as much as pos sible from the internal affairs of other countries, and above all to secure the peace of Europe, was positively untrue. Does he forget the army of ragamuffins sent to help CHRISTINA'S daughter to the throne of Spain,—the assistance twice given to DONNA MARIA in Portugal, —the bullying of Greece in the PACIFICO affair,—the truckling to Russia in Captain BELL'S affair,—and the nume rous escapades which Lord PALMERSTON'S great forte was to excuse or explain away ? His pro fession of zeal for Free Trade was a gratuitous assumption, after the declarations made by the late Ministry, and came with sorry grace from a man who turned only when his late leader turned, though he spoke with all the confidence of a man whose life had been devoted to the cause. In his remarks about National Education and Law Reform, he merely re-echoed the sentiments of his prede cessors, and therefore could claim no ground for preference ; but on the former subject we have a right to question his power to do anything good, considering the union of Radicalism, Infidelity, and Romanism with which he has allied himself ; and, on the latter subject, people will draw compa risons between Lord ST. LEONARDS and his suc cessor, not greatly in favour of the latter. His statement respecting his alliance with Lord JOHN RUSSELL is something worse than childish ; it is either a positive attempt at deception, or it betrays the senility which should have warned him of his unfitness for the duties which he has undertaken. " He should.not have thought of approaching Lord JOHN RUSSELL, unless he had thought the latter was a Conservative ; and Lord JOHN would never have associated himself with Lord ABERDEEN, unless he bad thought him Liberal." Is there a sane man, from Land's End to John o' Groat's, who believes in the Conservatism of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, though the Liberalism of the new Pre- some unexplained amendment in our represen tative system, of which his sudden conversion to Liberalism had enabled him to see the necessity. Well . was it remarked by the Earl of DERBY in his reply, that the new Premier had spoken with such oracular ambiguity on this point, that his policy, which was to be Conservative, Liberal, and Liberal Conservative, might be made to mean anything, from doing little or nothing to measures going as far as the adoption of the Ballot. He, however, saw great danger from entrusting too large a share of political power to persons who have too little acquired information, and too small a stake in the country to qualify them properly to consider the consequences of political measures. He had as high an opinion of the loyalty of the people as his opponent, but among the great body there were many below those entitled to the franchiser who from want of sufficient intelligence and foresight were incapable of judging of the effects of political measures. It is evident, from the statement of the Earl of ABERDEEN, that the new Ministry has been formed without any definite or intelligible policy. It is impossible that the members of it can have any principles in common, unless the Conservative por tion surrender their convictions to the Liberal por tion, who are the most numerous; and the betrayal of weakness by their nominal leader, shows the utter impossibility of his being able to guide the intractable colleagues whom he has brought toge ther for the sole purpose of defeating the very party with which he has all his life professed to have been allied. He has consented in his old age to be dragged through the mire of Radicalism, and we can imagine the day not far distant, when the Peel ites who have joined him, in order to gratify their personal spleen and wounded pride at the elevation of Mr. DISRAELI, will stand aghast at the fright ful abyss from which they can only be saved by a timely entreat. The rest of the speech of the Earl of ABERDEEN was made up of an attempted denial of the charge of a combination to defeat the previous Government. The charge was not true, he said, as far as he was concerned, for he had endeavoured to keep them in office ; and so little did he contemplate holding his present position, that he had actually arranged to spend the winter on the shores of the Mediterra nean. This may be true; but the Earl of DERBY, in his reply, triumphantly refuted the denial of the combination, as he proved by the statements made by Sir JAMES GRAHAM in the House of Commons, that the whole plan of the attack by the Free-trade resolutions had been arranged by the leaders of the several - eectione of the Opposition, in which the Peelites took the more prominent part, and which was only defeated by the refusal or Lora PALMERSTON to join the conspiracy. The latter could not, perhaps, forget his grudge against Lord JOHN RUSSELL ; and we have yet to learn what influence has been used to induce him to make one in the patchwork Cabinet. He may have surrendered his prejudices in order to meet the temporary difficulty ; but a belief in his per manent cohesion betokens an extent of credulity to