The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-25 00:00:00

Commercial -aTes;._trbt.4 On. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 2, Dale-street, 1,423 bags and 231 pockets Rice, 93 pockets Rapeseed, and 7 pockets Linseed.—Br,3wne, Hunter and Co. At half-past one o'clock, at Golding and Nash's Saleroom, Corn Exchange, B r unswick-street, about 12,000 . bushels Red and hite Wheat, and about 100 barrels Flour, damaged —J. and M. Harnett. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, Tower-buildings, sioo- Buenos Ayres Sheep Skins.—John and Samuel Beckwith. At the brokers' office, 17, Oldhall-street, 1 ton Bombay • Hemp, all faults.—Gladstone and Serjeantson. At twelve:o'clock, at 1, Oldhall-street, 125 tierces fine Carolira Rice, and W 150 tierces ditto ditto.—How - and Barclay. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's saleroom, about 2i tons - - Petersburg Clean Hemp, all faults.—lsaac Fletcher. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, Druid's-court, - Dale-street, 194 bags fine Camata Valonia.—E. S. Knowles. 'At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 13, Rumford street, 2,600 bags Arracan Rice. all faults, and 50 bags - ditto Sweepings.—Whittaker, Whitehead and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, 4, Temple-court, a quantity of Fruit, consisting of Figs, Raisins, Plums, and Prunes.—Fletcher and Firth. ,At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' cffice, 9, Temple-court, a quantity of Fruit, consisting of Currants, Musca telles, Almonds, and Figs.—Houghton and Levy. Cominev:at THIS DAY THIS DAY, the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 1423 Bags RICE, 231 Pockets RICE. ez William Miles. 93 Pockets RAPESEED, 7 Pockets LINSEED, BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers . Apply to On account of whom it may concern. Tars DAY, the 25th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at Golding and Nash's Saleroom Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street. About 9500 Bushels Red WHEAT, „ 2500 Bushels White WHEAT, 100 Barrels FLOUR (damaged). For further particulars apply to .1 & Al. H A IsNETT, Brokers. TO-MORROW TO.3(OftliOW, the 26th instant, at Twe've o'clock, at the Public Salerocm, Exchange-buildings, 200 Tons Rest Seconds BRIMSTONE, now landing ez Eugenia, from Girgenti.—A pply to T. W. & J. C. HA RROP & CO , Prokers. THURSDAY On THULSDAY next, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 1195 Ho=es 898 4-Drums 928 }.Ditto 301 and Drums Turkey FIGS, ex Bceotia, just landing. Apply to Messrs. Whittall, Lenox and Co., Merchants ; or to THOMAS PARRY, Broker Turkey FIG 9. ex Melila. jast landing ; FRIDAY On FZIDAIr next, the 28th instant, at the Brokers' Saleroom, Old ball-street, • 682 Bags LINSEED, now landing ex Matilda Wattenbach, from Calcutta.—Apply to Messrs. Leech, Harrison and Forwood, Merchants ; or to JOHN BARON 81 SON, Brokers. T HIS DAY, R. J. NODDER Will respectfully offer his "Selection of Parisian" and English RIDING and WALKING HATS, BONNETS, and CAPS, with every description of Trimmings, Feathers, Laces, &c., of the most fashionable and tasteful kind. 81, CHURCH STREET *a- THE NORTHERN - TIMES will be Per manently Enlarged to Double its present size, on or about the Ist of December. nth Inn it ~~7Q TUESDAY, OVEHRER 25, 1856 • THE DAY'S NEWS. The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon has again appeared at the Surrey Gardens. His presence on Sunday, as usual, caused a concourse of thousands of people, who, nothing daunted by the late appalling catas trophe, sought admission to hear the rev. preacher hold forth. It is said that some twelve or fourteen thousand persons, of both sexes, were forced to remain a considerable distance from the grand entrance. We are happy to say that proper pre caution was taken for the preservation of the lives of the several thousands who had congregated on the occasion. The reverend gentleman referred to his former appearance in that place. It is to be regretted that such large numbers should assemble to hear Mr. Spurgeon's theological discourses, and that the Sabbath should be a day requiring the presence of a large police force, to preserve order and decorum at a place where the glad tidings of the Gospel are - delivered to thousands of immortal beings Every day adds to the dark catalogue of crime throughout the country. To-day, our paper con -tains the records of shocking cruelty, the immoral doings of a clergyman, and the unusual offence of a daring highway robbery by two women, in Lon don. These, together with our usual police re ports, clearly demonstrate the imperative necessity of immediate steps being taken to stem the torrent of iniquity which appears to deluge the land. Our Orisons and our workhouses are evidently made too c3mfortable for their inmates. We, therefore, indirectly encourage a transgression of the law ; andzinetead of reforming our criminal population, whilg tinder prison discipline and control, we are only affording them an opportunity to acquire additional dexterity in committing offences against life and property. At the Old Bailey, yesterday, the Recorder of London, in his charge to the Grand Tury, referred to the prevalence of crimes of this description. These was, he regretted to observe, an increase in crimes of a serious description, which called for the most serious consideration, and such a circumstance was to be exceedingly regretted. One of the offences that seemed particularly on the increase was that of highway robbery with violence. Whilst on these topics, we may further remark that the gold dust robbery was again the subject of a magisterial investigation before the Lord Mayor . of London, at the Mansion House. The prisoners, Burgess and Pierce, on being placed at the bar, were both as cool and collected in their demeanour as on the previous occasions, though they looked somewhat paler. Burgess still retains his dress - as a guard of the South Eastern Railway Pierce anxiously looked round the court, and both prisoners evidently appeared surprised, after what was said at the last examination, that Seward and Tester were not placed in the dock beside them. A deal of evidence, all of which criminated the prisoners in a great degree, with the crime of which they stand charged was gone into, when another remand was granted, and the prisoners removed back to their cells. The Vice-Chancellor, Kindersley, gave judgment yesterday, on the question in whom the right to distribute the funds of the British Bank vested, the creditors or the depositors. The judg ment of the learned judge was lengthy, and amounted to this : That Mr. Hardinge deliver up all monies received by him to Mr. Lee, the Official Assignee of the Court of