Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-15 00:00:00

FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE TREATY, , 444\ The well-known Chepstow-built Brig : %/A - ELINOR :CIIAPMAN, et6eo,, coppel cd and copper-fastened ; 293 tons N.N.31.- NA... merrkar.a.For farther particulars apply to CHARLES CALLIS, 2, New Wapping ; or on board, to .CAPTAIN FRANCES, Coburg Dock. 6d17 FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE TREATY, • _ _• : The Fine British-built Barque • . • 1 . CONRAD, A 1. -, 1./ ~ coppred. and copper-fastened, 32S tons I N.N.M. %.,..- .. - Now lying in . the West India - Export ' Dock, London. For further particulars apply to Suart and Simp son, 9, Clement's-lane, Lombard-strect, London; or to. - CHARLES, C.ALLIS, 2, New Wapping, Livcrpool. .. FOR, SALE, The Brig lA.NTHE. "r• 7 V TA"' ,4 b v 3 feet 340ths ; breadth, 23 feet 4 . .:10ths ; AO's , depth, 1,2 feet ; 173 84-100tonp, N w.m., 246 tons 0.7.1. ; classed 3-3 and zinced. Built at Pugwash in 1838, having eiade one voyage to the West ladies ; will carry 350 tons coals on .12 feet draft. Has et. large hatchway, and well found in stores, and wants only provisions . to go to sea. Lying in King's Dock. For particulars apply to GEORGE P. OXLEY ez,CO., 10, Damford-placc. 4 Gmmerthai ,Saitc PHIS DAY. This Day (Thursday,) th 115th In' stant, at Twelve b'cleck, at the Brokers' Clftiee, , Orange-court, Castle-street, • 1532 Bags DIVIDIVI, now landing ex Eleanor Thompson, from Curacoa. Apply to Ilessrs...llll:l3gan,..Evans, and C 0..; or to JAMES GORDCN &CO Broke rs. 71 is I ; ay ('Thir.sday,) the 15th instant, ,at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Royal tank-builffings, 400 BagS Bengal RICE, all faults, eic Tlpro Saib, from Aticutta. For particulars apply to THORNEWILL & BROOM, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. Tb.is Day fThu2sdav), the I.sth instant, a One o'clock, at the Brokers' - Office, 17, Exchange-buildings, 17 Bales Mobile COTTON, damaged by sea - waver, exMary, from Mobile. For particulars apply !to DUCYWORTII & RATILBONE, Brokers. • -- - This Day (Thursday,) ilie lsth instant, at Twelve o'cil•nk, at the Brokers' Mee, 7, Exehange-chambers, : 1 ,114 Bags Thin Gblong LINSEED CAKE, now landing els Manhattan, front New York, in Waterleo Dock. Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. On account of whom it may concern. This Day (Thursday,) the 15th instant, at One.o'clool:,,c , :t the Brokers' Office, 1, Oldball-street, Flitis. Surinam. 111k1s. Demerara suoAr..., all fatzhi, 123 Bags Grainy Demerara 3 ex Tante Meyer, from Demerara. ~.,""26 Bags Grainy Demerara fiIIGAB, at/ facits, ex John Fergus,:on, from Demerara. Apply t' N. WATERHOUSE & SUNS, .Broke. a. TO-MORROW. - - To-,Loriow (Friday,) the 16th instant, at Twelve o'clock, a. th_e , Exokers' Office, 5, Exchange-buildings, 225 .Eags RAPESEED, 1,020 'Bags ,DITTO, all fault!, Saib, from Calcutta ; lying in .Ibert Duck Ware houses, Nos. 2 and S. • SALISBURY, TURNER, & GREY, Brokers. To-rear - row (Friday,) the loth ;Instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Ofliae, 2 ' Dale-street, 7,364 BUFFALO lIORNS, , • ex Melte:wee, in Albert Dock. Apply to - BROWN E, IIUNTEK, and CO., Brokers. To-baonow {Friday,) the lGth instant, at Twelve,orclock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, • 220 Bale - 13.0x4bay W MP, • - About 63 cwt. Loose Ditto. LIZOWNE, HUNTER, & CO:, Brokers. Apply to To-mar:cow (Friday,) 16th instant, at Twelve o'clock Ncon, on ' the - QUay, west side Brunswick Doels, Liverpool, .. 471 Legs White—PlNE TIMBER, containing 3.5,168 feet 20 „ White PINE, of tine cuali:y; ~ 1,144. „ 60 „ BEAMFIELIN3, 4, 2,457 „ 21 „ OAK TIMBER, ,f _ 2,087 „ 9 „ Small OAK TIMBER, ~ 145 '„ 31 i , Red PINE TIMBER, ,, - 1,785 ~ 17 , TAMARAC, S 8 619 „ 1000 Pieces Bright SPRUCE DEALS, 12 x 0 x 1, 65 „ Bright PINE DEALS, 11 x9x 7, grid broad, 2400 , . Standard STAVES, 2,, 0 ,0„ 0, 18 CordsREMLOCK.4-feet EATH , WO.OD, being the cargo now, landing ex Minescta from Quebec,On.fteeount of the importers. . . Apply to A. F. & D. East Side Queen's Dock, Fe.ot of Parliament-street, Liverpool. ~.. To-morrow (Friday,j the 16th instant, (in addition to the woods Already advertited,).on the Quay, east side Brunswick Dock „ - 79 Logs OAK TlMBETl,4cantairiing 5,190 feet, 10 C9rcls Merchantable HEMLOCK 4-feet LATHWOOD, now landing tA H4,nnah Mcore, from Quebec. On a2cunt of the ipportcr. Apply to - A. F. & D. MACKAY, 'Brokers ant? Measurers, • East Side (loam's Dock, Yoot..ef Parliament-street, Liverrocl. NEXT WEEK. On Tue.,Alay next, the 20th ir,tant, at One o'cloa, at the Ralter'e. Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 31 Cases / Para INDIARIIBBER 96 Bags , Per Isabella S;ott : lying in JohnsOn's, Brook-street. Aprly to Messes. Dralre, Klein:wort, and Cohen, I , fPrehantg ; or to , J. 11. RAYNOR & CO., brokers. 2ifte. NOTTINGHAM. ALE, This celebrated ALE :s brewed expressly fir F-7;'ics, and may be had in casks of 0, 18, and 36 gallons. Apply to JOHN SHELTON, Solo Agent. Stores : CB, Hanover-street, corner of Wood-street.. 78119 ON SALE, SAL AMMONIAC, SALTS OF TARTAR, • CARBONATE AMMONIA, GLAUBER SALTS, Ready pb.c.kcd for Espol-t. GEORGE WILLIAMS, 32, Dale-streot. Apply.to otfi!itis lynx ..art. fessct bAtrtiolt. Unless previously Sold by Private Bargai:t.. On Tuceda, the 10th 'January next, at the Office of the Clyde end Mediterranean .Facket Company (Limited,) Madeira- Glasgow, The Scrov-steamer Sr. ELMO , 4 4.-,1/4 181 tons nett, 266 tons gross register. : ;14616, Further particulars, and orders for inspection, riI,IIIVt-S.j l W, may be . had on application, at the Comjsany's to TITO3I.S 31F,IKLE. . . By Order of the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board. • `On account of whoM it may concern, and . With Out reserve. , Tich , Pay (Thursday), the 15th instant; at One o'clock, 'at 'the t'rokers' saleroom, Wapner-buildings, Water-strceti • The Schooner - „ F 1 Dt L 1 T ,Y , 4 'l l / 4 CO tons, as she now EN tin her damaged state in El Canning Half-tide Dock ; together with a quantity of STORES ; and, , immediately after, 82 , tons Rushy Park best House COAL. This vessel. was repaired at • Trun eight months since.. Dimensions : Length, 56 feet ; breadth, 15 feet; depth; 8 feet 8 inches. Apply to ' CURRY, KELLOCK, and CO., Brokers. CURRY, .KELLOCK, ,and CO., BROKERS .FOR THE SALE AND FURCFIASE OF SHIPS AND STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS Ca l AND APPOINTED BROKERS To' Tux HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY Waliner-buildings, Water-street. ROBERT A. MU. N and CO., ADMIRALTY BROKERS, BROKERS Don THE SALE OF SHIPS AND STEAMERS,. SHIP VALUERS, &e., 3, York-buildings, Dale-street. , .- - COMMERCIAL CIRCULARS , CATALOGUES , & c. G R l (s F ricerssors i tO C CITARtES NVIIILLIS%G II I E ito GENERAT , PRINTERS, Are in a position to execute, on the shortest notice, ~, ad kith correctness, COMMERCIAL CIRCULARS, CATALOGUE S, ice. PRINTING OFFICES, 15, SOUTH JOHN-STREET. - - MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Evening. The Cotton Market to-day was not brisk. The sales exported -amounted .to 7,000 balei,. of which 1,000 were for export or taken on speculation. There.was no change in.prices. In the. Liverpool Share Market there was con siderable buoyancy, and scarcity of stock upon the settlement has exercised a beneficial influence upon prices. Dowers were particularly strong, as were alSo Great Westerns and Grand Trunks. Cmtangees were moderate at the opening, and at the close of the market they, in 'many cases, went even. The business transacted included Birkenheads at 713-1 ; Great Western 69; Lan cashire and Yorkshire 90Z ; Lanedster ;and Carlisle con. Stock, 202 ; Diadon and North- Western, 981 ; Manchester, Sheffield and Lin coln, .371; Midland, 108 a ; South Eastern, 241 . , 15-16 5 . ; .Copiapo and Caldera, 165 ; Grand Trunk of - Canada, 7 per eenlB72, cum int., 74 ; Liverpool .U.nitecl Gas, 205. CLOSING PRICES. Chester •&31.e.ad 78: 781 N. Bor. c. Stock 95 . , 95: Caledonian ~. .. 93 931 York capital Stock 78: 79 E. Counties 11-2- lit Leeds 'Stock. 48 49. G. N. Stock ....106#,-1074 S. East. :....2415-16 25 Groat Western.. 69,1 69: 1 , Dutch Rhenish ..sxd 41-d Lan. and York .. 991100 Gt. Luxera: .... 74- 71 7 Ln.l& Nor. Wart. .98t 9Sa G.T. Cana. ...: 10 4 4 , i r shares„ . 7 1 , 7-16 d 132. 131 S. and LincOln 37 7 1 371 , 'new' shares 6 1 6 1 d r 4 lLidlandStock ..108a Bu f falo &L. Huron 41 5 'N. British Stock 61* 611 Great 10 611 6 ,Stafford LONDON: STOC: EXCHANGE. Wednesday Evening. lish Securities was &ail The market ,for Eng. to-day. The statement that a considerable loan may shortly be required for coast and dockyard defences, caused a relapse in Consols, which, although not important in itself, conferred a depressed and rather uneasy feeling upon the market. -Consols opened heavily, and .are now quoted 9:3! to A ; ex thy,. for January; Reduced Three per Cents. have been dealt in at 954 and ; New Three per Cents. at same ; India Debentures, 97i 7, and -1 .; and f4phesper Bills, 315., 325., 285., and 295. pin. c Stock of the New Indian Loan is now marked 1031 to 104 ex div.; Ocean Marine insurance Shares are quoted 1-1- to I pin., rather sellers at that price. In the English Railway Market business was quiet, but generally of a firm character. Great Western, North British, with South- Easterf), may be considered per cent. better. The Market for Foreign Securities was mode rate, business being on a limited scale, but prices were fairly supported. Mexicans have realised 22-7 0 : 1, and 22-1 ; Original Turkish are steady at. 771; and the New Sixes are quoted 66 to French Rentes at seven minutes past twelve were quoted 70 .55, with a flat market. The Ripon has arrived from Alexame.ria, with the remaining portion of the Bombay and Australian mails. THE FENDS.