The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-09 00:00:00

arasumssancemr I Salts. THIS DAY On account of whom It may concer Tam DAY, theiatinstatit. at On. o'clock", at the Brokers' Office, OS, Chapel.stre. t, by order of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, giaantity of COTTON PICKINGS, s 6 Bales COTTON, nd SWEEPINGS, , nildiags, al COT GII.L. & CO., rrekerg ic g s } SUGAR, And SCRAPINGS, 00L, GA 11H lye o'clo ,rn it may concern TITHERI may Concern AV, the 9 h instant, Brokers' offica 400 Bags An II faults, Prince's bac Merchants : or to urri.F.DAT R. SAGO FLOUR, LINSEED, S. OLD RAGS. ROPES, IRON. CO., Brokers IA Pobert-street.— .E & CO., Brokers. wrlve o'c'ock, at the .Icaaa.—Apply to Messrs. Thos. St H. LthLED ALE & CO., Brokers 9th instant, at Tw - elve o'clock, at the No. 1. 'hapel-street, Damaged Bales COTTON, and PICKINqS. 3'fON & GILL, Brokers, tTweve o'clock, at the Alen, a quanta ItYRAHO GAMS, SC RAPI Ac., Catalogues of w elr Wiliam Parker, Apply to .Tuts DAY, the 9 mew landing ex Aracia. and John B Tins DAT, VI A Quant: On :co Rice, 13 ex Langdale, from A►syab, Messrs. Taylor, Potter and C Apply to On account of whom it may concern. Tuts DAY, the Bth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 13, Rumford-street, 102 Bales Maranham COTTON, alt faults, ex Woodman.—Apply to JAMES LOGAN & CO., Brokers, WED V E E K, SDAY Oa W.NDrizsDAy re. 'welve c YRABOLAM Apply to & CO., Bro',ers, NEXT WEEK C AUCTION.—GUANO. the Benefit of whom it may concern. , the 20th instant, at the hour of fw dve o'clock, _. . .._ . About 400 Tons of Peruvian GUANO. in Bags, landed ex the Barque Augusta Jessie, damaged by sea water, on her vo age from Cala°. Parties who purch sed srme of the above Cargo, at previous sales, spook highly of its quality, from which it appears that sea water but slightly injures the valuable properties of Peruvian Guano. Ves=els can load in safety at Fahan Point, in Lough Sc illy, which is distant about seven miles from Derry, and there isa ;ood post ro oat thence to the wrecl JOHN A. SMYTH & CO., A GEORGE WALTERi, Aucti( Ti- 0 MANUFACTURED WITTI 1 26, BOLD-STREET. R W E I SCRUPULOUS 11EGARD lIILITY AND FORM WERE, t JNI ER V,ESTS, 0' MO' NEX R. J. NODDER espectf RI DING a; ALKING fashionable End tasteful rv~).V THURSDAY, THE DA lien) and ti asio a t t topi OCTOBI CHURCH STREET ,vtlitri) ld, bu n of 'Parisian and Englial HATS, BONNETS. and CAPS, wit' nVngs, Feathers, Laces, &c., of the mos ru I OCTOBER 9, 1856, S NEWS. oughout the country politica opinion upon the cur these was held e chief speaker being Mr. W. T. M'Cullagh. The fault of Administrative Reform not being carried into effect, he considered, rested with the House of Commons. The last scene enacted in the farce performed with regard to the loss of the Crimean army, took place in Chelsea Hospital, where some very respectab:o old gentlemen for a great number of days heard a deal of evidence of an exparte character, and, gave a verdict completely ex every one partic--' armor nerating 7 r department of he r M a j es t y ' s gated 4_.+overn had received d ld there had been, a df;ierminatt party tit) shield the delinquency, as it Was shared ix by persons of high rank and fortune. Mr. M'Cullagh next adverted to the peace treaty; he stated that the Czar treated with contempt the easy terms on which the Allies Consented to evacuate the Crimea. She laughed at the alliance between this country and France, for, with the sagacity of the serpent, though not the harmless ness of the dove, she knew full well that between a despotic power and a free people, when the latter awoke to a sense of their true external policy, there could be no cordial friendship. She waited the hour, therefore, when it suited her purpose to break up the alliance and to wreak her resentment. As a security against the degradation of this coun. try was a popularly elected and popularly respon sible House of Commons, and the Czar would never be convinced that the house was a represen tative of the industrial free heart of England until there was a free and equal representation of the hard herds and the strong hands which had made the country what it was. Mr. Ernest Jones, of Chartist notoriety, has hatched a new political dodge, which, in his case, partakes very much of the adventurous political spectator. On Tuesday evening the public of London were summoned to attend what he termed a political soiree, and the cards of admission con eluded with the words, " Music at eight o'clock." At that hour about 300 persons, or perhaps more, assembled, but the area of the hall appeared some what empty. - Mr. Ernest Jones shortly afterwards a ppeare on th, platform, accompanied by seven (): eight ladies and gentlemen, who turned out to be singers and musicians. Mr. Jones then stated that he was about, for the first time, to attempt to blend dry political discussion with a musical enter tainment, hoping that by these means he should set many persons on whose minds he was ig essential political knowledge. I of a defence of xposition of his well known desirous of engra Mr. Jones's lee ure consis hartism, and of a views upon " capital and labour." Mr. Sergeant Shee, M.P., the leading advocate of rer, Wm. Palmer, has been addressing an audience of "Cannie Scotch" at Buckle, on the north east coast of Scotland, when he took occasion to eulogise the character of the Howse of Commons. He says that he found that . every man who had anything to the purpose to i say—every man who had taken the trouble to pre pare himself, and exhibited that reasonable all well-bred men will exhibit when -1 assembly composed of persons of of an attentive audience—that 's -9 not exist in the known of Commons. For the the loquacious othing to the raurd donee the educatio a fairei world Without inform Ar presumption and their ignorance --:there is no toleration, uor ought there to be ; but to every man who has anythin g to say to the purpose, who knows what he is talking shout, every encouragement is given bythe House on rtbou Common - 3 )ortaut meetin has hen