Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-03 00:00:00

SMITHSONIAN HOTEL, BROLDWAT, Corner of HOUSTON-STREET, NEW Yo RE. Named In honour of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Established at WASHINGTON, by the U. S. CONGRESS, With Funds bequeathed by JAMES Smyrusow, of ENGLAND, Having the Friendship of the OFFICERS Of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION, Is conducted on the ELIZOPEAN PLAN. CHAS. H. SMITH. Q UEEN'S COLLEGE, LIVERPOOL. GENTLEMEV WISHING to JOIN any of the CLASSES in QUEEN'S COLLEGE are raque.sted to apply to the Secretary for Cards of Adm;ssien. _ . _ Attendance will be given at the College on the evenings of Septem. ber Ist, god, 3rd. and 4th, from to 9, to give explanations and to enrol the names of kiplicants. Mount street, August, 1857. ASTRUP CARISS, Secretary. to alluvial thil.^4.—Zbis Day. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 2, Dale-street, a quantity of Teel Seed and Surat Cotton.—Browne, Hunter and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 16. 'Exchange-buildifigs, 358 barrels Tnspentine.—J. H. 'Bayne: and Co. At twelve o'clack, 100 barrels Virgin Rosin,—Alex. S. Mecrae. At the b oker's office, 9, North John-strnt, 54 bags Nitrate 'Soda. — ..Henry Gardner. At twelve o'olock, 183 bags Rice.—Cox Brothers. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's offiee, 18, Hackie's-hey,•3o3 bag Riee.—A. and S. H.'Sleigh. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Apslev-buildings, Cldhall street, 124 bales Irish Moss.—Rooke, Okell and Sperms. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's offles, 18, Hackles-hey, 1,192 bags Linseed•Cake.— . .almain aet Hill. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Lancaster-buildings, Tithe barn-street, a quantity of blnotard &•el, Ltnse;.d, Soc. —Henry Wilde. At twelve o'clozk, at the brokers' office, Chrfpel-street, a quantity Rapeseed and ale tardseed.--G itlith, Sons a 3 d Palo 'hero°. At twelve o'clock, at the broke 's officf.l,Victoria-traildings, Flackin' - hey, a grontity of Cotton, Cotton Piclri.tgs, and !tags.-111,es Barton and Son. cFr For particulars see adVertisenatmti. AMUSEAENTS‘, PITBUC MEETING'S, &e. Til IS 'DAY. TIVIATIUM ROYAL —4taitau Opfra-8 Urea. AM HIT LI EATRE—DMlllatitt Performance-7 p .m. rarrine . HALT., Claytcm-square—Garion Ceyrining-8 p.m. P.OTAL CoLossEnn —Gemara' Entertaintr.ent-6:30 p.m. letoLoslcAL GAs.Dr2:3—Grand and VariecrEnterbaiments. ca- , ?or particulars see! advertisements. THVT:SDAF, SEPTEMBER 3,:1157. THE DAY'S NEWS', Yeaterrlay the monthly meeting of the Town Council was held. It was resolved t 1 fat the new landing-stage should be accepted•by the Finance Committee, and they would have the opinion cj the Surveyor of the Corporation, and 3lr Hartley, who would determine what works we re necessary for traffic; such works would be con strutted, and the stage would then be handed over to the new Deck Trust. Some exceptions was taken to the length of the bridges from the • Tier Head to the stage, which Mr. Woo druff averred were rather short. Mr. Hornby in moving that a sum of 1,0001. be voted to the T( )ern Clerk for his exertions in connection with the Mersey Con servancy Bill, lately before Parliament, alluded at some length to the objects of this bill., and anim adverted in rather strong terms on tb,e conduct of the Board of Trade during the pie aracted pro ceedings. He had no hesitation in ex pressing his opinion that the conduct of her Majesty's ministers was most • unjustifiable. Mr. Aide man Holme seconded the motion, but Mr. Woodru if demurred, He admitted the zeal, ability, and judgment of the Town Clerk. If Mr. • Shuttiewort h had been unremitting in his exertions, and had worked • hard during the past twelve month 6, the very result of shis labours would be that for the future he would not have one-half the hesines s to attend to that heretofore came under hie dir action; and he thought, therefore, that the Council were not justified in. voting away a weir. of 1,0001. His salary was large, 2,5001. per annum; besides, if he was entitled to that sum, were there not others who had exerted themselves equally with, the Town Clerk ? And had they .no claim on the Town Council ? If one deserved a gratuity so did the other, and he would therefore move an amendment against the resolution. There was no seconder, consequently the motion was carried. The proceedings of the Watch, St. George's Hall, and Market Committees were approved of and confirmed. There seems to be now. some chance of the erection of the new Public Library build ing being proceeded with. The tender of Messrs. -Holm° and Nicol, have been accepted for its construction. ilia report of Mr. Duncan to the Water Committee. was read. Ho reports that he had tried a number- of experi ments by different methods, for the filtration and purification of the water, and his conclusion is, that in consequence of the dietance between .the works at Rivington an 1 Liverpool, the water assumes a more brown appearance than when it leaves Riv ington ; that the open reservoirs are favourable to the developemeet of organic matter ; that in spite of the utmost care that car. be exercised, animal culte do and will find their way into the cisterns and pipes connected with storage and distribution in Liverpool, and that of anything is to be done to improve the Rivington water it must be accomplished at the Liverpool end, immediately before distribution to the inha bitants. He makes two recommendations—first, to introduce a system of filtration at Liverpool, as well to improve the colour of, and render the Rivington water alone sufficiently clear and palata ble for all purposene second, to adopt the alterna tive of laying a separate system of pipes fur .the supply of