-CLOSING rRICtS. Consols, Money, shut. Tank Stock.... 229 8 „ Account . . 95! 7 1 Three per Cents fgit Exchequer Bills 27 30Y_ RAILWAY STIAILES. Amb. Not. &E. J.. Gi Caledonians . . . 92§ Lamas. & York. 991 L. & N. West—. Dutch Rhenish . . -- Eastern Counties. 571 8 East Lancashire. L. and S. West.. 971 8 Leads Northern.. 4S Man. Sheff. &Lin_37l Edinburgh &Glas 80 81 Great Northern . .106 7 L If If A. 95 96 Gt. Westerns.... 614 fi G. W.Cana. 134 fi Gd. Tk. Canada ..42;, Gt, S. and West. 112 113 Bland Stock ...108 North British ... el A 2 - N. Staffordshire.. - S. E. & Dover 821 3i York, N. &B. .. 94 5 York &N. Mid... 78 1 1 0 The weekly traffic re North Western Railwa income of £74,o36:being turn of the London and Ly Company shows an an increase of £7,389. The following appeared in 'a . part of our impression of yesterday : THE MONEY MARKET. Gold is 2-lOths per cent. dearer in Paris. and Ham burg than in London. The ftinds showed a tendency to recovery during the greater, part of the day, but in the afternoon there was a relapse. In the share markets there was a pause, in anticipation of a settlement, but great thinness is still manifested. There was a fair demand for money to-day at..2t . per cent. for choice bills. There were no operations in bullion at'.the Bank to-day.—Dai3y :Yews. The English funds have been without animation to day, although the general feeling Of- confidence appears Endiminished. • The probability of a financial operation on behalf of Russia continues to exercise influence. The demand for discount was larger than yesterday. In foreign exchanges this afternoon there was a slight recovery in Austrian rates, The railway market has again been firm, and in several of the leading British stocks a further advance has taken Oace:—Times. LIVERPOOL COTTON AIARZET.—DEc. 14. The market exhibits very little animation to-day, and holders occasionally submit to a reduction. The sales .are.estimated . at 7,000 bales, of which 500 American arid 500 Surat are for export: ST. JOHN'S M) ,RIVET.—DEc. 14. s. d. s. d. Beef lb 0 6e o 8 Mutton Veal ,P 6„ 0 8 Lamb, fore qr „ 0 0 „ 0 0 ~ hind qr „ 0 0 „ 0 0 - Fresh Pork „ 0 51 „ 0 7 Lobsters „ 1 3 „ 0 0 salmon Cod Fish Sales Brct Turbot Haddocks „ 0 3 ~ 0 6 Fresb Butter „ 1 2 „ 1 6 Salt ditto -. „ 0 10 „ 1 2 Grapes ' for 2 0 „ 0 0 Do. Eng „ 0 0 „ 0 0 Cherries „ 0 0 „ 0 0 Damsons „ 0 0 „ 0 0 Eggs V 124 10 0 „10 4 Peas, V peck 0 0„ 0 0 Pdtatces, peck 0 8 „ 1 4 Asparagus, 100 0 0 „ 0 0 s. d. s. Fowls, q? couple 3 0 riD 3. 6 Ducks Rabbits, IP c'ple 1 6„ 2 0 Pigeons, „ 1 0„ 1 4 Grouse, 1,1 brace 4 0 „ 0 0 Partridges perbr 2 0 „ 2 6 Black Game „ 4 6„ 5 0 neasants,Vbrce 5 0 „ 6 0 Snipes 1 4 „ 1 6 Currants, r. &w 0 0 „ 0 0 GoosebeiTies,p.qto 0 „ 0 0 Strawberries,teqt 0 0 „ 0 0 Larks doz 1 0 „ 1 2 Geese each 4 0 „ 6 0 Turkeys ,, 4 0„ 6 0 Hares Cucumbers, each 0 0 „ 0 0 Apricots, per doz.o 0 „ 0 0 Peaches, each 0 0„ 0 0 Nectarines d 0.... 0 0 „ 0 0 Pines, for., each 0 0 „ 0 0 Do. Eng ,, 6 0 „ 8 0 Filberts, per lb. 1 6 „ 0 0 'URAL 'MARKET, DEC. 14 1 8. a. 8. (1. Potatos, kemps 3 6 to 3 10 Do. Seedlings. 2 4 ... 2 8 Do. whiterocks 2 6 ... 2 8 IDo. Balshaw . 0 0 ... 0 0 Do. lieldrums. 0 0 ... 0 0 Do. cattle Turnips 21 0 ...22 0 Carrots 3l 0 ... 0 0 Mangelwurzel 20 0 ...21 0 1 Manure 5 0 ... 6 6 LIVERPOOL AGRICULT" s. d. r. a. hay, old Ditto, new 0 9. ... 0 11 Ditto, clover 0 9 ... 0 11 Green. Clover Vetches 0 0 0 0 Straw, wheat Ditto, oat Ditto, barley 0 4 0 41 Oats, in straw 0 0 ... 0 0 Potatos; dukes 3 6 ... 3 B LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—Dr.c. 14. SUGAR.—We continue to have a good demand for refining qualities; 100 hhds. Demerara are reported at 38s. to 38s. 6d., 50 hhds. Jamaica at 405., and 4,500 bags Date at 335. 3d. to 41s. 9d. per cwt. We have no transactions to notice in Molasses or Rum. Corm,-1,300 bags Rio, to arrive, have been sold, but the price has not transpired. Rier.—The sales are confined to 500 bags Moulmein at 10s. LINSEED.--3,07:0 JUTE.-We h ave o report 250 bales at £l5 per ton. RAPESEED.-600 bags s Bombay c at 51s. 6d. St. Domingo at 545. per quarter. £6 z)m ls in s go Logwood at £5 ; DY-700-700 tons 10 tons Laguna Logwood at ; 40 tons Manilla Sapan Wood at £7 17s. 6(1. ; 40 tons Red Sanders Wood at £5 7s. 6(1., for sound ; 5 tons Rokelle Camwood at £3O per ton. DRYSALIVAIES, &c.-54 casks red Oporto Arnols z . 