held Mt of the D ,„ r ,arope L 3 permit the power of England to be employed as it ought in the negotiations which are now taking place with regard to the Principalities.. After the adoption of a resolution affirming the expediency, and pressing necessity for the union of the Principalities, an address to the Queen, calling for the independence of the Roman people, was proposed and agreed to. The Hants and Wilts Adult Education Society has held its annual maeting at Basingstoke, which was numerously and influentially attended. The Dean of Hereford was called to tl course of his opening add did not see if the child who was em .ess, he remarked th as entitled to ea ends of the le .otection employment was ploughing the fields and watching the crows should be altogether neglected. It vas equally bound 'er years, who was appeared to him th to take c his visit t at the state pme mi competition in this di Royal Mail Company to can work steam-ships el. and most irreL aiid Sotithar. Australia the Colonist packet station he former have amr be made rest "onftir and Which aware how they no expense is spare years. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. quite certain, for without the lowest contract for coaling that can be obtained in England, and full cargoes for each ship, no line of Australian steamers can be kept up. The experiment may be made, but it will prove a woeful failure. Liverpool only can supply cargo both ways, and, conse quently, this must ultimately become the port of departure and arrival for Australian mailers. Here they must come, and the sooner the better for the luckless shareholders of the Royal Mail Company. We could supply their vessels with goods and pas- sengers to any extent ; and if they advance any more money to their directors, it should be on tho distinct undei•strtnding, that t should be sent here to be laden, and mule. ream nerative. If they fail to do this y will t. lose their money, for our Australian trade is quite large enough to sustain a line of fast steamers, and las we are sure to have one in operition before long it is just possible that We may take A' a consider able share of their West India trfid6. ton would 13 A little z the can, by a very great deal ; and we would have the shareholders, whose pockets are appealed to, take heed of what is before them. The Royal Mail Company's Directors ask fifty five days for the performance of the p they only propose to run their new v Panama to Sydney, leaving the Atlantic passages we presume, to be mixed up with their sluggish 1. if this is to more, while all we ask for our weep Chagr the art Mersey steamers is forty-five days to Melbourne— th© lc Tradesmens' Mutual Life Assurance Society be allowed to prevail. There would be no safety whatever for the insured. Companies with their large command of funds, connections, and influ ence, may do just as they please, to shake off their liabilities, if the acceptance of a proposal is not made binding on them under any and all circum• stances. The plaintiff in the cause we have above named, not only lost the whole of the senger and goods port in Australia We can do the distance in ten days less than the Royal Mail Company's reckoning, and this is sullicent of itself provision which the insured bad made for her, but she loses also the costs incurred in endea vouring to recover what she conceived to be a perfectly just claim. There is not much mutuality in this, and we. are inclined to think that it Will induce the public to abandon the " mutua4" for the "indisputable" system. And we do not hesitate to say that, after the verdict given for the defendants in this cause, no man is safe whose life is not insured on an indisputable contract to give us all we can qeeir_ West Indian Colonists, the M Americans, would be but too from the Royal Mail Company': otti pastionger No jury, it is presumed, would venture to travel beyond the terms of such a policy, and, if they were a Court of Equity, would correct the evil. But; to keep out of the meshes of the law, and to secure to a man's .wife and children the sum guaranteed, d South none but indisputable offices should be resorted to under any circumstances, Many Companies hold out a variety of very !ong inducements, but what are they:all worth if, bo rel at the end of twenty or thirty years, the validity of the - Whole transaction, from the proposal to the certi i ate of death, is to be gone into, and proofs brought forward, which no one but the office, probably, can supply? We regret that the Merchants' and Mutual Life Assurance Society should a spirited Liverpool coin par out of the trade in less than twelve months. The Royal Mail Company do not appear to anticipate a full 'passenger traffic between this country and they look to the United States for what Southampton cannot supply. But we need not move beyond our own quays for c lgers; and this is the strong hol who wish f a permanent, expedi tious, and cheap line of steam communication, and on the home Government; who appear resolved to fly in the face of common sense to keep Liver pool in the shade as a foreign •and coloni to provoke ussion on the relative adtantages of the mutual and indisputable systems. We are most anxious, at all times, to aid the cause of frugality, and to urgo parents to. think of leave after them, but we those they must neVer bring ourselves to sanction a species of litigation on the part of one society, which another repudiates with scorn, as a London Office has just done. It would, in a word, be better we had no such thing as insurance at all, than to hear that the needy relatives of insured persons would be required to find funds to enforce their claims against strong corporations, and juries who follow the strict letter of the law as laid doWn by a judge who has no responsibility as to the equity of the verdicts returned in his court. THE COURT, We have .lost nothing, however, thus far. All our mail lines have answered the expectations of the public, and the purposes of our contractors• sfied with scharge their onerous mules, ana the latter are reaping a rich harvest from their well-directed enterprise. The travelling multitude are carried at a cheap rate, and to make them comfortable while on board our packets Our readers are well BALMORAL, Oct. 6.