Bank ruptcy. The matter, it appears, is not to drop here, for recourse is to be had to the opinions of the Lord Justices of appeal. The judgment created great interest, and the court was crowded during its delivery. There is not any additional intelligence respect ing the murder of Mr. Little, but from our private advices from Dublin, we learn that the police still entertain sanguine expectations of being able to discover the whereabouts of the foul assassin, and ultimately effect his capture. The coroner's jury empannelled to investigate the recent railway collision near Waterford have unanimously agreed to a verdict, setting forth that the deceased persons were killed at Dunkitt-siding, on the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway, by the Kilkenny mid-day mail to Waterford coming into colligion with the ballast train in such siding, in consequence of the points of the siding having been nlawfully and improperly left open ; that such oar, ts were in the particular care of Michael Brien, r gauger, in charge of t he balla st train, who neglected to see them closed. The findin g o t through r o:gi man slaughter against the said Michael aßte that Brien, whose wilful and unlawful neglect the deaths have occurred ; that no blame can be attached t o any of the officers of the traffic department on the line, whose driver and fireman used every effort in their power to prevent the catastrophe. The prisoner Brien was removed in custody; and will be com mated to Kilkenny Gaol for trial at the ensuing fs s sizes . The Southampton election continues to become, every day, the object of a fierce and determined contest. The address of the Governor of the Bank of England has been issued. He declares himself a Liberal and a free trader ; he would support the Abolition of church rates, and the admission of Jews into Parliament. The appearance, of the address has caused increased - excite. inent, and speculations are rife as to -who shall be the lucky candidate. Mr. James, it appears, will have up-hill work in gain;ng anything like a respectable position on the poll, the Liberal electors preferring a practical commer cial gentleman to the special pleader or the full fledged, . Nisi Prius lawyer. Meantime, the new Chief JUstice of . the Common Pleas has taken leave of his We constituents. He declares that, had he followed his own wishes and inclination, he should still have remained member for Southamp ton. To be the Attorney-General of England, and to represent that country in Parliament, was the utmost object of his ambition, and left him nothing to desire.. But he had become conscious that he was less able than heretofore, in point of health and strength, to meet - the calls of a position which combined -Parliamentary and official with profes sional duties, and had yielded to the advice of friends interested in his welfare, and exchanged those cares for duties which, though arduous and laborious, were of a less exactinc , and exciting character than those which he had' hitherto sus tained. Our Continental advices are rather interesting in character. It appears that one step more has been taken in the Neufchatel affair. Her Von Sydow, the Prussian Ambassador, has remitted to .the President of the Federal Council a note demand ing the unconditional release of the prisoners ; and the representatives of the other states of the German confederation have expressed the assent of their governments to this note. The President, Herr Staempfli, is said to have replied, that the Neufchatel question, forming the subject of nego• ciations on the part of the Great Powers, he could not, for the moment, revive the proposition of Prussia. The Prussian Government is said to have been very desirous of securing the release of the prisoners before the 29th of November, when the Prussian Landtag meets, to be enabled to use con ciliatory language in the speech from the throne; but this desire is most probably now frustrated. A despatch, from Constantinople, states that Aali Pacha, who had been appointed Minister of Foreign czffairs, has resigned. The electors of the department of Cher are convoked for the 20th of December, to elect two deputies to the Corps Legislatiff. Our Paris advices inform us that M. Emile de Girardin has sold his interest in the Presse to M. Milhaud, the banker, after a negotiation of only three days. M. de Girardin was the founder and principal proprietor of the paper. He possessed 40 100ths of the shares, and had a salary of 30,000 f as redoeteur in chief. The terms are, for the 40 shares, 800,000 f, and for the editorship, 150,000 f, making together the very handsome sum of 950,000 f, which M. de Girardin will put in his pocket. After the example of persons in meaner callings, he enters into a covenant not to exercise his trade of a journalist in Paris, Many of the writers on the paper, who fancied they were as3ociated in a mission of principle, are, -- to say the least of it, • a good deal annoyed at being sold in this manner to the Money-ocracy. The Siecle will now be the only remaining liberal journal in Paris. The Charivari-has a caricature - representing the Times in the shape of a huge partition wall between a Highland soldier and a French one. The Scotch man—the invariable type of the British soldier, according to - French notions—drives his fist through the broad sheet, and leaning across, says, while suiting the action to the word, " A sheet of paper.shall never .prevent-u43-from shaking hands." The latest Spanish intelligence shows the asser tion of the ministerial newspapers at Madrid, that the outbreak at Malaga was intended to cover a emugglina transaction, to be a ridiculous and de liberate falsehood. h The severe measures of re pression which the Spanish government has resorted to proves this. In Lisbon the elections have turned against the Government, for the Radical party, which calls itself the party of regeneration, has obtained a decided majority. It is, however, presumed that in the provinces of Portugal the result will be different. The Miguelites have, on this •occasion, taken part in the elections, but not one of their candidates has succeeded. The defeat . of the Cabral party is complete. According to late advices from Vienna, we are informed that Russia still insists on retaining pos session of Bolgrad, and the policy of France is just as equivocal now as it was ten days or a fortnight since It is well known that M. de Persigny, on his return to England, gave tranquilising assu rances to the British government, but any change of measures in France must be preceded by a change of men. M. de Walewski still insists on a resumption of the Conferences, but Austria positively refuses, and will continue to refuse, to accede to the wishes of the French Government, 'until 'France; England, Austria, and Turkey have come to a complete, understanding in regard to Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents. When the four Powers are able to agree, the Conference will meet to settle certain matters connected with the Treaty of Peace. but itis possitively asserted that the Em peror of Austria will - net again permit hid repre sentative to share-in a discussion on any • matter which is foreign to the Oriental question. We are informed that the differences between the Porte and Prince Danilo of Montenegro have been settled for the time being by Austrian mediation. The settlement is said to consist simply in the - maintenance' .of•the. status quo, with the promise, however, on the part of the Porte, not to assert its 'claims of suzerainty, except in case of a new rupture -of the peace by the Montenegrins.