which we have not yet attained. As the House of Lords was the only arena open to the new Ministry before the re-election of those in the lower house, the Earl of ABERDEEN was expected to say some thing, and it may be that he endeavoured to acquit himself of the task with the consciousness that the least said is the soonest mended. ELECTION PETITIONS. THE wholesale manner in which petitions have been presented, alleging bribery and corruption against Members returned to serve in ;this present Parliament, has very naturally excited public atten tion to the form of procedure under which such charges are made. We can readily understand the mortification which an unexpected defeat may ex cite after fallacious hopes have been freely indulged in, but we have yet to learn the justice or common honesty of gratifying this feeling by making false charges of the gravest character against a success ful rival. It may be urged that such charges, couched as they are in technical phraseology, are mere words of course, but that does not at all lessen the baseness of making them, when their promoters know full well that, so far as concerns the men whose acts they impugn, there is not a shadow of proof, or even probability. There was never, per haps, a contested election held wherein acts, which a straining of the letter of the law might term bribery or treating, were not committed through the over-zeal of some indiscreet partisan ; but will the most extreme stickler for purity of election for one instant pretend that such acts, even if proved, afford the slightest excuse or palliation for gravely charg ing the successful candidate with having used such means to obtain his seat which a majority of the electors were only too anxious to secure to him It is an insult to common sense to imagine that there can be a defence for such a course, and it re mains for the Legislature to provide some more efficient protection than at present exists against such a scandalous abuse of the privileges of electors. As the law or practice now stands, there is not even the remedy which is interposed against false charges of much slighter import. If in ordinary affairs a man be :accused of any offence against the laws, the information must be made on oath, and if false, the accuser may be indicted for per jury; but a gentleman in the high position of a legis lator, whose characterfor honour and integrity should be, like that of CiESAR'S wife, above suspicion, may be recklessly accused of acts which, by common con sent, should stamp him with infamy; and the foul slanderer, having allowed this charge to hang over his victim's head, perhaps for months before its false hood can be proved or the charge withdrawn, incurs no other penalty than his own costs, which may be provided for from a joint purse, unless in the rare instance of a committee pronouncing the charge to be frivolous or vexatious, by which all the costs are thrown upon the accuser. There is, however, ano ther and, if possible, more serious evil, which the recent change of Ministers has brought more pro minently before public notice. If, in the petition alleging bribery and corruption, the seat should also be claimed for the unsuccessful candidate, no new writ can be issued until it has been decided by an Election Committee ; so that, in the case of accept ance of office, no re-election of the Minister can take place until the decision on the petition has been given. It is to the absence of such a claim for the seat, in the petitions against their return, that Sir JAM ES GRAHAM, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, and others of the new Ministers have been enabled to return to their constituents for re-election ; but such an important proceeding should not have been at the mercy of an unscrupulous petitioner, who, by this means, might have prevented any member of the House of Commons from accepting office. It is, however, as well perhaps that the danger has Mr. Clough, in-door superintendent of police, stated that, on the 27th November, he received a letter from Col. Hogg, the head constable of Wolverhampton, stating that certain persons there had a quantity of goods in their possession which they were disposing of in that town, and he (Col. Hogg) had reasons to believe that such goods had been improperly obtained, and that they came from Liverpool. Afterwards, in consequence of some informa tion received by one of the detective office is, he went to Mr. Eastee's premises, and comrnunicated,with that gen tleman. The officer himself would state to the magistrates the circumstance which had led to the prisoner now before them being apprehended. Detective-officer Povey here said that, in conse quence of instructions which he had received from Mr. Clough, he made a search, and found that cer tain articles had been pledged with a pawnbroker in Mill-street, in this town. In a pocket book, (one of the articles so pledged) he found a private mark, and, having his suspicions aroused, he took it to Mr. Eastee's place of business, when that gentleman identified it as his