Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-07 00:00:00

N . S. Nov. 24 ' very ill' pot) lAl°' 50 , f the 2st o to thel lgtb c ondiP o ding. , the re" L ' )tedly, they ren ty-thr ee , p r eside ° ' ), and 1111/3. Lain, 111 1,1 )e spare"- ;ATraDA Y. )M Tl/1 tea ,aogo A. ° t sY , hio l s if iv, 0 b 0 i g, b ic o o a t I Poore or WI , 1 0. 1 :dge 3d O ll ;d 1- 40 Be s r, A fe eoG t ee a! I r ' e (09 AUSTRALIA. th e l Ve have a l rea d y g i ven a te l egraph i c summary of k e l z lews from Australia, brought by the mails, via Pat eL We are now in possession of our usual des teviles from the various colonies, and present our " Wit ndh a full epitome of the more interesting 178 to ha : O tir VICTORIA. 6,, dates are to October 16. We extract the follow tktents from the su r nmar y ,o f th e M e lb ourne A ge , as ma d e p„ tnglish readers : lati4lTlcata—The Session of Parliament has not yet concluded, though now of nearly 12 months' dura r atat e "ne Lower Houss, however, adjourned about a losi t iz,t ago for a month. The Upper House continues dialln our last summary we hi n t e d that th e grea t Minis ineastires of the session had been rejected in the Upper ititf Bill the :Squatting Bill, and the Anti-State aot The Railway Bills, though not rejected, were lek;arried as the Ministry desired, but referred to a tltj e r colosittee. The Upper House has acquired con thOble popularity by its rejection of the Land Bill, isii ( 7 l was obnoxious to nineteen-twentieths of the pope thoin, including the entir e m i n i ng c ommun ity and the ' body of the working classes. The Government is Prep ertionate aud merely exists in sufferance, ki t 41 to the prevalent impression that there are no littlives except Haines or O'Shanassy. Should a teePwsibility present itself, the prop on which the nt Ministry rests would b e removed. The general Ist;g is, that, on the re-assembling of the House, the it 'Promised measure of Parliamentary Reform should Ai ii ssed, and a fresh appeal made to the country. The tlitatry is pledged to the former step ; and the latter tad necessarily follow. Otpters or Tux Sessroa—At its rising on the 2nd of V et uer, the House of Assembly adjourned till the 3rd of 1411,1111)er, Mr. Haines assigning as the reason for pre tib,..llllB that course to a prorogation the necessity of )1;1 the Legislative Council an opportunity of com- COI the business that had passed the Lower House. 1 4 7pPected that on the re-assembling of the House, 11, 1 , 1 , 4 n:tent will be formally prorogued tor a few days, ti chat the new session will be opened soon after. Only ki u n lY-five acts have been passed during the session. The wing is a list of the statutes which have received the Ping hC!aSSCht:-1. An Act for defining the privileges, im ities and powers of the Legislative Council aud Legis • tkile Assembly of Victoria respectively. 2. An Act for I tt t IS an account of the Population. 3. An Act concerning ib t ere Patent for Inventions. 4. An Act to Amend the h 3 relating to the Vending of Fermented and Spirituous V7 c 'ra. 5. An Act to Amend the Law relating to Bills i t 'Ming. G. An Act to Amend the Law relating 4. Drafts or Cheques on Bankers. 7. Au Act Ch Granting a Duty of Customs on Opium. 8. d. Act to Consolidate and Amend the Law of icie nco. 9. An Act to Reduce the Fees payable e ,certain i Licenses. 10. An Act to reduce the lei 0 0 Registering Friendly Societies, 11. An 'Act 14, ktity an Exchange of Land between Her Majesty and on C orporation of the City of Melbourne, and tor other aitl Pp, 12. An Act to Abolish the Property Qualifi let ° A tl required by Members of the Legislative Assembly. ti , 441 Act to Consolidate and Amend the Laws relating i ttl 'ic Customs. 14 An Act to enable the City of Mel- Als r4 ,? Gas and Coke Company to raise the . sum 9t . 110 11 P 0 0 by the issue of 30,000 shares, of each, la addl.. %ens their present capital of £lOO,OOO, and for other pur -15. An Act:to Amend the Law relating to Gold Coin. 0,4. Bill for Continuation of Expiring Law s . 17. The iCaolidated Revenue Bill. 18. A Bill to enable the Enonrne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company to extend irr capital, and for other purposes. 19. The Juries Bill. iliuThe Pension Bill. 21. The Gunpowder Bill. 22. A m the Interpretation of certain Legislative Enac t-23. The Belfast Chur c h of En g l an d Bill 24. The It o 'lt Bid. The Oaths Bill has not yet' received the 01 assent. It is understood th it his Excellency has c i i! el it for the consideration of the Imperial Govern % i1k., 44 ).---The intelligence from the various gold-fields 111 4 ,7% the last month has generally been of a favourable It kt aster. Up on many o f t h e o l eer di gg i ngs t h e want o f L_er seriously imped e d operations. B u t this w a n t h as ii‘tt? supplied by the recent •heavy rins. Hence the 1 11 01 4 . 1 cre and crushers have been enabled to realise upon Itpcetinsulations of washing stuff. The more exten kil t . i ntroduction of efficient machinery in connectibn kil t . the quartz reefs, which are every month llik o ,„_- 5 further developed, has rendered systematic ildz7g,.. a more certain and lucrative occupation than Itirlg, and the yield from this source is steadily Al t ; e 4 sing. The new rushes at Mount Arrat and Mount havo fulfilled the expectations formed of them alhne cominencement. Hundreds, of course, have :010nEd the new ground in disappointment, but this 14invariably the case with a new rush, but a ,4: p o pulation remains behind, who Rill in all like- Atai , d . be permanently em ployed upon th ose fi e ld s Ata r .J u dging by the successive escorts coming down, ti n At will continue to rank among our richest dig dae RceP sinking and quartz mining will no doubt succeed dthe more primitive forms of gold •Ikurer a n 10 h are always at first adopted upon new ' " 4,4 the more sanguine predict that a second ‘,kaarat will he established. Many minor rushes have gold ..field has become a matter of such frequent att7tence that it now excit e s little att e ntion, unless the a ction presented be sufficient to occasion the migration 44, 7 ,..0 or 50,000 oi the mveable ulationaof gur , th e , : e ro oo us districts in the course of a tew pop weeks, as was , when Mount Ararat was discovered. The follow- N e lnres will c how the comparative returns by the tOri s ZY escorts for the last four weeks, and the four ` B Ponding weeks of 1856 matt ending Sept. 18211 .. 90 1857. 2131 485 69 Sept. 26th .. 64.1:8 .. 4 ~4A 5. Oct. 2ad .. 55,989 .. 41,117 Oct. 9th .. 56 en a ,692 .. increaseseveral in lo t pantities brought down by the Escorts. The Returns 118 several months are:— oz. dwt. !Nltiary 241,320 0 I,nbroary '• •• 169,621 0 'larch • 16 ~662 5 April 177,28.5 0 Ray , • • 222,840 10 Jut; e " • 174,176 0 Ju y •• • • 231,364 10 4 tigust 208,985 10 • t 0ct0ber226,8,2 •. •• 112,681 15 kili; e 'Y three gold-ships have left since our last summary 11 '1. 4 , r el They were—the Enieu, for Suez, Sept. 17th, Ith:',J2 oz. ; the Star of the South, for Hong Kong, Oct. 1 , 1 2L 6,3 86 07 ; and the Suffolk. for London, Oct. sth, ti oz. The - total quantity of gold shipped during the 1 4g, • 1• ,11clusive of shipments to Sydney and the neighbour ic,`offies, has beeu 2,175,143 oz , or 90 tons 2 ewt qrs 17,, 9 oz. which, at 80s per oz., yields the value of 1 4;', 3 .564 The duty paid upon this quantity is £269,852 accorOin-• to the returns of the Custoei House. L IOn• ,'ll,Griatrio'N LABOUR.