- , Reports co s ine from Naples which represent the King as entering upon a course of clemency, and it is expected that an amnesty . will follow those special acts of grace that . have already been granted. But it is added that the amnesty will only be extended to those who will leave the kingdom for ever, or will allo* themselves to be put under the supervision of the police. Some little administrative reforms are likewise expected in -Naples, and-the-King at-- least thus- hopes- to satisfy France without surrendering his inde pendence. MR. JAMES MII.LER. SHAIN'S pamphlet, entitled Laurie versus The Merchants' and Trademen's Mutual Life Assurance Company, has drawn out a reply in the shape of an original article in the Courier of Wednesday last ; and it will haVe been observed that our cotemporary takes as much pains to mis• represent our views on' this. occasion as it has in msny former instances.• It charges us with having espoused' Mr. SHAIN'S case with great warmth. Now we simply, ask . who is Mr. SHAIN ? What is he in the assurance world that we should pass by the millions at stake in the life assurances of this country ? Are we to be charged with weighing the reputation of an individual against the vast sum the frugal and needy classes of the community have depending on the honest administration of insurance affairs, and the selection of contracts proposed to them by insurers ? Mr. SHAIN comes before the PUblic to defend 'his - character, by explaining his connection with a ease in which a policy has been disputed after death, and to advo cate a principle in life insurance which his expe- rience as a Medical Examiner of lives induces him to believe is, the only one which gives security to the insured. His statement is a brief recital of facts, and since he proves that he acted the part of a man of honour, throughout Mr. LAURIE's affair, and that he has been grossly misrepresented; we certainly do not shrink from saying .that he is , entitled to great praise, and we confess that vie have advocated with some warmth the principle he recommends—namely, the indisputability of all life policies, after a proposal has been accepted, and a policy issued. , • There would be 'no safety for the. insurer, if medical men were to make their reports " a little " stronger," at the bidding of zealous insurance agents ; and no security for the insured, if pro posals are to be interlined by the agents to make them "It little stronger" also. Mr. WEBSTER did ask Mr. SHAIN to .make his medical "report " a " little stronger." He did interline Mr. THOMAS LAURIE'S proposal, and he swears he wrote the words which defeated the claim of Mr. LAURIE'S representative in Court, at -the request of the insured ; but the reader._ has., only Ur- WRBsEER ' S word for the truth-of this assertibn, whereas Mr. SHAIN has Mr. WEBSTER'S letter, to prove that, while WEBSTER wished the medical officer to report strongly in favour of Mr. LAURIE'S life, be was at the same time interlining the proposal with the very words which were, after the death of the insured, held to constitute a " gross fraud" on Mr. WEBSTER'S Company, or his employers. The writer in the Courier does not pretend to deny this. He, in fact, brings to light some pocket repo of the trial, which took place at the last I.Aerpool Assizes, to prove that all Mr. SWAIN charges Mr. WEBSTER with is quite true. This report was not published, however, until Mr. SHAIN refuted the imputations cast upon him' by the Merchants' and Tradesmen's Society, and their agent. It is then paraded as a most accurate version of the investi gation which took place in court. But, unfortu nately for the society, many of the allegations which they seem to rely upon ire shown to be incorrect by the statements contained in the documents published by Mr. SEAtrt._ By a little adroit warping of facts, and very skilful transposition of names, our cotemporary makes white appear black, taking special care to leave out of sight the principle involved in the diScussion, No attempt is made by the Courier, the Company, or their .agent, Mr. ROBERT - WEBSTER, to show that Mr. THOMAS LAURIE'S life was a bad one when his proposal was accepted. They only attack the insured's statements with regard to the health of his family. The Industrial and General Life Office would not accept Mr. LAURIE'S life when the directors heard that there was consumption or " chest disease" in the proposer's family. They wanted to add twelve years to his life. This Mr. LAURIE declined, and, therefore, the proposer was not either accepted, or "refused in another " office," as our cotemporary has had the hardihood to state. They woul d have taken Mr. LAuan's life on certain terms. And when Mr. LAURIE sent in his propOsal to the Merchants' and Tradesmen's , Office, in answer to the usual request—it Give a " reference to a very intimate friend for the state of " health"—he furnished them with the name of Mr. T. S. PATERSON, the agent of the Industrial and General Office—the very 'gentleman who had proposed Mr. LAURIE'S life to the office which is now said to have refused Mr. LAURIE. The writer in the Courier will excuse Mr. SHAIN, if his pamphlet has enabled us to place him on the horns of a dilemma. Aid with regard to Mr SHAIN'S knowledge of the health of Mr. LAURIE'S family, our author states that he knew nothing Whatever of the proposer's family, except what he had heard from the proposer himself. When asked, therefore, " Has any part of his family ever " suffered hereditary disease ?" he very prudently answered, " Not•to my knowledge." All he knew was from the insurer's own lips._ - - -PATERSON, the agent -Of the-Industrial and General Offic, seems to have known more about Mr. LAURIE ; for, in his report, he says :—" Mr. " LAURIE had a brother and sister who died froni " consumption." The proposal also stated that two members of the LAURIE family died of " disease of " the chest,". and that there was "a tendency to " phthysis, either in the paternal or maternal side." Mr. SHAIN, in his confidential report, also says :-- " There is no doubt but some members of the proposer's family .have died from phthysis.' Here it will be seen that the medical officer speaks with great caution. He uses the words "no " doubt," which shows that he did not know it of -his own knowledge--He- did know,_however, that all the information he had given to the Industrial and General Office was. accessible to Mr. ROBERT WEBSTER, and to the Merchants' and Tradesmen's Company; for the simple reason that Mr. LAURIE had himself referred .Mr. 