Property. at.) " Tt feronian's work " Witness and Mr. Eastee then took a cab, and went to tfie pawnbroker's, where Mr. Eastee identified the whole of the articles pledged as his property. In the mean time they found that the prisoner's father had ab sconded, and that some one had gone up to the prisoner's father's house, in High Park-street, to inform them of what was going on. Immediately afterwards witness took a cab, and drove to the house in High Park-street. On his going into the house the mother of the prisoner went to a table, on which was a large tin box. She made a " grab" at it, and begged him not to let Mr. Eastee see the contents, as it would he the means of ruining the family. He took the box, and on examining it, found that it con tained not less than fifty pawn tickets ; and in another part of the house he found eleven other tickets, making in all sixty-one. By Mr. Clough's directions, witness and Mr. Eastee afterwards went to Wolverhampton, and there they received information that the prisoner, with his uncle and aunt, and another person residing in Wol verhampton, had forsome time been pledging articles there, and otherwise disposing of them in a suspicious manner. Mr. Eastee identified a great number of these articles, as having been taken from his establishment at Liverpool. Some other evidence having been tendered, Mr. Clough asked for a remand until the case was more complete, and until all the parties were in custody, as there had evi dently been a system well organized by the prisoner's family in Liverpool, and the uncle and aunt in Wolver hampton, to defraud Mr. Eastee to an enormous extent. Mr. Clough also stated that the uncle and aunt were now in custody at Wolverhampton. Ultimately the prisoner was ordered to he taken before the magistrates at Wolverhampton, as, although he was taken into custody in Liverpool, he was connected with the suspicious sales and pledging of the property at Wol verhampton. The property identified by Mr. Eastee as being in pawn at Wolverhampton, is estimated at from £BOO to £l.OOO ; and he has reason to believe that he has been defrauded by the family of not less than from £1,500 to £2,000. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The monthly meeting of the council wos held yesterday. Hugh Hornby, Esq., president, in the chair, After the routine business had been disposed of, Mr. Boucn brought forward the motion of which he had given notice :—" That memorials be forwarded to Government praying for the repeal of the duties on soap." Mr. CASEY, in seconding the resolution, brought for ward several statistical facts, showing that the question peculiarly affects Liverpool, as the making of soap is one of her staple manufactures ; two-thirds of the whole export taking place from this port. The subject met with the unanimous approval of the Council, and various members adduced striking evidence of the close connexion between the abolition of this duty and the improvement on the sanitory condition of the poorer classes in the country. A committee was appointed to draw up a memorial to the government, and to consider and report what further steps can be taken by the Chamber to promote this object. Communications were read from the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, and several individuals, on the Chamber's report on Decimal Currency, all showing the general inte rest which that subject is exciting in ;he country. The following resolution was passed at a former meeting of the Council, when Mr. W. H. Smith exhihited his models of a Recoil Breakwater:— " That the thanks of the Council be given to Mr. Smith for the opportunity he has afforded to them of examining the model of his proposed Recoil Breakwatar, and for his interesting explanation of its principles ; and that it is their opinion, considering the increasing necessity which exists of forming harbours of refuge on the coasts of the United Kingdom, Mr. Smith's ingenious invention well deserves the attention of the mercantile marine interests and of Government. LECTURES ON ROMANISM.—The next lecture of the course, on the above subject, will be delivered in St. Paul's, Liverpool, on Thursday evening next, by the Rev. W. Pollock, incumbent of St. Mark's. The title will be " Pictorial Romanism." THE COUNTY COURT.—This court commenced yester day, after the Christmas recess. There were Tether more than the average number of cases, but those tried yester day were of the most trifling and commonplace kind, pos sessing no feature of public interest. ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH SCHOOLS, HILL -STREET, TOXTETH-PARK.