The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-06 00:00:00

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In making this an nouncement, the Proprietors, grateful for the flat tering encouragement they have already received, avail themselves of the opportunity to state that they will spare neither pains nor expense to render the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES the most accurate and earliest authority upon all matters of news— Political, General, Monetary, Commercial, and Maritime. The new arrangements, when com- pieted, will impose upon the Proprietors the necessity of ceasing to supply extra Slips to Subscribers, but no increase will be made in the rate of subscription, which is now 355. per annum. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES OFFICE, 19, South John Street. Ebt kortUrtn thin tHURSDAY NOVEMBER THE DAYS NEWS PACHA'S place, and that the whole movement should be considered a great surprise and annoy• ante to the SULTAN and the French Minister. Can it be possible that Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE is opposed to the first great act of ALI PACHA'S life, and while France desires to see the Austrians sent back within their own frontier, that England is opposed to so just a line of policy ? Allis cannot be the case, and it will not readily be believed that the British Ambassador has taken upon himself to place REDSC HID Pact's at the head 1856. I of thE Turkish Cabinet without the SULTIkA'S knowledge or consent? The Austrians were tres passers on the Ottoman soil, according to the spirit of the Treaty of Paris, and ALT PACIIA did what all Europe will applaud in ordering them to return to their own country ; and, if the represen. tative of France supported the Turkish Minister in such a course, he deserves the highest praise the popular voice of this country can bestow upon The telegraphic wire ought to have announced, before this, the formal and voluntary evacuation of the Principalities by FRANCIS JOSEPH'S troops; and if it has not taken place, it is to be hoped the T.ltrAq,n'ilkactuFitlAllAP.gfina,irikP,,q,ll4,9ln,,ai'E.l the Pruth. October has expired, and there ought n Austrian bayonet or sabre in the Sur. TAN'S dominions. This is the literal reading of the Treaty of Paris; and it is earnestly to be hoped that Lord STRATFORD DE REDCL!FFE has not put ''or if there is a construction of his own upon it , the danger of war impending over Europe, it is in this very direction. The Turks are crate equal to the task of meeting the Austrians on the banks of the Lower Danube ; and they will, assuredly, compel the army of occupation to retire ; and we have good reason to hope the French will second their deter mination. If REDSCHID PACHA is the best man to lead in such a necessary enterprise, we shall have no cause to regret the change which is attributed to the superiority of British intrigue ; but if he is to stand in the way of justice to Europe, and to plunge Turkey deeper than ever into foreign bondage, the peace of the world will be se riously compromised, and we may fairly ap prehend the worst consequences. There is, in fact, far too much intrigue going on all around us. Some of our sharp pointed irons must burn before we leave off playing with fire. We-are intermeddling everywhere, and appear to have taken upon ourselves all the responsibilities of a very affectionate Grandmamma, and seem to enjoy a game of follow-my-leader with all the little people and new corners in the universe. representatives This has become our ruling passion, but time will soften our ardour, and take the buckram out of our con leseension. We shall have some of our friends turning on us for treading on their toes, and some of our natural enemies taking advantage of our innocent mirth. Russia finds that we are ready to lend to everybody, and she comes to us through France for 40,000,0001. to make her railways. Austria wants to keep possession of the most valuable por tion of Turkey, and uses us to gain her ends The EMPEROR of FRANCE and the Democrats of America turn us round as they please. We were never more obliging, and never less rewarded for our kindly disposition. The French like us well enough in Conferences, but they cannot admire us at Constantinople. The Free Soilers of the United States are our friends, but we give them the go-by for BUCHANAN, slavery, and acquisitive propensities. We truckle to Austria, while we are ready to chastise Russia in words, and never cease talking of our desire to free Turkey from the yoke oilier foreign oppressors. All these contradictions and mistakes must lead somewhere or to something. It cannot go on in peace. There must be a revolt. in the nursery of contradictions. The Turks could not be retrained in 1853, when the Russians invaded their country. They would, and did, declare war against the Muscovite, despite all that diplomacy_could say. and they will compel the Austrians to leave the Principalities, and declare war against FRANCIS JOSEPH if they do not depart quickly, and in peace. The SULTAN knows full well that he will be sus tained in his determination by the public voice of Europe. The Court of Vienna cannot be suffered to take to itself so large a slice of a friendly Power's domain, under false pretences, and England cannct have encouraged such ideas. The people of this country will wait with intense anxiety for some explanation from Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLTFFE, touchinghis recent success over the diplomatic repre sentative of our Ally. A split between the Western Powers would be exceedingly awkward just now. We scarcely know where '!'rance would obtain gold, or England would find safety in alliances. It will be seen that we have something more than ted out of their incli4nation against a less pr Corporate abuses to excite our vigilance. Routine is as rampant again as jobbery. Lord de RED CLIFFE must intrigue after the veritable red-tape IT has been announced on tolerably good authority, that, in the event of Mr. PICTON being made an alderman, Mr. J. BUCK LLOYD will again offer himself as a candidate for Lime-street Ward ! Such an essay will certainly leave his valourous friends nothing more to desire. Mr. J. BUCK LLOYD will " litigate" the Ward to the last. He will move for a new trial, and spare neither money or exertion to