'WEBSTER and his employers to Mr. PATERSON, the agent of the Industrial Company. If this had_ not been done it is more than probable that Mr. WEBSTER'S ' Directors would have called for a second report from their agent and medical referee. But they did nothing of the kind. They were satisfied it appears with the words interlined in -Mr. WE - as-rites own handwriting. Mr. SHArs evidently reported with great-caution to both the Companies to whom Mr. LAURIE'S proposals were made ; and that he should have redoubled his caution when dealing _with the Merchants' and Tradesmen's Office, can scarcely be wondered at, after he had been asked by its agent to make hi s report " a little stronger." The letter which con. tamed this very unaccountable request, was only shown to the Judge at the trial. Had it gone to the Jury, we are inclined to believe that the advice of the presiding Judge would not have had so much - weight as it is supposed to have had. B ut here we may safely leave Mr. SHAIN out of the discussion. The public are much indebted to him for the light he has thrown on the whole affair. The Courier puts Mr. WEBSTER'S case for. ward as the cloak for a most dangerous system of life insurance. It makes its champion say that " he never knew that LAURIE had made a proposal " to the Industrial, and that SHAIN had reported "upon it, till after the death of LAURIE." This is rather a lamentable disclosure for the Merchants' Office, as it will leave the public to infer that its agents do not apply for information to the referees named in their proposals. If Mr. WEBSTER had gone to Mr. LAURIE'S referenee—the Agent of the Industrial— he would there have obtained the information he now declares he ought to have had before the death of the insured, and which , we think, he ought to have obtained before the proposal was submitted to his directors. It would have been well, also, if he had obtained it before he called on the medical officer to make his report" a little stronger." The Courier seems to see these things in a very different light. It would have Mr. WEBSTER to act as he likes in such matters. - It says, - that gentle man "had no motive whatever in recommending the `` life, except a conscientious conviction that it was a " good one." This brings us at once to the danger of the principle for which our cotemporary is contending in the person of Mr. WEBSTER—the danger of leaving policies open to be disputed after the death of the insured. In this instance the insurers knew that there was consumption in the insured's family. This i s proved by Mr WEBSTER'S letter, for he says his directors " would boggle at it." He forwarded the proposal because he entertained a conscientious conviction. - The truth of this conviction has never been ques tioned up to this day, " the life was a good one," and' yet, when the life drops, the Company are suffered to travel back into the proposal as inter lined by their agent} : and they actually succeed in defeating the claim of the re p resentativ e of an also e insured person, whose life theyet admit which they to b unquestionably good ; because , forsooth, there was consumption in his family , a fact well knew. What class of insured persons are safe, vchen such a system as this is in vogue? The Merchants' office dial not insure the LAURIE family, box and dice. They guaranteed the payment of 5001. on the death of Mr. T HOMAS LAURIE. They have never attempted to dispute his life ; but, instead of paying the sum agreed upon, they have disputed the claim, on the THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. strength r ,of words introduced into the proposal, in the handwriting of,their agent, and ha.ve . left Mr: LAURIE'S representative to pay spine 2001. costs, in a vain effort tb recover the sum insured. And this is what the Courier lends its columns to defend, under the head of "Honest and Dishonest Assurers!"- Our readers are aware that we are not • very warm admirers of the pi-eva.ili.ng, principle of Life InSurance, When stripped of all the' anomalous practices of Insurance offices, and'our sole object in alluding to this case is, to show what Companies can do; and to illustrate our former assertion, that " there is no safety for the insured, except in " those offices where the policy is indisputable, "once the proposal has been accepted;" and it would be well-for those WhO'-are insured on other terms, to endeavour to fix their insurers to the indis putable principle, and without a moment's delay, notwithstanding all Mr. ROBERT WEBSTER or the Liverpool Courier may think or say to the contrary. GRACE v. WlLL.maa.—lt seems that there is one law fo r attorneys and another for other people. Common suitors may have their cases tried where justice is most likely to be attained ; but attorneys can compel the courts to try cases in which they are plaintiffs in Middlesex. This, a few days ago, Lord Campbell was coerced to decide against his better judgment, in the case of Grace v. Willmer. Mr. Willmer wisheiLtatave .the case tried in Liverpool ; but, while the Judge declared that the claim was reasonable and right, the law said otherwise, and hence the defendant will have to take his witnesses to London. The case arose out of wild statement made by Mr. James M‘Donald ; in the Birkenhead County Court, against the Wappentake Court, over which Mr. Grace presided. The report was printed from Mr. M'Donald's MS., and not from the notes of the reporter ; and hence the charge of libel. We afforded Mr. Grace " ample room and verge enough' for bis own vindication ; and as the " Wappentake" is now an old story, Mr. G,ace would do well to let the matter drop. He is an able lawyer, and really not a bad natured man, and he will rather mend than mar his character by dropping this small suit.—Daily Post. [Phis cause should have been entered for trial on Saturday last, but was not.—ED. N. T.] GREED OF LAWYERS FOR LEGISLATIVE HONOURS.