—The anniversary tea meeting of the friends and promoters of the above institution was held on Tuesday evening, in the rooms beneath the church. The walls of the place were beautifully decorated for the occasion, and every effort appeared to have been made with the view of adding to the comfort and pleasure of the audience. About 400 persons were present, among whom were several clerical gentlemen from other churches in the town. After tea the Rev. Mr. Moss, of St. Thomas's Church, Park-lane, and the Rev. Dr. Hume addressed the meeting. During the evening a number of ladies and gentlemen belonging to the Choral Society sung a series of anthems, Mr. Peter Henderson presiding at the piano. —On Wednesday evening about 200 of the poor in connection with the District of St. Matthew's, Toxteth• park, enjoyed the pleasures of a social cup of tea together, in the school-room of that church. They were brought together chiefly through the instrumentality of Mr. Smithson, the energetic Scripture reader of the district. After tea they formed themselves into a meeting, and were presided over by Mr. William Tickle, when appropriate and interesting addresses were delivered by Mr. Smithson and other Scripture readers of adjoining districts. The people thoroughly appreciated the treat. and seemed highly delighted with the evening's enter tainment. NOVELTIES IN THE AMERICAN MARKET.—The fol lowing are among the new curiosities recently brought into the Yankee market :—A man, in a dilemma, taking " a horn."—A pie, made of currents of electricity : hot.— Some of the chickens that were counted before they were hatched.—A tooth drawn from the mouth of the Missis sippi. —A grindstone used for grinding the faces of the poor.—Some hair from one of the heads of a discourse. — A pair of " breeches " belonging to St. Anthony's Nose. —Some crab-apples, supposed to have grown on the cross-trees of a ship. B A r ß iti ß sh n a r n A l L No O r F th THE NIAGARA. AGAR By theßoyal steam ship Niagara, Capt. Leitch, which a rr i ve d h ere yes t er d ay , (Monday), we have intelligence from New York and Boston to the 22d, and from Halifax to the 24th ult. The Niagara left Boston on the 22d, and Halifax on the 24th ult., with 72 passengers and $43',000 in specie. She was telegraphed off Holyhead at 10 Ba:a.m., and reached the Mersey at 4 50 p.m. yesterday. The British and North American Royal Mail steam- s ni p Africa, arrived at New York at 1 40 p.m. on the 17th ult. The Royal Mail steam-ship Canada reached Halifax o n the 24th ult. The expected demise of the Hon. William R. King, the Vice-president elect, seems to present a question not pro vided for by the Constitution, and it remains to be seen what is to be done. It is probable, however, that in case of the death of Mr. King, sufficient power may be found to enable Congress to meet the emergency. Speculations as to who will compose the cabinet of General Pierce, are still all the rage in Washington, as well as elsewhere. One of the telegraphic despatches strengthens the belief that the General will not favour any New Englander with an appointment, for the reason that bethinks that section will be represented in his own person. A despatch from Washington declares that General Pierce has written a letter, in which he announces that, having been elected to the highest office within the gift of the people, he is determined to reserve to himself the pri vilege of selecting his own cabinet. Mexrco.—There is some late and rather important intelligence from Mexico. That somewhat celebrated chieftain, Caravajal,is reported to have raised four hundred Texas rangers, and to have crossed the Rio Grande, with the intention of marching against Monterey. He is said to be acting in accordance with the wishes of the people of the State of Tamaulipas, and is also indirectly aided by the military commandant, General Cruz, at Camargo. Caravajal is known to be a shrewd military tactician, and his repeated failures in the revolutionary attempt some months ago, are said to have been the result of sheer cowardice on the part of the Mexican portion of his fol lowers, and not on account of his want of skill. Now that Caravajal has succeeded in securing the services of Texans—men in whom there is no backing out—we may soon expect to hear of a desperate fight. OPENING OF THE PARANA.—The ship Margaret Eliza, Capt. Adams, arrived at New York on the 20th ult., from Buenos Ayres, whence she sailed on the Ist of November. The most interesting news is the official announcement of the opening of the Parana to the commerce of all nations. —The Ist article of a decree to the Chamber of Repre sentatives of the province of Buenos Ayres, says : The Province of Buenos Ayres recognises as a prin ciple the general convenience of opening the River Parana to the mercantile traffic and navigation of all nations and henceforth declares and concedes it on its part. HAVANA.—The mail steamship Cherokee, arrived at New York on the 19th ult., from New Orleans, by the way of Havana, "with Purser Smith on board." The Cherokee was permitted to hold communication with the shore, and land and receive the mails and passengers. No questions were asked respecting former difficulties. The United States frigate Cyane was at Havana. The city of Havana was said to be healthy. The Spanish war steamer Isabel was to have left Havana on the 14th inst., for the island of St. Domingo, with Mr. Mariano Torri ente on board, sent as special agent, by General Canedo, to watch the movements of the filibustero schemes which, it was said, are about to be organised somewhere near Samana. Four thousand Spanish troops ;sad two more Generals were expected soon to arrive at Havana, and, if we are to judge from the extensive preparations which were being made, and the activity going on in the forts, placing guns, &c., &c., the Cuban authorities were under much alarm for fear of invasion from the States. There was a rumour at Havana that one of the English steamers had just captured a slaver. NEW GRANADA.