unmixed well water for table use, and the Rivington for manufacturing, S;c., purposes. The latter scheme is the one which Mr. Duncan thinks best, "for doubtless the time will arrive when all the water which can be procured at home and from Rivington will ihe required. Mr. Spencer's report avers that hia experiments fully warrant him in stating that the tinge of colour now contained in the Rivington water may be altogether removed but that the filtering beds 4. - -hould be close to Ken. sington reservoir. The reading of these reports — as well as a letter from Dr. Lngus Smith, of Man- ch , mter, on the quality of tho Rivington water, which he flO adenine—was followed by Mr. Alderman Parker moving :that the Wate- Committee be instructed to supply the in habitants with spring water, without any admixture of the Rivington water. Mr. J. R. Jeffrey seconded the motion.. Mr. Robertson would not subscribe to the opinion that the Rivington water was unfit for household purposes, until every means had been tried to filter the water. He instanced several terms which at first bad been supplied with water much worse than that from Rivington, .and now that filtration had been attended to, •the quality was of the first class, Mr. el. B. Jeffery said that the council had in the month of May, pas3ed a resolution that the Rivington water was unfit for dietetic purposes, and what - means had the Water Committee taken to render the supply satisfactory? He would support the experiment of supplying the town, three days a week, with red sand-stone water. Several other gentlemen spoke on the question, including Mr. Bennett, who concreamed the Rivington water with great force, and said the water engineer's report was a valuable document, and did Mr. Duncan great credit. Ultimately an amendment of Mr. Aikin's—that time be allowed for the Water Com mittee to consider and report upon the communi cation of Mr. Duncan and the others, and to receive such further information as they might deem necessary to enable them to report thereon to the Council at their earliest convenience ; and that it be an instruction to them to report at the same time on the practicability, and, if practicable, the cheapest and best mode of supplying the well water for drinking purposes, and the Rivington water for other purpose s , pending the further time 8 ,n4 trial which are demanded before deciding upon the two sets of pipes—was agreed to, and the meeting broke up, after resolving to meet again on Wednesday next. From the report of a meeting in Manchester, in reference to the intended operations of the newly formed Oriental Inland Steam Company, we understand that the company are about to com mence the steam navigation of the Indus, by means of flat bottomed boats of twenty-four inches draught, trains of which will be towed by steam boats of 200 horse-power ; and under terms of a concession from the East India Company, which was tantimount to a guarantee of 10 per cent. on the outlay. Manchester enterprise was invited to co-operate for the extension of the scheme of the Godocry and other rivers, with view of increasing the supply of cotton. Resolutions were passed unanimously recognising the im portance of the scheme, and appointing en influ ential committee, for the diffusiOn of information on the subject, and aiding the London Board in the prompt erection of the enterprise. Mr. Charles Dickens has published the results of the entertainments given in remembrance of the late Douglas Jerrold. The audited accounts show that the Various performances, readings, and lectures, have realised, after the payment of all expenses, a clear profit of 2,000./. This . sum is to be expended in the purchase (through trustees) of a Government annuity for Mrs. Jerrold and her unmarried daughter, with remainder to the survivor. Respecting the anticipated vacancy in the representation of Greenwich, we learn that Mr. Montague Chambers has been requested to allow himself to be put in nomination should a vacancy occur. This latter event may not take place, as by an act passed in the reign of the late George 111., a year may elapse before abankrupt member . is disqualified from holding his seat. He is, how ever, incapable of voting or sitting for a year unless within that time the proceedings are superseded, or the creditors paid the full amount of their debts, and the entering into a bond with two sureties for the payment of disputed debts, if recovered, is to be considered as payment. If within a year the fiat is not superseded, nor the debts paid upon a certificate from the Commis sioner to the Speaker, the seat of the member is to be declared vacant. The act in question has reference to parties becoming bankrupt after their election as members of Parliament. For a borough the qaalification is a clear annual estate of ,300, ' and before a member takes his seat he must deliver • to the clerk of the House a paper signed by himself, containing a description of the estate or quali fication, and then take and subscribe an oath of its value. Mr. Arthur Russell, nephew of Lord John Russell, and late private secretary to that nobleman, is, it is said, to take the place of Mr. Byng in the representation of the borough of Tavistock. There will of course be no opposition, as it is a pocket borough belonging to the Bedford family, of which Mr. Russell is a scion. The calling out of only 7,000 of the Militia by Government, is looked upon as most unsatisfae tory. It is true that Lord Palmerston is said to have declared, that if the next news from India was bad, he would embody every Militia regiment in the kingdom, and send every soldier to India But what has he done'? He has simply ordered another battalion of the line, and has embodied seven Militia regiments. "We must have a reserve