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

AM.USEAENTS, PUBLIC AIEE EINGS, &c. THIS DAY. ICOYAL AMP ffEATEE—Draon'iz. Perrormoince p.m. CIRQUEIVARISTE, Dal3-street —7 p.m. —Lrrzaroor. ACADB3IT'3 EXHIBITION, Post-office-place. fIoTAL CoLosseum—General Entert4inment-6.30 p.m. giy For advertlsemeats see seco.id page. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. 113nons seeking Enployment, parties requiring Servants, .assistants orClerks, and those in search of Apartments, 'or having Lodgings to Let, can best bring their wants under the notice of the public, by advertising in the ITORTEERN TIME 3, and which, from its large circulation, is th . ..? most efficient medium of publicity in this district. The cash price for this spccial class of civ3rtisenbent.s. now reduced to THREEPENCE FOR TWENTY WORDS, and for every additional five words cnr penny, TO CORRESPONDEN PS. Several Com:Juni . ..2 , l3ns, incAtriing '• Rev. J. Maenanght to Rev. J R. Glazeb oA," an "R. A. M.," will appoar on Monday. urViwili t.t 4,tit MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS: - We to-dav publish full details of news from Australia and America. By the previous mail we learned that great controvesy had arisen in Victoria on the subject of railways, both as to the direction of the main trunk lines, and the financial and engineering arrangements, under which the work should be undertaken. Those questions were in nrocess of adjustment. The Assembly passed the bids introduced by the Government, providing for two lines being commenced simultaneously—one from Geelong to Ballarat, and the other from Melbourne to Sandhurst, through Castiemaine— and also for raising the means, by a loan of eight millions. A bill to provide for the elueation of the people had been introduced by the Attorney-General, It is founded upon the principles adopted in the New Eng:and States and in Canada, and there seems a reasonable proba bility that it will meet with some support. The Bill for the Abolition of the State Aid to Religion had been rejected by the Upper, slier passing the Lower House. The reports from all the gold-fields are highly satisfactory. nom New South Wales the intelligence is not of much importance. The Arabia arrived here lass evening with nearly £'350,00.0 sterling in specie and two days' later news. The English failures in the Amer:can trade, reported by the steamer Atlantic, caused a good deal of conversation, but no excitement, in New York. With the exception of the trouble in the City Bank of G'asgow, none of the important suspensions of payment reported were wholly un expected. The effect on the Stock Exchange was scarcely felt adversely.. A most terrific gale, on the Ohio, had caused the los3 of 100 lives, and the particulars of the burning of the Raindeer, on the Mississippi, show that 75 persons met with sudden death on that occasion. Of political news there was none stirring of the least consequence, Governor Walker, of King - as, had reached Sr. Louis on his way to Washington, to explain his conduct in that Territory. The most important news from the Continent this morning, is to the efr2ct that the Porte has put an end to the publicity of the sittings of the Divans. This is not doubtful, and was rather to be expected, the Porte havinc , remonstrated before a the subject with the European commission. The commission apparently disregarded the sere monstrauces, and the Porte has now, it scents, asserted, by an act of its own, what it deems to be its right. The commercial crisis in the north of Europe continues, and we are afraid we have not yet seen the worst of it. The Danish Government endeavours to assist the Copenhagen merchants by an advance of £290,000, and the .Bink of Luz - U 1 11 in its hands on lle.mburgh now due. At Ham burgh no business whatsoever was transacted on Cuange on Thursday, the congregated merchants' preferring to discuss the advisability of a State loan to put an end to their awkward position. Firms continue to break down at Stettin, Dantzic, and Kce:iigsburg, and the eff,-:ct of these failures is felt with particular severity all over Poland. In Berlin na list of bankruptcies is almost exclusively of small Jewish firms. Oißola' despatches from D.dhi, with lists of the killed and wouucicd, up to the 31st of August, were published in Friday's Gazette. This period, it will be observed, is too remote to include the less in the assault and fall of th.e city. The total loss in killed and wounded is put down at 2,110 otllocrs and men, and 263 horses. We suppose that, at the Least, we must add another 2,000 as the loss after wards sustained, and thu - 3 the cost of taking aihi in killed and wounded lies bee,: over 4 000 men. The Obsennr says that the marriage of the Prig_ eels Royal of EnglanJ, With Pity l FreThrick William Of PeUF,:iio, is lii Iy to take plam in the third week of January —probably on Monday, the 1811. The newly-married Peincess will hold a farewell reception at court, previous to her depar ture from Engkifil. At our Polke C.)ort, on Saturday, the inquiry into the death of one Itoilerig-, a seaman, who diet from adeged ill-treatment by c.