—We have advices from Aspinwall to the 9th, and Panama to the 7th ult. The Democracie of Carthagena of the 28th Nov. states that a contract has been made by the Junto of the Pro vince and Mr. Vendoyes for the construction of a canal. We glean from El Correo del Isthmo, the following items :—The blockade is not to be a blockade after all. The New Grenadian Government have agreed to satisfy the demands of the English Ministry in the Mackintosh affair. and orders have been issued to prevent the blockade. CALIFORNIA.—Wehave intelligence from San Francisco to the 18th Nov. It says :—" Business has been very dull since the departure of the Golden Gate on the 16th instant. We look for a decline in flour, and many other staple arti cles, long kept up by speculators far above their intrinsic value. Millions of acres will be sown with wheat in Cali fornia this year ; and from present indications, we are to have a scarcity of seed, as the high rates of flour and our necessities have compelled us to consume most of the crop raised the past season." LIST OF PASSENGERS.—From Boston: Mr. G. W. Kendall, Dr. M'Donnell and lady, Mr. Thorne and lady. Mr. R. B. Forbes, Miss Forbes, and sister ; Mr. Galt and lady, Mr. Evans, Lieut. Perrin, Messrs. Wells, Brewster, c-tark, APCall. Pralt, Macintyre, A. Gordon, Capt. Swetenham, Messrs. Mantel, Paterson, Souchard, Underwood, Wheeler. Sloan, Miller, Hill, M`Kay, M`Laren, Haganan, Walker, Ogilbv, Harty, Jervoise, Proudfoot, Cheshire, Love, Wright, Knapproan, Parfield, Trevis, Smith, Brown, Boyd, Woodhouse, Williams, Dodson, Muir.—From Halifax : Colonel Fur neaux, lady, and two servants ; Colonel Lile, lady, and servant ; Lieut. Barry, Capt. Rabon, Messrs. Cay, Kelly, Archibald, O'Neill, `'ark ; Mrs. Thackeray and two children ; Messrs. Morgan, L`Roy, Jardine, Fullerton. COMMERCIAL AND MONEY MARKETS. NEW YORK, DEC. 21 MONEY AND STocKs.7-Nothing was done in Govern ment or State Stocks of any importance; other descriptions generally were firm. The demand forEschange on London has been moderate, and with a large supply of bills rates have declined. Continental Funds are without material alteration. We quote : London.. Paris' - 121 to 5-13/ Amsterdam... Hamburg.... Bremen..... 791 to 801- Frankfort . 411 to 411 There is more ease in the Money Market perceptible ; not enough, however, to affect the rates of interest. There is a good enquiry for business paper of short dates, and upon favourite collaterals money is easily obtained at our quotations of last week. COTTON.—The sales to-day amount to 2,800 bales— prices steady. New Orleans Other Gulf and Texas. Ports. Atlantic. Inferior.. Low to good ord 8- to 81 SI- to sT st to 8 Low to good mid 9i- to 107 9 to 93- 9 to 9i - Mil and fair to fair nominal. nominal. 9i to 9i (From W. P. Wright's Circular of December 21). — On Wednesday and Thursday last there was a better en quiry in this market, in consequence of the favourable accounts per Arctic, and sales were m a de a t an a d vance o f te. to per lb. On Friday there was less demand, and on Saturday after receipt of the letters per Africa the market relapsed into the depression which existed prior to the arrival of the Arctic. Yesterday there was a better demand, caused chiefly by the advance in New Orleans as reported by telegraph to have taken place on the 18th instant, the market closing firmly at quotations slightly advanced from last week. The total sales since the 14th instant have been 7,500 bales, of which the bulk has been for Great Britain, some little for France and the continent, and about 2,000 bales on speculation. The ex port during the same time has been, to Liverpool, 4,154 bales ; London, 58 ; Antwerp, 301 ; Geneva, 80. Total, 4,593 bales. The receipts at the ports during the week under review confirm my estimate of last week, the ex cess now reaching 379,000 bales ; next week it may reach 395,000 bales over the corresponding period last season. I confidently look for a diminution in the excess on and after the middle:of January, for each and every week for a period over three months, which must lead, as a natural consequence, to reduced estimates of crop, and dissipate the excessive views now generally entertained on this subject. The following is a statement of the move ment in cotton since the Ist of September last, as com pared with the;previons three years : 1852 1851 1850 1849 Receipts into the ports 1,126,000 747,000 688,000 743,000 Exports to Great Britain 404,000 235,000 219,000 193,000 „ France 61,000 92,000 102,000 82,000 „ other foreign ports 54,000 35,000 51,000 44,000 Total exports Stock on hand 520,000 323 ; 000 358,000 400,000 Of which during the past week, included in the above : 1852 1851 1850 1949 125,000 93,000 83,000 95,000 45,000 25,000 12,000 35,000 7,000 10,000 9,000 14,000 2,000 6,000 4,000 6,000 `4,000 11,000 25,000 55,000 Receipts at the ports.... Exports to Great Britain „ France • Total exports From which it will be seen that the excess in receipts now amounts to 379,000 bales ; the increase in exports to Great Britain, 169,000; other ports, 19,000. Decrease to France, 31,000. Total increase in exports, 157,000 bales. MANUFACTURES.