40 olsat 455. Small sales of Flag Annato at Bd. per bafs Baltimore Bark at 7s. 6d. No sales in Brimstone. Nitrate of Soda, 14s. 9d. per cwt. ; 100 bags Calcutta Saltpetre, 21 per cent,. at 405.; 950 bags Bombay Saltpetre, 611 to 35 per cent., at 9s. 6d. to 16s. ; Ashes : 275., 3(1. to 2 75. 6 d. fo r P ots ; 275. 6d., to 275. 9d. for Pearls. OILS, tic.-Palm, £44 to £44 105. Tallow steady. Olive Oil firm, but qpiet; Gingelly Qil, 335. to 335. 6(1. 60 bus Spirits of Turpentine, 335. 9(1. to 345. . Pia IRON.--Business done at 5 75. 6(1. to 575. 95. and 58s. cash. Closing sellers at 585., one month open, and 58s. ed., three months open ; and buyers at 575. 95. cash, and 68s. two months open. NORTHERN LONDON PRODUCE MARXET.—DEc. H. SUGAIL—The market is firm at yesterday's advance of Gd. to Is., and a fair demand. Refined lumps, 51s. to 535. CoEigE has advanced ls. since Friday; Plantation !Ceylon sold 61s. to 695.; Native Ceylon, good'to fine ordinary, 575. to 59g 6d.; Costa Rica, fine ordinary raised to oloury, '63s. to 675. TEA.—The demand has again improved th.day, and the trade are buying with confidence at fully yesterday's prices. RrcE has been bought freely, and prices area. shade 'higher than last week. • Ream remains steady. SALTPETRE has sold at a further advance. Refrac tion 4 sold at 40s. Gd. SPELTER sold at £2l 17s. Gd., spring delivery. There is a decided improvement on the general tone -of the markets to-day LONDON TALLOW MARKET.-DEC. 14 The market is firm to-day, and in one or two instances prices are 3d. per cwt. better, being quoted as follows : Town Tallow, 555. 6d. net cash ; Petersburgh Y. C., on the spot, 565. al. to 565. 9d. ; all the month, 565. 6d. ; January to March, 565., "buyers ;" March alone, 565. 6d. LONDON MINING MARKET.-DEC. 14. In the Mining Market to-day East Basset Shares arc dull, and have been dealt in at 121. We also hear of - transactions in Shares in East Caradou, at Gl ; North Laxey, at 4 ; Catherine and Jane Consols, at and North Downs, at 41. Shares in Great Crinnis, Rings ten Downs, North Robert, Connorrec, Herodsfoot, Gram bler and St. Aubyn, and East Wheal Russell have like wise met with business. Foreign and Colonial Mining Shares exhibit no alteration of importance. St John del Rey have been dealt in at 183 and 181 : North Rhine Copper (South Australia) at par; United Mexican, at 1Z- .; and English and Australian Copper, at 1/. Great Northern Copper (South Australia) are quoted kto a prem. Vice-Chancellor Wood, who is charged with the winding-up of Cwmdyle Rock and Green Lake Copper Mining Company, proposes on the 17th inst. to make a call of 6d. per share upon the contributories. The Master of the Rolls has made a call of Bs. 6d. per share on the contributories of the Wheal Helen and Trevena Mining Companies, payable by the 21st inst. LONDON CORN MARKET.—DEc. 14 Weather cold and fine. Arrivals of all grain very small. Wheat in fair demand at fall rates. Barley fully as dear. Oats no cheaper. Flour unaltered. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—DEc. 14. All new hops continue in good demand, and prices have an improved tendency, In other kinds very little is doing. MANOTT,F,STER SHARP INIA.IIIKT.-- . —Dne. 14. Great Western, 683 9, next ; Leeds, 99 this., 991 '4; next ; Dovers, 241 43-16 - . 4- 15,16, 5 4 15-16, next ; Lon- - den. and South-western, 97 7 1 next ; Trunks, 101 this., 10:a 11-16, next. SALFORD CATTLE MARKET.-DEC. 14. Beasts, 2,001; Sheep, 591; Calves, 120. Best Beef, 61d. to 7d., middlinz, 61 to 61d. ; Cows, 41d. to 5Ad. ; Sheep, best wethers, 7d. to 71d , middling, 6-Id. to /d. ; Ewes, iSYI. to od.; and Calves, Old. to 7d. nacre was a good demand for best qualities----inferi6r qualities - sold slowly. CORK CORN MARKET.—Dr.c. 14. White Wheat, 265. to 28s. ; Red, 255. (d. to 275. ; Barley, 17s. to 20s. 9d.; Oats, 128. to 14s. 4d. GLASGOW CORN MARKET.-DEC. 14. Trade inactive throughout the whole week, but prices kept firm.. • To-day the market -was very quiet, the business done in all articles being quite of a retail character at the prices current this day week. GLASGOW IRON MARKET.-DEC. 14. The .Market to-day was very excited, and a large business done. No. 1, 565. 6d. to 575. ; Warrants, 675. 9d. to - 585..; Makes' Iron, I.5Gs. 3d. to 565. 9d. ; Ig-o. 3,5 Ga. to 'SPg. Cd. The Hudson's Bay Seal Skin Cloaks and Jackets, .One Guinea each, at the New Shawl and Mantle Ware house, 40, Bold-street.—Shellard and Hodgson, Pro:. prietors. TO CORRESPONDpIT S. Short letters are encouraged on matters of public interest. They should be legibly written on one side of the paper only. Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, which arc'required, not necessarily for publication, but as guaran tees of good faith. kinrtima Tk.)intes THURSDAY, _DECEMBER 15, 1859. THE DAY'S NEWS. A very significant fracas has just taken place at a Council of the Sultan's Ministers, about the prosecution of the Suez Canal. It appears that M. Thouvenel , had remitted 'a note to the Porte denfanding a firman favourable to the project of M. De Lesseps—a demand which was simul taneously supported by the ambassadors of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Sardinia. At a Council of Ministers, held to consider the matter, Fuad Pacha confessed that he had formally engaged himself to refuse the authorisation of the Canal project, whereupon the Grand Vizier declared he would not recognise such an engage ment or such a refusal, and a stormy discussion ensued. The only conclusion come to, however, was, that the powers above mentioned, who had made and supported the demand for permission to go on with the Canal, should be requested "to come to an understanding on the matter." The English ambassador, Sir Henry Bulwer, we learn by the same telegram, had been received by the Sultan, and had numerous conferences with his For some reason, which is not explained, the Prussian Government have telegraphed to Paris for its ambissador, the Count Pourtals, who im mediately left for Berlin. It is expected, how ever, that his business there will not detain him long, as his presence is looked for, if not sooner, at least at the diplomatic reception to be held by the Emperor Louis Napoleon on New Year's Day: There is no doubt, that the Volunteer movement in England has had a great effect upon the French Government, and that those offensive demonstra tionsi which some months ago were so conspicuous in several parts of France and elsewhere, have now been suppressed. At any rate at Cherbourg—a place that has been associated with so much that is . terrible in naval armaments—nothing what ever would now seem to be going on. A letter just received from an officer in her Majesty's navy, with "an extract from which we have been favoured, states :—" I have just returned from Cherbourg ; 'you would fancy from what you read, that immense activity was going on there, but I assure you there was nothing at all doing, only one - frigate on the stocks and one vessel being altered to 4 screw. Never WAS a royal dock-yard DAILY TIMES. so bare of vessels or material; plenty gif guns of all sorts and plenty of forts. There is also a place for building ships but still they.am doing nothing." We are now led to expect that ten millions sterling at least will be asked of Parliament early in the ensuing session for the improvement of the fortifications of the coast and works of defence for the dockyards of the kingdom. The works, however, are expected to occupy several years in their construction ; and from this cir cumstance it is thought not improbable in certain quarters, that no more than two millions will be voted at once. The London people complain, it seems, that they do not yet get the advantage of the new arrangement for transmission of the -American Mails, cid Cork. They cannot endure, we find, that the merchants of Liverpool should, in the case of the Canada, this week, have been enabled to reply by the steamers Arago and Hungarian, which left yesterday, while in London it is alleged no delivery had taken place up to Tuesday night. Of course allowance must be made for.the distance between Liverpool and London : at the same time it appears to be inexplicable that the American mails which reached Liverpool on Tuesday morning, did not arrive in London in the course of that day. We learn that we are about to lose our much respected Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. John Smith Mansfield, who has been promoted to the Magistracy of Worship-street Police Court—the vacancy having occurred through the retirement of Mr. Long. We are quite sure that Mr. Mansfield will carry with him the warm respect of the people of Liverpool, as an excellent ad ministrator of justice. On Tuesday, a meeting of dissatisfied share holders of stock in the Great Ship Company, was held at the London Tavern. The chair was occu pied by Mr. Guedla, who had called the meet ing. The discussion which took place was of a very discursive character, and a vote of no confidence in the directors was withdrawn, after having been moved and seconded. A pretty genere:y expressed opinion seemed to be entertained that a new company will require to be formed. The chairman severely censured the course of conduct adopted by the directors, but his views appeared to be considered extreme. After a protracted debate, the meeting, without adopting any substantive motion, adjourned to the sixth of January. THE French writer .BALZAC observes that, amid a whole crowd of consentients, the - presence