►itroh and mite of the Elizabeth, while on the voyage from Africa to Liverpool, was concluded. One witness was ex after which Doctors Wall and Inman gave their evidence, which went to prove that the death of Roderigo was accelerated, if riot caused, by the treatment of the accused. Mr. Mat:sfield committed the captain - on a charge of manslaughter, and the mate for an aggravated as;iault. Mr. Sergeant Piggot, of the Oxford Circuit, has been appointed Recorder of Hereford, in the. room of Mr. Horn, who committed suicide. On Sa'lnrCiay another attempt to launch the Leviathan. She was moved 6 feet 8 inches nearer tho river. PARLIAMENT Will not do anything with the ' Currency. Party must work out our commercial salvation. The collective wisdom of the State thinks a Bill of Indemnity will save trade. It is to replenish the Exchequer likewise. The sitting of both Houses is to do the rest. This is the practical specific for social disorganisation ! Mr. DISRAELI does not appear to have much faith in this reme, ly. He declares he knows all theory and practice have to impart. He has the contents of our monetary blue-books at his finger ends. He will hear no more of or from committees on exhausted inquiries. The right honourable gen tleman 9nly waits to learn what Ministers have to propose. If there is to be a repeal of our money laws, he would not waste time with an indemnity. The Bank Directors want no justification for an act which Parliament itself will be constrained to adopt. The Bank Charter of 1844 is defunct. It has committed suicide, and the inquest is now sitting on its corpse. To bring it back to life is impossible. ,The laws which govern the arterial action of the animal world forbid it. Parliament may give life to revolting abortions, but it cannot bestow activity on a cripple, or vigour on an Such creations cannot rise above the THE NORTHERN sI'IMES.---LIVERPOOL ) MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1857 standard of immutable legislation. The Cur rency Bill of 1819 made England a cripple. The Bank Charter Act of 1844 has Tendered her as powerless as a dolt. Lord OVERSTONE has die covered this, and he warns us of danger. He evidently anticipates the demise of his wicked son and silly daughter. His political offspring have passed from his fond parental grasp. They now threaten to depart from his sight. What a moment of anguish the loss of the Bill of 1819 would be to its Bullionist father ! No ten per cent. Peer could survive the death of the cripple of 1844. Can Mr. DISRAELI really mean to slaughter the decrepid and imbecile ? How long are we to wait for an answer to this question ? Another week of the ten per cent.- panic may crumble to -atoms" all the modern bulwarks of commerce. Another week may lead to thousands of deaths from starvation. These facts are known to both Peers and Com mons. Those who say that the sitting of the Senate will give us increased money means, must be mad, 'They cannot expect, however, to be believed -by others. Indemnifying a body of Bank Directors, for obeying au order of the Exe cutive, will not add one sixpence to our circulat ing medium. Parliament may be deceived by plausible debating, but the mercantile men of the North will not. The crisis has fallen heaviest on the mining, manufacturing, and maritime dis tricts. This is proved by the speeches delivered in the House of Lords. Lancashire has suf fered more, if anything, than Yorkshire. The reason is obvious. The Londc,n Times explains the cause fully. " Lanca shire has dispensed with banks of issue. The circulation of this county is confined to the notes of the Bank of England." We surely need no further information to show how Lan cashire suffers when panics prevail. The Bank of England sees, or pretends to see, danger first. The Directors contract their active circu lation, and Lancashire is left without money. The London Times ought not to have reminded the manufacturing districts of this fact. Lord OVERSTONE will discover the stupidity of the thing. • We rather like such admission. Still the material interests of the Bullionists ought not to be betrayed by their servants. Shame on such immorality. Bat slips, like other misfor tunes come in crowds. Our cotemporary, in an effort to gull the trader intolhis faith, enlightens the merchants, In showing the former how to get a cheap plumb, he proves to the latter how coolly be is robbed The plot is deep enough for a five act tragedy. We regret that anything should compel us to depart from the new " tele ' gram" style of composition. We must, however, do so, to giv'e the reader a quotation from our cotemporary's City Article of Friday. We will, therefore, select those passages which are to the point and readable. Where to begin is the question ! It is awkard to commence with the end of a romance. It makes one acquainted with its hero just as he rary always closes his twaddle in a paroxism of affected earnestness. In the present instance, the effect is really good. "The worst fallacy of all," says our great luminary, "is that of treating the internal results of panic, as something invol ving unqualified evil to the community, and therefore such as to demand the intervention of the government in the name of the people at large to avert ruin and loss. An internal panic is simply a violent convulsion in which one party make tremendous losses and another party enor mous gains." There is a noble animus disclosed here ! Violent convulsions are to be resorted to to involve one class of traders in tremendous losses, that another pasty may net enormous gains ! Is this fair trade ? Can the Imperial Parliament have forsaken their oaths to protect all ? But here our gallant knight ingeniously parrys his own spear. He says : ': It is very undeirable that such events should happen, but the way to cure them is not by interfering to shift the consequences from the right to the wrong shoulders." What is right or wrong in a panic ? The law which produces the social earthquake, or its victims ? We trust the popular voice will never be left to solve this problenh Allowing the present "lesson to work its natural result" would speedily force this danger on England. Meanwhile the London Times informs u tha t 0 for years past the public, and all persons with fixed incomes, have been paying 10 or 20 per cent. extra for the various necessaries of life on account of an inirdinate speculation, which has driven up prices in all foreign markets, to the great advantage of the foreign producer, at the cost of the English consumer. A. crash has come at last, in which these things would have tumbled to a point ruinous to the speculative importer, ut highly beneficial