of trained soldiers,' says the Daily News, " old enough to stand the elimate and the fatigue. That reserve must be drawn from the Militia, and if it is to be drawn from the.militia e the government must know to call out only seven regiments is mere mockery." The same authority states that we must execute a terrible vengeance, and that. promptly, on every human being who has put his finger to those atrocities which disgrace humanity, which our recent accounts by the Overland Mail have so minutely described—but we must do more. We must not only restore order within our own territories ; we must overawe every potentate of the East. We must teach the nations—Nepaul • and China, Affghanistan and. Persia—that our arms are not yet paralysed, that we . can still wield the .sceptre and the sword. The only instrument to achieve these results is an army of 80,000 men, and this army must be recruited from the militia ranks. Of foreign news this morning we have very little. The French squadron has sailed from .L.larseilles for the coast of Corsica and Tunis. The measures taken by thoßey of Tunis against the authors of the late outrages-are considered _insufficient, and other guarantees have been demanded. The Sias says that the/real question of difficulty between England and Persia does not relate to the evacuation of Herat, but to the position of the British consuls in Persia. By the recent treaty it was stipulated that the places in which the British consuls were to reside in Persia were to be deter mined by convention, and in respect to their organisation, England was to be placed on the :"oozing of the most favoured nation. This nation is Russia, and it is Russia which is now ofrerin ! .e, objections, and urging Persia to require a modifi cation of the terma of the convention. The Peninsular 'mails have arrived at South anapton in the steaener Sultan. Sir Morton Peto has settled the definitive contract for the construc tion of the railway between Lisbon and Oporto. Mr. Hislop, the original contractor of the Eastern Railway-in Portugal e has issued a protest against the Portuguese government and Sir Morton,Peto. Th© electric telegraph will.shortly be opened between Lisbon and London. Count Lavraiclo is to proceed to Berlin from London on a special mission about the King of Portugal's marriage. The submarine operations for clearing the Douro are progressing satisfactorily. IT ij at all times a delicate and unpleasant duty for the public journalist to final fault with the conduct and actions of magistrates sitting on the Bench for the purpose of administering the laws. Painful although the task may be, it is imperative that the least appearance of one sided and partial decisions should be exposed, so that their repetition shall not be agan attempted. There is not any duty connected with the office of the magistrates which is so unpleasant to them, and which, by the way, gives such general dis3atisfaction as that relating to the granting of spirit licenses. If the law regulating public houses requires immediate and extensive alterations, that by which the granting of licenses is authorised is equally ripe for change and amendment. Our readers are aware that the Licensing Sessions hare been going on during the course of the present week, and that the proceedings have been more than usually interesting, from the fact that a couple of " scenes" took place— one on Monday, and the other on Tuesday. To these matters we shall now refer, seeing that they are of too important a character to be passed over in silence. Administered as the law for granting licenses now is, the magistrates consult together in their private room after hear ing the case made out for and against the appli cants. No reason is assigned for the refusal, so that the party who has gone to the cost of preparing his claim, and feeing a lawyer to enfoge its validity before the Bench, i s d en i e d, withtut any reason for the refusal. He is placed in precisely the same position as the borrower who goes to a Loan Society, or an Insurance Company, to obtain a monetary accommodation. Re pays the " inquiry " fee, and offers undenia ble security, but the loan is refused, the directors declining to state the reasons for refusing the application. One can understand the commer cial policy of a Loan Society keeping their secrets to themselves, lest it might injure their business ; but it is perfectly inexplicable, as well as egregiously unfair, that a Bench of magistrates shall sit in secret conclave and deliver judge ments affecting the rights and pecuniary position of their fellow-townsmen, without having the manliness to declare the reasons which have influenced them in their decisions. This is something like the Star Chamber practice of bygone days—times which reflect no honour upon the generally unspotted character of Britain's history. It was upon this objectionable practice of deciding against applicants for spirit licenses without assigning a reason that Mr. J. R. JEITERY addressed the Bench, and although it may suit the views of some of our coteinporaries to designate his conduct as " indecorous," and his speech a " clap-trap appeal to passion rather than reason," we cannot find that Mr. JEFFERY said one word which he had not a right to urge. He maintained that the magistrates were then sitting as justices for the administration of a certain law, and that, as such, it was their bounden duty to discuss their decisions on the bench, and, failing that, the parties concerned and their advo cates should be present in the magistrates' room during the private consideiation of their case. This was the main point of Mr, JEFFERY'S address whicho ffended the dignity of the majority of the presiding magistrates, and which led both Mr. BOLTON and Mr. AIKIN to be somewhat