—Victoria is still receiving Old World more immigrants than, in the present , t 1; • 44 00 of our Land System, we can readily absorb. 14 - ,.2 l alculated that at least 30,000 have been added to nll("Pnlation during the past year ; and immigrants are N4LPouring in at the rate of a thousand per week. If ZN: r id Question were settled on a legitimate basis, this ‘ I be a source o f real pleasure and profit to the coun -4111; a but under existing circumstances, the immigrant, lo4 t r , hope and enthusiasm upon landift here, tco fre !ILI quails before the impediments cast in the way L.4"."est industry, Since our last summary, however, the 1 ,, t ,,k 1 of the people has somewhat improved. The k Nk e h:oaent has provided temporary work for a large ▪ cs — , r of those who were on the verge of destitution, i Tt e ,"'hers have been absorbed by private industrial ; 4 11„ ri se• With the•prospect of an abundant harvest, odDe's of the people have been proportionately ele 4-11' and we are disposed to congratulate ourselves joi °mg passed over the darkest phase of the com kalo.l crisis. We shall always be subject to similar kllei., l Que, however, until the existing monopolies and e , t nents to industry are swept away, and our re s 8 as a nation are permitted a healthy development. eto t rvernment system of remittances, by which erl ll l the colony may procure the immigration of 00 4 4.1 ends and workpeople into the colony on con- L 'lri te ,f the payment of part of the passage money, has NO very well, and must necessarily bear direct :la to the requirements of the colony. A return of iN t rl i l og since the establishment of the remittance t c ,,,lat" ° n-s, on the Ist of August, 1856. shows that D I t 1 o,,"" immigration for the five months from August t p tl a i l eMber that year, had the following results :—From k4, 1 (1, 1 ,0661 statute adults, amount paid 6,0661 Is; from k . ,tti4 1 ,916 persons, amount. paid 91501 18s; from 3 66} persons, amount paid 2,042/ 85. In the six om from Ja ,, eary to June, 1857, the numbers were :- 11:0174 Ir el and 1,6 E-3 persons, amount paid 9,4821 ; sptiOand 1,8451, amount paid 8.7971 16s 8:1; . . from 41,,, Do " 545 f, amount paid 3,0741103 61. The addition to • Pelation during the year by sea-board, is shown by of ~ AI L , entry to have been 32,758 persons. 14 1 31 4 ,7 4 r3.—F0unded one the select committee of the tf 'tct :"'e Assembly on railways, three bills have been f tt a e ,,, , hro ug h the Legislative Assem bl y . O n t h e 22 n d 1 14t ter eber, Captain Clarke brought in a bill for the 16111; 44 of a trunk line of railway from Melbourne to scat Murray, and a trunk line from Geelong to g ene , 4 t and also a bill for the construction and o.> ' br rl t of railways. Mr. Ebden; on the same 4 1 t ,„ 4 Ought in a bill to authorise the raising ,V i lltr r a n by the issue of debentures. On the k Ni,it -e t !cling of the Loan Bill, Mr. Ebden stated 1 1,0 e "'as proposed by the bill to raise £8,000,000 ea as of railways—£7,ooo,ooo in England, 4/ ' etl i t „ tlr ee, for £lOO each, at 6 per cent, and £1,000,000 k;: 4 ° ,,"." 11 3% by debentures for not less than £25 each, at 114`",7-bath lines to be a charge on the consolidated h__Nb, ° ' the colony, but not to prejudice in any way the interest of holders of debentures previeuily ttiP t i '4l, 3 l. ll ¶ l bill contained a clause prohibiting the Trea tls4 b e ' ti ng debentures brought in. The mouey raised 1 114 1 1tt e applied to the construction of the lines from SPi tt to the Murray River, and from Geelong to . ms tt e ,' the course of the discussion on the bill in ''%1111 , , ~I t was stated by Mr. O'Shanassy the prinei • on the opposite benches, as showing the importance of a line of railway from Melbourne to the Murray, and the traffic across the Murray to this colony, irrespective of wool and merchandise, was estimated at .6800,000 annually, or equal to the exports of this colony prior to the gold discovery, while the total annual traffic of which it was highly probable the whole might be secured to the railway amounted to £1,250,000. On the 29th September, the bill for the con struction of the Melbourne and' Murray River Railway, and the Geelong and Ballarat Railway, was read a second time. The second reading of the Loan Bill was moved in the Legislative Council on Thursday the Bth inst., when the whole question was discussed at some length. Hon. members differed as to the propriety of borrowing money in the English market, or affirming the large and extensive schemes propounded by the Government. The opinion seemed to be pretty generally entertained that sufficient capital and labour could be obtained in the colony to pro ceed with such a scheme as would meet the more immediate wants of the colony. One hoe. member, Mr. Hood, pointed out that, by a wise economy of the public funds, it would he unnecessary to berrowiat all for railway purposes. He estimated that the consolidated revenue would in the next five years amount in the aggregate to £21,000,000, which, deducting the current annual expenditure, would leave a balance exceeding the amount it was proposed to 'borrow. The result of the discussi m was that the bill was referred to a select committee of twelve to con sider the whole subject, and report on an early day. The two other bills were then referred to the same committee. As indicating to some extent the extensive nature of the scheme proposed to be pursued by the Government, we may state that on the 17th December last they obtained a vote of 125,151, to defray the salaries of the official staff to be employed on the railways, and contingent official expenses. Besides the railways proposed by the Govern ment, two railways by private companies are projected in the suburbs of tha city, and bills for the necessary powers are at present under the consideration of a select com mittee of the Legislative Assembly. AGRICULTURE.—In general the farms throughout the colony look well, and give abundant promises of a large yield of bread stuffs, and other farm produce for the en suing year. A much larger breadth yis this, year under cultivation, and there is every promise of an abundant crop. Notwithstanding the almost inexhaustable pastur age of Victoria, butchers' meat is at an exorbitant price in Melbourne. Beef is from 6 , 1 to 91 a pound, and every other kind of meat in proportion. It is said that there is not in the colony stock enough for even six months' supply of beef, and although that of mutton is more abundant still, even here the stock is far from being adequate to the demand. This is a suggestive fact, considering that the population of Victoria is under half a millitn, while the grazing area is over fifty millions of acres, more than one half of which is equal to the finest pasture land in the world. The monopoly of squatters accounts for the anomaly. THE CHINESE.—The antipathy between the white population of Victoria, and the Chinese, continues unabated. At the gold-fields and elsewhere, collisions occasionally occur, and it is believed that there would be a general rising of the Europeans for the expulsion of the obnoxious race, but for the prospect of speedy legislation upon the subject. On the 25th ult., Mr. Haines obtained the sanction of the House of Assembly to withdraw a " Bill to provide for the residence of the Chinese in Victoria.'' The principle of the measure is embodied in the following resolution :—" That it is expedient that every male native of China or its dependencies, or of any island in the Chinese seas, and every person above the age of twelve years, born of Chinese parents should, on or before the first day of every month, obtain a license to reside in Victoria, and should pay for the same a sum of one pound." The measure has already passed a second reading, and in some shape it is almost certain to become law, as the public are all but unanimous in desiring to put a pro p er limit to Chinese immigration. In the meantime. the clandestine immigration through Guicisen Bay has con ; siderablv fallen off. THE NORTHERN lIIVIES.