to the purchaser, and especially so to the. small and prulent capitalist, who, driven out of trade by the previous dishonest competition, might now come in and make some excellent investments that would go far to com pensate him for the past." Is this the language of a great commercial country ? Such, manifestly, are the principles its c, leading" organ advocates. Gentlemen with fixed incomes, who could - not afford suppers last year, are to have an extra meal of beef-stakes and onions fur nothing after a panic. "Previous dishonest speculation" on the part of the butcher awl green-grocer must give place to some " excellent investments," which are to " go f ar t o com p ensa t e " the lovers of hot suppers " for the past. , ' The " public and all persons with fixed incomes," our respected compositors, for instance, know how to appreciate this promise. But let the importing and export ing merchant beware. The avowed object of the commercial law, as now based upon gold, is to feed " all persons with fixed incomes" at a loss of 10 or 20 per cent. to the merchant and tradesman ! Commerce is no longer a normal element of national existence. We must no longer look to it as the sun which ripens and brings the great harvest of man's industry to maturity. It is a drawing-room pursuit, upon which Fiddle-faddle is to feed at a fixed expenditure. Nothing can alter this. The London Times declares that " the value of gold depends solely on its scarcity, and hence just in proportion as the quantity is increased there is a depreciation in the value of that which previously existed. If the total of gold in the world were doubled to-morrow the wealth of the world would not be augmented a single pound. The goods which could be purchased with one sovereign to-day would then be procurable only a cost of two sovereigns." Here our cotemporary is quite right. The value of yellow metal depends on its scarcity ; and strange to say, we have placed a low fixed price upon it, to make it unnaturally scarce. This pre vents" all persons with fixed incomes," from getting two sovereigns to go to market with when prices rise. Still, against this gross injustice, we may set this piece of consolation. "If half the gold now in our possession," says one Bullion oracle, " were swept away, the nation, as a nation, would would not be poorer, because then every half sovereign would do duty for a sovereign. If this rule holds good with regard to gold, of course it is equally applicable to paper purporting to represent gold." This is precisely what we say. We contend that the purchasing power of gold will always . equalise itself. Leave it to rise and fall, as we do, or rather ought to leave every other commodity, and let all those with fixed incomes reap the benefit of the change which makes the half equal to a whole sovereign. " The nation, as a nation," would lose nothing by this Free Trade in gold. That paltry clique of money vampires, the London Times represents, would alone suffer. No panics could occur, if; as prices rose, our stock of bullion on hand was known to be rising in the same proportion. If every half sovereign would purchase as much, at home and abroad, as a sovereign last year, would this give the foreign producer "a great advantage, at the cost of the English consumer 2 " Our Bu lion friends say and prove a little too much. They are caught, in fact, in one of their own whirl.. winds, in full bloomer costume. They cannot pass through the tempest without betraying their feeble gender and good old age. But let Parlia ment remember that the inevitable end of 10 per cent. is national bankruptcy. The country is only waiting to see what the Legislature will propose as a measure of relief to trade. All that has been done, as yet, is to attempt to justify the existing state of industry, trade, and commerce. In the meantime 10 per cent is " crEealA c iriff .1.1C4l• MO Scotland, with their innumerable shareholders, and legitimate mercantile customers. If this design be not frustrated without a moment's delay the consequences of another week's trifling must be terrible in the extreme. No amount of sophistry can prevent this. Let all classes, then, prepare for the worst.' An imme diate issue of 20,000,0001. of one pound legal ten der notes is required to save the country from a season of social and political horrors too fearful to contemplate. A short Act would give us this relief. Long speeches are all rubbish. Does Mr. DISRAELI see this, and will his party follow up his and Lord DERBY'S blows ? PUBLIC ANIUSEHENTS. SATURDAY EVENING C3NCERT3 AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL. On Saturday evening was one of the most successful of the present series, so far as a numerous and re;peclahle auditory was.concerned. The building was well filled in nil is parts, end every one appeared as enthueiastic as on the " Inauguration Night," when Mr. Reynolds com menced V- is class of concerts in S'. George's Hall. The entertainments now produced are entirely of a different nature to those of the former season, which, in conjunc tion with other fa/mumble circumstances, have combined to render these " Saturday evening re-unions" the most attractive of any that have been held in the kingdom. On the (ironing of last Saturday the " Hungarian Band," consisting of about fourteen performers, put forth their claims for the patronage of " the People," and were eminently successful in all their pieces, if one may judge from the applause and repeated encores during the evening. The programme opened with Auber's Over. tore to "Masaniello," very sparklingly played by the entire band; and the "Bobbing Around" Quadrille went off most enthusiastically, being re-demanded with the greatest vehemence, indeed, the whole performances of the "Hungarians" was of that quick, light, noisy nature which has now become popular in this country, and which are so well adapted to fill the vastness of the extensive bulking. Miss Armstrong' was the only vocal wrforrner of the night, but is evidently young at her profession, and has much to learn. In "Welemae my bonnie lad," many of her notes were badly sustained, and of a thin wiry expression, although, upon the whole, she appeared to give tolerable satisfaction to the large au Hence assembled. " John Anderson, ray Joe," was her best performance. On Saturday evening next the same company will appear, when the profits of the evening are to be given in aid of the funds of the District Provident Society, and Mr. 