—AI present there are several vacancies for Members of Parlia ment, consequent upon certain legal changes, deaths, &c. It is surprising to witness the eagerness and avidity with which leading members of the legal profession thrust them selves forward for the purpose of obtaining senatorial honours, and thereby promate the darling object of their existence—self interest. Now, although it may be argued that the education of a barrister, his habits of thought, and the line of study he has pursued, as well as his supposed acquaintance with former enactments, qualifies him, in an eminent degree, for the duties of a legislator, we consider that the practice of thus rendering the House of Com mons a congregation of military and legal aspirants is becoming quite too rife, and recent events have shown that both lawyers and soldiers enter Parliament more for the purpose of attaining promotion in their respective callings, than from any desire to benefit the country at large, or their constituents in particular. The constituency which lends itself to such a system cannot lay claim to independency of action or self respect. At present Hull and Southampton are besieged with the importunities of barristers to be elected for the vacancies in the representation of these boroughs. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C. first started for Hull, but his quandam friend and brother prosecutor of the late unfortu nate William Palmer, the Rugeley poisoner, having ob tained a seat on the bench, he forsakes the electors of Hull, and flies off to Southampton, in the hope that the official mantle of Sir C. Cockburn, as Attorney-General, may fall upon him, should he cajole the voters of that borough to send him into parliament as their representative. Without giving anything approaching a reasonable excase for flying from Hull to Southampton, and thus manifesting a voluble and giddy disposition, he lectures the electors of Southampton as to the eminent' `services which lawyers have rendered in Parliament, and then points to the •senatorial career of a Brougham, a Denman, and a Roebuck, and hints that he will follow in their footsteps. We fancy the people of Southampton will be slcw to place much reliance upon such professions ; they will take into account the late judicial ap pointments, not only here, but in the sister kingdom, as mani festing the clearand ultimate aim of the aspiring barrister, and ambitious military officer, in obtaining seats in the Commons House of Parliament. If the principle is at all legitimate, why not admit clergymen so that they may obtain profes sional advancement upon the episcopal bench ? Surely many of our staid and moderate divines would be an ornament in the House of Commons, and prove really useful in the concocting of laws, having for their object the social, mental, and moial improvement of the people at large. AN IRISH AGITATOR AT THE ANTIPODES.-Who has not heard of Mr. Charles Gavan Duffy, _the leader of the Young Ireland party, the late proprietor of the Dublin Nation, and formerly Member of Parliament for New Ross ? His name to the , readers of newspapers has become as " familiar as Household Words." The career of Mr. Duffy having proved a complete failure in this country, both as a political agitator, a journalist, and a statesman, he betook himself to the Antipodes, proposing to follow the profession of the law, for which by the way—his subtle pleas and demurrers against the prosecutions instituted against him by the Irish Government, prove that he is eminently qualified. Mr. Duffy, however, has again embarked upon the troubled waters of politics, and being petted and coaxed by a number of his admirers in the Australian settlements, who have subscribed together, and raised a fund amounting to £5,100, to qualify him for a -'eat in the Legislative Assembly of Victoria ; he lays aside the cares and turmoils appertaining to courts of law, and the administration of justice, and places his services as a Statesman at the command of the people of Victoria. On the occasion of presenting him with the proceeds of the subscription alluded to, Mr. Duffy addressed his partisans in a lengthened speech. He could not, however, forget the repetition of some of those smart and threaten ing sentences, for which in days of yore he had become somewhat notorious. He tells an assem blage of friends - and sapporters at Melbourne, that to make helots of the Roman Catholics of Australia is what cannot—shall not be done. This is something in his Nation style of speaking ; but we trope that the quiet and peaceful minded colonists will give but little attention to such political diatribes. Mr. Duffy would best promote his own interests, and serve the colonists, whom it is his ambiti n to represent, by dwelling less upon the exciting topic of religious disparities, and leriding his inclinations to the development of such projects as will raise the colony to the highest state of civilisation and agricultural and commercial prosperity. SHOULD LORD JOHN RUSSELL BE MADE A PEER ? This is a question which is now generally asked in all political circles, and the opinion gains ground that his lordship should no longer be isolated from the Liberal party, and thereby prevented from rendering that effective aid to the cause which his talents and crmmanding influence as a statesman can confer. Lord John has spent a somewhat long and useful life in the service of this country— some of the greatest legislative measures of the past century are the productions of his fertre intellect—and no matter who may have been in power, " principle" and '° duty" were his guiding star. Circumstanced as the Government of the country now is, it is felt that there is no position which could be given him, as a member of the House of Commons, equal to his claims and deserts. To elevate him to the Peers, and constitute him ministerial leader of the House of Lords, would enable him to act in unison with the premier and his colleagues, and give him an opportunity of introducing some of those important projects of Reform, whether they regard the representation of the people, the extension and improvement of education, or the further emendation of the criminal jurisprudence of the country: Taking all these matters into consideration, '.e are of opinion that the elevation of Lord John Russell to the peerage would greatly strengthen the position and standing of the present adminis tration, for on no other ground than that of being the mouthpiece of the present cabinet in the House of Lords do the friends of the noble lord desire his retirement from the Commons, and his elevation to the Upper Chamber of the 1 Imperial Parliament. 0,7 R GAIN AND OUR Loss BY BUCIIA.NAN'S ELECTION.