The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-02 00:00:00

-nal navigation. The railways also are still impeded in their transit of goods, and waggons and lorries have to wait their turn many hours at the stations here before being relieved of their loadings. This is a great annoy ance to both town and country. Notwithstand ing these drawbacks, and though we had no open market to-day, a general good and strong business has been effected in Wheat, Flour, and Indian Corn, for the urgent consumptive demand,—through orders from the interior and Ireland,—and the full prices of Friday last have been well confirmed. The tendency of prices is upwardly, and those ruling to-day were, for the finest Darmie and American white Wheat 14s 3d to 14s 6d, American winter red 12s 7d to 12s 9d, Ohio Hambro' 12s to 12s 2d, Milwankie red Ils 10c1, common Oaty 11s 8d to lls 9d per 100 lbs.•; French new red ranged from 12s 8d to 12s 10c1 per 100 lbs. Five centals of 100 lbs. 'make a quarter of 621 lbs. per bushel. Flour : Choice brands of American command 31s to 365, family "suitable" 32s to 345, and good sound Western Canal 31s to 41,s kl per barrel of 196 lbs. French ranges trom 49s to 525, and top quality of Spanish 53s to 54s per 280 lbs, the sacks being included. Indian Corn ranges between 39s 6d and 41s per 480 lbs, so little difference being acknow ledged betwixt American White, Yellow and Mixed, Galatz, or the best Ibrail Yellow. The best Irish Oats are at 3s lld to 4s per 45 lbs. Oatmeal, 32s 6d to 33s per 240 lbs. Egyp tian and Mazagan Beans, 42s to 43s per 480 lbs. Good dry milling Peas, and good boilers as well, are selling at 43s t0.43s 6d per 401 lbs. gates of treigljt. The Freight Market is inactive, and we have no operations to report this week. Rates are unaltered for India and China, but an advance may be looked for in outward rates, as the confirm ation of the peace with China leaves no doubt that many of the transports will be paid oil; which doubtless will cause a fall in homeward freights. Political and financial troubles in the United States, and a severe frost here, closing our inland water communication for the present, has brought shipments to the United States' ports almost to a stand-still, and our quotations are almost nominal. GENERAL FREIGHTS. s. d. s. d. Liverpool to Adcn 3B 0 to 40 0 "Hong Kong ro 0 to 0 0 Ditto dit Wales I (nominal) 55 oto 0 0 Chusan Ceylon Iron (nominal) 40 oto 0 0 Bombay : Coals 32 0 to 33 0 Ditto from Wales 0 0 to 0 0 iron from the Clyde 45 0 to 0 0 a, Suez „ Sydney or I£3 12s 6d register ton. Me'bourn. ~ King George's Sound, Australia... 40 0 to 0 1 ~, Singapore Ditto from Wales , 1 Calle i , Shanghai 55 0 to 0 0 Ditto from \Vales If Calcutta: Salt without consignment 40 0 to 0 0 ~ Ditto with ditto 42 6 to 0 0 '' Ditto with Locomotives 45 0&5 p r ct.„ Calcutta : Iron, Engines, &c. 42 6t o 0 0 Ditto, Coals Ascension, from Wales 2B 0 to 0 0 „ Madras Ditto from Wales 0 0 to 1) 0 Kurrachee, from Wales 34 0 to 35 0 Fernando ro, from Walcs 3O 0 to 0 0 „ St. Paul de Loando „ Callao, from Wales „ Valparaiso direct, from Wales 32 6 to 0 0 „ Woosung (nominal) 75 Francs. from Wales , 80 Francs. Liverpool to - MmiLs : Iron, &e., 40s; Clyde, 42s Gd. Do. Coals, 35s Do. from Wales 375. Liverpool to Valparaiso for orders, to discharge there or at a Fort not North of Callao, 32s (id mai; ships; Swansea to ditto, 40s. Tyne to Callao, Coke 50s, Coals 30s rd. Liverixiol to New York, Coals, full cargoes, 8s and per cent. „ Moulmain, 90$, Teak to U.K. ; or £7 2s 6d on the round, nominal. Akyab, option of Rangoon, Bassein, or Moulmain, to U. K. 65s Od, or option of Contin en t, 67s 6d to 705, nominal. Calcutta to Liverpool or London, 60s Od. Guano front Chischas to U. K. or Continent, 65s ; to Mauritius, 655. Bombay to Liverpool or London, 508.; Continent, 555. ; Medi terranean, 60s (small ships only). . RAILS---BRISTOL CHANNEL. To Galveston (nominal) 25s and 5 per cent. To Mobile (nominal) To New York 18$ Pd. To New Orleans lBs Od and 5 per cent. To Charleston lBs Od and 5 per cent. To Pernambuco 37s d. .. To Fernandina (Florida) do. 26s Od and 5 per cent. To Portsmouth (nominal) To Savannah (nominal) To Havannah (nominal)...2ss. o Alexandria 255. To Cape of Good Hope 37s 6d. COAL : FROM LIVERPOOL OR BIRKENHEAD. To s. d. a. d. Lisbon Malta l4 0 0 0 Trieste Corfu Smyrna l5 0 ... 16 0 Varna Gibraltar Leghorn... nom IS 0 ... 0 0 Athens Ravannah l4 0 0 0 Cardenas Monte Video S small Buenos Ayres I ships 40 0 Constantinople l5 0 ... 16 0 Salonica l6 0 ... 17 0 :arcely been sufficient to liberate Trebizonde We are indebted to Mess] for the following rates of fre Pig Iron, Bars, Rails, & c c Chemicals and 1 Fine Iron j Salt Dry Goods Hardware Earthenware , Passengers Pig Iron, Bars, Rails, Stc .... Chemicals and Fine Iron Salt Dry Goods Hardwat e Earthenware Passengers 1 Bobton. To s. d. i. d. Sinope Ancona Ragusa Venice Genoa l6 0 ... 0 0 Naples nom. 18 0 ... 17 0 Rhodes St Thos.fmWales 17 0 ... 0 0 Rio Janeiro Ditto frm. Wales 30 0 ... 0 0 Bahia 27 0 I) 0 Cape of G. Hope 35 0 ...38 0 Pernambuco 2B 0 _. 0 0 Galveston Rails.. 23 0 & 5 p c . . _ _ AlexandrialmWls 18 0 ... b o AlicantefmWales 17 0 ... 0 0 ws. Taylor, Tipper, and Co, eight to the United States:— New York. s. d. a. d. 0 0...17 6 s. d. s. d. 5 0... 6 0 20 0... 0 0 nominal. 10 0...15 0 12 6... 0 0 7 6... 0 0 Z 3 15s Od Gross. 8 0... 9 0 nominal. s. d. s. d. 15 0... 0 0 Philadelphia e. d. s. d. 0 0...15 6 o 0...17 G nominal. 0 0...20 0 o 0 ..20 0 0 0... 6 6 £5 Os. Nominal. 20 0...20 0 nominal. 0 0...20 0 20 0... 0 0 0 0... 9 0 £3lO to£3 13s New Orleans. s. d. S. d. 12 6... 0 0 0 0...12 6 nominal. 12 6... 0 0 0 o_ls 0 0 0... 4 6 £5 5s to £5 108 Gross. \ i k ,\ -7 ‘•Ni s \ • • 2 \ Cammarial hut hitherto has set the ice-bound car THIS DAL 'Xhis Day (Wednesday), the 2nd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at ' the Brokers' Oftl e, 16, Exchange-buildings, 1,000 Barrels Common ROSIN, now landing ex sundry vessels from New York and Charleston. Apply to J. H. RAYNER & CO., Brokers. This Day (Wednesday), 2nd instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 560 Bags COTTON SEED CAKES, now landing, per John Carver, from. New Orleans. For further information apply to Messrs. Maclean, Maris, and Co., Mer chants; or to J. H. RAYNER & CO., Brokers. This Day (Wednesday), the 2nd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Commercial Sale-room, Temple-court, 516 Half Chests Lisbon ORANGES, ex Guadalquiver. 40 Half Chests Port ORANGES, ex Cintra. 126 Cases Messina LEMON-. apply to JAMES ADAM, SON, & CO., Brokers. "ThiS bay (W the B rokerednesday), s' Office, 2, the 2nd ins Dale, tant s t x eet,at Twelve o'clock, at - 375 Bags MYRAEOLAMS, 375 „ TUMERIC, 850 „ MADDER ROOTS, 88 „ TINCAL, 67 Cases BEESWAX, 148 „ M.O.P. SHELLS, • 5 ' , COLA SHELLS. BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. TO-MORROW. To-morrow (Thursday), the 3rd instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, Lueo Bales JUTE. BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. NEXT WEEK. On Tuesday next, the Bth instant, at Half-past One o'clock, Commercial SAlproom, Temple-court, American CHEESE, BUTTER, BACON, and HAMS. Apply to WILLIAM GARDNER & CO., Brokers. On Tuesday nest, the Bth instant, et Half-past One o'clock. • - at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, , 500 Firkins American BUTTER, Together with American CHEESE, HAMS, and BACON. Apply to . J. MARQUIS & CO., Brokers. Wednes lay next, x the 9t nge h instreetstant, at East, the Broker's Office, 32, Ech- 29 Packs, about 4 Tons, BEESWAX, just landed ex Braganza. Apply to HENRY GLYNN, Broker. On Thursday. the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Liverpool and London Chambers, 92 Bales American MOSS, no w landing- ex ExcelJEFsior, from New York, Prince's Dock -WAY' t° JEFFERSON & TAYLOR, Brokers. AFTER NEXT WEEK. On Friday, the 18th instant, at the Brokers' Saleroom, Dale-street, 1,500 Bales East India, Buenos Ayres, and other WOOL. Apolv is JOAN L. ROWES & BROT FIER. Wool Brokers. (flu al.e. ON SALE, PATAGONIAN GUANO. JOHN DAVIES, 8, Lancaster-buildings Apply to ELMS & CO.'S ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT, HAIR BOILER FELT, SHIP SHEATHING FELT, SUPERIOR PORTLAND CEMENT, SOLD WHOSESALF. AND RETAIL. 14, STRAND-STREET, LIVERPOOL. ON SALE, SEVERAL PARCELS OF sUPERIOA SHERRY WINE n; 'WOOD AND BOTTLE, WHICH WE CAN CONFIDENTLY RECOMMEND. HENRY BROTHERS & CO., Foreign Wine Merchants, 7, Dale-street. NIXON'S DIJFFRYN SOUTH WALES STEAM COAL. SHIPPED T CARDIFF FOR LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHEAD. These COALS are worked from the deep Duffryn Colliery, and exclusively from the celebrated Seam known as the " Upper Four Feet." One uniform and unmixed quality is thus secured. They are on the English and French Government Lists, and are supplied to the Peninsular and Oriental, Royal Mail, Cunard, Pacific, Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia, Galway, and other Steam Companies.