of one dissentient does not detract from but adds to and sets off the general ,completeness of harmony. This repres'ents the military aspect which England exhibits at the present moment. All Britain is afire with patriotism ; the generous ardour- spreads into the remotest and obscurest hamlet, of the land, and not the meanest rustic that vegOtates on his yard or two of soil pleads guilty to "a soul so dead," as not to have caught the swift contagion. But from Rochdale there comes a chill weak northern blast, just sufficient to make us really feel that warm atmosphere which nourishes the genial current in our veins. Yes, Rochdale will not arm ; naturally thinking it much " sweeter and more becoming" not to die for one's country. Do we not know that Rochdale is fond of its pounds shillings and pence, insomuch as it refuses to pay its Church rate, and rejects all motives not r,Torded in a ledger, and duly balanced with a tangible present quid pro quo ? Is it not to be expected, therefore, that Rochdale will like to turn to its mills and manufactories. in peace, conscious that danger is problematical, and that if it should arrive, there are enough of patriots to -cast themselves into the breach and prevent its reaching their doors ? Besides, has it not received a hint from its model representative him of anti- . , " Rule Britannia " notoriety who writes home to his ' anxious countrymen that whilst the majesty of England, at present at its ParisiatOodgingsin the person of Mr RICHARD . COBDEN, is respected, no evil intentions can be supposed to exist in the mind of the French. Emperor ? Putting all things together, who shall say that Rochdale has not 'pnrsued the safely selfish course, and may not, with a sort of satisfied clinckle, drive on again at its ledger, undisturbed with the sound of drill and the sight of rifles poking everywhere in its face ? At all events we must admit that it is true to the ante cedents of that time, when it called Mr. COBDEN from America as the only man fit to represent its opinions in Parliament, and achieved its still higher point of honour in feting its distinguished native, Mr. BRIGHT. Possibly England may ere this have called down blessings upon the head of Louis Nam- LEON, for his magnanimous forbearance in the case of his illustrious guest ; possibly it may draw favourable auguries from the satisfactory state of his relations with Mr. RICHARD COBDEN., Brit fortunately, notwithstanding all this, Eng land from one end to the other will shoulder its rifle and will go on singing in mad chorus " Britons never , shall be slaves,'? and 1 meaning very decidedly, that Britannia shall continue to rule the favourite clement. We fear that after all, there will be too many perverse. patriots persisting to disregard the Rochdale pre cedent, or, like BALZAC, in taking the single miserable discord as an augmentation of the great universal harmony. As we have just hinted, there is no doubt the . calculating Rochdale bookkeepers have a pretty' safe notion =at the bottom, that if there ever should be any fighting, others will . be found to do it for them. Yet, as they choose to argue this question solely with regard to the present aspect of the relations between this country and France, it is well to remove it on to a more general and permanent basis. It is not to be denied, that it was our grave suspicions of the state of feeling existing across the water, and especially in the mind of Louis NAPOLEON; which gave the first impulse to the present patriotic movement ; and it can be as little denied on the other hand, that any passing apparent change in the dispositions of our vivacious and variable neighbours is no adequate reason for relaxing the vigour of our preparations. No man has ventured to rest the justification of the rifle movement upon any prediction of the time that the destined descent is to be made upon our shore, or scarcely of any immediately definite danger. If the inflamma ble temper, and the anti-Anglican feeling of the French nation are used as a plea for our own watchfulness and preparation, they aro referred to as a chronic, not as an acute state of mind. There may be intermissions in the complaint, and now and then the wound may be grown over with a skin-deep covering, but there is a strong under-current always ready to come to thestir face,—a fund of envy or moroseness, or indigna tion, or revenge,—whatever it be, which is always at hand, to be drawn upon as circumstances suggest. But it is not with any special feeling of the sort, or with regard to the French nation only or chiefly, that England is now assiduously putting a rifle into the hands of her hardy and generous sons. Let it never be lost sight of, amidst the changing phases in French