—The Queen, the Prince Consort, and the Princess Royal attended Divine Service at the parish church of Crathie yesterday. There were likewise present the Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Mary Seymour, Miss Nightingale, Lord Panmure, Major General the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel the Hon. C. Phipps, and Sir J. Clark. The service was performed by the Rey. Dr. Macleod. Dr. Macleod had the honour of dining with her Majesty in the evening. The Court will leave Balmoral for the south on Wednesday next. It is understood that her Majesty will travel on this occasion by the Spittal of Glenshee, and take the railway at Biairgowrie. On Tuesday, the Queen, the Princess Royal, and Prince Alfred, attended by the Duchess of Wellington, Miss Seymour, and Sir George Grey, drove to the Linn of Dee. On their return the royal party took tea with Lady Agnes Duff, at the Cottage, and then, acoompanied by• her lady ship, proceeded to the fine Fallei of Corriemulzie. Her j ,sty had never been at them before, and certainly a aware that we should not be ju much for our Southampton riv better cet3asion could hardly ever have been chosen for seeing them in perfection. In crossing the high road which runs between the Cottage grounds and the site of the Falls, the party met a large drove of cattle coming from the Castleton market. The drover, a fine looking man from Athole, addressing Lady Agnes, said, " Please can you tell me if the Queen is forward to-nigh ? " Her Majesty over heard the question, turned round and bestowed on the stalwart Highlander a most grac'ous bow and smile. Sir George Grey then fell back, and told him that that was the Queen. His Royal Highnessthe Prince of Wales, whilst in Devon, honoured Sir LyPston Newman with a visit at Mamhead. Mamhead is a beautiful place, erected by the first Sir Robert Newman, on the heights of Haldon. It is one of the finest spots in Devon, and the resources of art have been lavished to make the house and grounds worthy of the site. The parish church is situated in the park. His Royal Highness visited it to see the monument erected to the memory of the late gallant Sir R. L. Newman, who cfell at Inkermann. The young prince excited admiration by the quick intelligence he displayed, whilst his bearing, though not wanting in the dignity due to his station, placed every one who came in contact with his Royal Highness perfectly at their ease . After taking lunch with the family his Royal Highness left for Exeter, much gratified by the scenery, and leaving every one delighted with his genuine goodness of heart and quick intelligence. The Court journal, in speaking of Miss Nightingale's presenoe at the ball at Balmoral last week, says :—" Miss Nightingale was specially invited to be present, and was seated with the Royal family and the Court circle at one end of the hall. This young lady is taller than the por traits published of her would lead one to imagine. In the severe attack of illness she suffered in the East, it was absolutely necessary to have all her hair cut off, and it is now therefore quite short ; but a charming little cap makes a very graceful head-dress ; and in the elegant and lady. like figure there is everything that bears out the ideal picture of the moral heroine of the Crimea which most have depicted to themselves." The Imperial yacht, the Reine Hortense, arrived at Havre, on Monday, with Prince Napoleon, on board, hav ing effected the passage from Hamburg in fifty-two hours• Immediately on the arrival of the vessel, his Imperial Highness was waited on by the Commissary-General of Marine, and the Colonel ofj the 29th Regiment of the line, whilst a considerable crowd of spectators assembled on the quay. The Prince seemed in excellent health, as did all 'the persons who accompanied him. His Imperial Highness was to partake of a farewell dinner on board, and then to reeve for Paris. The yacht, after her eraize of 12,000 miles, would, it was thought; remain for some days in the Vieux Basin to effect some slight repairs. His Imperial Highness left Havre last night by the express train, and arrived at the Palais Royal on Tuesday morning about one o'clock. We read in the Gazette de Lausanne :—" The Duchess of Orleans has quitted the baths of Stackelberg, after a stay o t four weeks. The health of the august princess appears to have greatly benefited by the use of the sulphurous waters of this establishment, and from the pure air of the Alps. Shezeturns to Genoa, where she will pass the winter, by the St. Gothard. The two young princes have profited by the fine weather to make excursions upon the neighbouring The Nouvelle Gazelle de Fives° announces the complete recovery of Prince Adalbert of Prussia, and states that he has resumed the command of the Prussian navy. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING Notwithstanding the peculiar and stringent state of the Money Market, and extreme rates of discount accommodation, business matters are in a tolerable sound state, Money - is still in active demand ; and, if anything, the enhanced rates of interest established are fully sustained. As yet, we are unable to state the precise effects of the rise of Monday. To-day, bill discounters, both here and in London, would not accept less than ' cent. for good bills of 60 days' date. canvass the cause which induced tho the Bank of England to ado course of Monday,theadmissl or 8 per ral, that the step taken was legitirn to avert what might other hay parties d assisted led out a monetary crisis of a most exf e sive and serious eba. meter. This feeling manif.sted itself in the Consol Market to-day," from whence we halve better reports. In the early part of usiness done for Accounts, first at rose from 918 to a2 i closing stem 'after v The dealings for transfer op at 921 o 92 A at 9 1 ',-', I , air they then