warm in their reply. The remarks of Mr. AIKIN par ticularly, imputing improper motives to Mr JEFFERY, were an evidence that he felt the force, aye, and the truth, of all that that gentleman had advanced. It was no justification for per sisting in a bad and improper course to allege that the Bench was only doing what had been the practice carried out at the Licensing Sessions for years. Although Mr.JEFFERY and Mr. SHELL were not successful in their efforts on the present occasion, we trust that they will not give over the further agitation of the question. It is con trary to the spirit'of the English law to deliver magisterial decisions under the cloak of secresy. The vote of every magistrate who votes for or against the granting of a spirit license should be as patent as the names and opinions of the judges of the land, when they pronounce judgment on any great and controverted point of law. Secresy in matters of the kind never fails to create a want of confidence on the part of the public, who well know that instances not a few are on record where personal influence alone has procured the applicant his license. But in the discussion provoked by Mr. JEFFERY, and subsequently alluded to by Mr. ASFINALL, there is another most important matter involved, namely, the extent of power assumed by the Bench in deciding for or against a license. Hitherto the Bench have admitted into their consideration the wants of the locality and a variety of other matters refitting thereto. Mr. JEFFERY maintains, and he is. upheld in his legal view of the Act of Parliament, by more than one member of the Bar, that all that the magistrates have to decide upon is the suitability of the house and the unim peachable character of the applicant. Now, if this reading of the law be correct—and we are convineed that it is, notwithstanding all the special pleading and legal verbiage uttered by Mr. AIKIN—we say the magistrates, by the course which they have adopted, are exercising a power which is antagonistic to the letter of the law. A flying visit through a ward will not enable any man to form an opinion as to the wants of a locality. Its population, the habits, and means of the people are all to be considered ; and this, supposing Parliament authorised it, is not work for a brief discussion in the magistrates vivate room. We trust that some steps will be alien to bring about a change in the law for granting spirit licenses. As now administered, is objectionable in principle, and entirely faulty 'and injurious in its practical results. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY) SEPTEMBER 3. 1857. I TALIAN OPERA AT THE THEATRE ROYAL. A still larger audience than on the previous evening enthusiastically greeted Mademoiselle Piccolomini, at the Theatre Royal, last night, in " La Figlia del Reggimento!' Tee naivete, animation, and brilliancy of her acting and left nothing to desire, and made this triln g Opera a charmiug entertainment. Comparing the per formance a last night with that of a year since, we trace a great devehpement of power, in voice and execution, promising a rich futurity in this young lady's career. Sho, throws herself, with heart and soul, into her part, and acts and sings with such facility and truth of expression that many of the public, missing the great exertion made by other singers, believe that nothing has been done. They should compare her performances with that of Belletti, exit ly similar in character—aasy, graceful, and iefined. But they actually applaud the great exertions, though ins-ffectually made to produce a sensation by other singers. Signor Giugliri was more finished and satisfac tory in Tonio than on the previous evening, but in Edgardo, though vociferously aartlau 'ed, was not quite what we had a right to expect. The aspiration of some of his passages, to which we have before alluded, was really painful. He has great feeling and taste in other respects, and when he gets rid of this serious defect—one of the greatest* that can attend a singer—will be entitled to take a high sand, but it most be got lii of. II mio tesoro ,in " Don Giovanni," to-morrow night, will be a severe test, To night, Mozart's delightful opera, "La None di Figaro,' ‘ a stranger to Liverpool, will be given, in which Mad'lle. Piccolomini will be a charming Susanna, and Belletti a capital Figaro, It will embridy the strength of the company, and we trust, for the taste of Liverpool, draw a crowded house—we hope they may ba Able to afford it." AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. By the arrival of the screw steamer City of Baltimore, which left New York on the 20th ult., we are in receipt of one days later news from the United States. The City of Baltimore arrived here shortly after ten o'clock yesterday forenoon. The intelligence does not possess any feature of importance. The Arabia arrived at New York on the afternoon of the 19th August. From Washington we learn that the President, a short time ago, received a letter from Professor Silliman and others, including several doctors of divieicy, objecting to the employment by him of the United States military forces to execute the so-called laws of Kansas, and assuring him that they would not cease to pray that he might have the proper course of duty pointed out to him, or something to this effect. To this letter the President has just replied, briefly but pointedly, denying their premises, questioning their know ledge of those laws, and, after acknowledging their validity, he calmly assures them that, by the help of God, he will enforce the in accord ance with his oath of office. A New York paper is sorry to learn from the St. Louis, Missouri Democrat, that some " two hundred indictments had been found against per sons residing in the neighbourhood