Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-25 00:00:00

Thia Da Apply to pply to Messrs This Day, t Apply to This Day, the 250 Office, La Annlv to This Day, the 23th inst►nt, at Twelve 100 Cases CASTOR, OIL, ex Dream, 71 Bags ORANGE PEEL, 14 Bags SQUILLS, ex Leda, 2 Bales CARRIAGE SPONGES, 1 Box SCAMMONY, cx Palestine, 20 Barrels BALSAM CAPIVI, ex Tyrer, 6 Bales SARSAPARILLA, ex Edwards, 23 Barrels Cayenne POD PEPPER, 1 Box Essential OIL OF PIMENTO. JAC.KSON. & M'CULLOCIL Brokers, IS, Hackin's-hey. Apply to 'TO-MORROW To-morrow, the 26th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at Browne, Hunter, and Co.'s Office, 2, D.l - Bal Apply to JUTE, HUNTEI Royal Bank-bu uat landed ex City of Mancliesterandliream.—Fc ipply to TTIORNEWILL & BROOM To-morrow. t. 1,500 Barrels kne . and Medium ROSIN, --Apply to ANTHONY WOOD & CO., Brokers On account of whom it may concer To-morrow, the 23th instant, at II Broker's Office, Corn Exchat* One o'clock, at the lings; Brunswick-street, The Remainder o at the North A Quantity of FLOUR and .Itlf A Quantity of ➢fixed WIIE.Vr aore or less damaged. Can be in gizi a I packag LOUR, RICE, &c. --Aoply to aspected on the mornin 1. H. GOLFING. Broke T' WE Om account of who. 20 Bales Chi 2/ __ 32 Ballots Peruvian DITTO, 2 Bales Buenos Ayres DITT 26 Bales On .sltie. RI A 'T IGLANI),, SONS,** JEFFRIIICS ): 4 1* SALT yatow ON SALT SO Tons SULPHATE BA 14 Tons Devon SHINING 'OR ORGE' WILLIAMS. REFIN TABLE Packed in Hermetically Sealed E the Australian, South American, S, It/dVA--sritEET 40 PIPES ON SALE, • LEMON JUICI (English pressed). Apply to THWISON, BAGNALL, and B UTTERWOR:rfr, 30, Moorfields. • ON SALE, CELEBRATRD A R S ORMON'D AND CO., VIZVEY, In any quantity not less than 500. H. W. BUCKNALL, Importer and So: 4, Exchange-alley North. TRADI ery description of and TOYS of Every Kind, Whole.: id 75, DUKE-STREET. The above Apply to About 55 Bags N, 6, Yo: damaged by sea wat Wool Broker ACID hina, Indi On sate. ON SALE Ship NABOB, breadth '3O feet 5-10t1 ant in the United Stat or further particulars, inventories, S W I OF IABSSItS Apply to M. SALOMON ► - TOYS. LEATITEI FANCY MERCHAN sale and for Export, goods c Tho 4 length 144 feet 3-1 ci fr i , depth 2" " - in 18-i, kheathed h yellow CURRY, KELLOCK, and CO., BROKERS FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHIPS AND STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS, AND APPOINTED BROKERS TO TUE HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, Wahner-buildings, Water-street. MON TARY AND CO NAERCIAI There was a ?ry quiet market for Cotton and p about the same as on including Liverpool Sha cided improvem advanced from 1 to 1 pc Increase o: Lancaster and Carl lines by ti has taken the publi ti a co: ler to come forward. The tone at the was g The market, for the Public Funds and Secur leclinea;. - OW 111 1- to the stagnation of busing close,. Consols were quoted at 951 toltii )5 to 9 quiet The 'L'on4c;ti Jtailway Share Mark e t was at yeaerday'S. clii;dil. at. 96ftio 961; London and North Western, 94 to 96 ; and Midland at 105 1061 The - Viiffi,e con-Aliq l ! Rndon and North Western Railwailast,. We ,wse of £5,493 on the corresponding ached the sum of £76,248, being t(ii;;lilirc week fast. i'c£l:l; The krodwe' -Mar. and. stead .ets, remain in a pry quiet condition. For Sugar, Coffee, and Tea there is a moderate inquiry, at lat At the London Corn Market to-day Wheat was quite nominal • -- ••••••••-•.tafxy a aaltered in value. Barley was dull, and Oats net with a slow sale at late prices The London Wool Sales have been attended - whole of the wool Jer of buyers 1 uotatior and the a satisfactory pa xs been disposed of at fully ~.. the export demand cm- __ _...., The quotation continues Bank brok figure, and the purchase by th £15,000 Reduced Annuities, exercised no effect upon, prim. to 2231 :hequer s were about 6,000 bales, has taken place in the t to -day, and prices have t., without a Lie assumptio: Ind Lancaster