— The election of President of the United States - is a question of much importance to the people 6f this country, and on no former occasion has the interest and anxiety to know the result been greater. Fremont was the favourite can didate in this country, ;because he stood <forward as the champion and the advocate of liberty, whilst his rival, and the chosen of the people, declared his policy to be favourable to the extension of slavery in newly-acquired territory. Should such be President Buchanan's game, it would, no doubt, for a time effect our commercial relations with the United States, particularly if be felt disposed to carry into effect his (Mend manifesto, and force the annexation of Cuba. But we see it publicly declared that Mr. Buchanan is not indisposed to admit Kansas as a free State ; and although we may regret the defeat 'of the aboli tionist candidate, we are correct in saying that, in Mr. Buchanan, the citizens of the United States have a true official—a President who is a down right democrat and who will, it is believed, through good report and evil report, support the honour and integrity of the stars and stripe; ; and, if we mistake not, he will anxiously wish to cultivate friendly relations with Great Britain. He has been a resi dent at her court, knows I, 'r power and influence in all quarters of the globe, and the vast advantage which the American Union derives from our commercial intercourse with her people. Everything considered, our losses by the Buchanan election are by no means equal to the gains which must arise from an administration under his sway, that will be animated by feelings of patriotism and good govern ment. *The late General Guyon left two sons and one daugh , ter. The Emperor of the French has already nominated one of the boys to a vacancy in the Polytechnic School, and has promised to provide, if possible, for the other. VACANT DIPLOMATIC POSTS.-There are three principal diplomatic posts at present vacant—that of Minister to Hanover, salary £3,C00; that of Minister to Washington, salary £4 500; and that of Minister to the Two Sicilies, salary £4,000, Active measures in favour of a bill for removing the pressure of our present taxes from literary institutions are being taken, so as to secure for it a better reception in the coming session of parliament than the bill met with in the last. It is reported that a satisfactory arrangement has been entered into by the promoters of the Dartmouth railWray, by which Sir Morton Pete undertakes to construct the line. and in consequence, application. will be. made to parliament:this session to obtain the act. A NEW RAILWAY PROJECT.—It is said that a committee of English and French capitalists is in course of formation to complete a direct railway communication from Paris, through Bale and Trieste, to Constantinople; and that the preliminary surveys have been made, and estimates furnished by French engineers. The line, with branches to Athens and Odessa, is almost of the gigantic character of the Russian scheme, but it has the merit, wanting in that ease; of passing through regions where the existing traffic is great. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF THE HON. MR. FORTEiCUE.— Mr. George Grenville Fortescue, of Boconnoc, Cornwall, who has during the present autumn been cruising with his cousins, Lord and Lady Drogheda, in their yacht Fancy, went into the rigging, when some 170 mites from Algiers, on the homeward voyage, on Sunday, the 2nd inst., when either from panic or giddiness, he fell on deck, from a height of about 30 feet. Death was almost instantaneous. The body was buried at Algiers, on Wednesday, the sth inst. The news of Mr. Fortescue's death has caused very general regret in the county of Cornwall, where the hon. gentleman was heir to large landed estates. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Sunday, at noon, an extraor dinary accident, and which, it is anticipated, will be attended with fatal results, occurred to a young woman, named Ellen Markham, servant to a Mr. Redriff, of the New Road, St. Pancras. It seems the young woman was bringing a pie home from the oven, when descending the area steps she slipped, and fell down the entire flight. The dish breaking, the jagged portion came across her throat in the descent, and inflicted a most frightful gash, dividing the principal arteries, from which the blood gushed out in tor rents. Medical assistance was immediately obtained, but no hopes are entertained of her recovery, the carotid artery being nearly severed. PALMERSTON AND THE CONSERVATIVES. -- Passing occurrences strengthen an expectation that a section of the Conservative party, the most liberal part of the Opposition of last session, would effect a junction with Lord Palmer ston's Government. The total_ disruption of party, con_ fessed by the Quarterly Review, led to the belief that such a junction might take place; the recent demonstration of. Mr. Beresford, in Essex, strengthened the calculation. Throughout last session the leader of the Opposition betrayed an evident difficulty in keeping his men together and it was only a special sally at last, accompanied, it is understood, by some kind of threat, that he was able to parade his forces with united ranks. ANOTHER GREAT FRAUD BY A CLEAN.,—OR Saturday night information was circulated throughout the metro politan police divisions of another extensive embezzlement by a commercial clerk. The individual who has now gone off is Arthur Fell, a confidential clerk in the extensive firm of Moses, Levy, and Co., 2 and 3, Aldgate. The precise amount of the delinquent's defalcations are not yet known. Several hundred pounds have, however, already been ascer tained. There is no doubt his flight had been premeditated for some time, as the delinquent has taken his wife and child with him. A large reward is offered for his appre hension, and a full description of his person and wife forwarded to the outposts, it being thought that he will tr to get out to Australia or America. ThE LATE CAPTAIN T. RUSSELL.—lntelligence reached Southampton on Saturday of the death of Captain T. Russell, late commander of the Australian mail packet Simla, at Plymouth. Captain Russell was one of the smartest sailors and most skilful commanders in the ser vice' of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. Before the Russian war broke out, he was more intimately acquainted than most seamen with the navigation of the Black Sea, and was employed throughout the war in the transport service. He was singularly popular with every one with whom he sailed, whether seamen, officers, or passengers. The command of large and swift steamers, there can be little doubt, is unfavourable to long life, involving as it does a constant strain upon the mind, together with exposure to rapid changes of climate. g A Hum—As a difference of opinion has unluckily arisen between the Allied Governments, Lord Palmerston is quite right in remaining firm in substance; but it is to be wished that his supporters in the press would display some of that mildness of manner which is recommended by the proverb. Although it is not pleasant to read the dissertations of French journals on the character and conduct of ,the English nation, foreign invectives seldom exercise any serious influence on a policy which is inde pendent of personal feelings ; but it is by no means certain that attacks on the individuals who govern France will be equally harmless. The gross imputations of accepting Russian bribes whin have been brought against Count Walewski and M. de Morny, are, from their very nature, incapable of proof, and they are insults to the Sovereign who is represented as the dupe of his most confidential advisers. EXTENSION or THE REDPATH SCANDAL.