of Topeka, and that six men had been arrested iu Franklin county by dragoons and taken to camp." This was the policy which, under poor Pierce, brought on the bloody scenes in Kansas in 1856. Governor Walker should endeavour to avoid a repetition of them, and keep Kansas quiet, if possible, till the meeting of Congress. That has become now his paramount duty. It is announced that the Nicaraguan Minister has received, by the Tennessee, advices that Nicara,gua does not approve the contract of Costa Rica with Webster for the Transit route, but ignores it. A private letter from New Orleans states that up to the 13th ult. it had rained there every. day for thirty-eight days consecutively, and was still raining. The city, however, was remarkably healthy, never more so at this season of the year. The Mobile Mercury has received discouraging accounts of the cotton crops from almost every section of Alabama and Eastern Mississippi ; but the crop of wheat and oats is extraordinary, and a great yield of corn is promised. The hemp factory of M'Grew, Brothers, at Lexington, Mo., was destroyed by fire on the 18th ult. Loss 30,000 dollars—lnsured. An extensive gang of male and female operators in counterfeit five dollar bills on the Lee Bank, of Massachusetts, has been detected recently in New York. It is supposed that at least five thousand dollars worth of those worthless bills have been put in circulation. The parties arrested, fifteen in number, were in prison, awaiting the course of the law. The Supreme Court of the state of Maine, having been requested by the Legislature to . give its opinion upon that branch of the Dread Scott decision touching the constitutional right of free colored persons to vote in said State, have decided that Free colored male persons of African descent, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, hiving a residence established in sme town or plantation in this State three months next preceding any eleetion, and who are not paupers, aliens nor persons under guardianship, are autho rised under the provisions of the constitution of this State to be electors for Governor, Senators, and Repres entatives. Respecting Fall Prospects," the New York Herald, of the 20th ultimo, says : The Persia sailed yesterday and took out 1,742,507 dollars of specie, greatly to the inconvenience of our banks, which have for the past month pursued the suicidal policy of increasing their line of discounts without regard to the deposit movement and specie prospect. We pointed, a month ago, to the crisis in money matters which was coming upon us ; it has now begun ; and what with the demand for specie for export to pay what we owe in Earope, and with the demand for the payment of duties on our fall imports, we look for a very severe time indeed during the months of September and October. Our corn and other merchants will feel it. The late failure of the most prominent member of the Corn Exchange was not an iiola-ed event ; he succumbed naturally to the discrepancy between the anticipations of his Western correspondents and the actual range of prices. It appears quite likely that the same causes will affect others in like manner. The farmers, counting upon a first-rate harvest, have made their plans accordingly ; and the excellent prospects of the crop in Europe haie completely overset their calculations by reducing the demand to a merely nominal amount. Again, our aug Ix men and large grocers are carrying heavy quan tities of sugar, in the hope of higher prices. The late flare up at Ilavennah forced some of the holders to disgorge ; the others will And it hard work to hold on with money at two per cent per month. We do not look for very many failures, but we anticipate, this fell, a psriod of stringency and inconvenience which will remind the sufferers of the very hardest times we have ever gone through. A postal convention has been concluded between the United States and Hamburgh. The mails are to be exchanged by means of United States or Hamburgh mail steamers, running direct between New York and Hamburgh. The postage between the United States and Hamburgh, under this ar rangement, is two cents the single letter of half ounce or under, prepayment optional, and two cents on newspapers, prepayment required. The rates to all countries and places beyond Hamburgh, whether upon letter or printed matter, are identi cally the same, in all respects, as the rates charged via Bremen, under the United States and Bremen postal convention. A singular case of breach of promise of marriage is about to engage the Boston courts. A despatch from that city, dated 18th inst., says : A suit, claiming $25,000 damage 3 for an alleged breach of promise of marriage, is causing considerable excitement in the fashionable circles of this city. The parties to the suit are Moses Ingle, of New York, plai n tiff, an d D r . George Hayward and wife, defendants. Mr. Ingle met Mrs. Hayward in Europe as the youthful, beautiful and wealthy widow of the late" Amos Binney, where, he says, she promised to marry him. The defendants are now abroad. Rufus Choate and Peleg W. Chandler are retained for the defence. It is thought the case will be pressed to trial. - The news from Havana and Mexico does not possess any features of importance. At the former place a monetary panic had given way to feelings of security. In Mexico the quarrel with Spain continues to attract general attention. The New Orleans papers contain articles from the Vera Cruz papers of the 29th ult: arid" 2ad instant in relation to the Tehuantepec route. They urge the Government to make suitable provision for the opening of business which is to take place in October, and they say that everything is progress ing in a satisfactory manner. The papers also notice in terms of congratulation