f a slify,h vl7i' 11 lose who Were most imp _ _ coratioLs and distinctions on the part of ti in a commercial position, and hope to live b 3 government patronage. H gh contracts and Royal Charters are the leading elements of su !ess in fashionable watering places ; but we really feel con cerned for those credulous shareholders who part with their money on the strength of empty sounds. The one is the impersonation of the shipper and the merchant, and the others are the fag-ends of long trains of way-farers. We can make money of such realities without taxing the public for advantages which are far more apparent than real. Mail contracts are our shipowners' make-weights-- mere trifles in .a ship's books. The country will find this out in time, and when they are once convinced that the postal enterprise of South ampton owes its origin and perpetuation to the most extravagant drafts on the Imperial Exchequer and on the distant Colonist's pocket, we shall soon see the end of the system, and the London newsmongers left to supply their constituents with foreign and colonial intelligence from a less costly and far more ligitimate source. A VERY important life assurance case was tried at Liverpool at the last Assizes. The plaintiff was the representative of THOMAS LAURIE. The defendants the Merchants' and Trailesinens' Mutual Life Assurance Society. The circum stances of the case are briefly these :—ln the latter part of 1854, THOMAS LAURIE insured his life for 5001. in the above office. The proposal% was made in the usual form, and after the Society had made all the necessary enquiries as to the age, health, habits. &c., of the party proposed, they accepted the proposal, and issued a policy on the deceased's life, which dropped shortly after the agreement was fully completed. Application was made in due course by the deceased's administratrix for pay ment of the policy, which was refused, on the ground, as the defendants alleged, that the true state of the deceased's health was not disclosed to the Society, and that, therefore, they were unable properly and adequately to calculate the risk they were about to incur. This is the substance of the defence set up, and it would be difficult to conceive one which would be more likely to defeat the objects of life insurance altogether. Once a Society issues a policy there should be no going back to the previous health of the assured. Companies can take their own time, and may make all the enquiries they please, prior to their signing a contract to pay a certain sum in consideration of a premium mutu ally agreed upon by the parties to that contract. There would be no end to litigation if, after death, the whole story of health, habits, &c., was to be re opened In this case, it appears that the relatives could not tell what disease THOMAS LAURIE died of, and this was thought to be sufficient to justify the Society's refusing to pay the amount they had guaranteed, after receiving the repoils of the local agents and medical officers ; and this def, , n,;e was entertained by a jury of twelve san asses. The door is now open, therefore,. to t he g injustice. Suppose, for instance, a man was to insure his life some years before getting married, and that in or about ten or twenty ye ars after his death, the insuers were to demand of his wife or children a true description of the diseases of the insured previous to his marriage , o r the disorier of which h e died, are there not a tho usand chances to one that the information could not be supplied ? Questions might be put to the rep resentatives of deceased persons which their med ical attendants could not answer. How many men die of unknown mala dies! Post-mortem exsz ninations do not always reveal the actual cause of death, and we freque n tly find Coroner's juries re turning verdicts of "f oun d " dead, but how the de ceased. came by his death "there is no evidence to show." A verdict of this kind would be fatal to the claim of every dead man's wife and children,' ' if the defence relied upon by the Nercbants and ROYAL BRITISH BANK Yesterday morning Mr. R. P. Harding, who has.been appointed interim manuger, commenced his reception and exatnination of the claims of the depositors and customers of this bank, at the Strand Branch, taking names commencing with the A to H. The proofs tendered were considerable in number, but comparatively small in the aggregate amount, and pre sented no difficulties of any importance to the manager. Mr. Harding will sit this day and Friday at the Strand Branch, and on subsequent days at the branches at Regent Circus, Holborn, Borough, Goswell Road, Shaftes bury Terrace, and Lambeth. From the 31st October to the 21st November he will be engaged at the Head Office, in Threadneedle Street, where the principal business will be Vice-Chancellor Kindersley will proceed to _paint milt of a pertanent official manager at twelve ...oi;11 on Monday next. There is likely to bo a severe contest. transacted which they Were done at 01K ~i to 018, but afterwards rallied to 915 steadily at 91 to 911 There Bill provem - ent in — Exchequer quoted at 5s to Os premium Of this evening contains the fol demand f)r money here is not so active as i has been, but the applications are still numerous and full terms are still current Arne - oireum stances which operated favourably upon the Pa] Bourse yesterday, viz , the improved state of t Money Markets at Berlin and Vienna, have ii parted a better tone to the English Stock Market. This is " name day" for the Account in the Funds, and the rates for continuation range from to per cent. Consols are firm at 919 914 for Money, and 919 92 for the 6th Noi , ember. At the close of business, the rate of continuation was easier. Conte sols are 91i 912 for Money, and 921 922 for Account. Exchequer Bills are 5s to lOs joemium, dna the Bonds 99. East India Bonds are Ss to lls prom - In the Foreign Stock Market business was by no means active. Turkish Bonds rather buoyant at 971 971 for the 6 per Cents , and 99-1 901 for the 4 per Cent. Guaranteed, Brazilian 5 per Cent Small Bonds are 101, and the w 4 per Cen 971- 98. Chilian 0 per Cent per Cents. rule firm at 98k. are 104 Russian The business transacted in the Market was very limited, this being y Share the English market.. Caledcinian are 534. Edin burgh, Perth, and Dundee, 31k. Great Northern, 91 911 Great Western, 641 641. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 95. North Western, 101 1014 Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 312. Midland, 75 76. North British, 35-3. North Eastern, Berwick, 79 781; and South Eastern, 67A 674. The Foreign and Colonial Lines was at rather enhanced rates. Ceylon B Shares are 2 to 23. Dutch Rhenish, 128 12k. East Indian, 218. Great Western of Canada, 223; and Northern of France, 371. Joint Stock Bank Shares were quite neglected, the only transaction officially reported being in London and County, at 30-8 311,. Miscellaneous Shares were dull. Canada Land are 114. London General Omnibus Company, 31 3f. National Discount Company, 5-2-. Our Cotton Market to day has been steady, and apparently overcome the ill effects of the advance in the rate of discount. Today, 10,000 bales have changed hands, at very full pikes. Speculators and exporters took 3,000, the market closing with uote middli firmness. At present, we may Orleans at 6 7 16d, and fair 7 7 1-- The Liverpool Share Market c better feeling this 113.011 - iilP,l„ but could n( per lb that the child of ter oyed in agricult ire, should not ao unin 1, as the child who was employed in factory though it feasible that the halftime labour; and h em might be introduced into the agricultural ~ts in a modified form, so that the children .Juld beemployed on alternate days, leaving every other day free for the purposes of education. The Bishop of Winchester was among the speakers '7, and considered that the ideas of their respecting the half tim h difficulty. Altogether the meeting distric he da ctiairman, e system, would meet wit was a most pleasing one, in the rii showed that the originators of t ,Lie society were real benefi f their race .eat topic of gossip in Ireland is the _ thing banquet at Dublin to the Crimean heroes. It will, ag already announced, come off on the 22nd inst., in the large stores of the Custom House, and the hour fixed is one o'clock, as the .vho come up from the provincial garrisons to attend the banquet must return on the same -;ng to their respective quarters. The number :s who are expected to attend is about , and these will be exclusively - sioned officers and of soldil 'l.OOO non-corn ivates. The Lord- Lieutenant has announced his intention to be ent, together with the Lord Mayor; and his lI ' -,;irnose postponed for a cyhas for ti few w u . " as the Tobacco Store, - which in selected tor the national banquet, is the ~,„t building in Dublin, and is computed to be capable of accommodating 6,000 persons at dinner. The greater proportion of the Men quartered in the provinces are on the line of the Great Southern and Western Railway, and the direc tors of this line, as well as those of all the lines, have kindly cons ented to +a in the !horning, and to take other Irisl brim up the gueb n back the aide evening, free of charge, uceess of the d. givings ►•ere entertain 6, owing to the rumour ticiVerse to ambridge's b 500 soldiers ci Ina tip with an tuber of civilians. However, that's got over, a said, and we're now to have it 'graced by the 3nce of Lord Seaton, Lord Gough, and a host The viands were discussed Saturday, when it appeared that Sir Timothy other c iggested rumps of beef, hams, s of mutton, and all such, in addition to a pint of ale or porter, and what's to be equal to two tumblers of punch each man. This will be rather tter than the Crimean affair, as Sir Timothy is to hold on by his suggestion until it rities, a, M.P, terday contain 1 The London polic e repor t s o f I some additional revelations of the London Assur 'mpanies. The charge preferred in the no office being that the reputed Secretary v Life Assurance Company pretences. The case was Maryl 3 General Industr or raise i as some of th up" of assurance societies g( should teach the public to patroniee such provident institutions. • The clipper-ship Donald Maay, which sailed from this port on Monday evening last, had only reached off the port of Queenstown, when she was obliged to come to an anchor in consequence of the death of the medical officer. A telegraphic message has reached the owners here, Messrs. lamee Baines and Co., stating that another surgeon had been obtained from Cork, and that the Donald M`Kay would proceed yesterday morn- The celerity with which the important office filled speaks well for the perfect character of nt. and exemnlifios the of the ging by their ess of the People's Concert a George's Hall. on Saturday hist, has been univer. sally acknowledged ; and it has induced the energetic and spirited conductor and originator to manifest his gratitude for the extensive and liberal patronage bestowed upon his gigantic and important undertaking. Accordingly, we learn that a host of talent has been engaged for Satur day next, that the Grand Organ will again be called into requisition, and that, in addition to Miss Farrell, of the Nobilities' Concerts, London, Miss Landon, Mr. Scarisbrick, and Mr. Wilson, there will be a numerous choir of the Apollo Glee Club. Such enterprise merits the most unreserved approval, e, and support The letter of our patron pecial Paris correspondent, as well as our copious reports of foreign news in other columns, do not call for special notice here. The King of Naples still obstinately refuses the demands of the Allies, consequently they are about to adopt a more energetic line of policy. The finan cial report of M. Magne, presented to the Emperor of France, will amply repay perusal. The report dwells on the prosperous condition of the treasury, on the ready manner in which taxation is met, and on the activity of trade i it depicts the imports of the precious metals, which surpass the exports in spite of the magnitude of the latter, and it covers with its approval