politics, the accidental acces sions of courtesy to French writers, or even—what we do not yet see, and which is the only possible re-assuring feature in the whole—a reduction in expensive armaments, and a less unnatural activity in naval dockyards, that the present volunteer movement is a national and permanent necessity; that skill in the use of the rifle and facility of military organisation is the fitting normal capability of a nation of freemen. It is well that we should look less towards France with feelings either of animosity or of suspicion; and confidence in our own strength is the surest means of inspiring confidence into our relations with the French people. The English volunteer movement is the 'sovereign remedy for anti- Anglican demonstrations among the French, and for Gallophobian nervousness among ourselves. Has Mr. COBDEN come home brimful of every thing American, but of that spark of patriotism, and the American mode of fostering it, which were the most worth bringing away ? Had- he in him a point of affinity for the low standard of political morality, the depravation of public jus tice, the unnatural elevation -of vulgarity and ignorance into high places; which too much abound in the midst of American society,—and none for the more manly expression of courage and patriotism which has made every American a soldier, and zealous for the honour of his country as well as for the prosperity of his trade ? Pity that Mr. COBDEN missed the most useful lesson of- all for his Rochdale admirers. Pity that he chose a subject on which prejudice im pelled him to be uncandid, and omitted the one of all, others on which patriotism would for once have involved him in a glorious unanimity with his countrymen. We should have had more hope of Mr. COBDEN if he had not painted for the satisfaction of a Rochdale audience an imag . inary election scene in America—if he had told them i that in America every man thinks it necessary I to be a RIFLE.MAN IT has struck us all along that one great objec tion to the system upon which most of our Rifle Corps have been organised has been that it was one of a too exclusive character,—one which did not afford the classes of the people below a certain grade in society the opportmnty of joining in a movement in which we are quite sure that the great body of them must feel as deeply interested as any other class 'of their fellow subjects. 'lt is a patribtic movement, and never for a moment - let us suppose; that there is no patriotism among the humbler classes. On the contrary, we have every. reason to believe and to' rejoice in: the .fact that .our artisans and operatives are as much concerned in the defence of the country, and have as much, patriotic spirit to actuate them in defending it as have those above them in society, be their rank what it may. Indeed, if we are ever,to have any formidable invasion, the country must look not to this class or the 'other, in particular, but to the masses of the people. And when the poet, in those well-known glowing words, imagines such a rising as there ought to be to meet the invading foe, and exclaims•, A virtuous populace shall rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around our much loved he means, of course, that the people at large are to be aroused to action, and to be organised in that defensive movement which the occasion must call forth. The prospectus we publish to-day, of the Childwall Volunteer Rifle Corps, would seem to have, this great object in view. It is a Corps in tended for one• extensive district, with separate companies in each locality, and separate drilling grounds,—each company choosing its own officers,—but the whole constituting • one Corps with the • same 1 dress, the same funds, the same arms, and under one head commanding officer, but with this distinguishing feature, namely, that the paying companies carry, as it were, the non paying on their shoulders. Now Here we hkve an or ganisation admirably adapted to secure the services of those who, under most of the other organisations of a similar kind, are virtually excluded. No one expects the working c lasses to be able to.main tain themselves a s a Rifle Corps without some ass i s t ance . They will be called upon to make a sacrifice of their time, as it is, without being sub jected to the expense of arms at. ti - uniforms. It DECEMBER 15, 1859. is gratifying to find, moreover, that many appli cations for admission into this Corps, have been made by the artisans themselves—meaning 13 9 the term artisans, that class in society who from want of pecuniary means are unable to defray' the expense of their own equipment. Nothing , therefore, could be more reasonable, —nothing: more just and generous, than to respond in such