and Preston by surpris, and it has pro- in the quotations (Commercial 2al BROW. Office, 2, TANNED KIPS, y LINSEED, T. & II Titheba: EMIOUSE & SONS, Broker EU, & CO., Broker Mercha: CO., Breit Vest Coast G. F. MARTIN & CO., Brol range from discount to par, and ti price was . par; wit a few purchases 'ear was 18s. 9d. T) , perations feature so early in the 6d. per cwt will show t port presented to the meeting : of. tl aid Dock Company to-day )f the half Ist P.Y.C. will cosi bet ween'Livernocil and St kdvices from the latter port state arriving daily ; and as the supplies £2,602 13s. 6d., from which a dividend nt. on the ordinary capital was leclared. The report was agreed to unanimousl3. RPOOL TALLOW TRADE P.Y.O n of la is within th atst few days at 56s American, 555• to 5 and the account, have so far been suc have been wareh prices, which is an anus kccor , ' -to the last eu lelivered 11( that large - parcels w aggregate more extensive than last }car, the position of the article is, owing to increased stock and import and higher prices, necessarily one of greater uncertainty. The shipments from Cronstadt to the 27tli July, U.S., 25,788 ) this date t 16,072 period last year To what cause is the atter to be attributed to higher prices curtailing and in some instances suspending consumption, or to more abundant home supply ? On these several points, the views of the most experienced are so contradictory that it might savour of- territory to express any opiniod; and until another month has elapsed, it is extremely difficult to -say what Course the market will or may take. In my monthly circular of 28th March, 1858, it was stated :—G° Our relations . with the French govern- have caused much discussion in commerciai cir the addresses of the French army and the g. „antic ind the )reparations at ( ment made t that the Minister of lars to the maritime advising the French navy to be put, on a war footing by the Ist of May, has increased it. These preparations, it is argued, are not for defensive but for agressive whom are they intend of France with insular and cOast-bound states have been luring the last three months of the most pacificatory 3haracter with two exceptions, viz., China and Great the latter, - and that the most effective measure Great to prevent war is to be prepared for Britain can adopt France cease to be annexed pric would k nejudicially reference to the course of since the Ist January doubt the recent war t :ot improbable political compli tions will arise perhaps that so long luiet - tha . n for extirnal a ?;ard them as important 'oily, for the recently announced disarmament proves to be more akin to fiction than to fact ; monarchs, like 3ther persons, mustbe judged by their deeds andnot by ;heic Word: xistinr: results are mutual distrua and enormous military and naval expenditure, which, if and perhaps - war. PALS! Om.—Sales at £43 103. to £44 on the spot and for arrival £43 lOs per ton SAMUEL Do WNI THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE Business, although not dull, was heaN position. Consols opened steadily at about last Consols are now quoted flat to 951 for money and the account )6 ; Bank of 1859, 95; Ditto Bonds, dis.; Ex 215., 205., 235. pm., and India Stock, 2161 ; ditto Debentu s. pm. for sraal The Foreign Stock Market is almost wholly in- animate, and values manifest some tendency to depressioh. Brazilian of 1858 have receded I-: lower but Buenos Turkish Stoci Ayres have advanced have not been dealt in. The New Russian Loan is quoted dis. to par, and the New Ind English Railway Shares are firm, with a quiet market, and prices have scarcely varied from those Last ni9.: Berwicks ss. ; other v arieties without quotabh It tending to mprove French Itentes the Paris Bo' lurse at 69f. 20c., and arc 39f. 10c. only Ded as rather firm 223 4 Consols, Money , 95 Exchequer Bills 20 Not. &E. J. 6 Caledonians Easteem Counties, East Lancashire Great NOrthern...lo2 103 A. 84 86 60 Gt. Westerns G. Wes. of Canada 14 Gd. Tr.nk. of Can. 8 I ja - ne - a's — • &-- Yo rk _ ___ L. & IN. Wes , ;ern . L. and S. West'n 91-a I Leeds Northern.. 