'W. T. Best has offered his gratuitous services on the occasion, when he will per form two Fantasias on the grand organ. To assist one of the most benevolent institutions of our town, and give effect to the really praiseworthy intentions of Mr. Hime, at a period when charitable societies require all the sup port that can possibly be given, we hope the public will cheerfully respond. THE RING OF Dz. ut—Just added to Allsop's Royal Wax Work Exhibition, lime-street, Liverpool, modelled from a sett' taken in the City of Tug ADRIATIC.—A reference to our r.dvertiqng columns will inform our readers that a visit to this new and beauti ful vessel may be made to-day, and to-morrow, through the kindness of Captain West, who fias granted permis sion for the public to view it during that period. A steamer leaves the Landing Stage from 9 4,M. LA 4 p.m., for the conveyance of visitors. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Evening. There has been a moderate demand for Cotton today, the sales being about 4,000 bales, including 500 on speculation and for export, at steady prices. There has been no material change in the Liverpool Share Market to-day. The following were the transactions :-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire,. 651, 651, 651; Blackburn, 9 ; Cale. denim, 381; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 911, 914; ditto £0 shares, 1-16 p; London and North Western, 941, 941 c, 941', 94 e ' ; ditto, 1 shares, 1 1-16 d ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 351 361; Midland, 851, 85/, 851, 831, 85 .1 c, 851 ; Dovers, 194, 19 1-16, 191 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 91, 9 13.16 ; Great Luxembourg. 6 1-16. The following were the closing prices : -Blackburn, 9, 91; Chester and Birkenhead, 651, 651 ; Caledonian, 381 38g ; Chester and Holyhead, 16, 161.; Eastern Counties, 10 15-16, 11 ; East Lancashire, 88, 89 ; Do. 91. Shares, par, a p ; Great Northern, 23k, 24 ; Do. A., 10, 101 ; Great 'Western, 501, 501; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 911, 911; Do. 9/. shares, par p ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 181, 181 ; London and North Western Stock, 94,1, 04 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 361, 361,- ; Midland Stock, 851, 851; North British, 111, 114 ; North Staffordshire, 41, 41 d; North Eastern - Berwick, 23 3-16, 23 5-16 ; York and North Midland, 41, 413 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 251, 26 ; South Eastern and Dover, 194, 191 ; Dutch Rhenish 51, 54 d ; Great Western 'of Canada, 181 18,1 ; Do. new ehares, 23 21 d ; Great Luxembourg, 6, 61 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 93. 91. The demand for Money is more active than it was in the beginning of the week, yet it is not excessive. There has been a favourable feeling produced by the comparatively few failures on the Stock Exchange, the " fourth" having passed with payments being made in almost all cases. The mass of paper falling due was heavy enough, and its character sufficiently diversified to test the strength of our internal trade, and the suspensions which did occur were principally confined to foreign houses, brought town by the crisis on the Continent. It was a subject of general remark that, regarding the unfavourable anticipations expressed, the payments should have been so punctually liquidated, especially with the rate of interest at its present elevated point, and the difficulty experienced in obtaining accommoda tion. The effect upon the Money Market has been encouraging, and could • further failures be pre. vented, the revival would be steady and progressive. Should the disasters abroad continue, instances cannot fail to occur in whieh connections on this side will be sacrificed. The Bankers' Circular of to-day thus remarks on the present state of the market :- There has been a kind of kill in monetary affairs during the past week, but numerous failures have been added to the list, especially in connection with the Centineat ; at Hamburg, Vienna, Berlin, Stockholm, and in various con'inental cities, mercantile credit has received a severe shock. France, up to the present time, has maintained her financial position without any alarming changes, whether she will be able to weather the storm has yet to be proved. The high price of money has interfered greatly with the operations of Manufacturers, and a great many workmen are out of employ. The discussion in Parliament on the Bank Charter, and the Indemnity Bill, have formed the principal topic of discussion ; but from what may be, gathered from the debates last night, the Bunk Charter Act will be bAstered up for a further period, unless some energetic measures are adopted by those opposed 'to its renewal. The Funds during the week hove bean firmly maintained, with only a trifliog fluctuation, and the payments due on the 4th • have been satisfactorily met. The news from New York is again favourable, the specie in the Banks to the 14th having increased to 19,451,000 dollars, and the daposi's to 00,001,000 dollars. The 'Nee . / York State Six per Cent. Loan, of 500,000 dollars, has been contracted •at an average of 106.21. The Market for the Public Funds and Securities was rather more buoyant to-day, and at the close prices were quoted at an advance of 1 per cent. Consols for Money being quoted at 913 to 913; and for the Account (Monday) at the same figure. - The following list shows tho fluctuations in Consols during the past week :- Lowest Highest Closing prices. prices. pric3.. Monday Money 913 911 914 Account ...911 914 914 Tuesday Money 91 913 91 91=e- 91= Account „NZ 011 914 Thursday _ _Money .... 