the recent arrangement between the different claimants of the grant, and express their confidence in the hanpy issue of the mission of Messrs. Benjamin and La Sere. • COMMERCIAL. Nzw YORK, August 20. There is some activity in the Money Market, bat the supply as yet is abundant. The Banks appears still to be contracting, bat not .to any serious extent. In Exchange there is but little doing, the market closing quiet at 1091 to 1091 BERADSTUFFS,—The enquiry for Western Canal Flour is moderate, the arrivals fair, and prices of the low grades are easier. Canadian and Southern Flour is also easier and quiet. The supply.of Wheat is far above the wants, and to-day a decline of 3to 6 cents per bushel must be reported. Indian Corn is in better demand and firm. COTTON : The market is firm, with an upward ten dency, and a small business is doing. The sales are 500 bales. We quote : NEW YORE CLASSIFICATION. • New Orleans. Upland. Florida. Mobile. & Texas. Ordinary,.,, Middling Middling Fair Fair Hors : The inquiry continues very light, and prices are somewhat nominal. Operators have again settled to the old idea of waiting for " something to turn up." The business is confined to small lots to the city trade, at 7c to 12c, as to quality. Old are unchanged. IRON: Scotch Pig is rather in limited demand at 29 dols 50c to 30 dols, 6 mos., by the invoice, but job lots from store command a slight advance on these rates. Common Bars are in moderate request at 53 dole to 54 dole, 6 mos. Refined English Bars are quiet ; sales from store, to the trade, at 67 dols to 70 dots. English Sheets are steady at 31c for Singles, 3io for Doubles, and 41a for Triples. Russian Sheets are steady at lie to I lac, 6 mos. PROVISIONS: The inquiry for Pork continues active ; the arrivals are very trifling., and the stock is much reduced. Beef is 25 cents better. Cut Meats are nominal. Lard is firmer. Freights aro rather firmer. To Liverpool, 300 bush. Wheat at 3d., in bags; 150 bales Cotton at 3s. To Lon don, GOO brls Rosin at 2s; 30 tuns Tobacco at 17s 6d.; 400 brls Oil Cake at is 6d. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING, I am informed that, at the conference held a Hongkong in the beginning of July last, at which Lord Elgin, Admiral Seymour, and General Ash burnham were present, Admiral Guerin, who, pending the arrival of Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, commands the French fleet in the Chinese Seas, announced officially that he had received instructions from Paris to act in concert with the English commanders. The elections in Moldavia arc to take place a fortnight after the new electorial lists shall have been submitted to the representatives of the Powers The difficulty at Constantinople completely sur mounted, the threatened quarrel between Sardinia and Naples averted, and in the absence of any topic of interest in European polities, the French papers devote a large portion of their space to our Indian affairs. It is for the interest of France, as of all commercial countries, that the insurrection should be speedily suppressed, and tranquility restored. It is in this sense, and in a very friendly spirit, that the great majority of these journals express themselves. Some of them, alarmed by the denunciations of vengeance they have lately seen in English papers, plead, although timidly, the cause of clemency. Thus, to-day, the Debats says : Reflaction will follow anger exasperation, and thirst of vengeance. Humanity, clemency, and generosity will re• gain the upper hand and ultimately triumph. Our esteem for England, and our knowledge of the country, convince us that she will not apply the law of retaliation to her revolted subjects in India. The Constitutionnel concludes a summary of In. dian intelligence with the following passage : Although the English are in a very difficult position, they have confidence in their energy and resources ; and should they be even compelled to re-conquer a great por tion of India, and to re-establish their authority ou a fresh basis, it is not doubtful that they will rise superior to the crisis. The events taking place in India are of immense importance in a financial as in a political point of view, and we easily conceive the impatience with which all the commercial cities of Europe await intelligence from Cal cutta and Bombay. Not only the interes's of England, but also those of Europe, are at stake before the walls of Delhi. The Bulletin des Lois publishes a degree pro mulgating the treaty for marking out the frontiers between France and Spain, concluded on the 2nd of December last. It also contains a decree announcing the reception, under the ordinary reserves, of the brief given at Rome, on the 31st of March last, by Pope Pius IX., and authorising, at the request of the Emperor, the canonical institu tion of his grand almonry. The brief is published in Latin and in French, after the decree, and occu pies not less than seven pages. Marshal Randon has arrived in France. Jules Favre. the advocate of the Aga Bel-Hadj, has reached Paris, accompanied by the Aga's son, to try to obtain a commutation of the sentence of 20 years hard labour. Captain Doineau at first refused to appeal to the superior court. He was in a state of great exasperation. His brother at last prevailed on him to sign the necessary paper. The Gazette des Tribunaux says that he heard' his sentence to death with peifect calmese, but that, when the President of the Court declared him dishonoured, and degraded from the dignity of member of the Legion of Honour, he manifested emotion 13% returned to his prison with a firm step; If his punisment be not commuted, he will be executed on the public square of Oran. In consequence of what has transpired on this- trial, the Emperor has issued an order prohibiting summary execu• tions in Algeria. A similar order was issued in Louis Phillippe's time, but has not been very strictly observed. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Ara. 30. Reliable advises have been received at Tiflis, the Russian seat of Government in the Caucasus, that Schamyl still holds 11 out of the 12 block houses which he took from the Russians at the be ginning of the month of June. General Aghalar besieged the block-house Ciokaleski for a fortnight, but his troops were attacked ono dark night by a strong detachment of mountaineers under the command of the Naib (Lieutenant or Stadtholder,) Hadji Aukar, and completely routed. The Naib took nine guns and 200 prisoners. General Aghalar was severely wounded. Another Russian detachment, which had been sent to besiege d'Arli (Darli ?) was attacked in the rear by Daniel Sultan (Schamyl's principal Naib), and defeated. The Tschetschenzes made 400 prisoners. The successes of Sflhamyl have created an unpleasant sensation. at Tiflis, and 20,000 troops of the line are aliout to he sent as a reinforcement to the Russian army of operation. It is said that the Governor-General intends to take the command of the next expedition agains-, Sehamyl. There is no Austrian news. ITALY. A telegraphic despatch from Turin, dated 31st ult., announces that the King of Sardinia and Prince Napoleon attended on that day the first experiment for cutting through Mount Ce.uis. The experiment was attended with perfect sueeees. The Venice Gazette states that the annual burden of which the Emperor of Austria has lately exone rated the Pontificial Government for the Austrian garrisons of Bologna and Ancona amounts to 250,000 scudi (the sendo is sf. 35e.) The Pepe visited Volterra on the 26th ultimo, in company with the Grand Duke of Tuscany. The august personages were received with the usual honours by the magistry and authorities of the place. The pope visited the principal establish ments and convents, and also the alabaster works, for which Vslterry is so celebrated. The town was illuminated during the night. His Holiness wa s still in the town the next day. A STRANGE VISITOR —A. live locust, a strange visitan to this part of the world, may now be seen at this office It was found in a field at Gortrush, in the neigliblurlictyi of this town, by a son of Mr. John Houston, ironmonger, on Tuesday morning last, the day after the thunderstorm. The young lad seeing it hopping about, asd fancying it was a bird, with some difficulty caught it, and brought it to his f a th e r, who kindly presented it to us. It is clearly n locust (Grytus migratorius), that destructive insect whose ra vages are proverbial —one of those whose approach, from the innumerable myriads that compose their squadrons, is announced in phrophetic language as a day of darknees and of gloominess, and whose desolating march is thus described :—" The ;and is as the Garden of Eden bef,rl them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape." This locust is :Mont two and a- Nall inches long, strong in 1 . 04, and very active. Has a loet:At fORTId in; this coon try bnlop P---.7yrone Con stitution, THE PENINSULAR MAILS, (FROM OUR OWN COT:4IRSPONDRNT.) '.•••,.,.,... SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The steamer Sultan, Captain Cook, has arrived with the - Peninsular Mails. She left Gibraltar August 20th; Cadiz, 27th Lisbon, 29th; Oporto and Vigo, 30th. She brings 64 passengers, 29 women and chil dren of the 47th Regiment, 2,3651. in specie, 3374 chests lemons, 123 bags orchella weed, and 101 packages general merchandise. At 1.20 p m. on the 30th, 30 miles south of Cape. Finisterre, she passed the Tagus ; all well. A Gibraltar her Majesty's ship Royal Albert, Princess Royal, Vulture, Ariel, Curlew, Vigilant. The fleet were to proceed to Algiers and Mantau in a day or two. The Dauntless and floating battery Terror sailed from Lisbon for Bermuda on the 29th. They put into Lisbon to repair trifling damage of the Terror's engine. The screw-steamer Count Cavour, from the Brazils, arrived at Lis')on on the 28th; and the Petropolis, from Southampton on the 29th. The steamship Colombo, from Southampton, arrived at Gibraltar on. the 25th, and proceeded the same morning for Alexandria. Gibraltar exchanges, on the 22nd, were quoted— London, 511; Paris, 5f 38e; Marseilles, 5f 39e and Genoa, 5f 400. Lisbon exchanges on the 29th :—London, 54, with trift_'s clone at 531 ; Hamburg, 54; Paris, 528; Amsterdam, 421; Genoa, 526. light im provements in •stocks, Three per Cents. being at 471 to 1; Registered Coupons, 45:- to 47; and Deferred, 281 to 29. Sir Morton Peto has returned from Portugal by this packet, having concluded and signed with the Government the definitive contract for the Lisbon• and ()port) Railway. He has six months to get up the company, but is said to have made such arrangements before leaving Eng:and as will enable him to commence the works without delay. The• young King of Portugal actively promoted the contract, and Sir Morgan Peto had the honour of a conference with His Majesty the night before the packet left. SHIPPMG INTELLIGNCE. GIBRALTER, August 19.—Arrived, the ship Arno, from Cephalonia, with wheat for Liverpool, cleared. 23rd, the steam troop ship Lebanon, five days and eight hours from, Liverpool, with troops for Gibralter and Coda; 24th, the steam ship Damascus, five and a half days from Liver pool, with general cargo for Mlta and Constantinople, cleared. The echo -Ter Martha Pope, thirteen days from Liverpool, with coals for Gibraltar; 25th, the steamship Euphrates, six days from Liverpool, with bale goods for Palermo and Trieste, cleared. ST. PETER'S CHURCH, AINTRE7.