reverse the verdict pronounced by a majority of the. Electors against his acts while in the Council Chamber. The Reformers of. the Ward, however, stand pledged to the town not to allow Mr. LLOYD to be returned as one of their Municipal The BurgesSas are disgusted with the manner in which their corporate business has been - conducted • for years back, and they selected Mr. LLOYD, simply as one of the most influential members on the prodigal side of the ntleman who ought to 'Limber. had they dire( minent man, their opposition would have been-looked upon with derision. They were .determined to make a great martyr, and they therefore opposed the most conspicuous man in the Corruptionists ranks. They might have carried other Wards with less exertion, but they preferred attacking the Malakoff at once. And they have succeeded in establishing the board Constilutional standard of taxation and representation — on the ruined battlements of political imposture and municipal jobbery. The Sharnites have been vanquished, but, lo ! the cry is, " they come again !" There certainly must be some juvenile Ennius, or un known Maro, in the Borough, whoSe aid is invoked to allay the cries of discomfitted councilmen, and prompt our Corporate Caesars to fresh .enterprises. Mr. LLOYD'S threat conies- upon us like a thunder clap of classic heroism. We Must find a HOMER and - a ViR - GIL to chrenicle the deeds, and portray the virtues, of our BoroUgh Hectors. The weak spirits and boggling scribes of the Press of these matter-of-fact days, cannot do justice to the shining lights of our time. PLUTARCH tells us we ought to use fiction and poetry in such cases, because truth of itself is rigid and austere, and cannot be meulded 'into such agreeable forms as fiction. Give us, then, the artful contrivance and disposition of fable. Allegory is the thing we want. Find us a RUBENS ; to paint Liverpool drifting with the tide down the Mersey, JOHN BUCK LLOYD at the helm, with jobbery and justice , fortitude and faction, public morality and - bribery; virtue and viands of the usual order, seated abaft the binnacle. Until these wants are supplied, we fear we must remain satisfied with the rigid and • austere truth. Mr. JOHN BUCK 'LLOYD has just kbeen shown that a large majority of the electors of Lime street Ward do" - not think him a fit and proper man to represent - them in the Council, and his second appearance I as a candidate, after so decisive a rejection, will be nothing whatever of their rights and interests. Here again, we should want the allegorical brush of RCBENS to paint frozen effrontery looking with its ice-like composure on a crowd of rational men, burning with indignation. He -was the most luckless of sculptors who plied the chisel to our Gogs and Magogs, as illustrations of the good old times of "Fee-faw-fum," so many ages before Mr. J. BUCK LLOYD was born. Let those who delight in the brilliant and heart stirring air of " See the conquering hero comes," henceforth look under the umbrellas of the van quished for the victor. Away with the wild enthusiasm of the Saxon, and the cherished credulity of JOHN BULL, There is no truth in our national music if Mr. J. Bvcu LLOYD should again appear on the Municipal hustings, as the representative of the conquering electors. His being there, will be an insult to their common understanding, and not one jot less so than bring. ing Sir GEORGE BON EIAM forward a second time to explain himself, and outrage the Parliamentary constituency of the Borough. However, Mr. J. BUCK LLOYD has a perfectly Constitutional right to offer himself if he, pleases, with the distinct understanding, that the majority who voted Against his return on SatiirdaY last, are' morally bound to redouble their efforts to defeat his election this time. They cannot suffer themselves to be suspected of childishness, where great prin ciples are at stake. Gentlemen of Mr. LLOYD'S stamp do not change their opinions in a few days, nor do honest and independent Electors abandon their convictions with g reater precipitancy. No doubt, then, the latter will be found ready to meet Mr:lAm again at the poll. We have already heard two names mentioned as his opponents, should he think of putting Lime Street Ward upon its metal, and either of them will be sure to reC6iye the same, if not a much larger, number of votes than Mr. J. R. JEFFERY pollect• Mr. LLOYD and his party know, therefore, what they have to expect. The independent Electors will not flinch from their recently recorded belief; that he is' not a fit and proper person to represent the traders of the shopkeepers' Ward. They will be i'6Dre sented by men engaged in trade as they , , are — taxed as they are—and responsible. as they are— for the extravagance and abuses of the Council. In the full sincerity of our commiseration, we wish we could allay Mr. J BUCK LLOYD ' S pain, by indulging in fables and poetry. But we have no choice in such matters. We must speak the truth. Facts constitute our stock in-trade, and, verily, our magazine is amply primed. Let the sceptical only refer to our file for the last three years. Read over the discussions on the gas question, the dock schemes, the advances which have been made in the salaries of C.nporate officials,the Rivington Pike scheme, dock jobbing, the bury ing and exhuming of the Corporate - estate, the unconstitutional manufacture of Aldermen, and the general tone and character of the Corpora tion's proceedings year after y ear. A clispassion. ate reader of those records wo uld scarcely believe it possible that there was • any portion of the British dominions in such a frightfully corrupt Glance at the defence of the Liverpool gas metre, and monopoly, and all the other abuses and jobs which time has brought to light, a n d after examining the votes let the honest Elector ask himself if their defenders should be again returned to the scene of their defensive exploits. We care nothing for Mr. J Bucx LLOYD'S politics. Folly shares a uniform fate in every 'age. Liberty is so essential to the existence of man that nature has given us reason to overcome all obstacles, and we should be sorry to waste time in weighing THE COURT NWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF MR superint drowning. CAPES ASHLIN THE INQUE3T Mr. LLOYD'S, or his party's nostrums against the earnestness of. Providence.. We