---LIVERPOOL, MON DAY, As it was known that this gallant corps had covered itself with glory in the Crimean campaign, there was from the first hour of its arrival in Port Jackson a strong desire on the part of the citizens of all classes to greet, with the utmost possible warmth, the heroes o f whom it was composed ; and there was much of curiosity, too, intermingled with this desire. It was something altogether new for the peaceful folks of Sydney to gaze upon a body of men who were fresh from the deadly strife of real war, and who bore on their breasts the decorations which they had won in the field of battle. There was a good deal of anxiety therefore lest they should land unexpectedly, at a time when the great bulk of the people could neither have a chance of gratifying their curiosity or displaying their sympathy. But ample warning was given, and the disem barkation took place on the 30th amidst much enthusiasm. The officers had been invited to a public dinner and ball: The Government clerks here held a meeting for the pur pose of adopting a petition to the present Administration for an increase of their salaries. Resolutions were passed affirmative of the assumption that they were greatly under paid, and that some portion of the "gold increase" should. be restored to them. The subject of " Departmental Reform " is one which every succeeding responsible govern ment has most grossly eeglected. It is notorious that there is great room for improvement in nearly every Government office, and yet honorable gentlemen have always been too busily engaged in party squabbles to attend to these matters. Every change has been for the worse. The salaries of the working officers have been clipped, and those of the superior idlers have been nereated until the latter have become great men, chile the former have been reduced to the pay of mere labourers. And promotion has been just as ill managed. Merit and of eiency have been of little weight. We know of gentlemen, at least eq'ial in point of education and general efficiency wish the heads of their departments, who have been many years junior clerks at, as already stated, the pay of labours ; while the veriest muffs have crawled over their heads. Three things are needed in this quarter—a simplified and more efficient system of depart , mental administration; the employe_ ent of a smaller number of really c impstent offi3ers ; and the payment of these officers upon a more liberal scale. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. • MELBOURNE, October 15. Ths m oney market has been kept in an unquiet state by the discussions on the railway finance scheme in the legis lature Beyond this there is little to rezert in the money market. Tne bills falling due on the 3rd were well met, and, as usual, a quiet week has followed. There is still a larger demand for discounts than the banks are willing to respond to, and speculation is thereby checked. The enormous values of the stocks of imported goods piled up in the stores, and the continued influx of cargoes, hill render the market heavy until the latter shows genuine signs of a cessation. For money on mortgage there is a full demand, which is immediately met in alt cases where the property is well situated, and the margin ample, at from eight to ten per cent. The bank; cnarge seven per cent for discounting bills having under ninety-five days' currency, and eight per cent minimum for those having over ninety five days to run. For renewals and for overdrawn accounts, ten per cent is charged. since the alteration in the usance of the exchange on England to sixty days instead of thirty, without an equivalent alteration in the rate, there have been manifestations on the part of the large houses of discontent, and large parcels of gold have been shipped by them as - remittances. This has led to a slight modification by the banks. The rates at which drafts are now issue] are 11 per cent. premium at 60 days' sight; for amounts under £3O, at 2 per cent. premium, at 30 days' sight. Bills against g, are pur chased at 1 par cent. premium. Freight on gold by direct steamers or sailing vessels, 31d. per ounce, deliver able in London ; insurance 1 per cant. By the Overland route, a per cent . that is, 7d, per ounce, as nearly as possible ; insurance 11 to la per cent. There is very little new to report on the state of trade and commerce at this port. Stocks are far too heavy, and shipments still in excess. The spring season has not yet fairly set in, bat the caution with which country buyers are operating, does not hold out much hope of any great briskness in and branch of trade. The value of the imports for the year, up to the close of September, amounted to the sum of i 11,722,923, and that of the ex ports to £10,974,890. The first amount is far beyond the legitimate consuming power of a population of some thing under four hundred and forty thousand men, women, and children, and until some nearer calculation of the actaal-.wants of the colony is arrived at, there can be no improvement. Speculation has been kept within bounds by the determined attitude of the banks and of the first houses, or something like a repiti tion of the events which characterised the year 1834 would have been brought about, and the interests of shippers entirely sacrificed. At present nearly every description of imported merchandise, except eastern produce, is selling atj very low rates, but it is not forced into the market for rA Alimiatinn of• .11 her-. - SHIPMENTS OF GOLD, From Ist January to 10th Septemter. • Onnees. Sovereigns. Oneida ........ 1,830 .... 2,500 Light of the Age .... - Sim'a - 11,000 Wave of Light . 3 OOO - La Hcgue Robert Treat ..... European ................. ...... 662 1, , 00 Co umbian . ....1,613 BO6 George Marshall ....... ........ 6 . 34 lOl,OOO Simla Star of Peace . -.......... 91.522 Nourmahal.... European 1 11,:g 0 0 California John and Lucy .. . Pacenician Omar Pasha Annatlaria . - Daphne -.......... 2,t00 Great Britain.... - James Gib50n.... Columbian ....... ..6,117 .... 56,434 Centurion Maid'of Judah ... . . ..... .......432,637 FaEranrs TO LONDON: Wool, id to Id per lb. Oil, per tun imperial, for sperm or black, 803 85; ; for cocoanut, 603 to 703. Tallow 453 per ton ; only small parcels in the market, little being shipped. Hides, 353 to 4W. per ton ; plentiful and difficult to get room for. Timber, 6W per load, but none being shipped. Gold, le t per cent by sailing vessels, by steamer. SYDNEY LABOUR MARKET. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. 171 bundles sheepskins, 7 bundles calfekins, 1 ton 5170 I horns, 1 ton bones. From Ist October,. 1856, to Ist October, 1857 24,430! bales wool, 80 tons 260 paunches 3975 car.ks tallow, 36,130 hides, 8913 bundles 7359 : . loose sheepskins, 1 ton 22 764 horns, 58 tons 10,000 bones, 19 bundles 52 calf skin?. FRIDAY, October 9.