434 I Midland Stock .. 1051 61, North British ... 60 N. Staffordshire.. . . . I York, Now. & Bor 89-; & N. M LIVERPOOL STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING Ches. & B'head.. 788 78',4 Caledonian Stock 85 85-A- E. Counties lll 111 E. L. Stock G. N. Stock lOO 102 Great Westerns 60 xd 60A Lan. and York - 97,4 Lon. & Nor. West 951 96 „ I f -shares M. S. and Lincoln 351 3 Midland Stock ..106 1061 Nor. British Stock 61 614 1 1.15-1& LIVERPOOL COTTON RICE S —AtrousT 24 We have again to report N.Stafford.4 - 5-16xd 4 3-16 d N. E. Ber. e. Stek 89A. xd 90 York capital Stek 72 xd 721 a. to 8" d S. Eastern ..221 Dutch Rhenish Gt. Luxem 2 - 50 E g yptian, at _Bd 22 13-16 fr, 5 7 . ‘ - '9‘ .. a • sd. to 51d., are reported 6, on speculation and for exec IVERPOOL PRODUCI G. T. Canada Bl 8 G.W.Canada 14i15- 1 - „ new shares 51 sad Lomb.-Venetian . 2a 2;;p /) new shares 2a- 2Zp MARKET. -AUGUST The transactions in SUG, and 1,050 bags grainy Dem puncheons old Cuba clayec Of Itrez, we have only to 9s. 6d., and fifty tierces Car quiet market for Cotton 220 Maranham, at B,ld. to .to 84d ; and 700 Sur - at, at 000 bales, of which 500 are NIARKET AUGUST 24 it 'are confined to 20 I:_hd ara, at 425. per cwt. ; fifty MOLASSES have also been notice 550 bags •olina at 21E. per civt Bengal at S-ALT dark eta latest NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, 15s. 6d. to 16s. for sound, wore black at 41d. per lb, 50 bags. tons Jamaica Logwood at mica I is at .Eu offered was not adelphia.llark at 9 . to 275. 6d. ; 145 serons'of 1. and block Gedda at 20s. 10 tons Nitrate of Soda f.t to £9 5s 'S. •to £44. P.Y.C. Tallow 11113 Olive. Oil, Mogadore, [ate advance. 1,000 barrels ) 3s. 10d. • Spirits Of Tur- et, with sellers at 52 AuGusT 21 Partridges per br.o 0 0 0 Snipes Larks 2l doz 0 0. „ 0 0 Fh. Butter, 1? lb 1 4 „ 1 6 Salt Do Eggs 1,11 ' 24 6 4 „ 6 6 Potatoes, 14 peek 0 8 ~ 1 0 Woodcocks, each 0 0 „ 0 0 Wild Ducks „ 0 0 „ 0 0 Strawberries,V qt 0 0 „ 0 0 Currants, r. &w. 0 0 „ 0 0 Gosseberries,p. qto 0 „ 0 0 Damsons „ 0 6 „ 0 8 Peas, peck 0 0 ~ 0 0 Asparagus, 100 0 0 „ 0 0 Cucumbers, each 0 1 „ 0 6 Melons ll lb 0 0 „ 0 0 Cherries „ 0 0 „ 0 0 Filberts „ 0 8 ~.0 10 Grapes, for „ 0 0 „ 0 0 Do. Eng „ 2 6 „ 4 0 Pines, for., each 4 0 „ 5 0 Do. Eng „ 6 0 „ 7 0 mse, P bras MARKET, Market continues flat, and prices cheaper. 502 hogsheads, 74 tierces, 152 barrels Porto Rico bought in. Low to fine yellow, 335. 6d. to 465. ; brown, 375. to 335. 1,146 bags Guatemala sold—low AUGUST 24 S UGAR. to fine ground, 325. to 3;35. ; low to yellow, 38s. 700 boxes llavannah sold—middling to fine brown, 375. to 38s. 6d. ; lower' yellow, 395. to 40s. COFFEE.—arket is firm, with steady demand. No 31(1. to .3-14 SALTPETRE quiet. About 600 bags sold yesterday ales of 3,506 bales are going at 10s. to 20s, dearer PEPPEn.-840 bags black Penang sold at 4d. to 41d, 540 ditto Singapore at 41d. ast three months 555. 3d. spot, 555. 9d GLASGOW CORN MARKET irpntllnr hrillinnt tnnylrot thinly 1 in vain Wheat of sd. to 6d. pe tiTJGUST in absence of demand, nominally but to make progress wit es, a commissioll 240 lb - 4. would be necessary Flour in arley, Beans, neglected, CORK CORN MARKET, -AUGUST 24 White Wheat 15s. to 235. ; red, 16s. to 21s. 6d. ; oats, 'los. to 13s. SALFORD CATTLE MARKET AUGUST 24 Best beef, 6d. to 7d.; middling, sd. to 50. ; cows, 4d. to 51d. ; best wedders, 61d. to 71-d. ; ewes, 4d. to 51d. ; lambs, 6d. to 71d. ; calves, 51d. to 7d. Beasts, 1,444; sheep and lambs, 9,149; calves, 104. IThe following appeared in a portion of our impression THE MONEY MARKET. (From the Times City Article.) DAY EVENINC —The English Funds continue ) show remarkable steadiness Money was in good supply to-day, and transactions took place i iscount Market nt 2+ per cent. Railway Market continues limited, I and chiefly confined to a few money transactions, but