—Apply to TOWNLEY & MARTIN, 3, India -buildings. COMMERC lAL. LIVERPOOL. TUESDAY EVENING. gly Gottan BJarket. REVIEW OF THE COTTON MARKET FOR THE PAST YEAR. (From Marriott 4 Co.'s Circular.) The past year has been one of great commercial activity, and this branch of trade has been highly remunerative, although carried on under circum stances of occasionally severe financial pressure, arising from political causes, and partially from the deficient character of the harvest. The importations of Cotton have been large ; and on the Bth of June the stock accumulated here amounted to 1,358,000 bales. Until the end of May the fluctuations in the value of Cotton, although frequent, had not exceeded id per lb., but during that and two following months the pros• sure of so large a stock, together with a favourable report of the state and promise of the growing crop, occasioned a material and considerable decline, and American sorts generally were quoted from ld to lid per lb. lower than at the close of 1859. During the last three months prices have again advanced materially, under a reduced estimate of the coming crop ; and American descriptions are now from td to td per lb., Brazils ld to lid per lb., Egyptian id per lb., and East Indian Id to d per lb. higher than at the close of 1859. During all the year political agitation on the Continent has prevailed, and its continuance at this time throws a shadow over the prospects for the opening year. During the last few weeks a complication, full of danger to the permanence of the Union of the States in North America, has arisen out of the presidential election, and which threatens to retard the shipment of cotton, and by possibility to interrupt or limit its future cul tivation. This excitement may subside as suddenly as it has arisen ; but its present effect is to throw almost insuperable difficulties in the way of negotiations. PROSPECTS OF THE COTTON MARKET FOR 1861. (From Stead, Brothers, and Co.'s Cotton Circular.) The prospects of the coming year arc rendered discouraging to consumers of Cotton by these con siderations. There are also other circumstances which may exercise an unfavourable influence ; the present social and financial difficulties in America will check the shipment of goods to that quarter, and from India the accounts continue to show the markets there to be over-weighed by - the excessive supplies previously sent out ; the deficiency of our late harvest has rendered a large import of breadstuff's necessary, leading to the efflux of gold and the probable return to dearer money ; the aspect of the Continent still excites uneasi vas, and the maintenance of peace there is regarded as uncertain. On the other hand, the emand for Cotton fabrics continue on a scale (pal to the increased production ; seldom, at this , eriod of the year, were stocks so light, and spin ers so much under contract; the recent French - tariff is favourable to this branch of trade, and will result in considerable exports of yarn and goods to Franch and the Continent ; the general commerce of the country has never been in a sounder or more healthy condition than at present, notwithstanding the failure of the harvest ; and the peace just con cluded with China opens up a vast field for enterprise. Could we see sufficient reason to expect an ample supply of Cotton, we should look for the continued prosperity and expansion of this great manufacture. We fear, however, that so essential a department of our national industry, upon which the welfare of Lancashire rests, is likely to become embarrassed by the raw material proving inadequate to meet its re quire ments, and the evil be realised of being mainly dependant upon. one source for the supply of this important staple. I) slput Barite'. In ;,he Liverpool Share Market to-day the tone Nv^..a rather upward, but a decline took place in a few instances, and business was very dull. The transactions included Lancashire and York shire, 119, 1, 19 ; London and North-Western, 101 ti ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 55k ; North-Eastern, Berwick Capital Stock, 1051, 5, ; South-Eastern, 26 5-16; Grand Trunk of I ".:anada, The market closed at the following prices:— Sales after 3 o'clock. Railways. Closing Prices. titkenhead &ClieshireJn. 811 82 Caledonian Eastern Counties t Great Northern - Great Westerns Lancashire & Yorkshire I 19k 1194 Lend-on &North Western 1011- 1011 MancheStcr, Shef., & Lin 55 — 5 5 A Midland Stock Ditto new shares .... 2 2 1-16 p North British. . North Staffordshire North Eastern—Berwick losk 105.4 Do. York and N. Midland 941 951, Do. Leeds Northern South Eastern .• . - 261 Oxford, W.& Wolverhptn 49 50 213-16d — Dutch Rhenish Great Luxembourg Grand Trunk of Canada . 5 11-16 5 13-16 Gt. W. of Canada lO- 11 Illinois Central Buffalo and Lake Huron-4 13-16 4 15-16 Great Ship Thames & Mersey M. Co. 1 3-16— 1 5-16 p ACCOUNT OR TICKET DAYS FOE JANUARY, 1861. London 15th & 30th I 15th & 3Uih PAY DAYS—Liverpool, I ith J an. and it Feb. DAYS FOR BUYING-IN FOR TILE ACCOUNT the 27th Dec. Scrip • ...31st Dee. Transfer.. ith Jan. LAST DAY FOR 1.5Til JAN. ACCOUNT... 14th Jan. gte tarn 'Markt. on Saturday even- ghout the country, Apply to Baltimore. IL d. Q. d. 0 0...17 6 o 0...20 0 nominal. 20 0... 0 0 20 0... 0 0 0 0...10 0 £5 Os Nominal. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. In the LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE to-day the Funds were firmer, owing partly to the arrival of nearly half a million of gold from Australia. A recovery of a per cent. took place. British Railway Stocks showed a rally of I to d per cent. A fresh fall occurred in the Stock of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. The market closed at the following prices : THE FUNDS. Apply to Consols Money . Exche Acemint (Dec.) . . . . 921 . uer Bills - 4 dis par eq Bank Stock . Three per Cents 92k RAILWAYS. Ambergate, Not., & East. Junction Caledonians Chester and Holyheld Eastern Counties 531 4 1 East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow . . . Great Northern 0, A ,1 • 107 8 Great Westerns 741 2 Great Western of Canada . . .10 13-16 15-16 Grand Trunk of Canada . . . . 224 3 Great Southern & 'Western . . . 111 13 Lancashire & Yorkshire . . . . 1191 Lombardo-Venetian London & North-Western . . London & South-Western . . 95 Leeds Northern 64 Manchester, Shelf., & Lincolnshire 55 1 Midland Stock North British South-Eastern & Dover . . . York, Newcastle, & Berwick . York & North Midland . . . The following appeared in our later editions of yesterday : The stock markets opened with some tendency to improvement, but gave way upon the alteration at the Bank, and closed with general heaviness. The funds show a fresh fall of 4 per cent., whilst the reduction in British railway averaged 4 to tper cent., the only excep tion of importance being Great Northern and Man chester and Sheffield stocks. The latter advanced 1 per cent. in the afternoon. —Daily News City Article. The Daily ,iVews considers the state of the revenue satisfactory, although the returns have often made better show ; but it is believed the elasticity of the public re venue is only concealed by the incidents of a financial transaction. The Daily Ncwx suggests that the Bank would have done better had they refrained from lowering their charge a month ago from 6 to 5, in the face of adverse accounts from America. The demand for money yester day was of the pressing character usual on the last day of the year. No business was done in any quarter below 6 per cent. The fund, Opened with a tendency to recovery, but instantly relapsed on the announcement of the alteration of the Bank rate. The joint stock banks raised their rate of interest on deposits only 4 per cent., the same as on the last occasion, when the Bank rate was voted from sto 6 per cent. The discount houses charge 4to 11 per cent. for money at call, and 44 to 5 per cent. for money at notice. The French funds show another fall of 4. An immediate advance in the rate of discount of the Bank of France, which is now only 41 per cent., is expected.—Times ity Article. The Times city article, speaking of the French treaty, says there is a general concurrence of opinion that the French authorities have worked it out with a favourable disposition, and that even before the close of the year sense great and lasting results before it will have become observable. About £44,000 in bar gold was taken from the Bank, it is believed for Spain. The Times does not predict distre:s, hat :inticipates straitness of means, as the defici encies of the harvest are likely to lessen consumption, and the political troubles in the United States may shortly affect our main branches of industry. M. Michel Chevalier has been named Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, for his services in preparing the French commercial treaty. A French manufacturer, just re turned to Paris from visiting the manufacturing districts of Manchester, Birmingham, and Glasgow, speaks in the hg eT h seh es ep t ipa te cir r ee rn se. s of the friendly reception he met with at th tors of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada have issued a report notifying that in consequence of Vtirtir Varriagts , nab. there not having been sufficient surplus over the working - expenses during the current half year, the interest on I the first preference bonds, due this day, must remain in t abeyance. Ttie rise in the Bank rate yesterdareaused a general decline of I to a per cent, in the raitway stocks, from which there is no recovery. The following aro the rates nt Foreign Fa- changes : Amsterdam, short ll 15 to 11 16 Do., three months ll 18 to 11 181 Rotteqhm, - (16: -- : Antwer* do. Brussels, do Hamburg, do 212355 323 ' t 025 o o 1 25 45 3 71 Paris, short 25 15 to 25 25 Do., three months Marseilles, do 25 :50 ' to 25 57} Frankfort, do ll7l to 118 k Vienna, do l4 90 to 15 5 Trieste, do ' Petersburg, do 341 —t6 ' 34/ • Madrid. do 49 to 49f The LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET to-day remained quiet. Sugar : The market omtVal rather flat, and crystalised was rather nteady, but Mauritius was about steady, Coffee: There were no public sales, and the market was steady. Tea: Business was quiet, and the public sales advertised for to-day were postponed. Rice : The market was firm but less active. Saltpetre : The demaud was dull. In the BOROUGH Hor MARKET to-day we have to report an improved demand for most kinds of Hops, show of which is only moderate, at t e last week's prices. The LONDOZ TAMOW MARKET to-Tay Was sceady at the folloWinc , Auottitiolls':—On the spot, 60s ;on or before the Met Math, 498 941'; April to June, &3s last three months, 57s 6d. Ptattis• Births, itarriages, and Deaths, forwarded for insertron,.must be properly authenticated with the marle? awkaddress of the sender. Phi charge for the insertion4l soKl be Six pence each. " On the 27th ult., at Bootle, Mrs. I. Hornty, of a daUghter. On the 28th ult., at 21t, St. Michael ' s-terrhee, Birkenheach Mrs. C. H. Taylor, of u son. On the 30th ult., at 22, Oiford-street, Ws, Jti Canaeren, Of 501. , , On the 37th alt., at El& Bank, Lower Behingt . On s , Mrs. J. 2'enkins, of a 'daughter. 10 0...17 6 0 0...12 6 4 6... 