the restricted measures adopted by the Bank of France. The Paris Bourse has recovered from the panic of Monday, and prices have risen, though not to any extent. The only news from Russia relates to the late fetes at Moscow. Six hundred delegates of the people have assembled at Merges; they have delayed that the sovereignty of the people is in danger from monarc is intrigues, and constituted a central committee. They have voted an address to the authorities, and a manifesto to the people of Switzerland. The railway agitation in the Canton de Vaud is on the increase. The local incidents of the day are rather nume rous and interesting, as may be gathered from the reports of the Police, County and Bankruptcy Courts. We would call attention to the official enquiries before the Board "of Trade authorities into the late collisions in the Channel. They will illustrate the dangers arising from steamers going at a high rate of speed in places frequented by THE London Times, of Monday, announced that the Royal Mail Steam Company have issued a areholders, proposing to circular to their a establish the lo ydney and Panama. lg desired connection between adopting the very to we have been advocating for the last three There appears to be no longer a doubt as to the expediency of opening up this line of Australia. The steam communication with " leading" journal never said that it would not answer. All our cotemporary asked was, that no Australian mail steamer should be suffered to start from Liverpool. It only supported the Red Sea folly because it was the London—the genuine Cockney route ; and now that they find that the " Overland" scheme is a glaring job, and will not answer, they take up the Royal Mail Company's— that splendidly managed concern's—project to shut out the Men Company, should they not fulfil their contract, and Liverpool at the same time. This is killing two birds with the one stone, certainly. The Royal Mail Company'has been a sickly affairi for many years, and the advance which has taken place in the value of their shares --- 'thin the last few months, must be attributed I ^ l u to an accident or two which gave them a few hilfletriing freights Lhtaivferorpmool d some day Ch w a o g u r l es,aml the .s ) the Panama line, and with it the Cala gold, they hope to induce their adven turous shareholders to advance a little more cash, and throw more good money after the immense sums which have gone before it. That they will be throwing their money away is )rn n rather maintain the improvement until the close The transactions consisted of C 27. Eastern Counties, 87. Great We Lancashire and Yorkshire, 041 London Stock, 1011. . Manchester, Sh Lincoln, 313„1., 1. Midland Stock, 76a-, 7,-. 1, ,6, 51, 6,1, 6. Dovers, 20i, t, a, , Antwerp and Rotterdam, 6. Great Western of Canada, 221. North and South Wales Bank, 6i. Royal Bank, 7 per Cent Pref., 1111. Liverpool Fire and Life, 61,p. Royal Insurance, P. 1-lop, Produce Muiket are .anon a 1,1 - 3, 5,4 The dealings in c tent e stocks of this article in t excess of 15 000 tons, the and in London, whilst there is a consideral deficiency in the Clyde and Bristol. Refiners an grocers generally hold light stocks, so that with moderate supplies for the next two or three months, and a steady demand, we may look for present rates being maintained, and probably susceptible of some improvement. Some months since the Bristol and other refiners were compelled to hold large stocks of refined, but such is not now the fact, and it is expected that there is a better and a more wholesome trade in limited e Sugar keeps s n value rplus be tin• refiners generally. Writing upon the su T. &H. Littledale and Co. say : e, Mes We I alluded to the rumour that demanding an extra duty o !MI a (WOW 11 hundred weight, say 17s lit on whi Sugar, and it has this month been demanned and paid. What is our East India association about ; is it pot time to stir in the matter ? We repeat that it is an imposition on the part of the Custom house-officials, and ought not to be tolerated ; it merely requires to be fully brought before the proper authorities in London Coffee are limited. The recent advice.s from ' Choo have had the effect of restor 13.nares Tronsa( and sustaining the home tea markets theless, any permanent depend upon the tenor of subsequent accounts, as nothing but much diminished sup plies can effect any real and permanent good.--A limited business was transacted at the Dyewood sales to-day. Some Jamaica Logwood ,brought 4/ 1.7 s 6d per ton, Barwood 6/ 10s, and Rio Sanders Wood 8/ 12s 61 There is a steady demand for Rice. Speculators have lately turned their attention to this article, and have taken 20,000 bags of new Necransie at lOs 3d to lOs 61. The losses of produce at sea have beon unusually heavy, and in the article of Rice alone amouot.to nearly 10,000 tons in the last three mont► The following annual stat trade, prepared by Mr. Rober with attention : improvement Having been accustomed to cm sider the cereal ,err to close with the 30th September, I have pleasure to submit to my friends and correspondents the Custom House figures, representing the imports and exports of grain and flour into and from this port for the past twelve months. wish those of four previous years, - and they vff)rd good fool for Quiet - - reflection to all engaged in the trade. __ „„,,, the import of foreign and col on i a l w h eat and flour for the year into our port is the largest we have ever had, viz., 1,083,962 qrs of wheat, 1,137,932 brls and 231,447 sacks of flour. The largest yearly import previously was that ending with September, 1853, viz, 928,421 qrs wheat, 1,166,183 brie and 207,836 sacks of fl )nr. I.ldian c tho ugh largely imported this year (775,394 qrs), falls short of the quantities imported in 1847 and 1849, when they stood respectively 1,117,608 qrs and 1.002 439 qrs. Thisarticie, however, is making good way in England for cattla and othcr food, and is intrinsically a strong, valuable, and cheep help to our farmers, now that barley rules at such high rates. The seasOn, taken