the general tone is firm the result of the sols ads-•anced a closed same as ie Indian Loan being made known, Con it., but subsequently relapsed, and In other departments of the Stock Exchange business Demand for Money 1, and prices firm to -day at about 2Z for the best bill About £9,000 in bar gold was withdrawn from the Bank to-day for exportation THE • INDIAN LOAN ate of £7,550,000, being half as much again 76 tenders, representing £4,485,550, I were accepted 191 other tenders were at exactly 97, and represented £1,339,400 The above 'two sums make a total exceeding, by I £824,950, the amount - ews says that, from the facility of trans ' fer at the Bank of England, and other advantages, the MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET .Trunks, ; Leeds, 961 z. l-; 'Sheffields, 36 kuausT 24. Midlands, )ovcrs, '2l-113;16; Londons, DON CORN MARKET es.of oats large;• of other foreign grain smal IUGUST unaltered from Monday's decline. FOreign—no great life, but general disposition to hold firm. Floating ;oes—still some lett off coast ; 6d to is per qr. d a between buyers and sellers. Flour—slow inn corn has now advanced is 2d to is 6d per qr from the 'lowest point ten days ago. Barley steadily goe s into consumption at full prices off stands. Rye still goes to English ports for feeding, at 25s 6d per 480 lb s . Peas and beans quite unaltered. Oats rather lower, in stock. Notwithstanding the fine Barley dull sale. Maize again weather Wheat firm OR Monday BOROUGH HOP MARKET.— Market still continues heavy, and prices rule almost nominal. Favourable accounts are at hand from the plantations, and duty is called £260,000. Aim. 24 TO CORRESPONDENTS. Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, no t necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good f a i th. Short letters are encouraged on matters of public interest. They should be legibly written onmie side of the paper only, and contain (in confidence) the writer's name:and address. THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1859. THE DAY'S NEWS Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the I Prince family, after having 1 aen present to inspect some Aldershot, have returned to Osborne. Consort and other members of the royal The Emperor and Empress .6f the French have arrived at St. Sauvem !fit the different.points reception At. St. Sauveur all the young ladies of the best families, dressed in the ancient cos tame of the country, came forward to present a bouquet to-the Em - i •ress. The house prepared fox their Majesties is the last at the southern-extremity of St. Sauveur, anti commands a fine view of the plain of Luz. • Pleasure grounds in the English style stretch below the house, The Emperor's suite occupy a house in the neighbourhood The King of Sardinia has been reminded of s which are reciprocal between sovereigns and subjects, by the presentation of a medal from " a private society" commemorative of his address delivered to the Piedmontese Par liament in January. In reply to that address the King has expressed his adherence to the sentiments he had previously uttered regarding his sympathy with the " cry of grief" whiCh reached him from every part of Italy. He further stated that the great national cause was ever before him ; but that difficulties impede the full realization of his desires in that direction Suspicion still hangs over the state of Conti nental arrangements. Letters from Vienna, which ippear in the continental journals, express appre- hensions that the difficulties which attend the settlement of the Italian dispute, will not be cleared away at the Zurich Conferences. On the same authority, it is stated that the furloughs granted to the Austrian soldiers returning from Italy have been suspended, and that seven out of the twelve Austrian corps d'armge are to be re tained on a war footing The Italian settlement appears still distant The Pays, which is understood to represent the feeling of the French Foreign