will therefore help Mr. LLOYD to his ribbons and badges, give the utm,:st publicty to his dreams, and help him_ to . mount the shrine whereon he loves to pay his devotion to the image of thoughtlessness. We know how to respect well meant stupidity. In this world of atoms we must have a mite of non_ sense, and why should not Mr. LLOYD, Mr. THOMAS BOLD, and Mr. Alderman DOVER employ 'their money and time in illustrating this interesting phenomenon, if they please? They can be Tories, High Churchmen, or whatever they like, so long as they do not by their public acts bear too heavily on the Ratepayers' pocket. We only find fault with their " love of freedom'' in this way. We should never follow them into the sacred shades of private life, but when they do come before an enlightened constituency we cannot resist the temptation they offer us of reminding them of the use they have made of the trust imposed in them by their fellow_ townsmen. Politics have their, weight with the public on those occasions, but - net_ with us—arid for the very broad and intelligible reasons we have stated. We shall, consequently, meet Mr. JOHN Bucx LLOYD simply as an active member of a body of spendthrifs ; who have heaped an unwarrantable. amount of indebtedness: on the Borough—and who have no sympathy, in common, with the trading and toiling community they seek Ito represent. Ea - stern, Rhenis i satisfactory, there v WINDSOR, Nov. 4.—The Belgian Minister and - Madame Van de Weyer arrived, yesterday evening at the Castle on a visit. The dinner party included the Duchess of Brabant, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Royal, and the Duke of Brabant, the Princess Amelie of Hohenlohe Schillingfurst, Countess de Lannoy, Lady Augusta Bruce, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, Count de Lannoy, Mons. Jules Dsvaux. The Coldstream band played during dinner the fellowing pieces : G!and March.. Duchess of Kent. verture, " Der Frieschutz" . Weber. ' Selection, " L'Etoile du Nord".. Meyerbeer. Waltz, "Queen Mal)" Glee, " The Chough and Crow Polka, 4i.zurka, "Brabant" Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Castle, and performed the following selection : Overture, " Fidelio" Beethoven. Selection, " Faust" . Qttartetto, " Pigoletto" Flan dre Redowa _ Sacre. The Q leen, accompanied by the Duchess of Brabant, walked in the Home Park this morning. His Royal Iligness Prince Albert, with the Duke of Brabant, were out shooting. The Princess Royal rode on horseback. Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa took a carriage drive. We have, this day, with deep regrst, to announce the death of the above gentleman, which took place on Tuesday night, under circumstances peculiarly . melancholy. Mr. Ashlin, about seven o'clock, went to the baths, at George's. pier, and ordered a warm bath. It was instantly prepared for him, and he proceeded into the dressing-room, locking the door as he went in. The keeper heard no unusual noise or sound, and he took for granted that all was right. After the lapse of half ail hour, and not hearing any stir in the ante-room, the keeper became uneasy. He knocked at the door, and recAving no answer, his apprehensions increased, and he at once burst in the door. The clothes were there, but Mr. Ashlin was not. On looking into the bath he saw the body still there, and the head partially immersed in uezu. Morris, tne sent to Mr. Norris, but t of the establishment he was not in, and his assistant ran down. The messenger proceeded then to Dr. M'lntyre and Mr. Councillor Wag staff. Both were promptly on the spot, but their assistance was unfortunately of no avail, as life was quite gone. Mr. Adalin was about 48 years of age, and has left a widow and two daughters to mourn his untimely loss. It is supposed the poor gentleman musthave been attacked with a fit, and in this Way was suffocated in the bath. He filled the office of Treasurer of the Health ani . Water Committee;and was much respected by all who knew him. Was held in the afternoon by the coroner, and a res pectable jury. The ..brother'of doeeaSed was examined, but there was nothing. material in . his evidence. John Jones said he was a bath attendent at the Pier-head Baths. The deceased came there . about a quarter past seven, and appeared to be perfectly sober. Showed him into a bath, and he was partly' undressed when witness left him. He made the bath 98, by direction of the deceased. He did not hear any thing until about ten minutes past eight, when he went to the door and knocked two or three times, as eight was the closing hour. Got no answer, and then went into the room. Found deceased at the bottom of the bath, his face downward, and the back not quite covered. Called Mr. Morris, the superin tendent of the baths, and assisted in taking out deceased from the bath. He was dead. Mr.. Morris corroborated the above evidence. Dr. M'lntyre said he had examined deceased. Death had, been caused by drowning. The deceased having stogd at first, erect in the bath, had, no doubt, been seized with a fit`of syncope, and fell face first into the . water. The inry:found-averdiet of accidental Tan Min. SERVICE. Yesterday the Australian clipper ship Tudor, Captain Anderson, sailed for Melbourne. She carries out 400' passengers, about 100 tens of cargo, and_ a ship letter mail. The screw steamer City_ of Washington sailed with a full compliment of passengers, a general cargo, and the semi-weekly mails for the United States. THURGDAY'S LECTURES IN HOPE HALL.—The Rev. Dr. Hetherington, of Edinburgh, is engaged to deliver the fliurth of these lectures this gveuing. Th e su bj ect which he is to elucidate is +" The State and Prospects of Chris_ tianity in the East of Europe and West of Asia, corn pris ingthe Turkish Empi re , w ith an account of the Greek Church." To those who desire to observe " the signs of the times," a dissertation on this subject must be pos sessed- of strong- attractions. The great talent, the extensive-and profound erudition, and the keen philosophic spirit of the distinguished lecturer, are a ample guarantee for a first rate disquisititon on his part. Christopher Bushell, Esq., is to occupy the chair. CORtINERS INQUESTS —Yesterday, the coroner held an inquest on the body of James Burrow, a discharged Soldier from the 60th Min, who jumped overboard from the :Steamer Standard, on her passage from Dublin to pivorpool. From the evidence of Luke Flanagan, second mate - of the ship, it appeared that on Monday last, the deceased and fourteen comrades of his were passengers from Dublin.