0 0 Z 3 5s to£3 7s6cl Charleston. THE DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1861. PROMCIAL, &c., MARKETS, YESTERDAY. IONCHESTER SHARES. ,, -Trtinks, 51, 13.26 ; Sheffields, 551, Midi-I'llas, 1354 ; Gt Westerns, 74. CORN MARK ;T.—DUBLIN : The day waz very wet, but the market was well attended for New Year's day. Home grain was in fair supply, but business slow. Wheat sold at about last day's rates, but Barley would not sell without a tohtession, which factors were not disposed to make. For foreign Wheat few millers were up, and little was sold, at unchanged prices. Maize eras in request, and prime samples brought fully 6d per quarter advance. Oatmeal not much inquired after, and no change to note.—Come : White Wheat, 27s 6d to 34s 6d ; Red Wheat, 2is 6d to 30s ; Barley, 13s 6d; Oats, Ils 6d to los 2d. BANKRUPTS. Owen Hewitt, baker, Windsor. William Bryant, tailor, Oxford-street, Lobdon. Alfred Brooks, optician, Ludgate-street, City. William Grove, victualler, Kale/and-road, London. William Brent, tanner, Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey. Henry Slattor, brewer, Holbeck. Thomas Barton, tanner, Liverpool. William Hutchins; btitcher and innkeeper, Neath, Gla. morganshire. Ludrig Levison, merchant, Leamingten, Cron Martin Cramp Hodgman, miller, Broadstains. George William Kenrick, ilvery-stable keeper, Hackney. Thomas Edge, gas meter manufacturer, Great Portland street and Vincent-square, London. Thomas ?lood, hardwareman, Honiton. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. George Atkinson, joiner, Bradford, Yorkshire. )10, THE • TEETH. - • .• The ettracyrainary sirlcess of Messrs. Gabriel's produetions— unparalleled in Mechanital Dentistry—the remarke.ble snn plicity of artarigemen ,t together tvith the wonderful amount of 'Comfort enjoyed by th. wearer, as well as the perfectly indestiuctible nature of the - Materials employed, which last lifetime, halve produced a hat of inVtations, and the usual rettil i ts ill Stich cases. Certain pertont, onabie to adopt Messrs. Gabriel's Improvements, have Imitated their Ad:Ter - tisements, and adopted other sopthods, so. as to. lead the Phblic tq • belie've they can supply Mesars. Gabriel's Inven tions. MeSsre. dabilel feel it a duty they owe to their patiebtl, at well as to themSeltes, to state that their pro altetions can only be obtained as now Advertised. Address as under. • IMPORTANT NOTICE. ES6 R GABRIEL, 'ME OLD-ESTABLISHED LONDON DENTISTS, littie - tbe honour to announce that they 'aka . ) , De - CONSULTED at their residence, 134, PUltt-STREET, LIVERPOOL, (Opposite Berry-street,) West.: their New Patented Improvements, and every specialite connected with the Profession, may be seen daily, fr..an Ten to Six O'clock. (CONSULTATION GRATIS.) Messrs. GABRIEL feel assured that they have only to announce that the same principles, high Artistic Work manship, First-class Materials only, and eXtreme Moderate Charges, which have hitherto chaticterise'cl their practice, will be pursued to en‘tre from the rnhabitants of Liverpool and its vicinity a continuance of their patronage. Messrs. Gabriel's Self-adhesive Minieral Teeth Mid Patent Coralite Gom.eolektred India Rubber Gums entirely supprsede the ordinary methodS, and are supplied *ithont Sptingt, Wires, or _Metals, and.without Extracting Teeth or Stumps. Among the moreimportant advanteg i eS attainable by MesSrs. Gabriel's Suction Prunes and Air Cells, the following may be enumerated t Betldes.beinfr Preferable . in all other respects, excel in point a ceonoity, quality, and durability, as well as for the advantages they offer to those who, residing abroad or lo the Country, are not able to pay frequent visits to tee Den tist. • Orie Fitt will ice* longer than three ordinal ones, they act as supports to loose teeth, require no springs, wires, or metals, while for accuracy of lit, and increased amount of suc h on, they'Stand Unrivalled . The gradual change or absorption of the Gums, the loss of Teeth or Stumps, can at any time be made good without in' er feting with the stability of the case, or the convenience of the patient, and requires no operation. The best materials, which are warranted to remain pure and sweet, with drat-class workmanship only , employed, while the expenst is even less than half the ordinary cost. The attention of the Medical Profession and all interested s particularly requated. Every OpeYstlicn pertaining to the Profession. Stopping FreSt Teeth with the celebrated White Enamel, &c., at the raine strictly moderate rate of charges. American Mineral teeth, best in Europe, from Four to Seven Guineas per Set, warranted. The WHITE Gt)TTA PERCHA ENAMEL, for STOPPING DECAYED TEETH.—This invaluable preparation, introduted by Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, hiay be had from the Inventors,,ar through any Chymist in the king dom, (observe their name O n e a c h box.) Price Is 6d , with full directions Ocloteds or 'dill be sent free by pos t . on receipt of V) stamps, The MAT A PERCHA ENAMEL is warranted free from all pet nicious ingredients, and is, therefore, only requisite to be known to be 'appreciated. Will prevent toothache. and prove an invaluable boon to thousands suffering from this distressing malady. PATENT WHITE ENAMEL CEMENT, the only permanent preparation for front teeth, which effec tually retains its colour (ss. per packet).. FROM COUNTRY PATIENTS ONE VISIT ONLY REQUI SITE FOR A SINGLE TOOTH OR COMPLETE SET. MESSRS. GABRIEL, (B Appointment ,) DENTISTS TO Tl y IE PRINCE D'OTTAJANA. • ESTAILISHED 1815. DIPLOMA. 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL; 110, REGENT-STREET WEST, 33 and 34, LUDGATE-HILL, CITY, LONDON; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM. 2 , tippiug ItteTtiAtuct. Wind yesterday, S. E. ; at . Holyhead, E. Jan. 1. Palermo SAI IVED. I Great Britain (ss), Melbourne MARRIAGE. On the Slat ult., by license, at St. Peter's, Everton, by the Rev, R. R. Moore, 8.A., Mr. Thomas Atherton, of Simons , wood, to Miss Ann Brownbill, of Melling% DEATHS. _ On the 2rth tilt s at 1 1 Anson-street 13, William, third son of the late Mr. T. Lost, a GiralltiLstitet. ' On the 29th ult. at the residehte of her father, Mr. W. Ash ton; Virbitelt;lllieVtrit, aged 32, Margaret, wife of Mr. H. Curweit of the queen's Arms, 2, Great Homer-street, in this to*ri. _ . _ OA the 29th ult., at Rock House, Derwent-road,West Derby, Mary, relict of Cape John Jones, R.N., of this town. On the 29th ult., at Peasley-vale, St. Helens, aged 82, Mary, wife of Richard Fildes, Esq.• On the 30th alt., aged 74; Selina, wife of Christopher Hird Jones, Esq. On the 31st tilt., at 51, PernbrokolAate, Aged 0,1%ft. Francis . _ . WATERPROOF INVER.NES.S CAPES, A NEW AND EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT. This very useful Wrapper will be found to be specially adapted to the present Season, either for Walking, Driving, or Travelling. AT ECONOMICAL PRICES. E. BURDEN, TAILOR AND TRO'SVSERS MAKER, 17, CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL. pREStIitS POR RR!STMS AND -VIE NEW YEAR. INT ; II: TOOkE) Sl7dC;Esson TO F. L. TIA.USBITROw in oi4en'tink the usual address it this sea-on, begs to return 'his beSt thanks for the kind and liberal patronage conferred upon him &fling the past year. • To his extensive and unrivalled Collection of BRITISH AND FOREIGN --MANUFACT(TRES • bas been added every NGLISH AND Y2OREIGN NOVELTY, And the greatest care has been exercised in the SELECTION Uf the GOODS, to aCtJuk Tur QUALITY at the very Lowest Prices. EspeciUl attention is requested to the large Assortment of FANCY ARTICLES, including • PARISIAN NOVELTIES, FANS, CASKETS, • S O UVENIR S, BOUQUET HOLDERS, ttn4 the IsitW SrtLb of lIRAD OftNAAEN't in the greatest Variety. '• AN EXTENSIVE STOCK OF FRENCH DECORATED CHINA, ALABASTER 'FIGURES-, PARIAN A Splendid STOCK of BOHEMIAN, ENGLISH, AND FRENCH GLASS VASES, LUSTRES, &c. • The unequalfed Stock of DRESSING-CASES, DESKS, WORK-I3OXES, BAGATELLE TABLES, &c., nandraettred on the prerhises, *ill be foiiria complete in 'hit its branches. The assoitimic lit 'dC ENGLISH AND FOREIGN TOYS, GAMES, DISSECTIONS; BIC., is replete with eVery novelty, and includes a great Variety of ORNAMENTS FOR CHRISTMAS TREES. W► H. TOOKE hopes, by his unceasing personal attention, to secure the continuance of that confidence and support which have hitherto been so kindly extended to him. OLD POSTOFFICE-BUILDINGS, LIVERPOOL. HIGH WATER, THIS DAY, AT LIVERPOOL. Hour. Height. MORNING 2h. 27m. 16ft. loin. EVENING sh. rAt • p.a4 Eintc,s. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY, 2, 1861. Courier ~..._....ED. Dec. 31. Windermere, Harding, Stromboli (ss), Kelly...Havre New Orleans 8V Maria, Torres Havana Lydia and Mary, Roberts, Gerda, Samson... New Orleans Lisbon Athens, Shields, New Orleans Dos, Hyland Demerara I F V Schack, Voss Corfu Parker, Plant Demerara Jan. 1. 1 Leucothea, Clausen, Frankby, Parfit ...Huanchaco I New Orleans Sorata, Hawkins ...Valparaiso Volante, Bray ...New Orleans Snowdon, Robinson, D L Choate, Al‘Manus, Mobile Rid Janeiro Ismail, Marnan Goree Harriet, Olsen Messina Frederick, Dreyer ...Gibraltar Martha,:Brewer—New Orleans Alamo, Godfrey Galveston FOREIGN PORTS. Sandbach, M'Kenzie, hence at Demerara Albanian (se), hence at Gibraltar Ann Best, Greavy, hence at Cadiz Sirene, Ordrinen, hence at Paimbceuf Roi de Coeur, Lernerlc, hence at Nantes Bellona, Jump, hence at Demerara Rhone (ss), hence at Gibraltar Antigua, Wise, hence at Antigua Maria, M'Kenzie, hence at Bordeaux Aixa, Olivant, hence at Paimbceuf Ewe;etti, hence at Demerara Maid, Why Not, and Charles Souchay, all hence at Gibraltar SPOKEN. Blue Jacket, hence, Nov 23, BN, 25W Royal Victoria, ou tward bound, Dec 25, 47N, 12W OUTPORTS. Saxonia (s), from New York at Cowes Asia (s), from New York at Queenstown Queen of Freedom, from Colombo off Brixham Pan, from Santander, and James, from Bor:leaux, both at Kingstown Antigua Packet, from Antwerp, off the Owens for Cardiff SimO • da, from Mobile. and Sir Wm. Potlteney, from BoAon, both off the Lizard Evelina, from Iquique for Hamburg, off Falmouth Eclipse, from New Zealand for London, at Cowes Falmouth, Jan. I.