Office, proposes the return of the Dukes to central Italy, at any price, even if contrary to the' will of the people. On Tuesday the plenipotentiaries of France and Austria, at Zurich, held a conference, which lasted two hours. Elsewhere, we give prominence to Mr. Lind say's address to his constituents at Sunderland, and that address we also comment on. Beyond this, however, we unhesitatingly direct attention to it, as in some degree a sort of semi-official indi cation of what might have been, or still may be, anticipated from a Conservative Government. The ultimate fate of Dr. Smethurst, as the con victed culprit is generally called, appears to be the subject of discussion, in private circles as well as in the press. In some minds an impression seems to exist that the last sentence of the law will not be carried out in his case. Whether that will be so or not it is impossible to say ; but judging from the alleged unanimity of the jury, the strong features of the evidence, and the pointed remarks of the Chief Baron—the judge who tried the case—small reason seemingly exists for be lieving that the life of the wretched man will be spared. I The strike among the members of the building trade still continues. The masters held a meeting on Tuesday, from which newspaper reporters were rigorously excluded The men have also held meetings, and, so far as can be seen at pre sent, this unhappy dispute does not appear to have made much pr ogress towards an amicable termination. _►-- "A DEFENCE," writes ADA SMITH, "however, is of much more importance than opulence. The Act of Navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England." It is the Act which was repealed in 1849 that is thus spoken of by this profound economist,—repealed, indeed, with a proviso, that all other countries to whom we throw open o ports, should recipro- We are nov cate this bold and suicidal venture, in the decade of this grand and generous ex periment, sf competing with the shipping of the world, at long odds against us. Not any country which has a carrying trade of any significance, has yet, however, reciprocated pealed those restrictions, said, " I also propose to " allow to the Queen in Council, the power of re-imposing these restrictions, wholly or in part, in any case in which it may be for the " national interest that that power should be " exercised." He had no doubt that the United States would open up to us their coasting trade. He was rather sangu But Mr. BANCROFT was not perfectly willing to throw ope 31 - 1 the coasting trade ire that undefined manner wiaie 'le ha: he House The voyage from New York round Cape Horn is closed against British shipping, and reserved to the Americans as their coasting trade. The amount of tonnage that reservation appropriates is something like 2,796,240, and nearly two millions and a-half of dollars. The effect of the repeal of our Navigation Laws has tended to increase the mercantile marine of all other countries, and to aiminish our own. Foreign tonnage entered inwards has increased 96 per cent. during the last eight years, and - during the same period British tonhage has advanced but 21 per While British shipping h&s scarcely kept pace with the rapid growth of our commerce, the premium we have held out to foreign nations, to engage in our trade, has caused an over-produc tion of tonnage, which has overwhelmed our mercantile marine. The differential duties which France, Spain, and Portugal have imposed upon imports in Bri tish ships amounts to almost absolute prohibition ; so that while we have given every advantage to the foreigner, he has given us no equivalent. He gets a better freight ; has less heavy dues to pay ; he has the option of chosing own port Thus, for the sake of example, we suppose two vessels to arrive at Port Lou g, the Mauritius, one under thr commander of each goes on shore to seek cargo Sugar being scarce, 'rd freight low, the English at 123 Ainerican Lins Zaute, and Sp th, at t pentine at 345. per cwt Pro, liw Al small b the market closing very qui and buyers at 525. 