as a whole, has bren somewbitt-precarious . - for harvest, for, saving a fortnikht or so of hot Feorehing weather, about the commencement of August, we have had much more rain and changeable temperature than in the average of seasons. Consequently, a very considerable portion of the crops has been stacked hastily, and several months must elapse before condition can be restored to a satisfaction : of the miller. The apnr. . harvest is always a subject upon wl opinion. I cffer, diffidently and re to reiult of ity of find div spectfuilv, the following as the sum of my gathering of opinions from vario quarters :—Wheat, barley, and oats, a good - the acre ; beans and pease, large ditto; turnips and mangold wurzel could not be weightier; potatoes show a greater extent of disease than in any year since 1846; the frequent atmospheric changes have been fa , al to them in many districts, but more particularly so in the north and Scotland ; the fruit season has been an absolute failure. More than the usual stress has this season been put upon the extra breadth of land under wheat. Now it is very well for writers in the public press annually to dress up this notion, but it is rather strange that a few of our sage and experienced corn factors should lend th em , selves to so palpable a fallacy. Ask, any farmer of over 200 or 300 acres if he will not havE to pay a severe penalty in after years, if ho materially disturbs the general rotation of his crops. The statistical returns of Scotland, showing as regards wheat an increase this over 1855 of 36 per cent (endorsed by highly-respect-at. authority, as likely to represent about a corresponding increase in England), similar returns of Ireland of 18A per cent, and the opinion of one of our first firms engaged 11 the trade on the Suffolk and Essex coast ; that the increase may be abotit 10' per cent, may, by acciderifal circumstances (that of a good autumn of wheat-sowing instead of a bad fair average to -~~~. ad one, thereby putting out barley and oats), be nearly true regards a comparison of one year with another ; but if we take a fairer comnarison—that of years—l very respectfully beg to contend that we have been growing less of wheat since 1850 than we did the five years previously, and inore of beef and mutton. Presuming that the Gazette return ! furnish us with fair approximate data as to the sales 0, British wheat, the following result will be found :—For 2 6 weeks after the harve s t of 1845, for four years the quantitY was 12,04,667 quarters of wheat ; and, taking the four t years wince_ the harvest of 1852, the returned quantity : 9 10,969,318 qu ar te rs ; m a ki ng a diff e rence of 1 1 696 ' quarters against larger acreage. For further illust r a tio n let us examine the imports and eiports of wheat and flour; Ireland and coast w i se , i n t o an d ou t of Liverpool in th e Y ea td and 1855; Imported. Expottedi Flour. Wheat. skg .295,179 qr5..416,993 sks. :15,627 qrs. .17,5 .. 39,235 „ 51,411 „69.511 e imports represent British produce, the exports Foreign; facts which explain themselves. Statistical fig ure -.riously, but there is one patent, unde niable of the marses—the skilled labourepri j, in every branch of business, lq t " .wring, and in the maritime districts--; so well off as at present, and , t ability to consume greatly of the beg we beef, and mutton. Thus, wil'e T , l ? o , e a comparison of crops, one year with another, a ', 3 `% ; ,at crop may be small to meet the current COnsutePuTati I that we shall require great imports from P r ‘ e h i rt The question- is resolved very simply i n to L of supply and demand, a candid consideration of whit be be instructive and interestieg The statistics relative interesting, the trade of Fran d the first six months of the p re s en t year, puu , " — L i ; t yesterday, are considered t o o ff er an ev elle ei proof of commercial stability, and the infere l/ n d consequently is that the prevailing pressure a'r:i inconvenience in the Money Market arise ro exceptional circumstances, and d o no t detract I tie the general prosperity o f th e country. A4t,,ivg same time there is the f ac t th a t some appro3ching a crisis exists. Wh e ther continue or become worse it is imP°V, O3 . to ~judge from present -indications. In " 1 , - re burg, Frankfort, and Vienna, however, w'sr off:airs have also been discouraging, there i s sympt'Ans of recovery, discount accommodation is obtained without difficulty, and confiden ce y partially restored. But inFrance there are Il l ' o n t peculiar circumstances in operation which Pre cgs an immediate recovery, and which time alon e be remove. The Bank of Franco is supposed t° the buyer of gold, and large parcels arc leaving ess Bank of England for the French capital. T l-I ,,leci -return published by the, Bank of France is ",bld forward to with interest, although any unfit/ 011 %0 change which it may exhibit will no doutl , been fully anticipated. The weekly reviews from the A t nsterclar ° s ed Rotterdam produce markets state that the incl:e-twit value of money had checked business, tuu rt ot quotations had not experienced any iralnipsi change. In coffee, sugar, and the other Pr' v c ii it to articles the operations were chiefly for i l33lfle n tioo consumption. The letters - from Rouen Ine f ",,,dy that the market for manufactures was 8 ,9 0 d, although the attendance of buyers had dimisisiou A prospectus has been issued of the Aus tr „ 3 o l of Land and Emigration Company, with a onP` T ioor 100,0001, under respectable auspices, with a 1 4 0 0 to 'facilitate the - settlement of Germans i,, n . no re o South Wales. It is proposed to buy 100, 00 ' be te in the neighbourhood of the Clarence Rive r ', W begit some German communities are already estab l 4 lo , and to divide this land • into small farms, t°,„, s; dl- at a yearly rental, on principles which have for - t, that the cond t the countrT rural, in the manufaet probably pence, the i of flour countria been found to y. very favourable results.. 