- The deceased appeared to be labouring under what the witness called, " horrors of drink," alias delirium tremens. About five on Monday evening, when the vessel was about fifteen miles from Dublin, the deceased jumped -from the bow of the vessel into the Water. James Goofilow, the steward of the ship, at once jumped overboard, and the captain flung him a life buoy, with which he held up the deceased. The ship was at once put atfout, and in a brief period a boat was lowered, and the deceased was taken on board, and all the means at hand were resorted to, but failed to produce any effect, as he did inetrally. Verdict siticide under temporary insanity. [The second mate of the ship in the above case, stated teat Goodiew had risked his life to save the unfortunate deceased, and, but for his exertions, the body would not have been. got at all. He said he never saw more gallant conduct iniafs life. The Coroner and jury passed a well ddAerved compliment on the humane conduct of the young nisin, and trusted that the fact would be brought under the notice of the Humane Society.] The following is a portion of the evidence given by the steward :—I saw the deceased in tlievirater; an I said to the captain, I will jump over 'board for him. He said no, don't, you will be drowned, as the sea is too high and heavy. I WC: I can depend on my swimming., I then jumped overboard, and the captain threw Me - a life buoy: - ght hold of deceased, and found him insensible. I kept him up until we were both taken into the boat.—On the.body of John Farrell, aged 18 years, who was employed by Mr. M'Cormick at. the Nora]. End Dock, and wha came by his death as follows :—The duty of the deceased was to unhook the waggons when brought .out of the dock; the waggons were drawn up by an engine, and, in unhooking one, the deceased struck his foot against a piece. of timber, and fell across the line, and, one of the waggons passing on, killed;? him. It did not appear that there was any blame attachable to any one. Verdict accidental death. 7s; ;S LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. There was a better demand for Cotton to-day. pomparTf - Tair th 6 Friday-; prices of American descriptions_ are d per tb power. Other sorts are, foi the inost . part, , ' TOPTAJaY; the .tales w.ere;_estirnatekat 7,900 bales, of_ which 1,500. were taken for spew lation and export. The total saless - since Thuraday are about 30,000 bales. The imports in the" same time, _10,00._ The market closed this evening with a steady feeling. There was kpretty active feeling on the Liver pool Stock Exchange to-day. The market for Railway Stocks and Shares opened with a good demand for Lancashirell.nd Yorkshire, and Midland Stocks, a'ricrcaarde - rable sales were effected therein, although in the afternoon prices rather gave - way. At theinoining meeting the sale's comprised the following :—Chester and Holyhead, 1 ; - Ea stern Counties; - 11 - 174 t i -; - En st - Lancashire, .218 21; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 951 ; London and North, Western,. 105; Manchester ? Sheffield, and Linedn, 151; Midland Stock; 'B4 terivick Capital Stook, gOi ;York Capital Stock,,g9l;„Squth , 8211 1, 4 ; Noith`Vnion I A, Mil - thiech 4. h, 11d; Great Western of Canada,;lsl ;pro: bp. The accounts ,from London Lelng frephiveinerit in the •market during the afternoon megti9g,,ancl numer-, ous sales were repoitel, iminely—Chestei and Holyhead, 282, 4; East Lancashire, 21; Great Western ; -6Wit-L l aneashire - a - rrd - Yorkshire - Stock, 951; g, ; Lancaster and Preston, 311 p ; Mondon and North Western, 1041; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 351, I; Midland Stock, ! SOL 11, .1 ; South Eastern, 211, W., 4 . , In local shares sales were made in Royal Insurance at 2 5.10 p. Liverpool United Gas Com- he miller' until 'spring. elteerit - when reeo kiln. Ott the .wholo4 , .it 'whtar, aui pans, 189. The closingpriges werccquoted as follows: —Aberdeen, 121 121. Blackburn, 9,1 91. Chester and Birkenhead, 15116. Caledonia,n, 28 P 1628 11;1 6. -Chester and Holyhead ! Eastern' Counties, 3.16 9 5-16. 1 East Lancashire, , 2l. 24. 1 " therm, 238„ 23a. Ditto, A shares, 10 101. Great Western, 65 651. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 95i 951. Liveriool, Crosby, and South - - port, 18 181. London and North. ,Weste rn Stock, 1041 1041. Manchester, Shefteld, and Lincoln, 35 35k. Midland Stock, 801 801. North British, .98 91. : North Staffordshire, 5,1 d. South Eastern and Dover, 21 11-16 211. York, Newcastle, and BerwiCk, 208 20a -- York and North Midland, 291 291. Leeds Capital 'Stock, 181 181. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 1 Dutch Rhenish, 11 • rip. Great Western of ; Canada, 24 25. Ditto,.New Shares; 21 2t -p. Great Luxembourg, 11 100. There is not any change in - th'e'sfat6 of the Money Market. The enquiry for clKs . caiint accom • modation continues rather active, a,nd the* rate of intere,st_is _unchanged. The- Consol Market was steady during the day, for money the opening rate- Was 93k, after which they went down to 928, but again rose to 94 ;!for transfer 936,; closing steadily at 927,- to 93. The closing prices of Consols for Money was 928 93. • Exchequer Bills were done. at par to 5s premium, and the New Three. per, Cents realised 921- I, from which they'receded, and left off at 911 to 911. • There was a good business..,done in the Lon don Railway Share Market, tve-note sales 'as fol lows:- Caledonian, 57. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 54 55. Eastern Counties,vl..Great Northern, 94 _Great Western, 651 Leeds N'orthern, 18, 14, London and North Western, 1051- 1041 Midland. Stock, 80k, 1, Li, 1. North British, 38. Dovers, 721, 1, a. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 81. The following were the closing rates :—Ambergate, Nottingham, and East Junction, 48 y. Caleclnifiiin; 561 71. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 5i 56. Eastern Counties, 9 3-16 ; - 546, East - Lancashire,' - 831 •84 Great Northern, 931 941. D0.,4, 831,841 _Great Western, 651 1. Lancashire and . Yorkshire, 95.1- . . a. Feeds Northerly 171 I. London and North Western, 1051. London and South Western, 1051 11361. Manchester;,Sheffield, and Lincoln, 341 351 Midland, 80 1. North, British, 371 a,. Dover. 