913 913 91 1 Account ....913 913 913 Friday __Money .... 91 - 913 91 Account .....91 911 911 Saturday __Money .... 911 913 913 Account ....913 91 1 . 91 , In the' London Railway Share Market there was not much business transacted to day, but prices were pretty well supported. The following were the closing quotations :-Anabergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction 43, 5 ; Bristol and Exeter 94, 86; Caledonian 76, 762; Chester and Holyhead 30, 32; East Anglian 17, 18; Eastern Counties 54, 55 ; East Kent 17, 18 ; East Lanca shire 88, 90 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow 59, GO ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee 203, 273; Great Northern 94, 95 ; Great Western 501, 501 ; Lan caster and Carlisle 74, 78; Lancashire and York shire 91, 913 ; London and Blackwall 53, 511; London. Brighton and South Coast 102, 104; London and North Western 941, 95; London and South Western 883, 894; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 351, 361; Midland 85, 851 ; D Birmingham and Derby 59, 61; Norfolk 57, 59 : Norli British 47, 48; North Eastern-Berwick 02, 93; North Staffordshire 4, 43 die.; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 29, 30 ; South Eastern 03, 61 ; South Wales, 78, 80 ; Buckinghamshire 88, 92 ; Hull and Selby 104, 103 ; Eastern Counties, Ex, 5 per cent, (No. 1) 108, 115 ; East Indian Gua, 5 per Cent. 100, 107 ; Geelong and Melbourne Gun, 5 per cent. 191, 191 ; Grand Trunk of Canada 39, 40 ; Great Indian Peninsula Gua, 5 per Cent. 203, ; Great Western of Canada Shares 181, 181 ; Madras Gus, 43 per Cent, 18, 20 ; Seinde Gua, 5 per Cent. 13, 13 pm ; Eastern of France 25, 251 ; Great Luxembourg, Constituted Shares 54, Q-; Lombardo Venetian 34, 33 pm ; Namur and Liege 7, 73 ; Northern of France, 941-, Norwegian Trunk Preference 8, 9; Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean Fusion Shares 331, 331; Paris and Orleans 49, 51 ; Royal Danish 131, 153; 6arnbre and Meuse 7, -8; West Flanders 41, 5 x d. Respecting the movements in Mines, the Mining Journal, of to-day, states :- A good average amount of business has been transacted in mining shares this week, and the tone of the market seems to have improved. It is not to be wondered at that the depreciation in dividend stocks should bring buyers for investment into the market, though the greatest demand is still for progressive mines, amongst which Grenville mines have been most dealt in, and the price bast s"pported. Fast Bassett shares have also been more in request, at 92 to 94. Wheal Bassett, 140 to 145. South Frances has not sampled any ores at all at this, the usual time, and shares have been flat at 220 to 330. The New South Bassett Mine is said to be lo_kirg better, and as any discovery would cause a great rise in shares, there has been a good demand at 4 to 5 per 512► h throughout the week, the principal buyers being near the mines. It was announced this afternoon that the highly respectable firm of Messrs. Sewells and Neck, of London, engaged in trading operations with the North of Europe, had suspended payments, with heavy liabilities. A meeting of Messrs. Sanderson, Sandeman, and Co.'s creditors will be held on Tuesday next Messrs. Hoare, Buxton, and Co. have called a meeting for Friday next, and those interested in the estate of Messrs. Broad wood and Barclay are called together on Thursday. These are all London houses. The Bank of France has just adopted another measure of relaxation. For several days past the bullion in the Bulk vaults has , been rapidly sr:cu mulating, and the telegraphic intelligence received this afternoon announces a further decline of 1 per cent. in the terms of discount, which now stands as follows : Bills of 30 clays Bills of 60 days .. 7 per cent. Bills, of 90 dayi The imports of specie this week were about £600,000, viz.—By the Rainbow, from Rotterdam, 1 barrel bullion; the Dolphin, from Antwerp, 34 bags bullion; the Morse, from Bremen, 3 sacks bullion ; the Castor, from Hamburg, 1 cask gold coin ; the Belgium, from Ostend, 2 barrels bullion ; the Canada, from America, 101,704 dols, or 38,0001. ; the Holland, from Ostend, 12 cases of bullion ; the Orinoco, from the West Indies, &c., 1,468,108 dols, or 293,622/. ; the Emma Colvin, from Cape of brood Hope, 1 case of specie ; the Elvo, from Malaga and Corunna; 1 parcel 1 case specie; the Adriatic, from America. 390,000 dols, or 78,0001.; the Belgium, from Ostend, 1 barrel of bullion. The exports have slightly exceeded the imports, being about 650,0001; the Indus (s) for India and China, with 408,9611, of which 6,900 was in gold, and the rest silver, divided as follows :—Gold to Bombay, 2,5001; Ceylon, 7501; Madras, 3,6501. Silver to Bombay, 147,3431; Madras, 6,3501; Calcutta, 198,0631; Singapore, 19,500; Hong Kong, 26,640; Manilla, 1,0001; Shanghae, 3,1651; the Atrato (s) for the West Indies, &c., 3,7651. The Official Return of the Exports of the Precious Metals from the port of London, for the week ending 27th November, show a total of 6,050 ozs. of gold and 66,160 ozs. of silver. There has been an increased demand for silver this week, owing to the large amount sent away to Hembree. It is stated that 160,0001. in this metal has been thus disposed of, and further shipments are expected. The amount brought by the Orinoco from the West Indies has been mostly absorbed for this purpose, and the price of bars has improved to ss. 11cl. d. per oz. standard. Tho current quota tions in the Bullion Market are :—Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard ; United States gold coin, 765: 