--.3ince our report per Erne; an extensive demand for all kinds of labour has manifested itself, the weather having taken up, enabled farmers to get on the land, and repair some of the" damage done by the late floods which were so disastrous in various parts of the colony. • The shearing and lambing down season also tends to increase the wants of the pastoral districts, the success of sheep farming continues to exceed the expectations of the squatters themselves. The favourable returns of their shipments of wool and hides from England and France naturally induces , the capitalist of the colony to render every possible facility to this branch -of trade.. Emigrant vessels have not ' come in so freely; the Light of the Age brought the first shipment made from the Woolwich Dockyard, under the auspices of the Wellington Fund; they have arrived at a fortunate period, the farming men readily ob taining steady employment at £3O to £35 a year. several first class mechanics also scam . through the advantage altered by this fund. They are free to hire on the best terms the market affords, without the restrictions and for • malities of the Government emigration office here. The remand for female doniestic servants, contrary to that of the labouring man, has materially fallen off. Wages are somewhat lower, and the proportionate arrivals of that sex are much in excess, calculating the comparative requirements of the colony. Upwards of 1,000 emigrants have arrived during the month by the following vessels : the Admiral Lyons, Washington Irving. Nimroud, and Light of the Age. Also, a couple of vessels with Germans, that have been cleared off at £5 to £lO per annum under British labour. The British and North American Royal Mail steamer Arabia, Captain Stone, arrived here last night, bringing thirty-three passengers, and a large quantity of specie —viz., 1,002,507 dollars, and .114 738. The news is two days later than that brought by the Adriatic, and it is not of much importance. Commercial affairs were not so active. The New York Herald of the last date, the 2lth ult., says:— DECEMBER 7, 1857 The Stock Market was active on Monday, and the trans actions large, but with a decided decline in prices. The effects of the European intelligence received by the Atlantic were felt in the reported failures of Richard Irvin, Babcock and Brother, Wainwright and Co., and William Hoge and Co , all dealers in foreign exchange. Dennistoun, Wood, and Co., of this city, the branch house of the Dennistouns of Glasgow, have made an assignment to Mr. John Hone. The weekly statement of the banks Nov. 14. Nov. 21. Loans and disc'ts $95,239,247 $95,375 432 Inc. $136,185 Specie Circulation 6 258,652 6 283,417 Inc 24,765 Deposits, actual 60,601,555 64,917,964 Inc. 4,316 409 • 1 / 4 . After nearly twenty years of litigation, and final decision by the Court of Appeals, attended with immense cost and immense fees to lawyers, a large portion of the Trust funds was paid over yesterday to the legal claimants. The deposit of J. J. Palmer, special receiver of the North Ame rican Trust and Banking Co.apany, in the New York Life and Trust Company,' amounting to about 600,000 dots. to 700,000 dols., was yesterday withdrawn and paid over to the holders of the Company's trust bonds on account of their claim, awarded by the late decision of the Court, of Appeals. The balance of the assets in the hands of the special receiver, amounting to about ihe same sum, and consisting of bonds and mortgages on real estate, will be paid over rateably to the holders as soon as collected. Only a portion of the funds thus thrown into the market have been re invested here, the largest portion having been engaged to go out by the Arabia to day. The recipients, Messrs Palmer, McKillop, 11;nt and Co., of London, will, doubtless, be glad to receive even a portion of their old and long contested claim. The " solid men'' of Boston are in a fever of excitement concerning the reported defalcation in that city of Samuel Lawrence, the senior meniber of the firm of Lawrence, Stone, and Co., agents of the Bay State Mills, and other manufacturing corporations. From the accounts of the affair, it appears that Mr. Lawrence was treasurer of the Bay State Miils, and employed the credit of the company in his private speculations to the amotent of half a million dollars, or thereabouts. It furthermore appears that the function of treasurer and agent have in this instance become so mingled as .to make it somewhat uncertain upon which office the alleged deficit should fall. It is certain, however, that the stock of the company was offered at 121 per cent on the par (1,000 dols) without finding a purchaser, and that manufacturing stocks in Massachusetts have received a blow from which they will not soon recover. will not leave Halifax for Be:watt as early this month as was intended. COMMERCIAL. New YORE, Nov. 25. MONETARY.—Our last alvices were to the 16th inst. The foreign adviees to the 7th and 11th, per Niagara and Atlantic, although. they reported several important failures, and the successive advance of the rate of the Bank of England to 9, and then 10 per cent., prodUced only a slight effect on our stock market. Money is getting so abundant, owing to the existing stagna tion in ; business, and to the distrust of capitalists in commercial paper, and the specie reserve of our banks, has run up so high a figure, being now over 23,167,000 dols., that the downward movement has thus far been able to make but trifling progress. There has been, on the contrary, up to to-day, a great disposition to speculate for a rise, and had it not been for the repressive influence of European affairs, if we may judge from the aspect of the stock market on the day previous to the Niagara's arrival, wo should have now had to record a great advance and extraordinary activity. And, as it is, we have to note a rise on most stocks, and active pur chases throughout the week. Wo mention in particular large purchases, at private safe, of the new Michigan Central Ist Mortgage 8 per cent. bonds, which are in demand for investment, both on foreign and domestic. account. At , the close the market shows a downward tendency. Domestic exchanges continue to mend, and indicate a gradual improvement in the business of the country. lloney is very abundant. Loans on 'call; 7to 5 per cent.; first-class paper, 10 to 12 per cent. ; names less current, 20 to 30 per cent.. Exchanges—R ates have advanced, with a very limited business. London, 1074 to 109 ; chi€fly at, 108 to 10Si ; Paris, 5 23 to 5.17 x. MARIE & KANZ. COTTON : We left the market in a state of inertia. Since then we have received adverse accounts from Europe, which have so complstely unsettled the market that quotations for the present are entirely nominal. We have heard of some sales as low as Ilc to Mc for middling Uplands, but these figures are no guide for the market ; we, therefore, omit the regular quotations. 1857. 1856 . Total receipts at all the Port sine 2 lot September..4ls 423 732,896 Total E xpory • • -217,076 216,990 Total Snipmenis North .... • • .. ........ 29.479 180.025 Present Stocks on band ........................236,496 428,372 Tl:e arrivals have been from— Nov Qrleaus Georgia .. . South Carolina •• ..................1,432 North Ca , olina ......... 151 ...... 52 • Total. . ..3,147 ba'es. Total Import since let i Ist Total Import since Ist September ............ Export from the United States, Since Ist c'ep'sni:er, 1857._ Same thus, 185 Export, from Ist to 24th November, ' 1857 Cotton . . .... .bales 5,517 BREADSTUFF3.