711 721. York, Newcastle, and Berwick - 801 81. York arid North Midland, .58 1: . • Trade in the manufacturing districts is rather quiet. At Manchester Very:little business is going rOrWaru, una are almost nominal, at tlic. same time producers act with firmness, and main tain late rates: Very feW•transactioris have taken place in goods, and with the..exception : of printing cloths, which are firm and 'in fair request, they must be quoted flat without change in prices, but with a drooping tendency. From Huddersfield we learn that the market there remains unchanged; although there have been more bliyers ye"sterday very little business was done. Woollens are in betted. deinarid. Stifiziks oTio - W - gdifids areincretising. In the fancy vesting market we have experienced a better feeling. Manufacturers are generally busy. At Leeds the unfavourable state of the weather haS prevented any operations of moment, and the tone of business transacted in the Cloth Hall was quite languid. ~The stocks are again increasing. Trade in - the - midland - districts 'is steady,' and foreign orders to a considerable extent 'are coming forward. From .Birmingham._ we have the slibioined report :—The Iron trade, although quiet, continues to maintain its position, and those members of the - trade who upheld existing prices at the -last quarterly meeting exact 'them with con4iderable firmness. There is rio question that for some weeks past, but more espeoially since the bank increased its discount, an inclination has been manifested by many masters to reduce quotation's. generally, and that some uneasiness may have been occasioned by the great increase in the make and the depreciated price,s of pigs; but, from all.We hear from some of the best authorities in the trade the makers of first! qualities are not likely at Ate present time to give way, and have; • .in fact, on hand large contracts at the old prices, 'which- ire - likely to engage their wOrki . for 'some weeks. While s ,the excess of pig iron is generally a matter o r 00 •thplaint, it is worthy of remark that Lord Ward i,s preparing vastly to increase the mannfacture, and .no mineral proprietor in the district „posiesseg: More ample means for the purpose. .."-The new and extensive works erected by his lordship at the Round Oak, near Dudley, are; 'neirly - completed, and. • will be capable of producing* an immense number-of pigs; and thtis While some furnaces are'being Vut out of - blast in consequence of increasingly ex - cessiye stocks, others upon a vastly extended rsOale will be brought simultaneously into operation. The following monthly report - of the &tate of Freights--has--just- been--published :—"- 0-wing to the continued prevalence of easterly winds, we have a scarcity of shipping in the port, and freights, generally, are higher, The low rates ruling to the United States, noticed in our last, has been (s must have been anticipated) of short:duration, and must be quoted at. present fully 2s 6d per ton higher ; we do rot, however, look for any great advance; a's. With a change of 'wind we shalt have large arrivals, known on the way. `To Australia, the accounts received par- Champidn of f the Seas,, being of a much more cheering naturp hasinduced Shipments to come forward much more freely, and freights are, consequently, firm at our quotations Present price of salty:;- , Coarse,,6a; stoyed, 10s Od to 13s 61 ; factory filled,. 13s. 64 to. Hs- per ton Sacks, common, 9d to 911 ; 'fine, 'IS to is 61 each. • Coal, orrell, 12s 6d ; steam; lOs 6d to lls ; cannel, 18s 61 ; coke, 18s 6d 'per ton, f.o.b. We have had later adVices' fiord Quebec, Alen treal, and New York, by the screw steamer 'Anglo-Saxon. We have given full details of the commercial news hy. this , arrival.. Montreal, Exchange was without alteration, business gene rally was steady. The Timber Trade in Quebec is greatly checked by scarcity of tonnage, for which the high price of '4se' to, -46sfid -per load is being paid, a rate about equal .to•dis•per. quarter for Wheat, and 5s for Flour. The quantity -of Timber still to export n - otwithstandinr., an average ' shipment, and this hi , th rate of freights necessarily affects the price, -- aISO draws away vessels which would otherwise load wiAh,Vlourapd ; Wheat, and in thi s way w ill t en d to depreS4iliese staples, as soon as there is a surplus for shipment in the market. The accounts from New York do not vary from thosetlirought by. the steamer Niagara. Later advices -from. the , Cape. of Good .Hope arrived here to day. They, however, aro devoid Of any commercial -, importance. The govern= ment was taking every means to defend. the colony from the incursions of the Kaffirs. ' We give below a report of the grain trade for the month of October, from' the' 1:41 . 1 of MeSsrs. Taylor and Bright, of Hull. It is worthy Of attention and perusal. In briefly reviewing the trade of the past t , .4erve months, and giving our report of this year's . crop,j a we naturally weather, th 9 van kCT.- A. list, f9urtd MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. revert to what we wrote on the same topics unaer u..s. November 6th, 1855. We then questioned the accuracy d of some statistics of Mr. Caird, as to the recently gathere crop, and recorded our opinion , first , tha t he was wholly wrong in estimating it as an average one ; secondly, that a deficiency to the extent of one - eighth would practically bo - Wind nearer the mark ;- and- thirdly. - tha t SO-fa from„ Mr. Caird's estimate of one million of quarters of rain being the probable extent - of ou r re q uired impor g t, we Should require one very constderably in advance, even after every allowarice"*Vasqnade fOt the eXcelitnt Potato crop, economy in consumption, and thp _use, 0f,4 110h 1 substitutes as Rice, Indian Corn , &c. W e > do' Wit' ile*,; think we made sufficient allowance for . tlie-Potato' indeed, it turned out far beyond general expectation ill troth - yield - and -quality—but—Board of-Trade-Return' and the present range of prices, sh:ow that our view 01 the prop, and the , country's -- requirements, were nc. exaggerated. The year 1 855.6 has - been an eventful one. The consurnation. of peace, and cons e q uent opening of the RUssian Trade, combined with ter favourable reports of the young plant in the early part a 0 . the present.year, induced great caution on a ll sides, O speculation" was • 'in abeyance, every element appearing to indicate a probable lower range of prices ; the feeling being, that with a well secured crop al l over the world!. we should gradoally reach a very decided lowers ang .!