21d. per oz.; bar silver, 5s lid. to al. per oz. standard (firm) ; Mexican and e•outh American dollars, 5s Ott per oz. ; five franc pieces, 4s. Hid. per oz. A very large amount of gold is coming forward from Australia, including the remittance by the Essex, the £560,000 arrived at Suez per Turner, and the Suffolk now en route with £452,000. Several other vessels are in transitu with smaller supplies, both from Victoria and New South Wales Besides this source of supply, it is considered probable that the steamers from America will henceforth bring regular supplies. The letters and papers by the Simla, from Australia, have been delivered. Very favourable reports were received from the mines, which were yielding very largely. Trade was dull in Melbourne, and the markets are generally overstocked, a cir cumstance that should net escape the attention of shippers from this side, as a complaint is made of the continuous arrival of goods. The directors of the Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Company have today received advices from their resident director, dated Mel bourne, 14th October last. The operations at Ciunes had been progressing satisfactorily .since the last advices, The machinery had been kept at work with but few interruptions. The quantity of quartz crushed during September was 544 tons, and in the fortnight ending 10th October, 256 tons. The yield of gold was improving. The new twelve-head battery of stamps was nearly completed, and would be at work in the course of a week. The second Chaim mill would then be erected. Tho prospects at Ciunes were considerai very good, the result of 1,950 tons of quartz crushed showing an average yield of about if z . per ton. The quantity of gold melted during the month of September was 59,484 ounces. A new melting house has been erected at the Assay Office, and commenced working on the 9th Oct. The company were quietly established at Ciunes, and there was nothing likely for the future to interrupt the works. _ The directors of the English and Australian Copper Company have to-day received advices from their mAnager, dated 7th October last. The carting of both coal and ore had fairly commenced, under very favourable auspices, and promised to be very abundant. The cartage of the year ending the 30th of Jane last had exceeded 25,000 tons. The com pany's wharf is now connected with Gawler (20 miles north of Adelaide) by rail, and the coal and ore traffic was about to commence. About 2,000 tons of ore were in course of or ready for shipment. The mob of horses had arrived from New gouth Wales, and the mules ware engaged carting from the Murray Srub, and were looking very well. The works confirms in full operation, and labour was generally more abundant. In the London Produce Markets this week a large business has been transacted, and a few of the principal articles have bggq,_ jgte u s i the home trade, which caused an improveMent of Is. per cwt , but the market closed yesterday after noon with rather less firmness. Coffee has been dull and rather heavy. Cocoa is fiat, but owing to the firmness of holders prices have been maintained. Rice has been in requst, and at a rice of 61. tol.s. per cwt. Tea is firmer, and Rum is at a slight advance, Spices have been tolerably well maintained, but business is quiet. Saltpetre is 33. to 4s. per cwt. higher, and Tall , :w is steady. The London Wool Sales terminated yesterday. The quantity offered was '14,853 bales, the greater part of which was Cape Wool. First-class Sydney Wool experienced a very slight decline, but other descriptions, compared with the closing rates of the previous sales, exhibited a reduction of 21 to 3d per lb. Cape descriptions suffered to a greater extent, the average decline having been fully 3d to 4i per lb. Daring the sales a considerable quantity was withdrawn. Tra , le in the Woollen districts of Yorkshire has been very dull. There was no improvement to report in the warehouses, and the transactions were generally of a very limited character. It was, however, a very gratifying fact that, during the late severe crisis, very few failures were reported amongst the merchants and manufacturers of Leeds. At Bradford, the Worsted Trade has been in a very languid condition, the expectation that the favourable news from the United States would have improved trade having been quite nullified by the disastrous advises from Hamburg. At Halifax no change for the bettor can be reported in any branch of the trade. The following are the Gazette average prices Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Dec. 1 1857, exclusive of Custom's duties payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the West Indies, 255 12d per cwt. INTERESTING SUBJ ECT FOR A Lite rum—That very popular and talented lecturer, the Rev. J. B. Owen, of London, is announced to give a lecture in the Collegiate next Tuesday evening, the subject of which will be "The faults of Thinkers, with sketches of Free Thinkers, Loose Thinkers, Rapt Thinkers, Originals, and the Thoughtless, who `think eo too.'" We aro sure from the well known talents of the able lecturer, the subject will be one of great interest and salutary instruction. Dr. Raffles is to take the chair, which we are sure will add to the pleasure of the evening PASSE'G BR per the steam shin Aribia, from New York to Liverpool.—Mr. John Llano, Mr. John J. Townsend, Mr. James M`Nair, Mr. James Burns, Mr. C. P. Reynolds, Mr. John Mahler, Mr. V. F. Alatorre, Mr. John A Sheap, Mr. M. Knoedler, Mr. L. Feeneke, Mr. Otto Von Hein, Mr. Thomas Russel, Mr. A. INl'Andrew, Mr. Teofilo Delima, Mr. J. Rutherham, Jun., Mr. A. Levy, Mr. J. M. Castanos, Mr. Schwatzer and nephew, M. J. W. Talbot, Mr. Thomas Bensor, Mr. E. H. Gillilan, Mr. J. Cartwright, Mr. E. P. White, Mrs. H. Winchester and maid, Mr. B. Whit worth, Mrs. Clifton, Dr. Robertson, Mr. H. Robertson, Mr. C, M•Ewen, Mr. W. Roxburgh, and Mr. Atkins. IRON SHIPBUILDING.