0 0 We hay the fol 'ngTespecting the Birtno3 6 111,04, s of :—There was 3 '''tiori of -o-day, and the comp o 01• tni . for all descriptions of ' At of the ti as:7llPeesa .o hi per lb upon the July sales. The ad e ach m re a d y t b o e be qu in ot m ed os a t t t a •e r q j u tt e d s v t i ; nee r o o o f sates of discount was the subject of 1 / 1 1 .:00 mverdatidn, but it had little effect upon t he p ileo 4 ' We copy:the following from Mr. conclusion of the days s aLe ° " iecce wools, Midland Counties clip- - toa d is! f l r i 16,-led to wether, 161 to 1.7 Z-d ; roil e '° dr 1,57 1 4 to ; cots, 134-ci ; skin wools, fine e to 168 0 Trigs, 16 1 to 178 d ; strong ditto, 150 s ,u ) p l e 47d ; , 16 1s : 3 1 . t y o , 7 1 !- 1 :1 1 ; t o fi O n Zi 4. • 154 d to 16, 2 1 d ; header 1 sal peasafternoon, a shipwright, 11,,,,sset' employment an board a v i o ld DJek, accidentally fell into the es receiving other contusio o ' eo d e d troubled with Corns and Bunions are reecoloirs to to pay visit to Mr. Rendall, whose address 00 ° 4 0 0! painful ample ci o nu t lt h ,iu ei t: c txs o ote l ir li s n ioem n nr , iscae a ell s n sf ,ad are wes b hr y ietcomh owhich,avdbeiids dispenses bte i yy t n.s3 w eisr i wi n be Randall seen boplestor 0. , kisid his emnl ' ll 00 1 1 kN VIER FIRE IN MEUSEY-STREET.—It was t. sir ca we had to report the breaking o ut °-dealer' prem:sos of Mr. Thompson, ship store strrrt, by which damage to the extent of ,t 6 o ol° The fire brigade . were immediately T Last night another fire broke out on ' — d i tne f ' their cxPrttons, the flames were CO'auedA,,,tsPe the fire originated. Only trifling "- in at tb. Liverpool tr 3li f a" ship, ...•v v g T l , : i t E he A : sa il s . thi s 3 3 0 ' Melbourne. She has a full and valuable cargo , ° .,, ° c s o f / passengers of all classes. Her first and sec)nd elw c. , e rs 1 `; quite full, and she would have more steerage P 3Bs ; ::' O l d " the owners, would take them ; but wishing to g'', - 1• 13 010 - 1 1 'louble the quantity of space allowed by act of P e `. - e l . o this class of pastvngers, they refuted to take La e. is classs are highly respectable. • ,cle: OPP.NING OP THE NEW FREE TRADE ITALij h. joi ,ll 8 Last evening the new Free Trade oat .anchester was opened with great pomp, dr y „-, °l ll tt Wilson presiding:, and delivered the inaugural a which a serif s of resolutions, congratulating t he r 'l6e lt upon the earopletioa of such a noble building, wer e Pig airi 3 and seconded in eloquent speeches from some of the grA il ho men of the city. After the inauguration was °Tell /' ball took place, at which 2,000 persons attenue —pooTlhLisinfea:”ourite —ilia! '° a r Of whole affair was a most imposing one. O r 3 l -1 : SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL, WEBILT: i .. I pd, "ir 000 b r 8, 'lBso.—ln-patients Discharged : 01 , 1 , - ",,d, ~V, '-ve,l, n ; at own request, 2 ; irregular, 0 ; ` - '0 1. ,,' " • under treatment, 58. Out-patieots;oare": under treatment, 51. f i t ;,; , Pi.: st Esq. Visitors :J. Farnw o rta p. i ‘ , • ' NI Honorary Chaplain : F e f Wee W . as and Surgeons for O le os Churton. House Sgrg e° ed l er. William Townsend. tbe fie :4 esterday morning, a 4. L, - 1 00 oo a ..le an application to W. iroo l oo a WIIOIR he said wls confined ill f clip a ~er. Vigo. The application Was ° O 3 O °.• 11! tie said a man was in irons on boar d ree eo 4 l toe vessel wpts under English c.dours, althoug h he fe: 0 (1 engaged by the French Government. ' He said t " 1: "'lt l f o r , r , i was about to sail tor Havre, and then for New, 01 0 ,, to as the man was an English sub d j i e r c e t e , te h d e i m lis ig p h ce t to u r e Clie" Mr. Mansfield look after the affair. CIL ESTER.- , 48 ; S. Alarr raTsictar r. Cameron and Mr. I. C. Gar A SAIL9R IN I RONS.-Y, Goodier r tit S P ALUM ED EMIGRANT RUNNER.—lNiello'l l ;esterday, at u"' s iiee e P t : as an emigrant runner Isithea t o r ati ll o oti e saw the defendant acting as 3 ,13,Y" . CO ' . rf. , ,CTS to his house, 56, flar h aou;ed s Block, fur. the defoiee, fiesci l f oe . persons, who swore they were of the Par t Yolt c o clo , emigrants," but that they were not—tbeY . r frl e o o° re on business, and same were looking for tb el Tl3 o And Mr, 'Sirinott only showed them the waY' plaint was dismissed. c pt i . o / LIVERPOOL LADIES' COLLEGE.—The fOl l° Zil,9, ll lOCl 4 0 1 lect u r es s h e are t announced udy o f Natural to History t given a n a d t r t h h y e si o e O p n . e T o i : m3 W p e s o d n n s E d s a g y .a, a tl ft fe e i r eri n v. o e; o n n ao , n, t dc h lao e nc l ok s t, inst, at on 0 9 , 03 - i ß n e g v ' . t l h ' e ro i fe 6 s il or in G s' ;iffiths. These lectures ' V 1 , 11 'Et .1( 4 .7 b 01 to all ladies who choose to attend, and the 0 -rteo"4o" . is to urge the claims these studies have on thee r c o' ladies, and to indicate the course each of t e ll oi l e ge: o 4 intends to pursue in his department of the rre 0 0 THEATRE .ROYAL.—ITALIAN OPERA. -- T he IC I on Tuesday night consisted of the music tha t `, e rt,!:; 1 1 0 1 the same company at the last Philharmonic O l s' a , tO first act of “Lucrt.zii 13urgia," and the " c° t e ce s ; with the agreeable addenda of scenery, d re rssi° l/ ? freedom from the constraint in action and exP e li efel ° ! fl e d sary in.the concert room. Madame Grisi, it s : er for lll , - r e, „rj in her best mood. In the "Baibierts" eacuj - 1 1 ° f f - d i fr g . , with each other to proticce an excellent resui" cro ce. - e5 , the Domr, was unctions in his fun—Ma ri° 'Vic% sc e d ra..y, bat somewhat tame in the Coot. or heed II sh ß r g, highestei singing i g t n o a , d n psd oiacting, Lir repre s ente d ni‘s::cega t li h cah e ne ep2 hti character aue sienawnaadsa style i b e r Ic a st trA l: o.vge:h.ri I v or e : e:::; 0 : 0 ; 0 0 ‘ the e ° Batbiero," it would be delightful to be - es amsiera success R l s c c hi I ae l o h' m , part; Mademoiselle might be ei be atre in the " Traviata," on Tuesday, the 21st in charming, a n ' w ded / D ij ea te 4 l , is t h t i o n k, m i appear at ttt. irons there. as-charged by a police officer, 3 court, for ac D