—The state of the Audit-office was last session the subject of some animated discussion in the House of Commons, and the true safeguard against any possible malversation was shown, with irresistible strength of argument, to consist in bringing the accounts of that office under the super vision of the House of C6mmons. We do not know how much longer this eminently safe and practical reform may be resisted- by the 'Government, but until it is accom plished there can be no efficient security against possible mistakes or malpractices, The cases of Robson and Red path also, men filling the most:responsible stations, and having hundreds of thousands passing through their hands, yet remunerated only with trifling salaries, show the expediency, even as a matter of commercial policy, of raising the status of Government officers, and of animat ing them by ,the prospect of distinetions and rewards proportioned tolthe reponsibilities of their duties. DESPERATE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE;.—Much consternation and alarm were created in Kentish Town, on Sunday, owing to its becoming knOwn that another of those tragical occurrences, which have lately produced such painful sensation, had taken place at No. 25, Duke's terrace, Malden road, Kentish Town. It appears that at the above address resides Mrs. E iza Chalk, aged 28 years ' who has lately been in a very melancholy state of mind. Shortly after the inmates had retired to rest, the fall of a heavy body was heard, and on their going to her bedroom, the unfortunate woman was found on the floor, weltering in a pool of blood, which proceeded from a terrible gash in the throat, that nearly severed the windpipe and carotid arteries, and a razor was lying by her side. She was at once conveyed to the London University Hospital, when Mr. Erichsen. surgeon, rendered every surgical assistance, but from the severe nature of the wound, not the slightest hopes are entertained of her recovery. THE Swenisti R kILWAY COMPANY.—Messrs. Chaplin and Tottie have addressed a report to the Swedish Railway Company, on the results of their recent visit to Sweden on behalf of that undertaking. They presented 'two suggestions to the Finance Minister—the first bing that the government should make a grant of the line in perpetuity, instead of only for forty years, as at present, together with a renewal of all the privileges originally enjoyed, and a guarantee of 4 per cent for the first twenty-five years ; while the second was that, instead of any guarantee, the government should furnish a loan of £133,333. A subsequent interview with the King and communications with the Finance Minister, lead them to hope that some measure of the kind will be recom mended to the Diet now in session. According to a resolution of that body in their last session, all trunk lines are henceforth to be made by the government, and the extent of construction contemplated is 780 English miles in 14 years. It is hoped that it may be found desirable to incorporate the Swedish Railway in these main lines, and Messrs. Chaplin and Tottie recommend that the board of directors should be empowered by the shareholders to negociate for that object, either by sale or otherwise. - . . . i 0 1 0 1 #. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. The adices brought by the steam-ship Asi 9 ; which arrived here last evening, have not exercised any particular effect upon our Cotton Market. The sales to-day were estimated at 6,000 bales, mostly, if not all, to the . trade. Prices remain without any change. Surats were sold at 43d sid ; Egyptian, fitd to 8d ; Bahia at 63d per Ib• to There is still a great paucity of import , few, if a l l' cotton ships having come forward of late. There is still a firm feeling in our local Railarsid Stock and Share Market. Business to-day open e _ quiet, hut afterwards improved. The transaction. at the morning meetingcomprise:-EastLancashire' 201. Lancashire and Yorkshire, '951 Man ch a n e r. ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 343. Midland, °l-rke North British, 94. South Eastern, 214. In good afternoon an active demand sprung up, and a .. 0 business was transacted. The following sales.wei reported-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheall!re°' 17Z. Eastern Counties 9 3 16. East Lancasiuril 201. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 954. London OF. North Western, 1041,1, 1. Manchester, Shel field, and Linc01n,341,5, 4, d. Midland Stock, Ohl 4,4, -4, 1, 803, 1. Berwick Capital S tock, Dovers, 214, 4, 4. York, Newcastle, to nerwl e i l, 201. York and North Midland, 2 9 13 16. Diune, Rhenish,l 1-16 p. Great Western of Canada, 24; Do, New Shares, 21. The market closed with considers, animation, prices being firm at the highest rates s of the day. The closing rates of the day Wer e 7 1 follows :--Aberdeen, 124 124. Blackburn, 74. Chester and Birkenhead, 151 15 4 Caledonian.: a ste o T 281 283. Chester and Holyhead, 18 1 181 E Counties, 9 316 94. East Lancashire , 2011 ,291: Great Northern; 221 231. Ditto A Shares, 9; ire Great Western, 671 68. Lancashire an d Yorksurt, Stock, 954 953. Liverpool, Crosby, and SoutbP,°o4l 184 182. London and North Western Stoc" 35 , 104 k. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 316. Midland Stock, 801 81. North British, g 9-16 911 d North Staffordshire, n 541. South Eastern tm'r, Dover, 21 9-16 214. York, Newcastle , .01°9. wick, 201 20'3. York and North Midland, 29. aka Leeds Capital Stock, 18 18?1. Buffalo and g re at Huron, 1 Ip. Dutch Rhenish, 1 lip. „.