—Arrived : Juniata, from Galati ; Ceres, and Zelic, Bordeaux; Matilda, Copenhagen; Anne Warren, Lisbon ; Antioch, salbo ; Azorian Lass, St Michael's ; Atalanta, Cadiz; Roeltina Keupers, Bilboa; Venus, Rio Grande Crookhaven, Jan. I.—Arrived : Home, from Montreal ; Jul lian Brothers, Newfoundland; J G o df re y, N ew York Waterford, Jan. I.—Arrived: Norval, from Halifax; Loco motive, Pomeron ; Boadicea, St Michael's Queenstown, Jan. I.—Arrived : International. from New Orleans for Liverpool; Lindwood, New York; Hero, Akyab for Liverpool; Minda, and Zephyr, Mazagan ; Acones. St Michael's; Esperanza, Timm for Cork; Bloomer, Liverpool for Africa. Wind, S.S. W. Dublin, Jan. 1.---Arrived: Horna, from Bordeaux; Pan, Santander; Seagull, Bayonne. Wind, E. Belfast, Jan. 1.---Arrived : John and Jane, from Ghent, and Victor, Ostend. Sailed: Jane Lovett, for St John, NB; and Gemara, Ardrossan ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES. F _ . •; p R OM 0 L I 30 AND 32, CHURCH-STREET, (OPPOSITE PARKER-STREET) LIVERPOOL, Flatters himself that his many kind friends and patrons will be glad to learn that, having added to his own the extensive and commodious premises lately in the occupation of Messrs. Wilimer and Smith, he has been enabled to INCREASE HIS LARGE STOCK with a further splendid Assortment of GEM GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. BROOCHES, BRACELETS, NECKLETS, CHAINS, and every variety of JEWELLERY, from the most trifling to the most important and expensive Articles. GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, of the best Home-matte and Foreign Manufacture. CLOCKS, MUSICAL BOXES, AND BRONZES, DRESSING CASES AND WORK BOXES, SILVER, AND ELECTRO-PLATE, And a very large quantity of useful and ornamental Articles much too numerous to mention ; also the Largest Collection of MECHANICAL AND OTHER TOYS, GAMES, &c., &c., in Liverpool, both of English and Foreign Manufacture, which he is determined to let his Customers have at Ten per Cent. over the Cost Price ; and as he only intends keeping the Tess, &c., during the Holidays for the convenience of his Customers, he will feel greatly obliged by an early selection. F. W. P. takes this :opportunity of again returning bis best thanks for the kindness which has been hitherto shown him, and looks forward with confidence to a further increased encouragement and support. Be good enough to notice the Address— , F. N. PROMOLI, 30 A ;' , TI) 32, CHURCH-STREET, (OPPOSITE PARKER-STREET, j LIVERPOOL. , . ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES. JEWELLERY, PLAT' arc. n. TOO K E, HAtsßut,G, Hiving ccmpkted the selection of his Stock for the Seaton, in which will be found all the greatest novelties in fashion and design, solicits an - inst. Cotton of 'the Sartre, Comprising an extensive Collection 15f DIAMOND AND ertiq WORK. 1.1,0* DON AND OTHER JEWELLERY of the very best quality. SILVER AND PLATED GOODS, of the Rewest styles and designs, from the first makers. ENGLISH WATCHES, combining all the latest improveriaentt, and guatanteed to perform 1Vit4 3 1016 greatest accuracy. 'GENEVA WATCHES, from the first manufacturers. W. H.T. would direct attention to his former connection with the WHOLESALE AND .MANUFACTURING BRANCHES, and likewise to the fact of his making all his payiaents for PROMPT CA,514 by which he is enabled anti Iretertdined to submit his goods at S'ffett MODERATE PRICES that no other house can offer such advantageous terms. OLD POSTOFFICE-BUILDINGS, LJvg POOL. should take this as a Warning., and make arrangements for better drainage for the fature. A telegram states that two vessels likewise went ashore off 13oulogne during the same storm. A large body of men in the employ of Messrs. Smith, the contractors, are at work night and day in forming the junction bet Ween NO 7 and 10 docks in Portmouth Dockyaid. The work is to be completed by the Ist of Jltarch next, by which time it will be required for the reception of the Warrior, both for docking purposes and also to give her ingress to the steam basin, where she will Complete her outfit, so far as may be necessary prior to her official trial of speed at light draught. James Johnson, the murderer of Sergeant Chipt and Corporal Coles, at Aldershott, was yesterday executed at Winchester. Three thousand persons witnessed the dying struggles of the unhappy match, who ) it is said) died penitent‘ • Ase Where there will be found the lieventie Tables foF the year, to Which %v drew attention by anticipation yesterday. It will be seek that the toeal intonie for the year 1860 is £71,087,405, against £86,788,008 ; the net increase .25,897,026, being nearly £1,000,000 below the suni raised by the increased rate of income-tax. Whence Mr. Gladstone will obtain his anticipated sur plus it is diffletilt to see ; and we fear it is vain to hope that the budget of 1861 will relieve us of the additional taxation, caused by the commercial generosity shoWn to mit- foreign neighbour: It rethaiiis to be seen whether the tnanufaoturitii energy of the country has been stimu:- ',cited to any extent tomnlensurate with the surrender of of revenue'. Several contradictory statements appear in the conti riontal jourtials, as to the remonstrances addressed by the English Cabinet on the presence of the French fleet at Gaeta. The directors of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada issued a report yesterday (accompanied by others from the managers and superintendent of the company), in which it is notified that in consequence of there not having been sufficient surplus over working expenses dining the current half-year, the interest on the first preference bonds, due on Ist of January, 1861, must remain in abeyance. MARITIME EXTRACTS. ivttrooL, A small vessel h as sun k near the Victoria Channel January 1. A: Falmouth, to-day, at noon, it was blowing a violent gale from the north-west. The Timbuctoo, of Scarborough, was totally wrecked to-day near Berwick ; crew missing. Waterford, Dec. 31: The Golden Sta”, of Boston, Stapleton, from Mobile for Liverpool, with 3,750 bales of cotton, anchored about six miles from the Lightship on the 29th, cut away all three masts, but her anchors failed, and she drove on shore near Fethard, county Wexford, and went to pieces —the master, his wife, servant, and fifteen hands perished. Another vessel left her bower anchors off the harbour. St. Michael's, Dec. 11 : The Mary Ann Zagury, in reaching inishore yesterday, missed stays, went on shore, and was wrecked—one man drowned, Southampton, Dec. 31 : Dreadful weather is reported on the coast of Barbary and off Gibraltar. The British schooner Gleaner had shipped 900 sacks of wheat at Mazagan. when a a squall coming on, she capsized. The British schooner Liver pool, from Lisbon, which had gone to Mazagan to load grain for England, was lost between Casa Bianca and Azamoor. The Atlantic (ss), from Alexandria for Liverp oo l, weathered lout the gale in Algesiras roadsteads, and crossed over to Gibraltar on the 25th to coal. The Norwegian brig Boldur parted her chains off Gibraltar, got foul of the Sarah, of Jersey, and the schooner Peter and James ; the Boldur went ashore, and the other two sustained some trifling damage. The Mavrocordato, from Carthagena, - put into'Gibmltar with rudder damaged and cargo shifted. Between Malaga and Cape de Gatt she saw upwards of 400 sail bound west, and about 300 more at anchor on the side of Estepona. Stranraer, Jan. 1 : The brig Coraelia, of Liverpool, is ashore in Loch Ryan, laden with sugar and rum from emerara ; no damage. Lloyd's, Jan. 1 : The llercules, of London, passed aban doned. The Ardville, from Macao for London, wrecked near Ambleteuse—fifteen men saved. The Sourousquois, from Bom bay for London, on shore at Alprec, in bad condition; crew saved. The Earl of Lonsdale, of Greenock, abandoned ; crew arrived at Tobago. The Norval, from Halifax at Waterford, lost both anchors off Crcden Head. The Eclipse, from New Zealand for London, at Cowes with loss of bowsprit, from collision with the S ,xonia (s). The cargo of the Ardville, which left Canton on the 19th of July, for England, and is on shore near Boulogne, consists mostly of tea, which is much damaged. At Hamburg, on the 28th ult., the navigation was still open for steamer; on the following day, the Elbe was entirely covered with floating ice. At Antwerp, on the 29th, floating ice had greatly increased owing the intense frost of the previous night. At Amsterdam, on the 28th, the navigation was stopped by ice. IMPROVEMEAT 11Y GENTLEMEN'S BATS. TITHEBARN-STREET, LIVERPOOL, GENTLPMEN —I have given your Patent Easy-titting llat a fair trial, and I must say it is the most comfortable hat I ever wore, particularly when crossing the water in a windy day, when with the old style of hat I invariably had a headache, which with your new style is not the case. I can, therefore, safely recommend it to any one, particularly to those subject to headache.—l am, gentlemen, yours truly. I have worn for some time one of the Patented Easy-fitting Hats sold by Mr. —, and I can testify to the advantage derived from the absence of that unpleasant pressure, particu larly on the forehead, usually felt from the hats generally worn. -- House, Cheltenham. (Signed) This letter is from a first-rate English admiral. The name is not given for obvious reasons. NOTICE.—Five Pounds Reward upon conviction of an in fringement of my Patent. Simpson's Patent Easy-fitting Hata are on.y in Liverpool at No. 6, St. George's-crescent (two doors from the top of Lord-street), and at 9, Dale-street (opposite Royal Bank Buildings), and in upwards of one hundred other towns, a list of which would make this advertisement too long. The Agents in each place make themselves known. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. BENEFICES AND APPOINTMENTS VACANT. RECTORSIIIP. Oxford, Lincoln College : pats. the Fellows : Rev. J. Thomp son, D.D., dec. RECTORIES. Buckorn-Weston, Dorset : uio Salisbury : val £360 with resi dence : pat Lady Stapleton : Itev. J. 11. L. Cameron, prom. Cholderton, West, Wilts: dio Salisbury : val £225 with resi dence : pats Oriel College. Oxford : Rev. J. Fraser, resigned. Twyford, Bucks : dio Oxford : val £725 with residence (an nexed to the Rectorship of Lincoln College, Oxford) : Rev. J. Thompson, 'MD., dec. VICARAGES. Bugthorpe, co and dio York : val £lll : pat Archbishop of York : Rev. R. Kitching, prom. Canterbury, SMa t. rgaret: val L 97: pat Archdeacon of Can terbury : Rev. J. C. Franks, resigned. CURACIES. Nonington, Kent : din Canterbury. Tarporley, co and dio Chester. Thetford, Cambridgeshire : dio BROWN and BACON most respectfully announce to their cus tomers and the public generally, that they keep a large and well-selected stock of articles required for Family Mourning ; and that all Funeral and Mourning orders arc attended to with the greatest care and economy.—Magazin : 81, 83, and 85, nold-street.—Adv. _ . --- PLAYING CARDS —Hitherto the keenly contested whist cribbage, 100, &c. exhausted the use of the playing card. Now, however, the beautiful, instructive, and chaste designs imparted to their exterior, teach the form, colour, and growth of plants which have enriched the commerce of Great Britain. Those manufactured by De la Rue and Co., are peculiarly rich in design, and can be had in great variety at Benson and Mal lett's, commercial stationers, 10, Castle-street. Our readers have only to send their address to L. E. Perrier, 77, Regent•street, W., London, and they will receive, free by post, 105th edition of the " INVALID'S OWN GUIDE," or natural restorer without medicine or expense of perfect diges tion, strong nerves, sound lungs and refreshing sleep to the most enfeebled, effectually removing indigestion-(dyspepsia), nausea, and sickness, even during pregnancy, debility, ner vousness, palpitation, cough, asthma, incipient consumption, dropsy, constipation, flatulency, diarrhoea, dysentery, bilious ness, fevers, sore throats, {catarrhs, colds, noi., , es in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irratability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramp, spasms, sinking, fits, bronchi tis; also children's complaints. Accompanied wi,h numerous successful cures which had resisted all medical treatngnt, and been abandoned as hopeless. TILE BUTTERMAN'S CHRI S TMAS CAROL Aia—' I WIDOW MACIIREE.” KELLY, my jewel, just listen to me— Och, hone ! Kelly, machree .While I tell you 'what mighty quare thin I did see, Och, hone! Kelly, machree As I could not expect You your shop to neglect, I went out to inspect, l'Aly own time being free;) And what sights met my view I'll describe now to you, och, hone! Kelly, machree From home then I started on last Saturday, Och, And first to the m ar k ets I wended my way,hone! Kelly, machree ! Och, hone! Kelly, machrec! I nc'er saw such a lot Of civare things in one spot ; Halt their names I've forgot, For they quite bothered me ; So all I can do, Is to speak of a few, Och, hone! Kelly, machree To describe such a sight, faith I have not got words, , Kell, There was dead beef and mutton, Ocla and hone: all kinds of bir m ds Och, hone! Kelly, oelachree ' machree ! Och 'twas odd to see those Things all hung up in rows, Like so many scarecrows On a branch of a tree; There was every fowl, From the lark to the owl, Och, hone ! Kelly, machree They'd pigeon, and widgeon, and paycocks, and snipe, Och, hone ! Kelly, machree And on some of the stalls I saw illigant Och, hone! Kelly. machree They'd raisins and figs, And eels they call snips, • • And nate sucking.pigs As I ever did•see, And lobsters, and crabs, Periwinkles, and dabs, . • Och, hone.! Kety; machree 1 • The animals looked,very purty when dead, -. °eh, hone Kelly, machree Cards were on them to tell where they'd heen " bred and fed," Och, hone I Kelly, maehree There were apples and pears, • • There were rabbits and hart-s, • • • And other. mall wares, ' • Such. aA-oystliers and tea, • . - Wax, candles and coffee, And Eveston toffee, . _ och, mae:hree After that, I went off to the great BUTTER PLACE, Och,,hone! Kelly .maebree To lave left that unseen would have been a disgrace, Och, hone Kelly machree. Och ! the bust you'd . got there; In my whole life I ne'cr, • • • In a fancy Baazar, Such a threasure did see, 'Tie yourself's wide awake, Let me now my leave take. Och, hone! Kelly machree CHANDELIERS. LAMPS, &c. W H.. TOO K E , SUCCESSOR TO F. L. lIAUSBURG, Respectfully invites attention to the extensve STOCK of CHANDELIERS, of Glass and Metal ; LANTERNS, BRACKETS, LUSTRES, of all descriptions, PATENT VESTIBULE AND OTHER LAMPS, INCLUDING THE CELEBRATED AUREOLE LAMP. Public Buildings and Private Residences fitted for Gas. Experienced Gasfitters employed on the Premises, and all kinds of repairs carefully attended to in the Manufactory, 24, CHURCH-STREET. - - Crepy's Foreign Refined COLZA OIL, especially adapted for the Aur6ole Lamps. A large Assortment of TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, • at the lowest Prices. The Stock of PAPIER MAMIE GOODS Includes a very extensive assortment of Articles selected from the productions of the most eminent Manufacturers in the Kingdom, ensuring the greatest durability, exquisite finish, &c. OLD POSTOFFICE-BUILDINGS, LIVERPOOL. NEWS OF THE DAY. The great foreign event of yesterday was the expected speech or address by the Emperor Napoleon to the members of the Diplomatic Corps, who, according to custom, had been invited to wait on his Majesty on the Jour d' an. Earl Cowley represented his diplomatic colleagues on this occasion, but there seemed to have been little in the words addressed to his lordship by the Emperor, in reply to the customary congratulations, beyond his Majesty's expression of confidence, that pro vided the friendly understanding between the Powers continued to be maintained, peace would continue to be preserved. This, in the circumstances, is not saying much. France commences the new year with a " political review" in the pages of the Menifeur, thus illustrating the advantage of the recent modifications in the law of the press. At present the feeble efforts of the official journalist remind us of the timid voyages of the primi tive marriners, who never ventured oat of sight of shore. Who shall say, • however, on what dangerous reminiscences and speculations the Imperial scribe may not soon enter ? At present all we gather from the political review is the fact that Count Teleki has been released by the Emperor of Austria, on a promise not again to interfere in political affairs; but this fact, almost in the same words, we had previously learned from the official Gazette of Vienna of yesterday. A very important pamphlet, which is referred to in one of our telegrams, has just been published under the auspices of the Archduke Maximilian, a brother of the Emperor Joseph. It is a pity that the want of the command of the sinews of war should prevent the realisation of the very desirable project which hiS Impe rial Highness there develops. The King of Prussia was so ill on Christmas Day that he was given over, but be has since rallied. Prince Alfred has reached Berlin, on his way to Coburg. On the meeting of the Chambers the government will pre sent bills on ministerial responsibility, on individual liberty, on the marriage laws, the levying of taxes, &c. The death of the Cavaliere Riccardi, Farini's son-in law, in Naples, an event which public rumour had anticipated a few days, has actually taken place, on the night of the 24th. It is still uncertain, but it is given as extremely probable, that Farini, borne down by this great domestic affliction, and labouring under an attack of jaundice, will quit his post as Royal Lieutenant in the southern kingdom. It is positively asserted in Turin that this title will be conferred on the Prince of Cuignano, immediately on the King's return. The great 'exodus of the Tartars from the Crimea continues its course. Over 60,000 of these nomadic tribes have been conveyed last autumn in Turkish government steamers to various parts of Turkeydom, Salonica, Latakia, the Troad, and Smyrna. The'Debais publishes a long article on the necessity of French commercial men taking instant advantage of the great opening presented for business in the vast territory of China, now that peace has been concluded. Our contemporary points out that English manufac turers will be certain not to lose a moment in availing themselves of the market thus thrown open to the world. An eminent French manufacturer has just returned to Paris from visiting the manufacturing districts of Manchester, Birmingham, and Glasgow. He expresses himself in terms of the warmest praise of the facility with which he gained access to the English manufac tories, and of the friendly reception he met with from all classes of Englishmen. He considers the English manufacturer greatly superior to the French in the organisation of labour. In other respects he regards the French operatives as fully equal to the English. He expects that within two years the duties imposed on English produce imported into France will be further considerably reduced. M. Michel Chevalier, the well-known political econo mist, has been just named Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. This favour has been conferred on M. Chevalier by the Emperor in testimony of his satisfac tion for the service rendered by M. Chevalier in the preparation of the Treaty of Commerce with England. On the subject of the copper mines in South Australia, the Australian and New Zealand Gazette says some of the mines already opened up give promise of great rich ness, and also of considerable permanence. And there is a disposition to work them with a view to substantial results. We see no reason why some districts in South Australia shOuld not yield as large mining returns, and support as exterthive a mining population as Cornwall and Wales: Indeed, if we were to express a decided opinion that such would be the case, it would not, we believe, be out of harmony with that of nine-tenths of our readers: The distress among the riband weavers in Coventry, we are sorry to say, continues without any diminution in point of numbers, and since Wednesday lake has been increased in intensity in consequence of thennusual Severity of the