—TiIe market for flour has declined about 10 cents under the Atlantic's unfavourable advices, closing dull in the face of the anuounaement of the close of Canal navigation on the Erie, West of Syracuse, and the total suspension of navigation on the Welland Canal. The demand both for export and home use is moderate, and ,the receipts, though light, are fully equal to the requirement of operators. The demand for Wheat has continued light, both for home use and export, and with unfavourable news from Great Britain per Atlantic, prices are 2 to 3 cents lower on the common. qualities. The Corn Market is inactive and nominal, with sales of 17,500 bushels, closing at tiO to 82 cents for second Wes tern mixed, and 83 to 90 (nominal) for Southern. Oats 4re better. _ _ _ Hors: For strictly choice there is rather more inquiry, and this description sells promptly upon arrival at full and slightly advanced prices. Good and ordinary quali. ties 4re plenty, and very dull. Sales 110 to 120 bales at 6c tm SC and a small lot choice, 9e to 10c cash—the latter an extreme price. 'Hos : The market remains extremely quiet, and is somewhat unsettled by the unfavourable advices from abroad. The only sale that has come'to our knowledge is that of 106 tons Gleugarnock Scotch Pig, in yard, at 22 dollars cash. Ptsovrscoxs•--The market for pork is dull, and 25c lower. The beef market continues heav v and unchanged. Beef hams are inactive, the only sale being 44 brls, at 14 dots 511 c to 17 dots. Lard is dull and lower, with sales at 440 brls, at llic to 12ic for commotao prime. Bacon is inactive, and nominally 12c to I.2ic. English salted meats are quiet. Dressed hogs are in active demand, at 'lle to Ne. Green hams are selling at 9a. Butter and cheese are dull. FREIGHTS: The engagements to Liverpool include 800 to 1,000 bales Cotton at 5.32.1; 1,800 brls Flour, is 91 to 2s ; 1,380 do. Rosin, 2s 34 to 2i 61; 2 700 bags grain, 7}l in ship's bags ; 60 tons oil cake, 203 ; a few half chests tea, 15s ; and per steamer City of Washington, 1,700 boxes bacon, 355. To London, 400 tree. beef, part at 63 ; 200 do. pork, 6s 31.; 12,000 feet birdseye maple 20s. EXCHANGE --The Atlantic's unfavourable news from Europe, has quite unsettled the market for Foreign atl C LLIV ZIA 4UII, ./11.13 IlltlL4l. WA, ht, at our higbEnt quotations, but the business in general has been very limited. We quote bills on London, 74 to 9 per cent ; France, 5f 27ic to 5f 17ic. PENINSULAR MAILS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. '5. The Peninsular and Oriental Compauys' steam ship 41hAmbro, Captain Tay, arrived this day with the usual Peninsular mail, 10 passengers, 21 packages of specie, of the value of £10,250 ; and on freight 32 boxes of eggs, 7 casks of wine, 19 boxes of cartoons; 70 half boxes and 120 quarter boxes of lemons, 592 half boxes of oranges, 55 barrels of anniseed, 330 boxes of almonds, 507 boxes, 109 half boxes, and 452 quarter boxes of raisins, The latest dates are :—Gibraltar, November 25; Cadiz, 26 ; Lisbon, 30 ; Vigo, December 2. TIM. ship Curlew was at Gribraltsr. The usual Portuguese squadron at Lisbon. H M. ship Triton, bound foi. the West Coist of Africa, was compelled to put into Viga from stress of wo.ither. On the 2utl inst. the Atlantic passed the steam ship Vigo, running into Bay. A heavy stale raged in the River Tagug, from November 28 to the 30th, causing much damage to the shipping ip the harbour. Three Portuguese vessels were reported to have sunk in the port from the violence of the gale. A schooner was also seen wrecked under Poet St. Julian. Her Majesty's shin Curlew was at. Gibraltar. The Triton wa3 at Vigo ; there were no ships of wa - : at Lisbon. F.tom Lisl»n w, I , .arri that the fever has abated. It is - stated that the French physicians have report ed to the French Government that the fever of the typhus class, and that it has been caused by the unwholesome state of the sewers and the gene ral dirty state of the city. The Bishop of Coimbra has been appointed Patriarch of Lisbon. Our despatches from Washington announce the appointment, by the Government of France, .of a special envoy to the United States to take part in the negociations upon the Central American ques tion. Senors Escalante and Molina were, on the 24th ult., formally received by the President as Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary from the republic of Costa Rica. The telegraph reported severe gales on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, and the sinking of sixteen coal boats aud the loss of one hundred lives. Later actounts, however, do net confirm this sad news, and we, therefore, indulge the hope that the disasters have been greatly exaggerated. The steamboat Rainbow was desroyed by fire near`Napoleon, Arkansas, on the 21st ult. !Seventy persons perished, including the officers of the boat. A fire occurred in the premises of John Deraismes and Co., fancy good dealers, 88, William-street, New York, destroying the whole of the stock, together with the upper stories. The stock of the adjoining buildings was damaged by water. The total loss is estimated at about 40.000 dollars. And a fire broke out in the store of Bucklin and Crane, importers of teas, 80, Front-street. The stock was entirely consumed, together with part of the building. The loss is estimated at 75.000 dols., fully covered by insurance in city offices. It is stated that the War Department has ordered reinforcements to be despatched from California and Oregon for the army of Utah. Clement C. Clay, Jun., has been re-elected by the Alabama Legislature to the United States Senate, for six years from the 4►h of March, 1859. We have files from Bermuda to the 11th inst. The Royal Gazette of that day says :—The quan tity of rain fallen during the month of October exceeds by one inch and twenty-three parts of an inch the quantity which fell during the same month within the past five years. Mr. Arnold, of the United States army, who came passenger from New York, has been sent here by the Smithsonian Institution of Washington to study the natural history of Bermuda. Admiral Sirlioustou Stewart The young King is very popular, on account of the kindness he has displayed during the raging of the fever. The plan of powdering the vines in Portugal with sulphur, to destroy disease, has damaged the flavour of the wine. The yield of oil in Portugal is short of the average. IL► Foreign exchanges at Lisbon no material alteration has occurred. COMMERCIAL. There have been few changes in the import markets since the departure of the Emeu, the only movement of importance being in sugars and teas, and generally on Eastern produce. The intelligence from India, together with the news of an increased demand at Mauritius, and the comparatively low stocks in this and the neighbouring ycolonies, occasioned a rise of from £.l to £6 a ton in every description of sugars This advance has been well sustained, though the last sales of cargoes jost arrived show a slight reaction. There is, however, every likelihood of prices remaining firm for some months to come. The market has been very quiet in spirits and wines. Holders of the former have been accepting declining rates since the arrival of the Simla, and from the large quantities still in bond, and the smaller consumption during the summer months, it is not probable that the high prices obtained a few weeks back will be recovered. 