—AII fashionable styles of prints are in very good request at the advance referred to in our last, which is now fully established, anti on which a further lc. improvement is expected to occur towards the end of the month, or when business shall have revived. The foreign dry goods trade is not yet very heavy, but is moderate and increasing. There are still a few straggling sales of fall fabrics made to clothiers and retail dealers whose wants are yet unsatisfied by such commodities. Silk manufac tures are still in light supply. Woollen and worsted goods are doing better. The dread of an important rise during the next three months occasions an anxiety to secure supplies early, and this creates more confidence and firm ness among all parties. The importations continue large and are gradually appearing in market, where some of them are obtainable at previously current rates ; but where all of a staple class are held with greater firmness and at higher prices. - BREADSTUFFS.—The high rates of freight to Europe I have checked operations in flour—the market is therefore heavy, but we do not observe any positive decline in prices. Sales : State flour were made to fair extent, at $5 451 to , e 5 50 —shippers offer $5 374 freely ; Ohio anti Michigan, $5 50 to $5 56i, with one at St 62 ; fancy and extra brands remain without alteration ; common Southern, St 624 to tt 75 ; Canada flour, $5 50. Jersey corn meal is firm—the last sales reported were at .S'3 841. Rye flour, Sil 50 to .81 75 ; Bdo barrels sold to-day on private terms. 18,000 bushels Canada wheat sold at $1 25 to $1 26 ; 10,000 bushels white Mi c higan on ship. board, 130 c.; 4,000 bushels in store on p rivate terms. Corn arrives freely from the South , and lar g e sal es have been made at 68c. to 70., with t hree cargoes at 72c. Old Western brings 78c. Oats s old well at 51 c. to 52c. Rye is held at sl. NAVAL STORES.—Spirits of turpentine brings 54c. to 57c. Rough turpentine, , 81 ; common rosin, S 1 40 to 1 S l e s e f s i 0 s for ir demand prime ; 'S' at S 9 -5 59 to is s. now s'l 55. 7 PuovirstoNs.—Pork is firm, the l as t sales of old were at S mess S is 50 offered for r e at mes s, $ 9 end asked for mess , wi th but few sellers at th a t pr i ce . N ew m e f or c ountry mess. $ l3 25 to $l3 50 for Chicago repacked and s'l4 25 to $l4 50, for ex t ra. Primemess, s'l9 to , 1 e. u $l9 25. Beef hams, $l4 50 to $l5 • dressed h 8 , hoes, c to 84-c. Lard, 12c. to 121 e. Cheese, Bc. to 9c. Butter, 18'. to 30c. FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool—cotton, 3-8 d; flour, 45.; THEATRE-ROYAL—The new comic pantomime at this theatre, entitled " Three Legs, King of Man, or Harle quin Lord Stanlie, and the Eagle and Child," promises to sustain a lengthy run. The mode in which the piece has been placed upon the stage reflects much credit on Mr, Copeland, the lessee. Some of the scenes are really gor geous. The full blown rose and fairy appearance of Re Rose, genius of Lancashire, is a scene which from its daz zling beauty and splendour, as well as from the tasteful and artistic grouping of the figures, calls forth the warmest expressions of admiration. The bewildering bower of beauty and the glittering halls of the good genii are fully equal in magnificence to the former. Great praise is due to the highly-talented artist, Mr. Dearlove, who has suc ceeded in placing before the audience many other scenes with which most of them are familiar. Amongst these are a view of Douglas, Isle of Man, followed by a pano ramic view of the voyage from Douglas to Liverpool ; a representation of Knowsley Hall, with a disaalint view of the aviary ; the e ag l e ' s nes t, an d a Great Britain steam ship from this port for A.ustrAiia, which is most truthfully pourtrayed. The transformation over a variety of humour ous scenes and cleverly executed tricks elicit repeated shouts of laughter from the spectators. Mr: Appleby as clown is irresistibly comic. Miss Mansell's columbine exhibits considerable taste in the Terpsichorian art, and the extraordinary grace and agility displayed by Signor Lauri as Harlequin are truly astonishing. Some of his feats are really surprising ; and we may say, without any disparagement to the rest of the company, that he is one of the chief attractions in this pantomime. Several of the scenes are highly amusing ; for instance, that in which the new " Lancashire" Militia are brought upon the stage, and the scene in which the untimely fate of a " blessed little babbv, " who is baked in a pie, excites the sym pathies of the audience; his subsequent reappearance as a Marionette clown being the signal for shouts of laughter and applause. We are glad to notice that, by a judicious curtailment of the opening pieces, the audience have the satisfaction of being able to witness the whole of the pan tomime, and of retiring at a reasonable hour. [We understand that the transformation scene is not iliac simile of the one at the Lyceum Theatre, as erroneously stated by a local paper. Mr. Dearlove states that it was altogether designed and painted by himself.] ROYAL PARK THEATRE.