—The loss of the Durham, belong ing to the North of Europe Steam•shipping Company, with a cargo of palm oil from Africa, proves that there must have been some defect in her construction. We have alluded, on several occasions, to the disasters that have previously occurred ; these could be obviated if precautions were ta',en by the proprietors of vessels to obtain those constructed on the most efficient mode by the best men. Recent accounts from India have shown how much could have been effected, and what calamity might have been spared, if reinforcements could have been dispatched there more expeditiously. The question of our maritime supe riority is one of vital importance, on it depends our power ; we cannot remain idle, with the age we must progress ; any inaction is nothing else but retrogression. The Board of Trade should not certify, nor Lloyd's insure, vessels which are unseaworthy; it is the laxity of supervision which has offered a premium to so many unwholesome speculations. This system ought no longer to exist; the mechanical genius of the age, where it exists, ought to be called into requisition ; we should, then, by having the right man in the right place, be enabled to float vessels which would not be a bye word and a reproach, but an honour to the nation, and by so doing we should still preserve ou r p resent pre-eminence over the nations of the : world.— Mixing Journal, j I TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. AMERICA. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2 4 ' To-day the Cotton Market has been very irk' gulag. The sales amounted to nearly 9 , 000 bale ' chiefly at 111 cents. for middling. _ Receipts Co hand yesterday, 21,000 bales. Flour dull of sale. Tho Sugar Market is quiet, at 410. to 5.1. There is news from Vera Cruz to the 21et of tb November, and from the City of Mexico to the 18 of November. The country was in a most distracted con and and another genecal revolution was pending. la , Negociations were pending between the re" tionists and Santa Anna, whom, undoubtedly, the' intend for President. By the steamer bringing this news twenty-tbreet political exiles have arrived, including ex-Pre s t o n Silas Jose Washington, Colonel Ramero, an d "- Moran. d e it Comonfort's fall was considered certain , l if was thought doubtful if his life would be spared he remained in the country. COUNTY DI AGISTRA.TES' COURT. —SATraDO 0 10 SERIOUS CIIARGE OF ARSON ON THE PROPERTY -P ale/ Sanuer. HOLME.—A. man, named Samuel Fair, b ; „ l 7 o oll was placed in the dock, charged with having Ins,"el - elteee set fire to a barn on the property of Mr. Samnel e .7olo l Mosley-hill, Wavertree. The prisoner had been e'l s eter for about a year back by Mr. Samuel Holme, 11 1 - r, II; upon his farm at Wavertree. George Foden, fa r e — e e nieliv the employment of Mr. Holme, deposed that on t the of the 30th of October, he saw that all was righ t The yard where the barn was built before going to beu'., 10 . stable where the cart-horses, of which the prison — t epee the care, were kept, was in the same yard, and the P r ' h - fi d had a key which admitted him into it; no one els e key to get in. About five o'clock on the morning - r d :f the 31st of October, witness was dressing, when he he a d a the prisoner call him, and on coming out into the r blO- prisoner told him the barn was on fire. Saw a ark cornine out of the bare door, which was about eig"peer off. On opening the barn door, the flames did not ae Tee to have been lighted more than quarter of an boor.. ore, prisoner helped witness to throw some water on tu° be and then said ho would go and call the coachtn an s : bse• went away, and did not return. Assistance wa s s quently obtained, and the fire was got under. w ith witness deposed that he never had had a quarrel chit the prisoner, but that the prisoner had been always,— „n or and sharp in manner towards him. Wee the or s ,bet d being put out, witness went to the stable and fou o Ave the two cart horses were there with their gear on- hea rd Foden, wife of the last witness, deposed that sh e 0 1 somebody cross the yard between four and five 0 ei ,` "it „ the morning in question. Peter Browne, serges.sideie police, deposed that he arrested the prisoner on 'Vi s e"' 00,. the 3rd of December ; prisoner said it was ha r w esi he and his wife should be blamed ; witness aske" e diSj was his wife blamed for, and prisoner answered for se - n o threatening letters to him—meaning, as witness suPj,;oo and understood, Mr. Samuel Holme. Inspector " i 'd was-examined as to an examination made of the Y s :i e seu him, and the demeanour of the prisoner when Cues so le on the sebject. Mr. Samuel Holme deposed ths"„tle , time ago, his farmer died, and he was looking %rt.( • another man to fill the place ; prisoner, who was a h w ei and farm servant in his employment, asked him ,7 7 0 1 14 , fixed upon any one for the place ? witness said, la v e ' d p Sam, you'll not do for it—you have got a very good I t and be content with it," and added, "I r din with anybody, to keep the farm-house We' who has children—l must have a man and e ve' without children." A few days after witness r ec ie test through the Aigburth post an anonymous,. Or which unfortunately he threw into the fire, as :eoril 4 always in the habit of doing with anonymous tea t to which he frequently received. It contained a th r ,i 04 0 the effect that the curse of God rested upon a. 00% objected to children, and that he would find sore. Aug worse than children upon his farm before long. T h f about six weeks before the fire. On the morning °AO, fire witness examined the place, and finding that the ^oo‘, of the back of the building was solid without any 0 1' 1 '40 and that there being only thrashed and unthrasheu e as it there, fire could not have smouldered all peel might in cotton, he suspected that it had ntoetel