6d. ST. JOHN'S MAR Mutton 'Veal .. Lamb, fo: 0„ 0 7 „ 0 6 „ 0 7. „ 0 6 „ . " hind cir ;; 0 0 ~ 0 C 0 „ 0 ' 8 1 0 „ 1 0, couplc 2 4„ 3 0 30„ 4 0 Etch 3 0 „ 5 0 00„ 0 0 3 0 „ 4 6 1 0„ 2 0 1 2„ 1 6 3 „ 4 0 . _ Black Game „ 0 0„ 0 0 Pheasants,Pbrce 0 0 ~ 0 0 LONDON PRODUCE Potashes ed Cal captairt will find that not on higher rate because .t 1 and not to the oth nating duty send the cargo in a British bottom; and thi rom one of our own colonies !offee from Cey lon,l cotton and. suga from America, tea or silk from Chiva, tobacco from Cuba, and the produc- tioris of our own East India possessions, all fall finder the same tegory,- the differential duty being double if .conveyed in a Britis ship Some commodities, besides this unfair dealing 'e are absolutely -as sugar from thz }y is the French ship -perhaps £1 per ton more All this French markets are open to the one, or, at so high a discrimi that the shipper cannot afford to by means of differential duties prohibited from carrying, French West Indies; and manufactured tobacco only in French will be admitted into Fran ships The system, which we have pursued upon such unequal terms for the last ten years, tends directly to diminish our own resources, and to elevate and augment those of other nations In 1849, British tonnage was 4,141,115 ; Ameri an, 3,334,015,—5h0wing an excess in favour of Great Britain of 810,000. In 1856, British ton- nage was 5,316,736 American 5,250,456, an excess of British over American of 66,280 American shipping has thus in 7 years increased 67 per cent., and British only 281. It may very easily be calculated, from these data, how soon American tonnage will exceed British. Foreigners build cheaper, and sail cheaper, than we do ; and at the same time, get better freights. What, then, is to become of the interest of the mercantile marine ? Can nothing be done to re- lieve the depression under which it now suffers ? Or is it really too late ? The shipowners do not ask for the enforcement of the so-termed retalia- tory Blau s, but only to be relieved of many burthens which press upon them. The nature of these is, at the present moment, the subject ,of enquiry under a Royal Commission, upon which, we rejoice to know, our able and much-respected townsman, Mr. S. R. GRAVES, has been ap- The petition presented from Liverpool pointed last session to the House of Commons by Mr HORSFALL, 3 was, in its request, moderate " for and judicious. "We do not ask," it says, " a retrogressive policy, as respects the Naviga- " tion Laws repealed in 1849, but for practical remedies for obvious or ascertained griev ' This is the least that should be " antes granted to them. The principles of free trade do not apply to the Shipping Interest, which is one sui yencris—of an unique and peculiar kind. It is the nursery in which our sailors are to be trained for our navy; and therefore requires to 1 e protected as a national defence. Shipowners and builders will withdraw their capital from a pur- suit that is unprofitable, and conducted upon unequal terms Our sailors already are dispersed abroad, chiefly in the American Service; and foreiners are substituted for them in our own No ships- -no sailors mo-man-of-war and Britannia no longer 1-men—no waves. rules th Defence is more important than Lord - BROUGHAM opulence on the Bth of May, 1849, in the House of Lords, quoted Mr. HUSKISSON'S words, which were,—" No doubt " your marine will always be in proportion to no doubt, in most cases, the your commerce interests of your marine and your conunere, II coincide ; but there are occasions on which they are in antagonism, and then commerce must yield to your marine, jr your .dgfenec iepends upon it Our seamen employed in the mercantile mai ne, amount to 17G,387, inclusive of 15,147 foreigners ; but how long will these remain, from which to enlist the volunteer corps of 30,000 men for the naV, which 1001, so well on