—In our last we were only able to give a passing notice of the new pantomime at this establishment, entitled "Ye Siege of Leverpole, or Harle quin and Prince Rupert, and ye Fayre - Maide of Toxteth," written by Mr. Miliward, the president of the Liverpool Literary and Dramatic Society. As at the Theatre-Royal, the opening story of the pantomime is founded upon a legend purely local, which is exactly as it ought to be, for it is obvious that in an entertainment of this nature, local scenes and associations are best understood and appre ciated. The dialogue throughout is smart, and the piece abounds with exceedingly droll allusions to the various public events of the present time. The first scene intro duces the audience to a view of the village of Everton, painted by Mr. Wright. This scene, as well as several others which succeed it, is admirably executed, and dis plays the highest order of art on the part of the painter. We have next " Prince Rupert's cottage and the royal encampment" at Everton ; where Prince Rupert, nephew of King Charles the First, " a fighting cock of the 17th century," (Mr. Ware,) addresses his soldiers in favor of his restoration, against Makepeaee Barebones, command ing the parliamentary forces, (Mr. Phelton.) The ancient park of Toxteth, and a moving panorama of the banks of the Mersey by moonlight, is an exquisitely beau!iful scene. This is followed by a view of the castle of Liverpool. where Barebones is attacked by Prince Rupert, and the Roundhead army is overthrown. William of Bernulph, attached to the staff of Prince Rupert, is present, with Anne, the Fayre Maide of Toxteth, to whom he is be trothed. The prince, enamoured of Anne, is about to take her away from William, when the Genius of Devotion appears, and the transformation takes place, amidst a tableaux of brilliancy. From the commencement of the harlequinade to the close of the piece the audience is kept in a state of continued merriment by the excellent tricks and the jokes of the clown, Signor Bolen°, Madame Boleno's columbine is one of the most graceful and artistic we ever saw, and Mr. Carthy's harlequin is a very credit able performance. The same may be said of Herr Cole's pantaloon. The piece is admirably got up in every respect, and now that the machinery has got fairly into working order, the various tricks are executed with much ease. The closing scene is brilliant in the extreme. The house is crowded every evening. ROYAL ADELPHI THEATRE.—This elegant and com modious establihment has been crowded every night during the past week, the attraction being the new Christ mas pantomime, called " Koh-i-Noor, the Mountain of Light." The story is very good, and the hits at " men and things " exceedingly racey. Mr. Egerton is certainly one of the most spirited and enterprising managers, and, in the present instance, he has not belied his well-earned reputation as a judicious caterer for the public amuse ment. The scenery, which is beautiful throughout, in. eludes a view of the Valley of Golconda at sunrise, an oyster bed beneath the ocean, and the Temple of th e Koh-i-Noor, which is particularly appropriate and splen did. The harlequinade is unexceptionable, and is well calculated, at this festive season, to keep the audience in very good humour. THE SOCIETA ARMONICA give their first concert for the season to-morrow (Wednesday). POPULAR CONCERTS AT THE PHILHARMONIC HALL. —We understand that a scrics of grand instrumental pro me•lade concerts is about to be given at the splendid hall in Hope-street. The admission will be fixed at a shilling a head. • BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL,—The gross receipts at the last of this, the greatest of our provincial music meetings, have just been declared to be £11,925 Ss. 9d. ; the expenses were £7220 16s. ; leaving a balanoe of £1704 12s. 9d., to be handed over to the cbaritable insti tutions on behalf of which the festival was instituted. CHEAP WINTER CONCERTS IN LIVERPOOL much pleasure in stating, that we are about. t „ - ,•••-• Vkl/ have a se ries of cheap winter concerts here, similar to those which have proved so successful in London, under the manage ment of M. Jullien. For this boon, we are indebted to the spirit and energy of Mr. E. W. Thomas, who has made arrangements to give a series of concerts during the month of January, in the Philharmonic Hall, for which he has engaged a band consisting of upwards of fifty per formers, selected from the orchestras of her Majesty's Theatre and the Royal Italian Opera, London, and the Liverpool Philharmonic. PROBLEM FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE.—Ther e is a monument in a Highland strath b ear i ng the following in- scription : " H ere lies Alexander ➢i`Pherson , Who was a most superior person ; He was six feet two without a shoe, And was slew at Waterloo.", explain how Al exander ' s Waterloo to th e Hi g hl ands orCefamnsacia Scotland amna ci "su perior d?e tl,eir wperson " ay from INFORMATIONS CINDER THE STEAM NAVIGATION ACT. —On Thursday, Mr. Tyndall, , iNortnqohn-street, the at. torney representing the Board of Trade in Liverpool, app li e d on behalf of that body, for a warrant of committal ag ainst Thomas Prestopeno, the owner, and Llewelyn Reece, the master of the paddle steam-ship Egremont w ho, on the 15 t h of November last, were convicted—the ' first-named in £5, an d t h e l atter i n the sum of £lO, (neither of which fines have been paid)—for running their vess e l with passengers b etween this port and Dublin, having no certificate on board at the time. The warrant was granted, with one day's suspension for Reece, and three days for Prestopenn.—Mr. Tyndall then preferred a charge against Willi am G eorge W a t son , f or a violation of the act in having perfo rm ed a vo y ag e between this port and Ireland, with passengers, in the steamer St. Kiaran. The defendant pleaded guilty. Mr. Tyndall stated that some short time previous the defendant was convicted of a similar offence, and it was stated at that time that the vessel was laid up in Liverpool ; but since then she had performed the voyage. and now she was laid up here, for if she went out she would be seized upon. Watson had not been able to obtain any remuneration for his services for acting as master. A fine of five shillings, with costs, was imposed. A DEAR Kiss.—During Mr. Wiblin's visit alongside the Orinoco, on Thursday, a gentleman came in a sailing boat, and requested to see his sister. She came down the gangway, and they, without thinking of the co nsequences, embraced each other. Th e gen tl em an was mit eliately ordered into quarantine. AMERICA. grain Ild. t o Is. • cloverseed, 40s. To London—but very little doing, the high rates demanded checking operations. Oil cake was taken at 355. NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 17 sales of Cotton . to-day are 10,000 bates the week the transactions foot up 75,000 bales. have advanced 2e. since the reception of the Artie's news, strict middling being quoted at 8 to Sac. Ohio Flour sells at 5 dollars 25c. ; Cor❑ 46c. per bushel ; Mess Pork 17 dollars. Prime Molasses is at 22c. DEC. 18.—The Africa's news came to hand late last night. The sales of Cotton to-day were 11,000 bales, at fully 4c. advance ; middling is quoted 81e. to 9c to Liverpool are at id. on Cotton. Sterlir Si per cent. premium and for Prices eights g Exchange MUSIC AND THE DRAMA ROYAL A mPIIITHEATRE.—Madame Isabelle's troupe of British and continental artistes have appeared at this house during the week in equestrian performances. The horsemanship of several of the performers clever and graceful, and quite equal to th companies (De Jean's and Fran nthe Amphitheatre last year and the c year s w distingu ishedbheifech appeared French r e a respectively. t The acro b lt i c per f ormances are truly wonderful, and the feats of strength displayed by Mr. Young are perfectly astonishipg. The " clownish" department is supported by au English and also a French professor of that peculiar art. M. Corteau. the French clown, is one of the most versatile in his professio n that we ever remember to have seen, adding to his various other qualifications that of an exceedingly clever eques- The English clown is full of wit and drollery, many of his jokes being quite original. JULLIEN'S FAREWELL CONCERT AT THE PHILHAR MONIC HALL.—On Friday evening, Mons: Julli is exceedingly se of the two the first of his farewell concerts previ_ for America. The spacious hall was every part, and the concert passed off with His band, as usual, consisted of same of the 131 ais to his departure 4 ensely crowded in *Pat eclat. tral performers of the day, and the programme cont,,ined selections cal c ul a t e d t o delight all tastes. Madamoiselle Anna Zerr, who appeared at the Royal Italian Opera, at Covent-garden, in 1851, with such dstinguished success, was one of the great features of the evening. Without any pretensions to great dramatic power, her voice is one of the sweetest we ever heard. Mons. Jullieu's farewell concert will take place in Liverpool the last creek in the and that he will sail for lay. We'understand nguished artiste is Ameri England present month ; and we underst the United States on the following c that a testimonial concert to the dis projected previot to his d ?arture For tribute of respect from the prOfession CLASSICAL CHAMII7.R CONCERTS.—We perceive that the last of Mr. E. W. Thomas's classical chamber concerts will take place on Friday ev:ning next, in the saloon of the Philharmonic Hall.