111artell's is now quoted at lis 6d to 18i, and the position of our brandies, correspond accord ing to the estimation in which they are held. A con siderable amount of business has been doing in bulk and bottled beers. Bass's has been firmly advancing, .and is now saleable at 95sto £9 10s. Recent sales to arrive over a term of months are reported at £8 15s. Byass porter and ale is worth lis 9.1 to 12s. Several second class brands have been in good demand, and have commanded better prices. As the summer advances. this department of business -promises to attract a fair share of attention. The only wines that have been much inquired after are claret and light summer wines. last month, as the dinings have been more prosperous. The success of the new rushes, the introduction of improved machinery, and the larger supply of water have all co-operated to increase the means of the diggers, and proportionately to improve the position of the store keepers. Hence larger orders are coming to town, and it is expected as the season advances the amount of loading sent up the country will steadily improve, it being well known that for a long time back stocks have been kept exceedingly low, and limited almost entirely to articles of absolute necessity. NEW SOUTH WALES The news from this colony is not of great impor tance. A trial had been concluded in Sydney after occupying the Supreme Court for 30 days, and the case being in litigation for a period of nine years— a certain convict had many years ago purchased a property of some 210 acres in extent. This man died, and a relative of his stepped into the pro perty. Some years afterwards another (I , seendent of the original o,vner commenced a suit of eject motif, but the defence set up was that the last claimant was illegitimate. On this point the whole of the case by,. as it was allowed bX the defendant that if such was not the ease, plaintiff was entitled to the land in question. Some four or five trials have taken place, and several times the decision has been reversed, the last verdict being for the defendant. It is likely that the case will be carried to the English House of Lords. The Sydney al orning Herald, in its summary of the 10th oruobor, supplies us with the following, : Our last notes were made up on the departure of the Emeu, September 11th. On the following Sunday the colony sustained a severe loss, by the death of Mr. George Robert Nichols whose state of health had, for some time previously, been very bad. Mr. Nichols was one of the oldest and ablest of our Australian lawyers, and for many years prior to his death held the post of City Solicitor. Three members of the :abinet—Mr. Cowper, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Jones—have been reelected without opposition, and there can be no doubt that Mr. Murray will be returned with similar unanimity on the part of his con stituents. The speeches of these gentlemen at the hustings have been for the most part but, endorsements of a line of policy to which they and their party have been already pledge i ; but on the great—perhaps the greatest —question of the day, the management of public lands, the project of a new and more comprehensive scheme has been put forth, on which, as it is easy to foresee, one of the most severe Parliamentary struggles of the year may I be looked for. On the 15th September Sir William Denison embarked on board JIM S. Iris, for his new government at Norfolk Island, with all the accompanying honors—military and civil, which are usual on such occasions. He goes, it is understood, for the purpose of making such arrangements as may be neeesiary for the future government of the interesting colony from Pitcairn Island, which has re cently settled at this place. Hitherto they have been ruled ley their pastor and by a sort of elective magistracy, and it is proble that the system will be little changed, although it will be moulded into an accordance with British institutions. The Iris proceeded at once to sea, being towed out by the Washington steam tug. At one o'clock p m., immediately after the departure of the Governor-General, the three officers appointed by Royal warrant to administer the Government of the colony during his absence, were sworn in before Mr. Justice Dickinson, the Chief Justice having left for Bathurst. These gentlemen were, the Hon. Col. H K Bloomfield, the local Commander of the Forces ; the Hon. J. 11. Plun kett, Esq., President of the Legislative Council; anal the Hon. Charles Cowper, Esq., Colonial Secretary and Premier. The Administration was confided by the war rant to the persons who might for the time being hold the offices held by these three gentlemen, and not to the office bearers themselves by name, so that any change of Ministry during the absence of Sir William Denison might necessitate some change in the Vice-regal Adminis tration. At all events, it would create a difficulty. But as his Excellency's absence will probably be short, this diffi culty is scarcely likely to arise. Immediately after their assumption of office, " their Excellencies," the new Ad ministrators, issued the usual proclamation, announcing their assumption, and commanding obedience on the part of all her Majesty's subjects. Mr. Cowper has also assumed the post of Vice-President of the Executive Coun cil, but this is in virtue of an appointment by the Governor- General, prior to his departure. The ships Palmerston and Orwell, with the 77th Regi ment on board, arriTod at Sydney on the 27th September. MELBOURNE MARKETS. ALE AND PORTEIL—Ths inquiry continues moderately brisk, as dealers are preparing for the increased consump tion which invariably arises in the hot season. Bulk ales continue firm, and bottled are slightly advanced iu price. Byass' and Alsop's are quoted at 12s. to 12;. 63.. BUILDING MATERIALS AND TIMBER.—The former are somewhat easier. The recent aeiivals of slates have tended to lower rates, though the increase of buildings which is usual at this season has prevented any serious decline. In Timber, Baltic deals are quoted 6:2 I. to Gad. for 9 a 3. Several cargoes of Hardwood have come in this week, which have affected the markets in that description of timber, and occasioned lower rates. BUTTER e mtiuues at about the same price, 111 d to 121 First-rate parcels just arrived might pzobably be Gisposed of at a better figire. Dav GOODS : — Considerable business has been done in seasonable g iols, but the very large arrivals almost daily coming forward prevent large profits being realised upon the invoices. This week, for example, when our arrivals have been comparatively few, the imports of haberdashery are estimated in the Bill of Entry at £37,209, and boots and shoes at £36,242, for 1,312 packages. noun. AND GRAIN. —The week has been very quiet, no transactions of importance being mentioned. Flour con tinues at about the same rate. £2l for Adelaide at three months' credit. The rail! prices are, Degraves fine limit, x 23; Dight's, £2l. The anticipation of much higher prices being established before the new flour began to arrive is not likely to be realised Stocks in town are large enough for our supply, and holders are vowing more disposed to operate as• the weeks advance. Tee demand for wheat continues good, and for the best grinding parcels 103 to 103 61 is the quotation. Bran is somewhat easier, the speculation having subsided. 2s 4d is the most general price, the higher rate not being readily obtainable Oats are firm. Californian are re ported as sold at 83 31 to 8s 6d. Scotch are worth 7s 01 to 83. OILMEN'S STORES. A good inquiry has existed for almost every description. Some of the most favourite articleA are growing scarce. Sue IRS AND TE IS, &c.