paper, if we have no ships for nen to be engaged in ? We have no lying idle in this port, representing a tonnage of 73,108; and this state of things i increasing every week, as shown by the returns now before us, Again, not only are British hipown g out their capital to invest in some other branch of commerce; but n some cases they have actually employed it in foreign vessels, trading under a fore i gn flag , and thus absolutely diminishing our national wealth descensus A I ; sed revocari graduin, ,st. Can we now recover our selves, is a question we shall do well to look to, Mc labor, hoc op THE Court of a medimval king was seldom con- sidered complete without its fool. Like the Chil- in Goethe's Wilhelm Meister, it was the duty of this lively functionary to get rid of that " surprising fraction," which is always left after dren of Joy n has divided the sum of our existence was his special delight to vary the monotony of , usiness ano tion generally. Besides, there is a not unimpor tant function involved in the representation of the humorous side of life ; for real humour con- tains truth, while business is often a fiction or a What would the most serious dramas without their clown ? The pretence, of: Shakspere be play of " Hamlet, with the part of Hamlet omit ted," would be a paradox out of all conception; yet perhaps its integrity might also suffer from the loss of the Gravedigger Let it therefore be permitted to congratulate the House of Commons that its jester is restored to it. Not that we can ascribe to Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE the highest ideal of the character But as the fashion of his wit is " to run a muck and tilt at all it meets, ," he sometimes falls upon a lucky jest As the comprehensive principle of his life is, that whatever is, is wrong, evil must his scorn We are also bound, since OSBORNE incites us, to congratulate himself on whence no Commoner returns;" nor can we I AUG UST 25, 185 g fail to appreciate that toucl•,ing appeal of thc'pa triot, distrusting will not have me ibinet lo not, oh do not, send vie to the Drawing-room!" )SBORNE, who is old. coat o office has been denied world was unthank even of the v hi ch restored, accustomed to cast his n, and especiall he patriot again in full feather s now of course, as lough to deprive kiln aas tardily shovel scavenger of the State, who hung up I id his broom the ant camber of the Admi ralty, and wa fl to do so again, is now abroad with a scent for dirt, and his animosity against a puddle as keen as ever We know he lost his .culties amid the perfumed chambers haunted by Cabinet Ministers, and their Secre taxies whose placE it is to make it all right and pleasant for their master But Mr. OSBORNE'S occupation suffers onl suspense, not extinction If he has to unbuc his armour on becoming a Minister's servant, it is deposited in a safe place, and kept from the rust of neglect. The sword glances and flashes bright and terrible as ever, when the warrior is no longer paid for sheathing Mr. OSBORNE quits the liniste: ial door with the full conviction that he is somebody worth buying off. He tosses up his cap as buoyant as ever, and crying at you all rushes once more into the thick of the melee What a multifarious experience must lie upon the conscience, and prompt the sympathies, which have guaged the whole difference between a patriot and a toady ! Yet thet is one d.isad. vantage At either extreme the cunning adven turer meets only distrust and contempt. Whe- ther the varied amusement is worth the expense of universal suspicion, may well be question M. OSBORNE, h .wing had the chance of flattering everybody, may have acquired valuable information as to who is the most easily deluded But it would be infatuation, did not his intended victims guard against his arts and his caprice. Lord PALMERSTON has apparently tried him and disliked him He has formed a Ministry, and did not send for Mr. OSBORNI Mr. VER ':ON. SMITH found a sa e cushion in the