_9 4 . 1 price. That an extra breadth Of land was under 'Viten" and that it promised a most favourrble result in the month of July;_ was admitted on all -hands, but atmosi' pheric influences -at flowering tithe, and sitbs , cin e l untoward weather, greatly . changed this cheering Pi A 'peet,'Whtle later on, the entire' district , •nctrth of tnv Humber and throughout Scotland , was cau g ht with II continued rains, injuring the ciiiality most seriously , a r n t , reatproportion,pf the crop wholly unfit admitting an extr hi a hof and to be Wider .dr - fn a l : i or ilogdLla4ndnteltillual'i improved cultivation, we are decidedly of opinion tha t the yield in respect of flour is below an averag e another large impori felfulfed, and tf - obtainetl;o'734 materially affect present prices. Our main resouree See il l America, as for some time supplies from Baltic ports v". 1 .1 be short, and there neither •quantity- or • quality -ar e 1 ,, excess - , while reports 'as to siipplytrom the Moditerra ne : are not particularly encouraging. From the United Stan. and Canada we may expect very good supplies , a nd ; 0 „ 8 , fine quality, but it is evident that any decline i n P r. "; checks this channel of supply. As regards old w English about exhausted, but of foreign there are fal% stocks in different ports, its quality not generally fine; for stroll therelS good retail demand, all net' w hei t needing some_admixture of old. Barley has felt the exne s ; of lind-under - wheat more thin anS. other grain, Und , is o f decidedly short crop; fortunately quality and supPtr fine malting samples from abroad , especially the Sa al district, - are satisfactory, -and - such - meets ready - Sale . & favourite article, to our needy matters. There will be great'deal'of stained-bailey of home growth for feedl purposes. Oats have suffered greatly, and ate generally 01,4 coloured, and in bell,ion old are exceedingly scate.. Beans promised w and do usual in the stack; old Enel t are very scarce, and foreign are in less supply than u sual ' this period. Potatoes are good in respect of yield, and the breadth of land planted was in exce s s ; but they are keep' a g very badly, arid, taking the country through, are as de f ® cient in useable qualiity as any year since 1846. Turnips 61 " universally good, which will lead to an. amount Of stOel feeding, that must increase the consumption of linSe e • cake, of which, from the quality of the linseed rrianuK: tured the present season, this port will be able to suPPY t an excellent quality; stocks are however small, and 13n d , few foreign, so that prices aielikelyitineWell rnaintainl _There was.a fair supply of English wheat to day (Nov. and the condition better than might have been expent,"„ all dry samples fetched the full rates of last Tuesn,%; inferior .and dapap being neglected. Foreign , wheat in 1 _ 6 , 4 retail demand.l.Barley-fully as dear. BeanS, if dry, gf e u s. to sell; soft A good demand tor linseed en' •4^ n add THE SOLENT. — Great complaints have recently bee:: m ade by commanders of ships of the scarcity of pilots , V era , Solent sea. Both ,the mail steamers, Eoxine an d L er the which have jest arrived home, were brought thro u g' the Solent and up Southampton water, without a pilot , In dead- of night. We understand that a number of respectable and infl uen t .; pal parties, residin4 on the other side of the lifersql about presenting a m - ;morial to the Liverpool authoriveo requesting that, steps may be taken to prevent ves6,'ch anchoring in the middle of the river, a circums tance has proved very dangerous, particularly in thick 00 -pap n-• Or t t SOUTHERN AND TOXTETIL HOSPITAL.—Week l y 1 7 1 Nov. 4th, 1856.—in Patients—Discharged ; Cur"' at relieved, 1 ; own request, 3; entered, 13 ; merit, 57. Out Patients—Cured, 48; entered , 39; treatment, 56. .Treasurer, James Houghton, ; r yo fl o Visitors, J. Farnworth, and S. Martin, Esqrs. nursar, Chaplain, Rev. D. T. Barry. B.A. Physicians at'd geons for the week, Dr. Cameron and Mr. Alin s‘7oo. House Surgeons, Mr. Edward C. Garland and Mr " Townsend.under tredo ie HIGHWAY. RoBBZHY IN OPEN DAY AT HALIFAX.-- , neighbourhood would appear to bo infootcd n ith g 4 , 7 6 10 1 g audacious ruffians. The winter has hardly set in) "'led. the number of outrages already perpetrated is unparalleo, Poring the forenoon of Monday last, Mr. tames Ser s ta s s potato dealer, of. this _town, was waylaid and robbed w ee p walking in the neighbonthond of Page hill, near Whea the The robbers . (three in number) threw Mr. Kersha w r "TO ground, throttled biro till the blood gushed from b ' s ;etb and nose, and after that proceeded to rifle his re:itli Much to their chagrin, however, Mr. Kershaw car ried t he him nothing more val ua bl e th an a b un dh o f keys and 6 u , latter_of_whichathey miesed TERPRISE UNDER THE • --- 01 illfoTlDa7l.l ,19 of j t,int stock companies, shows that upW a ora ted WO in number have been registered and inco r P under the new act of last session, and up to the 15 , 5 ,00 of October. The time fixed under the act of parte r the for the re.registration of companies registered unlosf, repealed act was fixed forAst Noiember, but.otil d ,,faciat! Mr. Witmarsh, the Registrar. General, received au ",„er to intimation from the Board of Trade, giving P c '; been extend the time, and the result.of the -rtifaxation ha t oll' to bring in other companies for registration, and 1,1-ersl'S sequence during the last f e w d a ys the Registrar-ure dffice 1^ as rese een - very busily nia . :ged. , Tire WIN T ER RAINS IN &J e ura AnSTRALIA.