—The former are somewhat lower. The rates realised at auction this week were, for fine white crystals £6O 15s; good yellows, £5l 103 to £53; and fine yellows, £54 to £56. For Rice the inquiry is reviving, and higher prices are demanded—XlB to £lB 103 may be given as the fair quotation. Teas are still tending upwards. WINES AND SPlRlTS.—Spirits generally are in less demand, and for brandies a reduction in price is accepted. Martells cannot be quoted beyond 17s 93 to 18s. The only class of wines asked after are such as will suit sum mer consumers. SYDNEY, OCTOBER 10. Since our last summary, dated September 9,h, thh share market has been remarkably steady, and the fluctuations in the prices of the different securities has not been to any extent. An average amount of business has been transacted, and the principal features are an advance of ten shillings per share in the shares of the New South Wales and Commercial Banks. The half yearly meeting of the former wid be held on the 28th of October, when it is expected that a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum will be declared. Union Bank shares have declined £2 per share, at which price there are sellers. Newcastle Coal and Copper Company shares have declined 5 per cent., and are dull of sale. Govern ment debentures are not quite so much in demand, and until Parrament meets it will be impossible to say what steps the Government intend tak 7 ng with refe rence to issuing debentures It is believed they will fall back to the old plan of terminable debentures, payable at short dates. Money is not quite so easy as it was ; there has, however, been no change in the rate of dis counts, which continue at six per cent for bills of three months, seven per cent for bills of four months, and eight per cent for over that period. The banks have lowered the exchange on London for bills at sixty days' sight half per cent. The baying rate is now one per cent premium ; selling rate, 2 : `, , per cent premium. WOOL, TALLOW, HIDES, HORNS, RTC. The following quantities have been received coastwise, from Bth to 30th September : HUNTER.-277 bales wool, 406 casks tallow, 9,487 hides, 141 bundles sheepskins, 7 bundles ealfskins. 850 horns. M9RETON BAY.-623 biles wool, 32 casks tallow, 605 hides, 10 bundles skins 2 800 horns. WIDE BAY.-170 bales wool, 10 casks tallow, 40 hides, 20 bundles skins. CL.UtENCZ RIVER.- 08 bales wool, 109 casks tallow, 812 hides. SURDRIES.-10 bales wool, 82 casks tallow, 525 hides, 1 ton 1520 horns, 1 ton bones. TOTAL. —ll7B babe wool, 339 casks tallow, 5469 hides, DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY. A most impudent and daring robbery was committed on Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, on the high road from Chesterfield to Macawsll, and about four miles from the former town. Mr. Clarke, an articled pupil of Mr. G. Brown, land surveyor, Chests; field, was proceeding in a gig to Broadwell, and as he approached a bridge near the margin of the Chatsworth Moore in a 1. nely part of the road, a man sprang from beneath the wall, stopped the horse, and presents] pistols (one in each hand), saying, "Deliver up your money, or I'll have your life." Mr. Clarke looked round bat saw nobody, and, feeling alarmed, he emptied his pockets of 12s. which was all the money he had about him. The fellow then demanded his watch, but Mr. Clarke assured him that he had none. He would not be content with this denial, but insisted on his taking off his c at and vest, which Mr. Clarke did ; and after the robber was satisfied that ho had none he told Mr. Clarke to make the best of his way on his journey, or he would not be safe. Mr. Clarke asked him to return a:portton of the money to enable him to pay the tollbars, but the fellow refused, and threatened to shoot, if Mr. Clarke made any alarm on his way. Mr. Clarke (who had left his watch at home before starting), drove to a farmhouse, about a mile and a half distant, and gave an alarm, and two per sons went in pursuit of the man, but he could not be found. He was a tramp, and dressed in a drab " billy-cock" hat, ragged fustian clothes, is blind of the right eye, 44 or 46 years of age, and an I rishman . — The descriptio n o f t h e man resembles that g iven of the person who committed the Ashover murder. CHESTER, ASSIZES.-SATURRAY. (BEORE lIR. BARON CHANNELL•) THE BIRLLENREAD MULtDER AND MANSLAUGHTER CASES.—At the sitting of the court on Saturday morning Francis Smith was placed in the dock, charged with the murder of John Drury, at Birkenhead, in September last, under circumstances which have already appeared in the Northern Times. Mr. Bevan and Mr. lloratio Lloyd appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and Mr . Macintyre. for the prisoner. The case on the part. of the prosecution was laid before the court at considerable* length by Mr. Bevan. The learned counsel, in the course:- of his statement detailed the facts of the case, and the circumstances under which the deceased met his death, in the Birkenhead model cottages during an outrage committed thereat the time by the prisoner and a number of other Irish labourers, the specific charge against the prisoner being that (Milne the outrage in question, he deliberately murdered the deceased by stabbing him, with out the least provocation. Evidence was then given in sup port of the charge, but as it was exactly the same as that laid before the magistrate 3 during the investigation at the Birkenhead Police Court, and which we inserted at length. at the time, we do not think it, nece isary to repeat it on the present occasion, as our readers Will no doubt remember all the facts of the case. Thetase for the prosecuticia having closed, Mr. Macintyre addressei the jury for the prisoner in an impressive and eloquent speech, in the course of which he contended that the evidence pre ieeed on the part of the crown had entirely failed to bring the charge home to the:prisoner, and he urged that, under the cir cumstances by which the deceased appeared to have met his death, it was altogether impossible for the jury to con vict the prisoner of the crime imputed to him. He confidently called upon them to acquit his client. His Lordship, in summing up the evidence, pointed out the main features of the case with minuteness and great care, and remarked that the peculiar nature of the case was . such as imposed on the jury the necessity of acting with the greatest caution in arriving at their verdict. After dwelling upon the_disturbanee which seemed to have takes place in the cottages at the time when the alleged murder was committed, his Lordship said that unless the jury were perfectly satisfied that the prisoner was the person who inflected the wound on the deceased, and that he did so with the intention to murder him, they were bound to find a verdict 'of net guilty. The . jary, after a short con sultation, acquitted the prisoner. THE MANSLAUGHTER CHARGR—Francis Smith, John Smith, and Peter Gellaghan, were next , charged with the manslaughter of Jahn Drury; but, on the prisoners being placed iu the dock, Mr. Bevan (who again appeared for the prosecution), rose, and stated that after the decision in the last case, it was not the intention of the prosecution to:proceed with the charge for Manslaughter, and it would therefore be withdrawn as against all the prisoners. On the application of Mr. Macintyre, his lordship ordered all the prisoners to be at once discharged. This morning, the case connected with the extensive robberies at the Chester Post Office will be proceeded with, and Mr.Welsby is coaling down, specially, to conduct the case on behalf of the crown. THE BRAMHALL MIIRDER.