—OH Sunday last, Aug. 30 . h, the anniversary sermons were preached in the above church, in the morning by the Rev. Dominick Joseph Poggi, D.D., Principal of the New Cellege,New B ighton, Cheshire ; in the afternoon by the Rev. Richard Apple ton, M.A., Chaplain of the County Gaol ; and in the evening by the Rev. W. H. Vernon, A. 8., the Incumbent. QUICK Pesseoes.—Mr. Fabirt, of Parliament street; writes us :—" Having read a para•graph in your paper of yesterday's date, that the Peveril of the Peak, Captain R. Murphy, had made a quick , passage from Bremen to Liverpool, I beg to give you a cumber of passages that have been made by other ships, viz,, the barque Adelgundi, Captain Munchhaiisen, in seven days; brig Amanda, Capt. Draws, seven days ; and the barque Theresa, Captain- Stets, eight days." THE STATISTICAL C , NOECESS.-The Austrian Gazette mentions that the representatives of France, Great Britian, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, Wurtemharg, Belgium, Hol land, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Tuscany, Baden, Weimar, and Nassau have already arrived in Vienna te attend the StatisticaSongress. THE CARAVAN IN IHR DE*RT.-Letters from Syria report the total destruction SO the Desert of a caravan. The latter, consisting of 500 persous and 1,000 camele,, laden with mcrehaudiss, started Iron) Damascus on the 29th of June, and by some misnesnigement, lost its way. The entire caravan perished, with the exception of some 20 perons, who were rescued from certain death in the sand by wanderings Arabs. The merchanise was naturally c - nsidered a lawful prize by the latter, but the Governor of Damascus has sent in a claim in the name of the heirs. This, however, is a subtlety of the law which the Arabs do not recognise. THE LAW RELATING a 0 MEABER3 OF PARLIAMENT BECOMING BANKRUPT.-An instance h4ving occurred of a member of Parliament becoming bankrupt, the law on the subject, which is by no means understood, should be knenn. By the 52nd Geo. 3 c 144, it is enacted that a member becoming bankrupt is incapable of voting or sitting for a year unless within that time the proceedings are superseded, or the creditors paid the full amount of their debts, and entering into a bond with two sureties for the 'yummy of disputed debts, if recovered, is to be con sidered as payment. If within a year the flat is not super seded, nor the debts paid upon a certificate from Commis sioner to the Spe: ker. the seat of the member is to become vacant. The act in question- has reference to parties becoming bankrupt after their election as Member of Parliament. In a borough the qualification is a clear annual estate of 3001, and before a member takes his seat he must deliver to the ale-k of the Hesse a pap's signed by himself, containing a descripfien of the estate of:quelifi cation, and tlstre take and su b scr ib e an oath of its value. J A EWI-H PREACIZER IM A CHAPEL.-The Deborah contains a letter from Mr. Wech s l er , d a t e d Ob ney, 1 11., U.S., June 25, 1857, in which the writer gives an account to the editor of an invitation which he received from a number cf Christians to explain to them the tenets of Judaism. Having accepted the invitation, the methodists volunteered to open their chapel for the purpose. The lecture, which was to bo given on Sunday, was duly_ advertisrd in the local papers. Mr. Wechsler describes thus his feelings when about commencing his explosion : " There was a feclinz of solemeiry in my heart. I thought of the day on which the wht of Israel stood before I said to myself, You are now to address an assembly of Christians, and to make it acquainted with the eternal, unalterable truths of J u d a i sm. I thought of the high mission of Moses, and reflected on the important problem e the solution of which lay before me," By order of the churchwardens the bell was rung inviting the people to the chulcb. The place of worship was crammed, and yet many could not gain admittance. A -psalm was sung, after which I ascended the pulpit, offered up a prayer, in. which l prayed to God that He might disclose the excellence of Judaism to all mankind. I spske for an hour, and the lecture was listened to with the greatest attention. At the close the wish was expressed that I should deliver some few mere discourses, which I also premised." ENG .AND AND FDANCE.—ThS presse s after alluding to the good fee;ing manifested towards England S ates press, ,iv s utterance to the following sen hy the most influential organs of the United utnents :—Democratic France would have more to lose than to esio by the total eclipse of England, who has so long filled the tw. o worlds with her renown. If her Uapf,e): an o won d delis e • France from a rival, it would likewise deprive her of an auxiliary; for, in our eyes,. ti.e social interests defendcal in concert by England and Franca as Vr mere precious than the mercantile interests; which create the' rivalry of the two nations. The deilne of one cells' not increase the force of the other. yet it has often been repeated tha. the ekvati an of E--gland wcul.l weaken France, and that the grandeur of the latter would be enhancrd by the • decline of England. Ti i, is a very false and narrow INlnner of eansiderirg the fatare, for solidarity and emulaon are te allies of progress, while exclusive policy and grot- ism its dead weights. Had France no longer Englansl before her, she would have Russia, Austria, and all Germany in coalition against her increased preponder ante. We should merely change oar enemies on land and on water, for the rule of the ocean would fall into the hands of the Americans. England and France form the p - oteetion of European equilibrium, which would other wise be immediately destroyed, and not to the advantage of democracy. 'This is also the view taken by the Ameri can journals. a , e] ke n ? %w ort 11 114 h 0 00 tin t o , tz