„': - , 0 0, Western of Canada, 247 i, 244. Ditto, New OP -21 2 , 3 p: Great Luxembourg, 11 104 d. la There is much less enquiry for 1 13 "(,,ac1, Lombard-street as well as at the Bank of En 6 - 030 sa and in consequence of the favourable sympto which are apparent the probability of au, % o w decline in the minimum term of discount last exciting some attention. Even before toeased Bank return was published, a feeling of ine r f a lea confidence was engendered through the dinlia' ble pressure for accommodation, and the favourttrio. character of the monetary advices from;LIAO When this balance was presented, howeve r ' : :: tl3 B at once supposed that .the turning point % f lan crisis had been attained, and in the exPe e :i a ae, that a further amelioration would soon take v" - e ar the enquiry for discount accommodation is ic e i , by paratively limited. A parcel of 60,000 1 in...V fl 'i c of the James Baines, was taken into the P a " „ a ble England on Saturday, and there seems a reas°-tiiio prospect of a further amount being retained lo w by country. About 300,000/ of the gold broug d k of the James Baines was deposited in the J°4- England to.day. tta t s To-day the Public Securities were again btl°,yloo and a further advance of to 1 per cent took ePe of in the quotations. The improved apPear9n f or % the Money Market encourages speculation te n t• „, rise, and the public are investing to a fair"Dive.l The fact also that some of tfie gold recently reec,-k of from Australia has been sent into the 13t-rifet; England, imparted a fiemer tone to the ID ; Oa Consols opened at 944 4 for the 6th afterwards was 94* 4. The January quo..-fe were 95 953 and 043 95. For money they vie,s3l 1, and 94 to 1. The New Three per Cen ts ,,' ' 0 the Reduced - , 923 933. Exchequer Bills, -4.9 DaOX ela.,being better ; and the Bonds 98 b 4*„ t Stock is 217. The market closed steadily rates. g. 0 11 The London Railway Share Market 1-..terts• supplied to-day at Saturday's rise. Great " A e 'falr Midland, London and South Western , ar f , i voar' cashire and Yorkshire stocks were in chic' '` i i r olilP The market generally manifested a f av ,f„ - niatt appearance. Among the sales were Caleu-ite 57 4 4. Great Northern B Stock, 1241 ,D' at ero Stock, 77. Eastern Counties, 94. Great Nve'v• 68 71. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 951, 1• eli don and North Western, 1041 1 Midis,'" ;tera , 8 01. North Eastern, Berwick , 833. South r - ' II A9 the 7 24 14. Tile market was less activ e towfu . " 1)0 1 er• close, and prices were rather in favour of 0 1 °, the There is not an remarkable feature iliwag Grain trade; at Mark lane, to-day, there 3, btlil moderate supply of Wheat brought forw° owing to large arrivals of foreign during tb°B the trade ruled dull, and little businesof th e reported, prices too being rather in favou r e r buyer, and spring corn was quoted at is balsr; lower. In the New York circular of M i r ' f bat t ,, 13 ; Bill, transmitted by the Asia, we fin", jog exports of breadstuffs to Great Britain, 04'10050 fortnight ending November 11, were as' Q l° bob% To Liverpool, 14,413 brls flour, 28 9 , 43° 1 4 00 1 , 2 7 i wheat, 142,705 bushels. Indian corn ; 9,„at, d 'qf 27,804 brls flour, 121,997 bushels 5v.7164,°;0 bushels rye ; to Glasgow, 8,589 brls ftu u " o ro • bushels wheat, 3,200 .bushels Indian c to (1117° ; Cork and a market, 8,279 bushels wheat he at; n t .. °ester, 498 brls flour, 12,664 bushels `y Bristol, 21.245 bushels wheat. F i Z in a t, 1 6 :.:;t9 nah : To Liverpool, 15,141 bushels w"% a i bv t i l a bushels corn. The receipts by the eat" s iieg " to into New York were pretty large. C ° lliP stit e° exports of breadstuffs from the -u n ited :ill th° s o Great Britain this year from Sept. Ist, bavle of last year, for a like period in 1.85 5, :;ig decrease in flour to the ex t en t of bhi 01 1 °0 an increase of 1,866,167 bushels wi et/ G ; 60 - '0 927,952 bushels of Indian corn. T ile : - tiro fo b indicate what has been for so ni- mren°, 6 6 de matter of notoriety, namely, the Pin t he -1 0$ home made flour. Parties engage.d i rl ,, D loY w d otf prefer buying wheat, and thereby give (3.- e `r l cl u 'led. ba the Vet to our millars, besides producing of flour than we can import from the e of tP States. turns tb4 The following is the usual weekly reiifrom statistics of the trade of Liverpool, is sue-- Bill of Entry office Entered Inwards. No. of Ships• To' fl - A gl 451;a8 • 20, 4 " 0 4, V5P° Week ended Nov. 22, 1856 Nov. 22, 1855 Increase in ships, 28 ; increase in tonatig ' Cleared Outwards. No. of Ships l'enT l°l 7 . ' Week ended 4/ ',,4 1, Nov. 22, 1856 ,• " • 40,1 Nov. 22, 1855 B7 ..... • • ..e 84 ' .. Decrease in ships, 14; Increase in ...'tonnag e, ' 0. Reported Inwards. Toni 4 .6 From Ist Jan. 1 63 Ships. .01 , 11 5 Nov. 22. 1856 . 1, 869. 0 6. Nov. 22, 1855 3,760 .. • - • • 'ot ' 3 42, Increase in ships, 157; increase in 0036 Relero r r . --- d S e a r m o u f e L l o W nd a o r n re . n is a candidate for t he ? v— -1,....- CHAIRMAN OF THE EASTERN COIINTI-S 0 t.... t t he g it 4 I D h ll g i' NI r ; A correspond proxies Aia I ns aspenpeta e ri n s t of the Chelmsford Chronicle flaY ti it 0f ore than the n, quite satisfied with the ,c e , s , o hes r oom in and that it is understooe f ed , g lee number which carried Mr. W a ddior 01 0 Mrs. Seaco . le's bankruptcy'has elicited to her % 0 , February, e re , g s i a 0 at 0 4 of regret from those vvho were witnesses 01 or itigh l i te. and acts of benevolence as vivandie of Vie ' bo of in the Crimea.- re ~,: ro, vi o t A correspondent of the 4' w een i e. from the Reform Club, offers .€2O as the com uaw bobs pi t a subscription_ amongst ~ the Crimeans," in " - i 51 'rae! WILLS.—The will of the Right Hon• the g' i r g o, .I'",. f i t bury was sworn under £60,000 the lion. and flec ej° C C0ck5, 25,00 0 M ; M. A., canon hn K i r t o o f n W G o clleisatter and sq pre., rabeeract : o f ti o s o i!l t i e t; ;; square, b London, £4OO 000, within the provinooe.o% .oree ury ; Mrs. Susan Mackworth Smith, li El :are. 16P Park Lane and Barsted Lodge, Sussex, 0 , J o e y, 04 4 Ste M orey r f oo vcs 000; 941 I D Ro C ad ornthwaite, .£18,000; George r ii id, no o; , Islington, £25,000 ; N y V r i i i g l i h l on , t g , 3j r °o l' l b; Mrs. r Axe, and Clifton Road, n Mary Shakspear, Regent's Place, ham,to Ina ll •ti • z12,00 0) and has let legacies 40 15 institutions. -Ft y 1 o° l°l ti ani eo ROYAL ha been issued to enquire into the presen t ' f the ° pet for s t A te t ; to o ransacting the civil and criminal business,o „ion e or" vr tr rior courts of law at Westminster, and int that t o b e l and times of holding the circuits ; and to repot e.eCte Majesty whether any and what improvements Oe b u er — o f , to therein ; and particularly whether the nulndetric°°oo common law judges can be reduced without. tea o re ..16 , the public service. The commissioners apPeiZenstelcrd'op Lord Chief Justice (Lord Campbell), Lord ,ight Psi; Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Cresswell, the..7;01). dmc J. Stuart Wortley (her Majesty's Solicitor Gen OPP' Frederick Thesiger, and Mr. Horatio Wa4ol-lig secretary of State.; •