spirit as this to that numerous and worthy doe of our fellow-subjects. Surely, it not being in their power to defray the expense of their equip' went, ought to be no reason why they should he precluded from giving their services to the country ; and we think, therefore, that it redounds very highly indeed to the credit of 0: 14 Childwall Volunteer Rifle Corps that it has rnA so promptly, and so liberally, the desire of the artisans to join with them in an object in which all are alike interested who have any patriotic' feeling—and would give that feeling expression in so practical a manner as they will thus be enabled to do. There is another consideration• It is very desirable that every opportunity should be taken to bring the different classes of society' into intercourse with each other. The middle and upper classes, as a general rule, stand too much aloof from the working classes ; and the consequence is, that they often misunderstand each other—and such misunderstanding is apt tG give rise to mistrust and unfriendliness. SG better opportunity, perhaps, could be found for combination of the different classes of society than this Volunteer Rifle Corps movement ; and let us hope that the example of the Childwal l Corps ,will be adopted with equally geed effect in other parts of the country. THE LATEST NEWS. [BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC . TELEGRAFFI3 FRANCE. PARIS, Wednesday. To-day, at two o'clock, Prince Metternich pre . sented kttres de creamce. Two court curiae ; and six conveyed the Ambassador and suite to the Tuileries. At the Place de Carousel, a battalio o of the ward,. and battalion of infantry of the rol e ' with music and standard, were drawn up. Chamberlain and the Master of the Ceremon o conducted the Ambassador into the salle du Prince Metternich, in his speech to the riv• peror, expressed. satisfaction at the happy r c ' establishment of good relations between Aust# and France, and hoped the ties uniting the 05° countries may become every day stronger. r i le Emperor's reply was most cordial. Prince Ne t ; ternich was also presented to the Empress, ai afterwards paid his first state visit to the Ainb ° sadors of England, Russia, and Spain. Their Majesties received to-day the Prince °I Orange. The Patric of this evening says, Count Lovr and Count Paiva, the Portuguese ambassadors , London and Paris, will represent Portugal at Congress. M. Mon, the Spanish ambassador , l e ; yesterday for Madrid, and will return to Paris to assist at the Congress. TIIE FRENCH FUNDS. Rum, Dec. 1.1. 0 , 12.7 p.m.—Funds opened with a drooping'''.„ dency. Rentes 70 55. 1) , ; 3.30 p.m.—The market has been very flat) fi improved at close. Rentes 70 50, a decline since yesterday. PRUSSIA. The Prussian ambassador, Count Pourtals, 103 left for Berlin in consequence of a telega ro received from his Government; he is expect e ,io return to be present at the diplomatic reecl 3 k on: New Year's day. A certain number of deputies intend to P l * - 4 0 0 the exclusion of the army in active service the right of Toting. SPAIN. Marshal O'Donnell has telegraphed Op° former despatch of hi% which was suppo6eod; cast blame on the navy, had. been misunderstO and,,on the contrary, he is satisfied wall the navy has done. PROCLAMATION OF A HOLY WAR IN OROC CU" M _ . The Ripon steamer has brought advici.ho Gibraltar to the Bth instant. A Holy IC.ie been proclaimed throughout the Morocco, which will bring thousands o f to the seaport towns to defend their countrP HUNGARY .c- A letter from Vienna, in the Prussian -orciA, says the Government appears more and iT ill a gs solved not to allow the agitation in .".." which has suddenly arisen, to continue. oct, ordered the fifth corps dames, which i 5 Italy, to proceed to Hungary, to be at the sition of the Archduke Albert. TURKEY. THE SUEZ CANAL• Dcc , l3 _ ' MARSEILLES, Letters from Constantinople to the 7tll 1 1 1311 0 announce positively that on the precedl7, to day M. Thouveuel had remitted a 11°'''' firOac Porte, containing an official demand for o favourableAn Russia, cs siout : . , and t o f s atidei:Sisaut Ministers r z .s: ‘ Canal wu iatsant he p oe i u s • n o j i e yl c i. e t iu ;:f iv ;: t o Less9s. The ambassadors of Austria, a or'., this demand according, to their 10$1:[ Pacha tb confessed that he had forma-11Y e to he himself to refuse the authorisatioo,_,,a canal project. The Grand Vizi er doeoVterot would not reconise such engagemen i t• to reilljto stormy discussion, the Ministers agree" 00' the Powers which had made the above rthe come to an understanding on the ma tte , I),' t De SiK Henry Bulwer had been receis Sultan, and had numerous conferences it e s. Ministers. a te i " The Circassians continued to 01140 4 numbers; •