weather, even at this season, the in -door avocations of the weaver rendering a deficiency of fuel a Privation scarcely less endurable than the want of food. The efforts of the committee were, on Friday and Satur day, vigorously directed to affording, relief ,to sufferers from this cause ; and, in addition to blankets and other articles of clothing, several hundred received tickets in those two days for a supply of coals. It was a sad spectacle to witness in many of the streets hundreds of men accustomed only to the delicate work of the loom, many of them of respectable appearance, turn out with barrows to convey from the coal-yards the fuel which their tickets entitled them to. As was to be feared, the storm of Sunday morning, which accompanied the breaking up of the 'frost, has made itself felt on various parts of the English coast, and marked its passage by a considerable amount of damage to both life and property afloat. The French sloop Jean Baptiste, with a valuable cargo, was driven on shore under the South Foreland. All hands were got safefy on shore with the exception of the captain, who, unfortunately, was drowned. In Cawsend Bay a schooner was wrecked, the captain, mate, and three men losin; their lives. At Portland Bay a Swedish ship called the Irene was driven against the new breakwater, when the pilot who had charge of her was drowned. Nor has the damage been confined to the c- Nearly all the low-lying lands throughout tb have been more or less flooded. Our farir- THE WALLASEY FERRIES. hake often balled attention to the imperative demand for a better class of ferry steamers than the old tugboats which are still running between George's Pier and the Wallasey Ferries. The inhabitants of Seacombe, Liscard, and New Brighton, have been suffering much during the late intinniciit and foggy NVeatlier; and it is now high time that some improvement should take place, the main obstacle to which has hitherto been the fear of incurring an additional local taxation, which alarm; we May no* bOngratillate our Wallasey friends, has been entirely dissipated in an elaborate report, issued for private circula tion only, and addressed to the Commissioners, 'by an eminent authority, Mr. BRAITHWAITE POOLE, in which he illustrates forcibly a com parison between the working of the Thames ferries and those of the Mersey, demonstrating a result in the saving of tenpence in the pound to the parisliionets en their 'local rates, by building five new, suitable, swift steamers, at a cost of £25,800; and purchasing the ferries from Messrs. COULBORN BROTHERS, the present lessees, in accordance with the terms of an award made in April last, for the sum of £60,000. The report is replete with interest, and lucid in detail. The tables show the average daily working of each boat ferrying across the river, its tonnage, horse. power, cost, number of passengers licensed to be carried, 8,7 c., and the most concise time table of the whole that we have ever seen compiled. Many very useful practical suggestions are made by Mr. POOLE; amongst others ) "A skilful fireman may always prevent the formation of SMOKE, which is unconsumed fuel, by raking back the cinders, and properly grating the coal in the door corners, when all the dust will pass over the red hot cinders, and be consumed instead of wasted.' This would remedy a nuisance still loudly com plained of. The following is an epitome of this valuable report : TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF WALLASEY. GENTLEMEN,—The time is not at hand when you may, probably, undertake the responsibilities attendant upon the management of the ferries On the river Thames there are 71 steam-boats plying in summer from London to the various ferries ; which steamers are owned by six different companies, with different amounts of capital, Of these 71 steam ferry-boats, 4 only arc 'built with rudders at both ends, viz: the Endeavour, the Perse verance, the Jupiter, and the Venus, and a boat belong ing to the Victoria Docks Company, called the Cricket. People there say that " two-ended" boats were not found to be so convenient as expected ; that they are disadvantageous in running with or against tide, or turning it, and that they are only adapted for the direct crossing of a river, such as from Liverpool to Woodside, —that a "pink-stern'd" boat, with a light draught, is the best, because she can turn as on a pivot within her own length, Each Thames ferry steamer shows a daily working of 80 to 120 miles in summer, notwithstanding tilt dial= culties of the navigation, its narreWness, strong current, frequent and dense fogs, and the immense number of vessels always lying at anchor in the stream. For example, the Hungerford Co.'s boats are run to Woolwich and back, 4 round trips daily, i.e., 11 miles there and 11 miles back, or 4 times 22=88 miles, stopping at 10 different ferries in each trip whilst the Iron Boat Company run each boat between London bridge and Chelsea, 12 round trips daily, 5 miles there and 5 miles back, or 10 times 12=120 miles, stopping at 15 ferries in each trip. The running speed of these boats during 12 hours, 81 a.m. to 8 p.m , ranges from 15 to 22 miles an hour with the tide, or 7 to 10 miles an hour in Hood and ebb tide, stoppages included. On the Mersey there are 30 ferry steamers, plying in the summer, owned by five different persons or com panies, with various amounts of capital. The average daily working of each ferry-boat on the Mersey amounts to only 38 miles, whilst on the Thames the average exceeds 100 miles; evincing to us the practicability of accelerating the speed, or travel, across the Mersey in an extraordinary degree, by building suitable boats. The Seacombe, Egremont, and New Brighton boats are timed to run in such an orbit as to work only one third of their time, and idle two-thirds. Although a boat is under steam, in summer, from 15 to 18 hours per diem, only five hours are occupied in actual running. Three or four boats ply half-hourly between Egre mont, New Brighton, and George's Landing-stage, 8 round trips daily, 3 miles there and 3 miles back, or 8 times 6 = 48 miles, stopping at those two ferries only on each trip, during 71. a.m. to 104 p.m., 15 hours ; whilst two other boats are run, also, half-hourly between Seacombe and George's Pier, a distance of scarcely 1,500 yards, 16 or 17 trips daily, during 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., 18 hours ; thus a boat is absolutely occupied one hour in performing this trip of only 3,000 yards ! Pas sengers can only cross the river to Seacombe once every half-hour in the day time, although to the next ferry, Woodside, precisely the same distance off, 1,500 yards, they can cross daily every 10 minutes, nightly every hour, and oa public holidays every 6 minutes, which acceleration is soon to become their daily practice. Various kinds of fuel are in use. The Mersey ferry steamers consume from 3 to 7 tons of coal daily, accord ing to the number of hours working. The ordinary consumption is calculated at 7 lbs. per horse-power per hour, but it would appear that Messrs. Coulborn, by damping their fires, have reduced their consumption to 31 lbs. A skilful fireman may always prevent the formation of smoke, which is unconsumed fuel, by raking back the cinders and properly grating the coal in the door cor ners, when all the dust will pass over the red hot cinders, and be consumed instead of wasted. I have given orders to this effect to the firemen of six different sta tionary engines, which were under my management, and the result was invariably good. The stokers of loco motive engines are very careful in this respect, and the practice of " cornering" is equally applicable to marine engines. At Eastham, such obstructions as turnstiles are used, and approved by the proprietor, but not by the public, especially the ladies. At Rock Ferry there is one, not often used. At Birkenhead they are used by the col lectors, who say they are useless. At Woodside and Monks' Ferry they are used invariably, and are said to be an efficacious check. At Seacombe they are in use on the stage, but not on the coal wharf. At Egremont and New Brighton there are none. At ferries on the Thames tickets are issued by a rapid and inexpensive process, effectuating a perfect check upon the receipts, which system is adopted generally throughout the United States and Canada. Reliable estimates of traffic, amount of capital 4 . expended, receipts from revenue, disburse— .o be gents, and doubtless been ~ssioners. The total ultimately would appear ,alO, which sum I must assume .0 be raised by the issue of bonds, .rest upon which amount, at 6 per cent., is —1,680, to be provided for annually, and which, accord- I ing to the testimony of Mr. H. C. Beloe, in January • all other questions of finance, have well considered by the coma,' amount of capital requii.“ to be about .