House of Peers, while the neglected nERNAL is still left to live " upon the loose The recovered patriot therefore, is again thro tvn upon the trusting bosoms of the people, and, once more, can afford to sneer at LORD PALMERSTON. He becomes the honest satirist who courts only the who' has denied both shuns the ,enith, of the patron mild decline place and promis, PALMERSTON being in power, can we expect flattery from Mr. OSBORNE? No ; for he des- pises his support. Lord PALMERSTON being in opposition, can we suppose that Mr. OSBORNE will deny his consolations in the hour of distress' No ; for he may one day be able to reward him. This personal vein is not by any means useless.„ It is fitting that we should test the 'fig - qu ialty of these blatant patriots, who are ready to lead the people to the attainment of factious and hurtful measures, and to cover with false re- proaches the party of the Constitution. When once the public has got to understand a demago. gue, he may talk and talk, and riot in palaver, to the top of his bent. Nay, as we insinuated, -a moment ago, he may do more good than harm The Liskeard programme, then, of Mr. OSBORNF, does not give us any anxiety. We attach weight neither to his sneers against the present Govern- ment, his quondam friends ; nor to his threats of exposure against the last, whose supporters turned him out of Dover The imposing mission with which Mr. OSBORNE goes to the next Parliament is, however, not to keep th Government up to the mark, not to sneer and frighten the Country Gentlemen into a compli ance with the advanced schemes of Mr. DISRAELI but to confront the late Board of Admiralty with the Dover Election and the Mail-packet Enquiry Mr. OSBORNE was at the Admiralty in 1855, and is going into the question with all the zeal of approver. Well, we shall expect at least a prelimi nary and full confession. The charge which points the e e Insure in the Committee's report is that the contract was made without a due regard to the public interests. Who so fitting to answer upon this point as Mr. Osborne, who originally nego tiated the arrangement ? We hope he will make a clean breast of it. As for the conduct of the last hing but bombastic, the worils which have meaning or no meaning by accident, do not terrify. Let Mr Osborne be ready with his worst spite. Sir John Pakington will meet I iim at Philippi NOTES OF THE DAY Englishmen are not, generally speaking, insensible to member for . Sunderland, to whom the shipping interest of this country is so much indebted, has found it so on the occasion of his recent visit to his constituents. j A . • great clamour was got up against him, in consequence of his vote, in the House of Commons, against Lord John Russell?s factious amendment ; but it was soon put down when he came to defend himself, as he did most ably and successfully, contending with most con- vincing eloquence that the question at issue on that occasion was not, as it had been pretended, one of reform or no reform, but one of choice between Lord Derby and Lord Palmerston ; and even supposing, he argued, that there were two evils between which he had to choose, he was most decidedly of opinion that he had selected the least of the two, in supporting the Derby Ministry in preference to his favouring the factious movement against it. Having disposed of this matter, much to the satisfaction, apparently, of the great majority of the meet ing, the honourable member proceeded to explain the course he intended to pursue next session on the subject of the shipowners' grievances, and expressed himself most hopefully as to the success that would attend his efforts to redress them. The culminating proof of the favour ] • hick M' 'dsay had produced, was ame impression w. ..... the passing of a vote of confidence in the honourable gentleman by an unanimous_ acclamation It appears to be seriously contempla ie capital sentence in the eonviu. A London evening journal, which. Smetlitust's case office to 20s