—The trial of Janes Hender son, who is charged with shooting his f at h er , w hil s t i n bed, at his farm at Bramhall, near Stockpert. is fixed for to-morrow morning. Mr.Welsby and Mr. fbratiorLloyd will conduct the case on the part of the prosecution. and Mr. Serjeant Parry, specially retained, will defend the prisoner, assisted, we believe, by Mr. Macintyre. The case is exciting the most intense interest throughout the county, and from the position of the accused and his. family; and the extraordinary cirumstances by which the alleged crime is surrounded, there is gr - iat anxiety shown on the part of the public to be present at the trial, which, in all probability, will extend over two days. The prisoner express2s the greatest confidence as to the result, and frequently states to those about him that he has not. the slightest doubt of an acquittal. From the time of his incarceration he has been actively employed in preparing ids defence, and maintains, apparently, unusually good spirits. LANCASIIIRE WINTER ASSIZES> S AT CTEDAY. BEFORE' ME. JUSTICE WZGHT3ILN. His Lordship took his seat on the bench this morning at nine o'clock. when the following oases were disposed of GAROTTE ROBBERY AT Bunr.—John 111‘lionee, aged 20, a bricklayer, stood charged with having, at Bury, on the 14th of November, violently assaulted and robbed John Strand of the sun of KV 41d. In this case the prosecutor, a labadring roan, was returning home between eleven and twelve o'clock on the night in question, and when in a street called Clarke-street, in Bury, he saw the prisoner talking with a number of women. When the prosecutor was near the prisoner the latter said, " where are you going ?" The . prisoner replied, " I am going home," when the prisoner sai.d, " I will give you home," and knocked him down in the street. At that time he had ten shillines aud some corve t te I R •_ • . Lea Le, to 6 taluu his pocket, and he was severely kicked is his face, and other parts of tin body, and when he got up the money was gone. After the scuff! was over, a woman found some coppers in the street, near to the spot where it had taken place. For the defence it was argued that the statement of the prosecutor was inconsisteatthe foot being that the two were having a "regular stand np fight, when the prosecutor was "knocked down," and the money fell from his pocket, when he accused him of the robbery, but immediately after he wal apprehended, he exclaimed " that he had never robbed a man is his life." The jury found a verdict of guilty of au assault, but as such a verdict could not be taken by law, the prisoner was acquitted. - ATTEMPT TO SHOOT AWTFE AT LIVERP3OL —Thomas BArlow, 45,a coaeh•builder, stood indicted with having, on the 7th of Nov. last, feloniously shot at, and discharged a pistol at Charlotte Barlow, his wife, with intent to kill her. There vas also a second count in the indictment, charging him with intent to do some previously bodily harm. From the evidence in this case, it appeared that the two parties had lived very unhappily together for some years, and, at last, on the 31st of Oct., the prosecutrix, in consequence of the prisoner's, ill tr. , atment, had been induced to leave him and seek some other lodgings. At that time she took with her the four children. On the 6th of November, the prisoner called at the lodgings and asked for a parrot, which was given to him. On the following day the prisoner called again, but was not then sober, and saki, " Charlotte, come out." She told hi m t o go home, as she had c o m e diere for peace, and peace she would have. The prisoner then said, "If you will not come out yourself, send the children out—let me see Tommy, Maggie, or Annie." She told him Annie and Maggie were out, when he asked to see the boy, and Tommy was sent out to him. He asked the child to go home with him, but the child replied, crying. that he would rather live with his mother, and then the prosecutrix stooped down to tell the child to speak out and say with who :n ho would r lther live, and upon the child saying "with you,' she stooped to take hold of the child, when the prisoner fired a pistol at her, the contents of which grazed her neck, he observing, " down you go, you —." The pi isoner was immediately apprehended, when in his possession was found the pistol that had just been fired, another pistol loaded with ball, and every implement necessary tor loading pistols. A pistol ball was found on the step of the door, but it being. much smaller than the barrel of the pistol, it was supposed that it had fallen out before being discharged. Several witnesses were called to prove the above facts, after which it was argued for the prisoner, that there was no proof of his having any intention to kill his wife, there fore, it could not be more, if even that there was an intent to do her bodily harm. " Guilty, with shooting ne pistol loaded with powder, believing, at the same time, there was a ball in it, with intent to kill." Sentence deferred. CHARGE OP FORGERY AT LIVEIIPOIL —Richard Meigh, aged 27, described as a miller, stood indiDted with having, on the 20th of October, feloniously forged an acquittance and receipt for three crates of earthenware, with intent to defraud. Oa the 19,h of October last the prisoner went to Sxilte upon Trent, Staffordshire, where he saw the prosecutor, George Fowler, and there made a bargain for four crates cf earthenware, paying for one, and promising to send the balance to Staffordshire. The goods were forwarded to Liverpool, and a clerk to the Bridgewater Trust went to a house in Cleveland-square in search of a person, George Fowler, to whom they were consigned, when the prisoner said, " I am George Fowler," and signed the delivery book, and in a few days after wards received the goods, and sold them, and was subsequently on board an Anstralian ship, having taken a passage to that country. For the prisoner some legal points were raised, but he was found guilty, his Lordship expressing his determination to look into the authorities on the legal points in the case. GARROTTE ROBBERY IN LIVERPOOL. John Roberts, aged 32, a labourer, was indicted for having at Liverpool, on the 14th November last, feloniously assaulted Mr. Nicholson, and stealing from his person a gAd chain. About four o'clock in the aft ernoon in question, the pro secutor was walking along Cheapside, when a man pounced upon him, knocked him down, and took his. watch chain. The prosecutor could not identify the prisoner, but a woman who saw the affair swore positively that he was the man who knocked the prosecutor down. The prisoner was taken into custody the same evening, and on being removed to the cell he dropped the chain which had been. taken from the prosecutor. The prisoner was found guil y, and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. THE LIBEL ON MR. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE.—In the course of Saturday the Grand Jury returned "a true bill" against Thomas John Ousley, the printer of the Liverpool Herald, for having at Liverpool, on the 10th of October, unlawfully and maliciously published a certain defamatory libel against Robertson Gladstone, a member of the Town Council of the borough. Before the rising of the court, the Grand Jury having completed their labours, they were discharged with the thanks of the court for their services. The court adjourned shortly after five, o'clock, until this morning at tea o'clock..