--"L"" D „ winter is the wettest that has b een 'known si':,/geso foundation of the colony, the rain being slightly in A : o bl of that of 1853, which is, well known as having COn,, s r a - ctio lli t exceeded that of any former year. Within a Pna l " -- rese n ' the fall of rain during the first six montba of thO.P,,in of year has `measured I.sinches; the first six months' on 1853 measuring 15-1 inches; and the third big,uriog record, namely, : the first six months of 1847, n ' w a s Po t ; fourteen inches. The rainfall of the.lait .month inohe however, so great as that of June, 1847,..when 7 !t ~ iob le fell, 'a quantity altogether unprecedented . in al:P . „ e 10" month. The fall of rain during the Month of Ju measured 6.283 inches.—Entigration Record. a PERILOUS BALLOON. DESOENT.-1118 . x a , te 'ci - gives an account of an ascent in "an air balloon, 0% the few days ago by M. Auboin Brunet, the mronaut, %doe. Arena of, Verona. The balloon rose with treel` to the velocity to an altitude of 7,200 feet, when, mv-g v slfe extreme rarefaction of the air and the bad state "le ofo the the 'which it seems could not be opened to let out the g 4; balloon burst in, three distinct places. Fort shreds adhered to the outer net, so as to form dint OlLparachute, parachute, and the aeronaut found himself desc ee r r y appalling velocity, but yet with sufficient reg, tl D .3 t ie j 7, enable him to climb up the net and to arrange tnfe silk, so as to render the descent less, precipitous. t he '- being still at a height Of 400 ; feet, got again out e, , oi d the but this time ti cling to its bottom, in order to a v by th e concussion and break-the violenee-cf the lan ding t P l A t3 4 elastici9/ of his legs. He succeeded, and landed ateotar-0 Lucia, a Viva near Verona. For some minutes el s ed.. o l) he was completely' AO ; but this spun wore °l' s fe returned to Verona that sam - e s eve - ning, °P3l' slight bruises. P T° - a A ROMAN 'CATHAIC'PROPAGANDISM IN INTOWCC I ‘;;Be - 0 , 11 BOOM Catholic missionaries in Finmark have elq 3 " f e .A, 11 4, intention to take' up 'Weir permabent abOde. their resat instead of merely making it a halting place on th -rdio[4 , tt , t3 'to Labrador, as was at first' intended. A large ho l o i s trs a I?,bin f eteo t n h a e :t u t tlrii employed, a l:as onetime the residence of the A.mini s ina, or chief 11° 0 7 i ver te d Not b e c e o n n P t e u n r through the pulpit, and other means which are se a l op er t -romsoe, dated St. Oscar's' College at Alten, 0n",; 40 0, 13 °,4 1 h as withed b t y h e t them :nacde one of the missionaries, Pater Bernhard, from 11 7 ti whi; i d an 'advertisement in - the 10 03 ' ,P ig ned " I ' f announces that they have opened a school , d o g, instruction will be' given modern langeages, as well as in 'all-other branch. °lt is it , ing required 'for the practical purposes of lifeentioti curious coincidence, and may serve to avraken etLi;siol.9§ in classic, mathem e o f leaf Norway, that the ruling spirit of this Catholic I ' o , o t, `. l OO FiPmark, is a , Russian, who, by his evgn e : ce p,onve rsi in incurred the displeasure of his government .by his "...is bas to the Romish Church, and whose property at h' ). `" consequence been confiscated. THE CA S E ❑ fib• • (: PIRACY AND MURDER IN TO- ~eotl 4 - E B L ACK • eli :--On‘ Tuesday of ' three foreign seamen; named req' a intte u . I..c a glish bail: Globe, inhe Black Sea; Gine° - Petti.PPe Lagavat Gio'yan%i Barbalalo, and ..d the mi lab, charged with . piracy and murder on ho", Jell o n the sth I s i tra tes . 6 'l Were finally brouht hefoi - e the borough Mega heel at Portsmouth for examination. . The prisoners Da,,,r the e o Tanded 'since thir 'last noticee, to allow tittle ,! o v i ) to S icitlf. to the Crown at Portsmouth (Mr. Swalll'eg igillo produce tba master of the Globe arid, other Wi°, e l E a s ti j, t be were at sea: ' The'depositinns` Of Mi. SolAi Sc' so bre o of the Their master of the burq•re,'and David Thomas, one stabbed by the prisoners; were taken yesterdei•nbliehedi evidence did not materially differ from that a 1 so P ow i t te A marine artilleryman, nalned.Burridße• was the e_isore• to complete the evidencnit§ta the cripture of the Pirsregotio The Mayor then (through the interpreter, u w hethe r Bacigalupo) asked.the prisluers in th e.usual tern lie d ia they had anything to say, and, having severally re f it trio' the negative, they were fully committed to take tduarder, T at the ensuing assizes at Winchester for piroY " ae b, 000li gi°13 he examination,of the witnesses lasted on e-- puny hours. - • - . . . Lord Palmersten has arrived.at Manchester, and to -day he is to deliver an addresTat the Athenaeum _ It is expected that the fioble premier will make some allusion to the political topics of the day. We learn from a Manchester cotempo rary, that on the arrival of the train at Manchester there were from :300 to 400 persons on the platform When his Lordship and Lady Palmerston got seated in Sir Benjamin Heywood's carriage, a slight attempt was made to get up a cheer, but it was not responded to save by one or two indivi duals. The fountains near the Royal Infirmary played during Tuesday afternoon, and from two to three thousand -fersons assembled on the espla " I 'f" .usual in I iceadilly and Market_street, who orsre evidently desirous of catching a passing :gat city premier. - The usual weekly meeting of the West Derby Board of Guardians was held yesterday. Among tie proceedings was a letter from the Secretary of the Poor Law 'Commissioniers, Lord Courtney, which, among other matters, stated that in accord ance with the wish of the Guardians the Poor Law Board will issue en order to authorise the igliriveo of fltiatdiahg to divide themselves into committees foi, the purpose of hearing and determining appli be,tions for relief. A charge has been preferred itgaiest Mr. Stevens, one of the medical officers of the Union, for being guilty of neglect in the treatment of a poor woman named Kelly. The charge is to be investigated before the Board at its next meeting. There is a daily increasing anxiety for the ts'Ablisliment of a responsible board of agricul tural statistics. There is no doubt but much and real good would be effected by such a board. It ivould enable all parties to know, with something approaching accuracy, the actual results of our * harvest, and the probable quantity of grain end grain produce which we would require 'to import, so as to meet the wants of our home consumption. Among others who hive lately touched upon this subject, is Mr. Henry Drum mond, M.P. The hon. gentleman says that it was all very well for scientific gentlemen, who wrote and prepared other volumnious