£153 f="" is expected f- the int- -4 country last, before the Arbitration Committee, can be very easily .co and builders done ; as he stated the total ferry receipts for 1859 were £20,567, the expenditure £8,689, and the profit £10,878, The general Census shews a national increase of 1 per cent. per annum, or 10 per cent. every 10 years ; whereas the district of Wallasey shews a local increase averaging 6 4-sths per cent. per annum, or 68 per cent. every 10 years. And it must be quite clear to the judgment of any person who has made statistical know ledge a pursuit, that if swift and suitable steamers were to ply between these ferries more frequently, whether the boats paid interest of money or not, the inhabitants would be doubled in the first 10 years, aiid all the local rates for gas, water, &c., thereby reduced one-half. The small parcels traffic might be made a large and lucrative source of revenue, if well looked after. - A receiving place in Liverpool, and two or more daily deliveries in Cheshire should be established to create this intome, which wonld be nearly all profit. Mr. Coulborti stated that he bad in one day taken as much as h9di all in threepenees, at New trighton alone, this amount represents '8,200 persons, or ohly nne-half that number if the whole of them returned by his boats the same day, 11,600. Now, the number of passengers intended to be carried in your large new swift boats would enable you to double, treble, or quadruple the traffic on such occasions, and realise an enormous profit. Iri order to understand the nature of the Mersey ferries! passenger traffie perfectlY, we must aniPlify the subject. Taking all the boats together they ruti ac'ros's the ri've'r abbot idd,odd tinier iii a year, *itli ati average of 150 passengers per trip in summer, and 60 in winter; making a total of 11,000,000 of single passenger crossings, It is from this source, or fountain, that you will have to draw your revenue, and clear at least some small profit, in order to reduce our local rates, instead of levying a new one ; and this may be done by going to work at first with care and frugality ) instead of extra vagant outlay, by hiring boats on the thenpbst thins) and contracting with competent builders for the eCoho , mieal construction of five new ones, with which number you could easily perform the service cheaper, quicker, oftener, and more comfortably, in every respect, than it is now done. You might then encourage a largely increased traffic; by . arrangliii thiOughotit fat* and rates With the various railway coiiipanies in tiiti Manntactiiting districts ; by covering the decks of the boats in summer with awnings ; by judiciously separating the contractors and residents of each ferry, with their families and visitors, from the excursionists; which agreeable division would give much satisfaction to all parties, &c., &c. The conclusions to be drawn from these data, being legitimate sources ; appear therefore to suggest the fol lowing estithates Of . eapitab tetehtte, eipendittire, and profit, whiCh latter, would, iii my opinion, be eiceeded ; but in all such cases I have invariably made a point of under rather than everestimating the receipts-: and in the present instance I am guided by My own et- OHMIC° rathbf than b tilh tl jinidiis tit dtlitiliersons, namely, the capital ultimately required, £15,570; the expected revenue, £24,600 ; and the expenditure, the highest computed, including sinking fund and everything, £22,6Bo—leaving a profit, for reduction on local rates, of 10d in the pound, £1920. The whole of Messrs. Conlborn's 7 boats are liCensed to carry 3,323 passengers ; average 475 each : whereas 5 new boats would carry 4,000 passengers; average 800 each boat. rout- of these superior - vessels could be Worked with faeility in stiMmet eiiety quarter of an hour froth each terry, yet remain inactive one-third or one fourth of their time, for damping fires and easing machinery ; while the fifth boat might be laid up, under repair, or running extra trips, according to cir cumstances. _ _ _ I was comparatively ignorant of this part of the subject before I made a tour of inspection of the ferries in America, where they economise time by seconds instead of by minutes; where, in starting their ferry boat, a man stands by to let go the warp on the first stroke of the clock or bell, and, on arrival, to belay instanter. The same smart discipline ought to be introduced on the Mersey ; and gangways, the means of Ingress and egress, considerably improved. By simple arrangement, each man in the service Might be allowed to attend his plate of it'otship in turn on the Sabbath Day, instead of belq; compelled to absent himself habitually from the House of God, which appears to be the case at present. Your obedient servant, BRAITHWAITE POOLE. To-morrow evening the Commissioners will meet to decide this important question, when, it is to be hoped, they *ill irrevocably seal the doom of the present Egremont Perry and the whole fleet of boats -which are really a disgrace to the enlightenment of the age, and, until re moved, constitute an effectual barrier to the pro gress of a district. whose resources are capable of being developed to an extent little thought of under the present deficient system of ferryage. toWN toth,sicit: Yesterday being New Year's Day, a special meeting of the Council was held as usual, fbr the appointment of trustees under the tarions lotal abtg. The Mayor; (S. R. Graves, Esq.,) presided and there *as bin. a small attendance of members of the Council. The first business related to the appointment of a trustee under the Local Act of the 9th Geo. IV., for enabling the trustees of Mrs. Ann Molyneux's Charities in Liverpool to grant htillding leases, and for better vesting the estates in them ; for confirming exchanges, and other purposes for the benefit of the charities. His Worship the Mayor was appointed to act in con junction with the archdeabort and the Feder; The heft subject before the meeting had reference to the appointment of three trustees, under the local act, establishing St. James's Cemetery. The three gentlemen named were Messrs. Stewart, Gardner, and Woodruff. Mr. Alderman WOODRUFF strongly urged that more attention should be Paid tb the fast year they had but one meeting—on the 25th of July. Gentle men scarcely thought of sitting down for the transaction of business, and he himself was left entirely alone, and since that time they had had no meeting. He protested against such neglect, inasmuch as the conned had an interest in the tettietery to the ettent ot Xb,oBl. He did not think that the council would get it back; but he thought that, with a good arrangement, a better revenue would come in. The meetings should be held at least. The council had received from this trust a dividend, varying from 5 per cent. to nothing; another year before, it was only 1 per cent. It was owing to the action of the Health . Committee in preventing pit burials. He thought, however, that with good manage ment they might reckon on a return of from 2 to 3 per cent. annually. The three gentlemen named were - appointed. The Council then proceeded to the appointment of two members to act as trustees in reference to the School and Chapel for the Blind; and also the appoint ment of forty-one members of the Council to be com missioners under the acts relating to St. Paul's and St. John's Churches. The commissioners under the income and property tax acts who had served last year were re-elected. The Mayor's communications were then brought for ward. The following letter was received from Mr, Shipley : TO THE MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL. ' Rockwood, Wilmington, Delaware, Nov. 28, 18E0. am favoured with your letter of the Bth instant, informing me of the manner in which it is proposed to appro priate the donation you acknowledge to the new Free Library, and I beg to express my sense of the kind consideration of the committee towards the donor in the mode they have adopted.— I remain, respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, JOEERH SHIPLEY. THE CATTLE MARKET. The following communication was next read : TO TOE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COUNCILLORS OF LIVERPOOL. The undersigned, as a minister in Wigtown and cmvener of the Sabbath-observance Committee of the General As sembly of the Free Church of Scotland, Humbly representeth,—That there is regular steam com munication by sea between Wigtown and Liverpool, and that, therefore, this representation, made with a view of its being permitted to lie on the table of your council, is, it is hoped, not out of order. That public attention has sometimes been called to the dis turbance of the quiet of the streets of Liverpool on the Sab bath by the driving of cattle along the thoroughfares, and that this is attributed to the arrival of steamers and the disembark ing of cattle from Scotland and Ireland. That the apology for such arrival and disembarkation is that the thy for the Liverpool weekly cattle market is Monday. That your memorialist, having heard of a change of day for holding the weekly cattle market at Glasgow—which once was Monday—lately made inquiries regarding that circumstance. In answer to the inquiry as to the day, your memorialist is informed that it was changed from Monday to Thursday by the t ,wn council of Glasgow ; the arguments for the change being the blocking up cf streets in the cast end of the town by drovers of cattle, and also the invasion of the rest and leisure justly desired on the Sabbath by many stock farmers, cattle dealers, butchers, and drovers. In answer to an enquiry whether any change of day was required for other markets concurring in regular rotation after Glasgow, your memorialist is informed that the change from Monday to Thursday had no appreciable effect oh other markets, and did not cause any change of day in other markets; the Glasgow cattle market supplies such an immense population in the mining and manufacturing districts around as well as in the city, that it may be said in general terms that all the cattle that come to the market are sold. The unsold of other markets are sent to Glasgow . , but it seldom happens that there are unsold beasts at the Glasgow market requiring to be sent elsewhere. The above representation is most respeetfully made by your most obedient, humble servant, DAVID C. A. AGNEW. Wigtown, N. 8., 28th December, 1860. Mr. Alderman BENNETT said that the writer suggested that his communication should remain on the table, and he proposed that it should ( 1 30 so. deserving of considP- Mr. JOB thought thP . ` there was a great deal i n it Mr. KITCHE'' ration. be believed observed that'he was a member of what f or t b, was termed the "Cattle-driving Committee" bp, -C last twelve months. This subject had come -lore that committee, when it was found impracticable to alter the day, owing to the times at which markets and fairs were held in Scotland. There was every desire on the part of the committee to consider the matter and assist in altering it, but this last course was fond wholly impracticable. After a few words from Mr. Clarke Aspinall and other members of the Council, th 2 subject dropped. The MAYOR said that there was a very interesting report presented to the Council on the subject, and he would suggest that Mr. Job and Mr. Aspinall should make themselves acquainted with it ; because by that paper being laid on the table it would be in the power of any member to open the discussion at any time they thought advisable to do so. The Council then rose. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Dec. 31, 1860. A letter in the 3loniteur, from a correspondent in China, contains some horrible details of the frightful nature of the tortures which were undergone by some of the prisoners, English and French, before death came to their relief. M. d'Escayrae de Lauture, who was at the head of ,he French scientific mission in China, is stated ;o have made diiraclons escape from death► He was thrice threatened v itH being' put to death, and some mandarins with red blittOns gave orders to have a bed of straw placed fdi him to lie on in the middle of the court, in order that the blood of the " barbarian" might not polllite the sell df China! It is remarked, also, df d'Esedyrae, tts Was the case With the English gentleineii bietims of similar barbarous treatment with himself, that the Only, sympathy he met with was from his Chin€Sii fellow prisoners. Without them he must have died of hunger and misery. Having lost momen tarily the use of his hands, which were torn and bruised in a shocking manner by the thongs with Which he *as bound, he Was incapable without their assistanCe of satisfyin g any of,the exigencies of nature. These people assisted him to the latest moment of his captivity, without their attention to him being relaxed for a single moment. It will have been remarked that General Montauban refused to take any part in the burning of the palace of the Emperor of China, wishing to leave to the English authorities all the responsibility of so decided an act. But it is further said that other causes disagfeentent hale burst °tit; and that France considers she has good reason to bdnil plain of the failure of England to give her consent to that clause in the French Con vention which authorises the French mission dries to hare churches and cemeteries in the interior of China. On this subject, the following bon not is attributed to an English diplomatist still in China :—" If you give a foot to the mis sionaries, they will be sure soon to take a yard." At one time people here, and I presume also in England, appeared to be under the impression that Lord Elgin had made no stipulations what ever in favour of Christianity; but I have since noticed in one of the English papers a letter from his lordship to Alderman Cubitt, in which he states that Christians are henceforth to be allowed the free exercise of their religion in all parts of China. As to Gaeta, I learn that Lord John Russell has desired thb qiieAtion to be put to the Emperor Napoleon, whether he really wished to defend the King of Naples, remarking that on the Mb lidhct the present attitude of France towards Francii 11. took the form of a direct intervention, and on the other that the English Government must inevitably find itself placed in a very delicate and difficult position at the opening of Parliament, on the sth of February next ; for, as matters now stood, the Queen, in her speech from the throne, could not possibly state that a complete accord sub sisted between England and France on the Italian question. To this the Emperor is understood to have replied that he did not very well see how, in any circumstances, it could be announced that a good understanding prevailed between the two Powers on this subject, seeing that Eng land was promoting the unity of Italy, while France had continued all along to adhere to the idea of a Federation. At the same time he (the Emperor) had no objection to state that Vice-Admiral de Tinan would, in due time, receive instructions to withdraw his feet, and Francis 11. should have three weeks' notice before the withdrawal took place. The inference from tile juTv - ;;;:t.: ; I I ; that i t is the instruction of the Emperor Napoleon to protract the " difficulties of the situation" till the spring, by which time, unless the Venetian question shall have been previously disposed of, the deluge will have come in the shape of another Italian war of infinitely larger proportions than the preceding One: The diplomatic corps has fedeited the usual communications from the Tuileries in regard to the reception to-morrow—the "Jour d'an." On this occasion, M. Mon will be received solely in his quality of Ambassador from the Spanish Court ; his title as the representative (which he formerly was) of the Duchy of Parma will not be reecignised! The Neapolitan Minister, M. Canofari, whose abilities and conciliating spirit are appreciated even at Turin, has got rid hivita: tion to be present. But the convenient reason assigned for this omission is sthat this gentleman has ilot Yet transmitted to the Emperor the letters by which he is aberedited to the French Court. One is tempted to ask Whether 4t iie possible that a hint was given to him that he need not trouble himself to forward them ? M. Candfarij however, is nevertheless on the best passible tddiiiig With Thouvenel, In the absence of the Papal Niiribio, Earl Cowley, and hot the Abbe Miglia, the charge d'affaires who at present CcinduCts the affairs of the - Papal Legation, will be the Organ of the diplomatic corps. His lordship is now senior AmbaStador at the French Court. The state of trade in Paris, at. the close of the year, is very unfavourable indeed. Some say it hits never been so bad sin©e the winter which sticceeded the lleVeliitiott of February; 1849: nor are the financial prospects of the Country in any better position. Public securities of all kinds continue to glide down the descending settle which established itself during the last week or tiVo, aiid a fresh fall in Rentes was announced to-day. It is to he iidVed that the Emperor's speech to-morrow will remove sonic Of the dark clouds which lower over other portions of the Continent, as well as France, at the present moment. Slav Gilcat) DIILuIA4, ra v.. 1,1,11,., ua axv, as GrJl Lea u the Voel Nant at eight o'clock yesterday morning. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY 0031rANY or CANADA.-- Traffic for the week ending December Ist, 1860, and corresponding week in 1859 : Passengers, &c. Merchandise, &c. Total Mile! Date. No. Amount. Tons. Amount. Sterling. Open. 1860 12714 £4077 17 4 123044 £10478 11 0 £14556 8 4 970 1859 10201 3292 14 11 10495 7358 10 6 10646 5 5 970 Increase Gross receipts for 23 weeks, from July 1, 1890-5328,047 4 5i Ditto corresponding period last year 245,19318 El Increase' •• • • £82,853 5 gi THE FRENCH CONSUL Al LtlrnnPoot.-0/3 dit that the Emperor of the French, on the special recommen. dation of the Minister of Marine, has promoted Mons. Victor Mauboussin, consul of France at this pott, to the rank of officer of the Legion of Honour, in consideration of the services he has rendered to the exOdition to China. The greater portion of the coal sent to the fleet was dispatched from Birkenhead and Liverpool ; and it is worthy of remark that the plan the French adopted in this war, of leaving their consuls to en gage and load tl/b ships, has been satisfactorily car r i e d ou t, and with evident advantage to the Government. —Liver pool Albion. HANS BVSK ON THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.— Captain Hans Busk, whose name has been so intimately associated with the great volunteer movement since its birth, is announced to lecture at the Collegiate Institu tion on Thursday evening on " Rifle Corps and Rifle Shooting." His name and practical experience is so well known, and his labours have been so fully appre ciated that we need scarcely utter one word of praise in his favour. One thing is certain, the hall will be crowded on the occasion, and every one composing the crowd will not be disappointed with the treat in store for them. CATCH HER !—The London Police are the cleverest men imaginable—no doubt of it. We should, however, pit one or two of our detectives against the whole lot of the Scotland-yard gentry. Here is the description of a runaway, sent from London to Liverpool :—" Arrest a respectable-looking young woman, about four feet three; inches high, dressed in black ;—she might be twenty two years of age !" If the Liverpool police don't catch her after that they ought to be "taken up" themselves. Now, Mr. Kehoe, the chief superintendent of the detec tive police here, whose abilities have been often tried and never found wanting—nor has any of his efficient staff ever yet been found at fault—might send back word that there was no such Woman to be found in Liverpool ! It would be more intelligible than the description to "catch her." FIRE YESTERDAY.—Between four and five o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Caruthers, in Scotland-road. The wares on the premises were chiefly ironmongery, but there was also, unfortunately, a quantity of gunpowder, which ignited and blew out the windows of the establishment. S ome other injuries were also sustained, but we believe they will all be covered by insurance. The fire was but of short duration, the reels from Hatton-garden, Athol street. and other st ations bein g soon on the spot ; aided by a p l en tiful supply of water, they extinguished the, flames in about half an hour, TEA PARTY IN ALL SAINTS' SCHOOLROOM.—The: annual tea party of All Saints' Parish Church took place. last evening, at the schoolroom, Great Nelson-street. The. place was crowded, as usual, and was beautifully deco rated with flags, banners, and evergreens, and reflected much credit on those engaged in the decoration.— The Rev. H. Marlen, incumbent was in the chair. Ho said, in opening the meeting, that he did not intend to. make a long speech—he would say with Goldsmith— Come people all, and listen to my song; And if you find it wond'rous short, it cannot ►old you long. The Rev. Mr. Holmes spoke at great length on the duties of the working classes ; and the Rev. Mr. Moore described the enjoyment that England is capable of affording to those who go to work in the proper way, and need not look for happiness to other countries.—The choir sung some splendid anthems, and the proceedings were alto, gether of a most agreeable nature. ram