accidental, When the prisoner came in, he sai d " er la Sam, this place has been set on fire." Tne pi eson e gre , , stantly averted his eyes, anl said suddenly, " I bee n fre. you do not think I did it ?" The farmyard had e reeel, l3 ` quently plundered of poultry before, and tber o ` e rAtlerSecteqh Pult.ra With- tveliniettilaakilizg se DARING ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FRO — m DERBY COUNTY GAOL. At the last sessions a ma n , named Amos SOP et AO sentenced to one year's imprisonment for house ble o A short time ago h e was pl ace d i n t h e re fractolgolei, misconduct, where he remained until six o'clock 00 i ,itee evening. About fi ve o ' c l oc k M r . Si ms, t h e gove rnor' l At Jaques in his cell, at which time all was safe• s telq o'clock Mr Sims, in ac cor d ance w i t h hi s u sual 1 , 01 1 mustered the whole of the pris oners an d coun ted the to ld found all right. Shortly af terwar d s t h e serva nt ma t t i Mr. Sims that she h a d h ear d a no i se i n t h e ar ea ; ' e we/ round, and on coming opposite the solitary cell 11 %0; white linen cloth suspended from the roof. lie ita , i ?att . tely placed the officers on duty in the lodge in ",,f, positions, and sent f o r the t urn k eys w h o had , w seA rcP goal off duty, and who commenced a vigilant the throughout the va r i ous y ar d s an d war d s. O n enteruffebil refractory tell, M. Sims at onc e di scovere d that til f ° had made a most ingenious escape through the W e i bf breaking off the pivot to the bell c r a n k, t he pris all o or" fashione a weapon for the purpose o f scra ping the o f th e away from the brickwork in the roof in a corner cell, and was thus enabled to make an aper,,t g , r a e b bst enough to admit of his body passing through. "Pl' u p he had torn up and tied together, and then rolled b bl el bedding and turned it upside down. He was thus i to get through the roof after taking some slat-3s eu_ t c ie ntir by securing one end of the sheet t o th e warm ing eI 3 Y - 24 , est l 4 , he quietly let himself do wn i n t o th e yar d. It Pi" that a portion of the apertu r e was ma d e on S a turdslio had then, in order to avoid detection, smeared a d ye be brown paper with limewash, a n d p as t e d it overt hey with his grhel. Af t er a searc h o f an h our en` , A „, - thiPw Mr. Sims and the officers f anc i e d t h ey saw scniis tep about the size of a eat, moving along the gutter 0 ' 0 142 of what is called the wheel-house over the 0 , ° Z, 0 10 1 71 They immediately ascended the b u ildi ng , an d ittS, A l ' Jaques creeping all-fours along th e gutter; the c m — e clir; his head being above the g u tt er l ea di ng to his ir a „rd 109 discovery. In order to get to this position, he Tr°,7 ta k e. to scale several walls ten o r e l even f ee t hi g h, at rh-eif which rows of cheveux de f r i se are placed, anuotai:it managed to escape injury is almost a miracle. dart' „/ remaining remaining obstacle to his e sca p e was t h e bout:tales" 30 feet high, and how he meant to overcome this' is a matter of conjecture. „plow' The launch of the Leviath an i s expecte d t o b 3 ea- 0 on Tuesday or Wednesday next. fed A stoppage has also tak en pl ace o f M essr s C, J Ol O and Co.. general merchants, who have been broug.ollo by the recent failures i n th e N or th o f E urope . supposed about £lOO,OOO. DEATH OF Ma. SAMUEL TURNER announce, with regr,t, the demise of this gentleni” — icis took placa at an early hour en Saturday inornilA the residence, 2, Gambier Terra ce . F rom th e posit i° olo°_, r e Mr. Wins'anley occupi e d i n th e N or th o f Engbi l or I P - Da adjoining districts, few men were better knovi fs i3fi d e respected than he was. I n a b us i n d as p o int t ' o d stood very h'gh, and his ch a r ac t er as a p a tron ttl o of the fine arts had f ew equa l s. H e was esteeTll-06 f i r relations of life, and his loss is deaply d e plored: comparatively a young man, b e i ng i n hi s filL;7 os leaffet : s but for some time past hi s h ea l t h f a il e d, y e t a Y period he was not con fi ne d t 3 hi s house. Ile tre f r° interesting young f a mily t o mourn hi s deP3l— amongst them. hash / tll O On Wednesday evening, a meeting of the 1 40 e --- am of 0 0 electors Association was held in the lower r° ,,, h - e - re It Public Hall. Alderman Livssy presided. ' 14( 10 0 ,10 upwards of 300 present. A discussion wag r 3 .1 2% forthcoming Reform Bill. Some of those pre". nuou s they ought to send a delegate to the conve- of the to be held in London. It was at this stage row,„,. proceedings intimated that a number of 1 , a dept - 4 ,1 class reformers were holding a meeting Pu rpo 0 ,; 0 1; Von was thereupon a pp o i nte d f o r the o f fora consulting those gentlemen, and for the pnvPc' se b e j l ec ,. their co-operation in any steps that might the,ir4l4 adopted. The middle-class reformers prono,e4o/1 save s , operation, and it was then agreed that a req uisi.- eatio g _ he be got up and circulated for signature, rect u tirig of the Mayor, R. S. Heaps, Esq., to call a public 1 31 ". 0 to oe inhabita n t s , to see i f t h ey would sanction a Pei' r House of C ommons for a large measure of refo wed° to na1 1 . 6 00 3. Mayor hag expressed his willingness and in a few days wain to that e ffor t will be listed' th e lial ID 1 -•eWs tt ez .. w Patches f rea ders e W B to ii4Pose - s. 13 (34 re q , to ti `,ia Act Cum (1 40 ne g° o o b , )!e4 thef I C 4 * 15 . A 11 nour ne r eapit B~ The Pe lief o r th© kt i g d '. 23 4 it Bi u Nol!I asse tiZ t ved it .48 the . 1,, 144 eter. ,vLer seric *leraa/ BuPP itt e r ,a_ccuu .11 th 'utro6 g the 'N a fur 41g a 1 4 1 ! i ng a 4,le.eaaing. it 48 aut bathe 1 b a thee co , „ ,n'uonEd 1 4 . 41 / a ri a 111 :1, be N arat v , i ri 84 * 4. 4 e tiu h W 1 VZild, an ,sx.,carat qt , zew go attpence action 4 4 11 ? 7 ,0 00 ,th;:erous ease w Rore E to 4 klY "Pond wBEk Oor seve , ii7kitlooll • ►he Bev