matter, about having agricultural returns, or whatever they liked to style it, but they must be informed that they could not get tha information they sought until the farmer had sold his crops. Notwith standing what Mr. Drummond may say, we hope the Government will not omit to devise some means whereby a proper return of the quantity of land under cultivation, and the probable yield of its grain and other crops, will be given annually. Yesterday was the anniversary of two important events in the history of England—the gunpowder plot, and the battle of Inkermann. It was this year anticipated with but little anxiety. By some, it was thought that the historical characteristics would no longer beillustrated by street exhibitions, but from an early hour the boys of Liverpool commenced the firing of cannon or letting off In the evening the Rev. Dr. Taylor delivered a sermon in St. John's Church, in which he spoke at great length upon the mischievous character of the Gunpowder Plot, and argued that the policy of the Church of Rome was truly evidenced in the murderous designs of that nefarious conspiracy, which the timely inter ference of a kind - Providence set at nought, by a discovery of the conspirators. What makes the day doubly interesting is the fact of its being the anniversary of the battle of Inkermann. To those nho remember the French "coming over the hill" at the moment of extremity, it is signifi cant of the function which French and English ought to fulfil in time to come—occupying, the same field, and marching to one another's aid whenever barbarism transgresses its boundaries, and presses too heavily upon the brave. Every event of this day, and of each notable day, is a foreshadowing of some future analogous disclo sure ; and so it will be with this fifth of November, if its remarkable events become as numerous as the hours of the day ; for " the thing that hath been, it is that which shall be ; and that which is done is that which shall be done ; and there is no new thing under the sun. We publish to day the reports of the meet ings of the Birkenhead Commissioners and the Waterloo Board of Health, which a pressure of news compelled us to om i t in yesterday's issue. At the former, there was a u important discussion, in which Mr. Laird took part, speaking in no very complimentary terms of the Liverpool Dock Committee. Our continental news i s rather interesting. The Paris Constitutionnel publishes along and somewhat insolent article—stating that the continued occue pation of the Principalities, and the presence of the English fleet in the Black Sea, are " infractions of the Treaty of Paris." It boasts that the French press has, "unanimously" condemned the preten sions which the Governments of England and Austria, in an interested connivance, have arrogated to themselves." This boasted unanimity is a there are amongst others two honourable exceptions, - the Moniteur and the Siecle, neither of which has, at any time, contained a syllable favour able to the pretensions of Russia ; while both hold grpnbS mistatie to thE arrangeme From Madrid we learn that a meeting of Spanish political notabilities had been held in the house of General Prim for the purpose of I.c-organising the Progressist party ; the result was not known. The report that Marshal Espartero was about to publish a manifesto has been revived, but the ministerial Hoja Autografa expresses doubts of its truth. The government had prohibited the publication of an advertisement of a pamphlet on the acts of the General as Minister. The Dirsrio remarks that in a report published in the Gazete of the 30th the Ministers use the phrase, "The Queen our Sove reign, whom God preserve," which was dropped in official documents after the last revolution ; and it congratulates the Narvaez Cabinet on what it calls " its act of reparation in reviving it." The Epoca says that it has reason to believe that the Cabinet means tore-establishthe decrees of 1845 on the press, ich enact, among other things, that the respon per must pay 1,000 reels taxes, sit caution money of 600,000 reals (30,0001). )Ie editor o Gen_ rvaez said to be indisposed. The amnesty has been extended to offcnees of the Pr, S 3. The report that General Concha had been removed from the post of Commandant General at Cuba, is said to be unfounded. THE old scenes of diplomatic intrigue have been re-commenced at Constantinople. Formerly the French and Russians, and English and Austrian Envoys kept up the farce of ascendancy. But the Allies, France and England, have now become the most active rivals. This reads very strangely, yet it is, nevertheless, true; and it appears all the more surprising that, just at the moment the Ott , - man Government had given the Austrians notice to quit the Principalities, that a change in the Turkish Ministry should take place, that RED sctun PACITA should be selected to take An THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. towards England a tone as friendly as at any time during the war. The Constitutionnel goes on to say that, the Russian claims to Bolgrad are just; and calls for the renewal of the Congress to settle the disputed question. It is stated from Constantinople, that the English squadron in the Black Sea has been reinforced. The Commission relcitive to the navi- gation of the Danube is al) t assemble at Vienna, and at which the Porte will be represented. A late letter from Constantinople asserts that the Porte asked Lord Stratford to withdraw the English fleet; that Lord Stratford refused, unless Austria withdrew her troops from the .Principal ities ; that Austria, appealed to in turn, refused the withdrawal; and that Lord Stratford then vented his anger, not on Austria, but on the Turkish Ministers who had not courage to compel Austria to fulfil her engag ements ! style. He has a perfect monopoly of the Turkish capital, and all he asks is a victory over friendly PoWers. .How long will this sort of thing last The_ PALMERSTON organs will probably. answer this vital question at their earliest convenience. The telegraph will put them in possession of the truth in a few hours, and the public will receive with gratitude any reliable statement they may be able tomake. For our part we do not pretend to see our way through this gloomy November, or the fog which so completely obscures the workings of diplomacy.